DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or Sailor Moon. I apologize for
taking so long to update. I really am sorry. But I have had severe writers
block. And it had at least given me a chance to work on some of my other
stories. Now that I have some more ideas of where I want to go with this,
hopefully, updates will be sooner.
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Gohan sighed as he walked his way over towards Raye's shrine. What was he going to say? How could he tell her without hurting her? How was he supposed to tell her that he didn't want to be with her?
Its not that he didn't like her. Far from it. She had a temper that was somewhat familiar. He liked all the girls. They had all become good friends. But black mail was becoming to frequent of a problem these days. What with the whole super hero gig. And he had just recently gotten out of the relationship with Videl. He just wasn't ready.
He sighed again. More heavily this time. He wasn't even paying attention to what he was doing. Without even realizing it, he'd walked in front of the steps leading to the shrine. He'd lost his train of thought when. . .
WHAM!
Falling to the ground, he looked up to see something blonde run up the steps in a hurry while spouting apologizes. It was a wonder the person even realized he was there. Slowly, he stood up and dusted himself off. What was he going to do? Damn. He'd forgotten. Oh wait! Now he remembered! He was going to. . .
WHAM!
Hitting the ground again, this time he felt something sitting on top of him. He groaned and cracked his eyes open to see and equally uncomfortable Raye sitting awkwardly on top of him. Funny, she barely weighed a thing.
Raye opened her eyes slowly and find Gohan's face inches away from her and looking just as uncomfortable. She blushed suddenly when she realized just where she was. She jumped up and started to help him off the ground. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Gohan laughed easily and rubbed the back of his head. "That's okay! Seems to be happening a lot recently."
She continued to blush. Now that he mentioned it, yeah, she had gotten a habit of continuously bumping into the guy. Which wasn't an entirely bad thing. "Um, so Gohan. What are you doing here?"
"Actually, I was looking for you." Gohan blushed slightly this time and stood there uncomfortably. Just what was he going to say to her? He could remember he wanted to talk to her, and that was about it.
Raye looked over her shoulder up at the temple. They were supposed to have a scout meeting. She smiled and shrugged her shoulders. It was her turn to be late for once. "So, do you want to go somewhere to talk?"
Gohan smiled. Sometimes, it seemed like that was all he did. Good idea. Maybe talking to her would jog his memory about whatever it was he originally wanted to talk to her about. Amazing how flustered he could get around some girls. "Sure. Anywhere in mind?"
She tired to think quickly and scratched her head. Messing up her already messed up hair. Talk. Where could they talk? The shrine? No. The girls wouldn't leave them alone. Certainly not here. They were still standing in the middle of the street. Her room? Bad thoughts! BAD THOUGHTS! "Um, how about the park?"
"Sounds good." He offered her his arm, which she took and began walking down the road in the direction of the park. Neither had any idea of what to say to the other. What the walk to the park was spent mostly in silence.
Raye gave a silent laugh as she leaned on his shoulder as they walked. There were not a whole lot of people she could lean on. He was nice to lean on. The only other people she could do that with were the scouts. Gohan, the polite guy that he is, would probably do this for anyone.
They walked through the park. Watching children play on the jungle gym and swing sets. They walked until they came to a small lake in the center of the park. A small dock went over part of it. She released his arm and walked out onto it. Overlooking the water.
"I used to come here a lot as a kid with my Grandpa. He used to tell me, that like how fire can foretell the future, water could reveal the past. I used to stare at the water. Hopping to see my mother in the reflection." She stared at the lake as the memories flooded back to her.
Gohan walked up next to her and leaned again the railing of the dock. Looking out over the water. "For a long time, I lost my father. He was missing for a good part of my life. We all thought he was dead. It was nothing short of a miracle that brought him back to life."
They stood there for a long time. Watching the water move and the sun slowly fall from the sky. She grabbed his arm again and leaned into his chest. Allowing a single tear to run down her cheek. She hadn't cried since she was a child. For some reason, she didn't feel the need to be strong when she was around him.
