Alone On Earth

^~The blue wonder's tale~^

Kochou-hime

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I noticed I had a lot of typographical errors in the last story. My sincerest apologies! I was finishing it rather late. I'll pay more attention this time.

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The two remaining Magic Knights in Cephiro along with Prince Ferio stood gawking at master magician Mage Clef as he explained to them the dire situation. "Clef sir, are you implying that Umi may be in danger?" Fuu implored. Mage Clef looked at the ground and sighed.

"If the evil I have sensed has arrived on earth it is very possible that Umi may be it's target. Evil is always attracted to the strongest source of magic before it corrupts the people." Clef explained heavily. Both Hikaru and Fuu gasped as Ferio turned his back to the other three casting his eyes to the ground.

"We have to return to earth and help Umi! There's no telling how strong this intruder is!" Hikaru announced fiercely. Fuu readily agreed with Hikaru when Ferio spoke up.

"I'm afraid I can't let you two go to earth." Ferio said turning around to face the three once more.

"Why not Ferio? She could be in real danger!" Hikaru protested. Ferio shook his head.

"It's my fault Umi's on earth...if I hadn't had said those things she might have stayed," Ferio paused to draw his sword, "I will bring her back!" Ferio demanded bravely. Clef shook his head and held up his hand.

"I'm afraid none of you will be able to travel back to Tokyo anytime soon." The Magic Knights and Prince Ferio stared back at Clef incredulously. From their point of view Clef may have very well been worried about Umi's safety the most. "The evil that is on its way to earth has somehow managed to block the passage between Cephiro and Tokyo." Clef sighed.

"What can we do Clef sir? We can't leave Umi to fend for herself without us!" Fuu asked hopefully. Clef turned to look out a large window in the Cephirian castle.

"I'm afraid we can only hope that Umi will be strong and that we might be able to communicate to her through Mokona..." I have a feeling this evil has something to do with the cavalieri...

Umi stood in front of a full length mirror while zipping up her skintight white uniform. She smiled at herself right before slipping the slender fencing mask over face. "Well Umi, it's been along time since you've done this but hopefully practicing the real thing has taken its place." Umi said to her reflection in the mirror.

"Don't be silly Umi!" came a voice from behind, "you did excellent at the tournament last week!" Jade complimented Umi. Umi snuck in a smile hidden behind her mask as she turned to Jade.

"I guess you're right! Let's go win another tournament!" Umi exclaimed.

"We won't be winning anything if you don't get your asses outside the locker room!" Muet retorted. The three girls ran quickly to the auditorium. After getting turned around a couple of times in the rather large high school the girls reached the not-so-crowded auditorium. "Look at our adoring fans." Muet commented sarcastically. Umi, Jade, and Muet approached their fellow team mate Roue who looked like he was about to go into heart failure.

"You girls finally got here! I was afraid we might have gotten a late penalty." Roue remarked fearfully. Umi rolled her eyes as she grabbed one of four fencing poles from Roue.

"You were just afraid because you couldn't fence your way out of a paper sack!" Umi laughed. Before Roue could come up with a half-way decent comeback the auditorium rang with the announcers introductions of the two schools.

In the bleachers the support for Orange Star High School was pathetic. It consisted of three people: Gohan, Mr. Soy, and Darren Stuart. Darren Stuart was the perfect example of a bully. He had a low IQ and was always beating down his fellow classmates for cash. Although he would never come close to snatching cash from Gohan he would still taunt him about his brains. "Do you know any fencers Gohan?" Mr. Soy asked trying to make conversation. Gohan thought for a moment. I know there's someone but I can't pinpoint who it is.

"No, I don't think so Mr. Soy." Gohan finally responded. Mr. Soy nodded as if he was satisfied by Gohan's answer. He stood up and began to walk away.

"I'm going to get something to drink, I'll be back soon." Mr. Soy explained as he made his way to the concession stand. As soon as Mr. Soy was out of earshot Darren hopped down from the top bleacher to sit down next to Gohan.

