"The Purple Rose Saga": An otakufic by King Reanna
Episode
Ten: "Reanna's Miracle"
Written
Dec.20-30, 1999
[Reanna
is walking to class with Anshi. Both wear coats. Grams: "Scarlet no Gakuen."]
Ashilee: Rena! Rena-sempai! Surprise!
(Reanna
is glomped from behind by Ashilee, wearing a girls' uniform and coat. Ashilee
begins glomp-huggling her)
Ashilee: I'm here, Rena-sempai, I'm
here! And who's your friend here? Have you made a lot of friends here at
Ohtori?
Reanna: (laughs) Hai! Glad you could make it, Ashilee!
(Ashilee
gets off Reanna)
Reanna: Anshi, this is my friend,
Ashilee Warwick. Ashilee, this is Himemiya Anshi.
Anshi: Pleased to meet you.
Ashilee: Ohayou, Anshi!
Reanna-sempai told me about you in her letters. You seem really cool! (smiles perkily)
(Anshi just smiles)
Ashilee: You have a really cool
uniform, Rena-sempai! I wish I had one like it! So you're really on the
Seitokai?
Reanna: Hai. (looks at her watch) We'd better go, or we'll be late for class! (begins to walk off) I'll see you
later, Anshi! Ja ne, Ashilee-chan!
(They
all go their separate ways)
Title: "Reanna's Miracle"
(A certain wall at a random sunset. Grams: "Kashira Seijin." C-Ko appears)
C-Ko: Ah, the great outdoors!
There's nothing more refreshing than a hike in the woods!
(Black
dots, bugs, begin to swarm around her)
C-Ko: Oh, but these bugs are
annoying! But I won't let them ruin my walk!
C-Ko: Ow, ow! These bugs sting!
I'll never see the great outdoors the same way again! It was so much better
when I was safe, inside!
Utena: So go inside.
(Fade
out)
[Scene: An elevator. Grams: "Densetsu: Kami no Na wa Abraxas." One by one, the silhouettes of Miki, Juri, Reanna and Touga appear]
Touga: If it cannot hatch from its
shell, the chick will die without ever being born. We are the chick; the world
is our egg. If we don't crack the world's shell, we will die without truly
being born. Smash the world's shell…
All: For the revolution of the
world!
(We see
everyone sitting at chairs. They all hold a hand of cards, and on the table are
four mugs of hot chocolate)
Touga: Nearly two weeks ago, as
you all know, Reanna took possession of the Rose Bride by defeating Micky-kun.
She is now the current Champion of the Duels. And, it appears that no one
currently has a motive to challenge her.
(Reanna
seems about to say something, but is glomped from behind by Ashilee. She falls
backwards in her chair)
Ashilee: Hi, Rena-sempai! So, this
is what you do at Seitokai meetings, drink hot cocoa and play cards?
(Reanna
SWEATDROPS, blushes)
Reanna: (whispers) Ashilee-chan, what are you doing here?
Ashilee: I followed you!
Juri: (calmly, as always) Miss King, who is this and why is she here?
(All
eyes on Reanna)
Reanna: Uh, this is high school
freshman Ashilee Warwick, and she was just leaving.
Ashilee: (glomp-huggles Reanna) Why?
Reanna: This is a private meeting.
You're not supposed to be here…
Ashilee: What's this about dueling?
Do you know how to fence now?
Reanna: (rights her chair) Kendo.
(As they
speak, the other Seitokai members are just kind of watching)
Ashilee: Who're you going to fight?
Huh? I hope you win, Rena-sempai! (huggles
harder)
Touga: Rena?
Reanna: (smiles weakly) It's a nickname.
Juri: Reanna-sempai, you are not
allowed to bring guests to Student Council meetings.
Reanna: I didn't invite her! She
followed me!
Touga: Either way, I have no
choice but to adjourn this meeting.
Ashilee: Just because I showed up?
That's silly!
Reanna: (In a close up, thinks) Oh, Kami-sama…
(Reanna
walks with Ashilee afterwards)
Reanna: Ashilee-chan. Seitokai
meetings are very, very private.
Ashilee: Hai.
Reanna: And me being a member of
the Seitokai is a privilege… I think.
Ashilee: But, I want to be with you,
Rena.
Reanna: (looks her in the eye) And I want to be with you. But not at Seitokai
meetings. Ne?
Ashilee: Hai. (She's happy again!)
(Enter
Juri)
Juri: Good afternoon,
Reanna-sempai.
Reanna: Hi, Juri.
(Juri
hands Reanna a purple rose)
Juri: Tomorrow afternoon, after
school.
Ashilee: What a pretty rose! I've
never seen a purple rose before!
(Juri
glares at Ashilee)
Reanna: Hai. I'll be there. (She appears nervous)
Ashilee: Rena-sempai. What's going
on? (As Juri walks off)
Reanna: Juri and I are going to
have a little duel tomorrow after school.
Ashilee: Silly Rena-sempai! You do
kendo and she fences!
