Bleach Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior ❯ Is the New Kid on the Block Enemy or Friend? ( Chapter 8 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

“Einstein, Hawking; geniuses should use their gifts for world peace. They should never let them fall into the wrong hands! As Silent Warrior, I will make sure to protect those gifts!”
Silent Warrior
Episode 8
TJ is in the rec. room of his house, reading Marvel Stars, a popular magazine about super heroes, and laughing hysterically at one of the articles.
“Don't you have anything better to do than cause all that noise?” Krystalyn asks, walking into the room. “How did you do on your last test?”
“We won't know until tomorrow,” TJ answers. “But don't forget, someone's got to come in first and someone's got to come in last.”
“That's not an excuse TJ, you're better than that.”
Later on, TJ and Prometheus are arguing about his study habits.
“All you do is play video games and read Marvel Stars,” the cat complains.
“That's not completely true,” TJ retorts. “Oh look at this article, it's about this boy who…”
“Do you see what I mean? You're never this serious about your school work. Don't forget that our mission is to find the Chosen One of the new moon, and to fight the enemy.”
That night, after everyone is sleeping, Prometheus sneaks off to Game Edge. After finding a way inside, he goes up to a Terrific T: DW video game console.
“Oh holy ones please grant me thy passage to receive a message of thy vigorous splendor.”
The game screen then turns on, and Prometheus' white diamond shines.
“You must be careful Prometheus,” the machine says. “Someone with power is headed your way, and it's not the Chosen One. If this is the enemy, the Silent Warrior must be ready.”
Is the New Kid on the Block Enemy or Friend?
“I can't believe I did so badly,” TJ complains to Melvin at school the next day. “Mom is going to kill me that I got another C.”
“Who's that guy who got the highest score?” Melvin asks.
“Oh, he's a new student,” Marcy butts in before TJ can answer. “His name is Tyrese Marcel Anderson-Gibson. I heard that he's a brain farm reject, so now he's going here, but he's obviously the smartest person in the school. He did even better than me!”
TJ looks over to see a tall boy with a bald head and dark skin looking at them. He then walks away and TJ wonders if he heard them.
After school, TJ is walking by himself, upset at his low test score, when he spots Tyrese. Before he can walk up to him, Prometheus jumps onto his shoulder from some bushes.
“Hey what are you doing, playing lion of the Serengeti?” Tyrese asks, startled.
Prometheus starts purring and TJ walks up to them.
“Come here Prometheus,” TJ calls out.
“Oh, this is your cat,” Tyrese says. “I wasn't aware I was going to be transferring in with family. Oh, and I heard you and your friends talking about me this morning.”
“Oh that was nothing Cuz, don't even worry about it. Marcy just likes to be the best at everything.” “It'll come in handy to have a genius cousin at the same school I'm at!”
“I think he may be a Youkai,” Prometheus projects to TJ, interrupting his thought.
“Hey, why don't you come with me to Game Edge and hit the arcades?” TJ suggests, ignoring his cat.
“I've never played before, but I've got some time before my school after school,” he replies.
* * *
At the arcade, TJ is playing the new Terrific T first-person shooter game, and doing horrible, as usual.
“Why don't you give it a try?” TJ suggests.
Reluctantly, Tyrese sits down and starts to play. He soon is beating the high score, and a crowd is around him watching.
“Wow, this guy is pretty good,” Miranda comments, coming up to TJ.
“Yeah, he said he'd never played before,” TJ rolls his eyes.
Tyrese glances at his watch, and realizes he's late.
“Sorry, but I've got to go, I'm going to be late,” he explains, rushing off.
“Hey I think one of you dropped this,” Miranda says to TJ, picking up a disk off the floor.
“Oh, this must be Tyrese's disk for his cram school,” TJ says. “I'll go drop it off on my way home.”
* * *
“Sorry I'm late,” Tyrese says to the teacher. “It seems I forgot my disk as well.”
“Just use one of the crystal disks,” she says.
“No thanks, they always give me a headache for some reason.”
Outside, TJ arrives and stops to read the sign.
“Crystal Seminar Cram School: Our Revolutionary Crystal Disks will make your Child a Genius,” TJ reads aloud.
“That sounds completely suspicious to me,” Prometheus comments.
“There's nothing to worry about, it's just a cram school.”
“So, you've finally decided to do some studying?” Ashley asks, appearing from around the corner.
