Chapter 20
Well, here's chapter 20, I hope enjoy it and please comment on them. I don't own the music, Naruto and friends belong to Masashi Kishimoto and iTunes will forever belong to Steve Jobs (may he rest in peace). Oh and that phrase from power 106, not mine either.
*****IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA (One Week Later) *****
A red Lamborghini 360 spyder came to a stop on North Doheny Drive and immediately dropped its top revealing a satisfied red head behind the wheel, and a stunning blonde beside him. The red head looked over at the blonde before he lifted her hand and kissed the back of it.
The blonde blushed prettily and leaned forward to kisses him, "Gaara, I love being with you so much." With a smirk, Gaara shifted his car into gear before turning onto Rodeo Drive feeding off of the excitement that she was feeling as he parked in front of Neiman Marcus.
"Really Gaara" asked the girl as she smiled and looked up at him in pure joy and excitement, "Your taking my shopping?"
Without answering her, Gaara stepped out from the driver's seat and walked over to the passenger side and opened the door for her, "Come on Ino," he replied as he held a hand out to her, "Let's go."
With a squeal of happiness Ino took his hand and left the car only to quickly walk towards the front door, practically leaving Gaara in the dust.
With a sigh, Gaara closed the car door and turned on the alarm before going to the front door of the store. Just as he was prepared to pull the door open, it was push from the other side. 'Well damn,' thought Gaara as he silently inspected the girl before him.
She was dressed simply but rather elegantly, the sunlight hit her skin in a way that seemed to give her an ethereal glow rather than make her look washed out and sickly. However, before Gaara could say anything to her, she was already walking away, her wavy indigo hair wafting in the breeze behind her as she met up with a statuesque red haired woman sitting in a beautiful lavender and black Lamborghini Aventador.
Slightly ticked that there was a car nicer than his on the street, and that a girl—regardless of how beautiful she was—ignored him as if he was a second class citizen, he walked into the store to join Ino on her impromptu shopping spree.
Hinata's POV
'This is way too much,' thought a bewildered Hinata as she looked at the gorgeously eye catch Aventador.
"Well what do you think?" asked a happy and smug Tayuya as she pushed her Ray Bans into her hair, "gorgeous right?"
"It's exquisite," said a mesmerized Hinata before she shook her head, "you have to take that back, I can't afford it. Beside I would have been happy with a Toyota or a Nissan Taya-chan"
She saw Tayuya smile before she said "Aww Hinata, sweetie, according to the bank account the Shikamaru and I have just set up for you, you have more than enough to buy this car and enough to maintain it. In fact you have enough to buy your own super cute loft if you wanted."
Hinata blinked in utter bewilderment "h-how did I get so much money so fast," she asked Tayuya, "Last week I couldn't even afford to put in for the pizza?"
Tayuya smiled at the stunned look on Hinata's face, "Well," began Tayuya, "all of your songs have made it on iTunes top ten most downloaded songs. And have been requested on every pop, hip hop, R&B, and neo-soul station in Los Angeles, your gaining ground here, and to prove it, listen…."
Reaching inside the car, Tayuya turned on the radio and quickly turned to power 106. Immediately after she turned up the volume a bit, Hinata heard, "YO WHAT'S UP LA! IT'S YOU MAN BIG BOOOOOYY! I'M BRING YOU THE HOTTEST SONGS ON THE STATION WHERE HIP HOP AND R&B LIVES. CALL UP AND REQUEST THE MUSIC THAT YOU WANNA HEAR NOW!"
Confused Hinata looked up at Tayuya, "I don't get it, why did you come to this station—" but she was interrupted as a listener came on and said, "Hey Big Boy, This is Toya from Inglewood and I want to hear Irreplaceable by Hina. That joint is my sh**!"
"AWW YEAH!,"said Big Boy, "THAT SONGS BEEN GETTIN A LOT OF PLAY, ESPECIALLY BY THE LADIES! SO HERE WE GO….IRREPLACEABLE BY HINA."
To the left To the left Mmmm to the left, to the left And keep talking that mess, that's fine Standing in the front yard, telling me You must not know 'bout me You must not know 'bout me So go ahead and get gone Standing in the front yard, telling me You must not know 'bout me You must not know 'bout me So since I'm not your everything (irreplaceable) To the left, to the left. To the left, to the left. You must not know 'bout me You must not know 'bout me You can pack all your bags we're finished (you must not know 'bout me)
To the left
To the left
Everything you own in the box to the left
In the closet, that's my stuff
Yes, if I bought it, baby, please don't touch (don't touch)
Could you walk and talk at the same time?
