Hi there everyone, so this is my first ever Sailor Moon story/fanfic, I hope you like it! I have always –and I mean always- loved Sailor Moon so I was thinking about writing a story that is based on the show/anime.
**Just a few heads up: Zoisite is a girl in this and the names of the characters in this story are all different; some are English versions of the names and some are the Japanese versions of the names.**
Please comment/review and let me know what you think of it, thanks!
Pairings: Rei Hino –Sailor Mars- and Jadeite (I didn't like the ending because I completely love Jadeite; I was so upset that Queen Beryl did that to him –put him in eternal sleep- so I decided to change it up a bit… let's see what happens…)
Story Based On: The show/anime- episode 13
I do NOT own the cover picture either! :)
Full Summary: Based on Episode 13. What if during the Sailor Scouts' last fight with Jadeite at the airport ended differently? What if Sailor Mars begins to have feelings towards the man who is supposed to be the enemy? She cannot help, but feel the way she does and when she finds out Jadeite changed and might feel the same way, where will things go? When Sailor Mars gives Jadeite a chance to change and join their side, everything changes and Queen Beryl is annoyed and angry. She wants revenge against the general that betrayed her. Just how far things will go and what will happen to the Sailor Scouts and Jadeite? Is this all a fight worth fighting over or all a lie?
I OWN NOTHING; I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON.
. . .
'A Fight Worth Fighting For'
Part 1
. . .
He failed. Jadeite failed once again and now he must yet again answer to his master, Queen Beryl. Honestly, he is scared of what she will do. Queen Beryl is already furious that he has failed so many times, and she has already promised this would be his last chance if he were to fail again. Which, he now did.
The Sailor Scouts beat Jadeite and now the three scouts are tired and worn out. Sailor Moon has never –and I mean never- run so much in her life.
When Jadeite sent the two large jets after the Sailor Scouts, they needed a plan . . . and quick.
*Moments Ago*
Jadeite challenged the Sailor Scouts to a fight at the airport and they accepted. Once at the airport, the Scouts are greeted with evil cops who are made out of clay. The Scouts defeat them easily and continue to search for Jadeite.
When the Sailor Scouts find Jadeite, he begins to smirk and attack them. He sends two large jets after the Scouts and they must think of a plan before the jets crush them.
For a minute, the jets stop moving because suddenly a red rose appears. Jadeite looks at the rose in confusion until a rose appears in front of him: Tuxedo Mask.
"You need to work as a team, Sailor Scouts; you can win this!" Tuxedo Mask shouts out to the Sailor Scouts. Jadeite shakes his head, "They will never win! I am going to win this!"
When Jadeite goes to attack the Sailor Scouts once more, Tuxedo Mask attacks Jadeite and they both fall into the ocean that was right beside them. The Sailor Scouts wait anxiously for Tuxedo Mask to reappear, but seconds later only Jadeite comes out of the water.
So, once more, Jadeite begins to control the jets and the Sailor Scouts finally come up with the best plan they can think of . . . and Sailor Moon does not like it one bit.
Sailor Moon starts running, making the jets now chase only her. So, here Sailor Moon is, running for her life while two large jets are chasing after her and she hates it because she running.
Meanwhile Sailor Mercury uses Sabão Spray, or her bubble attack (Mercury, bubbles, blast), which that unleashes a large, powerful, thick fog and that makes Jadeite unable to see and his vision becomes blurry.
Now, while one jet is now chasing Sailor Moon and the other chasing after Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars usesAkuryo Taisan (Mars Fireball Charge), or dispelling special paper to exorcise evil spirits, on Jadeite's back and, since Jadeite is the enemy, that makes the two jets start to chase after him instead.
Sailor Moon faces her friends, Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury, before giving them a sharp nod. She then faces Jadeite, who is now running away from the two jets, and she smirks.
Sailor Moon then takes off her tiara and starts to spin around. She shouts out, "Moon . . . Tiara . . . MAGIC!" Her tiara attacks Jadeite and at the last second he dodges it.
Jadeite falls to the ground and the two jets are about to crush him, but suddenly, when they are only inches away from him, they stop.
*Now*
The jets stop only inches before crushing Jadeite. He is lying on the ground, scratches, cuts and bruises are all over his body and face.
He slowly looks up, wondering why the jets did not crush him, why he is not dead, or why he did not teleport to the Dark Kingdom face to face with Queen Beryl.
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon's eyebrows are knit together, also confused as to why the jets didn't crush him and kill him.
Jadeite struggles to his feet, but Sailor Moon rushes over to him and stops him, "Don't even think about running, Jadeite."
Jadeite doesn't answer though, he is on his knees, his hand on his stomach and he is trying to hold in the pain. His eyes are watery, but not because of the massive amount of pain he is feeling, it is because he is scared what Queen Beryl is going to do to him.
"Don't worry, Sailor Scout, I don't plan on going anywhere . . . at least not anytime soon." Jadeite says as he blinks back tears that he will not allow to spill.
Sailor Mercury walks up to Sailor Moon and Jadeite and asks with a curious look on her face, "Does anyone know why the jets stopped moving?"
Sailor Moon shrugs her shoulders and looks at Luna, "Luna, got any ideas?"
Luna shakes her head though, "No, but now we have to figure out what we are to do with him."
"Maybe he could give us information on the Negaverse?" Sailor Mercury suggests. Luna nods in agreement, but Sailor Moon notices how Sailor Mars is being very quiet.
"Mars? Everything okay?" Sailor Moon asks as she watches Sailor Mars stare at the ground and her arms are folded across her chest.
Sailor Mars snaps out of her thoughts and she stutters, ". . . Y-yes?"
Sailor Moon walks over to her friend after mumbling to Luna and Sailor Mercury to keep an eye on Jadeite.
"What's wrong? You're usually never this quiet." Sailor Moon says, "Do- do you know why the jets stopped moving?"
Sailor Mars stares into Sailor Moon's big cerulean color eyes and says, "They were going to kill him."
