*************************************************
Defying Destiny
By Dream Goddess00
Ch. Three!!!! The generals should show up in this one! Yay!!
Thanks for the e-mail I've gotten... now on with the show.
Send comments, suggestions, and complaints to
dreamgoddes00@hotmail.com
**************************************************
Defying Destiny
Ch. 3 Fallen Angel
"Sir, the general Kunzite has called you and the
Lord Zoicite to take his post for a while." The short, red-headed
man said briskly.
The man he had called turned from the window with
a lithe grace and brushed the short curls of blonde hair form his face.
"Thank you Sergeant. Is that all?"
"Yes my Lord." he said briefly before heading out the door.
After the solider had left, the blonde man, Jadeite, sighed.
It would be another long night at the post he presumed. Where did
Kunzite disappear to every night anyway? He sighed once more, looking
briefly at the window, and walked away.
**********
Jadeite gasped as he slowly made his way up the long staircase
leading to the top of Look Out Tower. This tower, located on the northern part
of the castle's fortress, had acquired its nickname because of its height. One of
Zoicite's designs, it had been strategically place on the hill behind the rose gardens.
From this point one could see the whole stretch of the king's land, therefore
having the ability to see anyone coming to or from the castle. Unfortunately,
as Jadeite was remembering, it was hell to climb.
"There you are!" Zoicite said from the stairwell's exit. "You're
late."
"Well," Jadeite said, stopping briefly to catch his breath, "if you
hadn't made this tower so damn tall I would have been here on time."
"Ahh, but if I was any shorter it wouldn't be a look out tower." he
finished as he casually tossed a strand of curly dark-blonde hair from his face.
"Yeah? Well why don't you take this tower and st-" he stopped,
suddenly interrupted by the clearing of somebody's throat.
"Are you two done?" Kunzite said. It wasn't really a question but
a statement.
Zoicite looked up at the imposing figure. He was by far the tallest
of the generals. Probably the strongest too. He shook his head slightly, Kunzite
was always irritable on the nights when he went out "riding."
"Yes, we are." Jadeite said, his temper flaring.
Kunzite's eyes narrowed, "Good. Now, I have some things I need to
attend to and I want you two to take shifts while I'm gone."
Jadeite began to speak in protest but Zoicite intervened, "Of course
Kunzite. We don't have a problem with it, do we Jadeite?"
The two generals shared deadly glances, but slowly Jadeite smiled and
muttered, "Of course we don't."
Kunzite nodded and he turned to leave but paused and stared out towards
the western woods. For a brief moment he just stared in that general direction, a look
of sorrow in his eyes, then, as if nothing had happened, he briskly walked away. The
two remaining generals exchanged silent glances as they watched their leader go.
**********
"Run!!" a voice screamed from what seemed to be all directions. But the
warning was too late. Suddenly, he was trapped by a ominous power that seemed be
eating at his very soul. Everything seemed to fade, but he sensed his friends were there.
Everyone was there. Suddenly, all the pain seemed to vanish and everything was gone.
The last thing he remembered was her face. The face of an angel....
**********
Nephrite woke up in a cold sweat. That dream again! He thought with
disgust. Was it a warning from the stars? And who was that girl anyway? It was
her face that puzzled him the most. It was as if he could see her but when he tried
to look at the details of her face, everything became a blur and she disappeared from
his mind. He sighed in exhaustion. What were these dreams trying to tell him?
Slowly, he got up out of bed, pushing his long wavy brown hair from
his face. Reaching the window, he stared up at the stars. His brown eyes concentrated
as he fell into a deep trance, focusing on his dream. He stood there, his eyebrows knitted
together in frustration, until suddenly his eyes snapped back into focus. Nothing. Like
always, the stars refused to tell their secrets about his dreams. Nephrite shook his head
as he looked to the comfort of the soft moon. What could these dreams mean?
**********
Makoto ran as fast as her feet could carry her. Her heart pounded with every
breath she took. Her daily run through the forest was a tradition of Makoto's. It was an
escape. From what, she didn't know, but she ran as fast and as far as her feet would
carry her. Makoto began running the day her mother died and her father, unable
to look at her face, which was a mirror image of her mother's, sent her away to the
moon to be trained as Sailor Jupiter.
