SHAKESPEAREAN FFVIII

SHAKESPEAREAN FFVIII

Watch our beloved characters make a fool of themselves as they give a production of Romeo and Juliet...live!!

DISCLAIMER: Squaresoft owns FF8, Shakespeare owns Romeo And Juliet. I own nothing.

Chapter 3

Squall picked himself carefully up from the dusty floor of the quad, brushing petals from his pink flannel pajamas and is well aware of the fact that he's about to have a red and burning left cheek for the rest of the day or, under the worst circumstances, rest of his life.

"Squall?"

He turned around and gasped at the sight of Quistis Trepe glaring disgustedly at him. Frantically, he reached for a nearby flower-pot to cover himself up, but dropped what he was holding with a loud clang when he realized he was actually using a dirty dustbin to hide his disgraced self behind.

Quistis shook her head.

"Sq-Commander Leonhart! What I have just witnessed is a disgrace to the Garden and to yourself. As a person of such a high ranking in our Garden, your actions have disgusted me thoroughly. I shall personally inform the headmaster of this, and take care to see that you are demoted to a lower position."

"Pfffft!! I'M a disgrace, what about YOU Quistis Trepe. YOU're dressing up as a GUY for some stupid play-ARGH!!!"

The third hit to the left side of his face left Squall half-dead.

"Squall, you are a failure to us all."

Quistis's footsteps faded away.

With great difficulty Squall pulled himself up once more, and groaned outwardly when a hysterical Selphie bounded up to him.

"Oh no..."

"Hey Squall. You're finally here. C'mon, you've gotta try on this AWESOME costume we've got for you...and isn't that a bit too much blush you've got on the left cheek?? And *gasp* those pajamas are so CUTE!!! Can I have them?"

"Er...no."

"Yes."

"No."

"Please!"

"No!"

"Aww..."

"NO!!!!!"

"Okay okay! Geez!"

Adn the next thing he knew, he was being dragged away by a hyperactive Selphie.

* * *

"See...how she...leans? Yeah...leans her hand upon her cheek! Ah, if I was a hand upon that glove, then I might touch that reek..."

"Squall, you're doing it all wrong!"

"No I'm not! The print's too small!"

"It's okay Squall, follow me!"

"See."

"See."

"How."

"How."

"She."

"She."

"Leans."

"Argh!! Okay okay, I get it now!"

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Ok Rinoa! We've gotta do the balcony scene all over again. Come down from there."

Still glowering at Squall, Rinoa cautiously stepped onto the wooden ladder.

BAM!! BAM!! BAM!! Clonk!!

"OW...!!!!!!!!!!!"

"RINOA!" Squall shrieked, and ran towards the collapsed balcony.

"Ugh..." Rinoa's head popped out of a pile of cardboard debris.

"You're okay? Thank Hyne. What happened?"

She glared at him.

"None of your business!"

"But Rinoa..." he whined.

Just then Selphie came running up to them.

"Ooh...mega bummer. I can't believe that happened. Are you okay?"

"Kinda. My butt really hurts though."

"Ugh...what happened?"

"There was...there was...*sob*...a BANANA PEEL on the top rung! I slipped and fell an the balcony collapsed and I landed on my butt."

"A banana peel?"

"Yeah. And now I'm gonna have a sore butt for the rest of the day!"

"Hee hee hee," there came a high laugh out of nowhere.

"Huh?"

A boy in a light-blue t-shirt ran out of the quad.

"Tom! You little son of a *beep*! Wait till I *beepin'**beep* your *beepin'* mother! You'll *beepin'* regret this *beepin'* day! You get your *beepin'* butt back here you little *beep*!" Rinoa screamed.

Squall and Selphie stared at her wide-mouthed, awed over the language she chose to use and the physical way she portrayed her emotions.

"Uh...Rinoa?" began Squall.

"Shut up!"

"Okay okay."

All was silent except for Rinoa's heavy breathing.

A commotion at the entrance to the quad caused them all to turn their heads.

Xu, the props director, staggered in lugging a huge leather bag behind her.

"All...the changes...*pant*...to the costumes...*pant*...are done. *gasp* Here...they are," she panted, beads of sweat glistened on her forehead.

The Tom-commotion tossed behind them, Squall and Rinoa both looked at the bag scared.

"Really?? Woopee!! Okay, Squall, Rinoa, let's put them on and we'll see how they look!"

Selphie crawled in and dragged out what seems to resemble two clumps of t-rexaur skin.

"Booyaka!! They're GORGEOUS, Xu!! C'mon, let's get it on peeps!!!"

AN: I still haven't got my hands on a script yet, but school starts on Tuesday, so I'll be able to borrow one then. And I've gotta ask my Japanese teacher for translations, so it might be a looong while before next chapter is up!! Happy reading!! And Review now!!