Bad Fiction Notes: This is the most embarassing story in this collection to me because it is a mishmash of the good and bad. I wrote it at a time when my interest in the series involved was either waning or dead. The pacing reveals that I was much more interested in the villain, my original character, who is very poorly thought out and developed. This story's collapse was inevitable, as it had neither a structure nor a heart to stand on. Perhaps you'll be able to see why it has been my last try at fanfiction, nearly five years ago.

Though it was originally posted in chapters, it is still of short story length, so I feel it is safe to leave it in this form. The authors notes that follow are the original from this story.

The Power of My Inner Spirit
By Shizu

Disclaimer: I own neither Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon nor Dragonball (including Dragonball Zeto and Dragonball Grand Tour). They belong to Naoko Takeuchi and Akira Toriyama, for those who are not aware...but if you aren't, why are you reading this? Any other products, characters, and ideas belong to their respective owners, although I can't see why they'd mind the free advertising I'm giving them. In fact, not a whole lot of this story DOES, in actuality, belong to me...my cousin (I'm writing this for her, by the way) supplied me with the general plot and commanded me to get cracking...so not even the plot is mine. I do, however, own some of the concepts and even, perhaps, uncharacteristic attitudes...although that's not a good thing, I ask that you do not take them without my permission (man, that sounds lame, but it's the only thing I have left to grasp onto!). I'll most likely be happy to let you borrow from me. Just remember it was my genius in the first place...

A/N: I really got fed up with all the -san and -chan and -sama, so they just disappear somewhere in the middle of the story. Sorry about that, but I just couldn't keep up! Also, there is next to no action/importance until chapter five, just to let you know.

Chapter 1

Rei

I can feel it. It's that the feeling I get when something evil is on its way. I've experienced this many times, being a sailor soldier, but never like this. It's so strong, so incredibly strong, and yet so...distant.

I know they can feel it too.

I know she can feel it better than all of us.

Usagi

I hate this! When I'm like this, I can concentrate even less than normal in school...and that's definitely a bad thing. It's not unlike a paper cut, really. The feeling keeps bugging you and bugging you until you put a bandage on it...so to speak. In any case, I'm sure everyone else feels it too.

On my way down the hall, I know I'm right.

"Usagi-chan, meeting at my place, alright?" beams Mako-chan, who whacks me a bit harder than I'm sure she wanted to on the shoulder.

"Hey, watch it!"

"Hm? Maybe you should have that looked at..." Then we continue on our way.

Makoto

It's a few minutes before the meeting is supposed to begin, but we'll probably have to wait a while after that for Usagi-chan to catch up. I can't blame her though...if it weren't at my apartment, I'd be there a half-minute ahead of her.

It's nice to have it here for a change. As anyone can imagine, its hard to live on your own, trying to make ends meet, not to mention the constant loneliness. Nobody to talk to but yourself, and nobody at all to listen. I'm still living off my parents' insurance money, but I'm sure I'll use it all to pay for credit cards or something stupid like that. Then I'll have to get a job, but I won't be able to find one because I flunked school...All the possibilities are cruddy...

It is nice to have people around, though, or at least friends who are free when you call them. Heck, most of my friends don't even have phones. Take the Starlights. Yes, operator, I'd like to place a direct call to the planet Kinmoku, you know, the one halfway across the galaxy that you don't know exists. Do they even have phones there? Earth is so rural. They probably have teleporters or something so you can talk to the person face to face. Then there's Galaxia-sama. She's such an interesting person and really nice too, but I'm afraid to reach her by communicator. It probably takes so much power to get wherever she happens to be at the time that you get cancer from the radiation or something odd like that...It's too bad, though. She offered to teach me a few physical attacks the last time she was down here, but the style she uses is sword fighting...I haven't told anyone that I've taken an interest in it yet. Everyone but Usagi-chan would laugh at least a little bit.

There's the door. It must be Rei-chan, since...well that's just the order they come. I open the door to find out I'm right. She immediately begins with the usual greeting.

"Mako-chan, I've been having this-"

"Strange feeling," I finish. "We're all having it. Why do you think I called the meeting? Besides, that always seems to be the scenario."

"I agree...Everyone else should be coming soon."

