This is just a story that I thought of unconsciously, so I hope it wouldn't be too bad. Special credits to Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School for allowing me to borrow a reference book for this fan fiction and to William Shakespeare of course. Anyway, this fan fiction features cross-over characters from Hayate the Combat Butler, D.N. Angel's Saga Keiji and Persona 4's Naoto Shirogane, so enjoy!
A GHS production, Romeo & Juliet
First Play: The Decision, Story Time!
2009. One day at Gekkoukan High School, the sun was shining, birds were chirping and teachers and students were having fun learning... Anyway, at the class 2-F, they were having a so-called project work and Ms. Toriumi was helping them out.
"Now then, class! Do you all remember that we have to make a play on a certain story for the school's cultural festival right?" asked Ms. Toriumi.
Everyone complained and just talked to each other...
"Oh come on everyone! Our class is in charge of the play this year so there's no choice! I have even hired a so-called film producer! So be happy, ok?"
Suddenly, a male student around their age went into the classroom. He wore sunglasses and held a book in his hands. Could this guy be the film producer Ms. Toriumi hired?
"Is this Ms. Toriumi's class?" the male student asked, "I have to start work immediately if it is. Time waits for no one."
"I understand. I'm Ms. Toriumi and everyone, this is Mr. Keiji."
"Just call me Saga," he said as he took off his sunglasses, "It's nice to meet all of you. Now I want to know who will be starring in this play."
All the girls drooled after seeing Saga except for Yukari and Aigis. They already thought of the same thing, more specifically... "Minato-kun's way better than him."
All of them began moving their desks and chairs to the side of the classroom in order to have space in the middle. Saga took one of the chairs and sat near the white board while flipping through his book.
"Mr. Keiji, have you selected the story that our class will be doing?" Ms. Toriumi asked him.
"No. Not yet actually. I want the class to decide," he said while closing his book, "Now then, everyone! What story do you all have in mind?"
Everyone started discussing in their own little small group and Ms. Toriumi discussed with Saga. Minato and friends were discussing as well.
"Hey man, what do you think? What kind of play would you like?" asked Junpei.
"Anything's fine with me... I don't think I'll be starring in it anyway. What do you think Ryoji?" the blue-haired teenager asked.
"Hmm... A love story wouldn't be too bad. Heh, and when there's a kiss scene, chances of a girl falling for you are hi--"
Yukari immediately stepped on Ryoji's foot, "What a jerk. If someone really selects you into a love story play they're really gonna regret it," said Yukari while looking away from Ryoji.
"Ow... You didn't have to step on my foot THAT hard, you know...?" he said softly.
"I feel that we should do a fighting play... that way I can eliminate Ryoji-san if he and I are in the play..." Aigis said as she glared at Ryoji.
"G-Girls... what's with you two...? Sheesh..." he said followed by a sigh.
Suddenly, Saga began to speak. Everyone looked at him anxiously to know what story he has decided for the play.
"Well then, I want you all to give me your thoughts on what story to do, so..."
Everyone started yelling the names of the stories they want to make and even some anime names were heard too...
"Whoa whoa, settle down everyone...!" Saga said as he saw everyone going wild, "Well actually, I heard someone with a not bad rating topic... you there at the back. Say it again," he pointed at a male student who was wearing a navy-blue officer hat.
"Romeo and Juliet, that's what I said," he said while looking at Saga.
"Yes! That's a great story! Now then... I need you all to cast votes on who will play who and as you all know, the story's all about..."
Saga explained thoroughly about the story before casting the votes and after that was done, he wrote the list of characters' names on the white board using a marker pen.
The student wearing a navy-blue officer hat went in front to see what was going on because he was short. Well, he is not really THAT short but still, he wasn't able to see from behind.
"Hey man... that guy looks a little like you, doesn't he?" Junpei whispered to Minato.
"No way. He doesn't. 'He' actually looks like a 'she'... Shirogane was it?" Minato whispered back.
"Yeah. Naoto Shirogane of the police force at Iwatodai. Kinda strange right? He looks just like a kid...!" Junpei whispered.
