~*~*~*~
Shortly after the Senshis' arrival, Usagi was led away from the fight by her advisors, Luna and Artimas, and fellow Senshi, Sailor Mars. Although Goku believed it was for her own safety, the girls had an entirely different reasoning for their actions. Leading Usagi elsewhere would enable her to transform safely to Sailor Moon without her father, or any one else for that matter, knowing her true identity. Nothing would be suspected.
~*~*~
The remaining Senshi looked directly up at their enemy, Raditz, who seemed to be more concerned with finding the fiend who stopped Goku from running into his death trap. Although they were grateful that this person had acted, the too were curious as to who acted so bravely.
Mercury already had her visor and computer out for power readings. A high pitched noise came from the small machine in her hand, telling only one thing. "That one has the highest reading of Dark Energy." She explained as she closed up the computer.
Jupiter nodded as she slumped her shoulders with a smile of arrogance. "We'll kick his butt with our attacks. He won't be that tough."
Goku let out a quiet chuckle as he grinned. "You may wanna watch out for this one, he fights dirty. I should know, I fought him about forty five years ago when he first invaded earth."
Venus gasped as she turned to the Saiyan warrior. She remembered quite well all the stories Usagi used to share with her when they were younger, about how the first time her father had died. It was during the fight with Raditz, when Gohan had been abducted. Her eyes became wide as she realized just who the attacker really was. 'That would mean he's Raditz.... Usagi's UNCLE?!'
Gulping, she Venus tried her hardest to keep her knowledge of Raditz away from Goku. "Thanks for the tip, sir."
Goku nodded, not detecting any bit that Venus knew anything of his older brother. "Sure..." He glared up at his brother, who seemed to have found what he was looking for.
Also noticing this, Venus motioned for her friends to follow her in pursuit of Raditz. "Quietly now."
As much as Goku wanted to join the Senshi, his wounds would not allow him to. He would have to be satisfied with watching the Senshi at work to destroy Raditz once and for all.
~*~*~
Raditz's eyes flared with hatred as he glared down upon Tuxedo Kamen. It was because of him that Goku continued to live, something he could not forgive. "You! Who are you?! Tell me!" He snarled.
Holding his ground, Tuxedo Kamen grinned. "I am Tuxedo Kamen! Defender of those in Peril!"
Raditz tightened his fists as a loud growl escaped his lips. "You'll die for interfering!"
Although Tuxedo Kamen seemed arrogantly calm to all those around, inside, he was scared to death. Without being able to raise his power level, he would be helpless against Raditz. He hoped that the Senshi would come to his rescue soon, otherwise he would be joining all those who had died already.
A small, green ball of energy flew down from above Raditz to hit him square on the back just as he began to advance at Tuxedo Kamen. "Damnit!" He growled as he turned his back to the caped fool.
Jupiter glared down at the Saiyan with hatred. Today, his days of chaos would end and his death would mean one step closer to brining Miss Haruna back to life along with all the others. "That was just a warning. Leave that man alone and fight us!"
Tuxedo Kamen arrogantly smirked as he let his eyes drop to Raditz's back. That attack had actually succeeded in searing the armor. "Looks like the tables have turned!"
Raditz growled, shifting his eyes from the Senshi to Tuxedo Kamen. "Lights out." Not giving his target a chance to move, he quickly built up an attack of his own in the palm of his hand and fired it the boy.
Although no one else had been able to detect the attack, for it was done too fast, Goku had expected something like that from his brother. He used his last of the energy left in his body to fire a Kamehameha at Raditz's attack., but his efforts did nothing. The energy from his Kamehameha wave was absorbed into Raditz's attack, only to make it stronger.
Tuxedo Kamen was hit almost immediately after Goku's energy was absorbed. He struggled to push it away, but without being able to use his own power combined with the force of the impact, he was thrown into to cement railing of the building. He took one last hopeful look up at the girls with pleading eyes, which begged them to defeat this new threat before anymore were killed. "...ughh..." His head bobbed to the side as his eyes closed.
Goku dropped to the ground as well, but only as a cause of no energy. He would have to keep his word, and allow the Senshi to fight on their own. He couldn't even help them if they needed it now.
Raditz glanced back to the Senshi with a smirk. "Now that he's out of the way, I'll kill you three." He glared down at his brother, who returned the glare. "And then I'll kill you."
Venus fired a small beam of energy at Raditz to grab his attention. "You have to get through us first!"
Jupiter pulled her arms back slightly and made two fists, reading for anything. "Which isn't likely."
Raditz's Saiyan instincts allowed him to smile at that point. A good fight did sound rather invigorating while he waited for the Moon brat to return. "Well then by all means, let's get this show on the road. But I must warn you, your little attacks may work on my pets, but they won't work on me." He slowly began to lower his altitude so they could fight on more sturdy grounds, with the Senshi following.
Venus grinned. "We'll let the outcome of the fight speak for itself."
~*~*~
Usagi staggered down the streets of the city, which had been cleared out earlier by the fleeing citizens. She had still been dizzy from being thrown into the ground, but she would have to fight through the pain. It wouldn't be the first time.
Luna walked along side Usagi with worry. "Usagi, are you sure you'll be able to fight as Sailor Moon? You still look woozy."
Usagi nodded as she grabbed her aching head. "I'll be fine. Raditz won't get away with murder, I won't let him. None of us will. That's our job, right? To defend our home and our people. We've already allowed too many people to die and I won't let it happen anymore. No more experimenting!"
Sailor Mars nodded with a glimmer of righteousness in her eyes. "Right! We're going to put an end to it right now!"
Usagi grabbed her broach from her pocket and held it above her head. "Moon Crystal Power...Make-Up!!" Usagi's body was engulfed in a bright, pink light. When it dissipated, before Mars, Luna, and Artimas stood Sailor Moon, the champion of Justice.
