3 WEEKS! AAAH!
Don't be mad! Here are the reasons
I know I'm a couple days late but MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I REALLY wanted this chapter to be great
My laptop had a virus so I hate to get it fixed which took 5 DAYS XO
Anyways, so heres the thing, some people got the right answer right, which was micheal Jackson , BUT those people didn't have private messeging! So I couldn't talk to you about your OC's! so next time make sure you can use P.V so I can talk to you
So I used a different oc, which made me had to change the plot a little, some of you who read my last konoha high story might remember her, she was before megami
Here goes nothin'!
1. a year without rain by selena gomez
2. countdown by leon thomas
At 5 am a young dark haired girl awakes to prepare breakfast for her and her friends, like every other morning, then drive to school like every other day, and see her boyfriend, which she wished for every minute
Hinata stood at the stove, a lit frying pan and sizzling eggs, the other girls didn't get up as early as she did, but she didn't mind, she loved to cook, especially for them
She loved a lot of things, and it was hard to say something's she hated since her heart lacked hate
But, she had hidden love for things, especially from her friends, such as acting, they'd caught her doing it but now she didn't plan on showing them anytime soon
Dancing, which she only did when her friends were around doing it with her, but this particular one had recently been unveiled to the public
And third….
"I smell bacon! I knew there was a reason we woke up early!" megami chanted walking into the kitchen, tenten followed behind with a loud and gruesome yawn, she rubbed her eyes "morning hinata, you're here earlier than usual" she yawned scratching the back of her undone hair
Hinata smiled "I felt like I should start breakfast early today, it feels…special" she sighed
"that's great hina, but what about my hair?" they turned around, ino walked in with frizzy unkempt hair and a nightie, "you're lucky that food smells amazing or I woulda strangled you for waking me up this early" ino laughed
"are we having pancakes?" sakura yawned as she came in and sat down with the rest of the girls
"yes, some are done but others are still cooking" she answered pouring more batter in
"ohhh hina, your cakes are the best!" tenten said as that woke her up, "chocolate chip?" megami asked
Hinaat smiled "and reeses, but I'll leave that for you girls" she said, they nodded, remembering she couldn't have peanut's, any kind
"you better bring some for naruto, you know megami's gonna brag then he's gonna start crying that you didn't make him any, you know how he likes your cooking better than his chefs" sakura said matter-factly
Hinata giggled and nodded as she set plates of food down
Naruto yawned and stretched his arms as he slid down the stairs at 6 am, the sun was starting to come out as he walked into the kitchen finding the other boys already there
"damn uzumaki, you sleep forever" neji sighed, naruto scratched the back of his head "I'm sorry I don't like getting up at 6 in the morning, I actually like the sun being out when I wake up" he sighed sitting down
"so, what's on the men-" the phone rang, shikamaru who had been sleeping on the gravel counter next to the phone woke up irritated and picked it up "ello?"
There was silence for a few seconds until he finally handed the phone towards naruto "it's for you"
"hello?" naruto asked putting it to his ear and standing up, "mornin sis!-"
Silence
"WHAT! That's not fair! Tell her to bring me some!, hey don't be a pig TELL 'ER!...hello?...tsk" he hung the phone up ran out of the kitchen
"we're you goin?" gaara asked as if he cared, "to get dressed! We have to go to school don't we?"
"since when is he excited about school?" neji asked, sasuke shrugged
"oh lollipop oh lollipop, sweet lollipop" ino sang as they walked up the school steps "remember that guys?"
They nodded "we sang it on the second day of school with the guys" "yeah, I was just listening to it, did you guys notice that-" a horn honked behind them
They turned around just before stepping into the school, they expected to see a limo but instead they saw a dark orange and black Camaro with the hood down
Naruto jumped out of it and locked it as he ran towards them, "I couldn't wait!" he yelled stepping up in hinata's face
She blushed "w-wait for what?" "you brought them didn't you! Please tell me you did! There so smooth, and warm, and soft, I like it when their soft!" her face burned red "naruto what are you talking about!"
He raised a brow in confusion "huh? The pancakes of course" she (and the girls) sighed in relief, she took out a takeout bag
He squealed like a little girl
Sweatdrop
"thanks hina, you're the best! I sure owe you! Ha! Take that uzumaki!" megami narrowed her eyes "we have the same name dummy"
"oh…right" he scratched the back of his head
"we're the rest of the guys?" sakura asked looking away, naruto swallowed a piece of one of the chocolate chip pancakes "oh, I left before them, they should be on their way, hey hinata you wanna see my car? It's new I just got it!" he practically yelled in her face
"o-ok" she said slowly, he took her hand and they walked down the steps, "see I didn't want to get anything flashy so I decided to go with…" he talked on as they walked to it
The girls moved closer to each other and watched naruto show her the interior of his car
Ino crossed her arms over her chest "I don't get it, he's loud and slow, and she's quiet and smart, how could they have possibly ended up together?" the other girls shrugged "what about you and shikamaru, he's lazy and smart, your hyperactive and slow" sakura laughed, ino blushed "I can't help it!, and what about you guys…" she argued as they stood on the steps waiting and more kids arrived
S C H O O L P L A Y
Some students grew excited as kakashi wrote the words on the white board, then dropped his marker and turned to them
"so guys, the drama club is putting on another play and they chose this class to take part in it, so they want you to pick a play to do, and a director, they requested something related to the literature we've been doing"
A girl raised her hand "if ANYONE says high school musical I'm banning you from this room!" she put her hand down
"what about repunzel?" another girls suggested outloud, he scoffed "right, is there anyone in this class with freakishly long hair?" they all looked to megami, she caressed her hair and snuggled next to sasuke "meanies…"
He sighed "anything…ELSE?"
"ohh ohh oh! Kakashi! Sensei! Seeensei!" megami called, he sighed "does anyone have any more ideas for a play?"
Hands shot up and people straight out blurted out "quiet! quiet! If it remains like this we won't do it at all"
The room went silent, except for megami who was still calling him
"anyways…"
"he seems a lot harsher ever since he got married, I think anko's gotten to him" sakura whispered to ino who nodded in return
"kakashi! KAKASHI! Oh sensei SENSEI OVER HERE!" he continued to block her out "so…I'm going to go down the rows and everyone can give me there id-" she poked at his head, he hadn't noticed her get out of her seat "kaka! Ha! I know that's what anko-sensei calls you, don't MAKE me say it out loud" she whispered
He sighed and rubbed his temples "yes…megami...?"
She took a deep breath
"Romeo and Juliet"
Everyone was stunned, she had said it but there was another voice that said it too
"who said that?"
"uhh, over here!"
They all turned around
Sitting in the back was a girl with shoulder length curly black hair, dark green eyes and palish skin
"ughhhh….who're you?" kakashi asked
"I'm kimi, I've been going here since second semester" she said coldly
"oh…well you're pretty quiet" kakashi said sheepishly, he cleared his throat "well anyways, you said Romeo and Juliet?"
She nodded "so did I…" megami grumbled to herself "it's good, it follows along with our Shakespeare unit and it's been done in this school so we'll have props and everything"
Kakashi nodded "so what do you guys think?" the class chattered on about how good the idea was
"I'll take that as a yes, all opposed?" no one answered
He clapped his hands once "good, megami, kimi since it was both you came up with this, BOTH of you will be the directors"
"WHAT!"
He shooed at them, "it's your job to keep the play in order, you will pick the cast and crew, speaking of that well auditions are after school!…class dismissed!" he said just as the bell rang
Megami walked up to kimi who was packing her things, she put on a bright smile "I'm sure it's going to be great working with you, why don't you sit by me and my friends at lunch so we can talk"
Kimi raised a brow "are the boys gonna be there?" megami nodded her smile dropping, kimi nodded and grabbed the rest of her things as she walked out
The boys stood waiting for naruto by the door, everyone had already left, yet he was still sitting down drawing or writing on a piece of paper
"come on uzumaki! We won't wait for you!" neji called, naruto nodded and folded the paper, pleased with himself
"naruto-kun, I made lunch for you today" hinata said slightly pushing a bento box towards him as he sat down, when he opened it his mouth gaped "aw thanks hina!"
