Shoujo Kakumei Utena Otakufic 2
Episode 13 - "Out with the Old and In with the New!"
by Rose Priestess
Obligatory Disclaimer: The characters of "Shoujo Kakumei Utena" belong to Saito Chiho, Be-Pa-Pas, etc.
Opening Theme: Rose is Rain
Scene: An eerily somber day at Ohtori Academy. Replacing the ever-present sunny, 70-degree weather, dark storm clouds hover over the school (though "institution" would be a more fitting word) ominously and most appropriately. Many students are gathered on one of the larger, nondescript grassy knolls that so characterize the landscape. They watch in silent respect (?) as the casket of the late Josh Perry is lowered into the ground.
Man: ....and though we entrust Josh to the earth—
Jessica: [stuffs a handful of popcorn into her mouth with a loud crunch interrupting the ceremony]
Wakaba: [nudges her] Ne, have a little respect for the dead.
Sean: [nods in agreement] We do...very, very little, that is.
Utena: [slightly upset] How can you say that? Wasn't he your friend?
All: [fall over laughing uncontrollably]
Rio: [wipes a tear from her eye] Well, you got the "was" part, right!
Utena: [sweatdrop]
Miki: [delicately] How exactly did Josh-sempai...pass away?
Sarah: Being a dumbass, as usual. He jumped off the high dive during swim practice.
Miki: But—
Sarah: --when there wasn't any water in the pool.
Miki: [wide eyed] I see... [faints]
Scott: [looks down at the fallen timekeeper] Huh. Boy doesn't have much guts, does he?
All: Nope.
Scene: The next morning in Ohtori's courtyard. Sarah and Samantha are idly gossiping about the school...really, how can one not, though?
Sarah: [takes a deep breath of fresh air] Ahhh...Perry-less at last!
Samantha: What if he comes back from the dead for the millionth time?
Sarah: I seriously doubt he would. He was only resurrected after being killed on purpose before. This time he did himself in.
Samantha: True. Still, I can't help but wonder what we'll do for entertainment around here now.
Sarah: [laughs]
Scene: A nondescript wall along one the Academy's corridors. Shadow girls A-ko and B-ko bob up and down chanting their typical banter.
A-ko: I wonder, I wonder, do you know what I wonder?
B-ko: What do you wonder, dear girl?
A-ko: There seems to be a new student from a far away land transferring in today!
B-ko: Though they pride themselves in being strong, can they really stand up to the eccentricities of daily life?
Both: Do they know, do they know, do they really know?
Scene: 1st period. Sarah, Samantha, Scott, Rio, Jessica, and Sean are seated in a cluster of desks near the rear of the room.
Teacher: [clearing her throat] Now class, we have a new student with us this semester. Please make him feel welcome. [a boy with dark blonde slightly ruffled hair takes his seat next to Rio]
All: [in complete, sweatdropping shock] Oh God.
Samantha: How the hell did you get here?!
Matt: I was going to ask you the same thing. One minute I'm happily looking at hentai Utena doujinshi on eBay and now I'm stuck here! What gives?
Scott: [knowingly] Plot contrivance.
Rio: [thwaps him with her spatula] Hardly. Congratulations my fellow bounty hunter, you are now stuck in the absurdity known as Ohtori Academy.
Jessica: Enjoy your stay here...just watch out for the damn Akio-Cars.
Matt: [sarcastically] Great. Now how do I get out of here?
Sean: You don't. You're stuck here with the rest of us forever...or until Sami gets bored with this continuity.
Scene: The elevator leading up to the Seitokai balcony. Our favorite red-haired bishonen president stands alone inside at first.
Touga: If the egg's shell does not break, the chick will die without being born. [silhouettes of Miki and Juri appear] We are the chick; the egg is the world. [silhouettes of Scott and Saionji appear] If the world's shell does not break, the chick will die without being born. [silhouettes of Sarah and Samantha appear] Break the world's shell! [silhouettes of Touga and Rio appear]
All: [the doors to the elevator open] For the sake of revolutionizing the world!
Scene: The Seitokai balcony. The members are seated along two sides of a rectangular table; Touga sits at one end while Saionji sits at the other. Random magazines and doujinshi (some hentai, some not) featuring Utena characters are scattered among the length of the table. Juri reads a copy with Shiori on the cover with great interest.
Rio: [bored] So, what brings us here today, oh illustrious Seitokaichou? More talk about chicks and eggs, perhaps?
