Chapter 1(yes I used mulan in this first part)
"Tranquil as a forest, but a fire within." Temari said spinning a wooden rod in her hands.
"Once you find your center, you are sure to win." She smirked and smashed two clay pots. The audience gasped at the act.
Shikamaru grinned as he watched her sing the part for a man. No guy who tried out for that part could match her toughness. She was unbreakable, an eternal flame, perfect for the part.
"You must be swift as a coursing river, with all the force of a great typhoon. With all the strength of a raging fire, mysterious as the dark side of the moon!" She said smashing the rod down on the floor. Immediately the strange went black and the whole theater shut down. The audience gasped then clapped. Temari looked around then to Shikamaru who looked back at her.
"This isn't part of the script!" Temari whispered to Shikamaru.
"I know, but then what's going on-" he started but was cut off by a loud screech. They all looked up to see a phantom on top of the stage on the metal setup.
"What the hell is that?!" Temari asked
"The Phantom of the Opera" Shikamaru answered running over to her.
"That's stupid, why would someone do that?" Temari asked grinning as she held the her wooden rod. The phantom swooped down and knocked her off her feet, but she jumped up and ran after it. The creature turned around and headed for her. She stopped and took a stance ready to hit the phantom. It headed straight for the rod, then suddenly flew up into the shadows.
"Where did it go?" Temari said looking around. People were evacuating the theater and the actors were too.
Temari slowly walked over to a corner of the darkness, where it disappeared, and looked around.
"If it's not here then it's-" she stopped and flipped around only to be too late to avoid being picked up by the Phantom and carried away. Shikamaru ran over to the spot and grabbed her hand.
"Shikamaru, don't, let, go-!" Temari held onto his hand tightly but was pulled away by the creature as it crashed through the background props and to some unknown place. Shikamaru ran after them, for as long as he could until he didn't have any clue where she was.
"Temari..." Shikamaru dropped to his knees in defeat and tears fell from his cheeks onto the cold wooden floor, as he held a small ripped black cloth.
Chapter 2
The plays continued weeks later after there was a search for Temari. The strange was cleaned and set back up. Shikamaru mourned as he searched the remaining pieces of the theater for clues.
"Shikamaru, I doubt you'll find the phantom, I mean, who knows where it went, it could be across the globe as far was we know." Shiho said placing her hand on his back. He gritted his teeth and stood up.
"It's somewhere and I'm going to find it" Shikamaru said removing her hand.
"Good luck with that." Shiho said taking a broom and sweeping the floor after another play finished.
"You'll need it" Shiho said softly and walked away. She stopped and looked back.
"And if you ever need help, I'm always here." Shiho smiled and kept walking. He grimaced and kept searching for clues. He pulled the black cloth out of his pocket.
"You'll pay for what you've done to her." He said crushing the cloth, then placing it back in his pocket.
Then he looked over to the audience and the cleaning crew, then to the actors and backstage crew. He quickly pulled out the cloth and looked at it.
"What if..." He thought then shoved the cloth back into his pocket and quickly went to the costume room.
Chapter 3
"Headline, Theater closed due to haunting, by The Phantom of the Opera." Hinata read out loud.
"Haunting? That sounds cool!" Naruto said grabbing the paper and looking at it.
"How about we check it out?" Sai asked
"Sai! Why would we do that? That's creepy!" Ino said clearly freaked out
"Ha, Ino you scared?" Karui said taunting her
"Never!" Ino said desperately trying to keep her pride and failing.
"Then let's go check it out!" Karui said
"Will there be chips?" Chouji asked her
"No, but you can bring some." Karui said smiling at him.
A few days later the group of six stood in front of the theater.
"Hey didn't Shikamaru and Temari work here?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah I think they did, but where did Temari go off to?" Karui asked
"Maybe Shikamaru and Temari were dating and broke up so she left to go somewhere else." Ino offered.
"Why must you make everything so dramatic Ino?" Karui asked
"Because it is." Ino said raising her head up in a snobby manner.
"Let's not fight, let's go inside and check it out." Hinata said shyly.
"Yeah let's go!" Naruto said taking Hinata's hand and opening the door.
"Dumbass, did you think it was open?" Sai asked
"Don't call me that." Naruto said pouting.
"Can I call you small tool?" Sai asked
"No!" Naruto yelled embarrassed. Karui smirked and led them all around the back and through a back window.
The theater was dark and quiet, except for the sound of Chouji munching on his chips nervously. Chouji searched around for a light and flicked on a switch with lit up the whole theater.
"Well that was easy." Sai said lookin around.
"Who's there?" A voice said out of the shadows.
"Me." Naruto said. A loud smack was heard
"Hinata, Karui, Nauto, Ino, Sai, and Chouji" Hinata said
"Who are you?" Chouji asked. The figure moved out of the shadows smiling faintly.
"I never thought I'd see you guys in here." The man said.