A/N: eiow everyone!!!! Tanx for the awesome reviews last chapter, it really made my day super nice!!...and if you're tired of waiting the update of this story, umm... There are chapters summary for chp.12-16 in my journal...and oh! If u viewed my prof. please tell it to me if you'll review in this story...Tanx!!
Chapter 11- Stolen Harmony
"ARE YOU STUDENTS TAKING THIS DOWN?!!" the sensei growled at the busy class...busy...meaning:
'Hey, is that a new Louie Vuitton Bag?'
'I like those stilettos. I think it costs $500, right?'
'Have you seen the show yesterday...it's really weird'
'Hey, later let's meet at the club in the park'
The busy students moved then their attention to the pumped-up nerdy sensei...in short, their homeroom teacher.
"I would never entertain any questions regarding the activities, so everyone must listen" the sensei continued as she cleared her throat and raised her notebook for her to read "Next activity, the battle of the bands"
"..Whoa!! again?!!" a guy interrupted and everyone finally reacted to the announcement given
"That would be cool!"
"That's where Heaven's Fire was discovered... I'm wondering if there would be a band with pretty guys who'll join" the girl who said it looked at her chat mates.
"KYAAA!!"
Sakura sweatdropped by the fangirls' reaction as the teacher continued
"And the school is again expecting that we'll send out bands from this school and win the competition"
"And be reminded that the event will be on Saturday...two weeks from now, after the sports festival and it will take place in this school again"
"WOOHOO!!"
"And the mechanics of this competition-listen!" the sensei again asked the students to keep quiet as every girls started talking about Heaven's Fire...and well, the guys, are staring to plan, even if some of them were only posers.
"Different bands from the top ranked school in Japan will be competing... this battle of the bands is the greatest band competition in Japan, so naturally it would be broadcasted though live telecast. Every contestant must either be very talented or certainly hardworking, for the prize will surely be worth ever minute of your practice time," the teacher continued. "The prize would be 2 million dollars, a condominium and a recording contract"
"Whoooo!!!"
"In addition the band will also receive fame and popularity...like that of our home-grown band, Heaven's Fire"
With this, the girls started to squeal, just hearing them, then the 4 guys will automatically pop up from nowhere inside their heads. –sigh-
"And take note, last year it was only televised in Tokyo, but know, it will be televised all over the world. So-" the teacher was cut off as a teacher called him for a meeting.
The teacher looked at the class, "Study period. Use this free period wisely" then he left.
'Band...desuka?' Sakura thought playing her pencil, 'That's cool' she smiled like an idiot, like she was planning for something evil in the mind of hers (even though there wasn't really anything particularly evil going on inside her mind), she imagine herself in a band, and she thought that it would be really cool, and she saw herself in a band singing her heart out to a screaming audience...this made her smile at her shelf.
"And what's with that smile, Sakura-chan?" Ino asked with an evil tone as if copying Sakura.
"Hmm... just thinking of the band thing..." Sakura replied now with her remarkable innocent natural smile.
"Then let's start a band" Ten-ten blurted out smiling
"Eh?" Now that's a really good joke
"Yeah, Ten-ten's right" Hinata agreed
"Y-yeah" Sakura nodded doubtfully like going with the flow of the imaginary band.
"Do you know about our secret talents Sakura-chan?" Ino asked
"You guys are still hiding something from me?" Sakura leaned down to make sure that the secret would just be between them.
"You don't need to do that Sakura-chan, it's not really a big secret it's just our talent" Hinata said as Sakura sat up straight.
"So, what are they?" Sakura asked
"Ten-ten has been playing drums since graduation," Ino said, "Hinata can play as the lead since before, cause Naruto taught her, and me, I played for three bands before, as a substitute bassist, and you.." Ino pointed her finger to Sakura as Sakura pointed herself, "You've been playing guitar since you were in middle school, and you can sing"
"Ahhh" Sakura nodded absorbing the new information that she just got, as the girls sweatdropped and Sakura snapped out, "You guys are so cool!"
"You still don't get it, right?" Ino lazily asked.
"We can join the competition!" Ten-ten finally said it "...and this is what your mother wanted"
"But we're only starting…and first things first...are you guys serious?" Sakura asked the girls as if they're just kidding. But making a band with her as the vocalist is sort of unbelievable... doing it is like a step closer to her dream, her mom's dream, and it should be taken seriously
"Yes" they answered seriously
"I-I can't believe that I was able to meet cool people like you guys!!" Sakura jumped from her seat to hug them all in a chibi form but failed when Ten-ten pushed back at her seat.
