Breaking Jupiter 2
Without You
Search for the answers I knew all along
I lost myself, we all fall down
Makoto was awoken by a soft knock on her front door. No one had bothered her for several days; even though she was a fake princess the people had chosen her family to lead them in this dark place. She rubbed her eyes and yawned as she stood up from her bed. She didn't bother asking who was on the other side of the door, all were her friends so it didn't matter who it was. She opened her door to be met by Motoki and Shinosaki. "What is it? The sun has barely broke free from the surface." The sun rise was beautiful and she didn't mind having a glimpse of it. Motoki took the book that was tucked under his arm and presented it to her. "Makoto… Myself and Shinosaki went back to the ruins early last night and turned the place over… looking for some keepsake from your parents to give you." Shinosaki took a step forward as Makoto took the worn book. "Princess, if you don't mind… we would like to be here to support you as you look through its pages."
"Very well, come in." Makoto walked into her shabby house and the two men followed her to the pillows on the floor. "I will read it out loud for you two." She flipped it open to the first page, there weren't many pages, maybe only 7 or 8 pages and they were hand sown together. She didn't recognize the hand writing on the first page, but the rest of the pages were written by her mother.
Never the wiser of what I've become
Alone I stand, a broken man
On a distant planet stands a man with nothing in sight, but the wind blows ferociously by him. "It's barren on the east side of the village as well. No plants can grow here." He turned back towards a small speck in the distance which could only be his village. He was the last in his line, his elder sister and parents had died when he was young. One of the villagers had been able to pull him away from the fire that had engulfed his hut, where his family had burnt. Now that village was in dire need of food, but the crops would not grow. He was the only one strong enough in the village to travel outside of its safety. The royal soldiers were always on a constant look out for them. He didn't know why they looked for the village. It was full of people they had cast out, not people they had sentenced to death.
When he had reached the outskirts of the tiny village he stopped in his tracks. His heart constricted, he felt like he should do something to protect these good people, to help them to a better life. He was a broken man, what could a broken man like him do to protect anything important to him. He already saw that he could do nothing when he couldn't even save one member of his family. This planet, Uranus, it really wasn't for the weak at heart. This place could destroy the strongest of warriors with little effort.
All I have is one last chance
"This… this is what Grandma and father went through. It can't be, I can't actually have royal blood within me! My family… this is what they were all suffering from, but they kept it from me, for what purpose? To not let me hurt like they have all this time?!" Motoki stood up in a hurry and cradled Makoto and rub her back. "Makoto, calm down… what happened? You started to read and then you just stopped." Shinosaki stared at the couple in front of him, that churning jealousy building in his stomach once again. He distracted himself by picking up the book and reading out loud in her place. "In case anything should befall me and I do not make it through this I will write the truth here on this page. I am the Queen of Jupiter, Lily, and my husband has just been murdered and I and my personal guard have managed to escape. My husband was murdered by his younger brother, in seeking to take the throne for himself. My soldiers are building a sturdy place for me to give birth, for I can no longer move. The son I give birth to, what kind of life will he have?" Motoki looked at Shinosaki with shock, was Makoto actually royalty? The village had called her their shining ray of hope, a true princess… but he didn't think there was anything more than that behind it. Makoto had not budged since she began crying in Motoki's arms.
"Shinosaki, is that all it says?" "No, there is writing on the back of the page too." It was in the same writing as Makoto's grandmother still, he was almost hesitant to read more of her words. "My son has turned 10 today, it is a miracle that I have been able to watch him grow, the royal armies that my step-brother controls have not found us at this village that my knights found several years ago. It is well hidden and the people are kind, but they are not so far removed from the world that they do not know who I am. They address me as Queen, even though I ask them not to. They have hope and faith in me, even though it was my blood line that sent them here, these truly are kind people. Little Jove has found a girl he likes, she is kind and strong spirited… a good match. On to other matters though, my step-brother has lost the war the Moon started at the news of my husband's death. I have a feeling the Moon Kingdom knew of his plans and waited for him to make this fatal mistake. This beautiful planet has now fallen and belongs to the Moon alliance, a peon to them. Dear husband, if only you were still alive, you would not stand for this."
I won't turn my back on you
Haruka walked into the dusty village of Uranus, the only place he has ever known. These people would die if nothing changed within the month, he could easily leave the village and survive on his own. He would never abandon them, he was their only hope, their shining light.
