Hello everyone! This story is based slighty off of the 1989 version of The Phantom of the Opera and if your curious about the song Naruto sings you can find it on Youtube.

Warnings: This is YAOI so if you don't like it do not read it. Flames will be used to make my smores with.

New York City, 2008

Naruto Uzumaki dashed across the busy New York City street, ignoring the cars that honked at him as he narrowly avoided behind hit by them. Once on the other side he cut around the large musical arts building to a side entrance, which lead down into the dusty and slightly gloomy basement.

Naruto moved along the large bookcases that lined the room, looking for the girl that could usually be found roaming over these old documents.

"Hinata?" He called. "Where are you?"

He heard papers ruffling from his right and turned just in time see a pale eyed girl pop out from behind a stack of books.

An ecstatic grin broke out across Naruto's face and he rushed over to Hinata. "You found something?" He asked.

Hinata nodded, her proud smile nearly as big as his, and ducked back behind the stack of books. When she remerged she was holding a small stack of browning paper that Naruto eyed with raised eyebrows.

"Um, Hinata?" He said. "I said that I wanted something new for the audition."

"This is new!" Hinata insisted. "It will be impossible for anyone else to auditioning to have it! And look who its by."

Naruto's mouth fell open as he read the composer's name. "Sasuke Uchiha," He breathed.

He had first heard of the man in his Music History class. Apparently he had been a musical genius who became obsessed with a young opera singer. He became determined to make the singer famous at any cost and had nearly succeeded when the singer mysteriously disappeared.

The only piece of Sasuke's work that had ever been found was an incomplete opera that had later been put onto a CD that the professor had played for them in class.

And once the first few haunting melodies reached his ears, Naruto had been hooked.

Naruto snatched the papers from Hinata's hands, his eyes scanning over the notes rapidly. As he did he began to hum the melody softly to himself and smiled.

"It's so gentle," He said. "Like a lullaby."

"I know," Hinata said. "You'll blow them away with this. And we can have it down by tomorrow."

Naruto let out a loud cheer and raced around the stack of books to throw his arms around Hinata. "Oh, Hinata, you're the best!" He cried.

Hinata giggled until she caught sight of the clock dangling on the wall over Naruto's shoulder.

"We have to get out of here!" She said. "Its almost midnight!"

"Well go grab your things," Naruto said, "and I'll be right behind you."

Hinata nodded and rushed off to her desk in the back room.

Naruto, meanwhile, turned his attention back to the papers he was holding in his hands. "Don Juan Triumphant," He whispered as he fingers moved across the title.

His eyes moved back down to the music and before he could stop himself he was singing.

"Your eyes see

but my shadow

My heart is overflowing…"

"Naruto."

Naruto gave a start of surprise at the intrusion of this new voice and whirled around only to find that no one was there.

Shaking his head he turned back to the manuscript and was stunned to find a red rose laying on top of it.

He heard footsteps approaching and soon Hinata was standing beside him, pulling her purse up over her shoulder. "Ready to go?" She asked. Then she saw the rose and her brow furrowed. "Where did that come from?"

"I don't know," Naruto said.

Hinata looked up into her friend's pale face and laid a hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay?" She asked.

Naruto forced a weak smile onto his face and nodded. "Yeah," He said. "Its nothing. Let's just get back to the college."