~*~*~*~
All was set in both the Son and Tsukino dimensions. Things were well on their way for the duo of Princesses with the list that they were creating. They were certain that they had an idiot-proof list in the making, which was why they weren't stressing too hard.
Goku, on the other hand, was going nuts. Too many problems had come up in too short of time. First his daughter seemed to have slipped into a bit of depression and now this, the moon, which could only cause more havoc than good at this point. He didn't want to take any more chances with it creating more problems, it had caused him too much pain in the past to ever trust it.
So there he stood, with his four comrades, Dende, Gohan, Piccolo, and the forever resisting Vejita. "Spread out. We're going to hit this thing in the center from four different angles."
"Don't boss me around, Kakorotto. While you may be doing this for the cause of good, I'm only doing it for the pure entertainment of the sport." Just to spite Goku, Vejita didn't move. Instead, he stood by Piccolo, the only one who wasn't, in his book, insane, though he was creeping pretty close to the status.
Piccolo growled as he glared at Vejita. "You just don't get it, do you?"
Vejita smirked. "Get what? That you all are soft fools?" He chuckled when he felt the power levels of the three other fighters rise.
Gohan, who had already had it with Vejita for the night, was ready to lose his cool. One more remark from the Saiyan Prince would have set him on a rampage of rage and Vejita would have been his first victim. "SHUT UP! You really DON'T get it, do you?! We have to take this as seriously as POSSIBLE! If we don't hit it EXACTLY right and there IS an enemy up there, we could JEPRADIZE the ENTIRE mission!"
Vejita turned his grin into a smirk. He just loved to get under Gohan's skin. "So now it's a mission, is it?"
Seeing that his son was powering up himself to launch an attack on the shorter more arrogant Saiyan, Goku decided it was time to intervene. "Enough! We don't have time for this. Let's just get it done and over with so we can get back to the other group and wish Usagi back. We're just going to take this one step at a time, GOT IT?!" He glared back and fourth to the insubordinate Vejita and his fuming son.
Knowing that his father was completely correct, Gohan backed off. They should be fighting as a group, instead of each other. "Sorry, father."
Piccolo, seeing that Vejita wasn't going to budge, hovered to the left of him so the four of them were evenly spread out and facing the moon. They made sure they were lined up exactly so their attacks would hit in the same spot, from two different angles. "Let's hope we can do this by ourselves without the help of another."
Dende, confused, looked to Piccolo, who was building up an attack. "Who else could we as...oh." Satisfied that he had figured out his own answer to his question, Dende moved away from the group of fighters so he could have plenty of room to work when it would blow. He had to make sure that earth and its entire people were safe. His title would be stripped away if he let harm come to anyone. "Ready."
Goku, acting as leader, nodded back at Dende and started off, letting the others know to speed up their progress. "KA-ME-..."
Gohan built up for his biggest attack right along with his father. "HA-ME-..."
Vejita prepared for his "Big-Bang-Attack". He couldn't wait to see the moon be blown to bits. Beside him, stood Piccolo, who was testing out his new skill of the Kamehameha wave that Gohan had taught him. "-HA!"
At the same exact minute, second for second, the four angered fighters threw their attacks up at the moon with no mercy. They didn't care who or what was up there. As long as the moon was destroyed, it was all for the best. They didn't want to have to go through the transformation of a Saiyan as well as a new enemy, who undoubtedly wanted Usagi for some evil plan.
Goku watched with much hope as the four attacks spiraled in and out of each other as they made their way to the white pearl in the sky. 'Please work! Please work! Please work!'
Vejita was just as intent to watch as Goku, though for complete different reasons. He just wanted to see mass destruction while he had the chance. He wanted to be a part of it. 'I'm just sorry I had to do it with these low class warriors.'
For some reason, Gohan seemed to be having second thoughts about blowing up the moon all of a sudden. Once he set his attack soaring, a sudden uneasiness that he couldn't explain began to take over him. It was like it would be doing bad in the long run. It would save the two Saiyans in danger, yes, but it still felt wrong. Beside that fact, he was more than happy to rid the world of the moon. It would resolve a major problem. Meanwhile, Piccolo and Dende were just nervously anticipating the outcome of the actions taken.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
While the two Princesses were contemplating on things that would help the Multiverse, something strange seemed to be taking place...
Son Usagi's eyes went wide as a sudden pain shot through her body, as well as heart. "UH" She threw herself on the table that sat before her as her head began to feel woozy.
Tsukino Usagi jumped up from the booth and ran to the child's side. "Hey! What's wrong?!" More than just a bit worried, she dropped to her knees to try and see Son Usagi's face, but was horrified by what she saw. She had the look of the same pain on her face that Mars had had in the Sailor Wars against Chaos, right before she disappeared. "Oh my god! Are you alright?!"
Son Usagi nodded to the best of her ability as she tried to catch her breath. "Yeah. I'll be alright." She coughed as she tried to lift her head a bit. "I don't know what happened..."
Tsukino Usagi was a bit wary of the child's words. She didn't seem all right to her, but she couldn't really argue against it and get anywhere. "Are you sure you're alright? You look horrible."
Son Usagi playfully frowned. Her strength was beginning to come back. "Thanks, you don't look that great yourself."
