Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Finding Destiny ❯ One Recovered... Now For Jadiete ( Chapter 31 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Finding Destiny
Part 31
By Angel Love

Author's notes: Okay, this time I am going to deal with Jadeite. I hope that no one gets too upset with him for his reaction. But you have to remember he knew who the scouts were before he was put into eternal sleep but that didn't matter to Beryl. So it would be normal for him to blame them for his predicament.

Standard disclaimers. I don't own Sailor Moon, but the Guardians are mine.


Mars' anxious voice broke through the pleasant atmosphere that redeeming Nephlite had created around them, bringing them all back to reality. "Can we release Jade now?"

Tux gave Mars a serious look. "We cannot expect that he will be as easy to turn over to our side as Nephlite was," he cautioned.

Moon looked up at him. "True love conquers all," she said softly, urging him to let Mars take the chance.

Love grinned. "I believe that would have been my line."

Tuxedo Mask looked down into the beautiful features of his girlfriend of two lifetimes. He saw the plea showing brightly in her eyes. And he knew that he could never deny her anything. "That is does, my love, that it does," he said softly, a smile flitting across his features when she gave him a brilliant grin.

He turned to look at Nephlite, deciding that he would deal with him before releasing the other confined general. "Welcome back, General Nephlite," he said, his voice taking on that of his princely background.

Nephlite moved away from Jupiter and bowed before the man, the mask no longer hiding the prince's identity from him. "Thank you, Prince Endymion." He sent a grin to Jupiter. "It is good to be free from Beryl."

Mercury and Mars turned away, feeling uncomfortably jealous and hating themselves for it. They knew that Lita has suffered as much as them and deserved to have her love back. But they still resented the fact that they had yet to be reunited with their own loves.

"Mars," Tux called to the pouting scout, gaining her attention. "Release him."

She gave him a dazzling smile, fighting the urge to hug the life out of him; instead she turned towards her own trapped love.

"MARS FIRE IGNITE!"

The fire soared from her fingertips consuming the crystalline case, melting through it. When she felt the casing give way she stopped her attack, revealing Jadeite on his knees, gasping for breath at the sudden intrusion on the darkness and solitude that had plagued him for months.

Without thinking, Mars ran up to him, dropping to her knees, placing her hands on his shoulders. "Jade?" she asked softly. "Jade, are you okay?"

Jadeite's entire body went stiff at the sound of her voice. He recognized it as one of the Sailor Scouts. He looked up at the scout of fire, his eyes burning with hatred.

Mars was so surprised at the look in his eyes; she didn't see his hand moving until it made contact with her face with enough force to send her flying back a few feet.

Tux quickly moved to shield Moon, while Nephlite did the same with Jupiter. Love moved in to protect the shell-shocked Mercury, who just stood there with her mouth hanging wide open.

Jadeite slowly rose to his feet; glaring down at the stunned Mars, ready to enact his revenge on the helpless girl.

"Jade?" she whispered, her hand rubbing her cheek. She was too stunned to move or even think, so she just sat there staring at him with a look of horror on her face.

"Die, Bitch!" he screamed at her, hurling a massive amount of black energy at her.

Destiny, who had been watching closely, stepped in front of Mars, twirling her staff in front of her. "Mother's Shield," she whispered.

A shield instantly formed around them, absorbing the black energy then disappearing as quickly as it came.

At the same time that Destiny was absorbing his energy, Tux hurled a rose and Nephlite sent out one of his star attacks. The attacks hit him on both sides and sent him to his knees.

Sailor Moon gently moved Tuxedo Mask aside and stepped in front of Jadeite. She placed her hands on her hips and gave him a hard look. "Are you done being stupid?"

The general glared up at her, giving away none of the surprise he felt. He couldn't quite believe that this was the same girl that had always run around screaming her head off at the first sign of danger. 'When did she get a backbone?' he asked himself.

"Because if you aren't," Jupiter said, pushing past Nephlite to join Moon. "I can add a few more injuries to your body," she threatened, her eyes were dangerous slits.

