Bringing Together The Two Main Casts
Chapter 4:Play
One week has passed and it's time for the Cultural festival.Everybody was getting ready.It was almost time for the play.Students and teachers were taking their seats.Meanwhile,at the back of the stage...
Back stage...
Mikan was looking at the large crowd.She was really nervous since she was the leading girl.She practiced really hard.She sighed at herself.
"I hope I won't do any mistakes.."she said.Her friends called her.
"Mikan,Mr.Narumi wants to tell us something."Anna said.Mikan nodded "Be right there"she walked towards her friends and listened to Mr.Narumi.
"Guys,I want you to meet Hikari Fukazawa"
"Hi,nice to meet you all"A girl with golden orange hair and yellow eyes said."My alice is the smiling pheremone" (Is there such an alice like smiling pheremone?)
"What kind of alice is that?"Nonoko asked.
"It's an alice that if you smile at someone they will like you,be friends with you,adore you and many more.It's like a pheremone alice.But you must smile to attract other people"Mr.Narumi said.The students ooh-ed and aah-ed except for four students of course.
"Anyway,know more about her after the play.It's almost time.Good luck"Mr.Narumi smiled at his students."'Kay!"the students nodded.
The emcee introduced the play and walked aside for the play was about to start.
Play - High School Musical
Narrator:It was a magical New Year's Eve at a vacation resort in the mountains.Gleaming white snow covered the ground,stars sparkled in the crisp clean air and everyone was beggining to get in the party mood.
Everyone,that is,except for Troy Bolton and his father,Jack,who were still on the basket ball court,playing one-on-one.They were covered with sweat,but they were having too much fun to stop.
Troy had the ball,and he was doing a good job of getting around his dad.After all,Troy was on the high school basketball team.Not only that,he was the team captain.He had the smooth moves and action of a real star.
But Jack was more than Troy's dad.Jack was also the basketball team's coach.So Mr.Bolton gave his son advice as they played.
Mochou: Keep working left,Troy.The guy guarding you in the championship won't expect that.You'll torch him.
Natsume: (Nods,breathing hard) By going left-
Mochou: He'll look middle,you take it downtown
Natsume: (Nods again) Like this?
Narrator:He spun fast his father,jumped and sunk a reverse layup.The ball whistled cleanly through the basket.
Mochou: (Grins) Sweet
Natsume: (Grins back)
Narrator:Nothing felt better than playing basketball when you were in the groove.
They could have played all night,but Troy's mom walked into the gym.She was wearing a sequined party dress and clearly had things other than B-ball on her mind.
Nonoko: Boys?Hello? (Gets their attention)
Nonoko: Did we really fly all this way to play more basketball?
Natsume and Mochou: (Glances at each other slyly)
Narrator:They knew she didn't really want an answer to that question,but they gave her one anyway.
Natsume and Mochou: (Shrugs) Yeah
Nonoko: (Sighs an exasperated sigh) It's the last night of vacation.The party...?Remember?
Narrator:Actually,they both totally forgotten about the big New Year's Eve party that the resort was holding,but they knew it wasn't wise to admit that.
Mochou: Oh,right,right.New Year's Eve.Do we have to wear funny hats?
Nonoko: Absolutely.And we're due in half an hour.Troy,they have a kids' party downstairs at the Freestyle Club
Natsume: Kids' party?
Nonoko: Young adults.Now go shower up.
Narrator:With heavy sighs,Troy and his father did as she said.
As Troy took one last glance at the Basketball court.He thought,'The championship game is about in a couple of weeks!I should be practicing,not going to some stupid "kids' party"! Besides,how much fun could hanging out with a bunch of kids possibly be...'
Meanwhile,in another part of the lodge,another mother was about to tear away her daughter away from a different fascinating activity.
Gabriella Montez was comfortably curled up in an overstuffed chair in the sitting area.She was enjoying the peace and quiet-everyone else was already at the party-and had totally lost herself in a book called 'If You Only Knew Me'.It was the best book she had read since,well,since the last book she checked out of the library,and she couldn't wait to get to the end.
However,she didn't even get to the next page.
Anna: (Lifts the book Mikan's holding)
Mikan: (Looks up.Sees Anna standing over her)
Anna: Gabby,it's New Year's Eve.Enough reading.
