Fire Dragon "Well, here it is Ch 23!!! It took us a while to post, but I wrote it extra long just for you." ^-^;;
Water Dragon "Thanks to all of you who reviewed."
Fire Dragon "Now on with the show."
Disclaimer: Same old, same old, I don't own BSSM or DBZ.
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Coming Back Home
Ch 23
All the senshi gasped as they saw their leader crumble over Mamoru's dead body. They couldn't believe what had happened. In just one hour they had lost Tuxedo Kamen, Mamoru, Endymion and Neo King Endymion. The future was lost, their Prince, and friend was now dead.
"Can't you do something?" Rei asked Usagi desperately.
"Maybe the crystal can revive him." Makoto looked hopefully at her fellow senshi.
"I-I don't know." Usagi sobbed, caressing Mamoru's cheek.
"I'm afraid there is no safe way of doing it." Everybody turned to see Ami. "For Usagi to use the crystal to revive Mamoru, she would have to use all her power; meaning that if she brings Mamoru back to life, she'll die." Ami lowered her head. From behind, Trunks hugged her, giving her all the strength he could.
Everybody looked sadly at Usagi. Minako hugged Goten while crystalline tears ran down her cheeks. Goten could just hug her back, whispering comforting words to her ear while caressing her hair.
"No, this can't be, this can't be happening again!" Usagi cried hugging Mamoru's body and rocking herself back and forth. "He can't die again, he can't leave me alone, he promised, he promised!" Usagi repeated holding him.
The Z warriors looked helplessly as Usagi cried. Vegeta was still in shock. He couldn't believe that his son had been taken away from him once again.
Slowly, Goku moved to where Usagi was crying. Lifting her face with his fingers, he looked at her and gave her a small smile.
"C'mon, don't loose hope so soon. I'm sure we can bring him back." Goku said cheerfully. Everybody looked at him expectantly.
"Y-you think so?" Usagi asked in a small voice.
"Of course we can! He hasn't died here before, so we can ask Shenlong to bring him back!" His goofy grin appeared once again on his face, for her part, Usagi's face lit brightly. Drying her tears with the back of her hand, Usagi stood up.
"Thank you daddy, you're a genius!" She hugged him tightly.
The entire room atmosphere changed, all the gloominess and stress had vanished, leaving a sense of hope in everyone. Vegeta was surprised (although he didn't show it.) he had to hand it to Kakarott, for once in his life, the old fool had come up with a good idea. Not that he wouldn't have thought of it…eventually. Walking to his son's body, Vegeta picked him up carefully.
"Well, what are we waiting for." He said while walking to the exit, the others close behind. Usagi was the last one to get out of the room, giving it a last cold look, she vowed to make Maya and the others who had done this to her and her Mamo-chan, pay dearly for their acts. After that, she ran to Vegeta's side, looking at Mamoru's lifeless face, praying that the dragon balls could bring him back to her.
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At the entrance of the cavern, they found Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and Choatzu still waiting for them.
"So you found him." Krillin exclaimed smiling, however, his smile disappeared when he saw him being carried by Vegeta.
"Baldy, go tell the woman to bring the dragon balls to Kami's Lookout, NOW!" Vegeta ordered.
Krillin nodded still looking at Mamoru, and left without a word.
"Yamcha, Tien, Choatzu, why don't you go to my house and bring Chichi, Luna and Artemist with you to Kami's Lookout. Tell Chichi to bring the three dragon balls that I have at home?" Goku asked. Nodding, they also left without questioning, looking at the senshi's tear stricken faces.
Moving cautiously, Vegeta started his ascend to Kami's Lookout with all the others behind him.
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After they arrived, Vegeta let Mamoru on the couch that Mr. Popo had signaled and had moved to stand by a near by wall. There they waited in silence for Bulma and Chichi to arrive with the dragon balls.
Goten hugged Minako who looked how Usagi stroked Mamoru's bangs. Minako felt her hand being gently squeezed and looked at Goten.
