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The Saiy-jin Scouts By Crystal Rose
Chapter 3 ~
At the break of dawn, five young princesses were up and awake, chatting to each other excitedly while waiting for the meeting that was to take place in a few hours or so. They were all seated upon Serena's bed once again in an attempt to wait out the long hours ahead of them.
"Oh, I'm just dying with curiosity!" Mina squealed with delight. Serena nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I just can't wait any longer!"
"Uh huh," Lita added in, sounding wistful.
"Well, Serena, you know what they say," Rei smirked, "Curiosity killed the cat." Serena humped, her nose in the air as she closed her eyes, indignant.
"Do I look like a cat?!" Rei eyed Serena's tail with amusement.
"Well..." Giggling could be heard as Rei made her statement.
"Oh!" Serena glared at the giggling Ami and threw a pillow at Rei in her
frustration, who in turn threw one of her own. Soon enough, all of the girls were in an outrageous pillow fight, making quite a ruckus with all their screaming and laughing.
"Ahem."
The girls looked up in the middle of their fight to see a guard standing there, trying to keep a straight face. The princess's room was a mess! Feathers were everywhere, most of them in the girls' hair. Their clothes were also in a disarray as they stared frozen at the man in their nighties. However, after the initial shock was over, with one swift motion, the girls seemed to be in sudden control as they stood to address the man, as protocol demanded. The guard seemed to finally relax as he stated his purpose.
"Your highnesses, Her majesty Queen Serenity wishes for you to join her in the dining room to discuss certain matters of importance."
The girls' eyes widened as they frantically looked at the time. 10:30.
"Yes, tell her we'll be right there," Serena told him. The man bowed and promtly left. The girls seemed to be in a sort of stupor when the man left, the idea of actually going to discover the truth of what was afoot a big challenge, frighteningly so. Ami, the practical one out of them, seemed to regain her voice first.
"Come on, girls. We should hurry and get ourselves prepared for breakfast." Her soft lilting voice seemed to snap the rest of the girls out of their trance-like state. After a brief nod or 'ok', the girls scattered towards their own chambers in a rush.
Throughout the entire meal, not a word was said except for the occasional 'pass the butter' or 'salt please.' Tension lay thick in the air as everyone anticipated the awaited moment. An hour later, after a splendid breakfast, everyone sat quietly around the table, waiting.
"Alright, now that we are all here, I suppose we should begin."
Queen Serenity sat at the head of the table in the royal dining room. Mr. Hawks sat beside her, along with each of the planet's respective leaders. The Queens and King all sat facing their children, the princesses, who fidgeted in anxiousness.
"Alright, first thing's first. I suppose I should answer the question that's been weighing on all of your minds," Queen Serenity sighed.
"Girls, this mysterious power of yours... the reason you have it, along with certain physical attributes, lies in your birth, your origin. I'm sure that by now, many of you have wondered why none of you have fathers and why you have no recollection of ever having one either?"
All of the girls nodded in agreement, all except Mina, who looked more confused than ever.
'My origin? What does her majesty mean? What about my father?' Mina's face
scrunched up in confusion. Queen Serenity, not missing the princess's confusion sent a look of sympathy towards Queen Aphrodite of Venus. The woman had a look of shame on her face.
"The truth is, over a decade ago, the planets of our galaxy were invaded by people of another. All male, they were from a planet they called Vegeta, a planet home to a warrior race. All five of them were elite soldiers, and the strongest on their planet. At first, we feared they had come in search of new land to conquer, but they assured us it was no such thing. They merely wanted to meet the planetary leaders for... reasons unknown."
Queen Serenity's eyes glazed over as she recalled the first meeting between her and the strong warrior that had landed on her planet. He had seemed cruel and ruthless at first, yet he always kept a hold on humanity somehow and had never felt cold to her. He was...
"Mother!" Startled from her reverie, Queen Serenity looked upon her daughter's frustrated face.
"Yes, darling?"
"You drifted off a bit there, mother." Serena looked downwards, "Sorry to have yelled."
"It's quite alright."
"Wait, so what happened next?" Mina directed her question towards her mother and leaned forward in anticipation.
"Well," Queen Serenity continued, "We soon fell in love with these strong
warriors, and the result of this was that you girls were born."
As the queen expelled the air she had been holding in, an eerie silence swept across the room as the information was absorbed. All Thoughts bordered 'I'm half alien?' or 'Who is my father?' and 'Wonder what he looked like...' Once again, however, Amy was the first to break through the ice as she drew up the courage to speak.
"Um, your majesty?" Ami squeaked out, "These warriors... they wouldn't happen to be..." Here, Ami paused uncertain as to whether or not she should continue.
"Yes," Queen Serenity gently prodded the hesitant girl.
"...Saiy-jin warriors?," Ami finally spoke and nodded, confirming her theory when she saw Queen Serenity's eyes widen slightly.
"How did you know, Ami?"
