Chapter Two: Tony, Tony
Kazu: *mouthful of cupcake* Hello. Question: Where did the title of this chapter come from?
Ashley: A line from a song in West Side Story.
Kazu: Oh.
Rika: Hey! I thought you weren't gonna continue with this fic...
Ashley: Hmm...had an idea...continuing...
Kazu: West Side Story is so boring. Why are you so obsessed with the movie/play?
Ashley: Because the songs get stuck in your head, and after awhile, you begin to like them. Then you begin to like the whole play, even if guys frolic in it.
Rika: Mmm...interesting...
Ashley: I'm just going to let *picks name out of hat* Jeri do the disclaimer, so we can get started.
Jeri: OH YAY! Um...Ashley doesn't own Digimon, because she...*looks around* doesn't...
Ashley: Rrright...anyway...onto the fic...
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"I wonder who gets to play Maria..." Ashley asked, as they sat down in the auditorium, waiting for instructions.
"Maria? And she is...?" Rika asked.
"Main character...well...with Tony..."
"Why don't you try out for Maria?" Takato asked, in the row behind them.
"Oh...um...I would because I know the songs and can sing them perfectly...but, I'm not such a good actor. And don't say that I was good at the middle school play. All I had to do was sit and stand and run off stage. That isn't anything compared to the part of Maria."
"HELLO STUDENTS!" Mrs. Tenner came running onstage. A few 'hello's were heard in the now packed audience.
"West Side Story. A beautiful and many times done play. I don't know much about it, but I know that one of our students does. Ashley Ojuka. Can you come up here and explain the plot of West Side Story?"
"Sure!" Ashley called out from the audience, and walked up onstage, grabbing the microphone from Mrs. Tenner.
"West Side Story is kinda like Romeo and Juliet. There are two gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. The Jets are Americans and always fight with the Sharks, who are immigrants from Puerto Rico. Riff, the leader of the Jets, wants to battle the leader of the sharks, Bernardo. And Bernardo wants to start a rumble too. But, in the midst of all the fighting, the sister of Bernardo, Maria, falls in love with the other leader of the Jets, Tony. Basically, that's how the whole story goes."
Ashley walked back to her seat in the audience, while Mrs. Tenner thanked her. "Tryouts are today."
"WHAT?!" The whole audience started shouting.
"To learn this play in enough time, we need to get tryouts done today. Okay....anybody who wants any part at all come up here and stand in a line. I'll give you any random line to say, and you say it. Then I'll see which part you would be best at."
Kazu turned around in his seat. "Anyone trying out?"
"You wouldn't see me up there," Rika said, "I might be stage manager, but acting, no way."
"I might tryout," Ashley announced, "I just wanna small part though. I'm not very good at acting. The biggest part I would want and be happy with is Anybodys."
"Anybodys?"
"Don't ask," Ashley mumbled.
"I might tryout to see if I can get a part," Ryo said.
"Cool!" Kazu exclaimed, "I might too. I'd like to be in a gang!"
"Me too."
"I'd like to tryout."
"Sounds fun."
"Hmm..." Ashley said, looking around, "It seems like everyone except Rika is trying out."
"Aww...come on Rika! Be a part of this play!" Kazu cried out.
"I will be. Stage manager." Rika answered, sitting back in her chair.
"Well, let's go up there and tryout!"
~A COUPLE MINUTES LATER~
Kazu cleared his throat. "Um...oh, yes, 'When you was my age; when my old man was my age; when my brother was my age! You was never my age, none a you! The sooner you creeps get a hip to that, the sooner you'll dig us."
"Thank you, Kazu. Next, Kenta..." Mrs. Tenner wrote something on her clipboard.
"Oh...'Bernardo. 'Cause I heard him say: "Thees ees for stink-bombin' my old man's store."'"
"Good job Kenta. Jeri, you're up next."
"This is all you want me to say?"
"Um..yeah...just read Jeri," Mrs. Tenner said.
"Okay..." Jeri cleared her throat, "'No thank you-oo, ooblee-oo.'"
"Great, Jeri, great." Jeri beamed. "Next, Henry."
"Um...Mrs. Tenner, just to let you know, I don't want to be a person in a gang, okay?" Henry said.
"Right, okay. Then say line 22 on page 34."
"Okay..." Henry flipped to the correct page. "Um...'Curfew, gentlemen. And lady. Baby John, you should be home in bed.' That good?"
