This one is a mixture of comedy, intrigue, and action. Once again, it's sort of leeching off DBZ, but I'm glad to read that reviewers are enjoying the interaction between the characters and universes up to now.
"Wow Hotaru! This place is so cool!" Rini chimed to her friend. "Are you ready to go out and have some fun?"
"Yeah, I guess so." The purple-eyed girl answered her friend.
"What's the matter Hotaru? Why are you so sad?"
Hotaru smiled. "Oh! I'm not sad Rini! I guess I'm just not as excited as you are."
"You should be! It's not like anyone here is going to beat you!" Rini cheered. "You're gonna win the tournament for sure, and then you can go beat Mr. Satan too!"
"I guess." She said modestly. "But I guess I'm just worried about Mordred…what if he really does attack this thing? Then what do we do?"
Rini smiled. "Well, let's just hope that he doesn't and have fun while we can!"
Hotaru nodded with a closed-eyed smile and then looked in the direction she looked in before.
"Goten…why does that girl keep staring at us?" Trunks asked his best friend.
Goten turned his head and looked curiously at the girl they had seen earlier. She wore a white sailor outfit with purple and maroon highlights on it. The young half-Saiyan looked into her eyes and buckled- they were such deep purple- it felt like she was piercing into his soul.
"I don't know!" Goten answered his friend, trying to keep his eyes away.
"Hotaru, why do you keep looking at those two?" Rini referred to Trunks and Goten
"I don't know." She answered truthfully. "There's just something about them that's…different from everyone else here."
"Why don't we go and meet them?!" Rini asked excitedly.
"Huh?" Hotaru's eyes widened, but Rini was already off. She smiled, Rini was always so excited and energetic, and she certainly brought joy to those lucky enough to be her friends.
"Toys I guess!" Goten answered his friend's question.
"You're such a toddler!" Trunks stated.
"What about you?"
"I'm not sure what I'm gonna buy."
"Yeah, I guess when your family is the richest in the world there aren't many toys you don't have!" Goten smiled.
"Your family is the richest in the world?"
Goten and Trunks turned their heads to see the pink-haired girl standing right in front of them with a big smile on her face.
"Yeah!" Goten answered with an equally big smile. "Trunks' grandfather is the founder of Capsule Corp!"
"Really?! Wow!" Rini gushed. "I'm Rini, rhymes with tiny!" She introduced herself.
"I'm Goten!" He shook her hand with an equally large smile. "And this is Trunks!"
"Hi." Trunks said, less excited than his friend was.
"And this is Hotaru!" Rini exclaimed as she introduced her friend.
"Hello." Hotaru said modestly as she lowered her eyes. "I'm Hotaru, it's nice to meet you both."
"Hi Hotaru!" Goten smiled.
"What's the matter Trunks? You don't look too happy." Hotaru asked.
Trunks eyed the girl calmly. "I wanted to fight in the adult division. This is so lame! Everyone here is such a weakling!"
Hotaru and Rini eyed him curiously.
"What makes you say that?" Hotaru asked.
"HEY HALF-PINT!" A voice interrupted the four.
They looked over to see a tall blond boy walking towards them.
"You're gonna be my first victim! I hope you're wearing your diapers! And then I'm gonna pound your friend and your little girlfriends into the pavement!"
"Hey, you're really mean!" Rini yelled.
Hotaru said nothing, only eyeing the boy with a somewhat hurt look in her eyes while Goten looked curiously at him. Trunks only gave him a dismissive frown. The rude boy only laughed at the girl.
"I'm gonna get you little miss cotton candy, right after him!" He then threw a punch at Trunks, who didn't move or blink at all. "Don't you flinch?" He asked surprised.
Rini and Hotaru were equally surprised. Goten only kept the same curious stare.
"Not from…weaklings." Trunks smirked. "You had best walk away."
"You just sealed your fate shorty! I'm gonna beat you so hard you'll have a concussion!"
"Sounds fun." Trunks smirked.
"Huh?" Rini and Hotaru muttered, surprised.
"You mean…you're not the least bit scared?" Rini asked Trunks as the boy named Idasa walked away.
"Why should I be scared of such a weakling?" Trunks asked matter-of-factly.
Hotaru looked in curiosity at the two boys…she knew something was different about them, and she wanted to find out just what it was.
