Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the songs in this chapter.
Summary: Everything in the village hidden in the leaf had settled down. No more Madara, Pein, or Akatsuki. Naruto was perfectly at ease. But when Tsunade puts the Konoha 12 in a 'Battle of the Bands' and they are forced to compete with and against each other and other teams of ninja. They want to back out… to bad they all play instruments.
Chapter 6
At The Bar…Currently at 'Sakko's Bar', there were people filed in everywhere. Almost every seat was taken and the breathing space was limited. People were crammed into tables and bar seats, seated with people they didn't even know.
A group of four brunettes arrived. "Oi! Hey guys let's sit over here!" Kiba's band placed them selves at the bar.
Hinata sat next to a blue haired middle-aged man with an eye patch over his right eye. He was wearing a green and white robe with a black turtleneck underneath. His hair was shaped in a way that somewhat resembled Kisame Hoshigaki. He was also wearing a Kiri headband over his forehead. And had some weird shaped earrings.
Next to him was a spiky headed boy with blue hair. This guy had glasses that somehow connected into a pair of earphones that covered his ears. He was wearing a blue striped shirt and camo patterned pants with blue ninja sandals. And across his chest he also wore a Kiri headband.
The blue haired boy was sitting next to two similar looking females. One had striking pupil-less green eyes and hair as white as snow. Her hair was put up in a spiky, short ponytail, leaving only a straight, large hunk of hair right in front of her left eye. This style gave her a striking resemblance to Konoha's heir to the Yamanaka. She wore a powder blue Chinese blouse, a powder blue skirt that ended above her knees with light purple trimming, and white high heeled ninja sandals that went up to her right under her knees. She wore fishnet over her knees, and the bottom half of both her arms, stopping right above her knuckles. Finally she wore a white Kiri headband around her left arm. She had a happy look on her face as she watched the growing crowd.
The other female had the same hair color, but wore her it in a high, spiky ponytail with a chunk of spiky white bang covering her right eye. Her eyes were the same green but had a darker shade to them. She wore upper torso fishnet under her teal sleeveless top. For bottoms instead of a skirt like her sister she wore shorts that went about three inches above her knee. On the top of her head she wore a black Kiri headband, and on her feet she wore open toed, black ninja sandals. To finish off her outfit she wrapped her ankles, and three-quarters of both her arms with white medical tape. Unlike the other white haired beauty, this woman adopted a more bored look.
Back to Band One.
Hinata sat down on a black high chair at the bar. She looked at the man she sat next to. She took a great interest in his eye patch.
"Excuse me sir."
The older male took a swig from the drink he was sipping and glanced down at the Hyuuga. "Hai?"
"I was just wondering about what's under your eye patch. It looks so cool!"
The blue haired man sighed, "I'm sorry I can't show what's under here. It's a secret."
"No! I insist that you show me!" The pale-eyed heiress glared at the Kiri ninja.
Then a sigh came from the other side of the bar. "Really Hinata? Must you terrorize this innocent man?"
"Yes! Until I figure out what's under that eye patch I will not stop terrorizing this man!"
Another, heavier sigh came from the same place as last time. "Troublesome…"
Hinata's head seemed to grow in size by at least four times. "Shut up, you lazy ass of a band mate!" The Nara seemed to shrink in size and in the background Shino and Kiba were sweat dropping. Now ignoring the shadow using guitar player, the Hyuuga turned back to Eye-Patch Man. "Sooo… Please?"
"No! Back in my day we would call this-" The tall man then stopped ranting and proceeded to crumple to the floor of the bar. From behind him both of the white haired females appeared with both feet firmly planted in either side of the man's head. The one with the bored spoke up first.
She spoke in a lazy drawl "Ao. What did we tell you about ranting about as you say it, 'Back in my day.'"
The other woman then began to pick up where her sister left off. "We told you the punishment you'd get. Mizukage-sama even requested that you would be put in your place when you started to rant like that." The younger Kiri male then sweat dropped. "Midori-san must you?"
The happy looking twin with brighter eyes nodded firmly. "Mizukage-sama's orders."
