Hi everyone!! It is so great to be able to add a chapter!! I hope you guys like it. Sorry I've taken so long but I had no ideas for new chapters and I don't get a lot of time on the computer, so yeah. So have fun reading it!
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"Hmm…..that's strange," Setsuna said as she drove up the driveway.
"What?" Makoto asked.
"Usually everyone in this neighborhood keeps their cars in their garage because they're afraid that it might get stolen." Setsuna replied as she got out of the car. "The crime rate here used to be terrible, but it has gotten a lot lower now; but the neighbors are still paranoid and don't trust many people. So they always lock everything up."
"Oh," Makoto responded dully.
Makoto and Setsuna walked up to the door and Setsuna noticed that the lights inside the house were off , which was also very strange. Makoto then started to examine the door.
"The lock was picked," Makoto said quietly.
Setsuna was startled at Makoto's words. "How can you tell?" asked Setsuna.
There's small scratches inside and around the key hole. It was a sloppy job so it was probably done in the dark," Makoto said informatively.
Setsuna stood there in pure shock and amazement. Makoto had never been so observant before. This was truly impressive to Setsuna. Makoto had really good trainers.
While Setsuna was standing in a shocked state, Makoto pulled out a gun and walked slowly into the house. Meanwhile, Setsuna finally snapped out of her shocked state and decided to go check out the circuit box on the side of the house. Once Setsuna got there, she found a bat lying on the ground. Someone had used it to smash the circuit box. Setsuna then tried to rewire the circuit box and stopped when she felt something against her neck.
"If you move, I'll kill you," said a monotone voice.
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Makoto was sitting with her back against a couch and held her gun close to her. She could hear breathing and some rustling every now and then, but she wasn't sure if it was an enemy or one of the outers. She kept stressing about what to do because she didn't know where Setsuna had gone. All this time she thought Setsuna was following her, but when she turned around to say something to Pluto, Pluto wasn't there. Now she was worrying about her friends (the outers) and was unsure of what to do. She had been listening to the breathing and rustling for a good 10 seconds and Makoto was about ready to just pop up and shoot away; but she remembered what Une had told her.
"Makoto, your too impatient and that's what makes you weak! You need to let your opponent make the first move!" Lady Une said sternly.
"What if they don't wanna make the first move?" Makoto asked.
"then make them. If you make the first move then they'll know more about you; and the minute that they know more about you, will be the minute that you lost the fight," Lady Une replied.
Makoto had now been frozen in the same spot for nearly a minute and heard something coming near her. She had waited and waited as patiently as she could, and quickly switched off the safety and aimed her gun at the upcoming figure.
"What the…" Makoto thought to herself. "It was just a cat?"
While Makoto sighed in relief a gun shot was fired through the couch and lightly glazed Makoto's arm. Alarmed, Makoto pulled her gun closer to herself and was getting ready to dive and shoot, until……
"I've got your friend here, so don't do anything stupid," the enemy said sternly. "The name's Michiru, right?"
"What?" Makoto thought to herself. "Does he think I'm Michiru, or is Michiru the one he's holding captive?"
"Or is it Haruka behind that couch?" he said while trying to hide the sound of his footsteps ;but Makoto heard them and began to search around for a way to get out from behind the couch without him seeing. Unfortunately, one side of the couch was up against a wall and the other side was in the view of the enemy.
The man chuckled. "You didn't think I'd find you, huh Haruka. You thought you could get away with it, didn't you?"
"Man," Makoto thought to herself. "Haruka sure does have a lot of enemies."
"Answer me you witch! Or I'll kill your little Hotaru!" the man hollered.
"Oh great, he has Hotaru," Makoto thought with panic rising. "I guess I'll have to play as Haruka."
"You're right, I never thought you could find me," Makoto mumbled while trying to think what Haruka would say so that she could be believable. She was hoping that the other guy would say something but he didn't. He wanted to hear Haruka talk. He wanted Haruka to admit that he was too strong, too quick, too smart, or too powerful for her to handle. Nervous, Makoto commenced playing the role of Haruka.
