Hey everyone. The usual disclaimer apply, can be found in my prolouge/read me. One new
disclaimer though, The song Dreaming Of You belongs to Selena. Oh and the character Star
Knight is my creation. You are not allowed to use him unless you e-mail me and ask first. I will
let you, don't know whay you would want him though, but please just ask first.
Courage Under Fire (c) MCRK 1998. Character Star Knight (c) MCRK 1998
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Courage Under Fire Part 3~The Meeting
By: MCRK
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Chapter Seven
Over at the temple Rei was meditating in front of the fire. Seeing Jeadite in the crystal had
gotten her upset and she needed to know what was going on. She started to see images in the
fire. Of Serena breaking open the crystal, Serena bringing Jeadite back and explaining everything
to him. Then Rei saw all the scouts sitting in the Tsukino's living room talking to Jeadite. She also
saw images from the Silver Millenium. Of her and Jeadite talking and laughing. Her saying that
she needed to tell Jeadite something. Then all of a sudden he was taken and he was evil. The
next image that Rei saw was the worst one. She saw all the scouts bringing Jeadite over to the
temple. "No!" Rei screamed all of her memories coming back. She jumped up without waiting
for the rest of the image to come in. 'I have to call the scouts.' She thought. 'Serena can not bring
him back! There is no way that he is coming over here to talk to me ever again! I made a vow
one thousand years ago and I am sticking to it!' She ran over to call Serena on her
communicator.
"So I guess we should call Rei and have a scout meeting." Serena said. "Ok." Everyone
agreed. Serena went over and called Rei on her communicator. "Hey Rei is it ok if we come
over for a while and have a scout meeting? I have to tell you something." "Sure," Rei said. "Ok
we will be by in a few minutes." And at that Serena disconnected it. "Ok guys, lets go!"
After everyone had come in, and sat down, Rei decided to question the meeting. "So," she
started. "What are we meeting for, anything in particular?" All the scouts glanced at each other
before speaking. "Well," Serena said, "There is someone who visited me earlier this morning. He
needs to talk to you. He needs you to hear something." 'Oh God,' thought Rei. 'Please don't let it
be him.' Her blood ran cold. 'Please god please! Let it be any one with him.' She started to falter
backwards eyes glazing over. "Rei, are you ok?" Ami asked Rei snapped out of it and shook her
head. "Yeah I'm fine Ami." She replied. "So do you want to meet him?" Serena asked. "Do I
have a choice?" "Ok hold on, I will get him." Serena left the room the and scouts stared at each
other for a few uncomfortable moments. For Ami, Lita, and Mina, they knew they were about to
bring in the person that Rei wanted to see least. As for Rei, she was busy worrying about
whether or not it would be him. She silently prayed for it to be any one else but him. 'Please god!
I don't think I can handle seeing him yet.' "Ok I'm back!" Serena cheerfully called. She stepped
into the room, bringing him with her. For a split second Rei's eyes filed with love and care. But
just ask quickly as the look had come, it vanished, and her eyes were filled with hate, anger, and
betrayal for the man that stood before her. "Um...I think you guys know each other so why don't
you explain why you're here," Serena said. Completely ignoring her the two stared at each other.
Him with love, her with hate. "Do you remember who I am?" questioned. "How could I not?" she
sarcastically remarked. "Jeadite, general for the Negaverse, worked for Queen Beryl, a mean,
cold, low life who has tried over and over again to kill me and my friends." "I would never try to
kill you are even harm you!" he replied shocked that she could say such a thing about him. "You
died twice trying!" Rei bitterly retorted. He was silent for a moment as the truth sunk in. As much
as he hated to realize, he had tried to kill her. "Actually," he said, in attempt to lighten things up
with a joke, "I never tried to kill you, just drain your energy." After a moment Serena started to
laugh. When Rei shot her a glare she shut up muttering, "what it was true!" After a moment of
silence he said, "I remember who you are." When she didn't answer he continued. "Hino Rei,
Sailor Mars..." At this she outwardly gasped but he kept speaking, "...A kind woman, someone
who has a strong heart, a wonderful friend, determined, strong will, extremely brave, loyal, self
sacrificing, short tempered..." He was interrupted when Rei blurted out, "How do you know so
much about me?" "You didn't let me finish," he answered quietly. He closed his eyes, took a
deep breath, and started," I know so much about you because..." he momentarily paused, then
continued with, "...I love you."
Chapter Eight
Jeadite heard nothing and he dared to open his eyes. Once he had, he wished he had kept them
closed. Instead of seeing the love and care in her eyes like he had hoped, he saw hurt, anger,
betrayal, everything he did not want to see, he saw. 'But who can blame her,' he thought, 'I did
betray her. She trusted me with her friendship, her mind, her life, and I went and tried to kill her.'
