Naruto: The Musical!
Chapter 3: Sakura's Sleepover: Out of Your Dreams
Tsuki- Kaze-san and I don't know whose idea this was anymore, since we both thought of it, so we're both going to do something similar. Also, even though no one knows what Tenten's last name is, I will be referring to her as Ama Tenten, Ama being her surname. This time, two of the OCs are going to be fully introduced…but one will still remain in shadow…Remember, I don't own Naruto or Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Because obviously, Rodgers and Hammerstein do. Duh.
Animeflash- Thank you so much for the support!
Kasumi Jusha No Jutsu-Yes, I plan on doing another Phantom song!
Ea-Cake- Thanks again for your support, and good virtual asterisk-y singing voice!
A Dollop A Daisy- Thank you, and I plan on using more line thingies!
Anyway, on with the fic!
Haruno Sakura sighed, turning a page of Itcha Itcha Paradisein disgust. Her birthday was in a few days, and she had nothing planned for a celebration. Overlooking the next few sentences in Jiraiya's newest sequel, Sakura cried,
"How the heck does Kakashi-sensei read this perverted stuff?" The pink haired ninja tossed the book to the floor of her room and flopped onto her bed, letting out another sigh.
"Now what do I read?" Sakura looked through her bookshelf and magazine rack in desperation, hoping to find something interesting.
"Kunoichi? No. Shinobi Stylez? No, that uses a "z" in it, making it a misspelled item, which I hate."
Frustrated, Sakura leafed through piles of magazines her mother gave to her, magazines she had been reading since she was a Genin. One of them included…
"Teen Kunai? SHANNARO! (This translates to "CHA!") Now, let's take a look and see if there's anything fun to do."
Poring over the magazine's pages, she saw countless ads for what appeared to be Tsunade's own fragrance: "A Kiss of Kai."
"Ew, that's just disturbing," Sakura said, horrified. The picture contained an inset of Tsunade posing naked, but in shadow, holding an exquisite looking bottle.
"Gross."
Trying again, Sakura became transfixed on the title "SLEEPOVER BIRTHDAY BASH! A FIVE STEP GUIDE TO HOSTING THE BEST GIRLS-ONLY PARTY IN THE LEAF VILLAGE!"
"Wow! How convenient! Well then, what do I do…?"
After a few hours of writing who she'd invite, when it would be, the details, and scrawling Sasuke's name all over her paper about fifteen times, Sakura bounced out of her flat and ran to tell the other female Chunin about it.
In Otogakure no Sato…
Orochimaru sat imposingly in his office chair, allowing his apprentice to tell him the news from the Village Hidden in the Rain.
"Orochimaru-sama, the Orokage (Rain Shadow to all you people who cannot translate simple Japanese) has informed us that he has dispatched three spies into Konoha Village to gather information to send to you. Alas, there is but a catch…"
"Well then, what is it?" came the impatient reply.
"He has sent a private messenger to your most evil of lairs and she should be arriving…now." As if on cue, a shadow dropped from the rafters, hitai-ate gleaming in the fluorescent light.
"Welcome, O spy of the Rain Village," the main, gender-confused antagonist said, using his imperious snakelike tone of voice.
"No need to get so formal with me, Your Honour," a female voice answered back defiantly. She raised her head and her face became revealed to Orochimaru and Kabuto.
The kunoichi had warm, tan-coloured skin, thick, sable hair, and wore a short kimono bearing the colours of the Hidden Rain Village: deep grey, a lighter grey, and slate blue.
"My name…I cannot reveal to you yet, but I have a wealth of information to tell you, Orochimaru-sama," the strange shinobi started. Without pause, she gave the former Sannin a bit of the information he wanted, and what she expected for payment.
"I shall tell you more if you agree to the Orokage's commands." As quickly as she came, the female ninja disappeared.
Back in Konoha Village…
"Hey, Ino," Sakura grumbled. "Do you want to come to my sleepover?" she grunted, reluctantly handing her archrival an invitation.
"Sure, Sakura," Ino said mockingly. "Who else is going?" Sakura rolled her eyes.
"You know, the usual, you, Tenten, Hinata, Temari said she'll go, and two exchange shinobi from the Village Hidden in the Rain."
Ino's blue eyes widened.
"SAKURA! YOU IMBECILE! Those girls could be spies, you know? What were you thinking?"
"Shut up, Ino-pig," Sakura retaliated. "Are you coming or not?" Grudgingly, Ino nodded.
"The sleepover starts at seven-thirty. Bye," Sakura said, the lightning flashing between her and Io's eyes as it usually does in the beginning of the anime.
At seven-thirty, Sakura's flat was filled with teenage girls chattering away with conversations of new moves, gossip, makeovers, and most importantly, the must-have ingredient for ultimate sleepovers…boy talk.
"Hey, Tenten, who do you like?" Ino asked with a gigantic grin on her face. Tenten blushed.
"I don't know; I'm torn between feelings for Neji and Lee, but I think I'm destined to end up with Neji. What about you, Hinata?"
