A/N: Well, this isn't your traditional song fic but I felt that this chapter fit in this story anyway. I'm writing this to let you know that I initially planned to do several more chapters of the Chronicles but I decided not to. After this there will be one more chapter. (Maybe) The remaining 4 chapters will be substituted with one-shots of varying pairings.
Chapter Seven
The Interview
"And we're back. I'm Shizune and I'm bringing you the first ever interview with the widely famed band Seven."
The crowd broke out in wild screams. Several 'I love you Sasuke!' were heard. A few 'I'll have your baby Kakashi' and an 'I taste like ramen Naruto. Wanna bite?' to which Naruto's tongue traced his lips seductively eliciting several wild screams and a few fainting fans. When the audience finally died down Shizune began the interview.
"First of all I'd like to thank you guys for taking the time to be here today." A small smile appeared on the female member of the band's face.
"You're very welcome Shizune." She replied.
"Okay, so on with the interview. We're all anticipating the release of your upcoming album Chidori." The crowd broke out in screams once more. "But before we get into that many of your fans have questions about your first album Nine Tales. Why the name Nine Tales?"
The blond member of the band spoke up. "That's easy. We had just formed the group and we all had a story to tell." Shizune nodded thoughtfully.
"Okay next we'll take a question from a member of the audience." Shizune pointed at a girl. She stood up and took the microphone offered to her. The girl was blue-eyed and had dyed her hair orange the signature color of a particular member of the band.
"My question is for Sakura. I was wondering what inspired you to write 'I'm only happy when it rains'? (1)."
Sakura stiffened almost imperceptibly. "Actually, when I wrote that I was going through a very difficult time in my life. Naruto suggested putting what I felt on paper. He claimed that it would help me." Sakura glanced at Naruto who threw her a grin. "He was right."
"We noticed on your first album." Shizune said. "That you all had your own personal tracks. How did that come to be?"
"We all have our own style." Kakashi said smoothly. "To please everyone we all decided to split the album up and write our own songs."
"Is this the case with your new album Chidori?"
"Actually no it isn't." Sakura answered. "Nine Tales was such a I don't know if 'hard core' is the right term but it was a rock album and we all agreed to try something different but there are those of us--."
"CoughSasukecoughSasuke." Naruto was heard to say.
"Whose lyrics lean more towards rock therefore it was decided that on Chidori that the majority of the music would be written by me with some help from the guys."
"Was it difficult catching their personalities in the music?"
"Yes. I definitely was. Sasuke doesn't like singing music that makes him sound what's the word he used?" Sakura asked turning to Kakashi who in turn replied,
"Soft."
"Right. And Naruto likes songs that are amusing." Sakura rolled her eyes. "However, Kakashi has always been the easiest to write for. He just asks for the song and sings it."
"So, how did you guys come up with the name Seven?"
Naruto laughed. "Actually, Sakura came up with the name Seven. She had this wild funky dream one night." Sakura joined in with Naruto's laughter.
"Yeah," Sakura continued. "In the dream we were ninjas sworn to fight to protect our village with our lives. The four of us were members of Team Seven."
"Sounds exciting."
"It was." Sakura confirmed.
"Alright, we'll take another question from the audience."
A girl with jet black hair that fell to her waist stood up. "Yes, my question is for Sasuke." Sasuke turned to the girl a brow arched at her audacity.
"Bodies, (11) to me, seemed like such a dark song. Does it reflect your personality?"
The silence stretched on as the girl waited for a reply to her question. Kakashi nudged his band mate who turned and gave him a glare. Then turned to reply.
"What do you think?" He said. No one expected the girl to reply but she did.
"I think it does." She turned and sat down without another word. Sasuke smirked.
"Tell us, how is Chidori different from Nine Tales?"
"Well, Chidori is all about a thousand different sounds that we put together on this album." Kakashi explained. "We wanted to explore what we could do as a group. We didn't want to do just a rock album. On Chidori, you'll find elements of Rock, R&B, a little old school and other things."
Sakura laughed once more and interjected. "Yeah, I even did a Country song."
"Okay we're going to go into a commercial break and when we come back Seven is going to perform a track off their new album Chidori!"
She ran down a long dark hall, searching for someone. Opening doors yet not finding what she was seeking.
Her long white dress flowed behind her showing glimpses of her beautiful calves. Suddenly a light appeared in front of her and she knew that what she searched for lay in the light. She ran into the light which bathed her body in a cocoon.
There he was. The one she had been searching for. He stood high on a cliff. He wore a white suit and his long black hair cascaded down his back. He jumped down the cliff and landed in front of her. He held out his hand which she took. He pulled her close and buried his head in her neck.
"Even your scent brings about happiness." He whispered in her ear.
