Tomorrow Comes Part Three By Lucia ~~~~~ A/N: This is getting sillier. -_-; ~~~~~ "OK," Koushiro said, rubbing his temples. "We're going to start with act 2. Sora, you're up first singing 'On My Own'. It's a very sad song- put lots of emotion in it. I want you to move the audience to tears." Sora nodded as Koushiro cued the tape. SORA: And now I'm all alone again Nowhere to turn, no one to go to Without a home without a friend Without a face to say hello to And now the night is near I can make believe he's here Sometimes I walk alone at night When everybody else is sleeping I think of him and I'm happy With the company I'm keeping The city goes to bed And I can live inside my head Own my own Pretending he's beside me All alone I walk with him till morning Without him I feel his arms around me And when I lose my way I close my eyes And he has found me In the rain the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever And I know it's only in my mind That I'm talking to myself and not to him And although I know that he is blind Still I say, there's a way for us I love him But when the night is over He is gone The river's just a river Without him The world around me changes The trees are bare and everywhere The streets are full of strangers I love him But every day I'm learning All my life I've only been pretending Without me His world would go on turning A world that's full of happiness That I have never known I love him I love him I love him But only on my own. Mimi and Miyako were wailing again, harder than before if that was possible, and this time Hikari joined them. Miyako grabbed the closest person, who also happened to be Hikari, and sobbed into her shirt. Kari returned the favor, the waterworks threatening a flood. Suddenly Hikari blushed, realizing the position she was in. Everyone blinked as Kari and Miyako went from blubbering like they just lost their best friends to making out. Sweatdrops appeared as they hit the floor with a thump. "How did _that_ happen?" Koushiro sweatdropped. "Why me? Can I have...Sora and Taichi please? Now, this is 'A Little Fall of Rain,' and Eponine has arrived at the barricades mortally wounded after delivering a message from Marius to Cosette." SORA: Don't you fret, M'sieur Marius I don't feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now You're here, that's all I need to know And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain will make the flowers grow. TAICHI: But you will live, 'Ponine - dear God above... If I could close your wounds with words of love... SORA: Just hold me now, and let it be. Shelter me, comfort me... TAICHI: You would live A hundred years If I could show you how I won't desert you now... SORA: The rain can't hurt me now This rain will wash away what's past And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close I'll sleep in your embrace at last The rain that brings you here Is Heaven-blessed! The skies begin to clear And I'm at rest A breath away from where you are I've come home from so far So don't you fret, M'sieur Marius I don't feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now That's all I need to know And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain Will make the flowers... TAICHI: [in counterpoint] Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine You won't feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt you now I'm here I will stay with you Till you are sleeping And rain Will make the flowers... [She dies. Marius kisses her, then lays her on the ground.] TAICHI: Grow. This time, most of the Digidestined were sniffling, including Ken, where he was hiding out backstage. Daisuke, who was aware of Ken's presence by now, slipped backstage to say hello. Or something of the sort. Mimi was still crying. Hikari and Miyako were...otherwise occupied. Takeru sweatdropped, because he was pretty sure he had seen one of Hikari's pink gloves fly past his head. Well, so much for her supposed crush on him. "Ahem..." Koushiro said, glad that he wouldn't need either Hikari or Miyako for anything. He felt sorry for Iori, now diligently working on scenery. Reliability, that was Iori. "All the guys up here for 'Drink with Me'. Um...and can I have Mimi and Sora help too? The only important thing that's happened is that Valjean gets ahold of Javert, who was captured as a spy by the students, and lets him go, saying, 'Your life is safe in my hands.'" Daisuke cleared his throat from somewhere in the wings. "Ano...is..is it OK if- if Ken joins us?" Koushiro blinked. "Um...I suppose so." No one said anything to disagree, so he grabbed another script and