I apologize in advance for this chapter. It seems 
narrated but I didn’t mean for it to be. This chapter was 
originally going to be done in Makoto’s P.O.V. but it would 
be worse because I’m not to good at them. So I guess a 
small part of me still wanted to write the P.O.V. so it 
came out like…an Author’s Point of View. Sorry again folks. 
And there’s going to be some cursing in this chapter too. 
It’s tasteful I promise. Well I don’t know what you might 
think…tasteful cursing? Who would have thunkit? I’ll leave 
you all alone now.
Chapter VI- Senshi of Sacrifice Part I 
*Makoto and Heero*
Makoto trailed after Heero. She had attempted to 
start a conversation many times. "Yuy…how is you Queen 
Relena like?" Makoto asked. She began to call him by his 
last name just to piss him off. So far it hadn’t worked.
"Hn," Heero answered. That was the seventh question 
he answered "Hn" too. She was getting sick of it. "Damn it 
Heero! Please talk to me. I know you’re human…I think you 
are. You have a mouth so speak. Tell me something. Ask 
how’s the weather or-" Makoto was cut off when Heero 
stopped before the corner and motioned for her to be quiet. 
"Why are you hushing me for? Don’t you…" she stopped 
at Heero’s warning glare. He pulled out a gun from 
seemingly nowhere and motioned for Makoto to stay where she 
was. She knew something was wrong but just not what. He 
turned the corner.
From her position she could hear all that was going 
on but she was blind as to what they were doing. 
"Stop right there," Heero said coldly. He probably 
had that look on his face. The ‘butter won’t melt in my 
mouth,’ predatory and all around hard ass look. Makoto 
shuddered; she had been on receiving end of that look once 
or twice. 
There was the sound of men, at least ten, drawing for 
their guns. Heero was in ankle deep from the sound of it. 
"Hey kid. Get away from here. We have business with your 
Queen…a matter of the crown you can say. Now run along. 
We’re on our way to see her now. We don’t need an escort. 
We know where she is," one of the men said. 
Makoto strained her ears to listen. Then she heard a 
gun click. Heero’s gun more then likely. "What the hell is 
that baka up to. He’s going to kill himself," Makoto 
thought. She didn’t know what to do but she knew she had to 
do something fast. Makoto was a fighter by spirit but some 
of Ami had rubbed off on her. She needed a plan.
"Put your weapons down or omae wa korosu," Heero 
said. It didn’t seem so threatening coming form the mouth 
of an eighteen-year-old boy. There was the sound of several 
safeties being clicked off. "We don’t take well to 
threats," one of the men said menacingly. Heero in was 
worse then ankle deep, he was neck deep and drowning. 
There was an exchange of gunshots. Actually it 
sounded like Heero was the only one doing the firing; the 
men were laughing. Makoto debated whether or not to take a 
peek. Curiosity got the better of her. 
She peeked around the corner and was nearly hit by a 
flying gun. Apparently Heero had run out of bullets and 
just decided to toss the gun her way. He charged in, just 
as formidable without the gun as with it. "I should help 
him…I should…might as well. I would have gotten killed if 
he failed anyway." Makoto walked casually around the 
corner. The men who were fighting (about ten, not including 
Heero) all froze when they saw her.
Some had looks of terror on their faces, others 
looked strangely relived. "It’s the master!" one of them 
cried out. Makoto was puzzled. Another of them dropped to 
their knees and bowed. "I’m sorry Master. We almost blew 
the whole conspiracy." "Conspiracy?" Makoto asked. The man 
on the floor winced. "I mean plan. Please don’t punish me 
for my insolence," the man begged. He looked terrified of 
the cloaked and masked Makoto. 
Heero trained his intense gaze on Makoto. Makoto met 
his gaze without fear. ‘Great. Just great. Heero thinks I 
am working with them,’ she thought. Makoto broke the 
staring contest and looked at the assassins who were 
looking at her. "I honestly don’t know what you all are 
raving about. Who’s master am I?" she asked. The men all 
looked puzzled but one of them who had an odd expression on 
his face.
