INTO THE WORLDS
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Act Two, Part Three
The gateway to El Hazard in Tomoeda. Yomi
sluggishly approaches it, only to find that someone else is standing before it
as well. It’s Makoto, looking hurt, but still together.
Yomi: Makoto... didn’t he kill you?
Makato: (quietly) Ifurita used her last remaining energy to shield me from his
blast.
Yomi: Good for you. Running off to El Hazard again?
Makoto: I didn’t run the first time. I was pulled in.
Yomi: How convenient. Jinnai tortures us because of the things you did. And you
end up in a fantasy.
Makoto: I thought I was doing the right thing. In fact, I knew I was doing the
right thing. But I didn’t know Nanami sold his computer. And I certainly didn’t
know what Jinnai was doing to your store. If I did, I would have tried to stop
him.
Yomi: Well, it doesn’t matter now. The store’s gone, and it’s my turn to run
away to El Hazard.
Makoto: I’m only going to investigate. I want to see if there’s a way to--
Yomi: You can’t. If Ifurita couldn’t handle that thing, there’s no hope. All we
can hope for is a better life in a different world.
Yomi: No more courage, now.
No more guise.
Now my spirit’s hit the floor.
So- No more.
Makoto: The things we see,
The things we can’t,
The things we don’t know.
Yomi: What?
Makoto: The roads we see,
The choices scant,
The wrong way to go.
Yomi: No more answers.
No more lies.
No more harm from a psychopath,
Through your rivalry’s aftermath.
No more ties.
No more caring. Time to close the store.
Just- No more.
Makoto: Leaving the world? Hey, do it.
Somewhere where skies are blue.
None of these crowds of ominous clouds,
To shroud you in darkness.
Leaving the world? Hop to it.
Somewhere that’s bright and true.
Right through that door, but can you be sure,
What you’re really journeying to?
You’ll need courage. To pull through.
How would you survive?
How could you ever survive?
Leaving the world? Let’s do it.
This place is all askew.
Nevertheless, no matter the mess,
The guilt will still pester you,
When you haven’t tried your best, and yet,
You gave up and flew.
The things we see
The things we lose,
The things we don’t know.
Yomi: The times we flee,
When we should choose,
The right way to go.
Makoto, Yomi: Life’s only begun.
After a brief pause, Makoto goes through the gate. Yomi stays behind to contemplate. She sees a Navi on the floor- the one she tried to use to bribe Sakura. It slightly cracked, but still operating, displaying a blue screen. She kicks it away.
Yomi: No more demons to abhor.
Can’t we make a living here, with the people we hold dear,
Must the abnormal interfere? What’s all of it for?
All the monsters, all the lying,
All the gods, all the shame,
All the people we blame, all the crying.
All the fearing these rivals return for their encore!
All the heroes.
All the villains--
No more.
Yomi turns around and heads back out to the
school. To her surprise, Sakura, Lain, and Takato are waiting for her.
Takato: I knew you wouldn’t run away.
Sakura: Of course not, she’s too strong to leave.
Lain: ...Even if she has no powers to speak of.
Sakura and Takato elbow Lain in the stomach.
Yomi: I can’t just leave you all here. There has to be something.
Takato: Lain, how did you beat it before?
Lain: An overabundance of the things he feeds on- electricity, wires,
information.
Takato: All part of your balanced diet.
Lain: Perhaps, but there’s no way to supply the necessary amount here.
Yomi: Can’t we just throw him back into the Wired?
Lain: He’d simply reenter the real world if he wanted to. We would need to seal
him away in a place where he could be destroyed.
Yomi: What about that Digital World place Takato went to?
Takato: Yeah! The Digimon would tear him to pieces!
Lain: If the world is truly as hostile as you suggest, and the gateway is
completely closed behind him, it may work.
Yomi: The only problem, of course, would be getting him in there.
Lain: Yes, that would prove difficult.
Suddenly, Sakura reaches into her pouch and pulls out a few cards.
Sakura: (to the cards) What?
The others watch her have a conversation with the cards.
Sakura: I see... I understand... I’m sorry, I really am. I thought it was a bad
idea too.
Sakura shoots Yomi an angry look before returning to the cards.
Sakura: But now you’ll help me? Excellent!
Sakura puts the cards away and smiles at the others.
Sakura: That’s why the cards weren’t speaking to me! They were angry because I
used them to help that bad Jinnai guy! But now they see that we’re really in
trouble, so they’re willing to accept my command and help us out!!
Pause. The others don’t know what to think.
Lain: (dry) Is it me or did that sound really sappy?
