Hey!!! Ra~chan here. I guess you guys liked this story. Thanks to everyone that reviewed it. Not much to say right now, so I'll just go straight to the story.
Disclaimer : I am not fortunate enough to own Sailor Moon or Dragon Ball Z. I can see the shock written on your faces now, but you must believe me when I say that it is true.
The Lost Soldier
Chapter 1
*Please take me to a world now that can help me. Help me to defeat this evil and save my friends.* Serenity thought.
In a bright flash, she was gone. Serenity had been going form one planet to the next looking for help and trying to outrun chaos. So far she hadn't been successful with either one. Serenity was worried about her home. When she had left, her friends were still alive. She hoped the same was true now.
In another flash of light, Serenity appeared on a new planet. She looked around her to see the remains of a city, currently being rebuilt. *Have I already been here?* Serenity questioned herself. *I don't remember this place. I doubt Chaos would have actually left anybody alive on any of the worlds I've already visited. I wonder what happened?* Serenity started to walk towards the city in hope of finding out what had happened in this world.
"Stop right there," said a voice behind Serenity.
Serenity stopped when she heard the voice. Slowly she turned around to stare at whoever had told her to stop. After she had turned around, she saw two boys standing in front of her. One looked to be in his early twenty's, and the other one looked about 12 or so. The older one had short, spiky black hair. It was out of control, but at the same time had a clean look to it. He had black beady eyes that stared at Serenity. She could see the warning in his eyes. It told her if she attempted anything sudden, she would pay the consequences. The other one was a bit shorter than the older one. He had lilac hair that hung just above his eyes, except for a few strands that hung in front of his eyes. He had blue eyes. They had a look of untrust and loss. Whatever had happened here had left the inhabitants of this planet very wary of strangers. Both were obviously fighters, for they looked very strong. They also had the look of battle hardened warriors.
Serenity just stared at the two strangers. She didn't move, didn't speak just stared at them. Switching her gaze between the two. They both stared back at her, daring her to make a move. Serenity didn't know why they had stopped her, but they must have felt she was a threat. They somehow knew she wasn't originally of this world. *But how could they know?* thought Serenity.
"Who are you?" asked the older one.
"You may call me Serenity," she responded. "May I ask who you are?"
"That depends," said the younger one. "Why have you come to this planet?"
"Are your intentions good or bad?" asked the older one.
"I do not mean to bring any harm to your planet," replied Serenity. "However an evil force has been following me around, and it may cause a problem. If you wish I will leave."
There was a certain sadness that hung around Serenity. The older of the strangers seemed to notice it. *Something awful must have happened to this girl* he thought. *I wonder what it could be. I guess she isn't an immediate threat to us. We could at least help her out.*
Serenity saw the older one look to the purple hair boy and nod. She didn't know if this was a good nod or a bad nod, but it seemed as if she was about to find out.
The one with black hair was the first to speak, "My name is Gohan. And this is Trunks."
"Nice to meet you. I have a question though, how did you know I wasn't from this planet?"
"We can sense ki," said Trunks. "And yours just happens to be higher than the normal persons."
"Okay, but why did you stop me?"
"Because of your higher ki, we had to make sure you weren't going to harm anyone."
"What happened here?"
"There were these horrible beings called androids," (AN: Yes I'm having Gohan survive the androids because I want to okay.) explained Gohan. "They took much enjoyment out of destroying the cities and killing innocent people. Trunks and I only recently destroyed them. It took so many years to defeat them. They have been around since Trunks was born. They killed both of our fathers and all of our friends. My mother died soon after my father, because she was caught in a city the androids just happened to be attacking. Trunks mom, Bulma, is still alive. She has helped us out a lot. Probably without her, we wouldn't have survived."
"I'm terribly sorry. That must have been awful. I know how you feel though."
Gohan raised his eyebrow. He doubted that this girl really knew what it felt like. He was about to question her when she started swaying back and forth. The Serenity collapsed onto the ground.
"What? Why did she just collapse?" asked Trunks.
"I don't know, but we should take her to your mother," said Gohan. "Maybe there is something wrong with her."
