My life in vignettes By: A-kun

LE REVOLUTTIONAIRE DISCLAIMER: Hi minna-san! I hope much of you are enjoying this fic as I do. I promise to do more, because the saga of Ephram and Evan is far from over. Two things pop-out in my mind when I was working. First of all, Utena is not of my own, they do own to Chiho Saito, Kunihiko Ikunihara and Be-Papas studio. (My sensei! All of them!) and I'm taking them just to explain certain points of the story (You'll see why in chapters later) and also, if you want to understand more the story you can go to www.ohtori.nu, a great Utena site (now up the scripts of all the season!!!) with a large gallery and a great place to analyze some of the things there. It's not necessary to go in there; however, if you want to know more, you can take a sneak around there. The next thing is that I cannot now what do you think of my piece of crap if you don't send me an e-mail to personaefan@hotmail.com and tell me if it's good enough or is the worst crap ever!!! Well that's all, enjoy now!!

Sixth Part: Kioku II: Oujisama no Densetsu (Memories II: Prince's Legend)

-Shoujo Kakumei Utena. what is it?-Asked Eprham

-Is a manga -answered Evan

-A manga?

-Yeah, a Japanese comic book almost always in black and white where the charas always have big eyes and long legs.

-Oh, those kind. Like Pokemon

-Well.. might be like that

-Let me see it

-Here, take it.

Ephram took the book. With his bare hands he was holding Evan's most precious treasure, and above of it, he was holding the reason why they were outside of the classroom.

-Who is she? -said Ephram pointing one of the drawings

-Tenjou Utena, the main character.

-What is she doing? dueling?

-Well yeah. You know, she must duel to find her prince.

-Her prince..? -said Ephram raising his eyebrow as always do. (Evan was having a red face just by watching him)

-Oh, you just don't get it.

-Why?

-I'll tell you. She lost her parents in an accident, and then she was going to suicide, but when she was falling to a river, a prince with shining armor came and save her. He gave her a ring and told her to "keep your nobility and strength until the day we find again". The ring leaded her to the exclusive academy, the Ohtory Gakuen, where some dudes of the student council were dueling with her.

-Does it have anything to do with her prince?

-Yeah, because they're fighting for the power of that prince

-But just her can have it

-Yeah.

A long pause. Ephram was thinking and Evan was completely absorbed by the reading.

Then some words came out of his mouth.

-Do you have the first issue?

-Yeah, here it is. The first "Tankouban"

-Tanko. what?

-Tankouban means volume. The one you have is the third tankouban and this is the first one.

-May I.?

-Help yourself.

One hour and both of them were reading it. They were both excited by Utena , the girl with pink hair and boys outfit. They couldn't wait to read the other one. Evan had just to the third, and both were happen to be excited by reading it. When Ephram was done with the first, Evan was beginning the fourth. Evan red it, and Ephram was almost finished with the third one. They both understood quite well the story of Utena, and the legend of the prince.

Before they've realized, the hour to go home was at time. Evan, then took his pack and began to take his volumes of graphic novels. Ephram saw him and asked him if he could borrow just the fourth one.

-Yes, take it. In fact, I'm going to buy the fifth now.

-Will ya?

-Yes, I'll be going, See ya Ephram!

Ephram took among his hands the tankouban, and then realized that he wanted to go with Evan. He raised his eyesight and then watched him leaving him.

-Wait! -said Ephram

-What is it?? -Answered a doubtful Evan

-Well, I was wondering If I could.

-Let's go!

-Wait! How do you knew what I was going to ask you?

-I supposed it.

The green eyed boy came back for his pack and then started to walk with Evan. All the way until reaching their goal Ephram was talking about it. He was excited about reading it, and wanted some things for him to be explained.

-Why Anthy calls Utena "Utena-sama"??

-Because she sees her as a superior.

-So what.?

-Well. how could I explain?... -Evan was thinking and then an idea pop-up into his mind.-Look, Japanese people uses suffixes, I mean, terminations. Those end-lines give the meaning to what kind of relationship you're having with that person. There are lots of it, and some of them are diminutives from others. Like "-sama" which means "Mr." or "Mrs."; or "-chan" which means "girl friend", "Close friend" or "little".

-So you're Evan-chan??

-Nope. For male friends is "-kun". If you said that is like if you were saying to me "boyfriend". you know how gayish it is?

-Gayish??... a new word, didn't you mean Homo?

-Don't care.

-Ok, Evan-kun.

-Look Ephram, if you're interested in it you can learn Japanese. Here, let me.

And by the time he was saying, he was looking for a presentation card for his friend. He touched his butt, looking for the wallet, and then he took it. -Here it is.- Said and then give him a shining card made with non so flexible paper. -In this place I'm taking Japanese classes. I think I can read some manga in his original language, even when they say that Japanese is difficult for most of the people.

-Are you. taking classes? - said Ephram, raising an eyebrow as he knows.

-yeah, wanna join??

-Maybe. Maybe I'll go one day.

-Hope to see you there.