Finally! It's done!! Sorry for the wait everyone! Your patience is very appreciated. I hope it's worth it. Warning. There is some very mild bad language. Also, where the story takes place in the DBZ timeline, the androids have arrived and are prepared to destroy earth! Mwa ha ha ha haaa!! ... ^_^;; Sorry. I'm a bit hyper. Enjoy!!
Disclaimer: No! I don't own Dragon Ball Z or Sailor Moon!
The Saiy-jin Scouts by Crystal Rose
Chapter 6 ~
Out in the scorching heat of the desert six figures could be seen, standing tense, their eyes focused ahead on a large steel door. A short, bald man stood beside a large namekian, sweat beading his brow as he shook with fear. The namekian stood tall, his jaw clenched in anger as he waited beside others. A man with wild black hair that spiked upwards stood smirking in confidence, while a lavender-haired youth stood behind him, his fear visible. Off to the side, two other men stood, waiting. One had two large scars crossing his cheek, the other a third eye.
"Hah!" Vegeta stepped forward arrogantly, "I'll take care of this."
Before anyone could stop him, he fired a large ball of energy straight towards the steel door, smashing it in to reveal a peeved Dr. Geroe and a young man and woman, or so it seemed.
"Number 17! Number 18! I order you to DESTROY THEM!!" The android tossed his black hair over his shoulder in an unconcerned matter.
"Hnh," He smirked, "Why should we listen to you?" The doctor continued to rant, oblivious to the evil glint that had appeared in the android's eye. Turning to face android 18, Geroe tried once more to regain his creations' obedience.
"YOU ARE MY CREATIONS! I GAVE YOU LIFE!! YOU MUST O...! Ohh!"
Gasping in surprise, Doctor Geroe looked down to see the hand of android 17 protruding from his stomach. The Z fighters all looked on in horror, as the android calmly withdrew his hand.
"YOU! YOU CAN'T!! I..." Any more words that the doctor might have said were cut off as Android 17's foot connected with his head, neatly decapitating him. Krillin's eyes widened in terror as Dr. Geroe's head rolled over towards them before being crushed beneath 17's feet. Eighteen walked up behind him, smirking.
"I've awaken 16. He seems...interesting." Eighteen gestured behind her towards another, much larger android with blue eyes and orange hair.
"Yes, well..."
KABOOM
A small explosion sounded above. Snapping their heads up they saw...could it be? Yes, a space ship. Were they being attacked? What was going on? As soon as the ship became visible, it was clear that it was dangerously out of control. Debris flew behind it as it plummeted downward, closer and closer, headed straight at them for a crash landing. The androids looked on with mild interest. Android 18 stepped forward to get a better look, her hand raised to shield her eyes.
"What the..."
Quickly regaining his senses, Piccolo turned to the rest of them.
"RUN FOR IT!"
It was almost too late. The ship was only thirty meters or so from the ground, debris showering down threateningly as large shards of metal lodged themselves into the ground. Running like mad, the whole gang scattered when the small meteor of a spacecraft impacted, glass shattering in all directions as they all hit the ground, arms raised to shield their faces. Seconds later, everything quieted and an eerie silence swept across the land as they slowly got to their feet to search the crash site. The ship, or whatever it had been, was completely destroyed and unrecognizable, reduced to a heap of scrap metal. Fragments of the ship littered the ground, surrounding a much larger piece of
metal they speculated to be the main chamber. Whoever had been in there certainly wasn't alive anymore. The ship had crashed right on top of Dr. Jeroe's lab, causing the cave's collapse. A small explosion of metal and earth drew their attention. Standing triumphantly were android 17 and 18 with 16 standing just behind them.
"Well, hello there," Number 17 greeted.
The Z fighters all developed a defensive stance, all but Vegeta that is, who proudly stepped forward.
"Hnh. I'll fight you," He smirked. Nodding to 18, 17 addressed the over-confident Saiy-jin.
"Fine by me, but you'll be fighting 18 over there." Vegeta snorted in disbelief.
"Just don't get too wound up when I defeat her." Smiling cockily, Vegeta burst out in yellow flames that died away as quickly as they had appeared, leaving in their wake, a super Saiy-jin.
The two flew off a ways, Vegeta immediately going on the offensive as number 18 nimbly dodged each of his attacks effortlessly. Vegeta, on the other hand, was putting all of his energy into a furiously fast paced attack. The effort of keeping this up was obviously becoming a strain on the Saiy-jin prince as he began to tire. Piccolo growled angrily.
"He's weakening! This is exactly what they want," he gritted out through clenched teeth.
"At this rate, he won't have any energy left to defend himself," Tien stated gravely.
"Exactly." With an air of finality, they all turned to watch, waiting for the inevitable to happen. At that moment, the Saiy-jin prince plummeted to earth, crashing into a large boulder.
Vegeta looked at the android in horror as a terrible realization dawned on him. 'She...she's been toying with me! All this time...'
"Ahhh!!" A gut wrenching scream came from Vegeta as his arm was twisted savagely.
"No!" Trunks screamed out before whispering brokenly, "Father..."
Out on the battlefield, android 18 stood above Vegeta's kneeling form, her face a mask of ice.
"How foolish. To think that you could defeat us androids. Well, it all ends here." Raising her hand, she paused slightly, "And to think, we're all just a bunch of machines, too. Right?" Smiling cruelly, energy flared about her hand, growing brighter by the second.
Trunks stood beside the others, shaking in anger. Right as android 18 released the ball of energy, Trunks screamed in rage as he turned super Saiy-jin and simultaneously flew towards Vegeta, too late it seemed, as someone else had beaten him to it. He watched in confusion as the ball of energy was deflected by bright red ki that flew forward like an arrow out of nowhere.