"Well, your majesty, last night I did some research and came up with a legend titled 'The Mighty Saiy-jins.' These saiyans seemed to fit the description quite well."
Queen Serenity smiled, "Yes, you are correct Amy. They were indeed Saiy-jin warriors."
"Queen Serenity," Rei spoke, "Why is it these Saiy-jins can only be learned of by legend?"
"Ah, well that is simple. Although a mighty race they proved to be, a stronger force destroyed their home planet and any traces of their kind. With Vegeta-sei destroyed and the Saiy-jin race annhilated, a legend is all that is left."
"But, your majesty," Mina protested fiercely, "How could they have come here if the race had been annhilated?"
"A year or so after their departure from our galaxy, a large explosion was felt throughout the universe. It was then that we realized that Vegeta-sei was no more."
Mina began to shake her head in denial, "No, no it can't be... I have a father... I do..." Her voice trailed off as tears trailed down her face, her eyes pleading as she looked at her mother, begging her to tell her the truth. She refused to believe her mother had done this to her, let her feel so unwanted and unloved, when the truth was that the only father she had ever known was a lie and her own true father was dead, long gone.
"Mina," Queen Aphrodite looked at her daughter in regret for how things had played out. She was truly sorry, "Forgive me." The Queen of Venus then looked down at the table in an attempt to avoid the eyes of her child.
"Mother," Mina whispered, "I ...."
"Mina,"Queen Serenity's voice spoke softly, kindly, "You must understand that your mother wanted only the best for you."
Lita, who was sitting beside Mina at the time, placed a hand on her shoulder and aimed her gaze towards her own mother.
"Mother,"Lita sounded grave, "Is this true?" Lita's mother, Flora, the Queen of Jupiter smiled.
"Yes." In return, Lita cracked a smile of her own.
"It's no wonder with this strength of mine," Lita replied, trying to ease the tension in the room.
"Queen Serenity," Ami suddenly cut in, "What I want to know is what are these powers of ours? Why did they just appear now and why have our physical appearances changed as well?"
"I think this may be better explained by Mr. Hawks here," Queen Serenity nodded towards Skyler.
"Thank you, your majesty. Now, what I have come to conclude is that each of you have always had this power, but also your planetary magic. Because magic is a simple substance that can be used, it is more like an object that can be called upon, drawn out. However, this other power of yours may lay dormant for decades before it is unleashed. I can see that it is not something to be used, but in a sense created, for this power is like an extension of yourself, the manipulating of your energy, your body. Do you understand?"
Various questioning looks marred the confused faces of the girls, included some of their mothers as well.
"Yes, " Ami spoke in a quiet voice, "Yes, I think I do."
"Really?" Serena asked, "Then could you explain it to us?"
"Well, it's simple. Take your moonbeam for example. When you use it, you pull the magic from within yourself, but the magic itself is still separate from you. It simply exists there, but is not a part of your body, right?" At this, all the girls nodded and Amy continued.
"It's the same with all of our magic. We use it, we do not create magic because we already have it. This is why magic cannot be taught, only the use of it, because some people just don't have any and will never have any. However, this other power seems to come from your very essence. You learn how to channel your own life force from what I understand and requires intense training different from what we have learned. That is why this power did not surface at birth and lay dormant for so long."
"Wait a second," Lita seemed to pounce on Skyler, "What about all of this?"Lita pointed to her tail and hair.
"For the same reasons, your magic dominated, leaving only your planetary traits, or your mothers' genes, to show. Once your powers were released, however, your features changed to accommodate the Saiy-jin blood."
"Is the process reversible?" Questioned Amy.
"Theoretically, it should be. When you were born, the magic within you naturally hid your Saiy-jin blood, so all you need to do is concentrate on your magic to change back to how you looked before. However, using your other powers will trigger the Saiy-jin blood within you and..."
"We'll be roaming about with tails again," Lita sighed.
"Hmm," Rei seemed disturbed, "Your majesty, during that brief time that you regained consciousness, you spoke of some prophecy."
Even as Rei said this, the Queen's features took on a stony look, deathly serious.
"Yes, that was a very unexpected factor in all this," Queen Serenity nodded gravely, "There is a prophecy that states that five great warriors shall awaken from their slumber when the time has come for them to defend the galaxy against the chaos of evil. They are known as ... the planetary five."
The room had gone silent once more, as the Queen's implications had caught
them by surprise.
"Mother...what is the meaning of this?" Serena's voice quivered.
"My darling," Queen Serenity smiled, "I am certain that you five are the ones."
Rei gasped, "You mean..."
"Yes Rei," Queen Lilith of Mars spoke, "You are the ones who are destined to save our galaxy."
"The planetary five," confirmed Amy's mother, Allexis, Queen of Mercury.
Silence reigned for a few minutes.
"Alright then! What are we doing sitting here?" Everyone stared shocked at the now enthusiastic princess of Venus.
