Okay, here's the next part to the third chapter. ^__^;; Just bear with me,
I'm not sure how long this is gonna be. Bheh.
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Kiyone had managed to find a small, vacant conference room, so she locked the door behind her, and drew down the blinds. Satisfied that no one could see in, she went and sat at he head of the long table.
"What a dreadful day!" she whispered to herself. "Could it get any worse? Oh, why did Mihoshi have to turn up just at that moment?!"
She sat in silence for a while, before talking to herself again.
"It's all Mitsuki's fault, too. If it wasn't for her, Mihoshi would have never heard me say those things about her, that rumour would have never been spread, and I wouldn't be sitting in the dark talking to myself!"
Feeling silly, she turned the light on, and instead of sitting back into the overstuffed chair, she perched on the edge of the table.
If only I could get my own back.Her hand went to her pocket, and to the tablet.no, she thought. I shouldn't use it for something so trivial. I could use it to catch some criminal, or something much more important. But then again, if I got my own back on Mitsuki, maybe Mihoshi would see that she wasn't angry at her, but at Mitsuki.not to mention it would make me feel much better!
Decidedly, she took out the tablet. Just before she put it into her mouth, she saw her blurry reflection in the highly polished table. "Goodbye for now, Kiyone." she whispered. "Hello, Mitsuki."
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When Mihoshi stepped out of the bathroom, she had to hide a scream; across the hall was the real Mitsuki! She was surrounded by her friends, and Mihoshi just caught wisps of their conversation.
".apparently a VERY important mission. I'll be going soon; my bags are packed, and waiting for me to get going! I'm just going to get them." Mitsuki's voice faded as she rounded a corner to the temporary dormitories.
Mihoshi nearly jumped for joy. This would be perfect! As soon as that ship took off, she'd start step one of her plan: 'Get-Kiyone-to-start-liking-me- again'.
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As Kiyone had opened the door, she'd heard Mitsuki's boastings.
"All the senior officers who I've told say that it's apparently a very important mission. I'll be going soon; my bags are packed and waiting."
Perfect! she thought. As soon as the ship takes off, I'll begin step one of my plan: 'Obtain-forgiveness-and-revenge'.
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Mihoshi, as soon as she was sure that Mitsuki and her friends had gone, ran as quickly as she could to the cafeteria.
Now, all I have to do is be myself.just nastier! she thought.
On the way, she collided heavily into the superior of Mitsuki's department.it was everything she could do to keep herself from saluting, especially when he frowned at her.
"Don't you have something to say?" he suggested after staring at each other for a little while.
"Oh, I-" she stopped herself from apologising. "C-can't think of anything."
The superior turned red. "I'm sure you could think of something!"
Mihoshi fought the tremendous urge to apologise to him, instead saying, "I'd love to play guessing games with you, but I'm starving. See ya!"
She ran off as fast as she could, feeling terrible about being disrespectful to him, but knowing that she was doing this for Kiyone cheered her slightly.
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When she saw that the coast was clear, Kiyone ducked out of the conference room, and across the hall to the toilets. Quickly, she turned the tap on, and splashed a large handful of water at herself, making sure that it ran down her leg.
As she finished, the door opened, quite to her surprise.
"Oh, Mitsuki, sorry. I didn't know anyone.was." the girl trailed off as she her gaze cast downwards. "...Oh dear."
"What is it?" Kiyone said, as calmly as she could, then looked down. "Oh, that."
".Yes, that."
"What about it? Do you think many people would notice?"
Kiyone had seen the girl quite a few times, usually with Mitsuki. She was much politer than Mitsuki herself, and never liked to be the bearer of bad news. So Kiyone had asked her this question on purpose, knowing that she'd say-
"N-no, I shouldn't have thought so.but-"
"Good. It's all yours, then." Kiyone walked out, holding her head high.
As the door shut behind her, she noticed Mitsuki's superior coming round the corner, looking red in the face.
If he's already angry, it shouldn't be too hard to provoke him again, Kiyone giggled. Already, she was aware of stares and whispering around her. She began to run full pelt around to him, until she bumped him with such force that he flew straight backwards.
"Arg, Mitsuki! Twice in one day! What do you have to say for yourself this time?!" Although he was struggling to rise, Kiyone made no move to help him.
