All For the Earth - Chapter 1
"Krystle hasn't attacked us for four months now." Sailor Mars reported to Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion.
"Is that a good or a bad thing?" Endymion replied seriously.
"We were hoping you would know." Sailor Mercury answered.
"If she was going to surrender she would tell us," Sailor Venus added. "But we haven't heard from her since our last fight."
"Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune are leading the search for Krystle and her lair, but they still haven't made any progress." Sailor Jupiter informed.
"When did the search start again?" Serenity asked.
"Since our last meeting about Krystle a couple of months ago." Sailor Jupiter replied. "Which is very similar to this one."
A small "damn it" escaped Neo Queen Serenity's petite mouth. "Her power could be tremendous right now..." She managed to say calmly, although her eyes gave her tranquility away.
"Are you sure you want to reject Sailor Pluto's idea of seeking help from other dimensions?" Sailor Mercury asked.
Neo Queen Serenity shook her head. "No. Call her up. We'll need as much help as possible."
"Of course, your majesty, I never gave up on that idea." Sailor Pluto said to the queen.
Serenity smiled. "I could always rely on you, Setsuna-san. How long will it take to get everything ready?"
"Not too long, since I have been preparing even though you disagreed. I-" She suddenly seemed worried, yet ready for battle.
"What's wrong, Pluto?" King Endymion asked.
"Somebody is at the time gate." Sailor Pluto replied calmly.
"Oh shit." Serenity cursed silently to herself. "Endymion, summon the senshi and send them to the time gates immediately. Pluto, I'm coming with you."
"I'm going to stay here and guard the kingdom and Chibi-Usa." Endymion volunteered.
"That's exactly what I was thinking." His queen smiled at him. "Let's go, Pluto."
Sailor Pluto had already opened a portal to the gates of time. She jumped into the portal, followed by Neo Queen Serenity. The portal remained open, ready for the rest of the sailor senshi to enter.
When Serenity entered the time gates, her eyes widened in shock. "That great power... That can't be Krystle's power, can it?"
"It's very possible." Sailor Pluto narrowed her eyes, searching for their nemesis. "She's too much for us. The other senshi might not get here in time. The ginzuishou should be able to summon the others. Although, it might drain too much of your energy."
Neo Queen Serenity nodded with determination in her eyes. "I'll be fine. Who do I summon?"
"For now..." Sailor Pluto paused, thinking. "Son Goku, Squall Leonheart, and Cloud Strife. Heero Yuy would be useful, but not right now. I'll summon him and more later."
"Hai." Serenity nodded again, and then closed her eyes in concentration. She murmured something, and then the ginzuishou started materializing in her hands, and soon it started glowing with power.
Gohan sparred with his father, both of them fighting as Super Saiya-jins. The time chamber was a very useful tool for training. Thanks to the chamber, Gohan had been able to achieve the level of Super Saiya-jin!
"Dad..." Gohan half-whined. "You're going to easy on me again!"
"You think so?" Goku stopped fighting, then smiled. "Then I guess I'll have to fight a lot harder then!"
Goku was about to strike a blow to his son, but he was suddenly engulfed by a bright pink light. Gohan had to shield his eyes, but by the time he opened his eyes, his father was gone.
"DADDY!!!"
"Anyway, Cloud... Wait, Cloud? Cloud? Are you even listening?" Tifa babbled.
"Huh? No." Cloud looked up to Tifa pretending to give her all of his attention.
Tifa raised her right eyebrow, as if waiting for something from Cloud. "Mm-hmm...?"
"Gomen." Cloud apologized. "Excuse me, I need some air." He got up and walked out of Tifa's 7th Heaven Bar.
Cloud sighed deeply. He stared off into space, and seemed to be lost in deep thought. But was he?
What was there to think about? It had been so boring these days, and everybody knows it. Tifa tried hard to relieve their boredom by saying that boring and stupid as hell story to him, but Tifa must have been so bored out of her mind that she couldn't even make up an interesting story. Cloud scoffed. Well, you can't blame her.
Suddenly, a bright pink light that came out of nowhere surrounded Cloud. He didn't even have time to ask himself what was happening before he disappeared.
Tifa walked out to talk to Cloud in time to see him leave.
"Cloud?" Tifa called out softly, trying not to think about what could have happened to Cloud. "Cloud?" She called out again, this time louder. Her face paled after what seemed like an eternity of silence. "CLOUD!!!"
"Your majesty, are you okay?" Sailor Pluto asked in a motherly tone.
"Pluto, I'm not as weak as I used to be." Serenity replied.
"Of course." Sailor Pluto nodded. "Gomen ne. I confused you with your past self for a while."
"Excuse me, but an explanation would be nice." A blue-eyed, spiky-haired blonde interrupted.
"You'll get one, but not right now. Sorry." Sailor Pluto replied coldly.
"Be nice." Serenity whispered to the senshi of time. "Heero Yuy, right?"
Sailor Pluto shook her head. "Some things just don't change about you. Squall Leonheart of SeeD is next."
"Gomen." Serenity smiled. "Ginzuishou, we need Squall Leonheart of Seed." The crystal sent out a silver beam and it returned with a handsome-looking young man who looked about seventeen years of age.
"Wow. That thing has a lot of power." Goku said.
"Of course. It's only the most-" Sailor Pluto stopped mid-sentence and thought about what she was about to say. If somebody else was to hear it, that might propose another threat. "Never mind."
