((One Wish
Chapter 5: The Play
"Dammit girl, you're killing me!" Shikamaru said as he reached in his pocket and got out more money. "Well . . . that's the last of it." He sighed as he shook his wallet.
"That's it???!!" Ino gasped, "you are poor!" she giggled. "Yeah, yeah . . . " he groaned.
Suddenly they saw a girl running toward them with bluish-blackish hair and large lavender eyes. She pushed through people and stopped in front of them gasping, "She . . . won't come . . . come out!" the girl choked.
"Whoa! Take a breather! Who won't come out?" Ino asked. "Ayame! She says she doesn't look good in her kimono! And she needs to get out or there will be no play!" Hinata said.
"Well . . . " Shikamaru asked. "Lets go!" Ino sighed as she started running toward the hospital.
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"I look horrible!" Ayame groaned on the other side of the door.
"No, you don't-and don't make me break the door down!" Tsunade threatened as she pounded her fist against her palm.
"...okay . . . I'm coming out . . . beware." They heard the lock click. "Come in." She said silently. Tsunade slid open the door.
"YOU ARE BE-YOO-TI-FUL!" Tsunade gasped. "Yeah, sure." Ayame crossed her arms. Her maroon kimono had a gold printed cherry blossom patterns, and the plain black obi had belts going around it. The kimono was loose around her neck and showed part of her shirt underneath. One of her sleeves was attached by strings.
"You have to remember that Shiro was a fighter, Huney." Tsunade said as she fixed Ayame's bottom part and made a larger slit. "Why can't I just wear a Chinese dress?" Ayame pouted and massaged her shoulder.
"There was no China to them back then." Tsunade said as she led Ayame out.
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"Wow, Ayame! You look great!" Naruto said, "Much better than mine." He said and pointed at his blue white striped kimono.
"I don't look that great. It would look better on someone else." Ayame looked at him doubtfully as people put globs of skin toner, lipstick and lipgloss, red and gold eyeshadow, mascara, and sparkles.
"Excuse me, ma'am? What would you like in your hair?" a woman asked as she showed her a butterfly clip, chopsticks, and skinny barrettes.
"Anything you want." Ayame answered, "Where's Sakura! And I have enough make-up on thank you! And how did I manage for the past three years?" Ayame put her fingers on her temples. The hair stylist pulled at her hair and made it really tight.
"I'll go find Sakura-chan!" Naruto said and ran off.
Naruto found Sakura, or the stage director, telling the staff where to put things. "Five minutes 'till show time people! Chop chop! I always wanted to say that . . . " she giggled.
"Um . . . Sakura-chan..."
"WHAT?!?!" she screamed, "oh, its you Naruto. I thought you were that kid that keeps asking me out every five seconds. Whaddya want?" she asked.
"Ayame-chan wants you, I wouldn't blame her. They're attacking her like wild animals." He said.
"WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" was heard from the dressing room.
Sakura rammed open the door, "whats goin on here?" she saw the hairstylist holding scissors and Ayame holding her long hair over her shoulder.
"Keep the evil scissors away from my precious hair!" Ayame squeaked.
"I-I was only going to trim it! Nothing more! I-I swear!" the poor woman waved her hands.
"Just don't trim her hair, leave it be." Sakura sweat dropped. "O-okay." The woman put the scissors down but Ayame cursed them and flung it out the window hitting a poor man in the head.
"Okay, Ayame-san! Let's just do something with your hair." Sakura brushed Ayame's bangs back and put the skinny barrettes to keep them back and winded up her hair and put the chopsticks in.
"Okay! Let's go now! The show is going to start in one minute!" Sakura pushed her out the door and onto the stage. "Get into positions now!" She whispered as the announcer announced and the audience clapped. The curtain opened and the spotlight was on Ayame.
The play lasted for about an hour and a half. It was about a warrior princess called Shiro who falls in love with the enemy's son. Of course, no one allowed it and the princess was forced to fight her lover. Her lover named Maku, doesn't have the will to strike her. When Shiro wouldn't kill him, her father did it for her. After a week of confinement, Shiro first killed her father and then took her own life by stabbing herself in the heart or "where it hurts."
"Even though Shiro was a strong woman, she wasn't strong enough to break the ties that kept her and Maku together. For love is the true killer." The narrator ended. The audience clapped and cheered as the actors bowed. The actors exited the stage except Ayame. A mic. was held in her hand:
"Angels and demons were circling above me
Cutting thorns and Milky Way
Don't know happiness from
Who knew it but couldn't give it
Watch in awe
Watch in awe
Aeria gloris
Aeria gloris
Watch in awe
Watch in awe
Aeria gloris
Aeria gloris
I am calling, calling now
Spirits rise and falling
To stay with you longer
Calling, calling in the depth of longing
To stay with you longer
Watch in awe
Watch in awe
Aeria gloris
Aeria gloris
A man with crimson eyes stared at Ayame and was impressed how much she could sound like Yoko Kanno.
Stand alone . . . Where was life when it had a meaning . . .
Stand alone . . . Nothing's real anymore and . . .
Neverendless run
While I'm alive, I can try to fall in flight
Not to forget how to dream... to love
Neverendless run
Calling, calling, for the place of knowing
There's more than what can be linked
Calling, calling now, never will I look away
For what life has left for me
He needed to know her...
Yearning, yearning, for what's left of loving
To stay with you longer
Calling, calling now, spirits rise and falling
S oboi ostat'sya dol'she
Calling, calling, in the depth of longing
Soboj ostat'sya dol'she . . .
Even though she was his victim...