"Don't worry, everything is going to be ok." He whispered while giving her hand another reassuring squeeze. On the other side of the room, a similar conversation was going on with Ami and Trunks.
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After waiting for about half and hour, Goku and Vegeta's hearing informed them of Bulma's jet landing on the front of the lookout. Walking outside, all of them waited for the two women and cats to get out of the jet, however, the other Z fighters were missing.
The first thing Vegeta noticed was the state of his wife. Bulma got out of the jet holding a bag, which he deduced, contained the dragon balls. Vegeta could see that Bulma was a walking zombie; collected but automatically, Bulma walked to where the warriors waited for her.
On the other side, Chichi got out of the jet. Quickly Luna and Artemis ran to Usagi and Minako who picked them up, putting them on their shoulders.
"What happened Usagi? What's going on?" Luna asked frantically.
"It's Mamo-chan. He's…he's dead." Usagi let out trying not to cry.
"But everything is gonna be ok. We're gonna wish him back." Michiru put a hand on Usagi's shoulder trying to comfort her.
"You'll see koneko-chan, everything will be ok." Haruka tried to cheer her up.
Nodding weakly Usagi hugged Hotaru who had come to stand besides her while stroking Luna's fur.
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Bulma walked mindlessly to where Mamoru's body lay cold on the couch. Looking down, she couldn't bare it anymore. Letting out a sob, she crumbled besides her son's body. Vegeta stood besides her, moving to pick her up from the floor where she was caressing Mamoru's cheek. Looking up, Bulma saw Vegeta look at her, his eyes showed the guilt and remorse that he felt. But before anything else could be shown in his eyes, he turned and took a step away.
"No, don't do this to me now Vegeta. Don't close up on me. Don't leave me alone on this." Bulma pleaded in between her sobs. "Don't let me go thru this alone again. Please Vegeta!" Bulma thru herself into his arms, thinking on the first time that they had lost Mamoru. How he had completely closed up on her, how he hadn't shown any emotions and how she had had to deal with her loss by herself.
For once Vegeta didn't have the heart to leave his mate. The second that she had landed on his arms, Vegeta had hugged her for all she was worth. He felt guilty for what had happened to his son. He had promised Bulma that he would bring Mamoru back to her, and instead, he had brought his body to her.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Vegeta smothered her hair while whispering comforting words.~~
After briefing Chichi, Luna and Artemist of their situation, Usagi returned inside to see Bulma. She found her crying on Vegeta's arms, glad to see Vegeta comforting her. Bulma noticed Usagi standing behind them. Drying her tears with the back of her hand, she turned to hug her.
"Lets go, it's time to call Shenlong." Bulma said taking the bag and Usagi's hand with her. Behind them, Vegeta picked up Mamoru's body and followed them.
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"Now, please Dende, could you?" Bulma asked.
"My pleasure." Dende took the bag and arranged the balls on the floor. "Great Shenlong, hear my call! Appear and concede my wishes!" Dende yelled. Immediately, the balls started to glow, they sky turned dark and thunder and lightning decorated the night.
The senshis watched in awe as the great dragon appeared in front of them. They looked as the giant monster came out of the balls.
"Who dares to call me from my sleep? I'm here to grant you three wishes, tell me now; I'm not a patient dragon you know." Shenlong bellowed.
"Great Shenlong, we wish for you to give Mamoru's life back." Goku looked at the ancient Dragon.
"Very well." Shenlong's eyes glowed with power while the senshis held their breaths waiting for the dragon to speak. After several seconds, the dragon's eyes stopped glowing, and to everybody's surprise, he frowned.
"Your wish can not be granted." The dragon said ominously.
"What?!?! What do you mean that the wish can not be granted?" A very pissed Vegeta yelled.
"His life force is too much for me, just one wish can not grant all life back in his body." Shenlong stated.
