So, I realized that I haven't updated lately, but school is hard on a Freshmen. So anyways. I encourage you to add this to your Story Alert if you've read from the first one to this chapter. Because I'm losing Hits. It goes from 99-8. That's crazy, so if you like this story please continue to read.

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The room was so hot Hinata couldn't believe it, but was grateful that no one could smell her. She smelled of fruity perfume, hair products, and sweat. It was making her gag inside, but she sang the same none the less. They had learned two new songs to play at a small gig for a small club before touring.

They, actually Naruto, had just finished the last song. He had written it before Hinata joined Artica, and never got a chance to sing it with an audience. The song was about a girl he used to know, and it required Hinata to play the acoustic with him. She didn't mind though he had a lovely voice.

Sasuke had already started loading equipment by the time they finished. The crowed cheered and Naruto and Hinata started loading equipment too. They started touring tonight so they had to leave the club early, and then give the rest of the night to the House band.

"Naruto, who's the girl you sing about in your song? I mean you've said you've known her forever, but you've never told me her name."

"Well, it's not Delilah, but you know her indirectly." His face was semi-serious and his eyes spacey. He pulled her aside to a small hallway. "You can't tell anyone because not even Sasuke knows." She blushed and nodded.

She was pulled close to her idol and he was telling her something private. "The songs about Sakura. When we were like fourteen we dated for a little while, but I still think about her a lot."

"Oh. Ok." Hinata felt bad for Naruto, and for herself. She knew from the beginning she had no shot, but this only confirmed it.

"Come on, lets get in the truck. Sasuke is probably waiting for us." He pulled her back out of the hallway and out to the parking lot.

Hinata had never been on an actual tour bus. The experience was nice and she liked it. She had a built into the wall bunk that she insisted she take. The boys weren't very happy about this because it meant they had to share a bed or sleep on the weird couch. The room also included a small separate room and a bathroom. The small separate room consisted of Love Sacs and all the boys' game systems with a good sized TV.

Hinata traveled from the table to the small room where the boys where. Ever since they left their city of Kohana, Sasuke and Naruto had been playing Wii. When Hinata came in she saw they were playing Wii Boxing, Sasuke was currently winning. Hinata watched as Naruto lost almost every game, except two game of Wii baseball.

"Man, how long do you sit and play these things?" Naruto was agitated he only won two out of ten games.

"I have to have something to do while you and Hinata write riffs."

"Why don't you make some beats?"

"There more fun to make up on the spot."

Naruto threw a pillow at Sasuke and asked Hinata if she wanted to play with him. "I've never played before."

"It's okay we'll play tennis it's easy enough. I'll tell you how to play."

Sasuke gave Hinata the controller and wrist guard. Naruto explained everything, and it seemed simple enough to her. He started the game up as Sasuke plopped down a turquoise Love Sac. Hinata prepared herself for the Wii Tennis game; both boys claimed it to be the easiest.

Naruto served first and Hinata hit the ball gracefully each time it came toward her. The game continued forever, until finally Naruto scored the winning point.

"That was cool, but it's late and we should be at our first stop tomorrow. I'm going to bed. Night you guys." She smiled and waved as she left the room to go to a small make shift changing room she made.

As Hinata curled into her small wall bunk she thought of tomorrow's concert. It was her first actual concert. Sure she'd done a few small club gigs, TV show performances, but never anything like this. Thoughts ran in and out of her head at a mile a minute. Eventually she fell asleep and awaited their destination in dreamland.

Unfortunately, they arrived earlier than Hinata thought. The bus lurched forward and Hinata's body slid upward causing her to hit her head on the wall. "Ow." she said as she grabbed her head.

The bus pulled back from the reaction of the stop, and Hinata rolled onto the floor. "J.C. what is going on around here?"

Naruto came out of the main room with his guitar in hand. "We're here. Come one, you don't have time to get dressed. Just grab your bass."

She did as she was told, and grabbed the purple instrument, and left the bus. It may have been summer, but it was freezing. Hinata's leggings and short, plaid, purple sleep shorts weren't keeping much warmer than her bare skin was. She pulled a tip-toe run across a parking lot catching up with Naruto. "Are you cold?" he asked smiling jokingly.

She gave him an attitude face, and he looked shocked. "That's what we need on stage." He grabbed her chin and moved her face by it playfully.

She knocked it away and continued her tip-toe run to a door where a familiar man was standing. "Hi, Kakashi." she smiled through chattering teeth.

His scarf still covered his mouth, but she knew he was smiling back. "We're running a quick sound check, and then you all are free to sleep until four o'clock."

She nodded and he wrapped a warming arm around her shoulder and showed her inside. It took an hour to set the equipment up the way Kakashi wanted it, but it got done. Then, the group ran through a few songs: Devotion and Desire, their two new songs, and a few others that the original band did that Hinata learned the vocals to. Entirely, it was not a quick sound check.

"Alright, you're free to sleep." Kakashi yelled.

"Man, Sakura was a great singer, some of those note are rough." Hinata said raspy before chugging her water.

"Yeah," Naruto said dreamily, "she was fantastic. But she's not here anymore, you are."

So, there. I'm going on writer's block. The next ones should be better, and more intense.

So if anyone wants to try and throw something here nows the chance to contrubute.

Have a loverly afternoon.