Sailor Moon remembered all that Sailor Pluto had told her, about her power. She must use the true power of the Moon instead of power balls masked by Moon energy. Once she does this, she will get the item needed to defeat Beryl and Metallia.
Mars placed her hand on Moon's shoulder with a smile. "Let's do this!"
Moon nodded as she turned to face the direction in which she came, the direction which she would be going back. "Agreed." She looked over her shoulder down to Luna and Artimas. "You two should stay here so my dad thinks someone's with me, otherwise he might get suspicious."
Artimas nodded. "Good luck."
~*~*~
Meanwhile, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury were testing their luck with Raditz. They seemed to be holding up quite well without their two missing partners, but Raditz wasn't falling easily. Their regular Ki attacks didn't seem to have too much effect on him except to slow him down. His attacks, however, did immense amount of damage to anyone or anything they hit.
Venus threw yet another Ki attack down to Raditz. Raditz, who had detected the attack long before it made contact, jumped out of the way, only to find his neck being smashed in by Mercury's leg. "Why you..." He snarled as he reached for Mercury, who quickly retreated.
Mercury pulled out her computer to check the damage level of Raditz, which was almost nothing. "Are attacks aren't doing very much damage."
Jupiter didn't take the news as badly as Venus had. In fact, she rather liked hearing that Raditz was taking almost no damage from their attacks, it meant only one thing. "Let's do it."
Venus looked to Jupiter with a smile. "Special attacks?"
Jupiter nodded. "Yeah."
"Ok. Let's." Venus brought her attention back to Raditz, who seemed to be powering up for another attack. "I'll go first."
Jupiter shook her head. "No. Let me. I want to be the first to get pay back. I want to be the one to deliver the same pain that Miss Haruna felt."
Venus nodded. She fully understood where her friend was coming from. She would have felt the same way if she had been the one to witness the tragedy. "No mercy, Jupiter."
Jupiter nodded, showing her agreeance. She hadn't planed on showing any mercy to such a monster. She readied herself for attack as she glared back at Raditz, who was waiting impatiently for an attack he didn't think would hurt him. The girls had failed to do any damage before, why would now be any different. But what he didn't know was that the girls had truly been awakened as the Senshi of their planets. He would pay dearly for the trouble he and his people had caused.
Jupiter knew not of what would happen when she activated her new attack for a purpose other than training. Would it truly hurt him, or would it just be absorbed into his body much like the rest of the attacks they had thrown at him? There was only one way to find out. Jupiter took a deep breath and decided to commence.
"Supreme Thunder!" She cried out as a small, yet powerful attack emerged from her palms.
Raditz smirked. This attack was nothing new to him. It was the same thing that they had been throwing at him all along. Did they expect that they could just slap on a name to the attack and intimidate him? Feeling confident of his power, he did nothing but stand and wait to be hit.
With contact, the attack of Jupiter exploded, throwing its target to his back. Raditz growled, letting his pain be known. The attack had in fact succeeded in harming him. The Senshi around could feel a sudden decrease in his power.
~*~*~
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars stopped short as soon as they felt the decrease in Raditz's power. Sailor Moon turned to her comrade, jaw open wide. "How did Jupiter get so strong?"
Mars grinned with pride. "We've been given new attacks."
Moon smiled wide with a bit of her own pride. If Jupiter's attack was so strong, and able to take that much out of their enemy, then what would her attack do? With her being the strongest Senshi and all.
~*~*~
Goku neared Raditz, who still lay on the ground. 'Amazing.' He thought to himself. He had never imagined these girls, with their ridiculous outfits, could have such a power enough to fall Raditz to his back. Even with all his power he had been useless.
Jupiter laughed as she high-fived with Mercury. Their attacks were strong enough to take down even Raditz, the strongest of their foes so far. But, would it be able to harm the Queen. It was now apparent to the Senshi that they would have to toss aside regular attacks, and use only their planetary energy when fighting foes such as Raditz, or anyone from the Dark Kingdom for that matter.
Raditz placed his hand over the wound now on his stomach. The armor had been completely pierced, leaving nothing but a puddle of blood on his flesh. Now he knew how the Saiyans had felt when they were bombarded by Frieza's troops. But he couldn't and wouldn't let his pain be known.
He quickly jumped to his feet and faced the laughing Senshi. "You may have had fun that time, little girl, but believe me, I won't be caught off guard again."
Jupiter grinned evilly as she continued to laugh. "Admit it, you weren't caught off guard, you just suck!" She hollered as she stuck her tongue at him. The others laughed harder at the joke.
Raditz was now fuming with anger. Now would be the perfect time to attack, catch them off guard and see how they liked it. Then, while they were on the ground, helpless and crying for help from Goku, he would kill them one by one, and finish his business up with Goku. It would be that easy. He thanked his queen for picking such a time to attack, when the Senshi were young and naïve enough to laugh when they got one hit on their opponent.
But as he waited and watched his slithering attack get nearer and nearer to the girls, he soon realized he was wrong. The Senshi easily dodged the attack as if they had been tracking it all along. 'Damnit! This is all Kakaratto's fault! If he hadn't trained them so well they'd be dead by now!'
With an evil smirk, one much like Vejita used to give before he became a fighter for good instead of evil, he turned to his little brother, who was eagerly anticipating the Senshis' next move. Once again, he fired an attack at Goku, who had too much of a watchful eye on the Senshi to see that his death was flying toward him. Raditz chuckled. He had carefully shot it so it would hit him, full force in the head. Nothing would be sweeter than watching his brother's head be blown off.
Venus stopped her laughter immediately and focused all of her attention of the deadly attack making its way to her friend's father. "Goku!" She futilely cried out. But it was pointless. Goku wouldn't have been able to do anything anyway. He was powerless against Raditz. It would be up to her or one of the other Senshi to stop the attack before it made contact.
