All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form by all means. Sailor Moon is a product of Bandai, Toei, and Naoko Takeuchi. All the other character and this story is property of Lady Jupiter and Co. To reproduce any part of this story requires strict permission from her and her only. All other standard fanfic disclaimers apply. Flames, comments, questions and other things go to Lady Jupiter at Ladyjupiter@sailorjupiter.com Please put the fanfic name as the subject if you do actually mail me. I'm already confused as it is, you don't need to drive me even more off the cliff okay? This is a whole different series than my other ones. If you read Jupiter Knight and Past Lives, you'll see some tie-in and same character basis. Yes, I know, all my fics are somehow connected to each other. Well, that way, I won't go out of my mind trying to recall which fic was which. Thanks to Lord Talon (heeehee! The mighty Lord Talon) for giving me the idea, even though you don't know it yet. Oh, if you haven't read the previous chapters, you might want to go back and read them, or you'll be feeling around in the dark. But don't take my word for it. UNKNOWN THINGS, NOT REMEMBERED By Lady Jupiter !--+Crunch+--! Serena bit into another cookie. Crumbs fell all over her plate, since she was chewing with her mouth full. Crunch, crunch. "Serena, quiet down! I'm trying to read!" Rei ordered, flipping another page of her manga. "Sorry, I'm just eating!" Serena complained. "Well stop eating. You know, it wouldn't hurt." Rei said, ticked off as usual at Serena. "But I'm hungry!" Serena whined. "Quit your whining. You're such a baby." Rei said, glaring at Serena. "It's not your house. You can't tell me what to do." Serena told her. "Lita, tell Serena to shut up!" Rei turned to Lita, who was sitting on the couch. "Hey, don't bring me into this. I'm staying neutral this time." Lita said, backing off. "Why don't you two just ignore each other. It would be much easier than arguing all night." Ami advised. "Fine," Rei said, sticking her nose high in the air and turned back to her manga. "Fine with me." Serena said and started munching on the cookies again. "Lita, are you okay?" Mina asked. Lita had been so quiet these past few days. It was really not like her. "Yeah, fine." Lita said and offered a smile. "You're thinking of Ken again, aren't you?" Serena asked. At the mention of that name, the two cats perked up their ears. They haven't heard from Ken for almost three weeks. They still thought he had something to do with Greg's visions of someone killing and torturing Lita. Lita sighed, hugging a big fluffy pillow next to her. "It's been almost three weeks since I've seen him. He never called me, and it's like he's avoiding me. It's like he dissapeared from the surface of the Earth. I don't know why he's like this." "Maybe he's been taken over by the Negaverse," Serena said. Lita's head jerked up, she stared at Serena. "So we're just sitting here not doing anything?" She asked. "No, he's fine. See, he's on my computer." Ami had her mini-computer out. Sure enough, Ken was still located on screen. If he had been in danger, he would be flashing, or completely gone from the screen. "Men are so weird," Lita declared. "I'll say. Last week, I saw Chad walking around, outside the temple with only his boxers on. I asked him why he was doing that and he said so he would have less clothes to wash, which meant less chores." Rei said. "No, you should see what Sammy does. He was sneaking around the house, trying to look for some socks he lost. He said if mom found out he lost the socks, she'd kill him. What's worse, all the socks he lost were from a different pair. So now, he wears mismatched socks to school." Serena laughed. Mina laughed with Serena, and fell off the chair. "No, let me tell you something hilarious!" Mina said, gasping for air, "Last week, this guy in school asked me out. I said yes, and you know what? He didn't hear a word I said! After I said yes, he said, 'oh, you probably don't want to go out with me. I'm sorry to bother you. Maybe I'll go ask someone less pretty.'