I shrug, my way of asking her in. She's right, unless something different is going to happen...Then again, having a meeting about something other than school and boys hasn't been a normal occurrence since before Usagi-chan's wedding.

She sits at my small, four-person table, and I serve her my latest dessert dish. I don't sit yet since Ami should be here soon...

"Haruka-tachi couldn't make it. They're probably on vacation or taking a motorcycle ride on the beach or..." My voice fades as I think of the many possibilities.

"Longing for the life of the rich, talented, and those fortunate enough to be legendary so they can hang around at their house?"

"Oh yeah. You know, my parents left me a ton of money when they passed away, but now I regret moving out of my relatives' house...I could have saved so much that way."

"Yeah, rent can kill. Ask Yuuichiro." She grins in a slightly evil way when she says the last sentence.

There's the door again. No more time for small talk when there are geniuses in your midst...

Ami

I should be studying. I could have at least taken a book to read. No, this time it's different. I know it. I can feel it.

"Ami-chan! Wait up!" I hear Minako-chan's perky voice and am positive it's not a normal day. Caught up to me on the way to a meeting? Possible, but not probable. Certainly not probable.

"Minako-chan, did you leave early or are you one of those track superstars?"

She laughs at the very thought. "You know me better than that!"

I sigh. "What'd you do then, a super jump?"

"No, silly, I 'borrowed' some kid's bike!" That's rather shocking...the upholder of peace and justice, the original sailor senshi, Sailor V discussing her feat of thievery. "I trashed it back there...something wrong?"

"Um...no, nothing at all..."

"Hey, it was a piece of junk on flat tires!" I try my hardest to ignore that last statement.

"Here's the stairs, Minako-chan."

"Why don't we take the elevator?"

"Minako-chan, Mako-chan's apartment is on the second floor."

"Yeah, right..."

Minako

I'm so proud of myself! I beat Ami-chan to Mako-chan's place! I even touched the door before she did!

"I beat Ami-chan! I beat Ami-chan!" I have the feeling the others are pretty annoyed with my parading around my feat...Mako-chan is giving me the you're-so-crazy, raised eyebrow look. I still beat her.

"Well, Minako-chan, that certainly wasn't...er...expected of you." Mako-chan says, still giving me the look. I hope I still get dessert. It looks so good...some chocolate cake type thing with some sort of whipped cream on top...

Rei-chan moves the cake to the table, getting my attention. "Mako-chan was thinking we might give Galaxia-sama a call."

"Ah, we don't have to...Ami-chan can probably track it." Mako-chan has a weird obsession with sword fighting now. I give Galaxia-sama all the credit. She thinks we don't notice her flipping through the samurai sections of the ancient history books in the library when Ami-chan drags us along. That's kind of funny.

Mako-chan acts funny like that, sometimes. She says she calls us a lot, but I'm always on the Internet, so I don't get any calls. I keep asking her why she doesn't have a computer, and she says she can't afford one. I know she's really loaded. Or at least I think she is. I'm pretty sure she is.

"...but I couldn't pinpoint a position anywhere in this galaxy." It seems Ami-chan couldn't find the source, so they called Galaxia-sama. "I never really believed in different dimensions, but perhaps one exists. Ami-san...you're brilliant. You figure it out."

Ami-chan grins at the complement. "Yes ma'am. I'll try my hardest." They tune out. Then she gets the brilliant-idea-coming-on look. This can't be good. She puts a lot of technical stuff over in the living room by Mako-chan's big screen TV (that's how I know she's loaded...that and the surround-sound). This may take a while...

Usagi

They left me. I can't believe it, but they did. Maybe for ice cream, or maybe to the video rental store judging by all the stuff around Mako-chan's big screen.

Then it hits me. That television is where all the evil is coming from! I transform into Eternal Sailormoon.

"SILVER MOON!" I begin to yell the attack phrase. "CRYSTAL POWER...KISS!"

Then there's a huge explosion. Why, I don't know. I thought that only happened when the television was on and you blew it up...

Looking at all the lights, all the colors swirling around...it's so peaceful.

I must be dead.

Chapter 2

Eternal Sailormoon


I wake up expecting to be in the clouds or see angels. Man, am I off the mark.

