DISCLAIMER: I do not own SKU or "Livin my Life" by Rihanna and T.I., a oddly fitting combination as may be.

Act 1 Scene 2

Mikage sat in the elevator waiting for another person to drop by. He started to sing to himself as he sat back in his chair.

"Ma ya hee, ma ya haa. Ma ha hoo, ma ya ha ha.

Ma ya hee, ma ya haa."

"It's a special what's haapnin' to all my," Mamiya cut in, handing Mikage a black rose.

"Ma ha hoo, ma ya ha ha."

"All my duelists with your hearts of black."

"Ma ya hee, ma ya haa."

"'Errbody in the arena."

"Ma ha hoo, ma ya ha ha."

"What you need to do is be hateful of the love you got, know what I'm saying?"

"Ma ya hee, ma ya haa."

"Start looking at what you ain't got and stop being thankful for what you do got."

"Ma ha hoo, ma ya ha ha."

"Let's give it to 'em, baby cyborg." Mikage poured tea for them, then turned on his computer.

"You're gonna be a duelist star," he sang.

"That's right."

"With frilly clothes and heartbreak sca-ars.

"Hey, hey, hey, yeah."

"And then you'll see, you'll never go far."

"Go, hey."

"Cause Utena knows, just who you a-are."

"Mikage, let's get it!"

Kanae walked down the hall, following the arrows. The door shut and the sign turned to "In Use".

"Ay!"

"So kill the Bride!"

"Ay!, Ay ay ay."

"You steady chasing that prince girl."

"Ay!"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Oh!, Ay ay ay."

"Ain't got no time for no princes."

"Ain't got time for 'em; burning buildings, kiddies."

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Ay!, Ay ay ay."

"No telling where it'll take you,"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Oh!, ay ay ay. Hey yo, We did it again, genius!"

"I'm an eternity chaser."

"Follow the staircase up."

"Just kill the Bride!" The elevator clunked to a stop, and Kanae stood up shakily.

"The Bride!"

"Oh!"

"The Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh! Put your hands up!"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh!"

"The Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh! Let me see you put your hands up!" Mamiya thrust the rose into Kanae's chest, and Mikage slipped the black rose crest onto her finger.

"Hey, Never mind what adults say, ignore them 'til they fade away

Amazing they ungrateful for after all the game I gave away

Safe to say I paved the way, for your duels to get fought today

You'd still be wasting days away, now had I never saved the day

Consider them my protege, homage I think they should pay

Instead of being gracious, they violate in a major way

I always been a hater, still I love them in a crazy way!"

Mamiya rapped, jumping on pulled out Black Rose Boy coffins as if they were stairs.

"Some say they so yay and no they couldn't get love on St. V's Day

It ain't that rosy pink it has an area that's spotted all 'round black and gray

I'm dark side anyway, even if I left today and stayed away

Some move away to make a way not move away cause they afraid

I brought back to the school and all you ever did was take away

I pray for patience but they make me wanna melt their face away

Like I once gave them pay, now I could make them spend their life away

Been studyin' all my life, can't say I don't deserve to take a break

If you ever see me catch a case, and watch eternity fade away."

"I'm gonna be a duelist star," Kanae sang, arms hooked with Mikage and Mamiya.

"That's right!" Mamiya crowed.

"With frilly clothes and heartbreak sca-ars.

"Hey, hey, hey, yeah."

"And then you'll see, you'll never go far."

"Go, hey."

"Cause Utena knows, just who you a-are," Mikage reminded.

"Mikage, let's get it!"

Kanae strode down the rows of desks with vases of lilies on display.

"Ay!"

"So kill the Bride!"

"Ay!, Ay ay ay."

"You steady chasing that white rose."

"Ay!"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Oh!, Ay ay ay."

"Ain't got no time for no princes."

"Ain't got time for 'em; burning buildings, kiddies."

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Ay!, Ay ay ay."

"No telling where it'll take you,"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Oh!, ay ay ay. Hey yo, We did it again, genius!"

"I'm an eternity chaser."

"Follow the staircase up."

"Just kill the Bride!" The elevator clunked to a stop, and Kanae stood up shakily.

"The Bride!"

"Oh!"

"The Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh! Put your hands up!"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh!"

"The Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh! Let me see you put your hands up!" Utena arrived and looked at Kanae in horror. The duel started.

Mikage rapped in Nemuro Memorial hall.

"I'm the opposite of moderate, immaculately polished with

The spirit of a genius and the love life of a college kid

Allergic to nobility, undermining the politics

Articulate but still would grab a duelist by the collar quick."

He drank his water, watching Miki sitting in the other chair.