"Let's just say I already know who Doc is going to be. Ashley, get up here, you're next."
Ashley walked onstage, and recited, "'Plenty. I figgered somebody oughta infiltrate PR territory and spy around. I'm very big with shadows, ya know. I can slip in and out of 'em like wind through a fence.'"
"That's great Ashley, or should I say, Anybodys," Mrs. Tenner said.
"Thanks."
"Takato?"
"Oh...um...'What about the day we clobbered the Emeralds?'"
"Hmm...good job...next?"
It was Ryo's turn.
"Ryo..." Mrs. Tenner pondered, "I'd like you to try line 12 on page 56."
"Okay...mm..." Ryo looked up, "You want me to say this?"
"Yep, just try it..."
"Alright...'A trip to the moon. And I'll tell you a secret. It isn't a man that's up there, Doc. It's a girl, a lady. Buenos noches, señor.'"
Mrs. Tenner sniffed. "That was great Ryo. Extremely brilliant."
"Oh, um, thank you..." Ryo seemed a bit startled, as he walked offstage and sat down to watch the rest of the tryouts with the gang.
"Brittany, your turn," Mrs. Tenner said, ushering to a brunette.
Brittany walked onstage and said, "'Make it not be true. please make it not be true. I will do anything: make me die. Only, please-make it not be true.'"
"She's trying out for Maria," Ashley muttered.
"Hmm...she's pretty good. She might get the part..." Henry said.
After forty five more minutes, tryouts were over, and Mrs. Tenner stood in front of the whole school, ready to tell the parts.
"The part of Action goes to Kazu Shiota." Kazu looked surprised, then started bowing to everyone. "Part of A-Rab goes to Kenta Kitawaga." Kenta just sat there, stunned. "Snowboy goes to Takato Matsuki." Takato smiled, as everyone clapped for him. "The part of Anybodys goes to Ashley Ojuka." Ashley smiled to herself, and sat back in her chair. "And for Velma, girlfriend of Riff, the part goes to Jeri Katou." Jeri squealed excitedly and tried to calm down.
After a couple more minutes, Mrs. Tenner got to the adult characters. "The part of Doc is gonna be played by Henry Wong."
And a little bit after that was the part everyone was waiting for. The two main characters.
"Part of Tony goes to..." A drumroll sounded through the auditorium. "Ryo Akiyama!" The girls in the audience squealed with joy and started to pray that they would get the part of Maria. Ryo sat there, not believing what he heard. He was the person to get one of the main roles. He had to learn all of those lines. He was being counted on. He had to be kissed by some unknown girl.
"And for Maria...Brittany Smith." Many girls started crying or started shouting, 'I WANTED TO KISS RYO!' Ryo flushed with embarrassment, as he looked around for Brittany. Yep, it was the Brittany that he saw tryout. He had to kiss her. And in addition, he had to kiss this girl Brittany in front of many of his jealous fangirls. Oh no.
"Okay, shoo! All of you! Go home!" Mrs. Tenner yelled from onstage. Slowly, the auditorium cleared out.
"Hey, Ryo!" Kazu said from behind him, "You get to kiss that new girl, Brittany! Lucky you!"
"Oh yeah," Ryo said sarcastically, "Lucky me."
"How are you going to learn all of those lines Ryo?" Ashley asked, "The part of Tony is huge."
"I guess I have to try. I'm not going to drop out."
Rika smirked. "I feel sorry for that girl Brittany. She has to KISS you."
"Thanks a lot Rika," Ryo said.
"So, did you get the stage manager part Rika?" Takato asked.
"Yep. I get to be a part of this, and get to do barely nothing."
"Hmm...tomorrow we should set up a meeting to practice our lines," Jeri said.
"Okay...how 'bout noon in the park?" Takato said, and everyone nodded. "Okay then...meet you guys tomorrow."
"Bye!" Everyone said, and went their separate ways.
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Kazu: *mouth of popcorn this time* Boring ending...
Ashley: Shut up...longer then the first chapter at least.
Rika: At least I wasn't picked to be Maria...
Ashley: Mmm...*looks as though she's hiding something*
Rika: Okay, what's gonna happen?
Ashley: Can't tell. It'll give the plot away. Anyway, review please! Prewty plwease?
Kazu: Yeah, review. It makes Ashley so happy to know that SOMEONE likes her fic.
Ashley: ^_^ REVIEW!!!
