All Around The Town
By Musou Misora
Chapter Three
Disclaimer: Yadda yadda yadda. I don't own them already! Sheesh...
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Chibi-usa frowned at the two retreating forms. The disappearance Mars-san in the future was a total mystery to them, and worried her mother greatly. Puu hadn't said much during the whole ordeal, except that they would have to find another Senshi no Mars.
But the little pink-haired girl wanted to know where she had gone. And now she regretted coming back.
"Usagi-chan," she asked. "What happened to Rei-chan?"
Usagi fidgeted, and looked around nervously at the others. "Ano...she was killed a few months ago..."
"NANI!?"
Haruka sighed at her reaction. "Well, what are you doing here anyways?"
"Mars-san disappeared in the future, and no one would tell me why. Puu didn't say anything except that Mama should start looking for a new Senshi no Mars."
"Oh."
Just then Setsuna and Ami reappeared. Setsuna's face was its normal mask of indifference, while Ami's was definitely troubled and distressed.
"I have to go home," Ami announced. "I have lots of homework to get done, and finals are coming up..."
"Uh-oh!" cried Usagi. "Ami-chan, would you help me study for them? Please?"
"Ee, Usa-chan," she replied. "When?"
"Tomorrow, because the day after that I have my math final and it's going to be horrible! A real bloody battlefield!"
Minako giggled. "I'm sure it won't be that bad." Usagi sneered at her.
"That's what you think!"
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Chibi-chan stopped sniveling for a moment to look at Ami's friends. They were so happy, washing away the sadness that had fallen over them a few minutes ago.
Azami and Irihi were worried about Ami. They thought that he would be coming after her very soon, something which even Karasu couldn't argue with.
She started to cry again. Poor Ami...
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Ami rested her forehead against her desk. Sensei Inuyashi was practically killing them by stopping at each student's desk, saying something, and THEN giving them their finals back. Many were all ready banging their heads loudly on the thick textbooks...
"Mizuno-san," Sensei said. Ami looked up into her dark brown eyes. "Good job," she whispered. "Another excellent performance."
Ami slipped the white paper up to see her grade. A+...the most boring figures she could ever see. A sudden gleeful laugh reached her ears.
"Ami-chan!" Usagi cried. "I got an A!"
"Sugoi, Usa-chan!" Ami replied smiling. "You earned it."
The two of them had spent eight hours yesterday going over formulas for calculus and geometry. Nevertheless, they were exhausted (for Ami, that was an understatement).
"Tsukino! Mizuno! Desu onbin!"
"Gomen nasai," they both responded, as they rolled their eyes at each other.
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Oushi watched Chibi-chan from outside the large glass window of her classroom. She apparently was a good student, from all the A+'s he had seen recently.
The feral grin from earlier returned. Someone would soon replace her as top student...
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The apartment was dark and cool, mostly due to the lack of lighting and sunlight. Ami had been late getting up this morning, and her mother hadn't wanted to disturb her by clicking switches and opening shades.
Ami sighed, and read the yellow note her mother had left on the kitchen counter from her lunch break:
Hi sweetie, I need to stay late at the hospital today, so don't wait dinner on me!
Love, Mom
It's wasn't as if the blue haired young woman wasn't used to this. So why did she feel as if she would need someone to stay with her tonight?
She walked into her spacious room and flicked the light switch up. Ami gasped
Her room was in disarray, clothes and stuffed animals ripped to shreds, book pages ripped out and scribbled on messily...why? was the only thought that came to her mind. Ami stepped carefully to her dresser and finally noticed the mirror.
Ami felt her eyes close, and her body fell to the floor. She might have screamed, she wasn't quite sure, but all she could see was blackness, and the blood red letters written on the mirror...
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(Gomen if the mirror thing was too much like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer', etc, demo it works, ne?)
(A BIG domo arigato to those who have reviewed this story! Keep reading and reviewing...please?)
---Musou Misora
"Chaos, panic, disorder: my job is done here."