And it's my name that's on that tag
So remove your bags, let me call you a cab
How I'm such a fool, talking 'bout
How I'll never ever find a man like you
You got me twisted
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you in a minute
Matter of fact, he'll be here in a minute (baby)
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second get to thinkin'
You're irreplaceable?
Call up that chick, and see if she's home
Oops I bet you thought, that I didn't know
What did you think
I was putting you out for?
Because you was untrue
Rolling her around in the car that I bought you
Baby, drop them keys
Hurry up, before your taxi leaves
How I'm such a fool, talking 'bout
How I'll never ever find a man like you
You got me twisted
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you in a minute
Matter of fact, he'll be here in a minute (baby)
You must not know 'bout me
I will have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second get to thinkin'
You're irreplaceable (irreplaceable)?
How about I'll be nothing (nothing)? Nothing at all to you (nothing, nothing)
Baby I won't shed a tear for you (I won't shed a tear for you)
I won't lose a wink of sleep (a wink of sleep)
'Cause the truth of the matter is (truth is)
Replacing you is so easy
To the left, to the left.
Mmmmm
To the left, to the left.
Everything you own in the box to the left
Don't you ever for a second get to thinking
You're irreplaceable?
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you in a minute
Matter of fact, he'll be here in a minute (baby)
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second get to thinkin'?
You must not know 'bout me (baby)
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you in a minute
Matter of fact, he'll be here in a minute
'Cause you made your bed now lay in it (you must not know 'bout me)
I could have another you by tomorrow
Don't you ever for a second get to thinkin'
You're irreplaceable?
"That song's been on rotation at least twice every thirty minutes on a lot of the Hip hop and R&B stations," replied Tayuya as she looked under her nail with a smirk before she looked at Hinata's dumbfounded face.
"So does that make me a hip hop artist" asked Hinata as she sat in her brand new car, "Because I don't think I can keep reproducing songs like that one. Besides, I wrote that one for Sasuke."
With a smile Tayuya shook her head, "No it doesn't define you as a hip hop artist exclusively because most of your songs can fit into different genres," she began, "but it does make you eclectic. Which is good, because that will also mean you'll have a far more extensive fan base."
Getting in the driver's seat, Tayuya turned the key in the ignition and smiled as purred to life, before she smoothly pulled out of the parking space and into traffic. "By the way," she said as she made a left turn before she zipped down the street, "thanks for letting my drive your new car."
"Yeah….sure…no problem," said a distracted Hinata, her mind still boggled but the amount of popularity that she'd garnered in such a short amount of time.
"So you're admitting that this is now your car then," said Tayuya with a smirk as a shocked Hinata looked up at her in disbelief before pouting when she realized that she'd been tricked, "that's great because I had no intention of returning this car."
With a slight sigh, looked out of the window "Where are we going," she asked as they sped down sunset boulevard and onto North La Cienega Boulevard
Looking over at her, "We're going to meet up with some friends of mine and then we're going to do more clothes shopping." Watching her nod her head in slight uncertain she smirked 'Get ready Miss Hina, you'll be appearing in your first video today.'
As they passed the Beverly center they slowed down and slowed pulled up to the blocked gates of the closed mall. A guard stopped their car before going to the driver's side window and said, "Ladies I'm sorry bit the mall is closed for a video shoot." Without even batting an eyelash, Tayuya pull out a yellow pass from under her shirt and showed it to the guard.
After looking at the pass for a moment—as if he questioned its authenticity—he looked down at the clipboard that he held in his hand. Blinking in slight shock, he waved at the guard to lift the arm that was blocking the gate. "I'm sorry about the confusion Ms. Senritsu," said the guard as he bowed to her apologetically, "I just—"
Lifting her arm, Tayuya cut off the rest of his apology, "You were just doing your job, I get that," she said to him with a smile, "now if you had just let me through, then we'd have a problem. I would've had you blacklisted and unable to get a job as a mall cop." With a smile she drove to car the rest of the way into the lot while the guard stood dumbfounded.
"Taya-chan," said Hinata as she watched her park the car in front of the mall and start getting out before she called the valet to park the car for them, "how are we meeting your friends here when the malls closed down for the day."
"It's simple," she said as she waited for Hinata to get out of the car before giving the keys to the valet service, "they're the ones that closed out the mall. So let's go meet them shall we?"
Before Hinata even had a chance to protest, Tayuya walked through the doors leaving her no choice but to follow.
Sasuke's P.O.V
Sitting astride his new black and silver motorcycle, Sasuke waited for the light to change from red to green as he looked at the wannabe fashionistas and "ballers" drive around in their over the top cars in complete apathy.
