GWHC02E

The comet´s  threat

At high speed a circular capsule penetrated into the space of a solar system of eight planets and a single yellow star. Its occupant was hurrying towards the third planet. According to his data that was the goal. In the meantime he rested in his seat and received information about the interesting world through his ship's computer system. It was quite populated and with lots of resources, it was the ideal planet for the conquest. Of course he was on his way to the right place. And from what he could detect in the distance its inhabitants did not seem to represent a serious threat. At least not all. Just in case he had to be cautious, he would look for a sparsely populated area. According to his data the polar sectors offered much more shelter to be detected. He would start there. Anyway, they had been too far ahead, and possibly those guys had the same information as him in their capsules. It would be best to follow their tracks, and they drifted a little further into more temperate latitudes. Then he pass near a big planet with a huge red spot. He must have been the senior of this system. Then, after leaving behind a wide band of meteorites, a small, rocky planet with faint reddish tonality made him see that he was very close. A short time later he was approaching another world. This one seemed whitish. He had reached the goal of the trip, a beautiful blue planet surrounded by clouds. The capsule entered the dense atmosphere of that planet, friction heated the outside a few thousand degrees but that was normal. Then the ship went through that phase and the temperature dropped. Now the ship's engines went on to slow the landing. This one came with a great roar as the capsule hit the ground. In this case a thick layer of ice and some rock. After the impact all the systems seemed to work well. The ship systems turned to open the access gate. The occupant waited patiently for the opening sequence to end. When finally the lights of the panel were turned on in green tones he knew that it was time. With some effort, because of that long cloistered time, the individual left. It was a pleasure to be able to stretch his powerful limbs, his two muscular arms and two powerful legs and steady land. That place was beautiful. Even if it had ice. The temperature seemed to be very low for the planet's average, though that did not bother him. He had been in worse places. Once he had stretched and done some warm-up exercise he placed his monocular viewfinder and scanned the surroundings. Then the values ​​of that device went off. It was able to detect a number of remarkable forces in the vicinity. He himself kept his low to avoid being detected as well. It seemed to him that the people of this world possessed a very primitive technology. He was about to find out. He drew his great sword and hung it on his back, then rose lazily into the atmosphere of that planet, though dense, far less than the ones in which he used to move. That gave him even more edge.

-This will be very easy. - He smiled that huge guy, with long dark brown hair. -

The Masters Corporation alarm went off. The young woman in charge ran to tell her boss, knocking at the door of her office, he went out to meet her and she informed him.

-Excuse me doctor, but the Hokkaido alarm has been activated. It has detected several collisions of what could be fragments of meteors.

-What an interesting thing Mimet, - said the tall, albino-haired man with round glasses as they approached the office where his subordinate worked, and he asked. - Can you specify their position?

- I believe on the island of Rebun, near the Strait of La Pérouse. - She replied by consulting her data on a computer screen. -

-Send as much as you can to Masters, I suppose he'll want to know that in New York. - Ah! And also notify the sailors. They will surely send someone.

-Yes, doctor. - She nodded, her gold-colored hair nodding, adjusting her spectacles, as round as her boss's, and then asked politely. - Would you like some coffee? - I'm going to the machine now.

-Yes, thank you, - he agreed, returning to his study, concentrating on some calculations. –

The girl went to the express machine while using a telephone nearby. After waiting for a couple of tones someone picked up.

-Sweetheart? - Honey, it's me. No, nothing special. Well, maybe yes. You have to send a message to the group of sailors. Yes, you know, the key as always. No, no. I don’t know. Something to check. Yes, Dr. Tomoe told me. Well, I must leave you, honey. See you later. Yes ... I really want to go to karaoke. Goodbye handsooomee!

She hung up the phone and, having a couple of glasses of steaming coffee, returned to her chief's office... After she had gave one to him, he took one of those glasses and gave him a short cork.

-Well! It's still a little hot. - He said, having burned a little in his tongue -

-Look, you're impatient. -Mimet smiled, reproving him almost with maternal affection. - How many times will I tell you that you have to blow a little before drinking!

-Yes, I am a case. I recognize it. - He smiled.-

-What about Hotaru? - The young assistant asked. - Are you coming to see her, Doctor?"

-I do not know. She was out there with her friends Setsuna, Haruka and Michiru. You know she spends a lot of time with them. I hardly see her. - He lamented now, though not directly in his tone.-

-You know she loves you very much Whenever she can she comes. - Mimet tried to cheer him on, realizing that. - Sure will not be long before you can see her again.