Nalybuites' nalyubuites
Aeria gloris, Aeria gloris
Nalybuites' nalyubuites
Aeria gloris, Aeria gloris"
The man stood from his seat and kept his head low from underneath his head, a voice came from behind him:
"Where the hell are you going Itachi?" Kisame said through the cheering crowd. "I'm gonna do the job..."
"Oh...don't be to long." Kisame grumbled.
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"Awwww! Are you going so soon? But the festival just started!" Ino pouted, she clung to Ayame's arm.
"But I'm tired Ino-chan. Doing all that acting me harder than it looks." Ayame said. "Do you want me to walk you home?" Neji asked.
Ayame shook her head.
"No thank you, Neji-kun. I'm a big girl now, and I can handle myself." She waved goodbye and headed toward the entrance to the park.
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"Wow, it's so quiet when no body's around." Ayame thought as she walked up an empty street. A dog's bark made her turn around. "It's okay Ayame . . . just a dog barking at a squirrel. That's all."
Well, she hopes.
Ayame felt as something wasn't right, as if someone was watching her. "Maybe I should've let Neji walk me home." A can rocked back and forth. She quickly turned onto her street and fled into the hallway of her building. She ran up the stairs and scrambled with her keys. She stuck them in the door and opened it and slammed it. She leaned against the door and sighed. She jumped when her cell phone rang. She went through her purse and looked at the caller ID. It was Neji.
"Hey, Neji." She said calmly.
"Just checking on you. Are you okay? You sound a bit shaken up." He asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Just not used to being so quiet. Um, I was wondering . . . "
"Yeah?"
"Can you come over for a little bit? Feel as though something's not right."
"Okay. I'll be over in a little bit."
"Bye Neji. See you in a little bit."
"Bye."
Neji hung up first. She flipped her pink square phone closed. And took a deep breath. She stood up, locked the door and turned on her lamp and sat on her bed looking out her window. She sat there and looked at the full moon. She got up and went to the bathroom where she washed off her face and hands. As she was drying of her face, she thought she heard a click.
"Neji? Is that you?" she said. She leaned back a little bit. She was heading toward the doorway when Neji popped up and scared her.
"Oh! Thank goodness it's you!" she put her hand against her chest and laughed.
"Well, I've would've knocked . . . but you must've been really scared enough to leave your keys in the lock." He threw them at her.
"Oh. I thought I was missing something . . . would you like some tea?" she asked.
"Sure."
Ayame filled a kettle and put it on the stove. "Sorry it's such a mess." She said as she quickly picked up a thong and threw it in the hamper when he wasn't looking.
"Nah. Its okay. Sometimes my room gets like this too."
"You? Messy? Well I never!" she giggled. The kettle whistled and she quickly picked it up and laid it on an oven mitt.
"So you said something about not being right?" Neji asked.
"Oh. That. Well it felt kinda creepy ya know . . . and I felt as though someone was watching me . . . " she said and poured a steamy cup for Neji.
"It gets like that when you're all alone . . . and no ones there to help you . . . " Neji smiled behind her back.
"Neji? Are you feeling okay?" she gave him the cup. But instead of taking the cup, he grabbed her wrist and twisted it around her back, "WAH!" she cried in pain, "Neji! W-what are you doing! It hurts!"
"It's not Neji . . . " a majestic seductive voice whispered in her ear. "Lemme go!" she squirmed around in his firm grip.
"If you keep struggling like that, it will just hurt more." His voice was a little louder, but kept its calmness.
"LET ME GO!" she cried as she twisted back around making a spine-chilling sound of twisted bone. Ayame fell to her knees and held her broken arm. She looked up at the man. He had dark locks and crimson eyes. He wore a long black robe with red clouds on it.
"Itachi!" she said through her clenched teeth. She threw a knife at him that she always kept underneath her dresser. Itachi, blocked it and smashed her window. A gust of a warm spring breeze made his hair shift. The moonlight flooded the whole room and lighted their pale faces.
"H-how can he be this beautiful . . . ?" Ayame thought as Itachi kneeled down and grabbed her chin firmly. He seemed to study her face. Seeing her every defaults and beauty. He especially looked in her eyes, but every time he did, she would shut her eyes and try to free her chin.
Itachi finally spoke, "I'll let you live. But if I give you something, you must give me something." She didn't like the sound of his voice.
"Stay away from me!" she screamed. "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME. OR I WILL KILL YOU! NO! NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!" she screamed more as he touched underneath her shirt. And ripped it off her. He then took out his kunai and sliced around her belly and arms.
"Get away from me! Please! Don't touch me . . . " she sobbed. She felt weak and but yet satisfied at what he was doing to her. He made his way down to her pants and unbuttoned them. He slid them down and cut her thighs and the back of her shins. Her blood flowed through the cracks in the floor. Itachi moved her to the bed and sat on her.
"Noooooo!" she screamed, "get off me!" he grabbed her shoulders and brought her face to his. "But you're so beautiful . . . "
"No . . . "
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"She won't answer. I'll see if she's all right." Neji said (yes the real Neji!). "Do you want me to come?" Kiba asked.
"No. Just stay here and enjoy yourself." Neji said and walked toward the park gate.
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"Ayame's right. It is a bit creepy." Neji said to himself. He heard a scream coming from an open window. Ayame's window.
"Ayame!" Neji climbed the wall and into the window sill. A dark shadow slipped its way toward the door. Neji disappeared from the sill and then front of the door.
"You're not going any where." But the dark figure bitch slapped him and Neji tumbled to side, and watched with disappointed, the suspect leaving.
Au: I know the last part of it was kinda perverty...but my friend told me to do it...she said it will add some 'spazz' to it. Well I hoped you like this chappie.