Disclaimer: Okay, okay....I'm through denying it...I DO own them!!
Author's note: In a couple of my fanfics about Utena (i think it was my first one, and my last one) I mention the characters of Utena giving up everything and going off to Disney World....well....HERE IT IS!!! Cut me some slack though because I haven't been to Disney World since I was....hmmm....12 or 13....and I'm 20 now....so the memories are kind of hazy.
P.S.--------------- As the ONLY person to have reviewed this so far mentioned: YES there is a Disney Land in Tokyo, but I just figured I'd stick to the theme park that I live an hour away from...
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"I'm SO excited! This is going to be the most fun yet!" Wakaba squeals from the back of the Greyhound bus as it speeds down the road.
"Yeah....great....how did I get dragged into this?" Juri grumbles from her seat where she is slumped down with her knees propped up against the seat in front of her so she can read Oprah's autobiography.
Our favorite group of Ohtori Academy students are on a field trip. Just over the horizon can be seen green highway signs which seem to scream "Disney World exit 1 mile". They have an entire Greyhound bus to themselves and have spent the majority of the trip from Japan singing those great classics such as "Are we there yet?", "The Wheels on the Bus", and, this author's personal favorite, "99 bottles of Saki on the Wall". Now they are all so road-weary and drained (it's a long drive from Japan to Florida!) that most of them are in different stages of sleep.
Touga is sleeping with his head on Akio's shoulder at the front of the bus, while Akio sleeps with his head on Touga's head. Utena is sprawled out in an entire seat by herself with her legs stretched across the aisle and into the seat right across from hers. Anthy is sitting up, with her hands in her lap trying to fight sleep because Utena forgot to give her Bride permission to close her eyes before going to sleep herself. Saionji is sleeping with his face pressed up against the window, his breath has clouded the glass and his spit is running in slimy rivulets into his hair. Nanami doesn't get to go to Disney World because, despite Nanami's comedic potential, this author loathes her. In the back of the bus, in the seat across from the bouncing, bubbling, and very AWAKE Wakaba, sleeps Mitsuru. He looks so cute and innocent, being the only one who for some reason changed into pajamas with little pigs on them.
Miki and Juri, like Wakaba, are awake. We know what Juri is up to, but Miki is doing something highly unusual. It seems he has stuffed Chu-chu into a little cage and is poking the monkey-mouse with a long, pointed stick while laughing hysterically to himself.
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A few moments later, everyone is awake. They have arrived at the Disney World parking lot! The bus parks (there's no driver, the bus just parks itself...it's the Akio Bus!) and the group of excited youngsters exits in an orderly fashion. As they leave, Chu-Chu can be seen staring out one of the closed windows of the vehicle as everyone leaves without him.
"This is so cool!" Utena exclaims as she leads the way to the ticket taker lines.
Forty-five minutes later, as the group is STILL standing in line, Saionji sighs,"What is taking so long?"
It is several more hours before our friends even SEE the front of the line, but when they do anticipation grows thick between them. They huddle up to the ticket taker window and stare at the person inside. It is a girl of about 19 or 20, with short, almost chin-length blonde hair and black, thick rimmed square glasses. She stares back at the group with a funny smirk on her face.
"What are you grinning at? We've been waiting here for hours!" Juri exclaims right in the girl's face.
"I know. I wrote this story. I was hoping that while you were all standing in line you would do some funny stuff, but you're all just as boring as everyone else in the world when you stand in line!" The girl looks disgusted for a moment, but then Touga steps up to the window and she puts on her cutest, most endearing smile before continuing,"You guys have to do weird, strange, oddball stuff or the few people in the world who DO read my insane fics are going to stop. Do you want that?"
"Well, YOU'RE the author...doesn't that make YOU in charge of what we do?" Touga asks.
"What? I have to do everything? Must I tie your shoes for you, too? I am only one incredibly gorgeous, witty, charming, intelligent girl...I can't ALWAYS think of fabulously funny and ridiculous things for you guys to do! Although, I must admit...I do have some very good ideas involving Miki later..." The author smiles at Miki in a sinister, "you're gonna get it" way.
Miki sweatdrops,"No Twinkies! Please!!!!"
"Just shut up, and enjoy your day at the world's best known amusement park...it should be interesting....here are your tickets." The author hands them each their respective ticket and sends them through the little revolving door thingie. No one does anything stupid while walking through the door (as people are prone to do) except that Juri's ass gets stuck for a moment. Then the group is off for a day of sun, fun, and disgustingly cute thrill rides.
