(Sorry it's a day late. I had to go out of state yesterday and didn't get
home until late. I was too tired to get on and post this.)
~*~*~*~
~~Earth: Son House~~
Usagi lay on the sofa as her mother began to put medicine into her open wounds. She elected not to tell her daughter of what happened to Hotaru until after Goku returned. She didn't want to put more stress on Usagi at that point. She already seemed to have enough of it. Chi-Chi knew that her daughter would feel more relaxed once she knew that everyone she loved was all right.
Usagi flinched as the medicine touched her body, but the pain of it working its magic was nowhere near as painful as taking the beating she had received from Tatsuo. She knew that it wouldn't have been nearly as bad if she had been able to fight back at least part of the time. She didn't exactly blame her father for what happened, but if he hadn't gotten her ability to use her Ki blocked she wouldn't be in as much pain right now. She wished that he wouldn't have reacted so quickly. but then again, Tatsuo probably made him think that he HAD to do it in order to keep her from doing something to hurt others. It wasn't often that Usagi could honestly say she hated very many people anymore, in fact, she couldn't say that about anyone. But Tatsuo was another case. The more she thought about how much damage he had caused between her and everyone she loved, the more her feelings of hate for him increase. "I hope daddy beats the tar outta Tatsuo!" She yelled out of no where as she stared up at her mother.
Chi-Chi didn't approve of what her daughter had just said, but she didn't really show it. Little things like that didn't really cause her to lash out anymore, which was a great sign of improvement. "Usagi, you know your father would never 'beat the tar outta' anyone."
Usagi sighed. "I know. I just wish Tatsuo could get what's coming to him. He's messed everything up!"
Chi-Chi smiled as she dabbed some of the liquid medicine into a gash running down the length of her daughter's left arm. "Everyone who loved you before still loves you. He hasn't ruined anything for you."
Usagi smiled back at her mother with a wince. "But he still tried, mom. You and dad hated me for like, a day."
Chi-Chi frowned as she stopped cleaning up her daughter. She didn't ever remember hating her daughter. "I never hated you, Usagi. Your father never hated you. No one HATED you."
Usagi blinked twice up at her mother. She could have sworn that, by the way they were treating her they hated her. "But you guys."
Chi-Chi placed her finger over her daughter's mouth to shush her. "We never hated you, Usagi. We thought you hated us, we thought you had really turned bad. Tatsuo DID attack your father, after all. We were thinking that you had turned completely against us. We acted like that with you so you would realize that we meant business."
Usagi looked away from her mother, her anger rising for Tatsuo even more. "I hate Tatsuo! I told you he messed everything up."
Chi-Chi smiled softly as she continued to care for her daughter. "Don't worry. No matter what happens, we will never hate you. Even if you HAD turned bad we wouldn't have hated you, a little angry with you yes, but nothing as strong as hate."
Usagi looked away from her mother to Krillin, who was sitting in the chair next to the doorway that led into the hall. He hadn't really said anything since she had wakened up, and she knew why. He wanted to give her time to get reacquainted with her mother, which she appreciated. Ignoring him, she looked back up at her mother. "Where's everybody else?"
Chi-Chi sat her rag down next to the bowl of water and grabbed a hold of Usagi's arms to help her sit up. "Vejita decided to throw a fit over the fact that you and Mamoru are. well." She paused, not wanting to admit that her daughter was of royalty, "Well you know."
Usagi nodded to show that she understood. "He doesn't like that we're a Prince and Princess."
Chi-Chi nodded back. "Exactly. I'm not sure where Trunks and Mamoru ran off to. Your friends had an errand that they needed to run. I'm not sure if they'll be back."
Usagi looked somewhat disappointed at that last bit of news. She wanted desperately to discuss the day's happenings with her friends. They were the only ones who could understand what she was going through. Her mother wasn't the best person to open up to about this kind of thing. She especially wanted to talk to Rei about her dream. It seemed too real to be a figment of her imagination. "Oh." She looked back at Krillin, who was still only staring. "Are they back yet?"
Krillin shook his head, wishing that he could have said yes. "I'm afraid not. Give it some time though. They'll be back soon enough."
Usagi sighed as she stared down at her hands. "I don't like not knowing what's happening."
Chi-Chi softly smiled. "Now you know how I feel."
~*~*~
Rei caught up with the others pretty quick after picking up Luna and Artimas. "Guys, wait up!" She called once she spotted Ami.
The three stopped short and turned around to see Rei gasping for breath as she sped toward them. Minako noticed the two cats in the girl's arms. "Oh my gosh! I totally forgot about them!"
Artimas frowned and turned his head away from Minako. "It's times like these when you find out who your real friends are."
Minako giggled. "You know I didn't' mean it like that, Artimas. We just got caught up in all the commotion that I."
Artimas chuckled back at the girl. "You don't have to explain, Minako. Rei told us everything that happened."
Luna smiled and nodded. "Right, and we understand why she did it."
Makoto; "Really? She told you about Hotaru too?"
Luna's smile faded as she looked up to Rei in confusion. "What's wrong with Hotaru? Did she get caught up in the fight?"
Rei frowned at Makoto, giving her the 'why'd you have to bring that up' look. She looked back down at the glaring cat, wishing that her friend hadn't opened her big mouth. "Not really. She was at Usagi's when we got there. Her mom told us to get Hotaru home and that's what we did. She looked like she had gotten hurt off of something, but nothing big."
Minako had failed to see the look Rei had given Makoto, and therefore opened her big mouth too. "Nothing big? If you call THAT nothing big, I don't want to see what you DO consider big. Hotaru was in a lot of pain, couldn't you tell?"
Now Rei was frowning at Minako. "I was TRYING to keep the stress levels down. you know, concentrate on one thing at a time. But obviously you two can't handle that."
Luna growled at the girls. "Quiet! This is no time for you three to be arguing. Let's just get to Usagi's and find out what happened for ourselves. We need to find out if the Princess is all right." Seeing that the girls had quieted down, Luna relaxed. "Alright, let's teleport directly there. I don't want to run into anymore trouble before we get there." The girls nodded. That seemed logical. Flying there could have proven to be full of obstacles. Minako took her cat from Rei and then they were off.
~*~*~
The three girls and two cats found themselves standing behind Chi-Chi, who was still kneeling in front of Usagi, making sure she was ok. Luna jumped out of Rei's arms and jumped onto the coffee table next to Chi-Chi, who hadn't noticed her. "Usagi!"
Chi-Chi screamed in fright as she jumped off the table and grabbed the cat, bringing it to her face. Luna reacted back by scratching at the woman's face, thinking that she had to protect herself. Chi-Chi wasn't exactly her favorite person after what had happened the year before with being ruthlessly thrown out of the house by the woman.