The rest of the boys growled "why don't you guys ever do stuff like that?" shikamaru asked, "we don't cook" ino said plainly
"yeah…we…have other means of pleasing you" tenten whispered
"we're better!" neji announced "I'm not, were is that girl?" sasuke snapped
"hey guys! This is kimi! Remember from English?", megami was dragging kimi to the table while holding both of their lunches
she stood in front of the table and set down the lunches, "hey, nice to officially meet the best in Japan" she said plainly yet sweetly
they all responded with different types of greetings, some, didn't respond at all
hinata was feeding naruto pieces of sushi, while blushing "naruto-kun…this is a little embarrassing"
"don't worry hina! I'll feed you after!"
That didn't seem to help
Kimi sat down next to sasuke before megami could say anything else
Silence
"uhhh…hey kimi, that's kinda my seat" she said laughing nervously and scratching her cheek with her index finger
She wasn't paying attention, she was watching naruto put a piece of sushi in her mouth, a piece came off on her lip, he leaned in and kissed her, she blushed feeling him take the piece off, when he came off her face was blood red
Ino and sakura giggled to themselves
"oh megami, can you go ask kakashi how many props were allowed to use for the background set, before casting this afternoon so it can be even for the cast members?"
Megami looked taken aback for a second but then nodded and pulled a smile, she turned around and headed for the auditorium
"so…are any of you trying out for the play?" "of course! Acting runs in my family so I'm going for the role of Juliet" ino said confidently flipping her hair smacking it in shikamaru's face
"sorry shika" she said sheepishly
"that's great…ino" hinata said with a hint of sadness, she wanted to try out for the play but had far too much stage fright and the girls knew that, which is why she never acted out in front of them
"what about the rest of you?" kimi asked digging into her lasagna piece, the girls shrugged "whatever we get we get, plays aren't really my thing, but since it's a grade…" tenten sighed
Kimi nodded "what about you guys?" "Aa, neji always gets the lead role, only to impress the girls, I don't even think we're going to audition" sasuke said plainly
"but you have too!"
They turned around
Megami was standing there in banana costume
Sweat-drop
"what…the hell are you wearing…and man that was fast!" sakura said
She scratched her tip and laughed nervously "well, kakashi showed me the prop room and left me there, so I looked through some stuff, and I found this and a bunch of other stuff, check it out…" she started singing the peanut-butter jelly song and shaking her hips to it
"stop!, just tell us what you were going to say" sakura said sighing "you all have to participate, I've read the story billions of times! There's a role in there for all of you, pleeease say you'll do it!"
The girls looked at each other, the guys looked at each, then they looked back at the banana, then to kimi who just shrugged "it's a great opputunity, the higher role you get the better grade you have" sakura perked up, "the more credits you have to participate in sports and activities and stuff-" tenten perked up "and more spotlight" ino beamed, kimi smirked to herself, she easily knew what they wanted
They all sighed together and nodded
"yay! Ima banana! I'm a bananaaa, I'm a bananaaa!" seconds later naruto joined in the dance as well
"tsunade-oba!" they yelled to tsunade who they just recently found out is married to jiraiya (well the girls found out anyways)
"we're bananas!"
Kimi and megami walked to vocal class together, talking about who would be doing what part of directing, megami, still in the banana costume
"I didn't even know you had this class!" megami said cheerfully, she frowned "no one did…" "your awfully quiet, you should've opened yourself up more, you just how hinata used to me"
Kimi brightened up "I didn't speak because I didn't have anyone to speak too" she said confidently "and speaking of her, how long have she and naruto been dating?"
"umm, about 4 to 5 months I guess, why?" kimi thought for a second
"interesting…I think that's long enough" "enough for what?" kimi shook her head, it's nothing"
Later that afternoon
"alright guys, have your scripts ready, auditions start now!" kimi called to everyone behind her and megami (no longer in the banana costume sasuke made her take it off) who were at a table in front of the large stage with many velvet seats behind it
"this is so stupid, kakashi-sensei didn't even give us time to practice!" one girl whispered to another
"first up is…yamanaka ino" kimi called flipping a paper up then putting it back down
Ino stood up and gracefully strutted up the stage, "good luck Miss. Ino!" girls called
She waved her hand like a queen and began her audition starting with a clear of her throat
Everyone watched intensely as she progressed a stunning scene from Annie the musical
They clapped, when she finished she stepped off the stage, kimi and megami wrote their reviews on a blanks sheet of paper and whispered back and forth to each other
Kimi stood up again "next, hyuga neji" she called reading off a paper, he stood up, this time girls squealed and blew him kisses good luck
Tenten, who was leaning back in a chair next to sakura with her legs up on the one in front of her and her arm crossed, saluted to him with a smirk, he in turn winked at her
He was equally as good as ino, showing much interest in wanting the lead role and having experience in previous plays
Once again claps arose when he stepped off, he high fived shikamaru when he sat back down
Next, a few more kids went, some with great acting talent, some without, others mutual, sakura and tenten were great but when they stepped on didn't show much interest in being there
The same went for sasuke, shikamaru, and gaara
Kimi stood up again and cleared her throat "our final girl is, hyuga hinata"
Hinata turned dark red, she couldn't bring herself to stand up in front of all her peers, she stayed seated
"hinata? Aren't you comin' up?" megami called turning around, she was about to shake her head no until the girls nudged her
"come on hina…we know your great if your keeping it from us, go up there and show up what your made of!" tenetn whisper yelled, "yeah, we'll be with ya the whole way"
She looked around and found naruto sitting at the end of the seats with a pen and paper on top of a notebook, he was tapping his head and whispering to himself, at least he wasn't watching
She slowly nodded and stood up
In her mind the stage was miles away, she was on a Broadway shoot in front of millions of people, it was her dream, Broadway, she just had to get over her stage fright first
She gulped as she stepped up, she looked down, kimi had a blank expression, megami was smiling like a dork
She took a deep breath and began her favorite line from the famous play
"Romeo…oh Romeo…wherefore art thou, dearest Romeo?... deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet;
"to the east… and Juliet is the sun"
They all turned around to who had said the second part, it had fitted perfectly with hinata's line, which she had read beautifully
Naruto's head was down, he slowly pulled it up when he realized what he had said, he laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head "oh sorry, got caught up in the moment"
Kimi and megami smiled and looked at eachother, whispering
"hey dude? What're you writing?" gaara asked, naruto shielded his paper "it's nothing'"
"aaw come on, you're not gonna let us see I thought we were friends?" sasuke teased grabbing it from him and holding it up, naruto tried to grab it but to no avail "come on man I'm not joking!"
"let's see what this says…I would try everything to make you-" naruto tackled him and grabbed it from his hand, blushing
"teme" he growled, he smirked "chill, I was just jokin'"
"if you boys are done shooting for Gays monthly we'd like to get back to the auditions" megami said casually
The boys looked down at the position they were in and quickly shot up and dusted themselves off, turning away from each other
The fangirls were oozing blood
Later that day
"come on megami! You HAVE to tell us who you picked!" ino begged as they all sat in her room eating popcorn and chocolates while watching romeo and Juliet to catch up on what they had to do
She laughed "I told you! You can't find out until tomorrow! It's only fair!" they all groaned except hinata and continued to beg
She hugged her leg sitting at the edge of sakura's queen size bed with pink covers
"hey hina, something on your mind?" sakura asked, the girls all turned to her, she gave a small smile
"I was just wondering what was on that paper that naruto-kun didn't want anyone to see so badly…" tenten waved her hand nonchalantly "it's probably nothing, knowing him he was just doodling or something"
She shook her head "but what about what sasuke-san was about to read?", "hinata, I'm sure when the time comes naruto will show you whatever it is he's doing, unless it's personal, you should leave it alone" sakura reassured
That didn't get her to stop thinking
"hey kimi!" megami called
Kimi turned around as she was just entering the building, "yeah?"
