JUPITER KNIGHT VI
FUTURE PROBLEMS
This is based on the future of Crystal Tokyo. For those of you who
read my first stories, this could be confusing since I jumped so far
ahead. SailorMoon is owned by Toei Animation and Naoko Takeuchi. This
story is owned by me. Can't help it if the spelling or grammar is
crummy. It's what it's about that counts. On with the show:
Lita lay awake on her bed, her long silky gown flowing with
the breeze. She could not sleep. Not when so much of Crystal Tokyo is
destroyed. After sending Reeni to the past, not much has changed.
Most of the city was in ruins, thanks to the Black Moon family. Queen
Serenity was not worried about the now, she was still thinking that
the scouts of the past would defeat the evil. Lita thought differently.
She thought they should think about what to do now, instead of in the
past. Many of the other scouts though so too, but it was not proper
to object to the queen.
She was startled out of her thoughts by a soft thud. The
light curtains flutered from the balcony. Who could it be this late
at night? She thought. Her bedroom was the highest in the tower.
About 20 stories up. She thought she would have heard if someone
use the elevator. She got up, and walked to the balcony, lifting
up the curtains and peeking out at the intruder. She was a familiar
form looking out toward the city.
"Ken." she said softly.
He did not look back, just stared on at the city.
"Why are you up so late?" she asked, taking a place
beside him.
"The same reason why you can't sleep. How can anyone sleep
when the whole city is going to ruins?" he asked.
"Don't give up just yet. Remember you always told me that?"
Ken looked down into her green eyes which still held the
spark of hope and innocence like those of a child's. "I'm tired of
fighting. Why fight when you know what the end will be like? When
you know you'll lose?"
Lita closed her eyes, trying to find an answer, "It's not
over yet. We can win. Serenity sent Reeni back, she has hope. You
can't lose hope. We can still do it. No matter what you lose, there
is still two things that no one can ever take away. Remember what they
are, and you'll always survive. Love and hope. No one can ever make
you lose those two things. Never."
"How can you love, when the world is so full of hate. Wars are
going on everywhere, greed is taking over. Brothers are turning
against each other. Do you hear that? No birds are singing, no
crickets are chiroing. Even the animals have given up. Stop
looking on the bright side of everything. This is one thing that has
only one side." Ken pounded the wall hard with a bandaged hand.
Lita took his hand in hers. "You hurt your hand again. Stop hitting
everything. If you want to hit something, hit me." Lita knew about his
temper and knew that Ken always hit the wall when he was frustrated. She
also knew that he couldn't hit her. Never. "The love is hiding. There
is still hope. I still have hope."
Ken hugged Lita close to him, and looked down at those eyes. Those
eyes that reminded him of a child who still believed in Santa Claus,
Tooth fairies, and Christmas. Christmas. The last time he celebrated
Christmas was just before his world toppled over. But that was okay. As
long as he still had Lita, there was hope. She was right. Hope was always
there.
He gave her a kiss on the forehead, and said, "I'm going to try
to get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning." He walked out
of her room, and down the winding steps to his own room. When he got there,
he opened the door, and faced the brick wall. He pounded it once with
his fist, feeling the pain soar into his body. He heard Lita's voice in
his mind, Stop hitting things. If you want to hit something, hit me. He
prepared to punch the wall again. Then, he imagined her face on the wall.
He stopped, and walked into the bedroom. He flopped into bed, into a
dreamless sleep.
Lita walked into bed, and laid down. She thought about what she
told Ken. She hoped she was right. It was true what he said, there
was nothing more to fight for. She was praying that Reeni would find
the scouts, and that everything would be alright in the morning. She
wished with all her might that everything would be back the way they
use to be. Tears burned her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. She
knew that it wouldn't happen. They had to fight for it, not
wish for it. But was it worth it? Fighting for so little. The odds \
were already uneven, to the Black Moon's favor. Tommorow would be a
new day, a new fight.
Lita woke up, from a deep sleep. She felt like she slept for an
eternity. One look out the window told her that it wasn't that long. The
skies were still dark, the city still in ruins. She got dressed, and
slowly walked down the stairs for breakfast. Everyone else was already
seated. She took the only empty chair next to Mina, and stared at her
plate. She saw that everyone else didn't get sleep last night. Dark
circles were on everyone's eyes, including the two cats.