Kazu: *mouthful of cupcake* Hello. Question: Where did the title of this chapter come from?
Ashley: A line from a song in West Side Story.
Kazu: Oh.
Rika: Hey! I thought you weren't gonna continue with this fic...
Ashley: Hmm...had an idea...continuing...
Kazu: West Side Story is so boring. Why are you so obsessed with the movie/play?
Ashley: Because the songs get stuck in your head, and after awhile, you begin to like them. Then you begin to like the whole play, even if guys frolic in it.
Rika: Mmm...interesting...
Ashley: I'm just going to let *picks name out of hat* Jeri do the disclaimer, so we can get started.
Jeri: OH YAY! Um...Ashley doesn't own Digimon, because she...*looks around* doesn't...
Ashley: Rrright...anyway...onto the fic...
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"I wonder who gets to play Maria..." Ashley asked, as they sat down in the auditorium, waiting for instructions.
"Maria? And she is...?" Rika asked.
"Main character...well...with Tony..."
"Why don't you try out for Maria?" Takato asked, in the row behind them.
"Oh...um...I would because I know the songs and can sing them perfectly...but, I'm not such a good actor. And don't say that I was good at the middle school play. All I had to do was sit and stand and run off stage. That isn't anything compared to the part of Maria."
"HELLO STUDENTS!" Mrs. Tenner came running onstage. A few 'hello's were heard in the now packed audience.
"West Side Story. A beautiful and many times done play. I don't know much about it, but I know that one of our students does. Ashley Ojuka. Can you come up here and explain the plot of West Side Story?"
"Sure!" Ashley called out from the audience, and walked up onstage, grabbing the microphone from Mrs. Tenner.
"West Side Story is kinda like Romeo and Juliet. There are two gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. The Jets are Americans and always fight with the Sharks, who are immigrants from Puerto Rico. Riff, the leader of the Jets, wants to battle the leader of the sharks, Bernardo. And Bernardo wants to start a rumble too. But, in the midst of all the fighting, the sister of Bernardo, Maria, falls in love with the other leader of the Jets, Tony. Basically, that's how the whole story goes."
Ashley walked back to her seat in the audience, while Mrs. Tenner thanked her. "Tryouts are today."
"WHAT?!" The whole audience started shouting.
"To learn this play in enough time, we need to get tryouts done today. Okay....anybody who wants any part at all come up here and stand in a line. I'll give you any random line to say, and you say it. Then I'll see which part you would be best at."
Kazu turned around in his seat. "Anyone trying out?"
"You wouldn't see me up there," Rika said, "I might be stage manager, but acting, no way."
"I might tryout," Ashley announced, "I just wanna small part though. I'm not very good at acting. The biggest part I would want and be happy with is Anybodys."
"Anybodys?"
"Don't ask," Ashley mumbled.
"I might tryout to see if I can get a part," Ryo said.
"Cool!" Kazu exclaimed, "I might too. I'd like to be in a gang!"
"Me too."
"I'd like to tryout."
"Sounds fun."
"Hmm..." Ashley said, looking around, "It seems like everyone except Rika is trying out."
"Aww...come on Rika! Be a part of this play!" Kazu cried out.
"I will be. Stage manager." Rika answered, sitting back in her chair.
"Well, let's go up there and tryout!"
~A COUPLE MINUTES LATER~
Kazu cleared his throat. "Um...oh, yes, 'When you was my age; when my old man was my age; when my brother was my age! You was never my age, none a you! The sooner you creeps get a hip to that, the sooner you'll dig us."
"Thank you, Kazu. Next, Kenta..." Mrs. Tenner wrote something on her clipboard.
"Oh...'Bernardo. 'Cause I heard him say: "Thees ees for stink-bombin' my old man's store."'"
"Good job Kenta. Jeri, you're up next."
"This is all you want me to say?"
"Um..yeah...just read Jeri," Mrs. Tenner said.
"Okay..." Jeri cleared her throat, "'No thank you-oo, ooblee-oo.'"
"Great, Jeri, great." Jeri beamed. "Next, Henry."
"Um...Mrs. Tenner, just to let you know, I don't want to be a person in a gang, okay?" Henry said.
"Right, okay. Then say line 22 on page 34."
"Okay..." Henry flipped to the correct page. "Um...'Curfew, gentlemen. And lady. Baby John, you should be home in bed.' That good?"