"How about watch where you're going?" Her surprise that Mitsuki had already run into him was replaced by joy; this would be good.
"I was thinking something like sorry?" he huffed, finally holding his hand up for support.
Kiyone just looked at his hand, before answering, "I guess that'll do for now. But next time, you should really be more careful." She stepped lightly over him, and walked off, leaving him on the floor in a rage. As soon as she rounded the corner, she ran. Although she wanted Mitsuki in trouble, that didn't mean that she wanted to be around when it happened. Not in her new body, at least.
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As she put her seventh plate on the mounting pile of rubbish around her, Mihoshi looked down at her lap. She had spilled evidence of every meal there.
Wow! I didn't know my stomach -or my lap- could hold so much.good thing I never got to the canteen earlier.well, kind of.
"Err.Mitsuki?" One of Mitsuki's friends had sidled up. "Are you feeling okay?" He looked genuinely concerned.
Mihoshi grinned. "Of course, better than ever! Why wouldn't I feel okay, though?"
"Well, it's not like you to eat so much.and drop twice as much of what you eat into your lap."
"Can't a person be hungry?" Mihoshi decided that she'd have to practice this insulting thing. She wasn't that good at it.
"Oh, of course.but."
"But nothing! Want to join me? I'll move up, and you can have my seat!" Mihoshi pulled her chair out slightly so the stains all over her were visible.
"No! Er, no thanks, I'd really better be going."
"Suit yourself. Hey what's your name again?"
He frowned. "Mitsuki, we've only known each other for 15 years."
Mihoshi frowned. "Well, 15 years isn't the longest time ever you know. It's quite easy to forget a name or something."
"But Mitsuki, we were in every school together! And in every class!"
Mihoshi shrugged. "Well, you obviously don't make much of an impression, now, do ya?"
After staring at who he thought was Mitsuki, he went away looking like a kicked puppy.
Mihoshi felt bad about doing that. She didn't want to ruin a friendship that had gone on that long.but.Mitsuki's friends weren't the question. It was Mihoshi's friend, her best friend that needed revenge.
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"Yeah, so anyway, do you think I should wear my hair up or down?"
Kiyone had barged into a conference room during a meeting, possibly the most important meeting the Galaxy Police could expect for the next few months. Ignoring all the threats, she had perched on the edge of the table, and made herself quite happy squashing all the agreements that had been drawn up, making it quite impossible to continue the meeting until she had left.
"Because, all the guys say it looks better down."
"Mitsuki, for the last time-"
"But all the girls say I should wear it up. But I think they just want to style it or something." she carried on as boldly as she could.
"Officer Mitsuki!"
She decided that she should probably stop. "What's your problem?"
"Get out of this conference! This minute!"
"Why?" she said in the most syrupy voice she could manage.
"GET OUT!"
Calmly, she pushed herself off the table, sending the papers she had been sitting on falling to the floor. "Fine. You guys suck at conversations anyway."
As soon as she got out the door, she ran again.
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Mihoshi had finished eating, and now was walking around, waiting for another opportunity. She was also bearing the numerous stains she had accumulated.
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Kiyone ran around the corner. She couldn't be caught until she had truly embarrassed Mitsuki enough. She still had great plans for this body.
As she reached the vending machine, though, she thought she saw - yes! Mitsuki was coming! Startled, Kiyone looked around for a place to hide. Glancing around, the first door she saw was that of the bathroom.without thinking, she ran in before anyone could notice.
She pressed her weight against the door, hoping that no one else would come in, especially not Mitsuki!
"Umm.can I help you Mitsuki?"
Kiyone swivelled round to see another girl in with her, doing her make-up.
"Uh, no. No, I don't think so." Kiyone laughed affectedly. "Why would I need help?"
The girl lowered the lipstick she was holding, and frowned slightly. "About an hour or so, a very upset Mihoshi went to find you. You haven't seen her?"
Kiyone was speechless. What had Mihoshi done?
"No, I can't say that I have." she said at last.
"Oh. Well, she told me what happened." the girl turned back to the mirror. "About what you said about Kiyone."
Kiyone was panicking now. Mihoshi had probably made it worse already; she had obviously been telling people. She just hoped that she hadn't said anything that might blow it out of proportion. But now was her chance to try and dismiss the rumours.
