Okay, so now I am up to chapter 13. What to do now? Well, I don't know how
long this story is going to end up being, but I certainly didn't expect it
to keep on after the 13th chappie. Hehehe...cool, I've got a long story.
Well, not really LONG seeing that all the chapters are pretty short, but, I
don't really give a shit. Sorry for the long A/N. I'll shut up now. shadow
13-Naota's Rival
"Welcome to try-outs." roared the drama teacher, Mrs. Mendel. "The play that we will be putting on right before winter vacation is Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. Understood?" The students, all fifty of them, nodded their heads in solemn and nervous agreement. Inside of the small mob was Naota, along with Ed, Hayashi, Ninamori, Haruko, Spike and Faye. It was a few weeks after the incident with Spike, and he was, for the most part, better. Haruko clung onto him like she was super-glued to his arm. Faye meanwhile shot her evil glare after evil glare, and Ninamori turned as red as a tomato every time he happened to bump into her. Naota sighed heavily. Ninamori had stopped hitting on him about a week after Spike got shot. Her interest was now on the latter, which didn't really do too much good for Inari's faulty temper. Luckily for Spike, he was a lot stronger than Inari, and was in no danger of getting pummeled, like Naota almost was. Mrs. Mendel was now calling people one by one, for their try- out for the character that they wanted. "Abaku, Goro." The kid, Goro, when up. Naota decided to sit down and watch, next to Ed, who had already found a comfortable spot. "Edward, who is he trying out as?" Ed shrugged. "Ed thinks that he said Fleance." Naota nodded and continued to watch the try- out, waiting patiently for his turn to come.
"Very good, Abaku. Next up is Achel, Kendra."
An older girl stood up and did her piece. Mrs. Mendel nodded with satisfaction.
"Chen, Xiao"
He came up and did what he had to, and then was dismissed to the crowd below.
"Diakaza, Amarante"
The same with her. Mrs. Mendel sighed and waved her offstage once she was done.
"Ericks, Joshua"
"Haruhara, Haruko"
The names just started piling up, one by one, until finally a name that he gave a care about was heard. "Hayashi, Ren." Naota's bored, half-asleep head perked up. He elbowed Ed jokingly. "Let's see how good the jock is at acting." Ed smiled mischievously and nodded.
To both of their surprise Hayashi was a very good actor; the best one, actually, up until she made it up to the M's.
"Miller, Tobias."
The boy called stood up. He was actually fairly handsome; a boyish face with dark green eyes, slightly covered by his shaggy, dark blue hair. He was pretty well toned and around the same height as Naota. "His only downfalls are those braces." Haruko said, leaning on Naota's head, with particular disgust in the last word. "W-when did you get over here!" Naota stammered, shocked. "OOOH! Tall, dark and handsome!" squealed Ed. Both girls started giggling with that. Naota looked at them indignantly, fuming. "I'm handsome!" he snorted. Ed and Haruko looked at each other and burst into fits of laughter. Naota fumed even more. 'He seems like a good actor.' he thought. "Who is he trying out for?" "Macduff." Ed said, once she got herself together. His eyes bugged out. "You're kidding." Naota said. Haruko shook her head. "Takkun, she kids you not."
"Excellent Miller. Next is...Nandaba, Naota."
"Looks like you're up, Takkun!"
"Good luck, Naota-kun!"
"Thanks, I'm gonna need it..."
Naota actually did very well in his rehearsal. After he finished, he was originally going to sit down to talk with Ed some more, but she had left, so he plopped down on the window ledge near the seats. After awhile Naota noticed someone sitting down next to him. "Bout time, Ed." he laughed. "What? Were you and Haruko after that guy?" "I'm not Ed." the person said. Naota looked over to who he thought was Ed, bright crimson. "You're that guy...Miller." The other boy laughed cheerfully, braces glinting in the sunlight. "Call me Tobias. ...uh...Naota, right?" Naota glared at him viciously, but Tobias didn't flinch. "Fine, Tobias." he said venomously. Tobias either didn't notice or didn't care. "There we go." he smiled. "Well, anyway, I came to tell you that you'd make a really cool Macduff. You were good, you know, but you seem to trail off at the end of your lines." Naota looked at him, very insulted and even angrier. "Did I ask you for your advice!?!" he growled. Tobias shrugged. "Meh, just tryin' to help." he sighed, walking off. After a few minutes he decided to lean against the wall next to the stage. "What a grouch." he muttered. "What's shoved up his ass?"
