Chapter 2
Sailor Pluto opened her eyes. "Arigatou. Your efforts were a great help."
Everybody opened their eyes. "There was only one enemy; Why did we all have to help stop her? Is she that powerful?" Sailor Uranus asked.
"Her name is Pearl." Neo Queen Serenity replied. She said Krystle had a plan for all of them to get to the past with only one person entering."
"She could have been bluffing." Michiru said. "But then again, we're better safe that sorry."
Sailor Venus nodded. "Hai. Sailor Pluto, where did Pearl arrive?"
"20th century, a few months after Galaxia's defeat. I'm not completely sure yet, but I do think that it's around that time."
"We disturbed their peace…" Sailor Mars looked down at the ground, if you could call it that at the time gates.
"Actually, if you think about it, there's nothing wrong with the timing." Sailor Mercury stated. "Sure they'd be disappointed that there's a threat, but their powers would still be strong."
"And why is that so?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"It's like when you wake up after sleeping, or when you try to run after resting." The intelligent senshi of ice explained. "When you wake up, you're still groggy, and when you run after resting, you don't run as fast right away, until your body gets used to it."
"Ohh…" Sailor Jupiter and Venus chorused.
Neo Queen Serenity looked down. "Did we just start running?"
Goku, Squall, Cloud, and Sailor Pluto all shot worried glances at the queen.
"What do you mean?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"Pearl…" Serenity said softly. "Well, you see… She said…" She looked up and saw four worried faces. She shook her head. "Never mind. Maybe later.
"Umm…" Goku interrupted. "Your majesty, didn't you say you were going to give us an explanation? I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one confused here. And… um… Could you maybe bring my son here? He's probably worried sick about me."
Neo Queen Serenity smiled. "Of course. We will be explaining everything in the palace."
"And there's no need to worry about your son. He can leave his dimension only a few seconds after you left." The senshi of time added.
Goku was fascinated "Really? How are you going to do that?"
"Like I said, it will all be explained in the palace." Neo Queen Serenity answered.
Cloud roamed around the palace. He needed to take in all of the newly acquired information. Now he fully understood the situation, and he had no doubt in his mind about helping them. That small fight with that Pearl person… He hadn't noticed it when he was fighting, but when he thought about it, there was a spark of happiness in him during the fight.
And then there were the senshi… They were all so powerful, it's just amazing that they can't defeat this enemy. They've defeated all their other enemies before, why can't they defeat this one? And they said something about rewards, as well. One of them is the senshi of time. She has the ability to send people to whatever point in time she chooses. Just like Pearl was able to go back ten centuries in time, maybe Cloud could also be sent back to that point in time when…
"Hey Cloud." A voice behind him interrupted his thoughts.
Cloud turned around to see the senshi of love and beauty. "Huh? Oh, hi Sailor Venus."
She smiled. She wasn't called the senshi of beauty for no reason. "Having trouble with the new information you got?"
Cloud shrugged. "Don't know… Well… Actually, kind of."
Sailor Venus nodded. "That's understandable. Are you heading to your room? You could probably think a lot better there."
Cloud looked at her with a puzzled look on his face. "I have a room here?"
Sailor Venus giggled. "Duh! Where do you think you're going to sleep? Couldn't you see that the queen is way too nice to let you sleep on the ground?"
Cloud shrugged. "He… ^_^' I guess you're right."
"Cmon, I'll show you where your room is."
"Wow…!" Goku said in awe. "You didn't have to give me this big a room!"
"You're acting like you're going to live here. Besides, it's the least we can do for now." Sailor Uranus replied.
Goku chuckled. "You've got a point there. Do you know where we're going to be residing in the past?"
"You'll see when you get there. You'll be living comfortably, though, so don't worry." Sailor Uranus answered.
"I see… Hey, I'm just curious, but do you have a training room or something like that here?" Goku asked.
Sailor Uranus looked surprise. "Of course we do. Do you want to train already?"
Goku nodded. "Well, yeah… I mean, I want to be in top condition when we fight…"
Sailor Uranus smiled. "Come with me, I'll show you."