"Let me guess," I say out loud to myself. "I've landed in Dragonball Zeto."

Super Sailormars

"Who in heck are they!" I bolt to my feet, startled by the sudden outcry. Much to my surprise, I find myself face to face with a handsome guy about my age with black, spiky hair. Wait a second, spiky hair? Don't people only have spiky hair inoh no.

"Crap! We're in another dimension on TV!" whines Mercury.

"Digital cable!" I could see Jupiter's correction coming. Time Warner is her pride and joy! "And it's a big screen, thanks so much!"

I turn my attention back to the guy, and it appears everyone else has too. Our simultaneous cries of, "Man, he's HOT!" verify that. He backs up. I don't blame him!

"Whoabeautiful women falling out of the skyis this a dream?"

"Let's hope not, cutie." At times like this, Mercury really makes you wonder It's normal for the rest of us. Jupiter is drooling, Venus has hearts in her eyes, I'm being myself (sort of), but Mercury can be downright scary sometimes. Often, actually.

Suddenly, Venus shoots off into speech like a rocket, "Oh! We must be on Slayers! It just went into reruns! Where's Gourry? I love Gourry!"

Jupiter adds, "Lina Inverse is my hero! You! You must be just a common background character! Have you met them, I mean, the main characters?" The guy just stares, grabs me by the wrist, and runs.

"Whoa, Dad! You've got to see this!"

Gohan

"Dad! Dad! Pretty girls just fell out of the sky! I swear it! I saw it with my own eyes! Here's one!" I'm talking so fast, Dad will probably have to ask me to repeat it. If only he was around Where is he anyway?

"Gohan! Unhand that young woman right now!" Oh, great! Just the person I wanted to see

"Yes, Mom." I let go of the girl for fear of punishment.

"You can go to your room for the rest of the day! Treating a lady in such a way I'll talk to you later!" I do as my mother says againshe actually took it easy on me this time.

Back in my room, my eyes follow the ceiling fan around as I lie on my bed. I think of the girls again. None of them are less than gorgeous, but the one in redWOW! She reminds me a lot of Videl

Super Sailorjupiter

I'm so excited! I want to meet Lina Inverse really bad! Maybe this background character knows where we can find her

"Please excuse my son's rudeness," pardons the apron-clad woman in front of us. "My name is Son Chichi. Why don't you all sit down and have some tea? Then we can talk about what happened."

"Yes ma'am, it would be our pleasure," responds Mercury, the only one of us with the brains to thank the hostess. Right now, I'm too excited. We all take a seat at the huge table. "How many people live here, anyway, ma'am?"

"Oh, only four, but we have company over a lot and the men are always off fighting" Chichi-san sighs. She must be so lonely all the time. All she has to do is cook and clean Hey, cook? That's a lot like me!

"Son-san, would you like me to help with anything?" I ask, surprising myself with the sudden pity I take on this woman.

She smiles. "That would be nice, thank you. What's your name?"

"Super Sailorjupiter, technically," I laugh, "but you can just call me Jupiter."

Chapter 3

Super Sailorvenus


What a perfect day! Tea and Jupiter's cooking twice! This other "dimension" must be heaven. Or Slayers. I can't wait to see that hottie Gourry or even Zelgadis.

"So, you're the sailor senshi from that television show, and you've been transported here? We're really living in an anime?" It seems Chichi-san and I are both confused by this mess. I'll bet Mercury is the only one who really gets it. "I think I'll call Bulma-chan overshe's a genius, after all." Oh, no! Not another one!

In a matter of minutes, a blue-haired lady comes busting through the door. She looks us over from head to high-heeled shoe, then freaks out. "WHOA! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING! YOU GUYS ARE MY IDOLS!" This lady is scaring me already and she's only been here for less than a minute! Mars runs out of the kitchen and down the hall, Mercury locks herself in the pantry, I leap up onto a high cabinet, and Jupiter hides behind Chichi-san.

"Oh please, oh please, oh please get her away from me!" we all shout. Luckily for us, the woman is stuck deciding which on she should go after. Jupiter seems to be the closest victim.

