The Queen is back yet again! I got a little over eager in my writing,
so I decided to post yet another chapter! I hope you guys like this
one. Hey, there is actually some fighting in it! Woo Hoo!
I apologize for some of the attacks (especially Piccolo's) which are
a little corny I know. Oh well, I'll fix 'em later.
I would like to give a "All Hail" to the Princess of Random, who has
pressured me and pressured me to write some more on KID (you'll
probably hear about that later), and I am happy to say I've gotten pretty
far on it. Oh yeah, and Princess, this chapter has a lot of them *hints*
in it too, so keep your eye out!
Thanx again for all the emails and comments, I really do love them!
Thank you Lena! Stina! and everyone else! Keep them coming!
Kthai123@home.com
Anyway, I'll leave you with this thought: Dogs can fly. I've seen it
with my own eyes. Hail to flying Sugar.
Chapter 6: Reinforcements Arrive... To Meet the Enemy?
Lita ran as fast as she could and launcher herself at the girls.
"Ami, Mina, Rei, you all made it!" she exclaimed. "But who is
protecting Bunny?"
"Don't worry, Haruka and Michiru are guarding the Princess, but
there is nothing really to be guarded from since we took care of most
of the youma's. And we come bearing gifts," said Mina as Setsuna and
Hotaru stepped into the light. Lita also saw that Hotaru was carrying
a little black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead.
Lita smiled. "And I see Luna insisted on coming too," she said
as she gave the cat a hug. Lita introduced everyone to her aunt, had
everyone load their stuff into the car, and they were on their way.
The whole time the girls (mostly Rei and Mina) caught Lita up on
everything that was happening back in Tokyo. When they got to the
house Lita smiled as everyone's eyes, even the ever aloof Setsuna,
got significantly wider. The guys were training outside and they had
decided to do it shirtless. (A.N. I bet everyone wants to see that!)
"Come on guys, I want to introduce you," said Lita eagerly. As
they got out of the car, the guys stopped what they were doing and came
over to investigate.
"Alright, girls meet the guys, guys meet the girls. Just
kidding," she said as she saw the looks of pure menace she was getting
from Mina and Rei. "The tall one in orange with the excessive hair is
my Uncle Goku. He is justifiable known as of the strongest fighters
in the world, but don't let that fool you. He is just a big sweetheart
when you get down to it. Next to him is my little cousin Goten. He's
really sweet, but along with his friend they are really good fighters.
The girl next to him is Bulma. She—"
"Aunt Bulma?" interrupted Ami. "Is that you?"
"Ami, it has really been too long," Bulma said, and they hugged.
Ami looked apologetically at her friends. "I haven't seen my
Aunt, or any of my extended family for that matter, in a long time. I
had no idea Aunt Bulma lived here!"
Lita laughed. "Well Ami, since she's your aunt, the guy right
next to her is your Uncle Vegita. I call him Veggie for short. Watch
out, he has a temper."
Ami smiled sweetly. "Hello Uncle Veggie," she said happily.
Vegita scowled. "Don't call me Veggie, and don't call me uncle
either," he said harshly.
Ami was crestfallen. "I'm sorry, I won't do it again," she said.
Bulma's eyes got round, and Vegita could tell she was at the
boiling point. "Now look here, mister. I will not have you talking to
my niece as if she's some lackey of yours that you can order around!
You better damn well apologize to her right this instant."
Usually Vegita would have a had an all out argument with Bulma
for a few hours, but she was looking excessively angry, and even Vegita
(wonder of wonders) knew when enough was enough. He turned to Ami, who
looked as if Vegita had just kicked her puppy in the head.
"Look Ami, I am... well I am... I'm sorry. I just have been
having a rough day today. You can call me Uncle if you want," he said,
not studying his shoes. Man, he was going to hear it from the others
later.
Ami brightened considerably, and Vegita actually felt a hell of
a lot better. Lita smiled and continued. "And the little silver haired
boy next to them that is doing laps around Vegita at the moment, would
be Chibi Trunks. He is their son, which would make him your cousin."
Ami knelt down. "Hello," she said and found herself looking
into blue eyes that were almost identical to her own.
Chibi Trunks smiled, and then launched himself at Ami and
attached himself to her neck. Since it didn't seem that he was going
to let go anytime soon, Ami walked back to the others still holding him.
Both had a contented smile on their face.
"Okay, next we have my cousin Gohan. He is not only an excellent
fighter but he is also very smart. I used to spar with him all the time
when we were younger."
Ami just happened to look up, and straight into his eyes. Both
looked away blushing.
"Next to him his is mentor, trainer, and friend Piccolo. He's
a very powerful fighter, and don't worry, he's supposed to be that color!"
Rei looked up and saw—a green man! He was staring straight at her,
and never one to back down, she stared right back, until Lita called
her attention to the next person.
"The guy next to Piccolo is Yamcha. A good fighter, but a
hopeless flirt."
That got Mina's attention, as she was always trying to try out
her wiles on every Tom, Dick, and Harry. She smiled at him, and he
winked at her. Never one to be outdone, she struck a pose and blew
him a kiss.
"Ok, the tall bald one over there is Tien. A very good fighter
he even bested Goku once."
Tien looked at all the girls but his eyes rested on the one
with long green hair. He chanced a smile at her but received only the
barest of nods in return. He was just a little puzzled by her cold
reaction, but disregarded it.
"The short one next to his is his best friend Chaozu. He is a
skilled fighter, and a good friend, if a little on the short side."
Chaozu looked at the girls and saw a little one hiding behind
the rest. She caught him looking at her and he smiled and waved shyly.
She returned the smile and wave and then ducked behind the girls again.
"And last but not least the one with the silver hair on the end
is Trunks. He is a great fighter and a really good friend although he
is just a little quiet before you get to know him. My grandpa was
called away so he isn't here right now," said Lita. "And I am told
there is another baldy in the group by the name of Krillin, but he's
off on a honeymoon or something like that. But let me introduce the
girls now, because the guys look like their dying to know their names."
She smiled as a lot of the guys nodded eagerly.
Lita took a deep breath. "This one you already met is Ami. She
is also a good fighter but her greatest asset is her mind. She is the
brains of our group and she has always come through for us." Ami
blushed a little from all the compliments she was getting. And the
blond one next to her is Mina. She was the first one to be awakened,
and she is a very good fighter. The once with the long black hair is
Rei, and she is our resident Shinto Priestess. She can call up
anti-evil charms that come in real handy too, although she does have a
temper, so you had better watch out. The one with the dark green hair
is Setsuna. She is a very strong fighter, but until she gets to know
you she's really reserved, so don't mind her. The once with the short
black hair hiding behind her is Hotaru. She is really shy, but really
sweet too."
Lita smiled as she saw a little black head pop out of the
group's feet. She reached down and picked her up. "Oh yes, and this
is Luna."
Everyone said hi, and then they all went back into the house.
