IsadoraKayStone: Eventually, you'll find out in a little while, and it'll be a variety of things.
PriestessHelene: Thanks. That was what I thought was my main problem when I first wrote this: she just acted like it was normal, when it obviously wasn't.
Fire Dolphin: I haven't quite decided when that's going to happen, but it will happen eventually.
inufan155687: Yeah, I probably do need to work on that... It's kind of hard giving a cat emotions and human-like qualities...
The next morning, Usagi reported to Mamoru's house, as was expected of her. Her parents were hesitant to let her leave the house, but after a bit of begging, they allowed her to go, provided she called once she got to Mamoru's house.
Ha. Her. Begging. To go to Mamoru's house. Who would have thought? Then again, anything was better than being forced to go to the palace. Mamoru was safe. He was able to protect her from her own fears. That was all she had to be afraid of. Her fear of responsibility, he fear of screwing up, but she no longer feared the Dark Kingdom. They were gone. She got rid of them. Just another reminder of her power that she did not even know how to control.
Mamoru opened the door, a soft smile on his face. "Good morning, Odango," he welcomed. "Your parents told me about your little escape attempt last night. You want to talk about it?" He moved so she could come in.
Naturally, the blonde shook her head as she entered, picking up the phone to call her parents. The conversation could not have lasted more than a few seconds, and then Usagi came to sit on the couch. She leaned on Mamoru as he flipped through the channels, trying to escape the news about the crystal palace. That was nearly impossible, but it was do-able if he really tried. Today, however, Mamoru didn't want to waste the time and see Usagi this upset. He turned off the TV and stood up, taking the blonde with him.
"What are you-" Usagi began, but Mamoru cut her off.
"We're going to spend the day out and about," Mamoru declared. "I don't like you moping around."
"But Mamor-" Usagi tried to object, but Mamoru cut her off again.
"No buts," he ordered her. "We can do whatever you want, provided it's out in the city."
Usagi sighed heavily. "Fine," she agreed. "As long as we get to go to Crown."
"Absolutely," Mamoru promised.
Makoto had been spending her days in the Crystal Palace itself. There was already a room designed specifically for her, a full kitchen put inside it. Sure, it wasn't as big as the main kitchen, but it was bigger than the kitchen in her former apartment. She had finished paying the rent for the month and moved out. It was actually a good thing that the palace came to be. Her lease was almost up, and the man who had just bought the building said that she couldn't rent an apartment there as a minor. She was ready to pull out a lawsuit about discrimination against youth, but then the palace popped up. She had used the blueprints to locate any spare bedrooms, but instead of showing her any spare rooms, the amazing artificial intelligence machine asked her if she wanted to go to her room. Makoto had been a bit more than shocked, but followed the directions to her bedroom.
The first thing she saw when she walked in was a short hallway. She continued past the hallway and looked forward. There was a cream-colored sofa in the center of the room with a dark green blanket hanging off the back and some chairs surrounding it, the sofa itself facing a flat screen TV hanging on the wall above a brick fireplace. The wall was to the left, and if she looked a bit further to the left, she saw the full kitchen, complete with refrigerator, freezer, oven, stove, and even an island for cooking. To her right she saw a narrow passageway that required two carpeted stairs to go up. She went up said stairs and gasped when she saw a queen-sized bed with a dark green duvet cover and pink silk sheets. There were four pillows that could actually be used for sleeping- two light pink and two dark green- and various decorative pillows in the same two colors. On either side of the bed was a dark green glass nightstand, giving the room a modern feel.
To the left of the bed was a desk facing the entrance to the room, but stationed right behind the window, allowing whoever was sitting there to look out the window while working. Behind the desk, next to one of the bedside tables, was a door. Upon opening it, Makoto found a closet. But it was not just any closet, no. It was huge. It was big enough that there was a circle of a chair in the center of it. And even better, everything inside seemed to be made exactly for her. IT even had her school uniform in her size! Which was good, seeing as she'd just finished a growth spurt and was now too tall for her regular uniform.
Makoto had been in such shock that she couldn't even walk inside the closet to find out what else there was. So she retreated back into the bedroom. On the right side of the room, there were some bookshelves, a laptop- and a nice, new one at that- a dresser, and another door. Makoto approached the mysterious second door and opened it, revealing a bathroom that was almost as big as the giant bedroom part of her bedroom. There was a bathtub in the corner that was actually fitted for the corner and looked more like a hot tub than a bathtub, complete with jets. There were two sinks, both encased in granite, and a separate shower from the bathtub with a 'foggy effect' door so no one could see her showering if they walked in for one reason or another. There was an iPod dock complete with iPhone attached and charging, waiting to play music while she took a bath. The towels were a nice, forest green, similar, but not identical to the duvet cover on her bed.
Now, however, she was sitting on the sofa in her room, reading the last few pages of the Book of Jupiter. Though Usagi was required to read all of the books for this and the surrounding galaxies, each senshi was only required to read the books involving her planet and its moons- sure made life easy for Ami and Minako. Usagi had been right about the books being boring, but that was only at first. About a chapter or two in and the books turned into an exciting adventure story. There was a severe battle for power between Zeus, the evil ruler that was conceited enough to consider himself a god and used his powers to taunt and torture Terrans, and his sister, Diônê. She barely won, and she died a few days after due to the injuries sustained during battle. On her deathbed, she granted her powers- Jupiter's crystal- to her daughter, Diônê II. Diônê II used her powers to heal the war-torn land of Jupiter, though one hurricane in the southern hemisphere refused to go away. People were smart enough to leave that one alone.