"Come on! You heard what Queen Serenity said. An evil force is on its way! We have to be prepared.!!" Soon the rest of the girls, swept up in Mina's passionate speech, joined in.
"Yeah, that's right!" Lita stood suddenly, her fist clenched as her chair was knocked over, "We gotta train hard to defeat whatever comes our way!"
"Mmhm," Rei agreed quietly from her seat.
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"Fire...ah!" Rei screamed as her opponent halted in mid punch, his fist inches away from her face. Skyler grinned as he pulled back his fist.
"You have to learn to form attacks without the accompanying mantras."
Rei scowled as she sulked, grudingly listening to what he had to say. She, and the other princesses had been training with the man, Skyler Hawks, for a few days now and had been getting nowhere, or at least that was how she felt. Frustration was building to a peak as Skyler droned on and on about how to properly execute her attack. Unbeknownst to her, an eerie red light was beginning to eminate from her clenched fists thay lay at her side. Then, suddenly, it happened.
"Shut UP!!" As Rei screamed her fury, she released a ball of light from her hands as if by instinct. A large explosion was heard as the ball of light met its target. Rei stood, awestruck at what she had just done, the girls also wearing looks of disbelief, their mouths wide open in shock. Serena and Ami were knocked to the floor by the force of the explosion, their clothing visibly singed as the dust cleared.
"Oops," Rei squeaked, "Umm...Skyler?...EEK!!" Everyone could now make out
the figure of a man behind Rei as she whirled around to confront him.
"Heh, scared you huh? You should always keep your guard up," Skyler grinned.
"Hmph!"
"Well, a job well done anyway. That is what would be called a simple energyblast, which is just a simple extension of your own energy. I want you all to master this first. Learn how to create small and big energy blasts. Play around with it."
"Hey!" Rei seemed excited as a ball of pure red light seemed to float above her palm.
"Whoa, hey! You're getting good at this Rei," Skyler commented as he turned to face the group. "Rei has already reached the next step. Manipulating your energy into a shape or form."
"What's the difference?" Serena looked slightly confused.
"Well, energy blasts are just amounts of energy that you release. By holding on the energy and manipulating it into a ball or some other shape, you are basically refining this skill. It's kindof like learning archery. You learn how to shoot first, then how to shoot accurately and effectively. Understand?"
"Hmm, neat." Rei continued to play around with the ball of energy, when it
suddenly disappeared. "Huh?"
"You always have to keep some kind of concentration on it, to confirm its
existence. Otherwise, it will dissapear and return to its origin," Skyler tutored.
Rei sighed, as did the other girls. It would be a long day.
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Over the next few weeks, all of the girls could do energy blasts, and under Skyler's careful tutorlage, they slowly learned how to increase or decrease the size and power of their energy blasts, refining them as they went along. Rei, however, seemed to catching on the fastest, as she was already able to increase or decrease the power or amount of energy without changing the size of the ball or beam of energy she created. Not only could she create balls and beams, she had also just begun exploring how to control disk-shaped energies. Skyler and Queen Serenity had discussed Rei's much faster
pace in learning. They deducted that because Rei was very accomplished in the spiritual arts, she had an easier time in learning such attacks.
On the other hand, while Rei excelled in style, Lita, the tough one of the group, truly lived up to expectations with a seemingly endless supply of power. While not nearly as refined as Rei, Lita's energy supply and power was amazing; she could easily be seen as Rei's equal. Ami was going in the exact opposite direction of Lita and Rei, her powers taking her towards different kinds of attacks, those of a different nature, yet still deadly. She was most succesful in creating strong shields or walls and had learned a special way of releasing her energy, so that it came out in a flash, blinding all in its path. Mina had
taken a liking to manipulating her energy into weapons of some sort, using her energy like a tool. She was able to manipulate her energy into the most unique forms to suit whatever she needed: a sword, an arrow, and even a booomerang! This strange use ofenergy somewhat puzzled Skyler, but he accepted it as he accepted each of the other girls' powers and how they reflected upon each person. However, the strangest of all the girls had to be Serena. She had somehow not been able to really grasp the concept of using her energy and had begun picking up on techniques of the body. For instance, she had increased her speed greatly and had also stumbled upon a way of transporting herself from one place to another, though only across very short distances.
In short, the girls had great progress. The only possible problems were that they were only refined in specific areas. Other techniques they could perform adequately and they were certainly not weak in those areas. However, it was feared that it would not be enough for the battle that was surely to come.
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It was a bright and sunny morning as the five princesses awoke and changed into their training outfits. Filing into the hall, refreshed and exited to start a new day of training, the girls began to talk about what they would work on and how their training was going.
"Well, you know," Rei spoke up, "I heard that we're gonna learn something new today!"
"Wow, really!" Lita piped in, "I can't wait!"
"Yes," Ami agreed, "This is all very intriguing."
"This should be fun! I love new things!" Mina squealed, delighted.