-I will confess to you that it is difficult for me sometimes - said Tomoe. - After the accident and the death of my wife. Well, I mean my first wife, I lost a lot of my memory. I barely remember more than bits of the past ten years. Sometimes I feel that I have lost all my daughter's childhood, for not being able to be with her.

-Do not think like that, - said his assistant visibly saddened to try to raise his morale with a more youthful tone. - It was not your fault. Keep the good part. Now she appreciates all the moments that you enjoy together ...

-If only she got on  well with Kaori,-  sighed the professor. - Although they try to hide it, I notice that between the two of them there is a lot of tension, but I do not understand why.

-Well, maybe it's because Hotaru may think that, somehow, she's replacing her mother.- Mimet guessed.-

            Although she knew the reason, of course she could not tell the doctor. Anyway, he smiled now. He changed the subject to ask in turn.

-And how is Daniel being to you?

-Oh! Great, thanks for asking. As soon as we finished the shift we will go to the karaoke. - The cheerful girl affirmed.-

-That's very good. Young people have to have fun while they can, - agreed the doctor, who, having been able to drink himself at last, turned his attention back to work, pointing to his assistant. - Did you pass the message on to the sailors?

-Yes, doctor. - The girl nodded and, after drinking her coffee, returned to her direct position to check her calculations.

The news indeed reached the headquarters of the sailors where Artemis was who immediately informed the girls. They decided to send a group to try to check if they were just meteorites or could be new enemies. Outer sailors volunteered to investigate. In thick coats and equipment for the cold they left immediately to be quite closer than the others of that position. The Uranus Warrior, a tall girl with short ash-blond hair and the Warrior Neptune, an elegant girl with half-mouthed hair, stepped forward. They would go to the source of that impact. Pluto Warrior, a tall young woman with a slightly dark complexion, with a dark hair of greenish reflections would go with the Saturn Warrior, a petite girl who looked no more than thirteen years, with dark hair and violet eyes. The two of them would track the southern part of Rebun Island, while their companions occupied the north. As soon as they arrived in the area in question, they all became Sailors, transforming their clothes. Despite those miniskirts and those bodices they did not feel just the environmental gel. Uranus and Neptune toured the area conscientiously but found nothing abnormal. They were about to leave when the green-haired girl caught something in the distance.

-Look Haruka,- she said to her companion, pointing with her arm finished with an index finger stretched out into the distance. – It seems like smoke.-

-Let's see what it's all about. - Replicated her comrade -

When they approached they could discover an open crater in the ground, its depth was of at least about five meters. The  Sailor Uranus decided to go down to investigate it although she had to listen to the warning of her companion.

-Be careful, there might be something down there.

-Do not worry Michiru, I will. - She said as she prepared to descend slowly over the edges of that hollow. – Please, pass me an ice ax and a rope.

Her partner did it. After drilling with the tool in the hard ice, inserting a few nails and passing the rope through them Haruka descended slowly and meanwhile she was scrutinizing the surroundings. Apparently, at a short distance there was a circular shape half buried in the earth and ice. As soon as she reached it she could feel it was hot. That thing must have fallen from a great height. It looked like it had pierced the atmosphere. Surely it came from outer space.

-But what the hell is this? - The girl struck the hull of the device, which produced a clear metallic reverberation.-

-What's going on down there? - Her companion was interested in some prevention, to insist. - Is everything okay?

-Yes, do not worry, - retorted Uranus, who was now trying to see if this could be opened up somehow. -

In spite of her efforts she did not seem to have access to the interior of what was that, so judging that she had seen enough she wanted to climb. It was not easy but, finally, helped by the pull of the rope that gave her partner she reached the top of that crater and after she told Sailor Neptune.

-It looks like a kind of ship. It must have been what crashed recently. It reminds me of the intruder apparatus we had to fight some months ago.

            Her companion remembered that perfectly. On that occasion it was a kind of capsule about three meters in diameter that had crashed just as they arrived. The truth is that this did not happen far from their present position, it was as if that place attracted that type of unwanted visitors. This time they were surprised by a kind of humanoid that carried something like a laser rifle on his arm. He attacked them with it, urging them to surrender in the name of someone, a name Neptune now did not remember. Nevertheless they were able to dodge those deadly blasts and with their counterattack, united to the one of Pluto, they finished that individual. Maybe they did not expect them to be so powerful. Now reinforcements may have come. They should be careful. In fact Haruka insisted on her own.

-We should warn our comrades.

-I'll call Setsuna and Hotaru.- Replied her interlocutor. - Since we have found the object, there is no reason to continue looking elsewhere.