"Where am I? What happened? Who-" Squall started to ask a whole string of questions, but Neo Queen Serenity stopped him.
"We know you have a lot of questions, but there is no time to answer them. But to make it short, there is a large force threatening us, but we do not enough power to stop them." Serenity answered regally yet gently.
"Too bad they're not enough." A sinister voice replied.
"Krystle..." Serenity hissed.
"No, I am not her majesty, though I am flattered that you think I am her. I am merely one of her loyal subjects, Pearl." She introduced herself. "It's nice to meet you, your highness." She mocked.
"Such a waste of a beautiful name, just like Krystle." Serenity said.
"Wow. She has a lot of power." Goku said.
Sailor Pluto gasped lightly. Those high energy levels were coming from her... Then that means Krystle is probably stronger. If they were afraid of Pearl, then how much will they fear Krystle?
"Thank you, your highness. And thank you, newcomer." Pearl mocked again.
"What do you want from us?" Sailor Pluto asked coldly.
Pearl smiled and walked to the gates of time. "They're a beauty, aren't they? You know..." she turned to face Serenity, Sailor Pluto, Cloud, Goku, and Squall. "Krystle has a plan so that only one person needs to go through these gates and our whole group can be in the past.
"Dead Scream!" Sailor Pluto sent a ball of energy shaped like a planet to Pearl, but Pearl was too quick, so she jumped and dodged the attack. Sailor Pluto's attack hit the gates, but had no effect.
"Shimatta." Pearl muttered, but she was quickly rammed down into the ground.
"I'm guessing, the fight started, right?" Goku asked in the air, half-laughing.
Serenity smiled lightly. "Hai, it did."
"Really? Oh, okay then. Good thing I equipped materia! " Cloud cast a lightning spell, but Pearl dodged again.
Squall looked around quietly. He was the only one not contributing to the fight. The queen had just thrown a small ball of energy to the enemy, which was, once again, dodged. He summoned Ifrit, that way the chances of dodging were pretty small. A large ball of fire was thrown to Pearl, and just like Squall had predicted to himself, she received the attack.
Actually, it was her shield that received the attack.
"You're smart, Squall: that was a good move. So now we know how good her defense is thanks to you." Neo Queen Serenity praised. "But how good is her offense?"
Sailor Pluto was pretty far from Serenity, but was close enough to hear what she said. She told Cloud and Goku to get in a defense position, for offense might just bring them down.
"Giving up?" Pearl asked.
"Do we have any reason to?" Sailor Pluto replied.
Pearl smiled wryly. "Hmm... I don't know. Maybe because I'm too powerful for you?"
"Powerful?" Goku replied. "You weren't even a challenge!"
Pearl scoffed. "Bluff all you want, you know-"
"This battle is pointless, don't you know that?" Serenity interrupted.
Pearl nodded. "Yes, for you it is, because you don't stand a chance against me."
Serenity shook her head. "Your goal is to go to the past, right? It's impossible to get there without a time key."
"The Black Moon Family were able to do it once; we can do it again." Pearl hissed.
"That was a long time ago... We have become stronger now." Sailor Pluto replied.
"How?" Pearl replied. "If the Black Moon Family attacked ages ago, then your last battle was ages ago as well. Nobody has attacked you after the Black Moon's attacks and before ours, correct? So how can you grow stronger without battles?"
All of their facial expressions remained unchanged. Part of what Pearl said was true, but of course they were unwilling to admit it.
But why can't they admit it? Squall thought. They don't even know if they're fighting on the right side. Just because they were summoned by this queen, it doesn't mean that she's the good one. She may be an evil queen or a good queen, and the Krystle they keep on talking about just might be trying to serve justice. But what is it about this queen that earned their trust?
Silence reigned over the space-time continuum. Pearl smiled in her small victory. Sailor Pluto tightened her grip on the time key.
Pearl's problem is that she did not get enough psychic training. She had planned for the senshi's attacks to hit the time gate and open it up or something like that, but that was obviously wasn't going to happen. But she just might have enough energy and strength to open that gate. Maybe... There's a reason Krystle selected her for this assignment. If the guardian of time thought that she was Krystle... Then she just might have the power...
She turned around and focused all her energy to open the gates. It seemed like an eternity before it opened. But it wasn't. If it took as long Pearl thought it did, then she would be dead by now. But she wasn't.
Sailor Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn arrived in time to see a woman jump through the time gate, and then the gates close behind her. It was obviously not good, for Neo Queen Serenity was cursing at the gates.
"Shimatta." She pounded her fist into gate. "I'm sorry...' She cried. "If I never mentioned that whole damned defense plan, this wouldn't be happening."
"It would be my fault, then." Squall tried to comfort her.
Serenity shook her head. "No, Squall..."
"Your majesty, it isn't over yet." Sailor Pluto comforted. "If you all help me concentrate..." She looked at everyone present. "On stopping her travel, it would will help. It's not going to stop her, but it will prevent her from travelling too far back in time."
All the senshi nodded, and then closed their eyes. Their auras then glowed brightly and beautifully that Goku, Cloud, and Squall were awed by it all. They then closed their eyes and concentrated like Sailor Pluto said...
AN: Hi again! Did you like it? Was it long enough this time? Or too long? Did you hate it? Please let me know! Review it, or send an email to ForgottenIllusion@msn.com. The next chapter won't be up for a while, coz I'm going on vacation. But I'll still be writing while on vacation, and when I come back, I'll type it up and then post it. Thanks for reading my fic!
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