The lazier looking twin just sat back down and sighed. She looked over to the four Konoha shinobi. 'Hm… a Nara, Inuzuka, Aburame, and… what's this? Hyuuga? Hm… This should be interesting for Ao.' She looked over to her sister. Both nodded and jumped from their seats to tackle Ao back down… again…
Midori spoke up. "Hyuuga-san, we think it is important that we show you what is under this eye patch." Hinata just nodded dumbly. "Miyabi-chan, will you please take off the eye patch?"
"Okay." Newly named woman started to reach toward the patch, she pulled it off to reveal… Another patch…
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"Are you serious?" The loud mouth Inuzuka and the now confident Hyuuga yelled in unison. "That's like Kakashi-san's never-ending mask trick!"
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Backstage…A certain masked ninja sneezed behind the curtains. 'Damn. Someone must be talking about me.'
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The man just smirked and snorted. "You won't be able to get the patch off. Only I can. You two should know that by now." He pointed to both white headed women. He then gained a more thoughtful expression. "But how about we make a bet? Are you four competing in the Battle of the Bands?"
They all nodded. "Yes."
"Good. So are we." He gestured to himself, the twins and the smaller blue-headed boy. "Whoever gets the farthest in the competition wins." By now Hinata and the older man had lightning going between their eyes.
Then the pineapple headed shinobi sighed again. "This is way to troublesome for me. Hinata meet us at the table over there." He pointed toward a table that had four chairs around it, and he and Shino took off.
Hinata turned back to the Kiri ninja. "Okay what happens when we win?"
"Like you will." the lazy twin kicked his head. He cleared his voice and regained his composure. "Erm, if you win, I will show you what's under my eye-patch." The female Hyuuga smiled. "But if you lose, you don't get to see what's under the patch."
Hinata just nodded. "Deal! But before you leave, will you tell us your names?"
He looked at the other Kiri ninja before speaking. "Alright then. I'll go first. My name is Ao."
The shy looking boy gave a small wave. "Hello. My name is Chojuro." You could tell from his voice that he lacked confidence.
The twin wearing blue spoke first. "I'm Yasa Midori, but you can just call me Midori if you'd like."
"Sigh. And I'm Yasa Miyabi." The tired looking one went last.
"It was uh… good meeting you all…" Kiba trailed off. "But we have to go now, he pulled Hinata's hand and went to sit with their band.
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The next of the Leaf ninja to arrive, was Band 3. Which consisted of Sakura, Sasuke, Lee and Chouji. Sakura started to survey the area and stopped when her eyes landed on a woman wearing a Suna headband. "Come on guys, let sit over here." They made their way over to a large booth in the corner. "Hey."
The four seated at the table looked up. Sitting in the booth was Gaara, Kankuro, Matsuri and Temari. "Uh, hey." Kankuro stood up and waved to them.
Sasuke brought four chairs over and put them close to the large booth. "So you guys in the Battle of the Bands?"
Gaara nodded to him. "Yes. We came here to scout the competition."
"Then whose running Suna now? You are Kazekage."
"Baki-sensei said he would look after Suna while I am gone."
"Oh."
"Yup."
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"Holy crap! This place is packed." Naruto's band had just stepped into the club and they were absolutely blown away by the sheer amount of people in the club. People everywhere!
Ino got sick of it all quickly. "I know! C'mon people! Move outta my way!" She started shoving people in every direction and the other three followed closely behind. Now this did turn heads and get attention.
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Midori noticed the four ninja that was now shoving there way though the crowd. She took special interest in the tall blonde with whisker marks on his face. She turned to her sister and shouted, "Whoa! Look at the man candy!"
Miyabi turned around and she rolled her eyes. "Sister, I will admit he is cute but he is most likely our competition."
"So? He is Major Man-Candy! Look at his body! His face! How do you not see-"
Miyabi just turned around and drank some more sake. 'Yup, I'm going to need this.'
"Well then! Fine ignore your own sister."
"Okay I will."
"GAH!"
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Naruto's band had made it through the hordes of people. And they were now sitting at a table large enough for at least ten people.