Yomi: You don’t play Duel Monsters by any chance, do you?
Takato: So Lain, what is this god weak against?
Lain: To be honest- nothing. As long as it has a feed to the Wired, it can’t be
defeated. And the Wired is everywhere. Unless there isn’t any electricity, of
course.
Takato: The park! Up by the gate to the Digital World- there’s no power lines
around there!
Yomi: So if we drew the demon god up there...
Sakura: And I used the cards...
Takato: And I pulled him into the Digital World...
Lain: Perhaps a lightning bolt would provide an overabundance of electricity. Is
there a card for that?
Sakura: I can use Storm! Torrential rain, and a few thunder bolts!
Takato: All right! We’re going to kill a god- I feel like an Eva pilot!!
Yomi: We’ll need a couple raincoats and rubber boots to make sure we don’t get
hit by anything.
Sakura: We’ll run over to my house quick!
Lain: Takato, go to the park and get the location established.
Takato: Right. Be careful girls!
Takato runs off in one direction while the girls take the other.
The four make it safely to the park. Yomi
and Lain wait at the foot of the path to the shed. Both stand on the road,
waiting for God to return. Both are obviously anxious.
Lain: It’s hard to believe I’m going to kill him again.
Yomi: First time for me. What’s it like?
Lain: Difficult. Even if you don’t accept him as your master, a part of you
cries for guidance.
Yomi: Swell.
Lain: Wait until Alice hears about this.
Yomi sighs.
Yomi: Lain... Alice is dead.
Lain looks over, shocked.
Lain: Dead? How? Did God--
Yomi: Alice was defending you. Arguing with God about how it was all a
misunderstanding. She was making him angry. We were afraid he was going to take
it out on all of us... so Tomoyo hit her in the back of the head with a
camcorder... a little too hard.
Lain: It wasn’t at the hands of God?
Yomi shakes her head.
Lain: This Tomoyo will pay for this. After we destroy God I will destroy her.
Yomi: You can’t do that.
Lain: She killed Alice. Someone should kill her.
Yomi: No! She’s Tomoyo!
Lain: I don’t care who she is! Alice brought me into this world, and I must
punish the one who pulled her out.
Yomi: She didn’t mean it!
Lain: It doesn’t matter. Alice--
Yomi: Alice may be gone now.
Take what she has shown.
Things may be all wrong now.
But you’re not alone.
No one is alone. Really.
No one is alone.
Worlds may be up-ended,
Friends may say goodbye.
All will soon be mended.
They and you and I,
Stand up on our own.
But no one is alone.
Lain: I wish...
Yomi: So do I...
Takato emerges from the tunnel to the
Digital World. Sakura is waiting for him.
Sakura: (sad) Are you ready?
Takato: It’s all set. Where are the raincoats?
Sakura: There aren’t any. My house was destroyed.
Takato: Oh no... and your family?
Sakura: I couldn’t find my brother... but my Dad...
Sakura begins to cry. Takato quickly puts a hand on her shoulder. She leans
in close and starts crying on his shoulder.
Takato: It’s awful isn’t it? What he’s doing to us. But we’re going to stop him.
I guess we have to be brave and destroy this monster.
Sakura: Why do we have to destroy him?
Takato: Because- he’s evil.
Sakura: There’s no such thing as evil. My Dad told me that. Some people may be a
little misguided, but they always do what they think is right.
Takato: But he’s wrong, and we’re going to get our revenge.
Sakura: See! He’s here because he wants revenge. And we’re going to kill him
because we want revenge! Is that what this is all about? Would our parents
really want...
Open No One Is Alone- Part Two
Takato:
None of them are here now.
There’s nowhere to hide.
So much left to fear now.
Still we must decide.
You are not alone.
Since I’m here,
No one is alone.
Truly.
Things get misdirected.
Things may come unglued.
Yet, we’re all connected.
It’s true.
Things may turn around.
Good things,
Things may turn around.
Moments aren’t alone.
Nothing’s on its own.
Ride what comes around.
Life goes up and down.Yomi:
Fight it, leave it,
There’s no way to stop.
Scorn it, grieve it,
Any way, but
You are not alone.
No one is alone.
Since I’m here.
Things get misdirected.
Things may come unglued.
Yet, we’re all connected.
It’s true.
No act stands alone.
Careful.
No one is alone.
Things may turn around.
Bad things,
Things may turn around.
Moments aren’t alone.
Nothing’s on its own.
Take what comes around.
Takato, Yomi: Life will always turn itself around.
Villains may be right, monsters may be good.
