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

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Chapter Twenty-Eight

A little girl stumbled as she tripped and fell to her knees. She looked up to see a black phantom monster. A small whimper of fear escaped her lips as she watched it dash towards her.

The creature let out a screeching noise when the flames of fire blocked its path abruptly.

"Get back you wretched thing!" yelled a woman as she waved a piece of wood with fire blazing at the end. The woman looked out the corner of her eye at the frightened child behind her.

"Shayla get up! Get up now!" her mother yelled.

The scared little girl did as she was told.

"Mommy!" she cried.

"Run, Shayla!" her mother screamed.

The creature roared with anger and knocked the fiery stick from the woman's hands. The woman gasped. Then she turned and ran picking up daughter. Unfortunately the creature moved with much faster speed. The woman looked out the corner of her eye to see the monster raising its arm. A black shadowy limb like that of a scythe came down to strike them.

"WATER DRAGON!" cried a voice.

Blue energy rushed forward hitting the creature from the side. The attack did little but distract the monster. The woman and her daughter backed away. They watched as the monster threw back its head and screeched again. It looked in the direction of its attacker. A young girl with long light blue hair stood wielding a sword. The girl and creature then ran toward one another.

As they both charged forward the monster changed shape and began moving with more tremendous speed, traveling as a shadow along the ground. The young girl was surprised, but managed to roll to the side. The creature then changed directions. Still moving as a shadow on the ground it rushed at her again.

This time instead of rolling out of the way the girl stood fearlessly, and just as the creature was about to reach her she called out another attack.

"SAPPHIRE WHIRLWIND!"

With her hands she directed a large mass of swirling blue energy in the creature's direction. The energy hit the creature dead on.

Stumbling back the monster reverted to a more humanoid form. The girl took this opportunity to attack. Using her blade she made quick slashes at the monster's body. Her weapon did more damage then any of her magical attacks. The creature began making a high pitched shriek.

Umi let out a sigh of relief as she watched it slowly dissolve away. She turned around to see a peasant woman holding a little girl in her arms. The two had come from out of hiding in the bushes.

"Thank you," she replied gratefully.

"You're welcome," Umi nodded. "But could you please tell me what's going on here? This is Cephiro right?"

"Unfortunately, yes," the woman answered.

Umi listened as the lady proceeded to explain how the shadow creatures had suddenly appeared. Her village had been over run quickly, but there were still Cephirian troops out battling herds of the monsters just over a hill at the opposite end of her village.

"The battles haven't been going well, but with your skills maybe you can help," the woman replied.

The little girl stared at Umi and then smiled.

"You're a magic knight, huh?" she asked.

Umi smiled back.

"Yes, I am."

"There were two other girls here just before you. They used magic and weapons too," the little girl told her.

Her mother nodded.

'It must be Fuu and Hikaru,' Umi thought. 'But I thought Hikaru went with Utori on the search for the gems.'

"Which way did they go?" Umi asked them.

"In the direction of the battle," the woman said pointing towards the hill.

Umi looked around scanning the area.

"You both need to get to somewhere safe," she told them.

"My village has a secret passageway that leads to an underground shelter. My daughter and I were on our way there when that thing attacked us," the woman explained.

"Okay, well, you should go now while you still can," Umi answered.

The woman shook head in agreement. She set her daughter on the ground and then the two ran back into a deeper part of the village. With her sword still in hand Umi ran toward the hill that the woman had pointed towards. A blast of light flashed over the hill and the shrieking of charging monsters filled the air.

"Please don't let me be too late," Umi said out loud.

When she reached the top, Umi's eyes opened wide from a mixture of grief and surprise.

*****

The sounds of battle filled the crystal spire castle's corridor.

Caldina gritted her teeth as she struggled to use all of her strength to hold back the shadowy talons of the phantom creature she was fighting. With one arm overhead and the other across her body she grasped the blades of her daggers in a defensive lock. The creature continued to bear its strength down on her. Caldina let out a grunt as she pushed forward breaking the lock. She gave the monster a swift kick towards the side of its torso. To her surprise her leg with right through the creature's body. The monster roared and then changed shape. Caldina let out a scream as she felt the monster's arm knock her to the side.

Out the corner of his eye, Lafarga saw Caldina's body slammed roughly into the corridor wall. He looked away from the monster that he was currently fighting.

"Caldina!" he yelled.

The Chizetan girl lied on the ground half-conscious, groaning in pain. The shadow creature she was fighting hovered over her.