"Well, everyone knows that you'll master it. Otherwise, you wouldn't be Skyler's favorite!" Serena teased.
"Hey!" Rei seemed offended.
"Aww, come on Rei, she was just kidding," Mina cut in, "Although you are his favorite..."
"Mina!"
"Sorry, sorry!"
"Hey, what's going on here?" The girls all looked up to see Skyler and flushed, embarassed. "Should'nt you girls be warming up?" At that, the girls set off at a fast-paced run. Each morning they would start their day off with a refreshing jog, or run, after stretching. At first they had begun with a mile or so, adding more and more as they got into shape and their stamina improved. They were, after all, princesses and were not physically fit for the exercise. Eventually, they worked up to running 10 miles around a small lake before slowly coming to a stop to do work on individual muscles. Each did at least 200 sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, and other excercises. Depending on each of the girl's strengths and what needed to be improved, Skyler would assign a different amount
to them. After this, they would jump into the lake and swim the whole length before swimming back, using the lake's cold temperature to cool them down before the true training began. At the beginning, the girls could barely stand after their 'warm up', but now, the girls seemed to become strangely refreshed as they prepared to learn new techniques and were only slightly fatigued if at all.
"Alright, girls. You've come a long way in learning how to develop your powers and now, you will learn the final step that you must be able to accomplish."
The girls waited eagerly to hear what Skyler was going to teach them.
"You must be able to use your magic in your Saiy-jin forms."
"You mean, it's possible?" Ami questioned him.
"Yes, of course. Since your magic is always with you, even when your body
changes to acknowledge your Saiy-jin blood, you should be able to use it because you are still the same person. Make sense?"
"But how does this work?" Rei was slightly confused.
"Well, when you use magic in this form, it will have the same effects, but instead of you only being able to call it forth, you will be able to handle it as you do your energy. It's as if you've let some magic flow into your energy blasts, if you want to think of it that way, or that instead of drawing forth your energy, you draw upon your magic, only now you know how to handle it as if it were energy, allowing it to be more useful to you."
'Hmm, I ...I think I get it!' Serena thought. She concentrated hard, feeling the magic within, she mentally pulled it out, but held on to it, letting it gather on her palm. It seemed strange. She could feel the raw magic there, yet it had no name or identity. This could become one of many different spells she knew, but she had yet to decide, and so it stayed unknown. She figured she would have to name it herself.
"Starlight Flash!" The room was engulfed in an strange light show as the ball of magic hit the floor.
"Serena! Good job!" Serena found herself blushing as Skyler showered her with praise.
"That was...odd," Serena stated. "Normally you call out the spell, and the magic takes form before coming forth, but this was the exace opposite..." Serena mumbled to herself. Hearing her words, Skyler nodded in confimation.
"Yes, you must decide what form your magic will take on, but I think that
eventually, you won't have to speak aloud to trigger your magic either when using it in this manner. Just your own will alone should do the trick." Serena nodded happily.
Suddenly Ami was surrounded by an energy shield, yet it shined and glimmered strangely. A gasp. The ground around Ami within the shield had frozen over. She slowly opened her eyes to see if she had succeeded or not and smiled.
"Hey, Ami!" Lita pointed her glowing finger towards Ami, "Take this!" Shooting a flurry of sharp leaves towards Ami's barrier, Lita watched in amazement as they were all frozen upon contact with it. "Hey, you're getting pretty good at that, Ami!"
"Really?" Rei suddenly spoke, "Let's see how much heat you can take!"
Concentrating hard, Rei sent a large ball of magic that burst out into flames towards Ami's barrier, causing both fireball and barrier to disappear as a result.
"Okay, okay, that's enough now," Skyler admonished, "Mina?"
"Huh? Oh, check this out!" Holding out her hand, a ball of magic formed on her hand, stretching into the shape of a crescent moon, the end of it sparkling with little hearts that shot off in a beam of light.
"Cool!" Serena squealed. Mina winked back in response before letting the blade dissapear.
Skyler smiled. The girls had become better and better at catching on to new techniques. Their rate of learning had increased greatly. However, there was still a lot to learn, a lot of things that he, unfortunately, couldn't teach them. They had to discover that on their own through further training that they would have to do on their own time.
"Alright girls, that's it for today. Rest well," Skyler ended their training session when he noticed the girls' fatigue. While they were becoming increasingly skilled, they were still young girls, something that he always had to keep in mind. Being responsible for the fate of the galaxy is a big job, too big a job, he feared, for such young girls.
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Shifting back into her 'planetary' features, as Skyler called them, Serena sighed as she eased herself into the hot bath she had prepared. Ahh, training was actually very satisfying, both physically and mentally. It seemed that all of them were getting stronger and stronger as each day passed ...but would they finish their training in time and would it be enough? Would they be enough to drive away the impending force of evil? She sighed as she slipped down lower into the bath, the steam carressing her face comfortingly. Yes, that was the big question.
