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BlackElement7 – Thank you again for beta-ing for me this long. You were an amazing beta and I wish you tons of luck in your future.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or Naruto.

So, here's what you missed last time on glee:

Time's up! There's no more sand left in the hourglass. Luckily, they have their needed twelve members. Though, Danzo throws another curveball because they need to perform. Now. With only three hours to prepare two songs – will Glee survive?

Showtime: Waiting in the Wings

Rin speed-walked her way to the washroom. Even though it wasn't an emergency, she speed-walked everywhere. It was a habit she had developed over this week. This rough, horrible week. When things went bad, it seemed everything went wrong for Rin. She couldn't stand to be around her friends and she couldn't stand to look at Kakashi without feeling sick with betrayal. She didn't even have much work to deal with at the moment so it wasn't like she could throw herself into that. So she speed-walked. It helped to deal with her frustration. Most people stayed out of her way because she always looked busy when she walked at such high speeds. Kakashi and her friends, on the other hand, knew her well enough to know that she just didn't want to deal with them. So they didn't bother coming up to her and talking. In a way, that hurt more because she felt so lonely. Her friends were waiting for her to get over it but didn't seem to miss her. She could see them from the corner of her eye, still joking around and laughing with each other. Though Kakashi had apologized once, he too seemed to think that she was making the issue bigger than necessary. So he avoided her because he was sort of irritated at her too.

She'd never realized how few people she knew until all her friends left her alone.

The burning behind her eyes caused them to tear, but even though she could barely see in front of her, she continued to speed-walk. After all, she'd walked these halls for so long that she knew every nook and corner, and it was much too early to run into anybody! After all, who'd be here –

"Oof!" (I must have jinxed myself…)

Rin collided hard with another person to the point where they both sprawled on the floor. Through her tears, she noticed all of their papers went flying.

Rin hastily wiped her eyes. "I'm so sorry." (Please don't be Kakashi. Please don't be Kurenani. Please don't be Shizune. Please don't be Anko! Please! Please!)

A man chuckled. "It's fine, miss, but if you really feel bad enough to cry over it, you can just help me pick up my papers."

(That's not Kakashi's voice. I don't recognize this voice…) But then again, Rin didn't notice many of her peers. She had been so comfortable in her little bubble that she hadn't bothered to pay attention. A habit that she would have to fix.

Rin giggled though at his little joke. (That's sweet.) She blinked to clear the blur that her tears had created as she carefully gathered the papers that surrounded her.

(Music sheets…?) "Here." She handed him all the papers she had gathered.

"Thanks!" The man plopped down on the floor and started to organize the sheets into a particular order. Rin stayed kneeling at she took this chance to observe the man in front of her.

He had short dark hair and eyes. There was a mischievous quality in his eyes as well as wisdom. His clothes reflected this: dark jeans, a white button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and black sneakers. He dressed like a preppy student but was old enough to be around her age. He was good-looking, but the thing that made Rin comfortable around him was the kindness he had shown her. He didn't pry at the cause of her tears like others might have, but instead casually made her forget her worries for at least a little bit. He was a nice guy.

"Is everything there?" she asked when it seemed like he was done.

"Yes, it is! Thank you for your help." He grinned largely at her.

She smiled shyly back. "Um, are you new here?" She was nervous asking. (What if he's been here for ages and I just never noticed?! I might have just insulted him!)

"Yes. I might be the new music teacher since your last one transferred. But only if the principal likes me enough."

Rin nodded, thinking about Kabuto. "So, are you going to show Danzo-sama your musical talents now?"

He smirked mysteriously. "Something like that," he said vaguely. He chuckled lightly while running his hand through his hair. "I'm sorry. I just realized I don't know your name, miss."

"Oh!" Rin blushed, startled. "I'm sorry. That's my fault. You can call me Rin. What's your name?"

The nice man got up finally and stretched. Rin blushed and averted her eyes when she saw his shirt rid up, showing off the 'V' shape on his hips.

She heard him chuckle again and when she looked up, he was smirking at her with one brow raised. Rin glared back at him, trying to lower the flush on her face. The smirk didn't falter, though he gave her his hand to help her up. With a small pout, she accepted, and he yanked her up, hard.

She flew up and put her hand out, touching his chest as she tried to stop herself from tumbling into him.

"My name - "

"YO! UNCLE! YOU'RE HERE FOR GLEE, NOT TO FLIRT!" Rin was startled as she whirled around and saw Sasuke standing at the far end of the hallway.

