"Guess who's back (beat box) back again (beat box), HiN4's back (beat box), tell a friend -woooooo
now everyone report to the dance floor, to the dance floor, to the dance floor
now everyone report to the dance floor- all right stop- story time"
hell yeah! Guess who's back in the world of the living? That's right- Meeeeeh! woot and I brought some new ideas down from the beach downstairs, oh yeah, hell. But now I'm back for good. Sorry for neglecting you guys! I missed you! I mean... I couldn't write for quite a while and my life was upside down. To those who knew I was entering the creative writing competition... I lost -puts up sign that asks for 'awwwww's- but oh well... it was fair... I'm just a Latin girl writing in English while she's Canadian... so... I guess she had more possibilities. Still a bummer anyway... -pouts- also... I got a boyfriend. I learned two things with that 1) be careful who you fall for, truth is falling for a jerk isn't the healthiest- it hurts and 2) he's the suckiest idiot I could've chosen as a boyfriend. Yep, three weeks of going out and he dumped me... by txt messages... and the next morning he asked me back out and said "I'm sorry! I was just angry yesterday and had a bad day". Shoot... now I'm rambling about my life... sorry... I guess you guys don't want to know about my life but want to read the story... well lets cut to the chase- I'm back and I have... like one more month of vacations. -chorus of angels!- I don't know how I did in the exams but I sure as hell don't want to know- ignorant people are happier than conscious and knowledgeable. I learnt that this past two months (with my ex -glares at him-). Thanks to all of you who waited. I hope you like this chapter, and I hope that it'll clear up some of your doubts. Just so you know- no, the Hinata in this fic isn't perfect. She has her flaws but I still haven't presented most of them. Also just because she's intelligent, can sing and is beautiful doesn't imply being perfect... and also low-self-esteem is a flaw and an issue. Well that's... about it... no more excuses for this chapter... maybe the next one... LOL jk. Well let's get onto the story.
Last time in Music from the heart...
"I am, Did Tenten tell you?"
"Yep, I'm in your apartment… with Tenten, Shikamaru, Kiba and Shuichi. Hiro is getting some food with the little guy… what was his name?"
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"Oh My God! I can't believe it!! I'll become a model for Cobra! I can't believe it!!"
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"No! I won't allow them! She can't take my place!" the executives turned to one another. "I'll pay you… whichever amount… just… take care of throwing her out! I don't want her in my place!"
"We'll do it then Ojou-sama…"
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"Hiro… soon she won't be able to sing… soon… she won't be here any more…"
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"Why did Yuki break up with you?"
"It wasn't Yuki that broke it off… it was me… I… had fallen for someone…"
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"Anyway who is she?"
"Someone who probably will never see me as nothing more than a brother"
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"Guys, look, Sasuke, Gaara, Naruto meet Gackt, Miyavi, Sugizo and Yoshiki. SKIN, this is Black Tsubasa"
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"Okay. Also, Tenten-san I wanted to ask you some things..." he said pretty serious.
"yeah, sure, just wait till we get home, then you can ask us anything. We need to tell you something either way"
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"Um... A-Akira-nii-san?" he looked at her. "Thank you for the ring... I-I'll treasure it" he blushed.
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"Gacchan-- Oi, Gacchan? um... why are you blushing...??" he looked at his friends.
"Um, no reason" 'she was still wearing it... though.. on a necklace..." he thought as he recalled the girl.
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"... Kakashi-san we're worried that she will force herself too much" she rolled over and kept on listening to the conversation Tenten, Kakashi, Hiro and Shuichi were having.
"That should be her call, not yours. Not to be rude or anything but it's her life in the end" he said, slightly cold. Hinata sat up and walked outside, to the balcony. She plopped down on the chair and avoided listening to those people. She grabbed her iPOD and turned it on. It was a song in specific that was playing, a song that she loved.
Hahaha no, no, stop recording silly!
Why? You play amazingly!
Shut up! Hiashi will come in!
So what?!
-piano playing...-
How about you sing with me?
No... are you high?
No, but you're recording me, it's the least you could do!
Hahaha ladies and gentleman get to know Hyuuga Neji's piano
he's the next piano genius.
Shut up twit!
Hahaha
-piano still being played-
She giggled. She had recorded that in one of Neji's self-instruction lessons. She had entered the room and locked it so no one came in and she recorded all of her cousins interpretation. She wiped the stray tear that came due to a yell from Tenten.
"And what if she dies soon?!"
She walked to her closet and grabbed a long coat and after putting on some boots she wrapped a scarf around her neck and silently walked outside the condo. She asked for a cab and left the place.
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"Tenten, even if she's sick it's her responsibility. She's trying to do something with her life... besides... why aren't you inside her room telling her she should quit? Instead you're here telling me to make her do so... aren't you her best friend?" Tenten fumed at this but was calmed down by Hiro.
