MOON SAYS: Sorry about the late update! Finals are over and the winter break is here! After a long day (mainly cleaning my room) I give you this chapter! That is not edited...as always.

IMPORTANT NOTE: At the end, there is a reason why I named Nem a certain name, and it is explained at the end of the chapter.

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ENJOT!

Let Go

Chapter 9

The groups came back to the not yet named, official headquarters: Vegeta and Trunks' house.

Gohan was holding Krillin up, giving him emotional as well as physical support. The younger fighter took the short older man up to a room to lie down; and hopefully recover.

Once he was out of sight, Yamucha rounded on Ko. His anger and fury was clearly evident and visible on his face and the air around him.

"You broke him. You killed a little girl's mother. Another man's wife," he accused bitterly. "Have you no shame?"

Ko did nothing, except stare at him—all of five seconds before she responded.

"If we were on Planet Vegeta, you would have been killed for insulting me. Vegeta, if not me, would have killed you himself. But, alas, that is not where we are at this moment. Another one of my homes destroyed by people wanting more power than they already have," her face took on a look of sorrow for a moment and then it was gone.

"I will not say this again, so listen well. Once the symbol starts to form on their heads, it is hopeless and impossible to save those that are possessed. There will be no salvation for them. Chaos controls them—the person that you knew and loved, died the moment they gave themselves over to Chaos." Ko glared at all of them in turn and they saw how cold her eyes were.

"Stop being so weak! Your job is to save your world. And that means killing those taken over, then so be it. If you cannot do this, get out of my sight and do not come back!"

Ko looked at Yamucha once more and glared, if only glares could kill, he would have been dead and out of her hair. "Weak fool, love will not conquer everything. Love doesn't always win."

If it did then she would still be by my side.

"Love and loyalty have always aided us and helped us win our battles." Gohan countered quietly. "Has it not yours?"

This statement made Ko pause. "For my fool of a sister, who relies heavily on it, maybe, but me? Sorry, reality has won my heart."

Ko decided that this was the time to leave. If she didn't, she would only be dragged into more arguments and debates, and that was something that she truly did not want. Ever.

To avoid the inevitable conversations—that she would have if she did not leave—she grabbed Uranus' hand and pulled her to toward their rooms.

Trunks, on the other hand, didn't share her view. Well, it wasn't that he didn't agree with it, it was more along the lines of he didn't like what her words did to him. They made his heart want to lose hope.

But something deep inside of him—the voice that always told him to keep going, even when he wanted to give up—told him that he should never lose hope. Never.

~LG~

A week passed before Ko even thought about searching for the next possessed. She knew she had been harsh by just throwing them into battle after battle. And on top of that, she didn't give them enough time to mourn? It wasn't good and didn't help at all.

Brooding didn't help either.

Lucky for her, Haruka spotted the brooding and remedied it before it got out of hand. The Scout of Wind made her Princess get out of her room and onto the training field.

When one of them were upset, bored, or something was bothering them in the past, they always trained. Training was fun and took their minds off what was upsetting or bothering them.

Ko was only clad in shorts and a tank top that was tight. Her hair pulled back into a pony-tail. Haruka mimicked her Princess in clothes.

"Ready?" Haruka asked as Ko tossed one of her swords to her fellow blonde teammate.

"You're asking that to the wrong person, my love." Ko grinned and launched herself at her friend without warning.

For two straight hours they used their bodies to make the other give up. Cuts and bruises would show up tomorrow, if they hadn't healed by then, but in all honestly, the two Scouts didn't care. They loved every second, minute, and hour of those two hours that they fought.

When they stopped—by mutual agreement, for no one had won—they found everyone watching them. Haruka smirked, while Ko looked annoyed.

The Wind and Chaos Scout were all hot and sweaty, but their bodies didn't hurt that much from working them continuously, no resting, for two hours. Both were used to more intense and longer work outs.

Ko tilted her head at her friend and Haruka nodded.

Ko, with a wave of her hand, made their swords disappear and she walked over to her fellow Scout.

"Ready?" Haruka asked for the second time that day; though this time she had a smirk on her face. She knew something, but she wasn't giving away what she knew.

Ko shook her, amused that her would ask when she knew the answer. Instead she addressed the other Scouts.

"Anyone want to come?"

Minato nodded at the Princess and shrugged out of her pants—to the shock of all the males watching. Once the pants were off, it showed the shorts that were underneath. She proceeded then, to take off her T-Shirt, which revealed the green tank top underneath.

Makoto, Rei, Michiru, Setsuna, and Hotaru all followed Minato's lead and did the same. Within seconds of stripping, Ko nodded to Haruka.

"Now I'm ready."

Without waiting for a reply, she took off in a sprint; followed by seven Scouts, who were intent on running with her.

~LG~

Showers were a must after an hour of running.

