The six companions sped through the air, with Piccolo holding on to Lynette, and they quickly saw a camp. This time however, the news of Claudas and Turquine's defeat had been well absorbed, and the troops of Orcs were prepared for the new arrivals.
Lynette's blue eyes widened in fear when she saw several bolts of energy surge upward toward her and the strange group of adventurers.
"Silent Wall!" Saturn shouted.
Lynette was stunned when the little black-haired girl raised her huge weapon and created an energy wall that not only blocked the attacks, but completely disintegrated them. The little girl, for her part, did not look the least bit fatigued from the maneuver. Lynette's eyes widened and she gasped again when she felt herself dropping to the ground in the Namek known as Piccolo's arms.
The Orc soldiers quickly rushed toward the intruders, halberds, spears, and swords drawn. Others were readying artillery pieces packed full of hot, dense energy bombs.
Hotaru stepped forward, caring not about the threats. "Where is your commander?" She demanded.
"Hmph." A confident smirk sounded out from the crowd.
Hotaru and the others looked up to see a chiseled, confident face looking down upon them from atop a rock. He wore blue plate armor and carried a halberd.
"Master Persant!" The troops cheered.
He frowned and locked eyes with Hotaru. He did not need to verbalize to know that the girl was challenging him.
"Puny girl." He stated coldly and jumped down in front of her.
Hotaru looked up at the Orc, who towered over her. At best, the top of her head came up to his groin.
"Wait! You don't really plan on fighting him do you?" Lynette called out in utmost concern for the girl.
"She'll be fine." Trunks smirked and crossed his arms.
"Yeah, if my senses are right, this guy's gonna go down fast!" Goten followed.
Lynette looked on with her eyes buckling in confusion.
"RAAHHHH!" Sir Persant called out in a war cry and swung his halberd with intense speed.
Hotaru could feel the vibrations in the air from the power of the Orc's swing, but she levitated back a few feet to dodge it.
"Heh. You're quick." He grinned.
Saturn only frowned, readying her glaive for the next round.
"But not quick ENOUGH!" Sir Persant shouted with a smile and levitated a few inches off the ground, rushing toward Saturn.
Sailor Saturn gasped as Persant zoomed toward her.
"WHIRLFORCE!" The Orc shouted as he twirled his halberd.
Saturn's big purple eyes widened as she felt an invisible vortex rush out of Persant's halberd and hit her.
"AHHH!" Sailor Saturn screeched as she flailed about in the air.
Audible rips and cuts could be heard as the magical wind cut through her clothes and skin, leaving a trail of blood in their wake. The attack was finished off by a swirling torrent that rocketed Saturn high in the air, spinning her around at high speed. She yelped and crashed to the ground.
"Hah!" Persant smirked. He placed his halberd in another attack position and sped toward the fallen Saturn. "RAAAAHAHAHAH!" He roared in laughter. "Time to finish you off!"
Lynette gasped in fear at seeing the pain on the little girl's face. Piccolo grimaced- he knew those feelings would only help to release Bashgal. Damn, he thought, he could only imagine what must be going on on Earth at that moment. How were the others doing…?
"Relax." He finally said to Lynette. "Hotaru was surprised, but only received a few scratches, she won't be hurt."
"Silence Buster!" Saturn's voice called out, giving credence to the Namek's words.
Sir Persant widened his eyes under his helmet's visor when he saw a bright blue spiral erupt out of the girl's glaive. Persant was surprised, and worse, he could not do anything to avoid the attack.
"AHHH!" The Orc screamed when the spiral inevitably hit him.
The blue energy easily shattered through his armor and sent him flying back. Sir Persant landed flat on his ass, the noise of his halberd clattering to the ground was the thing that broke his soldiers' shock.
Lynette was stunned. "H…h…"
"Hotaru is possibly the ultimate example of being stronger than you look." Piccolo immediately answered her with a smirk.
"And that was one of her weaker attacks." Trista said without taking her eyes off of Saturn, who slowly and methodically stood to her feet, moving the Silence Glaive into an offensive position.
The cheerful laughter of the other children interrupted Lynette's stare. To her astonishment they didn't look worried at all.
"Agh!" Sir Persant rose, rubbing his in-pain head. "Damn kid!" He growled and grabbed his halberd. "So…you're not as weak as you look."
Sailor Saturn spoke no words and only readied her glaive.
"So eager to fight are we?" Persant laughed. "Your head will be a fine addition to my wall!"