"We're not the only cool people, Sakura, you're included, because we'll all be a band now" Ten-ten said.
"Well" Sakura thought for a while as how lucky she is to have kind friends like them and in response to their question, she replied "I'll do it"
"...And we'll call our band..." Ino said
"Stolen Harmony"
"SHIKAMARU-KUN!!!" Naruto went up to the pineapple haired guy and head locked him serving as his warm greeting, "your hair is still has that same old pineapple shape."
"Stop it Naruto, don't be troublesome" Shikamaru replied plainly with his usual bored eyes. "And get off me," Naruto got off from him as the other guys went up to him.
"When did you get back?" Sasuke asked with his hands inside his pockets, as usual.
"Last Friday" Shikamaru replied
"Well how's America?" Sai asked
"Troublesome, but better than staying here"
"It's only you?"
"The others will come back, probably by next week or tomorrow, things are getting boring there"
"But I heard that you guys formed a band" Neji said
"Yeah, it's getting boring cause a lot of offerings are coming simultaneously"
Naruto sweatdropped thinking, 'Then what is the reason for forming a band, if they'll refuse the offers?' then sighed.
"How are the others? It's been a long time" Neji said thinking of what the others are like now.
"The last time we saw each other was when we were only seven," Sai specified "It's really been a long time"
Shikamaru sighed deep inside protesting, 'I hate this story telling...someone please get up here and take my place,' but nobody popped up and so he replied, "Kiba and Temari...still the same as before...and Gaara"
Gaara's name made him stop and think about the big change that happened to him since the day that he became almost reclusive, due to the fact that his mother, that he truly cherished, was divorced to his unloving father and at the end he ended up to stay with his father, and as if that wasn't enough, Gaara's anti-social behavior made him grow colder and colder. After re regained his composure, he looked at everyone looking back at him and replied, "He's worse than you Sasuke."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "Why am I involved in his damn personality?" he scoffed. Ever since he was a kid, Gaara was always getting on his nerves.
Shikamaru breathed heavily probably because he was too annoyed since his laziness measure is reaching the top, "Family problems...and don't ask I'm too lazy to explain things"
"Gaara's parents are divorced" Neji take Shikamaru's part. Well, he's really connected with the others, and he knows that Shikamaru really doesn't like doing story telling. "And Gaara was now with his father."
"Awww...Gaara adores girls too much...he became too 'emo' when his mother left" Naruto said "And remember the time when he told us the story about a girl that he saved in the hospital? We used to call him the superhero...he's really… a superhero" Naruto give out a small laugh as the guys scoffed remembering that time.
The time when they didn't believe Gaara due to his cold personality.
"We haven't even seen that girl yet...but I know that it's just his story" Sasuke arrogantly said putting his arms at the back of his head.
"That's the thing that you told him a long time ago...that's why he punched you," Sai said and yes, he almost served as the announcer by that time just watching the two boys fight while he's sitting at the grass with bored eyes.
"Hn" Sasuke remarked then murmured, "And he's now singing in a band...that's pathetic"
"Stop backstabbing Gaara-kun, teme!" Naruto said "He's even cooler than you"
"Shut up dobe"
The school bell rang making the 5 guys look at the annoying bell
."WHOHOO!! IT'S P.E" Naruto joyfully said raising an arm "Just wait for me, Hinata-chan!!"
"WHAT?! SENSEI'S LATE?!!!!" a guy with fuzzy eyebrows clamored in the loss of his favorite teacher forever.
"Yes, Lee-san" the teacher looked at the seniors.
"Anyways, listen, we have a new student here" the teacher looked at the pineapple haired guy sitting with the Heaven's Fire "Shikamaru, please stand up" Shimakaru lazily stood up as the teacher continued, "He's Nara, Shikamaru, and he'll be your new schoolmate, please be nice to him" just right after the teacher said the last word, he sit down murmuring "troublesome".
Ino pointed her finger to Shikamaru like the victim pointing out the criminal in courts, "He-he's the guy in the bar…th-the jackass!!!" Ino angrily said stuttering. The sight in front of her eyes is really pissing her off.
"Please use this time well" with that remarked, the teacher left trusting the students to not make any trouble. That was the second time for the day with a free period. And as if that they were really going to do school things, well, except for Lee who's now starting his push-ups. And for the others, they just went on to do whatever.
"Hey Sakura-chan, I have an acoustic guitar here," Ten-ten called Sakura holding in front of her an acoustic guitar.
"You brought it...in this class?" Sakura asked, this is P.E time, and as far as she knows, it's not just a free time or something but a show-off-of-skills time.