He decided to speak. "Rei-Chan?" He softly asked. "Don't you dare call me that!" she shouted;
now fully angered. "You lost the right to refer to me with any terms of affection the second you
turned your back on us!" she gestured towards the other scouts before continuing. "This may
come as a shock but I loved you! Back in the Silver millenium I was in love with you! I bared my
soul to you and in return what did I get? Betrayal, death, pain, and worst of all, the destruction of
all peace in the solar system and now on Earth. What did you expect that I would forgive you the
minute you started to care about me again? It doesn't work that way Jeadite! You left. You
turned your back and you left. Don't try coming back now and expect me to be all forgive and
forget! I can't do that. I cared for you like no one else in the universe! Now I have a different life.
One that gladly does not include you. You are the enemy, not the most important person in my
life, not anymore. Now you became the enemy. After that I never wanted to see you again. And
its not like you care but my feelings are the same." She turned around as if dismissing him; but
suddenly whirled around with renewed fury in her eyes. "And what are you talking about you
love me?" She asked. "I assume you are talking about back in the Silver Millenium because you
don't even know me in this lifetime. I may have the same name and the same duty but i am not
the same person. But even that does not sound right. You never loved me in the Silver Millenium.
We were friends, best friends, for years, but you never showed any feelings for me other then
friendship. If you had, you would have let me tell you that I loved you. But you didn't. Remember
that night Jeadite?" Rei asked. Jeadite looked confused. "You mean you actually forgot the night
that you chose to betray your friends?" Jeadite gasped realizing what she thought."No you don't
understand." he said. "I understand perfectly." Rei said. "We were sitting in the courtyard talking
like usual. The only difference was that was when I was going to tell you that i had feelings for
you other then friendship. But you kept changing ths subject. Eventually you stalled until Beryl
came, and then you ran off, and you were on her side. You betrayed all of us. Especially me."
Tears started to fill Rei's eyes. "That is how i know you never loved me. If you did, you would
have told me before you became evil. What we felt for each other happened over a lifetime ago.
A few weeks ago you despised me and were trying to kill me. But now all of a sudden since you
got your memories back you love me again? That proves that you never loved me in the first
place!" she yelled. "Telling me this now, makes me wonder if you are only saying that because
we are destined to be with each other or some other crap like that. You can't just love someone
because you suddenly remember that you are supposed to! Love doesn't work that way. For
you to really love me, you would have to love me in this lifetime, as Rei Hino because that is
who i am now! I never loved you, I loved General Jeadite warrior from Kingdom Earth. But then
he changed to. I never stopped loving him because i forgot. I stopped loving him because you
became something evil. The Jeadite i loved died the second he agreed to fight for Beryl. You
became a traitor. Your turned your back and took the easy way out. That is why i don't love you
anymore. That is why i can not forgive you!"Rei," he softly tried, "please just let me explain..."
"GET AWAY FROM ME!!" Rei screamed. She collapsed on the bed sobbing. "Don't you get
it?" she asked through tears. "I do not want you back in my life so please leave!" Slowly he
turned to leave. Just as he was about to pass through the doorway, he turned to say he did it to
save her. But at the sight of her, grief stricken on her bed, sobbing, he decided against it. He
looked towards Serena as she whispered, "I'm sorry." He nodded his head in understanding.
Jeadite then turned and once again, walked out of Rei's life. "Um...I think we should go you
guys," Lita said breaking the uncomfortable silence. "Yeah its about time we got home anyway,"
Mina replied. They slowly filed out the door, Serena trailing behind. Just as Serena was about to
leave the temple, she stopped, turned around, and started to walk back in. Luna noticed and
turned to see Serena. "Serena!" she hissed, "what are you doing?!" "I can't leave her all alone like
this!" she answered. "It's my fault, this happened, I gotta help her." Haven't you done enough?"
Luna asked. "Chad is here. He is perfectly capable of comforting someone." "No he is not! Not
this time." Serena stubbornly argued stamping her foot. "Rei is still in love with him! You can see
it in her eyes. She is just afraid to trust him again, she is afraid to love him again; she fears
rejection more then anything. She needs someone to help her. My best friend is in there, on her
bed, crying her eyes out because of me! Think of all the times she has helped me, like when
Darien was taken by the Negaverse? She is always the first to comfort me. To say he will be
back. I am not leaving her here to deal with this herself Luna I don't care what you say!" and
with that, she turned and walked back into the temple to comfort her friend. Luna could do
nothing at this point but sigh and hope Serena knew what she was doing.
