AN: In case any of you are wondering, the first chapter was sort of a
_teaser_. THAT means, that it occurs completely separately to the rest of
the story okay? Plus it's sort of a string of thoughts from Aino-san,
therefore, no paragraphs as your thoughts don't exactly break up do they?
They...string along, well, mine do! Good! You got it! Oh yeah, and this is
an AU, all the crossovers have to be an AU don't they? It's not like
crossovers run with the original story do they? Or do I have the wrong end
of the stick?
Thanks to Almaseti for your decent review! *bows* I thank you for liking my story so far, I've seen some of your other reviews (all very truthful) and I'm glad you're enjoying this so far, you have my respect. Haha, I don't know why I did that 'plant health over tactical advantage' thing. *shrug* just accept it as a feel for the atmosphere. As for everyone else, thanks for the encouraging reviews to tell me to keep going! I will! Promise! Though with school coming up, I might find it harder to find time since I going into big exams this year.
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Striding through the palace with a purpose to protect her city, Sailor Venus tossed strands of hair from her calculating blue eyes and slammed open a door to her right, to which seemed to look like a huge dojo. The size of the huge hall was by far much larger than the throne room, and so high that you had to crane your neck to get a full picture of the ceiling. Nevertheless, somehow people managed to get that high to create cracks and holes in the wooden ceiling.
However Sailor Venus' eyes were not narrowed at the ceiling. Nor were they centered on the scorched floors and empty cases of armoury. No, for at the end of the massive hall were rows, upon rows, upon rows of soldiers, all with katanas at their hilt, wearing thick armour and their own customised weapons. There must've been at least ten thousand people, all cramped together at their shoulders.
Though on each and every man and woman's eyes were a look of respect to the single and lone senshi in front of them. When Sailor Venus' eyes met a soldier's, they gave a curt smiled or nod, each with a determination to prove that the training the senshi had given them had paid off. And yes, there were women fighting, for they were small and lithe and therefore had deadly speed to slice through the air. She spotted a few rows back, her own servant Tsena with a katana and a naginata strapped to her back.
Standing tall and with a small smile, Sailor Venus spoke. "Today, we are no longer separated by the strong and the speedy. We are separated instead by the enemy and the allies. For we, are the allies amongst ourselves and we, unlike our enemy can use our strength and speed as a team.
"When we fight ahead, who will watch our back? Not ourselves that's for sure, for we don't have eyes in the back of our head do we?" Venus smiled as she earned a small chuckle from the army. "Iie, iie we don't. So to compensate, we have the rest of our army to watch our back, and make sure we survive. That way, we will survive; it'll be easy!
"Though I won't lie to you. We won't come out victorious without a scratch, or a bruise. We may come out with scars, but remember; those scars will be with you for the rest of your long life to remind you of the service you have done for our Queen Serenity. Battle scars are like gold, you'll look at them in twenty years time and think, I got that from a guy in the Red Ribbon Army. And you know what you can say to that? You can say, 'I dashed his brains after that!'" A few chuckles and hearty laughs rippled through the crowd.
"Some may think what we are doing is murder, but think of what our attackers have done. Not one of them have not attempted murder. We checked files, and each and every one of them has gruesome pasts. Ha, you may think that it makes it harder for us doesn't it? Well think again, not one of them are trained properly. Guns, are what they are armed with, and you know what we do with people who have guns, don't we?" She grinned, as well as the army in front of her.
"A pre battle speech. Feh, I won't go as low as bore you to death, nope, Sailor Uranus can do that for me!" Some chuckled, and some rolled their eyes. "So without further ado, just do what you do in practice. I've seen you, and you look downright scarily good! So go out there and whip their butts!" And she thrust an arm into the air, her Moon wink sword gleaming in her hand. "One for all!"
She grinned widely as the entire army unsheathed their katanas and followed her lead. "All for one!" they yelled after her, making it sound like a single deafening voice. But suddenly someone appeared behind Venus, thumping a hand on her shoulder, but she spun around, slashing the sword in one swift movement through the stomach of a dummy protecting Uranus behind it. They grinned to each other. The top half of the dummy fell to the floor.
"Quick spar?" Uranus asked, taking out her Space Sword and waving in front of her tantalising face.
Venus' smile quickly fell into a tight lipped one. "I don't think so, they'll be here in two minutes. I'm going to help the last of the citizens into the shelters and then go to Serenity." Venus started to leave but said, "Don't bother with the speeches, I've already done that, just get them positioned."