Ten-ten sweetly nodded "I accidentally heard that Gai-sensei has a meeting at this time...so, I brought this"
"Ohh, okay, I think nobody will mind" Sakura said and after a while, Sakura noticed that the girls are looking like they wanted her to do something, "Uhh, so who's playing?"
"The three of us already heard ourselves play…now, you go" Ino said as Ten-ten handed her the guitar.
"I feel so left out, I haven't heard you guys play yet" Sakura pouted in protest
"Its majority against you, Sakura-chan," Hinata said, "and besides it's been a long time since we have heard you sing"
"She's right" Ino agreed
Sakura sighed "Fine" and started playing the intro with a Bm-D-G-A chords
Tell me where our time went
And if it was time well spent
Just don't let me fall asleep
Feeling empty again
Cause I fear I might break
And I fear I cant take it
Some night I'll lie awake
Feeling empty
Chorus"
I can feel the pressure
its getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
its getting closer now
We're better off without you
Now that I'm losing hope
And there's nothing else to show
For all of the days that were spent
carrying away from hope
Some things I'll never know
And I had to let them go
I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty
Xxxxxx On the other side of the gym xxxxxxxx
Girls stated dropping off at their side meeting the cute new student and the Heaven's Fire will never leave the scene. But the guys' gaze was locked on the girls. Their girl friends.
"Hey, Shikamaru-kun, wanna meet the girls?" Naruto asked too proud of his new girlfriends.
"Hoping they're not troublesome" Shikamaru replied looking at the four girls at the other side of the gym. He then recalled the troublesome girl in his bar, the one with the blonde hair, and one of his singers, the one with pink hair. "I knew two of them"
"Who among them?" Neji asked. Don't worry Neji, Ten-ten's still yours.
"The pink, and the dark blue haired" Shikamaru relpied lazily pointing at them. He still doesn't know the troublesome girl, that's why he didn't include her.
"Wait how do you know Hinata-chan?!" Naruto automatically asked seriously.
Shikamru laid his elbow on his kneecap and rested his jaw at the palm of his hands, "It's not like I'll steal that girl from you" Shikamaru lazily replied, they asked him so he'll answer, "She's Neji's cousin, obviously I'll know"
"Oh" Naruto scratched his temples and smiled sheepishly, "My bad"
"And Sasuke," Shikamaru said taking notice of Sasuke's curiousness stare since he mentioned pink, "Sakura works at my bar as a singer"
Sasuke continued with his shooting, "Whatever" and every time he shoots, fan girls are stating to be wild and scary again.
"Sasuke, we'll go to the girls," Neji said while the four of them, not including Sai, who's called for a meeting went to the girls.
Without you
Somethings I'll never know
And I had to let them go
Somethings I'll never know
And I had to let them go
But I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty
I can feel the pressure
its getting closer now
We're better off without you
Feel the pressure
its getting closer now
You're better off without me
Sakura finished the song as Ten-ten said, "We'll really make it to the B.O.B(Battle of the bands), with that kind of voice" Ten-ten rolled her eyes, obviously, Sakura's voice was never ugly.
Sakura smiled and put down the guitar for her to rest, "I'm really thinking if this could be possible"
"We're on the way Sakura-chan" Hinata brightly smiled cheering the whole group
"Hinata's right, we're almost there!! Th-there" Ino finished her word with a dead tone as the boys come up to them plus the bastard that she met right beside her, without her noticing him.
"You really has a troublesome voice" Shikamaru lazily said with his position the same as earlier.
Ino shifted her position to face Shikamaru with an 'ugh' expression, "You know, I remember that lazy face of yours!! The jerk that spilled water on my shirt without saying sorry!! A-a-are you gay! And you're now jealous with my voice! I don't even think that you have this kind of a glamorous voice!! Who are you anyway?! You're just a new transferee here so respect your classmates" and the story goes on not until Hinata and Naruto come up to them to calm the two of them.
"Yo!" Neji saluted at Ten-ten as his warm greeting plus the usual smirk.
"Yo!" Ten-ten then replied with a sweet smile, she's in a mood to smile and copy Sakura for the whole day. But this sudden change of mood really moved the Hyuuga, it's rare to see Ten-ten smile and this moment must not be wasted.
Neji pointed at the ping-pong court behind him, "Let's play?" Nobody's there now, must be the perfect timing.
"Okay" Ten-ten replied "but I'm sure you're going to lose again" Ten-ten smirked
"As if"
Then they both proceed at the ping-pong court and the remaining couple...
