Mikey: Ok. I am going to try to update a soon as possible, because my computer pofficially died. That's why I haven't been on in forever!

Noriko: I feel sorry for that comptuer, it was a ninja.

Amaya: I know....

Maki: Note to self: Computers do not eat skittles.

Mikey: WOW.

Naruto: Yoou guyyys.

Mikey: Was? (You say it like vas. It's 'what' in German.)

Naruto: Let's get the story started!

Noriko: YESHHHH!!

Chapter 14: House Party II: Tattoos and Piercings

"Ok. Noriko, put that banner on the ceiling." Naruto was currently directing us on the decorations for me and Maki's birthday party. We got home at 7 in the morning, so we are almost done with the decorations.

"Naruto. You need to chill." Amaya said while drinking some starbucks coffee. She is going to be really hyper later. I, on the other hand, was on top of a laddder extending my right arm trying to hang up this gotdamn banner.

"Almost...there! Don't do anything!" Naruto came up beside me on the ladder and fixed the banner so it would hang straight. It wad a black, yellow, and blue banner with the words "Happy 18th Birthday Maki and Noriko!" on it.

"Finally.." I stated as I plopped down on the couch. I've been up since 2 in the morning and it all started with Halo 3. Gotdamn Halo game. Why are video games so addicting?

"What time is it Maki?"

"It's 10:21 Naruto. Can we please go to sleep now?"

"NO!! WE have to finish this!"

"We are finished dumbbutt. Look around."

Neji's mansion was transformed from a modern, everyday living quarters to a black, blue, and yellow techno rave place for party-goers.

"Urhm....sure. Why not. But I have to give you guys your first present for the day!"

Oh yeah...Did I mention that Naruto said that throughout the day he was going to get everyone to give us our presents, and at the party everyone else that was invited was going to give us more presents? Yeah. That's A LOT of presents.

"GAARA!!!" Naruto screamed. What does this guy eat all day? Sugar? And what the fuck did he call Gaara's name for? Shit. Amaya jumped because she was almost half dead on the couch, and when Naruto screamed it almost made her think that the world was ending. And speaking of Gaara, here he comes walking down the stairs with a smirk on his face and a pair of keys in his hand. Oh no, don't tell me thay got us a car!

"Ok, Maki, Noriko, and Amaya, you're coming too. Get in the car!":He ran outside nearly tripping on the door frame because he is basically shuddering with excitement. I got up and walked over to Amaya, who was currently laying on the floor. I grabbed her ankles, motioned for Maki to grab her arms, and walked out the door, threw her in the car, and got in. I sat in the passenger's seat, while Amaya, Maki and Naruto was in the back seat with Gaara in the driver's seat.

"Where the hell are we going?" I asked. I'm so tired we could be going to fucking Disneyland and I would'nt show any emotion.

"You'll see when we get there." Naruto said. Don't you just hate it when they do that? Gaara pulled out of the enormus driveway, cut on the heat, and pulled off.

-14 minutes later-

"Noriko? NORIKO!! WAKE UP, WE'RE HERE!" Naruto sctreamed at the top of his lungs. Scratch that, that wasn't the top of his lungs, I opened my eyes and all I could see was a big white building in front of me. When I got out the car, I realized that it was a tetoo parlor.

"No way!" Maki said excited. "We're getiing tattoos?"

"Well, you guys saud that you always wanted tatoos, and now you don't have to worry about having your mom signing for it since you guys are 18 now." I was looking at Gaara, who was the one talking.

I smiled at him.

He smiled back.

Maki was jumping out of her skin because she was excited. Amaya was now jumping to, but because she drank a shit load of coffee this morning. Oh no. There is going to be a needle going in and out of my skin! Naruto walked up to the woman at the desk, told them something, and motioned for us to come to the back of the shop. The place smelled of ink, ink, and more ink. There were people in chairs getting tattoos on their backs, sides, legs, and arms.

"Ok. Who's first?" Asked the woman. I think her name was Leslie.

"I'll go first." I said. I wanted to get a tattoo so bad, but I was actually kind of nervous.

"Good luck twin." Maki said to me. I smiled at her and we touched knuckles. Leslie motioned for her to sit the chair and prepared her neddle and her ink colors.

"What tattoos would you like to get done honey?" She asked. Noriko thought about this. She always thought of what she wanted tog et, but she narrowed it down to 3 tattoos.

"Well first I would like to get 'love' on my right hand on my knuckles and 'hate' on my left hand. Those are the smallest ones so I want to do those first." Oh jeez...she's about to start.

"Ok. Just relax and you shouldn't feel nothing put a bit of pressure." She took my right hand and cut her needle on. She she pressed down, I didn't feel pain as first, but when she started to write the letters, all I felt was a stinging. Like geting stung by a bee, but without the that much pain. She wrote the letters in Gothic letters and she finished in about 30 minutes. So far so good. We might be here until wayy later. I decided to cut on my ipod because I knew this would take a while. When she put the bandage on my fingers, i stood up and lifted my shirt.

