Prologue: Someday Together
The world seemed
to go silent. Anthy brought her knees up to her naked body and wrapped
her arms around them, her emerald eyes closed. She heard something…someone
calling, faint and far off, but she paid it no mind. Suddenly yet slowly,
the darkness surrounding her was broken by a thin ray of light. She allowed
her eyes to slowly open…
"Anthy… Anthy…!"
She could hear the voice clearly now,
calling out her name.
"Who…who are
you?"
"I've come
a long way to come and see you…! Please come out!"
The lid to Anthy's coffin was slid further
off, and Anthy could see Utena's tear-stained face.
"Anthy…! At
last…we meet…"
Anthy stared at the girl before her,
and her eyes widened.
"Miss Utena!"
Utena smiled and extended her arm into
the coffin. Her sleeve was ripping and her fingers were stained, but her
ring shone brighter than ever-in Anthy's eyes.
"Anthy! Take
my hand!"
Anthy shook her head a little.
"I can't!"
"Anthy!"
The two begged each other-Utena, for
Anthy to take her hand; Anthy, for Utena to leave her here and go.
"Miss Utena…the
swords!" She warned.
"Anthy! Take
my hand! And someday…together…"
Anthy watched as Utena's fingers grabbed
and groped at the air in the attempt to bring her hand closer. Her eyes
filled with tears and she finally let them fall. She hesitated, but then
raised her hand to meet Utena's. They touched, and for a moment, Anthy
actually thought that everything might work out-here and then. But as her
and Utena's fingers laced, everything around them was falling apart. Anthy
cried out for Utena as her hand was wrenched away and her coffin plummeted
away from Utena.
"Listen. If you ever have a problem,
I want you to come to me first. I want us to be friends like that. And
someday…together…"
"Someday…together…"
End of Prologue