All Is Fair in Love and War: A Naruto Fan Fiction

Chapter 1: Thinking of You

Thanks for the replies you guys! Even though it's only seven, it's pretty good for the story just being published a few of days ago. Just so you guys know for the pairings I will never have Shikatema. Why? Sorry but I just hate the pairing, Shikaino 4eva! Also sorry for my lack of detail during the concert scenes, it's sorta hard for me. Also during KND's song (words inside here) are sung by Ino as a little echo thing, kay. Well here ago, the first chapter of All Is Fair in Love and War!

P.S. I have picked KibaHina and SasuTema! The sasutema is going to be fun to write. XP!

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I'm finally here, my love,

Living out my dreams,

But faking a smile.

I couldn't have gone this far without you,

But I feel even worse not having you her by my side.

So today I'll sing out,

And hope that you'll hear me.

"Hello Suna!" shouted the pink haired girl on stage, as the spot light was on her. Shouts, whistles, and clap came from the audience below. It seemed the girl's band had a lot of fans in Suna, almost all the seats were taken in the large concert hall and streamers saying 'I LOVE KND' were all over the place. The leader of the band took a deep breath, and then she grabbed the mic once more and placed it near her mouth. "I'm Sakura, and we are Kunoichi Next Door!" she exclaimed, as colorful flashes of light revealed the other members of the band on stage. On the drums was a tomboyish brown haired girl with buns, Tenten. Taking deep breaths to relax her self, the shy dark blue haired girl, Hinata, got ready to play her keyboard. To Sakura's left was the dirty blonde haired girl from Suna, Temari, giving the crowd an I'm-too-good-for-you look, her bass in ready position. Finally to her right was a bubbly baby blonde haired girl, Ino, who was waving to her many adoring fans. She was the guitarist.

Seeing everyone was set, Sakura started tapping her foot to the tempo of the next song. This was it, the last song of the last concert. After this their tour would be over, and they would return to their normal life. A small shiver went up her spine as she thought of going back to Konoha High, and seeing him. Sakura wondered if he still hated her. Even though she didn't want to admit it, see missed that knuckled headed boy. But then again it was his fault they weren't talking, after all he did tell her and the other girls to leave his band. Because of that the girls formed KND, which is now super popular. Now because of him she could finally live her dreams and become a famous pop star. But something didn't feeling right, there seemed to be something missing. She had her band. She was the lead singer, no matter how hard Ino protested. She had her fans waiting eagerly for them to start. Finally she was living her dreams, but something or some one was missing. "I can't believe it, why am I not happy? This is one of the best days of my life! Why aren't I.."

Sakura's trail of thoughts was stopped as she heard a girl's voice (Ino's) call out, "Ready one, two, three, go!" At the sign of 'go' the music was starting.

Sakura guessed she must have spaced off while on stage, and then it came up again. She found herself spacing off about him. Sakura wondered why she had been thinking about him so much. Was it because they'd be returning to school soon? Or was it because she didn't see him as much of a friend anymore? But hearing the cue for her to start singing, Sakura quickly shook the thought of the blonde haired boy out of her head and grabbed the mic.

Code: ThisSakura ThisIno ThisSakura & Ino Thiseveryone

"

I couldn't give a damn what you say to me
I don't really care what you think of me
'Cause either way you're gonna think what you believe
There's nothing you could say that would hurt me"

Sakura was glad she made her cue on time. It was pure luck that today her voice wasn't crackly. Or maybe drinking gallons of water before each concert helped her voice more then her bladder. Sakura's jade eyes turned to her right, to watch her friend Ino sing. They had decided to spilt up the verses evenly. Sakura always found it funny how her and the blonde always fought over things. Sakura still thought of herself as the leader since she was the founder, and many fans thought that too. Ino always protested saying she is. But even though she isn't, she seemed to have the most fans. Sakura guessed it was her because of her looks. For now she took a breather as Ino sang her heart out.

"I'm better off without you anyway
I thought it would be hard but I'm okay
I don't need you if you're gonna be that way
'Cause with me it's all or nothing!"