Acting purely on instinct, she held her out hand. "Crescent Beam!" A bright orange beam of light shot from her hand and into the Dark Energy, immediately diminishing it into nothing. "Mercury!"
Mercury nodded as she shot a scowl in the direction of Raditz. He would have to be stopped before he tried anything else. "Shabon Spray!" She yelled out.
Raditz was immediately engulfed by Mercury's watery attack. "WHAT'S GOING ON?!" How could this have been happening? He was supposed to be an all powerful being, against everyone, even the Senshi. And here he was being dominated by them. He couldn't even kill his own brother without them interfering.
Goku pulled away from the fight even further. He looked down to his side only to notice Jupiter standing next to him. She looked up at him with curious eyes. "Are you alright, sir?"
Goku nodded. He couldn't believe that he had just almost died. Damn that undetectable energy! "I'll be fine. You guys just worry about what you have to do."
Jupiter nodded as she jumped back into the action.
~*~*~
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars, who had only arrived, glared down at Raditz as he tried to dodge more attacks that kept coming from their fellow Senshi. They giggled when he got a Venus Beam directly in his butt. Moon, who could barely keep a straight face, turned up to her friend, who stood taller than her due to her heals. "Think we should help them out?"
Mars nodded. "I do."
"Good. I want the last hit though. This is personal. He tried to kill me and my dad and now it's payback time."
Mars found herself nodding once again with a grin. "Be my guest."
The two of them turned back to face Raditz, who was currently retaliating with a few of his own attacks. They did their damage, when they actually made a hit. Mercury had a bad leg injury, but that didn't stop her from making aerial attacks. Venus had been hit in the arm, but it was nothing too serious.
Moon prepared herself for action, but suddenly remembered someone. Tuxedo Kamen. He was nowhere in sight, which meant one thing, he had to be injured, especially since she had not felt his power level to fly away. "Mars, can you go check on Mamoru real quick?"
Mars quirked a brow with confusion. "Come again..."
Moon giggled. "One little detail I left out about the other dimension. Mamoru is Tuxedo Kamen, the guy with the flower."
Mars jumped back in surprise with a quick gasp. "He's WHO? That idiot with the flower is Mamoru!?"
Moon nodded. "Yep! I knew, but I wasn't supposed to tell anyone." She said as she lowered her head as if she were being reprimanded.
Mars grinned. "That's ok, he knows who we are too."
Moon sighed. "Not even a week's gone by and he already knows. But it doesn't really matter." She trailed off into silence as she remembered the other dimension, how she was meant to marry him and have a child with him. She was determined that that would NEVER happen, nor would any of her friends be allowed to know. She knew they would laugh at her for days if they found out.
"Oh, it matters alright! Do you know what's going to happen if he tells everyone about who the Senshi really are? Why doesn't it matter?! Answer me!" Mars asked with much curiosity. More juicy details of their hopeful future.
Moon impishly smiled. She knew he wouldn't ever tell a soul about their identity. For some reason, even unknown to herself, she trusted that he would keep their secret. That's why he had even chosen to be Tuxedo Kamen in this dimension. "Believe me. It doesn't matter." She giggled as she jumped down to the ground, leaving Mars to look for Mamoru.
~*~*~
"Hey you!" Moon yelled from behind Raditz, who was once again on the ground due to an attack from Jupiter.
Mercury looked down at the ground from the air with a wide smile. "Glad you could make it Sailor Moon."
Moon temporarily ignored her friend in blue and stared down into the eyes of her uncle from above. Now it was her turn to deal out the pain. Her father and Piccolo had once defeated Raditz, and now it was her turn to do it once and for all. He would never come back after she was through with him.
Goku's eyes widened with even more fascination. He hadn't expected anymore to show up, not that they weren't needed, but the original three seemed to have everything under control. From what he could tell, these girls were amazing, with power he never could have imagined existed. Whoever taught them how to fight must have been one grand fighter. They had wonderful fighting skills, were quick on their feet and in the air, and always seemed to be aware of where their enemy was at all times as well as his attacks. But he did wonder how well they did against more than one opponent at a time. He wished Usagi had been able to see this spectacular fight with him.
Moon picked up Raditz, who was almost unable to move at all after the beating he had just received. "I am Sailor Moon!" She yelled, almost with pure hate. She pulled a fist back and quickly released it into his stomach. No mercy would be dealt with him, not after everything he had done to his victims in the past two days.
She watched Raditz fall back to the ground. "I fight for Love and Justice! Two things you have none of! We are the Sailor Senshi and we Will Punish You!"
Venus smiled as she began taunting Raditz. "You've messed with the wrong group of people! Once you mess with the Moon Kingdom, your days are done. Now you've upset Sailor Moon and now, you'll pay."
Raditz growled as he pushed himself back up. He wouldn't just stand around and let this insolent children defeat him. He had Dark energy running throughout his body. It was supposed to be superior to that of any Sailor Senshi. "No more Mercy for you kids. Now that Moon is here, I'll be showing you my true power!"
Mercury dropped herself until she was barely hovering over the ground.
Sailor Moon crossed her arms across her chest and yawned. "I'm not in a very good mood right now, you know. I've had a hard week with you punks showing up and all. I'm not holding back either, that would be useless."
Raditz smirked as he dropped his hands to his left side and pressed his palms together. "That's fine with me brat. You use your energy and I'll suck it in and take it to my queen. Then you'll see what happens when YOU mess with the Dark Kingdom." He stuck out his hands, ready to absorb the energy.
~*~*~
Mars found Tuxedo Kamen leaning against the railing of a nearby building where he had fallen unconscious. She couldn't help but laugh her heart out. "That costume is so ridiculous. Mamoru, buddy, you can never laugh at us again!"
