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Chapter one is up!
Warning:
This is my first fan fiction. Some events pertaining to the Sailor Moon
series won't make much sense, due to my incredible lack of knowledge on
it. If something doesn't fit your knowledge of it, just think of it as
something purposely changed for the story.. I would greatly appreciate
it if you would be specific when commenting on something. Please don't
go "horrible spelling dude" that doesn't help me at all. Remember: I
cant fix what I don't know is wrong!
You don't need to read the
author comments if you don't want to. Their not necessary for the
story, but rather a type of vent for me. Their in italics at the very
bottom. You can't miss them if you want to read them. This story takes
place right after Dragonball GT.
And now your feature presentation:
Chapter One:
A Strange New Visitor
Goku awoke with a startled gasp and looked around trying to figure out where Shennron and Nimbus went. Glancing down at his arms, he was disappointed to discover that he was still a child. He was in the middle of a park sprawled in a rather unnatural position with his tail trapped between the boards. Just as Goku was getting up to check out where he was there was a BANG and he jumped into the air, and was only stopped when a violent hank brought him down. His tail was still stuck in the boards. Before he could free the rebellious tail, a rather heavy large package hit his head with a loud thump. "Oh... I didn't know air mail was literal..." taking a good look at the object which had left a rather large bump on his head when it announced its entrance, he discovered a letter tied onto the front. It had the a seal on it done in red wax that looked remarkably like the four star dragonball. Taking a quick glance over his shoulder and finding the park surprisingly empty he quietly opened the strange letter. Double checking that no one was near and at the same time chuckling at his own paranoia, Goku, the strongest warrior in the universe started to read mumbling out loud.
Dear Goku,
The portal to this world was only open for a short time. I am sorry, but you must find your own way home. Perhaps one of the Elementalists should be able to help you with that.
Be warned: your time in this world is short at best. Before the year is over, you will have either returned home or you will be dead. This universe contains multiple chemicals that make your continued existence here impossible. Chaos may enter this universe at any time. The Elementalists may believe that they have a chance to defeat it, and they would, if it had only sent a part of itself.
Also keep in mind: you must limit you're role in this universe to the one which I have given you. Because you are not from this universe, destiny here has no effect on you. If you deviate from your role too much, the results could end up destroying the future. Killing or destroying Chaos will have no effect on the future because it, like you, is not supposed to be here. Destiny and me have worked very hard to create a role for you here that will have a minimal effect on this worlds future.
You have been given a role in this universe as a guardian to get you close to the elementalists, and ultimately gain there trust. Completing actions that would be befitting your role will not cause violent repercussions in the future. Not completing such actions will however.
Above all else remember this: if anyone discovers who you are and why you came, you may discover that you will get unwanted attention and ultimately be unable to complete your training. You have been given a civilian role as well as your guardian role.
In this universe, Destiny and myself have decided that you Son Goku shall officially be...
"a... d... e... ahh screw it, you BLASTED machine!!!" The veins in Vegeta's head pulsed in anger and he slammed his hand gently on the arm rest. When travailing in a pod, you had to realize that if you broke it, or damaged a critical component you would die. The stupid hang man game had beat him 998 to 1. It was as though Frezia himself had designed it to purposely piss him off from beyond the grave.
"Correct. BLASTED is the correct word. Would you like to play again?" Vegeta stared numbly at the game. How could it... it didn't matter. He was nearing the planet Yardat. Kakkarot had told him that this was the planet that he had traveled to when Namek exploded, and where he learned that annoying move instant transmission. With that he could travel anywhere he could sense. If it worked properly he would have his talk with the Supreme Ki. He wouldn't give him much of a choice. The Prince of all Saiyins didn't think Yemma let anyone see him. If his plan was going to work, he needed a way to get to him.
Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!!!!!bleeeeep!!bleep! Ami's computer made a loud windows error noise that seemed to stretch on forever followed by two shorter bleeps, at which point it stopped. Worried that the teacher may have noticed the disruption the young Sailor Scout put on an apologetic face and excused herself. She was attending a after school tutorial so the teacher didn't mind. Walking quietly out of the classroom she was shocked to see Serena, Rei, and Mina waiting for her. Serena had her head bent back and a small trail of drool coming from her mouth and a small snot bubble snore. Ami frowned. They wouldn't be waiting for her normally. Seeing their less then happy looks at here she presumed she had done something so stupid that it was on Serena's level. "Alight. I give up. Why are you guy's waiting here?" she finally asked curiosity having defeated common sense.
"Well," Rei venomously spat, "we did have a meeting back at the temple today, to discuss the lunar landing about to take place, but someone forgot..." The feeling of guilt struck Ami like a bolt of lightning. Her friends had waited for her for a whole hour. It was still better then the full two hours that the tutorial normally lasted, but it still wasn't excusable. At least she wasn't chronically late like Serena was. Always sleeping...
Bleeeep bleep. Ami's computer made the strange error noise and she quickly remembered her reason for coming outside. Putting on a look of deep concern and hoping that it wouldn't look as fake as it felt she decided that it was best to try to make it look like something bigger then it probably was. "The Mercury computer has been making some really strange noises in the past hour. I came out to check on it. I think we might be facing a new enemy."
Rei gave here a sour look "You can check it while were walking to the temple. If it is a new enemy, we should try not to talk about it in a place that isn't secure." Without another word, the young Senshi of fire turned around in the direction of the temple. With that Rei, Ami and Mina started to walk towards the temple, almost running.
The Princess of the Moon Kingdom awoke in the middle of the hallway with a loud pop. Students were pouring out of the tutorial room. That meant Ami was out to. But where was she? Serena's face turned bright red. Ami hadn't been in tutorial at all. She must have gone to the library. That would be just like her. She had to get back to the temple or Rei would kill her in such a bad way...
After walking all the way to the temple, Mina spoke in a quite confused voice "Where's Serena? Wasn't she with us just a minuet ago?" Each of the three Sailor scouts shared a glance at one another. They had left Serena at the school. Alone. Just as Mina started to think about the implications of doing such a horrible thing as leaving the young Queen to be alone with that many guys she turned around only to be faced with a panting, red faced Serena.
"I can't believe you guy's would abandon me. Aren't you supposed to be my guardians?" the teary faced princess screamed. "I though you said you'd wake me up... I can't count on you for anything..." Rei slapped her hard in the face.
"Listen to yourself. The future Queen of the Moon Kingdom crying like a little girl. You need to grow up and learn that people aren't perfect. If you expect to be forgiven for your mistakes, forgive other's for theirs." Realizing that she was being a little sharp she quickly softened her tone. "We care for you, and you know we would never do something like that purposely. Lets get inside the temple. Maybe Luna will know more about this disturbance. If she's right then the earth and everyone on it may be doomed already."
Serena's face scrunched in confusion "Your just a- What disturbance? I thought..."
Grasping the Four Star Dragonball in one hand, Goku rolled it over in his hand. The cracks were fixed, and the stars were red again. That meant that they could be used safely now. Shennron had given it to him as a way to change, into something Goku didn't really understand. "Oh well, I'm sure Shennron had a good reason. He always does after all..." Yet, where Shennron had sent the other six? It didn't matter. Goku had to focus now, but his stomach was growling, and his ears hurt... The sound of a gong made Goku snap his head and focused ahead on the strange temple. He had never seen this kind of temple on his Earth before. According to Shennron this should get him closer to the Elementalists. Shennron had managed to get him into an adoption agency. The risk of being discovered was high at a place like that, but Goku would be okay. The Eternal Dragon had stressed that he had to learn as much as he could as quickly as he could. The role Shennron had given him was pretty funny. It was almost as funny as the name Sailor Scouts. He had seen a newspaper on the way here that talked about these people called Sailor Scouts. It didn't make sense to Goku. He had seen plenty of sailors in his day, and although girl scouts were uncommon near his home, they weren't unknown. Often they would go near his house while on camping trips. The thought of being a sailor girl scout made Goku grin. Clearly this universe was different if it had girl scouts who where sailors...