Tsukino Usagi giggled. "You know what I mean. You look a little better now, but that was really weird. I've never seen anyone just 'freak' out like that before."
Son Usagi rested her head in her knees, which were now tightly pressed against her chest. "Me either. It felt like I had a sudden energy decrease or something. It felt like I was just beaten up by someone really strong."
Tsukino Usagi shook her head in wonder. "Well, we'll keep an eye on you while you're here."
"Do you think this has to do with Beryl?"
Tsukino Usagi grinned. "That old fart? She's not sneaky enough to be able to do something like that without having one of her minions present."
~*~*~
~~Son Dimension~~
The group of five, who were meant to be blowing up the moon, were all standing together, huddled in a group, with their jaws dropped. No one could comprehend what had just happened. As far as they knew, they sent their blasts flying up at the moon, but nothing had happened. Five minutes had passed. They had allowed plenty of time for them to travel into space and to the moon. Why hadn't anything happened? The only indication that the blasts had made it to their target was when the sky lit up in a bright sliver, resulting in intensifying the shine of the moon.
Goku was ready to go at it again, though, he wasn't too clear on his thinking. "Come on. That thing won't stand up to another blast!" He jumped back and built up for another attack, disregarding the fact that his friends weren't doing a thing. "What are you waiting for!? We have to do this again! We have to stop this!"
Gohan was a bit more in his bounds of thinking than his father was, obviously. If his father had been in his right mind at the time, he would have known to think of another strategy since the first one didn't work. "Father..."
Goku shot a piercing glare in the direction of his son. "Don't argue with me. We're just going to do this and get it done!"
Vejita intentionally chuckled for the entire group to hear. "Look at you! You've gone MAD! I never thought I'd see the day. Of course, all you low class fighters start losing it around this age."
Goku, angrier than ever, rushed to Vejita with his fist, but was stopped by a firm hand of his friend Piccolo. He took no notice to Piccolo and just fixed his view on Vejita. "Now you listen here, almighty Prince Vejita!" He said the last with a sort of sarcasm never heard come from his mouth once before. "Now I'm sorry that I want to keep my child from turning into an Ape. I'm sorry if I want to protect her from hurting others she loves if she turns into an Ape. Excuse me for ACTUALLY loving my daughter enough to go through this WHEN I WANT TO BE WISHING HER BACK HOME!"
At that, Vejita had nothing to say in protest, at all. He couldn't argue with an angry father, especially if he knew, in his heart, that he would royally get his ass kicked. He knew that if he and Goku were reversed positions, if Bra were the one having this problem that he would be doing the same thing for her. But he would never tell anyone that. "Fine!"
Satisfied that he had Vejita's attention, he settled down a bit. "Good. Now, the rest of you prepare for another attack." No one said or did anything. They weren't sure if they should. Nothing had happened before so they were sure that nothing would happen again. "Well?" He glared around the bunch. "Fine, if you don't want to help, I'll do it."
"Father, I know you're concerned. I know you want to get this done fast so you can get back to the lookout, but we have to do this strategically. We can't just go rushing into this. We should think of a new way to do this."
Goku could respect that, but he wasn't at the point of trying to think of new ways to destroy the moon. "We'll try the direct approach one more time. If it doesn't work, then we'll try something else."
Piccolo and Gohan nodded. "Right." Vejita had nothing to say.
"Go for continuous beams. All of our strength this time. No holding back." He particularly glared over to his son, who had a tendency to hold back when power was needed.
The four got into position once again. Gohan decided to take charge this time. His father was in no condition to be the leader anymore. He was too flustered with other things to manage other people. "On three. Our biggest Ki waves for as long as we can hold them or until the moon blows. Got it?" The others nodded. He was more than happy to see that his father was somewhat relived that he didn't have to worry about controlling the attack this time.
~*~*~
~~Kami's Lookout~~
The girls sat inside Kami's palace by order of the adults who were watching them. There had been two reasons for it. They didn't want Hotaru to be tempted to look up into the moon, plus, if another enemy were to attack, the didn't want to the girls in harms way. The girls had no complaints though. In fact, it had worked out for the better. They were unsupervised, meaning they could leave if they had to...
Artimas walked out the door to see what was happening with the moon. He knew that it wouldn't be affected at all. Since Sailor Moon had awakened, her power would keep the moon out of harm. But he was quite amazed at what he saw out here. The adults were all standing on the edge of the lookout gawking over the spectacle that was surly attracting attention down on earth. Four different beams of energy were staying at a constant as they were reaching high up to the moon, which was covered with moon energy to protect it. 'They sure are persistent, but we mustn't have them wear down their energy like this. We may need them in case of another attack.' With that, Artimas turned around and walked back into Kami's palace, where the girls were impatiently waiting for his update of what was happening.
Minako; "SO?! What's going on out there? Have they been able to destroy the moon yet, Artimas?"
Artimas proudly shook his head. "No. They won't be able to since there is a layer of energy surrounding it. It won't be able to be destroyed with normal power. Sailor Pluto, or the Guardian of Time as you know her, must have known that they would try to blow up the moon. She must have encased it with a planetary shield of some sort."
A smile cracked upon Makoto's face. "So that means the moon will stay safe. The moon Princess' home will stay alive."
