Goku sat on the sofa of his living as he stared, mindlessly, into the television. He had decided to take the day off from any training he may have planned the week before. The recent events had taken too much out of him, mentally. Having his daughter taken out of his dimension was much worse than having Gohan taken to another island of Japan. At least then he had some control over how he would retrieve him back. At least this time, however, he hadn't been killed. But, he felt like he was going to die the entire time Usagi was gone.
But even now, as he stared carelessly into the television, he worried about his daughter. He knew that danger could lurk anywhere. Anyone and everyone were in danger. And the fact that he wouldn't know if she was being attacked, let alone not being able to protect her, scared him more than anything.
Chi-Chi walked into the living room with a bundle of clean laundry, which she had just had just washed herself. Since her earlier outburst, the couple hadn't spoken much. Chi-Chi was on the side of being embarrassed over her actions. After she had snapped at him, and thought about it for a while, she came to realize that she had no reason to yell at him like she had. He hadn't known what he had done wrong, but, her stiff pride wouldn't allow her to apologize. Instead, she would just act as if it never happened as she usually did.
She took one look at her husband and frowned. "Are you going to sit in front of that T.V. all day?!"
Goku lifted the remote and began switching through the channels. "Maybe."
Chi-Chi growled as she set down the laundry next to the wall. " 'Maybe'? And just what is that supposed to mean? What DO you plan on doing today?"
Goku continued flipping through the channel in hopes of finding a good cartoon to watch. "I dunno. Haven't thought about it? Is there something you want me to do?"
Chi-Chi's frown turned into a tight scowl as she approached her husband. "How about get off your lazy butt!?" She crossed her arms as she looked directly down into his black hair. "I never thought I'd say this, but, why don't you go train?" A picture, on the television, caught the eye of the Saiyan Warrior. He dropped the remote with fear. Chi-Chi took no notice of this. All she knew was that her husband wasn't listening to her, again. "GOKU!"
Goku said nothing. Instead, he kept his eyes plastered on the screen. This only caused Chi-Chi's anger to rise. She slowly raised her hand to slap the back of his head in order to gain his attention. "Listen to me, Goku!"
Goku raised his hand to shush his wife as he intently stared into the screen. "Shh... Chi-Chi." Chi-Chi looked up into at the television to see what could have captured her husband's attention so suddenly, and what she saw utterly frightened her.
In Goku's eyes, a picture of a burning heap of remnants of collision reflected from the television screen. His sensitive ears picked up only the sound of the anchor from behind the camera.
'Again, if you are just joining us for the first time we are standing at the ruins of what used to be Meadows Elementary School in the Western Capital. Behind me, Rescue crews have already begun going in after any survivors, but from the looks of things, chances of survival are slim. So far, we have only found three little girls, who were standing outside with minimal damage.
'When police officials questioned them as to what happened, they answered that "A giant wolf attacked the school". Police officials also believe that this could have to do with yesterday's attacks in Satan City by a large predator of some sort. Investigators are checking in on the subject and are sure to have a breakthrough of information in a matter of twenty-four hours.
'If you are a parent or guardian and are worried about your child, please don't come down here. Things are still pretty unstable and we don't want anymore injuries than necessary. However, parents of Mizuno Ami, Aino Minako, and Son Usagi... please come collect your children. They are quite shaken up and would like to come home. They will not be released until you come to pick them up. For information on the school, please stay tuned for the commercial break. We will be back shortly.'
Both Goku and Chi-Chi were utterly speechless. Their worst nightmare had come true. Their daughter had been attacked again, and in a place that should have been safe for them. It should have been a place of comfort, of protection. But now, that was ruined. She had been one of the three that had made it out. But, what happened to Makoto, Rei, and Hotaru? They should have been able to escape as well. Maybe their classes were the first to be damaged. Maybe they had died...
Unconsciously, Goku raised the remote to turn off the television. He was too sick to watch that anymore. So sick, in fact, that he felt like throwing up, but he would manage. Neither parents could move after hearing the news report. They could only think, think of how they had failed the girls again. They shouldn't have been so stupid as to allow them to go on with their average lives. In times of fights, they had always been able to go on with their lives because they had been able to feel their enemies, but this time was different. They couldn't feel their enemy. Now, they would have to take extra precautions. Why hadn't they thought of that before though? Their stupidity put the girls in grave danger, and three of them were unaccounted for.
Chi-Chi, pale-faced and trembling, was the first to make a movement, and it was the only thing she could think of doing. She raised her hand once again and smacked her husband across the back of his head. "Well!? Go and get Usagi already!"
Goku immediately shot up from the sofa and turned to his wife. "Going!"
~*~*~
Rei, Makoto, and Hotaru stood just outside Mamoru's high school. They had just finished up their last rounds of returning the survivors of the attack and were ready to leave. There, the teachers would be able to take over after that with getting all the kids home safely.
The girls were certain that the story had reached around the globe, which meant that it would be imperative that they report back to their own families as soon as they touched base back at the scene of the attack with Minako, Usagi, and Ami.
Hotaru looked up to Rei and Makoto with much curiosity. "So, what all happened there while I was with the others?"
Makoto turned away from the younger girl, leaving Rei to speak for the both of them. Hotaru quirked her brow in even more curiosity while Rei frowned. "We aren't exactly sure. A lot of strange things happened. For one, Usagi tried to attack while she was Super Saiyan and Sailor Moon at the same time but nothing happened."
Makoto crossed her arms over her chest with a 'hmph'. "A lot of people died today, Hotaru. That's what happened." A picture of Miss Haruna being mercilessly killed flashed through her head again. "We won't let them get away with this."
Hotaru frowned. "I want to help!"
Rei placed her hand upon Hotaru's head. "Hotaru... you know you can't. You don't have any planetary power like us."
Hotaru sighed as she looked downward. "I know, I know. I just hate having to sit by and watch you guys protect the world."
Makoto grinned as she slowly spun around to face Hotaru. "Your day will come, Hotaru." She looked up into the sky in the direction of her friends. "We should be returning to the others."
Hotaru nodded. "Ok."
Mamoru, who had been released from school the moment the first batch of survivors came in, walked up from behind the younger students with his arms crossed over his chest. His face was covered with an unusual grin that told of his suspicions. "I'm coming with you."
Makoto gasped as she turned around to face the teenager. 'How much of that did he hear?' She looked around for any of the others from the pack and to her own relief, they were no where in sight. "This doesn't concern you."
Mamoru smirked. "The hell it does! Like protecting the world isn't any of my business? This fight isn't over yet!"
Rei frowned. "The fight has just started."
Mamoru snickered as he faced the black haired girl. "Oh really? From what Odango says, this is the same group who attacked us in the past. I seem to recall having to fight Cell, who was also part of this group. And besides, what does it have to do with you? Unless you're the Senshi..." He paused to grin with an impish sneer.
Makoto nearly freaked out at that one. Could he have known? How? "No... well..."
Mamoru, feeling quite satisfied, dropped his smirk and became most serious. "I guess I'll be tagging along after all, won't I? Unless there's something you wish to tell me..."
Makoto frowned. "Nothing at all. Let's just go!" And so the four of them, though three of them reluctantly, departed into the air.
~*~*~
Goku arrived at his daughter's school not even five minutes after he had seen the television broadcast. Waiting any longer than he already had could have resulted in another attack.
He teleported directly to the main quad, which was barely even visible anymore due to the amount of debris thrown about. Goku only looked around in awe. 'This place is a regular war zone.'
His attention was immediately diverted to a pair of firefighters, who stood upon a tower of wooden beams. It seemed as though they had found a mangled body. Goku growled at the thought of the force that could have done such an evil deed. To kill young children was just overstepping their bounds. 'They will pay for what they've done!'
He perked his head to the right as a small surge of Usagi's energy caught his senses. 'Right.' He thought as he began walking for the parking lot, where he had spotted a group of people gathering when he had first come in. The power he sensed came from that direction as well.
