Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Why Do You Love Me? ❯ Halloween ( Chapter 5 )

Text on the last chapter got screwed up again -_- Well R&R before I get like truly pissed.

 

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own it >.<

 

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The week passed quickly, and soon enough, me and my roommates were headed to the gym with our performing outfits in hand. Ebisu had signed us up to split performing with The Shinobi's. For now we were in our costumes. The Shinobi's were opening, then it was us, and finally they'd finish off with a DJ.

 

I didn't see why it was crucial to have two live acts and a DJ, but I didn't care. Lately, my biggest audience has been our friends. It might be problematic that our classmates would find out who we are, but it shouldn't matter too much, we already have a huge fanbase at the school as it is.

 

We dropped off our performing gear in the classroom they'd set up for us to use for dressing, then headed into the gym.

 

Principal Tsunade was standing on the makeshift stage they'd put up for the night finishing up announcing the band. We watched as Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Gaara, and Shikamaru, came out on stage. They were all wearing white shirts and black pants. Naruto picked up a guitar, as did Gaara, while Shikamaru took his bass, Sasuke sat down behind his drum set, and Neji walked up to the mic.

 

The gym was filled with cheers and Neji held his hands up to silence the crowd. "Alright everyone, let's kick off this Halloween with The Great Escape!"

 

Gaara, Naruto, and Sasuke began to play and were soon followed by everyone else.

 

Paper bags and plastic hearts

All are belongings in shopping carts

It's goodbye

But we got one more night

Let's get drunk and ride and around

And make peace with an empty town

We can make it right

 

Throw it away

Forget yesterday

We'll make the great escape

We won't hear a word they say

They don't know us anyway

Watch it burn

Let it die

'Cause we are finally free tonight

 

Tonight will change our lives

It's so good to be by your side

We'll cry

We won't give up the fight

We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs

And they'll think it's just 'cause we're young

But we'll feel so alive

 

Throw it away

Forget yesterday

We'll make the great escape

We won't hear a word they say

They don't know us anyway

Watch it burn

Let it die

'Cause we are finally free tonight

 

All of the wasting timing

Hours that were left behind me

Answers that we'll never find

They don't mean a thing tonight

 

Throw it away

Forget yesterday

We'll make the great escape

We won't hear a word they say

They don't know us anyway

 

Throw it away

Forget yesterday

We'll make the great escape

We won't hear a word they say

They don't know us anyway

 

Throw it away

Forget yesterday

We'll make the great escape

We won't hear a word they say

They don't know us anyway

 

Watch it burn

Let it die

'Cause we are finally free tonight

 

We all clapped heartily for them, especially Kisa who was practically high, as usual.

 

"Now, tonight our backup is going to be the American band Suicidal Temptation, so we only get to do three songs for you." Neji announced causing some of the fangirls in the crowd to 'Awww' enthusiastically. "So for our second song, one of our band members is having us play this song for a certain someone."

 

As the music started I turned to Kisa with my eyes wide. "Kisa! This is my favorite song right now!"

 

She smirked shrugging, as I began to sing along with Neji.

 

I've loved everything about you that hurts

So let me see your moves

Let me see your moves

Lips pressed close to mine

True blue, but the prince of any failing empire knows that

Everybody wants

Everybody wants to drive off through the night

If it's the drive back home

 

Things aren't the same anymore

Some nights it gets so bad

I almost pick up the phone

Trade Baby Blues for Wide-Eyed Browns

I sleep with your old shirts

And walk through this house in your shoes

I know it's strange

It's a strange way of saying that I know I'm supposed to love you

I'm supposed to love you

 

I've already given up on myself twice

Third time is the charm

Third time is the charm

Threw caution to the wind

But I've got a lousy arm

And I've traced your shadows on the wall

Now I kiss them, whenever I'm down

Whenever I'm down

Figured on

Not figuring myself out

 

Things aren't the same anymore

Some nights it gets so bad

I almost pick up the phone

Trade Baby Blues for Wide-Eyed Browns

I sleep with your old shirts

And walk through this house in your shoes

I know it's strange

It's a strange way of saying that I know I'm supposed to love you

I'm supposed to love you

 

I was born under a bad sign

But you saved my life

That night on the roof of your hotel

"Cross my heart and hope to die,

Splinter from the headboard in my eye"

Photo-proofed kisses I remember so well

 

Trade Baby Blues for Wide-Eyed Browns

I sleep with your old shirts

And walk through house in your shoes

I know it's strange

It's a strange way of saying that I know I'm supposed to love you

I'm supposed to love you

 

I clapped harder than anyone else in the gym, being that, though only Fall Out Boy could play it exactly as written, they brought justice to the song.