!" The girls cracked up. They all agreed that of the two sexes, men were the weirdest. Serena suddenly remembered something. "Yesterday, I went to Darien's apartement. Do you know what I found?" she asked, smiling. "What?" They all asked. "I found a tub of mayonaise from last September there! It was all watery and smelly. When I opened it, I almost passed out!" Serena shouted. "EWW! Gross!" Lita said. "I know! Now I'm afraid to go in there, afraid of what I'll find next. Maybe some dinosaur eggs or something." Serena shuddered. Lita's grandfather clock chimed ten times. "Wow, ten already?" Rei asked. "I'd better go before Grampa send Chad out for me." "Yeah, me too." Serena said. The girls helped Lita clean up and then left. Lita locked the door and turned off the hallway lights. She was tired. School had let out for summer vacation a week ago, leaving her bored stiff. She had already gone to every store, buying all the bargains, had tried every recipe she knew, stuffed Serena ten pounds, and even rearranged her furnature. "What am I suppose to do?" Lita asked. She called Ken on the phone before, but he always said he was busy, or his mother said he was out, or he was taking a shower. So far, Lita counted he took five showers a day, or he was lying. Lita thought. She didn't think he was going to hurt her, like the others thought. But why was he being like this? Little by little, Lita was begining to think that what the others said was true. He was changing, for the worse. Have a little faith. That was what Lita's mother told her. Lita remembered to put trust into some people, who she knew could be trusted. Lita went into her bedroom, too tired to do anything else. Today, she had followed Mina all around town, looking for the perfect summer dress. They had shopped for ten hours, walking from shop to shop, with no prevail. The had come home, with only a bag of chips, having bought nothing else. Soon, sleep took over her and the outside world was blocked from her senses. Lita drifted into a sleep so deep, she thought she would stay there forever. Off, in the deep realms of another dimension, someone peered at the sleeping Lita, through a glass case, filled with smoke. "Today, is the day," the dark figure stated. "Today, we shall start. Start, The Revenge!" he held his hands up, gesturing to the dark never-ending expanse of sky. "We are ready, my lord. Please, let us be the first." Two women stepped up from beneath the shadows. "Oh? Are you?" the Dark One asked. He glared at them through silver eyes, drawn to a slit. "How can you be so sure? Vanity is not taught here. You will not be ready until I saw so. Do you hear me?" The two women nodded, and bowed down, sinking back into the shadows. The Dark One swirled the smoke around again. The image of Lita dissapeared from the glass case. the Dark one thought. He looked at the crystal orb, glowing dimly on it's stand. Encased in a box of glass, the strongest glass. Guarded by his most loyal and strongest guards, on four corners. This was his life, the only way to live. Without that glass, he would be dead, like he would have been a long time ago, if he hadn't sold his conscience, his soul. He gave that no regret. He had learned to stop regretting a long time ago, when his son betrayed him. The Dark One thought. "I need four of my finest warriors. Step forward!" The Dark One ordered. No one stepped up. The Dark One grinned. "Good, I have taught you well. Vanity has no place here. Now, I want Ei, Er, San, and Su. Step out." On cue, four men, exactly alike in everything but the clothes they had on stepped out. Their clothes were of a similar style, a blouse and slacks under heavy armor. Only the color was different. Two of them were in black and white, but opposite of each other. One had black pants a white shirt, the other vice versa. The remaining two had on green and yellow, also opposite of each other. "Yes, my lord?" The said in unison, bowing to the Dark One. The Dark One threw them each some sort of crystal. Each of the crystals were of a rectangular shape, black in the center, getting lighter on the sides. "I want all of you to stand outside. One in each side of the castle. Guard this castle. Don't let anyone but me in. Even if it is one of us. Trust no one but me. I will personally capture my prisoner. But you have to guard this. Do you understand?" The Dark One asked. "Yes, my lord." The all said. "Now, go!" he ordered. All four warriors dissapeared to their assigned posts and stood there, stationary as statues. "I need four more!" The Dark One shouted. Four women stepped out, wearing the identical clothes of the last four. The Dark one tossed them a crystal each. "You will be stationed on the four walls inside. In case the last four are not doing their job. Let no one but me it, trust no one but me. Go!" "What about us?" One voice came out of the shadows. Whispers and murmurs arose. No one was suppose to speak, unless spoken to. "Step up!" The Dark One commanded. One man with fire