~*~*~*~
~~The Forest~~
Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka were out, practically in the middle of no where, training for their new enemy at hand when they had felt the dark disturbance in the City. It was still puzzling as to why they, as kids; students; could feel these strange occurrences, but it didn't quite matter. They had always been taught to fight for the safety of the earth, and that's exactly what they would do, too. They wouldn't sit by and let the earth fall to the hands of their dark enemies. And if it meant that they would be the only ones who could feel them and fight them, then so be it.
For some reason unknown to him, Mamoru felt especially passionate about protecting the blue earth; as if he was somehow connected to it; spiritually. His entire life had been one giant preparation to save earth, and he was not about to do it wrong. "Let's move out people! We've got some ass kicking to do!"
Haruka grinned as she raised her power level to her fullest, though it was not nearly as high as Mamoru's for she had not been training in the same art of fighting as he had. "I'll second that."
Michiru giggled at Haruka's will to take charge. "Try NOT to hurt any civilians while we're taking care of these guys though, ok?"
Haruka nodded with a grin. "Take all the fun out of, why don't you?"
Mamoru, for the first time glared back at Haruka for thinking of harming a citizen of earth. "We're trying to protect the people, not KILL them." He frowned at himself. 'Did I just say that?' "We have no time to get the Americans, not that they'll do much help anyway. They aren't as advanced as we are."
~*~*~
~~Son House~~
The obnoxious ringing of the telephone let itself be heard throughout the entire house only moments after the attack at the heart of Satan City. Goku had already left the house to do his almost daily routine of fishing leaving Chi-Chi the only to hear the incessant scream. Being the only occupant of the small house, she promptly put aside what she was doing and put walked to the phone.
Somewhat annoyed with the disturbance, she picked up the receiver. "Hello?" Silence was the only response in which she received from the other side of the phone, only agitating her further. "Who is this?!" Fearful thoughts pressed against her mind as she thought of Usagi being the other person on the line; calling for help.
Little did Chi-Chi know that it was in fact one of her children on the line, just not who she had expected. From the other side came a man's voice; the voice of Gohan. "Mom?"
Chi-Chi sighed with a slight relief. Knowing that Usagi was still safe took a lot off of her worried mind. "Gohan?"
"Yes, mom. Videl just received a rather disturbing phone call from Mr. Satan."
Chi-Chi frowned. She had been disturbed from her housework to be told about a strange phone call from a man who was just naturally strange. "What's new? The man is strange. Gohan, I'm busy right now, can't this wait until later when we get together in Person?"
Gohan sighed. "No, this is kind of urgent." He glanced over to his wife, who was starring back at him with fearful eyes. He took the liberty of continuing when he figured that his mother was not going to say anything more until he did. "Do you remember that cat that Usagi wanted to keep?"
Chi-Chi gulped at that. Why would he bring that mysterious cat up before he said what Mr. Satan had said? Was there more to that cat than they knew? Only time would tell, and questions. "Y...Yes..."
"Have you said whether she could keep it or not?"
Chi-Chi's face turned paler than before as she thought back to earlier that day, when she had in fact told her daughter that she could keep the stray cat. "I ... I did. Why!? Is there anything wrong with letting her keep that cat?! Gohan! What's going on!? How does this tie into Mr. Satan?!"
Gohan himself found himself uneasy after hearing his mother tell him 'yes'; that she had in fact let his little sister keep that demon cat! He slowly turned back to Videl, who was on edge, waiting for him to tell her of the news. "I'm not sure you should have LET her keep that cat..."
In a fast reaction, Videl took a deep breath in and held it. She refused to breathe out again until she heard more news about her sister-in-law.
Chi-Chi, becoming more agitated than before, nearly had a conniption. "GOHAN JUST TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BLASTED CAT ALREADY!"
Gohan gulped. "Yesterday, before Usagi was... kidnapped, Videl's father had a very strange encounter with two cats. A white one, and a black one."
Chi-Chi, not hearing the entire story yet, made he assumptions and calmed down. "Oh, Gohan! Don't scare me like that. There was only one cat yesterday. Whatever this was couldn't have been with this cat. This cat was not even here in the city yesterday."
Gohan began to sweat as he slightly pulled the phone away from his ear so as to not have his ear drum blown when he relayed the next news. "Mother, Videl and I specifically saw a white cat hanging around the girls yesterday."
Chi-Chi frowned. "And just WHAT was so strange about these two cats anyway?" 'I refuse to believe that this has anything to do with MY baby! That would just be the icing on the top of the cake if the enemy sent demon cats here.'
Gohan hesitated to answer her question, but found himself doing it when a stern growl came from the other line. "Well... it seems as though they were talking with each other."
"Talking?"
"That's what he said. They were talking about now being the time to do something. That's all he heard, but they sounded pretty sure of themselves in their conversation. And mom?"
Chi-Chi, ready to faint, was almost afraid to reply. "Wh...what...?"
"They both had crescent moons on their foreheads like that black cat did this morning, and I'm pretty sure that white cat did too. I think they have something to do with the enemy. I mean, they seem to be after Usagi, why not every other fighter on earth as well? You need to get that cat out of here until we know more about it. " Gohan quickly pulled the phone further away from his ear and awaited the yelling that was sure to follow his answer. But oddly enough, nothing happened. Not a single sound came from the other line, except one giant clang, as if the phone had hit against something. Other than that, it was utter silence. Gohan sighed as he calmly hung up the phone and turned to his wife.
Videl, wide eyed and more than curious, jumped out at he husband. "Well?! What's the news!? Wha'd she say!?"
Gohan soon found his arms being clamped down by his wife's hand. "I'm not sure."
Videl glared into his eyes as she pulled away ever so slightly. "What?! How can you Not be sure?!"
Gohan grinned, finding the situation a bit on the humorous side. "Well, I think she fainted. She didn't answer me but there was a clanking sound. No one was on the other line anymore."
~*~*~
Indeed Gohan was right. There wasn't anyone actually on the other line of the phone, but, he was wrong about the fact that his mother had fainted from the news. She had dropped the phone and dashed out of the house for the lake, where she was sure to find her husband. Operation 'Get the Kitty out of the house' was officially underway. There was no way that she was going to let the enemy tramp into her house so it could suck her family dry of its energy.