They girls walked up to her "hey we were wondering if you wanted to come over later, we were gonna watch some romeo and Juliet movies and we wanted to know if you wanted to join" megami said
She slightly smiled
"that sounds…great"
"quiet down, quiet down!" kakashi yelled to the class, "now I know your all excited to see who will be playing who-" everyone was began chatting again about what part they think they got
Most of the girls thinking they got the lead, but stopped when ino said she did, they liked her, but not in the 'I envy you but I hate you kind of way'
"-so I'll leave the rest of the information to kimi and megami" he said sitting down with his book covering his face
Both girls stood up as they were next to each other, the class quieted down
"we've just posted on the bulletin board who has what part and who will be working on other things, you are all free to see it" kimi said softly
Everyone rushed out of their seats and towards the auditorium hallway
Only naruto and kakashi stayed behind.
Everyone was bustling as they saw what they had on the papers, some were reasonable with their roles, some (Karin, suki, matsuri, rin, and ami) practically yelled at megami and kimi for there's
This didn't end to well for them
this also helped them learn kimi was a fighter
"kimi? Megami!" ino yelled moving her way out of the crowd and stomping her expensive shiny pumps in their face
"what's the meaning of this! I'm not Juliet? How dare-!" "ino, you were great but we just didn't see Juliet in you, that's why we put you on costume, and you're playing Montague's wife" kimi said "yeah I thought you'd like that?" megami said confused
"costume?" she asked raising a brow, they nodded, she smiled and tossed her hair once again slapping shikamaru in the face (he just happened to be there)
"I guess that'll do…fine…if I didn't get the part, who's Juliet?"
Everyone gasped, ino turned around
Standing in the middle with a space surrounding her as the other students had stepped back, hinata started at the list
Right after tenten's name was hers which perfectly read in bright blue letters
Hyuga hinata – Juliet
She gulped, her head was screaming but her heart calmed when she looked lower
Uzumaki naruto - Romeo
The rest of the cast went like this:
LEAD ROLES, SUPPORTING ROLES, AND EXTRA'S
Ryoto Dozo - Prince Escalus
Inuzuka kiba – count Paris
Uchiha sasuke – Mercutio
Shiho Suro – Capulet
Sento tenten – Capulet's wife
Hyuga hinata – Juliet
Hyuga neji – Tybalt
Haruno sakura – Nurse
Masudo Imoi – Peter
Myoko Noshino and Kominaka Yuu – Gregory and Sampson
Gakure Karin, Yoshido suki, Watanabe ami, Duso rin, Sakamoto matsuri – servants/ maids
Sabaku Gaara – Montague
Yamanaka ino – Montague's wife
Uzumaki naruto – Romeo
Mitsu Akira – Benvolio
Futaba Akito & Akiyo – Montague servants
Nara shikamaru – Friar Laurence
Yoshi nika – Friar john
Redami hoshi – Apotheracy
Rest of class – extras/set up/costumes
Thank you all who auditioned, we're sorry if there is no part for you or you did not get the part you tried for, but the rest of the class with be on set up, costume, and other matters for the play
Rehearsal begins Wednesday after school, thank you
Directors: Natsumie Kimi, Uzumaki Megami
"what do you mean I'm romeo? I hardly auditioned!" naruto protested at lunch time, "your piece was really good, even if you didn't audition you make a great Romeo" kimi said a little too closely
He shook it off, "I CAN'T play Romeo!" "and why not?" they turned around
Today
Megami was in a white bunny suit (her face showing) with an Easter basket in her big left paw filled with carrots
She sat down next to sasuke, almost pushing him off "mama always said you had good acting skills! You were just too shy to use em!" she protested
Neji scoffed "you acted when you were 5?" he, was still upset he wasn't the lead role
Sasuke nodded pushing megami out of his way, "that was when I was 5! Besides…I have…stuff…to do" he mumbled, they all raised a brow
He shook his head "so who's Juliet!" he slightly demanded, kimi sighed "well if you had let me finish I would have told you, hinata's playing Juliet"
He blushed, deeply and looked to hinata who was sitting next to him awkwardly; she hadn't even said anything about the play since 1st period
"isn't it exciting? It's good that you'll be with hinata because this play is so deep, there's a kiss scene like every SECOND is kiss, kiss, kiss" ino said dreamingly
His blush deepened
Hinata began to tilt
Ino spoke again "oh hinata I have a surprise for you! I called your dad and told him you were staring in a play, so he's coming to see with hanabi! Isn't that great?"
She passed out
"oh no…ino" sakura sighed shaking her head, "did…I say something wrong?" ino asked twisting her head around,
"when don't you say something wrong?" tenten said sipping her pop
"I-i-ino! W-why d-d-didn't you cons-salt me before you d-did s-something like this?" hinata questioned in gym in the loudest voice she could muster
"I'm sorry! I thought you would like your dad to see you in the play! Isn't that what you've always wanted? For him to see you in action?"
"I did but…remember what you said…about the play…" she whispered, "you mean there being a kiss scene a lot and stuff? Yeah the play IS wrapped around love, its better if naruto is the one kissing you right?" sakura said
"not exactly…father…h-he…doesn't approve of naruto" "WHAT?" the gasped, she sighed "when we were meeting our parents, father brought up some things, he and naruto-kun got into an argument and then we just…left…I haven't heard from him since"
"oh hina…I didn't know" ino said apologetically and hugged her, "I'll call him and tell him it's off" hinata sighed "he won't believe you, once he has is mind set it's there, plus he would easily find out there's still a play, it is going around town and news travels to him fast"
The girls hugged her "he's bound to get off your back at some point! You're not gonna be a little girl forever" tenten reassured
"even if he doesn't you know we're here for you!" sakura smiled, she smiled sadly
Megami let go, biting on a carrot still in her suit
"any of you guys wanna carrot?"
All except hinata glared at her
'how am I going to break this to naruto? If he had let father go any further…what am I supposed to say? Naruto-kun
I'm engaged'
Tears formed in her eyes but she blinked them away before anyways could notice
To late
One person did
Kimi
She slightly smiled and skipping of to look for a certain blond
Naruto sat under the bleachers with the pen and paper again
Kimi smiled fully and snuck up behind him
"boo!"
He jumped and instantly covered the paper first, which she also noticed
"whatcha writin'?" she asked bending down next to him
"it's private!" he said turning away, "aw come on, I won't tell a soul!, it's for hinata isn't it?"
His cheeks flushed but he didn't say anything, she clapped her hands once "it must be! Otherwise you woulda said something!" "it is not! It's just warm in here"
She chuckled "such a lame excuse" he sighed, "don't tell anybody…" she pretended to zip her lips
He made her bend down and whispered what he had been doing
She smiled sweetly "that sounds really nice, maybe I could be of some help" he raised a brow, her smile softened as she sat down next to her on her knees
"I could…ever since I started here I've seen the way you look at her…I'm really good at reading people…you're in love with her…I can tell"
He his whole body away from her "your starting to freak me out…" he mumbled, she shrugged "looks to me like your trying to find a way to tell her, correct?"
He slowly nodded, "I…think I'm ready"
"alright then it's official! I'll help…on one condition" he turned back to her with a confused expression
She smirked "kiss me…" "WHAT?" "just one…no one has to know…" she leaned in, he backed up
"n-no way!"
She laughed out loud, he slumped in confusion
"just seeing how determined you are!" she said winking
"so kimi, you want us to go straight to our house or do you need to stop by yours?" sakura asked as all 6 walked together
This afternoon the boys were recording for their new album, so they had already been off a few minutes before gym class ended
"it's fine I can go straight" she said "you need a ride?" ino asked holding up her car keys, she nodded
"how do you get to school?" hinata asked, "skateboard, I live right down the street so I don't need to take my car" she sat as she stepped into ino's car
"take off that rabbit suit or else you won't be able to drive!" tenten yelled adjusting her helmet
"yeah yeah yeah" megami growled
They all met up at the girls house, as hinata made some after school snacks they gave kimi a tour of the house, and backyard
Finally, they all sat down in the living room and watching one of the versions of romeo and Juliet
"all American movies, but the story seems to stay the same every time, you guys should do research on your characters" kimi said chewing on mini chocolate covered pretzels
They all nodded "when do we get scripts?" ino asked anxiously
"we're giving them out homeroom tomorrow so you have the whole day to practice before we start rehearsal after school" megami said, kimi nodded in agreement
After the movie was over kimi turned over and layed on her back with the rest of the girls on the floor, they all sat up in a circle
"so tell…what's it like…going out with those guys?" she asked like a talk show host
They smiled, used to getting that question "it goes mutual, we have our hard times, good times, there are even times we thought 'what the hell are we doing? Going out with guys who might very well break our heart in the blink of an eye'" sakura said ending with a laugh
"but then we thought about it, these guys have really grown on us, whatever happens happens even if they do break up with us, I wouldn't mind staying friends, it's not like we've fallen THAT deep for them right?, but were really having a fun time dating them, it makes life more of an adventure for them and us!" ino said dreamingly
"sure-" tenten rolled her eyes "-they always drag us to parties, shows, and rehearsals, and things are BOUND to go wrong, but it seems to always end well"
Kimi thought for a second, ready to unleash her question "so…how do you guys REALLY feel about them?"
