Little Shop of Horrors!
Chapter 2: The First Rehearsal
Disclaimer: I don't own LSOH or any of the anime involved.
Jager: o.o I... got reviews.
YamiRiku: Isn't that what you wanted?
Jager: Yes, but... I got reviews!
YamiRiku: (sighs) On behalf of Jager and I, thank you to all reviewers! (hands out cookies)
Jager: Next chapters' reviewers get a plushie of their favorite member of the cast!
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After the dissapointed crowd of those who had been rejected had dissapeared, Hiei went and looked at the cast list again.
Seymour Krellborne - Shuichi Minamino
Audrey - Mai Kujaku
Audrey II - Hiei Jaganshi
Mr. Mushnik - Sesshomaru Youkai
Mrs. Mushnik - Shizuru Kuwabara
Orin Skavello - Marik Ishtar
Crystal - Higurashi Kagome
Ronette - Botan Aoi
Chiffon - Anzu Mazaki
Martin/DJ - Seto Kaiba
Customer - InuYasha Hanyou
ENSEMBLE
Katsuya Shizuka
Yukina Jaganshi
Yusuke Urameshi
Ryou Bakura
Yami Bakura
Malik Ishtar
Keiko Yukimura
Sango Takahashi
Yami Mouto
Hiei wandered back to Kurama and plopped down next to him. "Those insane guys from yesterday made it." he stated vaguly. Kurama gave him a strange look. "Who?" Hiei blinked. "I didn't tell you?" So Hiei recounted the events of Malik and the Great Big Bear Hug, which made Kurama laugh. With a smile, the kitsune stood and put his hands in his pockets.
"Well, Hiei, since we're already up and about, and it's only 9:45, what do you say we head to the mall?"
Hiei bristled slightly. "No. The mall is the symbol of all evil in the worlds.".
Kurama chuckled. "I thought that was Richard Simmons."
Hiei made a face. "He is too. He is WAY too happy. But the mall is up there."
Kurama rolled his eyes. "Hiei, I need to go to the mall. If you wish to accompany me, we can pick up some ice cream before we come back."
Hiei perked up. "Sweet snow?"
"But only if you come."
Hiei pouted. "Fine. Only if it's Rocky Road."
"Deal."
The pair was about to head off when a voice came from behind them. "Excuse me, are you two in Little Shop?"
Kurama and Hiei turned to see a girl standing there. She had blackish-blue hair that went to her shoulder-blades, big brown eyes, and was wearing a green skirt with a white button-up blouse. Kurama smiled politely. "Yes, we are. May I ask your name?"
The girl gave a small grin. "I'm Higurashi Kagome. I'm playing Crystal. Who are you?"
Kurama bowed. "Shuichi Minamino, but please call me Kurama. This is my friend, Hiei."
Kagome's eyes widened. "Really? Aren't you two playing Seymour and Twoie?"
"Yes. Now what do you want?" Hiei interjected darkly. This girl was delaying his sweet snow!
Kagome looked slightly hurt. "Um, I wondered if maybe I could hang out with you two until call time."
"Why?"
"Well, my best friend Sango is on a date, InuYasha is God-knows-where, Miroku is with Sango, and Sesshomaru is with me. He sent me over here." Kagome looked behind her at the golden-eyed white-haired demon watching them. "He's a bit shy. So can we?"
Kurama nodded. "Certainly. It would be nice to get to know some of the cast better." Kagome called Sesshomaru over, and the demon joined the trio.
"Good morning. I'm Sesshomaru."
Greetings were made, and the group proceeded to the mall, with Hiei in tow.
