City of Angels
Chapter 3: Why throwing chicken bones won't work
Sakura's eyes were blazing, she stomped out into the corridor, a lot of yelping and sharp words were heard along with slapping and punching sound effects. Looking much calmer, Sakura drifted into the room, "How's she gonna get out of this one?" Sasuke whispered to Kiba, glancing at the smiley pink haired girl.
"This happens maybe every other day, Naruto gets told by Sakura to lie to the nurse, he fell up the stairs on his way to attendance."
Sasuke spluttered, "up the stairs?"
"Oh yeah, believe me, Naruto could trip over a flat surface without moving."
"figures…"
Sakura was cycling home with Hinata, who only lived a little further than Sakura. "Mother dear, I'm ho-ome!" Sakura shouted in a sing-song voice, stepping through the door.
"Daughter dear, I'm right here!" in the same musical tone, wrapping her arms around her daughter. The pink haired teen trotted upstairs and threw her bag onto her bed, shut her door and took off her sailor uniform. She replaced it with a midriff baring Puffy Ami Yumi t-shirt, neon blue tights and a cute cyberdog micro mini skirt. She pulled on her white platform boots, picked up a file of sheet music and stuffed it into a backpack shaped like a pair of wings. And, last but not least, she placed her guitar into the hard, pink carry case; mission, make it to her guitar lesson without bumping into any friends.
"Helloo! Sensei I'm here!" stepping into the spacious studio apartment, Sakura bowed politely to Ryu Hiyashi, her guitar teacher of five years. "Sakura, I've got a new pupil here today, he plays bass, so you two will be able to jam together, just go through to the practice room, I'll be there in two minutes." Sakura's arm was beginning to ache, the carry case for her guitar weighed a lot. Stumbling through the doorway into the room, something caught her eye. Sasuke. "what are you doing here?" setting her guitar down and opening the case, Sakura lifted the instrument, it was a Rock candy custom special dark star, (from daisy they make super cute guitars for girls!) (I am a girl…) "I've played the bass since I was ten, but I still take lessons, don't ask why." Sasuke plugged his Clevinger MJ Wide 5 Bass Guitar, it was a metallic blue and made an amazing sound. Sakura stared in awe as the boy picked out a bass line, his long fingers were graceful as he plucked out the notes, then, on instinct, Sakura plugged in her guitar and started to play Misery business by Paramore. She sang the lyrics under her breath, then, it hit her, "hey you!" Sasuke looked up and stopped playing, "who me?"
"No, the other bassist in here…Yeah you dumb ass!"
"well…what?" Sasuke almost laughed at the look she had on her face, her green eyes twinkling in the light "all we need now," she stated, hands on hips, "is a singer and a drummer, and then we've got a band!"
"Well…" Sasuke started, again, "I know a guy, Neji Hyuuga, plays the drums, but personally I think he'll be pretty reluctant to join a band, I mean we used to play together, but he's not into fame and glory and all that crap, so I don't know how we'll convince him to join."
"I've thought of a way to make him join!" Sakura piped up,
"Already!"
"Yup, number 1: we could hire Ino and her flirtatious charm to seduce him,"
"Won't work."
"We could get Hinata to stand there and guilt trip him by crying,"
"He's her cousin."
"We could pressure him by constant talking,"
"How? He lives in Osaka."
"We could throw chicken bones at him!"
"That won't wo- WHAT?"
"Chicken bones. My best idea yet."
"Do you WANT me to name every reason why that will not, can not, should not, could not work?"
"Give me seven."
"seven what?"
"reasons"
"…" Sasuke slapped a hand to his forehead, "You are the most insane girl I've ever met."
"Now" Sakura sat on the floor opposite the raven hair, "singers."
"I can't sing." Sasuke said, flicking a stray hair out of his face,
"I figured as much." Sighed Sakura
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Hm? Oh, nothing, I sing in a choir so I don't do solos."
"wait, what about blondie? Ida…Ino! Can she sing? She looks loud enough?"
"You have never heard Ino sing… she's- YOU'RE A GENIOUS!" Sakura dived on the terrified boy, wrapping him in a tight, coconut-scented hug. Pulling away , Sakura was glowing "OH YEAH BABY! I'M IN A BAND! CHA!"