As soon as everyone had found a seat, Lita turned to Luna. "Alright
Luna, spill it. What do you know about the enemy?"
"Well, it's a long story," said Luna. After everyone got over
the fact that she could talk, she continued. "It started back in the
Silver Millennium. Back then, The Prince of Darkness was actually
known as The Prince of Light. He was actually a good guy, and a very
powerful one at that. One day he decided to visit the Moon Kingdom...
********Flashback:********
The Moon Princess and her court were all lined up waiting for
the arrival of the Prince of Light, with Queen Serenity at the head of
them, seated on her throne. As the Queen looked over the Princess's
she noticed one missing. "Serena, where is the Princess of Jupiter?"
she asked.
"I do not know mother. I haven't seen her since this morning,"
said Serena.
The Queen wanted to have someone go search her out, but it was
already to late for that.
From the main door, in walked two men about twenty years of age.
They looked exactly alike except one had silver hair with 2 green locks,
and green eyes, and the other had green hair with two silver locks, and
silver eyes. They were both wearing silver armor trimmed with gold and
green, but only the one with the silver hair was wearing a crown. They
walked up to the throne and bowed, then the one with the silver hair
spoke.
"I am Prince Damien, The Prince of Light, and this is my younger
brother Prince Jade. We look forward to meeting your daughter and her
court, and seeing the rest of the Moon, which we hear is quite
beautiful."
Queen Serenity smiled. "Let me introduce my daughter and her
court to you," she said indicating the girls to her right. "This is my
daughter Princess Serenity, the one next to her is Ami, Princess of
Mercury. Next to her is Rei, Princess of Mars, and then Mina, Princess
of Venus. After them are the Outer Senshi, which guard the Moon. She
is Haruka, Princess of Uranus, then Michiru, Princess of Neptune,
Setsuna, Princess of Pluto, and Hotaru, Princess of Saturn." Everyone
was beaming at the cute guys, but Damien noticed something wrong.
"Your highness, is there no Princess from Jupiter?" he asked
curiously. He had been told that the Princess from all the planets
resided here.
"Um, yes the Princess from Jupiter does live here, but she is,
ah, busy at present. I believe she will be back shortly," said the
Queen hoping they wouldn't press any further. Just then a loud crash
was heard just outside the side door. The guys rushed to go investigate,
and the Queen and Princess's followed as fast as their dresses would
allow. When they got outside, they saw Sailor Jupiter kicking a youma's
ass. She had presently just issued a couple harmful looking front kicks,
and looked like she was going to move in for the kill.
"Take this you bastards. Supreme Thunder!" she screamed.
Lightning gathered around her and disintegrated the youma on impact.
As soon as it was over the Princess's came running up to her.
"Sailor Jupiter, what happened?" they all asked at once.
"Well, I was on my way over here, when all of a sudden I was
attacked by six youma's. I couldn't believe they had the nerve to do
that so I had to teach them a lesson. I'm sorry I didn't call you guys
but there was no time, they surprised me. But I took care of them," she
said with a little wink. Then her expression turned a little grave.
"Their seems to be an increasing amount of them lately, but I don't
know why," said Jupiter absently. She shook her head and turned toward
Queen Serenity, and bowed slightly. "I'm sorry my Queen, I didn't mean
to be late."
"Quite alright under the circumstances, Sailor Jupiter." She
stressed the last part slightly and Sailor Jupiter blushed a little and
closed her eyes.
When Damien could see again, there stood the same beautiful girl,
now dressed in a long green formal gown.
"I would like you to meet Lita Makoto, Princess of Jupiter,"
said Queen Serenity proudly. "Lita this is Prince Damien, The Prince
of Light, and his younger brother Prince Jade."
Lita stuck out her hand to shake his, but instead Damien brought
it to his lips and kissed it. "You are very lucky Queen Serenity, to
have such a beautiful, courageous, and strong person to guard your
Kingdom," he said the whole time staring at Lita. She blushed red and
smiled, a tad bit on edge.
"I'm sorry, I have to go right now. The Princess's and I have
a class we have to go to. It was nice to meet you," she said as she
practically forced the others to start moving.
"Until we meet again, my Princess," was all he said.
Everyone teased Lita on how much the Prince had a crush on her.
Later that day, there was a ball, and the Prince's decided to
attend. Lita was walking down the stairs and she was met by Prince
Damien.
"May accompany you to the ball?" he asked in his low, musical
voice.
"Um, I am very flattered, but I already have someone who is
escorting me," she said, a little nervously.
"Oh really, and who would that be?" he asked. Just then
someone walked up in silver armor. The top part of his face was
obscured by as mask, but you could tell he was handsome. He put his
arms around Lita, and planted a kiss on her cheek.
"He is," she said and pointed to him. "This is my fiancé." By
now the other girls were gathered around them, and waiting with their
dates for Lita to join them.
Damien was racked with despair. He didn't know what to do
when something occurred to him. "I will have you Lita, I swear to you
this. We were meant to be," he said.
In a flash of light, he had disappeared, leaving a very
agitated Lita and friends.
******End of flashback.*******
"No one heard anything from him for awhile, but then one day he
showed up calling himself The Prince of Darkness and saying that he
wouldn't leave without Lita. You and your fiancé were soulmates, so
that was out of the question. Damien kept trying to get you, and
finally it turned into an all out war. His power was awesome and along
with his brother Damien put up quite a fight. No one remembers how,
but he was defeated, and banished to wander the far reaches of the
Universe with his brother. This was right before Beryl and her minions
struck."
"So basically now this deranged Prince is back, and he is
stirring up trouble again," said Mina.
"Luna, do you think he might try to go after Lita again? Even
after all these years?" asked ChiChi, concerned for Lita's safety.
"Yes I do. In fact, I think that is the reason he came here,"
said Luna.
"Well I hope this Damien comes down so I can give him a piece
of my mine. I am not some object that he can claim. I'll teach him a
thing or two," said Lita, not liking the idea of someone obsessing over
her to the point of war.
"Lita no. Under no circumstances are you to fight or even talk
to the Prince if it can be helped. His power is more than you can
comprehend," said Luna forcefully.
"You keep saying his power is unimaginable. Well what is his
power, we do have to know if we are going to fight this thing," said
Piccolo.
"As the Prince of Light he was able to command the sunlight,
and anything that gave off light. As the Prince of Darkness, he was
able to command anything that radiates darkness."
"Well that's not such a awesome power at all. We could take
that easy," said Goten nonchalantly.
"Oh is it? Well do you consider being able to command shadows
easy to defeat?" Luna asked and Goten paled slightly. "Yes it is scary.
The Prince of Darkness can manipulate even your own shadows so that
they could fight against you. It is not a power you can just laugh at.
And anyway, now that the Senshi are here I don't think you should be
fighting. You guys could get hurt, and regular humans cannot stand
against the might of the Prince," said Luna.
