Chapter 20: Sick without you!

A week had passed since Naruto had been at school. Tsunade told him he was going to be expelled if he didn't come and his parents were also getting fed up with him missing school. His friends had been calling him and coming over to try and cheer him up but there was nothing much they could do to get the boy out of his slump.

Today was the same. He sat in sweats and a t-shirt in his basement on the couch with Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, Fuu, Matsuri, and Sayomi.

Temari was sitting on Shikamaru's lap since the two had become official sometime in the middle of the week.

The boys except Shikamaru were also supposed to be practicing a new song but Naruto was not in the mood to do anything besides pout.

"I'm getting sick of your pouting, Naruto. When are you going to snap out of it and get Hinata back!?" yelled Gaara, shocking everyone.

Gaara was never the one to shout or show such emotion about things but he couldn't take it anymore. He could understand when his blonde-haired friend moped about Jiraiya's death or Anna's death because the blonde couldn't control the situation at all, but this was different. Hinata didn't break up with him or tell him she wanted to be left alone, he broke up with her. He could easily ask for her back.

"Gaara, for one she probably doesn't want me back, and two she is better off without me," Naruto argued.

"No, Hinata still wants you back. She cries all the time because she misses you," Shikamaru told the blonde.

"Plus, how is she better off without you, you dumb ass? If she has changed it's only for the better. Everyone changes, it's bound to happen," Temari told her friend.

Naruto went quiet for a few seconds thinking about it all. "She still cries after me?"

"Yes, and it's your entire fault," Choji told the boy in an upset tone.

"My entire fault?" questioned Naruto.

"Yes, how could you let some stupid fucks like Sasuke, Neji, and Kiba, who know nothing about relationships, tell you to end yours?" Choji said.

Sayomi nodded. "You should know better than to let them get to you."

"No, Naruto is an idiot himself. He doesn't know a thing about relationships. That could be the only reason he was dumb enough to break up with Hinata," Shino told them.

"Whoa, I know about relationships!" the blonde tried to defend himself.

"Then you should know that people change with each one and become more of who they are with each relationship-and not just romantic ones either," Kankuro said in a serious tone.

"Dude, Kankuro just schooled you and he is a playboy. That tells me either the world is coming to an end or you did something terribly wrong by breaking up with Hinata," Choji hollered.

"Get off my case," Naruto shouted, getting up from the couch to pace back and forth.

Matsuri smirked. "Are we getting under your skin?"

"Get out!" he yelled, pointing his finger to the door. Then he smiled at them. "Chubbs, S.A., Gaara, Kankuro, and I have business to take care of."

"Huh?" asked Shikamaru. Nobody told him that the five played in a band or was going to be in the all school rock out.

"They have band practice," Temari told her confused boyfriend as she dragged him up the stairs of the basement.

The other girls followed the couple behind saying their goodbyes and leaving behind the five guys.

"So?" asked Gaara, once they were gone.

"Allow me to work in peace, Gaara," the blonde said, ignoring the fact that his redhead friend wanted to know his decision on Hinata.

Choji banged on the drums from behind him loudly. "We don't ever work in peace, my friend."

"Well…fine…I don't want to answer," Naruto stated.

The boys finally left him alone and just began to work on a new song.

LATER

The boys were taking a much needed break from their making of a new song by chilling off in Naruto's pool. They had called Shikamaru back over to also hang out and Sai was with him.

"Man, can you believe the school year is coming to an end in a few months?" Choji said as he swam around Naruto.

The blonde rolled his eyes. "Yes, I can and I can't wait. Summer and then college, baby!"

"Hmm…you better hurry up and get back with Hinata then unless you don't see yourself making it beyond high school with her," Sai told him as he and Gaara threw a football back and forth in the water.

"Why is everyone grilling me about getting back with her? I'm sure she is going to be happy when she finds some great college loser that likes her," he said, crushing the football that was tossed to him underneath his hands.

Shikamaru shook his head with a smirk planted on his face. "Then why are you crushing the football like it has stolen something from you, and why is the guy she's going to end up with 'some loser'? What if he ends up being awesome? But then again, he could be extremely horrible to her…sigh. If only she had someone to protect her."

"What do you mean the guy can end up being extremely horrible to her? Who would in their right mind treat my Hinata like that and think they can get away with it without suffering the wrath of my iron fist?" growled Naruto.

"Ahhh but she is not your Hinata," laughed Kankuro.

The blonde realized Shikamaru had set him up and started to blush like mad. He just dunked his head in the water, wishing he could die before slowly bringing it back up to face his laughing pals.

"Look, don't be dickless and just go get her back," Sai said to him.

"Sai, I'm not dickless," he yelled at the pale, black-haired boy.