"Chichi-chan! MOVE IT!" the crazy woman yells as she charges her friend. Chichi-chan fails to move causing she and Jupiter to get smooshed. For some crazy reason, I hop off the cabinet and start to rummage around in it. It must be because I'm sugar-high. I find what I'm looking for: a big, shiny pan. I sneak up behind the crazed lady and bash her on the head, and she crumples to the floor.

Everyone slowly comes out of their hiding places. They look at the woman, then at me. Uh oh

Super Sailormars

"Venus! You're DEAD!" The blonde runs in terror ahead of me. How dare she knock out the genius woman, our only chance of escaping this world!

"Mars! I can explain, really!"

"I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT!"

"Mercury is a genius too! Mercury! HELP!" I stop the chase. She has a point. If Mercury got us here, why couldn't she just do the same thing to get us back?

"Okay. You're right. I guess you're off the hook now." Venus runs off down the hall at my dismissal.

Mercury comments, "The supplies weren't all that hard to get. They were just your everyday household items."

"Hold it, guys," Jupiter interrupts. "I thought we were here for a purpose. The sense of evil, remember?" She then turns to Chichi-san. "Son-san, didn't you say something about the men always fighting?"

She nods. "Yes, they're just preparing for another big fight now. I'm worried about them They say they might not be strong enough this time" Her saddened voice trails off. There is silence, it seems, until I suddenly remember who we are.

"We're warriors. While we're here, we wouldn't mind helping out."

Chichi-san's face brightens. "Do you really mean that?"

Jupiter steps forward now. "Yes, ma'am! That's what we came here for! All in favor" She puts down her hand. I place mine on hers. Mercury does the same as does Venus, returning from the living room. "Then it's settled!"

Chichi-san looks overjoyed. "Gohan! Come here!"

Gohan

It's good to be out of my room. I'm in there so often now, I've run out of things to do. Now, I'm on my way to see Mom and, hopefully, the girls.

"Girls, let me more formally introduce you to my son, Gohan. Gohan, these ladies are the sailor senshi."

"I'm Mercury, nice to meet you," the one in blue says as she shakes my hand.

"Venus! I'm honored," the perky one in orange and blue nearly shouts in my ear.

The green and pink girl gives me a mock salute. "Hey, I'm Jupiter."

Then, the girl in red steps forward. "And I'm Mars. It's a pleasure."

I nod. "It certainly is! You're very attractive" Mars gives me the coldest glare I've ever seen. "All of you, that is." That seems to satisfy all of them.

Mom continues, "In any case, Gohan, you may have seen these girls on television." I nod. I remember seeing some girls like these a long time ago. "If you can believe it, we're the ones on TV in their dimension."

I'm astonished! I'm on TV! How cool is that?

Mercury, I think, steps up. "If you remember anything about our show, you'll know we're the pretty, sailor-suited warriors and all that. Your mother here told us that you were getting ready for a battle and, well, we'd like to assist you. May we?"

Again, I'm amazed! These girls really are a dream come true! "Wow! I don't see why not! I'll go talk to the others!" I rush out the back door as fast as I can. Wait until the guys hear about this!

Chapter 4

Goku


"Ah! Watch it!" shouts my son, Gohan, as he is almost hit by a ki blast.

"Sorry!" a laugh, taking a quick break from the intense training I've been giving Piccolo. I notice four girls in strange uniforms. "Who are they?"

It's my son's turn to look embarrassed. "These girls just, ah, appeared." I give him a look of question. "Really! Ask mom." I make a mental note to do so. "In any case, they're warriors"

Piccolo looks at me, and I in turn give him a strange look. All at once, we burst out laughing. "Those schoolgirls! HAHA!" They don't appear to be as amused as we are.

"Okay, okay, girls," I bargain, holding back laughs, "why don't you prove it to us?" They nod in agreement. "So, which one of you girls will go first?"

The one in blue steps forward. "I believe we should introduce ourselves first, if you men don't mind." I think I've been insultedbut I'm not quite sure. "I'm Sailormercury, and this is Mars, Jupiter, and Venus." She points to each. "Our leader is Sailormoon, but we seem to have lost her somewhere along the line" she sighs, "so what you see is a mere reflection of our true power, I'm sad to say."