"I'm sick of this shit
Don't deny
You're a waste of time
I'm sick of this shit
Don't ask why"

"I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
I can do better
I can do better
Hey! Hey you!
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better"

"(I'm so sick)
I'm sick of your shit
Don't deny
You're a waste of time
I'm sick of your shit
Don't ask why
"

"Hey you!
I found myself again
That's why
You're gone
I can do better
I can do better"

"Whad'ya say?
I told you so
You know that
'Cause I always know"

"Get outta my face
Hey hey
You're not my taste
Hey hey"

"I am so
Sick of you(Sick of you)
You're on my nerves
I want to puke"

"I hate you now
So go away from me
You're gone
So long
(So long)
I can do better
I can do better
Hey!
(Hey!)
Hey you!
(Hey you!)
I found myself again
That's why
(That's why)
You're gone
(You're gone)
I can do better
I can do better"

Claps, cheers, and whistles echoed the concert hall as the band took their final bow. As the lights turned off the girls ran off the stage, trying to get to their dressing room. They hoped to avoid all the fans. Luckily they did, and Temari locked the door after everyone entered the rather large dressing room. Ino was sitting next to the mirror, checking to see if her makeup was still on. Sakura was lying on her back, taking a break on the leather loveseat. On the blue beanie bag next to the couch was Hinata, her face rather red from the heat. Temari took a seat next to Ino after locking the door. The first words to be spoken were from Tenten, who at the time was reclining on the second leather loveseat which was directly across from the one Sakura was on. "I can't believe it's over! Can you?" Tenten asked, almost too excitedly. "I can't wait to go back to Konoha High and see everyone! Won't it be fun?" The grin on her face slowly disappeared, for there was no response besides the faint sound of Temari's fan rapidly moving back and forth. Tenten was worried, everyone seemed deep in thought.

Sakura seemed to be the deepest in thought. To be exact she was thinking about him again. Going back to school meant seeing him, with his goofy grin and bubbly personality that use to always get on her last nerve. He was almost like a male Ino. Just think about how he would act around her made her sweat a little. "Not like I care how he acts around me," Sakura said inside her mind. "It's his fault we're like this. We would still be best friends if you didn't mess things up, Naruto-baka." Sakura turned her head to face Tenten, who didn't seem as happy as before. "Yeah…I guess.." she said simply, rolling over again, her back now faced the group.

But Sakura wasn't the only one caught up in thoughts about going back to school. "It's gonna be like starting the first day all over again," Ino thought sadly, combing her hair back with her left hand. Her light blue slowly looked up at her reflection in the mirror. It was easy to see that she was nervous, and she hated that. Ino wondered why she couldn't hold back her feelings, and not be an open book. She caught Temari's eyes which looked at her questionably. In response Ino just smiled sweetly and turned her head away from the Suna girl. As she pulled her long baby blonde hair back into a ponytail, Ino felt a memory suddenly coming into her thoughts. It was one on her first day at Konoha High (which was last year), when she didn't know how to speak Japanese very well. Sakura was assigned to give her a tour around school, but instead she brought her to watch the band practice. But mainly all she remembered was when she was talking to a lazy boy with gray eyes, who wasn't taking part at practice since he thought it was 'troublesome'. Since she didn't know Japanese too well when she first came to Konoha, she had to pass him a note which read 'Sorry, I'm a new transfer student from the US. And I don't speak or write Japanese too well.' The principle actually wrote it for her, since it would have taken her hours to look through the English to Japanese Dictionary trying to write it. But to her surprise the boy smiled and said to her in English, "It's alright, I'm Shikamaru. What's your name?" At the time Ino was so happy she met this boy. They talked for an hour as the rest of the people at the practice argued about the band. Before being dragged away by Sakura, Ino remembered her asking him if he'd be her friend and help her around the school. Her last image of him was his sweet smile and saying, "Sure I guess that wouldn't be too troublesome."