~*~*~
~~Satan City~~
High above the tallest tower of Satan city stood five mystical figures of Justice; glowing with rage. Seven pair of eyes were fixed upon a giant, black beast which stood to be nearly as tall as an average one-story building. Everything about this creature, from its eyes of pure blackness; teeth all ajar and claws with the thickness of an adult finger, even its creepy hairy and crooked back sent chills down each and everyone of their spines; not to mention the minds of the civilians.
There it was, this ugly creature of hatred, terrorizing an entire town; devouring the innocent for a meal and absorbing their energy while at it. This had to stop, and there were only five warriors who could accomplish that. Five warriors who had grown together, had learned together, experienced virtually everything together. And now, here they were, together as always, only this time, a new sense of hope and justice for all.
How strange it seemed to them that after all they had been through together, it had all been one giant preparation for this time of need; this one enemy. Who knew what kind of enemy would follow this one, if any at all, but it was one thing for sure, they wouldn't let any of them succeed, and that included this one as well. They couldn't afford to let this stubborn group of scoundrels succeed in this lifetime as they had before. Together, as a righteous team, they would prevail over the evil that threatened them all.
Luna trembled as she looked over the edge and down unto the monster from the dark kingdom. "Be careful with this one, Sailor Moon. He's a lot stronger than the ones we fought last night at the castle."
Sailor Moon, only at half mind, calmly nodded. She tried desperately not to let her fear be shown, but it was obvious in her short answer and tone of her voice. "I ... know."
Jupiter narrowed her glare down at the monster with a fear of her own. "That thing is almost as strong as..."
Mars gulped. "Cell."
Mercury whipped out her computer and immediately began analyzing the traits of their enemy. "He seems to be stronger than the one we fought down here on earth last night."
Artimas nodded. "Of course he is. That witch, Beryl, wouldn't have just sent down someone so you can kill it. She's in this for sure." 'That's funny, they seem to be different in this dimension... more beast-like.'
Luna; "Senshi! Don't drop your guard, whatever you do. Sailor Moon, remember your little speech."
Sailor Moon rolled her eyes as she grinned back to her kitty guard. "Yes Luna. I'll confuse the heck outta that thing!"
The other senshi looked to each other in confusion, not knowing any conversations that had gone on in the other dimension.
~*~*~
Meanwhile, down on the ground where the monster was still eagerly devouring the innocent, three figures landed before him, ready to show what humans were made of. In all of their minds they were certain that they could overcome this monster. Where the girls had failed the night before, they would succeed.
The monster arched its hairy back with amusement as it forked one last, screaming victim on its huge claws. It gave its best grinned as he raised the victim to his mouth, clamped his teeth down, and slid his claws out of his mouth; leaving the body inside to be swallowed.
Mamoru's face took up a rather disgusted look. "Disgusting!" He crossed his arms over his chest and frowned as he began walking toward the monster. "Be a good boy and spit it up, eh?"
Haruka took her own initiative to hover above ground so she could be at face level with the monster. "Didn't anyone tell you? It's OUR job to terrorize the people of this town. Now we have to teach you a lesson!"
The monster didn't react to either of the fighters. Instead, it just walked to the nearest business tower and looked in an eye level window. Needless to say a few screams arose from that action, which seemed to entertain this sick, sadistic killer.
Mamoru smirked. "Seems like it's got a sick sense of humor." He paused; getting an evil grin upon his face. "But I'm worse!" At that, he let the blood fest begin.
~*~*~
Up atop the building roof where the Sailor Senshi and their advisors stood, they were just getting ready to go down and take out the monster when they had noticed three idiots trying to stand up to the ruthless beast.
Venus; "Oh my gosh! Look! That isn't just ANY freak! That's OUR freak!" She pulled Jupiter aside and pointed down to the three fighters, whom they all knew very well.
Jupiter gasped. "It IS! Look you guys! It's Michiru, Mamoru, and Haruka!"
Sailor Moon dropped to her knees to get a better look at who was down there. "They're gonna get hurt!"
Luna jumped to her side with a frown. "Then what are you waiting for! Get down there and do your job!"
Mars grabbed her leader by the tail and pulled her backward. Moon growled aloud as she glared back at her supposed friend. "HEY! What's the deal!?"
Mars gave back a glare of her own with a giggle to keep any hard feelings from coming between the two of them. "Best to hide that thing while we're Senshi."
Moon giggled as she quickly wrapped her tail around her waist. "Oops... guess you're right." Hastily, she pushed herself up from the ground, not even taking time to dust herself off. Keeping in mind that her tail would be a dead give away to the rat pack down on the streets below, Sailor Moon hid her Saiyan heritage with her tail under skirt and around her waist. "Let's kick some monster butt, shall we?"
Venus nodded as she took to the air. "Let's!"
~*~*~
Mamoru breathed heavily with a glare as he stood face to face with the enemy, though, there was something strange about him, something different. On his upper, left arm was a tiny slit extending from left to right. A fine trail of blood seemed to be making its way down with a slight tingle.
Mamoru paid very little attention to the wound he had just earned himself. He was more interested in what had just taken place; figuring out this monster's style of fighting. Mamoru had 'heroically' charged for the abominable, human-eating monster with Ki enhanced fists, but to his own surprise it proved to be faster and less detectable than any one whom he had fought in the past. Before he knew what had even begun to take place, he found himself alone and facing the opposite direction of his target with a stinging sensation in his left arm.
Perhaps for the first time in his short life, he quivered in fear. That speed, that power, it reminded him too much of his past with Cell. If these monsters really were sent by the same organization who had sent Cell, the earth of this time was in a heap of trouble that would take a miracle to survive. But he was willing to rise to the challenge.
A single, small movement of Haruka advancing forward caught his eye, causing him to frown in her direction. "Stay back. You don't know what kind of power these people have. I didn't think that it would be as strong as Cell, but for some reason it is. I've advanced a lot in power so I should be able to handle them."
