HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! I don't say so in my bio, but today I am 20!!! As somewhat of a celebration, here's another chappie! Thank you so so so much for your reviews! To this story and to 'By Myself, But Not Alone.' I love you, I love you, I love you! ^_^ Did I mention that I love you? Ok, I'll stop now, but I really do love you! ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, Sailormoon, Tenchi, FF, Chrono Trigger.

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Chapter 5: The one where Leene awakens.

King Vegeta felt the quantity of men approaching the palace. *They're one hundred, at the most* He thought running to the lab. *The officers on post should be enough.*

"Vegeta! What's all this commotion!?!" Bulma and Bra ran to Vegeta as soon as he came into view. "I think we're being invaded. Otherwise, they wouldn't approach us like this." He looked down hugging Bra. "I want you and Bra to stay in the lab; it's the safest place in the palace." He now hugged Bulma tenderly, smiling softly and caressing her face briefly.

"Ok, but you come back to me alive, ok?" Bulma smiled up at him before standing on her tippy-toes, and giving her king a kiss worth fighting for.

Bra blushed at the display of affection her parents rarely showed publicly. They parted ways; Bulma and Bra headed for the lab telling anyone who wasn't fighting to follow them.

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Vegeta headed for the courtyard. Waiting, were Trunks and the army ready to fight for Vegeta-sei.

Vegeta arrived and spoke to them before the grand battle: "You are brave warriors. You will be remembered as the saiyans who fought to protect our righteous planet. When you encounter them, give them NO mercy! And if we die, we die with honor!"

The crowd of about three hundred saiyans yelled in obedience to what the king had just said. Then the army fell into silence waiting for the attack.

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"HMM. They know we're here. Saiyans: We'll accept your invitation." Dalton smirked and signaled for his small army to advance.

A few minutes later, Dalton's army entered the gate of the palace and the saiyan army came into view.

Both armies and both leaders had a courageous expression on their face; both wanting this, their blood yearning for war.

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Pan opened her eyes faintly. Darkness surrounded her. She hated this place, but was so weak, she couldn't lift her body. She had felt the foreign power levels approaching, and knew what it meant. For a brief moment, the war left her mind, hoping to remember the power levels that felt familiar. She felt useless and she hated it. She wanted to help the king, although against such an enemy she didn't know if it would make a difference. Her mind regained the notion of war on her planet, and tears filled her eyes. "Please, let them be safe." She whispered.

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Trunks couldn't stand it anymore. The situation infuriated him. Who dared to threaten the kingdom of Vegeta-sei? His throat let out a primal growl and along with the army charged at the enemy. Both Vegeta and Dalton stayed behind. They glared at each other and waited for their armies to have some fun before they joined the game. They smirked at each other in agreement.

"Hey Trunks! Let's see how many you kill!" Goten yelled, a smirk plastered on his face. Trunks smirked back accepting the challenge. A smile of 'good luck' graced their lips before heading on.

The soldiers in the adversary army looked much like the saiyans. Their bodies were almost the same with exception of the tail. Also, their hair was straight and long, for most, it reached their middle back. They wore red armor and helmets that covered their faces as well as the rest of their heads.

"Two!" Trunks yelled after firing a couple of blasts at the other army. "Five!" Goten laughed lifting his arms for a little bit. "Six!" Trunks smiled triumphantly attacking another soldier, "Never mind! Seven!"

As Vegeta expected, the saiyan army had the upper hand within two hours. But it wasn't the army he was worried about, it was Dalton himself. He knew his power level was nowhere near Dalton's. But Vegeta wasn't alone. He still had Trunks, Sean, and Goten. He hated to think about it, but he might need Bra too. He still didn't know if that would be enough; he couldn't pinpoint Dalton's exact power level.

Another hour later, Dalton's army was down, except for a few adversaries who were still alive. *It's my turn now.* Dalton thought levitating in the air. He flew a few yards forward. "Be ready, King Vegeta, because, after I'm done with your army I'm coming after you!" Dalton smirked.

The two thirds of the saiyan army still standing fired ki blasts at Dalton. Dalton was enveloped in smoke. The saiyans stood in silence waiting for retaliation. Then it came. Dalton's yell was heard, as he whipped his arms around him many times sending blade-like energy blasts to the saiyans that surrounded him.

Within minutes the saiyan army was down leaving only the three elite warriors and the king himself.

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Bra felt this from the lab. *I have to help them.* She stood to leave the lab. "Wait, Bra! Where are you going?" Bulma threatened. "I'm sorry mom, I have to help them!" Bra yelled flying out of the lab.