~*~*~
Usagi sat with Minako and Ami with a blanket around her shoulders, which had been given to her by her 'rescuers'. Her eyes gave off a deathly glare as she stared into the vastness of the great blue sky. Her only thought was of her previous fight, if you could even call it that. What had gone wrong? Her Kamehameha should have been able to take the monster, but it didn't. It did absolutely nothing. Why?
"Think I killed anyone today," She turned to face Minako and Ami at her right, "with that wasted attack?"
Minako slowly turned her view to her Saiyan friend, unable to believe that she would ever believe something like that of herself. "Usagi...!"
"No I'm serious. There may have been people in that building when I blew it up. They would have died in vain."
Minako frowned. "They would have escaped by then if there were."
Usagi looked back into the sky. "Maybe..." She momentarily closed her eyes, only to see the wolf monster devouring the little boy from the rubble. How could they be so merciless? "What I need is a really powerful attack that can actually work, since Super Saiyan doesn't seem to."
Ami pulled her legs against her chest and leaned her head upon her knees. Her glimmering eyes told of her hope. "Wouldn't that be nice?" Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Goku approaching. "Usagi?"
"Hm?" Usagi turned back to Ami, almost instantly noticing her father, although said nothing. She was too deep in her thoughts to really pay attention. "Oh..." Ignoring her father, she looked back up into the sky. 'We totally sucked today. I wonder if there IS an attack worth using. After all, before we were born in this lifetime we probably didn't know anything about martial arts. That would mean...' She paused in her thoughts to look into her father's eyes as he now stood before her, but said nothing.
Goku knelt before Usagi with a small smile. "You ok?" Usagi acknowledged with a slight nod, causing Goku's smile to fade. Something was definitely wrong if Usagi wasn't her cheerful self, even if it was after a huge attack. Without saying a further word to her, he turned to her friends. "Are you guys going to be ok without us, or do you want us to stay until your parents get here?"
Ami smiled. "We'll be fine, Goku. You two go on ahead home. We're still kind of waiting for Hotaru, Rei, and Makoto to return anyway."
"Oh? They're ok?" He turned his head from side to side and reached out with his senses to locate them, but it was no use. They didn't seem to be around anywhere in sight, nor were they using any energy for him to feel.
Minako nodded. "Yeah. They helped get the survivors out of the area while we helped the Sailor Senshi fight."
Goku put his attention back down to the blonde with much surprise. "Sailor Senshi? They were here? You saw them?" He glanced over to his daughter, who was still submerged in her own thoughts.
"We did. They were good fighters too."
Usagi looked back down to her friends. "Not really."
Goku back up to look at his daughter. "What?"
Usagi nodded to confirm. "Their attacks were weak. They didn't even kill their enemy. He got away."
Minako frowned as she glared at Usagi. What was she trying to do, cause Goku think that the Senshi were bad fighters? "You have to give them credit for trying... U...Sa...Gi."
Goku became even more confused at that point. " 'He'? Who's 'he'?"
Usagi frowned as she re-pictured the man in her mind. The tall man with long, bristly hair. The same man who had imprisoned her in the Dark Kingdom. He was truly an evil man, but he looked familiar to her. "Just some idiot guy who said he was my uncle or something."
Goku gasped as a single thought passed through his mind. 'Uncle? She has no Uncle... right?' He shook his suspicions and thoughts away so as not alarm the girls. "You all did good today if you were able to stand up against someone you couldn't even really harm. I'm glad that you acted so wisely and took everyone to safety." He quickly stood to his feet and motioned for Usagi to do the same. "Let's go home. Chi-Chi's probably having a cow by now."
Usagi nodded as she slowly pushed herself up to join her father. "Ok." She answered quietly.
~*~*~
Dark Kingdom:
Earth's latest attacker ran through the corridors of his Queen's castle with a menacing cackle. His job had been completed without any trouble. The Sailor Senshi had failed to defeat his monster, which came as a surprise. He had been told that they would probably defeat it without much trouble, but they proved their idiocy perfectly. And now, because of their stupidity, he had acquired Moon power. His queen would surely reward him.
"I've got it! I've got it!" He yelled as he held up a capsule full of silver energy. When he entered his Queen's thrown room, she was sitting in her usual spot. But now, there was something different about her. It was, of course, the smile that replaced her scowl. She had in fact been pleased with him.
"Your Majesty, I have the precious Moon power."
Beryl dropped her head to the side. "I have been watching, Raditz. Your creature has proven very useful. I wish to use him again in our next attack. Not only did it acquire Moon energy, but it acquire much normal energy, which will be used to make your creature stronger."
Raditz bowed before his queen with a smirk. "Yes." He looked up with a frown. "But those impudent girls will not be so stupid next time."
"Silly boy. It will not matter. With the energy collected from those blithering things called children the creature will become stronger than the Senshi can handle. As it is, their attacks are weak. They use things call 'Ki' attacks, which are not nearly as strong as what they used before they were killed one thousand years ago." She paused to examine the face of her lackey. "That Sailor Moon, is she not of your blood?"
Raditz growled. "Sadly!"
"Good...good." She cackled louder, sending a chill down the spin of Raditz. "Bring the Moon energy here! I wish to hold it in my grasp."
Raditz grinned as he complied with the wishes of his queen. "As you wish." Slowly, he began to walk forward. "The capsule it lies in is very delicate so please be careful."
Beryl growled as she snatched the item out of his grasp. "What do you take me for, an idiot?!" 'It's mine! All mine! The Moon energy I've been in search for is finally MINE! Now we can kill the moon brat and rule the Universe! Everyone will bow down to Queen Metallia!' She lifted the Capsule to her face to examine the greatness of what she held in her hand. Instantly, an evil glare appeared on her face. "Apparently you do!"
Raditz jumped back as the capsule went flying toward him. "What? No!" The Capsule crashed against the wall and immediately shattered into a thousand tiny pieces. The silver energy flowed out and was directly absorbed into the floor.
A gush of wind accompanied Beryl as she stood from her thrown. "Do you take me for a fool?"
Raditz backed up further, tripping over his own feet and falling to the ground. "I kid you not, my queen! I would never think so lowly of you!"
Beryl stepped down from her platform, ready to attack Raditz. "You call that Moon energy?" She glared down at the trembling figure of a once proud Saiyan fighter. "I'm not stupid! That was NOT Moon energy!"
Raditz turned his head around to look at the shattered glass. The silver energy had been completely absorbed by the floor. "But that creature was programmed to suck out Moon energy from Sailor Moon. It did its job. It sucked her dry of her power."
Beryl shot a black force of energy at Raditz, who easily dodged out of the way just as it was going to make contact. "It sucked her Super Saiyan power dry! It's defected!"
Raditz growled at the words 'Super Saiyan'. He still loathed his brother and his children for their Super Saiyan ability. Imagine, a low class warrior acquiring that kind of power. He had no doubt that Vejita would, but his own brother, it just wasn't right. "We will fix it. I promise!"
Beryl, again, shot another wave of energy at Raditz, this time making a crashing contact with his legs. "No! This is your last chance! This time YOU will attack! YOU will take care of those damn Sailor Senshi! Take care of the Moon brat first! We can not take care of the others without her energy! If you fail, it will be lights out for you and I will put someone I can trust in your position, Akii, my little demon!"
Raditz again growled at his queen's words. If it wasn't bad enough that he had to deal with his brother, he had to deal with that brazen woman. "Understood." Without further words, he stood back to his feet and turned to walk away. He would have to prove to his queen that he could do the job right if he wanted to continue living.
Beryl crossed her arms. "Get yourself infused with more Dark energy as well as those kids' energy. You're going to need a power up if you want to beat Sailor Moon."
~*~*~
Earth: Son House
Goku and Usagi arrived back home nearly ten minutes after Goku had first arrived at the school. They had teleported directly from the school to the house instead of flying for, Goku knew that if he did not, he'd get it for being late, again.
