Little Shop of Horrors!
Ch. 1: The Auditions
Disclaimer: I do not own LSOH, or any of the anime involved. (pulls out machete) So stay away.
Jager: I know, I've got a million other things to finish, but I've got horrible writers block, and am in a Little Shop sorta mood. Deal.
YamiRiku: Grumpy much, Hikari?
Jager: -.- Go away. I'm having a not-so-good day.
YamiRiku: Yay!
Jager: (stalks off to a dark, dank, and cobwebbed corner of the room) No bug me.
YamiRiku: (rolls eyes) Whatever.
Jager: This story is a mass crossover. YYH, YGO, IY. So, without further ado, on with the show!
It was a dark and stormy night.
No, not really. In fact, it was a beautiful morning. The sky was a light blue, the sun was shining, and there was a cool breeze coming in from the west. Which made Hiei Jaganshi even more pissed than he already was. The fire demon tugged darkly at his sleeve, which was being held onto by Shuichi Minamino, aka Kurama, Hiei's best friend. But at this current moment, Hiei would have liked nothing better than to kick Kurama in the back of the knee and take off. But Hiei knew better. He tugged at his sleeve again, this time growling slightly. Kurama glanced down at the youkai.
"Hiei, we're already here. Can't you calm down at least a little bit?"
"No. Why do I have to come to this stupid thing again?"
Kurama sighed. "Because, Hiei, it's a chance to broaden our horizens."
Hiei made a face. "I like my horizen the way it is, fox. Now let me go!"
Kurama let go alright, but pushed Hiei into the foyer of the Performing Arts Center, located in sunny Domino, Japan. Hiei made an attempt for the door, but instead ran straight into it as Kurama pushed it closed. Growling again, the Jaganshi rubbed his head and glared upward. "I hate you."
Kurama put his hands over his heart in mock sorrow. "I'm crushed. Now come on. Yusuke said he would meet us in the auditorium." The youko strode off to the door leading into the PAC (Performing Arts Center), leaving Hiei to fight to happy little bubbles that were floating around his head. But eventually, the youkai found his way into PAC, and was promptly picked up in a huge bear hug. "I loooooove you!" Hiei pushed his way out of the hug and stared, wide-eyed, at the blonde-haired boy, who suspiciously was wearing a belly shirt. Behind him, a pale white-haired boy and another blonde, this time with extremely spiky hair, were rolling around on the floor in laughter. The first guy smirked and turned to face the other two.
"Okay, pay up, Bakura."
Laughing, the white haired boy, presumably Bakura, stood up, pulled some yen out of his pocket, and handed it to the first guy.
"There, Malik. My turn!"
Hiei gulped and headed down to the front of the middle row, were he could see Kurama chatting with a white-haired person with little dog ears resting on his head. Plopping down in the seat next the the youko, Hiei looked around the room. There were more people than he expected to be auditioning. Most of them looked as nervous as Hiei felt inside. In the back of the row, he could hear someone singing as practice. On the other side, three people were running through the lines. And, of course, there was the people just sitting there and staring off into space. Thankfully, two girls came out onto the stage. The first had shoulder-length reddish brown hair, green eyes, thick, black rimmed glasses, and was decked in a pair of jeans and black shirt that said 'You can't hide from me!'. The second girl had extremely short dark brown hair that was held back by clips, dark brown eyes, and was wearing a pair of slightly shiny greenish-beige pants, and a black shirt that had the fish from Cat in the Hat saying 'Don't Make Me Come Over There!' on it. The first girl stepped up to the mic and cleared her throat. Instantly, everyone sat down and shut up. The girl blinked, looked at her partner, and turned back to the audience.
"Um, Konnichiwaa, everyone! We're glad that so many people have come to audition. My name is Jager, and this is my fellow director, Menchi. We are the directors for the production of Little Shop of Horrors."
The second girl, Menchi grabbed the mic. "Obviously, you won't all make it into the musical itself. But rest assured, we'll need Set Designers, Costume Designers, and Lighting Crew. So may I introduce our current Managers of these Tech Crews." Three people stood up and headed to the apron. Jager stole the mic back from her counterpart. "This," she said, putting her arm around the shoulders of a raven-haired woman in an Egyptian style dress, "Is Isis Ishtar, head of Costume Design." Jager handed the mic to Isis. The woman looked around the auince before speaking.
