Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Also I do not own the song used in this story called Better than me by Hinder
Hey I'm back with another chapter sorry it's been so long but trust me I don't forget my stories…so I just want to thank all the readers and reviewers that have stuck with this story
So here we go hope you guys enjoy this chapter
"Hey Naruto, we got practice later on!" Shikamaru called to Naruto as they were going home from a full day of school
"Yeah, yeah Shikamaru, you know I'll be there!" Naruto called back as he looked around for Hinata as he spotted her down the street "Oi Hinata!" He called to the girl and just as he did Hinata sprinted around the corner much to Naruto's surprise and dismay "Why does it seem like Hinata is avoiding me?" Naruto said out loud to no one in particular
"Maybe she is" Naito, Naruto's little brother said popping up with one arm around Hanabi, Hyuga Hinata's little sister
"The hell are you talking about?" Naruto said with a bored look
"Well here's the thing, my dim witted older brother" He paused "While I was making a tape of your life before you become a rock star…" He paused as Hanabi and Naruto gave him a look "What!? I'm gonna prove he's a loser, even if he blows up big….any-who…through out the footage, Hinata was avoiding you like you had the flu" He said simply as he tossed the camera to his brother "I'm gonna be hanging out with Hanabi…don't cry too much" He said sticking out his tongue as Naruto stood there seething
"I'm gonna kill him later" Naruto then stopped seething and then realized something as he ran after his little brother and Hanabi "Hey Hanabi!" Naruto called to the girl as he got her attention "You wouldn't happen to know anything about what's up with Hinata would you?" He asked as Hanabi's face instantly changed to one of fear
"Sorry Naruto…I have no clue!" she said shrugging her shoulders "We should get out of here now, right Naito?" She said as she pulled him quickly
"Very weird" Naruto said as he put his hand to his chin in thought and tried to think hard until something slap him on the back of the head "The hell?" Naruto said rubbing the back of his head as he looked back getting ready to punch when he saw it was Sasuke "Oh it's you teme…and Mrs. teme" Naruto said with a bored look as Sakura delivered a punch to his face
"So what's the problem dobe? Home is the other way." Sasuke said as he pointed to the direction of the house with his thumb
"Well teme, I was just talking with Naito and Hanabi, because Hinata has been acting funny all day." Naruto said rubbing his face from Sakura's super punch
"Yeah, you make a good poi-" Sasuke started
"Um Sasuke-kun, there's a movie I wanted to see, can we see it now?" Sakura asked cutting him off and then chuckling nervously
"Sure" Sasuke said shrugging his shoulders as Sakura silently celebrated
"Very…Weird." Naruto said with his hand to his chin much like before "To Hinata's house!" He declared in his head
Naruto went to Hinata's house and stepped up to the guards who rose up a hand and stopped him
"Come on guys, why do we always have to go through this?" Naruto asked putting his hands behind his head
"State your business" The guard proceeded with an unreadable expression obviously ignoring Naruto's question which made Naruto sweat drop
"I'm here to see Hinata" Naruto sighed out as he hung his head in defeat
One of the guards waited and then turned and nodded to the there guard who walked off
"That's more like it" Naruto said as he was getting ready to follow the guard but was stopped by the guard who stiffed armed Naruto in the chest "Uncalled for dude!" Naruto exclaimed rolling up his sleeves getting ready for a fight
"Naruto" Came a calm voice that stopped Naruto from getting into a fight he was most likely gonna lose
"Neji!" Naruto said with a grin "He just saved your ass" Naruto said getting in the guards face as the guard shoved him back making Naruto fall without even using much energy
"Naruto, how many times do I have to tell you don't provoke the guards" Neji warned "They will kill you" He added making Naruto sweat drop as he heard the guards' chuckle darkly with one another
"That doesn't mean you have permission to!" Naruto growled as the guards silenced themselves when Neji just put a hand up to stop them "Neji, where's Hinata?!" Naruto asked quickly to which Neji calmly replied automatically like an answering machine
"I do not know where lady Hinata is and I'm am busy with my studies at the moment so if you'll excuse me" Neji turned around and started to walk away
