Phobia ~*Cye's Session*~
~*TorrentScythe*~
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A short man with a gray bushy beard leaned back in his swivel chair when his intercom turned on, only to be the secretary.

{Dr. Schwartz. Your appointment with five boys are here. Who do you want to see first?}

"I would always like to see the oldest first,"

{Okay. I'm sending in Mr. Cye Mouri.}

"Thank you," Dr. Schwartz said as he turned off his intercom. He looked up to see the door open. Cye popped his head in.

"Hello?" He asked curiously.

"Come in, lad. Come in," Dr. Schwartz said. Cye walked in cautiously and closed the door behind him. Dr. Schwartz walked up to Cye and extended out his hand. "Hello, I'm Dr. Schwartz," Cye looked at him and shook his hand with no hesitation. "You must be Cye Mouri, am I right?"

"Yes sir," Cye answered.

"Please have a seat," Dr. Schwartz commanded as he pointed to a big, comfortable couch. Cye took a seat and looked around the office. Lots of diplomas and awards hung around the walls. Books galored filled up three huge bookshelves.

"You must be quite a psychiatrist," Cye commented.

"Yes. Quite an observer aren't you?" Dr. Schwartz asked as he pulled up his swivel chair by the couch. He had a notebook and a pencil in hand. "Now Cye, what seems to be the problem with you?"

"Well, it's actually quite a funny story, really," Cye said.

"I'm pretty sure I've heard even funnier stories all of my experiences here," Dr. Schwartz said with a chuckle.

"I'm pretty sure you have not," Cye reassured under his breath. "Well let's see...where should I start?"

"Why don't you tell me a bit about yourself? What's your hobby?"

"Well, it WAS swimming around the sea,"

"Was?"

"That's why I've been drag here by Mia. See, I've all of a sudden have this irrational fear of water. It's just crazy!"

"Hydrophobia,"

"I beg your pardon?"

"You have developed hydrophobia. It's a fear of water,"

"Ahh...I see," Cye said as he sat back.

Dr. Schwartz took note on the phobia. "Now tell me, how long have you had this phobia?"

"Oh say about...two days," Cye said, holding up two fingers.

Dr. Schwartz stared at him in disbelief. "Two days, you say?"

"Yeah, two days,"

"Uh-huh," Dr. Schwartz said with a nod, writing it on his notebook. "And is this affecting your lifestyle in some way?"

Cye stared at him in disbelief. "Of course it's affecting my lifestyle! I can't drink water without having that uncomfortable feeling. I can't even look at water without freakin' out. Bloody hell, I can't even take a bath without someone knocking me unconscious,"

"Now how did this happened?"

"Well...I sorta got into a fight with some...peoples I hate," Cye said, not wanting to bring up that he's a Ronin Warrior. "And well, next thing I know, It became foggy and I was coughing a lot and I got hit in the head real hard,"

"How could that trigger a phobia?" Dr. Schwartz asked.

"You think I know?" Cye asked with a shrug.

"Hmm...," Dr. Schwartz muttered, "All right, Cye. I'll be conducting some tests on you, if that's all right,"

"Sure thing," Cye said with a nod. He watched as Dr. Schwartz pulled out a couple small poster boards from under his chair. Cye sighed. "You're giving me the ink test, aren't you?"

"Very observant, indeed," Dr. Schwartz complimented.

"Well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what a bunch of black splots on a paper is," Cye said.

"All right then, let us begin," Dr. Schwartz held the poster boards up. "What do you see?"

Cye stared at the first picture when his big headache decided to kick in again. Cye flinched a bit and held his head.

"An aspirin," He muttered.

"An aspirin. All right. How about the next picture?"

"No! I need an aspirin! This headache is bloody killing me," Cye complained.

"All right, just relax and I'll get you an aspirin," Dr. Schwartz ordered. Cye sat back and waited for the Dr. Schwartz to come back with his aspirin. Cye felt saw the psychiatrist come back. Cye sat up straight and took the aspirin. He was about to swallow it down with a drink when he realized exactly what that drink is that Dr. Schwartz handed him.

"W-w-w-water!" Cye screamed as he leaped up from the couch. Water spilled on the floor as Cye coward in fear behind the couch.

Dr. Schwartz stared at Cye for awhile and grabbed his notebook and pen. "Very serious hydrophobia," He noted. He walked up to the couch and looked behind it, seeing Cye shaking and hugging his knees. "Are you all right?"

"The question here is are you mad?" Cye asked, "Bloody Christ! You're trying to give me a heart attack!"

"Very sorry, Cye. It just slipped my mind," Dr. Schwartz apologized as he helped Cye up.

"Slipped your mind my ass," Cye said under his breath. Cye settled back down on the couch and Dr. Schwartz sat back down in his chair.