Take my hand, drag me down
If you fall then I will too
And I can't save what's left of you
"My family…What happened? What made all of this happen to us?" "Should I continue to read, Princess?" "Yes… please do Shinosaki." Motoki gripped Makoto tighter into his arms; he was still in shock himself. "This is in your mother's hand writing. 'My darling Makoto, I hope that you find this book when I am gone and that you and Motoki read this together. Listen my daughter, you are not alone, and there are those who are still loyal to the Jupiter Empire on Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto. You must seek them out and rise to power once again. I know I am asking a miracle of you, but I was too weak and your father feared I would pass away while he was off fighting. I don't want you to have the same reason. You are the hope for this planet and a shining leader for those that used to follow your blood. I have kept your grandmother's treasure safe in your father's place these past 5 years. It is now time for you to use them and create a strong alliance between the planets. The Moon has claimed it is the rightful ruler of all planets, and because of the Royal family betrayal our angel's have left us. The treasures will teleport you to each of our allies' treasures. Our treasures are hidden underground, right where your father's grave is.'"
Sing something new, I have nothing left
I can't face the dark without you
There's nothing left to lose, the fight never ends
I can't face the dark without you
"I don't want to alarm the people, but I will be going to my father's grave site tonight." "Princess you cannot go alone, it is too dangerous!" Shinosaki wanted to go as well, but she was a hard person to convince. "Do not fret Knight Commander; I will be taking Motoki with me." Shinosaki backed down, he knew she was serious when she addressed him by his title. He was a little heart-broken at her obvious refusal of his on-going affections. "I am sorry, Shinosaki." She truly looked sad this time as Motoki escorted her from her house to the town center. Makoto was his dream, his hope, his love… he didn't want anyone like how he wanted her. The fact that she was an actual Princess didn't deter his feelings. He didn't know what to do with what he felt anymore.
Swallow me under and pull me apart
I understand there's nothing left
Pain so familiar and close to the heart
No more, no less, I won't forget
It was the darkest night Makoto and Motoki had ever seen, the stars could not even be spotted through the thick nothingness. It sent alarms off in the back of Makoto's mind, but there was nothing she could do, she didn't even understand what those alarms were going off for, but it felt familiar. "Makoto, I see your birth house, it should only take us a couple of minutes to reach it. Makoto looked to Motoki and then took off in a dash toward the makeshift house; he chuckled and followed behind her. Upon getting closer to the structure she became cautious, after all the Royal Guard knew the whereabouts of this place. She listened closely for any sound that would indicate there was a person inside, but there was nothing. She felt Motoki place a hand on her shoulder and she led him to the back of the house. There in the shadows of the trees was lone stone that looked like it had been neglected for the past couple of years. "I know that your father's corpse does not lie here, but on the battlefield upon which he died… but I still don't like the idea of digging up his grave." "I know Motoki… I don't either."
Motoki had done all of the digging, he didn't want his bride-to-be to be digging up her own father's grave. Luckily the small box containing the treasures was not buried too deep. He grabbed the emerald jewelry box and blew all of the dirt off of it. It was beautiful, the emerald was carved into two dragons bodies in which their mouth met up at the lock. "Mokoto, it needs a key." He said as he handed the box to her. She looked at the tiny key hole; she had never seen a tiny that tiny, it would be impossible to find it. She sighed and set the box down at her side. "Motoki… I don't even know where to begin to find that key… why didn't mother mention it." "Perhaps it was in case someone else found the letter… maybe she had faith you would figure it out." Makoto picked up the box and looked at the keyhole again. "Doesn't it look like the dragons are kissing at the middle?" Motoki took a closer look. "You are right, it does." Makoto took the box back excitedly and placed a kiss of her own onto of the two dragons kissing. They heard a click and the box opened up for them.
"There are four orbs… each has a planet written by it." Motoki picked up the orb that had Neptune written by it. "It even kind of looks like the planet itself, I wonder what these are for?" Makoto took the box herself and looked at the remaining three orbs. "I have always wanted to visit the other planets, especially Uranus, mom always said that the strongest warriors came from Uranus… aside from Jupiter of course." Makoto touched the orb for Uranus and suddenly she was somewhere else. She jumped up and looked around wildly; she was in some kind of hut, but the ground beneath her felt different. Was she on a different planet? That is when the front entrance curtain was pulled back and a tall sandy blonde man walked in the hut. "What? Who are you?"
