Tempest
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Chapter Four
Back to School
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Everything's feeling unclear
I wish it was raining
Cause I hate every beautiful day
Shouts.
Screams.
Cries of joy.
People everywhere.
Jumping…
Excitement…
Adrenaline…
"Something's got to change again,
I'm losing, my inspiration's gone…"
Angelic voice…
Girls screamed…
Guitar, drums…base…
Feeling-
"Seeing through some different eyes,
I can't find, my medication's spilled…"
Onyx eyes glanced around, fingers pressing down on strings, guitar letting out vibrations of sound.
Girls screamed as he flicked his black, glossy hair out of his eyes.
"I can feel a change, I can feel, can you feel it…?
I see it on the street, watching heat, from the pavement–
Cause I'm here, ready to take it all
Here, everything's feeling, unclear
I wish it was raining-
Cause I hate every beautiful day…"
Onyx grey met with cerulean blue. A grin.
His throat was vibrating as his voice rose and lowered to hit each not correctly. Fingers moving up and down the guitar.
Four voices sang a chord.
Girls screamed.
Boys hooted.
Lights flashed.
Drums beat.
Chanting…
"Sasuke! Sasuke! Sasuke!!"
The final chord of the song.
"Cause I hate every beautiful day;
Hate every beautiful day!!"
"Good job guys!" They walked backstage, the sound of the crowd shouting 'encore' filled their ears.
"Yeah! That was awesome!" The blond shouted, blue eyes shining with excitement.
"Shut it, Naruto…" Onyx eyes flashed with irritation. The blond growled and flicked his best friend off.
"Up yours, Sasuke!"
Neji and Shino walked right past them without a word. Shikamaru, sighing out or annoyance at being ignored, fallowed them out and into their dressing room.
Kiba was the last one to come off stage, being the only one that loved fame to an extreme level, he stayed on stage and let his fans cheer for him as he played them a guitar solo.
"Whoo! That was awesome!!" he shouted. Naruto glared at him and punched him on the head.
"Shut it!" he snapped. Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes as the two started bickering.
Another concert done…
…another disappointment…
Character Profiles:
Name: Sasuke Uchiha
Age: 17
Height/Weight: 6'2"/ 149lb.
Occupation: Lead Singer in 'Blood Serpent'
High School Class: Junior
Family: Deceased. Lives with older brother.
"Good job, everyone." Shikamaru said as he rested his head in his hands. Sure he was only the band manager, but he was the one that had to stress and get them concert nights…
"Did he show up?" Neji asked. Sasuke's eyes snapped to Shikamaru, waiting for his answer.
Could he have come?
Shikamaru sighed and looked at Sasuke for a few seconds before nodding. Sasuke's eyes widened just as the door opened. Sasuke stood up, shocked to find his older brother standing in the doorway, smirking at them.
"N-nii-san!" He muttered. "You…showed up…" Itachi walked in, smirking as he poked his younger brother's forehead lightly.
"Aa." He muttered, taking a seat as his two bodyguards stood outside the door, closing it behind them.
"Itachi-nii-san!" Naruto shouted, jumping up and down like a little kid. "How did we do? Were we good? Did you like it?!" Itachi threw him an annoyed look, but Naruto was too hyped to notice.
"You…" Itachi paused as he thought of the right word to use. "…improved." The guys grinned to each other, knowing that Itachi meant.
"So…" Kiba was the one that spoke as he put his guitar away. "…When's our next gig, Shikamaru?"
Said person almost jumped in the air. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
"Hmm?" He muttered. "…Not for a while. School's starting, remember?" They all groaned and started complaining.
Sasuke intertwined his fingers together in front of his face and glared at the ground. Itachi smirked and walked over to him.
Sasuke looked up at him questioningly.
"I thought you had a meeting today?" He said as his brother sat next to him. Itachi shrugged.
"Canceled it." He muttered, closing his eyes and leaning his head back in the chair. "You sounded good." He said.
Sasuke nodded.
"We worked hard." He replied. There was a silence between them.
"I…brought someone with me today." Itachi said, looking up at the ceiling. "He should be getting here soon. He just had to find the men's room."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"Who is it?" Itachi smirked at his brother's eagerness.
"Head of a record company…" He replied. Sasuke's eyes widened slightly and all the talking in the room ceased as all eyes turned to the elder Uchiha.
Naruto was the one to break the silence.
"Really?!"
Character Profiles:
Name: Itachi Uchiha
Age: 22
Height/Weight: 6'4"
Occupation: CEO. Head of the Uchiha Corporations
High School Class: Graduated.
Family: Deceased. Lives with younger brother.
Itachi smirked at their disbelieving faces. Just when they began to doubt him, the door opened to reveal a silver haired man with one eye.
Weird.
He was wearing an eye patch over his left eye and baggy clothes while holding a porn book.
He closed his book and put it in his pocket. He looked up at the group. He raised his right hand and spoke in monotone.
"Yo."