"Oh no! Doesn't that guy ever stop?!" Rei hissed as the tournament announcer introduced Mr. Satan.
"I can't believe people don't get sick of seeing him. It makes me question the whole theory of diminishing returns." Ami stated academically.
The other Sailor Scouts sighed and drooped their heads over the balcony they stood on.
"Now before we get the junior competition rolling, we've got a surprise treat for all you loyal fans and I know you're gonna love it!"
"Oh boy! A surprise treat!" Serena yelped in excitement. "Where is it?! Where is it?!" She asked as she zipped around, looking for what the announcer had stated. A second later, she was painfully smacked by Rei.
"Don't you realize he hasn't revealed it yet?!" She sneered.
"Oh…" Serena moped with watery eyes.
"Hey, look!" Mina pointed, getting their attention away from the quarrel. "It's a blimp…with a TV screen!"
"Seven years ago, the world was left hanging in suspense when the live transmission of the Cell Games was violently interrupted!" The announcer stated excitedly. "But we have now completed an historic reenactment of that day for you all to see!"
"Uh oh…this probably won't be good." Mina said with wide eyes, the other Scouts nodding in agreement with her.
Goku, Krillin, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Android 18 watched the scene from their own balcony opposite from the one the Sailor Scouts were standing on.
"This won't be pretty…" Krillin muttered.
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The movie opened showing a figure standing in a ring.
"Ha! Ha!" A man in a Cell costume laughed.
"Oh you're kidding!" Krillin said in disbelief.
"Just when you thought you'd seen it all…" Lita trailed with wide eyes.
"We will stop you Cell Monster!" A figure dressed in orange with golden hair declared.
The camera panned out to show the speaker and his friends.
"That's me!" Goku said with a goofy smile.
Piccolo and Vegeta grimaced upon seeing themselves in the movie.
"Ha Ha! It is I Cell who will instead beat you! Ha Ha!" Cell declared.
"Let's fight now!" The man in orange challenged.
The two figures took off in the air, with obvious strings pulling their arms and legs to cause them to punch and kick at each other.
"It's…sickening!" Piccolo sneered.
"Aww lighten up!" Goku replied as Cell's laughing face filled the screen. "I think it's kind of…funny!" Goku countered.
Mina smiled evilly and turned her face away for a second, doing something with her hair.
"Sailor Scouts…!" She trailed with an evil voice.
The four girls widened their eyes in curiosity and turned around.
"I am Cell and I've come back to kill you!" She boomed.
The Scouts freaked out, but in a second realized that it was only Mina, who had somehow stuck her hair up to look like Cell's head and seemingly pulled purple makeup out of thin air to paint on the sides of her face.
"That wasn't cool Mina!" Lita glared as the blonde laughed, undoing her hair and scrubbing off the makeup.
"I had you all good didn't I?!" She bellowed triumphantly.
"Just shut up and watch the movie!" Serena hissed with a red face, the other Scouts nodding in agreement with their narrowed glares.
"You gang of strangers were not…hard…but easy!" Cell declared in triumph, the gathered fighters were down and out cold.
"Rats, we have lost!" The man in orange, the only one still conscious, grimaced.
"Ha ha ha! Now that I have…beaten you I will blow up the world!" Cell said.
"Wait! You haven't beaten me!"
The dust storm cleared to reveal a roaring Mr. Satan, his championship belt gleaming in the sun.
Ugh…this is embarrassing, and they've got my expression all wrong! Mr. Satan thought.
"Well…at least they've gotten his expression right…" Rei trailed, the other Scouts nodding in agreement with her.
"You look…very strong! Here is a fireball!" Cell held out his hand, but secretly stepped on a switch, causing an explosion. "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha…ha!"
"Stop your laughing!"
"What…but how did you…escape?"
"Your useless tricks are stupid…and useless!" Mr. Satan stated.
"Take my…monster rays!" Cell said as he stepped on another switch, sending out two spears near Mr. Satan.
"Ha ha! But nothing you do…ha ah has scared me!" Mr. Satan declared as he broke them.
"Oh my but now I am scared…please will you…forgive me?" Cell begged as he got on his knees and bowed.
"No! Ha ha! How can I forgive an evil monster like you?! You are a bad person and you do not want…to change!" Mr. Satan bellowed.
Cell panicked as Mr. Satan punched him three times and kicked him out of the ring. Cell's head smacked into a rock formation.
