Chapter 16: Invitation
"Hey Yaten!" Mina shouted as she ran towards him, waving an envelope in the air above her head.
Yaten, Taiki, and Seiya all turned around, but it was Yaten who was crushed by Mina's body as she hugged him, squeezing the air out of him, yet again.
"Auhhh! Mehna! Gut uffa meh!" Yaten's muffled yell came from under Mina's arms.
Taiki and Seiya, trying not to laugh, pulled Mina off him.
"Sorry Yaten!" Mina said cheerfully. "I haven't seen you in two days."
Seiya leaned towards Yaten, who was dusting himself off. He whispered with laughter in his voice, "Just imagine what she would do if you had decided to go on that three week school trip."
"Shut up Seiya," Yaten muttered shoving Seiya away.
He turned to Mina. "What do you want?" he snapped.
Mina ignored his tone. "Someone told me to give you this." She handed him the envelope. There was nothing written on it, not even his name.
"What is thi-" Yaten started.
"I don't know! She just told me to give it to you and that it was important. She said she'll see you on Saturday!" Mina called back to them with a wave as she ran off back towards the way she had come.
Yaten watched her go with an eyebrow raised. "Saturday? I didn't make any plans with anybody, especially with a girl." He looked down at the envelope. Flipping it over, he saw a seal shaped like a rose on the flap.
"What's in the envelope?" Seiya asked eagerly. He wanted to know what all that was about.
Taiki sighed. "Seiya, apparently he doesn't know since he hasn't opened it yet."
"Well? Open it!" Seiya told the silver haired boy impatiently, wanting to tear it out of his brother's hands and see for himself what was in it.
"All right, all right," Yaten replied. He pulled open the envelope, careful not to tear the rose seal and pulled out a card. "It's a card. It says:
Kou Yaten,
You have been invited to participate in a downhill battle against me, Tenjou Utena, at the top of Mount Akina at the ten o'clock on this coming Saturday night. Your acceptance or rejection is expected by tomorrow noon. Be aware that a rejection will result as a forfeit or a loss, subtracted from your scorecard. No reply will be taken as a rejection.
Sincerely, Revolutionary Driver A.K.A. Tenjou, Utena.
P.S. Good luck.
"Whoa! Yaten! You're the second!" Seiya exclaimed.
Yaten was in equal shock as his brothers were. He had forgotten that the current winner could also challenge someone.
"Yaten, you should start preparing after classes today," Taiki advised him, taking the card out of his younger brother's stiff hands.
"That post script makes it seem like she knows you'll accept." Seiya said, looking at the card from over Taiki's arm.
"Because she knows I can't forfeit, or else I'll only have 4 points left, 4 races left, and then I'm out of the running for the Powers." Yaten trailed off. 'Maybe there's a way I can beat her. Just maybe...if I can figure out exactly how she beat Keisuke...I can beat her!' He thought with excitement. "You guys, I'll see you back at the dorm," with that, Yaten rushed off, thinking out his idea with such intensity, he didn't even hear his brothers calling after him.
"What was that all about?" Seiya asked Taiki, who only shrugged.
"We should inform the rest of the Council about this," Taiki told him and Seiya nodded in agreement. The two hurried off towards the Student Council room.
Meanwhile.....
A black haired girl stood a few feet away from where the three brothers had been. She smirked.
"So the Student Council and Utena are having something this weekend on Mount Akina. Maybe I should 'watch'," Sayuki Miyasato said with a smirk.
"Hey Yaten!" Mina shouted as she ran towards him, waving an envelope in the air above her head.
Yaten, Taiki, and Seiya all turned around, but it was Yaten who was crushed by Mina's body as she hugged him, squeezing the air out of him, yet again.
"Auhhh! Mehna! Gut uffa meh!" Yaten's muffled yell came from under Mina's arms.
Taiki and Seiya, trying not to laugh, pulled Mina off him.
"Sorry Yaten!" Mina said cheerfully. "I haven't seen you in two days."
Seiya leaned towards Yaten, who was dusting himself off. He whispered with laughter in his voice, "Just imagine what she would do if you had decided to go on that three week school trip."
"Shut up Seiya," Yaten muttered shoving Seiya away.
He turned to Mina. "What do you want?" he snapped.
Mina ignored his tone. "Someone told me to give you this." She handed him the envelope. There was nothing written on it, not even his name.
"What is thi-" Yaten started.
"I don't know! She just told me to give it to you and that it was important. She said she'll see you on Saturday!" Mina called back to them with a wave as she ran off back towards the way she had come.
Yaten watched her go with an eyebrow raised. "Saturday? I didn't make any plans with anybody, especially with a girl." He looked down at the envelope. Flipping it over, he saw a seal shaped like a rose on the flap.
"What's in the envelope?" Seiya asked eagerly. He wanted to know what all that was about.
Taiki sighed. "Seiya, apparently he doesn't know since he hasn't opened it yet."
"Well? Open it!" Seiya told the silver haired boy impatiently, wanting to tear it out of his brother's hands and see for himself what was in it.
"All right, all right," Yaten replied. He pulled open the envelope, careful not to tear the rose seal and pulled out a card. "It's a card. It says:
Kou Yaten,
You have been invited to participate in a downhill battle against me, Tenjou Utena, at the top of Mount Akina at the ten o'clock on this coming Saturday night. Your acceptance or rejection is expected by tomorrow noon. Be aware that a rejection will result as a forfeit or a loss, subtracted from your scorecard. No reply will be taken as a rejection.
Sincerely, Revolutionary Driver A.K.A. Tenjou, Utena.
P.S. Good luck.
"Whoa! Yaten! You're the second!" Seiya exclaimed.
Yaten was in equal shock as his brothers were. He had forgotten that the current winner could also challenge someone.
"Yaten, you should start preparing after classes today," Taiki advised him, taking the card out of his younger brother's stiff hands.
"That post script makes it seem like she knows you'll accept." Seiya said, looking at the card from over Taiki's arm.
"Because she knows I can't forfeit, or else I'll only have 4 points left, 4 races left, and then I'm out of the running for the Powers." Yaten trailed off. 'Maybe there's a way I can beat her. Just maybe...if I can figure out exactly how she beat Keisuke...I can beat her!' He thought with excitement. "You guys, I'll see you back at the dorm," with that, Yaten rushed off, thinking out his idea with such intensity, he didn't even hear his brothers calling after him.
"What was that all about?" Seiya asked Taiki, who only shrugged.
"We should inform the rest of the Council about this," Taiki told him and Seiya nodded in agreement. The two hurried off towards the Student Council room.
Meanwhile.....
A black haired girl stood a few feet away from where the three brothers had been. She smirked.
"So the Student Council and Utena are having something this weekend on Mount Akina. Maybe I should 'watch'," Sayuki Miyasato said with a smirk.