"What makes you think I'll follow _your_ orders?" Uranus retorted. Venus didn't smile and tossed her sword into the air, catching the blade without a scratch. She held the hilt up to Uranus' eyes and pointed to a symbol. Then she pointed to another symbol along the blade, the symbol of Uranus. The taller senshi's smile faltered a little but nonetheless patted Venus on her head. "Make sure you protect Koneko. Not ONE scratch."
Venus nodded. "I will." She turned and walked to the door, when suddenly it burst open, barely missing Venus' nose. Sailor Mercury rushed in, and clung to Venus for support.
"Venus! I...I! I sent Tseno in, and he, and he, he..." Venus placed Mercury on the wooded floor to where she crumpled her body in deep worry. The Senshi of Love and Beauty lifted Mercury's chin a little and asked quietly,
"What happened to him?"
In her state, Mercury didn't lower her voice and avoided her friend's eye saying, "They captured him, I heard through his comm. piece that he would make a good...a good...good android project for Dr. Gero!" And before Venus could utter her protest, they heard a shout and cry behind them from the army. Tsena burst through the ranks, and ran to the senshi disobeying Uranus to get back in line. She stopped for a moment; her blue eyes suddenly ice cold and leaking a few tears.
"I'm going." She said without bothering to brush her blonde hair from her face.
"And I can't stop you." Venus replied as Mercury and Uranus stared at her, baffled at her choice. Tsena nodded and ran out the dojo. The area remained silent until they saw Tsena running outside through the windows.
"What are you doing?!" shouted Uranus. "Sending one of our elite fighters out alone! Are you insane?! She'll get killed!"
"She will if she goes out into battlefield worrying about him!" retorted Venus, suddenly pulling the impassive Senshi of Mercury into a hug and rubbing her back to soothe her. "Tseno means a lot to her, and she'll go into a blind fury against the enemy! A way to fight? I think not."
Uranus narrowed her eyes. She stood tall, trying to look intimidating to the crouched Venus on the floor. Though the taller of the two didn't expect Venus to glare right back at her. "Why is Tseno so important to her?"
"They're twins. They've never been separated."
Uranus snorted and replied, "And here I thought they were a couple."
"Yeah well they are close." After a few moments of silence, the Senshi heard the army muttering among themselves, and so that was when they realised they could feel vibrations in the floorboards and loud yells coming from outside. Suddenly, due to their enhanced senses, they heard a rocket being released, and then a blinding explosion in the gardens. The greenhouses shattered, followed by a scream.
"Those bastards!" yelled none others than the senshi of Jupiter, and they saw her running past the dojo towards the doors leading to the army.
"Shit." Muttered Uranus. "Troops! Let's go! The army from the north are already on their way! Separate into your squads and to your stations!" The army obligingly complied, and formed into blocks to make it easier to squeeze though the large doors at a silent run. Only a mere ten men headed out the front gate to confront the horde head on. "Venus, you'd better get Jupiter back and Mercury on her feet, what is wrong with her anyway?!"
Venus failed to mouth her next words, she had promised not to tell. "I can't tell you. She was close to him, that's all I'm saying." To this Uranus growled and slapped Mercury on her exposed cheek. She did not flinch, and in a delayed reaction she rubbed her sore and red cheek.
"That was uncalled for." Venus snarled. How dare she! How dare she hit her fellow senshi! They were supposed to be a team! But before Uranus could reluctantly apologise, her communicative watch beeped. Opening it up, Uranus snapped,
"What is it?!"
Neptune's stern voice snapped back, "I was wondering where you were. In case you haven't noticed, we have an army on our hands. I would _think_ it was best if you helped out! I'm on the lookout, and I've just noticed a peculiar cloud. It's...yellow?" Neptune turned her watch face for her partner to see, and she continued, "Do you think it's the leader?"
"...Can't be. These guys seem to rely far more on mechanical technology. I'll be there in a second." Uranus replied, cutting the communication and finally narrowing her eyes again at the pair on the floor, before running out the dojo.
Venus sighed and got up saying, "Come on Ami-chan, we gotta protect Usagi- chan! Let's go!" She started at a jog to the door, but hearing no footsteps behind her she turned around, frowning as she saw Mercury still sprawled on the floor. "Sailor MERCURY!" she snapped. "We have no time for this! Get up and moving!" Distinctly, she heard a mumble coming from her comrade's direction. "I'm sorry, _what_ did you say?!" she hissed. "Come on! When Usagi lost Mamoru for a bit did she back down? IIE! She didn't! She fought and got him back didn't she?! So get on your feet and help us get him back! Come on! We _need_ you!" Slowly, Mercury stood, her face never steering its course from the floor. Just as she raised her head, another explosion sounded making Mercury's slump silhouette all the more dangerously ominous.
