"The Purple Rose Saga": An otakufic by King Reanna

Episode Twelve: "Girl of the Black Rose"

Written Dec. 31, 1999-Jan 22, 2000

 (Ashilee is sitting with Reanna in Reanna’s dorm. They’re sitting at the table, playing scrabble. All the words on the board are in Japanese romanji.)

Ashilee: Rena-sempai, are you glad I came to Ohtori? (she lays down the word "kuroi")

(Ashilee thinks back to episode 10 when Ashilee crashed the Seitokai meeting)

[Past Reanna: This is Warwick Ashilee, and she was just leaving.]

Reanna: Of course. It’s great having you here. (she lays down the word "kakumei")

Ashilee: Really? (happily, she lays down ")

[Past Ashilee: What’s this about dueling? Who are you going to duel with? I hope you win!

Reanna: … Of course! Hey Ashilee, looks like I got 36 points on this one.

Ashilee: (happy again) Nice one, Rena! But I gotta go. I have an appointment at Nemuro Hall in half an hour.

Reanna: (looks at her watch) Yeah, come to think of it, I have a Seitokai meeting in a little bit, so I’d better get going, too.

 Title: "Girl of the Black Rose"

 [Scene: An elevator. Grams: "Densetsu: Kami no Na wa Abraxas." The silhouettes of Miki, Juri, Reanna, Touga and Nanami appear, one by one]

Touga: If it cannot hatch from its shell, the chick will die without being born. We are the chick; the world is our egg. If we don’t break the world’s shell, we will die without truly being born. Smash the world’s shell…

All: For the revolution of the world!

(All five are sitting at chairs)

Touga: My younger sister, Nanami, will be joining us at Seitokai meetings from now on.

Juri: This is sudden.

Touga: She is a duelist, after all.

Reanna: Welcome, Nanami-kun.

(Nanami looks at Reanna)

Touga: I trust no one has a problem with this. Also, Reanna was defeated last week by Tenjou Utena.

(Reanna smiles)

Juri: You managed to fight two duels as the champion of the duels. I must say that I am impressed.

Miki: You did well, Reanna-sempai.

Reanna: Arigato, Micky-chan. To tell you the truth, I guess the whole duel thing was beginning to stress me out a little, you know?

Touga: I thought you were beginning to "get into it."

Reanna: I guess…

Juri: Does anyone notice that it’s been awhile since we’ve gotten a letter from End of the World?

Reanna: Doesn’t matter one bit to me. I don’t entirely trust him.

Miki: I don’t either.

Juri: It seems as if we have two votes of no confidence against End of the World.

Reanna: Seems so.

(Miki clicks his stopwatch. [:35:02])

Touga: It is not our place to question End of the World’s motives or identity. They will do what they will do.

Reanna: (her eyes narrow) (thoughts) What is it? Something isn’t right… End of the World… didn’t I know something about them before… … I can’t… remember…

 (Ashilee is seen in Nemuro Memorial Hall. Grams: "Nemuro Memorial Hall." She is seen sitting in a chair, and talking to Mikage)

Ashilee: Ashilee Warwick, 9^th grade.

Mikage: Well, please begin. (His paper is gone and is now glaring affectionately at the fire from the lighter)

Ashilee: Hey, are you listening?

Mikage: What? (Doesn’t notice his shirt is on fire)

Ashilee: I came to talk to you, silly! You should listen! Uh, Souji-san, your shirt…

Mikage: (notices his shirt is on fire) Oh! Kuso! (Bats at it)

Ashilee: Hey, you can light my *heart* on fire anytime…

Mikage: (In a Dr. Evil-esque style) Right… why don’t you tell me a little about yourself?

Ashilee: Well, my best friend, Reanna King.

Mikage: Reanna?

Ashilee: Hai, she’s a junior—she came here as an exchange student at the beginning of this year. This semester, I got here to go to school here for the rest of the year. But she’s starting not to take me seriously.

Mikage: I see… go deeper.

Ashilee: (gets up, leans on Mikage’s desk) How much deeper must I go, sweetie? Nobody takes me seriously and I don’t know what to do.

Mikage: I see. Very good.

Ashilee: (kawaii indignance) What’s so good about it?

(Mikage gives her a Black Rose Signet)

Ashilee: What’s this? An engagement ring?

Mikage: In a sense, it is. You are now committed to a new goal. Go, and pluck the flower that will be your instrument of the revolution.

Ashilee: What?…

(Reanna is sitting in her chair reading a book. Through the open window, we can see that it’s nighttime. There is a knock at the door.)

Reanna: Hai!

(Enter Ashilee)

Reanna: Ashilee-chan! How are you? (Gets up, hugs Ashilee)

Ashilee: Great! Better than ever, in fact.

