Chapter One - coming to Kaidas Castle
Notes: Okay peeps, please review when done, I'd like that a lot ^^, oh yeah, people are not as skinny as they are on the show in this (In other words they aren't deathly skinny, any how.on to the fic! There may be a lot of spelling+grammar mistakes - Gomenasai!
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It was a rahter glomy day outside, which made the forest look very green.
"Ouch!" a girl of about fifteen or sixteen yelped. "Ah, I guess I should be more careful." She mubbled, shoving the branch that hit her out of her way. She sighed and pushed her messy pink braided hair behind her. She was a thin person, with a boyish figure, she also wore slightly boyish clothes; a red vest with gold decorative gold lining, with a cream colored blouse under it, gray baggy pants, a little red hat with the same lining as the vest, and a large black cape over all of it.
She pulled a crumpled map out of her pocket, and she contiuned to walk on. Her large blue eyes were focused on her map. She clasped her free hand around her pendant around her neck.
She soon looked up to see a large clearing, and she felt the tall wet grass soak her shoes. Now there was only forest behind her, and a large castle in front of her, she pulled out the map again just ot make sure she was in the right place. He saw a clearing with castle in the middle of it. She smiled, and crammed the map back into her pocket. "This must be the place." She thought as she ran toward the castle, soaking the bottom of her pants and cape, she didn't really care though. The girl soon came to the steps of the steps of the castle. It was enormous. She could barely see the other ends from the middle. It was made of a dark gray stone. There were fourteen or fifteen towers all of different hieghts, but one stuck out from the rest, it was was unsually tall and thin. "Well that's kind of strange." She thought as she squinted at it. She shook her head and looked at some of the stained glass windows, and a one of the them even had a desgin that was very similar to the one on her pendant. "Hhmm...odd, oh well it's looks a bit different anyhow." She thought shurrging as she grabbed the large golden knocker on the door. The first time she knocked, no one answered, so she knocked again, and the door creaked open slowly to reveal a young looking maid. She had light brown hair which was pulled back into a ponytail by a large bow. Her eyes were very large, and they were almost the same color of her hair. She was wearing a poofy knee- length dress with a bit of lace on it. With a ruffled apron over it.
"Konchi wa! Welcome to Kaidas castle." The girl said with a large smile.
"Oh Konchi wa, I've been told I can get a job as a servant here, is that true?" She asked.
"Mmm-hmm! Just follow me." The maid said moving aside so she could get in. As the girl entered, she looked around in awe. The floor had a decorated carpet on it. There were very tall windows lining the hall. Above them, there was a domed celling with paintings of the history of Rayeka. The girl reconized some of the pictures, she just stood there for a moment gazing up at the celling, until maid called her and told her to come along.
"Oh what's your name?" The maid asked.
"Utena Tenjou, what's yours?" The girl asked.
"Wakaba." She said smiling. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Utena said, as looked around. They walked for a while and Wakaba talked quite a a lot. Utena was supprised she could say so much in ten minutes or so. They went up a few stari cases, and Utena saw many things, such as the kicthen, which was very large, there was about fifty of sixty people all working and shouting. Then Wakaba saw a tall boy standing out side the of the kitchen. He had long wavy green hair, pale skin and dark green eyes. He wore a dark vest over a white blouse with dark pants. Wakaba ran over to him and talked to him (and blushing while she was at it), he seemed to be igonring her, he even seemed a little fed up with her. He just nodded at what she said. She then pointed over to Utena and said something about her wanting a job. He merely said he'd tell Aiko.
Utena also noticed a short girl next to him, she had purple hair with a elgant looking circlet around her head, dark skin and bright green eyes. She had a simple long blueish-white dress on, with billowy sleeves. She had white gloves under the sleeves, without fingers, expect for a thumbhole. She also had a black chocker and strange glassed on. The green-haired boy left, and the purple haired girl followed him. Wakaba watched him until he went into another room. Wakaba then ran back over to Utena.
"Who were they? That guy seemed a little rude." Utena said in a curious tone, yawning a bit.
"Saionji! No way, he's the best! He has to be the greatest-looking guy around here, and he's so talented." Wakaba said happily.
"Oh..who was that girl with him anyway?" Utena asked.
"That's Anshi, it seems everyone is always talking about her, because she the one the white warriors are always talking about. She's a little strange though." Wakaba said in a bored tone.
"White Warriors?" Utena asked, sounding interested.
"Yeah, their the people that own this castle or something like that. There are four of them and some guy named Aiko, I don't really who he is though. Oh and Saionji is one of them of course! Anyway they protect Anshi from these people over at Nemias castle, I don't know why Nemias is after Anshi, and I don't know who they are ethier." Wakaba said looking thoughtfully up at Utena.