Touga: [pointedly] Not at all. Though we have received no letters from "Ends of the World," we do have a new council member in our midst.
Saionji: Another one? We're running out of positions to fill.
Touga: [grinning] Speaking of positions, will you show him in, Rijichou?
Samantha: [who is leaning back haphazardly in her chair, falls out at the mention of "Rijichou"] Oww...
Scott: [laughs so hard at Samantha's clumsiness that he also falls out of his chair with a clunk] Oww...
Akio: [appears at the doorway escorting a young man with a bag over his face] Certainly. May I present to you your newest member. [removes the bag and the young man is revealed to be Matt]
Sarah, Samantha, and Scott: [all curse under their breath]
Sarah: [looking around] Alright, which one of you gave him that damn ring?
Rio: [sheepishly] Ehehehehe....gomen.
Samantha: [glares] I know someone who's going for a ride in the Akio-Car...
Akio: [looks at Matt] So, this is the fresh meat--er, I mean new student?
Matt: [alarmed] Fresh meat?! What the fuck?!
Akio: [with a sly grin on his face] Don't mind if I do—
All: [shouting] Akio, NO!
Scene: The greenhouse. Utena and Matt are inside chatting while Anshi tends to the roses like she normally does. Utena is attempting to explain to Matt the whole business about the duels.
Utena: ...they only want to duel me to possess whatever kind of power Himemiya apparently holds. [absentmindedly looks at Anshi, who is oblivious]
Matt: [thinks] Interesting. That may not be such a bad idea after all...
Utena: [startled] Nani?
Matt: [rips a white rose from its branch and throws it at Utena's feet] Be at the Arena after classes. I have plans for the Rose Bride. [leaves]
Utena: [to herself] Haven't we been through this all already?
Scene: The gate to the Arena of Duels. Utena steps into the gondola and joins Anshi at the dueling platform.
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
My own birth, Absolute birth, Apocalypse
A wet-nurse and a midwife in a dark desert
A gold-gilded Shangri-La
Day and night reversing
A time-gilded Lost Paradise
Darkness over Sodom
Darkness ever glowing
Darkness over yonder
Darkness never ending
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalyptic Darkness; Apocalypse
mokushi kushimo
himoku kumoshi
moshiku shikumo
mokushi kushimo
shimoku kumoshi
moshiku shikumo
Scene: The dueling platform. Utena and Anshi (in full Rose Bride attire) appear in a whirlwind of rose petals. The inverted floating castle above them rotates contently. The entrance to the stairwell separates and the usual Akio-Car silhouette is seen. Matt steps into the light from the headlights in his Duelist uniform, black slacks with a dark gold jacket complimented by deep scarlet trim. Rio acts as his Rose Bride in a navy blue version of the outfit. Samantha, Scott, Sean, Sarah, and Jessica watch from a nearby balcony.
Matt: Are you prepared to taste defeat, Tenjou Utena?
Scott: "Taste defeat?" Is he serious?
Sarah: [chuckles] Is he ever?
Anshi: [chanting] O Roses of the noble castle, reveal to us now...
Utena and Anshi: ...the Power to Revolutionize the World! [Anshi withdraws the Sword of Dios from Utena's chest while Akio-Cars pop out from the floor of the Arena and one drives itself around the edge of the platform]
Rio: [attempts to draw Matt's spirit sword, but only pulls out a few sheets of paper] Damn it, Matt, you're not supposed to have spirit hentai!
Matt: Hah, says you!
Rio: [is finally successful in withdrawing Matt's spirit...scythe] A scythe. I shoulda known. [bells chime beginning the duel. "An Immortal Emperor in a Mundane Universe" plays in the background]
Existence: wondrous alchemy
Base metals; precious metals
From right to left,
Start to end,
Destruction, the hunt, a frenetic dance, a celebration banquet
Birth: unviewable alchemy
Apparatus of artificial recombination
From top to bottom,
A metamorphosis into a curious shape
Books, anonimity, self-indulgence, wildness
An unchanging world (I am)
I am unchanging
Ka Wa Ra Wa Ra Zu
Ra Zu Ka Zu Ka Wa
Unchanging
It ends: The wasted labors of foul and fish
It ends: The deceptive game of the egg and bed
It ends: The ancient dance from the boat and carriage It ends: The anticipation of the sea and waterfall Glittering reverie, flickering imagination
Parched vision, slithering expression
Murmuring delusion, flittering thought
Fluttering invention, trembling supposition
Birth: immortal alchemy
The cosmic egg of time and space
Philosophic crystal,
Rosicrucianism Purity, harmony, and perspective
The future, past, and present me
The future, past, and present me
Glittering origin, flickering solitude
Parched labyrinth, slithering space-time
Murmuring reminiscence, flittering memory
Fluttering evaporation, trembling immortality
[Utena disables Matt of his..uh..scythe. The headlights of all the many Akio-Cars flicker on and join to become one light, stretching up the castle. The spirit of Dios descends and lends his power to Utena who promptly slices off Matt's gold rose in a flurry of petals. Bells ring signaling the end of the duel. Matt falls unconscious as several more lights on the castle burn out.]
