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<p>Created page with "<html> <style> <br /> </style><br /> <br /> </head> <br /> <br /> <div class=Section1><br /> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600<br /> style='width:6.25in'><br /> <tr><br /> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=tdc><br /> <h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:<br /> normal'>The Storm before the Calm</span></h2><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Part 3 of “Jedite’s Story”</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>By Jon Brinkerhoff aka “Kryten 2X4B 523P”<br /> (kd7jkm@DEATHTOSPAMyahoo.com) </p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Oct 15th, 2005</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Naoko Takeuchi is hereby thanked for her involuntary<br /> contribution to this fanfic.&nbsp; Dr. Xadium is thanked for creating and<br /> nurturing Suburban Senshi into what it is today.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>With a sharp intake of breath, Jedite sat bolt<br /> upright.&nbsp; His mind was a raging torrent of memories; images, sounds,<br /> feelings; he remembered them all at once and yet none of them at all.&nbsp;<br /> He looked around; he knew that these were his chambers, but how he got here<br /> and why he could not be certain.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>While Jedite was pondering this, Beryl entered the<br /> room.&nbsp; Jedite, wrapped up in his thoughts, did not notice until she<br /> spoke.&nbsp; “Jedite, you have regained consciousness.&nbsp; Are you<br /> well?”&nbsp; Jedite certainly did not feel well, but suddenly thought that it<br /> would be unwise to say as much.&nbsp; “Yes, Beryl-sama; I am well.&nbsp; May<br /> I ask what happened?”</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>“You collapsed; your initial awakening may have been<br /> premature.”&nbsp; Jedite tried to reconcile this information with his<br /> swirling memories.&nbsp; He could remember first opening his eyes and seeing<br /> Beryl’s face in the dark.&nbsp; He could remember seeing Beryl’s face again<br /> from the floor as his eyes closed.&nbsp; The explanation seemed to fit so<br /> far, but something still seemed amiss.&nbsp; He felt a sudden chill, but<br /> assumed it had come from the open door of his chamber.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite spent the next six months preparing his Youma for<br /> the coming assault.&nbsp; The news of Danburite’s death had been<br /> unexpected.&nbsp; Jedite had been chosen to lead the second wave, but because<br /> he had been incapacitated his forces were not ready.&nbsp; Beryl should have<br /> chosen another of the Generals, but they were unable to pass through the gate<br /> to the surface.&nbsp; The reason was not known, certainly not to Jedite;<br /> perhaps Beryl had some master plan, or perhaps it was Metallia’s doing.&nbsp;<br /> Whatever the reason, Jedite would be next.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Danburite’s death was unsettling by itself, but being<br /> chosen to go next caused a sense of dread within Jedite.&nbsp; Every time he<br /> became discouraged however, another feeling flared up inside him.&nbsp; He<br /> felt that his discouragement was unbecoming; he should be stronger than<br /> that.&nbsp; The source of these feelings was always a mystery though; for want<br /> of a better source, he attributed them to the Dark Kingdom power he knew was<br /> coursing through him.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Finally the time came when his forces were prepared.&nbsp;<br /> Jedite decided that rather than go to the surface himself, he would send his<br /> Youma to scout the situation and do his energy collection by remote.&nbsp;<br /> Morga was the first; the jewelry store should have been an easy target for<br /> her, but she was destroyed.&nbsp; Her assailant was unknown.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite decided that with a proper disguise he could do<br /> some scouting, if he stayed away from the actual energy collection his life<br /> would not be at risk.&nbsp; Unfortunately his fortune telling plan was also<br /> ruined.&nbsp; Whether this Youma was killed by the same force as before or a<br /> different one Jedite could not know for sure.&nbsp; He realized that he would<br /> have to take matters into his own hands.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite personally oversaw his next plan, from the safety<br /> and comfort of the FM No. 10 studio.&nbsp; Those brooches would allow him to<br /> be almost directly involved, but still maintain his distance.&nbsp; That<br /> night, his enemy showed herself.&nbsp; “This weak little girl dares to stand<br /> up to the Dark Kingdom?”&nbsp; He thought.&nbsp; “She’s no match for me!”</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>As he walked confidently toward his target, a rose flew<br /> seemingly out of nowhere and impaled itself in the roof of the building they<br /> were on.&nbsp; Jedite had a sudden flash of memories; he saw an image of a<br /> prince and his guards.