The two teleported directly to Chi-Chi, who sat in the living room in front of the television, which was turned to the news station. 'How horrible... those poor people... I'm glad Usagi wasn't in there.'
"Chi-Chi." Goku reached over the sofa and tapped his wife on the shoulder, causing her to nearly jump through the roof with surprise.
Chi-Chi turned around with a glare. "DON'T SURPRISE ME LIKE THAT!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. That was the one thing she hated most other than his fighting habits; His habit of sneaking up on her without a sound.
Goku grinned. "Oops?"
Chi-Chi stood up and stared down at her daughter with tears in her eyes, which immediately took notice to the huge cut in her shoulder. "Usagi! You're hurt!"
Usagi looked over at her shoulder, which was almost completely numb now. "Yeah, I guess I am. But it doesn't hurt anymore." She lifted her hand above it and rubbed some of the dried blood away. "It's just tender when I touch it." She looked back up at her mother and blinked. 'Wow... she's not freaking out for once. Cool!'
Chi-Chi sighed. "At least you're safe now." She slowly emerged from her current location behind the sofa and walked to her daughter for a hug. "You must be scared!"
Usagi was filled with a warm feeling of comfort as she stared at the images on the television. At the moment, T.V. camera men filmed the rescue crews in their search through the piles of debris. "Someone should tell them that everyone escaped."
"Huh?" Goku turned his attention to Usagi. "Didn't you guys tell them when they found you?"
Usagi shook her head. "No. They wouldn't really let us talk. Once we told them what happened they started getting all crazy."
Chi-Chi frowned as she turned back to the television. "Honestly! Those policemen don't do a very good job of upholding the peace. They should let my Goku do all the policing."
Usagi lowered her head. "But a lot of people still died today... like Miss Haruna."
Chi-Chi; "You mean that nice teacher you had in kindergarten?"
Usagi nodded. "Yeah. Her entire class was killed." She looked up to her father with a hope in her eyes. Maybe she could somehow convince him to use the Dragon Balls to bring everyone back. "Daddy? Do you think we could wish all those people who died today and yesterday back to life with the Dragon Balls?"
Goku sighed as he shook his head. "I'm afraid not. If we used them then we couldn't bring back anyone el..."
"I know," Usagi interrupted, "but what if we wish Shenlon to defeat whatever force is here? Wouldn't that be a lot easier than battling it?"
Goku looked up to his wife, who looked back at him, just as confused. "Well," He replied as he turned back down to the questioning child, "that would be pretty easy, but..."
"I know you always like to do things the hard way and fight it out, but just this once, can we please use the Dragon Balls to defeat it? It's not fair that they hide their power from everyone."
Goku choked as he looked down into the watering eyes of his daughter. This time, she had witnessed the killings first hand, and now, they would stick with her forever; images of mass death. He hated the fact that he had to disappoint her further, but there really wasn't a way to fix things using the Dragon Balls. "It's not that, Usagi. Dende can't destroy whatever this monster is."
Usagi scratched her head in confusion. "Ok...? So what does Dende have to do with this?"
Goku chuckled. "Ok, I don't think I've ever explained the power of the Dragon Balls to you, have I?" Usagi shook her head from side to side. "Basically, the Dragon can not exceed the power it has been given by its creator, and its creator can not give it any more power than their own. Our enemies are usually stronger than Dende, or even the original Kami, which means that we can't use them to solve our greatest problems."
Usagi sighed as she looked down at the floor in frustration. "Ok." She faked a smile as she looked back up to her father. "I'm going to bed then."
Goku smiled. "Ok."
Chi-Chi; "I'll wake you for dinner." Usagi said nothing as she continued on to her room. "Does she seem..."
"Different?"
Chi-Chi nodded as she watched her daughter's door shut. "Exactly. It's like something's troubling her."
Goku face his wife. "She has been through a lot in the past few days. This is the first time she's seen mass death like this, too."
Chi-Chi nodded. "It's not healthy for someone her age... But you know, there are Dragon Balls powerful enough to destroy our enemies."
"You mean the ones that were made by Kami before he split?"
"Yes."
Goku shook his head in disgust. "No. There's too much of a risk factor with those. They should be destroyed if anything."
~*~*~
Usagi slowly walked to her bed with tears forming in her eyes. She thought that she had everything under control, but in fact, she did not. The fight from the day before had taken a better turn than the fight she had just fought. At least then they had been able to kill their opponent.
Even now, Usagi felt as though her energy was being ripped completely out of her body. The pain from the thought, the vision of destroying the school with people still living inside. They had been at the center of impact, and now, she couldn't even bring them back until the Dark Kingdom had been fully destroyed.
She crawled upon her bed to lay against her stomach to continue her thoughts, unable to stop the visions from coming. 'What can I do?' She pondered as she closed her eyes and lay her head down upon her pillow.
~*~*~
~Meanwhile~
The four students who had departed from the High School in the Western Capital slowly made their way back to the demolished elementary school, where the two Senshi of the group had hoped to converse over the fight and maybe strategize, but, with Mamoru coming along there was no way that would be happening. He just had to ruing everything he could, but maybe, there was a genuine want to help the innocent this time. After all, he had stated that protecting the world was his business. And in the fight from the day before he did try to protect those around him. He wanted to protect the world then as well. Maybe he didn't purposely come along just to annoy the girls. After all, he didn't know that they were the Sailor Senshi, did he?
Mamoru flew on his side with arms crossed and eyes closed. He let his senses drive him forth. "So, these Senshi chicks, did you talk to them?"
Makoto, who flew in front of the teenager, grunted as she cocked her head back. "No, they didn't say a word to us."
Mamoru grinned. "Is that a fact?"
Rei frowned. "Yes that is a fact! You gotta problem with that?"
"No, I just find it strange..."
Rei opened her eyes wider than usual. "Strange?"
Mamoru opened his eyes and straightened out his flying patterns. He couldn't miss the looks on their faces when he told them what he knew. "Well, I overheard one of the Senshi calling Sailor Moon, 'Usagi'. I thought, well, she is a little runt like Odango, maybe it could be her. But then I thought to myself 'Naw. That couldn't be her. She doesn't possess that kind of power.' You know what I'm saying?"
Makoto immediately stopped her energy flow throughout her body with a gasp as her eyes flew wide open. She nearly choked on her saliva. "Uh..." She coughed as she turned to Rei, who was trying to gather enough energy back up to even stay in the air. "I... uh ..."
Rei turned to Makoto as well and then to Hotaru, who only shrugged. "We..."
Makoto nodded. "Yeah..."
Mamoru chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck. My how he loved seeing them choke like that. "Really? That's pretty interesting, even though I have no idea what you just agreed to."
Makoto backed down from Mamoru and opened her mouth, yet nothing came out. She was speechless, utterly speechless, and the longer they took to answer, the more he would think they knew something. "... ...I..."
Hotaru giggled. "We don't know what you're talking about, Mamoru."
Mamoru smiled as he decreased his altitude. "And one of them finally speaks!"
Makoto frowned as she grabbed her waist with her hands. "Mamoru! Stop it! We really don't know anything!"
Mamoru quirked his brow. "That's ok, I didn't think a weak brat like her could ever hold a power like that."
"That's not true! Usagi is the strongest Sen..." Hotaru stopped herself short after she realized what she said and covered her mouth. 'Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!' She cried to herself.
'Eeee!' Rei threw her arm over Hotaru and cupped her hand over the child's mouth. "Now, now Hotaru we don't want to make Mamoru mad, do we?" She chimed with a smile.
Mamoru grinned as he began flying forward again. "Thanks kid..." He laughed as he sped up and darted away from the group.
Rei pulled Hotaru close as she looked up to Makoto in a devastating fear. "He knows."
Hotaru violently pulled away from Rei, her violet eyes building up with tears that sparkled in the sunlight. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She cried as she looked up into Rei's eyes.
Makoto groaned as she pulled her legs up to sit cross-legged in the air. "Great..."