~*~*~
Sailor Moon reached for her tiara. She was somewhat uneasy about using her attack. Not only because she hadn't used it before, but because of what would happen when she did. She remembered Pluto's words, how it would awaken yet another great power when she used it. Then, she would become the True Senshi of the Moon, the True Moon Princess.
She gulped nervously as she as she pulled it out in front of her in order to throw it like a Frisbee. "Moon Tiara..." She paused. The tiara had begun glowing the same intensity of silver that the moon had only a few nights before. 'wow' She thought to herself. Little did she know that this silver was the same silver that her hair and tailed turned when she turned Super Saiyan, and little did she know that her father was thinking that exact thing when he saw this.
Sailor Moon looked up to Raditz, who was still prepared to receive his prize. It was time to take him out. She curled up her nose and closed her eyes. "Action!" She three the Tiara as she would a Frisbee. She quickly opened her eyes, unable to wave the aching curiosity of watching the end of her uncle's reign of terror.
Mars watched from above in complete awe.
The tiara spun so rapidly that it looked like a pure attack of energy. Small sparks flew to the sides as it flew closer and closer to its target. Raditz braced himself for impact, but it was useless. No matter what he would have done, it wouldn't have worked. Sailor Moon's tiara of pure moon energy slashed directly through his hands. As it passed through his stomach, all traces of dark energy were quickly replaced with the piercing goodness of Moon energy. In short, the energy worked like acid inside his body. Almost as soon as it was in, it was out, but it took an unexpected turn. Instead of returning to its owner, it flew up into the sky, which was already beginning to darken.
Sailor Moon found this rather peculiar, but soon found herself watching her uncle once again. Raditz's body was completely ridden of Dark Energy, which was the only thing that was keeping him alive in the first place. He held his hands in front of his face and looked at them in fear. Had he really been defeated by a mere rugrat? How could this have happened. His revenge had been planned out so well, and here he was, defeated by his own niece. It was all Kakaratto's fault! If hadn't bred such strong brats then none of this would have happened. "Damnit all!" He screamed out at the top of his lung as he fell face first onto the asphalt.
Goku slowly made his way to his brother with a grim expression deep in his eyes. "I'm sorry it had to happen this way, Raditz."
Sailor Moon looked up to her father with curious eyes. "Why? Didn't he try to kill you? He already killed so many people!"
Jupiter nodded as she remembered the face of all those poor children and Miss Haruna. "Yeah! He deserved to die!"
Venus agreed. "Yeah!"
Goku shook his head as he looked around at the faces of the girls. They looked so familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on where he had seen them from. The power disguise was working well. "No one deserves to die. He was raised by Frieza, and knew nothing but killing. I don't know how he got into this crowd, but I bet if he knew anything other than killing, he would have been a good man."
Sailor Moon lowered her head with a sigh. "I guess, but there was no way to change him. He was a threat. We had to get rid of him."
Goku nodded. "Yeah." His face brightened up with a smile. "Yeah. You guys were great out there! I can't believe you were so good! I never thought you would have been!" His attention was caught by the girl in red carrying the man who had saved him from running into his death. They were flying down to him.
Mercury dropped to the ground completely, keeping her hurt leg up. "At least Raditz is out of commission. Now all we have to worry about his Beryl."
Goku gasped with widened eyes. "What?! There's more?! This isn't over yet?!"
Moon shook her head. "No. But we're working on it."
Goku smiled. "Is there anything I can do to help? I love a good fight every now and then and the earth's been quiet lately, no one strong to fight anymore."
Mercury sighed. "I wouldn't suggest it. These people are way out of anyone's league here on earth. You more than anyone should know that. You were powerless against him."
Goku dropped his head, his pride crushed. "... Where did you guys come from? When did you get here? Who are these people who are attacking?"
The girls all exchanged looks of concern. They weren't sure how to answer those questions, let alone if they were allowed to. Moon took the liberty of trying to answer. After all, it was her father and she knew how to deal with him best. "Well, you see, we are Sailor Senshi. We fight for people who can't fight for themselves, or in your case, people who can't penetrate their Dark Energy. We've been fighting the Dark Kingdom for right around a thousand years already."
"What?! A thousand years!?"
Venus nodded, taking the place of Moon. "Yep. A pretty long time if I do say so myself. Anyway, as Sailor Moon was saying, I guess we've always been here, in this galaxy. We are the guardians of the Moon Princess Serenity. Our kingdom was destroyed and we've kind of been hanging around here. Now that the Dark Kingdom has attacked, I guess it's our job to destroy it again. Only Celestial energy penetrates it because it's pure energy of love... I guess."
"Well," Goku said cheerfully, "Whatever works. And as long as you're on our side."
Mars furiously nodded. "Of course we're on your side!"
Goku paused and waited as he looked up into the night sky. "It sure got dark fast... right after you used that Tiara attack." He said, looking down at Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon didn't have a clue as to what she should say. She hadn't expected that to happen. All she knew was that her attack would activate something special, not that it would turn day into night before night was meant to happen. She said nothing and looked up. The Moon was becoming visible from behind a group of clouds. "The moon..."
Goku groaned as he too looked up and noticed the Moon peaking out. The first thing he thought of was the night Usagi had been abducted. The first night this crap began to happen. "Is Usagi safe?" He turned to Mars for an answer.
Mars nodded as she continued to hold Tuxedo Kamen. "Yes, she is. I can go get her if you like."
Goku nodded. "Thank you."
Mars gently placed Tuxedo Kamen on the ground next to Goku and motioned for Moon to follow. "We'll be right back."
The two Senshi left, leaving a curious group of four staring down at Mamoru. Venus giggled as she poked at his arm. "What a bozo!"
