Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Chapter One--Wednesday and Thursday
“Minna. We will have to cease tennis practice for 3 weeks by order of the principal.”
A chorus of “What?’ came from the tennis courts, followed by an even louder chorus of “Why?”
“It’s that time of the year again,” Ryuuzaki-sensei muttered under her breath.
Oishi ran up to her.
“Sensei, don’t tell me it’s-“he began in a low voice. A breeze blew past.
“The annual cca play competition.” Tezuka announced. “And we, the Seigaku junior high section boys’ tennis club have gotten…” he said as he took a sealed white envelope from Ryuuzaki-sensei and opened it. “Cinderella.”
Eiji’s jaw dropped. The redhead stuttered.
“Cin… Cin… Cin… Cinderella? Uso! We’re all guys here!”
“Annual cca play competition?” Ryoma raised his eyebrows. “What’s that?”
“Nya, ochibi… You mean you don’t know what’s that? Every year each cca is given 3 weeks to put up a play with the theme their teachers have picked and advertise it… I remember last year…”
[Flashback......]
“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!” the prince Oishi cried.
On instinct, Rapunzel Tezuka let down her long yellow hair for who she thought was the witch to climb up.
‘Yoshi,’ Oishi thought. He tugged carefully at Tezuka’s blonde wig. He nodded as a signal to Tezuka that he was ready.
Unfortunately, Oishi tugged too hard at the fake hair that was attached to the tower’s window and…
The next thing Oishi knew, there was a blonde heap on the floor.
Everyone in the audience’s jaw dropped.
Oishi looked at his hands in utmost horror.
“What… What have I done…?”
Tezuka merely looked at Oishi with no expression on his face, except for something in his eyes that said “100 laps during training later.”
The audience burst into hysterical laughter.
Oishi’s face turned beet red and he turned and bowed to the audience saying “Sumimasen!” profusely.
[End of flashback]
Momo burst out laughing.
“Yeah!” he exclaimed. “The look on Oishi-senpai’s face then was absolutely hilarious!” he said, in between laughter.
Oishi’s face turned at least 3 shades redder than a tomato at Eiji’s mention of that unfortunate incident a year ago. “That…”
“The non-regulars will be in charge of props, costumes and music. Regulars, please gather. We have to discuss the distribution of roles.” Ryuuzaki-sensei announced. “The rest of you are dismissed.”
“There are not enough roles to go round?” everyone stared at Ryuuzaki-sensei in disbelief.
The boys’ tennis club coach nodded. “Yes, I’m afraid this is so. The rules have been changed this year, as it seems. All regulars of sports teams will have to act.” She turned to look at Inui. “I’m counting on you for the script.”
“Yes. It will be perfect,” Inui smiled evilly, as a glint appeared in his glasses as it gleamed.
Everyone shuddered.
“Please take this play seriously. I hope that history will not repeat itself. We will review the script tomorrow.” Tezuka nodded in Oishi’s direction.
Immediately Oishi knew Tezuka’s ‘history will not repeat itself’ comment was directed at him. He sighed.
“You are dismissed.”
“Nya… Of all plays we had to get Cinderella…” Eiji complained.
“I heard the art club got Macbeth…” Inui remarked. “The script will be perfect.”
Eiji shuddered. “I’ll pass.”
The next day, during recess…
“Nya, Fuji… Wonder what roles we’re getting…” Eiji sighed.
The hazel haired boy merely smiled and nodded.
At that very moment, Inui entered the classroom.
“Is everyone here?” he looked around. Eiji nodded. “Tezuka‘s behind you.”
Inui’s glasses gleamed dangerously. “Ok. Now, I shall be assigning you your roles and tell you about our improved script.”
Everyone was silent.
“Once upon a time, there lived a stepmother, two daughters and Cinderella. The two sisters had a cat, which they always had to protect from the two jealous sisters next door. One day, a royal ball was held to find a prospective wife for the prince. The two jealous sisters wanted to prevent the 2 stepsisters from going to the ball, so they destroyed the most beautiful dress in sight, which coincidentally was Cinderella’s dress. With her dress ruined, she felt very sad.
