I'm sooooo sorry that I haven't updated in a while!
However, I have some bad news.
I have like a dozen tests coming up plus three projects so my schedule is really hectic and I won't be able to update too soon or every other day. I'm sorry, wah...epic failure!! ;( I might update like once a week or once every two weeks. But never once a month...I promise you that much!
So...
Atigato Gozaimasu
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"Class, starting today, the school will be performing the famous Shakespeare play, The Tragedy of Macbeth!" Ryoma's and Ryuu's homeroom teacher practically sang.
Ryoma groaned as she banged her head on the desk.
Ryuu was looking out the window with a bored expression. He really couldn't care about the play.
"Everyone, head down to the auditorium for auditions!" Everyone groaned, Ryoma's was the loudest, and went downstairs.
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"Echizen-chan, you will read the lines and just act them out, okay?" Ryoma nodded as she glared at Ryuu who was snickering. That bastard.
"What is this? This feeling that courses through my veins, my body, my soul. It is devouring me. Encompassing me. What is it!? My mind no longer thinks of the things a maiden my age should be! I am receiving images of death, my pride had grown. Yes, that it is it! These spirits have come to digest me. Take me for I have sacrificed myself! Take me!"
Ryoma THOUGHT she was being horrible. Why was everyone looking at her?
"We've found our Lady Macbeth!" Her teacher sang and attacked Ryoma with a hug.
"W-what? Who said I wanted to be Lady Macbeth!?"
"I did!" You know what was even weirder about this situation. Her teacher was a dude from London.
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"Tezuka, please repeat the lines on the paper."
"The day is as warm as my façade, the night as cold as my heart. Can I? No, will I? Shall I? Could I possibly take the life of one so innocent, so pure? My heart is tainted with the ambition to rule, my mind with my lady's words. Hath she called me no man with courage? I shall prove her in the wrong by committing this act. But what of the consequences afterwards? Is it worth the trouble for naught but a piece of shined metal?"
The teacher was silent after Tezuka finished acting. He really didn't want to be in the play. That would cut into his Tennis Time. And knowing himself very well, he knew that he would try to make up for lost time. And knowing Ryoma, she would insist that T.T. would get in the way of their time. It gave Tezuka a headache just thinking about it.
"Macbeth, we have found you!" Tezuka's eyes snapped open. He was going to say something, but it would've probably come out with a 'HUH!?'
"That was amazing! The passion, the conflicting emotions in you, I felt it all! Perfect just perfect!" The teacher applauded him. They were the only two in the auditorium that moment.
"Sensei, I do…" Tezuka trailed off as he realized he wasn't going to be able say anything.
"Don't worry! You know, they already found the girl playing Lady Macbeth! Oh, you two would be perfect together!"
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Ryoma looked irritated as she waited for the other people chosen to play in the production.
She saw Tezuka come in and waved to him. He came over with Fuji and Oishi.
They just chatted, talking about nothing, and then…
"Will Macbeth and Lady Macbeth please step up?" The drama director called as she held a paper of the cast. Tezuka and Ryoma rose at the same time and looked at each other in surprise.
"That's freaky…" Ryuu voiced behind. "No, that's just freaky deaky right there." Sakuno slapped him on the back of his head while shushing him.
Tezuka and Ryoma ignored the insolent pest and walked onto stage.
"Now, I need Macduff, Duncan, Banquo, Lennox, Malcolm, Donalbain, and um…who else…hm," The director flipped through the pages of the large transcript. "ah….gimme a sec here…"
"Nope, that's it. So will those people come up to the stage please!"
Oishi, Fuji, Kikumaru, Kaidoh, Momoshiro, and Inui went on stage.
"Now, I also need…who do I need?" Once again, she turned toward her handy dandy transcript.
"Ah yes, Echizen Ryuu…you seem like the bossy type. You'll be in charge of how the students act and give me feedback."
"So I'm the assistant director?" Ryuu asked in a bored tone.
"Sure," The director turned toward the group on stage. "All of you were already given a script, we'll rehearse act I scene I."
"Doesn't that scene have the three witches?" Ryuu and Ryo spoke at the same time.
The director slapped her forehead. "I knew I wanted some other people up here! Witches get on stage!"
Sakuno, Tomoka, and Horio each got on stage.
"Wait, why am I up here!?" Horio screeched.
"BECAUSE YOU'RE LOUD, IRRITATING, ANNOYING, AND YOU'RE VOICE SCREECHES LIKE A WITCH'S!!!" Every single person, including Tezuka, shouted at him in unison. Horio 'eeped' and cowered behind a stage prop.
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They were now acting out Act I scene i.
First Witch (Sakuno): When shall we three meet again/ In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch (Tomoka): When the hurlyburly's done/ When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch (Horio): That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch: Where the place?
Second Witch: Upon the heath.
Third Witch: There to meet with Macbeth.
First Witch: I come, Graymalkin!
Second Witch: Paddock calls.
Third Witch: Anon.
ALL : Fair is foul, and foul is fair/ Hover through the fog and filthy air.
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"Very good," The director nodded as she wrote something down in her book. "Horio, you are the worst witch I ever did meet. You are the weakest link. Goodbye." Horio gaped at the slightly plump woman until someone literally kicked him off the stage. "Kachiro, you're the new witch number three."
Kachiro nodded and scurried on stage. They acted the scene out again, and again…and again.