"I need a total of three more people. Any volunteers?" In the next row over from Hiei, a short boy with spiky blonde/maroon/black hair raised his hand. Isis grinned. "I should have known, Yugi. Come on up." As Yugi was making his way to the stage, two more people raised their hands. The first, a young woman with long jet black hair and brown eyes, was dressed in traditional priestess robes from the 17th century. The second was a man with sea-green hair light blue eyes with no pupils, and was wearing baggy white pants and a dark blue shirt. Isis motioned them both forward. After listening to their names, Isis turned back to the audience.
"My assistants are Yugi Mouto, Kikyo Yu, and Touya Misato. Thank you." She handed the mic back to Menchi. Menchi looked surprised, then turned to Jager. "Your mother is a Chalupa fish." She informed the green-eyes girl seriously. The audience looked confused before Menchi announced the next crew, the Set Design, headed by Rishiid Ishtar. In the end, the crew turned out to be made up of Rishiid, Shippou Chibi, Jin Tsukai, and Hiroto Honda. Likewise, the next group was Lighting Crew, headed by Miroku Romanova, and was made up of Kazuma Kuwabara and Katsuya Jonouchi.
Jager grinned. "And now, the best part. The auditions! Bum, bum, bum!" Menchi grabbed a sheet of flyers off of the floor and read the first name. "Will Shizuru Kuwabara please com up to the stage?" Everyone looked around at the tall brunette siting in the middle of the room. She sighed, stuffed her hand in her pockets, and made her way to the stage. Menchi handed her the mic and told her something the audience couldn't hear.
"My name is Shizuru Kuwabara. I'm 19, a psychic, and will be singing 'Going Under' for your enjoyment."
Shizuru a very good singer, and got a healthy dose of applause. The rest of the auditions went smoothly, even Hiei's, who had to be forcibly dragged onto the stage, and threatened to sing. Malik Ishtar and Yami Bakura had decided to sing the song 'I Am Cow', but tweaked the words so they went like this:
'I am Pharaoh,
Hear me moo.
I weigh twice as much as you.
And look good on Malik's barbeque.'
Yami Mouto had turned beet red and slunk down in his seat as his friends laughed. Everyone else smiled awkwardly. Jager and Menchi were rolling on the floor laughing after that one. Pretty soon, everyone had gone, and were ready for the next part of the auditions, the dancing. They were split up into groups and taught a dance, which they then must perform in front of the rest of the crowd. Of course, Jager had seen to it that Malik and Bakura were in the same group, which resulted in hilarity and even more Yami embarassment. When that part was over, Menchi twirled the mic in her hand. "It is now my honor to introduce the choreogropher and music director of this production, Trini Garza!" A dark-haired man came out from stage left and snatched the mic from Menchi.
"Hello. I will be your music director. Don't cross me, or I WILL throw a chair at your head. Is this clear?"
Everyone stared at Trini with wide eyes before they nodded. Trini grinned cheerfully. "Then in that case, we are going to have a fun time!" He handed the mic back to Menchi, who was making a face like so: o.
"Trini's so coooool! Anyhow, that will be all for today. Come back tomorrow for the cast list! See you then!"
The Next Day
Kurama and Hiei had headed off to the PAC at around 9. Surprisingly, Hiei was eager to see what role he made, and was dragging a half-asleep Kurama by his sleeve. The fox yawned widely.
"Hiei, slow down. Who else will be there this early?"
Famous last words. By the time the duo got to the PAC, there was a crowd around the doors. A piece of paper was visible just above the patron's heads. Hiei let go of Kurama's sleeve and made his way to the front. Peering upward, he read the list.