A loud blast broke the silence. Smoke filled the air as screams began to fill the park of people running from whatever commotion had occurred. The both began running in the direction of the smoke. Looking to see what the problem was.
Raye gasped when she saw the purple haired woman from before hovering in the air. She was randomly shooting people with balls of black energy. Causing pointless destruction and death. Her shock was replaced with anger. This woman needed to be stopped. And this time, she would be.
Gohan narrowed his eyes at the woman. Watching as she helplessly killed innocents. His anger slowly flaring. He pushed it back down. Losing his cool would only result in more people getting hurt. His mind was pulled else ware suddenly. . .
"MARS POWER!"
Gohan blinked. Standing next to him, rather than Raye, was the girl Sailor Mars that he had healed before when fighting the monster. His thoughts suddenly flooded back to him.
"Mars Fire!" She brought her hands together. Fire shot out of her hands at the woman. But it seemed to go right around her as though deflected by some shield. Or. . .a powerful ki.
Lexiena smirked at the lone Sailor Scout. If she wanted to, she could just pick them off one at a time. Her hand pointed out in her direction. Slowly, she let the energy in her hand pool and form. Allowing the weak scout to see her death.
Gohan leapt forward and grabbed Raye in his arms as the blast flew at them. Sending rock and dirt from the ground everywhere. The blasts continued to fly at them. At great speed. He had to find a safe distance before he could stop without risking her getting hurt.
Raye had only blinked. Just a moment before, she had been standing in front of the woman and then she was in Gohan's arms a hundred feet away. He sat her back down and stood in front of her. More energy blast flew at them. "Gohan!"
He slapped them away with his hands as they approached with the best of accuracy. Raye stared in disbelief. How was he doing this? How could Gohan possibly be doing this? Could he be. . .?
Lexiena growled softly to herself. How did he do that? No one could do what he just did. Not even that Tuxedo Mask. No one could compare with her power! No one! She was all-powerful! She was the greatest! Lexiena unleashed blasts as fast as she could call upon them and flew closer to the strange man.
Unexpectedly, he disappeared in a haze and appeared less than a second later right in front of her. Hitting a blow across her face. She stumbled back in the air and wiped the blood and fell from her lip.
Her anger flared. No one dared to hit her. She jumped to the ground and ran at him; break neck speed as he did the same. They exchanged blow for blow. He was keeping up with her perfectly. Seemingly matched in abilities. No one could compare to her! NO ONE!
She kicked him in the chest and sent him flying into the ground with a satisfying crash. Now she would finish off the man who dared to take her on. She could be the only one with her kind of strength. Flying back into the air, she began to form a large amount of dark energy in her hands. Finish the man off for good.
Sailor mars watched in awe at the force in which the two were fighting. More so Gohan's. The only people she had ever seen move that quickly before were the Great Sayiaman and Mr. Savior. Could. . .could Gohan be from the Nega-verse?
She watched in shock and horror as he was thrown the ground. The woman began to pool the energy that she had been pointing at her earlier. What Mars could only assume to be a finishing move. She was aiming at Gohan. Mars fan forward as fast as she could. Stepping in front of Gohan and the incoming attack. The blast sent her flying backward into the ground with the debris.
Gohan looked up in horror as Raye stood in front of the blast, shielding him from it. She fell back to the ground where she lay motionless. Why did she do it? He would have survived! Bus she didn't know that. Now she was hurt. Now she was. . .
"Not who I was aiming for, but at least now she is out of the way." Lexiena gave a small laugh at the expression Gohan was making. "Now to take care of you."
Gohan snapped.
Memories came to him like flooding water. Watching Piccolo sacrifice himself for him. Watching his friends fight for him, stick up for him when fighting Frieza and the Androids. Watching his father sacrifice himself for the sake of the Earth. Watching Raye get thrown to the ground, where she now lay still.
"I wont lost the people I care about! I WON'T! I WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON'T!" Gohan's head shot up as he screamed. Releasing all the anger that he had built up since the defeat of Cell. His hands balled to fists at his side as he stood up.
