Utena in Wonderland
Disclaimer:
Utena is proper property of Be Papas.
Note:
This is an original Utena fanfic that means the Mystic Sisters won't be appearing in this fic. The only role that I play in this nutty production is the director...oh yeah, and narrator. WAKE UP ME!
With that said and done, on with the show!
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Utena in Wonderland
AJ Angelique
6) Act 4: Royal Company
I sit there, staring at the curtains where Akio once was. "Woah, he's hot," I said. A single cough from backstage is enough to jump me out of my trance and I wipe the drool from my mouth before I turned back to my microphone.
"As Alice jumped through the doorway with the White Rabbit and the Chesire Cat, she couldn't help but feel as if she was being pulled towards a bright light which turned out to be a beautiful sunlit garden," I said and the curtains opened to reveal a beautiful hedged garden filled with red flowers...save for one lone bush that stood center stage where Keiko, Yuuko and Aiko were dressed up as the three cards. As they pretended to paint the bush of white roses red Utena, Anthy and Akio tumbled in from stage right.
"Woah, what a ride," Utena said as she looked a bit frazzeled.
"Yes, do you supose we can do that again?" Anthy asked cheerfully and Akio rolled his eyes. It was then that Utena noticed the three cards.
"Hey, what are you doing to those flowers?" Utena asked.
"What does it look like we're doing?" Keiko asked.
"We're painting the rose red," Aiko said.
"Yeah," Yuuko said.
"Why?" Utena asked bluntly.
"Because, we made planted a white rose bush by mistake," Keiko said.
"And the queen likes them red," Aiko said.
"Yeah," Yuuko said.
"Wrong!" came the shout of a powerful female voice. The three cards and Utena jumped in surprise as Nanami and Touga entered stage left. The three cards began to panic and huddle together as they cowered in fear as Utena looked on with an raised eyebrow while Akio and Anthy just looked on with grins.
Nanami then looked at the rose bush, sneered and then looked at the three cards, "What is the meaning of this?" she demaned as she pointed her whip at the rose bush as Touga just stood behind her while sipping on red wine.
"We...we...we..." the three girls stammered, their knees literally knocking together in fear.
"You were painting these beautiful flowers red, weren't you?" Nanami demanded and the three girls could barely speak.
"My queen," Touga said as he approached his sister and wrapped his free arm around her shoulders, "Go easy on them, they were only following your orders. You did say "red roses" in the garden this year." Nanami's manner instantly began to soften.
"Yes, you are right. You are excused as long as you can remove that paint from the roses," Nanami said.
"Yes your majesty," the three girls said and instantly set to cleaning the rose. Nanami smiled and then noticed Utena, Anthy and Akio.
"White Rabbit, you are late," Nanami said said as she approached the trio.
"Yes your majesty," Anthy said with a curtsy, "but this young girl was in trouble and..."
"You know I don't like people being late for croquete," Nanami said.
"Yes your majesty," Anthy said with a bowed head.
"Go gather the equiptment," Touga said before Nanami could say another word.
"Yes your majesty," Anthy said and scurried off to stage left.
"So," Nanami said as she approached Utena and Akio, "who are you two?"
"My name is Alice," Utena said and waited for Akio to introduce himself...but he didn't. He just continued to stand there with a grin on his face.
"And who...or what is this creature?" Nanami asked as she started to get creeped out by the grin.
"This is the Chesire Cat," Utena said.
"A creepy sort of fellow," Nanami said.
"Yes, he is," Touga said and casually sipped his wine.
"I wish he wouldn't look at me like that," Nanami said as she rubbed her arms as if she was cold.
"A cat may look a queen if he so pleases," Utena said and Nanami looked at her.
"I beg your pardon?!" she exclaimed.
"I read it somewheres...I don't know where though," Utena said, the last part with a puzzled look on her face.
"I should like to meet that author someday," Touga said.
"I'd like to strangle them," Nanami said as she inched away from Akio as he leaned forward and widen his eyes. Just then, everyone looked to stage left where there was a large clatter of what sounded like metal trash lids or pie tins. Anthy then stepped out with flamingo shapped mallets and hedgehog shapped croquete balls.
"Ah, the croquete equiptment has arrived," Nanami said and walked over to Anthy as Touga turned to Utena and Akio.
"Do you two play?" he asked.
"A little," Utena said.
"And you?" Touga asked Akio.
"I'd rather not. I'll just stand back here and watch," Akio said with a big grin.
