~*~*~*~
Things hadn't seemed to go too well for the Senshi on their first fight as such, but as they had expected, it was a triumph over the demon. But how long would the easy fights last? Beryl's minions seem to have a plan to recover energy even from their defeated monsters to make later ones two times as powerful. The Senshi had better learn quickly how to fight this new enemy, or there isn't much hope for Earth.
~*~*~
Chi-Chi stumbled through the woods in hopes to find her husband. Why he had to go on with his daily routines and leave her home alone at in the middle of a crisis, she didn't know. But if he insisted on staying out, she would just have to go to him. Her family and friends were in danger and she'd be damned if she just sat around and waited to do something to fix it.
She jumped down a small cliff with her Ki power to guide her. At the bottom was a large river where Goku often went for fishing when Gohan was only and infant. "Goku!" She wasted no time in dashing to the river's bank in desperate search for her husband. "Goku!"
Underwater, Goku could be seen with a group of fish and ready to attack.
Chi-Chi frowned as she lifted her skirt and walked forward until she was knee-deep in the water. She slowly bent over. "GOKU!"
The fish that had been around Goku scurried away in fear. All Goku had heard was a muffled scream that sounded somewhat like his name, although he couldn't tell from the voice who it was. He quickly jumped out of the water, creating a giant wave that completely drenched the angered Chi-Chi.
He gulped in fear as he backed away, not wanting to feel her wrath, which he had just been responsible for. "Yes?" He barely peeped out.
Chi-Chi, now soaking wet, clenched her fists as she let out a quiet growl. She had to control herself from lashing out at him... this time. Starting a fight now would not be a good idea, especially since they were already upset with each other from the episode from the night before. "We... have... to... talk..."
Goku blinked with curiosity. Why hadn't she screamed and yelled at him for making her wet? Wasn't that the reason why she was mad at him? He didn't know the answers to these questions, but he didn't necessarily want to know either. If she was willing to let him off the hook this time, it was fine with him. "About what?"
"About that Cat! I don't care what you say, it's leaving my house!"
Goku, not knowing how to take that, just stood there and scratched his head. "Huh?"
~*~*~
~~Satan City~~
Meanwhile, back at the scene of the Senshi fight, the five young warriors were preparing to depart and return home before anyone could figure out that they weren't where they said they would be. The longer they were Senshi, the longer their normal Ki's were undetectable.
But now that Sailor Moon was back to normal, Mars had a few words she wanted to share before they departed. "What was that?" She half angrily, half worriedly walked to her leader and long time friend. "I can NOT believe that you just did that!"
Moon pulled her head back and covered her face with her hands as she groaned. "I know, I know."
Venus, knowing that Mars could and would get into a deep reprimand of their leader's actions, intervened. "Chill, both of you, before this turns into a big fight." She stood in-between the two girls with her hands out to the sides, hoping that they wouldn't jump down each other's throats, or worse yet, hers.
Mars frowned as she crossed her arms. "If only your dad knew how much you goofed off. You should always be aware of what you're doing and what the other guy is doing. You know this, girl."
Moon pouted as she stood up, keeping her face to the ground. "I know. It won't happen again. I just got distracted." She smiled as she looked up. "But thanks for coming to my rescue."
Mars found herself smiling at that as she threw her arm around Moon's shoulders. "No prob! What are friends for if you can't count on em' when you're in a pinch?"
Jupiter looked over her shoulder at the fallen enemy. "He won't be bothering anyone anymore."
Venus giggled. "I guess we really did a number on him with that inside attack."
Moon cocked her head to the side to see past Mars and curled her nose. "What should we do with him?"
At that moment, Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka made their way to the Senshi. All of them had high suspicions of who they were, but they weren't ready to act upon them until they had more information, even though Mamoru could have sworn he heard the one in blue call one of the others 'Usagi'.
"Hey you!" Shouted Mamoru. The girls turned their heads and, with their eyes, questioned him. "Yeah. You guys over there!"
~*~*~
Gohan, still watching what was taking place, crouched down so as to not be so noticeable now that the action was done and over with. 'What are those three doing here?' He crawled forward to the edge of the building he was on in order to get a better view as well as a better hearing distance. 'Who are those girls? And that healing power. It's just like the Nameks' and Saiyans' healing power. Where are they from?'
~*~*~
Sailor Venus backed away from Mamoru as he pushed his way into the small group of Senshi. She had to stop herself from lashing out at the group for being there. Had she done that it would have one, give them a bad rep. And two, it would have sounded like she knew them, something that couldn't let on about. "You shouldn't try to fight these things. They're way outta your league."
Jupiter nodded with a grin. "Yeah."
Mamoru smirked as he glared at the smallest Senshi, Sailor Moon. "Are you all the same age?"
Mercury found herself frowning at the question. Did he already know who they were? Why was he looking especially back at the leader of the group. "What's age got to do with this?"
Mamoru's smirked turned down into a firm frown. "Just answer the damn question will ya?"
Mercury gritted her teeth. She was in the same predicament as Venus. She wanted badly to yell and scream at Mamoru for being so rude, but couldn't. "Yes!"
