Chapter Five: "We’re doomed…"

*That same night at 8:40 (when Makoto decided to leave her apt.)*

"Tell me why we are doing this thankless job?" Youji said, clearly irritated with their present mission and wondering why he decided to come. The four men stood on top of a building across from Makoto’s apartment. The fully armed assassins watched Makoto as she slept through her open window.

Ken put his binoculars down. "You accepted, ne?" Aya stated. There was another long pause of silence. It seemed to be their lucky day because Makoto kept her window open. "Why did I come?" Aya thought. Then they saw Makoto get up from her bed. The assassins tensed. She began to change her top but thought the better of it and changed in her bathroom. "Aww man," Youji said disappointed. Omi elbowed him in the ribs.

They watched as Makoto exited her apartment so they slipped down the fire escape to follow. They continued to follow her as they stayed in the shadows. "She looks so lost," Youji whispered. "The balance of power is in her hands," Omi whispered. "She doesn’t look so strong," Ken whispered and wondered why they were whispering because they were far enough not to be heard. "We’re doomed," Aya whispered. "Looks can kill you know," Youji whispered. "Hn," Aya answered noncomittantly as they continued to follow her.

Minutes later they found themselves crouching behind bushes (together) at a large park. Makoto was swinging on a swing (A.N.-what else can you do on a swing?). The Weiss boys were getting bored. To their surprise they heard Makoto speak. "How ironic," they heard her say. She trailed off into bursts of self-deprecation. Aya was tempted to slap her out of it. Omi seemed bored by the lack of action until he heard Makoto say, "Somebody is watching me." The Weiss boys were all startled that their presence was known already. They knew it wasn’t they that Makoto was talking about as they saw a black mist surround Makoto. "What is that gas?" Youji thought in bewilderment. Their target (Makoto) jumped up and the mist retreated by a man that stepped out of the shadows.

The orange haired man stood there nonchalantly. "Schuldich," Youji thought bitterly. Omi thought he saw their enemy with red eyes. He shook his head; "I need to get more sleep." The Weiss boys were waiting to see what would unfold in case their help would be needed. "Who are you and what do you want?" Schuldich spoke, "I am Schuldich and well what I want is what you want Makoto-hime." "She’s a princess?" Youji whispered shocked. Aya motioned for him to stop talking. "How do you propose to do that?" Makoto asked.

"I can’t believe it. She’s actually considering that dirty offer," Omi thought disgusted. "Can she be in that much pain to be blind to the dangers of the offer?" Aya thought to himself. The assassins knew a telepathic exchange was taking place. They looked on as the black cloud moved for Makoto, apparently she had made her decision. "I don’t want this anymore," she screamed as the cloud attempted to take over.

They heard Schuldich give an inhuman feral cry. "You can’t keep that up for long. No worries though. The shield is no use if you are unconscious. Take care of our hime!" Schuldich disappeared in a cloud of black smoke, startling the Weiss boys. "This is a new side of Schwarz," Ken thought. The black cloud started to take shape. The blond woman was beautiful in Youji’s eyes except for the fact she had red skin and yellow eyes (and her revealing dress didn’t improve matters). "What are we up against?" Omi whispered. "You are the one called Makoto?" Makoto nodded. "I am Wara and this is your last day in that body. I will take over." "Does she have the power to kill her? Why doesn’t she transform if she is a Senshi?" Aya thought to himself still not believing that she was a Senshi.

Wara lunged for Makoto and punched. She missed as Makoto ducked and kneed Wara’s stomach. Wara grabbed Makoto’s leg and threw her over her shoulder. "Is this the power of the infamous Sailor Senshi? It’s not much. I have to help," Ken thought. He began to get up to help but Aya restrained him. "She needs to henshin if she can’t then she’s not our target and a waste of our time," Aya whispered coldly. Ken began to see the truth of the matter but reluctantly sat down.

