Practice 2- Sasuke can sing?!? And Sakura's scene debut!
Italics- Singing/ Inners
Bold- Brackets/actions by the actors
Regular- Speaking
Mia: Ok, Sasuke! Guards, Places everyone! We're doing "One Jump"! Sasuke, are you ready for your solo?
Sasuke: Che, let's get this over with…
Mika: Places everyone! And…GO!
(Cut to a rooftop, where Sasuke rushes up to the edge, carrying a loaf of bread. He almost drops it over the edge.)
Guard: Stop, thief! I'll have your hands for a trophy, street rat!
Sasuke: (Looks back, then down, then at the bread.) All this for a loaf of bread?
(He jumps off, landing on two ropes strung between buildings, with drying clothes on them. He skies down them, collecting bits and pieces of clothing on him as he goes. Finally, he's nearing the end of the rope, at a window, when a woman reaches out and slams the shutters closed. Sasuke slams into the shutters and falls to the street, his fall being broken by numerous awnings and the pile of clothes around him. He pulls off the top layer of clothes and is about to enjoy his bread when...)
Guard 1: There he is!
Kabuto: You won't get away so easy!
Sasuke: You think that was easy? (He looks at three women, laughing at him.)
Guard 1: You two, over that way, and you, with me. We'll find him.
(Sasuke pulls a sheet over him and wraps himself as a disguise. He rushes over to the women.)
Sasuke: Morning, ladies.
Towns lady: Getting into trouble a little early today, aren't we Sasuke?
Sasuke: Trouble? No way. You're only in trouble if you get caught--
(A hand grabs Sasuke's shoulder and yanks him back. It's the first guard. Sasuke's disguise falls off.)
Sasuke: I'm in trouble!
Guard: ...and this time--
(A screeching sound from Abu, then the guard's turban is pulled down over his eyes. Abu dances on the Sasuke's head, laughing.)
Sasuke: Perfect timing, Abu! As usual!
Abu: Hello!
Sasuke: Come on, let's get outta here!
Mika: Ok, Sasuke, time to show us what you're made of! Hit it!
Sasuke: Fine! Gotta keep...one jump ahead of the breadline. One swing ahead of the sword. I steal only what I can't afford…That's everything!
(Sasuke battles a Guard wielding a sword. He dodges a couple of swings, and then pulls down the Guard's pants. Abu raspberries the Guard, then dodges an attack. The Guard swings at Sasuke, but destroys a barrel of fish. As Sasuke runs off, the Guard pulls a fish over his lower body as a pair of pants.)
Sasuke: One jump ahead of the lawmen. That's all, and that's no joke! These guys don't appreciate I'm broke!
(Sasuke and Abu scamper up a pile of barrels, then kick one down on top of another Guard.)
Guards: (one at a time) Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!
Sasuke: Just a little snack, guys!
(Sasuke scampers to the top of a platform. The Guards shake the platform back and fro trying to knock him off.)
Guards: Rip him open, take it back guys!
Sasuke: I can take a hint, gotta face the facts. You're my only friend, Abu!
Women (Besides Sakura, Hinata, Tenten and Ino): Who?!?
(Sasuke jumps off the platform to certain death, only to grab Abu's hands like an acrobat. The pair swing into a harem.)
Haram Girls: Oh, it's sad that Sasuke's hit the bottom! He's become a one-man rise in crime
(Abu finds a plate full of fruit and stuffs his mouth full like a chipmunk.)
Woman: I'd blame parents, except he hasn't got 'em!
Sasuke: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat, tell you all about it when I got the time!
(Sasuke and Abu exit. Cut to Muscleman flexing to a crowd. The Guards rush past. Cut to Sasuke and Abu behind the Muscleman, matching his moves, until they make a mistake and are discovered.)
Sasuke: One jump ahead of the slowpoke. One skip ahead of my doom. Next time gonna use a nom de plume.
Guard: There he is!
Sasuke: One jump ahead of the hit men! One hit ahead of the flock. I think I'll take a stroll around the block.
(A chase sequence, in which Sasuke and Abu, pursued by the Guards, race through a flock of sheep, hurdle a man sleeping on a bed of nails of course one extremely large guard lands on him. Abu disguises himself with jewels until a Shopkeeper discovers him. )
Crowd: Stop, thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal!
Sasuke: Let's not be too hasty
(Sasuke is surrounded by Guards in front of a door. The door opens and a large, ugly Lady comes out. (Namely Ami (The Pres of Sasuke's fan club))
Lady: Still I think he's rather tasty
(Sasuke tumbles away, and then puts his arm around a Guard, acting like they're all chums.)
