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. However all other characters are mine.
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Chapter Thirty
"MERCURY ICE VAPOR BREATHE!"
Umi watched as a moving cloud of shimmering white gas enveloped a group of shadow creatures. The creatures twisted in agony and then spontaneously combusted into blue flames.
A girl with aquamarine colored hair leapt into the air landing in the center of a group of the monsters. The monsters moved quickly to blanket her until she could no longer be seen. Suddenly a blast of bright green energy exploded.
"NEPTUNE MYSTIC WATERS!"
The shadow creatures dissolved in the explosion. The girl stood up and ran toward another shadow monster that had caught her eye. On her forearms were sharp blades that resembled fish fins. They gleamed with a metallic color the same shade as her hair. In her hands she held two sais (AN: I'm not really too sure how to spell this. It's not exactly a word found in the dictionary).
A girl with short indigo blue hair ran up beside the other one. In her hand she carried a staff made of blue energy. The two girls fought fiercely against the creatures with new skills that they had never before possessed and with old ones now more refined. Cephirian troops battled along side them. The clash of weapons and cries of battle filled the air.
"They're the two from that group that calls themselves sailor scouts," Umi said in a whisper. "But why are they here?"
Her eyes traced further along the open field. The bodies of the fallen littered the ground. Umi's grasp around the handle of her rapier tightened when she saw this.
"This can't be," she murmured.
She had to put an end to do this. The magic knight then ran forward to join the battle. She quickly fought her way toward the two girls. Ami looked up at Umi's sudden emergence among the battle.
"Finally, a familiar face," she said sighed.
"What are you two doing in Cephiro?" Umi asked after swiping another shadow creature with her sword.
"We were wondering the same thing," Michelle answered. "At least now know we know where we are Ami."
"Something must have happened to disrupt our courses in the time passages," Ami replied.
"When we arrived the shadow monsters were attacking a village. An army of soldiers was doing their best to defend it. We stopped to help," Michelle shouted.
"We almost got ourselves killed. For whatever reason the disruption in time caused us to reappear in our powered down states. We tried to call forth our powers, but nothing happened," Ami said explaining. She was interrupted when a monster pounced on her. She used her energy staff to block the creature's attack.
"But its amazing what you can do when put under pressure," Michelle finished.
"Is anyone else here?" Umi asked.
"I don't know. We haven't seen anyone else," Michelle said shaking her head.
Umi was going to ask a few more questions when suddenly one of the fighting troops collapsed before her. A monster raised its arm to finish the soldier off. Umi stepped forward to vanquish it with one of her magic attacks. The monster lurched back, but quickly recovered and charged forward again. Amy jumped between them with her energy staff. Umi watched with her face frozen in surprise. Her magic was weak against these creatures, but the sailor scouts attacks were much stronger. Then Umi realized something. The two girls were using the power given to them by the Chrono shards, while she was still wearing her magic knight armor.
'I must have powered down when I emerged from the dimension portal, too,' she thought.
Umi's ponderings were interrupted by the injured soldier's cries.
"Magic knight," he called.
"Don't worry we'll cover you," Michelle told her reassuringly.
Umi stooped down to support the young man in her arms. His face was ashen and he looked tired.
"I'm a soldier from the castle," he coughed. "The shadow monsters have laid siege to it."
"Oh, no," Umi's voice cracked.
"I barely escaped with my life," he continued, "I went in search of help, but stopped once I saw you and your companions among this battle field."
The young man stopped and groaned in pain. Umi looked down to see a deep, gaping wound in the boy's stomach. The injury looked fatal and bled uncontrollably. She quickly placed her hand upon it to apply pressure. The smell of the blood rose into her nose and the warm liquid seeped between her fingers and trickled down her arm.
"You have to save the castle," he rasped. "You… have to save Cephiro again."
Umi didn't know what she could do for him. Fuu was no where in sight and without her healing magic the man would certainly die.
"I will," Umi promised. "You just hold on okay."
"Please save my home," he murmured.
Then the man looked up at Umi and took in a deep breath. As he exhaled his eyes closed. She bit down on lower lip when they didn't reopen. A loud boom over head caused her to look up. The black clouds in the sky were slowly moving in the direction of the castle. A crackling energy exploded in the distance. Umi laid the fallen soldier's body gently on the ground and then stood up. Her eyes were glassy with welled up tears that she wouldn't allow to fall.