Mikan: But,mom,I'm almost done and-
Anna: (Shooks head) There's a teen party.I've laid out your best clothes.Go.
Mikan: (Eyes Anna's sparkly dress and sighs)
Narator:She knew when she was defeated.
Mikan: (Nods) Can I have my book back?
Anna: (Gives the book back)
Mikan: (Head towards her room to change)
Narrator:As soon as she was out of her mom's sight,however,she opened the book and began reading as she walked.
She might have to go to some stupid teen party,she thought,but she didn't want to turn off her brain until the very last minute.
A short time later,Troy and Gabriella were in the teen club,feeling out of place.It was packed with kids wearing goofy party hats,blowing on noise makers and laughing.'Everyone else seems to be having fun'Troy thought glumly.He had showered and dressed in nice pants and pressed shirt,but he just wished he was back on the basketball court.
In another part of the room,Gabriella sat by herself,wearing the clothes her mom laid out.'I could be back in my room,reading'Gabriella thought wistfully.'I was just getting to the good part too'
Neither one of them was having any fun at all.Most of the kids in the room were watching a karaoke contest that was in full swing on a raised stage.As two teen agers finished their song,the emcee called out cheerfully.
Koko: How about that for a couple of snowborders?!
Audience: (Applauds)
Koko: (Looks around the room)
Narrator:Spotlights swirled over the crowd and the music played even louder to get the partygoers' adrenaline pumping.
Koko: All right.Let's see who's gonna rock the house next...
Narrator:That was the cue.The music stopped.The tow spotlights picked out the next karaoke "voluteers"
One spotlight was on Troy.
The other one was on Gabriella.
Natsume and Mikan: (Looked startled even a little scary.Shooks head)
Narrator:It was no use shooking their heads.The emcee jupmed into the crowd and pulled them up onto the stage.
Troy and Gabriella were mortified.Somehow-they weren't quite sure hoq it happened-microphones were put in their hands.There they were,stuck.Onstage.The center of attention.And no way to escape.
The crowd who were watching the play didn't move an inch.They were too engrossed at watching.Some were shocked to see Natsume,the black cat and the genius of the whole elementary branch,the most terrified student of all the branches and the most handsome,popular heartthrob of the whole academy acting!The Natsume-Ruka fangirls were furious to see Mikan as the partner of Natsume in the play.But some didn't mind.They just watched the whole play.
Narrator:Before either of them could actually faint or throw up from fear,the music started.
'Well,here goes'Troy thought with resignation 'Might as well make the best of it...'.He started singing,softly and carefully.He could barely get the words out.It was all he could do to read the lyrics on the screen of the karaoke machine and try to stay in tune.
Natsume: Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take the chance
Narrator: No one seemed to be paying much attention to them,that was a good thing,Gabriella thought.And,after all,if this boy was trying to risk public humiliation,she might as well be a good sport and try to sing too.She opened her mouth and began singing.Although her voice was above whisper,it was sweet and pure.
Mikan: I never beleived in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart
Natsume: Ohhhh
Mikan: To all the possibilities,ooh
Now,everyone's jaws dropped to the floor.Excpet for the other casts of course.The audience was really REALLY shocked to hear Natsume sing.It was their first time.Even Ruka didn't hear him sing before.Especially,he didn't hear Natsume sing THAT passionately before.Even if this was only a play,he sang it like he meant it. (if the song was meant for her or not...)
Both: I know...
Mikan: That something has changed
Both: Never felt this way
Mikan: And right here tonight
Both: this could be the start of something new
Mikan: It feels so right
Both: to be here with you...oh
And now,lookin' in your eyes
Mikan: I feel in my heart
Natsume: feel in my heart
Both: the start of something new
Natsume: Ohhhh,yeah
Natsume: Now who'd ever thought that...um
Both: We'd both be here tonight...yeah
Mikan: Oh yeah,the world looks so much brighter
Natsume: brighter,brighter
Mikan: Oh,with you by my side
Natsume: By my side
Both: I know,that something has changed
Never felt this way
Mikan: I know it's for real
Both: This could be the start of something new
It feels so right to be here with you...oh
And now...looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
Natsume: I never knew that it could happen
till it happened to me
Ohhhhh,yeah
Both: I didn't know it before
Mikan: But now,it's easy to see
Both: Ohhhhhh
Both: It's the start of somethin' new
it feels so right to be here with you...oh
And now...looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new
It feels so right
Natsume: So right...oh
Mikan: To be here with you...oh
Both: And now...