"Asshole" Naruto replied with a blank expression as he saw Tenten appear and hug Neji "'Studies' he says" Naruto said in complete disbelief
Naruto roamed around the block for while not knowing what to do about his situation "I could always go to work. Nah…I'm probably fired anyway…and I hate walking in on Gaara making out with Ayame" Naruto said shaking his head "He usually just stops and gives me a lifeless stare until I leave…scary" Naruto said again shuddering at the thought
Even though the young blond decided against it his feet still took him to the Ichiraku ramen spot where he and his friends spent most of their time when they weren't in practice or with their girlfriends
As Naruto neared the restaurant he started to speed up when he saw Hinata sitting with her friends including Sasuke who was with Sakura
"It's Hinata!" Naruto said happily "Now's my chance!" He said as he started to walk faster towards the shop until he saw Kiba show up and being greeted by everyone as he was pushed down into a seat next to Hinata which made Naruto's face fall as everyone stared to talk excluding Sasuke who got up for something
"Ok, so before we go to the mall let's make sure we have everything in order" Sakura said as the mastermind
"Um Sakura" Ino started up as she coughed and pointed at Sasuke
"Uh Sasuke, could you get us something to drink please" Sakura asked sweetly as everyone was staring at him expectantly
Sasuke just deadpanned "If you guys wanted privacy all you had to do was ask" Sasuke said as everyone sweat dropped at his bluntness as he walked off
"So the plan is set right?" Sakura asked as everyone nodded their heads "Everyone know's what to do right?" She asked as everyone confirmed with a nod again
"I'm not sure I wanna do this" Hinata brought up as everyone just dead panned
"Hinata, you're no fun!" Ino exclaimed throwing her hands up in the air
"I agree with Hinata!" Kiba spoke up
"Shut up!" All the women with the exception of Hinata yelled at him
"W-wha…I uh" He couldn't form words
"You have no say!" Ino declared pointing a finger in his face as Kiba's head just dropped in defeat
They continued their talk and Sasuke reappeared with the drinks in hand and an expectant look
"Hey Sasuke" everyone greeted with a nervous smile as he just shook his head
Sasuke set the drinks down in front of everyone slowly in front of them one by one until he held his own drink and sat down in his seat next to Sakura
There was an awkward silence as Sasuke slowly sipped from the straw of his drink which was the only sound that was being made, until suddenly he slammed down his cup
"Ok, spill it" He said simply as everyone jumped back in their seats frightened at sauske's sudden words
"W-whatever are you talking about Sasuke?" Sakura stuttered out
"Cut the crap" Sasuke said tersely with his arms folded as he suddenly glared at Kiba who suddenly shrank into his seat next to Ino "Kiba! Speak!" He ordered
Kiba looked around the whole table leveling the amount of intimidation that seemed to leak of everyone as they waited for him to speak
"Kiba…" Ino tested slowly
Kiba looked at Sasuke who had death glare level 100 active while Ino's death glare was equally as deadly at the moment. So kiba decided hey if I'm gonna die no matter what choice I pick might as well weigh out the options "Killed and kicked out of the band" Kiba muttered to himself while a scale in his mind suddenly went heavy on one side "or pick Ino who has nothing over me except getting a group of girls to kill me…hmm" The other side of the scale also weighed a bit heavier but not as much as the side with Sasuke and the rest of the group kicking his ass and kicking him out of the band.
Kiba explained everything much to Ino's chagrin
"I see" Sasuke said slowly as he sipped on the last of his juice until you heard his sipping at nothing and the ice could be heard rattling at the bottom, this proved to make everyone anxious to hear what he was going to say next
"Uh Sasuke…You're not gonna tell Naruto are you?" Sakura asked carefully as if she was walking around on a field full of deadly mines
"As a member of the band…I am obligated to" Sasuke said as he slammed down his cup making everyone quickly drop their heads in disappointment "But screw that, I want in" he said folding his arms with a smirk on his face
3 of the four girls heads quickly shot up as both Hinata and Kiba shook their heads at Sasuke's childish answer
"That dobe has pranked me for the last time." It's time for a taste of his own medicine!"