"Seems like it to me," Gaara mumbled but loud enough for him to hear it.

"Maybe he lost it, that's why he really broke up with Hinata….Naruto, did you lose your manhood?" Shino joked.

"Fuck you guys, man," Naruto shouted.

"He wants to fuck us! He really has lost it," Kankuro continued on with Shino's joke.

Naruto crossed his arms but then began to sink in the pool. He quickly unfolded them and just stared at him.

"Alright let's leave him alone for now or he might start to get really girly on us and start bitching," Choji said.

The blue-eyed boy just stayed silent.

"So since you kiddies will be going off to college next year I guess we better make this summer a great one," Kankuro said.

"Yea, what colleges have you guys looked at?" Shino asked the guys.

"I've applied to UCLA and Cal Arts," Sai told the guys.

"Only two?" Shikamaru said to his friend, wondering why he didn't apply to any of the other amazing art schools.

"My dream has always been to go to UCLA or Cal Arts, plus I've already got back admissions letters to both saying I'm accepted. I just need to pick," Sai told him.

"Damn, are you some type of genius?" asked Kankuro.

"When it comes to art he is," Shikamaru answered for his friend.

"Why didn't you enter into the art contest then?" asked Naruto.

"Well you have to take art class to enter, Dickless, and by the time I wanted to sign up for the class my schedule was already filled with classes I need. Also I take art classes out of school and enter in way cooler art contest than the school's," Sai bragged.

"Tsch…Whatever," the blonde scoffed.

"Shikamaru is a genius too. So what colleges did you apply to?" Sai asked.

"Harvard, Yale, UCLA, USC, and Princeton," Shikamaru said sleepily as the boys gaped at him.

"Damn, did you hear back yet?" asked Choji.

Shikamaru rubbed the back of his head and sported a slight blush as he nodded.

"So?" asked Gaara.

"I got accepted to all five," Shikamaru said, and the boys gaped again in awe.

"Interesting….I got accepted to Princeton, Yale, and UCLA also but they are the only ones I applied to," Gaara said.

"What? Gaara, you never told me! When did you become a fucking genius!?" yelled Naruto.

"Hn," Gaara replied going silent.

"He has always been smart, Naruto. He was just a troublemaker," laughed Kankuro.

"Hmm…well what about you, Shino….you are also a secret genius," Shikamaru said.

He knew the kid had done some crazy art projects throughout the years.

"I also, like everyone else, applied to UCLA. I got accepted but I don't know. I want to go to MIT but I've yet to hear back from them," Shino said with a sigh.

"Don't worry Smart Ass, I'm sure you will get in," Naruto tried to cheer up his friend.

"Did you apply yet, Naruto?" Shino asked.

"Haha….no, not yet. What about you Chubbs?" The blonde hopped around the question.

"What? There are four months of school left and the big schools usually have already picked their freshmen of the year. You know that, right?" Choji screamed at his friend but shook his head.

"I applied to UCLA also but sadly I don't know if I got in yet," Choji added.

"I'm sure you will get in there Chubbs," his friends said.

"Naruto!" Kushina Namikaze yelled as she open the backdoor patio to the pool to see the boys relaxing in the pool.

Damnit. I'm dead, thought the young blonde.

"Why do you think it's okay to have friends over when you refuse to go to school?" she asked him.

"Sorry, mom…they'll leave," he said as he and the boys climbed out of the pool.

"Not until they have all had dinner. And since you feel the need to have friends over, make sure you get up for school tomorrow," his mom demanded.

"He'll go, , we will make sure of it!" Kankuro told her with a charming smile.

"Thank you, Kankuro. I know I can always count on you," she told him as the boys grabbed towels and stepped back in the house.

The guys sweat dropped at this. She thought she could count on Kankuro, they shook their heads.

Mrs. Namikaze made the guys an awesome meal and then sent them on their way home. Afterwards she shooed Naruto upstairs, telling him he couldn't leave his room. She knew it wasn't much of a punishment though, since he was usually in his room anyway.

The blonde did feel like it was a punishment though. He could only think of what everyone had said to him about Hinata, and to be honest it was getting to him dearly. He tossed and turned in his bed, wondering what she was doing.

Next Day

Groggily, the blonde-haired teen awoke to his alarm clock. "Shut the fuck up! I'm up!" He growled at the machine as he jumped out of bed, smashing the snooze button with his fist.

"I don't even remember setting that thing!" he said to himself. Then he sighed, realizing that his mom more than likely did it.

"Alright, Mom, I get it! I'm going to school today!" He yelled loud enough so his mom would hear.

As he began to get ready for school his door opened and his mom peaked in.

"Good. But just to make sure, I'll wait until you leave," Kushina told her son with a smile.

