(A/N: Howdy readers. For those of you, like me, that wanted more from the ending of 'Revolutionary Girl Utena', I present to you what happens afterwards. But before we get started, if you have seen the movie, this story has no connection to it. It's related to the series and has nothing to do with the movie, which was supposed to be a remake, in case you didn't know. Also, this is a two-part story. The first part features the Shadow Girls and their usual gossip. The second part is the actual story of what happens while this first part is basically a recap and explanation of events, and it's written in script format. The second part will be a lot different and will be an actual story. Hope you like it.)

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PART ONE:

"THE SHADOW GIRLS"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Did you know? Did you know? Have you heard?"

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Heard what?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Why, the story of Revolutionary Girl Utena, of course."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Revolutionary Girl Utena? No, I haven't."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Of course you have. You just don't remember. Not many people do. She was the girl that always dressed in boys' clothes."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Dressed in boys' clothes? Why would she do that?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "She said that it made her feel closer to her prince. The prince that ended up betraying her. It happened exactly one year ago today. It's a tragic tale of love, friendship, and betrayal."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Oh, such stories move my heart. Tell me the story! Tell me the story!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Very well, I shall tell you the story of Utena Tenjou. Once upon a time, there was Prince Dios and his sister Anthy Himemiya. Dios was a noble prince that went around saving people, and winning the hearts of women."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Oh, be still my beating heart! Just hearing this story of the heroic prince has caused me to fall in love with him!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "But then something terrible happened. The brave Prince Dios was dying."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "No, no! It cannot be! My prince cannot possibly die!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "It's true. Prince Dios was dying. But he did not. His sister managed to save him by sacrificing herself. But her sacrifice doomed her to eternal suffering as the Rose Bride, which also resulted in her having no will of her own."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "How terrible!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "It also affected Dios by splitting him into two beings. Dios, the person he originally was, was sealed within the Rose Gate, while the prince became known as Akio."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Akio? Akio Ohtori? The chairman of the school?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "The very same. He was indeed once Prince Dios. But Akio was a corrupt person of who he once was. He once was a brave noble prince, but now he walks down a path of darkness. After he was split from Dios, he lost the power he once had. He wanted that power back, so he could revolutionize the world. Thus began the dueling for the Rose Bride."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Oh no, oh no! But if Akio gets back his power after being corrupted, the whole world will be at his mercer."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Terrible, isn't it?"

SHADOW GIRL 2: "But how would he get his power back?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "He chose Duelists to fight for the Rose Bride. Whoever was engaged to her at the end, gains the power to revolutionize the world."

SHADOW GIRL 2:"How exciting! But where does this Utena girl come in?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "After a terrible accident, Utena's parents died."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Oh no, how awful! She must have been so sad."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "She was. She even lost the will to live. But then Akio came across her. He managed to save her by showing her something eternal."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Something eternal? What is it? What is it? Whatever could it be?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "He showed her Anthy's suffering as the Rose Bride. Anthy's suffering was meant to be eternal. According to Akio, only someone Anthy could truly believe in as her prince would be able to save her. He could not save her, since he was her brother, and therefore could not possibly be her prince."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "That is just awful! Poor Anthy must really have suffered."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "She did. Utena wanted to save her, since Akio claimed he could not. She said that she would become a prince and rescue Anthy from her eternal suffering. So Akio decided to give her a chance and gave her a ring, marking her as Duelist. He told her that if she kept her noble heart that the ring would one day lead her back here."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "And did it?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Of course it did. And that location was this very school. Utena unknowingly became engaged to Anthy after defeating Kyouichi in a duel."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "You mean she defeated Kyouchi Saionji?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "On several occasions. And not just him, but all the members of the Student Council.