"You stopped them, didn't you?" Sailor Moon says more of a statement than a question.
"I had to! I couldn't just watch them crush him and then he would probably have been teleported back to the Dark Kingdom and we would have lost him." Sailor Mars says quickly, hoping that they will buy the excuse even though she knows there is another reason why she did it.
Jadeite looks up at Sailor Mars and harshly says, "You should have just killed me."
"And why would I do that?" Sailor Mars asks with a raised eyebrow and an annoyed look on her face.
"Because either way I'm going to die, so you might as well have done the job, Sailor Scouts." Jadeite snaps, his face cold and his dark blue eyes are like ice.
Sailor Mars slowly walks over to Jadeite, her eyebrows are knit together and she says a little above a whisper, "What are you talking about?"
"None of your business, children. I do not need your mercy." Jadeite snaps instantly and Sailor Moon gasps, "Hey, can you be a bit nicer? Geez, she made sure those jets didn't kill you; you can at least be nicer."
Sailor Mars bends down on her knees and looks Jadeite right in the eyes. Her dark violet eyes staring into his dark sapphire ones, "You might as well tell us, so spill."
Jadeite sighs, but begins to tell them anyways, not really seeing the problem of hiding it any longer, "Queen Beryl, my master, told me this was my last chance to beat you three and have the energy she wants. I failed too many times in her eyes and she said this would be my last. She said she would put me in eternal sleep if I fail and then she would vanish me into complete darkness. I would rather be dead."
"You're scared." Sailor Mars says, but Jadeite chuckles, "No, of course I am not scared."
"Sailor Mars, who cares? We won! We should celebrate and let him deal with whatever he has to deal with. Come onnnnnnnnnnnn!" Sailor Moon whines with a huge smile on her face and Sailor Mercury and Luna nod their heads in agreement.
"Guys, why don't you go to the arcade and I'll meet you there later?" Sailor Mars says, not taking her eyes off Jadeite.
After hesitating for a few seconds Sailor Moon nods, but Sailor Mercury asks her friend with a worried expression on her face, "Are you sure, Mars?"
Sailor Mars just nods in response and with that, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Luna leave Sailor Mars and Jadeite.
Jadeite slowly makes it to his feet and moans in pain, "W-why are you still here?"
"Do you want me to leave?" Sailor Mars asks a bit more harshly than she had intended.
Jadeite sighs, in way too much pain to fight with her, "I don't care. Do what you want, Sailor Scout."
"I have a name, you know." Sailor Mars says as she eyes him with her violent colored eyes. He rolls his eyes and sarcastically mutters, "Fine, I don't care. Do what you want, 'Sailor Mars'. Happy now?"
"Much." Sailor Mars replies with a smirk on her lips. Jadeite eyes her and Sailor Mars shrugs her shoulders, "What?"
Jadeite says nothing, just a simple shake to the head, letting his blonde hair fall in front of his eyes as he stares at the ground, still holding his stomach.
As Sailor Mars starts to see Jadeite walk away, she raises an eyebrow and grabs his arm; he winces at the pain. Instantly Sailor Mars utters with an apologetic look in her eyes, "Sorry . . ."
Jadeite nods and pulls his arm away from the girl, "It's fine. What do you want? You beat me. Why aren't you out celebrating with everyone else?"
"Maybe I don't want to celebrate." Sailor Mars says as she shrugs her shoulders. Jadeite laughs and raises an eyebrow, "Why are you even still here? I'm the enemy or did you forget that, naïve little girl?"
Sailor Mars let out a long sigh, "Why can't you just appreciate it? Maybe I don't want to go and celebrate and maybe I don't want to go hang out with my friends when you are supposed to go back to the Dark Kingdom and die. Or how about maybe I don't want to leave you alone! Are you happy now?"
Jadeite stares at Sailor Mars with shock in his eyes. Sailor Mars' face begins to get red: as red as her crimson skirt.
Sailor Mars immediately looks away and mumbles, "I-I should go . . ." Sailor Mars then turns around and begins walking away. Jadeite watches her leave for a second, still in shock at what just happened, but then he shakes his head and runs after her.
"Wait!" Jadeite calls out, but Sailor Mars doesn't look back at him; she does stop walking. He runs up to her so now he is right behind her and he hesitates before placing his hand on Sailor Mars' shoulder.
"I'm-I'm sorry, okay? I- I'm just- . . . you're right, okay? I am scared of what Queen Beryl is going to do to me and I'm scared because I know she is going to put me to eternal sleep and I-I don't know . . ." Jadeite whispers and Sailor Mars could hear the pain in his voice. She hears his struggle to hold back his feelings.
Slowly Sailor Mars turns around and looks him in the eyes. She then whispers, "Then why go back?" Jadeite chuckles, "There is no running from Queen Beryl . . . I have to."
He sighs and when Sailor Mars says nothing, Jadeite slowly turns around and goes to leave. However, this time Sailor Mars stops him, "Stay."
"Excuse me?" Jadeite asks with a raised eyebrow as he turns around to look at Sailor Mars with a questioning look.
"I don't want you to go . . . what if I promise you I will protect you- that we'll protect you?" Sailor Mars says as she chews on her bottom lip. Jadeite looks at her with a confused and shocked expression on his face, "Why would you do that?"
Sailor Mars huffs, "Must you always ask questions? Listen, if you can promise me you can change and not harm me or my friends . . . I will protect you. You wouldn't have to go back to Queen Beryl . . . you'll be safe."
"Why should I trust you?" Jadeite asks with his eyebrows knitted together. Sailor Mars rolls her violet eyes and says as if it is the most obvious reason in the world, "I saved you and I'm standing here with you right now, aren't I?"
Jadeite nods his head slowly and then asks, "Why do you trust me?" Sailor Mars laughs, "You ask way too many questions. However, to answer the question . . . I don't, but I'm still willing to give you the chance and fight for you anyways."