"I would also like to get angel wings on my back. The ones that cover my whole back."

"Would you like colorful wings?"

"Yeah. I want the colors, blue, purple, and orange in them. You know that I',m talking about?

"Yes I think I know exactly what you're talking about, just sit and I'll get started." She pulled out the colors that I asked for and I sat down on the chair, my back facing her.

"Oh jeez.."

"It's alright Nori, just sit and relax." Amaya told me. She has a tattoo of music notes on her pelvis so she knows what this feels like. Maki was sitting watching my back while the lady worked, and so was Naruto. Gaara was just staring straight at me. I don't like it when people stare at me, so I looked down at my ipod and scrolled to Automatic by Tokio Hotel. As soon as they told us about their new album, I just had to go to Limewire and download them all.

Automatic
Automatic

You're automatic,
And your heart's like an engine
I die with every beat
You're automatic,
And your voice is electric
Why do I still believe?

It's automatic
Everywhere in your letter
A lie that makes me bleed
It's automatic
When you say things get better
But they never...

There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you

It's automatic,
Counting cars on a crossroad
They come and go like you
It's automatic,
Watching faces I don't know
Erase the face of you

It's automatic
Systematic
So traumatic
You're automatic

There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you

Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic

Each step you make
Each breath you take
Your heart. Your soul.
Remote-controlled
This life is so sick
You're automatic to me

(Love in you)
(Love in you)
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you

There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
There's no real love in you
Why do I keep loving you?

Automatic
(There's no real)
Automatic
(Love in you)
Automatic
(Why do I)
Automatic
(Keep loving you?)
Automatic...

By the time the song was finished, she was finishing the detailed color of the wings. Getting a tattoo actually feels good. The tingling relaxes your nervous, then you get all excited again because how awesome it looks.

"Alright, all done. You can go look in the mirror."

"Wow." The designing she she was just fantastic, I can't explain it. "I freakin love this! Maki! It's your turn!"

Maki was lying on the couch they had in the place napping, I surprised it only took and hour and 30 minutes to finish all my tatoos. She sat up and once again realized that she was in the tattoo parlor, so she got all excioted all over again.

"Who's next?" The woman named Leslie asked.

"I am!" Maki was jumping up and down wtih excitement. She kind of reminded me of Bill Kaulitz. I might just text him. The dude is a text freak. I pulled out my cell and texted Bill, 'Hey! It's Noriko from TFS and I just got 3 new tattoos!' I hit the send button and put my phone back in my back pocket. As soon as I did, he texted back. It said: 'Hey Nori! I haven't seen you in ages! And I can't wait to see that tattoo you have. Me and the band are gonna come over later ok? So be expecting us!'

"Now then." Leslie just finished cleaning off her needle, I was still sitting on the chair, but she put a big bandage in my back so the tattoo will heal. I just kept my shirt up because my back was on fire. She had Maki sit on another chair, facing me. I smiled at her.

"What kind of tattoo of tattoos do you want?"

"I want 'The Falling Stars' in gothic letters on my lower back, and I want a shooting star going across my back." Nice choice twin, nice choice.

"Do you want colors?"

"I just want the shooting star to be black, yellow, and red."

"Ok then. Just sit back, relax, and I'll be done in no time." I decided to close my eyes and listen to more music. This time, I decided to listned to one of our new songs that we are recording. We are making a new album and when we get off our winter break it will be out the month after that. This song is called Language Lessons. (It's originally by Hawthorne Heights. I don't own!!)

I hope this song can tell you how I feel tonight
You are my first dissection spilling my insides
Let's write our names with the blood that's in our cheeks
So it won't wash away if I don't come home for weeks

And I don't come home
I never said, this would be easy
I let him go when he said he was leaving
So whisper softly and don't forget
To tell me how you feel in five words or less

I knew I should have never offered you the world
The nights are full of faces you're the only boy
Turn my world from disaster, make my heart start beating faster
Ask the question, here's the answer
I need you now and I can't stand this

I never said, this would be easy
I let him go when he said he was leaving
So whisper softly and don't forget
To tell me how you feel in five words or less

Just tell me how you feel, I need your voice tonight
Just tell me how you feel, whoa, whoa
So whisper softly and don't forget
To tell me how you feel in five words or less

I never said, this would be easy
I let him go when he said he was leaving
So whisper softly and don't forget
To tell me how you feel in five words or less

I wrote this song when I found out that Gaara had cheated on me, but I finished it when he said he was sorry, and this it what came out of my demented brain. I wonder if the public will like it.

-1 hour later-

I woke up because Gaara was shaking me lightly.

"Noriko? Wake up. It's time to go. Maki's finished with her tattoo. It's badass."

I looked up and I saw Maki looking in the mirror almost exploding with excitement. Her tattoo was freaking awesome! I can't even explain that one either! The lady walked up to Maki and put a bandage on her tattoo, so that her's would heal too.

