First Knight
By Lane Kramer
Author's Note: Well here is where I take my first stab
at writing a Utena fic. I have high hopes for this
series and hope it fits decently into the TV show
continuity. I am writing this as if it fits into the
episodes themselves... sort of an untold chapter you
might say... I hope things turn out ok... Email me at:
lkramer@bellatlantic.net for comments and/or flames
which I will accept from all...
This takes place during the Akio Ohtori Saga of TV
Utena. It takes place after episode 21 and finishes
before episode 36... and partly after episode 39.
Prologue: Dream of the Rose Bride...
Anthy Himemiya was turning in her bed. She had not slept very well in the
last couple of days. Each night in a dream she heard a voice call her
name. It had a chilling effect on her soul, therefore she would often wake
up, sometimes crying out. This usually caused Utena Tenjou to come in to
comfort Anthy and try to discover what was causing her the discomfort in
her sleep... As so often was the case in many ways Anthy told Utena it was
nothing and just a little bad dream. Anthy hid so many things from Utena,
no matter if they ranged from her and Akio's weekly "sessions" or about
what she wished to happen in the battle for revolution. Utena was the
closest thing Anthy had to a friend and she wanted to tell her, but she
couldn't exactly explain it herself. She knew the voice but just couldn't
exactly explain it. The voice was familiar to her, something from the past
that was coming to haunt her again. As Anthy turned under the sheets of
her bed she was hearing the voice again, but this time she would see the
whole dream and face the inevitable truth that a further trauma from her
past was about to catch up with her.
Anthy found herself in mist covered field. She felt very disoriented and
found herself calling "Utena... Utena... where are you? Brother help me...
please someone help me..." she looked down to the ground tears welling up
in her face "I don't want to be alone..." causing her to collapse to her
knees on the ground.
Just then she noticed a shadow starting to work its way toward her. She at
first felt some fear, but as it got closer it took the shape of a human
male. "Brother?" she called. The shadow made no reply until it was
standing over her. "Unfortunately dear princess I am not the Prince, only
his humble servant." With that Anthy looked and felt utter shock at the
person who now looked down upon her. His facial features were all blacked
out, but she could make out his eyes. Those deep forest green eyes were
unmistakable.
The stranger gave Anthy a helping hand to help step her up. He then took a
gracious bow and spoke " So do you do Rose Bride. Its been a while my
lady. How are you and the prince doing." This last statement having a very
condescending tone to it. Anthy was forced to blink for a second at what
he had just said. She could not believe that tone in the last part of his
sentence. But before she could think anymore about it the mysterious
figure backhanded across the face and she fell to the ground. A bruise on
her cheek, tears in her eyes, and she looked up at him. All that could be
scene was his eyes burning a hole through her heart. "You are so very
selfish my princess. You believe you are the only one who has suffered.
That is thinking way to highly of yourself. Do you forget how you have
made Akio suffer or how you have made me suffer." Anthy merely looked up
at him unsure of how to respond. Then her eyebrows curled over her eyes
slightly and she felt a bit of anger roar up in her "How dare you think
that I have not suffered enough. How is it possible you have suffer when
you failed in your duty? You have experienced nothing as to what my
brother and I have. You are the one who is pathetic and looking for
sympathy when it is you who should give me some. That was your role as the
knight."
Just as Anthy finished her venomous rant the stranger's hand flew forth and
gripped her by the neck. She felt his powerful grip tightening on her
neck, the air starting to be cut off. She reached her hands up to try and
pry his hand loose, but his grip was to strong. She could not break it.
The next moment she looked at him he was suddenly in a jacket similar to
the ones the student council wears. "I figured you would rather see me in
something more appropriate for your current surroundings at Ohtori
academy." His grip still tight on her neck, his eyes looked deep into her
eyes and then to her very shattered soul. "Let me tell you a story Rose
Bride. A story about a prince and the million swords of hate... A story
about a selfish princess and the protect full knight... Let me tell you
about how they fell..." Then Anthy started to feel herself losing
consciousness.
"Once there was a prince who saved all the princesses of the world. The
prince, Dios, was a kind and wonderful fellow who defended all and brought
justice wherever he did travel. But with the prince travelled his squire
and his best friend. Those two were inseparable. They regarded each other
with honour and respect. They had formed a bond that could not be broken,
except when one day the sister of the Prince wanted to keep him for herself
and the people cried for the Prince to help them all, but he felt the
obligation to stay with his sister. Therefore the million swords of hate
were upon the Princess and they did destroy her... This caused the Prince
to fall and lose himself... This did then also cause the knight to lose his
way for his purpose was the prince and to protect the prince and princess
from harm. He did fail in both respects. He lost his best friend because
of the princess which fuelled his anger at her, but more importantly she
took a part of his heart with her... Thus was the tragedy of the Rose even
greater for not just two souls were forever changed by three instead... And
it was the princesses fault..."