Utena: [looks down at the fallen Duelist] I thought we could understand each other...but I guess not. Let's go, Himemiya. [Utena and Anshi leave the Arena]
Scene: The Ohtori pool the following afternoon. Sarah, Rio, and Matt are at swim practice discussing the events of the previous duel.
Rio: [chuckling to herself] Hey, Matt, why don't you go ask Utena-san how that defeat tastes?
Matt: [sarcastically] Haha, very funny. I just need some more practice with that damn scythe. Maybe I'll join the fencing team; the captain's pretty hot.
Sarah: [blinks] Um...does she have curly, coral-colored hair by any chance?
Matt: Yeah, why?
Sarah: [turns to Rio] Should we tell him?
Rio: Nah.
Preview of Next Episode
Sean: How the hell does anyone get any sleep around here with all that banging going on?!
Scott: Do I really have to remind you? It's Akio.
Jessica: Not that banging, you baka. He means the construction over by the pool. Get your mind out of the gutter for once.
Samantha: Speaking of gutters...
Sarah: Next time on Shoujo Kakumei Utena 2: "Bowled Over."
Rio: The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse.
Closing Theme: Kaze mo, Sora mo, Kitto
Author Notes: Oh wow, "Shoujo Kakumei Utena 2." Can I get any more original? Yes, I *do* realize that I said the duel of Revolution would take place after mine, which will be addressed in the next episode...if there *is* a next episode. Also, I realize that the ending song is from Sailor Stars, but it just describes the tone of the new arc really well. As always, reviews, flames, and MSTs are greatly appreciated!
e-mail: bara_no_miko@ohtoriacademy.com
Episode 13 - "Out with the Old and In with the New!"
by Rose Priestess
Obligatory Disclaimer: The characters of "Shoujo Kakumei Utena" belong to Saito Chiho, Be-Pa-Pas, etc.
Opening Theme: Rose is Rain
Scene: An eerily somber day at Ohtori Academy. Replacing the ever-present sunny, 70-degree weather, dark storm clouds hover over the school (though "institution" would be a more fitting word) ominously and most appropriately. Many students are gathered on one of the larger, nondescript grassy knolls that so characterize the landscape. They watch in silent respect (?) as the casket of the late Josh Perry is lowered into the ground.
Man: ....and though we entrust Josh to the earth—
Jessica: [stuffs a handful of popcorn into her mouth with a loud crunch interrupting the ceremony]
Wakaba: [nudges her] Ne, have a little respect for the dead.
Sean: [nods in agreement] We do...very, very little, that is.
Utena: [slightly upset] How can you say that? Wasn't he your friend?
All: [fall over laughing uncontrollably]
Rio: [wipes a tear from her eye] Well, you got the "was" part, right!
Utena: [sweatdrop]
Miki: [delicately] How exactly did Josh-sempai...pass away?
Sarah: Being a dumbass, as usual. He jumped off the high dive during swim practice.
Miki: But—
Sarah: --when there wasn't any water in the pool.
Miki: [wide eyed] I see... [faints]
Scott: [looks down at the fallen timekeeper] Huh. Boy doesn't have much guts, does he?
All: Nope.
Scene: The next morning in Ohtori's courtyard. Sarah and Samantha are idly gossiping about the school...really, how can one not, though?
Sarah: [takes a deep breath of fresh air] Ahhh...Perry-less at last!
Samantha: What if he comes back from the dead for the millionth time?
Sarah: I seriously doubt he would. He was only resurrected after being killed on purpose before. This time he did himself in.
Samantha: True. Still, I can't help but wonder what we'll do for entertainment around here now.
Sarah: [laughs]
Scene: A nondescript wall along one the Academy's corridors. Shadow girls A-ko and B-ko bob up and down chanting their typical banter.
A-ko: I wonder, I wonder, do you know what I wonder?
B-ko: What do you wonder, dear girl?
