Chapter 8: The Performance Day
(Cast and Crew POV)
It was finally the day of the show. Ino and Shikamaru went out on a few dates, and so did Sakura and Sasuke. (Obviously in secret.) Sakura told Ino in spite one day, but since it was right after she told Sakura about her and Shikamaru she didn't complain much. However, Tamari seemed to be a bit jealous of Shikamaru and Ino because she figured it out. But she would never show it because that was just how Tamari was. She loved the fact that her character was a bit of a pervert toward Anthony though.
Gaara and Konkuro figured it out, but they were too annoyed at her to even talk or think about it.
Naruto wasn't too thrilled about the whole deal about him being the villain, but he dealt with it pretty well. Hinata wasn't a main character, but she supported him all the way. Konahamaro was ecstatic that he had a huge part. Kiba was excited because he was able to do a totally different accent, but was mad at the fact that Sasuke had to kill him. Shino wasn't thrilled that he had to play one of the villains, but he acted without complaint so that he could help the mission. (He also liked the name.)
Sasuke never told Sakura why he finally told her how he felt about her. The real reason is because he knew that the play's characters were rubbing off on the actors for some reason, and didn't want to become totally like Sweeny. He wanted something to remind him of who he was, and his other goal to restore his clan after he killed his brother.
He thought that after he trained more with Kakashi while also practicing his lines and songs, that he would able to take down Itachi after the play was over.
Shikamaru changed a lot. You see, instead of being his usual lazy self, his character rubbed off, and he was practically running and skipping around everywhere. If you were to meet him you wouldn't think it was really him. Sasuke had practiced a lot with Shikamaru since he was in most of the scenes together. Shikamaru knew about him and Sakura because of this as well, but obviously they kept both of the relationships secret.
They were finally getting ready for the play. The night before they had a technical and dress rehearsal. Everything went smoothly. After the rehearsal, Sasuke and Sakura along with Ino and Shikamaru went on a secret double-date, which ended with a make-out session to the delight of Ino and Sakura.
At the hotel they were to stay at Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Naruto had their own room. Ino, Sakura, and Tamari had the same room too. This was because they were the main characters in the group. In the other rooms were Kiba, Shino, Gaara, Konahamaro; Hinata, Tenten; and Rock Lee, Choji, and Konkuro.
Because of what happened at the Chunin exams Kiba, Shino, and Konahamaro were cautious, but after a while they knew he was not going to kill them. Akamaru was with Kiba of course, but Kakashi figured out how to make him have a role so he would not be left out. He would stay with Kiba and growl at the crowd who don't like Pirelli. And he would howl when he was killed by Todd.
The day of the show was hectic. All the Jounin and Chunin assigned to this mission found out that there was also another play going on. So they split up and became body guards for that as well. Kakashi elected not to tell them about this other play, because they did not want to give annoyance to Sasuke and all the others who did not want to do this mission. They were all so good, and he did not want to distract them.
It was now two hours until the curtain opened. Everyone was getting their make-up and costumes on.
(For the sake of all of you readers, I will describe what they wear by telling you what they wore according to either the original play, or from the movie.)
Sasuke was given little streaks of white hair to make him look older, and wore a costume that is much like Johnny Depp's in the movie-version because it had long white loose sleeves (ironic since he gets a shirt much like that in two years from now...) and a vest. After Pirelli is killed the fake blood would get on the sleeve, so he has to put on a brown leather jacket. However Sakura's outfit is much like the stage version's as she has an old-fashioned dress with an apron.
Naruto had his hair temporarily whitened, and had a fake white beard. He just wore very a neat uptight old-fashioned suit. Shikamaru had a sailor's outfit (Duh, he's a sailor) and his hair was let down and curled a little. (Yea, weird.) Kiba wore an Italian-style suit, and had his hair slicked back. Shino had a suit as well and had his hair slicked back. (And you could see his face which was weird for him.)
Ino wore a very pretty yellow dress, and had her hair crimped and down, which was obviously rare for her. Tamari also had her hair down and curled, but also had a grey wig on top of her hair, along with very old-looking raggedy clothes. Konahamaro had a simple suit, and his hair was just loose.
The others also wore suits, and if they usually had their hair up, they had it down. (In Tenten's case, Neji was very attracted to Tenten now.)
Most of them were very nervous, but that nervousness got even worse when some of them decided to look behind the curtain to find a HUGE crowd. It turned out that this performance was sold out, so they HAD to do well. This was very nerve-raking. Naruto ate about ten bowls of Ramen before he was able to calm down. Sasuke simply sat down and went over his lines in his head.
He never wanted to do this thing, but he was a perfectionist so he had to do everything right. Sakura and Ino talked their butterflies out with gossip of how the night before was so wonderful in hushed voices causing Tamari to get annoyed since she was eavesdropping.
(Akatsuki POV)
Deidara, Sasori, Kisame, Tobi, and Itachi hustled in the crowded auditorium. They had a spot in the middle on the ground level. Itachi's seat was right next to the aisle. He noticed that most of the ushers and security guards were none other than Shinobe from Konoha. He tried not to make himself known to them. He didn't want to bother them. Tobi sat next to him to his dismay and asked for many things such as pop corn, cotton candy, and other things a little kid would want. (Itachi glared at him because he knew he wouldn't act like that if everyone knew who he was.)
Itachi was smiling. He liked the idea of seeing his little brother in a play but acted as if he just wanted to see him sing. He loved his little brother after all.
(Orocimaru POV)
Despite the fact that his arms were useless, he enjoyed being able to see Sasuke in a play. He was hoping that he could try and make a break for it, but then again there was a lot of Jounin around. There was also Tsunade and Jiraya there as well in the front row. He didn't want to suffer another embarrassing defeat by them.
Kabuto seemed a bit jealous, but he was interested in how they pulled this production off. None of them had acting experience.
(end chapter)