But now Ino was worried, she wondered if the boy still went to school at Konoha High. On her first day she was shy and innocent, like how see was back home in the US. But she was determined to be a stronger person now that she a chance to start a new in Konoha. So far she was successful, being the outgoing pretty blonde of Kunoichi Next Door and all. Seeing that image of that boy smiling in her mind made her feel sort of happy, yet worried at the same time. The last thing she wanted right now was to act all shy and timid in front of a boy, it would totally ruin in new status. She sighed. Her head turned back to Tenten and she excitedly cheered, "Yah! Konoha High is so gonna rock with KND ruling the school!" Ino stuck out her tongue playfully, but only Hinata gave a soft giggle.

Over in the beanie bag Hinata was being her normal quite self, not bothering to tell the others how she felt about going back. To tell the truth she was quite excited. She would be able to see her old friends and old crushes. Hinata thought it was silly, that she had so many crushes, yet she was too shy to do anything. "Maybe when I get back he'll notice me, since I'm in the band!" Hinatathought happily, her face turning even redder.

From Temari's point of view everyone was sure acting weird. Sakura was being anti-social. Ino didn't start a fight about who sang better yet between Sakura and her. Tenten was pretending to be asleep. The only one acting like her normal self was Hinata, who was thinking and making her face all red. She wondered if they already knew the bad news. But if they didn't she might as well tell them now. "Um.. did you ladies hear the bad news?" Temari asked them, crossing her legs and putting her fan away.

Everyone, even Sakura, turned to face Temari with a confused look on their face. Tenten once again was the first one to speak. "What do you mean 'bad news'? Is it something about school?" she asked, her voice not as giddy as it was before.

Temari cleared her throat. This was gonna be hard to break. "Well we have to share our dorm house with five other people and-"

Before she could finish Sakura slammed her hand against the couch and said in protest, "We're KND! We should have our own dorm house!"

"Damn it this is harder then I thought, maybe I'll let them see who were sharing the dorm with instead of telling them," Temari thought to herself, then nodding in approval of her own idea. She turned back to Sakura with a glare on her face. "It was the only damn dorm room left, and if you have a damn problem then leave. We don't need you! For all care you could sleep outside on the streets," Temari snapped. But to Temari's surprise Sakura did not give her a rude remark back, or even protest against Temari's comment. All she did was sit there in shock like something just shot her in the heart. "Did I saying something wrong?" Temari wondered. Unknown to her she said what almost exactly what Naruto said to her a year ago (Besides the sleeping outside part), the words that haunted her through the whole tour. "Um… just kidding?" Temari said awkwardly, not sure what else to say.

"It's okay, lets go get on the tour bus," Sakura said blankly as she stood up and walked over to the door. Her movements were like one of a robot, and it was easy for everyone to see something was up.

The other members exchanged confused looks, but then decided to follow. The last one to stand up was the dirty blonde Suna girl, who let out a sigh as she pulled out her fan once more. "If Sakura is acting weird about just going to school she'll be so pissed when she finds out we're gonna have to share a dorm with Shinobi 5…" Temari thought sadly, closing the dressing room door behind them.

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Meanwhile in Konoha a particular boy band is starting their own concert. Though unlike the famous Kunoichi Next Door this band was not performing at a huge concert hall, but instead they were performing at a local bar. Sadly most of the few viewers were already drunk and could care less about the music they are about to hear. On the small stage there were five teen age boys ranging from the ages of 15 to 16. On the drums was a boy with messy brown hair, his name was Kiba. He also had a small white dog was his lap. On the piano was a dark yet handsome male, Sasuke, with a medium black hair cut. In front of the raven haired boy was lazy boy with a short black ponytail ,Shikamaru, who gave off a I'm-really-bored aura. Shikamaru was the guitarist. In the center was a long haired boy with light pale eyes, Neji was the lead singer. To his left was the knuckle head founder of this band, the loud mouth blonde bass player, Naruto. Together they were the not-so-famous boy band, Shinobi 5.