"…We don't have time for this…" Saturn trailed to herself, realizing that she couldn't wait to react to one of this Orc's moves. She had friends out there fighting…possibly even dying, right at that very moment! All of them were depending on her to bring back the Tyrant's Bane, hoping that her power amplified by that sword would be enough to defeat Mordred. All of their hopes were resting on her!
Sir Persant was surprised when his little opponent raised her weapon- which was absurdly long in comparison with her rather small body.
"I don't have time for this trivial fight." The black-haired girl announced, enraging Persant. "Sir Persant, you must surrender now or I will completely wipe you from the face of this universe."
"Puh!" Persant noised in surprised amusement. "You might be stronger than you look kid, but if you seriously think you're winning here then you've got another thing coming!"
Sir Persant picked up his halberd and pointed it at Saturn. He roared and chanted something, then pivoted his hips, releasing a blue wave of pressurized energy that would crush anything in its path. The move had never failed Persant before, but to his utter horror, it dispelled with a dull whoosh against an invisible barrier that formed around the girl he targeted.
"Fine. I'LL JUST CRUSH YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS!" The Orc roared and rushed forward.
Hotaru narrowed her eyes. "Silence Glaive Surprise!" She called out, stopping the Orc dead in his tracks and stunning everyone around as the huge purple-white ball of energy formed on the blade of the small girl's weapon. And in a silent flash as she lowered the glaive, a huge explosion erupted in a large radius all around.
"GAHHHH!" Sir Persant shouted as he felt himself being incinerated by the bang.
A wail of other cries could be heard in the camp as those pitiful souls that had strayed too near to the fight had likewise been vaporized.
Sailor Saturn's companions, knowing the girl well, had opted to lift into the air and remain some distance away as she executed the move.
"…Am I dreaming…?" Lynette trailed as her hair blew from the force of the huge explosion.
When it finally died down, an unharmed Sailor Saturn was visible at the center of the epicenter, along with many downed and wounded Orcs. Sir Persant and the other soldiers nearest to the blast had disappeared completely.
"Hahahhah! Yeah!" Goten cheered.
"Hotaru doesn't mess around." Trunks smirked in confidence and approval.
Without another word, the six companions landed behind Hotaru. As the dust settled and the troopers were beginning to comprehend what had just taken place, the girl began to speak.
"I claim command over this army by right of conquest!" She declared.
The Orcs were terrified of the little girl. All of them could not shake nervous twitches out of their eyes and faces as they haphazardly nodded at her commanding voice.
"I order you to report back to Sir Claudas and proclaim loyalty to Dame Lyoness, you will no longer hold siege over her lands. If any of you violate these orders, I'll be back." She warned at the end.
The Orcs all yelped and staggered back, quickly following the mysterious girl's orders.
"Great job Hotaru!" Rini rushed toward her friend with a huge smile on her face. "Only one more to go!"
Hotaru smiled at Rini, looking down into her best friend's eyes.
"Let's get going."
Hotaru's smile remained as she looked at Piccolo and nodded at the much taller Namek.
"Ironside's camp shouldn't be much further from here." Trista called out as the six sped off from the wrecked camp of Sir Persant, a stunned Lynette clutching onto Piccolo.
"Yeah! And it's our turn next!" Trunks pumped his fists, ready for some action.
"It'll be great fun!" Goten followed.
"What!" Lynette gasped. "You must be crazy! They're little boys! Ironside is the most powerful warrior on this planet!"
"Don't worry!" Rini smiled. "They've got a special trick. He'll never see it coming!" She mischievously smirked at the boys.
"But this time, do us a favor and go Super Saiyan beforehand." Hotaru said sarcastically, remembering their antics back at Ismara.
"No worries!" Trunks smirked.
"We'll get this done without issue!" Goten smiled.
"You better." Piccolo grunted.
"This is like some kind of wackyland where every step you take just gets more and more weird!" Lynette thought in exasperation as she sped toward the feared Sir Ironside.
"HYAH!" Sailor Uranus grunted in a fierce war cry as she sliced a Numba cleanly in half in a vertical stroke with her Space Sword. Its blood splashed a few droplets on her face, but Uranus was more than used to that already.
"Wow…" Sailor Pallas trailed in shock upon seeing yet another one fall down before the mighty Uranus. "She's incredible!" Pallas admired. "That thing was seven feet tall, not counting its horns, and she took the beast head-on!" "How many was that for you?" She finally talked.