Gohan carefully picked up Serenity, and both him and Trunks took off towards Capsule Corps where Bulma and them lived. It didn't take them long to get there, because Serenity had landed in the closest city to them. Gohan and Trunks landed right outside and walked in.
"Oh hello Gohan, Trunks," said Bulma. "I wasn't expecting you to be back so soon."
"Bulma, can you help us," said Gohan. "We found this girl, and as we were talking to her she just collapsed."
"Oh my!" exclaimed Bulma. "She certainly looks like she has been through a lot. Come, come. Let's put her in one of the spare rooms. I'll help her there, and then we'll just have to wait until she wakes up."
Gohan nodded. He climbed up the stairs, following Bulma. Once they reached the guest bedroom, He laid her down onto the bed. Bulma then shoed both Trunks and Gohan out of the room, so she could thoroughly check Serenity. After given her a full check out, the only thing Bulma could conclude was that Serenity merely collapsed from exhaustion, and all that she needed was rest. She left the room and found Gohan and Trunks standing in the hall, awaiting the verdict.
"She's just exhausted," said Bulma. "With a little rest, she will be as good as new."
Both Trunks and Gohan released a sigh of relief.
"What I'm wondering though is why she is so exhausted. Do you guys know?"
Gohan shook his head. "No. When we found her she was fine. But she did appear out of no where."
"Yeah," said Trunks. "It was like one moment she wasn't there, and the next we could feel her ki. It's pretty powerful."
"Well, we can ask her when she is ready. There will be no, I repeat no pushing her for information. Got that?" They both nodded their heads. There was no arguing with Bulma when she got that tone of voice. Even a super-saiyan couldn't fight Bulma when she was like that. They would learn the truth eventually. They just had to be patient.
~*~ Serenity's Dream ~*~
"Serenity," said Chaos. "Where are you Serenity? You can't hide forever you know. I'll find you. I always do. Then I'll destroy all the new friends you've made."
"Please don't hurt them," Serenity half cried. "They've already been through so much."
"Well I guess that narrows down where you can be doesn't it?"
Serenity gasped. Chaos always managed to figure out where she was, and it was her fault. She always slipped up like that. She would have to leave as soon as she could now. She couldn't put anymore innocent people at risk on her account.
"Oh and Serenity, I have something here who you might want to see."
"I'm not interested in anything you might have to show me."
"Oh, really? So you don't wish to see your friends?"
Serenity gasped. Chaos was holding Rei, Makoto, Minako, and Michiru.
"I'd show you more of them, but I'm afraid Haruka and Setsuna are dead. I killed them myself. I'm sure Hotaru and Ami are also dead. They were buried under a pile of rubble, and there was no escape from it."
Serenity was getting pissed off. He was openly flaunting the fact that her friends were dead. *No Serenity!! Control your anger. He'll sense your energy.*
"Oh my!!! Is the princess getting angry at me? What can you do if you keep hiding like you are? Maybe you need some persuasion. Yes, yes, that would do just fine. But how to do it?" Chaos was obviously toying with her. "I know. Which one of your friends do you want to die first?"
Serenity froze. She was going to have to see her friends die. It was her fault. If she hadn't run, then they could have still been alive, but now, now they were going to die, and there was nothing she could do about it.
Chaos realized it was on the right track. Now all it had to do was push the button a little farther in to set the off the chain reaction, which would let it know exactly where she was.
"Let's see. Who first? Should it be Michiru? or should it be Minako?"
Serenity got paler with each name. She didn't want to see her friends get hurt.
"I think it should be Rei. Yes! That's the perfect choice. You two always were the closest of friends."
As Chaos killed Rei she yelled, "Forgive me Princess! I was not strong enough to protect our world till you came back."
Those were her final words. Rei was dead. The fiery princess of Mars had died, remaining loyal to her princess and holding no ill feelings for her. Serenity started to cry. Her friends didn't deserve this. No one did.
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REI!!!!!!!!!!" Serenity screamed.
~*~ End Dream ~*~
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REI!!!!!!!!!!" Serenity screamed.
Bulma, Gohan, and Trunks rushed into Serenity's room. She was sitting straight up in bed. Tears coming down her face, which was as white as a ghost. She had obviously had some sort of nightmare. What they didn't realize is what Serenity had seen was real. Bulma sat down on the bed beside Serenity and pulled her into a hug. Bulma rocked her in her arms, trying to calm down.