No one spoke as they stared at the newcomer. Sasuke's self control was the only thing holding him back from covering his ears from the two girly squeals that erupted from two of their band-mates.
"Oh my frickin god! It's him!" Naruto shouted.
"Holy shit, it's Kakashi Hatake!!" Kiba shouted at the same time. They were practically jumping up and down from joy. Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he and Neji shared knowing glances. The boys looked like they were going to pee in their pants.
Itachi grimaced at their antics and stood up. He walked over to the older man, shaking his hand before turning to introduce him.
"As you probably know, this is Kakashi Hatake." He said. "He is the owner of Hatake Records Inc. and he agreed to come listen to your concert tonight."
"More like I was dragged here…" Kakashi muttered, giving Itachi a sideways glare. Itachi ignored him and continued to talk.
"Kakashi-san, tell us what you thought of the concert." He said. Kakashi looked like he was daydreaming as he stared off into space.
Naruto and Kiba were biting their nails in excitement. This was so cool!
Shikamaru was snoozing. The poor genius was up all night trying to get everything set up for their concert. Neji and Sasuke were playing rock-paper-scissors on the sofa while Shino was standing near the doorway, looking oh so cool!
After about three and a half minutes of doing just that, Kakashi moved.
He walked over to the mirrors and checked his hair. Itachi's eyes narrowed slightly when Kakashi picked up his book and began reading again.
Naruto let out a growl and cleared his throat.
Once.
Twice.
Three times…
"Aargh!!" He shouted, clutching at his blond hair. "What's wrong with you?!" Itachi sighed and fisted his hands in his pockets.
"Hmm?" Kakashi looked up, his one eye showing confusion.
"What did you think of our concert, man?!" Kiba shouted. Kakashi looked at Itachi.
"You didn't tell them?" he asked. The younger man smirked. Sasuke looked at his brother.
"Nii-san?" He muttered. Itachi shrugged.
"I thought it'd be better if you told them yourself." He answered Kakashi. The silver haired man sighed and pocketed his book.
"Alright then. I'll just get to the point." He said, looking at each of them in the eye. "On behalf of my company, Hatake Records, I would like to congratulate you all in becoming a part of our team."
Character Profiles:
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Age: 17
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/ 147lb
Occupation: Drummer in the band.
High School Class: Junior
Family: Deceased. Lives with adoptive mother who is a business tycoon and is barely home. He has gotten really close to Sasuke over the years and started to live with him while his 'mother' is away for business.
No one moved. Shikamaru let out a snore.
"…" Sasuke was the first to react. "You mean…you-you're-"
"You're giving us a record deal?" Neji asked, curious. Kakashi smiled under the bandana he had around his mouth.
"That's right. You guys show real potential." He explained, closing his eye. "Not many high school bands make it this far after only having been a band for a year."
Naruto's grin was so wide, it was contagious. Suddenly, Kiba found himself also grinning like an idiot, while Sasuke and Neji smirked. Shino just pushed off the wall and walked towards Kakashi. He got real up close to Kakashi, stared at him for a while before turning to the group.
"He's not lying." He muttered. Kakashi stared at him, shocked.
"Um, thanks for pointing that out." He mumbled. "But, as I was saying. You have a deal with Hatake Records. You are to get new instruments, warranty paid for, of course-"
"By who?" Neji asked.
"Itachi-san." Kakashi replied, surprised that they didn't know. All eyes turned to Itachi, who looked bored out of his mind. He suddenly checked his watch and cursed.
"I think we should be leaving now." He said. "It's almost two in the morning and you guys have school tomorrow." He turned to Kakashi. "We'll finish discussing this another day."
Kakashi nodded. He handed Itachi a card.
"I'm free all day tomorrow and Thursday. You may call me at anytime on those days." He said. He turned to the group and nodded his head. "Can't wait to start working with you guys! See ya!"
He disappeared out of the door.
Naruto grinned and jumped in the air. He ran to Sasuke and started shaking him.
"Dude! This is awesome!" he shouted in his ear, making Sasuke grimace. "We're totally professional!" Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"I told you, ototou." Itachi said, putting a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "I know tonight's 'concert' was just a small charity event and not many people showed up, but…you see how it turned out. Now imagine if you didn't come…"
Sasuke mumbled something under his breath before picking up his guitar.
"I'm going home." He muttered. Itachi smirked before turning to the rest of the group.
"I'll take you all home. The limousine is still outside." He said before following Sasuke out. Neji stood up and walked out with Shino, both carrying their instruments.
Kiba walked out after them, but not before telling Naruto to get Shikamaru.
Naruto cursed them all and commenced shaking the lazy kid. Shikamaru gave another snore and latched his arm around Naruto's shoulder. Naruto clenched his fists before colliding it with Shikamaru's cheek.
Outside, Sasuke smirked as he heard Shikamaru's howl of pain and Naruto's curses.
Character Profiles:
Name: Neji Hyuuga
Age: 18
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/ 151
Occupation: Guitarist in the band.
High School Class: Senior
Family: Lower class of the Hyuuga family. He lives with his uncle and two cousins, Hiashi, Hinata and Hanabi, respectively.