"That's her sixty-third."
Pallas turned around with a start to see a smirking Sailor Neptune standing atop a piece of debris.
"That doesn't count the amount we killed when we were fused, however." She made clear.
"Don't you dare take Charybdis away from me." Uranus smirked, as there was somewhat of a lull in the Numba at the position.
"Sailor Nepturanus killed Charybdis." Neptune reminded.
"How many have you got, Sailor Neptune?" Sailor Pallas asked.
"I just took out my sixty-fourth." She smirked more at Uranus than Pallas.
"I'm not letting you outscore me, Michelle." Uranus challenged.
"SUBMARINE REFLECTION!" Neptune suddenly shouted out and released an all-direction beam that incinerated seven more incoming Numba.
"WORLD…SHAKING!" Sailor Uranus shouted and unleashed her orange orb, which smashed through a pile of seven Numba in its own right, blasting them to smithereens.
"You're still one behind." Neptune challenged.
"We'll see." Sailor Uranus smiled back.
"Why don't you guys fuse?" Sailor Pallas asked, curious about what she had been told of the technique.
"We need to save it for a strategic situation. It only lasts for thirty minutes and then has a thirty minute cool-off period. We can't just use it indiscriminately." Neptune informed.
Sailor Pallas nodded, absorbing the information.
"Here they come again!" Uranus growled as she watched a square of the creatures march toward them.
"Watch out!" Pallas squeaked when she saw a group of three Numba flying right toward the trio, grisly and bloody smirks on their faces. "JUNGLE ARROWS!" She shouted and released bolts of green energy at the three Numba, bringing them all down at once.
"You'll be alright kid." Uranus smirked.
"Amara."
Sailor Uranus looked up toward her lover as the Numba square continued to close in.
"I think you need to wash your face." Neptune teased.
The Soldier of Sky smirked at it. Her face was already smeared with blood. Surely there'd be more soon enough.
"Crescent Beam Shower!" Sailor Venus said and shot a flurry of yellow beams from her finger, piercing six Numba straight through the center of their bodies, making them all crash to the ground in death.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" The Soldier of Thunder shouted and pierced holes in another square of the creatures.
"Well, everyone seems to be doing alright so far!" Venus said in her usual fun voice.
"Our defenses haven't been breached…so far." Jupiter narrowed her eyes.
"Yes, everyone seems to be holding their own, despite the fact that we're spread out through the city." Mercury chimed in, analyzing enemy movements with her computer, which was proving to be invaluable so far.
Sailor Juno looked up toward the older Sailor Soldiers, trying to find some guidance.
"Overwhelming isn't it?" Sailor Mercury motioned toward the new soldier. "To be thrust into a battle so fast."
"Yes…but I'm glad to be able to help you guys!" She answered.
"I wonder though…how did you know all that was going on?"
"I don't know." The green-haired girl answered. "We all just awoke as Sailor Soldiers and saw it in our dreams."
"Hmmm…I'm sure the Supreme Kai must have been pulling some strings." Mercury settled on an answer. "Wherever he is, he and Queen Serenity must be carefully planning things out."
"And Serena is there…" Venus trailed. "We have to fight well for her!"
All three of them got determined looks on their faces and in their eyes.
Sailor Juno wondered how she could measure up to the experienced Sailor Soldiers, when suddenly a group of Numba charged at them, full of hideous laughter. The older girls gasped and haphazardly readied their attacks, but Juno was already ready.
"FREEZING KISS!" She shouted and blew something into her hand, then threw whatever it was.
The three older Scouts widened their eyes when a hazy blue mist covered the squad of Numba, instantly freezing them. The younger girl strolled over and casually shattered the frozen Numba, smashing them to pieces on the ground. They soon melted.
"Hah." Jupiter laughed. "Glad to have you around."
"Thanks!" Juno replied gratefully.
"FREEZING KISS!" Sailor Vesta shouted.
"JUNGLE ARROWS!" Sailor Ceres followed up.
In a flash, a squad of Numba was frozen and then shattered by the combined attacks. After the maneuvers, both of the new recruits looked up to see Tuxedo Mask- the future king, smiling down at them.
"Nice job. You'll make great warriors yet!" He complimented.
"Thank you sir." Sailor Ceres smiled.
"Look, there come some more!" Sailor Vesta erupted and charged forward, readying to attack the squad. The new Sailor Scout quickly gasped when she saw a smiling Numba with its claws drawn flying right at her, ready to take her head off.
