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Chapter 7. Beginning of Beginnings...
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( R )
"Did you know? Did you know? Did you hear the news?"
"The beginning of beginnings is coming!"
"The beginning of beginnings? What are you talking about?"
"The mystery is beginning to unravel, causing the beginnings!"
"What are the beginning though!?"
"No one knows for sure."
"sigh... Then this may take too long to figure out..."
"Then we'll have to wait."
"Did you know? Did you know? Did you know?"
Utena is sitting by a tree, eating lunch with Wakaba and Anshi.
Wakaba eats a rice ball. "Hey Utena! Wait till you hear what I heard."
Utena blinks. "What did you hear, Wakaba?"
Anshi looks at Wakaba.
Wakaba close her eyes. "I heard that Miki, the 7th grade genious, actually has a girlfriend now."
Utena get's shocked face. "What?!" She tries to think. 'I thought he liked Anshi though...'
Wakaba opens her eyes slyly. "Also, it's one of the new transfer students."
Anshi blinks. "You mean Miss Kaiou & Miss Hino?"
Wakaba nods her head.
Utena blinks. "Then, who is it that Miki likes?"
Wakaba laughs. "Think Utena. I don't know for sure, but it's gotta be Kimu!"
Utena get's even more paniced. "Ack! I remember her! But she sure didn't seem like the type for Miki."
Wakaba sighs. "Well, Kimu was pretty shy & so is Miki."
Utena nods her head a bit. "You might atually have a point Wakaba. But I must admit, it's still very strange."
Right then, in the distance. Miki is seen with a very happy Kimu.
Utena blinks in amazement. "Wakaba... I think you're right." Her eyes then fix onto Kimu's hand and sees a rose
seal. 'ANOTHER DUELIST?! But this time it's different.' She looks at Miki's hand and sees that his ring has
changed and looks exsactly like Kimu's. 'This is even more strange. Did Miki give her a ring or something?'
Wakaba blinks. "What's wrong Utena? You look like you've seen a ghost."
Utena shakes her head and smiles reassuringly. "It's nothing really, don't worry about it."
Rei stands outside on the balcony, the night wind blowing through her hair. She sees the sea from there. "The
sea is rough today..." She closes her eyes. 'My King... I long for your touch once more... I long for the beauty of
your soul.' A bit of her heart breaks. 'Lonliness is painful for me... I wish you would come back to me...'
Akio watches her from a dark corner. 'She's already beginning to reclaim her power. But by the time she does,
She'll already by long gone.' He closes his eyes and slowly beginning to transform to Ruka. He walks off and he
stops by a standing mirror. "The next duel sould be the beginning of reclaimation. The duel called 'Vengeance'."
He smirks as a scene appears in his mirror.
*Utena is in the rose garden with Anshi, as Kimu walks in a determined look on her face. She walks over to
Utena. "Utena Tenjou!" She shows her rose seal. "I want to duel with you!"
Utena blinks. "What? Why!?"
She glares. "You hurt Miki's heart even more by breaking his dream and taking away his ex-shinning thing. Well
now i'm here to take revenge..." She licks her lips. "You must have no objections Utena, we both know the rules."
Utena get's a confused yet upset look on her face. *
The gates of the arena forest open as three people walk in.
"The abolsolute destiny Apocalypse."
"The abolsolute destiny Apocalypse."
"Birth records... Batismal Records... Records of Death..."
"A shining place in a desert of darkness."
"A gold-plated Shangri-la."
"Day and night turning back on one another."
"A time-plated Paradise Lost."
"The darkness of Sodom, the darkness of light." Half of Utena's outfit appears on her.
"The darkness of distance, endless, endless, darkness." Half of Rei's outfit appears on her.
"The absoute destiny Apolcalypse." At the same time, both their outfit appears.
"The absolute destiny Apocalyptic darkness."
As they become clear when they finally enter the arena. They are Utena, Rei, and Anshi.
Kimu is standing across from them. She wears a all blue outfit, with white leggings and blue shoes. She smirks.
