Stars Chapter 10: Spotlight, a naruto fanfic

Hey guys! It's me again! Updating, thanks for the reviews, they made me so happy to read! Teeheehee, well yeah, if anybody noticed the title of this chappie I must say that I DID get the song from the Twilight soundtrack. But it fits SOOOO freaking well…and I just love the movie So I wanted to us it! Hahaha. Okay now I need to stop babbling and get on with the chapter. Hope you guys LOVE IT!

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Spotlight

I woke that morning to Sasuke's arms wrapped around my waist as I was pressed against his chest. I could hear Sasuke's light snoring, signaling that he was still fast asleep. I spooned closer to him, enjoying the warmth that was being offered to me. I felt Sasuke's arms enclose around me tighter as his snoring ceased and his breath evened out.

I felt a pair of cool lips touch the back of my neck as I turned around in the bed to stare at him. He smiled at me and I could tell that there was only pure bliss in his smile.

"Good morning to you," I told him smiling. He grabbed my hand, kissing the palm of it as he caressed my cheek.

"I could get used to this," he told me lovingly. I smiled at him and kissed him lovingly.

"I think I could too," I told him laughing silently to myself. The door burst open in that one moment and in walked the rest of the band, dressed and for some odd reason, ready to go. I pulled the covers over my head as Sasuke put his arms above his head and looked towards the door.

"Yes?" Sasuke questioned them as Itachi raised an eyebrow.

"Please tell me that you have boxers on under there," Itachi told him. Sasuke peered under the covers and then back at Itachi.

"I must've misplaced them," Sasuke retorted smirking at his brother. I peered over the covers to see everybody's jaw drop at that statement.

"Okay, you know what? Since it's not my JOB to be in your sex life. I personally do not care. What I DO care about right now though is that we get going before we miss our plane," Anko told us both. I then put the covers down to my waist and glared at Sasuke.

"Plane?!" I exclaimed.

"I'll explain when they leave,"

"We're taking a fucking PLANE?!"

"I'll see you all in about… 20 minutes?" Sasuke said.

"10,"

"Fine…10," Sasuke told her. Everybody walked out the room then as Sasuke jumped out the bed in all his naked glory and he started to stretch every which way, which resulted in me hearing a few joints popping into place.

"Okay, so explain the plane," I told him while getting up, the sheets pooling at my waist.

"Okay, so you know how we're in Little Rock? Well our next performance is tomorrow in New York. I mean it's impossible for us to get to New York in about…9 hours," Sasuke told me. I nodded in agreement, and then thought about one important thing.

"So the tickets are already booked?"

"Yup," Sasuke told me while walking into the shower. I followed him in there as he turned the water on as we both got under the spray of water.

"What're you doing?" he questioned me laughing.

"We only have 10 minutes right? Well let's take a shower together," I responded. Sasuke smirked and kissed me. I had a feeling we wouldn't be out of here in just 10 minutes.

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Sasuke and I smirked next to each other as Anko was standing near us while we waited to board the plane to New York. When Sasori had told me that the tour ended in New York…I had no idea that New York was only 2 days away. This was unbelievable.

"Are we ever going to get on the plane?" I mumbled to Sasuke.

"Soon…I'm just hoping that no cameramen or paparazzi come," Sasuke mumbled back to me. Currently Sasuke and I had on a hat with shades on and a baggy sweatshirt that was covering us. Anko had on shades and a hood over her head as she stood by us. Itachi, Sasori and Deidara had on either a baseball hat or a beanie on their head along with shades. The fact that all of us had to cover up like that just so that we wouldn't get mobbed in the airport.

"Do we really have to whisper?" I question Sasuke as the fedora shifted with my movement.

"Well not really…people just tend to look at you more when you do that," Sasuke said as I saw him shift his head towards a man that was looking at us. The man quickly looked away as I snickered to myself.

"You're so fucking maniacal," I told him laughing as a smile crept onto his face.

"Well then he shouldn't be looking over here in the first place,"

"That's your answer to everything isn't it?"

"Yeah…pretty much," Sasuke told me. I grinned as the flight attendant finally came out and told us that we could board. All of us got up quickly towards the front as Sasuke and I handed her our boarding pass.

"Welcome aboard Mr…." She paled and then looked up as Sasuke was grinning and slipped her a 50-dollar bill.