Stopping at the edge of a cliff, she sat down on a large rock and put her
head between her knees to catch her breath. Slowly, her head rose from her knees, her
eyes deep in thought. So much had happened in the last few days... She had so many
things on her mind. In fact, she had even come up here to think. The thing that stood in her
mind the most was Rei's words the day she left. "...the mirror is never WRONG" she had said.
Makoto wondered if Rei was right, what if Minako was hiding something? Then there was
Serenity. She had been acting strangely lately, staring up at Earth more often then she used
to. At any mention of the scouting mission she would get a look of jealousy in her eyes and
then, as if regretting her actions, she would bow her head and leave. Makoto sighed, she
didn't know what to make of it. Just then, interrupting her thoughts, a wave of energy and
power surged through the air. Someone, from the middle of the forest, not far from Makoto,
had just used a great deal of energy.
**********
Serenity glanced around the courtyard of the palace before darting through the
gates. Ami thought she was taking a nap in her room and, if she was discovered, she would
have a lot of explaining to do. She had no time to think. For if she did Serenity feared
that she wouldn't be able to go through with what she was about to do. Hurriedly, she
made her way past the gardens and into the dense forest. She really didn't remember
when she had decided do this. All she remembered was the nagging feeling she got
every time she looked at the Earth. The way she yearned to be there. Something told her
that her that she needed to go. It was easy to child herself and tell herself it was a bad
idea to even think of going to Earth. But now that Minako and Rei had gone, it was
hard not to think of it. Finally, she gave in to her temptation and decided to Earth, after
all, if Mina and Rei could go, so could she. Reaching a fairly secluded clearing in the forest,
Serenity stopped. It should be a fairly safe place to teleport, she thought. Standing in
the middle of the clearing she glanced one last time at the Earth. She smiled as she
whispered a small "Moon Power," knowing that soon she would be looking at the
Moon from Earth.
**********
Ami's head sprang up from her book as she felt the jolt of power. Jumping
from her chair, she ran from the library to Serenity's bedroom. There she saw an empty
room, and an open window. Ami bit her lip and swore. She had gone!
"Where is she?" came the wavering voice of Sleneity from the door.
"She's gone your majesty. I-I'm so sorry. It is my fault." Ami whispered.
"No, it's not. Oh why hadn't I foreseen this?" Sleneity questioned herself, half
outraged and half in despair.
"foreseen what your majesty?" Ami asked, "Do you know where she went?"
"Your majesty, someone has teleported off the Moon and.... Where
is Serenity?" Makoto said as she came sprinting into the room. She was in her fuku
and very tired. Putting two and two together, Makoto gasped, "By the gods, she
didn't."
Selenity nodded and said in a quiet voice, "She must have gone to Earth. She
has been very quiet lately. Oh gods I've been such a fool. You MUST go and find her.
It isn't safe there and she is alone."
"Isn't safe? Your majesty, what do you mean? Is there something we should
know?" Ami asked, her blue eyes worried.
"There's no time now. I will explain later. But please, go!" Sleneity pleaded,
her face, sick with fear.
Ami nodded as she transformed into Mercury. Then, clasping hands with
Jupiter, they whispered, "Sailor Teleport" and were gone.
**********
"Remind me again, Mina, why do you insist of walking through the forest in
EVENING gowns?" Rei asked as she pulled her dress from a stubborn twig.
Minako grinned, pulling a leaf out of her hair. "Because we are out of the
mountains now and people live in this forest. What do you think we should tell them
when they see us stomping around in our short skirts BLASTING the twigs from our
face?"
Rei's face fell knowing she was right but too stubborn to admit it, "I would
tell them to get over it!" she announced.
Minako's eyebrows lifted in amusement as the two girls began to giggle. Maybe
bringing Rei along wasn't such a bad idea after all. Minako thought, besides she seemed to
have some sort of humor.
"Well that's better than what Mako would do." Minako added, "She would
probably just blast them too."
Rei smiled at Minako's lift in spirits. Maybe this trip wouldn't be so bad. Rei
then looked up, startled, after hearing a frustrated scream. There Minako stood with her
bare foot in the mud as she gingerly pulled out her high-heel.