Jadeite lets a small smile appear on his lips, "Thank you." Sailor Mars smirks and winks, "Don't mention it. However, if you betray any of us . . . I will deep-fry you to a crisp and then feed you to the crows. Got it?"
"Yes ma'am." Jadeite says with a wink and a small chuckle. Sailor Mars blushes and instantly looks away.
'Since when has his laugh become so cute? When has he become so handsome? Am I . . . am I falling for-for Jadeite?' Sailor Mars thinks to herself as she bites her lower lip.
"What do we do now?" Jadeite asks, breaking Sailor Mars out of her thoughts.
"Want to take a walk?" The Sailor Scout asks with a shrug.
Jadeite grins and shrugs his shoulders, "Why not?"
*The Dark Kingdom: With Queen Beryl*
There Queen Beryl is, sitting in her chair, staring at her crystal ball. She saw everything that happened with Jadeite and the Sailor Scouts and mostly importantly, she saw that he chose to be on the Sailor Scouts' side instead of hers. He is a traitor.
The door to the throne room opens slowly and a man with long, brown hair enters. He bows and says, "You asked for me, my queen?"
Queen Beryl looks up from her crystal ball and in her usual, evil voice she says, "Yes, I need you to do something important for me. Jadeite has failed once again and he then has even mustered up the NERVE to stray to the Sailor Scouts' side! I need you to destroy him and those Sailor Scouts. Is that understood, Nephrite?"
Nephrite smirks and nods his head, "Yes, my queen."
"Good, now go and take care of things." Queen Beryl replies in a harsh tone, but with an evil smirk on her dark, wine stained lips.
With one last nod from Nephrite, he leaves.
Queen Beryl looks back at her crystal ball and says to herself as the image of Sailor Mars walking through a park with Jadeite appears, "You will pay, Jadeite, for your betrayal. Oh and for you, Sailor Scouts? It will be the end. I can promise you that."
. . .
It has now been two weeks since Jadeite has joined the Sailor Scouts' side. At first Luna, Sailor Moon, and Sailor Mercury did not trust him and disagreed with Sailor Mars, but finally Sailor Mars convinced them to give him a chance. They also were not comfortable with Jadeite knowing who they really are –Ami and Serena-. Sailor Mars understood why and knew they still didn't fully trust him. Later on, though, they started to trust him more and more as he told them stories how he was not always bad and he use to be a guardian of Prince Endymion until they were brainwashed. Lately, ever since he stopped working for Queen Beryl, he has been remembering more and more memories before he was brainwashed.
So, finally Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon decided they had trusted him a bit more and they finally showed him who they were: Serena and Ami.
Now, the four of them –plus Luna- are sitting in the park. Ami and Serena are sitting on the wooden bench and Rei and Jadeite are sitting on the soft, bright green grass.
"I'm tired." Serena moans as she lets out a long sigh, "And hungry."
"Must you always complain? You whine more than a baby- oh wait, you are one." Rei snickers while rolling her eyes with an annoyed look on her face.
"Must you always be such a meanie?" Serena shoots back with an offended and annoyed look on her face.
"Must you always be such a brat?" Rei says and eyes her. Both girls are glaring fiercely at each other.
"Must you always start-" Serena begins, but then Ami cuts her off by shouting, "Enough! Can't the two of you ever get along?"
"NO," Both Rei and Serena reply in unison. Jadeite and Ami roll their eyes, but laugh anyway while Rei and Serena continue to stare angrily at each other.
Rei looks up at the sky and sighs, "It's nice out today."
"It is; it's very lovely out." Ami says with a smile as she, also, looks up at the sky.
Jadeite nods his head agreement, but he is not paying much attention to the conversation. He is staring at Rei, her beautiful long, black hair is flowing in the wind, her dark, violet color eyes are shining brightly and her skin is soft and smooth. He hears the way she laughs, the way she can be so stubborn, the way she argues with Serena, he sees the way she smiles, the way her eyes light up when she talks about something that interests her, and he just mainly loves everything about her.
'Am I . . . ? Am I starting to fall for . . . Rei? No, never . . . 0r am I? Is it even possible for me to like her? Does she feel the same way . . . maybe? I mean, she did save me and let me join the good side so that has to count for something. Ugh, since when do I even care about love and all that pointless stuff? I should just forget about this . . . but yet what happens if I cannot forget? What happens if I cannot or maybe if I don't want to forget my feelings towards her? Maybe I should pull her aside and tell her? Yes, I sound like a stupid love-struck puppy that is helplessly in love. Maybe I should-' Jadeite thinks to himself, but when Rei nudges his shoulder, he snaps out of his thoughts.
"You okay there? You zoned out or something." Rei says with concern and confusion in her dark, purple eyes.
Jadeite gives Rei a smile and shakes his head, "Sorry, just thinking."
"About?" Serena asks with a raised eyebrow. Jadeite looks at Rei, then Ami, then even Luna for help, but then looks at Serena saying, "Stuff?"
"Oh Serena, leave him alone!" Rei snaps and Serena just sticks her tongue out, "What? I'm just curious to what he's thinking, geez, Rei."
"Here we go again." Ami says with a sigh and Luna shakes her head, "And to think she's Sailor Moon, keeper of peace."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean, Luna?" Serena says with a frown on her face as she folds her arms across her chest.
"Maybe it means because you're too much of a baby to be Sailor Moon?" Rei says with a roll to the eyes and Serena gasps.
Ami suddenly stands up and claps her hands together, "Okay! Before the two of you attack each other . . . Serena, you want to go get ice cream?"
Serena's sapphire color eyes light up and she instantly nods her head excitedly, "Yes! Let's go get some!"
Ami rolls her eyes and smiles at Rei and Jadeite, "We'll be right back, maybe fifteen to twenty minutes most. Want anything?"
Rei shakes her head and Jadeite says, "No, thanks though."
Ami nods and then with that, Ami, Luna, and Serena leave the park to go get some ice cream.
