Hello again! Yes I know it took much longer to update this story than what I said but come on, truly what's new from me? Lol well here it is and I might say this could be a bit difficult to understand if you haven't seen the episodes when they try to retrieve Sasuke from leaving to go to Orochimaru. But if you have any questions or are confused just send me a PM and I'll explain. So onward with the story! Hehe!

Written In The Stars

Chapter Two: The Past, Is But The Past

Makoto landed hard on the ground sucking a quick breath of air as her head connected with the not so soft ground, the congested feeling quickly spread throughout her head, numbing it in pain. She scrunched up her nose and cringed at the feeling pulsing through her, while she rolled over studying her surroundings. Her eyes made quick work of finding out where exactly she had landed. A canopy of trees hung over her, shading her from the heated sun, while soft grass lay beneath, her fingers grasping handfuls of it to keep from crying out in pain. Too bad her ears failed to listen to the fighting going on about two hundred feet away from her. Sounds of the on going battle drifted into her mind and brought her back to present state.

"There is no way that's a good sign!" She thought to herself and finally managed to get herself up and off the ground.

Swiftly she made her way over to the edge of the many rows of trees that kept her in hiding from the enemies. She moved her gloved hand to push down a small bush and observe the battle.

From what she could see two boys who looked about her age were loosing badly and could eventually use her help. There was one boy, with blood red hair and green eyes, similar to hers, who was wearing a burgundy robe with white flaps hanging down in the front and back. What Makoto found most interesting about him wasn't how cute he was, or the giant gourd he was carrying on his back; but the tattoo of 'Love' on his forehead.

Next her eyes caught sight of a boy with large black eyes, and onyx hair to match. He was wearing a strange training outfit that she had never seen before, as well as a way out of style bowl hair cut. What enchanted her about him though was, he seemed so familiar to her, almost like a long lost friend but she was unable to place from where.

Lastly she saw their opponent, a man with silver hair, beautiful green eyes and deep red marks underneath them. He was also wearing a robe but was white and was loosely hanging off his shoulder. Makoto was trying to figure out what exactly he was using as a weapon, while being lost in her thoughts the man spoke, catching her attention as well as his opponents.

"Subaku no Gaara… What a foolish nickname." Kimimaru sneered at the boy, whom was just named 'Gaara of the Desert.' Makoto felt somewhat lucky t be within earshot of the brawl.

Even Makoto felt that taunting Gaara wasn't exactly the most intelligent thing to be doing at this moment.

Gaara seethed at the mans' comment and whispered the words 'Sabaku Sousou' as Makoto watched frightfully as sand grasp his body and cover him completely then constrict him as blood spattered out. Makoto had to look away, watching someone be killed with the simple whisper of words was too much for her heart to take.

As she finally summed up the courage to look back her eyes once again fell upon the black haired boy standing next to Gaara. Her eyes then softened as she thought.

"It's so strange… When I look at him he makes me feel calm and protected… I had to've been friends with him… But why can't I remember anything about him!!??" Makoto thought angrily, becoming frustrated by her amnesia.

Gaaras' voice caught her attention as he spoke to the boy her thoughts were surrounding.

"Watching him reminds me of that guy…" Gaara commented staring at the sand around them.

"Huh?" Makoto asked, knowing neither could hear her.

"…Uchiha Sasuke." Gaara answered looking at Lee.

Makoto looked as if someone had just stabbed her in the back.

"Sasuke-Kun?! What's wrong with Sasuke-Kun!?" Makoto asked frantically out loud.

"He had the same eyes." Gaara finished as Makoto watched Lees expression change into sadness.

"Same eyes?" Lee asked in wonder.

"These boys… They know Sasuke and… The black haired boy… I know I'm supposed to remember him... So if anything happens that they need my help, I have to interfere." Makoto promised herself.

Suddenly Kimimaru pulled out of the sand as she heard Lees' surprised voice.

"He-He's not dead!?" Makoto asked astonished, then saw his appearance and became sickened.

Many places where his skin was supposed to be, had been ripped off and showed bone and where his cheek was supposed to be was only the inside of his mouth.

