Copyright 1997 All Rights Reserved.

Sailor Moon is copyrighted Naoko Takeceuchi, Bandai, Toei Animation

and some other people. This story, however is mine! All mine.

Names places and characters are a work of fiction. Any resemblence

to anyone or thing is purely coincidential. Blah, whatever.

The usual disclaimers apply.

This takes place in the past, the Moon Kingdom, Silver Millenium,

whatever you want to refer to it as. It is about what would have

happened if Beryl hadn't attacked and everything was fine and

dandy. No negaverse. (YET!) To really understand

what angle I'm coming from, you would have to read my other

fics, Jupiter Knight and Under a Myst.

This is based mostly on Lita (Makoto AKA Sailor Jupiter) and

Ken (Shinosaki AKA Jupiter Knight). If you don't like them, too

bad. It's my story! Mwahahahahahhehehe! (Zoicite?)

Mail flames comments and other stuff to me at Ladyjupiter@sailorjupiter.com.

Or you can mail me and tell me I can't spell for @#$@! But

that's your choice.

Oh yeah, one more thing. Everyone here has their Japanese names

because that was the way it was in the past Silver Millienum.

PAST LIVES 4

Coming to an End

BY LADY JUPITER (LADYJUPITER@SAILORJUPITER.COM)

Mako gulped. She followed the point of the sword up to

it's holder. It was Judge Miyake. But he was different.

His eyes were bloodshot and there was a desheveled look on

his face.

"So? Princess come to see he parents?" Judge Miyake

asked. His voice no longer hinted at sarcasm. It was dripping

with sarcasm.

*Just play it cool. Talk him out of it. Don't panic.*

Mako kept her eyes on the sword, "Judge Miyake. So good to

see you today. How was your day?"

"Don't try to stall, Princess. You were one of the firsts

to find out my devious plan. I don't know how you knew, but

you knew what I wanted to do. I saw the way you scrutinized

my every move yesterday. You and your mother. The QUEEN!"

Judge Miyake laughed insanely, "Everyone but your father

saw through me! Such an idiot! Trusting everyone he sees?

Who does he think he is? Well, when I become king, which isn't

very far from now, we'll see who is better."

Mako even managed to give a friendly smiled, "Now Judge

Miyake, what are you going to do?"

"Don't speak to me like that. I'm not crazy or an idiot.

Don't use that tone with me. You want to know what I'm going

to do?" Judge Miyake asked with such a curiousity he almost

resembled a child. Almost.

"Why don't you let us go? Then you can have anything you

want. Okay?" Mako tried a shot at bargaining.

"Shut up! I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do,"

Judge Miyake really lost it, "I'm going to hide you and your

worthless family away. Then, I'll just say all of you guys died

in an accident on sea. I'll give them a few bodies to bury

into the six feet of dirt. Then I'll announce that your father

wanted me to be king. They'll a believe that. Since I am

such a good FRIEND with your father, the ex-king." Judge Miyake

spit out the word 'friend' as if it was poison.

"Please let my parents go," Mako asked kindly.

"Are you kidding? And let all this work go to waste?"

Judge Miyake asked.

Mako saw there was no way of convincing this crazed man to

let them go. She went to her last choice.

"Jupiter Power!" Mako started her transformation sequence.

She ended with her pose. Mako glared at Judge Miyake. He

was not the kind elderly man she knew before. Things began

to eat away at his heart, turning him into what stood before

her right now. "I tried to be nice Judge Miyake. Why don't

you just let us go?" Sailor Jupiter said.

"Silly girl. Do you think Sailor Jupiter can stop me?"

Judge Miyake laughed again.

"I don't want to do this..." Sailor Jupiter waited for

Judge Miyake to change his mind. Seeing he wasn't going to

she attacked, "I call upon the forces of Jupiter! Jupiter

Thunder Clap Zap!"

Discs of lighting and thunder were thrown toward Judge

Miyake's direction. He held the long sword infront of

him. Somehow, the discs of lightning were attracted to the

metal of the sword. Judge Miyake swung the sword and almost

batted the discs back at Sailor Jupiter.

Sailor Jupiter ducked down and did a forward roll. She

barely escaped the backfire.

"See? Why waste your time? Just surrender and get it over

with?" Judge Miyake asked.

"Jupiter Supreme Thunder!" Sailor Jupiter tried again.

Even before the lightning and thunder left her tiarra,

Judge Miyake was ready. As soon as the lightning disengaged,

he took another swing. The lighting wrapped around the

sword and crackled.