All of a sudden, her fairy godfather appears! With his help, she makes it to the ball. She meets the prince and they fall in love. But alas, she has to leave at 12 midnight. She runs from the ball and leaves a shoe behind. The prince orders a nationwide search for her. He eventually finds her and they get married, living happily ever after.
The end,” Inui read out.
“Eh? Omoshiroi sou da nya” Eiji grinned. “Ne, so who’s Cinderella?”
Inui smiled evilly. A cold wind blew past.
Everyone shivered.
“I am the stepmother. Oishi and Eiji, you are the two stepsisters, aka the golden sisters. Fuji, you are Cinderella. Echizen, you are the cat. Kawamura, you are the fairy godfather, Kaidoh and Momoshiro, you two are the jealous sisters. And Tezuka, you are the prince.” Inui closed his green notebook.
Eiji and Oishi looked at each other. “Golden… Sisters?”
“Why am I with you, mamushi!” Momoshiro stared at Kaidoh.
“Uruse! Who said I wanted to be with you!” Kaidoh hissed angrily.
The both of them turned to look at Inui. “Inui-senpai! We refuse to be girls!”
“Omoshiroi.” Fuji appeared suddenly behind Tezuka. He smiled. “Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.”
Tezuka turned to look at Fuji and nodded. But something about his friend’s words made him feel slightly uneasy…
“Ahem.” Tezuka cleared his throat. “If there are no objections, Inui’s decision will be final.”
“WE OBJECT!” Momoshiro and Kaidoh yelled.
“Nya, Ochibi, what about you?” Eiji hugged Ryoma.
“Kikumaru-senpai, don’t do such things…” Ryoma muttered as he tried to escape from Eiji.
“Then why don’t we discuss your roles over recess? I have a new bottle of my special shiny juice with me today…” Inui motioned for Kaidoh and Momoshiro to follow.
The two boys gulped. “No… Thanks…”
“Very well. Rehearsals begin tomorrow. I have obtained permission from the principal to let us stay overnight tomorrow. Please inform your parents. You may go,” Tezuka nodded.
“Hai hai…” Momoshiro sighed.
“Looks like we have to practice more once these 3 weeks are over…” Fuji smiled at Tezuka.
The tennis club captain merely nodded.
The two of them were walking towards the canteen when all of a sudden…
“TEZUKA-SAMA!”
Fuji nodded in Tezuka’s many fangirls’ direction. “Tezuka, here they come again.”
Tezuka didn’t move. “Saa… Yuudan sezu ni ikkou…” he muttered.
Fuji grinned. “Yeah…”
Tezuka nodded.
Fuji caught his eye. Instinctively he held Tezuka’s hand, clutching it close to his chest as they walked towards the canteen.
Tezuka felt slightly uncomfortable but his expression did not change.
All of Tezuka’s fangirls’ jaw dropped. “Te…Te…Tezuka-sama is… GAY?”
Fuji merely smiled. ‘Tezuka’s plan to keep his fangirls away from him is working… I should have brought a camera along to photograph this… Ah… What a waste…’ he thought. Never in his entire life did he even think that his friend Tezuka needed to escape from his fangirls.
“Hmmm… But Tezuka-sama is still Tezuka-sama and we love him no matter what, right?” one of the fangirls said aloud.
The rest of them nodded.
“Tezuka…” Fuji opened his eyes.
Tezuka nodded.
“TEZUKA-SAMA!” all the fangirls yelled as they came after the two Seigaku regulars in full force.
Both Tezuka and Fuji’s instincts read ‘RUN!’
And so they did.
Eiji shook his head, watching Tezuka and Fuji trying to escape from the fangirls. “Nya… They’re at it again…
End of Chapter 1
hehe...really nice fanfic van-chan :D Erm, those who want to see more, check out fanfiction.net and search for A Very Strange Cinderella Story. Domo arigatou gozaimashita, Altotyme-tachi wa totemo D-A-I-S-U-K-I!!! =) (This was done by our anime group, Alto-tyme) Thank You!
