Sailor Moon Z: Zodiac Senshi

Chapter 7: The Thundering Passion of Imperial Sailor Jupiter

I can't remember the Japanese name for Ken, Makoto's old boyfriend, so I'm using the dub's name for now.

Note: If the words are in quotation marks like this: 'Sailor Moon', it means the character is thinking.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, but the Zodiac Senshi and the storyline are mine.

This fic is based on Sailor Cancer, created by Digimon Emporer.

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"Aries has failed! We have lost another ally!" Carnelian bellowed. "Master, I have noticed that one of the Earth's Sailor Senshi, Sailor Jupiter is weakening. Maybe we can get her to betray the Zodiac Senshi's human identities." the demon of Taurus suggested. "Very well then. Sagittarius, that is your task. Now go!" Carnelian shouted angrily as the demon a Sagittarius teleported away.

"So was another new student today? Rei asked at the Inner Senshi's meeting. "Yes, a girl named Hisa." Ami replied. "That sound pretty suspicious, considering Sailor Aries was healed 2 days ago." Rei said as she sipped her tea. "Speaking of 2 days ago, Rei, would you and Yuuichirou like to join Usagi, Mamoru, Ami, Urawa, Toshio and me at the theater tomorrow? We're gonna go see a movie." Minako offered. "As long as Yuuichirou pays." Rei joked. Everyone was laughing, except Makoto. She noticed the invitation didn't include her. Luna gave her a sympathetic look, but quickly turned around. "What was it Luna?" Artemis asked. "I'm not sure, but I feel like there was something out there spying on us." she said.

Comet quickly ran down the steps of the temple, and was met by Masami, Seki, and Hisa. "Did you learn anything from those cats?" Hisa asked as Masami picked him up. "I could barely make out what they were saying, and I know their were others in the room, but I couldn't hear them at all." Comet disclosed. "So then why did you leave so quickly?" Seki asked. "I felt a dark force doing what I was. I didn't want to stick around and see what it was." Comet said. "You big chicken! Well, let's get on home then." Hisa said as they started to walk down the rest of the steps.

Makoto had lied to the Senshi, and told them she had other plans, and had left the meeting early. All they talked about was boyfriends anyway. She felt a chill down her spine, and quickly turned around. She saw nothing, and continued to walk. She felt the icy sensation again, but she just ignored it. She hand was clasped over her mouth as she was pulled back into the brushes. "Let go!" she screamed as she used her martial arts expertise on her attacker, but she was easily stopped. 'This is no ordinary attacker!' she thought.

"Jupiter Crystal Power, make-up!"

"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"

"Relax, your puny attack can't harm me. What it have for you is an offer." the demon said. "What could you possibly give me?" Sailor Jupiter scoffed, letting her guard down. "You want to be an Imperial Senshi, right? Like the others. You'd even like to find love, like the others." the demon said. "How did you know?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "We've been watching you Senshi. All you have to do is tell me the human identites of the Zodiac Senshi, and both of those things will be given to you." offered the demon. "But I honestly don't know them." "Well as soon as you find them, meet me back here. I'll let you have a little something in advance, as a token of our agreement." the demon said as it ushered the detranforming Makoto away.

Another demon appeared beisde the first one. "Did she agree, Sagittarius?" the demon inquired. "Yes Taurus, you can go back to Master Carnelian now." Sagittarius said, quite annoyed. "Don't worry, if you fail. Aquarius and Pisces have already been chosen to be next." Taurus smirked. "Just go back and report to Carnelian now! Your job here is done!" Sagittarius shouted. "As you wish." Taurus teleported away with a smirk. "Darnit, Taurus is going to ruin my whole assignment." Sagittarius mutterd.

"Look, my communicator!" Seki pointed as her communicator, much like the Senshi's first season communicator went off. Chiharu appeared on the screen. "Seki, Hisa, Masami, we're detecting a very stong force near you guys. "Scratch that, it just shrunk." Atsuko butted in. "Anyway, be on your guard. Contact us if you need help." Kiana said, shutting off their end of the communicator. "At least they're actually doing their work." Comet said. "Hey!" the 3 girls shouted back.

Makoto had noticed the 3 girls walking home. 'Pretty suspicious..." she thought, but someone running up to her interrupted her thoughts. "Makoto!" he shouted. "K-Ken?" she stuttered, suprised. "Makoto! I can't believe it's you!" he smiled. "Wow. I can't believe it's you either." she said, still in shock. "Would you like to meet me later at the mall?" he asked. "Sure, definately!" she smiled. "Ok, see you at eight!" he said as he left. 'Wow...that demon really is going to keep our promise." Makoto blushed, and hurried home to get ready.