Hotaru sniffled as she backed away from her two friends, who she now feared more than anything. She was sure that she was going to get reprimanded for revealing their identity. "I didn't mean to... I'm sorry!" Her heart sped up as she watched Makoto turned to face her. 'Why am I always so stupid?' She lowered her head and allowed the tears to flow faster.
Makoto took one look at Hotaru and felt her heart break in two. "No... Hotaru... it wasn't your fault..."
Hotaru lifted her head just enough to see Makoto's chin. A small smile of hope formed. "Really?" She whispered.
Makoto nodded as she looked over her shoulder in the direction in which she felt Mamoru's power. "I think he already knew. He was just hinting at it."
Rei; "I think you're right."
Hotaru completely lifted her head to look to Rei, her smile growing wider. "Really?! You mean I didn't give it away?"
Rei shook her head. "No. You just confirmed it."
Hotaru groaned as she dropped her head and hunched her shoulders. "As if that isn't bad enough." She muttered to herself.
~*~*~
Mamoru laughed at the top of his lungs as he made his way back to school, where his friends were waiting for him. His plan had gone perfectly. Now, his suspicions were finally proved. Not that it was hard to figure out who they were. He didn't even need the fact that he had heard Sailor Moon being called Usagi. He knew just by being able to feel the girls' power.
"Wait until the guys hear about this!" He increased his speed. "I wonder if I should tell the adults..." He pondered over the subject for a few moments. What if they did know? How would it affect the girls? What would Goku say? He had already been upset over the fact that she was kidnapped the other night, and he wasn't even completely over that. This would come as a total shock, hearing that his daughter was a warrior of the Moon, and her friends were fighters of their own respectful planets. "Maybe they're better off not knowing, what they don't know can't hurt them. Besides, why is it my place to let them know? It's obviously a secret. They'll find out when it's time." He paused to think more. His friends, they would have a hard time keeping something like this a secret, especially those big mouth Americans. They always had a habit of sharing things that they were not meant to.
~*~*~
~~Son House~~
When Usagi opened her eyes again, the room was entirely dark, which only confused her. When had she fallen asleep? It couldn't have been that long after she closed her eyes, which was around eleven in the morning. That would mean that she had to have slept for almost six hours since it didn't get dark until five. But, she didn't feel like she had slept that long, it didn't even feel that late in the day.
She slowly pushed herself to sit up only to realize that she was no longer lying on her bed. 'Huh?' She looked down, but was met only with black nothingness. 'What's going on? Where am I?' Unable to use her eyes, she felt around surface she was on. It wasn't soft, but hard. 'Great! Now what's going on!?'
She quickly jumped to her feet, only to hear an echo all around. "Hello?" She called out. That too echoed throughout the realm.
"Welcome." Rang a voice.
Usagi could make no distinction as to where exactly the voice originated from for it echoed all around just as her own voice and movements had. "Who's there?"
A light purple light filled the space in front of the young Saiyan. "Do not be frightened, young Princess."
Usagi rubbed her eyes as a smile only of relief formed. This time, the voice came from only one place, the light before her. And she knew exactly who it belonged to. "Pluto?" She cried out. "Is that you?" She looked up and around as the room began to light up. Her eyes stopped once they reached the huge, double door that lie to her right. 'I know this place!'
The purple glow slowly faded away to reveal a tall, slim woman in a Senshi uniform. "It is I, Princess."
Usagi brightly smiled as she ran to the familiar figure. "Pluto! It really IS you!" She jumped for the Guardian of Time, wrapping her arms around her waist as she reached her.
Pluto giggled as she looked down at the young Saiyan. This had been the first time that she had ever really seen the child outside a screen. "You have met my other self."
Usagi nodded as she pulled away. "I sure did!" She continued to smile brighter and brighter as she looked around again. "So this is what your place looks like?"
Pluto nodded. "Yes. But that is not why I've brought you here."
Usagi giggled as she looked back up to the adult. "I'm curious. Why DID you bring me here? I remember being here before, but not being able to see you."
"Yes. Those were safety precautions for you were not ready to become a Sailor Senshi yet. Seeing me may have altered the workings of your already shaky destiny."
Usagi cocked her head in confusion. "Sailor Senshi? But didn't I already become one two days ago?"
"Technically, yes, you did. But, you have yet to learn the full capacity of your powers, which you need."
Usagi nodded. "Totally! My Kamehameha really didn't do the job today! I need a way stronger attack than that if I want to fight!"
"It is not that you need a stronger attack. The Kamehameha is very sufficient... that is, for enemies who are hurt by that type of energy."
Usagi sighed. She really hated not understanding what anyone was trying to explain to her. It seemed as though she was always in the dark. "But I thought that these stupid things were supposed to be fought with Moon energy. That's what Luna told me."
Pluto chuckled. "You have much to learn about yourself, little one." Usagi crossed her arms for an explanation. "You see, you are a Saiyan, you have known that since you were very little. You understand the power and strength of a Saiyan, but, you have yet to discover things about the Super Saiyan that one should know."
"Can you explain it to me?"
Pluto nodded. "I would be happy to. You see, the power of a Super Saiyan is dirty. One can almost say that it is evil power. It is through anger that one acquires this power. No one can just gain this level out of no where."
Usagi nodded. "Ok, I get that. So it's bad power, but what does that have to do with my Kamehameha not working?"
Pluto grinned. "I'm getting there. Now, the power of the Moon is composed of love and purity. It is a pristine energy which can only be used by pure hearted beings, such as yourself. Now, using the knowledge that the power of a Super Saiyan is dirty energy, what do you think happened today when you used that power while you were trying to use Moon energy?"
Usagi shrugged. "Not a clue." Pluto chuckled. "What? I don't?"
"Ok, ok. Then allow me to explain. Once you used that power, your heart was no longer pure. You were dirtying your pure heart. Therefore, your Moon energy would no longer work for you, thus, it became obsolete." Usagi widened her eyes with realization. "The same thing happened with your father once when he tried to collect enough power to defeat one of his foes with a Genki Dama. He tried to build it as a Super Saiyan, but in the end, it nearly destroyed his body because one can only build a Genki Dama with a pure heart."
Usagi looked up. "Is that why I felt fine when all my Super Saiyan energy was sucked out of me?"
Pluto nodded. "Indeed it is. That is also why, Usagi, you were hurt so badly when you first turned Super Saiyan in the past."
"Daddy said it was because my body wasn't ready for that kind of power. That's why he took me into that room."
"That was a lot of the problem. But it was mostly because your Moon energy was not reacting right with the dirtied power of the Super Saiyan. You were too angry, which is why I called your father in to help you calm down. I wasn't expecting your body to react so poorly, but you pulled through."
Usagi grinned. "I thought you were the Guardian of Time, you're supposed to know everything."
"With the situation you've been born into, not having a Usagi in the future to follow a destiny of, the future I see for you can change at any time."
Usagi looked hopefully up into the Senshi's eyes. "So how am I supposed to beat these things? They're too strong for a normal Kamehameha attack. I can sense it."
Pluto grinned with much pride over her Princess. "It is time for you to awaken as the true Senshi of the Moon."
"True Senshi?"
Pluto nodded. "Yes. True Senshi. Each of you has their own special power or ability. You," She paused as Usagi's first attack rod formed before her. "Have this. You can defeat your enemies with this. It is composed only of Moon energy, and it is what the Senshi of the Moon is meant to use when she is fighting her enemies."
Usagi reached out and clasped her fingers around the Pink rod. "Cool! And the others have stuff like this too?"
"No. They have special attack that do not require any special type of weapon. One could say it is a Ki attack, but it uses pure planetary energy such as your own. Luna should know how to activate these powers."
Usagi frowned. "But Luna never said anything about these special attacks?"
"She didn't know about them until just now." She grinned as Usagi sighed. "When you use this, you will become the true Senshi of the Moon."
"What'll happen when I use it, Pluto?"
"Do not worry, only good can come from that attack."
