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Note: First Youma is named…Koosei!
Chapter 7
While walking out to Hagrid's hut, Ron kept looking around. He put his hand into his robes and pulled it back out quickly. The orb was warm to the touch. Pulling it out he saw that it was a blinding white. "Makoto…" He said nervously. He held up the orb.
Makoto's eyes widened and she yelled to the crowd pushing outside. "EVERYONE! INSIDE! THERE'S A DEMON OUT HERE!"
Ron grabbed a hold of the back of Harry's robes and started pulling him back inside the castle. Hermione looked between Ron and Makoto before helping Ron pull Harry away.
Makoto was trying to feel the negative energy and pinpoint the youma.
"Any luck?" Setsuna said walking up behind her.
Makoto shook her head. "I can't see anything, and the energy I feel is really weak, so it's probably not even transformed yet, just sitting and waiting."
"Should we call Mercury to scan for us?" Setsuna asked seriously.
Makoto shook her head once more. "We don't want to call on the others to help unless we have to. Mercury is needed in Japan to help figure out how to close the dimensional rip. Can you see anything that I'm missing?"
Setsuna didn't answer.
Makoto sighed. "You know exactly what I'm supposed to be looking for and can't tell me."
Setsuna nodded. "It is not my place to disclose information about the future, even in times like this."
Makoto walked a little away from the castle and jumped back as she saw a soda can start to roll faster and faster toward the castle. "I guess that's what I'm looking for."
"We have to go out there. Makoto's still out there and we have to help her." Harry said trying to break free of Ron's grasp.
"Hold on mate, you remember that Makoto said not to get in the middle of things." Ron said still holding tight to Harry.
Hermione nodded. "Plus it would be good to get an idea of just how powerful these demons coming after you are. It's always a good idea to be prepared."
Harry stopped struggling. Ron slowly let him go and the three of them slowly opened the door and stood just outside of it in order to watch.
Makoto saw a few of the teacher's come out of the castle. She backed up still watching the soda can suspiciously.
"Miss Kino, we have heard there was a demon out here." Dumbledore said looking around.
Makoto nodded. "I think it's in the can there, but I can't be sure. Um…professor? Do you think you could ward the windows so the students can't look out here? It probably wouldn't be a good idea for them to see Setsuna or I transform yet."
Dumbledore nodded. "Too right, Miss Kino." He turned to the castle and raised his wand. "Occaecoare * Luminarearis **!"
Makoto smiled. "Thank you." She looked at Pluto who nodded. "Then I guess it's time." She pulled out what looked to be a very ornate pen and held it in the air. "Jupiter Crystal Power, Make-Up!"
Setsuna also took out an ornate pen and held it in the air. "Pluto Planet Power, Make-Up!"
Setsuna and Makoto were both covered in a column of pure energy. When the light dispersed Makoto and Setsuna were no longer dressed in robes, but in their senshi fuka. The white body suits shone bright and the skirts left little to imagine.
Jupiter looked at the soda can and was about to blast it when it too started to glow and change. It soon stood, just as tall as the professors with what looked to be human legs and arms coming from a huge soda can, complete with a straw. The blue face on the can smiled at them.
"Where is the boy?" It said.
The teachers stood in a line and pointed their wands at the can.
It looked at them. "You think you can destroy Koosei with pieces of wood?" Koosei laughed.
Jupiter looked at Pluto and shrugged. "It's a lesser demon, but I still don't know if the professors can handle it."
Pluto nodded. "It is best for them to learn that they can not help us now, then when the youma is even stronger. Let them at least try."
Jupiter only nodded.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stared open mouth at which they thought was their HoM professor and fellow student. Harry looked at the two senshi. "This it the protection Hagrid was talking about, the reincarnations of the princesses that were in my book. Setsuna and Makoto are two of the founders of magic."
Hermione looked at Harry. "That's why Makoto seemed to know what was going on, and why she is an ecomancer."
Ron took out the orb Makoto had given him. It was very hot and a blinding white in color. "I don't like the looks of this."
Jupiter looked back toward the castle and froze. "Shit…"
Pluto looked at the emerald clad senshi. "What is the matter Jupiter?"
Jupiter tilted her head in the direction of the castle. Pluto turned her head to look. "I see what you mean. I guess it would be wise to talk to them tonight."
Jupiter sighed. "I'm going to have a lot of explaining to do." She looked to the professors who were busy throwing charms, hexes, and curses at the human sized aluminum can. "They aren't even making a dent in that tin can. How can that be?"
Pluto turned from the castle and looked at the mass of teachers. "They should have done some damage to it by now."
"Enough of this. Koosei grows tired of wasting time. My master needs the boy." The can lifted it's arms and when it brought them down again, a spray of soda came from the straw soaking all of the professors. Though the soda was anything but ordinary. It appeared to make them stick to one another and caused nothing but trouble.
Jupiter cracked her knuckles. "Looks like it's our turn."
Pluto nodded once. "Agreed."
Jupiter ran over to Koosei. "Hey, you tin can, pick on someone your own size! Sparkling Wide Pressure!" The ball of electricity hit Koosei head on but did nothing. "Crap, it's protected."