Usagi was a little freak out by the events, but she knew that her mother wouldn't hurt Luna anymore, not now that she knew what was going on. She let out a quiet giggle as she forced herself to stand up against the aches in her body. "Luna, it's all right! You scared mom, that's all."
Krillin had rushed to Chi-Chi's side, ready for battle if needed. "Are you sure, Usagi?"
Usagi reached out and took the cat from her mother's possession. "Positive." She knelt down and set Luna back down on the table. "Are you all right mom?" She asked, turning up to see if her mother had been scratched badly.
Chi-Chi bit her lower lip. She tried not to think about lashing back out at the cat but after that, how could she not? But nevertheless, she forced herself not to do anything to it. After all, this cat meant something to her daughter. "I'm fine." She said, holding her breath. Her face hadn't been scratched much, just a little on the side, but there was no blood.
Usagi stood up and smiled at her friends. "You guys came back."
Minako winked with a smile. "Of course! You don't think we would just leave you here without finding out if you're alright, would you?"
Usagi smiled even wider. "Of course not."
Ami walked to the young Saiyan's side and began looking her over. "You seem to be doing better than when we last saw you."
Usagi continued to smile as she looked up to her mother. "That's because mom and Krillin helped me get better."
Luna looked up to the girl's mother, still skeptical of the Queens choice to allow such an impulsive, easy-to-anger woman be the Princess' mother. "Your mother?"
"Yep!" Usagi chirped. Usagi knew that Luna didn't really care for her mother, she had always known that. It was obvious too, the way she would always be surprised when she found out that Chi-Chi had dome something to help Usagi.
Luna continued to stare up at Chi-Chi, who stared back as if she had seen a ghost. "So Chi-Chi."
Chi-Chi said nothing to the cat. She only backed away, shaking. "She.she CAN talk."
Luna frowned. "Of course I can talk! You can't have a non-talking cat for a royal advisor, now can you? Did you expect me to perform a mind meld on the girl to talk to her?"
Chi-Chi frowned as she lashed out at the feline. "Watch it! You're still in MY house! I would appreciate you talking with some more respect!" She paused to grin. "After all, I AM the Princess' mother. I think I deserve a little more respect."
Usagi giggled as Amy stepped in. "She's got a point, Luna. She IS Usagi's mother. She's not bad." Luna frowned as she ducked her head and turned her head away from Chi-Chi in embarrassment.
~*~*~
~~Tatsuo's World~~
Goku was in more or a bind now than he had ever been. He knew Tatsuo was right. He wouldn't be able to fight while trying to protect Gohan, but that would mean his defeat. Even after that he wouldn't be able to protect Gohan, he'd be too warn out. What could he do? There seemed to be only one thing. It would be a tricky thing to pull off with Tatsuo's speed, but he'd have to try if he wanted to come out victorious. He wouldn't allow anyone to die, not to someone who was much weaker.
With no notice at all, Goku rushed for Tatsuo, who just sat by and laughed. "So you've decided to protect him AND fight me at the same time. I expected better from you."
Goku gave no emotional reaction. Instead, he threw Gohan at Tatsuo. He then pressed himself into Gohan, whose body was becoming engulfed by Tatsuo's electrical energy. Goku hated to do this to his son, but there was no other way. "Damn you!" He yelled out in a rage of fury as he teleported himself away with Tatsuo and his oldest son, leaving Goten behind.
~*~*~
~~Earth: Son House~~
Krillin was the first to feel it out of all the fighters in the house. While the girls were engaging in fun and laughter, he had been tracking Goku's energy to the best of his ability, many times being unable to feel him at all, especially when his power had been dropped to Super Saiyan one. But now he could fully feel his best friend's power with ease. "GOKU!"
Usagi and Chi-Chi both jumped up in surprise expecting to see Goku walk through the door. But he never did. The both put on a frown and turned to the short man ready to lash out at him for getting their hopes up like that.
Usagi jumped past her mother, falling to her knees from the pain it caused her. "Where's dad?! Is he alright?"
Chi-Chi; "This better not be anything bad, Krillin!"
Makoto smiled wide as soon as she felt it too. It WAS Goku's power level. He wasn't too far away. "He's alright!"
~*~*~
~~Kami's Lookout~~
Piccolo wore half a smirk on his face as he looked toward his son and Trunks, who too had felt it. "I knew he'd survive."
Dende turned up to the taller Namek. He wasn't celebrating just yet. Tatsuo was with him, but Goten wasn't. Gohan seemed to be drained of power. "It's not over yet, guys."
Trunks grinned. "If anyone can do it, Goku can."
Piccolo looked up toward the sky. He was slightly confused as to why Goku had picked THAT place of all to be fighting at. Especially after he had just found out what his daughter was. "I sure hope this doesn't get the moon blown up."
~*~*~
~~Son House~~
Usagi jumped to her feet in surprise. "THE MOON!?" She yelled out toward Krillin, who had just told her where her father had gone.
Chi-Chi pushed her daughter aside and rammed her face into Krillin's. "What's he doing on the Moon?! He can't fight on the Moon!"
Krillin covered his head from Chi-Chi, hoping that she wouldn't be too rough on him. "I don't know. take it easy."
Chi-Chi looked down at her daughter, who stared back up at her. Usagi then looked down at Luna for answers. "Is he allowed to do that? Will the Queen be upset?"
Luna gave a kitty shrug. "I assume that she wouldn't be too upset. After all, he IS your father and he IS fighting for the good of the earth. as well as you."
Usagi smiled with happiness as she deviously stared at her friends. Chi-Chi knew that look all too well. She knew it meant trouble for everyone, especially Usagi. "Don't you even think about it, Usagi! You are NOT going to the moon."
Usagi dipped her head in embarrassment. She hated it when her mother did that in front of everyone, especially her friends. "Mom, common. This is the MOON we're talking about. I really need to go and. uh . protect it."
Chi-Chi grinned. As well as she knew that look of her daughter, she also knew that there was a way around every one of her reasons to do something. "Your father can handle it."
Usagi crossed her arms and gave her mother a pouty lip. She knew it was true, her father COULD handle it. But she really wanted to see him. Maybe she could help him as Sailor Moon. "But mom, I'm the Princess. I need to be there."
Luna looked up at Chi-Chi rather strangely. She didn't know what she was thinking, but she actually agreed with what the woman had to say. "Your mother is right, Usagi. It's far to dangerous for you to be meddled up in such an affair without being able to utilize your Ki." She turned up to see the Senshi with a grin. "But you four, on the other hand, are more than able to teleport yourself there to aid him."
Makoto happily nodded for the entire group. "Gotcha!" She had wanted to tear Tatsuo apart the first time around, but Goku hadn't let her. This was her chance to get her payback.
Chi-Chi stepped away from her daughter and started out for the kitchen. "You should eat something before you leave, girls. You need to replenish your strength."
