~*~*~*~
So far, all hopes to destroy the moon had failed without exception. The group of fighters that were sent to destroy it had failed on all accounts except one, which was their last hope. Gojiita, as he called himself, was ready to do his job, as soon as his supposed allies stopped laughing at him.
~*~*~
The powerful, plump Super Saiyan, Gojiita, stood with his arms crossed, in front of the three fighters on the ground as they laughed at the top of their lungs. "Are you quite finished yet?" Before receiving an answer, his acute Saiyan hearing picked up the soft laughter of what sounded like two children not too far from where he was. "The enemy is here."
At the sound of that, Gohan brought his laughter down to a slight chuckle as he looked upon the new fighter. "Wha...what?" He cursed himself for not being more alert, for letting himself get distracted over such a tedious thing.
Gojiita ignored the younger Saiyan and began taking small steps towards the new arrival. "I can't feel them, why?"
Piccolo stopped his laughter shortly after Gohan and Dende and stood back to his feet. "Do you think the enemy really was on the moon?"
Dende concentrated his powers to where the laughter was coming from. He tried desperately to decipher where the power was as well as what it was meant to feel like. But to his dismay, he was unsuccessful. "That WOULD explain why the you weren't able to destroy it."
Gojiita smirked. "I'll be able to destroy it as soon as I get rid of these enemies." He stopped at a bush and looked down to see the giggling Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury.
~*~*~
Venus, feeling the new power level directly above her, stopped laughing and gulped. "Mercury...!" She whispered, though, she knew that this guy had to have heard it. He appeared to be a Saiyan.
Mercury gulped after Venus and nervously turned her head to look up into the angry eyes of Gojiita. "Uhmmm...hi?"
Minako, knowing all to well the rage of an angry Saiyan, stood up and brushed herself off. "We weren't...laughing at you...were we Mercury?"
Mercury shook her head. "No! We would never laugh at a fine Saiyan like yourself." 'Oh gosh we're dead. This guy is serious.'
Gojiita smirked. "Look what I found. A couple of little girls."
Gohan rushed to his comrade's side and looked down at the girls. "Wait a minute, Gojiita, look at what they're wearing."
Gojiita frowned. "A tutu and a few bows, so what."
Piccolo joined the two Saiyans. "Are you the Sailor Senshi that saved five girls earlier?"
Venus knew that was her cue to introduce themselves. She hoped that this guy was on the side of good so they wouldn't have to fight him. 'Ok, Minako. Don't call them by their names. Remember, you aren't supposed to know them.' With that little reminder to herself, she put on a smile and held her hand out. "That would be us, sir. I am Sailor Venus and this is one of my partners here, Sailor Mercury."
Piccolo eyed the two girls with caution. He wanted to make sure that they could be trusted, though, they HAD saved the girls earlier so they couldn't be all that bad. He extended his hand and met with Venus'. "What side are you on?"
Gojiita frowned at the question. "Just get right to the point, don't you?"
Piccolo growled. "Go do your job before your half hour is up."
Gojiita grumbled to himself as he turned around and waddled to his position. He didn't dare try to fly as he remembered what happened the last time he had tried it against the monster in hell. 'Always using me for the dirty work.'
Gohan couldn't help but let out more laughter as the smaller fighter passed by him. 'Vejita is going to have a fit when they split again.'
Piccolo continued to look down at the two new fighters. He was rather annoyed that he couldn't feel them. "SO?" He let his frustration show in this single word.
Venus jumped back a bit. She knew better than to argue back. She didn't want to get off to a bad start with them or else it could start a war between the two groups. "Yes, sir. We are in fact on your side. We were sent here to destroy a terrible Queen, who goes by the name of Beryl. We are here, now, to urge you NOT to destroy the moon."
Gohan quirked an eyebrow in interest. "And why shouldn't we destroy the moon? It will cause more trouble than that queen, we guarantee it. We have two Saiyans on this planet who will turn into giant apes at the sight of the full moon."
~*~*~
The lone Saiyan, Gojiita, pulled his hands as far to his side as possible. "KAMEHAMEHA!" With a Greater power than the combined power of Vejita, Goku, Piccolo, and Gohan combined, Gojiita shot a powerful Kamehameha wave up at the moon.
~*~*~
Mercury jumped out towards the Saiyan fighter to try and stop him, but soon found herself being blocked by Dende. "Hey! That guy is going to blow up the moon!"
Piccolo gently grabbed the girl's shoulder and pulled her back. He knew better than to be rough with someone he knew nothing about, as well as not knowing what kind of power level the person held. "It's for the best."
Venus remembered what Artimas had told her to tell them about the moon. "Please. Don't blow up the moon. It is the source of our Princess' power. She is the only one who will be able to destroy Beryl. If you blow up the moon, you kill any chance of beating her."
Mercury pulled away from Piccolo with a frown. "Yes. It is essential to keep the moon in place. If our Princess is unable to beat Beryl, she will take over the entire Universe with her hate power. As well, it may injure or even kill our Princess."
Gohan was about as skeptical about these girls as Piccolo and Dende were. "So there is NO enemy on the moon, right?"
Venus shook her head. "No."
Dende; "Then why is there a shield of power around it?"
Mercury and Venus looked at each other in question. They didn't exactly know, but they had a pretty good hunch of what it could have been. Mercury took the first opportunity to answer. "It is working as one with the Princess to protect itself."
Gohan began to put two and two together after hearing that. 'Working as one...?' "Are you saying that this moon is alive?"
Again, the two girls looked to each other for answers. Venus was lost at that point. She had no idea where her friend was going with things, nor did she know where she herself would be able to take it. "Well..."
"Sort of. All existence is life in some form, but the Moon is special. Like we said, it is the source of our Princess AND leader's power, she is eternally bonded to it, and it to her." Mercury frowned as this knowledge suddenly emerged from her mind, wondering where it had come from.