"Really? Wow...that is pretty strange." Utena said, giving Wakaba a quizcal look.
"Yeah, anyway you can share a room with me. Oh, by the way, how old are you? I'm fifteen." Wakaba said.
"I'm sixteen." Utena responded as she followed Wakaba down the hall again.
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Utena and Wakaba had walked to the maids rooms, it was a long hall with identical door linig the hall and each door had two names on it with and number under it.
"I'll get you settled in and everything. Then I'll show you around this place and get you introduced to everyone I know." Wakaba said a she bounced over to a door. "Here's my room, we'll put your name up with mine tommorow." She said as pulled a key out of a pocket on her apron and she unlocked the door to reveal a small room. There were a few decorations on the wall, and there was a small window opposite of the door, two closets and a mirror next to each one. There were also two beds agaisnt each wall. One of them had bright yellow covers over it, and the other had none.
"Oh, I'll get you some stuff for your bed, and you can put your stuff in the other closet." Wakba said as she rushed over to her closet. Utena took of her cape and hung it in the closet, and she just threw here bag of things in her closet, she'd organize it later. Wakaba soon found bedding, and place it on Utena's bed. They went to go have a look around.
Wakaba showed Utena where they had to go, and told her where they shouldn't go, and other various things like that.
"This place is so big, I'm gonna get lost." Utena said sighing.
"I'll help you find your way around, and you'll get used to it soon." Wakaba said cheerfully. Utena nodded, but she was still convinced she'd get lost sometimes. Utena said she was hungry, so they went off to the dining hall to get something to eat. On there way to the dining hall, they saw two boys and girl standing around, talking in a slightly serious tone. They asked Wakaba if she had seen Saionji or Anshi around, she said she saw them early, but she didn't really know where they went.
"Who's this? I've never seen her around before." One of the boys said smriking at Utena a bit, and she looked at him quizcally. He had long red hair that was pulled back into a loose ponytail. He wore a dark blue jacket, that matche they color his eyes. Under his jacket was a light blue shirt. He also wore fitted black pants, overall he was a pretty attractive guy.
"Oh this is Utena. She's new here." Wakaba said The other boy with blue hair looked at her. He had light blue hair, and eyes that were almost the same color. He wore a simple tunic with a belt over it, and pants under it. He also wore a slightly decorative vest over the tunic and round, floppy black hat on his head. The girl glanced at her too. She had long curly copper hair and green eyes. She wore a dark green jacket with sliver lining and black clothes under it. They soon turned back to there conversation. So Wakaba and Utena went to off into the dining hall.
"Who were they?" Utena asked as the enetered the dining hall.
"Oh they were more White Warriors, the one that asked about you is Touga, he's a playboy, and I've heard quite a few maids say he broke their hearts. The other boy is Miki, he's really smart and he's good at a lot, a lot of the maids really like him. The girl was Juri, she good at a lot too, but she's kinda mean, and she seems to keep to herself." Wakaba said as her and Utena grabbed some food and sat down.
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Touga, Juri and Miki all looked at eachother seriously after Utena and Wakaba went off.
"There hasn't been anyone new here in a while, do you think that girl could be the one that they're always talking of?" Juri asked looking quite serious.
"I don't know, perphaps we should holp a meeting tonight with the others and dicuss it." Miki said, sounding somewhat interested. They all nodded and headed off in different directions.
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Utena sighed as she finshed her large plate of food, she hadn't eaten in a while. Wakaba had finshed top, she then jumped up, seeming quite hyper. "I've gotta show you the library!" She said grebbing Utena's wrist and dragging her out of the dining hall.
"Chotto maitte Wakaba! Shouldn't we a least pick up our plates?" Utena asked as the walked down the halls, Wakaba didn't answer. It didn't take them that long to get to the library, because Utena and Wakaba pretty much ran there. Wakaba showed her two tall door and told her to go in, she said she had to go somewhere else, and she ran off.
"Maitte, do you know how to get back to our room?" Wakaba asked, stopping her self.
"Yeah, I think so, but what is our room number?" Utena asked as she strached her head.
"One-o-two!" Wakaba yelled as she ran down the hall. Utena nodded and opened the door of the library. It was very impressive. The celling was extremly high and there was five floors, there were a few large paintings around and there were many chairs about, but there weren't many people in there. Utena soon spotted a book lying on the floor near a stool, which was kind of strange, because this library seemed vert tidy. She went over to it and picked up. She sat down on the stool and looked at the book. It looked like a child's book. It was titled 'Girl of the Rose's fate' "hmm...that's weird." She thought. It had simple illustrations on the cover. She opened the book that she's come back ro again and again.
Notes: Well 1st chappie, yay! I hope you liked it, now please review!
