Count on Me

All song's that are being sung will be presented in this form:
~"Singing here"~
That's about all you need ta know......
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I can see past that mask- I can see you through and through- you thought that by singing and forgetting that your troubles would just meld away. That’s what you believed- that’s what I couldn’t believe that you were trying to do now. It was so foolish….
I let a small smile dance over my lips as I listen to your beautiful voice- I can’t help but want to see you succeed at whatever you would do with your life- that’s why I must say I am so proud to call you my truest friend.
It seems so odd- I remember how terrible your life was before you happened to be moved here- to where people slowly accepted you.
I saw you pull yourself up onto your feet time after time, no matter how many times you fell apart…
But gods above- why couldn’t you see that I was falling apart watching you right then?
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His onyx eyes studied the ones before him- those deep beautiful perfect eyes from an angel up above… ok so maybe that was stretching it a bit- but Sasuke didn’t really give a rats ass as he watched Naruto move amoung the many students before them. It was so incredibly foolish that he, Sasuke Uchiha- had fallen in love with an absolute idiot of Naruto Uzumaki.
Sasuke was a genius- Naruto was a true blonde when it came to anything that had to do with schoolings of any type. It was laughable. It was truly laughable.
But… as Sasuke watched Naruto push through the crowd eager to get to his side Sasuke couldn’t help but let a playful smirk slid onto his face. The Idiot was just that… a complete idiot- but he was his idiot.
“Moron… we have to meet up with the others- you’re late.” Sasuke grumbled, pretending to be annoyed with Naruto when in truth- he had probably saved them from one of Sakura and Ino’s fights over who won the right to sit next to Sasuke during breakfast.
“Awww…. We’ve probably missed the morning fight by now!” Naruto whined as they headed for the schools odd metallic netted tables…. That really served no purpose at all except to be uncomfortable to sit on and harder still to playfully mess around your friends on.
“Moron..” Sasuke grumbled as they came into the view of their friends.
Kiba seemed to have snuck Akamaru into school once again, as the puppy was happily licking Hinata’s outstretched hand, as the shy girl let out a small happy giggle.
Neji was sitting off to the side of the group, reading his book quietly as if he was not apart of the group in the least- while Lee attempted to gain Sakura’s affections by offering her a love poem and a bunch of flowers.
Shino was leaning against the wall near their table, as Shikamaru put his head on his hands, staring off into space boredly. An unusual group of teens had joined them though, the ‘Sand Siblings’ as their nickname was.
Three of them, all of them from a city a few hundred miles away from the actual city of Konoha- they were treated rather poorly at first, due to their brother being a bit of an ass towards everyone and anyone who crossed his path.
But Gaara, and his two older siblings Kankuro and Temari, had almost immediately been accepted into Naruto’s band of misfits all of whom had held some odd beginnings in Konoha…
When Naruto and Sasuke arrived, most of the time all attention was turned onto Sasuke, and Sasuke alone leaving Naruto to sit down next to Kiba and talk about the latest episode of ‘Silver Dragons’, an anime show both boys were very excited about watching constantly…
Today?... all attention was focused on Naruto..
It took a moment for both Sasuke and Naruto to react to the sudden change in attention, but it wasn’t too long before they just stared back at their shocked friends.
“What?” Sasuke asked impatiently finally, to which Neji lowered his book and glared lightly at Naruto.
“Naruto-kun… if you are here… that person we saw moments ago… was not you.” He said, as each of them began to think of all the possibilities- leaving a very confused Naruto and Sasuke for a few moments until the ever lazy Shikamaru spoke up.
“Oyi… we just saw someone who looked just like yah Naruto”
“Someone who… looked just like me?” He wondered, blinking in confusion. As far as he knew- there was no one else like him at the school. No one had his bright blonde hair, nor his bright blue eyes…
“Dude- I thought it was you… “ Kiba admitted, which was very very strange to Naruto. Kiba had been his best friend since grade school- why on earth would Kiba mistake him for someone else?!
Unfortunately for the two confused boys, the bell rang before they could ask any more questions as the group dispersed to go their own separate ways.
Naruto’s first class was Music appreciation class. Due to budget cuts, Choir and Music Appreciation classes had been combined under the watchful eye of one Kurenai Yuhi, who had an excellent eye for talent in either of her classes.
Today, she was focusing more on her Choir class, as she smiled lightly at one student in particular. “I hate to put you on the spot first day, but Miss Kikai would you please show us the talent of your voice that your teacher spoke so highly of while we spoke on the phone?” There was a small murmur of voices- no one had seen a new person arrive into the class…
On the opposite side of the room, a girl approached the small stage in the center of the class, as she scooped up a guitar along the way. It was a simple normal guitar, as she placed it around her neck and tuned it very lightly.
The girl had short cut blonde hair, the same shade as Naruto’s… she had full lips and a cute shape under her loose and baggy clothing. Her eyes were a bright blue as everyone saw for a long moment before she began to strum along on the guitar… as if teasingly playing the instrument before she began to sing.