Haruka gave a glare of her own to Mamoru. "Are you saying that I can't kick the crap outta that ugly heap of crap?"
Michiru, having more sense than her partner, pulled her back. "Haruka, please. Don't start this now. I think we should listen to him. He has had experience with this sort of thing before, and he has been training longer than us."
Mamoru grinned. "Exactly."
Haruka rolled her eyes with a growl of frustration. How dare they say that she is not capable of fighting at the same level as Mamoru. She had been fighting ever since an early age, granted it was not in the art of Ki-Jistu, but it was still fighting. "Oh please, don't give him a reason to enlarge his ego."
At that moment, a blinding white light, carrying four of the five planetary warriors, filled the vicinity of the fighting platform causing the bickering between earth's young fighters to cease and the monster in which they were fighting to back down a ways.
Accompanying this magnificent light, suited for even the highest of royalty, came a new power, not completely unknown to those of the rat pack. This new power felt strangely familiar to the three, but somehow, different at the same time. How this was possible, they could not tell.
Mamoru, enraged that his fight had been interrupted by first, Haruka, and now the four mysterious warriors, planted his feet into the soil and glared around into the eyes of Sailor Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. "Who the hell are you?!" He solemnly asked, not letting his anger go unknown to those around.
No answer came but from the monster itself. "Senshi...!"
Mamoru gasped with the widening of his eyes. "You're the Sailor Senshi?" He let his eyes follow up and down the body of Sailor Mercury, who stood directly before him. "You're nothing more than a little kid! Move aside and let a man show you how it's done."
"It's true that we're just be little kids..." Yet another Sailor Senshi dropped from the sky to stand in the center of the circle that her fellow Senshi had created around Mamoru and his two female friends. "...but we're strong kids!"
Mamoru grinned as he pushed Sailor Moon to the side. He tried desperately not to join in with Michiru and Haruka, who were 'graciously' laughing. "Yes well, just because you can jump from high places and land on your feet does not mean that you can fight things like this. You should get running along now because I hear your mommy calling. I wouldn't want to deliver a corpse to her and have to tell her how her daughter died, now would I?"
Sailor Moon supported a grin of her own as she lightly punched the unsuspecting Mamoru in the gut, causing him to fall into her arms. "I might ask you the same question." She gently threw his limp body to Michiru, who was now in the air.
'How did she know Mamoru's name?'
Mercury pulled out her small computer and began examining the monster, who was just coming around from the light in which they had created. "This guy is definitely stronger than the guy we fought last night."
Venus; "And a lot grosser looking too!"
~*~*~
Michiru pulled Haruka away from the group of fighters to a nearby building that had actually been able to survive the attack that it had been through. Most of the top had crumbled to the city below, but the first five stories seemed to be sound enough for them to seek shelter in; not to mention watch the fight that was sure to come in the following moments.
~*~*~
The large, growling creature extended its claws and sniffed around the Senshi of the Moon. It turned its nose up with a grumble.
Sailor Moon turned her own nose up at the beast with a bit of fear. "Uh...! Mercury, what's going on?"
"I...I'm not exactly sure of that." She fiddled with her computer for any possible answers.
The creature pulled its lips back a bit and lifted its hand above Sailor Moon's face. Mars especially found this odd. The vibes from this monster that she was receiving were not of the best, either. "Is it blind?"
Venus giggled. "I think it's broken!" She chirped.
~*~*~
Luna and Artimas lowered their heads in embarrassment. What they would have given to have more time to prep these girls on the ethics of fighting the dark kingdom. In the past, the seemed to be quite devious, and were proving to be here as well.
~*~*~
The monster let out its own chuckle of a growl and relentlessly clamped its entire hand over the face of Sailor Moon. "Power!" Thinking only to please its queen, as he had been so carefully programmed to do, it slowly moved its claws downward and inserted them deep into the flesh of our dear Sailor Moon's shoulders, causing her to wail aloud.
Sailor Moon immediately began struggling to break free of the massive hand that was planted in the center of her face. Her cries were muffled, but still heard by all who could help, which was the signal for the others to help.
Mercury stayed back to find any information about this particular enemy in the database of her computer while her fellow Senshi began their attacks. Any faults she could find would be useful, but it would be a time consuming act as she hadn't fully grasped the system of search.
Jupiter, quite the opposite of her friend of Mercury, charged for the monster with a bright, green K attack sitting in her palms just waiting to be thrown through the unsuspecting body of an enemy. "You're mine!"
Venus jumped into the air to be face level with the monster as it had Sailor Moon lifted into the air, ready to throw into his mouth. She wasted no time with petty words, as she had learned from fighting Cell would only get them into a deeper trouble. Instead, she built up her energy into one, power ball of her own. Jupiter timed the release of her precious attack so carefully so it would match up to the exact time as Venus' and hit directly in the center of the body.
Mars, on the other hand, built up her energy into her fist so she would be able to perform a power punch to the head of this mysterious creature. There was no way that she would let Sailor Moon be killed on the first day of their mission. Especially since it was one of her closest friends.
Venus and Jupiter's attacks were released, allowing them to go spiraling to their target, which still firmly held Moon in his grip. But that was all to change very soon. The beast laid its eyes upon the two attacks flying in its direction and only chuckled with a slight hint of a growl. It quickly ripped its grip off of Sailor Moon, claws out of flesh and all, and threw her in front of the balls of energy.
Sailor Moon, being too wounded to dodge, only looked forward to energy balls with nearly emotionless eyes. But there was hope for her yet. Just before the energy balls and the Senshi of the Moon were to intersect, a bright, blue light carried her out of harms way.
The monster was too shocked that Sailor Moon had been able to dodge that it hadn't even realized that it was still in danger of being hit. And therefore, before it had a chance to even see that the two attacks of Sailor Jupiter and Venus were still coming forward, they hit, along with Sailor Mars' Ki driven power punch to the back of what looked to be a neck.