"Ah…I…ah I'm losing." He said as he fell and hit the ground.
"Mr. Satan is great!" The man in orange admired.
"I wish…I were him!" A black haired man in armor agreed.
"I am…beaten! Ah." Cell said and then exploded.
"Justice always wins!" A triumphant Mr. Satan declared, holding two fingers up in a peace sign.
The movie ended and the credits began to roll, the crowd cheering wildly.
The Z Fighters stood with bewildered looks on their faces, Piccolo and Vegeta with bewildered frowns.
Goku laughed. "Well it was ridiculous and…untrue, but it kept me entertained!" He rubbed his head.
The Sailor Scouts also stood with bewildered looks in their eyes.
"Well…we can at least give them credit for trying!" Serena stated, always finding the good in something.
"The movie you just saw will be on sale at every exit for only $19.95." The announcer told the crowd.
"It certainly wasn't based on a true story…and the acting and special effects were beyond abysmal, but you know what the golden rule in the entertainment industry is, Michelle and Trista- give the people what they want. I'm sure it'll be a top seller." A woman with short dirty blonde hair declared with a slightly embarrassed smile.
The two women seated on either side of her, one with turquoise hair and the other with dark green hair smiled and agreed with her.
"But did you see that incarnation of Piccolo in the movie?! Oh, I'd kill to be able to see the look on Piccolo's face if he ever saw that!" Michelle genuinely laughed.
"He'd probably yell at you, call you a weak human, and go to wherever it is he goes." Trista giggled. "You do have to give Mr. Satan credit though. He's a complete idiot, and a pathetic weakling, but he sure does know how to market himself."
"Try telling that to Piccolo." Amara smirked sarcastically. "Anyway, I really wish they'd hurry up and start this thing. This is getting boring."
Michelle and Trista nodded in agreement.
"Now let's grease those fighting gears and start the junior competition!" The announcer shouted.
"It's amazing how it's changed. Crazy huh?" Krillin asked.
"It looks like the ring's a bit bigger this year." Goku smiled.
"Good, it makes for better fighting." Piccolo grunted.
"Look! Trunks and Goten!" Krillin pointed as the kids came out into the ring. "And it looks like they might have made friends with those girls that we met earlier, you know, the ones with all of Gohan's girlfriends!" He grinned at the last remark- too bad Gohan wasn't there at the moment.
Piccolo glanced equally at Trunks, Goten, and the two girls beside them as the ring announcer explained the rules of the junior competition.
"Hey! There's Rini and Hotaru!" Serena pointed excitedly.
"GO GO SCOUTS!" They began to cheer.
Soon enough the junior competition was underway, and the amateur nature of the fights was quickly becoming apparent.
"Boy, this is about as much fun as watching wallpaper dry." Krillin muttered.
"It must be so hard for these kids, trying to fight in front of all these people." Ami said with concern. "I just hope that won't stop Hotaru, you know how shy she can be- but she should be able to win this competition without much effort."
Serena nodded.
"Hey look." Rei pointed as the next fight was beginning. "It's one of those kids that was with Saiyaman's crew."
This caught the other Scouts' attention. They looked closely at the lavender-haired boy as he made his way out to the ring, catching that his name was Trunks.
"If the adults among that group are any indication…" Lita started. "That boy should be very powerful, just look at the look on his face!"
"Hey…don't you think he sort of looks like that big jerk that broke the punching machine?" Mina whispered.
Rei gasped. "You're right! He does! Well…except for the hair. But he must be that guy's son!"
The Sailor Scouts fixed their gazes intensely to the ring, very curious about this boy.
"Are you ready to cry short stack?" The boy, Idasa, asked cockily.
"Please…don't talk." Trunks muttered dismissively.
"Hah! You sure you don't wanna beg?"
"You sure you wanna…live?" Trunks muttered.
"Let's go!" The ring announcer stated, officially declaring the match underway.
"C'mon you little short cake! Fight!" Idasa yelled.
"Don't you worry, you'll feel it soon enough, big mouth." Trunks dismissed. He then zipped to the ground, easily swept the fifteen-year-old Idasa off his feet, and kicked him at least twenty feet into the air. The boy landed painfully on his head, and Trunks left, knowing his opponent was out cold. "Oops, guess I shouldn't have hit him so hard, but at least he's quiet." Trunks sneered.
"This boy is out cold! Trunks advances!" The ring announcer declared.