"Well I still think that whatever it is your computer picked up was an enemy! You already told us no normal human should be nearly that strong, so we have to presume its not human and probably from the Negaverse!" Goku's head shot in the direction of the voice. No one should have been able to sneak up on him. He had suppressed is ki to below that of a normal child, but his senses didn't need a high ki to be accurate. He should have been able to sense them miles away... yet... he could only faintly sense them even now and they were right beside the bush he was hiding in. These weren't normal people. Suddenly the redhead turned around and stared directly at the spot Goku was hiding. "There's something in those bushes... I don't know what..." A blinding panic struck Goku. He couldn't be discovered. Not now. Not when he had given up so much. Thinking fast he did the only thing he could think of. Wrapping his tail around his waist so it would appear to be a belt, he burst out crying and rubbed himself in the thorns, trying to get some stuck in him.
While Goku was bawling his eye's out, he checked to make sure that the girls were coming. It was weird. The more he cried, the more the thorns hurt even though he had been kicked, punched, even blasted through entire planets and never cried. But it really hurt his tail had started thrashing around uncontrollably from his belt hoops. Hopefully it would just make him look even more helpless. At that thought he saw that the girls had finally reached him. Deciding that it was now or never he doubled his effort to look pathetic. It really wasn't all that hard. It seemed as though he had a natural talent for it...
"Well look what you've done now Rei. You scared the poor child so he hurt himself. You should feel ashamed, why imagine how scared he was with you yelling like that." The blond one with the strange hair that reminded Goku remarkable of meat balls, lectured the redhead while two other girls that Goku couldn't see properly from his fetal position stood supportively behind the blond nodding their heads vigorously. "We need to get that covered up so it doesn't get infected. Don't worry kid, where going to make sure pyro doesn't hurt you anymore..."
The redhead tried to put on a offended look to cover up her obvious regret. "Well it wasn't completely MY fault. He was the one that spazed out and got hurt. You can't blame everything on me." Suddenly the redhead put her hand down and touched the single thorn stuck in Goku's hand. "It won't hurt much kid. Just close your eyes and don't move." The reached down and touched the tiny thorn. As soon as he felt redheads burning hand touch him, Goku howled in pain. Now he wasn't kidding. Whatever that girl was doing hurt more then having buu hit him over and over and over. The world started to spin and Goku, the only Saiyin in the universe collapsed into a teary heap and went limp.
Serena, Ami, and Mina stared wide eyed at Rei. She had just killed a little boy pulling out a thorn. Sure Mina had suspected that Rei had a problem... but this was different. She had never used her powers to hurt little children. That just wasn't acceptable. Now the generally collected and reserved Senshi of love stood taller then ever before, and cried out in a voice louder then then hurricane, "How could you Rei? You swore only to use your power for good, and now your hurting little boys who make a fool out of you. How could you kill a child for that? Your worse then the Negaverse."
Rei slowly turned around and spoke in a shaky voice, "I didn't do anything. It wasn't me. All I did was touch his hand to pull out the thorn. We better get him in the temple, see if he has any identification on him so we can call his parents. They need to come and pick him up as soon as they can so we can get on with our meeting. I'll go call Gramps and tell him to get a bed ready right now, you three take care of him. Whatever happened to him, wasn't because of me." With that Rei ran towards the temple as fast as she could leaving her fellow Inner Scouts alone with Goku.
"Well now... what's this?" Ami bent down and stared at the golden ball in the child's hand.
Serena, now curios as to what Ami had found bent down and her eye's went wide and sparkly. "It looks really pretty. I wonder where he got it? Do you think its real gold?"
Ami looked crossly at her future queen. "Serena. Rei just about killed the poor child and all you can think about is if his ball is made of gold? Really, grow up."
Looking extremely miffed Serena tossed her nose into the air and made Ami appear no more then a child with her righteous arau "Well, we have to keep it safe for him. If he drops it while where carrying him over to the temple it might get lost."
"I guess."