Sasuke: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat. Otherwise we'd get along!
Guards: WRONG!
(They all jump into a pile and fight. When they stop, Sasuke and Abu are gone. They are sneaking away in barrels. They run across a flaming pit, followed by Guards who hop up and down, screaming in pain as they cross the rocks. Sasuke and ABU pass a Sword Swallower, then Abu goes back, pulls the sword out of the Swallower's mouth. Abu advances on the guards, who retreat in fear.)
Guard 1: He's got a sword!
Kabuto: You idiot--we've ALL got swords!!
(Abu sets the sword down gently, then runs. Sasuke and Abu are once again surrounded, with Guards coming from left and right. He jumps up and climbs a robe trick being done on the street, as the Guards all crash into each other.)
Sasuke: One jump ahead of the hoof beats!
Crowd: Vandal!
Sasuke: One hop ahead of the hump!
Crowd: Street rat!
Sasuke: One trick ahead of disaster,
Crowd: Scoundrel!
Sasuke: They're quick--but I'm much faster !
Crowd: Take that!
(The Guards chase Sasuke up a staircase into a room. He grabs a carpet and jumps out the window)
Sasuke: Here goes, better throw my hand in, wish me happy landin'! All I gotta do is jump!
(The Guards follow him out the window, but they go straight down to the street, and land in a pile with the sign "Crazy Hakim's Discount Fertilizer." Sasuke uses the carpet as a parachute to land safely and out of danger. Sasuke and Abu high-five each other.)
Mika: And done! Good Job! And Sasuke! I'm impressed!
Sakura (Blushing): Good job Sasu-kun.
Inner Sakura: Cha! Sasuke-kun can sing! He's now hotter than I thought he was before!
Mia: Well, now, I'm sooo surprised!
Itachi: Foolish little brother, you must get your singing skills from me.
Sasuke: Che! You wish!
Orochimaru: Sasuke-chann! I love you!
Sasuke: AHH! IT'S A GAY POWER-HUNGRY FREAK!!
(Orochimaru chases Sasuke around the set with everyone laughing except Mika)
Mika: STOP IT RIGHT NOW!
(Slams her foot down on the ground so hard, the ground shakes, scaring everyone except Sakura, Tsunade and Mia)
Mika: If you want a good play with lots of money, then could you PLEASE co-operate with each other!
Everyone (dully): Hai…
Mika: Good, now moving on…
Mia: Time for scene 2, Taking place after where Sasuke and Abu high-five! Ok…go!
Sasuke: And now, esteemed effendi, we feast! All right!
(Sasuke breaks the bread in two and gives half to Abu, who begins to eat. But Sasuke looks over and sees two young children rummaging through the garbage for food. The girl sees him, then drops her find and tries to hide. Sasuke looks at them, then the bread, then at Abu.)
Abu: Uh-oh!
(Abu takes a big bite of his food, but Sasuke gets up and walks over to the children. The girl pulls her brother back.)
Sasuke: Here, go on--take it.
(The children giggle with delight. Abu tries to swallow his bite, then looks guilty. He walks over to the children and offers his bread to them. In delight, they pet him on the head.)
Abu: Ah, don't. Huh?
(Abu sees Sasuke walking into the daylight, where there is a parade going on. Sasuke peers over the shoulders of people. He sees Prince Heroshi (Sakura Lover) riding on a horse.)
Bystander 1: On his way to the palace, I suppose.
Bystander 2: Another suitor for the princess.
(Sasuke is startled as the two children come running out from the alley. The boy runs out in front of the Prince's horse, startling it.)
Prince: Out of my way, you filthy brat!
(The Prince brings up his whip to attack the children, but Sasuke jumps in front of them and catches the whip.)
Sasuke: Hey, if I were as rich as you, I could afford some manners
Prince: Oh--I teach you some manners!
(The Prince kicks Sasuke into a mud puddle. The crowd laugh at him.)
Sasuke: Look at that, Abu. It's not every day you see a horse with two rear ends!
(The Prince stops and turns back to Sasuke.)
Prince: You are a worthless street rat. You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat, and only your fleas will mourn you.
(Sasuke rushes the Prince, but the doors to the castle slam shut in his face.)
Sasuke: I'm not worthless. And I don't have fleas. Come on, Abu. Let's go home.
(Sasuke makes the climb to his home with the view, then tucks in Abu for the night.)
