Jovian Chronicles : Book One
The Present: Chapter Three
Makoto let out a sigh as she quickly left the hotel. Men like him, that Seifer guy, pissed her off. First, she was fighting with him because Tanaka ruined her entire plan and yet he still went along with making an agreement where she was to be with that...that....pig? She made her way for the street and walked out, not caring that she was still in her outfit nor the hungry looks for men as she passed by. Her communicator suddenly beeped and she quickly picked it up.
"Makoto here," she said angrily only to see the face her dearest friend, her amethyst eyes gently looking up at her while her long raven hair was around her face. Makoto gave the girl a smile. "Nice to see you Rei, what is the reason for you communicating me?"
"Just to see how you were doing Makoto, Queen Serenity worries about you and Princess Chibi-usa worries as well since she misses her cooking lessons. The Crystal Palace isn't the same without you around but I must admit that Haruka and Michiru have been making sure that Emerald Tower is at its finest," said Rei, a smile moving over her red lips.
"I'm sorry Rei but I have to find out my past as well. Setsuna said that in this new dimension I will find it but I'm still not sure. If you read anything in the fire Rei, please be sure to tell me about it. Who knows what dangers lurk around this place," answered Makoto. Rei gave a nod and turned at the voice of a man then looked back to Makoto with a weary smile.
"I have to go Makoto and I'll be sure to check the fire ok? Have a good time," said Rei and then ended the conversation. Makoto felt calmed as she closed the communicator and let it disappear into her inner-dimensional pocket. Silently she cursed again while the thoughts of Seifer were in her mind. Somehow she followed the main street until she turned down another to end at a park, or at least it looked a bit like one with a few seats and some green trees. A nice place for her to gather her wits since she wasn't going to be returning to the garden that Setsuna put her in.
She closed her eyes and listened to the nature around her and then felt a strange presence enter the park. Still, she kept her eyes closed to see if the person would go away or continue. They kept coming for her and took a seat on the bench next to her, Makoto's eyes quickly opening to see Tanaka sitting next to her.
"You are coming back to the garden, aren't you?" he asked, his eyes staying on her.
"Why should I?" she questioned with a quirked brow and leaned forward a bit, somehow catching his drift of something she was unsure of. "For you?"
Tanaka smiled as he looked at her, confused by the way she was acting. If it was just an act, it would crush him but if it was real he would be joyful. Yet, he felt that she would be leaving soon and there was nothing he could do about. Seifer would be the one to take his place and train her and then of course she would fall for Seifer instead of him Compared to Seifer he was a good kind of cocky guy. He didn't go to the extremes and Seifer did get a lot of funs but had more enemies. That was his down-fall but it turned out good on his part. Makoto looked at Tanaka's facial expression and knew that she had him in some-kind of corner and knew it.
"You are enrolled as a student and your guardian thought it would be best for you to learn some new skills or else she would have left you in some other hands. Are you going to come willingly or will I have to force you back?" asked Tanaka, avoiding the question completely. Makoto rose a brow.
"Why do you want me to come?" she asked, a smile starting at the corners of her mouth. Sure, it was just the first night she was here but who knew that a person could have feelings by one meeting. Things like this could happen all the time, no matter if they knew each other or not. That was how Minako and Eric were. Simply the two of them bumped into each other during Christmas shopping and the next thing Makoto knew they were getting married. It had happened all too fast since it was only four months until their April wedding. They had been married for two years and were doing great.
"You had some great moves in there and the garden could use someone like you. Normally, we don't get any girls in the area of gun blades and it would be great to have someone like you on my team. I would rather be on the same side as you than go against you. Plus, what guy couldn't refuse a beautiful woman like yourself?" asked Tanaka, giving a smile as his hand reached out and took hers. "Come back with me Makoto and I am sure Headmaster Cid will give you a great reward for your excellent job, perhaps even your own room like a normal SeeD."
Makoto grinned as she thought about it and then wrinkled her nose.
"Do I have to be around the crude so-called man?" she asked, her facial expression sour at the thought of him once more, making her anger rise.
