Hello, everyone! It's sakura ten'nyo. I'm back and better than ever! Here is the first chapter in my new fanfiction, Akai Konahikiki! Enjoy!
The bold words are Sasuke narrating. And everyone except the grown-ups are like about twenty or something. Oh and jftr, everyone is going to be singing. Yes I mean everyone.
Characters
Christian- Sasuke
Satine- Sakura
Harold Zidler- Kakashi
The Duke- Orochimaru
The Bohemians- Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Gaara, and Jiraya
The Diamond Dogs- Hinata, Ino, Tenten, and Temari
The Doctor- Tsunade
Chocolat- Kankuro
Mrs. Zidler- Kurenai
The Duke's Bodyguard Person- Kabuto
Green Fairy- Kyuubi
I do not own Naruto or Moulin Rouge. I just put them together into a rockin' damn good fanfiction.
Chapter 1 The Hills Are Alive
This story is about love. The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return… The Akai Konahikiki. A nightclub, ruled over by Kakashi Hatake. A dancehall where the rich and powerful come to play with the young and beautiful creatures of Konoha. The girl I loved and the most beautiful of all was Sakura, they called her the Blossom of Konoha, and she was the star of the Akai Konahikiki. The woman I love is…dead.
I came to Konoha one year ago. I knew nothing about the Akai Konahikiki, Kakashi Hatake, or Sakura. The Bohemian Revolution had taken the world by storm. It was not how my father had described it, a village of sin, but the center of the Bohemian world! Konoha was full of actors, painters, writers, and dancers. They were called the Children of the Revolution. My apartment was right next-door to the Akai Konahikiki. I had come to live a penniless existence. I had come to write about freedom, beauty, truth, and love. There was just one problem. I had never been in love! Luckily, right at that moment an unconscious shinobi fell through my roof (picture Shikamaru dangling by his ankles covered in dust). He was quickly joined by a blonde guy dressed as a vase.
"Hi neighbor! My name is Naruto Uzumaki! Believe it!" he shouted. He was very loud. "I'm really sorry about all this. We were just upstairs rehearsing a play."
"What?!"
A play! Something very modern called Spectacular Spectacular.
"It's set in Czechoslovakia!" Naruto said with a wave of his hand.
Apparently, the unconscious shinobi suffered from a sickness called Narcolepsy.
"Yeah, one minute he's up and kickin' and then, unconscious the next," Naruto explained.
Suddenly, three strange-looking men popped their heads through the gaping hole in the ceiling.
"Oh, wonderful! Now that Shikamaru is unconscious, we will not be able to rehearse the play for the financier tomorrow," said Jiraya, the playwright.
"Naruto, I still have to finish the music!" complained Neji, the musician.
"Well, we'll just have to find someone to read the part!" said Naruto.
"Well, where in Heaven's name are we going to find someone to read the part of a young, sensitive, Czech poet/glassblower?" asked Jiraya exasperatedly.
Naruto took one look at Sasuke and smiled a very large, toothy grin.
Before I knew it, I was upstairs filling in for Shikamaru.
"The hills are made with the bony tudida despaaaaaaa!" sang Naruto, very off-key.
(A/N: those aren't the real lyrics Toulouse was singing in the movie, but I couldn't decipher his accent, so I made it up.)
"STOP, STOP!" shouted Jiraya over the din.
Everyone shut up. He turned to Neji, who was at the piano.
"Tone down the music; it's drowning out my words! Can't we just stick with a little decorative piano?" he asked.
Then he turned to Gaara.
"And the lights are too bright and garish! We're going for a gentle, soft glow," he said.
Gaara rolled his eyes and returned to his work.
"The wording doesn't seem right," said Neji.
There seemed to be artistic differences over Jiraya's lyrics to Neji's songs.
"Now I don't think a vase would sing about a hill," said Gaara.
Everyone tried out different lyrics.
"How about, the hills are vital in sounding the descant," tried Neji.
"The hills quake and shake..." suggested Naruto.
"No, no, the hills…" said Gaara.
Suddenly, Shikamaru sprang up from his bed.
"The hills are incarnate with symphonic melodics!" he exclaimed.
They all looked at him. Then his eyes crossed and he fell back on the bed.
"Nah, that's not right," said Naruto.