"Really? You don't trust me?" he whined. "And get out, Mom, I'm only wearing boxers."

"It's not like I haven't seen you in less before. You are my child and I wash your underwear mister. I've seen it all," his mom laughed.

At this Naruto blushed, knowing it was true but still pointed to the doorway.

"Okay, Okay, I'll leave since you're so embarrassed of the little behind that I've seen so many times before," Kushina singed as she walked out, leaving behind a flustered son.

On her way out, she ran into her husband who was struggling with his tie like always. She always fixed his ties for him.

"Let me help you," she told him.

He stopped and let her fix the tie for him and looked towards Naruto's room.

"He's going to school today?" asked Minato.

"Yes he is, but did you know he is embarrassed about me seeing him in his boxers when I raised him for eighteen years?" she told her husband.

Her husband chuckled, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "We all get like that at some point sweetheart."

She shrugged and walked her husband to the door. He waited until Naruto finally came down the steps, all ready for school.

"Have a good day at school, Naruto," his father told him, then gave his wife one more kiss before leaving.

Kushina smiled. "Your father is such a dazzling man."

Naruto rubbed his forehead, muttering softly to himself, "Yea right."

"Mom, you are delusional. Now ME-I'm a dazzling man," he bragged about himself.

"A dazzling man would go to school," She replied back.

"Grrr…I know, I'm going. Bye," He pouted taking his leave.

He stomped all the way over to his black Range Rover and angrily got in his car. He then realized he would have to see Hinata and banged his head on his steering wheel a few times before finally starting the car and heading off to school.

At School

Naruto walked along the school hallway wishing he could disappear or become a ghost, but as soon as his friends, Choji, Shino, and bored-looking Shikamaru saw him, they waved him over and shouted his name.

He quickly crossed the distance between him and the boys and put a finger to his lips to shush them. Then he tried to coolly glance back to where Hinata and her friends were across the room staring at his group.

"Geez, what the fuck? Now she is staring!" Naruto hissed at the boys as soon as he turned back to face them.

Shikamaru smirked, pushing his hands further down in his pockets and tilting his head as he narrowed his eyes at the blonde.

"Temari told me if you don't talk to her today, to make sure I tell you that you are a pussy. But I'll say it now- you are a pussy," Shikamaru stated.

"What?" Naruto growled.

"He said you're a pussy," Shino repeated a little louder with no sympathy at all for the boy.

"I concur, Sir Smart Ass, he is indeed a pussy," joked Choji, and all the boys laughed besides an angry Naruto.

Naruto rolled his eyes with much hatred for his so-called friends. "I am not. I just made up my mind. Now I'm going to class like a decent good guy who is not a pussy, you little fucks."

He jogged off to homeroom, waiting for the class to start. As he waited, all the students started to file in the class. When Sasuke entered, he glanced at Naruto before sitting down.

"Yo, dobe, don't you think you should get back with Hinata now?" Sasuke whispered as soon as class started.

The boy spoken to raised his head from his desk, giving Sasuke the meanest glare ever.

"Didn't you guys tell me to break up with her? What is this, a game?" he growled at Sasuke.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and scoffed. "Tsch...look, I was wrong, we were wrong. Hinata loves you and you're good for her."

"Whatever, I need to focus on class," Naruto said.

"Come on, Naruto. He is right about you needing to get back with Hinata," Ino spoke up, hoping to encourage the fellow blonde.

"Naw, they were right. She deserves better," he said, sticking to his guns.

Everyone sighed at the hard-headed blonde. This was not going to be easy.

The day slowly dragged by, but Naruto had finally somehow managed to get nearly through his last period of the day; art.

He tried his best not to even glance at Hinata-not even a peek from the corner of his eye. He always stared straight ahead and refused to look over.

Yet he could feel her eyes all over him and he wanted to yell at her. He couldn't even bring himself to do that though, because he knew if he opened his mouth it wouldn't be good. He'd probably confess his love all over again and cry for her to take him back.

Hinata on the other hand couldn't believe Naruto wasn't going to say one word to her. He had used the same silent treatment on her in Kakashi's English class. She had to do something.

"Naruto," she softly muttered. She could tell he heard her because his ears perked up, but he refused to face her.

"Naruto, if you don't want to talk to me, fine, but I'm going to still talk to you," she told the blonde.

She had made up her mind. She could give a rat's ass if he wasn't going to talk to her, she was going to continue to speak to him.

She watched his jaw clench up in anger and he become tight-lipped but he still was silent. She could tell he wanted to say something so she decided she would press on.

"Plus, now that I know the reason you broke up with me, I can't let you just walk away."

