Seiya sat on the couch in Makoto's apartment. Mina sat on a beanbag chair near the couch. Neither said a word to one another. Mina looked over at Seiya, wondering what he was doing here. She then quickly looked at the floor, not wanting to make eye contact with him. Seiya nervously looked out the window. How could he ask Makoto to help him? He would have gone to Usagi, but she was married to Mamoru already. He didn't want to face that heartbreak all over again. The only other senshi he felt could help him was Makoto. She was strong and willing to fight for her friends. Maybe she would fight for him. Even though he hated to admit it, he needed someone. He could not do it on his own. Makoto entered the living room carrying a tray with 3 glasses of homemade lemonade. Upon setting it down on the class table in front of the couch, Makoto took a seat next to Seiya.
"So Seiya, what are you doing here?" Makoto asked shakily as she picked up a glass of lemonade.
"It's a complicated story. I need your help." Seiya started to explain.
"But why do you need our help? What about Kakyuu Hime, Taiki, and Yaten?" Minako asked.
"I need your help Makoto, rather, Sailor Jupiter. We started to rebuild our planet. We were almost finished..." Seiya said as he began to cry a little. "..but it was destroyed."
"Wha? Who attacked you? What about the others?" Makoto exclaimed, almost dropping her glass as she set it back on the table.
"They...didn't make it. The enemy was too strong. I managed to escape somehow. I didn't know where else to turn." Seiya said as tears rolled down his face.
"I'm so sorry to hear that Seiya. We'll do all we can to help..." Makoto said softly as she embraced Seiya.
"So, who is the enemy?" Minako asked.
"I don't know." Seiya said harshly. "All I know is that they took away almost everything I loved. They were powerful...more so than Galaxia. The leader was a female. She had five men behind her, and they had men under them."
Makoto, having picked up her glass in order to take a sip of lemonade, dropped the glass in shock. Her eyes glazed over. She remembered the dream she had the night Shinozaki had called to tell her good-bye. Could her dream have something to do with what had happened to Seiya's home planet? Could they be somehow connected to one another? Minako watched in horror as her friend fell into a catatonia. Seiya tried to comfort Makoto. Only when he shook her did he get a response.
"Makoto! Snap out of it!" Seiya cried as he shook Makoto back to reality.
"Mako-chan? What is it?" Minako frantically asked.
"I...I...had a...dream." Makoto said, still in a daze.
"What do you mean, Mako-chan?" Minako asked.
"I...didn't know what to think. Rei is the one who gets the premonitions. Not me." Makoto said.
"Makoto, what was the dream!?" Seiya demanded to know.
"Seiya, leave her alone! Don't yell at her like that! She's been through enough already!" Minako exclaimed.
"Mina-chan, it's okay. He's been through enough already also." Makoto said, trying to calm Minako down. "My dream started with me, alone. I saw this light far away. It was like it was calling to me, so I started to walk towards it."
"Was it a green light? Seiya interrupted.
"Yeah, how do you know? Anyways, I got to the place where the light was coming from-a castle-looking type of place. That's when two generals attacked me. Two more followed them. They held me down and tried to suffocate me, and that was when I saw a tall woman and another general watching. I woke up after that." Makoto explained.
"Sounds like the same people who destroyed my home planet." Seiya said.
"Wow Mako-chan, why didn't you tell me about that dream?" Minako asked.
"I didn't want to worry you any more than I already was." Makoto explained.
"So Seiya, how long have you been here then?" Minako asked.
"Almost a day." Seiya answered.
"Why did you come here? To Paris? Why not Tokyo or New York?" Makoto inquired.
"There is no one in Tokyo right now that can help me. And I didn't go to Usagi because I didn't want to bother her. She is living happily with Mamoru now. You are the strongest of the senshi, and for some reason, I felt drawn to you." Seiya explained.
Makoto's heart skipped a beat as Seiya uttered those last words. Did he have feelings for her? No, he was drawn here because of the dream. That was it. Not much was said between the three after their afternoon conversation. Since part of the matter consisted of the spirit world, Minako suggested that Makoto call on Rei for help in deciphering the dream. Makoto phoned Rei and told her what was going on. Rei in turn said that she would be on the next flight out to Paris. She would be there soon. Makoto decided not to tell Rei about Shinozaki. That subject did not matter right now.