Then four people came and sat at their table. One had dark skin, white hair, and a small sucker in his mouth. The next one had the same color of dark skin, her red hair and she was wearing a long dress with short sleeves. The other female has short blonde hair cut into a bob, a light skin tone, and a body comparable to Tsunade. The last person was a tall dark skinned man who had oval-shaped glasses on. He wore a white one strap over jounin vest and gray ninja pants. They all wore Kumo headbands.
The foxy blonde smiled. "Killer Bee!"
The eight-tails holder put out his fist, and Naruto bumped it with his own. "Howz it hanging bro? Kickin ninja ass I hope!" Everyone sweat dropped and fell over.
"Uh, ya everything is great. Say, are you guys here for the Batt-
The dark skinned female, Karui, interrupted him. "Yes we are. Don't spread it. We want to keep it a secret. So, Shh!"
Ino looked confused. "Naruto-kun, do you know these people?"
"Hai. Killer Bee here helped me control the fox."
"Ohhhh…. Ok!"
Just then the stage lit up and a figure walked out. A confused voice spoke out. "Um… Hello? Is this thing on?" The figure walked closer toward the light revealed…
From two different tables, three loud voices rang out. "KAKASHI-SENSEI?"
"Um, Hi?" He looked out to his students and then turned back to the audience. "Hello everyone. Uh tonight is Music Night at Sakko's Bar." The Cyclops sighed in his head 'I'm so not getting paid enough for this.' "Anyway, tonight you can come up to perform or sing 'shudder' karaoke, if you want. Enjoy…" He then ran off stage in hopes to find his lost pride. Everyone sweat dropped.
Another figure walked out from behind the curtain. It was the owner of the bar. He wore a button up shirt and jeans. "Okay then, well like Kakashi said, you all are welcome to perform and sing and whatnot. We have two guitars, a bass, a piano, and a set of drums backstage for you all that didn't bring instruments." He smiled. "Anyone who wants to go first can step up now."
In the back of the bar Sakura's band was arguing rapidly, even Chouji which was weird. They finally stopped and Sakura stood up. "We will!"
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"EH?" The blonde Yamanaka yelled out. "Didn't Tsunade-sama advise us not to?" She looked to her other band mates, they all had angry/shocked faces.
Sakura's band got set up and the curtain opened to reveal Sakura holding a mic, Sasuke on guitar, Chouji on bass and Lee on drums. Sakura looked over the ever-growing crowd. "Hey, we are 'Warp the World' and we just wanted to give you guys a taste of what you'll be getting next week at the Battle of the Bands!" The pinkette smiled and then smirked at Ino.
"Did you see that? She gave me a big fat smirk!" Ino was seething. 'I will show her up! Not matter what!'
"Okay so we call this one Meant to Live. Enjoy"
Meant to Live - SwitchfootSasuke started off with a small guitar solo. He then started singing.
Sasuke:
Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly
Sakura jumped up and began to sing as well.
Sakura:
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
Sasuke:
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Lee and Chouji sang with each other while still playing their instruments.
Lee & Chouji:
Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken
Sakura:
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
Now Ino was turning red. She was getting a tad too angry, if you know what I mean…
Sasuke:
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Everyone:
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeah
The crowd when wild and started to cheer them on.
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live
When they finished, Naruto's jaw was on the ground and Neji and Tenten were amazed at how well Lee could sing.
As Sakura's band walked off stage they noticed Naruto's band staring. "Something wrong dobe?" Sasuke asked in a joking manner.
"Yeah? Anything wrong Ino-pig?" Sakura gave Ino a huge smile.
Lee walked over to Tenten and Neji. "So… Do your FLAMES OF YOUTH burn as bright as ours?" Lee asked honestly without any malice in his voice.
They four walked away and Band 2 was left to think.
A couple minutes past before the platinum blonde broke the silence. "Are we really going to let them step all over us? Just because they showed off their skills?"
"No!" Naruto looked up. "But what are we going to do now?"
Ino motioned for everyone to get closer. She started to whisper. "Okay do you guys remember the song Naruto and I showed you the other day?" Both brunettes nodded. "Well I'm thinking we go with a little bit of Plan 2 and only show them only a little bit of our skill, but we have to make it interesting. So I think that we…
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After a while, a couple people performed, like the Kumo ninja. The only bands not to go were Kiba, the Kiri ninja, Gaara's band and Naruto's band… wait where is Naruto's band? Eh?
