"The Purple Rose Saga": An otakufic by King Reanna
Episode
Eight: "The Christmas Rose" (originally "The Midsummer Rose")
Written
Dec.13-14, 1999
(We see
a door- Miki and Kozue's door. A hand- Reanna's hand- knocks on it. The door opens.
Kozue stands behind it)
Kozue: Oniisama? (her smile fades) Oh, it's you. (We see Reanna)
Reanna: Hi, Kozue. How are you?
Kozue: I could be better. So, what
are you doing here?
Reanna: I came by to pick up
Himemiya Anshi's things.
Kozue: Anshi-sempai is changing
dorms again?
Reanna: (thinking) Damn! That's right, she doesn't know about the duels. (speaking) Yes. She'll be staying with
me now. (sneezes) How's Micky doing?
Kozue: … He's not here. He left a
couple of hours ago with Anshi and hasn't come back since.
Reanna: What?
Kozue: Didn't you hear me? … You
know where he is, don't you?
Reanna: I thought he came back
here!
Kozue: I knew it! He was with you the whole time! What the hell were
you—
Reanna: Kozue, get a grip. We need
to go out and find Micky! He might still be outside!
Kozue: (pauses, goes into her room) I'll find him myself! Why don't you just clear
Anshi's stuff out of here? It's the least you can do. That little animal is
getting on my nerves!
Chu-Chu: (voice) Chu-Chu!
Kozue: (at the door with her coat on) Excuse me.
Reanna: I'm coming with you. I care
about your brother as much as you do.
(Kozue
looks mad. She looks like she wants to slap Reanna, but she doesn't; after a
moment, she lets her hand down)
Kozue: Come on, then, let's go.
(Kozue
walks rapidly down the hall, and after looking after her for a moment, Reanna
follows after her)
Title: "The Christmas Rose"
(We see Touga speaking on the phone at the
Kiryuu mansion)
Touga: Mm-hmm. Yes, they did.
Reanna did. No, I don't know what she was thinking. Yes, Reanna won. To tell
the truth, I wasn't even expecting her to show up. She has yet to learn the
true significance of the duels. Yes, and Merry Christmas to you, too. (Touga hangs up)
Nanami: (offscreen) Oniisama!
(Touga
looks behind him)
Nanami: We're decorating the tree
now! Come on, Oniisama!
(Doorbell
rings)
(Touga gets up to answer the door)
(Touga opens the door. It's Utena, looking
slightly angry about something)
(We see
Reanna and Kozue running through the snow. It's snowing and the wind is blowing
hard)
Kozue: Micky! Oniisama!
Reanna: Micky-chan!
Kozue: Where is he? Reanna, why don't you just go inside. I'll look for him.
Reanna: We'll be more likely to
find him if we're both out here looking. Besides, I feel like I have to be out
here looking for him. He's my friend.
Kozue: Of course. People are
always leaving their friends out in the snow.
Reanna: (stops running) Now hold on just a minute! (Reanna's genuinely offended) I did not! I thought he went home!
Kozue: (stops) What the hell were you doing out here, anyway?
Reanna: Seitokai stuff.
Kozue: Out here in the snow?
(Reanna
pauses, then continues walking. Kozue scowls, then follows her)
Reanna: Micky-chan!
Kozue: Oniisama!
(They
both see a bit of blue, far off. As if on cue, they run over. Miki is lying,
unconscious, in the snow)
(Kozue
kneels down)
Kozue: Micky! Micky, wake up! (she shakes him)
(Reanna
kneels down and touches his cheek)
Reanna: … He's freezing!
Kozue: He needs mouth to mouth! (bends over)
(Reanna shoves her away)
Reanna: He does not! He needs to
get warm.
Kozue: I can do that, too.
Reanna: I mean we need to get him
inside! (looks around, sees a door into
the school) Do they lock the doors to the school on holidays?
Kozue: That door should be open…
Reanna: Micky! Micky-chan!
(Finally,
Miki's eyes open)
Kozue and Reanna: (both very happy) Micky!
Reanna: Come on, Micky, let's get
into the school. You're practically frozen. Can you get up?
Miki: (sits up) I'm… sorry I've caused the two of you so much trouble. I was just…
Reanna: Micky, stop blaming
yourself. Let's go inside. (stands up)
(Kozue helps Miki up, and they walk toward
the school)
(Utena
stands at the door to Kiryuu mansion)
Touga: Tenjou Utena. This is a
surprise. Please, come in.
(Utena
does so)
Utena: I want to talk to you about
something. I got a call from Anshi. She said Reanna never wanted to duel, but
you tricked her into going to the arena.
Touga: I don't understand.
(Enter
Nanami)
Nanami: What's she doing here,
Oniisama?
Touga: We're just cleaning up a
misunderstanding, Nanami. (Turns to
Utena) Utena, I only talked to Reanna this morning to tell her that I had
received a letter from End of the World.
Utena: Oh, really?
Touga: (genuinely concerned) Would I lie?
Utena: Apparently, so.
Touga: (thinks a moment) So where is Reanna now?