Kimimaru began talking once again but Makoto was unable to hear due to Gaara's sand grinding against the ground in antagonism.

"Damn it!" Makoto cursed straining to hear as she leaned out from the bushes as far as she could without being seen, which ended up not working.

"Grr! This isn't working!" Makoto complained glad that the boy's backs were to her and Kimimaru was too far away to hear her scream.

Finally wanting to hear what was being said Makoto moved out into the open a little farther, which she regretted within two seconds.

She was quickly unable to breathe as fear stuck her body. She hadn't expected Kimimarus' eyes to so quickly detect movement from so far away from him.

Their eyes immediately connected but neither shared the same emotion.

Kimimarus' eyes showed elation and happiness at finding her, almost like she was what he had been looking for all along. Makoto on the other hand, her eyes showed fear and anxiety.

Kimimaru then stopped talking and smirked at her.

"You!" Kimimaru yelled as he outstretched his hand sending a long extension of bone out of his arm towards her.

"K-Kuso!!" Makoto cried as she stood from her hiding spot and did the only thing she could do, stand there in fear, thanking God she was already transformed into Eternal Sailor Jupiter.

She tried to turn around and run, or at the least put her arms up in defense but her body forbid any of that to process.

She sucked in a breath to scream, as the bone was only a foot away from her, but was unable to as the bone wrapped around her ankle and slammed her into the ground, knocking the inhaled breath out of her.

"What is going on!?" Lee yelled wandering who Kimimaru was yelling at and who he had grabbed.

Gaara snarled at the man who was smirking and turned around quickly to see who it was that he had captured.

Makoto dug her gloved fingers into the ground trying to grab something that would help her stay away from the freaky silver haired man that pulled his bones out and used them as weapons. Seeing this Kimimaru quickly pulled her to him, so that now she was hanging upside down staring at him fire burning in her eyes.

She wouldn't have been so angry if it wasn't for the fact that he had lifted her upside down so that she had to hold her skirt up so it wouldn't revile herself.

"What the Hell do you think you're doing you sick-o perv!!?" Makoto screamed taking her other foot and swinging it forward to hit his face, what she didn't expect was that his bones would catch her foot cutting it and holding it there.

Now he was making a mockery of her and they all knew it, while her face flushed with more embarrassment than anger.

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"Th-That girl…" Lee spoke in confusion as Gaara looked at him.

"I… I think I knew her when I was younger… She was a good friend of mine… But everyone said that she was killed…" Lee finished and looked over at Gaara with a pleading stare.

"We need to help her." Lee commanded while Gaara never took his eyes away from Makoto.

"I want to know what business Kimimaru has with her, and then we'll intervene." Gaara replied making Lee more and more concerned.

"She could get hurt if-" Gaara cut Lee off quickly replying.

"She is capable of more than you think, listen to him." Gaara commanded still not taking his eyes off her and Kimimaru, as he began speaking to Makoto.

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Kimimaru smirked at the girl in his trap.

"I knew I felt another power but I never expected it to be that of the Sailor Jupiter or should I say the one and only Kino Makoto?" Kimimaru laughed watching Makotos' expression change from pissed to fearful and he loved it.

"H-How did he know it was me!? How could he see through my disguise!? More importantly how the Hell did he know who I am in the first place!!?" Makoto thought frantically.

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"K-Kino… Makoto?" Lee asked as his eyes misted over and thoughts of him and a young Mako-Chan flooded through his brain. Suddenly he remembered everything of their past together.

His eyes cast over towards the girl in anger and sadness.

"Mako-Chan… I remember her now… She was my first and only friend during my academy days… I used to help her train when I wasn't training myself… She was supposedly killed by Uchiha Itachi the night he murdered the Uchiha Clan…" Lee replied surprising Gaara.

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"Won't Orochimaru-Sama be pleased to hear that while bringing back his new dream container, I as well brought back the girl he has been searching for, for many years and most likely is out looking for right now?" Kimimaru answered calmly.

Makotos eyes widened in shock and fear.

