A
Slayers and Shoujo Kakumei Utena Fanfic by Majo-chan
Casting
and Prologue
The room is mostly dark, but it soon lights up just a bit to reveal
the elaborate theatre setting, complete with red velvet seats and large stage
with red curtains. A single spotlight shone on center stage, and a young woman
in her teens made her way up there, holding a script that was at least four
inches thick. She is muttering under her breath, pacing back and forth.
Majo:
Where are they?
As if on cue, various Slayers characters began filing in from the entrances
(and exits, but that’s a secret) on the sides of the theatre.
Xel:
I can’t believe…why, lookie here!
Zel:
Why am I here? I don’t know? Okay, I’m leaving. *Tries to leave*
Majo:
Oh, no you don’t! *pulls him back*
Val:
@##@%#@$# !!!!!!!!!! GARV-SAMA SAVE-MMphmmph!
Majo:
Oh, shush you. Hey, don’t bite me! *Puts a Shadow Snap on Val to make sure he
doesn’t run away* Where’s my list?
Laia:
Why am I here?
Marlene:
EXPLAIN or I’ll have my pet dragon eat you!
Filia:
Hey, dragons aren’t pets!
Lina:
Oh, don’t listen to her, she’s just this spoiled brat of a princess that
wanted her father to raise her allowance.
Confused babble ensues as the Slayers try to figure out what was going on.
Marlene:
I’m NOT a spoiled brat!
Laia:
I’m so unfortunate!
Xel:
Whew, a lot of negative emotions here. *chuckles gleefully* Tasty….
Filia:
NAMAGOMI!
Majo:
EVERYONE BE QUIET AND LISTEN TO ME!!!!!!!!!
Silence.
Majo:
Much better. Now, everyone’s here because I need to cast the roles for my next
fanfic….
Everyone collectively screams and tried to run away. Majo-chan sighs and whips out a dozen or so kunai, the Japanese throwing daggers that Misao always carried around. She proceeds to easily place a Shadow Snap on everyone with her powers as the Author.
Majo:
just calm down and listen!
Everyone:
*whimper* Not a fanfic, not a fanfic!
Majo:
am I really that scary?
Everyone:
YES!!!
Majo:
Too bad. Now, casting, casting….
Xel:
Um, not to be rude or anything, but I have a question.
Majo:
that’s very polite of you to ask Xel, but the answer is a secret.
Xel:
hey!
Laia: Um…can someone explain what is going on?
Majo:
I’m writing a fanfic, and I need to do some casting.
Laia:
But why do you need to do casting? Everyone’s already themselves…
Majo:
Smart girl! But I’m going to do something completely different!
Val:
Let me outta here!!!!!!!
Majo:
And I have the PERFECT role for you, Val-chan! *giggles*
Everyone:
……….
Lina:
SOMEONE CAST A LIGHT SPELL, QUICK!!!!!
Majo:
Oh, no, no no. YOU are all going to have a very fun time…
Scary music cues as rose bushes start blooming in the aisles. A moon glows somehow from the ceiling where the chandelier was supposed to be and one could hear faintly someone saying something about chicks and breaking the World’s Shell. The cast looks around with sweatdrops as the music and the setting got progressively weirder.
Laia:
Ano, what are we getting casted for?
As if on cue (they probably were, since they ARE in the Ohotori Academy Drama Department *or theatre club, whatever*), the Shadow Girls show up...as shadows…um, on the wall...you know…
Shadow
Girl A: Do you know do you know?
Shadow
Girl B: The Witch is attempting another story!
Majo:
You guys!
Shadow
Girl C: But does she know, does she know?
Majo:
Know what?
Shadow Girl A: She doesn’t! She doesn’t!
Majo:
Ignore them. Ahem, I’m going to be writing a darkfic that is a Revolutionary
Girl Utena and Slayers fusion. Hence, I need you guys to replace the cast.
Shadow
Girl B: Ooh! What an undertaking!
Shadow
Girl C: But the Victor and the Bride shall be happy to have the short break!
Shadow
Girl A: But it’s never been done before!
Majo:
would you guys be quiet?
Shadow
Girl B: But the Author objects!?
Majo:
No, let Utena and Anthy have their break. Heaven knows that they need it. I just
need you guys to be quiet so I can cast people!
Shadow
Girls: *in chorus* Yes, yes! Casting! Do you know, do you know?? *disappears*
Everyone looks at the wall that the Shadow Girls had been occupying for the last minute or so and then resumes their struggle to free themselves.
Majo:
Come on, the quicker we get this done, the faster I can get this written. *flips
through the giant script* here….hmm….
The lights dim as the red curtains serve as a backdrop as an image comes on. It shows a tall, slender girl with pink hair and light blue eyes. She’s wearing a black uniform.
Majo:
First person I need to cast is for the role of Tenjou Utena, main character,
heroine, one who is noble hearted and pure, wanting to become a prince and
rescue people instead of being the one rescued. She is the Victor of the Duels
for the Rose Bride, and is thought to be the one that will be the one to
Revolutionize the World. *scans Slayers cast* Hmm…… *sets her eyes on one
person*
Filia:
*cringe* Oh, no you’re not!
