A Story to Remember
Chapter 14: Revelations, Explanations and No Sleep

(One day has passed since the attack)

Capsule Corp. (Evening)

Bulma sighed exhaustedly and sat down on her couch. When the Three Warriors had left, after getting rid of Catseye, the starseeds had been returned to the students of CCPC. However, there were still the consequences of Catseye's attack AND Vegeta's to contend with. First Bulma had to talk fast to explain the damaged and destroyed cars in the parking lot and the girl that had been slashed in the abdomen by Catseye was rushed to the hospital. The paparazzi were another factor that Bulma had to deal with. In the end, Bulma had decided to end classes or a few days so that the school could be repaired. Finally, there were Serena's fuku-wearing friends that had been hurt during the battle.

In fact, after much pleading from Serena, they had been taken to Capsule Corp, including a very shaken up Madison and Mirai. In exchange, Serena had agreed to explain everything. Bulma had agreed to this only IF she explained to everyone. Once again, using her fast-talking and knowledge of 15 syllable words, Bulma had convinced the Z-Senshi to come to Capsule Corp.

Bulma yawned and looked at her watch, they would all be there in less than half an hour. She got up and walked to one of her bathrooms and knocked on the door.

"Serena, are you and your friends done yet?"

THE BATHROOM

Hotaru held her hands over Mercury's wounded side, a purple aura covering her side.

"There." She whispered when the wound disappeared, "All finished." Hotaru wiped a hand over her forehead.

Mercury opened her eyes slowly and smiled at her friends.

"You can de-henshin." Lita said, having already been healed and de-henshined herself.

"Ok." Mercury said, and did as she was told.

"So Serena." Amara said, crossing her arms over her chest, "We all know why you came here." She glanced at the Raye, Ami, Lita, and Mina. "So, who are these people, and who was that man that saved up from that woman?"

Serena sighed, "Lets go outside with Bulma, that's her name by the way. When the others get here, I'll explain everything."

The eight women headed out of the bathroom.

Serena and her friends sat on the couch and watched Bulma drag chairs from the kitchen and dining room to the living room. Bulma turned to her and smiled almost evilly.

"Oh Serena, why don't you go upstairs and get Vegeta? I'm sure he'll want to hear this too." She said, smoothing her pants and sitting down in one of the chairs.

Her friends looked confused as Serena blushed redder than a tomato and nodded, climbing the stairs to the top floor.

"What was that about?" Raye said, glancing at Bulma.

Michelle and Amara looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Amara leaned back against the couch and put her hands behind her head. 'This should be very interesting.'

Bulma was about to ask the women's names she heard someone knocking on the front door. She got up slowly to get it and suddenly the room (more like the house) was filled with the voices of people. Hotaru's eyes widened as a large green man walked into the room, arms crossed. A woman walked in with a man wearing an orange fighting gi and a young boy with them. Mina gasped as a man with three eyes walked in, shirtless much to her surprise, and another young boy beside him. Another man came with a scar on his face. Yet another man, who had the height of a boy, yet was bald, walked in behind him too. Amara was the first to stand up, followed by Hotaru and Michelle, and finally the Inners.

"So, Bulma, what's the occasion? Haven't we already had a reunion?" Goku asked, with a laugh.

Bulma smiled and waved her hands at the seven women, "These are Serena's friends!"

"You called us all the way over here to say that?" Piccolo said, slightly annoyed.

"No." Bulma said. She smiled and walked up to Yamcha, throwing her arms around him she pressed her lips up to his ear, "YOU HAVEN'T CALLED ME IN WEEKS, YAMCHA!" She shouted, her smile disappearing.

"Oh, ow, hey Bulma, it wasn't my fault!" He replied, rubbing his sore ear.

Bulma let go of him and humphed, "Men, they're all the same."

Meanwhile, Mina and Lita were crying with laughter at the scene before them and Raye and Ami couldn't resist giggles. Even Michelle and Amara were smiling, while Hotaru, trying to be polite was giggling into her hand.

"I guess we should introduce ourselves." Chi-Chi said, smiling.

"I'm Goku Son." Goku said cheerfully, "And this is my wife Chi-Chi and my son Gohan."

Hotaru smiled at the young boy, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Gohan blushed a little and nodded.

Goku went on, "That over there is Piccolo, and that's Krillin my best friend. That's Yamcha and that's Tien and Chow-Tsu."

