Thanks for the wait everyone!

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It was already loud outside, as Hinata and Naruto stepped out of the blonde's car. He clicked a small remote and the car shut its locks. There was a gigantic crowd of black and silver clad people scattered near the entrance of a large building. It was too dark to see it's true form but lanterns with kanjis hung on the ends of steps and headings. Groups of smokers were all over the parking lot, laughing and cursing loudly. Hinata bit her lip as she checked out all the people around her. She wondered if they always dressed like that. These people looked like they had just come from a prison or a strip club. The girls wore the shortest skirts Hinata had ever seen and some of the men had their jackets flapped open, showing off their naked upper body. She blushed and looked away when they walked by.

She couldn't believe how different this world was.

Hinata breathed hard and tried to calm herself down. She had to try to fit in. She didn't want to embarrass her friends and Naruto. She just needed to act cool. Take nothing from nobody and just have fun.

"Ready, Hinata?" Naruto questioned, bending over to look at the girl right in the eyes. She meeped and straightened up. Hinata bit her lip again and nodded quickly. Wait to go, she slapped herself mentally again. But she couldn't help it. His eyes were the most beautiful shade of blue…

"Well, come on then!" he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards the door. Hinata felt like fainting. But then he would have to drag her corpse around and that didn't look good…But he was holding her hand! Well, her wrist but it was close! Hinata gulped down the lump of nervousness and ran with him, since she was walking and he was pulling her quickly.

On the way, Naruto seemed to be jittery and very excited. He was blabbering about the different bands he's loved for such a long time and that some old bands who don't get enough credit are playing. Hinata smiled and let him talk. Maybe he would think she was a good listener. Did he like that in a girl? She shook her head to remove the thoughts.

"Do you have a cell?" Naruto suddenly asked, as he pushed past people and handed in some money. Hinata insisted in paying for her own ticket but Naruto brushed her hand away. "It's ok. I got extra money for a reason" and he flashed his signature smile. Her heart thumped. He bought her a ticket…no one would believe that. Remembering his question, Hinata slid out her navy blue and grey, flat-screen cell phone.

"Call the others to tell 'em we're here"

The only light in the dark hallway the two were walking down was Hinata's call lighting up as she dialled Sakura's phone number. Two rings and the pink haired female picked up.

"Sakura-chan? It's Hinata! Me and Naruto are here. Where are you guys?"

Hinata's voice got louder as they approached, after doors and doors, the entrance into the concert room. Music was already being blasted and everyone was talking loudly. The room was obviously big and there were balconies above, sporting lights like stars. Bars rolled across the walls and an enormous stage stood right across from the two. It was already lit, but not too bright, and a small group of people were dancing on it.

"Wow!" Naruto shouted. Hinata could barley hear it, though, as the sound system near her was clogging up her eardrum. She felt the rumble of his exclamation when she bumped into him, being pushed by a man running out of the room. She fell against Naruto's body but he caught her. When she looked up, he was smiling widely at her.

"You ok?" he asked. She read his lips because that's as far as she could do to understand him. She didn't know where she picked up that trait though. Realizing her position quickly, Hinata blushed and pushed herself away.

Stupid! She cursed herself.

"S-Sorry…" she whispered. Unfortunately, Naruto couldn't read lips. But he kept smiling and pulled her along with him, zig-zagging past more people.

"What did Sakura-chan say?" he asked. This time, he came close to Hinata's ear to question.

"They're here," Hinata answered, flushing again at his closeness. Oh well, she could blame it on the fact that the room was terribly hot, especially with the sweating bodies and recycled air. "They said they were close to the stage."

"Let's look for 'em then!"

It took the two about an hour to move around people who kept shoving and cursing them. Hinata had to hold Naruto back from starting fights with every person who complained or gave them dirty looks. She was exhausted but happy she could spend a little time with them. She was almost sad that it was to end when she saw her group.

Looking at what they were wearing, Hinata felt a little insecure again. Her friends were dressed no differently then most of the girls she had seen. Except Ino was the only one with a short skirt. The others wore jeans that hugged their bodies and shirts that somehow matched. Metal bands hung from Temari's wrists and a gold coloured necklace laced around Tenten's neck. Kiba sat along with them, his outfit looking it was pulled out of a trashcan. She could have sworn she saw eye shadow but couldn't imagine one of her guy friends in such makeup. They looked perfect in this scenario. However, Hinata just looked awkward. Sakura hugged the Hyuuga girl when she saw her.

"I'm so glad Naruto didn't kill you!" she shouted. Hinata could hear her now that they were not so close to the sound systems. She giggled and Naruto frowned in a fake sadness.

"I can drive!" he retaliated. The two got into a small argument as Tenten pushed Hinata into their group.

Ino was in the center, of course, looking, if possible, more fabulous then all the girls combined. She's been to concerts like this so it was no surprise. Her trimmed skirt went right up to the end of her thighs and she wore fishnets as socks and an undershirt. She smiled and the light from the stage reflected against her purple lips. Hinata bit hers once again. She had added some make up but not to heavy. She didn't like the way she looked in eyeliner and mascara. On Ino, contrasting with her bright blonde hair, she looked perfect.

Temari, of course, kept her tough image up. Her jeans were purposely torn and her sleeves went missing, showing off her muscular arms. She wore shoes like looked like cowboy boots but where black, long and had a silver zipper on the side. Temari had her hair in two ties this time.

Tenten was modest in her look. Her body was covered with cover after cover of black articles of clothing. Rings of silver and metal clung to her fingers a she paced around the area the girls were seated. Sakura looked very much amazing. The darkness of the room and the people around really affected her pink hair that shimmered in the light. She was wearing heavy mascara, making her eyes even larger then they were already and black nail polish was painted on her fingernails.