"Rei..." Serena softly knocked on her door. "Didn't you guys leave?" Rei asked. "Well yeah but I
came back to explain. I figured since you didn't want to speak to Jeadite and let him explain
someone else had to do it. And since it was my fault this whole thing happened, I figured I owed
you an explanation." Rei made a futile attempt to dry her eyes as she turned her head to look at
Serena. "You sent him!" she said glaring at Serena. "Why? What possible reason did you come
up with that involved him having to talk to me? Whether I said it yesterday or not, you knew that
I did not want to see him again. I don't know how, but you were able to figure out what
happened. Therefore it should have occurred to you how I was going to feel seeing him again.
Did you ever think that maybe just maybe I don't love him anymore!?" Serena was quiet during
this waiting for Rei to finish. Now she started to speak. "Yes Rei I did ask him to come. But it
was not to hurt you. You are my best friend. I would never do anything to intentionally hurt you!
The only reason I brought Jeadite back was because in the end, it makes you happier." "what are
you talking about?" Rei asked. "Ok let me see if I can explain this. The reason yesterday that I
did not want to bring Jeadite back was because I knew that you were still mad at him from the
Silver Millenium or whatever. Then everyone told me to decide so I was thinking about it all day,
and was completely undecided until I got a visit from my mother from the Moon Kingdom. She
took me to the future to show what would happen if I brought Jeadite back and if I didn't. I don't
want to ruin your future for you, but I will tell you that you are soooo much happier with Jeadite.
So since I was trying to make you happy, I brought him back." Rei sat there silently listening, and
now started to speak. "Look Serena, it's nice of you to care so much about what happens in my
future, but it is my future. From now on, I would rather make decisions and live with the
consequences, good, or bad. Now if you will please excuse me, I have chores to do." And with
that she got up and walked out of the room. 'I don't care what you think Rei Hino.' Serena
thought. 'You two belong together and even if it kills me, I am going to get you together.'
Chapter Nine
Over at the Tsukino house, the doorbell rang. "Could someone get that?" Serena yelled. Then
she remembered that no one was home except her and Luna, and Luna was taking a walk. "Oh
great." Grumbled Serena. "Who is it?" She asked. "It's a surprise." The voice called back. 'Well
whoever it is, it is definitely male.' Serena thought. She opened the door and gasped. "Hi." The
man said happily." "Surprised to see me?" "Darien!" Serena exclaimed. "When, how, who, hi!"
She sputtered. Darien laughed. "I'm not really sure how I got back. As soon as Beryl and
Malachite were killed, the spell over me was broken so I remembered everything. I was just
walking around the Negaverse for some time looking for a way out, when Jeadite came up to
me. At first I started to attack but then he explained that he was good. He said that you had
brought him back, and he was now trying to make up with Rei. Then the next thing I knew I
woke up in my apartment." "Seems everyone falls asleep when they leave that place." Serena
said. "What?" "Never mind it is not important." "So Serena do you mind explaining what has
been going on around here?" "We can talk about that later." She said slyly. "My family is away
for the next week and Luna is out on a walk. So we are all alone muffin." She pulled him in and
closed the door.
Jeadite was walking up the temple stairs when he ran into a man with very strange long brown
hair who was carrying a suitcase and running down the stairs. "Is, uh, Rei here?" Jeadite asked.
"Yeah dude, she is sweeping. By the way the names Chad, catch you later." "Right," Jeadite
muttered. "Much later." He spotted Rei and ran up the stairs. "Rei can I talk to you for a
minute?" He called. "I have absolutly nothing to say to you." She said. "I know." Jeadite said.
"And I wouldn't be here if there was anywhere else I could go, but I need to ask you a big
favor." 'What would that be?" Rei asked. "I need a place to stay until I can find an apartment. I
know right now we are not exactly on friendly terms, but no one else has room. I figured a place
like the temple would have extra space." "How come you only need one now? Where have you
been staying?" "Well I was staying at Darien's but now since he is back from the Negaverse,
there is really no room in his place." He said, figuring this would make her ask questions. Rei was
extremley curious about why and how Darien was back but she was not going to give him the
satisfaction of knowing that. 'Well," she said. "Since grandpa is away for a while and Chad is
going away, there is extra room. So I guess you can stay." Rei abruptly turned and continued
sweeping. 'Guess I find the room on my own.' Jed thought. "Thanks Rei," he called as he walked
inside. He walked around checking the rooms until he found one that had a bed and dresser, but
nothing else. 'I take it this is the spare room.' He thought as he settled in.
"So where is Jeadite?" Serena asked. "I have to thank him for bring Darien back." The scouts
were gathered at the temple once again for a scout meeting. Except this time, Darien was back.