"You're on. I'll take you ladies," offers Piccolo as he flies forward. "All of you."

Jupiter cracks her knuckles, Mercury grins devilishly, Mars shrugs her shoulders, and Venus gives us a really goofy grin They look pretty confident to me.

Piccolo

"Wait!" I stop rushing at the schoolgirls in sailor uniforms. Who's interrupting this time? None other than Kururin.

"Hey, Goku! Piccolo! Wait up! I heard the whole thingI want to see these gorgeous ladies in action too" the short, bald-headed man pants, nearly out of breath.

"Yeah, me too!" chimes in Yamucha.

"Don't leave me out!" Before I know it, I am surrounded byidiots. Love-struck idiots, that is. Otherwise, I suppose they aren't so bad

"Very well!" I interrupt. "I'll share them with you!" There is a roar of laughter. It must have been something I said.

Then a thought strikes me. "Well, this isn't going to work! There are four of them and five of us! One of us will have to sit out, and it's not going to be me!"

"Me neither!" shouts everyone except Goku. He's a bit slow today.

"Sorry, Dad! Looks like you're out for today," comforts Gohan. Goku just looks irritated. "UmI claim Sailormars!" The girl just shrugs.

Now it's my turn. "I'll take Jupiter!" The girl in green turns her attention from Yamucha to me in horror. I don't really care what she thinks, because I like green. Green is a pretty color

Yamucha takes Venus, much to her delight, and Mercury is left with Kururin.

"Butno?" It appears Jupiter's still in shock. I prepare myself for battle.

Goku

What crap! My "friends" get to fight the schoolgirls and I don'tbut I guess it's better that way. I would have beaten them too easily.

It looks as if everyone is ready to fight except maybe that Jupiter girl. She's looking a little green in the face. Hm. Piccolo must be rubbing off on her.

"Ready when you are!" my son shouts. I noticed how he picked Mars right away. He thinks I don't understand these things

All at once, the fighting begins. Wow! I can't sense any power at all coming from these girls, but they can still fend off their opponents! Now I'm sure they aren't from around here; they have a different kind of power.

I look at the fight between Venus and Yamucha. The girl uses white energy that knocks Yamucha away. She seems to be winning this one.

Kururin also seems to be losing to Mercury. She now has a visor that wasn't there before and a mini-computer. She isn't fighting back, but dodging all of Kururin's attacks. He looks pretty mad about it.

As for Jupiter, she's just, well, standing there, with her eyebrow twitching. Piccolo, it seems, has thrown several attacks at her and hit. The damage seems to be minimal, though. I guess she'll never get over the fact that she was picked by him.

I'm amazed as I turn to my son and the fire senshi's battle. They seem to be evenly matched. Both are dodging the other's attacks and missing when they attack. I guess these aren't your average schoolgirls after all.

Venus delivers the final blow to Yamucha, who, I guess, was stunned by her beauty the entire fight. Kururin actually manages to hit Mercury a few times, and they declare a draw. She seems impressed that he actually could hit her. Piccolo walks away from his fight with Jupiter, annoyed that all she did was stand there. Maybe I can talk her into a rematch

Gohan and Mars, however, are still at it. I decide to break them up. As I approach, I can see for sure how serious they both are. Maybe a little too serious. "Hey, hey! This is just a practice, not a war!" They both drop down to the ground.

My son smiles. "You're really a great fighter, Mars."

She shrugs again. "You aren't so bad yourself."

The awkward silence finally gets to Yamucha. "Can we go home now? I'm really in a lot of pain" We all laugh (minus Jupiter, who is still a bit dazed) and walk towards my house.

Chapter 5

Super Sailorjupiter


Sure everyone else is having a good time, but not me. Everyone else got to fight against cute guys. I, on the other hand, got my butt kicked by some bald green guy! I'm beginning to get a headache. Today is not my day

"Excuse me," I begin, "but I'm going to take a walk. Are these woods dangerous?"

Piccolo, the idiot I fought before, opens his mouth to speak.

"Nevermind. I don't really care if they are or not." I'd rather face any number of beasts than have to listen to him again. I walk out of the house and into the nearby woods.