The Senshi smiled and nodded at each person.

"I'm Ami Mizuno, and these are my friends Lita Kino, Amara Ten'ou, Raye Hino, Michelle Kai'ou, Mina Aino, and Hotaru Tomoe."

"So, you all know Serena?" Mina asked.

"Yea, we met her at a reunion Bulma had." Tien said, sitting down." The other Z-Senshi took seats except for Piccolo, who stood.

"So, why are we here?" Piccolo asked again, sounding even more annoyed than before.

"Well, if any of you have been watching the news, you must have heard about the attack on my school yesterday. Well...Serena and her friends had something to do with it." Bulma said solemnly.

"What!" Yamcha said, getting up, staring at the eight women who sat right across from the Z-Senshi.

"No! Not in a bad way, in fact they helped. But I believe there is more to them and Serena than what meets the eye, am I right?" Bulma asked the Senshi.

Raye sighed, "Yeah."

"Well, then tell us, already." Yamcha said.

"We're waiting for one more person." Bulma said, "Vegeta."

Serena began breathing heavily as she reached Vegeta's door.

'Why am I always doing this?' She thought, putting a hand to her head to steady herself. She reached for the doorknob to Vegeta's room and turned it, stepping inside. Once she was in the door, she realized she had been holding her breath and let it out quickly. She looked around the room and saw that it was empty.

'He's probably in the GR room, then.'

Suddenly a hand grabbed her shoulder and she jumped and spun around!

"Why do I always find you in here?" Vegeta said smirking.

Serena blushed.

"Bulma wants you to come downstairs. The others are here and we need to tell everyone something."

"Hn." Vegeta took her hand and held it up. Gently he kissed the palm of her hand, smirking when he heard her gasp. Serena almost fainted when Vegeta began to lightly suck on her fingertips. Finally he turned her hand so her palm was facing her and gently kissed the back of her hand. "Lead the way, Princess." He said, smirking slightly... almost smiling.

Serena blushed and walked out of the room again, Vegeta following behind her.

Raye looked up when she heard footsteps coming downstairs. Serena walked into the room, followed closely by Vegeta. She sat down between Raye and Amara, her eyes faintly glazed and her cheeks still a little pink. Raye and Amara exchanged suspicious glances. Michelle and Mina smiled at each other, their eyes making a connection between Serena and Vegeta.

'Could he be Serena's real prince? The one Queen Serenity told us about?" Michelle thought.

Bulma sat up, "Well now. Now that everyone's here, why don't you explain to us exactly who you are? And what do you have to do with that... cat..er...woman...er...thing that attacked my school?"

Serena cleared her throat, and looked at her friends. "Well...it's kind of a long story but I guess I should begin at the beginning. Well, it all started when the Inners, I'll explain about that later, accused me of not being an Inner anymore." She nodded at Raye, Ami, Lita, and Mina who blushed in embarrassment.

"Well, after that and an incident with Darien, I'll tell you about him later, I decided to leave my dimension and my world."

Amara yawned quietly, 'This is going to take a while.'

Mirai stared at her sleeping friend. She walked over to the bed and sat down in front of her. The blankets of the bed rose and fell with her breaths.

'It doesn't seem fair, Madison. It doesn't seem fair at all that you've been dragged into all of this. My visions are all coming true and it's my fault that you are involved.'

She sighed and pushed a strand of brown hair out of her eyes. Mirai reached into her pocket and pulled out Serena's henshin. She turned it over in her hands, her eyes following the intricate designs on it. She remembered what Pluto had told her about her visions. She knew that she had the power of Morpheus and she had the visions of Unmei, fate.

Mirai sighed again. She almost jumped when she felt a hand on her arm.

"Mirai, what's wrong?" She asked with her accented speech.

Mirai stared into Madison's navy blue eyes. She remembered the look of shock when she had told Madison about her visions when Hotaru had come to stay with them at CCPC. Mirai forced a smile on her face and swept a hand through Madison's dark hair.

"There's nothing wrong. I'm going to go give Serena's henshin back to her."

"Ok."

Mirai got up and walked to the door. She looked at Madison one more time before stepping out of the room, closing the door behind her.

Madison fell back against her pillows, closing her eyes.

'Mirai, what's going on? What do you know and why are you lying to me?'

"Ok, so let me get this straight." Krillin said incredulously, "You were all born over one thousand years ago."