red hair stepped up from the shadows. He looked at the Dark One, then lowered his eyes. "What ABOUT you?" The Dark One sneered. "Well, let me see. That's eight guards already. Step forward." The man hesitated, then obeyed. He took a step forward, never meeting anyone's gaze. "I have no need for you!" The Dark One laughed, pointing a finger at him. Suddenly, the man with fire hair fell, started shrinking. The Dark One sucked him dry of energy, until that man dissapeared. "Everyone, step up." The Dark One shouted. There was hesitation. "Step up!" The Dark One shouted louder, making the room shake. Immediatly, all of the warriors that were left stood up. They were the "leftovers" from the excess energy The Dark One had collected. He had formed soldiers, training them. Now, he had no need for them. But he did need one thing from them. Energy, lots of energy. The Dark One put out a palm and started sucking the energy out of all the warriors. In five minutes, they were gone, the Dark One feeling refreshed. "Well, I'm coming. There's no stopping me." The Dark One said simply, and dissapeared in a vortex to the next dimension. In the darkened room, it was hard to notice the particular dark spot in the corner. But when a man stepped out from that spot, it was quite noticable. The man stepped out with agility and silence of a cat. He mad his way quietly around the room, looking at it's surroundings. The Dark One thought. The Dark One made his way to the wall with all the picture frames hanging from it. There was a recent one, probably a school picture of her. The Dark One chuckled softly to himself. A picture caught his nocturnal eyes. It was of a boy, about seventeen. A boy with light auburn hair hanging over his eyes. The Dark One thought. This was an unexpected turn of events. The Dark One smirked. He noticed the boy had his arms around HER. The Dark One thought bitterly. His own son, betrayed him for that girl, the princess. The Dark One saw two bedrooms side by side. He chose the one on the right. He quietly opened it, waiting for a squeak that never came. He went to the next door and opened it wide. There she was, sleeping soundly in bed. How was HE suppose to bring HER THERE without waking her? The Dark One took out a small bag from the hooded coat he wore, with all the pockets to conceal everything in the world. He sprinkled a small amount of grayish dust on Lita, and waited. After a while, he poked her arm with his finger. No reaction. The tall man effortlessly lifted her from her bed, and carried her outside to the living room. The dark portal was still there. "What can I say, Makoto? Or should I say Princess Makoto? It's time for my revenge!" The Dark One laughed, not afraid of waking her anymore. He looked at the portal. He thought. The Dark One jumped into the portal and lept into another dimension. He remembered to leave the portal open, after one more person goes through it, it will close. He was now standing in the dungeon, on the bottom floor of his castle. Lita was still out cold, so there was no fear in waking anyone who was suppose to be sleeping. The Dark One laid her on a long table, about two feet taller than she was. He put her down on her back, making sure she was strait. He stretched her arms out and fastened it with an iron cuff to the top of the table. Then, he fastened her legs to the other side, so she was now unable to free herself. "I can't wait for you to wake up. I can't wait to see your face, when you see mine!" The Dark One said in a low and scratchy voice. Ken lay awake on his bed. Something wasn't right. Ken thought to himself. His parents were out for the whole week on a business trip through Thailand, so he had the house to himself. Ken's mind asked him. "LITA!" Ken shouted. He bolted out of bed and grabbed on some clothes. He had no idea what he was putting on, since he was dressing in the dark. Something was wrong with Lita. She was in danger. He knew this feeling. It came everytime Lita was in danger. He had these feelings even before he found out he was Jupiter Knight. That was how he always knew when someone was picking on Lita. "Hold on, Lita. I'm coming!" Ken said. He got on his motorcycle and sped to her house, hoping he could get there in time. Ken ran up the stairs two at a time until he reached Lita's floor. The door looked unharmed, the lock was not broken. Ken thought. He unlocked her door with his spare key and looked in. It was completely dark. He switched on the light and gasped at the dark hole in the corner of her living room. It was some