Rei sighs and lies down on the grass on her back. She stares up at the sky and smiles, "Finally, we can enjoy the peace and quiet, huh?"
Jadeite chuckles and lies down on the grass beside Rei, "What is with you and Serena?"
Rei shrugs her shoulders, "I don't know really. Serena and I are always fighting and arguing. I guess it's just a thing between us."
"Oh." Jadeite replies, his eyes never leaving the baby blue sky that has white clouds spread across it.
Minutes pass in silence between the two and Jadeite starts thinking to himself once again, 'Maybe I should just do it now and get it over with. Maybe if I say it quickly she won't be as mad or shocked? What do I do? Nope, never mind, this is stupid, the Sailor Scouts are just beginning to trust me and I don't want to lose mine and Rei's friendship. So it's final, I am not going to do it-' However, his thoughts are interrupted, again, when Rei taps his shoulder, "Hey, what's wrong? You zoned out again."
Jadeite looks next to him to see Rei staring at him with concern eyes, "Rei . . . there is something I have been meaning to tell you."
"Yes? What?" Rei asks with a raised eyebrow and now a curious look on her face.
Jadeite takes a deep breath before saying, "What would you say if I told you that I might- I might have feelings . . . for you?"
Rei blinks at him and she sits up, "What- what did you just say, Jadeite?"
Jadeite sits up as well and stares at her, "I . . . I can't explain it. I think it's a human emotion out of my realm of understanding. I think- I like you, Rei."
"And you're not lying . . . you mean it and you're not just playing around with my feelings because you're on the bad side . . . ? And trying to mess with my head?" Rei asks with a worried look in her eyes and she bites her lip.
Jadeite jumps to his feet and snaps, "Of course not! Why would you even think of something like that?"
Rei stands up so she is now face to face with Jadeite, "Well what do you expect me to expect? Only two weeks ago you were trying to kill us and now all of a sudden you have feelings for me?"
Jadeite shakes his head and chuckles darkly, "You know what, I knew this was a stupid idea and I shouldn't have done it."
Jadeite turns around and goes to leave, but Rei stops him, "Jadeite, don't go. Okay I'm sorry; it's just that you caught me off guard. I was not expecting you to just say that out of nowhere. The thing is . . . I kind of have feelings towards you and I was scared to feel them or tell you so I just tried to ignore them . . . but that wasn't working out well."
Rei sighs and leans against a tree, "I guess that's why I have been being meaner to everyone. I have been keeping my real feelings locked up and so I have been taking my anger out on people . . . mostly Serena. Huh . . . I wonder if she's okay."
"I think she's fine." Jadeite says as he stands next to her and looks down at Rei, "I'm sorry I flipped out. It's just that I'm actually happier I'm on the 'good' side and not working for Queen Beryl anymore. I would never betray you like that and I would never hurt you by using your feelings against you."
Rei smirks and looks up at him, "Good. That's good to know."
Jadeite chuckles and then slowly he leans closer to Rei. Inch by inch, their faces get closer and closer together, "So, Rei, are you going to tell Ami and Serena or am I . . . ?"
Before Rei could answer, she feels Jadeite's cold lips against hers. She instantly, without hesitation, kisses him back. Her arms snake around his neck, her on her tippy toes, and his arms wrap around her thin waist.
They share a long, passionate kiss, but immediately pull away when they hear Ami's remark, "Well it looks like neither of you have to tell us; we could see it for ourselves."
Both Jadeite and Rei blush and Serena smirks, "Huh . . . who knew Rei could be so passionate and . . . nice?"
Rei eyes Serena and hisses, "Shut up- what does Darien call you?- Oh, that's right! Shut up meatball head."
Serena gasps, "Hey! Pick out your own nickname for me. That nickname is already taken by him and him only!"
Luna shakes her head and sighs, "I am so glad you girls are taking your jobs as Sailor Scouts seriously and not worrying about boys."
Ami chuckles, "It's okay, Luna, we will take our job as Sailor Scouts very seriously."
The purple cat then jumps onto the wooden bench and starts speaking, "So, does anyone else find it a bit strange how the Negaverse hasn't send any other enemies after us since Jadeite agreed to join the 'good' side?"
Serena looks at Jadeite with a questioning look, "Do you know anything about why they wouldn't send someone else after us?"
Rei eyes Serena and quickly says, "Why would he, Serena? Jadeite has nothing to do with the Negaverse anymore."
Jadeite places his hand on Rei's shoulder, "Thanks, Rei, but it's okay, I got this." He then faces Serena and the other Sailor Scouts, "To answer your question, Serena, is no. I am not sure why Queen Beryl hasn't sent anyone else yet in my replacement, but I'm sure she will be soon."
"Great, more boneheads to fight." Serena mumbles under her breath.
. . .
Three days later Rei and Jadeite are walking through town, talking. Both are holding hands and smiling.
"I cannot believe we're going out. Honestly if you would have asked me a month ago if I would ever think I would ever go out with you, I would have said no way." Rei says as she smiles up at Jadeite, who is grinning back at her.
"Hey, and if you would have asked me a month ago if I would ever go out with some brat in the Sailor Scouts, I would have asked him if they have lost their minds." Jadeite says with a small chuckle as Rei rolls her bright, violet eyes.
"Jadeite . . ." Rei suddenly asks, her voice getting quiet. Jadeite raises an eyebrow and looks at her with a confused and worried look, "What's wrong? You're usually never this quiet."
"I like you . . ." Rei begins and Jadeite laughs, "I know that, Rei. I think we both figured that out already; I like you too."
Rei shakes her head and stops walking, her hand still tightly in Jadeite's, "No . . . you don't get it."
"Get what, Rei?" Jadeite asks, his eyebrows knitting together in confusion.
