Chapter 8
The weeks rolled by with no sign of the Dynasty. Meaning nothing on the
Senshi had been heard either. But, before anyone at THS knew it, Homecoming
had approached them. And Ryo and Cye prepared themselves to ask Mina and
Jenna to go out as their dates.
"Hey Jenna! Wait up!" Ryo called as he ran across the gym to catch up with
the raven-haired girl.
"Hi." Jenna said with a hug.
"Hi." Ryo said as they sat down on the bleachers. He was a little
breathless from running half way across the school. "I was wondering if ya
... ... Um ... ... Uh ... ... were planning on going to the dance?"
"I was." Jenna began to act very shy as she juggled a white Volleyball from
one hand to the other. "Well, you and Cye are playing on the freshmen team
right?"
"Yeah. I guess. But let's change the subject back to the dance. Would you
like to go with me?" He blurted out and closed his eyes for the briefest
moment. He was so afraid that she would turn him down after what happened
to Chad and all. When he felt Jenna place a hand over his, he opened his
eyes and looked at her.
"I would love to go." She smiled at him.
"Great. So how bout I pick you up?"
"The Temple. Seven sound good?" Being that he and the other Ronins helped
her out on weekends now and then he knew where the Temple was like the back
of his hand.
"Wonderful." They stood up. Before placing a small kiss on her cheek, Ryo
said to Jenna, "See ya at lunch."
In total silence, she watched him jog over to the door. He turned and waved
at her one final time before fully exiting the gym. She then whispered in a
tone softer than the wind, "Bye."
During lunch, Mina was outside studying when Cye walked up behind her. He
sat down beside her as she placed her book in her backpack.
"Hey." He said with a small smile, on the inside he was so nerves. What if
she turned him down? That would hurt so much.
"Hi. I thought that you were going to eat inside today." Mina said with a
questioning look.
"No. I changed my mind. It's too pretty out here today to stay shut in
doors all day." He offered her some of the chips that he had brought with
him.
"True." As she took some a small wave of silence washed over the two of
them.
"So...do you plan on going to the game?" Cye then asked her.
"Sorry. I can't. Jenna and I have our project for the science fair to work
on. And you know that she'll kill me if I don't help her finish it up. I am
so sorry about it."
"It's okay. Then I guess you're not going to the dance either." He sounded
so disappointed at the very thought of it.
"Says who? I'm defiantly going to it."
"Do you have a date for it yet?"
"No. Not really." Cye's mind then began to go rabid at her answer.
*This is my chance. Here goes nothing." Cye thought to him self before
asking Mina, "Would you like to go with me to the dance?"
"Sure." Mina gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then the bell rang. "We better
get to class." Cye and Mina stood up.
"So. Pick you up about 7:30?" Cye asked.
"Okay." Mina said as she slung her backpack on her back. "See ya later!"
"Bye!"
That evening was really busy. Mina and Jenna had their science fair project
done, but they only had two days to get their dresses for the dance. They
decided to go talk to Mina's cousin, Zandra, who works for Jenna's Aunt
Marhee.
"Girls! What's up?" Zandra asked. She looked like a much older version of
her younger cousin in the yellow shirt and Hawaiian skirt that she had on.
"Mrs. Marhee isn't working tonight. So, whatcha need?"
"Two drop-dead gorgeous dresses for homecoming," Jenna said with great
excitement.
"Yeah. Totally," Mina agreed.
"Oh, okay. Let's see what I can do." Zandra got to work and practically had
all of the other girls in the shop help her hand-make the two girls'
dresses. "Now, if you go across the street to the spa center, tell them
Zandra sent you and you'll get a free makeover!"
"Okay! Thanks." Jenna and Mina said as they walked out of the shop. They
did as they were told and looked awesome for the dance.
The night of the dance at Mina's house, Cye pulled up in his black mustang
and walked up to the door.
"Okay. Don't be nervous," He thought to himself as he approached the door.
He hesitantly rang the bell. A few seconds later, Mina's mom opened the
door.
*Now I see where Mina gets most of her looks. She looks like as if she were
her mom's twin. * He thought as he looked at the woman stood in the
doorway.
"You must be Cye. Mina is upstairs. I'll go get her. You can wait in the
living room if you want to." Mrs. Yuuki said as she dashed up the staircase
in a track and field type sprit.
"To bad Mina isn't on the track team if she can run like that. Then Ryo
would definitely have some competition." Cye thought out loud to himself.
"Well mom is that him?" Mina asked as she fused with her mascara and hair.
"Yes that's him. Wow. I never would've guessed that he was so handsome. You
really made a good catch this time Mimi." Mrs. Yuuki said as she helped her
daughter out with the finishing touches.