"Let's just say I already know who Doc is going to be. Ashley, get up here, you're next."
Ashley walked onstage, and recited, "'Plenty. I figgered somebody oughta infiltrate PR territory and spy around. I'm very big with shadows, ya know. I can slip in and out of 'em like wind through a fence.'"
"That's great Ashley, or should I say, Anybodys," Mrs. Tenner said.
"Thanks."
"Takato?"
"Oh...um...'What about the day we clobbered the Emeralds?'"
"Hmm...good job...next?"
It was Ryo's turn.
"Ryo..." Mrs. Tenner pondered, "I'd like you to try line 12 on page 56."
"Okay...mm..." Ryo looked up, "You want me to say this?"
"Yep, just try it..."
"Alright...'A trip to the moon. And I'll tell you a secret. It isn't a man that's up there, Doc. It's a girl, a lady. Buenos noches, señor.'"
Mrs. Tenner sniffed. "That was great Ryo. Extremely brilliant."
"Oh, um, thank you..." Ryo seemed a bit startled, as he walked offstage and sat down to watch the rest of the tryouts with the gang.
"Brittany, your turn," Mrs. Tenner said, ushering to a brunette.
Brittany walked onstage and said, "'Make it not be true. please make it not be true. I will do anything: make me die. Only, please-make it not be true.'"
"She's trying out for Maria," Ashley muttered.
"Hmm...she's pretty good. She might get the part..." Henry said.
After forty five more minutes, tryouts were over, and Mrs. Tenner stood in front of the whole school, ready to tell the parts.
"The part of Action goes to Kazu Shiota." Kazu looked surprised, then started bowing to everyone. "Part of A-Rab goes to Kenta Kitawaga." Kenta just sat there, stunned. "Snowboy goes to Takato Matsuki." Takato smiled, as everyone clapped for him. "The part of Anybodys goes to Ashley Ojuka." Ashley smiled to herself, and sat back in her chair. "And for Velma, girlfriend of Riff, the part goes to Jeri Katou." Jeri squealed excitedly and tried to calm down.
After a couple more minutes, Mrs. Tenner got to the adult characters. "The part of Doc is gonna be played by Henry Wong."
And a little bit after that was the part everyone was waiting for. The two main characters.
"Part of Tony goes to..." A drumroll sounded through the auditorium. "Ryo Akiyama!" The girls in the audience squealed with joy and started to pray that they would get the part of Maria. Ryo sat there, not believing what he heard. He was the person to get one of the main roles. He had to learn all of those lines. He was being counted on. He had to be kissed by some unknown girl.
"And for Maria...Brittany Smith." Many girls started crying or started shouting, 'I WANTED TO KISS RYO!' Ryo flushed with embarrassment, as he looked around for Brittany. Yep, it was the Brittany that he saw tryout. He had to kiss her. And in addition, he had to kiss this girl Brittany in front of many of his jealous fangirls. Oh no.
"Okay, shoo! All of you! Go home!" Mrs. Tenner yelled from onstage. Slowly, the auditorium cleared out.
"Hey, Ryo!" Kazu said from behind him, "You get to kiss that new girl, Brittany! Lucky you!"
"Oh yeah," Ryo said sarcastically, "Lucky me."
"How are you going to learn all of those lines Ryo?" Ashley asked, "The part of Tony is huge."
"I guess I have to try. I'm not going to drop out."
Rika smirked. "I feel sorry for that girl Brittany. She has to KISS you."
"Thanks a lot Rika," Ryo said.
"So, did you get the stage manager part Rika?" Takato asked.
"Yep. I get to be a part of this, and get to do barely nothing."
"Hmm...tomorrow we should set up a meeting to practice our lines," Jeri said.
"Okay...how 'bout noon in the park?" Takato said, and everyone nodded. "Okay then...meet you guys tomorrow."
"Bye!" Everyone said, and went their separate ways.
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Kazu: *mouth of popcorn this time* Boring ending...
Ashley: Shut up...longer then the first chapter at least.
Rika: At least I wasn't picked to be Maria...
Ashley: Mmm...*looks as though she's hiding something*
Rika: Okay, what's gonna happen?
Ashley: Can't tell. It'll give the plot away. Anyway, review please! Prewty plwease?
Kazu: Yeah, review. It makes Ashley so happy to know that SOMEONE likes her fic.
Ashley: ^_^ REVIEW!!!