"You guess? I'll get it from him now." With that Sailor Moon, the leader of the Sailor Scouts knelt down and tried to pull Goku's fingers apart. Grunting and groaning from the effort, Serena wiped her hair out of her eyes and stood up. "Okay girls. I need your help, we need to get that ball from him."
"Okay Serena, Ami and I would love to help, wouldn't we? Taking a sharp jab to her side, Ami nodded dumbly. What could she do?
Gramps and Rei ran out of the temple to discover Serena, Ami, and Mina over top of the poor child trying to pull his fingers apart. They were all red faced and panting when she finally came over from behind.
"I'm surprised girls. I though that you would have found it easy to get a ball from a boy no older then eight. Really. And you get after me for having him get a thorn in his hand, and here you are trying to steal a ball from him."
Serena turned around looked straight at Rei and said in a unsure voice "The world looks so nice with the polkydot elephants and the giant flying lollipops. Who are you..." With that Sailor Moon, the strongest, most passionate scout collapsed into a heaping wreck.
Gramps turned and gave the now smirking redhead a confused look "Rei, you said that the boy was hurt. How could he have held a gold ball from three of your friends?"
"Ummm... I don't know. Rigamoreses?"
"Hmmm... could be. Doesn't look very dead though. Strange for a kid to wear a belt. Lets take him in and check him out. Leave Serena there. It'll teach her something about stealing from children.
"T-minus seven seconds to impact. Chances of screwage: twenty three point four five percent. Atmosphere contains seven known deadly toxins to Saiyin anatomy. T-minus 1 secon-" Crash "-ds damage report: extensive damage to hull plating, auxiliary thrusters disabled, weapons system off-line... life support off-line... your so screwed. Enjoy you're last moments sucker." Vegeta cursed silently under his breath. Stupid wise ass machine. He had always wondered why Nappa was so angry when he got out of his pod. Turned out his computer had been programmed to be a wise ass. The sound of the pod opening alerted him. He still had pod hair. What would these aliens think of the Saiyin Prince who has pod hair? To late to comb it now. A burst of light blinded him and the shadows of two tall lanky creatures ahead of him left him mesmerized...
Goku awoke with a startled cry again. It seemed to him he had been doing that allot lately. He couldn't remember doing it ever before on a regular bases, but lately... he didn't know. It was as if he could sense something coming that wasn't here yet. Something evil. Something looking for revenge... Rolling over slightly Goku was shocked to discover that the four star dragonball was still in his hand. He hadn't really expected to be able to hold onto it. He remembered a flaming redhead pulling a thorn out, and a burning pain, almost as though he was recoiling from an attack.
"I see your awake now." The now all too familiar voice of the redhead
"Hahaha, ya, I'm feeling lots better now thanks to you." Goku felt his mood lighten. He still felt crummy because he was lying on top of his tail, making it tingle from the weight. Being injured and uncomfortable was something Goku had long ago learned to deal with.
The young girls face showed deep concern as she looked at Goku. "What's wrong? You look sad. Are you thinking about your parents?"
"My parents? I don't know- wait, oh my parents, ya I was thinking about them..." Goku winced inwardly. He hadn't studied his new identity enough. If they asked any questions...
"I'm sure your very confused right now, but I'm afraid I need some questions answered. Why did you collapse when I tried to pull the thorn out? Are you allergic to them or something?" Goku wasn't the brightest bulb in the box. He knew that. Gohan had proven that many times before, but sometimes even a dim bulb can light a match.
"Ummm... allergies? Aren't they when you- oh ya. Allergies. Right. I remember now. I'm allergic to umm... oh my... head wait no- my hand, my hand it hurts so badly!" A large sweat drop formed on Goku's head. He had to stall, find someway to escape. If he stayed here, he would be discovered. That much he knew. If he stayed here, it was only a matter of time till they spotted that his 'belt' wasn't what it looked like. But how could he get away? Sure, he could blast through the ceiling, but that would leave to many unwanted questions. Shennron had told him to keep his ki below that of the average human. Apparently, in this universe the Earth was the magical center. That meant that it was balanced on the edge of good and evil. Although he didn't really get it, from what he understood that meant the most powerful magical beings in this universe lived around the Earth. If he powered up his ki to a point that would be abnormal in this universe he could bring more problems to this world then it already had. In his universe Otherworld was the center. Ki powerful beings of both good and evil spent eternity there, and everything revolved around it.
