Jupiter's Secret
Part Three
Jupiter was trapped in a dark room. All that she could see was a faint grey light that engulfed the entire room.
A small square of yellowish light appeared as a door opened to let a woman enter. Her most distinct feature was her shaved head. Piercing green eyes with long eyelashes stared down at her as the woman pursed her green-tinted lips.
"Ah, I see you've made yourself comfortable," she grinned with malice. Jupiter glared back. Iron chains that her lightning and thunder could not shatter bound her hands and feet.
"Who are you?" Jupiter growled menacingly.
The woman laughed a smarting giggle. "You don't remember? Why, your mother would be so ashamed. Isn't she the one who always preached you on being polite and remembering that everyone was equal in your kingdom?" she smirked.
Jupiter gasped. Her mother's kingdom? But that would mean this woman knew about the silver millennium and her part as Princess Makoto!
The woman smirked even more as she saw Jupiter begin to understand. "Yes, that's right. I know about your place on the planet of Jupiter. And I also know of your powers."
Jupiter frowned. "Tell me who you are!" she demanded.
"Names are not important, but if you must know, I am Celeste, leader of the plot to eradicate you. Mua, ha ha. But first, we need your powers. They could come in very handy when I defeat the universe."
Jupiter had heard all this before. But this woman seemed smarter than Queen Beryl and the rest. She hadn't stood there for a few hours, hurling petty insults until someone could come and rescue her. Now she was gone, and Jupiter was still in chains.
*** All the scouts minus Jupiter raced to the park. "There's no sign of her anywhere!" Serena cried.
Mina stopped, panting. "This was the last place I saw her."
"What do they want with her?" Amy cried.
"C'mon, scouts, transform!"
"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"
"MERCURY STAR POWER!"
"MARS STAR POWER!"
"VENUS STAR POWER!"
The transformation felt odd without Jupiter, not powerful enough. The Senshi paused and posed for a moment before springing to action.
"Uh.Luna?" Sailor Moon began. "What do we do now? We don't know where she is."
"Oh.uh." Luna looked baffled for a moment, then suggested, "Why don't you picture Jupiter in your minds and use the Scout Teleport? Maybe we can find her that way."
Mercury, who already had her mini-computer out, blushed and put it away.
The scouts clasped hands and whispered in unison, "Scout power."
With a flash, they disappeared, and no one noticed when a good- looking boy with brown hair disappeared with them.
*** Jupiter allowed a slight exhausted moan to escape her lips. She had used her thunder again and again against Celeste but that woman had just stood there smiling.
When she finally gave up, the woman smiled a false pitying smirk and said, "Don't you understand? You're weak, almost useless. Then there's me, beautiful, strong and smart."
She gloated about all her wonderful traits for a few minutes before seeming to remember that, yes; there actually was someone else there.
"Oh, yes. Come with me, little girl." Celeste casually pointed at the bruised and bloodied girl in the corner, making her float with ease.
The girl flinched a bit, but was not as startled as you might imagine. She was used to this routine. Celeste would take her to a blank room and torture her.
Jupiter was slowly dying.
*** "Where are we??" Artemis inquired wearily.
The Senshi were too busy looking around in awe to answer, and it was no wonder. They had traveled to a place where everything and anything was bleeding.
"Oh, my God," Venus whispered. Jupiter was here? How could she survive?
Mercury had her VR goggles on, and did a few calculations before removing them and pointing into the distance.
"See that building? The readings I'm getting on it show that the molecular stability and frequency don't correspond with the gravitational pull of the land mass of."
Mercury got a dreamy look on her face as she talked about science or something. Sailor Moon, Venus, Mars, and the cats just sweated massively.
"Mercury! In English, please, and hurry!" Sailor Mars finally shouted, speaking for all of them.
Mercury paused to catch her breath. "What I'm trying to say is that castle in the distance is a portal to another dimension, and it may even be another dimension!"
Mars' eyes widened. "Do you think that's where Lita is?"
"Yes."
*** Jupiter gasped again and again in pain. It felt like her insides were being pulled out!
"Where is that stone?" Celeste muttered quietly, but not so quietly that Jupiter didn't hear.
What stone? she thought desperately. She could barely open her eyes through the pain. Then finally, she didn't have to. Everything was black.
*** Ken looked at the four sailor soldiers and their guardian cats in front of him. How did he get there? It was simple, really. He touched onto one of the scouts' boots as they transported, and he was swept up with them. They must be looking for Jupiter, his Lita.