"Tiberosky, Edward" Mrs. Mendel bellowed. Ed's head perked up from the back of the room. "THAT'S MEEEEEEE!" she yelled, barreling down to the stage. "Okay then, Edward, who are you trying out as?" Ed smiled. "Ed wants to be Banquo!" she said. Mrs. Mendel sighed, tired. "Okay then, on with your soliloquy."
About another hour passed after the auditions and before Mrs. Mendel finally came to a decision about the cast. "Here is the cast list." she smiled, waving a hand-written scrap of paper in her hand. "Let's begin at the bottom, shall we?" she droned on for awhile, until she finally made it to the speaking parts. "...Siward will be played by Jacob Kennedy, his son is Xiao Chen. Scottish nobles Angus, Ross, and Lennox will be played by Joshua Ericks, Haruko Haruhara, and Mai Yakima respectively." Haruko groaned, annoyed. "Dammit, I wanted Lady Macbeth." "The porter is Jonathan Lain, the doctor is Goro Abaku, and the nurse is Jenna Santanos. The three murderers are Spike Spiegel, Akira Matsu, and Fredrick Lake. Macduff's son will be played by Makoto Muraki, Lady Macduff is Kendra Achel, and Macduff will be...and this was not an easy decision, mind you, Tobias Miller." Naota's heart dropped when he heard this. 'This isn't right!' he yelled inwardly. 'Damn that Miller guy! DAMN HIM!' Mrs. Mendel went on. "Donaldbain is Joan Samson, Duncan is Takura Muraki, and Malcolm is Naota Nandaba. Banquo will be Edward Tiberosky, Lady Macbeth is Faye Valentine and finally our Macbeth is Ren Hayashi. I hope this is a play well fitted and I hope no one drops out just because they didn't get the part that they wanted."
Not too long after, Naota, Ed, Haruko and Hayashi left for baseball practice. Hayashi decided to give them a ride, but, to their dismay, the entire way to the field he, along with the others, was gloating. Naota groaned audibly, and Hayashi glared at him through his rear-view mirror. "Problem, Nandaba?" Naota glared right back. "I'm so sick of everyone bragging about their parts!" he growled. Haruko looked at him. "Don't get all pissy with us just cuz that cutie, Miller, got the part you wanted." she muttered with an upturned lip. "I AM NOT PISSY!" Naota shouted. As if he didn't hear him, Hayashi spoke up. "Miller, as in Toby Miller?" he asked. Haruko and Ed nodded. Hayashi grinned.
"Cool. That kid joined the team as of yesterday."
Naota's eyes practically popped out of his head.
"WHAT!!!" he shrieked.
"Could you not hear him?" Haruko snorted.
"I can hear just fine! Why the hell'd you let him join, Hayashi!?!"
"He's a good ball player."
"No, he's a pretty-boy and a push-over!"
"No..."
"Is Naota-kun jealous of Toby-chan?"
"T-TOBY-CHAN!?! WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?"
"Hey Ren...Taaaaaakkuuuuuun is jeeeeaaaaaaalous! Taaaaaakkuuuuuun is jeeeeaaaaaaalous! Taaaaaakkuuuuuun is jeeeeaaaaaaalous!" "Hehehe."
"I am NOT jealous!"
"Sure, Nandaba. You've got those green eyes of jealousy....glowing....eerie... oooooooooo!"
"Wha-"
"Naota-kun is the green-eyed monster of JEALOUSY!"
"G-green eyed monster?"
"Yes, yes! A jealous person turns into the green-eyed monster when they're jealousy gets out of control, and Naota-kun's eyes are glowing brightly!"
"My jealousy is NOT out of control."
"I thought you weren't jealous, Nandaba."
"Oh...uh...what I meant was..."
"GREEN-EYED MONSTER!"
"The glowing...its causing a glare in the mirror! GHAAAAAAAH!"