The sudden sound of a snap woke Goku "You okay? You're eye's glazed over for a sec." The redheads hand waved back and forth infront of him.
"Oh ya, just thinking about how much my head- er hand hurts." Goku gave a nervous laugh and scratched the back of his head he needed to get out of here. There was too much to think about, and too little time. He needed to find the Elementalists. Maybe they had a Keep like Kami did. It was worth a look. If they were the guardians of Earth then they needed some sort of meeting area. If he could find that...
"You sure your okay? Your eyes keep on glazing over... like your thinking. What are you thinking about?" The redhead's face showed deep concern which made Goku uncomfortable. He had to tell her something, but what?
"Well... I was just thinking about my... brother Raditz, and how he died." Goku winced internally. Raditz had said he was his brother, so maybe the redhead would feel bad for him and let him be.
The redhead made a pained expression. Clearly she hadn't been expecting that answer, but that made Goku feel better. In battle, the element of surprise should never be dismissed. Those who did were dead. "Oh... I'm sorry. Is there anything I could do to make you feel better?"
"Well, yes there is. I had a package and a letter with me when I came here. Do you have them?"
"Oh yes, I'm sure Gramps has them, I'll go get them right now." With that the young girl scurried off. There was something strange about her. Goku couldn't put his finger on it, but that girl was different. Then again, Goku mused, he should have expected people to be different here. After all, he hadn't grown up on this world, and Shennron had said that people were more magical then ki based. That would explain why he had trouble sensing anything but animals. He could sense every plant and animal on the planet, but if there was anyone more then about fifty feet away, he could no longer even feel a faint hint of them.
Walking over to Gramps room at a rather swift pace, Rei frowned. This boy. There was something strange about him. She couldn't put her finger on it, but he was defiantly an oddball. He had the strangest clothes and hair. Rei had never seen anything made of such a silky material, yet it was the strongest clothing she had ever seen. It hadn't even got ripped when he had spazed out in the thorn patch. Then there was his furry belt. As far as Rei knew, they stopped making belts like that fifty years ago. As for his hair... Rei really wanted to know what kind of gel he used to get it to stay up so straight without his hair getting greasy, or letting off a horrible stench. The thing that disturbed her the most was how she had difficulty sensing him, it was as if he didn't have any energy at all. She had always found that sensing people was easy. It was plants and animals that were nearly impossible to sense. If there was a dear twenty feet from the temple or not, she couldn't say. She had always wondered why that was, but it had never occurred to her that there might be a few people who were like that too. Then there was the matter of the package and the letter. With what Rei would describe as no less then a Herculean effort, she had managed to convince Gramps that they needed to check his stuff to see if he had any identification. It seemed the boy was carrying all his records with him when he collapsed. Very strange. The letter was another matter. It had the strangest seal on it that she had ever seen. To be frank, she didn't know that wax seals were still used. When Gramps had seen it, he had quietly put it back in the box and in the most serious voice she had ever heard Gramps use, he had said, "That boy is to be our guest until he says he leaves. If there is anything he needs, you are to get it for him. That boy... time is short. There is so much to do, so many people to call..." Rei had never seen Gramps so worked up about anything ever before. Whatever that letter said or meant, Rei craved to know. She had even tried to sneak over at night to read it, but when she got there Gramps was waiting for her, with the letter grasped tightly in one hand and a smirk on his old face. Having arrived at Gramps room, she opened the door silently and smiled evilly. She hadn't even known Gramps could smile evilly. It had been creepy. Mentally slapping herself she got back on task. Now was her chance to read the letter.