"Hey nerd! What are you doing here with old Soy-bean?" Darren taunted. Gohan rolled his eyes and contemplated if he should even respond to the bumbling fool.

"Actually I have a detention, what are you doing here? You never struck me as the 'school spirited' or 'fencing' type." Gohan commented. Darren grinned and pointed at a blonde from the other school.

"Muet is my cousin, she made me promise I would come see her wave that pole around. Oh, and I hear the other team's captain is a hot one!" Darren explained. He pointed to a tall, slim girl with a long blue ponytail cascading down her back.

"How can you tell?" Gohan said while giving the mystery captain the look over. He quickly blushed when he noticed all the girls on the fencing team were in tight body suits. "Well...you can't tell by her face anyway." Darren laughed at Gohan.

"You're alright for a nerd Gohan!" Darren said as he slapped Gohan on the back. Darren withdrew his hand and shook it. Is this guy made of metal or sumthin'? Mr. Soy returned to his seat by Gohan carrying refreshments. "Hey Soy-bean! How's it go?" Mr. Soy rolled his eyes and sat back.

"You will address me by Mr. Soy," 'Soy-bean' explained to Darren. Darren laughed while the announcer continued to speak.

Our first match will consist of the teams captains: R.J. Blackwell from Orange Star High School and Umi Ryuuzaki from the opposing team!

The small crowd cheered, all except for Gohan who continued to stare at the captain from the other school. "Umi!?!?!?" Gohan exclaimed. Both Mr. Soy and Darren looked at Gohan strangely.

"Yeah, that's her name Gohan. Hey! Do you know her or sumthin'? Maybe you could introduce..." Gohan didn't hear the rest of Darren's sentence because he was staring in disbelief. Could it really be her? What are the chances!? Gohan starred wide-eyed at Umi as she fought her opponent. The match was moving quickly as Umi conquered the team captain and went plowing through the rest of the fencing team as she fought them one at a time. Her movements were fluid like water as she spun her pole around making fo-fatal marks on her opponents and moving on to the next. Just as she was about to step out to let the rest of her team fight a rapid shaking made her go flying to the ground along with everyone else who was standing.

"What was that? An earthquake!" someone screamed. Umi climbed to her feet and surveyed the auditorium. Everyone inside the building heard rapid "booms" and started trampling over each other to get out of the building. Umi was knocked to the ground but when she got up she saw a guy around her age running the other way into the hall. She blinked a moment and realized that she recognized him.

"GOHAN! wait!" Umi broke into a run into the hallway but before she could run too far a pair of strong arms went around her waist preventing her from running further. She ripped her face mask off and turned her head to stare into a pair of sunglasses. She saw the man was wearing a white turban-like cloth that tied behind his head. He had on a green uniform with a red cape with white gloves over the black spandex he had underneath his green uniform. "Who are you?" Umi whispered. The man behind the sunglasses gulped and said in a deep voice.

"I am Great Saiyaman! You have to get out of this building as soon as possible." Great Saiyaman said as he let go of her waist. Umi stared down the hall unsure.

"One of my friends...he ran down there I have to make sure he's ok!" Umi explained worriedly. Saiyaman seemed to lose his composure for a moment but gained it quickly as he explained.

"A guy named Gohan came and got me and told me that there was a disturbance. I came as quickly as possible." Saiyaman said in his deep superhero voice. Umi nodded while Saiyaman took her arm and led her out one of the exits. "I must investigate where the disturbance is, be safe." Just as Saiyaman tried to leave, Umi grabbed his arm.

"Take me with you!" Umi demanded of the superhero. Saiyaman gulped again but looked down at her.

"I can't do that, it's not safe!" Umi stood on her toes while taking a hold of his shoulders and staring straight into his sunglasses.

"Listen, I live in Tokyo and my family might be in danger! You have to take me to them!" Saiyaman must have had a hard time resisting her striking blue eyes because he responded by scooping her up into his arms as she yelped in surprise.