Artimas nodded. "Yes, but they are wasting their energy. If the enemy attacks you will all be helpless. They won't have any energy to fight and will most likely try to protect you instead of go all out in a fight. From what I've seen from these guys, they won't let you out of their sight, am I right?"
Ami nodded. "Yes, they are very protective of their friends."
"That means you won't be able to sneak away and transform into the Sailor Senshi to beat the monster. There will be many casualties."
Rei; "So what are we supposed to do about it?"
Artimas smirked. "You're going on your first mission as the Sailor Senshi. Two of you will transform and go to them. This is the perfect time for you to reveal yourselves. You should tell them that their efforts are of a good cause, so as of not to shoot them down, but that the moon will not be blown up by such power. That it's survival is essential to the existence of the Universe. It is the source of Sailor Moon's power."
The girls looked around to each other in wonder. They had never thought of doing that. Artimas was right, they would be able to introduce themselves to Goku and get on his good side. They could become allies.
Minako, who had seemed most satisfied with the plan, took the liberty to speak up first. "If we meet him and show him that we mean no harm, that we're on the side of good, maybe it will calm him down some."
"Right. Minako, as acting leader, you should go."
Minako nodded. "Ok, Artimas. Ami, why don't you come with me?"
"Sure." Ami turned to her two remaining friends. "You two should make a diversion though. One of you stays with Hotaru to make sure none of the adults try to come in."
Artimas smiled. 'She's on the right track.' "Yes, and the other should distract as many of the others as you can." The girls gave each other one last nod to show that they fully understood.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
Tsukino Usagi grabbed a slice of the Pizza that sat in front of her and shoved most of it in her mouth. "So, what do you think of that for a wish?" Son Usagi said nothing. She just sat there, with absolutely nothing to say. Her mind was much on other things.
Son Usagi's silence worried Tsukino Usagi, though. With the sudden outburst of pain that had just taken place not ten minutes ago, Tsukino Usagi didn't want to take any chances. "Hey, kid. Did you hear me?" No answer. The only sign of life was the warm grin on her younger self's pain. "Why are you grinning?"
Son Usagi smiled bright. "I feel all tingly inside."
"Tingly?"
Son Usagi nodded. "A really warm, caring tingly feeling." 'A warm love...'
She widened her eyes, alarming Tsukino Usagi. "What?! What's wrong? Does it hurt again?"
Son Usagi sighed as she looked down at the table. "No. It went away." She twirled her finger on the top of the table as she sipped on her soda. 'Wonder what it was...'
~*~*~
~~Son Dimension~~
Tired and exhausted, Goku was the first to give into the pain that was created by pushing himself beyond his limits. As much as he hated to admit, he was going to have to call upon the power of another. One who was hopefully stronger than him and would get the job done.
As he was discontinuing his attack, Goku motioned for his son to do the same. "This isn't going to work."
Having known that it wasn't going to work from the beginning, Gohan gladly stopped. "I'm glad you've finally figured things out."
Goku grinned, sending his son into a new level of fear. "Have I now?"
Piccolo and Vejita, too, stopped their attack on the moon. Piccolo was probably the most surprised out of the entire group that the moon wasn't blowing. He had been able to do it so easily when Gohan was just a little boy, but now, it seemed almost impossible. "What do you have in mind?"
Goku continued to grin as he dropped to the ground, leaving his comrades in a state of wonder and curiosity. 'This has got to work. It's just GOT TO!'
Piccolo, Vejita, and Gohan were left to just stare at each other. They weren't sure if they wanted to know what was going through Goku's head at that point. Gohan was the most willing know learn of what was going to happen, though. "This is just like when we fought Cell, he's got to have an idea that is sure to work."
"I have to give him that much, Gohan." Piccolo decreased his altitude a bit. "Let's check it out, guys."
Vejita snickered as he, too, lowered himself. "I just want to get this over with so I can get to bed and start training to kick some enemy ass."
Gohan rolled his eye as his feet landed on to the ground. He didn't waste anytime getting right to the point. "Father, what are you thinking?"
Goku continued to grin as he approached Vejita, very slowly. "Vejita, will you dance with me?"
That earned him a few shocked gasps from all around. But no one was more offended than Vejita, who was ready to slug Goku in the face. "What the HELL are you talking about?! Here you are, bitching about wanting to save your brat and YOU want to DANCE with ME!"
Goku chuckled as he grabbed Vejita's arms and pulled him aside, making him somewhat uncomfortable. "Well, will you?"
Vejita scowled at Goku's request. "I am NOT dancing with another man! ESPECIALLY YO...wait a minute! You mean THAT DANCING?"
~*~*~
From afar watched a dumbfounded Dende, Gohan, and Piccolo. Never in their life had they seen such displays of stupidity by the man who claimed to be the strongest man in the Universe.
~*~*~
Goku smirked. "Yes. THAT dancing."
Vejita ripped himself away from Goku. "I told you in hell that I would NEVER perform that stupid dance with you EVER again!"
Goku frowned. "But it's the only way."
Vejita crossed his arms like a child and threw his head in the opposite direction of Goku. "Never. Find another way. You made us a fat idiot before. I won't do it again."
"That was you. You were the one who did it wrong. You didn't extend your index finger while your other ones were pulled back. You made us the fat idiot."
