A/N: Nyaa! Sorry for the utter lack of updates I've been giving. School has been tough. I've got two exams this week, and then I'm done! So I'll have a lot more free time to devote to getting updates up! And I've been spending a lot of time on Gaia. But then again, I always spend a lot of time on Gaia, so it's not much different than usual. But I promise, I'll get more updats up faster! Thanks for all the reviews that I've gotten for this story. Remember: More reviews equal faster updates! And with no school, I actually have to hold true to that.!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, nor the song in here. I just own the idea. I'm rih in thought, but not much else. lol

"K-Kiba... I don't see how this will boost my confidence..." Hinata shaking, and looking more nervous than usual. Her index fingers looked like they were fighting a war with each other.

All in all, Hinata looked insanely scared.

"It helps boost everyone's confidence. Although, of course, most people have a few drinks beforehand..." Kiba grinned at his former teammate.

Hinata shot him a death glare. If looks could kill, Kiba would be dead right now.

Well... if Kiba were alive and looks could kill, Kiba would be dead right now.

"You know I don't drink." She sounded angry that he would even consider the heiress of the Hyuuga clan to drink. But in less than a second, the angry look faded away into a nervous wreck again.

"A-A-Are you sure th-that Naruto... He l-l-likes confident people, r-r-right?"

Kiba frowned at Hinata. Note to self: Fix the stuttering. Kiba didn't mind it, but Naruto was known to like out-going, non-stuttering people.

"Hinata, would I ever lie to you?"

"Yes."

"When have I ever lied to you?" Kiba shot back hotly, unheard by everyone except Hinata herself.

"Well, when we were in the Academy, and you told me you ate cats for breakfast. I later found out you're allergic to cats. Then, there was the time after we got put on the same team that you told me that you wore a coat to keep all the babes off your perfectly chiseled body. That was before I found out that you didn't have a perfectly chiseled anything. Oh, and there was that time you told me you weren't allergic to cats, so I decided to let you cat-sit my sisters cat. I couldn't tell who hated it more. You or the cat. And then there was-"

Hinata was cut off by Kiba. "Okay, I get it. I tell a few white lies here and there. But I would never lie to you about Naruto."

Hearing his name, Hinata turned into a pitiful excuse for a human again. "T-Thanks, Kiba."

Kiba flashed her a smile. "Now, get out there and show them what you've got!"

She nodded, and walked out from behind the curtain.

It was Karaoke night at the local bar.

Little did Hinata or Kiba know, Naurto loved to come hear all the drunks sing.

Kiba peaked out from behind the curtain, and spotted the blond haired loud mouth.

"Oh no..."

Hinata picked up the mike, and looked out at the audience. She somehow missed Naruto.

But he wasn't going to settle for that. "OI! Hinata! I didn't know you sang here!"

Kiba felt like slamming his head against a wall. Hinata looked like she was about to melt.

The music started.

Hinata was beet red. The words were beginning. She opened her mouth, and began to sing.

It was shaky at first. But the more she sang, the better it got.

"S-sometimes I feel I've got to run away.

I've got to get away.

From the pain you drive into the heart of me..."

She was swaying from side to side now, getting into the beat.

"Take my tears and that's not nearly all

Oh...tainted love

Tainted love."

She looked more confident than enver, and her voice sounded great.

"You need someone to hold you tight

And you'll think love is to pray

But I'm sorry I don't pray that way."

Now if only she were a guy, then it wouldn't be so funny to Kiba. He tried to hold back his chuckles.

"Don't touch me please

I cannot stand the way you tease

I love you though you hurt me so

Now I'm going to pack my things and go."

When she was done, there was a round of applause. All the drunks in the bar were enthusiastically cheering. Some even whistled, and a few yelled.

"I'd like to hit that!" one called. As Hinata turned and exited the stage, Kiba could see red under her eyes.

"D-did you like it, Kiba?"

He nodded his head. "It was good."

Right as she was about to say something, a new voice entered their seemingly one sided conversation.

"HINATA! That was great!"

Hinata turned a delicate shade of pink. "R-Really, Naruto?"

"Yeah!" He stopped for a second, and then smiled sheepishly. "Hey, you want to get something to eat?"

Hinata smiled nervously. "I-I'd like that."

Kiba stayed behind as Hinata and Naruto walked off.

Even if he was here to get Hinata and Naruto together, it didn't stop his heart from hurting.

A/N: I hope you liked it! Remember to review! I know the ending was sad, but we can't have Hinata falling for a ghost... Can we? I still have yet to decide if this should be a Hinata x Kiba or Hinata x Naruto... So many choices for both.

Love you all bunches!

Rai