Shortly after the Senshis' arrival, Usagi was led away from the fight by her advisors, Luna and Artimas, and fellow Senshi, Sailor Mars. Although Goku believed it was for her own safety, the girls had an entirely different reasoning for their actions. Leading Usagi elsewhere would enable her to transform safely to Sailor Moon without her father, or any one else for that matter, knowing her true identity. Nothing would be suspected.
~*~*~
The remaining Senshi looked directly up at their enemy, Raditz, who seemed to be more concerned with finding the fiend who stopped Goku from running into his death trap. Although they were grateful that this person had acted, the too were curious as to who acted so bravely.
Mercury already had her visor and computer out for power readings. A high pitched noise came from the small machine in her hand, telling only one thing. "That one has the highest reading of Dark Energy." She explained as she closed up the computer.
Jupiter nodded as she slumped her shoulders with a smile of arrogance. "We'll kick his butt with our attacks. He won't be that tough."
Goku let out a quiet chuckle as he grinned. "You may wanna watch out for this one, he fights dirty. I should know, I fought him about forty five years ago when he first invaded earth."
Venus gasped as she turned to the Saiyan warrior. She remembered quite well all the stories Usagi used to share with her when they were younger, about how the first time her father had died. It was during the fight with Raditz, when Gohan had been abducted. Her eyes became wide as she realized just who the attacker really was. 'That would mean he's Raditz.... Usagi's UNCLE?!'
Gulping, she Venus tried her hardest to keep her knowledge of Raditz away from Goku. "Thanks for the tip, sir."
Goku nodded, not detecting any bit that Venus knew anything of his older brother. "Sure..." He glared up at his brother, who seemed to have found what he was looking for.
Also noticing this, Venus motioned for her friends to follow her in pursuit of Raditz. "Quietly now."
As much as Goku wanted to join the Senshi, his wounds would not allow him to. He would have to be satisfied with watching the Senshi at work to destroy Raditz once and for all.
~*~*~
Raditz's eyes flared with hatred as he glared down upon Tuxedo Kamen. It was because of him that Goku continued to live, something he could not forgive. "You! Who are you?! Tell me!" He snarled.
Holding his ground, Tuxedo Kamen grinned. "I am Tuxedo Kamen! Defender of those in Peril!"
Raditz tightened his fists as a loud growl escaped his lips. "You'll die for interfering!"
Although Tuxedo Kamen seemed arrogantly calm to all those around, inside, he was scared to death. Without being able to raise his power level, he would be helpless against Raditz. He hoped that the Senshi would come to his rescue soon, otherwise he would be joining all those who had died already.
A small, green ball of energy flew down from above Raditz to hit him square on the back just as he began to advance at Tuxedo Kamen. "Damnit!" He growled as he turned his back to the caped fool.
Jupiter glared down at the Saiyan with hatred. Today, his days of chaos would end and his death would mean one step closer to brining Miss Haruna back to life along with all the others. "That was just a warning. Leave that man alone and fight us!"
Tuxedo Kamen arrogantly smirked as he let his eyes drop to Raditz's back. That attack had actually succeeded in searing the armor. "Looks like the tables have turned!"
Raditz growled, shifting his eyes from the Senshi to Tuxedo Kamen. "Lights out." Not giving his target a chance to move, he quickly built up an attack of his own in the palm of his hand and fired it the boy.
Although no one else had been able to detect the attack, for it was done too fast, Goku had expected something like that from his brother. He used his last of the energy left in his body to fire a Kamehameha at Raditz's attack., but his efforts did nothing. The energy from his Kamehameha wave was absorbed into Raditz's attack, only to make it stronger.
Tuxedo Kamen was hit almost immediately after Goku's energy was absorbed. He struggled to push it away, but without being able to use his own power combined with the force of the impact, he was thrown into to cement railing of the building. He took one last hopeful look up at the girls with pleading eyes, which begged them to defeat this new threat before anymore were killed. "...ughh..." His head bobbed to the side as his eyes closed.
Goku dropped to the ground as well, but only as a cause of no energy. He would have to keep his word, and allow the Senshi to fight on their own. He couldn't even help them if they needed it now.
Raditz glanced back to the Senshi with a smirk. "Now that he's out of the way, I'll kill you three." He glared down at his brother, who returned the glare. "And then I'll kill you."
Venus fired a small beam of energy at Raditz to grab his attention. "You have to get through us first!"
Jupiter pulled her arms back slightly and made two fists, reading for anything. "Which isn't likely."
Raditz's Saiyan instincts allowed him to smile at that point. A good fight did sound rather invigorating while he waited for the Moon brat to return. "Well then by all means, let's get this show on the road. But I must warn you, your little attacks may work on my pets, but they won't work on me." He slowly began to lower his altitude so they could fight on more sturdy grounds, with the Senshi following.
Venus grinned. "We'll let the outcome of the fight speak for itself."
~*~*~
Usagi staggered down the streets of the city, which had been cleared out earlier by the fleeing citizens. She had still been dizzy from being thrown into the ground, but she would have to fight through the pain. It wouldn't be the first time.
Luna walked along side Usagi with worry. "Usagi, are you sure you'll be able to fight as Sailor Moon? You still look woozy."
Usagi nodded as she grabbed her aching head. "I'll be fine. Raditz won't get away with murder, I won't let him. None of us will. That's our job, right? To defend our home and our people. We've already allowed too many people to die and I won't let it happen anymore. No more experimenting!"
Sailor Mars nodded with a glimmer of righteousness in her eyes. "Right! We're going to put an end to it right now!"
Usagi grabbed her broach from her pocket and held it above her head. "Moon Crystal Power...Make-Up!!" Usagi's body was engulfed in a bright, pink light. When it dissipated, before Mars, Luna, and Artimas stood Sailor Moon, the champion of Justice.