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After a few hours of wandering aimlessly around the mall, Hiei had insisted on heading to the Food Court, where his precious sweet snow was being held. Kurama had agreed, and soon the group was digging into a 30-scoop competition, in which if they could eat the whole thing, they would get it for free. Kagome was the first to stop, after eating about 3-scoops. Kurama was next, at 8. Finally, it was Sesshomaru vs. Hiei in an ice cream eating war to the finish. It turned out that Sesshomaru loved ice cream as much as Hiei, and beat the Jaganshi by half-a-scoop. Hiei pouted all the way back to the Performing Arts Center, since it was 3:30, and the Call Time was 4. Thankfully, the doors were open, and the group headed on in. They weren't the first ones there; the white-haired honyou Kurama was talking to yesterday, InuYasha, was sitting in the back, staring at the ceiling, and a red-haired girl and a blonde boy were in the front, talking quietly.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled and stalked over to the hanyou. Sesshomaru followed, looking mildly interested, and Kurama and Hiei watched from were they were. InuYasha gave Kagome one of those looks.
"What?
"InuYasha, where were you?! You said you'd meet me out there right at 9! No, I was waiting for half-an-hour!"
InuYasha rolled his eyes. "Calm down, Kagome. I was... occupied."
The yelling continued, and Hiei was getting more and more interested with each word. "Lovers tiff."
Kurama and Hiei turned in surprise to see Sesshomaru behind them Hiei looked very surprised. "How'd you..."
Sesshomaru held up a hand. "No. Those two have fallen so hard for each other that they don't even realize it."
Kurama grinned, and Hiei just stared at the demon. The rest of the cast showed up in the next 30 minutes, and right 4:00pm, they heard the doors in the foyer slam shut, and Menchi and Jager came out onto the open stage, carrying a clipboard each. Instantly, a quiet descended on the room, and Jager looked surprised.
"What? That was weird. Anyway, is everyone here? Let's see, Botan Aoi?"
"Present!" A blue-haired girl in the middle row raised her hand.
"Ryou and Yami Bakura?"
Both white-haired boys raised their hands. This went on until Keiko Yukimura, Yusuke's girlfriend. Menchi sat down on the stage and flipped through her production notes. "Okay. By role, come up and get your script. Kurama, Mai, Hiei, you first."
Kurama and Hiei stood, as did a woman with very long curly blone hair, and headed to the stage. Jager handed them their scripts and said, "Your roles are already highlighted. Read through them while the rest of the cast gets theirs. Okay, Sesshomaru, Shizuru, Marik, come up here!" Soon, everyone had their scripts, and were reading intently through their parts. Some of the ensemble were singing softly under their breath to get used to it. Even Menchi and Jager were flipping though their scripts. For the most part, it was quiet.
Until Trini came in.
The dark-haired man looked around the auditorium. No one aknowledged his presence, which irked him.
"Ahem."
Only those close to the choreogropher, which was Yukina Jaganshi and Shizuka Katsuya, looked up. Trini didn't like that very much.
"HEY!!!"
Everyone jumped in their seats and various positions on the floor and looked at him with wide eyes. Trini smiled happily. "Hello." Everyone sort of just stared at him, and a select few, meaning Malik, Marik, and Bakura, waved cheerfully back. Trini gave a grin and pranced up to the stage. Most everyone gave him a strange look before returning to their scripts. Jager and Menchi looked up at him from their spots on the stage and said in unison, "Konnichiwaa, Trini-sama!" Trini kicked them softly in the heads and continued to a little room just on the other side of the PAC.
After everyone had finished reading their scripts, they started to leave for home, but not before Jager yelled that rehearsal was tomorrow at 12pm. For the most part, no one aknowledged her, but stowed the information in the backs of their minds.
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The night passed quickly, and before anyone knew it, they were all back at the PAC in the same spots as yesterday. Hiei had arrived with Yukina instead, having stayed at Genkai's temple the previous night. Jager was lounging around on the stage with the Costume Crew, Light Crew, and Set Crew, who had arrived an hour earlier. Jager sat up and glanced around the room.
"Is everyone here?" After a chorus of yes', the brown-haired girl stood up and snatched her clipboard from Miroku, who was ogling at something in the back. After smacking him upside the head, she jumped off the stage and said, "Everyone move up to the front row. We'll be covering doing a Cold Read and a basis of the dance steps today." Everyone moved, some by force, to the front of the room. Jager clapped her hands twice and looked around.