Once she got to the courtyard, she couldn't believe her eyes. The entire saiyan army was down and between them all a man she took to be the leader, because of his armor and strength. "Dad!" She ran to where Vegeta, Sean, Trunks, and Goten stood. "What are you doing here?" Vegeta yelled.

"If my hunch is correct, you'll need help." Bra smirked getting into a defensive position.

"What is your name?" Vegeta finally asked thinking it was now or never his chance to at least find out his identity. "And what do you want?"

"I am Dalton, of Jurai-sei. I am taking over this planet by order of my master Garland."

*What the fuck is all this? I've never heard of this Jurai-sei before. And who's Garland?*

Sean charged at Dalton thinking the king wasn't going to ask anymore questions. The two exchanged a vast amount of blows and punches. Dalton elbowed Sean in the back sending him to the ground. He fired an energy blast at him....killing him instantly.

*Damn! He's stronger than I thought. Then again Sean was the weakest of the four saiyans standing after Dalton's attack.* Vegeta thought. He searched his mind for something he could do to beat Dalton. *If only we had one more person to fight!* He frowned, still searching his mind for an answer. A light bulb lit up above his head. *Pan!* He leaned towards Trunks. "Go to the lab. Get an elixir and meet me in the dungeon." He whispered to Trunks between his teeth.

*The dungeons? He's going to free Pan? Why?* He frowned. "Why?"

"Don't question me! Just go!" Vegeta whispered angrily.

A low growl escaped Trunk's throat and he left to the lab. A moment later, Vegeta turned around to go to the dungeons.

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Trunks reached the lab quickly and in spite of Bulma's protests and question left right away through a secret passage to reach the dungeons faster.

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Dalton fired a blast that hit the soil in front of Vegeta. "Where do you think you're going? Not escaping are you? What would your people say of a king who deserted them?" He laughed and glared at Vegeta before charging at him.

Something flashed right past Vegeta, as Dalton flew sideways suddenly. He had been charged by Goten. Vegeta took this change and flew to the dungeons.

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*Trunks! You're here!*

*Kami.....Pan.* He entered the dungeons, then the cell where Pan was. He couldn't believe his eyes. She sat with her arms spread to her sides held by cuffs. Her head hung lazily to the side. A small light from the window shone over her, accentuating her solitude. He looked at her face, her pained face. It had several bruises, and it was dirty, but he noticed something else, there were streaks on her face. *Dried tears?* He stood upright again and looked away. *I won't be lured any more!* Trunk's eyes widened: Vegeta was here. He turned around to find Vegeta push a button outside the cell. The cuffs that held Pan captive opened up releasing her.

Trunks saw her body fall imply to the ground and his insides yearned to go help her, but he didn't allow himself to even touch her.

"Pan, wake up. Pan." Vegeta spoke low, shaking Pan gently. Pan groggily opened her eyes. She noticed who held her as her sight came into focus. "Vegeta-sama." Pan could barely speak. Vegeta turned to Trunks to retrieve the elixir. "Drink this." Vegeta smiled softly. Trustful, Pan lifted her head and drank the elixir.

Pan sat up quickly a few seconds later. "What was that you gave me?" She asked Vegeta. "An elixir."

She touched herself finding she was perfectly fine. She glanced at Trunks. *He still won't make peace with me* She thought sadly. *But that doesn't matter right now.* She understood why the king came to get her. Her brow furrowed. "We must go now." She said flatly.

Vegeta tried to explain why he came to get her. "He's killed the whol-"

"I know." Pan interrupted. "Nobody hurts my saiyans!" She growled. Vegeta and Trunks looked at each other puzzled at her words, and further, at her never-seen-before anger. She turned to them and smirked.

"Let's go!"

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"No! Stop hurting him." Bra stretched her arm out. She was hurt also; she couldn't get up. "Goten! Hang on!" She yelled as loud as her lungs allowed her.

Vegeta, Trunks, and Pan finally reached the courtyard. Pan gasped when she saw both Bra and Goten down.

"Pan." Goten whispered wearily. Dalton stopped his pummel on Goten when he felt them come to the courtyard. Goten sighed when he finally felt Dalton let go of his armor, he fell to the ground, and propped his upper body up on his elbows thankful that Pan was safe.

Dalton looked at them.......at Pan. "HHMMM Interesting!" He smirked. "Pan? Is that what they call you here?...................."

Pan looked intently at him. *Who is he? I've seen him before!* More visions of this lady Leene popped into her head, along with it, some sort of chant she could barely hear.......Silver Crystal......By the power of........Leene........

"To be honest, I'm surprised to find you here surrounded by these.......weaklings." His smirk deepened. "An even bigger gift for Master Garland!"

*Garland?* She thought. What did this all mean?............................. Heaven to Ocean.......Ocean to Earth........Earth back to Heaven........I invoke thee........

