Overall season two theme: Stand up by J-Min
Chapter theme: Closer to The Edge by 30 Seconds To Mars
Song one: Bitches by Hollywood Undead
Song two: Replay (Noona—older girl—you're so pretty) by SHINee
Song thee: Honesty by SHINee
Song four: Closer to the Edge by 30 Seconds To Mars
We're really good friends, but after five years of living together, we've become a family. – SHINee
(^September^)
"Catch me if you caaan! Haha! Suckeer!" the young blond yelled.
"Get back here! I swear when I catch you you're dead kid!" Jiraiya yelled as he chased him.
"Nya! Nya! Come on pervy-sage you can run faster than that!" he chanted. Jiraiya growled, finally catching up and grabbing the blond by the back of his orange and blue striped pajama shirt.
His eyes widened as Jiraiya pulled him back, twisting him around to face him.
The blond laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head as Jiraiya glared down at him, breathing heavily.
"Hey!...you caught me…" he laughed.
Jiraiya sighed, rolling his eyes as he let go of his shirt. "Damn it Naruto, you're not five anymore. Don't make me chase you around the house like that again; I'm sure you can get dressed all on your own." He stated.
"But I don't want to go! All those new transfer students are coming today! School won't be the same!" he protested.
"I don't see what the big deal is Naruto, don't you think it would be good to meet some new people? I think this is a great idea, besides I thought you liked making new friends," Jiraiya said as he began to walk to the kitchen, Naruto following behind.
"Every where's gonna be jam packed! There's going to be a whole new bus load of snotty newbie's! They'll take over the school and treat me like dirt!" he whined.
"Stop your complaining, how do you think those kids feel about starting a new school? What you should really be thinking about instead of worrying about other students is getting your grades up this year, if I see even one D this semester I'm taking away all your video games," Jiraiya stated, opening the fridge.
"Aw come on pervy-sage that's not fair!" he whined.
"First off, stop calling me that. Second, I don't care, you're almost a teenager, man up." he said.
Naruto huffed as he snatched a ramen cup from the fridge, walking to the sink. "If any of those new kids try anything with me I'll sock them clean in the face…" he grumbled, pouring water inside.
"I heard that! If you get into any fights you can kiss your manga goodbye!" he called, deep in the fridge.
Naruto stuck his tongue out secretly as he stuffed the cup into the microwave.
"Now hurry up and go get dressed-!" Jiraiya said sternly as he stepped out and closed the door. Lettuce, ham, cheese, and a sack of bread in his hands.
"Sasuke will be here any second!"
Naruto tsked, "I don't care about Teme,"
"Oh shut up, at least you'll have him with you if any of those 'newbie's' try anything." Jiraiya chuckled.
"I don't need him! I can fight my own fights dattebayo!" he yelled.
"I know, I just need to make sure he's there to pull you out of them."
Naruto huffed as the microwave beeped; he opened it, grabbing his instant ramen and a pair of chopsticks from the dish basket as he rushed upstairs to put on his uniform.
Having reached his orange painted room the blond set his breakfast onto his counter where his radio sat. He switched it on, letting Asian Kung-Fu Generation blast through his room as he got undressed to take a shower and tried to feed himself at the same time.
He smiled at his open window, the sun shining bright into his fully poster decorated room as he prepared himself for his first day of the seventh grade.
(^A.H^)
After showering, finishing his breakfast and getting dressed in his uniform—which consisted of a light blue polo shirt and tan khaki's with black dress shoes—he slid down the short stair railing with his tan shoulder bag over his shoulder, his orange and black earphones in each ear, and a smile on his face.
"It's about time," Jiraiya said as he smiled.
"Is Teme here?" he asked.
"Watch your mouth kid, and yeah he's waiting in the living room. You can let yourselves out; make sure you lock the door." He said as he turned to head to his office.
"Thanks Jiraiya!"
"Have a good first day kid," he called back, waving.
With that, Naruto headed to the living room, there he found a boy just about the same height as him, raven colored hair, pale skin and a bored expression on his face.
Wearing the same uniform as Naruto, he sat on the blonds' maroon leather couch as he texted his brother his whereabouts on his phone, one white earphone in his ear.
"Hey Teme!" Naruto smiled as he walked over. Sasuke slowly trailed his onyx eyes up to his, his expression remained the same.
"Dobe…" he said, trailing his voice.
Naruto scowled as Sasuke began to stand up. He sighed, "well come on or you'll make me late." He said coldly.
"Aw come on Teme lighten up!" Naruto beamed as he put his arm around his shoulders, to Sasuke's annoyance. "It's the first day! Besides all those new kids we're supposed to be getting this should be pretty cool!" he smiled.
"Just try not to pick a fight with anyone so soon, I don't feel like dragging your ass on the first day…" he said, smirking at him.
"Shut up Teme! It's your ass I'd have to save!" he protested, unclasping his arm as he locked the door behind him.
The boys began their short walk to Konoha middle school, where they—like many others—would be starting their first day of the seventh grade.
Along with the Konoha high students, others from Ame, Furyoka, and Suna would be arriving as a part of a project the schools were trying to do to bring students together.
Since Sasuke lived in the Uchiha mansion down the road, the boys walked together like they have been doing since the start of the sixth grade when they could go on their own.
It took about five minutes to reach Konoha middle school, whilst Konoha elementary was back down the street and Konoha high school was a couple miles away.
Kids were already piling outside the school, buses and parents pulled up into the driveway or on the side, letting their young kids come out to start a new grade.
Students stood outside until they could be let in at the bell. They talked excitingly, hugging and greeting after their summer gap.
Naruto beamed at familiar faces, Sasuke kept a cool expression as he stuffed his hands in his hands in his pockets, his earphones in as he took out his phone.
"HEEEY!" he waved to no one in particular, just giving a friendly notion.
In turn other kids turned to the two of them.
Instantly a ferry of girls gasped upon noticing yours truly.
"Sasuke-kun!"
"Hey Sasuke-kun's here!"
"Oh em gee Sasuke-kun!" random girls squealed as they rushed over to him.
Naruto huffed, dropping his hands as random girls crowned him, he didn't lift his head as he and Naruto continued to walk to the seventh grade stand area.
"Seems like nothing's changed over the summer…" he grumbled as the girls shot up questions about his summer, which he ignored.
"Dumb fangirls…"
"What was that Naruto?!" they growled, turning to him.
"N-nothing!" he laughed, holding his hands up in defense.
They huffed, turned back to ogle Sasuke.
Rolling his eyes, Naruto stuffed his hands into his pockets and turned to look around.
As kids were still arriving he stressed to find a few more familiar faces that he actually didn't mind.
He saw Lee, running laps around the entire school for exercise as he so tended to do; he'd often heard rumors that he was being trained by the high school gym teacher. He shook his head, then turned to the other side.
'Man he's weird' he thought.
He found Choji, sitting on the fountain, his hand deep in a bag of everlasting chips, smiling as he watched others arrive.
Faintly, he could see, sleeping next to him, a boy with brown hair, spiked and tied up, like a pineapple.
Shikamaru, he recognized to be, the smartest kid in their grade and moreover the entire school. He'd often been selected to skip grades, even move onto college, but refused and demanded to stay in his age appropriate grade.
He tsked, he'd had his issues with him on and off, mainly in the grade district, but still he harbored no distaste for him.
Oh well, he thought, turning back.
He wouldn't be much of a bother this year.
Just as he did he noticed a short limo pull up at the corner of his eye.
He barely glanced towards it as the bell rang, signaling the students ability to head to their lockers and find their classes for the new year.
The fangirls led Sasuke inside, Naruto annoyingly trailed close behind.
"Come on Shikamaru, we better get to class," Choji ushered, nudging him.
He groaned, slightly turned away, "five more minutes…"
"Come on Shikamaru! We have first period together!" Choji smiled, pulling his shirt and dragging him.
Shikamaru sighed as he let him pull him towards the school, barely noticing the long black limo pull up just behind the short black one.
The doors of the short limousine remained closed.
That of the longer one opened upon arrival.
The driver door opened and out stepped a man in a black suit, dark glasses and a Bluetooth in his right ear.
He quickly walked to the end of the limo, then walked around to the last window.
He opened the door, standing by and waiting for the figure to step out.
Slowly, a foot with the same shoes as the boys in Konoha middle school stepped out, after a couple more seconds, a figure in the same uniform stepped out, a black messenger bag slung over his shoulder, red hair, and a 'love' tattoo on his forehead.
"Lord Gaara…" he bowed as he stepped out, standing up straight, looking beyond the school with a dark expression.
"Sir, prince Gaara has arrived…" he spoke, holding his Bluetooth.
"Good, take him inside. Make sure he gets to class, then you can head back."
He nodded, taking his finger off as he looked down at the young prince.
He looked up at him with a dull expression.
"Your father requests that I take you to class," he bowed.
"No…" he spoke solemnly. "That won't be necessary…you can leave…"
"But my prince—"
"Just go…" he said in a demanding tone as he began to walk towards the school himself.
Right in front, in the shorter limo, the residents sat talking.
"…This is a big step for you. Are you sure you don't want to rethink going to school in Ame? Hinata is there." The elder spoke gaudily.
"I'm not a child uncle; I can take care of myself, I don't need her. You should be more worried about her first day of school rather than mine."
"I have no need for her. I trust that your grades will remain the same, as will your accommodation in the eyes of your peers."
"Yes uncle."
"If you have any trouble you must let me know. Your driver will be here and ready for you every day at four, if you have any after school activities let me know beforehand."
"Yes uncle."
"I'll be at a meeting by the time you get home today, if you need to call the office number ask your driver—"
"Uncle…" he said coldly.
He stopped, turning to him.
His lavender eyes gave a calm get annoyed expression. "I get it."
He cleared his throat, "very well…Neji, have a good first day."
With that the door opened, letting Neji step out with a huff, his dark brown messenger bag over his shoulder.
When he was out the door closed behind him, the driver turned around, heading back to the front seat.
He kept a blank expression as he listened to the limo drive off. Being one of the last few kids to enter, he headed inside to start his first day.
Naruto yawned as he and Sasuke stalked through the hall in search of their new lockers which would be in the same hallway. Fangirls continued to pry from a safe distance as they followed Sasuke.
Many kids walked around, either stuffing their backpacks into their new lockers or searching for their class.
They stopped in hall C when they found their lockers near the end of the hall, across from each other.
"It's about time! Why'd they make our lockers so far away anyways?" Naruto whined, his hands behind his head as she stepped up to his locker.
"Hn…" Sasuke said as he walked towards his, making him invisible to Naruto as girls stood behind, blocking his view.