"Jadeite, I like you a lot. I know we have only known each other for a little while and most of the time I did know you, you were 'evil' and all, but there is just some connection I have towards you . . . I don't know. It's like, remember how you said you were once a guardian for Prince Endymion, but then you said you were brainwashed you believe or something like that?" Jadeite nods so Rei continues, "So maybe in that lifetime you and I shared something or we had feelings towards one another? I don't know because it's like I have known you my whole life and I- I-" Rei tries to finish, but she begins struggling and Jadeite places both of his hands on each of her shoulders, "What? Rei you could tell me." Rei's face starts to turn a light shade of red and the next thing she knows is that she blurts out, "I love you, okay?"
Silence.
More silence.
And even more silence.
Neither one of them say anything; the two of them just stare into each other's eyes as people walk pass them and bump into them while some mutter apologizes and some just walk off.
"What did you say?" Jadeite asks with a low voice. Rei bites her lower lip and does not respond. Jadeite takes a closer step towards her and once again whispers, "Rei, what did you just say . . . ?"
Rei hesitates and then slips her hand out of Jadeite's and mutters, "I-I have to go. I-I think Serena, um, needs me?" Before she could even gets the words out of her mouth she runs off in the opposite direction, leaving Jadeite standing there with confusion all over his face.
. . .
Rei runs in the opposite direction as fast as her legs can go. Now Rei has to hide because she could feel the hot tears running down her face and she does not cry. Everyone, including all her friends and family know and has never seen her cry. If someone were to see her crying, they would be shocked and they would not believe it.
Rei Hino crying? No. Sailor Mars crying? Never.
The next thing Rei knows is that she is standing in the middle of the park, surrounded by colorful flowers and dark, green leaves.
Rei lets out a long sigh as her finger touches one of the dark, bloody red roses. She stares down at it and lets the tears continue to roll down her face.
"You know," A new, unfamiliar voice appears behind her, "I always loved the color of roses. It's just a nice, live color; they're the same color as blood."
Rei instantly turns around and sees a somewhat handsome man standing there with long, wavy, dark brown hair, piercing blue eyes, the same outfit as Jadeite, and a smirk on his tan face.
"Who are you?" Rei questions with a harsh voice, her eyebrows knitted together and she instantly wipes her tears away.
"Aw, was the Sailor Scout crying?" The man teases and Rei clenches her fists, "I won't ask again. Who. Are. You?"
The man shakes his head and laughs, "So rude. Besides, shouldn't it be ladies first? I should at least know which person I am speaking with, Rei or Sailor Mars?"
Rei eyes him and she coldly replies, "My name is Rei. I'm still waiting for your name, so, what is it?"
The man rolls his ice blue eyes, but says with a slight shrug to the shoulders, "My name is Nephrite."
"What do you want?" Rei asks, taking a step back, but Nephrite takes a step forward towards her.
"Oh come on, Sailor Scout, don't be naïve." Nephrite says as he waves his finger in the air.
Rei eyes him, "You're quite annoying; has anyone ever told you that?"
"So, why were you crying? Why are you all alone in the middle of the park? Huh?" Nephrite says as he folds his arms across his chest and raises an eyebrow.
Rei laughs and sarcastically asks, "Oh, and I'm going to tell you my problems?" Rei goes to turn around and just walk away, but then Nephrite chuckles and says, "Is it my good old friend, Jadeite? What did he do? He has a reputation of being a bit nasty and sarcastic."
That hit a nerve.
Almost instantly, Rei turns around, eyes Nephrite, and harshly growls, "Don't you dare talk about him!"
"Oh, did I hit a nerve? Sensitive spot I presume?" Nephrite asks with a smirk on his lips.
Rei clenches her fists so hard that they are turning white, "You know nothing about him, Nephrite."
"Oh, I don't, do I? You know, my dear, I have known him most of my life. So, I think I do know more about him than you do; sorry." Nephrite says with a smirk and it is obvious he is trying to hold back his laughter.
Rei laughs and purses her lips together, obviously annoyed and pissed, "You might think so, but you're wrong."
"Then why are you crying?" Nephrite presses and Rei sharply snaps, "Shut up!"
Nephrite eyes her and shakes his head, "I don't like that tone you're using." Rei laughs again, "Good and you know what? I don't care."
Suddenly a man comes out from behind a tree who is wearing a gardening hat, jean shorts and a white T-shirt. The man is holding a shovel in his right hand and his other hand is in a fist. His eyes are pure black and a smirk is on his dark lips.
Rei backs up the furthest she can and now her back is pressing against a tree, "What did you do to that man, Nephrite?!"
Nephrite chuckles darkly and shrugs his shoulders, "Oh nothing, just thought I should cheer you up by sending someone over here to- oh I don't know- kill you perhaps?"
"Leave her alone, Nephrite!" A new, but now familiar, voice appears. Rei and Nephrite turn around to see Jadeite standing there with his hands in fists and an angry look on his face.
Nephrite smirks, "Ah, just in time to join in on the fun. Nice to see you again; too bad you're on the wrong side though, wouldn't you say?"
"What do you want?" Jadeite asks cruelly.
"What do you think, Jadeite? Oh and Queen Beryl is not so happy you decided to go against her; she wants revenge." Nephrite says with a mocking frown on his lips.
"Is this what this is, Nephrite? Revenge? You are going to hurt Rei because Queen Beryl wants me to pay for leaving her and coming to the Sailor Scouts' side? Queen Beryl was going to kill me if I went back to the kingdom! I-I care about Rei and you are not going to hurt her." Jadeite says through his teeth, his voice in a low, dangerous growl.
Rei looks at Jadeite before saying with an emotionless voice, but her eyes are full of confusion and hurt, "I could take care of and protect myself."
Jadeite looks at Rei and goes to say something, but Nephrite interrupts, "Aw, did the two of you fight or something?"
"Ugh, would you just shut it already?" Rei snaps at Nephrite with a roll to the eyes.
"That's enough; I had it with the two of you. Goodbye, Sailor Scout." Nephrite says and then looks at the man, "Attack!"
The man begins limping towards Rei and Jadeite goes to jump in front of her, but Rei stops him by shouting out, "No, Jadeite, go and find Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury! I'll be fine!"