"That's right." Serena said.

"And you knew Vegeta then too!" Chow-Tsu said, eyes wide.

"Yup." Serena said, blushing a little. Vegeta smirked at her.

"And you were all reborn after the Moon Kingdom was destroyed and sent back to Earth in your dimension. But Vegeta was reborn and sent back to his own planet?" Tien asked.

"That's the way it seems to have happened." Hotaru said thoughtfully.

"You were made Sailor Senshi in your world and given henshins Then when the uhh...incident happened, you decided to come here." Gohan repeated.

Serena nodded.

"And now these...Dark Forces are after you and you don't know why?" Chi-Chi asked, eyes wide as well.

"That's right, all I know is that they want me for some reason for their Lord, whoever that is." Serena stated.

Chi-Chi's eyes grew big and watery, "Oh you POOR GIRL!"

Serena put a hand behind her head, "Heh heh, don't worry."

"Well, it seems that these Dark Forces will do whatever it takes to get you, Serena." Goku said.

"Yeah, the attack yesterday on Bulma's school proved that." Yamcha added.

"Do you think you can help us?" Serena asked.

"Of course we'd be glad to help!" Goku exclaimed.

"Right!" Gohan and Krillin chorused.

Yamcha, Tien, and Chow-Tsu agreed and finally Piccolo and Vegeta nodded agreement.

"That's great!" Ami said, "We can use all the help we can get!"

The Senshi nodded even though Raye was sending suspicious glances Vegeta.

Serena looked up when she heard footsteps from the stairway. Mirai walked into the room, looking very exhausted.

"Mirai," Serena half-shouted; running to her friend and giving her a hug. "How's Madison, is she ok?" Serena asked as they sat down.

"She's fine. She's sleeping actually but she was very shaken up." Mirai answered.

"Who wouldn't be?" Lita said, remembering how Catseye had attacked.

Mirai held up Serena's henshin, "I still have this."

"Oh, my henshin! Thank you!" Serena said, taking her henshin back and putting it in her pocket.

Bulma yawned, "Speaking of sleep, we should all get some. You all can stay here if you'd like."

The Z-Senshi and Sailor Senshi accepted Bulma's offer and Mirai led the way upstairs. The Z-senshi got their own rooms because the Sailors agreed to share. Amara and Michelle would share a room, and so would Lita and Ami, Raye and Mina, and Hotaru and Serena.

Serena chose the room closest to Vegeta's and after everyone (well... almost everyone) said their goodnights she headed into her room with Hotaru.

Serena sat on her bed and brushed her long hair, "What do you think of Bulma?"

Hotaru smiled faintly, "She's a very nice person." Hotaru suddenly looked very uncomfortable as she sat on her bed across from Serena's.

"What's wrong Hota-chan?"

"Well...ummm." Hotaru shifted uncomfortably again. "Serena... is Vegeta-san your prince?"

Serena stared at the young teenager for a while, "Yes... I am sure that he is. I love him so much."

Hotaru smiled.

"But... I don't know if he... loves me back. Sometimes it seems like he does." Serena hugged one of her pillows to her stomach, bringing her knees up to her chest. "Other times, it seems like he doesn't care at all. We've only just realized who we are afterall…but the way I feel about him…I..."

Serena sighed softly and shook her head as if to chase away her thoughts.

Hotaru smiled again, "He does. I can tell from the way he looks at you. Even when he's just glancing at you, you can see it."

Serena sighed, "I sure can't see it."

Hotaru giggled, "Don't worry. Just look closer."

Serena smiled at her, "Thanks for the advice Hota-chan, I will. Lets get some sleep ok? It's already past 11."

"Alright." Hotaru said. The two girls stripped down to their bras and underwear, seeing as they had no nightwear to wear! They both snuggled under the blankets as the first droplets of rain hit their window.

As the night continued the rain became harder and harder, slamming against the windowpanes and churning the earth with each pounding droplet.

Ivy watched the scene through the holograph projector, her cool, olive-green eyes following the scenes as they changed. She was in the Dark Lord's throne room, along with Brimstone and Darkflake. She smiled as the pictures of the sleeping figures of the Briefs' home continued along the screen.

"So, Ivy, what is your plan?" The Dark Lord asked from his throne, holding a glass of blue wine in his hand.

"Yes, do tell Ivy!" Darkflake said sarcastically.