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"Weeeee!" Saionji squeals as he rides the flying Dumbos for the tenth time. Touga and Akio are standing off to the side uner a shady tree sharing a bag of extremely over priced popcorn. Utena walks up to the two boys with her arms full of tons of random Disney character stuffed animals that she has won for Anthy, who is following her.
"You know, I think it was nice of the Author to let us have a nice relaxing day of family fun!" Utena cries as she drops her pile of plushies and stretches out on a patch of grass nearby. Anthy comes and stands next to her. "Sit, Anthy." Utena says without even looking at her. Anthy sits.
"Yeah...it was nice...but I think in a way she might be making fun of us." Akio says sort of suspiciously. "Don't you think it's odd that she sent all of us,who are....well...let's be honest guys....we're cartoon characters. Don't you think it's strange that she would choose THIS theme park that is completely devoted to cartoon characters to send us to?"
"Yeah, really...she could have at least sent us to Busch Gardens where they have complimentary beer..." Touga mumbles.
"Gosh, guys! That is the GREATEST ride!" Saionji cries as he runs up to the little group. "Where's everybody else? Miki, Wakaba, Juri and Mitsuru? Has anyone seen them?"
"No...I guess we should try and find them....I would hate for us to get permanently seperated in this candy-coated, happy-ending world..." Touga says cynically and starts walking. Everyone follows him, even Utena who is still lugging all of her prizes.
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Once again in one of my stories, Mitsuru finds himself crawling on the ground in agony. Behind him Wakaba is doing her normal, hyper-girl, perky bouncy thing while singing 'It's a Small World' at the top of her lungs. In a weak voice, Mitsuru cries out,"Juri...Miki....make her...shut...up...."
Miki and Juri have grown so tired of listening to Wakaba sing that song for the last two hours that they have stuffed napkins in their ears, so they can't hear Mitsuru's pleas for help.
"It's a small world, after all...It's a small world after all...it's a small world AFTER ALL!!!! Come on you guys, that ride was GREAT! I LOVE this song! It's so catchy, without being ANNOYING!"
Mitsuru is in some serious trouble, as her constant singing of the world's most sickening song is causing his insides to go into convulsive gagging mode. He watches Miki and Juri casually walk away, leaving him lying in the gutter at the feet of someone dressed in a giant Pooh Bear costume. From the depths of the young boy's misery, and still hearing Wakaba singing in the background, young Mitsuru reaches out to the giant yellow bear with the big dumb grin on his face for help. There must be a God, because suddenly Pooh Bear steps in the singing Wakaba's path.
"Stop right there," Pooh Bear says in a very deep voice.
"Huh?" Wakaba says as she looks at Pooh dumbfoundedly.
"I am here to defend justice, and to help the weak. You are disturbing this young man's equilibrium by singing that irritating song constantly. I cannot let this go on. I am here to stop you." Pooh Bear manages to look menacing through fifty pounds of yellow costume.
"Who are you?" Wakaba asks in a scared voice.
Despite his clouded vision Mitsuru watches as Pooh Bear rips off his yellow costume to reveal a dark cloaked figure underneath.
"I am Batman."
Wakaba's mouth drops open in shock. It is a moment before she can gather her wits about her, but when she does she is quick to ask,"Which one?"
Batman looks confused,"Which one? What do you mean, which one? There's only one Batman, and that's me!"
"No, no, no," Wakaba says,"There was Michael Keaton, then there was Val Kilmer, and then finally George Clooney! Which one are you?"
Batman looks extremely worried and starts to fidget,"Um....I don't KNOW! I'm just Batman....I'm here to fight for justice....who is this George Clooney character you speak of?!"
Wakaba giggles annoyingly and responds with,"Oh, he's nobody important, just a Mel Gibson wannabe who got lucky on E.R."
"Mel Gibson? Is he a Batman too?!" Batman asks in a surprisingly girlish worried voice.
"No, silly! He's Braveheart!" When she sees Batman looking so scared and confused she feels badly so she tries to offer some help,"I know how we could find out who you really are! I'll unmask you!"
Before he can protest, Wakaba has reached across the distance and pulled the dark one's mask off to reveal the face underneath.
Mitsuru is shocked from his stupor when he hears Wakaba scream insanely and run away toward the nearest souvenir shop. He looks up through eyes slitted from agony, though he's feeling better since the singing stopped, and looks at the face of his recuer.
It's Michael Jackson! Mitsuru faints.