Makoto looked at the clock in the kitchen. Midnight. Minako was already asleep in the spare bed. It had been a long day for her...for all of them. Seiya sat at the kitchen table, a half empty glass of red wine in front of him. Makoto finished drying her last dish. If only he really did feel drawn to me, Makoto thought. With an inward sigh, Makoto walked into her bedroom and shut the door behind her. Makoto pulled a gray t-shirt out of the drawers by her bed. She then pulled a pair of black athletic shorts out of the drawer under the first. After dressing for bed, Makoto slid under the sheets of her bed. She, however, could not sleep. Not after what had happened that day. Makoto reached over to her nightstand and picked up the romance novel lying there. After about six minutes of reading, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Makoto yelled, not taking her eyes off of her book.
"Makoto? I wanted to ask you something..." Seiya started to say as he opened the door and walked into Makoto's room.
"Oh Seiya! Gosh! It's you!" Makoto exclaimed, embarrassed that Seiya was in her bedroom and was seeing her in her pajama's.
"Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you, Makoto." Seiya laughed.
"Oh, it's okay. I just wasn't expecting it to be you, that's all. Come on it. Close the door behind you too...Minako is a very light sleeper. What's on your mind?" Makoto said as Seiya closed the door and took a seat at the end of Makoto's bed.
"Your dream...where did it take place?" Seiya asked.
"My dream? Well, I'm not exactly sure...it was cold. Not snowing, but cold enough to...and the landscape was barren. Reddish rocks jutted out of the ground everywhere. It was like a totally different planet. Or maybe a desert somewhere. I'm not really sure." Makoto said.
"Oh, I was just wondering if your dream could give us a clue as to our enemy's next move. Makoto, who is that man in the picture there?" Seiya asked as he leaned across Makoto to pick up the picture of Shinozaki on the nightstand.
"Oh! No, don't! That's...um...Shinozaki. He...was my boyfriend." Makoto said shyly, a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Seiya apologized, putting the picture back on the nightstand, face down.
"It's alright. We just broke up. He found someone else." Makoto said, fighting back the tears in her eyes.
"Oh...Mako-chan..." Seiya whispered as he leaned closer to Makoto.
"The distance...it just wasn't working..." Makoto cried as she hid her face in her hands.
"Mako-chan..." Seiya said lightly, embracing Makoto while she cried in his strong arms.
Makoto and Seiya talked for another hour about lost loves. Finally, neither of them could stay awake any longer. Makoto fell asleep outside of her sheets, her arm under Seiya's head. Likewise, Seiya fell asleep with his arms around Makoto. They lay there the whole night that way. When morning came, Minako knocked lightly on Makoto's door, then opened it. A shriek escaped her mouth when she saw Makoto and Seiya asleep, holding on another on Makoto's bed. Makoto and Seiya awoke as Minako shut the door behind her, apologizing for disturbing their slumber. Both Seiya and Makoto were a bit surprised at Minako's actions...until they realized that they had spent the whole night wrapped in each other's arms.
"So Seiya, what are you doing here?" Makoto asked shakily as she picked up a glass of lemonade.
"It's a complicated story. I need your help." Seiya started to explain.
"But why do you need our help? What about Kakyuu Hime, Taiki, and Yaten?" Minako asked.
"I need your help Makoto, rather, Sailor Jupiter. We started to rebuild our planet. We were almost finished..." Seiya said as he began to cry a little. "..but it was destroyed."
"Wha? Who attacked you? What about the others?" Makoto exclaimed, almost dropping her glass as she set it back on the table.
"They...didn't make it. The enemy was too strong. I managed to escape somehow. I didn't know where else to turn." Seiya said as tears rolled down his face.
"I'm so sorry to hear that Seiya. We'll do all we can to help..." Makoto said softly as she embraced Seiya.
"So, who is the enemy?" Minako asked.
"I don't know." Seiya said harshly. "All I know is that they took away almost everything I loved. They were powerful...more so than Galaxia. The leader was a female. She had five men behind her, and they had men under them."
Makoto, having picked up her glass in order to take a sip of lemonade, dropped the glass in shock. Her eyes glazed over. She remembered the dream she had the night Shinozaki had called to tell her good-bye. Could her dream have something to do with what had happened to Seiya's home planet? Could they be somehow connected to one another? Minako watched in horror as her friend fell into a catatonia. Seiya tried to comfort Makoto. Only when he shook her did he get a response.
"Makoto! Snap out of it!" Seiya cried as he shook Makoto back to reality.
"Mako-chan? What is it?" Minako frantically asked.
"I...I...had a...dream." Makoto said, still in a daze.
"What do you mean, Mako-chan?" Minako asked.
"I...didn't know what to think. Rei is the one who gets the premonitions. Not me." Makoto said.
"Makoto, what was the dream!?" Seiya demanded to know.
"Seiya, leave her alone! Don't yell at her like that! She's been through enough already!" Minako exclaimed.