The Z fighters and Trunks, who was still suspended in the air, looked about in confusion to spot five young women standing only fifty feet or so away, each wearing battle armor that looked frighteningly similar to Vegeta's. Saiy-jin armor, they realized with shock. Standing near the front was a young woman with long black hair flowing out behind her, the red tints in her hair showing as they caught the rays of the sun. With her hand still outstretched, she stared down upon them, her red eyes gleaming. Four other women stood about her, all strangely intimidating.
"What?!" Krillin looked at the women with shock. None of the Z fighters knew what to think of this. The strange appearance of these other-worldly beings was unexpected, to say the least, if not odd.
"Well, what have we here," Number 17 suddenly appeared beside 18, landing
gracefully.
A young woman with bright orange eyes and golden orange hair stepped forward and smiled.
"We, the planetary five, will not tolerate such behavior," She stated bravely.
Off on the sidelines, Piccolo wondered what in kami's name these women were doing. The fools. They'll only get themselves killed.
"Oh is that so," Number 17 inquired, interested.
Beside him, 18 watched the earthlings uncomfortably. No, she amended to herself, they are no earthlings. They don't seem to be from this planet at all. This was quite an unexpected factor in their plan, one that must be eliminated immediately!
Meanwhile, 17 had been pondering about the unexpected arrivals as well, a scowl on his face. His scanners had read their power levels, revealing that they were astonishingly low. How they could have deflected 18's blasst with such low power levelswas unexplainable. Added together, they couldn't even equal the short bald-headed one's power level, which was already weak beyond comparison to the amount of power they, as androids, had at their disposal. It was simply impossible.
"We have no quarrel with you," Seventeen stated, "Do not get in our way."
"Hnh! Well you do now!" The woman in the green armor launched into attack, the woman in red from before followed immediately. The two women shot forth beam after beam of energy, while the other three women stood by, watching. Seeing the opportunity, Trunks headed towards his father, who had fallen unconscious, and carried him back to safety.
'What are they doing?' Piccolo watched with disbelief. It didn't even seem as if they were trying! Did they actually think they stood a chance?!
"Hearts of Love! Surround!!"
Suddenly, the three women that had been standing off to the side jumped into the fight, appearing out of nowhere. The orange haired woman that had first spoken, held on tight to a scowling android 17, who had been caught in surprise by some kind of ki attack of hers after taking a hit from one of the other women who had unexpectedly joined the fight. Holding onto the end of the chain she had created with her ki, the woman glowed a bright orange, enveloping the android in it. Amazingly, 17 began to weaken and he fell to his knees with a grunt, panting heavily. The woman frowned a bit before watching the android become unconscious, or 'off line' as his systems shut down temporarily. Another woman in blue armor knelt down and enveloped the android in her own blue ki, her hands glowing as she did so, before jumping back into the fray.
Similarly, Android 18 had been weakened when the same woman in blue shot her with a ki blast in mid air, seeming to immobilize her for a few seconds. That was all they needed, however, as the woman in green armor surrounded the android with a blast of green ki that spiraled about her body. Android 18 seemed to go stiff right before she too went limp, going 'off line' as she plummeted to the ground.
The Z fighters watched on in astonishment and disbelief. These five women had single handedly defeated the androids with ease, when not even Vegeta, a super Saiy-jin, could touch them. They loathed to think how they would fare against them. The group all tensed in anticipation as the group of women suddenly turned towards them, leaving the two androids behind. As they neared, the group realized with shock that the group of women was much younger than any of them had previously thought and were in fact a group of young girls. Their youthful beauty was unmistakable as they stood before them, their eyes hard and calculating, scrutinizing them closely.
"Who are you?" Piccolo glared at the girls suspiciously.
The girls had all been silent in thought, waiting for the strangers to make their move. Seeing the opportunity arise, Rei had stepped forward, her tail unfurling from her waist to sway back and forth behind her as she walked, provoking many a gasp from the Z fighters.
"Like we've said," Rei stopped just a few feet away from Piccolo, "We are the planetary five."
"Where do you come from and what do you want," Piccolo growled.
"Who are you that we should trust?" Rei glared back in a challenge of authority. Seeing the increasing amount of hostility, Ami quickly stepped forward.
"Look, we mean no harm," at this Ami received a sharp glare from Rei, but
continued nonetheless.
"We have come here from a neighboring galaxy on a mission to find the strongest warriors living here."
"That still doesn't explain why you all have tails," Krillin walked out from behind the large namek.
"Yeah, and what about that armor?" Yamacha added.
The girls all looked slightly uncomfortable as they fidgeted and looked away.
"Huh! Just as I figured," Tien spat out, contemptuously, "Who sent you here! You bunch of filthy Saiy-jins!! If you think you can take over earth, well you've got another thing coming! The Z fighters will send you back to whatever hellhole you crawled out of!!" The girls cringed slightly.
Trunks, who had been silent the entire time, looked down towards his father when he heard him stir at the mention of Saiy-jins.
"What do you mean, filthy Saiy-jins?" Vegeta ground out dangerously.
"Well what else could they be?" Yamacha motioned towards the girls, "Just look at those tails!"
"WHAT?!" Vegeta bellowed as he spun around furiously to confront the girls, who seemed somewhat startled by the sudden movement. Quickly, before any fighting could break out, Serena stepped forward, her hands held out in a defensive guesture.
"Please," She pleaded, "Please, stop. It is true, what you have said. We are indeed part Saiy-jin."