Trunks growled and looked at Vegeta. Vegeta smirked knowingly. If they were all going to fight Dalton, Pan should see his fighting style. Both Vegeta and Trunks charged at Dalton, managing to land more hits than expected.

Pan stood there in confusion. She didn't know what to do. All these images and voices flooded into her mind and she didn't know what it all meant. Should she try to solve the puzzle in hopes to find a way to beat this Dalton guy? Or should she help Vegeta and Trunks?

*Time to get rid of these annoying pests* Dalton growled and attacked Trunks and Vegeta head on. He fired a dense blast at Vegeta's chest. It hit Vegeta and he fell to the ground scrunching in pain. Dalton traced a line of energy with his hand. He grabbed onto the lower part of this line and it turned into a sword. He rammed it into Trunk's stomach earning a yell from the saiyan-no-ouji.

"Trunks!" Pan saw as his body fall slowly to the ground. His eyes were wide open. He couldn't believe they would be out so fast. "No! Trunks!" Pan ran and kneeled beside Trunks. "Trunks, hang on, I'll make it better." She cried.

"Oh, I see how it is Princess!" Dalton's voice dripping with sarcasm.

*Princess?* Everyone wondered.

"You fell for a saiyan. And here I thought WE would elope some day." He chuckled.

*Pan and Dalton? Elope?* Everyone tried to decipher what this man was saying. Trunks was angry at the thought that she would elope with scum like Dalton.

The chant sang louder in Pan's head......By the power........Leene.......I invoke thee........

Dalton looked down. "Die." He raised his hand and fired a dense ki blast at Pan.

..........Silver Crystal! She looked up to the blast and raised her hand. The blast stopped in mid air a couple of feet from her hand. As the energy ball came closer, a bluish shield around Pan revealed itself, and the energy ball disintegrated.

*How could she disintegrate it?* Dalton gasped. He looked at the symbol shining on her forehead. Dalton understood what was happening, but he was still too shocked to move.

Vegeta, Goten, Bra, and Trunks couldn't believe what they were seeing. Pan had disintegrated his ki blast without even touching it! When these ki blasts rendered them to their present disabled state.

Pan lowered her hand to Trunk's mortal wound. She smiled softly at him. "All better." She whispered removing her hand from his again flawless torso. She tilted her head backwards and closed her eyes. The shield around her broke into pieces. Her ki flared, sending the pieces all around her to land on every single wounded saiyan, thus healing them.

*This is my chance.* Dalton thought materializing chains and throwing them at Pan now that she was defenseless. She growled finding herself bound. She struggled to get out but couldn't do it. Trunks stood to try to help her. "No! Trunks! Don't touch them!" Pan warned. Not caring, Trunks grasped the chains and was automatically shocked by them. The energy shot him a few yards away.

"You should have listened to her!" Dalton laughed. His mouth closed into a smirk, then looked at Pan. "I won't let you awaken!" He yelled sending electric force through the chains.

"AAAAAHHHHH!!" Pan yelled. Vegeta, Bra, Goten, and Trunks stood trying to think of some way to free Pan. Meanwhile Pan's agonizing screams throbbed into their ears. "No! Stop! Please!" Pan yelled. "Please!"

Feeling the need to protect his niece Goten charged at Dalton from behind. This freed Pan. She fell imply to the ground, teeth clenched in pain. Goten and Dalton exchanged once more blows, and energy blasts. Both stopped abruptly and turned to Pan.

Mechanically, Vegeta, Trunks and Bra also turned to look at Pan. It seemed she was having convulsions. As suddenly as they started, the convulsions stopped.

She opened her eyes faintly and again the symbol shone on her forehead. "By the power of my true name: Leene." Though her body looked weak, she spoke loudly, and made everyone wander what she meant by what she had just said. "Ancestors, hear my prayer. Heaven to Ocean. Ocean to Earth. Earth back to Heaven. I invoke thee Silver Crystal!"

Her body levitated in the air making everyone's gazes follow it. Something started forming above her chest....a crystal. The crystal flattened to envelop her, and formed a cocoon-like structure around her.

"No." Dalton looked down defeated. "Princess Leene is awake."

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Well? How did you like it? This was so fun to write! Anyway, I want to specify that characters/things/concepts not seen before in DBZ are just borrowed names from Tenchi, Sailormoon, FF, Chrono Trigger, and are not necessarily the same character/thing/concept. Also that saiyans don't turn into super-saiyans. That doesn't mean they're weak. It just means that neither their hair nor eyes change color. Dalton was going to be stronger than them either way. ^_^

Well, I leave you now, so I can write next chapter before I loose my train of thought. Don't forget to review!

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