"Okay...forget the ink test," Dr. Schwartz suggested, "Why don't you tell me something that had happened to you recently. Like oh say how you first realized your fear of water?"

"Well, I guess," Cye said, "It started two days ago, when I woke up the morning or two after that fight. My best friend, Kento, and I were talking that morning. My head started to hurt and he said he would get me an aspirin and a glass of water, so I followed...,"

***Flashback***

"Are we there yet?" Cye asked Kento as they walked down the stairs.

"Almost, buddy. Just hang on," Kento reassured. They reached the bottom of the stairs and Kento guided Cye into the kitchen. Cye saw Rowen on the couch, looking at them. "All right, here we go. The kitchen," Kento said as he opened the door.

"Better not eat the food. I smell some breakfast," Cye said as he sniffed the air. He peered in and saw Mia washing an apple. He was staring mostly at the running water.

It was as if a part of him was missing. It was now hard for him to breath, as if he was fighting from a pillow that was suffocating him. He felt his hand trembling on the door frame that was supporting him. He needed to scream.

Mia finally turned her attention from washing the apple and to Cye and Kento.

"Good morning guys. How are you feeling? I'm making some delightful breakfast-,"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Cye and Kento screamed as they burst out of the kitchen. They raced up the stairs. Cye couldn't believe what had just came over him. What's up with this?

***Flashback Ends***

"And then pretty much, after that, we ran over to our friend, Ryo, and told him our little problem,"

"Hm...I see. I'll probably have to speak with Kento after this session," Dr. Schwartz said.

"You should. I don't know what's up with him. He use to love food like no tomorrow," Cye said, shaking his head a bit.

"Getting back to your problem. What happened after you talked to Ryo?" Dr. Schwartz asked.

"If I can remember right...not much happened. We were talking and I had a headache and I decided to see if Sage had one, in which he started yelling out stuff and it freaked me out a bit, so I didn't ask. I started talking to White Blaze, he's Ryo's pet tiger-,"

"Rewind. Did you just say that you have a pet tiger?" Dr. Schwartz asked, not believing what Cye just said.

"Yeah, but it's Ryo's," Cye said.

"Oh...okay. Continue,"

"So then I was talking to White Blaze, because, you know, he seemed to be completely sane, unlike the rest of us. You know, just telling him stuff that I wouldn't even dream on telling anyone else because what the heck! He's only a tiger! A cute little tiger, none of the less. So anyway, back to my story. Mia called all of us down for breakfast, so I went. We were all sitting around the table eating and Kento was driving me completely crazy and to add it with the huge headache I was having, I just sort of snapped. I was provoking Kento and pretty much that's when all the chaos had started...,"

***Flashback***

Cye and Kento were pretty much looking at a pissed off Ryo with a pancake on his head and a pissed off Rowen that seem to be soaked a bit.

"Uh oh...," Cye and Kento muttered.

"Oh you really pushed your limits," Ryo said angrily.

"C'mon! Let's go! Right here right now!" Rowen declared to Cye and Kento.

Cye was pretty much pissed off himself.

"Bring it on, women!" Cye yelled at Rowen.

"You're mine!" Rowen yelled back. He ran out of the kitchen door and into the backyard, leaving Cye standing there confused.

"Hey! Rowen! I thought this was a fight! Come back here, chicken wuss!" He yelled at the retreating Ronin of Strata. Cye ran to the door and looked out, seeing Rowen standing just a couple yards in front of him. There was an evil smirk on his face as he hid something behind him. It was something long, green, and it was connected to the house.

"Uh-oh...," Cye muttered, "This isn't going to turn out good...,"

"HaHA!" Rowen said as he brought out his weapon, and hose, and pointed it at Cye.

Cye laughed. There was no water shooting out of the hose. "Oh! You're going to have to do better than that. I think it needs to be turned on, first,"

"Say yer prayers," Rowen said as he took a step forward. The water was instantly blasting to Cye. As Cye saw the water, he immediately slammed the door shut. He took in a deep breath and looked around. Rowen would be coming in anytime now with water. He has to think fast. He looked noticed that everyone seemed to have a certain fear. He just doesn't know what Rowen's fear is.

"Hey, what's Rowen afraid of?" Cye asked Kento and Ryo, who were throwing stuffs at each other.

"Books," They both replied at the same time.

"Books, eh?" Cye questioned. He searched through the drawers and found Mia's cookbooks. He dug around deeper and found his own cookbook. He snickered as he watched the door fling open. There was Rowen, ready to give Cye a splash he'll never forget.

"Think fast!" Rowen laughed as water splashed all around the kitchen.

Cye was loosing his mind. The just watching water in general was equivalent to a Chinese water torture. He can't bare to see it without freaking.

"Ack! Muscle spasm!" Cye yelled out quickly, feeling his arm jerk over to the book. But it really wasn't Cye's fault that his own arm took control of its own, grabbed the book and threw it at Rowen.