 

Temari pulled me aside as Neji began to announce the next song, and told me the others had already left to change. I'd been so engrossed in the song I hadn't noticed. I followed her back to the classroom where we'd left our stuff. We all got dressed quickly.

 

I added some color to my makeup, that had been mere eyeliner for my costume, and surveryed myself. I was wearing a short pleated plaid skirt, a stud belt being held up by one loop on my right hip, black tights, and black combat boots. For a shirt I was wearing a black tank top, ironically reading 'Photo-Proofed Kisses'. My hair was the same as the day we went to the mall, and on my right arm I had a black silk glove reaching up to my elbow, while the left had one the same legth, but kept in place by a ring on my middle finger.

 

Shino came over to me for warm-ups. He was wearing black jeans, and his shirt was covered by a jacket, but one that didn't obstruct his mouth, unlike his other one.

 

"Ready?" He asked.

 

"To give away our identities?" I sighed as the guys walked into the room, meaning we must be sharing with them. "As ready as I'll ever be."

 

I overheard Neji explaining to Kisa that they were switching the equiptment and would have us escorted to the stage when they were ready for us.

 

"So let's warm up." Shino prodded. "What song?"

 

I thought for a second then I started us on singing the scale. I was almost sure that Gaara was staring at me, because of that "feeling", but I ignored it. A few minutes later Kakashi came into the room to escourt us to the stage.

 

"You all better hurry up so you can hear us!" Temari shouted at the guys, as we all filed out to the gym.

 

Students looked at us strangly, especially a certain group of girls who'd been annoying us all week. We all got up onstage. I heard people muttering things like "They can't be a famous band!" and "I bet they're just going to take the real ST's songs and it won't even sound the same."

 

I walked behind my keyboard, Shino stepped up to the mic leaving his guitar in it's stand, Hinata slung her accoustic guitar over her shoulder, Temari sat behind her drum set, and TenTen grabbed her base.

 

"Alright everyone!" I said into my mic. "We're going to start off with one of my favorite songs, Where We Went Wrong. Don't you love alliteration?!" A few of the audience members laughed and I saw the boys walking into the gym. I couldn't understand most about their costumes and I made a mental note to ask what they were.

 

I snapped out of it when I heard Hinata and Shino beginning the song.

 

My heart had lost it's wind now

Broken like a dead sail

My love has drifted out to sea

My body has been claimed

Soul has been shipped away

Can't feel the sand between my toes

 

We set the wrong course

And headed due-north

That's where we went wrong

We were young and learning

Steady hearts hate turning

That's where we went wrong

 

My will to fight has been flushed

Siezed like blank babies faces

The water line begins to rise

Let the tide swallow me whole

Like morning light in windows

Let that dark water take me home

 

We set the wrong course

And headed due-north

That's where we went wrong

We were young and learning

Steady hearts hate turning

That's where we went wrong

 

Kimiko: Hey, come back me

Shino: Hey, come back to me

Kimiko: Hey, come back to me

Shino: Baby, come back to me

 

I saw numerous jaws drop when they heard my voice. People didn't expect it to sound like it did, which made sense since I had three different ways I could sound. One was my theatre voice that I was using for RENT, then I had my light voice which I used for most of our songs, and the last was my grunge voice that I was saving until the end of this set.

 

Kimiko: Hey, come back to me

(Ba ba-da ba ba ba)

Shino: Hey, come back to me

(Ba ba-da ba ba ba)

Kimiko: Hey, come back to me

(Ba ba-da ba ba ba)

Shino: Baby, come back to me

(Ba ba-da baaaa)

 

Kimiko: Hey, come back me

Shino: Hey, come back to me

Kimiko: Hey, come back to me

Shino: Baby, come back to me

 

(Ba ba-da ba ba ba

Ba ba-da ba ba ba)

Kimiko: Hey, come back to me

(Ba ba-da ba ba ba)

Shino: Baby, come back to me

 

We set the wrong course

And headed due-north

That's where we went wrong

We were young and learning

Steady hearts hate turning

That's where we went wrong

 

Everyone applauded heartily. I smiled smugly, seeing that they all realized that we were the real deal. The real Suicidal Temptation. Plus, I'd missed performing. Me and Shino always worked off of one another when we sang, and it was just so much fun.