"Where's Menchi? Oh well. Okay, everyone who was cast in the ensemble, move to the second row, if you wouldn't mind. Thank you. Now, the ensemble are going to be bums lounging around out here," she indicated the area below the stage, "And won't have any lines, except for Malik and Yusuke." The two named looked exceedingly pleased, but Jager ignored them and said, "Everyone get your scripts." Everyone pulled out their scripts and were right about to start when the doors in the foyer slammed open, and an agrivated-looking Menchi came running in. But it wasn't the fact that she was late that everyone was staring at her.
She was wearing only a skimpy red bathing suit with a fluffy blue towel wrapped abound her waist. All the guys stared at her with wide eyes, while the girls just smiled and waved hello. "Sorry I'm late. Swim practice ran overtime." Menchi explained, shifting her gym bag from one shoulder to the other. "And if you don't mind, I'm going to go change." Jager nodded in agreement and said, "Hurry!" Marik looked around and stood up, trying very hard to be inconspicuous. He failed miserably, since he was in the front row, and was in front of four girls. Keiko and Sango grabbed his shoulders and pushed him back down into the seat, while Yukina and Shizuka gave him dissaproving looks.
About five minutes and one song of scene one later, Menchi came strolling back into the auditorium and took her seat upon the stage. And, as pervy men are, Miroku leaned over and whispered something, presumably pervy, into her ear. Anzu was halfway through her line when a shriek of outrage echoed through the room, followed by a loud slap. Everyone looked up with wide eyes. Miroku was laying on the stage, most likely unconcious, a giant red handprint visible on his face.
And that was the excitment of Rehearsal Number One.
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A Month Later
The musical was coming along very well. Trini had everyone working like dogs to learn the dances, vocals, and projection, while Jager and Menchi were working them on their lines. The bums were lucky, because they got to sit out in the audience when they weren't dancing and singing, and yell at the people onstage that they weren't being loud enough. Hiei was darkly irritated at the fact that he was being forced to play as a bum until after the second song. Jager had told him that he would be sitting backstage with the pupeteers if he didn't act like a bum. Hiei told her that this was fine. Jager told him that was too bad for him, and walked away. Hiei was also irritated at Kurama, since the fox had told him he wouldn't have to do anything. But Kurama was too busy to really care. He was being drilled harder than anyone, with the possible exception of Mai, who had to adopt a ditzy blonde accent in order to play Audrey. The Mushnik's, Shizuru and Sesshomaru, had it possibly easier than anyone else. Neither had to have an accent, although Sesshomaru had to go through the indignity of having a fake moustache.
And now, to one of Trini's grueling Vocal Lessons...
"WHERE'S MY COFFEE?!"
No one flinched as the vocal director began ranting for the millonth time that day. Yukina gave a concerned look and made to stand up, but was stopped by Bakura. "Don't bother." The white-haired spirit said calmly. Just then, Menchi and Jager strolled in, carrying several cups of Starbucks. Everyone who had ordered the coffee jumped up, and made for the duo, but were beaten out by Trini.
"Where's my coffee!?" he asked urgently, grabbing their shoulders. Menchi made a face and handed Trini the largest cup.
"There's your coffee. Happy?" She said sarcastically.
"Whoot! Coffee! Everyone, on the risers NOW! Your coffee is being held hostage!" Trini yelled.
Protests rose up from the agitated cast. Even the two calmst emebers of the group, Ryou Bakura and Yukina, were getting irritated. Trini pushed InuYasha and Seto Kaiba towards the risers. "NOW!"
Everything went silent as a chair clattered on the other side of the room. Trini's eyes were narrow, and his hands were clenched at his side. Silently, everyone moved oever to the risers, and Trini sat down at the piano.
And that was Vocals one month in.
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Jager: Yay! Chapter 2 is done!
Menchi: Whoot!
Jager: Must thank Menchi-chan, since she was actually in LSOH and I wasn't. Trini really threatened to throw chair at them, but never did. Thankfully.
Menchi: Very much so. But we'll be dealing with him anyway in show choir.
Jager: . Yup...
Next Chapter
Meet the band! There are some very familiar faces in there...
Trini brings licorice to rehearsal.
And... THE FINAL REHEARSAL! BUM BUM BUM!
Jager and Menchi: RR!!!