"I have to get to the castle," she said in a controlled and quiet voice. "My friends are in trouble."
The two sailor scouts looked away sadly from the dead soldier and nodded.
"We understand," Michelle replied. "We'll come with you."
"No, I think it would be better if you guys stayed here and helped this army," Umi said refusing.
"But going by yourself is too dangerous. If we go with-" Ami started.
"Thanks," Umi interrupted. "But I'll be okay."
Then the magic knight raised her hand. She called out her attack in a voice only loud enough for her to hear. A shower of laser fine blue lines shot forward, clearing a brief path out of the battlefield. She ran forward without looking back.
"Good luck," Ami sighed.
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Umi ran as fast as she could down the dirt path leading to Cephiro's castle. The path was paved through a forest. Occasionally she had to stop to fight a shadow monster, but then continued running at full speed. Her mind was filled only with concerns of the safety of her friends in the castle. The faces of Presea, Ascot, Caldina, Clef, Lantis, Lafarga, and Ferio flashed in her mind. Then a vision of their lifeless bodies lying amongst the ruins of a destroyed castle followed. She pumped her legs harder, shaking her head fiercely to force the horrible image from her mind. She anxiously ran past the exit of the forest up ahead.
When she reached the castle she felt a pain in her stomach that traveled straight to her heart. The castle was flashing with black lightning. Pieces of the crystal palace broke and fell to the ground. A man with blonde hair and black armor hovered in the air. He had one arm raised and seemed to be directing the dark energy.
"No!" she screamed running forward.
She raised her hand and sent a magic attack flying towards him.
"ICICLE BLADES!"
Lycoris turned around sensing a swelling power traveling in his direction. He dodged the attack with moves that could have only been seen in slow motion. He quickly traced the path of the energy back to a young girl with fair skin and searing blue eyes. Her gaze locked with his immediately.
"Champion of Fate I presume," Lycoris replied coolly. He looked around in search of others.
"An army of one I see," he added in observation.
"Stop what you're doing!" Umi shouted ignoring him.
Lycoris grinned.
"I won't let you harm Cephiro any further," she continued.
"And what exactly are you going to do to stop me," the man taunted not taking the girl's threat seriously.
He raised his arm again and shot a small concentrated beam at Umi.
The magic knight leaped into the air to avoid to the blast, but was shot back down to the earth by another unforeseen shaft of energy. She flew backwards. Her body skidded across the ground several yards. Umi struggled to stand up but managed to get back to her feet.
"Pathetic," Lycoris said frowning in disappointment, although he wasn't really surprised.
"There is no way we can have a decent match as you are now."
Umi looked up at the man angrily. He was toying with her. She began to glow with blue energy. The energy turned into white light.
"POWER OF CHRONOS!" she shouted.
A white nova blast surrounded the magic knight. When it dimmed Umi stood standing wearing new body armor of white and blue. It was very similar to her other armor, but of a much more impressive design. She lifted both of her arms to shoulder's height. Wind began to swirl around her accompanied by more light.
"BLUE AZURE RAPIDS!"
The warrior felt a rush of power flow around his body. Then a wave of blue light crashed down on him.
Lycoris exerted his own energy freeing himself from Umi's attack. The large man panted with a bit of exertion. Umi's eyes mirrored triumphant.
"Not bad," Lycoris replied. Then suddenly he surged with more power. He sent a ki blast in Umi's direction.
"But not good enough," he yelled.
Her eyes widened in surprise as the energy blast moved straight at her. She quickly jumped into a ready stance while grasping her sword with both hands in front of her. The strength of the attack slowly began to push her back. Umi dug her heels further into the dirt gripping her sword even more tightly. With her rapier still deflecting most of the energy and the power of her will to fuel her fighting spirit, she raised her foot to take one step forward.
Lycoris' eyebrows lifted when he saw this. Though growing tired the lady knight rose the opposite foot to take another step. Lycoris refused to let her take another foothold. He had been maintaining his attack with the use of only one arm. He balled the fist of his second hand causing it to glow with new energy. Then he joined it with the first.
"PIERCING SCATTER!"