Vejita clenched his fists and growled at the thought of what the 'dancing' had turned him into. "Find another way."
"I can't. This is the only way I know of. I would do the Dragon Fist, but I can't since the moon is in space."
~*~*~
Gohan looked up to Piccolo, who seemed to be as puzzled and lost as he was. "Piccolo, is this a bad time to be asking what in the hell they're talking about?"
Dende interjected before his Namek friend had a chance to respond. "I remember this. They're talking about the Fusion Dance. Remember, Piccolo? You taught Goten and Trunks how to do it when Goku had to go back to the Afterlife. He didn't have a chance to teach them."
Piccolo 'awed' in realization. "It's been so long. I totally forgot about that."
Gohan smirked. "So did I. Remember Gotenks? That guy was so arrogant. I hope this guy isn't."
~*~*~
Vejita let out a loud growl as he stalked towards Goku. He reached out and grabbed him by the front of his GI. "I'll do it, but if you EVER dare to tell anyone that we did this, I'll be forced to show you what a real fighters is."
Goku grinned. "That's all I ask." He quickly powered down to the same level as Vejita, Super Saiyan two. He didn't want to have anything unbalanced between them or else there might be a mishap with the fusion like there was the first time they had tried it against their enemy in hell.
Vejita turned to the three spectators. "Turn around! All three of you! I'm not putting on a show here!" He looked over his shoulder to Goku, who was barely able to hold in his laughter. "Shut up Kakorotto! The thought of merging with you sickens me. You're lucky that I'm being so generous today."
~*~*~
Vejita and Goku quickly got into place. They stood, side by side with about two and a half feet between them. Their legs were slightly bent with the back of their heals together. Their arms were both extended to each of their lefts, towards each other. Goku nodded to begin.
"FU..." The duo walked closer to each other, throwing their arms to their left and putting their right knees across their left, making sure that they were exactly lined up with each other. "SION..." At that point, they pulled their leg back down, extending their right legs/feet as far out to the right as they would go, while they threw their arms back towards each other and retracted every one of their fingers except for their index. "HA!"
A glimmering shield caught the attention of Gohan. "Oh my GOD! There's an energy shield or something around the moon..."
That was enough to distract Goku, so, instead of thinking of what he was meant to be doing, he got lazy with his form and pulled his leg in while he touched all fingers with both hand to Vejita's index... A bright golden light bubbled out from the newly formed Saiyan into the night, causing the area to become brightly lit. For those who could shelter their eyes, a short, plump shadow could be made out.
~*~*~
Not too far from there, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus were now flying towards their destination where they had felt the power levels of the adults. Little did they know what had been going on, that is, until they felt a large Ki arrive from out of no where, accompanied by the disappearance of Goku and Vejita's power levels.
Sailor Venus was the first to stop in her tracks. She could still feel Gohan, Piccolo, and Dende's power level. "Do you think the enemy came and too them too?"
Mercury stopped and turned back to her fellow Senshi. "That very well could be, Venus. The same thing that happened to Usagi may have happened to Vejita and Goku minus the hate energy."
Venus frowned. "That's right. So it couldn't have been that. But, why does that new energy feel like all the other Saiyans around? It doesn't make sense. What's worse is that it feels a lot stronger than Goku's power level."
Mercury began flying forward again with wonder. "That's true, it does feel a TON stronger than Goku. This could be bad. I wonder what it could be." She paused to see if her friend had anything to suggest as to what it might be. "Well there's really only one way to find out now isn't there?"
Venus grinned. "That's the spirit!" The duo pulled up to their maximum power and took off in the direction in which the new power level had been formed.
~*~*~
Meanwhile, back at the site with the group that was meant to be blowing up the moon, Gohan, Piccolo, and Dende all found themselves open jawed at the new sight before them. Never in their life had they seen something so ridiculous, well, actually, there had been the time that Goten and Trunks had done the fusion wrong and turned into an old geezer, but that wasn't nearly as bad as compared to this.
Before the trio stood one very powerful, very short, and very Plump Super Saiyan at level three. One minute had passed and nothing had really been said at all. They were trying to take in the moment and think about what they were going to say, or ask, or do. But after that minute passed, the trio did the only thing that they could think of doing, they dropped to the ground and laughed as hard and as loud as they could.
The newly formed Super Saiyan glared down at the group. Said in the double voice of Goku and Vejita; "You dare to mock me?" That only responded in more laughter from the group.
~*~*~
Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury landed behind the group of their laughing friends. They had failed to take notice of the newcomer since they were trying to be inconspicuous about noise when they landed. They arrived in a pack of trees that surrounded the clearing where the others were.
Venus frowned at the fighters. "What is this, a laughing-fest? Look at them? I thought they were serious about blowing up the moon."
Mercury walked a bit closer to the group and nearly fell down laughing herself when she laid eyes on the plump Saiyan. "Venus LOOK! HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's the power we felt!"
Venus looked at what her comrade was pointing at and nearly lost her footing. "NO WAY!"
"HAHAHA...YES!"
"AHH HAHAHAHAHAHA! That thing!?" The two grabbed their stomachs and fell down laughing.
~*~*~
The figure glared down the laughing group. "I am neither Vejita nor Goku anymore. I am Gojiita!"