Mamoru slowly grinned once again as he pushed forward towards Sailor Moon. Before even saying a word he grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her against Mars. "That's funny." He pulled himself back to get a good look at both of them. Needless to say that the Saiyan in the pair was a bit shorter. "If you're all the same age, why is that blonde shorter?" 'I'll tell ya why! She's a pipsqueak Saiyan, that's why! Saiyans always grow slower than normal kids! But I can't be sure yet if they really are who I think they are so I better not say anything.' He smirked. 'And besides, I want to see them squirm as I get closer to uncovering them. Ha ha ha ha!'
Haruka giggled as she caught onto Mamoru's game. "It's just like with that Usagi brat. She's shorter than all her friends and classmates!"
Sailor Moon widened her eyes. 'EEE! Do they know?' "Well who cares if I'm a little shorter."
Mamoru chuckled. "Just wonderin, that's all." He glanced over his shoulder at his two female companions and gave a quick nod. "Let's get outta here. I'm bored." He and his two friends raised their Ki power just enough to get into the air. But, before they took off, Mamoru turned around and stared down at Sailor Moon. "You look like you could use some help with your fighting skills, if you want I could recommend a few people for you to learn from." He chuckled with an evil grin.
Jupiter threw a rock at the blithering idiot. "Leave!"
~*~*~
Gohan ducked further as the trio flew over head. 'Now's my chance to talk with those girls and find out where they're from.'
~*~*~
Sailor Moon looked around the city. Buildings were utterly destroyed, and what was left was on fire. 'How could they do this? All those innocent people...' She let her eyes travel further until they reached two small figures who had dove for cover in the rubble of an office building when Mamoru and his friends came fourth. "Guess we get going. My mom's probably wanting me to come home."
Venus ran to Artimas and picked him up. "So, what'd you think? Did we do good?"
Artimas nodded. "You did very well. We didn't expect for you to be able to fight as a group as well as you did. And how you came to your fellow Senshi's aid, that was even better."
Sailor Moon picked up her own kitty companion. "I promise I'll do better next time, Luna. I kind of got distracted."
Luna; "I know what you can do, kid. I saw you last night. But, there's still one thing we need to talk about?"
"Hmm?" Moon curiously looked down into Luna's deep blue eyes.
Luna looked away from Sailor Moon and to the staring eyes of the others. What she needed to say was to stay between herself, and the Princess. It regarded something that only she and Usagi knew. "Let's go home first. We can talk there."
Moon nodded. "Ok." She chirped. All of a sudden, a giant burst of energy was detected by the five warriors. They knew the energy all too well, Moon most of all. "Gohan's coming." She whispered as her face turned completely pale. 'That means he probably saw the fight... NOT GOOD!' "I gotta go! I can't talk to him like this!"
Artimas jumped down out of Venus' arms. "You should all leave. Avoid talking to your friends as much as possible when you're in this form."
Jupiter pressed her fingers against her forehead. "Let's teleport to the tree house and detransform there. Then, we can fly home without our parents knowing a thing."
~*~*~
Just as Gohan thought he was arriving upon the Sailor Senshi, they disappeared out of his sight. "What the...?!" He carefully landed on the unstable rubble of the fallen building where the girls previously stood. "Where'd they go now? Damnit! I hate not being able to sense them!" He looked up into the sky with a glare. "Better see if mom is handling the Luna situation with a straight head." His entire body was quickly engulfed in a light of blue as he took off into the sky as fast as he could.
~*~*~
~~The Forest~~
Just as the Sailor Senshi were arriving back at their unofficial hideout, Chi-Chi was concluding her justification as to why she wanted Luna out of her house. Needless to say it left Goku even more dumbfounded and confused about the entire situation.
Chi-Chi panted heavily with exasperation. "So that's why we need that thing out! I will not have my baby in anymore danger than she needs to be. It's bad enough that we have to worry about enemies attacking, but we shouldn't have to live with one!"
Goku crossed his arms as he looked down with a twinkle of thought in his eyes. "But we don't know if she's with the enemy. Usagi said it helped her escape."
Chi-Chi frowned at her husband's unwillingness to see eye to eye on her position. "Goku!" She yelled as she latched onto his face and pulled it up so she could look into his eyes. "This could be their way of getting into our home to attack us all. Befriend the enemy and that's when you've got a real problem on your hands. And besides, Mr. Satan saw the black cat talking about something happening with another."
Goku gave more thought to what Chi-Chi was asking, but every time he came up with the same conclusion. There was no reason for them to believe that Luna was with the enemy. Especially if Mr. Satan had something to do with it. He was just a crazy old man. "Something tells me that you've already decided for both me and you what we're going to do with the cat. I might as well not even share with you my feelings... right?"
Chi-Chi grinned. "It's my house and I refuse to let any evil come in and that's final!"
Goku sighed as he scratched his head. 'How did I know?' "I think you're overreacting a little, Chi-Chi, but you've already made up your mind."
"I'm NOT overreacting!"
~*~*~
~~Son Household~~
Sailor Moon, now detransformed, arrived at her home shortly after leaving the forest treehouse. She hadn't at all expected her father to be home since he had a routine of being gone for almost the entire day until her mother expected him home. This particular day, he was expected home unusually early since they were to meet with the others to come up with a plan of attack. Her mother, she had expected to be home no matter what. She would never have left the house unattended without letting her know before hand.