"Suit yourself," Touga said as he finsihed his wine and placed his glass down in mid air and walked off. Utena looked on with surprise at how the glass didn't fall as she followed Touga over to where Anthy passed out the equiptment while arches made of playing cards rose up out of the ground.
"You three, get to your places," Nanami snapped at Aiko, Yuuko and Keiko.
"Yes your mejesty," the three girls said and scampered away from the rose bush to take their places as arches along with the rest of the cards. Nanami walked up to the first croquet ball and swung at it, making it roll through all three card arches who cheered her on and Utena merely clapped.
"Alice stood back as she watched the queen play yet as the king took his turn the queen continued to play! It soon became apparent to Alice that one had to play when they could around here so she stepped up to a hedgehog and..." I said and Utena hit her croquet ball with her mallet only to have it collide with Nanami's and knock it was from the post that it was heading for.
"How dare you!" Nanami shriked as she looked at Utena.
"I'm sorry your majesty," Utena quickly appologized.
"You're sorry! You spoiled my shot at winning the game!" Nanami shouted angrily.
"Now now dear," Touga said and glided in between the girls.
"She is only a young girl and she has admited that she is an amiture at this game," Touga said smoothly and Utena threw him a glare.
"But..." Nanami started.
"Besides, you're ball is much closer than her's...which appears to be no wheres in sight," Touga said. The two girls looked and he was right. Anthy was over by the goal post with a sign that read "The Queen's" that had a red arrow which she pointed at a bright red croquete ball that was only three feet away from the goal post. At the same time, Anthy held another sign that read "Alice's" with a blue arrow but she looked around in vain only to find that she couldn't find the blue ball.
Akio walked behind Anthy with this grin on his face as he held his left index finger up to his lips and then held up the bright blue ball that Alice had hit. This entices not only mild gasps but some laughter from the audience as Akio tosses the ball up in the air a couple times before he stoped in his tracks when he nearly walked right into Utena...who glared angrily at him.
"Drop it," she hissed and Akio did as he was told. He dropped the ball and it fell through the floor.
"Woah," Utena said with wide eye surprise. But Nanami didn't pay attention because as all of this was happening, she was chasing her ball which was rolling around the stage like an electronic cat toy...which surprising was being controled by the remote control in my hands *snickers*. Utena continued to glare at Akio as he shrunk away from her and Touga laughed lightly.
"You must forgive the Queen, she has a short temper...," he started but was soon interupted when Nanami let out a short string of curses when her ball stopped abruptly and this resulted in her tripping and falling over it, "...especially when she plays croquete," he finished with a heavuy sigh.
"I can see," Utena said as she glance over at Nanami as the three cards helped her up and then returned to their places.
"But you seem to have a fair amount of patience," Touga said and moved in close to Utena.
"Your majesty?" Utena asked nervously.
"Tell, just how much patience would you have with me," Touga said as he brought his face closer to Utena as he lifted his right hand to run run it through her hair.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" screamed Nanami. The two jumped and turned to see an very angry Nanami looking at them.
"Uh oh," Touga said quietly and began to slowly inch away an nervous Utena.
"How dare you hit on my king!" Nanami exclaimed.
"What!? I wasn't..." Utena started.
"No! I've had enough of you! Cards, get her!" Nanami screamed.
"Yes your majesty," Aiko, Yuuko, Keiko all said at once and stood up with long wood staffs in their hands. Utena feigned a shriek and then dashed off towards stage left as the three cards chased her. Anthy, Nanami and Touga left stage right as the group ran off stage only to return from stage left with Miki & Kozue who also had long sticks in their hands. They then exited stage right and returned from stage right as Juri and Shiori joined them with sticks in their hands. Finally, they entered stage right with Anthy (now dressed as the March Hare) and Saionji who also had big sticks in their hands. This whole time, Akio was watching all this from center stage and only three feet away from the backdrop.
As soon as Utena was center stage, the converybelt turned on and everyone ran on that as the backdrop moved with them.
"Looks like you're in trouble," Akio said as Anthy began to blend more into the mob and then slowly vanished to stage right.
"Gee, you think?" Utena asked.
"I can help you, if you want me to," Akio said.
"Yes, please!" Utena said.
"You sure, it's gonna cost you," Akio added.
"I don't care, just get me out of this mess," Utena said.
"Ok then," Akio said with a smile and walked off stage left. Then, he and Anthy (now dressed as the white rabbit) rolled back on stage with a giant golden mirror.
"Jump in, quick," they both said. Utena nodded and did as they said. She stepped off the converybelt and dashed towards the mirror as the mob began to fall off towards stage right. Utena then jumped through the mirror and cords lifted her, Akio, Anthy and the giant golden frame up as Utena jumped through the breakaway glass. Utena was lifted only halfway up into the air as Akio, Anthy and the frame were lifted all the way up into the catwalk.