When Ko got out she put on a large T-Shirt—white—that she found laid out on her bed. At the sight of the shirt a smile graced her lips. Vegeta remembered that after their workouts she would shower and relax in a large T-Shirt. Most of the time, it was one of his shirts that she wore.

After the shower she was in a good mood, so she decided to thank Vegeta. She knew he was in the Living Room. Thinking that all the others had left, she didn't bother to check if anyone else was in there. Instead she went to the Living Room and leaned up against the door way and spoke.

"Thanks 'geta," she said but stopped from saying anything more. The Z Fighters plus Dende were all in the Living Room. Now, they were looking at her with wide eyes.

She then remembered that she was only wearing a T-Shirt and it stopped at a few inches above her knees.

She had no bra on, just the white T-Shirt and a white pair of panties.

"Oh," she blinked. "Hello. I thought everyone had left…oh well."

The Blonde Princess was about to walk into the room when Haruka grabbed her and pulled her from the male's sight by hiding her Princess behind her.

"Princess! You are in a room full of men. Why wear only that?" Ko looked at herself again.

"There is something wrong with the way I am dressed?" her voice held some confusion.

Vegeta laughed. "You are smart, violent has hell, yet so dense and naïve like always. I'm glad to see some things have not changed."

Ko scowled as he put her hands on Haruka's hips and poked her head around the right side of her Scout's body.

No one noticed the eyes of the males—save Vegeta—become wider at what Ko did.

"Naïve? Naïve? I was the one who gave you the sex talk, thank you very much!"

The coughs and shocked cries were ignored.

Vegeta chuckled at her words and the other's shocked faces. "And you sucked at it pretty bad, might I add."

Ko growled and pushed Haruka aside as she walked toward Vegeta—who was leaning up against the back wall.

The anger radiating off her took everyone's mind off her attire—except one; of course Vegeta could still detect the humor laying underneath it.

Vegeta continued to smirk until Ko pulled back her fist and slammed it into the wall where his head was a second ago.

When she pulled her fist back, there was a hole bigger than her head.

"Watch where you're throwing that fist, woman," Vegeta scowled, but it quickly turned into a smirk. "Though, I have to admit, it was pretty slow."

Ko's eyes lit up with something close to fury and it suddenly became hard to breath in the room. If there was one thing that Vegeta always praised her on, was her speed. It was something, that at times, kept her going on fighting instead of giving up. And he knew that; so why would he tarnish something like that?

Reason left her as her eyes flashed to cold hard black and then stayed the green once she kneed Vegeta in the stomach.

"Slow," she smirked back; the humor back in her voice.

Ko then turned around and left the room, while dragging Haruka with her.

Vegeta got the wind knocked out of him, when she thrusted her knee into his stomach. But it didn't hurt; in fact she had in the past, done a lot more damage to him.

Trunks—who was standing five feet to the right of his father—had seen her eyes changing colors. He prayed with everything in him, that she wouldn't be the next one possessed.

Yamucha, who never learned when to keep his mouth shut, asked something that caused death glares to be sent his way.

"Um…she's not gay is she? Because, I think, I'm totally getting that vibe off her now." Then a smirk took over his face. "Vegeta...don't tell me you turned her into a Lesbian?"

Not even a second later, the air was filled with a loud groan of pain.

~LG~

As the Scouts and Z Fighters stood in Vegeta's Training ground, Nemesis go a bad feeling. A very bad feeling. It increased greatly when she looked at Saturn.

A second before Goten grabbed Saturn, Nemesis called out to her.

Everyone turned their attention to her. Nem took a deep breath and banished the feeling that wanted to consume her.

"Princess?" Did you see something?" Saturn asked as she went to her Princess quickly, and put a hand on her shoulder for comfort.

She knew some of the things her Princess saw, were not pretty, and she wouldn't wish it on her worst enemy.

"No, I just had a bad feeling, that is all. You will be going with Uranus and Neptune for patrol. Pluto, you are with me today."

'A bad feeling' was not good when it came to Nem having them. She only prayed that her little one would be protected by Wind and Ocean.

~LG~

"You know, now that I think about it, I'm worried about Tien." Goten told the group he was with.

"You mean that bald guy with the eye in the middle of his forehead?" Uranus' partner, Drake, questioned the younger boy.

Goten nodded and then told the girls and their partners about Tien and his past with Goku.

"Since Goku, my dad, turned him straight, he has been helping us with those evil people trying to take over the world. But ever since Buu was defeated, he took an interest and me and trained me."

Saturn listened to his story and tried to keep the bad premonition feeling away.

Was this the reason why Nemesis paired me with Uranus and Neptune? To be double sure that the mission would be carried out?

Saturn couldn't help but feel close to her partner. She remembered her Princess' words about not getting attached. She couldn't help but care for him; he just seemed to grow on her since she had traveled to his world.