In the brief second he took to change focus, the monster slashed a deep cut into the side of his arm. The warrior cried out in pain and turned back towards the monster. Turning his sword to the side he stepped forward to slice it in half horizontally. The monster somehow saw this movement beforehand and quickly changed shape. Lafarga made a surprised cry when the monster fused with the ground and became a one-dimensional shadow. The shadow moved with an almost untraceable speed. Lafarga turned around when he felt sharp claws drag through the back of his metal armor. He raised his sword to block another oncoming swipe.

Out the corner of his eye he saw the other shadow monster near Caldina turn its arm into a sharp axe. It was preparing to bring its lethal edge down on her.

"Caldina! Caldina wake up!" Lafarga yelled. He was unable to take his attention away from the other shadow monster's unrelenting attacks.

When he got no answer and heard the 'ching' of the monster's weapon hitting the ground he felt his heart skip a beat.

"Lafarga, I'm okay!" Caldina yelled back.

She had recovered just in time and rolled to the side. The monster raced toward her.

"Where are Ascot, Ferio, and the others?" she shouted as she dodged another of the monster's advances.

"I'm not sure," Lafarga grunted. "All the battling has separated us."

Lafarga looked out the other corner of his eye to see more shadow creatures heading in their direction.

Caldina let out an angry curse in her native Chizetan tongue.

*****

Clef listened as the monsters continued to storm the castle. The warriors fought fiercely and bravely enough, but he sensed that they were growing more tired with every passing moment. As for Presea, Ascot, Lantis, and the others he was unsure of their whereabouts amongst the chaos. The monsters had stormed the castle yards, easily overtaking the royal troops positioned outside. The creatures then quickly made their way into the castle afterwards.

The mage turned to look at the floating magical viewing orb that he had conjured. It showed a man with long blonde hair. He floated in the air, hovering outside the castle. Clef glared angrily at the man. He knew that somehow the mysterious warrior was orchestrating the whole attack. Clef's eyes briefly widen with surprise when he saw the man grin and look at him as though he could see the magician through the orb.

Clef quickly regained his composure. His brow furrowed with frustration. He had to put an end to this somehow before it was too late. The castle's defensive forces couldn't hold out much longer. Suddenly knowing what to do the magi closed his eyes and projected an astral image of himself floating next to the blonde warrior outside.

Lycoris looked up and stared at the lavender haired boy that had appeared next to him. The boy glowered at Lycoris with the intensity of a full-grown man.

"I am Mage Clef," the boy spoke.

"Humph, I almost mistook you for a child," Lycoris said responding slightly intrigued. "Obviously you are not what you seem."

The boy looked like a child, but his voice belonged to that of a man.

"I am not," Clef answered.

"Neither am I," Lycoris replied back. "I'm sure to you I am nothing more than a tyrant, but I like to consider myself a honorable warrior."

"Honorable warriors do not lay sneak attacks on other countries," Clef stated back.

Lycoris frowned, but decided to ignore Clef's comment.

"And because I am an honorable man I will call off my attack," he answered, "but only if you pledge loyalty to my Lord Daisan."

"I don't know who this Lord Daisan is, but Cephiro will never surrender," Clef spat.

"An unwise and hasty decision," Lycoris answered. "That's unfortunate. I offered your country the opportunity to surrender with some type of dignity. Now instead I will have to crush you."

"Not if I have anything to say about it," Clef responded.

Lycoris watched the boy's image slowly disappear from his sight. Then he turned his attention back to the castle. The crystal palace began to glow with golden light.

Clef concentrated all of his magical energy on creating a force field. The golden light engulfed every hallway, room, and wall of the castle. As it grew it casted out all of the shadow demons from the palace walls.

Clef then spoke in a loud voice reinforced by magic that projected outside the castle walls for Lycoris to hear.

"SUPREME BARRIER SHIELD!"

Lycoris watched stony faced as the light encased around the castle in golden rings.

"While commendable and brave, this is a wasted effort wizard," Lycoris said unimpressed.

Then he raised his hand toward the castle. A beam of energy shot from it and easily shattered the shield.

The golden rings around the castle was replaced with black energy.

Clef collapsed on to the throne room floor. His body shuttered in pain. The man had overcome one of his most powerful spells with the greatest of ease.

"Why are you doing this?" Clef asked in low murmur.

Lycoris heard the mage's voice loud and clear though.

"It is the will of my Lord Daisan," Lycoris answered.

Clef felt a growing rumbling. The entire castle was shattering under the dark energy's pressure. The last thing the magician remembered was that same darkness overcoming him as he lost all remaining consciousness.