'That bastard!' Naruto exclaimed in his mind as he was sitting just two tables away with a newspaper in hand and a fake mustache on his face that made him look like Magnum from the show Magnum, P.I. (I do not own that) 'and Sasuke you traitor…I mean sure I did some horrible pranks but they were funny…for me. Isn't that what matters?' Naruto got up and left crumpling up the newspaper and ripping off his mustache and tossing it to the side
'Was that Naruto?' Hinata asked herself as she just picked her head up to catch a glimpse of the person that walked out 'couldn't be because if he heard all of that then-'
"Hinata snap out of it you have to pay attention or the plan won't work" Sakura said snapping the young girl out of it since she has to explain everything over since Sasuke is now involved
Naruto was walking along the path to his house still disappointed that Hinata and the rest was messing with his relationship just because he had fan girls and it looked like stuff was happening with them, but those were just misunderstandings especially the shirtless bandits gig…yeah that did look bad but what can he say he was born to entertain he just can't help it
With that Naruto's phone started to ring and who do you suppose it was it was Louie from the shirtless bandits "Hello?" Naruto answered in confusion
"Aye bloke, we just took a look at a couple of amateur videos of you and your band, and I have to say I like what I see." Louie said as Naruto had a grin that spread across his whole face
"So does that mean?" Naruto started to ask
"Yes, come down to the station with your band"
"AWESOME!" Naruto yelled as he hung up the phone and ran to Gaara's house as fast as he could
Shikamaru stood next to Gaara with a sheet of paper explaining to him about a song they were going to play while Gaara sat there behind his drums focused trying to get what Shikamaru was explaining to him until suddenly Naruto busted in the basement drenched in sweat and panting heavily
"Dude did you get caught in the rain" Shikamaru asked surprised Naruto was so soaked
"No-"
"Swimming?" Gaara interrupted as Naruto sweat dropped and Shikamaru gave Gaara a high five
After letting Naruto catch his breath and giving him a bottle of water and a new shirt and deodorant for obvious reasons
"Ok so guess what!" Naruto
"We waited this long for a game?" Shikamaru asked with a pained expression
"You quit ramen, and checking into rehab because you realize it's bad for your health, and that you have a serious problem?" Gaara asked as Naruto restrained himself from leaping over the drums and kicking Gaara's ass
"No" Naruto said slowly "The shirtle-" Naruto was about to say but was interrupted by the door opening revealing Sasuke and Kiba walking in
"Sup" Everyone greeted simultaneously as the band's signature thing was when Kiba fist bumps Sasuke, Sasuke passes it on to Naruto then from Naruto to Shikamaru and then to Gaara. This is to avoid having to walk around giving each other fist bumps and hi-fives….yeah anyway
'Traitors!' Naruto yelled to himself
"So where were you two?" Shikamaru asked
"The music store" Sasuke lied casually
'YOU LIE HELIOS!'(God Of War ref.) Naruto practically screamed to himself as he was ashamed that his band mate could just lie through his teeth
"Well since we're all here now. I think I might have got us a record deal!" Naruto exclaimed as everyone else started to look excited as well
"how'd someone with your brain capacity manage that?" Sasuke asked smartly which earned him Naruto flipping the bird, to which the dark haired teen shrugged off casually "So who is it with?" Sasuke asked
"The shirtless bandit's Naruto said with a foxy grin
"…." Was the group's response
"WHAT?!" Naruto asked mad that his band always seems to do this to him like he was stupid or something…he isn't stupid right?...
"We'll pass" everyone said in unison as Naruto fell to the ground comically
"Come on! Why not? It's the perfect opportunity!" the blonde teen said throwing his hands up in the air
"Dude it's the shirtless bandits. Haven't you heard the stories?" Sasuke asked
"It's just stories" Naruto said looking away already knowing about the Shirtless Bandits, the epitome of Sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll
"Stories all over the news" Kiba said with a blank stare
"Oh" Naruto said scratching the back of his head and giving a sheepish smile "Let's just give it a try" Naruto offered as the group gave him a skeptical look
"Alright Naruto, where is the place?" Shikamaru spoke up
"Oh…" Naruto excitement quickly changed into disappointment
"What is it?" Gaara asked the question on everyone's mind
"I didn't ask?" Naruto said as everyone cracked their knuckles and went towards the Blonde "Guys we already know how this is gonna go" Naruto said shaking his head in disappointment "I'm gonna ended up winning this fight…"
"It sure is a good thing they called back!" Naruto said with a lopsided smile as he had a black eye and bandages all over "I totally won that fight by the way"
"Sure you did" The band members all said in unison
The band mates approached the gates to the lavish looking mansion
Naruto was the first to press the button as he then turned to his band and smiled and gave them a thumbs up to which each of them replied with a frown and a thumbs down
"Who is it?" a pleasant voice replied
"Um it's Naruto and his band mates…we were called here to audition"
"Oh you must be those Porn Stars"
Everybody's eyes went wide as they sweat dropped
"No no ma'am, we play music" Naruto answered into the intercom as he turned to his friends with a nervous grin as they all flipped him the bird in reply
"Oh you're those guys." She realized "Even better, you can enter"
The bandmates walked in and marveled at the superfluous estate that was hidden behind the gates. There were cars and motorcycles everywhere, statues of angels and guitars shrubbery that was in very intricate shapes and designs that one couldn't help but stare at when passing by.
