I'm so sorry for not updating sooner! My computer died in the middle of this chapter and I had to replace the power supply and hard-drive. It took me two weeks to get everything fixed and then I had to start from scratch (it wasn't too bad since the chapter I lost sucked monkey balls). I would like to add another apology to the guy (or girl…I don't really remember) who thought it unethical to use God and Satan in this fan-fic. You may be right. However, I'm not the first to do it, I won't be the last, and since the conflict between these two figures is so influential on some artists and genres of rock, I felt it fit nicely.

I am having a really hard time getting used to this computer. Sure it's the same one, but I can feel these subtle differences that are throwing me off. So, by the supreme wisdom of Homer Simpson when he got a new couch and lost his groove, I shall set force to break this computer in. Unfortunately, since it will take me a little longer, I'm going to post the concert chapter into three parts. This is the first and hopefully the next two will follow shortly.

And of course, please review!

The Concert Part I: Getting In

Bouncers are assholes. At least this is what Naruto and the others were quickly discovering. It seems that after the Fallen Shinobi had been booked to play in the arena, a new, less charitable owner had taken over and after learning about the popularity of Fallen Shinobi and other bands that would be playing he quickly put the outrageous fee in place. Even so, the four Leaf Shinobi and one missing-nin tried their best to convince the two bouncers to let them in. However, despite endless begging and pleading, nothing could be done to convince them to let them into the arena.

Sakura, having lost her patience, tried a more desperate approach. Leaving the group behind except for Sasuke who had no choice in being dragged along, she ran to one of the store stands and bought water…lots of water. When she returned, she doused herself and Hinata, much to the shy girl's surprise. Sakura began pleading once more in a very seductive matter to let them in so that they could dry off. Hinata was too busy hiding her chest wondering just how Sakura had managed to unclip and remove her bra without her noticing.

In Hell…

"Innocent little children my ass Jesus!" shouted Satan to the Son of God in Heaven.

Jesus, however, was very irritated by the horned devil's comment. "What the hell do you expect! You're the one who gave the world Brittany Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Paris Hilton!"

There was a long pause before the Morning Star responded.

"Touché you sinless mofo. Touché."

Back at the Arena Entrance…

Unfortunately, the guards were unaffected, throwing them a towel and telling them to dry off somewhere else if they couldn't pay. Bouncers, after all, are assholes and these guys took their job a little too seriously. Sakura could not stop cussing under her breath shouting, "Where the hell are the guys with loli-complexes when you need them!" The pink haired girl did however succeed in making her male companions very uncomfortable.

"Get up Naruto," Sasuke told the blond boy who had quickly sat on the ground and refused to get up. It seemed bossing Naruto around was the only way he could avoid dealing with the voice in his head, and did he ever have something to say.

"Hell no! Even if it means holding up the damn line and keeping anyone from seeing the damn show, I'm not getting up until they let us in!" Truth be told, Naruto had other reasons for not wanting to stand. Oh, looks like somebody wants to play, The kyubi said mockingly at Naruto's predicament. Could you really blame Naruto, though? A boy his age catching that split second between the moment Sakura dumped water all over Hinata and the moment Hinata finally reacted to cover herself. How could he not have problems standing when such an image kept replaying itself over and over and over and over…well, you get the point.

"What line?" Sakura shot back. "Everyone's been turned away because they're all unwilling to pay two hundred bucks when it was originally supposed to be free. Just get up so we can come with a plan to sneak in."

Naruto still refused so Shino and Sasuke each grabbed an arm and carried Naruto away, throwing him on the ground when they were far enough from the arena entrance. Shino and Naruto waited on a bench while the girls went into the trees to wring their clothes out. Sasuke was forced to tag along, which left Shino and Naruto feel a bit envious. After all, this was the second time he'd be around the girls while they changed.

When the three of them returned, Sasuke being red in the face, they began to brainstorm ideas on how they could get in. First they emptied their pockets to see what they had to work with. Among themselves they could barely scrape up seventy-two dollars and thirty cents and seeing as how there were no weapon stores around, they couldn't really pawn their kunai or shuriken for a little extra.

"Maybe we can pimp Sasuke out," offered Naruto. Everyone turned to Naruto unsure if what he had just said was complete idiocy or brilliance. Sasuke immediately argued that there was no way in hell he was going to be Naruto's bitch and then muttered something about not liking the idea of Sakura watching either. Sakura overheard this and landed a hard hook to his jaw, shattering it. Regretting going so far, she quickly healed him and hit bastard again, this time not breaking anything.

Hinata then spoke up, more forcefully than anyone expected. "Even if we can manage to get a thousand dollars, we shouldn't give them a dime! The Fallen Shinobi set this up so that their fans could get to see them for one last time without having to pay ridiculous fees like this. Let's just kick their asses and get in!"

This outburst had everyone dropping their jaws and Hinata, realizing what she had just done, reverted to her old shy self. Still, her plan did seem like something worth trying until Sasuke pulled out his copy of the bingo book, flipped through a few pages, and shook his head.

"There is no way that we would be able to take all of the bouncers by ourselves."

