Konoha Academy's New Student

Summary: Konoha Academy is a school known for good students, Great activities, and their yearly Battle of the Bands concert. One band that never wins may get a chance when a new student enters the scene.

Couples: Gaara x Hinata, Naruto x Sakura, Shikamaru x Temari, Kakashi x Anko, Neji x Lee

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the songs in this story.

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Chapter 38

A few days later… Gaara and the other's were in Tsunade's basement that was turned into a game room. Gaara and Shikamaru were playing pool while Naruto and Kiba were playing Halo 2 on Tsunade's X-box.

"Hey, Gaara?" Shikamaru asked getting his attention. "When was the last time you called Hinata?"

"Last night actually." Replied Gaara knocking a stripped ball into a corner pocket. "But it didn't go as good as I hoped."

Naruto paused the game to listen to their conversation.

"What happened?" Kiba asked. "You guys fought?"

"No," He replied lowering his head. "But…"

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Flashback

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Gaara was in his room dialing Hinata's number. He noticed her quickly answering it.

"H-hello?"

"Hinata, its Gaara. How are you doing today?"

"G-g-good, I t-tried talking to I-Ino, but s-s-she just i-i-ignored me."

"I see. How is everything else going?"

"We g-g-got new e-equipment for our b-b-band."

"We did too. Since ours are custom jobs, we should be getting them tomorrow."

He hears her starting to sob on the other side of the call.

"S-s-sorry, I j-just miss you s-s-so much." She continued to cry.

"Hinata… I wish I could be there for you right now, I'm so sorry."

"It is n-n-not your f-f-fault. T-t-the girls are calling m-m-me. G-g-goodbye."

She hung up while he just stood their not doing anything.

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End of Flashback.

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"… And after that. It was hard for me to sleep." He finished.

"Damn man." Naruto said. "That's really deep, believe it."

"Yeah." Kiba said. "That does inspire a song though."

"Already wrote one." Gaara pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Kiba who got surrounded by Naruto and Shikamaru.

They all read it.

"Wow!!!" Shikamaru said. "This could be our best ballad so far."

"Yeah, believe it." Naruto said agreeing with Shikamaru.

"We could even use our new equipment for this." Kiba said.

"So I could do back up vocals, huh?" Shikamaru asked. "I didn't get new drums. I got a mic and stand."

"Cool," Gaara said. "Your voice would work well with this."

"Thank you." Shikamaru said.

"Boys!!!" Tsunade said from upstairs. "Your new stuff just came in. Come on upstairs."

They race up the stairs. Shikamaru was the firs one in the room, followed by Gaara, Kiba, and then Naruto.

"How could you be that fast?!" Naruto asked Shikamaru.

"I'm not that lazy." Shikamaru replied.

"Hello guys." Tsunade started. "Come on, lets see your new band stuff."

Gaara and Kiba both grabbed guitar cases, Naruto grabbed a bass case, and Shikamaru grabbed a case that came with his mic and stand. Naruto was the first to show everyone his new bass, a Red and Orange Squier Precision bass.

"A Squier?!?!" Kiba asked.

"Yep, a Squier." Naruto started. "You might think they are just like Fenders, but Squiers are more for Punk and I can move my hand on the neck easier, believe it. I played one during spring break and just fell in love with them."

"Cool," Shikamaru said. "And they cost less, don't they?"

"A lot less! Believe it!" Naruto said.

Kiba showed everyone his new guitar, a black Shecter with an exotic star on the body and the neck.

"A Shecter?!" Gaara asked.

"Yeah, this is a Shecter C1 exotic star." Kiba started. "Ino took me to a guitar shop during spring break and I just enjoyed playing a Shecter I tried. So I got this as a custom job. The star is normally only on the neck and not the body, so I got it black with the white star on the body as well as the neck."

"Sweet!" Naruto said. He turned to Gaara. "Come on Gaara show it to use. Show us your new guitar."

"Okay." Gaara opened the case and showed them his new guitar, a Black and pale Lavender Gibson SG. "What do you think?"

"A Gibson SG Standard!?" Kiba asked. "You have good taste when it comes to Gibson."

"Yeah, and the color reminds me of Hinata…" Naruto said causing Shikamaru and Kiba to put thought in what he said. "… So that's why you chose that color!!!"

"Yes," Gaara admitted. "You all have something to remind you of your girlfriends. I mean, Sakura gave you a Fender bass, Ino gave Kiba a Jackson Rhoads, and Temari gave Shikamaru that fishnet shirt."

Naruto and Kiba stared at Shikamaru.

"So that's where you got it." Kiba said.

"Yes." Shikamaru admitted.

"So that's why I got this in a Lavender color." Gaara said.

"Cool," Tsunade said. "That is very sweet of you to do that thinking of Hinata."

"Thank you, Tsunade." Gaara said.

Shikamaru opened his mic and stand case revealing a Shure classic mic on a double adjust stand.

"Hey that's like Lee's mic." Naruto said.

"It is the same type of mic." Shikamaru said. "It actually adjusts well to any type of drum set. That's why I got it."

"Sweet!" Kiba said. "Are we going to start practicing on our new song today?"

"Of course." Said Gaara strapping his guitar up. "We can practice with our new things."

"Then come on." Naruto said. "We need to work on that song."

End of Chapter 38

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Author's Note: Sorry it took so long, I needed to pick out the instruments and my mom kept me busy with my little siblings. The next chapter will have only the girls, so look forward to it.