A-ko: There seems to be a new student from a far away land transferring in today!
B-ko: Though they pride themselves in being strong, can they really stand up to the eccentricities of daily life?
Both: Do they know, do they know, do they really know?
Scene: 1st period. Sarah, Samantha, Scott, Rio, Jessica, and Sean are seated in a cluster of desks near the rear of the room.
Teacher: [clearing her throat] Now class, we have a new student with us this semester. Please make him feel welcome. [a boy with dark blonde slightly ruffled hair takes his seat next to Rio]
All: [in complete, sweatdropping shock] Oh God.
Samantha: How the hell did you get here?!
Matt: I was going to ask you the same thing. One minute I'm happily looking at hentai Utena doujinshi on eBay and now I'm stuck here! What gives?
Scott: [knowingly] Plot contrivance.
Rio: [thwaps him with her spatula] Hardly. Congratulations my fellow bounty hunter, you are now stuck in the absurdity known as Ohtori Academy.
Jessica: Enjoy your stay here...just watch out for the damn Akio-Cars.
Matt: [sarcastically] Great. Now how do I get out of here?
Sean: You don't. You're stuck here with the rest of us forever...or until Sami gets bored with this continuity.
Scene: The elevator leading up to the Seitokai balcony. Our favorite red-haired bishonen president stands alone inside at first.
Touga: If the egg's shell does not break, the chick will die without being born. [silhouettes of Miki and Juri appear] We are the chick; the egg is the world. [silhouettes of Scott and Saionji appear] If the world's shell does not break, the chick will die without being born. [silhouettes of Sarah and Samantha appear] Break the world's shell! [silhouettes of Touga and Rio appear]
All: [the doors to the elevator open] For the sake of revolutionizing the world!
Scene: The Seitokai balcony. The members are seated along two sides of a rectangular table; Touga sits at one end while Saionji sits at the other. Random magazines and doujinshi (some hentai, some not) featuring Utena characters are scattered among the length of the table. Juri reads a copy with Shiori on the cover with great interest.
Rio: [bored] So, what brings us here today, oh illustrious Seitokaichou? More talk about chicks and eggs, perhaps?
Touga: [pointedly] Not at all. Though we have received no letters from "Ends of the World," we do have a new council member in our midst.
Saionji: Another one? We're running out of positions to fill.
Touga: [grinning] Speaking of positions, will you show him in, Rijichou?
Samantha: [who is leaning back haphazardly in her chair, falls out at the mention of "Rijichou"] Oww...
Scott: [laughs so hard at Samantha's clumsiness that he also falls out of his chair with a clunk] Oww...
Akio: [appears at the doorway escorting a young man with a bag over his face] Certainly. May I present to you your newest member. [removes the bag and the young man is revealed to be Matt]
Sarah, Samantha, and Scott: [all curse under their breath]
Sarah: [looking around] Alright, which one of you gave him that damn ring?
Rio: [sheepishly] Ehehehehe....gomen.
Samantha: [glares] I know someone who's going for a ride in the Akio-Car...
Akio: [looks at Matt] So, this is the fresh meat--er, I mean new student?
Matt: [alarmed] Fresh meat?! What the fuck?!
Akio: [with a sly grin on his face] Don't mind if I do—
All: [shouting] Akio, NO!
Scene: The greenhouse. Utena and Matt are inside chatting while Anshi tends to the roses like she normally does. Utena is attempting to explain to Matt the whole business about the duels.
Utena: ...they only want to duel me to possess whatever kind of power Himemiya apparently holds. [absentmindedly looks at Anshi, who is oblivious]
Matt: [thinks] Interesting. That may not be such a bad idea after all...
Utena: [startled] Nani?
Matt: [rips a white rose from its branch and throws it at Utena's feet] Be at the Arena after classes. I have plans for the Rose Bride. [leaves]
Utena: [to herself] Haven't we been through this all already?
Scene: The gate to the Arena of Duels. Utena steps into the gondola and joins Anshi at the dueling platform.