"How does your training room work?" Squall asked.
"It's an idea that came from her majesty. It's like a video game: You work your way up to the 'boss.' There are six main levels, although you can start from whatever level you want." Sailor Uranus explained.
"Well, I guess we'll be needing a warm-up, so we'll just go ahead and start at the first level." Goku said.
Sailor Uranus nodded. "Very well. If you want to stop, just press the button on the bracelets we gave you."
"Not that we'll be needing to quit." Cloud added confidently.
"Just a word of warning: You'll feel real pain, but it's only in your minds." She then pressed a button that started their training.
"You think Metallia'll be a problem for them?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"Metallia? Them? I don't think so." Sailor Venus replied.
Sailor Uranus nodded in agreement. "They're strong. Setsuna-chan wouldn't have choose them if it were otherwise."
Sailor Venus nodded. "Nee, isn't it cool that the three of them all wanted to train?"
"I know, it's so weird! But don't you think Squall and Cloud are cute?" Sailor Jupiter replied.
"Cute?" Sailor Venus repeated the word as if she despised it, giving her fellow senshi surprised looks on their faces. "That's an understatement! They're HOT!"
Sailor Jupiter giggled as Sailor Uranus relaxed. She allowed the two to drool over Squall and Cloud; it wasn't really something she'd do.
"I'm going to leave." Sailor Uranus announced. "The two of you can take care of them right?"
"You betcha!" Sailor Venus replied.
"See ya!" Sailor Jupiter said.
Sailor Uranus waved as the doors closed behind her, then sighed.
"You wanna go out for a while?" Sailor Neptune greeted.
Sailor Uranus smiled. "Yeah, I could use a break. Let's go."
Goku, Cloud, and Squall were fighting a green-haired woman. She announced herself as Emerald. They have fought many "bosses" so far, and they were getting tired. It made them wonder if the senshi ever beat this "game." But they had no intention of stopping soon…
"What level are they at?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"Two. They're fighting Emerald now. Wait, never mind, they just defeated her." Sailor Venus answered.
"Wow, already? Pretty good. After Emerald, it's Safiru, then Demando, Wiseman, the Death Phantom, then level three right?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
Sailor Venus nodded. "Yeah, I think so."
Sailor Jupiter sighed. "I hope that the other people Usa-chan's gonna summon are cute, too."
"I think she's gonna summon a few girls and some 15-year-old guys. Not that we'll see them." Sailor Venus replied.
"Hmm…" Sailor Jupiter thought over the information provided to her. "Well, those guys are too young, anyway."
Sailor Venus nodded. "I guess so. But then again, everybody is." She giggled along with Sailor Jupiter.
"So when should the others be summoned and when are they going to be sent to the 20th century?" Neo Queen Serenity asked.
"We'll give them time to rest and relax. Maybe a week or so." Sailor Pluto answered.
"That long…? What about a day or so? I just sent Mars and Mercury to check in on our guests since Uranus, Jupiter, and Venus haven't returned from sending them to their rooms. It turns out that they're in the training room. They're getting ready to fight already." Serenity replied.
Sailor Pluto nodded. "I see. That's good; that means two days is enough time for them. I'll make sure to inform them."
"Chibi-Usa doesn't know anything about this?" Neo Queen Serenity asked.
Sailor Pluto shook her head. "No, majesty. Would you like me to-"
"No, please don't." Serenity interrupted. "She might want to go back to the past if she hears about all this. Please tell the other senshi to keep this news from her as well."
"What if she asks about the guests?"
"Then tell her that they're our friends here to stay for a couple of days. Thank you, Setsuna-san, you are dismissed."
Sailor Pluto nodded and walked out the door. Serenity saw her bow to someone on her way out, and then Endymion entered.
"You look tired." He greeted.
Seeing her husband relieved her a little bit. "Because I am." She walked to her husband and hugged him, relieving the burden she's been carrying on her shoulders.
"You want to rest?" He asked in their embrace.
Serenity shook her head. "I can't. But I do want to stay like this forever."