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Will Mitsuru escape the evil clutches of Michael Jackson? Who else will be harmed by Wakaba's incessant singing of "It's a Small World"? What are the rest of the gang up to? Is the author going to play more of active role in this fic later? Will I ever get these imaginary hamsters to leave me alone? Tune in next chapter....same bat time, same bat channel for part two: "Rose of Cinderella's Castle"
Author's note: In a couple of my fanfics about Utena (i think it was my first one, and my last one) I mention the characters of Utena giving up everything and going off to Disney World....well....HERE IT IS!!! Cut me some slack though because I haven't been to Disney World since I was....hmmm....12 or 13....and I'm 20 now....so the memories are kind of hazy.
P.S.--------------- As the ONLY person to have reviewed this so far mentioned: YES there is a Disney Land in Tokyo, but I just figured I'd stick to the theme park that I live an hour away from...
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"I'm SO excited! This is going to be the most fun yet!" Wakaba squeals from the back of the Greyhound bus as it speeds down the road.
"Yeah....great....how did I get dragged into this?" Juri grumbles from her seat where she is slumped down with her knees propped up against the seat in front of her so she can read Oprah's autobiography.
Our favorite group of Ohtori Academy students are on a field trip. Just over the horizon can be seen green highway signs which seem to scream "Disney World exit 1 mile". They have an entire Greyhound bus to themselves and have spent the majority of the trip from Japan singing those great classics such as "Are we there yet?", "The Wheels on the Bus", and, this author's personal favorite, "99 bottles of Saki on the Wall". Now they are all so road-weary and drained (it's a long drive from Japan to Florida!) that most of them are in different stages of sleep.
Touga is sleeping with his head on Akio's shoulder at the front of the bus, while Akio sleeps with his head on Touga's head. Utena is sprawled out in an entire seat by herself with her legs stretched across the aisle and into the seat right across from hers. Anthy is sitting up, with her hands in her lap trying to fight sleep because Utena forgot to give her Bride permission to close her eyes before going to sleep herself. Saionji is sleeping with his face pressed up against the window, his breath has clouded the glass and his spit is running in slimy rivulets into his hair. Nanami doesn't get to go to Disney World because, despite Nanami's comedic potential, this author loathes her. In the back of the bus, in the seat across from the bouncing, bubbling, and very AWAKE Wakaba, sleeps Mitsuru. He looks so cute and innocent, being the only one who for some reason changed into pajamas with little pigs on them.
Miki and Juri, like Wakaba, are awake. We know what Juri is up to, but Miki is doing something highly unusual. It seems he has stuffed Chu-chu into a little cage and is poking the monkey-mouse with a long, pointed stick while laughing hysterically to himself.
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A few moments later, everyone is awake. They have arrived at the Disney World parking lot! The bus parks (there's no driver, the bus just parks itself...it's the Akio Bus!) and the group of excited youngsters exits in an orderly fashion. As they leave, Chu-Chu can be seen staring out one of the closed windows of the vehicle as everyone leaves without him.
"This is so cool!" Utena exclaims as she leads the way to the ticket taker lines.
Forty-five minutes later, as the group is STILL standing in line, Saionji sighs,"What is taking so long?"
It is several more hours before our friends even SEE the front of the line, but when they do anticipation grows thick between them. They huddle up to the ticket taker window and stare at the person inside. It is a girl of about 19 or 20, with short, almost chin-length blonde hair and black, thick rimmed square glasses. She stares back at the group with a funny smirk on her face.
"What are you grinning at? We've been waiting here for hours!" Juri exclaims right in the girl's face.
"I know. I wrote this story. I was hoping that while you were all standing in line you would do some funny stuff, but you're all just as boring as everyone else in the world when you stand in line!" The girl looks disgusted for a moment, but then Touga steps up to the window and she puts on her cutest, most endearing smile before continuing,"You guys have to do weird, strange, oddball stuff or the few people in the world who DO read my insane fics are going to stop. Do you want that?"
"Well, YOU'RE the author...doesn't that make YOU in charge of what we do?" Touga asks.
"What? I have to do everything? Must I tie your shoes for you, too? I am only one incredibly gorgeous, witty, charming, intelligent girl...I can't ALWAYS think of fabulously funny and ridiculous things for you guys to do! Although, I must admit...I do have some very good ideas involving Miki later..." The author smiles at Miki in a sinister, "you're gonna get it" way.
Miki sweatdrops,"No Twinkies! Please!!!!"
"Just shut up, and enjoy your day at the world's best known amusement park...it should be interesting....here are your tickets." The author hands them each their respective ticket and sends them through the little revolving door thingie. No one does anything stupid while walking through the door (as people are prone to do) except that Juri's ass gets stuck for a moment. Then the group is off for a day of sun, fun, and disgustingly cute thrill rides.
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"Weeeee!" Saionji squeals as he rides the flying Dumbos for the tenth time. Touga and Akio are standing off to the side uner a shady tree sharing a bag of extremely over priced popcorn. Utena walks up to the two boys with her arms full of tons of random Disney character stuffed animals that she has won for Anthy, who is following her.