sort of portal. He had seen these before. Negatrash would dissapear into them. Ken rushed to Lita's bedroom and found it emtpy. Everything was in order, which meant there wasn't much struggle. That worried Ken. Lita wouldn't willingly go like that? She would kick and scream before leaving with them. "Lita!" Ken called. No answer was there. There was only silence. Ken knew the only thing he had to do. Go through the portal after Lita. "Jupiter Power!" Ken shouted. He felt his mismatched clothes melt into the familiar formal wear. He felt the handle of his sword push into his hand, but pushed it back into the dimensional pocket he kept it in. No need for that, yet. In his mind, he knew this was some kind of trap. Why would someone leave the portal open, if not to lure him in with Lita? Once again, they were using Lita as bait for him. God, when is this going to end, he thought. Jupiter Knight jumped through the portal and stepped on firm ground. The portal closed behind him. "I guess there's no turning back now," he thought. Lita groaned. Her head felt like it gained ten pounds by just sleeping. It was like she had a hangover. Lita thought. She opened her eyes. It was dim. Something in the air smelled like stale bread, or rotten eggs or both. She brought her hands up to her face. "Hey? What the-" Lita couldn't move her hands. They were tied or something above her head. She wasn't in her room. Her legs were tied too. Lita scolded herself. "So, finally awake? Well, we finally meet again." A voice said to her. Lita repeated to herself. "Who the hell are you?" Lita asked, trying to keep her voice from trembling. She was scared. "Don't you remember me? Makoto." He asked. Lita asked. "How do you know me?" Lita demanded. There was no use trying to transform. She was tied up, there was no way she could get out by herself. "Oh? Don't you remember me?" He stepped up to her, grinning evily. Lita saw a man, pretty old. Definetly over the hill. That was odd. Most of the Negaverse Generals looked like they were in their twenties. So who was this old geezer? "What do you want? You old prune!" Lita spat. "You don't remember me? I'm shocked. But you remember my son. I can see that. So what happened when Serenity sent all of you to the future? This is what happens? You forget your past. That's trash!" he said. "Are you from the Negaverse?" Lita asked. "Negaverse? What's that? I've never heard of it in my life. And I lived a long time. But then, you don't hear much locked up in the asylum." He said accusingly. "Who ARE you?" Lita demanded again. "For now, I am the Dark One. But enough of the talking, I am getting tired. I will go take a rest. Wait for my son to come. Then we will have fun. I know you can't wait." The Dark One sneered sinisterly and walked up the steps and slammed the heavy door behind him. The four women guards were still standing at their post, they looked obviously bored. "Switch with the men outside," The Dark One ordered and walked to his quarters. Lita laid there, not like she had any other choice. Who was this crazy old man? He wasn't from the Negaverse, he didn't look like an alien? But who was he? "Something to do with Ken," Greg's words repeated in her mind. He had something to do with Ken. So what was it? Jupiter Knight took out his sword, ready to fight any second. He was looking at flat land. Totally flat. Not a tree was in sight. Not one living thing. Sand blew across the land. At the horizon, he saw something jutting out. The sand blew clear, letting him see more. It was some sort of castle. Probably where they were keeping Lita. But was he suppose to just go like that. If he got any closer, they would most obviously see him. Since he would be the only thing sticking out of this flat plain. Not that there was a choice. He had to get there before it's too late. With a deep breath and his sword ready at hand, he marched forward with all the courage he had. "Sis, do you see that?" One guard said to the other. "What is that?" "Looks like an intruder!" the first guard said. "Call the other two and tell them to come north. There's an intruder. I'll check it out." The second guard squinted against the sun. It was hard to see, this man was walking with the sun directly in back of him. So all they could see was a silhoute of him. The first guard returned with two more guards. "See anything yet?" The first guard asked. "Yeah, see anything?" Her sister asked. "He's cute!" One of the other guard said. "Too bad we have to kill him." The first said. "Yeah too bad." Jupiter Knight saw four