Kiba's outfit was almost all ripped. Hinata was happy to find at least he didn't go semi-shirtless. She had seen to many people like that and Kiba wasn't the type. He was wearing a lot of gold though. Well, metal spray-painted gold. His tight, black wrist band had a skull with swords crossing and a name that Hinata guessed was the title of a band he liked. Kiba looked really tough. He always did. But this time, he looked like he could take on 6 dozen guys twice his size. He would if he was dared.

Comparing, Hinata just looked stiff.

It was then that she noticed Naruto had not followed the trend of the crowd. Sure, he was wearing a black jacket, but he had a bright orange T-shirt underneath which was shown when he unzipped his coat. His pants with a lighter shade of blue and his wristband was white. He seemed to glow against the atmosphere. Hinata blushed and shuffled over to the group. Kiba slung his arms around her to give her a little hug then proceeded to snicker at Naruto's outfit.

"Sai's coming, by the way" Ino commented, after she hugged a hello to Hinata.

"The geek from art class?" Temari asked, ruffling Hinata's hair and making room for the delicate girl.

Ino huffed at her friend then averted her eyes to the side. "He's not a geek. He's a genius. And he called me last night to be his date for the concert!"

Ever since Sai, a raven haired artist prodigy, moved to Konoha High, Ino had been ranting all about how he had taken an interest in her and that they were sort of dating but not really an item yet. Sakura and Sai had a rough relationship but they were ok. Sai and Naruto, however, continue to disagree on so many things, especially types of art. Hinata didn't know Sai well enough. Only when he came over to the group to chat with Ino.

"But I told him to come hang with our group instead" Ino winked, and flashed her pearly teeth.

Temari rolled her eyes. Tenten shrugged. Hinata stayed silent.

Sai did appear, right before the concert was about to begin. The group had taken their seats close to the front of the crowd. He gave Ino a peck on the cheek when he sat next to her, and she blushed a deep red. Kiba rolled his eyes. Sakura pushed Hinata to sit next to Naruto, who was getting ecstatic as he jumped up and down when the lanterns dimmed and the lights on the concert floor were set on. A man took his place next to two large black boxes and a panel. Hinata looked around to see the noisy crowd had went dead silent and all eyes were centered on the stage.

The concert had begun.

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It didn't take long for him to find her. It never usually did. She stuck out like a sore thumb, looking all rigid and nervous, completely conscience of her look and differences. She covered most of her body, which is modest in itself. He supposed. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, he strolled right over to her.

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A loud explosion crackled Hinata's ears and lights made her go blind. Everyone else reacted differently. While she stumbled to regain balance, they all started shouting and jumping up and down. The blaring lights bounced off the shine on the stage's floor and reflected back, showing of a blue-green light. Hinata rubbed her eyes and tried to suck in the excitement. There was nothing really amazing about it.

A man looking in his late 20's came to the thin microphone at the front. She hadn't realized it there. The lights had covered it.

He had a booming voice as he thanked all for coming out to see the band and flailed his arms around, looking like a dork to Hinata but someone truly exciting to everyone else. After the 5 minute introduction passed, the guy, the host as she could tell, started making crazier noises as he announced the first band.

Bloodcurl.

Tenten screamed the loudest. She was jumping up and down, completely of the seat. Her band came on. They all had died red hair, matching black and purple outfits and lips coloured with something that resembled the result of eating too much black jellybeans. Hinata looked away a bit. They were deadly scary to her. She looked at Naruto who was ogling the band like a fangirl. For his sake, she tried to get excited too. It came out weird.

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He sneered at the ugly band on stage. What morons. He didn't have time for this. But he couldn't get to the girl. People and seats were his obstacle. He had no choice but to sit right behind her. He leaned back and tried to block out the sounds. He concentrated his thoughts on the girl. She was very quite compared to her friends. She tried to fit in but didn't look good doing it. He hoped that the intermission would come faster. This was embarrassing to watch.

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Bands after bands left Hinata pretty much tone deaf. She had put on her excited act for so long and now she was just exhausted. Her friends weren't done. They still had the energy to jump around and dance like crazy people. She could imagine how sore their throats were by now. They didn't care. Temari coughed up a storm but kept singing along. Hinata didn't know the words to any of the music but tried to follow the beat. Whatever the beat was. These bands had no beat! Why couldn't they be simple like Beethoven or Monteverdi or something. At least you knew where you were with them.

When the intermission came along, Hinata made a lame excuse and darted to the food counters. Her friends were too busy talking about the songs and what band was going to play next. Hinata grabbed a large cup and looked around for some water. She was cautions about the liquids in such a place and her search led her to an abandoned vending machine outside the concert hall. She sighed and dug into her pockets. She had brought money to buy tickets and food, but the eatables didn't look…well made. And Naruto had gotten her tickets so she had extra change.

The image of the blonde flashed in her head like a sign. She quickly got her drink and ran back in to find her friends. How could she leave him! And she could have spent some more time. She just didn't want to seem like an idiot, standing there, not being able to hear him cause the music destroyed her eardrums. She found them after a few minutes of searching and the intermission was almost over.

So much for having some quite time with…, she sighed to herself and found her seat again.

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He hissed in anger. He felt like strangling her. How dare she walk out so fast! Did she have any idea how much trouble he had to go through to get here! Of course she didn't. Stupid human. He looked up at the clock. 15 minutes till the next group of mutant humans came on. Plenty of time.

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Thanks for the wait everyone!

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