Part Four
Utena carefully held the gold necklace up in front of her face, looking at it with an very odd expression. A cute little sword, a nearly perfect replica of the Sword of Dios itself, hangs from the chain, turning and sparkling slightly in the morning's sunlight.
"It's very nice looking, Anthy," Utena said to her softly, "but why?"
Anthy smiled at her kawaiily, and Utena felt that sinking feeling come over her yet again. "It's your transformation wand," she explained cheerfully.
"Transformation wand?" Utena echoed softly, her expression mostly controlled. But her one eyebrow had started twitching a bit.
Anthy gave her a cheery nod. "Just hold it like this," she said, reaching over to adjust Utena's hands so that she was holding the cute little sword up over her head, "and say this; For the power to revolutionize the world!"
Utena sweatdropped. "For the power to revolutionize the world," she softly repeated, sounding very unimpressed.
Suddenly, rinbu Revolution starts up in the background as Utena is enfolded in swirling rainbow lights. Without intending too, Utena whirls around in odd poses, ultimately ending up looking... not very different at all.
Utena looked down at what looked like her normal Dueling uniform, but she noticed there was a slight difference: she had a cute little black mask on her face to hide her identity. She twisted her body around, looking herself over, but other than that there were no big changes.
"Couldn't I just go off to change my clothes, instead?" Utena asked Anthy rather dubiously.
Anthy's eyes got big, and shimmered with large, unshed tears. "You don't like it?" she asked her in a wavering, little girl's voice.
Utena sighed, and hurried to reassure her, "No, no, it's just fine." In only seconds, Anthy got all happy again, and Utena was left wondering how the girl could turn her tears on and off like some kind of faucet.
Utena looked out the window, the class was so boring that watching the overcast skies was more interesting. It was probably more educational too, considering how the old lady droned on. Then she nearly fell right out of her chair.
From the top of Akio's observatory, a beam of light shone up onto the dark clouds. Neon pink light, in fact, that outlined a black 'R' that was visible all across the school on the low clouds. Several other students also noticed it, gathering to look out the window at the odd sight.
"Utena-sama!" she heard, and a weight suddenly hit her right on the back. A great effort kept the two of them from going straight out the window, and she turned her head slightly to see Wakaba staring over her shoulder out the window at the dark sky. "Hey," she loudly said, pointing outside, "it's the Revolutionary signal!"
"Revolutionary signal?" Utena said with a soft whimpering sound.
"Yeah, Anthy said she was having it put in yesterday," Wakaba said to Utena cheerfully. "It doesn't turn off until Revolutionary Girl appears," she said leadingly.
Utena thumped her head on the desktop, hard. "Teacher," she said, looking up towards the front of the class, "may I please be excused?"
"Why?" the older woman asked her with a grim look on her pinched features. It was bad enough Tenjou wore such odd clothes to school, but wanting to leave class too?.
'I suppose saying that I need to go get Anthy to shut off that big pink flashlight won't work?' Utena thought to herself wearily. "I really need to use the bathroom," she said over her shoulder as she ran out into the hallway.
Wakaba followed her out, saying to Utena in her perkyest manner "We need to transform ourselves!" With that she pulled a cute little mirror out, loudly saying "Who is the genki-est one of all?" With the saying of that magical phrase Wakaba was gone, and in a burst of bright light and rather bad music, Genki girl appeared.
"At least in costume I hopefully won't be recognized," Utena sighed softly. She fished the necklace out, holding the little sword awkwardly. "For the power to revolutionize the world!" she cried, and was changed herself.
The two shadow-play girls watched both of them run by them.
"That almost looked like Utena and Wakaba going by," shadow-play girl A-ko said with a cute little frown on her face. It wasn't really that visible, her being a shadow and all, but trust me, it was really cute looking.
"But it couldn't be them," shadow-play girl B-ko said to the other girl quite reasonably, "they were both wearing masks."
They reached the observatory's roof, where they saw a quite depressed looking Akio Ohtori standing there. He was waiting nearby a big spotlight that was painted bright pink, and was projecting the signal up into the cloudy sky.
"She's got you involved in this, too?" Utena asked him rather disbelievingly.
"She quivered her chin and cried at me," Akio said with a weary sounding sigh. Utena patted him on the shoulder sympathetically.
Anthy stepped out of the shadows, smiling at them all sweetly. She was dressed in her Witch Girl costume, with witch hat, broom, and all. "I'm glad you answered so swiftly," she said happily, "I have something to show you."
"Could you please turn this thing off first?" Utena asked softly, gesturing to the big pink light. Akio flipped the switch off, then he wandered off to find something to drink. Perferably cognac, but at that moment he wasn't feeling too picky.
"To the revolutionary cave!" Anthy loudly declared, leading them over to an hidden elevator. With only a few half-hearted protests they quickly went down below ground level, the doors finally opening up into a large chamber.
Utena cautiously stepped out, and then she gasped softly in surprise. The car sitting there was sleek, almost bird like, and looked like it could outrun almost anything else on the road without really trying. Utena barely noticed that it was bright pink as she pointed at it and softly breathed out, "That is a really nice car."
"The Revolutionary-mobile," Anthy said with a sweet little smile.