After about a half-hour of walking, I sense the strong presence of a creature nearby. It's not quite human, but not quite animal either. Whatever it is, it's certainly evil.

I prepare myself for an ambush. All at once, the feeling goes away, as if it knew I could sense it. It's safe, now Or is it?

I have no time to wonder as a flash of red energy speeds past. Is it an attack or the creature itself? I turn around slowly to find out. Big mistake.

A burning sensation rushes up my back as the creature's huge claws tear through my flesh. I give a slight scream and turn to face my opponent. I am horrified to see a canine-like monster several feet larger than myself with glowing red eyes, like embers. Saliva drips from his fangs; his open mouth reveals to me what its next action will be.

"Kami-sama It's going to bite me"

I know I can't stop such a large beast with such large fangssuch sharp, painful fangs designed to tear flesh

Like mine.

I feel the blood flowing down my back from the wound. This is going to hurt. I feel fearthe strongest I've felt it before. I'm not afraid to diebut alone?

The last thing I feel before I black out are the beast's fangs in my neck. The fear is still there and strong.

Super Sailormars

"Heywhat's wrong?" Venus asks. "Why did you just gasp like that?"

I hesitate to tell her in front of everyone. What if I'm wrong? What if I'm just worrying too much? I'm afraid the others will laugh at me. But if something really did happen, they would never forgive me for not telling them! Man, am I in a tight spot

"It's just I just can't sense Jupiter's presence anymore."

Venus gives me a quizzical look. "Are you sure she isn't just too far away? Mercury, do you think you can track her with your computer?"

The water senshi nods. "It's possible. It shouldn't take me more than a few minutes" She begins typing.

All is silent save the clicking of the keyboard. I can't take it and to add a more positive light to the situation say, "Oh, I'm not worrying or anything! I know she can take care of herself."

Gohan laughs, "Well, she really proved that today, didn't she Piccolo?" He nudges the alien who fails to comment.

I jump to my feet, knocking my chair over in the process. I blush with embarrassment. "Gomen nasaibut I can't just let you say that about Jupiter! She's really very strongprobably stronger than you!" Gohan laughs harder. "I'm serious! She could have easily beaten Piccolo if she wasn't so busy gawking at his butt-ugly face!"

A collective gasp is sounded at my ranting. Mercury looks up from her computer to stare at me with everyone else. The poor man I just insulted excuses himself to the restroom, and I am left blushing and standing on my chair.

I glare at Gohan. "You see what happens when people like you make me angry? It's your fault, you know." I don't give him a second look as I storm outdoors to look for Jupiter. I hear him running to join me, but my attention is turned towards the forest.

I approach the figure nearing the house. "Jupiter! We lost sense of you for a minute You shouldn't worry me like that! How was your"

Super Sailorjupiter

The girl in red stops talking as I get closer to her. She must have noticed my wounds

"Kami-sama! What happened to you!"

I stop for a moment, wondering how to address this person. I quickly scan the memory of the girl whose body I have taken control of. This onethey call her Mars.

"Oh, I'm okay now, Mars. Awolf attacked me. I'll heal in no time." She still seems worried, almost disbelieving. These humansthey're so untrusting.

My body stumbles. This girl is so weak Perhaps it was a mistake to injure her so badly before taking her over, but I had a feeling that if I didn't, she wouldn't give up without a fight.

A black-haired young man steps forward and offers me his hand. "Heremaybe you should rest for a while." I allow him to escort me inside and to a couch.

A green man enters the room and approaches me slowly. Is he on to me? "Namekjin" I growl. His eyes widen, and he scampers away before I have time to question him.

Three girls, a woman, and the young man, Gohan, from before, take seats around me. Mars must have told them about this girl's injuries. I scan her memory again. These people are Venus, Mars, Mercury, Chichi, and, of course, Gohan.

Venus speaks, "You're really scratched up, aren't you? Do you want me to get you anything?"

"Nothat's okay."

Chichi and Mercury leave the room to get medical supplies. Venus insists on getting me some green tea. I'm left with the bickering Gohan and Mars as I fake sleep.

"Don't you feel bad now after what you said?" I have no idea what Mars is talking about, but am interested in the conversation anyway.