They began to speak. He strained his ears, unmoving from his crouch. The castle! That was where she had to be. His face contorted. The stomach pains were almost unbearable now. But as soon as he started walking behind the scouts, the pains stopped.
*** The scouts began walking, oblivious to their shadow, Ken.
"I wonder what they could want with just Jupiter," Artemis mused out loud. "You would think they would capture Princess Serenity if they captured anyone."
Sailor Moon shrieked. "Argh! No way! Those NegaCreeps aren't getting me anytime soon!"
"But this makes you think," Mars pointed out. "If they could capture Lita this easily, the rest of us solitarily won't stand a chance."
The four girls walked on, a bit forlorn at the thought of this.
And still Ken followed. As soon as he stopped, the pains started up again. So he kept going.
*** "Mommy!" Mako-chan shouted happily.
Her mother smiled fondly on her little daughter. "Makoto, you know you shouldn't run when people are around. It's un-lady-like," she gently reprimanded.
Makoto pouted for a moment before pointing out that it was only her and her mother.
Queen Jupiter paused before saying, "Alright! Let's go!"
The Queen and the Princess of Jupiter ran and frolicked in the springy green fields, laughing and rolling in the flowers.
When they finally stopped to catch their breath, Queen Jupiter's face turned serious.
"Makoto," she began slowly.
"Yes, mommy?" Mako-chan said innocently.
The Queen pursed her lips. She didn't think her daughter was ready for this, but her husband had thought otherwise. Soon she would be off to the Moon, learning how to act as a princess. "Darling, I have something to give you."
Little Makoto grinned eagerly. "What is it, mommy?"
She laughed at her daughter's enthusiasm. "Close your eyes and hold out your hands, okay?"
"Okay!" Princess Makoto did as she was told with a smile on her still-babyish lips.
Queen Jupiter fumbled around for the jade Wisdom Stone. She gently placed it against her daughter's forehead and watched as it melted into the skin, finally disappearing altogether. Then, as to not disappoint Makoto, she took out a small bag of candies and placed it in her cupped hands.
Makoto opened her eyes and looked down in delight at the candies. "Wow, thanks mommy!" she cried in glee.
Mother smiled at daughter with a sad look in her eyes, for she knew that now Princess Makoto had the responsibility of keeping the Wisdom Stone safe within her. The same stone that if unlocked, could lead the bearer to all the knowledge in the universe, which could ultimately lead to the destruction of it. But to get this stone, you must first kill the holder of it.
Mako-chan was still staring up at her mother with adoring eyes. Her mother forced a happy smile, for her daughter's sake. "Everything will be alright, Makoto."
Makoto looked puzzled. "I know, mommy, why wouldn't it be?"
About five years after that day, however, the Silver Millennium ended with Beryl's attack and everyone was sent to the future. Makoto was no different, and she was reborn as Lita Kino, also known as Sailor Jupiter! Only, she still contained the Wisdom Stone within her. It was the same stone that transformed her to Sailor Jupiter.
*** The Wisdom Stone.the stone! Sailor Jupiter's eyes shot open after a dream of her past, during the Silver Millennium. She was certain it was a forgotten memory, only how could she remember what happened over a thousand years ago? There was a part of her deep down that knew the dream spoke truth.
But wait a minute, she thought to herself. Celeste couldn't find it when she'd searched, so where was it? But if the stone transformed her into Sailor Jupiter, then it would only be visible when she was in civilian form, as Lita.
Wait! She remembered something. She had to be killed to get the stone. Celeste must not realize that yet, but she will soon enough.
That means I must escape, or the entire universe is doomed and I'm dead! She had been trying to escape, though! Could she maybe use the stone to flee? Jupiter let her warrior fuku slowly melt into her normal clothes. She sat down in a meditation position, legs crossed and eyes shut. Good thing Raye had taught them all to meditate. It would help to grasp the Wisdom Stone.
Lita let her mind rest, forgetting everything else completely except for the stone. She felt around with her mind, searching for it. There it was! It was a deep green, and it almost looked like fruit. She bit into it, forgetting everything else as if in a trance. It was juicy and sweet, so sweet, and juice dribbled down in her mind's eye. The way out appeared in her mind, a slight weakness along the floor. As she felt herself floating back to reality, she saw the stone restore itself, whole again. But her mouth still contained the sweetness of it.