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
My own birth, Absolute birth, Apocalypse
A wet-nurse and a midwife in a dark desert
A gold-gilded Shangri-La
Day and night reversing
A time-gilded Lost Paradise
Darkness over Sodom
Darkness ever glowing
Darkness over yonder
Darkness never ending
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
The Absolute Destiny: Apocalyptic Darkness; Apocalypse
mokushi kushimo
himoku kumoshi
moshiku shikumo
mokushi kushimo
shimoku kumoshi
moshiku shikumo
Scene: The dueling platform. Utena and Anshi (in full Rose Bride attire) appear in a whirlwind of rose petals. The inverted floating castle above them rotates contently. The entrance to the stairwell separates and the usual Akio-Car silhouette is seen. Matt steps into the light from the headlights in his Duelist uniform, black slacks with a dark gold jacket complimented by deep scarlet trim. Rio acts as his Rose Bride in a navy blue version of the outfit. Samantha, Scott, Sean, Sarah, and Jessica watch from a nearby balcony.
Matt: Are you prepared to taste defeat, Tenjou Utena?
Scott: "Taste defeat?" Is he serious?
Sarah: [chuckles] Is he ever?
Anshi: [chanting] O Roses of the noble castle, reveal to us now...
Utena and Anshi: ...the Power to Revolutionize the World! [Anshi withdraws the Sword of Dios from Utena's chest while Akio-Cars pop out from the floor of the Arena and one drives itself around the edge of the platform]
Rio: [attempts to draw Matt's spirit sword, but only pulls out a few sheets of paper] Damn it, Matt, you're not supposed to have spirit hentai!
Matt: Hah, says you!
Rio: [is finally successful in withdrawing Matt's spirit...scythe] A scythe. I shoulda known. [bells chime beginning the duel. "An Immortal Emperor in a Mundane Universe" plays in the background]
Existence: wondrous alchemy
Base metals; precious metals
From right to left,
Start to end,
Destruction, the hunt, a frenetic dance, a celebration banquet
Birth: unviewable alchemy
Apparatus of artificial recombination
From top to bottom,
A metamorphosis into a curious shape
Books, anonimity, self-indulgence, wildness
An unchanging world (I am)
I am unchanging
Ka Wa Ra Wa Ra Zu
Ra Zu Ka Zu Ka Wa
Unchanging
It ends: The wasted labors of foul and fish
It ends: The deceptive game of the egg and bed
It ends: The ancient dance from the boat and carriage It ends: The anticipation of the sea and waterfall Glittering reverie, flickering imagination
Parched vision, slithering expression
Murmuring delusion, flittering thought
Fluttering invention, trembling supposition
Birth: immortal alchemy
The cosmic egg of time and space
Philosophic crystal,
Rosicrucianism Purity, harmony, and perspective
The future, past, and present me
The future, past, and present me
Glittering origin, flickering solitude
Parched labyrinth, slithering space-time
Murmuring reminiscence, flittering memory
Fluttering evaporation, trembling immortality
[Utena disables Matt of his..uh..scythe. The headlights of all the many Akio-Cars flicker on and join to become one light, stretching up the castle. The spirit of Dios descends and lends his power to Utena who promptly slices off Matt's gold rose in a flurry of petals. Bells ring signaling the end of the duel. Matt falls unconscious as several more lights on the castle burn out.]
Utena: [looks down at the fallen Duelist] I thought we could understand each other...but I guess not. Let's go, Himemiya. [Utena and Anshi leave the Arena]
Scene: The Ohtori pool the following afternoon. Sarah, Rio, and Matt are at swim practice discussing the events of the previous duel.
Rio: [chuckling to herself] Hey, Matt, why don't you go ask Utena-san how that defeat tastes?
Matt: [sarcastically] Haha, very funny. I just need some more practice with that damn scythe. Maybe I'll join the fencing team; the captain's pretty hot.
Sarah: [blinks] Um...does she have curly, coral-colored hair by any chance?
Matt: Yeah, why?
Sarah: [turns to Rio] Should we tell him?
Rio: Nah.
Preview of Next Episode
Sean: How the hell does anyone get any sleep around here with all that banging going on?!
Scott: Do I really have to remind you? It's Akio.
Jessica: Not that banging, you baka. He means the construction over by the pool. Get your mind out of the gutter for once.
Samantha: Speaking of gutters...
Sarah: Next time on Shoujo Kakumei Utena 2: "Bowled Over."
Rio: The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse.
Closing Theme: Kaze mo, Sora mo, Kitto
Author Notes: Oh wow, "Shoujo Kakumei Utena 2." Can I get any more original? Yes, I *do* realize that I said the duel of Revolution would take place after mine, which will be addressed in the next episode...if there *is* a next episode. Also, I realize that the ending song is from Sailor Stars, but it just describes the tone of the new arc really well. As always, reviews, flames, and MSTs are greatly appreciated!
e-mail: bara_no_miko@ohtoriacademy.com