They were about to start in several second, but one blonde's head was deep in thought. "School starts tomorrow, and it's been a year. That means Sakura-chan is coming back!" Naruto thought happily, but he couldn't help blush at the thought of the pretty pink haired girl came to mind. He had always loved this girl even at a young age. Naruto wanted her to be his more then anything, but he was always afraid of what would happen to them if she said 'no'. The day he finally had enough courage to ask her out just had to be the day of the big band fight. Originally Naruto and Sakura decided to make a band, since it was Sakura's dream to be a pop start. He wanted to be with her, so he offered to play the bass for her. Sadly they still need more people, so they both grabbed their closest friends. But they found out the hard way that it was hard to have all these people in one band. Arguing lead to cursing, which lead to fighting, which lead to saying the words that killed his relationship with Sakura permanently. Naruto still remembered the words very clearly, 'Fine, leave we don't need you.' Now he wasn't sure why he said this. Was it his friend's complaints, or just that the girls were really getting on his last nerve? But now none of that matter, for the look on Sakura's faced killed him, her face had shown loneliness, sadness, misunderstanding, but at the same time hate. Without another word she gave Naruto one last look of sadness, then turned around and walked away, the others girl following her. That was the day the band spilt up into two, Kunoichi Next Door and Shinobi 5.

KND went on tour for a year, since they beat his band in the 'Battle of the Band's Contest'. Now school is starting, and all the girls will be back at school. Sakura was in his homeroom, that meant seeing her almost everyday of the school year. "Will she still hate me? Will she be nice to me? Nah, doubt it, I wouldn't be nice to me if I were her. I just had to open my big mouth and-" Naruto's thoughts were interrupted as he heard music playing around him. His head quickly turned toward Neji who was signing.

New code: This Neji This whole band

"I was blown away.
What could I say?
It all seemed to make sense.
You've taken away everything,
and I can't deal with that.
I try to see the good in life,
but good things in life are hard to find.
I'll blow it away, blow it away.
Can we make this something good?
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around."

"Crap! I missed the entire first verse!" Naruto thought franticly, getting his bass ready to play. He spotted a few glares from his fellow band mates, but he ignored them. Quickly he joined in on the chorus, hoping no one would notice.

"Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
but you're the only one.
It's not over.
"

"I've taken all I can take,
and I cannot wait.
We're wasting too much time
Being strong and holding on.
Can't let it bring us down.
My life with you means everything,
so I won't give up that easily.
I'll blow it away, blow it away.
Can we make this something good?
'Cause it's all misunderstood.
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around."

"Let's start over.
I'll try to do it right this time around.
It's not over.
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
This love is killing me,
but you're the only one.
It's not over.

Claps were heard from the not drunk listeners. To tell the truth Shinobi 5 did sound like a professional band, but they lost their chance to the big shots. Now they were only a local known band, nothing compared to KND. This is one of the main reasons some of the band members don't like KND. For fun they usually make up jokes or call them names, Naruto joins is making fun of them sometimes, just so he could hid his feelings from his band. He could barely imagine the chaos that would happen if one of the guys found out he liked Sakura.

The boys left the stage and entered into an extra room that was full of chairs, they used this room for tuning before playing. Everyone took a seat; all the boys glanced at Naruto then to the others. Though Naruto had not notice the many eyes looking at him, he was still deep in thought. Finally Kiba said something. "I think we're so ready to be famous like those KND bitches," Kiba yawned, stretching his arms and leaning back on his chair. "Well we would be prefect if a certain bass player, NARUTO, wouldn't daze off five seconds before we start playing!"

Naruto snapped out of his daydream just in time to hear Kiba's comment about him. Being the normal hotheaded guy Naruto is, he jumped out of his chair and pulled Kiba up by the collar of his shirt. "Hey dog breath, can't say you played the perfectly either! You hit your drums all wily-dilly and the tempo get's all out of whack because of you!"

