Hello guys. I haven't forgotten about this story, I have just been busy with Ap classes and exams and such, but I am truly sorry for the massive wait. Anyway I don't own Naruto and there are some errors that I'll fix later on . Anyway enjoy.
It was the day of rehersal. Hinata was to meet Sakura by the training grounds in order to find a suitable place to practice their preformance. Hinata was still weary about this whole signing competition. She already knew the song that they were going to sing, but she didn't know if she could actually have the guts to sing that type of song. She knew the band of course, they weren't bad. She liked some of their songs, but how was she supposed to sing such a song with that level of intensity. She supposed she was just going to have to get Sakura's help with that.
She knew Sakura could sing, it was no secret. Hinata was feeling self conscious, but of course, sakura insisted that Hinata was just as good as her of not better. Hinata was shy, how could she survive singing on stage if she couldn't stop stuttering when Naruto was around. She felt hopeless.
Hinata turned the corner and instantly spotted Sakura and her bright pink hair. She walked closer and noticed that she was with two other people. Kiba and Shikamau.
"Kiba?... Shikamaru?" She said looking shocked. What were they doing here?. Was she interupting something important? Did she arrive too early. Hinata always had a knack of arriving early.
"Oh, Hinata" said sakura engulfing Hinata in a hug. She hoped Hinata didn't hear anything.
"Well, Kiba and shikamaru are here to help us with the competition." she said while pointing the the two boys.
"what do you mean by help?" said Hinata sounding suspicious.
"Don't worry, they know why we're doing this" she said. She needed Both Kiba and Shikamaru because they were good instrumental player. Plus Kiba was there to do more than play an instrument.
"Don't forget, even though we are trying to make our feelings known, this is still a competition and we need to win this" said sakura looking determined.
"and there has been a new rule added, The two remaining groups need to have another song picked out for the finals" She had a song picked out for both of them already.
Hinata was at a loss for words. She didn't want to be in a competition in the first place. She just wanted to get over all this confusion over Naruto's feelings. But she had already made a promise to go through this and she was going to stick to her promises.
"Okay, then lets get through this" The sooner they started, the faster this would be over with and Hinata wanted to get through this fast.
"then does that mean we're allowed to get in on the real plan" said Kiba.
He wanted to help both them express their feelings with Naruto and Sasuke, He was tired of seeing HInata in a depressed stated. He loved her like a sister, he hated seeing her go after a clueless fool who chased after another.
"yeah, but don't get too carried away, after all we don't want to be too open about it, if they don't return our feelings, then at least we tried right?"
"Right" said the four of them.
"So, what song are we doing ?" Shikamaru spoke for the first time. He was interested in the plan, sakura and Hinata were both good friends with him, so why not help them around.
"Love bites by Halestorm" said sakura looking for some type of reaction from the two boys.
"wow, that's gonna be a though one" said Kiba
"yeah, isn't your father gonna lose his head if he catches you saying something inappropriate" Shikamaru didn't really know about the expectations of the hyuuga heiress, but everyone knew that it had to involve being a proper young woman, but how more proper could Hinata be?
"don't worry about that, I'll take care of that" said sakura. She didn't want Hinata to get in trouble so she would work around that part.
"So where are we going to do practice?" said Hinata
"There's this place near Ichiraku's, its an open space and affordable" Sakura replied
The real reason she choose it was because she knew Naruto almost always went there. He would be bound to notice Hinata and kiba enter the same place. She didn't want to tell Hinata, but Sakura was going to do anything to help her and if making Naruto a tad jealous was part of it... then so be it. Once Naruto saw Both Kiba and Hinata enter and leave this mysterious place quite often, he would start to get jealous.
"alright then off we go" said sakura. Before Hinata arrived she had let Shikamaru in on her plans, it was his idea to use the small stage by Ichiraku's.
"Okay" said the rest.
Shikamaru's pov
Sakura had come to me yesterday, something about a competition was all I heard before I decided I was going to help them. She was a good friend and I already figured why she and Hinata were joining the competition.
Even though we were secretly helping hinata more than she was aware of, I was also going to secretly help Sakura in my own way. You see, Ichiraku's isn't the only reason why I choose that location, I also choose it because I knew sasuke bought his tomatoes next to the small stand by the rental stage. Yes it was a cheap space, but sasuke was also bound to notice me and Sakura enter the stage room. No one knew what that place was used for, which made it even more suspicious.