Come back down, save yourself
I can't find my way to you
And I can't bear to face the truth
Haruka had just finished greeting and telling the bad news to his village when he walked into his own hut and found a pretty brunette girl standing there confused. "What? Who are you?" There are not many brunettes on this planet, it was the first time he had seen one himself. He took another step closer to the frightened girl who had yet to speak. She was quite beautiful, petite, but with a strength hidden in her eyes. She had sparkling green eyes and plump pink lips. It wasn't a hard thing for him to figure out that he was instantly attracted to her. He briefly wondered what such a pretty girl did to go and get herself outlawed. "I am not going to hurt you, just tell me who you are and why you are in my house." The girl moved a little bit, she seemed to be relaxing little by little. "My name is Makoto… I don't know how I ended up in your house..." So her name was Makoto, but that answered little, he had never heard of a Makoto. "Well… tell me where you are from then." "I am from Jupiter." She was willing to look like a fool to find out whether or not she was still on Jupiter or not.
"Jupiter!?" Haruka was taken aback from the unexpected answer. "So… you are from Jupiter, you just suddenly appeared in my house and you don't know how… Wait, what is that you are holding?" Makoto looked down at her hands in shock, like she had not even realized that she was carrying something. She opened her hand so that he could also see what she was holding. She almost looked like she wanted him to give her answers. He stepped closer to her and looked at the object in her hands. He gasped as he looked closely at it. "No… No way!" He turned away from her and started digging among his personal belongings. "It should be around here somewhere…" He finally called out in happiness as he pulled out a similar jewelry box to the one that she had just opened on Jupiter. "My parents left this to me, said it was my birthright." He opened the box in the same way that she had only his box was made of granite falcons. When it opened Makoto saw three familiar orbs and one that looked like the orb she now held in her hand, Jupiter.
Sing something new, I have nothing left
I can't face the dark without you
There's nothing left to lose, the fight never ends
I can't face the dark without you
Makoto gasped at the sight she saw. "Then… then does that make you the ally that my mother spoke of in her letter?" Haruka looked at her a bit strangely. "Well, I don't remember much, but my parents had told my sister once that someone will come to us one day bearing a similar orb asking for our help… and that we must give it to them. Unfortunately, I have no help to give you, whoever you are." Makoto looked at him desperately; she was all alone on this planet. This planet had to be Uranus, that orb she held right before transporting. "I have always heard that Uranus was full of powerful people…" Haruka looked at her with sorrow. "Perhaps it once was, but these people have lost the light of hope. He led her out of his hut and into the small village. The people were sickly and looked like they had lived a long and hard life. Makoto was instantly sorry that she had asked this poor man for help. "The people here are suffering, we will run out of food in a month's time and they will all die unless I do something to help them. So you see, I have no help or time to spare."
I wanted to forgive
I'm trying to forgive
Don't leave me here again
I'm with you forever, the end
"Makoto… if you are who I think you are, then you are too late. The fall of the Jupiter Royal Family has left it's loyal allies in total despair… there is nothing you can fix now. Go home." Makoto stood in shock as the towns people walked by glancing at the new face. She didn't know what to do; the bond to this planet has long been broken. "Uh…" She looked at him as if trying to remember his name before speaking. "My name is Haruka." "Right, Haruka. Even if you tell me to go home… I don't know how." Haruka sighed deeply, he wished that he didn't always have to deal with everything. "That orb in your hand, wish that you could go to Jupiter and squeeze it." With that note he walked off into the village. "Haruka… I promise, I will fix what was broken so long ago, even if it takes forever."
Sing something new, I have nothing left
I can't face the dark without you
There's nothing left to lose, the fight never ends
I can't face the dark without you
Another brilliant flash of light and Makoto was back at her birthing place. Motoki jumped up from his spot on the ground. "Makoto!" He ran to her and hugged her tightly. "I feared the worst." "Motoki…" She embraced him back, happy to be in his warm arms again. "Motoki… I met the heir of the Uranus throne." "Really?! Will they help support you as you attempt to regain the throne?" Makoto turned away from him with a sad smile. "Seems like there is more damage to heal than I may have to the power for." Motoki could tell what she meant. Uranus had once fought under the Jupiter Empire and were left open to attack when the Jupiter Heir betrayed the Jupiter King. It would take quite a bit to rebuild that connection.
Holding the hand that holds me down
I forgive you, forget you, the end
Holding the hand that holds me down
I forgive you, forget you, the end