women, who looked like guards. By the way they were huddled and talking, he knew they spotted him. But maybe they didn't know he was an enemy. Jupiter Knight thought. He thought of a plan. Honey works better than vinegar. Jupiter Knight thought of the perfect plan. Let's just hope it worked. He saw that they weren't going to do anything at this distance, so he continued walking to them. They seemed to be all staring at him now. "Hi, girls." Jupiter Knight said, putting on a smile and running his hands through his auborn hair that fell almost over his eyes. "Hello," One of them said. They obviously found him attractive. While he thought nothing of them, except that he had to get through them to get to Lita. "Am I allowed to go in?" He asked. "No, we have to kill you." The oldest said, sighing. "Oh, that's too bad." Jupiter Knight said, shaking his head. "Or you can join sides with us." One said. "Well," Jupiter Knight charged up his sword with electricity without them thinking a thing. He purposely dropped it. "Oh dear, can someone get that? I would, but you know, bad back." Jupiter Knight smiled at them. All at once, all four girls hurried to be the ones to get the sword and hand it to them. The first girl got to it and picked it up. The minute she touched it, she began shaking with seizures. Her eyes popped wide open. "Sister! What's wrong!" The other one touched her sister and began shaking too. The other two stupidly tried to help their sisters and now, all four girls were shaking, getting electricuted. "Midnight Energy Bolts!" Jupiter Knight raised his hands up high. Dark indigo lighting shot out from his sword still laying on the ground and soared up the four girl's body. They scorched and dissapeared with the ashes. "Easy as pie," Jupiter Knight said and bent to get his sword, which was harmless to him. He looked around for more guards and found none. The front door was unguarded. "This is too easy, it has to be a trap." Jupiter Knight said to himself. He got a grip on the wide door and pulled it open. Almost immediatly, a longer sword swung down half and inch by his shoulder. Jupiter Knight grabbed his sword and brought it infront of him in a deffense stance. Four men, wearing almost exactly the same things as the four girls were glaring at him. All of them had their swords drawn. "Ah, great. Target practice." Jupiter Knight mumbled. "For us or for you?" One of the guards asked. Jupiter Knight took a swing at them, but they blocked with their bigger swords. "Lightning lance!" Jupiter Knight shouted. In half a second, his sword turned into a long lance. He stuck the pointed end of the lance into someone's shoulder blade, getting a loud yell as a result. All five men were now outside, including Jupiter Knight. They were dueling it out, despite the unfair advantage the other side had. Jupiter Knight was backing up, they were advancing toward him. One guard stepped forward and took a hard swing at him, trying to split his head in half. Jupiter Knight raised his lance just in time to block the swing. A crack arose as his lance cracked in half. "Hey, my lance!" Jupiter Knight cried, holding the two pieces. "Ha! Weak stuff." The guard laughed. "Oh yeah?" Jupiter Knight held the two pieces and shouted, "Twin lighting daggers." The two pieces of his once whole lance turned into small deadly daggers. He saw there was only one way the daggers would hurt them. He knew the daggers could not go through thick armor, so he had to aim for the neck. He charged the daggers up with lightning. In one swift motion, two daggers flew and implanted themselves into a neck. The two injured guards let out a yelp and dropped their swords, trying to take out the daggers. "That's not the worst," Jupiter Knight said. He shouted, "Midnight Energy Bolts!" the daggers' electricty shot out and paralyzed the two guards. Eventually, they also turned into ash and dissapeared. "Two down, two more to go." Jupiter Knight counted. Just then, a sword came crashing down on him. Out of instinct, Jupiter Knight brought his hand up to intercept the would be fatal blow. Forgetting that he had no hand protection on, he felt the pain of a deep welt on his hand. Blood trickled down his palm. Jupiter Knight ducked and rolled out of the way. He brought his two hands up, and called back his daggers. The daggers flew from the ground to his waiting hands. Juptier Knight winced as he grabbed one dagger with his hurt hand. He put the two daggers together. "Storm Sword!" He shouted. Once again, his sword came into his hand. He stuck it into