There was silence from the blonde boy. He just glanced at the clock. Thirty seconds before the bell rings, he thought. His leg bounced up and down nervously as he tried to pretend he didn't hear her.

She sighed as the bell rang. "I know you still love me. Don't you?"

Naruto finally stared at her with a glare but she only smiled at him with her beautiful lavender eyes.

"I believe in you, that's how I know you won't hurt me. As you said to me once before, 'Believe it'!"

His eyes widened as she used the phrase he told her that he used to say a lot as a kid. He gritted his teeth and took off, sprinting out the classroom. He couldn't face her.

He ran full speed down the jam-packed hallway, pushing kids left and right out of his way as if somebody was chasing him.

As he passed by Choji and Shino they called out to him but he kept running full speed to his car. Once he was in he started it and peeled off out of the parking lot.

Back In the school….

Hinata stared at the door where Naruto had rushed out like a mad man minutes ago. She shook her head and began to pack her things. As she did that she felt a hand touch her shoulder and glanced up to see Kurenai.

Kurenai gave her a look of concern but she just smiled at her and sighed.

"No need to worry about me," Hinata told her, reading her mind.

"Are you sure, Hinata? Do you think talking to him would help either of you at the moment?"

"What I said to him is enough. I'm sure he will talk to me soon because I know him well."

She smiled confidently then shook her head. "Tomorrow's the All School Rock Out too."

Kurenai raised an eyebrow at this but stayed quiet about the matter.

"That means he can, at the most, avoid me all day tomorrow. But if I don't let up he will eventually burst," Hinata told Kurenai, and for a second held an evil smirk on her face. She had something up her sleeve.

Now that she knew Naruto still loved her and that he only broke up with her for her sake….she was not going to let him go. Nope, Mr. Namikaze belonged to her.

She waved back to Kurenai and exited the class room as her brain cooked up an evil (as evil as Hinata can get) plan to get her man back.

The smile on her face scared her friends as she walked down the hallway happily, the same hall that Naruto had ran down madly like he was going to die.

"Umm… Hinata, is everything okay?" asked a concerned Tenten.

Hinata stopped walking and turned to her friend with a smile. "Yes, it is. It's great."

….

Naruto was scribbling down words on a paper in front of him like mad. He had just gotten home seconds ago and ran straight to his room. Now, he sat at his desk writing words to a new song.

He thought of what Hinata had said about believing in him and dropped his pen, shaking his head.

Then he grabbed his phone out of his pants pocket and dialed a number.

"Yo, call the band. We need to perform before we go on stage tomorrow and I got a jam I want to do now if you guys don't mind."

On the other end Choji nodded. "I'll have to hear it first, but I'll call Shino and the others. We'll be there soon."

"Alright. Peace."

"Later."

The blonde looked back down at the paper in front of him; the new lyrics he had come up with. It was all because of her. She wanted her answer, he thought to himself, she'll get it tomorrow.

A few minutes later he heard the door bell and jogged down to the front door. He opened it and was greeted by the faces of his band members.

"Yo, I got this new song. Totally different from the original song we planned to play tomorrow but still has sort of the same beat," Naruto explained to the boys as they walked to the basement.

Gaara gave his childhood friend a side glance but stayed quiet for a while before speaking his mind.

"If you're changing the song I don't mind, but just tell me, is it going to be about her?" the redhead boy asked .

"It's going to be my answer to her and it's also for Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Mom and Dad," Naruto answered, a bit flustered.

"Then you got my vote," Choji said. Gaara, Shino, and Kankuro nodded their heads to agree.

The blonde smirked. "Thanks."

"But speaking of tomorrow, we should bring our own equipment," Kankuro told the band.

The guys stared at Kankuro like he was crazy. "Bring all this stuff?" asked Choji.

"Yea, we'll bring Shino's truck. Look, I got us the perfect promotion manager and he invited all our fans for tomorrow and I've seen that gym. It won't hold them all. I don't know how well the sound on their speakers reaches but we need something that can reach the people who will have to stand outside," Kankuro explained.

"Ok but who is our promotion manager?" asked Naruto.

"Don't worry, you'll meet him tomorrow." Kankuro said. Naruto started to complain but then Gaara said, "Don't worry, I'm sure Kankuro wouldn't pick someone stupid."

"Fine...hey are you guys inviting your parents or you trying to be low-key?" asked the blonde.

"Why would I be low-key?" asked Gaara.

"Because you would be skipping school to play music at our school," Shino said.

"I already asked them if I could leave school at ten and spend the rest of the day at your school. I told them it would be a music gig and they would love it," Gaara told them.

Then he added, "I already even convinced Matsuri's parents too."

"Cool. We should arrive an hour early to school tomorrow to unload everything and set up," Shino said.

"Man, Shino, I don't want to be early to school," complained Naruto.