He was the one who looked weird then looked like he 
had a revelation. He walked over and hit the man who was 
bowing on the back of the head. "You baka," he said, "she 
isn’t the master. The master has a white mask! That’s 
obviously not her. Now hurry up and kill both of them 
before the real master gets angry with you. You know she 
doesn’t tolerate failure."
Now things started to make sense to Makoto and 
hopefully Heero. They mistook her for their master who 
happened to go cloaked and masked, a white mask at that. 
Gee, what a coincidence but it bought Heero and Makoto some 
time.
They both exchanged a look of mutual knowledge and a 
shared plan. Makoto and Heero both rushed the enemies while 
they were confused. And Makoto, being a black belt in 
several types of martial arts, didn’t need a gun. 
Apparently Heero didn’t either.
Makoto did a quick sort of handstand and used her 
legs to put the man in a chokehold. She flipped him over 
her and heard him smash into the wall; the walls were 
marbled, lucky him. Makoto stood shakily. Her left side was 
very painful and she was probably bleeding through her 
cloak.
Makoto turned and saw the man she threw get up. 
"Holy…how…after that?" Makoto was stupefied and was 
beginning to get scared. Heck, even the youmas she’d faced 
off with in the past would have been hurt after something 
like that…most of them. And the man wasn’t a youma…right?
While she was staring open eyed at the enemy she was 
being surrounded, by four men. Hopefully they didn’t heal 
as quickly as their friend…it did seem likely. Backing into 
the wall seemed like a good idea at the time. At least the 
baddies couldn’t surprise her from behind. But now there 
wasn’t as much hope for escape. 
She looked over one of the assassin’s shoulder and 
saw Heero sink to his knees. The men must have beaten the 
crap out of the ‘Perfect Soldier.’ They were strong as well 
as fast, multitalented…goodie…
Makoto felt an anger wash over her. Anger at the men 
who were trying to kill them. Funny, she was only now 
beginning to get angry. "Let him go!" Makoto said in a cold 
voice. She tried to sound as much as Heero as possible. 
Hopefully it made as much of an impression on them as it 
had on her. It didn’t. Their laughter rang in her ears. 
Makoto was feeling anger and something else she couldn’t 
begin to describe.
The next few seconds were chaotic…
Makoto’s vision was shaky…no that wasn’t it, it was 
an earthquake. The floor underneath their feet was bucking. 
The shaking was so violent that everybody fell to their 
knees. One of the men tried to find a doorway but he fell 
before he even turned the corner. It was like riding a 
roller coaster. Makoto was the only one who was still 
standing but not for long. 
The roof was cracking. Makoto stood wide eyes at the 
scene unfolding around her. She began to cough as dust and 
bits of ceiling began raining down. Makoto looked up in 
time to see a large piece of the roof fall over her. It hit 
her head causing her to collapse on the floor. 
Blood trickled down her forehead and on to the floor 
from where she was hit. Makoto was unconscious. The 
earthquake had stopped from the moment Makoto entered a 
comatose state. Coincidence? Maybe…
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~(Makoto’s Dream)* 
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
(A.N.-::: means some one else is speaking. ‘’ Means 
its Mako-chan. Kind of convenient since there’s only two 
um…er…people…speaking in this part)
"Makoto…Makoto…" a feminine voice whispered. Makoto 
opened her emerald eyes. She looked around and saw she was 
floating in an endless blue sky. Looking down she saw that 
she was wearing her Princess Gown. That was odd because she 
had become a Queen during Crystal Tokyo. Well the fact that 
she was wearing something familiar in the alien place was a 
comfort. She also noticed that her tattoos were still 
there.
‘Where am I…the last I remember was falling…falling. 