'Welcome back to reality Sasuke,' he thought as he watched a car filled with spokes models for plastic surgery pull up beside him and practically devour his physique with they're eyes while trying to seduce him with their manufactured "goods".
Rolling his eyes, he pushed off and sped away as the light turned green, letting the city blur into grey around him, 'Well at least I brought some of the peace I found in Connecticut back with me,' he thought as an image of Hinata smiling gently flashed through his mind.
Feeling much more at ease, he pulled to a stop before a large building and walked inside purposeful, not stopping until he saw inside the office of Jerald Piedmont—his agent.
"Sasuke! You came back," said a relieved and ecstatic Jerald as he watched the heartthrob walked into the room, "thank Kami, they were going to replace you if they hadn't hear back from you today."
"Well then, get the director on the phone and tell him that I'm in," he said as he leaned against the wall and watched as Jerald dialed the director's number.
"Hello," said a brusque and slightly raspy voice as Jerald pressed the speaker button.
"Yes," said Jerald as he looked at Sasuke with a large smile, "may I please speak to director Asuma Sarutobi?"
"This is him speaking. Who's this," he asked as he waited for a response.
"This is—"began Jerald, "Sasuke Uchiha…..I'm calling to confirm my spot as the lead of your movie," finished Sasuke as he stood up straight from his spot on the wall.
"I'm pleased to hear that Mr. Uchiha," said Asuma with a slight drawl, "to be fairly honest I was preparing to give the role to Mr. Sabaku."
Ignoring the urge that he had to grind his teeth, Sasuke kept his voice light and pleasant, "Is that so," he asked, "well, I'm pleased that I got to you before you changed your mind permanently."
"Trust me Mr. Uchiha," said Asuma, "if he received the part it would have been with my reluctance and because my hand was forced by the production company. They believe that he could be the one to replace the void that you've left behind."
"Do they now," asked a now irritated Sasuke as his left eyebrow began to twitch in annoyance at the situation.
"Yes," said Asuma in a frank, matter-of-fact tone, "however, I disagreed; I told them that you were grieving over what could have been and the betrayal of those that you loved. I said that you would come back stronger and as an even better actor for the experience."
"Thank you for the support," said Sasuke with slightly humbled voice, "It would be an honor if you allowed me to play the lead role in your film."
"And it would be mine if you let me be the first to encapsulate your renewed prowess in film," replied Asuma, "now I'll just have to let Sabaku know and we can begin production."
"About that," said Sasuke with a pause, "is it possible to keep my return quiet? I want to be able to give my all to the movie and let that fact that I'm in it be a surprise, and I need the media to give me my space for that to happen."
"Sure," said Asuma as they heard as he took a drag from his cigarette and exhale before continuing, "we'll even keep you off the production list and you don't have to go to the press conference about the movie either. We'll spin it and make it seem like the actor is in the method acting process or some crap like that. And I'll make sure everyone on set keeps this quiet too."
"That's a great idea," said Jerald, "and you can make your grand re-entrance in the movie premiere."
"Great," said Asuma, "-now that that's settled, I have a few phone calls to make. So goodbye and see you in a week Sasuke."
"Well," said Sasuke when he hung up the phone, "that went well."
"Where the hell were you Sasuke," asked Jerald as he sat down, from exhaustion and relief, "you disappeared and left me to deal with your parents and the paparazzi. By Myself. We had to release a statement that you were recovering from the shock in an undisclosed area."
"And you'll keep saying that, to the paparazzi," said Sasuke sternly, "and as for my family, this meeting never even took place. I'm back but I'm staying out of the limelight for a while."
With a sigh, Jerald watched as Sasuke turned to face the door, "Will you at least tell me where you'll be staying, so that I will be able to reach you."
Sasuke paused and said, "At a friend's house" before walked out of the office.
Hinata's P.O.V
'What am I getting into' thought Hinata as she walked around the set, following the flighty red head and 'why did she bring me here.'
With a sigh she slowly walked forward to where she found her speaking to five—admittedly attractive—guys, "Um…Tayuya?" she said softly as she blushed when she felt six pairs of eyes set on her, "What are we doing here?"
"Who's this?" asked the boy with asymmetrically hair as stared at her.
"Is this the girl you told us about T?" asked another who had a scarf covering his mouth.
"I suppose she do" said a said the stoic but slightly effeminate one.
"She'll do?" mocked the wilder one, "she's fucking gorgeous, in fact I would love to—"
"Enough," said the more mature one as he fixed his glasses before continuing, "She needs to be comfortable if she is to work with us, not fear us."