-I do not know,- Haruka cut her off thoughtfully. - One thing is that we have located this apparatus, but what really worries me is to know if something or someone was inside.

-It could be a simple probe. - Michiru answered, but uncertainly. –

-I do not think so, it has a sort of window and inside it seems to be spacious, at least for a lifeform to fit inside. It's too much like the other time, - her companion said. - It does not seem right to me, I can feel it in my bones.

But her mate did not seem to pay any attention to her, instead  she was looking at the sky without moving. When Haruka made a move to imitate her she was also paralyzed by surprise. Floating several meters above them appeared three humanoid creatures that also observed them. Sailor Uranus whispered to her companion.

-We seem to have an answer. -

-But these are three,- Michiru reminded her, just in case she was on her guard, a gesture that her companion imitated. -

That trio of beings descended gently to the ground. They did not seem worried at the sight of these two humans. They even seemed to converse among themselves in a language unknown to the girls. One pointed them with a strange device that looked like a kind of hollow tube. They both tensed in anticipation of an attack and Haruka could then exclaim.

-Who are you? What do you want?

Although to the surprise of the sailors none of those beings replied but their apparatus did emitted a strange greenish flicker. Expecting the worst, they stepped back a few paces, anticipating the discharge of some kind of energy, yet none of that happened. After a few seconds, those individuals approached. As they approached, they offered a better perspective. Two of them were very tall, perhaps exceeding two meters. They had a large pear-shaped head, with tiny mouths and large bulging eyes, with no expressive features, with a pair of arms longer than normal and sturdy legs. The other was a little shorter, very sturdy, with a pink-toned, rather broad-shouldered tone. His head was smaller, his mouth slightly larger, and his eyes a size more humanlike. It was clear they were aliens. The three of them wore a sort of white overcoat with elongated, beaded shoulder pads and a protector that covered their abdomen and lowered them to their waist, where they wore a curious skirt, which could resemble even the skirt of the sailors' uniform, but perhaps Being composed of a more rigid material. Both girls looked at each other with questioning expression in their eyes and held their fighting position. What they might not have expected was for the lower guy to speak to them in their language.

-So this is the planet called Earth. – Well, well. I hope the universal translator has worked correctly. -Said the shortest of them surprising his listeners.-

And in the meantime he extracted a sort of monocle from somewhere in the interior of his strange breastplate. He ceremoniously placed it against his left temple and seemed to activate it as it immediately emitted a sort of beep and some strange signs began to materialize on its translucent screen.

-We'll see. - He added that being to the gestures of strangeness of both women, more when he observed Haruka, saying. - Fighting force twelve hundred and thirty units, not bad. Let's look at the other creature. She turned her head, watching a stunned Michiru. - Thirty three hundred and sixty units. They must be some kind of soldiers.

 And after a few moments of silence accompanied that last comment of what seemed a smile given that until now the girls would swear that he had not moved his lips, even that he lacked them.

-Who are you? - Michiru wanted to know now, because that she liked less and less. –

- We're just a patrol. - replied that being that seemed funny, when he wanted to know .- Do you protect this planet?

-That's right, - Haruka replied. - We are the Warriors of Justice. Another of you already was here and we gave him his due. I warn you. If you do not leave, you will suffer the same fate as your friend.

But this individual, far from contradicting himself, seemed to be more pleased with the answer. When he approached a few steps moving his head to sentence.

-Well, I have bad news for you, Terrestrial. That one was a simple soldier. We do not. This planet belongs to us from now on and you do not have enough power to stop us.

-We'll see about that. - Michiru replied that she was going to invoke her attack when those two other aliens suddenly disappeared from view. - Where are they now? - She could actually ask, puzzled. -

- They're behind us! - Haruka retorted that throwing herself against her companion  moved her in time of the discharge of each rays of energy that had made those creatures against each one of them. -

The two Sailors rolled on the ground and turned away, watching in disbelief as those beams caused a tremendous explosion as they struck the trees and rocks they reached. The devastation they produced was evident. Now they both looked at each other and nodded, they were not exactly helpless, and it was their turn to prove it.

-World shaking attack! - Invoked Uranus.-

-Deep submerge attack! - shouted her companion at the same time. -

Two marvelous energy balls, golden one and green sea another, set off for their two enemies. These also deviated from their trajectories leaving them to explode in turn devastating part of the surrounding landscape.

