Chapter 5
Dinner was ready.
"Whoa! What a feast! I'm in heaven!" Serena exclaimed in delight and rushed for the table drooling.
They started eating. Serena, Goku and Gohan were shoving food in their mouths like it was the first time they had ever seen food for a year. The rest just stared at them in amazement.
"Serena, you meatball head! Slow down!" Rei shouted at her.
"You're being rude Serena. Stop being a pighead," Luna reprimanded her.
"Goku! Gohan! Stop that at once!" Chi Chi yelled at them.
They stopped and looked at Chi Chi. Gohan's food was in mid air and Goku had a bunch of spaghetti hanging out of his mouth. Goku slurped up his spaghetti.
"Ughh," Piccolo shuddered, "Disgusting!"
"Sorry Chi Chi"
"Yeah, Mom, sorry"
"So what's up with this new enemy thing?" Bulma wanted to know.
Luna and Artemis told them everything they knew so far.
"Rei what did the sacred Fire tell you?" Mina asked.
"Well it didn't tell me much. What it did tell me that there is a very powerful enemy, so powerful it will probably take all of the Senshi to defeat it. It said that it was, well it didn't say what it was but that it was evil and that it knows about us. The Fire showed me some kind of room, kind of like a cave with a throne in it. It knows we are here. It wants us," Rei finished ominously.
They stared at her for a moment struck by her tone of voice and the way she said it.
"What?! Why are you staring at me like that! Is there something on my face?" Rei broke the silence.
"Well that's new," Vegeta's voice was dripping in sarcasm.
Ami pulled her computer out of its dimensional pocket.
"What? Huh? How did you-?" Chi Chi stammered, pointing at the computer.
Chi Chi sighed as if defeated, "If cats can talk I guess a computer can come out of thin air. I've seen everything else."
"Wow! Super cool computer!" Bulma exclaimed, "Can I see it?"
"Sure," Ami smiled at the woman's enthusiasm.
"This is hot tech!" Bulma said in wonder, tapping at the keys.
"Yes it is. May I please have it back?" Ami asked and started taking it away from her.
Bulma tugged it back.
"Please let me have it back," Ami said.
"Let me looked at it some more," Bulma clenched her teeth as they had a little tug-of-war for the mini-computer.
Ami finally got it.
"Thank you. Now Rei your info pretty much coincides with what we guessed before, in fact I'll say it proves it since what the Fire tells you is always right. I do have a trace on that energy signal so we can find this thing. But I suggest we rest tonight and start tomorrow since Rei and my computer indicated that it is very strong." Ami finished.
"Great. I could use a good rest," Lita stated.
"Chi Chi I'm still hungry. Do you have anymore food?" Goku asked.
Everyone stared at him in unbelief.
"I know Serena eats a lot but dang! You're worse!" Rei proclaimed.
"Yeah, he out ate Serena!" Artemis said not believing it.
Goku just gave a foolish grin.
Mina turned to Chi Chi, "Don't they ever get heartburn?"
"Hey, guys I hate to bring this up but where are we going to stay?" Mina wondered.
Master Roshi smiled a toothy grin, "You can stay at my place."
"Oh no you don't!" Chi Chi hit him over the head with a rolling pin, "Don't even think about it you dirty, old man!" Chi Chi yelled at him as she caught on.
She turned to the girls, "I could take 3 of you girls."
"I can take the other 5 then." Bulma said.
"Cool! I guess we'll go with you if that's ok," Serena gestured to Ami, Raye, Mina, and Lita.
"Thank you so much you've done a lot for us already," Michelle thanked Chi Chi.
"Well then we'd better get going, it's getting late. Thanx Chi Chi for dinner," Bulma said getting up from the table.
"No problem. I'm used to cooking a lot," Chi Chi looked meaningfully at Goku and Gohan.
They all got up to go outside to see them off.
When they got they got outside Serena tripped on a rock and fell. She fell onto Rei who fell onto Ami. Ami fell on Bulma, Yamcha reached for Bulma but lost his balance and fell backwards on Tien. Bulma fell on Chi Chi. Chi Chi grabbed Gohan who grabbed Krillin. Krillin fell into Goku's legs. Goku fell and grabbed out for something to stop his descent. He grabbed Lita's arm. Lita knocked Mina; Michelle grabbed Mina's hand to stop her from falling but was pulled down. Amara tried to get Michelle's hand but fell over Trista's foot and her and Trista went down. Piccolo was standing next to Trista and Vegeta. Piccolo tried to catch Trista from falling on him but with everybody else's weight and momentum toppled him down. Vegeta turn to see what was going on with all the little shrieks and saw everyone coming down on him.
