Ch 6
this is my secret

Lita was walking in the park, admiring the necklace Locke gave her. It
was a coincidence that she bumped into him. "Oh! Hi Locke!" Lita waved to
where Locke was standing. Locke smiled. They ended up on a bench, talking.
Lita started to play around with her necklace again. "I like the necklace,"
Lita started. "It must be hard with your mom gone. What about your dad?"
Lita asked. "I never knew him." Locke said. Lita felt sorry for him. "Lita,
I... I want to tell you something," Locke started. "What is it?" Lita
asked. "Well, Lita, I... uh... well, this is gonna be hard for me to
tell..." Locke said. "Go on," Lita urged. "Lita, I want to be more than
just friends," Locke said. Lita blushed. "You mean as boyfriend,
girlfriend, couple, lovers?" Lita asked. Locke nodded, and blushed. "Oh,
Locke, that's great! I mean, I've always wanted a boyfriend, someone who
really cared, and then I met you. You were... I mean you are the perfect
boyfriend I've been waiting for! I... just didn't know what you'd say if
I'd asked you!" Lita exclaimed. Then they kissed, just like that. Lita was
still fiddling with her locket, and then she felt some sort of button. She
let go of Locke. "Lita, what's wrong?" Locke asked. "Locke! You should've
told me this was a locket!" Lita said. Lita opened the locket. Locke just
stared at the locket. "I... I never knew it could do that!" Locke said.
Lita looked at two pictures, not paying attention to what Locke just said.
"Locke! Where did you get these?" Lita asked. It had two pictures cut out
to fit the locket that were black and white, one with Lita and the other
with Locke. 'Why am I wearing my princess dress from Jupiter, and why is
Locke in a uniform?' Lita thought. "I... I have no idea where these came
from!" Locke said. "Are you sure?" Lita asked. Locke nodded. "Weird..."
Lita commented. Later, they went to Lita's place. Lita sat on her bed and
turned on her T.V.. Then she took out her locket again and looked at the
pictures. Locke sat down beside her. "I wonder how... wha?" Locke started.
He caught a flash in the corner of his eye. 'Why is Muron attacking now?'
he thought. "Listen, Lita, I gotta go. There's, uh... something I have to
do." Locke said. And with that he left. 'Where's he going?' Lita thought.
She had never seen him rush to do anything. Then her communicator went off.
"You guys, another major attack in Fairview park. Get there on the double!"
Mina's voice said. Lita nodded and went off.
Mina was waiting at the park with Rini and Serena. "Whoa! Freaky!"
Serena said. Some strange guy was holding this dark crystal realizing dark
energy from it and hitting everybody in its path. Those who were hit turned
evil. The other scouts arrived. "Scout power!" They said all together. They
quickly transformed. "Yo, you evil Nega dweeb!" Yelled someone from above.
Muron looked up. "You're looking at trouble! I'm Sailor Moon, and in
the..." Sailor Moon started. Muron released more energy from the ball,
commanding it to go after the Sailor scouts. Then Locke came. "Muron, what
are you doing?" Locke asked. "Empresses orders!" Muron smiled. All of a
sudden, Muron hit Locke very hard, causing him to lose some power. Jupiter
had another flashback. 'I want to be more than friends, Lita,' came a voice
in her head. Then she saw Locke's face. 'No wonder why! I'm not going crazy
really, something inside is telling me about Locke!' She thought. Sailor
Moon noticed the blank look on Jupiter's face. She waved her hand in front
of Jupiter. "Hey. hello, wake up! Earth to Jupiter!" Sailor Moon said. But
Jupiter didn't pay attention. Jupiter just kept on staring at Locke. 'Locke
is that guy!' Jupiter thought. She was shocked. Then she realized what had
happened before. The person who saved her and the scouts, the one who kept
on protecting her in the Silver millennium. Locke...
"Hey, Lita, catch!" said a ten year old Locke. (This is in the Silver
millennium). Lita missed and ran into some older kids. "Hey, look, it's the
princess!" said one kid sarcastically. "Heard you've been taking karate!
Try this!" Said another. Lita wasn't ready. One kid picked her up and back
dropped her. Lita started crying. Locke came, throwing rocks at the kids.
"Hey, Lita! I'm here. I'll always be here for you..."
Jupiter's eyes went narrow. "That explains the necklace!" She said
aloud. The scouts looked at her. "What explains what?" Sailor Moon said
confused. "What necklace?" Chibi moon asked. Then Muron was about to hit
Locke. "I'll kill you Locke. You killed my sister. So I'll kill you." Muron
grinned. "H-how?" Locke asked. "By falling in love with a mortal. That's
against the rules, plus you broke her heart." Muron explained. Locke knew
he was immortal because of what Empress Drusilla gave to him. He remembered
what had happened...
"Mom, don't die! Don't leave me!" Cried a 15 year old Locke. "I'll
make your mom alive," said a voice behind him. A young pretty woman, in
about her twenty's, came up to him. "If you join my army, that is." The
woman was wearing completely black. Locke stupidly agreed for he wanted his
mom to be allright. He didn't want to hurt anybody but he really wanted his
mom back. One year after, his mom died. But he was stuck with the Negaforce
so he had no choice but to fight, or his life...