"Blast these things!" she said in an un-Minako fashion as she put her foot back
into the muddy shoe.
"I know what you mean," Rei said, trying to cover up her giggles, "they are
impossible to walk in."
Minako then stood up and stared at Rei, "You should have more practice at
it." she said as she walked past Rei, "After all, you wear heels with your fuku all the time
and- Rei?" Minako said as she realized that she was talking to herself. As she turned around,
she saw Rei standing completely still, focusing on the surrounding area.
"I feel two powerful auras coming straight for us..." Rei whispered in a concentrated
breath.
"Good or evil powers?" Minako asked anxiously.
"I don't know" Rei said, the hairs on the back of her neck starting to stand up.
**********
Serenity sighed as she got her bearings. She had no idea it would be so dark
on Earth at night. Slowly she made her way down a dark path that budded up against
the steep mountainside until it sloped down to the cliff below. I wonder what mother is
doing, she thought as she began her journey down the mountainside. She had decided to
teleport to the same area Ami had sent Rei and Minako. After all, if Ami thought it was
safe then it was safe. Everything was so strange in the dark she thought, terrified of the
various sounds of the foreign animals in the woods. Suddenly, Serenity's foot hit a large
boulder. She gave a loud yelp as she twisted around, trying to catch her balance. As if
in slow motion, Serenity's foot touched the very edge of the trail. Then, the loose gravel
gave way from under her foot. Serenity disappeared from sight as she rolled down the
hill and screamed as she suddenly plummeted off the steep cliff below.
**Author's Note
Hey! I'm done with Ch. Three!!!!!!! YAY! Can you believe it? This is
the longest chapter I've done so far (and it even isn't that long *sweatdrop*) Oh well.
I really hope you like it. I did try to get in all of the senshi in this chapter... It WORKED
too. Unfortunately Ami had a rather small part... Poor Ami-chan! Sorry you Ami fans!
She should have a good-sized part in the next chapter, I promise! Well thanx for reading
and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE email me!!!!!!!!
Dream Goddess00
Defying Destiny
By Dream Goddess00
Ch. Three!!!! The generals should show up in this one! Yay!!
Thanks for the e-mail I've gotten... now on with the show.
Send comments, suggestions, and complaints to
dreamgoddes00@hotmail.com
**************************************************
Defying Destiny
Ch. 3 Fallen Angel
"Sir, the general Kunzite has called you and the
Lord Zoicite to take his post for a while." The short, red-headed
man said briskly.
The man he had called turned from the window with
a lithe grace and brushed the short curls of blonde hair form his face.
"Thank you Sergeant. Is that all?"
"Yes my Lord." he said briefly before heading out the door.
After the solider had left, the blonde man, Jadeite, sighed.
It would be another long night at the post he presumed. Where did
Kunzite disappear to every night anyway? He sighed once more, looking
briefly at the window, and walked away.
**********
Jadeite gasped as he slowly made his way up the long staircase
leading to the top of Look Out Tower. This tower, located on the northern part
of the castle's fortress, had acquired its nickname because of its height. One of
Zoicite's designs, it had been strategically place on the hill behind the rose gardens.
From this point one could see the whole stretch of the king's land, therefore
having the ability to see anyone coming to or from the castle. Unfortunately,
as Jadeite was remembering, it was hell to climb.
"There you are!" Zoicite said from the stairwell's exit. "You're
late."
"Well," Jadeite said, stopping briefly to catch his breath, "if you
hadn't made this tower so damn tall I would have been here on time."
"Ahh, but if I was any shorter it wouldn't be a look out tower." he
finished as he casually tossed a strand of curly dark-blonde hair from his face.
"Yeah? Well why don't you take this tower and st-" he stopped,
suddenly interrupted by the clearing of somebody's throat.
"Are you two done?" Kunzite said. It wasn't really a question but
a statement.
Zoicite looked up at the imposing figure. He was by far the tallest
of the generals. Probably the strongest too. He shook his head slightly, Kunzite
was always irritable on the nights when he went out "riding."
"Yes, we are." Jadeite said, his temper flaring.