"I have formed my plan so well, my Lord, that it can't possibly fail. I have taken EVERY necessary precaution. I will succeed."

The Dark Lord smiled faintly... for a moment. Suddenly he exploded, throwing his wine glass at her. The three women ducked as the blue liquid exploded against one of the pillars, the glass crumbling to the floor. Ivy's eyes were wide.

"That's what Catseye said and she FAILED!" The Dark Lord shouted. "You had BETTER have a better plan than that fool!"

Darkflake giggled softly and Brimstone smiled.

Ivy held out her hand, turning to face the Dark Lord. In her palm, a beautiful purple-blue flower appeared, "This is a Sleep Jasmine. If even one grain of its pollen falls on your eyes you will fall into a deep, deep sleep."

"Hmm... Interesting. How long does the sleep last?" The Dark Lord asked.

"The sleep lasts for exactly 6 hours a grain. So If I sprinkle two grains over someone's eyes, the sleep will last for 12 hours. The Sleep Jasmine's pollen works on any race. The Saiya-Jins will be no problem, I promise you." Ivy said, as she held her palm out, the bracelets on her wrists making small jingling sounds.

"Good. I give you permission to carry out your plan." The Dark Lord said.

"Thank you, My Lord." Ivy said, bowing low.

"Ivy, don't fail me." The Dark Lord said, burning her with his evil gaze.

"Yea Ivy, we don't allow failures in our ranks. Remember Catseye." Darkflake said, laughing icily.

Ivy closed her eyes as emerald leaves surrounded her. When they disappeared she was gone.

Brimstone clutched her staff to her body, sending nervous glances at Darkflake,

'Good luck Ivy.'

Ivy appeared in front of the Briefs' house. The rain pelted her skin, and matted her hair. The rain replenished her strength and she disappeared again and reappeared in the house.

In her room, Serena stirred in her sleep as Ivy went from room to room, dropping three grains of sleep powder over her friends' eyes. Finally Ivy came to Serena and Hotaru's room. She stepped inside, her leaf print boots leaving wet footprints on the expensive white carpet. She leaned over Hotaru and sprinkled the pollen over the girls pale eyes.

With a smile Ivy turned to Serena, her eyes glowing red. 'I won't need this flower for you, Lady.'

Ivy walked over to the foot of the bed and pulled the covers off of Serena, revealing her exposed flesh. 'This will make it easier.'

Ivy put the Sleep Jasmine in her hair, behind her ear, and it began to glow. A loud cracking sound was heard as 4 thick, thorny vines cracked through the floorboards of the first floor, through the ceilings of the next floor and through the floor of the top floor. The 4 vines surrounded Serena's bed, one on each side. Ivy's eye glowed and the vines wrapped loosely around Serena. One vine wrapped around her legs and another around her arms at the wrists. Two more wrapped around her stomach, strapping her to her bed.

Ivy raised her hands and then clenched them. The barbed vines went taut, the thorns digging into Serena's skin. The vine that was wrapped around Serena's wrists pulled her hands up over her face. Ivy clenched her hands tighter and the thorns of the vines dug deeper into Serena's soft flesh. Blood began to drip from the places where the vine had penetrated and soon the sheets underneath Serena were stained red.

Serena stirred in her sleep and opened her eyes to find something dripping onto her lips. She looked straight up and saw her hands tied together by something. Another droplet of the liquid and landed on her lips and she realized it was blood.

"What the hell?"

She tried to move but screamed as the pain of the vines dug deep into her skin became more and more vivid. She looked over at Hotaru, but she was sleeping.

'How can she be sleeping?'

She looked back over at the foot of the bed and gasped as she saw one of the warriors she'd seen just the day before. The one called Ivy.

"Don't even bother calling for your little friends, Lady. They can't hear you." Ivy said, almost giggling.

Serena didn't doubt what Ivy said. Her breath became quicker as she realized how much blood she was losing. Her head was starting to feel a bit foggy but she forced herself to stay awake.

Ivy clenched her hands even tighter together above her head and the thorns of the vines were shoved deeper in Serena's arms, legs, and stomach as the vines grew tighter. The flower in Ivy's hair began to glow and then all the vines did, a light blue color, the glow reflecting on Serena's face. Serena gasped as she felt the thorns in her body sucking her life force from her. She could feel the evil drinking her life from the inside.

