We were to be put onto teams today. I was really worried, knowing that many people had threatened to return to the academy if I was on their team. I didn't know if they were serious or not, but it hurt all the same.

 This is entirely my fault, I thought, frowning and placing my head on the desk, If I wasn't such a freak, if I was a little nicer, then they wouldn't mind me being on their team! Whoever it is who will be on my team, I want to show them it won't be bad having me as a teammate! I think, totally determined.

Eventually, everyone began to trickle in. Suddenly, a sound like a herd of elephants came down the hall. The door burst open, and their stood... Sakura and Ino, a herd of elephants, eh? Close enough. I sat my head back down on my arms, pretty much drowning everything out, until...

"NARUTO!"

It was fairly common for someone to shout his name, but this was almost all the girls in the class screeching it at once. So I look up, only to see Naruto and Sasuke kissing. I hung my head down, depressed. But not because I wanted to be his girlfriend. No, not for that reason at all. If Sasuke was gay... that meant the great Uchiha clan was no more. 

Ah, but there they are, both spitting and gagging. They must not be gay... so maybe the Uchiha clan will be restored...

Iruka comes in, and begins announcing the teams. "And, on team Six, we have Tsutomu Iwate, Hisao Tochigi, and Keira Boukyaku." They both are practically shaking in their seats from anger. I feel their minds reaching a snap decision.

"I quit!" Tsutomu yells out.

"Me too!" Hisao agrees. "I'll begin again next year and get a different team!"

Everyone turns to look at me. If I hadn't been so good at controlling my emotions, tears would have been pouring down my face from this public humiliation. They both walk out the door, neither looking back once.

"Um, allow... me to go... sort this out. One moment please." Iruka sensei leaves. Everyon turns to me. 

"Serves you right, you little freak." Guess who? Ino.

Everyone slowly joins in. "No one wants you on their team."

"Go home, outsider!"

Now was the perfect time to sing the song I had written last night. I stand, slowly walking down the steps to the front of the classroom. Everyone falls silent, wondering what I'm going to do. I stand there, the center of attention. Then I open my mouth and begin to sing.

"Hero"
Superchic(k)

     I walk over to Naruto first, looking him in the eye as I begin to sing

No one sits with him, he doesn't fit in
But we feel like we do when we make fun of him

   I look everyone in the eye as I sing the rest.

Cause you want to belong, do you go along?
Cause his pain is the price paid for you to belong
It's not like you hate him or want him to die
But maybe he goes home and thinks suicide
Or he comes back to school with a gun at his side
And a kindness from you might have saved his life

[Tag:]
Heroes are made when you make a choice

[Chorus:]
You could be a hero - heroes do what's right
You could be a hero - you might save a life
You could be a hero- you could join the fight
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right

  During this part I simply stand in the front of the room, head hung and one had holding the other arms elbow, trying to convince myself that no one could realize I was singing about myself. 

No one talks to her, she feels so alone
She's in too much pain to survive on her own
The hurt she can't handle overflows to a knife
She writes on her arm and wants to give up her life
Each day she goes on is a day that she's brave
Fighting the lie that giving up is the way
Each moment of courage her own life she saves
When she throws the pills out a hero is made
Heroes are made when you make a choice

[Tag]

[Chorus]

     I walk closer to Sasuke for this, but don't look at him yet. I was singing about his brother, actually.      

No one talks to him about how he lives
He thinks that the choices he makes are just his
Doesn't know he's a leader with the way he behaves
And others will follow the choices he's made
He lives on the edge, he's old enough to decide

  Here, I look Sasuke in the eye, seeing the hidden pain there.

His brother who wants to be him is just nine
He can do what he wants because it's his right

I begin to walk away, but whirl back and point at Sasuke at the end of the sentence, my voice choking on my indignation.

The choices he makes change a nine-year-old's life

[Tag]

[Chorus]

[Rap]

     Here, I wasn't even sure who I was singing about. It was simply full of outrage. At little "Mikey D's" actions, others actions, and, admittedly, my own actions.

Little Mikey D. was the one in class who everyday got brutally harassed
This went on for years until he decided that never again would he shed another tear
So he walked through the door, grabbed a four-four out of his father's dresser drawer
And said I can't take life no more
And like that life can be lost
But this ain't even about that
All of us just sat back and watched it happen
Thinkin' it's not my responsibility to solve a problem that isn't even about me
This is our problem
This is just one of the daily scenarios which we choose to close our eyes
Instead of doing the right thing
If we make a choice and be the voice for those who won't speak up for themselves
How many lives would be saved, changed, and rearranged
Now it's our time to pick a side
So don't keep walkin' by
Not wantin' to intervene
'cause you wanna exist and never be seen
So let's wake up and change the world
Our time is now

[Chorus:]
You could be a hero (Our time is now)
Heroes do what's right
You could be a hero (Our time is now)
You might save a life
You could be a hero, you could join the fight (Our time is now)
For what's right, for what's right

 I finished the song, head hanging, and began to shuffle my way back to my seat. Everybody seemed to be in a trance, turning to stare at me as I walk by. I sit down, and open my mind to read what people are thiking.

Is that true? Are we really like that?

The truth rings in her words.

Who was she talking about during that second part?

There's so much hurt in the world.

I want to be a hero.

Third P.O.V

"She totally entranced them," Kurenai whispered, she herself staring at the orb in awe.

"Changed entirely how they think," Asuma whispered.

"Very interesting..." Kakashi murmured.

"She came to the village seven years ago. We lost track of her after the first three years because she was deemed to not be a threat at all. She simply got the monthly money payments because she was an orphan." The Hokage explained.

The door suddenly burst open. It was Iruka. "Lord Hokage, team Six has fallen apart because two of the members quit because they didn't want to be on the same team as the third member! What do you want me to do?"

Kakashi lazily raised a hand. "I'll take her onto my team," He volunteers.

"Very well, Keira Boukyaku is now an official member of team seven."

"Yes sir." Iruka left still baffled.

"Watch her carefully, Kakashi. We don't know how powerful she will become."

Keira P.O.V

Iruka walked in and noticed how unusually silent it was. "What happened?" He demanded. Everyone glanced at each other then shook their head. The thought was all the same. I'm going to be a hero, not the person who rats everybody out. 

Iruka still looked suspicious, but nodded. "Alright. There’s a little change in the set up. Team seven is Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Keira Boukyaku." Thank Kami no one quit again. But Naruto wanted to be Hokage, Sasuke wanted to avenge his clan, and Sakura would stay with Sasuke no matter what. I suppose there was no chance of anyone on this team quitting.

I looked at them all carefully. Naruto and Sasuke knew the same pain as me... Sakura I could manage to get along with, Maybe. I knew she was a kind and tough girl underneath that fan girl facade. Maybe these three are who I would learn to love. Maybe they were people who I would grow to care for. Maybe I would become friends with all of them, willing to protect them with my life. Maybe they can accept me. Maybe they can get me to draw out of my shell. Maybe I can trust them.

 But that’s a lot of maybe’s.

Who knows, maybe this will all work out.

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