Suddenly Anthy found herself regaining some resemblance of awakening. She
was still in the death grip of the stranger, but she did not feel terror
any more merely pity. "Now do you understand. My cruelty to you, even my
hate towards you can only be half hearted for part of me is forever trapped
with you. I can never truly harm you in the end." His hand released her
and she fell to the ground now fully getting air into her lungs. The
stranger collapsed before her, onto his knees, tears of blood red falling
down his cheek. Anthy slowly put her hand to his cheek. His head did
raise and look to her. " I had no idea. I am sorry. I think understand
now. You have suffered as well. Perhaps we should just sit here and hold
each other for a while." She reached her other hand over to him, but he
pushed it away while taking her other hand from her cheek.
"I am sorry Rose Bride but I cannot for now I must leave you. May you not
forget this." Suddenly the stranger began to decompose before her fading
into shadows and disappearing. The Anthy was in utter horror and she
suddenly found herself crying out.
Just then she awoke in the arms of Utena who was hold her down. "Anthy...
are you ok. Anthy its me Utena..." Anthy dug into Utena's night gown and
cried. "Utena-sama, Utena- sama..." is all she could say. Utena just
decided to hold her for a while and let her cry. Sometime in the future
she would ask what this dream was about.
Somewhere farther away a figure looked up to the moonlight from his hotel
room. His green eyes basked in the moon and sat back in the chair in the
bedroom and looked at the letter again. He was glad her started his new
school tomorrow and should be asleep, but something about tonight made him
think about someone from his past. He saw her face in the moon. He then
picked up the letter he had received just a week ago in the mail. He
sighed and decided to go to sleep. Tomorrow was his first day at Ohtori
Academy and it would do him well to get some sleep.
@July 7th, 1999 Lane Kramer. Used with permission. All characters are
copyright of BePapas @1997. Ryo Yagami is @1999 Lane Kramer. Thank you for
reading!
By Lane Kramer
Author's Note: Well here is where I take my first stab
at writing a Utena fic. I have high hopes for this
series and hope it fits decently into the TV show
continuity. I am writing this as if it fits into the
episodes themselves... sort of an untold chapter you
might say... I hope things turn out ok... Email me at:
lkramer@bellatlantic.net for comments and/or flames
which I will accept from all...
This takes place during the Akio Ohtori Saga of TV
Utena. It takes place after episode 21 and finishes
before episode 36... and partly after episode 39.
Prologue: Dream of the Rose Bride...
Anthy Himemiya was turning in her bed. She had not slept very well in the
last couple of days. Each night in a dream she heard a voice call her
name. It had a chilling effect on her soul, therefore she would often wake
up, sometimes crying out. This usually caused Utena Tenjou to come in to
comfort Anthy and try to discover what was causing her the discomfort in
her sleep... As so often was the case in many ways Anthy told Utena it was
nothing and just a little bad dream. Anthy hid so many things from Utena,
no matter if they ranged from her and Akio's weekly "sessions" or about
what she wished to happen in the battle for revolution. Utena was the
closest thing Anthy had to a friend and she wanted to tell her, but she
couldn't exactly explain it herself. She knew the voice but just couldn't
exactly explain it. The voice was familiar to her, something from the past
that was coming to haunt her again. As Anthy turned under the sheets of
her bed she was hearing the voice again, but this time she would see the
whole dream and face the inevitable truth that a further trauma from her
past was about to catch up with her.
Anthy found herself in mist covered field. She felt very disoriented and
found herself calling "Utena... Utena... where are you? Brother help me...
please someone help me..." she looked down to the ground tears welling up
in her face "I don't want to be alone..." causing her to collapse to her
knees on the ground.
Just then she noticed a shadow starting to work its way toward her. She at
first felt some fear, but as it got closer it took the shape of a human
male. "Brother?" she called. The shadow made no reply until it was
standing over her. "Unfortunately dear princess I am not the Prince, only
his humble servant." With that Anthy looked and felt utter shock at the
person who now looked down upon her. His facial features were all blacked
out, but she could make out his eyes. Those deep forest green eyes were
unmistakable.