Notes: Okay peeps, please review when done, I'd like that a lot ^^, oh yeah, people are not as skinny as they are on the show in this (In other words they aren't deathly skinny, any how.on to the fic! There may be a lot of spelling+grammar mistakes - Gomenasai!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It was a rahter glomy day outside, which made the forest look very green.
"Ouch!" a girl of about fifteen or sixteen yelped. "Ah, I guess I should be more careful." She mubbled, shoving the branch that hit her out of her way. She sighed and pushed her messy pink braided hair behind her. She was a thin person, with a boyish figure, she also wore slightly boyish clothes; a red vest with gold decorative gold lining, with a cream colored blouse under it, gray baggy pants, a little red hat with the same lining as the vest, and a large black cape over all of it.
She pulled a crumpled map out of her pocket, and she contiuned to walk on. Her large blue eyes were focused on her map. She clasped her free hand around her pendant around her neck.
She soon looked up to see a large clearing, and she felt the tall wet grass soak her shoes. Now there was only forest behind her, and a large castle in front of her, she pulled out the map again just ot make sure she was in the right place. He saw a clearing with castle in the middle of it. She smiled, and crammed the map back into her pocket. "This must be the place." She thought as she ran toward the castle, soaking the bottom of her pants and cape, she didn't really care though. The girl soon came to the steps of the steps of the castle. It was enormous. She could barely see the other ends from the middle. It was made of a dark gray stone. There were fourteen or fifteen towers all of different hieghts, but one stuck out from the rest, it was was unsually tall and thin. "Well that's kind of strange." She thought as she squinted at it. She shook her head and looked at some of the stained glass windows, and a one of the them even had a desgin that was very similar to the one on her pendant. "Hhmm...odd, oh well it's looks a bit different anyhow." She thought shurrging as she grabbed the large golden knocker on the door. The first time she knocked, no one answered, so she knocked again, and the door creaked open slowly to reveal a young looking maid. She had light brown hair which was pulled back into a ponytail by a large bow. Her eyes were very large, and they were almost the same color of her hair. She was wearing a poofy knee- length dress with a bit of lace on it. With a ruffled apron over it.
"Konchi wa! Welcome to Kaidas castle." The girl said with a large smile.
"Oh Konchi wa, I've been told I can get a job as a servant here, is that true?" She asked.
"Mmm-hmm! Just follow me." The maid said moving aside so she could get in. As the girl entered, she looked around in awe. The floor had a decorated carpet on it. There were very tall windows lining the hall. Above them, there was a domed celling with paintings of the history of Rayeka. The girl reconized some of the pictures, she just stood there for a moment gazing up at the celling, until maid called her and told her to come along.
"Oh what's your name?" The maid asked.
"Utena Tenjou, what's yours?" The girl asked.
"Wakaba." She said smiling. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Utena said, as looked around. They walked for a while and Wakaba talked quite a a lot. Utena was supprised she could say so much in ten minutes or so. They went up a few stari cases, and Utena saw many things, such as the kicthen, which was very large, there was about fifty of sixty people all working and shouting. Then Wakaba saw a tall boy standing out side the of the kitchen. He had long wavy green hair, pale skin and dark green eyes. He wore a dark vest over a white blouse with dark pants. Wakaba ran over to him and talked to him (and blushing while she was at it), he seemed to be igonring her, he even seemed a little fed up with her. He just nodded at what she said. She then pointed over to Utena and said something about her wanting a job. He merely said he'd tell Aiko.
Utena also noticed a short girl next to him, she had purple hair with a elgant looking circlet around her head, dark skin and bright green eyes. She had a simple long blueish-white dress on, with billowy sleeves. She had white gloves under the sleeves, without fingers, expect for a thumbhole. She also had a black chocker and strange glassed on. The green-haired boy left, and the purple haired girl followed him. Wakaba watched him until he went into another room. Wakaba then ran back over to Utena.
"Who were they? That guy seemed a little rude." Utena said in a curious tone, yawning a bit.
"Saionji! No way, he's the best! He has to be the greatest-looking guy around here, and he's so talented." Wakaba said happily.
"Oh..who was that girl with him anyway?" Utena asked.
"That's Anshi, it seems everyone is always talking about her, because she the one the white warriors are always talking about. She's a little strange though." Wakaba said in a bored tone.
"White Warriors?" Utena asked, sounding interested.
"Yeah, their the people that own this castle or something like that. There are four of them and some guy named Aiko, I don't really who he is though. Oh and Saionji is one of them of course! Anyway they protect Anshi from these people over at Nemias castle, I don't know why Nemias is after Anshi, and I don't know who they are ethier." Wakaba said looking thoughtfully up at Utena.