Naruto didn't take any notice as he pulled out his already crumbled schedule, looking down at his combination as he attempted to open his locker.
Sasuke succeeded in his first try, Naruto did not. Sasuke turned and smirked at him through the looming girls, while Naruto in turn huffed.
"Need some help?" he said smartly, smirking, issuing a pleased sigh from fangirls.
"No! Shut up Teme I've got this!"
"Hn…" Sasuke went again as he turned back around to organize his things.
Naruto tried again, yet it still wouldn't open. He tried again, it did not budge.
Then again.
And again.
Then once more until he slammed his hand on the locker.
"Oh this lockers' so stupid! I've tried the combo a million times but it won't budge!"
"That's because it's not your locker. It's mine."
Naruto's eyes slightly bulged at the sound of the cold voice.
He twisted to his right side, only to face a kid about his height, with dark brown hair, staring blank at him with pale eyes, his hands in his pant pockets.
Naruto looked up to the locker, then back down to his schedule.
"Oh!" he laughed, scratching the back of his head. "You're right this isn't mine!"
He smiled as he moved to the next locker on the right, using the same combination he so furiously used on its neighbor.
The door opened with ease. As it did the student moved to the locker Naruto had tried.
"Hey! thanks for that!" he smiled as he opened his messenger bag, throwing things in messily.
He said nothing as he popped open his locker, then bent towards his left away from Naruto as he opened his bag.
"My name's Naruto Uzumaki! Nice to meet cha!" he beamed, pointing a thumb to himself.
He said nothing, once again.
"What's your name? Hey you've got some pretty weird eyes! Where're you from? What grade are you in? Hey how old are you? What's your—"
Naruto slightly cringed as the boy slammed the door back, turning to him, glaring harshly.
"W-what? You wanna fight?" Naruto said, putting his fists up defensively.
"Hey, kid. Do yourself a favor, and shut. Up. You talk way too much." He said coldly as he moved past him, knocking into Naruto's shoulder as the blond twisted around.
"Hey! What's your damn problem! Why I outta!—"
"Cool it Dobe, you don't want to get into any trouble with that guy."
He twisted around, only to face Sasuke standing ready with a blank expression, his hands in his pockets as girls oozed behind him.
Naruto tisked, slamming his locker door back then turning and leaning on it with his hands behind his head. "What a jerk that guy, I was just being friendly. He must be one of those exchange program guys."
"Come on, or we'll be late for class." Sasuke said dully as he began walking himself.
Naruto followed into step, his hands still behind his head, "I tell you if I run into that guy and he badmouths me again I'll punch him square in the face dattebayo!"
Shikamaru found comfort in his new desk as he lay his head down, sleeping on it while Choji munched right next to him, crunching loudly, but he didn't mind.
They'd been the first to arrive to class, the teacher having not even come yet.
Lights of the already risen sun spilled into the room on account of the long window that sat on the right of the medium room.
Noises of the many other kids echoed from outside as the door was left open in just a crack.
But with still a couple minutes still left before the bell, another student stepped inside, early as well.
His shoes clacked as he soberly stepped inside, holding a black notebook, folder, and four number two pencils in his left arm with his other in his right pocket.
With just Choji noticing he took a seat at the last row, in the seat in the end, by the corner, next to the window. He set down his things, then sat up straight patiently waiting for class to begin.
Shikamaru yawned; lifting his head up as he looked around to what he assumed was a still empty room.
He turned his head around only to have it land on a red-haired boy, with a visible tattoo on his left forehead.
He raised a brow as the words came to play; the boy slowly trailed his dull jade eyes up to him.
Shikamaru tisked and gave a lazy wave hello, his eyes drooping.
The boy trailed his eyes back to the window.
In turn Shikamaru shrugged and turned away as more kids began to file into the classroom.
(^A.H^)
Naruto shot his head around, smiling as he sat on top of his desk, looking at all the faces that sat and talked waiting for the teacher with a couple seconds left until the bell.
"Will you sit down already?" Sasuke snapped coldly, not taking his eyes off the book in front of his face.
"I'm just trynna find some familiar people Teme!" he beamed without taking his eyes off scanning the bubbly students.
Before he could notice a particular student, their teacher finally stepped in.
"Good morning everyone!" she called as she walked in.
The students stopped talking as they turned their attention to a slightly pale woman with dark red hair in a neat bun, dressed in a knee length pencil skirt with black stockings, black high heels and a crisp white collar shirt.
She smiled at them all as she set the papers and files in her hand on her dark brown desk that sat in front.
"My name is Miss. Nahara," she said happily as she turned around to the white board and proceeded to write her name on the board in purple marker.
When she finished she set it down and turned around to face her students.
"Aren't you a little young to be a teacher?" one random girl called out.
Miss. Nahara laughed, "I guess, I'm twenty-two, this is actually my first teaching job so I hope to make this a wonderful year." She smiled sweetly.
"Since I'm sure most of us are a little unfamiliar with each other I'd like to start off the school year with a little World History homeroom name learning activity," she explained.
As she continued talking Naruto leaned in to Sasuke and whispered.
"Man is she a babe or what?"
Sasuke smirked a bit.
"I know you've got a thing for redheads too," he continued, chuckling.
"Excuse me!"
Naruto froze at the sound of the teacher's voice.
"Young man, yes you the blond one," she pointed forward.
Naruto faced the front.
"I don't tolerate speaking while I am. What's your name?" Miss. Nahara asked.
Sasuke sighed, "Here we go…"
Naruto on the other hand smiled confidently and stood up abruptly to the teacher, and most of the students shock.
"The name's Naruto Uzumaki! The top student in Japan dattebayo!" he announced.
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
In the near back Shikamaru sighed and Gaara stared intensely.
"The top student huh?" a dull voice spoke. "Funny, I couldn't tell from that look on your face that spells idiot."
Naruto cringed and clenched his raised fist as the majority of kids laughed.
He twisted around, grinding his teeth as Neji leaned on his left fist, staring boredly at him.
"What was that punk? You trying to pick a fight?" he growled.
"Just stating the obvious deadlast," Neji said calmly.
"Hey! I know you! You're that jerk from the hallway!" the blond announced, "You're really getting on my nerves!"
"Sit down dobe. I promised Jiraiya I wouldn't let you get your ass kicked," Sasuke ordered.
"WHO'S GONNA GET THEIR ASS KICKED? IF ANYONE'S GONNA IT'S GONNA BE HIM!" he yelled back to Sasuke who in turn shut his eyes in annoyance.
Shikamaru cleared his ear with his pinky, "Geez, that guy hasn't changed a bit."
"That's enough boys!" Miss. Nahara ordered finally, slamming the long ruler on the desk, alerting the students.
"Mr.!...uh…um," she stumbled, picking up her picture class list.
"Hyuga," Neji said bluntly.
"That's right," she breathed, "you're a transfer student aren't you?" she asked.
He nodded simply. Naruto flopped back into his seat and crossed his arms as he huffed.
"Well, picking a fight is not a very good way to start off a new school year, Mr. Hyuga," she said firmly. "I've got my eye on you. Both of you that is," she said, pointing to Naruto and Neji.
"As I was saying class, we're going to play a little name game to start off the year, you're thirty of 125 pre-teens so, bear with me, now…"
"Damn! That guy sure knows how to kill the first day of school!" Naruto growled as he stormed out of first period at the sound of the bell, Sasuke closely following behind.
"Well maybe if you hadn't ticked him off he wouldn't have told you off," Sasuke shrugged.
"I didn't do anything to him damn it!" he yelled as he moved through the crowd of middle schoolers. "Some people just have a bad attitude."
"I don't know," Sasuke sighed, "maybe some people just aren't used to Naruto's."
"Hi!"
The blood haired prince slowly looked up as he seized gathering his things to find a plump classmate eating chips over his head.
He trailed his dull jade eyes up and carefully brushed off the crumbs.
"Can I help you?" he finally said.
"You're name is Gaara, right? You're an exchange student from Suna, right?"
"Correct." He said simply.
"My name's Choji," he said muffled through the chips as he clenched it too his chest and held out his clean hand.
Gaara stared at it. "I know…from the game."
"Yeah, you didn't seem like you wanted to play much so I thought I would introduce myself personally. Sorry in advance about Naruto, everyone around here's still trying to get used to him." He slightly chuckled.
He nodded slowly.
"Since you're new, I was wondering if you wanted to sit with Shikamaru and I at lunch so we could hang out," he offered sweetly.
He slowly stood up, to Choji's confusion, with his things gathered.
"Sorry but…no thanks."
Before Choji could respond he brushed past him and made his way out the door.
Choji frowned, but slightly lit up when he saw Neji still packing his things carefully, the last in the room, excluding Shikamaru who waited by the door and the teacher who readied herself for the next students.
"Hey!" he waved as he stepped over to him.
Neji coldly trailed his eyes to him as he continued to pack up.
"You're new right? Neji? I was wondering if you wanted to—"
"Beat it fatty, I'm not interested in a welcoming party." He snapped as he slung his shoulder bag over and began walking out.
Shikamaru stared as he began to pass by him.
"That's not a good way to make friends,"
Neji stopped, but did not turn around to face him.
"I'm not here to make friends."
"SHIKAMARU! DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE CALLED ME?" Choji yelled furiously from the classroom.
Shikamaru sighed and cleared his ear, "calm down, Choji. You're starting to sound like Naruto.."
"This school should have a ramen bar by now! I hear the high school may be getting one!" Naruto protested as he and Sasuke took their seats at lunchtime.
Sasuke's fan cloud lingered on each side as the boys sat by themselves at the same table they sat at the year before.
"I thought you said you were going to make a petition for that this summer." Sasuke said boredly.
Naruto laughed and scratched the back of his head, "Y-yeah, never really got around to that!"
He thought back to the days he spent in the Uchiha mansion outdoor pool, lazing in a pool seat, sun burning.
He shook his head and chuckled to himself.
Naruto stared up to the seventh grade lunchroom crowd of kids. Groups sat at each table, laughing, talking, and throwing food at each other.
His smile went cheerless as he stared at them, then to Sasuke who sat and read.
"Hey…Teme?"
"What…"
"Do you think we need more friends?"
"No. You have me, I have you, we're best friends, we don't need anyone else."
"I don't know," he sighed, "I just feel like we somehow push everyone else out of 'our' group, huh? We're kinda loners."
"You can't be a loner if you have someone with you," he said simply. "Just look at the table behind us," he said without turning around or looking up, "that's being a loner."
Naruto slightly turned his head back and stared at the nearly empty table in front of the long window.
