Disclaimer: I in no way own SKU or Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off". But I do think it makes an interesting connection.
Bright and early Sunday morning, Juri was at the fencing courts for her special practice regimen. She had locked the doors, and reveled in the quiet. Subconsciously, she took out the locket and gazed at the picture of Shiori. In a fit of anger, she through it down to the ground. Then she picked it up again, put it back on, and began one of the many drills. Her foil swished in time to her singing.
"Don't got a soul mate
I'm above a world mundane
That's what people say
That's what people say." She leveled her foil at an imaginary foe.
"I'm called a fencing great
But I'm too hard to play
At least that's what people say
That's what people say." She took a deep breath and executed her favorite moves.
"But I keep musing
Can't stop, won't stop brooding
It's like I got this saying
In my mind, claiming miracles work out just fine." She scowled.
"But the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Duelists I'm just gonna break and then remake, and
Forsake love," she sung.
"Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby I'm just gonna break and then remake, and
Forsake love, forsake self!" The door creaked opened, and Juri whirled around to see just Miki. She sighed in relief. She didn't care if Miki had the key to the room, as long as the rest of the fencing team didn't come in. She continued to sing, and Miki began to warm up, not minding her powerful voice.
"Crippled by Shiori
In my own tragedy
And that's what they don't see
That's what they don't see," she told him.
"I'm fighting on my own
I make moves as I go
And that's what they don't know
That's what they don't know." Miki tried to join in for the chorus.
"But I keep musing
Can't stop, won't stop brooding
A horrid and wrong saying
In my mind, claiming miracles work out just fine." She shook her head sadly.
"But the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
The heart that she did break, I'll now remake, and
Forsake love." Miki frowned at that, and stopped her with a touch on the arm. She raised her eyebrows questioningly.
"Hey, hey, hey
Just think while you been getting down and out about society
And the dirty dirty cheats of the world
You could have been ridding lives of cruel deceit," he reasoned. She shrugged his hand off coldly.
"The ex-captain stole my old girlfriend
I'm like oh my god
So love I will forsake
And to naive prince over there with pink bubblegum hair
Can't you realize miracles are fake, fake, fake?" she lectured, pointing at an imaginary Utena. Miki sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, and began to spar with Juri.
Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Ruka, I'm just gonna stab you with a stake
Your mistake, your mistake!" Her slashes grew even more ferocious.
"Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Shiori's just a snake snake snake snake, snake
Her mistake, her mistake!
Her mistake, her mistake!
Her mistake, her mistake!" She finished triumphantly, her foil bending against his padding. They were both breathing hard.
"Why that was cruel, Miss Juri," said Shiori slyly.
"Miss Shiori!" Juri said, shocked and embarrassed, if only slightly. "Did you leave the door open, Miki?"
"Oops," he said, avoiding her eyes.