Mercury landed to the ground just in time to set her companion down and look back at what was taking place, and what she saw amazed her more than she had been the night before. Jupiter's attack had actually made contact a split second before that of Venus', creating a hole for Venus' attack to fit right into. From there, it was all over, no more hope lie anywhere in the land for the demon. Venus' love power, being complete opposite of Dark energy, acted as an acid to the demon, eating it from the inside out. Needless to say that Mars' power punch took a giant chunk out of the neck area, but alone, it only weakened the monster. Alone, it would have failed to defeat.
Sailor Moon, near unconsciousness, was still very well aware of the large decrease in power that was taking place in the near vicinity, but she could do nothing at that point. She was completely helpless in her current state. How stupid she had been for just standing there and allowing the enemy to grab her like that. Why hadn't she detected the movements? After all the mental reprimanding she had given herself after Cell, she had STILL failed to take things to a serious extent. She had still chosen 'play' around; why? Was it that she was unable to handle her job, or was it that she was just being a normal, curious child? Never the less, the job was done. Her friends had come to her aid, and, in the process, defeated their first threat.
~*~*~
Still from the rooftop, Artimas and Luna watched in total amazement as the massive body of the demon fell to the ground. They hadn't expected the Senshi to defeat their enemy so fast.
Artimas; "They did better than we had hoped."
Luna nodded. "They already know how to work as a team. That's something that we don't have to teach them."
Artimas frowned as he looked down at the fallen Senshi of the Moon. "We're going to have to teach Her how to fight as a true Senshi if she wants to survive as the Moon Princess."
Luna grimly nodded as she walked to the stairs that led down to the city streets. "I know."
~*~*~
Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka were equally astonished at what had just taken place. Especially Mamoru. That enemy was nearly as strong as Cell had been in the past. The girls had barely been able to take him out then and now, here these Senshi from another world were taking this thing out as if it meant nothing. How could that be? Were they really that much stronger than him?
"Those girls..."
Michiru turned around to Mamoru with a twinkle of though in her eye. "Are awfully familiar."
~*~*~
Jupiter grabbed her wrist as she walked to what remained of the body. Although, she couldn't get all that close for there was a black goo surrounding the entire thing, which seemed to be boiling at an unimaginable temperature. "What is this?"
Venus grabbed her nose so she wouldn't have to smell the intense stench that arose from the demon. "Eeww! That stuff looks like that gooey stuff that came from Cell's egg." Her eyes traveled upward to the giant hole that had been created in the gut of the demon and what she saw put fright in her eyes. Nothing, she saw absolutely nothing. That attack had literally eaten everything that had previously been inside. All that remained was the body and the goo that had been squeezed out from the two attacks.
"I hope so. It's from the same group of people." She gently placed her hands under Sailor Moon's back, careful not to touch the shoulder wounds. "Come and help me, girls."
~*~*~
~Dark Dimension: Beryl's Lair
Queen Beryl dug her nails into the palms of her hands as she glared down at the female servant before her, who had just brought her the news of their recent defeat. "I thought you assured me that this would do the trick!" She snapped, sending chills of fear down her servant's spine.
"We...We thought it would. We were monitoring the progress while we the fight was going..."
Beryl threw a wine glass at the woman before her. "You call THAT a fight?! It lasted no more than five minutes! That was weak! Pathetic!"
The woman on the floor pulled back. She could honestly say that she feared for her life at that point. "I'm sorry your majesty. Our scientists didn't have enough energy left over to make a sufficient enemy, but we have enough. We will go to the body and retrieve the energy that we received from this demon." She paused when she got a glare of happiness come from her queen.
"And how is that?"
The woman gulped. "Well, your Excellency, the body was not fully destroyed."
"And that helps us because!?" It was obvious that Beryl's patience were wearing quite thin by the harshness of her tone.
"It should still hold in the energy that it collected from the citizens of the city. As long as Sailor Moon doesn't totally fry our demons with her Moon power, and it's the other Senshi who kill them, then we have a steady amount of power coming in."
Beryl smirked with pure evilness. "Then make sure those damn scientists program the next one to knock that Moon brat out right away."
A smile arose on her loyal Servant's face. "We're one step ahead of you, my liege."
~*~*~
~Earth: Satan City
Sailor Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter had gathered themselves around their leader, who had wounds that had actually gone through from one side to the other; actual holes in her body. Luna and Artimas were close by as well.
Mercury, having studied medicine almost then entire summer before with her mother, knew a little of what to do, but not much. She had never been prepped on what to do with a wound such as this. All she knew was to try to stop the bleeding as much as possible, but how could she? Both shoulders had been completely broken through with four holes on each side. "Usagi, hold on! We'll get you to a hospital soon!"
~*~*~
Little did the group know that Mamoru was creeping close by. He had found himself actually wanting to make sure that the girl was ok, and not in near death condition. 'Usagi?'
~*~*~
Moon opened her eyes with a warm smile. "I'll be find, Ami. I just need to get enough energy up to heal myself."
Mars frowned. "What are you talking about? We can just teleport you home and get some Senzu beans from your parents."
Artimas jumped onto Mars' head for that one. "We can't do that! Then your secret will be out!"
Moon panted as she slowly and painfully sat up. "Can you guys lend some energy?"
Venus; "Of course."
The entire group nodded and placed their hands upon their leader and began concentrating their power into her body. Slowly, but surely, Sailor Moon could feel the warm energy, known only by friendship. She would have to thank them yet again for coming to her aid in times of need. Using this new energy to her advantage, her body began to glow an ignited silver filled with energy from all planets of the inner solar system.
~*~*~
From afar, atop a building stood one lone figure of orange. His eyes narrowed into a nice glare down upon those who were aiding the fallen Senshi in her quest to heal herself. This figure was not of Goku, nor was it of Goten, it was of Gohan, who had been disturbed by fleeing citizens running down the ragged streets in his neighborhood. 'That healing power...'