Neji sat at it with no lunch, but instead papers below that he focused on with a pencil. He sat at one end.
On the other sat Gaara with nothing in front of him as he just solemnly stared at the loud students eating, reuniting, and laughing.
"Hmf, guess that Hyuga guy had a bad time making friends on the first day, shows him!" Naruto said confidently as he turned back.
And yet, he couldn't help but feel…
Shikamaru and Choji on the other hand, had their own table to sit at filled with kids, but still they normally kept to themselves.
Over the next few weeks, this is how it remained.
Choji remained the only one Gaara had spoken to since he started at Konoha middle school. Neji secluded himself from all the students, which surprisingly enough, gained him a set of fangirls.
Shikamaru and Choji and Naruto and Sasuke's friendships did not change in the slightest.
Almost as if nothing had changed in the new school year.
(^November^)
"Yeah…uh huh…I know, it's freezing over here…I know it's just as cold in Ame…it's fine, not much is going on here…alright….okay, I'll talk to you later, bye Kaede," Neji mumbled as he hung up his phone through his dark purple mitten as he sat in the cold on the school porch with other students walking and talking as he had just been dropped off by his driver.
Kaede, the one person in his life who he was actually willing to speak to. The girl who never left his mind. The girl, all the way in Ame.
"How did it get so damn cold so damn fast?!" Naruto growled as he shivered in his orange basketball and black and orange jacket on Friday, Konoha middle schools free day.
"It's called autumn, most people start to put on coats by now." Sasuke said dully, a dark blue glove on as he focused on his cell phone.
"Like hell! Not until I s-see s-some s-snow!" he shivered.
"Suit yourself…"
"I just wish this freaking bell would hurry up and ring already!"
Suddenly Naruto slightly tripped over his feet as someone nudged passed him.
The red-haired person turned back as they continued walking.
Naruto stood up straight and stared at him.
"Sorry…" he said barely above a whisper as he continued walking, passing by Neji as he walked into the building.
"I thought we couldn't go into the building until the bell rang!" Naruto whined.
"Maybe he's an exception. Do you have to complain over everything?" Sasuke growled.
The bell buzzed and the students began filing inside.
"Whatever, the new trimester starts today, right? Our fourth periods are supposed to change or something…"
"Students! Welcome to Music and Vocal: 101! I think this is going to be a great trimester and I already hope to see you back in Music and Vocal: 102!" the overly cheery voice of the music teacher, Kurenai-sensei beamed.
Some boys, who had been forced to sign up, stared in awe at the young and beautiful smiling teacher.
Five out of ten of the boys in class sat Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Sasuke, and Gaara, who were all late in signing up for classes and ended up in Music and Vocal.
Shikamaru slouched, practically bored without Choji.
"So basically, this is a performance based class. You will all be required to sing, play and or learn to play an instrument even a little by the end of the trimester. Dancing is also included in this but we only do a little, if you would like to dance during performances you are free to do so. This is only a snippet of the larger things you would have to do in this class in high school but you lot are long away from that." She smiled as she walked around.
"Anyway, I always like to start off the year the same way…performances! This way everyone can get to know you and your voices!" she beamed.
The pre-teens remained silent. Some stared at her in fear.
Others, regretted being put in the class all together.
She clasped her hands together and beamed, "so! Who would like to go first?!"
A few hands shot up from the girls but the minimum amount of boys sat frozen.
Kurenai scanned the room, trying to pick out a guinea pig to be her first performer.
"You there!" she smiled, pointing to a boy who had been trying to hide behind his navy green jacket.
"Why don't you start us off?"
The lot stared at him as he gulped, shyly standing up and making his way to the front as if it were his death sentence.
Over the course of the hour Kurenai continued her process. Some students came up with decent voices and were confident in them, others came up confident but came up short.
Some did not put any effort. Some put their heart and soul. Some just put in too much.
However, the five male seventh graders successfully managed to avoid Kurenai's eyes until near the end of the period.
"Alright now! We've got time for one more!"
She smiled to the five remaining boys who sat away from each other.
Neji paid no attention as his eyes remained down on his phone. Gaara stared at her with challenging eyes. Shikamaru had his head back, sleeping soundly. Naruto stared around as if his attention were on something else. Sasuke kept his head away.
"How about you? The blond!" she smiled.
Naruto froze as Sasuke smirked and trailed his eyes to him.
He balled his right hand in a fist and coughed, "I'd love to…Kurenai-sensei, but my throat just isn't doing so well, dattebayo," he coughed.
Neji rolled his eyes as Kurenai continued to smile.
"Alright then, how about you?" she asked towards Sasuke.
He slightly shook his head, "I'm not much of a singer. I think Shikamaru's been pretty eager for you to pick him though," he smirked.
Shikamaru instantly lifted his head up and glared at the Uchiha heir.
"Are you sure? I'm pretty sure he's been waiting for his turn," he pointed his thumb back to Neji who glared at him.
"That can't be right, I could have sworn he said he wanted to go next," he spat coldly towards Gaara.
"Kind of hard to believe since he hasn't said anything all trimester," Sasuke mumbled.
Gaara shot him a blank look.
"Then why doesn't the blond idiot go? He's loud enough I'm sure he's a great singer," Neji smirked.
"What'd you say jerk?!" Naruto yelled, turning around to face him.
"See what I mean?" he asked Kurenai.
"Well at least I have friends!" Naruto yelled.
"Correction. Friend. Same goes for you," he nudged to Shikamaru.
"I don't need friends, I think he feels the same way," he nudged to Gaara.
"Stop dragging me into your petty fight," he finally said coldly.
"Oh look, he talks." Neji said sarcastically.
"That's enough gentlemen! And I say that hoping that you'll start acting like ones! None of you five are leaving this room until you do your performances, do you understand me?" Kurenai yelled, her hands firmly on her hips.
The class sat quietly as the bell rang.
"The rest of you may leave," she spoke kindly.
Few by few the students began to make their way out and towards lunch.
As the door closed behind the last student, shutting the noise of passing time out, Kurenai sighed and took a seat.
"That's a horrible way to start a new class, what you boys have done and said was very disrespectful to me and your peers and very hurtful to each other," she sighed.
"With all due respect, sensei." Gaara said darkly. "I did not say a thing to them."
"Shocker," Sasuke mumbled.
Finally, Gaara casted a glare at him, "But I'm sure the word asshole is appropriate right now,"
Sasuke sat up and glared at him.
"No, it isn't. It's never appropriate. None of you five are leaving this room until you stand up, pick up a mike, and use the voices you were given." She ordered.
The five of them sat still for a few moments, just watching her.
Naruto raised his hand, slowly. Kurenai nodded to him.
"Um, I don't sing," he shrugged.
"Have you ever tried?"
He shook his head.
"Have any of you ever tried?" she asked, exhausted.
The five boys slowly shook their heads.
"Well you'll never know what kind of voices you have unless you express them!"
"Oh come on, singing is for pansies," Neji said coldly.
"I beg to differ Mr.! And I don't want you to use that kind of language in my classroom any longer! Singing is for everyone! It's not about gender or anything like that! Music is expression, you have to dig deep inside of you and find that feeling, that emotion you have when you hear it. You boys have to be willing to find your voices." She said firmly.
Shikamaru groaned and tossed his head back. Gaara looked to the window. Neji rolled his eyes. Naruto slightly chuckled and Sasuke raised a brow at her.
Kurenai took a deep breath as she stood up.
"You all have lunch right now, correct?"
They nodded.
"Right then, follow me."
In the cafeteria, she motioned for the five of them to sit at an empty table right in the middle.
The boys looked at each other, then each took a seat away from each other, Naruto and Sasuke sat closest, but still seats away.
"From now on, the five of you are going to sit here, together, just you five, no other friends or associates or anything, at least until you decide to sing for me, together. But you will not move from this spot at lunch until I say otherwise."
"Sensei, that isn't fair—" Shikamaru started.
"Disrupting my class on the first day isn't fair to me," she said firmly.
"My words are law. And, if you choose not to sing in the next few weeks, I'll fail all five of you."
Neji sat up abruptly at the sound of those words.
"It's all of you or none, make your decision, I'll be supervising you every lunch in case you decide to pull anything. When you're ready to sing, together, come to me and we'll go back to my room, or you can choose to do it in front of the class, understand boys?"
The five shocked and or angered boys remained silent.
Kurenai smiled nonetheless as she nodded to them, then turned around and headed to where the other lunch supervisors stood.
"Such bullcrap…" Naruto mumbled.
Choji looked over to Shikamaru, giving a confused expression. Shikamaru shook his head in turn.
The boys glanced at each other then turned away.
None of them wanted to fail. But there wasn't anything in the universe that would make them sing together.
(^A.H^)
"Hate them. Crap. Tone deaf. Don't like the style. Too much screaming. Too much electro. Needs to put on pants."
Orochimaru growled to himself as he tossed the photos of possible bands he had heard but refused to sign. None were good enough for him. None sounded right. None equipped to the taste and greatness that HEBI studios represented in the past.
"Where's my god damn coffee!" he yelled, slamming his hand on the long table.
"H-here sir!" Kabuto said quickly as he rushed in with the burning closed coffee and set it on the table that Orochimaru sat at the end of with a few other associates.
"It's about time."
"Anything else sir?" he asked hopefully, pushing up his glasses.
He waved his hand away, "go file some papers or something."
Kabuto nodded and quickly rushed out the glass door again.
He sighed, "What's that kids name again?"
"The new intern? Kabuto," Kimimaro, HEBI studios lead choreographer answered.
"Not bad for a kid," he acknowledged. "But like I was saying. Every single one you've brought me in the last year has been terrible beyond comprehension." He snapped, banging his hand on the table.
"We're trying sir," one associate spoke. "We've brought in and looked at many talents and carefully hand selected the ones we thought were best!"
"Well they're awful," he hissed. "What does it take to find good people these days? We don't even need bands! Singers! Dancers! Jugglers, I don't give a DAMN, just give me anything that will help us beat out AKATSUKI studios. We need something good! Something fresh! I'll find it myself if I have too!"
"We don't know where else to look sir, we've sent fliers for new talent, done interviews." Another shrugged.
"Then maybe we'll have to do this the old fashioned way."
He thought to himself for a moment, his hand under his chin until he snapped his fingers and his sly grin came about.
"Here's what I want. Kimimaro, you and Junka will go to the Ame middle and high schools to look for talent then report back here. Jirobo, you and Kidomaru will go to Suna and look. I will go to the Konoha middle and high schools and look for myself. You'll bring back a piece of their music and I'll decide what I like best. We'll report back in two weeks."
(^A.H^)
Over the course of the next couple weeks the boys remained as they were.