But little did Usagi know that neither of her parents were home at this time. Furthermore, she had no idea that the very feline who had become her advisor was being discussed. If she only knew that Luna was going to be kicked out...
Usagi landed before the front door, which was wide open. She found that utterly strange. Her mother always had a fit if either she or her father left the door open. She would always complain that a draft was being let in.
Letting her instinct kick in to a full, she dashed inside to investigate. "Mom?!" She proceeded with the utmost caution. Something was wrong, it had to be. It was too unlike her mother to let the door stay wide open. "Mom? Are you here?" Her voice shook with fear. She didn't doubt at all the fact that something could have attacked while she was away. But, if that was so, why couldn't she have felt it.
Luna followed behind closely. She carefully kept her eyes all around in hopes to find a sign or clue that someone was in fact occupying the house. 'Where could she be?'
Usagi tip-toed further into the house, down the hallway and into the living room. "I don't feel my mom or dad's Ki here. Why isn't one of them here?"
Luna gulped as she jumped onto the back of the sofa. She was careful to keep her eyes upon the dangling phone that sat on a small table by the hallway. "Usagi, something's going on here."
"You think so?" Usagi turned to see what Luna's eyes were fixed upon and gasped. "Now I think so too!" She ran to the phone and picked up the receiver. "Hello? Hello? Anybody there?" At that moment, she picked up a giant surge of power that was closing in her position at an incredibly fast pace. "Gohan's coming..."
Luna cleared her throat to acquire Usagi's attention. "Usagi! Listen up! Before anyone comes I must speak with you!" Usagi nodded in awe at the cat's ability to take charge. "We both know information that is meant to be kept hidden!"
Usagi cocked her head to the side. "Huh?"
Luna kept patient with the child. "We know who the other Senshi are. We are not supposed to know that kind of information until the time comes in OUR dimension." She cleared her throat once again when she saw that Usagi was going to try and speak. "Don't try to argue with me either. It's not right for us to know this ahead of time so I'm going to have to erase both of our memories of their identities."
Usagi's eyes widened with a slight frown. That proposal was absolutely outrageous. How could she even come up with an idea like that? "No! You can't just erase a person's memory! I don't mind knowing. I'll just keep it a secret from everyone else. I promise!"
Luna growled as she crouched down. "Don't be silly, Usagi. You're an eleven year old child."
Usagi frowned as she crossed her arms, almost completely forgetting about the situation with her mother. "So! What does age have to do with it? Is it all of a sudden I'm not good enough to know secrets because I'm only eleven?"
"No that's not..."
Before the cat could finish her sentence, the room filled with a magnificent bright light. With that light came two energies. One low, one relatively high. To her own sanity and relief, Usagi knew immediately who the powers belonged to. That wasn't what surprised her about this meeting. It was the fact that her mother was powered up almost to a full.
It was at the moment of feeling her mother powered up that Usagi knew something was going on. Whether it was of her own mistake, or an enemy, there had to be something wrong. "Mom?"
With a frown planted firmly upon her face, Chi-Chi glared unto the tiny cat who was still sitting on the back of the sofa. "YOU!" She growled aloud.
Luna cowered away from the angered Chi-Chi in utter fear. What could have happened to make this women, who had appeared to be loving, angry? No time was left to try and figure things out. She knew she had better jump away before anything bad happened to herself. So that's exactly what she did. She leapt towards Usagi for shelter.
Chi-Chi had expected that from the enemy. "Get away from her!" Not letting the frantic creature clasp herself around Usagi, Chi-Chi wrapped her hand around the cat's body and ripped her away from her daughter. She made special care not to release the cat from her grasp.
Usagi gasped and before she could have any kind of control over her body, she jumped for her mother and latched herself upon her arm. "Mom no!" She was much too scared for the safety of her advisor and new friend to really do any damage to her mother. But she did manage to keep a firm hold.
Chi-Chi ignored her daughter to a full. At that moment, the cat was the only thing on her mind. "You thought you could get away with this didn't you?" She narrowed her eyes into a deathly glare as she pulled the feline to her face. "We're onto you!"
Usagi's grip on her mother was lost when she pulled away. "What are you doing?! Stop! You're scaring her!" Her heart nearly broke into two when she heard a long scream of pain escape Luna's mouth. "Please!"
For the first time, Chi-Chi acknowledged her daughter's cries of frustration. "Usagi, this cat is with the enemy. She's fooled you. And now it's time for her to go!"
Usagi gasped as she looked back to her father, who was generally more sane than her mother at times like this. She hoped that he hadn't been corrupted by insane thoughts too. If he was, there was no way to reverse her mother's decision. "Da..."
Goku shook his head with his own frustration. "She's already made up her mind."
Usagi was ready to scream at that point. How could BOTH of them be doing this to her? Luna was good, she knew it. But there was no way to tell her parents without completely blowing her identity. "She's not with the enemy. I swear she's not."
Chi-Chi frowned as she walked towards the window with the struggling cat held out as far away as possible. "We can't be sure. Mr. Satan heard this one talking with another yesterday. He said their conversation sounded suspicious."
Usagi gulped as she ran for her mother once again. "What are you going to do with her?"