"he's right honey, we should talk to Hinata" she shook her head.
"I... I asked the doctor to only tell me... she only knows that the cancer has reappeared not that it has spread..." Shuichi stared at Tenten bewildered.
"What?" Tenten nodded. Shuichi glared at her... "... You know how much this could affect her?To know that her best friend knows that she'll die... yet she doesn't tell her?" he said with a glare of utter disappointment.
"Shuichi..." she mumbled sadly.
"Hinata has cancer again?" Temari, Kiba and Shikamaru stood beside the door, eyes wide open. Tenten closed her eyes.
"Tenten, for once be straightforward and tell them" Kakashi looked up and slightly narrowed his eyes in remembrance.
"You're Inuzuka Kiba, am I right? You are one of the band's friends?" he asked, now with a calm expression. Tenten calmed herself a bit and pondered on how should she explain to the others Hinata's disease. Kiba rubbed his neck since he caught Temari's 'I don't believe you stares' and Shikamaru's glare.
"hehe..."
"Kiba what does this man mean?" Temari asked, curiously.
"... Well... a little after Neji came over to Tokyo he called me and in the way he presented me to the band members..." Shikamaru sighed and Temari glared at him.
"NO WAY! You knew Black Tsubasa and didn't even tell us?!" she yelled. He nodded hesitantly.
"But that's not the point! Tell us about Hinata!" Tenten looked up from her daze and nodded.
"It was... a little after she came from college... she was complaining from dizziness and she was acting... different" all the others paid even more attention. Shuichi had just been told by Hinata that the disease was back... but he didn't know what happened before she was re-diagnosed. "She... was basically sick all day long, nausea, head aches, dizziness, sometimes she threw up, she would get totally unbalanced and her hearing would fade away just before fainting... she was a total wreck. We knew that by going to any of the doctors in Japan they would call Hiashi, just by checking her last name in the records so... we recurred to some foreign friends... they... contacted one of the best Swedish scientists but he had moved to the US where he was practising medicine. I gave him a call and set up an appointment. He called us back and accepted to check Hinata up...
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"Ladies, It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm John Hopkins, your new doctor" he stretched his hand out and shook hands.
"Mr. Hopkins... look Hinata has been feeling awful lately and we wondered if it was a relapse" he paid careful attention to the actions of the indigo haired girl and listened to the heavy-Japanese accented voice that was telling him the condition of his new patient.
"Ms. Suzumiya I'm sorry for interrupting... but I'd like Ms. Hyuuga to tell me her condition by herself" Tenten closed her mouth and nudged Hinata into telling.
"... When I was seven I was diagnosed with a brain tumour in my occipital lobe... My mother had died also but of lung cancer... I... had various treatments and I was pretty sick for a while but when I became fourteen the doctors said the tumour had vanished" she said softly with a sad look. She rubbed her belly and stared at the doctor.
"We'll have to do some tests... but don't worry, be calm, it can be a simple virus" he said encouraging the girl that had lost the bit of faith left.
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"so..." the others were quiet, not sure of what could be said at this point.
"... I... promised not to let her go... I promised her when her mother died that I wouldn't let her die like her mother!" she said with tears pouring down her hazelnut eyes. Hiro hugged her tight as her whole frame shook from the sobs.
"Shhh... everything's fine...." he whispered in her ear.
"I'll... go check on her" Kiba said with a sad smile, hoping that the angel was asleep. He walked slowly towards her room and once there he knocked twice. After he heard no answer he opened the door softly, avoiding any creaking that might wake her up, and he checked inside.
"Tenten, she's not here" he said slightly panicking.
"What?!"
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Neji stared at her as she simply sat on his couch; knees up to her chest, arms around her legs clutching them tightly, as she stared at the moon from his apartment. He let out a simple sigh and grabbed the tray with the two steaming cups of jasmine tea. She had always said it calmed her down. He walked towards her and saw how she had a sorrowful look on. He offered her the cup, which she took quietly and offered a soft 'thank you'.
"Nii-san... how long has it been since you played piano?" she asked suddenly, taking him aback.
"... More than nine years" he said going back to his stoic self.
"...hmm... why did you stop?" he closed his eyes and turned away.
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"Neji-onii-sama! It's beautiful" she said softly blushing, a tender look on her eyes. He stared at her long hair that reached her knees. He had always loved his little cousin's hair, it was so silky and beautiful... plus it brought out her big eyes. But little did he know that soon he'd stop seeing that beautiful hair.
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"I got bored of it"
"Oh..." she said still staring at the night.
"Why did you come here?" he asked curiously, even slightly forgetting the rudeness of the question.