None of them spoke a word about performing together or even looked at each other.
The only ones who harbored a hate for each other were Naruto and Neji, who constantly glared at one another.
They continued in the common things they had to do in music class, like working with instruments but Kurenai refused to raise their grades at all unless they sang. Although she promised that if they did sing before the trimester ended in the next few weeks, she would give them all A's.
Nevertheless, progress reports were coming in and the boys, especially Neji, had to take the F out of the report if they didn't want trouble.
On a rainy November morning, during lunch, the boys were seated together again.
None were still willing to speak a word or use their voices as music blasted through the lunchroom.
As a middle school, it was downgraded to the most appropriate if not kiddish songs, under principal Hiruzen's orders. And if such an adult song was to be played; only the instrumental version was allowed.
Naruto turning around in his seat boredly as the rest of the boys continued to ignore each other's presence.
He'd just have to tell Jiraiya that he'd failed another trimester. He knew for a fact there was nothing that would bring the five of them to sing.
Goodbye manga, he thought.
Goodbye anime.
Goodbye playb—
He stopped his thoughts and smiled at the familiar beat.
He bobbed his head up and down, his eyes shut as the boys slowly began lifting their heads.
"Bitches I hope you know…" he mumbled at first as only the instrumental of the song played.
Shikamaru raised a brow as the boys turned to him.
"Bitches I hope you know…" he said a little higher.
As the music cut he stood up straight and began singing along to the chorus.
The lunchroom quieted as they watched him excitedly sing the chorus as if he were in his own bedroom.
Bitches I hope you know,
Bitches I hope you know,
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Baby come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Shorty come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
As his part cut he looked down to Sasuke who already had his mouth open.
Yo I'm up in the club
And the party's jumping,
Bitches passing by
And they're eyeball fucking,
I'm drinking christile
Now they're trying to kiss me,
Saya Funny Man can u you sign my titties,
Sasuke stood up, moving and following along.
Now I got four bitches in the back of my Rova,
The Fantastic Four saying "Funny can I blow ya"
Three were preppy and one was scene,
So three for me and one for Charlie
As such, Naruto took over as he stood on the lunch table.
Hey this girl's seventeen
Now I'm a pedophile
Now she's showing me her tits
I think this girl's gone wild
I whipped out my dick
And her jaw hit the floor
Acted like she'd never seen a magnum before (Charlie)
Sasuke hopped up with him as the boys looked up at them, Neji's eyes, tempted.
Turn off the lights and now I'm gonna film it
Turn on the night vision
Like she's Paris Hilton
Funny Man walked in
And said, "Chupa mi pito"
And she munched on his dick
Like a macho burrito (FUCK YEAH!)
They turned their heads at the sound of a familiar voice that slightly over took theirs.
Neji hung onto the chorus, smirking up at them.
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Baby come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Shorty come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
Neji stood up along with them as yet another voice carried on.
Shikamaru sighed to himself as he took over the next rap.
Now I'm Cadillacson, candle-waxing
I like your fat ass bitch
grab my jacket
and grab a taxi and get in the back seat
fuck, suck, dick lick, man we nasty
drive fast please cause this boze is not lasting
one to many shots and I seem to be passing
I think this chick is down
yeah she's down for the threesome
I called my homie Jay just to see if he need some
Naruto hopped off and moved around, his feet in sync in a dance of the next vocals Neji sang as the children in the lunch had began to clap along while the supervisors tried to settle them down.
Just got back coming from the bar
rubbing up her sissy's titties
in the back of her car
but your first mistake
you said you liked my band
the seconds one's
you put my undead dick in your hand
and I'm taking secret pics on my cellular phone
I got fingers in places where they don't belong
The three boys on the table gathered in each other's faces to carry out the next lines.
horny as FUCK
pressing my LUCK
need my dick SUCKED
so BITCH GIVE IT UP (YEAH!)
Naruto moved around in sync, his dancing catching others eyes while they also focused on the singing.
Gaara stared blankly up at them, for a moment as they continued on.
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Baby come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Shorty come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
The boys were shocked to hear the final voice as he slowly stood up and onto the table.
Let's both get faded cause you know that I want you
Let's both get naked girl you know that you want to
Baby we can have a party tonight
I wanna hit it cause i know that it's time
Baby we can have a party tonight
I wanna hit it all night, all night, all night, all night (night)
The boys urged for Naruto to come back up. The dancing blond rushed passed the opening double doors as he headed back to the table.
"I assure you Mr. Orochimaru," principal Hiruzen spoke as the two walked in.
"There are many talented young students in this school with bright minds and gifted voices."
"I hope so," he hissed.
"No worries, I'm sure you can—what in god's name—!"
The boys stood on the table, back to back in a circle as they finished off the song. Bobbing and holding up signals of rock as if they'd done it all their life.
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Baby come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Shorty come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here
Don't stop yet I'm almost there
Get your drunk ass over here let's bone
"Those boys!" he said, shocked.
Though, Orochimaru simply stared at the singing seventh graders, and cheering children.
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Baby come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here let's bone
Bitches I hope you know
I won't stop 'til I hit that ho,
Shorty come say hello
And get your drunk ass over here
Don't stop yet I'm almost there
Get your drunk ass over here LET'S BONE!
The boys stood together, breathing heavily as they looked around to the still cheering and clapping students.
Naruto looked the most excited as he looked around. Neji and Sasuke smirked. Shikamaru scratched the back of his head, and Gaara looked around to the crowd.
Principal Hiruzen huffed, making his way to them as Orochimaru still stared.
"Kurenai!" one of the supervisors said as she ran up to her, "we can't get control of the kids!"
Kurenai simply smiled a she stared at then.
"Well, at least they found they have one thing in common. They all seem to really love a very inappropriate song."
The supervisor gave her a confused expression as Kurenai headed for the principal's direction, upon noticing him.
"Principal Hiruzen!" she smiled, a few feet from the boys as she stood in front of him.
"Excuse me, Kurenai," he said politely.
"Oh don't you worry about those boys! What they did was a part of my class assignment, I'll handle them," she said quickly.
He gave her a confused expression for a moment, the sighed.
"Very well, I know you're teaching methods…"
She smiled to him as they both turned around. She faced the young boys who had begun to come down.
They looked at her, smirking and smiling as she stood confidently, her hands on her hips.
"Those are quite some voices for boys who've never sung a day in their lives. A's. For the trimester, I'll see you gentlemen in Music and Vocal 102."
She moved past them and sashayed back to the supervisors.
The boys looked at each.
They smirked as they began walking forward.
"Holy crap! Did you see us up there?! We totally killed it dattebayo! I haven't danced like that since I was five!" Naruto fist pumped as he pushed the back lunch doors open.
Neji scoffed, "Whatever, I was the one that carried us all, I'm sure you heard,"
Sasuke smirked, "I was listening to Sabaku, what you did at that slow down part was pretty damn cool."
"Hey don't forget!" Naruto smiled, "When you and Shikamaru were rapping! That was insane!" Naruto laughed, putting his arms around both Shikamaru and Gaara's shoulders.
At that moment, he lifted a bit. His lips rose, bringing a small but meaningful smile up.
But before anyone could notice, the back doors flew open.
The boys stopped and turned around, there stood principal Hiruzen, next to him stood a pale, tall and slender unfamiliar man, who smirked at them.
"Boys," Hiruzen began.
"This is Mr. Orochimaru. He owns HEBI record studios."
"Hey!" Naruto burst out loud, pointing. "That's the company that Asian Kung-fu Generation belongs to! And where Nana Nishino and J-min were literally discovered in!"
"That's right," he slithered, "you know you're stuff, kid."
Naruto smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"He has a few words for you boys." Hiruzen continued.
The boys stood staring as Orochimaru stepped up, towering over them.
"It's nice to meet you boys, you're all in the seventh grade, correct?"
They each nodded.
"Quite young, but you all have very gifted voices and some quite impressive dance moves. Put them all together and I see something special."
Sasuke and Neji raised a brow at him. Naruto watched in anticipation. Gaara waited patiently. And Shikamaru looked as if he already knew where it was going.
"Have you ever thought about being a band?"
(^A.H^)
"A band?" Neji asked in confusion, "sorry, but we only did that so our teacher wouldn't fail us, we're not singers or dancers."
"Oh contraire, I think you boys all have something unique about you. When I saw you standing up there, together, you looked like you were having the time of your lives,"
"It was just in the moment," Sasuke slightly shrugged, "we're not even friends."
"From the looks of it, it seems like there's something that can change that about you. Alone, you're good. Together, you could be the next big thing in Japan." He smiled slyly.
The boys looked at each other again, this time with unsure and almost disgusted expressions.
"Here," he said, turning to his pocket.
He pulled out and card and handed it to Naruto who stood in front.
HEBI STUDIOS
Music for Tomorrow
555 891 000
The boys leaned in and looked at the white and dark purple card.
"If you decide to make this work, give that number a call. I have a feeling you boys will make the right choice."
With that, he turned around with his hands in his dress pants pockets, and followed Hiruzen back into the cafeteria.
Neji scoffed again, "yeah right."
Shikamaru yawned, "at least we don't have to sit with each other anymore."
"Hn." Was all Sasuke said as he put his hands in his pockets.
"Hey! Wait!" Naruto said quickly, stopping the boys from opening the doors.
"Don't you guys think this is a cool idea?" he smiled, Gaara standing next to him.
Neji rolled his eyes, "Oh come on Uzumaki. What makes you think I would want to be in a band? So we sang for homework, that doesn't mean we're going to be world famous."
"You heard everyone in there!" he said, "They liked us! They loved us! Imagine what it would be like if we kept doing this!" he beamed.
"It's like he said! We know we liked what we were doing up there and it was even better when we were all together! Think about it guys! We could be the biggest names in Japan!"
Now Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"Fame! Money! Adoring fans! GIRLS! We could really have it all!" he assured.
The three boys stood in silence, staring at him for a moment.
Finally Neji sighed and looked at Naruto's hopeful eyes.
"Dreaming can only get you so far, kid. I don't sing, I don't dance, and I sure as hell don't perform. I'm only here to focus on my grades. See you around."
Without another word, he pushed the doors open and walked in. Shikamaru followed behind without looking at him and Sasuke shrugged as he too stepped out.
Naruto frowned as he watched Gaara begin to walk as well.
"If it worth anything." He started without turning to look at him.
"I thought it was a good idea."
The door slammed back as he left, leaving Naruto alone in the hall, staring at the card.
"Orochimaru! Sir! You won't believe it!" Kimimaru said, rushing into the board room as their CEO stood with workers.