Minako's eyes nearly jumped out of her head at the mention of food. "Ooooh!"
Chi-Chi laughed at the girl's reaction as she continued on in through the kitchen door. Krillin darted up and followed her in. "Got anything for a hungry old man?"
Artimas lifted his nose into the air, immediately smelling the food in the fridge when Chi-Chi opened it. "Mmm."
Luna rolled her eyes with a sigh as she too turned around to make sure her partner didn't try anything stupid. "Artimas she didn't offer you anything. Get back here!"
Usagi waited until Luna was completely out of the room to make her move. She jumped down to the ground and rested her elbows on the table as she stared up at her suspicious friends. "Take me with you!"
Ami flinched with surprise. "What?! No way. Your mom and Luna just said 'no'. We can't take you now."
Usagi frowned. "Come on! You guys are supposed to be my friends. I don't want to disobey mom and Luna, but I gotta go! I have a bad feeling."
Makoto; "That's where we come in. We're going to help your dad and your brothers."
Usagi frowned harder. "No! I need to be there! I would be there right now if I had my own power. I can go as Sailor Moon, just PLEASE take me with you!?"
Ami shook her head. "Not by me."
Makoto frowned back at Usagi as she crossed her arms. "Me either."
Usagi growled at her friends as she turned her attention to Rei and Minako. "Rei? Minako?"
Rei shook her head. "I think you better listen to your mom this time. This could get dangerous. You're already weak from Tatsuo's attack."
Minako smiled. Her thoughts were a bit different than her friends. "I'll help ya out, Usagi. If you say the Princess should be there, then, I'll get you there!"
Rei slapped Minako in the back of the head, unable to believe what had just come out of the girl's mouth. "What did you just say?! You can't take her! Her mother said 'no'! Do you know how much trouble you two will be in when we get back."
Usagi smiled as she bounced up to her feet. "We're used to it, right Minako?" She asked quite bubbly.
Minako nodded. "Let's go!" She looked back at the kitchen where the adults and cats were in the middle of one of their boring conversations. "The food can wait.. I can't believe I just said that."
~*~*~
Goku wasn't sure if taking Tatsuo to the moon was such a good idea, but he HAD to get off that planet of energy before he got himself and his sons killed. It was true that he wasn't able to reach full power anymore, but here he could at least hit the ground without having more of his strength being lost. He quickly jumped back away from Tatsuo and set his son down. He would have to worry about getting Goten back later, after Tatsuo was finally defeated.
Goku glared at Tatsuo, who glared back. "Now we're on MY turf."
Tatsuo bounced around on the ground a bit, realizing that there was no gravity. But why was Goku able to breathe with no air? Was it because the Moon Princess had been reborn? Did the power make the Moon inhabitable once again? He needed to get his hands on that Crystal. "Funny, this doesn't look like earth."
Goku smirked. "That's because it's not. This is the Moon."
Tatsuo frowned. "Why aren't you turning into a big, giant, ugly, Monkey then? You have your damn tail!"
Goku's smirk turned into a sly grin. "The light isn't bright enough here." He crouched down and prepared himself for battle. "Now, let's get this fight over with so I can go home."
Tatsuo mimicked Goku's movements, even the grin. "Yes, let's get this fight finished. But I must warn you, I'm the only one who will be leaving this rock.!"
~*~*~
At that moment, Sailor Moon on the Moon, just behind Goku, with her four friends. Ami took one look at the two fighters up ahead and realized that Tatsuo was facing them. They would be easy to spot if they stayed standing up. She grabbed Minako and Sailor Moon and pushed them downward. It wasn't long before Rei and Makoto copied their actions.
Sailor Moon poked her head over a Moon rock to see what was going on. Tatsuo and her father seemed to be talking, but there was really no wind to carry the sound so all she could make out were murmurs. What they were saying didn't seem nearly as important as the fact that her father was only in Super Saiyan One form. "What's he thinking?! He's not going to be able to beat Tatsuo like that!"
Rei grabbed Sailor Moon's tail and pulled her back down. "Shh. they'll hear you!"
Sailor Moon frowned. "Isn't that why we're here!? We have to help him." She poked her head back over the rock. "Why isn't he powered up more?"
Ami joined her friend over the rock and scanned his power level. "He's taken a lot of damage."
Sailor Moon's eyes widened. "Are you saying that he's not able to power up anymore?"
Makoto popped up next to Sailor Moon. "What? That's as strong as he can get? Man, we're toast. We can't even reach that kind of power unless we're powered up as Senshi."
Sailor Moon frowned. "But our kind of power doesn't work on him. unless." Her friends turned to her in curiosity. "I have an idea!" She jumped up, and before her friends could hold her back, she darted out for her father.
Tatsuo's eyes lit up in curiosity as he turned his attention away from Goku and onto the little Senshi making her way for him. "Oh, look whose decided to join us! Now I won't even have to go back to earth!"
"What?!" Goku turned around and gasped at what he saw. It was Sailor Moon. but now he knew exactly WHO Sailor Moon was. "USAGI! What are you doing here!? You need to get home!"
Tatsuo laughed. "Daddy's right, little girl. You could get killed." He fired a Ki attack at the small Senshi.
Goku jumped for his daughter, barely able to get her out of her the path of the attack before it hit her. She leaned into her father, happy that the monster hadn't killed him. "I came to help you." She said with a smile as she looked up to her father.
Goku glared down at his daughter with a frown. He wasn't at all happy to see here put her life in such danger when he had everything under control. "There's no way you can help me now; not in your current condition. You shouldn't have come here." He looked back down at Tatsuo, who seemed to be just standing there and staring up at him. "Where are your friends."
Sailor Moon pointed downward toward the rock they were hiding under. "There." She looked back up to her father. "But I CAN help you. Watch." She leaned back from his hold a bit so she could place her hands flat on his chest. She remembered from her encounter from the other Sailor Moon how to transfer her Moon energy into something else. Her hands began to glow with Silver energy, which was soon transferred into her father.
Tatsuo laughed even harder than before once he realized what she was doing. "What?! That won't help! Now none of his attacks will hurt me! That Moon energy only makes me stronger! Stupid girl!"
Sailor Moon grinned as she looked down at Tatsuo. "That's what you think!" She stuck her tongue out at him and went back to transferring all the energy she could spare.
Goku was curious. If what he said was true, why was Usagi giving him her energy? What had she meant by 'that's what you think'? "Usagi.?"
Usagi grinned up at her father. "Last year, I tried to make my attacks stronger by going Super Saiyan. But going Super Saiyan cancelled out any of the Moon energy that I had and just made one giant. REALLY powerful attack."
"What? It cancelled it?"