Sailor Moon remembered all that Sailor Pluto had told her, about her power. She must use the true power of the Moon instead of power balls masked by Moon energy. Once she does this, she will get the item needed to defeat Beryl and Metallia.
Mars placed her hand on Moon's shoulder with a smile. "Let's do this!"
Moon nodded as she turned to face the direction in which she came, the direction which she would be going back. "Agreed." She looked over her shoulder down to Luna and Artimas. "You two should stay here so my dad thinks someone's with me, otherwise he might get suspicious."
Artimas nodded. "Good luck."
~*~*~
Meanwhile, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury were testing their luck with Raditz. They seemed to be holding up quite well without their two missing partners, but Raditz wasn't falling easily. Their regular Ki attacks didn't seem to have too much effect on him except to slow him down. His attacks, however, did immense amount of damage to anyone or anything they hit.
Venus threw yet another Ki attack down to Raditz. Raditz, who had detected the attack long before it made contact, jumped out of the way, only to find his neck being smashed in by Mercury's leg. "Why you..." He snarled as he reached for Mercury, who quickly retreated.
Mercury pulled out her computer to check the damage level of Raditz, which was almost nothing. "Are attacks aren't doing very much damage."
Jupiter didn't take the news as badly as Venus had. In fact, she rather liked hearing that Raditz was taking almost no damage from their attacks, it meant only one thing. "Let's do it."
Venus looked to Jupiter with a smile. "Special attacks?"
Jupiter nodded. "Yeah."
"Ok. Let's." Venus brought her attention back to Raditz, who seemed to be powering up for another attack. "I'll go first."
Jupiter shook her head. "No. Let me. I want to be the first to get pay back. I want to be the one to deliver the same pain that Miss Haruna felt."
Venus nodded. She fully understood where her friend was coming from. She would have felt the same way if she had been the one to witness the tragedy. "No mercy, Jupiter."
Jupiter nodded, showing her agreeance. She hadn't planed on showing any mercy to such a monster. She readied herself for attack as she glared back at Raditz, who was waiting impatiently for an attack he didn't think would hurt him. The girls had failed to do any damage before, why would now be any different. But what he didn't know was that the girls had truly been awakened as the Senshi of their planets. He would pay dearly for the trouble he and his people had caused.
Jupiter knew not of what would happen when she activated her new attack for a purpose other than training. Would it truly hurt him, or would it just be absorbed into his body much like the rest of the attacks they had thrown at him? There was only one way to find out. Jupiter took a deep breath and decided to commence.
"Supreme Thunder!" She cried out as a small, yet powerful attack emerged from her palms.
Raditz smirked. This attack was nothing new to him. It was the same thing that they had been throwing at him all along. Did they expect that they could just slap on a name to the attack and intimidate him? Feeling confident of his power, he did nothing but stand and wait to be hit.
With contact, the attack of Jupiter exploded, throwing its target to his back. Raditz growled, letting his pain be known. The attack had in fact succeeded in harming him. The Senshi around could feel a sudden decrease in his power.
~*~*~
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars stopped short as soon as they felt the decrease in Raditz's power. Sailor Moon turned to her comrade, jaw open wide. "How did Jupiter get so strong?"
Mars grinned with pride. "We've been given new attacks."
Moon smiled wide with a bit of her own pride. If Jupiter's attack was so strong, and able to take that much out of their enemy, then what would her attack do? With her being the strongest Senshi and all.
~*~*~
Goku neared Raditz, who still lay on the ground. 'Amazing.' He thought to himself. He had never imagined these girls, with their ridiculous outfits, could have such a power enough to fall Raditz to his back. Even with all his power he had been useless.
Jupiter laughed as she high-fived with Mercury. Their attacks were strong enough to take down even Raditz, the strongest of their foes so far. But, would it be able to harm the Queen. It was now apparent to the Senshi that they would have to toss aside regular attacks, and use only their planetary energy when fighting foes such as Raditz, or anyone from the Dark Kingdom for that matter.
Raditz placed his hand over the wound now on his stomach. The armor had been completely pierced, leaving nothing but a puddle of blood on his flesh. Now he knew how the Saiyans had felt when they were bombarded by Frieza's troops. But he couldn't and wouldn't let his pain be known.
He quickly jumped to his feet and faced the laughing Senshi. "You may have had fun that time, little girl, but believe me, I won't be caught off guard again."
Jupiter grinned evilly as she continued to laugh. "Admit it, you weren't caught off guard, you just suck!" She hollered as she stuck her tongue at him. The others laughed harder at the joke.
Raditz was now fuming with anger. Now would be the perfect time to attack, catch them off guard and see how they liked it. Then, while they were on the ground, helpless and crying for help from Goku, he would kill them one by one, and finish his business up with Goku. It would be that easy. He thanked his queen for picking such a time to attack, when the Senshi were young and naïve enough to laugh when they got one hit on their opponent.
But as he waited and watched his slithering attack get nearer and nearer to the girls, he soon realized he was wrong. The Senshi easily dodged the attack as if they had been tracking it all along. 'Damnit! This is all Kakaratto's fault! If he hadn't trained them so well they'd be dead by now!'
With an evil smirk, one much like Vejita used to give before he became a fighter for good instead of evil, he turned to his little brother, who was eagerly anticipating the Senshis' next move. Once again, he fired an attack at Goku, who had too much of a watchful eye on the Senshi to see that his death was flying toward him. Raditz chuckled. He had carefully shot it so it would hit him, full force in the head. Nothing would be sweeter than watching his brother's head be blown off.
Venus stopped her laughter immediately and focused all of her attention of the deadly attack making its way to her friend's father. "Goku!" She futilely cried out. But it was pointless. Goku wouldn't have been able to do anything anyway. He was powerless against Raditz. It would be up to her or one of the other Senshi to stop the attack before it made contact.
