Yumi's POV
"Helloooo, Konoha!" Karin shouted into the mike. I stood behind her, preparing the damn piano that I was to play for Karin's song. "I'm Karin and the lovely lady behind me is Yumi. We are members of Ninja Star, but I'm gonna sing a little song while we wait for the rest of our band."
I began to play and Karin began to sing.
I told another lie today
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games
I know the right words to say
Like "I don't feel well," "I ate before I came"
Then someone tells me how good I look
And for a moment, for a moment I am happy
But when I'm alone, no one hears me cry
There was an explosion behind us, and we knew it was Temari making her appearance.
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be OK
Together we can make it through another day
Sakura blossoms began to fall and Sakura and Hinata seemed to float onto the stage.
I don't know the first time I felt unbeautiful
The day I chose not to eat
What I do know is how I've changed my life forever
I know I should know better
There are days when I'm OK
And for a moment, for a moment I find hope
But there are days when I'm not OK
And I need your help
So I'm letting go
Ino and Tenten were the last to appear, and believe me, they came in with a BANG! The girls dropped from the rafters, no ropes holding them. I loved watching Ino practice this at home, especially when Kakashi came in and saw Ino doing it in six inch heels and Tenten with a knife in her mouth.
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be OK
Together we can make it through another day
You should know you're not on your own
These secrets are walls that keep us alone
I don't know when but I know now
Together we'll make it through somehow
(together we'll make it through somehow)
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be OK
Together we can make it through another day
"Thank you!" Karin exclaimed at the massive amount of clapping. "Now to introduce the rest of the band! On the drums we have Punk-Rocker Temari! On keyboard and piano we have the, supposedly, sweet and innocent Hinata."
"If I weren't wearing Ugg's I'd throw my shoe at you." Hinata threatened. "And get outta my seat Yumi."
"Moving on! Next we've got our guitarists, Ino and Tenten. Ino is the purple dinosaur and Tenten is the multi-coloured...thing."
"Meanie!" they called in unison.
"Whatever! And last but not least we have Sakura, our other lead singer and pink princess."
"This pink princess is going to kill you in your sleep." Sakura warned. "Give me my mike and go to you platform." she turned to me. "Well, Yumi, what shall we sing?"
"I'm in the mood for our anthem."
"Excellent choice! Would you like the honours of beginning?"
"Why of course!"
Here's to the ones who don't give up
[3x]
This is your anthem,
Get your hands up
We are fire inside,
We are lipstick and cleats
We are not going home,
We are playing for keeps
We are girls with skinned knees,
We are concrete and grace
We are not what you think,
You can't keep us in our place
Here's to the girls on their boards
With bruises and scars
Here's to the girls whose fingers bleed
From playin guitar
Here's to anyone who never quit
When things got hard
You'll never let them say
You'll never get that far
We are fire inside,
We are an army asleep
We are a people awaking to
Follow their dreams
We don't have time for your games
We have our own goals to score
There are trophies to win
instead of being one of yours
Here's to the girls on their boards
With bruises and scars
Here's to the girls whose fingers bleed
From playin guitar
Here's to anyone who never quit
When things got hard
You'll never let them say
You'll never get that far
Here's to the ones who don't give up
[3x]
This is your anthem (anthem)
Here's to the girls on their boards
With bruises and scars
Here's to the girls whose fingers bleed
From playin' guitar
Here's to anyone who never quit
When things got hard
You'll never let them say
You'll never get that far
I was panting as I finished the song. All the girls and a few guys were clapping. I bowed and glanced behind the curtain. The next song was supposed to be sung by Hinata but I already knew she didn't want to sing and I really wanted to.I wanted to show Sasuke just how much he and Itachi hurt me.
"Hinata, your up." Sakura said, looking back at the girl.
"I'm good." she replied. "I don't want to sing right now. Let Yumi sing another one."
"Thanks, Hina." I muttered, going back to the microphone.
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
I could feel the silent tears stream down my face as I stopped singing. Then a chocked on a sob as I looked put into the audience. I saw both my brothers, standing there, watching me. Then I threw the microphone down and ran off stage.
Temari's POV
"I swear to god!" I yelled. We had just finish our stet and both Yumi and Gaara were nowhere to be seen. "I'm going to kill all three of those Uchiha's!"
"But why would you kill Yumi?" Naruto asked. The show had been cut short after a brown haired girl had run out on stage and was arrested for jumping off the stage and beating the living shit out of the eldest Uchiha. The boys never got to play.
"For letting those fucking bastard's get to her!" Hinata shrieked. It was rare for they young Hyuuga to swear and lose her temper. "She's gone almost a year without any nightmares or having to be taken to the hospital! And I just know that it will all happen again now! We're never going to get our sister back! And what if this causes her to miscarriage? She was suicidal before, but that will really cause her to kill herself!"
"My sister tried to commit suicide?" Sasuke asked, alarmed.
"No thanks to you!" Sakura snapped. "Three times she's thrown herself off the roof, screaming for you and your brother to save her. Twice we've found her unconscious due to blood loss. Hell, we cant even let her shower alone, because she'll try to drown herself!
"Yumi is my big sister. Do you know what it's like to lose everyone you love because your father decided they were useless and needed to die? He pushed me out the sixth floor window. But I got lucky. Anko and Kakashi heard the screams coming from my old place, and here right under the window. I wanted to go back inside and save my mother and new born brother, but I was to late. By the time I got free and made my way back, my father had killed everyone, including himself. The only person in my family now who has it worse is Yumi. Because she ended up with two big brothers who didn't give a fucking shit when she ran away."
"We cared!" Sasuke yelled, grabbing Sakura's arms. "Up until Gaara brought her home two months ago, we never stopped looking for her! But no one even knew if she was alive!"