The Sailor Scouts gawked in jaw-dropping amazement.
"Guys…that Trunks kid is like his dad isn't he?" Rei asked, wishing it wasn't true.
"Yes, Rei…he's like his dad." Mina said in amazement.
"Well…it looks like Hotaru is actually going to have some competition…" Ami declared as sanely as she could.
Rini and Hotaru looked on in the same shock their Sailor peers displayed on the balcony above. Goten turned away from the conversation he was having with them to talk to Trunks.
"You sure did beat that boy fast, Trunks." Goten grinned. Hotaru and Rini merely shifted their shocked eyes to the two, in disbelief that they were acting as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
"You see now why I wanted to fight in the adult competition?" Trunks asked. "Do ya?"
"Uh huh." Goten grinned.
"Wait…how did you do that?" Hotaru asked with wide eyes as they made their way back inside. Rini was equally curious.
"I don't know…training?" Trunks asked sarcastically.
Hotaru was slightly hurt by Trunks rude vocal tone. Her eyes and head drooped.
"Hey Hotaru! Don't be upset, you're gonna do just as good!" Rini encouraged.
"Yeah, don't take Trunks' attitude to heart. He's a really nice guy; he doesn't hate you or anything!" Goten added. "Anyway, it's my turn now!" Goten said after a few minutes when he heard his name called.
"Good luck Goten!" Rini waved.
"All right Goten! Woohoo yeah!" Goku yelled from his balcony.
"He looks like a miniature you, Goku!" Krillin smiled.
"Awww, what a little guy! And handsome too!" Goku smiled at his son.
"Ok…there's that other one that was with Saiyaman." Serena said, her eyes narrowed as if she was carefully examining the scene.
Rei would have taken an opportunity to crack on Serena for the look on her face, usually to say something like 'it's a shame you just can't seem to use those powers of observation on any of your studies,' but she was equally curious, her arms folded across her chest.
Mina, Lita, and Ami all had their eyes firmly glued on the little boy.
"He looks nervous." Ami said. "But I wonder if it's because of his opponent or if it's stage fright."
"For yer sake, I'm gonna end this quick, capiche?" The boy named Ikosa stated confidently.
"All right fighters are you ready?" The announcer asked. "Let the match begin!"
"What's the matter kid? Are you scared?! C'mon, it ain't gonna hurt that bad! Let's do it!"
"Are you ok?" Goten asked, as he observed his opponent was wearing down.
"Yeah right kid! Am I ok? Man, yer askin' for it!" He shouted, and then threw a punch, which Goten easily blocked with only one finger.
The Sailor Scouts' jaws dropped again.
"He blocked it with one finger…" Mina babbled, her sky blue eyes wide as the sky itself.
Goten easily blocked Ikosa's kick.
"Hey, stop fooling around. C'mon let's be serious."
Ikosa frowned in disbelief, but then regained his arrogant tone.
"Touché, so you know some martial arts after all! Not bad for a pint-sized kid!"
He then proceeded to throw a flurry of punches and kicks at Goten, all of which were easily rebuffed.
"This is it? This isn't very fun…" Goten stated with no emotion. He then threw a light jab at Ikosa's chin, which knocked the boy straight on his back. Goten bowed to the crowd, knowing he had won.
"Yeah! Thatta boy! All right Goten!" Goku shouted excitedly.
"What a cliffhanger." Sarcasm oozed from Krillin's voice.
"Folks, we have a winner! Let's hear it for Goten!" The announcer declared.
Amara's mouth was wide open, and Michelle and Trista had bewildered faces as they looked at the ring.
"Unreal…there's something very strange about those two kids!" She said.
"I don't…sense anything…" Michelle trailed.
"Nevertheless, you don't see many seven or eight year-olds who can do that. You don't see that many adults like that." Trista said seriously. "We need to keep an eye on those two!"
Amara and Michelle looked at her and nodded.
Fifteen minutes later, it was Hotaru's turn.
"You're gonna do great Hotaru!" Rini chimed, causing her friend to smile.
Hotaru strode out toward the ring with all the confidence of Sailor Saturn, remembering her fight with Pharaoh 90 to get over any stage fright.
Trunks' eyebrows perked up at her confidence level.
"Next up we've got a great match!" The announcer said to get the crowd excited. "It's thirteen-year-old Sailor Saturn, versus fourteen-year-old Ernesto!"