"Wait a minute Luna, these guys are not normal humans. They—"
began Lita, but she was cut off by a loud explosion.
Everyone was startled. Chaozu got up and looked out the door.
"Hey everyone, I see smoke in the distance. I think someone or
something is attacking! Either that, or some has got a damn big
bonfire going."
They all rushed outside and indeed thick smoke billowed in the
distance.
"Come on Scouts, let's go," said Mina, and the girls nodded and
pulled out their pens, and held it in the air.
"Venus Crystal Power!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power!" said Lita.
"Mars Crystal Power!" said Rei.
"Mercury Crystal Power!" said Ami.
"Saturn Planet Power!" said Hotaru.
"Pluto Planet Power!" said Setsuna.
"Make up!" they screamed at the same time. As soon as the
bright light faded, where six girls once stood now stood six Sailor
Senshi.
"Mercury, can you tell if the disturbance is youma oriented for
sure or not?" asked Sailor Jupiter.
"Let me check," she said. Mercury touched her ear and a visor
formed. She pulled out her computer and began to scan. "Yes, I am
picking up at least ten youma's, probably more."
"Right Scouts, you heard her. Let's go," said Mars.
"Remember though, use your weakest attacks first, we want to be
able to surprise them if we need too," said Jupiter and they were off,
the guys following close behind, and Luna somewhere in the middle.
When they got to the place they found a large clearing and about
twenty youma's of all different shapes and sizes.
"Who are you?" the first youma asked puzzled.
"I am Sailor Venus, Senshi of love and beauty."
"I am Sailor Jupiter, Senshi of thunder, lightning, and nature."
"I am Sailor Mars, Senshi of fire and spirit."
"I am Sailor Mercury, Senshi of water and ice."
"I am Sailor Saturn, Senshi of death, rebirth, and revolution."
"I am Sailor Pluto, Senshi of time."
"In the name of Peace we will punish you!" they screamed in
unison, and their introductions over, the fight was on.
Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus nodded to each other. "Supreme
Thunder," she said and lighting crackled around her. "Crescent Beam,"
she said and a yellow energy started to gather around her. "Crash!"
"Smash!" they yelled at the same time and the lightning mingled with
the yellow energy and it combined into one beam. It hit three of the
youma's and blew them to bits.
Sailor Mercury looked at Sailor Mars and a look of understanding
passed between them. "Mercury Bubbles," she said and bubbles started
to form in her hands. "Mars fire," she said slowly and flames appeared
around her. "Blast!" "Ignite!" they screamed and the fire and bubbles
lanced out and looped around the flames. It hit three youma's and
dusted them. The scouts were going to attack again when one of the
youma's spoke.
"Look what I found," it said happily as it held up a small black
form.
"No, Luna! Put her down you ugly monster," said a very angry
Jupiter.
"Not a chance. You will watch as I crush her head to a little
bloody pulp, and then you will know the power of the Dark Prince." Luna
let out a yowl of pain as the thing tightened its grip and the youma
cackled hideously.
"I would put her down if I were you," said Goku quietly.
"Yes, you should put her down before you get hurt," said Vegita
menacingly.
"Haha, you can do nothing to me while I hold this," he thrust
Luna's limp form at them to illustrate his point.
Goku and Vegita whispered so that only they could hear. "He's
right. My attack would obliterate him but would also get Luna too,"
said Goku.
"I have been working on how to aim my attack. So if we can
combine our attacks like they did, we should be able only to hurt the
youma," said Vegita.
"Alright, it's worth a try anyway. If we don't do something
soon he's going to turn Luna into road kill."
They turned toward the youma standing side by side. Each
started powering up. The youma holding Luna was getting edgy but
figured they were just bluffing. Finally, they reached their peak.
"Sun Swords Slash!" said Vegita and he let his attack fly at the
youma. Goku yelled, "Raging Storm!" and coated the swords with his
energy. Vegita concentrated and maneuvered the swords. Finally he
saw an opening and used it. The energy swords not only sliced up that
youma, but six of them behind him as well. Goku used his speed and
caught Luna before she fell. She uttered a soft thank you before she
totally blacked out. Goku made sure he put her far from the fighting
before he returned.
Somehow in the confusion, Sailor Mercury found herself next to
a guy. 'Gohan,' she remembered just as he knocked her out of the way
of some stray dark energy. When they got up, they saw two youma's
coming towards them. Mercury looked at Gohan and he nodded accent to
the unspoken question. Mercury brought her hands up and Gohan did the
same. "Mercury Ice Bubbles," said Mercury and mist started to form
around her. Gohan concentrated. "Super Nova," he said and bright
energy started to gather around him. "Freeze!" "Flare!" they screamed
together. The bubbles froze the two youma's, and the energy shattered
them. Gohan and Sailor Mercury smiled triumphantly at each other.
Across the way Yamcha and Sailor Venus found themselves in the
same predicament.
"Hello beautiful," said Yamcha.
"Hello Pretty Boy," shot back Venus as she pulled him to the
side of an energy ball.
Yamcha laughed somewhat nervously. "I love it when women take
charge like that," he said with a grin. Out of the corner of his eye
he could see two youma's coming towards them.
"Well then, how 'bout if we both take charge and kick some
youma butt Pretty Boy?" said Venus as she got into a fighting stance.
"Anything for you beautiful," he said as he did the same thing.
Yamcha started to power up and Venus was focusing. "Venus
Crescent Beam," she said. "Super Sound Wave," he said. "Shower!"
"Blast!" they said at the same time and took out the two youma's with
no problem at all.
Yamcha looked at Venus and gave her his best debonair smile and
Venus gave him her sweetest one.
On the other side of clearing, Piccolo was finding himself in a
sticky situation. He was fighting two youma's, which wouldn't normally
be a problem except each of these particular youma had 10 arms, legs,
or whatever you wanted to call them. He heard something behind him and
turned just in time to see a huge energy blast coming strait towards
him. Before he could do anything someone knocked him out of the way
of it. He looked up and saw one of the Sailor Senshi, and remembered
her name was Sailor Mars. "What the hell do you think your doing?" he
asked harshly.
Sailor Mars did something he wasn't suspecting. She laughed
at him. "I'm saving your ass, that's what I'm doing," she said as they
both got up.
"I can take care of myself. I don't need your help," he said,
his expression cold.
"Yeah, sure, whatever. Excuse me, I have some youma's to
disintegrate," she said without a second glance at him.
"Hey, these things are mine. Go find your own. I was here
first."
"Yeah and you were doing such a good job, weren't you?" she
asked.
That kind of pushed Piccolo off the edge. "Excuse me? I had
everything under control until you butted in. I saw the blast coming,
and I could have easily moved without your help. And anyway—" he
exploded, but was cut off when Mars pushed him out of the way of another
blast of dark energy.
