Powerful as One
By Lark57
A/N-Sorry I waited so long to post this but I didn't want it to get mixed up with all the stories that are re submitted for Chaperazation.
The Perfect Plan
Xeron sat at a bus stop, watching James Hawkings from behind his newspaper disguise. Kyo had told Stearic about Xeron's little mistake of dropping the balls into the same world and the master had not taken it all to well.
Now Xeron had been sent on a mission to fix his mistake. This time the destruction would be fatal though. Xeron pulled out the typed directions that Stearic had given him and read over them once more.
The poison that you have is called rhyothymine. It is deadly and can kill quickly. To stop the brats from uniting your job is to kill James Hawkings and then use the syringe to absorb his good power. This will not be enough good to harm you so it will be easy to dispose of. Do not mess up.
STEARIC
Xeron smiled. It was a perfect plan and there was no way it could go wrong. As soon as his poisoned James the boy would be dead. Even if Paras, who was apparently able to feel James' pain, reached her lover in time, she wouldn't be able to do anything without killing herself. The perfect plan could not go wrong.
Xeron twitched when he saw James get onto a metro bus. He folded his paper and followed the victim. He saw James sit in a seat near the back and sat behind him. Xeron expertly pulled out the syringe and slipped the vial of poison into the case. Covering the needle with his sleeve, the servant raised his hand to make it look he was about to pat the boy on the shoulder.
"Do you need something sir?" Jim asked, turning around right before Xeron was about to administer the poison.
Xeron silently cursed under his breath and put his hand down. "Yes I was wondering if you knew where I could buy a good birthday present for my daughter? You look about her age."
"Oh," Jim said, turning his whole body around so he could talk to the man. "What kind of person is she?"
Xeron paused to pretend he was thinking then said, "she likes pretty things, elegant things."
Jim thought, "There's a store on Myros called the Hampton Glass wear. They have some great things like glass roses and stuff. One of my friends got his girl friend one and she loved it." Jim smiled as he remembered Ceres's tired face brighten when Trowa gave her the present.
"Why thank you boy," Xeron said. "I'm sure my daughter will love it." he was silent then cringed when he saw a girl get on the bus. Sailor Paras.
"Sir? Are you all right?" Jim asked, tapping Xeron's shoulder.
Xeron jumped and shook his head to clear his mind. -The plan will still go smoothly, it is perfect and flawless.- "Yes, fine. Do you know that girl, she seems to be looking at you." He pointed to Paras who was walking down the isle.
"Yes," Jim said with a smile, "that's my girlfriend. Paras, over here," he yelled and waved her over. The blue themed girl smiled, walked to sit next to Jim and kissed him on the cheek. "Hey baby, this man was trying to think of a good present for his daughter. I told him to get her a flower like Trowa got for Ceres."
Xeron's face went white at hearing of another scout. -They have found each other quicker than I anticipated.- "Yes, you're friend was very helpful," Xeron recovered when he saw the two kids looking at him.
"Good," Paras said. "Jim I have to talk to you," then to Xeron, "excuse us." The two teens turned around and began to whisper to each other. -This is my chance. I must strike now or fail. Should I try to kill Paras too? No, that would be too much good energy.- Xeron raised his arm, sliding the needle point out of his sleeve and moved towards Jim's bare neck. He was ready for the teen to turn and ask him another annoying question but the boy seem very concerned with his current conversation.
Xeron pricked Jim on the neck and smiled as the poison flowed from the syringe to the blood stream of the victim. "Ouch," Jim said and wacked the back of his neck but not before Xeron pulled his arm away.
"Done," Xeron said and got off the bus. He didn't wait to see if the toxin worked. It had to work this was the perfect plan.
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Jim walked with Paras down the street to the only good restaurant that they knew of. It had been Jim's treat since Paras had been feeling so horrible about Sestuna's death or whatever had happen.
"So do you think your memory is coming back?" Paras inquired.