"O-Orochimaru?" Makoto stuttered in a pleading voice.

"Yes I believe you met with him earlier today. And once I'm done killing these two, I'll be taking you back with me to see him once more." Kimimaru replied looking down at Makoto.

Makotos' eyes began to tear up at the thought of having ever see Orochimaru again.

She squeezed her eyes shut letting two tears fall from her eyes. They then snapped open, wrath seeping from her fiery emerald eyes.

"I'd rather die than see that bastard again!" Makoto screamed as Kimimarus' face cringed in anger.

Before Kimimaru could even say something, electricity flowed through his body and he flung the girl off of him and toward the two boys.

"Whaaa!!" Makoto screamed as he shot her through the air, as she whipped around in circles.

Gaara made quick work of his sand and caught her wrapping her cautiously in the sand.

Her eyes opened to find herself floating on sand, as it flowed around her body. She looked around then looked up to see Gaaras' face and she blushed as he looked down at her, and then looked back to Kimimaru. Makoto felt the sand move then her body was on solid ground.

"He's persistent." Gaara mumbled as Makoto looked back to see Kimimaru charging at them now in a monstrous form.

"Shimatte…" Makoto mumbled and stood up in her fighting stance ready, now for anything.

She then felt a hand on her arm, and looked over to find none other than Lee staring at her with saddened eyes.

"Mako-Chan, let Gaara-Sama handle this, he's very capable of doing so." Lee smiled making her completely believe him.

"H-He remembers me! I knew I had met him! But I still can't remember his name! I also would like to know how he can still tell who I am even though I'm transformed… That at the moment seems to be the million dollar question…" Makoto thought sadly and replied.

"But-" Makoto was stopped by Kimimarus' shout of anger, as he charged at Gaara.

"I'll kill you both but I'll start with you Gaara!"

Makoto watched as Gaara put up a shield of sand to protect himself but at the speed of Kimimaru there was no way it could withstand him.

And Makoto was right Kimimaru easily broke through Gaaras' barrier, sending him flying backwards.

Makoto pushed herself to run as fast as she could and turned around just in time to catch Gaara in her arms. The force sent them crashing into the ground and Makoto loosing grip on his body but he was only a foot away.

"A-Are you OK?" Makoto asked rolling over to look at Gaara as she held her arm in pain, but smiled anyway.

Gaara looked at her in shock not believing that she had just done that to help him, when she didn't even know him.

"I'm fine…" He replied standing up

"-But you're wounded." He looked down at her, as she stood up next to him and smiled.

"I'm fine now lets-" Makoto stopped upon hearing Lees' painful cry as Kimimarus' tail whipped him through the air.

"No…" Makoto whispered in a pleading voice as she watched Lee land hard on the ground.

"You're dead!!" She seethed as electricity cracked around her.

Kimimaru looked over at her calmly, pissing her off even more.

She snarled and began running towards him holding out both of her hands while shouting.

"Sparkling White Pressure!!" As two electrical balls formed in each hand as she threw them at him, smiling knowing that he didn't have enough time to dodge them so he would have to block them and even if he did that, he would still be shocked. And indeed Makoto was right; Kimimaru attempted blocking her attack but was sent flying to the ground in pain.

"Gaara go after him while he's down. I'll go take care of him." Makoto said running off towards Lee, as Gaara agreed by attacking Kimimaru.

Makoto knelt down next to Lee and lifted his head up, as he opened his eyes.

"Mako-Chan… Hurry get out of here before Kimimaru gets a hold of you… I don't know what you have to do with Orochimaru but I know you couldn't have done anything bad, and I know I don't want to loose another person to him as well. So please hurry." Lee answered as he leaned upwards, watching Gaara fight.

"I'm not going anywhere! There's no way I could leave you two here! This guy's strong, as to be expected if he's with Orochimaru. So you forget about that, ok? I'm staying right here with you till the end." Makoto smiled down at him.

Gaara now was wrapped up in Kimimarus' spinal cord but a giant barrier of sand protected him from Kimimarus' harm.