There was the battle then the earthquake and the tile that 
hit me. I’m either dead or unconscious and dreaming. 
Hurrah. Now how do I get out of here?’ Makoto floated and 
realized she was really, really lost.
"Makoto," came the voice again. ‘Who’s calling me!’ 
There was a small silence. The blue sky drained away 
leaving Makoto standing on a forest floor. All around her 
were trees, plants. The only thing missing were the 
animals. 
:::Makoto::: This time the voice came inside of her 
head. ‘What! I want to go back. Put me back. Who are you? 
Where are you?’
:::You have the power. Find me. Listen. We are all 
around you. We are your element. Just try it. Find me::: 
Makoto spun around.
There was nothing around her except the trees. ‘What 
is she talking about? My element is nature but what does 
that have to do with this. The only things that are around 
me are trees. Trees…my element is nature…Kami! A tree is 
trying to talk to me!’
:::I see you’ve figured this out already. You’re a 
quick learner. That’s great because 
I don’t have much time to teach you:::
Makoto looked puzzled. ‘Teach me what? Where am I? 
Why don’t you have enough time! Answer my questions.’
::: I will answer your questions after you find me 
Makoto:::
The presence that she had felt from the voice 
vanished. ‘Great. I’ll be confused until I find her. She 
said listen. My power is over nature so that includes 
trees. I just have to listen. I wonder if it has to do with 
the fact I absorbed the power of my planet. I wonder if I 
had it all along. No time to think about that. I have to 
find the tree fast.’
Makoto closed her eyes and concentrated on her 
element. It was difficult. Her tattoos felt tingly making 
it harder to concentrate. Finally she felt it. Something 
had changed. Opening her eyes she looked again at the 
forest around her. The plant life was still there. But they 
were what changed.
The plants and trees were all transparent, ghost 
like. The trees had bright coils of gold life energy 
threaded with some other strange green energy inside as 
well as the plants. ‘Wow, its like I have some x-ray 
glasses or something…cool.’ 
She noticed that the smaller younger trees were 
glowing brighter then the older ones. ‘Now lets find that 
tree…’ She walked around for a long while until she felt 
that same presence. She was nearby, very close. Turning 
around she saw the largest tree ever and wondered how she 
missed it. 
The tree was as large as a Sequoia, maybe larger. 
With her other sight (the x-ray) she saw that inner 
workings of the tree. The green coil was so bright it was 
blinding. ‘What the…’ Makoto lowered her concentration and 
noticed that the gold energy was very faint…very faint.
::: I see you found me. You learn really fast…I don’t 
have much time left::: 
‘What are you talking about? Answer my questions.’ 
She could have sworn the tree sighed. :::Very well. I will 
start by explaining where you are. You are in a forest 
obviously. I don’t know your human concept of mapping so I 
can’t say where. You are on earth though. Well technically 
only your spirit is here. Your body is back where you came 
from:::
‘That explains a lot. Well put me back now, please.’
:::I’m afraid I can’t do that. Only you can. You are 
sort of asleep. Now I don’t have time for this. You will 
wake up soon. I should explain what I am. You may call me 
Kya. I am the only tree left that remembers Crystal Tokyo 
and the Silver Millennium. Part of what you see is my life 
energy; the other is my magic. My life energy is faint. I’m 
a very old tree. Now that you know the basics of your power 
I can explain to you who you are. But you should already 
know that:::
‘I don’t think I know anymore…tell me." 
:::You are Makoto Kino. You control nature. You are 
my master. The earthquake, yes I felt your magic awaken. 
You caused the earthquake with your strong emotion. 
Practice that control. Now you can see nature differently, 
if you choose. With your new power you can also communicate 
with plant life. You’re talking to me aren’t you? Your 
natural influence with the weather has been increased. But 
more importantly you can call us:::
‘I can do all of that? What changed me? I’m not in 
Sailor Senshi form, how could I have done all that?’