"I am a senshi. I am a senshi. I am a senshi. I am a..." she chanted to herself as she stalked forwards for the door. Just as she passed Venus she muttered, "I'll find him. I'll find him until every ounce of energy in me is depleted."
"That's the spirit!" Venus cried, pushing Mercury faster out the door giving herself a screwed and confused expression. She hoped Mercury wasn't serious. In this kind of situation though, she highly doubted it. To hell with her own depressed thoughts, there were others far more blue. Screwing her eyes shut and holding herself up with her hands on Mercury's shoulders, she chanted quietly, "I will not lose rational thought."
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In the heart of the palace stood proudly the Inner Senshi doing their best for the job assigned to them for the whole of eternity. In the two chairs in the centre of the small and confined hideaway sat the monarchs of the modern day golden age. Around them sat the senshi in their own chairs, watching beside their friend and queen the events occurring above them through the television of magic. Focused on the four Outer Senshi, they watched as the team powered their attacks and mercilessly killed hundreds at a time. However it was obvious that Tseno had underestimated the sheer number of beefed up bodies advancing for attack. There must've been fifty thousand people, and the one thing on the protected group's mind was,
"Where the hell did they get that many people?!" yelled Mars. Endymion grabbed his wife's hand in an act of comfort as she in turn hugged her five- year-old daughter who was fast asleep on her lap. The King shook his head and replied,
"There has been rebels for years now. Sailor Pluto's been watching them, she told me only a few days ago that the number has raised to staggering levels. The Cleansing Age may have missed a few people remember. There are many underground caves around the world where people could hide away."
"Do you think they need our help?" Jupiter asked as Saturn's Silent Wall absorbed the destructive power of the firearms. They could see how their power reflected the wet mud from their bodies, but their own army were becoming weighed down by the mud on their faces and their feet were progressively getting caught in the thick mud.
Suddenly, the Senshi heard a childlike yell from above, and a huge beam of power careened into the mob of soldiers. Barely getting out in time, the Outer Senshi found themselves hanging in the air and all of a sudden just dropped into the palace gardens. Sprawled together, the Senshi stared as a mere boy flew away from them, no less than 10 years old and along with the wildest of black hair they had ever seen was a waggling and erect brown furry tail.
"Who the heck is that?!" hollered Jupiter through her communication watch to which a reply of 'dunno's' sounded back to her. The Senshi including the Moon royalties looked round to Sailor Mercury to whom they were expecting to be already on her mini computer typing away. But she was just sitting there, lifeless and melancholy.
Mars was the first to approach her and she gently rocked the blue Senshi's shoulders. "Ami?" she said. With no reply she continued, "Hey, hey snap out of it!" Just as Mars was about to give a light slap, Venus stopped her and said,
"Don't!" Mars turned her attention to Venus who had her arm out, ready to stop her raven-haired friend. "Uranus already did that today. She won't need another one." She simply nodded and recoiled, all the time staring at Mercury.
*Kkkccchhrrr!* "-saw-" *Kkkccchhrrr!* "-capture-" Immediately the senshi opened their watches and saw the face of their general on the battlefield, the image becoming temporarily fuzzed out by damage. *Kkkccchhrrr!* "- Tsena!-" *Kkkccchhrrr!* "-It's - Tsena!-" *Kkkccchhrrr!* *gasp!* The senshi now huddled around Serenity's shoulders and watched through their magic television. Since they hadn't been watching for the last few minutes, what they saw sickened them. Some kind of huge robot burst through the ranks and proceeded into ripping whoever was in its perimeters into shreds. Blood coated its metal armour, and after a short life, the little boy rammed his head into the robot's shoulder, boring a whole straight through. To finish it off, a beam of light energy exploded from the kid's hands and shredded the robot to pieces, as well as the few enemy soldiers behind it. At a loss for words, the senshi simply stared, as the communications of Sailor Neptune reverberated throughout the room.
"We've managed to reduce the enemy units down to under one thousand - Submarine Reflection! -" And she grunted as she received a blow to her stomach in retaliation to her attack, but she then thanked a fellow man who sliced the attacker with his katana. "Look out!" she shouted to the man, who turned at the last moment and watched as a rocket headed directly to his head. Neptune tried to get to him, but he was too far. Amid the mass of running soldiers, she tried to run, but the rain was clouding her vision. She tripped, and fell, hearing the explosion ahead of her, coating the area with blood and entrails that mixed with the mud. She slammed her fist into the mud with a swift apology and revenge took place in her eyes. If there was anything she hated, it was seeing someone she remotely cared for getting hurt. "Damn you!" she hissed and went into a frenzied attack.
