Chapter 1
DON'T OWN ANYTHING.
Fem!Misaki
So when I told Takahiro about my relationship with Akihiko he wasn't angry so much as livid. Akihiko and I had been together five years prior, he seemed pretty upset. Now Usami-chichi never really like me so Takahiro agreed with him when they said we needed space. Along the line with that I was too young. I just graduated college with a degree I had no interest in. So they told me to travel make a career for myself than come back. I could only agree, downside that I wouldn't have content with Akihiko while I was away. So I left but with a promise ring and a fire in my heart. Well I've been traveling around for the last three year. I've been all over the world, how you ask. I am a star on Broadway doing many musicals traveling Rent, Travesties, and Fiddler on the Roof, mostly musical's. Now I've got a big job located in Japan, home. I'm Elphaba in Wicked. Yeah I have that vocal range. At this moment I am in airport going to my new green jeep with all my luggage and going home. I didn't tell anybody that I was coming home not even Akihiko. Plus throughout the years I've ignored Takahiro's calls.
Driving to the apartment is restless to me but listening to Wicked in the car helps a little since I do have a job to do. I've built my actress and singing career on Broadway and it is close to my heart. Now when I actually get to the apartment and dump all of my bags and check every room even his office. It's clear he still lives here like I knew he would but sadly he is nowhere to be found. Sighing feeling jet lag since I flew from America where my recent show Fiddler on the Roof just closed. Laying on the couch with my suitcases on the floor by the door. Placing my head on Suzuki-chan I end up falling asleep. A few hours later I wake up to still no Akihiko. Thinking I jump up and check the fridge. Lucky me there is plenty food to make Akihiko's favorite. Getting to work I start singing songs from Wicked however it's actually Glinda's song "Popular" but it's catchy and funny as well so I sing it anyway.
Whenever I see someone
Less fortunate than I
(And let's face it - who isn't
Less fortunate than I?)
My tender heart
Tends to start to bleed
And when someone needs a makeover
I simply have to take over
I know I know exactly what they need
And even in your case
Tho' it's the toughest case I've yet to face
Don't worry - I'm determined to succeed
Follow my lead
And yes, indeed
You will be
Cooking I continue singing and text Akihiko that I am making dinner. Maybe he will be home faster. Putting my phone down it's playing the instrumental of the song I continue.
Popular!
You're gonna be popular!
I'll teach you the proper ploys
When you talk to boys
Little ways to flirt and flounce (Ooh!)
I'll show you what shoes to wear
How to fix your hair
Everything that really countsTo be popular
I'll help you be popular!
You'll hang with the right cohorts
You'll be good at sports
Know the slang you've got to know
So let's start
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go
After precooking some ingredients I put them into a baking dish so it all can blend and make something extremely delicious. Checking my phone again really quick I see that Akihiko replied that he will be home any minute and he is bring Takahiro and his wife and child my nephew Mahiro.
Don't be offended by my frank analysis
Think of it as personality dialysis
Now that I've chosen to be come a pal, a
Sister and adviser
There's nobody wiser
Not when it comes to popular -
I know about popular
And with an assist from me
To be who you'll be
Instead of dreary who-you-were: well, are:
There's nothing that can stop you
From becoming popu-
Ler: lar:La la la la
We're gonna make
You popular
Putting in the oven to finish I am glad I made a lot of food. As I start to clean up I don't hear the door open and the guests come in I just clean like nothing at all and of course the singing doesn't stop.
When I see depressing creatures
With unprepossessing features
I remind them on their own behalf
To think of
Celebrated heads of state or
Specially great communicators
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh! He, he!
They were popular! Please-
It's all about popular!
It's not about aptitude
It's the way you're viewed
So it's very shrewd to be
Very very popular
Like me!
And though you protest
Your disinterest
I know clandestinely
You're gonna grin and bear it
Your new found popularity
La la la la
You'll be popular -
Just not quite as popular
As me!
I jump and turn around to little Mahiro clapping. "Yay Mi-tan!" I giggle and pick him up "Well hello there! You're just in time I just put dinner in the oven!" I say placing Mahiro back on the ground. Akihiko pulls me into the tight hug.