After a while, Saga was done writing on the white board.
"Alright! This is how it's supposed to be!"
Romeo :
Juliet :
Nurse to Juliet :
Friar Lawrence :
Lord Capulet :
Lady Capulet :
Lord Montague :
Lady Montague :
Tybalt :
Mercutio :
Benvolio :
Paris :
The Prince of Verona:
An Apothecary :
Chief Watchman :
Servants to Capulets
and Montagues :
Citizens of Verona:
Narrator :
Everyone looked at the white board and thought about who should and should not be in the play. The names were a little... weird, to them.
"Romeo and Juliet... ah... what a nice love story that is..." said Ryoji softly to himself.
"Romeo... and Juliet... huh?" Yukari said as she looked at Minato, "... W-What was I even thinking! S-Snap out of it, Takeba... d-don't fill your mind with stuff like that...!" she said softly to herself while blushing.
"Heh... I doubt anyone would cast a vote on any of us... I mean... well..." said Junpei.
"But what if they do cast a vote on us?" asked Minato.
"Then that'll be one heck of a vote..."
"... I can't wait till the results are out," said Aigis.
A few minutes later... it was voting time.
"It is time! Now tell me who would you want Romeo to be? Decide wisely everyone..." Saga said with a serious tone of voice.
A female student raised her hand, "Minato Arisato, sir! We want him!"
"H-HUH...?!" Minato looked at the girls who actually voted for him.
"Yeah! We want Minato-sama!! Please sir!!" the girls yelled with some boys agreeing.
"Ah... okay," he then wrote Minato's name on the white board, "Then who'll be Juliet?"
Everyone silenced down all of a sudden which shocked Ms. Toriumi. The class was never that quiet before, all of a sudden, Aigis raised her hand.
"Yukari-san. I want Yukari-san to be Juliet if that's possible, sir. I feel that she's the most suitable student to be playing her role as Juliet," said Aigis.
"A-A-AIGIS?! W-WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU...?!" Yukari whispered while blushing and shaking Aigis from side to side.
"I-Is there something wrong, Yukari-san...? I wanted you to play the part, that's all..." Aigis said while looking at Yukari.
"... Okay then. Yukari it is..." he wrote her name and all the girls were extremely jealous and glared at Yukari.
"... Thanks... Aigis..." Yukari said in her mind.
"Well now... who else?"
Everyone started giving the names of other actors and actresses for the play.
"Aigis should be Nurse to Juliet!!"
"I vote for Kenji-san to be Lord Capulet!"
"Ryoji-kun as Tybalt!!"
"Junpei Iori for the Mercutio role, sir!!"
"Kazu as Benvolio, Saga-san...!"
"I cast my vote for Shirogane to be The Prince of Verona."
And that was what they decided so far...
"Hmm... but there are still some gaps left," Saga said as he looked at the white board, "Maybe it's time I brought in my crew members... although they're from another school."
"Is that legal, Mr. Keiji?" asked Ms. Toriumi.
"Of course it is. I'll just write their names here first, so it'll be conven--"
"Did you want to say... convenient? Mr. Saga Keiji?"
A long pink-haired female stepped into the classroom after hearing a ruckus from outside the classroom. She was dressed in the renowned school's uniform, Hakuou Academy.
"A-Ah...! K-Katsura..." he said as he stared at the pink-haired individual.
"Hmph. I knew it. You were going to drag us to some play that has nothing to do with Hakuou, right?" she said as she pulled him up through his collar, "Seriously, film producers like you are the type I hate!" and she dropped him back down.
Everyone stared at the pink-haired individual, shocked. Even Mitsuru Kirijo and the 'Golden Boy', Akihiko Sanada, both went into the class to check on what's going on.
"W-What was that? I heard a loud bang... as if someone fell from the ceiling or something..." said Mitsuru.
"Yeah... What happened here...?" asked Akihiko.
"Ah, Kirijo, Sanada. Nice timing..." said Ms. Toriumi, "Please come in..."