Chapter 2: The First Rehearsal
Disclaimer: I don't own LSOH or any of the anime involved.
Jager: o.o I... got reviews.
YamiRiku: Isn't that what you wanted?
Jager: Yes, but... I got reviews!
YamiRiku: (sighs) On behalf of Jager and I, thank you to all reviewers! (hands out cookies)
Jager: Next chapters' reviewers get a plushie of their favorite member of the cast!
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After the dissapointed crowd of those who had been rejected had dissapeared, Hiei went and looked at the cast list again.
Seymour Krellborne - Shuichi Minamino
Audrey - Mai Kujaku
Audrey II - Hiei Jaganshi
Mr. Mushnik - Sesshomaru Youkai
Mrs. Mushnik - Shizuru Kuwabara
Orin Skavello - Marik Ishtar
Crystal - Higurashi Kagome
Ronette - Botan Aoi
Chiffon - Anzu Mazaki
Martin/DJ - Seto Kaiba
Customer - InuYasha Hanyou
ENSEMBLE
Katsuya Shizuka
Yukina Jaganshi
Yusuke Urameshi
Ryou Bakura
Yami Bakura
Malik Ishtar
Keiko Yukimura
Sango Takahashi
Yami Mouto
Hiei wandered back to Kurama and plopped down next to him. "Those insane guys from yesterday made it." he stated vaguly. Kurama gave him a strange look. "Who?" Hiei blinked. "I didn't tell you?" So Hiei recounted the events of Malik and the Great Big Bear Hug, which made Kurama laugh. With a smile, the kitsune stood and put his hands in his pockets.
"Well, Hiei, since we're already up and about, and it's only 9:45, what do you say we head to the mall?"
Hiei bristled slightly. "No. The mall is the symbol of all evil in the worlds.".
Kurama chuckled. "I thought that was Richard Simmons."
Hiei made a face. "He is too. He is WAY too happy. But the mall is up there."
Kurama rolled his eyes. "Hiei, I need to go to the mall. If you wish to accompany me, we can pick up some ice cream before we come back."
Hiei perked up. "Sweet snow?"
"But only if you come."
Hiei pouted. "Fine. Only if it's Rocky Road."
"Deal."
The pair was about to head off when a voice came from behind them. "Excuse me, are you two in Little Shop?"
Kurama and Hiei turned to see a girl standing there. She had blackish-blue hair that went to her shoulder-blades, big brown eyes, and was wearing a green skirt with a white button-up blouse. Kurama smiled politely. "Yes, we are. May I ask your name?"
The girl gave a small grin. "I'm Higurashi Kagome. I'm playing Crystal. Who are you?"
Kurama bowed. "Shuichi Minamino, but please call me Kurama. This is my friend, Hiei."
Kagome's eyes widened. "Really? Aren't you two playing Seymour and Twoie?"
"Yes. Now what do you want?" Hiei interjected darkly. This girl was delaying his sweet snow!
Kagome looked slightly hurt. "Um, I wondered if maybe I could hang out with you two until call time."
"Why?"
"Well, my best friend Sango is on a date, InuYasha is God-knows-where, Miroku is with Sango, and Sesshomaru is with me. He sent me over here." Kagome looked behind her at the golden-eyed white-haired demon watching them. "He's a bit shy. So can we?"
Kurama nodded. "Certainly. It would be nice to get to know some of the cast better." Kagome called Sesshomaru over, and the demon joined the trio.
"Good morning. I'm Sesshomaru."
Greetings were made, and the group proceeded to the mall, with Hiei in tow.
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After a few hours of wandering aimlessly around the mall, Hiei had insisted on heading to the Food Court, where his precious sweet snow was being held. Kurama had agreed, and soon the group was digging into a 30-scoop competition, in which if they could eat the whole thing, they would get it for free. Kagome was the first to stop, after eating about 3-scoops. Kurama was next, at 8. Finally, it was Sesshomaru vs. Hiei in an ice cream eating war to the finish. It turned out that Sesshomaru loved ice cream as much as Hiei, and beat the Jaganshi by half-a-scoop. Hiei pouted all the way back to the Performing Arts Center, since it was 3:30, and the Call Time was 4. Thankfully, the doors were open, and the group headed on in. They weren't the first ones there; the white-haired honyou Kurama was talking to yesterday, InuYasha, was sitting in the back, staring at the ceiling, and a red-haired girl and a blonde boy were in the front, talking quietly.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled and stalked over to the hanyou. Sesshomaru followed, looking mildly interested, and Kurama and Hiei watched from were they were. InuYasha gave Kagome one of those looks.
