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Can't Fight The Moonlight
by Lovely Maiden

Chapter 4 : Meaningless Pride

Usagi just stood there, a look of despair twisting her delicate face. Her insides were in turmoil, she had been sent to this strange world only to learn that Galaxia was still destroying innocent lives. The images of her dear friends came back to her mind, their wide eyes filled with terror, their screams of pain... It was suddenly too much for her to bear. How could she help others when she couldn't even protect the ones dear to her?

"Well, girl... I don't have all day.", Vegeta walked up to the golden haired beauty, standing only inches away from her. Goku frowned and stayed close behind Vegeta. "She lost her family and friends Vegeta. Don't be so hard on her."

Usagi looked at Vegeta, tears welling inside her big blue eyes. "Galaxia is the Legendary Sailor Senshi.", she sighed and wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "She was the one supposed to protect the Galaxy against any threat. Doing so, she locked all the evil energy inside her body. The evil inside her started eating her up and she changed. Chaos took over. She's not the same person, she steals Starseeds from innocent people and lets them die while she laughs and gets stronger."

"Hn, I don't see how you, a mere human, could fight with that all powerful Galaxia and still survive. She must have spared your life for some reason..." Vegeta's eyes squinted suspiciously, "You must be one of her spies!"

"Vegeta!" Goku laid his big hand against the shorter man's shoulder.

"Get your dirty hands off me Kakarotto! I'm here to save my daughter and punish the ones who dared toying with the Prince of the Saiya-jins!", with a snarl, Vegeta, slapped Goku's arm away.

He turned back to Usagi, "You say that Galaxia is powerful, but how come I can't even feel her energy signature?!" She just stared at him, eyes wide with confusion. "You don't know why? I'll tell you why! YOU'RE ONE OF HER BLOODY SPIES! THAT'S WHY!!" he spat his remark, slowly losing the grip on his control.

"EVERYBODY OUT!! OUT OF MY HOUSE BEFORE I HAVE TO HURT SOMEONE OR TELL BULMA ABOUT A CERTAIN 'BOND' SECRET I FOUND OUT ABOUT SAIYA-JINS!" Chichi came out of her hiding place with a frying pang in one hand and a spatula in the other. Swinging them around, she managed to get a few good hits on Goku and Vegeta. The two men covering their heads and ears, quickly made their way out of the house before Chichi could permanently damage their eardrums with her shrill high pitch voice.

Usagi quickly followed the two men out of the house, clutching her ears. Seeing that the two men a few meters away were still nursing their sensitive ears, she took advantaged and swiftly made her way out of their site. She hugged the smooth wall and clutched her brooch. With a frown she lifted it up high above her head. "MOON ETERNAL POWER!!"

The young woman suddenly transformed into the fierce and courageous fighter named Eternal Sailor Moon. With her tight white body outfit, short mini-skirt and snow white wings, she jumped out of her hiding place and ran as fast as she could. Unfortunately for her, Vegeta and Goku with their superhuman senses and strength instantly recognized her and followed.

A steel grip suddenly pulled her backwards, making her fall on her back, gasping for air. She looked up at the muscled man in blue spandex and made a face. He just glared at her, arms crossed over his chest. "Where do you think you're going, girl?!"

"How did you change your clothes so quickly?" Goku asked, scratching his head in puzzlement and observing her strange attirement. She looked strange, with those wings and short skirt. As much as Goku tried, he didn't have a clue how she could have changed clothes so rapidly.

"Leave me alone you jerk!", Sailor Moon tugged at Vegeta's grip on her arm but she got tired and sighed sadly. "Fine, take me to that girl and I'll show you I'm not one of Galaxia's spies!" Feeling the grip on her arm loosen, she pulled her bruised arm away from the Saiya-jin and pushed herself slowly to her feet. 'What a brute!', she thought to herself. Feeling hurt and humiliated, she brushed the dust from her skirt and stayed silent. If they would have known her earlier, they would know she wasn't her cheery happy self anymore. Her lonely blue eyes told of many heart wrenching battles, defeat and scarred souls.

