Crossover to Save Time and Space:

The search for the gems

By Tonz82

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Magic Knights Rayearth, Ronin Warriors, or Dragon Ball. Each are owned by respective companies. Do not sue me because you won't get anything anyway. I mean that literally in every sense. I'm broke okay.

Author's notes: Wait, wait! Before you begin I just wanted to say something real quick. As you've probably noticed I went back and gave all my chapters titles. While I was doing this I noticed that chapters 7 and 9 were non-existent. Chapter 7 wasn't there at all and chapter 9 had chapter 10 in its place. I never knew this! Despite all this you guys have kept reading my story anyway. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! You guys make me so happy. I'm glad you still see my story as worth reading in spite of all its idiotic mistakes.

Anyway, I thought I'd just let you know that chapters 7 and 9 have been uploaded. Oh, and I made some minor adjustments to Chapter 26. Whether they make that much of a difference is up to you guys if any of you decide to go back and look. Okay, and that's all I have to say. Enjoy my new chapters. See you at the next update! ^_^

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Chapter Twenty-Seven

Hotaru let out a breath of air as her body collided with the ground beneath her. The sudden impact had knocked the wind out of her lungs. She pulled herself up to her feet and then began dusting off the dirt from her clothes. The surrounding area was completely dry desert. The sky up above was filled with twisting black clouds. Purple energy surged through them and traveled toward the ground in random strikes. She cringed when she heard a bolt of lightning crack above her head.

'Where am I?' she thought. 'This wasn't where I was when Utori took Trista and me.'

More lightning continued to light up the sky. Hotaru began looking around for the rest of her friends. She would have called out for Hamara, Michelle, or Trista but she saw no one.

'Okay, stay calm Hotaru,' she told herself mentally. 'Don't panic.'

She covered her face as a cloud of dust blew past her. The strong blowing wind ruffled her purple dress.

"The first thing I have to do is find cover," she replied aloud.

In the far distance she could see what looked like a barn.

'What's a barn doing on the edge of a desert?' she wondered curiously as she made her way for it.

As she walked she used her hand to hold back her black hair. The black clouds above her continued to churn heavily. Her plum colored eyes widened with fear as she watched energy travel down from them all over the desert. She let out a frightened cry. Then backing away in fear and she ran in the opposite direction. She stopped when she saw a purple bolt of energy travel in her direction. Reflexively she covered her face with her arms.

"Get down girl!" yelled a gruff voice.

Hotaru hit the ground as she was shoved aside roughly.

Through squinted eyes she watched a white beam connect with the purple bolt. They both exploded on impact. When the light from the explosion died down she looked up to see a man staring at her. She immediately recognized him.

"I know you," she said wide-eyed.

The man looked at her with one arched eyebrow and then frowned once he recognized her as well.

"Why are you here?" he asked rudely.

Hotaru climbed up to her feet quickly. Even though the man wasn't very tall he still towered over her small frame.

"I don't know," she stammered, "I just appeared here. I was looking for my friends, but I didn't see anyone."

The man turned away from her while she talked. His eyes were narrowed and he seemed to be concentrating on something.

"I thought I was alone but then-" Hotaru continued.

"Oh, stop your babbling," he said interrupting her. "Its quite obvious that something went wrong as Kala transported us back to our worlds."

"Oh, no, Kala," Hotaru gasped fearing for the guardian's safety.

"Do you think she's okay," she asked.

"How should I know," he shrugged.

"I wonder what world we're stuck in," Hotaru replied.

The man didn't seem to be listening. He was still scanning the area. His body stiffened slightly and he turned away from her. Hotaru stared at him from behind. His black hair swayed back and forth in the wind.

"There's a massive concentration of growing energy in that direction," he replied but seemed to be speaking more to himself. Hotaru watched as the man began to glow with light. He levitated a few feet above the ground and charged up with power. He flew forward a feet, but stopped hesitantly when Hotaru called him.

"Wait!" she cried.

The man glared at her in annoyance.

"Please take me with you," she asked.

He stared at her for a moment and then answered.

"If you and your friends claim to be the warriors that you say you are, then you shouldn't need my assistance," he responded coldly.

"But you'll need my help. It could be dangerous," Hotaru said staring back at him in surprise. "Kala said we all must work together if we're going to win this battle."

The man looked the young girl up and down. He let out a snort.

"Well, I don't care about that Time Witch says," he frowned. "I do not need help from weaklings. You're better off staying here. You'd just get in my way."

Hotaru was rendered speechless by the man's comment. She watched as he powered up again and took flight moving with incredible speed. As she watched him her lips pressed together tightly in anger.

'Awful man,' she thought. 'I'll show him just what a sailor scout can do.'

She reached down into her pocket for her transformation wand, but pulled back an empty palm.

"Oh, no," she cried. She searched the pockets of her dress more frantically, but found nothing.

Her head then looked up into the sky. She ran against the wind toward the direction in which the man had flown off. She could still see the light radiating from his body.

'Oh what was his name,' she thought. Then remembering she called out again.

"Vegeta! Vegeta wait!" she yelled. "Come-"

She stopped once realizing that it was no use. He was long gone.

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AN: Oh, Poor Hotaru, left stranded in the middle of nowhere. What can I say? Vegeta, he's the guy you love to hate. It's the reason why I like his character at times.