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Chapter Seven

Makoto couldn't understand where she was. She knew she was dreaming but this felt so real. She was dressed in a thin green fabric gown. She was standing on her balcony in her assigned room whilst on the Moon Kingdom. How she knew this she couldn't answer without a shiver running down her back. Her luscious brown hair cascaded loosely down her back. She felt warm inside, calm. It was late in the evening; the skies were filled with millions of stars almost like a clear blanket over the darkened skies. She knew up there were many planets, far off was her home world. Her hands held onto the side of the balcony walls, squeezing them. she felt giddy, why did she feel giddy. And wait…. she had nothing other than her thin gown on. She was more or less naked! Why wouldn't she wrap her arms around her body. Makoto was screaming inwardly but still, that warm feeling persisted as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist. She knew it was a man, his broad chest pressed against her back and his warm breath on her neck as he planted a soft kiss there.

"How much longer can this peace last? I want it to last forever" she said, her voice sad with longing.

"Both our Kingdoms are trying Jupiter…but Beryl already has an army she has brainwashed. Kunzite is deeply hurt by the betrayal of the very soldiers he and I trained" the man said, his voice strong and calm.

Jupiter nodded, knowing the truth of matters. Beryl had been advancing for the past year now, gathering soldiers from all over the galaxy, spreading her darkness. Soldiers of the planet Venus had been taken, including one of their best, Adonis. Venus herself denied it but deep down, Jupiter was sure her leader knew the truth. Just like Kunzite had to come to terms with it. It seemed only the soldiers of the Moon were protected from this glimmer that entranced them all.

"Nephrite…how can Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion ever be together? It seems everything is against them" Jupiter asked.

"Princess Serenity said they were breaking laws so maybe the fates are trying to break them apart….and yet, they are still together" he said.

"They love each other" Jupiter added.

"Much the same way I love you" he said. Jupiter blushed before turning around and placing her head in his chest. Makoto swore inwardly she didn't get to see his face.

"Oh Nephrite, if we survive this, I always want to be with you" she said, her voice starting to break. She felt his arms tighten around her.

"I'll always be with you Jupiter, nothing will separate us" he said, conviction in his voice.

Makoto felt a force push her out of this scene and suddenly, she was standing in front of an irate woman yelling curses towards the front doors of the Moon Kingdom. The woman then morphed into a hideous monster. Power welling up inside her, Jupiter screamed;

"Jupiter Supreme Thunder!" blasting the monster apart. Makoto then felt herself being pushed out of this dream and thrown into a swirling motion of blackness. She couldn't breathe as she reached out to grab something, anything.

'How had the monster managed to get on the moon undetected?' Makoto's mind screamed, she then shook her head violently.

'Why would I even ask such a question? No-one lives on the moon, its physically impossible without a space suit and there's no sign of life' but she had been on the moon, conversing and fighting. Makoto felt sick and shakily getting up, she decided to focus on her room. Kino Makoto had a small one bedroom apartment, given to her by uncle who handled her affairs ever since her parents died. Her parents had owned a place and until she was of age, it would be handled by her uncle until she was 18, then she would be given everything. But until then, she had this small flat. She liked it, her uncle had allowed her to choose it even though she was so young when she had lost her parents in that plane crash. She often blocked it out, the pain of knowing her parents would never come back. She would never get a cuddle from her Papa or another cooking lesson from her Mama. No, she was more or less on her own. Both parents had not really kept in contact with their family so when the funeral eventually happened and the ceremony rites, she met people she had never known.

'Maybe these dreams are some sort of pain relief from it all….my way of dealing with it' the thought was almost soothing to Makoto.

She walked out of her bedroom and into her small living room linked with an open kitchen. Switching the kettle on, she decided to just have plain instant green tea, not brewed the way she normally liked it, loose. Instead she pulled out a box and popped a tea bag in a mug. She would never normally do this but she just didn't think she could get back to sleep. As the kettle boiled, her mind went back to her old school. Although students exaggerated her behaviour, she only got kicked out of two schools. A small smile crept on her face as an image of her past best friend with her chestnut brown eyes and brown hair. They had known each other since little children. They did everything together from walking to school, going to each other's houses and hanging out. Makoto had been very happy and calm. Yes she had always been strong, no-one ever dared bully her or her friend. But then everything changed when she met Sempai with his floppy blonde hair and boyish smile.

It started off innocent, both she and her best friend liked the same guy. They would both daydream being married to him and having a family. Oh it was nothing more than girly dreams, but Makoto held them close to her heart. Her mother had teased her a little but made her promise a boy would not come between her and her best friend. At the time Makoto thought her mother was being silly. She would never fight over a boy! The very idea seemed ridiculous. But a few weeks later, Makoto, not telling her best friend, decided to tell Sempai her feelings. He had been so nice and respectful to her, listening to her prattle a little. She never knew what to say to him.

Pouring hot water into her tea cup, Makoto didn't realise she was starting to cry.