Jadeite was slightly surprised at the appearance of Jupiter. He didn't realize that there were more scouts. He could tell by the look on her face that she was just itching for an excuse to tear him apart. His attention shifted when he saw the woman, who had deflected his attack like it was nothing; help Mars into a sitting position. He also saw that Nephlite and Tux were posed to attack him again. It confused him slightly that the auburn-haired general was helping the scouts. He also took in the pretty blonde standing with her staff ready with Mercury standing quietly next to her, watching the scene intently. He looked back into the cold eyes of Sailor Moon. "What do you want from me?"

Moon's mouth twitched slightly. His words were almost word-for-word like Nephlite's. Did Beryl teach them to say and think the same exact things?

Her apparent amusement just enraged him more. "Well?"

"We don't wish you any harm, Jadeite," Love spoke softly. Her voice was like a soothing balm.

Jadeite fought against the calm her voice threatened to spread through him. He sent a long glance over the blonde guardian, causing her to raise a delicate eyebrow, before he sent a glare towards the two men who attacked him and gave a snort. "That's why I am the one hurting here."

Moon raised an eyebrow at him. "I believe that you did attack Mars."

"It's your fault that I was trapped inside that hell," he spat at her.

Sailor Moon raised her other eyebrow. "And I believe that it was you who tried to kill us by running us over with a couple of planes."

"I remember that," Mercury said dryly, causing Love to giggle beside her.

"To bad it didn't work," he hissed. "I would have been able to get rid of you Sailor Pests."

"Charming," Destiny muttered under her breath.

"Jade..." Mars said as she stepped towards him hesitantly.

He glared at her, his black eyes flashing. "Why do you keep calling me back?"

She took a few more steps towards him, glancing at Moon, who nodded at her, giving her a bit of courage. Ironic since it was usually the other girl who needed the courage. Her voice was quiet when she answered him. "Because that was what I called you when you were on the Moon during the Silver Millennium."

Confusion showed on his face, breaking through his angry defenses. "Silver Millennium?"

She kneeled down in front of him, clasping his hands with her own. Her fiery violet eyes were locked his dead black ones. "Yes, my love," she whispered, reaching out with one hand to touch his cheek.

The color flickered in his eyes at the same time as a surge of unknown emotion filled him, leaving him even more confused. "What is happening to me?" he asked himself, dropping his head into his hands.

Mars looked over her shoulder at Destiny, who stepped up to stand behind her. She looked back at Jadeite, noticing that Love had moved to stand behind him, urging her with a flick of her hand to continue. She soothed a hand over his hair. "Jade, we were in love then. Please, remember us..."

"In love?" He looked up at her and she saw that the color was flickering stronger.

"Yes," she said softly, holding out a hand to him. A few heart-stopping moments passed before he placed his hand within her gloved one.

He wasn't sure why he was placing his hand into hers. He knew that he was putting his life on the line, but something told him to trust her. He almost laughed at himself. He was trusting a girl that he tried to kill of various occasions. Then again, he also knew her real identity, maybe that was part of the reason he did trust her.

Destiny caught Love's eye, and they raised their staffs in unison. The fire sparked and ignited between them when they made contact, burning away the mind control that Beryl held over the general.

Jadeite lurched forward into Mars' arms when the memories broke through the block. His body shook violently while Mars soothed him with gentle words and caressed his hair. He could see the flashes of his past through his mind. Pranks that he and Nephlite had pulled on Zoicite. The hunts on horseback with Endymion. And Raye, most of all Raye. He could see her as she stood proudly behind the Supreme Princess. Her sweet smile when he first told her that he loved her. Her incredible fire when she was mad. And the way her name sounded as he screamed it when he lost the battle over his soul to Beryl's dark demon.

He leaned heavily against her, gasping for air as the memories slowed. His eyes were squeezed shut and his entire body was covered in sweat.

Mars looked up at them, her eyes narrowed. "Why is he is so much pain?"

Love looked away in shame, but Destiny answered from behind her, unfazed by Raye's accusation. "We had to force the memories on him. Unlike Nephlite, Jadeite didn't give us permission to enter his mind and release the memories."