Piccolo groaned. He hated so much to be put into these kinds of positions. It was either chose between saving a supposed Princess, or the two girls who could destroy the world in one night and not even know it. Of course, there was always the option of cutting off their tails. "Gohan, do you think your dad would cut off your sister's tail?"
Gohan nearly face vaulted at that question. "What are you talking about, Piccolo? We're trying to destroy the moon so we don't have to do that. Dad doesn't want to cut off her tail nor does he want to cut off Hotaru's tail. Do you know how devastating that would be for them?"
Piccolo continued to look into the Senshis' eyes, seeing that they were serious. "These girls say that their Princess will lose all her power and maybe her life if we destroy the moon. It sounds like their Princess could be a great help to us. What would be worse, losing your power or cutting off a couple of tails?" Piccolo looked over his shoulder to his best friend.
Gohan groaned in exasperation. He didn't know what to do. It wasn't his choice to call, it was the choice of one, his father. After all, it had been made clear to him that any big decision regarding his sister was in the hands of their parents, and their parents only. "I can't say, Piccolo. We're going to have to wait until dad and Vejita defuse before we can make any final words."
Piccolo nodded. That seemed reasonable. After all, it would only be about twenty more minutes before Gojiita would become two people again. "Ok, we wait until they come apart."
Venus and Mercury were somewhat confused at that point. Mercury; "Come apart?"
Gohan chuckled. "Yes. My father and 'friend', Vejita, decided to perform the fusion dance to become a stronger Saiyan in hopes to destroy the moon."
Venus and Mercury turned to look at each other in awe. They had never seen the outcome of a fusion before, though they had heard a lot about it from Trunks and Goten.
Venus; "Why is he so fat?"
Piccolo laughed. "One of them must have screwed up the fusion." The five who were there began laughing at the sight of their friend again.
Venus hopped to and figured that she had better stop Gojiita before he actually got through to the moon. "Hey! Gojiita person! Stop your attack at once!" She put her hands on her waste when he turned his head and frowned at her. "Come on! Don't be difficult!"
~*~*~
~~Kami's Lookout~~
Rei stood with the adults, who were gazing upon Gojiita's blast to the moon. She crossed her fingers and hoped that her friends were able to stop it in time. It would be a catastrophe if they hadn't. 'Come on girls. Hurry up.'
Beside her, stood Artimas, who had the same thoughts as her. 'If the moon blows all hope is gone. The queen won't have enough power to regenerate everything. She used all her energy as it is. It's all in the hands of the Senshi.'
Yamcha took notice of Rei and frowned. "Shouldn't you be with your friends?"
"I'm not the one who isn't allowed to look at the moon."
Tienshin-han frowned down at the mouthy child. "Speaking of, shouldn't we be checking on the others to see if they need anything? I mean, it's getting late, maybe they're hungry or something."
Rei's eyes went wide at the thought. 'This could blow our cover. They didn't feel the other girls leaving or anything. Uh-oh, quick, Rei. Think of something. You're supposed to be the diverter here now think of a diversion.' "Uh, erm... what if the enemy attacks again?"
Yamcha, who was already making his way back to the Palace, turned back and looked at Rei, who seemed concerned all of a sudden. "Don't worry, we'll protect you."
'Crud! Now what? I can't raise my power level to link with the girls!' "What if they attack earth? Our families are there! While we're here, they could be hurt! We don't even know if the enemy is down there." She began trembling at the thought of losing her grandfather to the enemy. She knew that she couldn't just go and teleport down to help. The adults wouldn't have it.
The adults exchanged a few worried glances and nodded. Krillin looked down at Rei. "We'll go get your families as long as you promise to keep Hotaru from looking at the moon and stay in the Palace."
Rei nodded with a smile. "Sure."
All of a sudden at that moment, the beam of light that had been traveling up to the moon had vanished. The power level that had been creating it had lowered as well.
18; "Looks like they're going to try another way again. I wish they'd just hurry up and find a way to kill it off."
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
Capsule Corp...
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter had arrived at Capsule Corp. not three hours after they set out, but they had been force to wait for Trunks to come out from a meeting, which he had about five hours later. He had been in conference with some the owners of some of the largest companies in the world. But that was not of any importance to him. He had in fact felt Usagi's power when she fought Tuxedo Kamen and the other Senshi, though he couldn't feel the Senshi. He would have been right there with them fighting the enemy except he had promised his mother to stay on task and stay in the meeting.
Now, he emerged from his meeting room to be greeted by the two Sailor Senshi who had come to retrieve him. He had heard rumors of them, and seen the aftermath of some of the battles, but had never encountered either them or the enemies that they had fought. But what little he did find out, had clearly shown them to be allies to the forces of good.
"Hello, ladies. What's the problem?"
Jupiter got right down to business. "No problem, really. More of an interesting situation that you are sort of involved in."
Trunks soon became confused by her answer. "Me? Involved in? I haven't fought an enemy in so many years, how can I be involved in something?"
Jupiter grinned. "Why don't we go back to Tokyo with us and we'll let someone else explain."
Trunks smirked. He was overly curious as to what he could possibly be involved with. "Ok. Let me just go get a couple of people and we can be on our way. Do you guys want a ride?"
Jupiter blushed. "Of course we do..."
~*~*~
~~Crown Arcade~~
Three hours after Son Usagi had felt the attacks on her dimension's moon, an exhausted Princess duo finally emerged from the arcade with a large packet of paper. The looked around to their fellow Senshi, their friends. They couldn't wait to let them know what they had wished, though, part of them wanted to keep it a secret until it was finally time to make the wish.
Minako; "So? What did you come up with?" She clasped her hands together in front of her mouth and awaited an answer.
Rei's eyes traveled down to the papers that Tsukino Usagi held in her hands and frowned. "Please tell me you didn't make a stupid wish."