 

I couldn't help myself and looked over at Gaara who actually had the faintest outline of a smile on his lips. It amazed me.

 

"Alright!" Shino said snapping me from my thoughts. "Now, we're basically going to be backing up Kimiko as she sings You Are The Moon."

 

TenTen started on the drums and I began to sing.

 

Shadows all around you

As you surface from the dark

Emerging from the gentle grip

Of night's unfolding arms

Darkness, darkness everywhere

Do you feel alone?

The subtle grace of gravity

The heavy weight of stone

 

You don't see what you posses

A beauty calm and clear

That floods the sky

And blurs the darkness

Like a chandelier

All the light that you posses

Is skewed by lakes and sea

Shattered surface

So imperfect is all that you believe

 

I will bring a mirror

So silver, so exact

So precise, and so pristine

A perfect pane of glass

I will set the mirror up

To face the blackened sky

You will see your beauty

Every moment that you rise

 

Everyone clapped again and, yet again, I couldn't resist the urge to look over to Gaara who still had that smug look on his face. It gave me an unsettling feeling. Happiness and anger both stirred and it was aggravating.

 

"And our last song for the day: Call Me When You're Sober! " I announced happily, and the crowd really erupted into applause, which was completely understandable. I loved this song too. I started up with my keyboard and couples went back to their dancing. Considering, I hadn't been watching it, but many of the students had been dancing.

 

Don't cry to me

If you loved me

You would be here with me

You want me

Come find me

Make up your mind

 

Should I let you fall?

Lose it all?

So maybe you can remember yourself

Can't keep believing

We're only decieving ourselves

And I'm sick of the lie

And you're too late

 

Don't cry to me

If you loved me

You would be here with me

You want me

Come find me

Make up your mind

 

Couldn't take the blame

Sick with shame

Must be exhasuting to lose your own game

Selfishly hated

No wonder you're jaded

You can't play the victim this time

And you're too late

 

Don't cry to me

If you loved me

You would be here with me

You want me

Come find me

Make up your mind

 

You never call me when you're sober

You only want it 'cause it's over

It's over

 

How could I have burned paradise?

How could I?

You were never mine

 

Don't cry to me

If you loved me

You would be here with me

Don't lie to me

Just get your things

I've made up your mind

 

Everyone applauded and this time when I looked up at Gaara he looked slightly sad. It confused me, like he were thinking I wrote the song for him. Certainly not! Then again why would he be thinking that? I mused over the idea of him actually thinking that momentarily while we walked offstage, but I decided I was just being crazy.

 

We walked back to the classroom and changed back into our costumes. I removed the color from my makeup and looked at myself in the mirror.

 

"Dam girl! You look hot!" Kisa laughed.

 

I looked over at her. "Gosh! No matter what, when I look at you, I really want to punch you in the face."

 

She glared at me. "Yeah, I love you too." She said sarcastically.

 

I was dressed out in traditional pirate garb, with a hat and everything. She on the other hand, was cosplaying as Misa from Death Note.

 

My band mates had all gotten together and did two different themes. Completing Kisa's look, Shino was being L, and TenTen was being Takada. While Temari was Uo, and Hinata was Hana, from Fruits Basket.

 

We all walked out in a group and met up with the guys.

 

"You all did a lot of cosplaying, didn't you?" Neji snickered. Kisa nodded happily and introduced everyone as what they were. "What about you? Decided not to cosplay?" He asked, turning to me.

 

I rolled my eyes. "I'm Elizabeth Swann from the American trilogy Pirate's of the Carribean. I just really didn't feel like wearing my blonde wig." I shrugged. "What exactly are you guys? You two are just wearing that school uniform."

 

"I'm Sasuke." Neji answered.

 

"And I'm Neji." Sasuke replied.

 

I rolled my eyes and looked over to Shikamaru who was clad only in black. "Hey Shikamaru, what are you?"

 

"Troublesome. I'm a shadow."

 

Naruto who was wearing an orange jumpsuit-like thing piped up. "I'm a ninja!" He said happily.

