I’m so sorry I haven’t written a new chapter in a while. I’ve just been really lazy lately. Well hopefully once I start college next week, my laziness won’t get any worse.
Chapter 3: The Return of Old Friends
The student council of Ohtori met in their usual spot. They were all gathered around the table waiting for their president to start the meeting.
“Everyone,” Touga finally said, “The events of the Duel of Revolution have passed, 3 months ago actually.” They all nodded.
“But what I’d like to know is why am I only just remembering about the duels now.” Juri said. This received a nod from the rest of the council.
“Something is fishy around here and I don’t like it.” Saionji told them all.
“Well of coarse it is fishy, I thought found this to be fishy right from the start.” Nanami explained.
“People, the truth is that Akio erased all our memories after the was over. He didn’t want us coming after him once we realized what his true intentions were.” Touga explained. “As we all know from the car ride he gave us all, Tenjou Utena possessed the power of the Rose Prince. What he didn’t tell us was that he wanted this power all to himself.”
“All to himself.” Miki echoed.
“Yes, he wanted this power to rule the world.” Touga finished.
“So why are we only just remembering this now?” Saionji asked.
“As you may have noticed, Himemiya Anthy left the school shortly after the duel had finished. My theory is that she has found Utena and this has somehow restored all of our memories. Now our task is to finish off what Utena couldn’t, then leave this school to find her.”
“And what task is it we need to complete?” Nanami asked in a worry.
“We must kill Ohtori Akio.” At this everyone gasped.
Akio sat in the office of his tower, trying to think of a way to salvage his plan. ‘Think, Akio, think. There must be some way to get the power of the rose Prince from Utena. There’s got to be a way.’ He then heard a noise at his door and looked up to find the student council there with their Heart Swords out.
“Good evening, Mr. Chairman.” Touga greeted. Akio looked at them all confused and worried at the same time.
“Why are you guys here? And with your swords?” He asked nervously. “If you have a problem with the way the school is being run, there is no reason to get violent about it. We can talk about this like adults.” Touga chuckled at this.
“This has nothing to do with how you are running the school. This is about those duels you had us fight some months ago.” Touga explained. Akio gasped. He could not believe this.
“But I erased your memories about that! How is it that you remember about them?” Akio asked in a panic. Was his powers fading now that Anthy was gone?
“Be damned if we knew, but now that we remember, we are pissed. Ohtori Akio, prepare to die!” With that, Saionji lunged at Akio, the rest of the student council followed suit.
“NOOOOOOO!” Akio cried as his last words as blood then splattered in his office.
“Eeew! This is disgusting!” Nanami cried and started dancing around the blood.
“Indeed, that wasn’t pretty.” Juri commented calmly. Miki then threw up on the floor.
“I never want to have to do that again.” He commented. Everyone nodded in agreement. Touga then walked over to Akio’s laptop and started typing, looking for the information he needed. He smirked when he found it.
“Says here that Utena lives with her aunt in Tokyo. Time for us to leave.” He said. With that he led the student council out of the tower.
“So, how are we going to get to Tokyo?” Miki asked once they were off of school grounds. Touga smirked as he led them all into a parking lot. They all gasped at the car in front of them.
“Simple, we’ll just borrow Akio’s old car.” Touga said as he hopped in the driver’s seat. Everyone stood there hesitant. None of them wanted to enter that car again after what had happened last time. “Don’t worry, I won’t drive on the hood with my shirt open.” Touga teased them. Hesitantly, Saionji started to chuckle at that remark, followed by the rest of the student council. Finally they got in and they were off.
It was a lazy Saturday night. Utena and Anthy sat on the couch watching anime on TV. Yurika then came in the room.
“Anime again? Utena, aren’t you ever going to grow up?” Her aunt asked her.
“But Aunt Yurika, anime isn’t just for children!” Utena complained. “Leave me alone!” Anthy chuckled at her.
“And you usually complain that my taste in TV is bad.” She said. Utena glared at her.
“Well a 14 year old watching the shopping network is weird.” Utena told her, “But then again, you are actually older then that.” Yurika shook her head.
“Well anyways, I want to watch the news now, you can watch your anime and shopping network later.” With that, Yurika changed the channel to the one the local news was on.
“This just in.” The anchor man said, “The chairman of Ohtori Academy, Ohtori Akio, has been found murdered in his office. Now over to our field man, Hiroshi, with more on this story.”
“Thank you Joe, just hours ago, the slain body of Ohtori Akio was found in his office. Police still have no idea who was behind this crime. They are currently questioning students for more information.”
Utena sat there in shock. Akio was dead. “Who would have done this I wonder?” She asked out loud. Anthy narrowed her eyes beside her.
“I have a pretty good idea who it was.” She said. Utena looked at her for answers. “After the final duel, Akio erased the memories from everyone, of you and the duels. Shortly after I found you, I used my magic to return all those memories. I’m pretty sure the student council was behind this.” Utena nodded.
“That would make sense.” She said. It was then that the doorbell rang. Yurika got up to answer it.