However for now, the senshi below ground were watching the boy, who was swiftly taking out each and every bulky man in sight, coming out without a scratch. Every so often he'd lure men into a line, letting loose another one of those attacks from his hands that knocked them out like a domino effect. His speed was about the same as the senshi's, and the fact that he could fly without any wings was something considered as an impossibility. Punch. Punch. Kick. Punch. Kick. Duck. Punch. Duck. Catch. Pull. His techniques went on and on, and what surprised the senshi further, was that the kid had a huge grin on his face!
And so that was the end. In no more than an hour, the army was taken out. In the last ten minutes the boy had taken out the majority of the army, more than the senshi had anyway. They all powered down and Sailor Uranus stormed up to the boy with an evil glare growling,
"Who are you? Where do you come from? And what on earth is that?!" she pointed to the waggling tail. The boy merely looked down to his tail and clutched it loosely, looking as though he hoped she wouldn't do anything to it. The other three senshi joined her, and suddenly he burst out into laughter, pointing at the four senshi.
"Hahahaha! People in short skirt can no fight! Now you covered in mud!" Uranus glowered, Pluto remained indifferent, Neptune frowned, and Saturn did what she did best. She pointed the tip of her glaive to the boy's throat and said quietly but menacingly,
"Answer the questions." The boy gulped, staring down at the deadly weapon. It was a little scary. He could almost feel his small Adam's Apple scraping the sharp edge.
"Hey kid!" someone yelled, and the black haired boy looked up a little and saw a guy in a helicopter with a bazooka in his hands.
"Everybody, evasive action!" yelled Sailor Uranus as the bazooka let loose a rocket directly to the boy hovering a few feet off the bloody and muddy ground. They watched as the troops ran and took cover, but the kid stood his ground.
"Child! Get out of there!" hissed Sailor Pluto from behind him.
He shook his head and said in a childlike manner, "Let's see how it can take, hard head!" The area around the boy exploded in sheer power, and Mars and Venus found themselves feeling it. Roaring off into the sky, the kid sped towards the rocket and head first, an echoing clang of metal against bone made itself heard. In the air the boy rubbed his sore head and caught the stopped rocket with a screwed up tip. Suddenly the boy laughed heartily as he realised something. "It's not on!"
"What?!" yelled the man in the helicopter. A ruckus occurred inside, and the man was thrown out to hurtle to the ground. Luckily since it was so soft, he was alive. Barely. You could tell by his twitching arms.
Sailor Uranus and her partner stormed past the guy and stopped in front of the boy again who was just lowering the rocket to the ground. "Who are you?!" commanded the taller of the two.
The boy looked up at them with an innocent face and said, "My Grandpa Gohan call me Son Goku!"
"Son Goku huh?" He nodded vigorously. "Well, Goku-_chan_ , would you like to tell me how you're so powerful?"
At this he looked down and shuffled his feet. "I dunno..." he mumbled. Sailor Saturn crouched down to his height and said,
"We won't think of you badly, everyone thought I was a freak because I have healing powers. Fortunately I'm welcome here though." She looked up to her three surrogate parents and they smiled to each other. However instead of telling them further details, Goku looked up to the sun and yelled,
"IIE! I'm late! I'm late I'm late I'm late! FLYING NIMBUS!" Suddenly a yellow cloud stopped in front of them, to which the boy hopped on and waved goodbye saying, "To Kame House!" And he whooshed into the sky.
The senshi above ground watched the boy carefully becoming a speck on the horizon. Sailor Uranus kicked a rock and it careened into a stone wall. "Shit." She muttered. Their communication watches bleeped and they stopped to listen.
"Outers, please come to my room."
Never to disobey a direct order from the King, they left the battleground of the park and headed to the palace looming ahead. Sailor Pluto stood behind a few moments to rectify the muddy grounds and give a few commands to the generals of their withered army. As she followed behind her teammates, she placed her Time Staff into her sub space pocket and she wrung her long deep green hair to remove the excess water.
First priority on list, go to meeting.
Second priority, have a shower.
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Down below, Sailor Venus was left behind with inanimate Sailor Mercury behind her, but instead of comforting her, the blonde detransformed and stared at the screen, which showed the righted battleground. She stared, and frowned.
If anything, she felt even more spiteful.