Luna and Artemis saw Vegeta falling and dashed out of the way just in time to avoid being crushed.
Everyone lay there groaning.
"Serena you've really done it this time," Artemis said looking at them lying in a pile.
"A world record I say. She brought everyone down in seconds," Luna called out.
"Serena! Now look what you did! You big klutz! I can't believe you did it!" Rei shouted and yelled at Serena. Rei pushed Serena off of her.
"Get off of me you big buffoons!" Vegeta yelled from under the pile. He finally got out from under.
"Who did this?! I want an answer! Who caused this disaster!?" Vegeta yelled with temper.
Everyone pointed to Serena.
Vegeta march forward for her.
"You little fool! Look what you've done! Everyone landed on me! I'm a prince not a cushion! You are going to pay!" Vegeta bellowed.
"Hey back off cone head! Only I can yell at her!" Rei stamped up to Vegeta.
"Oh is that so? Well I don't think so after what she did to me!" Vegeta shouted back in Rei's face.
"You! It happened to everyone!"
"Except me!" Master Roshi cackled from a distance.
"Shut up and stay out of this!" Rei turned and yelled at him.
"You should too fire witch!" Vegeta shouted.
Rei whirled on him, "Don't you yell at me buster!" Rei roared back.
"Don't you shriek at me girl! You-!"
Rei slapped her scroll thing on Vegeta's mouth.
"Mmmmh! Mmmmh!" Vegeta tried to speak.
"Cat got your tongue?" Rei taunted and stuck her tongue out at him.
Everyone tried to get untangled.
"Ow! That's my hair!"
"Watch it!"
"What's this? It's so smooth?"
"That's my head!"
"Oh! Sorry!"
"Oooooowww! Who kicked me!"
"Ooops! I didn't mean too!"
"Lita watch you your fists!"
"Get your hand out of my face."
"Rei we need some help over here!"
"Serena help us not make it worse!"
"Vegeta! Get you lousy butt over here and help us out!"
"Stay calm everyone. Let me figure this puzzle out."
"Ami, I don't want to wait for you to figure this out!"
Serena thought it would be wise to keep away from the others for a while so they could cool down.
They finally got untangled. Everyone kept glaring at Serena every once in a while. Serena got so upset at what she had done that she sat down and began wailing and crying.
"Oh get up you crybaby! It's going to be ok." Rei said exasperated.
"This crybaby is actually your princess? Pathetic!" Vegeta scoffed.
"And he's actually a Saiyjin prince," Yamcha whispered, Tien and Krillin laughed.
"Oh stop it! Come on lets go. Chi Chi, you guys can come to my house for brunch at 1000 hours ok?" Bulma yelled to her across the lawn from her ship.
"We'll be there," Chi Chi said and waved.
Chi Chi turned around and looked at Goku and Gohan.
"You two. You are going to help me clean up and then off to bed with you Gohan. Tomorrow you are going to study hard," Chi Chi pointed her finger at him.
They went inside.
This is going to be a tight squeeze," Bulma said.
"I'm not going to sit by him," Rei pointed at Vegeta.
"That goes for me too," Lita said.
The two girls glared at him.
"I don't want to sit with mere girls either. I'm flying," Vegeta took off.
"Ok how are we going to arrange this?" Bulma said.
Thinking to herself, * Me and baby Trunks up front. Trunks in the back. Lita's tallest and biggest so she goes in the back. Ami and Serena in the middle seats. That leaves Mina and Rei. Now lets see the weight ratio is…*
Bulma put baby Trunks in his seat.
"Lita, Trunks in the back. Ami and Serena you get the middle seat. And I guess Mina and Rei will have to sit on your laps Lita and Trunks," Bulma directed them and got into her seat.
Mina sat on Lita's lap and Rei on Trunk's.
"I hope we are not too heavy," Rei said.
Trunks was blushing heatedly.
"Nope," Lita said cheerfully.