"Hold on tight!" he commanded. Before Umi could question the two were airborne and on their way to Tokyo. Umi scrambled in his arms and wrapped her own arms around his neck tightly.

"I hope you know what you're doing!" Umi squealed. Saiyaman let loose a deep, throaty superhero laugh as they flew even faster.

"Trust me, I've done this millions of times..." Umi nodded as closed her eyes tightly.

I don't even want to know how high up we are!

Vegeta stood with his arms crossed inside of a huge crater in one of the streets in Tokyo. It was evident that destruction was all around the blacktop battle field. Since Vegeta had never cared much about destroying things he stared down his opponent without taking much notice. After a couple of moments Vegeta finally spoke. "You are a decent fighter...for a human. Consider that your last compliment weakling!" Vegeta bellowed as he blasted into his SuperSaiyajin form.

"Be careful of who you call human mortal, meet your doom!" A man not much taller then Vegeta leapt at his opponent as he and Vegeta fought rapidly. He had green hair pulled back into a low ponytail and had a large sword with him. The two fought sword to hand, with the occasional ki blasts from Vegeta. They both seemed unaware that a pair of young of eyes watched them from a building rooftop.

"Wow!" Trunks exclaimed as he watched his father and the strange man go at it. Great Saiyaman landed on the rooftop behind Trunks as he surveyed the fight between Vegeta and the other guy. Umi opened her eyes when they were on solid ground and looked up at Saiyaman. He seemed unaware that he was still holding her as he watched the fight with a shocked expression across his face.

"You can put me down now." Umi said trying to get his attention. He looked down at Umi as a blush crept across his cheeks. He set her down and began to walk to the edge of the building. Umi looked at Trunks and then at her surroundings. "Hey! What's the deal with leaving me here on the building?" Umi asked. Saiyaman whisked around and looked very heroic with his cape blowing in the wind. It's the first time she had seen him from a distance and she noticed how built he really was. The wonders of spandex... Umi thought blushing.

"It's safer for you up here! I'll come back and get you after the fight is done." With that Saiyaman jumped off the building. Umi's eyes went wide as she peered over the edge of the building. She braced herself to see a superhero pancake but instead saw that he stood safely on the ground saying some sort of speech to the fighters on the ground.

"How did he do that?" She asked quietly. She heard laughing beside her and when she looked down to her right she saw that the lavender haired child from the other day was standing there. "Not you again..." Trunks smirked and rested his fists on his hips.

"Go-Great Saiyaman is a Saiya- I mean superhero!" Trunks explained, "he's super strong so don't mess with him." Trunks stated proudly.

"I wasn't planning on it..." Umi said as she thought about how strong he was, "I had never heard of him before, is he new around or something?" Trunks looked at Umi wide-eyed.

"What are you talking about? We ran into you yesterday!" Trunks said incredulously. Umi blinked at Trunks' comment.

"I met Saiyaman for the first time today..." Umi said as she eyed Trunks suspiciously. Trunks covered his mouth but quickly replied.

"I meant to say that Saiyaman was mad at me for breaking that stick of yours yesterday. Why are you wearing that weird outfit anyway?" Trunks said pointing to her white uniform.

"Don't even try to change the subject! Do you know Great Saiyaman or something?" Umi asked knowing the little man's tricks all too well.

"Yeah...we're like best buds. Gohan knows him REALLY well, they're like...brothers" Trunks said lying through his teeth. Umi turned her suspicious glance back over the building as Saiyaman and a blonde man attacked yet another man with green hair. Umi studied the man with green hair for a moment and gasped in surprise. "What's the problem now!?" Trunks sighed.

"You're not going to believe this...but I know that guy!" Umi squealed. Trunks narrowed his eyes in annoyance and looked at the tall girl beside him.

"We've already established that, the guy in the cape is Saiyaman and the blonde guy is my dad!" Umi shook her head.

