[Kha]

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Just so you all know... what I'm about to post, I apologize. I'll prolly cross-post to the fanfic thread, so no need to comment on it twice.

Spoiler for An Alternate Lyrical:

Her piercing gaze over the city refused to let up. As she looked out, she couldn't see, but instead felt, the presence of evil. It was infusing the world, she thought, and only her, as the only person on this planet that could stop it, would soon have to leave the shelter of the city and persue the rest of the root of that evil; the Jewel Seeds.

But that'd be kind of hard to explain... well, it'd be really hard to explain. The girl could just imagine her widowed father, at the thought of his only, dear daughter, not even out of high school, going off to fight evil. Part of him would be proud, but there'd be that part of him incessantly worrying, constantly, over the state of his daughter's condition. Although they didn't act like it sometimes, the two did get along well, and some would probably say that during their more playful moments their relationship could border on inappropriate.

There were her friends, too, that she had to worry about. There were only three of them, but they were the only ones she really needed. Only one of them knew about what she was doing, and that friend had been the most caring, supportive person in the world to her (even if she didn't exactly agree with it). She'd even go so far as to say she almost loved the other girl, but she'd never bring herself to actually say it. Instead, the girl decided that she'd continue what she was doing.

The girl assumed a crouch as she lost herself in her own thoughts. Her mind swirled with thoughts of the past, present, and future, and what she would do. There were Seeds all over Earth, not just here. This had happened once before, and not too long ago at that, but the people who had saved the Earth before needed their rest. Besides, they were just children, and her? She was almost an adult.

A cold wind touched her eyes as it caused her hair to flow. She looked down, at the city streets below, as she pondered. She wasn't adverse to this kind of thing - certainly a part of her welcomed it - but she was admittedly afraid of how to do things. When the time comes for her to strike out on her own to save the world, the girl pondered, could she handle it? Or was she doomed to wander the world as something of a dark hero? The brooding type?

The girl immediately shook the thought from her brain - she was no brooding type! That wasn't who she was, and she would be damned before she started! Besides, she had a reputation as being the Fleet-Footed Hero, the Blue Angel! She was a heroine now! Newscasters from around the world would scan the city just for a glimpse of her! Sure, she was no Tokyo legend, and she didn't have a team, but she had her own city, and her own people to save! Yeah, that's right!

...right?

The phone in the girl's pants pocket suddenly vibrated. That could only be one person. Standing up and backing away from the ledge, she picked up the phone and answered it.

"Hello?"
"Where are you, what are you doing, and why are you doing it?" The voice on the other end asked, annoyed. The girl's lips turned upward.

"I'm somewhere," she said teasingly. "And I'm not doing anything yet, and when I do something, I'll tell ya!"
"You exhaust me, you know that?" The girl on the other end said. "Look, I was just checking up on you, okay? I worry about you now..."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about me!" the longhaired girl said, laughing. "I can take care of myself!"
"Just don't stress your body too much... You're not freakishly powerful like those girls we met..."

"One day, I will be!" The girl boasted confidently. "I will surpass Takamachi Nanoha in strength! Just you watch!"

"...just don't hurt yourself." The other girl said quietly. "...I'll leave the phone on... goodnight..."
"Ja ne,"

The phones clicked off.

[I'm detecting a Jewel Seed signature about a kilometer south of here.] A gem suspended on the end of her cell phone suddenly chirped. Grabbing the gem and pulling it off the phone, and girl looked toward the south.

"What's its power?" she asked the Jewel Seed.

[One rank above ours.]
"Ha, not a problem!" The girl said, her bright green eyes flaring with energy, it seemed. "Let's do this, Aoi!"

[Yes... Konata!]

"Yosh! Henshin!!" Izumi Konata shouted, holding the gem in the air.

[Barrier Jacket, Angel Mode]

As the gem began to emit a bright blue light, Konata grinned and clamped her hand down on the gem. Don't worry about me, Kagamin... I'll be okay.

And maybe I can find out what to do for the future.

That took all of five minutes to write -_- . Again, apologizes. Crack levels just probably hit 9000.

This certainly made my day, even if it's just Konata.