Chibi-Usa walked to the two Usagi's and tried to take a peek at what was on the papers, though found Tsukino Usagi holding them too close to see anything of use. "Did you figure out what you wanted? Did you figure out a way to save the Multiverse?"
All made their fears known to the tired pair, until Pluto had had enough. "Enough. Let them be. They have decided the path and when the time is right, they will let you know what they have come up with. Let them be, we still have much to do before we can even think about going to Namek."
Son Usagi grinned. "Yeah, we still have to talk to Trunks." 'I can't wait to see the look on his face when he finds out who I am. This is going to be great. I'm going to finally be able to thank him for saving dad.'
Haruka, the most impatient, frowned. "Ami and Makoto haven't been back yet. I wonder what's taking so long. I know that Tokyo isn't that far from Capsule Corp. It shouldn't have taken this long."
Son Usagi continued to grin. "They'll be here soon. I felt them leave Capsule Corp. about ten minutes ago."
Pluto gasped. "Then you all had better transform fast. We can't let him know who we really are. Hurry girls."
Son Usagi; "I don't have to, do I?"
The Senshi, now transformed, looked around to each other in question. If she didn't transform, then Sailor Moon's identity would be revealed. There would be no point to conceal anything anymore. Pluto weighed the odds in her head, coming up with her decision. "No, you don't. But we had still better. He knows us as the Sailor Senshi and will see you as a friend if you're with us."
Son Usagi looked up and down at the girls' uniforms as they stood before her, once again, as the Sailor Senshi. Before, she hadn't really taken the time to examine them since she was too busy fighting, but now she realized how ridiculous they really did look, but she would never say that to them. The looked much too proud of them to knock them down like that. 'I wonder if they ever question their uniforms.' "Hey, um, don't those heals make fighting hard? And don't those arm sleeves make it kind of hard to move in? And don't you lose those sticks and brooches at all? And that bow in the back, couldn't someone just grab it?"
Mars took the first opportunity to reply for she had often thought about that. "Yes. On several occasions the transformation devices have been taken. Usagi most of all, with it just resting on her chest like that. The enemy has grabbed it and ripped it away, causing her to detransform."
Frowning, Eternal Moon stuck out her tongue at he friend and fellow Senshi. "Hey, I didn't make it into a brooch you know. And if I remember right, a few of you, as in all of you, had the same problem."
A few embarrassed coughs followed that, but no one actually said anything. They hated it when Usagi pointed that out. Rei continued though. "Plus, there have been a few injuries because of the lack of protection of the Uniform. It's not thick enough and rips very easily. And the bow HAS been used against us in the past."
Venus lifted her ankle and rubbed it. "And don't get us started on these heels. God, if I could get my hands on the jerk that made these, you Moon's have it easy with your boots. You have short heals."
Son Usagi was happy that she wasn't the ONLY one who didn't approve of the uniform. She wondered how her friends back home were reacting to them as well. "Well, can't you just change them somehow?"
Tsukino Luna shook her head back and forth. "This is the traditional uniform of the Sailor Senshi. It can't be altered."
An uncomfortable silence fell upon the group as they waited for Trunks, Jupiter, and Mercury to come back. It was taking forever and Son Usagi wasn't even sure what was taking them. He felt him flying to two different places, though she couldn't figure out where they were. But, whatever happened, happened.
Then she thought of something else that she had found humorous about these Sailor Senshi people. "When Chibi-Moon arrived, what was with all that hand thingys and speeches? That just gives an enemy time to prepare."
All but one of the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen buried their faces in embarrassment, the only one grinning was Sailor Moon. "Kiddo, you have a lot to learn about fighting monsters sent by Beryl. Now, not all enemies you fight will have this true, but in fights with Beryl, those sill hand movements and speeches are an essential part of all battles."
Tsukino Luna growled at that and attempted to correct her as fast as possible. She didn't want this new Sailor Moon to be misled. "NO, it's not. It's just a silly hand thing that they all insist on doing, despite my training."
Moon was angered by her adviser's obvious lie, since that had never been mentioned to her. She turned to correct her and caught sight of all her fellow Senshi, including Pluto and Tuxedo Kamen looking quite embarrassed. It was at that moment that she realized that they DID think it was all pointless. And if they thought it was, it must have been since she always seemed to be clueless with things like this, to them anyway. "What? You mean to tell me that we do all those silly entrances without a reason?"
Mars was quick to become annoyed. "Well com'on, Usagi, there isn't a good reason to."
Tsukino Luna nodded. "True, you just don't understand the value of stealth."
Moon became angrier at the thought of doing something that silly for no reason. After all, she had started her first attack with a speech, her instincts had kicked in and she felt it was the best option. It didn't make sense. There had to be a reason to do it otherwise she would have found herself losing a lot more battles than she had. They hadn't steered her wrong yet. Then it hit her, the reason why they should do it. It was obvious if you thought about it hard enough. She turned to her younger self with a smirk. "Kid, lesson two. When fighting a monster from Beryl, always make a dramatic entrance, with hand motion's and corny speeches."
Mars was very nearly ready to protest that when Moon cut her off, on purpose. "First off, these guys are idiots. But they are powerful idiots. They drain energy from humans. The REASON why you make and entrance instead of just attacking straight out is to confuse them. If you attack while they're draining a human, the backlash from the energy could kill them. But, like I said, they're idiots and you can all agree with me on that one." That earned her nods all around. "Confuse them with your entrance, and you do two important things. First, they can't concentrate on two things at once, and automatically drop the energy link because for some odd reason they are more fascinated with what you're doing than their job. Second, while they're focusing on you, someone else can lead them away from the victims."
Son Usagi now respected the corny entrances and hand movements. She now understood what they were there for, but still didn't understand the uniforms. "I'll remember to tell the girls back home that."