"Utsunaki. My last name is Utsunaki," he told her. She nodded, taking the 50-dollar bill from him as he nodded and walked in with the rest of us following behind.

"Do you just always give a 50?" I questioned him, taking my seat.

"I don't have change…seriously," Sasuke, told me showing me his wallet. And he in truth wasn't lying. He really had no change at all in his wallet. Just a bunch of fifties and hundreds.

"You should learn to get change," I told him laughing.

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About 3 hours later we were finally landed in New York, as Sasuke was shaking me awake. I looked outside the window and saw that there were just a bunch of lights. Now I understood the much given nickname.

"Wow…"I mumbled as the plane descended.

"Welcome to New York," Sasuke told me laughing.

"Glad to be here," I responded. The plane finally landed as we all got off the plane, carrying our carry-ons and walking to the luggage claim.

"Fuck…" Sasuke mumbled under his breath as he turned and walked in the opposite direction from what we were supposed to go.

"Sasuke…you're going the wrong way,"

"I'm well aware," Sasuke said. Everybody turned and went in the same direction and then I heard it. There was shuffling of feet as people came running in our direction. All I saw then were camera's, flashes and was quite glad that I had on the shades that Sasuke gave me. It helped shield me and kept me from being blind.

"NARUTO! NARUTO! IS IT TRUE THAT YOU ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH UCHIHA SASUKE?!" Somebody screamed out at us.

"SASUKE…IS IT TRUE THAT YOU ARE NOW GAY?!" another person questioned. We both growled at this until as Sasuke grabbed my hand and was getting ready to maneuver us out of the crowd until a paparazzi guy walked in front of us and snapped a picture, thus angering Sasuke even more than he already was.

Sasuke dropped my hand and glared at the paparazzi guy through his glasses as the man looked at him from above his camera lens, smirking at Sasuke.

"I always knew that you were a fag," he told Sasuke. Sasuke smirked at him and then punched the guy, thus knocking him out cold. Sasuke grabbed my hand once again and led me away from everybody else as he stepped over the body of the paparazzi and out of JFK airport. Everybody followed behind us as Sasuke adjusted his shades and saw a man waiting in front of a limo holding a sign that read Konoha Legend.

We all walked toward him not saying a word to him as he asked us if we were Konoha Legend and just got in the limo ready to leave to the hotel we were staying at. Once in the car Sasuke put up the divider and looked at everybody while taking his shades off. We all could tell that there was going to be an all out war in the car.

"Sasuke…you just realized that you PUNCHED a paparazzi guy right?" Anko questioned him, rubbing at the bridge of her nose.

"I am well aware," Sasuke, answered her.

"You do realize that the police are going to come for you right?" Itachi questioned him next.

"Well what did you want me to do? You have NO idea what he said to me to deserve the punch. I mean I don't go around punching people for no apparent reason," Sasuke said, getting a bit angered.

"Oh really now?" Anko said skeptically. Sasuke glared at her then, not answering her question.

"What's the big deal? I mean it was only one punch…I could understand if he kept socking the guy after he was already on the floor, but one punch isn't that bad," Sasori finally spoke up.

"That's not the point…do any of you realize what could happen if the cops do in fact want to come and arrest him?"

"Not like it matters, just another mark on my already colorful record,"

"THIS ISN'T A JOKE ANYMORE! YOUR ANTICS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED ENOUGH!"

"THEN WHY DON'T YOU JUST DROP US FROM THE LABEL ANKO?!" Sasuke shouted back at her then, finally losing his cool. Anko said nothing as she looked out the window of the limo.

"Exactly…we make this label to much money for you to drop us! Our antics may cost money, but it's nothing compared to the money we bring into the label! And you know that," Sasuke told her. Anko continued to tell him nothing as the rest of the band held their breath waiting for the retaliation from Anko to come…but nothing did.

The rest of the ride to the hotel was silent, except for some shuffling from a few of us, because it got uncomfortable to stay in the same position for a long time. When we finally arrived at the hotel and we got out of the limo I realized why everybody wanted to come to New York.

It was positively beautiful and this must be the forever talked about 42nd street, since it was COVERED in lights. Everything was shining with neon beauty. There were cars everywhere and the people seemed endless. But the thing that was probably the funniest about it all was the fact that there was a crowd of people standing near the entrance waving at flashing pictures and us. Obviously, they had been waiting for the arrival of Konoha Legend.