"Naruto, we don't have to be to school until twelve tomorrow because of the All School Rock Out and we're only there until like, two-thirty or three. And there is an hour lunch break at one, so stop whining," ordered Shino.

"Whatever, smart ass," growled Naruto.

"Ok, we meet an hour early then?" asked Shino. Everyone agreed and Naruto finally said yes.

"Sucks that every day can't be the All School Rock Out. Short days like tomorrow would be awesome," sighed Choji.

"Well stop day dreaming and let's practice," said Naruto.

The boys settled down and finally practiced the new song Naruto had come up with. They really enjoyed it and played until they couldn't play anymore. When they were done, they all helped load their equipment into Shino's truck.

Once they finished with the last bit of stuff, they all stood huddled outside near the truck.

"One last thing before we go," Kankuro said. He ran off to his car then came back with a box.

"What the hell is that?" asked Naruto.

"Shirts!" Kankuro answered with a cheesy smile.

He pulled the shirts out the box and handed one to each boy. He handed Gaara a red wife beater that said REDHEAD LUNATIC in black letters and a love kanji on the back of the shirt. Then he gave Choji a red tee shirt that said CHUBBS in black letters and had a black butterfly on the back. He gave Shino a white tee shirt that said S.A. in black letters and in the back had a black beetle. He threw Naruto a white beater that had the word RAMEN in the front and a tribal spiral in the back. Kankuro himself had a red wife beater that said LADY KILLER in black letters and a picture of a puppet on the back.

The big thing about the back of shirt is that underneath each item it said FIVE WIERDOES.

"I guess we are wearing these tomorrow?" Shino asked.

"Yup," was all Kankuro said with a cheesy smile.

When Naruto awoke the next day he had a smirk on his face. He couldn't believe the day had come when he and his band would play for the school. It was time for the Five Weirdoes to shine today and he had to give Hinata his answer.

"Let's get this day over with," the blonde muttered to himself as he hopped up and headed to his shower.

After getting refreshed for the day, he threw on some ripped skinny jeans, a white wife beater with the word RAMEN in black letters written on it, and some tan boots.

He grabbed his red snapback hat and was ready for the day. Before heading out the door he stopped in the kitchen to have breakfast with his parents.

"So come to the school around two because that's when we should be setting up to play, and there is no need to come early because nobody else will be as good as us," Naruto told his parents as he headed out.

Kushina smirked at her son and shook her head. "Well aren't we cocky young man…but I guess you'll have to prove it to us at two."

"Yes, and you should also try talking to Hinata," Minato added.

Naruto rolled his eyes, "Bye."

He headed out the door so his parents could say no more. He hopped on his motorcycle and headed straight to the school.

When he arrived, he saw his band mates standing near Shino's truck unloading some of the equipment. He ran up to them to help.

"Yo!" he hollered as he ran up to them.

They placed the equipment on the ground and turned to face Naruto.

"Good, you're finally here," Shino scolded the boy.

The blonde chuckled nervously. He was supposed to be there about twenty minutes ago to help.

"Hey, it's not like we are first or anything. And I'm only twenty minutes behind," he defended.

"Yea, yea, enough talking, get to helping," ordered Kankuro.

The five boys began unloading all the things they needed and took it inside. They entered from the side of the school closest to the gymnasium so they wouldn't have to carry it for so long and placed all of their belongings backstage in their own little corner.

Anko, the coordinator of the All School Rock Out was there helping other kids along.

She glanced up when she saw Naruto and his band mates. Stopping to take a look at them, she shook her head. A smile planted on her face as she marched up to them.

"Why are you lazy bums here? And who are your little friends?" asked Anko. She didn't want any disturbances during the performances.

Gaara gave Anko a mean glare, making the tough woman swallow. "I am not a lazy bum, and my name is Gaara but you can call me the Redhead Lunatic, that's my stage name and I'm a part of the Five Weirdoes that will be playing today."

Anko glanced down at the sheet she had in her hand and saw on the list of people and bands to play today, a group called the Five Weirdoes were indeed playing. Next to the band name she noticed an asterisk followed by the words Naruto's band.

"And I am not little at all, I can prove it to you," added Kankuro with a wink.

Anko rolled her eyes. "No thanks!"

"Well, since your group is the last to go, I hope you're good because the finale has always been wonderful since I've been here and I would hate for your guys to screw that up." Anko told them. She was nervous really, because she had never heard them play and thought the boys were lazy.

At this, Naruto cockily smirked. "You have nothing to worry about. I can insure you that we are the best talent here. Plus, because of us the school gym will be jam packed around two o'clock."

"What do you mean?" asked a confused Anko.