Mars had almost nothing to say, and what she did have to say wasn't a protest. "Usagi, are you feeling alright? You seem unusually smart today."
Moon laughed. "I told you. It's all in the comics, as well as thinking back to when we fought Beryl and her people."
Chibi-Moon giggled. "I always wondered why mommy told me to follow your example, instead of Luna's for ideas of entrances."
Tsukino Luna ducked her head at that.
~*~*~
Ten minutes later, Son Usagi felt not three, but five power level fast approaching their destination. She knew exactly who the first three were, but the other two were what baffled her. They felt pretty familiar, but there was something about them that were much, MUCH different. The power levels of these two seemed too strong to be who she thought it was. Though, the Trunks of this time seemed to have a stronger power level than the Trunks of her own time line. She figured that it was just the fact that this Trunks had been through so much more than her Trunks. "They're here." She stated as turned around to see five figures standing across the street. She didn't get a very good look at the two guests as a long semi-truck came barreling through threw the area and when it was gone, she found herself being pulled aside by Sailor Uranus and Neptune while Pluto walked to Trunks. "Hey."
Uranus looked down and shushed the child with a chuckle. "Quiet down for a sec. Pluto is going to introduce you first." Usagi shut her mouth with nothing to say in protest. It was a reasonable request.
Pluto greeted the trio with a smile. "Hello, Trunks. It was smart of you to bring these two with you." She said as she looked upon the two women at his side. They were the three remaining survivors of the Z-team of the androids' attack. Staring at him, she had found herself thinking, 'Damn, he's cute. Nice butt too.' This shocked her to no end, she never looked at anyone's rear before, even if his was cute.
Trunks smiled back.."We are happy to help in any way. My friends and I have heard and seen much on how you and the rest of the Senshi have aided Earth against foes we couldn't even sense. But what is this we hear of that I may be involved with our new disturbance?" He moved his head to the side in hopes to see past the Guardian of Time back to a struggling child in the hands of Neptune and Uranus. 'How odd. She feels familiar in more than just one way...'
Pluto put her hand around Trunks' chin and guided his vision back on to her. "We have someone here that wants to talk to you. She also asks of your help."
Trunks' face change to that of a confused being. "She wants to talk to me? This isn't one of those 'look it's Trunks. He save the world now I want to meet him,' is it?"
Pluto chuckled. "No."
Trunks' eye caught sight of a long slender golden item wagging behind the child's legs. "What the..." He grabbed his mother, who he had brought with him, and pointed at the child. "Look. She's got a tail I think."
Bulma squinted to see at a longer distance and squealed. "It IS a tail! It's just like Goku's, except gold!"
Trunks widened his eyes at the thought of his old friend. "What's going on, Pluto? How can there be another Saiyan? I'm the only one with Saiyan blood left in this Universe."
Pluto grinned. "In this Universe...is correct."
Trunks scratched his head. "Huh?"
Son Usagi looked over to the trio that had arrived with Jupiter and Mercury. This time, she actually got a good look at the two women he had brought. It appeared to be Bulma and Chi-Chi. That did it. Seeing her mother brought back the memories of being taken from home. She remembered all too well the fear she saw in her mother's eyes. She remembered her own fear. She let her memories and emotions take over her senses as she unconsciously raised her power level just enough to rip free from Neptune and Uranus' hold.
"MOMMY!" She cried out as she launched herself into Chi-Chi's arms.
Trunks and Bulma jumped away from the supposed Saiyan child as she refused to let go of her strangle hold on the flabbergasted Chi-Chi. They paid special attention to the tail that was happily waving back and forth behind her legs.
"Mommy?" Thinking the only thing that she could, Bulma glared at her Chi-Chi, and then her son. There was only one way that Chi-Chi could have another Saiyan child. "Chi-Chi, is there anything that you would like to tell me?" She crossed her arms. "Or maybe you, Trunks." Trunks gulped at the glare that he received from his mother.
Son Usagi wasn't paying any attention to the gasps that were taking place around her. She didn't care. The only thing that she cared about was that she was once again in her mother's arms.
Chi-Chi growled as she powered up to her highest form. "Get off!" She wrapped her hands around the child's arms and ruthlessly ripped her off and pushed her away. "My only son and husband are dead. I have no kids!"
Bulma's jaw dropped. "What?"
That was enough to bring tears into Son Usagi's eyes. "What? But Mommy...?" Her body began to tremble with fear.
Chi-Chi snarled louder. "I'm NOT your mother! Stop calling me that!" Normally, Chi-Chi wouldn't have been so heartless, but this child was a Saiyan, like her husband and son. And now, this child was claiming to be her daughter, it was insane. There was no way that she could have been her mother.
Son Usagi burst out with tears and loud wailing at the rejection that she was receiving, convincing all the Senshi that she was indeed Usagi's counter part. After missing her so much, she had dropped her senses and let herself act like an idiot. She knew very well that she wasn't her mother, but she couldn't help it. Her family was the only thing that could make her go weak, and when they even refused to accept her, even if it was in another dimension, that's when she lost it. She couldn't handle it. "But...But..." She saw the sincerity of the anger in Chi-Chi's eyes and couldn't handle it anymore. She couldn't just stand there and receive such harsh treatment, even if this Chi-Chi didn't understand. She powered up and flew away in no particular direction.
Chi-Chi frowned at the tears that she saw in the child's eyes. Seeing them made her rethink her decision. She hadn't meant to make her so upset, but she herself was upset as well. "What's going on?"
(I am SO sorry that it has taken this long to get this chapter out, but With stupid homework every single night since the first day, and I'm not talking tedious work here, I'm talking five to six hours a week, and then you know what that results in... less chapters. I'm trying to write as much as possible in the little spare time that I am given, so please be patient, I am trying to get the chapters done mainly on the weekends now, though I am hoping that things will slow down.... Till next time CYA! )
So far, all hopes to destroy the moon had failed without exception. The group of fighters that were sent to destroy it had failed on all accounts except one, which was their last hope. Gojiita, as he called himself, was ready to do his job, as soon as his supposed allies stopped laughing at him.