Lexiena watched first in question and then in complete shock and utter horror. The man's energy, his power. . .she could feel it. Actually FEEL IT! Raging uncontrollably. A power hundreds of times greater than her own. Greater than ANYONES!
Raye was startles awake as the ground began to shake violently! She heard someone yell furiously. Feeling battered and bruised from her attack, and picked up her head to see Gohan yelling. The shaking seemed to be emanating from HIM! Small rocks began to levitate from the ground!
A blinding light flashed and the shaking increased. A shock wave of energy almost sent her flying from where she was sitting on the ground. The light subsided but the shaking continued. Though not as violently.
Where Gohan had stood, now stood a man with spiky blonde hair and green eyes. A strange yellow light swirled about him and his muscles builded ten fold, actually ripping though his shirt. Gohan was the golden haired fighter.
Lexiena watched in horror at the shock at the man's energy. Her eyes narrowed as she suddenly recognized who it was. "You're the man who destroyed my wear wolf creatures. You will regret that!" She brought her hands together to form her energy.
Before she could blink, before she could do anything, with a speed that was impossible, he was standing in front of her and held her wrists in her hands with a tightening grip.
"I can't forgive you for what you've done." Gohan said calmly and almost emotionless. Sending chills down her spine. This man was stronger than any of them in the nega-verse. Before she could even think about blocking, his fist came down on her. Sending her flying into the ground. Leaving a huge crater from where she landed. She struggled up, despite having a few broken bones. She flew back up into the air. She would finish this, or die trying.
Gohan glided back down to the ground and cupped his hands to his side. The scowl on his face increased. All he could see in his mind was the scene of Raye as she was thrown to the Earth. "Ka. . .Meh. . ."
Raye watched him move faster than she thought anyone could move. He was moving fast enough to where she could have sworn she saw him in two places as once. He now crouched slightly on the ground. Chanting something. His eyes were full of hatred. A small spark emerged in his hands. Slowly growing.
"Ha. . .Meh. . ." The light in Gohan's hand began to grow in size. Filling his hands with the energy that he would use to destroy the monster. The person who caused all of this. Caused all of the pain, suffering and death. He would end it all!
Lexiena had gotten past the stage of shock. She was now lost somewhere between fear and anger. Fear of anyone who could possibly wield such a fearsome power. Anger because it was not hers. She felt and saw the terrible energy collecting in his hands. An energy attack. How could he possibly know how to do an energy attack? The energy in his hand easily doubled his own. She quickly gathered the last of her energy and prepared to throw it at his. In an attempt to block it.
"Gohan!" Raye yelled at him. She smiled as he broke out of his hateful trance. The gold hair fell away from him and the energy in his hands disappeared into nothing.
He turned around and looked at her. Looking for the person that had called out his name. He spotted her lying on the ground. Surprise and shock written on his face. Raye was alive? "Raye!" He smiled.
Lexiena smiled at her opportunity. The foolish man who had so carelessly let his guard down. She launched the ball of dark energy at him. Hitting him from behind. She enjoyed watching him scream in pain and the blast encompassed him.
"Gohan!" Raye screamed as tears fell from her face. Watching in horror as the dark energy hit him from behind. The last of the energy drifted away in the wind. Leaving a battered and bloody body laying the in dirt of the explosion. She struggled to get up and make her way toward him. Praying that he was all right.
Lexiena flew down and picked up his body, throwing it over her shoulder and sneering as the crumpled form of Sailor Mars. "Thank you so much for distracting him from battle." She laughed and opened a dark portal to the nega-verse behind her. Walking nonchalantly back into it with Gohan. And closing it behind her.
Raye crumpled back into the ground again. Oh God! She was right! She distracted him! If she had not said something, Gohan would still be alive. If she had not called out his name, then he would not have died. It was her fault. It was all her fault. Everyone she comes to care about always gets hurt. And it's her fault.