"What is it?" he asked.
"We just returned from Ame! We found these five girls at a talent show in Ame middle school! You have to hear them sir! I think we've found what we're looking for."
"I've already found what I'm looking for," he smirked.
"Sir?" he asked.
"Keep that girl group on hold, if the boys I found don't call in a week, the I'll take them."
(^December^)
In nearly a week, December reached them.
The boys had gone back to their old ways of ignoring each other and focusing on other things. All except Naruto.
He kept the card with him at all times and often looked to the other boys during lunch or class, hoping their minds would change.
After almost a week, nothing came about.
Neji, however, found himself looking back to the time the boys stood in top of the lunch table. He felt something, an urge that had never been accustomed to him.
He liked the feeling of being on top of the world. Watching the students cheer for him. Never had he sung in the past, and he never would have believed he had such a voice.
He clenched his pencil as he sat in lunch, alone again.
Shikamaru sat bored once again, as Choji had been sick for the last couple days, he was left on his own to think.
He'd never sang a day in his life let alone rapped, and being up there, being so in sync with Sasuke, like twins, felt somehow…right.
He looked over to Neji, who surprisingly, was looked straight at him.
Gaara stared out the window. The chill of the December air freezing the window.
He needed to do something, anything to take his mind away from home, and for the moment he thought doing a band thing was the best thing to do.
Having friends.
Singing, like uncle used to do for him…before…
Sasuke on one hand, did not care what happened. He wasn't interested in the singing necessarily but the rapping he did with Shikamaru was, dare he say, fun.
He was always up for something new.
And maybe Naruto was right.
Maybe they did need more friends.
After some time, Naruto turned around after solemnly staring at the card after receiving an eerie feeling.
He faced the three boys who he had sung with just a week ago, while Sasuke also stared at him as he sat next to him.
Neji took a deep breath as he looked to both Gaara and Shikamaru, then to Naruto who smiled.
"We do one song…got it?...ONE…SONG."
OMEGA: Name and Debut song
"I'm glad you boys decided to make the call," Orochimaru smiled as the boys sat in a recording studio.
Naruto looked around excitingly at the unfamiliar setting.
The boys sat on a red leather couch together, having had Itachi, a junior, find the studio and drive them to it after school.
"How is this supposed to work? Is this kind of thing even going to last?" Neji questioned as he crossed his arms, sitting next to Gaara.
"This will only work if you boys are willing to put in the effort. This kind of thing, becoming a band, it isn't as easy as recording a song and selling it, a lot of work and a lot of people go into making this happen, and if you want to do this for a long time, it takes time and want." He explained.
"We have to do a lot?" Naruto frowned, "like what?"
Orochimaru shook his head, "Relax, the fun will come, trust me. Right now, let my co-workers and I handle the important planning and work and such, since you boys are young all I want you to focus on right now is your debut song and a name for yourselves."
"What do you mean?" Shikamaru asked.
"You have you have a name if you're going to be a band. I urge you to pick something good and creative as it will stick with you forever. And your debut song is painfully important if you want to make an impact in this industry. It has to be something that shows every aspect you boys have, something that shows everyone what you can do. Like I said, we'll deal with the hard things, just bring me a title for yourselves and a song this country will be blasting everywhere."
(^A.H^)
"What the heck are we supposed to do? I sure as hell have never written a song before." Neji spat as the boys walked out of HEBI studio's from their meeting.
The boys nodded in agreement.
"Okay, so none of us has any skill in song writing, what do we do?"
"Well that doesn't mean we don't have a skill!" Naruto smiled. "Remember what Kurenai said! We'll never know what we have until we open up and take a shot at it!"
"None of this would be happening if it weren't for that teacher," Shikamaru sighed.
"That's right," Naruto smiled.
"None of this would be happening!"
(^A.H^)
The seventh graders standing outside Konoha high school the next day were more than shocked to see the five boys walking together, actually talking as they walked to the building.
If their grade knew anything it's that none of them—aside from Naruto and Sasuke who were friends—took any notice or even liked each other very much. But since their performance in the lunchroom, they had begun speaking to each other.
They had to admit though, they looked right walking together.
"Okay, ideas, if this is going to work everyone should pitch in," Naruto assured.
The boys shrugged, "what do other bands usually sing about?" Sasuke asked.
"Probably not best to think that way. That guy said we should try to come up with something unique and above ourselves."
"Like what?" Gaara asked as the bell rang, letting them step into the building, "What do seventh graders think about?"
"Good morning gentlemen!" Miss. Nahara smiled as she passed them on the way to the classroom, clutching her work bag and a pile of neat papers.
The boys stood straight and stared at her.
"Morning sensei." They said in unison.
"Are you ready for today's lesson? We're going to Australia," she giggled.
The boys slumped a bit and nodded.
"Good, I look forward to it," she smiled sweetly as she continued on down the hall, swaying in her knee length white pencil skirt and neatly ironed light blue ruffle top and five inch open toed high heels.
"She…is so hot," Naruto sighed as he mumbled.
The boys couldn't help but nod in agreement. Nearly every if not all the boys in their grade and those who knew who she was in the eighth grade had a crush on the young, single, and sexy history teacher.
The boys shook their heads as they continued walking on.
"We can talk more about it in music."
In history, the boys sat in their respective seats as they listened to Miss. Nahara, or Suteki-sensei's power point on Australia.
The adolescent boys, as they usually did, paid more attention to the cleavage peeking out her ruffle top, her long legs, and nearly visible thong when she turned around.
Over the course of the last few months that was how it remained, to the girl's annoyance. Even Sasuke could not keep his eyes off her. And now that they had grown interests in Shikamaru, Neji, and Gaara—Naruto still being annoying—it bugged them more.
Neji leaned on his fist as he more or less focused his attention on her breasts, something he had found a new interest in.
He scribbled nothingness on his paper meant for those who wanted to take notes.
He smirked at the thought of an older woman. He drowned out the lesson as his attention span was brought more to what it would be like to be with her.
Though Kaede still lay dear to his heart, there was something in the teacher that had all the boys weak in their knees and stiff between their legs.
It was enough though, to send a surge through his brain.
(^A.H^)
"We still have to think of what to call ourselves," Shikamaru said as the boys walked out of first period.
"I think this is harder than writing a song." Gaara sighed a bit, "whatever we pick sticks with us. So if we use something bad…"
"Aw come on! We're better than that!" Naruto smiled.
"I'm sure we can come up with something cool!"
"And original." Neji said. "Sometimes I kind of regret their being so many good bands."
Naruto shrugged, "we'll have something I'm sure! There's something out there that's waiting for us and fits us!"
(^A.H^)
"Kurenai-sensei, you sing right?"
She smiled as she turned to face the young boys who stood before her before the start of class.
"I wouldn't be teaching if I didn't love it!" she laughed, patting Naruto on the shoulder.
"What can I do for you boys?"
"You enjoy singing. Does that mean you write songs?"
She shrugged a bit, "there are times but it's not a part of me. Is this about the offer that man from HEBI studios gave you boys?"
"How did you hear about that?" Shikamaru asked.
"I'm a music teacher! Anything music related that goes on around her comes to me," she smiled confidently.
"Look, you boys are bright, the only advice I could possibly offer you is that you can't jump into this and expect all the good to come your way. You're not just a band now, you're a team, and from the looks of it, it seems the five of you aren't quite done choking each other yet."
The boys stared at her in confusion as she sighed and smiled at them, her red lipstick shining.
"I think the best thing you five should do right now is know yourselves before you become a band. I don't think there's any group in the world who is a band and aren't friends. You can't do this because you like what's going to come out in the long run. You have to do this because you want it, you have to want the music and love it. And I know your boys and this might sound like the most disgusting thing to you, but you have to love each other too. Your brothers now, and if you want to make it to the top, you have to be brothers."
She leaned down and kissed each of their foreheads, to their surprise as she stood up straight, towering over them as she turned back to wiping down the piano.
The boys looked at each other.
Kurenai-sensei continues to amaze them.
(^A.H^)
At lunch time—oddly enough again—the boys sat with each other, thinking over Kurenai's words.
They looked at each other, none ever thinking over the fact that they hadn't even stopped to get to know the people they would be working with, possibly for a long time.
They nodded to each other, deciding that if they were going to be friends, much less a band, they had to know one other.
Head on, they explained their livelihoods.
Shikamaru talked about his parents who urged him on. He spoke about his abilities to skip grades and the awards and recognition he'd gotten for his GPA, the people he had met and the places he had been.
He'd only recently began staying in Konoha to attend middle school, has he had been traveling the country since he was a child.
Naruto explained his parents death when he was five, the one Sasuke had also ended up in. He talked about the fact that he'd lost a lot of his memory and had to keep away from his grandfather, who they were surprised to discover was the current Hogake, if he wanted his own life.
He explained the dancing his mother taught him when he was younger and how lonely he got when he remembered they weren't around which caused a development of ADHD in him.
Neji spoke of his parent's murder when he was a child and how it was all clearly the fault of the upper branch family, the reason why he was so cold hearted. His uncle treated him like a prince only to make up for the actions; he hated living with the Hyuga clan but took pride in the respect it brought.
He also talked about a young girl named Kaede who he had befriended and actually liked a lot.
Gaara spoke of his mother's death as she gave birth to him and his father's neglectfulness and sibling's hatred. He spoke fondly of his uncle who spent time with him until his attempted murder on him that forced his younger self to defend himself and ended up killing him.
The fear entranced in him forced him into insomnia.
He hadn't been the same since. His father ignored his presence more and his own siblings feared him. He was alone.
Even so, he was left to do whatever the young prince desired, leading to the 'Love' tattoo on his forehead he got for himself at only eight years old.
Finally, Sasuke spoke of the accident following with the death of Naruto's family and the injuries his family suffered, including the partial permanent brain damage and memory loss he obtained. Causing traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia, and monophobia that he is slowly trying to rid himself of, these causing a sense of fear within him, the reason being why he keeps so many locks on his door.
And so the boys declared that from here on out, they would do their best to be the best they could be, and make it a goal to be the biggest names J-pop and rock has heard in a while.
Naruto planted himself in his seat for fifth period Greek language class, where today, they would be learning of the twenty-four letters in the alphabet.
This was one particular class he did not enjoy. While everyone else had Latin and French, he—for failing again to turn in his schedule—was forced into one of the advanced classes, to his own surprise.
"Alpha, is the most simple in the Greek alphabet because it is first, it is often the most remembered and most fond of because it is the strongest, it is the leader." Makura-sensei explained as he walked up and down the narrow aisle ways,
Naruto leaned on his right fist as he faintly listened to him talk if he didn't want to fail.