Jadeite looks at her with an unsure look on his face and Rei smirks, "Now go!"
He hesitates at first, but with wide eyes, he watches Rei put her red pen in the air that has a mars symbol on the top of it and shouts out, "MARS POWER!"
Fire starts wrapping tightly around Rei's body and she begins spinning around. She then appears in red high heels, her white gloves, and her usual Sailor Scout outfit with the red skirt and a purple bow on the back and on the front of the outfit.
Her eyes are a deep violet color with a sparkle in them and her hair is long and shiny. A smirk appears on her lips and she winks at Jadeite. Nephrite narrows his eyes at Sailor Mars and then he glances at Jadeite, but before he could say anything to him, Jadeite runs off.
The man with the shovel continues to makes his way towards Sailor Mars; the shovel is high and firmly in his hands.
The man starts swinging the shovel, aiming for Sailor Mars, but at last seconds, Sailor Mars dodges them. The man is using all of his energy, which that makes Nephrite only stronger and stronger.
Nephrite, however, sees Sailor Mars dodging each swing of the shovel and he realizes he has to do something to stop and destroy Sailor Mars before the other Scouts and Jadeite return.
Slowly a smirk appears on Nephrite's lips when an idea pops into his head. Nephrite glances at Sailor Mars and the man quickly before turns his attention to a piece of a twig that is lying on the ground, buried in leaves. With one quick move, Nephrite stomps on the twig, making a cracking noise because of the leaves and the twig makes a loud snapping noise.
Sidetracked, Sailor Mars turns her attention to where the snapping noise is coming from, thinking it is coming from her friends who are just about arriving, but only then when she sees Nephrite smirking at her, she knows it was a trap.
Before she could fully duck, the man swings his shovel and slams it hard against her right shoulder. Sailor Mars screeches in pain and then falls to her knees while gripping her right shoulder with her left hand.
. . .
Jadeite is running through the town, searching everywhere he could think of, looking for Serena, Ami, and even Luna.
His eyes are wide, but he keeps his facial expression calm while inside even though he could feel his heart racing quickly, but he tries to keep himself relaxed and focused.
Jadeite tries, at the moment, to pretend to be the self he used to be before he joined the Sailor Scouts and the 'good' side. When he use to be emotionless, strong, confident, a bit cocky, how he usually used his charm to get him to win over the girls so he could take their energy . . . his old self.
Sometimes he wonders how he went from working for someone like Queen Beryl to working with the Sailor Scouts and a talking, purple cat. They are completely opposite and how he ever fell in love was a whole other story that he isn't even sure if he fully understands. He use to try to kill the Sailor Scouts . . . he use to try to kill Sailor Mars . . . the same girl who right now is he in desperate need to save and protect, but the only way of doing that would be getting help and finding Serena and Ami.
'Ugh, where could those girls be? I tried their homes, their school, and the park I know they aren't there, so where could they be? I checked practically this whole entire-' Jadeite starts thinking to himself, but stops when he realizes the only one other place they could be. Jadeite slaps his forehead and mutters, "The arcade!"
Instantly Jadeite sprints to the arcade while hoping that the two girls are there and if they aren't . . . he is most likely . . . screwed.
. . .
About not even five minutes later and here Jadeite is, swinging the door to the arcade open. He anxiously looks around, still praying that Serena and Ami are here, but he sees only strangers.
He growls is frustration and he shakes his head, knowing he can't leave Rei- or well Sailor Mars at the moment, alone any longer. He needs to help her. He turns to go and leave, but as he is walking out, he bumps into Serena, Ami, and Andrew.
"Oh, hey there." Andrew says with a smile and a small wave to Jadeite.
Jadeite, on the other hand, completely ignores him and looks straight at Ami and Serena and harshly whispering, "Let's go, I need you both, now."
Both, Ami and Serena's eyes widen and Ami quickly turns to Andrew, "I am very terribly sorry, but we must go."
Serena frowns, but nods, "Aw, yeah we'll see you later!"
Andrew smiles and nods as he watches the three, Ami, Serena, and Jadeite, run off in the opposite direction.
. . .
As they are running, Serena and Ami look at Jadeite with confusion on their faces. "What's going on, Jadeite?" Ami asks with a raised eyebrow and a worried look on her face.
Serena pouts and whines, "Yeah, what gives? We were just about to hang out with Andrew some more before you just had to ruin it. That was rude, I mean don't you even care about my love life and how dreamy Andrew is and-" Before Serena could continue, Jadeite snaps, "Rei is in trouble! Queen Beryl sent someone else from the Negaverse and he is going to take all the energy from some guy and kill Rei!"
Ami and Serena gasp and Luna, who somehow caught up and is running behind them, yells, "Quick, girls, transform! We need the Sailor Scouts for this one and Rei needs your help."
Serena and Ami both nod in agreement. Jadeite, Ami, and Serena all make it in the beginning of the park and the two girls exchange a quick glance before transforming into Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon.
Ami takes out her blue pen with the Mercury symbol on the top of it and shouts out, "MERCURY POWER!"
Serena takes a deep breath, glances at Jadeite and then raises her hand in the air and screams, "MOON PRISM POWER!"
Ribbons start to wrap around Serena's body and she begins to transform into Sailor Moon. Her body spins around with her eyes closed as her Sailor Scout outfit starts to form. Then, once her Sailor Scout outfit is on, for the final touch the golden tiara with a red gem in the middle of it appears on, now Sailor Moon's, forehead.
Ami's body is spinning around with her eyes tightly closed while blue ribbons and water surround her body and her Sailor Scout outfit begins to form on her body.
Once Ami fully changed into Sailor Mercury, for the final detail of her being a Scout, a golden tiara with a blue gem in the middle appears on her forehead.
Both girls open their eyes and look at Jadeite, who right now has wide eyes and a raised eyebrow.
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon both laugh at his expression and Jadeite just shakes his head, "Yeah, I don't think I'm ever going to get used to that."