Gramps frowned as he saw Rei open the door. He had been waiting for her. By making her interested in the letter he had distracted her from the package, which even now, safely behind his most powerful barriers radiated magic. This boy... he would do great things. Of that Gramps was sure. Although he loved Rei and her friends, he knew that if they discovered what this boy was, well, they wouldn't be able to keep it a secret. He even doubted the Order could,. That was why he had called in every favor he had built up over the years. He had to make sure that this boy lived in peace. When his agents had told him Rei was a member of the Sailor Scouts, he had insured that no one from his organization would try to take the transformation pendants from them. He had even gone so far as to destroy the magic detection equipment. No one questioned him openly about it, but among the Order, even now years later it was still whispered that he had destroyed it. Putting on his best smile he leaned forward with package and letter in hand gave Rei a stern look that would have frightened any Order member. "Rei, I told you that your not allowed to read the letter or open his package. Despite what you might believe I haven't done so either. That boy is our guest, and you are expected to treat him as such. Now go back and try to help him recover."
"But Gramps... he asked for his stuff. I just came here to get them."
"He... he asked for it already? But, there's no way he could have recovered from his injuries already..." It wasn't possible. The wound the boy had took was physically small, but it wasn't physical. The boy had wandered into a Pargonshin plant, which inflicted a magical wound. Most people were magically strong enough that it didn't do anything but cause a minor discomfort, but this boy was so weak... it should have taken months for him to recover enough to talk. He had recovered in less then a few hours. He was special.
"Well, I better go take it to him now."
"I think I'll take it to him myself. The boy and I have something to talk about. So very much to talk about..."
"Ummm... okay Gramps... I'll just go and join the girls if that's okay then."
Gramps didn't even hear Rei, he just simply nodded. Everything was happening so fast. He hadn't expected the boy to come during his time as High Priest. No one did. Yet...
"Mina! Serena! Ami! You won't believe this! Ummm... what are you doing?" The sound of Rei's voice distracted Serena. She had to get that ball. She didn't really know why she had to get it, but she just did. The moon Princess had gotten the help of Ami and Mina to hold her legs while she opened the window and crawled in to get the ball. If this plan worked, they would give it back after they had looked at it, and studied it a little. "Serena, stop! Gramps is going to go into-"
"Oh, hello Gramps, I was just umm... opening the boy's window so he could get some air." Gramps stared at Rei's blond friend. She must think he was an absolute moron. A large sweat drop appeared on her head, and Gramps gave her his most evil stare and mumbled a few words under his breath. The girls eye's widened and she shot out of the room, right back out the window faster then a bullet. He knew he shouldn't have used any magic, it would get too much attention, but he couldn't risk anything. Besides, it was a weak spell, and if she was Sailor Moon, it shouldn't have done much...
"Serena! Serena! Oh dear sprits, please wake up girl! You're Kingdom is in need of you more then ever before." Luna looked sadly at the Moon Princess body breathing gently. She should have known better then to go and try and steal a child's toy. Gramps had probably hit her on the head, and knocked her out the window into the bush.
"Oh... I feel so cold Luna. Where am I? What time is it?" Luna stared warmly at her now life filled cheeks. Mina had run to her after she had apparently shot out of the guest room at the temple and landed in a patch of Pargonshin plants. She had gotten hundreds of thorns stuck in her, and would have been more then enough to kill your average human. But she wasn't. She was a Sailor Scout, and her magic was strong enough to protect her even from hundreds of Pargonshin plant thorns. An impressive feet, which only reinforced Luna's belief that Serena was the only one who could defeat Chaos. She would always be a child at heart. The Prophecy declared that a child would fight Chaos. Clearly Serena was that child. Why she had heard how a small boy had almost died from getting one thorn in him. Serena had gotten over a hundred times that, and she was fine.
"Luna? What time is it? How long have I been out?
"Oh yes, yes, you poor girl. You see, you fell in a magical plant, and it caused you to black out. Rei and Ami took you back to your house and said you got drunk..."
"What! They said I got drunk! But that's not true... is it? I can't really remember..." Luna smiled. A side effect of the Paagonshin plant thorns was that they temporarily caused it hard to remember events leading up to the injury.