~*~*~
The powerful, plump Super Saiyan, Gojiita, stood with his arms crossed, in front of the three fighters on the ground as they laughed at the top of their lungs. "Are you quite finished yet?" Before receiving an answer, his acute Saiyan hearing picked up the soft laughter of what sounded like two children not too far from where he was. "The enemy is here."
At the sound of that, Gohan brought his laughter down to a slight chuckle as he looked upon the new fighter. "Wha...what?" He cursed himself for not being more alert, for letting himself get distracted over such a tedious thing.
Gojiita ignored the younger Saiyan and began taking small steps towards the new arrival. "I can't feel them, why?"
Piccolo stopped his laughter shortly after Gohan and Dende and stood back to his feet. "Do you think the enemy really was on the moon?"
Dende concentrated his powers to where the laughter was coming from. He tried desperately to decipher where the power was as well as what it was meant to feel like. But to his dismay, he was unsuccessful. "That WOULD explain why the you weren't able to destroy it."
Gojiita smirked. "I'll be able to destroy it as soon as I get rid of these enemies." He stopped at a bush and looked down to see the giggling Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury.
~*~*~
Venus, feeling the new power level directly above her, stopped laughing and gulped. "Mercury...!" She whispered, though, she knew that this guy had to have heard it. He appeared to be a Saiyan.
Mercury gulped after Venus and nervously turned her head to look up into the angry eyes of Gojiita. "Uhmmm...hi?"
Minako, knowing all to well the rage of an angry Saiyan, stood up and brushed herself off. "We weren't...laughing at you...were we Mercury?"
Mercury shook her head. "No! We would never laugh at a fine Saiyan like yourself." 'Oh gosh we're dead. This guy is serious.'
Gojiita smirked. "Look what I found. A couple of little girls."
Gohan rushed to his comrade's side and looked down at the girls. "Wait a minute, Gojiita, look at what they're wearing."
Gojiita frowned. "A tutu and a few bows, so what."
Piccolo joined the two Saiyans. "Are you the Sailor Senshi that saved five girls earlier?"
Venus knew that was her cue to introduce themselves. She hoped that this guy was on the side of good so they wouldn't have to fight him. 'Ok, Minako. Don't call them by their names. Remember, you aren't supposed to know them.' With that little reminder to herself, she put on a smile and held her hand out. "That would be us, sir. I am Sailor Venus and this is one of my partners here, Sailor Mercury."
Piccolo eyed the two girls with caution. He wanted to make sure that they could be trusted, though, they HAD saved the girls earlier so they couldn't be all that bad. He extended his hand and met with Venus'. "What side are you on?"
Gojiita frowned at the question. "Just get right to the point, don't you?"
Piccolo growled. "Go do your job before your half hour is up."
Gojiita grumbled to himself as he turned around and waddled to his position. He didn't dare try to fly as he remembered what happened the last time he had tried it against the monster in hell. 'Always using me for the dirty work.'
Gohan couldn't help but let out more laughter as the smaller fighter passed by him. 'Vejita is going to have a fit when they split again.'
Piccolo continued to look down at the two new fighters. He was rather annoyed that he couldn't feel them. "SO?" He let his frustration show in this single word.
Venus jumped back a bit. She knew better than to argue back. She didn't want to get off to a bad start with them or else it could start a war between the two groups. "Yes, sir. We are in fact on your side. We were sent here to destroy a terrible Queen, who goes by the name of Beryl. We are here, now, to urge you NOT to destroy the moon."
Gohan quirked an eyebrow in interest. "And why shouldn't we destroy the moon? It will cause more trouble than that queen, we guarantee it. We have two Saiyans on this planet who will turn into giant apes at the sight of the full moon."
~*~*~
The lone Saiyan, Gojiita, pulled his hands as far to his side as possible. "KAMEHAMEHA!" With a Greater power than the combined power of Vejita, Goku, Piccolo, and Gohan combined, Gojiita shot a powerful Kamehameha wave up at the moon.
~*~*~
Mercury jumped out towards the Saiyan fighter to try and stop him, but soon found herself being blocked by Dende. "Hey! That guy is going to blow up the moon!"
Piccolo gently grabbed the girl's shoulder and pulled her back. He knew better than to be rough with someone he knew nothing about, as well as not knowing what kind of power level the person held. "It's for the best."
Venus remembered what Artimas had told her to tell them about the moon. "Please. Don't blow up the moon. It is the source of our Princess' power. She is the only one who will be able to destroy Beryl. If you blow up the moon, you kill any chance of beating her."
Mercury pulled away from Piccolo with a frown. "Yes. It is essential to keep the moon in place. If our Princess is unable to beat Beryl, she will take over the entire Universe with her hate power. As well, it may injure or even kill our Princess."
Gohan was about as skeptical about these girls as Piccolo and Dende were. "So there is NO enemy on the moon, right?"
Venus shook her head. "No."
Dende; "Then why is there a shield of power around it?"
Mercury and Venus looked at each other in question. They didn't exactly know, but they had a pretty good hunch of what it could have been. Mercury took the first opportunity to answer. "It is working as one with the Princess to protect itself."
Gohan began to put two and two together after hearing that. 'Working as one...?' "Are you saying that this moon is alive?"
Again, the two girls looked to each other for answers. Venus was lost at that point. She had no idea where her friend was going with things, nor did she know where she herself would be able to take it. "Well..."
"Sort of. All existence is life in some form, but the Moon is special. Like we said, it is the source of our Princess AND leader's power, she is eternally bonded to it, and it to her." Mercury frowned as this knowledge suddenly emerged from her mind, wondering where it had come from.