Majo:
Trust me, you’ll enjoy this. *scribbles* Filia Ul Copt as Tenjou Utena.
Filia:
*groans*
Majo:
All you have to do is be noble, tomboyish, and fight duels. Isn’t that nice?
Filia: *groans louder* Someone kill me now….
Majo:
Oh, no, that comes later. Now, next up…
The picture changes to a very thin girl with dark bronze skin, purple hair and emerald eyes that are emotionless behind glasses.
Majo:
Himemiya Anthy, Rose Bride, Accursed Witch, one who suffers the wrath of a
million swords. Always meek and obedient, almost to the point of being annoying,
and the princess who gave up herself for the prince that she loved. She also
gets to pull a sword out of her chest. I feel kinda sorry for her, since she has
to do whatever the Victor says, no matter if he (or she) is a #$$#%#$.
Xel:
what language!
Majo:
*grin* Xeeeelllllllllllllll……………
Xel:
No WAY!
Majo:
*wheedling* Come on, you both have purple hair!
Xel:
NO WAY!
Majo:
And…um…*searches brain for any other reasons why Xelloss should play Anthy*
You’re both…um…submissive to your superiors….
Xel:
SHE HAS NO SPINE!
Majo:
You’re both backstabbers….
Xel:
Well, I can’t argue that…HEY!
Majo:
Um…and it’ll be an interesting learning experience!
Xel:
NO WAY!!!!!!
Majo:
*writing it down* Xelloss Metallium as Himemiya Anthy…
Xel:
NO!!!!!!!
Filia:
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Majo:
*whispers to Filia* If he has to play the Rose Bride and you’re the Victor,
that means that he has to do whatever you say.
Filia:
You mean….*evil smile*
Xel:
Oh, no you don’t…
Filia:
I can make him jump off a cliff or bury himself in a pit or sing the Song of
Life?
Xel:
NO!
Majo:
Yes.
Filia:
When do I start? Here, give me the script.
Majo:
Just a second, let me cast everyone else.
Picture changes yet again, and Majo-chan claps at the two pictures, side by side. The one on the left shows a young man in his early teens with pale lavender hair and green eyes, dressed in a white and gold prince outfit. The one on the right shows a man with identical hair, eyes and outfit. Both have dark skin like Anthy. The only difference is that the one on the right is definitely older, his hair is longer, and just looking at him makes one want to shudder.
Majo:
On the left, we have the god himself, the prince of princes-
Xel:
princes?
Val:
$@#%#@$ Princess?
Majo:
Shush. –the one who saved Utena when she was little, Dios!
Everyone:
*shudder*
Majo:
And the one on the left, the fallen angel. What became of Dios after Anthy saved
him, is Ohotori Akio, Anthy’s older brother, the Dean of the Academy, driver
of the Akio Car-
Everyone:
*shudder for no particular reason, for the Akio Car is truly a thing to be
feared*
Majo:
-and the End of the World himself! Now, for casting those two, we need complete
and total opposites who are in essence, the same…*spies two people trying to
hide.* You there! Cepheed! Lei Magus!
Cepheed:
I fear we are discovered.
Lei:
RUN!!!!!
Majo:
Nuh-uh. You two would be perfect! Cepheed, you can be Dios, and Lei, you can be
Akio and incidentally, Xelloss’s older brother.
Xel
and Lei: Eww….
Majo:
Who’s next….Aha! The Student Council!
The Chick Speech cues, as well as the scary elevator music. The cast looks around fearfully as the picture changed on the curtains again. This one shows a tall man with long red hair and a smile that fairly dripped suaveness. His whole demeanor is screaming “Look at me, I will manipulate you, screw you over and you won’t even know that it happened until I leave you groveling in the dirt.”
Majo:
Our ever so strange Student Council President, Kiryuu Touga! He will shock you,
he will surprise you, and he will seduce you…actually, did he ever do that?
*scratches head* Anyway, let’s see…Who would make a good Touga?
*silence*
Majo:
*shakes head* There isn’t a person who’s like him in the Slayers cast! You
guys are all too pure and innocent!
Marlene:
*whispers* that doesn’t bode well for whoever has to play him, does it?
Xel:
Can I play Touga instead? Pretty PLEASE!? I don’t want to be Anthy!!!!!!
*starts crying fake anime tears*
Majo:
No, Xel. Um……I guess I have no choice! Lina, you be Touga!
Lina:
EEHHH!?????
Majo:
You both have red hair. Close enough.
Lina:
What kind of #@#Q$ casting is that!?
Majo:
That of an expert. *grin* Don’t worry, compared to Akio, Touga’s a saint.
Lina:
I DON’T WANT TO PLAY A GUY!!!!!!!
Xel:
AND I DON’T WANT TO PLAY A GIRL!!!!!!!
Majo:
Keep your heads on! Who asked you to change genders?! I’m just saying you’ll
play the role, I’m not changing anyone physically!