"Only on the train ride back and who knows what will happen to him after that. If push comes to shove he'll be able to train you with the gunblade," said Tanaka as he pulled her up to her feet. Makoto nodded and let her senshi uniform go over her curves once again since she didn't want to be stuck in that dress any longer. "I made sure to have the people in the hotel take our items to the train and we will be leaving in ten minutes. Seifer is waiting with our tickets."
Makoto scowled.
"Do you honestly believe that you could trust him with our tickets?" she asked. Of course, it surprised her that she was being judge-mental but they were sent on a mission to bring him back since he did abandon his duties for who knows why. She groaned and started towards the train, running as fast as she could but abandoned running through the crowded streets and took to jumping from roof-to-roof until she spotted the stairs leading down to the underground station. Quickly, she jumped down from the roof and bounded through the cars, ignoring the honks.
The railing was fun to slide-down, she had to admit and it was faster than running down each step. She came to a halt when she saw Seifer standing there holding three tickets in his hand and then gave her a wink.
"Thought I would give it away, didn't ya? Or would like to swim back?" asked Seifer, pulling one ticket out of the three. Makoto smirked and rose a brow.
"Do you honestly think I would swim back?" she asked and then disappeared and reappeared behind him all of a sudden, her fingers tickling his neck before disappearing once again when he turned around and appearing on the wall next to him with her arms crossed over her chest, her back leaning against the wall. Seifer glared in her direction.
"Sorceress?" he questioned only to receive a raised brow.
"I've never been called that before. Others have called me twit, sailor-brat, mystical, senshi, and of coursely my favorite, your highness. We are from two different places and two different dimensions. I am from a place where I was once the ruler of a planet called Jupiter, the royal pain and guardian to her royal highness Princess Serenity of the moon. That was in the past of course and present day I am a ruler of Emerald Tower and still the protector of Queen Serenity, King Endyiom, and Princess Chibi-Usa. Of course your simple mind may not comprehend these facts---"
"If you are a princess, what are you doing here in this pitiful dimension. I'm sure you could have a lot more fun there than...here," answered Seifer with a raised brow.
"My past was erased and Setsuna sent me here to recover it and those that were involved---"
"How come you don't remember your past? Did something horrible happen in your past that caused it to be erased?" asked Seifer, his interest was sparked by this vixen of her past.
"I have two different pasts. One from when I was a royal on Jupiter and the other from when I was reborn on earth," answered Makoto.
"What happened when you were a royal?" asked Seifer, his brow raised.
"I'm not sure...the only part that I remember is a large attack, Princess Serenity killing herself since Prince Endyiom was killed in battle and fighting to protect the Moon Kingdom's throne. I died fighting and Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity's mother, used her powers to seal the evil and send us all to earth to be reborn again in hopes of us being able to save the future instead of dying like in the past. Why are you so interested?" asked Makoto. "None of this has any concern with you anyhow."
"Perhaps I may be the link to your past," answered Seifer with a grin. Makoto let out a laugh while her eyes waited for Tanaka to come down the steps, sensing that he was at the top of the stairs.
"There is a one-percent chance," retorted Makoto only for Seifer to smirk.
"One percent is still a good enough chance," answered Seifer as Tanaka joined the two.
"Are you two getting along?" asked Tanaka.
"No, not at all," answered Makoto. She then took herself into her thoughts while she tried to remember about her past but it was still hidden in the depths of her mind and if she could only remember a little piece of it, she would be happy. Yet, the chance for happiness wouldn't come and who knew when this link to the past would be triggered. Her body moved without thought as she got onto the train, inserted her ticket and then walked into the SeeD cart where she took a seat in the nicely designed room that had a blue carpet, red couch, and could around the ceiling.
Perhaps this trip wasn't going to be so bad if she kept her anger in instead of lashing out at those around her. That way, she would be able to be more friendly and things could get done easily instead of slowly. For some reason, the movements of the train caused her eyes to slowly start closing while the two men were out in the hall looking out of the window. She let out a small sigh as she leaned sideways and curled into the fetal position on the couch, letting sleep take her over.
AN: Sorry for the long wait, I had writers block for a little bit and there is this idea for an original fiction in my mind. Who knows how well it's going to turn out but to me it looks more promising than anything I've ever written before. Tonight I'm in the mood to bust out two chapters but no promises. I'll probably finish it and then go over and edit it tonight then finally post it tomorrow. Have a good night and thanks for reading! : )