"Well, how about if you take the other two wishes and use all the three combined to bring him back?" Piccolo asked.
"Maybe, it can be done." The dragon mused.
"Well, what are you waiting for you oversized lizard?!" Vegeta hissed.
Again, Shenlong's eyes started glowing, and with him, also Mamoru's body who started floating in the air. "Your wish has been granted." Shenlong announced, and with that he disappeared forming the balls once again just to disappear and scatter all over the world to reappear not for another year.
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After Shenlong had left, all eyes turned to Mamoru. To their surprise, Mamoru was still radiating a golden glow, small spheres of light revolved like small planets around his body. Unexpectedly, the spheres of light entered his body just to immediately be expulsed out again, each one with a different light. With that, Mamoru let out a piercing scream and fell to the floor, breathing in irregular intervals.
"Mamo-chan!!!" Usagi ran to his side, bringing his head to rest on her lap. Opening his eyes, Mamoru looked up and smiled tiredly.
"Serenity." He said softly before blacking out.
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Besides them, all the others looked between Mamoru, Usagi, and the four lights that had shoot from Mamoru's body. Before anybody could say anything, the four lights grew, blinding the warriors.
After all had recovered, the Z warriors heard the inners gasp. There on the floor, lay four people piled in a heap, dressed in what it seemed an old kind of armor.
"But, but, but…it can't be!" Rei looked at them.
"They were dead! How can they be here?" Makoto asked, her eyes large as saucers.
"So then, Usagi was right after all, she was talking with Kunzite." Minako took a step forward.
"It seems that they had been living inside Mamoru all this time, after we beat Beryl." Ami was scanning them with her Mercury computer.
"That's why Shenlong couldn't bring Mamoru back to life with just one wish." Trunks said looking over her shoulder. "There were five lives to be revived, not just one." He reasoned.
"Ok…could you tell me what the hell is going on here?" Haruka yelled looking at the bodies on the ground. "What in the name of Selene is happening with them? And what were they doing inside Mamoru's body?" She asked voicing all the others questions.
While they were explaining, five soft moans reached their ears. Looking down, Usagi could see Mamoru starting to gain consciousness.
"Are you alright Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked worriedly.
Nodding, Mamoru started to stand up. Behind them, the four generals were starting to come to. At seeing the generals regain consciousness, the senshi instinctively fell into a fighting stance.
"Wait!" Usagi commanded, watching as the senshi prepared themselves to attack. The senshi turned confused to see their leader.
"But Usagi, they're the generals!" Makoto stressed the last word.
"Yes they are, but they helped Mamoru." Usagi said sternly. Not very convinced, the senshis stood straight and walked forming a protecting circle around Usagi and Mamoru. The outers and the Z fighters raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment.
From behind, Bulma moved to Mamoru and hugged him. "Are you ok?" Bulma asked him, looking to see if he was ok. Nodding, Mamoru looked at the senshis and then at the generals who were standing looking confusedly around.
"We should sit down, I think we have a lot of explaining to do." He told Usagi, while looking at the generals.
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Inside the palace, Dende and Mr. Popo had arranged a couple of couches and chairs in a semi-circle to give everybody space. Goku sat on a couch with Chichi, Bulma, Haruka, and Michiru who had Hotaru on her lap. Vegeta had decided to stand guard by the door, and Piccolo covered the other side. Looking at the occupants, they made sure that nothing escaped their watchful eyes. On the next couch sat Ami, Trunks, Minako and Goten.
Makoto kept standing by a near by wall, and surprisingly, Nephrite stood next to her, making her feel uncomfortable with him being so close to her. Rei sat on a loveseat that was by the corner facing Mamoru, Usagi, Kunzite, and Zoisite. Frowning, she looked around. There was one missing. Turning to her left, she saw Jadeite walking towards her with a grin, and before she could do anything, he stood behind her.
"Well, if they were your enemies, why don't we get rid of them?" Vegeta narrowed his eyes watching the Generals.