Mikan: Lookin' in your eyes
Natsume: Lookin' in your eyes
Mikan: I feel in my heart
Natsume: feel in my heart
Mikan: The start of somethin' new
Natsume: The start of somethin' new
Mikan: Start of somethin' new
Natsume: Somethin' new
Narrator:When the song was over,the crowd applauded and cheered.
Natsume and Mikan: (Smiled,breathless and a little stunned)
Natsume: (Leans over a little) I'm Troy
Mikan: (Nods) Gabriella
The people watching the play was really dumbfounded.They never saw him smile before!It was a really big news for all the academy.The Natsume-Ruka fangirls were giggling and squeeling because they saw Natsume a.k.a their crush,smiled.
Narrator:Neither of them could stop smiling.Both of them felt an excited,fizzy feeling inside,as if the world had just become a lot more fun.
They were still giddy from the excitement of their impromptu performance,so they went for a walk outside in the cold sparkling air.
Natsume: You have an amazing voice.You're a singer,right?
Mikan: (Shrugs) Just the church choir is all.I tried a solo and nearly fainted
Natsume: Really?Why's that?
Mikan: (Shooks head) I took one look at all the people staring at me and the next thing I knew,I was staring at the ceiling.End of solo career.
Natsume: The way you sang just now,that's hard to beleive
Mikan: This is the first time i've done something like this
Natsume: Completely
Mikan: You sound like you've done a lot of singing too
Natsume: Oh,sure,lots.My showerhead is very impressed with me
Mikan: (giggles)
Narrator:At that very moment,everyone around them started chanting in unison.
Crowd: Ten!,Nine!,Eight!...
Natsume and Mikan: (Glances at each other then quickly looks away)
Crowd: Six!,Five!,Four!...
Narrator:'This was a magical night' Gabriella thought,wishing it would last a little longer.'I can't beleive I didn't want to come to this party!' Troy thought 'This was awsome!'
Crowd: Three!,Two!One!
Narrator:Everyone began to cheer and blowing on noisemakers.Fire works burst in the sky in showers of red,gold and blue.Everyone was celebrating-but Troy and Gabriella were suddenly feeling awkward.
'People should kiss each other on New Year's Eve' Troy thought.'Should I-?'
'It's a tradition to kiss when the clock strikes midnight'Gabriella thought.'Will he-?'
At that,the fangirls were in range.They've gone mad at what the narrator said.Remembering those lines and the scene makes them want to kill evryone in the world,except for Ruka and Natsume of course.
FAST FORWARD! (A/N: I AM TOO TIRED TO TYPE AND THIS IS THE ONLY CHANCE I GOT!)
Narrator:Natsume and Mikan ran in the theater stage...
Natsume: Wait Ms.Darbus,wait!
Sumire's friend: (Turns around)
Natsume: We're ready we can sing..
Sumore's friend: I called your names twice
Mikan: Please Ms.Darbus,please!
Sumire's friend: Rules are rules!
Narrator:There was something different,students were filling the theater hall led by Chad and Taylor (Ruka and Hotaru)
Sumire's friend: (Shooks head) I don't know what's going on here but in any event its far too late and we don't have a pianist
Seiji and Sumire: (Smiles,releived)
Seiji: (Looks at Natsume..tries to hide his blush then shrugs) Oh well,that's showbiz
Natsume: We'll sing without music
Serenity: Oh no you won't.Pianist here Ms.Darbus
Sumire: (Gives Serenity a warning glance) You really don't want to do that
Serenity: Oh yes,I really do (Opens piano) ready onstage!
Sumire's friend: (eyes widen with delight) Now that's showbiz
Natsume and Mikan: (Picks up their mocrophone and turns to face the audience)
Serenity: (Hits a piano key,waiting for Natsume and Mikan to nod but none came)
Mikan: (Stands still)
Seerenity: (Starts to play again then looks at Natsume with a what-should-I-do look)
Natsume: (Nods)
Serenity: (Plays the piano again)
Natsume: We're soarin',flyin'
There's not a star in heaven we can't reach
Mikan: I can't do it Troy.Not with all these people staring at me
Natsume: Hey hey,look at me.Right at me.Like the first time we sang together.Mhm,like kindergarten (Signal Seerenity to play the piano again)
Serenity: (Plays the piano again)
Mikan: If we're tryin
So we're breakin' free
Natsume: You know the world can see us
In the way that's different than who we are
Mikan: Creating space between us
'Till we're seperate hearts
Both: But your faith,it gives me strength
Strength to beleive...
