Orochimaru: The Phantom Of The Opera. Chapter 3.
Once Sakura and the Phantom left Sakura's dressing room, they were on their way to the lair which was underground and below the Konoha Opera House.
Sakura and the Phantom found a boat by the lake and got on it. While Sakura was sitting on the boat, the Phantom was standing and rode the boat with an oar. During the journey to the Phantom's lair, candles appeared and came out of the water. Finally, when Sakura and the Phantom got to the lair, the two of them got off the boat. Sakura remembered that the candles that she saw earlier while on her way to the Phantom's lair, and saw that there were more candles in the Phantom's lair along with an organ.
"Why did you bring me here? Who are you?" Sakura asked the Phantom who turned around to look at her.
"Well, since I first heard you sing back at the Konoha Opera House, I've decided to have you sing for my music. As for my name, it's Obito Uchiha," the Phantom now known as Obito replied.
"Wait. Your name sounds familiar," Sakura said.
"I suppose you remember this quote, right? "In the ninja world, those who break the rules are trash, that's true, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash." Long ago, I taught that quote to Kakashi Hatake, your sensei and team leader of Team 7," Obito explained.
"I remember that Kakashi-sensei told us about his past. You were one of his teammates. You were supposed to have died after that boulder killed you," Sakura realized.
"Yes. However, it's a miracle I survived. I should be dead right now," Obito spoke.
"But, you're supposed to help me with my singing. You're my Angel Of Music, remember?" Sakura asked.
"Yes. Now. I want you to sing this song that I wrote for you," Obito voiced as he gave Sakura a sheet of paper which had lyrics on it. Obito walked to the organ and began playing music.
Sakura began to sing:
Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar
And you'll live as you've never lived before
Softly, deftly, music shall surround you
Feel it, hear it, closing in around you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night
Let your mind start a journey to a strange new world
Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before
Let your soul take you where you long to be
Only then can you belong to me
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night
You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night
"Well? How did I do, Obito?" Sakura questioned.
"Wonderful," Obito responded with a smile. Sakura smiled back at him.
"Obito?" Sakura asked.
"Yes?" Obito responded to Sakura's question.
"Would you mind if I have a look at you for a second?" Sakura wondered.
"Why?" Obito quizzed, getting confused and suspicious.
Instead of Sakura answering Obito's question, she ripped off Obito's mask, and widened her eyes at who she saw was standing in front of her. Now, standing in Obito's place, was a man with long black silky hair and white skin. He had golden eyes and purple markings on his face. He also wore plain grey garbs with black pants, a thick purple rope belt tied in a large knot behind his back, a black polo neck under his garb, and blue tomoe-shaped earrings.
Immediately, Sakura recognized who this man was.
"Orochimaru?! You're... The Phantom Of The Opera?!" Sakura exclaimed in shock and fear as she passed out and was about to fall to the ground until Orochimaru caught her and brought her to his room while placing her on his bed.
Orochimru whispered in her ear:
"Now you can never be free. Good night, Sakura, my Angel Of Music."
He kissed Sakura's forehead, pulled the curtain down, left her alone in his bedroom and went to go back to play on his organ.
The next day...
When Sakura woke up the next morning, she heard a music box playing. Before she lost consciousness, she remembered singing a song that Obito wrote for her, until Sakura found out that Obito was really Orochimaru in disguise. It was then that she realized that after she passed out, Orochimaru caught her and carried her to his bed.
Then, she heard Orochimaru playing the organ, and followed the sound while walking towards it.
"Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru heard Sakura call his name, and turned around to face her.
"Ah, good morning, Sakura. Did you sleep well?" he asked.
"Yes. Orochimaru. I want to ask you something," Sakura spoke.
"What is it, my dear?" Orochimaru questioned.
"When I ripped off Obito's mask last night, he was gone, and I saw you standing in his place. Tell me. What happened to Obito? Please, Orochimaru. Tell me the truth. Are you The Phantom Of The Opera?" Sakura asked.
"Why yes, I am The Phantom Of The Opera," Orochimaru said with an evil smirk.
"I don't understand. At first, I thought Obito was The Phantom Of The Opera, not you. I'm not sure what's going on," Sakura said.
"Ah, I see you have a lot of questions to ask me. Very well. I will answer them for you. If you recall, Sasuke left Konoha to come to me for power just so he could kill his brother Itachi," Orochimaru voiced.
"I remember the night Sasuke left the village. I will never forget that night," Sakura understood with a sad look on her face.
"However, I was only using Sasuke just so I could take over his body because my own body was deteriorating. Once Sasuke found out about it, he killed me," Orochimaru said.