Serena giggled and pointed to Trunks, "Rei look."
They all looked at Trunks who started blushing even more if it was possible.
"I've never seen a boy that shade of pink," Lita said.
"What's the matter?" Rei asked.
"Well, I'm not used to girls," Trunks told them.
"You're cute. I would think girls would be swarming for you," Rei said. (Reader's note: No, nothing romantic is going on.)
"No," Trunks responded.
"Well whatever the reason they aren't I can fix it. I'm the Senshi of Love after all," Mina said breathing n her nails then rubbing them on her clothes like a professional.
"Well, I don't have that problem 'cause I have Darien," Serena gave them the peace sign.
"Oh be quiet," all the girls clobbered Serena.
"There aren't many girls in my time, that's why I'm not used to them," Trunks explained and went through the whole story.
"You poor thing," Mina sympathized.
"What a bummer way to live," Lita shook her head.
"We can kinda understand. Queen Beryl destroyed our kingdom and we've had to fix the future too," Serena said.
"I can't believe that jerk is your father, but you're an awfully cute baby," Rei told him.
"You probably did change your time sufficiently by doing what you did though it is impossible to tell exactly what might happen now that you did change it," Ami pointed out.
"We're here," Bulma said.
"Cool place," Mina remarked.
"My mom and dad live here too. My dad is president of Capsule Corps," Bulma informed them, "They are gone right now, on vacation," Bulma let them know "Ami you would love my dad. He is a devoted scientist. You girls would love my mom too."
They got out.
Vegeta was already there.
Chi Chi's house
Trista, Amara and Michelle helped Chi Chi clean up.
Trista slipped off and transformed to check on the Time Corridor or really just to see if it even was still there. She accidentally forgot to close the portal.
***
Goku and Piccolo had been talking about the new enemy when they thought they heard something unusual.
They went looking at where they thought they had heard the noise and found the portal. They looked at each other, nodded and got ready for a fight. Then they went in.
Meanwhile Amara and Michelle came looking for Trista and found the portal. They knew Trista had gone to check on the Time Corridor and decided not to wait for her and go in.
A few minutes later Gohan found it and went in too.
Amara and Michelle walked and then saw Piccolo and Goku. They caught up to them.
"What are you doing in here?" Amara asked sharply.
"We heard something and came looking. We found that portal and thought an enemy might be using it," Goku explained.
"And what about you?" Piccolo gruffly asked Amara.
"Hey guys," they heard and jumped.
They looked and saw Gohan. They sighed in relief and looked a little embarrassed.
"Gohan, what are you doing here?" Goku asked.
"I was passing by and I saw this thing and went through it. What is this place dad?"
"That's what we want to know," Piccolo replied, "You haven't answered my question," turned to Michelle and Amara.
"We were looking for Trista. She must have went to check on the Time Corridor and left the portal open," Michelle answered him.
"Lets continue looking then," Goku suggested and they started walking.
As they walked the mist enveloped them.
***
Pluto was so lost in her thoughts she almost didn't hear footsteps approaching till they were on upon her. She tensed, listening to be sure. She swung around to meet the intruders.
***
Suddenly through the mist they saw a tall figure holding a staff with some kind of ornament on top standing before them. They couldn't see the form clearly.
"Stop, trespassers." The figure called out, "You have intruded on my territory. No one passes through the Time Corridor without my permission," the figure's voice rang out.
They all froze.
"Pluto-" the ornament on the staff began glowing like a ball of energy.
Goku and Piccolo stepped in front of Gohan to protect him. Goku, Gohan and Piccolo powered up for a fight.
"Deadly-"
Amara and Michelle ran to stand in front of them.
"Sailor Pluto, stop!" Amara shouted to the figure.
"It's us!" Michelle cried out.
Sailor Pluto emerged from the mist with a look of surprise on her face that said "Oh no I almost killed the wrong person again!"
"What are you doing here?"
"We were looking for you when we saw that you had left the portal open," Amara responded.
"D'oh! I knew I forgot something!" Pluto said as she whacked herself on the head with her staff.
"What are they doing here?" Pluto asked pointing to Piccolo, Goku and Gohan.
Piccolo told her why he and Goku had come.
Pluto looked at Gohan expectantly.
He put his hand behind his head (You know how they do that on the show) and grinned, "I was just curious."