"I keep remembering strange names like Melfina and Gillian, Jean too, but other than that, nope, nothing yet."
"Melfina?" Paras inquired with a hint of jealously. "Old girlfriend?"
"Maybe," Jim said but then quickly regretted it when Paras wacked him on the back of the head. "I mean no of course not." Then, in the middle of his happiness, Jim felt a burning pain shock his entire body. He fell on the sidewalk and grabbed his stomach.
"JIM!!" Paras yelled. She bent down next to her love as people gathered around them. "Go get a doctor!" A woman pulled out a cell phone and dialed 991 while Paras watched Jim wither in pain. "What's wrong?"
"My body," Jim groaned under his breath, "I can feel something burning." Using so much energy to speak made the boy's body fail all together and he fainted.
"Jim," Paras cried quietly. Ideas were going through her head and at some point Paras realized that it was her memory coming back to her. "No not now. I don't have time to deal with this," she screamed. -Wait that man. I know that man. Xeron, Stearic's servant.- Paras started to shiver, -no not my energy too. I have to save Jim. The poison, it's fatal, it always is. He doesn't even know who he is yet.- Paras fell down next to Jim, but knew she had to kiss him so that he could at least die knowing who he was. She pulled herself up and touched her lips to his. There was a blue flash that pushed Paras back to the ground and she could now feel her power draining even more rapidly into Jim. -The poison's in my body, I'm not going to make it. Maybe I can save Jim though.- Paras interlocked her hand with Jim's, no longer really aware of her body, and poured all; her energy into him, knowing that that would over power the venom.
"No," Jim objected. "Stop Paras. Please don't" The girl didn't respond but continued to cure him and in turn killing herself. Jim used what little life he had and pushed himself away from the girl.
"Are you okay son?" a medic asked, picking Jim up and lifting him up onto a stretcher.
"My girlfriend, she's dieing, save her," Jim ordered in between breathes of pure oxygen.
"You kids and your crushes," the medic said, and relayed the message to his partner who was leaning over Paras.
-Paras, please don't leave me," Jim willed her telepathically, a tear sliding down his cheek. -I need you, I need to tell you who I am and all my stories about the Outlaw star. I need to tell you that Melfina was like my mother and that you're my only love. Don't leave me.- At that pointed Jim could feel the anesthesia kicking in and he blacked out again.
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Paras could feel that she was still alive, weak but alive. -Jim pushed himself away from me, that's why I am alive now but is he?- Paras didn't open her eyes but felt what was around her. -Most likely the hospital,- she guessed and opened her eyes to see that she was right.
It was a 2 person room and when Paras turned over ,after mustering much energy, she was over joyed into tears to see that Jim was lying in the bed next to her, alive and in the same shape like her.
"Jim," she said in a choked voice, gulping down sobs. "Jim I love you."
The boy didn't respond, still under anethesia, but Paras was relieved by the fact that she knew he was alive. She laid on her back and looked up at the ceiling, now having time to bask in the fact that she knew who she was. -Wait, I have to find the girls. We all have our memories, we can unite,- Paras thought in ergency.
"Jim," she called louder this time. -He has to wake up before Vestes or I run out of power.- "Jim, wake up, we have to get to the others." the tears were coming back but this time in fear of being too late.
Jim's body began to stir and his eyes fluttered open. "Paras," were his first words, making the girl smile.
"I'm here Jim," she called. "Don't try to move yet. You'll need your strength to help me find Vestes, Juno and Ceres."
"Why?" Jim wondered.
"Because we have to fulfill our destinies to become the protectors of Young Lady."
"How?" Jim asked, sounding even more confused.
"You will understand when it happens, but we have to hurry before Vestes or I die," Paras explained.
Jim was silent, taking in everything that had just happened, including his memory coming back, and now he was a little overwhelmed.
"Jim?" Paras interrupted.
"Okay," Jim said then took a pause for breath, "you have more force, call out for help, someone from the hallway should hear you."