"Sure... And what's Hinagiku Katsura, the student council president of Hakuou Academy doing here? It's rare that we see you here," said Mitsuru with a glare.
"Oh, so you're the Mitsuru Kirijo I've been hearing about," Hinagiku glared back at Mitsuru.
Everyone just watched the two student council presidents dueling while Saga started writing on the white board that immediately filled the gaps.
Romeo :Minato Arisato
Juliet :Yukari Takeba
Nurse to Juliet :Aigis
Friar Lawrence :Seishiro Kurasu
Lord Capulet :Kenji Tomochika
Lady Capulet :Hinagiku Katsura
Lord Montague :Akihiko Sanada
Lady Montague :Misturu Kirijo
Tybalt :Ryoji Mochizuki
Mercutio :Junpei Iori
Benvolio :Kazuchi Miyamoto
Paris :Himuro Saeki
The Prince of Verona:Naoto Shirogane
An Apothecary :Fuuka Yamagishi
Chief Watchman :Kotarou Azumamiya
Servants to Capulets
and Montagues :Hakuou Academy students
Citizens of Verona:Gekkoukan High School students
Narrator :Hayate Ayasaki
"Psst... Ms. Toriumi...!" whispered Saga.
"Hmm?" Ms. Toriumi went near Saga, "What is it...?"
"... Actually, Naoto's my pal and we both work at the police department..."
"... R-Really...? So then..."
"We've already scanned through all of the students and adults who are suitable in this play... so... it's like we've already arranged it from the start... except those who the students want like Minato Arisato and Yukari Takeba..." he whispered.
"I see... so you've already arranged this with Shirogane earlier on? And with Hakuou Academy as well...?" whispered Ms. Toriumi.
Saga nodded and went to where Hinagiku is. Everyone was told to look at the white board by Ms. Toriumi. They all widened their eyes after what they had saw...
"Saga! I thought I said Hakuou has nothing to do with this!" Hinagiku yelled.
"I-It does! Even Ms. Kuzuha agreed! Isn't she the superintendent of Hakuou Academy? You're just a student council president...!" Saga exclaimed.
"M-Ms. Kuzuha agreed?! T-That witch..." Hinagiku seemed shocked, "Hmph. Fine. I represent Hakuou Academy to give you permission to use our students then. But remember, we deserve some credit and it doesn't go all to Gekkoukan."
"... Yes ma'am..." Saga nodded in agreement.
"When will the rehearsal begin?" asked Mitsuru.
Saga informed all of the students about the rehearsal time and date. He also told Mitsuru and Hinagiku to inform the students who will be involved in the play as well. Hinagiku nodded and left a few minutes later.
"Whoa... I wouldn't like to get close to a girl like THAT..." said Ryoji.
"Are you okay Yukari-san? Your face has been red for a while now... it's as red as an apple... if I'm not mistaken," said Aigis while looking at Yukari.
"H-Huh? Oh I'm um... okay... haha..." said Yukari, "I'm Juliet... I'm Juliet... then... Minato-kun will... I-I can't wait!" she thought to herself.
"You're da bomb man! Go for it, okay?" exclaimed Junpei.
"... R-Right. It's just Yukari after all..." said Minato while looking at Yukari.
"Well now. Tomorrow's supposed to be a school day but the principal gave us special permission, so we must work hard starting from tomorrow onwards especially Arisato and Takeba," said Ms. Toriumi with a smile.
"Y-Yes, Ms. Toriumi..." They both replied.
"Great! Everyone of you'll get a script based on the story tomorrow, so let's end today's meeting and please have a good rest for tomorrow!" Saga said as he put on his sunglasses again.
They all left and began wondering about tomorrow... the first rehearsal for the play 'Romeo and Juliet' finally begins...
Author's note: This is the first play of the whole story... don't worry... it won't be TOO long... I hope... And FYI, I know lots of people know that Naoto's a female but I'm portraying her as a guy in this story… Anyway, have any ideas or maybe some advice? Just write a review cuz I need help as always... Thanks for reading...