"NO! no, they are my friends." Mamoru told them.
"Are you alright? These are the generals we're talking about." Makoto all but yelled.
"These are the guys that tried to kill us when Beryl." Rei hissed.
"Yes I know." He said tiredly. "And these are the same guys that kept me alive all this time too."
"But-" Rei objected but was interrupted by Usagi.
"Mamo-chan is right." Usagi said to Makoto and Rei. "They helped him, and they helped us to find him." She turned to where the generals were standing and bowed. "And for that I thank you."
The generals fell to one knee so their heads would be lower than hers. From his place Jadeite lifted his head with a grin on his face. "Nah, don't mention it." He had a cheeky smile plastered on his face.
"Please get up, you don't have to kneel!" Usagi said blushing.
"But you're the princess." Nephrite said.
"Yes, but you don't have to do that since we're friends now." Usagi smiled. Standing up, they stood besides Mamoru and Usagi. "Please take a seat." Usagi signaled.
"Now, could somebody explain to me what's going on?" Haruka asked.
"How did you four end up Mamoru's body?" Michiru looked at them.
Nephrite, Zoisite and Jadeite turned to see Kunzite. The senshis followed their gaze making everybody turn to watch him. Kunzite blinked owlishly and looked at everybody. Each and everyone waited for him to talk.
Turning to Zoisite, his expression between bewilderment and as if he was a deer caught in headlights, he almost squealed. "Why me?!?!"
The senshis blinked twice at Kunzite's so…un Kunzite-like manner.
Zoisite shrugged not affected by his strange behavior, as if he always acted like that. "You're the commander." Kunzite glared at him.
"Fine!" He fumed. He squared his shoulders and cleared his throat regaining the composure the senshi remembered. "I would guess everything happened at the time of Beryl's death, because even after our deaths we were still imprisoned in the Dark Kingdom. However after the princess killed Metallia, we were freed and followed our link to Endymion. For a while we were buried because of his amnesia, but then, we re-awakened until we were strong enough to communicate with him. We started to tell him about the Silver Millennium, the Alliance and the war, but he wouldn't remember anything, so we gave up trying to make him remember, so instead just became part of his consciousness." Kunzite paused to take a breath.
"He even named us." Jadeite exclaimed excited receiving a hit on the back of his head by Nephrite that was standing right behind him and an annoyed glare from Kunzite.
Mamoru let out a hearty laugh, and looked at Usagi who was lifting her eyebrow in amusement. Mamoru moved to where they stood. "Let me present you to Mischief." He patted Jadeite who grinned. "Love" Zoisite blushed. "Logic" Nephrite nodded. "and Common Sense." Mamoru smiled when Kunzite made a face.
"Do you must keep the name calling Endymion?" Kunzite said, defeated when he saw Mamoru smile.
"Why they are fitting. I like the sound of mine 'Mischief'" Jadeite said, making the senshis smile at his antics.
"Anyway," Kunzite continued "basically, ours is a continuation of our lives in the Silver Millennium, because we never died there, we were never reborn. Being under Beryl's control we didn't have any choice in the matter. What we know of these time is thru Mamoru's eyes, and his memories." Kunzite finished, and relaxed a little, but didn't drop his posture.
"And we knew that Serenity and her court don't remember anything about the Silver Millennium but the last battle." Nephrite said glancing at Makoto.
Mamoru sighed. "Things are not going to be like in the Silver Millennium." He was sad that his comrades and friends would never be able to share the happiness they had then.
Usagi took his hands looking at his saddened face. "What do you mean Mamo-chan?" She inquired.
"There is no use to remember past times." Nephrite snapped bitterly, crossing his arms over his chest, looking away.
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All the Z fighters, the Outers, Chichi, Bulma, Dende, and Mr. Popo, looked at the interchange as if watching a soap opera, the only thing missing was the popcorn. Each time that Chichi and Bulma tried to take a sip of their drinks they stopped in mid-action and put the cups down again.
