For those who didn't read my comment:
(Starts continually banging head hard against the wall) Stupid, stupid me! Heh heh heh…Thank you, Destiny, for pointing out that Takeshi said "Kazuko" in front of the class, and I don't mean it in a bad way. I got really ahead of myself because I haven't posted in a while, so what happened was that I was typing really fast and I forgot that the class has known her as Chisato, and typed in Kazuko instead…and I'm the author of this story! (Mumbles: Stupid, stupid me!) (I am now starting to punch my head.)…bleh…sigh…okay sorry that you had to read that I was abusing myself… don't bother about looking back to the chapter, I already changed it.
Chapter 12: Rehearsing the Play
"Yes, it is you, Risa, who will play the main character."
"Um…what is this story about anyway?" Risa asked.
"Oh! How come you haven't heard of it! It's such a great story!" one of the girl classmates yelled.
"Risa! I told you about it before, did you forget?" Ristuko asked.
"Um…maybe I did. I don't even remember hearing the title."
"Hmph…Ativilef Neighborhood is a story about a girl named Amy. Amy is the most popular girl in the neighborhood. Every time she goes out of her house, you always guys looking at her from a distance away, admiring her looks. There are times when a guy would walk up to her and ask her out on a date, but she refuses.
"She does that because she's looking for the perfect guy and she hasn't found him yet, until a new family moves into the neighborhood. Amy is a self-centered girl who wants every guy she sees to like her, so when she saw that the family had a son, which is Allen, she was wondering how long it will take until he starts liking her. But little did she know, Allen already has a girlfriend. After a while, Amy starts liking Allen and all these different things happen."
"I see…this sounds…a little weird."
"Hey, Takeshi, what is gonna happen to the other people in the play?" asked Daisuke.
"Huh? Everyone's in the movie! All the guys are in here since they have to act like they're all attracted to Risa."
"Heh…I see then…what about the girls?"
"They're also all in here."
For the rest of the day, the class was working on their movie. They were doing things like planning when they're going to do this, what the costumes look like, and the script. In that one day, they covered a lot.
"Hey, Takeshi, do you know how long it is until the festival?" Kazuko asked.
"It's in one and a half months. That means we need to start directing this as soon as we can."
"Let's see…the costumes are easy to get since they're just street clothes. The thing we have to worry about the most is getting the cameras and the scenery."
"Well then, I'll make sure to get the script done by tomorrow and one of our friends is already working on the costume designs," said one girl in their class.
"That's great! That means we can start filming next week."
While some of the class was working on the movie, some other girls were in a circle and chatting.
"I know that we chose this book, but wouldn't it be better if we made a movie about Dark?"
"Yeah, that's a good idea, but then, it's also a not-so-good idea because we don't know where Dark is."
The girl snapped her fingers out of frustration, "Darn it you're right."
"I agree with not making a movie for Dark," Kazuko said since she was eavesdropping on their conversation.
The girls looked at Kazuko who was reading the first pages of the book. Kazuko already made enemies when she made friends with Satoshi, and now she was going to make new enemies.
"Oh yeah? How do you know that it's not a good idea?"
"It's simple. You girls wouldn't be working on the movie. Instead, you'd all be chasing and crowding around him trying to go out on a date with him."
"And how do you know that that's going to happen?"
"That's easy to explain too, you girls already talk about him when you see him on the television at night. To make other schools jealous, some of you are going to say that Dark is in your movie, so our class can be the spectacle of the whole school festival. Besides, it's not a good idea to bring Dark in the daytime; the police or something might catch him. Use your common sense."
Kazuko never looked up from her book while she was talking to them. Some of the girls were really mad at her that it looked like they wanted to smack her.
"How is it that you're not as obsessed as Dark as we are, Chisato?"
"One, I'm not like you, and two, I came from America, so I don't really know what's going on."
"So are you saying that…you're not like us…are you saying that you have no interest in Satoshi either?"
Kazuko stared up from her book, "What are you talking about? How did Satoshi get into our conversation here? This has nothing to do with him…and I think this conversation is over now."
Kazuko closed the book and stood up. She looked at the girls and then smiled, "Well, I'm not the one who wants to pick a fight. I just want to state out the obvious, that's all. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to work on the movie."
Kazuko walked away from the girls and to where the others were.
"Boy, she thinks that she's the boss of everything because she came from America! I bet that she's not even interested in playing the part of Suki!"
"Hey, why did we even cast Chisato as Suki?"
"You know what, I have no idea."
"We should take her off now; let's make someone else play Suki."
Takeshi ran over to the girls who were talking and poked his head into their circle.
"No! We will leave the cast as it is. There's no reason for us to recast unless someone can't take the part!"
"And why is that Takeshi?"
"Because, when we start rehearsing for the movie, the actors need to remember their lines. It's going to be hard for us to recast the people because they might not know the lines as well as the original actor."
Takeshi took his head from out of the circle and yelled to the class, "Alright, now that school is almost over, most of you know what to do! So, get it done be tomorrow and we'll start rehearsing then."
The class left after they heard the final bell and Satoshi and Kazuko were still in the classroom. They were both on cleaning duty, but Kazuko was reading the book. Satoshi came in with the cleaning supplies and he placed them in front of Kazuko's desk.