Serena cried out weakly when all of a sudden another glowing vine sprouted, lashing across her mouth, silencing her. Yet another wrapped around her throat, preventing her from swallowing unless she wanted a thorn in her throat. Her mouth began to drip blood as the spiky vine tore at the flesh of her lips. Tears welled in her eyes as she became weaker and weaker. Her cries of pains turned to sounds of choking when blood from her lips dripped down her throat and she choked, unable to swallow well.

Ivy smiled victoriously. She had won. Serena's sounds of pain and struggling soon ceased as the vines continued to drain her energy. She made one last whimpering sound before falling silent. Her chest rose and fell so lightly that to anyone standing faraway it would look as though she had stopped breathing.

Ivy walked around to the side of the bed and looked at the small table next to it. Sitting on it was Serena's henshin. Ivy picked it up and held it in her hand.

'You're mine now.'

The Briefs' home was silent. Everyone was in a deep, deep sleep, unable to wake up until the time had passed. Goku fidgeted in his sleep. There was one thing that Ivy had not taken "necessary precautions" for. That aspect was hunger. Goku's stomach rumbled and he slowly, but surely, opened his eyes. He looked over at his wife and saw her sleeping deeply.

'Wow... she doesn't usually sleep that deep. Oh well, guess I can go try to make something for myself.'

Goku stretched and yawned, getting up out of the bed, pulling a blue shirt over his head.

He opened the door to his room and stepped out. The house was completely silent except for the pounding of the rain against the windowpanes. Goku's stomach rumbled loudly again and he sweatdropped.

'Guess I should have eaten more than those 7 sandwiches before I came here, heh heh.' He thought to himself, continuing down the hall.

His thoughts of food were soon forgotten when he felt a strange power coming from Hotaru and Serena's room. He remembered what Serena had said about the Dark Forces and made his way cautiously to her door. He took a deep breath and opened the door.

"What the!"

Goku stood in the doorway of the room, eyes wide. Serena lay strapped to her bed, vines holding her down, seemingly not breathing. Hotaru lay still in her bed but her breathing was apparent.

"What are you doing here Saiya-Jin? You are supposed to be asleep like the others!" Ivy shouted, whipping around to face the newcomer.

'How did she know I was a Saiya-Jin?' "What have you done to Serena and my friends?" He asked.

"That really doesn't matter and is of no concern to you!" Ivy's eyes were glowing crimson again and she held out her hands. "POISON STALKS!" She shouted, aiming her attack at Goku.

Goku managed to duck just as the pointed stalks hit the door right where his head had been a split second before. Goku's eyes got even larger as he watched poison ooze from the stalks. 'That was close.'

Ivy stood perfectly straight and glared at him with hard olive-green eyes, "Lets go Saiya-Jin."

Mirai tossed in her bed, her brown hair whipping across her face as she turned from side to side. She was having another vision in the form of a dream.

She saw Goku in a room, 'Serena and Hotaru's room' her mind supplied. Serena wasn't moving and neither was Hotaru. She saw a strange woman in leaf print body suit, 'Ivy.' She gasped as she watched Ivy send attack after attack at Goku, who was ducking and dodging, trying to draw the attacks away from where Hotaru and Serena lay, lest they get hit.

Mirai tried to wake up, but it was as though she was stuck in her dream. Her visions were never this clear and it suddenly occurred to her that maybe this was happening now. 'Do I have the power to see the present as well?' She thought. 'What's going on!'

Time Gates

Pluto watched the scene carefully, her staff in hand.

"Mirai is discovering more of her power, Father."

Once again, the Garnet Orb glowed, speaking a hidden language.

"Yes, she will indeed become very important in this battle, as will the Z-Senshi." A small tube filled with some sort of powder appeared in front of her and she smiled, "Thank you Father. I know what to do."

She shimmered a soft garnet color for a moment and then disappeared from the Gates of Time.

Pluto reappeared in Mirai and Madison's room, her jade hair blowing with an unseen wind. She leaned over Mirai and opened the corked tube. She lightly sprinkled some of the contents over Mirai's eyes and was rewarded when her eyes started to open.

"P-Pluto? W-what's going on?" Mirai asked, sitting up in her bed,
rubbing at her eyes.

Pluto held out the tube, "Your vision is coming true as we speak and it was as you slept." She whispered.

Mirai's eyes widened, "I know what I must do, then."

Pluto smiled faintly and disappeared again.