Piccolo groaned. He hated so much to be put into these kinds of positions. It was either chose between saving a supposed Princess, or the two girls who could destroy the world in one night and not even know it. Of course, there was always the option of cutting off their tails. "Gohan, do you think your dad would cut off your sister's tail?"
Gohan nearly face vaulted at that question. "What are you talking about, Piccolo? We're trying to destroy the moon so we don't have to do that. Dad doesn't want to cut off her tail nor does he want to cut off Hotaru's tail. Do you know how devastating that would be for them?"
Piccolo continued to look into the Senshis' eyes, seeing that they were serious. "These girls say that their Princess will lose all her power and maybe her life if we destroy the moon. It sounds like their Princess could be a great help to us. What would be worse, losing your power or cutting off a couple of tails?" Piccolo looked over his shoulder to his best friend.
Gohan groaned in exasperation. He didn't know what to do. It wasn't his choice to call, it was the choice of one, his father. After all, it had been made clear to him that any big decision regarding his sister was in the hands of their parents, and their parents only. "I can't say, Piccolo. We're going to have to wait until dad and Vejita defuse before we can make any final words."
Piccolo nodded. That seemed reasonable. After all, it would only be about twenty more minutes before Gojiita would become two people again. "Ok, we wait until they come apart."
Venus and Mercury were somewhat confused at that point. Mercury; "Come apart?"
Gohan chuckled. "Yes. My father and 'friend', Vejita, decided to perform the fusion dance to become a stronger Saiyan in hopes to destroy the moon."
Venus and Mercury turned to look at each other in awe. They had never seen the outcome of a fusion before, though they had heard a lot about it from Trunks and Goten.
Venus; "Why is he so fat?"
Piccolo laughed. "One of them must have screwed up the fusion." The five who were there began laughing at the sight of their friend again.
Venus hopped to and figured that she had better stop Gojiita before he actually got through to the moon. "Hey! Gojiita person! Stop your attack at once!" She put her hands on her waste when he turned his head and frowned at her. "Come on! Don't be difficult!"
~*~*~
~~Kami's Lookout~~
Rei stood with the adults, who were gazing upon Gojiita's blast to the moon. She crossed her fingers and hoped that her friends were able to stop it in time. It would be a catastrophe if they hadn't. 'Come on girls. Hurry up.'
Beside her, stood Artimas, who had the same thoughts as her. 'If the moon blows all hope is gone. The queen won't have enough power to regenerate everything. She used all her energy as it is. It's all in the hands of the Senshi.'
Yamcha took notice of Rei and frowned. "Shouldn't you be with your friends?"
"I'm not the one who isn't allowed to look at the moon."
Tienshin-han frowned down at the mouthy child. "Speaking of, shouldn't we be checking on the others to see if they need anything? I mean, it's getting late, maybe they're hungry or something."
Rei's eyes went wide at the thought. 'This could blow our cover. They didn't feel the other girls leaving or anything. Uh-oh, quick, Rei. Think of something. You're supposed to be the diverter here now think of a diversion.' "Uh, erm... what if the enemy attacks again?"
Yamcha, who was already making his way back to the Palace, turned back and looked at Rei, who seemed concerned all of a sudden. "Don't worry, we'll protect you."
'Crud! Now what? I can't raise my power level to link with the girls!' "What if they attack earth? Our families are there! While we're here, they could be hurt! We don't even know if the enemy is down there." She began trembling at the thought of losing her grandfather to the enemy. She knew that she couldn't just go and teleport down to help. The adults wouldn't have it.
The adults exchanged a few worried glances and nodded. Krillin looked down at Rei. "We'll go get your families as long as you promise to keep Hotaru from looking at the moon and stay in the Palace."
Rei nodded with a smile. "Sure."
All of a sudden at that moment, the beam of light that had been traveling up to the moon had vanished. The power level that had been creating it had lowered as well.
18; "Looks like they're going to try another way again. I wish they'd just hurry up and find a way to kill it off."
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
Capsule Corp...
Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter had arrived at Capsule Corp. not three hours after they set out, but they had been force to wait for Trunks to come out from a meeting, which he had about five hours later. He had been in conference with some the owners of some of the largest companies in the world. But that was not of any importance to him. He had in fact felt Usagi's power when she fought Tuxedo Kamen and the other Senshi, though he couldn't feel the Senshi. He would have been right there with them fighting the enemy except he had promised his mother to stay on task and stay in the meeting.
Now, he emerged from his meeting room to be greeted by the two Sailor Senshi who had come to retrieve him. He had heard rumors of them, and seen the aftermath of some of the battles, but had never encountered either them or the enemies that they had fought. But what little he did find out, had clearly shown them to be allies to the forces of good.
"Hello, ladies. What's the problem?"
Jupiter got right down to business. "No problem, really. More of an interesting situation that you are sort of involved in."
Trunks soon became confused by her answer. "Me? Involved in? I haven't fought an enemy in so many years, how can I be involved in something?"
Jupiter grinned. "Why don't we go back to Tokyo with us and we'll let someone else explain."
Trunks smirked. He was overly curious as to what he could possibly be involved with. "Ok. Let me just go get a couple of people and we can be on our way. Do you guys want a ride?"
Jupiter blushed. "Of course we do..."
~*~*~
~~Crown Arcade~~
Three hours after Son Usagi had felt the attacks on her dimension's moon, an exhausted Princess duo finally emerged from the arcade with a large packet of paper. The looked around to their fellow Senshi, their friends. They couldn't wait to let them know what they had wished, though, part of them wanted to keep it a secret until it was finally time to make the wish.
Minako; "So? What did you come up with?" She clasped her hands together in front of her mouth and awaited an answer.
Rei's eyes traveled down to the papers that Tsukino Usagi held in her hands and frowned. "Please tell me you didn't make a stupid wish."
