Author's Note: Okay, this HAD to be done...don't know if anyone thought of this before... Well, perhaps some of you've noticed the uncanning similarities between Margaret Mitchell's characters of Rhett and Scarlett in Gone with the Wind and our favorite couple, Makino and Domyouji. Well for starters, the characters are meant to be together but something always gets in the way...so frustrating! Scarlett O'Hara, like Makino, has all the men fall in love with her (Domyouji, Rui, Kazuya, I think I prolly forgot someone...). Also, Rhett Butler being the scoundrel he is, also has a lot of money, while Scarlett loses all her wealth when the Southern aristocrasy collapses with the American Civil War, forced to make money to support her family in more ways than one. -hint, hint, nidge, nudge- And the honorable Ashley/Rui, Scarlett/Makino's love interest in the beginning of the novel/manga, share similar personalities...both absorbed in their dream-like worlds and such. Yuuki/Melanie, Makino/Scarlett's best friend, is just too good a person. And Sakurako/Belle are both prositutes and share a relationship with Domyouji/Rhett (Sakurako wishes she could have Domyouji while Belle Walting is the woman that Rhett flees too when he has trouble with Scarlett).

If you've never read Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, hopefully, the following "play" will still be understandable and enjoyable, especially the easy banter between the characters. I know it was fun to write. Please read and review.

Disclaimer: I own neither Hana Yori Dango nor Gone with the Wind. Those titles belong to Yoko Kamio and Margaret Mitchell.


GONE WITH THE WIND: HANA YORI DANGO STYLE

by Phractured Reality (with help from Sojiro and Akira)

Setting: Akira and Sojiro are putting on a play and they need all the help they can get. The scene begins in the F4 room at Eitoku High.

TSUKASA: (angrily) So why did you guys drag me here?

SOJIRO: We're putting on a play!

TSUKASA: (looks like he's about to beat someone up) A play?

AKIRA: Yes, a play...

SOJIRO: Tell him, Rui...

RUI: (stares blankly) ...

AKIRA: ...about southern gentlemen!

SOJIRO: ...and a love story!

AKIRA: ...in the midst of war!

SOJIRO and AKIRA: Gone with the Wind!

TSUKASA: (mildly bored) No.

SOJIRO: You're gonna be Rhett Butler.

TSUKASA: No.

AKIRA: But---

TSUKASA: (cuts him off) No.

SOJIRO: And---

TSUKASA: NO!

SOJIRO and AKIRA: Makino's gonna be Scarlett!

SOJIRO: Oh, the Irish blood and the poor working class virgin's status...

AKIRA: Like a weed that never dies!

TSUKASA: (fantasizes about Makino)

RUI: You guys are so cruel.

SOJIRO: Awww, come off it., Rui.

AKIRA: You get to be Ashley Wilkes.

SOJIRO: (nods) Yes, Scarlett's love interest.

RUI: Okay.

TSUKASA: (whines) Why does Rui get to be Makino's love interest!

AKIRA: Great! It's settled then.

SOJIRO: Let's go convince Makino.

RUI: Wait! You didn't tell her?

AKIRA: Chill out, Rui.

TSUKASA: (complains) Why does Rui get to play Makino's love interest!

SOJIRO: Shut up, Domyouji. You get to play Makino's love interest too.

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Setting:Later at the Dango shop where Makino and Yuuki work. The F4 enter.

YUUKI: Uh, Tsukushi...look. (points to guys who just entered)

TSUKUSHI: (sees Domyouji) What are you doing here, idiot?

SOJIRO: Hello, Yuuki.

YUUKI: (blushes)

TSUKASA: I came here to check on you.

TSUKUSHI: (inner conflict to melt in his arms or to beat him up)

AKIRA: (pops up out of nowhere) Actually, we were wondering if you would star in little play I wrote.

TSUKUSHI: No.

AKIRA: You'll play Scarlett O'Hara.

SOJIRO: Yuuki, I want you to play Melanie Hamilton Wilkes.

YUUKI: (blushes) Okay.

TSUKUSHI: No.

YUUKI: C'mon, Makino, it's gonna be fun. You'll see.

TSUKUSHI: (sighs) Fine.

AKIRA and SOJIRO and YUUKI: (dance around and celebrate) Yay!

TSUKUSHI: Hey! Where's Rui?

SOJIRO: (shrugs)

TSUKASA: (grumbles) Like I care where that bastard is...

AKIRA: He's probably home sleeping.

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Setting: At Eitoku High the next day.

TSUKUSHI: (sighs) Let's get this over with.

SOJIRO: Hey, Kazuya, come over here.

TSUKASA: (demands) What do we need him for!

KAZUYA: The F4 are calling for me...It's a newie richie's dream come true! Now, if I could only get Makino to...

SAKURAKO: (hits Kazuya hard on the head) Dream on, idiot.

KAZUYA: (cries)

SOJIRO: You too, Sakurako. Come here.

AKIRA: I want you to be Charles Hamilton and Belle Watling. Makino is Scarlett.

KAZUYA: C-C-Charles H-Hamilton...as in Scarlett's husband. Makino is Scarlett. It really is a dream come true! (cries and nosebleeds)

TSUKASA: He digs.

TSUKUSHI: You mean, "dies," right?

TSUKASA: (looks bored) It's the same thing.

TSUKUSHI: (shakes her head) No it's not. You idiot.

TSUKASA: What did you call me!

AKIRA: (walks away) There they go at it again.

SOJIRO: (nods in agreement and joins Akira) That's Domyouji and Makino for ya...But at least the plan was a sucess.

AKIRA and SOJIRO: Scarlett and Rhett have a sex scene!

TSUKUSHI: You heard me, idiot!

TSUKASA: Who are you calling an idiot, you...you...you monkey!

TSUKUSHI: Monkey! Why you...(proceeds to beat Domyouji up)

KAZUYA: (still crying with glee) I get to be Makino's husband.

SAKURAKO: (pulls Kazuya away by his ear) C'mon, you idiot.

TSUKUSHI: Idiot!

TSUKASA: No, you're the idiot!

TSUKUSHI: No, you're the idiot!

SOJIRO: Do think they'll ever get along?

AKIRA: (shrugs) That's why older women are so much better.

SOJIRO: (nods) By the way...where's Rui?

AKIRA: He's probably at home, sleeping.

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Setting:Meanwhile, at the Hanazawa household...

RUI: (sneezes and continues sleeping) ...

THE END


Cast:

Tsukushi Makino...as Scarlett O'Hara

Tsukasa Domyouji...as Rhett Butler

Rui Hanazawa ...as Ashley Wilkes

Yuuki Matsuoka...as Melanie Hamilton Wilkes

Kazuya Aoike...as Charles Hamilton

Sakurako Sanjyo...as Belle Watling

Sojiro Nishikado...costume design and co-producer

Akira Mimasaka...writer, set designer and co-producer

-more characters will be written as needed-


A/N: Originally, I have no plans on continuing this, but I can be persuaded otherwise with good reviews. :)