“Hello, is this the Tenjou resident?” Touga asked when the door was opened.
“Yes this is. What is it you people want?” Yurika asked confused. She did not know this people. What if they were crazy murderers? Ironically, that last part was now true.
“We’re here to see Tenjou Utena. We know her from Ohtori Academy.” Touga explained. Utena heard this and sighed as she got up to see them. Anthy got up as well.
“I guess it’s not surprising you guys are here after what I heard on the news.” She said.
“So they found him already?” Touga asked. Utena nodded.
“So you guys were the ones that killed him then?” This made Utena nervous. She couldn’t believe she was associated with murderers. What if the police surrounded the house right now? Her aunt gasped beside her.
“Utena, you’re friends with murderers?” This was just to much for her. First a mysterious girl her niece acted weird around, then a story of duels, now murderers.
“Well I’m sure they have an explanation. Why don’t we all come inside and talk.” Anthy suggested. Utena nodded.
“Yes, let’s do that.” She said and moved aside for the student council to come in.
“Are you mad Utena? Letting murderers into our home?” Yurika asked in disbelief. Utena nodded at her aunt.
“It’s OK, they’re duellists too. And Akio was Anthy’s evil brother.” Utena explained to her aunt. Hesitantly, she moved aside to let them in.
“Well I’ll go make some tea.” She said. Once she returned with the tea, Touga began the story.
“A few days ago, we remembered the duels that took place. We remembered how we fought over the Rose Bride and the truth that Akio revealed to us.” He explained.
“Yes, after I found Utena, I thought it’d be best to return all the memories Akio was blocking from everyone.” Anthy told them.
“Akio kept me close to him after I had lost to Utena. When I beat her, I realized that there was more to the duels then just possession of the Rose Bride. I felt a power different from what I felt when I won the Rose Bride when the duels started, before Utena arrived. It was after I lost that Akio revealed the truth to me about the power of the Rose Prince. I stuck around Akio some more to find out more information. After awhile it became clear to me that Akio was evil and wanted this power to himself. That is why I thought it would be best for him to be dead when I regained my memories.” At this point Anthy nodded in agreement.
“That is true. Even here in Tokyo, I have no doubt that he would think of a way to come after Utena again for the power. There’s no telling what he would do if he got the power.” Anthy said and thought, “The police probably wouldn’t think the same way since he was murdered, so I’ll use my powers to make them think he committed suicide so you guys won’t get in trouble.”
“That’s it?” Yurika asked, “The police will believe whatever you want them to?” Anthy nodded.
“It’s best that way. Now I thinks it’s best we all head to bed.” She suggested.
“Do you guys have anywhere to stay?” Utena asked the student council.
“No, we don’t.” Touga replied.
“I suppose we could always find a hotel to stay in.” Miki suggested. Utena turned to her aunt.
“Aunt Yurika, can they stay here?” She asked. Yurika’s eyes grew wide as she gasped.
“You want me to hide murderers in my house? What if they kill us in our sleep?” She panicked.
“But they’re not crazy, Akio was evil. Anthy even is going to make everyone think it was suicide.” Utena paused for a bit. “Would it help if Anthy made you think it was suicide too?” Yurika fumed.
“Fine, they can stay in the basement! But if the police came, I didn’t know they were murderers!” With that she headed up to bed.
“Thanks Aunt Yurika!” Utena called up to her. She turned to the student council. “Now to get you guys set up.” She led them down to the basement.
On the other end of town, Daisuke still fumed about having lost the duel to Utena. Rumiko wrapped her arms around his chest.
“Cheer up, Daisuke-kun, you can always challenge her to another duel.” She purred into his ear. He grinned at this.
“You’re right, Rumiko-chan. And once I beat her, I’ll rule the world.” With that the two kissed.
Once the student council was set up, Utena and Anthy headed up for bed as well. They quickly got changed and hopped into Utena’s bed. Utena wrapped her arm around Anthy.
“You’re not upset over your brother’s death are you. I know that he was evil, but he was still your brother.” Utena said. Anthy nodded.
“Well it is true that he was my brother and I’m a little upset that he’s gone, my real brother died a long time ago, so I’m sort of already use to it.” She explained. “But it’s still a shock, so could you hold me tonight?” Utena nodded.
Utena hugged Anthy tight to her body. ’Oh Anthy, how I wish I could tell you how I feel right now.’ Anthy snuggled into Utena’s chest and decided to take a shot at being brave.
“Utena, I have something I want to tell you.”
“Yes, what is it?” Utena asked. ’What could she possibly want to tell me?’
“I… um… well the truth is that I… um… oh never mind. Night Utena.” And with that Anthy faked being asleep.
“Night Anthy.” Utena told her. ’Well that was strange. What was it she wanted to tell me. Oh well, I’ll ask her tomorrow morning.’ And with that she went to sleep.
To be continued…
Ya, I finally wrote another chapter. Hopefully I’ll write the next chapter before moving into resident on Saturday. Leave a review!