Hotaru's opponent was a tall and relatively muscular boy with short gloves and wearing grey shorts. He looked at his opponent with cockiness as they stepped into the ring. Hotaru was paying no attention to him.
"Hey! There's Sailor Saturn!" Lita pointed.
"GO GO SATURN!" The Scouts cheered.
Sailor Saturn's ears perked up and she turned her face to see her cheering squad. She closed her eyes, smiled, and waved.
"This won't last long." Piccolo stated in a low voice.
"Hah!" Vegeta laughed cockily. "That little girl is going to get pounded into the pavement! Just leave that boy up to Trunks!"
"Yeah..." Goku agreed. "That guy looks pretty good…for a regular human that is."
"Wrong." Piccolo corrected. "That guy has no idea what he's up against. I'll give him a minute- and that's only if he's extremely lucky."
"What do you mean Piccolo?" Goku suddenly got serious, knowing that Piccolo was.
"What I mean is that Trunks and Goten actually have some competition."
"What?" Vegeta huffed in surprise.
"You can't be serious, Piccolo…" Krillin trailed.
"Watch and you'll see."
The Z Fighters narrowed their eyes and examined the ring with very intense gazes.
"And…LET THE MATCH BEGIN!" The announcer shouted, the crowd cheering him.
"Please." Sailor Saturn began. "I don't want to hurt you. Please, give up now."
"Hah! You must be joking!" The slick-haired young man said. "I'm gonna choke you until you see stars!"
Sailor Saturn closed her eyes and made a somber expression, startling her opponent.
"YAAAAA!" Ernesto yelled as he charged forward.
Saturn opened her eyes and dodged his punch, then his spinning back kick. She responded by implanting a kick into Ernesto's gut, then punched him in the face, staggering him back a few steps.
"Why you little!" Ernesto charged, but Sailor Saturn narrowed her eyes.
Sailor Saturn gazed at him intensely when he brought his fist near her. He felt an immense force pushing back against him until suddenly a white light flashed in his face, followed by an explosion.
A second later, Ernesto tumbled all the way across the ring and collided painfully with the ground, bouncing twice before he was at rest.
The crowd was silent as the scene became clear, just as shocked as they were with Trunks and Goten's antics.
"Outside of the ring!" The ring announcer yelled. "Sailor Saturn is the winner!"
Sailor Saturn gave a slightly warm smile and began to walk out of the ring.
Goku gasped, as did the other Z Fighters, even Vegeta.
"Piccolo, what was that?!" Goku asked.
"I told you." Piccolo stated matter-of-factly. "Vegeta, you shouldn't have been so militant with those Sailor Scouts we met earlier. Don't be fooled by their appearance or seeming lack of strength- they are more powerful than you think."
"What?" Vegeta asked, coming back to his senses. "Explain yourself, Namek!"
"Yeah, I should have been able to sense an attack like that from ten thousand miles away, and I felt nothing!" Krillin remarked, the other Z Fighters agreeing with him.
"The Sailor Scouts, there are nine in all, ten if you count the pink-haired one. Each represents their guardian planet, and Sailor Moon represents the moon. Physically, they are not very powerful, certainly no match for us in that regard. It's their magic that makes them truly formidable opponents. The reason you couldn't sense that attack was because it wasn't a physical attack represented by physical energy- the ones that we're so used to, but a magical one, represented by ethereal energy- the other plane of the universe. That one was Sailor Saturn. Physically, she's the weakest one of them all, but her ethereal powers far surpass those of her peers. That girl can destroy an entire planet if she wanted to."
All of them widened their eyes and gasped.
"…And these Scouts, they're on the good side, right?" Goku asked, even Vegeta and Android 18 paid very close attention in their wait for the Namek's answer.
"Yeah." Piccolo smiled. "In fact, since our battle with Cell, they've been the ones protecting the Earth from evil. You guys couldn't sense the battles because you can't sense the ethereal energy that they emit when they fight."
"And how do you know all of this?" Vegeta spat.
"I've been assisting the Guardian of the Earth, remember?" Piccolo answered in a way that let Vegeta know that he should have known.
Vegeta grunted.
"Uhh, Piccolo." Krillin said to get his attention. "Can you teach us how to sense this ethereal energy? It sounds like it might be useful."