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The Saiy-jin Scouts By Crystal Rose
Chapter 3 ~
At the break of dawn, five young princesses were up and awake, chatting to each other excitedly while waiting for the meeting that was to take place in a few hours or so. They were all seated upon Serena's bed once again in an attempt to wait out the long hours ahead of them.
"Oh, I'm just dying with curiosity!" Mina squealed with delight. Serena nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I just can't wait any longer!"
"Uh huh," Lita added in, sounding wistful.
"Well, Serena, you know what they say," Rei smirked, "Curiosity killed the cat." Serena humped, her nose in the air as she closed her eyes, indignant.
"Do I look like a cat?!" Rei eyed Serena's tail with amusement.
"Well..." Giggling could be heard as Rei made her statement.
"Oh!" Serena glared at the giggling Ami and threw a pillow at Rei in her
frustration, who in turn threw one of her own. Soon enough, all of the girls were in an outrageous pillow fight, making quite a ruckus with all their screaming and laughing.
"Ahem."
The girls looked up in the middle of their fight to see a guard standing there, trying to keep a straight face. The princess's room was a mess! Feathers were everywhere, most of them in the girls' hair. Their clothes were also in a disarray as they stared frozen at the man in their nighties. However, after the initial shock was over, with one swift motion, the girls seemed to be in sudden control as they stood to address the man, as protocol demanded. The guard seemed to finally relax as he stated his purpose.
"Your highnesses, Her majesty Queen Serenity wishes for you to join her in the dining room to discuss certain matters of importance."
The girls' eyes widened as they frantically looked at the time. 10:30.
"Yes, tell her we'll be right there," Serena told him. The man bowed and promtly left. The girls seemed to be in a sort of stupor when the man left, the idea of actually going to discover the truth of what was afoot a big challenge, frighteningly so. Ami, the practical one out of them, seemed to regain her voice first.
"Come on, girls. We should hurry and get ourselves prepared for breakfast." Her soft lilting voice seemed to snap the rest of the girls out of their trance-like state. After a brief nod or 'ok', the girls scattered towards their own chambers in a rush.
Throughout the entire meal, not a word was said except for the occasional 'pass the butter' or 'salt please.' Tension lay thick in the air as everyone anticipated the awaited moment. An hour later, after a splendid breakfast, everyone sat quietly around the table, waiting.
"Alright, now that we are all here, I suppose we should begin."
Queen Serenity sat at the head of the table in the royal dining room. Mr. Hawks sat beside her, along with each of the planet's respective leaders. The Queens and King all sat facing their children, the princesses, who fidgeted in anxiousness.
"Alright, first thing's first. I suppose I should answer the question that's been weighing on all of your minds," Queen Serenity sighed.
"Girls, this mysterious power of yours... the reason you have it, along with certain physical attributes, lies in your birth, your origin. I'm sure that by now, many of you have wondered why none of you have fathers and why you have no recollection of ever having one either?"
All of the girls nodded in agreement, all except Mina, who looked more confused than ever.
'My origin? What does her majesty mean? What about my father?' Mina's face
scrunched up in confusion. Queen Serenity, not missing the princess's confusion sent a look of sympathy towards Queen Aphrodite of Venus. The woman had a look of shame on her face.
"The truth is, over a decade ago, the planets of our galaxy were invaded by people of another. All male, they were from a planet they called Vegeta, a planet home to a warrior race. All five of them were elite soldiers, and the strongest on their planet. At first, we feared they had come in search of new land to conquer, but they assured us it was no such thing. They merely wanted to meet the planetary leaders for... reasons unknown."
Queen Serenity's eyes glazed over as she recalled the first meeting between her and the strong warrior that had landed on her planet. He had seemed cruel and ruthless at first, yet he always kept a hold on humanity somehow and had never felt cold to her. He was...
"Mother!" Startled from her reverie, Queen Serenity looked upon her daughter's frustrated face.
"Yes, darling?"
"You drifted off a bit there, mother." Serena looked downwards, "Sorry to have yelled."
"It's quite alright."
"Wait, so what happened next?" Mina directed her question towards her mother and leaned forward in anticipation.
"Well," Queen Serenity continued, "We soon fell in love with these strong
warriors, and the result of this was that you girls were born."
As the queen expelled the air she had been holding in, an eerie silence swept across the room as the information was absorbed. All Thoughts bordered 'I'm half alien?' or 'Who is my father?' and 'Wonder what he looked like...' Once again, however, Amy was the first to break through the ice as she drew up the courage to speak.
"Um, your majesty?" Ami squeaked out, "These warriors... they wouldn't happen to be..." Here, Ami paused uncertain as to whether or not she should continue.
"Yes," Queen Serenity gently prodded the hesitant girl.
"...Saiy-jin warriors?," Ami finally spoke and nodded, confirming her theory when she saw Queen Serenity's eyes widen slightly.
"How did you know, Ami?"