What you say is right, gets misunderstood.
Takato: But remember-
Yomi (echo): But remember-
Takato, Yomi:
Know the choice you stand by.
Stand up.
Some may disagree.
Watch the words you live by.
Live up,
Make sure that you see:Sakura, Lain:
Stand up.
Live up.
Make sure that you see:All: We are not alone.
No one is alone.
Sakura: Now the light is dimming.
Takato: Fading from our scope.
All: Somewhere something’s brimming,
Overwhelming hope.
Know the choice we stand by--
Yomi and Lain both pipe down. Lain waves a
flag over to Sakura and Takato, signaling to them that God is approaching.
Yomi: Okay, remember the plan...
Lain: Right. Run away.
Lain runs up and joins Takato and Sakura. God reaches Yomi.
God: She wasn’t in Tomoeda.
Yomi: (braver) She was, but you just missed her. But- but we found her now! She
can’t hide any longer. She’s in the shed up that path.
God: Thank you. Now I shall finally have my revenge...
He floats up the path, not noticing a little black storm cloud hovering over
the shed. At the right moment, Yomi shouts.
Yomi: NOW!!
Rain begins pouring out of the cloud, following by a few rapid-fire
thunderbolts. They strike God, sending him to his knees.
God: (OS) No... no... what are you doing?
Takato: (OS) Getting you out of this world!
God is drawn away, with more lightning continuing to hit him. Yomi runs in
for a closer look.
25. Finale: Someone Will Help You
As the four deal with drawing God out of there, various characters, both alive and dead, begin walking through the road in the park. They deliver their line and remain in the area.
Use the percussion beats as a guideline to when the characters speak in the song, *not* how they deliver the lines.
Alice: You’ll never know when you’ll be caught on camera.
Juri: (pointing at Alice) The best friends can be high-maintenance.
Yukito and Makoto enter with their new companions- Yukito hold Touya’s hand while Makoto holds that of Jinnai’s sister Nanami.
Yukito, Makoto: Some moments are best when not understood.
Touya, Nanami: Eh, whatever.
Tomoyo: Take initiative, but in moderation.
Chiharu, Rika, and Naoko enter together.
Chiharu: If you’re skipping town, have someone drive you.
Rika: And bring a map too.
Naoko: And beat the rush.
Yamaki: If you monitor everything, you’ll miss it all.
Ifurita strides in, slightly aggravated. It
takes her awhile to say something.
Ifurita: No comment.
Having finished their work, Yomi, Sakura, Takato, and Lain descend from the
path. So far, they haven’t noticed any of the others watching them.
Yomi: I can’t believe that actually worked.
Takato: Now he’ll be consumed by the Digital World.
Lain: Or he’ll conquer it...
Sakura: Either way, he’s out of our hair.
Lain: That is true. Now all that’s left is to resume our lives.
Sakura: But how are we supposed to do that? There’s no one to take care of us.
Lain: We will have to fend for ourselves, resigned to loneliness and angst
forever.
Takato: No, we’ve had enough of that. You can stay with me!
Lain: Pardon?
Takato pats her on the shoulder.
Takato: Sure! I’ll make a great Alice!
Lain: I don’t need a second Alice. I just need somewhere to belong... and warm
pajamas shaped like a furry animal.
Takato: Well, since Mom and Dad didn’t really teach me how to run the bakery...
Takato turns to Yomi.
Takato: We’ll move in with you!!
Yomi: What?!
Takato: Yeah, it’ll be great!
Yomi: But the store is ruined! And there’s no way you two can...
Takato: Please?
Yomi: (giving in) Okay, fine.
Yomi looks over at Sakura.
Yomi: You’re welcome to join us, Sakura.
Sakura: I don’t want to be a burden.
Takato: You won’t be a burden! C’mon, we can get kind of a Tenchi thing going.
Lain: Takato, I doubt Sakura and I are going to fall in love with Yomi.
Sakura: Oh, I’ll be happy to stay with you, Yomi. Besides...
She pulls her cards out.
Sakura: I’m sure there’s a card or two that’ll help rebuild the place.
Yomi looks up.
Yomi: I’m sure Dad would have been really proud of me. The only problem is that
I’m still not ready to run the store.
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Yomi: Maybe I wasn’t supposed to take over.
Omi makes his entrance.
Omi: Yomi, of course you’re supposed to take over.
Yomi: But how can I do everything that I need to
If no one can show me the way?
Omi: Just find a way.
Yomi: I’ll find a way...
Omi: Look, you have been waiting for years to take over.
The moment is here and it’s your time to shine.