Sasuke: Riffraff, street rat. I don't buy that. If only they'd look closer. Would they see a poor boy? No siree. They'd find out, there's so much more to me.
(He pulls back a curtain to reveal the beautiful palace.)
Sasuke: Someday, Abu, things are gonna change. We'll be rich, live in a palace, and never have any problems at all.
Neji: Looks like Sasuke's really depressed.
Shikamaru: Yah, but little does our hero know, he will fall in love with the princess of the castle…and that it will change his life forever...
Mika: And cut! Ok, 15 minute break for everyone!
Mia: And not a second longer! Next is The Palace Scene!
15 minutes later…
Mia: Ok, break's over and the stage's set! Sakura, Kakashi-sensei, Heroshi and the Female Narrators, get on stage! Ready? Go!
Hinata: It looks like our hero Sasuke has turned in for the night!
Tenten: Yup, but I wonder...
Hinata: Wonder what?
Tenten: Never mind...
Ino: Anyway, let's find out what our princess was up to on that very same day…
(Dissolve to same shot during day. Cut to int. of Sultan Kakashi's chamber. The door bursts open, and Prince Heroshi storms in, missing the rear end of his pants.)
Prince: I've never been so insulted!
Kakashi: Oh, Prince Heroshi. You're not leaving so soon, are you?
Prince: Good luck marrying her off!
Kakashi: Oh, Sakura! Sakura! Sakura!
(The Sultan goes off into the garden looking for his daughter. He finds her, but is interrupted by Rajah, Sakura's pet tiger, who blocks him off. Rajah has a piece of the Prince's under pants in his mouth. The Sultan grabs the cloth and yanks it out of Rajah's mouth.)
Sultan Kakashi: Confound it, Rajah! So, this is why Prince Heroshi stormed out!
Sakura: Oh, father. Rajah was just playing with him, weren't you Rajah.
(Rajah comes over and allows Sakura to pet and hug him.)
Sakura: You were just playing with that overdressed, self-absorbed Prince Heroshi, weren't you?
(She cuddles with Rajah, enjoying the moment, until she looks up at her angry father. )
Sakura: Ahem.
Kakashi: Dearest, you've got to stop rejecting every suitor that comes to call. The law says you...
Both (Sakura says it sarcastically): ...must be married to a prince.
(They walk over to a dove cage.)
Kakashi: By your next birthday.
Sakura: The law is wrong.
Kakashi: You've only got three more days!
Sakura: Father, I hate being forced into this.
(She takes a dove out of the cage and pets it.)
Sakura: If I do marry, I want it to be for love.
(Cuddles the dove to her cheek)
Kakashi: Sakura, it's not only this law.
(She hands him the dove, and he puts it back in the cage.)
Kakashi: I'm not going to be around forever, and I just want to make sure you're taken care of, provided for.
Sakura: Try to understand. I've never done a thing on my own.
(She swirls her finger in the water of the pond, petting the fish.)
Sakura: I've never had any real friends.
(Rajah looks up at her and growls.)
Sakura: Except you, Rajah.
(Satisfied, he goes back to sleep.)
Sakura: I've never even been outside the palace walls.
Kakashi: But Sakura, you're a princess.
Sakura: Then maybe I don't want to be a princess anymore!
(She splashes the water and stalks away from her father)
Kakashi: Oooohhh! Kami forbid you should have any daughters!
(Rajah looks up and thinks for a second. Sakura goes to the dove cage and yanks open the door. The birds fly off into freedom. She watches them go and makes a decision to leave the Palace at sundown)
Hinata: Wow, it looks like Sasuke and Sakura have a thing in common.
Ino: Yup!
Neji: What is it?
Tenten: Their both trapped. Sasuke in his poor life and Sakura in her palace life
Shikamaru: Yah. I wonder what's gonna happen when they meet...
Mika: And cut! Ok, Sakura!
Sakura: Yes?
Mia: Sasuke!
Sasuke: Hn?
Mika and Mia: It's time to practice the balcony scene!
All: AWWW! (:
Sasuke and Sakura: WHA?!
Mika: HAHA! Ok, We'll practice that tomorrow!
Mia: See you all tomorrow at noon! AND BE ON TIME!
Tsunade: The girls are right. We only have 3 days left of practice, so let's make the best of it!
All: HAI!
Tsunade: Dismissed!
Yay, I finally update! And it's the longest chapter to boot! Next chappie, Sasuke and Sakura have to do the balcony scene! 0o0o0o0o! What will happen? Wait and see!