"What?
"InuYasha, where were you?! You said you'd meet me out there right at 9! No, I was waiting for half-an-hour!"
InuYasha rolled his eyes. "Calm down, Kagome. I was... occupied."
The yelling continued, and Hiei was getting more and more interested with each word. "Lovers tiff."
Kurama and Hiei turned in surprise to see Sesshomaru behind them Hiei looked very surprised. "How'd you..."
Sesshomaru held up a hand. "No. Those two have fallen so hard for each other that they don't even realize it."
Kurama grinned, and Hiei just stared at the demon. The rest of the cast showed up in the next 30 minutes, and right 4:00pm, they heard the doors in the foyer slam shut, and Menchi and Jager came out onto the open stage, carrying a clipboard each. Instantly, a quiet descended on the room, and Jager looked surprised.
"What? That was weird. Anyway, is everyone here? Let's see, Botan Aoi?"
"Present!" A blue-haired girl in the middle row raised her hand.
"Ryou and Yami Bakura?"
Both white-haired boys raised their hands. This went on until Keiko Yukimura, Yusuke's girlfriend. Menchi sat down on the stage and flipped through her production notes. "Okay. By role, come up and get your script. Kurama, Mai, Hiei, you first."
Kurama and Hiei stood, as did a woman with very long curly blone hair, and headed to the stage. Jager handed them their scripts and said, "Your roles are already highlighted. Read through them while the rest of the cast gets theirs. Okay, Sesshomaru, Shizuru, Marik, come up here!" Soon, everyone had their scripts, and were reading intently through their parts. Some of the ensemble were singing softly under their breath to get used to it. Even Menchi and Jager were flipping though their scripts. For the most part, it was quiet.
Until Trini came in.
The dark-haired man looked around the auditorium. No one aknowledged his presence, which irked him.
"Ahem."
Only those close to the choreogropher, which was Yukina Jaganshi and Shizuka Katsuya, looked up. Trini didn't like that very much.
"HEY!!!"
Everyone jumped in their seats and various positions on the floor and looked at him with wide eyes. Trini smiled happily. "Hello." Everyone sort of just stared at him, and a select few, meaning Malik, Marik, and Bakura, waved cheerfully back. Trini gave a grin and pranced up to the stage. Most everyone gave him a strange look before returning to their scripts. Jager and Menchi looked up at him from their spots on the stage and said in unison, "Konnichiwaa, Trini-sama!" Trini kicked them softly in the heads and continued to a little room just on the other side of the PAC.
After everyone had finished reading their scripts, they started to leave for home, but not before Jager yelled that rehearsal was tomorrow at 12pm. For the most part, no one aknowledged her, but stowed the information in the backs of their minds.
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The night passed quickly, and before anyone knew it, they were all back at the PAC in the same spots as yesterday. Hiei had arrived with Yukina instead, having stayed at Genkai's temple the previous night. Jager was lounging around on the stage with the Costume Crew, Light Crew, and Set Crew, who had arrived an hour earlier. Jager sat up and glanced around the room.
"Is everyone here?" After a chorus of yes', the brown-haired girl stood up and snatched her clipboard from Miroku, who was ogling at something in the back. After smacking him upside the head, she jumped off the stage and said, "Everyone move up to the front row. We'll be covering doing a Cold Read and a basis of the dance steps today." Everyone moved, some by force, to the front of the room. Jager clapped her hands twice and looked around.