"I-I-I-I'd… rather not say…" Hinata stammered uncomfortably.
"C'mon, Hinata, we all know you like Naruto, it's not such a big deal," Temari, now a Jounin, replied. Hinata breathed a small sigh of relief, but still trembled afterward.
"Hey, Rain Village girl number one," Sakura called. Orochimaru's messenger looked up.
"What's your name? Mine's Haruno Sakura, and this is Ama Tenten, Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Hinata, and the Madonna of the clique, Temari, who refuses to reveal her last name."
Temari, needless to say, beamed proudly.
"Well, I already know you're Haruno Sakura, it says so on your invitation, idiot," shot the girl, somewhat annoyed.
"I'm Karubashi Koneko. And this…" She acknowledged the other girl hidden in shadow,
"…is Shinju Ayame."
Ayame emerged from the darkness, letting sandy brown hair flow to her shoulders as she made her entrance. Garbed in her clan's traditional robes, only shortened to a miniskirt length and carrying what appeared to be a whip at her side, this foreign kunoichi intrigued and frightened many of the Konoha Chunin, namely Hinata of course.
"HI!" Ayame cried, waving wildly. Everybody sweatdropped simultaneously.
"…Yeah. Um, so now what do we do?" Tenten asked, somewhat weirded out by Ayame's super hyperness.
The girls glanced around at each other. A smile crept onto Sakura's face as she screamed,
"TRUTH OR DARE!"
The Chunin girls scrambled into a circle, chattering idly before the game began.
"I'll go first," proclaimed Ino. "Okay, Hinata, truth or dare?"
"Umm…I'll do…"
Temari laughed. "Hinata, do a dare! Show us you're not a coward!" Hinata blinked, nervous and trying not to collapse onto the floor.
"I'll take dare then," the sapphire-haired shinobi said, emphasizing the word dare.
"Fine! Okay, you have to…prank call Naruto and tell him he's won a free lifetime supply of ramen from Ichiraku Ramen!" Hesitantly, Hinata reached for the phone.
MEANWHILE…
Outside Sakura's flat, two male Chunin and one ninja dog watched through the window.
"Hmph, how troublesome, wasting the phone bill like that," a certain pineapple-headed shinobi declared airily.
"Shut up, will ya, Shikamaru? I'm trying to see if the ladies look good in their pajamas."
"Kiba, you perverted-"Shikamaru looked up to see a very annoyed looking Koneko staring back at him.
"Um, hi?" Kiba said nervously.
"You're going to wish you'd never been born," the kunoichi replied darkly. Forming perfect katas with her hands, Koneko cried,
"TSUKI NO HAGANE! WINGS OF THE MOON!" A violent torrent of rain swept Kiba, Akamaru, and Shikamaru up into a nearby tree; when the waters subsided, hanging limply from the old willow were three very wet ninja (one being a dog, of course).
"Women…they are so troublesome," Shikamaru muttered.
"Shut the hell up, dude."
BACK IN SAKURA'S ROOM…
It was three in the morning, and since Tenten "accidentally" stumbled upon some sake (the drinking age in Konoha is fifteen, which, rather conveniently, everyone was of age), everyone was nearly wasted and tired.
"Lettt'ss jusssssssssssst go to bedddd noww…ow…" Sakura slurred, her hangover already beginning.
"Now I know what Tsunade-sama goes through…" Tenten murmured.
"G'night…" the pink-haired ninja said as she drifted off into a bizarre dream…
DREAM SEQUENCE THINGY…
Sakura opened her eyes slowly. She was lying on the ground outside what appeared to be the Hokage's office.
"Huh? What am I doing here? And why does it feel as if I desire to do the kind of thing that Jiraiya writes about…No! UGH! What do I do? It's a stupid dream, but-" she was cut off as she saw Tenten, Temari, Ino, Hinata, Ayame, and Koneko skipping over to her. Ino grabbed Sakura's hand and playfully sang,
Out of your dreams and into his arms you long to fly
Hinata continued with another line…
You don't need Tsunade's smelling salts to tell you why…
Tenten twirled around the confused dreamer, adding,
Out of your dreams and into the hush of falling shadow…
Temari jumped in, her voice rich and full,
When the mist is low, and stars are breaking through…
Ayame joined, singing sweetly,
Then out of your dreams you'll go…
Finally, Koneko started,
Into a dream…
Come true…
Make up your mind, make up your mind, Laurey
Laurey dear!
"What the…my name's not Laurey…?" Sakura indignantly replied.
Make up your own, make up your own story
Laurey, dear!
Old Tazuna's daughter won't tell you
What to do
Ask your heart
Whatever it tells you will be true….
All the girls backed into the darkness, leaving Sakura alone.
Out of my dreams and into his arms I long to fly
I will come as evening comes to woo a waiting sky
Out of my dreams and into the hush of falling shadows
When the mist is low and stars are breaking through
Then out of my dreams I'll go
Into a dream…
With you…
A languor coming over her, Sakura approached the spot where she had once stood and laid there on the floor, beginning to dream another dream about Sasuke. But behind her, the strange shinobi crept up and laid her hand on Sakura's shoulder, smiling as she did. Awakened by the ninja's soft touch, Sakura looked up to see her bent down, extending her hand.
