Legendary Senshi

Deep in the darkest realms of the time stream, where no one ventured, no light shone, and no sound was heard, one object could be seen glowing in a silent sleep. The crystal was clear and shone brightly as a single soul inside healed from her battle at the beginning of time. The corner of the time stream, where even Pluto did not venture, was a place where Chronos placed a wounded and barely alive warrior to heal and rest.

At the destruction of Themyscira, the planet the Shadow Demon was trapped on and the entire system around it, set off a chain reaction in the universe that reset the alignment of every planet in it. An alignment that would only happen in a trillion years occurred sending an aftershock that trembled through every piece of time, reaching the emporium crystal and cracking it.

'Where am I?' A voice thought in her sleep. Her eyes opened to see a crystal surrounding her, complete darkness outside. 'How did I end up here?' She was slightly afraid, but remained calm as she moved her crossed arms and touched the crystal surrounding her. As soon as she did, the crystal shattered, freed and allowed her to stand up.

The many battle wounds and lack of energy she had before were completely gone and she never felt better. She had a long, black braid that reached her knees and was wavy on top of her head, held up by the golden tiara with a brown stone in the middle of it. On her neck a turquoise choke collar rested with white, satin gloves that came up to her elbows on her arms. Her body suit was white and had a satin brown skirt and collar with a blue bow and a brow broach in the center to go with the blue pumped heels on her feet. Her eyes were the softest blue that mirrored the sea when calm.

The forgotten senshi was unaffected by time and she looked about at the black void, "Where is this place and how long have I been asleep?"

Memories slowly came back and her eyes closed in regret and sorrow. "I remember. I was fighting Erebus, the shadow demon and with the help of my friend Amazon, I was able to seal him in the planet. Oh Amazon, why did you have to die?"

She knew that her husband had to have been responsible for her being in the deepest section of time, but why did he never return? Concentrating, she sensed the chaos of the time realm and an evil that would destroy everything of the past, present and future. Nothing would exist. Disappearing into the mist, not needing light to find her way in a place that had been and still was her home.

The pieces that make up the different parts of the universe are divided into six layers. At the top of the universe was the over-world where the gods lived and decided what was to be created and what was to die. For a long time, the gods have stepped away from the events going on in the middle world and allowed things to take course on their own. On the second level, you had heaven, where all the good souls go after they die. The third level was nowhere as it was the in-between of heaven and hell. King Yamma was given the task of passing judgment on souls and had been there for several, several eons. The fourth level was the mortal world, where the living lived out their lives until they died of natural or unnatural causes. The fifth level was hell, where Hades, the God of Death reigned over all. Under Hell, was the darkest place imaginable that very few, including Hades ventured. The Shadow Realm was where Hades called to when he felt the disturbance of an entity that he thought would never be set free again.

Hades was sitting on a throne of bones, surrounded by lava, when he felt the presence of his daughter Shadow Moon. "I hate it when you come through the shadows. Why can't you ever use the entrances like everyone else?"

"That's no fun and if you didn't want me to use that ability, you shouldn't have mated with the Shadow Queen." Standing before Hades was a woman with black hair done in a French twist and purple eyes that she received from her mother. A green choke collar circled her neck while she had a black body suit with a silver, silk skirt and collar. A green bow, with a silver broach was in the center and she had black gloves with green cuffs with black, knee high boots on her legs.

Hades still felt the dark side of his daughter that flowed around her, but unlike her brother, she used it for purposes other than domination and control. "You're needed for a battle that is coming and your skills of traveling and fighting through the shadows is required."

"Why should I involve myself with the mortal world? Can't they take care of their own problems?"

"This is beyond their capabilities and seeing as how you were the one who allowed Erebus to leave the shadow realm in the first place, you will make sure he gets back here."

"What makes you think I can beat him? He killed our mother and wouldn't hesitate to do the same to myself or you if he knew he could get away with it. Besides, Raven would not appreciate me appearing in front of her again. Because of me, Amazon died and she'll never forgive me for allowing Erebus to escape."