Seymour Krellborne - Shuichi Minamino
Audrey - Mai Kujaku
Audrey II - Hiei Jaganshi
Mr. Mushnik - Sesshomaru Youkai
Mrs. Mushnik - Shizuru Kuwabara
Orin Skavello - Marik Ishtar
Crystal - Higurashi Kagome
Ronette - Botan Aoi
Chiffon - Anzu Mazaki
Martin/DJ - Seto Kaiba
Customer - InuYasha Hanyou
ENSEMBLE
Katsuya Shizuka
Yukina Jaganshi
Yusuke Urameshi
Ryou Bakura
Yami Bakura
Malik Ishtar
Keiko Yukimura
Sango Takahashi
Yami Mouto
Hiei blinked. 'Audrey II?' he thought as he made his way back to Kurama. 'I'm playing a girl?' Kurama was sitting on one of the benches by the plants, wondering why everyone kept looking at him. Hiei approached the fox and said, "I'm playing Audrey II. Who's that?" Kurama's eyes widened. "Wow. You're the man-eating plant. Impressive." Hiei looked horrified. "I'm a p-plant?" he stuttered, looking rather angry. Kurama held up a hand. "Hiei, Audrey II is the best character for you to have. It's only a voice, so you're never onstage. All you do is talk and sing." Hiei thought about this and nodded. "Okay. Whatever. Oh yeah, you got cast as, oh who was it, Seymour Krellborne?" Kurama's jaw dropped.
"Are you serious, Hiei? I'm Seymour?"
Hiei nodded slowly. "Why?"
Kurama looked stupified. "He's the main character. It's because of Seymour that you exist."
Hiei shook his head. "Nu-uh. It's because of Ruri that I exist."
"No, I mean Audrey II."
"Oh."
Kurama leaned back again. "When do we come back for our scripts?"
"At 4."
Jager: Hn. Better than I thought it would turn out.
YamiRiku: Feeling better?
Jager: I was till you showed up.
YamiRiku: -.-
Jager: Anyhoo, I need to watch Little Shop again. (plugs in DVD)
YamiRiku: -.- Freeek.
NEXT TIME
- First Rehearsal. Always Scary.
- The cast meets for the first time, and Yami tries to get even with Malik and Bakura.
- Trini throws the chair. o.o Be very afraid...
Jager: RR, por favor!
Ch. 1: The Auditions
Disclaimer: I do not own LSOH, or any of the anime involved. (pulls out machete) So stay away.
Jager: I know, I've got a million other things to finish, but I've got horrible writers block, and am in a Little Shop sorta mood. Deal.
YamiRiku: Grumpy much, Hikari?
Jager: -.- Go away. I'm having a not-so-good day.
YamiRiku: Yay!
Jager: (stalks off to a dark, dank, and cobwebbed corner of the room) No bug me.
YamiRiku: (rolls eyes) Whatever.
Jager: This story is a mass crossover. YYH, YGO, IY. So, without further ado, on with the show!
It was a dark and stormy night.
No, not really. In fact, it was a beautiful morning. The sky was a light blue, the sun was shining, and there was a cool breeze coming in from the west. Which made Hiei Jaganshi even more pissed than he already was. The fire demon tugged darkly at his sleeve, which was being held onto by Shuichi Minamino, aka Kurama, Hiei's best friend. But at this current moment, Hiei would have liked nothing better than to kick Kurama in the back of the knee and take off. But Hiei knew better. He tugged at his sleeve again, this time growling slightly. Kurama glanced down at the youkai.
"Hiei, we're already here. Can't you calm down at least a little bit?"
"No. Why do I have to come to this stupid thing again?"
Kurama sighed. "Because, Hiei, it's a chance to broaden our horizens."
Hiei made a face. "I like my horizen the way it is, fox. Now let me go!"
Kurama let go alright, but pushed Hiei into the foyer of the Performing Arts Center, located in sunny Domino, Japan. Hiei made an attempt for the door, but instead ran straight into it as Kurama pushed it closed. Growling again, the Jaganshi rubbed his head and glared upward. "I hate you."