Reanna: Good! Wanna play a game or something?

Ashilee: Chotto... I don’t have time. I’ve got something really important to do. I just came to… borrow something, Rena.

Reanna: Of course. What do you need?

(Ashilee comes closer to Reanna)

Reanna: Ashilee… (Ashilee comes closer) Ashilee?

(Ashilee grabs Reanna by the arm. Reanna gasps)

Ashilee: Shimpai shi nai de, Rena! (perkily) This is for the good of our friendship!

Reanna: (as Ashilee brings her hand close –too close-- to Reanna’s chest, Reanna struggles) Ashilee, let me go! What are you doing?

(The sees Ashilee’s ring)

Reanna: That ring! Where did you get that?!

(Ashilee draws Reanna’s Spirit Sword. Reanna screams in pain)

Reanna: Ashilee…

(Reanna, putting her left hand on her chest, struggles with the pain for a few moments before collapsing on the floor. She’s still conscious)

Reanna: Ashilee… … w- what…?

Ashilee: Gomen nasai, Rena… But don’t worry. Now people won’t treat me as a child, and we can go on with our friendship.

(Reanna moans and blacks out)

(Utena arrives at class and notices a card on her desk. She picks it up)

Card: To the one engaged: I shall wait for you at the Dueling Arena this evening.

Utena: (softly, to herself) Not again…

(Eyecatch)

(A certain wall at a random sunset. Grams: "Kashira Seijin." C-Ko appears)

C-Ko: Oh, dear, oh, dear, what shall I do?

C-Ko: What’s wrong? What’s wrong?

C-Ko: Oh, no, nothing. It’s nothing.

C-Ko: Won’t you tell me? Won’t you tell me what’s wrong?

C-Ko: Oh, no, no, I can’t tell you.

C-Ko: But how am I supposed to help if you won’t tell me?

C-Ko: Oh dear, oh dear, what shall I do?

(Fade out)

(Miki walks up to Reanna’s door and knocks on it)

Miki: Miss Reanna? (of course, no answer)

Miki: (thoughts) Strange. Her lights are on. (speaks) Miss Reanna? (knocks again) (there is, of course, no answer)

(Miki slowly opens the door and enters. He sees Reanna lying on the floor)

Miki: Reanna? (he runs over and kneels down. He shakes her slightly. When that doesn’t do anything, he turns her so she faces up)

Miki: Wake up, Reanna, say something. (nothing) Reanna!

(Miki gets up and goes to the phone and dials)

Miki: Namami-kun? Hai, it’s Miki, konban wa. Nanami, I need to talk to Touga right now, can you put him on? (pause) Hello, Touga-sempai? I know why Reanna never came to school today.

(We see the dueling arena. Utena, Ashilee and Anshi stand on it. Ashilee is fully clad in a Black Rose Duelist uniform. The arena is covered with desks… on each one is a scrabble game)

Utena: Aren’t you Reanna’s friend?

Ashilee: Yes! I am! And that’s why I’m here! To defeat you so that I can kill the Rose Bride and preserve my and Rea-chan’s relationship!

Utena: What?!

Ashilee: Yes… by this black rose…

(Utena draws the Sword of Dios and the duel begins.)

Utena: She fights just like Reanna! How is that--?

Ashilee: I am graced with Rea-chan’s blazing will! It is the will to succeed that will defeat you, Tenjou Utena!

Utena: No, Ashilee! (with a cry, Utena slices Ashilee’s rose off. The desks come together in the corners, and Ashilee collapses on the floor. She appears to have fallen asleep)

Utena: (while breathing hard) Ashilee… why her?!

(Scene: Reanna’s dorm. Touga and Miki have moved Reanna to her bed.)

Miki: Look! She’s waking up!

Reanna: Miki? Wha… Ashilee…

Touga: Ashilee? Isn’t that Reanna’s friend?

(Miki and Touga look at each other, puzzled)

(The next day, at Ashilee’s dorm. She seems to be totally back to normal. There is a knock at her door)

Ashilee: Hai! (Ashilee goes to open it. It’s Reanna) Rena!

Reanna: Hi, Ashilee-chan.

(There is a long pause, before Reanna hugs Ashilee)

Ashilee: (happily) I love you too Rena-sempai!

(We see Reanna smiling. A happy tear falls from her eye, but Ashilee cannot see it)

(Fade out)

Author’s note: Yeah, I know I changed Mikage’s speech a little, as well as the place where the "interview" takes place. Also, speaking of which, to hit on Mikage was another of the things Ashilee wanted to do. She loves Mikage. The ending is a little sad, but I promise I’ll try to write an episode 13! There is no preview of the next because I’m not sure what it’ll be about. I might do a humorous episode now.