Luna rolls her eyes and then starts walking off, heading towards the middle of the park, "Let's go!"
The three of them nod and quickly follow Luna; the entire time they are running towards the direction Rei and Nephrite are and Jadeite is silently praying that Rei is okay.
. . .
Sailor Mars is on her knees, her eyes squeezed shut, hoping that by doing that, her pain would decrease . . . it doesn't.
Nephrite chuckles as he watches Sailor Mars on her knees in pain. "Ah," Nephrite begins with a smirk, "having trouble there, Scout?"
Sailor Mars eyes him, but before she could respond, she sees the man going for another strike at her with the shovel. Sailor Mars quickly, but painfully, dodges it at the last second. She moans in pain as she slowly makes it to her feet, but not even a second later the shovel collides with her right side.
"AHH!" Sailor Mars yells out in pain, her eyes becoming teary, but she refuses to let them escape; she does not allow herself to show weakness.
Sailor Mars falls on the ground, lying on her back, moaning in pain. That though, that last hit from the man triggers his maximum energy and that is when the Youma that Nephrite planted inside the shovel, comes out and appears. The man falls to the floor unconscious and the Youma stands next to Nephrite, glaring at Sailor Mars.
"You see, Sailor Scout, once I gained all the energy I needed from his pathetic human, my Youma unleashes out of the item I planted the Youma in, which just so happens to be the shovel." Nephrite explains with a smirk and then adds, "This Youma here is named Petasos. Lovely, isn't she?"
The Youma has light purple skin, a lot of crazy, messy, bunched up green hair, long ears, long, green eyebrows, light green jumpsuit with an orange vest and a blue necklace.
Petasos smirks and breaks into a loud, evil laugh, "Doesn't look like much of a competition here, Nephrite." Her voice is scratchy, creepy, high pitch, and viciously.
Sailor Mars struggles to her feet and growls, "This- this isn't o-over yet."
"Are you sure about that, Sailor Scout? You look a bit hurt and bruised. How's your shoulder, or perhaps your side? I'm sure that shovel hit you pretty hard, did it not?" Nephrite says with amusement in his eyes and his usual grin on his lips.
"I'm-I'm fine, thanks for asking though." Sailor Mars says sarcastically and a glare at Nephrite.
"So then why don't we finish this?" Petasos spits out and takes a step closer to Sailor Mars, an evil and cruel look shines in the Youma's eyes.
Suddenly Petasos comes running after Sailor Mars and before she could do anything or even dodge it, Petasos slams right into the side where Sailor Mars was hit with the shovel and she goes flying into the nearest tree.
"Sailor Mars!" Sailor Mars weakly looks up to the sound of a familiar voice and a smirk slowly appears on Sailor Mars' lips, "You lost, Nephrite; this is all going to be over in just a few minutes."
Nephrite turns around and then he is greeted with the presence of Jadeite, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Moon. Nephrite frowns at the appearance of the Sailor Scouts and his old friend and his hands turn into fists.
Sailor Mars, who is still lying weakly against the tree, lets out a mocking chuckle, "Looks like you lost this one, Nephrite. You're outnumbered."
Sailor Moon takes a step towards Nephrite, looks him straight in the eyes and begins shouting out her usual speech before she fights, "I am Sailor Moon! Champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" She says the last part while pointing at Nephrite then adds, "It's over Nephrite!"
Sailor Mars slowly and weakly stands up, however, when she does stand up, Jadeite spots the bloodstains that stained through her Sailor Scout uniform. Her side and her shoulder are drenched in her blood.
Jadeite turns to Nephrite and snaps, "You hurt her? You made her bleed? What did you do to her?!"
Petasos rolls her eyes and coldly hisses through her teeth, "I think it is time for more fighting and less talking!"
Before anyone else could say anything, Petasos lets out a loud screech and then runs after Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon gasps and immediately starts screaming and running away in circles from the Youma that is chasing after her. Sailor Mercury is about to help her friend, but Petasos uses one of her attacks that makes animals turn violent and attack.
All the birds, crows, and squirrels begin attacking Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, and Jadeite while Petasos is chasing after Sailor Moon and Nephrite is leaning against one of the trees, arms folded across his chest, and a smirk on his lips.
A bird pecks at Sailor Mars' bad shoulder and she yelps in pain, "Ah! You stupid bird, ow!"
"We need a plan, now!" Sailor Mercury yells out to her friends as she tries dodging the pecking and biting from the birds and the squirrels.
"I . . . couldn't . . . agree . . . with . . . you . . . more!" Sailor Moon shouts, running out of breath and becoming dizzy from running in circles, running away from Petasos' grip and her nails that are like claws that are just dying to dig into her –Sailor Moon's- flesh.
Jadeite looks at Sailor Mercury and quickly asks, "Got any ideas?"
Sailor Mercury thinks for a moment before smiling to herself. She takes a deep breath and then shouts out, "Mercury bubbles . . . BLAST!"
A thick fog covers the air and no one could see a thing. Petasos growls and keeps whipping her head around, in desperate need to find someone before they attack her.
Except that is exactly what happens . . .
The only words that ring through Petasos' ears is a voice that sounds like it's coming from Sailor Moon, "Moon . . . Tiara . . . MAGIC!"
A tiara comes flying at Petasos, but to her luck, it misses only by an inch. Sailor Moon gasps and frowns when her tiara comes back to her. "No, no, no, no, nooooo!" Sailor Moon whines, "You're not supposed to come back without destroying the Youma! You're not supposed to miss!"
Petasos laughs darkly and then lifts her hands up as the fog begins to fade away and faces the palm of her hand towards Sailor Mercury and Jadeite. Suddenly and unexpectedly, vines come out of Petasos' hand and shoots at Sailor Mercury and Jadeite.
"Ahh!" Jadeite and Sailor Mercury both scream as the vines from Petasos' hands tightly wrap around their bodies.