The stranger gave Anthy a helping hand to help step her up. He then took a
gracious bow and spoke " So do you do Rose Bride. Its been a while my
lady. How are you and the prince doing." This last statement having a very
condescending tone to it. Anthy was forced to blink for a second at what
he had just said. She could not believe that tone in the last part of his
sentence. But before she could think anymore about it the mysterious
figure backhanded across the face and she fell to the ground. A bruise on
her cheek, tears in her eyes, and she looked up at him. All that could be
scene was his eyes burning a hole through her heart. "You are so very
selfish my princess. You believe you are the only one who has suffered.
That is thinking way to highly of yourself. Do you forget how you have
made Akio suffer or how you have made me suffer." Anthy merely looked up
at him unsure of how to respond. Then her eyebrows curled over her eyes
slightly and she felt a bit of anger roar up in her "How dare you think
that I have not suffered enough. How is it possible you have suffer when
you failed in your duty? You have experienced nothing as to what my
brother and I have. You are the one who is pathetic and looking for
sympathy when it is you who should give me some. That was your role as the
knight."
Just as Anthy finished her venomous rant the stranger's hand flew forth and
gripped her by the neck. She felt his powerful grip tightening on her
neck, the air starting to be cut off. She reached her hands up to try and
pry his hand loose, but his grip was to strong. She could not break it.
The next moment she looked at him he was suddenly in a jacket similar to
the ones the student council wears. "I figured you would rather see me in
something more appropriate for your current surroundings at Ohtori
academy." His grip still tight on her neck, his eyes looked deep into her
eyes and then to her very shattered soul. "Let me tell you a story Rose
Bride. A story about a prince and the million swords of hate... A story
about a selfish princess and the protect full knight... Let me tell you
about how they fell..." Then Anthy started to feel herself losing
consciousness.
"Once there was a prince who saved all the princesses of the world. The
prince, Dios, was a kind and wonderful fellow who defended all and brought
justice wherever he did travel. But with the prince travelled his squire
and his best friend. Those two were inseparable. They regarded each other
with honour and respect. They had formed a bond that could not be broken,
except when one day the sister of the Prince wanted to keep him for herself
and the people cried for the Prince to help them all, but he felt the
obligation to stay with his sister. Therefore the million swords of hate
were upon the Princess and they did destroy her... This caused the Prince
to fall and lose himself... This did then also cause the knight to lose his
way for his purpose was the prince and to protect the prince and princess
from harm. He did fail in both respects. He lost his best friend because
of the princess which fuelled his anger at her, but more importantly she
took a part of his heart with her... Thus was the tragedy of the Rose even
greater for not just two souls were forever changed by three instead... And
it was the princesses fault..."
Suddenly Anthy found herself regaining some resemblance of awakening. She
was still in the death grip of the stranger, but she did not feel terror
any more merely pity. "Now do you understand. My cruelty to you, even my
hate towards you can only be half hearted for part of me is forever trapped
with you. I can never truly harm you in the end." His hand released her
and she fell to the ground now fully getting air into her lungs. The
stranger collapsed before her, onto his knees, tears of blood red falling
down his cheek. Anthy slowly put her hand to his cheek. His head did
raise and look to her. " I had no idea. I am sorry. I think understand
now. You have suffered as well. Perhaps we should just sit here and hold
each other for a while." She reached her other hand over to him, but he
pushed it away while taking her other hand from her cheek.
"I am sorry Rose Bride but I cannot for now I must leave you. May you not
forget this." Suddenly the stranger began to decompose before her fading
into shadows and disappearing. The Anthy was in utter horror and she
suddenly found herself crying out.
Just then she awoke in the arms of Utena who was hold her down. "Anthy...
are you ok. Anthy its me Utena..." Anthy dug into Utena's night gown and
cried. "Utena-sama, Utena- sama..." is all she could say. Utena just
decided to hold her for a while and let her cry. Sometime in the future
she would ask what this dream was about.
Somewhere farther away a figure looked up to the moonlight from his hotel
room. His green eyes basked in the moon and sat back in the chair in the
bedroom and looked at the letter again. He was glad her started his new
school tomorrow and should be asleep, but something about tonight made him
think about someone from his past. He saw her face in the moon. He then
picked up the letter he had received just a week ago in the mail. He
sighed and decided to go to sleep. Tomorrow was his first day at Ohtori
Academy and it would do him well to get some sleep.
@July 7th, 1999 Lane Kramer. Used with permission. All characters are
copyright of BePapas @1997. Ryo Yagami is @1999 Lane Kramer. Thank you for
reading!