Sailor Jupiter knew what was going to happen next. She got

out of the way. Judge Miyake tried to aim at Sailor Jupiter,

but being that he was new at this stuff, he missed. The lightning

shot out the window and just startled a few birds on the sill.

It was a mistake that Sailor Jupiter took her eyes off of

Judge Miyake. When she looked back to where we once was standing,

it was empty. She slowly looked around the room, half expecting

him to pop out from behind a sofa or something.

"Good night," Judge Miyake's voice startled her. He

was right behind her.

Sailor Jupiter knew it was too late. There was no time to

do anything. In a nano-second, the blade of Judge Miyake's

hand came in contact with the nape of Sailor Jupiter's neck.

Sailor Jupiter blacked out instantly and fell to the floor.

"Step one, complete." Judge Miyake smiled to himself. He

began dragging Sailor Jupiter's body to her parent's.

* ** *** **** ***** ****** ******* ******** ********* **********

Mako groaned. Her head hurt. It felt as if three tons

of bricks fell on it. She opened her eyes, expecting to find

herself in the study. Her surroundings were dark. She

couldn't see anything clearly. There were no windows and

she could see no doors on any wall. It would have been

completely dark, but there was a small flashlight lying

on the floor. Judging by the light it was giving off, the

batteries were almost dead.

Touching her dress, Mako noticed she had unconsciously

changed back to her normal clothes. She rolled her neck

around, getting out all the kinks.

"Mako? Are you alright?"

Mako turned to the sound. It was her father! "Daddy!

Where are you?"

"Over here. Your mother is here with me. Are you alright?"

King Jupiter asked.

"I guess. Mom?" Mako wondered why her mother wasn't

talking to her.

"She's still out. He drugged us with sleeping powder

or something. What about you?" King Jupiter asked.

"I think he hit me or something. I can't remember." Mako

rubbed the sore spot on her neck.

"Are you sure you're alright?"

"Fine." Mako still couldn't see her father. "It's so dark

in here."

"I know." King Jupiter said.

"Dad, I'm scared." Mako confessed.

"I know, Mako. But just hold on. If I can find out a way

to get these chains off..."

Mako herd the jingling of some chains, "What chains?"

"I think he chained us to a bolt on the floor." King

Jupiter was trying to break the train.

"Where are you? Let me try to help." Mako said, getting up.

"You're not tied down?" King Jupiter asked, surprised.

"No. I guess he forgot." Mako said.

"I'm by the brick wall," King Jupiter said.

"Okay, I'm coming." Mako felt her way to the brick wall.

Mako found the chain and tried to undo it. Luckily, it

wasn't a thick one. Each link was only about a centimeter

in diameter. Mako felt around for a lock or something. She

found none.

"It's probably fastened on something," King Jupiter said.

Mako felt around it and found a notch, "Oh yeah. I found

something." She twisted the notch and pulled the chain.

The chain unlinked itself from the hooks and freed King

and Queen Jupiter.

"Good girl!" King Jupiter said. "Sit here by mom. Let

me try to look for a way out. Don't go anywhere."

"Where are we?" Mako asked.

"Hold on." King Jupiter felt around the walls and the

floor. "I think we are in Judge Miyake's basement. It's

about this big and the walls are made of the same material."

"Let's call up and see if anyone hears us." Mako suggested.

"No, he won't be too happy that we are awake. He would

come down and check on us and find us free." King Jupiter said.

"W-w-where am I?" Queen Jupiter mumbled.

"Mom! You're awake!" Mako said.

"Yeah. But where are we? Where did Miyake put us?" Queen

Jupiter demanded.

"We're in his basement." King Jupiter said. "Try to

keep your voice down. He might hear us."

"There must be a way out of here." Queen Jupiter said.

"Yes. As I remember, there should be a trapdoor

that leads up into the house..." King Jupiter felt on the

ceiling, "Here it is!" He pushed it. Nothing moved.

"Is it opening?" Mako asked hopefully.

King Jupiter pushed harder. It wouldn't budge! He

couldn't beleive it. This door was almost never locked.

"It's locked from the outside."

"We're trapped." Mako said.

King Jupiter went over to sit with his family. He couldn't

believe it. His daughter warned her about Judge Miyake,

but did he listen? No. Now they were trapped because

of him.

"This is all my fault," King Jupiter said angrily.

"No it isn't," Queen Jupiter told him.

"Yes it is. I should have listened to Mako. But no,

I wanted to be stubborn. I wouldn't believe that Judge

Miyake would want to harm us. See what I got us into?" King

Jupiter said.

