A white blur streaked through the roads. The desolate city roads held hollow cars and broken debris.

Rain latched her arms around Ryo's waist and held on tight. "Dude! This rocks! Screw cars when you gotta white tiger right here!"

Ryo winced at the pressure around his midsection. "Uh, Rain? Could you loosen up a bit?"

Rain quickly apologized and released her grip a little. Soon they came upon a tall bridge which stretched across a large river.

Ryo glanced behind him. "I thought you'd ask where we were. Already know or something?" he joked.

"Yup," Rain said in a straight face.

"You do?" Ryo questioned.

"I'm psychic remember?"

"Are not!"

"Are too!"

"Yea right!"

"Course I am!"

Ryo mock scowled. "Do tell then."

Rain smirked. "Well I DID know where you and Sage were."

"Lucky guess," Ryo muttered.

Rain grinned and noticed they were in the middle of the bridge. Ryo swiftly dismounted and looked around quizzically. "Something's not right."

Rain followed sequence. "I'll say. If this is where Cye is, wouldn't Talpa already be here?"

Ryo agreed and looked over the edge of the bridge, seeing large whirlpools below. "Swirling in a sea of salt...Cye."

Rain joined his side and leaned against the wall. "Ryo-kun, I got a bad feeling."

Ryo smiled. "Well if Talpa isn't here maybe he doesn't know Cye is here. Maybe we beat him to it."

Rain sighed and turned around. "Maybe...But if something does happen--"

"Yea yea I know, you'll kick my ass. Since nothing will happen, as a matter of fact, my ass will be in perfect condition as always."

"Ryo...You scare me..."

Ryo flashed his pearly whites and posed.

"Ok, this is just sickening. Get your perfect ass in the water!" Rain felt like she was a swimming instructor.

"..but it looks cold..." Ryo mocked, reading her mind.

::splash:: Rain knocked Ryo off the bridge with a Super Duper Bitch Slap Supreme (invented by Amariie) and he did a mega bellyflop.

"Yeeeouch! Now that HAD to hurt!" Rain laughed hysterically and Ryo hollered and grabbed his tum in pain.

::Meanwhile ((tower of zot music)) in Talpa's chambers...::

"Dammit! Jump Mario jump! No....no! Watch out for that turtle! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ARGGGGH!!!!" Talpa threw down the controller and blasted with Nintendo game with his eye beams.

Sehkmet entered and saw the current situation.

"Bad timing.." he said under his breath as he tried to slip out of the room again.

"SEHKMET!!!!! Get your ass here NOW!!!!!!!" Talpa screamed.

"Umm...yes Master.." he cowered.

"You. Kill Wildfire. Kill Torrent. Got it?" Talpa sneered.

"..got what?" Sekkie scratched the mess of green on top of his head.

"ARRRRRGGGHHHHH!"

"Yelp! I'm going, I'm going!"

Ryo glared up at the speck ontop the bridge and rubbed his sore tummy. "Aooww...I'll get you back just wait ::inaudible mummbling::"

Near his left was a huge whirlpool that extended down to the bottom. Ryo raised an eyebrow and ducked his head under water; he soon came up spating and coughing.

"::heeve:: Ok that ::cough:: was ::choke:: stupid."

He then donned his armor (which allows underwater breathing just in case one of your friends is a water luvin' bud) and dived into the whirlpool.

Dark figures approached the site with caution. They stood atop a small cliff that hung over the shoreline.

Sekhmet set his foot atop a small rock and leaned on it. "Heh, does he not know the secret?"

One of his lackeys looked confused. "Secret?"

Sekhmet glanced towards him. "Of the armors."

"Huh?"

"His armor doesn't react well with water."

"Why?"

"Cause his is fire."

"So?"

"So the fire based water armor doesn't work well with the fire element water and cause when you put fire on water I mean water on fire oh hell I've gone crosseyed." Sekhmet then promptly blasted the bothersome trashcan.

The remaining few followers stepped back a step away from Sekhmet who was now trying to uncross his eyes. "ooo! You guys look weird! All seventeen of you!"