"Well, your majesty, last night I did some research and came up with a legend titled 'The Mighty Saiy-jins.' These saiyans seemed to fit the description quite well."
Queen Serenity smiled, "Yes, you are correct Amy. They were indeed Saiy-jin warriors."
"Queen Serenity," Rei spoke, "Why is it these Saiy-jins can only be learned of by legend?"
"Ah, well that is simple. Although a mighty race they proved to be, a stronger force destroyed their home planet and any traces of their kind. With Vegeta-sei destroyed and the Saiy-jin race annhilated, a legend is all that is left."
"But, your majesty," Mina protested fiercely, "How could they have come here if the race had been annhilated?"
"A year or so after their departure from our galaxy, a large explosion was felt throughout the universe. It was then that we realized that Vegeta-sei was no more."
Mina began to shake her head in denial, "No, no it can't be... I have a father... I do..." Her voice trailed off as tears trailed down her face, her eyes pleading as she looked at her mother, begging her to tell her the truth. She refused to believe her mother had done this to her, let her feel so unwanted and unloved, when the truth was that the only father she had ever known was a lie and her own true father was dead, long gone.
"Mina," Queen Aphrodite looked at her daughter in regret for how things had played out. She was truly sorry, "Forgive me." The Queen of Venus then looked down at the table in an attempt to avoid the eyes of her child.
"Mother," Mina whispered, "I ...."
"Mina,"Queen Serenity's voice spoke softly, kindly, "You must understand that your mother wanted only the best for you."
Lita, who was sitting beside Mina at the time, placed a hand on her shoulder and aimed her gaze towards her own mother.
"Mother,"Lita sounded grave, "Is this true?" Lita's mother, Flora, the Queen of Jupiter smiled.
"Yes." In return, Lita cracked a smile of her own.
"It's no wonder with this strength of mine," Lita replied, trying to ease the tension in the room.
"Queen Serenity," Ami suddenly cut in, "What I want to know is what are these powers of ours? Why did they just appear now and why have our physical appearances changed as well?"
"I think this may be better explained by Mr. Hawks here," Queen Serenity nodded towards Skyler.
"Thank you, your majesty. Now, what I have come to conclude is that each of you have always had this power, but also your planetary magic. Because magic is a simple substance that can be used, it is more like an object that can be called upon, drawn out. However, this other power of yours may lay dormant for decades before it is unleashed. I can see that it is not something to be used, but in a sense created, for this power is like an extension of yourself, the manipulating of your energy, your body. Do you understand?"
Various questioning looks marred the confused faces of the girls, included some of their mothers as well.
"Yes, " Ami spoke in a quiet voice, "Yes, I think I do."
"Really?" Serena asked, "Then could you explain it to us?"
"Well, it's simple. Take your moonbeam for example. When you use it, you pull the magic from within yourself, but the magic itself is still separate from you. It simply exists there, but is not a part of your body, right?" At this, all the girls nodded and Amy continued.
"It's the same with all of our magic. We use it, we do not create magic because we already have it. This is why magic cannot be taught, only the use of it, because some people just don't have any and will never have any. However, this other power seems to come from your very essence. You learn how to channel your own life force from what I understand and requires intense training different from what we have learned. That is why this power did not surface at birth and lay dormant for so long."
"Wait a second," Lita seemed to pounce on Skyler, "What about all of this?"Lita pointed to her tail and hair.
"For the same reasons, your magic dominated, leaving only your planetary traits, or your mothers' genes, to show. Once your powers were released, however, your features changed to accommodate the Saiy-jin blood."
"Is the process reversible?" Questioned Amy.
"Theoretically, it should be. When you were born, the magic within you naturally hid your Saiy-jin blood, so all you need to do is concentrate on your magic to change back to how you looked before. However, using your other powers will trigger the Saiy-jin blood within you and..."
"We'll be roaming about with tails again," Lita sighed.
"Hmm," Rei seemed disturbed, "Your majesty, during that brief time that you regained consciousness, you spoke of some prophecy."
Even as Rei said this, the Queen's features took on a stony look, deathly serious.
"Yes, that was a very unexpected factor in all this," Queen Serenity nodded gravely, "There is a prophecy that states that five great warriors shall awaken from their slumber when the time has come for them to defend the galaxy against the chaos of evil. They are known as ... the planetary five."
The room had gone silent once more, as the Queen's implications had caught
them by surprise.
"Mother...what is the meaning of this?" Serena's voice quivered.
"My darling," Queen Serenity smiled, "I am certain that you five are the ones."
Rei gasped, "You mean..."
"Yes Rei," Queen Lilith of Mars spoke, "You are the ones who are destined to save our galaxy."
"The planetary five," confirmed Amy's mother, Allexis, Queen of Mercury.
Silence reigned for a few minutes.
"Alright then! What are we doing sitting here?" Everyone stared shocked at the now enthusiastic princess of Venus.