The demon Wara threw a ball of fire at her. The unsuspecting Makoto was blasted into a tree. Ken was trying to restrain himself. Makoto began to get up. "After all of that? She’s a hell of a soldier," Youji thought. Makoto pulled a green crystal out of seemingly nowhere and shouted: "Jupiter Eternal Power!" Makoto turned an iridescent green as electricity formed around her. Her fuku was the first to appear. It was the same basic Senshi design, it had an emerald stone in the shape of a heart, and everything had silver and emerald green trimmings and her bows were light green not pink. White gloves appeared on her hands, also trimmed with silver and emerald green. She twirled around elegantly and knee-high green boots appeared on her legs, trimmed. Green earring formed on her ears. Her lips were painted light pink. A white choker appeared on her neck with a silver heart. Then her tiara formed. It was silver with an emerald in the center of it; mysterious symbols were embedded on it. Lastly, a pair of white angelic wings formed out of her back in a burst of feathers. The cyclone evaporated and Makoto finished and struck a pose.

"She’s a tenshi," Omi whispered breathlessly in awe. The other boys had similar looks of wonder (A.N.- We all know what the playboy Youji thought). "You’re not Sailor Jupiter! Who are you?" the demon demanded. "You are going to listen to my speech. I am the Senshi of protection and strength. I carry the protection of the lightning/thunder planet Jupiter. I am…I am the currant Guardian of the Cosmos. I am Eternal Sailor Jupiter at the moment but to solve your confusion I have many transformations. Well I guess that’s enough with the speech and oh yeah I am you executioner, demon."

The Weiss boys looked in wonder as Jupiter took to the air ("Like an angel" Ken thought) and effortlessly dodged Wara’s barrage of fireballs. Unfortunately one of them hit her but only made her madder. "Jupiter Flower Hurricane!" she screamed. The attack left Wara unfazed. The assassins had similar looks of shock on their faces. Wara threw a couple of fireballs at her. The last one she couldn’t dodge. Jupiter plummeted to the feet of Wara who continued to beat her. She rolled away and sent out a "Jupiter Supreme Thunder Dragon." Their battle torn archangel didn’t have any hope left. Aya had to restrain himself. He and the other assassins felt the urge to protect her.

Just as Aya was going to go against his better judgement and help a white light engulfed Jupiter. When it faded she looked so renewed but had a dragon like belt and a sheathed sword hanging at her waist. Jupiter studied the sword with a puzzled expression on her face that matched the onlookers. "Where did this come from! This isn’t mine! Serenity-sama!" she yelled. "Is she going crazy?" Omi thought. A glowing, indistinguishable figure appeared in front of the Senshi of thunder. "It’s called the Ruri Nizomo…" she trailed off into an explanation. The figure disappeared. Jupiter spaced out for a second then looked like she understood everything.

She and Wara exchanged a few words then continued to fight; Wara with her new fire formed sword and Jupiter with Ruri. Aya studied their complex moves. "Why won’t the demon just give up and why is her blood black?" he asked himself. Aya subconsciously winced as Jupiter got wounded. She looked slightly woozy and gave the rest of the battle all of her strength. Ken smiled as his tenshi finished Wara off with sword and then the lightning attack. "How does she do it?" Omi thought watching the lightning attack.

Wara was dead. They watched Jupiter close her eyes for a moment. Her wounds stopped bleeding. She opened her eyes and gazed at the moon. "She looks so beautiful. Its like she’s a tenshi," Youji, Omi, Aya and Ken thought (along the same lines). Ken sighed. Jupiter spun around to look for the source but gave it to her paranoia. "I will die before joining you Schuldich. For the rest of the Senshi I will destroy this new evil or die trying. You hear that Schuldich? Watashima omae o korosu! (I swear I will kill you)" she yelled into the night air. She detransformed and thanked her dead friends before limping off.

The Weiss boys stood and dusted themselves off. For a moment they just stared off in the direction she walked off in. "So…I’m guessing that Senshi isn’t going to be joining them anytime soon…we need to get her help by tomorrow if we don’t want a repeat of this event," Omi said breaking the silence. They agreed and walked off, still thinking about the kawaii Senshi of Jupiter.