"Well, actually, it turns out that I got it wrong."
"What?"
"Umm.well, Kiyone didn't really.you see.she had had coffee spilled onto her by-" She was just about to put the blame on Mihoshi; but then she felt that she'd been nasty enough to Mihoshi lately. It was about time that she got a break from being the klutz.
"Well, their ship had a slight malfunction, and dropped the coffee onto her lap, and she was trying to wash it off. But it left a wet patch and."
The girl turned back to stare at her. "I see." she said, after a few moments. "But that wasn't what I was told. By you. Earlier."
"What.oh! No! That was.I.that was before Kiyone explained it all to me." Kiyone laughed nervously. "Yeah, that's it."
"Uh-uh." she shook her head as she spoke. "Mihoshi told me everything. Kiyone DID tell you that Mihoshi had spilled coffee onto her.but this was when she came out of the bathrooms earlier today. Why didn't you take any notice of her then?"
"Umm.I guess I thought she was bluffing."
At this, the girl shook her head. "You really are terrible. And what's with all this stuff I've been hearing about you? Are you MAD?"
Kiyone felt a pang of satisfaction.
"I mean, what was wrong with you in the canteen?"
Kiyone felt short. "Canteen?" This must be the real Mitsuki she's talking about, she thought.
"I thought you were on that diet. To fit into your little black dress. And then we see you in the canteen stuffing your face? Not to mention what you said about Joe in there. You shouldn't say things like that to him. You know better than any of us..."
She continued to talk and apply more make-up. Kiyone stopped listening though. The Mitsuki outside had probably gone by now, and she'd already picked up all the information she was going to get from this girl. She opened the door, peered out, and then left, leaving the girl talking to herself.
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Mihoshi had quickly backed around the corner when she'd seen the real Mitsuki run into the bathroom.
I thought she left for that...that...whatever she said, already, Mihoshi thought. This'll be harder than I thought...but I'll do it...
She watched as Mitsuki left the bathroom, look around, and then walk away. Mihoshi decided to go the other way. It wouldn't work if everyone was seeing double.
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Oh man, this is turning out long... Next chapter coming soonish. Full of more conveniently placed bathrooms. ;)
Kiyone had managed to find a small, vacant conference room, so she locked the door behind her, and drew down the blinds. Satisfied that no one could see in, she went and sat at he head of the long table.
"What a dreadful day!" she whispered to herself. "Could it get any worse? Oh, why did Mihoshi have to turn up just at that moment?!"
She sat in silence for a while, before talking to herself again.
"It's all Mitsuki's fault, too. If it wasn't for her, Mihoshi would have never heard me say those things about her, that rumour would have never been spread, and I wouldn't be sitting in the dark talking to myself!"
Feeling silly, she turned the light on, and instead of sitting back into the overstuffed chair, she perched on the edge of the table.
If only I could get my own back.Her hand went to her pocket, and to the tablet.no, she thought. I shouldn't use it for something so trivial. I could use it to catch some criminal, or something much more important. But then again, if I got my own back on Mitsuki, maybe Mihoshi would see that she wasn't angry at her, but at Mitsuki.not to mention it would make me feel much better!
Decidedly, she took out the tablet. Just before she put it into her mouth, she saw her blurry reflection in the highly polished table. "Goodbye for now, Kiyone." she whispered. "Hello, Mitsuki."
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When Mihoshi stepped out of the bathroom, she had to hide a scream; across the hall was the real Mitsuki! She was surrounded by her friends, and Mihoshi just caught wisps of their conversation.
".apparently a VERY important mission. I'll be going soon; my bags are packed, and waiting for me to get going! I'm just going to get them." Mitsuki's voice faded as she rounded a corner to the temporary dormitories.
Mihoshi nearly jumped for joy. This would be perfect! As soon as that ship took off, she'd start step one of her plan: 'Get-Kiyone-to-start-liking-me- again'.
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As Kiyone had opened the door, she'd heard Mitsuki's boastings.
"All the senior officers who I've told say that it's apparently a very important mission. I'll be going soon; my bags are packed and waiting."
Perfect! she thought. As soon as the ship takes off, I'll begin step one of my plan: 'Obtain-forgiveness-and-revenge'.