All of us walked right by them, saying nothing, since the atmosphere was still tense from the car ride there. We all checked in, got our bags and retired to our rooms not saying a single word to each other. I sat on the bed looking at Sasuke who was unpacking his things, and looking a bit mad from everything that had happened.

"Do things like that happen often?" I questioned him. Sasuke didn't say anything for a moment until he got up and looked around the room and then at me.

"I crossed the line tonight though…" he answered me.

"What do you mean?"

"I never shouted at her. No matter how mad she made me…I never shouted at her and actually meant it. This was the first time…the band is lucky if we're still on the label by next week because of me," he told me, sitting down on the bed. I crawled over to him and rubbed at his shoulders seeing that he was becoming extremely tense.

"You shouldn't worry about things like that. You worry so much, you just need to relax," I told him. He nodded his head in agreement and kissed me. I kissed him back and then separated and looked for the remote while turning on the T.V. to see what was playing.

My eyes caught Access Hollywood playing as I listened in on what they were saying. Of course it was something about Konoha Legend, and I could already imagine what they were talking about…and of course…I was right.

"Reports are now saying after this recent picture was released is that Uchiha Sasuke is now in a relationship with Uzumaki Naruto. Seen here are the two locking lips on stage in their recent performance in Little Rock, Arkansas. The only thing left to wonder now is who is this Uzumaki Naruto…and where has he come from?" the reporter said over the television screen.

"Heh…they're so busy trying to figure out who you are that they aren't even paying attention to the fact that I kissed you on stage. They're treating it like another one of my stunts," Sasuke laughed.

"I don't have any secrets to keep. Let them dig," I told him laughing. I noticed how quiet Sasuke got and looked at him.

"What's wrong?" I questioned him, sitting next to him now.

"You really have NO secrets?" Sasuke questioned me, not looking me in the eye.

"Nope. I have nothing to hide. Why should I?"

"Everyone has at least…ONE big secret…"

"Oh yeah…so what's your big secret?" I questioned him playfully. Sasuke stiffened even more

"I'd rather not talk about it," Sasuke mumbled under his breath. I frowned, but respected his wishes and went into the bathroom to go take my shower and then go to sleep. It was probably the jet lag that was getting to me…or maybe it was the fact that Sasuke wouldn't give up what his big old secret was.

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I woke up the next morning to see that I was alone…once again. Sasuke wasn't even in the suite with me and this frightened me a bit…where the hell could Sasuke have gone at…2:30 in the afternoon?

I looked at the clock again and wondered why the heck it was in fact that I woke up at 2:30. This was totally unlike me. I was always the first one up, and for some reason now I was waking up at all hours of the afternoon. Ugh…this lifestyle was changing me in so many ways.

I rolled over in my bed and looked at the door to see Sasuke walking in then. I smiled at him and noticed that he had something in his hands, like a bag of some sort. I looked at his face smiling and rubbing the sleep from my eyes.

"What's that you got there?" I questioned him smiling.

"Oh, nothing. Just something for me," Sasuke said smiling.

"That's good. You don't spoil yourself enough," I told him laughing. Sasuke came over to me and looked at me, while he sat down on the bed, leaning down and kissing me. I smiled at him as he looked to the side.

"You should get dressed. We have to get going soon," Sasuke told me getting up from the bed and walking out the door. I sat there puzzled and then got up from the bed, stretching, popping some joints in the process. I wanted answers…and I was going to get them, whether Sasuke liked it or not.

I walked over to my suitcase and pulled out a pair of the new pants I got the day before and a new shirt as I went to go change and find Sasuke later. I stepped out of the Hotel we were staying at and saw Anko waiting by the sidewalk. I walked up to her as she eyeballed my clothing.

"Hey…where's everybody?" I questioned her.

"They started heading over to Madison Square Garden. It's not too far from here. So we're deciding to walk. But in small groups so that we don't get mobbed," Anko told me. I nodded and then looked at her.

"You wanna go?" I questioned her.

"You want to head over with me?" she questioned me.

"Why not?" I told her smiling. She nodded as we started heading towards our performance space. We walked in silence for a bit as Anko finally spoke to me.

"So how did your old band members react when you told them you were coming on tour with us?" Anko questioned me.

