.:Disclaimers:. Rurouni Kenshin's characters are Watsuki-sensei's. Pat Hobby is a character by F. Scott Fitzgerald and he's not the director of any shooting (read "Pat Hobby does his bit" and find out why he's working in this fic). This fanfiction is MINE, Misao Silent-mode's (mwahahaha!).
0- What To Do Now?
"I QUIT!"
Dozens of "oro?" faces peeped up on Rurouni Kenshin set when Kaoru Kamyia shouted agrily. Pat Hobby, the director, rushed from his foldable chair trying to talk to the girl and fix the situation.
"Kaoru, Kaoru-chan, come here, let's have some talk..." the director pondered, while following the young mistress that went on stomping to the backstage. "Please, be reasonable..."
"Being reasonable?" Kaoru stopped dead glared him. "Being reasonable, you tell me? I haven't done anything else since we started shooting! No way, Pat. I've done my bit."
"But, but... Kenshin!" he shouted desperatly to the rurouni, the only person at the whole set who was still "oro"-faced. "Kenshin, do something! Try to convince her!"
"Why sessha?" Kenshin cried.
"Because I am the director and I'm telling you to!"
That was enough of a reason for Kenshin to come after Kaoru. He blocked her way and held her hands tenderly.
"Kaoru-dono, please... Let's try the scene again. Sessha will do everything right this time...
"NO!" she shrieked, making him fall back, legs up. Treading on his head, she went on and reached the dressing room. Impressed with Kenshin's awkwardness, Pat followed her and tried once again to dissuade her from leaving Rurouni Kenshin's cast.
"Kaoru-chan... You're one of our most important characters! You can't just leave!"
"Oh, I can." she nodded, placing her stuff that were on the counter in a suitcase. "I can and I am already doing. I give up!"
"Kaoru! What will we do without you, my dear?"
"You are the director. How should I know? I know what I am going to do: I'm getting to Watsuki-sensei's office to comunicate my getting the sac." she closed the suitcase and turned her back. Pat stood there for some minutes, helplessly sitting on her chair.
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"Pat-sama..." Megumi knocked on the dressing romm's door, about half an hour later. Pat nodded and asked her to come in. She handed him a piece of paper. "Watsuki-sensei sent you this... I guess it's about Kaoru's leaving..."
Unfolding the piece of paper, he took a deep breath and sighed afterwards. "Megumi-chan... can you please gather all the cast?"
"Everybody? You mean, Jin-e, Sagara-taichou, the picture salesman, everybody?"
"Yes, Meggie... Please?"
When Megumi had done what he asked her, Pat got to the set, took a megaphone and talked to everybody there.
"Hello, folks. I believe everybody knows Kaoru Kamyia has left the show. I've just recieved from Watsuki-sensei the following note: 'Pat Hobby, Kamyia-san's the second actress to leave. I had to crack my brains to find a way to take Tomoe-chan from the story and killing her character was the only solution. But I won't kill Kaoru's character. You'll have to remake the story for your own, and I'll take no part on it. But if I ever deslike it, Rurouni Kenshin ceases to exist. Good luck, Nobuhiro Watsuki'."
"Uh, Pat... What does it all mean?" Sanosuke raised his hand like a primary school student.
"Unfortunately, Sagara-kun, it means that we'll have to reshoot all the show. But if Watsuki-sensei doesn't like, we'll all be fired. You, the cast... And me, the director."
Many shocked sighs could be heard. Pat shushs them and goes on telling. "I'll need cooperation from everybody. I have thought about some solutions, we'll test many new forms to Rurouni Kenshin, alright? I'll write your roles' new synthesis and give it to you tomorrow, then we'll test them, one by one. Be here by nine in the morning so that we'll have plenty of time to test the new solutions, alright? You're all released for today."
The cast went away and Pat Hobby stayed, brushing his beard thoughtful. He heaved himself on his chair and started typewriting on his laptop.
To Be Continued...