A/N: this is a long chapter due to the songs at the so if you want to skip pass the songs and finish reading the rest of the chapter be my guest :]
Hinata made sure she stayed out of the water that day. With Temari in the water there was no telling what would happen.
"Mmm you're worrying too much." Gaara smiled up to her. He had decided to chill with her while she sulked.
"Maybe…"
Gaara laid his head on her lap and closed his eyes. "Just relax."
Hinata began to stroke his hair. 'It's easier said then done Gaara.'
In the water Sasuke was doing his best to try to stay away from Temari as much as possible but he had no luck on that.
"Aww Sasuke look at Gaara and Hinata." Temari pointed over to them.
"Mmmm."
"Don't they look cute?"
"Mhm." He pursed his lips into a hard line. Would she just leave him alone?"
"What's wrong Sasuke? Jealous?"
Sasuke rubbed the bridges of his nose. 'LEAVE ME ALONE DAMNIT!'
"Maybe this will help." She smiled and pressed her lips against his.
Sasuke didn't try to stop her, he knew it would be pointless and not only that but he felt unwanted feelings inside him begin to develop again.
Back on the beach Hinata couldn't help but stare at Sasuke and Temari. She was sure that Temari was forcing her way on him but when Sasuke decided to kiss her back she thought otherwise. Maybe Sasuke was really over her. Maybe she should finally get over him too.
She leaned down and kissed Gaara softly on the head.
"What's this?" Gaara opened his eyes. "You normally don't kiss me first."
"Well, I wanted to."
Gaara sat up and stretched. "Okay."
Hinata sighed and leaned against him. The only way to forget about her worries was to sing so that's what she was going to do.
Before she could open her mouth Gaara pointed to a stage on the boardwalk.
"Eh?" She looked at it confused.
"They're having a singing contest over there. Wanna sing?"
Hinata smiled at him. It was like they had…
"Telepathy!" She yelled.
Gaara laughed. "What?"
"We must have telepathy."
Gaara smiled. "Or I just know how you think."
"Or that too."
"Hinata!" Sakura bent over panting.
"What's up?"
"T-there's a t-t-talent show over on the b-boardwalk…"
"I know Gaara and I were just about to check it out."
"We should all go!" Naruto Deidara suggested. "I like to hear Hinata sing. I've heard that you're really good."
"Um…well" Hinata blushed.
"She's amazing!" Sakura exclaimed.
"I hear the winner gets five-hundred dollars." Neji said.
"Five-hundred dollars?" Hinata and Sakura exclaimed.
"Do you know what that means Hinata?" Sakura held Hinata's hands.
"Yes I do."
"What does it mean?" Gaara asked.
"LOTS OF SUSHI!" They cheered making everyone else sweat drop.
"Let's go Gaara!" Hinata pulled him up and began running towards the boardwalk with Sakura following them.
"I guess we should follow." Tenten sighed.
"Yeah because I want to see Hinata kick ass!" Kiba howled.
"Then to the talent show!" Naruto jumped into the air.
"A duet tournament?" Sakura repeated.
"That's right." The hostess smiled. "In order to enter into this show you must have a partner."
"I'll be your partner Hinata." Sakura said.
"Okay." Hinata smiled.
"Sakura can you even sing?" Gaara asked.
"Of course I can!"
"She's telling the truth." Hinata defended her.
"So are you two joining?" The hostess asked.
"Yes Ms….." Sakura read her name. "Hoshikawa."
"We'll join too." Sasuke said dragging Naruto up by his collar.
"No way Sasuke I won't do it!" Naruto whined.
"Sasuke you can sing?" Hinata asked surprised.
"Yeah."
"Shocking isn't it?" Sakura laughed.
"Then may the best singer win." Hinata held out her hand.
"We will." Sasuke shook it.
"Then let's begin." Ms. Hoshikawa led them to the stage where other people joined them.
"Woooo kick their butt's ladies!" Deidara cheered.
"Go Sasuke!" Temari screamed.
Hinata rolled her eyes. Of course she would cheer for him.