"The Queen... The Princess... and the Bride..."
Rei looks at Kimu and her heart stops. "The... Priestess of Water!?" She steps back.
She closes her eyes. "I'm sure you remember me Queen... the one who died at an instant just to revenge my
knight's death."
Miki in the same outfit he was wearing in the flashback appears out of no where walking out from a distance
behide her.
Utena blinks. "Miki?!"
She looks behide herself and smiles slyly. "Mizu..."
Rei's breath is caught in her throat and she begins to choke on it.
He walks up beside her a determined look on his face. "I believe that was our cue Shizuku..."
She holds up her left hand. (Her ring is on her left hand)
He holds up his right hand right beside her's. (His ring is on his right)
"Blue Rose of the Noble castle..." They both say at the same time as two orbs appear in their hands.
Utena's eyes widen with confusion and amazement. "Wait a minute! Isn't that...?"
"Power of the element water that sleeps within us..." The orbs combine into one and shatter as the energy flows
into both of them.
"Heed your masters and come forth..." They both glow a deep blue arua as one huge energy ball appear in
their hands. They put both hands forward as the energy is released in a blaze.
"Grant us the power... " The energy slowly transforms into the Mizu no Sword. She clasps onto the sword as it
completes and shining. She lifts her hand forward like Utena would do and then puts her hand all the way back
down. "TO BRING THE WORLD REVOLUTION!"
Utena's in todally and absolute shock.
Rei is hardly breathing.
Anshi just stands there, waiting for Utena to let her call upon the sword of Dios.
Kimu stands there. "Well Princess? What do you do now?"
Utena get's a very determined look.
Anshi calls upon her ball of energy. "Rose of the Noble castle..."
The energy flies a bit. "Power of Dios that sleeps within me..."
The energy goes completely into her. "Heed your master and comforth."
She begins to lean back as Utena catches her. She then proceeds to pull the Sword of Dios out of Anshi's
chest.
"Grant me the power.... to bring the world revolution!"
Those bells ring again.
Kimu then charges at Utena. "I won't forgive you're royal kind!"
Utena slashes skillfully. "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Kimu then glares. She dodges the sword's slashes, exsept for one that slashes a bit at her hair. She then uses
her sword as it shines. Ice appears on the ground and she slides away from Utena on it.
Utena looks back quickly. "What?!"
She then jumps high off the ice. "You were always the reason for my pain!" She then get's so close, she almost
slashes off her rose. "You don't deserve to life because of what happened!"
Utena rolls forward and then quickly regains her pose. "What are you talking about Kimu!?"
Kimu then stands up from her knees. "You bitch! Don't you even remember what happened because of you!"
Her eyes begin to fill with tears of hate. "Don't you remember!?" She gives off a loud battle cry as her sword
glows a bright blue arua. She slashes it and the strong energy of water from it slashes off everything on the left
side of Utena, though that's basically only the ground.
Miki watches her a bit of pain filling him. 'Shizu-ko... so... that's the kinda pain you felt... when I left.'
Utena's eyes widen and she glares. 'No... I don't remember... but you have no right to act this way!' Her golden
rose ring shines as a golden arua surrounds her. She slowly transforms into a 24 year old form of herself. She
glares, her sword shining.
Kimu's eyes narrow. "I'll never forgive... for what my knight died for..." She glows a blue arua. "FOR WHAT I
DIED FOR!"
Rei closes her eyes. 'My Prietess... so that's why she came back as well...'
They both charge at each other.
Kimu yells out. "I am the Mizu no Miko! You're just a Princess.... You can never defeat me... no matter what!"
Utena glares. "You may be the Priestess... But i'm the Queen of Calynx!!" A blinding light occurs as both their
sword reach each other... a scene plays in everyone's mind...
* Mizu stands there, seeing only the King layed bloody on the arena ground. He forces himself to close his eyes
and turns away.
"It was a pity really... he never really had a chance..." Akio is there, sitting on a pillar. "That's one knight down...
one to go..."
