We love you, Ger. (Would say more, boss is up my arse today, though. )

Yes, we love you!
I'll be patiently waiting for more.

Wai! Wai!

Lucky me just got a new printer, too.

Great work, can't wait to read more!

I LOVE YOU, GER!!!!!


I REALLY REALLY DO!!!!

This is cool!!!  Thank you, Ger!  *sips hot chocolate*

But... this is Utena novel #2?  And it starts with Wakaba's love letter being tacked to the bulletin board?  What the hell happened in Utena novel #1?  Did it go ahead and get all of the flashbacks out of the way?  Was it 200 pages about Saionji slapping Anthy?  (Surely not, since Utena's never heard of Saionji in novel 2.)  Was it an in-depth psychological profile of Prince Licky-Lick?  Or... this is too much to hope for, but was it an account of a previous dueling game?

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GER THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU!! You are great and amazing!!

Have I told you lately, that I you?

I can't believe how wonderful this is.... YAY! Ger, your'e so awesome, THANKS!

It is..."Story Time with Ger and the Utena Kiddies"

Frosty wrote:

Have I told you lately, that I you?

I can't believe how wonderful this is.... YAY! Ger, your'e so awesome, THANKS!

It is..."Story Time with Ger and the Utena Kiddies"

Ohhh....*puts on rose-colored glasses and sits down with a (lipstick stained) cup of tea*

You guys are

Gio has said that once I get past the second chapter she'll think about putting up a website for this baby. I'm working on chapter 1 at the moment and I should have the first part of that up soon. Reading wise, I'm more than halfway done with the book. It's really quite good - it's not as much action based (no duels yet) as it is setting up the interaction between Utena and Touga/Wakaba and Saionji and how that eventually will lead to Saionji's expellation from school. I believe there is a duel at the end, though I'm not sure how the timeline goes. There is a picture of Utena duelling Saionji, but I have no idea if that is the actual duel from the Akio arc or if it is foreshadowing of some sort.

Just as a note, each of these chapters are quite long, but they're divided into several sections. This is the first part of chapter one.

CHAPTER ONE
篠原　若葉　SHINOHARA WAKABA
Part One

Morning. Ohtori Academy greeted the return of its energetic students.

The corridors were filled with students heading to their classrooms and groups of friends chattering amicably among themselves. Some were also wandering the halls in their gym clothes, having finished with morning lessons.

One girl broke into a run down the hall. Her short skirt, typical of Ohotori Academy's female uniforms, fluttered and danced as she ran between the crowds of laughing female students and clustered male students.

Her objective - the girl in the boy's uniform from class 2C - Tenjou Utena.

"U-TE-NA!!!!!!!"

She sprang onto Utena's back, clinging with all her might. The force of it was so strong that any normal person would have fallen over. But Utena did not fall, just bore up Wakaba on her back with a slightly pained face.

"Morning, Wakaba. You're happy today."

"Yup!!!! Thanks, Utena!!" returned Wakaba cheerfully, still being carried on Utena's back. It was how they greeted each other every morning.

"Oooh ooh listen, Utena."

Still on Utena's back, Wakaba began chattering a mile a minute. "So like, last night, I broke my favorite makeup compact, oh my gosh it was totally the worst thing! Ooh look at that blonde guy over there, he looks so grown up and hot. Just kidding! So anyway, glass went everywhere all over the floor of my room, and I was cleaning ALL night - HEY are you listening?? UTENA!"

"Oh - yes," Utena responded, half-flabbergasted, half-amazed at Wakaba's random conversation. "I'm listening, but before you go any further, could you please get off my back?"

"Oh come on! You're my boyfriend! I love you soooo much, let me stay like this for a bit!"

"Uh, wait, what's this about your boyfriend?"

"U-te-na and ME, of course!" Wakaba grabbed Utena enthusiastically in a hug, her actions perhaps proving more than her words ever could.

It had been about a month since the posting of Wakaba's love letter on the hallway wall, since Utena had begun the duels and been engaged to Himemiya Anthy. Wakaba had gone back to her happy-go-lucky self - at least, that was how it appeared to Utena. Ever since the duel with Miki, no one else had appeared to challenge her to another duel. She hadn't even seen any of the Seitokai members since then, and peace had returned to daily life.

"So anyway, the reason I dropped my makeup compact was cause what happened on the show on TV last night was sooo terrible. The really stupid girl who's the heroine was getting a new boyfriend AGAIN. It's like she can dump them whenever she wants. Geez." Wakaba got off Utena's back, still recounting the events of last night's TV show to Utena in great detail.

"And, she didn't even show up at the place where they were supposed to meet. It was at this big glass window in front of a store - Utena? You didn't watch it? EVERYONE was watching it in my dorm."

"No, I didn't. I live in the East Dorm, remember? We don't have a TV."

The East Dorm was where Utena lived with Anthy. Rumor had it was haunted, and it was very old, to the point where there wasn't even a television.

"But don't you get bored at night? Not having a TV."

"Not really. Anthy's there, though. We talk, drink tea...have a good time. Right, Anthy?"

"Yes, Utena-sama."

Himemiya Anthy smiled sweetly from Utena's side. It was the first time today Wakaba had heard her speak.

"Talking, huh...." Wakaba said, staring at Anthy with an unbelieving look. They had been in the same class since last year, but she had never seen Anthy talk to anyone. Naturally, it seemed like she had no friends. But recently, she had been talking exclusively to Utena, and even responding back to her questions.

It must be boring to be together all the time with her...

Anthy didn't seem to be disturbed by Wakaba's rude expression, though most people would ordinarily look puzzled while being stared at like that.

"Is there anything wrong, Wakaba-san?"

"Uh, no, not really," answered Wakaba, looking away at Anthy's inquiry. But she still felt as if Anthy was staring at her. Flustered, she changed the topic.

"Anyway, Utena. Did you finish your homework for math class today? With all that happened with my makeup yesterday, I didn't have time."

"You and your excuses. You had time, you just didn't do it."

"Oh gosh, you sound just like an old lady. Can't you just listen to me like a boyfriend would?"

"I told you I'm not your boyfriend," said Utena unsympathetically. At that, Wakaba covered her face with both hands and began to cry exaggeratedly.

"Ohh you're sooo cold! I've even changed my hair and my makeup and my hobbies and my wardrobe for you...all for you....and..."

Utena grinned crookedly at Wakaba's dramatic acting. "Are you supposed to be that girl from last night's drama?"

Seeing Utena smile, Wakaba also smiled. No matter what, Utena's smile always made her happy.

Anthy watched the two of them, also still smiling. But from the time Wakaba had jumped onto Utena's back until now, she had not changed her expression one bit. It was the sort of smile that looked almost as if she had donned a smiling mask.

Oh you're just rolling right along! We love you, Ger. So much.

Ohh I'm all giddy trying to pick which of the scans to put in the layout...

Edit: Oh yeah, and I guess I be needin' BakaElf's permission to use the scans. I figure I have that though.

Someone pass me a s'mores!

Oh gosh you guys, thank YOU for reading and supporting me on this, and especially thanks to Gio and Yasha for making everything possible.
(besides translating this out of the kindness of my heart *cough* I'm also doing this because anything to increase my reading comprehension in Japanese is a good thing XD)

The next part of ch 1 should be up by Sunday....had a busy week catching up on everything since I was gone.