"Really? Wow...that is pretty strange." Utena said, giving Wakaba a quizcal look.
"Yeah, anyway you can share a room with me. Oh, by the way, how old are you? I'm fifteen." Wakaba said.
"I'm sixteen." Utena responded as she followed Wakaba down the hall again.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Utena and Wakaba had walked to the maids rooms, it was a long hall with identical door linig the hall and each door had two names on it with and number under it.
"I'll get you settled in and everything. Then I'll show you around this place and get you introduced to everyone I know." Wakaba said a she bounced over to a door. "Here's my room, we'll put your name up with mine tommorow." She said as pulled a key out of a pocket on her apron and she unlocked the door to reveal a small room. There were a few decorations on the wall, and there was a small window opposite of the door, two closets and a mirror next to each one. There were also two beds agaisnt each wall. One of them had bright yellow covers over it, and the other had none.
"Oh, I'll get you some stuff for your bed, and you can put your stuff in the other closet." Wakba said as she rushed over to her closet. Utena took of her cape and hung it in the closet, and she just threw here bag of things in her closet, she'd organize it later. Wakaba soon found bedding, and place it on Utena's bed. They went to go have a look around.
Wakaba showed Utena where they had to go, and told her where they shouldn't go, and other various things like that.
"This place is so big, I'm gonna get lost." Utena said sighing.
"I'll help you find your way around, and you'll get used to it soon." Wakaba said cheerfully. Utena nodded, but she was still convinced she'd get lost sometimes. Utena said she was hungry, so they went off to the dining hall to get something to eat. On there way to the dining hall, they saw two boys and girl standing around, talking in a slightly serious tone. They asked Wakaba if she had seen Saionji or Anshi around, she said she saw them early, but she didn't really know where they went.
"Who's this? I've never seen her around before." One of the boys said smriking at Utena a bit, and she looked at him quizcally. He had long red hair that was pulled back into a loose ponytail. He wore a dark blue jacket, that matche they color his eyes. Under his jacket was a light blue shirt. He also wore fitted black pants, overall he was a pretty attractive guy.
"Oh this is Utena. She's new here." Wakaba said The other boy with blue hair looked at her. He had light blue hair, and eyes that were almost the same color. He wore a simple tunic with a belt over it, and pants under it. He also wore a slightly decorative vest over the tunic and round, floppy black hat on his head. The girl glanced at her too. She had long curly copper hair and green eyes. She wore a dark green jacket with sliver lining and black clothes under it. They soon turned back to there conversation. So Wakaba and Utena went to off into the dining hall.
"Who were they?" Utena asked as the enetered the dining hall.
"Oh they were more White Warriors, the one that asked about you is Touga, he's a playboy, and I've heard quite a few maids say he broke their hearts. The other boy is Miki, he's really smart and he's good at a lot, a lot of the maids really like him. The girl was Juri, she good at a lot too, but she's kinda mean, and she seems to keep to herself." Wakaba said as her and Utena grabbed some food and sat down.
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Touga, Juri and Miki all looked at eachother seriously after Utena and Wakaba went off.
"There hasn't been anyone new here in a while, do you think that girl could be the one that they're always talking of?" Juri asked looking quite serious.
"I don't know, perphaps we should holp a meeting tonight with the others and dicuss it." Miki said, sounding somewhat interested. They all nodded and headed off in different directions.
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Utena sighed as she finshed her large plate of food, she hadn't eaten in a while. Wakaba had finshed top, she then jumped up, seeming quite hyper. "I've gotta show you the library!" She said grebbing Utena's wrist and dragging her out of the dining hall.
"Chotto maitte Wakaba! Shouldn't we a least pick up our plates?" Utena asked as the walked down the halls, Wakaba didn't answer. It didn't take them that long to get to the library, because Utena and Wakaba pretty much ran there. Wakaba showed her two tall door and told her to go in, she said she had to go somewhere else, and she ran off.
"Maitte, do you know how to get back to our room?" Wakaba asked, stopping her self.
"Yeah, I think so, but what is our room number?" Utena asked as she strached her head.
"One-o-two!" Wakaba yelled as she ran down the hall. Utena nodded and opened the door of the library. It was very impressive. The celling was extremly high and there was five floors, there were a few large paintings around and there were many chairs about, but there weren't many people in there. Utena soon spotted a book lying on the floor near a stool, which was kind of strange, because this library seemed vert tidy. She went over to it and picked up. She sat down on the stool and looked at the book. It looked like a child's book. It was titled 'Girl of the Rose's fate' "hmm...that's weird." She thought. It had simple illustrations on the cover. She opened the book that she's come back ro again and again.
Notes: Well 1st chappie, yay! I hope you liked it, now please review!