"Hello fellow beach goers. Today we have a special treat. Not only do we have a lot of contestants but we have the heir from the Hyuuga clan and the karate specialist in Japan Hinata Hyuuga!"
Hinata waved nervously. 'This wasn't apart of the deal….'
"The rules are simple. The contestants can only sing two songs and whoever the crowds love the best will win the grand prize of five-hundred guys. So up first are two major cuties who've been best friends forever."
"Now we'll see how they do." Hinata watched Naruto and Sasuke take the stage.
"Wassup! My name is Naruto Uzumaki and that's Sasuke Uchiha. This is actually the first time we've ever sung in front of crowd so cut us some slack. Thanks." Naruto nodded at the band behind him.
"Oooooo what are they going to sing?" Sakura smiled as the music began to start.
"You've got to be kidding me." Hinata groaned.
Naruto:
Top down in the summer sun
The day we met was like a hit n' run and I still taste it on my tongue
The sky was burning up like fireworks
You made me want oh so bad it hurt
But girl
In case you haven't heard…
Sasuke:
I used to be love drunk but now I'm hung over
love you forever, forever is over
We used to kiss all night now it's just a bar fight
So don't call me crazy say hello then goodbye
Cause just one thing would make me say
I used to be love drunk but now I'm hung over
Love you forever…but now it's over…..
Sakura looked at Hinata. "I wonder who he's talking about. You or Temari."
"I don't know." 'Probably us both.'
Naruto:
Hot sweat an blurry eyes
We're spinnin on a roller coaster ride
The world stuck in black and white
You drove me crazy every time we touch
Now I'm so broken that I can't get oh girl
You make me such a lush…
Sasuke:
I used to be love drunk but now I'm hung over
love you forever, forever is over
We used to kiss all night now it's just a bar fight
So don't call me crazy say hello then goodbye
Cause just one say can make me say
I used to be love drunk but now I'm hung over
Love you forever…but now it's over…
All the time wasted on you
All the bullshit you put me through
Checking into rehab cause everything that we had didn't mean a thing to you
Naruto:
I used to be love drunk but now I'm hung over
Love you forever but now it's over
Sasuke:
I used to be love drunk but now I'm hung over
love you forever, forever is over
We used to kiss all night now it's just a bar fight
So don't call me crazy say hello then goodbye
Cause just one say can make me say
I used to be love drunk but now I'm hung over
Love you forever…but now it's over…..
Naruto:
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
Hinata and Sakura looked at each other when everyone began to join in.
Naruto:
But now it's over
Sasuke:
Can still taste it on my tounge
But now it's over….
Hinata couldn't help but cheer at the end of the song. They were good. Who knew Sasuke and Naruto could sing and the song fitted their personally quite well.
"Way to go Sasuke, Naruto!" Sakura hugged them both when they walked off stage and other people took it.
"That was awesome! The way the crowd joined in!" Naruto smiled.
"I never knew you guys were this good." Hinata smiled at them.
"Now how are you guys going to top that off?" Naruto challenged.
"Never doubt the songs from Paramore." Sakura yelled above the background.
Hinata looked at Sasuke who stuck out his tongue playfully. She pushed his shoulder in response.
"I can't believe you're going to sing Paramore." Naruto complained.
"Because Haylee just happens to have a song to make a comeback from yours." Hinata answered.
The song ended in a mere three minutes and it was time for Sakura and Hinata to take the stage. Hinata waved at Gaara who was in the front supporting her.
"Hi, I'm Sakura Haruno and that's Hinata Hyuuga of course. We're in competition with the boys who came on first so please like our song better." Sakura winked at Hinata when the music began.
"Ooo I love this song." Tenten yelled.
"What is it?" Neji asked.
"You'll see."
Sakura:
If I'm a bad person you don't like me
I guess I'll make my own way
It's a circle a mean cycle
I can't excite you anymore
Where's your cavil? You're jury?
What's my offense this time?