She remembered it had been a cold day. Her mother that very morning had berated her about wearing a scarf and woolly hat. Makoto found it strange that her best friend hadn't met her that morning. She had called to say was going to be late. Makoto had shrugged it off as nothing. They could have been late together. She walked to school and met another sweet girl who was going to be moving soon. When she arrived on time and noticed her best-friend was sitting there, smiling. She blushed when Makoto had approached her.

"I thought you was going to be late?" Makoto asked.

"Erm….sorry Mako-chan, I really did think I was going to be late but I actually got here early" Makoto nodded.

"So wanna hang out for lunch?" the girl shook her head at Makoto.

"I'm really sorry, I have something to do, maybe tomorrow?" again Makoto shrugged, not suspecting anything. All day her best-friend had been avoiding her. when the final bell rang, Makoto picked her moment and waited outside. She rubbed her hands together, blowing out air against the bitter cold. Then she saw him. Makoto knew she was blushing but thought nothing of it. He was smiling, was he expecting her?

"Hi Sempai" Makoto stood out. He stopped and flinched a little when she approached him.

"Oh, erm, I wasn't expecting you here Makoto, I gotta go, see you tomorrow" Makoto was too shocked to say anything having being dismissed ruthlessly. Her eyes followed him as he waved at someone else. Then, it was as if time slowed down. Waiting for him was her best-friend. She looked back at Makoto, giving her a sad look before Sempai placed his arm around her shoulder.

Makoto brushed back the tears as she sat down on her couch, blowing away some steam from her tea. Things had gone downhill from there. Her best-friend hadn't spoken to her since that point, there friendship gone. Makoto refused to speak with her so the two of them lost their friendship. Her best-friend then made new friends and all of a sudden, Sempai and her best-friend were the popular kids at school and Makoto was left in the background, friendless. Nobody sought Makoto out so she got used to her own company. She had become a little irritable but her mother had assured her things would get better. She would meet the perfect guy who was probably out there waiting for her and she would make long lasting friendships, she just needed to seek them out. For about three months things were fine, then during the beginning of the fourth month, she was told to go to the principal's office, they had news for her. She had remembered everyone's eyes on as she left the classroom. They had no idea who would come back a week later.

Her whole world had come crashing down around her. No longer living in the house her parents owned, she had been moved into this flat. A week later, she started picking fights with anybody and everybody. Her past best-friend had even ventured to try and ask her what her problem was. She had pushed her best friend into Sempai, telling them to keep away from her. Two months later, she had been told to leave the school. She got accepted into another school and for a while it was fine, but this burning anger inside her came out and again, she got kicked out. Her uncle had been exasperated with her but he knew this was her way of dealing with the pain of having everything ripped out of your hands. Juuban was her last shot. Again, things were OK but Makoto doubted it would last long. She had no hope for the future, that was until she met this girl with the weirdest hairstyle she had ever seen.

Funnily enough, it was after meeting Tsukino Usagi did these weird dreams start happening, now why was that. It was with this thought that Makoto finally fell asleep, alone with a single tear running down her right face. She had no true friends and no-one would ever love her or care for her. The world was cruel, there was no hope.

In the district of Shibuya, Arata was up, his brother was sleeping still. He was looking outside again, dressed in a plain night shirt and shorts. His hair was messy but he didn't really care. His mind, his thoughts and his heart was on Sailor Jupiter again. He had dreams about her often but tonight had been harder. He could feel pain, a sorrow like no other and this emotion he couldn't associate with Sailor Jupiter, not the one in his dreams. No, he could feel someone else's pain.

'It must be her reincarnation, she is sad…Oh Jupiter, where are you?' Arata closed his eyes tight, clenching and un-clenching his fists. He knew he had to find her. Yes, it would go against his orders but he just had to check on her. She didn't need to know who he was. It could work, couldn't it?

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Late at night, Sailor Venus and Moon found themselves outside the sweet shop. Venus narrowed her eyes looking into the shop.

"This place is sucking energy even now! Those sweets must be doing it" Luna said with Artemis agreeing with her.

"Then let's go and kick some monster butt then!" Venus shouted as she ran ahead. Sailor Moon followed but then stopped, she noticed on the side there was a door opened but only slightly.

"Venus, lets go in this way" Sailor Moon said. Venus stopped, looked and then followed Sailor Moon. Venus was careful to close the door behind her. They walked in, tip toeing their way with Luna and Artemis behind them.

"I sense something strange at the front" Sailor Moon said. They reached another door, trying not to hit the boxes on their sides filled with sweets. Sailor Moon opened the door slowly. A monster with grey skin, green hair and golden eyes looked directly at Sailor Moon before shooting a large sweet box that blew up on impact. Sailor Moon pushed Venus out of the way as she took the full impact. Sailor Moon was forced into a wall and into more boxes of sweets.