Kiba slapped Naruto's hand, causing him to back up and let Kiba breathe again. The brown haired boy was a little shocked by Naruto's reaction. Everyone knew Naruto was hotheaded, but this was way over his normal temper. "Yo…Naruto, is something up? Did something happen? You seem really…weird today," he said calmly, His dog, Akamaru, barked in agreement with his master.

The others decided to finally take part in the conversation too. The raven haired Uchiha boy looked over to Naruto with his cold dark eyes staring at the blonde boy. On his face Sasuke had shown a little bit of compassion and worriedness, which was pretty good for the unemotional Uchiha boy. "Are you worried about school?" Sasuke asked plainly, his face become less emotional by the second.

Shikamaru looked up at his band mates; he was day dreaming until Naruto woke him up. He yawned lightly, placing his hands behind his head. "Even though it would be troublesome, I could help you study,"

"Also if anything is up, you should feel free to tell us," Neji added, the others nodded in agreement.

"Guys…" Naruto was speechless. When did his friends ever get so caring? It was only yesterday they were making fun of him by calling him a dumb blonde. Even though he wanted to tell them the reason, he knew his lips wouldn't let him. So on the top of his head he quickly thought of a lie. "I just can't believe those stupid KND girls are coming back, I'm sure they're gonna make our year hell. Besides I'm stuck with Sakura in homeroom..." Naruto tried so hard to not add a "chan" at the end of Sakura's name. He gave out a fake sigh of weariness.

Naruto felt a light slap on his back. His head turned slowly to see the grinning Kiba; Akamaru too had a grin on its face. "Don't worry Naruto; we won't let a couple of bratty girls get in the way of making this year fun!" Kiba assured, still grinning. "Besides maybe this year you'll get a girlfriend!" Everyone besides Naruto laughed a little (a small grin from Sasuke). Sadly it was true, Sasuke had all his fan girls, and everyone else had a least a girlfriend at one time. ((I'll have stories about their past girlfriends in later chapters))

Before Naruto could respond to Kiba's last comment, everyone turned to Shikamaru who got out of his seat. "We better get to the bus stop, we don't want to miss the bus," Shikamaru stated, walking slowly up to the door and opening it. "We better get to our dorm fast before the others come and steal all the good dorms."

Neji was confused like everyone else, besides Shikamaru. "When did we decide on sharing our dorm house with other people?" Neji thought, crossing his arms. He wondered why he didn't know about this sooner. Looking back at the lazy guitar player, he asked, "We're sharing our dorm house? With how many people?"

"Yes we are five other people to be exact. I'm not sure who they are though. I guess we'll find out. This is going to be troublesome," Shikamaru answered as he walked out the door. The others exchanged confused looks, but then they decided to follow him so they could meet their new roomies.

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THE END OF CHAPTER 1

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Next Chapter: Chapter 2- Under the Same Roof

Preview Narrated by cast!:

Sakura: Emotions are going wild as the two bands come face to face after one long year. Naruto: Man, all the girls look so different, mainly Sakura-chan!

Sakura: What did you just say Naruto-baka?!?!

Naruto: Nothing… (Inner self: why won't she love me ToT)

Shikamaru: Man this is troublesome, it's bad enough to have the girls under the same roof, but what's going to happen when we are assigned room buddies! God why are all girls are so troublesome?

Ino: Shika you better not be talking about me or else-

Naruto: Damn it, how am I going to survive with Sakura as my roommate!!!

Sakura: (cracks knuckles) NARUTO!

Ino: Stay tuned for the next chapter, Under the Same Roof! Kay?

Shikamaru: R&R

Naruto: Believe it!

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Songs: KND I Can Do Better- Avril

S5 It's Not Over- Daughtry

Both edited to be shorter

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P.S. Did you notice the two songs and their meanings while reading? I just found out while I was editing. The girls, singing 'I Can Do Better', are basically saying I loved you but I'm sure I can do better then you. They're trying to hid their feeling of love towards those who they loved (AKA Shinobi 5). While the boys are singing 'It's not over'. So they're asking the girls to forgive them and come back, basically their love is not over just yet. So cute right? I didn't even do it on purpose!