You're not a judge but if you're going to judge me
Well sentence me to another life
Both Hinata and Sakura:
Don't wanna hear your sad songs don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's my fault you know we're not the same
(Hey!) We're not the same (Hey!) we're not the same
Oh we're not the same
Yeah the friends who stuck together we wrote our names in blood
Unless you can't accept that the change is good
(Hey!) Is good (Hey!) Is good
Is good….
Hinata:
Well you treat me just like another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir I guess I'll go I best be on my way out
You treat me just like another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir I guess I'll go I best be on my way out
Hinata held the microphone out to the audience so they could sing. "Ignorance is your new best friend. Ignorance is your new best friend."
Hinata:
This is the best thing that could've happened
Any longer I wouldn't have made it
It's not a war no it's not rapture
I'm just a person but you can't take it
The same trick that…that once fooled me
They won't get you anywhere
I'm not the same kid from your memory
Well now I can fend for myself
Both Hinata and Sakura:
Don't wanna hear your sad songs don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's my fault you know we're not the same
(Hey!) We're not the same (Hey!) we're not the same
Oh we're not the same
Yeah the friends who stuck together we wrote our names in blood
Unless you can't accept that the change is good
(Hey!) Is good (Hey!) Is good
Is good….
Hinata:
Well you treat me just like another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir I guess I'll go I best be on my way out
You treat me just like another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir I guess I'll go I best be on my way out
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
At that moment Hinata couldn't help but look at Sasuke. He had his arms folded across his chest and his lips were pursed into a thin white line. He knew this song was for him and he didn't like it.
Both Sakura and Hinata:
Well you treat me just like another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir I guess I'll go I best be on my way out
You treat me just like another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir I guess I'll go I best be on my way out
The crowd seemed to like their group the best so far which made Naruto whine in fustration.
"Come on Sasuke we need to sing something big!"
"I don't have anything." Sasuke answered lowly.
"You're mad abut the whole song thing right?"
"…"
"Then follow my lead." Naruto smiled and stepped on stage. "Well this is our last song to show you guys we don't suck. I'm not going to be singing in this song except for maybe one or two lines because this song is coming from Sasuke's heart but anyway…vote for us!"
Hinata could feel Sasuke's eyes on her as the music started. She straight into his eyes as she recognize what song it was.
"For some reason this competition sounds more like a hate competition." She heard the other contestants say.
Sasuke:
'I'm tired of being what you want me be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
I don't know what you're expecting from me
Caught under the pressure of walking in your shoes
Naruto:
'Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow'
Sasuke:
'Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Naruto:
'Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow'
Sasuke:
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tight so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
Can't you see that you're smothering me?
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
Naruto:
'Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow'
Sasuke:
'Every step that I take is another mistake to you'
Naruto:
'Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow'
Sasuke:
'And every second I waste is more then I can take'
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tight so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
And I know I might end up failing too
But I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you.
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tight so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Naruto:
'I'm tired of being what you want me to be…'
Sasuke:
'I've become so numb I can't feel you there'
Naruto:
'I'm tired of being what you want me to be…'
Hinata kept her eyes locked with Sasuke's until he looked away and left to go to the opposite side of the stage.
"Hinata how are you going to beat that?"
"I…don't…know."
Sakura looked at her and began to panic. "Hinata don't cry!"
"Huh?" Hinata touched her wet cheeks. Why was she crying?
"Hinata you have to come up with a song."
"Okay, I will." Hinata took in a deep breath and walked on the stage since the other contestants dropped out when things got too heated for them.
"Hi everyone." Hinata smiled. "I've been too caught up in settling a dispute with someone else that I forgot about who I really cared about. My boyfriend Gaara."
"And my boyfriend Itachi!" sakura yelled. "Love you!"
Itachi gave her a salute.
"Well, I really don't have a song to actually sing." Hinata laughed.
"What?" Sakura whispered.
"I really don't know what to sing so I'm bowing out."
"What?" Sakura repeated.
The crowd began to whisper and complain.
"I'm so sorry." Hinata turned to walk off the stage.
Gaara met her halfway and gave her a hug. As much as Hinata didn't want to she couldn't stop herself from crying. For some reason Sasuke's song has impacted her a lot.