Utena carefully held the gold necklace up in front of her face, looking at it with an very odd expression. A cute little sword, a nearly perfect replica of the Sword of Dios itself, hangs from the chain, turning and sparkling slightly in the morning's sunlight.
"It's very nice looking, Anthy," Utena said to her softly, "but why?"
Anthy smiled at her kawaiily, and Utena felt that sinking feeling come over her yet again. "It's your transformation wand," she explained cheerfully.
"Transformation wand?" Utena echoed softly, her expression mostly controlled. But her one eyebrow had started twitching a bit.
Anthy gave her a cheery nod. "Just hold it like this," she said, reaching over to adjust Utena's hands so that she was holding the cute little sword up over her head, "and say this; For the power to revolutionize the world!"
Utena sweatdropped. "For the power to revolutionize the world," she softly repeated, sounding very unimpressed.
Suddenly, rinbu Revolution starts up in the background as Utena is enfolded in swirling rainbow lights. Without intending too, Utena whirls around in odd poses, ultimately ending up looking... not very different at all.
Utena looked down at what looked like her normal Dueling uniform, but she noticed there was a slight difference: she had a cute little black mask on her face to hide her identity. She twisted her body around, looking herself over, but other than that there were no big changes.
"Couldn't I just go off to change my clothes, instead?" Utena asked Anthy rather dubiously.
Anthy's eyes got big, and shimmered with large, unshed tears. "You don't like it?" she asked her in a wavering, little girl's voice.
Utena sighed, and hurried to reassure her, "No, no, it's just fine." In only seconds, Anthy got all happy again, and Utena was left wondering how the girl could turn her tears on and off like some kind of faucet.
Utena looked out the window, the class was so boring that watching the overcast skies was more interesting. It was probably more educational too, considering how the old lady droned on. Then she nearly fell right out of her chair.
From the top of Akio's observatory, a beam of light shone up onto the dark clouds. Neon pink light, in fact, that outlined a black 'R' that was visible all across the school on the low clouds. Several other students also noticed it, gathering to look out the window at the odd sight.
"Utena-sama!" she heard, and a weight suddenly hit her right on the back. A great effort kept the two of them from going straight out the window, and she turned her head slightly to see Wakaba staring over her shoulder out the window at the dark sky. "Hey," she loudly said, pointing outside, "it's the Revolutionary signal!"
"Revolutionary signal?" Utena said with a soft whimpering sound.
"Yeah, Anthy said she was having it put in yesterday," Wakaba said to Utena cheerfully. "It doesn't turn off until Revolutionary Girl appears," she said leadingly.
Utena thumped her head on the desktop, hard. "Teacher," she said, looking up towards the front of the class, "may I please be excused?"
"Why?" the older woman asked her with a grim look on her pinched features. It was bad enough Tenjou wore such odd clothes to school, but wanting to leave class too?.
'I suppose saying that I need to go get Anthy to shut off that big pink flashlight won't work?' Utena thought to herself wearily. "I really need to use the bathroom," she said over her shoulder as she ran out into the hallway.
Wakaba followed her out, saying to Utena in her perkyest manner "We need to transform ourselves!" With that she pulled a cute little mirror out, loudly saying "Who is the genki-est one of all?" With the saying of that magical phrase Wakaba was gone, and in a burst of bright light and rather bad music, Genki girl appeared.
"At least in costume I hopefully won't be recognized," Utena sighed softly. She fished the necklace out, holding the little sword awkwardly. "For the power to revolutionize the world!" she cried, and was changed herself.
The two shadow-play girls watched both of them run by them.
"That almost looked like Utena and Wakaba going by," shadow-play girl A-ko said with a cute little frown on her face. It wasn't really that visible, her being a shadow and all, but trust me, it was really cute looking.
"But it couldn't be them," shadow-play girl B-ko said to the other girl quite reasonably, "they were both wearing masks."
They reached the observatory's roof, where they saw a quite depressed looking Akio Ohtori standing there. He was waiting nearby a big spotlight that was painted bright pink, and was projecting the signal up into the cloudy sky.
"She's got you involved in this, too?" Utena asked him rather disbelievingly.
"She quivered her chin and cried at me," Akio said with a weary sounding sigh. Utena patted him on the shoulder sympathetically.
Anthy stepped out of the shadows, smiling at them all sweetly. She was dressed in her Witch Girl costume, with witch hat, broom, and all. "I'm glad you answered so swiftly," she said happily, "I have something to show you."
"Could you please turn this thing off first?" Utena asked softly, gesturing to the big pink light. Akio flipped the switch off, then he wandered off to find something to drink. Perferably cognac, but at that moment he wasn't feeling too picky.
"To the revolutionary cave!" Anthy loudly declared, leading them over to an hidden elevator. With only a few half-hearted protests they quickly went down below ground level, the doors finally opening up into a large chamber.
Utena cautiously stepped out, and then she gasped softly in surprise. The car sitting there was sleek, almost bird like, and looked like it could outrun almost anything else on the road without really trying. Utena barely noticed that it was bright pink as she pointed at it and softly breathed out, "That is a really nice car."
"The Revolutionary-mobile," Anthy said with a sweet little smile.
