Chapter 27

Teh Play

In the dark theater, the voice of Neji narrating the play was heard.

"Our story begins on a far off land called Alexandria, which was divided into 3 separate kingdoms"

As Neji said this, the curtains were pulled back to reveal a bed sheet with a crappily drawn continent on it. The continent was labeled ALEXANDRIA in big, goofy red letters, and was divided into 3 lands.

"In the North west, lies the good kingdom of Spira, led by the hero known as the Scarlet warrior"

"to the North east, lies the land of Midgar, a nation of evil, led by the assassin group known as the turks"

"and in the south, lies the kingdom of Ivalice, led by the hero T.G Cid"

"trouble was brewing in our fair land of Alexandria, and it all involves a tale of pride, Wrath, Lust, and those other Fullmetal alchemist characters, and Oww!"

Kakashi had hit Neji on the back of his head

"read the damn script" Kakashi whispered dangerously into Neji's ear

Neji grumbled, then went back to the play.

"ow, okay sorry, I'll stick with the script" Neji Mumbled, rubbing his head "for in this land, a war would break out, a war of a terrible size, but like all the fires of war, heroes rise from the ashes, and inspire hope to all"

Suddenly, the stage lights came on and the curtains opened, and revealed the first scene.

(Act I, scene I)

The stage was set in a corny looking version of the city of Bevelle. The buildings were made of a cheap wood, and the bushes were made from kibas puffy coat. In the center of the stage, was FF X's dumbass hero.

Tidus Naruto was standing around doing a soliloquy.

"Oh, dattebayo, I love her, I truly truly do, but shes a summoner, can it work out?"

"how the hell would we know?" said a bothersome voice from offstage

Red XIII Kiba and Zell Shika walked onstage from the side. Kiba was painted red and walking on all fours, and doing a good job at his role.

"what? I thought you couldn't hear me, dattebayo"

"we could" said Zell Shika "anyway, why the heck are we standing around?"

"were waiting for the lady summoner, meow" said Kiba

"yeah, Dattebayo" said Naruto "I think I hear her coming now"

Suddenly, something burst from the side of the stage. It was Kankuro, with a fake slash scar across his face done with purple make up.

"prepare to die chicken wuss" he said lungeing towards Shika

Shika tripped him and knocked him to the ground. He leaned towards his ear and gave an angry whisper

"dumbass, your not supposed to appear yet! Your in the next scene!"

"I am?"

Kankuro pulled out the script and double checked, to his horror, Chicken wuss was right.

"Oh Shit! I gotta go!" Kankuro said

Kankuro shot up and ran out as fast as he could. As he did, he dropped some dolls he had hidden in his coat. The whole audience started to burst with laughter from Kankuros stupidity.

The nins onstage stood around for a bit, wondering what to do.

"uh, guys, isn't Hinata supposed to come out?" mumbled Kiba to Shika

"yeah, I think so" Shikamaru whispered back "she probably has staged fright"

"nah, she doesn't" mumbled Naruto confidently "she'll be out any second now, dattebayo"

It went on for 3 minutes.

"what the hell is keeping Hinata?" muttered Shika to Naruto

"I don't dattebayo know, she should be out here, what could she be doing?"

(Backstage)

Behind the curtain, right outside the audiences view, Hinata was standing in her costume, struck with the worse case of stage fright you ever saw (Shika was right). Hinata was shaking something terrible and was sweating like crazy.

"c-c-c-calm down" she said to herself, barely able to talk right "y-y-you can do i-i-t. you were at the p-p-p-party, and you-u were no-t-t-iced"

Hinatas go-to girl was right there next to her to comfort her.

"Cheer up girlfriend" Tenten said with a grin "you'll be great! You're a really talented girl, you know that"

"y-y-you really t-t-t-think so?" said Hinata, looking at Tenten and brightening up a bit"

"You bet! Sure there's a ton of people out there, and you have one of the most important parts in the play, and if you do bad, it will make us all look bad, and if you screw up, everyone in town will know and laugh at you, not to mention that you'd look like a complete ditz in front of the guy you like, but hey, you can do it!"

Okay, maybe comfort isn't the right word.

Hinata squeaked and almost past out. She tried to escape but was stopped by Haku (who was dressed in Paines black leather outfit).

"girl, you need to listen to me" said Haku, who was talking and applying lipstick a the same time "you can do this, nevermind what Tenten said"

"but I cant" Hinata stammered, turning red "I'm not cut out for this, I'm just a shy, ugly girl"

"Hinata, your being silly, have you even thought about why you got the role of yuna?"

"uuuh, no, I never gave it much thought, I was too nervous to"

"In Final Fantasy X, Yuna was a summoner, she was a girl just like you, she had the pressure to save the world, and bring peace, even at the cost of her life. She was shy, unsure, and hard on herself. But through thick and thin, betrayal, evil, and despair, she braved them all, and saved Spira from Sin. You wanna know how she was able to do it?"

"How?" asked Hinata, brightening up to the heroic epic

"She had friends, friends who were her guardians, who stuck with her to the end, everyone here cares about you, you know that. As long as you remember this, you can do anything"

Hinata brightened up, Hakus little pep talk was working!

"And a little something you can look forward to, you see onstage" Haku said, pointing to Naruto Tidus, standing onstage, waiting for Hinata "He will stand by you, no matter what"

"you-u-u really t-t-t-hink so?" she said

"I know so, now get out there, do the best performance you can do, and get that hot blonde guy to kiss you!"

Hinata had a new look of determination in her eyes. She fixed up her costume, and walked onstage to give the performance of her life.

"Wow" said Tenten, watching Hinata from backstage "shes doing great, you did a great job Haku, and I never knew you played Final Fantasy"

Haku was putting make up on, and didn't bother to look up "I didn't, Every game has the exact same plot, so it wasn't hard to guess what to say"

"oh"

"yeah, it's a pretty basic formula for video games, the whole 'save the world' thing" Said Haku, unfazed

"well, I only play games rated adults only, so I wouldn't know. Any, do you think your pep talk will work?"

"not a clue, but I don't want her to ruin the play, its not every day I get a chance to dress up as a girl onstage, ohh, this is so exciting, I'm going to be just like angel from RENT, maybe I'll do a improv strip dance…."

Haku walked off to get his Ear rings, leaving Tenten alone, thinking that Haku was the greatest boy ever.

The play winds to its finale in the next chapter, which involves drama, romance, angst, and alot of people getting hurt. The best way for me to describe it is, let the good times roll!

Oh, and in future chapters, Akasuki returns, my favorite member of it plays a pretty big role.

Hmmm, i'm running out of things to type right here, gotta think of something, dang, what would Naruto do...

INTRODUCING, THE "DON'T BELIEVE", STORY FILLER ARC

Yup, look forward to the next 20 chapters being unfulling, time wasting crap (wait, what was it before that...)

Until next time, Believe it!

Kupo!