That question struck them, tenten looked down "I told neji I loved him…but he rejected it…said he wasn't ready"
She smiled sadly, seeing the pain in her eyes, not only in her eyes either, something seemed to strike her…but she couldn't find it
"what about the rest of you?...are you in love with any of them?"
They girls kept silent, debating whether to say yes or no
But then kimi looked to hinata aside from the rest of them and kept her gaze closely on her expression
She smiled again
"umm, I think we should just pop in another movie!" megami said quickly, "yeah!" they all agreed
"I hope I didn't offend you guys or anything" "nah, it's cool, guess we never really thought about a question like that, is all" sakura said shrugging
It was pretty silent for the rest of the day, they just sat back and watched Romeo and Juliet die over and over again
"okay everyone, please come down and grab your scripts, people working on set up please come get your schedules and work places" kimi announced the next morning
"you know something I just noticed" megami said, they 10 of them listened in " most of you guys are playing characters that relate to your real life, like sasuke's playing Romeo's best friend, sakura's a nurse, gaara's a royal, neji's a cousin who doesn't like her (well now he does), and naruto and hinata are lovers!"
They slightly scooted away from each other awkwardly, sakura rubbed her temples "stupid girl…"
"speaking of that…megami…kimi, could I please talk to you about cutting out a few parts in the play?"
"cutting out? It wouldn't be romeo and Juliet if we didn't have everything, what do you need to cut out?" kimi asked
"a few…of the kiss scenes…do we really need so many?" they smiled "and do we have to practice in front of everybody?..." she asked sheepishly
Naruto frowned, realizing she didn't want to kiss him in public, he slightly crumpled the paper
Kimi noticed this again so she stepped in "this has to be exactly like the play if we want it to be great-" "no it doesn't, we could cut-" the girls shushed megami
Kimi cleared her throat "like I was saying, it must be exactly the same" hinata frowned slightly
"I understand…"
"hinata…" naruto whispered during vocal class as kurenai was going over notes with the sopranos of the class, the two of them being in that group, along with neji, gaara (who was also in alto) megami, sakura, and ino (who also did alto too, tenten was over in alto with the rest of the guys)
"hm?" she asked slightly turning to him and still trying to play attention to the teachers going back and forth to groups
"do you…not wanna kiss me, in the play? Is that why you want them to cut out those parts" "oh no naruto-kun! That's not it, I'm just-"
The was cut short when kurenai demanded everyone to sing the 'do re mi'
They decided to leave the conversation for later
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Megami closed the beginning of the papers with contained the reading of the story, she and kimi would be taking turns narrating the story
"alright, in the beginning Sampson and Gregory enter, so boys, up on the stage" she ushered
The twin boys came up and took their place, behind them the back stage curtain was up, all the prop workers, painters and dress makers were working while watching rehearsal
Hinata walked naruto stab at his paper, erase, smile, then write something again on the other side of the auditorium
Kimi sat down next to him, he looked up and smiled they talked, she sighed, wishing she could go over and speak to him but ino made her sit in a spot where she was waiting to be measured, they had already had Romeo and Juliet costumes but ino was redesigning all of them in a flatter modern day version since most of all of them were big and puffy which she hated
"come on hinata! I'm ready for you!" she called, hinata nodded and got up for measurements
As the hour went by, rehearsal swept by but they only got half way into the play, people who didn't get a chance practiced outside with the other people they had a conversation with, ino managed to get the measurements of all the cast and had quickly begun sewing with a few other girls, some people (like hinata and naruto) had more than one costume to wear
They props had already been organized and started but no one really got very far since it was day 1
At the mid-ending it was hinata and naruto's first practice scene, the balcony scene, she stood on a naked balcony, which had to be painted, decorated and set up higher
They read over the scripts as most listened, finally it was time for their first kiss scene, which everyone watched intensely
Hinata slightly bent over, naruto nervously leaned in but her was ready and determined to kiss her
But
Her hand slipped on the handle and she fell over in front of him
"cut!" kimi yelled, she rubbed her side, naruto bent down "you okay hinata?" he asked slightly suspicious, she smiled softly and nodded "guess I was a bit clumsy"
He helped her up
Kimi sighed "well I guess that's enough for today, alright everybody rehearsals done for today, remember we'll meet back up tomorrow" she said sitting back down in her seat
They all began to pack up "sito!" megami called, a boy with dark green hair looked up to her "can you please dry the balcony so we don't have any more mishaps?"
"I'm sorry girls, I'm so clumsy sometimes" hinata said with a sigh at dinner time, "forget about it hinata, a simple mistake, you can redo it tomorrow" sakura assured
The girls nodded and began talking about how great her and naruto's performance was
"you guys were meant for each other!" ino squealed
Hinata forced a smile, in her heart she hoped that
"hi daddy…" she said later on the phone in the kitchen while the other girls were off to sleep "hinata, shouldn't you be asleep? It's a school night" "sorry father…" she said a bit flustered that he was focusing on that at a time like this
"so…I had heard ino called you, so you and hinabi are coming to my play…how…did you find time for it?" she choked "I…well, cleared my schedule for the day so I could come see you…you haven't performed…since your mother died"
A lump formed in her throat, but she stayed strong "well, I just wanted to say…it's great that your coming, I hope…I hope you enjoy" "yes well…you've…stopped stuttering…" he cleared his throat "well I look forward, good luck, make me proud"
"I will" she said half heartedly "good…are you…still in a relationship with that uzumaki boy?"
He tongue was dry, she took two deeps breaths
"n-no…we…um…broke up…" she bit her lip
"I see, a smart choice you made…well…you should be getting some rest…good night" "night…father" she choked
She hung up the phone and slowly walked upstairs, shutting off the light
When she reached her room it was dark, the only light came from the street lights outside
She dropped onto her bed and tears poured out, hot painful tears
How could I have lied! I can't possibly have broken up with naruto how do I explain…I love him! I love him so much it hurts!' she realized weeping in her pillow
Elsewhere
Naruto lay on his bed at 1 am, wide awake, still in the clothes he had put on for the studio, his hands behind his head, staring up at the ceiling, thinking of his midnight blue wallflower
Wallflower
The perfect description of her, he chuckled at that
Everyday his feelings grew, she did so much for him, he had more in common with her than any other girl, she gave him confidence, she made him smile (more than usual), she made him want to be a better person
Was is wrong?
To be this deeply in love
It hurt, to think how she felt about him, what if she didn't feel the same way?
He sat up and took his phone out, he dialed the one phone number that would help him
"hello?" a tired and irritated voice groaned on the phone "kimi…I'm sorry for waking you up with late…but we have to finish…meet me at school earlier about 5 or 5:30 please, I can't wait any longer"
"kimi, sweetheart, why're you going to school this early?" her mother yawned walking down the stairs as she saw her about to leave with her skateboard "I have to help my friend finish something, don't forget I have rehearsal after school so I'll be late"
Her mother smiled, "kimi…" she slightly turned around
"I'm glad you're making friends"
"how many days should rehearsal last?" sakura asked as they sat in class she and tenten practiced their lines, ino was working on hinata's second dress while another girl worked on the first
"maybe just a couple weeks, if we really put some effort into it a week and half, we still have a lot to do" megami said as she looked around for kimi
"with my touch these costumes will be done before you know it! Oh hinata wait until you see yours!" she squealed
"I can't wait…ino…" she slightly whispered with fake uplifting spirit, the girls looked at her "you okay hina?" "y-yes! I'm…just a little worried about when father gets here"
Sakura groaned "you see what you did ino-pig!" she slapped her upside the head, ino smacked her back and glared fixing her hair back "hey I apologized didn't I?"