"Mom. Why do you still call me that? I'm not a little girl any more." Mina
complained as she looked at her self in the full-length mirror leaning on
the wall inside of her walk in closet.
"Well that was your Grandmother's nickname and you look so much like her
that's why."
"That's cool. But not in front of Cye, please? Okay?"
"I understand. Now you don't want to keep him waiting do you?"
"Nope. Wish me luck." Mina walked down and her mom watched from the top of
the stairs. When Cye saw her, his jaw practically hit the ground.
Mina was dressed in a sky blue colored spaghetti strap dress in which the
bottom flowed around her ankles. It would most likely touch the floor if
she weren't in heels. Half of her hair was pinned up in a ballerina knot
with gold and silver butterfly clips holding it on the top of her head
allowing the rest to flow down her back.
"Wow. You look amazing." He gave her a really big hug after he kissed her
hand, making Mina blush a lot.
"Thanks. You don't look to bad yourself." And that was the truth. His hair
looked as if it had been trimmed up and washed really well. His black
slacks and white button down shirt looked brand new.
"Hold it you two. Don't think that you can get out of this." Mrs. Yuuki
said as she walked down stairs. Mina spotted the camera in her hand and
rolled her eyes. But in the end she knew that she wanted to remember this
for a long time to come. "Okay. Say cheese."
"Umpalompa. " Mina shouted. Never the less the camera caught the two of
them laughing.
"What in the world was that about?" Mina's mom and Cye asked in unison.
Mina shrugged.
"Okay. No goofin' off this time girl." Mina nodded yes to her mom's plead.
The two of them stood side by side with their arms around one another. Then
the flash went off blinding them. "Sorry guys. Some one was messing with it
at work the other day."
"God. What was that thing set on?" Cye said as he rubbed his eyes. Mina
shook her head.
"Who knows with her. I got it for her as a gift this past Christmas."
"Speaking of gifts. I got you something." Cye handed her a small box that
was wrapped in blue paper with golden sunbursts on it. Gently she opened
the gift, wanting to keep the brightly decorated paper on it. Inside was a
gold star locket with a light blue rose, that matched her dress well, lying
adjacent to it.
"Oh my gosh! It's gorgeous," Mina exclaimed as Cye helped her put the
necklace on. He then put the rose her hair.
"Look here." Mrs. Yuuki said as a warning she was going to take yet another
picture. She definitely wanted Mina to remember this.
"Well, we better go. Love you, Mom." Mina said.
"Love you to." Mrs. Yuuki then saw them off. The two of them climbed in
Cye's car and headed for the school.
Meanwhile Jenna and Ryo were already at there. The whole outside of the
place was brightly decorated. The freshmen team had an amazing victory and
Ryo and Cye were recognized as MVP's. And the whole school was buzzing over
the account.
"Hey Jenna. Wait a sec." Ryo said, stopping her from entering the school's
main entrance.
"What's wrong?" Jenna sounded worried. Her light moonlight purple,
spaghetti strap-dress flowed elegantly to her ankles. Also half of her hair
was French braided with glimmering silver and gold ribbons intertwined in
the weaves of the braid and hung loosely with the rest of her hair.
"Nothing. I just got you something." Ryo then handed her a small box. On
the inside were a purple rose and a silver locket. As Jenna thumbed the
intricate carving on the locket Ryo urged her to look inside of it. On this
right side of the center were the words "Ryo and Jenna forever."
"Oh Ryo. It's beautiful." Jenna loved it a lot and a few tears of happiness
brimmed in her eyes but did not fall as Ryo slipped and hooked it around
her neck. Even thought there was no picture of them in it yet, she planned
to fix that by the end of the night.
"You look so amazing..." Ryo whispered as he stood back and admired her.
Jenna blushed a little then she saw Cye and Mina climb out of his car.
"Hey," Cye said as he and Mina walked up to them. "So you did beat us."
"Yeah," Jenna said. "Mina, I love your necklace." Ryo helped her put the
rose in her hair.
"Same to you," Mina said. It was obvious who bought them.
"Shall we go?" Ryo offered his hand to Jenna and the four if them walked
into the school. They met up with the others in the gym and they all had
dates. That fact almost gave Jenna and Mina a heart attack. Then the DJ
started playing a slow song.
"May I have this dance?" Cye asked. Mina nodded her head and they walked to
the dance floor.
"Wanna dance? Ryo asked.
"Sure. Why not?" Jenna said. Before they knew it, all of the others were on
the floor. That's when they sensed it: Evil. They felt the Dynasty growing
closer. All of a sudden, the lights went out and didn't come back on.
Screams of people crying for help broke the silence. The lights came back
on to reveal Kale standing on the bleachers.
