Lightning Strikes Twice part 5
Yuffie Valentine
"Sailor Alpha Jupiter?" Ranma asked himself. He looks up at Ukyo. She is floating in a dream like state. Her hair is swirling about; through her bangs he can see a glowing symbol of Jupiter.
"Mother, I don't understand, how can there be two scout of Jupiter?" Sailor Moon asked. "Lita was supposed to get all the power. She is one of the most powerful scouts, how can she be sharing power?'
"Serena, Ukyo does not share Lita's power. Ukyo's power has grown from her own heart. Her royal blood is what gives her the ability to use lightning. I had no idea that the twin of Princess Jupiter could ever become a scout. Whenever I saw the girl, she was disguised as a boy. I could sense that she was extremely unhappy. She could never have a normal life or find her true love cause she was forced to be a he. And I thought for sure that all the depression would turn her against her sister. Here her sister was getting all the benefits and the love. Yet, in the last hour of the Silver Millennium when all the royal court was lying dead on the floor before my eyes, I saw her bending over her twin's body and the glow started and that's when I saw her transform. She fought bravely and stronger then any other scout and this surprised me, where did she get this great power? Then I knew where, it was from her heart. Her heart was so strong cause she had the ability to love and forgive those who took everything from her. She learned what true love was, without ever having it."
"So Ukyo draws this power from her heart?" Serena asked. "No crystal?"
"No my sweet daughter. That's why she is named Sailor Alpha Jupiter. She is the first of her kind." Queen Serenity.
"So even though Princess Jupiter was the source of her misery, she still loved her?" Luna asked.
"Yes, Luna. No matter how much she wished she was able to live normal, she would stay hidden forever if it meant she got to keep her sister, that was her only friend." Queen Serenity smiled.
Ranma sat on the floor, looking at his beautiful friend Ukyo. He thought to himself 'Ukyo? You once said as a child I was your only friend. And then I ruined your life, and then you forgave me so easily. I was your true love?'
"Sailor Moon. You must use your power to save Jupiter, leave the dragon to Alpha Jupiter." Sailor Venus said. Sailor Moon nodded.
"Sailor Alpha Jupiter awakens." Queen Serenity said. Ukyo's eyes shot open. She started to charge a lightning aura. Her ragged schoolboy outfit faded into sparkling dust. The lightning bolts turn into ribbons and wrapped around her body. They transformed into a Sailor Scout outfit. It looked similar to Jupiter's, but her green and pink were transparent. And in her hand was a long silver sword with the mark of Jupiter on it. It belonged to her in her former life.
"Alpha Jupiter?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Yes Sailor Moon, I have awakened, now let's leave this place and return to defeat the dragon." Alpha Jupiter said calmly. She clasped her hands together. The palace and Queen Serenity seemed to melt away to reality. And they were back the busted Tendo house. Alpha Jupiter floated above them.
"Should she be able to do that?" Soun asked to Genma.
"No Tendo, I think we are witnessing a power beyond on reasoning. She is like a winter storm, on the outside a beautiful display of white snow and purity, yet on the inside cold, with the wrath of hell. Can you feel that aura? Higher then even the master's or Ranma's."
"Hmm, she seems calm, just like a storm." Soun replied.
"UKYO BE CAREFUL WILL YA!" Ranma yelled from the ground. She didn't seem to acknowledge the words of advice. "UKYO! YOU HAVE TO COME BACK ALIVE! I UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT WE ARE!"
"Ranma…." Ukyo whispered. She felt her power grow. She lifted her sword and laid it down on the roof. "I get my energy from forgiveness and love." She jets into a range of two feet from the Dragon's face.
"Tenki will not stand for this sign of dishonor!" The beast growled. Ukyo starred deep into its eyes.
"Dear Dragon, I have forgiven you for your evil deeds, and I do this not out of hatred of you, but for love of my friends and family." Ukyo said she put her fingertips on the Dragon's face. She closed her eyes.
"What?" Tenki asked in shock. A bit of black clouds and lightning starts to build around Ukyo. It keeps growing. She opens her eyes.
"ALPHA JUPITER BARRAGE LIGHTNING THUNDERSTORM!" Ukyo yelled out. Million of volts ran through her hands and into the Dragon. It crippled under the power. It's body evaporated under the pressure of power. Leaving only a small jewel in Ukyo's hands.