Luna spoke up, "Reeni informed that she found the Sailor Scouts
of the past. She also said that the Black Moon was after her. They know who
she is. But she is not in any direct danger, the scouts are protecting
her.
Serenity looked at Luna, "At this rate, I think we can beat the
Black Moon."
Suddenly, the computer went on, showing the face of Wiseman.
"I hope you are ready for a surprise. Since I am so nice,
I will let you fight for Crystal Tokyo. It is of no use to me now.
Six in the afternoon, if you are not there, then I will assume you no longer
want it and I will take over. If you actually go there, you will have
to fight my girls, and me, if you make it that far. If I lose, we will
surrender ourselves. If you lose, we get Crystal Tokyo, and you will
of course die." Wiseman challenged.
The screen clicked off, and everything was silent.
Rei broke the silence, "I know it's a trap, but if we don't
go, it'll be the end."
Darien said after a long silence, "We have to go. There is
no choice. If we don't go, he will surely kill us, and Reeni."
Luna typed some things into her computer and calculated some
things. "Yes, we have to go. Everyone meet back here at 5:00 in the
afternoon. Finish whatever you have to do. This is the FINAL battle.
Either we do this willingly, or not do it at all. Any objections?"
Everyone looked around, worried glances were exchanged.
The unspoken question ligered.
Ami finally spoke it, "Will we be reborn if we...you know."
"Die?" Artemis said, "We will be reborn, but no one can be
sure when or what we will be reborn to. There might not even be a
future to be reborn in."
"Why don't all of you go think about it? Anyone who doesn't
want to go can just stay here when we leave at five thirty." Luna said.
Everyone filed out of the room, moping every step of the way.
Serenity was clutching Darien's hand tightly, as they walked out into the
living quarters. Rei, Ami, Mina, and Lita walked into the gym. Lita
angrily kicked at a punching bag. She didn't want it to end like this.
There was so much she wanted to do. Mina and Rei just sat there,
looking glum. Ami was busily typing on her computer trying to find
an easy way into the Starlight Towers.
Ken walked outside, and looked around. It was not much, but
this was they were going to fight for. It was all they had,
except hope and love. Lita's words echoed in his head. There
was always hope and love. He sprinted into a jog, trying to
blow off his steam. He tried to go farther out of the protected
area, but there was no way. The forcefield protecting the tower
they stayed in was also keeping everyone from going out. He
ran hard and fast, feeling the wind whip against his face. Ken saw
a figure standing about ten yards in front of him. He slowed
down as he reached the figure. It was Serenity. She was looking
at him, with an interest in her eye.
"Are you done?" she asked.
"Yeah." Ken said, feeling better, releasing all that
stress that had built up.
"I have something I have to ask you."
"Yes?"
"Do you want to fight? I mean, you can stay if you want. I
saw the way you looked in the morning. It didn't look like you
wanted to fight. What's wrong?" Serenity asked.
"Serena." he spoke to her like she was just an average person,
not the queen of Tokyo, "I want to fight. This is not much to fight
for, but I still have to. It's my job. If I don't go, and something
happens to Lita, I'll never forgive myself. I almost lost her once.
I'm not about to let it happen again. I know that Lita's going to fight.
I'm going, not only because of her, but also because of you. All of
us scouts have a job at protecting the queen."
"Okay. I just wanted to make sure. You do know that this
isn't some ordinary fight. All of us will go in, but I can't guarantee
that all of us will come out." Serenity shook her head sadly.
"Yes. I know. But I am going to do all I can to make sure
all of us can come out." Ken walked away with a slight wave, into
the tower. He went into his room, and took out his most treasured
item. It was a crystal on the end of a leather string. He tied it
to his neck, hoping it would bring him good luck. Lita had given
it to him, when they were just teenagers. Those were the good days,
when you could still go outside, and see the sun. The real sun.
5:00 PM
Luna sat nervously on a chair in the dining room. She hoped
all the scouts would show up. Artemis was carelessly clawing on
his cushion. The first to arrive was Sailor Mars. She took
her place on the table. Next, came Mercury and Venus. Then Jupiter
came in, followed by Jupiter Knight. Everyone looked at each other,
thinking the same thing. Will Serenity and Darien come too?