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The inners looked bewildered at Nephrite. "Why do you say that?" Minako asked.
"Because life was different then." Jadeite lowered his eyes; it was the first time since they appeared that they saw him speaking seriously.
Mamoru took a deep breath, letting it go slowly. "You see," he turned to Usagi "My generals were engaged to your court."
Everybody's eyes widened, and Bulma and Chichi lowered their cups once again, still full.
"Jadeite was engaged to Rei, Nephrite to Makoto, Zoisite to Ami and Kunzite to Minako." He finished. At that moment four hearts broke.
"The engagements were pledged in front of Selene's shrine." Jadeite whispered.
"But that was, past tense!" Rei said frantically.
"Technically, no." Kunzite said. "You see, we are engaged to the Senshis. For example, Hino Rei is not engaged to Jadeite, but princess Rei of Mars is. It doesn't matter which incarnation is, you still are Rei of Mars." He finished ominously.
Trunks, Ami, Goten and Minako were too shocked to speak.
*I can't loose her! Why does this has to happen?!* Trunks thought.
*NO! No one is taking her away form me!* Goten thought hotly. *But what if she is still in love with him?* He thought desperately.
*But I don't want to marry him. There is no way that they can make me do it!* Minako thought.
*I-It can't be, I have to think of a way to stop this.* Ami turned to Trunks who was watching her. However, before they could do anything, Kunzite got up and kneeled in front of Usagi.
"That is why, I Kunzite, first commander general of the Earthian Royal Guard plead to you Serenity of the White Moon, descendant of the Goddess Selene to please break my commitment to Princess Minako of Venus since I can not longer honor it." Kunzite said lowering his head, looking at the floor.
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Minako didn't know if to jump of joy, or if to be disappointed, however, that changed when Goten squeezed her hand.
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Usagi raised an eyebrow. "And why not, I mean is not as if I was going to make you, but I'm curious." Usagi tilted her head to one side looking at the general kneeling in front of her. To her surprise, Kunzite blushed.
"Well, I…umm…is because I'm in love with Zoisite." He whispered.
Looking at Zoisite, Usagi noted that he wasn't as shocked as the others were. Instead he had a slight blush on his face and was looking at the floor playing with the hem of his uniform, Nephrite and Jadeite smiling like fools behind him. From behind Usagi, Mamoru walked to Kunzite and took his hand making him stand up; he too wore a smile on his face.
"'Bout time you two decided to tell." Mamoru shook Kunzite's hand while the other man blushed even more.
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This time both Chichi and Bulma looked sadly at their cups, putting them aside knowing that they would not be able to finish their drinks.
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From his spot, Piccolo grunted. "I thought that humans were supposed to have relations with the opposite sex." Piccolo asked somewhat confused.
Haruka raised an eyebrow "Not always." She said taking Michiru's hand on hers.
"But that is not the case here." Mamoru said amused.
"What do you mean with 'that is not the case'?" Minako asked.
"Well, back on the Silver Millennium, a woman was able to get high ranks on the militia, however, they were not able to be one of the Royal Guard. That is why Zoisite here," He pointed at Zoisite who had moved to stand next to Kunzite. "Disguised herself as a man."
"But, but, but she was Ami's boyfriend!" Rei's eyes were wide.
"Yes she was." Mamoru nodded. "Ami and Zoisite were friends on the Silver Millennium, that's why Ami volunteered herself to pretend to be Zoisite's fiancée so she couldn't have any troubles or somebody snooping around trying to know if she was a man or not while she was on the militia. That's why they never pledged their engagement in front of Selene." Mamoru explained.
"So you were never in love with me?" Minako asked bewildered at Kunzite. Goten blinked twice, what was she doing?!?! She was supposed to be happy for that. Minako smiled looking at Goten as if reading his thoughts. "Is not as if I'm still interested in him, but I'm still a woman and I have a pride to uphold." Minako turned again waiting for Kunzite's response.