In the far distance, Shizuku is running to get to the arena. 'I won't let you die my love! I just won't!'
Mizu glares. "You monster!! Where is our Queen!?"
Akio closes his eyes as a pillar appears coming out of no where, holding a coffin.
Mizu's eyes get shaky, afraid to see what might happen next.
The coffin slowly opens.
His heart beats fast, starting to see some of the queen's suit.
Shizuku get's closer and closer to the arena.
The coffin then completely opens.
His heart stops that instant and he goes completely ghost pale.
A very bloody Rei is there, layed on red, gold, and white flowers.
Akio makes one last sly smirk. A sword appears in his hands. "Only a fool... let's his Queen die..."
Miki then starts to turn back to him.
Shizuku is running up the steps and get's there at the exsact moment Mizu turns around to him.
The sword in one instant... "Only a fool... let's himself die... for a un-noble cause..." The sound of a deep slash
and blood is heard.
Shizuku's eyes widen and everything goes red to her, as well as slow motion.
Mizu lays their on the ground, his head rolled to one side, and his eyes blank. The sword went straight through
his heart and into the ground as well.
Shizuku, with out another thought, screams as loud as she can. A scream of pain and sorrow.
Akio licks his lips. "A un-noble cause indeed."
She kneels down to Miki and cries onto his chest. "Mizu! Mizu-sama!! Wake up!! Damnit Mizu!! Wake-up!!"
She then sits up a bit, tears falling down her, mixed with blood from his wound. "You fool... I told you not to go...
Why can't you ever listen to me...?" She then sees his ring there, shinning dimly, showing that it no longer has an
owner. She get's an idea. 'That's it... If I use his ring... I'll die as well... I'll be with him... for an eternity.' She then
takes his ring shakely. "Mizu... Mizy my love... You died just for the stypid queen and her stupid princess..." Her
eyes flash bright blue. "I will never forgive her... that princess and that queen... I'll come back and revenge you're
death..." She puts in on her finger, licks her lips, a light blue arua wrapping around her. "I sware...." She falls that
instant, laying beside her love.
Akio stands up. "One Queen... One King... Two Knights... and one foolish Prietess..." He smirks. "Never even
blaming me like the rest... " He laughs evily... the scene fades.*
They both reappears, Kimu on her hands and knees, tears rushing down her face. Her dark blue rose petals on
the ground below her.
Utena looks back at her, still having her rose untouched.
Miki's eyes widen. He runs to her and kneels down. "Kimi-ko..."
Rei looks down.
Utena looks at Rei and walks to her. "Mother..."
Rei looks up at her. "Yes?"
Utena get's a strange look. "Did you get a strange flashback.... like I did?"
Rei blinks. "What? A flashback? What are you talking about?"
Anshi looks down.
Utena turns back to Anshi. "Was I the only one who had it or what?"
Anshi closes her eyes. "Miss Utena... I had a flashback too..."
Miki slowly helps Kimu to stand up.
She uses him for support as she looks over to Rei. "My Queen... " She bows her head. "Forgive me... for
blaming you and your daughter."
Miki get's an apologic look as well. "Forgive me as well, my Queen... I don't think either of us knew the truth."
Rei closes her eyes. "Miki... you died trying to save me. Because of that... both you and your wife were
reincarnated." She kneels down to one knees. "Please... Forgive me... My Knight of Water & My Priestess of
Water... Please..."
Kimu's eyes get a bit teary and then smiles reassuringly. "Apology accepted, if our's is accepted as well."
Rei looks up, smiles back softly and nods her head. "Of course."
Kimu looks back at Utena. "Utena-chan..."
Utena looks back. "Yeah?"
Kimu smiles warmly. "Thank you, for showing me the truth."
"Rei-ko!" Ruka appears by the entrance to the arena.
Rei looks at him. "Ruka-chan? What are you doing here?"
He runs to her. "I've been looking everywhere for you... where have you been?"
Rei smiles reassuringly. "Let's just say... I've been apologizing and forgiving."