The answer came in through the door. Sailor Moon and
Tuxeedo Mask were the last to come. Now that everyone was here,
the decision was made. The fight for Earth has come.
"I guess we should go." Sailor Moon said.
"Yeah." Tuxeedo Mask got up, heading out the door.
The others followed. They went into the control room, where a
large orb lay, pulsing. Without saying a word, everyone placed a
hand on the orb, obsorbing it's energy. When everyone was up to full
energy, the force field protecting the tower was broken. They all
walked out of the room, heading for the front door. Sailor Moon looked
at the two cats.
"You don't have to come. Stay here, and watch over the place."
Sailor Moon told them
"Nonsense." Artemis said, "We are coming with you. Don't
try to rid of us."
With that, the four scouts, Sailor Moon, Tuxeedo Mask, and
two cats walked toward Starlight Towers. The street was deserted,
only a few rats scampered about. Buildings were on fire, but most had
already toppled, and not one tree was to be seen. Everyone had already
deserted this hell, and left to another place. A safer place, for now.
When they reached Starlight Towers, they stopped in front. The
door was open, showing only darkness.
"Should we go in this way? Or take the hard way?" Sailor Moon asked.
"They expect us to go in the hard way." Sailor Jupiter mentioned.
Sailor Moon cautiously made her way toward the dark door, peering
in. Nothing but darkness. She took a step in, and let the others in.
It was all dark. Dark and silent. Suddenly, the door closed behind them,
and they were bathed in black darkness.
"Are we still on Earth?" Sailor Venus tried to joke.
There was a second of nervous and forced laughs, then once again,
silence. All of them stood there, waiting for something to happen.
They all spread out, feeling for a wall, a door, anything to rid of the
dark. An earpiercing scream cut the silence.
"Who was that?" Sailor Moon cried.
Tuxeedo Mask instructed everyone, "Is everyone here?"
"Sailor Moon." Sailor Moon said firmly.
The others caught on and said their names, since no one could see
a thing, not even the cats.
"Mercury."
"Venus."
"Jupiter."
"Knight."
"Luna."
"Artemis."
They all waited for Sailor Mars, but they were greeted by eerie
silence.
"Sailor Mars!" Sailor Moon screamed. "Are you here? Speak to me!"
Tuxeedo Mask tried soothing her, "She's gone. There is nothing
you can do about it."
"No! I want to go back!" Sailor Moon cried, running around hysteric-
ally.
"Sailor Moon! Calm yourself! There is no way back!" Artemis
growled.
Another scream was heard.
"Who was it?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"They took Venus!" Sailor Mercury informed. "She was right next
to me!"
"Oh no. Everyone, quick. To the middle of the room." Tuxeedo
Mask ordered.
It was useless. No one had the same idea where the middle was.
"Oh." Sailor Mercury said, when she felt herself being swallowed
into a portal.
"They got Mercury too! I hate this. I hate it!" Sailor Moon
cried.
Sailor Jupiter backed up against what felt like a wall. "Who is
left?" she asked.
"Tuxeedo Mask." Tux answered.
"Moon and two cats." Sailor Moon said, holding Luna and
Artemis firmly.
Sailor Jupiter listened for Jupiter Knight. "Jupiter Knight.
Are you there?"
"He's gone." Sailor Moon grumbled. "We're all being picked
out like flies."
"No!" Sailor Jupiter shouted. "We can't give up. If we
keep saying that we can't, soon we'll start believing it. We CAN!" Her
last words faded as she too, was sucked into a portal opening.
Sailor Jupiter shouted, "Sailor Moon, you can!"
"All alone. We're all alone." Sailor Moon said in a melancholy
tone.
"No we're not. They're still with us. I can feel it." Tux said.
"Follow my voice. Come to me."
Sailor Moon walked toward Tuxeedo Mask, and meracously, they found
each other. Tuxeedo Mask held Sailor Moon tightly.
"I will never leave you. They won't either." he said.
The ground beneath them opened, swallowing all of them into
yet, another portal. To where?