(OOOOH! Now you can't yell at me for taking to long! Not even five days! Heck! Not even four days! Ha! ^_^ hehe! Anyway, done with this one and onto the next! Wha'd you think? Cya next time! ^_~ )
But even now, as he stared carelessly into the television, he worried about his daughter. He knew that danger could lurk anywhere. Anyone and everyone were in danger. And the fact that he wouldn't know if she was being attacked, let alone not being able to protect her, scared him more than anything.
Chi-Chi walked into the living room with a bundle of clean laundry, which she had just had just washed herself. Since her earlier outburst, the couple hadn't spoken much. Chi-Chi was on the side of being embarrassed over her actions. After she had snapped at him, and thought about it for a while, she came to realize that she had no reason to yell at him like she had. He hadn't known what he had done wrong, but, her stiff pride wouldn't allow her to apologize. Instead, she would just act as if it never happened as she usually did.
She took one look at her husband and frowned. "Are you going to sit in front of that T.V. all day?!"
Goku lifted the remote and began switching through the channels. "Maybe."
Chi-Chi growled as she set down the laundry next to the wall. " 'Maybe'? And just what is that supposed to mean? What DO you plan on doing today?"
Goku continued flipping through the channel in hopes of finding a good cartoon to watch. "I dunno. Haven't thought about it? Is there something you want me to do?"
Chi-Chi's frown turned into a tight scowl as she approached her husband. "How about get off your lazy butt!?" She crossed her arms as she looked directly down into his black hair. "I never thought I'd say this, but, why don't you go train?" A picture, on the television, caught the eye of the Saiyan Warrior. He dropped the remote with fear. Chi-Chi took no notice of this. All she knew was that her husband wasn't listening to her, again. "GOKU!"
Goku said nothing. Instead, he kept his eyes plastered on the screen. This only caused Chi-Chi's anger to rise. She slowly raised her hand to slap the back of his head in order to gain his attention. "Listen to me, Goku!"
Goku raised his hand to shush his wife as he intently stared into the screen. "Shh... Chi-Chi." Chi-Chi looked up into at the television to see what could have captured her husband's attention so suddenly, and what she saw utterly frightened her.
In Goku's eyes, a picture of a burning heap of remnants of collision reflected from the television screen. His sensitive ears picked up only the sound of the anchor from behind the camera.
'Again, if you are just joining us for the first time we are standing at the ruins of what used to be Meadows Elementary School in the Western Capital. Behind me, Rescue crews have already begun going in after any survivors, but from the looks of things, chances of survival are slim. So far, we have only found three little girls, who were standing outside with minimal damage.
'When police officials questioned them as to what happened, they answered that "A giant wolf attacked the school". Police officials also believe that this could have to do with yesterday's attacks in Satan City by a large predator of some sort. Investigators are checking in on the subject and are sure to have a breakthrough of information in a matter of twenty-four hours.
'If you are a parent or guardian and are worried about your child, please don't come down here. Things are still pretty unstable and we don't want anymore injuries than necessary. However, parents of Mizuno Ami, Aino Minako, and Son Usagi... please come collect your children. They are quite shaken up and would like to come home. They will not be released until you come to pick them up. For information on the school, please stay tuned for the commercial break. We will be back shortly.'
Both Goku and Chi-Chi were utterly speechless. Their worst nightmare had come true. Their daughter had been attacked again, and in a place that should have been safe for them. It should have been a place of comfort, of protection. But now, that was ruined. She had been one of the three that had made it out. But, what happened to Makoto, Rei, and Hotaru? They should have been able to escape as well. Maybe their classes were the first to be damaged. Maybe they had died...
Unconsciously, Goku raised the remote to turn off the television. He was too sick to watch that anymore. So sick, in fact, that he felt like throwing up, but he would manage. Neither parents could move after hearing the news report. They could only think, think of how they had failed the girls again. They shouldn't have been so stupid as to allow them to go on with their average lives. In times of fights, they had always been able to go on with their lives because they had been able to feel their enemies, but this time was different. They couldn't feel their enemy. Now, they would have to take extra precautions. Why hadn't they thought of that before though? Their stupidity put the girls in grave danger, and three of them were unaccounted for.
Chi-Chi, pale-faced and trembling, was the first to make a movement, and it was the only thing she could think of doing. She raised her hand once again and smacked her husband across the back of his head. "Well!? Go and get Usagi already!"
Goku immediately shot up from the sofa and turned to his wife. "Going!"
~*~*~
Rei, Makoto, and Hotaru stood just outside Mamoru's high school. They had just finished up their last rounds of returning the survivors of the attack and were ready to leave. There, the teachers would be able to take over after that with getting all the kids home safely.
The girls were certain that the story had reached around the globe, which meant that it would be imperative that they report back to their own families as soon as they touched base back at the scene of the attack with Minako, Usagi, and Ami.
Hotaru looked up to Rei and Makoto with much curiosity. "So, what all happened there while I was with the others?"
Makoto turned away from the younger girl, leaving Rei to speak for the both of them. Hotaru quirked her brow in even more curiosity while Rei frowned. "We aren't exactly sure. A lot of strange things happened. For one, Usagi tried to attack while she was Super Saiyan and Sailor Moon at the same time but nothing happened."
Makoto crossed her arms over her chest with a 'hmph'. "A lot of people died today, Hotaru. That's what happened." A picture of Miss Haruna being mercilessly killed flashed through her head again. "We won't let them get away with this."
Hotaru frowned. "I want to help!"
Rei placed her hand upon Hotaru's head. "Hotaru... you know you can't. You don't have any planetary power like us."
Hotaru sighed as she looked downward. "I know, I know. I just hate having to sit by and watch you guys protect the world."
Makoto grinned as she slowly spun around to face Hotaru. "Your day will come, Hotaru." She looked up into the sky in the direction of her friends. "We should be returning to the others."
Hotaru nodded. "Ok."
Mamoru, who had been released from school the moment the first batch of survivors came in, walked up from behind the younger students with his arms crossed over his chest. His face was covered with an unusual grin that told of his suspicions. "I'm coming with you."
Makoto gasped as she turned around to face the teenager. 'How much of that did he hear?' She looked around for any of the others from the pack and to her own relief, they were no where in sight. "This doesn't concern you."
Mamoru smirked. "The hell it does! Like protecting the world isn't any of my business? This fight isn't over yet!"
Rei frowned. "The fight has just started."
Mamoru snickered as he faced the black haired girl. "Oh really? From what Odango says, this is the same group who attacked us in the past. I seem to recall having to fight Cell, who was also part of this group. And besides, what does it have to do with you? Unless you're the Senshi..." He paused to grin with an impish sneer.
Makoto nearly freaked out at that one. Could he have known? How? "No... well..."
Mamoru, feeling quite satisfied, dropped his smirk and became most serious. "I guess I'll be tagging along after all, won't I? Unless there's something you wish to tell me..."
Makoto frowned. "Nothing at all. Let's just go!" And so the four of them, though three of them reluctantly, departed into the air.
~*~*~
Goku arrived at his daughter's school not even five minutes after he had seen the television broadcast. Waiting any longer than he already had could have resulted in another attack.
He teleported directly to the main quad, which was barely even visible anymore due to the amount of debris thrown about. Goku only looked around in awe. 'This place is a regular war zone.'
His attention was immediately diverted to a pair of firefighters, who stood upon a tower of wooden beams. It seemed as though they had found a mangled body. Goku growled at the thought of the force that could have done such an evil deed. To kill young children was just overstepping their bounds. 'They will pay for what they've done!'
He perked his head to the right as a small surge of Usagi's energy caught his senses. 'Right.' He thought as he began walking for the parking lot, where he had spotted a group of people gathering when he had first come in. The power he sensed came from that direction as well.
~*~*~
Usagi sat with Minako and Ami with a blanket around her shoulders, which had been given to her by her 'rescuers'. Her eyes gave off a deathly glare as she stared into the vastness of the great blue sky. Her only thought was of her previous fight, if you could even call it that. What had gone wrong? Her Kamehameha should have been able to take the monster, but it didn't. It did absolutely nothing. Why?