"Mina-chan, it's okay. He's been through enough already also." Makoto said, trying to calm Minako down. "My dream started with me, alone. I saw this light far away. It was like it was calling to me, so I started to walk towards it."
"Was it a green light? Seiya interrupted.
"Yeah, how do you know? Anyways, I got to the place where the light was coming from-a castle-looking type of place. That's when two generals attacked me. Two more followed them. They held me down and tried to suffocate me, and that was when I saw a tall woman and another general watching. I woke up after that." Makoto explained.
"Sounds like the same people who destroyed my home planet." Seiya said.
"Wow Mako-chan, why didn't you tell me about that dream?" Minako asked.
"I didn't want to worry you any more than I already was." Makoto explained.
"So Seiya, how long have you been here then?" Minako asked.
"Almost a day." Seiya answered.
"Why did you come here? To Paris? Why not Tokyo or New York?" Makoto inquired.
"There is no one in Tokyo right now that can help me. And I didn't go to Usagi because I didn't want to bother her. She is living happily with Mamoru now. You are the strongest of the senshi, and for some reason, I felt drawn to you." Seiya explained.
Makoto's heart skipped a beat as Seiya uttered those last words. Did he have feelings for her? No, he was drawn here because of the dream. That was it. Not much was said between the three after their afternoon conversation. Since part of the matter consisted of the spirit world, Minako suggested that Makoto call on Rei for help in deciphering the dream. Makoto phoned Rei and told her what was going on. Rei in turn said that she would be on the next flight out to Paris. She would be there soon. Makoto decided not to tell Rei about Shinozaki. That subject did not matter right now.
Makoto looked at the clock in the kitchen. Midnight. Minako was already asleep in the spare bed. It had been a long day for her...for all of them. Seiya sat at the kitchen table, a half empty glass of red wine in front of him. Makoto finished drying her last dish. If only he really did feel drawn to me, Makoto thought. With an inward sigh, Makoto walked into her bedroom and shut the door behind her. Makoto pulled a gray t-shirt out of the drawers by her bed. She then pulled a pair of black athletic shorts out of the drawer under the first. After dressing for bed, Makoto slid under the sheets of her bed. She, however, could not sleep. Not after what had happened that day. Makoto reached over to her nightstand and picked up the romance novel lying there. After about six minutes of reading, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Makoto yelled, not taking her eyes off of her book.
"Makoto? I wanted to ask you something..." Seiya started to say as he opened the door and walked into Makoto's room.
"Oh Seiya! Gosh! It's you!" Makoto exclaimed, embarrassed that Seiya was in her bedroom and was seeing her in her pajama's.
"Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you, Makoto." Seiya laughed.
"Oh, it's okay. I just wasn't expecting it to be you, that's all. Come on it. Close the door behind you too...Minako is a very light sleeper. What's on your mind?" Makoto said as Seiya closed the door and took a seat at the end of Makoto's bed.
"Your dream...where did it take place?" Seiya asked.
"My dream? Well, I'm not exactly sure...it was cold. Not snowing, but cold enough to...and the landscape was barren. Reddish rocks jutted out of the ground everywhere. It was like a totally different planet. Or maybe a desert somewhere. I'm not really sure." Makoto said.
"Oh, I was just wondering if your dream could give us a clue as to our enemy's next move. Makoto, who is that man in the picture there?" Seiya asked as he leaned across Makoto to pick up the picture of Shinozaki on the nightstand.
"Oh! No, don't! That's...um...Shinozaki. He...was my boyfriend." Makoto said shyly, a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Seiya apologized, putting the picture back on the nightstand, face down.
"It's alright. We just broke up. He found someone else." Makoto said, fighting back the tears in her eyes.
"Oh...Mako-chan..." Seiya whispered as he leaned closer to Makoto.
"The distance...it just wasn't working..." Makoto cried as she hid her face in her hands.
"Mako-chan..." Seiya said lightly, embracing Makoto while she cried in his strong arms.
Makoto and Seiya talked for another hour about lost loves. Finally, neither of them could stay awake any longer. Makoto fell asleep outside of her sheets, her arm under Seiya's head. Likewise, Seiya fell asleep with his arms around Makoto. They lay there the whole night that way. When morning came, Minako knocked lightly on Makoto's door, then opened it. A shriek escaped her mouth when she saw Makoto and Seiya asleep, holding on another on Makoto's bed. Makoto and Seiya awoke as Minako shut the door behind her, apologizing for disturbing their slumber. Both Seiya and Makoto were a bit surprised at Minako's actions...until they realized that they had spent the whole night wrapped in each other's arms.