Sailor Mars blinked, when she was dropped onto the floor. She
focused on a young lady, standing in front of her. Who was she?
The lady spoke in a ragged voice, "Sailor Mars. I finally
get to meet you. I am Katsy, the youngest of the four sisters."
"Yeah? Well what do you want before I annialate you?" Sailor
Mars challanged.
"A bit proud aren't we? Well, I'll give you the first shot." Katsy
said.
Sailor Mars concentrated, "Mars...Fire...Ignite!"
The fire rushed toward Katsy, but in a blink of an eye, Katsy
ducked out of harm's way.
"Is that all you've got? Learn from the master!" Katsy shot
out daggers of black fire at Sailor Mars.
Sailor Mars managed to duck the first three daggers, but
the last one caught her in the arm, and she stumbled to the ground.
"Hurts don't it?" Katsy asked, eyes twinkling with evil. She
then threw her hand back, and sent Sailor Mars flying into the wall.
Sailor Mars grunted as she hit the wall with full force. She
felt a net surrounding her, and looked up. Katsy had somehow closed
her over a net, and now she had no way out. She felt too tired to use
any of her powers, and just kicked an punched.
"Don't even try!" Katsy warned, and gave her a little zap in
the head. Sailor Mars felt dizzy, and lied down.
Sailor Venus was having the same kind of luck. Bad luck. She
was jumping around, throwing her powers around blindly. Prisma, the
oldest was dogding everything with time to spare. It looked like she
was just trying to wear Sailor Venus out.
"Are you done yet?" Prisma demanded.
"No! Venus...love...chain!" Sailor Venus had already taken out her
chain, but it was too late.
Prisma grabbed hold of one end of the chain, and pulled it hard. Sailor
Venus was slammed into a wall, and slid down. Prisma held out a net,
and walked calmly toward Sailor Venus.
"That's more like it." she said, as she covered Sailor Venus with the
net. Sailor Venus didn't protest, she was too tired.
Birdie was waiting impatiently for Sailor Mercury. She seemed to be
typing something on the mini computer of hers.
"That's it. I'm tired of waiting!" Birdie shouted. "Ice wind of
the north! I command you!"
Birdie threw the icy wind at Sailor Mercury. Luckily, she dodged it
just in time. The wall in back of her froze solid, and cracked.
"Mercury Bubbles!" Sailor Mercury shouted.
The whole room clouded with thick white fog. Birdie was not at all
worried.
"Do you think this is going to stop me?" she laughed and evil laugh.
A gust of wind blew the fog away, revealing Birdie in the middle of the room.
She threw a huge ball of ice at Sailor Mercury.
Unable to duck in time, Sailor Mercury was struck by the ice.
She slumped down and said, "Let's call a truce...I'm too exhausted."
Birdie laughed in her face. She knew that the Sailor Scouts were
weak, but she didn't know they were this weak. She entangled Sailor Mercury
in some sort of net, and dragged her toward a large oak door that led to
some other room.
Sailor Jupiter was having more luck fighting Avery. So far, she had
not been hit. Yet.
"Jupiter... Thunder..Clap! Zap!" she threw one of the thunder claps
at Avery, but missed.
"Wimpy humans. Do you think this is going to be easy?" Avery challenged.
Sailor Jupiter growled, "We know this is easy!"
Just then, the other three sisters came in, dragging three scouts in
a net.
"Sister! We've got them." Katsy called out.
"Good. Dump them in that box!" Avery shouted, indicating a crystal
clear box in the back of the room.
"Scouts! Can you hear me?" Sailor Jupiter shouted and ran over to
where they were.
Birdie used a foot, and kicked her away. Sailor Jupiter went flying
across the room.
"Do you want to join them? Or do you want to do it the hard way?" Avery
asked in a sugar coated voice.
"I'll get you for that!" Sailor Jupiter said, her voice as hard as
steel.
"Get her sisters!" Avery commanded.
All four sisters dove to Sailor Jupiter, kicking a scratching. But
Sailor Jupiter knew what to do in those fights. She shoved everyone away,
and kicked anything that moved. She kicked Prisma in the eye so hard,
that she flew into the opposite wall.
"EHhh! She gave me a black eye!" Prisma screamed. "You'll be sorry!"