"Think I killed anyone today," She turned to face Minako and Ami at her right, "with that wasted attack?"
Minako slowly turned her view to her Saiyan friend, unable to believe that she would ever believe something like that of herself. "Usagi...!"
"No I'm serious. There may have been people in that building when I blew it up. They would have died in vain."
Minako frowned. "They would have escaped by then if there were."
Usagi looked back into the sky. "Maybe..." She momentarily closed her eyes, only to see the wolf monster devouring the little boy from the rubble. How could they be so merciless? "What I need is a really powerful attack that can actually work, since Super Saiyan doesn't seem to."
Ami pulled her legs against her chest and leaned her head upon her knees. Her glimmering eyes told of her hope. "Wouldn't that be nice?" Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Goku approaching. "Usagi?"
"Hm?" Usagi turned back to Ami, almost instantly noticing her father, although said nothing. She was too deep in her thoughts to really pay attention. "Oh..." Ignoring her father, she looked back up into the sky. 'We totally sucked today. I wonder if there IS an attack worth using. After all, before we were born in this lifetime we probably didn't know anything about martial arts. That would mean...' She paused in her thoughts to look into her father's eyes as he now stood before her, but said nothing.
Goku knelt before Usagi with a small smile. "You ok?" Usagi acknowledged with a slight nod, causing Goku's smile to fade. Something was definitely wrong if Usagi wasn't her cheerful self, even if it was after a huge attack. Without saying a further word to her, he turned to her friends. "Are you guys going to be ok without us, or do you want us to stay until your parents get here?"
Ami smiled. "We'll be fine, Goku. You two go on ahead home. We're still kind of waiting for Hotaru, Rei, and Makoto to return anyway."
"Oh? They're ok?" He turned his head from side to side and reached out with his senses to locate them, but it was no use. They didn't seem to be around anywhere in sight, nor were they using any energy for him to feel.
Minako nodded. "Yeah. They helped get the survivors out of the area while we helped the Sailor Senshi fight."
Goku put his attention back down to the blonde with much surprise. "Sailor Senshi? They were here? You saw them?" He glanced over to his daughter, who was still submerged in her own thoughts.
"We did. They were good fighters too."
Usagi looked back down to her friends. "Not really."
Goku back up to look at his daughter. "What?"
Usagi nodded to confirm. "Their attacks were weak. They didn't even kill their enemy. He got away."
Minako frowned as she glared at Usagi. What was she trying to do, cause Goku think that the Senshi were bad fighters? "You have to give them credit for trying... U...Sa...Gi."
Goku became even more confused at that point. " 'He'? Who's 'he'?"
Usagi frowned as she re-pictured the man in her mind. The tall man with long, bristly hair. The same man who had imprisoned her in the Dark Kingdom. He was truly an evil man, but he looked familiar to her. "Just some idiot guy who said he was my uncle or something."
Goku gasped as a single thought passed through his mind. 'Uncle? She has no Uncle... right?' He shook his suspicions and thoughts away so as not alarm the girls. "You all did good today if you were able to stand up against someone you couldn't even really harm. I'm glad that you acted so wisely and took everyone to safety." He quickly stood to his feet and motioned for Usagi to do the same. "Let's go home. Chi-Chi's probably having a cow by now."
Usagi nodded as she slowly pushed herself up to join her father. "Ok." She answered quietly.
~*~*~
Dark Kingdom:
Earth's latest attacker ran through the corridors of his Queen's castle with a menacing cackle. His job had been completed without any trouble. The Sailor Senshi had failed to defeat his monster, which came as a surprise. He had been told that they would probably defeat it without much trouble, but they proved their idiocy perfectly. And now, because of their stupidity, he had acquired Moon power. His queen would surely reward him.
"I've got it! I've got it!" He yelled as he held up a capsule full of silver energy. When he entered his Queen's thrown room, she was sitting in her usual spot. But now, there was something different about her. It was, of course, the smile that replaced her scowl. She had in fact been pleased with him.
"Your Majesty, I have the precious Moon power."
Beryl dropped her head to the side. "I have been watching, Raditz. Your creature has proven very useful. I wish to use him again in our next attack. Not only did it acquire Moon energy, but it acquire much normal energy, which will be used to make your creature stronger."
Raditz bowed before his queen with a smirk. "Yes." He looked up with a frown. "But those impudent girls will not be so stupid next time."
"Silly boy. It will not matter. With the energy collected from those blithering things called children the creature will become stronger than the Senshi can handle. As it is, their attacks are weak. They use things call 'Ki' attacks, which are not nearly as strong as what they used before they were killed one thousand years ago." She paused to examine the face of her lackey. "That Sailor Moon, is she not of your blood?"
Raditz growled. "Sadly!"
"Good...good." She cackled louder, sending a chill down the spin of Raditz. "Bring the Moon energy here! I wish to hold it in my grasp."
Raditz grinned as he complied with the wishes of his queen. "As you wish." Slowly, he began to walk forward. "The capsule it lies in is very delicate so please be careful."
Beryl growled as she snatched the item out of his grasp. "What do you take me for, an idiot?!" 'It's mine! All mine! The Moon energy I've been in search for is finally MINE! Now we can kill the moon brat and rule the Universe! Everyone will bow down to Queen Metallia!' She lifted the Capsule to her face to examine the greatness of what she held in her hand. Instantly, an evil glare appeared on her face. "Apparently you do!"
Raditz jumped back as the capsule went flying toward him. "What? No!" The Capsule crashed against the wall and immediately shattered into a thousand tiny pieces. The silver energy flowed out and was directly absorbed into the floor.
A gush of wind accompanied Beryl as she stood from her thrown. "Do you take me for a fool?"
Raditz backed up further, tripping over his own feet and falling to the ground. "I kid you not, my queen! I would never think so lowly of you!"
Beryl stepped down from her platform, ready to attack Raditz. "You call that Moon energy?" She glared down at the trembling figure of a once proud Saiyan fighter. "I'm not stupid! That was NOT Moon energy!"
Raditz turned his head around to look at the shattered glass. The silver energy had been completely absorbed by the floor. "But that creature was programmed to suck out Moon energy from Sailor Moon. It did its job. It sucked her dry of her power."
Beryl shot a black force of energy at Raditz, who easily dodged out of the way just as it was going to make contact. "It sucked her Super Saiyan power dry! It's defected!"
Raditz growled at the words 'Super Saiyan'. He still loathed his brother and his children for their Super Saiyan ability. Imagine, a low class warrior acquiring that kind of power. He had no doubt that Vejita would, but his own brother, it just wasn't right. "We will fix it. I promise!"
Beryl, again, shot another wave of energy at Raditz, this time making a crashing contact with his legs. "No! This is your last chance! This time YOU will attack! YOU will take care of those damn Sailor Senshi! Take care of the Moon brat first! We can not take care of the others without her energy! If you fail, it will be lights out for you and I will put someone I can trust in your position, Akii, my little demon!"
Raditz again growled at his queen's words. If it wasn't bad enough that he had to deal with his brother, he had to deal with that brazen woman. "Understood." Without further words, he stood back to his feet and turned to walk away. He would have to prove to his queen that he could do the job right if he wanted to continue living.
Beryl crossed her arms. "Get yourself infused with more Dark energy as well as those kids' energy. You're going to need a power up if you want to beat Sailor Moon."
~*~*~
Earth: Son House
Goku and Usagi arrived back home nearly ten minutes after Goku had first arrived at the school. They had teleported directly from the school to the house instead of flying for, Goku knew that if he did not, he'd get it for being late, again.
The two teleported directly to Chi-Chi, who sat in the living room in front of the television, which was turned to the news station. 'How horrible... those poor people... I'm glad Usagi wasn't in there.'
