She's the One
By Herm-Own-Ninny879

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…I wish I did…And I don't own Runaway and Misery Business by Avril Lavigne and Paramore.
Author's Note (PLEASE READ!)Yeah, you all are happy now. I am too. I was writing this during class (if my science teacher caught me…I would be in deep poop.) and my friends kept on grabbing at it, wanting spoilers, and SOMEONE—my sister—baaah, she grabbed the paper whenever she saw it. She was my editor as well, and so was my friend Kara, so I'd like to thank them. Hey Chibi, I followed your advice and lengthened the NaruHina scene.

And another thanks to Sony89 and EVERYONE for the songs you recommended (Sony89 has been PM'ing me many songs to choose from too.)—they'll do perfectly. I still need to hear a few more though. I have a HUGE folder of music now, guys, THANKS!

Oh dear snap, crackle, and pop, this story is starting to remind me of the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer.

And now I present Chapter Twenty-One.

--Sakura-sama(:

Chapter Twenty-One: The One Wearing the Biggest Smile

Sakura was utterly speechless.

And that was why she found herself on the floor of the theater ten minutes later, Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata, and Itachi standing over her, eyebrows raised, confused.

"Sakura-san, are you okay?" Naruto exclaimed, taking one of her hands. Sasuke took the other and they both lifted her up. Sakura felt dazed and confused as she sat up on the floor.

"This was all a dream, right?" she said feebly. She held her head and nearly fell backwards again, but Sasuke held her up.

"Not exactly," he smiled, his onyx eyes twinkling. She felt his winter-fresh, icy, perfect breath reach her nostrils and she nearly fell over again.

"Haha…" she mumbled, getting up. Naruto handed her a bottle of water. "Hey…what time is it, guys?"

"Ten minutes 'till we go up on stage," Ino whistled, apparently excited, but annoyed too, at the woozy look of her best friend.

"WHAT?" Sakura shouted. "WE MISSED THE FIRST BAND?"

"Well…" Hinata began, laughing, "—you missed the first band, really," she said, giggling more. Sasuke smirked—a beautiful smirk—at Sakura. She grinned back and stood up.

"That sucks," she muttered. Sasuke put his hands on her shoulders.

"No problems, they sucked anyway," he laughed and hugged her. She hugged back, laughing and blushing at the same time. Over Sasuke's shoulder, she saw Itachi smiling softly at her and his brother. He somehow bared some resemblance to him, except for the worry lines and the shaping of their hair.

"Awww, don't be so mean, Sasuke," Sakura pointed out. Sasuke chortled.

"No worries," he said, "sorry about that."

"NEXT UP! THE UNTITLED BAND, HEAD ON STAGE PLEASE!" someone from the judges' table shouted. Sasuke jumped and ran towards his spot there. He waved at Sakura, gave her a kiss of good luck, and sat down.

"Come on," Naruto said, pushing her upstage. He dropped his cane and left it there before Ino and Sakura could protest. "I set up the Fenders already, you know."

"Dear God, help me…NOW?" Sakura hissed. Ino nodded excitedly.

"We're going to have to perform Runaway AND our other original song, it's still untitled too…like us."

"THAT SONG STILL?" Sakura nearly screamed, but Naruto and Ino forgot her screams and led her up the stage. They all took their positions. Naruto went up to a microphone and began to speak to the panel of six judges—Kakashi-sensei, Kurenai-sama, Tsunade-sama, Sasuke-kun, Gaara-kun, and Sasori-sensei. Sasuke looked a bit tense, and a bit excited at the same time from the incredulous looks the teachers gave him from that sudden outburst with his father.

"Well…of course, we're an untitled band, and we'll be singing the audition song, Runaway, and an original song we have, which is still untitled as well."

Sasuke smirked. The teachers looked surprised at this. Gaara just sat there, trying to hide a smile, and Sasori-sensei laughed.

Sakura turned to Ino and Naruto, scared, her heart racing wildly. Naruto mouthed to her, don't worry. Stay calm. It'll be alright. Ino nodded in approval.

"One, two, three, FOUR!" Naruto exclaimed, and Ino began to play the intro to Runaway.

Once it was over, Sakura began singing, her voice perfect, rock-like, and to pitch.

Got up on the wrong side of life today, yeah,

Crashed the car and I'm gonna be really late

My phone doesn't work cause it's out of range

Looks like it's just one of those kind of days

You can't kick me down I'm already on the ground

No you can't cause you couldn't catch me anyhow

Blue skies but the sun isn't coming out, no

Today it's like I'm under a heavy cloud

And I feel so alive,

I can't help myself, don't you realize?

Sakura laughed in her mind, really enjoying this. Then---

I just wanna scream and lose control,

Throw my hands up and let it go

Forget about everything and runaway, yeah

I just want to fall and lose myself, laughing so hard it hurts like heck,

Forget about everything and runaway, yeah…

She continued the other verses of the song, and the teachers were dancing happily in their seats. Sasuke was eyeing Sakura carefully, smiling, his hands folded under his chin.

(A/N: The song is a bit long, so I'm going near the ending now.)

Runaway…Runaway…

I just wanna scream and lose control,

Throw my hands up and let it go

Forget about everything and runaway

Yeah, Yeah,

I just wanna fall and lose myself

Laughing so hard it hurts like hell,

Forget about everything and runaway…

YEAH!

Some of the students who came to watch the performance cheered wildly, and so did the judges. Sasuke stood up, clapping wildly.

"THAT'S THE SAKURA HARUNO I KNOW!" he shouted, whistling.

Backstage, Temari was furious; her eyeliner was dripping down with the tears.

Sakura panted, exhausted from the first song. She looked at Naruto, and he gave her a thumbs up, laughing. Ino turned to her and gave her a hi-five.