All was set in both the Son and Tsukino dimensions. Things were well on their way for the duo of Princesses with the list that they were creating. They were certain that they had an idiot-proof list in the making, which was why they weren't stressing too hard.
Goku, on the other hand, was going nuts. Too many problems had come up in too short of time. First his daughter seemed to have slipped into a bit of depression and now this, the moon, which could only cause more havoc than good at this point. He didn't want to take any more chances with it creating more problems, it had caused him too much pain in the past to ever trust it.
So there he stood, with his four comrades, Dende, Gohan, Piccolo, and the forever resisting Vejita. "Spread out. We're going to hit this thing in the center from four different angles."
"Don't boss me around, Kakorotto. While you may be doing this for the cause of good, I'm only doing it for the pure entertainment of the sport." Just to spite Goku, Vejita didn't move. Instead, he stood by Piccolo, the only one who wasn't, in his book, insane, though he was creeping pretty close to the status.
Piccolo growled as he glared at Vejita. "You just don't get it, do you?"
Vejita smirked. "Get what? That you all are soft fools?" He chuckled when he felt the power levels of the three other fighters rise.
Gohan, who had already had it with Vejita for the night, was ready to lose his cool. One more remark from the Saiyan Prince would have set him on a rampage of rage and Vejita would have been his first victim. "SHUT UP! You really DON'T get it, do you?! We have to take this as seriously as POSSIBLE! If we don't hit it EXACTLY right and there IS an enemy up there, we could JEPRADIZE the ENTIRE mission!"
Vejita turned his grin into a smirk. He just loved to get under Gohan's skin. "So now it's a mission, is it?"
Seeing that his son was powering up himself to launch an attack on the shorter more arrogant Saiyan, Goku decided it was time to intervene. "Enough! We don't have time for this. Let's just get it done and over with so we can get back to the other group and wish Usagi back. We're just going to take this one step at a time, GOT IT?!" He glared back and fourth to the insubordinate Vejita and his fuming son.
Knowing that his father was completely correct, Gohan backed off. They should be fighting as a group, instead of each other. "Sorry, father."
Piccolo, seeing that Vejita wasn't going to budge, hovered to the left of him so the four of them were evenly spread out and facing the moon. They made sure they were lined up exactly so their attacks would hit in the same spot, from two different angles. "Let's hope we can do this by ourselves without the help of another."
Dende, confused, looked to Piccolo, who was building up an attack. "Who else could we as...oh." Satisfied that he had figured out his own answer to his question, Dende moved away from the group of fighters so he could have plenty of room to work when it would blow. He had to make sure that earth and its entire people were safe. His title would be stripped away if he let harm come to anyone. "Ready."
Goku, acting as leader, nodded back at Dende and started off, letting the others know to speed up their progress. "KA-ME-..."
Gohan built up for his biggest attack right along with his father. "HA-ME-..."
Vejita prepared for his "Big-Bang-Attack". He couldn't wait to see the moon be blown to bits. Beside him, stood Piccolo, who was testing out his new skill of the Kamehameha wave that Gohan had taught him. "-HA!"
At the same exact minute, second for second, the four angered fighters threw their attacks up at the moon with no mercy. They didn't care who or what was up there. As long as the moon was destroyed, it was all for the best. They didn't want to have to go through the transformation of a Saiyan as well as a new enemy, who undoubtedly wanted Usagi for some evil plan.
Goku watched with much hope as the four attacks spiraled in and out of each other as they made their way to the white pearl in the sky. 'Please work! Please work! Please work!'
Vejita was just as intent to watch as Goku, though for complete different reasons. He just wanted to see mass destruction while he had the chance. He wanted to be a part of it. 'I'm just sorry I had to do it with these low class warriors.'
For some reason, Gohan seemed to be having second thoughts about blowing up the moon all of a sudden. Once he set his attack soaring, a sudden uneasiness that he couldn't explain began to take over him. It was like it would be doing bad in the long run. It would save the two Saiyans in danger, yes, but it still felt wrong. Beside that fact, he was more than happy to rid the world of the moon. It would resolve a major problem. Meanwhile, Piccolo and Dende were just nervously anticipating the outcome of the actions taken.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
While the two Princesses were contemplating on things that would help the Multiverse, something strange seemed to be taking place...
Son Usagi's eyes went wide as a sudden pain shot through her body, as well as heart. "UH" She threw herself on the table that sat before her as her head began to feel woozy.
Tsukino Usagi jumped up from the booth and ran to the child's side. "Hey! What's wrong?!" More than just a bit worried, she dropped to her knees to try and see Son Usagi's face, but was horrified by what she saw. She had the look of the same pain on her face that Mars had had in the Sailor Wars against Chaos, right before she disappeared. "Oh my god! Are you alright?!"
Son Usagi nodded to the best of her ability as she tried to catch her breath. "Yeah. I'll be alright." She coughed as she tried to lift her head a bit. "I don't know what happened..."
Tsukino Usagi was a bit wary of the child's words. She didn't seem all right to her, but she couldn't really argue against it and get anywhere. "Are you sure you're alright? You look horrible."
Son Usagi playfully frowned. Her strength was beginning to come back. "Thanks, you don't look that great yourself."