"T-Tayuya?" she softly called out while the guys were distracted. When she had her attention she gave her a confused look.
Feeling slightly paranoid at the smile that Tayuya was giving her, she looked back at the way she came and took at least one step backwards before her hand was grabbed and she was pulled forward.
"Guys," said Tayuya as she held onto Hinata's hand, "This is Hinata, she's an up and coming artist that will be making her public debut in your music video."
Hinata blinked in shock and stuttered out, "W-What? B-But I-I'm n-not re-read-ready for that!"
She wrung her fingers together as she nervously bit her lower lip—unconsciously causing the five guys to blush slightly from how adorably they found her nervousness to be—and looked at Tayuya with a bit of hurt and accusation.
"W-why d-didn't you t-tell me," she asked as Tayuya walked forward to place her hand on her shoulder.
"Because Sasuke told me not to," she responded easily, "besides, I'm leaving you in good hands, they will walk you through it, and I'll be with you the whole entire time."
With a sigh of resignation and a look of apprehension, Hinata moved forward towards the group and bowed politely, "Thank you for allowing me to help in your music video" began the still nervous Hinata, "as she said I'm Hinata, and you guys are?"
She watched as the group—minus Tayuya—looked at her in confusion and bewilderment, causing her to tense uo again. "d-did I say something wrong," she asked that now slightly exasperated Tayuya.
"So you really don't know who we are," said the wild one in slight amusement.
"Well," said the boy with the covered mouth, "That's a new one."
"Where did Tayuya find this girl," muttered the boy with the asymmetrical hair, "under a rock."
This comment led him to receive a smack to the back of his head from the stoic one.
"Oye!" said the asymmetrically hair one as he looked at the stoic one with accusation.
"You weren't being nice," said the stoic one before he leaned against the wall.
With a sigh the mature one shook his head at his friends before smiling wryly at Hinata, "we're a band named 5 sounds," he said as he walked over to shake her hand, "I'm Kabuto."
Scowling with angry the asymmetrically haired boy pouted and said "I'm Zaku"
"Dosu," began the boy with the scarf on his face, "It's a plea-"he was interrupted by the wild one gently grabbing Hinata's hand and placing a kiss on it.
"Hello gorgeous," he said in what he believed to be a seductive voice, "my names Suigestu and I would love to take you—" he was interrupted when the stoic one slapped him on the back of the head
Hey," said Suigestu as he angrily glared at the, "What the hell Kimimaro!"
"it doesn't take a genius to realize that she isn't comfortable with you touching her," he said before he nodded his head in her direction, "since the Neanderthal has said my name, I feel no need to repeat it, but I am pleased to make your acquaintance."
"Ok," Hinata heard Tayuya say, "now that we all know each other shall we begin?"
Gaara's P.O.V.
'Are you fucking kidding me' was all that ran through his mind as he listened to the man on the other end of the line.
"I'm sorry to say this Mr. Sabaku but we've decided to go in another direction with the character and have decided that your services will no longer be required," said the director's assistant.
"I see," said Gaara through clenched teeth, "do you by any chance know who the new actor taking over the role will be?"
"Not really," said the assistant, "but I knew that the first role was between you and Sasuke Uchiha before he disappeared. But until recently you had the role all but locked up."
"I see," said Gaara as he watched Ino as she stepped into the dressing room with a large pile of outfits to try on, "well then, thanks for keeping me informed I suppose."
Closing the phone abruptly, Gaara clenched his fist in effort to control his urge to throw his phone through the glass window.
"Something wrong?" he heard Ino ask through the dressing room door.
"No," he answered her petulantly, "nothing's wrong, just enjoy your shopping spree."
"Liar," he heard her call out before she came out of the dressing room in a sheer, short black robe with lacy blood red lingerie underneath it, effectively stunning him, "you always sound like a grumpy little boy who didn't get his way when something is wrong."
Stunned beyond words, Gaara said nothing as the only one thought still resided in his brain and repeated itself endlessly 'I'm gonna make sure Ino buys that if it's that last thing I do.'
Hinata's P.O.V.
'I can't believe I'm actually doing this' she thought as she looked down at the cute black combat boots that she was wearing.
"So," said the Director as he watched as the make-up artist enhanced Hinata's natural beauty with some blush, eye shadow and nude lip gloss, while the hair dresser added waves to her hair, "even though you are the main video girl there are about a hundred other extras around that will be doing this too."
As she stood up, the director—and Suigestu who was snooping around—got a better look at her outfit that she would wear for the video.