"I was going to check the Corridor and a hunch," Pluto told them walking off as if she was dismissing them.
"Wait!" Goku called after her.
"What?"
"Don't leave us alone. I'm scared!" Goku said shaking.
Pluto and Amara did the classic Anime-style fall. Piccolo and Michelle got that look of I-don't-believe-it-one-of-the-strongest-guys-in-the-universe-is-scared look. (Whew! long look!)
"I'm so embarrassed," Gohan muttered to himself with his head in his hand shaking it.
When Pluto got back up she said, "Fine, come along."
Michelle and Amara walked immediately after. The other three hesitated and then followed into the mist. They came to giant double doors with the phases of the moon crafted on to each panel. Pluto stopped them.
"Do not ever go in there without me or you will be lost forever," she told them sternly.
She waved her staff and what seem to be a hologram appeared with many threads and streams of many colors and sizes winding around and in and out of each other constantly.
"It is as I thought. The thing that has brought us to this world was in the time line destroying things before but it later disappeared. We never found out what it was. It has apparently come back now messed up our time lines and dimensions. Before it did that the Senshi were not supposed to be here," Pluto said as if to herself.
"So it probably wants us here for a reason and a bad reason for that," Michelle voiced her thought.
Pluto waved her staff again and the moving picture dissipated. She nodded and turned back to the small group.
"Let us go back to bed. There will be a tough battle ahead."
They agreed and walked back.
"Do you actually live here?" Gohan asked Pluto.
"Most of the time," she told him.
"You must get lonely," he commented.
"Yes," Pluto whispered and looked at the ground.
Amara and Michelle looked at each other. They knew she was immortal.
They came out just in time to hear, "Gohan! Time for bed!"
"Goodnight." He said to everyone and ran off yelling. "Coming!"
Piccolo, Goku, Michelle and Amara followed suit, said good night to each other and left the room. Amara and Michelle stopped at the door. Michelle whispered to Amara and she smiled.
"Pluto don't forget to close the portal."
"Oy! I almost forgot!" She hit her head, "I must be getting old."
Michelle snickered and they left. They all settled down and went to bed.
Dinner was ready.
"Whoa! What a feast! I'm in heaven!" Serena exclaimed in delight and rushed for the table drooling.
They started eating. Serena, Goku and Gohan were shoving food in their mouths like it was the first time they had ever seen food for a year. The rest just stared at them in amazement.
"Serena, you meatball head! Slow down!" Rei shouted at her.
"You're being rude Serena. Stop being a pighead," Luna reprimanded her.
"Goku! Gohan! Stop that at once!" Chi Chi yelled at them.
They stopped and looked at Chi Chi. Gohan's food was in mid air and Goku had a bunch of spaghetti hanging out of his mouth. Goku slurped up his spaghetti.
"Ughh," Piccolo shuddered, "Disgusting!"
"Sorry Chi Chi"
"Yeah, Mom, sorry"
"So what's up with this new enemy thing?" Bulma wanted to know.
Luna and Artemis told them everything they knew so far.
"Rei what did the sacred Fire tell you?" Mina asked.
"Well it didn't tell me much. What it did tell me that there is a very powerful enemy, so powerful it will probably take all of the Senshi to defeat it. It said that it was, well it didn't say what it was but that it was evil and that it knows about us. The Fire showed me some kind of room, kind of like a cave with a throne in it. It knows we are here. It wants us," Rei finished ominously.
They stared at her for a moment struck by her tone of voice and the way she said it.
"What?! Why are you staring at me like that! Is there something on my face?" Rei broke the silence.
"Well that's new," Vegeta's voice was dripping in sarcasm.
Ami pulled her computer out of its dimensional pocket.
"What? Huh? How did you-?" Chi Chi stammered, pointing at the computer.
Chi Chi sighed as if defeated, "If cats can talk I guess a computer can come out of thin air. I've seen everything else."
"Wow! Super cool computer!" Bulma exclaimed, "Can I see it?"
"Sure," Ami smiled at the woman's enthusiasm.
"This is hot tech!" Bulma said in wonder, tapping at the keys.
"Yes it is. May I please have it back?" Ami asked and started taking it away from her.
Bulma tugged it back.
"Please let me have it back," Ami said.