Chi-Chi opened the window. " Put it out of the house and if it dares show its face around here again, there'll be grave consequences." She paused to look back into the frightened eyes of her youngest child. "And I had better not catch you with it ever again, you hear?"
Usagi's eyes began to water up as she nodded slowly in defeat. "Yes mom." 'Now what am I supposed to do? I can't fight this or else I'll get in a lot of trouble. I know she's just trying to protect her family, but Luna really isn't bad. It's just NOT fair!'
Chi-Chi lightened her frown. "That's a good girl." She turned back to the tiny cat which was fidgeting to get away. "You scat or else my Goku will let you have it!" She lowered the feline to the ground and watched it dash away.
Usagi clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she turned around and headed to her room. She didn't even want to look at her mother at that point. She was just too angering. She completely ignored her father's comforting eyes as well. She wasn't too happy with him at that point either. She hadn't even tried to back her up, but, in an annoying way, he was right. Her mother wouldn't have gone back on her decision once she thought she was protecting her family. She was always too blinded by 'motherly love'.
Surprisingly, Chi-Chi wasn't the least bit angry when Usagi slammed the door to her room shut behind her as hard as she could. Had it been any other circumstances, Chi-Chi would have been on her case about throwing a temper tantrum, but she knew that Usagi was disappointed. She sighed when she caught notice of her husband approaching their daughter's door. "Just leave her, Goku."
~*~*~
Not long after Usagi locked herself in her room, Gohan arrived. He hadn't known completely what had just taken place, but he did know that his mother had completely gotten rid of the cat for he had seen her walking away from the house. Seeing the helpless creature he couldn't help but feel sorry for it, but, if she was in fact the enemy, it would have done no good for it to stay around those who would oppose it, especially since no power levels could be detected.
As he got closer to the door, he could feel the uneasy and angry emotions that radiated from inside. Just before entering, he glanced over his shoulder to make sure no one was following him. Things were much harder now that he couldn't sense any power levels.
~*~*~
Goku; "Gohan's here."
Chi-Chi sat herself down on the sofa and buried her hands in her face with a sigh. She was still stuck in the thought of what she had just done. Now that there was a moment of calm, she rethought her decision. And while it may have been harsh, she still believed that it was the right thing to do. That cat had been seen by Mr. Satan earlier that day TALKING and then it somehow appeared in the enemy's lair. There was no other explanation. She HAD to be part of the enemy. In any way, it didn't quite matter anymore. The cat was gone; no way of undoing the past.
Seconds after, Gohan emerged from the hall and into the living room where he found both his parents. His father was almost as carefree as ever and his mother looked deathly concerned. He had a hunch as to why. Every time she did something rash she always declined for a while after. "I'm guessing you did it already?"
Not a word came from the two parents. But Gohan didn't need words to answer his question. He could tell. "Well..." He started in on the next reason why he came. He realized that his mother probably didn't want to talk of what just took place. He slowly made his way to sit next to his mother, but not before noticing that his sister wasn't present as she usually was. "Where's Usagi?"
Chi-Chi frowned. "Pouting."
Goku quietly growled as he too sat down. "She's just upset about having to give up her cat. I still don't think we had anything to worry about."
Chi-Chi frowned harder as she bolted up and away from her husband. "I don't care! I'm not taking any chances!"
Gohan groaned as he threw his head back to lay against he back of his chair. 'Why did I have to ask?' "I watched the new fighters fight today."
Goku immediately perked up after hearing that. "Really?"
Gohan nodded. "Yeah. Some big, ugly demon attacked Satan city today. I didn't find out about it until after a lot of the citizens ran past my house."
Goku curiously grinned. "So? How'd they do?"
"Well, they fought ok, I guess. One of them really got beat bad. But the others came to her aid. Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka were there."
Goku blinked. "Oh?"
"They had a few words with the girls after the fight, but I couldn't make any of them out. They didn't look like they were very friendly though. But, what's really weird is that the one who got hurt was able to heal herself."
Chi-Chi, just generally disgusted, walked away from the two men to leave them with their talk of fighting. Goku took no notice to this. He was too interested in hearing more. "Healing power? You mean like Dende?"
Gohan nodded. "Yeah. The others gave their power to the girl and she healed herself with it. I've never seen that kind of energy transfer and usage before."
Goku looked down to the ground. "I have, once." He looked up, only this time, towards his daughter's room. 'Couldn't be her though, she was with the girls all day.' "Did you get a chance to talk to them?"
Gohan frowned as he shook his head. "No. By the time I got there, they had already left. I didn't even see them leave."
"Damn. We'll just have to wait until the next encounter."
"That's the problem. We don't know when that'll be since we can't feel them. They could be out fighting right now and we just don't know it."
Goku frowned as he stood to his feet and stretched. "I know. We just have to find a way to intercept one of their fights. That's the only chance we have of finding out who they are and where they're really from. Unless they come to us themselves, that is."
"Father, are you going to the Kame house later today?" Gohan turned to his father, who was looking outside at the rain that was beginning to come down.
"Of course. But I'm leaving Usagi here with your mom. She doesn't want her out much until we figure out what's going on."
Gohan nodded. "I understand."
(Ha! Not even a weeks time has gone by and I'm done! ^_^ Just a bit shorter than usual, but tis ok! Cya next time!)
