Lightning Strikes Twice Part 4

Yuffie Valentine

 The towering Dragon grinned down at Lita. It's smile, a steel trap of teeth, acted like mirrors. Lita could see her self in the fangs of the Dragon's fangs; an ill feeling came over her.

"Princess Jupiter, do you remember me or shall I return your memories of me?" The Dragon chuckled and a beam came from his forehead to Lita's tiara. Her eyes went blank. Her mind was thrown back to Silver Millennium.  She could see a sea of dead bodies surrounding her. She gasped. In the distance, a roar blasted, followed by a human like scream. Another body hit the ground. It was covered in blood. A huge slash ran from throat to groin. She looked up to see the Dragon looming over her. Men jumping off the rooftops and trying to stab the Dragon with their swords. Then the blades would shatter once hitting its skin. The Dragon, built like a snake, twirled through the air, it's scales were razor edged. The sliced up the men and their carcasses hit the ground in a pile.

"No!" Lita screamed. She tried grabbing for one to help them, but her arm went through them. She then realized that this was just a memory that she was in. She looked around for someone to help the men. She saw approaching the scene a group. Armed with a wand in one hand and the Silver Emporium Crystal in the other hand. It was Queen Serenity. Following her was the four guardians: Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, and Sailor Jupiter.

"We must stop the Dragon from taking anymore people! Attack it one at a time so we can test for weakness!" Sailor Venus yelled out. The rest of the scouts nodded their heads in agreement.

"My name is not Dragon, it is Tenki (*Tenki means weather in Japanese, I just thought it sounded cool)" the beast growled.

"Your name mean nothing cause you're gone!" Venus yelled. She raised her hand into the air. "Venus Crescent Beam…SMASH!" Her beam blasted across the sky and hit Tenki, but it reflected off his scales. Sailor Venus gasped and before she knew what to do, her beam had hit her. She screamed and skidded across the ground.

"VENUS!" Mars yelled out, "That's enough, now face me! Mars Fire Ball…GO!" Her fireball hit Tenki's tail and it was absorbed. "What? How can that be?"

"This is how you are suppose to use heat young lady!" Tenki laughed, he slammed his tail in Mars. Her skin and uniform burn at the impact of the tail. She laid on the ground a few yards from Venus now.

"Mercury, we have to do something! Everything we throw at him he can use to his advantage." Jupiter said.

"Girls, remain calm. Princess Venus and Princess Mars will be fine with some healing from the Crystal. Now, Mercury create a fog with your bubbles so we can approach him unnoticed." Queen Serenity said. Mercury bowed and then turned to the dragon.

"Mercury Bubbles…..BLAST!" She released a fog that masked them as the got closer to Tenki.

"Quite impressive, but nothing compared to my rainstorm power!" Tenki yelled out. He raised his head, and a rain cloud formed at the tip of his nose. Then he looked at Mercury and his eyes glowed white. A rush of water poured from the sky. It landed on Mercury. Slamming her body into the ground. She remained down.

"No! Mercury!" Jupiter cried out. The Queen Serenity touched her shoulder.

"Princess Jupiter, you must use your powers to weaken it enough for me to capture it with the power of the Moon. Try your best!" Queen Serenity smiled.

"Right my Queen!" Jupiter said. She bowed then turned to Tenki. "IT STOPS HERE! I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO KILL ANYONE ELSE! JUPITER PRINCESS ETERNITY THUNDER BOLT……….CRASH!!!!!!!!!" The sky turned white as a tornado of lightning circled the dragon, and then from the center, a colossal lighting bolt crashed down. The dragon exploded into silver dust, leaving only its crown head scale. The scale plunged into the ground.

"Princess Jupiter, you know that attack is sacred and can only be once?" Queen Serenity said. Jupiter nodded.

"I know, it had to be done." Jupiter said. She turned to the Queen and then looked to her fallen friends. "Will save them and these people?"

"Of course. MOON CRYSTAL POWER!" The Queen yelled and a cloud of moon dust fell upon the people. Their wounds healed and they began to awaken. Deep in the Earth, the scale glowed!

"Princess, I shall return for my revenge!!!" Tenki's voice echoed in Jupiter's head. She nodded. "I'll be waiting!" she said

"My dear Princess Jupiter! You have saved my land from the dragon. How will I repay you?" A farmer asked bowing before Jupiter.