"Part?" Trunks blurted out, bewildered. They certainly didn't look to be half-human.
"Yes," Serena stood firmly, her silver hair blowing in the breeze. "We are all half Saiy-jin."
"How? How is that possible?!" Vegeta raged.
"The way it's been told to us, it appears that warriors from Vegeta-sei journeyed to our galaxy over a decade ago and fell in love. As a result, we were born."
Vegeta sniffed in disdain after hearing the story, "Love indeed. Hmph!"
"Well, in any case," Piccolo turned to face the girls, "I think you should come with us." Serena merely nodded.
"What about those two uh...'androids' I think they were called." Lita pointed over her shoulder to where the androids lay immobile.
"Bring them along."
Soon the entire group was in the air, headed towards the Capsule Corp. building. Piccolo was near the front, along with Tien and Yamacha. Krillin hung back a bit with the girls, two of which were carrying the 'unconscious' androids.
"By the way," Krillin piped up, "What did you do to those two?"
"Oh them? They're simply out of commission at the moment." Mina smiled kindly.
"Oh...okay," Krillin stuttered out, not really understanding.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So what's it like back home?"
Bulma leaned over towards the shy girls curiously. They all sat comfortably on a large couch in the middle of the brief's living room, looking slightly unsettled at becoming the focus of conversation. When they had arrived, the girls had opted to change back into their regular outfits, which nonetheless still looked formal and military, and reverted to their planetary forms to stand out less. The Z fighters had been shocked, to say the least, when they had suddenly changed appearances, but were fine with it for the most part and decided not to ask any questions until inside. Krillin had been sent off to inform some others about their arrival while Bulma had eagerly welcomed them upon hearing their situation, and had taken an instant liking to them, shy as they may be.
"Well, where we come from, there are two circles of planets. Our planets all exist within the inner circle. Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Luna, better known as the moon."
"Wow," Bulma was impressed, "How neat! Oh, how rude of me! I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Bulma Briefs." Holding out her hand, she smiled widely. Serena smiled shyly before putting her hand in Bulma's.
"I'm Serena and these are my friends," gestured Serena with a sweep of her hand. Ami, who sat next to her, smiled warmly.
"Hello, My name is Ami."
"I'm Lita. Nice to meet you." Beside her, Rei flipped her hair over her shoulder coyly.
"Rei, how do you do?"
"Hi! The name's Mina."
"Well, it's great to meet all you girls," Bulma laughed merrily at their colorful introductions.
"So! Where do you all come from? I mean which planets," Bulma's dad, Mr. Briefs walked into the room.
"Yeah, I'd love to hear more about you and your homes." Bulma perked up.
"Alright, I'll go first!" Mina volunteered cheerfully. "I come from the planet Venus, planet of love and beauty." Rei snorted and rolled her eyes.
"Well, I'm from Mars, planet of fierce passion, though some would call us a people of war." Lita stifled a giggle.
"Some?" Rei shot her a scalding look, causing Lita to hold her hands up in defense.
"Ok, ok. I'm from Jupiter, a planet full of the most exotic plant life in our galaxy, though it's better known as the planet of the everlasting storm because of its wild weather."
"I am from the planet Mercury, keeper of great wisdom."
"And I am from Luna, the moon," Serena finished.
"There's just one thing that bothers me," Bulma spoke once they were done. "How can the moon be considered a planet?"
"Well a few decades ago, the planet that the moon had been orbiting exploded, leaving the moon to form its own orbit, and thereby becoming a planet itself," Ami calmly explained. Bulma nodded in comprehension.
"Oh, I see! That makes perfect sense. I guess people are used to calling it the moon."
Off to the side, Vegeta sulked angrily, refusing to believe such weaklings had defeated the androids. Trunks mimicked his father and sat quietly as well. Tien, Yamacha, and Piccolo all watched the girls' actions carefully.
"Well that's all nice and dandy," Vegeta stalked across the room, "but why are you here now?"
At this, all the girls seemed to divert their eyes in an ashamed matter, some bitter, some angry.
"We were attacked," Lita spat out, "Our whole galaxy went under siege. It was war."
"Well, what about you? You're warriors. Why didn't you fight?" Tien suddenly spoke up, his contempt for them from before resurfacing.
"We did," Rei stood, indignant, "But..." Here she looked down with a fist clutched tightly, her eyes hard, "We couldn't do a thing to stop them. It was useless."
"What?!" Trunks sputtered in his shock. He couldn't even fathom how strong their enemy must have been.
"Yes," Ami spoke up, "You see. We had only discovered about our Saiy-jin heritage a month or so before the attack came. Our training time wasn't nearly sufficient enough. We were easily defeated."
"Is that so," Piccolo's deep voice filled the room. "And now?"
"We have improved somewhat, but not nearly enough to defeat our enemies."
Serena stated gravely.
"Hmm, and how did you happen to stumble upon Vegeta and the others?" Mr. Brief questioned.
"Well, you see. Our space ship had suffered a terrible crash landing..." Serena thought back to the crash and how they had barely survived.
Inside the wreckage, the girls were just beginning to stir. Groans of pain could be heard as they were pulled out of unconsciousness.
"Ugh, who ran me over?" Mina groggily asked, holding a hand to her bleeding forehead, a trickle of blood running down her face. Beside her, Rei crawled to her hands and knees, only to begin coughing up blood onto the floor before bringing the back of her hand to her lips, effectively quelling her fit. Taking in a deep breath, she turned over to face the ceiling, panting for breath.
"Where are we?" Rei panted.