&nbsp; It passed and he looked back toward his weakling<br /> target.&nbsp; Another flash; this time one of himself.&nbsp; This memory was<br /> much clearer, it was of himself and the other Generals; they were mocking<br /> him, taunting him, calling him weak.&nbsp; He didn’t understand, but he had<br /> more important matters just now.&nbsp; Jedite tried to concentrate on his<br /> purpose, but the memory kept interfering.&nbsp; There was no other recourse,<br /> he had to retreat.&nbsp; This little girl could wait; first he needed to<br /> clear his mind.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite returned to the Dark Kingdom to rest.&nbsp; The<br /> following day his memories had subsided.&nbsp; He wished to explore them some<br /> more, but Beryl was relentless when it came to energy collection. &nbsp;His<br /> Youma had not collected very much before they were destroyed each time.&nbsp;<br /> Jedite decided on a new plan; instead of stealing small amounts of energy<br /> from large groups, he would steal huge amounts from a select few.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>For a while the gym worked out, but as usual Sailor Moon<br /> showed up to ruin the day.&nbsp; Jedite directed his minions toward her, but<br /> he hadn’t yet delivered the collected energy to the Dark Kingdom, and did not<br /> wish to risk dissipating it in a fight.&nbsp; The pesky girl would have to<br /> wait once again.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>His next few plans, the chanelas, the subliminal music,<br /> the Cinderella Caravan, the crystal disks, the clock shop; all of them<br /> failed.&nbsp; Jedite knew he needed to be present; he knew Sailor Moon could<br /> defeat his Youma.&nbsp; Every time he tried to go, his memories would<br /> resurface.&nbsp; He would be racked with images of himself training Youma,<br /> plotting revenge, being verbally abused by the others.&nbsp; The last was the<br /> hardest to understand, the other Generals had been quite tolerant since he<br /> had been reawakened.&nbsp; They weren’t exactly pleasant, but they certainly<br /> weren’t overtly critical.&nbsp; He could barely tolerate this weakness he<br /> developed, and desperately wanted to know the source.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Sailor Moon had acquired a companion during the last two<br /> incidents and Beryl was becoming more and more insistent about the energy<br /> collection.&nbsp; Jedite had to master his concentration and take a personal<br /> role in the next plan.&nbsp; The Hikawa shrine was the site; he would sell<br /> charms to collect energy and use the nearby bus stop to take them partway<br /> into the Dark Kingdom’s realm to focus the energy collection.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>If only Jedite had known, the miko of the Hikawa shrine<br /> was another Senshi.&nbsp; There were three of them now, and he would need a<br /> well organized plan to defeat them.&nbsp; He cursed his debilitating memories<br /> for the trouble they had been causing him.&nbsp; To make matters worse, he<br /> hadn’t had any time to figure out what they meant.&nbsp; To stall for time he<br /> tried the Candy House plan while he attempted to come up with a plan that would<br /> defeat the Senshi while keeping himself safe.&nbsp; If he planned well enough<br /> he might even be able to get rid of that annoying Tuxedo Kamen as well.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Beryl was becoming enraged both with the lack of incoming<br /> energy and with the success that the Senshi kept having against their<br /> minions.&nbsp; Jedite could sense this quite well; the screaming certainly<br /> didn’t hide it.&nbsp; Before he could execute his newly laid plan to rid<br /> himself and the Dark Kingdom of the annoying presence of the Sailor Senshi,<br /> he was approached by Tetis, one of the Youma who had climbed the ranks and<br /> held a position nearly on par with his own.&nbsp; Tetis knew that Jedite was<br /> the strongest General, even if he did not at the moment, and did not wish to<br /> see Queen Beryl destroy him.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Her plan was brilliant, even Jedite had to admit it.&nbsp;<br /> With both of them executing it, they should have had no problem gathering<br /> more energy than ever, and they might even take out the Senshi in the<br /> process.&nbsp; Sailor Moon showed up, but the other two were not to be found.&nbsp;<br /> Tetis wished to destroy Moon herself, and since it was her plan, Jedite<br /> stayed back and watched.&nbsp; Too late he saw the others coming, and before<br /> he could step in Tetis was dead.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>He’d had quite enough of these Senshi and focused all of<br /> his rage into a single strike.&nbsp; Before he could bring down his hand and<br /> bring about their death, Beryl forcibly returned him to the Dark<br /> Kingdom.&nbsp; Jedite was enraged!&nbsp; He had those Senshi right in front<br /> of him; he was ready to strike.&nbsp; He suddenly had another memory flash;<br /> he remembered wanting to leave the Dark Kingdom and take on the world<br /> himself.