"I wonder why Makoto was in such a rush earlier." Usagi said as she, Minako, and Ami walked home. "She seemed a little left out if you ask me." Ami responded. "Maybe it's because we've all gotten boyfriends lately." Minako suggested. "And what about all of the new girls that are suddenly 'tranfering' to Juuban High in the last few weeks?" Ami pointed out. "It all started when Kiana came last month. Then those demons and Sailor Capricorn started to appear." Minako pointed out. "Perhaps we can catch them around when there's a demon nearby if the Zodiac Senshi don't appear first." Ami suggested. "They tend to be pretty quick. Maybe they can track them." Minako said as Usagi ignored the conversation. 'I thought everything would be back to normal after the defeat of Chaos. I guess you can never really get rid of evil.' she thought.

It was 8:10, and Makoto was still waiting in the mall's food court. She hadn't been able to keep up with her end of the bargain, but she was hoping the demon would still allow Ken to come anyway. She had kept an eye out, but she saw no one suspicious. Did the demon think she actually knew who they were? "Ken! Over here!" she waved as he entered. "Makoto, can you tell me something?" he asked. "Well, ok." she said, a litle confused. "Can you tell me who the Zodiac Senshi are?" he asked. "Ken, how do you know about them?" she gasped. Suddenly, Ken started to dissapear, like a holographic image. "Ken!" she shouted, and tried to knock him out of the way, but he started to dissapear faster. "There's more than that were that came from. Even the real thing." the demon laughed as it materialized near Makoto. "Now who are the Zodiac Senshi?" it asked, drawing nearer. "I honestly don't know!" Makoto shouted. "I gave you a chance, now I'll force it out!" the demon started to attack Makoto.

"Jupiter Crystal Power, make-up!

Sparkling Wide Pressure!"

"Don't you remember? Your attacks can't hurt me!" the demon reminded her.

"Supreme Thunder!"

"I don't care! You must be stopped!" Sailor Jupiter persisted.

"Aries Raging Fire!"

"Virgo Virgin Shock!"

"Scorpio Poison Sting!"

"Darn you! Come back and fight for the right cause!" the demon said in pain. "Sailor Virgo, check who it is!" Comet ordered. Sailor Virgo shot a beam of light blue light out of her tiara, and revealed that the demon was Sailor Sagittarius. As the 3 Zodiac Senshi distracted the demon, Makoto was able to grab her communicator. Usagi appeared on the screen. "Makoto! I thought you had other plans!" Usagi explained. "Look, just get to the mall! The Zodiac Senshi are holdong a demon off!" she said as she weakly collapsed. "Ami, contact Rei! Let's go help Sailor Jupiter!" Usagi said.

Sailor Mars arrived at the scene first. "Sailor Mars, hold out your pen!" Sailor Aries instructed. She upgraded Sailor Mars' pen, and she was able to join the fight.

"Mars Imperial Power, make-up!

Scorching Imperial Flames!"

"Let me help..." Sailor Jupiter moaned as she stood up, and collapsed again. She started to glow white, and when the aura faded away, she was in an white and silver fuku. Her tiara dissapeared, and the symbol of Jupiter appeared on her forehead during the attack.

"Jupiter Striking Razor Slash!"

"Imperial Crystal Pure Healing!"

Imperial Sailor Moon healed Sailor Sagittarius after the sharp- edged leaves of Imperial Sailor Jupiter's attack weakened it. The Zodiac Senshi ran up to the Senshi in the mauve and pastel forest green fuku, and teleported away. "Makoto! You were great!" Minako cheered, but Sailor Jupiter couldn't help but notice one of the people who had witnessed the battle. "Ken?" she asked.

"What's with the funny look, Makoto?" he asked. She blushed because he had obviously found out her little secret. Well, I'm just not sure if you're for real." she said. "I don't know if being Sailor Jupiter has fried your brain, but it's me." Ken joked. "It's a long stroy." she admitted. "Can you share it over pizza?" he asked. "As long as you want!" she smiled. 'It looks like I got what I wanted without that demon's help.' she thought.

"Not even Sagitarrius can defeat these Senshi! It's time to strengthen the attack force. Aquarius, Pisces, go together, since one obviously doesn't get the job done." Carnelian complained. "Yes, Master." Aquarius and Pisces teleported away.

"Haruka!" Michiru woke up in the middle of the night. "What was it Michiru?" Haruka asked groggily as she walked into Michiru's room. "It was just a dream, that's all." Michiru explained. "This would be the fourth dream like that this week." Haruka informed her. "I'll be alright, you can go back to bed now." Michiru laid back down, and Haruka went back to bed.

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What's the deal with Michiru's dreams? And will she and Haruka finally be Imperial Senshi? Find out next time in Chapter 8, The Outer Senshi Join In: Imperial Warriors of Wind and Water! Ja ne! ^_~