The Elements
By: Lena Sauran

Okay people, here is the next part of Jupiter's Angel. Hope
you like it.

Disclaimers: I don't own Sailor Moon and everyone knows
it so don't sue me, you'll get about .50 cents!

Book 1- Jupiter's Angel
Chapter 2- Temptaions

Jupiter Orchard…

Mantequilla and Makoto sat quietly and watched the sunset.
Makoto was totally enjoying the company of her equistrian
friend but knew that her parents would be looking for her
shortly.

"Come on, Mantequilla. Time to go back to the prison."
Makoto sighed as she rose from her position on the ground.

Makoto and Mantequilla made their way back to the castle.
Makoto unsaddled Mantequilla and released her into the
pasture. Then Makoto headed back to the castle. Her hopes
and dreams damped by the wet blanket which she fondly
referred to as her parents.

She ran into Jason on her way back into the castle. She was
totally mortifyed that she had run into someone again.

'I'm getting as bad as Serenity!' " Sir Jason, I am so
sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going. Please accept
my apology." Makoto said as she scrambled to help Jason to his feet.

"Think nothing of it, milady. It's not every day that I
get run over by a beautiful young lady." Jason said,
kissing her hand.

"Oh I'm so glad that you're not hurt, Sir Jason." Makoto
said, curtsying to Jason before hurrying past him.

Jason stared after the brunette and smiled. 'she's
gorguoes when she's flustered.'

Makoto quickly headed down the hall to her quarters
and changed into an outfit that whould be sutible to
greet her father in. She changed into a forest green
dress with pink accents. Empire waisted and fit to
perfection. She slipped on the final touches of jewelry
and shoes and headed to the her father's study.

"Evening, father." Makoto said as she entered the vast
study.

Her father turned and smiled as he saw his daughter enter
his study.

"Good Evening, daughter. How was your visit on the moon?"
he asked, as he gave her a hug.

Makoto smiled at her father and turned to the vast library
shelves and grabbed a legends book. They were always her
favorite genre.

"It was fine father. I'm sure you wouldn't want to be bored
with the idol gossip of young girls." Makoto said as she
flipped through the pages in the book.

She stopped on the story of two lovers, each from different
societies. They were madly in love with eachother but they
could not be together. One night the girl's father walked
in on the two and flew into a rage and killed the girl on
accident. The gods saw this and took pity on the girl. He
blinded the father and cast the spirit of the girl into the
stars where she waited for her lover. The young man,
greif-stricken, wandered the world for two moon cycles
before he took his own life. He cut out his own heart
in an attempt to stop the pain which plauged it. The gods
took pity on the young man and cast his spirit into the
sky to be with his deceased lover, but to their mistake,
the young man landed just out of reach of the young girl.
So forever they stand together but never being able to touch.
Forever reaching and yearning to be together but fated to
the eternal torture of never being able to touch.

Somehow this story reminded Makoto of her own life. She was
always reaching for unattainable dreams but she was always
held back by her parents or some other thing that kept her
dreams in her vision but just beyond her reach. She struggled
to keep tears from breaking the barriers of her eyes. She
longed to be able to be free and live out her dreams. She
abrubtly left her father's office before he could say
another word to her.

She reached her quarters and threw herself onto her bed
and cried her eyes out. She felt a hand on her shoulder
and she looked through tear filled eyes to see the
red-gold eyes of Sir Jason.

"What troubles you, milady? Why do you cry?" Sir Jsaon asked.

"Nothing that you can fix, Sir Jason, please leave me." Makoto
replied, hiccuping.

"Now how could I leave a pretty lady in distress, Princess?"
Jason asked.

"Well I will ~hiccup~ tell you if you promise that what ~hiccup~
I say doesn't leave this room ~hiccup~." Makoto sniffled.

"You have my solemn oath, milady. That which you say in
confidence to me today, shall stay in mind only until the
day I die." Jason said solemnly.

"My parents are ~hiccup~ trying to keep me tied down. They
will never understand that I have my ~hiccup~ own dreams
which they won't let me achieve. And there are far greater
things that ~hiccup~ that I can do outside of this kingdom
~hiccup~." Makoto cried.

She burst out crying unable to contain the tears any longer.
She cried quietly on Jason's shoulder and Jason smiled.

'Soon my love, soon you will be mine.' Jason thought as he
smiled at the sight of the sobbing Princess.

A few minutes later Princess Makoto composed herself and
thanked Jason for the shoulder to cry on. She excused him
and cleaned herself up for dinner. She made her way downstairs
to the dining hall and took her usual seat on her father's
left hand. Her father smiled at her and called for the meal
to be brought in.

Makoto ate quietly and excused herself to her quarters.
She changed into her pajamas and got ready for bed. She
braided her shoulder length hair and tied in a pink ribbon.
She proceeded to her bed and pulled her journal out of the
hiding place between the matresses. She began to write out
her hearts woes in the tiny green book.

Dear Journal~

Today I went to the moon to have a picnic with
Princess Serenity and the rest of the court. It
went as usual, with Sere and Rei fighting, but
I'm so used to that by now that it doesn't faze me
in the slightest. I was 'escorted' back to Jupiter
by this new knight named Jason. He seems nice
enough but there is something about him that I don't
trust. Something about him that makes my skin crawl.
I also met an incredibly handsome guard by the name of
Nephrite. He is one of the royal guards to Prince Endymoin.
He has shoulder length brown hair and the deepest green eyes
that I've ever seen in my life. I told mother about
him and she lectured me about his social status and
how it could never be. I am so sick and tired of my
parents telling me who and who I can't be with. One
thing is for sure if I ever marry it won't be for political
alliance, it will be for love, true love and that's it.
I am never going to be able to achieve my dreams with
my parents around, sometimes I wish that I wasn't a
princess. If I could fulfill my dreams I would forsake
my family, my heritage. I would forsake everything of
this life to be happy. But until the day that I can
become a senshi, my dreams won't come true. But I will
bide my time and wait for the right moment, it will happen.
I am sure of it.

Signed the writer,
Princess Makoto Lynn Kino

Makoto closed her journal and placed it back in it's hiding place.
She pulled back the covers and drifted off into the depths of
unconsioisness until morning.
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Ok there it is, Chapter 2. Email me what you think about it.

makato_chan9@hotmail.com

Chapter 3 should be out within the next few weeks.
Ja ne,
Lena