"Look, we don't have time for this okay? We can fight later,
right now we need to take care of them," Sailor Mars said pointing at
the ugly youma's, who seemed to be advancing on them. "We are going to
work together, got it? Or do I have to remove you from this battlefield
because you're too macho to admit you need help? That gets people killed,
and I do not want that to happen, even if you really annoying. So are
you going to let me help or what?" she said as she stood back and
crossed her arms over her chest.
Piccolo was slightly taken aback. All he could do was nod.
"Good. Now I'm going to stun them, and them we can combine
powers to take them out permanently. Alright?" It was more an
ultimatum than a question.
"Fine. But how can you stun them?" he said, resolving not to
fight again until it was all over.
"Watch," was all she said. Mars closed her eyes and
concentrated. It seemed two papers with Japanese writing on them
appeared in her hand out of thin air. She focused her energy and then
began to chant. "I call upon the power of Mars. Help me banish this
evil. Akuryo taisan!" she yelled and threw the two papers at the
youma's. A paper landed on each, and they froze in mid hissing.
Piccolo was staring kind of dazedly, and Mars looked at him exasperated.
"Stop looking stupid and snap out of it. I don't know how long the
charm will hold them. We need to take them out now."
"Right," he
said and started powering up. "Super Green Energy Blast!" he screamed.
"Mars Fire Bird Strike," screamed Mars at the same time. The youma's
were just beginning to move when both attacks hit them, and left
nothing but a small pile of dust.
Mars smiled and Piccolo just frowned.
There was only one youma left, and it was big. Really big.
"The only way to beat it is to pool all of our power," said
Sailor Venus and all the Senshi and the humans started to gather around
it. All of a sudden, the youma spread its wings and lifted into the
air.
"It can fly! Watch it," someone screamed as the thing started
spiting fireballs at everyone. They all managed to dodge the fireballs,
but it seriously singed most of them.
Jupiter looked up at the flying creature. "This one's mine,"
she said with determination. She jumped into the air, and stayed there!
Mars looked at her friend stunned. "Jupiter, you're..."
"... Flying?" finished Venus in an incredulous voice.
"I'll explain later I promise. Just be ready when I tell you
alright," said Jupiter. Everyone nodded their accent, and Jupiter was
about to go on the attack when she felt a presence by her side. She
looked and saw Trunks hovering next to her, and she shook her head.
"Let me do this alone, you just help out everyone down here, ok?"
Trunks smiled back at her. "What, and let you have all the fun?
I don't think so. I am coming with you, and I am going to help."
Jupiter looked at him for a moment, and then sighed. "Ok then,
let's do this," she said and they were off after the flying youma.
They met it head on. The youma was significantly bigger than the two,
but Jupiter and Trunks were faster. They let it chase them around a
bit and shoot at them until it looked tired out.
"Now Jupiter, while its tired," yelled Trunks.
Lita nodded and they both began to power up. Just as they were
ready, the youma caught its breath and headed straight for them, looking
really mad. Jupiter and Trunks never wavered. "Jupiter Thunder Dragon
Crash!" "Silver Lightning Flash!" they screamed and their attacks hit
the youma right between the eyes. It uttered an ear piercing sound and
it began falling. "Now Everyone. Hit it with all of your powers at
the same time!" yelled Lita, and she was answered by blasts of energy
that shot out from various places on the ground. As she and Trunks
added their own powers the thing let out another scream, and turned to
dust.
Sailor Jupiter and Trunks returned to the ground, and Luna had
rejoined the group good as new. They were all a little beat up, but
very happy. Everyone was cheering and slapping Lita and Trunks on the
back, when they were interrupted by clapping. They looked up to see
a man in a very dark green suit that was embroidered in silver, and a
silver cape that flapped in the wind. He had silver hair with two
green locks, and green eyes that were piercing, even from a distance.
"Who are you?" asked Venus, everyone on their guard.
He looked at her and chuckled. He bowed and said, "I am Damien,
Prince of Darkness, ruler of thousands of planets, and master of
shadows."
"So you're the bastard that has been attacking Earth," said a
very angry Mars.
"That would be me yes. And I will continue to attack until I
get what I want," he said looking straight at Jupiter.
"In your dreams buddy. You aren't going to get me so you might
as well deal with it and go home," said Jupiter staring right back at
him.
Damien smiled, and Jupiter couldn't help but think he was
incredibly hansom. "You're just as I remember you, strong and beautiful.
But I will have you Jupiter, make no mistake," he said and then he
addressed everyone else. "I will get her, and nothing you can do will
stop me. If you try, I will be forced to deal with you accordingly.
I advise this, do not interfere with me."
"You will not take Sailor Jupiter because we will not let you,"
said an until now silent Pluto, deathly quiet.
Damien turned towards the woman. He was slightly unnerved at
her calm and confident declaration. "And who might you be?" he asked.
"I am Sailor Pluto, Senshi of Time, wielder of the Time Key and
guardian of the Time Gate. You and Sailor Jupiter were not meant to be,
therefore it is my duty, as the Senshi of Time to make sure you do not
get her."
"And you're going to have to get through us to get to Jupiter
too, and that's not going to happen," said Mars, and all the Scouts
backed her up.
"And you have us to deal with. You're not taking my niece
anywhere," said Goku menacingly and everyone else agreed.
Damien smiled. He ignored everyone but the Senshi of Time.
"Ah, but my dear Pluto, you of all people should know that the future
is never written in stone, and can be changed at anytime. You can try
to stop me, Sailor Senshi, if you wish, but you will be very sorry if
you try. And as for you humans, you may have developed some, *primitive*
energy attacks, but if you try to get in my way, you will only dig your
own graves. I am going to get what I want, and no one is going to
deter me from my mission."
Sailor Jupiter was about fed up with all of this. "You know
what I am getting sick and tired of hearing you talk about me as if I
was some object to be fought over. I am a human being with a will of
my own. And my will is to stay right where I am with my friends and
family. You just try and take me away. I promise you it will not be
easy," she declared.
"Damien's smile just got wider. "I admire your courage Sailor
Jupiter, but it will take more than courage to beat me. I had hoped
that you would go willingly and save yourself and your friends the pain
of defeat, but I guess it will be more interesting this way. Remember
though, I am the Prince of Darkness, and the Master of Shadows. I am
all-powerful, and the night is mine, as you will be soon. Goodbye my
love. Until we meet again, I bid you adieu. Pleasant dreams," he said,
and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Vegita spoke up. "I
think we had better get back to the house. We have all had a long day,
and I think we could all use a rest."
"Yeah, and if we don't get back and tell ChiChi and Bulma that
we're okay then their going to kick our asses," said Goku, and everyone
laughed, including Vegita. The Scouts turned back to their civilian
clothes and they all started back to the house to lick their wounds
and plan out a strategy.
Lita looked up towards the darkening sky and felt a wave of
foreboding pass over her. 'No one ever said it was going to be easy,'
she thought to herself. 'But somehow I know that this is going to be
one of the hardest fights of our lives.'
She was right.