Prisma shot out black bolts of nega-energy at Sailor Jupiter. Quick
as a rabbit, Jupiter dove out of the way, into Birdie. Birdie siezed the
chance and took hold of Sailor Jupiter by the arms.
"Let go of me!" she ordered. Sailor Jupiter kicked and fought hard.
Katsy ran to help Birdie hold Sailor Jupiter down.
"This one is tough!" Avery commented.
Prisma walked up to Sailor Jupiter, and looked her right in the face.
She stared hard at Sailor Jupter. "Now it's payback time!"
Sailor Jupiter spat at Prisma's face. In a split second, Prisma
brought her hand out and slapped her across the face. "Never do that
again!"
Sailor Jupiter had the wind knocked out of her, but she was still
full of fight. "Filth! Negaverse filth!" she growled at them.
"I'm not going to take this from a human!" Avery shouted back. "Hold
her, sisters!" Avery gathered so much energy that she began to glow. She
aimed her hands at Sailor Jupiter, and shot.
A beam of black energy went straight towards Sailor Jupiter, and hit
her so hard, that she and the two sisters holding her went crashing to
the wall.
"No! Sailor Jupiter!" Sailor Mars shouted from inside the box. She
saw the whole thing. She didn't think that Sailor Jupiter could take all
that.
"Just give up!" Sailor Mercury yelled.
Ofcourse, the scouts couldn't get out of the box to help Sailor Jupiter,
but they tried so hard to break out. The box was so solid.
"Listen to your friends. Are you going to give up?" Prisma asked.
"Never." groaned Sailor Jupiter. She tried to stand up, but felt
her knees buckle. She fell down onto the floor again.
Avery prepared herself to strike at Sailor Jupiter again, when something
wierd happened...
Meanwhile, in the other room, Jupiter Knight was having his own troubles
fighting Rubeus. Everytime he struck out at Rubeus, he would just disappear
and reappear at a different part of the room.
"Come down here and fight like a man!" Jupiter Knight ordered.
"You mean like a human? Why fight, when you can use powers?" Rubeus
laughed. He threw shards of black energy at Jupiter Knight, hoping that
one would get into his eyes and blind him.
Jupiter Knight lifter his cape up, and covered himself with it. The
shards were practically harmless. When he lifted his cape up, he saw
Rubeus wasn't smiling anymore.
"What's happening?" Rubeus screamed. He was starting to fade. He
felt weaker by the second.
Jupiter Knight was confused now. Why was Rubeus looking like that?
He could practically see through him.
"No!" Rubeus cried, and he disappeared in a puff of smoke that just
erupted.
Jupiter Knight took that chance to run out of the room, into the
other room looking for the scouts.
All the scouts trapped in the box saw Birdie disappear. One minute,
she was there, the other minute, she was gone. Then, Katsy disappeared. The
same thing happened to Prisma, then Avery. Now, they were all alone
in the room.
Sailor Jupiter saw only Avery disappear. The next thing she knew, Sailor
Mars kicked the glass box they were in, and glass flew everywhere. All
the scouts rushed to her, and hugged her.
"Are you alright?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"Yes."
"Good. Let's go find the others." Sailor Venus ordered.
Footsteps sounded at the door, coming nearer. All the scouts turned
around and saw Jupiter Knight running toward them.
"Rubeus disappeared!" he shouted.
"The four sisters did too." Sailor Mercury shouted back.
That was when Jupiter Knight saw Sailor Jupiter on the floor. He rushed
to her, and knelt down.
"Oh my god. What happened?" he asked.
Sailor Jupiter tried to stand up, "Nothing. I just got a whipping
by the four sisters." She almost got up, but her knees started to shake
again.
Jupiter Knight put his arms around her waist, and supported her. She
finally got up, and walking.
"Let's go find Sailor Moon!" she said. The other scouts ran in front
of her, toward the only remaining door not open. It opened with a squeak,
revealing bright blinding light.
"Should we go in?" Sailor Mars asked, squinting into the room.
"Let's go." Jupiter Knight said, still holding Sailor Jupiter.