Ruka blinks, then nods his head understanding. He looks back at Miki and Kimu, he grins and closes his eyes.
"Well... I believe we sould be going Rei."
Miki and Kimu get this very eerie feeling of terror and hate from out of no where.
Rei nods her head. "Yes... we sould..." Her smiles fades as she walks out of the arena with him.
Once they are out of sight, Kimu turns to Miki. "Miki-chan... Did you feel what I felt?"
Miki blinks in surprise. "You felt it too?"
Kimu nods her head. "There's something very strange about the Ruka guy..."
Utena looks to where Rei and Ruka went off. "Then it isn't just me too..."
Miki looks back at Utena. "What do you mean?"
Utena looks at Miki. "It seems like that guy is hiding something... something bad."
Kimu looks at Utena as well. "You may be right Princess... But we souldn't jump to conclusions too soon. There
may be more to come."
Utena nods her head.
Kimu looks up at Miki, her eyes soft as she smiles lovingly. "Come on Miki... I'll fix you up some dinner. I'm sure
Shalon wouldn't mind."
Miki smiles back. "I'm going to carry you all the way there too." He picks her up. "Hold on tight."
Kimu wraps her arms around his neck.
Miki chuckles softly and begins to walk off. "You were an excellent fighter out there my love. If I didn't know
better, I'd say you would of been the one to win that duel out there."
Kimu's eyes shimmer lightly. " Maybe... but I think I'll stick to piano playing and being with you." She giggles
softly.
Once they are out of sight, Utena sighs. "These past few weeks have been really wierd. First my mother is
reincarnated, then I get this all powerful ring that can distroy the world. After that, all the student counsil seems to
be planning against me and they start sending these reincarnated girls to fight me." Utena then thinks a minute
before it hits her. "Wait a minute! Miki was reincarnated?! Man... this really is wierd."
Anshi walks up beside Utena and smiles. "I guess we sould go too Miss Utena. "
Utena nods her head and sighs. "Yeah, I'm going to definately need the rest. It's been one heck of a long day."
They both walk out of the arena.
Chapter 7. Beginning of Beginnings...
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( R )
"Did you know? Did you know? Did you hear the news?"
"The beginning of beginnings is coming!"
"The beginning of beginnings? What are you talking about?"
"The mystery is beginning to unravel, causing the beginnings!"
"What are the beginning though!?"
"No one knows for sure."
"sigh... Then this may take too long to figure out..."
"Then we'll have to wait."
"Did you know? Did you know? Did you know?"
Utena is sitting by a tree, eating lunch with Wakaba and Anshi.
Wakaba eats a rice ball. "Hey Utena! Wait till you hear what I heard."
Utena blinks. "What did you hear, Wakaba?"
Anshi looks at Wakaba.
Wakaba close her eyes. "I heard that Miki, the 7th grade genious, actually has a girlfriend now."
Utena get's shocked face. "What?!" She tries to think. 'I thought he liked Anshi though...'
Wakaba opens her eyes slyly. "Also, it's one of the new transfer students."
Anshi blinks. "You mean Miss Kaiou & Miss Hino?"
Wakaba nods her head.
Utena blinks. "Then, who is it that Miki likes?"
Wakaba laughs. "Think Utena. I don't know for sure, but it's gotta be Kimu!"
Utena get's even more paniced. "Ack! I remember her! But she sure didn't seem like the type for Miki."
Wakaba sighs. "Well, Kimu was pretty shy & so is Miki."
Utena nods her head a bit. "You might atually have a point Wakaba. But I must admit, it's still very strange."
Right then, in the distance. Miki is seen with a very happy Kimu.
Utena blinks in amazement. "Wakaba... I think you're right." Her eyes then fix onto Kimu's hand and sees a rose
seal. 'ANOTHER DUELIST?! But this time it's different.' She looks at Miki's hand and sees that his ring has
changed and looks exsactly like Kimu's. 'This is even more strange. Did Miki give her a ring or something?'
Wakaba blinks. "What's wrong Utena? You look like you've seen a ghost."