"GAH!" Vesta backtracked and widened her red eyes.
A pink attack blasted into the attacker, making him explode in a pool of blood and guts.
The young girl was taken out of her shock after she saw a blonde-haired woman flying in front of her face veering right and then ascending in the air. 18 proceeded to unleash a rapid-fire flurry of pink orbs, exploding an entire square of the gross creatures by herself. 18 was followed up by the short man named Krillin, who Vesta had learned, was her husband, who sliced a line of three of them with the technique that he called 'Destructo Disk.' Indeed, the husband and wife duo was quite formidable, with obvious years of combat experience. 18, she'd learned from Sailors Uranus and Neptune, was the one with the most raw power of any one of them. She also had an inexhaustible field of energy, and it was easy to see why. 18 was currently the kill leader of the group, and she looked none worse for wear. It was easy for Vesta to see why she'd been implored by the other Sailor Soldiers to be part of the squad accompanying the future king.
"Wow, nice one 18!" She cheered.
For her part, the android only coldly acknowledged her with her ice blue eyes.
"You guys are doing great so far!" Krillin encouraged.
"No, everything's fine on our end." Yamcha stated from the air to Sailor Uranus. He'd flown over the short distance to deliver his status report. "In fact, I haven't heard of a breach anywhere in our positions. Tien, Chiaotzu, and I are doing fine."
"Great." The Soldier of Sky smiled, she then widened her eyes when an incoming Numba was exploded by a yellow blast.
"Consider it a going away present." Yamcha smirked. "See you in a few!"
And with that, he sped off back toward his position.
Sailor Pallas gasped when she saw even more Numba approaching.
"Even more?" She whined.
"Well…at least it's not boring." Sailor Neptune smirked.
"Is this it?" Uranus' eyes danced. "Is this all you can bring us, Mordred?"
"My mistress." A shadowy voice sounded out behind an armored, long-haired female.
A pair of white eyes darted toward the voice.
"The Numba need supplementation…they're dropping like flies."
"Yes…even though they've strengthened significantly, without Lord Bashgal around, they're still not quite up to par, but I don't get how this planet's Sailor Soldiers and their allies have become significantly more powerful than my reports say- even without the Saiyans in their midst."
"I don't understand this at all!" The voice responded. "Believing this pitiful band could take on upgraded Numba in such numbers is bad enough- but hearing that Saiyans are still alive is something else entirely!"
"The fog of war is always present, my dear Betelgu." The female responded with a smirk.
"At any rate…" The voice, identified as Betelgu sounded out. "Our troops desire combat; it's time to send them in!"
"Yes, send in the first two battalions, five hundred men." She ordered.
"But Sailor Veneficus!"
The Starchild warrior, now identified as Sailor Veneficus, turned her head and peered into the eyes of Medusa, Scylla, and Chimera, all in human form.
"Those bimbos killed our sister!" Medusa seethed. "I want them dead!"
"I didn't ask you." Veneficus retorted coldy.
"We're going!" Chimera followed.
"Last I knew, Master Mordred put me in charge of this army, did he not?" She continued.
"But Mistress Veneficus…"
"Very well Scylla. I will allow Medusa to venture forth with the first two battalions. She will supplement them. Do turn any of the men you encounter into stone."
Medusa cackled and took off to join the squads of mercenaries that were beginning to move in.
"Let's see how they deal with this!" Betelgu said in confidence.
Sailor Veneficus turned her grey-blue face toward the city with a confident smile of her own.
A figure in gleaming red armor smirked as he watched Lynette land with the mystery group of adventurers. A devilish look was in his blue eyes as his lengthy blonde hair blew behind him.
"Excuse me." Piccolo walked up toward him. "Where is Sir Ironside?"
"I am he." Ironside's eyes lit up in a sneer.
"But you're an Elf…" Rini trailed in curiosity.
"Perceptive brat you've got there, Namek." His sneer continued. "Lynette, I'll kill you for this. You've interfered in my affairs for the last time."
Lynette gasped and quaked in fear.
Trista looked at the surrounding countryside. There it was- Lyonesses' castle. In fact, she could make out a face staring at them from out the top window of one of the towers. She redirected her gaze toward Ironside. He was an Elf, as Rini pointed out, taller than she was, around six feet, and very handsome indeed. She knew that the Inners (barring Ami of course) would be swooning.