"No, the guy with the green hair. What in the world is Ferio doing here?" Before Trunks could question further a white ball of fluff with long ears and a jewel in it's forehead landed in between Umi and he. "Mokona! How did you find me?" Mokona twitched his ears while Trunks looked at him in amazement. "Mokona, I need my jeweled glove. Ferio may be possessed or something I have to stop him!"

"Puu, PUU!" The jewel on Mokona's head began to glow as a glove Umi all too well with a blue jewel on the top appeared on her hand. Umi jumped back in shock just inches away from going off the building. She quickly noticed this and scrambled toward Trunks and Mokona.

"You scared me Mokona! That was a pretty cool trick though..." Mokona nodded and squealed when Trunks poked his side.

"What in the hell is this thing anyway?" Trunks asked. Umi ignored Trunks and stared at the jewel in her glove. Normally it wasn't possible that her magic could work on earth but she had to try. For Ferio's sake...but even more so for the planet she felt she had to protect! Umi stuck her hand into the air.

"Armor!" Umi called out but to her horrifying surprise nothing happened. Umi hung her head. "Mokona...my magic won't work on earth, what should I do?" Mokona turned away from Trunks and looked at Umi thoughtfully.

"Pu!" Mokona yelled to her. Umi looked at Mokona as did Trunks.

"Am I going crazy or did that white thing just say 'believe'." Trunks asked in amazement. Umi stared at Mokona as a foreign masculine voice whispered in her head...Believe Umi...only you possess this power, not Cephiro. Umi's eyes fluttered shut as she started to glow within a blue aura.

Magic...Selece...I need you now! Umi's eyes flew open as the jewel erupted into a blue beacon. Trunks gaped at the sight before him as Mokona proudly looked on. "Armor! Escudo!" Umi's voice echoed off the buildings causing even the fighters below to pause for a moment before returning to the battle. Plate armor appeared over Umi's white suit as her beloved sword returned to her hands. "Now we're getting somewhere!" Umi finished. She flipped off of the building leaving a very bewildered Trunks to stare at Mokona.

"That was weird...so are you!" Trunks poked Mokona once again. "I know now! You're just an overgrown marshmallow bunny!" Trunks laughed as Mokona glared in annoyance. While Trunks was pointing his finger Mokona opened his mouth wide and clamped it over his hand. "AHH!!!" Trunks backed away five feet with his eyes wide with fear. "It's the attack of the monster marshmallow bunny!"

"Puu!"

Saiyaman and Vegeta had ganged up on Ferio from the front and was trying to get the better of him. Vegeta dodged a swipe from the green haired man's sword as he snarled at Saiyaman. "I wish you would just turn into a SuperSaiyan already so he can die and the rest of us can get on with our lives." Vegeta grumbled. Saiyaman ducked the sword and sweep kicked Ferio's legs from under him as he went crashing to the ground.

"There's no need Vegeta. One SuperSaiyan will suit fine." Saiyaman and Vegeta prepared their final attacks to launch at Ferio when he suddenly disappeared. "Where did he go!?" Saiyaman growled.

"So it's true," Vegeta and Saiyaman whipped around and saw Ferio standing with his back turned to them. "You are on earth after all." Ferio smirked as he was talking to none other than-

"Umi!!!" Saiyaman yelled. Vegeta raised an eyebrow at him but then looked over at the girl. Umi's hair tie had fallen out during her decent to the ground which left her long blue hair swirling in the wind. She had armor on now and was holding a sword out in front of her.

"I don't know what you've been possessed by Ferio but I refuse to let you get away with the damage you have caused." The Magic Knight Umi proclaimed. Ferio threw his head back and laughed.

"A Magic Knight! Alone? and on earth...you have no chance against me!" Ferio bellowed. "Have no fears for your pathetic planet Magic Knight! I'm only here to be rid of you!" With that Ferio leapt into the air heaving his sword above his head to bring down onto Umi. She countered the attack with her sword but was swept against a building by Ferio's leg. Umi groaned.