Reanna: Well, that's okay. (They resume their walking)
Ashilee: I hear Juri's a really good
fencer.
Reanna: She is, hai.
Ashilee: I bet I could beat her! I
want to duel with Juri!
Reanna: Well, then, talk to her.
Say, Ashilee-kun, would you like to come to our study group tonight? You can
get to know more of the students.
Ashilee: Can I really?
Reanna: Of course. I'm sure Utena
wouldn't mind.
Ashilee: Yaaay! Rena-sempai! (Glomp hugs Reanna. Reanna smiles)
(Utena's
sitting room. Utena, Miki and Nanami are there. There is a knock at the door)
Miki: I'll
get it.
(We see Miki opening the door. Grams: "Gakuen no Lyric." It's Reanna,
Anshi and Ashilee)
Reanna: Good evening, Micky! (looks past him) Hi, Utena! Hi, Nanami.
I brought Ashilee!
(Reanna,
Anshi and Ashilee enter)
Reanna: Ashilee-chan, these are
Tenjou Utena, Kiryuu Nanami and Kaoru Miki.
Utena: Good to meet you, Ashilee.
Nanami: Hi!
Miki: Pleased to meet you,
Ashilee-sempai.
(Reanna,
Ashilee and Anshi sit down)
Reanna: (opens her book) Anshi, I'll be dueling with Juri tomorrow.
Anshi: Hai, Reanna-sama.
Miki: I wish you luck,
Reanna-sempai.
Reanna: (happy) Thanks, Micky!
Nanami: So, Ashilee-sempai, what
grade are you in?
Ashilee: Ninth! This school is
really nice!
Nanami: (proudly) It is a very exclusive school.
Reanna: It's nothing like my old
school. But it was a good school. Nowhere near as big as this one, but it's
really great.
Utena: And the both of you went to
that school?
Ashilee: Yup! And now we're going
here! Together!
(Reanna
smiles)
(Eyecatch)
(Reanna stands at the entrance to the
Rose Doors. The doors swing open as the columns of water/elevator mechanism
thing begins)
Reanna: Here we go…
(Reanna begins to climb the stairs to "Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku.")
(Reanna reaches the top. She glances up at
the floating castle)
(She sees Anshi and Juri there)
Juri: Are you ready,
Reanna-sempai?
Reanna: …Hai. I'm ready. (Smiles at Anshi)
(Anshi approaches Reanna)
Anshi: (while doing the shining orb-thing) Oh, rose of the noble castle… power of Dios
that sleeps within me… heed your master and come forth!
(Grams: "Dios e
no Inori." Reanna bends Anshi backwards and draws the Sword of Dios from her chest
and brandishes it)
Reanna: …the power to bring the
world revolution!
(The big
bells ring, and a Japanese techno-rock song begins. Juri charges. Reanna dodges
and swings her sword. Juri lunges but
Reanna dodges. Reanna swings at her, but Juri parries and attacks again. Reanna
dodges, but falls to the ground)
Juri: I hope you enjoyed your
short reign as champion, Reanna-sempai.
(Juri is
about to cut off Reanna's rose, but she blocks the blow and gets up, if rather
shakily and unsteadily)
(This
time, it's Reanna who lunges. But it's sloppy and Juri dodges easily)
Reanna: (softly) She's really good… I've got to beat her…
(dodges,
swings)
Reanna: Just this one time…
(Juri
swings, comes very close. Reanna swings)
Reanna: Just this one time!
(Orange
rose petals fly through the air)
Juri: (wide-eyed) No…
Reanna: (equally surprised) I… I did it.
Touga: (from his vantage point)
Despite my teachings, her will replaces the need for skill… for now. So, Reanna remains the
Champion of the Duels.
(Reanna
comes down from the stairs with Anshi. She looks really exhausted)
Anshi: Duels can be really tiring,
ne?
Reanna: I guess it's partly that.
But mostly… it's those darn stairs. I don't know who built that staircase or
what they were thinking…
Anshi: Hai, Reanna-sama.
(Reanna
and Anshi continue to walk)
(Fade to "To be continued…" screen)
(Grams: "Jikai
Yokoku." We see Reanna, Anshi and
Ashilee sitting around Reanna's dorm, the Seitokai conversing, and Reanna and
Utena dueling)
V.O. Utena: So, Reanna, you continue to
be the champion.
V.O. Reanna: Hai, I think I'm starting
to get into this dueling thing.
V.O. Utena: Oh, really?
V.O. Reanna: So when are you going to
challenge me, Utena?
V.O. Utena: Maybe sooner than you
think!
V.O. Reanna: Well, Utena, I wish you
luck! … More than you can know…
V.O. Utena: Next time on "Shoujo
Kakumei Utena:" "The Rose Theater!"
Author's note: When I told
Ashilee that I was putting her in my fanfic, she prepared a whole list of
things she'd like to do. One of them was to crash a Seitokai meeting.
http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic?action=story-read&storyid=118446