"Well, I was attracted to you, but I admired Zoisite's courage and fell in love with her." Kunzite looked down embarrassed.
"Oh kawaii!" Minako squealed bringing all eyes upon her. "That is so romantic! You're made for each other, and take that seriously since I'm the daughter of Aphrodite goddess of love." Minako smiled at them, making Zoisite and Kunzite blush.
"Thank you." Zoisite smiled shyly, her voice softer and more melodic now that she didn't have to force it. All the occupants (except for Piccolo and Vegeta) smiled watching as how the senshi and the generals got along.
"Well?" Rei tapped her foot on the floor, her hands crossed in front of her chest as she glared at Jadeite.
"Well what?" Jadeite blinked.
"Aren't you going to call it off?" Rei said exasperated.
Realization hit Jadeite and to her surprise, he smiled. "Nah, we still have time to get to know each other, and I'm gonna spend it well." He smiled slyly.
"But, but-" Rei stammered looking at Makoto for help. For her side, Makoto looked at Nephrite who looked at her with…hope? Looking better at his face, she turned to see Rei.
"I umm…I think I would like to try it, and see what happens." Makoto said shyly, blushing even more. Rei's eyes widened, feeling defeated she shook her head and turned to look at Mamoru and Usagi.
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"Well now, since everything is back to as normal as we gonna get it, we should start to planning in how we're going to defeat this enemies." Gohan reminded them.
"You're right. We should start planning how to take care of them." Mamoru looked at Gohan.
"Do you think that the device that mom made to track Mamoru could be used to find Maya and her goons?" Trunks asked.
"I don't think so. We're gonna have to wait for them to appear." Mamoru shook his head.
"Well then, we should go down so we can prepare for them." Vegeta moved from his post besides the door. With that, everybody headed to CC where they could wait for the enemy to make their first move.
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I think it's better if we split and look for them." Piccolo said to them once they had landed on CC's backyard.
"Why should you look for us when we are already here?" The Z fighters heard someone say from behind them. Turning to where the voice came, the group could see the Triad, Onyx, and Amethyst grinning at them.
"Well, isn't this an honor, look Onyx, we are surrounded by Royalty of planets that are already dead." Amethyst joked cruelty.
"That's correct. If it isn't the little Moon Princess of the long deceased White Moon Kingdom…and her best-to-nothing Prince Endymion with only his generals as his subjects." Onyx mocked a bow.
"And the Sailor brats, each one princess of their respective planet, which can't handle life anymore." Amethyst laughed making all the senshis growl.
"And right over there is Prince Vegeta of Vegeta-sei. Prince of a race killed because of him." Kan smirked evilly. "Too bad you couldn't see the faces of your subjects when Frieza killed them, it was priceless."
Vegeta shook with anger, disgust and …guilt. Yes, he knew that his entire race had been killed when Frieza had taken him from his father. The massacre of the entire planet had been his fault. However, before he could say anything, Goku stepped in front of him, a strange glint on his eyes, and behind him stood Trunks, Gohan, and Goten.
"That is not entirely true." Goku growled. "Not the entire Saiyan race died that day. I'm still alive, and I'm still a Saiyan." Goku turned to see Vegeta and saluted him. "I still consider Vegeta to be my Prince." Goku said finally looking Vegeta straight in the eye.
"That's right!" The youths chorused behind him.
Vegeta blinked several times. Had he heard correctly? Had Kakarott just accepted him as his Prince? A strange wave of pride and pleasure ran thru his body. Pride to hear him at last say that he was Vegeta's subject, and pleasure to see that he himself did not only considered them as subjects, but would gladly say that Kakarott was his friend as well as Kakarott's family.
Smirking, Vegeta turned to them. "Well then Kakarrot, what do you say if we show this goons what Saiyans are made of?" His smirk widened even more when the others nodded, but before they could blink, the bad guys disappeared.