'Happiness a perfume by Emilee Skewer.'
"And now we have Seven singing Love Song! (5)"
Naruto softly strummed the guitar as Kakashi walked up to the mic and took it in his hands. Sakura took her place at the drums while Sasuke picked up his bass guitar and stepped closer to their microphones.
Sakura wouldn't be singing this song but Naruto and Sasuke would do whatever back up vocals that were necessary.
Kakashi smiled and began to sing.
"Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again…."
After that remarkable performance Shizune thought it was going to be impossible to get the crowd to quiet down but theSasuke Uchiha raised his hand up and immediately the crowd silenced themselves.
"I must tell you guys that song was awesome! I've never had a ballad move me thus. I know I can't wait for the album to be released. Which by the way is when?"
"July 23rd." Sasuke replied.
"You hear that everyone? Chidori will be released July 23rd. Be sure to get your copy. So Sasuke. There are rumors going around that you are dating the singing sensation Ino. Is their any truth to this?"
Sasuke just stared at the woman who stared back not intimidated at all. She was a reporter for the stars and this was what she lived for. She wouldn't be able to do her job if she was intimidated by every star that sat on her stage.
Even his band mates were staring at him waiting for an answer to the question.
"Hn." He replied and his band mates knew he wasn't going to answer the question. Apparently Shizune knew as well because she moved on making the whole band wish he had just answered the first question.
"Sasuke, it's been said that Seven never would have made it if your brother hadn't done a track on Nine Tales with you? How do you feel about that?"
Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto all froze. Naruto's mouth was agape a bit.
"My brother has nothing to do with the success of Seven. He did one track that wasn't even released on the radio--"
"What Sasuke means is," Sakura said cutting Sasuke off before he truly got worked up as he so often did when his brother was mentioned. "That it was an enjoyable experience that we would love to repeat." Sasuke growled.
"Okay, how about each of you tell me what your favorite song on the upcoming album is? We'll start with you Sakura."
"Well, I'd have to say my favorite song is Love Song(5). I must admit Kakashi's vocals on that track were hot. I can listen to that song over and over again. It fits his personality so well."
"Sakura there's a lot of rumors going around about your love life. One of them being that you and Kakashi have a steamy hot love affair going on? Any truth to that?"
"Why don't you ask Kakashi?" Sakura said grinning. Shizune turned her head to Kakashi.
"She wants me but she can't have me." Kakashi said smugly. Sakura reached out and smacked Kakashi across the head but that didn't stop the smile that stretched across his lips. Shizune laughed.
"Well, what about Sasuke? Their have also been rumors about you and Sasuke. What do you have to say about that?"
Sakura leaned forward. "I'll put it this way Shizune. I prefer my Uchiha's a bit…older."
Sakura's statement momentarily silenced the audience and her band mates. Sakura winked into the camera and Sasuke growled in response.
It took Shizune a moment but she recovered herself. "Okay, and you Naruto? What's your favorite song on the album?"
"Well, I'd have to say it's the last track on the album. I like it so much because I find it humorous. Everyone knows that Seven shares a mansion together. One night Sakura was complaining about how filthy my room was and I had to come up with an excuse and the excuse just sparked inspiration in me. Later on, after Kakashi and Sasuke heard about it they threw in some verses and we kept going until we got the song."
"What's it called?"
"Because I was High.(14)"
"Oookay."
"…"
"…"
"What?"
"Nothing, So Kakashi what's your favorite track?"
"Well, I think I'm going to have to agree with Naruto."
"…"
"…"
"I would like to interject that I hate that song." Sakura said. "It's the product of my insane band-mates drunken ramblings and I had no part in it whatsoever. In fact, I refuse to have any part of it during our tour."
"Aw, Sakura you really should have written a few verses." Naruto yelled out.
"Shut up Naruto." Sakura replied.
Shizune blinked and continued on.
"What about you Sasuke? What's your favorite song on Chidori?"
"The duet I did with Sakura."
"A duet?" Shizune exclaimed. "It seems like we have a lot to expect on this upcoming album." Shizune glanced out at the audience. "Okay, we're going to take a few more questions from the audience. How about you there?" A guy stood up wearing all black as Sasuke was often known to do.
"My question is for Kakashi. Kakashi, it's said that you look at pornography in public. Is that true?"
Kakashi stood up abruptly knocking his chair backwards. "That's a horrible lie! I would never do a thing like that!" He straightened out his chair and sat down and mumbled under his breath. "On Sundays."
Sakura heard him and coughed to cover a snicker. She hated his stupid novels. It was about time someone called him out on it. The liar.
"Kakashi, on Nine Tales on the three songs that were released on the air waves the lead vocals were never yours. How does that make you feel?"