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Mihoshi, as soon as she was sure that Mitsuki and her friends had gone, ran as quickly as she could to the cafeteria.
Now, all I have to do is be myself.just nastier! she thought.
On the way, she collided heavily into the superior of Mitsuki's department.it was everything she could do to keep herself from saluting, especially when he frowned at her.
"Don't you have something to say?" he suggested after staring at each other for a little while.
"Oh, I-" she stopped herself from apologising. "C-can't think of anything."
The superior turned red. "I'm sure you could think of something!"
Mihoshi fought the tremendous urge to apologise to him, instead saying, "I'd love to play guessing games with you, but I'm starving. See ya!"
She ran off as fast as she could, feeling terrible about being disrespectful to him, but knowing that she was doing this for Kiyone cheered her slightly.
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When she saw that the coast was clear, Kiyone ducked out of the conference room, and across the hall to the toilets. Quickly, she turned the tap on, and splashed a large handful of water at herself, making sure that it ran down her leg.
As she finished, the door opened, quite to her surprise.
"Oh, Mitsuki, sorry. I didn't know anyone.was." the girl trailed off as she her gaze cast downwards. "...Oh dear."
"What is it?" Kiyone said, as calmly as she could, then looked down. "Oh, that."
".Yes, that."
"What about it? Do you think many people would notice?"
Kiyone had seen the girl quite a few times, usually with Mitsuki. She was much politer than Mitsuki herself, and never liked to be the bearer of bad news. So Kiyone had asked her this question on purpose, knowing that she'd say-
"N-no, I shouldn't have thought so.but-"
"Good. It's all yours, then." Kiyone walked out, holding her head high.
As the door shut behind her, she noticed Mitsuki's superior coming round the corner, looking red in the face.
If he's already angry, it shouldn't be too hard to provoke him again, Kiyone giggled. Already, she was aware of stares and whispering around her. She began to run full pelt around to him, until she bumped him with such force that he flew straight backwards.
"Arg, Mitsuki! Twice in one day! What do you have to say for yourself this time?!" Although he was struggling to rise, Kiyone made no move to help him.
"How about watch where you're going?" Her surprise that Mitsuki had already run into him was replaced by joy; this would be good.
"I was thinking something like sorry?" he huffed, finally holding his hand up for support.
Kiyone just looked at his hand, before answering, "I guess that'll do for now. But next time, you should really be more careful." She stepped lightly over him, and walked off, leaving him on the floor in a rage. As soon as she rounded the corner, she ran. Although she wanted Mitsuki in trouble, that didn't mean that she wanted to be around when it happened. Not in her new body, at least.
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As she put her seventh plate on the mounting pile of rubbish around her, Mihoshi looked down at her lap. She had spilled evidence of every meal there.
Wow! I didn't know my stomach -or my lap- could hold so much.good thing I never got to the canteen earlier.well, kind of.
"Err.Mitsuki?" One of Mitsuki's friends had sidled up. "Are you feeling okay?" He looked genuinely concerned.
Mihoshi grinned. "Of course, better than ever! Why wouldn't I feel okay, though?"
"Well, it's not like you to eat so much.and drop twice as much of what you eat into your lap."
"Can't a person be hungry?" Mihoshi decided that she'd have to practice this insulting thing. She wasn't that good at it.
"Oh, of course.but."
"But nothing! Want to join me? I'll move up, and you can have my seat!" Mihoshi pulled her chair out slightly so the stains all over her were visible.
"No! Er, no thanks, I'd really better be going."
"Suit yourself. Hey what's your name again?"
He frowned. "Mitsuki, we've only known each other for 15 years."
Mihoshi frowned. "Well, 15 years isn't the longest time ever you know. It's quite easy to forget a name or something."
"But Mitsuki, we were in every school together! And in every class!"
Mihoshi shrugged. "Well, you obviously don't make much of an impression, now, do ya?"
After staring at who he thought was Mitsuki, he went away looking like a kicked puppy.
Mihoshi felt bad about doing that. She didn't want to ruin a friendship that had gone on that long.but.Mitsuki's friends weren't the question. It was Mihoshi's friend, her best friend that needed revenge.
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"Yeah, so anyway, do you think I should wear my hair up or down?"