"Chi-Chi." Goku reached over the sofa and tapped his wife on the shoulder, causing her to nearly jump through the roof with surprise.
Chi-Chi turned around with a glare. "DON'T SURPRISE ME LIKE THAT!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. That was the one thing she hated most other than his fighting habits; His habit of sneaking up on her without a sound.
Goku grinned. "Oops?"
Chi-Chi stood up and stared down at her daughter with tears in her eyes, which immediately took notice to the huge cut in her shoulder. "Usagi! You're hurt!"
Usagi looked over at her shoulder, which was almost completely numb now. "Yeah, I guess I am. But it doesn't hurt anymore." She lifted her hand above it and rubbed some of the dried blood away. "It's just tender when I touch it." She looked back up at her mother and blinked. 'Wow... she's not freaking out for once. Cool!'
Chi-Chi sighed. "At least you're safe now." She slowly emerged from her current location behind the sofa and walked to her daughter for a hug. "You must be scared!"
Usagi was filled with a warm feeling of comfort as she stared at the images on the television. At the moment, T.V. camera men filmed the rescue crews in their search through the piles of debris. "Someone should tell them that everyone escaped."
"Huh?" Goku turned his attention to Usagi. "Didn't you guys tell them when they found you?"
Usagi shook her head. "No. They wouldn't really let us talk. Once we told them what happened they started getting all crazy."
Chi-Chi frowned as she turned back to the television. "Honestly! Those policemen don't do a very good job of upholding the peace. They should let my Goku do all the policing."
Usagi lowered her head. "But a lot of people still died today... like Miss Haruna."
Chi-Chi; "You mean that nice teacher you had in kindergarten?"
Usagi nodded. "Yeah. Her entire class was killed." She looked up to her father with a hope in her eyes. Maybe she could somehow convince him to use the Dragon Balls to bring everyone back. "Daddy? Do you think we could wish all those people who died today and yesterday back to life with the Dragon Balls?"
Goku sighed as he shook his head. "I'm afraid not. If we used them then we couldn't bring back anyone el..."
"I know," Usagi interrupted, "but what if we wish Shenlon to defeat whatever force is here? Wouldn't that be a lot easier than battling it?"
Goku looked up to his wife, who looked back at him, just as confused. "Well," He replied as he turned back down to the questioning child, "that would be pretty easy, but..."
"I know you always like to do things the hard way and fight it out, but just this once, can we please use the Dragon Balls to defeat it? It's not fair that they hide their power from everyone."
Goku choked as he looked down into the watering eyes of his daughter. This time, she had witnessed the killings first hand, and now, they would stick with her forever; images of mass death. He hated the fact that he had to disappoint her further, but there really wasn't a way to fix things using the Dragon Balls. "It's not that, Usagi. Dende can't destroy whatever this monster is."
Usagi scratched her head in confusion. "Ok...? So what does Dende have to do with this?"
Goku chuckled. "Ok, I don't think I've ever explained the power of the Dragon Balls to you, have I?" Usagi shook her head from side to side. "Basically, the Dragon can not exceed the power it has been given by its creator, and its creator can not give it any more power than their own. Our enemies are usually stronger than Dende, or even the original Kami, which means that we can't use them to solve our greatest problems."
Usagi sighed as she looked down at the floor in frustration. "Ok." She faked a smile as she looked back up to her father. "I'm going to bed then."
Goku smiled. "Ok."
Chi-Chi; "I'll wake you for dinner." Usagi said nothing as she continued on to her room. "Does she seem..."
"Different?"
Chi-Chi nodded as she watched her daughter's door shut. "Exactly. It's like something's troubling her."
Goku face his wife. "She has been through a lot in the past few days. This is the first time she's seen mass death like this, too."
Chi-Chi nodded. "It's not healthy for someone her age... But you know, there are Dragon Balls powerful enough to destroy our enemies."
"You mean the ones that were made by Kami before he split?"
"Yes."
Goku shook his head in disgust. "No. There's too much of a risk factor with those. They should be destroyed if anything."
~*~*~
Usagi slowly walked to her bed with tears forming in her eyes. She thought that she had everything under control, but in fact, she did not. The fight from the day before had taken a better turn than the fight she had just fought. At least then they had been able to kill their opponent.
Even now, Usagi felt as though her energy was being ripped completely out of her body. The pain from the thought, the vision of destroying the school with people still living inside. They had been at the center of impact, and now, she couldn't even bring them back until the Dark Kingdom had been fully destroyed.
She crawled upon her bed to lay against her stomach to continue her thoughts, unable to stop the visions from coming. 'What can I do?' She pondered as she closed her eyes and lay her head down upon her pillow.
~*~*~
~Meanwhile~
The four students who had departed from the High School in the Western Capital slowly made their way back to the demolished elementary school, where the two Senshi of the group had hoped to converse over the fight and maybe strategize, but, with Mamoru coming along there was no way that would be happening. He just had to ruing everything he could, but maybe, there was a genuine want to help the innocent this time. After all, he had stated that protecting the world was his business. And in the fight from the day before he did try to protect those around him. He wanted to protect the world then as well. Maybe he didn't purposely come along just to annoy the girls. After all, he didn't know that they were the Sailor Senshi, did he?
Mamoru flew on his side with arms crossed and eyes closed. He let his senses drive him forth. "So, these Senshi chicks, did you talk to them?"
Makoto, who flew in front of the teenager, grunted as she cocked her head back. "No, they didn't say a word to us."
Mamoru grinned. "Is that a fact?"
Rei frowned. "Yes that is a fact! You gotta problem with that?"
"No, I just find it strange..."
Rei opened her eyes wider than usual. "Strange?"
Mamoru opened his eyes and straightened out his flying patterns. He couldn't miss the looks on their faces when he told them what he knew. "Well, I overheard one of the Senshi calling Sailor Moon, 'Usagi'. I thought, well, she is a little runt like Odango, maybe it could be her. But then I thought to myself 'Naw. That couldn't be her. She doesn't possess that kind of power.' You know what I'm saying?"
Makoto immediately stopped her energy flow throughout her body with a gasp as her eyes flew wide open. She nearly choked on her saliva. "Uh..." She coughed as she turned to Rei, who was trying to gather enough energy back up to even stay in the air. "I... uh ..."
Rei turned to Makoto as well and then to Hotaru, who only shrugged. "We..."
Makoto nodded. "Yeah..."
Mamoru chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck. My how he loved seeing them choke like that. "Really? That's pretty interesting, even though I have no idea what you just agreed to."
Makoto backed down from Mamoru and opened her mouth, yet nothing came out. She was speechless, utterly speechless, and the longer they took to answer, the more he would think they knew something. "... ...I..."
Hotaru giggled. "We don't know what you're talking about, Mamoru."
Mamoru smiled as he decreased his altitude. "And one of them finally speaks!"
Makoto frowned as she grabbed her waist with her hands. "Mamoru! Stop it! We really don't know anything!"
Mamoru quirked his brow. "That's ok, I didn't think a weak brat like her could ever hold a power like that."
"That's not true! Usagi is the strongest Sen..." Hotaru stopped herself short after she realized what she said and covered her mouth. 'Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!' She cried to herself.
'Eeee!' Rei threw her arm over Hotaru and cupped her hand over the child's mouth. "Now, now Hotaru we don't want to make Mamoru mad, do we?" She chimed with a smile.
Mamoru grinned as he began flying forward again. "Thanks kid..." He laughed as he sped up and darted away from the group.
Rei pulled Hotaru close as she looked up to Makoto in a devastating fear. "He knows."
Hotaru violently pulled away from Rei, her violet eyes building up with tears that sparkled in the sunlight. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She cried as she looked up into Rei's eyes.
Makoto groaned as she pulled her legs up to sit cross-legged in the air. "Great..."
Hotaru sniffled as she backed away from her two friends, who she now feared more than anything. She was sure that she was going to get reprimanded for revealing their identity. "I didn't mean to... I'm sorry!" Her heart sped up as she watched Makoto turned to face her. 'Why am I always so stupid?' She lowered her head and allowed the tears to flow faster.