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*Whew!* That was a different chapter to how I usually go about battles! Usually I skip it and tell the ending, if it was bad, I'm sorry! It's a little harder than pure description and speech. Goku's intro was a little abrupt too, but it'll only get better! I promise (I hope!) ! However...just to warn you, the next chapter will probably be in the same context as the prologue, in Aino-san's POV of course.
With a huge sigh, I'm signing off.
Thanks to Almaseti for your decent review! *bows* I thank you for liking my story so far, I've seen some of your other reviews (all very truthful) and I'm glad you're enjoying this so far, you have my respect. Haha, I don't know why I did that 'plant health over tactical advantage' thing. *shrug* just accept it as a feel for the atmosphere. As for everyone else, thanks for the encouraging reviews to tell me to keep going! I will! Promise! Though with school coming up, I might find it harder to find time since I going into big exams this year.
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Striding through the palace with a purpose to protect her city, Sailor Venus tossed strands of hair from her calculating blue eyes and slammed open a door to her right, to which seemed to look like a huge dojo. The size of the huge hall was by far much larger than the throne room, and so high that you had to crane your neck to get a full picture of the ceiling. Nevertheless, somehow people managed to get that high to create cracks and holes in the wooden ceiling.
However Sailor Venus' eyes were not narrowed at the ceiling. Nor were they centered on the scorched floors and empty cases of armoury. No, for at the end of the massive hall were rows, upon rows, upon rows of soldiers, all with katanas at their hilt, wearing thick armour and their own customised weapons. There must've been at least ten thousand people, all cramped together at their shoulders.
Though on each and every man and woman's eyes were a look of respect to the single and lone senshi in front of them. When Sailor Venus' eyes met a soldier's, they gave a curt smiled or nod, each with a determination to prove that the training the senshi had given them had paid off. And yes, there were women fighting, for they were small and lithe and therefore had deadly speed to slice through the air. She spotted a few rows back, her own servant Tsena with a katana and a naginata strapped to her back.
Standing tall and with a small smile, Sailor Venus spoke. "Today, we are no longer separated by the strong and the speedy. We are separated instead by the enemy and the allies. For we, are the allies amongst ourselves and we, unlike our enemy can use our strength and speed as a team.
"When we fight ahead, who will watch our back? Not ourselves that's for sure, for we don't have eyes in the back of our head do we?" Venus smiled as she earned a small chuckle from the army. "Iie, iie we don't. So to compensate, we have the rest of our army to watch our back, and make sure we survive. That way, we will survive; it'll be easy!
"Though I won't lie to you. We won't come out victorious without a scratch, or a bruise. We may come out with scars, but remember; those scars will be with you for the rest of your long life to remind you of the service you have done for our Queen Serenity. Battle scars are like gold, you'll look at them in twenty years time and think, I got that from a guy in the Red Ribbon Army. And you know what you can say to that? You can say, 'I dashed his brains after that!'" A few chuckles and hearty laughs rippled through the crowd.
"Some may think what we are doing is murder, but think of what our attackers have done. Not one of them have not attempted murder. We checked files, and each and every one of them has gruesome pasts. Ha, you may think that it makes it harder for us doesn't it? Well think again, not one of them are trained properly. Guns, are what they are armed with, and you know what we do with people who have guns, don't we?" She grinned, as well as the army in front of her.
"A pre battle speech. Feh, I won't go as low as bore you to death, nope, Sailor Uranus can do that for me!" Some chuckled, and some rolled their eyes. "So without further ado, just do what you do in practice. I've seen you, and you look downright scarily good! So go out there and whip their butts!" And she thrust an arm into the air, her Moon wink sword gleaming in her hand. "One for all!"
She grinned widely as the entire army unsheathed their katanas and followed her lead. "All for one!" they yelled after her, making it sound like a single deafening voice. But suddenly someone appeared behind Venus, thumping a hand on her shoulder, but she spun around, slashing the sword in one swift movement through the stomach of a dummy protecting Uranus behind it. They grinned to each other. The top half of the dummy fell to the floor.
"Quick spar?" Uranus asked, taking out her Space Sword and waving in front of her tantalising face.
Venus' smile quickly fell into a tight lipped one. "I don't think so, they'll be here in two minutes. I'm going to help the last of the citizens into the shelters and then go to Serenity." Venus started to leave but said, "Don't bother with the speeches, I've already done that, just get them positioned."
"What makes you think I'll follow _your_ orders?" Uranus retorted. Venus didn't smile and tossed her sword into the air, catching the blade without a scratch. She held the hilt up to Uranus' eyes and pointed to a symbol. Then she pointed to another symbol along the blade, the symbol of Uranus. The taller senshi's smile faltered a little but nonetheless patted Venus on her head. "Make sure you protect Koneko. Not ONE scratch."
