Kiba POV
I like making a scene. It keeps things fun. That's why I was going to skateboard down the aisles screaming my dog's name.
"Don't be stupid, Kiba," Shikamaru said to me. We were all over his house. I'd just told him my plan. "The girls will be there."
"So what? They know me. I can't sit still to save my life," I said in my defense. I hopped over the couch and joined him on the couch.
Mrs. Nara sure was tolerant. There were six boys in her house making as much noise as possible. Sasuke, Naruto, and Neji were playing a video game with volume all the way up. Sai was in a corner drawing whatever he saw or Ino.
When Ino asked Sai out, he was with us. It shocked us all. She was all, "Look, Sai! I know you like me and I sure as hell like you so do you want to go out?" She'd looked him dead in his face with the determination of a lioness. That was how Ino was. She didn't care what you thought. She'd always been like that. Anyway, Sai said yes and now here they are like a husband and wife (although I'm not sure who's who in that relationship).
"Harima doesn't know you," Sai added from his corner. He looked from his sketch.
"Harima?" I asked, confused. Well, trying to sound confused. I knew who Harima Riuzi was exactly. She was the new girl that everyone made fun of.
"Yeah, she's the girls' new friend. I heard she's really sweet." Sai closed his sketchpad and glanced at his cell phone. "And fortunately, she doesn't need to be de-prepped like Hinata."
Well that had to count for something. She was no pansy.
"Let's go," Sai said, slipping on a black skully with blue flames on it. "The girls are already there."
"Who died and made you leader?" Neji asked. He slipped on his heavy coat with his family crest ironed on the side of the sleeve. Hinata had a similar one.
"Well you aren't the leader either," Naruto added. Sasuke rolled his eyes at everyone like we were beneath him. It made me mad, but I shrugged it off. As for Naruto's comeback, what a yahoo.
At the mall, I was ready to execute my plan. I even got Naruto to do it with me. It was barely open because it was a Thursday and not a Friday. The girls were easy to spot in a see full of girls wearing pink.
There was Ino, who was wearing a short black dress with pink and black stripped leggings and flats. There was Tenten, who wore a Twilight hoodie and a plain black shirt under it. Sakura had on a dark blue button-down with a black bowtie. Hinata wore a Yui band shirt and ripped on jeans. Then there was one girl that I didn't recognize. She kept her head bowed to the floor out of shyness.
"Hey you guys! Come meet Harima! Meet Harima!" Ino called out to us. She waved us over. There was that confidence again.
I hopped on my skateboard and started to shred down the ailse. "AKAMARU!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I looked to the girls, who were coming closer and closer to my board. Something distracted me. A flash of something sharp and bright white made me feel funny inside.
CRASH!!!!!!
I got a face full of wall.
"Kiba-kun?" Hinata asked. "Kiba, are you okay?"
My head was swimming. "Hey, did you see me?"
The strange girl slowly got down on her knees over my head. Her skull cap barely covered her eyes so I saw that they were sapphire blue.
"Hey, Harima," I managed to say. My head was clearing up then. "Welcome to Konoha." Looking up at her was weird for me. I mean she was beautiful. Not supermodel beautiful like the other five girls. Somehow she was her own kind of beauty.
She touched her pointer finger to my forehead and the pain rushed into my head.
"Ow!" I yelped. She quickly snatched her finger away. She looked up to Hinata who leaned down. Harima whispered in her ear.
"Get up, dude. Don't let the new girl fawn over you," Sasuke teased. Harima gasped so fast I thought she would choke. She bolted up and faded to the back. I was sure the embarrassment was intended for me.
"Sasuke, have a heart. She was just trying to help," Sakura scolded. Sasuke shrugged and Sakura rolled her eyes, but smiled at him. I wish she would go ahead and ask Sasuke out like Ino asked out Sai.
"Hey, kids!" some kind of vendor called out. "Come be the next singing sensation. It's Karaoke! Top prize is this lovely karaoke machine and 20 passes to Ko Land"
"Ugh, Karaoke," groaned Neji. "That's a girl thing."
"No way," Temari said. "Boys can do it too." Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"I'll do it!" Naruto volunteered.
"Me too," I agreed. I refused to be upstaged by Uzimaki.
"We pick Sakura and….,"said Tenten. "Harima."
Harima lifted her skully from her eyes to widen them in protest. She shook her head, refusing it.
To boost her confidence, I went up to her and swung one arm around her neck. "Don't worry about it, Harima. You'll do great!"
She froze. Then she muttered something intelligible. "Great!"
Naruto POV
I had to admit, I thought Harima was another model of Hinata and that she was gonna pass out when TenTen volunteered her for the karaoke thing.
"Are we gonna sing together?" Sakura asked her excitedly, taking her hand. "What's your favorite song?"
"Hey Kiba! What are we gonna sing?" I asked catching up with my wild eyed friend. I hope he didn't think I didn't notice that he didn't take his arm away from Harima's neck until I pulled him aside.