Quickly, Bulma and Chichi took Arthemist and Luna and entered the house. Outside the senshi transformed and waited for the enemy to appear, while on the air, the Z fighters looked for them as well.
~~Down where the senshis stood~~
"My, my if it isn't a bunch of girls in miniskirts!" Gis looked at them, a predatory smile on his face.
"Oh, I'm sooo scared!" Gen laughed out loud, making Haruka want to pound him right there and then.
"Why don't you go and hide with your mommies? Or go home and play with dolls?" Kan appeared behind Usagi, but was soon confronted with Jadeite and Kunzite who stood guarding her.
Giving a war cry, Haruka lashed against Kan, starting the fight.
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Goku found himself in the same predicament that had stopped him last time from beating the heck out of the enemy; the same barrier that had protected the Triad now protected Onyx and Amethyst while they had a field day shooting down the Z fighters. Once again, Goku looked down at his son and Trunks while Gohan looked their injuries.
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"Venus look out!" Tuxedo Kamen watched as Venus fell to the floor with a sickening thud next to Sailor Uranus, who was taken down while diving in front of Saturn, when she was about to be hit with a Ki blast.
"Silence Wall!" Saturn covered Neptune, Zoisite and Mercury, preventing them from being hit by Kan's blast.
"C'mon Mercury, I need a reading on these guys!" Mars yelled while shooting Gis with her snipper while Jadeite kept a shield up for her.
"I'm working on it!" Mercury's fingers flew over the keys trying to find a weakness that they could attack.
"You're wasting your time little girl, we don't have any weaknesses!" Gen laughed, sending a Ki blast shattering the Mercury computer and sending Sailor Mercury to a near by tree.
"No, Mercury!" Sailor Moon yelled, Kan saw his opportunity with everybody distracted and kicked her on the stomach sending her to the ground gasping for air.
"Sailor Moon! Saturn Glaive Surprise!" Saturn hit Kan with one of her most powerful attacks just to be brushed aside making minimal damage to him.
"What a bore they are." Gen yawned loudly.
"Yeah, they are nothing with their puny attacks." Gis laughed, making Mars, and Haruka (who had awakened by now) glare daggers at him.
"They can't even make a decent sparring partners." Kan watched them all from his position above them.
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Onyx looked at the Z fighters below him and grinned when they saw them tired, drained for using their most powerful attacks with no result over and over again.
"Lets finish this Amethyst. Go call the Triad and end this once and for all." Onyx said bored.
"As you wish." Amethyst disappeared just to reappear in front of the Triad. "Onyx said that is time to finish this so lets go." Amethyst said coldly. In a blink, the Triad, Onyx and Amethyst stood looking over the Z fighters and the senshi.
Everybody looked at them warily, not knowing what they would do. Suddenly, Onyx and Amethyst took the bands off their heads making the senshis gasp.
"But, but how?!?" Usagi couldn't understand what she was witnessing. There in front of them stood Onyx and Amethyst, a black inverted crescent moon adorned their foreheads.
"The Black Moon Family died long time ago!" Mercury stood frozen in place while the others gaped at them.
"Oh, but not all." Onyx smirked. "We're still very much alive, and we're going to make you pay for what you did!" Onyx yelled while preparing his attack at the same time as the others. A giant Ki blast started to form just as the one he and Amethyst had made when they attacked Usagi and Vegeta on the woods. However, this time with the help of the Triad, he was sure that they would not survive.
Looking up, Usagi saw them performing the same attack that had almost killed Vegeta and herself. Not waiting for anything, Usagi stood up facing her enemies.
Vegeta watched as Usagi stood looking at them, her eyes never leaving Onyx's eyes. Again, he saw her start glowing silver while raising her Ki power.
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The senshi, the generals and Mamoru felt the sudden appearance of Usagi's rising power, turning to see her they watched in awe as for the second time, Usagi turned Super Saiyan.