Piccolo smiled as he saw all four of them, even Vegeta, giving him the same look. "Sure, some other time though."
"Hey! What do you know?! It seems the champ; Mr. Satan has come out to congratulate the recent winner!" The announcer yelled.
Sailor Saturn's eyes widened as she looked up to see Mr. Satan standing in front of her as she was going to make her way back to the locker room.
"I…just want to say…" He struggled not to reveal his utter shock. "I saw your match and you're really good!"
The crowd cheered wildly, but the thunder instantly broke as Sailor Saturn merely broke eye contact and walked around the world champion and back to the locker room as if he were not even there. Mr. Satan's triumphant eyes severely constricted and his expression turned to shock. His arms were still raised.
"Well, at least she knows to snub Mr. Satan!" Krillin grinned, as did everyone else, except Vegeta.
"You did great, Hotaru!" Rini ran and hugged her.
The calm and confident demeanor of Sailor Saturn gave way to the warm and shy nature of Hotaru Tomoe, who hugged her friend and thanked her.
"How did you do that?" Trunks asked in a slightly hostile tone. Goten nodded with wide eyes.
She smiled. "I can't tell you that, Trunks."
Fine then, I'll just have to find out for myself. Trunks thought as he Hotaru and Rini talked.
The junior tournament proceeded as expected. Trunks, Goten, Hotaru and Rini all proceeded cleanly and easily through their matches. Trunks faced Rini in the first semi-final, which, to no one's surprise, Trunks easily won, going easy on her by merely grabbing her, walking to the edge of the ring, and dropping her to the ground.
The Sailor Scouts, Darien, who sat in the sixth row on the western side of the ring, the cats (who he had hidden in a bag), and Amara, Michelle, and Trista all sighed with relief that the obviously powerful youth hadn't hurt her. Rini was a tough kid, no doubt about that, but it was obvious that she wouldn't be a match for the mysterious kids associated with Saiyaman, Trunks and Goten.
The Z Fighters were also happy that Trunks had gone easy on the girl, even Vegeta.
"Ok all you martial arts fans! Who's ready for the second junior semi-final?!"
The crowd cheered, announcing they were.
"Up next, we have two obviously talented kids, thirteen-year-old Sailor Saturn, versus seven-year-old Goten. Let's give e'm a hand!"
The crowd roared and cheered again.
The Z Fighters narrowed their eyes.
"This will be a test." Piccolo announced. The others agreed with him. He especially was curious to see how these two wildly different fighting styles, physical versus ethereal would fare against one another in combat. The Z fighters fixated serious gazes on the ring.
"Ok, here we go." Rei said to the other Scouts.
"Hotaru is facing some serious competition here. I hope she won't get hurt." Serena said.
"If you didn't want anyone to get hurt, you came to the wrong place!" Mina smiled, her humor slightly breaking the nervous tension.
Amara, Michelle, and Trista watched the two fighters with a very intense look, along with Darien and the cats at their own seats. Bulma, Chi Chi, and the others around them couldn't help but be curious as well.
"All right, let the match begin!" The announcer yelled in excitement.
"I like you Goten, but I won't go easy on you like I've been doing with all the others." Saturn said confidently.
"Well I won't either!" Goten grinned. He then rushed forward and disappeared.
This startled Saturn, especially when he reappeared right in front of her. It took all of her instincts to avoid the punch that Goten threw at her- which she knew if it did hit her would either knock her out or send her flying across the ring, if not out of it. She took the chance to throw a kick at Goten, but he dematerialized again, her kick hitting nothing but air.
Saturn's eyes widened as that thought flashed in her head. She remembered the last time she had faced Mordred. He had used that technique! She narrowed her eyes, searching for him.
"Here I am!" A happy-sounding voice yelled as Goten reappeared, charging right toward her with his fist clenched.
Saturn turned her head in shock to see the sight. As calmly as she could, she summoned a barrier just as Goten was about to punch her in the face.
"Uh oh!" Goten yelled, knowing what would come next if he didn't get out of there. He jumped in the air and back flipped until he got to the opposite end of the ring.
Saturn lowered the barrier and watched her opponent get into another fighting stance.
"Wow, guess it's time for round two." Goku observed, clearly enjoying the fight along with satiating his curiosity. "Goten looks in top form, but that Sailor Saturn is no pushover either!"
"That kid is no joke!" Serena observed, amazed. "He managed to avoid Sailor Saturn's barrier!"