Usagi nodded. "Pluto said it was because Super Saiyan power is sort of evil. and Moon energy is pure. The Evil, normal power stamps out the Moon power when they're added together since my Super Saiyan power is stronger than my Moon energy. So if you stay Super Saiyan, your power should be increased enough to beat Tatsuo." Once most of her energy had been used up she began to feel short of breath and lightheaded. She pulled her hands away from her father and leaned her head back into him for support.
Goku lowered himself back down to the ground and gently placed Sailor Moon down on her feet, but she could barely hold herself up. He looked over toward the rock where he saw Minako emerging from. She quickly made her way over to the two Saiyans and grabbed Sailor Moon and began taking her back to safety.
Goku turned his head to Tatsuo, who hadn't yet realized the power Goku now held. Goku could feel the change in power. This power was warm and soothing. Compared to this, his own power felt so dark. just as Usagi had said. "You've caused enough trouble. It's time for you to leave."
Tatsuo grinned as he fired a quick blast at Goku, who in return fired one of his new and improved attacks. With two powers combined, the ball of energy spun Silver and Gold together as it raced for Tatsuo. He crossed his fingers, hoping that he was strong enough to defeat Tatsuo now. If he couldn't, then no one could. Gohan was knocked out. Goten was gone now and unable to fuse with Trunks.
Tatsuo hadn't any time to dodge. Once the attack was out of Goku's body it moved almost as fast as he could. "What?!" He yelled out. The blast tore directly through his stomach, leaving the energy of his body a Golden- Silver color.
Goku grinned deviously back at his daughter. He could tell he was going to like this new power. It was just a shame that it would ware off before he got a chance to really use it against someone stronger. He could have used it back on Tatsuo's planet of energy.
Tatsuo looked down at his stomach and immediately freaked out. "What's going on!?" He looked back up at Goku like a monster.
Goku just laughed and hurled himself into the air for an aerial attack. He began to build up for a Kamehameha. Tatsuo realized this and jumped up into the air. He could feel himself weakening. "You'll never defeat me!"
Goku ignored Tatsuo's claim and continued with his attack. "Ka-me-ha-me- HA!" He pushed his hands forward and fired his attack. Tatsuo was barely able to dodge the spiraling attack, his feet being the only victims.
Goku laughed again at the sight. Now the creature's feet were completely Golden-Yellow, with a little of his calves beginning to turn colors. "Looks like you're outta luck. You have no where to regenerate your power. It's only a matter of time."
Sailor Moon watched with a glimmer of amazement in her eyes. "Way to beat him down, dad!"
Goku smirked as he fired a series of attacks at Tatsuo. "You're cut off!" He took one last shot at Tatsuo through the smoke that had been created to finish him off.
Tatsuo was unable to block the powerful attacks. He had been pretty much taken out by the numerous attacks by Goku. But the last attack had finished him off. It hit his body and exploded on contact, forcing Goku to take cover on the ground. Tatsuo's entire body was covered in Goku's energy. Not a single bit of his own was left, which meant his demise. Tatsuo's body exploded in the air, causing a huge power wave to be sent over the Moon.
Goku covered his eyes as he looked up to make sure the threat had been defeated. "We won't be seein him for a while." He turned around to see all five of the girls staring at him with wide eyes from afar. "He's gone." He was just about to retrieve Gohan when he felt something far off in space. ".Goten!" Without saying a single word to the girls he teleported away.
Sailor Moon, now Usagi, jumped up and nearly flew off the Moon, but her friends brought her back down. "Where'd he go!?"
~*~*~
Goku appeared in the middle of space. He had teleported himself directly to Goten's power. But there was nothing there anymore. No planet of raging energy, although there were floating blobs of the stuff everywhere. Had defeating Tatsuo caused the energy to be dispersed? One of the blobs attached itself to Goku's back and began spreading itself completely over his entire body. He struggled to break free, but the energy had a good hold on him, but surprisingly, this energy didn't hurt him like Tatsuo's had. In fact, it seemed rejuvenate his strength. Could it be that that entire ball of energy had been energy that Tatsuo had stolen from people in the past and put together in one big mass? Tatsuo must have elected to put it into a big ball so it would never go away in battle. And in the process, any one who landed on it would be sucked dry of their own energy, thus gaining more for Tatsuo. That must have been why he was after Usagi's power. He wanted to add it to his collection.
With all of his strength returned to him, Goku soon found that he was unable to breath, which meant he would have to find Goten fast and get back to the Moon. He spotted something orange floating not too far away. 'Goten.' He teleported to the item so as not to waste time. Sure enough, it was Goten. All of his energy had been returned as well. He was conscious and feeling fine. Goku grabbed a hold of his son and teleported back to the Moon. There was no telling how long Goten had been out there with no oxygen so he wanted to get him back as soon as possible.
~*~*~
~~Moon~~
Goku appeared back on the Moon almost as quickly as he left. Usagi ran out from the rock that she had been hiding behind and jumped for her father, but stopped herself short when she noticed who he was holding. "Goten!" She paused in front of her father and looked at him. He didn't seem to be hurt at all.
Goten smiled at his little sister and stood on his own away from his father. "Yo." Not too far from the rock, which Usagi had just jumped away from, he noticed his brother getting up. "Gohan?" He turned to his father. "What happened?"
Goku grinned. "It's a long story."
Usagi smiled. "I helped daddy!"
Goku smiled down at his daughter and put his hand on her head. "Yes, you did. But now you have to help me again."
Usagi became curious. "With what?"
Goku noticed the other girls coming out from behind the rock as he knelt down. He looked directly into Usagi's eyes. "Help me understand what's going on with you."
Usagi looked downward with a sigh. "I guess I'll have to explain it all like I did with mom." She looked back up to see her two brothers now staring down at her. She hadn't even noticed that Gohan had joined them. "Well. you know I'm the Moon Princess. and Sailor Moon. and all that good stuff. But don't worry. I'm still your daughter even if I DO have some of the DNA of the Moon Princess."
Goku laughed. "I know that, silly."
Usagi smiled. "Can we go home now?" Goku nodded. "Can you tell mom that if I hadn't come to help you that the world would be doomed?"
Gohan chuckled. "You snuck away, didn't you?"
Usagi giggled. "Yeah."
Ami; "We tried to tell her not to, but she wouldn't listen."
Goku; "I'm glad she did. It's true that she helped me, a lot. I don't think the world would be doomed, but I do think I would have had a much harder time winning without her." He looked down at Usagi again. "I'll tell your mother that. Alright?"
Usagi nodded with a big grin. "Thanks dad! Let's go home!"
Goku nodded in agreement. It was time to go home. "But first we have to stop off at the Lookout so I can get this tail removed."
Usagi had almost completely forgotten about her father's tail. He kept it well hidden. But he was right, it did need to come off. He was in danger of being affected by the Moon. "I'll tell you all about the Moon thing when we get home, k?"
Goku nodded with a smile. "Deal."