Lina:
Oh.
Majo:
*whisper* Besides, the Student Council president gets all sorts of privileges,
such as a huge house, servants, and lots and lots of food and parties thrown in
your honor. People will keep you showered with praises and appreciation for how
wonderful you really are.
Lina:
*drooling* Really? I’ll DO IT!
Majo:
*smirk* Works every time…Ahem, anyway, we move on!
Touga’s picture fades out to be replaced by that of another man, also with long hair, except that it is green. There is an air of arrogance and self-importance around him and he looks like he could almost be the typical school bully.
Majo:
*makes face* I do NOT like him…Okay, people. Here’s Saionji. I forget his
first name, but that’s not all that important. The guy I need to play Saionji
needs to be an arrogant bastard that’s violent and inconsiderate and
obsessive…Val-chan!
Val:
NO @#@#$Q@ WAY!!!!!!!!
Majo:
You’re PERFECT for the role! Although if I have to choose between you and
Saionji if you were the last people on earth, I’d kill Saionji and choose you.
*shudder* I REALLY don’t like that guy….
Val:
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Majo:
*writes* Val as Saionji…come on, Val, don’t glare at me. You get to beat Xel
around for the better part of the first episode.
Val:
*stops screaming and looks interested* Bodily harm to that damn mazoku?
Xel:
HEY! How come everyone gets to beat me up…?
Majo:
Yup. Oh, Xel, it’s because Anthy’s always getting abused.
Val:
Weellll, I suppose I can put up with this for a little bit…
Xel:
I’m so unfortunate!
Laia:
That’s my line!
Xel:
then say ‘it’s a secret’!
Laia:
Hmph!
The screen changes yet once again, showing two more people. One is a young man with blue hair and eyes, the other is an elegant woman with orange hair and jade-colored eyes.
Majo:
The guy is Kaoru Miki, and the woman is Juri (I forgot her last name too…^_^;)
They are the more normal, and decent, members of the student council. For Miki,
I need someone who is pure minded and innocent. For Juri, I need a serious
person who is dedicated to something almost to the point of obsession. Let’s
see…Amelia, you can be Miki, and …..*scans crowd, who collectively try to
hide* Zel! You can be Juri! *scribbles*
Zel
and Amelia: *grumblegrumbleglare*
Majo:
Oh, shush. Okay, the rest of the casting I can do rather randomly, since those
were the main characters that I needed. However, before I go on, I do need
someone to play Wakaba and the Shadow Girls…
Everyone:
*stare*
Majo:
let’s see…this is really OOC, but let’s cast Shielfiel as Wakaba,
Utena’s best friend and admirer, and Laia, Marlene and Selena as the Shadow
Girls.
Selena:
I have a role?
Majo:
*nod nod* The Shadow Girls are actually fairly important…
Selena:
I won’t disappoint you! You’ll find that I have no small talent for acting.
Laia:
What do I have to do?
Marlene:
that’s Mistress Shadow Girl to you.
Majo:
*sweatdrop* Ano…
Shielfiel:
Where is Gourry-sama in this?
Majo:
Um…I’m not sure.
Everyone:
*topple*
Gourry:
*snore*
Majo:
He’ll be the audience.
Val:
This is so totally random it’s not even funny.
Majo:
I beg to differ, I’d like to think that this IS funny.
Val:
You’re the one that’s funny, in the brains.
Majo:
*glare* Be good or else.
Val:
whatever.
Majo:
See this frilly apron? You don’t want to wear it, do you?
Val:
#$@#$ No!
Majo:
Then be good because Saionji DID wear a frilly apron once and I can make you do
it too. Now, let’s move on to the Prologue. This is already too long as it is.
Places everyone!
Light fades as people scramble to get into position; the scene fades into total blackness.
***
A long time ago, there was a young princess who was very sad because her
family had died. A prince came to her on a white horse. He comforted her in her
grief and gave her a gentle kiss. Because of him, the princess was no longer
sad.
Before the prince left, he gave her a rose signet and told her, “ Dear
child, if you retain your nobility and strength even when you grow up, then this
ring will surely lead you to me again.” The princess watched him in awe as he
left. Was the ring an engagement ring?
That was fine and all. It was natural for princesses to fall in love with
princes. But the princess was so impressed by the prince that she decided that
she wanted to become a prince herself.
Now, is that really a good idea?
***
She looked up at the wrought iron gate, twisted into the shape of a rose.
Vine roses climbed along the fence, along the walls. Raising her left hand so
that the light glinted off the engraved rose design just right, she nodded in
satisfaction. It was the same, just as she had thought.
The whole entire school was fenced off, an oasis of green from the city
around it. It had the elegant air of a private academy, yet seemed so beautiful
and homey at the same time. The blond young woman picked up her bag, slung it
over her shoulder, and turned and waved to her aunt, who was seeing her off. The
older woman waved back, then drove off as promised.
Taking a deep breath, she took her first steps toward her new school. The
Magus Academy…Where she hoped to find her prince.
end prolog ?