Chapter 10: Power of Water

Ami was sitting off on the side of the city pool watching as her boyfriend was practicing laps, swimming back and forth. She had her knees drawn up to her chest with a small smile on her face when he surfaced and rested his arms up on the wall. "Why don't you come in? Water feels great today," he commented.

"Me? Oh no, I don't feel like swimming today," she replied, flushing.

Cye gave her a small smirk when she suddenly looked at her watch. "Oh no! I have to go!" she exclaimed as she got up.

"Where are you going?" he asked as he got out of the pool.

"I'm going to be late for my computer class," she replied.

Cye watched as she grabbed her backpack then she rushed over. "I'll see you later," she told him, kissing him and then running off. Cye watched her go with a slight smirk. His girlfriend sure did love school.

When he arrived home, Cye hung up his jacket then removed his shoes as the phone rang. Walking over, he leaned against the wall as he answered it. "Mizuno residence," he said into the phone.

"Yo, Cye, what are you doing man?" Kento asked.

"Just got home, what's up?" Cye asked as he went into the kitchen to get himself something to eat.

"Hey, we're all heading out for pizza wanna join us?" Kento asked.

Cye looked at the clock on the wall. "Sure, why not?" he answered, "See you at your place?"

"Perfect!" Kento exclaimed.

"I'll be there in twenty," Cye answered

Hanging up, Cye grabbed his jacket and went to pull his shoes back when he suddenly felt like something was off. Walking through the house, he found the computer disk that Ami used for her classes. "Whoa!" he exclaimed when he picked it up. So much energy was pulsing off it, it almost made his arm throb. Putting it down, he stared at it quizzically. "Bloody hell, what is Ami doing?" he muttered.

Grabbing the disk, he quickly stuck it in his pocket, pulling his sneakers on and rushing out of the house to get to Ami's class.

As he ran around the corner, he let out a shout when he ran into someone. "Ow!" Serena whimpered, rubbing her head.

"Oh bloody hell! Serena, are you okay?" Cye asked as he stood up, holding his hand out to her.

"Yeah, I just didn't know my head could bounce like that," she replied as she took his hand and he pulled her to her feet.

She rubbed her head as she looked at him. "What are you in a hurry for anyways?" she asked.

"I have to go meet with Ami, she left something at home," he replied before running around the corner.

Serena watched him go, furrowing her brow when she looked down to see a computer disk on the ground. "Looks like this is what he was going to take to Ami," Serena commented as she picked the disk up.

"Careful, Serena! That disk has a lot of bad energy coming off it," Luna told her.

Serena looked at her cat curiously. "What? You think Cye and Ami are part of the Negaverse or something? Don't be silly, Luna," she insisted.

"Let's just go see what's on it," Luna answered.

"But I was supposed to meet with Rowen," Serena said with a pout.

The cat just rolled her eyes. "Could you for once stop thinking about your boyfriend for two minutes?" she demanded. Serena sighed as she walked over to the nearest computer store to see what was on the disk.

Cye arrived at the school, letting out a deep breath. "Finally, I made it," he murmured as he went into the school.

Finding Ami's class, he saw that the teacher wasn't in yet and walked into the classroom. "Ami," he called to her. Ami looked up with a gasp.

"Cye! What are you doing here?" she asked.

"You left your disk at home," he replied.

He reached into his pocket to get it when he realized he didn't have it with him. "Oh blast it…" he muttered, "I must've dropped it when I ran into Serena."

"Cye, you can't be in here," she whispered.

"Is there a problem here?" a voice asked, making Cye freeze.

"Uh no, no there's no problem here," Ami replied

Cye looked at the teacher, frowning a little. "Unless you're a student here, I'm going to have to ask you to leave," the teacher told him.

"Sorry," he answered

He looked at Ami, giving her a small smile. "I'll see you later, love," he added.

"Bye," she said softly as she watched him leave.

As Cye stepped out in the hall he felt like something was terribly wrong. Frowning, he looked over his shoulder to see Ami getting ready to lead the class for the night. The teacher turned to look at him and his heart sunk in his stomach. She was a minion from the Negaverse. She made her way out of the classroom, glaring at the teen. "I thought I told you to leave?" she demanded.

"I would but I think I'll stick around and see what you're planning to do with these people," Cye replied.

Realizing she had been found out, she closed the door to her classroom and she kicked Cye so hard that it sent the unsuspecting young man back into a wall. Groaning loudly in pain, he rolled to his feet when she aimed another blow to his head. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his armor orb. "Trust!" he called out.

Tossing it into the air, he let out a shout as he leapt through the air and his sub armor appeared on his body. The minion let out a hiss. "A Ronin Warrior! You're supposed to be dead," she hissed.

"We were given life once more," Cye answered, "Just to stop the evil things like you!"

She threw a whip at him, but Cye rolled out of the way jumping to his feet as she ran at him full force, throwing him out a window. The glass shattered everywhere as he fell to the ground below and the minion leapt through the window after him. "Cye!" he heard someone call. He looked up to see Rowen and Serena running up to him.