"please don't blame ino…I would have had to invite him anyways…I'm just nervous that's all" "see!" ino stuck her tongue out at sakura who rolled her eyes in return
"ugh! Learning lines suck! I'll never be able to get this crap by the day of the show!" tenten yelled
"oh come on, you don't have that many don't be lazy! At least you're not working on costumes AND learning lines" ino said
Megami groaned "any of you guys seen kimi, I have these papers we need to go over before rehearsal this afternoon but she's no were!" they all shrugged
"come to think of it I haven't seen her yet today, she's usually a bit earlier than everyone" sakura said looking to her empty seat
"just go check the auditorium uzumaki" tenten said trying to focus, she nodded and sped off
Rushing out the door she passed by the boys who were walking in "hey guys!" she yelled
Sasuke sighed in relief "at least she's not in some ridiculous costume…"
Megami opened the doors of the auditorium; the lights were on so it obviously wasn't empty
The stage lights were on and sitting on top of the stage, with a paper in one hand and the other side of the paper in another's
Kimi and naruto
"hey! What're you guys doin' here! Shouldn't you be in class, I've been lookin for you kimi!"
They looked up, kimi smiled "megami…just the person I needed to see, naruto, I believe you have something to say to her"
He gulped and looked from kimi, to megami, to his hands, then back to megami
"megami…I…I'm-"
A scream went through the whole school, not a bad scream though, but an excited scream
Everyone covered their ears for the few seconds, it stopped, they looked around wondering what it could have been
Megami busted though the room kicking the door down and almost giving everyone a heart attack
She was smiling, a little too much and in far too happy of a mood
"guys! Get over here NOW!" she yelled jumping up and down to the girls
All 4 of them stood up "uhh, not you hinata sorry" she sighed and sat back down
The rest of the girls rushed down and out what was left of the door to talk to her
After a couple minutes there were more screams
Which then quieted down again
Hinata frowned 'why is everyone keeping secrets from me?' she asked herself
The girls skipped back in, all in a cheery mood, they gave hinata a quick smile, she raised a brow, still completely confused
But, of course she didn't have time to think about something like that, it mustn't affect her if she couldn't know
She had more things to worry about, like her dilemma
What was she going to tell naruto? He couldn't possibly love her, she remembered what the girls talked about, that they were girlfriends for the time and they were okay with that
He's had so many girlfriends, at some point in those line of girlfriends lost his virginity
Why? Why had she been stupid enough to let herself fall in deeper, she continued to scream to herself that he couldn't possibly…ever…feel the same way
Like neji
she knew so little about the situation she was in at the moment, and how wrong she was
"for day 2 we'll be working on the scene's with count paris and Juliet, so kiba, hinata, you're up" kimi announced flipping through the script
Hinata slowly stood up and followed kiba up the steps, she hadn't spoken to him since the cheating incident, but she'd heard his mother made him audition because he had taken acting classes when he was younger
He was playing the perfect part too
Paris, a count in love with Juliet but she chose someone else, which he didn't except, irony, but kiba wasn't paying much attention to hinata at the moment, he was focusing on his lines
She sighed in relief, one less problem
They were at the scene were paris was talking to Juliet about marrying him and being the mother of his children
This
Was a little awkward for them to act but they managed to stay perfectly in character
They skipped to the scene were Juliet was trapped in the cell (which had not been made yet) after disobeying her father,
So hinata sat on the floor her legs to the side, crying on cue which everyone found impressive
Kiba said his lines proudly, as if he was really seducing her to marry him, then, their kiss scene, (well his kiss scene)
Hinata let her eyes trail to the seats, megami was watching intensely, waiting to see if they'd mess up or correct their kiss
The same went for the rest of everyone in the velvet seats, even the crew awaited
All except naruto, who had his head down reading something, with kimi next to him speaking with him
She sighed in relief in her head, at least he wasn't paying attention
And let kiba kiss her
While kiba, sasuke, and naruto practiced their fight scene, hinata tried on ino's first dress
"your…a fast designer ino…" she said a bit quietly as she fitted the dress, ino smiled softly, with fabrics on her left shoulder and sewing pins on a small table on her right "it's not really great, I just took one of Juliet's costumes from the first play done here and remodeled it, way to puffy, totally not you" she said
Hinata smiled and looked down at the dress, like most of the rest of the girls she wasn't the dressy type, but naruto seemed to like it when she did, at times like this she'd do anything to impress him, as long as he wasn't upset with her because of her father's incident
Ino pulled the dress straight as she sat up and sighed happily at her work, "all done!, whaddaya think?"
She stood her in front of a long shiny oval mirror from the Repunzel play, it was a beautifully short layred long strapless dress with a silvery flowery trim, even the top from was flowered, the sleeves were loose, it had a renaissance touch to it, a perfect mixture of modern day with a masked 1700 style
If fit her perfectly, the first thing to make her smile that day
"thank you…ino" "well! I had to find some way to make it up to you right?" she laughed "come on lets go show everybody"
Her cheeks burned red as ino took her hand, practically dragging her out of the girls dressing room onto the stage
They boys were finishing up their scene, sasuke had died, naruto killed kiba
Kimi called cut, she and megami clapped and ushered the boys to sit down so they could bring in the people for the next scene
"heeey guys, look at hinata's first dress! Courtesy on ME" ino said proudly
Everyone turned, hinata shyly stepped out onto the stage looking down, ino stood cross armed next to her
They looked in awe, especially naruto
"wow ino, you really out did yourself" kimi said impressed herself as they stepped onto the stage
"you think you could get the 2nd and 3rd dress done tonight?" megami asked, ino raised an irritated brow "is that a trick question?"
They giggled and backed up defensively, kimi turned around "alright guys lets call it a day, we'll meet back up tomorrow!" she announced
Everyone was eager to get home, today's session was 2 and a half hours
"hey I thought we were going to rehearse the balcony scene again today?" tenten asked as they walked out of the almost empty building, hinata, was over kissing naruto goodbye
Kimi shook her head "not today, I really don't think either of those two were ready for it" the girls laughed
"so…do you think he'll tell her?" sakura asked, kimi smiled "seems like he's ready for that, he'll do it, soon…"
The only way hinata ever seemed to get her mind off something, is when she baked, when that didn't work she'd fry, when that didn't work she'd barbecue, any sort of cooking always seemed to distract even especially difficult things
The girls sat in the living room drooling, "she must be really upset" sakura sighed followed by a stomach growl
"it is right to eat the food she made out of depression?" ino asked they shrugged "she always makes us eat it anyways since there's too much, let's go see what she's up too" tenten said
Hinata sighed and sat on one of the table chairs, she looked around, she had baked 3 chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet cakes, 3 plates of rainbow colored cookies, fried chicken, fish and plantains, grilled 20 hamburgers, 4 steaks, and boiled a lobster
Yet, she wasn't the least bit exhausted
"hey hina, how ya hangin?" megami asked as they stepped in, "awful…maybe I should make something else" she was about to stand up but they sat her back down
"no more cooking, I think you've made enough, why don't we take all this to tomorrows rehearsal?" sakura asked, she slowly nodded
"so…why so upset? You've never made this much stuff unless you were frustrated, you okay?" tenten asked as they all sat in front of her like it was story time
She smiled softly "I just felt like cooking that's all, I'm preparing for fathers arrival" they sighed "you need to stop worrying what your dad's gonna think, he can't control you forever" "try telling him that, I have a family legacy, even if I do turn 18, it's not over until he says so"
"that's really lame!" megami yelled, she nodded "if mother were here…maybe…" they hugged her
"we know hina…" ino sighed "we know…"
"naruto!" he shot his head up, kabuto stood in front of him with a clipboard looking back and forth at him to it
"maybe you haven't noticed but we're at rehearsal, and you have a job to do" naruto nodded, set down his things and got up to choreograph the new song
While working on the choreograph by himself he didn't notice the guys sneak over to his paper,
He noticed when he heard them laughing, he turned around "hey!"
