Yay Spring Break!!!! Finally I can get some time to get some chapters written for this story. Thanks to everyone that reviewed they keep me motivated. Also I'm sorry if the talking seemed forced I shall try to fix that in this chapter and every chapter to come. Also this chapter may be a bit rushed and it will definitely be shorter than normal chapters. Now on with the story

Disclaimer=That little thing that wastes time but is still required. (aka I don't own Naruto)

(-Chapter 9: Outside the Mall)

"My answer is yes." Said Naruto. Sasuke was quite happy as was all the others but, Sasuke wanted to make sure that Naruto wasn't just saying he was joining because of his anger.

"Naruto, you're serious about joining right? I mean your not just saying you'll join just because of what just happened right?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah Sasuke I'm serious. I was going to join your band anyways." Naruto simply stated. After a moment of silence Shikamaru decided to say something. "Well if your going to be our singer you'll need to write some songs for the band."

"Just name the time and the place and I'll be there." Naruto said as he looked at his now fellow band members.

"Actually I have a few of are recorded demos at my house." Shikamaru said. Naruto looked at Neji, Shikamaru, and Sasuke with a weird look on his face. "You recorded demos without a lead singer?"

"Umm...yeah. Is something wrong?" Neji asked.

"No, but why?" Naruto asked still slightly confused

"Shikamaru likes to plan ahead. He thought it would be a good idea to have a few demos recorded incase we found a singer." Sasuke explained.

"Oh." That was all Naruto could say.

"Umm...you guys still remember that we're here right?" Sakura asked the four boys.

"Umm no...hehe sorry about that everyone." All four boys said at the same time. Everyone other than the four boys sweat dropped.

(-Shikamaru's House-)

As everyone walked into Shikamaru's house Shikamaru turned to face the others and told everyone to stay where they were and not touch anything. As he walked up to his room everyone took the time to look at the inside of Shikamaru's house from where they were.

"Wow...I thought the inside was big, but man look at the size of this living room!" Naruto exclaimed in aww. Shikamaru's house had five bedrooms, a kitchen, three bathrooms, two floors (of course), a finished basement that they couldn't see, and was surrounded by one-and-a-half acres of land...not to mention the pool and spa in the backyard. While everyone kept looking around Shikamaru returned carrying a cd with him.

"SHIKAMARU WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TELL US YOU WERE LOADED?" Ino yelled.

"Sasuke and Neji already knew so I did tell some of you." Shikamaru told them in a tired tone.

"We did? Since when?" Sasuke and Neji asked at the same time.

"Didn't you guys figure it out when I bought a copy of my drum set and left it at your house Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yeah I guess that was a bit odd but still why didn't you tell us?" Sasuke asked.

"Because if you all knew then you would start asking to many question like you are now...it would all be way to troublesome." Shikamaru simply stated. "Now get out bef-"was all Shikamaru was able to say before a loud "I'M HOME." Came from behind them. "Ooooh shit..." Shikamaru said in the "my friends will never let me live this down" tone. (A/N: that tone you use when your gf/bf is over and your parents pull out the baby photos of you naked in the bath tub. Yeah that tone)

"Well well well what do you know my son brought his friends over finally!!! And my my my look at these pretty little ladies. Which one are you dating son?" Mr. Nara.

"None of them dad! Now I'm sorry they can't stay long but they were about to leave until you came in so if you'll excuse me." Shikamaru said as he quickly pushed everyone out the door. "Ok sorry I can't say much more than, see you guys on Monday. Oh and Naruto good luck on writing the lyrics those are the best songs we have come up with at the moment." Shikamaru told everyone as he closed the door. After everyone said goodbye they all headed home each with their own separate agendas.

(-Naruto's House-)

"Iruka I'm home." Naruto called out to his uncle.

"Wow your home..." Iruka trailed off as he noticed the bruise on Naruto's cheek. "What happened to your cheek?" Iruka asked as he rushed up to Naruto to examine his face.

"Huh? Oh encountered big, bad, and extremely ugly at the mall today." Naruto said flashy his uncle a grin, but winced from the slight pain coming from his face.

"Well what happened?" Iruka asked his voice filled with worry.

"Nothing much hit me once, then everyone got in front of me forming a shield then security came and took him away." Naruto told his uncle.

"Well your lucky...what's that?" Iruka pointed to the cd in Naruto's hand.

As Naruto looked down he held up the cd and told his uncle "This is a demo of Sasuke's band. Since I'm going to sing for them they figured that they would give me some songs to write lyrics to."(A/N: I'll call the band Sasuke's band since writing Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Neji's band gets a little troublesome he he.)

"GREAT!!! I'm glad to hear that you're going to join their band." Iruka said with much excitement. As the two sat there enjoying the moment Iruka decided to break the silence. "Well I'm going to get dinner started...why don't you listen to the songs and start thinking of lyrics for the band."

"Alright" Naruto said as he headed up stairs to his room. As he watched his nephew leave the room he headed to the kitchen with nothing but hope for Naruto. Hope that he will get away from his father permanently, hope that his friends will always be there to back him up, and hopes that Naruto will succeed in his new found dream.

(-End of Chapter 9-)

Yes I know it was shorter than the other chapters but hey by the time you finish reading this I will be halfway done with chapter 10 . Thanks to p- sama7 for all your help and thanks to all my reviewers for keeping me motivated. By the end of the week I plan on having four chapters done but don't expect them to all be out asap cause I plan on using them to keep me in my two week dead line. This way I can stay on top of this story.

Till next chapter (which if you ask nicely I may put up on Friday as a special treat)

Kyubi-Naruto