Tsukino Usagi giggled. "You know what I mean. You look a little better now, but that was really weird. I've never seen anyone just 'freak' out like that before."
Son Usagi rested her head in her knees, which were now tightly pressed against her chest. "Me either. It felt like I had a sudden energy decrease or something. It felt like I was just beaten up by someone really strong."
Tsukino Usagi shook her head in wonder. "Well, we'll keep an eye on you while you're here."
"Do you think this has to do with Beryl?"
Tsukino Usagi grinned. "That old fart? She's not sneaky enough to be able to do something like that without having one of her minions present."
~*~*~
~~Son Dimension~~
The group of five, who were meant to be blowing up the moon, were all standing together, huddled in a group, with their jaws dropped. No one could comprehend what had just happened. As far as they knew, they sent their blasts flying up at the moon, but nothing had happened. Five minutes had passed. They had allowed plenty of time for them to travel into space and to the moon. Why hadn't anything happened? The only indication that the blasts had made it to their target was when the sky lit up in a bright sliver, resulting in intensifying the shine of the moon.
Goku was ready to go at it again, though, he wasn't too clear on his thinking. "Come on. That thing won't stand up to another blast!" He jumped back and built up for another attack, disregarding the fact that his friends weren't doing a thing. "What are you waiting for!? We have to do this again! We have to stop this!"
Gohan was a bit more in his bounds of thinking than his father was, obviously. If his father had been in his right mind at the time, he would have known to think of another strategy since the first one didn't work. "Father..."
Goku shot a piercing glare in the direction of his son. "Don't argue with me. We're just going to do this and get it done!"
Vejita intentionally chuckled for the entire group to hear. "Look at you! You've gone MAD! I never thought I'd see the day. Of course, all you low class fighters start losing it around this age."
Goku, angrier than ever, rushed to Vejita with his fist, but was stopped by a firm hand of his friend Piccolo. He took no notice to Piccolo and just fixed his view on Vejita. "Now you listen here, almighty Prince Vejita!" He said the last with a sort of sarcasm never heard come from his mouth once before. "Now I'm sorry that I want to keep my child from turning into an Ape. I'm sorry if I want to protect her from hurting others she loves if she turns into an Ape. Excuse me for ACTUALLY loving my daughter enough to go through this WHEN I WANT TO BE WISHING HER BACK HOME!"
At that, Vejita had nothing to say in protest, at all. He couldn't argue with an angry father, especially if he knew, in his heart, that he would royally get his ass kicked. He knew that if he and Goku were reversed positions, if Bra were the one having this problem that he would be doing the same thing for her. But he would never tell anyone that. "Fine!"
Satisfied that he had Vejita's attention, he settled down a bit. "Good. Now, the rest of you prepare for another attack." No one said or did anything. They weren't sure if they should. Nothing had happened before so they were sure that nothing would happen again. "Well?" He glared around the bunch. "Fine, if you don't want to help, I'll do it."
"Father, I know you're concerned. I know you want to get this done fast so you can get back to the lookout, but we have to do this strategically. We can't just go rushing into this. We should think of a new way to do this."
Goku could respect that, but he wasn't at the point of trying to think of new ways to destroy the moon. "We'll try the direct approach one more time. If it doesn't work, then we'll try something else."
Piccolo and Gohan nodded. "Right." Vejita had nothing to say.
"Go for continuous beams. All of our strength this time. No holding back." He particularly glared over to his son, who had a tendency to hold back when power was needed.
The four got into position once again. Gohan decided to take charge this time. His father was in no condition to be the leader anymore. He was too flustered with other things to manage other people. "On three. Our biggest Ki waves for as long as we can hold them or until the moon blows. Got it?" The others nodded. He was more than happy to see that his father was somewhat relived that he didn't have to worry about controlling the attack this time.
~*~*~
~~Kami's Lookout~~
The girls sat inside Kami's palace by order of the adults who were watching them. There had been two reasons for it. They didn't want Hotaru to be tempted to look up into the moon, plus, if another enemy were to attack, the didn't want to the girls in harms way. The girls had no complaints though. In fact, it had worked out for the better. They were unsupervised, meaning they could leave if they had to...
Artimas walked out the door to see what was happening with the moon. He knew that it wouldn't be affected at all. Since Sailor Moon had awakened, her power would keep the moon out of harm. But he was quite amazed at what he saw out here. The adults were all standing on the edge of the lookout gawking over the spectacle that was surly attracting attention down on earth. Four different beams of energy were staying at a constant as they were reaching high up to the moon, which was covered with moon energy to protect it. 'They sure are persistent, but we mustn't have them wear down their energy like this. We may need them in case of another attack.' With that, Artimas turned around and walked back into Kami's palace, where the girls were impatiently waiting for his update of what was happening.
Minako; "SO?! What's going on out there? Have they been able to destroy the moon yet, Artimas?"
Artimas proudly shook his head. "No. They won't be able to since there is a layer of energy surrounding it. It won't be able to be destroyed with normal power. Sailor Pluto, or the Guardian of Time as you know her, must have known that they would try to blow up the moon. She must have encased it with a planetary shield of some sort."
A smile cracked upon Makoto's face. "So that means the moon will stay safe. The moon Princess' home will stay alive."