"That's right brat, Koosei was given great protection power from its master." Koosei said as it prepared to spray Jupiter with soda.
"Enough of this. Dead Scream." Pluto's calm voice sounded. The attack did nothing.
"Koosei said it was protected. You stupid brats can do nothing to Koosei." The can said smiling and dancing about.
Jupiter looked at Pluto worried. "This is really bad. If this is just a lesser demon, why isn't anything working?"
Pluto too looked a bit worried. "Let us try attacking together."
Makoto nodded. "Jupiter Oak…"
"Dead…"
"Evolution!"
"Scream."
Again the attacks went out though combined and strengthened this time. Still nothing seemed to happen.
Jupiter looked to Pluto. "I'm going to have to call someone to help." She opened the communicator on her wrist and hit two buttons. "This is Jupiter. Pluto and I need your help." She quickly shut the communicator and continued looking at Koosei.
Koosei was looking around for the person its master had described. "There…there is the boy Master wants." The can, although large and strange in appearance had great speed and reached Harry and the others quickly.
Jupiter looked up amazed at the speed at which the can moved, but was frightened to see the can already holding Harry. "HARRY!" She screamed. She didn't notice the sudden appearance of two more people.
"Pluto, what's going on?" Uranus said her Space Sword already out ready to use.
"Yes, when Jupiter called on us it seemed urgent." Neptune said her Deep Aqua Mirror held delicately in her hands.
Pluto sighed. "Our powers alone are not enough to get past what ever new defense these youma have."
The three outer senshi watched at Jupiter started to use physical attacks on Koosei.
"I'm afraid it is time to awaken Princess Makoto. It might give her the advantage over the youma." Pluto said sadly.
Uranus and Neptune looked shocked. Uranus' eyes grew narrow. "We promised ourselves that besides Koneko none of the other inners would get their full memories back, least of all Koto-chan. To make her go back to what she was would destroy who she is now."
Neptune nodded. "We promised Serenity that if anything Princess Makoto would never be reawakened fully. She was unstable then, and we can't be sure that she would understand the changes that she would have to make for herself. Zeus should never have had a child that had to take on his powers."
Pluto looked over to where Makoto was now being thrown around like a rag doll. "We don't have much time, but look for yourself. Even now, with most of her memories hidden from her, she's still the one that sacrifices herself for any of us. The least we could do is give her the memories behind that, and the power to do something besides die for the cause of greater good. She deserves that much from us."
Jupiter ran over to Koosei and jump kicked the side of the can. "Let go of Harry Nega-trash."
Koosei dropped Harry and started rubbing its side. "You kicked Koosei. You must die now."
"I've heard that a lot…and look I'm still here." Jupiter said getting into a defensive stance. She yelled over her shoulder. "Ron, Hermione, get Harry the hell out of here."
Ron and Hermione nodded and started dragging Harry away.
Harry was trying to fight back. He had never run from any challenge he had been through. "I want to stay and help you."
Jupiter quickly looked back. "Harry…just go!" It was looking back at him that was her mistake. Koosei grabbed her arm and spun her into the wall of the castle.
"MAKOTO!" Harry, Ron, and Hermione yelled.
"We have to do this now." Pluto said sternly.
Uranus and Neptune nodded in defeat. The three of them took out their henshin pens and pointed them at Jupiter. Uranus grumbled. "I just want you to know I'm doing this against my better judgement."
Pluto smiled. "Noted…now, let us begin. Pluto Planet Power."
"Neptune Planet Power."
Uranus stood there before being elbowed by Neptune. "Oh alright. Uranus Planet Power."
Three beams of energy shot out towards Makoto. When she was hit she pulsed with energy.
Jupiter's eyes glazed over as her memories were returned to her. Slowly the green on her fuka became a darker emerald and the pink became almost red. Her tiara turned into a chain that held a small oval emerald. Her eyes opened slowly, and tears started running down her face. "No."
Koosei was about to throw her into the wall again but before that could happen Jupiter formed a large lightning bolt in her hand and used it as a knife, stabbing Koosei in what would be its forehead. The electricity in the lightning started sparking and exploded, leaving nothing left of the youma tin can.
Jupiter looked up at the other three senshi. "How could you?" She took off running into the Forbidden Forest.
Pluto turned to Neptune and Uranus. "Follow her, I'll explain things here."
The two nodded before running off after their friend.
Pluto started to sparkle and her robes were back on her body. Three students ran over to her and the teaching staff looked to her for an explanation. Setsuna sighed before speaking. "Let us talk inside."
Once inside a small sitting room off of the main hall of the school, and everyone was seated comfortably, Setsuna placed her hands in her lap. "For those of you that did not know, Makoto and I are Sailor Pluto and Jupiter. Meaning we are also the reincarnation of the princesses from the Silver Millennium.
"When the Silver Millennium collapsed, only Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and myself retained the knowledge of our true pasts after we got our powers back. It was only after the ginzuishou was reformed that Sailor Moon got her full memories back and became Princess Serenity once more. The other four senshi remanded clueless to their true past, and it was to stay that way. The senshi had no need to get involved with the war you are having involving Voldemort. Though taking into account the present facts of Makoto's family life, it was hard for things not to go as they are going.