He ran up and tried to grab the paper, the boys held him back while sasuke held it up
"what the hell is this?" he chuckled, his face burned "it's private that's what the hell it is teme!" he yelled as he struggled in their grasp
"is this for hinata?" neji asked, he turned his head away "it's none of your business"
They settled that gave him a chance to push sasuke backwards and grab the paper
He folded it up and put it in his pocket "don't…say anything" he grumbled walking back to his space
They all smirked and high fived each other
"don't worry, your secrets cool with us…" sasuke said, the only one serious at the moment
Practice after school
Kimi had to completely take over since megami had basketball practice with tenten
Before that the girls had helped hinata bring in food, so everyone was enjoying it while rehearsing their lines, only day 4 everyone seemed to be doing fine, they had let kimi know they were practicing at home as well, most of the parts were being done
The props and costumes were being taken out to work at home, everyone were fast workers so that meant they would be ready for the show in no time
Kimi walked back and forth asking everyone how they were doing and checking off her clipboard
After an hour and a half of working, she needed a break herself, she flopped down in her seat and watched everyone work
"OKAY! Naruto, hinata, it's that time again!" both of them gulped and stepped up, the balcony was almost ready so hinata stepped up on a ladder to get to it
They said their usual lines, then he climbed up to finish the scene
Everyone anxiously watched as he leaned in, she gulped and leaned in herself
Suddenly the door busted open, both of them pulled away "CUT! Oh come on!" kimi yelled throwing the papers in the air
They turned around, tenten and megami stood their, in their uniforms holding basketballs under their arms
Kimi sighed and argued about how they disrupted the scene
Megami looked over to hinata who was watching, she winked at her, hinata smiled sadly and nodded
With the chance she had to gently tugged naruto's collar and kissed him
"done"
Everyone turned around, she was smiling, naruto was scratching the back of his head nervously
"done with what?" kimi asked stepping on stage, "I kissed him" "b-but I didn't see"
"don't worry, I did, they were great" megami said stepping up, "their ready, lets move on to the next scene" kimi nodded
"good job hina, now you just gotta do that in front of everyone, I saved you this time but from now on you're on your own" megami whispered as they stepped off, hinata nodded
"remember guys, we'll be meeting up on Saturday morning then the next few days with also be rehearsal, so we should be ready for opening night by Friday, understand?" she called
Everyone groaned about having to spend their weekend working, she smiled at that "if you don't want to work so long I'd insist on proving to us you've learned your lines!"
"you guys wanna hang at the studio today? It's starting to get plain without you" gaara admitted sully, "aaaw you guys miss us!" sakura squealed tugging on his arm
"yeah we'll come, it'll give us a chance to rehease" ino said twirling her bag from side to side
"HEY KIMI!" megami called, kimi stopped and turned around as she was about to go off on her skateboard
"you wanna come with us to the studio?" she raised a brow "I'll explain in a few" kimi nodded and picked up her blue and white skeleton skateboard
"so I've started selling tickets, that's going well, you guys are free to invite your parents and such" kimi said as they sat on the leather couch in the dance studio talking over plans
"sound like a plan, kakashi's not giving us enough time to really practice, looks like he wants to get this show over with, I don't blame him" tenten groaned throwing her head back in exhaustion
"just a few more days of rehearsing then we'll be ready, it's a good that we have a good group of actors and actresses" kimi stated taking a glance to the boys rehearsing
"what about you kim, do you act?" ino asked, "kim?" she asked confused looking around, they giggled "just a nickname, we all have one, we're all friends here aren't we?" sakura asked
Kimi smiled brightly and nodded, "well I actually do act, ever since I was little, that's one of the reasons I was so pumped about this play" "classic! You know what we should do?" megami asked sitting up, the girls leaned in to signal they were listening"
"after the play we should have a slumber party to celebrate!" "oh yeah!" ino said, kimi leaned back, they noticed this "of course your invited too! This is how we always celebrate, well most of the time" she squealed hugging her
Kimi smiled even brighter, she'd only known them this well a week and they were already acting like they were best friends
1 week later
1 day before opening night
Mainly all of the props and outfits were ready, everyone was running around going over their lines and setting up, on their phones calling last minute relatives
"sold out! Unbelievable!" kimi squealed to the girls, they jumped up and down, all their hard work had paid off, even if they only had a short amount of time to do it
They were exhausted, but ready for the show
They were doing last minute curtain call, hinata was in her 4th dress, lying in the open casket
During the week they found out naruto was good at crying on cue too, everything was going perfectly
They just had to finish going over the play then they'd be ready for tomorrow, people were excited, nervous, or just ready for their spotlight (mainly ino and neji)
"where's megami?" kimi asked, rushing back and forth addressing people "I think she's in the dressing room rummaging through the costumes" some kid setting the balcony higher said
"why's she doing that? I need her help" she groaned
"with what?"
Kimi turned around
This time, she was in an ice cream costume, vanilla with rainbow sprinkles
Sasuke groaned
Kimi stepped up and whispered "is he…ready?" she whispered looking back and forth to make sure hinata wasn't listening
"ready as he'll ever be" she said smiling, kimi nodded
"I feel…like a dork"
They both turned around, then giggled
Naruto was standing in a more modern day romeo costume, with a knight in shining armor costume (check romeo and Juliet movie 1996)
Girls drooled, "I think you look handsome naruto-kun" hinata said sweetly sitting up, he half smiled, it was the first time he was trying on his costume's
"alright since everyone's ready let's do a final dress rehearsal!" kimi called
Everyone stood in their first costumes, ino and her girls had done an amazing job with keeping it 1700/modern
"can't you put on something attractive?" sasuke sighed as they watched kiba and hinata rehearse their scene one last time
She raised a brow "you mean something like this?" she unzipped the ice cream suit to reveal a black playboy bunny suit, his eyes widened
"gonna have to catch if you want any of this bitch!" she yelled jumping around
She sat down next to kimi as kiba and hinata finished their scene, next they were going to try neji's again
"so how'r we doin'?" she asked "perfect, if all goes well tomorrow we should have enough time for…you know"
"I can't wait! Tomorrow's gonna change everything!"
Kimi later declared a late night dress rehearsal, just to make sure everything would go well
Hinata stood at the side lines talking to her father "hi daddy" "hinata, what is the meaning of this call? i'm very busy" " i just wanted to know if you had gotten the tickets father" "yes they came in the mail a few days ago" "right, I…was just making sure you were coming, it's at eight tomorrow" "I know, but hanabi and I are going to be a little late…we have other business to attend too" 'of course…business comes first'
"that's okay…I see you then" she hung up and took a deep breath, she couldn't decide whether she was happy he'd miss part of it or upset that he'd miss part of it
Well she had plenty of time to think it over
"looks like you've all done a great job on the play, make me proud, if anything goes wrong, you all fail!" kakashi said happily stepping into the auditorium
"WHAT!" everyone gasped, "oh…did I forget to mention that?" he snickered
After glaring at him everyone began swarming around like flies, rushing to make sure everything was perfect
Going over their lines, over and over again
Kimi sighed and flopped lower into her seat "tomorrow's sure gonna be a hassle…"
The next day
Finally it was the day of the show, everyone stayed after school, some kids helped set up, others went over lines, with what kakashi said they were now determined to make it perfect
Kimi wanted to do another dress rehearsal which only made everyone more irritable, especially shikamaru since they were going to go over his scene again
"ino….do you…think- you could-help me-" hinata asked rushing back and forth to ino who was pacing back and forth going over her lines "not now hinata! I've been so busy with these freaking costumes I didn't have enough time to really go over my lines, if you need help go ask sasha" she said not looking from her paper
"have you seen gaara? I have to go over these with him!" hinata sighed "he's probably with sakura" "making out? At a time like this!"
"I never said-" she was too late, ino had already rushed off
She sighed again, she stood in her first costume with her script in her left "I just wanted to know if you've seen naruto…" she whispered turning around
She continued to search around for her romeo "oh romeo…where art thou romeo?" she said to herself
She kept asking around but no one seemed to know where he was, finally she got tired so she sat down on one of the seats, from where she was she finally found naruto, in a corner in his first costume, sitting with the pen and paper again, this time the pen was on the floor, he was looking the paper up and down
Smiling to himself, until kimi walked over in blue jeans and a golden brown loose peasant top, she kicked his side, he looked up
She said something he nodded too, finally he got up
Hinata frowned, kimi probably knew what the paper was about, she seemed to be the only one who didn't…
But that was something to worry about for another day, she needed to talk to naruto
Before she was too late
When he was about to step on stage to rehearse his scene with neji she stopped him "naruto-kun?"
