Well, I FINALLY managed to finish another chapter of this and 
hopefully, another chapter of TRIO won't be far behind.

The Flashman
May The Spirit Preserve You!
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			    DRAGON MOON 1/2
			      Chapter 2

	Akane came back to the dojo after her morning run and noticed Goku 
as he stretched out and went through some simple katas.  Akane was 
surprised that the elder Son could have been up so early.  He and 
Gohan had battled for much of the night and hadn't stopped until well 
past 2 am.

	"Good morning Mr. Son," Akane said politely.

	"Good morning," Goku replied.

	"What happened to your eye?" Akane asked as she noticed the large 
welt that was under his left one.

	"Gohan got a good shot in on me."

	"Oh."

	As Akane walked back into the house, she thought she heard Goku 
mutter, "I deserved it."

	Later....

	"School," Gohan asked, "really?"

	Goku nodded and replied, "As much as it probably will annoy you, we 
are going to be here a while and it will be a good idea if you 
continue your education in the..."

	Goku trailed off as Gohan dashed out of sight, yelling, "See you 
tonight Pop!"

	Goku smiled to himself, if Gohan was still interested in his studies,
 that meant he was still the same person and, hopefully, would 
forgive him for what happened, in time.

	Gohan stopped at the front door as Soun blocked his way.  "Excuse me,
" the Tendo elder said, "but I can not let you leave until your 
fiance has come down those stairs."

	Secretly, Soun has decided that Gohans fiance would BE the first 
daughter to come down the stairs.

	"WAKE UP!!!"

	"Wha... what time.... AUUUUUGHHHHH!!!!  WE'RE GONNA BE LAAAATE!"

	"Well, WE wouldn't be late if you would REMEMBER TO SET YOUR ALARM 
CLOCK!"

	After several minutes of loud crashing sounds, both Akane and Usagi 
raced down the stairs at the exact same instant and out the door.  
The two males blinked and Gohan looked at Soun and asked, "You don't 
expect me to..."

	Soun vigorously shook his head no.  Then Gohan looked at the wall 
clock and said, "Oh shoot.  I'm gonna be late too.  Is it okay if we 
work this out tonight?"

	Soun replied, "Well, I suppose..."

	With a quick, "Thanks," Gohan dashed out the door.

	The two Tendos were halfway to Furikan High when Gohan caught up 
with them.  Akane shot him a glare and growled, "Stay away from us.  
FAR away."

	"Hey," Gohan replied in his defence, "What did I do?"

	"You SAW me in the nude!" Usagi shouted at him, "And you took a 
pretty good look, I might add!"

	"HEY!" Gohan shouted back, "I noticed that YOU gave ME the once over 
too!"

	"Well.." Usagi replied as she blushed, "It was kind of hard NOT too.
"

	"I rest my case... and if it helps, I'm sorry.  I should have warned 
you about my... problem... somehow."

	"Well," Usagi said, "That's better."

	Akane still looked unconvinced and mentally pledged to keep an eye 
on this guy from now on.

	As the three of them reached the high school, they noticed a large 
group of boys heading towards them in zombie like shuffling steps.  
"You better stay back," Usagi warned Gohan as her voice shook with 
fear, "This is gonna be messy."

	"Besides," Akane added, her voice growing hard, "This is Senshi 
business."

	"Messy?" Gohan asked, "Senshi business?  What are you..."

	Gohan was cut off as Akane pulled a transformation stick out of her 
skirt pocket and Usagi adjusted the amulet on her bow.

	"SATURN PLANET POWER!" Akane shouted, "MAKE UP!"

	"MOON PRISM POWER!" Usagi shouted, "MAKE UP!"

	Gohan made it a point to look away as the two girls transformed.  
Soon, they were wearing versions of their school uniforms that were 
much shorter and tighter.  Akanes outfit was highlighted with purple. 
 "I am Sailor Saturn," she cried.