(Alright! I am DONE with this "book". Onto the next one! Cya!)
~*~*~*~
~~Earth: Son House~~
Usagi lay on the sofa as her mother began to put medicine into her open wounds. She elected not to tell her daughter of what happened to Hotaru until after Goku returned. She didn't want to put more stress on Usagi at that point. She already seemed to have enough of it. Chi-Chi knew that her daughter would feel more relaxed once she knew that everyone she loved was all right.
Usagi flinched as the medicine touched her body, but the pain of it working its magic was nowhere near as painful as taking the beating she had received from Tatsuo. She knew that it wouldn't have been nearly as bad if she had been able to fight back at least part of the time. She didn't exactly blame her father for what happened, but if he hadn't gotten her ability to use her Ki blocked she wouldn't be in as much pain right now. She wished that he wouldn't have reacted so quickly. but then again, Tatsuo probably made him think that he HAD to do it in order to keep her from doing something to hurt others. It wasn't often that Usagi could honestly say she hated very many people anymore, in fact, she couldn't say that about anyone. But Tatsuo was another case. The more she thought about how much damage he had caused between her and everyone she loved, the more her feelings of hate for him increase. "I hope daddy beats the tar outta Tatsuo!" She yelled out of no where as she stared up at her mother.
Chi-Chi didn't approve of what her daughter had just said, but she didn't really show it. Little things like that didn't really cause her to lash out anymore, which was a great sign of improvement. "Usagi, you know your father would never 'beat the tar outta' anyone."
Usagi sighed. "I know. I just wish Tatsuo could get what's coming to him. He's messed everything up!"
Chi-Chi smiled as she dabbed some of the liquid medicine into a gash running down the length of her daughter's left arm. "Everyone who loved you before still loves you. He hasn't ruined anything for you."
Usagi smiled back at her mother with a wince. "But he still tried, mom. You and dad hated me for like, a day."
Chi-Chi frowned as she stopped cleaning up her daughter. She didn't ever remember hating her daughter. "I never hated you, Usagi. Your father never hated you. No one HATED you."
Usagi blinked twice up at her mother. She could have sworn that, by the way they were treating her they hated her. "But you guys."
Chi-Chi placed her finger over her daughter's mouth to shush her. "We never hated you, Usagi. We thought you hated us, we thought you had really turned bad. Tatsuo DID attack your father, after all. We were thinking that you had turned completely against us. We acted like that with you so you would realize that we meant business."
Usagi looked away from her mother, her anger rising for Tatsuo even more. "I hate Tatsuo! I told you he messed everything up."
Chi-Chi smiled softly as she continued to care for her daughter. "Don't worry. No matter what happens, we will never hate you. Even if you HAD turned bad we wouldn't have hated you, a little angry with you yes, but nothing as strong as hate."
Usagi looked away from her mother to Krillin, who was sitting in the chair next to the doorway that led into the hall. He hadn't really said anything since she had wakened up, and she knew why. He wanted to give her time to get reacquainted with her mother, which she appreciated. Ignoring him, she looked back up at her mother. "Where's everybody else?"
Chi-Chi sat her rag down next to the bowl of water and grabbed a hold of Usagi's arms to help her sit up. "Vejita decided to throw a fit over the fact that you and Mamoru are. well." She paused, not wanting to admit that her daughter was of royalty, "Well you know."
Usagi nodded to show that she understood. "He doesn't like that we're a Prince and Princess."
Chi-Chi nodded back. "Exactly. I'm not sure where Trunks and Mamoru ran off to. Your friends had an errand that they needed to run. I'm not sure if they'll be back."
Usagi looked somewhat disappointed at that last bit of news. She wanted desperately to discuss the day's happenings with her friends. They were the only ones who could understand what she was going through. Her mother wasn't the best person to open up to about this kind of thing. She especially wanted to talk to Rei about her dream. It seemed too real to be a figment of her imagination. "Oh." She looked back at Krillin, who was still only staring. "Are they back yet?"
Krillin shook his head, wishing that he could have said yes. "I'm afraid not. Give it some time though. They'll be back soon enough."
Usagi sighed as she stared down at her hands. "I don't like not knowing what's happening."
Chi-Chi softly smiled. "Now you know how I feel."
~*~*~
Rei caught up with the others pretty quick after picking up Luna and Artimas. "Guys, wait up!" She called once she spotted Ami.
The three stopped short and turned around to see Rei gasping for breath as she sped toward them. Minako noticed the two cats in the girl's arms. "Oh my gosh! I totally forgot about them!"
Artimas frowned and turned his head away from Minako. "It's times like these when you find out who your real friends are."
Minako giggled. "You know I didn't' mean it like that, Artimas. We just got caught up in all the commotion that I."
Artimas chuckled back at the girl. "You don't have to explain, Minako. Rei told us everything that happened."
Luna smiled and nodded. "Right, and we understand why she did it."
Makoto; "Really? She told you about Hotaru too?"
Luna's smile faded as she looked up to Rei in confusion. "What's wrong with Hotaru? Did she get caught up in the fight?"
Rei frowned at Makoto, giving her the 'why'd you have to bring that up' look. She looked back down at the glaring cat, wishing that her friend hadn't opened her big mouth. "Not really. She was at Usagi's when we got there. Her mom told us to get Hotaru home and that's what we did. She looked like she had gotten hurt off of something, but nothing big."
Minako had failed to see the look Rei had given Makoto, and therefore opened her big mouth too. "Nothing big? If you call THAT nothing big, I don't want to see what you DO consider big. Hotaru was in a lot of pain, couldn't you tell?"
Now Rei was frowning at Minako. "I was TRYING to keep the stress levels down. you know, concentrate on one thing at a time. But obviously you two can't handle that."
Luna growled at the girls. "Quiet! This is no time for you three to be arguing. Let's just get to Usagi's and find out what happened for ourselves. We need to find out if the Princess is all right." Seeing that the girls had quieted down, Luna relaxed. "Alright, let's teleport directly there. I don't want to run into anymore trouble before we get there." The girls nodded. That seemed logical. Flying there could have proven to be full of obstacles. Minako took her cat from Rei and then they were off.
~*~*~
The three girls and two cats found themselves standing behind Chi-Chi, who was still kneeling in front of Usagi, making sure she was ok. Luna jumped out of Rei's arms and jumped onto the coffee table next to Chi-Chi, who hadn't noticed her. "Usagi!"
Chi-Chi screamed in fright as she jumped off the table and grabbed the cat, bringing it to her face. Luna reacted back by scratching at the woman's face, thinking that she had to protect herself. Chi-Chi wasn't exactly her favorite person after what had happened the year before with being ruthlessly thrown out of the house by the woman.
Usagi was a little freak out by the events, but she knew that her mother wouldn't hurt Luna anymore, not now that she knew what was going on. She let out a quiet giggle as she forced herself to stand up against the aches in her body. "Luna, it's all right! You scared mom, that's all."