He turned to her smiling more brightly then usual "yeah hina?" a lump formed in her throat, he seemed so happy, about something, she couldn't bring him down
She just couldn't find the right words, how could she just tell him to pretend they had broken up because of her father, it's the only thing she could think of in the past week
"ummm….g-good luck…" that wasn't something she should be saying now since it's only rehearsal but it was quick-thinking
He raised a brow for a second but smiled again and nodded, she let him go and watched him walk up the stage
She softly sighed, tonight was not going to go well
It was 10 minutes until show time, ino had forced kimi into a sparkly loose red knee length one side dress, and megami into a white version
Neither of them approved but weren't going to question ino with the little time they had
Everyone was getting into their first costume, kimi and megami were rushing around with clipboards in high heels
"alright guys 7 minutes till show time, chop chop!" kimi called, megami peeked into the curtain
"wow…full house" everyone rushed over and peeked in too, most people had already arrived and were chatting among themselves, waiting for the show to start
"hey I see mom and dad!" tenten said happily "mine too!" ino and sakura said in unison, even jiyaiya had come, probably to tease naruto after, even sasuke's parents, shikamaru's parents, kankoru and temari and itachi had come, probably to do the same thing though
Along with everyone else's family, friends, teachers, other students, neighbors, and other people in seats chatting and anxiously waiting
Yet hinata couldn't seem to find her father or hinabi anywhere, it didn't matter, he said he'd be late anyways
"5 minutes until showtime!" megami called as they all went back to their places, hinata took a deep breath and watched naruto adjust his armor, she had to admit he really did look stunning, she secretly couldn't wait to be on stage with him
He had encouraged her to just look at him (or whoever else she was acting with) and not pay any attention to the audience, then she'd be fine, she really hoped that would work
"3 minutes!" they said at the same time
She closed her eyes and imagined her and naruto on the stage, alone, her on the balcony, him across from her, repeating I love you…I love you, over and over again
It made her blush, wondering if he'd actually ever say it, but it also gave her confidence
She did love
She loved him a lot
But never knew when the right time to tell him would be
"1 minute!"
She walked over to naruto, he looked up at her and smiled "good luck out there" he said, she nodded "the same for you"
They kissed
For real, after they let go he whispered "I have a surprise for you later…make me proud hina…"
Surprise?
She only thought about that for a second until he said what he said next, it remined her of her father again, her heart began to race, it only got worse when kimi called "SHOWTIME EVERYONE!"
Naruto saluted her and rushed over to get to his place
She watched kimi and megami step out onto the stage and the lights dim, everyone clapped
Their dresses sparkled in the lighting, boys whistled but they resisted from glared
"welcome everyone to konoha high's play production of Romeo and Juliet!" kimi said proudly
"we have a great show for you tonight, and remember everyone here has worked very hard so we really hope you enjoy!" megami said clapping her hands once
"so without further ado-" kimi started "we present you!-" megami said next
"Romeo and Juliet!" they said together, every clapped as both girls walked back stage and the curtain opened
Hinata carefully went over her lines and looked back and forth to the show and the audience, all was going well, the only mishap so far is matsuri forgot her ONE line, which the girls didn't seem to mind though
10 minutes into the show and there was still no sign of her father, but hanabi had arrived with one of their butlers
She sat in the 3rd row, a seat was reserved for her, hinata peeked in, when hanabi noticed her she slightly waved smiling
Hinata mouthed where's father?
Hanabi mouthed back meeting
Hinata went backstage and sighed again, she heard the audience clack as the first few scenes were already over, now it was her turn
She stepped into the stage, keeping her character straight and not looking to the audience, this scene with her 'parents' she passed with flying colors, remembering all her lines perfectly with Juliet's attitude
When ti was time for her to get off stage, she went backstage and took a deep breath, people continued to pass by telling her she was doing a great job
It didn't take long for her to be back of the stage, this is when she met Romeo…naruto looked stunning in the spotlight
But!
She had to focus
Then there was her scene with sakura, luckily she was easy to talk too, then neji, then kiba
Then the balcony scene, naruto advice seemed to work wonders for her, she only saw him and her, no people watching them carefully
Lines were said
Love words were spread
Then, it was time to kiss
It was easier than they expected, the crowd cheered when they did, they held it a little longer then they should have but no one seemed to mind
When she let go her eyes accidently trailed to the audience, this is when she spotted her father sitting down next to hinabi, traditional Japanese clothing, and a blank expression, yet with a brow raised
Backstage
The first half of the play seemed to fly by
"the 2nd half of the play with resume in 15 minutes, so everyone is free to go get refreshments or come see your actors and actresses!" kimi announced then set down the microphone
In an instant, families and friends were backstage, fathers patted sons of the back, mothers hugged their kids, younger siblings giggled at the costumes
Hinata paced back and forth anxiously
"hinata, are you okay?" sakura asked still in the nurse's costume trying to calm her down "fathers here! Fathers here…I can't…I can't…do it"
"hinata calm down, what're you talking about?" sakura questioned not being able to seize her
"what's up with hinata?" naruto asked rushing over after dealing with jiraiya with whom he left with megami, "her dads here…" she sighed
"oh…" he said "I'll take it from here sakura" she nodded and got up to go greet her parents
"hinata…it's going to be okay…we'll deal with him…together" he reassured
"oh naruto-kun you don't understand! I did something terrible! You can't-" he kissed her, shutting her up
She sighed in the kiss and kissed him back, forgetting her troubles by his touch
"I propose this is rehearsal, or you have explaining to do"
She quickly let go and stood up, facing her father and hinabi standing next to him, he had a disapproving expression on his face
She bowed "father…I-" "how dare you….how dare you lie to me"
She gulped and froze in place, naruto looked confused
"I thought you said you had broken up with this boy" his eyes widened "hinata…what's he talking about?"
She slowly stood up straight "hinata…what…is he talking about?" he choked
"naruto-kun…I-" "it seems she's played us both for fools, she told me on the phone that you and her had separated"
Naruto shot her a look
"I don't have time for this petty nonsense hinata, you have engagements to fill…" he said sternly
"what do you mean?" naruto asked, "oh, you hasn't mentioned that to you either? Tsk, if you should know uzumaki-boy, hinata is engaged, she has no time for such relationships as this…how sad…hinata…we shall speak after your show" he said darkly
He turned around and left, hanabi mouthed a sorry and followed
Hinata refused to look at him, her eyes slowly trailed to him, his sky blue eyes were watery, his expression was depressive
She looked up "naruto-" "don't…" he help his hand up slowly shaking his head "just don't…"
He turned and fast walked away "naruto wait please!"
She rushed to him, still calling his name until they were away from the crowd
"naruto-kun! Please li-" "are you that ashamed of me? !, was I never good enough for you that you had to lie to your own dad about us? Telling him that we broke up! Just so you could save yourself! You never even told me you were engaged!" he yelled, short tears going down his eyes
He turned back around
"I didn't do it for me I did it for us!-" he stopped in his tracks, she was breathing heavily "he…will never let me be with you…I tried to protect us, for now at least! With whatever we could have right now because I know…when the time comes…it'll all be over" she cried
He turned his head to the side
"and I don't want to lose you! Naruto…. I love you! I love you so much I can't take it! Please! I'M SORRY!" she cried tugging on her dress
He twitched
He didn't say anything for what seemed forever
"I…don't care if you don't feel the same-" "prove it…"
She shot her head up, he was turned to her, smirking, stepping closer, "prove to me…just how much you love me"
She gulped
There was 5 minutes until show time again, hinata walked up to kimi who was directing the people in the next scene and whispered in her ear
"really?...umm….okay" she nodded stepping out onto the stage as most people began to take their seats again
"ladies and gentlemen we have a surprise performance from our Juliet, hyuga hinata!"