"Unbelievable! I can feel the amount of power even after the attack is over." Sailor Moon said. She was cradling Lita in her arms.
"ALRIGHT! SHE DID!" Ranma yelled out. He jumped up to the roof and waited for Ukyo to come down.
"Goodbye Tenki." Ukyo said. She crushed the jewel in her hand. She felt lightheaded and she lost her power, and her clothes went back to normal. She felt the cloud of air that was holding her up fade. She began to fall.
"UCCHAN!" Ranma called out. He dashed top speed and slide across the roof. He caught Ukyo in his arms, but his momentum carried them off the roof and into the garden. A splash landing in the pond awoke Ukyo from her woozy state. She felt her self be pulled out of the water. She looked up and saw Ranma's female form smiling down at her.
"Ranma?" Ukyo asked, unsure of what she was seeing was real or a dream.
"Yeah Ucchan. It's me, you okay?" Rama said. She has Ukyo's head resting on her lap. She was brushing Ukyo's hair out of her eyes.
"I feel fine Ranma. I am a little unsure of where I am." Ukyo said feeling her head. It was spinning from all the power that whirled through her.
"You are with me Ucchan, that's all that matters. You and me." Ranma said. " I thought about what Queen Serenity said, and I understand know just how much we mean to each other."
"Ranma, I… I….I can't be with you like that, we are just friends." Ukyo said. Ranma's face twisted in confussion.
"What? I thought you loved me?" Ranma said. Ukyo reached up and brushed Ranma's check.
"I do love you Ranma, I love you as much as I can. But I know I am not what you really want. You don't understand your heart and what it truly wants. You only want me cause you saw I truly loved you, but you don't know if your love is true. Till you know if you have true love for me, we can't be together." Ukyo said. Ranma had tears in her eyes and she wrapped around Ukyo.
"I love you Ukyo, but I don't know if it is like a friend, a sister, or a lover. But I will find you damn it!" Ranma said. Suddenly a warm feeling came over Ranma and Ukyo. Hot water.
"Ukyo, you better come, they are trying to revive Lita." Akane said, holding an empty kettle in her hands. Ukyo stood up and slowly made her way to the front of the house. Ranma walked up to Akane.
"Akane, listen, I don't know what you heard or saw or thought. But you can't get mad at me for what you think." Ranma said. Akane looked deep into his eyes.
"I heard almost everything, and I agree with Ukyo. I can't be with you till you know who you love, cause lately I am really unsure." Akane said, she turned and walked in the direction after Ukyo, leaving Ranma alone.
In the front of the house, Serena's Silver Millennium Crystal lit the front room with it brilliant light. It's power rained down on Lita. The wound in her chest sealed itself. But she remained still. The blood ran through her veins and her breath started again. But she did not wake.
'Lita, girl, you have to wake up." Mina said.
"You have to wake up now, just to show us you are okay!" Amy said, holding Lita's hand.
"Her soul is not there…."Raye said. Everyone looked at her. "Can't you see we only saved the body."
"Yes, I feel no aura." Soun said. "It is strange."
"She needs Ukyo….." Raye said. Everyone looked at Ukyo. Ukyo's face was blurred with a range of emotions.
"I don't know what to do, I am new to this Sailor scout thing." Ukyo said. She kneeled by Jupiter and took her into her arms.
"She has no crystal for Lita to react to, or wand, I am unsure what to she can do." Luna said.
"But my heart! Queen Serenity it was my heat that was my power." Ukyo said and held Lita tight to her. Ukyo's body lit up in white and it flowed into Lita, soon the brightness enveloped the two and blinded the rest. Warmth came from them, and small feeling of electricity surged in the air. And when the glow stopped Ukyo was dressed in a prince's armor, similar to Prince Darien's. It had a greenish tint to its blackness. Ukyo's hair was pulled back into a low boyish ponytail. She looked like she did when she first came to town, masculine. Lita was wearing a princess gown that appeared to be from the silver millennium. Both wore a crown of oak leafs. Lita stirred in Ukyo's arms, her eyes fluttered open. In the first time in thousands of years, she laid her eyes upon her brother.
To be continued…….
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