"Huh? We're freaking ninja and they're regular guys. What do you mean we can't take them!" retorted Naruto.

Sasuke let out a deep sigh. "Naruto, I know you have a copy of this," he said as he tapped the Bingo book in his hand. "You really should open it up and read it. There are a total of twenty bouncers divided among the ten main entrances. Each one of them is at least an A-rank criminal or shinobi hired from a nearby village. Here, look. The two that just stopped us are right here."

The Uchiha handed them the book to prove his point. Sure enough, the two looked very much like S-ranked Shinobi from the Hidden Village of Stone. Sakura pointed out a few minor differences but other than that they were dead ringers. The group returned to sulking, but as they did so, they began overhearing the conversations around them.

"I can't believe those bastards are demanding two hundred bucks a pop!"

"Yeah, that new guy running things is a real dick!"

"Damn, if I wasn't so broke I'd just cough up the two hundred bucks and get the hell in. This is going to be the last time anyone will see them in concert and I don't want to miss it!"

"No screw that dude! It's the principle of the goddamn thing!"

"Man if only Hyuga Hinata were here. She'd know what to do."

"You mean the girl that writes all those kick ass rock reviews and Dear Hina stuff for that music magazine? What's it called again? Ninja something?"

"I think it's called Hardcore Ninja."

"Oh hell yeah! That girl is fucking kick-ass! I bet she'd totally know what to do!"

Hinata went pale when she heard all this. The others were shocked beyond belief and began bombarding her with questions. When they finally calmed down, Hinata did her best to explain everything.

"It started a couple of years ago. I was looking for a way to support my music collection since my father never gives me money to spend on my own. Anyways, Hardcore Ninja magazine was holding a writing contest with a cash prize of two hundred dollars. All I had to do was write an essay on who or what I thought was most influential in the development of Rock. I didn't win because they said my article didn't follow the format they wanted but they said it was so good they wanted to give me a job."

"So what do you do for them?" Sakura asked.

"Well, I review albums mostly. Whenever something new comes out they send me a copy and I write what I think about it. Then people started sending me letters asking for my opinion when it comes to music. Stuff like whether or not it's okay to date within the band, what type of sound is good for certain types of lyrics, what I think about an upcoming band or musician, and other stuff like that. Since I was getting so many letters, my editor gave me a column to myself to answer their questions."

Sasuke was scratching his head. "Still, they way they talk about you seems kind of weird. I mean, anyone that's met you would see you as just some weak and quiet girl yet they talk about you as if you could take on anything."

"Eh, heh, heh, heh," she laughed shyly. "I guess I get a little carried away when I'm talking about rock and roll."

"Hinata," Naruto said as he grabbed her shoulders and looked deep into her eyes. "For the sake of your fans and for the sake of us getting into that show, would you be willing to take up your role as a hardcore columnist in the flesh!"

Hinata had a bad feeling. "W-Why Naruto-kun?"

"Because I have a plan on how to get us inside," he said with a sly, fox-like grin.

Ten Minutes Later…

"Explain to me again why the hell I'm the one she has to stand on?" Sasuke said in a defeated tone as he was forced on all fours.

"One," started Shino, "Hinata is tallest when she stands on you."

"Two" followed Naruto, "All you did before was kill everyone else's ideas, so now you can be part of the solution."

"Three," said Sakura, "You don't have a freakin' choice!" It was true after all. While Sasuke had been resisting the others into getting him to drop to all fours, Sakura, being very frustrated, had shouted, "Down Sasuke!" This had the odd effect of getting Sasuke to lower himself onto the ground like a dog. Because of this incident, Sakura had discovered the secret behind the leash and she was going to have a good time later testing it out.

Out of nowhere a dog appeared and began sniffing at Sasuke's rear. "Do I know you!" the agitated teen shouted at the dog. The canine decided to find a different place to relieve himself.

Naruto had explained what he was going to have Hinata do, and although everyone agreed that it seemed to be a solid plan, it left Hinata petrified. "Naruto, are you sure this will work? What if they don't believe it's really me? Or worse! What happens if they do believe it's me and I lose my reader!" As she shouted this she seemed more vulnerable then usual, but Naruto was quick in reassuring her.

"Don't worry Hinata. The person you are when you write is still you. Just try not to think of the crowd and don't think when you talk. You know, like me." He wore a big grin on his face, but the others were scared shitless when he said 'like him.' Naruto then handed her a guitar he 'borrowed' from one of the stands for effect.

Hinata held the guitar by the neck and stepped onto Sasuke's back. She broke into a nervous sweat when she saw the huge crowd and that some people had already started to stare at her.

"Ano-" she started. The crowd was overwhelmingly loud.

"Excuse me," she added quietly. No one seemed to be paying any attention to her even though she had left herself feeling so exposed. A part of her snapped.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP AND PAY ATTENTION YOU JACK ASSES!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Thousands of people stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the voice they had just heard.

"I've been watching you all for a while now, and although I hate what the new bastard in charge is doing, I have to say that I'm more disgusted with you!" She gave an accusing stare at everyone before continuing. "The show of a lifetime is moments away! This is going to be the last time anyone will ever hear the Fallen Shinobi play live and where the hell are you? A hundred yards away whining like the dogs you all are!"