&nbsp; This didn’t sound like too bad an idea at this point; Beryl<br /> had become overbearing and he felt quite under appreciated.&nbsp; He realized<br /> that he might still have the chance, but first he’d have to rid himself of<br /> the Senshi.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>After one last confrontation with Queen Beryl he made his<br /> challenge to the Senshi.&nbsp; The airport would make an excellent place to<br /> destroy them; he could crush them with the force of the jumbo jets and keep<br /> himself out of harm’s way.&nbsp; He found it extremely gullible of his prey<br /> to show up as civilians before transforming into their Senshi forms.&nbsp;<br /> Even if his plan were thwarted tonight, unlikely as that was, he now knew who<br /> the pesky Senshi were, and he could attack then at his leisure.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>The Senshi, concerned over property damage that Jedite<br /> didn’t think even once about, had no recourse but to run from the plane until<br /> they reached the end of the runway.&nbsp; Jedite laughed; soon it would all<br /> be over!&nbsp; Jedite’s concentration was suddenly broken by a flying<br /> rose.&nbsp; “So the Tuxedo man wants to play too, huh?”&nbsp; Jedite<br /> mused.&nbsp; “Those girls seem quite distracted by his presence, they can<br /> wait a moment.”&nbsp; Jedite leapt at Tuxedo Kamen and drove them both into<br /> the bay.&nbsp; Jedite used his power to keep himself from drowning as he<br /> pushed Tuxedo Kamen to deeper and deeper depths.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite resurfaced and continued his assault on the<br /> Senshi.&nbsp; He expected an easy fight now, but the death of their friend<br /> only strengthened their resolve.&nbsp; Suddenly the entire tarmac was covered<br /> in a fog.&nbsp; Jedite could no longer see his prey, until Sailor Moon came<br /> running from the mist away from the following jet.&nbsp; They had split up<br /> under the cover of this accursed mist.&nbsp; His anger could not be contained<br /> as he shouted for the others to show themselves.&nbsp; Mercury appeared<br /> behind him, and as he turned toward her, he summoned another jet to the<br /> chase.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Suddenly despite his control over the planes, they turned<br /> in his direction.&nbsp; Jedite concentrated harder, but that only caused the<br /> planes to increase their speed toward him.&nbsp; Suddenly all three Senshi<br /> appeared before him.&nbsp; He tried to move, to attack, to do anything, but<br /> he could not.&nbsp; They spouted some nonsense at him and then Moon threw<br /> that damn tiara in his direction.&nbsp; He was just able to dodge it, but as<br /> he fell to the ground and looked up, one of the jets was baring down on him<br /> quicker than he could move.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite felt himself beginning to be crushed under the immense<br /> weight before he was once again forcibly returned to the Dark Kingdom.&nbsp;<br /> He stood before Queen Beryl, clutching his stomach.&nbsp; “Jedite, you have<br /> failed for the last time!”&nbsp; Beryl boomed.&nbsp; “You have proven<br /> yourself unfit for the Dark Kingdom again!”</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>“Again?”&nbsp; Jedite asked aloud.&nbsp; Suddenly the<br /> insufficient job that the memory wipe had done came unraveled and Jedite<br /> remembered.&nbsp; He remembered lying alone in the dark listening to the<br /> other Generals.&nbsp; He remembered their constant torment of him.&nbsp; He<br /> remembered that fool Danburite being chosen over him.&nbsp; He remembered<br /> turning on Beryl and wanting to rule the world.&nbsp; “And I remember, you<br /> froze me and tried to wipe my memory.&nbsp; You used me!” Jedite fumed.&nbsp;<br /> “You were never going to give us anything once we captured the planet for<br /> you.&nbsp; Not me, nor the other Generals. &nbsp;I should destroy you!&nbsp;<br /> The world should belong to me!”</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite raised his hand and summoned a ki blast, but in his<br /> weakened state Beryl easily deflected it.&nbsp; “You are too dangerous<br /> Jedite.&nbsp; You know too much.&nbsp; You will sleep now.”</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>As Beryl raised her hand Jedite felt the ice forming<br /> around him once again.&nbsp; He had been too weak, too slow.&nbsp; He was<br /> certain that Beryl would not give him another chance, memory wipe or<br /> no.&nbsp; If he ever got another chance, he would not make the same mistakes<br /> again.&nbsp; He would be in charge, he would rule the world.&nbsp; He would<br /> do it for himself.</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p class=MsoNormal>To be concluded in “The Last Goodbye”, Suburban Senshi<br /> time period</p><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br /> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p><br /> <br /> </div><br /> </html><br /> <br /> [[Category:SSEU Stories]] [[Category:The Dark Kingdom War]]</div>

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