Krillin had rushed to Chi-Chi's side, ready for battle if needed. "Are you sure, Usagi?"
Usagi reached out and took the cat from her mother's possession. "Positive." She knelt down and set Luna back down on the table. "Are you all right mom?" She asked, turning up to see if her mother had been scratched badly.
Chi-Chi bit her lower lip. She tried not to think about lashing back out at the cat but after that, how could she not? But nevertheless, she forced herself not to do anything to it. After all, this cat meant something to her daughter. "I'm fine." She said, holding her breath. Her face hadn't been scratched much, just a little on the side, but there was no blood.
Usagi stood up and smiled at her friends. "You guys came back."
Minako winked with a smile. "Of course! You don't think we would just leave you here without finding out if you're alright, would you?"
Usagi smiled even wider. "Of course not."
Ami walked to the young Saiyan's side and began looking her over. "You seem to be doing better than when we last saw you."
Usagi continued to smile as she looked up to her mother. "That's because mom and Krillin helped me get better."
Luna looked up to the girl's mother, still skeptical of the Queens choice to allow such an impulsive, easy-to-anger woman be the Princess' mother. "Your mother?"
"Yep!" Usagi chirped. Usagi knew that Luna didn't really care for her mother, she had always known that. It was obvious too, the way she would always be surprised when she found out that Chi-Chi had dome something to help Usagi.
Luna continued to stare up at Chi-Chi, who stared back as if she had seen a ghost. "So Chi-Chi."
Chi-Chi said nothing to the cat. She only backed away, shaking. "She.she CAN talk."
Luna frowned. "Of course I can talk! You can't have a non-talking cat for a royal advisor, now can you? Did you expect me to perform a mind meld on the girl to talk to her?"
Chi-Chi frowned as she lashed out at the feline. "Watch it! You're still in MY house! I would appreciate you talking with some more respect!" She paused to grin. "After all, I AM the Princess' mother. I think I deserve a little more respect."
Usagi giggled as Amy stepped in. "She's got a point, Luna. She IS Usagi's mother. She's not bad." Luna frowned as she ducked her head and turned her head away from Chi-Chi in embarrassment.
~*~*~
~~Tatsuo's World~~
Goku was in more or a bind now than he had ever been. He knew Tatsuo was right. He wouldn't be able to fight while trying to protect Gohan, but that would mean his defeat. Even after that he wouldn't be able to protect Gohan, he'd be too warn out. What could he do? There seemed to be only one thing. It would be a tricky thing to pull off with Tatsuo's speed, but he'd have to try if he wanted to come out victorious. He wouldn't allow anyone to die, not to someone who was much weaker.
With no notice at all, Goku rushed for Tatsuo, who just sat by and laughed. "So you've decided to protect him AND fight me at the same time. I expected better from you."
Goku gave no emotional reaction. Instead, he threw Gohan at Tatsuo. He then pressed himself into Gohan, whose body was becoming engulfed by Tatsuo's electrical energy. Goku hated to do this to his son, but there was no other way. "Damn you!" He yelled out in a rage of fury as he teleported himself away with Tatsuo and his oldest son, leaving Goten behind.
~*~*~
~~Earth: Son House~~
Krillin was the first to feel it out of all the fighters in the house. While the girls were engaging in fun and laughter, he had been tracking Goku's energy to the best of his ability, many times being unable to feel him at all, especially when his power had been dropped to Super Saiyan one. But now he could fully feel his best friend's power with ease. "GOKU!"
Usagi and Chi-Chi both jumped up in surprise expecting to see Goku walk through the door. But he never did. The both put on a frown and turned to the short man ready to lash out at him for getting their hopes up like that.
Usagi jumped past her mother, falling to her knees from the pain it caused her. "Where's dad?! Is he alright?"
Chi-Chi; "This better not be anything bad, Krillin!"
Makoto smiled wide as soon as she felt it too. It WAS Goku's power level. He wasn't too far away. "He's alright!"
~*~*~
~~Kami's Lookout~~
Piccolo wore half a smirk on his face as he looked toward his son and Trunks, who too had felt it. "I knew he'd survive."
Dende turned up to the taller Namek. He wasn't celebrating just yet. Tatsuo was with him, but Goten wasn't. Gohan seemed to be drained of power. "It's not over yet, guys."
Trunks grinned. "If anyone can do it, Goku can."
Piccolo looked up toward the sky. He was slightly confused as to why Goku had picked THAT place of all to be fighting at. Especially after he had just found out what his daughter was. "I sure hope this doesn't get the moon blown up."
~*~*~
~~Son House~~
Usagi jumped to her feet in surprise. "THE MOON!?" She yelled out toward Krillin, who had just told her where her father had gone.
Chi-Chi pushed her daughter aside and rammed her face into Krillin's. "What's he doing on the Moon?! He can't fight on the Moon!"
Krillin covered his head from Chi-Chi, hoping that she wouldn't be too rough on him. "I don't know. take it easy."
Chi-Chi looked down at her daughter, who stared back up at her. Usagi then looked down at Luna for answers. "Is he allowed to do that? Will the Queen be upset?"
Luna gave a kitty shrug. "I assume that she wouldn't be too upset. After all, he IS your father and he IS fighting for the good of the earth. as well as you."
Usagi smiled with happiness as she deviously stared at her friends. Chi-Chi knew that look all too well. She knew it meant trouble for everyone, especially Usagi. "Don't you even think about it, Usagi! You are NOT going to the moon."
Usagi dipped her head in embarrassment. She hated it when her mother did that in front of everyone, especially her friends. "Mom, common. This is the MOON we're talking about. I really need to go and. uh . protect it."
Chi-Chi grinned. As well as she knew that look of her daughter, she also knew that there was a way around every one of her reasons to do something. "Your father can handle it."
Usagi crossed her arms and gave her mother a pouty lip. She knew it was true, her father COULD handle it. But she really wanted to see him. Maybe she could help him as Sailor Moon. "But mom, I'm the Princess. I need to be there."
Luna looked up at Chi-Chi rather strangely. She didn't know what she was thinking, but she actually agreed with what the woman had to say. "Your mother is right, Usagi. It's far to dangerous for you to be meddled up in such an affair without being able to utilize your Ki." She turned up to see the Senshi with a grin. "But you four, on the other hand, are more than able to teleport yourself there to aid him."
Makoto happily nodded for the entire group. "Gotcha!" She had wanted to tear Tatsuo apart the first time around, but Goku hadn't let her. This was her chance to get her payback.
Chi-Chi stepped away from her daughter and started out for the kitchen. "You should eat something before you leave, girls. You need to replenish your strength."
Minako's eyes nearly jumped out of her head at the mention of food. "Ooooh!"