This was only the beginning.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ End of Chapter ! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
so I decided to post yet another chapter! I hope you guys like this
one. Hey, there is actually some fighting in it! Woo Hoo!
I apologize for some of the attacks (especially Piccolo's) which are
a little corny I know. Oh well, I'll fix 'em later.
I would like to give a "All Hail" to the Princess of Random, who has
pressured me and pressured me to write some more on KID (you'll
probably hear about that later), and I am happy to say I've gotten pretty
far on it. Oh yeah, and Princess, this chapter has a lot of them *hints*
in it too, so keep your eye out!
Thanx again for all the emails and comments, I really do love them!
Thank you Lena! Stina! and everyone else! Keep them coming!
Kthai123@home.com
Anyway, I'll leave you with this thought: Dogs can fly. I've seen it
with my own eyes. Hail to flying Sugar.
Chapter 6: Reinforcements Arrive... To Meet the Enemy?
Lita ran as fast as she could and launcher herself at the girls.
"Ami, Mina, Rei, you all made it!" she exclaimed. "But who is
protecting Bunny?"
"Don't worry, Haruka and Michiru are guarding the Princess, but
there is nothing really to be guarded from since we took care of most
of the youma's. And we come bearing gifts," said Mina as Setsuna and
Hotaru stepped into the light. Lita also saw that Hotaru was carrying
a little black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead.
Lita smiled. "And I see Luna insisted on coming too," she said
as she gave the cat a hug. Lita introduced everyone to her aunt, had
everyone load their stuff into the car, and they were on their way.
The whole time the girls (mostly Rei and Mina) caught Lita up on
everything that was happening back in Tokyo. When they got to the
house Lita smiled as everyone's eyes, even the ever aloof Setsuna,
got significantly wider. The guys were training outside and they had
decided to do it shirtless. (A.N. I bet everyone wants to see that!)
"Come on guys, I want to introduce you," said Lita eagerly. As
they got out of the car, the guys stopped what they were doing and came
over to investigate.
"Alright, girls meet the guys, guys meet the girls. Just
kidding," she said as she saw the looks of pure menace she was getting
from Mina and Rei. "The tall one in orange with the excessive hair is
my Uncle Goku. He is justifiable known as of the strongest fighters
in the world, but don't let that fool you. He is just a big sweetheart
when you get down to it. Next to him is my little cousin Goten. He's
really sweet, but along with his friend they are really good fighters.
The girl next to him is Bulma. She—"
"Aunt Bulma?" interrupted Ami. "Is that you?"
"Ami, it has really been too long," Bulma said, and they hugged.
Ami looked apologetically at her friends. "I haven't seen my
Aunt, or any of my extended family for that matter, in a long time. I
had no idea Aunt Bulma lived here!"
Lita laughed. "Well Ami, since she's your aunt, the guy right
next to her is your Uncle Vegita. I call him Veggie for short. Watch
out, he has a temper."
Ami smiled sweetly. "Hello Uncle Veggie," she said happily.
Vegita scowled. "Don't call me Veggie, and don't call me uncle
either," he said harshly.
Ami was crestfallen. "I'm sorry, I won't do it again," she said.
Bulma's eyes got round, and Vegita could tell she was at the
boiling point. "Now look here, mister. I will not have you talking to
my niece as if she's some lackey of yours that you can order around!
You better damn well apologize to her right this instant."
Usually Vegita would have a had an all out argument with Bulma
for a few hours, but she was looking excessively angry, and even Vegita
(wonder of wonders) knew when enough was enough. He turned to Ami, who
looked as if Vegita had just kicked her puppy in the head.
"Look Ami, I am... well I am... I'm sorry. I just have been
having a rough day today. You can call me Uncle if you want," he said,
not studying his shoes. Man, he was going to hear it from the others
later.
Ami brightened considerably, and Vegita actually felt a hell of
a lot better. Lita smiled and continued. "And the little silver haired
boy next to them that is doing laps around Vegita at the moment, would
be Chibi Trunks. He is their son, which would make him your cousin."
Ami knelt down. "Hello," she said and found herself looking
into blue eyes that were almost identical to her own.
Chibi Trunks smiled, and then launched himself at Ami and
attached himself to her neck. Since it didn't seem that he was going
to let go anytime soon, Ami walked back to the others still holding him.
Both had a contented smile on their face.
"Okay, next we have my cousin Gohan. He is not only an excellent
fighter but he is also very smart. I used to spar with him all the time
when we were younger."
Ami just happened to look up, and straight into his eyes. Both
looked away blushing.
"Next to him his is mentor, trainer, and friend Piccolo. He's
a very powerful fighter, and don't worry, he's supposed to be that color!"
Rei looked up and saw—a green man! He was staring straight at her,
and never one to back down, she stared right back, until Lita called
her attention to the next person.
"The guy next to Piccolo is Yamcha. A good fighter, but a
hopeless flirt."
That got Mina's attention, as she was always trying to try out
her wiles on every Tom, Dick, and Harry. She smiled at him, and he
winked at her. Never one to be outdone, she struck a pose and blew
him a kiss.
"Ok, the tall bald one over there is Tien. A very good fighter
he even bested Goku once."
Tien looked at all the girls but his eyes rested on the one
with long green hair. He chanced a smile at her but received only the
barest of nods in return. He was just a little puzzled by her cold
reaction, but disregarded it.
"The short one next to his is his best friend Chaozu. He is a
skilled fighter, and a good friend, if a little on the short side."
Chaozu looked at the girls and saw a little one hiding behind
the rest. She caught him looking at her and he smiled and waved shyly.
She returned the smile and wave and then ducked behind the girls again.
"And last but not least the one with the silver hair on the end
is Trunks. He is a great fighter and a really good friend although he
is just a little quiet before you get to know him. My grandpa was
called away so he isn't here right now," said Lita. "And I am told
there is another baldy in the group by the name of Krillin, but he's
off on a honeymoon or something like that. But let me introduce the
girls now, because the guys look like their dying to know their names."
She smiled as a lot of the guys nodded eagerly.
Lita took a deep breath. "This one you already met is Ami. She
is also a good fighter but her greatest asset is her mind. She is the
brains of our group and she has always come through for us." Ami
blushed a little from all the compliments she was getting. And the
blond one next to her is Mina. She was the first one to be awakened,
and she is a very good fighter. The once with the long black hair is
Rei, and she is our resident Shinto Priestess. She can call up
anti-evil charms that come in real handy too, although she does have a
temper, so you had better watch out. The one with the dark green hair
is Setsuna. She is a very strong fighter, but until she gets to know
you she's really reserved, so don't mind her. The once with the short
black hair hiding behind her is Hotaru. She is really shy, but really
sweet too."
Lita smiled as she saw a little black head pop out of the
group's feet. She reached down and picked her up. "Oh yes, and this
is Luna."
Everyone said hi, and then they all went back into the house.