"Let me looked at it some more," Bulma clenched her teeth as they had a little tug-of-war for the mini-computer.
Ami finally got it.
"Thank you. Now Rei your info pretty much coincides with what we guessed before, in fact I'll say it proves it since what the Fire tells you is always right. I do have a trace on that energy signal so we can find this thing. But I suggest we rest tonight and start tomorrow since Rei and my computer indicated that it is very strong." Ami finished.
"Great. I could use a good rest," Lita stated.
"Chi Chi I'm still hungry. Do you have anymore food?" Goku asked.
Everyone stared at him in unbelief.
"I know Serena eats a lot but dang! You're worse!" Rei proclaimed.
"Yeah, he out ate Serena!" Artemis said not believing it.
Goku just gave a foolish grin.
Mina turned to Chi Chi, "Don't they ever get heartburn?"
"Hey, guys I hate to bring this up but where are we going to stay?" Mina wondered.
Master Roshi smiled a toothy grin, "You can stay at my place."
"Oh no you don't!" Chi Chi hit him over the head with a rolling pin, "Don't even think about it you dirty, old man!" Chi Chi yelled at him as she caught on.
She turned to the girls, "I could take 3 of you girls."
"I can take the other 5 then." Bulma said.
"Cool! I guess we'll go with you if that's ok," Serena gestured to Ami, Raye, Mina, and Lita.
"Thank you so much you've done a lot for us already," Michelle thanked Chi Chi.
"Well then we'd better get going, it's getting late. Thanx Chi Chi for dinner," Bulma said getting up from the table.
"No problem. I'm used to cooking a lot," Chi Chi looked meaningfully at Goku and Gohan.
They all got up to go outside to see them off.
When they got they got outside Serena tripped on a rock and fell. She fell onto Rei who fell onto Ami. Ami fell on Bulma, Yamcha reached for Bulma but lost his balance and fell backwards on Tien. Bulma fell on Chi Chi. Chi Chi grabbed Gohan who grabbed Krillin. Krillin fell into Goku's legs. Goku fell and grabbed out for something to stop his descent. He grabbed Lita's arm. Lita knocked Mina; Michelle grabbed Mina's hand to stop her from falling but was pulled down. Amara tried to get Michelle's hand but fell over Trista's foot and her and Trista went down. Piccolo was standing next to Trista and Vegeta. Piccolo tried to catch Trista from falling on him but with everybody else's weight and momentum toppled him down. Vegeta turn to see what was going on with all the little shrieks and saw everyone coming down on him.
Luna and Artemis saw Vegeta falling and dashed out of the way just in time to avoid being crushed.
Everyone lay there groaning.
"Serena you've really done it this time," Artemis said looking at them lying in a pile.
"A world record I say. She brought everyone down in seconds," Luna called out.
"Serena! Now look what you did! You big klutz! I can't believe you did it!" Rei shouted and yelled at Serena. Rei pushed Serena off of her.
"Get off of me you big buffoons!" Vegeta yelled from under the pile. He finally got out from under.
"Who did this?! I want an answer! Who caused this disaster!?" Vegeta yelled with temper.
Everyone pointed to Serena.
Vegeta march forward for her.
"You little fool! Look what you've done! Everyone landed on me! I'm a prince not a cushion! You are going to pay!" Vegeta bellowed.
"Hey back off cone head! Only I can yell at her!" Rei stamped up to Vegeta.
"Oh is that so? Well I don't think so after what she did to me!" Vegeta shouted back in Rei's face.
"You! It happened to everyone!"
"Except me!" Master Roshi cackled from a distance.
"Shut up and stay out of this!" Rei turned and yelled at him.
"You should too fire witch!" Vegeta shouted.
Rei whirled on him, "Don't you yell at me buster!" Rei roared back.
"Don't you shriek at me girl! You-!"
Rei slapped her scroll thing on Vegeta's mouth.
"Mmmmh! Mmmmh!" Vegeta tried to speak.
"Cat got your tongue?" Rei taunted and stuck her tongue out at him.
Everyone tried to get untangled.
"Ow! That's my hair!"
"Watch it!"
"What's this? It's so smooth?"
"That's my head!"
"Oh! Sorry!"
"Oooooowww! Who kicked me!"
"Ooops! I didn't mean too!"