"Whoever having problems with, their dueling records just make 'em yip

If that don't work and all else fails, then turn around and

I got love for the game but ay I'm not in love with all of it

Will do without the fame and the duelists nowadays are comedy.

"The cryin' and the seducin', back and forth with the arguing

Where's your sword, who's your soul, what you desire and the racing car you in

It's as though you lost sight of what's important with the positive

And messes with the power and you fallin' into melancholy

Your values is a disarray, prioritizing horribly

Unhappy with your riches cause you're love is poor morally

Ignoring all prior advice and forewarning

And we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden aren't we?"

Miki left the room, and Mikage stared after him. He stood up, then headed to the dueling arena to watch the fight take place. He stood on the balcony, using Touga's opera glasses to watch the fight.

"You're gonna be a duelist star," he sang.

"That's right."

"With frilly clothes and heartbreak sca-ars.

"Hey, hey, hey, yeah."

"And then you'll see, you'll never go far."

"Go, hey."

"Cause Utena knows, just who you a-are."

"Mikage, let's get it!"

"Ay!"

"So kill the Bride!"

"Ay!, Ay ay ay."

"You steady chasing that prince girl."

"Ay!"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Oh!, Ay ay ay."

"Ain't got no time for no princes."

"Ain't got time for 'em; burning buildings, kiddies."

Utena flipped backwards to avoid Kanae's oncoming blow.

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Ay!, Ay ay ay."

"No telling where it'll take you,"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Oh!, ay ay ay. Hey yo, We did it again, genius!"

"I'm an eternity chaser."

"Follow the staircase up."

"Just kill the Bride!" "The Bride!"

"Oh!"

"The Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh! Put your hands up!"

"Just kill the Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh!"

"The Bride!"

"Ay!"

"The Bride!"

"Oh! Let me see you put your hands up!" Black rose petal fluttered on air filled with the pealing of bells. Kanae slumped to the ground, and the desks blocked into place. Utena walked over to her sadly and sang.

"Got everybody watching what I do

Come walk in my shoes

And see the way I'm livin' if you really want to

Got my mind on eternity, and I'm not going away

So keep on gettin' 'ya soul sword,"

"Ah!" Chuchu joined in.

"And keep on climbin'"

"Ah!"

"Look in the mirror,"

"Ah!"

"And stop your whinin'

"Whinin'!"

"'Til the game end,

'Til the clock stop,

We 'gon post up on the castle top

Protectin' my Bride!"

"My Bride!"

"My Bride!"

"My Bride!"

"Ma ya haa!" Mikage sang evilly.

Himemiya and Utena helped Kanae off the ground.

"Got a way to eternity," he whispered.

"Ma ya hoo!" Mamiya agreed.

Got my black rose boys on a mission to kill the bride."

"Ma ya ha ha, ma ya hee."

"The Bride!"

"Ma ya haa!"

"I'll kill her and switch her with you!"

"Ma ya hoo!"

"You'll be my bride!"

"Your bride?!"

"You'll be my bride!"

"Your bride?!"

"You, I will never lose!"

"You'll be my bride!"

"Your bride?!"

"I don't need Tokiko!"

"Ma ya hee, ma ya haa

Ma ya hoo, ma ya ha ha

Ma ya hee, ma ya haa

Ma ya hoo, ma ya ha ha!" Mikage sang soulfully, getting much too into it.

"Sempai?" Mamiya asked tentatively. "Is that, hmm, I don't know, inappropriate?"

"Shut up, Mamiya! You're an invalid child who only survives for me to project the illusion of love I wish requited upon!"

"But Sempai*, this is getting weird!"

"Ma ya hee, ma ya haa

Ma ya hoo, ma ya ha ha

Ma ya hee, ma ya haa

Ma ya hoo, ma ya ha ha!"

"Phew!" Mamiya sighed. "At least that's over!"

"Here," Mikage said, pushing a rose bride dress into Mamiya's hands.

"Excuse my language, Sempai, but what the hell is this for?"

"You'll be my bride!"

"Uggh!" Mamiya groaned angrily. In anger, he bashed the lever of the elevator.

"Zounds!" Mikage said, flying out of his seat as the elevator dropped down.

"What kind of swear word is 'zounds'?" The elevator crashed to the bottom. "Hey, the door won't open." Mamiya looked to Mikage, who's was giving him a crazed look.

"Oy! Semapi!"

"I fear you're all on your own, Mamiya dear," he said faintly. "My path has not been prepared with me."

"By Dios! If I'd known you were such a coward, I'd never had agreed to this manic plot. You know what? Screw this. Where's big sis Tokiko?"

"Oh, you wouldn't want to know," said Akio, opening up the elevator door with ungodly strength. "You really wouldn't."