The other four scouts ran into the park. After looking at all the damage done, they found Raye curled up into a ball on the ground. Sobbing quietly into her legs. Her face was red from crying. They had never seen Raye cry before. She just repeated herself. "Its my fault. Its all my fault."
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Gohan sighed as he walked his way over towards Raye's shrine. What was he going to say? How could he tell her without hurting her? How was he supposed to tell her that he didn't want to be with her?
Its not that he didn't like her. Far from it. She had a temper that was somewhat familiar. He liked all the girls. They had all become good friends. But black mail was becoming to frequent of a problem these days. What with the whole super hero gig. And he had just recently gotten out of the relationship with Videl. He just wasn't ready.
He sighed again. More heavily this time. He wasn't even paying attention to what he was doing. Without even realizing it, he'd walked in front of the steps leading to the shrine. He'd lost his train of thought when. . .
WHAM!
Falling to the ground, he looked up to see something blonde run up the steps in a hurry while spouting apologizes. It was a wonder the person even realized he was there. Slowly, he stood up and dusted himself off. What was he going to do? Damn. He'd forgotten. Oh wait! Now he remembered! He was going to. . .
WHAM!
Hitting the ground again, this time he felt something sitting on top of him. He groaned and cracked his eyes open to see and equally uncomfortable Raye sitting awkwardly on top of him. Funny, she barely weighed a thing.
Raye opened her eyes slowly and find Gohan's face inches away from her and looking just as uncomfortable. She blushed suddenly when she realized just where she was. She jumped up and started to help him off the ground. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Gohan laughed easily and rubbed the back of his head. "That's okay! Seems to be happening a lot recently."
She continued to blush. Now that he mentioned it, yeah, she had gotten a habit of continuously bumping into the guy. Which wasn't an entirely bad thing. "Um, so Gohan. What are you doing here?"
"Actually, I was looking for you." Gohan blushed slightly this time and stood there uncomfortably. Just what was he going to say to her? He could remember he wanted to talk to her, and that was about it.
Raye looked over her shoulder up at the temple. They were supposed to have a scout meeting. She smiled and shrugged her shoulders. It was her turn to be late for once. "So, do you want to go somewhere to talk?"
Gohan smiled. Sometimes, it seemed like that was all he did. Good idea. Maybe talking to her would jog his memory about whatever it was he originally wanted to talk to her about. Amazing how flustered he could get around some girls. "Sure. Anywhere in mind?"
She tired to think quickly and scratched her head. Messing up her already messed up hair. Talk. Where could they talk? The shrine? No. The girls wouldn't leave them alone. Certainly not here. They were still standing in the middle of the street. Her room? Bad thoughts! BAD THOUGHTS! "Um, how about the park?"
"Sounds good." He offered her his arm, which she took and began walking down the road in the direction of the park. Neither had any idea of what to say to the other. What the walk to the park was spent mostly in silence.
Raye gave a silent laugh as she leaned on his shoulder as they walked. There were not a whole lot of people she could lean on. He was nice to lean on. The only other people she could do that with were the scouts. Gohan, the polite guy that he is, would probably do this for anyone.
They walked through the park. Watching children play on the jungle gym and swing sets. They walked until they came to a small lake in the center of the park. A small dock went over part of it. She released his arm and walked out onto it. Overlooking the water.
"I used to come here a lot as a kid with my Grandpa. He used to tell me, that like how fire can foretell the future, water could reveal the past. I used to stare at the water. Hopping to see my mother in the reflection." She stared at the lake as the memories flooded back to her.
Gohan walked up next to her and leaned again the railing of the dock. Looking out over the water. "For a long time, I lost my father. He was missing for a good part of my life. We all thought he was dead. It was nothing short of a miracle that brought him back to life."
They stood there for a long time. Watching the water move and the sun slowly fall from the sky. She grabbed his arm again and leaned into his chest. Allowing a single tear to run down her cheek. She hadn't cried since she was a child. For some reason, she didn't feel the need to be strong when she was around him.
A loud blast broke the silence. Smoke filled the air as screams began to fill the park of people running from whatever commotion had occurred. The both began running in the direction of the smoke. Looking to see what the problem was.