TJ gets mad and Prometheus almost dies from surprise.
“And hey, was your little buddy there just talking just a moment ago?” Ashley continues.
“Now please explain how a cat would talk,” TJ denies.
“Well, for one thing, he is a miniaturized full grown lion, not a cat. That's not something you see every day.”
“He's just unique…and no, he was not just talking. Animals don't talk…”
Before she can make another comment, TJ runs off and drags Prometheus with him.
“That was a close call,” Prometheus says as they round the corner. “Well, since we didn't give the disk back, let's check out what's on it at school.”
The two head to the school and Prometheus gets on a computer in one of the labs.
“Wow, you can use computers too?” TJ asks.
“Yes, I can do a lot of things,” he responds.
Prometheus inserts the disk and starts checking through it, when he comes across a strange file.
“Cover your ears TJ,” he commands.
TJ does so, and the computer starts making a weird sound. It quickly stops, and TJ wonders what's going on.
“It seems there's a brainwashing program on the computer,” Prometheus explains. “I think this is enough evidence that even if he is your cousin, he is a Youkai Demon.”
They both run off to the cram school, and Prometheus tells TJ to disguise himself.
“Disguise Power: change me into a school health administrator!”
TJ changes and then walks into the classroom.
“Everyone, get away from your computer screens, this is a health code violation,” TJ demands.
“Excuse me sir, but you shouldn't interrupt our studies,” Tyrese says, standing up.
“Ah ha, I thought you might try to stop me you demonic lackey! Your days are numbered, Rese.”
“TJ, is that you?”
“Phoenix Transform!”
“Silent Warrior!?”
“What's going on?” the teacher asks.
“I'm here to stop the wrong doings of this classroom,” Silent Warrior says.
“Oh, do you really want to do this?”
The teacher then changes into a Youkai and Prometheus is astonished.
“But I sensed power coming from the boy,” he says.
“Question one Silent Warrior: why did the apple fall from the tree?” the demon asks.
“I don't know, try asking the apple,” he replies.
“That's the wrong answer.”
She then throws papers at him, and Silent Warrior barely dodges them.
“That answer is gravity,” Prometheus says.
“I know that, but she's not my teacher, why should I have to answer?”
“Question 2: what is gravity? Explain in 50 words or less,' the demon continues.
Silent Warrior complains about the questions, and the demon teacher tells him that for not answering, he'll have to be punished. She then snaps her fingers and the students all begin to walk towards Silent Warrior.
“It's time for you to give up your energy too,” it says to Tyrese.
She presses his head against the monitor, but nothing really happens.
“I'll never give in to you, you slimy old toad!” Tyrese yells.
As he yells this, a symbol starts to glow on his forehead.
“That's the Japanese hieroglyph for water/ice element,” Prometheus exclaims.
His white diamond then shines and a necklace with a water/ice kanji appears. Tyrese knocks the demon back and notices the necklace in Prometheus' mouth.
“Put this on and yell out `Dark Ice Power,' then you'll be a soldier like Silent Warrior,” Prometheus instructs.
The Youkai comes up behind Tyrese and attempts to hit him, but misses and breaks a monitor.
“Dark Ice Power!”
Water swarms around Tyrese and then freezes on his body. When it breaks, Tyrese is in a uniform similar to Silent Warrior's, except it is blue and has a water symbol on the chest.
“What's all this nonsense?” the Youkai asks.
“I am Dark Sabre, champion warrior of the Water Element. In the name of good, I will punish you.”
“Wow, Tyrese is a Brother Soldier too,” Silent Warrior comments, avoiding the zombie students.
“I'll help you get rid of them quickly,” Dark Sabre says. “Dark Mist, Paralyze!”
Dark Sabre collects water in between his hands, and then releases a mist paralyzing the enemies.
“Now it's my turn to finish her off. This hand of mine is burning red! Fist of the Phoenix, Flare!”
Silent Warrior destroys the Youkai, and the students all return back to normal.
* * *
“I'm sorry I thought you were one of them,” Prometheus apologizes to Tyrese later.
“It's ok, I would too if I had seen what was on the disk,” Tyrese complies. “This is really cool, fighting evil and all that.”
“Wow, Tyrese is really enthusiastic about joining the fight,” TJ thinks to himself. “I never think like that. I wonder if this is why I have so much trouble…”