"Um... I... was tired of listening to Tenten and my friends so I came here" she said with a hollow tone that worried Neji.
"So they are here?" she nodded absently, bringing the cup to her lips.
"nii-san... would you play again, for me?" he turned to her and saw her sad look, he softly nodded and stood up, he first kissed her forehead and then walked to the piano.
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"Hinata?" he knocked on the door and heard some gags.
"Don't come in!" he heard her yell just before listening to her vomiting. He entered the room ignoring her plead and he walked towards her, kneeling beside her as he rubbed her back, making her feel better. Normally he'd be holding her hair for her... but he couldn't... short, almost bald...
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She closed her eyes and swayed her head in the beat of the melodious song. Adorable, sweet, sad. She loved it. A small smiled posed herself on her lips.
"nii-san... don't you think Black Tsubasa lacks something?" he stopped playing and turned to her.
"Lacks? I think they're great as they are... why?" she finally turned to him in a long while.
"I think they lack a sound... probably a piano... or keyboard" she said softly, sipping her tea.
"I... I think they're perfect as they are but perhaps a pianist would do some good someone like Kazuya of Blood" he said coughing.
"No, I think you misunderstood nii-san. I didn't mean just any piano... or keyboard... I meant you" Neji widened his eyes.
"You're crazy..."
"Think about it... there's no better person for the job than you"
"Stop"
"ponder on it! Who knows them better than you? Who works as well with them?!"
"Stop!!!! Shut up! I won't do it, stop talking about it!" she turned from him with a shocked look that soon disappeared into a mask of stoicism. She simply turned once again to the window.
"Hina..." she simply closed her eyes after putting the cup down. He sighed.
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"Um… Naruto? hi, it's Tenten, Hinata's friend, I was wondering, had you seen her? she kind of left the house and we know nothing about her ever sicne then… oh… oh… sorry for calling then, oh no, don't worry, I bet she's fine and I'm just over-worrying… yeah, I'll call you, take care, bye" tenten sighed. "nope, no info whatsoever, I just got him worried" she said with a hand holding her head.
"Shhh, it's okay, don't worry, we'll find her" Temari looked up,
"Hey, had you called Neji?" she shook her head.
"he hates me" she stated bluntly, making Temari frown.
"yeah, well… it doesn't really matter if he hates you since he doesn't hate Hinata and should tell us" she said biting her lip, obviously worried about Hinata.
"you're right… I should call him" she said without even picking up the phone. Temari got annoyed and snatched the phone, glaring at Tenten.
"Wuss, we're not in the position to be avoiding people. We need to find Hinata!" she said just before dialling Neji's number. "Neji! Hey, um, it's Temari, hey… is Hina there with you? She kind of… left the house without warning anyone and we're really worried. Uh-huh… really?! That's amazing! thanks, yeah… can I go pick her up? Oh… uh-huh… okay then tell her we were really worried and tomorrow to come directly home, thanks neji! bye!" she pressed the end button and looked up "she's with him" she said relieved. The others nodded and smiled.
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" so how's it going with the song, Gaara?" Gaara looked up with bags that showed his lack of sleep, he glared at Naruto.
"Shut up" followed by a bone chilling glare that caused the poor blond to shut up.
"How's it called?" he dared to talk but of course with a certain degree of precaution.
"Rush" he muttered before sinking his head and tapping the pen on the paper. Naruto dared to walk closer to him and leaned over to read the song.
Into your head, into your mind
out of your soul, race through your veins
You can't escape, you can't escape.
Into your life, into your dreams,
Out of the dark, so light again.
You can't explain, you can't explain.
Can You feel it, can you feel it,
Rushin' through your hair,
Rushin' through your head,
Can you feel it, can you feel it,
Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you'll try.
More than you land spinning around,
Lifting your feet right off the ground,
You can't believe this is happening now.
"have you finished it?" he asked curious. He actually liked it.
"No, I'm missing more than half" he said tapping again his pen.
"How does the beat go?" he asked as he stared at the song. Gaara looked up and laid down the pen. He walked over to his acoustic guitar and sat down with it on his arms. He began playing the song while singing it. Naruto widened his eyes. "It's really good!" Gaara looked at him and placed the guitar down, heading once again to his song to keep on writing.
"Tenten called, you know?" Gaara didn't even look up.
"Oh, really?, Why?" Sasuke asked, walking inside the room with a bowl, full of Cheerios, in his hand.
"Sasuke! Um… they said Hinata wasn't there, they were pretty worried" Sasuke and Gaara both looked up immediately, alarmed.
"What?! Why didn't you say that earlier?!" both Sasuke and Gaara yelled at the same time. The bowl of cheerios forgotten on the floor with all it's contents spilled.