:::You absorbed the power of your planet. Instead of 
drawing on the power of your planet, you are your planet:::
Makoto felt a tingly sensation on her body. Looking 
at her hands she found that she was disappearing slowly.
:::It is too late. You’re leaving. To grow a plant at 
your will, you must feed it your energy. If you over extend 
yourself you will die. There is one more thing…::: 
It was too late though, Makoto had disappeared 
completely.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*(End)* 
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Makoto opened her eyes and jumped up. "It was only a 
dream…only a dream," she whispered. But she knew it wasn’t.
Looking around she saw Heero surrounded by all of the 
men. They looked ready to kill him. ‘I have to help Heero. 
Kya said I have the power to make earthquakes…no I can’t do 
that. Last time I got knocked unconscious. I can’t use my 
weather because I’m not outside. What can plants do? I can 
feed them energy to make them grow. But how can I get 
something big in here to wrap all of these guys up?’ Makoto 
grew frustrated.
She stood up against the wall. ‘I’ll just try and 
make them come in through the walls, even if they are 
marble. I’ve seen weeds brake up rocks over time, I have to 
really speed up the process.’ Makoto sneaked another look 
at Heero. One of the men in the circle pulled a knife out 
and approached Heero. 
Makoto hurried and closed her eyes. She concentrated 
on the area outside of the palace. They were only one wall 
away from a forest. With her other sight she soared through 
the sky, her spirit at least. Then she found what she was 
looking for. On a small maintenance shed in the garden grew 
a bramble of sharp vines. The vines were completely 
covering the shed, except for the entrance. It even had a 
few flowers. 
‘Now how do I feed you my energy?’ Makoto thought. 
She didn’t expect an answer. ‘I am called Yuki. I am the 
plant you seek. You are the mistress. I know what you want 
and I am yours to control. Its odd that you haven’t done 
this before but to feed me some of you magic just open your 
mind, open a channel to me,’ the plant said.
Makoto looked at her body for the first time when she 
had the other sight. She was overflowing with the green 
magic energy and had the normal amount of life energy. But 
she had to think of how to give the plant, Yuki, some of 
her magic. Then she had a weird idea. She channeled some of 
her magic into a thin coil and connected it to the plant’s 
magic coil. The instant both coils touched she felt a jolt 
and was snapped back to reality.
Opening her eyes she still had the other sight. She 
saw a small stream of green energy flowing from her body 
linking her to Yuki. But with her other sight she was the 
only one who saw it. She shut off the other sight. Yuki was 
on her…its way. 
Looking back at the scene taking place five feet in 
front of her. Heero was fighting the men and was loosing. 
He must have been fighting for awhile though. ‘I’ve got to 
distract them until Yuki gets here. My side still hurts. 
I’m probably bleeding. No problem I still can do this. No 
problem,’ Makoto thought optimistically.
One of the men slashed Heero across the chest with 
his knife. Makoto figured it was now or never. "Hey 
boys…um…can you stop fighting?" Makoto asked. She cringed 
at her idiotic speech but it worked. The fighting stopped. 
All eyes were on her. "I thought you said she was dead!" 
one of the men said. "I could have sworn she was. There was 
no pulse!" another of the men retorted. 
Heero was catching his breath but his Prussian eyes 
were trained on Makoto. "Listen little lady, just go away 
and you won’t get hurt. I don’t know what you think you’re 
doing but-"the man stopped as Makoto interrupted. "First of 
all don’t call me little lady. Second of all I know what 
I’m doing. I’m waiting."
"Waiting for what? Your boyfriend to save you?" the 
man asked sarcastically. "Don’t make me laugh. You men are 
all alike. You all think a woman has to have a man to 
protect her…I sound like Rei. And as to what I’m waiting 
for a friend." Makoto stopped when the floor started to 
shake again. 
The outer wall burst open. A large thick thorny vine 
burst through. The men were backing up, their guns in hand. 