All of them walked blindly into the room, into what was probably the
center of the room. As they got closer to the center, the light began
to dim, and they could actually see. What they saw was Princess Serenity
and Prince Darien holding up the silver imperium crystal. Coming from
the crystal was a pure white beam, aimed at Wiseman. Wiseman was holding
his orb which was emitting a black beam of light clashing with the
white one.
"We have to help them. Combine your powers!" Sailor Mars said.
"Mars Star Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
Sailor Jupiter walked out of Jupiter Knight's hold, and shouted, "Jupiter
Star Power."
"Jupiter Nite Power!"
Beams of every differet color shot into the Silver Emperium Crystal.
The white beam got more powerful with time, pushing the black beam back.
They stood like this for a long time, sending all their energy into the
crystal. Sailor Jupiter, who was already drained of her energy, thanks
to the four sisters, fell onto the ground, and stayed there.
Every muscle in Jupiter Knight's body wanted to go and pick her up,
but he knew that this was the fate of Earth. If he was to do that, then
that would risk losing Earth. He concentrated on the crystal. Inch
by inch, the white beam was getting closer to Wiseman.
Finally, Wiseman was hit, and a huge explosion shook the place. The
explosion sent all the scouts flying back, and Sailor Jupiter was thrown
back into a wall with a sickening thud.
Wiseman was no more.
All the scouts were unconscious for a few minutes, then slowly, they
began to wake up. All except Sailor Jupiter. Jupiter Knight moaned, when
he tried to get up, then he looked over at Sailor Jupiter. He quickly got
up, ignoring all the pain his body was in, and rushed to her.
"Sailor Jupiter! Can you hear me?" he shouted. She was bleeding
from every pore in her body, it seemed. The others crowded around those
two.
"Can you heal her?" Sailor Mercury asked Sailor Moon.
Luna came up, from the rock she was hiding behind. "No. The moon healing
won't work for the scouts." she said sadly.
Sailor Venus and Mars started to cry quietly. Sailor Jupiter looked
dead. Sailor Moon just held on to Tuxeedo Mask, praying that there was
a way. Jupiter Knight took Sailor Jupiters small hands in his own hands,
covered with white gloves. He took the gloves off, which were beginning to
soak with blood. He held her hands tightly in his hands, and prayed for
her to be alright.
"Please Lita, I'll never give up hope. Please wake up!" he
whispered.
His hands began to glow a strange bright color. The color transfered
from his body, into hers.
"What's happening?" Sailor Moon asked Luna.
"He's transfering his energy into hers." Luna said.
Sailor Mars thought and mentioned, "Can't we give her some of our
energy?"
"No. Only he can, he is her protector." Artemis said, shaking his
head.
Sailor Venus broke down crying, "But isn't there anything we can
do to help her?"
"Just stand back." instructed Luna.
Jupiter Knight and Sailor Jupiter were starting to float off of the
ground, going higher and higher. He clutched her weak and battered body
closer to him, and felt his power draining. With a burst of green light,
both fell to the ground.
Jupiter Knight was still holding Sailor Jupiter's hands in his.
"Please. Don't leave me."
Sailor Jupiter's eyes fluttered slightly, and squeezed Jupiter
Knight's hands.
"She's going to be okay." Luna sighed happily.
All the scouts joined hands, with the two Jupiters in the middle,
and shouted, "Scout Teleport!"
Lita woke up with a huge headache. Both her hands were bandaged
and bleeding. She looked out towards the balcony, and saw something that
she never thought she would see again. Two things. Ken, and sunlight.
She got up slowly, wincing with pain, and made her way toward Ken, who
was standing with his back towards her. She slid her arms around him,
and hugged his back. Ken turned around, his face beaming.
"We did it. We won!" he said happily.
Lita hugged him tighter, "I always knew we would."
Ken looked down at her. Her eyes still had that spark, and aside
from the bandaged hands on his back, she was back.
"Thank you for giving me hope again. For finding love." he said
softly. Ken lowered his lips to meet hers, and kissed her deeply.
"Looks who's back to their normal selves again!" Serenity's voice
rang throughout the tower.
Ken and Lita seperated, and blushed. Serenity always had a habit
of coming in at the wrong times.
The scouts all waited on the lush green grass. One cloud above
them opened, and out dropped Reeni.
"I'm home!" the pink haired girl shouted.
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