"Watch as the pathetic little princess tries to stop us!" Kan laughed watching Usagi while feeding the blast energy.
"Ha, she thinks she will be able to do something against us." Gis looked amused.
"Hmph, lets be done with this." Amethyst snapped.
"Fine! Eat this Saiyans!" Gen yelled when he let his giant blast flying towards the warriors.
"No! I won't let you hurt my friends and family!" Usagi yelled on the top of her lungs while extracting the Silver Crystal from her broach, making a shield covering the Z warriors as well as them.
Mamoru watched in slow motion as the blast kept coming closer and closer to them. In less than a second, he was besides Usagi. However instead of Tuxedo Kamen, Prince Endymion was re-enforcing the shield with the Golden Crystal on his right hand while his left was on Usagi's shoulder. With a loud yell, he too turned Super Saiyan, while the Golden Crystal blazed to life on his hand.
With another yell, both of them reflected the blast to their original attackers, but to their surprise, a large black orb appeared in front of the Triad, and the Black Moon family saving them from harm.
"What the-" Endymion watched as the blast disappeared from the sky, leaving the black shield in front of their enemies.
"We meet again Princess of the White Moon." A deep, creepy voice said from inside the shield. Little by little it started to appear, again making the senshis gasp in fear.
"Wise Man!" Usagi's voice dripped with venom.
"I see you remember." The voice chuckled.
"But how can it be?! We killed you!" Rei backed up a pace.
"Fools! You thought that a little trick would kill me? I'm immortal! I'm the messenger of the Doom Phantom! I can not be killed!" Wise Man laughed madly.
"Wanna bet." Vegeta growled.
"There's nothing you can do to prevent me from taking over again! And this time, I won't make the same mistake as last time. Those weaklings are not here to help you Moon brat!" Wise man said referring to Diamond and Sapphire. "This time I'll be the victor, I'll have the Silver Imperial Crystal, and I'll hand you to the Doom Phantom on a silver platter. Until then Sailor Senshis." And with that the Wise Man disappeared taking the Triad and the other two with him.
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"Ok…now can you explain what is going on and why that guy wants you?" Goku tried to ask civilized to his daughter.
Usagi was still on her Super Saiyan for then, taking a deep breath, she turned to see him, dropping her transformation in the process while Mamoru did the same thing.
"Well, the Wise Man was err…I mean is, the one that helped the Black Moon Family try to conquer over the world." Usagi said sadly. "We thought we had seen the last of him when we destroyed the Doom Phantom, but it seems that I was wrong. I still don't know how can this be!" Usagi looked at the floor under her.
"I can answer that for you." Every body turned to see Setsuna or rather Sailor Pluto standing near a corner of CC.
"Puu! When did you get here?" Usagi razed to embrace her friend.
"I just arrived princess." Setsuna bowed. "And I have brought somebody with me." She said stepping aside letting a shadow walk from behind the wall.
The senshi gasped looking at the figure, and then they looked from Usagi and Mamoru to Goku and Vegeta.
The young teen, around the same age as them was on a sailor outfit, however, none of the present senshis could identify the planet. There stood the girl with pink hair wearing it on a pair of cones on the top of her head, on her bow a small crescent moon and the symbol of earth adorned her locket. Looking straight at her eyes, the senshis could see her deep red eyes.
"Chibi-U-" Usagi gasped but was interrupted before she could finish.
"I'm Sailor Earth." She said curtly. "And I have come to help you." She smiled before lunching herself to Usagi's and Mamoru's arms while all the others huddled around them.
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Fire Dragon "Well, I hope you liked it. And since I took a long time to post I wrote it extra long. ^-^"
Water Dragon "So that means that our last chapter will be up really soon. Or at least on another two weeks." –Hides behind Fire Dragon-
Fire Dragon "Hehe, yeah well that's right. But don't worry, I promise that it will be good. Now please review."