Things hadn't seemed to go too well for the Senshi on their first fight as such, but as they had expected, it was a triumph over the demon. But how long would the easy fights last? Beryl's minions seem to have a plan to recover energy even from their defeated monsters to make later ones two times as powerful. The Senshi had better learn quickly how to fight this new enemy, or there isn't much hope for Earth.
~*~*~
Chi-Chi stumbled through the woods in hopes to find her husband. Why he had to go on with his daily routines and leave her home alone at in the middle of a crisis, she didn't know. But if he insisted on staying out, she would just have to go to him. Her family and friends were in danger and she'd be damned if she just sat around and waited to do something to fix it.
She jumped down a small cliff with her Ki power to guide her. At the bottom was a large river where Goku often went for fishing when Gohan was only and infant. "Goku!" She wasted no time in dashing to the river's bank in desperate search for her husband. "Goku!"
Underwater, Goku could be seen with a group of fish and ready to attack.
Chi-Chi frowned as she lifted her skirt and walked forward until she was knee-deep in the water. She slowly bent over. "GOKU!"
The fish that had been around Goku scurried away in fear. All Goku had heard was a muffled scream that sounded somewhat like his name, although he couldn't tell from the voice who it was. He quickly jumped out of the water, creating a giant wave that completely drenched the angered Chi-Chi.
He gulped in fear as he backed away, not wanting to feel her wrath, which he had just been responsible for. "Yes?" He barely peeped out.
Chi-Chi, now soaking wet, clenched her fists as she let out a quiet growl. She had to control herself from lashing out at him... this time. Starting a fight now would not be a good idea, especially since they were already upset with each other from the episode from the night before. "We... have... to... talk..."
Goku blinked with curiosity. Why hadn't she screamed and yelled at him for making her wet? Wasn't that the reason why she was mad at him? He didn't know the answers to these questions, but he didn't necessarily want to know either. If she was willing to let him off the hook this time, it was fine with him. "About what?"
"About that Cat! I don't care what you say, it's leaving my house!"
Goku, not knowing how to take that, just stood there and scratched his head. "Huh?"
~*~*~
~~Satan City~~
Meanwhile, back at the scene of the Senshi fight, the five young warriors were preparing to depart and return home before anyone could figure out that they weren't where they said they would be. The longer they were Senshi, the longer their normal Ki's were undetectable.
But now that Sailor Moon was back to normal, Mars had a few words she wanted to share before they departed. "What was that?" She half angrily, half worriedly walked to her leader and long time friend. "I can NOT believe that you just did that!"
Moon pulled her head back and covered her face with her hands as she groaned. "I know, I know."
Venus, knowing that Mars could and would get into a deep reprimand of their leader's actions, intervened. "Chill, both of you, before this turns into a big fight." She stood in-between the two girls with her hands out to the sides, hoping that they wouldn't jump down each other's throats, or worse yet, hers.
Mars frowned as she crossed her arms. "If only your dad knew how much you goofed off. You should always be aware of what you're doing and what the other guy is doing. You know this, girl."
Moon pouted as she stood up, keeping her face to the ground. "I know. It won't happen again. I just got distracted." She smiled as she looked up. "But thanks for coming to my rescue."
Mars found herself smiling at that as she threw her arm around Moon's shoulders. "No prob! What are friends for if you can't count on em' when you're in a pinch?"
Jupiter looked over her shoulder at the fallen enemy. "He won't be bothering anyone anymore."
Venus giggled. "I guess we really did a number on him with that inside attack."
Moon cocked her head to the side to see past Mars and curled her nose. "What should we do with him?"
At that moment, Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka made their way to the Senshi. All of them had high suspicions of who they were, but they weren't ready to act upon them until they had more information, even though Mamoru could have sworn he heard the one in blue call one of the others 'Usagi'.
"Hey you!" Shouted Mamoru. The girls turned their heads and, with their eyes, questioned him. "Yeah. You guys over there!"
~*~*~
Gohan, still watching what was taking place, crouched down so as to not be so noticeable now that the action was done and over with. 'What are those three doing here?' He crawled forward to the edge of the building he was on in order to get a better view as well as a better hearing distance. 'Who are those girls? And that healing power. It's just like the Nameks' and Saiyans' healing power. Where are they from?'
~*~*~
Sailor Venus backed away from Mamoru as he pushed his way into the small group of Senshi. She had to stop herself from lashing out at the group for being there. Had she done that it would have one, give them a bad rep. And two, it would have sounded like she knew them, something that couldn't let on about. "You shouldn't try to fight these things. They're way outta your league."
Jupiter nodded with a grin. "Yeah."
Mamoru smirked as he glared at the smallest Senshi, Sailor Moon. "Are you all the same age?"
Mercury found herself frowning at the question. Did he already know who they were? Why was he looking especially back at the leader of the group. "What's age got to do with this?"
Mamoru's smirked turned down into a firm frown. "Just answer the damn question will ya?"
Mercury gritted her teeth. She was in the same predicament as Venus. She wanted badly to yell and scream at Mamoru for being so rude, but couldn't. "Yes!"
