The Chameleon of Trickery and Lies

Nightmare Corporation Arrives

Makoto Kino's mood wasn't exactly bad, but she couldn't even call it good. Walking through the streets of the Minato-ku district, she was deep in thought. The other day, Rei warned her and the other Senshi about a new threat on the horizon. The vision, unfortunately, was extremely vague, and the only clear information she could get was the threat's use of some kind of masks, as well as the bestial appearance of the enemies. Kino paid so much attention to her thoughts that she completely forgot to watch where she was going. Unfortunately, she only remembered this when she crashed into a passerby walking towards her, falling to the ground with him.

"I'm sorry," she began to apologize, extending her hand to a passerby and helping him to stand, "I was just too deep in my thoughts."

"It's okay," he waved it off apathetically, getting up and shaking off the dust from his clothes, "I should have been more careful too," now Makoto looked at him better.

He was a handsome boy about her age with black hair and slightly squinted golden eyes. The most eye-catching item of clothing was a long-sleeved green T-shirt with a chameleon print, tucked into black trousers. The teenager had black sneakers with turquoise laces on his feet.

"Problems with your studies?" Golden-eyed broke the silence.

"Eh?"

"You were just so thoughtful that I assumed it had something to do with studying," the young man explained, smoothing out a crease on the left sleeve of his T-shirt.

"No, my studies are fine," the brown-haired girl objected.

"I see," the teen shrugged, "I'm Y/N."

"Makoto," Senshi greeted him back.

"Nice to meet you," Y/N smiled. After a brief silence, apparently because he didn't know what to say, dark-haired one continued, "So, how are you feeling?"

"Yeah, okay," the brown-haired girl shrugged.

"Okay," dark-haired looked at his wristwatch, "I guess I'll go, otherwise I'm up to my neck."

After saying goodbye, the duo went their separate ways.

***

Y/N, better known as Kawarino, silently walked forward. Glancing at his wristwatch, he quickened his pace. Even though he has more than enough time to get to the Nightmare Corporation building, the sooner he arrives, the better. Finally, after looking around and making sure that there were no prying eyes, he teleported from the corridor to another dimension, after which he changed his form.

Now, in the place of the teenager stood a chameleon-like monster, which headed towards the entrance to the building. Having habitually greeted the security guard at the entrance, he went to the nearest elevator and went up to the floor he needed. Having reached the office in a couple of minutes, Kawarino quickly checked his documents and email. As soon as he closed his account, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," said chameleon.

A middle-aged, yellow-haired man wearing a dark gray business suit, a red shirt and an olive tie entered the room.

"Ah, Bunbee," the teenager greeted his immediate colleague, "What did you come with?"

"With this," Bunbee handed chameleon a large stack of documents, "Here are all the reports for the last month."

Taking the stack and briefly examining its contents, Kawarino again switched to human form and turned his look to the blond man.

"Great. I was just going to ask you about this at the meeting today."