"Come on! You heard what Queen Serenity said. An evil force is on its way! We have to be prepared.!!" Soon the rest of the girls, swept up in Mina's passionate speech, joined in.
"Yeah, that's right!" Lita stood suddenly, her fist clenched as her chair was knocked over, "We gotta train hard to defeat whatever comes our way!"
"Mmhm," Rei agreed quietly from her seat.
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"Fire...ah!" Rei screamed as her opponent halted in mid punch, his fist inches away from her face. Skyler grinned as he pulled back his fist.
"You have to learn to form attacks without the accompanying mantras."
Rei scowled as she sulked, grudingly listening to what he had to say. She, and the other princesses had been training with the man, Skyler Hawks, for a few days now and had been getting nowhere, or at least that was how she felt. Frustration was building to a peak as Skyler droned on and on about how to properly execute her attack. Unbeknownst to her, an eerie red light was beginning to eminate from her clenched fists thay lay at her side. Then, suddenly, it happened.
"Shut UP!!" As Rei screamed her fury, she released a ball of light from her hands as if by instinct. A large explosion was heard as the ball of light met its target. Rei stood, awestruck at what she had just done, the girls also wearing looks of disbelief, their mouths wide open in shock. Serena and Ami were knocked to the floor by the force of the explosion, their clothing visibly singed as the dust cleared.
"Oops," Rei squeaked, "Umm...Skyler?...EEK!!" Everyone could now make out
the figure of a man behind Rei as she whirled around to confront him.
"Heh, scared you huh? You should always keep your guard up," Skyler grinned.
"Hmph!"
"Well, a job well done anyway. That is what would be called a simple energyblast, which is just a simple extension of your own energy. I want you all to master this first. Learn how to create small and big energy blasts. Play around with it."
"Hey!" Rei seemed excited as a ball of pure red light seemed to float above her palm.
"Whoa, hey! You're getting good at this Rei," Skyler commented as he turned to face the group. "Rei has already reached the next step. Manipulating your energy into a shape or form."
"What's the difference?" Serena looked slightly confused.
"Well, energy blasts are just amounts of energy that you release. By holding on the energy and manipulating it into a ball or some other shape, you are basically refining this skill. It's kindof like learning archery. You learn how to shoot first, then how to shoot accurately and effectively. Understand?"
"Hmm, neat." Rei continued to play around with the ball of energy, when it
suddenly disappeared. "Huh?"
"You always have to keep some kind of concentration on it, to confirm its
existence. Otherwise, it will dissapear and return to its origin," Skyler tutored.
Rei sighed, as did the other girls. It would be a long day.
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Over the next few weeks, all of the girls could do energy blasts, and under Skyler's careful tutorlage, they slowly learned how to increase or decrease the size and power of their energy blasts, refining them as they went along. Rei, however, seemed to catching on the fastest, as she was already able to increase or decrease the power or amount of energy without changing the size of the ball or beam of energy she created. Not only could she create balls and beams, she had also just begun exploring how to control disk-shaped energies. Skyler and Queen Serenity had discussed Rei's much faster
pace in learning. They deducted that because Rei was very accomplished in the spiritual arts, she had an easier time in learning such attacks.
On the other hand, while Rei excelled in style, Lita, the tough one of the group, truly lived up to expectations with a seemingly endless supply of power. While not nearly as refined as Rei, Lita's energy supply and power was amazing; she could easily be seen as Rei's equal. Ami was going in the exact opposite direction of Lita and Rei, her powers taking her towards different kinds of attacks, those of a different nature, yet still deadly. She was most succesful in creating strong shields or walls and had learned a special way of releasing her energy, so that it came out in a flash, blinding all in its path. Mina had
taken a liking to manipulating her energy into weapons of some sort, using her energy like a tool. She was able to manipulate her energy into the most unique forms to suit whatever she needed: a sword, an arrow, and even a booomerang! This strange use ofenergy somewhat puzzled Skyler, but he accepted it as he accepted each of the other girls' powers and how they reflected upon each person. However, the strangest of all the girls had to be Serena. She had somehow not been able to really grasp the concept of using her energy and had begun picking up on techniques of the body. For instance, she had increased her speed greatly and had also stumbled upon a way of transporting herself from one place to another, though only across very short distances.
In short, the girls had great progress. The only possible problems were that they were only refined in specific areas. Other techniques they could perform adequately and they were certainly not weak in those areas. However, it was feared that it would not be enough for the battle that was surely to come.
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It was a bright and sunny morning as the five princesses awoke and changed into their training outfits. Filing into the hall, refreshed and exited to start a new day of training, the girls began to talk about what they would work on and how their training was going.
"Well, you know," Rei spoke up, "I heard that we're gonna learn something new today!"
"Wow, really!" Lita piped in, "I can't wait!"
"Yes," Ami agreed, "This is all very intriguing."
"This should be fun! I love new things!" Mina squealed, delighted.