"No idea," Lita gritted her teeth as she pulled her leg out from under a piece of wreckage, a long and nasty gash on her upper arm. Holding her arm to stop the flow of blood, Lita sat up painfully, wincing as she did so.
"I think I sprained an ankle," She turned to look at the others. The crash had left them in bad shape.
"Ooh, I feel so dizzy," Mina moaned. Rei clutched at her side, looking towards Mina with concern.
"Lita," Rei called over to the red head, "You think she may have a concussion?"
"It's very possible." Both Lita and Rei looked up to see Ami standing weakly before them, swaying a bit off balance as she cradled her arm.
"Ami, you ok?"
"Of course. Just a broken arm. Nothing to be worried about."
Kneeling down, Ami started to inspect Mina.
"Hmm, I think it may be a mild concussion, but she should be fine."
"That's good news," Serena wobbled over before collapsing onto the ground in a heap of cuts and bruises.
"Serena!"
"Are you alright?"
"She's just exhausted," Ami calmly supplied. They were all somewhat doubtful since they all had their fair share of cuts and bruises, though not nearly to the extent that Serena did.
"It's alright, really," Serena sat up.
"Being the best off of us all," Ami stated, "I think that I should be the one to cast a healing spell, if anyone is to."
"Don't be ridiculous, Ami," Lita replied, "We can all chip in to strengthen the healing spell... right?"
At this, everyone nodded. Moments later, after a small debate, the group was much better than before. Most of their serious injuries had been taken care of, healed to the point that they were no longer excruciatingly painful, or life-threatening for that matter, and just served as inconveniences, leaving only their cuts and bruises to be dealt with. However, because of the energy required to cast the combined healing spell, they had reverted back to their planetary forms. Nothing they couldn't handle, though.
Clenching one gloved fist, Lita punched a hole through the offending metal cage they had been trapped in, causing the bright light from outside to stream in. Tearing aside the metal, Lita made a makeshift door for them and stepped through, shielding her eyes from the sun. When she was out, she began to survey the land, looking for signs of life. The others girls all stood beside her now, scouting out the land as well. At the sound of something bursting through metal, the girls all dived behind the remnants of what had been their ship's main chamber, hoping to find some sort of shelter. The sound of someone talking drew their attention.
"What's going on?" Mina whispered hurriedly, prodding the other girls, who had a better view of the situation.
"Looks like a fight's about to start," Rei answered gravely.
They all watched as the strangely unfeeling girl fought a man with blue eyes and blond hair spiked upwards. He was enveloped in his own ki, a bright yellow color. They all saw, with horror, what was about to happen when the man had his arm twisted brutally, his pain causing him to kneel on the ground. Bursting out in flames, in a flash of movement, Rei's arm shot out, releasing a ball of ki so fast, it flew through the air like an arrow. It was just in time to deflect the girl's attack and effectively save the man's life.
They had then decided to join in the fight, sending Lita and Rei off to test the two beings while Serena, Ami, and Mina stood on the sidelines, studying the both the boy and girl's moves carefully. Sending Lita and Rei out also served as a means of distraction, so that the rest of the girls could come up with a strategy based on how their enemies fought. The next step was to simply execute the plan, which they did without difficulty.
"After that, we met you and here we are," Serena finished her story.
"Well that's certainly an interesting story."
Everyone turned in shock towards the new voice. Standing there in the doorway, was Krillin, along with someone else, who was being supported heavily by him and looked somewhat sickly despite the large grin pasted on his face.
"Goku!" Bulma got up immediately, "You shouldn't be out of bed! What would
Chi Chi say?"
"I'd say get your sorry looking behind back in bed!" A woman with black hair pulled up into a bun walked out from behind the pair, a small boy standing beside her. "However, since Goku was being impossibly stubborn. I decided to come along."
"Chi Chi!" Bulma smiled and went over to hug her friend. "How are you?"
"Oh, just fine. Goku's getting much better, but isn't anything near fully healed and my little Gohan is just so behind in his school work!"
"Aww, I'll make it up, mom. Promise." The little boy walked in.
"So, these are the girls I've heard to much about?" Goku promptly fell into an empty chair, a bit out of breath. Vegeta snorted rudely.
"Well, Kakarott. You finally decided to show up. These girls here claim to be half Saiy-jin."
"Really?! Saiy-jins you say?"
"Yes, it's true," Rei glared at Vegeta menacingly.
"Hnh! I doubt it."
Rei looked to the rest of the girls, an unspoken question in her eyes. They nodded. Smirking triumphantly, Rei turned towards Vegeta, who now scowled fiercely.
"Well maybe this will convince you."
With that, the girls burst out in flames, their appearances changing in the midst of their transformations. When the flames had calmed considerably, the girls all stood proudly, showing off their new tails to the shocked bystanders.
Goku was speechless. In all his years of fighting, he hadn't ever seen such a transformation where you changed species, or at least that's what it looked like to him. Pointing dumbly at the girls, his jaw wide open, Goku seemed to be in shock. That changed when a fist came crashing down on his head.
"Goku! Stop gaping!! It's rude," Chi Chi admonished. Bulma just stared uncomprehending, a blank look on her face. It was an even bigger shock when Mr. Briefs calmly walked up to the girls, completely unfazed, to speak.
"So, it is as I thought. You girls are the legendary planetary five." He nodded in confirmation when he saw the surprised looks on their faces.
"How..." Rei trailed off uncertainly. Mr. Briefs sighed.
"I guess the cat's out of the bag now." He mumbled to himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Whew! Am I glad that part's done! It took me forever to get it the way I wanted. Sorry if people thought Tien was OOC, but I don't know a whole lot about him. Once again, sorry for the wait. Please EMAIIIIIIIL! Or not. Anyway, hope to get the next part out soon!