"Nurse!" she said, almost as loud as any regular person would speak but it got someone's attention.
"Yes?" a man said, walking into the room.
"Can you find one of our friends for us?" Paras requested. "it is very urgent that we talk to them."
"Sure honey. What's their name?"
"Vestes Mather," Paras told him.
"The girl who's dying with out a cause? I know what room she's in."
"Can you take me there? Jim too?" Paras asked. The nurse looked skeptical.
"Listen man, they're sisters and Vestes is probably completely oblivious to what just happened. Paras got her memory back and she has something really important to tell Vestes," Jim lied then fell asleep.
"Okay, why should I take him though?" the nurse questioned.
"He's my boyfriend, I need the support," Paras squeaked, not sure that the man would fall for that, even if it was true.
"Okay, I'll get 2 wheel chairs and another nurse," the man said and left the room. Paras sighed, feeling completely exhausted and fell asleep.
Though Jim didn't know how long he slept, he was soon awaked and transferred to a wheel chair. Still half asleep he could feel himself being pushed down the hallway, and he guessed that he was going to Vestes.
"Oh Jim you look horrible," Juno sympathized softly. Out of the four girls she was the defently the strongest but even Juno would die eventually.
Jim smiled in sarcastic thanks. "Are we going to call the others?" he asked, talking about Heero, Trowa and Gohan.
"I already told the nurse, Bill to do it for me," Juno informed him. "They should be here soon."
"Sooner than you guessed," Gohan said, appearing in the door way with the two senior behind him. "Woah, Jim what happen to you?"
"He was poisoned," Paras mumbled then fell back into a deep sleep.
"We should hurry. What do we do Juno?" Heero asked.
"I don't know. Paras was suppose to remember a line from Sailor Mars's prophecy but she hasn't said anything about it."
"Hold hands, let in the light, let the power and become powerful," Paras supplied again.
"Isn't she wonderful," Jim said with a small smile.
"Yes, now lets save her and all the rest of the girls huh?" Gohan suggested and took Vestes's slight chilled hand.
"No, Gohan, you have to hold my hand," Juno beckoned with a light chuckle.
"But," Gohan objected, "I'll kill you."
"No you won't. No when we all hold hands in a circle. Then the energy should be shared," Juno guessed. Gohan looked uneasily but moved quickly to grab Juno's hand. He could the energy trying to creep into his body but he protested it. -Juno can't get any weaker or else we won't know what to do.- He watched as the others locked hands, then, and only then did he cautiously let Juno and his life forces mix.
"Why isn't anything happening?" Heero asked, looking down at the still moribund Vestes.
"Gohan, transform," Juno ordered, her eyes closed like she was trying not to scream.
"Oh okay," Gohan agreed. His body tensed as his Super Sayian powers slowly began to rise. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he yelled as wind and lighting began to swirl around him. Gohan was surprised that no one was harmed by the flying objects but that thought was soon pushed out of his mind as he completed the transformation.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHAAHHHHHHHHHHAAA!!!!" Juno, Ceres, Vestes and Paras now screamed. The 4 boys looked frightened and saw that their loves were being covered by different lights.
"What's wrong with them?" Heero yelled over the girls intense screaming. That's when another light appeared. A dark, almost black, purple ball of glowing strength came through the ceiling and landing in the center of the circle. "Who are you?"
"I am Sailor Saturn," the girl answered in a formal voice, "and this is your Queen." A tall girl with pink hair in two buns, hair flowing down from each one with a slight sparkle, stepped forward and touched Heero's face.
"It is nice to meet you Heero, and the rest of you too. You may call me Rini," the woman said in a calm voice, despite the obvious things that were happening around her.
"What happening to them?" Gohan asked, tilting his head in the direction of Juno who was in tears of pain.
"They are trying to give you all their powers but none of you are allowing them. Please let them in, you love them, become a part of them," Rini instructed.