The crowd was speechless at the insult. One person finally broke the silence. "Who the fuck are you calling a dog, bitch! I don't see you in the damn stadium!"

According to Naruto's plan, this was the time for Hinata to reveal who her identity. However, she had a moment of weakness in her speech and the old Hinata came through. "My name?" she said as if she couldn't remember. "My n-name is Hyuga Hinata."

The same crowd asshole was quick to reply this time. "Like hell you are! There's no way a weak little girl like you could be Hyuga Hinata!"

At that moment the gloves came off for Hinata. She had her fill of this bastard and she was going to give him a piece of her mind. "Keep it up smart ass and this weak little girl's foot is going to be giving you an early prostate exam!" she said, nearly leaping from Sasuke's back to do just that. Naruto seemed more than pleased with her reaction, writing down her outburst in his list of favorite come-back responses.

There were a few gasps in the crowd and then one person shouted, "Holy crap, she's the real thing!"

"Yes, I've heard the rumors. Hinata's suppose to be this hardcore rock and roll chick that eats posers for breakfast, and if she were here she'd those bouncers. Well, I AM Hyuga Hinata! And I see a whole army of fellow rockers here pissed off because of tyranny…and capitalism. We've come all this way to see this show and I'll be damned if we're going to wait another second to get in!"

The crowd was silent not knowing where she was going with this.

"Will you fight for it?" she asked of them.

They began chattering amongst themselves with scared looks on their faces. Hinata overheard one of them saying that the bouncers would kill them.

"Stop being a pussy! It's natural for you all to be scared, but if we don't make a stand now, this is just going to keep happening until rock and roll finally dies. Are you about to let that happen!"

The crowd, sucked into her speech, shouted in unison. "HELL NO!"

"So let this be the day that we declare as one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the Night! We will not vanish with out a Fight!' There may come a day when we decide to turn tail and run like hell, but it's not this day! This day we fight! Can I get an amen!"

"Amen sister!" a few members from the crowd shouted back gospel style.

"I said, can I get an Amen!"

"Amen!"

"Remember my fellow rockers. We are putting our lives on the line. Take a look at the people next to you. When this is all over, one or all of them may die. YOU may die. Even so, keep what I'm about to say in your hearts. They may take our lives, but they will never take—"

She thrust the arm holding the guitar into the air for dramatic emphasis.

"—OUR FREEDOM!"

The crowd roared as one. Many began smashing up stands to use pipes and boards with nails as weapons. It was a riot. Hinata shouted again, thrusting the guitar into the air once more.

"FREEDOM!"

Another loud roar came from the crowd and this time Hinata hurled the guitar a hundred yards to a guarded entrance of the arena. The bouncers seem confused by the guitar that stuck into the ground instead of shattering to pieces. "Now go and show those assholes what real rockers think of a bullshit two hundred dollar ticket fee!"

As the mob rushed forward towards their intended battlefield, Sasuke could only stare at Naruto who had a proud look on his face. The Uchiha ran his fingers through his hair and let out a deep sigh.

"Naruto, you watch way too much television."

A Hundred Yards Away at an Arena Entrance…

"Hey Joey," said Tom to his partner, "Do you hear thunder?"

"Sounds like it, but I don't see any storm clouds. Then again, there was a lot of shouting going on in the village." Joey looked out towards the vending section of the village and his eyes nearly flew out of his sockets. "Holy hell! What the hell is that!"

"Oh man! There are thousands of them! This is a hell of a lot worse than that stage rush two years ago and they look pissed. There's no way we can hold them all off. What do you think we should do?"

"Hell, they're not paying me enough for this shit! I'd rather take on Itachi with my arms tied behind my back. Let's get the hell out of here!"

And so the battle between bouncer and rocker ended without any bloodshed. It seemed that that the owner of the arena had been to cheap to hire real shinobi and instead settled on look-alikes who could work for a lot less. This of course pissed our heroes off since they went through all that trouble to get the crowd behind them when they could have just taken care of it themselves. Sakura began beating Sasuke with his Bingo book and Naruto nodded his head in approval. That was right before Hinata laid him out with a lead pipe to the back of the head for making her speak to the crowd for nothing. Of course, right after she hit him, she was back to her old self and apologizing like crazy over Naruto's unconscious body.

Sakura was about to make Shino carry the Sasuke, whom she had also knocked out cold, and Naruto into the Arena when the crowd approached them. Without a word, they lifted the five of them into the air and carried them all into the stadium. It was the first time any of them had ever crowd surfed and Shino, Hinata, and Sakura were having a blast. Too bad Naruto and Sasuke were in too much pain to enjoy it.

Edit:

Dragon Man 180: I added the few extra words I needed to finish the last sentence. Thanks for letting me know. I mentioned somewhere in this chpater that the Fallen Shinobi wanted this to be a free show, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to re-emphasize that in the next chapter. And of course, the pissed off 'owner' will be making an appearance in the next chapter.