Part Three
Jupiter was trapped in a dark room. All that she could see was a faint grey light that engulfed the entire room.
A small square of yellowish light appeared as a door opened to let a woman enter. Her most distinct feature was her shaved head. Piercing green eyes with long eyelashes stared down at her as the woman pursed her green-tinted lips.
"Ah, I see you've made yourself comfortable," she grinned with malice. Jupiter glared back. Iron chains that her lightning and thunder could not shatter bound her hands and feet.
"Who are you?" Jupiter growled menacingly.
The woman laughed a smarting giggle. "You don't remember? Why, your mother would be so ashamed. Isn't she the one who always preached you on being polite and remembering that everyone was equal in your kingdom?" she smirked.
Jupiter gasped. Her mother's kingdom? But that would mean this woman knew about the silver millennium and her part as Princess Makoto!
The woman smirked even more as she saw Jupiter begin to understand. "Yes, that's right. I know about your place on the planet of Jupiter. And I also know of your powers."
Jupiter frowned. "Tell me who you are!" she demanded.
"Names are not important, but if you must know, I am Celeste, leader of the plot to eradicate you. Mua, ha ha. But first, we need your powers. They could come in very handy when I defeat the universe."
Jupiter had heard all this before. But this woman seemed smarter than Queen Beryl and the rest. She hadn't stood there for a few hours, hurling petty insults until someone could come and rescue her. Now she was gone, and Jupiter was still in chains.
*** All the scouts minus Jupiter raced to the park. "There's no sign of her anywhere!" Serena cried.
Mina stopped, panting. "This was the last place I saw her."
"What do they want with her?" Amy cried.
"C'mon, scouts, transform!"
"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"
"MERCURY STAR POWER!"
"MARS STAR POWER!"
"VENUS STAR POWER!"
The transformation felt odd without Jupiter, not powerful enough. The Senshi paused and posed for a moment before springing to action.
"Uh.Luna?" Sailor Moon began. "What do we do now? We don't know where she is."
"Oh.uh." Luna looked baffled for a moment, then suggested, "Why don't you picture Jupiter in your minds and use the Scout Teleport? Maybe we can find her that way."
Mercury, who already had her mini-computer out, blushed and put it away.
The scouts clasped hands and whispered in unison, "Scout power."
With a flash, they disappeared, and no one noticed when a good- looking boy with brown hair disappeared with them.
*** Jupiter allowed a slight exhausted moan to escape her lips. She had used her thunder again and again against Celeste but that woman had just stood there smiling.
When she finally gave up, the woman smiled a false pitying smirk and said, "Don't you understand? You're weak, almost useless. Then there's me, beautiful, strong and smart."
She gloated about all her wonderful traits for a few minutes before seeming to remember that, yes; there actually was someone else there.
"Oh, yes. Come with me, little girl." Celeste casually pointed at the bruised and bloodied girl in the corner, making her float with ease.
The girl flinched a bit, but was not as startled as you might imagine. She was used to this routine. Celeste would take her to a blank room and torture her.
Jupiter was slowly dying.
*** "Where are we??" Artemis inquired wearily.
The Senshi were too busy looking around in awe to answer, and it was no wonder. They had traveled to a place where everything and anything was bleeding.
"Oh, my God," Venus whispered. Jupiter was here? How could she survive?
Mercury had her VR goggles on, and did a few calculations before removing them and pointing into the distance.
"See that building? The readings I'm getting on it show that the molecular stability and frequency don't correspond with the gravitational pull of the land mass of."
Mercury got a dreamy look on her face as she talked about science or something. Sailor Moon, Venus, Mars, and the cats just sweated massively.
"Mercury! In English, please, and hurry!" Sailor Mars finally shouted, speaking for all of them.
Mercury paused to catch her breath. "What I'm trying to say is that castle in the distance is a portal to another dimension, and it may even be another dimension!"
Mars' eyes widened. "Do you think that's where Lita is?"
"Yes."
*** Jupiter gasped again and again in pain. It felt like her insides were being pulled out!
"Where is that stone?" Celeste muttered quietly, but not so quietly that Jupiter didn't hear.
What stone? she thought desperately. She could barely open her eyes through the pain. Then finally, she didn't have to. Everything was black.
*** Ken looked at the four sailor soldiers and their guardian cats in front of him. How did he get there? It was simple, really. He touched onto one of the scouts' boots as they transported, and he was swept up with them. They must be looking for Jupiter, his Lita.