A swell of massive power began to build at Lycoris' end and then shot forward. Umi felt the power overwhelming her, but she still managed to maintain a defense. Unfortunately something happened that she didn't expect. The power lashed out in all directions hitting her from all sides. With a majority of the energy still pressing from the front and then having these other beams hitting from behind and to her rear sides, Umi slowly began to weaken. Her opponent's power overwhelmed her, engulfing her completely. She dropped to her knees staring straight ahead at the castle that she had so desperately attempted to save. The tears from earlier that she had refused to let fall streamed slowly down her face.
"I'm…so sorry," she said inaudibly with the last remaining strength she had left.
Her body landed face forward with her sword lying inches away.
Lycoris glared down at the girl. He looked up alert as another beam of light came spiraling toward him. The warrior phased out of the beam's path and reappeared a few feet away still hovering in the air. A bald, muscular man with three eyes glared down at him.
"How about having a match with me," he said in a challenging tone.
"Or with me," said another voice.
Lycoris looked down at a boy in orange and white body armor. Yellow headband rested on his forehead.
"Hmm," he said with a slight smirk. Then he looked at the crystal spire castle. It still glowed with black energy.
"Just as I told the girl, fighting you as you are now would be a waste of my time," Lycoris responded wearily. "I have more pressing matters to attend to. This world is not the only one that I have been assigned to lead an assault on."
He opened a space with only a slight motion of his hand.
"Coward!" Kento shouted in disgust.
"You fight a girl and a world of practically defenseless people. Then when a real challenge presents itself you run," Tien yelled angrily.
Lycoris looked at the two warriors with disinterest.
"You two are far from ready to face me."
He paused for a moment as he stared at both warriors. A sense of honor and pride welled up in him causing him to hesitate.
"Very well. Since you both seem so bound and determined, why don't I give you a small sample of just what I can do."
"Let's just see then," Kento said in quiet, fierce tone.
"We better be careful," Tien said shouting down to the ronin warrior. My friends and I faced this guy before. He used some kind of immobilizing field against us."
It was too late for warnings though. Kento had already jumped forward ready to attack. He leapt into the air pulling his body into a tight ball. Then just as he reached Lycoris he unfolded his body and tried plowing his foot into the man's chest. Crackling ki energy lashed out from Lycoris surrounding Kento's body. The ronin warrior clenched his teeth in frustration as he struggled to release himself. Lycoris then grabbed Kento's outstretched leg with both hands. Using effortless strength he spun the warrior in circle and then released him toward the ground. Kento cried out as he plowed into the land below, his body leaving a deep pit in the earth.
"Idiot," Lycoris said in a deadly quiet voice.
Then he turned his attention toward Tien.
"That trick you used on my friends back in my world won't work a second time. Only a weakling fights with just energy attacks," Tien replied.
"What reason have you given me that would require the lifting of a single finger?" Lycoris said asking in a sharp voice. "Come now. Quit embarrassing yourself. Attack me if you wish to reclaim your honor!"
Tien growled in anger and lunged forward. The blonde warrior stood as still as a statue as he watched Tien race at him with superhuman speed. Time seemed to slow while Lycoris waited, watched, and analyzed his opponent. The relaxed muscles in his body tensed as he shot forward.
Tien eyes went wide as he felt a fist embed deeply in his stomach. Red flashes of pain clouded his vision and set every nerve ending on fire. He felt two more rock hard blows plowed in the middle of his back and ribs. Before he could even begin to recover an iron clad grip closed around his neck. Lycoris stared at the man whose eyes were now closed in pain. He brought up his hand and backhanded the warrior with his fist. The blow sent Tien's body flying toward the earth below. His body created a deep fissure in the ground as well. Lycoris stared down at both of his unmoving challengers. Neither two warriors stood up.
"Hopefully when I return you'll at least have learned how to call forth the Chronos power," Lycoris said disdainfully.
Then he looked over at an unconscious Umi.
"And use it properly."
The blonde warrior looked at the castle one more time out the corner of his eye. His face was emotionless and his voice hard.
"Not that it will do any of you any good, though."
With no other further objections to his departure he flew into the opened space.
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AN: Could use some feed back on this particular chapter. I'm still working on writing those fight scenes. They've never been my department of expertise. Helpful advice anyone?