Kurama put his hands over his heart in mock sorrow. "I'm crushed. Now come on. Yusuke said he would meet us in the auditorium." The youko strode off to the door leading into the PAC (Performing Arts Center), leaving Hiei to fight to happy little bubbles that were floating around his head. But eventually, the youkai found his way into PAC, and was promptly picked up in a huge bear hug. "I loooooove you!" Hiei pushed his way out of the hug and stared, wide-eyed, at the blonde-haired boy, who suspiciously was wearing a belly shirt. Behind him, a pale white-haired boy and another blonde, this time with extremely spiky hair, were rolling around on the floor in laughter. The first guy smirked and turned to face the other two.
"Okay, pay up, Bakura."
Laughing, the white haired boy, presumably Bakura, stood up, pulled some yen out of his pocket, and handed it to the first guy.
"There, Malik. My turn!"
Hiei gulped and headed down to the front of the middle row, were he could see Kurama chatting with a white-haired person with little dog ears resting on his head. Plopping down in the seat next the the youko, Hiei looked around the room. There were more people than he expected to be auditioning. Most of them looked as nervous as Hiei felt inside. In the back of the row, he could hear someone singing as practice. On the other side, three people were running through the lines. And, of course, there was the people just sitting there and staring off into space. Thankfully, two girls came out onto the stage. The first had shoulder-length reddish brown hair, green eyes, thick, black rimmed glasses, and was decked in a pair of jeans and black shirt that said 'You can't hide from me!'. The second girl had extremely short dark brown hair that was held back by clips, dark brown eyes, and was wearing a pair of slightly shiny greenish-beige pants, and a black shirt that had the fish from Cat in the Hat saying 'Don't Make Me Come Over There!' on it. The first girl stepped up to the mic and cleared her throat. Instantly, everyone sat down and shut up. The girl blinked, looked at her partner, and turned back to the audience.
"Um, Konnichiwaa, everyone! We're glad that so many people have come to audition. My name is Jager, and this is my fellow director, Menchi. We are the directors for the production of Little Shop of Horrors."
The second girl, Menchi grabbed the mic. "Obviously, you won't all make it into the musical itself. But rest assured, we'll need Set Designers, Costume Designers, and Lighting Crew. So may I introduce our current Managers of these Tech Crews." Three people stood up and headed to the apron. Jager stole the mic back from her counterpart. "This," she said, putting her arm around the shoulders of a raven-haired woman in an Egyptian style dress, "Is Isis Ishtar, head of Costume Design." Jager handed the mic to Isis. The woman looked around the auince before speaking.
"I need a total of three more people. Any volunteers?" In the next row over from Hiei, a short boy with spiky blonde/maroon/black hair raised his hand. Isis grinned. "I should have known, Yugi. Come on up." As Yugi was making his way to the stage, two more people raised their hands. The first, a young woman with long jet black hair and brown eyes, was dressed in traditional priestess robes from the 17th century. The second was a man with sea-green hair light blue eyes with no pupils, and was wearing baggy white pants and a dark blue shirt. Isis motioned them both forward. After listening to their names, Isis turned back to the audience.
"My assistants are Yugi Mouto, Kikyo Yu, and Touya Misato. Thank you." She handed the mic back to Menchi. Menchi looked surprised, then turned to Jager. "Your mother is a Chalupa fish." She informed the green-eyes girl seriously. The audience looked confused before Menchi announced the next crew, the Set Design, headed by Rishiid Ishtar. In the end, the crew turned out to be made up of Rishiid, Shippou Chibi, Jin Tsukai, and Hiroto Honda. Likewise, the next group was Lighting Crew, headed by Miroku Romanova, and was made up of Kazuma Kuwabara and Katsuya Jonouchi.
Jager grinned. "And now, the best part. The auditions! Bum, bum, bum!" Menchi grabbed a sheet of flyers off of the floor and read the first name. "Will Shizuru Kuwabara please com up to the stage?" Everyone looked around at the tall brunette siting in the middle of the room. She sighed, stuffed her hand in her pockets, and made her way to the stage. Menchi handed her the mic and told her something the audience couldn't hear.
"My name is Shizuru Kuwabara. I'm 19, a psychic, and will be singing 'Going Under' for your enjoyment."