Natsume: (Sings more louder and more passionately) We're breakin' free
Mikan: We're soarin'
Natsume: Flyin'
Both: There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach
Natsume: If we're tryin'
Both: Yeah,we're breakin' free
The audience's jaws dropped they were surprised and at the same time happy.Mikan's friends in high school were whistling and cheering on them.
"Woohoo!Mikan!!You're great!"Tsuki said,shouting more likely.
"Yeah!You two are a perfect match!!"Ayu and Hannah said at unison.Natsume glared at them.They just continued to smile because they want to laugh.
"Yeah!That's our Mikan!!"Tsubasa said.
Natsume glared at him more 'Or you mean your Mikan.You're just trying to get her attention!Shut up!'he thought.
"I didn't know that Hyuuga could sing that good.Even Mikan.And I never thought that Serenity could play piano.Did you guys knew?"Kevin asked.Tsuki,Ayu and Hannah nodded.
Natsume: Oh,we're breakin' free
Mikan: Ohhhh
Natsume: (Does Michael Jackosn's walk) Can you feel the building
Like the wave the ocean just can't control (points at Mikan)
Mikan: Connected by a feelin'
Ohh,in our very souls
Both: Rising 'till it lifts us up
so everyone could see...
Natsume: We're breaking free
Mikan: We're soarin'
Natsume: Flyin'
Both: There's not a star in heaven
That we can't reach
Natsume: If we're tryin'
Both: Yeah,breakin' free
Natsume: Oh,we're breakin' free
Mikan: Ohhhh,runnin'
Natsume: Climbin'
To get to that place
Both: To be all that we can be
Natsume: Now's the time
Both: So we're breakin' free
Mikan: Ohhhh,yeah
Natsume: More than hope
More than faith
Mikan: This is truth
This is fate
And together
Both: We see it comin'
Natsume: More than you
More than me
Mikan: Not a want,but a need
Both: Both of us breaking free
Mikan: Soarin'
Natsume: Flyin'
Narrator:Everyone was clapping with the beat of the music.They were dancing with them.Troy and Gabriella were so full of energy that they don't want to stop.
Both: There's not a star in heaven
that we can't reach
If we're tryin'
Natsume: Yeah, we're breaking free
Mikan: Breaking free
We're runnin'
Natsume: Ohhhh,climbin'
Both: To get to the place
To be all that we can be
Now's the time
Natsume: Now's the time,yeah
Mikan: So we're breakin' free
Natsume: Oh,we're breaking free
Mikan: Ohhhh
Both: You know the world can see us
In the way that's different than who we are
FAST FORWARD
END OF THE PLAY! (a/n: I'm too lazy to type...my hands are getting numb so excuse me for all the cuts I made)
The audience applauded.The Natsume-Ruka fangirls were giggling at how Natsume and Ruka were cute at the play but they were a little bit annoyed at Mikan and Hotaru.All the casts came out.Natsume,Mikan,Hotaru,Ruka,Sumire and Seiji were infront and together in unison,they bowed.After that,they went down and went to their friends.They celebrated at the succes of the play.
"Hey Tsuki,Marjie,Hannah,Ayu"Serenity called.
"What is it Serenity?"Marjie asked.
"Do you guys still memorize this song?"Serenity whispered something to them.
"Yeah,why?"Hannah asked.
'Because we'll dedicate this to someone..."Serenity smiled.
"Ok..."
"When will we sing that?"Ayu asked.
"We'll sing it at the end of the Cultural festival and we have to wear clothes that are boyish like that"she said.
"Oh,okay guess this will be really fun!"Tsuki said.
"Yeah!"Serenity and the others agreed.
END OF CHAPTER
Hope you guys like this one.I am really sorry for the late update and the high school musical play cuts.PLZ FORGIVE ME.plz review.