-This is all too much. I can't decide to become a king or whatever in such a short amount of time. What about my normal life, what about the missions, being a preventer?- Trowa debated with himself. -But I love Ceres and she's giving me everything she has, including her own life. can't I give up something?- Suddenly Trowa began to feel the pain, a burning sensation that rushed through out his entire body. It was Ceres's power, all of the goodness that she had ever done. All her memories and faults and achievements.
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Trowa blacked out from the pain and appeared in a white room. He looked around and saw that he was dressed in a classy gray blue suit with a green turtle neck underneath. "Apparently you dress better after you die," he observed with a smile, feeling the fabric in-between his fingers.
The was a teasing but kind chuckle behind him and Trowa turned around to see Ceres, looking much more healthier than before. Instead of the hospital clothes she was wearing a long white dress with yellow trimmings, her hair pulled up in an elegant twist at the back of her head.
"You look beautiful," Trowa said breathlessly.
"Did I not before?" Ceres inquired, a hint of laughter still in her voice.
Trowa stuttered for the first time in his whole life. "No, no but now you look healthy and alive. And happy."
"Yes I suppose that can do something for your looks. You don't look bad yourself Trowa."
"Yes, I like the clothes here. Where are we?" he asked.
"The magic valance. This is the place where all our energy and immortal powers went."
"Why are we here?"
"We've been completely absorbed by the valance, but don't worry, we shouldn't be here for long. As soon as the Queen straightens everything up I will go back to my world and you back to yours," Ceres explained, her head hanging at the last sentence.
"What do you mean you go back to your world and I go back to mine? I thought we were suppose to become protectors of the Queen," Trowa protested.
The senery changed and the couple appeared to be in a meadow full of wild flowers. "Trowa, you are mortal, you can't come to the Enternal Moon Kingdom or the magic valance will kill you because of you lack of magic of course."
"So you mean this is good bye?" Trowa resolved, putting the puzzle together. When Ceres nodded and began to weep Trowa smiled and picked one of the yellow flowers at his feet. "Look, a flower, isn't this convient."
Ceres smiled, took the flower from Trowa's hand, and threw it to the ground. "I don't need a flower. I know that I will meet you again Trowa Barton."
"And I will see you again Sailor Ceres of the Senshi Asteroid," Trowa said though he didn't know how he knew the information, "to go home and protect the Queen together."
"Yes," Ceres agreed and kissed Trowa lightly on the lips before disappearing in a shimmer of yellow light. Only then did Trowa fall to his knees and allow tears to slid off his face.
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There was fire surrounding him but Heero couldn't feel any of the heat. "Where is this?" he wondered. Last thing he remembered was accepting and loving Vestes, for everything she was and is. Now he was standing in a room full of flames in jeans, a white tank top and leather coat.
"Do you like it?" Vestes asked. "I can change it, watch," the girl snapped and the scene went to a vast rocky out crop like the one where she had been found by Sestuna when the whole adventure had begun.
Heero said nothing because he was still looking at Vestes, the alive and fashionably dressed Vestes. She was clothed in a white dress that went down to the ground with red trimming with her red hair whipping around her from the artificial wind that had been created.
"Where are we?" Heero asked, finally regaining his senses.
"In the magic valance. We've been completely absorbed and now the job is done."
"But we didn't unite our make any sort of super creature," Heero contradicted.
Vestes smiled and moved closer to Heero. She stopped a foot away from him and held up her hand. Heero lifted his hand and their palms touched. There was a red glow from the connection of their hands and slight shots of lightning. "This is our power Heero, this is our life force which can never be destroyed without killing us and no one will ever do that."
Heero put down his hand, "So what now?"
Vestes looked at the ground and Heero saw a tear drop from her face. "I will go back top the Moon Kingdom and you will go back to your own world Heero. Since you are not immortal you cannot come to the Kingdom, but when you die I will see you."
"And if I kill myself?" Heero said, already thinking of a way out of it.