Artimas nodded. "Yes, but they are wasting their energy. If the enemy attacks you will all be helpless. They won't have any energy to fight and will most likely try to protect you instead of go all out in a fight. From what I've seen from these guys, they won't let you out of their sight, am I right?"
Ami nodded. "Yes, they are very protective of their friends."
"That means you won't be able to sneak away and transform into the Sailor Senshi to beat the monster. There will be many casualties."
Rei; "So what are we supposed to do about it?"
Artimas smirked. "You're going on your first mission as the Sailor Senshi. Two of you will transform and go to them. This is the perfect time for you to reveal yourselves. You should tell them that their efforts are of a good cause, so as of not to shoot them down, but that the moon will not be blown up by such power. That it's survival is essential to the existence of the Universe. It is the source of Sailor Moon's power."
The girls looked around to each other in wonder. They had never thought of doing that. Artimas was right, they would be able to introduce themselves to Goku and get on his good side. They could become allies.
Minako, who had seemed most satisfied with the plan, took the liberty to speak up first. "If we meet him and show him that we mean no harm, that we're on the side of good, maybe it will calm him down some."
"Right. Minako, as acting leader, you should go."
Minako nodded. "Ok, Artimas. Ami, why don't you come with me?"
"Sure." Ami turned to her two remaining friends. "You two should make a diversion though. One of you stays with Hotaru to make sure none of the adults try to come in."
Artimas smiled. 'She's on the right track.' "Yes, and the other should distract as many of the others as you can." The girls gave each other one last nod to show that they fully understood.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
Tsukino Usagi grabbed a slice of the Pizza that sat in front of her and shoved most of it in her mouth. "So, what do you think of that for a wish?" Son Usagi said nothing. She just sat there, with absolutely nothing to say. Her mind was much on other things.
Son Usagi's silence worried Tsukino Usagi, though. With the sudden outburst of pain that had just taken place not ten minutes ago, Tsukino Usagi didn't want to take any chances. "Hey, kid. Did you hear me?" No answer. The only sign of life was the warm grin on her younger self's pain. "Why are you grinning?"
Son Usagi smiled bright. "I feel all tingly inside."
"Tingly?"
Son Usagi nodded. "A really warm, caring tingly feeling." 'A warm love...'
She widened her eyes, alarming Tsukino Usagi. "What?! What's wrong? Does it hurt again?"
Son Usagi sighed as she looked down at the table. "No. It went away." She twirled her finger on the top of the table as she sipped on her soda. 'Wonder what it was...'
~*~*~
~~Son Dimension~~
Tired and exhausted, Goku was the first to give into the pain that was created by pushing himself beyond his limits. As much as he hated to admit, he was going to have to call upon the power of another. One who was hopefully stronger than him and would get the job done.
As he was discontinuing his attack, Goku motioned for his son to do the same. "This isn't going to work."
Having known that it wasn't going to work from the beginning, Gohan gladly stopped. "I'm glad you've finally figured things out."
Goku grinned, sending his son into a new level of fear. "Have I now?"
Piccolo and Vejita, too, stopped their attack on the moon. Piccolo was probably the most surprised out of the entire group that the moon wasn't blowing. He had been able to do it so easily when Gohan was just a little boy, but now, it seemed almost impossible. "What do you have in mind?"
Goku continued to grin as he dropped to the ground, leaving his comrades in a state of wonder and curiosity. 'This has got to work. It's just GOT TO!'
Piccolo, Vejita, and Gohan were left to just stare at each other. They weren't sure if they wanted to know what was going through Goku's head at that point. Gohan was the most willing know learn of what was going to happen, though. "This is just like when we fought Cell, he's got to have an idea that is sure to work."
"I have to give him that much, Gohan." Piccolo decreased his altitude a bit. "Let's check it out, guys."
Vejita snickered as he, too, lowered himself. "I just want to get this over with so I can get to bed and start training to kick some enemy ass."
Gohan rolled his eye as his feet landed on to the ground. He didn't waste anytime getting right to the point. "Father, what are you thinking?"
Goku continued to grin as he approached Vejita, very slowly. "Vejita, will you dance with me?"
That earned him a few shocked gasps from all around. But no one was more offended than Vejita, who was ready to slug Goku in the face. "What the HELL are you talking about?! Here you are, bitching about wanting to save your brat and YOU want to DANCE with ME!"
Goku chuckled as he grabbed Vejita's arms and pulled him aside, making him somewhat uncomfortable. "Well, will you?"
Vejita scowled at Goku's request. "I am NOT dancing with another man! ESPECIALLY YO...wait a minute! You mean THAT DANCING?"
~*~*~
From afar watched a dumbfounded Dende, Gohan, and Piccolo. Never in their life had they seen such displays of stupidity by the man who claimed to be the strongest man in the Universe.
~*~*~
Goku smirked. "Yes. THAT dancing."
Vejita ripped himself away from Goku. "I told you in hell that I would NEVER perform that stupid dance with you EVER again!"
Goku frowned. "But it's the only way."
Vejita crossed his arms like a child and threw his head in the opposite direction of Goku. "Never. Find another way. You made us a fat idiot before. I won't do it again."
"That was you. You were the one who did it wrong. You didn't extend your index finger while your other ones were pulled back. You made us the fat idiot."