The sound of footsteps in the hallway made the young princesses body stiffen. "Serena! I'd like to come in and have a little talk with you." From the sound of it, her dad was outside the door. Luna smiled again. Serena was going to have a fun talk...
"We hope you can save Goku, Prince Vegeta. More then you know depends on him right now, and with your help, you will surely be able to conquer any challenge." The tall lanky aliens had two huge eyes that took up half their face, and only had three fingers. Very strange beings, but instant transmission was a technique he needed. For the last few days, Vegeta had worked harder then he had ever thought possible. Who knew where Kakkarot was, or what kind of trouble the dimwit had gotten into. "I'm leaving now. Kakkarot needs my help, whether or not he wants it." Vegeta smirked as he put two fingers to his head. Kakkarot may think he can get out of fighting him by hiding behind the dragon, but he would find him. With that he smirked as he locked onto the Supreme Ki's ki. This was going to be fun...
Goku walked into the orphanage with a smile on his face. That Shinto priest had been real kind to him. He had told Goku that he had to store whatever was in his parcel inside a ancient box that would prevent magical beings from detecting it. He had called it a 'Wizards Box'. The on both sides of the box it had dragon heads with the handle clamped in their jaws. The lid looked ornamental with the top at an angel, then flat on the top. All across the ancient relic dragons were inscribed and words below in a language Goku couldn't read. and had been rather insistant that he keep it somewhere safe, for although they couldn't sense it, most would steal it simply because it was made of solid gold. He had said that if magically sensitive beings knew where his stuff was, several different factions may work to steal it from him. Goku had put all of the remaining items that the Eternal Dragon had sent him inside it, which included some of the golden apples that grew on King Yemma's tree. When a person ate one, they would no longer need to eat for thirty days. It didn't mean they couldn't eat, only they no longer had to. Goku was sure that they would come in handy. He had packed the apples and all the other items Shennron had given him that Goku had no doubt were made of powerful magic inside the box that the Shinto priest had given him, which he had wrapped up in newspaper in order to avoid suspicion. Goku knew he wasn't brilliant. That was Gohan's job, but even he knew that carrying a solid gold box would attract some unwanted attention. Realizing that his tail was no longer in his belt loops, Goku put it back in its resting place. It felt rather uncomfortable keeping it that way for more then an hour, but some sacrifices had to be made he mused. He finished putting it in the loops just as he passed the corner leading to the adoption house.
"Hello. How can I help you?" A kind gentle voice from beside him startled Goku. He had never been to an orphanage before. Maybe they had food here... he hadn't eaten in a long time! Shennron had probably packed the apples so he wouldn't attract so much attention with his appetite. That dragon sure was smart.
The now child-man pulled out a piece of paper that Shennron had given him. He could read it, but it gave him a headache. The language that they used here was completely different. The Eternal Dragon had packed a wide variety of items in his package, one of which included a pair of 'hearing aids' and 'glasses' which would allow him to read and speak any language that was within Shennrons knowledge. Goku presumed that that meant pretty much all of them. He had also packed some "adoption papers" which insured Goku wouldn't be adopted at least for the next year or so, because his 'relatives' lived in a monastery in Nepal. Wherever that was, it must be pretty far from Tokyo. "I was told that I was supposed to come here and give you this."
The old woman bent down and took the letter from Goku. She smelt like old people do when they get to a certain age, yet had a remarkable feeling of youth by the way she walked. "I see... well, I'm sure that we can take care of you until your Uncle gets here. He left a rather large sum of money for your care, and has donated more then a little money to this orphanage over the years. Terrible thing that happened to your family... Goku, I'm sure you'll get along just fine with the children. I'll go show you you're room. Oh and one more thing. What's in your bundle of newspapers? All caretakers must be made aware of any personal items."
Panic seized Goku in its icy clutches. He had to think fast. "Umm... Its my parents."