"Well, everyone knows that you'll master it. Otherwise, you wouldn't be Skyler's favorite!" Serena teased.
"Hey!" Rei seemed offended.
"Aww, come on Rei, she was just kidding," Mina cut in, "Although you are his favorite..."
"Mina!"
"Sorry, sorry!"
"Hey, what's going on here?" The girls all looked up to see Skyler and flushed, embarassed. "Should'nt you girls be warming up?" At that, the girls set off at a fast-paced run. Each morning they would start their day off with a refreshing jog, or run, after stretching. At first they had begun with a mile or so, adding more and more as they got into shape and their stamina improved. They were, after all, princesses and were not physically fit for the exercise. Eventually, they worked up to running 10 miles around a small lake before slowly coming to a stop to do work on individual muscles. Each did at least 200 sit-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, and other excercises. Depending on each of the girl's strengths and what needed to be improved, Skyler would assign a different amount
to them. After this, they would jump into the lake and swim the whole length before swimming back, using the lake's cold temperature to cool them down before the true training began. At the beginning, the girls could barely stand after their 'warm up', but now, the girls seemed to become strangely refreshed as they prepared to learn new techniques and were only slightly fatigued if at all.
"Alright, girls. You've come a long way in learning how to develop your powers and now, you will learn the final step that you must be able to accomplish."
The girls waited eagerly to hear what Skyler was going to teach them.
"You must be able to use your magic in your Saiy-jin forms."
"You mean, it's possible?" Ami questioned him.
"Yes, of course. Since your magic is always with you, even when your body
changes to acknowledge your Saiy-jin blood, you should be able to use it because you are still the same person. Make sense?"
"But how does this work?" Rei was slightly confused.
"Well, when you use magic in this form, it will have the same effects, but instead of you only being able to call it forth, you will be able to handle it as you do your energy. It's as if you've let some magic flow into your energy blasts, if you want to think of it that way, or that instead of drawing forth your energy, you draw upon your magic, only now you know how to handle it as if it were energy, allowing it to be more useful to you."
'Hmm, I ...I think I get it!' Serena thought. She concentrated hard, feeling the magic within, she mentally pulled it out, but held on to it, letting it gather on her palm. It seemed strange. She could feel the raw magic there, yet it had no name or identity. This could become one of many different spells she knew, but she had yet to decide, and so it stayed unknown. She figured she would have to name it herself.
"Starlight Flash!" The room was engulfed in an strange light show as the ball of magic hit the floor.
"Serena! Good job!" Serena found herself blushing as Skyler showered her with praise.
"That was...odd," Serena stated. "Normally you call out the spell, and the magic takes form before coming forth, but this was the exace opposite..." Serena mumbled to herself. Hearing her words, Skyler nodded in confimation.
"Yes, you must decide what form your magic will take on, but I think that
eventually, you won't have to speak aloud to trigger your magic either when using it in this manner. Just your own will alone should do the trick." Serena nodded happily.
Suddenly Ami was surrounded by an energy shield, yet it shined and glimmered strangely. A gasp. The ground around Ami within the shield had frozen over. She slowly opened her eyes to see if she had succeeded or not and smiled.
"Hey, Ami!" Lita pointed her glowing finger towards Ami, "Take this!" Shooting a flurry of sharp leaves towards Ami's barrier, Lita watched in amazement as they were all frozen upon contact with it. "Hey, you're getting pretty good at that, Ami!"
"Really?" Rei suddenly spoke, "Let's see how much heat you can take!"
Concentrating hard, Rei sent a large ball of magic that burst out into flames towards Ami's barrier, causing both fireball and barrier to disappear as a result.
"Okay, okay, that's enough now," Skyler admonished, "Mina?"
"Huh? Oh, check this out!" Holding out her hand, a ball of magic formed on her hand, stretching into the shape of a crescent moon, the end of it sparkling with little hearts that shot off in a beam of light.
"Cool!" Serena squealed. Mina winked back in response before letting the blade dissapear.
Skyler smiled. The girls had become better and better at catching on to new techniques. Their rate of learning had increased greatly. However, there was still a lot to learn, a lot of things that he, unfortunately, couldn't teach them. They had to discover that on their own through further training that they would have to do on their own time.
"Alright girls, that's it for today. Rest well," Skyler ended their training session when he noticed the girls' fatigue. While they were becoming increasingly skilled, they were still young girls, something that he always had to keep in mind. Being responsible for the fate of the galaxy is a big job, too big a job, he feared, for such young girls.
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Shifting back into her 'planetary' features, as Skyler called them, Serena sighed as she eased herself into the hot bath she had prepared. Ahh, training was actually very satisfying, both physically and mentally. It seemed that all of them were getting stronger and stronger as each day passed ...but would they finish their training in time and would it be enough? Would they be enough to drive away the impending force of evil? She sighed as she slipped down lower into the bath, the steam carressing her face comfortingly. Yes, that was the big question.
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