"We're not gonna let you hurt any pretty girls when we're around!" Trunks grinned and stepped forward.
"Yeah, we'll beat you into the ground for everything you've done!" Goten followed.
"Hey…!" Rini grumbled.
Sir Ironside smirked confidently. "Really?" He mocked and picked up his recurved longbow. He continued to laugh and drew two arrows into the bow, both of them glowed a bright blue.
"GOTEN! TRUNKS! WATCH OUT!" Lynette screamed.
The two boys looked curiously at her when Sir Ironside released his payload. In a flash, the arrows collided with the ground nearby, causing blue explosions near the two half-Saiyan boys.
"Heheh!" Sir Ironside laughed and took to the sky quickly.
"He's fast!" Piccolo grunted as he got into a position to shoot down at the two boys.
"Now die you brats!" The Elf shouted in the air triumphantly, putting two more arrows into his bow at different angles to shoot in the direction that he wanted.
"Trunks!" Goten shouted and rushed over to his friend. "Let's hurry this up!"
"Right!" Trunks shouted.
"FUUUU…SION…!" They chanted and did the dance.
"HERE THEY COME YOU BRATS!" Ironside grinned.
"HAAAAAAAAA!" They finished and joined their index fingers just as the arrows struck the area.
"Wait! They weren't Super Saiyans!" Trista widened her eyes, not worried about the attacks as she knew the arrows weren't powerful enough to kill them.
In a flash, a golden light surrounded the area and instantly cleared the smoke, revealing Gotenks in Super Saiyan glory.
"Hah." Hotaru smiled. "Looks like they can turn Super Saiyan in their fused form."
"What's this?" Sir Ironside wondered. "Where did the other two go?"
"They're me." Gotenks smirked and casually took to the sky.
"What…what is this…?" Lynette was at a loss for words.
"Ironside will not be a problem for you or your sister any longer." Trista smiled warmly.
Lynette looked up toward the tower of her sister's castle and then to the new boy, who appeared to literally be on fire.
"Alright…cute." Sir Ironside mused.
"Is this cute?" Gotenks taunted.
Sir Ironside was about to react when he suddenly felt a searing pain in his abdomen. He looked down to see that his armor was completely cracked and saw the boy smirking with his fist implanted in his stomach.
"OOHHAHHHH!" Ironside yelped in surprised pain.
Gotenks then slammed Sir Ironside to the ground with a double axe handle to his back. A large cloud of dust formed from the collision. Gotenks quickly followed to see Sir Ironside stumbling around in pain.
"Ready for some ground fighting?" Gotenks smirked.
"NO! PLEASE!" Sir Ironside, now with a missing tooth shouted out and got to his knees. "I…I GIVE UP! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!"
Lynette and Gotenks' companions gasped in shock.
"Well…that was easy…" Hotaru stated flatly.
"OH YEAH!" Gotenks raised two fingers in victory. "I'm truly the best!"
"Gotenks…" Piccolo sweat dropped. "Tell him the terms…"
"Right, jeez, don't be so uptight Piccolo!" He shrugged dismissively with his eyes closed. "Alright! Listen up!"
Sir Ironside snapped to attention.
"You're gonna leave this pretty lady and her sister alone! You and your army can join Claudas back in your own lands! Now leave!"
"YES!" Sir Ironside jumped up, sweating all over the place.
He, along with his army- which was still too shocked to speak, snapped up and left the area, leaving a massive trail of dust behind.
"I'm great!" Gotenks smirked.
"My sister!" Lynette finally called out after the dust settled down. She rushed toward the castle in the distance.
"So, shall we finally get this piece of the sword?" Trista smiled at her companions.
"Yeah let's go! This place is capital B-BORING!" Gotenks said as he walked over.
Piccolo, Trista, Rini and Hotaru sweat dropped in mild annoyance.
"So you see, some treaty between my parents and Ironsides' promised me to him when I came of age…but I never liked the guy." Lyoness told the others in her grand parlor.
"When my younger sister wasn't exactly responding well to Ironside's advances, he snapped and raised his Orc army, telling her that he would hold siege over her and her lands until she complied, and make her life miserable."
Goten and Trunks, now separated into their normal selves again, looked at Lyoness with blushes on their faces. She looked like her sister, but was younger and her hair was golden like Mina's.
"I can't thank you all enough for ridding me of Ironside." She smiled. "And you boys are quite the fighters aren't you?"
"WE SURE ARE!" Trunks answered.