the belly of an oncomming guard. The sword peirced right through the guard's body. Jupiter Knight felt something move swiftly behind him. He felt the other guard strike down on his shoulder blade and he sank to his knees. He tried to fight off the black pain threatening to black him out. With all his strength, he took the knife out of one guard and swung it with acuracy behind him. He literally sliced the last guard in half at the waist. Two half dead guards lay on the ground, unfocused eyes on him. Jupiter Knight stuck the sword straight into the ground and pulled himself up with such pain he bit onto his lip and made it bleed. He struggled up and looked at the two pathetic forms beneath him. "I should let the two of you stay here, and suffer." Jupiter Knight spat at them. "I should let the slow and painful death come to you." He raised his hand up, gasping as the wound on his shoulder threatened to have his arm ripped off. "But that is inhumane." He shouted, "Thunder!" All of a sudden, from no where, thunder came and took those two bodies away, leaving only ashes for the wind to take away. Jupiter Knight saw his bloody white gloves. So soaked they looked like they were red to start with. He rubbed his injured shoulder, trying to see how injured it really was. When he brought his hands to inspect the blood lost, he saw it wasn't as bad as he predicted. It still hurt like hell, though. He wanted to sit down, to lie down to rest. But he knew he had to go on, no matter how tired and how much his battered body protested. He picked up his sword, which was much heavier than he remembered. Maybe it was all the blood on it. The ingraving on the sword was covered in blood. Jupiter Knight wiped the blood with his hand, until he could see the sign of Jupiter and a bolt of lighting running through it. Jupiter Knight walked painfully through the open door and looked around, expecting an army of guards to come for him. But he was greeted by silence. Something in the back of his mind told him to look for the dungeon. He thought. He saw another wide oak door, looking pretty worn. Jupiter Knight pulled open the door and looked in. He could see cold stone steps leading down into something. It was dark. He thought. The steps were deep, about a foot steep each. He couldn't tell where the stair ended, since it seemed to curve into a never ending abyss. Stepping down into the dark passage way, Jupiter Knight wished that he had more comfortable shoes on. He knew what murder it would be when he had to run back up these steps, if he had to. So far, on the way down, he had counted more than twenty steps. He clutched his shoulder as he went down. The sharp pain had receeded into a dull one. He could feel the tips of his fingers getting number. Was it a good thing or not, he didn't know. He just knew that he had to get down as fast as possible. He thought to himself. What if this was the trap, making him climb up and down these damn steps for the rest of his life? No, they weren't that smart, all those negaverse trash. Finally, Jupiter Knight saw some light coming from the bottom. Which meant the end of the steps. He gave a sigh of relief. The light wasn't too bright, but it beat the dark stairway. He stepped on the bottom step and noticed a door across from him. He thought to himself. That door looked like an elevator door. Jupiter Knight cursed. His battered body was already screaming out for attention, but he gave it none. He saw a long table in the middle of the room, slightly tilted up, so that he couldn't see who was on that table. "Lita?" Jupiter Knight said softly. No answer. He slowly walked toward the table, dreading the thought of seeing Lita there with her insides ripped out or something. Jupiter Knight was now a foot away from the table, he walked around it, staring at the floor. Fearing what he would see. "Ken?!" Lita's sweet voice called out. Jupiter Knight's head snapped up, "Lita! You're okay!" He looked at her. She didn't look hurt. Despite the cuffs on her ankles and wrists, she looked pretty good. "Jupiter Knight, what happened?" Lita could see his gloves soaked in blood. Most of his clothes were splattered with drops of fresh blood. She could see a dark red stain inback of his shoulder, it looked pretty bad. "Are you okay?" Jupiter Knight sighed, "Now that I know you're okay, I am." "You have to get out of here. You're in no shape to fight. The Dark One is powerful. He said his son is here too. The two of them will kill you if they find you here!" Lita warned. "No, not without you." Jupiter