Vejita clenched his fists and growled at the thought of what the 'dancing' had turned him into. "Find another way."
"I can't. This is the only way I know of. I would do the Dragon Fist, but I can't since the moon is in space."
~*~*~
Gohan looked up to Piccolo, who seemed to be as puzzled and lost as he was. "Piccolo, is this a bad time to be asking what in the hell they're talking about?"
Dende interjected before his Namek friend had a chance to respond. "I remember this. They're talking about the Fusion Dance. Remember, Piccolo? You taught Goten and Trunks how to do it when Goku had to go back to the Afterlife. He didn't have a chance to teach them."
Piccolo 'awed' in realization. "It's been so long. I totally forgot about that."
Gohan smirked. "So did I. Remember Gotenks? That guy was so arrogant. I hope this guy isn't."
~*~*~
Vejita let out a loud growl as he stalked towards Goku. He reached out and grabbed him by the front of his GI. "I'll do it, but if you EVER dare to tell anyone that we did this, I'll be forced to show you what a real fighters is."
Goku grinned. "That's all I ask." He quickly powered down to the same level as Vejita, Super Saiyan two. He didn't want to have anything unbalanced between them or else there might be a mishap with the fusion like there was the first time they had tried it against their enemy in hell.
Vejita turned to the three spectators. "Turn around! All three of you! I'm not putting on a show here!" He looked over his shoulder to Goku, who was barely able to hold in his laughter. "Shut up Kakorotto! The thought of merging with you sickens me. You're lucky that I'm being so generous today."
~*~*~
Vejita and Goku quickly got into place. They stood, side by side with about two and a half feet between them. Their legs were slightly bent with the back of their heals together. Their arms were both extended to each of their lefts, towards each other. Goku nodded to begin.
"FU..." The duo walked closer to each other, throwing their arms to their left and putting their right knees across their left, making sure that they were exactly lined up with each other. "SION..." At that point, they pulled their leg back down, extending their right legs/feet as far out to the right as they would go, while they threw their arms back towards each other and retracted every one of their fingers except for their index. "HA!"
A glimmering shield caught the attention of Gohan. "Oh my GOD! There's an energy shield or something around the moon..."
That was enough to distract Goku, so, instead of thinking of what he was meant to be doing, he got lazy with his form and pulled his leg in while he touched all fingers with both hand to Vejita's index... A bright golden light bubbled out from the newly formed Saiyan into the night, causing the area to become brightly lit. For those who could shelter their eyes, a short, plump shadow could be made out.
~*~*~
Not too far from there, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus were now flying towards their destination where they had felt the power levels of the adults. Little did they know what had been going on, that is, until they felt a large Ki arrive from out of no where, accompanied by the disappearance of Goku and Vejita's power levels.
Sailor Venus was the first to stop in her tracks. She could still feel Gohan, Piccolo, and Dende's power level. "Do you think the enemy came and too them too?"
Mercury stopped and turned back to her fellow Senshi. "That very well could be, Venus. The same thing that happened to Usagi may have happened to Vejita and Goku minus the hate energy."
Venus frowned. "That's right. So it couldn't have been that. But, why does that new energy feel like all the other Saiyans around? It doesn't make sense. What's worse is that it feels a lot stronger than Goku's power level."
Mercury began flying forward again with wonder. "That's true, it does feel a TON stronger than Goku. This could be bad. I wonder what it could be." She paused to see if her friend had anything to suggest as to what it might be. "Well there's really only one way to find out now isn't there?"
Venus grinned. "That's the spirit!" The duo pulled up to their maximum power and took off in the direction in which the new power level had been formed.
~*~*~
Meanwhile, back at the site with the group that was meant to be blowing up the moon, Gohan, Piccolo, and Dende all found themselves open jawed at the new sight before them. Never in their life had they seen something so ridiculous, well, actually, there had been the time that Goten and Trunks had done the fusion wrong and turned into an old geezer, but that wasn't nearly as bad as compared to this.
Before the trio stood one very powerful, very short, and very Plump Super Saiyan at level three. One minute had passed and nothing had really been said at all. They were trying to take in the moment and think about what they were going to say, or ask, or do. But after that minute passed, the trio did the only thing that they could think of doing, they dropped to the ground and laughed as hard and as loud as they could.
The newly formed Super Saiyan glared down at the group. Said in the double voice of Goku and Vejita; "You dare to mock me?" That only responded in more laughter from the group.
~*~*~
Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury landed behind the group of their laughing friends. They had failed to take notice of the newcomer since they were trying to be inconspicuous about noise when they landed. They arrived in a pack of trees that surrounded the clearing where the others were.
Venus frowned at the fighters. "What is this, a laughing-fest? Look at them? I thought they were serious about blowing up the moon."
Mercury walked a bit closer to the group and nearly fell down laughing herself when she laid eyes on the plump Saiyan. "Venus LOOK! HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's the power we felt!"
Venus looked at what her comrade was pointing at and nearly lost her footing. "NO WAY!"
"HAHAHA...YES!"
"AHH HAHAHAHAHAHA! That thing!?" The two grabbed their stomachs and fell down laughing.
~*~*~
The figure glared down the laughing group. "I am neither Vejita nor Goku anymore. I am Gojiita!"