Rain sighed and leaned up against a supporting beam for the bridge. Luckly, she managed to snag Amariie's discman before she stole the car. So, not really caring what Ryo was doing, she sang along to Drops of Jupiter and rested beside White Blaze.

Ryo was enjoying his super water breathing ability. "Man this armour rocks!" he blubbed, watching some fish swim by. Looking down, he saw a whale swimming around. It kinda looked like it was...guarding..something.

Then Ryo noticed the ball of blue light way down on the sea bed. "Cye! Cye bud, wake up!"

::Swish::

A spear nearly gave Ryo a much needed haircut. High tailing it back to surface, he saw a bunch of Dynasty soldiers chucking spears at him. Ryo dove back down. "Cye! Cye you english bastard, wake up!"

Cye tried to open his eyes but they would not obey. His head was throbbing yet he felt at ease. "Oi, damn tequilla..I mean..." He faintly heard a voice calling him. It stuck in his mind. "Ryo! I'm here! Don't..leave..Help...me..." He felt himself falling back into deep slumber but tried to fight it off. Suddenly his forehead burned with a cooling sensation. "Trust..."

Ryo was dodging all he could and fighting off as many as he could handle. He then decided that water was not a good place for fighting. Sekhmet watched from the shoreline as his followers attacked Ryo, who was desparetly trying to stay alive.

Just as Ryo thought he finished off the soldiers, quite a few floating (what's with all this defying gravity??) boats appeared and new soldiers jumped off into the water.

He yelled for Rain's help, but at the present moment Rain was jamming to Amariie's diskman. Rain bobbed her head in tune to the beat and sang a few lines of the song, not noticing Ryo's cries.

"She's back in the atmosphere..."

"Rain!"

"..walks like rain, reminds me that there's..."

"Help!"

"Tell me did you sail across the sun? Did you.."

"Bitch! Help me!"

"..one without a permament scar..."

"RAIN!"

"..deep fried chicken..."

"...nevermind..."

Rain had a feeling that she should turn around. She took off the headphones and looked over the side to see many a soldier tackling Ryo.

"Hey Ryo! Did you say something?"

Ryo looked up, "GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE AND HELP ME!"

Rain scrunched her nose. "All you had to do was ask."

After Ryo gave an over exaggerated sigh, Rain sprinted towards the shore with White Blaze at her side. The duo made it to the shoreline where a few soldiers stood, launching arrows at Ryo. Rain ran full speed towards the soldiers while White Blaze laid down to take a rest, knowing Rain wasn't gonna need his help.

Rain leapt in the air and knocked down a soldier; grabbing his spear and piercing the chest of another soldier. The third soldier took one look at a POed Rain and took off running, yelling something about changing his underwear.

Sekhmet looked down from the cliff at Rain, who was at the moment wondering how the hell she could help Ryo from the shore.

Suddenly it hit her...literally. Ryo blew up a boat with his flare up now and she knocked on the head with a bigass piece of dynasty wood.

"Oh for Christs sake Ryo! Watch where you're ....wait! Ryo I got it!"

Rain bounced up and down on the shore, cupping her hands around her mouth. Since Ryo's sword woke him up, maybe his sword will wake up Cye.

"RYO, CHUCK YOUR SWORD AT CYE!!!" Rain was hopping so much it looked like she was gonna pee her pants.

"What? You bitch! Cye is my friend!" Ryo snapped, angered at her seemingly dumbass remark.

"NO YOU DYKE, NOT AT HIM, BUT NEAR HIM!"

"..oh..ok cool"

Ryo dived down below with tincans on his ass. (ok reeeally bad pun) He swam as fast as he could towards..well he didn't know where he was going but he hoped it was in the general direction of Cye. A spear nearly grazed his shoulder but Ryo caught it and threw it back at the tincan...or so he thought.

"Take that you...Sekhmet?"

Sekhmet was now right in front of Ryo, his swords ready. Ryo swam back a little and cautiously watched the insane warlord. Sekhmet yelled as he lunged straight for Ryo and slashed at the fire warrior. Ryo returned the attack with one of his own. The quarry went on for ages until Ryo felt a tingling sensation around his arm. He looked down to see a red mist seeping from his arm.

"Great googla moogla! Where did that come from?"