did some quick editing on it and the others. "All right, let's roll." [The defenders settle down for the night with wine and a song.] WILLIS: Marius, rest. KEN: Drink with me To days gone by Sing with me The songs we knew MICHAEL: Here's to pretty girls Who went to our heads KEN: Here's to witty girls Who went to our beds ALL: Here's to them And here's to you! MICHAEL: Drink with me To days gone by Can it be You fear to die? Will the world remember you When you fall? Could it be your death Means nothing at all? Is your life just one more lie? MEN: Drink with me To days Gone by To the life That used To be Let the wine of friendship Never run dry WOMEN: (in counterpoint) Drink with me To days Gone by To the life That used To be At the shrine of friendship Never say die ALL: Here's to you And here's To me... TAICHI: Do I care if I should die Now he goes across the sea? Life without Cosette Means nothing at all Would you weep, Cosette, Should Marius fall? Will you weep, Cosette, For me? [Marius settles down to sleep.] Takeru had to admit it- he was quite impressed with Ken's singing. He did it even better than he did soccer...or school...or... Daisuke grinned. Ken was definitely cute when he sang. Of course, he was cute all the time... Koushiro groaned. It was worse than a soap opera with this group. And not only that, but he apparently had no chance with Miyako. He should have seen that she liked Hikari... "OK, everyone...except for Takeru, pretend to be asleep. He gets to do the solo 'Bring him Home'." [Valjean is standing over Marius at the barricade.] TAKERU: God on high Hear my prayer In my need You have always been there He is young He's afraid Let him rest Heaven blessed. Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home. He's like the son I might have known If God had granted me a son. The summers die One by one How soon they fly On and on And I am old And will be gone. Bring him peace Bring him joy He is young He is only a boy You can take You can give Let him be Let him live If I die Let me die Let him live Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home "OK- at the barricades everyone is shot and killed except for Marius and Valjean. Valjean takes the wounded and unconscious Marius into the sewers. And then we get to...'Javert's Suicide'." "Awwww, man. Not only do I have to be the villian, I have to kill myself," Daisuke complained. "Deal with it," Koushiro replied. "I feel your pain, man," Ken said seriously, patting Daisuke on the shoulder. Daisuke just groaned. Koushiro looked at the people onstage still pretending to sleep. "Um...you guys can get up now." "Oh, OK," Mimi said, scrambling off of Sora, where she had most likely been discreetly getting in a few gropes. His theory was pretty much confirmed when both disappeared offstage to the bathroom. "Why me?" he moaned again. "Daisuke, now." "OK, OK, sheesh," Daisuke muttered. DAISUKE: Who is this man? What sort of devil is he? To have me caught in a trap And choose to let me go free? It was his hour at last To put a seal on my fate Wipe out the past And wash me clean off the slate! All it would take Was a flick of his knife Vengence was his And he gave me back my life! Damned if I'll live in the debt of a theif! Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase. I am the Law and the Law is not mocked I'll spit his pity right back in his face There is nothing on earth that we share It is either Valjean or Javert! How can I now allow this man To hold dominion over me? This desperate man whom I have hunted He gave me my life, he gave me freedom. I should have perished by his hand! It was his right. It was my right to die as well Instead I live, but live in hell! And my thoughts fly apart Can this man be believed? Shall his sins be forgiven? Shall his crimes be reprieved? And must I now begin to doubt Who never doubted all these years? My heart is stone and still it trembles The world I have known is lost in shadow. Is he from heaven or from hell? And does he know That granting me my life today This man has killed me even so? I am reaching, but I fall And the stars are black and cold. As I stare into the void Of a world that cannot hold I'll escape now from the world From the world of Jean Valjean There is nowhere I can turn There is no way to go on..... [He throws himself into the swollen river.] "That was depressing," Takeru commented. "I'll second that," Ken said. "Yeah, no kidding..." Daisuke agreed. "Hey, we just agreed on something!" "Well, we don't exactly have a girl to fight over anymore," Takeru grumbled, pointing to a considerably-mussed Hikari sitting next to an