Dimensional Disaster Part 10
Day of Disaster
by
Sailor Janus
The sun stood high in sky pronouncing it was a new day. Unfortunately this bright new day was the same exact one in which the androids were to begin their reign of terror.
Goku and Gohan, after a quick goodbye to Chi Chi, had met up with Piccolo before departing for Sasbo City, joining up with the other Z-fighters who were awaiting the androids' arrival.
"I can't believe we have spent so much time preparing for this moment," Yamcha said as they stared out at the vast city stretched out through out the island.
"I know what you mean. After everything that we have done, this is the day that makes everything count," Krillin said nodding his bald head.
Just then a Capsule Corp plane carrying Bulma and Baby Trunks landed. "Hi guys!" she cheerfully greeted them as she stepped out of the plane.
"Bulma! What are you doing here? You have to leave now!" Goku shouted as the other gaped in surprise.
The blue-haired scientist rolled her eyes. "I just want to see what the androids look like and then I'll leave, okay?"
"Hmm, Vegeta isn't here. Or Trunks and Hotaru for that matter," Piccolo commented as he crossed his arms.
The tall Saiyan scratched his head as he replied, "Well, I know Vegeta should be here. He isn't one to miss a fight."
The short man frowned as he brought his hand up to his chin. "Hmm, wonder what is keeping Hotaru and Trunks? They were awake when you left, right Bulma?"
"Um, actually, I didn't notice. I guess I kind of forgot about them in the excitement," the woman admitted as everyone stared at her in disbelief. "What?! They do know how to take care of themselves!"
Gohan shrugged. "Aw, they'll probably be here any minute."
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Lazily, Trunks picked his head and glanced around the room. Wasn't there something he was supposed to be doing today? Oh no. Quickly, he spun around and grabbed the alarm clock. "Damn it! It didn't go off!" he grumbled before quickly turning to the still sleeping girl who was on the bed above him. The couch was yet again stained thanks to Baby Trunks so the lavender-haired teen was back in Hotaru's room once again.
Gently shaking the still asleep Hotaru, the half-saiyan shouted urgently. "Hotaru! Wake up!"
The girl's eyes fluttered open as she jerked herself upright and she stared at the boy standing next to her. "Hmm? What is it?"
"Get up. We overslept!"
The violet-eyed girl blinked slightly confused before it hit her. The androids. "Oh no!" Hotaru cried out as she watched Trunks race to the bathroom to change. "How could this have happened?!"
A minute later, the teenager entered the room once again, fully dressed sans his jacket. "I don't know but this is just perfect! Of all the days to oversleep we just had to choose this one!" he muttered grabbing his sword before turning back to Hotaru who was gathering clothing in her arms. "Transform quickly!"
The dark violet-haired girl raised an eyebrow towards the half-saiyan. "If you think I'm going like this, then you are wrong! What if I have to detransform?! Sorry but I am not going to fight in my pajamas!"
Trunks groaned as Hotaru trotted off to the bathroom. "Well then hurry!" he yelled, growing impatient after the girl popped her head back in the room to stick her tongue out at the boy before running off to the bathroom, and changed as quickly as possible. The half-saiyan pulled on his jacket and began to pace. They were wasting valuable time.
"Okay, lets go," the sailor senshi said as emerged from the bathroom dressed in her usual dark jeans and purple shirt thrown over her black tank top.
With a nod the lavender-haired teen suggested, "You might want to transform into Saturn. You'll need all the power you can get."
Quickly the girl took out her henshin wand and shouted "Saturn Crystal Power!" After a few flashes of light, she was Super Sailor Saturn once again. 'Somehow, I don't believe this is our main threat. There is still more to come.' she thought following Trunks out of the house.
Before they knew it, the two teens were flying once again, as fast as possible in hope that the fight was still on. If it wasn't, they better have won. Guilt would be extremely likely if another world was destroyed because the two teens had slept through the fight.
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"Do you think we've prepared enough? From the way Trunks has been talking, this could get brutal." Tien questioned his friends, who continued looking down into the huge city. "They did after all, kill us in his time."
Goku, who was always one to be naively optimistic, seemed to be on edge as well. "We've done all that we can."
Just then, Hotaru and Trunks finally made their appearances, landing softly on the hard earth.
"Sorry we're late but someone didn't set the alarm clock!" Hotaru said as she glared at the lavender-haired teen standing next to her.
Trunks blushed as he muttered, "Of all the days to oversleep, we just have to choose this one."