Hotaru on the other hand, wasn't buying this person who claimed to be Haruka. She wasn't convinced because she knew that Haruka would never admit the enemy was right, even if it was a life threatening experience she wouldn't give in.
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"You should point that gun somewhere else," Setsuna's voice was poison. "You have no idea who your messin' with."
"Oh is that so." Replied the cold monotone voice.
"This is your last warning," Setsuna said in a low voice. She had been warning him for quite some time and it was becoming very old to Setsuna. Plus she didn't like the way he was staring at her. It made her feel angry and uncomfortable at the same time.
"And I suppose , that if I don't comply with your request then you'll be the one to do something about it?" he whispered into her ear. He kept playing with her shirt and feeling on her slim body, and this was irritating Setsuna so much.
Finally she decided to take action. She stood as still as she could when the man kept invading her space and let her feet search the floor for the bat and soon found it. Luckily, the man wasn't looking at her feet so Setsuna's actions went unnoticed. Quietly she used the bottom of her foot to roll the bat backwards and then the bat rolled up the same foot. All in one swift motion, Setsuna used her foot as a catapult and the bat came up to her hands. Quickly, she caught it, ducked, turned and swung the bat towards the man's hands.
The hit resulted to the man's loss of his gun and he became angered. Setsuna held a small smirk and dropped the bat.
"Your gonna pay for that," warned the angered man.
"Do you really think so?" Setsuna replied in a sarcastic way. The man growled. "Well then come on," Setsuna prompted. "I have other more important things that I can be doing, and you're just wasting my time."
Enraged, the man charged Setsuna head on. Setsuna took a side step and tripped him over. He recovered quickly and commenced throwing punches towards Setsuna. Setsuna then did a sweep kick and used her powers to make him fall unconscious.
"You should of tied me up when you had the chance." Setsuna said as if he could hear her. Then she thought to herself; "It's been 3 years of no action and I still got it."
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After a long while of acting as Haruka and thinking, Makoto realized that all the lights were off, so the man wouldn't be able to see well. With this discovery made, she cursed herself for being so stupid and finally devised a plan.
"Come on Haruka," said the captor of Hotaru. "Don't you wanna come out an play? I know your tired of talking so stop hiding and come out and fight. Or have you just recently become a coward?"
Normally, Makoto would start going crazy, as would Haruka, and attack whoever called or suggested that she was a coward; but it wasn't her being called a coward it was Haruka. So she ignored the statement and thought nothing of it.
The enemy, on the other hand, knew that calling Haruka a "coward" would arouse anger and cause her to come out and fight; and when she didn't come out he thought that either she was planning something or she was trying to get out of the room. So he began to take more frequent strides as quietly as he possibly could.
Unfortunately, Makoto had heard his steps and smiled. He was almost close enough now for her plan to work. Makoto cupped her hands together and made a small cluster of light in the shape of a ball. She hid the light with her hands and waited for the signal.
The enemy noticed a small line of light and hesitated as he approached the couch. Nonetheless, he was growing impatient and continued walking over to the couch. But his next step was his last. As his right foot was meeting the ground, a small wrapper interfered with his foots course and made a small distinctive 'crackle.'
This wrapper had been the signal and Makoto sent her small orb of light soaring towards Hotaru's captor. Unexpected by the enemy, the orb stopped right in front of his eyes and blinded him. In his time of haste he accidentally released Hotaru and tried desperately to hit the orb away. Makoto's plan had worked perfectly. Makoto could see everything now. Once Hotaru was a safe distance from the enemy, Makoto hurled a small thunder ball towards the blinding orb and both sources of energy were joined together and devoured the man. Then the room became pitch black again.
Throughout the action, Hotaru wasn't able to see much due to the fact that she too was blinded by the light; but she had spotted a the "Haruka imposter's" figure but couldn't figure out who it was. Although she had a pretty good idea of who it could possibly be.
"But how can this be?" Hotaru thought to herself. "I knew she was strong and could do much, but I never knew she could do this much."
Finally, Hotaru became frustrated about not being sure who this person was, so she spoke up and said; "Makoto……is that you?"
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Well that's the end of this chapter. I hope it was okay. Anyways, I'll try to update soon and please don't forget to review, kay?
Well Tchao everyone!
