Tears of Light - Chapter 13 - Tremors

AN:  *ducks various things that have been thrown at her recently* Hey I finally 
finished didn't I?!  Didn't I?!  *hides under a table* Ok... I get the point.  
Enjoy the story and remember, stay off the roads.  I've got my G2! (That's 
practically a full drivers license for those of you not from Canada.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. I don't own DBZ.  Please whatever you do, 
just don't sue me.

Quote: (slightly off the original since I don't have the book with me)
	"Writers who procrastinate are procrastinating because they're 
perfectionists.  They say that they're not in the mood because they're afraid of 
writing something less then perfect.  So next time you're 'not in the mood to 
write' just tell yourself 'stop being such a damn perfectionist' and write."
		-Julie Cameron, The Right To Write
				(Thank you for helping me through this chapter!!!!!)

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	Vegeta nearly jumped out of his skin as a blast of memories came shooting 
back at him.  Her face leapt to the front of his mind along with several 
unpleasant occasions.  She was right, he hadn't seen her for long, but he knew 
well enough who she was.  Putting on his arrogant face that he was used to 
displaying Vegeta crossed his arms.
	"You shouldn't looks so smug.  Your brother is dead and you will be soon 
as well."  He bluffed with his natural arrogance.
	Piccolo, Gohan and Usagi all stared suspiciously at Vegeta.  Neither quite 
sure as to what was going on.
	"Brother?"  Gohan asked in a tiny voice?
	Lady Frost interrupted Vegeta with her laugh before he could answer Gohan.  
"Yes well, the person who defeated Frieza is gone.  So stop looking so smug 
though it is the only thing you're good at."
	Piccolo and Gohan stiffened.  "You mean you're Frieza's sister?!"  
Demanded Piccolo in shock.  Frost nodded with a devilish grin on her face.
	A chilled wind blew past the warriors and even Usagi felt her blood run 
cold.  She hadn't been told much about Frieza since it was a very tender subject 
but she knew enough.  If Frost was nearly as powerful as Frieza, then to say 
that they were in a lot of trouble would be a drastic understatement.
	Vegeta, the eternally calm is seemed, shrugged.  "You're not nearly as 
powerful Frost.  And even if you were, we've been training because we knew you 
were coming."
	Frost laughed icily.  "Clever Saiya-jin.  But it won't do you any good."  
She took a few steps down the ramp of her ship.  "All this mindless chat is 
boring me; who wants to die first?"

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	The first thing Minako registered as she woke was the dull ache that 
coursed throughout her entire body.  She groaned in response and tried shifting 
her stiff muscles.  There was a sharp pain in her leg but it was getting less 
severe as time passed.  She tentatively placed her hands beside her hips and 
propped herself up.  She noticed she was still in Sailor Venus form and carefully 
detransformed.  A feeling of relief washed over her.  The pain in her 
leg was a little sharper but the ache from having used so much energy was fading 
rapidly.
	She looked around at the room she was in.  It wad pretty plain, not much 
decoration, definitely belonging to a guy; however, the picture of Usagi on the 
bedside table gave away who owned it very quickly.
	The door creaked open and a pony-tailed girl poked her head past the door.  
Minako smiled faintly as Makoto grinned widely.  "Oh good you're u!"  She 
breezed into the room, a tray with some of her special soup and tea in hand.  "I 
made this for you.  To help you get your strength back.  You've been out for a 
while but I'm glad you're awake again."  She put the tray on the bedside table 
and sat down on the bed beside Minako.  "How are you feeling?"
	Minako looked a little dazzled and was showing some pain but managed to 
seem perfectly fine for a few moments as she gave Makoto her dazzling smile and 
V for Victory.  "I'm fine Mako-chan.  Thanks for the soup.  I'm sure I'll be 
perfect by the time I finish it."
	Makoto smiled, "You want to eat in here or out in the kitchen?  It's 
crowded but you've probably been in here for too long ne?"
	Minako nodded, thankful for Makoto's keen insight.  "Sure, and you'll 
explain what's been going on?"
	The tall Amazon picked up the tray again and led her friend out of the 
room.  "Of course.  But it isn't pretty."