(Maybe if FF.Net would actually let me download earlier, this may have come out a lot sooner cause I've had it written for about two weeks now. I just kept getting these stupid errors. All better now. Getting right on the next chapter so you don't have to wait so long, and maybe we'll all get lucky and FF.Net won't be a pain and shut itself down again. ^_^ Anyway, how was it? Love ta hear! Ja! )
~~The Forest~~
Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka were out, practically in the middle of no where, training for their new enemy at hand when they had felt the dark disturbance in the City. It was still puzzling as to why they, as kids; students; could feel these strange occurrences, but it didn't quite matter. They had always been taught to fight for the safety of the earth, and that's exactly what they would do, too. They wouldn't sit by and let the earth fall to the hands of their dark enemies. And if it meant that they would be the only ones who could feel them and fight them, then so be it.
For some reason unknown to him, Mamoru felt especially passionate about protecting the blue earth; as if he was somehow connected to it; spiritually. His entire life had been one giant preparation to save earth, and he was not about to do it wrong. "Let's move out people! We've got some ass kicking to do!"
Haruka grinned as she raised her power level to her fullest, though it was not nearly as high as Mamoru's for she had not been training in the same art of fighting as he had. "I'll second that."
Michiru giggled at Haruka's will to take charge. "Try NOT to hurt any civilians while we're taking care of these guys though, ok?"
Haruka nodded with a grin. "Take all the fun out of, why don't you?"
Mamoru, for the first time glared back at Haruka for thinking of harming a citizen of earth. "We're trying to protect the people, not KILL them." He frowned at himself. 'Did I just say that?' "We have no time to get the Americans, not that they'll do much help anyway. They aren't as advanced as we are."
~*~*~
~~Son House~~
The obnoxious ringing of the telephone let itself be heard throughout the entire house only moments after the attack at the heart of Satan City. Goku had already left the house to do his almost daily routine of fishing leaving Chi-Chi the only to hear the incessant scream. Being the only occupant of the small house, she promptly put aside what she was doing and put walked to the phone.
Somewhat annoyed with the disturbance, she picked up the receiver. "Hello?" Silence was the only response in which she received from the other side of the phone, only agitating her further. "Who is this?!" Fearful thoughts pressed against her mind as she thought of Usagi being the other person on the line; calling for help.
Little did Chi-Chi know that it was in fact one of her children on the line, just not who she had expected. From the other side came a man's voice; the voice of Gohan. "Mom?"
Chi-Chi sighed with a slight relief. Knowing that Usagi was still safe took a lot off of her worried mind. "Gohan?"
"Yes, mom. Videl just received a rather disturbing phone call from Mr. Satan."
Chi-Chi frowned. She had been disturbed from her housework to be told about a strange phone call from a man who was just naturally strange. "What's new? The man is strange. Gohan, I'm busy right now, can't this wait until later when we get together in Person?"
Gohan sighed. "No, this is kind of urgent." He glanced over to his wife, who was starring back at him with fearful eyes. He took the liberty of continuing when he figured that his mother was not going to say anything more until he did. "Do you remember that cat that Usagi wanted to keep?"
Chi-Chi gulped at that. Why would he bring that mysterious cat up before he said what Mr. Satan had said? Was there more to that cat than they knew? Only time would tell, and questions. "Y...Yes..."
"Have you said whether she could keep it or not?"
Chi-Chi's face turned paler than before as she thought back to earlier that day, when she had in fact told her daughter that she could keep the stray cat. "I ... I did. Why!? Is there anything wrong with letting her keep that cat?! Gohan! What's going on!? How does this tie into Mr. Satan?!"
Gohan himself found himself uneasy after hearing his mother tell him 'yes'; that she had in fact let his little sister keep that demon cat! He slowly turned back to Videl, who was on edge, waiting for him to tell her of the news. "I'm not sure you should have LET her keep that cat..."
In a fast reaction, Videl took a deep breath in and held it. She refused to breathe out again until she heard more news about her sister-in-law.
Chi-Chi, becoming more agitated than before, nearly had a conniption. "GOHAN JUST TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BLASTED CAT ALREADY!"
Gohan gulped. "Yesterday, before Usagi was... kidnapped, Videl's father had a very strange encounter with two cats. A white one, and a black one."
Chi-Chi, not hearing the entire story yet, made he assumptions and calmed down. "Oh, Gohan! Don't scare me like that. There was only one cat yesterday. Whatever this was couldn't have been with this cat. This cat was not even here in the city yesterday."
Gohan began to sweat as he slightly pulled the phone away from his ear so as to not have his ear drum blown when he relayed the next news. "Mother, Videl and I specifically saw a white cat hanging around the girls yesterday."
Chi-Chi frowned. "And just WHAT was so strange about these two cats anyway?" 'I refuse to believe that this has anything to do with MY baby! That would just be the icing on the top of the cake if the enemy sent demon cats here.'
Gohan hesitated to answer her question, but found himself doing it when a stern growl came from the other line. "Well... it seems as though they were talking with each other."
"Talking?"
"That's what he said. They were talking about now being the time to do something. That's all he heard, but they sounded pretty sure of themselves in their conversation. And mom?"
Chi-Chi, ready to faint, was almost afraid to reply. "Wh...what...?"
"They both had crescent moons on their foreheads like that black cat did this morning, and I'm pretty sure that white cat did too. I think they have something to do with the enemy. I mean, they seem to be after Usagi, why not every other fighter on earth as well? You need to get that cat out of here until we know more about it. " Gohan quickly pulled the phone further away from his ear and awaited the yelling that was sure to follow his answer. But oddly enough, nothing happened. Not a single sound came from the other line, except one giant clang, as if the phone had hit against something. Other than that, it was utter silence. Gohan sighed as he calmly hung up the phone and turned to his wife.
Videl, wide eyed and more than curious, jumped out at he husband. "Well?! What's the news!? Wha'd she say!?"
Gohan soon found his arms being clamped down by his wife's hand. "I'm not sure."
Videl glared into his eyes as she pulled away ever so slightly. "What?! How can you Not be sure?!"
Gohan grinned, finding the situation a bit on the humorous side. "Well, I think she fainted. She didn't answer me but there was a clanking sound. No one was on the other line anymore."
~*~*~
Indeed Gohan was right. There wasn't anyone actually on the other line of the phone, but, he was wrong about the fact that his mother had fainted from the news. She had dropped the phone and dashed out of the house for the lake, where she was sure to find her husband. Operation 'Get the Kitty out of the house' was officially underway. There was no way that she was going to let the enemy tramp into her house so it could suck her family dry of its energy.