Sakura smiled and childishly waved at Sasuke as Sasuke returned it with a smirk and sit beside her which completely left them silent for who knows how long not until Sakura started poking Sasuke's hard arm muscles.
"You're arm is too stiff" Sakura begin poking it hardly expecting it to be soft by one moment, "Just tell me if it hurts already"
Sasuke blankly looked at her thinking, 'As if that it would hurt' but looking deeper into it, Sasuke's enjoying it, "Do you usually do that?"
"Umm...when a meeting between two people start with silence, this will have to do" Sakura replied with her oh-so childish innocent voice plus the small pout, "And it became my habit"
Sakura stopped poking as she remembered something, "Ah...I noticed that nii-san's not with the group"
"nii-san?"
"Sai-niisan"
"What about him?" Sasuke searched through her eyes curious about her feelings for Sai
"Where is he?"
"He's... in a meeting"
"Oh"
"Since when did you start caliing him that?"
"Since we found each other in a bookstore for the project then we just talked and he's really a nice person, so I made him my onii-san"
"...oh" Sasuke noticed the guitar beside Sakura then without permission, he took it.
Sakura silently watch him checking the tune as she asked, "Ne, Sasuke-kun, since when did you start playing the guitar?"
"When I was 8"
Sakura laid a finger at her chin, "That's a lot of years, so now you don't have problems with guitar anymore" Sakura again wandered around the universe with the coolness reaction. She really meets a lot of cool people nowadays, how lucky.
Sasuke played 'My Paper Heart', humming it. Sakura went with the goodness of music as she joined Sasuke in humming it.
Sasuke looked at her weird going-with-the-flow reaction with her head keeps on going from right to left. He then stopped not because she's weird, he's used to it.
"Why did you stop?" Sakura asked
Now think of a smooth sentence to flow out, "It would be better if you'll not copy me" Sasuke said, "Just sing the lines, it will sound better"
Sakura smiled and nodded once, "Okay"
Why did he stop anyway? Sasuke doesn't know maybe just for that wonderful sentence to come out
.A/N: It's been years, I'm super sorry for not updating, school just started. If ever if you guys missed the a/n at the beginning of this chapter, I have the chapter summaries for chp. 12-16, if you miss this story so much then I don't know. Haha!! Another manga update!! Sasuke vs. Deidara, Naruto vs. Kabuto with 1/3 Orochimaru! Sasuke won!! Wohoo!And the acting leader of Akatsuki was revealed with this pretty girl!! And, and, Deidara died. AND SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? SUBMIT YOUR REVIEWS!! The last chapter was really a big hit that I wasn't expecting, I thank all of you guys who supported me..next chapter..
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!
Probably a lot of you, really read this story and the chapters were really stucked in your head. I would like to announce that I have edited Chapters 1-2 and I will edit Chapters 3-6 on some other time, this is because 1) I read my whole story in ff and I noticed the sudden change in Sakura's personality from the beginning (a sort of a person with a super brave personality and doesn't seem to be innocent which is supposed to be Sakura's personality for the whole story) compared to now(the ever so innocent). I am not aware of this change in her personality, since..I don't know, maybe I suddenly changed the flow in my mind about Sakura's personality and didn't notice this sudden change. 2)I want to make out the best for my first fanfic so, I have inserted more details in those chapters.
NOTE!!
The stories of each chapter are still the same, don't worry, I just changed some of Sakura's lines and inserted more details.
I have changed the songs for the mall show. I have finally decided to make their voices sort of alike, 'cause their sort of alike voices would be the trademark of them as one band, not as individuals.
I prolonged Chapter 1, if's my favorite chapter now
I'm sort of expecting flames, but as long as possible, please comment nicely. Please understand that this is just my first time to write a fanfic, and I have to be a perfectionist to make this fanfic a successful one. Please bear with me.
I promise that this won't happen again in the next exciting chapters of Sweet Harmony.
THANK YOU
The song that Sakura played was Pressure by Paramore
Chapter 12- Researching begins
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Sakura looked at Sasuke's gigantic bedroom door and was about to get it when Sasuke walked past her.
"That's probably a maid, just don't mind" he said, thinking that those annoying maids miss him so much that they're making excuses just to reach his room and see him, but as he opened the door, he saw someone worse than a maid.
Itachi Uchiha was standing in front of his younger brother with a towel hanging around his arm and a bun of clothes, shampoos, soaps, deodorant plus the duck in top of it lying at his hands as he smiled in a chibi form at Sasuke.
-Plus, Sakura and Sasuke's project making in Sasuke's house, with a funny interruption by the oh-so famous Itachi Uchiha, and his courting advices to his little brother.