Angles Among Us

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the songs.

A/N; Here’s the first chapter of my collection. It involves Hinata and Shikamaru. Please excuse any errors, this story in not beted.

Summary: Both Hinata and Shikamaru have lost the one they loved. Seeking comfort from the death that surrounds them they visit a near-by club where a blonde haired singer seems to know exactly what they need to move on.

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Open Up Your Eyes

Blue eyes scanned the club full of people. The eyes moved through the club before locking onto first one pair of lavender and then a pair of brown. Those eyes held such sadness that Naruto just couldn’t stand it. He needed to make those two feel better. Gathering up his guitar he made his way onstage and towards the microphone. Looking out among the crowd, he starts to sing;

“A single rose left to remember
as a single tear falls from her eye
another cold day in December
A year from the day she said goodbye”

Hinata looked at the stage in shock. How that man knew about her fiancé’s death she didn’t know, but he did. His song was proof of that. Hinata closes her eyes and the memories take her back to a year ago today.

“Seems it's only been a moment
since the angels took him from her arms
and she was left there holding on to their tomorrow
But as they laid him in the ground
her heart would sing without a sound”

(Flashback)

Hinata stood there tears slowly coursing down her cheeks as she places the red rose next to the other flowers decorating the grave. Her heart still won’t accept the truth that he was gone, but the proof was there in front of her. And with a soft goodbye she was finally able to let him go.

(Flashback ends)

Hinata opens her eyes to find caring blue watching her, with a soft smile her lonely heart sings along with the beautiful singer on the stage.

“For the first time you can open your eyes
And see the world without your sorrow
And no one knows the pain you left behind
And all the peace you could never find
Is waiting there to hold and keep you
Welcome to the first day of your life
Just open up your eyes”

Shikamaru leaned against the club wall and watched the blonde singer on stage with interest. Blue-eyes suddenly locked with his brown ones and Naruto sang the next part to the Nara.

“A single lifetime lays behind her
as she draws her final breath
just beyond the door he'll find her
taking her hand he softly says”

Shikamaru flinched as the words of the song came to him. The reminded him so much of last month. He beloved had committed suicide and he came home to find her already gone. There was nothing he could do.

“For the first time you can open your eyes
And see the world without your sorrow
And no one knows the pain you left behind
And all the peace you could never find
Is waiting there to hold and keep you
Welcome to the first day of your life
Just open up your eyes”

Shikamaru stared at the blonde male as the song continued. The song suddenly reached a sharper tempo as he came to the last verse of the song.

“Just open up your eyes as I lay you down tonight
Safe on the other side, no more tears to cry

For the first time you can open your eyes
And see the world without your sorrow
And no one knows the pain you left behind
And all the peace you could never find
Is waiting there to hold and keep you
Welcome to the first day of your life
Just open up your eyes”*

Naruto finished the song with a flourish. The mood of the club had lightened considerably by the time the song ended. Naruto smiled, he had managed to soothe someone tonight. That was enough for him.

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A/N: And there is the first song. Next chapter Sasuke and Sakura.
*The song is called "Open up Your Eyes" by Chris Daughtry. I do not own the lyrics, they are the property of their original owner.