Half Demon Swordsman
Chapter Ten: Sailor Mercury Arrives

Asagi

Amy abruptly stood up, saying that her computer professer would kill her if she was late. Apparently she had a special computer class twice a week for three hours each. I'd never heard of it, so I was a little suspicious, but I kept my mouth shut. She left her computer disk though, so we had to go and return it. Luna said it might be a trap.

"Come on, don't be a scardey cat Luna." Serena dismissed.

"Talkin' to yourself again Meatball Head?" Darien teased, rounding the corner.

I sighed. I feel a battle coming on, because every time we run into Darien, a battle generally follows soon after.

"Oh, Darien!" Serena exclaimed. "Didn't hear you slither up. Anyway, gotta go!"

And with that she ran off, still holding Amy's computer disk.

I groaned. "Like I said, sometimes I wonder how I'm related to her."

"See ya around Asagi." Darien called waving, and walked off.

"See ya." I ran in the direction Luna and Serena went. Apparently they were going to check out what was on Amy's disk.

"You know, you're pretty smart for a cat." Serena commented.

"You could learn if you wanted to." Luna replied. As the screen came up, I instinctively covered my ears, telling Serena to do the same.

"Welcome students." The program droned. "You have been specially chosen to give your energy to our magnificent leader Queen Beryl."

"It's a brainwashing program!" Luna realized. "Your friend is from the Negaverse!"

I snorted. "I doubt it Luna. Anyway, I'm calling Ai." I hit the button on my watch and Ai's face came into view (not long after the last fight Luna gave us all communicators). "Ai, it's me. We've got a Negaverse situation."

"On it." She replied. "Should I transform?"

I looked at Luna.

She shook her head. "No. Not yet. Use the Luna Pen fist."

I nodded. "Got it. Disguise Power! Change me into a school principal!" I passed the pen to Serena. She took it and raised it into the air.

"Disguise Power!" Serena echoed as Ai arrived. "Change me into a school principal!" She handed it to Ai.

"Disguise Power!" Ai declared. "Change me into a teacher!"

We ran inside, where Amy was apparently in charge of the class.

"Sailor Sun and the Swordsman would be nice." Luna said.

I nodded, unsheathed my sword, and yelled; "Moon Prism Power!"

"Sun Prism Power!" Serena followed.

"By the power of the nitwit!"

Amy gasped. "Sailor Sun? Moonlight Warrior? Neptune Warrior?"

A suspicious looking woman appeared and clamped her hand over Amy's mouth. "Oh Amy, can't I leave you in charge for one minute?"

The woman changed into a monster.

"So Amy wasn't a monster." Serena said. "What now Einstein?"

"Um, wing it?" Luna suggested nervously.

I groaned, but none the less, I glared at the monster. "You let my friend go!" I demanded. "We know what you're up to, and you're not going to get away with it!"

"Humph. And who might you be?"

I smirked. "Ai?"

She nodded as Serena launched into her speech.

"I am Sailor Sun, the champion of Justice!" Serena shouted. "And on behalf of the sun, I will right wrongs, and triumph over evil. And that means you!"

"We are the half demon swordsmen who defend the innocent." Me and Ai declared as one. "When darkness falls and evil preys upon our home, we will be there, poised to strike. We will defend our home and everyone in it. We are the Seven Swordsman of the Moon, and we'll destroy you, because that's a promise by the moon."

"Pop quiz time." Ugly said with a nasty grin. "We want answers. What's three fifty five times two sixty eight?"

"You're not my teacher, and I don't have to answer." Serena said defensively.

"Time's up kid." Ugly declared. "Too bad." It shot some papers at us. I slashed through them with my sword, as did Ai, but Serena, having no sword, had to dodge. "I'm giving you two choices." It said as we got backed into a corner. "Surrender now, or surrender later."

"I choose C) none of the above!" I declared. "We'll never surrender."

The zombie like students came after us.

The monster shoved Amy up against a computer screen. "You thought you could escape me. No one can resist my powers. Surrender to me now."

"I'll never give into you, ever!" Amy cried. "Now let me go you slimy old witch!"

"Stop resisting my power." Ugly demanded. "Relinquish your power."

The symbol of Mercury appeared on Amy's forehead.

"Hey Luna, does that mean what I think it does?" Ai asked.

"Mercury!" Luna gasped. "She's not from the Negaverse, she's one of us! She's Sailor Mercury!"

Luna did one of her famous back flips and a blue stick appeared. She grabbed it in her mouth and bounded over to Amy.

"We don't need your energy anyway." Ugly scoffed, throwing her on the ground. "You just failed this class." Her/its hand turned into a scythe.

Luna rolled the stick to Amy. "Amy, take this! Shout Mercury Power!" She instructed.

Amy dodged the scythe, and with a determined look, raised it above her head. "Mercury Power!"

"Talk about cutting it close." Luna said, relieved. "I thought Sailor Mercury was a goner for sure."

"Luna, help!" Serena wailed. I bared my sword and Ai bared her meat cleaver, but like with the jewelry store, everything we knew about heroes told us we couldn't hurt innocent people.

"Use your Mercury Bubbles!" Luna instructed.

"Mercury Bubbles, blast!" Amy declared.

A fine mist covered the area.

"What's this?" The monster asked, and started shivering. "Brr, it's cold! I'm freezing!"

The possessed students dropped to the ground.

Amy appeared next to Ugly, who drove her hand into a computer screen.

"Missed me!" Amy taunted. "Sailor Sun, Moonlight Warrior, Neptune Warrior, are you all okay?"

I grinned. "Yeah, but the big ugly thing sure isn't. Use your tiara. Just watch us."

We all took off our tiaras and they, as usual, turned into discuses. "Eclipse Tiara Magic!"

Ugly was vaporized and turned into a pile of dust, which disappeared.

"Sailor Mercury, you were great." Luna praised. "Welcome to the team."

"Amy, you're Sailor Mercury!" Serena cheered. "That's so cool!"

Later

"I can't believe we thought you were a spy for the Negaverse." Serena said as she bowed sheepishly. "I hope you're not mad about it."

"It was my fault." Luna added. "And Asagi never suspected you in the first place."

"No way." Amy said with a smile. "Once you saw what was on that computer disk, it was only natural you suspected me. I would have done the same thing. I'm just glad we beat them."

"Now we don't have to work so hard." Serena said cheerfully.

"What are you talking about Serena?" I asked innocently. "If Sensei found out, he'd give you double conditioning!"

"So?" Serena objected. "That's nothing."

"I wouldn't be so sure," Ai teased. "'And no questioning me brats, or I'll have you doing pushups till your arms fall off.'"

Serena, unsurprisingly, had nothing to say to that. We all laughed at her misfortune.