"It's okay… they called again to tell us not to worry, she's at Neji's" he said pouting at the lack of trust his teammates had for him. Sasuke and Gaara glared at him.
"…" Naruto laughed.
"That's what you get for rushing to conclusions, that's why I didn't say it at the beginning" he said kneeling down to pick up the fallen cheerios.
"You're an idiot, you know that?" Naruto chuckled and smiled sheepishly.
"If you say so Sasuke…" he said once again with the unfading sheepish smile.
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(Tokyo City, 7 months after)
The band looked up from the sets of applauses that they received. Hinata plopped down on a seat and grabbed her bottle of water.
"Tired?" Gaara asked as he sat beside her. She nodded and slightly blushed. "You sang great, though that's not a new thing. here are the new lyrics, I've been writing them for a while, since… six months since you entered, more or less" she took the stack of papers and eyed a few.
"They're good… though I think there'd be something missing for some of these" she said after a while. Gaara looked up and frowned a bit.
"Like what?" she giggled.
"A piano or keyboard" Gaara pondered on it.
"Interesting advice… I'll talk to Kakashi… maybe we can get someone really good that'd fit our image like Kazuya" she sighed.
"From Blood?" Gaara nodded.
"Hmm… nah… someone… like this" she handed him a CD and smiled. He narrowed his eyes slightly but softly nodded and put away the tape.
"I'll listen to it" he said with a small smile.
"Oi you two! get out of the recording room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we've been almost shut inside that room 24/7 for six months! How can you still enjoy being inside there?!" Gaara scoffed and gave a small smirk and shook his head. Hinata giggled and got up, taking her water bottle. Once outside they sat down at the lounge, past all the offices and recording rooms. Naruto was laid down, a couch only for him as he listened to music, Sasuke was sitting by the window sill, talking to a girl (A/N: what a surprise) Gaara was typing something on his laptop and put on the CD. Hinata meanwhile was drinking her water and messaging Tenten to come and listen to the new CD they had just finished recording.
Hahaha no, no, stop recording silly!
Why? You play amazingly!
Shut up! Hiashi will come in!
So what?!
-piano playing...-
How about you sing with me?
No... are you high?
No, but you're recording me, it's the least you could do!
Hahaha ladies and gentleman get to know Hyuuga Neji's piano
he's the next piano genius.
Shut up twit!
Hahaha
-piano still being played-
The boys, mainly Gaara, turned to Hinata who was smirking.
"He's the best man for the job" she said as she shrugged. Gaara chuckled.
"Never even knew he played the piano" she frowned.
"He stopped playing quite a while ago…" Naruto sat up straight and Sasuke hung up.
"We're thinking of getting a keyboard player?" Sasuke asked as he put away his cell phone.
"We finally have the new record out… so thinking about the new one should be a priority, besides, as Hinata-san said… we're missing something for some songs, and even if they are written and can be arranged to fit only electric guitar, bass guitar and drums, there're still some electronic parts that can be achieved with a keyboard" Gaara said with a smirk. "Where's neji?" Hinata frowned.
"Gaara-kun… be careful… he… he didn't want to do this when I told him about it" he winked at her to assure her making her blush.
"Be calm, we'll convince him" Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes.
"all right all right" he grinned and turned to Hina who blushed even more due to this.
"So… we're leaving?" Naruto asked, suddenly jumping off the couch, giving Hinata her determination grin. She smiled warmly at them and was about to stand up.
"Don't, we'll do it, you rest. You've been staying up to compose other songs for the new record, right?" she widened her eyes at Gaara's perceptiveness.
"We'll be back with a new member. Promised!" Naruto put up a thumb up and grinned even wider.
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"Neji!!!" Neji looked up from the control board and stared at the blond loudmouth before him.
"Yes, Naruto?" he asked with a slight annoyance in his voice which Naruto took no notice of.
"Gaara, Sasuke and Me want to discuss something with you" He looked up.
"Is it about the record?" they shook their heads.
"technically" Gaara interrupted, with his stoic mask on.
"Then get on with it, I have until tomorrow at 7:00 to get the whole record, arrangements and everything together" he said not even looking up from the board.
"We want you to play the keyboard from now on" Neji looked up immediately.
"what?!!!"
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Finally finished. I'm so extremely sorry for being soooooo late. Luckily I was able to finish this chapter before the 24th, but I'm still pretty bummed out that I couldn't dish it out sooner. I was hoping I could update all of my stories in this month, I guess I couldn't. sorry once again, but I hope you enjoyed. I'll try continuing it immediately to avoid any writer's block and hopefully I'll be able to update soon. I'm not promising anything, and there is no excuse for leaving you all waiting for so long.
The song's called "Rush" and it's from Aly and AJ by the way. thank you for waiting so long! see ya!