Naruto: (holding a mic on a stage) What's another name for a school of fish. A GROUPER FISH!
Sasuke: Boo!
Ryter: GET OFF THE STAGE!
Naruto: Okay okay. How about this one. What's the difference between a bowl of ramen and a bowl of frogs?
Hinata: W...w...what?
Naruto: Ramen doesn't croak while you eat it!
Ryter: You know...that's not even worth the booing.
Naruto: (growling) Fine if this one doesn't work nothing will. What do you call a ninja snow man? A frosty ShiSNOWbi! Geit it? ShiSNOWbi! (A kunai is thrown at his head from the audience) Eep!
Harpie: Worst than believe it.
Sasuke: Tell me this isn't all we're here for.
Ryter: (shaking her head) Nope. I'm actually bringing a new chapter to the masses. Harpie.
Harpie: (raising an eyebrow in annoyance) Yeah yeah. What do you want this time?
Ryter: I was actually wondering if you wouldn't mind thanking the reviewers while I help set up the set?
Harpie: (sigh) fine. Thank you very much 1moonwitch, blz1990, and Zetsu's rose. We'd also like to send a warm thanks to Sky-eyed Kitsune and Gomi-kun. Thank you very much. Without you to beta this story would break down to text language.
Ryter: (pouting) I'm not that bad! Not yet anyway. (sighing) Whatever. Just please enjoy the newest chapter, and don't hold the wait against me.
Disclaimer: I own everything but the characters, the subject matter they came from, the songs, and anything else that can be used against me in court as copy right infringment. Yeah...Life is good right?
11 years later
Hinata frowned as she was awaken by a loud crashing. She slowly sat up, rubbing at her eyes.
"Naruto-kun?"
The blond boy in question was working hard to pull on a pair of orange jumpsuit pants. Hinata giggled when he tripped and fell over, cursing in a loud whisper to himself.
"Naruto-kun, what are you doing?"
Naruto looked up surprised and once more hit the ground as he struggled with his pants.
"You know that new company, the one Neji's going to? I'm going with him to look at it. I might actually stay there for a few weeks."
"O...Oh..."
Hinata looked down at the covers on her bed frowning. She looked up when a soft pair of lips touched her forehead, blushing at the wide fox like smile that greeted her.
"Don't look like that Hina-chan. I'll be back soon, and I promise you're the first thing I'll see!"
She nodded and he laid another kiss, this time on her lips, before pulling his shirt over his hea and heading swiftly for the door. Hinata let out a sigh and hugged her blanket to her chest, taking in the sweet scent of the man she loved.
"I never loved nobody fully
always one foot on the ground
and by protecting my heart truly
I got lost in the sounds."
Closing her eyes she hummed lightly to herself, trying to draw back the warmth she'd gotten so used to in a short time.
"I hear in my mind
all these voices
I hear in my mind
all these words
I hear in mind
all this music
and it breaks my heart..."
Sighing contently she got up to search through her closet for something to wear. Her hands stopped as she grabbed hold of a bright yellow tank top that matched the blondes hair.
"suppose I never ever met you
suppose we never fell in love
suppose I never ever let you
kiss me so sweet and so soft."
She traced her lips, blushing a deep red. She quickly grabbed a pair of jeans and rushed to grab a few other things, but her mind wandered once more to her lover as she passed by an old snap shot of them together when they were younger.
"suppose I never ever saw you
suppose you never ever called
suppose I kept on singing love songs
just to break my own fall."
Hinata shook her head, trying hard to get the silly thoughts out of her head, but smiling all the same. She rushed from the room and out towards one of the many bathrooms. Without a second to stop she ran into something solid and stumbled back, landing on her bottom hard.
"Ow."
"Watch where you're going."
The Hyuuga girl's eyes widened in fear as she looked up to meet two pairs of glaring eyes. Her father Hiashi and a strange dark haired boy she'd ran into. She quickly stumbled to her feet, trying hard to make something that didn't sound like jibberish come out of her mouth. Her father stepped in front of her saving her slightly from further embarrasement.
"Apologize to Uchiha-san."
"Ye...yes...I...I'm s..sorry U...Uchiha-san."
Hinata mentally sighed as she bowed before her father and his newest addition to the company. Just another person she would have to avoid. She waited patiently for them to walk away, leaving her alone once more before heading for the bathroom.
'What a scary person...I hope I never have to see him again.'
Lee let out a deep breath as he reached back to grab the tail of his board balancing on one hand and pulling his legs above his head.
"Lee-kun!"
The dark haired boy's eyes widened and he slipped flipping off of the ramp hard onto his back. He groaned as he stared up into clear blue sky. His view of the clouds was cut off by a pair of concerned lavendar eyes.
"Lee-kun! Are you alright? I'm so sorry! Are you hurt anywhere!"
He raised a hand into the air effectively cutting her off.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little squirrel
I wonder if you are a girl!
Gently hopping through the trees!
Wow it looks like such a breeze!"
Hinata bit her thumb at the weird mutterings. He'd obviously hit his head harder than she'd thought. Gently shaking him, she tried to get him to speak coherently.
"It's time to get up Lee-kun! Come on Lee-kun!"
"He did it again huh?"
Hinata jumped at the unexpected voice beside her. She looked to her side to see a smiling white haired man with a scarf wrapped snuggly around the bottom half of his mouth.
"Oh! Hayate-san! I wa..wanted to..to see Lee-k..kun off, bu..but then he...he was...wasn't pay..ing att...tention and..and fell. I...I think he...he's really hurt."
Kakashi nodded his eyes going into half moons as he smiled underneath the scarf and shook the boy violently, giving him a hard slap.