"He means that our band, the Five Weirdoes, is pretty well known as the hottest local band with the best music. And since our school announced that today is free for the public to come and listen, not only will all of our families and girlfriends come but our mass group of fans too," explained Shino.

"Which means the school gym will be so full that a few might have to stand outside," added Choji.

"That is why I brought my own equipment so that we can blast the music so loud that it reaches outside," Naruto finished.

Anko shook her head, not believing the kids one bit. "Whatever."

Then a man in a black suit walked up to the boys, slightly knocking Anko out of the way but not seeming to care. He seemed important by the stance he took and the way he presented himself but Anko was still angry.

"Excuse me but who are you?" asked Anko. She knew this guy couldn't possibly also be a part of Naruto's band.

"I'm Will Roberts, the Five Weirdoes' promotion manager, and I came here since my talent is performing here," explained, then turned back to face the boys.

Will Roberts had decided to become the guys' promotion manager since he could tell they were going to go somewhere with their talent, and he and Kankuro teamed up to get the boys more popular than they already were.

Anko was shocked to hear the boys had a promotion manager but just shook if off. The Namikaze brat had money; anyone with the right amount of money could get a manager.

"Well, Roberts, you ran into me," Anko told him.

"Sorry," he said, not bothering to turn around and face her. Instead, he talked to the boys. "There will be a big crowd later on, I made sure of that. So after you guys perform I need you to….."

He went off on an incoherent ramble leaving a pissed off Anko who stormed off to help the first preparing act.

In the gymnasium the whole freshman through senior class, plus outsiders related to or friends with the bands stood in the gym chatting, eager to hear the bands play.

In one part of the gym, Hinata stood with her all of her friends, including Temari, Matsuri, Sayomi, and Fuu. Even Neji, Kiba, and Sasuke were with her but one thing that was different about the three boys was the black eyes they all sported.

"So why is Hinata allowing them to be so close to her?" Sayomi asked Ino, the curious Temari, Matsuri, and Fuu also listening in.

Ino glanced over at Hinata who was few feet away, then swallowed and quietly explained why the three boys were allowed to still be next to her.

According to Ino, the three boys wanted to apologize and earn her forgiveness yesterday, but their faces and the way they tried to apologize (especially Sasuke's cool, stuck up way of apologizing) got the boys in huge trouble. Before the guys even knew what hit them, Hinata punched Kiba, Sasuke and Neji so hard right in front of everyone like a furious beast and threatened to kill them. That was their warning. She informed them that if Naruto gets back with her within a week she will allow them to live.

She didn't want the boys near her but she said they needed to come and see the bands play. According to Ino, some great band was going to play and the boys needed to hear it. Hinata's friends and Ino had yet to discover who the Five Weirdoes really are.

So for this moment she would allow them to be in her presence but she still ordered them to stay back a few feet from her. Also, nobody else was associating with the three teens at the moment because they feared what Hinata would do. Even Tenten wasn't speaking to her boyfriend.

Sayomi and the other girls nodded when Ino finished explaining, somewhat understanding what Hinata was trying to do.

"But where is Choji, Shino and….umm...you know who?" asked Sakura.

Shikamaru nodded his head. "Yea, I tried calling them but they didn't answer."

"They are here, don't worry, and you'll see them soon enough," Sayomi told the questioning teens with a smirk.

"The real question is where are Mr. and Mrs. Aburame and the rest of the guys' parents?" asked Fuu, looking around to see if she could spot any of her boyfriend's band mates' parents or his own.

"Oh, the boys all told them to come later," Temari told Fuu.

"Yea, they think it would be a waste to show up early and hear the others. They'll probably be here around one-ish or two," Matsuri said.

"Why would they tell their parents to come? It's not like they are in a band?" Sai asked.

At this, Shikamaru's eyebrow went up like a light bulb went off in his head and he smirked. He knew exactly why the boys weren't around now, but decided to stay quiet on the matter. Plus he thought it'd be too troublesome to explain and he'd rather see the reactions of his shocked friends. He smirked at his girlfriend though and Temari smiled back, knowing that he picked up on what was going on now.

"Who knows, but the first band is about to play so be quiet!" shushed Hinata.

Kurenai and Asuma, the chaperones of this section who also stood near the teens, nodded their heads.

"Yes, silence," Asuma ordered.

The first band played three songs, the max amount of songs you can play, but they were an average band. Nothing about them was exciting and none of their songs made them seem spectacular, but still people clapped because they were happy enough they didn't have class today.

There were still five more bands left. The four other bands before the break seemed to have gone by in a flash. Everyone was sent on an hour lunch break and then they would have to return for the last band and twenty minute ending speech by Anko and Principal Tsunade.