Utena then slowly was lifted higher towards the ceiling and with a single real shriek she dropped to the floor where she landed on her face.
"Chu?" called out ChuChu and he ran out from stage left.
"Dinah?" Utena asked as she looked up at him.
"Oh Dinah, I had the strangest dream," Utena said as she got up to kneel, "I dreamt I followed this white rabbit to this place full of crazy people and..."
"Utena began to tell Dinah about what she thought had been a dream but it wasn't long before she was interupted by an familar..." I started.
"I'm late!" came the cry of Anthy and the two looked up as she entered stage right. Utena then gasped and got up on her feet as Anthy runs circles around her while keeping her eyes on her clock. Utena is moved three feet back and four feet to her left and then a trap door opened up underneath her feet as Anthy continued to run.
"Here we go again!" came the echoing voice of Utena from the hole. Anthy then stopped in her tracks, looked around and then saw the hole in the floor.
"Weeee!" Anthy cried out happily as she jumped into the hole.
"Chu," ChuChu said with a heavy sigh and the curtains closed as the closing song played. Then the curtains opened with the whole cast present and they bowed as the audience began to appauld their wacky performance. They bow a couple more times before the curtains close for the last time and I leave my booth to meet the cast and the two shadow girls backstage.
"Wow, that was fun," Ako said.
"Yes, it was nice to work backstage for once," Bko said.
"Yes, and as per our agreement you can leave now," I said.
"Great, how do we leave this place?" Saioinji asked.
"By this door," I said and walked over to the green. I whisper the name of their realm and then open it to reveal the campus of Otohori Academy.
"Thank you once again for choseing Chaos House for your entertainment pleasure. Please watch your step and make sure that all your luggage is secure as you depart the theater and enter your world," I said with this big goofy grin. Needless to say, this is enough to proclaim me officially nutters as all the characters from Utena get through the door as quickly as possible. Once they are back on school grounds, they breath a sigh of releif before they notice the fact that the other srudents are looking at them oddly while whispering. They then look at each other and gasp to find that they are all still in costume while back in the theater I add their cloths to the giant wardrobe closet *big grin*
END! FIN!
Disclaimer:
Utena is proper property of Be Papas.
Note:
This is an original Utena fanfic that means the Mystic Sisters won't be appearing in this fic. The only role that I play in this nutty production is the director...oh yeah, and narrator. WAKE UP ME!
With that said and done, on with the show!
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Utena in Wonderland
AJ Angelique
6) Act 4: Royal Company
I sit there, staring at the curtains where Akio once was. "Woah, he's hot," I said. A single cough from backstage is enough to jump me out of my trance and I wipe the drool from my mouth before I turned back to my microphone.
"As Alice jumped through the doorway with the White Rabbit and the Chesire Cat, she couldn't help but feel as if she was being pulled towards a bright light which turned out to be a beautiful sunlit garden," I said and the curtains opened to reveal a beautiful hedged garden filled with red flowers...save for one lone bush that stood center stage where Keiko, Yuuko and Aiko were dressed up as the three cards. As they pretended to paint the bush of white roses red Utena, Anthy and Akio tumbled in from stage right.
"Woah, what a ride," Utena said as she looked a bit frazzeled.
"Yes, do you supose we can do that again?" Anthy asked cheerfully and Akio rolled his eyes. It was then that Utena noticed the three cards.
"Hey, what are you doing to those flowers?" Utena asked.
"What does it look like we're doing?" Keiko asked.
"We're painting the rose red," Aiko said.
"Yeah," Yuuko said.
"Why?" Utena asked bluntly.
"Because, we made planted a white rose bush by mistake," Keiko said.
"And the queen likes them red," Aiko said.
"Yeah," Yuuko said.
"Wrong!" came the shout of a powerful female voice. The three cards and Utena jumped in surprise as Nanami and Touga entered stage left. The three cards began to panic and huddle together as they cowered in fear as Utena looked on with an raised eyebrow while Akio and Anthy just looked on with grins.
Nanami then looked at the rose bush, sneered and then looked at the three cards, "What is the meaning of this?" she demaned as she pointed her whip at the rose bush as Touga just stood behind her while sipping on red wine.
"We...we...we..." the three girls stammered, their knees literally knocking together in fear.
"You were painting these beautiful flowers red, weren't you?" Nanami demanded and the three girls could barely speak.