Acting purely on instinct, she held her out hand. "Crescent Beam!" A bright orange beam of light shot from her hand and into the Dark Energy, immediately diminishing it into nothing. "Mercury!"
Mercury nodded as she shot a scowl in the direction of Raditz. He would have to be stopped before he tried anything else. "Shabon Spray!" She yelled out.
Raditz was immediately engulfed by Mercury's watery attack. "WHAT'S GOING ON?!" How could this have been happening? He was supposed to be an all powerful being, against everyone, even the Senshi. And here he was being dominated by them. He couldn't even kill his own brother without them interfering.
Goku pulled away from the fight even further. He looked down to his side only to notice Jupiter standing next to him. She looked up at him with curious eyes. "Are you alright, sir?"
Goku nodded. He couldn't believe that he had just almost died. Damn that undetectable energy! "I'll be fine. You guys just worry about what you have to do."
Jupiter nodded as she jumped back into the action.
~*~*~
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars, who had only arrived, glared down at Raditz as he tried to dodge more attacks that kept coming from their fellow Senshi. They giggled when he got a Venus Beam directly in his butt. Moon, who could barely keep a straight face, turned up to her friend, who stood taller than her due to her heals. "Think we should help them out?"
Mars nodded. "I do."
"Good. I want the last hit though. This is personal. He tried to kill me and my dad and now it's payback time."
Mars found herself nodding once again with a grin. "Be my guest."
The two of them turned back to face Raditz, who was currently retaliating with a few of his own attacks. They did their damage, when they actually made a hit. Mercury had a bad leg injury, but that didn't stop her from making aerial attacks. Venus had been hit in the arm, but it was nothing too serious.
Moon prepared herself for action, but suddenly remembered someone. Tuxedo Kamen. He was nowhere in sight, which meant one thing, he had to be injured, especially since she had not felt his power level to fly away. "Mars, can you go check on Mamoru real quick?"
Mars quirked a brow with confusion. "Come again..."
Moon giggled. "One little detail I left out about the other dimension. Mamoru is Tuxedo Kamen, the guy with the flower."
Mars jumped back in surprise with a quick gasp. "He's WHO? That idiot with the flower is Mamoru!?"
Moon nodded. "Yep! I knew, but I wasn't supposed to tell anyone." She said as she lowered her head as if she were being reprimanded.
Mars grinned. "That's ok, he knows who we are too."
Moon sighed. "Not even a week's gone by and he already knows. But it doesn't really matter." She trailed off into silence as she remembered the other dimension, how she was meant to marry him and have a child with him. She was determined that that would NEVER happen, nor would any of her friends be allowed to know. She knew they would laugh at her for days if they found out.
"Oh, it matters alright! Do you know what's going to happen if he tells everyone about who the Senshi really are? Why doesn't it matter?! Answer me!" Mars asked with much curiosity. More juicy details of their hopeful future.
Moon impishly smiled. She knew he wouldn't ever tell a soul about their identity. For some reason, even unknown to herself, she trusted that he would keep their secret. That's why he had even chosen to be Tuxedo Kamen in this dimension. "Believe me. It doesn't matter." She giggled as she jumped down to the ground, leaving Mars to look for Mamoru.
~*~*~
"Hey you!" Moon yelled from behind Raditz, who was once again on the ground due to an attack from Jupiter.
Mercury looked down at the ground from the air with a wide smile. "Glad you could make it Sailor Moon."
Moon temporarily ignored her friend in blue and stared down into the eyes of her uncle from above. Now it was her turn to deal out the pain. Her father and Piccolo had once defeated Raditz, and now it was her turn to do it once and for all. He would never come back after she was through with him.
Goku's eyes widened with even more fascination. He hadn't expected anymore to show up, not that they weren't needed, but the original three seemed to have everything under control. From what he could tell, these girls were amazing, with power he never could have imagined existed. Whoever taught them how to fight must have been one grand fighter. They had wonderful fighting skills, were quick on their feet and in the air, and always seemed to be aware of where their enemy was at all times as well as his attacks. But he did wonder how well they did against more than one opponent at a time. He wished Usagi had been able to see this spectacular fight with him.
Moon picked up Raditz, who was almost unable to move at all after the beating he had just received. "I am Sailor Moon!" She yelled, almost with pure hate. She pulled a fist back and quickly released it into his stomach. No mercy would be dealt with him, not after everything he had done to his victims in the past two days.
She watched Raditz fall back to the ground. "I fight for Love and Justice! Two things you have none of! We are the Sailor Senshi and we Will Punish You!"
Venus smiled as she began taunting Raditz. "You've messed with the wrong group of people! Once you mess with the Moon Kingdom, your days are done. Now you've upset Sailor Moon and now, you'll pay."
Raditz growled as he pushed himself back up. He wouldn't just stand around and let this insolent children defeat him. He had Dark energy running throughout his body. It was supposed to be superior to that of any Sailor Senshi. "No more Mercy for you kids. Now that Moon is here, I'll be showing you my true power!"
Mercury dropped herself until she was barely hovering over the ground.
Sailor Moon crossed her arms across her chest and yawned. "I'm not in a very good mood right now, you know. I've had a hard week with you punks showing up and all. I'm not holding back either, that would be useless."
Raditz smirked as he dropped his hands to his left side and pressed his palms together. "That's fine with me brat. You use your energy and I'll suck it in and take it to my queen. Then you'll see what happens when YOU mess with the Dark Kingdom." He stuck out his hands, ready to absorb the energy.
~*~*~
Mars found Tuxedo Kamen leaning against the railing of a nearby building where he had fallen unconscious. She couldn't help but laugh her heart out. "That costume is so ridiculous. Mamoru, buddy, you can never laugh at us again!"