"Lita watch you your fists!"
"Get your hand out of my face."
"Rei we need some help over here!"
"Serena help us not make it worse!"
"Vegeta! Get you lousy butt over here and help us out!"
"Stay calm everyone. Let me figure this puzzle out."
"Ami, I don't want to wait for you to figure this out!"
Serena thought it would be wise to keep away from the others for a while so they could cool down.
They finally got untangled. Everyone kept glaring at Serena every once in a while. Serena got so upset at what she had done that she sat down and began wailing and crying.
"Oh get up you crybaby! It's going to be ok." Rei said exasperated.
"This crybaby is actually your princess? Pathetic!" Vegeta scoffed.
"And he's actually a Saiyjin prince," Yamcha whispered, Tien and Krillin laughed.
"Oh stop it! Come on lets go. Chi Chi, you guys can come to my house for brunch at 1000 hours ok?" Bulma yelled to her across the lawn from her ship.
"We'll be there," Chi Chi said and waved.
Chi Chi turned around and looked at Goku and Gohan.
"You two. You are going to help me clean up and then off to bed with you Gohan. Tomorrow you are going to study hard," Chi Chi pointed her finger at him.
They went inside.
This is going to be a tight squeeze," Bulma said.
"I'm not going to sit by him," Rei pointed at Vegeta.
"That goes for me too," Lita said.
The two girls glared at him.
"I don't want to sit with mere girls either. I'm flying," Vegeta took off.
"Ok how are we going to arrange this?" Bulma said.
Thinking to herself, * Me and baby Trunks up front. Trunks in the back. Lita's tallest and biggest so she goes in the back. Ami and Serena in the middle seats. That leaves Mina and Rei. Now lets see the weight ratio is…*
Bulma put baby Trunks in his seat.
"Lita, Trunks in the back. Ami and Serena you get the middle seat. And I guess Mina and Rei will have to sit on your laps Lita and Trunks," Bulma directed them and got into her seat.
Mina sat on Lita's lap and Rei on Trunk's.
"I hope we are not too heavy," Rei said.
Trunks was blushing heatedly.
"Nope," Lita said cheerfully.
Serena giggled and pointed to Trunks, "Rei look."
They all looked at Trunks who started blushing even more if it was possible.
"I've never seen a boy that shade of pink," Lita said.
"What's the matter?" Rei asked.
"Well, I'm not used to girls," Trunks told them.
"You're cute. I would think girls would be swarming for you," Rei said. (Reader's note: No, nothing romantic is going on.)
"No," Trunks responded.
"Well whatever the reason they aren't I can fix it. I'm the Senshi of Love after all," Mina said breathing n her nails then rubbing them on her clothes like a professional.
"Well, I don't have that problem 'cause I have Darien," Serena gave them the peace sign.
"Oh be quiet," all the girls clobbered Serena.
"There aren't many girls in my time, that's why I'm not used to them," Trunks explained and went through the whole story.
"You poor thing," Mina sympathized.
"What a bummer way to live," Lita shook her head.
"We can kinda understand. Queen Beryl destroyed our kingdom and we've had to fix the future too," Serena said.
"I can't believe that jerk is your father, but you're an awfully cute baby," Rei told him.
"You probably did change your time sufficiently by doing what you did though it is impossible to tell exactly what might happen now that you did change it," Ami pointed out.
"We're here," Bulma said.
"Cool place," Mina remarked.
"My mom and dad live here too. My dad is president of Capsule Corps," Bulma informed them, "They are gone right now, on vacation," Bulma let them know "Ami you would love my dad. He is a devoted scientist. You girls would love my mom too."
They got out.
Vegeta was already there.
Chi Chi's house
Trista, Amara and Michelle helped Chi Chi clean up.
Trista slipped off and transformed to check on the Time Corridor or really just to see if it even was still there. She accidentally forgot to close the portal.
***
Goku and Piccolo had been talking about the new enemy when they thought they heard something unusual.
They went looking at where they thought they had heard the noise and found the portal. They looked at each other, nodded and got ready for a fight. Then they went in.
Meanwhile Amara and Michelle came looking for Trista and found the portal. They knew Trista had gone to check on the Time Corridor and decided not to wait for her and go in.
A few minutes later Gohan found it and went in too.