Normal pov
The group headed to the rental stage, not knowing exactly how it looked. All they knew was that it was cheap and provided enough space to practice up until the competition. They quickly rushed through the small doors trying to get the instruments through the narrow door.
"Quick, before anyone sees us" said Sakura, she didn't want anyone to see them entering and peeking through the small opening beside the door, she wanted their performance to be a suprise.
"I'm. trying, but. This. Stupid. Thing. Wont. Get. In!" said kiba while falling inside.
"why don't you move the amplifier to the side before entering" suggested Shikamaru.
Kiba stopped moving for a second "oh right I knew that" said Kiba trying to play it cool, while both sakura and Hinata were trying to contain their laugh.
"okay, so I saw how the stage was supposed to look at competitions, so I have the formations with me. Both kiba and Shikamaru will be on the opposite sides of the stage. Kiba will be on HInata's side and Shikamaru will be on my side." said Sakura.
"I'll be on the left side of the stage and you hinata on the right"
The group quickly set up their instruments and began to practice.
2 hours later
To say the rehearsals were perfect would be a flat out lie, but they caught on none the less.
"okay so I think we've got the moves okay, but we'll need to work on Hinata's part, since cussing would be out of the question I'll give you the clean parts and I'll take the other lines" said sakua.
"we'll practice tomorrow and then we'll do the duos another time" Sakura didn't tell Hinata her plan for the duo performance, but that could wait till another time.
"lets call it for today and come back tomorrow" said sakura. Her plan to get Naruto jealous would become effective in a few minutes.
"so uh me shikamaru and I are gonna head on first cause we have to grab something's for the rehearsals tomorrow. " Sakura hoped Hinata wouldn't catch on. But Kiba did. He wasn't going to say anything because he was gonna go with her plan. If it made Naruto jealous then he would stick to it.
Sakura and Shikamaru left, leaving kiba Hinata to put away the equipment. It took them about twenty minutes before they could go home. Once they finished they headed to the exit.
"how are you doing with all of this? "asked kiba.
"oh I'm fine, I just have to practice my lines" relied Hinata.
Once they were outside, Kiba instantly noticed Naruto, but Naruto didn't seem to notice them in return. Kiba raised his voice so Naruto could hear.
"don't worry Hinata, I think you're voice is stunning" said kiba. Hinata looked confused, why was he speaking loud all of a sudden?
Naruto's pov
I was super hungry and I ran out of ramen so I decided to head over to Ichiraku's. When i finished I saw Sakura on my way home, but once she saw me she smiled like crazy and muttered some weird thing like "all according to plan," but I didn't really care about what she said cause she was with Shikamaru, which was weird cause I never knew they hung out together. Boy would Sasuke be jealous. I should say something tomorrow. See what reaction I could get out of it.
But tomorrow's agenda quickly vanished from thoughts once I heard kiba. That bastard snapped out me out of my thoughts with his loud voice. who talks that loud anyway?
Normal pov
Naruto could see kiba with someone else. He couldn't make out the other person, but he could hear what he was saying.
"don't worry Hinata, I think you have a stunning voice"
'so he's with Hinata' thought Naruto
He was surprised that there was still people out this late an hour. Naruto had just finished eating. It was about 10 in the night. No one is usually outside at this hour, but the time didn't really bother him, what really bothered him was that it was Hinata who was with him. He knew Kiba and Hinata were good friends, but why was Kiba complementing her? And where were they coming from?
Naruto didn't want to admit it but it bothered him. He wanted to be the one complementing her and not Kiba.
'That bastard' thought Naruto.
He decided that he was going to stick around them for a while. He didn't want to make it seem obvious, he didn't want Hinata to think he was a stalker or anything. He just wanted to make sure she was okay
'yeah thats it, I'm just looking out for a friend' thought Naruto.
Kiba on the other hand knew what Naruto was doing and did took advantage of the situation. Once they arrived to the hyuuga compound, they said their goodbyes and Kiba kissed Hinata on the cheek, he knew Naruto would be extremely bothered about it, but it was fun to mess with the guys emotions, and he was going this all for Hinata, he just couldn't wait to see what would happen tomorrow.
Well there it is. Again I am sorry for the long wait, but like I said I have been busy, but I will try to update more. Thanks for your patience, please review and let me know what you think.