"Come on, we need to clean," Satoshi said sitting in his desk next to Kazuko's.
"Hm…this is an interesting book. Have you read it before?"
"No, what's it about?"
"Well…I don't really know what's really going on right now; I just know that Amy is doing anything to get Allen's attention. I'll tell you tomorrow if I read it."
"Alright then, but you can read that later, Kazuko, right now, we need to clean up this classroom."
"…. Okay."
She closed the book and left it on her desk as they went to clean. When they were walking home Satoshi got a call from his father saying that Dark sent out another warning letter that he will grab the Talisman of Fire from the Narik Museum tomorrow at 9.
Next morning:
"Alright everybody! Did you bring what you were supposed to?" Takeshi asked.
"Yup! The script was so long, and I only had a short time to do it, so I typed up a summary and the first half of the whole movie," said one girl.
"The costumes were easy to get, and I was trying to find out different hair styles, and I found out some cool ones."
"I called in to see if we can get some camera equipment, and they said that the latest that they can give it to us is in two weeks."
"Great! That will give us a lot of time to rehearse and edit some things," Takeshi said, "Can you hand me the script? Hm…this looks nice. Alright, let's go to work on the scene where Allen first comes into the neighborhood."
"Takeshi, why don't you think? You're the only one with a script right now," Satoshi said.
"Oh yeah, that's right! Be right back people," Takeshi said.
Risa was sitting at her desk and then some of her friends walked up to her.
"Hey, Risa! You're so lucky that you get to do a movie with Satoshi! I'm really jealous!"
"If you're jealous, do you want to take my part? I really don't think that I'm going to a good job playing Amy!"
"Risa, just act like you do in real life. It's just like that. All the girls chose you to be Amy because you're the most girlish out of all of us."
"I don't know…"
"Are you nervous, Satoshi?" Kazuko asked Satoshi.
"Why would I be nervous for?"
"Because, you need to act differently than you do right now…well, when we get further in the movie."
"So you read it when we got home?"
"Yeah, and Allen is a real romantic guy when it comes to Suki. When you go out with Amy, though, he acts a little nervous and he tends to stutter when Amy asks a question because she sounds so demanding."
"Allen goes out with two people?"
"What happens is, once Amy sees that Allen is not paying attention to her, she tries to get Allen's attention and she also acts desperate to do so. Suki, she's really kind, and she tells Allen to try and go out with her for just one week, even though Allen is her boyfriend."
"Suki seems really kind and she seems that she's giving her boyfriend a little too much freedom."
"Yes but after that, when Amy and Allen have their week, Amy starts to fall for Allen…and Allen likes Amy a little bit. We kind of find out Suki's history, and it says here that she's a person who likes to experiment with things, no matter what the cost. So, Suki wanted to see what would happen if Allen went out with somebody but her when her and Allen are boyfriend and girlfriend."
"How old are these people anyways?"
"Well, Amy is about 16 and it looks like Amy and Allen are somewhere about 17 or 18."
"So, Suki was seeing on what was going to happen?"
"Yeah, well that what I think because after that, Suki and Allen spend more time together. They're probably doing that so Allen can get his mind off of Amy."
"So, what's the problem that happens in this story?"
"It's obvious…I'll let you figure that out by yourself."
Takeshi came back into the classroom with a hand full of papers. He passed them out to the actors and actresses and game one to the camera people.
"Alright, we're having a dress rehearsal next week, but this week, let's try to memorize the lines. Right now, let's see what we can do. Amy, Allen, go up on the stage. We're going to start from when Allen and Amy have their first conversation.
Satoshi and Risa walked up to the front of the classroom and turned to the page to where Takeshi said that they were starting and then they started acting.
"H-Hello! You must be new to the neighborhood," Risa stuttered as she was reciting her lines.
"Yes, I am," Satoshi said with his monotone voice, "I just moved here just a couple of days ago. It seems that most of the people know you."
"Oh, yeah I am. All of the guys know me! My name is Amy!"
"Nice to meet you, my name's Allen."
"That's a nice name for you. A cute name goes with a cute guy!"
"Um…(Satoshi scratching his face with one finger, he smiled a little bit too. Part of the act.) Thanks…"
"What? You don't know how to take a compliment? You have a cute smile too! You should be happy that I'm saying it to you! I hardly give guys compliments."
"Well, yeah I take that as a compliment…it's just that…I already have a girlfriend, is all."
"Oh," Risa said. She was supposed to look a little hurt, but then she was too nervous to show it, "Why is it that all the guys I think are cute already have girlfriends?"
"Alright, cut!" Takeshi said. He walked up to the front of the classroom to talk to Satoshi and Risa, "That was alright, but Risa, you need to stop stuttering. You can't do that when you're acting!"
"Well, I'm trying my best!"
"Well, your 'best' needs to get a whole lot better!"
Risa clenched her fist and Takeshi looked over to Satoshi.
"And you…you have a cold expression, except for that one part. Allen is supposed to be the one to stutter a lot, not the other way around! You did a slightly good job though."
Satoshi looked at Takeshi and nodded his head.
"Alright, let's start from the beginning of this scene again!"
End of Chapter 12