"Then find a way to put your hatred and differences aside. Unless everyone combines their skills and powers, your brother will destroy the balance and layers of the universe. I'm not requesting you to go, I'm ordering you and I do not want to see you back here until you have completed your mission. Unlike the others, you are not mortal and can only die by the hands of another immortal. Only three other senshi are immortal and that is Raven, considering she is the goddess of birth and the senshi of Earth, Cosmos who has yet to be revealed and Pluto who is the daughter of Raven and Chronos, the guardian of time."

"There's no other way for him to be brought back here?"

"No. You released him; you must bring him back here."

Shadow Moon did not like going to the surface, but the guilt of all the destruction she had caused by giving her brother his wish to know what it was like outside of the Shadow realm, haunted her and had caused the life of one of her best friends and the scorn of another. "Where do I need to go?"

"To the time stream. There you will meet the Sailor Senshi who has been struggling to find a way to get to the past where your brother has been released."

"How was he released? That planet was where no one could find it, and if they did no one survived."

"When you get there, ask them. Your skills will be needed to travel through a time warp that is very different than the way Pluto uses." Shadow Moon nodded and didn't even bother to wave good-bye to her father as she vanished in the shadows. Many would be scared about the things she saw in the nightmare realm of the shadows, but this was where she felt comfortable and knew it better than anyone but her brother.

Pluto was watching the time gates, while all the Z and Sailor Senshi had been gathered by Gohan. He was about to break the news to Trunks and Bra when he heard a lot of angry shouting and cursing coming from the time guardian behind him. "I can't believe this! Doesn't anyone do anything according to the laws of time and death? Even King Yamma is against me! Haruka you moron! Now you've made things that much more difficult by falling in love with a figure of the past!" Michuru came to place a hand on her friend when Pluto turned her normally calm gaze on her and was set to kill. "Why do I get the feeling you're behind this?"

"Pluto, don't you think you're over reacting a little bit? I know it looks bad, but we can fix it to where everything will be fine again."

"Fix it! Are you insane? Vegeta has made it to where there's no future at all when he blew up that planet and that's why King Yamma had him go to King Kai's to be brought back to life! If there's a way to fix it, then you tell me how to do it, because I'm completely out of options watching everyone make a joke out of my time line and stomping all over it." Mercury had stood up very concerned about Pluto all of a sudden. Sweat was forming on her head again and her body shook. Piccolo, a telepathic, gasped as he watched her energy spike to an alarming rate, but not in good way.

"Pluto, stop! You need to calm down!" He told her.

"NO! I can't calm down! If you've been watching the time stream as long as I have a lone and never allowed to leave, and it suddenly falls apart, would you be calm! I can't take this anymore!"

Ryouga hadn't know his mother for very long, but he was literally watching her have a nervous breakdown and walked up behind her to hug her. Her body tensed, but when she looked at him, her eyes softened, and then rolled to the back of her head as she sagged to the ground. "Mother?" Pluto didn't respond as he tried to tap her awake.

Mercury ran up to her and ran a scan on her vital signs and cursed. "She came back to watch these gates too soon. We need to get her away from all the stress or it's going to kill her."

"How?" Michuru cried. "You know we can't leave here."

"Not through the time gates you can't," came a feminine voice. The Z warriors tensed and surrounded the women to make sure that nothing happened to them. "I can get you to the past if you want to go there."

A woman that none of the senshi recognized, stepped out of the shadow and into the light as if she had been hiding in them a long time watching every move they made. "Who are you?" Makoto growled in warning. "If you're here to hurt us, we're not going down so easily."

"Let me ask you something, can you fight a shadow?"

That question took them by surprise and they growled in slight fear. Gohan and Mercury were tense as they remembered what had happened to Vegeta and didn't know where this woman stood. "Are you the one who killed Rei?" Gohan growled in anger.