This guy has gotten good. Umi thought bitterly. Ferio loomed over like a tree casting it's shadow onto a flower. When she looked up to his face she noticed something odd. Didn't he have a scar there? The blow Ferio had dealt Umi flared up Gohan's temper into a dangerous level. Just as Ferio moved to attack the young knight again he turned around at the sound of a scream and an immense power from behind.

"So much for only one SuperSayain." Vegeta commented to Saiyaman with a smirk. The cloth wrapped around Saiyaman's head became non-existent as his spikey blonde hair appeared. Saiyaman crackled with powerful energy as his eyebrows drew up in anger at Ferio. He cupped his hands and started saying something that neither Umi nor Ferio understood.

"Kame...Hame..." He yelled as his voice echoed off of the buildings. For the first time in the fight Ferio seemed to be nervous as he started backing up towards Umi. She didn't want to take the chance of him in turn attacking her so she decided to make her move.

"Water Dragon!" Umi called pointing her attack at Ferio's back which thrust him forward and away from her.

"HA!" Saiyaman finished as his giant ki attack collided with Umi's magic with poor Ferio stuck in the middle. Ferio stood bloodied and cradling an injured arm. To everyone's surprise he started fading away. He looked away from Saiyaman and to Umi.

"I'm not through with you Magic Knight! I will KILL YOU!" with a last threatening statement Ferio disappeared as did the green storm that had loomed in the sky. Umi stared at the empty space in wonder as if it was impossible to just disappear. The gold aura surrounding Vegeta disappeared as his hair returned to its normal ebony black. He cast both Saiyaman and Umi a death glare before he too disappeared into the air. Umi and Saiyaman failed to notice his leave because they both were staring at each other in disbelief. Umi's expression was worried and confused while Saiyaman held a face comparable to stone while the glasses he wore shaded the emotion in his eyes. After a moment of no sign of anyone going anywhere soon, Gohan walked over to Umi and helped her to her feet. He noticed her sword lay on the ground. He picked it up to hand it to her but to his surprise it turned to water and reformed on the ground. Umi picked it up and smiled.

"The sword is made from escudo...I am the only one who is able to use it." Saiyaman looked puzzled by her explanation but he turned around and began to leave anyway. "Wait!" He turned back to her as she put a hand on his arm. "Who are you? Will I ever see you again?" Being a SuperSaiyan increased Saiyaman's boldness tenfold, so his next action wasn't too surprising. Before Umi could react he had pulled her into him and kissed her lips gently. He smirked at her and disappeared before she could register what had happened. After a moment Umi brought her hands to her lips and smiled. A fuzzy thing sat at her feet gazing at up at her thoughtfully. "Mokona! I just got kissed!" Umi said happily. Mokona's thoughtful look turned into an aggravated one as she picked up Mokona and held him up to her face. "Oh alright, we can go home now."

Umi combed her wet hair and sighed happily as she looked in the mirror. Mokona was sitting on her bed looking at pictures in a magazine Umi had laid out for him. "Something weird is going on Mokona, I don't think that was Ferio we fought today," she began as she plopped down onto the bed beside Mokona.

"Puu..." Mokona said uninterested as he stared at the magazine. Umi narrowed her eyes as she noticed Mokona ignoring her.

"Don't tell me your jealous because I got a kiss today!" Umi said teasingly. Mokona turned purple in anger as he jumped up and down shaking his head no. "Well, I suppose you can have a kiss to!" Umi kissed the jewel on Mokona's forehead. Mokona squealed and held up the magazine so he couldn't see Umi. "You know...Saiyaman reminds me of someone but I can't quite put my finger on who it is." Mokona held up the magazine for Umi to see and pointed to a picture. "No Mokona! Saiyaman is not Brad Pitt, I promise!!!"

A.N. This was a long chapter. Hope it wasn't boring-long. Leave you comments, I love to hear them! Thank you to all who reviewed my story so far.

Till Next Time...
Kochou-hime