Everyone clapped as hinata stepped onto the stage
"I didn't know this was a musical" kankoru whispered, "I never knew you could read, things are ALWAYS surprising aren't they?" temari said like she was talking to an idiot
Hinata: Can you feel me
When I think about you
With every breath I take
Every minute
Don't matter what I do
My world is an empty place
Like I've been wonderin the desert
For a thousand days (oooh)
Don't know if it's a mirage
But I always see your face, Baby
[Chorus:]
I'm missing you so much
Can't help it even now
A day without you is like a year without rain
I need you by my side
Don't know how else to find
But a day without you is like a year without rain (oooh)
The stars are burning
I hear your voice in my mind (in my mind)
Can't you hear me calling
My heart is yearning
Like the ocean is running dry
Catch me I'm falling
It's like the ground is crumbling underneath my feet
Won't you save me
This gonna be a month soon
Then you get back to me (ooooh Baby)
I'm missing you so much
Can't help it even now
A day without you is like a year without rain
I need you by my side
Don't know how else to find
But a day without you is like a year without rain (oooh)
So let this drought come to an end
And make this desert flower again
I'm so glad you found me
Stick around me
Baby baby baby (ooooh)
It's a world of wonder
With you in my life
So hurry baby
Don't waste no more time
I need you near right
There it's plain
By a day without you
Is like a year without rain (oooh)
I'm missing you so much
Can't help it even now
A day without you is like a year without rain
I need you by my side
Don't know how else to find
But a day without you is like a year without rain (oooh)
Cheers exploded through the auditorium, she smiled sheepishly and rushed back stage only to be caught in naruto's arms
"I…wanted to be the first one to say it…" he said sadly
Her eyes widened, she hugged him tighter
"hyuga hinata…I love you"
"naruto-kun…I love you too"
The girls sighed dreamingly, kimi fist pumped
"but it's not over yet!" she called, naruto turned to her and nodded
"all that work wasn't for nothing!" she said proudly "what work?"
"you'll see" ino said sweetly
The rest of the play flew by, with the tiniest mishaps, other than that everything went well, naruto and hinata's kiss scenes went better than their directors expected
Then came the death scene, which had most of the woman in the aduiance (and the girls back stage) crying their eyes out
The play ended with kimi and megami reading off their death scene together, then the curtains closing
Everyone stood up and clapped, seconds later the cutain opened up, everyone was standing there in lines, bowing and clapping as roses and flowers flew
Megami and kimi read off the names of people and who they played quickly
Then kimi stood up onto the stage
"it's not over yet, we have ANOTHER performance but this time is by our Romeo, ladies and gentlemen, naruto uzumaki!"
Cheers arose again, naruto stepped up in regular clothing with a mike
He looked to kimi "come on…I could use some help" "oh no!" she shook her head "I can't-" "come on, you deserve it!"
She smiled softly and nodded
"hinata…this is for you" he said turning to her before he started
She smiled as he began
Naruto: Yeah, yeah, yeah ohohohoh, yeah
Chorus:
All my attention baby My extra time There's nothin' I won't give you Girl if you were mine Six million times I'm thinkin' About your face You know I'm crazy for you Let me count the ways Too many girls I'm chasin' I've had my fun But all the time was wasted Girl you know that you're the one
Naruto/Kimi:
It's a countdown to your love You're my number one girl I'ts a countdown fallin' faster
Don't think I'm gon' last now [Oh, Oh] Wait a minute I said wait a minute, wait a minute [Oh, Oh]
Naruto:
There's only one in your life I want it to be me Gon' set your heart on fire Burnin' in the fourth degree Serenade you,
call your name For you to come around 9, 10 back again Count the ways I love you now
Naruto/Kimi:
It's a countdown to your love You're my number one girl I'ts a countdown fallin' faster
2x Don't think I'm gon' last now [Oh, Oh] Wait a minute I said wait a minute, wait a minute [Oh, Oh]
Naruto:
Ooooohh Oooooohh 10, you're beautiful 9, you're amazing 8, you're contagious Everytime I look at you
6, you're a star 5, who you are 4,3 who you wanna be Don't you know that I want you 2 You're the one [Yeah]
Naruto/Kimi:
It's a countdown to your love You're my number one girl I'ts a countdown fallin' faster
2x Don't think I'm gon' last now [Oh, Oh] Wait a minute I said wait a minute, wait a minute [Oh, Oh]
It's a countdown to your love You're my number one girl I'ts a countdown fallin' faster
2x Don't think I'm gon' last now [Oh, Oh] Wait a minute I said wait a minute, wait a minute [Oh, Oh]
The same effect from hinata's song came to naruto
The boys looked awestruck, he waved and backed up, so did kimi shyly, she smiled down to her mother who was clapping proudly
"thank you for joining us tonight! We hope you enjoyed the show! Thank you to all the students who worked on this, and to all who attended, goodnight!" megami finished as the curtain closed
"dude! That was a song?" shikamaru asked, naruto nodded proudly "and you wrote that yourself?" gaara asked
He nodded "I'm not just good for dancing and singing you know" "looks like next time we should leave the song writing you eh, uzumaki?" neji asked smirking
Naruto smiled proudly, finally getting more recognition
When he stopped hinata waiting for him he began to ruhs over "'scuse me guys"
He stepped up to her
"you wrote that song…for me?" she asked quietly, he nodded "I wanted you to know how I felt about you, for a while now…I love you, no matter what"
Her eyes glistened with water as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him
"more disappointments I see"
They slowly let go and turned to their side, hiashi stood there again, without hinabi
"father…I want to be with naruto…I've decided that…I love him…and you cannot take him away from me"
"you have no power to be deciding your own future…I'll leave you now but I warn the both of you…you WILL see me soon, and this relationship will be brought to an end, even if I have to have you dragged back to Ame" he said sternly turning around and walking away
She sighed, but naruto tilted her head up to him and kissed her again
"Everything's gonna be okay hinata…were gonna get through this…"
The 11 of them sat on the large school porch after the play, mainly everyone had left, it was dark and only street lights rained
They talked among themselves
"kimi I can't thank you enough for what you did, without you I think I would have been at a loss" naruto said his arm around hinata
"it was a pleasure, you know what I had fun along the way too!" she said laughing
"and with this we've really become best friends!" ino said, kimi smiled sadly
"to tell you the truth at first I thought you only helped because you had a crush on naruto and was trying to get to him!" sakura laughed, the girls nodded in agreement
Kimi laughed "oh no way! I was just trying to help, besides I like gaara" she admitted
Sakura looked dumbstruck but before she could say another thing kimi spoke again
"doesn't matter though, this was great…hanging out with you guys…I'm really gonna miss you…"
"miss us? Were you goin'?" megami asked confused, she sighed "I really should have said this before but the reason I was quiet when I arrived is I really didn't want to make friends, you see my mom is always being transferred which means I move a lot, it always hurts leaving friends behind, and in these 2 weeks you guys have grown on me…I wish I could stay longer but I'm going Sapporo this weekend
"oh…" the girls said
A horn honked behind them, they turned around "oh, that's my mom…I better get going"
The 6 of them stood up "it was great getting to know you guys…sorry I won't make the slumber party" she said hugging them "we promise to visit! Sapporo isn't that far away…keep in touch?" tenten asked
She nodded as they walked her to her moms car
Before she got in she turned around "don't…let go of those boys…you were all meant for each other and in time you'll realize that…keep em safe…I'll see you around"
They were a bit taken back but they nodded as they watched her get in, she waved as she drove off into the night
The 10 of them said their goodbyes and nice jobs with kisses, flowers, and hugs
Naruto and hinata were the last to stay
He could still see the sadness in her eyes, he gently turned her face to him
"like I said hina…we'll get through this…no matter what it takes I'll fight for you..for us…"
She smiled "naruto-kun…I love you" she whispered kissing him
"I love you too…"
'and I'll never let anyone take you away from me…never'
T:B:C
What's in store next? Who's our next victim?
Tune in next time…
Okay okay, I don't really know the whole 'romeo and juliet' plot front to back XP
We haven't seen the last of kimi have we? !, who knows…ME! :3
Again sorry for the lateness but I DO love this chap/episode XD
Next one WILL be sooner than this, byee!