...Okay, maybe partially...

Cye backed up to the wall and leaned on it, trying to catch his breath. His face was all wet. He wasn't sure if he was just soaked from the water or from his own sweat.

***Flashback Ends***

"Interesting," Dr. Schwartz muttered in awe at Cye's story.

Cye nodded. "True. All true," He added.

"Was I assuming that it was a lye?" Dr. Schwartz asked.

"No, but I'm just informing you. You know, just in case Rowen tells you otherwise, because he doesn't want to admit that I whooped his ass! I whooped it good!" Cye exclaimed, thrusting his fist in the air in victory. He noticed that his choice of language wasn't quite the same as usual. He coughed to cover it up. "I mean...I kicked his butt. It all cool," He said, lowing his hand and looking around the room.

Dr. Schwartz was now looking at Cye oddly. "This isn't how you normally act, is it?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Cye said, not looking at the doctor straight in the eye.

"All right," Dr. Schwartz said instantly, basically changing the subject. "Now Cye, I'm going to show you a picture. I want you to tell me what you see and how it makes you feel," He said as he grabbed a folder from under his seat. He took out some picture that were clipped out of a magazine and handed them to Cye.

Cye took the pictures and stared at the first one. "Aww! It's a cute little baby seal! It's so adorable! Aww!" Cye flipped to the next picture as Dr. Schwartz took notes on the expressions on Cye's face. "Aww! It's a cute little baby tadpole! How adorable! Aww!" Cye flipped to the next picture, expecting to see some more cute baby animals. "AwwHHHHHHHHH!" Cye screamed as he saw a cute little baby whale...in an OCEAN! Cye instantly let go of the pictures, letting them flutter down to the ground.

"What did you see, Cye?" Dr. Schwartz asked.

"Something that I shouldn't be looking at right now!" Cye screamed back.

"It wasn't even real," Dr. Schwartz told him.

"Does it look like I care if it's real or not?" Cye asked, feeling his heart beating rapidly.

Dr. Schwartz sighed. He looked up at the clock. "Cye, I believe we need to assign you another appointment. Your hour is almost up,"

"My hour's almost up? Good. I got my turn done and over with," Cye said. And that's when he heard the thunder outside...

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"All right...one more time. Bring it on, suckers," Kento said to Sage and Ryo. They were in the waiting room playing rock paper scissors. Rowen, on the other hand, was being comforted by Mia. Obviously, when you're in a waiting room, they would most likely provide some BOOKS for people to read. And obviously, Rowen didn't like that idea.

"Face it, Kento. You're loosing," Sage laughed.

"Just one more time. C'mon! Luck be a lady tonight," Kento said.

"But Kento, we always know what you're gonna pick," Ryo said.

"Yeah! You always choose rock!" Sage said.

"...and this is a problem because...," Kento asked, raising up an eyebrow.

"Can't sleep. Books are gonna get me. Can't sleep. Books are gonna get me," Rowen was chanting under his breath.

Mia turned to the window as she heard thunder. "Hey, is it raining?" She questioned.

"Rain?!" Kento, Ryo, and Sage yelped. They looked at each other, knowing what Cye will be doing.

"Uh-oh...," Ryo said.

"This isn't gonna turn out good, is it?" Kento asked.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE FUCKING WATER! AHHHHHH! FUCK OFF!" Cye screamed.

"I don't think so," Ryo told Kento after a few seconds of silence.

"Whoa. So the British boy can say other words," Sage said with a nod.

After Sage's sentence, Cye slammed the door open. His skin was paler than usual. He walked over to Mia and Rowen.

"There was water outside. There was water inside. There was water EVERYWHERE!" Cye screamed.

Dr. Schwartz walked out of his office and bowed slightly. "I'm very sorry for that inconvenience. I need to really get that leak fixed." He apologized. He looked around the waiting room. "I would like to see a Mr. Kento Rei Huang next. Which one of you is Kento?" He asked.

Kento immediately turned to Sage. "Well Kento? What are you waiting for? The doc just ask to see you," He said.

Sage glared at him. "Get real! You're the real Kento! Not me!"

"No! You're Kento!" Kento yelled back.

"Which one of you two is Kento?" Dr. Schwartz asked.

"I guess we'll never know, will we?" Kento asked with a sly smile.

"That's Kento," Ryo said calmly, pointing to the real Kento. Kento glared at Ryo.

"I thought you were on my side!" He yelled.

"Well c'mon Kento," Dr. Schwartz said as he walked back into his office.

Kento sighed as he stood up. He glimpsed over at Sage, who was laughing quietly. He looked over at Rowen and Cye and saw them being hugged into comfort by Mia, as if they were scared little boys who just saw ghosts. He glared one last time at Ryo before going in and shutting the door behind him.

***End of Cye's Session***

What havoc will Kento cause? Stay tune for more! ^_^