*

	Mamoru's expression was set to a firm frown.  "I refuse to agree."  He 
argued whole-heartedly.  "What you're suggesting is suicide."
	"Listen cape-boy we can handle it.  We're the strongest ones here and 
you'll need the advantage of numbers anyway."  Shot back Haruka angrily.
	Mamoru winced slightly at his most hated nickname but he shook his head in 
firm refusal.
	"What's going on?"  Minako's voice caused everyone's head to turn, most 
filled with relief.
	Goku decided to answer since he had been listening to everything and was 
probably the most impartial in this skirmish.  "Setsuna has proposed that she, 
Haruka and Michiru stay here and keep the sylphs from advancing while the rest 
of us charge Mamono's castle.  Setsuna also says she can get us in and then 
leave to join Michiru and Haruka until Mamono is beaten back enough that the 
sylphs are no longer the problem."  He chewed on his bottom lip a little.  "I 
know we'll need all the power we can get, and whole we will be the bigger threat 
that should distract Mamono, as Michiru said earlier, she may take enough time 
to attack you and as confident as you are about your powers I think you need at 
least one more person with you, if not two."
	Minako sank into a chair and started eating her soup while Setsuna spoke 
up.  "Whatever we decide on, Hotaru has to go with your group.  Only the four of 
us know all the information on her base we have.  Haruka and Michiru will be 
with me and I have to stay outside so that I can provide instant transportation 
if things get bad."
	Rei nodded slowly, "Ok let's see.  We have Mamoru, Goku, Ami, Makoto, 
Hotaru, Silia and me.  We need Hotaru, Ami's computer and we definitely need 
Goku's strength plus my senses.  So which one of you three want to stay here?"
	Silia was about to speak when Minako cut in.  "What about me?"
	"You're going to stay here of course."  Shot in Artemis with a commanding 
yet concerned tone.  "You're in no shape to fight!"
	Minako's stuck her chin out, "As much as I'm glad you're concerned, forget 
it.  I'm nearly healed as is and we need every fighter we have."  There was 
silence for a while until Minako spoke again.  "Listen at the very least you 
need someone to get rid of innocent bystanders right?  I mean they've got the 
army out there and you guys will be to busy fighting to try and get them out of 
there right?"  She asked rhetorically to the outers, "if you're really that 
concerned I'll stay out of the fight until the last possible moment but I WILL 
fight."
	Ami was the next to speak.  It was obvious that there was no changing 
Minako's mind so it was best to finalize everything.  "We've got a plan then."  
She said with a resounding finality.  "We get an hour or two more of rest and 
then we head out."

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	Mamono paced her chamber with impatience.  She knew the Sailor Senshi well 
and she knew it wouldn't be long before they attacked her.  That was why she 
needed to be ready, but right now she felt like incompetents surrounded her.  
Lady Frost was the only one who looked like she was going to gain any ground 
without a shove from Mamono herself and even she hadn't located Sailor Moon yet.  
The Sylphs would hold their ground with the help of her shadows until she 
appeared to advance the attack and collect the energy.  She was almost certain 
that her base was secure enough but there was the constant nagging at the back 
of her mind that she had missed something.
	And she HAD to make sure that Lady Frost got to the Princess.  Once she 
was dead Mamono was certain that nothing could stop her.  The only thing 
powerful enough to send her into retreat was the Ginzuishou and while she was 
confident she could survive the attack and perhaps even win, she did not want to 
risk it.  She would NOT be thrown back by 1000 years again.  The last time had 
been the final time, she would see to that.
	Her hand was closed around nearly all of time and space.  She would win, 
her plans were airtight, she could not, would not lose.