Makoto took one look at Hotaru and felt her heart break in two. "No... Hotaru... it wasn't your fault..."
Hotaru lifted her head just enough to see Makoto's chin. A small smile of hope formed. "Really?" She whispered.
Makoto nodded as she looked over her shoulder in the direction in which she felt Mamoru's power. "I think he already knew. He was just hinting at it."
Rei; "I think you're right."
Hotaru completely lifted her head to look to Rei, her smile growing wider. "Really?! You mean I didn't give it away?"
Rei shook her head. "No. You just confirmed it."
Hotaru groaned as she dropped her head and hunched her shoulders. "As if that isn't bad enough." She muttered to herself.
~*~*~
Mamoru laughed at the top of his lungs as he made his way back to school, where his friends were waiting for him. His plan had gone perfectly. Now, his suspicions were finally proved. Not that it was hard to figure out who they were. He didn't even need the fact that he had heard Sailor Moon being called Usagi. He knew just by being able to feel the girls' power.
"Wait until the guys hear about this!" He increased his speed. "I wonder if I should tell the adults..." He pondered over the subject for a few moments. What if they did know? How would it affect the girls? What would Goku say? He had already been upset over the fact that she was kidnapped the other night, and he wasn't even completely over that. This would come as a total shock, hearing that his daughter was a warrior of the Moon, and her friends were fighters of their own respectful planets. "Maybe they're better off not knowing, what they don't know can't hurt them. Besides, why is it my place to let them know? It's obviously a secret. They'll find out when it's time." He paused to think more. His friends, they would have a hard time keeping something like this a secret, especially those big mouth Americans. They always had a habit of sharing things that they were not meant to.
~*~*~
~~Son House~~
When Usagi opened her eyes again, the room was entirely dark, which only confused her. When had she fallen asleep? It couldn't have been that long after she closed her eyes, which was around eleven in the morning. That would mean that she had to have slept for almost six hours since it didn't get dark until five. But, she didn't feel like she had slept that long, it didn't even feel that late in the day.
She slowly pushed herself to sit up only to realize that she was no longer lying on her bed. 'Huh?' She looked down, but was met only with black nothingness. 'What's going on? Where am I?' Unable to use her eyes, she felt around surface she was on. It wasn't soft, but hard. 'Great! Now what's going on!?'
She quickly jumped to her feet, only to hear an echo all around. "Hello?" She called out. That too echoed throughout the realm.
"Welcome." Rang a voice.
Usagi could make no distinction as to where exactly the voice originated from for it echoed all around just as her own voice and movements had. "Who's there?"
A light purple light filled the space in front of the young Saiyan. "Do not be frightened, young Princess."
Usagi rubbed her eyes as a smile only of relief formed. This time, the voice came from only one place, the light before her. And she knew exactly who it belonged to. "Pluto?" She cried out. "Is that you?" She looked up and around as the room began to light up. Her eyes stopped once they reached the huge, double door that lie to her right. 'I know this place!'
The purple glow slowly faded away to reveal a tall, slim woman in a Senshi uniform. "It is I, Princess."
Usagi brightly smiled as she ran to the familiar figure. "Pluto! It really IS you!" She jumped for the Guardian of Time, wrapping her arms around her waist as she reached her.
Pluto giggled as she looked down at the young Saiyan. This had been the first time that she had ever really seen the child outside a screen. "You have met my other self."
Usagi nodded as she pulled away. "I sure did!" She continued to smile brighter and brighter as she looked around again. "So this is what your place looks like?"
Pluto nodded. "Yes. But that is not why I've brought you here."
Usagi giggled as she looked back up to the adult. "I'm curious. Why DID you bring me here? I remember being here before, but not being able to see you."
"Yes. Those were safety precautions for you were not ready to become a Sailor Senshi yet. Seeing me may have altered the workings of your already shaky destiny."
Usagi cocked her head in confusion. "Sailor Senshi? But didn't I already become one two days ago?"
"Technically, yes, you did. But, you have yet to learn the full capacity of your powers, which you need."
Usagi nodded. "Totally! My Kamehameha really didn't do the job today! I need a way stronger attack than that if I want to fight!"
"It is not that you need a stronger attack. The Kamehameha is very sufficient... that is, for enemies who are hurt by that type of energy."
Usagi sighed. She really hated not understanding what anyone was trying to explain to her. It seemed as though she was always in the dark. "But I thought that these stupid things were supposed to be fought with Moon energy. That's what Luna told me."
Pluto chuckled. "You have much to learn about yourself, little one." Usagi crossed her arms for an explanation. "You see, you are a Saiyan, you have known that since you were very little. You understand the power and strength of a Saiyan, but, you have yet to discover things about the Super Saiyan that one should know."
"Can you explain it to me?"
Pluto nodded. "I would be happy to. You see, the power of a Super Saiyan is dirty. One can almost say that it is evil power. It is through anger that one acquires this power. No one can just gain this level out of no where."
Usagi nodded. "Ok, I get that. So it's bad power, but what does that have to do with my Kamehameha not working?"
Pluto grinned. "I'm getting there. Now, the power of the Moon is composed of love and purity. It is a pristine energy which can only be used by pure hearted beings, such as yourself. Now, using the knowledge that the power of a Super Saiyan is dirty energy, what do you think happened today when you used that power while you were trying to use Moon energy?"
Usagi shrugged. "Not a clue." Pluto chuckled. "What? I don't?"
"Ok, ok. Then allow me to explain. Once you used that power, your heart was no longer pure. You were dirtying your pure heart. Therefore, your Moon energy would no longer work for you, thus, it became obsolete." Usagi widened her eyes with realization. "The same thing happened with your father once when he tried to collect enough power to defeat one of his foes with a Genki Dama. He tried to build it as a Super Saiyan, but in the end, it nearly destroyed his body because one can only build a Genki Dama with a pure heart."
Usagi looked up. "Is that why I felt fine when all my Super Saiyan energy was sucked out of me?"
Pluto nodded. "Indeed it is. That is also why, Usagi, you were hurt so badly when you first turned Super Saiyan in the past."
"Daddy said it was because my body wasn't ready for that kind of power. That's why he took me into that room."
"That was a lot of the problem. But it was mostly because your Moon energy was not reacting right with the dirtied power of the Super Saiyan. You were too angry, which is why I called your father in to help you calm down. I wasn't expecting your body to react so poorly, but you pulled through."
Usagi grinned. "I thought you were the Guardian of Time, you're supposed to know everything."
"With the situation you've been born into, not having a Usagi in the future to follow a destiny of, the future I see for you can change at any time."
Usagi looked hopefully up into the Senshi's eyes. "So how am I supposed to beat these things? They're too strong for a normal Kamehameha attack. I can sense it."
Pluto grinned with much pride over her Princess. "It is time for you to awaken as the true Senshi of the Moon."
"True Senshi?"
Pluto nodded. "Yes. True Senshi. Each of you has their own special power or ability. You," She paused as Usagi's first attack rod formed before her. "Have this. You can defeat your enemies with this. It is composed only of Moon energy, and it is what the Senshi of the Moon is meant to use when she is fighting her enemies."
Usagi reached out and clasped her fingers around the Pink rod. "Cool! And the others have stuff like this too?"
"No. They have special attack that do not require any special type of weapon. One could say it is a Ki attack, but it uses pure planetary energy such as your own. Luna should know how to activate these powers."
Usagi frowned. "But Luna never said anything about these special attacks?"
"She didn't know about them until just now." She grinned as Usagi sighed. "When you use this, you will become the true Senshi of the Moon."
"What'll happen when I use it, Pluto?"
"Do not worry, only good can come from that attack."
(OOOOH! Now you can't yell at me for taking to long! Not even five days! Heck! Not even four days! Ha! ^_^ hehe! Anyway, done with this one and onto the next! Wha'd you think? Cya next time! ^_~ )