~*~*~
~~Satan City~~
High above the tallest tower of Satan city stood five mystical figures of Justice; glowing with rage. Seven pair of eyes were fixed upon a giant, black beast which stood to be nearly as tall as an average one-story building. Everything about this creature, from its eyes of pure blackness; teeth all ajar and claws with the thickness of an adult finger, even its creepy hairy and crooked back sent chills down each and everyone of their spines; not to mention the minds of the civilians.
There it was, this ugly creature of hatred, terrorizing an entire town; devouring the innocent for a meal and absorbing their energy while at it. This had to stop, and there were only five warriors who could accomplish that. Five warriors who had grown together, had learned together, experienced virtually everything together. And now, here they were, together as always, only this time, a new sense of hope and justice for all.
How strange it seemed to them that after all they had been through together, it had all been one giant preparation for this time of need; this one enemy. Who knew what kind of enemy would follow this one, if any at all, but it was one thing for sure, they wouldn't let any of them succeed, and that included this one as well. They couldn't afford to let this stubborn group of scoundrels succeed in this lifetime as they had before. Together, as a righteous team, they would prevail over the evil that threatened them all.
Luna trembled as she looked over the edge and down unto the monster from the dark kingdom. "Be careful with this one, Sailor Moon. He's a lot stronger than the ones we fought last night at the castle."
Sailor Moon, only at half mind, calmly nodded. She tried desperately not to let her fear be shown, but it was obvious in her short answer and tone of her voice. "I ... know."
Jupiter narrowed her glare down at the monster with a fear of her own. "That thing is almost as strong as..."
Mars gulped. "Cell."
Mercury whipped out her computer and immediately began analyzing the traits of their enemy. "He seems to be stronger than the one we fought down here on earth last night."
Artimas nodded. "Of course he is. That witch, Beryl, wouldn't have just sent down someone so you can kill it. She's in this for sure." 'That's funny, they seem to be different in this dimension... more beast-like.'
Luna; "Senshi! Don't drop your guard, whatever you do. Sailor Moon, remember your little speech."
Sailor Moon rolled her eyes as she grinned back to her kitty guard. "Yes Luna. I'll confuse the heck outta that thing!"
The other senshi looked to each other in confusion, not knowing any conversations that had gone on in the other dimension.
~*~*~
Meanwhile, down on the ground where the monster was still eagerly devouring the innocent, three figures landed before him, ready to show what humans were made of. In all of their minds they were certain that they could overcome this monster. Where the girls had failed the night before, they would succeed.
The monster arched its hairy back with amusement as it forked one last, screaming victim on its huge claws. It gave its best grinned as he raised the victim to his mouth, clamped his teeth down, and slid his claws out of his mouth; leaving the body inside to be swallowed.
Mamoru's face took up a rather disgusted look. "Disgusting!" He crossed his arms over his chest and frowned as he began walking toward the monster. "Be a good boy and spit it up, eh?"
Haruka took her own initiative to hover above ground so she could be at face level with the monster. "Didn't anyone tell you? It's OUR job to terrorize the people of this town. Now we have to teach you a lesson!"
The monster didn't react to either of the fighters. Instead, it just walked to the nearest business tower and looked in an eye level window. Needless to say a few screams arose from that action, which seemed to entertain this sick, sadistic killer.
Mamoru smirked. "Seems like it's got a sick sense of humor." He paused; getting an evil grin upon his face. "But I'm worse!" At that, he let the blood fest begin.
~*~*~
Up atop the building roof where the Sailor Senshi and their advisors stood, they were just getting ready to go down and take out the monster when they had noticed three idiots trying to stand up to the ruthless beast.
Venus; "Oh my gosh! Look! That isn't just ANY freak! That's OUR freak!" She pulled Jupiter aside and pointed down to the three fighters, whom they all knew very well.
Jupiter gasped. "It IS! Look you guys! It's Michiru, Mamoru, and Haruka!"
Sailor Moon dropped to her knees to get a better look at who was down there. "They're gonna get hurt!"
Luna jumped to her side with a frown. "Then what are you waiting for! Get down there and do your job!"
Mars grabbed her leader by the tail and pulled her backward. Moon growled aloud as she glared back at her supposed friend. "HEY! What's the deal!?"
Mars gave back a glare of her own with a giggle to keep any hard feelings from coming between the two of them. "Best to hide that thing while we're Senshi."
Moon giggled as she quickly wrapped her tail around her waist. "Oops... guess you're right." Hastily, she pushed herself up from the ground, not even taking time to dust herself off. Keeping in mind that her tail would be a dead give away to the rat pack down on the streets below, Sailor Moon hid her Saiyan heritage with her tail under skirt and around her waist. "Let's kick some monster butt, shall we?"
Venus nodded as she took to the air. "Let's!"
~*~*~
Mamoru breathed heavily with a glare as he stood face to face with the enemy, though, there was something strange about him, something different. On his upper, left arm was a tiny slit extending from left to right. A fine trail of blood seemed to be making its way down with a slight tingle.
Mamoru paid very little attention to the wound he had just earned himself. He was more interested in what had just taken place; figuring out this monster's style of fighting. Mamoru had 'heroically' charged for the abominable, human-eating monster with Ki enhanced fists, but to his own surprise it proved to be faster and less detectable than any one whom he had fought in the past. Before he knew what had even begun to take place, he found himself alone and facing the opposite direction of his target with a stinging sensation in his left arm.
Perhaps for the first time in his short life, he quivered in fear. That speed, that power, it reminded him too much of his past with Cell. If these monsters really were sent by the same organization who had sent Cell, the earth of this time was in a heap of trouble that would take a miracle to survive. But he was willing to rise to the challenge.
A single, small movement of Haruka advancing forward caught his eye, causing him to frown in her direction. "Stay back. You don't know what kind of power these people have. I didn't think that it would be as strong as Cell, but for some reason it is. I've advanced a lot in power so I should be able to handle them."