"uhh..."
"So what makes Miller so much better than him anyway?"
"WHAT THE HELL! HE ISNT BETTER THAN ME!"
"Do I smell rivalry?"
"Shut up, Hayashi. I'm too good for that wuss!"
"Ah, Naota-kun the Green-eyed Monster of Jealousy is getting cocky."
"I am NOT cocky!"
"Well then admit he's your rival and sworn enemy!"
"What?!"
"Do it, Takkun!"
"Yeah, its always nice to have a rival!"
"Ed concurs!"
"Fine. Tobias Miller is my rival and from this day forward my sworn enemy"
"Taaaaaaaaaakuuuuuuuuuun has a riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiival! Taaaaaaaaaakuuuuuuuuuuun has a riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiival!"
"Green-eyed monster of jealousy, arrogance, and war and strife."
"What! I thought that cleared me!"
"Nope, just got you deeper in the hole!"
"WHAT THE FUCK!"
"Puck, luck, fuck a duck!"
"Green-eyed monster! Green eyed monster!"
"The glare from your eyes! Quick, close them or we'll all die!"
"Fie, fie, we'll all die!"
"Fie, what does that mean?"
"?"
"?"
"What the hell are you all smoking!?!"
"I'm not smoking anything...heh; I just inhale the fumes that Haruko lets off when she gets high!"
"...Because I got high, because I got high, because I got hiiiiiiiiii- iiiiiiiigh.... lalalalalalala!"
"Hehehe! Haruko-sempai smokes weed!"
"No I don't!"
"Join us Edward!"
"God, Ed...not you too!"
"Join us!"
"Hayashi you idiot, keep your eyes on the road!"
"Right, sorry."
"Because I got hiiiiii-iiiiiiigh! Lalalalalalala!"
. - Fin.
Okay, so that is the end of chapter 13. Reviews are embraced; flames are accepted...I can use them to cook dinner! By the way, the line with the star there...it's a little Shakespearean humor...that line is from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and 'Because I Got High' is actually one of the funniest songs ever, by a guy named Afro Man (Taki-chan, you know it...'because I got high, because I got high, because I got hiii-iiigh, lalalalalalala! Hehehe...sorry) Bye-bye...and remember...review or flame or whatever...just acknowledge that you've read it.
13-Naota's Rival
"Welcome to try-outs." roared the drama teacher, Mrs. Mendel. "The play that we will be putting on right before winter vacation is Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. Understood?" The students, all fifty of them, nodded their heads in solemn and nervous agreement. Inside of the small mob was Naota, along with Ed, Hayashi, Ninamori, Haruko, Spike and Faye. It was a few weeks after the incident with Spike, and he was, for the most part, better. Haruko clung onto him like she was super-glued to his arm. Faye meanwhile shot her evil glare after evil glare, and Ninamori turned as red as a tomato every time he happened to bump into her. Naota sighed heavily. Ninamori had stopped hitting on him about a week after Spike got shot. Her interest was now on the latter, which didn't really do too much good for Inari's faulty temper. Luckily for Spike, he was a lot stronger than Inari, and was in no danger of getting pummeled, like Naota almost was. Mrs. Mendel was now calling people one by one, for their try- out for the character that they wanted. "Abaku, Goro." The kid, Goro, when up. Naota decided to sit down and watch, next to Ed, who had already found a comfortable spot. "Edward, who is he trying out as?" Ed shrugged. "Ed thinks that he said Fleance." Naota nodded and continued to watch the try- out, waiting patiently for his turn to come.
"Very good, Abaku. Next up is Achel, Kendra."
An older girl stood up and did her piece. Mrs. Mendel nodded with satisfaction.
"Chen, Xiao"
He came up and did what he had to, and then was dismissed to the crowd below.
"Diakaza, Amarante"
The same with her. Mrs. Mendel sighed and waved her offstage once she was done.
"Ericks, Joshua"
"Haruhara, Haruko"
The names just started piling up, one by one, until finally a name that he gave a care about was heard. "Hayashi, Ren." Naota's bored, half-asleep head perked up. He elbowed Ed jokingly. "Let's see how good the jock is at acting." Ed smiled mischievously and nodded.