"No. I have no need to quarrel with the mortal world. That was my brother, Erebus."

"What do you want?" Trunks asked, not taking his eyes off of her for a second. "You wouldn't be here if you didn't have a reason."

"That's what I would like to know. Why are you here, Shadow Moon?" Another woman came out of the darkness and glared at Shadow Moon with a lot of pent up anger blazing in her blue eyes.

Pain shot in Shadow Moon's eyes, but she quickly masked it and smirked. "Trust me, if it weren't for my father, I wouldn't have come. And with a greeting like that, I'm tempted to leave your sorry buts here and let the universe blow up into oblivion."

The senshi dressed in brown and blue, walked up to Ryouga and kneeled beside him and his mother. "She needs to rest. I'm listening, but that doesn't mean I've forgiven you."

"Who are you?" Everyone shouted.

The senshi near Pluto looked into the time portals and frowned. If she was trying to stay calm, she failed as she started to rant about stupid Saiya-jins and there need to blow everything up. "Who the hell is Vegeta?"

"My father, do you have a problem with that?" Trunks growled.

"That moron blew up my best friend's planet! Everyone may have died on it, but at least I knew he was trapped there!"

Shadow Moon flinched; "That explains how my brother was released. What I don't understand is how Saiya-jins have managed to bear living with other cultures to begin with? Ares was never very sociable, and his race resembles him a lot."

Raven turned to the group still waiting to find out who they were and circled all of them. "Judging from the looks of these guys, we have six demi-Saiyans, one quarter-saiyan, a Namek, an outer senshi and three inner senshi. What a combination? This is so confusing, because all three groups have never worked together before."

Their faces were tense and she realized that they had been fighting most of their lives and didn't know foe from friend. Standing up, she lifted her head proudly and crossed their arms. "I am Sailor Raven, the senshi of Earth and the goddess of birth and creation."

Shadow Moon stayed where she was at away from the group. "I'm Sailor Shadow Moon, the goddess of the shadow realm, daughter of Hades. Like my brother, I control the shadows and the nightmares within them."

"More senshi," Luna said. "I've never even heard about you three; not even in bed time stories."

"That's because we were at the beginning of time when the first senshi were born. There is only one here who is about that old, but was a day old when the battle that decided the fate of everything, was fought."

"Who?" Ryouga asked.

"Sailor Pluto, the daughter of Chronos and myself."

Goten looked shocked and was standing with his mouth wide open. "Pluto has a mother? Man she's old if you're from the beginning of time."

Trunks slapped his friend on the back of his head and scowled. "You imbecile! Of course she has a mother! Where do you think babies come from, the sky?"

"I know where babies come from! You told me that after mother told me they came from the heavens! You even took me to a bar when our parents were asleep to show me what couples do at night."

"I remember that and you told on us the next morning and said the women showed us everything on how to become a man!"

They never saw Minako and Makoto coming up behind them, tapping their foot waiting for an explanation on what they were talking about. When Trunks and Goten looked up and saw everyone looking at them with raised eyebrows and red faces from blushing, they realized they had said too much and were only suppose to keep this between them and Vegeta. "Oops" They said together.

"You two have to tell us about all these adventures you two had growing up," Makoto said.

"Yeah, should prove interesting since you say these women taught you a few things."

Goten and Trunks backed up, looking for a way out and ran when the girls tried to pounce them.

"Children," Luna said. "I swear they never grow up."

Michuru looked at Sailor Shadow Moon with a desperate look in her eyes. "You said we couldn't go through the time gates, like Pluto normally does. Does that mean we can get to the past another way?"

"Yes. You can try the Sailor Teleport like you've been thinking, but you don't have enough power to carry everyone here and would end up trapping yourself in limbo forever."

"NO!" Raven shouted. "I know what you want to do and it's too risky for them. What if they can't handle it?"