Haruka gave a glare of her own to Mamoru. "Are you saying that I can't kick the crap outta that ugly heap of crap?"
Michiru, having more sense than her partner, pulled her back. "Haruka, please. Don't start this now. I think we should listen to him. He has had experience with this sort of thing before, and he has been training longer than us."
Mamoru grinned. "Exactly."
Haruka rolled her eyes with a growl of frustration. How dare they say that she is not capable of fighting at the same level as Mamoru. She had been fighting ever since an early age, granted it was not in the art of Ki-Jistu, but it was still fighting. "Oh please, don't give him a reason to enlarge his ego."
At that moment, a blinding white light, carrying four of the five planetary warriors, filled the vicinity of the fighting platform causing the bickering between earth's young fighters to cease and the monster in which they were fighting to back down a ways.
Accompanying this magnificent light, suited for even the highest of royalty, came a new power, not completely unknown to those of the rat pack. This new power felt strangely familiar to the three, but somehow, different at the same time. How this was possible, they could not tell.
Mamoru, enraged that his fight had been interrupted by first, Haruka, and now the four mysterious warriors, planted his feet into the soil and glared around into the eyes of Sailor Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. "Who the hell are you?!" He solemnly asked, not letting his anger go unknown to those around.
No answer came but from the monster itself. "Senshi...!"
Mamoru gasped with the widening of his eyes. "You're the Sailor Senshi?" He let his eyes follow up and down the body of Sailor Mercury, who stood directly before him. "You're nothing more than a little kid! Move aside and let a man show you how it's done."
"It's true that we're just be little kids..." Yet another Sailor Senshi dropped from the sky to stand in the center of the circle that her fellow Senshi had created around Mamoru and his two female friends. "...but we're strong kids!"
Mamoru grinned as he pushed Sailor Moon to the side. He tried desperately not to join in with Michiru and Haruka, who were 'graciously' laughing. "Yes well, just because you can jump from high places and land on your feet does not mean that you can fight things like this. You should get running along now because I hear your mommy calling. I wouldn't want to deliver a corpse to her and have to tell her how her daughter died, now would I?"
Sailor Moon supported a grin of her own as she lightly punched the unsuspecting Mamoru in the gut, causing him to fall into her arms. "I might ask you the same question." She gently threw his limp body to Michiru, who was now in the air.
'How did she know Mamoru's name?'
Mercury pulled out her small computer and began examining the monster, who was just coming around from the light in which they had created. "This guy is definitely stronger than the guy we fought last night."
Venus; "And a lot grosser looking too!"
~*~*~
Michiru pulled Haruka away from the group of fighters to a nearby building that had actually been able to survive the attack that it had been through. Most of the top had crumbled to the city below, but the first five stories seemed to be sound enough for them to seek shelter in; not to mention watch the fight that was sure to come in the following moments.
~*~*~
The large, growling creature extended its claws and sniffed around the Senshi of the Moon. It turned its nose up with a grumble.
Sailor Moon turned her own nose up at the beast with a bit of fear. "Uh...! Mercury, what's going on?"
"I...I'm not exactly sure of that." She fiddled with her computer for any possible answers.
The creature pulled its lips back a bit and lifted its hand above Sailor Moon's face. Mars especially found this odd. The vibes from this monster that she was receiving were not of the best, either. "Is it blind?"
Venus giggled. "I think it's broken!" She chirped.
~*~*~
Luna and Artimas lowered their heads in embarrassment. What they would have given to have more time to prep these girls on the ethics of fighting the dark kingdom. In the past, the seemed to be quite devious, and were proving to be here as well.
~*~*~
The monster let out its own chuckle of a growl and relentlessly clamped its entire hand over the face of Sailor Moon. "Power!" Thinking only to please its queen, as he had been so carefully programmed to do, it slowly moved its claws downward and inserted them deep into the flesh of our dear Sailor Moon's shoulders, causing her to wail aloud.
Sailor Moon immediately began struggling to break free of the massive hand that was planted in the center of her face. Her cries were muffled, but still heard by all who could help, which was the signal for the others to help.
Mercury stayed back to find any information about this particular enemy in the database of her computer while her fellow Senshi began their attacks. Any faults she could find would be useful, but it would be a time consuming act as she hadn't fully grasped the system of search.
Jupiter, quite the opposite of her friend of Mercury, charged for the monster with a bright, green K attack sitting in her palms just waiting to be thrown through the unsuspecting body of an enemy. "You're mine!"
Venus jumped into the air to be face level with the monster as it had Sailor Moon lifted into the air, ready to throw into his mouth. She wasted no time with petty words, as she had learned from fighting Cell would only get them into a deeper trouble. Instead, she built up her energy into one, power ball of her own. Jupiter timed the release of her precious attack so carefully so it would match up to the exact time as Venus' and hit directly in the center of the body.
Mars, on the other hand, built up her energy into her fist so she would be able to perform a power punch to the head of this mysterious creature. There was no way that she would let Sailor Moon be killed on the first day of their mission. Especially since it was one of her closest friends.
Venus and Jupiter's attacks were released, allowing them to go spiraling to their target, which still firmly held Moon in his grip. But that was all to change very soon. The beast laid its eyes upon the two attacks flying in its direction and only chuckled with a slight hint of a growl. It quickly ripped its grip off of Sailor Moon, claws out of flesh and all, and threw her in front of the balls of energy.
Sailor Moon, being too wounded to dodge, only looked forward to energy balls with nearly emotionless eyes. But there was hope for her yet. Just before the energy balls and the Senshi of the Moon were to intersect, a bright, blue light carried her out of harms way.
The monster was too shocked that Sailor Moon had been able to dodge that it hadn't even realized that it was still in danger of being hit. And therefore, before it had a chance to even see that the two attacks of Sailor Jupiter and Venus were still coming forward, they hit, along with Sailor Mars' Ki driven power punch to the back of what looked to be a neck.
