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Black Rose

Utena punched Mikage once. Twice. And a third time. "I will never, EVER be like you! I might hold on to my memories, but at least it's a memory worth holding on to!"
He held his arm. "Yeah. A prince came to you, and you eventually wanted to be a prince yourself. It's just as Akio wanted!"
What does Mr. Akio have to do with my memory?" She punched him again. How he infuriated her! But she saw herself in him so clearly.
"Akio is, no, WAS, your beloved prince!"
"Mr. Akio... was?" She fell back as Mikage threw her off. "What do you mean, was?"
He scoffed at her. "You'll know. Akio will duel with you seen enough. You'll find out everything then, as they play that annoying background music." He walked away, back down to the Nemuro Memorial Building. "Mamiya? Are you here?"
"Yes, Mikage, I'm here." He walked out of the shadows of the hallway. "We had another applicant while you were away, yet he was not suitable. I rejected him."
"Thank you. I am tired of listening to people, even if they will open the door for you to be the Rose Bride." He took Mamiya into his arms. "You're so beautiful. You always will be."
"Just as you will always carry the scent of these dead black roses. I will never be the Rose Bride. You know that as well as you know that you will never revolutionize the world, just like I do."

"I know, Mamiya," he said to a now empty room.

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For Liz, who showed me the beauty that is Utena...