"My queen," Touga said as he approached his sister and wrapped his free arm around her shoulders, "Go easy on them, they were only following your orders. You did say "red roses" in the garden this year." Nanami's manner instantly began to soften.
"Yes, you are right. You are excused as long as you can remove that paint from the roses," Nanami said.
"Yes your majesty," the three girls said and instantly set to cleaning the rose. Nanami smiled and then noticed Utena, Anthy and Akio.
"White Rabbit, you are late," Nanami said said as she approached the trio.
"Yes your majesty," Anthy said with a curtsy, "but this young girl was in trouble and..."
"You know I don't like people being late for croquete," Nanami said.
"Yes your majesty," Anthy said with a bowed head.
"Go gather the equiptment," Touga said before Nanami could say another word.
"Yes your majesty," Anthy said and scurried off to stage left.
"So," Nanami said as she approached Utena and Akio, "who are you two?"
"My name is Alice," Utena said and waited for Akio to introduce himself...but he didn't. He just continued to stand there with a grin on his face.
"And who...or what is this creature?" Nanami asked as she started to get creeped out by the grin.
"This is the Chesire Cat," Utena said.
"A creepy sort of fellow," Nanami said.
"Yes, he is," Touga said and casually sipped his wine.
"I wish he wouldn't look at me like that," Nanami said as she rubbed her arms as if she was cold.
"A cat may look a queen if he so pleases," Utena said and Nanami looked at her.
"I beg your pardon?!" she exclaimed.
"I read it somewheres...I don't know where though," Utena said, the last part with a puzzled look on her face.
"I should like to meet that author someday," Touga said.
"I'd like to strangle them," Nanami said as she inched away from Akio as he leaned forward and widen his eyes. Just then, everyone looked to stage left where there was a large clatter of what sounded like metal trash lids or pie tins. Anthy then stepped out with flamingo shapped mallets and hedgehog shapped croquete balls.
"Ah, the croquete equiptment has arrived," Nanami said and walked over to Anthy as Touga turned to Utena and Akio.
"Do you two play?" he asked.
"A little," Utena said.
"And you?" Touga asked Akio.
"I'd rather not. I'll just stand back here and watch," Akio said with a big grin.
"Suit yourself," Touga said as he finsihed his wine and placed his glass down in mid air and walked off. Utena looked on with surprise at how the glass didn't fall as she followed Touga over to where Anthy passed out the equiptment while arches made of playing cards rose up out of the ground.
"You three, get to your places," Nanami snapped at Aiko, Yuuko and Keiko.
"Yes your mejesty," the three girls said and scampered away from the rose bush to take their places as arches along with the rest of the cards. Nanami walked up to the first croquet ball and swung at it, making it roll through all three card arches who cheered her on and Utena merely clapped.
"Alice stood back as she watched the queen play yet as the king took his turn the queen continued to play! It soon became apparent to Alice that one had to play when they could around here so she stepped up to a hedgehog and..." I said and Utena hit her croquet ball with her mallet only to have it collide with Nanami's and knock it was from the post that it was heading for.
"How dare you!" Nanami shriked as she looked at Utena.
"I'm sorry your majesty," Utena quickly appologized.
"You're sorry! You spoiled my shot at winning the game!" Nanami shouted angrily.
"Now now dear," Touga said and glided in between the girls.
"She is only a young girl and she has admited that she is an amiture at this game," Touga said smoothly and Utena threw him a glare.
"But..." Nanami started.
"Besides, you're ball is much closer than her's...which appears to be no wheres in sight," Touga said. The two girls looked and he was right. Anthy was over by the goal post with a sign that read "The Queen's" that had a red arrow which she pointed at a bright red croquete ball that was only three feet away from the goal post. At the same time, Anthy held another sign that read "Alice's" with a blue arrow but she looked around in vain only to find that she couldn't find the blue ball.
Akio walked behind Anthy with this grin on his face as he held his left index finger up to his lips and then held up the bright blue ball that Alice had hit. This entices not only mild gasps but some laughter from the audience as Akio tosses the ball up in the air a couple times before he stoped in his tracks when he nearly walked right into Utena...who glared angrily at him.
"Drop it," she hissed and Akio did as he was told. He dropped the ball and it fell through the floor.
"Woah," Utena said with wide eye surprise. But Nanami didn't pay attention because as all of this was happening, she was chasing her ball which was rolling around the stage like an electronic cat toy...which surprising was being controled by the remote control in my hands *snickers*. Utena continued to glare at Akio as he shrunk away from her and Touga laughed lightly.