"Then they don't deserve the title of Sailor Senshi. And by the looks of things, the Saiya-jins and the Namek can handle themselves fine, because I'm sure they have seen things far worse than a bunch of nightmares. However, everyone here needs to be powered up to the maximum, especially the senshi who are in their civilian forms."

Makoto coughed. "We sort of can't change into our senshi forms."

"Why not?" Raven asked them. "You are sailor senshi are you not? I can feel your planetary powers within you."

"Our transformation sticks have been taken from us, so we can't change."

Raven looked at them and started to laugh. "You mean to tell me, no one has told you that you don't need those sticks to change. The power is born within you and will always be a part of you."

Makoto and Minako looked at each other disbelieving what they had heard. Giving it a try, they dove deep inside of their minds and realized Raven was right and pulled it to the surface without shouting any words to change. Green electricity shot around Makoto as green ribbons circled her body and transformed her into Eternal Sailor Jupiter. Minako had arrows and hearts surround her body, with golden ribbons. In her place stood Eternal Sailor Venus dressed in white and gold, with a red ribbon tied into her hair.

"Wow!" Venus shouted.

"It actually worked."

Trunks and Goten whistled at their mates and circled them, not getting enough of what they were seeing. Mostly it was the women dressed in miniskirts that had caught their attention and they became very protective and possessive all of a sudden. They would be all too happy to pulverize anyone that decided to try and make a move on them. Tails, wrapped around their waists to make it clear they were taken.

Sailor Shadow Moon rolled her eyes at the Saiya-jins and moved into action. "If you want to get to the past before next year, then let's go."

"Wait a minute!" Gohan shouted. "Do you want us to power up as well?"

Raven and Shadow Moon didn't know what they were talking about. "Saiya-jins were already powerful. You mean to tell me you're stronger than what you are now?" Raven asked.

Gohan, Goten and Trunks all smiled ear to ear and roared into Super Saiya-jin 2, filling the time stream with a golden brilliance. "Is this powerful enough or would you like to see my brother and Trunks power up further?"

Raven glanced at Shadow Moon, her anger momentarily forgotten, "I never knew Saiya-jins could become this powerful. How long have I been sleeping?"

"Nearly twenty thousand years," Shadow Moon stated.

"Wow!" Bra said.

"They really are old!" Rini shouted covering her mouth to late. Everyone started to laugh at the two children and Pan rolled her eyes.

Bra ran up to shadow moon and wrapped her tail around her leg. "Can you really take us to the past?"

Shadow Moon, despite how she felt about people, found herself liking the child and her fearless approach towards her. "Yes. However, the road can be scary. Can you handle that?"

"Sure. You're there and I know you won't let nothing bad happen to any of us. I can't wait to see daddy again. He'll be happy to meet you." Bra gave Shadow Moon a big hug and ran to her brother excited. "We get to see daddy, Trunks!"

Gohan whispered in Mercury's ear. "I am correct that I heard Pluto say Vegeta's alive again right?"

"Yes. I don't know how, but let's figure that out later."

Michuru stood up and concentrated on her powers as well and stood as Eternal Sailor Neptune when the tidal waves quit crashing around her. The entire time, Endymion stood behind her not saying a word, gasping when he saw her look at him with a smile. "Are you ready to rejoin the rest of them Endy?"

'Endy?' he asked himself raising an eyebrow. "Sure." 'Not really. You'll be with Haruka again and I won't have any more need to protect you.' His heart was heavy, but he chose not to voice out his pain and forced a smile on his face.

Ryouga stood up and gently held his mother in his muscular arms and looked to Shadow Moon. "I don't have anything against you personally and if you can help my mother, then I'm willing to follow you into the pits of hell."

Shadow Moon smirked and couldn't help but laugh. "Ryouga, be careful what you ask for, for you may get it. I am the ruler underneath Hell and only my father has more say over everything than I do."