~*~*~
Sailor Moon reached for her tiara. She was somewhat uneasy about using her attack. Not only because she hadn't used it before, but because of what would happen when she did. She remembered Pluto's words, how it would awaken yet another great power when she used it. Then, she would become the True Senshi of the Moon, the True Moon Princess.
She gulped nervously as she as she pulled it out in front of her in order to throw it like a Frisbee. "Moon Tiara..." She paused. The tiara had begun glowing the same intensity of silver that the moon had only a few nights before. 'wow' She thought to herself. Little did she know that this silver was the same silver that her hair and tailed turned when she turned Super Saiyan, and little did she know that her father was thinking that exact thing when he saw this.
Sailor Moon looked up to Raditz, who was still prepared to receive his prize. It was time to take him out. She curled up her nose and closed her eyes. "Action!" She three the Tiara as she would a Frisbee. She quickly opened her eyes, unable to wave the aching curiosity of watching the end of her uncle's reign of terror.
Mars watched from above in complete awe.
The tiara spun so rapidly that it looked like a pure attack of energy. Small sparks flew to the sides as it flew closer and closer to its target. Raditz braced himself for impact, but it was useless. No matter what he would have done, it wouldn't have worked. Sailor Moon's tiara of pure moon energy slashed directly through his hands. As it passed through his stomach, all traces of dark energy were quickly replaced with the piercing goodness of Moon energy. In short, the energy worked like acid inside his body. Almost as soon as it was in, it was out, but it took an unexpected turn. Instead of returning to its owner, it flew up into the sky, which was already beginning to darken.
Sailor Moon found this rather peculiar, but soon found herself watching her uncle once again. Raditz's body was completely ridden of Dark Energy, which was the only thing that was keeping him alive in the first place. He held his hands in front of his face and looked at them in fear. Had he really been defeated by a mere rugrat? How could this have happened. His revenge had been planned out so well, and here he was, defeated by his own niece. It was all Kakaratto's fault! If hadn't bred such strong brats then none of this would have happened. "Damnit all!" He screamed out at the top of his lung as he fell face first onto the asphalt.
Goku slowly made his way to his brother with a grim expression deep in his eyes. "I'm sorry it had to happen this way, Raditz."
Sailor Moon looked up to her father with curious eyes. "Why? Didn't he try to kill you? He already killed so many people!"
Jupiter nodded as she remembered the face of all those poor children and Miss Haruna. "Yeah! He deserved to die!"
Venus agreed. "Yeah!"
Goku shook his head as he looked around at the faces of the girls. They looked so familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on where he had seen them from. The power disguise was working well. "No one deserves to die. He was raised by Frieza, and knew nothing but killing. I don't know how he got into this crowd, but I bet if he knew anything other than killing, he would have been a good man."
Sailor Moon lowered her head with a sigh. "I guess, but there was no way to change him. He was a threat. We had to get rid of him."
Goku nodded. "Yeah." His face brightened up with a smile. "Yeah. You guys were great out there! I can't believe you were so good! I never thought you would have been!" His attention was caught by the girl in red carrying the man who had saved him from running into his death. They were flying down to him.
Mercury dropped to the ground completely, keeping her hurt leg up. "At least Raditz is out of commission. Now all we have to worry about his Beryl."
Goku gasped with widened eyes. "What?! There's more?! This isn't over yet?!"
Moon shook her head. "No. But we're working on it."
Goku smiled. "Is there anything I can do to help? I love a good fight every now and then and the earth's been quiet lately, no one strong to fight anymore."
Mercury sighed. "I wouldn't suggest it. These people are way out of anyone's league here on earth. You more than anyone should know that. You were powerless against him."
Goku dropped his head, his pride crushed. "... Where did you guys come from? When did you get here? Who are these people who are attacking?"
The girls all exchanged looks of concern. They weren't sure how to answer those questions, let alone if they were allowed to. Moon took the liberty of trying to answer. After all, it was her father and she knew how to deal with him best. "Well, you see, we are Sailor Senshi. We fight for people who can't fight for themselves, or in your case, people who can't penetrate their Dark Energy. We've been fighting the Dark Kingdom for right around a thousand years already."
"What?! A thousand years!?"
Venus nodded, taking the place of Moon. "Yep. A pretty long time if I do say so myself. Anyway, as Sailor Moon was saying, I guess we've always been here, in this galaxy. We are the guardians of the Moon Princess Serenity. Our kingdom was destroyed and we've kind of been hanging around here. Now that the Dark Kingdom has attacked, I guess it's our job to destroy it again. Only Celestial energy penetrates it because it's pure energy of love... I guess."
"Well," Goku said cheerfully, "Whatever works. And as long as you're on our side."
Mars furiously nodded. "Of course we're on your side!"
Goku paused and waited as he looked up into the night sky. "It sure got dark fast... right after you used that Tiara attack." He said, looking down at Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon didn't have a clue as to what she should say. She hadn't expected that to happen. All she knew was that her attack would activate something special, not that it would turn day into night before night was meant to happen. She said nothing and looked up. The Moon was becoming visible from behind a group of clouds. "The moon..."
Goku groaned as he too looked up and noticed the Moon peaking out. The first thing he thought of was the night Usagi had been abducted. The first night this crap began to happen. "Is Usagi safe?" He turned to Mars for an answer.
Mars nodded as she continued to hold Tuxedo Kamen. "Yes, she is. I can go get her if you like."
Goku nodded. "Thank you."
Mars gently placed Tuxedo Kamen on the ground next to Goku and motioned for Moon to follow. "We'll be right back."
The two Senshi left, leaving a curious group of four staring down at Mamoru. Venus giggled as she poked at his arm. "What a bozo!"