They began to speak. He strained his ears, unmoving from his crouch. The castle! That was where she had to be. His face contorted. The stomach pains were almost unbearable now. But as soon as he started walking behind the scouts, the pains stopped.
*** The scouts began walking, oblivious to their shadow, Ken.
"I wonder what they could want with just Jupiter," Artemis mused out loud. "You would think they would capture Princess Serenity if they captured anyone."
Sailor Moon shrieked. "Argh! No way! Those NegaCreeps aren't getting me anytime soon!"
"But this makes you think," Mars pointed out. "If they could capture Lita this easily, the rest of us solitarily won't stand a chance."
The four girls walked on, a bit forlorn at the thought of this.
And still Ken followed. As soon as he stopped, the pains started up again. So he kept going.
*** "Mommy!" Mako-chan shouted happily.
Her mother smiled fondly on her little daughter. "Makoto, you know you shouldn't run when people are around. It's un-lady-like," she gently reprimanded.
Makoto pouted for a moment before pointing out that it was only her and her mother.
Queen Jupiter paused before saying, "Alright! Let's go!"
The Queen and the Princess of Jupiter ran and frolicked in the springy green fields, laughing and rolling in the flowers.
When they finally stopped to catch their breath, Queen Jupiter's face turned serious.
"Makoto," she began slowly.
"Yes, mommy?" Mako-chan said innocently.
The Queen pursed her lips. She didn't think her daughter was ready for this, but her husband had thought otherwise. Soon she would be off to the Moon, learning how to act as a princess. "Darling, I have something to give you."
Little Makoto grinned eagerly. "What is it, mommy?"
She laughed at her daughter's enthusiasm. "Close your eyes and hold out your hands, okay?"
"Okay!" Princess Makoto did as she was told with a smile on her still-babyish lips.
Queen Jupiter fumbled around for the jade Wisdom Stone. She gently placed it against her daughter's forehead and watched as it melted into the skin, finally disappearing altogether. Then, as to not disappoint Makoto, she took out a small bag of candies and placed it in her cupped hands.
Makoto opened her eyes and looked down in delight at the candies. "Wow, thanks mommy!" she cried in glee.
Mother smiled at daughter with a sad look in her eyes, for she knew that now Princess Makoto had the responsibility of keeping the Wisdom Stone safe within her. The same stone that if unlocked, could lead the bearer to all the knowledge in the universe, which could ultimately lead to the destruction of it. But to get this stone, you must first kill the holder of it.
Mako-chan was still staring up at her mother with adoring eyes. Her mother forced a happy smile, for her daughter's sake. "Everything will be alright, Makoto."
Makoto looked puzzled. "I know, mommy, why wouldn't it be?"
About five years after that day, however, the Silver Millennium ended with Beryl's attack and everyone was sent to the future. Makoto was no different, and she was reborn as Lita Kino, also known as Sailor Jupiter! Only, she still contained the Wisdom Stone within her. It was the same stone that transformed her to Sailor Jupiter.
*** The Wisdom Stone.the stone! Sailor Jupiter's eyes shot open after a dream of her past, during the Silver Millennium. She was certain it was a forgotten memory, only how could she remember what happened over a thousand years ago? There was a part of her deep down that knew the dream spoke truth.
But wait a minute, she thought to herself. Celeste couldn't find it when she'd searched, so where was it? But if the stone transformed her into Sailor Jupiter, then it would only be visible when she was in civilian form, as Lita.
Wait! She remembered something. She had to be killed to get the stone. Celeste must not realize that yet, but she will soon enough.
That means I must escape, or the entire universe is doomed and I'm dead! She had been trying to escape, though! Could she maybe use the stone to flee? Jupiter let her warrior fuku slowly melt into her normal clothes. She sat down in a meditation position, legs crossed and eyes shut. Good thing Raye had taught them all to meditate. It would help to grasp the Wisdom Stone.
Lita let her mind rest, forgetting everything else completely except for the stone. She felt around with her mind, searching for it. There it was! It was a deep green, and it almost looked like fruit. She bit into it, forgetting everything else as if in a trance. It was juicy and sweet, so sweet, and juice dribbled down in her mind's eye. The way out appeared in her mind, a slight weakness along the floor. As she felt herself floating back to reality, she saw the stone restore itself, whole again. But her mouth still contained the sweetness of it.