"Dad, it's not your fault. We'll make it out somehow."

Mako tried to convince her dad.

"I can't believe it was in plain sight infront of you guys,

but I was blinded. I was blinded by friendship. I thought

there was no way that Judge Miyake could change like that."

King Jupiter was wallowing in self pity, which was highly

unlike himself.

"Zeus! Listen to what you are saying! You are just

pitying yourself. If you just get your head in gear, I'm sure

we will find a way out," Queen Jupiter snapped. In times like

these, it was good that she had that attitude.

"You're right, Haille. Let me just think. There has

to be another way out of here," King Jupiter put his head

down and thought.

The dim light from the flashlight ran so dark it was soon

useless. Now they were completely bathed in darkness. There

was no light whatsoever from anywhere.

"Great, now I have to work in the dark," King Jupiter

muttered.

"Shh...." Mako thought she heard something, "Do you hear

that?"

They stopped and listened. There was a faint sound of

footsteps getting closer.

"I think it's coming here," King Jupiter said.

"Let's yell and attract attention," Queen Jupiter said.

"No, Miyake will come down and knock us out again." King

Jupiter cancelled out that plan.

The footsteps stopped directly ontop of them. There

was a long period of silence. As if the person above them

was looking for something.

Then there was a scratching sound. Like moving furniture

or something. The scratching sound grew fainter and the

footsteps came again. Someone was opening the trap door.

A crack of light came from the top of the ceiling.

All of them tried to make out who it was. A head poked

itself into the basement. It took a minute for them to

recognize it.

"Shinosaki!" Mako recognized him first. She got up

to run to him.

"Mako! He might be working with his father!" King Jupiter

warned his daughter.

"No, dad. He's the one who warned me about Judge Miyake."

Mako said.

"Shhh. My dad might hear us." Shinosaki said.

"Can you get us out of here?" Mako whispered from the

basement.

Shinosaki was lying on his stomach in the living room. Luckily

he had come home. When he asked where King Jupiter and the

rest of them were, his father said the plan was complete. Shinosaki

knew what that meant. So he had to wait until his father went

to take his daily afternoon nap. First, he had checked every

closet in the mansion, but found nothing. Then he remembered

the trap door to the basement. It was the only door to the

basement, which was pretty secret around here.

"Wait, let me go find a ladder," Shinosaki got off of

the floor.

Mako and her parents waited for Shinosaki to return. About

five minutes later, a ladder came down. Mako stepped away

to let her parents get out first.

"Go first," Mako told them.

Queen Jupiter got out first. King Jupiter urged Mako

to go up. Mako climbed up the rungs on the ladder. On the

last rung, she tripped on her long dress. She was about to

fall, but Shinosaki caught her.

Mako blushed. She usually wasn't a total klutz, but

she didn't know why she always tripped in his pressence. "Thanks,"

"No problem." Shinosaki said.

King Jupiter got up, and took a look around. He was

right. They were in the Miyake's mansion. Shinosaki

closed the door to the basement.

"What will happen when your father finds out you let

us go?" Mako asked. She was worried about him.

"We will find out, won't we?" The voice made everyone

jump.

"Dad!" Shinosaki was startled. He thought his father

was sleeping.

"So? Turning against your own family?" Judge Miyake

said. The sword was still in his hand.

"Dad, give this up. Please?" Shinosaki pleaded.

"Judge Miyake, you don't want to do this do you?" King

Jupiter tried to reason with him.

"You fools! Nothing can change my mind!" Judge Miyake

cackled.

"Judge Miyake? Do you think your wife would have wanted

you to do that?" Queen Jupiter asked.

"I don't have a wife anymore!" Judge Miyake shouted.

"Dad! Don't do this," Shinosaki said.

"Shinosaki, come over here and watch me kill off these

people. One by one, slowly." Judge Miyake said.

Shinosaki looked back and forth from his father to the

royal family. "No, dad. It's not right. Just put the

sword down."

"You dare defy your father?" Judge Miyake asked, "You

little brat! You dare defy me? I will deal with you later.

First, the King goes." Judge Miyake looked at King Jupiter.

"You are mad," King Jupiter said.

"No, I am perfectly happy," Judge Miyake laughed insanely.

"Aren't I, son?" He turned at Shinosaki, "Come here to your

father."

Mako could see anger boiling in Shinosaki. His eyes

were almost red, "I have no father!"

Judge Miyake cocked his head, a smile on his lips. If

there was ever a picture of insanity, it was there. Judge

Miyake stepped closer to them. King Jupiter stepped infront

of his family and Shinosaki.