But, honestly, she didn't want to watch as he went through so much pain from losing someone he cared about deeply. Saturn could tell that Goten loved Tien with an older brother hero worship. It was Itachi and Sasuke all over again; she could just see it happening.

It didn't help that she was a Goddess of Death, or so some called her. The Scout of Destruction could feel Death coming closer and closer to her partner. She knew deep down that he would lose something today.

"Saturn, are you okay? You kind of spaced out." Goten told her, worry laced through his voice.

She shook her head. "I am alright."

Uranus and Neptune saw the look on their charge's face. They knew that Death was creeper closer and Saturn was feeling it.

I will miss his Innocence; Saturn couldn't help but think as they sped up toward the West.

~LG~

A giant Fire Ball and a giant Earth Ball connected with Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their partners, sending them to the ground harshly.

Uranus and Neptune used their Elements to lessen their fall, while Drake and Kari did the same; but Saturn and Goten didn't have that option. They hit the ground with a few thuds and cracks.

"Damage!" Uranus and Neptune called out to their fellow Scout as she got up.

Saturn examined herself and her partner before she called back, "Left ankle fractured no doubt, left wrist broken, and Goten's right arm is completely broken. His right wrist is moveable, but it pains him; the same with his knee. We both hit our heads pretty hard; I believe we are dizzy."

"Always so precise, that's our girl." Neptune giggled.

Uranus shook her head with a smile on her face. "Yep, that she is."

Drake shoved Uranus done and covered her while another Fire Ball passed by right where Uranus was a second ago. Kari did the same thing with Neptune.

An Earth Ball was sent a Saturn and Goten, but neither could get out of the way quick enough.

"Silent Wall." Saturn called out as a barrier encased her and her partner. Smoke, dust, and gravel took their sight away.

"So, everyone's here, eh?" a man said. "Let's get the party started!"

Saturn felt Goten freeze and she knew who it was, even without the smoke clearing and their sight restored. She knew what needed to be done and she charge.

"Neptune and Kari take out the Fire Minions; and Uranus and Drake take out the Earth Minions. I've got the one possessed." Saturn ordered before she reached down and touched Goten's forehead.

"What are you doing?" Goten asked, his thoughts distracted and not focused on the enemy.

"I'm placing a barrier around you." Saturn replied.

Goten caught on pretty quickly. "You're leaving me while you fight him, aren't you?" his voice calm, but held a trace of sadness.

She paused, she couldn't lie to him. "Yes, you can't move because of your knee. Don't tell me that it only hurts; I know it's fractured, maybe broken."

As she turned around and walked away she whispered to him. "Hopefully, this will be over before the smoke clears. Maybe then you won't see it."

Goten smiled a strained and pained smile.

~LG~

Nemesis stopped flying and closed her eyes; a tear falling down her cheek. The confliction in her Dark Destruction was enough to make her want to cry. She felt the tear fall down her cheek. No, the emotions made her cry.

"Princess?" her Dead Rose asked, hesitation coursing through her voice.

Nemesis opened her eyes and a look of helplessness crossed her face. Her group didn't know what to do.

"I feel…horrible. Death is gleefully running around us in circles, just waiting, knowing we will send more to him. I have no problem killing, and some others do not. Yet, that is not what is making me feel so weak and downright evil." She confessed. "It's what is happening to those that are left alive. We're doing what needs to be done, yet, it still hurts."

Sailor Moon smiled softly at her sister and with a shake of her head, Gohan let go of her. She brought her wings out and tested them before she went and gathered her sister in her arms.

"You are doing what needs to be done; and it's the only way. Even I can see that. The fact that you feel this regret and anguish over their deaths and the effect it has, shows that you have a heart; that you can feel." Moon told her sister. "Remember, the fact that you feel remorse, shows that you are different then the enemy."

"Does it make me better than them, just because I can feel these things that make me weak?" Nemesis countered softly.

Moon frowned for a second, but stopped herself from responded to that bit about being weak. When would her sister know that feeling and embracing your emotions—mostly love—was not a weakness, but a strength?

"I believe that it does, Onee-chan, because without a heart, how can you save others? Those without hearts, are the ones that need saving. That is why there are always those like us, who fight for the Light. It's because of our Love, that our powers are able to save others."

Princess? The deed is done; the possessed has been given to and accepted by Death. He says: "Thanks again, my Samael."

To be continued…

IMPORTANT NOTE: about Samael: according to Christian tradition and demonology, Samael was both a good Angel and an evil Angel. In Jewish Lore, one of Samael's greatest roles was the position of Angel of Death. Also, it says that Samael was a Fallen Angel, but also one of the Lord's servants as well. Samael is considered in legend both a member of the heavenly host (with often grim and destructive duties).

I believe that Nemesis, in some ways, is like Samael.