"Is this the look you were going for sir," asked the wardrobe designer, as he referred to the black, bustier top that Hinata was wearing with a pair of high waist stylishly ripped shorts, and a purple plaid button-up wrapped around her waist, "because you just said simple but chic."
"It's perfect" said the director as Tayuya walked into the room.
"Hina-honey!," she said—causing Hinata to blush from the nickname, "you look great,"
"Thanks Tayuya," she replied shyly before looking at the director, "What do you want me to do for this video."
"Just have fun with your friends at the mall," said the director, " I want you to dance, play, try on clothes and when you end up meeting the band, do as everyone around you does."
She nodded her head as if she understood but as soon as the director left she bit her lip in nervousness. 'Have fun? With like other people? How the heck do I portray that?' she thought without even realizing that she allowed her worry to reflect in her face.
With a sigh she walked out of the dressing room and out to the front where she would meet some of the extras that would pose as her friends. As she approached the front doors, she noticed the wild boy, Suigestu, walking towards her.
"Hey Hinata," he said with a smile as his gaze became a slightly lustful stare.
"Hi" she replied shyly with a blush as she continued moving towards the front.
"You ready for the shoot?" he asked her as watched how her hips swayed when she walked.
She nodded her head and replied "I'm as ready as I'll ever be"
"Well," he began and he moved to wrap his arms around her waist, "if you start to feel nervous just look for me ok."
Startled by his actions, Hinata blushed before slapping him as his face neared hers, allowing her to escape his grasp on her.
"You are such a creep you know that Suigestu" said Tayuya as she turned the corner and bypassed him to stand on beside Hinata.
"I-I thought she wanted me to!," he whined as he rubbed the side of his face and, " she was acting all shy and adorable."
"Idiot," said Tayuya as she hit him upside the head again, "that's just how she is."
Blushing a bit, Hinata hid herself behind Tayuya causing both her and Suigestu to notice what she was wearing.
"Um Taya-chan…" began Hinata before Suigestu cut her off and asked "What the fuck are you wearing?!"
Rolling her eyes slightly at Suigestu's bewildered expression, she turned to Hinata "You didn't think that I would let you do this video by yourself did you," she said before spinning around giving both of them a good look at the outfit that she had on.
Wearing a stylish white crop top with a red heart in the middle, a pair of high waist shorts that had red suspenders on them and red ankle booties, she smiled as she turned towards Hinata and said, "I wasn't gonna just throw you to the sharks, since it's your first time, I'm jumping in with you."
"You look amazing," said Hinata as she smiled at her friend in both excitement and relief, "the outfit suits you."
"Well thank you," replied Tayuya with a grin as she flipped her slightly curled flowing red hair, "now come on we should head over to the director they're about to start shooting."
Grabbing Hinata's wrist, Tayuya led her to the front of the galleria leaving Suigestu's bewildered expression behind them.
*****MEANWHILE IN GAARA'S 360 SPYDER*****
"So you have to choose the order in which these songs play," said Ryan Seacrest—host of KIIS 102.7—to a fan on the air, " Shower by Ino, Part of me by Temari, or Unwritten by up and comer Hina. What do you want to hear."
"OMG this is so hard Ryan," said the fan, "I honestly love all three songs. But if I HAVE to choose, then I'd listen to Unwritten by Hina first, I just love that song sooo much right now, then I'd wanna listen to Part of me because that is an awesome girl power song, and finally Shower because it's fun to listen to."
"Ok, you heard it hear folks," said Ryan Seacrest, "First up is Unwritten."
I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined Staring at the blank page before you
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
With a growl of annoyance, Ino changed the station only too hear "Next up is Unconditionally by Hina."
Oh no, did I get too close? Unconditional, unconditionally
Oh, did I almost see what's really on the inside?
All your insecurities
All the dirty laundry
Never made me blink one time
I will love you unconditionally
There is no fear now
Let go and just be free
I will love you unconditionally
With a sigh of exasperation, Ino turned off the radio and pouted in anger before looking out the window.
"What's wrong," asked Gaara as he glanced at the pouting Ino, "you don't wanna listen to music?"
Huffing in anger, Ino flipped her hair and looked at her boyfriend, "Gaara I don't mind listening to music I just don't want to listen to HER!"
"Her?" asked Gaara before he turned into his driveway and stopped the car and turned to look at her, "who's her?"
"Hina…" replied Ino.
I'm so very sorry for the wait but it's finally up, so please review and let me know what you think about chapter 20.
Songs featured:
Irreplaceable-Beyonce
Unwritten- Natasha Beddingfield
Unconditionally- Katy Perry
Also if you have any ideas for songs that the characters should sing let me know.