Venus nodded. "I will." She turned and walked to the door, when suddenly it burst open, barely missing Venus' nose. Sailor Mercury rushed in, and clung to Venus for support.
"Venus! I...I! I sent Tseno in, and he, and he, he..." Venus placed Mercury on the wooded floor to where she crumpled her body in deep worry. The Senshi of Love and Beauty lifted Mercury's chin a little and asked quietly,
"What happened to him?"
In her state, Mercury didn't lower her voice and avoided her friend's eye saying, "They captured him, I heard through his comm. piece that he would make a good...a good...good android project for Dr. Gero!" And before Venus could utter her protest, they heard a shout and cry behind them from the army. Tsena burst through the ranks, and ran to the senshi disobeying Uranus to get back in line. She stopped for a moment; her blue eyes suddenly ice cold and leaking a few tears.
"I'm going." She said without bothering to brush her blonde hair from her face.
"And I can't stop you." Venus replied as Mercury and Uranus stared at her, baffled at her choice. Tsena nodded and ran out the dojo. The area remained silent until they saw Tsena running outside through the windows.
"What are you doing?!" shouted Uranus. "Sending one of our elite fighters out alone! Are you insane?! She'll get killed!"
"She will if she goes out into battlefield worrying about him!" retorted Venus, suddenly pulling the impassive Senshi of Mercury into a hug and rubbing her back to soothe her. "Tseno means a lot to her, and she'll go into a blind fury against the enemy! A way to fight? I think not."
Uranus narrowed her eyes. She stood tall, trying to look intimidating to the crouched Venus on the floor. Though the taller of the two didn't expect Venus to glare right back at her. "Why is Tseno so important to her?"
"They're twins. They've never been separated."
Uranus snorted and replied, "And here I thought they were a couple."
"Yeah well they are close." After a few moments of silence, the Senshi heard the army muttering among themselves, and so that was when they realised they could feel vibrations in the floorboards and loud yells coming from outside. Suddenly, due to their enhanced senses, they heard a rocket being released, and then a blinding explosion in the gardens. The greenhouses shattered, followed by a scream.
"Those bastards!" yelled none others than the senshi of Jupiter, and they saw her running past the dojo towards the doors leading to the army.
"Shit." Muttered Uranus. "Troops! Let's go! The army from the north are already on their way! Separate into your squads and to your stations!" The army obligingly complied, and formed into blocks to make it easier to squeeze though the large doors at a silent run. Only a mere ten men headed out the front gate to confront the horde head on. "Venus, you'd better get Jupiter back and Mercury on her feet, what is wrong with her anyway?!"
Venus failed to mouth her next words, she had promised not to tell. "I can't tell you. She was close to him, that's all I'm saying." To this Uranus growled and slapped Mercury on her exposed cheek. She did not flinch, and in a delayed reaction she rubbed her sore and red cheek.
"That was uncalled for." Venus snarled. How dare she! How dare she hit her fellow senshi! They were supposed to be a team! But before Uranus could reluctantly apologise, her communicative watch beeped. Opening it up, Uranus snapped,
"What is it?!"
Neptune's stern voice snapped back, "I was wondering where you were. In case you haven't noticed, we have an army on our hands. I would _think_ it was best if you helped out! I'm on the lookout, and I've just noticed a peculiar cloud. It's...yellow?" Neptune turned her watch face for her partner to see, and she continued, "Do you think it's the leader?"
"...Can't be. These guys seem to rely far more on mechanical technology. I'll be there in a second." Uranus replied, cutting the communication and finally narrowing her eyes again at the pair on the floor, before running out the dojo.
Venus sighed and got up saying, "Come on Ami-chan, we gotta protect Usagi- chan! Let's go!" She started at a jog to the door, but hearing no footsteps behind her she turned around, frowning as she saw Mercury still sprawled on the floor. "Sailor MERCURY!" she snapped. "We have no time for this! Get up and moving!" Distinctly, she heard a mumble coming from her comrade's direction. "I'm sorry, _what_ did you say?!" she hissed. "Come on! When Usagi lost Mamoru for a bit did she back down? IIE! She didn't! She fought and got him back didn't she?! So get on your feet and help us get him back! Come on! We _need_ you!" Slowly, Mercury stood, her face never steering its course from the floor. Just as she raised her head, another explosion sounded making Mercury's slump silhouette all the more dangerously ominous.
"I am a senshi. I am a senshi. I am a senshi. I am a..." she chanted to herself as she stalked forwards for the door. Just as she passed Venus she muttered, "I'll find him. I'll find him until every ounce of energy in me is depleted."