Raye gasped when she saw the purple haired woman from before hovering in the air. She was randomly shooting people with balls of black energy. Causing pointless destruction and death. Her shock was replaced with anger. This woman needed to be stopped. And this time, she would be.
Gohan narrowed his eyes at the woman. Watching as she helplessly killed innocents. His anger slowly flaring. He pushed it back down. Losing his cool would only result in more people getting hurt. His mind was pulled else ware suddenly. . .
"MARS POWER!"
Gohan blinked. Standing next to him, rather than Raye, was the girl Sailor Mars that he had healed before when fighting the monster. His thoughts suddenly flooded back to him.
"Mars Fire!" She brought her hands together. Fire shot out of her hands at the woman. But it seemed to go right around her as though deflected by some shield. Or. . .a powerful ki.
Lexiena smirked at the lone Sailor Scout. If she wanted to, she could just pick them off one at a time. Her hand pointed out in her direction. Slowly, she let the energy in her hand pool and form. Allowing the weak scout to see her death.
Gohan leapt forward and grabbed Raye in his arms as the blast flew at them. Sending rock and dirt from the ground everywhere. The blasts continued to fly at them. At great speed. He had to find a safe distance before he could stop without risking her getting hurt.
Raye had only blinked. Just a moment before, she had been standing in front of the woman and then she was in Gohan's arms a hundred feet away. He sat her back down and stood in front of her. More energy blast flew at them. "Gohan!"
He slapped them away with his hands as they approached with the best of accuracy. Raye stared in disbelief. How was he doing this? How could Gohan possibly be doing this? Could he be. . .?
Lexiena growled softly to herself. How did he do that? No one could do what he just did. Not even that Tuxedo Mask. No one could compare with her power! No one! She was all-powerful! She was the greatest! Lexiena unleashed blasts as fast as she could call upon them and flew closer to the strange man.
Unexpectedly, he disappeared in a haze and appeared less than a second later right in front of her. Hitting a blow across her face. She stumbled back in the air and wiped the blood and fell from her lip.
Her anger flared. No one dared to hit her. She jumped to the ground and ran at him; break neck speed as he did the same. They exchanged blow for blow. He was keeping up with her perfectly. Seemingly matched in abilities. No one could compare to her! NO ONE!
She kicked him in the chest and sent him flying into the ground with a satisfying crash. Now she would finish off the man who dared to take her on. She could be the only one with her kind of strength. Flying back into the air, she began to form a large amount of dark energy in her hands. Finish the man off for good.
Sailor mars watched in awe at the force in which the two were fighting. More so Gohan's. The only people she had ever seen move that quickly before were the Great Sayiaman and Mr. Savior. Could. . .could Gohan be from the Nega-verse?
She watched in shock and horror as he was thrown the ground. The woman began to pool the energy that she had been pointing at her earlier. What Mars could only assume to be a finishing move. She was aiming at Gohan. Mars fan forward as fast as she could. Stepping in front of Gohan and the incoming attack. The blast sent her flying backward into the ground with the debris.
Gohan looked up in horror as Raye stood in front of the blast, shielding him from it. She fell back to the ground where she lay motionless. Why did she do it? He would have survived! Bus she didn't know that. Now she was hurt. Now she was. . .
"Not who I was aiming for, but at least now she is out of the way." Lexiena gave a small laugh at the expression Gohan was making. "Now to take care of you."
Gohan snapped.
Memories came to him like flooding water. Watching Piccolo sacrifice himself for him. Watching his friends fight for him, stick up for him when fighting Frieza and the Androids. Watching his father sacrifice himself for the sake of the Earth. Watching Raye get thrown to the ground, where she now lay still.
"I wont lost the people I care about! I WON'T! I WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON'T!" Gohan's head shot up as he screamed. Releasing all the anger that he had built up since the defeat of Cell. His hands balled to fists at his side as he stood up.