Chi-Chi laughed at the girl's reaction as she continued on in through the kitchen door. Krillin darted up and followed her in. "Got anything for a hungry old man?"
Artimas lifted his nose into the air, immediately smelling the food in the fridge when Chi-Chi opened it. "Mmm."
Luna rolled her eyes with a sigh as she too turned around to make sure her partner didn't try anything stupid. "Artimas she didn't offer you anything. Get back here!"
Usagi waited until Luna was completely out of the room to make her move. She jumped down to the ground and rested her elbows on the table as she stared up at her suspicious friends. "Take me with you!"
Ami flinched with surprise. "What?! No way. Your mom and Luna just said 'no'. We can't take you now."
Usagi frowned. "Come on! You guys are supposed to be my friends. I don't want to disobey mom and Luna, but I gotta go! I have a bad feeling."
Makoto; "That's where we come in. We're going to help your dad and your brothers."
Usagi frowned harder. "No! I need to be there! I would be there right now if I had my own power. I can go as Sailor Moon, just PLEASE take me with you!?"
Ami shook her head. "Not by me."
Makoto frowned back at Usagi as she crossed her arms. "Me either."
Usagi growled at her friends as she turned her attention to Rei and Minako. "Rei? Minako?"
Rei shook her head. "I think you better listen to your mom this time. This could get dangerous. You're already weak from Tatsuo's attack."
Minako smiled. Her thoughts were a bit different than her friends. "I'll help ya out, Usagi. If you say the Princess should be there, then, I'll get you there!"
Rei slapped Minako in the back of the head, unable to believe what had just come out of the girl's mouth. "What did you just say?! You can't take her! Her mother said 'no'! Do you know how much trouble you two will be in when we get back."
Usagi smiled as she bounced up to her feet. "We're used to it, right Minako?" She asked quite bubbly.
Minako nodded. "Let's go!" She looked back at the kitchen where the adults and cats were in the middle of one of their boring conversations. "The food can wait.. I can't believe I just said that."
~*~*~
Goku wasn't sure if taking Tatsuo to the moon was such a good idea, but he HAD to get off that planet of energy before he got himself and his sons killed. It was true that he wasn't able to reach full power anymore, but here he could at least hit the ground without having more of his strength being lost. He quickly jumped back away from Tatsuo and set his son down. He would have to worry about getting Goten back later, after Tatsuo was finally defeated.
Goku glared at Tatsuo, who glared back. "Now we're on MY turf."
Tatsuo bounced around on the ground a bit, realizing that there was no gravity. But why was Goku able to breathe with no air? Was it because the Moon Princess had been reborn? Did the power make the Moon inhabitable once again? He needed to get his hands on that Crystal. "Funny, this doesn't look like earth."
Goku smirked. "That's because it's not. This is the Moon."
Tatsuo frowned. "Why aren't you turning into a big, giant, ugly, Monkey then? You have your damn tail!"
Goku's smirk turned into a sly grin. "The light isn't bright enough here." He crouched down and prepared himself for battle. "Now, let's get this fight over with so I can go home."
Tatsuo mimicked Goku's movements, even the grin. "Yes, let's get this fight finished. But I must warn you, I'm the only one who will be leaving this rock.!"
~*~*~
At that moment, Sailor Moon on the Moon, just behind Goku, with her four friends. Ami took one look at the two fighters up ahead and realized that Tatsuo was facing them. They would be easy to spot if they stayed standing up. She grabbed Minako and Sailor Moon and pushed them downward. It wasn't long before Rei and Makoto copied their actions.
Sailor Moon poked her head over a Moon rock to see what was going on. Tatsuo and her father seemed to be talking, but there was really no wind to carry the sound so all she could make out were murmurs. What they were saying didn't seem nearly as important as the fact that her father was only in Super Saiyan One form. "What's he thinking?! He's not going to be able to beat Tatsuo like that!"
Rei grabbed Sailor Moon's tail and pulled her back down. "Shh. they'll hear you!"
Sailor Moon frowned. "Isn't that why we're here!? We have to help him." She poked her head back over the rock. "Why isn't he powered up more?"
Ami joined her friend over the rock and scanned his power level. "He's taken a lot of damage."
Sailor Moon's eyes widened. "Are you saying that he's not able to power up anymore?"
Makoto popped up next to Sailor Moon. "What? That's as strong as he can get? Man, we're toast. We can't even reach that kind of power unless we're powered up as Senshi."
Sailor Moon frowned. "But our kind of power doesn't work on him. unless." Her friends turned to her in curiosity. "I have an idea!" She jumped up, and before her friends could hold her back, she darted out for her father.
Tatsuo's eyes lit up in curiosity as he turned his attention away from Goku and onto the little Senshi making her way for him. "Oh, look whose decided to join us! Now I won't even have to go back to earth!"
"What?!" Goku turned around and gasped at what he saw. It was Sailor Moon. but now he knew exactly WHO Sailor Moon was. "USAGI! What are you doing here!? You need to get home!"
Tatsuo laughed. "Daddy's right, little girl. You could get killed." He fired a Ki attack at the small Senshi.
Goku jumped for his daughter, barely able to get her out of her the path of the attack before it hit her. She leaned into her father, happy that the monster hadn't killed him. "I came to help you." She said with a smile as she looked up to her father.
Goku glared down at his daughter with a frown. He wasn't at all happy to see here put her life in such danger when he had everything under control. "There's no way you can help me now; not in your current condition. You shouldn't have come here." He looked back down at Tatsuo, who seemed to be just standing there and staring up at him. "Where are your friends."
Sailor Moon pointed downward toward the rock they were hiding under. "There." She looked back up to her father. "But I CAN help you. Watch." She leaned back from his hold a bit so she could place her hands flat on his chest. She remembered from her encounter from the other Sailor Moon how to transfer her Moon energy into something else. Her hands began to glow with Silver energy, which was soon transferred into her father.
Tatsuo laughed even harder than before once he realized what she was doing. "What?! That won't help! Now none of his attacks will hurt me! That Moon energy only makes me stronger! Stupid girl!"
Sailor Moon grinned as she looked down at Tatsuo. "That's what you think!" She stuck her tongue out at him and went back to transferring all the energy she could spare.
Goku was curious. If what he said was true, why was Usagi giving him her energy? What had she meant by 'that's what you think'? "Usagi.?"
Usagi grinned up at her father. "Last year, I tried to make my attacks stronger by going Super Saiyan. But going Super Saiyan cancelled out any of the Moon energy that I had and just made one giant. REALLY powerful attack."
"What? It cancelled it?"
Usagi nodded. "Pluto said it was because Super Saiyan power is sort of evil. and Moon energy is pure. The Evil, normal power stamps out the Moon power when they're added together since my Super Saiyan power is stronger than my Moon energy. So if you stay Super Saiyan, your power should be increased enough to beat Tatsuo." Once most of her energy had been used up she began to feel short of breath and lightheaded. She pulled her hands away from her father and leaned her head back into him for support.