"That's the spirit!" Venus cried, pushing Mercury faster out the door giving herself a screwed and confused expression. She hoped Mercury wasn't serious. In this kind of situation though, she highly doubted it. To hell with her own depressed thoughts, there were others far more blue. Screwing her eyes shut and holding herself up with her hands on Mercury's shoulders, she chanted quietly, "I will not lose rational thought."
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In the heart of the palace stood proudly the Inner Senshi doing their best for the job assigned to them for the whole of eternity. In the two chairs in the centre of the small and confined hideaway sat the monarchs of the modern day golden age. Around them sat the senshi in their own chairs, watching beside their friend and queen the events occurring above them through the television of magic. Focused on the four Outer Senshi, they watched as the team powered their attacks and mercilessly killed hundreds at a time. However it was obvious that Tseno had underestimated the sheer number of beefed up bodies advancing for attack. There must've been fifty thousand people, and the one thing on the protected group's mind was,
"Where the hell did they get that many people?!" yelled Mars. Endymion grabbed his wife's hand in an act of comfort as she in turn hugged her five- year-old daughter who was fast asleep on her lap. The King shook his head and replied,
"There has been rebels for years now. Sailor Pluto's been watching them, she told me only a few days ago that the number has raised to staggering levels. The Cleansing Age may have missed a few people remember. There are many underground caves around the world where people could hide away."
"Do you think they need our help?" Jupiter asked as Saturn's Silent Wall absorbed the destructive power of the firearms. They could see how their power reflected the wet mud from their bodies, but their own army were becoming weighed down by the mud on their faces and their feet were progressively getting caught in the thick mud.
Suddenly, the Senshi heard a childlike yell from above, and a huge beam of power careened into the mob of soldiers. Barely getting out in time, the Outer Senshi found themselves hanging in the air and all of a sudden just dropped into the palace gardens. Sprawled together, the Senshi stared as a mere boy flew away from them, no less than 10 years old and along with the wildest of black hair they had ever seen was a waggling and erect brown furry tail.
"Who the heck is that?!" hollered Jupiter through her communication watch to which a reply of 'dunno's' sounded back to her. The Senshi including the Moon royalties looked round to Sailor Mercury to whom they were expecting to be already on her mini computer typing away. But she was just sitting there, lifeless and melancholy.
Mars was the first to approach her and she gently rocked the blue Senshi's shoulders. "Ami?" she said. With no reply she continued, "Hey, hey snap out of it!" Just as Mars was about to give a light slap, Venus stopped her and said,
"Don't!" Mars turned her attention to Venus who had her arm out, ready to stop her raven-haired friend. "Uranus already did that today. She won't need another one." She simply nodded and recoiled, all the time staring at Mercury.
*Kkkccchhrrr!* "-saw-" *Kkkccchhrrr!* "-capture-" Immediately the senshi opened their watches and saw the face of their general on the battlefield, the image becoming temporarily fuzzed out by damage. *Kkkccchhrrr!* "- Tsena!-" *Kkkccchhrrr!* "-It's - Tsena!-" *Kkkccchhrrr!* *gasp!* The senshi now huddled around Serenity's shoulders and watched through their magic television. Since they hadn't been watching for the last few minutes, what they saw sickened them. Some kind of huge robot burst through the ranks and proceeded into ripping whoever was in its perimeters into shreds. Blood coated its metal armour, and after a short life, the little boy rammed his head into the robot's shoulder, boring a whole straight through. To finish it off, a beam of light energy exploded from the kid's hands and shredded the robot to pieces, as well as the few enemy soldiers behind it. At a loss for words, the senshi simply stared, as the communications of Sailor Neptune reverberated throughout the room.
"We've managed to reduce the enemy units down to under one thousand - Submarine Reflection! -" And she grunted as she received a blow to her stomach in retaliation to her attack, but she then thanked a fellow man who sliced the attacker with his katana. "Look out!" she shouted to the man, who turned at the last moment and watched as a rocket headed directly to his head. Neptune tried to get to him, but he was too far. Amid the mass of running soldiers, she tried to run, but the rain was clouding her vision. She tripped, and fell, hearing the explosion ahead of her, coating the area with blood and entrails that mixed with the mud. She slammed her fist into the mud with a swift apology and revenge took place in her eyes. If there was anything she hated, it was seeing someone she remotely cared for getting hurt. "Damn you!" she hissed and went into a frenzied attack.