"I sure don't..." He muttered softly under his breath.
"Hmm?" Serenity said.
"Huh?" Endymion appeared clueless.
"You said something?"
Endymion shook his head. "No, I didn't. You're not so tired that you're hearing things now, are you?" He teased, causing his wife to fall deeper into his embrace.
Cloud smiled as he fought a woman named Mistress Nine. Why don't they keep on fighting women? It's not that he holds anything against women, hell, if he did, Tifa would beat him up good. But why didn't the senshi program more men? They did fight some men, but it was only a little bit compared to the number of women they have fought.
Cloud then dropped his sword as Mistress Nine chocked him with her hair. She captured the other as well, but it seemed like she wanted something from him.
"It's not so funny now, is it?" She mocked. Cloud's sword was, for some reason, now in her hands. She walked towards Cloud, while still keeping the others in her clutches. Cloud tried to break free of her, but wasn't successful. "Tell me, do you know what it's like to be killed by your own weapon?" Cloud didn't reply. Mistress Nine smiled, then stabbed Cloud in his stomach with his sword. "Now you do."
Cloud took in the shock and the pain as he fell down to the ground. He saw blood coming from his stomach, which only increased the pain. His breath was staggered as he tried to press the button on his bracelet. Almost there…
All pain was relieved when the button was pressed. He took a deep breath and sighed.
"Level?" Sailor Jupiter asked while reading a book.
"Three. Mistress Nine." Sailor Venus replied.
"How long have they been at it?" Sailor Jupiter asked.
"Quite a while. Oh wait… Cloud died?!"
"Cloud died?!" Sailor Jupiter repeated in shock. "I'm going to check in on him."
Sailor Venus shook her head. "Usa-chan appointed me to Cloud. You go check in on Squall when he dies."
"Why don't you check in on Squall? Your better with him, really."
"But that's not how I'm working. I'm gonna try to get whoever I can. And right now I have an opportunity with Cloud. You're not going to take that away from me, are you?" Sailor Venus asked.
"Of course I am." Sailor Jupiter replied. There was a moment of silence between them, then they both raced each other down to Cloud.
"Are you okay, Cloud?" They chorused when they reached him.
Cloud was still laying on the ground and panting. "I'm in heaven?"
The two senshi giggled. "No, you're still on Earth." Sailor Jupiter assured.
"Our training program is just like a virtual reality game." Sailor Vens explained right when Goku and Squall removed what could be called a "VR helmet" and entered the scene. "You guys got defeated too?"
Goku shook his head. "Nah. We just wanted to check in on Cloud."
"I almost died there, but I didn't. If I died without pressing the button, would I have…?" Cloud asked.
Sailor Venus shook her head. "No, you would simply be brought back here."
"Alive?" Cloud wondered aloud.
Sailor Jupiter nodded her head. "Yeah, like Venus explained, this training program is just like a virtual reality game."
"Did you guys ever beat the game?" Goku asked.
"Of course." Sailor Jupiter answered. "Those enemies you fight there are our previous enemies. They show up in the 'game' in the same order they showed up in our lives."
"Actually, we haven't beaten the sixth level yet." Sailor Venus added. "That level is where Krystle is. We also need to add Pearl in to the program."
Sailor Jupiter nodded sullenly. "You can use this program again tomorrow and go straight, if you'd like. You guys should rest up now. Sailor Pluto dropped by to tell you that you'll be going back in time in two days."
AN: Whoa, finally, I typed up this chapter and uploaded it. I actually finished this chapter a long time ago, I was just too lazy to write it up. I did have the next chapter ready, too, but I lost it. I'll have to rewrite it again. I won't take too long this time, though! I think I'm the world's slowest fanfic writer, wouldn't you agree? ^_^' I changed a couple of things in the previous chapters, but they were minor changes. I also changed the category of this fic from anime crossovers to Sailor Moon crossovers. I hope you enjoyed my fic so far! I'll get the next chapters up soon, I promise! Please review this fic, or email me! I love email and I will always reply!
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