"YEAH! WE'RE GREAT!" Goten followed.
Lynette and Lyoness laughed at the two kids, seeing their blushes.
"Ironside won't be back. He'll hide his head in shame." Piccolo continued. "Now Lyoness, we have a favor that we need to ask of you."
"A favor?" The two sisters both said at once.
"Yes, a crucially important one at that." Trista continued the conversational thread. "You see, we aren't just a group of adventurers that overthrew Sir Ironside for kicks. Our actions will decide the fate of the entire universe…"
"About that…just who are you guys really?" Lynette erupted in curiosity. "You've swatted away this planet's most powerful fighters with the backs of your hands! What are you doing here?"
"Where should I begin…?" Sailor Pluto prepared to relay the tale.
"So you see…our friends back on our planet right now are fighting this horde, and they're depending on us to return." Piccolo concluded. "If Bashgal gets released, you'll wish for the days of Ironside and his knights to return to you again, Lynette and Lyoness."
"Yeah, we'd be really grateful if you could help us like we helped you!" Rini chimed.
"That piece has been a family heirloom for centuries…" Lyoness trailed. "Even defeating Ironside might not be enough for me to give it to you."
"That's my heirloom!" Hotaru rose from her seat with narrowed eyes. "That blade belonged to my father!"
"And it hasn't been used by you or anyone close to you for centuries." Lynette, in turn narrowed hers. "We have more claim to it than you do." She tried to make clear, but not too much to upset the extremely powerful child.
The six companions were nervous now.
"But…" Lynette smiled.
"My sister and I do have a conscience." Lyoness followed. "You guys have proven your power, you have more use for the shard then I ever will. I just admire its beauty."
"You'll give it to us then?" Hotaru's face lightened.
Lyoness nodded with a smile.
"Thank you!" Hotaru rushed up and hugged the Elf.
"I'll go and get it." Lynette smiled and got up, walking into another room.
A few seconds later, she returned with the shard. This one formed the blade's middle right portion and part of its center.
"Here, take it." Lynette offered.
Hotaru touched the shard. More memories returned, such as her father's introduction of that time's King Vegeta to Queen Serenity, and various games that they used to play together. When the moment ended, she placed the shard in a pouch.
"Go forth Hotaru." Lyoness said in gratitude. "Thank you for breaking my shackles of commitment. I'm certain that if anyone can free the universe from the specter of Bashgal, it's you."
"Thank you." Hotaru responded.
"Time to leave." Trista said and stood up, holding up her Garnet Rod and forming a grey mist around the group of companions.
"We won't forget you!" Lynette cheered as they lifted into the air.
"Good luck with everything!" Lyoness waved, not finding what was happening in her parlor odd at all after all the stories.
"You think they can do it…?" Lyoness asked her sister after the group disappeared into the mist.
"We can hope…" Lynette vaguely answered.
"Elevated power levels approaching fast!" Sailor Uranus called out.
Sailor Neptune looked into the Deep Aqua Mirror and widened her eyes. "It's definitely the Starchild mercenaries!" She declared. "They're here at last!"
"We need to group into a tighter perimeter!" Mercury's voice called out on their communication devices.
"Let's go!" Uranus ordered. "And tell Venus and Jupiter to be ready to fuse!"
"AHHH!" Sailor Pallas was freaking out when she saw Numba approaching along with tall grey skinned figures with mean faces.
Sailor Neptune grabbed her hand and took to the sky. After a short while, all fifteen of the warriors were in a tight circle toward the center of the city.
"This isn't good Tien…" Chiaotzu said worriedly as his friend was nervously sweating.
"Here they come…!" Yamcha grimaced in caution.
"Girls, fusion, now!" Uranus ordered in a huff.
Uranus nodded at Neptune and held her arms out.
"FUUSION! HAAA!" They quickly did the dance, and a flash of light erupted, giving birth to Sailor Nepturanus once more.
"HURRY UP!" The fused soldier shouted at Venus and Jupiter, who quickly yelped.
"You guys better do it soon!" Krillin babbled when he saw a huge swath of Numba supported by a squad of Starchildren moving forward at high speed.
"FUUUSION!" Venus and Jupiter both shouted.
Everyone held their breath in anticipation, even Sailor Nepturanus, in hope that the two girls would perform the move correctly.
"HAAAA!"