"Alright, your next song, please," Tsunade-sama said, laughing and clapping still. Sakura turned to Ino for the count off, and then—

I'm in the business of misery,let's take it from the top.She's got a body like an hourglass that's ticking like a clock.It's a matter of time before we all run out,when I thought he was mine she caught him by the mouth.I waited eight long months,she finally set him free.I told him I can't lie he was the only one for me.Two weeks and we had caught on fire,she's got it out for me,but I wear the biggest smile.

Sasuke's eyebrow raised and he laughed softly. But of course.

"Thank you, guys," the judges screamed for the fiftieth time excitedly. "We'll post the results on Monday, so you guys can see if you made it or not."

Sakura nearly fell over from singing so powerfully and perfectly. Naruto and Ino ran to her, hugging her tightly.

"YOU WERE AWESOME!" he shouted, his throat sounding a bit hoarse. Sakura laughed and looked at Sasuke who gave her a thumb up.

"You guys were, I was just vocals," she laughed, "and one guitarist."

"Who the fucking hell cares? WE WERE THE SEXY, BEASTIE ONES!" Ino squealed, dancing as they hurried offstage so the next band could set up.

"WHOA, THAT SOUNDS A BIT OVERBOARD, INO," Naruto exclaimed. Ino laughed mischievously.

"When did you get so weird?" Sakura shuddered. Ino shrugged.

"When I met you."

"What the hell do you mean by—"

"SAKURA!" Sasuke wove his arms around her neck. Sakura laughed and grabbed them.

"Sasuke-kun!" she grinned. He peered at her longingly.

"You guys were awesome," he laughed. A blond-haired man stood behind him, grinning; his white teeth twinkling even in the dim light.

"DAD!"

"MINATO-SAMA!" Sakura and Ino screamed, running over to hug him. He hugged them both. Sasuke and Naruto laughed.

"Hey," he smirked, walking over to his son. "Sasuke, what's up?"

"Nothing much."

"YOU GUYS WERE FREAKING WONDERFUL!" Minato exclaimed, clapping his son on the shoulder, then he looked down at his leg. "Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze…where the heck is your cane?"

"Dad, it's over there by the chair."

"Get back on it, please," Minato ordered. Naruto sighed.

"Alright, dad," he muttered, hurrying over to his folded chair. He looked around for Hinata, but she was gone. He sighed and shrugged and went back to his friends and father.

"Sakura, I never knew you had such a powerful voice," Minato whistled. Sakura blushed wildly.

"Naaah, not really," she said earnestly. "I'm not really that good."

"You ARE, all of you guys are," the president said impressively. "Where's Fugaku?"

The group of them mumbled something unintelligible. Minato peered at Sasuke and Itachi. Itachi was making the 'cut the neck' symbol with his hand. Minato's eyes widened and his mouth became an 'o', and he changed the subject almost immediately. "Sasuke, you look a bit peaky."

Sasuke looked up. "Eh? Oh, I just have a bit of a cold," he laughed. He coughed and blew his nose into a handkerchief.

Sakura raised an eyebrow. How did he catch a cold that automatically? She began to worry.

"Don't look at me like that, Sakura, it makes me feel bad," he laughed.

"Well, your dad told me to bring you to the hospital for a checkup since…yeah," Minato said, shrugging. Sasuke's eyes widened and he grinned and nodded.

"Oh yeah, I have it tomorrow, right?"

"Tonight, actually."

"Ohhh," he grinned once more. He looked at Itachi, who was looking at his younger brother confusedly. "I'll pack then."

"PACK?" Sakura exclaimed. Sasuke nodded.

"The hospital's a bit far, so I'll have to be there for a few days."

"Aw," Sakura mumbled, scowling. She wanted to spend as much time with him as possible.

"Don't worry," he smiled, getting close to her. Temari wasn't around at all. He put his hand to her face and stroked it. "I'll be fine, don't you worry."

"Okay," she said fretfully. "Just don't get hurt with a scalpel alright?"

"Sure thing," he kissed her forehead. "I love you," he whispered in her ear so no one could hear. He and Minato-sama began to leave. But, Minato stopped and hugged Naruto tightly and waved goodbye to the girls.

Sakura sighed and moped for a few minutes, then Ino pulled her outside as Naruto began talking to Shikamaru.

"What's going on?" Sakura exclaimed. Ino sighed and smiled weakly.

"Sasuke's not going to an ordinary appointment, Sakura," Ino mumbled. "He told me yesterday, and he didn't want to worry you."

"WHAT?" Sakura screamed. Ino stifled her mouth wildly.

"Calm down, Sakura, you have a powerful set of pipes there—but anyway, you know about Naruto's bone-marrow problem?"

She already knew where this was going.

"Oh crap."

"Not, 'oh crap,' Saku…Sasuke had his blood tested, and he had permission from his dad before to go along with the operation. So…"

"He's going to do it for Naruto," Sakura said, shocked, a hand to her mouth.

"Yeah."

"Today."

"Yes, Sakura, today."

"SHIT!" Sakura screamed, nearly kicking a post.

"SAKURA!!" Ino screamed, "Don't tell Naruto!'

"I won't, it's just, he's going out to do something that could get him killed, Ino, this is why I'm doing this!" she was about to kick the pole again before Ino stopped her.

"Calm the HELL DOWN!" Ino growled, stopping her. Sakura looked frustratingly at her. "It was his choice, and his decision…and he knows the consequences."

Sakura sighed and looked down, the tears beginning to go down her face.

Silence once more.

Author's Note: Yes, shoot me for all I care. X) This is what's going to happen. But NO DEATHS WILL OCCUR IN THIS STORY. I SWEAR. I'm not killing off two awesome characters for Pete's sake!

And I still need a name for the Naruto/Ino/Saku band.

--Sakura-sama(: