AN: Yeah, this fic was pretty darned shameless, but for some reason, I love it anyway, probably because it was my very first Utena fic and I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it (waves to Furio-sama) as well as urges to continue the series (glomps Furio-sama). I wrote it only about a month after I had first seen Utena. I’m keeping everything pretty much as it was when I first wrote it, with a few changes, but I’ll be translating the episode titles back into English. If enough people actually enjoy this thing, I’ll think about writing more episodes, which will mostly entail me involving myself in the later episodes of the actual series, while trying to keep it as light-hearted as possible. If anyone has any ideas, I would welcome them. Arigato gozaimasu! Even though I’m now a college freshman, I’ll continue, of course, to write this with me as a high school junior. And yes, if I do continue the series, I do plan on me having another duel, preceded by a ride in the Akio Car. (which I’ll try to keep humorous) This story is kind of the big sister of The Ecchi Adventures of Reanna and Akio. If you like this story, you’ll love Ecchi Adventures. Don’t miss out; READ IT! ;)
"Shoujo Kakumei Utena"
"The Purple Rose Saga"
: An otakufic by King ReannaEpisode One: "My Name is Reanna"
Written November 2-4, 1999
[Scene: Ohtori Gakuen. We see a view from quite a ways away of a young woman (Reanna) walking down the path. We come in closer and see her face. She’s smiling. Grams:" Gakuen no Scarlet"]
[A certain wall at a random sunset. The Shadow Play Girls appear. Grams: "Kashira Seijin"]
A-Ko: Kashira, kashira! Gozonji kashira!
B-Ko: What could you possibly be wondering this early in the episode?
A-Ko: Nothing. I just thought we were supposed to say that. Hey, do you realize that we get the first scene in the first episode of a new saga?
B-Ko: Iie, we didn’t. That girl did.
A-Ko: But she only appeared for a few seconds!
B-Ko: Doesn’t matter. She showed up first so we know that she’s going to be important.
[Enter C-Ko. She appears to be wearing a backpack. She skips onscreen]
A-Ko: What are you doing here?
C-Ko: The author says you ruined the mood, so she’s letting me start the play.
A-Ko: Fine. Damn author. Go offscreen and come back in.
[Exit, then enter C-Ko.]
C-Ko: I’m so excited to be going to a new school! (C-Ko spies B-Ko) Oh, look!
C-Ko: Will you be my friend?
B-Ko: No. I think you’re strange, and I’m afraid of who you might turn out to be.
C-Ko: Oh, woe is me! And what about my secret?
A-Ko: Oh, she has a secret! Tell us! Tell us what it is!
B-Ko: (waving her finger) You can’t give away secrets!
All: Do you know? Do you know? Do you know what it is?
Title: "My Name is Reanna King"
[Grams: "Gakuen no Lyric". Utena walks to her first class of the day. She yawns]
Wakaba: (offscreen) Utena-sama!
Utena: (looking back) Uh-oh.
Wakaba: (glomping Utena) Utena-sama, my love!
Utena: Wakaba! [turns] Oh, look! Isn’t that the new girl?
Wakaba: (turning her head) Yeah, that’s her. She’s a junior from America.
[Utena begins walking over with Wakaba still glomped onto her]
Wakaba: What are you doing?
Utena: I wanna meet her.
[The girl turns]
Reanna: Utena! (smiles, bows politely)
Utena: (holding up her hand in a wave) Ohayou, I’m Tenjou Ute—[She realizes what Reanna has just said. She smiles] And this is Shinohara Wakaba. So who pointed me out for you?
Reanna: (sweatdrops) Well…
[Enter Touga]
Touga: That was my doing. I am the president of the Seitokai, after all. I feel that it’s my responsibility to make new students feel at home at Ohtori. [Looks at Reanna] Ne, Reanna?
Reanna: (appears nervous, but smiles a genuine smile anyway) Uh, hai. Thank you for the help, Touga.
[Touga smiles. Exit Touga]
Touga: (offscreen) Good luck at Ohtori, Reanna.
Utena: Reanna? That’s your name?
Reanna: Hai. [looks at her watch] We’d better get going, I guess.
Utena: Yeah. Maybe I’ll see you later.
Reanna: I hope so!
[All go their separate ways. Fade out]
[Scene: The Seitokai elevator. Grams: "Densetsu: Kami no Na wa Abraxas" plays at an exceedingly loud volume. Touga, Juri, and Miki appear as always, but they are covering their ears]
Touga: (yelling to be heard over the music) If it cannot hatch from its shell, the chick will die without being born. We are the chick; the world is our egg.
Juri: What?
Touga: You know what I’m saying! I say it every time we ride the damn elevator! If we don’t crack the world’s shell, we will die—
[Elevator reaches the top. We see all three in the elevator]
Miki: Too late.
Touga: (glares at Miki, who sort of cowers) WE WILL DIE without truly being born! *Smash* the world’s shell… [Sounds pouty- very out of character] Listen… I’ve said that speech every time we’ve had a meeting… If I didn’t finish it, it wouldn’t feel right.
[We see all Seitokai members, now sitting at chairs]
Juri: I called this meeting because I got a letter from End of the World. It’s about the new student from America, Reanna King. Have you seen her?
Touga: I met her this morning. It’s her first day, yet she acts as if she already knows several of the students. She’s very unusual. Have you met her yet, Micky-kun?
Miki: No, not yet. [He says this as he writes in his notebook]
Juri: I’ve seen her. She doesn’t have a pointed chin. I think that in itself is very strange.
[Miki clicks his stopwatch (:04) and looks surprised when he sees the time it shows. He copies it into his notebook]
Touga: (sipping a random iced drink) Well. I think we should try to find out more about her, don’t you think?
[Scene: Reanna sits on her own after school on a bench. She has a textbook out and some papers. She’s writing on the paper. In a wider shot, we see Miki enter.]
Miki: Good afternoon, Reanna-sempai. I’m Kaoru Miki.
Reanna: (turns and smiles) Hi, Miki.
Miki: Hi… you can call me Micky. Everyone else does.
Reanna: (smiles) Okay. How are you doing, Micky-kun?
Miki: Pretty good. What have you got there?
Reanna: Algebra 2. It’s hard. Just can’t seem to get it right. Math just isn’t my strong suit… unlike you, Miki-kun.
Miki: (coming closer) Well, there’s going to be a study group tonight at Tenjou Utena’s dorm. It’ll be just Utena, Anshi, Nanami and I, but you’re welcome to come.
Reanna: Well—okay. I’d be happy to come.
[Scene: The sitting room of Utena and Anshi’s dorm. Around a table sit Utena, Anshi, Miki and Nanami. Textbooks and papers are everywhere on the table along with drinks.]
Miki: (showing Utena something in a book) See, then you multiply the denominator…
Utena: Oh, I get it!
[There is a knock at the door]
Anshi: I’ll get it! [Gets up and goes to the door. It’s Reanna]
Anshi: Oh, hello.
Miki: (from where he sits) Himemiya, this is the Reanna-sempai that I invited to come to our study group tonight.
Reanna: Pleased to meet you, Anshi.
Anshi: (smiles that pleasant smile) Well, come on in. [Reanna enters and sits down in between Miki and Nanami]
Utena: I don’t think you’ve met Kiryuu Nanami yet, Reanna-sempai. Nanami-kun, this is Reanna. She’s a junior exchange student from America.
Reanna: (smiles) You don’t really have to do all that "sempai" stuff with me. Anyway, Nanami, I’m pleased to meet you. I understand you’re Touga’s sister. I met him earlier today.
Nanami: Isn’t he the greatest? [Reanna just smiles politely]
Miki: Shall we open up the books? Utena-sempai, what was the lesson you said you were on?
Utena: (opening up her book) Uh, lesson 2-3, on page 46. That’s square roots. I just can’t seem to get it right.
Miki: Hai, those can be tough if you don’t know the trick. Here, let me show you… [Miki leans over the table to show Utena, and spills a drink, which spills all over the papers and books and begins to drip onto everyone’s laps]
Nanami: Micky!
Miki: Gomen!
Anshi: Don’t worry about it. [stands up] I’ll go get something to clean this up with.
[Exit Anshi. Utena and Reanna meanwhile try to save the homework, while Miki tries to save the textbooks.]
Miki: I’m really sorry.
Reanna: Don’t worry about it, Micky. [Looks closely at her paper] I think I can still make out the numbers. We’ll just write it over.
[Enter Anshi with paper towels and Chu-Chu on her shoulder.]
Anshi: Here we are! [She begins wiping up the spilt drink. Everyone offers to take a towel] Look who came to join us!
Chu-Chu: Chu! Chu chu! [waves]
Reanna: Oh, look, it’s Chu-Chu! [realizing that she’s blown it again, sweatdrops and says "Shoot" under her breath]
Anshi: Oh, have you met Chu-Chu? I don’t think so.
Reanna: …
Miki: (hastily) I told her all about Chu-Chu. I… just remembered that Nanami was really surprised when she first met him, so I thought I’d tell her ahead of time.
[Reanna looks at Miki with a puzzled expression. It turns into an empty stare]
Utena: Reanna? Is… something wrong?
Reanna: (smiles weakly) Nothing. I was just thinking.
Nanami: Well, if you’re going to do that every time you start thinking, maybe you had better cut it out!
Reanna: Well, [coughs] I think we’ll be able to save the homework.
Anshi: Oh, that’s good. [She picks up her paper]
[Utena pulls her homework away just before Chu-Chu devours it]
Reanna: Chu-Chu’s really cute.
Miki: He’ll eat anything, won’t he?
Chu-Chu: (proudly) Chu!
Nanami: I wish he could eat the upcoming test!
[Everyone laughs. Fade out]
(Eyecatch)
[Scene: After school the next day. Reanna, Utena, Miki, Anshi and Wakaba are walking together]
Utena: I dunno, today seemed really long to me.
Reanna: Wait’ll you get to be a junior.
Utena: I don’t know why the same people every day ask me why I wear a boy’s uniform.
Reanna: I’ve never had to wear a uniform to school before. It feels kind of weird wearing the same thing every morning. Especially this weird thing. (pulls at her skirt)
[Enter Juri]
Anshi: Oh, hello, Juri-sempai.
Reanna: Oh, uh, hi, Juri.
Juri: (she wears her patented Ice Queen face, except she’s smiling) Good afternoon, Reanna-sempai. I hope you’re finding yourself at home here at Ohtori.
Reanna: Fine! Making friends… stuff…
Juri: I see. Well, if there’s anything I can do to make your stay more… enjoyable?
[Everyone sweatdrops]
Reanna: Well, thank you very much… Demo, could you direct me to the restroom?
[Juri looks puzzled]
Juri: Restroom? What’s that?
Reanna: The… facilities, uh, lavatory?
[Everyone looks blank. Reanna facefaults]
Reanna: Doesn’t ring a bell, huh?
Utena: (taps Reanna’s shoulder) This is anime, remember?
Reanna: [She has gotten up] So there’s nothing?
Miki: I’ve never seen one on campus.
[Black strands of despair drip down from the top of the screen over Reanna.]
Reanna: Oh, yeah. Forgot. Anime. Right.
Juri: (smiles again) Well, if there’s anything you need… [Exit Juri]
[All remaining characters look at each other. Fade out]
To be continued…
Preview of next episode:
[Grams: "Jitai Yokoku." We see scenes of Reanna playing the piano, the Seitokai conversing, Reanna in the kendo room with Touga, and Reanna talking to Akio in her dorm]
V.O. Utena: It really looks like you’re getting to know everyone around here, Reanna.
V.O. Reanna: Yeah, but Rijichou really makes me nervous.
V.O. Utena: Rijichou? You mean Akio-san?
V.O. Reanna: Yeah, and for some reason, Touga wants to give me kendo lessons!
V.O. Utena: What’s wrong with that?
V.O. Reanna: It’s weird… I guess I’m kind of nervous.
V.O. Utena: You’ll be okay!
V.O. Reanna: I hope so.
V.O. Utena: Next time on "Shoujo Kakumei Utena:" "Mysterious Girl!"
Author’s Note: The explanation for my behavior throughout the series is that, in these stories, I know all about the show. Still, for some reason, when this saga merges with the Kurobara Saga, I have no idea about the Black Rose Duelists, and therefore are clueless as the rest of the Seitokai members. In fact, the more time goes by, the more I seem to forget about.
I also know that C-Ko rarely (?) appears along with A-Ko and B-Ko, but I decided to break the rule in this.
This is for the entire series: The sense of time becomes pretty screwed up and a few minor things don’t agree with later episodes of the series, but I try to stick as closely to it as I can. One of the major things is the fact that this saga takes place after the Seitokai Saga but before the Kurobara Saga, and Touga is still the acting Seitokaichou. I realize this, but I feel Touga is an essential character and I couldn’t bear to leave him out.
Also, notice that in this and all of my fanfics, I include music that I chose for some scenes from the actual soundtracks. No reason in particular, just to help readers to visualize the scenes a bit better and to make them a bit more like the actual show.