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BlackAdder: What she said...

Story:

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE WAKE ME UP!" came a feminine cry as a young woman with blond hair threw her alarm clock down and started rushing about. As happened every school day in the Tsukino household, Usagi had slept in, this time on the day of her English Exam. "Oh no... Why did I have to stay up last night studying?" In actuality, she'd been reading comic books, but to her, it's one and the same... "Mom, I'm heading out!" she called.

"Usagi! Don't forget your lunch!"

"Oh yeah! Thanks again!" Moments later, the blond was running for all her worth down the street, trying to get to the school in time. She managed to get there just in time to hear the bell go off. "Oooooooh, why is it always me?" she whined as she kept running.

Lunch time came around, and Usagi was seated at one of the tables, groaning about the detention that she now had to go to after school. "And here I thought today was going to be a good day... Mamo-chan said that he was going to take me out to dinner tonight..." As Usagi began to go all starry-eyed, she didn't notice Ami until she literally plopped down beside her. She turned towards her friend to say hi, but then noticed the worried look on her face. "Ami-chan, what's wrong?"

The blue haired genius looked up with a surprised look, "You mean you didn't hear?"

"Huh? Hear what?" Usagi blinked.

Ami looked downwards for a moment, then said three words. "Makoto was attacked..."

Usagi, Rei, Minako, Mamoru and Ami were all standing beside the hospital bed in which their friend Kino Makoto lay. Even though she was awake, she still seemed to be feeling a little shock, her brown hair all tangled from the night before, and an IV dripping beside her bed.

"Hey guys..." she said. "You know, you didn't have to come here, they're letting me out later today after all..."

"Makoto-chan, the nurse told us that someone attacked you. Was it a youma or a human though, did you see...?" Ami asked quietly, her voice trembling a bit.

The brown-haired nature senshi shook her head. "To tell you the truth, the only thing I saw were a pair of red eyes before I got knocked out. I didn't even hear a sound before that, just felt something... wrong... was behind me. When I turned around, I saw those eyes in the shadows, and then... I woke up in the alley."

All of the them looked morose as they stood there, Usagi and Minako both holding onto their friend's hand. Rei however, was looking rather pensive. "You said red eyes, right? Not just pure red, but red irises?"

Makoto nodded, a look of puzzlement across her face. "Yes... why?"

The fire senshi held her chin in her hand. "I had a vision of someone like that... but it was just a flicker, so I wasn't able to get a read on it completely..."

"NANI! Why didn't you tell us!" an irate Minako said. "If you had seen something, you should have told us!"

Rei looked abashed. "Gomen... It was barely an instant, so I didn't think it was too important... I swear, when I do another Fire Vision tonight, I'll call you no matter what, okay?" One by one the others all nodded, then the priestess turned to Makoto. "Alright... So, do you know when they're letting you out today? We could walk you home if you'd like."

"Yeah, I think I'd like that..."

Later that night, Makoto lay in her bed, wondering how she could have let that red-eyed bastard get the better of her, no matter who he was! She should have been more prepared... She knew that the alleys in that part of town were dangerous, but something had been...calling her. She couldn't really describe it. And then there was what Rei had told them earlier, about her visions. Was something going to happen?

Suddenly, she felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up, and the spot on her ceiling that she'd been staring at began to grow, as though someone were pulling open a hole in her roof! After a moment's hesitation, Makoto tried to grab at her communicator, then something fell screaming out of the hole onto her. Abandoning the communicator for a moment, she kicked whoever it was off of her, noting absently that the hole was closing up. Well, at least it means that there won't be more than one enemy... the girl thought as she moved off the bed, looking around wildly to see where her attacker went. It wasn't until she noticed the lump at the foot of her bed that she heard the person speak.

"Oooooogh... but sensei... I wanted the beef ramen..."

Blinking in wonder, Makoto finally flicked on the lights, her eyes blinking to readjust. What she saw was quite different from what she pictured her enemy to be... He was a boy who looked to be about her age, and he wore a bright orange jumpsuit along with sandals. His blonde hair was kept out of his eyes by a headband which bore a metal plate with a stylized leaf on it. His saphire-blue eyes were crossed and unfocused. He was obviously on the verge of unconsciousness. This appearance was so strange, that for a moment Makoto didn't know what to do. She was just about to open the door and run to the phone when the boy sat up groggily and shook his head. Turning to her, he blinked twice before speaking again.

"Who are you?"