Mirai glanced at Madison, making a decision quickly. She held the tube tightly in her hand and ran out the door. She ran into every room, blushing when she had to enter one of the Z-senshi's rooms. She used the powder on them until there was only about a half inch of powder in the jar. She had decided not to wake up Chi-Chi, Madison, or Bulma, hoping it would keep them safe.

"W-what's going on?" Gohan said yawing.

"Yea, why wake us up at such an ungodly hour?" Jupiter said, yawning, having already transformed with her friends at Mirai's urging. (AN: It's 1:20 A.M.)

"Serena's in trouble!" Mirai said, stopping in front of Vegeta's room, which was across from Serena's. "In there!" She pointed. "I'm going to go wake up Vegeta."

"Are you sure you should go by yourself?" Tien asked.

"Yes, I have to. Don't worry. You guys HAVE to save Goku, Serena, and Hotaru before it's too late."

"Goku?" Uranus asked.

"Yea." Mirai pushed opened the door to Vegeta's room and swiftly went inside, "Good luck!"

Mercury breathed in as she grasped the doorknob of Hotaru and Serena's room, already sensing the evil energy inside,

"Everyone get ready." Mercury whispered, turning the knob.

The Z-senshi and Sailor Senshi got into fighting stances and in one fluid motion Mercury opened the door moving inside with the others and taking up fighting stances again.

"Goku!" Krillin cried out. Ivy was holding Goku up by the neck, her eyes flashing cruelly. Goku was obviously trying to contain his anger and his power, letting Ivy think she'd won, for the time being. His shirt was, as usual, torn and he was bleeding from many gashes on his chest. Ivy looked up at the new comers, smirking at them. He threw Goku aside and the two groups of senshi jumped when they heard Goku's head clang against the metal siding of Serena's bed. Serena still lay still in her bed, her breath shallow.

"So, the senshi have arrived at last. Come to save your leaders and the girl no doubt. Well, you can't defeat me." Ivy said, her eyes flashing.

"If that's what you think then you are obviously mistaken!" Jupiter shouted out.

"That's right! We are the Bishoujo Senshi!" Mars said, narrowing her eyes at Ivy.

"We won't lose Serena to you!" Venus said.

Ivy smirked, "I'd like to see you try and fight me!"

Neptune stepped forward, already gathering the power of her planet in her hands.

"Neptune, be careful! Don't hit Serena, Hotaru, or Goku! Watch your aim." Mercury warned, nervously.

Ivy didn't move an inch from Serena's bed and she crossed her arms over her chest, "Bring it, then."

Neptune felt her body filling with the grace of her planet, her body and mind focused on her attack. She opened her eyes to glare at Ivy.

"DEEP SUBMERGE!"

Neptune's attack sped at Ivy, "FREEZE FLOWER POLLEN!" Ivy cried back, the water attack turning to ice and shattering. Ivy smirked, "Anyone else?"

Mercury thought, 'The Z-Senshi can't attack in the room. If their power is anything like Vegeta's it'll be to powerful, it might hurt Hota-chan and Serena. But maybe if...'

"You guys! I have an idea!" Mercury shouted.

"Just direct and we'll help as best as we can." Tien said.

Ivy smirked at them, "Any day now."

"Alright! SHABON SPRAY!" Mercury shouted, and the room was filled with fog. Taking advantage of this moment, Yamcha and Uranus and Neptune ran to where Goku, Hotaru, and Serena were. Using her Space Sword, Uranus cut through the vines that were holding Serena. She picked up the blood covered woman and ran back to where the other Senshi were, followed by Yamcha with Goku and Neptune carrying Hotaru's sleeping form.

After getting an ok from those two Venus stepped up.

"Hurry Venus! Before the fog dissipates!" Mars shouted.

"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" She shouted. Ivy screamed as the love chain circled her neck, Venus holding onto the other end. With an expert flick of her wrist, Venus snapped the chain so that Ivy was flung against the window, cracking the inner frame of glass.

She groaned in pain, and felt the back of her head. Ivy howled when she saw blood on her fingers.

"Mars now!" Mercury exclaimed.

"BURNING MANDALA!" She shouted, her fire attack burning through the wall and surrounding Ivy. The group of Senshi gasped simultaneously as the fire burned clear through the wall, and Ivy, who had been pressed against the wall, fell from the top floor all the way

to

the

bottom.