Knight said. He examined the cuffs at her wrist. he thought, "How did he get these things on you? There's no opening in them. It's like he just welded it shut after he put your hands in." Jupiter Knight mumbled. "I don't know. I should have been awake, but somehow, I was in deep sleep." Lita said shamefully. "No, it's not your fault. He probably put on some sleeping potion or something." Jupiter Knight said. "Is he from the Negaverse?" Lita thought about it, then shook her head. "No, I don't think so. For one thing, he's pretty old. All the men from the Negaverse are pretty young. Second, he doesn't have that Negaverse feeling to him. Third, this is not the Negaverse." "An alien?" Jupiter Knight asked. "No. I think he's human." Lita said. "Impossible. No human can travel dimensions. Plus, he has some pretty powerful guards. Almost like youmas." Jupiter Knight said. "We can travel dimensions." Lita pointed out. "Yeah, but we aren't exactly normal humans." Jupiter Knight said. Both of them heard the creaks from the door with the elevator. "Ken, you have to go hide." Lita said urgently. "Never. I'm going to face up to this guy. No telling what he's going to do to you when I'm away." Jupiter Knight said. Lita had a thought. Greg and Rei both said that it had something to do with Ken. The other all believed Ken was going to be the one to kidnap and torture her. But Ken was here, with her. So what did this have to do with Ken beside the fact that he was here? "Ken? Are you there?" Lita asked softly. "What do you mean am I there? I'm here, aren't I?" Jupiter Knight was confused. Maybe this guy had messed up Lita's thinking or something. Maybe brainwashed her or some other thing. "No, I mean are you still Ken? Under Jupiter Knight?" Lita asked. She felt silly for asking that. "Of course I'm here, Li. Have a little faith." Ken's boyish charm seeked through the warrior attitude, making Lita feel relieved that Ken was still Ken. A quiet banging noise told Lita that any second, the Dark One would come out that door. "Ken! Go hide!" She tried to force him again. "No, I'm staying here with you." Jupiter Knight stood his ground. He smoothed some stray hairs away from her face, since she was unable to do it. He looked at the door, took out his sword and stood the defensive ground again. Sometimes, his pride and ego was just to big for him. He looked at his heavy sword. It would take more effort now to hold it, since one of his arms were already throbbing. He decided to change it into a lance. "Lightning Lance," He said softly and let the sword form into a new, unbroken whole lance. He held it tightly, waiting for someone to come out of the door. Jupiter Knight thought. He tiptoed behind the door and waited for it to open. The door slammed open. It would have hit Jupiter Knight, if he had not been quick enough to run out of the way. When he regained his footing, Jupiter Knight thrust the pointed end of the lance at the man in the hooded trenchcoat. It made a sickening sound as it sunk into the skin. "Midnight Energy Bolts!" Jupiter Knight shouted. The lightning shot into the man, but nothing else happened. He stood there for a while, not doing anything. Jupiter Knight could not believe his eyes. Why wasn't anything happening. His powers had no affect on the man. He took his lance out and saw the darkened hole he made through the man. He could actually see through it. The man turned around and stared at Jupiter Knight. Jupiter Knight kept staring at the hole. It miracously healed itself, showing no more signs of injury other than a dark stain on the coat. "What the-" Jupiter Knight said. The other man pointed a finger at him, mumbled something. "Shit!" Jupter Knight lept out of the way just in time to save his head. Where his head was at, there was a dark burnt hole in the wall. "So, Shinosaki? Jupiter Knight? Still betraying your own blood?" The Dark One asked, sneering. Jupiter Knight thought. "Don't you remember me?" The Dark One asked. "Why? Should I? You old geezer!" Jupiter Knight asked angrily. His power should have at least hurt this old timer. "Oh dear, it seems like they erased your memory when you were reborn!" The Dark One said in a mock tone. "But I see that you actually made it to being a Knight." "Yeah, yeah. Get on with it." Jupiter Knight was getting impatient with this old mumbling guy. Lita was looking at this whole thing in awe. She didn't see one ounce of fear in Jupiter Knight. Was he brave? Or was he just stupid and think that he can easily take the Dark One on by himself? Even when