Crystal Rose ^_~
Disclaimer: No! I don't own Dragon Ball Z or Sailor Moon!
The Saiy-jin Scouts by Crystal Rose
Chapter 6 ~
Out in the scorching heat of the desert six figures could be seen, standing tense, their eyes focused ahead on a large steel door. A short, bald man stood beside a large namekian, sweat beading his brow as he shook with fear. The namekian stood tall, his jaw clenched in anger as he waited beside others. A man with wild black hair that spiked upwards stood smirking in confidence, while a lavender-haired youth stood behind him, his fear visible. Off to the side, two other men stood, waiting. One had two large scars crossing his cheek, the other a third eye.
"Hah!" Vegeta stepped forward arrogantly, "I'll take care of this."
Before anyone could stop him, he fired a large ball of energy straight towards the steel door, smashing it in to reveal a peeved Dr. Geroe and a young man and woman, or so it seemed.
"Number 17! Number 18! I order you to DESTROY THEM!!" The android tossed his black hair over his shoulder in an unconcerned matter.
"Hnh," He smirked, "Why should we listen to you?" The doctor continued to rant, oblivious to the evil glint that had appeared in the android's eye. Turning to face android 18, Geroe tried once more to regain his creations' obedience.
"YOU ARE MY CREATIONS! I GAVE YOU LIFE!! YOU MUST O...! Ohh!"
Gasping in surprise, Doctor Geroe looked down to see the hand of android 17 protruding from his stomach. The Z fighters all looked on in horror, as the android calmly withdrew his hand.
"YOU! YOU CAN'T!! I..." Any more words that the doctor might have said were cut off as Android 17's foot connected with his head, neatly decapitating him. Krillin's eyes widened in terror as Dr. Geroe's head rolled over towards them before being crushed beneath 17's feet. Eighteen walked up behind him, smirking.
"I've awaken 16. He seems...interesting." Eighteen gestured behind her towards another, much larger android with blue eyes and orange hair.
"Yes, well..."
KABOOM
A small explosion sounded above. Snapping their heads up they saw...could it be? Yes, a space ship. Were they being attacked? What was going on? As soon as the ship became visible, it was clear that it was dangerously out of control. Debris flew behind it as it plummeted downward, closer and closer, headed straight at them for a crash landing. The androids looked on with mild interest. Android 18 stepped forward to get a better look, her hand raised to shield her eyes.
"What the..."
Quickly regaining his senses, Piccolo turned to the rest of them.
"RUN FOR IT!"
It was almost too late. The ship was only thirty meters or so from the ground, debris showering down threateningly as large shards of metal lodged themselves into the ground. Running like mad, the whole gang scattered when the small meteor of a spacecraft impacted, glass shattering in all directions as they all hit the ground, arms raised to shield their faces. Seconds later, everything quieted and an eerie silence swept across the land as they slowly got to their feet to search the crash site. The ship, or whatever it had been, was completely destroyed and unrecognizable, reduced to a heap of scrap metal. Fragments of the ship littered the ground, surrounding a much larger piece of
metal they speculated to be the main chamber. Whoever had been in there certainly wasn't alive anymore. The ship had crashed right on top of Dr. Jeroe's lab, causing the cave's collapse. A small explosion of metal and earth drew their attention. Standing triumphantly were android 17 and 18 with 16 standing just behind them.
"Well, hello there," Number 17 greeted.
The Z fighters all developed a defensive stance, all but Vegeta that is, who proudly stepped forward.
"Hnh. I'll fight you," He smirked. Nodding to 18, 17 addressed the over-confident Saiy-jin.
"Fine by me, but you'll be fighting 18 over there." Vegeta snorted in disbelief.
"Just don't get too wound up when I defeat her." Smiling cockily, Vegeta burst out in yellow flames that died away as quickly as they had appeared, leaving in their wake, a super Saiy-jin.
The two flew off a ways, Vegeta immediately going on the offensive as number 18 nimbly dodged each of his attacks effortlessly. Vegeta, on the other hand, was putting all of his energy into a furiously fast paced attack. The effort of keeping this up was obviously becoming a strain on the Saiy-jin prince as he began to tire. Piccolo growled angrily.
"He's weakening! This is exactly what they want," he gritted out through clenched teeth.
"At this rate, he won't have any energy left to defend himself," Tien stated gravely.
"Exactly." With an air of finality, they all turned to watch, waiting for the inevitable to happen. At that moment, the Saiy-jin prince plummeted to earth, crashing into a large boulder.
Vegeta looked at the android in horror as a terrible realization dawned on him. 'She...she's been toying with me! All this time...'
"Ahhh!!" A gut wrenching scream came from Vegeta as his arm was twisted savagely.
"No!" Trunks screamed out before whispering brokenly, "Father..."
Out on the battlefield, android 18 stood above Vegeta's kneeling form, her face a mask of ice.
"How foolish. To think that you could defeat us androids. Well, it all ends here." Raising her hand, she paused slightly, "And to think, we're all just a bunch of machines, too. Right?" Smiling cruelly, energy flared about her hand, growing brighter by the second.
Trunks stood beside the others, shaking in anger. Right as android 18 released the ball of energy, Trunks screamed in rage as he turned super Saiy-jin and simultaneously flew towards Vegeta, too late it seemed, as someone else had beaten him to it. He watched in confusion as the ball of energy was deflected by bright red ki that flew forward like an arrow out of nowhere.