Shizuru a very good singer, and got a healthy dose of applause. The rest of the auditions went smoothly, even Hiei's, who had to be forcibly dragged onto the stage, and threatened to sing. Malik Ishtar and Yami Bakura had decided to sing the song 'I Am Cow', but tweaked the words so they went like this:
'I am Pharaoh,
Hear me moo.
I weigh twice as much as you.
And look good on Malik's barbeque.'
Yami Mouto had turned beet red and slunk down in his seat as his friends laughed. Everyone else smiled awkwardly. Jager and Menchi were rolling on the floor laughing after that one. Pretty soon, everyone had gone, and were ready for the next part of the auditions, the dancing. They were split up into groups and taught a dance, which they then must perform in front of the rest of the crowd. Of course, Jager had seen to it that Malik and Bakura were in the same group, which resulted in hilarity and even more Yami embarassment. When that part was over, Menchi twirled the mic in her hand. "It is now my honor to introduce the choreogropher and music director of this production, Trini Garza!" A dark-haired man came out from stage left and snatched the mic from Menchi.
"Hello. I will be your music director. Don't cross me, or I WILL throw a chair at your head. Is this clear?"
Everyone stared at Trini with wide eyes before they nodded. Trini grinned cheerfully. "Then in that case, we are going to have a fun time!" He handed the mic back to Menchi, who was making a face like so: o.
"Trini's so coooool! Anyhow, that will be all for today. Come back tomorrow for the cast list! See you then!"
The Next Day
Kurama and Hiei had headed off to the PAC at around 9. Surprisingly, Hiei was eager to see what role he made, and was dragging a half-asleep Kurama by his sleeve. The fox yawned widely.
"Hiei, slow down. Who else will be there this early?"
Famous last words. By the time the duo got to the PAC, there was a crowd around the doors. A piece of paper was visible just above the patron's heads. Hiei let go of Kurama's sleeve and made his way to the front. Peering upward, he read the list.
Seymour Krellborne - Shuichi Minamino
Audrey - Mai Kujaku
Audrey II - Hiei Jaganshi
Mr. Mushnik - Sesshomaru Youkai
Mrs. Mushnik - Shizuru Kuwabara
Orin Skavello - Marik Ishtar
Crystal - Higurashi Kagome
Ronette - Botan Aoi
Chiffon - Anzu Mazaki
Martin/DJ - Seto Kaiba
Customer - InuYasha Hanyou
ENSEMBLE
Katsuya Shizuka
Yukina Jaganshi
Yusuke Urameshi
Ryou Bakura
Yami Bakura
Malik Ishtar
Keiko Yukimura
Sango Takahashi
Yami Mouto
Hiei blinked. 'Audrey II?' he thought as he made his way back to Kurama. 'I'm playing a girl?' Kurama was sitting on one of the benches by the plants, wondering why everyone kept looking at him. Hiei approached the fox and said, "I'm playing Audrey II. Who's that?" Kurama's eyes widened. "Wow. You're the man-eating plant. Impressive." Hiei looked horrified. "I'm a p-plant?" he stuttered, looking rather angry. Kurama held up a hand. "Hiei, Audrey II is the best character for you to have. It's only a voice, so you're never onstage. All you do is talk and sing." Hiei thought about this and nodded. "Okay. Whatever. Oh yeah, you got cast as, oh who was it, Seymour Krellborne?" Kurama's jaw dropped.
"Are you serious, Hiei? I'm Seymour?"
Hiei nodded slowly. "Why?"
Kurama looked stupified. "He's the main character. It's because of Seymour that you exist."
Hiei shook his head. "Nu-uh. It's because of Ruri that I exist."
"No, I mean Audrey II."
"Oh."
Kurama leaned back again. "When do we come back for our scripts?"
"At 4."
Jager: Hn. Better than I thought it would turn out.
YamiRiku: Feeling better?
Jager: I was till you showed up.
YamiRiku: -.-
Jager: Anyhoo, I need to watch Little Shop again. (plugs in DVD)
YamiRiku: -.- Freeek.
NEXT TIME
- First Rehearsal. Always Scary.
- The cast meets for the first time, and Yami tries to get even with Malik and Bakura.
- Trini throws the chair. o.o Be very afraid...
Jager: RR, por favor!