Chibi-Usa walked to the two Usagi's and tried to take a peek at what was on the papers, though found Tsukino Usagi holding them too close to see anything of use. "Did you figure out what you wanted? Did you figure out a way to save the Multiverse?"
All made their fears known to the tired pair, until Pluto had had enough. "Enough. Let them be. They have decided the path and when the time is right, they will let you know what they have come up with. Let them be, we still have much to do before we can even think about going to Namek."
Son Usagi grinned. "Yeah, we still have to talk to Trunks." 'I can't wait to see the look on his face when he finds out who I am. This is going to be great. I'm going to finally be able to thank him for saving dad.'
Haruka, the most impatient, frowned. "Ami and Makoto haven't been back yet. I wonder what's taking so long. I know that Tokyo isn't that far from Capsule Corp. It shouldn't have taken this long."
Son Usagi continued to grin. "They'll be here soon. I felt them leave Capsule Corp. about ten minutes ago."
Pluto gasped. "Then you all had better transform fast. We can't let him know who we really are. Hurry girls."
Son Usagi; "I don't have to, do I?"
The Senshi, now transformed, looked around to each other in question. If she didn't transform, then Sailor Moon's identity would be revealed. There would be no point to conceal anything anymore. Pluto weighed the odds in her head, coming up with her decision. "No, you don't. But we had still better. He knows us as the Sailor Senshi and will see you as a friend if you're with us."
Son Usagi looked up and down at the girls' uniforms as they stood before her, once again, as the Sailor Senshi. Before, she hadn't really taken the time to examine them since she was too busy fighting, but now she realized how ridiculous they really did look, but she would never say that to them. The looked much too proud of them to knock them down like that. 'I wonder if they ever question their uniforms.' "Hey, um, don't those heals make fighting hard? And don't those arm sleeves make it kind of hard to move in? And don't you lose those sticks and brooches at all? And that bow in the back, couldn't someone just grab it?"
Mars took the first opportunity to reply for she had often thought about that. "Yes. On several occasions the transformation devices have been taken. Usagi most of all, with it just resting on her chest like that. The enemy has grabbed it and ripped it away, causing her to detransform."
Frowning, Eternal Moon stuck out her tongue at he friend and fellow Senshi. "Hey, I didn't make it into a brooch you know. And if I remember right, a few of you, as in all of you, had the same problem."
A few embarrassed coughs followed that, but no one actually said anything. They hated it when Usagi pointed that out. Rei continued though. "Plus, there have been a few injuries because of the lack of protection of the Uniform. It's not thick enough and rips very easily. And the bow HAS been used against us in the past."
Venus lifted her ankle and rubbed it. "And don't get us started on these heels. God, if I could get my hands on the jerk that made these, you Moon's have it easy with your boots. You have short heals."
Son Usagi was happy that she wasn't the ONLY one who didn't approve of the uniform. She wondered how her friends back home were reacting to them as well. "Well, can't you just change them somehow?"
Tsukino Luna shook her head back and forth. "This is the traditional uniform of the Sailor Senshi. It can't be altered."
An uncomfortable silence fell upon the group as they waited for Trunks, Jupiter, and Mercury to come back. It was taking forever and Son Usagi wasn't even sure what was taking them. He felt him flying to two different places, though she couldn't figure out where they were. But, whatever happened, happened.
Then she thought of something else that she had found humorous about these Sailor Senshi people. "When Chibi-Moon arrived, what was with all that hand thingys and speeches? That just gives an enemy time to prepare."
All but one of the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen buried their faces in embarrassment, the only one grinning was Sailor Moon. "Kiddo, you have a lot to learn about fighting monsters sent by Beryl. Now, not all enemies you fight will have this true, but in fights with Beryl, those sill hand movements and speeches are an essential part of all battles."
Tsukino Luna growled at that and attempted to correct her as fast as possible. She didn't want this new Sailor Moon to be misled. "NO, it's not. It's just a silly hand thing that they all insist on doing, despite my training."
Moon was angered by her adviser's obvious lie, since that had never been mentioned to her. She turned to correct her and caught sight of all her fellow Senshi, including Pluto and Tuxedo Kamen looking quite embarrassed. It was at that moment that she realized that they DID think it was all pointless. And if they thought it was, it must have been since she always seemed to be clueless with things like this, to them anyway. "What? You mean to tell me that we do all those silly entrances without a reason?"
Mars was quick to become annoyed. "Well com'on, Usagi, there isn't a good reason to."
Tsukino Luna nodded. "True, you just don't understand the value of stealth."
Moon became angrier at the thought of doing something that silly for no reason. After all, she had started her first attack with a speech, her instincts had kicked in and she felt it was the best option. It didn't make sense. There had to be a reason to do it otherwise she would have found herself losing a lot more battles than she had. They hadn't steered her wrong yet. Then it hit her, the reason why they should do it. It was obvious if you thought about it hard enough. She turned to her younger self with a smirk. "Kid, lesson two. When fighting a monster from Beryl, always make a dramatic entrance, with hand motion's and corny speeches."
Mars was very nearly ready to protest that when Moon cut her off, on purpose. "First off, these guys are idiots. But they are powerful idiots. They drain energy from humans. The REASON why you make and entrance instead of just attacking straight out is to confuse them. If you attack while they're draining a human, the backlash from the energy could kill them. But, like I said, they're idiots and you can all agree with me on that one." That earned her nods all around. "Confuse them with your entrance, and you do two important things. First, they can't concentrate on two things at once, and automatically drop the energy link because for some odd reason they are more fascinated with what you're doing than their job. Second, while they're focusing on you, someone else can lead them away from the victims."
Son Usagi now respected the corny entrances and hand movements. She now understood what they were there for, but still didn't understand the uniforms. "I'll remember to tell the girls back home that."
