Due to numerous requests, I'm reposting the prequel to "Venus Knight."
Read Jupiter Knight, then re-read Venus Knight and see if you can guess
who Mercury Knight will be. :-)
Disclaimer: I've put the Disclaimer at the end to save the surprise value.
Author Note: This was originally supposed to be a lot shorter and a lot
less sick.
The Electric Tale of the Jupiter Knight
by GunKnight
Outskirts of Crystal Tokyo 3001 A.D.
Soon, Ryoga thought, soon, I will have my revenge and all Tokyo will
know my wraith.
His army, five thousand strong, trailed behind him. Behind them
trailed the blood, suffering and corpses of the million human souls they
had slain to reach this point. Slain as sacrifices to Ryoga's demonic
power, the Superior Shi Shi Houkoudan. Now they stood at the outskirts of
Crystal Tokyo, the seat of Neo-Queen Serenity's power. The remaining
Outer Senshi were stranded on Pluto, their ends justify the means
philosophy betrayed them, convicting them for crimes they were innocent
of. Ryoga's force had come to same point as the Black Moon Family, only
with fewer numbers, in less time.
To Ryoga, it all met absolutely nothing. He hadn't come here for
conquest, nor for power. The army behind him he regarded a tool.
Conquering Crystal Tokyo was just an amusing distraction from his real
goal. The only goal he had ever focused on for any appreciable amount of
time, REVENGE.
The Court of Neo-Queen Serenity, Crystal Tokyo, Japan
"He's not coming, Your Highness." Mercury stated flatly.
Neo Queen Serenity sighed. "He is coming. He will do it for her."
"He hates you."
"He still loves he, no matter what I made her do to him."
Mercury's retort was unsaid as the herald rapped his staff on the
floor.
"Announcing the former Jupiter Knight!"
All the Inner Senshi were on their guard now, facing the most lethal
mortal being in the solar system and one of the few that hated just
hearing Her Highness' name.
Serenity's breath caught in her throat and she wanted to cry just
looking at him. He still had the same look about him that he'd had the
day she made Jupiter choose her love over her duty. His eyes were just as
dead as when he had left. Serenity found her voice.
"It was nice of you come."
"..."
"The courier that delivered the message to you says he doesn't hold
any hard feelings and doctors are promising he'll recover fully." In
actuality, his response to the courier's message had left the poor man
unconscious, blind and with no control over his bowels.
"..."
"We haven't been able to stop Ryoga. With the way he's been going
through his former enemies, you're the last one left alive that's ever had
any victories over him.
"..."
"He's sacrificing human souls and using their pain to feed his
Superior ShiShiHoukoudan."
"..."
"We sent out a small group earlier today to get fix on his position
in the army, but they were captured."
"BAKA!" Mars screamed at him. "You have to know what he wants!"
Jupiter Knight, also called Jupiter's truest love, silenced her with
a glare, then turned to leave.
Serenity didn't want to play her last card, not because of a refusal
to admit she was wrong, she'd had admitted that years ago when she
realized Jupiter would never stop crying.
She was scared that she had succeeded, that she had killed his love
for his wife.
"That group I sent out, was led by Jupiter."
Jupiter's husband spun around his anger evident.
"Ryoga crucified her at noon and swears to leave her like that until
he faces you in battle. I loved her, too and I thought it was wrong for
you to be with her. When I ordered her to kill you, I thought It would be
best for her. I thought with my head instead of feeling with my heart.
I'm sorry, please go save the person we both love."
Jupiter Knight strode from the room.
The Inner Senshi and Queen sagged in relief. They didn't need words
to know what his answer was.
Outskirts of Crystal Tokyo
Jupiter thought of this as Class III pain. She had nearly nine
centuries filled with pain, which made her somewhat of an expert on this
subject. Class I were minor injuries: paper cuts, skinned knees, etc..
Class II were major but short-lived: banging your shin, spilling hot tea,
etc... Class III were major and long-lived: breaking a leg, concussion
and, of course, being crucified.
For the last three centuries or so, Mercury had been trying to get
Jupiter to seek professional help, mostly due to the fact that she never
stopped crying, screamed whenever a man touched her and, as of the last
decade or so, her overwhelming urge to scar her face with rusty steak
knives. Her refusal wasn't based on the fact that she felt she didn't
need it, rather the fact that she didn't want to do anything but suffer.
After a fashion, she was rather grateful to Ryoga. Although telling him
so had produced a reaction that is quite frankly, not printable here.
"He's coming." Ryoga muttered gleefully. "He's coming."
The Jupiter Knight landed on the hill with Ryoga. None of Ryoga's
pathetic rabble were powerful or brave enough to stand before him and
thus, gave way.
"You've come, I guess your wife was enough to bring you out of the
hole you've been hiding in, eh?"
"..."
"Don't you have anything to say! This won't like our last fight!
Today you suffer for the indignities I've suffered!"
"..."
"My love," Jupiter pleaded, "Don't do this, he's too powerful..."
"Oh will somebody please shove another spear in her?"
Somebody was stupid enough to try. That somebody had several
unprintable things done to them. All in 1.3 seconds.
"So, that got a reaction out of you? Are you finally going to fight
me?"
The time had come. Jupiter Knight nodded.
Ryoga's sickly green aura flared to life, the blood of countless
innocents staining his honor and granting him unholy power.
The power that was the birthright of the Jupiter Knight long before
he was called as such crackled.
"SUPERIOR SHISHIHOUKOUDAN"
Jupiter Knight spoke THE WORD. The word that called forth his power
to strike, the word that was his name, the word that was both the name an
holy word of his race...
"PIKACHU!"
Disclaimer: All references to Senshi, Crystal Tokyo and Neo-Queen
Serenity are property of Naoko Takeuchi. All references to Ryoga are
property of Rumiko Takahashi. All references to Pikachu are property of
Sunrise.
"You don't have to drive 200 KPH on the way to Colonel Chicken!
The FOOD IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE!"
-Shinobu, Manami's friend, Dance of Shiva Chapter Four.
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