Utena shakes her head and smiles reassuringly. "It's nothing really, don't worry about it."
Rei stands outside on the balcony, the night wind blowing through her hair. She sees the sea from there. "The
sea is rough today..." She closes her eyes. 'My King... I long for your touch once more... I long for the beauty of
your soul.' A bit of her heart breaks. 'Lonliness is painful for me... I wish you would come back to me...'
Akio watches her from a dark corner. 'She's already beginning to reclaim her power. But by the time she does,
She'll already by long gone.' He closes his eyes and slowly beginning to transform to Ruka. He walks off and he
stops by a standing mirror. "The next duel sould be the beginning of reclaimation. The duel called 'Vengeance'."
He smirks as a scene appears in his mirror.
*Utena is in the rose garden with Anshi, as Kimu walks in a determined look on her face. She walks over to
Utena. "Utena Tenjou!" She shows her rose seal. "I want to duel with you!"
Utena blinks. "What? Why!?"
She glares. "You hurt Miki's heart even more by breaking his dream and taking away his ex-shinning thing. Well
now i'm here to take revenge..." She licks her lips. "You must have no objections Utena, we both know the rules."
Utena get's a confused yet upset look on her face. *
The gates of the arena forest open as three people walk in.
"The abolsolute destiny Apocalypse."
"The abolsolute destiny Apocalypse."
"Birth records... Batismal Records... Records of Death..."
"A shining place in a desert of darkness."
"A gold-plated Shangri-la."
"Day and night turning back on one another."
"A time-plated Paradise Lost."
"The darkness of Sodom, the darkness of light." Half of Utena's outfit appears on her.
"The darkness of distance, endless, endless, darkness." Half of Rei's outfit appears on her.
"The absoute destiny Apolcalypse." At the same time, both their outfit appears.
"The absolute destiny Apocalyptic darkness."
As they become clear when they finally enter the arena. They are Utena, Rei, and Anshi.
Kimu is standing across from them. She wears a all blue outfit, with white leggings and blue shoes. She smirks.
"The Queen... The Princess... and the Bride..."
Rei looks at Kimu and her heart stops. "The... Priestess of Water!?" She steps back.
She closes her eyes. "I'm sure you remember me Queen... the one who died at an instant just to revenge my
knight's death."
Miki in the same outfit he was wearing in the flashback appears out of no where walking out from a distance
behide her.
Utena blinks. "Miki?!"
She looks behide herself and smiles slyly. "Mizu..."
Rei's breath is caught in her throat and she begins to choke on it.
He walks up beside her a determined look on his face. "I believe that was our cue Shizuku..."
She holds up her left hand. (Her ring is on her left hand)
He holds up his right hand right beside her's. (His ring is on his right)
"Blue Rose of the Noble castle..." They both say at the same time as two orbs appear in their hands.
Utena's eyes widen with confusion and amazement. "Wait a minute! Isn't that...?"
"Power of the element water that sleeps within us..." The orbs combine into one and shatter as the energy flows
into both of them.
"Heed your masters and come forth..." They both glow a deep blue arua as one huge energy ball appear in
their hands. They put both hands forward as the energy is released in a blaze.
"Grant us the power... " The energy slowly transforms into the Mizu no Sword. She clasps onto the sword as it
completes and shining. She lifts her hand forward like Utena would do and then puts her hand all the way back
down. "TO BRING THE WORLD REVOLUTION!"
Utena's in todally and absolute shock.
Rei is hardly breathing.
Anshi just stands there, waiting for Utena to let her call upon the sword of Dios.
Kimu stands there. "Well Princess? What do you do now?"
Utena get's a very determined look.
Anshi calls upon her ball of energy. "Rose of the Noble castle..."
The energy flies a bit. "Power of Dios that sleeps within me..."
The energy goes completely into her. "Heed your master and comforth."
She begins to lean back as Utena catches her. She then proceeds to pull the Sword of Dios out of Anshi's
chest.
"Grant me the power.... to bring the world revolution!"
Those bells ring again.