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	Vegeta, Piccolo and Gohan's kis flared into existence with Frost's words.  
They didn't hold back at all, wagering that Frost couldn't sense power and 
knowing that she wasn't wearing a scouter.
	Usagi bit her lip.  Frost wanted to know where she was and while Gohan and 
the others, well at least Piccolo, were prepared to go down without telling 
Frost, Usagi wouldn't just sit around and hide.  She had the advantage of 
surprise right now, and so, when the time was right, she would strike.
	Lady Frost laughed and thrust a hand foreword, sending a blast of power at 
the trio and knocking them off their feet.  They sprung back up into a standing 
position with ease and Vegeta shot off into the sky.  
	"Ranzenko Energy Dan!!!"*  Vegeta fired down his patented barrage of ki 
blasts at Lady Frost who merely smiled and closed her eyes, letting the blasts 
hit her.
	The explosion from the energy rocked the ground and flung dust everywhere.  
However as the wind blew the cloud of dust away, it was quickly evident that 
Lady Frost would not be beaten so easily.  She was completely unscathed and the 
untouched patch of untouched ground beneath her was evidence that she had 
blocked the attack with a ki shield.
	She smirked evilly and suddenly shot off the ground.  Her fist slammed 
into Vegeta's gut faster than he could react to.  His eyes widened and blood 
seeped out of his mouth.  Frost laughed evilly and slammed her fists into 
Vegeta's back, sending him slamming into the Earth.
	Gohan and Piccolo leapt at Frost with their full anger, but with a flash 
of her eyes they were both slammed back into the ground.
	Usagi's heart ached and she knew she couldn't wait any longer.  No matter 
what they said, she had to help.  Frost's power frightened her but she would not 
let others get killed if she could do something to prevent it.  She backed up a 
little and decided to try and get in one shot before she was noticed.
	"Moon Spiral, Heart ATTACK!!!!!!"
	Frost heard Sailor Moon's attack a moment too late and the love-filled 
energy slammed into her full force!  However, while the attack caught her off 
guard she quickly recovered.  She stared angrily and the small scorch marks on 
her side but her anger quickly transmuted into pure joy.  "Sailor Moon, so glad 
you could join our party."  Usagi took a step backwards in defense but Frost 
smirked evilly and shook her head.  "No, no, no little princess; now you 
die!!!!!"
	A blast was about to erupt from Frost's outstretched hand when Vegeta's 
fist connected hard with her chin!  Frost's eyes widened with amazement and she 
swung out at Vegeta but he was long gone.  She stabilized herself and touched a 
pair of fingers to her lip.  It was bleeding.  Blood.  She hadn't seen her own 
blood since...  she couldn't remember when the last time she had seen her own 
blood was.
	Her eyes became furious.  How dare that arrogant Saiya-jin spill some of 
her precious blood?!  She flared with furious power and sent the blast that 
someone had sent flying at her ricocheting off into the distance to explode far 
off.
	With amazing swiftness she shot down at Vegeta and slammed her leg into 
his side, sending him slamming through a nearby tree.  Vegeta got to his knees 
again as fast as he could but it was evident that he was in pain.
	"Makensappo ha!!"  Piccolo's attack spiraled in at Frost but she simply 
blocked it with her left hand.  "Silly Namek-jin."  She said scornfully and sent 
a large blast to cover the entire area Gohan, Piccolo and Usagi were in.
	Usagi's eyes widened in fear and horror.  She'd never before encountered 
someone with such calculating precision to her immensely powerful attacks and 
now there was a blast racing towards her that she couldn't hope to block.  She 
slammed her arms in front of her and squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the 
blast to hit, when a body slammed into her instead.  She felt the blast tear at 
her legs and her elbows as well as parts of her face as she and whoever was in 
front of her were thrown backwards.
	The two of them landed on the ground hard.  Usagi wasn't too badly 
injured; she could feel the burns on her bare flesh and a few tears stung her 
eyes but she tried to ignore them.  Her eyes widened as she realized who had 
blocked the brunt of the blast for her.
	"Gohan-kun!"  She cried out in fear.  Gohan was bleeding profusely but he 
got up again and smiled lightly at Usagi.
	"You ok Usagi?"  He asked, as if he weren't as injured as he appeared.
	Usagi nodded her head slowly.  "H- hai."
	"Good."  Gohan answered and turned back towards Frost who was engaged in a 
fistfight with both Vegeta and Piccolo at once.  With a look of determination he 
shot off to help out the other fighters.
	Usagi pulled herself back to her feet and stared at Gohan and the others 
with awe.  That was such an incredible attack Lady Frost had hit them with, and 
they were ok.  Or at least they seemed to be.