It was just as she lifted her head a bit that she noticed five figures standing on a balcony on the opposite side of the stadium. The other Scouts quickly fixed their eyes on the figures too. They saw the same people that were hanging around with Saiyaman earlier, including the one in the orange gi, who made friendly eye contact with Serena and nodded. Serena's eyes sparkled at his warm demeanor and she smiled with a nod too. Obviously, that man was Goten's father.
Rini watched the fight with a big smile on her face, while Trunks watched with the same intense frown his father usually wore.
"Oh hey, I know!" Goten shouted.
"Know what?" Saturn asked.
"Ka…me…"
A blue ball of energy began to form in Goten's hands. The Sailor Scouts began to drop their jaws and widen their eyes.
"Ha…me…HAAA!"
Sailor Saturn's eyes widened in shock as the blast of blue energy zipped toward her. She desperately brought up a force field, damn the tournament rules for not allowing her to have her Silence Glaive for the Silence Wall technique! Both Goten and Saturn grimaced in the struggle, Goten trying to break through her barrier and Saturn trying to dispel the technique.
Amara, Michelle, and Trista grimaced.
"That boy is using some of the same moves that Mordred uses!" Amara exclaimed. "That blast is pure energy! That dematerialization technique too!"
"Yeah, but Piccolo does the same things, he's not one of Mordred's goons is he?" Michelle asked sarcastically, letting Amara know that she had no right to jump to conclusions yet.
Trista said the same thing to Amara with her eyes.
Goten stopped the attack, sending the blue wave up into the sky, though vaporizing a decoration on the locker room building along the way. He then charged forward again, disappearing two feet in front of Sailor Saturn's face.
"What?!" She gasped in surprise. A second later, she heard him reappear, and just managed to dodge his kick, back flipping out of the way.
Goten threw an energy blast at her. Sailor Saturn just managed to block it with a barrier and landed on her feet. Goten grimaced and threw more blasts at Sailor Saturn, the Soldier of Silence blocking them with her barrier but staggering back.
Sailor Saturn gasped as Goten jumped up into the air and came flying down at her, ready to kick her on the top of her head. By pure instinct, Saturn managed to summon another energy barrier, a stronger version, just as Goten was about to make contact with her head.
"Uh oh!" Goten knew what was happening immediately, but was too late to stop it.
Sailor Saturn used her barrier's explosive energy to send Goten flying back.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Goten yelled as he spiraled through the air, desperately trying to catch himself, but his butt landed outside the ring before he could, both of his heels digging into the grass.
The crowd was shocked to silence from the explosion.
"…Goten is outside of the ring. Sailor Saturn advances to the final!"
The Z Fighters gasped in shock as the Sailor Scouts cheered their fellow Scout onward.
"Wow…I guess there is a lot more to these Sailor Scouts than meets the eye." Goku said with a bewildered look on his face.
"She beat Goten…" Krillin trailed in shock.
Even Vegeta was shocked.
Sailor Saturn smiled at Goten as she helped him up, who thanked her.
"Sorry Goten, but you shouldn't have come at me from such a wide angle. I saw you clearly and then it was only a matter of timing."
Goten smiled and nodded at her. She turned her back to look at Trunks, her opponent in the final. Both sets of eyes locked onto each other in serious competitive gazes.
"Hey!" Gohan yelled as he ran toward his father with Videl. "What happened?! Goten lost?!"
"I'm afraid so, Gohan." Goku confirmed.
"But who could possibly have beaten him besides Trunks?!"
"Sailor Saturn, Gohan." Piccolo explained. "Gohan, I think you should know a bit more about these girls you've sort of befriended." Piccolo said as he got ready to tell Gohan what he had told the others.
"Hey! There's Saiyaman!" Mina, Lita, and Rei shouted. "Let's go over there!"
Ami put her hand on her forehead in frustration.
"Yes, let's go." Sailor Moon said which surprised all of them. "I want to meet them, all of them!"
The Scouts nodded and proceeded to walk over.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the junior finals will begin in just a few short minutes, please stay in your seats!" The announcer told.
What?! Saturn beat Goten?! How will she fare against Trunks? And what is Mordred up to? Is he up to anything? Stay tuned for the next installment of Dragon Sailor Ball Z Moon!
Ok, that was my lame sense of humor talking, forgive me. -_-