Sekhmet grinned. "See? I am too fast for your slow ass. Hey that rhymed!!" Ryo gave Sekhmet an unsure glance before attempting to stab him with his sword. In mid attack, Ryo's back seemed to give out.

"Ah shit! That's the last time I bellyflop in the laaahhh!!"

Sekhmet chuckled deeply. "You don't know the secret do you?"

"What secret?" he asked before a new pain filled his legs.

Remembering earlier he said simply, "Nevermind..."

Ryo knew he had to get away. He was in too much pain to fight so he tried to swim a little aways. Sekhmet saw this and grabbed his ankle, dragging him back to the fight.

"I think not little Ronin."

Sekhmet then attacked full on while Ryo was wondering why the hell his armor was failing him now. The Warlord of Venom released tons of poison all around Ryo, causing it to seep through his armor. Dozens of fish floated helplessly amidst the vemon. Ryo tried to call upon his armor's power by performing his surekill. Sekhmet knocked away Ryo's sword; the lone weapon fell down farther into the sea.

Down below the fight laid Cye, sleeping. Cye was at the point of opening his eyes, but he was immobile. A sparkle of silver caught his eye. It was a sword, drifting down to him.

'Ryo!' Cye thought. 'I must help him! But how?'

Cye focused hard on his armor's power. He repeated 'Tao Shin' over and over in his mind until it became a wave in his mind. His body began radiating a soft aura of blue. It grew and grew until all he could see was azure blue. It pulsated towards the top of the water.

Rain stood on the shore as she watched Sekhmet leap into the water. She didn't know what to do. Long minutes later, she noticed the water glowing a dull blue.

"Well I'll be damned..."

Cye could feel the power brewing within him, put his body was still pinned down.

::WHACK::

Ryo's katana floated down and the hilt smacked him right in the face. "Oh bloddy hell! That's gonna leave a mark...whaaa! Oh golly! I can move! Now Sekhmet, prepare to get whipped!"

::from out of nowhere the sound of a whip cracking causes everyone to halt:: "Where did that come from?" Cye said outloud.

"Oh sorry guys! I guess I was off cue," the sound effects guy peeked through and gave a nervous smile.

" ::grumble grumble:: This new crew, I tell ya..."

Everyone groaned and resumed where they left off.

Cye slipped Ryo's katana in the holder for his trident on his back and pushed off the floor. To his right, he saw Ryo getting his ass kicked by Sehk. He also noticed all his fishies were dead.

His eyes filled with tears, "Oh no...Samantha! Lolly!...not you....Penelope! ARRRGH! TIME TO DIE!" Cye's emotions took the best of him when he say the motionless scaly bodies of his friends.

"SUUUUPAH WAAAAAAVE SMASHAAAAAH!!"

Sekhmet blinked. Big wave. Big wave plus POed British dude. Black.

That was all his tiny mind could register.

Rain looked up to see an awesome explosion come out of the water. First was a drenched Sekhmet then an enraged Cye carrying an unconsious Ryo. Rain and White Blaze bolted to the bridge.

Sekhmet looked up at Rain and groaned. "Oh hell, just what I need, the psycho bitch."

Cye laid Ryo down on the cement. "Rain, look after Ryo. I'm not through with buggie here."

Rain grinned and nodded as Cye took off towards Sekhmet. Sekhmet saw a blue streak and then was on his ass once again.

As Cye battled Sekkie, Rain took care of Ryo. As she took off his helmet, his raven hair fell on his face. "Ack! Amariie would hate to see this! She'd definitly restyle your hair."

Rain stopped to take in the sounds.

::CLANG::

::WHAP::

"Mommy!!!!!!"

She saw a flash of purple light and Sekkie disappeared. In a minute a beaming Cye marched over.

"Cye.." Ryo sputtered.

"Ryo, are you alright?"

"Um I think so. Man, I knew I should've listened to Gramma and taken swimming lessons..."

Cye smiled.

"Let's get rest for a bit," Rain said, not wanting to ruin the reunion. They all picked a spot close to the water but away from all the mess to rest up. Rain took off the headphones and cranked up the volume so they all could faintly hear it.

"...fall from a shooting star..."