The two rose and pirouetted together, matching each other's movements perfectly. Sakura was swallowed by the darkness, and only "Dream Sakura" remained. Dream Sakura leapt into the air and the other girls ran out gracefully, copying Dream Sakura's steps. After a dramatic crescendo in the music, the girls disappeared, leaving the mystery shinobi alone (She's assuming Sakura's personality now, so what she's about to do doesn't ever happen). Dream Sakura catches sight of a barely smiling Sasuke and runs to greet him. But Sasuke too is swallowed by darkness, and in his place stands Rock Lee, assuming Nice Guy pose # 57. Frightened, Dream Sakura flees, dropping a small, circular object in the place where "real" Sakura had been laying.
The girls now enter, linking arms with the boys that they have a crush on: Ino lead the group with Shikamaru, followed by Hinata and Naruto, Tenten and Neji, Koneko and Kiba, Ayame and Gaara, and Temari and Shino.
"Why am I stuck with the bug freak?" whined Temari softly.
"'Cause the authoress said so. So shut up and dance," Shino hissed back.
The group whirled around in circles and began to waltz. Sasuke enters, looking very unhappy, with Yumi, one of the girls who had bullied Sakura as a child.
"Back off, loser," Sasuke spat, looking away from a lovestruck, triumphant Yumi. Unfortunately for him, she pulled him into the dance. After a few minutes of tangoing, the group ran off, including Yumi.
"Yes! I got rid of-" Sasuke began; Yumi ran back and put her hand in his firmly.
"…her…"
Meanwhile…
Ino and Shikamaru jump in; Ino steals Shikamaru's hitai-ate and waves it playfully in front of him. Shikamaru retaliates by swiping it back from her and retying it around his spiky, pineapple-esque hair, giving her a bored stare. However, he attempts to catch her by throwing his arms around her, but Ino ducks, laughing.
"Shikamaru, you can do better," smirks Ino satisfactorily.
"You'll see."
Grinning at one another, they link arms and leap around, stopping to hold each other in an embrace. But as they attempt to leave together, Choji steps out and grabs Ino by the arm. As they prepare to leave, a very, very angry looking Kankuro enters and chases Choji away. Shikamaru re-enters and takes the rather confused Ino by the arm and with a shrug, she follows him.
A little while later…
The whole group re-enters together, solemnly and quietly in two lines; the kunoichis to the right and the male ninja to the left. The group breaks into two separate lines and Ino and Shikamaru are revealed. Ino is wearing a bright red and gold kimono, which is a bridal gown. The two shinobi make their way to the front of the line and disappear as a crescendo plays.
Sasuke and a veiled Dream Sakura enter, holding each other's hands. As Dream Sakura turns to look upon her friends, Sasuke melts into the floor and is replaced by Rock Lee. Lee lifts Dream Sakura's veil and she is frightened by the Nice Guy pose # 80. Dream Sakura backs away slowly, and the nightmare begins.
As she runs, Dream Sakura grabs Tenten's shoulder, only to have her, Neji, and Gaara back away. She runs again to Ayame, Koneko and Kiba; they too back away, showing no compassion or even emotion. Collapsing to the ground as she tries to get help from Hinata, Naruto, and Temari and Shino, the small group leaves her standing alone, face to face with Lee. She tries to leave, but Lee stops her, blowing a kiss to her in the process.
Dream Sakura flees, running in a circle, where the real Haruno Sakura takes her place. Sakura stumbles to the ground and faints…
"Sakura…Sakura-chan, are you okay?" Tenten's voice awakened Sakura; her friend's voice is urgent and frightened.
"Huh? Tenten, what just happened? Why are you so scared?" Sakura asked, pulling herself of off the floor of her home.
"I had this awful, frightening dream, and all you guys were in it, and there was this weird Rain Ninja kunoichi who was me and…and…" Sakura trailed off.
"S-Sakura, what is it?" Hinata inquired nervously.
"There was this thing…a gem thing that the girl left behind. I don't know what it was."
Temari put her hand on Sakura's shoulder reassuringly.
"Don't worry, kid, it was a dream." The girls left her alone to go get changed for the morning.
Sakura got up, but noticed there was something shining on the ground where she had laid. She picked it up and held it in her hands, whispering,
"Yeah, but was it a dream?"
The pink-haired ninja ticked the gem carefully in her pocket and started for the bathroom. Still dazed, she promptly walked into a wall.
"SHANNARO! (In this case, it means, "damn.")
"I am never going to drink sake ever again."
Tsuki: Wow, that took a long time to type! Sorry about the weirdness of the chapter everybody.
Lee: Tsuki-san, that was really very good.
Tsuki: Thanks, Lee-san. I just hope the readers think that too.
Lee: If-
Tsuki: Lee, don't even think about it. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it!