“Minna. We will have to cease tennis practice for 3 weeks by order of the principal.”
A chorus of “What?’ came from the tennis courts, followed by an even louder chorus of “Why?”
“It’s that time of the year again,” Ryuuzaki-sensei muttered under her breath.
Oishi ran up to her.
“Sensei, don’t tell me it’s-“he began in a low voice. A breeze blew past.
“The annual cca play competition.” Tezuka announced. “And we, the Seigaku junior high section boys’ tennis club have gotten…” he said as he took a sealed white envelope from Ryuuzaki-sensei and opened it. “Cinderella.”
Eiji’s jaw dropped. The redhead stuttered.
“Cin… Cin… Cin… Cinderella? Uso! We’re all guys here!”
“Annual cca play competition?” Ryoma raised his eyebrows. “What’s that?”
“Nya, ochibi… You mean you don’t know what’s that? Every year each cca is given 3 weeks to put up a play with the theme their teachers have picked and advertise it… I remember last year…”
[Flashback......]
“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!” the prince Oishi cried.
On instinct, Rapunzel Tezuka let down her long yellow hair for who she thought was the witch to climb up.
‘Yoshi,’ Oishi thought. He tugged carefully at Tezuka’s blonde wig. He nodded as a signal to Tezuka that he was ready.
Unfortunately, Oishi tugged too hard at the fake hair that was attached to the tower’s window and…
The next thing Oishi knew, there was a blonde heap on the floor.
Everyone in the audience’s jaw dropped.
Oishi looked at his hands in utmost horror.
“What… What have I done…?”
Tezuka merely looked at Oishi with no expression on his face, except for something in his eyes that said “100 laps during training later.”
The audience burst into hysterical laughter.
Oishi’s face turned beet red and he turned and bowed to the audience saying “Sumimasen!” profusely.
[End of flashback]
Momo burst out laughing.
“Yeah!” he exclaimed. “The look on Oishi-senpai’s face then was absolutely hilarious!” he said, in between laughter.
Oishi’s face turned at least 3 shades redder than a tomato at Eiji’s mention of that unfortunate incident a year ago. “That…”
“The non-regulars will be in charge of props, costumes and music. Regulars, please gather. We have to discuss the distribution of roles.” Ryuuzaki-sensei announced. “The rest of you are dismissed.”
“There are not enough roles to go round?” everyone stared at Ryuuzaki-sensei in disbelief.
The boys’ tennis club coach nodded. “Yes, I’m afraid this is so. The rules have been changed this year, as it seems. All regulars of sports teams will have to act.” She turned to look at Inui. “I’m counting on you for the script.”
“Yes. It will be perfect,” Inui smiled evilly, as a glint appeared in his glasses as it gleamed.
Everyone shuddered.
“Please take this play seriously. I hope that history will not repeat itself. We will review the script tomorrow.” Tezuka nodded in Oishi’s direction.
Immediately Oishi knew Tezuka’s ‘history will not repeat itself’ comment was directed at him. He sighed.
“You are dismissed.”
“Nya… Of all plays we had to get Cinderella…” Eiji complained.
“I heard the art club got Macbeth…” Inui remarked. “The script will be perfect.”
Eiji shuddered. “I’ll pass.”
The next day, during recess…
“Nya, Fuji… Wonder what roles we’re getting…” Eiji sighed.
The hazel haired boy merely smiled and nodded.
At that very moment, Inui entered the classroom.
“Is everyone here?” he looked around. Eiji nodded. “Tezuka‘s behind you.”
Inui’s glasses gleamed dangerously. “Ok. Now, I shall be assigning you your roles and tell you about our improved script.”
Everyone was silent.
“Once upon a time, there lived a stepmother, two daughters and Cinderella. The two sisters had a cat, which they always had to protect from the two jealous sisters next door. One day, a royal ball was held to find a prospective wife for the prince. The two jealous sisters wanted to prevent the 2 stepsisters from going to the ball, so they destroyed the most beautiful dress in sight, which coincidentally was Cinderella’s dress. With her dress ruined, she felt very sad.