"They were all pretty much supportive…except one of my friends,"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah…he doesn't really like Konoha Legend all that much. But I mean, he reads all the tabloids and crap,"

"And you don't?" Anko questioned me looking at me alarmed. I scratched the back of my head and continued to look at her.

"Well…not, not really. Because I don't care what the hell other people have to say about the bands I like. All that matters to me is the music that they make. I mean nowadays, people are so caught up in tabloids and crap that happens behind the scenes, which they don't even focus on the music. It's like the music has been lost to them," I explained to her. I looked at her face and noticed that she was staring up at me almost in awe.

"Nobody, has ever put it that way before. You really do love music don't you?"

"Heck yeah! Without music…I have no idea where I'd be today,"

"But don't you think that you should worry about tabloids…even a little bit?"

"Why? Is there something I should know about Sasuke?" I questioned her, stopping then as we were on 32nd street. Anko said nothing as she looked at the floor. She looked back up and then continued walking.

"Come on…we're going to be late," she told me. I growled to myself, thoroughly frustrated at this point, with everybody giving me the run-around about what was wrong with Sasuke.

I followed her into Madison Square Garden through the stage entrance and saw Sasuke and Itachi on stage. Just then Sasori and Deidara walked in behind us and stood on stage to wait the next part of what was going to be taken place.

"What songs are going to be played today Sasuke?" Anko questioned him. Sasuke looked at me as I avoided his gaze, refusing to look at him until all of this mess and his secret was finally out. I didn't hear a word of what he said as he listed the songs. I nodded agreement when Anko questioned me about them and played in a zombie like stupor.

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I waited backstage and sat by myself contemplating how I was going to speak to Sasuke about this. After all I had just about had it with him and his lying. I mean…I didn't know for sure if he was lying…but all the signs pointing, saying that he was lying.

I knew that there was some unsaid tension between Sasuke and I since he walked into the hotel room this afternoon and would barely even look at me. I saw Sasuke walking over to me as I looked away from him and he sat down next to me.

"What's wrong Naruto?" Sasuke questioned me. I didn't look at him and spoke without meeting his gaze.

"Just not in a good mood I guess," I told him.

"And why's that?" he questioned me. I glared at him and stood up getting my guitar while looking at him from where I was standing.

"We're about to go on," I told him, walking away and getting ready to go on. I heard the opening of the song and laughed to myself. Such a lively song and here I was in a bad mood. Sasori and I started playing the guitar intro as Sasuke came out clapping and laughing as everyone applauded hearing the song. Deidara came in with the drums as Sasuke walked onto the front of the stage and sang the beginning.

Ahhhhh Aaaahhh

Ahhhh Aaaahhh

You got a whole lot left to say now

You knocked all your wind out

You just tried too hard, then you froze

I know

What do you say?

Sasuke turned around and seemingly glared at me as he sang the next part and I knew that this was the start of an all out war.

Just take the fall

You're one of US

The spotlight is ON!

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh)

OH! The spotlight is ON!

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh) OH!

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh)

Sasuke looked back at the audience as he went to the front of the stage and shook a few hands while singing.

You know the one thing you're fighting to hold?

Will be the one thing you've got to let go…

And when you feel (Ooohhh)

The wall cannot be burned (Ooohhh)

You're gonna die (Ooohhh)

To try what can't be done (Ooohhh)

Gonna stay out (Ooohhh)

But you don't care (Ooohhh)

Now is there nothing like the inside of you (Ooohhh)

Anywhere?

He backed up and started going to different parts of the stage and singing into each person's ear.

Oh, Just take the fall

You're one of US!

The spotlight is ON!

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh)

OH! The Spotlight is on!

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh)

Yeah it's on!

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh)

Sasuke finally made his way over to me as I continued to play the chords in the bridge. He slung an arm over my shoulders and leaned in close to my ear, making it seem as if he were whispering a secret to me.

Because everyone would rather watch you fall! (All and each other)

And we all are yeah (All and each other)

Just take the fall…

You're one of US!

The spotlight is ON!

Sasuke moved away from me then as I glared at him on the stage while we neared the end of the song. I was going to murder him once this was done.

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh)

Oh, the spotlight is on!

(Just take the fall)

Now you're one of us!

Now you're (oh)

Now you're one of us!