As soon as everyone had found a seat, Lita turned to Luna. "Alright
Luna, spill it. What do you know about the enemy?"
"Well, it's a long story," said Luna. After everyone got over
the fact that she could talk, she continued. "It started back in the
Silver Millennium. Back then, The Prince of Darkness was actually
known as The Prince of Light. He was actually a good guy, and a very
powerful one at that. One day he decided to visit the Moon Kingdom...
********Flashback:********
The Moon Princess and her court were all lined up waiting for
the arrival of the Prince of Light, with Queen Serenity at the head of
them, seated on her throne. As the Queen looked over the Princess's
she noticed one missing. "Serena, where is the Princess of Jupiter?"
she asked.
"I do not know mother. I haven't seen her since this morning,"
said Serena.
The Queen wanted to have someone go search her out, but it was
already to late for that.
From the main door, in walked two men about twenty years of age.
They looked exactly alike except one had silver hair with 2 green locks,
and green eyes, and the other had green hair with two silver locks, and
silver eyes. They were both wearing silver armor trimmed with gold and
green, but only the one with the silver hair was wearing a crown. They
walked up to the throne and bowed, then the one with the silver hair
spoke.
"I am Prince Damien, The Prince of Light, and this is my younger
brother Prince Jade. We look forward to meeting your daughter and her
court, and seeing the rest of the Moon, which we hear is quite
beautiful."
Queen Serenity smiled. "Let me introduce my daughter and her
court to you," she said indicating the girls to her right. "This is my
daughter Princess Serenity, the one next to her is Ami, Princess of
Mercury. Next to her is Rei, Princess of Mars, and then Mina, Princess
of Venus. After them are the Outer Senshi, which guard the Moon. She
is Haruka, Princess of Uranus, then Michiru, Princess of Neptune,
Setsuna, Princess of Pluto, and Hotaru, Princess of Saturn." Everyone
was beaming at the cute guys, but Damien noticed something wrong.
"Your highness, is there no Princess from Jupiter?" he asked
curiously. He had been told that the Princess from all the planets
resided here.
"Um, yes the Princess from Jupiter does live here, but she is,
ah, busy at present. I believe she will be back shortly," said the
Queen hoping they wouldn't press any further. Just then a loud crash
was heard just outside the side door. The guys rushed to go investigate,
and the Queen and Princess's followed as fast as their dresses would
allow. When they got outside, they saw Sailor Jupiter kicking a youma's
ass. She had presently just issued a couple harmful looking front kicks,
and looked like she was going to move in for the kill.
"Take this you bastards. Supreme Thunder!" she screamed.
Lightning gathered around her and disintegrated the youma on impact.
As soon as it was over the Princess's came running up to her.
"Sailor Jupiter, what happened?" they all asked at once.
"Well, I was on my way over here, when all of a sudden I was
attacked by six youma's. I couldn't believe they had the nerve to do
that so I had to teach them a lesson. I'm sorry I didn't call you guys
but there was no time, they surprised me. But I took care of them," she
said with a little wink. Then her expression turned a little grave.
"Their seems to be an increasing amount of them lately, but I don't
know why," said Jupiter absently. She shook her head and turned toward
Queen Serenity, and bowed slightly. "I'm sorry my Queen, I didn't mean
to be late."
"Quite alright under the circumstances, Sailor Jupiter." She
stressed the last part slightly and Sailor Jupiter blushed a little and
closed her eyes.
When Damien could see again, there stood the same beautiful girl,
now dressed in a long green formal gown.
"I would like you to meet Lita Makoto, Princess of Jupiter,"
said Queen Serenity proudly. "Lita this is Prince Damien, The Prince
of Light, and his younger brother Prince Jade."
Lita stuck out her hand to shake his, but instead Damien brought
it to his lips and kissed it. "You are very lucky Queen Serenity, to
have such a beautiful, courageous, and strong person to guard your
Kingdom," he said the whole time staring at Lita. She blushed red and
smiled, a tad bit on edge.
"I'm sorry, I have to go right now. The Princess's and I have
a class we have to go to. It was nice to meet you," she said as she
practically forced the others to start moving.
"Until we meet again, my Princess," was all he said.
Everyone teased Lita on how much the Prince had a crush on her.
Later that day, there was a ball, and the Prince's decided to
attend. Lita was walking down the stairs and she was met by Prince
Damien.
"May accompany you to the ball?" he asked in his low, musical
voice.
"Um, I am very flattered, but I already have someone who is
escorting me," she said, a little nervously.
"Oh really, and who would that be?" he asked. Just then
someone walked up in silver armor. The top part of his face was
obscured by as mask, but you could tell he was handsome. He put his
arms around Lita, and planted a kiss on her cheek.
"He is," she said and pointed to him. "This is my fiancé." By
now the other girls were gathered around them, and waiting with their
dates for Lita to join them.
Damien was racked with despair. He didn't know what to do
when something occurred to him. "I will have you Lita, I swear to you
this. We were meant to be," he said.
In a flash of light, he had disappeared, leaving a very
agitated Lita and friends.
******End of flashback.*******
"No one heard anything from him for awhile, but then one day he
showed up calling himself The Prince of Darkness and saying that he
wouldn't leave without Lita. You and your fiancé were soulmates, so
that was out of the question. Damien kept trying to get you, and
finally it turned into an all out war. His power was awesome and along
with his brother Damien put up quite a fight. No one remembers how,
but he was defeated, and banished to wander the far reaches of the
Universe with his brother. This was right before Beryl and her minions
struck."
"So basically now this deranged Prince is back, and he is
stirring up trouble again," said Mina.
"Luna, do you think he might try to go after Lita again? Even
after all these years?" asked ChiChi, concerned for Lita's safety.
"Yes I do. In fact, I think that is the reason he came here,"
said Luna.
"Well I hope this Damien comes down so I can give him a piece
of my mine. I am not some object that he can claim. I'll teach him a
thing or two," said Lita, not liking the idea of someone obsessing over
her to the point of war.
"Lita no. Under no circumstances are you to fight or even talk
to the Prince if it can be helped. His power is more than you can
comprehend," said Luna forcefully.
"You keep saying his power is unimaginable. Well what is his
power, we do have to know if we are going to fight this thing," said
Piccolo.
"As the Prince of Light he was able to command the sunlight,
and anything that gave off light. As the Prince of Darkness, he was
able to command anything that radiates darkness."
"Well that's not such a awesome power at all. We could take
that easy," said Goten nonchalantly.
"Oh is it? Well do you consider being able to command shadows
easy to defeat?" Luna asked and Goten paled slightly. "Yes it is scary.
The Prince of Darkness can manipulate even your own shadows so that
they could fight against you. It is not a power you can just laugh at.
And anyway, now that the Senshi are here I don't think you should be
fighting. You guys could get hurt, and regular humans cannot stand
against the might of the Prince," said Luna.