"You shall write in the scrolls of your family that one day the evil shall return and that I will be back to slay it once again." Jupiter said to the farmer. The farmer nodded in agreement. "What is your name?"

"Tendo…" the man's words faded and the world blurred, Lita was brought back to the present. She opened her eyes and glared at Tenki.

"I won't let you destroy anything else. In the name of Jupiter, this ends now!" Jupiter yelled out and jumped toward the beast.

Meanwhile, Serena, Raye, Amy, Mina, Akane, and Ukyo arrived on the scene. They gasped at the sight of the huge metal dragon riding the wind.

"WHAT IS THAT!" Akane screamed. Her eyes rolled up and she fainted. Raye and Mina caught her before she hit the ground. Ukyo looked up at the sky where Sailor Jupiter was blasting away at the dragon.

"Is that Sailor Jupiter fighting up there?" Ukyo asked.

"Yeah…" Serena said and got an ill feeling in her stomach.

"It's Lita, right? And you are the rest of the scouts?" Ukyo said, still watching the fight.

"Huh? How did you know?" Mina said.

"I don't know, but all I know is that you have to go fight now!' Ukyo said, she turned around with tears filling her eyes, "You have to help my sister. I don't care about her and Ranma, I just want you guys to bring her back to me alive, she is my only sister!" Ukyo fell to her knees crying.

"I…I…I mean, don't worry Ukyo! We won't let Lita get killed!" Serena said! She and the other scouts transformed and ran into battle!

Ukyo sobbed and clutched her chest. There was a pain of fear in her heart, yet there was also a weird growing heat. She felt an arm wrap around her. She looked up to see Ranma soaking wet hugging her.

"Ukyo, it's okay, Lita is going to be find." Ranma said, she took a look back at Akane who was lying on the floor. Then back to Ukyo, who looked at a weird peace all of a sudden. Then her forehead glowed with the symbol of Jupiter and the disappeared. Her face changed from tears to a state of concern.

"The Tendos! And your father! They are still in the house!" Ukyo said. She got to her feet and ran into the house at full speed. Her breath steady. Entering the house she felt her energy being drained. She looked around the front door. Soun, Kasumi, Nabiki, and Genma lay in a sleeping state. Ukyo knew she would have to take them out one to two at a time. She was about to lift up Genma, when she heard five screams from overhead. The roof came collapsing down on Ukyo, but before the rubble hit, a cage of lightning formed over them, protecting them from the falling wreckage. Outside the cage, the Sailor Scouts lay fallen about. They were still conscious.

"Are you guys alright!?" Ukyo asked. The Sailor Scout starred at her oddly. She was creating a cage of lightning and also had the glowing sign of Jupiter on her head.

"Enough of this playing around, I must have my revenge on Princess Jupiter!" Tenki yelled out! He growled and his crown head scale shoots out from his forehead. It looks like a blade of steel. It flies into Lita's chest, right into her heart. Her eyes go wide for a second and she gasp for her last breathe, then her eyes close and her body goes limp.

"LITA!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ukyo cries out. "No, no, this can't be happening again!" Ukyo starts to glow white and then it spreads over everyone. All disappears. Time is frozen and they are lying on the floor of the palace of the Silver Millennium.  Ukyo and Lita both start to float in the middle of the room. Both appear to be in a sleeping state.

"NO, Jupiter! What has happened?" Serena cries out. She looks up to meet glances with her mother. Her real mother, Queen Serenity!

"Queen Serenity!?" Venus gasped. The entire Sailor scouts stare in awe, while Ranma and others just tried to figure out what happened.

"Welcome back to the time of the Silver Millennium. Princess Serena, Sailor Moon, you most be strong and lead the scouts through this time of crisis, you must also welcome a new member of your court. Ukyo." Queen Serenity said. Serena had tears rolling down her face.

"Does this mean Jupiter is dead?" Serena sobbed.

"Serena, Jupiter is dead for now, but she will rejoin you soon enough. Now you must listen to the story of the concealed Sailor Scout. Sailor Alpha Jupiter." Queen Serenity said.

End of Chapter 4

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