"Arigatou. Sorry, but I don't know your name," said Serenity.
"Silly me. I didn't introduce myself. I'm Bulma. Trunks' mom. They brought you here, after you collapsed."
"Thank you very much. I'm afraid though, by me staying here, that you will experience many problems. I should leave. I need to return to my own home soon. I have to see if anyone is still alive."
"You are not going anywhere," stated Bulma sternly. "You are not well enough yet."
Serenity was slightly astonished that she was being so stubburn about not wanting her, a complete stranger, to leave. It made Serenity happy to know that there were such people in the universe. She was the type of person Serenity was trying to protect.
Serenity shook her head. "No. I'm sorry. I must leave. If I stay, you all will die. I can't stand to have anyone else die on account of me." A single tear fell down her cheek.
Gohan was pained to see her crying. Something awful must have happened to her. *What could she have done to deserve this?* Gohan thought. *She is too pure to have witnessed this much pain. Somebody like her shouldn't have to fight. But who is she fighting?*
Serenity stood up from the bed. She suddenly snapped to attention. *Damn. Chaos has already found me. He did it to me in that dream. He killed Rei just to get to me. And he can still kill more.* Serenity pulled out the Staff of Diana. With it she transformed. She no longer wore her sailor fuku. Instead she had on pure white pants that floated around her legs. She had silver boots on. She wore a sleevless shirt that was gold. Her silver hair flowed from the ponytail it was in. The staff itself was siver and gold. It was like a mix of Pluto's Time staff and Hotaru's Silence Glaive.
"Go into that corner now," Serenity said in a whisper. While it was said softly, it left no room for argument.
Bulma, Gohan, and Trunks took there spot in the corner, having absolutely no clue what was going on. They all began wondering who Serenity really was, and why she was acting so strange.
"Come out," said Serenity calmly. "I know you're here. There is no point in hiding."
"Ah...but Princess," said a mysterious voice, "where would the fun be if I didn't get to have the first surprise attack." Everyone was looking around the room trying to figure out where the voice had come from, but nothing could be seen in the room.
Suddenly a laser of energy shot out. It headed straight for Serenity. The staff quickly blocked it, almost as if it had known exactly where it was heading.
"You are better than I thought Princess. You have grown quite skillful with that staff. Too bad it won't be good enough."
Another laser shot out. Serenity quickly moved the staff to block it. Once it was blocked though another one shot out. Soon the shots were being fired nonstop at Serenity, who was still gaurding the other three, who were just watching what was going on. The staff was moving so fast to block all the shots that it could barely be seen anymore. Suddenly the shots stopped. Serenity stood her ground. She closed her eyes and began to chant in some unknown language. A silvery glow appeared around her. It disappeared when she stopped chanting. She pointed her staff at a what seemed like a random point on the wall. A bright white beam came from the staff and hit the spot on the wall. An ugly youma appeared where Serenity had shot.
"Ahhh," said the youma. "Very good indeed. You've learned how to track us."
"So Chaos has sent another one of his stupid minions to do his dirty work?"
"Princess, I'm insulted. I'm far from stupid and am much more powerful than the ones you have previously faught. Why don't I give you a taste of my power?"
The youma rose it's claw like hand until it pointed to Serenity. It began to gather energy in the palm of it's hand. Serenity saw what it was about to do and readied herself for the coming attack. The youma's energy beam blasted towards Serenity and the others. Serenity thrust her staff out in front of her holding on to it with both hands. It created a shield which blocked the youma's blast. The shield took a lot of energy from Serenity however. The youma noticed this immediately. It began to power up another blast. It shot it at Serenity again. She raised her staff to block it once again. She was able to hold out for a while, but the shield was weakening. Finally it gave and the blast hit Serenity directly.
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4.08.01
It is now 2 am. I stayed up this long just to finish this chapter for all of you loyal readers. So what do you think? I hope you liked it. I like this story a lot partly because I don't think anyone has tried anything quite like it before. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I greatly appreciate it. Thanks to all those that reviewed last time!!! If you want to e-mail me:
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