"Good job everyone! Tomorrow we'll do scene two!"
"Oh joy." Ryoma heard her boyfriend say. She looked at him and noticed that he had a sulky face on. Well, he looked at stoic as ever, but his head was a bit forward and he had a bit of pout. He really didn't want to be there. Nor did she want to. The tennis regulars rose from their seats and practically, except for Tezuka, ran to the courts.
Tezuka arrived right after everyone, mainly because of the very loud content sigh he heard as he passed the girls' locker room. That was undoubtedly Ryoma putting on her jersey. He took in the sight around him. Everyone, except for Taka who wasn't in the play, was clutching their jerseys as if they would die without them.
"Nya, did you see the costumes we have to wear!?" Eiji complained loudly as he sniffed his shirt.
"How are going to fit into those stockings!?" Momo shouted as he dramatically fell on his bag.
"Actually, they're breeches, not stockings. There is a 89.946% chance that with Tezuka in costume, more girls would fall for him." Inui mumbled as he acknowledged the captains presence.
"What happened to the other 10.054%?" Fuji asked softly. "Normally Tezuka would get close in between 98 and 100%."
"Ever since he started dating Ryoma, the amount of fan girls following him has dropped.
"Oh, tee hee, hee!" Fuji giggled as he pulled his jersey over his head. "Ryoma-chan's been following my advice…"
Tezuka looked at his best friend and took a giant step away from. Ryuu walked in through the door, heard and saw Fuji giggled, and left while saying it was better to change on the courts.
Which he did.
And there were screams of fan girls.
"KYYYAAAAAA!!!! RYUUU-KUN IS SOOOOO HOT!!!"
"Fshuu," Kaidoh hissed as he walked outside. "SHUT THE HELL UP! WE'RE HAVING A MEETING!!!"
The screams turned to wails, which turned to silence as the girls ran away. Kaidoh came back inside with a satisfied look on his face.
"I think I just found my successor." Tezuka leaned over and murmured to Oishi.
"Nice one," Momo complimented the snake boy. Holy shit! He complimented Kaidoh!? What is the world coming to!?
Kaidoh blushed a bit at the praise, aw, he's so modest.
"What the- how come nobody is on the courts?" Ryoma asked as she entered the club house.
Eiji, Oishi, Taka, Momo…um and every other Regular tried to cover their half clothed bodies from the girl's view.
Ryoma quirked an eyebrow and smirked.
"I've seen everything you already have...or at least the basic package."
"HUH!?"
Ryoma automatically pointed a finger at her incoming twin. "He walks around in the nude sometimes."
"What about me?"
"You walk around nude."
"Uh…not really. I just forget my clothes sometimes."
"You mean every time."
Ryuu opened his mouth to reply and closed it with a clack and shook his head. "No male can win against a female. They'll plant a bomb in your brain."
Taka chuckled nervously, "Shouldn't we be practicing?"
"Nah, Tezuka doesn't feel like practicing, do you?" Ryuu sneered at the taller boy.
"Well, I feel like giving you fifty laps." Tezuka glared at him.
"What was that?"
"You heard me."
Lightening cackled between the two boys. Everyone stepped back in caution.
"Do they do this at your house?" Inui asked Ryoma.
"Um…yeah, yeah they do," Ryoma nodded her head.
"Ii data…"
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"Nya! Yes, I got it!" Eiji shouted as he dived for the small sphere. Oishi was on the other side of the court serving the balls.
"Good job Eiji! Now let's get on that forehand." Oishi called over the courts. Eiji got back into position and nodded. His navy blue eyes were set in concentration as the ball sailed over the net.
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"Fshuu," Kaidoh let out a breath as he returned Inui's ball with his Boomerang Snake.
"Your speed and strength has increased by 12.4 and 10% respectively. Ii data…" Inui mumbled while mentally jotting everything down.
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"BURNING!!!" Taka shouted as he hit the ball back to Fuji with tremendous speed. Fuji easily returned the shot and got into position to return the next one.
"Interesting…" Fuji noted as Tezuka and Ryoma had a practice match with Ryuu and Momoshiro.
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"HYAA!"
"What the hell Ryo?" Ryuu shouted at his twin when she almost smashed the ball into his face.
"Your fault."
"Son of-"
"Language."
"Momo-"
"Don't start a fight on the courts."
"How come Mitsu gets to speak whole sentences?"
"You just did."
"You're confusing me!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean what I say."
"So you're calling me stupid."
"You're taking it out of context."
"Stop yelling already!"
"I'm not yelling! YOU ARE!"
"SEE? You just yelled at me!"
"Will you two be quiet?"
"Just because you have issues doesn't mean we do!"
"Honey, you do know that your tea set is missing a few cups right?"
"WHAT!?"
"You're giving me a headache."
"What, are you just running away?"
"Shut up!"
"No, are you?"
"I never run away!"
By now, all four people were at the net growling and screaming in each other's faces. Well, Tezuka was growling.
Everyone, Regular and non alike paused in their practice to look at the four fighting players.
"Oh no, maybe we should stop."
"Are you chickening out!?"
"No, but I'm just saying that it was a fight like this that led to Tezuka's nose being broken, which led to them dating. So if this happens all over again, they'll end up getting married!"
"That's scary!" Tezuka glared at the second and first year.
"What's scary?"
Momo began to sweat. "Nothing!"
"Just what I thought."