Now you're (oh)

Now you're one of US!

OH, the spotlight is on!

(Ahhhhh Aaaahhh)

The song ended there as Sasuke looked at me and raised an eyebrow, seemingly challenging me. We played the rest of the show and for once I was glad to finally get off the stage to just get back to the hotel room. Everything about that day was just killing me on the inside. I honestly wanted to go and rip Sasuke's head off of his shoulders if anything.

I growled in frustration and gave the guitar to one of the tech men and walked out of the backstage which ended up being a very bad idea. Seeing as how we walked there, there was no way around the fans that were crowding the doors. I smiled at all of them and tried to shove my way past all of them, that is until I felt a hand grasp my arm and lead me away to somewhere, where there were no fans. I looked up into the eyes of the person who dragged me away and immediately wished that I hadn't.

"What the fuck do you want?" I growled angrily at Sasuke.

"What's your damage?" Sasuke questioned me a bit angrily.

"MY damage? Well I'm sorry, ever since you walked back into the hotel room this afternoon, all you've been doing is giving me the evil eye and doing everything in your power to piss me off!" I screamed at him. Sasuke said nothing then as he looked away from me and then back.

"I'm sorry…I'm just…I'm just not myself today," Sasuke told me. I cupped his cheek in my hand and looked at him.

"Sasuke, tell me what's wrong, that's why I'm here," I told him. He moved from out of my palm and turned away from me.

"I can't really display that information," he told me. I growled in frustration and stood in front of him.

"Funny Sasuke…you ask me my big secret…but you're so reluctant to tell me your own," I told him. Sasuke looked at me out of the corner of his eyes and then walked away from me without even answering what I had just told him.

I yelled out in pure anger and kicked the wall in front of me and then realized that this was a bad idea, seeing as how pain shot through my foot the instant that I did that.

"GAH!" I screamed, hopping around on one foot and then just decided to lean on the side of the wall and stare off to the side. This wasn't right…this wasn't right at all. I shouldn't be forcing Sasuke to tell me his "big secret" if he didn't want to. But what did that say about our blossoming relationship? I mean here we were…having sex just YESTERDAY, then the day after…we get into a humongous argument. Just fucking marvelous.

I shoved myself off of the wall and went to go to the hotel and straighten things out with Sasuke in the process. I hated it when I fought with anybody. Especially somebody that I cared deeply for.

I ran back to the hotel and waited for the elevator with baited breath. I knew that a lot of the time I went running to go make up with somebody, but at the moment. I felt necessary. If it made it seem like Sasuke's total bitch…I personally didn't care.

I walked into the room smiling to myself and then heard the water running in the bathroom as I walked towards the door.

"Sasuke…listen I wanted to talk to you about earlier…" I said through the door. I didn't hear a response and figured that he was still pissed and started to turn the knob seeing that the door was unlocked and pressed my way through slowly while starting my sentence again.

"I'm the kind of person wh-," I stopped dead in my tracks to see Sasuke passed out on the floor of the bathroom. I ran over to him and lifted his head to see that his eyes were wilted. I leaned closely into his head and noticed that he was breathing, which was a good sign at least.

"Sasuke…" I said softly while taking my phone out of my pocket and dialed 911.

"Hello? Hey, my friend is passed out…I don't know what happened. I need help please! Address? I don't know it's the Marriot on forty fucking second street! What room number? Uhm…suite 32A!" I told them. The people over the phone told me that they would be there shortly as I rocked Sasuke back and forth in my arms. I looked to the side and saw a syringe, a lighter and a spoon next to it.

I furrowed my brows in confusion and told myself that I would worry about it once the paramedics came. I had wanted to know Sasuke's secret…well I guess I just now found it out.

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AAHHHH!!!! CAN YOU STAND IT?! So sorry for the wait everybody. It's been hectic over here on my end. Got sick and everything (which I still am) so it might take me a while to update it but at least I did! Hahaha, OMG! I can't wait to write the next chappie. Okay guys, it's gonna get just a LITTLE bit angsty in these next few parts.

Just as a warning, there will be a character death (not a major character, very minor, but it does cause a lot of stress one one of our other characters) hehehe, so if you don't like it, den u can just stop reading, because it has to happen, sorry to say!

Okay, well that's the end of this, stay tuned for da next Chapter!