01/02/2006 05:49:00
Wahay! I would like to know, how many people are there out there whom actually like both Fruits Basket and TPOTO? Hmm…
BTW: -date 2006- I am going over all the chapters and changing their formatting. Otherwise they'd all be spack. I'm alsore-writing some of it… So it's not as bad as it was... So when you see BTW it means I am talking to you from the future: wooooh! Welcome to the world of tomorrow!
Fruits basket Does Phantom
Chapter Two: The Gathering Of Thesbians
Kyo silently watched Tohru from a distance. Her face was full of the usual dopiness… That he loved. He kept his distance, and tried not to let her see him too much. If he saw her for too long it would just make him tongue tied.
Tohru spaced out as usual, so she didn't notice the boy that was about to walk straight into her.
Kyo stiffened. Don't fall over don't fall over…. I don't want to have to pretend I didn't see…
"Whups!" He just about stopped Tohru from falling to the ground.
Tohru blushed. It was the same boy who'd been followed by Momiji just a minute ago.
"Hi." Panted the flustered boy. "My name's Shinji, and I'll be directing this production!"
He was talking to Yuki and Tohru, well really just Yuki, as Tohru was unsurpirisingly away with the fairies once again.
"We've been going at that cast list for days, and we finally got it up on that board. Heh." Shinji observed Yuki's horrified expression, and took on an air of professionalism. "Walk with me Sohma-kun."
With that, he put a hand to Yuki's back and started to firmly lead him through the crowds. "OK Yuki, I'll bet you're wondering why we gave you a part you didn't want, am I right?"
"Um… I guess." Shinji now had the task of leading Yuki through crowds of adoring girls. Yuki had to help him occasionally – he was used to it.
"Well, you see, if we didn't cast you, we'd be, how can I put this, ravaged by a myriad of outraged –yet lovely- adolescent girls?"
"Oh…" Yuki's head spun.
"What I'm trying to say is, the audiences want a popular guy for Raoul, who fits his description. They want someone they already know about. Do you catch my drift?"
"I… I think so.
"And you are as popular as we're ever gonna get. Plus, in the boook he's supposed to be this shy soft-haired, grey-eyed, besotted romantic. So, you see, I'm hoping you're good."
Yuki didn't know whether to be flattered or offended. "Um, I don't think you-"
"Are you good?"
Yuki was shocked to see that he was surrounded once again, this time by what looked like a cast of some description. He could see Motoko Minagawa looking scary as usual, and another he assumed was Kitto Kansaki. He was also horrified to realize that they were all waiting for an answer to Shinji's question.
"Uh… Um… I don't know." He felt his face turning red again. "I'm actually, considering d-dropping out." Oh My God, did I just stutter? Damn it!
"Outrageous!" Kitto yelled. She grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the crowd. Then, marching him through the mass, they passed Kyo, who was talking to Momiji angrily, with Haru leaning against the wall.
"Kyo? You didn't drop out?"
Kyo looked at Yuki and smirked. "I found out I get to kill you or something." Momiji stuck a white mask over half of Kyo's face. "Who would pass up that opportunity, ya damn rat!"
Yuki rolled his eyes and was dragged back stage. It was relatively empty. Kitto was surprisingly strong for a girl who was only a year older than him.
She slammed him against the wall and held him there by the arms. She glared at him through big green eyes. She had long curly brown hair, and red lips.
"S- sempai-"
"Nuh-uh. You can't be calling me that if we're going to be acting together. You will address me as Kitto."
"Ki-Kitto-san, I'm sorry but I-"
"Nuh-uh! You're not dropping out, because you're understudy is Takei. I know for a fact that he is awful and creepy. And I am going to be good in thi. No, not good FANTASTIC! And I am not letting you ruin that. Not you, not your cousins, no-one. Got that?"
"But, Kitto-san, I can't act."
"Why not? Are you stupid?"
"I've, never tried."
She tilted her head in an exasperated fashion, and smiled witheringly at him. "Then how do you know you can't?"
"I… I mean, I just, surely someone who's never tried won't be as good as someone who has?" Yuki was desperately trying to think of an excuse.
"Do you know the play?"
Yuki did a double take at the quick subject change, but complied to answer. "I, I like it, I guess. It's a little random… and sometimes a bit… immoral, but it's a good story after all."
"Do you know the music?"
"I guess."
Then suddenly, out of the blue, she started singing. I was quite quiet, so no- one but Yuki and herself could hear. But even so, Yuki was taken aback. She had a beautiful voice. She was singing part of All I Ask Of You, the duet between Raoul and Christine. She'd skipped his part at the beginning, but he had a part later on.
"Say you'll love me every waking moment, turn my head with talk of summertime, say you'll need me with you now, and always, promise me, that all you say is true, that's all I ask of you."
Before he realised what he was doing, Yuki found he had joined in. "Let me be your shelter," He was singing but inside he was having a heart attack. No you stupid-… What are you doing! "… let me be your light, you're safe, no-one will find you, your fears are far behind you-" GAAAAAH!
"All I want is freedom, a world with no more night, and you, always beside me, to hold me and to hide me-"
And then somehow, caught up in the moment, Yuki forgot that they were trying to keep it down. He had somehow disappeared into the part, and so he let out some new confidence in his voice. As he sang, Kitto was smiling smugly. She joined in at the same tempo and pitch, and she knew her hunch was right. He was perfect for the role.
When they were done, she was grinning. "I am always right. Now don't mess this up, rich-boy." She said.
You stupid, stupid idiot. When I tell you not to start singing, you DON'T START SINGING!
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It was worse than he'd thought. Almost the entire cast had been listening. Shinji was beaming. The Sohmas were a mixture of impressed and amused. Tohru was gormless. Girls were swooning all over the place.
Meanwhile, Yuki was dying, dying…Dead. Noooooooooooooooooo!
"Fantastic! The play is saved!" Shinji looked as if he was about to break open a bottle of wine and celebrate.
"But… Shinji-san… I still don't want to-"
"NONSENSE!" (n.n) Shinji ignored Yuki and began to lead him through the theatre once again. "You're great!"
See what happens when you don't listen to your brain?
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Kyo was silent for most of the afternoon. He began cursing very loudly however when Shinji announced that they would be rehearsing into the evening and he would like to get started now.
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Meanwhile, Yuki was having some very awkward problems in a room upstairs.
"Come on… Yuki, you have to-"
"Kitto-san!" Yuki pushed her away. "I'm sorry…"
For the last few minutes Kitto had been trying to hug him. "What, so on stage I'm gonna shake your hand? I don't think so."
"Please… I just… I can't hug girls."
"Oh my God, I knew it!"
"Knew..What…?"
"You're gay!"
Yuki froze. Crap! "No I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"No…I'm really not! I just… I can't hug girls."
Kitto raised her eyebrows. "You can still kiss though, however."
WELL THIS IS SOME FINE PRINT FOR YOU! "Wh-…What…?"
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BTW: OK… I added in Yuki's inner voice… Hee hee… I love doing thoughts! It can be so weird…
BTW2: AAAAAAAHHH! I accidentally deleted a chapter! Ooops… ;; that was stupid of me… Oh well… I have tried to fix it…