"It represents power and falls above all the other letters. The Greeks took pride in their letters I'll tell you that, and as a reminder you'll have to be able to list them all in order on your midterms."
Naruto lifted up a bit at the sound of the word power.
Above all.
Leader.
The best.
The First.
"From Alpha we skip to Omega, the last. Now in a better sense Omega is thought of as what you might say the rowdy one, the lone wolf, the rule breaker if you will. The last but still great in its own right. According to the Greeks…"
He drowned out the rest of the numbers as Makura-sensei continued to speak.
He smiled a bit to himself as he stared out the open window.
Alpha the great. The first. The almighty. The leader.
ALPHA.
His smile did not reseed even when the bell rang at the end of the period.
(^A.H^)
"Alpha?" Sasuke raised a brow as Naruto bounced in front of them at the end of the day.
"Doesn't it sound cool?! It represents like power and being at the top and stuff! That's perfect for us! That should get us the respect we want!"
"It doesn't sound too bad," Neji shrugged.
"Yeah. It had a certain ring to it. And it has five letters. Five letters, five of us." Gaara nodded.
"I don't know," Shikamaru mumbled. "I'm not really feeling it,"
"Aw we'll get used to it!" Naruto beamed.
The boys shared eye contact as Naruto watched them, hoping that they would agree.
"Alpha it is then."
"Alpha, simple and potent. I like it. Very nice boys." Orochimaru said.
"Kabuto!"
"Y-yes sir!" the young intern said quickly as he ran into the waiting recording studio.
"Start working on presented Alpha to the media and radio shows on the website. Find some relations and start making presentations online."
"Yes sir!" he said hastily as he nodded to the boys then rushed out.
"Now, another important aspect. Your debut song."
"We're working on it sir," Neji said quickly. "We've got a few ideas already,"
The boys turned to him in confusion as Orochimaru gave a sly grin.
"That's good to hear," he hissed, "it's best you have it as soon as possible. The sooner you boys make your debut the better you will be."
(^A.H^)
"Why did you say that? We have no idea what we're going to do for our first song." Gaara questioned.
Neji shrugged a bit, "I'm sure we'll think of something. There's—"
"Again. None of us have ever written a song before. We really need to think well about this before we move into it."
He shrugged a bit, "I thought of a couple stuff."
"Alright, then you write the song," Naruto snickered. "Matter of fact! Let's make this fun! I bet you twenty bucks you won't be able to give Orochimaru a song that he likes by the end of the week."
"I'm in," Shikamaru smirked.
"Same here," Gaara said.
Sasuke nodded to them.
"And if you don't do it you have to give each of us twenty bucks!" Naruto smiled.
Neji scoffed. "Fine. I look forward to pocketing eighty bucks this weekend then."
The boys smirked as Neji walked on ahead confidently.
Though inside he was paining.
He'd never written a song. He wouldn't be able to do something like this in three days.
Then again. He said he couldn't sing. But instead found out he has the strongest voice in the group.
(^A.H^)
"—I hope some of you are interested in picking Australia for your country projects, it's a very prosperous continent." Suteki-sensei explained as she turned off the video on Australia.
"For a little fun I would like all of you to live ten things you've liked so far about Australia and its culture and aspects.
As the hour went on the students of Miss. Nahara's first period worked on their list of favorites from their current countries.
She walked up and down the aisle, examining her students who were only were just ten years below her.
She gasped a bit and stopped at a boy's desk. He cringed, trying to hide his paper.
"Huro! What is that?" she demanded.
"N-nothing Miss. Nahara…" he mumbled.
"Give it here…" she said calmly as she held her hand out.
He took a deep breath and sighed as he pulled the paper from under his arm and handed it to her, hanging her head.
"Since you seem to be doodling rather than doing your work, how about you read what you've written out loud?"
He cringed, "Do I—"
"Go on," she ordered.
He took the paper back from her without raising his head as the other students began to listen carefully.
"Ten things I like about Suteki-sensei…one, her boobs, her butt, her hair, her legs, her eyes, her lips, her.."
By now the class was bursting in laughter as Suteki, who still just barely left her teen years was holding back her laughter.
Neji tilted his head a bit as he looked at her, one of the few students—including most of the members of the band—who wasn't laughing.
He watched as she giggled, her smile sweet, her full red lips and neatly tied red hair, her figure.
Without even taking notice, he picked up his pencil and began scribbling, still distracted by her image as most boys were.
After a few moments his eyes finally fell down to his paper.
He leaned down and concentrated on it, glancing up and down to her.
(^A.H^)
The boys were surprised when Neji avoided them for the remainder of the day. He spent his time concentrated on his papers as he had done the beginning of the school year.
He hardly looked up in classes and kept his head completely down in fourth period when it was instrument day.
Kurenai went through each student in her fourth period, letting them pick an instrument that suited them best, or if they didn't know how to play one, she picked one that they would learn.
One by one, they were made to play a bit of said instrument.
The class was surprised however, when Naruto picked the piano as his instrument.
"The piano? I thought he'd be at drums or something," a girl at the flute whispered to another at the cello.
Naruto sat in front of the single black grand piano in the music room, again to the surprise of even the other band members except Sasuke.
Shikamaru and Sasuke sat at guitars and Gaara sat at a violin, which everyone found to be fitting instruments.
Neji however, was excused from the lesson and continued to focus on his papers. After making Kurenai-sensei aware of his situation she gladly let him be.
"Naruto," Kurenai smiled. "Since you've seemed to catch some attention, would you like to go first?"
He smiled shyly, to their surprise, and nodded a bit.
The students sat patiently and watched as he took a deep breath and raised all ten of his fingers.
Most of the members in Kurenai's fourth period gasped as he closed his eyes and laid his fingers on the keyboard and began, ever so delicately, playing John R. Burr's For The Asking.
They remained silent as they listened to the solo piece. Kurenai sighed, smiling as she held her heart.
Naruto moved through the keyboard like second nature. Often, he sighed in what seemed like contempt as he did.
As he finished, claps arose graciously.
The fangirls, who had formally looked passed him clapped furiously and cheered for him.
Naruto smiled brightly and scratched the back of his head, laughing.
"What a beautiful choice, Naruto." Kurenai smiled.
"Well," he smiled. "My dad and I used to play it for my mom when she was sad. She used to say that I would make someone really happy someday, and that this song should be played at my wedding dattebayo."
At lunch time Neji did not sit with the group as he had not done in the last few classes. He instead ate his lunch in the library as the papers remained in front of him.
He liked what was coming out of pencil. He liked it so much he couldn't take his eyes off it.
He had to perfect it.
He had to prove it to them.
He had it, the perfect song.
The song that would put ALPHA on the map.
(^A.H^)
The boys patiently waited in the recording studio as they watched Orochimaru look over the papers the next day after school.
He examined it with a blank expression, making their hearts race furiously in anticipation.
It felt like hours before he finally cleared his throat and trailed his dark eyes up to them
"Replay…is it?"
Neji nodded.
"Well. The time has finally come boys. Let's see what it sounds like with your voices and a good beat." He said slyly.
After making copies the boys each took one and made their way into the recording booth.
With headphones on and lyrics in front of them they watched as a man tuned to the sound equipment and Orochimaru leaned by his side.
"ALPHA recording one beginning in three…two…one—"
Noona is so pretty,
Guys won't leave her alone
Her heart's shaking – I know her true feelings
My love for her is just an instant feeling
Whatever anyone says, she's my life
Perhaps she's uncomfortable
Her gazing eyes tell me so
and I think I'm gonna hate it girl, the end is coming
It's the heart speaking, whatever anyone says
"Ladies and gentlemen I want to talk about this new song," Rave, a talk show host spoke as the boys listened in.
Noona is so pretty
Looking at her I go crazy
But now I'm getting tired
Replay Replay Replay
Memories scratch at my heart
Oh my heart aches, so fix it
The farewell is approaching
Replay x3
Noona is my M.V.P *most valuable player*
People are envious and I feel great
Always the center of her gaze
I'm so cool for being together with her
"Please don't let go of this hand"
That's my promise
I know that's been a lie for a moment
"Have any of you ladies heard this song REPLAY yet? It's to die for!" Shona, a talk show host squealed as the boys watched.
Perhaps to her, I'm nice but no fun
Her gestures are telling me that's the issue
and I think I'm gonna hate it girl
the end is coming
My heart is yelling, in front of the farewell
Noona is so pretty
Looking at her I go crazy
Make up, shake up, break up
Memories scratch at my heart
Oh, my heart aches, so fix it
At the approaching farewell I
Make up, shake up, break up
"What's up Japan! I'm here to discuss this kick-ass new song Replay by an upcoming band—!" a radio personal spoke as the boys listened in.
you know you're my MVP no one else has got what I need
when it's just us two,
I get shy but then you keep it so cool
the way you're always watching out for me
and although I wanna believe
Tell me I'm not just imagining
"Seventh graders from Konoha middle school have come up with a quickly uprising song that's taking Japan by storm!" another talk show host spoke, to the boys excitement.
Ah ah, beautiful girl
ah ah, still with someone else
It's obvious that she hasn't known the distinct taste of true love
ah ah, Sadly, that girl
ah ah, Can't accept my feelings of genuine love
Noona is so pretty
Looking at her I go crazy
But now I'm getting tired
Replay Replay Replay
Memories scratch at my heart
Oh my heart aches, so fix it
The farewell is approaching
Replay Replay Replay
"I can't get enough of this song!" MoMo, a speaker for E!-Japan said excitingly to start off her show.
Noona is so pretty
Looking at you I go crazy
Uh, Our love
Crazy,
But now I am tired
Uh I just go crazy 'cuz
Replay Replay Replay
I I I love you gurl
Memories scratch at my heart
Oh, my heart aches, so fix it
Uh, my heart aches
Fix it
At the approaching farewell I
Yo I wanna hold U girl
Replay x3
I I I love you
"A song about older woman, these boys are sweet! What's their name? What do we call them?" a radio host asked another.
Noona is so pretty
(I keep thinkin 'bout you)
Noona is so pretty
(I keep dreaming 'bout you)
Have you tasted sincere love?
Noona is so pretty
(I keep thinkin 'bout you)
Noona is so pretty
(I keep dreaming 'bout you)
You've got my sincere love.
"Well according to HEBI studios website it's OMEGA!"
"OMEGA! I love the sound of that! You heard it here ladies and gents! Welcome to the rise of Omega!"
"Omega?" the boys said together as they stood up from the radio, turning to Orochimaru who then angrily turned around to Kabuto who looked at them in fear.