Mamoru slowly grinned once again as he pushed forward towards Sailor Moon. Before even saying a word he grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her against Mars. "That's funny." He pulled himself back to get a good look at both of them. Needless to say that the Saiyan in the pair was a bit shorter. "If you're all the same age, why is that blonde shorter?" 'I'll tell ya why! She's a pipsqueak Saiyan, that's why! Saiyans always grow slower than normal kids! But I can't be sure yet if they really are who I think they are so I better not say anything.' He smirked. 'And besides, I want to see them squirm as I get closer to uncovering them. Ha ha ha ha!'
Haruka giggled as she caught onto Mamoru's game. "It's just like with that Usagi brat. She's shorter than all her friends and classmates!"
Sailor Moon widened her eyes. 'EEE! Do they know?' "Well who cares if I'm a little shorter."
Mamoru chuckled. "Just wonderin, that's all." He glanced over his shoulder at his two female companions and gave a quick nod. "Let's get outta here. I'm bored." He and his two friends raised their Ki power just enough to get into the air. But, before they took off, Mamoru turned around and stared down at Sailor Moon. "You look like you could use some help with your fighting skills, if you want I could recommend a few people for you to learn from." He chuckled with an evil grin.
Jupiter threw a rock at the blithering idiot. "Leave!"
~*~*~
Gohan ducked further as the trio flew over head. 'Now's my chance to talk with those girls and find out where they're from.'
~*~*~
Sailor Moon looked around the city. Buildings were utterly destroyed, and what was left was on fire. 'How could they do this? All those innocent people...' She let her eyes travel further until they reached two small figures who had dove for cover in the rubble of an office building when Mamoru and his friends came fourth. "Guess we get going. My mom's probably wanting me to come home."
Venus ran to Artimas and picked him up. "So, what'd you think? Did we do good?"
Artimas nodded. "You did very well. We didn't expect for you to be able to fight as a group as well as you did. And how you came to your fellow Senshi's aid, that was even better."
Sailor Moon picked up her own kitty companion. "I promise I'll do better next time, Luna. I kind of got distracted."
Luna; "I know what you can do, kid. I saw you last night. But, there's still one thing we need to talk about?"
"Hmm?" Moon curiously looked down into Luna's deep blue eyes.
Luna looked away from Sailor Moon and to the staring eyes of the others. What she needed to say was to stay between herself, and the Princess. It regarded something that only she and Usagi knew. "Let's go home first. We can talk there."
Moon nodded. "Ok." She chirped. All of a sudden, a giant burst of energy was detected by the five warriors. They knew the energy all too well, Moon most of all. "Gohan's coming." She whispered as her face turned completely pale. 'That means he probably saw the fight... NOT GOOD!' "I gotta go! I can't talk to him like this!"
Artimas jumped down out of Venus' arms. "You should all leave. Avoid talking to your friends as much as possible when you're in this form."
Jupiter pressed her fingers against her forehead. "Let's teleport to the tree house and detransform there. Then, we can fly home without our parents knowing a thing."
~*~*~
Just as Gohan thought he was arriving upon the Sailor Senshi, they disappeared out of his sight. "What the...?!" He carefully landed on the unstable rubble of the fallen building where the girls previously stood. "Where'd they go now? Damnit! I hate not being able to sense them!" He looked up into the sky with a glare. "Better see if mom is handling the Luna situation with a straight head." His entire body was quickly engulfed in a light of blue as he took off into the sky as fast as he could.
~*~*~
~~The Forest~~
Just as the Sailor Senshi were arriving back at their unofficial hideout, Chi-Chi was concluding her justification as to why she wanted Luna out of her house. Needless to say it left Goku even more dumbfounded and confused about the entire situation.
Chi-Chi panted heavily with exasperation. "So that's why we need that thing out! I will not have my baby in anymore danger than she needs to be. It's bad enough that we have to worry about enemies attacking, but we shouldn't have to live with one!"
Goku crossed his arms as he looked down with a twinkle of thought in his eyes. "But we don't know if she's with the enemy. Usagi said it helped her escape."
Chi-Chi frowned at her husband's unwillingness to see eye to eye on her position. "Goku!" She yelled as she latched onto his face and pulled it up so she could look into his eyes. "This could be their way of getting into our home to attack us all. Befriend the enemy and that's when you've got a real problem on your hands. And besides, Mr. Satan saw the black cat talking about something happening with another."
Goku gave more thought to what Chi-Chi was asking, but every time he came up with the same conclusion. There was no reason for them to believe that Luna was with the enemy. Especially if Mr. Satan had something to do with it. He was just a crazy old man. "Something tells me that you've already decided for both me and you what we're going to do with the cat. I might as well not even share with you my feelings... right?"
Chi-Chi grinned. "It's my house and I refuse to let any evil come in and that's final!"
Goku sighed as he scratched his head. 'How did I know?' "I think you're overreacting a little, Chi-Chi, but you've already made up your mind."
"I'm NOT overreacting!"
~*~*~
~~Son Household~~
Sailor Moon, now detransformed, arrived at her home shortly after leaving the forest treehouse. She hadn't at all expected her father to be home since he had a routine of being gone for almost the entire day until her mother expected him home. This particular day, he was expected home unusually early since they were to meet with the others to come up with a plan of attack. Her mother, she had expected to be home no matter what. She would never have left the house unattended without letting her know before hand.