~“I know that life ain't always good to you.
I've seen exactly what it's put you through
Thrown you around and turned you upside down and so you
You got to thinking there was no way out
You started sinking and it pulled you down
It may be tough you've to get back up
Because you know that life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
You can count on me
Cause' I will carry you till you
carry on

Anytime you need someone
Somebody strong to lean on
Well you can count on me
To hold you till the healing is done
And every time you fall apart
Well you can hide here in my arms
And you can count on me
To hold you till that feeling is gone

I wonder why nobody's waiting on you
I'd like to be the one to pull you through your darkest times
I'd love to be the light that finds you
I see a silver lining on your cloud
I'll pick you up whenever you fall down
Just take my hand and I will help you stand

Because you know that life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
You can count on me
Cause' I will carry you till you carry on
Anytime you need someone
Somebody strong to lean on
Well you can count on me to hold you till the healing is done
And every time you fall apart you can hide here in my arms
And you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is
Gone so you can live today
Seems so long to yesterday
Keep on counting on me to carry you till you carry on
Carry on

You know that life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
You can count on me cause I will carry you till you carry on

Anytime you need someone
Somebody strong to lean on
Well you can count on me to hold you till that healing is done
And every time you fall apart
You can hide here in my arms
And you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is gone
Remember life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
That you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is gone
Remember life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
That you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is gone”~
She had no problems singing the song with her beautiful voice, the song daunting and haunting their mind and ears as she strummed the guitar for a few moments more… before she looked up to the stunned teacher whose mouth was slightly open and agape.
“V…Very good…. You can sit down now.” She said watching as the girl walked by the guitar stand to put it down on it’s stand before going to sit down in the chair no one had noticed her in right away.
In the back of the class- Naruto was sitting there stunned. Absolutely stunned…. He knew that girl. He hadn’t seen her in 10 years- but he knew her.
Her original name was Kiriko Uzumaki- his twin sister! He knew her! He had to know her no matter what… that was her voice- the one she had sung to him with when he had come back from the orphanage all beat up and bloody from being picked on at the boys school.
Kurenai addressed her as Aniue Kikai- as quite a few students whooped and whistled at her wonderful singing and playing of the instrument.
She just looked at the ground, as if wishing it would swallow her right up… Kurenai went on with a lesson about how Aniue had made her voice pitch and fall here and there- so many tips and turns in her words… each expressing a wonderful emotion..
Aniue had but one thought in her head as she took notes on what Kurenai said..
~He didn’t even notice me… gods Naruto… can’t you see me?~
For once? The number one hyper knuckleheaded street fighter had absolutely nothing to say… His sister was there- after ten years she was there- just four rows in front of him… she was tangible again.

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If this chapter wasn’t too understanding that’s fine. A lot of my work only is explained in further chapters.
The students that I will be playing to the best of my abilities in this story are … pretty much all of the young ones you saw mentioned earlier. Any background information you might need?....
Naruto and his sister were separated while at the orphanage due to the fact she was a cute little boy not a ‘cursed’ little boy. People are more likely to adopt girls then they are boys since girls can push their emotions down further then boys can.
The reason I named her first Kiriko then Aniue, is because ….o.o … I’m weird like that. Yep- that’s about right. Kiriko was renamed by her family because they wanted her to have a prettier name.
Also the song Aniue sang for them, is Default’s Count on me.
I do not own the song, but I would like to point out- she sings it in a different manner then the band originally does. Instead of the wonderful overtures and such- she sings it in a soft haunting voice that temps and lures the ones listening into her web… xD I hope you all enjoyed the story! See you next chapter!