"What Uranus, Neptune, and I did was give Makoto back her full memories. Doing this let her tap into the power she has as Princess Makoto, though I had to break my promise to Queen Serenity to save her."
Hermione cleared her throat. "What's so wrong with Makoto having all of these memories?"
Setsuna sighed as she knew that question would come up. "It's because of who Makoto's true father is. You remember that the Princess of Jupiter was both Zeus' and Demeter's child. Because of this, Princess Makoto feels that her father would have wanted her to protect the kingdoms. Even though all the Gods and Goddesses ruled over their own elements, feelings, or whatever else was to be ruled over, they all still looked to Zeus to settle disputes or to band them together in times of need. Makoto feels the need to take that one step farther and protect all those around her.
"In our first life, Princess Makoto took it upon herself to protect the 9 kingdoms. Although the princesses of Neptune and Uranus were stationed to watch the solar system and make sure it stayed safe, Makoto decided that not only would she watch and protect those two princesses, she would also go into other systems and try to establish peaceful treaties with the more intelligent beings. It is because of this that Makoto was never to get her full memories.
"In a show of peace, one such system granted Princess Makoto with a great gift of power. Although she was unable to see into the future, as that ability had been blocked from all but myself and the information I could let the princess of Mars see, she was given a stronger intuition and added onto her ecomancer abilities, she was opened up to empathy."
Harry tried to absorb all of the information. "I still don't understand why that should have been kept from Makoto."
Dumbledore cleared his throat. "It seems that Makoto's overprotective quality will now become much stronger."
Setsuna nodded. "What it means is that before Makoto got her memories back she was willing to die to save her family and friends, now she is willing to die to protect the world. It is very likely that Makoto may feel the need to seek out Voldemort now, and destroy him before he has a chance of coming here himself."
Makoto ran far into the forest. She couldn't stop them, the pure emotions coming not only from the plants and animals, but from humans as well. As soon as her memories returned she could feel sympathy from Neptune, anger at Pluto from Uranus, and pity from Pluto. She never minded all the energy it took to attempt to protect the solar system, it was the empathy she couldn't handle.
She collapsed on a flat rock and slowly cried. The sound of hoof beats startled Makoto. She looked up to see the centaur Arina. "You cry child, why is that?"
Makoto looked into the centaur's eyes. "Look to Jupiter."
Arina did just that and drew in breath. "Jupiter is unclouded. His storm rages stronger and his heart beats brighter. The princess is awakened."
Makoto nodded. It was then that Arina say the chain across Makoto's forehead and the small oval emerald that dangled from it. "Princess!" Arina bowed low.
Makoto shook her head. "Please stop that. The centaurs should know that the princesses never liked formal situations."
Arina nodded. "That is understood." She looked up quickly. "It is time for me to depart, we are not alone. Farewell my lady, we shall meet again." She galloped away from the clearing just as Haruka and Michiru ran into it.
"Koto-chan, please listen to us." Michiru pleaded as she saw Makoto turn away from her.
"We didn't want to Koto-chan, you know if anyone would understand that we would. We never wanted you to remember." Haruka said putting her hand on Makoto's shoulder.
Makoto sighed. "It was inevitable though. Not truly an outer senshi, and shunned from the inner because of the power and need of protection that was given to me by my father, I always stood alone in my thoughts. If it weren't for the two of you I would have had a sad existence back then. But things have changed. Although I still feel the need to protect, I was able to make friends with all of you and I know that my fierceness won't frighten you or them away. I truly did not want to get all my power back. I could do without the empathy. Your rage, fear, and sympathy are enlightening though."
Michiru was speechless.
Haruka looked at her strangely. "That's it isn't it. The real reason you wanted to be a solitary senshi in the silver court. You can't control your empathy."
Makoto shook her head. "No I can't, and I don't know what I'm going to do about staying in the school."
Michiru smiled. "They can help you."
Haruka smiled. "That's right Koto-chan, they should be used to dealing with all types of powers, they could help you with this."
Makoto looked up, hope filling her eyes. "You think so?"
Haruka and Michiru nodded. Haruka squeezed her shoulder. "There's only one way to find out."
*To blind, hide, or make invisible
**Window, port of viewing
There you are…Chapter 7 done. You now know that Makoto, in the past, was the mysterious center senshi, but now she is just one of the team. She does have more powers now that she has her memories back, but nothing too seriously powerful. The large lightning bolt that she formed can either be thrown as a more powerful electric attack, or can be used as a sword at close range. She has a stronger intuition, which means that she can feel more compelled to do one thing instead of another. The last thing is empathy, which technically is what ecomancy is, just for plants and animals…but now she can understand, sense, and sometimes communicate with people through their feelings…though she has never mastered this power…and it often becomes a weakness for her.
Harry and company finally know about Makoto's secret and in the next chapter we see their reaction to it. Know now that only the professors and those three students know Makoto's true identity, at least for now.
In the next chapter we'll also see Draco trying to get revenge on Makoto and we'll skip to Halloween and the completion of the potion Makoto was told to make for Setsuna. It's one of those long brewing potions.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please review!