"Hey kid, you aren't being very youthful."
Lee was on his feet almost instantly flashing his trademakr thumbs up at his companions.
"YOSH! I am always youthful Kakashi-sensei! Never doubt the power of the lotus for it always blooms twice!"
The older man tossled his bowl cut hair nodding as Hinata let out the breath she was holding.
"Yeah. Yeah. I swear you're more and more like him everyday. That always seems to work."
Lee looked around him confused, before his eyes landed on Hinata. He reached out and took her hands smiling warmly at his best friend.
"HINATA-CHAN! When did you get here? Did you see my stand? Or the fifty fifty I pulled off on the rail! I was sure that I would fall and hurt myself, but luckily that did not happen!"
"Yes..."
"I can not wait to prove myself and my worth!"
Hinata and Kakashi both sat down to listen to his ranting. Kakashi smiled at Hinata and she returned it shaking her head softly as her friend ran around spouting off how 'youtful' his moving would be.
"...and Suna of all places! It will be so...so different! I will miss the trees and squirrels here, but..."
"W...Wait Le..Lee-kun. You...You're going to Suna?"
When the dark haired boy didn't say anything right away she frowned. She'd known for a week that Lee was going with Kakashi to a new company that would supposedly sponsor him if he could excel in their trail exercises, but he hadn't mentioned he'd have to go so far away from her. Arms wrapped tightly around her and pulled her to a strong chest.
"It...It is a good company. Kakashi works there. He is taking a great chance to get me an audition. The place is called Shukaku. The owner is quite young! Almost our age. Can you imagine that!"
Hinata didn't say anything, making Lee a bit nervous. To hide this he continued to ramble on, hoping to get a reaction.
"You would not guess the most amazing part. Sakura Haruno is signed to them as well! The beautiful singer who I have fallen in love with. I will finally get a chance to meet her and show her how much I care."
"...will you write me?"
Lee blinked. He'd barely heard the soft request, that had been muffled in his chest. Hinata pulled back and looked up into his eyes, teary and sad looking.
"Will you write me Lee-kun?"
He nodded softly.
"Of course Hina-chan. In fact I will keep a journal of everyday I am away from you! Then when I come to visit I will give it to you as a present! If I forget for even one day I will do twelve straight hours of training."
He through a fist into the air. His friend gave a soft chuckle and once more buried her head into his shoulder. He frowned and ran a hand through her hair.
"Will you forgive me for not telling you that I was going so far away Hinata-chan?"
Taking a deep breath, she moved out of the circle of his arms turning her back on him and crossing her hands over her chest.
"And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're gonna be when we turn 25 I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now cause you don't have another day."
The memories of them as young kids giggling and playing in the high grasses. Sitting in the rain and holding hands in under a shared umbrella. He was the one to teach her how to climb a tree for the first time, and to encourage her to go after Naruto when she was far too scared to do it on her own.
"And there was me and you
And we got real blue
Stay at home talking on the telephone
We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair
And this is how it feels."
Turning to him she wiped a tear from her eyes, trying her hardest to seem strong in front of him.
"As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Spent together
And as our lives change
Come whatever
We will still be
Friends Forever."
Lee smirked feeling water gathering in his eyes as well. Hinata hit his shoulder playfully. Lee pretended to be hurt by the little jab, falling onto the ground making her laugh slightly.
"So if we get the big jobs
And we make the big money
When we look back now
Will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule."
She squatted down beside him staring off into the distance slightly, while he gazed up once more at the overly cheery sky, but then again Kohana skies were almost always happy. Even during his saddest times. He would most definately miss that.
"Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly."
Kakashi coughed behind them, getting their attention at last. He held out his hand to Lee helping him up.
"Come on Kiddo. We have to get going."
Lee nodded and dusted himself off quickly.
"Hinata-chan...I promise to see you again. It will not be long."
They hugged once more quickly before Kakashi and Lee set off, Lee waving wildly at his friend as he left with his guardian.
"Good luck Lee-kun!"
Ryter: (upset) It's been so long since our last update! I can't believe how long we made our readers wait! They're gonna hate me for something like this! A song like Graduation from Vitamin C and Fidelity by Regina Spektor aren't enough to win back their LUV with a V!
Harpie: (laughing) Why so serious?
Ryter: (blinking) Uh...Harpie...why the Joker?
Harpie: (dressed as the joker and sitting back relaxed) I thought the set could use more smiles. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Sasuke: (dressed as the Riddler) I am a seer of truth. I show what is most beautiful and most hideous to each and every person who looks to me. I show a person's one true love, their one ONLY love. What am I?
Ryter: umm...Okay...
Sasuke: I AM NARCISISTS DREAM LOVER! WHAT AM I?!
Harpie: Is the answer gay? MWHAHAHAHAHA!
Ryter: Is no one on this set normal?
Gaara: (rolling a thumb on his fingers) I'm quite normal. (One of his eyes turns golden as a fang slips through his evil smirk) Depending on the flip of the coin. Do you wish to take a chance Ryter-san?
Ryter:YOU'RE NOT EVEN IN THE STORY YET! HELP! SOMEBODY! ANYBODY! HELP!
Lee: (arriving in a green lantern outifit.) I would help but these are not my villians.
Ryter: Then why are you here? And I was more than sure you'd be green arrow. You know, since you can't use jutsu.
Lee:(shrugging) The tights were too constricting. I am here to remind the readers to review and to put up the neccassary warning.
Ryter: Warning?
Lee: (getting serious as the lights go off) The sand man cometh. (The echoing of evil laughter rings throughout the set)