The bar owner came out again. "We have our last performer!" He walked off stage. Now everyone was at full attention toward the stage.
The stage was pitch black, so no one could see anything. Suddenly the spotlights flashed onto a wooden stool about in the middle front of the stage, it had a microphone in front of it. Everyone heard footsteps. Into the small patch of light, walked Naruto carrying his black Fender acoustic guitar.
The other musical ninja looked around for any signs of Tenten, Neji or Ino but found none. So they assumed he was performing by himself.
He sat down and spoke into the mike, "Uh. Hey guys. Today I'll be performing a little song I like to call Remembering Sunday." He started to play the opening chords. "I hope you enjoy it."
Remembering Sunday – All Time LowNaruto:
He woke up from dreaming and put on his shoes
Started making his way past 2 in the morning
He hasn't been sober for daysLeaning now into the breeze
Remembering Sunday, he falls to his knees
They had breakfast together
But two eggs don't last
Like the feeling of what he needs
Now this place seems familiar to him
She pulled on his hand with a devilish grin
She led him upstairs, she led him upstairs
Left him dying to get in
Queue one random Fangirl scream!
Forgive me, I'm trying to find
My calling, I'm calling at night
I don't mean to be a bother,
But have you seen this girl?
She's been running through my dreams
And it's driving me crazy, it seems
I'm going to ask her to marry me
Then the people started to hear drums and another guitar playing.
Even though she doesn't believe in love,
He's determined to call her bluff
Who could deny these butterflies?
They're filling his gut
Waking the neighbors, unfamiliar faces
He pleads though he tries
But he's only denied
Now he's dying to get insideForgive me, I'm trying to find
My calling, I'm calling at night
I don't mean to be a bother,
But have you seen this girl?
She's been running through my dreams
And it's driving me crazy, it seems
I'm going to ask her to marry me
They then heard a low bass note.
The neighbors said she moved away
Funny how it rained all day
I didn't think much of it then
But it's starting to all make sense
Once the beat started to pick up, Tenten and Neji had the light shined on them. Tenten on drums and Neji on electric guitar. Now three-fourths of the stage was lit up.
Oh, I can see now that all of these clouds
Are following me in my desperate endeavor
To find my whoever, wherever she may be
The whole stage lit up and Ino was revealed on bass. She started to sing, with Tenten doing the echoes.
Ino:
I'm not coming back (forgive me)
I've done something so terrible
I'm terrified to speak (I'm not calling, I'm not calling)
She thought about Naruto while she sang. :)
But you'd expect that from me
I'm mixed up, I'll be blunt, now the rain is just (You're driving me crazy, I'm)
Washing you out of my hair and out of my mind
Keeping an eye on the world,
From so many thousands of feet off the ground, I'm over you now
I'm at home in the clouds, and towering over your head
Naruto:
Well I guess I'll go home now...
I guess I'll go home now...
I guess I'll go home now...
I guess I'll go homeThe crowd went wild and Band 2 stopped to take a breather. All four had the same thought. 'That's was amazing, but was it worth it?'
Naruto bowed and the others followed suit. 'If they like that wait till they see us next week.' "Thank You!" The four jumped off stage and smiled. Neji, Naruto and Tenten all walked out of the bar. And to end it with a pinch of drama (not like that hasn't already happened.) Ino grabbed to mic and yelled out. "We are 'A Different Alike'! We hope you enjoyed our little show! And we hope to see you all next week at the Battle of the Bands!" She handed the mic to Sakura with a small smirk and followed the other three out the door.
AN: (Deep Breath) There you go! Tell me what you thought of this chapter.
Side Notes:
The two Kiri twins are OCs. If anyone wants to draw or use them it's cool with me as long as you ask, oh and tell me if you are drawing them. I want to see! :D
Midori – Happy twin
Miyabi – Lazy twin
Band name for Sakura's band goes to Suna No Ken! Thanks dude! Your ideas are awesome!
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