	Usagis outfit had long red knee high boots, a blue skirt, a red bow 
on her chest and the dumplings on her head were covered with red gems.
  "I am Sailor Moon," she cried, "The champion of Love and Justice!  
We've beaten you all before and we shall do it again!  In the name of 
the Moon... we'll punish you!"

	Saturn looked at her younger sibling and asked, "Why do you always 
say things like that?  You know it doesn't do anything to them."

	Sailor Moon looked up and replied, "'Cause it helps me be braver?"

	Saturn sighed and shook her head as she said, "Stay here.  I'll 
soften them up and you finish them off."

	"Right."

	"What's going on?" Gohan asked as he stood next to Sailor Moon.

	"This happens every morning," Sailor Moon replied, "Our enemy, the 
Dark Kingdom, has brain washed the entire male population of the 
school, using how they feel for sis and... well, see for yourself."

	Gohan did see, as the boys rushed for Saturn, shouting, "Sailor 
Saturn!  We love you!  Take this!"

	The boys attacked the older Senshi and Saturn battled back with an 
agressivness that Gohan had never seen before from a member of the 
"fairer sex," with the exception of his mother.

	"DEATH RIBBON REVELATION!" Saturn commanded as she aimed her Silence 
Glave at the boys and let the ribbons knock them silly.

	Any boy who got close was given a very brutal lesson in the fact 
that Akane was able to do more with her Glave then just shoot ribbons 
out of it.  After she had knocked the last of the boys down, Saturn 
turned to her sister and said, "Sailor Moon!  NOW!" as they started 
to rise again.

	Sailor Moon nodded, pulled a wand of some kind out of a subspace 
pocket and raised it high as she shouted, "MOON HEALING... 
ESCALATION!"

	A gold dust emanated from the wand and enveloped all the controlled 
boys.  The males collapsed and all was silent.  Gohan looked at 
Sailor Moon and asked, "This happens every day?!"

	Moon looked up at him and replied, "Yeah.  But sis just broke her 
time record today."

	Suddenly, a rose, thrown blossom first, went flying through the air, 
where it was caught by Saturn.  "Though the wrath of heaven be slow 
but sure," a man with short brown hair, cold blue eyes and dressed in 
a grey uniform said as he stepped out from behind a tree, "Hold 
certain to the fact that the wrath of the Dark Kingdom is not and 
that I, Kunoite, shall be the messenger of that wrath."

	With an evil grin, he continued, "It is such a shame.  For you are 
quite fair Sailor Saturn and I wish that my queen would allow me to 
date with thee."

	"You can forget it buddy," Sailor Moon shouted, "We'll beat you 
again, just like we do every day."

	"Be silent wench," Kunoite snarled, "You, who are of obviously the 
shame of your noble line, should not be part of the wondrous battle 
that will soon take place."

	Gohan growled.  He did want to respect the Senshis wishes and stay 
out of their business, but still, he felt that such a comment was 
uncalled for and he walked over to Akane as he said, "This guy needs 
to learn some manners."

	"You," Kunoite said as he pointed a bokken formed of dark energy at 
Gohan, "are being quite familiar with Sailor Saturn.  Who are you?"

	"I..." Gohan began.

	"But hold," Kunoite interrupted, "Is it not impolite to not 
introduce ones self first?  Very well, I shall.  I am the first and 
most powerful of the Four Generals of the Dark Kingdom!  The ultimate 
master of Kendo and the one who shall hand this planet over to Queen 
Beryl on a platter spun of pure silver!  The Blue Thunder of the Dark 
Kingdom!"

	A rumble of thunder from out of nowhere accompanied his last 
proclamation as he concluded with, "I am Kunoite.  Age 17."

	"'Blue Thunder'?" Saturn asked as she looked at her sister, "That's 
a new one."

	"Yeah," Sailor Moon replied, "Last I heard, he was calling himself 
'Comet From Heaven'."