"Of course not! It only proves what I saidshe's just not as strong as you say!" He's got that right.

She winces at the straightforwardness of his comment. "Just give her a chance She's probably just still shocked about being here."

"She seemed to be just fine before she fought Piccolo"

"You just don't give up, do you?"

He laughs, "No, and neither do you. That's what I like about you."

"Youyou're serious?" asks the puzzled young woman.

"Sure." She storms off. "What did I say?" He follows, but in vain, as I hear a door slam and a cry of pain.

Their exit serves as the cue for the Namekjin's entrance. I stop acting like I'm sleeping, hoping to confront him. Surprisingly, he begins, declaring, "Alright, Jupiter. You have some explaining to do."

"Oh?" I ask, innocence in my voice. "What do you mean?"

"How did you know I was a Namekjin? I never told you."

Chapter 6

Gohan


"Open the doorplease?" I plead with Mars, although I'm not sure I really want to talk to her after having the door slammed on my foot.

A growl comes from the opposite side. "No" After a hesitant sigh, the door finally opens. "So, what do you want?"

"I want to know what I said wrong." I look to her for some sign to continue. I receive nothing. "All I did was compliment you, and you ran away! I've never met such a confusing girl."

She sighs again and looks up, though avoiding my eyes. "I guess I just didn't want to have to hang around and thank you. I wouldn't know how. You're a very confusing boy!" We both laugh at this. I finally catch her eye, and it seems as if she's somehow relieved by it.

Then I say something that I've been holding in since I met her. "You knowif we weren't about to fight the biggest battle of our lives, I'd ask you outor something." The words spill out of my mouth faster than I can think about them. I hope I'm making sense.

Mars opens her mouth to reply. I can only wonder how she'll respond when shattering glass is heard. We both forget about our conversation for the moment and rush towards where the noise came from. In the living room, we are both shocked to see a broken window and flashes of red outside. We bolt to the broken window to see what's going on.

"Prepare to die, Namekjin!" screams a raged Jupiter to my friend as she strikes him repeatedly. Never in my life have I seen a woman so badly hurt fight with such strength. It's almost as if she's another person. I shake myself out of my trance and attempt to rescue Piccolo.

I try to hold her back, but get a heel in my eye instead. Putting myself between the two proves to be an even bigger mistake as I'm thrown and hit the wall of my house.

"Gohan!" shouts Mars as she comes to my side. I see the rage in her eyes as she turns to face the maddened Jupiter. Before she can react, there is a flash of red, and Piccolo knocks the already injured girl to the ground. Now is Mars' chance.

"Baka! What's gotten into you!" she shouts as she knocks the girl to the ground once more. "He was only trying to stop you from killing poor Piccolo!"

Jupiter tries and fails to get up. "What are you talking about? He just pushed me for nothing!" She tries again but with no prevail.

"Well, I apologize for that, but you had no right to attack me like that. Unless of course," he laughs, "you were getting back at me for this morning."

The girl is puzzled and angered by his words. "II don't know what you're talking about! Quit treating me like I'm a lunatic, all of you! I need to lie down." She manages to get on her feet and stumble over to the house.

Piccolo shrugs. "It must be the loss of blood. Those are some pretty terrible wounds on her. You should tend to those." Something's definitely up with him.

Super Sailorjupiter

What's wrong with them? I'm not crazy Or am I? Why can't I remember anything that's happened since I fought Piccolo? I think I should tell someone about this, but they must think I'm out of it.

I heard Piccolo say something about a wound I feel my neck. How did that huge slash get there! I look back down at my hand. Blood! I limp as fast as I can to the nearest mirror. Kami-sama, I'm covered in blood! Did Piccolo do this? Nono, he couldn't have. Now that I think about it, I felt fine, despite being a little irritated, after we finished sparring. As a matter of fact, I remember taking a walk

"Yes! Now I'm getting it!" Minako walks by as I scream. She gives me a terrified look like I've never seen before then scampers off. "Hey, wait a second!" I shout, but she's already gone.