Kimu then charges at Utena. "I won't forgive you're royal kind!"
Utena slashes skillfully. "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Kimu then glares. She dodges the sword's slashes, exsept for one that slashes a bit at her hair. She then uses
her sword as it shines. Ice appears on the ground and she slides away from Utena on it.
Utena looks back quickly. "What?!"
She then jumps high off the ice. "You were always the reason for my pain!" She then get's so close, she almost
slashes off her rose. "You don't deserve to life because of what happened!"
Utena rolls forward and then quickly regains her pose. "What are you talking about Kimu!?"
Kimu then stands up from her knees. "You bitch! Don't you even remember what happened because of you!"
Her eyes begin to fill with tears of hate. "Don't you remember!?" She gives off a loud battle cry as her sword
glows a bright blue arua. She slashes it and the strong energy of water from it slashes off everything on the left
side of Utena, though that's basically only the ground.
Miki watches her a bit of pain filling him. 'Shizu-ko... so... that's the kinda pain you felt... when I left.'
Utena's eyes widen and she glares. 'No... I don't remember... but you have no right to act this way!' Her golden
rose ring shines as a golden arua surrounds her. She slowly transforms into a 24 year old form of herself. She
glares, her sword shining.
Kimu's eyes narrow. "I'll never forgive... for what my knight died for..." She glows a blue arua. "FOR WHAT I
DIED FOR!"
Rei closes her eyes. 'My Prietess... so that's why she came back as well...'
They both charge at each other.
Kimu yells out. "I am the Mizu no Miko! You're just a Princess.... You can never defeat me... no matter what!"
Utena glares. "You may be the Priestess... But i'm the Queen of Calynx!!" A blinding light occurs as both their
sword reach each other... a scene plays in everyone's mind...
* Mizu stands there, seeing only the King layed bloody on the arena ground. He forces himself to close his eyes
and turns away.
"It was a pity really... he never really had a chance..." Akio is there, sitting on a pillar. "That's one knight down...
one to go..."
In the far distance, Shizuku is running to get to the arena. 'I won't let you die my love! I just won't!'
Mizu glares. "You monster!! Where is our Queen!?"
Akio closes his eyes as a pillar appears coming out of no where, holding a coffin.
Mizu's eyes get shaky, afraid to see what might happen next.
The coffin slowly opens.
His heart beats fast, starting to see some of the queen's suit.
Shizuku get's closer and closer to the arena.
The coffin then completely opens.
His heart stops that instant and he goes completely ghost pale.
A very bloody Rei is there, layed on red, gold, and white flowers.
Akio makes one last sly smirk. A sword appears in his hands. "Only a fool... let's his Queen die..."
Miki then starts to turn back to him.
Shizuku is running up the steps and get's there at the exsact moment Mizu turns around to him.
The sword in one instant... "Only a fool... let's himself die... for a un-noble cause..." The sound of a deep slash
and blood is heard.
Shizuku's eyes widen and everything goes red to her, as well as slow motion.
Mizu lays their on the ground, his head rolled to one side, and his eyes blank. The sword went straight through
his heart and into the ground as well.
Shizuku, with out another thought, screams as loud as she can. A scream of pain and sorrow.
Akio licks his lips. "A un-noble cause indeed."
She kneels down to Miki and cries onto his chest. "Mizu! Mizu-sama!! Wake up!! Damnit Mizu!! Wake-up!!"
She then sits up a bit, tears falling down her, mixed with blood from his wound. "You fool... I told you not to go...
Why can't you ever listen to me...?" She then sees his ring there, shinning dimly, showing that it no longer has an
owner. She get's an idea. 'That's it... If I use his ring... I'll die as well... I'll be with him... for an eternity.' She then
takes his ring shakely. "Mizu... Mizy my love... You died just for the stypid queen and her stupid princess..." Her
eyes flash bright blue. "I will never forgive her... that princess and that queen... I'll come back and revenge you're
death..." She puts in on her finger, licks her lips, a light blue arua wrapping around her. "I sware...." She falls that
instant, laying beside her love.