To both of their surprise Hayashi was a very good actor; the best one, actually, up until she made it up to the M's.
"Miller, Tobias."
The boy called stood up. He was actually fairly handsome; a boyish face with dark green eyes, slightly covered by his shaggy, dark blue hair. He was pretty well toned and around the same height as Naota. "His only downfalls are those braces." Haruko said, leaning on Naota's head, with particular disgust in the last word. "W-when did you get over here!" Naota stammered, shocked. "OOOH! Tall, dark and handsome!" squealed Ed. Both girls started giggling with that. Naota looked at them indignantly, fuming. "I'm handsome!" he snorted. Ed and Haruko looked at each other and burst into fits of laughter. Naota fumed even more. 'He seems like a good actor.' he thought. "Who is he trying out for?" "Macduff." Ed said, once she got herself together. His eyes bugged out. "You're kidding." Naota said. Haruko shook her head. "Takkun, she kids you not."
"Excellent Miller. Next is...Nandaba, Naota."
"Looks like you're up, Takkun!"
"Good luck, Naota-kun!"
"Thanks, I'm gonna need it..."
Naota actually did very well in his rehearsal. After he finished, he was originally going to sit down to talk with Ed some more, but she had left, so he plopped down on the window ledge near the seats. After awhile Naota noticed someone sitting down next to him. "Bout time, Ed." he laughed. "What? Were you and Haruko after that guy?" "I'm not Ed." the person said. Naota looked over to who he thought was Ed, bright crimson. "You're that guy...Miller." The other boy laughed cheerfully, braces glinting in the sunlight. "Call me Tobias. ...uh...Naota, right?" Naota glared at him viciously, but Tobias didn't flinch. "Fine, Tobias." he said venomously. Tobias either didn't notice or didn't care. "There we go." he smiled. "Well, anyway, I came to tell you that you'd make a really cool Macduff. You were good, you know, but you seem to trail off at the end of your lines." Naota looked at him, very insulted and even angrier. "Did I ask you for your advice!?!" he growled. Tobias shrugged. "Meh, just tryin' to help." he sighed, walking off. After a few minutes he decided to lean against the wall next to the stage. "What a grouch." he muttered. "What's shoved up his ass?"
"Tiberosky, Edward" Mrs. Mendel bellowed. Ed's head perked up from the back of the room. "THAT'S MEEEEEEE!" she yelled, barreling down to the stage. "Okay then, Edward, who are you trying out as?" Ed smiled. "Ed wants to be Banquo!" she said. Mrs. Mendel sighed, tired. "Okay then, on with your soliloquy."
About another hour passed after the auditions and before Mrs. Mendel finally came to a decision about the cast. "Here is the cast list." she smiled, waving a hand-written scrap of paper in her hand. "Let's begin at the bottom, shall we?" she droned on for awhile, until she finally made it to the speaking parts. "...Siward will be played by Jacob Kennedy, his son is Xiao Chen. Scottish nobles Angus, Ross, and Lennox will be played by Joshua Ericks, Haruko Haruhara, and Mai Yakima respectively." Haruko groaned, annoyed. "Dammit, I wanted Lady Macbeth." "The porter is Jonathan Lain, the doctor is Goro Abaku, and the nurse is Jenna Santanos. The three murderers are Spike Spiegel, Akira Matsu, and Fredrick Lake. Macduff's son will be played by Makoto Muraki, Lady Macduff is Kendra Achel, and Macduff will be...and this was not an easy decision, mind you, Tobias Miller." Naota's heart dropped when he heard this. 'This isn't right!' he yelled inwardly. 'Damn that Miller guy! DAMN HIM!' Mrs. Mendel went on. "Donaldbain is Joan Samson, Duncan is Takura Muraki, and Malcolm is Naota Nandaba. Banquo will be Edward Tiberosky, Lady Macbeth is Faye Valentine and finally our Macbeth is Ren Hayashi. I hope this is a play well fitted and I hope no one drops out just because they didn't get the part that they wanted."