Krillin flinched.

"You guys go on ahead, I'll take care Serena and Goku." Uranus said, sheathing her Space Sword.

"Lets go!" Piccolo shouted and the team ran down the stairs and outside to the place below Serena and Hotaru's room where Ivy had fallen. The rain continued, although gentler than before.

"She's gone." Gohan whispered.

Jupiter pushed a wet lock of hair behind her ear, "Where could she be?" She wondered aloud.

Suddenly the ground began to shake violently and the earth split apart where they were standing. "Wh-what's h-happening!" Krillin stuttered.

"I-I h-have a b-b-bad f-feeling about this." Jupiter said, falling to her knees. The ground was shaking so violently that soon all the senshi were on the ground.

Mars closed her eyes concentrating on any evil power, "Oh no! She's coming up through the ground!" She cried out.

The ground began splitting in different places all over the Briefs' back yard.

"You will pay for what you've done!" Ivy's voice echoed through the rain, although she was nowhere in sight.

Venus screamed piercingly as a thick, spiked vine broke through the ground wrapping around her waist.

"Help me!" She shouted as the vine lifted her high into the air, already draining her energy.

Mars and Krillin let out gasps of shock as two more vines grabbed them as well. Krillin used a ki blast to try and break through the vine underneath him but it just bounced off, exploding a few feet away. They heard an echoed sound of Ivy laughing. Neptune and Mercury were hoisted off the ground as well, their energy being drained before they could even start screaming.

Tien and Yamcha used their abilities to dodge the vines as they broke through the ground but eventually they were slowed down and caught by the multitude of vines. Piccolo struggled with 4 that surrounded him and Chow-Tsu was already half-drained by the time Tien found him with his eyes.

Gohan shouted as a vine wrapped around his arm, tearing deep into his flesh. Two more wrapped around his legs and waist and he too was soon hoisted like the rest.

A large vine broke through the ground again, rising high so that it was level with that of the Sailor and Z senshi. The top flattened out into a leaf shape and Ivy appeared on top.

She glared at them with evil anticipation, "As soon as I'm done with you fools, I'll take care of those in the house and will take the Lady of the Cosmos back with me!"

Mercury felt her-self losing consciousness, 'Wh-who is the Lady of the
Cosmos?'

Her eyes fell shut as the last of her energy was drained. The sounds of struggling from both senshi groups began to cease and soon they were silent. The only sounds were the rain as it hit the Earth, mixing with the blood that dripped form the vines and the sound of Ivy laughing triumphantly once more.

"WORLD SHAKING!"

Ivy gasped out loud as the large attack burned through the bottom of her vines, dropping the senshi groups to the ground. Luckily, the previous hard rain had softened and cushioned the earth below so no one was seriously hurt (AN: Aside from the fact that they are unconscious )

Ivy jumped off the leaf and floated to the ground, "Another Sailor Senshi? I'm starting to get a headache from this." Ivy said, putting a hand to her head.

Sailor Uranus narrowed her eyes, "I won't let you hurt my friends."

Ivy yawned, running a hand through her damp hair, "Yea, yea. Look, why don't you just HANG TIGHT!", She shouted, four vines coming up from the ground wrapping around Uranus, holding her tightly. Ivy smiled at her work. "Well, I think that takes care of everyone."

"Not quite!" A young voice called out. Ivy growled as she turned away from Uranus to look where the voice had come from. Standing there was a young, fragile looking teenager with some sort of glaive in her hand... another Sailor Senshi, on her right was a seething Saiya-Jin prince.

Vegeta remembered when Mirai had woken him up, before he could ask anything she had explained what had happened. He thought back to when Mirai had shown him Serena's cut, bloody body. He had stood emotionless when Hotaru had healed her. He also remembered what Mirai had told him, Serena wouldn't get her energy back until Ivy was destroyed.

Vegeta fully intended to do so. Saturn gasped as Vegeta bean to gather his energy. She stepped a few paces away from him as his hair turned blonde and his eyes flashed green. His aura blazed around his body. Saturn held her staff tightly and moved into a fighting stance. "I'll back you up Vegeta-sama."

Vegeta didn't acknowledge the girl's offer but ignored her. He began walking towards an awaiting Ivy, his eyes hard and his aura blazing through the misty pre-dawn morning.