Sakura remembered what Sasuke told her about him killing Orochimaru:
"Orochimaru was just using my body as a new host for himself which is why I killed him."
"But, Sasuke said he killed you. How is it possible that you're still alive?" Sakura asked.
"Well, since Sasuke killed me, after our battle, he left my lair, and I was said to have died during the battle. But then, Kabuto revived me and I swore I would get my revenge on Sasuke for trying to kill me," Orochimaru replied.
"How did you become The Phantom Of The Opera and my Angel Of Music? What does this have to do with Obito?" Sakura wondered.
"After I was revived by Kabuto, I heard that an opera house was opened up in Konoha one year ago, and so, at that moment I realized that I not only wanted to get my revenge on Sasuke, but I also wanted to try and attempt to destroy the Leaf Village again like my last failed attempt from almost three years ago. To avoid being caught by everyone in Konoha, I decided to use Obito as my alter-ego. But, while I decided to become your Angel Of Music after hearing you sing for the first time, I realize now that I am starting to fall in love with you," Orochimaru said.
"What?" Sakura asked as Orochimaru began to sing about his love for her:
I feel a wave of passion
Move through my heart with such pain
I have no time to reason
So I just let passion reign
I let go so easily
On a night as warm as sin
Midnight swimmer, midnight sea
I will not come back again
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
And you will bear my curse
As long as my life will be
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
And I saw it would be
When I looked at you
When you looked at me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
My sin and my obssession
Crazy desire you bring
I know there's no salvation
I see our bodies burning
Your beautiful voice haunts me, I live to hear you singing
Please raise your eyes and want me, please give me all the chances
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
And you will bear my curse
As long as my life will be
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
And I saw it would be
When I looked at you
When you looked at me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
You brought the spring time to fill
My heart in its winter chill
I lost my strength and my will
And now my tears start to spill
I never knew such desire
Just looking into your eyes
And now the soul in me cries
And now the night is on fire
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
And you will bear my curse
As long as my life will be
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
And I saw it would be
When I looked at you
When you looked at me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Your love will kill me
Orochimaru was about to kiss Sakura until she told him:
"Orochimaru. I have to go back to the Konoha Opera House. Everyone will be worried about me."
"Very well. I will take you back to the Konoha Opera House, but on two conditions: I am disguised as Obito, you must never tell anyone about my true identity and my plan to destroy Konoha, and must never see Sasuke again. Do you understand, Sakura?"
Tears fell from Sakura's eyes as she nodded her head while she had no choice but to listen to Orochimaru. Orochimaru held out a hand for Sakura to grab it, and Kabuto went with Orochimaru to bring Sakura back to the Konoha Opera House.
(Note: On this one part of the chapter where Sakura sings "The Music Of The Night," yes, I know that Orochimaru (The Phantom) is supposed to sing that song and not Sakura (Christine), but I had a different song for Orochimaru to sing which was "Your Love Will Kill Me" from another musical called "Notre Dame De Paris (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame)," and it was also because I couldn't picture this chapter without "The Music Of The Night." The reason why I chose "Your Love Will Kill Me" as a song for Orochimaru to sing (even though it's not from "The Phantom Of The Opera") was because I wanted him to sing a song where at one point in this chapter, he would tell Sakura about his romantic feelings for her. Also, I saw a "Phantom Of The Opera" (the 2004 film adaption based on the 1986 musical) video that someone made on YouTube with that same song, and I thought it fit really well with the Phantom's obsession with Christine that I just had to put this song in this fanfic. As I was writing "Orochimaru: The Phantom Of The Opera," I almost cast Anko and Kakashi as Christine and Raoul, but then I thought, "If I casted Anko and Kakashi and Christine as Raoul, who would play Firmin and Andre, the opera house managers?" Plus, I wanted two people that were young enough to play the role, so I chose Sakura as Christine again (like I did in my SasuSaku version of The Phantom Of The Opera which had Sasuke as The Phantom, Sakura as Christine, and Naruto as Raoul), and Sasuke as Raoul, because I thought they fit those parts. I couldn't really picture Orochimaru with the Phantom's mask, so I used Obito as Orochimaru's alter-ego because he was one of the only Naruto villains that I could think of with a mask, other than Zabuza and Haku, if they count. At one part of the song "Your Love Will Kill Me," the lyrics go, "Your gypsy dreams all haunt me, I live to see your dances." However, I changed that to "Your beautiful voice haunts me, I live to hear you singing," because Sakura is not a gypsy in this fanfic. Well, hope all you enjoyed the chapter. Stay tuned for Chapter 4. :D)