"Let them go!" Sailor Moon shouts while clenching her fists and teeth together. Petasos bursts into laughter, "Ah, never little brat!"
Sailor Moon pouts and snaps, "Psh, I am not a little brat, for your information!"
"Oh, get over it, Sailor Moon, this is NOT the time!" Sailor Mars snaps at Sailor Moon who just replies by sticking her tongue out at her.
Sailor Mars is struggling to stay on her feet because the pain in her side is unbearable from when the shovel was slammed into her; her shoulder is in pain, but not as much as her side.
"It's time to end you stupid, bratty Sailor Scouts!" Petasos screeches and tightens the vines that are wrapped around Jadeite and Sailor Mercury's bodies. Both friends yelp in pain; it feels like their insides are being squeezed out of them and it feels like they are losing oxygen.
"No!" Sailor Mars yells, suddenly finding the strength in her to fight back with all her might. Concentrating, Sailor Mars presses her index fingers together and she presses her thumbs together. Both, her index fingers and thumbs are pointed upward and Sailor Mars could feel the heat rushing through her body.
"Mars . . . fire . . . IGNITE!" Sailor Mars then screams, sending all the fire that was building inside her body and unleashing it at Petasos. The vines burn, which releases Jadeite and Sailor Mercury and then Sailor Mars, who is now panting, looks at Sailor Moon and gives her a sharp nod.
Sailor Moon knows exactly what that nod means . . .
Sailor Moon places her hands on her tiara and slowly takes it off, she spins around, and then shouts out, "Moon . . . tiara . . . MAGIC!" And with that, Sailor Moon aims her tiara at Petasos and she did not miss this time. All Petasos could do now was scream as she watches the tiara slam into her, making her vanish into thin air . . . killing her.
Nephrite watches with wide eyes and he gasps, "No! You stupid Scouts; you killed her!"
"I told you this was over and it is, Nephrite." Sailor Moon says calmly; her sapphire color eyes staring into Nephrite's eyes.
"Give it up now while you still have a chance; you may be able to still have an opportunity and run." Jadeite says as he walks over to Sailor Mars who is leaning against one of the trees and holding her side.
Nephrite's face turns to a shade of red and he starts flipping out, his eyes filled with fire, "No! I will not fail Queen Beryl! She told me to get revenge and I intend to."
"You are making a mistake." Sailor Mercury says with her eyebrows knitted together.
Secretly, not that Sailor Mars would ever admit it, but she wishes that Nephrite would just flee so she could get some rest because in all honesty, she is in more pain than she has ever experienced.
"I'm willing to take my changes destroying each and every one of you instead of showing up back to Queen Beryl empty handed and with no good outcomes or revenge that she ordered me to receive." Nephrite growls; anger boiling inside of him; he knows what would happen if he showed up with no good news to Queen Beryl. He would be dead in a blink of an eye.
With a shaky breath, Sailor Mars narrows her violet eyes at Nephrite and she harshly says, "Fine. Have it your way, but I assure you that you will regret it."
"I don't think so." Was all Nephrite says before shouting out, "Starlight attack!" Then with that, a beam of energy starts shooting out of his hand and aims for Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury. Sailor Moon sees it coming so with her eyes wide, she pushes Sailor Mercury out of the way and she ducks at the last second, making the attack hit a nearby tree and knock it over.
Nephrite growls in frustration when his attack misses and then he faces the injured Sailor Mars and Jadeite. He eyes them, but a smirk starts to form on his lips, but he quickly hides it.
Sailor Moon runs after him, going to do a jump kick, but he simply steps out of the way, making Sailor Moon trip and fall in a bush.
Sailor Mercury goes to use her Mercury bubble blast attack, but Nephrite kicks her knee, making her fall to the ground and blasting her with energy.
Sailor Mars eyes Nephrite and prepares herself to use her attack as well, but Nephrite's words stop her.
"Ah, Jadeite I think you and I have some unfinished business to take care of. You left your friends, your partners, and your life at the Dark Kingdom and for what? Some girl who is a Sailor Scout? You betrayed Queen Beryl, Jadeite." Nephrite says as he slowly takes steps closer to Jadeite, "I mean, we were never really friends and all, but the two of us were closer friends with each other than anyone else."
Jadeite eyes Nephrite and says with a shake to the head, "Queen Beryl was going to kill me. She was going to put me in an eternal sleep if I would have gone back to the Dark Kingdom. Those jets could have crushed me if it weren't for Sailor Mars. She cared and even trust me; she gave me a second chance to change. I- I love her, Nephrite, and I won't have you hurt her."
Sailor Mars' eyes widen at that. He- . . . he loves her? Jadeite loves her? Is that what he just said? She stares at Jadeite with shock, confusion, hurt, love, lust, excitement, fire, and much more emotions in her dark, shiny, violet color eyes. Sailor Mars thought that Jadeite didn't love her back and when she told him that she loved him and he was silent, she thought it was the end between the two. Maybe they would still be friends, but that would be it . . . but she is wrong and she is thankful for that. Despite all the pain she is in, she lets a small smile spread across her lips.
"Well I'm sorry, Jadeite, but my orders were to end the Sailor Scouts and that is exactly what I am doing." Nephrite says with an expressionless face and hard, cold eyes. He then looks at Sailor Mars with fire, rage, and revenge in his eyes, "I ask for powers from the stars . . . give me the power!" Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, Nephrite shoots energy balls out of his hands and hits Sailor Mars right in the chest, full blast.
It is like everything is in slow motion . . . the energy balls coming straight towards he –Jadeite- and Sailor Mars . . . violet, fearful eyes look up at him and stare at his dark, cerulean color eyes . . . the ball of energy slowly hitting Sailor Mars' chest . . . slowly her body falls backwards and to the ground and then slowly, with one last look up at Jadeite, Sailor Mars' eyes close.
Well, that is it for part 1! :D I know it was pretty long, but nevertheless, I hope you all liked it and Part 2 should be up shortly! ^_^
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Thanks for reading! :)