Kunzite's eyes narrowed, "Good. Now, I have some things I need to
attend to and I want you two to take shifts while I'm gone."
Jadeite began to speak in protest but Zoicite intervened, "Of course
Kunzite. We don't have a problem with it, do we Jadeite?"
The two generals shared deadly glances, but slowly Jadeite smiled and
muttered, "Of course we don't."
Kunzite nodded and he turned to leave but paused and stared out towards
the western woods. For a brief moment he just stared in that general direction, a look
of sorrow in his eyes, then, as if nothing had happened, he briskly walked away. The
two remaining generals exchanged silent glances as they watched their leader go.
**********
"Run!!" a voice screamed from what seemed to be all directions. But the
warning was too late. Suddenly, he was trapped by a ominous power that seemed be
eating at his very soul. Everything seemed to fade, but he sensed his friends were there.
Everyone was there. Suddenly, all the pain seemed to vanish and everything was gone.
The last thing he remembered was her face. The face of an angel....
**********
Nephrite woke up in a cold sweat. That dream again! He thought with
disgust. Was it a warning from the stars? And who was that girl anyway? It was
her face that puzzled him the most. It was as if he could see her but when he tried
to look at the details of her face, everything became a blur and she disappeared from
his mind. He sighed in exhaustion. What were these dreams trying to tell him?
Slowly, he got up out of bed, pushing his long wavy brown hair from
his face. Reaching the window, he stared up at the stars. His brown eyes concentrated
as he fell into a deep trance, focusing on his dream. He stood there, his eyebrows knitted
together in frustration, until suddenly his eyes snapped back into focus. Nothing. Like
always, the stars refused to tell their secrets about his dreams. Nephrite shook his head
as he looked to the comfort of the soft moon. What could these dreams mean?
**********
Makoto ran as fast as her feet could carry her. Her heart pounded with every
breath she took. Her daily run through the forest was a tradition of Makoto's. It was an
escape. From what, she didn't know, but she ran as fast and as far as her feet would
carry her. Makoto began running the day her mother died and her father, unable
to look at her face, which was a mirror image of her mother's, sent her away to the
moon to be trained as Sailor Jupiter.
Stopping at the edge of a cliff, she sat down on a large rock and put her
head between her knees to catch her breath. Slowly, her head rose from her knees, her
eyes deep in thought. So much had happened in the last few days... She had so many
things on her mind. In fact, she had even come up here to think. The thing that stood in her
mind the most was Rei's words the day she left. "...the mirror is never WRONG" she had said.
Makoto wondered if Rei was right, what if Minako was hiding something? Then there was
Serenity. She had been acting strangely lately, staring up at Earth more often then she used
to. At any mention of the scouting mission she would get a look of jealousy in her eyes and
then, as if regretting her actions, she would bow her head and leave. Makoto sighed, she
didn't know what to make of it. Just then, interrupting her thoughts, a wave of energy and
power surged through the air. Someone, from the middle of the forest, not far from Makoto,
had just used a great deal of energy.
**********
Serenity glanced around the courtyard of the palace before darting through the
gates. Ami thought she was taking a nap in her room and, if she was discovered, she would
have a lot of explaining to do. She had no time to think. For if she did Serenity feared
that she wouldn't be able to go through with what she was about to do. Hurriedly, she
made her way past the gardens and into the dense forest. She really didn't remember
when she had decided do this. All she remembered was the nagging feeling she got
every time she looked at the Earth. The way she yearned to be there. Something told her
that her that she needed to go. It was easy to child herself and tell herself it was a bad
idea to even think of going to Earth. But now that Minako and Rei had gone, it was
hard not to think of it. Finally, she gave in to her temptation and decided to Earth, after
all, if Mina and Rei could go, so could she. Reaching a fairly secluded clearing in the forest,
Serenity stopped. It should be a fairly safe place to teleport, she thought. Standing in
the middle of the clearing she glanced one last time at the Earth. She smiled as she
whispered a small "Moon Power," knowing that soon she would be looking at the
Moon from Earth.
**********
Ami's head sprang up from her book as she felt the jolt of power. Jumping
from her chair, she ran from the library to Serenity's bedroom. There she saw an empty
room, and an open window. Ami bit her lip and swore. She had gone!