"I'm just in it for the groupies."
This caused a few screams. 'I'm your groupie Kakashi! Take me!' Sakura rolled her eyes and smacked Kakashi on the back of the head.
"Seriously, I'm a lot older than the other three. Our main fan base is in their age group. It doesn't bother me at all that the fans prefer to hear them over me."
Sasuke interjected, "However, we have discovered that Kakashi holds a large corner of the fan base therefore for all the fans two songs that will be released Kakashi will be singing the lead vocals."
Shizune nodded then turned once more facing Sakura. "So how would you describe each member of the band in one word? Starting with Kakashi."
"Pervert."
"Why?"
"Anyone who has been to our concert knows that Kakashi partially strips on the stage. That's just a portion of his personality. I live with the man. He's impossible."
"You live with him?"
"As a band we decided to live together. I think Naruto mentioned that earlier." Sakura clarified.
"Why?"
"Well, that was Naruto's idea. We just fit you know? Once we found each other it just didn't seem right for us to part ways for any reason." Sakura shrugged not being able to explain it.
"Okay, what about Naruto? One word."
"Loyal."
"Why?"
"Naruto is the one person I know I can always depend on. He's always there supporting everyone. He's the glue holding us all together. He's our ringleader."
Shizune smiled. "And Sasuke?"
The audience leaned closer to hear her answer.
"Fierce." Sakura answered.
"Why is that? I must tell you, your answer surprises me and most our audience. I'm sure that of all the words few people would have chosen that one."
"That's because there are few people that know him." Sakura looked down momentarily. "I say fierce in the sense that he's intense, and powerful in so many ways. It's hard to reach out to a person who is fierce. It's hard to reach Sasuke but he's ours and we'll always love him. No matter what."
"What about you guys? How would you describe Sakura with one word?" Shizune asked turning to Naruto first.
"Family."
Kakashi spoke up next. "Sexy."
"Annoying." Sasuke finished up with.
Sakura frowned. "You see what I have to deal with?"
Shizune just laughed. "You all seem very happy together."
Sakura nodded. "We are."
"Okay, that's all the time we have left. I'd like to thank Seven for coming and talking with us today and I'd like to wish you much success on your upcoming album. Next week we'll have Black Sand--"
"I love you Gaara!" Sakura was heard to yell.
"Annoying." Sasuke muttered.
"On talking about their upcoming album. I'll see you then. This is Shizune and I wish you all a goodnight."
A/N 2: My soundtracks: Lead vocals are in parenthesis. The original singer is behind that.
Nine Tales
Track One: I'm only happy when it rains (Sakura) *Garbage
Track Two: Violet Hill (Kakashi)*Coldplay
Track Three: Last Resort(Sasuke)*Papa Roach
Track Four: You Outta Know (Sakura)*Alanis Morrisette
Track Five: Wonderwall (Naruto) *Oasis
Track Six: Sorry(Kakashi) *Buckcherry
Track Seven: Pain (Kakashi) *Three Days Grace
Track Eight: Chop Suey(Sasuke) *System of a Down
Track Nine: Sorrow (Sakura)*Flyleaf
Track Ten: I would do anything for Love(But I won't do that) (Naruto) *Meatloaf
Track Eleven: Bodies (Sasuke) *Drowning Pool
Track Twelve: I wish you were here (Kakashi) *Incubus
Track Thirteen: She hates me (Naruto) *Puddle of Mudd
Track Fourteen: Somebody told me (Naruto) *The Killers
Track Fifteen: I Caught Myself (Sakura) *Paramore
Bonus Track: Nothing else matters (Vocals done by Itachi Uchiha backup vocals by Sasuke Uchiha) *Metallica
Chidori
Track One: Harder to Breathe (Sasuke) *Maroon Five
Track Two: No Air (Sasuke and Sakura)*Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown
Track Three: Hero (Naruto and Sasuke)*Chad Kroger and Josie Scott
Track Four: Into the Night(Naruto)*Santana
Track Five: Love Song (Kakashi)*311/The Cure
Track Six: Almost Lover (Sakura)*A Fine Frenzy
Track Seven: Like we never loved at all (Sakura and Naruto)*Faith Hill/Tim McGraw
Track Eight: Foolish Games (Sakura) *Jewel
Track Nine: With arms wide open (Kakashi) *Creed
Track Ten: One Step Closer (Sasuke) *Linkin Park
Track Eleven: If I never see your face again (Kakashi/Sakura) *Maroon 5/Rhianna
Track Twelve: Nickleback (Naruto) *Far Away
Track Thirteen: Say(All I need) (Sasuke) *One Republic
Track Fourteen: Because I was high (Naruto/Kakashi/Sasuke)*Afroman