"SAILOR MOON!" Venus called out before dodging another box bomb. She now knew the owner had been turned into a monster. Behind the monster was Ariana, smirking. Venus narrowed her eyes again before shooting out a cresent beam attack. The monster moved away and Ariana blocked the attack.

"Nehellenia sending out her lap dog again?!" Venus mocked. Ariana shrugged.

"This lap dog will bring her Sailor Moon, a prize" Ariana said nonchalantly.

"Over my dead body you witch!" Ariana flinched at that but attacked Venus, shirking off the odd feeling she had. Sailor Moon had just about recovered, she jumped on the monster, making it throw them both through the shop window whilst Venus dealt with Ariana.

"Why do I always get the ugly monsters? I'm not a good fighter" Sailor Moon moaned a little as she tried to make sure none of the exploding boxes hit her. She heard Venus give a little cry which distracted Sailor Moon. In a short space of time, a box landed in front of Sailor Moon and exploded with a large bang, hurtling Sailor Moon into a lamp post.

"Ayaaaaa!" Moon cried out in pain. Her waist was bleeding and her skirt was ripped. She could see her gloves had almost come completely off. Squinting her eyes, she could see the monster was getting ready to shoot another box. Sailor Moon braced herself, trying to move. As the box was thrown towards her, it was as if everything went in slow motion. She felt weightless, her body off the ground and in the air. Someone was carrying her?!

Then she found herself sat firmly only ground, a man clad in a smart black tuxedo with a white mask threw a dozen, pointed red roses. They hit the monster on impact, electrocuting the monster until, little by little, the monster reverted back to a human.

"Who would hurt an old woman?" he asked.

"Tuxedo Mask, is she alright?" another voice caught Sailor Moon's attention. A man with long silvery white hair had appeared, throwing an energy blast at Ariana, the impacting sending her out of the shop. Venus then used her chain and wrapped it around Ariana, making sure she went no-where.

"She is fine Kunzite, I see you have helped Sailor Venus" Tuxedo Mask said, still not looking at Sailor Moon.

"We had this! Who the hell are you guys? Working for Beryl?!" Venus demanded. Kunzite's glare was very real making Venus falter.

"I would never work for the evil witch willingly. If you had your memories back, you would know who I was" Kunzite said with an edge to his voice. Venus felt her grip loosen only a little as she looked at Kunzite, recognition immediately taking affect. Kunzite could see it, her blue eyes widening. Oh how he wished he could get lost in them like he used too. Ariana shook off Venus's chain and in a mad dash, went for Sailor Moon.

Tuxedo Mask stepped in front of Sailor Moon and pulling out his staff, he hit Ariana on the shoulder before throwing a rose at her. The tip of the rose stem hit Ariana on her side and electrocuted her, causing mass pain all over. Cursing, she shook off the rose and glared at him.

"I will be back and believe me, you'll regret that. Who the hell walks around in a tuxedo at this time anyways?!" Ariana screeched as she disappeared.

"She does have a point I guess" Kunzite said, chuckling darkly as Tuxedo Mask sighed in annoyance. He then looked down at Sailor Moon, suspicion written all over his face. Venus didn't like the way he looked at her so forgetting Kunzite, she stood in front of Sailor Moon.

"Who the hell are you?" Venus again demanded.

"I am Tuxedo Mask" he answered in a cool tone "And you are involved in a battle you shouldn't be. Your focus should be on Beryl, not Nehellenia" Venus shook with rage at his answer.

"You have no right to tell us what to do buster! We're trying to protect this planet" Venus shouted.

"No-one asked you too and it's not your place. Your place is to find your Princess and the rest of the Sailor Senshi. From where I am standing, you're both failing" his answer was strong and almost filled with a deep anger Venus couldn't place.

"I live here; I was born here so I have every right to protect my home. And what do you know about our Princess! How do you know our mission?! You must be working for the negaverse" Venus countered. Kunzite shook his head.

"If you remember me then you know my mission Venus. We are searching for an old power of Earth, it's what Nehellenia is after" Kunzite said.

"The Golden Crystal?" Sailor Moon mouthed as she finally stood up. Tuxedo Mask wished he had time to check on her, she took a nasty blow.

"What do you know of it?" Kunzite asked with less warmth. Sailor Moon shook her head.

"Not much, just Nehellenia's cronies saying they are trying to find it, opening portals and stuff" Kunzite nodded. He was about to aske something else but Venus grabbed Sailor Moon and both girls leapt away from them. Kunzite and Tuxedo Mask watched them leave, Kunzite with a heavy heart.

Unbeknownst to Venus and Sailor Moon, Pluto along with Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune had watched the whole thing.

"It's time to awaken Sailor Saturn now, she is ready" Pluto said finally, a little moisture in her eyes as she looked upon Sailor Moon.

Hi Guys,

Took me a while to get this one out but here it is :-)

Thank you to all those following this story - thanks you Jakeros as always for your support!

Working on the next chapter, will update soon.