Lexiena watched first in question and then in complete shock and utter horror. The man's energy, his power. . .she could feel it. Actually FEEL IT! Raging uncontrollably. A power hundreds of times greater than her own. Greater than ANYONES!
Raye was startles awake as the ground began to shake violently! She heard someone yell furiously. Feeling battered and bruised from her attack, and picked up her head to see Gohan yelling. The shaking seemed to be emanating from HIM! Small rocks began to levitate from the ground!
A blinding light flashed and the shaking increased. A shock wave of energy almost sent her flying from where she was sitting on the ground. The light subsided but the shaking continued. Though not as violently.
Where Gohan had stood, now stood a man with spiky blonde hair and green eyes. A strange yellow light swirled about him and his muscles builded ten fold, actually ripping though his shirt. Gohan was the golden haired fighter.
Lexiena watched in horror at the shock at the man's energy. Her eyes narrowed as she suddenly recognized who it was. "You're the man who destroyed my wear wolf creatures. You will regret that!" She brought her hands together to form her energy.
Before she could blink, before she could do anything, with a speed that was impossible, he was standing in front of her and held her wrists in her hands with a tightening grip.
"I can't forgive you for what you've done." Gohan said calmly and almost emotionless. Sending chills down her spine. This man was stronger than any of them in the nega-verse. Before she could even think about blocking, his fist came down on her. Sending her flying into the ground. Leaving a huge crater from where she landed. She struggled up, despite having a few broken bones. She flew back up into the air. She would finish this, or die trying.
Gohan glided back down to the ground and cupped his hands to his side. The scowl on his face increased. All he could see in his mind was the scene of Raye as she was thrown to the Earth. "Ka. . .Meh. . ."
Raye watched him move faster than she thought anyone could move. He was moving fast enough to where she could have sworn she saw him in two places as once. He now crouched slightly on the ground. Chanting something. His eyes were full of hatred. A small spark emerged in his hands. Slowly growing.
"Ha. . .Meh. . ." The light in Gohan's hand began to grow in size. Filling his hands with the energy that he would use to destroy the monster. The person who caused all of this. Caused all of the pain, suffering and death. He would end it all!
Lexiena had gotten past the stage of shock. She was now lost somewhere between fear and anger. Fear of anyone who could possibly wield such a fearsome power. Anger because it was not hers. She felt and saw the terrible energy collecting in his hands. An energy attack. How could he possibly know how to do an energy attack? The energy in his hand easily doubled his own. She quickly gathered the last of her energy and prepared to throw it at his. In an attempt to block it.
"Gohan!" Raye yelled at him. She smiled as he broke out of his hateful trance. The gold hair fell away from him and the energy in his hands disappeared into nothing.
He turned around and looked at her. Looking for the person that had called out his name. He spotted her lying on the ground. Surprise and shock written on his face. Raye was alive? "Raye!" He smiled.
Lexiena smiled at her opportunity. The foolish man who had so carelessly let his guard down. She launched the ball of dark energy at him. Hitting him from behind. She enjoyed watching him scream in pain and the blast encompassed him.
"Gohan!" Raye screamed as tears fell from her face. Watching in horror as the dark energy hit him from behind. The last of the energy drifted away in the wind. Leaving a battered and bloody body laying the in dirt of the explosion. She struggled to get up and make her way toward him. Praying that he was all right.
Lexiena flew down and picked up his body, throwing it over her shoulder and sneering as the crumpled form of Sailor Mars. "Thank you so much for distracting him from battle." She laughed and opened a dark portal to the nega-verse behind her. Walking nonchalantly back into it with Gohan. And closing it behind her.
Raye crumpled back into the ground again. Oh God! She was right! She distracted him! If she had not said something, Gohan would still be alive. If she had not called out his name, then he would not have died. It was her fault. It was all her fault. Everyone she comes to care about always gets hurt. And it's her fault.
The other four scouts ran into the park. After looking at all the damage done, they found Raye curled up into a ball on the ground. Sobbing quietly into her legs. Her face was red from crying. They had never seen Raye cry before. She just repeated herself. "Its my fault. Its all my fault."