"You know, I think it was nice of the Author to let us have a nice relaxing day of family fun!" Utena cries as she drops her pile of plushies and stretches out on a patch of grass nearby. Anthy comes and stands next to her. "Sit, Anthy." Utena says without even looking at her. Anthy sits.
"Yeah...it was nice...but I think in a way she might be making fun of us." Akio says sort of suspiciously. "Don't you think it's odd that she sent all of us,who are....well...let's be honest guys....we're cartoon characters. Don't you think it's strange that she would choose THIS theme park that is completely devoted to cartoon characters to send us to?"
"Yeah, really...she could have at least sent us to Busch Gardens where they have complimentary beer..." Touga mumbles.
"Gosh, guys! That is the GREATEST ride!" Saionji cries as he runs up to the little group. "Where's everybody else? Miki, Wakaba, Juri and Mitsuru? Has anyone seen them?"
"No...I guess we should try and find them....I would hate for us to get permanently seperated in this candy-coated, happy-ending world..." Touga says cynically and starts walking. Everyone follows him, even Utena who is still lugging all of her prizes.
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Once again in one of my stories, Mitsuru finds himself crawling on the ground in agony. Behind him Wakaba is doing her normal, hyper-girl, perky bouncy thing while singing 'It's a Small World' at the top of her lungs. In a weak voice, Mitsuru cries out,"Juri...Miki....make her...shut...up...."
Miki and Juri have grown so tired of listening to Wakaba sing that song for the last two hours that they have stuffed napkins in their ears, so they can't hear Mitsuru's pleas for help.
"It's a small world, after all...It's a small world after all...it's a small world AFTER ALL!!!! Come on you guys, that ride was GREAT! I LOVE this song! It's so catchy, without being ANNOYING!"
Mitsuru is in some serious trouble, as her constant singing of the world's most sickening song is causing his insides to go into convulsive gagging mode. He watches Miki and Juri casually walk away, leaving him lying in the gutter at the feet of someone dressed in a giant Pooh Bear costume. From the depths of the young boy's misery, and still hearing Wakaba singing in the background, young Mitsuru reaches out to the giant yellow bear with the big dumb grin on his face for help. There must be a God, because suddenly Pooh Bear steps in the singing Wakaba's path.
"Stop right there," Pooh Bear says in a very deep voice.
"Huh?" Wakaba says as she looks at Pooh dumbfoundedly.
"I am here to defend justice, and to help the weak. You are disturbing this young man's equilibrium by singing that irritating song constantly. I cannot let this go on. I am here to stop you." Pooh Bear manages to look menacing through fifty pounds of yellow costume.
"Who are you?" Wakaba asks in a scared voice.
Despite his clouded vision Mitsuru watches as Pooh Bear rips off his yellow costume to reveal a dark cloaked figure underneath.
"I am Batman."
Wakaba's mouth drops open in shock. It is a moment before she can gather her wits about her, but when she does she is quick to ask,"Which one?"
Batman looks confused,"Which one? What do you mean, which one? There's only one Batman, and that's me!"
"No, no, no," Wakaba says,"There was Michael Keaton, then there was Val Kilmer, and then finally George Clooney! Which one are you?"
Batman looks extremely worried and starts to fidget,"Um....I don't KNOW! I'm just Batman....I'm here to fight for justice....who is this George Clooney character you speak of?!"
Wakaba giggles annoyingly and responds with,"Oh, he's nobody important, just a Mel Gibson wannabe who got lucky on E.R."
"Mel Gibson? Is he a Batman too?!" Batman asks in a surprisingly girlish worried voice.
"No, silly! He's Braveheart!" When she sees Batman looking so scared and confused she feels badly so she tries to offer some help,"I know how we could find out who you really are! I'll unmask you!"
Before he can protest, Wakaba has reached across the distance and pulled the dark one's mask off to reveal the face underneath.
Mitsuru is shocked from his stupor when he hears Wakaba scream insanely and run away toward the nearest souvenir shop. He looks up through eyes slitted from agony, though he's feeling better since the singing stopped, and looks at the face of his recuer.
It's Michael Jackson! Mitsuru faints.
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Will Mitsuru escape the evil clutches of Michael Jackson? Who else will be harmed by Wakaba's incessant singing of "It's a Small World"? What are the rest of the gang up to? Is the author going to play more of active role in this fic later? Will I ever get these imaginary hamsters to leave me alone? Tune in next chapter....same bat time, same bat channel for part two: "Rose of Cinderella's Castle"