The Z fighters and Trunks, who was still suspended in the air, looked about in confusion to spot five young women standing only fifty feet or so away, each wearing battle armor that looked frighteningly similar to Vegeta's. Saiy-jin armor, they realized with shock. Standing near the front was a young woman with long black hair flowing out behind her, the red tints in her hair showing as they caught the rays of the sun. With her hand still outstretched, she stared down upon them, her red eyes gleaming. Four other women stood about her, all strangely intimidating.
"What?!" Krillin looked at the women with shock. None of the Z fighters knew what to think of this. The strange appearance of these other-worldly beings was unexpected, to say the least, if not odd.
"Well, what have we here," Number 17 suddenly appeared beside 18, landing
gracefully.
A young woman with bright orange eyes and golden orange hair stepped forward and smiled.
"We, the planetary five, will not tolerate such behavior," She stated bravely.
Off on the sidelines, Piccolo wondered what in kami's name these women were doing. The fools. They'll only get themselves killed.
"Oh is that so," Number 17 inquired, interested.
Beside him, 18 watched the earthlings uncomfortably. No, she amended to herself, they are no earthlings. They don't seem to be from this planet at all. This was quite an unexpected factor in their plan, one that must be eliminated immediately!
Meanwhile, 17 had been pondering about the unexpected arrivals as well, a scowl on his face. His scanners had read their power levels, revealing that they were astonishingly low. How they could have deflected 18's blasst with such low power levelswas unexplainable. Added together, they couldn't even equal the short bald-headed one's power level, which was already weak beyond comparison to the amount of power they, as androids, had at their disposal. It was simply impossible.
"We have no quarrel with you," Seventeen stated, "Do not get in our way."
"Hnh! Well you do now!" The woman in the green armor launched into attack, the woman in red from before followed immediately. The two women shot forth beam after beam of energy, while the other three women stood by, watching. Seeing the opportunity, Trunks headed towards his father, who had fallen unconscious, and carried him back to safety.
'What are they doing?' Piccolo watched with disbelief. It didn't even seem as if they were trying! Did they actually think they stood a chance?!
"Hearts of Love! Surround!!"
Suddenly, the three women that had been standing off to the side jumped into the fight, appearing out of nowhere. The orange haired woman that had first spoken, held on tight to a scowling android 17, who had been caught in surprise by some kind of ki attack of hers after taking a hit from one of the other women who had unexpectedly joined the fight. Holding onto the end of the chain she had created with her ki, the woman glowed a bright orange, enveloping the android in it. Amazingly, 17 began to weaken and he fell to his knees with a grunt, panting heavily. The woman frowned a bit before watching the android become unconscious, or 'off line' as his systems shut down temporarily. Another woman in blue armor knelt down and enveloped the android in her own blue ki, her hands glowing as she did so, before jumping back into the fray.
Similarly, Android 18 had been weakened when the same woman in blue shot her with a ki blast in mid air, seeming to immobilize her for a few seconds. That was all they needed, however, as the woman in green armor surrounded the android with a blast of green ki that spiraled about her body. Android 18 seemed to go stiff right before she too went limp, going 'off line' as she plummeted to the ground.
The Z fighters watched on in astonishment and disbelief. These five women had single handedly defeated the androids with ease, when not even Vegeta, a super Saiy-jin, could touch them. They loathed to think how they would fare against them. The group all tensed in anticipation as the group of women suddenly turned towards them, leaving the two androids behind. As they neared, the group realized with shock that the group of women was much younger than any of them had previously thought and were in fact a group of young girls. Their youthful beauty was unmistakable as they stood before them, their eyes hard and calculating, scrutinizing them closely.
"Who are you?" Piccolo glared at the girls suspiciously.
The girls had all been silent in thought, waiting for the strangers to make their move. Seeing the opportunity arise, Rei had stepped forward, her tail unfurling from her waist to sway back and forth behind her as she walked, provoking many a gasp from the Z fighters.
"Like we've said," Rei stopped just a few feet away from Piccolo, "We are the planetary five."
"Where do you come from and what do you want," Piccolo growled.
"Who are you that we should trust?" Rei glared back in a challenge of authority. Seeing the increasing amount of hostility, Ami quickly stepped forward.
"Look, we mean no harm," at this Ami received a sharp glare from Rei, but
continued nonetheless.
"We have come here from a neighboring galaxy on a mission to find the strongest warriors living here."
"That still doesn't explain why you all have tails," Krillin walked out from behind the large namek.
"Yeah, and what about that armor?" Yamacha added.
The girls all looked slightly uncomfortable as they fidgeted and looked away.
"Huh! Just as I figured," Tien spat out, contemptuously, "Who sent you here! You bunch of filthy Saiy-jins!! If you think you can take over earth, well you've got another thing coming! The Z fighters will send you back to whatever hellhole you crawled out of!!" The girls cringed slightly.
Trunks, who had been silent the entire time, looked down towards his father when he heard him stir at the mention of Saiy-jins.
"What do you mean, filthy Saiy-jins?" Vegeta ground out dangerously.
"Well what else could they be?" Yamacha motioned towards the girls, "Just look at those tails!"
"WHAT?!" Vegeta bellowed as he spun around furiously to confront the girls, who seemed somewhat startled by the sudden movement. Quickly, before any fighting could break out, Serena stepped forward, her hands held out in a defensive guesture.
"Please," She pleaded, "Please, stop. It is true, what you have said. We are indeed part Saiy-jin."
"Part?" Trunks blurted out, bewildered. They certainly didn't look to be half-human.
"Yes," Serena stood firmly, her silver hair blowing in the breeze. "We are all half Saiy-jin."