Utena: (still suspecting Touga) She went to get Anshi's things from Micky's dorm
over an hour ago and still hasn't returned to her room. Anshi tried calling
there, but only Chu-Chu was there.
Nanami: (quietly) What's going on, here?
Touga: So, what do you propose we
do?
Utena: Well, apparently, Reanna
isn't at Micky's and neither are Micky or Kozue.
Nanami: (a little louder) What's going on here?
Touga: They wouldn't be outside in
this weather, would they?
Utena: I don't know, but…
Touga: You're worried about them?
Utena: Of course.
Nanami: (yells) WHAT'S GOING ON, HERE?
Touga: (turns) Nanami! (turns to
Utena) I think we should check Kaoru's dorm. Then Reanna's dorm. If they're
not there, we go look for them. I'll call Juri. Maybe she knows something.
[Scene:
The school. We see Miki for a moment, from the chest up, showering in the gym
shower. Then we see Reanna and Kozue, sitting in the gym, leaning against the
wall. Kozue gets up)
Kozue: I'm gonna go check on him.
Reanna: (grabs her wrist) (nonchalantly) No, you're not.
(Kozue
sits back down)
Reanna: I feel sorry for Micky. I
don't know how he puts up with you.
Kozue: (turns) What do you mean by that?
Reanna: You really do give sisterly
love a whole new meaning. You should back off of Micky and me. We're just
friends!
Kozue: Ha! You're six grades ahead
of him and you're in love with him! Aren't you? You're in love with my
Oniisama!
Reanna: (fidgeting with the cord on her fuku) Don't be ridiculous. I just
want to be his friend. It's better than being in love with my own brother.
Kozue: At least I'm not a slut
like you are!
Reanna: (struck, then calms down) A slut! Well, if that isn't the pot calling the
kettle black, then I don't know what is. (stands,
walks away)
Kozue: Go
back to America!
Reanna: … And a Merry Christmas to
you, too! (door slams)
(Eyecatch)
(We see a hand –Touga's hand- knock on a door
–Reanna's door. Anshi answers it)
Anshi: Hello? Oh!
(We see
Touga, Nanami, Juri, Utena and Chu-Chu on the other side of the door)
(A certain wall at a random sunset. Grams: "Kashira Seijin." C-Ko appears wearing a
Santa hat)
C-Ko: Kashira? A quarrel, a
quarrel… each have doubts but they continue to quarrel.
(C-Ko
mimes being a boxer)
C-Ko: It's not as two-sided as
you think! They also quarrel with themselves!
(C-Ko
punches herself out)
C-Ko: But how can you win an
argument with yourself?
(Fade
out)
Utena: Stop quarreling?
(Reanna
sits outside the gym, leaning against the wall. She sighs and looks at a clock.
It's 4:00)
(We hear a boy's scream from inside the gym)
Miki: Kozue!
(We hear
Kozue giggling. Reanna moans and rests her face in her hands. She gets up and
is about to go into the gym when the door is opened from the inside and Miki
runs out, hair still wet, half-clad in his fuku. He's working on buttoning his
jacket)
Reanna: I'll maim her if you want. (doesn't look up)
(enter
Kozue)
Kozue: What's wrong, Micky? I
thought I needed a shower, so I thought I'd join you.
Reanna: Kozue! Did you even consider what I said during our talk?
Kozue: Talk? Did we have a talk? I
don't remember having a talk.
Reanna: (genuinely angry) You are—rrgh!
Kozue: Consider the feelings
mutual!
(We see
a wider shot of Kozue and Reanna. Miki is gone. Reanna looks around, sighs)
Reanna: Kozue, I don't want to
fight with you. Let's stop this and try to get along.
(Kozue
is silent for a moment)
Kozue: We have a lot of reasons to
be mad at each other. Like—
Reanna: (laughs. It's obvious she's trying to be friends) The list is long.
Better to not recite the whole thing.
Kozue: Longer than you know.
Reanna: This
is turning out to be quite a Christmas, ne?
Kozue: Mm-hmm.
Reanna: I didn't know it ever snows
like this in Japan.
Kozue: Usually it doesn't.
Reanna: Hey, if all of you people
were born here, then how come you don't look Japanese?
Kozue: What do you mean by that?
Reanna: Nothing. You know, this
reminds me of how winter gets sometimes in Wisconsin, where I came from.
Kozue: (smiles) I thought it was always cold there.
Reanna: (laughs) Not always! It gets pretty hot in the summer there. I remember this
one summer where it was so hot, we…
(Reanna's
voice fades out as the picture fades to the "To be continued…" screen)
(Grams: "Jitai
Yokoku." We see Utena (et. all) walking around outside, Miki and Kozue hugging
warmly, Reanna talking to Juri, and everyone sitting around the library)
V.O. Utena: This has been a really
weird Christmas, huh?
V.O. Reanna: Hai, and it's not over yet.
But you know what?
V.O. Utena: What's that?
V.O. Reanna: Kozue and I are finally
starting to get along.
V.O. Utena: Maybe this will work out
okay after all.
V.O. Utena: Next time on "Shoujo
Kakumei Utena:" "Christmas Love!"
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