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Eyes closed, Jadeite sat with his back against the tree, rubbing his sore jaw. He had nearly vomited from the force of Jupiter's kick, and her final blow had left him crawling helplessly away. Once he felt certain she wasn't following, he slumped against a convenient tree and groaned in pain.

"What happened to you?"

Jadeite craned his sore neck back to glare up at the tall figure looming over him. "Nephrite's 'Emerald Thunder Goddess.' I can't believe he actually calls her that."

"You've called Mars worse," the tall man reminded him. "Something along the lines of the 'Brightest Flame in the Universe,' wasn't it? Oh, and your Burning-"

"Alright, already! Besides, Mars is somewhat sane! Jupiter is crazed! She punched me. Then she kicked me. Then she hit me again. Leave me alone."

"Jupiter hit you?" A second man moved up beside the first, and green eyes peered down at him in concern. "Are you alright?"

"No. She has a very strong arm. Remind me to tell Nephrite I deplore his taste in women."

"Where is Nephrite?" Kunzite wondered, looking around somewhat dazedly.

"No idea. I've been too busy trying to remember how to breathe to go looking for anyone." Jadeite closed his eyes again and sighed. "She also has a very powerful kick. She might have broken a rib."

Zoisite knelt beside him, probing his side gently. Jadeite hissed at him in pain, but his friend ignored him. "Nothing broken. You're probably just bruised."

"Why did she attack you?" Kunzite asked. "What did you do to make her so angry?"

"Betrayed the Moon Kingdom, betrayed our Prince, helped Beryl destroy the Silver Millennium, then came back in another life to serve Beryl again against the Senshi and to steal energy for that monster, Metalia, who poisoned all our minds and destroyed everything we once loved. You did the same, so I'd stay out of her path."

Zoisite stared hard at him, shaking his head. "No. We didn't-"

"We did," Kunzite whispered. "I remember now. When I woke up this morning, all I could think of was the Prince, and Venus. But now I remember what Beryl did to us. Good God, we hurt them. All those people."

"We weren't ourselves," Zoisite reminded them desperately. "She raped our minds, poisoned them!"

"Maybe," Jadeite answered dully. "I don't think that excuse is going to get us far with the Senshi. What's more, we're supposed to be dead. Jupiter made it very clear that is the way she prefers us."

Kunzite stared blankly down at a tree root. "That doesn't matter."

"My ribs beg to differ," Jadeite muttered.

"It doesn't matter, because we can't change the past," the ivory haired Shitennou insisted. "All we can do is our duty. We need to find our Prince."

"I don't think he's going to be very willing to accept our service, either."

"We'll find him, and make him believe us," Zoisite said hopefully. "He'll understand."

"Perhaps..." Kunzite looked up at last, meeting his friends eyes. "Perhaps we were brought back for this chance to finally make amends. Perhaps we can finally fulfill our duty."