"Wait a minute Luna, these guys are not normal humans. They—"
began Lita, but she was cut off by a loud explosion.
Everyone was startled. Chaozu got up and looked out the door.
"Hey everyone, I see smoke in the distance. I think someone or
something is attacking! Either that, or some has got a damn big
bonfire going."
They all rushed outside and indeed thick smoke billowed in the
distance.
"Come on Scouts, let's go," said Mina, and the girls nodded and
pulled out their pens, and held it in the air.
"Venus Crystal Power!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power!" said Lita.
"Mars Crystal Power!" said Rei.
"Mercury Crystal Power!" said Ami.
"Saturn Planet Power!" said Hotaru.
"Pluto Planet Power!" said Setsuna.
"Make up!" they screamed at the same time. As soon as the
bright light faded, where six girls once stood now stood six Sailor
Senshi.
"Mercury, can you tell if the disturbance is youma oriented for
sure or not?" asked Sailor Jupiter.
"Let me check," she said. Mercury touched her ear and a visor
formed. She pulled out her computer and began to scan. "Yes, I am
picking up at least ten youma's, probably more."
"Right Scouts, you heard her. Let's go," said Mars.
"Remember though, use your weakest attacks first, we want to be
able to surprise them if we need too," said Jupiter and they were off,
the guys following close behind, and Luna somewhere in the middle.
When they got to the place they found a large clearing and about
twenty youma's of all different shapes and sizes.
"Who are you?" the first youma asked puzzled.
"I am Sailor Venus, Senshi of love and beauty."
"I am Sailor Jupiter, Senshi of thunder, lightning, and nature."
"I am Sailor Mars, Senshi of fire and spirit."
"I am Sailor Mercury, Senshi of water and ice."
"I am Sailor Saturn, Senshi of death, rebirth, and revolution."
"I am Sailor Pluto, Senshi of time."
"In the name of Peace we will punish you!" they screamed in
unison, and their introductions over, the fight was on.
Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus nodded to each other. "Supreme
Thunder," she said and lighting crackled around her. "Crescent Beam,"
she said and a yellow energy started to gather around her. "Crash!"
"Smash!" they yelled at the same time and the lightning mingled with
the yellow energy and it combined into one beam. It hit three of the
youma's and blew them to bits.
Sailor Mercury looked at Sailor Mars and a look of understanding
passed between them. "Mercury Bubbles," she said and bubbles started
to form in her hands. "Mars fire," she said slowly and flames appeared
around her. "Blast!" "Ignite!" they screamed and the fire and bubbles
lanced out and looped around the flames. It hit three youma's and
dusted them. The scouts were going to attack again when one of the
youma's spoke.
"Look what I found," it said happily as it held up a small black
form.
"No, Luna! Put her down you ugly monster," said a very angry
Jupiter.
"Not a chance. You will watch as I crush her head to a little
bloody pulp, and then you will know the power of the Dark Prince." Luna
let out a yowl of pain as the thing tightened its grip and the youma
cackled hideously.
"I would put her down if I were you," said Goku quietly.
"Yes, you should put her down before you get hurt," said Vegita
menacingly.
"Haha, you can do nothing to me while I hold this," he thrust
Luna's limp form at them to illustrate his point.
Goku and Vegita whispered so that only they could hear. "He's
right. My attack would obliterate him but would also get Luna too,"
said Goku.
"I have been working on how to aim my attack. So if we can
combine our attacks like they did, we should be able only to hurt the
youma," said Vegita.
"Alright, it's worth a try anyway. If we don't do something
soon he's going to turn Luna into road kill."
They turned toward the youma standing side by side. Each
started powering up. The youma holding Luna was getting edgy but
figured they were just bluffing. Finally, they reached their peak.
"Sun Swords Slash!" said Vegita and he let his attack fly at the
youma. Goku yelled, "Raging Storm!" and coated the swords with his
energy. Vegita concentrated and maneuvered the swords. Finally he
saw an opening and used it. The energy swords not only sliced up that
youma, but six of them behind him as well. Goku used his speed and
caught Luna before she fell. She uttered a soft thank you before she
totally blacked out. Goku made sure he put her far from the fighting
before he returned.
Somehow in the confusion, Sailor Mercury found herself next to
a guy. 'Gohan,' she remembered just as he knocked her out of the way
of some stray dark energy. When they got up, they saw two youma's
coming towards them. Mercury looked at Gohan and he nodded accent to
the unspoken question. Mercury brought her hands up and Gohan did the
same. "Mercury Ice Bubbles," said Mercury and mist started to form
around her. Gohan concentrated. "Super Nova," he said and bright
energy started to gather around him. "Freeze!" "Flare!" they screamed
together. The bubbles froze the two youma's, and the energy shattered
them. Gohan and Sailor Mercury smiled triumphantly at each other.
Across the way Yamcha and Sailor Venus found themselves in the
same predicament.
"Hello beautiful," said Yamcha.
"Hello Pretty Boy," shot back Venus as she pulled him to the
side of an energy ball.
Yamcha laughed somewhat nervously. "I love it when women take
charge like that," he said with a grin. Out of the corner of his eye
he could see two youma's coming towards them.
"Well then, how 'bout if we both take charge and kick some
youma butt Pretty Boy?" said Venus as she got into a fighting stance.
"Anything for you beautiful," he said as he did the same thing.
Yamcha started to power up and Venus was focusing. "Venus
Crescent Beam," she said. "Super Sound Wave," he said. "Shower!"
"Blast!" they said at the same time and took out the two youma's with
no problem at all.
Yamcha looked at Venus and gave her his best debonair smile and
Venus gave him her sweetest one.
On the other side of clearing, Piccolo was finding himself in a
sticky situation. He was fighting two youma's, which wouldn't normally
be a problem except each of these particular youma had 10 arms, legs,
or whatever you wanted to call them. He heard something behind him and
turned just in time to see a huge energy blast coming strait towards
him. Before he could do anything someone knocked him out of the way
of it. He looked up and saw one of the Sailor Senshi, and remembered
her name was Sailor Mars. "What the hell do you think your doing?" he
asked harshly.
Sailor Mars did something he wasn't suspecting. She laughed
at him. "I'm saving your ass, that's what I'm doing," she said as they
both got up.
"I can take care of myself. I don't need your help," he said,
his expression cold.
"Yeah, sure, whatever. Excuse me, I have some youma's to
disintegrate," she said without a second glance at him.
"Hey, these things are mine. Go find your own. I was here
first."
"Yeah and you were doing such a good job, weren't you?" she
asked.
That kind of pushed Piccolo off the edge. "Excuse me? I had
everything under control until you butted in. I saw the blast coming,
and I could have easily moved without your help. And anyway—" he
exploded, but was cut off when Mars pushed him out of the way of another
blast of dark energy.