"She lived in you fucking basement for months!" Sakura screamed. I got up to pull Sasuke away from Sakura but she shoved him away before I could. "She wouldn't come home with us because she held onto a false hope that you'd notice she was there. Karin and Temari faked being maids so they could get in and try to help her."
"I think I would have noticed if my sister was living in my basement."
"Obviously, you didn't." I interrupted. "Seeing as she was there. She was fucking lost, Uchiha! Lost in her own mind! It took us three weeks to get her to eat and two more to get her to sleep!"
"Calm down, Temi." someone ordered. I spun around to see Yumi standing in the door way, a bottle of Vodka in her hand. "Ish na like I'm gonna-hic-die er nuttin..."
Yumi had changed out of her concert outfit. She was now wearing acid-wash short-shorts, a black tank-top that read I Feel A Sin Coming On , a black-and-white striped beanie, a rainbow belt with Panda's on it, her black and white studded heels and...
"Oh, fuck." I muttered. "Yumi, sweetheart, give me the bottle." I inched towards the drunk girl, hand outstretched.
"No!" she cried, hugging it close. "Ish mine!"
"Please, Yumi." Ino begged. "For the baby."
"Doctor'sh shay ish okay to drink." she snapped, before taking a long swing. "And I don't have ta feel if I's drunk. I just free!"
The boys looked on, horrified.
"Don't just stand there looking stupid!" Sakura snapped. "Help us, for God's sake!"
"No-hic-point." she slurred. "It'sh not like they'd care. Righ, big brother?" she gave Sasuke a small smile. "That'sh wha' 'Tachi said when I saw him earlier. Called me a fucking whore!" she giggled and dropped her bottle of Vodka. She looked down at it for a moment before sliding to the floor.
"Why?" she muttered, suddenly sounding totally sober. "I never did anything wrong. But all my brothers have done is hate me. What did I do? I was always a good girl; I never made a mess, or spilled milk. I never even got into fights with anyone. Still, I was never good enough. Was it because I was the lonely Uchiha girl? The one who was never supposed to be born?" She looked up us, tears streaming down her face.
"Where did Itachi go, Honey?" Tenten asked, the rage barely concealed in her voice.
"Back to the manor, I presume." Sasuke muttered. "Most likely to get totally hammered and try to throw himself off the roof again."
"I want to see that." Karin muttered, crossing her arms. "Actually, I want video tape it and post it all over the internet. I'll call it Bastard Brother Numero Uno. Then we need to cut your ears off, shoot little tiny holes all over your body, and hang you by your toes. (This is actually what I wish to do to a guy who tried to snap my BFF's neck when we were in grade four. And now continues to pick on her and try to hurt her every time he see's her) It will be the sequel."
"Now, Karin. Only I can do that." Yumi giggled. I looked down at her.
This girl was amazing.
And not just because she could go from shit-faced to completely sober in about five minutes.
"Anyhoo, how the hell did I get here and what the fuck just happened?" she stood up and took notice of her bloody and torn shins. "Shit. I was drunk again, wasn't I? Why can't I be a normal person and stay drunk? So that I don't wind up like this. Damn my liver's ability to filter through things so fucking quickly!"
"Are you fucking bipolar?" Suigetsu asked.
"No but the voice's are telling me to kill you." she replied monotonously. "And I really like that idea."
"Now, Yumi." I chided. "Only our crazy little Saki is allowed to hear voices."
"One!" Sakura snapped. "There is only one voice! And she's fucking crazy!"
"Your fucking crazy!" Ino hissed.
"Could we please stop cussing?" Hinata begged. "You guy's know how much I hate that."
"Coming from the girl who does nothing but cuss from six until eight in the morning." Yumi muttered, sounding disgusted. "I'm going to change. I need to get out of these clothes. Dear lord, what the fuck possessed me to out this stuff on?" she wandered into a change room and slammed the door.
"Why's she so riled up about clothes?" inquired Naruto. I suppressed a sigh.
"Almost everything she's wearing was given to her by an ex." Tenten explained. "I can't be sure, but I think I saw her first boyfriends purity ring, her first girlfriends clothes-"
"Girlfriend?" Sasuke asked, alarmed.
"I was curious!" Yumi yelled, still in the change room.
"As I was saying. Except for her engagement ring, the beanie, and the ice cream earrings, the rest was given to her by the boyfriend she had before Gaara."
"The belt wasn't." Yumi argued. "Anko got it for me, remember?"
"No." Tenten said, blinking. "I just know that you stole my shirt. And Ino's sunglasses and Karin's Necklace."
"Not true!" Yumi snapped, putting her hand on her neck. "My Babydoll necklace was a gift from my parents for my seventh birthday. Which, might I remind you, was a week before their death."
"Not that one!" Karin growled. "My knife and Hatchet one!"
"If you'd stop leaving your shit in my room," Yumi pointed out, squatting down to pull on her combat boots. "I'd stop wearing them. Now, can we go home? I'm really hungry, Garra's passed out on my bed, and I want to sleep."
"It's midnight, cold, and your going out in a belly-shirt?" I asked. "And on top of that, your exposing your baby-bump."
"I haven't had a chance to go shopping yet, I find it unbearably hot, and not of my shirts will fit." she stated. "Now can we go?'
"Yumi, honey, we kinda have to tell you something." Sakura said, putting her hand on Yumi's shoulder.
"I don't like the sound of that." Yumi muttered, glaring first at Sakura, then the rest of us. "What the hell's going on? Why are you all so fucking secretive? Am going to have to kill you? Because I don't want to. I kind of like my family alive!"
"Well, it's like this." Hinata started, but she stopped, not knowing how to go on.
"The boys have to come live with us!" Ino blurted, then covered her mouth.
"What?"