But little did Usagi know that neither of her parents were home at this time. Furthermore, she had no idea that the very feline who had become her advisor was being discussed. If she only knew that Luna was going to be kicked out...
Usagi landed before the front door, which was wide open. She found that utterly strange. Her mother always had a fit if either she or her father left the door open. She would always complain that a draft was being let in.
Letting her instinct kick in to a full, she dashed inside to investigate. "Mom?!" She proceeded with the utmost caution. Something was wrong, it had to be. It was too unlike her mother to let the door stay wide open. "Mom? Are you here?" Her voice shook with fear. She didn't doubt at all the fact that something could have attacked while she was away. But, if that was so, why couldn't she have felt it.
Luna followed behind closely. She carefully kept her eyes all around in hopes to find a sign or clue that someone was in fact occupying the house. 'Where could she be?'
Usagi tip-toed further into the house, down the hallway and into the living room. "I don't feel my mom or dad's Ki here. Why isn't one of them here?"
Luna gulped as she jumped onto the back of the sofa. She was careful to keep her eyes upon the dangling phone that sat on a small table by the hallway. "Usagi, something's going on here."
"You think so?" Usagi turned to see what Luna's eyes were fixed upon and gasped. "Now I think so too!" She ran to the phone and picked up the receiver. "Hello? Hello? Anybody there?" At that moment, she picked up a giant surge of power that was closing in her position at an incredibly fast pace. "Gohan's coming..."
Luna cleared her throat to acquire Usagi's attention. "Usagi! Listen up! Before anyone comes I must speak with you!" Usagi nodded in awe at the cat's ability to take charge. "We both know information that is meant to be kept hidden!"
Usagi cocked her head to the side. "Huh?"
Luna kept patient with the child. "We know who the other Senshi are. We are not supposed to know that kind of information until the time comes in OUR dimension." She cleared her throat once again when she saw that Usagi was going to try and speak. "Don't try to argue with me either. It's not right for us to know this ahead of time so I'm going to have to erase both of our memories of their identities."
Usagi's eyes widened with a slight frown. That proposal was absolutely outrageous. How could she even come up with an idea like that? "No! You can't just erase a person's memory! I don't mind knowing. I'll just keep it a secret from everyone else. I promise!"
Luna growled as she crouched down. "Don't be silly, Usagi. You're an eleven year old child."
Usagi frowned as she crossed her arms, almost completely forgetting about the situation with her mother. "So! What does age have to do with it? Is it all of a sudden I'm not good enough to know secrets because I'm only eleven?"
"No that's not..."
Before the cat could finish her sentence, the room filled with a magnificent bright light. With that light came two energies. One low, one relatively high. To her own sanity and relief, Usagi knew immediately who the powers belonged to. That wasn't what surprised her about this meeting. It was the fact that her mother was powered up almost to a full.
It was at the moment of feeling her mother powered up that Usagi knew something was going on. Whether it was of her own mistake, or an enemy, there had to be something wrong. "Mom?"
With a frown planted firmly upon her face, Chi-Chi glared unto the tiny cat who was still sitting on the back of the sofa. "YOU!" She growled aloud.
Luna cowered away from the angered Chi-Chi in utter fear. What could have happened to make this women, who had appeared to be loving, angry? No time was left to try and figure things out. She knew she had better jump away before anything bad happened to herself. So that's exactly what she did. She leapt towards Usagi for shelter.
Chi-Chi had expected that from the enemy. "Get away from her!" Not letting the frantic creature clasp herself around Usagi, Chi-Chi wrapped her hand around the cat's body and ripped her away from her daughter. She made special care not to release the cat from her grasp.
Usagi gasped and before she could have any kind of control over her body, she jumped for her mother and latched herself upon her arm. "Mom no!" She was much too scared for the safety of her advisor and new friend to really do any damage to her mother. But she did manage to keep a firm hold.
Chi-Chi ignored her daughter to a full. At that moment, the cat was the only thing on her mind. "You thought you could get away with this didn't you?" She narrowed her eyes into a deathly glare as she pulled the feline to her face. "We're onto you!"
Usagi's grip on her mother was lost when she pulled away. "What are you doing?! Stop! You're scaring her!" Her heart nearly broke into two when she heard a long scream of pain escape Luna's mouth. "Please!"
For the first time, Chi-Chi acknowledged her daughter's cries of frustration. "Usagi, this cat is with the enemy. She's fooled you. And now it's time for her to go!"
Usagi gasped as she looked back to her father, who was generally more sane than her mother at times like this. She hoped that he hadn't been corrupted by insane thoughts too. If he was, there was no way to reverse her mother's decision. "Da..."
Goku shook his head with his own frustration. "She's already made up her mind."
Usagi was ready to scream at that point. How could BOTH of them be doing this to her? Luna was good, she knew it. But there was no way to tell her parents without completely blowing her identity. "She's not with the enemy. I swear she's not."
Chi-Chi frowned as she walked towards the window with the struggling cat held out as far away as possible. "We can't be sure. Mr. Satan heard this one talking with another yesterday. He said their conversation sounded suspicious."
Usagi gulped as she ran for her mother once again. "What are you going to do with her?"