"Ok girls. You should be able to take off the bandage in 4 hours, but remember to put cream on it because soon it will start to peal, then your skin would be back to normal."

When i stood up, my back cracked. I almost forgot how long Io have been sitting with my back bended.

"Where to next gang?" Gaara asked. Did he just seriously say gang? It's a sign of the apocalyspe.

"We are going to get them piercings!" Naruto said with excitement in his voice. No kidding. Tattoos and now piercings? What's next? A fucking bar with strippers? That wouldn't be to polite for company. We all walked out the door but instead of going to the car, we walked to the building next door. What the hell? How convienent. We walked in the place but all this place smelled of was metal and beer.

"Ohmigod! It's The Falling Stars! Would you like to get piercings? Well duh, of course. My name is Amanda." This Amanda chick has blonde hair with pink bangs and snake bites with a barbell on her eyebrow. Nice.

"Can I get a barbell on my eyebrow, snake rings on my lips, a tongue piercing and two piercings at the top of my ears please?" I asked. I've always wanted piercings, but knowing my mother....

Amanda lead us to a chair where I sat down by a mirror, and Maki sat down in a chair next to me. Gaara stood beside my chair, and Naruto stood by Amaya, who was looking at the wall with a lot of pictures on it that has bands on them.

"Ok. Let me just clean needle and i'll be right with you." Oh no. More needles. At least this one doesn't buzz. I quickly turned on my ipod so i can ignore the pain that will come to my face in a couple of minutes.

Ficken.* (Everytime you see an asterisk, I will tell you what the word or phrase means at the bottom.)

"Alright let's start with the eyebrow. Are you ready? You'll only feel a little pinch. I promise."

You better promise.

Gaara held my hand. I looked at him and smiled. I didn't feel so nerovus anymore, just because he held my hand. Wow. I looked at the time on my ipod. It said 3:37. Ok.

I saw the needle.

It was huge. I am now developing a fear for needles. This better be worth it! Amanda set some stuff down on this thing that looked like it belonged in a dentist office. She had on some green latex gloes and she was preparing my left eyebrow for the needle impaction. Ok she is now about to put the needle to my eye. She put the needle in my eyebrow, and i sqeezed Gaara's hand.

-3 seconds later-

Well hell. It didn't hurt that bad. When she finished my eyebrow, she prepared the ear piercing thingamajigy. I got my ear pierced when I was 4 years old, so that didn't hurt. She must've guessed that my favorite color was blue, because she put a blue diamond stud in one hole, and a black ring in the very top hole. Ok two more to go. The lip rings are first. Oh jeez. I sqeezed Gaara's hand tighter. It he was hirting, he wasn't complaining anout it. She got the two rings for my lips. It's going to be one ring on one side and another ring on the other side. She got an even bigger needle for my lips. What the hell?

She sterilized the needle and she told me to hold my breath, and let out when she puts the needle through. When she put the needle through, I swear I almost died. That hurt so bad dude.... She put the other one through,. This one didn;t hurt as much but it was still painful. Oh no. The last piercing. The Dreaded Tongue Piercing. FUCK!! Ok, I can do this.... She got the tongue piercing needle. She was going to but a black and blue stud in my tongue. IN MY FUCKING TONGUE!!!

Ok.

She has the needle.

She my tongue.

She put the needle through.

I fucking died.

I just went through hell and back with that gotdamn piercing. But I like it though. It's kinky. And just to think that all that took nothing but 27 minutes.

"Maki, it's your turn." Amaya said. Maki woke up once again and got excited once again. She won't be excited for long.

"Ok Noriko! You're done!" Amanda said. She was so excited to pierce me, I bet it took all of her will power NOT to attack me. She turned her chair to Maki and got all of her needles ready.\

"Now. What would you like done?"

"I want a tongue piercing and a nose piercing. That's it." Maki took a deep breath. I mouthed 'Good Luck' to her. She said she wanted to get her nose pierced first, so Amanda did that one ina bout 2 minutes. She had to go get the correct color piercing. She got Maki a black and yellow nose barbell. And now for her tongue. I feel sorry for her, my tongue is STILL hurting from that damn thing!. She onpened Maki's mouth and pierced her tongue.

ooohhh..

Maki looked like she wa going to start crying if we were holding her hands. She almost killed my arm! Damn! She finished with Maki's tongue so me and Maki looked in the mirror. I gotta, I don't look that bad. Neither does Maki. Maki actually looks pretty cool! Wow. We said our goodbyes to Amada and left the place and we drove home.

I ended up falling asleep on Gaara's shoulder while he was driving. He has a nice shoulder.

Ok dudes. I am now finished with chaoter 14 of LTRL. I think this was my longest chapter yet. Did you like it? I'm going to try and keep track of my updates from now on. My mom got a laptop for her job, but I think she will let me use it from npow on, cause that's what i;m on now. I'm going to try to update before next weekend. My goal is to et 2 or 3 chapters out before Saturday. Or at least 1. If I don't, you know the deal. I am HyperOffPocky, and I will see you next time.