Raye glared at Love, ready to release the fury of her anger, when Jadeite lifted his head from her shoulder. She could see the tears shining in his beautiful gray eyes. "Raye?" he asked softly.

Raye's anger died, replaced with joy. "Jade... oh Jade," she whispered, throwing her arms around him.

Jadeite buried his hands in her long black hair. "Oh, Raye, I am so sorry. I am sorry for everything."

Raye pushed away from him, placing a finger to his lips, stopping his rambling. "I forgive you."

He stared at her for a moment. "You do?"

She gave him a trembling smile and nodded.

Jadeite's whole face lit up then he pulled her close to him, brushing his lips across hers briefly, and then pulled her into a more passionate kiss.

Sailor Moon turned around and gave Tux a bright smile, happy that they had successfully regained two of the four generals. She ran into his arms as he opened them, hooting with laughter when he twirled her around. She was still laughing when he kissed her lips briefly, then set her down.

Her eyes were dancing as they stared up into his. "It would seem as if they made up quite nicely," she was doing her best to sound mature like her mother Queen Serenity.

Tux grinned at her antics and kissed her nose. "So I saw."

Destiny grinned at them before turning to look at the other scouts, her usual serious expression back over her features, clearing her throat. "We still have to find Sailor Venus."

Love furrowed her brow. "Not to mention that we are sure to run into Malachite and Zoicite when we find her."

Moon sobered and looked at the immortal pair. "So you think that they are with V-babe?"

"Without a doubt," Jadeite said, after Mars quickly filled him in on what was going on. He wrapped an arm around her trying to quill his urge to tell her to go home and he would do the rest.

"Zoicite would defiantly use her as bait," Nephlite spat, feeling some of the lingering hate that he and the other general shared when he was in Beryl's control.

Both Moon and Love shot a worried look towards the blue-haired scout. The girl seemed to be absorbed with her computer but they both saw the single tear slip down her pale cheek. They looked at each other, both sharing their worry.

'Rose," Love whispered in her sister's mind, drawing her attention to the water scout.

Destiny shook her head, a motion that did not go undetected by Sailor Moon, who was quickly understanding that the two could communicate without using words. "Have faith in her, Ang. Have faith."

"Are you sure that you want to come with us?" Tux said, drawing the three girls' attention back to the conversation.

"Of course," Nephlite said, lifting his chin slightly, grabbing Jupiter's hand. "We are your generals. Or at least we used to be," he gave a sheepish look.

Tux stepped forward, letting them see his eyes through his domino. "You still are. But you do realize that you can die."

Jadeite and Nephlite grinned.

"We may have been a little sidetracked," Nephlite said.

"But we would still follow you to the depths of hell," Jadeite finished.

Tux nodded, flashing them a grin. "You may very well do that."

The decision was made. They would either survive this together or die together. Either way they were a team.

"Mercury?" Sailor Moon questioned, when she saw the other girl begin to tense. "What is it?"

The girl looked up, her blue eyes clouded with worry. "I can't get a fix on Venus. She disappeared from my screen and I can't locate her. It is like her energy is being blocked by someone or she's... she's..."

"No," Sailor Moon said firmly, holding up a hand. "She isn't dead. I would know it if she was. They same way I would know if one of you were dead."

Mercury nodded, her eyes were clouded with tears, but she desperately wanted to believe her princess. She didn't want to loose one of her best friends.

Destiny was staring at the center stone in her staff. "I think that maybe one of the generals is blocking her signal because we are close by," she mused.

"Maybe," Nephlite agreed. "If they have her near any youma they would hide her signature to hide theirs."

"Well, there isn't much we can do about that," Mars said quietly. "We will just have to be more careful."

"We can't leave her there," Jupiter agreed, worrying about the mental condition of her friend.

The others nodded their agreement.

"How can we find her? I can only tell you when she is near me, I can't lead you to her," Love said, frowning at her own weakness.

"We could try the training center. There is only one entrance and it can easily be set up as a trap. We wouldn't even see the youma until we were inside the room," Jadeite spoke up.

"Alright, we know what to expect," Sailor Moon said, her face like stone. "It is time to get Venus."

"Lead the way," Tux motioned to the generals.

To be continued...