I return to the couch and my thinking. I took a walkand then what? I ran into something strongand large Now I remember! It was that wolf thing! My heart is filled with fear once more just thinking about it. What happened after I blacked out? Whenever I try to remember something else, my mind just keeps skipping from when I blacked out to when Piccolo hit me. I check the nearest clock. It's been about two hours since then

Chichi-san enters. "How are you feeling, Jupiter? I brought you some more tea."

I take the cup from her. "More?"

"Yes, you had some not long ago. Don't you remember?"

I sigh. "No, actually I don't. The last thing I remember before Piccolo hit me is being attacked by that creature."

"The wolf?"

"More like a wolf monster. It waswhat's the word? Like an animal in human form."

"Anthropomorphic."

"Yeah, that's it. It was like that. I had huge hands, er, paws and big, sharp teeth. Not a very good description, I know But I'll tell you what, they hurt!" I exclaim as I lightly touch my neck. "I just wonder why, after a hit in the neck like that, I haven't already died of," I look once more at my bloody hand, "blood loss" I close my eyes, hoping to get a little rest.

Piccolo

Now, this is more like it! The Namekjin's body is strong, even after a few good hits from when I was in the girl's body. There's just one scratch on this one, and that was enough for me to enter in and take control of him. I could use this body to attack now, but by scanning his memory, I find that an even stronger being is close by. I must use him.

Goku is his name. He is in the kitchen now, alone. Now is my chance. I attempt to sneak behind him, but he must have sensed me. "Hey Piccolo. Want some chips?" He offers me the bag. It is now that I notice a large cut on his right arm.

"How did that happen?"

"Oh, gardening," he answers with a laugh. He is certainly merry one.

"May I take a look at that?"

"Yeah sure, go ahead." With that, I grab his arm and enter his body through the cut before he ever knew what was coming. Immediately, I punch the Namekjin out and proceed to power-up. A Super Saiyajinjust as I expected.

The woman, Chichi enters. "Goku! How many times have I told you not to do that in the house? Jupiter is trying to sleep."

I laugh at such a frivolous statement. "Don't worry, woman. She can get plenty of sleepin hell!" I storm into the living room and grab the girl by the arm before she has time to do anything more than open her eyes. With next to no effort, I hurl her through the wall and onto the ground outside. The woman gasps in horror as I laugh harder. This man is stronger than I anticipated. Perhaps it's because I've added my own strength to his.

The other "warriors" come to find out what the noise was. Some look horrified to see their fallen comrade, and others are too busy giving me shocked and dirty looks to notice.

"Let's take this outside, shall we?" I mock. It looks like the battle has begun.

Chapter 7

Super Sailorvenus


What does he think he's doing! Disbelieving, I shout, "You! To do such a thing to an injured personand a girl at that! I'll"

"Venus, no!" Rei interrupts, "Don't attack just yet! You aren't going to believe the amount of power I can feel coming from him!"

"You won't live to believe it!" are the lasts words I hear before I find myself on the ground with Jupiter. I'm still alive, thankfully, but I'm not so sure about her

Her fingers twitch just a little. Then she makes a futile attempt to lift herself off the ground, but is kept from doing so by me. "Stay down." I know that if she gets back up, he'll just knock her down again. She gives a weak nod in agreement before she is crushed by Goku's foot.

A sharp but weak cry of pain escapes her mouth, and for an instant, I look upon a Jupiter I've never seen before. Her back has started bleeding again, and the blood from a new wound on her forehead is drizzling quickly down her face. She's crying too, but only a littleonly because of the overwhelming pain. Yes, I've seen her dying before, but it was so different at the D-point. There, she died for a purpose, to protect her leader. She sacrificed her life for that. But now, she has no choice in the matter. She doesn't have enough energy left to attack and kill them both. He's too strong. Yes, she died for a purpose then. She died for Sailormoon. If only she were here now

Now she reaches her arm out as far as she can towards me. Slowly, her mouth opens. She takes a deep breath, as deep as she can with Goku's foot pressing down on her lungs even harder. "Mina" and her eyes close. For the last time, I can't be sure. Mars manages to move Goku with a flame sniper, but it's too late for her. Why is she always the first to go? If we had listened to her, maybe it would have been different. Maybe that could have been me on the ground, bleeding from multiple wounds.

The story ends here, mid-chapter, and this collection with it. Hope you had a few laughs out of it.