Not too long after, Naota, Ed, Haruko and Hayashi left for baseball practice. Hayashi decided to give them a ride, but, to their dismay, the entire way to the field he, along with the others, was gloating. Naota groaned audibly, and Hayashi glared at him through his rear-view mirror. "Problem, Nandaba?" Naota glared right back. "I'm so sick of everyone bragging about their parts!" he growled. Haruko looked at him. "Don't get all pissy with us just cuz that cutie, Miller, got the part you wanted." she muttered with an upturned lip. "I AM NOT PISSY!" Naota shouted. As if he didn't hear him, Hayashi spoke up. "Miller, as in Toby Miller?" he asked. Haruko and Ed nodded. Hayashi grinned.
"Cool. That kid joined the team as of yesterday."
Naota's eyes practically popped out of his head.
"WHAT!!!" he shrieked.
"Could you not hear him?" Haruko snorted.
"I can hear just fine! Why the hell'd you let him join, Hayashi!?!"
"He's a good ball player."
"No, he's a pretty-boy and a push-over!"
"No..."
"Is Naota-kun jealous of Toby-chan?"
"T-TOBY-CHAN!?! WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?"
"Hey Ren...Taaaaaakkuuuuuun is jeeeeaaaaaaalous! Taaaaaakkuuuuuun is jeeeeaaaaaaalous! Taaaaaakkuuuuuun is jeeeeaaaaaaalous!" "Hehehe."
"I am NOT jealous!"
"Sure, Nandaba. You've got those green eyes of jealousy....glowing....eerie... oooooooooo!"
"Wha-"
"Naota-kun is the green-eyed monster of JEALOUSY!"
"G-green eyed monster?"
"Yes, yes! A jealous person turns into the green-eyed monster when they're jealousy gets out of control, and Naota-kun's eyes are glowing brightly!"
"My jealousy is NOT out of control."
"I thought you weren't jealous, Nandaba."
"Oh...uh...what I meant was..."
"GREEN-EYED MONSTER!"
"The glowing...its causing a glare in the mirror! GHAAAAAAAH!"
"uhh..."
"So what makes Miller so much better than him anyway?"
"WHAT THE HELL! HE ISNT BETTER THAN ME!"
"Do I smell rivalry?"
"Shut up, Hayashi. I'm too good for that wuss!"
"Ah, Naota-kun the Green-eyed Monster of Jealousy is getting cocky."
"I am NOT cocky!"
"Well then admit he's your rival and sworn enemy!"
"What?!"
"Do it, Takkun!"
"Yeah, its always nice to have a rival!"
"Ed concurs!"
"Fine. Tobias Miller is my rival and from this day forward my sworn enemy"
"Taaaaaaaaaakuuuuuuuuuun has a riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiival! Taaaaaaaaaakuuuuuuuuuuun has a riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiival!"
"Green-eyed monster of jealousy, arrogance, and war and strife."
"What! I thought that cleared me!"
"Nope, just got you deeper in the hole!"
"WHAT THE FUCK!"
"Puck, luck, fuck a duck!"
"Green-eyed monster! Green eyed monster!"
"The glare from your eyes! Quick, close them or we'll all die!"
"Fie, fie, we'll all die!"
"Fie, what does that mean?"
"?"
"?"
"What the hell are you all smoking!?!"
"I'm not smoking anything...heh; I just inhale the fumes that Haruko lets off when she gets high!"
"...Because I got high, because I got high, because I got hiiiiiiiiii- iiiiiiiigh.... lalalalalalala!"
"Hehehe! Haruko-sempai smokes weed!"
"No I don't!"
"Join us Edward!"
"God, Ed...not you too!"
"Join us!"
"Hayashi you idiot, keep your eyes on the road!"
"Right, sorry."
"Because I got hiiiiii-iiiiiiigh! Lalalalalalala!"
. - Fin.
Okay, so that is the end of chapter 13. Reviews are embraced; flames are accepted...I can use them to cook dinner! By the way, the line with the star there...it's a little Shakespearean humor...that line is from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and 'Because I Got High' is actually one of the funniest songs ever, by a guy named Afro Man (Taki-chan, you know it...'because I got high, because I got high, because I got hiii-iiigh, lalalalalalala! Hehehe...sorry) Bye-bye...and remember...review or flame or whatever...just acknowledge that you've read it.