	"Well..." Gohan replied in broken sentences, his timing thrown off 
by Kunoites ranting, "I'm... my name is... Son Gohan and..."

	"Leave him out of this," Saturn inturupted, "He's just staying with 
us for a while."

	"Yeah," Nabiki yelled from out the school window, "and he's going to 
MARRY one of them."

	With an automatic response, Sailor Moon pointed at Saturn and said, 
"Her!"

	Sailor Saturn looked down at Sailor Moon and yelled, "HEY!  What do 
you think you're doing?!"

	Before the sisters could get into an argument, Kunoite suddenly 
snarled, "YOU WOULD *DARE* TO TAKE THE HAND OF THE FAIR SAILOR SATURN 
BEFORE I?!  SON GOHAN, I SHALL SMITE THEE!"

	As Kunoite took a swing with his Dark Bokken, slicing a tree in half,
 Gohan exclaimed as he ducked, "I thought she was your enemy!"

	Kunoite replied as he took another swing at the rapidly dodging form 
of Gohan, "A mere technicality.  For I know that her heart beats 
faster with love at the merest mentioning of mine name and when the 
Dark Kingdom doth rule this sphere, she will be able to drop her 
false guise of protector of this planet and become my princess of pa..
.."

	The butt of the Silence Glave ended up in Kunoites face and he 
staggered back several steps as Sailor Moon and Gohan rolled their 
eyes.  "Oh brother," Gohan groaned as he turned to the Senshi, "THIS 
guy has been giving you TROUBLE?!"

	"And just what is THAT supposed to mean?!" Saturn roared back.

	"Well..."

	"Are you saying we're not good enough?!  You're saying we're just 
weak LITTLE GIRLS?!"

	"Err..."

	"That IS what you're saying, ISN'T IT?!"

	"Sis," Sailor Moon said as she stood in front of Saturn, praying 
that look in her sisters eye would go away, "Take it easy.  I think 
he was just trying to say... well, I don't know what he was trying to 
say, but I'm sure he didn't mean anything bad by it.  Right Gohan?"

	Gohan, hoping that the resemblance that the older Senshi seemed to 
share with her mother at the moment was only temporary, rapidly 
nodded his head.

	Kunoite, using the distraction the argument had caused, decided to 
put one of his foes out of his misery.  Jumping high in the air and 
aiming his bokken at Sailor Moon, he roared, "At last, one of the 
Dark Kingdoms foes shall be smi..."

	Kunoite never got to finish as a drilling beam of energy, fired from 
out of nowhere, slammed into him and raised a large explosion that 
sent Kunoite flying back into a tree, smoking from head to toe as he 
groaned, "I... shall... return... to smite... thee later," and 
teleported away in a nimbus of dark energy.

	The three teenagers looked up at the tree and Usagi yelled to the 
green skinned, turban and cape wearing being in the tree as she and 
her sister powered down, "Piccolo-san.  Thanks!"

	"How many times," Piccolo scolded, "have I told you to watch your 
back?"

	"Sorry."

	With that and a shake of his head, Piccolo flew off.

	"Who was that?" Gohan asked.

	"That," Akane replied, "was Piccolo.  I don't know the whole story 
but for some reason, whenever Usagi gets in deep trouble, he shows up 
out of nowhere and saves her.  Then he scolds her for whatever she 
did wrong to get in trouble in the first place and flies off back to 
nowhere."

	Elsewhere...

	Kunoite teleported in front of Queen Beryl, ruler of the Dark 
Kingdom, and bowed his head low.  After removing as much of the soot 
from his form that he could, he spoke.  "My Queen," he said, "I have 
returned."

	"So I can see," Beryl replied acidicly, "and have you succeeded in 
either of your missions?"

	Kunoite winced.  "Nay my Mistress, the two Senshi were able to 
defeat my minions and that blasted mutant once again interfered and 
prevented me from smiting the wretched Sailor Moon."