Sasuke tried to get a word in edgewise. Everybody ignored him. Irritated, he decided to make himself heard.
"The hills are alive with the sound of music!" he sang.
(A/N: WTF?! Did Sasuke just sing? Are pigs flying? Has all hell frozen over? IS IT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT?!)
His new friends went silent and they all stared. Just then, Shikamaru woke up.
"The hills are alive with the sound of music, I LOVE IT!" he screamed.
"The hills are alive…" said Gaara.
"…with the sound…" said Naruto.
"…of music!" finished Neji.
He turned to Sasuke.
"It fits perfectly!" he exclaimed.
"With songs they have sung for a thousand years," Sasuke finished.
The Bohemians gasped in awe and adoration. Everyone except Jiraya.
"It'll be your first job in Konoha," said Naruto.
"Not so fast, Naruto! Have you ever done anything like this before?" asked Neji.
"No," said Sasuke from his perch on a ladder.
"The boy has talent! I like it!" Shikamaru said, touching him in a very awkward place.
"Nothing funny! I just like talent," he said, removing his hand.
"You know, Jiraya," said Neji, "you two should write the show together."
"I beg your pardon?" Jiraya asked, appalled.
But the idea of me and Jiraya writing the show together was not what Jiraya wanted to hear.
"GOODBYE!" Jiraya shouted, slamming the door dramatically.
They all jumped. The Bohemians got over it rather quickly.
"The hills are alive with the sound of music. See, Neji, now we can write a true Bohemian Revolutionary show!" exclaimed Naruto.
"But how will we convince Kakashi?" asked Neji.
But Naruto had a plan.
"Sakura," whispered Naruto.
They would dress me in Shikamaru's best suit and pass me off as a famous English writer. Once Sakura heard my modern poetry, she would be astounded and insist to Kakashi that I write Spectacular Spectacular. The only problem was that I kept hearing father's voice in my head.
"You will end up wasting your life at the Akai Konahikiki with kyabare dancers!"
"No, I can't write the show for the Akai Konahikiki!" Sasuke shouted.
He attempted to make a run for it through the hole in the floor.
"Why not?" asked Naruto.
"I don't even know if I am a true Bohemian revolutionary," he muttered.
"Do you believe in beauty?" asked Naruto.
"Yes."
"Freedom?" asked Shikamaru.
"Yes, of course."
"Truth?" asked Neji.
"Yes."
"Love?" asked Gaara.
"Love? I-I guess so, I mean I've never really been in love before," Sasuke answered, unsure.
The Bohemians laughed and pulled him up through the hole.
"You can't fool us! You're the voice of the Children of the Revolution!" Naruto squealed.
"We can't be fooled!" chimed in the others.
I was a part of the group. I was to write the show, and I would taste my first glass of MidoriKyoki.
MidoriKyoki was a very strong, very green liquor that was the ultimate high for artists. To Bohemians, drinking MidoriKyoki meant spectacular art was sure to follow. They called it their 'inspiration'. But, if too much was drunk at once, death was the consequence. Sasuke and the others took up their glasses. Naruto shouted a toast to Sasuke's genius. Then, they drank.
It was sour, like sour green apples. As soon as the fiery liquid slipped down his throat, Sasuke went crazy. It was like he had been jolted with ten thousand volts of electricity. He was flying, he felt lighter than air. It was indescribable.
He looked up and saw a strange vision. A small, green spirit was floating playfully before their faces. Then it spoke in a small, light voice.
"I'm the Kyuubi," it said.
It floated back and the sound of Sasuke's words floated from its mouth. Everyone sang along, immersed in the insanity of the drink.
"The hills are alive with the sound of music!" they sang.
"For Freedom, Beauty, Truth, and Love!" they screamed.
In a swirling flash of time, they were all dressed and ready to go to the club.
We were off to the Akai Konahikiki. And I was to perform my poetry for Sakura!
So there is chapter one! I will try to get chapter two posted as soon as I can. REVIEW! Thank you.
Authoress's Note: MidoriKyoki means green insanity. Good name, no?
sakura ten'nyo :)
Yes, Artsysmiles is back. Not writing this at all. Just posting it. Please review, or I'm serious that I will hunt you down and force you to. Now, Sasuke and ice block comapny might be OOC, but it totally works. Stay tuned for the next chapter!