Chapter 6- Princess Ino and Prince… LEE!
Suddenly, Gai-sensei runs to Ino and tells her:
"The Academy is planning to have a school play during the Konoha Leaf Festival next week… And Ino, you've been chosen to play the role of the princess in the story."
Ino was devastated…
"Who's gonna be playing the role of the prince?" she asked.
Happily, Gai smiled and raised his thumb… "Lee is, of course!"
"What! Lee! Sakura, aren't you angry! That I got the princess role and your precious Lee will be…"
"…it's alright with me, Ino! After all, it's just a play! What matters most is what he feels for me truly. There's no reason for me to be jealous at all! I'm strong!"
"Sakura…"
Then, Gai scratched his head, "Apparently, Sasuke didn't want to, because he says he doesn't want to kiss anyone else but his lover… Hmmm… I wonder who that is…"
"Kiss?"
"Yup! There's gonna be a kissing scene in the play! Well… That's all I wanted to say. See ya!"
Then, the jounin left.
Ino slowly turned to her friend and asked, "Sakura, are you sure you're alright with this?
I wouldn't want you getting mad at me because of this…"
"Don't worry Ino!" Sakura replied, "I'm cool! It's just a play, anyway!"
With that, Ino smiled.
Then, a voice called out, "To all the participants of the school play, please proceed to Tsunade-sama's office for a meeting!"
Ino and Sakura quickly rushed to the Hokage's Office…
"Wait! Sakura! You're in the play too?"
"Yeah! I got the part of one of the fairies!"
"Oh, I see…"
The meeting started as soon as they arrived at Tsunade's office. Almost everyone was there… Naruto, Sasuke, Tenten, Neji, Lee, Choji, Kiba, Shino, Hinata, the four jounins and even Anko!
"Slurp! Slurp…"
"Anko, will you please stop eating those dumplings?"
"But they're so tasty!"
"We're in a very important meeting. You may continue eating them later."
"Oh, okay…"
Right after Anko had stopped nibbling on her dumplings, Tsunade looked at everyone to begin the meeting…
"Good! Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting! Our school play will be Sleeping Beauty… Don't ask me why. Now, let me read to you your roles in the play…
Gai will be directing this. Our princess will be Yamanaka Ino and the prince will be Rock Lee."
Ino felt like she was about to puke… Lee? She thought.
"Don't worry, Ino!" Sakura said, "It's just a play, remember?"
"Oh, right… Just a play… I still feel totally disgusted."
Tsunade continued reading the character roles…
"The three fairies in the story will be Sakura, Tenten and Hinata.
The princess' parents a.k.a. the king and queen will be Asuma and Kurenai."
Kurenai's face turned red.
"Kurenai, are you feeling alright?" Asuma asked her.
"D-don't worry about me!" Kurenai replied, "It's just a little hot in here, that's all!"
"The prince's parents a.k.a. king and queen pair number 2 will be Kakashi and Iruka…"
Iruka exploded… "WHAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAT! Tsunade-sama, WHY!"
"Come on, Iruka…" Tsunade replied, "You'll make a fine queen, I know it!"
Then, Kakashi turned to him and added, "Yeah! All you'll need now are some fake boobies!"
Iruka's eye twitched as Kakashi continued smiling at him.
"CAN'T SHIZUNE BE THE QUEEN INSTEAD!" Iruka asked, "AT LEAST SHE'S A GIRL!"
"But I'm already in-charge of the costume department! And besides, Kakashi-san and I don't look good together!" Shizune explained.
Iruka's eye continued twitching…
"You think Kakashi and I… look GOOD TOGETHER!" he continued twitching.
"Okay, Iruka. Stop complaining. You'll be the queen and that's final." Tsunade continued, "Next, our evil witch will be Anko…"
"…ALL RIGHT! DUMPLING POWER FOREVER!" Anko exclaimed, raising her fist in the air.
"Okay, Anko… You can stop that now." Tsunade told her, "Okay! Then, the narrator will be Shino. Neji and Choji will be helping Shizune in the costume department. Kiba and Akamaru will be the curtain pullers!"
"What! Curtain pullers!" Kiba exclaimed.
"It's a very important job, ya know! Like, how can the people see the show when the curtains are in the way?" Tsunade told him…
"Then, we have Naruto and Sasuke working together on the special effects."
"Yay! Special effects!" Naruto exclaimed, "Sasuke! We're together in this!"
"Yes, Naruto… I know that." Sasuke smiled.
Suddenly, Ino asked, "Tsunade-sama, does Shikamaru get a part in the play too?"
"Well…" Tsunade began, "I'll think of something for him!"
Ino sighed and looked down at the ground… Oh Shikamaru, she thought… "How I wish you were here…"
Sakura heard this and patted Ino's back. "Don't worry, Ino! I'm sure he'll feel better soon."
Suddenly, Jiraiya came inside, holding bundles of paper… "It is finished." He said.
Slowly, Tsunade took the papers from his hands and turned to the participants…
"These are your scripts" she said, "You will be using them during your practices. These will be able to help you all."
"Of course they will," Jiraiya added, "I made them! And I put some Icha-Icha into it!"
Then, Tsunade gave every one a copy and gave them her last instructions…
"All classes will be cancelled and all missions will be turned-down this week to make way for practices. Practices will be held every day from 10 a.m. to 5 in the afternoon. Our performance will be this Sunday at 7 p.m. I'll see you all tomorrow."