Goku lowered himself back down to the ground and gently placed Sailor Moon down on her feet, but she could barely hold herself up. He looked over toward the rock where he saw Minako emerging from. She quickly made her way over to the two Saiyans and grabbed Sailor Moon and began taking her back to safety.
Goku turned his head to Tatsuo, who hadn't yet realized the power Goku now held. Goku could feel the change in power. This power was warm and soothing. Compared to this, his own power felt so dark. just as Usagi had said. "You've caused enough trouble. It's time for you to leave."
Tatsuo grinned as he fired a quick blast at Goku, who in return fired one of his new and improved attacks. With two powers combined, the ball of energy spun Silver and Gold together as it raced for Tatsuo. He crossed his fingers, hoping that he was strong enough to defeat Tatsuo now. If he couldn't, then no one could. Gohan was knocked out. Goten was gone now and unable to fuse with Trunks.
Tatsuo hadn't any time to dodge. Once the attack was out of Goku's body it moved almost as fast as he could. "What?!" He yelled out. The blast tore directly through his stomach, leaving the energy of his body a Golden- Silver color.
Goku grinned deviously back at his daughter. He could tell he was going to like this new power. It was just a shame that it would ware off before he got a chance to really use it against someone stronger. He could have used it back on Tatsuo's planet of energy.
Tatsuo looked down at his stomach and immediately freaked out. "What's going on!?" He looked back up at Goku like a monster.
Goku just laughed and hurled himself into the air for an aerial attack. He began to build up for a Kamehameha. Tatsuo realized this and jumped up into the air. He could feel himself weakening. "You'll never defeat me!"
Goku ignored Tatsuo's claim and continued with his attack. "Ka-me-ha-me- HA!" He pushed his hands forward and fired his attack. Tatsuo was barely able to dodge the spiraling attack, his feet being the only victims.
Goku laughed again at the sight. Now the creature's feet were completely Golden-Yellow, with a little of his calves beginning to turn colors. "Looks like you're outta luck. You have no where to regenerate your power. It's only a matter of time."
Sailor Moon watched with a glimmer of amazement in her eyes. "Way to beat him down, dad!"
Goku smirked as he fired a series of attacks at Tatsuo. "You're cut off!" He took one last shot at Tatsuo through the smoke that had been created to finish him off.
Tatsuo was unable to block the powerful attacks. He had been pretty much taken out by the numerous attacks by Goku. But the last attack had finished him off. It hit his body and exploded on contact, forcing Goku to take cover on the ground. Tatsuo's entire body was covered in Goku's energy. Not a single bit of his own was left, which meant his demise. Tatsuo's body exploded in the air, causing a huge power wave to be sent over the Moon.
Goku covered his eyes as he looked up to make sure the threat had been defeated. "We won't be seein him for a while." He turned around to see all five of the girls staring at him with wide eyes from afar. "He's gone." He was just about to retrieve Gohan when he felt something far off in space. ".Goten!" Without saying a single word to the girls he teleported away.
Sailor Moon, now Usagi, jumped up and nearly flew off the Moon, but her friends brought her back down. "Where'd he go!?"
~*~*~
Goku appeared in the middle of space. He had teleported himself directly to Goten's power. But there was nothing there anymore. No planet of raging energy, although there were floating blobs of the stuff everywhere. Had defeating Tatsuo caused the energy to be dispersed? One of the blobs attached itself to Goku's back and began spreading itself completely over his entire body. He struggled to break free, but the energy had a good hold on him, but surprisingly, this energy didn't hurt him like Tatsuo's had. In fact, it seemed rejuvenate his strength. Could it be that that entire ball of energy had been energy that Tatsuo had stolen from people in the past and put together in one big mass? Tatsuo must have elected to put it into a big ball so it would never go away in battle. And in the process, any one who landed on it would be sucked dry of their own energy, thus gaining more for Tatsuo. That must have been why he was after Usagi's power. He wanted to add it to his collection.
With all of his strength returned to him, Goku soon found that he was unable to breath, which meant he would have to find Goten fast and get back to the Moon. He spotted something orange floating not too far away. 'Goten.' He teleported to the item so as not to waste time. Sure enough, it was Goten. All of his energy had been returned as well. He was conscious and feeling fine. Goku grabbed a hold of his son and teleported back to the Moon. There was no telling how long Goten had been out there with no oxygen so he wanted to get him back as soon as possible.
~*~*~
~~Moon~~
Goku appeared back on the Moon almost as quickly as he left. Usagi ran out from the rock that she had been hiding behind and jumped for her father, but stopped herself short when she noticed who he was holding. "Goten!" She paused in front of her father and looked at him. He didn't seem to be hurt at all.
Goten smiled at his little sister and stood on his own away from his father. "Yo." Not too far from the rock, which Usagi had just jumped away from, he noticed his brother getting up. "Gohan?" He turned to his father. "What happened?"
Goku grinned. "It's a long story."
Usagi smiled. "I helped daddy!"
Goku smiled down at his daughter and put his hand on her head. "Yes, you did. But now you have to help me again."
Usagi became curious. "With what?"
Goku noticed the other girls coming out from behind the rock as he knelt down. He looked directly into Usagi's eyes. "Help me understand what's going on with you."
Usagi looked downward with a sigh. "I guess I'll have to explain it all like I did with mom." She looked back up to see her two brothers now staring down at her. She hadn't even noticed that Gohan had joined them. "Well. you know I'm the Moon Princess. and Sailor Moon. and all that good stuff. But don't worry. I'm still your daughter even if I DO have some of the DNA of the Moon Princess."
Goku laughed. "I know that, silly."
Usagi smiled. "Can we go home now?" Goku nodded. "Can you tell mom that if I hadn't come to help you that the world would be doomed?"
Gohan chuckled. "You snuck away, didn't you?"
Usagi giggled. "Yeah."
Ami; "We tried to tell her not to, but she wouldn't listen."
Goku; "I'm glad she did. It's true that she helped me, a lot. I don't think the world would be doomed, but I do think I would have had a much harder time winning without her." He looked down at Usagi again. "I'll tell your mother that. Alright?"
Usagi nodded with a big grin. "Thanks dad! Let's go home!"
Goku nodded in agreement. It was time to go home. "But first we have to stop off at the Lookout so I can get this tail removed."
Usagi had almost completely forgotten about her father's tail. He kept it well hidden. But he was right, it did need to come off. He was in danger of being affected by the Moon. "I'll tell you all about the Moon thing when we get home, k?"
Goku nodded with a smile. "Deal."
(Alright! I am DONE with this "book". Onto the next one! Cya!)