he's injured? There was something very familiar between the two men. She couldn't place her finger on it. The Dark One actually smiled, "That's no way to talk to your father......Son!" He said. Jupiter Knight actually laughed. He thought. Lita's eyes bugged out. That's it! That was what was so familiar. She could see a little bit of resemblence. They had the same facial features. But, the Dark One's features were more stern, more old, giving him a sentinel look of seriousness. Ken had the better of the features, boyish, giving him the look of innocence most of the time. Heck, even their hair, which was a different hue was of the same color. She could see the Dark One's hair had once been the same color as Ken's. She heard Ken laughing. It was obvious that he thought the Dark One was joking. But if the Dark One is evil, then doesn't it run in the blood? Will Ken eventually turn evil too? "Have a little faith, Li." Ken's voice reminded her. Lita said in her mind. "So you don't believe me?" the Dark One asked, turning away from him. "How can I make you believe me?" He asked, rubbing his chin. "How about....." The Dark One swiftly turned and threw something out of his open hand at Jupiter Knight. "THIS!" Jupiter Knight didn't see that coming. He saw the Dark One throw something at him, but couldn't feel it. It was like a breeze. Lita couldn't see what was thrown at Jupiter Knight, but she saw him try to figure out what it was too. Suddenly, everything clicked. Jupiter Knight could recall most of his past in the Jupiter Kingdom. He was Shinosaki! He remembered Princess Makoto, how she hated being called Princess. He remembered how much time he spent with her when he wasn't in Knight training or at home. He remembered! Jupiter Knight looked at the Dark One and realized, He thought. "So? Now do you remember?" The Dark One asked. Jupiter Knight nodded. "Remember putting dear old dad in the asylum? Remember that?" The Dark One asked, his voice twisted. Jupiter Knight nodded again. "Remember how you betrayed me? We had plans, that we would make it big! Remember? Remember that?" The Dark One said loudly, as if by highering the decibles, he could force Jupiter Knight to remember more. He nodded again and gulped. "I was doing it for us, son! And what did you do?" The Dark One asked, glaring at him. Jupiter Knight didn't know how to answer. Heck, he couldn't remember the answer. The Dark One kept on glaring at him, "Let me revive the memory for you. YOU BETRAYED ME, YOUR OWN FATHER! FOR HER! YOU BETRAYED ME FOR HER!" The Dark One was yelling now, shaking the whole room. He pointed a bony finger in Lita's direction. Jupiter Knight remembered why, now. He remembered why he had to lock his father up in the asylum. His father was insane, mentally sick, looney, and crazy. "Well, son. I'm back. For my revenge. I'm giving you another chance, because you are my son. Do you want to help me? Or shall I have to kill you too? It would be a shame, for a father to kill his own son." The Dark One said, shaking his head. Jupiter Knight thought. Lita was right, he was in no shape to fight. His only choice was to follow along, until the last second, then again, he would have to betray him. "Well?" The Dark One asked impatiently. "Why don't you think this over? Do you really want to get revenge? Why not just forget it all and live a normal life?" Jupiter Knight asked, stalling. "DO I WANT REVENGE? OF COURSE I DO!" The Dark One shouted, "FORGET IT? HOW CAN I? I LIVED AN ETERNITY IN THAT ASYLUM, THEN I HAD TO WATCH ONE BY ONE AS PEOPLE DIED IN THE ACID RAIN. NO, SON. THE MEANING OF MY LIFE IS TO KILL HER" He pointed to Lita, "MAKOTO IS THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO SCREAM AND SQUIRM THIS TIME. DO YOU HEAR ME? YES, I AM CRAZY. I ADMIT THAT!" Jupiter Knight gulped. If this didn't work, there would be no hope for him or Lita. He stepped forward. "Yes," Jupiter Knight forced himself to say it, "Father. I will join sides with you." He couldn't look at Lita. She thought he betrayed her, betrayed their love. No, he couldn't look at her, or he would crack down and both of them would be dead. The Dark One smiled, "Good. Now that's my son. Glad to have you back." **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** Oh my god, Ken's turned bad!!!! Well, let's see if he stays that way, or not. Stay tuned for the next one. You know who to send flames and comments to. C'mon, I know you want to mail me! Pretty please? I'll be your best friend! J/K COPYRIGHT 1997 LADY JUPITER (LADYJUPITER@SAILORJUPITER.COM