A/N: Sort of a Tokyo Mew Mew fanfic, except with my characters. I do this thing a lot, with the same nine bases, but this is the first time I've written it down. Hopefully this won't turn into one of those crappy Mary Sue OC fics.

Disclaimer: I don't own jack. No, seriously, I don't. He's his own man, and recently decided to change his name to Hobo Joe. It's perfectly legal, really.

Chapter 1: "BAMF!"

At the corner of an intersection in Tokyo at dawn, a teenaged boy stood nervously. The light changed, and as the tall young man crossed the empty street, his hands tightened convulsively around the spherical bundle he carried.

Relax, he told himself, managing to quell his anxiety and get rid of the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. This technology will make certain there is no mistake.

Entering the city park from the sidewalk, he stopped in a small courtyard and glanced around to make sure he was alone. Reassured, he leapt quickly into the branches of a nearby oak and there unwrapped the cloth carefully, revealing what looked a bit like MegaTokyo's "C00l Th1ng" ©.

Black hair ruffling in the breeze, the boy sat back and waited.

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Hinata Blueberry sat quietly on a park bench underneath her favorite oak tree, reading before class started. Her charcoal pleated skirt was settled in an obsessively neat manner on the bench, and the button on her pale blue school cardigan was already fastened uniformly. The teenager's long blond hair lay perfectly still, almost limply, on her back, seemingly unaffected by the autumn breezes. All in all, she gave off a general aura of creepiness.

A group of cheerfully chatting schoolgirls passed by the courtyard, cardigans open according to the current fad, and one of them did a double take. Excusing herself from her friends, she dashed over to Blueberry, short blond hair flying behind her.

"A-o-i-chaaan!"

Said student's head snapped up in startlement, normally expressionless ice-blue eyes meeting dancing turquoise ones. One slim eyebrow rose into her hairline. "…Momo?..." She blinked. "Hinata Momo?"

"Awww, y'remember me, cuz!" Momo promptly glomped the older girl. "Oooh, and we're gonna go to th'same school, too!" she added, noticing their matching uniforms. "I jus' transferred in from Kobe for First year! What are you, a Second?"

"Yes." And with that flat reply, Blueberry went back to her book.

Just then, a tall upperclassman and a short brunette walked by, each carrying books, neither watching where they were going. A collision promptly resulted, sending both sets of books--and both sets of girls--tumbling to the ground.

"Oh!" the upperclassman said, hazel eyes wide, after surreptitiously rubbing her injured rear. She stood and bent down to help the other girl up. "Sorry about that. I should've been paying attention. Are you all right?" Flushing, the brunette accepted the proffered hand, mumbling apologies and looking at the ground. "I'm Takahashi Reikoku. What's your name?"

"I-Iwatani Paprika," the short girl finally managed to get out, brown eyes staring fixedly at the ground while her face explored all the different shades of red it could turn while embarrassed.

On the other side of the courtyard, a voice called, "I got it!" immediately followed by a soccer ball bouncing to a halt in the center of the area, drawing the attention of all four girls. A tall, obviously athletic girl sprinted in, short black hair falling over her eyes as she bent to pick her ball up. This newcomer wore the same school uniform as the others.

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The boy smiled to himself. Good, now all four are present. Finding a small black button on the "C00l Th1ng"-esque device, he pressed it.

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A great wind picked up, ruffling the girls' pleated skirts to the point of flustering the skirt-wearers, and sending Reikoku's long red braid flying. A brightness grew in the courtyard, and flashed.

Momo found herself sitting alone in a cold forest, staring at a large, oddly spotted wildcat. It blinked once and faded.

Paprika saw a gigantic mountain range, stretching as far as the eye could see, and a small brown rabbit with mouse ears looking straight at her. Its nose twitched curiously; then, it faded away.

Reikoku was soaring, far above what looked like coastal mountains, next to a sharp-eyed falcon. One flap of its powerful wings, and it disappeared.

The soccer-playing girl was running at an unbelievable speed. It was hot, and beside her was a large black-and-orange dog, staring at her. It turned transparent and vanished.

Blueberry found herself still in the courtyard, alone. A scrawny cat, obviously a stray, dashed out of a bush and halted in front of her before fading away to nothingness.

Abruptly all five girls awoke to find themselves on the ground. Bewildered, they glanced as one at their watches and scattered frantically to get to class. As they left, none heard the mutter from the oak tree:

"Oops."

A/N: Graaah. Short. Still, I'm pleased with the changes I made. More canon, less Sue; always a good thing. Last edit on 5.24.2006.