All of a sudden, her fairy godfather appears! With his help, she makes it to the ball. She meets the prince and they fall in love. But alas, she has to leave at 12 midnight. She runs from the ball and leaves a shoe behind. The prince orders a nationwide search for her. He eventually finds her and they get married, living happily ever after.
The end,” Inui read out.
“Eh? Omoshiroi sou da nya” Eiji grinned. “Ne, so who’s Cinderella?”
Inui smiled evilly. A cold wind blew past.
Everyone shivered.
“I am the stepmother. Oishi and Eiji, you are the two stepsisters, aka the golden sisters. Fuji, you are Cinderella. Echizen, you are the cat. Kawamura, you are the fairy godfather, Kaidoh and Momoshiro, you two are the jealous sisters. And Tezuka, you are the prince.” Inui closed his green notebook.
Eiji and Oishi looked at each other. “Golden… Sisters?”
“Why am I with you, mamushi!” Momoshiro stared at Kaidoh.
“Uruse! Who said I wanted to be with you!” Kaidoh hissed angrily.
The both of them turned to look at Inui. “Inui-senpai! We refuse to be girls!”
“Omoshiroi.” Fuji appeared suddenly behind Tezuka. He smiled. “Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.”
Tezuka turned to look at Fuji and nodded. But something about his friend’s words made him feel slightly uneasy…
“Ahem.” Tezuka cleared his throat. “If there are no objections, Inui’s decision will be final.”
“WE OBJECT!” Momoshiro and Kaidoh yelled.
“Nya, Ochibi, what about you?” Eiji hugged Ryoma.
“Kikumaru-senpai, don’t do such things…” Ryoma muttered as he tried to escape from Eiji.
“Then why don’t we discuss your roles over recess? I have a new bottle of my special shiny juice with me today…” Inui motioned for Kaidoh and Momoshiro to follow.
The two boys gulped. “No… Thanks…”
“Very well. Rehearsals begin tomorrow. I have obtained permission from the principal to let us stay overnight tomorrow. Please inform your parents. You may go,” Tezuka nodded.
“Hai hai…” Momoshiro sighed.
“Looks like we have to practice more once these 3 weeks are over…” Fuji smiled at Tezuka.
The tennis club captain merely nodded.
The two of them were walking towards the canteen when all of a sudden…
“TEZUKA-SAMA!”
Fuji nodded in Tezuka’s many fangirls’ direction. “Tezuka, here they come again.”
Tezuka didn’t move. “Saa… Yuudan sezu ni ikkou…” he muttered.
Fuji grinned. “Yeah…”
Tezuka nodded.
Fuji caught his eye. Instinctively he held Tezuka’s hand, clutching it close to his chest as they walked towards the canteen.
Tezuka felt slightly uncomfortable but his expression did not change.
All of Tezuka’s fangirls’ jaw dropped. “Te…Te…Tezuka-sama is… GAY?”
Fuji merely smiled. ‘Tezuka’s plan to keep his fangirls away from him is working… I should have brought a camera along to photograph this… Ah… What a waste…’ he thought. Never in his entire life did he even think that his friend Tezuka needed to escape from his fangirls.
“Hmmm… But Tezuka-sama is still Tezuka-sama and we love him no matter what, right?” one of the fangirls said aloud.
The rest of them nodded.
“Tezuka…” Fuji opened his eyes.
Tezuka nodded.
“TEZUKA-SAMA!” all the fangirls yelled as they came after the two Seigaku regulars in full force.
Both Tezuka and Fuji’s instincts read ‘RUN!’
And so they did.
Eiji shook his head, watching Tezuka and Fuji trying to escape from the fangirls. “Nya… They’re at it again…
End of Chapter 1
hehe...really nice fanfic van-chan :D Erm, those who want to see more, check out fanfiction.net and search for A Very Strange Cinderella Story. Domo arigatou gozaimashita, Altotyme-tachi wa totemo D-A-I-S-U-K-I!!! =) (This was done by our anime group, Alto-tyme) Thank You!
何時も同じな空の下で笑えるからさ, 8:13 pm.