However for now, the senshi below ground were watching the boy, who was swiftly taking out each and every bulky man in sight, coming out without a scratch. Every so often he'd lure men into a line, letting loose another one of those attacks from his hands that knocked them out like a domino effect. His speed was about the same as the senshi's, and the fact that he could fly without any wings was something considered as an impossibility. Punch. Punch. Kick. Punch. Kick. Duck. Punch. Duck. Catch. Pull. His techniques went on and on, and what surprised the senshi further, was that the kid had a huge grin on his face!
And so that was the end. In no more than an hour, the army was taken out. In the last ten minutes the boy had taken out the majority of the army, more than the senshi had anyway. They all powered down and Sailor Uranus stormed up to the boy with an evil glare growling,
"Who are you? Where do you come from? And what on earth is that?!" she pointed to the waggling tail. The boy merely looked down to his tail and clutched it loosely, looking as though he hoped she wouldn't do anything to it. The other three senshi joined her, and suddenly he burst out into laughter, pointing at the four senshi.
"Hahahaha! People in short skirt can no fight! Now you covered in mud!" Uranus glowered, Pluto remained indifferent, Neptune frowned, and Saturn did what she did best. She pointed the tip of her glaive to the boy's throat and said quietly but menacingly,
"Answer the questions." The boy gulped, staring down at the deadly weapon. It was a little scary. He could almost feel his small Adam's Apple scraping the sharp edge.
"Hey kid!" someone yelled, and the black haired boy looked up a little and saw a guy in a helicopter with a bazooka in his hands.
"Everybody, evasive action!" yelled Sailor Uranus as the bazooka let loose a rocket directly to the boy hovering a few feet off the bloody and muddy ground. They watched as the troops ran and took cover, but the kid stood his ground.
"Child! Get out of there!" hissed Sailor Pluto from behind him.
He shook his head and said in a childlike manner, "Let's see how it can take, hard head!" The area around the boy exploded in sheer power, and Mars and Venus found themselves feeling it. Roaring off into the sky, the kid sped towards the rocket and head first, an echoing clang of metal against bone made itself heard. In the air the boy rubbed his sore head and caught the stopped rocket with a screwed up tip. Suddenly the boy laughed heartily as he realised something. "It's not on!"
"What?!" yelled the man in the helicopter. A ruckus occurred inside, and the man was thrown out to hurtle to the ground. Luckily since it was so soft, he was alive. Barely. You could tell by his twitching arms.
Sailor Uranus and her partner stormed past the guy and stopped in front of the boy again who was just lowering the rocket to the ground. "Who are you?!" commanded the taller of the two.
The boy looked up at them with an innocent face and said, "My Grandpa Gohan call me Son Goku!"
"Son Goku huh?" He nodded vigorously. "Well, Goku-_chan_ , would you like to tell me how you're so powerful?"
At this he looked down and shuffled his feet. "I dunno..." he mumbled. Sailor Saturn crouched down to his height and said,
"We won't think of you badly, everyone thought I was a freak because I have healing powers. Fortunately I'm welcome here though." She looked up to her three surrogate parents and they smiled to each other. However instead of telling them further details, Goku looked up to the sun and yelled,
"IIE! I'm late! I'm late I'm late I'm late! FLYING NIMBUS!" Suddenly a yellow cloud stopped in front of them, to which the boy hopped on and waved goodbye saying, "To Kame House!" And he whooshed into the sky.
The senshi above ground watched the boy carefully becoming a speck on the horizon. Sailor Uranus kicked a rock and it careened into a stone wall. "Shit." She muttered. Their communication watches bleeped and they stopped to listen.
"Outers, please come to my room."
Never to disobey a direct order from the King, they left the battleground of the park and headed to the palace looming ahead. Sailor Pluto stood behind a few moments to rectify the muddy grounds and give a few commands to the generals of their withered army. As she followed behind her teammates, she placed her Time Staff into her sub space pocket and she wrung her long deep green hair to remove the excess water.
First priority on list, go to meeting.
Second priority, have a shower.
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Down below, Sailor Venus was left behind with inanimate Sailor Mercury behind her, but instead of comforting her, the blonde detransformed and stared at the screen, which showed the righted battleground. She stared, and frowned.
If anything, she felt even more spiteful.
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*Whew!* That was a different chapter to how I usually go about battles! Usually I skip it and tell the ending, if it was bad, I'm sorry! It's a little harder than pure description and speech. Goku's intro was a little abrupt too, but it'll only get better! I promise (I hope!) ! However...just to warn you, the next chapter will probably be in the same context as the prologue, in Aino-san's POV of course.
With a huge sigh, I'm signing off.