Akio stands up. "One Queen... One King... Two Knights... and one foolish Prietess..." He smirks. "Never even
blaming me like the rest... " He laughs evily... the scene fades.*
They both reappears, Kimu on her hands and knees, tears rushing down her face. Her dark blue rose petals on
the ground below her.
Utena looks back at her, still having her rose untouched.
Miki's eyes widen. He runs to her and kneels down. "Kimi-ko..."
Rei looks down.
Utena looks at Rei and walks to her. "Mother..."
Rei looks up at her. "Yes?"
Utena get's a strange look. "Did you get a strange flashback.... like I did?"
Rei blinks. "What? A flashback? What are you talking about?"
Anshi looks down.
Utena turns back to Anshi. "Was I the only one who had it or what?"
Anshi closes her eyes. "Miss Utena... I had a flashback too..."
Miki slowly helps Kimu to stand up.
She uses him for support as she looks over to Rei. "My Queen... " She bows her head. "Forgive me... for
blaming you and your daughter."
Miki get's an apologic look as well. "Forgive me as well, my Queen... I don't think either of us knew the truth."
Rei closes her eyes. "Miki... you died trying to save me. Because of that... both you and your wife were
reincarnated." She kneels down to one knees. "Please... Forgive me... My Knight of Water & My Priestess of
Water... Please..."
Kimu's eyes get a bit teary and then smiles reassuringly. "Apology accepted, if our's is accepted as well."
Rei looks up, smiles back softly and nods her head. "Of course."
Kimu looks back at Utena. "Utena-chan..."
Utena looks back. "Yeah?"
Kimu smiles warmly. "Thank you, for showing me the truth."
"Rei-ko!" Ruka appears by the entrance to the arena.
Rei looks at him. "Ruka-chan? What are you doing here?"
He runs to her. "I've been looking everywhere for you... where have you been?"
Rei smiles reassuringly. "Let's just say... I've been apologizing and forgiving."
Ruka blinks, then nods his head understanding. He looks back at Miki and Kimu, he grins and closes his eyes.
"Well... I believe we sould be going Rei."
Miki and Kimu get this very eerie feeling of terror and hate from out of no where.
Rei nods her head. "Yes... we sould..." Her smiles fades as she walks out of the arena with him.
Once they are out of sight, Kimu turns to Miki. "Miki-chan... Did you feel what I felt?"
Miki blinks in surprise. "You felt it too?"
Kimu nods her head. "There's something very strange about the Ruka guy..."
Utena looks to where Rei and Ruka went off. "Then it isn't just me too..."
Miki looks back at Utena. "What do you mean?"
Utena looks at Miki. "It seems like that guy is hiding something... something bad."
Kimu looks at Utena as well. "You may be right Princess... But we souldn't jump to conclusions too soon. There
may be more to come."
Utena nods her head.
Kimu looks up at Miki, her eyes soft as she smiles lovingly. "Come on Miki... I'll fix you up some dinner. I'm sure
Shalon wouldn't mind."
Miki smiles back. "I'm going to carry you all the way there too." He picks her up. "Hold on tight."
Kimu wraps her arms around his neck.
Miki chuckles softly and begins to walk off. "You were an excellent fighter out there my love. If I didn't know
better, I'd say you would of been the one to win that duel out there."
Kimu's eyes shimmer lightly. " Maybe... but I think I'll stick to piano playing and being with you." She giggles
softly.
Once they are out of sight, Utena sighs. "These past few weeks have been really wierd. First my mother is
reincarnated, then I get this all powerful ring that can distroy the world. After that, all the student counsil seems to
be planning against me and they start sending these reincarnated girls to fight me." Utena then thinks a minute
before it hits her. "Wait a minute! Miki was reincarnated?! Man... this really is wierd."
Anshi walks up beside Utena and smiles. "I guess we sould go too Miss Utena. "
Utena nods her head and sighs. "Yeah, I'm going to definately need the rest. It's been one heck of a long day."
They both walk out of the arena.