Eventually, she got to the last chapter of the book and promptly gasped. There, as the main picture for the chapter, was two copies of herself, one wearing a dark green gown, the other wearing her senshi fuku. She looked older in the pictures, about seventeen or so. She stared at the picture in shock for quite a few moments before she dared to begin.
Chapter 100: Diônê IX
The final Jupitarian Princess before Jupiter was destroyed by the Dark Kingdom was Diônê Anabeth Jupitaria. The prophecies surrounding her generation of senshi are baffling and left unexplained in many cases. However, she was known to be the strongest of the senshi in their solar system, possibly even in the whole galaxy.
Makoto was completely entranced by her reading until she got to the page about her death. She had been in love, and he had turned against her. They had both died at each other's hands. Rather poetic if you thought about it. Makoto noticed some blank pages in the back. She promptly pulled out the green pen she had stuck in her hair and began writing in the neatest script possible.
Chapter 101: Kino Makoto
My name is Kino Makoto, better known as Sailor Jupiter, Princess Diônê Anabeth Jupitaria IX. Three months ago, I met Tsukino Usagi, Mizuno Ami, and Hino Rei. That's when things started to get weird.
Ami had finished her book as well and was writing her story, completely fascinated by the way the blue ink from the pen she was using turned into neat, black script that matched the rest of the book. So far she had gotten through her childhood and the little things she now realized were early indications of her powers and was writing about how she met Usagi and became a senshi. She remembered it like it was yesterday. She was going to cram school, just like normal, when before she knew it, some crazy chick in red and blue was rushing into the classroom, telling her to stop stealing the students' energy. Little did she know that she was but a pawn for the Dark Kingdom. She hadn't even known what she was doing! And then Luna showed her the truth.
She had just finished recounting her adventures of becoming Sailor Mercury when she heard her mother come home. She fumbled around to place her usual textbooks over the Book of Mercury and pretend to look like she was studying, accomplishing the task just in time. Her mother entered the living room and looked over Ami's shoulder. Ami thought she was in the clear, but Saeko's eyebrows furrowed. She moved Ami's textbooks out of the way and picked up the Book of Mercury.
"Really, Ami?" her mother asked. "I thought I taught you better. Studying comes before manga. Maybe those new friends of yours are a bad influence..."
"No!" Ami quickly replied. "They're getting me into all those after school clubs. Colleges look at more than grades now, you know."
"I guess..." Saeko agreed reluctantly before walking back to her bedroom, allowing Ami to fall back on the couch with a hefty sigh.
Minako was beside herself. She had moved in to the Crystal Palace along with Makoto, but she had left a note in the house for her parents (if they ever dared to show their faces near her again) that she was now living with some friends and needed no help from them to survive. Odds were that they wouldn't find the letter for quite some time.
Either way, her new bedroom was perfect. It emphasized the essence of love that was in her title and she secretly harbored with desperate desire, but knew she could never attain.
"Your love will be hopeless for all eternity..."
Ace's words echoed roughly in her mind.
Tears in her eyes, she pulled herself out of her trance and looked around her room once again. Unlike the other girls' rooms, the bed was the center of focus. It was rather... elegant. Sort of. It was round and in the center of the room, though the door had been strategically placed so that you would not just walk into the room and see the bed. The bed was covered in orange and white silk sheets and surrounded by strands of orange beads. There was a round bedside table next to the bed made of white plastic that you would think would be tacky, but somehow looked rather classy in the room. There was a desk to work at, a dresser, a TV, a fireplace, and so on, but everything had a softer, more loving look to it. There were various candles placed around the room, adding to the effect of love coating the room.
Minako sighed and went to go sit down on the couch when a firm hand was placed over her mouth.
Rei sat at a small table in the shrine, having a conversation with Grandpa, who had just revealed to her that he knew about the rising of the Crystal Palace and Rei's secret identity. "How far have you gotten in your books?" he asked calmly, recalling the Great Fire speaking of three magical books that were of some importance to Rei.
"I just finished the Book of Mars and am writing a bit about myself in it," Rei explained. "Now why didn't you tell me you knew who I was, even before I did?"
"Because your destiny was to find out when you did," Grandpa replied. "I was only permitted to tell you once the Crystal Palace rose. How are your comrades handling it?"
"Okay, I guess, but Usagi is freaking out," Rei told him. "I still don't trust Minako-san."
"Don't worry; she is on your side," Grandpa assured her. Just give Tsukino-san some time to adjust and Aino-san time to get used to working with a team. They will both come around, and the world will be at peace, especially when you all eventually reveal your identities to the world."
"Any chance you'll tell me when that-"
"No."
Usagi and Mamoru had just entered the Crown when fear overcame Usagi. She bolted out of the arcade, resulting in the confused Mamoru following the surprisingly quick blonde. Usagi didn't stop running for her bodyguard, though. Instead, she kept on running until he could no longer keep up. Once she lost him, she ran past the police line surrounding the bank, causing many policemen to run after her, ordering her to stop, but they having to stop themselves once she ran inside. It was there that she came to see a man with a ski mask on shooting a poor security guard who had been stupid enough to try to be a hero.
The robber had surprised even himself, running away out the back entrance, likely getting arrested the second he stepped out of the building. Usagi ran up to the security guard and knelt down, checking his abnormal pulse. She felt a power stir within her, and she raised her hand above the gunshot wound on the man's body, just as a silver light appeared from her palm. She watched in complete shock as the man's wound disappeared, leaving behind only a few traces of blood and a bullet hole in his shirt.
Usagi looked around quickly, but kept her head down so no one could see her. She easily escaped in the panic.
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