Mercury landed to the ground just in time to set her companion down and look back at what was taking place, and what she saw amazed her more than she had been the night before. Jupiter's attack had actually made contact a split second before that of Venus', creating a hole for Venus' attack to fit right into. From there, it was all over, no more hope lie anywhere in the land for the demon. Venus' love power, being complete opposite of Dark energy, acted as an acid to the demon, eating it from the inside out. Needless to say that Mars' power punch took a giant chunk out of the neck area, but alone, it only weakened the monster. Alone, it would have failed to defeat.
Sailor Moon, near unconsciousness, was still very well aware of the large decrease in power that was taking place in the near vicinity, but she could do nothing at that point. She was completely helpless in her current state. How stupid she had been for just standing there and allowing the enemy to grab her like that. Why hadn't she detected the movements? After all the mental reprimanding she had given herself after Cell, she had STILL failed to take things to a serious extent. She had still chosen 'play' around; why? Was it that she was unable to handle her job, or was it that she was just being a normal, curious child? Never the less, the job was done. Her friends had come to her aid, and, in the process, defeated their first threat.
~*~*~
Still from the rooftop, Artimas and Luna watched in total amazement as the massive body of the demon fell to the ground. They hadn't expected the Senshi to defeat their enemy so fast.
Artimas; "They did better than we had hoped."
Luna nodded. "They already know how to work as a team. That's something that we don't have to teach them."
Artimas frowned as he looked down at the fallen Senshi of the Moon. "We're going to have to teach Her how to fight as a true Senshi if she wants to survive as the Moon Princess."
Luna grimly nodded as she walked to the stairs that led down to the city streets. "I know."
~*~*~
Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka were equally astonished at what had just taken place. Especially Mamoru. That enemy was nearly as strong as Cell had been in the past. The girls had barely been able to take him out then and now, here these Senshi from another world were taking this thing out as if it meant nothing. How could that be? Were they really that much stronger than him?
"Those girls..."
Michiru turned around to Mamoru with a twinkle of though in her eye. "Are awfully familiar."
~*~*~
Jupiter grabbed her wrist as she walked to what remained of the body. Although, she couldn't get all that close for there was a black goo surrounding the entire thing, which seemed to be boiling at an unimaginable temperature. "What is this?"
Venus grabbed her nose so she wouldn't have to smell the intense stench that arose from the demon. "Eeww! That stuff looks like that gooey stuff that came from Cell's egg." Her eyes traveled upward to the giant hole that had been created in the gut of the demon and what she saw put fright in her eyes. Nothing, she saw absolutely nothing. That attack had literally eaten everything that had previously been inside. All that remained was the body and the goo that had been squeezed out from the two attacks.
"I hope so. It's from the same group of people." She gently placed her hands under Sailor Moon's back, careful not to touch the shoulder wounds. "Come and help me, girls."
~*~*~
~Dark Dimension: Beryl's Lair
Queen Beryl dug her nails into the palms of her hands as she glared down at the female servant before her, who had just brought her the news of their recent defeat. "I thought you assured me that this would do the trick!" She snapped, sending chills of fear down her servant's spine.
"We...We thought it would. We were monitoring the progress while we the fight was going..."
Beryl threw a wine glass at the woman before her. "You call THAT a fight?! It lasted no more than five minutes! That was weak! Pathetic!"
The woman on the floor pulled back. She could honestly say that she feared for her life at that point. "I'm sorry your majesty. Our scientists didn't have enough energy left over to make a sufficient enemy, but we have enough. We will go to the body and retrieve the energy that we received from this demon." She paused when she got a glare of happiness come from her queen.
"And how is that?"
The woman gulped. "Well, your Excellency, the body was not fully destroyed."
"And that helps us because!?" It was obvious that Beryl's patience were wearing quite thin by the harshness of her tone.
"It should still hold in the energy that it collected from the citizens of the city. As long as Sailor Moon doesn't totally fry our demons with her Moon power, and it's the other Senshi who kill them, then we have a steady amount of power coming in."
Beryl smirked with pure evilness. "Then make sure those damn scientists program the next one to knock that Moon brat out right away."
A smile arose on her loyal Servant's face. "We're one step ahead of you, my liege."
~*~*~
~Earth: Satan City
Sailor Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter had gathered themselves around their leader, who had wounds that had actually gone through from one side to the other; actual holes in her body. Luna and Artimas were close by as well.
Mercury, having studied medicine almost then entire summer before with her mother, knew a little of what to do, but not much. She had never been prepped on what to do with a wound such as this. All she knew was to try to stop the bleeding as much as possible, but how could she? Both shoulders had been completely broken through with four holes on each side. "Usagi, hold on! We'll get you to a hospital soon!"
~*~*~
Little did the group know that Mamoru was creeping close by. He had found himself actually wanting to make sure that the girl was ok, and not in near death condition. 'Usagi?'
~*~*~
Moon opened her eyes with a warm smile. "I'll be find, Ami. I just need to get enough energy up to heal myself."
Mars frowned. "What are you talking about? We can just teleport you home and get some Senzu beans from your parents."
Artimas jumped onto Mars' head for that one. "We can't do that! Then your secret will be out!"
Moon panted as she slowly and painfully sat up. "Can you guys lend some energy?"
Venus; "Of course."
The entire group nodded and placed their hands upon their leader and began concentrating their power into her body. Slowly, but surely, Sailor Moon could feel the warm energy, known only by friendship. She would have to thank them yet again for coming to her aid in times of need. Using this new energy to her advantage, her body began to glow an ignited silver filled with energy from all planets of the inner solar system.
~*~*~
From afar, atop a building stood one lone figure of orange. His eyes narrowed into a nice glare down upon those who were aiding the fallen Senshi in her quest to heal herself. This figure was not of Goku, nor was it of Goten, it was of Gohan, who had been disturbed by fleeing citizens running down the ragged streets in his neighborhood. 'That healing power...'
(Maybe if FF.Net would actually let me download earlier, this may have come out a lot sooner cause I've had it written for about two weeks now. I just kept getting these stupid errors. All better now. Getting right on the next chapter so you don't have to wait so long, and maybe we'll all get lucky and FF.Net won't be a pain and shut itself down again. ^_^ Anyway, how was it? Love ta hear! Ja! )