SHADOW GIRL 2: "She beat them all? Miki Kaoru, Juri Arisugawa, and Touga Kiryuu?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Not just them, but Nanami Kiryuu, Ruka Tsuchiya, Souji Mikage, and several others as well."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Wow, that Utena is one great Duelist."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Yes, she was. And when Akio saw that she was doing very well, he decided to seduce her so he would be able to control her when the time came."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "He seduced her? But doesn't he have a fiancée?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "He does, but Akio is an expert at manipulating people, and this was his method of manipulating Utena."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "That is so cruel!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Indeed it is. Touga knew of Akio's plan, and tried to help Utena. The only way he could was to defeat her and claim the Rose Bride, or else she would fall into Akio's hands."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "But why would Touga want to help Utena? Isn't he good friends with Akio? Wouldn't he want things to go the way Akio wanted?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Normally, yes, but Utena had a big impact on him. In fact, he fell in love with her."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "No way! No way! You're kidding! Touga Kiryuu, the school playboy and president of the Student Council, had fallen in love?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Deeply and truly. After Utena defeated him, he warned her to stay away from Akio. But Utena wouldn't listen. She thought he was trying to trick her. She knew of Touga's feelings for her, and thought he was trying to keep her to himself. Akio had played his part well, and Utena could not stay away from him."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Poor Utena. Being played by the one who stole her heart, not believing the one whose heart she stole."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "It's sad, but true. And now that Utena had gained the power to revolutionize the world, everything began falling into place. Anthy, knew what was going to happen to Utena. She knew that Utena was falling right into Akio's clutches. She tried to stop it by killing herself, because she had been using Utena all along to help her brother. She felt guilty and tried to end it, but Utena stopped her. She would not let Anthy kill herself, no matter how much Anthy begged to die."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "But why would she kill herself?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Because if there is no Rose Bride, there can be no world revolution. And if there was no revolution, then Akio would no longer have use for Utena, so she would be freed from his plans. But Anthy did not die, and so the time for the new world revolution approached."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Oh no, I'm scared!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "When the time came for Utena to revolutionize the world, Akio came to her, revealing that he was End of the World, the one behind everything that was happening. This was when his method of seducing her comes in. His plan had been to make her fall in love with him so he could control her, since it was her that had the power to revolutionize the world. It was a trick all along. The castle and promise for eternity was just a deception that Akio had promised all the Duelists to get them to want to claim the Rose Bride. He promised Utena an eternity of happiness with him in the castle. Had Utena given in to his deception and allowed him to control her, Akio would have used her power to bring the new world revolution as his own."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Oh no, how awful! What a cruel, cruel person!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Don't worry, Utena's goal was to save Anthy from her pain as the Rose Bride, not to gain eternity and the power to revolutionize the world. When she found out that accepting Akio's phony promise of eternal love and happiness would not free Anthy from her suffering, she turned him down."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Good for her! Take that evil chairman! Your trick didn't work!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Yes, and since his plan of seduction had failed and he could no longer control Utena, his only choice was to defeat her and forcibly take her power to revolutionize the world, which was contained in the power of the sword he pulled from her chest."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "But Utena beat him, right? She won the duel, didn't she?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "…No, she didn't. One of the curses of being the Rose Bride was to have no will of your own. Akio made Anthy stab Utena."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "She stabbed her?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "She stabbed her. And while she was down, Akio took Utena's sword and attempted to open the Rose Gate, which contained the power of Dios within it. Had he achieved this power, he would have been able to revolutionize the world. And when he attempted to get this power, a million swords of hatred appeared. Anthy absorbed this hatred, which was the cause of her pain."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "She felt the blades of a million swords? How awful. Didn't her brother help her?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "No, he only wanted power. He said that she was doing this of her own free will."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "But he was her brother. It is only natural for a sister to help her brother."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Yes, and Anthy was suffering for it. Suffering so Akio could reclaim his power. But not even Utena's sword could open the Rose Gate."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "It couldn't? Why not?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Who knows? But when Utena tried to open the Rose Gate, it opened for her. Perhaps it was Utena herself that had the power to open the gate, and not her sword."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "I suppose that makes sense. What happened next?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Dios himself appeared to Utena. According to him, whoever had his power had the power to make miracles happen. Utena's goal was to free Anthy from her suffering. And that power was an arm-length away."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Did she get the power? Tell me she got the power!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "I wish I could, but I can't. Utena was unable to reach that power. When she failed, the swords of hatred struck her and the dueling arena vanished, taking Utena with it."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "NOOOOOO!!! Utena's gone? It just can't be true!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "It is. And with Utena gone from this world, Akio had to start all over again with the dueling."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "He doesn't give up, does he?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "No, he doesn't. But this time Anthy did not go along with him. And without the Rose Bride, Akio's plans of gaining his original powers were stopped."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Yay! That's good. But wait, I thought that the Rose Bride had no free will. How could she defy her brother?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Yes, it was a shock. As it turns out, Utena was unable to gain the power of Dios, but she did manage to free Anthy."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Well, that's good. But now Utena is the one in need of rescuing."

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Yes, and that is why Anthy left the school. She has gone to find her."

SHADOW GIRL 2: "Do you think she will?"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "We may never know."

A third Shadow Girl enters the room.

SHADOW GIRL 3: "Extra! Extra! Extra! The chairman's sister has returned! After being away for a year, she has returned! She says that the time has come to free Utena!"

SHADOW GIRL 1: "Did you hear? Did you hear? Utena is going to be freed?"

SHADOW GIRL 2: "But what's going to happen once she's freed?"

SHADOW GIRLS: "Do you know? Do you know?"

(A/N: Well, that ends the Shadow Girls' gossip. They always cracked me up in the show. Did I do a good job with them? Just so you know, the rest of the story won't be like this, nor will it be in script format. This chapter was mostly just a recap and explanation for the show, since so many people seemed confused by it. Please leave me your opinions and stay tuned for the second part.)