After lunch, the gang ended up right back where they originally stood near the front of the stage, but the group seemed to have gotten much larger. Naruto's parents had arrived and so did all of his other band mates' parents, plus a bunch of their fans.

The gym was so packed that they had to open up the doors so people could receive fresh air, but there were people outside too.

Choza, Choji's dad, invited Shikamaru's and Ino's parents also.

"I don't understand why you guys had to come?" Ino told her parents.

"Choza asked us to come see Choji and his band play," Inochi said, not seeing the big deal.

"Wait…Choji? Band!?" Ino screamed, looking from Choza to her dad to Sayomi.

Sayomi grinned evilly. She loved to rub in how great Choji was in Ino's face. She thought of it as friendly rival.

"Yes, Choji is in the band, he will be the last to play," Sayomi answered.

Before anyone could say anything more, Anko came out on the stage because the last band was done setting up.

"Okay, now for the last band today, the Five Weirdoes!" Anko shouted, but with fake enthusiasm.

The band came out, revealing Naruto a.k.a. Ramen, Gaara a.k.a. Redhead Lunatic, Kankuro a.k.a. Lady Killer, Choji a.k.a. Chubbs, Shino a.k.a. Smartass a.k.a. S.A.

Almost the whole gymnasium was filled with a sea of shouts of approval as soon as the boys hit the stage. There were fan girls screaming how much they love their songs, guys shouting how they rock, and people just pumped to see the famous local band.

Minato and Kushina were just as shocked as everyone who actually went to the school and the other parents about the crowd's reaction.

Anko, who came down to join Kurenai and the gang, was also in shock.

"I can't believe they actually brought this big of a crowd," Anko said out loud.

"I thought you said Naruto, Choji and Shino refuse to play in your class," Kurenai questioned her best friend.

"They don't." Anko said.

"I didn't know my son can play or that he played in a band 'til yesterday," Choza said when everyone looked at the parents.

"Me neither," said all the other parents.

"Don't worry, they are awesome," Sayomi said as she watched the band get in position.

"Yes, plus Naruto is very talented. You shouldn't underestimate him," Hinata said, silencing everyone.

On stag,e Naruto tapped the mic and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"Now, ladies….and gentleman, I want to welcome everyone who came here specifically to see the Five Weirdoes," he started off.

A roar of approval "yeas" was heard and then everyone became quiet as he got ready to continue on.

"My band has worked hard to accommodate itself on a special song that I came up with personally in these last few days. This song goes out to a few special people: my father, my mother, Tsunade-bachan, my dead uncle Jiraiya and most of all…"

He paused and looked into the crowd, his eyes seemed to catch a familiar pair of lavender eyes.

"Well, I want to play this song first before I tell y'all that one. Now how about we get this show on the road!" He yelled.

The crowd screamed. He glanced back at his band mates and they nodded. They started to play only the beat at first and then Naruto singed:

Happiness, is just outside my window
I thought it crashed blowing eighty-miles an hour?
But happiness a little more like knocking
On your door, and you just let it in?

Happiness, feels a lot like sorrow
Let it be, you can't make it come or go
But you are gone. not for good but for now
Gone for now, feels a lot like gone for good

Happiness, is a firecracker sitting on my headboard
Happiness was never mine to hold
Careful child, light the fuse and get away
Cause happiness throws a shower of sparks

Happiness, damn near destroys you
Breaks your faith, to pieces on the floor
So you tell yourself, that's enough for now
Happiness has a violent roar

Happiness, is like the old man told me
Look for it, but you'll never find it all
Let it go, live your life and leave it
Then one day, you wake up and she'll be home, home

She'll be, she'll be, she'll be home
She'll be home
She'll be home
She'll be home
She will be home
She will be home
Yeah,
She'll be home
She'll be home
She'll be.

He finished the song on that note, most of the crowd in silence, some in tears, others clapping.

Naruto smiled. His eyes connected with Hinata's and he knew she knew what he was feeling.

"I love you Hinata, this song is mainly for you and that is my answer," he said into the mic.

He then said, "As I said in the song my grandpa always told me you can't go looking for happiness. He told me if I don't go looking, it'll come find me. Because of you I found the greatest happiness of all: love. I want to thank you for that and I thank you all. That is all."

He exited the stage with Choji, Shino, Gaara, and Kankuro .

"Oh MY GAWD! WTF Hinata!" yelled Ino.

Hinata ignored Ino. She had tears rolling down her face, tears of happiness.

"Hinata, are you okay?" asked Sakura, who noticed her crying. Hinata couldn't speak, she could only nod her head yes.

"Why didn't you tell us Naruto was so good?" asked Ino, still in a state of shock.

"Naruto is not the only one who is in the band and makes it so good," Sayomi added, making sure Choji and the others get their credit too.