"What? Your parents... oh I get it. You have their ashes right? I'm so sorry for asking you, I'll be sure no one questions you about it again." With that the strange, kind lady turned and Goku followed her closely behind like a little loyal dog. The orphanage seemed rather big to Goku. Then again, his house hadn't been exactly all that big. To him, buildings should be no bigger then they needed to be. It seemed to him that this orphanage was rather practicle. He liked that. The old woman turned a corner and Goku was confronted with a giant oak double door. He could hear whispers from inside. So the children had heard of his arrival. News travels fast in small places.
"Its late, you should get in bed. Yours is the one in the far right corner. Sleep well, tomorrow will be a big day."
"Vegeta, your late! Old ki and I almost ran out of movies you took so long!" Vegeta stared indiscrutently at the ruler of the universe. He was sitting with has back to a large boulder along with Old Ki, and a t.v on the ground. Kibito had a serving tray with popcorn and drinks on it.
"What the hell... why aren't you two fussed? Isn't that supposed to be permanent? How could you have known I was going to come here?" This was all too strange. He needed to get some answers or... he needed to bash some skulls. One of the two. To be truthful, Vegeta preferred the latter.
Old Ki stared at Vegeta as if he was stupid, and with a handful of popcorn in his mouth he started talking to Vegeta as if he were no more then a child "Oh, well after we had watched Goku go into the Crystal Universe, we knew that he would be in need of your aid. As for the fusion, lets just say that it was... rather painful."
"Wait a moment... Crystal Universe... I knew you wanted to get away from fighting me Kakkarot, but that's just one step too far..."
"Well," Old Ki said with a mouthful of popcorn, "there is one way to get there I suppose, but... its difficult..."
Setsuna stood guard at the gates of time, forever watching. Forever guiding. Rini had just left for the past, leaving her alone. With her help, the Scouts should be able to prevail, but it never hurt to check. Taking the time key she went up to the gate and stared into the Earth's future in one years time. And saw nothing.
Shennron let out a mighty sigh. Events were happening too fast for even he to keep up. Soon... soon the final battle would be upon them. The ultimate battle between good and evil.
Fan fictions are allot more work then I ever imagined them to be. You have no idea how different this is from what I have written on paper. In that, Gramps isn't even in the story, yet he's a character that isn't used nearly as much as he should be, and there isn't allot known about him. The show's about the Sailor Scouts, not the Shinto Priest, so I thought I'd add a little spice to this story with him. You may notice my writing improving every chapter. This is because I'm trying out new techniques. Some people may find it getting worse. Its a matter of opinion. The editing takes much more time then I thought it would. I hope that you can all be patient out there. My main concern is writing it currently, but I like to know that there are people interested in it. Hopefully you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it. I really think that there need to be more realistic ones out there. I'm not saying mines perfect, but lets face it people, without something disabling or preventing him he's much stronger. I'm trying to balance out the characters, but Goku will probably have the biggest role. Think of this as Dragonball Z in Sailor Moon. That make sense? I didn't think so.
For all those reading this: you have no idea how different this is from my original idea. Don't get me wrong, its better with the improvements, but it will probably take a fair amount of time between postings. I like to try to produce quality work. As some of you may have discovered at one time or another, most people find it difficult to edit there own work. What I will be doing is writing the chapters, then editing them a few days latter. Most of my chapters are edited three or four times, but I know there are still mistakes in there, probably in reference to the Sailor Moon, and everything about that.
I realize now that I need to edit my stories much more carefully then I previously thought. Now I know why I never got 90 in English. I never edited as well as I should have. I have to tell you, that I encourage each and every one of you peons out there reading this grand and wonderful story to review it. It makes a me feel good to know that I have readers, but even if I don't have any I'll keep on writing.
This chapter I have been looking forward too... also, you may find that it will take more time for me to post new chapters because I have now added Vegeta into my story. He wasn't originally planed, and may change the character dynamic.
As a side note, I can not emphasis enough: this an action adventure. I try to add some humor, and romance (not much at all!) to it, but I'm not exactly the best at doing that. Remember Read and Review!!! If you skipped over any of this story, with the exeption of the author notes, it ruins the whole plot.