"How? How is that possible?!" Vegeta raged.
"The way it's been told to us, it appears that warriors from Vegeta-sei journeyed to our galaxy over a decade ago and fell in love. As a result, we were born."
Vegeta sniffed in disdain after hearing the story, "Love indeed. Hmph!"
"Well, in any case," Piccolo turned to face the girls, "I think you should come with us." Serena merely nodded.
"What about those two uh...'androids' I think they were called." Lita pointed over her shoulder to where the androids lay immobile.
"Bring them along."
Soon the entire group was in the air, headed towards the Capsule Corp. building. Piccolo was near the front, along with Tien and Yamacha. Krillin hung back a bit with the girls, two of which were carrying the 'unconscious' androids.
"By the way," Krillin piped up, "What did you do to those two?"
"Oh them? They're simply out of commission at the moment." Mina smiled kindly.
"Oh...okay," Krillin stuttered out, not really understanding.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So what's it like back home?"
Bulma leaned over towards the shy girls curiously. They all sat comfortably on a large couch in the middle of the brief's living room, looking slightly unsettled at becoming the focus of conversation. When they had arrived, the girls had opted to change back into their regular outfits, which nonetheless still looked formal and military, and reverted to their planetary forms to stand out less. The Z fighters had been shocked, to say the least, when they had suddenly changed appearances, but were fine with it for the most part and decided not to ask any questions until inside. Krillin had been sent off to inform some others about their arrival while Bulma had eagerly welcomed them upon hearing their situation, and had taken an instant liking to them, shy as they may be.
"Well, where we come from, there are two circles of planets. Our planets all exist within the inner circle. Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Luna, better known as the moon."
"Wow," Bulma was impressed, "How neat! Oh, how rude of me! I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Bulma Briefs." Holding out her hand, she smiled widely. Serena smiled shyly before putting her hand in Bulma's.
"I'm Serena and these are my friends," gestured Serena with a sweep of her hand. Ami, who sat next to her, smiled warmly.
"Hello, My name is Ami."
"I'm Lita. Nice to meet you." Beside her, Rei flipped her hair over her shoulder coyly.
"Rei, how do you do?"
"Hi! The name's Mina."
"Well, it's great to meet all you girls," Bulma laughed merrily at their colorful introductions.
"So! Where do you all come from? I mean which planets," Bulma's dad, Mr. Briefs walked into the room.
"Yeah, I'd love to hear more about you and your homes." Bulma perked up.
"Alright, I'll go first!" Mina volunteered cheerfully. "I come from the planet Venus, planet of love and beauty." Rei snorted and rolled her eyes.
"Well, I'm from Mars, planet of fierce passion, though some would call us a people of war." Lita stifled a giggle.
"Some?" Rei shot her a scalding look, causing Lita to hold her hands up in defense.
"Ok, ok. I'm from Jupiter, a planet full of the most exotic plant life in our galaxy, though it's better known as the planet of the everlasting storm because of its wild weather."
"I am from the planet Mercury, keeper of great wisdom."
"And I am from Luna, the moon," Serena finished.
"There's just one thing that bothers me," Bulma spoke once they were done. "How can the moon be considered a planet?"
"Well a few decades ago, the planet that the moon had been orbiting exploded, leaving the moon to form its own orbit, and thereby becoming a planet itself," Ami calmly explained. Bulma nodded in comprehension.
"Oh, I see! That makes perfect sense. I guess people are used to calling it the moon."
Off to the side, Vegeta sulked angrily, refusing to believe such weaklings had defeated the androids. Trunks mimicked his father and sat quietly as well. Tien, Yamacha, and Piccolo all watched the girls' actions carefully.
"Well that's all nice and dandy," Vegeta stalked across the room, "but why are you here now?"
At this, all the girls seemed to divert their eyes in an ashamed matter, some bitter, some angry.
"We were attacked," Lita spat out, "Our whole galaxy went under siege. It was war."
"Well, what about you? You're warriors. Why didn't you fight?" Tien suddenly spoke up, his contempt for them from before resurfacing.
"We did," Rei stood, indignant, "But..." Here she looked down with a fist clutched tightly, her eyes hard, "We couldn't do a thing to stop them. It was useless."
"What?!" Trunks sputtered in his shock. He couldn't even fathom how strong their enemy must have been.
"Yes," Ami spoke up, "You see. We had only discovered about our Saiy-jin heritage a month or so before the attack came. Our training time wasn't nearly sufficient enough. We were easily defeated."
"Is that so," Piccolo's deep voice filled the room. "And now?"
"We have improved somewhat, but not nearly enough to defeat our enemies."
Serena stated gravely.
"Hmm, and how did you happen to stumble upon Vegeta and the others?" Mr. Brief questioned.
"Well, you see. Our space ship had suffered a terrible crash landing..." Serena thought back to the crash and how they had barely survived.
Inside the wreckage, the girls were just beginning to stir. Groans of pain could be heard as they were pulled out of unconsciousness.
"Ugh, who ran me over?" Mina groggily asked, holding a hand to her bleeding forehead, a trickle of blood running down her face. Beside her, Rei crawled to her hands and knees, only to begin coughing up blood onto the floor before bringing the back of her hand to her lips, effectively quelling her fit. Taking in a deep breath, she turned over to face the ceiling, panting for breath.
"Where are we?" Rei panted.
"No idea," Lita gritted her teeth as she pulled her leg out from under a piece of wreckage, a long and nasty gash on her upper arm. Holding her arm to stop the flow of blood, Lita sat up painfully, wincing as she did so.