"No, it's you who doesn't need to worry. Gaara and I can take care of this. I promise." Lee smiled giving Makoto 'The Nice Guy Pose.' Makotos' eyes widened while memories of her and Lee together when they were younger flashed through her mind.

She then remembered how she and Lee always trained with one another and how she looked up to Lee as much as she looked up Itachi. She also remembered 'The Nice Guy Pose' was the last thing she saw of Lee before Setsuna came and took her to Earth.

She finally came to and looked down at Lee and smiled tears forming in her eyes.

"Mako-Chan are you-"

Before Makoto or Lee could say anything they were distracted by Kimimarus bone breaking when he tried to break Gaaras' impenetrable defense.

Gaara then manipulated the sand to begin sinking below Kimimaru.

"It's over for you." Gaara seethed tired of fighting him and Kimimaru struggled to break free of Gaaras' sand trap. Finally he realized he had lost and all together gave up trying to move.

Just before Kimimarus' head was submerged under the sand, he said on last thing.

"What an amazing person…"

Gaara sighed as he looked over to see Makoto helping Lee stand.

Once he had, Lee asked.

"You got him this time… It's over, right?"

Makoto and Lee waited to hear Gaaras' reply but received nothing for he was listening for anything to happen.

Suddenly they heard a voice from below them mumble 'Dance of the seeding ferns.' as Gaaras eyes widened in shock.

Suddenly all around them huge bones shot out of the ground coming close to Makoto and Lee.

"Gaara!" Makoto shouted in fear.

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"Arigato, Gaara…" Makoto panted while they levitated above the ground on Gaaras' sand.

"You saved us. You truly are amazing to be able to do this." Lee added staring across to where Gaara and Makoto where sitting.

"We just got on the sand I always use. It's very easy for me." Gaara replied looking around.

"He was a persistent bastard, but it's over now. He won't appear before us again." Gaara commented then fell to his knees, and added.

"I'm at my limit. We should get off." Makoto sighed agreeing, as Lee replied with a

'yes'.

"Gaara!!!" Gaara heard Makoto scream, then suddenly heard a deep breathing from behind him.

"He is…. Orochimaru-Sama is the only one who understands me!!! How could you guys possibly know!?" Kimimaru cried as he pulled his spear shaped arm back to kill Gaara.

Lee quickly shielded his eyes as Gaara turned around to face him, too shocked to move out of the way.

Suddenly they heard a loud cry of pain as they looked up to see Makoto standing in front of Gaara, Kimimarus' bone piercing her side.

Gaara looked up into Makotos' tear filled eyes, as she tried to smile at him.

"Mako-Chan!!" Lee cried out in terror.

Gaara couldn't do anything but stare in unbelievably at the girl protecting him.

"H-He's dead!" Lee shouted hurriedly, as Gaara looked above Makoto to see Kimimaru had indeed died just as his bone penetrated through Makotos' shoulder.

"P-Please… Pull it out…" Makoto begged before she fell limp onto Gaara and her Senshi uniform materialized away with a few sparkles leaving her dressed in her normal clothing, blood seeping through where her cut was.

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Soft voices beckoned Makoto to awake, her eyes fluttered open at the view of the world displaying itself in a sideways manner. She soon realized she was lying on her side on the ground as searing pain ripped through her side. She inhaled sharply not because of the pain but now remembering the events that had happened. She quickly sat up despite the extensive pressure it put on her body to do so.

The two boys conversing only about five feet away from her stopped upon hearing her labored breathing and they looked over to see Makoto sitting up holding her side in tenderness, eyes misted over. She stood up and began walking over to them; both watching as she never removed her eyes from Lee.

"Mako-Chan… You shouldn't stand up if it hurts you so badly that it makes you-" Lee was suddenly stopped by Makoto latching herself tightly around him, embracing him and never wanting to let go. Lees' eyes were wide in shock by his old friends' actions.

"Lee… I'm so sorry for not telling you I had to leave! B-But if I didn't terrible things would have happened and… And you and everyone else would have been put in danger because the course of the future would have been forever unbalanced… And Setsuna couldn't have-" Lee cut the sobbing Makoto off by hugging her back and pulling her away from him.

