Leopardess
Chapter 2: Pluto's Reaction
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Over the next few weeks Juno came to be loved by most of the z-senshi, and if they didn't, they tolerated her presence. She especially loved to spend time with Trunks and Gohan. Bulma learned that she made a great baby-sitter for Chibi-Trunks and left the munchkin with her when the guys were off sparring and Bulma needed to work. Juno soon became (A.N.: Remember that Juno is Makoto) accustomed to sleeping either at the foot of Trunks' bed, or just taking over half of it. He in turn learned that the leopard was a great listener and really did listen. He even caught himself wishing that she were human.
Juno still wished to be human again. She wanted to walk on two legs again and let people know what she was feeling through words.
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Trunks sighed as he watched the sun set. Juno set her head in his lap
and gazed up at him questioningly.
"Oh, Juno," Trunks said, petting her, "I wish I didn't have to home
again. But I did only come to tell the gang that I defeated Cell and the
Androids. Man if you could talk....."
Juno purred in response and looked and the purple haired man with love
in her eyes. She shifted her wieght and lifted her head to rub her head
against his and then lick his cheek. He hugged her in response.
"If you were human we'd have tons of fun together," Trunks said, "Not
to mention the fact that you'd make a great girl."
"Trunks!"
Trunks turned his head in the direction of Capsule Corp, "I'm coming."
He turned to the Jovian leopard, "I'm going in. Come when you want."
He stood and walked away, with Juno staring after him, :If you only
knew...: She let the thought trail off as she climbed to her feet and loped
across the field to CC and toward the gravity room, :Maybe making Vegita
mad will make me feel better.:
Vegita threw a ki blast at whoever had intruded his sanctuary only to
see Juno agilely jump out of its way. She loped over to him and gave him
a look.
"Go away you stupid cat," Vegita said to her, scowling.
:Hey! That's and insult,: she thought and gave him a look that said
call-me-a-cat-again-and-you'll-get-it.
"What do you want anyway," Vegita said.
She looked up at him, :To be human again and annoy you.: She thought,
and it reflected in the look she gave him. He just raised and eyebrow in
response. :I'm getting sick of not being able to speak my mind Vegetable-head,
I wanna be human,: was her indignant reply. Vegita scowled and picked her
up, she let out a startled hiss and then a warning growl, he just dropped
her on the ground outside the gravity room.
"Kinda on the scrawny side for a leopard aren't you," he said before
shutting the door.
:Scrawny!: Juno was insulted.She stalked in the other direction until
a scream stopped her in her tracks, :That sounded like Bulma!: She took
off in the direction of the kitchen and ran through the door at full speed.
She jumed on Bulma's attacker, warrior instinct kicking in. She didn't
see Vegita and Trunks charge in, all the way powered up to Super-Sayain.
She knocked the youma to the ground and growled at it. :Kunzite!: Her mind
screamed when she saw the top general of Beryl's army underneath her. He
was glaring at her and threw her of of him like so many potatoes. She slammed
into and through the wall, landing five feet away from the house itself.
Kunzite got to his feet and glared and the two blonde-haired glowing
men and the blue-haired woman that was clutching a baby tightly.
"Where is she," The silver-haired General demanded.
"Who," Vegita snarled.
"The Joivan Princess you baka," Kunzite roared.
"We don't have your princess," Vegita retorted.
"Oh I think you do," Kunzite replied, "Her energy readings clarified
that she is here."
"Look ugly----"
"STOP!"
Vegita was abruptly cut off as Sailor Pluto appeared and pionted her
staff at the evil man, "You cannot have her, even if you found her."
"Oh, and why not," Kunzite asked.
"Because she'll kill you first," Pluto replied right as Juno leaped
onto his back and dug her claws into him and let her powerful jaws close
around his shoulder. Kunzite screamed in pain and threw her off of him
and into the fridge. He stood, wincing, and shot an energy blast at her.
Trunks made just in time to blck the attack and check Juno for signs of life. He sighed in relief as he felt her stir under his hands. She tried to get to her feet but collapsed because of the pain that shot through her limbs as she did so. Pluto's eyes widened as she caught sight of this.
:Do it Pluto.: Queen Serenity's voice demanded in her mind.
:But it's not time,: Pluto said.
:If you don't she'll die,: was the Queen's response.
:Alright.:
Pain, that was all that Juno could feel. Hot, searing pain. Her vision
was clouded, but she caught the smell that was unmistakably Trunks.
As well as Sailor Pluto's.
:I'm sorry Mako.: Pluto's voice whispered in her mind, :But I have
to change you back now.:
:Why are you sorry?:
:'Cause you're gonna be stark naked when I do.:
By this time all of the z-senshi had arrived and Pluto stalked over
to Piccolo and ripped his cape off his shoulders so that all she had was
cloth. She walked a safe distance away from Kunzite and lifted her staff.
"I'm sorry this has to happen now Mako, but you are the only one that
can defeat him."
Pluto's eye's closed and a flash of light came from the staff. Juno
was enveloped in a soft green glow and the z-senshi watched in awe as the
leopard becam a human girl, butt naked and lying face down on the floor.
"I knew she was here," Kunzite exclaimed.
"DEAD......SCREAM!"
Pluto's attack hit him full force, knocking him away from the unconscious
warrior of Jupiter. Pluto walked over and draped Piccolo's cape over Juno's
naked form.
"I must go. And you must awaken," she whispered. Then Pluto dissapeared.