Sakura-Chan: Here's the eighth chapter you've all been waiting for! I hope you like it.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR THE SONG 'ASTERISK' BY ORANGE RANGE!
Haruno Happiness
By Sakura-Chan555
Chapter 8
The Trip There
The guys were currently at Sasuke's house, trying to look as best as they could. They were brushing their teeth a couple of times and practicing ways to make the girls smile and giggle (A/N: Never thought that they would be this nervous, now did you?). When three o' clock was almost here, the guys headed out for Sasuke's car (which is really big) and started driving to Haruno Happiness.
When they arrived, they saw that Tenten was doing some last minute cleaning, Hinata was making some fresh cinnamon rolls so that the next day they would have fresh pastries later on that night, Ino was making sure that everything was in order, and Sakura was mouthing something. Sasuke was curious about what she was doing.
'Probably practicing for her performance.' Sasuke said with a smirk. They all exited the car and either a smirk, a grin, or a smile on their faces.
Back at the restaurant, the girls had been waiting and when they got bored, they had to do something. So, Tenten started cleaning, Hinata started baking, and Ino made sure that all of the tables and chairs were in order. But Sakura was silently practicing for their performance that night, since they had to do solos. Sure, Sakura did fine with the last performance, but that was only when she was with her friends. When she's alone and has to do a solo, she freaks out and sometimes sees all black. So she had to make sure that she prepared herself for tonight. She looked up and saw that the guys had arrived, so she entered the restaurant to tell her friends.
"The guys are here." She said. Her friends looked up from their chores, quickly finished and then straightened out their shirts and asked each other if they looked okay. Well, that was Ino and Hinata. Tenten and Sakura just sweat dropped and exited the restaurant, with Ino and Hinata.
"Hey guys! We thought that you stood us up!" Tenten said with a smile. She thought that she heard Neji chuckle.
"Come on! Let's get going!" Sakura said. She and her friends opened the car door and let themselves. Sasuke and his friends sweat dropped and then got in the car.
On their way there, they were all in different conversations. Neji and Tenten, who were in the front, were in a heated argument about martial arts.
"Bruce Lee really does have his own martial art!" Tenten exclaimed.
"No he doesn't." Neji said.
"Yes he does!" Tenten exclaimed.
"If he really does have his own martial art, then what is it called?" Neji asked with a smirk. Tenten was hoping he would ask that.
"It's called Jeet Kune Do." Tenten said proudly. Neji on the other hand was shocked. Tenten grinned and gave him a peace sign.
In the second row, Naruto had been telling Hinata a funny story and she was laughing like there was no tomorrow.
"Naruto, stop it. You're going to kill my cousin." Neji said.
"Sorry, but I just had to tell her this story!" Naruto exclaimed. Hinata's laughter had settled down to giggles that were uncontrollable.
"T-That was a very funny story, N-Naruto." Hinata said, while regaining her composure. Naruto grinned and gave Hinata a bear hug.
"Aww! You're so nice, Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed. What he didn't know was that Hinata's face was burning up.
In the third row, Shikamaru and Ino had fallen fast asleep and Hinata couldn't resist the urge to take a picture. So, she got her cell phone out of her pocket, activated the camera and took a picture.
'That's just too cute!' Hinata thought. She saved the picture and continued listening to Naruto's story.
In the last row, Sakura was listening to her Mp3, while resting her head on her hand and was looking out the car window, bored as ever. Sure, she would try and start a conversation with Sasuke from time to time, but the performance was the only thing on her mind! She didn't think that she would make it until they had to go back. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt someone tap her shoulder. She turned around and saw that it was Sasuke. Sakura took out one of her headphones.
"Yes?" asked Sakura.
"I was just wondering about what you were listening." Sasuke asked.
'Is he blushing?' Sakura thought.
"Oh, just a bunch of music you probably wouldn't be into." Sakura said calmly.
"Well, we'll have to find out, now won't we?" Sasuke said with a smirk. Sakura cocked her head and blinked her eyes in confusion.
"Huh?" was all she said.
"Lend me a headphone." Sasuke asked. Sakura was a bit hesitant, but gave Sasuke the head phone for the left ear, keeping the right one for her. They both started listening and Sasuke was actually tapping his finger on his lap.
"Pretty nice tunes you got there, Sakura." Sasuke said. That's when Ino turned around.
"Of course she's got nice tunes! She's, like, the DJ in our group! If there's a song we need to look up, we'll go to her!" Ino exclaimed.
"Well, I'm going to have to test her. Hey, Sakura." He said slyly. Sakura turned her head and attention from the window to Sasuke and Ino.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"I heard this song on the radio the other day. Can you help me find it?" Sasuke asked. Sakura blinked in confusion, and then smiled.
"Sure! Just sing or say the verse or two for me and I'll know it for sure!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Well, it sorta went like this." Sasuke said. That's when he started singing.
"Miageta yozora no hoshitachi no hikari
Inishie no omoi negai ga jidai wo koe
Iroaseru KOTO naku todoku
KIRARI hitomi ni utsuru dareka no sakebi
Kaze ni omoi wo tsuki ni negai wo
Chikara aru kagiri ikiteikunda kyou mo
Bokura no omoi mo itsuka dareka no mune ni
Hikari tsuzukeyou ano hoshi no you ni." Sasuke sang. Sakura had to get over the fact that Sasuke could sing, but quickly found out the name. She grinned at him.
"Asterisk! That's what it's called!" Sakura said happily. The young Uchiha was impressed by her ability. He just smirked and continued listening to the music, hearing Sakura sing some of the verses from time to time.
Sakura-Chan: Okay! There you go folks! I hope you liked it! Tune in for the next chapter sometime today! Please review and no flames please! Ja ne!