"Look, we don't have time for this okay? We can fight later,
right now we need to take care of them," Sailor Mars said pointing at
the ugly youma's, who seemed to be advancing on them. "We are going to
work together, got it? Or do I have to remove you from this battlefield
because you're too macho to admit you need help? That gets people killed,
and I do not want that to happen, even if you really annoying. So are
you going to let me help or what?" she said as she stood back and
crossed her arms over her chest.
Piccolo was slightly taken aback. All he could do was nod.
"Good. Now I'm going to stun them, and them we can combine
powers to take them out permanently. Alright?" It was more an
ultimatum than a question.
"Fine. But how can you stun them?" he said, resolving not to
fight again until it was all over.
"Watch," was all she said. Mars closed her eyes and
concentrated. It seemed two papers with Japanese writing on them
appeared in her hand out of thin air. She focused her energy and then
began to chant. "I call upon the power of Mars. Help me banish this
evil. Akuryo taisan!" she yelled and threw the two papers at the
youma's. A paper landed on each, and they froze in mid hissing.
Piccolo was staring kind of dazedly, and Mars looked at him exasperated.
"Stop looking stupid and snap out of it. I don't know how long the
charm will hold them. We need to take them out now."
"Right," he
said and started powering up. "Super Green Energy Blast!" he screamed.
"Mars Fire Bird Strike," screamed Mars at the same time. The youma's
were just beginning to move when both attacks hit them, and left
nothing but a small pile of dust.
Mars smiled and Piccolo just frowned.
There was only one youma left, and it was big. Really big.
"The only way to beat it is to pool all of our power," said
Sailor Venus and all the Senshi and the humans started to gather around
it. All of a sudden, the youma spread its wings and lifted into the
air.
"It can fly! Watch it," someone screamed as the thing started
spiting fireballs at everyone. They all managed to dodge the fireballs,
but it seriously singed most of them.
Jupiter looked up at the flying creature. "This one's mine,"
she said with determination. She jumped into the air, and stayed there!
Mars looked at her friend stunned. "Jupiter, you're..."
"... Flying?" finished Venus in an incredulous voice.
"I'll explain later I promise. Just be ready when I tell you
alright," said Jupiter. Everyone nodded their accent, and Jupiter was
about to go on the attack when she felt a presence by her side. She
looked and saw Trunks hovering next to her, and she shook her head.
"Let me do this alone, you just help out everyone down here, ok?"
Trunks smiled back at her. "What, and let you have all the fun?
I don't think so. I am coming with you, and I am going to help."
Jupiter looked at him for a moment, and then sighed. "Ok then,
let's do this," she said and they were off after the flying youma.
They met it head on. The youma was significantly bigger than the two,
but Jupiter and Trunks were faster. They let it chase them around a
bit and shoot at them until it looked tired out.
"Now Jupiter, while its tired," yelled Trunks.
Lita nodded and they both began to power up. Just as they were
ready, the youma caught its breath and headed straight for them, looking
really mad. Jupiter and Trunks never wavered. "Jupiter Thunder Dragon
Crash!" "Silver Lightning Flash!" they screamed and their attacks hit
the youma right between the eyes. It uttered an ear piercing sound and
it began falling. "Now Everyone. Hit it with all of your powers at
the same time!" yelled Lita, and she was answered by blasts of energy
that shot out from various places on the ground. As she and Trunks
added their own powers the thing let out another scream, and turned to
dust.
Sailor Jupiter and Trunks returned to the ground, and Luna had
rejoined the group good as new. They were all a little beat up, but
very happy. Everyone was cheering and slapping Lita and Trunks on the
back, when they were interrupted by clapping. They looked up to see
a man in a very dark green suit that was embroidered in silver, and a
silver cape that flapped in the wind. He had silver hair with two
green locks, and green eyes that were piercing, even from a distance.
"Who are you?" asked Venus, everyone on their guard.
He looked at her and chuckled. He bowed and said, "I am Damien,
Prince of Darkness, ruler of thousands of planets, and master of
shadows."
"So you're the bastard that has been attacking Earth," said a
very angry Mars.
"That would be me yes. And I will continue to attack until I
get what I want," he said looking straight at Jupiter.
"In your dreams buddy. You aren't going to get me so you might
as well deal with it and go home," said Jupiter staring right back at
him.
Damien smiled, and Jupiter couldn't help but think he was
incredibly hansom. "You're just as I remember you, strong and beautiful.
But I will have you Jupiter, make no mistake," he said and then he
addressed everyone else. "I will get her, and nothing you can do will
stop me. If you try, I will be forced to deal with you accordingly.
I advise this, do not interfere with me."
"You will not take Sailor Jupiter because we will not let you,"
said an until now silent Pluto, deathly quiet.
Damien turned towards the woman. He was slightly unnerved at
her calm and confident declaration. "And who might you be?" he asked.
"I am Sailor Pluto, Senshi of Time, wielder of the Time Key and
guardian of the Time Gate. You and Sailor Jupiter were not meant to be,
therefore it is my duty, as the Senshi of Time to make sure you do not
get her."
"And you're going to have to get through us to get to Jupiter
too, and that's not going to happen," said Mars, and all the Scouts
backed her up.
"And you have us to deal with. You're not taking my niece
anywhere," said Goku menacingly and everyone else agreed.
Damien smiled. He ignored everyone but the Senshi of Time.
"Ah, but my dear Pluto, you of all people should know that the future
is never written in stone, and can be changed at anytime. You can try
to stop me, Sailor Senshi, if you wish, but you will be very sorry if
you try. And as for you humans, you may have developed some, *primitive*
energy attacks, but if you try to get in my way, you will only dig your
own graves. I am going to get what I want, and no one is going to
deter me from my mission."
Sailor Jupiter was about fed up with all of this. "You know
what I am getting sick and tired of hearing you talk about me as if I
was some object to be fought over. I am a human being with a will of
my own. And my will is to stay right where I am with my friends and
family. You just try and take me away. I promise you it will not be
easy," she declared.
"Damien's smile just got wider. "I admire your courage Sailor
Jupiter, but it will take more than courage to beat me. I had hoped
that you would go willingly and save yourself and your friends the pain
of defeat, but I guess it will be more interesting this way. Remember
though, I am the Prince of Darkness, and the Master of Shadows. I am
all-powerful, and the night is mine, as you will be soon. Goodbye my
love. Until we meet again, I bid you adieu. Pleasant dreams," he said,
and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Vegita spoke up. "I
think we had better get back to the house. We have all had a long day,
and I think we could all use a rest."
"Yeah, and if we don't get back and tell ChiChi and Bulma that
we're okay then their going to kick our asses," said Goku, and everyone
laughed, including Vegita. The Scouts turned back to their civilian
clothes and they all started back to the house to lick their wounds
and plan out a strategy.
Lita looked up towards the darkening sky and felt a wave of
foreboding pass over her. 'No one ever said it was going to be easy,'
she thought to herself. 'But somehow I know that this is going to be
one of the hardest fights of our lives.'
She was right.
This was only the beginning.
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