Mars had almost nothing to say, and what she did have to say wasn't a protest. "Usagi, are you feeling alright? You seem unusually smart today."
Moon laughed. "I told you. It's all in the comics, as well as thinking back to when we fought Beryl and her people."
Chibi-Moon giggled. "I always wondered why mommy told me to follow your example, instead of Luna's for ideas of entrances."
Tsukino Luna ducked her head at that.
~*~*~
Ten minutes later, Son Usagi felt not three, but five power level fast approaching their destination. She knew exactly who the first three were, but the other two were what baffled her. They felt pretty familiar, but there was something about them that were much, MUCH different. The power levels of these two seemed too strong to be who she thought it was. Though, the Trunks of this time seemed to have a stronger power level than the Trunks of her own time line. She figured that it was just the fact that this Trunks had been through so much more than her Trunks. "They're here." She stated as turned around to see five figures standing across the street. She didn't get a very good look at the two guests as a long semi-truck came barreling through threw the area and when it was gone, she found herself being pulled aside by Sailor Uranus and Neptune while Pluto walked to Trunks. "Hey."
Uranus looked down and shushed the child with a chuckle. "Quiet down for a sec. Pluto is going to introduce you first." Usagi shut her mouth with nothing to say in protest. It was a reasonable request.
Pluto greeted the trio with a smile. "Hello, Trunks. It was smart of you to bring these two with you." She said as she looked upon the two women at his side. They were the three remaining survivors of the Z-team of the androids' attack. Staring at him, she had found herself thinking, 'Damn, he's cute. Nice butt too.' This shocked her to no end, she never looked at anyone's rear before, even if his was cute.
Trunks smiled back.."We are happy to help in any way. My friends and I have heard and seen much on how you and the rest of the Senshi have aided Earth against foes we couldn't even sense. But what is this we hear of that I may be involved with our new disturbance?" He moved his head to the side in hopes to see past the Guardian of Time back to a struggling child in the hands of Neptune and Uranus. 'How odd. She feels familiar in more than just one way...'
Pluto put her hand around Trunks' chin and guided his vision back on to her. "We have someone here that wants to talk to you. She also asks of your help."
Trunks' face change to that of a confused being. "She wants to talk to me? This isn't one of those 'look it's Trunks. He save the world now I want to meet him,' is it?"
Pluto chuckled. "No."
Trunks' eye caught sight of a long slender golden item wagging behind the child's legs. "What the..." He grabbed his mother, who he had brought with him, and pointed at the child. "Look. She's got a tail I think."
Bulma squinted to see at a longer distance and squealed. "It IS a tail! It's just like Goku's, except gold!"
Trunks widened his eyes at the thought of his old friend. "What's going on, Pluto? How can there be another Saiyan? I'm the only one with Saiyan blood left in this Universe."
Pluto grinned. "In this Universe...is correct."
Trunks scratched his head. "Huh?"
Son Usagi looked over to the trio that had arrived with Jupiter and Mercury. This time, she actually got a good look at the two women he had brought. It appeared to be Bulma and Chi-Chi. That did it. Seeing her mother brought back the memories of being taken from home. She remembered all too well the fear she saw in her mother's eyes. She remembered her own fear. She let her memories and emotions take over her senses as she unconsciously raised her power level just enough to rip free from Neptune and Uranus' hold.
"MOMMY!" She cried out as she launched herself into Chi-Chi's arms.
Trunks and Bulma jumped away from the supposed Saiyan child as she refused to let go of her strangle hold on the flabbergasted Chi-Chi. They paid special attention to the tail that was happily waving back and forth behind her legs.
"Mommy?" Thinking the only thing that she could, Bulma glared at her Chi-Chi, and then her son. There was only one way that Chi-Chi could have another Saiyan child. "Chi-Chi, is there anything that you would like to tell me?" She crossed her arms. "Or maybe you, Trunks." Trunks gulped at the glare that he received from his mother.
Son Usagi wasn't paying any attention to the gasps that were taking place around her. She didn't care. The only thing that she cared about was that she was once again in her mother's arms.
Chi-Chi growled as she powered up to her highest form. "Get off!" She wrapped her hands around the child's arms and ruthlessly ripped her off and pushed her away. "My only son and husband are dead. I have no kids!"
Bulma's jaw dropped. "What?"
That was enough to bring tears into Son Usagi's eyes. "What? But Mommy...?" Her body began to tremble with fear.
Chi-Chi snarled louder. "I'm NOT your mother! Stop calling me that!" Normally, Chi-Chi wouldn't have been so heartless, but this child was a Saiyan, like her husband and son. And now, this child was claiming to be her daughter, it was insane. There was no way that she could have been her mother.
Son Usagi burst out with tears and loud wailing at the rejection that she was receiving, convincing all the Senshi that she was indeed Usagi's counter part. After missing her so much, she had dropped her senses and let herself act like an idiot. She knew very well that she wasn't her mother, but she couldn't help it. Her family was the only thing that could make her go weak, and when they even refused to accept her, even if it was in another dimension, that's when she lost it. She couldn't handle it. "But...But..." She saw the sincerity of the anger in Chi-Chi's eyes and couldn't handle it anymore. She couldn't just stand there and receive such harsh treatment, even if this Chi-Chi didn't understand. She powered up and flew away in no particular direction.
Chi-Chi frowned at the tears that she saw in the child's eyes. Seeing them made her rethink her decision. She hadn't meant to make her so upset, but she herself was upset as well. "What's going on?"
(I am SO sorry that it has taken this long to get this chapter out, but With stupid homework every single night since the first day, and I'm not talking tedious work here, I'm talking five to six hours a week, and then you know what that results in... less chapters. I'm trying to write as much as possible in the little spare time that I am given, so please be patient, I am trying to get the chapters done mainly on the weekends now, though I am hoping that things will slow down.... Till next time CYA! )