"Yea, well what I want to know is how come those suckers never play like that in class?" asked Anko.

Hinata sighed and just walked away towards the stage.

"Hinat-

"Leave her be, Tenten, she is going to talk to her man," Fuu said with a smirk.

Temari shook her head. "I knew that punk Naruto was such an idiot to give up a good woman."

Kazen, the Sabuka kids' father, looked at his daughter. "I never knew Gaara and Kankuro had this much interest in music."

"Well they play almost every night or every other night and every weekend," Temari told her dad.

"Wow" was the only word everyone could say.

Hinata had gone backstage to find Naruto and the boys celebrating on their successful performance. She walked up to him and the boys got silent and decided to make their exit, leaving the couple alone.

He smiled at her and a one lone tear dropped down from one of his blue eyes. He opened his arms for a hug as she walked towards him but received an unexpected slap that caught him off guard.

"I can't believe you would break up with me, you asshole!" she yelled at him.

He frowned, not knowing what to do, and tried to open his mouth to explain but then she leaned forward and kissed him on his tan cheeks.

"And I love you too, Naruto," she told him with a gentle smile.

The blonde blinked as he tried to register what had just happened to him but before he got a chance, everyone he knew was backstage walking up to him and Hinata.

"Son, that was a nice song, you did great," his father told him.

Naruto beamed from the complement from his dad. His mom nodded her head as well and said, "It was beautiful, baby."

Tsunade also ruffled his head as she cried tears because of the song. It reminded her of great memories with Jiraiya.

"Thank you Naruto," she told him. It was as if he had given her a gift and finally forgave her for Jiraiya's death.

He understood and nodded, giving her a gentle smile. Anko walked up to him next but he put up his hand to halt her.

"I haven't even gotten to do what I want to do the most, and aren't you supposed to give a speech or something?" he told Anko.

Tsunade glanced at Anko and then they both nodded and went back onstage to give the ending speech.

As soon the two walked away he didn't give anyone else the chance to talk to him. He just pulled Hinata in his arms and kissed her. When he pulled away he gave her his famous smile that made her blush a tenfold and she was unable to hold her ground. She could no longer be the strong bad ass that she was when she first walked backstage. Now, she was putty in his arms. Just how he liked it.

"Hinata, we should forget this temporary bump in the road. Let's say we never broke up," he told her as he held her.

She could only nod, for she had lost her voice as soon as he gave her that breath-taking kiss.

"Great, and I shall remind you that you will be mine forever and ever and in the future you will be Mrs. Namikaze, understand?" he told her, forgetting about all the people in the room watching.

Kushina squealed in excitement as soon as Hinata nodded her head yes that she understood.

"I will get to have beautiful grandkids after all!" she shouted.

"Hey, there will be no baby making until Hinata gets old enough, which is never," argued Asuma.

This snapped Hinata out of her daze and she blushed even harder. "Well, we can discuss that later. How about we all go out?"

"Sounds perfect, babe!" Naruto said as he grabbed her hand, pulling her away. He turned for a second and called back to his and Hinata's friends.

"What the hell are you guys waiting for? Since we all are friends, lets go celebrat. It's not every day you get to hang with rock stars like the Five Weirdoes!" he yelled.

He then took off, leaving everyone to shake their head. They followed after him, everyone besides Sasuke.

"Tsch…who is dobe calling 'friend'?" he muttered to himself, but slowly followed after the gang.

Soon after the kids left, the two people on stage got a rude awakening. As they were giving their final speech, paint fell on Tsunade and Anko and a banner fell down saying 'All School Rock out by Five Weirdoes.'

All the kids laughed at the prank but Tsunade and Anko were pissed, and Tsunade knew nobody but Naruto could have pulled this off.

So as soon as she wiped the goop of paint out of her eyes, she looked up at the sky and yelled, "NARUTO NAMIKZE, YOU'RE EXPELLED!"

Outside…..

Naruto and the gang heard Tsunade's yell all the way outside. The blonde smiled while Hinata shook her head.

"I had to do one last prank. It wouldn't be right," he said, then squeezed her ass.

"NARUTO!" she screamed, and the blonde took off running.

Everyone shook their heads. This was Naruto Namikaze, a bad boy turned good….or kinda.

AN: This is the last Chapter, just in case you haven't figured it out by now. I set this ending up for a sequel but there is no promise I will do one. Now I will just be working on finishing Trials of Croatia that I am renaming Beast as I said before. Also I will be posting a new story soon by the name of Naori the Lazy Nin. It will be a NarutoXHinata and OCXItachi paring. It will be about how the four ninjas lives are connected. Anyway thanks for reading my story, I hope you enjoyed it!