****

		All the Sailor Senshi were gathered together in nearest park to 
Mamoru's house.  They had gone there to transform and were about to separate for 
the final battle.  Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Minako were going to stay behind 
to combat the sylphs while the others would storm Mamono's palace.  It seemed 
easy enough... well the plan was simple enough anyway.
	The group joined hands, forming a circle with Goku and Tuxedo Kamen in the 
middle.  The plan was to teleport to the beach, throw a hard surprise attack at 
the sylphs to drive them back, and then Pluto would open a portal to Mamono's 
base that the others would take off into.
	They all looked into each other's eyes, some with smiles of hope, others 
with looks of grim determination.  Luna and Artemis sat outside the circle with 
hope and fear etched on their feline faces.
	"Mercury Crystal Power!"
	"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
	"Mars Crystal Power!"
	"Venus Crystal Power!"
	"Neptune Planet Power!"
	"Uranus Planet Power!"
	"Saturn Planet Power!"
	"Pluto Planet Power!"
	"Rain Earth Power!"
	"SAILOR TELEPORT!"
	Each senshi glowed with power that reached up into the sky, and with a 
bright flash of combined light, they vanished.
	Luna sighed and looked to Artemis.  "You think they'll be ok?"
	Artemis wrapped his tail around Luna's affectionately.  "I'm sure they'll
be fine Luna.  Especially with Goku-san with them, he's a strong fighter."
	Luna leaned on Artemis, "I hope you're right, I really do."

*******

	Japan's finest army had been deployed to fight Kuroi Mamono's army of evil 
creatures of darkness.  However even they were secretly terrified of the dark 
creatures.  Neither side had made an aggressive move yet.  The army had been 
busy getting all innocent bystanders away from the area, which had spread a 
great deal, and had been defending so far.  The sylphs and shadows had done 
little more then move in and out of positions along their perimeter.  They 
seemed to be waiting for something, but that something the army was not able to 
figure out.
	The flash of light appeared behind a group of trees that hadn't been 
destroyed yet.  11 senshi flashed into existence and immediately jumped into 
action.
	Venus vaulted over towards the commander of the army, hoping that he would 
respect the fact that this went way beyond any normal war and listen to her.  
She was almost there when the battle cries of her comrades could be heard and 
the flashes of light that accompanied their attacks seen.
	They leaped to the front lines, as spread out as possible without being 
vulnerable, and attacked.
	"Mercury Aqua RHAPSODY!"
	"Mars Flame SNIPER!"
	"Jupiter Oak EVOLUTION!"
	"Gentle RAIN!"
	"Dead Scream."
	"World SHAKING!"
	"Deep SUBMERGE!"
	"Tuxedo la Smoking Bomber!"
	"KamehameHA!!!!!!"
	All the attacks struck at once with a deafening explosion, a blinding 
flash of light and a shockwave that nearly blew everyone off their feet.
	Another flash of light occurred but it was covered by the aftermath of the 
explosion.  When the last of the dust finally settled Sailors Pluto, Uranus, 
Neptune and Venus were all that were standing at the front lines.  Venus was 
talking to the man who appeared to be in charge of the army, trying to get them 
out of there as quickly as possible.