"I must have put in the wrong thing when I set it up!" he said quickly, "I'm sorry sir!"
"Kabuto! You're—"
"I seriously love this name though," the radio personal continued, catching their attention.
"It has a wonderful ring to it. Omega, like the underdogs, the rebels, rule breakers, lone wolfs, whatever you want to use but I think it fits these boys more than perfectly. I can't wait to see what Omega has in store."
Orochimaru turned back and slyly grinned at Kabuto.
"S-sir?"
"Kabuto…how would you like a promotion?"
(^A.H^)
"O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA!" the girls chanted as the boys walked up to the building together.
After just a few days after the song was recorded and distributed it was already becoming a hit in Japan's music base.
The boys stood together as they watched the three grades cheer them, having already listened to other girls of different ages cheer them on.
Slowly, four members of the newly found OMEGA pulled out twenties from their pockets and slapped them on Neji's chest, who in turn smirked.
OMEGA, continued on.
OMEGA: Band leader
(^October, Eighth Grade^)
"—Without further ado ladies and gentlemen, I give you OMEGA!" Cheri an always-wearing-something-cherry-related talk show host yelled as the studio audience clapped in excitement as five boys made their way onto the stage.
Shikamaru wore dark purple jeans with silver chains looping off each side and a dark yellow collar shirt. Neji wore a dark green sweater with red skinny jeans. Sasuke wore white skinny jeans with a red unbuttoned collar shirt and a white t-shirt under. Gaara wore light red fit jeans with a dark pink polo shirt. While Naruto wore soft blue skinny jeans and a light purple shirt with a dark purple long sleeved under shirt.
"Stylish and cute, you boys are extraordinary," the young host whistled as the boys sat on the down on the long pink couch.
"So in the last nine months you five boys have done five music videos, six major concerts, and put an album out this summer. You have moved up a lot are quickly becoming huge in not only Japan but major countries as well!" she took a deep breath. "What have you got to say to THAT?"
"In the last few months we've realized it's fun just generally doing the music. In just nine months we've seen a lot of great things and met some awesome people. We'd really like to thank everyone out there who's supporting us." Naruto smiled.
"We weren't really into this whole singing business at first, but we've come pretty far, we can't stop now." Shikamaru explained.
"And you love what you do?" she smiled.
"We really do," Neji smirked. "Frankly if our music teacher hadn't forced us to do it we wouldn't be here."
"That's right. Discovered right in school dancing on their lunch table," she said, turning to the audience who laughed and cheered.
She giggled as she turned back to the smiling and or smirking boys.
"So as we listen to the songs and watch the music videos we're able to set you boys in your positions, right?" she asked, they nodded.
"So starting with Naruto-kun, lead dancer and you've turned into choreographer as well am I right?"
He nodded, "right now I'm training under Killer Bee."
"A famous dancer and rapper, he only works with certain people, there was clearly something he liked in you." She smiled, he smiled.
"Neji-kun, lead singer and Gaara-kun, co-lead singer. You're voices sound amazing together, but then again all your voices do. Though you boys really carry it along."
Neji nodded, "I love seeing how far I can take my voice."
"And Gaara, you're so quiet often! We'd never expect that's you we're hearing taking that high note," she squealed.
He smiled a bit and nodded, "Unless I'm singing, I prefer keeping to myself."
"I love it!" she beamed, "Sasuke-kun, lead rapper, and Shikamaru-kun, co-lead rapper. You boys certainly have a way with words. Your voices really give the music that flow."
"We like to see how fast we can do it when we're not recording," Sasuke explained. Shikamaru chuckled and nodded.
"Well you clearly all have your positions, but there's one question I need to ask."
The boys listened carefully.
"So who is the leader of Omega?"
"Me." Sasuke and Neji said at the same time.
The audience gasped a bit as Cheri looked taken aback.
"Oh boy…" Shikamaru sighed.
Both boys turned and glared at each other.
(^OMEGA^)
"I'm the leader," Sasuke spat coldly.
"Who died and put you in charge? If anything I should be the leader!" Neji yelled as both boys stormed out of the building towards the brand new limousine Orochimaru had gotten for them just a couple weeks prior for their continued success.
"I write most of the songs!" Neji growled.
"You've written like five. Who does Orochimaru leave in charge when he's away?"
"So what?!" Neji said coldly as the driver opened the door.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes, Gaara sighed, and Naruto frowned as the three of them stepped inside.
"I've been running this band since we started," Sasuke said obviously.
"Like hell! We've done the exact same things evenly! The only person Orochimaru hasn't left in charge is Naruto!"
"Hey!" he called as the driver patiently waited for them with the door open.
"Tell him who's leader," Neji ordered as both boys stepped into the black seats, the door shutting behind them as the driver headed towards school.
"Leave us out of this." Gaara ordered.
"Yeah, we don't really care who's leader." Naruto frowned as he scratched the back of his head. "But if you guys want to pick one go ahead."
Both boys, sitting across from each other continued to glare until their driver pulled up to the building.
Now in the eighth grade, the boys had spent nine months building themselves up and making a name for themselves.
"You do know how we settle things like this right?" Neji questioned as the other three members stepped out after the driver opened the door.
Sasuke smirked as he leaned back in his seat.
"I'm listening."
"Miss. Nahara, our teacher from last year? I know you have a thing for her because I know you have a thing for redheads. If you can get a kiss from her by the end of the day, you can be the leader. If not, I'm the leader."
"A kiss?" Sasuke raised a brow.
"Whatever the hell you want to do just make sure you get her on the lips, that's all I'm saying. Unless you think you can't do it, he raised a brow, his Hyuga trait eyes sparkling.
Sasuke held up his hand, letting Neji shake it.
"You're on."
(^OMEGA^)
With a new grade, the boys now did have homeroom together. The only class they had together now was fourth period Music and Vocal second year with Kurenai once again and of course eight grade lunch together.
Sasuke, determined, skipped third period and went off to Miss. Nahara's class who he knew didn't have a third period.
He walked down the familiar seventh grade hallway, towards the firth period the boys had gathered in one year ago.
Miss. Nahara, without a fourth period sat at her desk looking through a magazine. She still retained her normal work outfit of pencil skirts and ruffle tops that showed off her elder womanly features and kept her hair in a bun as well.
He smirked as he leaned on the door of the woman who inspired their first ever song.
He lightly knocked on the wall, making her jump a bit.
When she saw who stood at the door she smiled and sat up straight.
"Sasuke! Is that really you? I haven't seen you in quite a few months." She smiled sweetly.
"Hey Miss. Nahara," he said plainly as he put his hands in his uniform pockets, closing the door behind him.
"You've gotten taller! Wow! What brings you to my classroom stranger?" she said cutely.
He shrugged, "I felt like visiting."
"Shouldn't you be in class?"
"It's only music. I was excused."
She giggled, "Well that's nice of you to think of me honey. While you're here would you like to help me clear up the white board? My next class isn't until after eighth grade lunch so I should probably start getting ready."
He nodded slowly.
She clapped her hand once, "great! You can go ahead and start wiping off the chalkboard while I get the smart board ready," she explained, pointing to an eraser.
He nodded once again to her as she turned away, bending to the school control computer right next to her desk.
He picked up the eraser, but did not—for even a second—put his eyes on the board.
His eyes, as they would with the other boys last year, focused on her features.
He raised a brow, thinking back to fifth period health class.
He just turned thirteen in July. Miss. Oto, the health teacher, said that for boys his age, this would be the time when certain 'urges' would occur.
He clenched the eraser as he watched her bottom sway. Her blood red lace thong peeking out just a bit as he crushed the back of the eraser until part of it snapped in two.
"Sasuke? Is something wrong?" she said shocked as she stood up straight and he dropped the eraser.
He stared at her for a moment as she looked on to him in confusion.
He gasped a bit when he crashed his lips, cupping her cheeks.
"Sas—"
She grumbled and tried to push him off, barely being able to as he let go himself.
"Sasuke! Why would you—Look you're very sweet but you're only a tee—"
He pushed her, letting her fall to the ground, almost under her desk.
"Sasuke…" she mumbled.
He kneeled down and climbed on top of her, stalking up until he faced her.
She stared into his eyes as he pushed up her red pencil skirt with one hand.
He leaned down and chastely kissed her. She mumbled a bit into the kiss but still pushed in and kissed him back.
He slipped his tongue into her mouth, letting her moan as he unzipped her skirt with one hand, sliding it down her legs until it was at her feet.
Their tongue's danced roughly as he pulled up her light red blouse, letting go for just a second to toss it.
He unclasped her red lace bra which undid itself in front.
He pulled it off and tossed it to the floor with the other contents of clothing as he bent down and licked her breasts.
As she cried out he realized he actually had no idea what he was doing.
He'd seen Itachi go into his room with plenty of girls and often—painfully—heard the fun they had. One reason why he switched rooms.
No one ever told him what girls liked. But whatever he was doing. She seemed to enjoy.
His left hand roamed down to her red lace thong, pulling it down little by little as he tasted her breasts.
After pleasuring both of them, he trailed his tongue down until he faced an unfamiliar vessel.
Without thinking, he placed his tongue on.
He was surprised as she cried out, shaking a bit.
Nonetheless, he closed his eyes and continued to taste her.
As she moaned and cried out like a school girl he worked on his belt, undoing it as his tongue continued to play with her.
He shuffled off his pants and shorts as she cried out for a final time.
She took a deep breath as he lifted up, looking down to her as he licked his lips, sighed shakily in pleasure at the sweet taste.
Without another thought he forced himself in, letting her wail out in pleasure.
Again, without any idea what he was doing, he simply grinded and pumped into like there was no tomorrow.
He grunted as he rode his very own teacher, letting her moan and wail in pleasure, crying his name as she whipped her head around.
This very same thing continued on until the bell rang for the eighth grade lunch.
Breathing heavily after finishing again, he pulled out and tossed his head back, running his hand through his dark hair.
Miss. Nahara shook and moaned as he pulled up his pants, tying his belt back.
He stood up straight and looked down to the whimpering teacher who was still in a state of excessive pleasure.
He smirked as he bent down to her naked body. He caressed her cheek as he kissed, she gladly returned the gesture as he laced his tongue on her then quickly let go again.
He stuck his hands in his pockets as he began to make his way out the door.
As he opened it a ferry of students could be seen making their way through the hall.
He left the door open, letting them look inside in shock.
"Thanks, Miss. Nahara."
The students stopped and looked in shock at the naked teacher who began to lift herself up, running her hand through her messy hair that had come undone during the impacts.
Her eyes widened at the students who looked inside in shock.