A bright green-gold light lit up the area, causing even the Astravul to gaze on the scene in wonder. What emerged was a soldier with a long gold ponytail and rose earrings. Her skirt and collar were green, while her gloves and bow were Sailor Venus' blue. She had the boots of Sailor Jupiter, as well as her emerald eyes, but her face was more akin to Sailor Venus.'
"Neither Venus nor Jupiter, the soldier of thunderous love has arrived on the battlefield! I am Sailor Juvenus!"
"They did it!" Yamcha cheered.
"No time for this!" Sailor Nepturanus' dual voice shouted.
"Right!" The other fused Sailor Soldier answered.
Sailor Nepturanus took out her two weapons and joined them together. She took to the sky and flew straight at the first few Astravul mercenaries.
"HAAAAAAH!" She growled.
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" Sailor Moon chanted while she released the power of her weapon. The bright pink beams incinerated the scattering of rocks that Goku had thrown at her.
Her audience clapped.
"My, that was superb Princess Serenity!" The Supreme Kai smiled.
"Very well done!" Kibito also encouraged.
"Thank you!" Serena nodded with closed and mirthful eyes. "Though it can be really scary at how fast Goku throws those rocks!" She said sheepishly with a sweat drop.
"But now your reaction time's increased!" Goku encouraged, hands on his hips. "You'll never be a better warrior if you don't push yourself past your limits."
"Yeah, but I like eating and sleeping better…" Serena's sweat drop remained.
"Yeah…that's great too!" Goku agreed. "It's hard to decide what's better!"
"You know Goku, before I met you, I didn't think anyone ate as much as I did!" Serena said goofily.
Goku plastered a smile on his face.
Queen Serenity's eyes sparkled at the scene, but then she peered down into the crystal ball and narrowed them. "Guys!" She called out. "Come over here!"
The four remaining figures approached the crystal ball. Goku, the Supreme Kai, and Kibito quickly frowned while Serena looked down with a worried face.
"Looks like round two has started!" Goku grimaced. "At least Mina and Lita's fusion worked!"
"It won't hold for long!" Queen Serenity said. "And even so…with those Starchildren at the scene…"
"They're just so resoundingly outnumbered! How long can they last?" The Supreme Kai gritted. "The fighting's become much more furious so quickly!"
"Look at that horde!" Kibito frowned. "Now their force will be multiplied many times over! I wish that Prince Endymion wasn't there!"
"Darien…" Serena trailed in fear.
Goku quickly put a reassuring arm around Serena, and she thanked him for it. Both looked toward Gohan, followed by the other three.
Gohan, for his part, had heard everything that was going on, and realized that things were getting more serious and dangerous.
"How much longer is this going to take?" He asked through gritted teeth. "We've been sitting here for over twenty hours!"
"Why yes…it should have been done by now. Oh!" The Old Kai chimed. "You must be really strong!" He said. "Sometimes it takes a little longer for the really strong ones!"
"I'M TIRED OF YOUR GAMES KAI!" Gohan growled in anger. "HAAA!" He powered up.
A white aura surrounded him and the entire area darkened as his power raged. Smoke was blowing away from the hill he stood on and the area beneath his feet was white-hot. A high wind full of pink static electricity soon crashed around the air.
"GAH!" Goku, Kibito, and the Supreme Kai noised with bugged-out eyes.
Serena's jaw dropped, and Queen Serenity's eyes widened in disbelief.
"G…Gohan…" Serena stammered as her pigtails flailed about at high speed.
The wind picked up in a huge gust.
"Do you realize what you've done!" Gohan's blue eyes raged at his 'master.' "There are people in peril down there! This is wasting too much time!" Then he gasped. "…It worked…!"
Old Kai stoically held his arms out without saying a word.
"…" Gohan tightened his hand as his eyes reverted to normal. "…Wow…was that power really mine…?" Gohan didn't quite believe it.
"Yes it was." Old Kai informed. "Now sit down so we can finish up!"
"Right!" Gohan immediately complied. "I'm sorry I ever doubted you sir…" He trailed in apology and got back into his previous position.
"Gohan's power…" Serena thought. "Unreal…all he's been doing is sitting there while I've been working my butt off! And he's still gotten so much stronger! It's not fair!"
Queen Serenity read her daughter's thoughts and chuckled. She narrowed her eyes and looked down at the furious battle being waged by Earth's defenders against the Numba and Starchildren, knowing that the clash would only facilitate Bashgal's release- especially if they came across civilians in the line of fire. She hoped that Gohan would finish- and soon.
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