"Well you didn't miss anything. The androids still haven't shown up yet," the youngest saiyan explained to the two newcomers.
The lavender-haired teen turned around to reply to Gohan, but instead lost his thought as he stared at Bulma in shock. "Mom, what are you doing here?! It's too dangerous! You have to leave now!" the teenaged Saiyan shouted as Bulma began looking a little perturbed.
Saturn backed away slightly, knowing the situation wouldn't be pretty. 'Bad move Trunks.'
"Trunks, how dare you order me around! I'm your mother for goodness sakes!" the woman holding the baby shouted as the child rested in her arms.
"Eh heh," the teenager's eyes grew huge while his face turned a new shade of red. Everyone else stared in fright, equally wide-eyed except Hotaru, who was trying her hardest not to giggle. "Um, sorry, but...it is really unsafe here."
"Hmph! I should ground you for that you know," Bulma stated as she held her head high in the air.
The violet-eyed girl cringed. Being grounded was never a good thing and if Trunks was grounded, then it'd be like she was as well, which would really ruin her fun. Not to mention the pesky 'saving the world' they still had to do. Quite frankly, the teenaged boy needed to stay off of restriction as best he could.
Spinning around, Hotaru plastered a big smile on her face and clasped her hands in front of her. "Eh heh, Bulma. Please excuse Trunks. He is after all still half asleep and you know how irritable he can be if he doesn't get his full eight hours in. Believe me, I know!"
"I don't ne-" Trunks said before the girl clapped a hand over his mouth and giggled.
Bulma blinked and then smiled. "Okay, I guess I'll let that one slide. But just this once!"
Saturn grinned as she eagerly nodded her head as the woman turned away. "You can't help save the world if you are grounded, Trunks," she whispered in his ear while removing her hand.
"Thanks," he quietly said as the girl slowly pulled away looking into Trunks's bright blue eyes, oddly he was gazing into hers. The moment soon broke at the sound of Krillin's voice, shaking the two teens out of their stupor resulting in them turning away from each other.
"Hey, I see something!" the little bald monk cried out as he pointed towards the sky.
"The androids?!" Gohan asked, with a slight look of panic to his face.
"No, it's Yajirobe!" Krillin shouted with a laugh as he gleefully waved.
Sure enough, the great swordsman came to deliver a bag of senzu beans for the Z-fighters from Kurin. It was very likely they would need them.
Suddenly, as the large man took off in his plane, the engine exploded, sending it crashing to the water outside of the island. This unfortunately signaled the beginning to a downward spiral, which the Z-warriors would be plagued with for days. This was also their very first encounter with the androids, which would not be the last for more was yet to come.
Trunks closed his eyes briefly, trying to prepare himself to face the monsters that had destroyed his world, once again. 'Not this again.'
Hotaru recognized the look on the lavender-haired teen's face. She had worn it many times before going into a situation, which she would rather do without. Reassuringly, she lightly tapped Trunks's arm, gaining his attention. With a small nod, he seemed to remember what she had said yesterday. "Whatever happens will happen. All we can do is strive to do the best we possibly can and nothing more. I remember." he quietly said as they both turned their attention back towards the city. It was time to face their worst fears.
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Deidra blinked, gaping at the images projected from her fans. "Oh wow, that was a huge explosion! Now things will probably get really interesting. Sadly, this isn't the worst which they are to experience."
The girl suddenly snickered as she watched Hotaru try to get Trunks's attention. "Grr, I just want to throw a book at those two! Come on! It's obvious you've fallen for each other! And of course the little man had to interrupt the moment from before. I swear all those two do is flirt! It's getting so annoying."
Just then Amara walked into the room, arching an eyebrow at the burgundy-haired girl.
"Eh heh, Senshi of Love I am not. I just hope those two don't blow it." Deidra shrugged.
The blonde haired room frowned as looked at what the girl was eating. "Um, Deidra what is that in the bowl?"
"Ramen. We ran out of popcorn," she simply stated, turning her attention back to her fans.
Amara blinked as she stared at the green-eyed girl. "Deidra, are you feeling okay because you're not supposed to eat ramen dry!"
Shrugging the teenaged girl replied, "Well, I do. Besides, it's crunchy and actually isn't half bad."
The woman cringed as the girl took another handful before offering her some of the sashimi she was eating. "Here, try some real food."