"We should do a theme." He sounded so pumped. "Like Alones"
"Excuse me, kids," the dude running the Karaoke contest interjected. The twelve of us looked to him. Honestly, I think we all forgot he was there. "No teams. This is strictly a solo thing."
Sakura and Harima went to sign up. I swear I heard Harima's heart beat when she passed me and Kiba. Was she nervous or completely in love with one of us? Kiba and I went to do the same.
"Good l-luck, Naruto-kun," I heard Hinata say. I turned around and looked down at her. Kun? She calls me kun! Alright!!!
"Thanks Hinata! Now make sure you cheer for me and not that baka Kiba," I said smiling wide. She got really red looking for some reason, but I guess she was nervous for me. She was such a sweetheart.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kiba yelled from behind me. A vein popped on my temple. He was cramping my style when I was trying to talk to Hinata-chan.
"First, contestant is Sakura Haruno," Karaoke Man announced. There were scattered applauses from passersby. "Singing Rolling Star by Yui."
Sakura was talented in a lot of ways, but singing was not one of them. She hustled up there with energy and feminity and started singing the theme from Bleach.
It was Karaoke so it was okay if she messed up. She was way off key and laughing at her own mistakes. She was having fun though dancing around, but my ears were glad when the song was finished.
Mou gaman bakka shiterannai yo
Iitai koto wa iwanakucha
Kaerimichi yuugure no basutei
Ochikonda senaka ni Bye Bye Bye
Kimi no Fighting Pose misenakya oh oh
Yume ni made mita you na sekai wa
Arasoi mo naku heiwa na nichijou
Demo genjitsu wa hibi to rabu de
Tama ni kuyandari shiteru
Sonna Rolling Days
Koronjattatte iin ja nai no
Son toki wa waratte ageru
Norikonda basu no oku kara
Chiisaku hohoemi ga mieta
Kimi wo tayori ni shiteru yo
Yume ni made mita you na Sweet Love
Koibitotachi wa kakure ga wo sagasu no
Demo genjitsu wa aenai hi ga
Tsuzukinagara mo shinjiteru no Lonely Days
Oh yeah, yeah...
Tsumazuitatte Way to go
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Dorodoroke Rolling Star
Naru beku egao de itai keredo
Mamori nuku tame ni wa shikata nai deshou
Kitto uso nante sou
Imi wo motanai no
All my loving...
Sou ja nakya yatterannai
Yume ni made mita you na sekai wa
Arasoi mo naku heiwa na nichijou
Demo genjitsu wa hibi to rabu de
Tama ni kuyandari shiteru
Sonna Rolling Days
Oh yeah, yeah...
Sou wakatterutte
Oh yeah, yeah...
Tsumazuitatte Way to go
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Doro doro ke Rolling Star
She jumped off the stage laughing and giggling like girls do.
"Give Haruno-san a big hand," Karaoke Man said. "You did well." Was it his job to lie?
"Next up is Kiba Inuzuka, singing Alones by Aqua Timez."
He was just obsessed with that song.
"Are you ready to rock out?!" I screamed into the microphone before he started singing.
Oreta awai tsubasa
Kimi wa sukoshi
Aosugiru sora ni tsukareta dake sa
Mou dareka no tame ja nakute
Jibun no tame ni waratte ii yo
Izen to shite shinobiyoru kodoku
Uchigawa ni tomoru rousoku
Nigiwau ba ni gouka na shanderia to wa urahara ni
Tarinai kotoba no
Kubomi o nani de umetara ii n' darou
Mou wakaranai yo
Semete yume no naka de
Jiyuu ni oyogetara anna sora mo iranai no ni
Kinou made no koto o
Nuritsubusa nakute mo asu ni mukaeru no ni
Oreta awai tsubasa
Kimi wa sukoshi
Aosugiru sora ni tsukareta dake sa
Mou dareka no tame ja nakute
Jibun no tame ni waratte ii yo
Rettoukan to no wakai wa
Kantan ni wa kanawanaisa
Jiishiki no teppen ni suwaru
Kagami ga utsusu hanabira
Furishiboru you ni
Kogoreta ai wo sakende miru keredo
Modokashikute
Meguru toki no naka de
Kizuguchi wa yagate
Kasabuta ni kawatte iku
Kimi wa sore o matazu
Totemo utsukushiku
Totemo hakanage de
Hagare ochita ato no
Ubuge no you ni
Hi damari no naka de furueru inori
Ima wa muri ni dareka no koto wo
Ai sou to omowanakute ii no ni
[instrumental]
Toki ni kono sekai wa
Ue wo muite
Aruku ni wa sukoshi mabushii sugiru ne
Shizumu you ni
Me wo fuseru to
Kawaita chimen ga namida wo susuru
Why do we feel so alone anytime?
Subete wo uketomenakute ii yo
Why do we feel so alone anytime?
Koraeru koto dakedo yuuki ja nai
I noticed Harima smiling brilliantly as Kiba performed. I couldn't see her eyes but I'm sure those were sparking too.
"Hey, Harima," I started. She looked up at me, parting her hair so she could see me. "Do you have a thing for Kiba that I should know about?"
He snapped her gaze downward again. My question was answered.