Makoto stepped fearlessly and stood by the vine. "Meet 
Yuki." Makoto put one hand on Yuki. The instant they made 
contact she felt a new power in her. It was intense. Makoto 
felt like she was on a new high, buoyed by all of the 
power.
Heero was scared for one of the rare times in his 
life. The woman behind the silver mask wasn’t Makoto. Her 
eyes were glowing a bright green, like fresh cut grass. He 
wasn’t scared of her, just scared of her power. She was 
doing this for the first time, he could tell, that’s what 
scared him.
Heero was the closest of the men. Makoto was in 
Yuki’s mind. Makoto/Yuki (as the vine) rushed forward and 
wrapped around Heero. They squeezed him. The sharp thorns 
puncturing his chest. "Makoto," Heero whispered.
That was what brought Makoto back into her own 
awareness. She took control of the plant once more. ‘Yuki. 
We have to set him down. He’s not one of them,’ Makoto mind 
spoke through the link she shared with Yuki. Yuki resisted 
at first since it’s first order was to deal with all of 
them. Makoto fed more power to Yuki.
Yuki dropped Heero on the floor like a rag doll. 
Heero was okay; they were just minor wounds. One of the men 
tried to escape. He began running, occasionally looking 
back at the monstrous plant. 
Makoto held out her hand to the escaping man. By this 
time controlling the plant was like moving her own body. 
Yuki/Makoto grew forward, like a snake, and wrapped around 
the feet of the man pulling him down on the floor. The man 
was dragged back towards the other assassins who were 
cornered. 
‘We have to restrain them.’ Makoto held out her hand 
in front of her as if she were reaching for the group who 
were huddled together in fear. The vine raced toward them 
and circled around them. She squeezed her hand, but didn’t 
close it all of the way, and the men were wrapped tight in 
the vines.
‘Yuki. I must leave now. You don’t need any more of 
my power?’ Makoto spoke to the vine. ‘No. I will hold them 
here. Go, take your human and leave,’ it said. Makoto 
severed the connection between them. They were no longer 
linked and sharing power. 
Heero was right by her side when Makoto fell to her 
knees. She looked up into his eyes and almost cried. She 
felt almost desolate with the sudden loss of power, all 
that power. For a moment neither of them spoke. "If I ever 
loose control or become power hungry, promise me you’ll 
kill me," Makoto said in a serious tone. Heero didn’t 
answer. 
"We have to go now. The enemy is defeated. We have to 
go save the queen. Will those vines hold them?" "It 
should…" Makoto answered. "Then let’s go," Heero said and 
began running in the direction of the door. Makoto got up 
to her knees. Her bullet wound was bleeding again, even 
with her healing powers. 
But she stood and ran in the direction Heero went. 
She was in agony but Makoto was the kind of person who 
would hide the wound so no one would fuss, feel sorry for 
her or not to slow people down. Normal people call it 
pride. Makoto wasn’t aware of it. She was determined to 
keep up or die trying.
They did reach the door with a minute to spare. Heero 
kicked it open and they both looked around. It was bad. 
Relena was ten feet away from them and looked terrified. 
The man from Makoto’s dream, the man with the scar, was 
standing there and he had a gun pointed at Relena.
They were weaponless. Heero had nothing and Makoto 
had little elemental energy left. She remembered Kya’s 
warning about using up all of her power. She didn’t want to 
die that way. And Relena was being held at gunpoint. Even 
from across the room Makoto doubted that he could miss. The 
situation had went from bad to worse…
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Now that was the end. I hope I didn’t confuse anybody 
with any of that elemental crap. If I did then you know 
what to do. The others will be back in the next chapter. 
I’m not going to promise when I can get it out, school is 
starting and all that. This chapter was sort of late 
because I went shopping (vain little me). So please review 
if you’ve enjoyed it. I won’t set a limit or anything on 
reviews as long as you come back to read it. So long 
people.