"I'll take care of this," he said.

"Be careful," Queen Jupiter said.

"Do you want to take the easy way? Or the hard?" Judge

Miyake asked, pointing the long sword at him.

"You leave me no choice," King Jupiter said seriously.

King Jupiter dove for Judge Miyake's legs, attempting

to tackle him down. Judge Miyake tried to jump out of the

way, but was brought down on the carpet. The sword

flew a good five feet away from his reach.

"Get the sword!" King Jupiter shouted.

Queen Jupiter, Mako and Shinosaki all ran for the sword

lying by the wall. On the other side of the room, King

Jupiter and Judge Miyake were fighting it out.

Judge Miyake was stronger than King Jupiter thought.

Judge Miyake pinned King Jupiter down on the floor. King

Jupiter kicked Judge Miyake, which then rolled both of them

over. Finally, King Jupiter pinned Judge Miyake down.

"Get me something to tie him up with!" King Jupiter

shouted.

Mako looked around. There was a silk tie lying on

the couch. She went to get that and handed it to her father.

She saw the Judge Miyake was no longer struggling. He

was slumped under her father.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"Bye, son. Take good care of the house," Judge Miyake said

to Shinosaki.

Shinosaki just stared after his father. Judge Miyake was

being held by two male nurses. They were going to bring him

to the assylum. He agreed that his father needed help.

Maybe someday, his father would be well enough to come

back.

"Thank you, Shinosaki. For rescuing us. I don't know

what would happen if you hadn't come." King Jupiter thanked

him.

"That's okay. I'm sure you could have figured a way

out by yourself anyway." Shinosaki said modestly.

"Remember, you always have a place to stay in the

estate okay? Anything you need, just tell me." Queen Jupiter

said. She gave him a kiss on the forehead.

"Mako? Are you coming?" King Jupiter asked. The

horse and carraige was waiting out front already.

"Give them some time, honey. Come on, we'll go

wait in the carraige." Queen Jupiter urged her husband

forward.

"Bye Shinosaki. Remember to visit us often," King

Jupiter turned around and said.

"I will."

"Bye. Mako, don't be too long." Queen Jupiter hooked her

arm through her husband's and preceeded to the carraige.

"Want to go for a walk inback?" Shinosaki asked.

"Okay."

They walked to the back of the house, where there was

a giant sized maze made of six foot bushes.

"Thanks for saving us," Mako said.

"You are most certainy welcome, Princess." Shinosaki

teased.

"That's Mako to you." Mako smiled.

"My Mako-chan." Shinosaki put an arm around her waist and

pulled her closer.

They stopped infront of a rose bush.

"I'm sorry about your dad, Shinosaki. I'm so very sorry."

Mako said sadly.

"So am I. I just wished that this never happened. But

that can't be done," Shinosaki said.

"What are you going to do now?" Mako asked.

"I'm going to go back to training. It's what my dad

would have wanted. When he was well."

"Then?"

"I don't know. I guess I'll find out when it comes," Shinosaki

said. Then under his breath, he said, "Orphaned now."

Mako almost wanted to cry for him but tried to stop

herself, "Shino-chan! Don't ever say that. Your dad loves

you in his heart. He's just not well. Your mother loves

you up in heaven."

"Mako-chan, you are always in your fantasies." Shinosaki

smiled.

Mako felt a tear trail down her cheeks. She felt so

sad for him. This wasn't fair. Shinosaki did not deserve

to lose both of his parents.

"Don't cry, Mako-chan. It makes me sad," Shinosaki wiped

the tear away.

*I have to be strong for Shinosaki.* Mako swallowed

back her tears and tried to smile for him.

"That's it," Shinosaki lowered his mouth to meet his.

They kissed each other for comfort. Shinosaki drew

apart and gave her a big hug.

"Remember me," Shinosaki said.

"Always." Mako started to walk back to the horse and

carraige.

"I'll come and see you as much as I can." Shinosaki

promised.

"Goodbye," Mako said.

"Not good bye. Good bye means forever. Let's just

say see you." Shinosaki called after her.

"See you, Shino-chan."

"Mako-chan, see you." Shinosaki turned away from her.

Mako started running to the carraige.

Thus ends this series in the Silver Millineum. But this

is not the ending. More goes on in the seperate planets

and more goes on during later years. A story is never at an

end unless you lose your imagination.

"The only thing that is free in this world is insanity.

I just got taxed for using my imagination."

-Anonnymous

Ladyjupiter@sailorjupiter.com

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