He looked at the girl before him still not believing the once Tom-Boy, tough-girl that he remembered so well was the same one standing in front of him now a few years older than what he had memorized. He could still see the resemblance that was uncanny to what he remembered, same pony tale, emerald eyes that held great determination, as well as kindness, and protection. He smiled at her teary eyes overflowing not even having to blink, and they would still fall.

"Mako-Chan, you don't have to be sorry for anything, I'm just relieved to see you're well and alive, unlike what I thought you were to be only an hour ago." Lee smiled then hugged her again as she cried into his chest.

He heard a muffled "Thank you Lee." Pass through her lips as she sniffed, and looked up wiping the tears from her jade eyes, plastering a smile on her face.

"I'm also glad you're ok… I have so much to tell you and explain to you about my whole… Electricity thing as well. But I think it would be easier to tell everyone at once.. So um… Where exactly are we anyway?" She asked looking around at the scenery.

"Not Konoha, but we're near the border of Fire Country." Gaara answered her question making himself known.

"Ok, so that means we have a good ways of walking to do then huh?" Makoto asked a bit heartbroken no longer wanting to wait to arrive at Konoha and see, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke.

"Yes, so if we want to make it before sun down we better start walking." Lee replied as they stood up, they began walking then abruptly Makoto stopped.

"Wait!... Before we leave tell me…" She looked down at the ground in worry and sadness, and then looked back up at the two boys.

"What's wrong with Sasuke-Kun?" She asked on the verge of tears yet again.

Gaara and Lee exchanged quick glances and Lee replied.

" He and Naruto… Well you see Sasuke, ran off and Naruto is trying to stop him from leaving… They're most likely fighting as we speak…" Makoto let her mouth fall agape at what Lee had just told her. So many things ran through her head that she had feared had happened.

Lee saw her expression and quickly covered up his words.

"But we all know they'll be fine, Naruto-Kun is very capable of handling things like this by himself, no doubt-"

"Are you crazy Lee!? N-Naruto-Kun could hardly ever handle his power when it came to things dealing with his emotions; you and I both know that!" Makoto cried searching around for her transformation wand.

"And Sasuke-Kun… They never liked one another… If they're both angry, neither will back down nor give up an inch of their ground… They could very possibly kill each other!" She added finding her transformation wand and pulling it out, gripping it tightly trying to hold back her own emotions as well as she could.

"And I'm not going to let that happen on my terms, especially just as soon as I got back to this world. I'm definatly going to stop this right now!" Makoto shouted holding up her wand as what looked like sparks went down from her finger nails to the tips of her boots. She was now dressed as Eternal Sailor Jupiter yet again.

She looked up at the two boys yet again and took in a deep breath feeling her wound being constricted by her fuku.

"Lee… Gaara… Please tell which way they went?..." Makoto pleaded towards them, desperation hanging on every syllable that came out of her mouth.

"You can't be doing this while you're in this condition." Gaara commanded; as Makoto closed her eyes and a minute later, they then snapped back open.

"Please!... Please?... I can't accept to loose them after I just thought I got them back…" Makoto cried truly willing to do just about anything at this very moment.

Lee looked away knowing what he was about to do would have some sort of consequence but it had to be done. He looked back up at his long lost friend and smiled sadly.

"They ran straight behind you… But after that I have no idea…" Lee replied as Makoto looked up at him and smiled giving him a silent 'thank you' then turned a complete 180 and took off faster than lightning itself.

Gaara looked at Lee about ready to berate him for doing that but then saw his expression. Lee was smiling sadly after the girls now dot like retreating form, and thought not to.

"Be careful, Mako-Chan… I'll be waiting for you three to come back…" Gaara heard Lee mutter as he watched him turn on his heel in the opposite direction of the girl and begin his long walk back to Konoha.

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(A.N.- You guys better love me I was going to stop here and leave the good part for later but I'm nice and will write a bit more just for you!-)

Makoto's chest was stinging with sweltering ache while becoming more and more out of breath. Although she found the worse the pain got and the closer she got to her friends, the more power she could feel rising between to two brawling boys.