"You must forgive the Queen, she has a short temper...," he started but was soon interupted when Nanami let out a short string of curses when her ball stopped abruptly and this resulted in her tripping and falling over it, "...especially when she plays croquete," he finished with a heavuy sigh.
"I can see," Utena said as she glance over at Nanami as the three cards helped her up and then returned to their places.
"But you seem to have a fair amount of patience," Touga said and moved in close to Utena.
"Your majesty?" Utena asked nervously.
"Tell, just how much patience would you have with me," Touga said as he brought his face closer to Utena as he lifted his right hand to run run it through her hair.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" screamed Nanami. The two jumped and turned to see an very angry Nanami looking at them.
"Uh oh," Touga said quietly and began to slowly inch away an nervous Utena.
"How dare you hit on my king!" Nanami exclaimed.
"What!? I wasn't..." Utena started.
"No! I've had enough of you! Cards, get her!" Nanami screamed.
"Yes your majesty," Aiko, Yuuko, Keiko all said at once and stood up with long wood staffs in their hands. Utena feigned a shriek and then dashed off towards stage left as the three cards chased her. Anthy, Nanami and Touga left stage right as the group ran off stage only to return from stage left with Miki & Kozue who also had long sticks in their hands. They then exited stage right and returned from stage right as Juri and Shiori joined them with sticks in their hands. Finally, they entered stage right with Anthy (now dressed as the March Hare) and Saionji who also had big sticks in their hands. This whole time, Akio was watching all this from center stage and only three feet away from the backdrop.
As soon as Utena was center stage, the converybelt turned on and everyone ran on that as the backdrop moved with them.
"Looks like you're in trouble," Akio said as Anthy began to blend more into the mob and then slowly vanished to stage right.
"Gee, you think?" Utena asked.
"I can help you, if you want me to," Akio said.
"Yes, please!" Utena said.
"You sure, it's gonna cost you," Akio added.
"I don't care, just get me out of this mess," Utena said.
"Ok then," Akio said with a smile and walked off stage left. Then, he and Anthy (now dressed as the white rabbit) rolled back on stage with a giant golden mirror.
"Jump in, quick," they both said. Utena nodded and did as they said. She stepped off the converybelt and dashed towards the mirror as the mob began to fall off towards stage right. Utena then jumped through the mirror and cords lifted her, Akio, Anthy and the giant golden frame up as Utena jumped through the breakaway glass. Utena was lifted only halfway up into the air as Akio, Anthy and the frame were lifted all the way up into the catwalk.
Utena then slowly was lifted higher towards the ceiling and with a single real shriek she dropped to the floor where she landed on her face.
"Chu?" called out ChuChu and he ran out from stage left.
"Dinah?" Utena asked as she looked up at him.
"Oh Dinah, I had the strangest dream," Utena said as she got up to kneel, "I dreamt I followed this white rabbit to this place full of crazy people and..."
"Utena began to tell Dinah about what she thought had been a dream but it wasn't long before she was interupted by an familar..." I started.
"I'm late!" came the cry of Anthy and the two looked up as she entered stage right. Utena then gasped and got up on her feet as Anthy runs circles around her while keeping her eyes on her clock. Utena is moved three feet back and four feet to her left and then a trap door opened up underneath her feet as Anthy continued to run.
"Here we go again!" came the echoing voice of Utena from the hole. Anthy then stopped in her tracks, looked around and then saw the hole in the floor.
"Weeee!" Anthy cried out happily as she jumped into the hole.
"Chu," ChuChu said with a heavy sigh and the curtains closed as the closing song played. Then the curtains opened with the whole cast present and they bowed as the audience began to appauld their wacky performance. They bow a couple more times before the curtains close for the last time and I leave my booth to meet the cast and the two shadow girls backstage.
"Wow, that was fun," Ako said.
"Yes, it was nice to work backstage for once," Bko said.
"Yes, and as per our agreement you can leave now," I said.
"Great, how do we leave this place?" Saioinji asked.
"By this door," I said and walked over to the green. I whisper the name of their realm and then open it to reveal the campus of Otohori Academy.
"Thank you once again for choseing Chaos House for your entertainment pleasure. Please watch your step and make sure that all your luggage is secure as you depart the theater and enter your world," I said with this big goofy grin. Needless to say, this is enough to proclaim me officially nutters as all the characters from Utena get through the door as quickly as possible. Once they are back on school grounds, they breath a sigh of releif before they notice the fact that the other srudents are looking at them oddly while whispering. They then look at each other and gasp to find that they are all still in costume while back in the theater I add their cloths to the giant wardrobe closet *big grin*
END! FIN!