"Wait! Cye's like you too?" Serena asked in disbelief.

"You okay man?" Rowen asked as he pulled his friend to his feet.

"She can pack a punch," Cye replied, holding his ribs.

The minion let out a hiss as she threw her whip at the three of them. Serena let out a scream, rushing out of the way. "Serena, transform we need your help over here!" Rowen called out, "ARMOR OF STRATA! TAO INOCHI!"

"ARMOR OF TORRENT! DAO SHIN!" Cye shouted.

"Right," Serena agreed.

She let out a deep breath as she held her hand up. "MOON PRISM POWER!" she shouted. Just as they finished transforming, the minion had disappeared back inside and started draining people of their energy.

The three of them ran back towards the now captured school, running to Ami's classroom. "AMI!" Cye shouted for his girlfriend. Running into the room, he saw the minion pressing Ami's head into the computer screen. "NO!" he shouted. He let out a shout as he leapt through the air, swinging his trident like spear at the minion's head.

The minion let out a hiss and swung her whip at the three of them when Sailor Moon jumped back with a small shriek. "Sailor Moon!" Rowen called out. He held his hand out to her. She gripped his hand as he swung her around and she flew at the minion, kicking her right in the face. While she was distracted, Rowen pulled an arrow from his quiver and fired it at her. The minion screamed in pain as the arrow went through her shoulder. Cye went to stab his spear into her stomach when she grabbed the Warrior of Torrent by the throat.

"CYE!" Sailor Moon shouted, "MOON TIARA…"

Before she could finish her attack, the minion swung her whip, sending both Sailor Moon and Rowen backwards. Their weapons were far out of their reach. "AMI!" Luna shouted at the girl, she flipped through the air and a wand landed in front of her.

"You can talk?!" Ami said with wide eyes.

"Quickly, we don't have much time. Pick up the wand and shout "Mercury Power"," Luna insisted.

Ami held the wand in her hand and saw that Cye was losing his energy. "MERCURY POWER!" she shouted.

Cye watched with wide eyes as his girlfriend transformed into Sailor Mercury right before his very eyes. She glared at the minion. "You let him go!" she snapped, making the Minion look up.

"You?! It can't be!" the minion shrieked.

Sailor Mercury ran over, letting out a shout as she leapt over and kicked her wrist and she let Cye go. He dropped down to one knee, gaining whatever energy he had lost back. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, she packs a punch," he answered as they stood up.

She handed him his spear. "Together," he told her and she nodded her head in agreement. She held her wrists up in front of her in an 'X' and bubbles formed around her wrists. Cye held his spear up and water formed around the tip.

"MERCURY!" she shouted.

"SUPER!" he shouted.

"BUBBLES!"

"WAVE!"

"BLAST!"

"SMASHER!"

The minion screamed as she was struck with both blasts. "Your turn you guys!" Cye called out through the fog of bubbles.

"Right," Rowen answered.

Rowen grabbed his bow off the floor, stringing up an arrow as Sailor Moon removed her tiara from her forehead. "MOON!" she shouted.

"ARROW!" Rowen shouted.

"TIARA!"

"SHOCK!"

"MAGIC!"

"WAVE!"

The minion screamed in horror as the tiara and arrow sliced right through her and she was nothing but a pile of dust on the floor. Sailor Mercury looked at the three of them. "All three of you?" she said in disbelief.

"Yeah, we're getting used to it too," Cye answered with a smirk.

"Wow, Ami, you're Sailor Mercury! How cool!" Sailor Moon said beaming, "I'm not the only girl now."

Sailor Mercury blushed as Cye held her close to him. "We need to get out of here before we draw attention," Rowen commented as he and Cye shed their armor.

"Right," Sailor Moon agreed before she and Mercury went back to their civilian forms.

Cye held his girlfriend's hand as they escaped the university.

When they arrived home, they saw that Ami's mom was home but the lights were off so they knew she was in bed. The two of them snuck inside, removing their shoes before they made their way up the stairs

Reaching her room, Cye gave her a soft smile as he cupped her cheek in his hand. "Goodnight, Sailor Mercury," he whispered. Reaching up, she rested her hand over his.

"Goodnight, Cye of the Torrent," she answered.

Chuckling softly, he leaned forward and kissed her lightly, both of their cheeks flushing red. Pulling away, he gave her as oft smile before he went to his room.

Ami went into her room, closing the door behind her as she leaned against it. He made her heart flutter in her chest like a hummingbird's wings. She couldn't stop thinking about him, since the moment they had met there was something familiar about him that she couldn't quite put her finger on. Flushing, she changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed. She closed her eyes and her mind drifted off into dreamland.

Across the hall, Cye was lying awake in his bed staring at the ceiling. He was disappointed that she didn't remember their past lives together. Rowen had warned him with the fact that Serena had no recollection of their past lives together either, but both of them knew that the girls would remember. They just weren't sure when. Sighing, he turned on his side as he drifted off into a restless sleep.