"Where's Menchi? Oh well. Okay, everyone who was cast in the ensemble, move to the second row, if you wouldn't mind. Thank you. Now, the ensemble are going to be bums lounging around out here," she indicated the area below the stage, "And won't have any lines, except for Malik and Yusuke." The two named looked exceedingly pleased, but Jager ignored them and said, "Everyone get your scripts." Everyone pulled out their scripts and were right about to start when the doors in the foyer slammed open, and an agrivated-looking Menchi came running in. But it wasn't the fact that she was late that everyone was staring at her.
She was wearing only a skimpy red bathing suit with a fluffy blue towel wrapped abound her waist. All the guys stared at her with wide eyes, while the girls just smiled and waved hello. "Sorry I'm late. Swim practice ran overtime." Menchi explained, shifting her gym bag from one shoulder to the other. "And if you don't mind, I'm going to go change." Jager nodded in agreement and said, "Hurry!" Marik looked around and stood up, trying very hard to be inconspicuous. He failed miserably, since he was in the front row, and was in front of four girls. Keiko and Sango grabbed his shoulders and pushed him back down into the seat, while Yukina and Shizuka gave him dissaproving looks.
About five minutes and one song of scene one later, Menchi came strolling back into the auditorium and took her seat upon the stage. And, as pervy men are, Miroku leaned over and whispered something, presumably pervy, into her ear. Anzu was halfway through her line when a shriek of outrage echoed through the room, followed by a loud slap. Everyone looked up with wide eyes. Miroku was laying on the stage, most likely unconcious, a giant red handprint visible on his face.
And that was the excitment of Rehearsal Number One.
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A Month Later
The musical was coming along very well. Trini had everyone working like dogs to learn the dances, vocals, and projection, while Jager and Menchi were working them on their lines. The bums were lucky, because they got to sit out in the audience when they weren't dancing and singing, and yell at the people onstage that they weren't being loud enough. Hiei was darkly irritated at the fact that he was being forced to play as a bum until after the second song. Jager had told him that he would be sitting backstage with the pupeteers if he didn't act like a bum. Hiei told her that this was fine. Jager told him that was too bad for him, and walked away. Hiei was also irritated at Kurama, since the fox had told him he wouldn't have to do anything. But Kurama was too busy to really care. He was being drilled harder than anyone, with the possible exception of Mai, who had to adopt a ditzy blonde accent in order to play Audrey. The Mushnik's, Shizuru and Sesshomaru, had it possibly easier than anyone else. Neither had to have an accent, although Sesshomaru had to go through the indignity of having a fake moustache.
And now, to one of Trini's grueling Vocal Lessons...
"WHERE'S MY COFFEE?!"
No one flinched as the vocal director began ranting for the millonth time that day. Yukina gave a concerned look and made to stand up, but was stopped by Bakura. "Don't bother." The white-haired spirit said calmly. Just then, Menchi and Jager strolled in, carrying several cups of Starbucks. Everyone who had ordered the coffee jumped up, and made for the duo, but were beaten out by Trini.
"Where's my coffee!?" he asked urgently, grabbing their shoulders. Menchi made a face and handed Trini the largest cup.
"There's your coffee. Happy?" She said sarcastically.
"Whoot! Coffee! Everyone, on the risers NOW! Your coffee is being held hostage!" Trini yelled.
Protests rose up from the agitated cast. Even the two calmst emebers of the group, Ryou Bakura and Yukina, were getting irritated. Trini pushed InuYasha and Seto Kaiba towards the risers. "NOW!"
Everything went silent as a chair clattered on the other side of the room. Trini's eyes were narrow, and his hands were clenched at his side. Silently, everyone moved oever to the risers, and Trini sat down at the piano.
And that was Vocals one month in.
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Jager: Yay! Chapter 2 is done!
Menchi: Whoot!
Jager: Must thank Menchi-chan, since she was actually in LSOH and I wasn't. Trini really threatened to throw chair at them, but never did. Thankfully.
Menchi: Very much so. But we'll be dealing with him anyway in show choir.
Jager: . Yup...
Next Chapter
Meet the band! There are some very familiar faces in there...
Trini brings licorice to rehearsal.
And... THE FINAL REHEARSAL! BUM BUM BUM!
Jager and Menchi: RR!!!