"No Heero. You have to fulfill your purpose in life or you will continually be reincarnated, never coming to the Kingdom."
"You will wait for me?" Heero asked.
"Of course. And I promise next time we meet I won't go phsyco on you," Vestes said with a laugh and evaporated into glitter.
"Goodbye Vestes," Heero whispered then turned to a door that had appeared a few feet behind him.
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Gohan and Juno stood in a rain forest, surrounded only by the large trees that beared fruit the size of a cat, none of the annoying bugs. In the back round there were millions of bird calls and ever once and awhile a colorful butterfly would land on Juno's raised hand, flexing its wings.
"I love you Juno," Gohan finally said after a long period of silence.
"I knew you couldn't do it," Juno pointed out but then added, "I love you too Gohan and I wish I didn't have to leave you on Earth, but you have to help Dende protect it."
"Why does everyone I love leave me?" Gohan wondered bitterly, remembering his father, his mother, and most of his friends who had not been strong enough to cope with the several new powers they had seen.
"I am not leaving you Gohan. It does not qualify as leaving if I know we will see each other again."
"But what if I don't fulfill my duty and I get re-encarnated a billion times, what then?" Gohan asked.
"I'm immortal Gohan, I will not go anywhere and I'm sure you will figure out your goal before that." Then Juno started to shiver in fear. "I don't know what the new Kingdom will be like. I am afraid Gohan."
"Don't be afraid," Gohan said, wrapping his arms around Juno's shoulders. "You are the strongest person I know, whatever you come up against you will beat."
"Strength over Strength," Juno whispered into Gohan's chest.
"Exactly. Good bye Juno. Now even I can here Dende and Queen Rini calling both of us."
"Right," Juno backed up and bowed to the boy in fighting style "Good bye Gohan."
Gohan smiled and did the same, "Good bye Juno. It was a good fight." They held hands for a moment then went their opposite directions to their own worlds.
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Jim and Paras slept under a tree, oblivious to the time that was leaving them. Oblivious to the fact that they might not see each other for an eternity. Paras had her head on Jim's chest, and her arm coiled around his waist, feeling safe and warm.
"IT IS TIME TO GO PARAS!" the Greater Powers said in her mind, in her dreams.
"I can't, not without Jim," Paras objected.
"You must leave him in his own world where he will live out his life."
"I will not cause him the pain that I will suffer. Can I erase his memory Powers?" Paras requested.
"Yes," the Powers granted. They transported Paras and Jim to Starwind and Hawkings' Enterprises where it was already night. "Leave soon for mourning is close."
"Yes," Paras said and carefully lifted Jim into his bed. Next to his bed she saw a pad of paper and tore a piece out. She scribbled something down then placed it under his pillow. "I love you Jim," she said and kissed him on the forehead. The boy stirred but did not wake. "I am ready," Paras alerted the Powers and soon disappeared to the Moon Kingdom.
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Jim woke up with the sun glaring into his face. "Where am I?"
"At your home silly," Melfina said, bringing in some breakfast. "You've been sleeping all afternoon. Jean was worried that you were sick."
"Oh, wow. I don't remember anything about it," Jim said and took a piece of toast from the plate.
"I'll let you get dressed. I'm sure Jean will be eager to see that you're awake," Melfina said and left the room. Jim sighed and climbed out of bed. He didn't feel like he had slept that long, he felt exhausted.
Jim sifted through his bed for a reasonably clean T-shirt and found a folded piece of paper instead. He looked at it and then opened it up.
Separated we are only a single cell in the vast Earth
But together we are a force
That no one can beat
Weak as 2
but powerful as 1
I love you Jim
Paras.
The teenager folded the paper back up and slipped it under his mattress. "Jim?!" Jean called.
"Coming Jean," Jim said a little detached and then surprised when a image of a blue hair girl flashed through his head. "Man I hope I don't have amnesia."
END
A/N-Horrible ending, but I didn't know what to do. Please review, and specify what chapter since the system is a little flawed right now.