equally-mussed Miyako. "Good point," Daisuke grumbled. Ken looked back and forth between the two. Drats! He'd be forgotten yet again... He yelped as someone grabbed him and hauled him behind the curtains. "Something wrong, Ken?" Taichi said, smirking at him. "Uh...no..." "Yeeeessss," Yamato mocked. "OK, OK, I have a little, teeny, weenie crush on Daisuke, but he obviously-" "Likes you as much as he likes my brother," Yamato offered. "But- they- I can't-" "Ken. It's called a _threesome_," Taichi said. "..." Yamato blinked. That was an interesting shade of red. "Look, we'll help you out, OK?" Taichi said, oblivious. Kan nodded, then passed out with a nosebleed. "Taichi! Tai, where did you go?" Koushiro groaned. "Right here," Tai said, coming back onstage smirking like a cat that got the canary. "Finally! I need you to do 'Empty Chairs at Empty Tables'. Marius is recovering, but at the same time he's missing his friends like crazy." [Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he's back at the ABC cafe.] TAICHI: There's a grief that can't be spoken There's a pain goes on and on Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone Here they talked of revolution Here it was they lit the flame Here they sang about tomorrow And tomorrow never came. From the table in the corner They could see a world reborn And they rose with voices ringing I can hear them now! The very words that they had sung Became their last communion On the lowly barricade.. At dawn. Oh my friends, my friends forgive me. [The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear.] That I live and you are gone There's a grief that can't be spoken There's a pain goes on and on Phantom faces at the window Phantom shadows on the floor Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will meet no more. [The ghosts fade away.] Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me What your sacrifice was for Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will sing no more... "And, finally," Koushiro said, "We're coming to the end. Marius realizes that Valjean was the one who saved him from the barricades, and Cosette and Marius marry. Cosette and Marius hear that Valjean had gone away, and rush to his house. When they get there, they find Valjean, dying. I'll need Kari and Sora backstage- we'll have wings for you as well at the performance. I think I'll put the other characters who died back there as well..." he broke off, muttering to himself. "Um...everyone else, backstage as well. Taichi, Takeru, and Yamato, I need you onstage." He paused for a moment. "Would someone go get Mimi and Sora?" "Never mind, we're here," Mimi said, popping her head out of the curtains. Her hat was missing, as were Sora's gloves. "Where did you want us?" "Backstage, backstage," Koushiro muttered, starting the music. TAKERU: (to Cosette) Now you are here Again beside me Now I can die in peace For now my life is blessed YAMATO: You will live, Papa, you're going to live It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye. TAKERU: Yes, Cosette, forbid me now to die I'll obey I will try On this page I write my last confession Read it well When I at last am sleeping. It's a story Of those who always loved you Your mother gave her life for you Then gave you to my keeping. [Fantine's spirit appears.] KARI: Come with me Where chains will never bind you All your grief At last, at last behind you. Lord in Heaven Look down on him in mercy. TAKERU: Forgive me all my trespasses And take me to your glory. [Eponine's spirit appears as well] KARI & SORA: Take my hand And lead me to salvation Take my love For love is everlasting. KARI, SORA, & TAKERU: And remember The truth that once was spoken To love another person Is to see the face of God! [The spirits of the other people who died at the barricades appear now as well] ALL: Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the light For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise. They will live again in freedom In the garden of the Lord They will walk behind the plough-share They will put away the sword The chain will be broken And all men will have their reward! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Tomorrow comes! Tomorrow comes! [The curtain falls.] "Beautiful!" Miyako said, whistling. "It was soooooo...sad!" She and Kari broke into tears again, grabbing each other. "That was good," Koushiro admitted, "but we'll still need lots of practice. Same time tomorrow!" ~~~~~ Lucia: I'm thinking about doing a sequel to this where they do another play. Should I or should I not, and suggestions for what play are needed. ~~~~~ The end