Deidra looked up at Amara and decided to try a piece, which resulted in her green eyes wiling up in tears. "AHHHHH! Damn!" the girl yelped as she began coughing. "Amara! Did you have to coat it with the green horseradish twice?! I think my sinuses can put up real estate now!"
"It's not that hot! Quite being a wuss," Amara said rolling her eyes.
The senshi of dimensions rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand as she muttered, "Mental note. Do not accept food from Amara unless you have the need to breath fire."
"Quit being so sarcastic!" the race car driver sighed as the girl continued being overly dramatic.
"For once I am not!" Deidra answered back with a pout. "Anyway, the androids are expected to arrive any moment. This might get interesting."
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"Gohan, why don't you go check and make sure that Yajirobe is alright. Bulma, stay here and watch the senzu beans. The rest of us will go search the city for the androids. Everyone spread out!" Goku said as he powered up and flew into the city followed by the other fighters, heading off to different areas of the city.
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Hotaru found herself in a moderately crowded part of Sasbo City. Of course the fact that she was dressed, as Sailor Saturn didn't help much only resulting in some very unwanted attention.
"Hey I haven't seen you around here. You're cute! Want a date?" a blonde guy with a Hawaiian shirt asked, lowering his sunglasses, as he looked the violet-eyed girl up and down.
"No way! She'd rather be with a real man!" a green-haired teen said shoving the other guy out of the way.
"Okay, this is different.' Hotaru thought before realizing, 'Damn, it's probably because of the short skirt. Why couldn't we have more practical uniforms?!'
Suddenly another guy except he had pink hair approached the mortified girl dressed in purple. "No way! You two are losers! She'd rather be with me!"
'Damn it! They're going to make finding the androids more difficult than it already is! I need to do something.' the dark violet-haired girl thought. With a smirk, Hotaru summoned her silence glaive. She knew it was risky but at least the teenaged guys would stop hitting on her. Just as she had hoped, they did, staring in shock at the deadly weapon that appeared in the girl's hand. "Please leave," she simply said, gaining several nods as they took off running.
Trunks snickered as he watched the three jerks flee. The half-saiyan was about to give Hotaru a hand getting rid of them, but she did a pretty good job herself. Abruptly, he felt something smack him in the head. Turning around, he found himself facing a very annoyed looking Sailor Saturn, glaring at him with her arms crossed. Lucky for Trunks, her glaive was nowhere in sight.
"Thanks a lot for the help!" she dryly said. "I could have used it but instead I had to summon my glaive which was a risk itself."
The lavender-haired teen blinked and began to chuckle. "You handled them pretty well and yes I was going to help, but you took care of the problem yourself. Besides, you're the one wearing the mini skirt."
Hotaru dropped her jaw and narrowed her gaze. "It's not like I can help what I wear as Sailor Saturn! Anyway, do you have any idea where the androids might be?"
Trunks shook his head. "No, There's no sign of them. I just hope the others are okay. It's weird seeing the Z-fighters since they're practically ghosts to me."
Hotaru nodded as she looked up at the sky. "Come on, we better search another part.....oh no."
"Someone's ki is draining rapidly but how?!" the boy said, as his eyes grew huge.
"Maybe the androids?"
Trunks shook his head. "It can't be. They don't need to steal ki energy. Let's go check it out."
"Right." the girl nodded as they were about to fly but suddenly, the buildings around them began to explode, sending a huge chunk of concrete falling towards he two teenagers. Swiftly, Hotaru and Trunks flew out of the way, only to discover the building next to them was being blown sky high as well, collapsing in their direction ready to crush the teens flat.
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Author's Notes: I apologize for it being out so late, but this chapter was so hard to write! I actually have two different versions. One is where Trunks and Hotaru arrive at the same time Trunks does in the series and the other is this one. This one I like better because it changes the plot line slightly but doesn't turn into a summary. I'm still trying to plot out how to do Chapter 11 because there are still some parts to the series I need. One is the heart virus and the other is Bulma being there since she recognizes Dr. Gero.
Oh there is reason why Hotaru has not mentioned Death Reborn Revolution. I guess I didn't state it clearly in the previous chapters. She is afraid that they will be afraid of her, which makes sense. The Z-fighters will however find out sometime.
Okay, the thing with the last chapter about relying on her henshin wand which she could do without and the fact that she uses the glaive for all her attacks, is that Saturn needs to have a back up plan and a ki blast as well as hand to hand combat can be quite an effective back up. She will still use the glaive.
Thank you for the reviews! I love reading them! And keep reading! The next chapter should be out hopefully next week.