	Beryl frowned in disapproval.  "So you have failed once again.  I am 
growing impatient with your constant failure.  True, you bring me a 
steady source of energy but that is the only reason I have not yet 
removed you from your position.  You have shown an ineptitude for the 
task I have assigned you and if this rate of failure against those 
two Senshi continues for too much longer, I may be forced to deal 
with you."

	Beryl paused for effect before adding, "Do I make myself clear?"

	Kunoite gulped and replied, "Of course my Queen."

	Later that day....

	The farmer looked up as the large fireball rocketed over head and 
crash landed in the middle of his field.  With a worried frown, the 
farmer got in his truck and drove to the sight where it had crashed 
to inspect the damage.

	What he saw when he arrived, shocked him to the core.

	Sitting in the middle of the crater the impact had left, was a base 
ball shaped space pod.

	The door to the pod opened and a young woman, dressed in a Sailor 
fuku with orange highlights, her long blonde hair reaching to her 
waist and a scowl on her face, stepped out and then floated up to the 
edge of the crater.  She looked at the farmer and said as she tapped 
the eye patch like machine that was on her right eye and grumbled, 
"Medea has failed.  The beings on this planet are still alive."

	The farmer, not liking the way that the young woman was looking at 
him, reached into his truck and pulled out a pump action shotgun.  
The alien woman looked at him and scoffed as she read the reading on 
the device over her eye, "Your Combat Prowess is only Level 4.  You 
can't fight me."

	The farmer fired anyway but the girl caught the bullet and looked at 
it in an almost scientific fashion before she flung it back at the 
shocked man...

	Where it pierced his skull and killed him instantly.

	After the man stopped moving, the Senshi checked her scouter and 
grinned as she read a Combat Prowess of 324.  That HAD to be Medea.

	With that, the woman flew off in search of the source of the power.

	An hour later.  Some thirty miles outside of Tokyo...

	Piccolo sighed as he meditated on the mountain top.  Was it his 
imagination, or was Usagi getting more and more careless?  As he 
ocasionaly did, he asked himself why he went out of his way to 
protect a girl who made it seem like she would NEVER learn how to 
protect herself.

	As usual, he answered himself with, "Because she was the first one 
to ever treat you like a friend."

	He was brought out of his reflective state as he felt a strong  
closing rapidly from far away.  He stood and was greeted by the sight 
of a woman in an orange Sailor fuku and with long blonde hair, 
landing several feet in front of him.  "Oops," the woman said as she 
looked at him, "You're obviously NOT Medea."

	"Who are you?" Piccolo snarled.

	"I," the woman replied with an over dramatic bow, "am called Minaitz.
  I'm looking for my twin sister, Medea."

	"Leave me alone," Piccolo growled.

	"You'd like that," Minaitz chuckled, "wouldn't you."

	"GO AWAY!" Piccolo roared as he fired a strong blast of ki at this 
annoying woman.

	The smoke from the ki attack billowed and Piccolo grinned devilishly 
at what he had done.  Then his pleasure turned to fear as he realized 
that he could still feel Minaitz power.

	The smoke cleared and the alien Senshi was still there, fully intact.
  "My my," Minaitz joked, "you certainly have quite a temper."

	Minaitz raised her right hand to face level and a small gold orb of 
power began to form.  "Oh well," she said, "you know what they say... 
Three strikes and you walk."

	The orb reached full size and Piccolo grit his teeth as he felt the 
enormous power radiating from the golden ball.  "I call this attack," 
Minaitz said, "LOVE AND BEAUTY..."

	Minaitz stopped from saying the final word of the attack as her 
Scouter suddenly beeped and displayed a new Combat Prowess Level to 
her.  "Combat Prowess... 329.  That HAS to be Medea."

	So, Piccolo quickly forgotten, Minaitz flew off in search of the 
higher ratings source.

	Piccolo looked in the direction that the alien was flying in and 
quickly realized that her course would take her to Tokyo...

	And, more importantly, Nerima.

TO BE CONTINUED...