"I think I sprained an ankle," She turned to look at the others. The crash had left them in bad shape.
"Ooh, I feel so dizzy," Mina moaned. Rei clutched at her side, looking towards Mina with concern.
"Lita," Rei called over to the red head, "You think she may have a concussion?"
"It's very possible." Both Lita and Rei looked up to see Ami standing weakly before them, swaying a bit off balance as she cradled her arm.
"Ami, you ok?"
"Of course. Just a broken arm. Nothing to be worried about."
Kneeling down, Ami started to inspect Mina.
"Hmm, I think it may be a mild concussion, but she should be fine."
"That's good news," Serena wobbled over before collapsing onto the ground in a heap of cuts and bruises.
"Serena!"
"Are you alright?"
"She's just exhausted," Ami calmly supplied. They were all somewhat doubtful since they all had their fair share of cuts and bruises, though not nearly to the extent that Serena did.
"It's alright, really," Serena sat up.
"Being the best off of us all," Ami stated, "I think that I should be the one to cast a healing spell, if anyone is to."
"Don't be ridiculous, Ami," Lita replied, "We can all chip in to strengthen the healing spell... right?"
At this, everyone nodded. Moments later, after a small debate, the group was much better than before. Most of their serious injuries had been taken care of, healed to the point that they were no longer excruciatingly painful, or life-threatening for that matter, and just served as inconveniences, leaving only their cuts and bruises to be dealt with. However, because of the energy required to cast the combined healing spell, they had reverted back to their planetary forms. Nothing they couldn't handle, though.
Clenching one gloved fist, Lita punched a hole through the offending metal cage they had been trapped in, causing the bright light from outside to stream in. Tearing aside the metal, Lita made a makeshift door for them and stepped through, shielding her eyes from the sun. When she was out, she began to survey the land, looking for signs of life. The others girls all stood beside her now, scouting out the land as well. At the sound of something bursting through metal, the girls all dived behind the remnants of what had been their ship's main chamber, hoping to find some sort of shelter. The sound of someone talking drew their attention.
"What's going on?" Mina whispered hurriedly, prodding the other girls, who had a better view of the situation.
"Looks like a fight's about to start," Rei answered gravely.
They all watched as the strangely unfeeling girl fought a man with blue eyes and blond hair spiked upwards. He was enveloped in his own ki, a bright yellow color. They all saw, with horror, what was about to happen when the man had his arm twisted brutally, his pain causing him to kneel on the ground. Bursting out in flames, in a flash of movement, Rei's arm shot out, releasing a ball of ki so fast, it flew through the air like an arrow. It was just in time to deflect the girl's attack and effectively save the man's life.
They had then decided to join in the fight, sending Lita and Rei off to test the two beings while Serena, Ami, and Mina stood on the sidelines, studying the both the boy and girl's moves carefully. Sending Lita and Rei out also served as a means of distraction, so that the rest of the girls could come up with a strategy based on how their enemies fought. The next step was to simply execute the plan, which they did without difficulty.
"After that, we met you and here we are," Serena finished her story.
"Well that's certainly an interesting story."
Everyone turned in shock towards the new voice. Standing there in the doorway, was Krillin, along with someone else, who was being supported heavily by him and looked somewhat sickly despite the large grin pasted on his face.
"Goku!" Bulma got up immediately, "You shouldn't be out of bed! What would
Chi Chi say?"
"I'd say get your sorry looking behind back in bed!" A woman with black hair pulled up into a bun walked out from behind the pair, a small boy standing beside her. "However, since Goku was being impossibly stubborn. I decided to come along."
"Chi Chi!" Bulma smiled and went over to hug her friend. "How are you?"
"Oh, just fine. Goku's getting much better, but isn't anything near fully healed and my little Gohan is just so behind in his school work!"
"Aww, I'll make it up, mom. Promise." The little boy walked in.
"So, these are the girls I've heard to much about?" Goku promptly fell into an empty chair, a bit out of breath. Vegeta snorted rudely.
"Well, Kakarott. You finally decided to show up. These girls here claim to be half Saiy-jin."
"Really?! Saiy-jins you say?"
"Yes, it's true," Rei glared at Vegeta menacingly.
"Hnh! I doubt it."
Rei looked to the rest of the girls, an unspoken question in her eyes. They nodded. Smirking triumphantly, Rei turned towards Vegeta, who now scowled fiercely.
"Well maybe this will convince you."
With that, the girls burst out in flames, their appearances changing in the midst of their transformations. When the flames had calmed considerably, the girls all stood proudly, showing off their new tails to the shocked bystanders.
Goku was speechless. In all his years of fighting, he hadn't ever seen such a transformation where you changed species, or at least that's what it looked like to him. Pointing dumbly at the girls, his jaw wide open, Goku seemed to be in shock. That changed when a fist came crashing down on his head.
"Goku! Stop gaping!! It's rude," Chi Chi admonished. Bulma just stared uncomprehending, a blank look on her face. It was an even bigger shock when Mr. Briefs calmly walked up to the girls, completely unfazed, to speak.
"So, it is as I thought. You girls are the legendary planetary five." He nodded in confirmation when he saw the surprised looks on their faces.
"How..." Rei trailed off uncertainly. Mr. Briefs sighed.
"I guess the cat's out of the bag now." He mumbled to himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Whew! Am I glad that part's done! It took me forever to get it the way I wanted. Sorry if people thought Tien was OOC, but I don't know a whole lot about him. Once again, sorry for the wait. Please EMAIIIIIIIL! Or not. Anyway, hope to get the next part out soon!
Crystal Rose ^_~