Sasuke smirked as he listened to her scream just as he pushed open the cafeteria doors.
He looked at the members of Omega who turned around at the scream as did other students.
They caught sight of Sasuke.
"What the hell happened to you?" Naruto questioned as they looked at his haggard appearance.
The boys stared him down, examining him as he simply continued to smirk.
"Oh my god…" Neji groaned.
"I told you to KISS her not FUCK her!" he yelled, catching the attention of many residents.
"Sasuke Uchiha, leader of Omega," Shikamaru sighed.
"So you lost your virginity to a teacher, how was it?" Gaara asked as Sasuke sat down with them.
"Yeah! What did it feel like?" Naruto asked.
The Uchiha simply shrugged as Neji growled…
(^OMEGA^)
For the next couple years Omega blew through Japans music industry. Going number one more times than anyone would count.
The boys looked out for each other, helping one another with the music, dance and even some other aspects.
When Kaede moved away after sleeping with him, Neji stayed in his home more often. The boys would come and visit, even reassure him it was nothing to worry about.
He wrote two songs about her, Obsession and Quasimodo. It wasn't until he decided to move on and bring multiple girls into his life did those songs top the charts.
When the boys got to high school, Orochimaru urged the school board to transfer Kurenai-sensei to the high school program so she could continue to work and encourage the boys.
The boys were lenient even. After Gaara introduced Shikamaru to his sister they began dating for a long while.
Although he wasn't too keen on the fact that he slept with her—losing his own virginity to her—at first but let it be. Even though, they eventually split in his sophomore year.
Eventually he and Choji pulled a part, simply seeing each other from time to time.
The boys assumed Gaara enjoyed being in the band more than anyone, because now he finally had something else to think about and friends who didn't fear him.
Their parents didn't read too much into the band objective, as long as they toured in the summer and focused on their grades.
Gaara's father did not say a word of it. Mikoto was overly excited. Hiashi didn't take it into consideration as he let Neji did as he pleased. Shikamaru's parents let him be free as well and Jiraiya teased Naruto about it.
Omega grew larger than anyone could have ever believed they would, earning the respect of the greats.
Up until their sophomore year there were times where all the boys wanted to do was split up and go their separate ways. But they couldn't. They were bound to two things.
Their friendship.
And their fans.
(^OMEGA^)
Junior year: OMEGA World Tour
"O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA!" the crowd of thousands cheered as the boys had completed another song, nearing the end of their world tour as their last place was back in Tokyo.
From Paris, to London, then Sydney, then L.A, onward to New York, then to Seoul, from Taiwan, to Bangkok, then South Africa, to Germany, Poland, Ireland, then eighteen more countries for six months (taking up tutoring for the six months they missed of school.)
The boys positioned themselves on the floor. Tired and sweating as the crowd continued to cheer.
The five boys looked onto the cheering fans as they sat together.
Neji held a single guitar as they began their final song of the night.
[Gaara] One, two, three
Yeaah. Mmm
[Naruto] I wake up and open my sleepy eyes
It'll be tomorrow in a little bit
I feel bad for letting the day pass by so fast
I swallow sand
[Neji] Time passes by hectically
Will we get so used to our fluttering feelings
That we'll feel them as a definite thing?
I'm sad over pointless worries
[Shika] Infrequent greetings
Actions that scarred softly
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm always sorry
[Gaara] Because you've always been there to protect me
Because you've taken the criticism that I should receive
You have shielded me without a word and now
I will reflect you like a mirror
[Shika] Rewind the film of our memories
To the day we first met
My heart pounded, I couldn't hide my tears
They overflowed as much as I was grateful
[Gaara] You understood me better than myself
When I was on the verge of breaking down
Seeing you having a harder time than I did
Made me cry like a child
[Sasuke] There's a connection in our relationship
A huge one that I can't explain in words
[Neji] Our conversations, piled with memories
Continue on today
[Naruto] Because you've always been there to protect me
Because you've taken the criticism that I should receive
You have shielded me without a word and now
I will reflect you like a mirror
[Neji] Because you've always been there to protect me
Because you've taken the criticism that I should receive
You have shielded me without a word and now
I will hold you
[Shikamaru] When it becomes tiring and I want to give up
[Naruto] When I am weak and I want to run away
[Neji] Your small hand becomes my biggest strength
[Sasuke] For the rest of my life, I'll sing a song for you
[Gaara] You have always been there
Believing in me and protecting me
I'll convey this song of appreciation
[Sasuke] At the end of this very long connection
At the end of this train stop, unaware of where it'll reach
We learn as we go on and feel many things
I'm always late at expressing my emotions
You won't be forgotten in my heart, right?
You'll remain in my eyes as you smile, right?
If my joy can become your happiness
I'll be thankful
The crowd cheered, tearing up at the song the boys had specifically written for the fans together, about the fans and how much they mean to them. Something they don't usually say.
Neji set down the guitar and as the boys stood up straight and looked at the people who cheered for them and their music.
Each boy was handed a mike as they stepped up to the front of the T-shaped glass stage to face the crowd.
"We know we don't say this as often as we should. But we want to thank you guys, for everything," Neji started. "Whether money, fame, girls, cars, clothes, whatever. None of that shit matters. It's you. You guys. We wouldn't be here without you."
"We want to thank you for giving us some of the best years of our lives, and we're still going strong." Shikamaru spoke
"Omega's nothing without all of you. You make us who we are." Gaara smiled.
"We love you all. And we hope you we can entertain you for many more years." Naruto chanted.
"Because it's all about the music. Feel the music. Let it take you, because it's the one thing that you'll always have. Whether pain, hurt, anger, anything that comes your way, remember the music, it's always here for you." Sasuke said, pointing to all of the
"We are OMEGA." The boys yelled together, "Always!"
"O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA! O-ME-GA!" the crowd cheered on and on.
The boys clasped hands and bowed down to them as they went on.
This is who they are.
This is what they love.
Omega lives on.
Epilogue
OMEGA: Summer before senior year
I don't remember one moment I tried to forget
I lost myself yet I'm better not sad
Now I'm closer to the edge
It was a a thousand to one and a million to two
Time to go down in flames and I'm taking you
Closer to the edge
No I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day, maybe we'll meet again
No I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day, maybe we'll meet again
No, no, no, no
"Is that it?!" Naruto yelled, bouncing up and down excitingly.
"Yes sirs. Orochimaru-sama gave me specific directions, that's it up ahead."
The boys looked into the windows of the limo as they began to slow down at the sight of a large white mansion sitting in the middle of a small field with few, smaller mansions around it.
Can you imagine a time when the truth ran free
A birth of a song, a death of a dream
Closer to the edge
This never ending story, paid for with pride and faith
We all fall short of glory, lost in ourself
No I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day, maybe we'll meet again
No I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day, maybe we'll meet again
No, no, no, no
A large gate stood in front with a visible access code.
Behind the gate stood a flock of maids, servants, and chefs, their heads bowed at their service.
It took half the summer to convince all of their parents and or guardians to let them finally move in together as brothers and a family.
The five members of Omega, the reigning band in Japan, stepped out of their black limousine and gazed at the large mansion.
The gates opened for them as a few servants ran out and began taking their suitcases out.
"Damn," Neji said through thin black Ray Bands.
No, no, no, no
I will never forget
No, no
I will never regret
No, no
I will live my life
No, no, no, no
I will never forget
No, no
I will never regret
No, no
I will live my life
No I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day, maybe we'll meet again
No, no
No, I'm not saying I'm sorry
One day, maybe we'll meet again
No, no, no, no
"You have thirty maids and twenty-five servants at your beck and call. The chefs will cook whatever you please whenever you desire it. You're cleaning and laundry will be left to the maids as they had done in your own homes for you. Now they have gathered so they may serve you all."
"I CALL A ROOM WITH A WINDOW!" Naruto yelled as he dropped his duffle bag and ran in.
"Half of them are window rooms, idiot!" Neji yelled, rushing after him.
"Hn…" Sasuke smirked as jogged after them.
Gaara smiled a bit as he jogged along with him.
"Ugh running is…troublesome." Shikamaru mumbled, settling his hand behind his head as he walked along, following them.
The sun shined brightly as the boys rushed into their new home, hanging onto the friendship and brotherhood they had formed.
Closer to the edge
Closer to the edge
No, no, no, no
Closer to the edge
Closer to the edge
No, no, no, no
Closer To The Edge…
(^A.H^)
"—And that's how we met!" Naruto finished proudly.
The boys stared as they each sat across the girls in the long booth of the restaurant, food piled in front of them.
The girls blinked at the five of them a few times, silenced for a few moments.
"Umm…pass the ketchup please?" Tenten asked.
"Huh?" Naruto asked.
"I asked you to pass the ketchup. I asked you like twenty minutes ago but then you started telling me about a time you were trying to squeeze ketchup out when you and the guys first arrived to the mansion, then you started explaining how you guys met and everything that happened and now my cheese burger is just sitting here, naked." She smiled.
Naruto yelled as Neji punched him upside the head, "Dumbass! Don't go telling our life's story like that!" he growled.
Sakura laughed, "It's cute how you guys came up! I love that you thought so much about having friends," Sakura cooed as she leaned in and kissed Gaara's cheek.
"You guys have been through a lot more than I thought you did, and I don't think you gave us the full story," Ino smirked, tossing her hair back.
Shikamaru scratched the back of it head, "it too…troublesome…I don't think you'd like it."
" That was so fucking beautiful! I like the part when Sasuke fucked your sexy teacher!" Megami cried dramatically.
"I liked it too," he mumbled, picking at his food.
"I'm glad you boys found solace in singing as we found it in dance." Hinata smiled sweetly.
"And look at that! If Orochimaru hadn't found you guys we would have been Alpha! Or Omega! It's a good thing Kabuto fucked that up." Ino laughed.
The boys glanced at each other as they seemed to do whenever they were unsure of something.
They turned back to their girlfriends who smiled sweetly at them.
The boys sighed.
Well, there was one thing they were surely happy about, and sure that they wouldn't have if they had never become Omega.
Their Alpha.
The formation of Omega forms Alpha. The boys continue to prosper on as the Battle of the Bands lay just around the corner.
T*B*C
Hi people of the outside world! I've written a NEW STORY!
LOVE ME TOMORROW: It's a SasuMega (not related to A.H) ONE SHOT I did just because so please check it out!
Man I loved this! There was so much I wanted to do but so little time! I'm think about started an A.H sort of spin of thing called JUNIOR YEARS, telling the tales of the ten of them before they met each other (or ran into each other along the way
Make sure you check out my profile for the title of the next chapter!
Anyway! Till next time
^Konoha to the stars^