"This place is badass!" Naruto said excitedly much to everyone's chagrin
"Yeah! Do you think they have a bat cave as well?!" Kiba asked sarcastically which didn't provoke Naruto but proved to only make him more excited
"Do you think they do?!" Naruto asked with a stupidly happy expression earning the groans and sighs of his friends, Naruto was just so damn optimistic while everyone was skeptical about the whole meeting the bad influence rockers and getting signed just like that
If you thought the outside of the estate was amazing the boys couldn't believe their eyes when they made it up the hill to where the mansion sat, where they finally made it inside to be greeted by-
"Is that a FREAKING Grotto in the mansion?!" Naruto exclaimed as he fell backwards like those trust exercises luckily he was caught by Sasuke but it didn't really matter since the Uchiha had an annoyed expression and just dropped the blond onto the floor
"Shut the hell up" Sasuke said as he and the rest of the band walked forward going farther into the mansion
"H-hey, wait up!" Naruto called getting up off the floor and started running after them while also admiring the many memorabilia that laced the halls of the Shirtless Bandits mansion
When they finally reached the door to the studio the boys met a beautiful maid who was dressed a little skimpily…oh screw it she was dressed skimpy wearing one of those sexy French maids outfits
"Whoa" The band mates said as they exchanged glances with one another
The maid blushed before she spoke up "You guys are cute" She complimented as she gave them a smile
"I have Hinata"
"I have Sakura"
"I have Temari"
"I have Ayame"
"I'm single"
The band mates said in unison but with something different although the four boys who said a girls' name looked at Kiba when he said he was single
"What?! I am!" Kiba defended as the maid slipped him a small sheet of paper and whispered in his ear making him blush
"Right this way please" She insisted as she ushered them inside
Everyone couldn't believe that happened to Kiba but they just chalked it up to dumb luck
As the stepped inside the studio they saw some of the most state of the art equipment from wall to wall as at the moment the shirtless bandits were using the equipment to have a girl sing on their music track
"Masters" The maid called to their attention
"Cut, cut!" Louie the front man for the shirtless bandits yelled as everything stopped simultaneously, the music the girl singing, the chattering from the women who were pretty much naked in one corner….wait what?
"Sasuke look! It's like a Harem Jutsu!" Naruto pointed to the corner with the girls Sasuke looked over and instantly started to blush as he and the rest of the band members covered Naruto's eyes "Hey! What gives?!"
"You have Hinata" They all said in unison
Naruto sweat dropped "What about you bastards?!" He screeched out to which they just ignored him
"Well if it isn't my stars in the making," Louie said casually "And here I thought it was my Porn Stars" He said with fake hurt in his voice "So are you boy's ready to sign a contract?" He asked casually holding up some papers
"YEAH!" Naruto yelled excitedly only to receive four fist to the head
"Idiot" Shikamaru scolded
"What did I do this time?" Naruto asked with fake tears
The band got into a huddle
"You can't be serious Naruto" Shikamaru asked as he took the confusion on Naruto's face as a cue to continue speaking "We only performed one of their songs…they didn't even wanna see if we actually have any more talent…this is just too suspicious"
"Well then watch this!" Naruto said as everyone in the huddle face palmed "Hey Louie, Don't you guys want to hear us perform again before just signing?" Naruto asked
"Uh…" Loiue was a little hesitant as he looked at the rest of his band members who just shrugged as if they don't care "Sure mate, get in there and sing one of our songs and let's see if you're the real deal"
Naruto pumped his fist in the air in excitement
"He's such a freaking idiot" Said as he and the rest of the group marched into the recording studio where the female artist was just performing
After the group was all set up in the booth Louie pressed a button "Are you all set?"
Naruto put a thumbs up while Louie pressed another button
Naruto and the group started to play a song The Shirtless Bandits were known for
Sasuke started with a mellow sounding rift you could almost hear the pain it was trying to convey to the listeners
Then that's when Naruto started to sing trying his best to have a rugged edge to his voice
I think you can do much better than me
After all the lies that I made you believe
Guilt kicks in and I start to see
The edge of the bed
Where your nightgown used to be
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remember
What it feels like beside you
The whole band came in for the chorus as the men behind the glass nodded their heads in approval
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
"I think they really have what it takes" The female singer complimented as Louie nodded
"That's exactly why I picked them to make this plan a success" He said with a smile
While looking through your old box of notes
I found those pictures I took
That you were looking for
If there's one memory I don't want to lose
That time at the mall
You and me in the dressing room
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remember
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
The bed I'm lying in is getting colder
Wish I never would've said it's over
And I can't pretend... I won't think about you when I'm older
Cause we never really had our closure
This can't be the end
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
(And I think you should know this)
(You deserve much better than me)
After everything died down the band all high fived each other on a job well done
"So you kiddies ready to sign the dotted line?" Louie asked with a smile
"Uh give us a second to-" Shikamaru started but was cut off
"Of course we are!"
"Naruto!" The whole group exclaimed angrily
"What?" the blond asked with a sheepish smile
well how'd you like the chapter i know it's been a while...i'll try my best with the time i got now adays especially since i have other stories as well...but i never forget a story that's my oath that i uphold
So this could be the bands big break but it seems like Naruto is the only one who's excited about I wonder why
We'll find out next chapter which features the prom where our favorite band will be having a big performance make sure you get your tickets and dress nice for the occasion, don't miss it
Song is called Better than me by Hinder
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See ya