"Where is she?" came the wavering voice of Sleneity from the door.
"She's gone your majesty. I-I'm so sorry. It is my fault." Ami whispered.
"No, it's not. Oh why hadn't I foreseen this?" Sleneity questioned herself, half
outraged and half in despair.
"foreseen what your majesty?" Ami asked, "Do you know where she went?"
"Your majesty, someone has teleported off the Moon and.... Where
is Serenity?" Makoto said as she came sprinting into the room. She was in her fuku
and very tired. Putting two and two together, Makoto gasped, "By the gods, she
didn't."
Selenity nodded and said in a quiet voice, "She must have gone to Earth. She
has been very quiet lately. Oh gods I've been such a fool. You MUST go and find her.
It isn't safe there and she is alone."
"Isn't safe? Your majesty, what do you mean? Is there something we should
know?" Ami asked, her blue eyes worried.
"There's no time now. I will explain later. But please, go!" Sleneity pleaded,
her face, sick with fear.
Ami nodded as she transformed into Mercury. Then, clasping hands with
Jupiter, they whispered, "Sailor Teleport" and were gone.
**********
"Remind me again, Mina, why do you insist of walking through the forest in
EVENING gowns?" Rei asked as she pulled her dress from a stubborn twig.
Minako grinned, pulling a leaf out of her hair. "Because we are out of the
mountains now and people live in this forest. What do you think we should tell them
when they see us stomping around in our short skirts BLASTING the twigs from our
face?"
Rei's face fell knowing she was right but too stubborn to admit it, "I would
tell them to get over it!" she announced.
Minako's eyebrows lifted in amusement as the two girls began to giggle. Maybe
bringing Rei along wasn't such a bad idea after all. Minako thought, besides she seemed to
have some sort of humor.
"Well that's better than what Mako would do." Minako added, "She would
probably just blast them too."
Rei smiled at Minako's lift in spirits. Maybe this trip wouldn't be so bad. Rei
then looked up, startled, after hearing a frustrated scream. There Minako stood with her
bare foot in the mud as she gingerly pulled out her high-heel.
"Blast these things!" she said in an un-Minako fashion as she put her foot back
into the muddy shoe.
"I know what you mean," Rei said, trying to cover up her giggles, "they are
impossible to walk in."
Minako then stood up and stared at Rei, "You should have more practice at
it." she said as she walked past Rei, "After all, you wear heels with your fuku all the time
and- Rei?" Minako said as she realized that she was talking to herself. As she turned around,
she saw Rei standing completely still, focusing on the surrounding area.
"I feel two powerful auras coming straight for us..." Rei whispered in a concentrated
breath.
"Good or evil powers?" Minako asked anxiously.
"I don't know" Rei said, the hairs on the back of her neck starting to stand up.
**********
Serenity sighed as she got her bearings. She had no idea it would be so dark
on Earth at night. Slowly she made her way down a dark path that budded up against
the steep mountainside until it sloped down to the cliff below. I wonder what mother is
doing, she thought as she began her journey down the mountainside. She had decided to
teleport to the same area Ami had sent Rei and Minako. After all, if Ami thought it was
safe then it was safe. Everything was so strange in the dark she thought, terrified of the
various sounds of the foreign animals in the woods. Suddenly, Serenity's foot hit a large
boulder. She gave a loud yelp as she twisted around, trying to catch her balance. As if
in slow motion, Serenity's foot touched the very edge of the trail. Then, the loose gravel
gave way from under her foot. Serenity disappeared from sight as she rolled down the
hill and screamed as she suddenly plummeted off the steep cliff below.
**Author's Note
Hey! I'm done with Ch. Three!!!!!!! YAY! Can you believe it? This is
the longest chapter I've done so far (and it even isn't that long *sweatdrop*) Oh well.
I really hope you like it. I did try to get in all of the senshi in this chapter... It WORKED
too. Unfortunately Ami had a rather small part... Poor Ami-chan! Sorry you Ami fans!
She should have a good-sized part in the next chapter, I promise! Well thanx for reading
and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE email me!!!!!!!!
Dream Goddess00