Yomi: Alone?
Omi: Things get misdirected.
People say goodbye.
Yet, we’re all connected.
They and you and I.
We are not alone.
No one is alone.
Stand up to the world now.
Find your way to go.
No more little girl now.
Use the things you know.
Nanami approaches Yomi.
Nanami: Excuse me. I heard you needed a little help in managing an electronics
store. If you don’t mind- I could help you out a little. I’ll be a lot more
supportive than my brother is.
Yomi and Nanami shake hands. Watching them is Jinnai, a little moved.
Jinnai: Careful the things you say,
Someone will help you.
Careful the things you need,
Nobody’s on their own.
Somewhere along the way,
Somebody will help you.
If you are marred by greed,
Somebody will help,
No matter how wrong.
Careful, ‘cause when you say,
“Someone help me,”
Someone will help you.
Nanami falls back a little, letting Yomi join Sakura, Takato, and Lain.
Jinnai, Yomi, Sakura, Takato, Lain: Careful the things you ask.
Wishes included.
Everybody comes in closer and joins in.
All: Someone may take to task.
Make it come true,
Complete.
Women: Careful the things you do.
Helping included.
Men: Things always follow through.
All: They may turn around,
And work against you.
Jinnai: Careful the things you take.
Make no mistake,
Someone will help you.
All this time, Nanami has slowly been creeping up to Jinnai as he’s been singing. At the last moment, she shoves him a little as the music gets faster. Everybody sings in three groups, but from various locations. Eventually, Jinnai begins to fight back, and they get into a little sibling scuffle.
Group 1-
Nanami, Sakura,
Omi, Yomi,
Takato, Lain:
Though it’s scary,
Though it’s mean,
Though it’s long,
And though you might
Lose the way,
Though there’s people
That are bad!
You cannot...
Wish!
You cannot...
Wander!
You have to go!
You have to live!
Group 2-
Jinnai, Makoto,
Ifurita, Tomoyo
Chiharu, Yamaki:
Though it’s scary,
Though it’s mean,
Though it’s long
And though you might
Lose the way,
Though there’s people
That are bad!
You have to go!
You have to live
Group 3-
Yukito, Touya
Alice, Juri,
Rika, Naoko:
Though it’s scary,
Though it’s mean,
Though it’s long,
And though you might
Lose the way,All: There is always good,
There is always bad,
There are always gods,
There are always guardians,
The entire group begins to mingle randomly.
All: Into the world,
You’re thrown into,
To deal with what it throws at you.
Into the world,
With things to do,
Another crazy journey.
Into the world,
But hear the sound,
Of everything that comes around,
Men: Into the world, you’ve hit the ground.
Women: Into the world, you’ve hit the ceiling.
Men: Into the world, you’ve hit a nerve,
All: Or killed a god,
Or angered a monster-
Through all their running around, Sakura, Jinnai, Yomi, Takato, and Lain are in front.
All: You might get killed, or lose your way.
You might let small things spoil your day.
Jinnai and Takato step forward.
Men: The air might be cold.
Jinnai and Takato step back. Sakura, Yomi, and Lain step forward.
Women: The skies might be gray.
The girls step back.
All: But all the tears and sorrow,
Will help you come tomorrow.
Yomi, Jinnai, Sakura, Takato, Lain: I doubt that we can make it,
Yomi steps forward.
Yomi: But let’s just try to fake it.
Yukito walks in and takes Yomi as a dance partner. In fact, for a short time, everybody dances with a random partner- Touya/Ifurita, Yamaki/Nanami, Omi/Alice, Juri/Chiharu, Makoto/Sakura, Lain/Naoko, Takato/Rika, and Jinnai with Tomoyo.
All: Into the world,
You end your bout,
But never really make it out.
Into the world,
Without a doubt,
A never-ending journey.
During each line, Sakura, Lain, Yomi, Takato, and Jinnai run up to the front as the others get into a fixed position.
All: Into the world, you’ve always been,
You never left it to begin.
Into the world, you never win,
Into the world, you never lose it.
Into the world to hear the cards,
To mind the gods, to honor the villain,
To hear, to mind,
To stop, to save,
To go, to live,
To be with my Yukito!
The five back up into a position. Also, the Voice-Over Man walks by.
All: Into the world,
Into the world,
Into the world,
And still in the world--
Jinnai steps forward, grabs Voice-Over Man, and pulls him with the rest of the group.
All: And happy ever after!
After a brief pause, Nanami smiles.
Nanami: To be...
Immediately, Makoto and Jinnai cover her mouth on the final sting.
The End