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Reunited
Chapter 11: Confusion
Mercury and Saturn stared up at Cell not really knowing what to do. They had planned to be the hunter, not the hunted, but now they were the hunted, and they had to think of something. Mercury sighed to herself, then, without warning, chose to leap from her position in the crevasse to the ledge on which Cell stood. She glared at him with hate filled blue eyes, wanting to belive that She and Saturn could defeat him. It was hopeless though, she was the weakest of all the senshi, and Saturn, though she had the power to destroy planets, was not enough alone. Jupiter had only done so because of her heritage. As a Jovian royal, a member of the elite warrior race from Jupiter, she had the power within her to do so. She was the center senshi, neither outer nor inner, and as such, she had a mixture of both weak and strong powers. She had tapped into that power at the last minute, and Mercury didn't understand how she could possibly accoplish such a feat.
"Why are you after Jupiter?"
Cell laughed, "Why? Do you know how much power she holds. If I were to drain her power from her, I would be invinceable!"
"No one is invinceable Cell." Saturn spoke as she jumped up onto the ledge, "Not even the Gods."
"I can be invinceable. With Jupiter's power I can take the power of the z-senshi, tap into what they have, and then I will be unstoppable. Unspooable to conquer and rule the universe. Unstoppable to destroy it." Cell snarled out with irritation.
Mercury watched in silence before whispering to Saturn so that Cell could not hear her, "We aren't strong enough for this Saturn."
"I know." Came the reply, and nothing else was said. Saturn twirled her Glaive in preparation before sending an attack at Cell, the battle was on, and the sailors knew they'd lose.
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Makoto sighed and stared out the window of the Hikawa Jina shrine, not really paying attention to the meeting being held around her. She wasn't ready for this, not any of it. She wasn't ready to face Cell again, she didn't know how she did it in the first place. She wasn't ready for the future, sure, she loved Piccolo, but she was scared. Scared of what the future would bring, scared of what might happen to him, to her, to them. She wasn't ready to face the infinite possibilities that stared straight back at her from not so far away.
"Mako-chan?"
"Hmmmm?"
"Are you okay?"
Makoto looked up into the concerned blue eyes of Usagi and smiled softly, "Just tired Usa-chan, and worried. It's nothing."
"What are you worried about?"
"Cell. What will happen. Piccolo. Everything."
Usagi sat down next to the brunette and clasped her hand, "Mako-chan, I know that everything that is happening is confusing, I don't understand most of it myself, but I do know that love can conquer anything. I speak from experiance, if I didn't love Mamo-chan so much I wouldn't be here today. We wouldn't be and Chibi-usa would never have the chance to exhist. A year ago I would have run screaming from destiny, but now I know that with all the bad things, good things come too, and most of them are better."
Makoto watched Usagi for a moment, "When did you become so smart Usagi-chan?"
Usagi blushed, "I, uh, I dunno."
Makoto smiled softly, in the past year since Galaxia's defeat Usagi had matured greatly. She had finally accepted her future, and even wanted all of it to happen somehow. It was all very hard to compare with what Usagi had been - a crying, ditzy klutz that couldn't tell you right from left. Everything was different now, ever since Pluto and Saturn had been thrown into the z-senshi's dimension. All of it was clearer, yet more confusing, and Makoto's head hurt trying to comprehend it all.
"You're right Usagi-chan. I should live for the moment, not worry about what's going to happen, or when the next attack will be. I should be concentrating on what's going on in my life now, not what could happen."
Usagi grinned and the pair hugged before turning their attention to the meeting.
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"Sat... urn?"
"Here..."
"We can't hold out much longer..."
"I know."
"What do we do Saturn? I don't have the answer..."
"We'll think of something Mercury."
A scream filled the air as Cell laughed manically. He lifted Saturn off the ground and began to drain her energy as she tried to struggle in his grip. Her fight began to falter, and soon she went limp. Cell dropped her to the ground with a harsh laugh and spoke, "You two are pathetic. Trying to defeat me though you knew it was hopeless! Thanks for the energy, by the way, I now have enough power to go after Jupiter."
Cell took the air and dissapeared. Ami groaned and pulled her communicator out while trying to stay concious, "Usa...."
"Hello? Ami-chan!!!!"
"Usa... We failed... Cell -"
Mercury fell into a coughing fit, blood seeping through her lips. "Cell... He's coming after Mako... Protect her Usa..."
"I promise Ami-chan. Be careful, and please live, I want you to be here with me for the longest time yet."
"I will..."
Mercury passed out then, the communicator going blank and toppling from her fingers as they fell limp to the ground lifelessly.