Chapter Six

Luckly Ami's computer displayed a city map, and a flashing indicator where the scouts were going. I kind of liked the idea of being the hero. The costume felt the same as when I first tried it on, but now I had a feeling of pride with it. I was Sailor Mercury, going off to help the other scouts, before I was a hormonally active guy, in a girls body, checking myself out. but now I'm a hero. The cats were behind me, which was all the better incase I had a problem I could ask them. Right now I knew where I had to go, to the sewers. I could see the scouts, in the distance, jump from roof to roof, and it was pretty amazing jumping farther then I could normally. I don't know what would happen if I slipped or fell, I wasn't a Looney Toon cartoon, I might not just get up after falling off a roof, but I didn't think about it till later. I went as quickly as I could towards the other. For a brief minute I didn't see them. I headed as far as I could till I ran out of roofs to jump off. Now I stood at the edge of a canal.

"Where did the other scouts go?" I looked past the canal. They might have jumped over it, but it was very wide. And dropped a good 10 feet into running water.

The cats shortly caught up. Running at top speed for the length of time I was, I wasn't surprised I'd lost them, but they seemed to know where I was heading.

"Well?" Artemis asked, huffing and puffing from the lack of breath.

"Well, what? I don't know where they went." I said, shrugging.

Luna, also exhausted exclaimed, "They're going into the sewers."

"Where? Why don't they go in through a man hole or a drain?" I asked, when it hit me. A drain. I looked over the canal's railing, seeing a huge cement tube, coming out of the cement wall. "Well, I'm a idiot." I said to myself. Slowly crawled over the railing and slid down the angled cement wall to the drain. The cats followed me. I walked on top of the drain, to the end and laid down, looking into it from above. I could hear the other scouts talking, already in the drain. I twisted myself around, and slowly pushed myself over the edge, so I was hanging from the top of the drain. I knew there had to be a more heroic way of getting in, but I didn't know what it could be. The cats took advantage of me hanging and used me to hop into the drain. I swung myself as best I could to get myself into the drain. As I landed, the sewage splashed up. "Pee You!! Man this stinks!" I comment waving my hand in front of my face.

Luna and Artemis both jumped onto my shoulders, apparently agreeing and not wanting to walk in the sewage. I was about to push them off, when I decide, 'what the hell.'

I started walking fast, I wanted to catch up with the scouts. I had to wonder how the costumes were cleaned and repaired. I couldn't for the light of my, figure out how to take off my uniform, without de-transforming and after this, the scout uniforms would probably have to be boiled to get the smell out.

As I walked I noticed that the sewer started to resemble a forest, with vines and moss all over the walls and ceiling. The only thing missing was trees and animals. Well, their were two cats in the sewer now, so I guess the animals where there.

Soon, we came up to a fork in the sewer. A tunnel going off to the left and one to the right.

"Which way?" I asked.

"You're the one with the computer." Luna reminded me, seeming a bit smug. I'll have to knock her off my shoulder later.

I pulled the computer out and opened it up. "How do I turn it on?" I asked.

"It should already be on. There must be something blocking its power."

"Well, you cats go right, and I'll go left."

"We shouldn't separate." Artemis stated.

"Well, go in 30 or 40 feet, and see if you see any signs that they went that way. I'll do the same."

Luna and Artemis both complied, jumping off my shoulder and walking into the right hand tunnel. I headed left. I did notice that the tunnel seemed to get darker and darker the farther I went into it. Next time I'll have to bring a flashlight. I used one hand on the wall to help me keep my balance, as well as keep me oriented so I wouldn't walk into the wall. My other hand I used to hang onto my skirt. I don't know why other then to make sure I was still a scout and a girl. If I suddenly changed back into a guy, at least I would know. At about 20 feet I was about to turn around and go back when I hear a sound. "It sounded like one of the scouts was surprised" I hurried as I used the extra hand in front of me, making sure I didn't walking into a wall or a scout. What I should have done was watch my footing a bit better. In my hast, I walked onto a drop. I made similar noise of surprise as I suddenly fell. It was only a brief drop, but while I was dropping something wrapped itself around my wrists, bring them together. Then whatever it was it pulled tot and I swung into something that knocked me out.

When I came too, their was a bit of light coming from a service lamp built into the wall about 5 feet from where I was hanging. My hands where tide together with the vines I saw before in the sewer cavern. The vines was the only thing keeping me from dropping into darkness. For some reason the only light I could see in the tunnel was the one level with us. I say us, because I wasn't the only one hanging. Right up against me, Sailor Mars hung. She was still out, with a bump on her head. Her head was resting on my shoulder while we were hung their. I figured I fell into her, as I fell and we hit heads, knocking each other out. I had to admit, having Rei hanging against me was stimulating a number of different male thoughts. Her breasts where right up against mine as well as most of her body. If I weren't wearing boots, our bare legs would also be rubbing against eachothers. Our thighs were touching, which would have to be close enough.

I was content to stay like this for a while, I would have put my arm around her, if they weren't stuck above me. But the others would be looking for us soon, or at least the cats would be looking for me. "Rei." I whispered to her, "Rei, wake up." She just rested her head on my shoulder. Her eyes closed and her lips ready to be kissed. If I were a guy I would take advantage of them, but I… wait a second. I am a guy. I'm just in girl's body that's all… I weighed the pros and cons briefly, then decided too hell with it, I'm a guy, I'm not going to kiss Andrew as a girl, throw my sexuality into question and ignore my chance to prove to myself, I'm still a guy here. Rei's out, she'll never know… This was a huge mistake, but I was determine and had a one track mine. So I pivoted myself so I could make my lips contact Rei's lips and I went full long into a kiss. I was surprised Rei's head didn't fall away, till I realized afterwards she was waking up. If I was smart, I would have stopped and hoped she thought it was her imagination or just a coincide that our lips contacted, but instead I kept kissing her, and she woken up, kissed back, till she realized whom she was kissing. Then I was out for a second time.

When I came too, I was laying down, this time Rei wasn't against me, instead all the scouts as well as the two cats were looking down on me.

"Ah, hi?" I said.

"You're a boy, aren't you?" One of them asked me. I wasn't sure which one, but I know it wasn't Artemis.

"What?" I said, trying to sound ignorant.

"Girls don't kiss that way." The voice said.

"Ah..", I said. I had to think of a reply "… I'm a lesbian?" Hopefully that will work.

"I don't believe that." Rei answered back at me. Now I was a bit more awake and could tell Rei was talking and was probably the one asking the questions before. Still I had to wonder how'd she'd know if I was a lesbian or wasn't. How many lesbians did she kiss?

"No girl kisses like that.", Rei said admonishing me. "I knew you were holding something back. I felt it."

Then I realized my fatal mistake. I forgot to think about Rei's ability to see into things. Like all those times Rei sat in front of the fire and predicted the future for the scouts. And now that ability has found me with my hand in the cookie jar sort-a-speak. Now the question was what am I going to do now? I could just try to bluff my way though, but what's stopping Rei from finding out if I lied again. Does she have lie detection skills. I couldn't think of any from the TV show. I really had no real recoase other then the truth. So I took a deep breath and told them, everything. Or atleast everything I knew. I told them who I was, and when I woke up as Ami. I left out some of the details in my morning; after all I doubt the needed to know EVERYTHING I did. And when it was all done, I sat their. Waiting. I waited for them accept the story and see if they believed it or not.