Amara and Michelle walked and then saw Piccolo and Goku. They caught up to them.
"What are you doing in here?" Amara asked sharply.
"We heard something and came looking. We found that portal and thought an enemy might be using it," Goku explained.
"And what about you?" Piccolo gruffly asked Amara.
"Hey guys," they heard and jumped.
They looked and saw Gohan. They sighed in relief and looked a little embarrassed.
"Gohan, what are you doing here?" Goku asked.
"I was passing by and I saw this thing and went through it. What is this place dad?"
"That's what we want to know," Piccolo replied, "You haven't answered my question," turned to Michelle and Amara.
"We were looking for Trista. She must have went to check on the Time Corridor and left the portal open," Michelle answered him.
"Lets continue looking then," Goku suggested and they started walking.
As they walked the mist enveloped them.
***
Pluto was so lost in her thoughts she almost didn't hear footsteps approaching till they were on upon her. She tensed, listening to be sure. She swung around to meet the intruders.
***
Suddenly through the mist they saw a tall figure holding a staff with some kind of ornament on top standing before them. They couldn't see the form clearly.
"Stop, trespassers." The figure called out, "You have intruded on my territory. No one passes through the Time Corridor without my permission," the figure's voice rang out.
They all froze.
"Pluto-" the ornament on the staff began glowing like a ball of energy.
Goku and Piccolo stepped in front of Gohan to protect him. Goku, Gohan and Piccolo powered up for a fight.
"Deadly-"
Amara and Michelle ran to stand in front of them.
"Sailor Pluto, stop!" Amara shouted to the figure.
"It's us!" Michelle cried out.
Sailor Pluto emerged from the mist with a look of surprise on her face that said "Oh no I almost killed the wrong person again!"
"What are you doing here?"
"We were looking for you when we saw that you had left the portal open," Amara responded.
"D'oh! I knew I forgot something!" Pluto said as she whacked herself on the head with her staff.
"What are they doing here?" Pluto asked pointing to Piccolo, Goku and Gohan.
Piccolo told her why he and Goku had come.
Pluto looked at Gohan expectantly.
He put his hand behind his head (You know how they do that on the show) and grinned, "I was just curious."
"I was going to check the Corridor and a hunch," Pluto told them walking off as if she was dismissing them.
"Wait!" Goku called after her.
"What?"
"Don't leave us alone. I'm scared!" Goku said shaking.
Pluto and Amara did the classic Anime-style fall. Piccolo and Michelle got that look of I-don't-believe-it-one-of-the-strongest-guys-in-the-universe-is-scared look. (Whew! long look!)
"I'm so embarrassed," Gohan muttered to himself with his head in his hand shaking it.
When Pluto got back up she said, "Fine, come along."
Michelle and Amara walked immediately after. The other three hesitated and then followed into the mist. They came to giant double doors with the phases of the moon crafted on to each panel. Pluto stopped them.
"Do not ever go in there without me or you will be lost forever," she told them sternly.
She waved her staff and what seem to be a hologram appeared with many threads and streams of many colors and sizes winding around and in and out of each other constantly.
"It is as I thought. The thing that has brought us to this world was in the time line destroying things before but it later disappeared. We never found out what it was. It has apparently come back now messed up our time lines and dimensions. Before it did that the Senshi were not supposed to be here," Pluto said as if to herself.
"So it probably wants us here for a reason and a bad reason for that," Michelle voiced her thought.
Pluto waved her staff again and the moving picture dissipated. She nodded and turned back to the small group.
"Let us go back to bed. There will be a tough battle ahead."
They agreed and walked back.
"Do you actually live here?" Gohan asked Pluto.
"Most of the time," she told him.
"You must get lonely," he commented.
"Yes," Pluto whispered and looked at the ground.
Amara and Michelle looked at each other. They knew she was immortal.
They came out just in time to hear, "Gohan! Time for bed!"
"Goodnight." He said to everyone and ran off yelling. "Coming!"
Piccolo, Goku, Michelle and Amara followed suit, said good night to each other and left the room. Amara and Michelle stopped at the door. Michelle whispered to Amara and she smiled.
"Pluto don't forget to close the portal."
"Oy! I almost forgot!" She hit her head, "I must be getting old."
Michelle snickered and they left. They all settled down and went to bed.