"Wiat, he brought Darien back? Rei asked. "Yeah, " Serena said. "Didn't he tell you that?" "No
and I didn't ask. He just said Darien was back so I left it at that." "Anywa, where is her?" Lita
asked. "Uh, I think he is in his room, hold on I will go get him." Rei said. She got up and left to
find Jeadite. "So do you think they are speaking to each other and everything, now that they are
living in the same building?" Lita asked. "No way." Said Mina. "If I know anything about Rei it is
that she does not forgive people easily. Especially not when she is so mad that she crys over it."
Rei walked over to the room where Jed was staying. She prepared to kncok on the door but
something she heard made her pause for a minute. Rei could hear the radio playing "Dreeming Of
You" by Selena. She listened for a moment.
Late at night when all the world is sleeping
I stay up late and think of you and I wish on a star
That somewhere you are thinking of me too
'Cause I'm dreaming of you tonight
'Till tomorrow I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Than here in my room dreaming about you and me
Wonder if you ever see me and I wonder if you
Know I'm there (Am I there)
If you looked in my eyes would you see what's inside
Would you even care
I just wanna hold you close but so far
All I have are dreams of you
So I wait for the day and the courage to say
How much I love you I'll dreaming of you tonight
'Til tomorrow I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Than here in my room dreaming about you and me
I can't stop dreaming of you
I can't stop dreaming
I can't stop dreaming of you
Late at night when all the world is sleeping
I stay up and think of you
And I still can't believe that
You came up to me and said
I love you
I love you too
I'll be dreaming with you tonight
Til tomorrow and for all of my life
And there's nowhere in the world l'd rather be
Than here in my room dreaming with you endlessly.
Rei heard Jeadite talking. "This song would have to be on right now wouldn't it? God knows the
first part is true. It would be nice if the second part would happen, but of course the way Rei
feels towards me the second part will never happen." Rei felt herself blush at this. "I, I just wish
that I could explain to her." Jeadite said shaking his head. "But she won't even talk to me." He
was silent for a few minutes. Rei took this as an oppurtunity to knock. Jeadite opened the door
to see Rei standing there. "Sorry to bother you." She said rather coldly. "But the scouts are here
and everyone wanted to talk to you." "uh, sure I will be right there." Jeadite said. Rei nodded and
closed the door. 'oh shoot.' Jeadite thought. 'I really hope she didn't hear me. Oh well I guess I
should go out and talk to everyone.' Jeadite opened and followed Rei out to the main room.
After saying hello to everyone, Jeadite sat down. "Rei said you guys wanted to talk to me." He
said. "What about?" "Well first we wanted to thank you for bringing Darien back." Mina said.
"And we wanted to know how you did it." Lita added. "Well it was no big deal bringing him
back. I mean, I know what it is like to be trapped inside that place against your will." Jeadite said
quietly. "Anyway, all I did was transform somehow, and transported myself there." "You mean
you have powers to?" Serena squealed. "Rei how come you didn't tell us any of this?" Serena
complained. "I told you, I didn't know anything about it." Rei said. "So what do you become
when you transform?" Mina asked. "I don't know." Jeadite said. "I just become some guy in a
tux, with a mask covering everything but my eyes. Oh and I throw these weird little star things."
"Cool!" Serena yelled. "Another Tuxedo Mask!" 'Yeah, but he needs a different name." Mina
said thoughtfully. "What about Mars Knight?" Lita suggested. "It kinda seems like Jeadite
protected Sailor Mars back in the silver millenium. So that is where the mars part comes from,
and then he is a knight, so Mars Knight, get it?" Lita asked. Rei glared at her for even suggesting
that. "Uh, why don't we think of something else?" Jed said hastily, seeing Rei's sudden anger.
Ami looked up from her book and rolled her eyes at the sight before her. Everyone was in deep
though, except for Rei who just seemed incredibly bored, over what to call Jeadite, when the
answer was obvious. "You guys," She finally said. "It is obvious what we should call Jeadite. Star
Knight." Everyone looked at her with weird expressions. "Star Knight?" Darien questioned. "If
you think about it, it makes perfect sense." Ami said. "He is a knight, like Lita said. And his
attacks have to do with stars. Think about it." "Star Knight." Serena repeated, trying to let it sink
in. "Cool!" She turned to Jeadite. "So what do you say? Are you a part of the team?" "Before I
answer that," Jed said slowly, turning to glance over at Rei. "There is something I have to tell you
guys that may make you change your minds."
Author's Note
Ok well now stuff is finally starting to happen! I hope you liked thi part. Sorry it took so long to
come out. Proofreading is a huge pain. The next aprt will hopefully be out soon. Guess what
people? Only two more parts to go! I pray that they willl be out shortly. I am going on vacation
next Saturday and I am trying to get them out before then. If they aren't, it will be about a week
after that till it is out. Anyway e-mail me, Pekkl9983@aol.com and let me know what you think.
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