"You are never allowed to leave again" Akihiko says, I giggle "Of course not I don't think I could survive" Takahiro smiles and hugs, he apologizes for his stupid judgement and basically sending me away.
"Actually I have to thank you Nii-chan if you hadn't sent me away I would probably at some boring desk job instead of finding myself and my career" I cut him short and during my sentence I grab Akihiko's hand and look up at Akihiko smiling. Just than my phone goes off and it seem I left it in the kitchen. The ringtone is actually 'No one mourns the wicked' ironic right.
No one mourns the wicked
Now at last, she's dead and gone
Now at last, there's joy throughout the land.
"Hello?" I ask answering the phone in English. "What? The News, rehearsal footage? Okay I'll turn it on." I hang up and go back to the living room and turn on the TV to the News. To my surprise I am all over it and I sit with my family all eyes glued to the screen.
Well we have confirmed that Takanashi Misaki the hit on Broadway is officially in Japan. Playing Elphaba in the popular play of Wicked a tale of the Wizard of Oz. In this musical Elphaba is the Wicked Witch of the West and how she comes to be along with Glinda the Good. Now Takanashi Misaki has done a few Musicals traveling the world and this is her biggest role yet. There are some who don't believe that Takanashi-chan has the vocals for such a role. Well we have approved rehearsal footage of "No good deed" from the musical featuring Misaki in her finest role yet let's take a look.
Change to Video.
In the video it opens to my on stage with fog at my feet. However I have no costume but jeans a Wicked t-shirt and a black cape. My hair is pulled into a ponytail and of course my skin is green.
Fiyero!
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmenLet his flesh not be torn
Let his blood leave no stain
Though they beat him
Let him feel no pain
Let his bones never break
And however they try
To destroy him
Let him never die:
Let him never die:Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka... Eleka... Ugh!What good is this chanting?
I don't even know what I'm reading!
I don't even know which trick I ought to try
Fiyero, where are you?
Already dead, or bleeding?
One more disaster I can add to my
Generous supply?No good deed goes unpunished
No act of charity goes unresented
No good deed goes unpunished
That's my new creed
My road of good intentions
Lead where such roads always lead
No good deed
Goes unpunished!Nessa:
Doctor Dillamond:
Fiyero:
Fiyero!(Very high range)One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention:
Was I really seeking good
Or just seeking attention?
Is that all good deeds are
When looked at with an ice-cold eye?
If that's all good deeds are
Maybe that's the reason whyNo good deed goes unpunished
All helpful urges should be circumvented
No good deed goes unpunished
Sure, I meant well -
Well, look at what well-meant did:
All right, enough - so be it
So be it, then:
Let all Oz be agreed
I'm wicked through and through
Since I can not succeed
Fiyero, saving you
I promise no good deed
Will I attempt to do again
Ever again
No good deed
Will I do again!
Well that was amazing, I am sure all of Japan will be lining up to buy tickets to see Takanashi Misaki as Elphaba. People are already order tickets for the show not even two months away. Takanashi Misaki the Sweetest jewel of Japan.
"Misaki that was amazing" Akihiko says pulling me into a hug.
"Yeah Misaki could you always sing like that, that was great. My little sister a famous on Broadway." Takahiro cheers with Mahiro clapping and giggling.
"I'm just glad I'll be working in Japan exclusively. Though if I travel you are coming with me" I nudge Akihiko who smiles in reply. I hear the oven go off and get up and pull it out. "Akihiko can you set the table dinner is ready."
"Yum Yum Dinner!" Mahiro cheers and runs to the table. I smile at the adorable five year old. After Akihiko sets the table we all sit down and dig in. After a few bit we all start to talk and I tell them about my other shows and traveling. Finally after a few hours Takahiro leaves with Manami who's carrying a suckered out Mahiro. I take them to the door, closing the door behind them Akihiko scoops me up in his arms and carries me up the stair bridal style. He gently kicks the door the open and kicks it shut. Throwing me on the bed we get to making up for three years of separation.