Muron was about to strike. Jupiter had this urging feeling to yell.
But she didn't. Instead, she went in front of Locke, protecting him. "I am
not mortal," Jupiter yelled at the guy. "Of course you are. You are a
human!" Muron said. "I am Princess Jupiter, part of Princess Serenity's
court! Everyone that is part of her court is immortal!" Jupiter said. "Say
what you want. Now get out of the way!" Muron yelled. The Sailor Scouts
stood a few meters away, surprised at what Jupiter said. Jupiter kneeled
beside Locke. "Don't worry, Locke! Everything will be fine," Jupiter
assured. Then some sort of dark light appeared in front of them. A young
woman stepped out, around in her late teens. She was wearing entirely black
except for her pale skin (i.e.: black lipstick, hair and dress). "Locke, I
am disappointed in you. Come, I will punish you later." Locke woke up at
the sound of the lady's voice. "But Empress Drusilla! The rules say you
have to exterminate..." Muron started. "Shut your mouth! I will explain at
home. Now come!" The empress went into the hole, followed by Locke and
Muron. "L-Locke," Jupiter started. Locke turned around. He shook his head.
"I can't stay, Jupiter. Don't worry, you'll see me tomorrow. I'll be fine."
Locke then went in the hole. Jupiter fell to the ground on her knees. Then
she started crying. The scouts rushed to her. "You... you saved him again!"
Chibi moon said surprised. "Of course I did," Jupiter started. She stopped
crying and started again. She never cried like this ever since her parents
died. "Jupiter, what's wrong?" Sailor Moon asked. Ignoring Sailor moon's
question, Jupiter started saying something. "Why did he ever join the
negaverse?" Jupiter whispered. Mars knelt down beside Jupiter. "Who?" She
asked. "Locke..." Jupiter said. Mercury gasped. "So that's why you kept on
protecting him!" Mercury said. "But why didn't you tell us?" Jupiter
stopped crying. "I didn't realize it was him 'til now. At first when I saw
him, he felt important. And now, I just know it's him." Jupiter explained.
"I need rest. This day was too exciting for me." Jupiter went back to Lita
and started to leave. Then Sailor Moon spoke up. "Lita, you said something
before. Something that explains... well... something!" Lita tried to
remember what she had said. 'That explains the necklace' she recalled
herself saying. 'What explains what?!' She also then recalled Sailor Moon's
voice. "Oh. Well... uh... a... I'll explain tomorrow." Lita said. Then she
went home.
The next day, Lita went to Locke's place. "Lita!" Locke exclaimed
as he opened the door. He let her in. "So you're okay." Lita said. They sat
on the couch. They didn't really say anything else except "well" and "hi".
Lita broke the silence. "Locke, um,... why... do you..." Lita started. She
was afraid that she would upset him. "Why I work for the negaforce?" Locke
finished. Lita nodded. "To save my mother's life..." Locke started. Lita
looked at him. "But you said your mother died!" Lita said. "A year after I
saved her. If I just let her be, then I wouldn't be working for the
negaforce." Locke explained. "Wish I hadn't..." Lita sat closer to him and
gave him a hug. "Oh, Locke. I'm sad, yet happy you joined the negaforce."
Lita said. Locke gave her a questioning look. "I never would have met you,
then." She explained. Locke nodded. Lita brought out her necklace. "I
remember... when I had to go to the moon to help princess serenity..." Lita
started. "So do I..." Locke continued...
"Locke, leave me alone! I'm sorry to get mad at you but I'm in a
rush!" Princess Jupiter rushed around her room looking for her power pen.
"Lita, I want to talk to you for a sec." Locke said. "Aha! Found it! What
did you say Locke?" Lita stood up. "I... never mind. Come outside with me."
Lita and Locke were standing outside on the balcony. "I... want to give
this to you. I'd give it to you on the moon if I didn't have to stay here."
Locke handed her a necklace. Lita opened it. "It's a locket!" She exclaimed
as she saw a picture of the two of them. "You'll remember me that way."
Locke said. Lita started to cry. "Oh, Locke! I don't want to leave you!"
Lita exclaimed as she sank into his arms. Locke hugged her tight. "Don't
worry. You'll defeat Beryl and come back here, and we'll live as we're
living now. Don't cry." Locke pulled her up and gave her a kiss. They
kissed for some time. Then Lita pushed him away. "I have to go," Lita said.
Then Queen Beryl came. "Too late!" Lita cried. She transformed into Sailor
Jupiter. Then she put the necklace around her. She tried to leave, but then
Queen Beryl caught her. "Trying to leave, huh?" Queen Beryl asked. She
threw a lightning bolt at her. But Locke came and protected her. "GO!" He
yelled. Jupiter left. She looked back as soon as she heard Locke scream.
"Locke!" She cried. It was too late for her to go back.
Lita woke up, finding herself in Locke's bed. Lita got up and
went to his Den. "Locke where are you? Answer me!" As soon as she went in
the den, she was horrified at what she saw. "Locke!!!" She screamed.


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