*

	Darkness.  That was all that the senshi could see as they arrived in 
Mamono's lair.  There was a brief moment of confusion before Goku made a ball of 
ki appear in his hand, giving the group light to see.  The part of Mamono's lair 
that they had landed in wasn't much to look at.  In fact it looked like a large 
cave that had been reinforced with wood in some places and steel in others.  
They hadn't been able to teleport to the middle of the base because of the time 
space disruptions the outers had discovered to be seeded throughout the place, 
the highest concentration at the center.
	Goku made several more little ki lights and sent them to hover around the 
group, lighting the place up pretty well but also casting many shadows.  Mercury 
pressed her earring and her visor appeared over her eyes, giving her the ability 
to see through the darkness.
	"We head towards the highest concentration of special disturbances."  
Saturn said plainly, the Silence Glaive appearing in her hand.
	The others nodded and they started at a fast walk towards the center of 
Mamono's lair.  Ready for the worst, but hoping for the best.

********

	The fight had gone on for no more then 15 minutes and already Lady Frost 
was winning, and winning by a lot.  She was weaker then Frieza and that was 
probably the reason that the senshi were all still alive at this point, but it 
wouldn't take long for that to change at this rate.
	Usagi was scared.  She had never like fighting at all and would give 
anything to be an ordinary girl; everyone who knew who she was knew it.  At 
least most of the battles she had fought she had been capable of doing 
something.  She felt useless; she couldn't even scratch this new enemy and 
worse still she seemed to know who Usagi was.  That worried her even more.  It 
meant that Frost was in cahoots with Mamono which meant that their problems were 
even bigger then any of them could have possibly imagine.

	Gohan dodged, blocked, punched kicked and fought with all the strength he 
could muster but he kept getting beat down.  He wondered, as he fought with the 
others, why this woman, who could really only have a vendetta against those who 
had been on Namek-sei, Goku specifically, was after Usagi.
	Gohan landed roughly on the ground again, at least on his feet this time 
and glared up at Frost as she batted Piccolo aside.  The Namek-jin hit the 
ground hard and didn't get back up.  Gohan felt the futility of the situation 
hit him hard and felt tears of anger and frustration well up in his eyes.  
Vegeta let loose another attack, this one seemed to knock the Lady off balance 
and she nearly fell.  A glimmer of hope appeared in Gohan's eyes but it was 
quickly eradicated as she moved behind Vegeta before he could see what was going 
on and knocked him down at the ground.  Laughing, she was laughing the whole 
time.
	Gohan felt the anger well up inside him and deep down he knew that there 
would be a way to harness it, do what his father had did but he was so blindly 
concentrating on how to stop this creature from killing them all that he didn't 
realize it.  He saw Frost's eyes fall on Usagi; her sadistic grin dancing on her 
face.  Sailor Moon stood to face her even though she must have known there was 
no way she could win this battle.  In the back of his mind, Gohan could here 
Usagi explaining about her life.  How she had never wanted to be a warrior but 
how she also knew that so much depended on her that she couldn't give up.
	He saw Frost face a hand to Sailor Moon with malicious intent as it 
started glowing with energy and at that dreadful moment he saw hold out her 
hands, a silver glow coming from her.  Her eyes were calm but he could see the 
underlying knowledge of what she was about to do.  He knew he couldn't let her.  
She had told him the consequences of using the Ginzuishou and he wouldn't let 
her sacrifice herself just to save the rest of them.
	He felt his desire to save Usagi grow and felt his power flow like he 
could never get it to unless one of his friends was in danger.  Like the time he 
had attacked Frieza after he had thought Krillin was dead.
	He shot into the air and, catching Frost off guard, knocked her down into 
the ground like a bullet.  He threw his hands over his head, a golden light 
forming there. 
	"MASENKO........." He let his power grow and just as he saw Frost start to 
pick herself up he let fly.  "HAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"
	The blast, filled with the full extent of the power that he could manage 
at that point in time bore down on Frost with such speed that she didn't have a 
chance to move out of the way.  Her eyes widened and she threw up her hands in 
defense but the beam merely exploded on impact!
	Usagi shielded her eyes and was nearly knocked off her feet but stayed 
put, tucking the ginzuishou away again.  She was glad she didn't have to use it 
yet but she was still prepared to if she needed to.
	Gohan stared down at the dirt and rocks that had been thrown up and slowly 
lowered himself to the ground.  He took a quick look around; Piccolo was slowly 
getting back up to his feet and Vegeta was staring at the crater with great 
interest.  They all knew she wasn't dead.  They could feel her ki but how much 
damage he had done was what they were all looking for.