Vegeta stared at her for a while, his dark eyes examining her, making sure she wasn't going to pull any tricks on him. Her head hung low, the blond golden locks hiding the sad clear blue eyes. She sure was a breath taking specimen, deep inside of him he knew she couldn't hurt a fly if she wanted to, he felt the same innocent and pureness around her as Goku had... and this... troubled him. He could feel a strange power emanating from her.. and with those strange clothes she reminded him of a legend told to saiya-jins children before they went to sleep at night...

Satisfied with what he saw, he caught her arm again and pulled her against him. His other hand brushed the back of her neck, his gloved fingers painfully tightening themselves around the sensitive skin. His lips made his way to her ear, with a whisper, only she could hear. "Promise me you'll save her. If you don't..." Vegeta tightened his grip on her neck, Sailor Moon cringed and with her tear-filled eyes, she nodded her head as best as she could. "If you don't, I'll kill you... very slowly."

Making sure that his sentence sunk in, Vegeta let go of her neck abruptly and walked up to Goku, pulling her along with him. "Kakarotto! Teleport us to Capsule Corp. We're going to save my daughter!"

Giving quick concerned glances at Usagi, Goku knew something was wrong with her. As much as he would have wanted to he hadn't hear what Vegeta told her, but he knew he didn't say something very nice. She looked downright miserable. But since Bra was sick, he knew Vegeta was on the offensive and he couldn't blame him for his rough attitude. Someone dear to him was in danger and Goku all too well understood the Saiya-jin prince's concern.

"Alright, Vegeta. Stay close to us Usagi." Goku laid a hand on Vegeta's arm and concentrated while pressing two fingers on his forehead. The trio disappeared in an instant, leaving trees and birds chirping undisturbed.

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Opening a rip, a woman chuckled delightfully catching the site of three individuals disappearing. Her golden eyes filled with mischief and cruelty at the thought of defeating her enemy. "At last, I find you again... Bunny of the moon. You're all mine now." She closed the rip with the motion of a finger and twirled around gracefully on her toes, the shadow of a silhouette standing beside the crystal clear throne.

"Step forward, Fighter.", Galaxia's voice purred. Her new minion standing motionless in front of her. She was proud for having spared her life. She would show to be a worthy fighter. And maybe... just maybe, she would keep her alive if she was successful.

The woman dressed into her usual black leathery shorts, bra and high boots, kneeled down on one knee. Her pale face showing no emotions as she stared down at the tiled marbled floor with dark blue eyes.

Galaxia examined Seiya's long black tail brushing the floor, and her thoughts went back to the time when she had seen her fought so forcefully to keep her dear Sailor Moon alive. That only thought had kept her from dying even as the two others of her kind perished. The tall soldier chuckled at the memory. Sailor Moon sure was in for a surprise.... a deadly one at that.

'Show me that new weapon I gave you, Sailor Star Fighter." Galaxia ordered with a cold but intense voice.

The black haired senshi, looked up at her Mistress and climbed up to her feet. With a quick movement of the wrist a metallic fan opened inside her hand. The blades of the fan were as sharp as razors, unnoticed to the untrained eye, it seemed like an ordinary japanese fan.

"You're next mission is to bring me back Sailor Moon's Starseed. I want it as soon as possible! I will NOT tolerate failure from you Sailor Star Fighter! I'll take back those golden bracelets if you fail to bring me back the Starseed. And even though you have quite a powerful Starseed, I won't hesitate to crush it beneath my heel if you even think of turning against me." Galaxia's eyes were filled with hatred and Star Fighter cringed with fright, not even daring to meet with those sharp golden eyes..

"Yes Galaxia-sama. I will not fail you." Fighter pressed her gloved fist against her chest for a moment and walked up to the rip hole, the echo of her boots hitting the floor was the only sound inside the huge room. She stopped in her tracks as a hole formed in front of her. Hesitating a split second, she swallowed and vanished inside the rip, it closed back on itself.

Galaxia sat on her throne, a wide grin on her well sculpted face. A wine glass materialized inside her slender hand and she took a small sip, her thoughts fleeing backwards, far into the past. Into forgotten memories...