"I'm so close! I can feel it! But where are they!!"Makoto screamed aloud to herself, wanting so badly to find the answer. Unexpectedly something huge exploded about a half a mile away from her. The explosion was so immense she could see the pure colors as plain as day.

"Naruto-Kun! Sasuke-Kun! Stop!!" She shouted hoping they could possibly hear her cry of pain, now knowing for sure the detonation came from the source of her two best friends.

If possible she moved her feet even quicker than before, wanting to make sure no one was injured in the blast.

Suddenly the clean smell of water washed over her senses, as she saw the clearing.

"I'm almost there…Just… a little further…" She told herself pushing her body to its full potential.

After it seemed like forever and eternity she burst through into the light and stopped dead in her tracks, fear overtaking her body as a feeling of someone ripping her heart out of her chest washed over her body, numbing from the sight she saw.

There lay, fifty feet away from her, an unconscious Naruto looking beaten near death.

"N-Naruto…" She croaked her voice cracking and began to shuffle her feet forward.

"NARUTO-KUN!" She screamed now making her shocked body run forward as fast as it could to reach Naruto, wanting so badly to hold him in her arms and make sure he was okay.

Tears streamed down her face as she skidded to her knees not caring if she'd get bloody in the process. She had a one track mind and that was thinking of the fastest way to cling to him. And that was exactly what she did before even looking at his new features. She took him in her arms, laid her head on his chest and cried.

She smiled upon hearing his steady heartbeat, but suddenly it got faster and faster. Makoto pulled away to see a pair of squinty cobalt blue eyes staring back at her. Even if they were barely open, they were still the most beautiful and enchanting eyes she hand ever seen. But sadly just as quickly as they opened they shut again.

"Naruto-Kun… I'm so sorry… Forgive me… For not getting here fast enough…" She begged as she sniffed quietly still looking down at his peaceful face.

Her eyes traveled around his body finding various wounds that needed immediate treatment. She slowly began to tear up her fuku, reminding her of when to two first met. Her eyes misted over feeling even more horrible about being unable to reach the blonde haired boy and trying to prevent what had already happened.

She gently sat his head down back on the ground, not wanting to awaken him just yet, and walked over to the stream next to them dowsing the makeshift cloth in the soothing waters. Once the cloth was wrung out she walked back over to Naruto and began to slowly wipe away the blood from his body and clean his tainted wounds, while placing his head on her lap.

While lost in her thoughts she heard him mumble something, and she looked down to see his eyes open yet again.

"N-Naruto-Kun?..." she asked waiting to see if he was truly awake or just out of it.

There was a long pause and he squinted his eyes at her. She was anticipating for him to ask if she was indeed his old friend Mako-Chan, but was sadly misled with the reply of,

"Are you an angle?" He asked obviously still out of it as Makoto sweat-dropped. She giggled at his question realizing he was taking about her wings.

"Am I dead?" He asked again, as she shook her head 'no'.

"Go back to sleep Naruto-Kun… You need your rest…" she said as he immediately obeyed.

"Arigato… Mako-Chan…" He whispered before falling back to sleep, without a second thought or a care in the world.

Makoto sat there for a few minutes just staring at him, her mouth slightly open and tears gently accumulating in her eyes, for the umpteenth time today. She blinked as her tears fell down onto his face.

"Naruto-Kun… Even though I'm transformed, you as well could see right to my heart… You really remember me." She cried on his chest yet again then abruptly feeling the true exhaustion of her fighting and injuries.

"No, I can't sleep now…I…I have to save Naruto!" She thought unable to move as her eyes slowly and unwillingly shut.

Unknown to her two pursuers of Naruto were only a few seconds away as she drifted off to sleep, and the rain came pouring down on their two sleeping forms.

So how was it!? Not much to say except, sorry this took so darn long, life got in the way yet again. Ain't that a surprise for me huh? Well anyways please guys, review this story for me!? Until next time!

Chow! ;p

-Kat