	In the end it was luck really, simple, dumb luck.  Usagi took small step 
towards Gohan and tripped.  She let out a wail and in an attempt to land 
gracefully, ended on her backside instead of her front.  That was when she saw 
it.  If she hadn't been turned around she wouldn't have seen Frost emerge 
from the cloud of dust in the one place no one was looking.  Usagi leapt to her 
feet.
	"Gohan!  Look out!!"  She screamed.  Gohan turned towards her, evidently 
confused, only to see Usagi come barreling into him, knocking him out of the way 
of a fine ki blast that probably would have killed him. 
	The two hit the ground hard but got to their feet fairly quickly.
	"Thank you, Usagi-chan."  Gohan said quietly.  Usagi smiled, "Least I 
could do.  Really."  She answered back, still slightly shocked with how close 
that had been.
	The two of them turned and looked at Frost.  Her eyes were filled with 
anger and from the occasional stain of blood they knew that Gohan's emotionally 
fueled attack had done some damage.  It was hope.
	Gohan was about to motion to Usagi to get out of the way but Frost was too 
fast and too angry to let that happen.  She was at the two of them in a flash, 
ramming her elbow into Gohan's stomach.  The young Saiya-jin's face contorted 
with pain and Usagi went white.  Frost then whirled around, kicking Gohan hard 
again, this time, however, sending him straight into Usagi.  Usagi tried to 
scream but the blow knocked all the wind out of her.  With hrt last hit, Frost 
sent the two of them flying up into the air.  They both got the brunt of the hit 
and Usagi was fairly sure that the blow cracked several of her ribs.  She bit 
her lip in pain, tears flowing down her cheeks.  The two of them were soaring up 
into the air and Usagi suddenly realized that by that time Gohan should have 
brought them back to the ground.  She noticed it then.  Gohan was unconscious.  
	A yelp escaped her lips.  She looked down towards the ever-furthering 
ground.  Piccolo was barely able to move, Vegeta was grappling with Frost, she 
was on her own.
	She felt herself stop flying upwards and for the briefest of moments she 
felt relief.  The she remembered the old saying, 'what goes up, must come down.'  
She felt the bottom of her stomach drop out and she clutched tightly onto Gohan, 
they were plummeting towards the Earth and there was nothing anyone could do.  
She felt her throat close up.  Tears would have been streaming down her cheeks 
if they weren't traveling so fast that they were being whipped off her face with 
such speed that she didn't even know they had been there.  The ground got closer 
and out of sheer terror she did what came most naturally.  She screamed.

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* Did I get this right?  If not I'm sorry and would love to know what Vegeta's 
multiple ki blast attack is called.

AN: Well after um... Ages... I'm finally done!   WOO HOO!!!!  *dodges all the rotten 
fruit thrown at her for the cliffhanger with newfound speed that comes when you 
feel this wonderful* I absolutely HATED writing the DBZ battles scenes in this.. 
ugh.... I don't know what it was but... I'm just so glad they're over!  

Anyways, thanks for all the encouragement from friends and fans.  I'll try to 
have the next chapter out sooner.

Next time: Will Usagi and Gohan survive their plummet to the Earth?  And even if 
they do, how are they going to defeat Lady Frost now?  Can Uranus, Neptune, 
Pluto and Venus hold off Mamono's army?  Will they be able to keep the people of 
Japan, and inevitably the Earth, safe?  And what exactly lies ahead in Mamono's 
lair for the rest of the senshi to find?  The answer to all these next time!  
That's right, I said ALL.

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