 

Lastly I turned to Gaara. His red hair had been flatted, then crimped as to look wavy. He merely wore faded blue jeans and a black shirt. He saw me looking and smirked. "I'm Andy Hurley, from Fall Out Boy."

 

My mouth dropped open. "No way! That's so cool!" He shrugged while his expression went deadpan again. The night's DJ had begun to play and I heard Natasha Bedingfield's Unwritten blasting through the speakers. "Oh my god! The one pop artist I like! Someone dance with me!" I demanded jumping up and down.

 

Kisa smiled to herself devilishly and pushed Gaara forward, and practically into me. "Gaara will dance with you!"

 

"Really?!" I asked hopefully. He turned back to look at Kisa, undoubtably glaring, then nodded. He took my hand and lead me to the dancefloor.

 

Kisa's POV

 

I continued to smile devilishly to myself. I'd been at the school long enough to know who had to be with who. "Hey TenTen, why don't you go dance with Neji?" I asked in a whisper.

 

She blushed. "I couldn't..."

 

"If Kimiko can dance with Gaara you can dance with Neji." I smiled at her and she shrugged.

 

She walked over to him and asked. He looked taken aback for a second so I pushed him as well. "Just do it!" I shouted out and he glared at me before walking off with her in tow.

 

"Hey Naruto-" I began but, amazingly, he caught on before I even had to ask.

 

"Hinata! Let's dance!" He said happily, taking her hand and leading her away the nervous girl, not even waiting for her to answer.

 

Temari looked at them in disbelief. "No way I'm sticking around here if they're all going to dance then!" She shouted out in annoyance. "You, dance with me!" She said forcefully to Shikamaru.

 

"Hn. Troublesome."

 

She glared at him. "You're dancing with me!" She replied, grabbing his hand and dragging him out to the dancefloor.

 

I smiled to myself. Mission accomplished! Only one problem: me and Sasuke don't have anyone.

 

"Wanna dance?" He suddenly asked.

 

I gasped. "That's completely uncharacteristic of you."

 

He shrugged. "Consider it another RENT rehersal." I laughed and nodded.

 

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Kimiko's POV

 

I sat at my balcony and stared into the darkness once again. It was around midnight, but the house was still alive considering the dance had only ended just now, so a few of the girls were getting ready for bed still. I took this time to look over what had happened so far. We'd only been at the school for a few weeks, but the guys had already gotten used to me screaming, since I'd slept two nights other than that first one, and all my friends had obviously found crushes. That was a subject I preferred to keep away from currently though.

 

At the dance me and Gaara actually had danced to Unwritten. It was odd, yet perfectly comfortable at the same time, so basically it had been confusing.

 

Just then a bright light issuing from the back of my mansion flooded the backyard's grass. It was only momentary, but followed by the sillhouette of a girl walking across the lawn. I watched intently, wondering which of my bandmates was visiting our friends. The lights in the guy's mansion had already been extinguished, apart from the room mirroring my own.

 

I watched as the figure walked to the back door and knocked. About a minute later a light flickered on in the back room, illuminating the figure, allowing me to see that it was Kisa. I watched in confusion as Gaara's figure showed up at the door and let her in. She gave him a hug in the doorway before both of them walked out of sight, followed by the light shutting off.

 

I sat in that seat comtemplating different possibilities for why Kisa and Gaara would be having a midnight meeting, then I'd inwardly scold myself for caring, and once in a while I even had to surpress a tinge of jealousy. About an hour later the light came back on in the backroom and I watched as Kisa walked out of the sliding door before being engulfed in utter blackness.

 

I noticed that the only bedroom light on was always the room that would be mine. But then that would mean... I gasped. "It was Gaara singing..." I breathed before covering my mouth with my hand.

 

How could it be that that voice. That voice I loved so much belonged to him. I hadn't even considered it. I figured it must be Kakashi, otherwise the owner would have been the lead singer. That voice was flawless and velvety. Soft but husky. It was perfect.

 

Just as I thought about it, the voice formed. I realized that he was playing piano and singing again. This time I didn't recognize the song, but I didn't care. It was beautiful nontheless. Suddenly I felt myself overcome by warmth, and sleep.

 

For the first time in days I realized how truly tire I was. I dragged myself into bed, and fell asleep, merely awaiting to awake screaming as always.