"I don't care. If it saves my mother, then I will go to the shadow realm with you." Shadow Moon couldn't help but admire the determination in his eyes.

She glanced at everyone and noticed that Sailor Raven was highly against what she was about to do, but steeled herself to her glares and turned her back on Raven. 'Why can't she understand, I didn't let him go to hurt anyone?' "Let's go. Follow me through this place and do not separate for any reason. The demons of this realm will not touch me and I can only protect you if you stay close by."

The fourteen warriors followed after Shadow Moon prepared for anything, and Ryouga kept a tight grip on his unconscious mother. Piccolo walked up beside Sailor Raven; "Why do you hate her so much?"

"It's a long story and I don't know if I hate her. I'm just disappointed in what she caused."

Ryouga was at the front next to Shadow Moon, when he saw her tense and look around for something they couldn't see or smell. "What's the matter?"

Her whole body trembled in slight fear, but she tried to hide it from everyone, but Raven knew her better. Moving up, she gasped when she felt the presence as well. "He's here, isn't he?"

"Yes. He's a good ways off though."

"Is he talking to you?"

Shadow Moon nodded, but refused to say anything more. She couldn't tell them her fate if she lost. 'I'm back, sis. And I'm going to get my revenge on your friend. You are going to pay too, but unlike them, I'm going to make you live and watch me kill her.'

'No. Leave Raven alone! Haven't you caused enough pain?'

A chuckle laughed in her mind. 'No. My offer still stands on you joining my side to rule the entire universe when I destroy it.'

'Forget it, and the idea is disgusting.'

'You think I care. I always get what I want and your power is the only thing next to mine that can destroy me. Instead of destroying it, I will bend you to my will and you know I can do it.'

'Leave me alone!'

'I'm coming for you. How long can you hide or run from me?' The whispering faded, but it did not still the fear inside of Shadow Moon's heart as she had to face the fate of what her brother wanted on her own. No one else would understand, nor would they care. Piccolo picked up on the conversation of Shadow Moon and she turned to him and narrowed her eyes. 'Keep silent Namek if you value your life. I don't wish for the others to know about this.'

'It's none of my business to tell them right now, but if it becomes to the point where you'll turn on the group, I don't care if you do destroy me.' Piccolo withdrew from her mind, making Shadow Moon feel even more a lone than ever.

'I'm sorry for causing this to happen. I wish that I had never met my brother.'

Rini was riding the back of Jupiter, Bra on Trunks, and Pan on Gohan. They were still too young to really defend themselves from the shadows that threatened to claim them, but they pretended not to see them and kept moving. The light that the Saiya-jins cast on the other shadows caused them to screech and keep back at a safe distance.

The group didn't know how long they traveled, but their eyes were growing heavy and the weight of the children was becoming unbearable. "Don't fall asleep!" Shadow Moon warned them. "If you do, the demons will take your mind and destroy it, because this is where they thrive on the most. We're almost there!"

"I thought this would be quick?" Jupiter asked exhausted. Goten had a grip on her waist, pulling her along with his tail, refusing to allow sleep to take either of them over. It was harder on the three children seeing as how they always got a nap during the day and they've been going for nearly a week in this black shadow realm to get to the past.

"We're traveling back in time, so this is not as easy going the direct route. But, seeing as how that route is blocked, we have no choice but to use this path. Whoever did this, had to have a lot of power for the time guardian not to be able to break past it."

Finally, they saw their destination, and when they appeared in the apartment room where Hotaru and Vegeta were sleeping they gasped in relief. Hearing a noise, Hotaru lifted her head, to see people walking out of the shadows and screamed in pure terror. "There back! VEGETA! Help!"

Hotaru ran screaming from the room, still remembering the shadow that had killed Rei. Vegeta jumped up and couldn't believe what he was seeing. The last two people to come from the shadows, was a woman he didn't know and his son, carrying Bra. "What the hell is going on and who are all the women?"