Character Profiles:
Name: Shikamaru Nara
Age: 17
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/ 145lb
Occupation: Band manager.
High School Class: Senior. (He skipped a grade)
Family: Lives with his mother and father, has no siblings or other close relatives.
Sasuke couldn't remember what happened that night after they got home. Naruto decided that he would like to spend the night at their house, since his stuff was already there anyways, and he never liked to go to school alone on the first day.
Something about people staring at him.
But that wasn't the problem. To Sasuke, it all seemed surreal that this great Record producer would just show up at one of their charity events and decide to give them a deal. It hadn't really clicked until he got home and was about to fall asleep.
He suddenly felt something well up inside of him. They were finally on their way to the top! All thanks to his brother. He never thought he'd say, or think, this…but he loved his brother. He didn't know what he would have done without him.
He might be a bastard at times, but he was the only family, besides Naruto, that he had left.
With that last thought, Sasuke drifted off to a dreamless sleep. The last thing he remembered from that night was Naruto's foot in his face.
Stupid asshole.
The next morning didn't start out as well as he'd hoped. He wasn't really a fan of school. In fact, he hated it with all his guts.
"Teme! Get down here and eat your breakfast!" Naruto's voice woke him from his reverie. He really hated school…almost as much as he hated Naruto in the morning.
With that, Sasuke ran his hand through his hair before grabbing his half empty back pack and walking down the stairs. Walking into the oversized kitchen, he sat in his chair and glared at Naruto, who was happily eating his food.
The maids of the house were a part of they so called household. They were there the whole day, leaving only at night and came back early in the morning.
"What's wrong, teme?" Naruto asked, his mouth filled with bacon and eggs. Sasuke glared at him with disgust.
"Your eating habits." He mumbled, grabbing his fork and starting to pick at his breakfast. "Did Itachi leave?" he asked. Naruto shrugged.
"Didn't see him." He said, pushing his plate away. He grinned at Sasuke as a maid came a picked up their dirty dishes. "So…ready for the first day?"
"Like hell." Sasuke mumbled as he locked the door behind him and walked towards his car. He got in the driver's seat while Naruto sat in the passenger seat. Without even waiting for his best friend to put his seatbelt on, Sasuke swiveled out of the drive way and headed towards their high school.
"What the hell?!" Naruto shouted as he fought to keep his balance.
Character Profiles:
Name: Kiba Inuzuka
Age: 17
Height/Weight: 6'/ 147lb
Occupation: Guitarist on the band.
High School Class: Junior
Family: Lives with his mother and older sister, Hana, who is a vet.
Character Profiles:
Name: Shino Aburame
Age: 18 (I just didn't want Neji to be alone)
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/ 155lb
Occupation: The Base/ pianist in the band.
High School Class: Senior. (Again, the thing about Neji)
Family: Lives with his father.
Sasuke parked his car in the student parking in front of Konoha High School. After locking his car, he slung his bag over his shoulder. He and Naruto walked through the gates.
They looked around as soon as they reached the front steps of the school. There, they found the rest of the band members standing, looking totally cool and sexy.
"Hey guys!" Naruto greeted as he sat next to Shikamaru, who was sporting a bruise from Naruto's punch the previous night. He grunted and glared at the blond. Naruto grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
"Sorry…"
"Troublesome…"
Sasuke looked up at the sky, still facing his band-members, back to the gates.
"So, Sasuke, any idea if we have classes together?" Naruto's voice suddenly sounded so annoying. He was focusing on another voice, which was coming closer and closer to them.
A girl.
Character Profiles:
Name: Hinata Hyuuga
Age: 17
Height/Weight: 5'4"/ 115lb
Occupation: None.
High School Class: Junior.
Family: Lives with her father, Hiashi, sister, Hanabi, and cousin, Neji Hyuuga.
She was laughing as she walked towards them.
Sasuke turned around ever so slowly, looking for her from the corner of his eye.
Naruto, who was still talking, followed his eyes and froze.
"No…way-" he whispered.
Green eyes.
Pale skin.
Perfect body.
Pink hair.
Glossy lips.
No make up.
Smooth legs.
And a voice of an angel.
Her green eyes met his grey ones. He saw something shine in them, but lost it when she turned away. She and her friend walked right past them without a second glance.
Her companion stopped and greeted them. He remembered her. Hinata Hyuuga. Neji's cousin.
"Hello, everyone!" She whispered shyly. He nodded to her, but did not take his eyes off of her pink haired friend. "Um…this is…m-my n-new friend, um, S-"
"Sakura-chan?" Her eyes suddenly snapped to Naruto's wide blue ones. She looked confused at first, but realization flooded in her eyes. Her lips parted and a gasp left her lips.
"Naruto?!"
A/N: Well, there's the first REAL chapter of the story. I hope it wasn't too boring. Um, read and review, as always. Thank you to all those who have reviewed for the past four chapters. Thanks again! I'll try to update fast!