Chi-Chi opened the window. " Put it out of the house and if it dares show its face around here again, there'll be grave consequences." She paused to look back into the frightened eyes of her youngest child. "And I had better not catch you with it ever again, you hear?"
Usagi's eyes began to water up as she nodded slowly in defeat. "Yes mom." 'Now what am I supposed to do? I can't fight this or else I'll get in a lot of trouble. I know she's just trying to protect her family, but Luna really isn't bad. It's just NOT fair!'
Chi-Chi lightened her frown. "That's a good girl." She turned back to the tiny cat which was fidgeting to get away. "You scat or else my Goku will let you have it!" She lowered the feline to the ground and watched it dash away.
Usagi clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she turned around and headed to her room. She didn't even want to look at her mother at that point. She was just too angering. She completely ignored her father's comforting eyes as well. She wasn't too happy with him at that point either. She hadn't even tried to back her up, but, in an annoying way, he was right. Her mother wouldn't have gone back on her decision once she thought she was protecting her family. She was always too blinded by 'motherly love'.
Surprisingly, Chi-Chi wasn't the least bit angry when Usagi slammed the door to her room shut behind her as hard as she could. Had it been any other circumstances, Chi-Chi would have been on her case about throwing a temper tantrum, but she knew that Usagi was disappointed. She sighed when she caught notice of her husband approaching their daughter's door. "Just leave her, Goku."
~*~*~
Not long after Usagi locked herself in her room, Gohan arrived. He hadn't known completely what had just taken place, but he did know that his mother had completely gotten rid of the cat for he had seen her walking away from the house. Seeing the helpless creature he couldn't help but feel sorry for it, but, if she was in fact the enemy, it would have done no good for it to stay around those who would oppose it, especially since no power levels could be detected.
As he got closer to the door, he could feel the uneasy and angry emotions that radiated from inside. Just before entering, he glanced over his shoulder to make sure no one was following him. Things were much harder now that he couldn't sense any power levels.
~*~*~
Goku; "Gohan's here."
Chi-Chi sat herself down on the sofa and buried her hands in her face with a sigh. She was still stuck in the thought of what she had just done. Now that there was a moment of calm, she rethought her decision. And while it may have been harsh, she still believed that it was the right thing to do. That cat had been seen by Mr. Satan earlier that day TALKING and then it somehow appeared in the enemy's lair. There was no other explanation. She HAD to be part of the enemy. In any way, it didn't quite matter anymore. The cat was gone; no way of undoing the past.
Seconds after, Gohan emerged from the hall and into the living room where he found both his parents. His father was almost as carefree as ever and his mother looked deathly concerned. He had a hunch as to why. Every time she did something rash she always declined for a while after. "I'm guessing you did it already?"
Not a word came from the two parents. But Gohan didn't need words to answer his question. He could tell. "Well..." He started in on the next reason why he came. He realized that his mother probably didn't want to talk of what just took place. He slowly made his way to sit next to his mother, but not before noticing that his sister wasn't present as she usually was. "Where's Usagi?"
Chi-Chi frowned. "Pouting."
Goku quietly growled as he too sat down. "She's just upset about having to give up her cat. I still don't think we had anything to worry about."
Chi-Chi frowned harder as she bolted up and away from her husband. "I don't care! I'm not taking any chances!"
Gohan groaned as he threw his head back to lay against he back of his chair. 'Why did I have to ask?' "I watched the new fighters fight today."
Goku immediately perked up after hearing that. "Really?"
Gohan nodded. "Yeah. Some big, ugly demon attacked Satan city today. I didn't find out about it until after a lot of the citizens ran past my house."
Goku curiously grinned. "So? How'd they do?"
"Well, they fought ok, I guess. One of them really got beat bad. But the others came to her aid. Mamoru, Michiru, and Haruka were there."
Goku blinked. "Oh?"
"They had a few words with the girls after the fight, but I couldn't make any of them out. They didn't look like they were very friendly though. But, what's really weird is that the one who got hurt was able to heal herself."
Chi-Chi, just generally disgusted, walked away from the two men to leave them with their talk of fighting. Goku took no notice to this. He was too interested in hearing more. "Healing power? You mean like Dende?"
Gohan nodded. "Yeah. The others gave their power to the girl and she healed herself with it. I've never seen that kind of energy transfer and usage before."
Goku looked down to the ground. "I have, once." He looked up, only this time, towards his daughter's room. 'Couldn't be her though, she was with the girls all day.' "Did you get a chance to talk to them?"
Gohan frowned as he shook his head. "No. By the time I got there, they had already left. I didn't even see them leave."
"Damn. We'll just have to wait until the next encounter."
"That's the problem. We don't know when that'll be since we can't feel them. They could be out fighting right now and we just don't know it."
Goku frowned as he stood to his feet and stretched. "I know. We just have to find a way to intercept one of their fights. That's the only chance we have of finding out who they are and where they're really from. Unless they come to us themselves, that is."
"Father, are you going to the Kame house later today?" Gohan turned to his father, who was looking outside at the rain that was beginning to come down.
"Of course. But I'm leaving Usagi here with your mom. She doesn't want her out much until we figure out what's going on."
Gohan nodded. "I understand."
(Ha! Not even a weeks time has gone by and I'm done! ^_^ Just a bit shorter than usual, but tis ok! Cya next time!)