"COME ON!" he yelled before turning and running into another hallway.

"Glee? Uncle?" she unknowingly whispered to the man.

"Ahh…" He scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Yeah, though I'm auditioning for the music teacher role, I've already been accepted as the piano man for the Glee club – as a favour for my nephew."

He held out his hand for a handshake and her body, on autopilot, accepted it, as she was still too shocked to be thinking rationally.

"I'm Obito Uchiha."

Sakura watched Naruto pace in front of her through shuttered eyes. It was clear to anyone that her boyfriend was nervous. Why?

Because the newbie hadn't shown up yet.

In fact, almost everyone was panicking. The only people who weren't were herself, Ino, Neji, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Gaara and Temari. They were quite calm in their red and black attire.

That was telling in itself. Gaara, Temari and Shikamaru she could understand – they believed she would show. Ino and she were happy that she hadn't. But Neji and Sasuke? Maybe they just didn't care.

But she kept her eyes on her boyfriend.

There was a simmering anger burning deep within her as she watched Naruto pace. She hated the fact that he was worried about some stupid club! This was the first time Naruto had ever stood up to her. He'd even driven to hers and Ino's house in the morning to make sure that they would not miss the performance! Most of the time, he either ignored them or joined in. She resented that Naruto was letting some club come between them! It actually made her more determined to destroy Glee so that everything would return to normal. With Glee out of the way, Naruto would join in on messing with the newbie. Sakura was furious that Naruto had told her that the newbie was under his protection as long as she was in Glee.

Naruto was changing.

That was unacceptable.

Glee was the problem.

Glee had to go.

Kakashi watched in silent despair as Sasuke returned with Obito but not Hinata. They would be going on in roughly five minutes and Hinata was the only one missing. Nobody had her number and it would be a violation of her privacy if he peeked into her student records. Even if he wanted to, the easiest way to access them would have been Rin, who had the basic information for each of them, which was currently not an option. The harder way was though Danzo, who had all the details, but almost all of them were locked away in his office somewhere.

Had he pushed her into this? Hinata had seemed fine yesterday with performing. Was the pressure of performing "Hero" as a solo too much for her? It was okay! As long as her voice didn't crack, it didn't matter if she lowered the pitch to fit her vocal range.

He hadn't even gotten a chance to hear her yesterday because the practice had run really late and Neji, as student body president, had kicked them all out before Kakashi could even interject any objections.

But at least the other song was great! In the end, Kakashi had vetoed both songs because there was something wrong with both of them. "Payphone" wasn't a good enough dance song and "Glad You Came" did not have enough lyrics. Plus, they wouldn't interest Danzo. Weirdly enough, it was Hanabi who suggested a Super Junior song. Even though they were in Japan and generally only performed English songs, Korean music was getting popular, like PSY's "Gangnam Style". Plus, for "Bonamana", there was already a dance to go along with it that was complicated enough to impress but easy enough for the majority of the Glee kids to pick up. And the fact that Sasuke and Naruto could both not only pronounce but also sing the Korean song successfully should be enough to impress Danzo – especially seeing as the first song might not even happen if Hinata didn't not get here in the next few minutes!

(Speak of the devil…) Kakashi ground his teeth as Danzo practically waltzed up to them, grinning. "So, Kakashi? Where's your arrogant new Glee member? Is she too cowardly to actually show up?"

"Actually…" Kakashi barely resisted jumping out of his skin as Hinata materialized beside him. "I was just in the washroom, changing."

"Hmph," Danzo huffed, irritated. "Well, you've got one minute – because I'm about to introduce you to the rest of the school. Collect your nerves."

(That was…actually somewhat kind…) Kakashi waited until Danzo had walked out of hearing distance before giving Hinata the classic "WTF" look.

"Sorry, Kakashi-sensei," she smiled calmly despite his panicking look. "I had to drop off my sister. Sorry, guys."

Naruto practically launched forward and grabbed Hinata by the shoulders. "Listen, newbie! "Hero" is an emotional and very difficult song. I would rather you sing it in a style that suits your range, no matter how limited that may be, than to try and copy Mariah and crack, literally, under pressure." Kakashi felt a little happy when he noticed Naruto shaking slightly. For a while there, he'd thought that his sensei's son didn't care about her legacy.

Hinata must've felt the shaking too, because she calmly rested her hand on one of his arms and smiled warmly at him. "Relax, Namikaze. I've got this."

And with that she slipped out of his hold and walked out onto the stage.

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