Kiyone had barged into a conference room during a meeting, possibly the most important meeting the Galaxy Police could expect for the next few months. Ignoring all the threats, she had perched on the edge of the table, and made herself quite happy squashing all the agreements that had been drawn up, making it quite impossible to continue the meeting until she had left.
"Because, all the guys say it looks better down."
"Mitsuki, for the last time-"
"But all the girls say I should wear it up. But I think they just want to style it or something." she carried on as boldly as she could.
"Officer Mitsuki!"
She decided that she should probably stop. "What's your problem?"
"Get out of this conference! This minute!"
"Why?" she said in the most syrupy voice she could manage.
"GET OUT!"
Calmly, she pushed herself off the table, sending the papers she had been sitting on falling to the floor. "Fine. You guys suck at conversations anyway."
As soon as she got out the door, she ran again.
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Mihoshi had finished eating, and now was walking around, waiting for another opportunity. She was also bearing the numerous stains she had accumulated.
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Kiyone ran around the corner. She couldn't be caught until she had truly embarrassed Mitsuki enough. She still had great plans for this body.
As she reached the vending machine, though, she thought she saw - yes! Mitsuki was coming! Startled, Kiyone looked around for a place to hide. Glancing around, the first door she saw was that of the bathroom.without thinking, she ran in before anyone could notice.
She pressed her weight against the door, hoping that no one else would come in, especially not Mitsuki!
"Umm.can I help you Mitsuki?"
Kiyone swivelled round to see another girl in with her, doing her make-up.
"Uh, no. No, I don't think so." Kiyone laughed affectedly. "Why would I need help?"
The girl lowered the lipstick she was holding, and frowned slightly. "About an hour or so, a very upset Mihoshi went to find you. You haven't seen her?"
Kiyone was speechless. What had Mihoshi done?
"No, I can't say that I have." she said at last.
"Oh. Well, she told me what happened." the girl turned back to the mirror. "About what you said about Kiyone."
Kiyone was panicking now. Mihoshi had probably made it worse already; she had obviously been telling people. She just hoped that she hadn't said anything that might blow it out of proportion. But now was her chance to try and dismiss the rumours.
"Well, actually, it turns out that I got it wrong."
"What?"
"Umm.well, Kiyone didn't really.you see.she had had coffee spilled onto her by-" She was just about to put the blame on Mihoshi; but then she felt that she'd been nasty enough to Mihoshi lately. It was about time that she got a break from being the klutz.
"Well, their ship had a slight malfunction, and dropped the coffee onto her lap, and she was trying to wash it off. But it left a wet patch and."
The girl turned back to stare at her. "I see." she said, after a few moments. "But that wasn't what I was told. By you. Earlier."
"What.oh! No! That was.I.that was before Kiyone explained it all to me." Kiyone laughed nervously. "Yeah, that's it."
"Uh-uh." she shook her head as she spoke. "Mihoshi told me everything. Kiyone DID tell you that Mihoshi had spilled coffee onto her.but this was when she came out of the bathrooms earlier today. Why didn't you take any notice of her then?"
"Umm.I guess I thought she was bluffing."
At this, the girl shook her head. "You really are terrible. And what's with all this stuff I've been hearing about you? Are you MAD?"
Kiyone felt a pang of satisfaction.
"I mean, what was wrong with you in the canteen?"
Kiyone felt short. "Canteen?" This must be the real Mitsuki she's talking about, she thought.
"I thought you were on that diet. To fit into your little black dress. And then we see you in the canteen stuffing your face? Not to mention what you said about Joe in there. You shouldn't say things like that to him. You know better than any of us..."
She continued to talk and apply more make-up. Kiyone stopped listening though. The Mitsuki outside had probably gone by now, and she'd already picked up all the information she was going to get from this girl. She opened the door, peered out, and then left, leaving the girl talking to herself.
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Mihoshi had quickly backed around the corner when she'd seen the real Mitsuki run into the bathroom.
I thought she left for that...that...whatever she said, already, Mihoshi thought. This'll be harder than I thought...but I'll do it...
She watched as Mitsuki left the bathroom, look around, and then walk away. Mihoshi decided to go the other way. It wouldn't work if everyone was seeing double.
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Oh man, this is turning out long... Next chapter coming soonish. Full of more conveniently placed bathrooms. ;)