"Now we will fight, am I right, Saiya-Jin? I still find it hard to believe you are a Saiya-Jin Prince. You have feelings for the Lady of the Cosmos, do you not? How weak." Ivy said taunting him, trying to distract him. Ivy began to get nervous when Vegeta threw the attack at his pride straight out. Ivy was a defensive fighter and knew almost nothing of hand-to-hand combat.

Vegeta stopped about 10 feet away from her. "You are nothing but a weak woman. I will kill you for trying to take my mate."

Saturn's eyes widened at Vegeta's words. 'He thinks of her as his mate.' Saturn let a small smile cross her pale face. 'Can it be that this cold warrior has a heart after all?'

"Your mate? Ha!" Ivy laughed nervously.

Vegeta began to power up, concentrating his energy.

Ivy gasped and held up her hands, knowing that the only way she could possibly defeat him is if her attack could counter his.

Vegeta made no sound as his attack's power grew stronger and stronger, his eyes held no emotion.

Ivy smirked in an attempt to show superiority.

THE DARK VOID

"She's dead." Darkflake said, a small smirk on her placid colored face.

Brimstone turned away from Darkflake and the hologram screen, tears filled her eyes and fell to the floor as ash. "Good bye Ivy." Brimstone whispered, more ash tears falling to the floor.

"BIG BANG ATTACK!" Vegeta shouted.

"VENUS PLANT ABSORBER!" Ivy yelled her counterattack. The two attacks rushed at each other and both refused to give up. Ivy kept her energy flowing to protect herself from Vegeta's blast. At the same time Vegeta refused to give up as well. Vegeta felt his attack being pushed back and increased his output of energy, forcing the attack forward again.

Ivy began to gasp for breath. She didn't have enough energy to keep this up. Around her, the grass and flowers were dying, leaving a patch of the ground dry and barren despite the previous rain. She knew she was going to lose. Ivy knew that either way she would be killed. Slowly she dropped her hands and let Vegeta's attack hit her.

The attack held a lot of power and the waves that were made by the attack hit Saturn hard. She closed her eyes and leaned forward, lest the after waves throw her back. She held up her glaive,

"SILENT WALL!"

The energy hit the shield and was absorbed by the wall of energy. Finally the attack dissipated and Saturn held her glaive down, breathing hard.

Vegeta turned around to look at her, a smirk of satisfaction on his face. Ivy was gone.

Saturn de-transformed quickly and ran to where her friends had fallen. The vines around Uranus withered and fell away, freeing her.

Venus sat up, holding a gloved hand to her wounds where the vines had penetrated her skin, her white gloves already soaked with blood. Hotaru looked around and noticed that the Z-senshi and the rest of the Sailor Senshi were doing the same. Hotaru breathed a sigh of relief. She would be able to heal everyone, with the help of Serena and Silver Crystal.

Uranus came up behind her and wrapped her arms around her from behind, "You ok Hota-chan?"

"Yes, I'm fine." She whispered.

"Hey Vegeta! Nice job!"

Vegeta turned towards the voice and rolled his eyes at a beat up Goku being supported by Chi-Chi. Chi-Chi's eyes grew big and watery again when she saw Gohan stand up, a hand pressed to the bleeding wound on his side.

"My poor baby!" She cried out, running to her young son and holding him, crying a little. Gohan sighed in embarrassment but hugged back, being careful of his wound.

Goku lay flat on his face where Chi-Chi had dropped him on the ground. "Hey, ouch, Chi-Chi? What about me?"

Three people came up behind him and managed to lift him to his feet. Madison and Mirai laughed as they helped Goku up. Serena, now dressed, smiled at Goku but there was a pained look in her eyes. Her wounds obviously still hurt her.

"Serena! You're ok!" Mars said, limping toward their leader.

Hotaru ran to Serena and gave her a careful hug, "We have a lot of healing to do." Hotaru said looking at Serena's gashes and cuts and then surveying the two groups of healing.

Serena laughed lightly, "Yeah." She glanced up at Vegeta, their eyes locking for a split second and she smiled at him. A flicker of emotion passed through his eyes before they became cold and hard once more.

Hotaru watched Serena and Vegeta carefully. She still remembered what he had said.

Suddenly a loud voice screeched from inside the house, "WHY THE HELL ARE THERE HOLES IN MY CEILING AND FLOOR!" Bulma shouted.

Krillin and Gohan sweat dropped, "This is going to be fun."