-Oh! - Exclaimed the other ally, who was still consulting his visor, apparently with disbelief. - Their attacks have risen above ten thousand units of force each. They are not as weak as they seemed. I understand how they should have killed that explorer. Even so, it is still not enough to defeat us. Even my subordinates will be able to deal with you. - He laughed, who did not seem to have any intention of fighting. -

-Haruka, we must warn the others! We will need your strength! - Michiru urged her companion. -

Sailor Uranus agreed to this by activating a transmitter that she carried hidden, then back to back with her comrade, they prepared for a new attack by their enemies ...

Meanwhile. Several miles away, Setsuna was chatting with Hotaru.

-How about your father?

- He is Okay ... he is lucky working for the Masters Corporation. They give him plenty of free days and we can see each other often. I remember that before, when he was investigating, we hardly had a chance.

-All right at home then, I'm glad. - Her companion smiled. -

-Not all. There's this insidious Kaori. - The girl replied with evident disgust.-

-Come on ... She's not that person anymore, you have to give her a chance. - Her partner asked her with a conciliatory tone. -

- And I'm giving her for now. She's still alive, is not she? - Answered her interlocutor, and it was hard to tell if she was ironic or almost meaningful.- She cannot complain so far.

Setsuna shook her head and smiled slightly. Her partner, despite her young age, was quite inflexible sometimes. She understood the reason for her misgivings in this case, but that could not be good. She had talked about this before with Hotaru. Kaori herself asked her to try to mediate with what was now her stepdaughter. Setsuna promised that she would do what she could. But that baby did not easily gave up. The truth is that it was difficult for her, her father, Dr. Tomoe, had redone his life with another woman after years of being a widower. Maybe the girl could have fit him in any other woman, but precisely Kaori !, her former enemy. The one that bad times made her suffer. Finally, she sighed and was going to say something to Hotaru when she got a call, quickly reacted by parking that other subject and pointing it at her partner.

-Uranus and Neptune must have problems.

-I'll take care. - replied the girl with a concentrated expression. -

-We'll go both. - Added Pluto. -

Though Hotaru shook her head. Declaring.

-I'm all alone. You should go find the other sailors. Do not worry, I'll be fine.

-We do not know how many enemies they can be. - Insisted her interlocutor. - I'm with you. We should not separate.

Realizing that her mate was right, Saturn gave in to it and they both set to hurry to cut the distance between them and their friends. Along the way they caught the echoes of the struggle. Apparently Uranus and Neptune were dealing with powerful enemies. Their companions were already gasping for the effort. These two guys were hard and dodged their attacks well. So far they had been able to do the same. Anyway, those strange beings did not seem to be exhausted.

-If they do not come soon, Hotaru and Setsuna, we'll have a bad time. - Michiru could say that she tried to breathe deeply and quickly, to try to oxygenate her lungs as quickly as possible.-

-We will have a bad time? Really? Did this sound like a picnic to you? - Her companion smirked as she devoted her attention to her adversary. Trying to recover the breath. - Have a hard time, you say ...

-I mean really bad. - She gasped, not even looking away from her rivals.-

-You're right about that. We cannot resist much more. - Agreed Haruka in a more seriously voice.-

-Well, well. - Interposed that other alien guy with a tone of fun and condescending. - It was not bad at all. I must admit that you have fought well, to be human, of course. But unfortunately we must finish you already. We have no time to lose, men.

-In case you have not noticed." Michiru corrected him. We are women. That would be the most appropriate term.-

-Women? – Repeat  that astonished extraterrestrial that soon added burlesque. - Ah, I forgot that your species is so primitive that it still has sexual reproduction.

-But what does this idiot say? - Haruka replied with all the intention of her adversary listening. -

-Well, he's coming to say he has no sex. - Michiru explained. -

-That is logical, seeing his face.- Uranus smiled more broadly. -

-Do not be so hard on him, He is one guy who does not have any discrimination against us.- Michiru smiled. - He has not said anything about us being weak little women ... or some stupidity like that.

-It is clear that we cannot really call him a sexist. Something good had to have the jerk! - Her companion sarcastically agreed.-

She had almost finished saying that when the two of his rivals began to accumulate energy. The sailors feared the worst, although suddenly that guy who seemed to lead the group gestured them to stop indicating with some prevention as he consulted his visor.

-I read three more energies, near here. One of them is quite powerful. They are very close and approaching. Two of them are at one hundred and twenty degrees southeast of our position. They are the closest.

The other two aliens also turned, consulting their respective monocles in the direction in which they pointed out to them. Soon they saw two silhouettes similar to those of the earthlings. Fortunately for the sailors they were their companions who arrived in fighting attitude. Both exhibited respectively Setsuna´s Scepter Garnet, an elongated staff finished in an orb whose color gave its name to the weapon and Hotaru´s Spear of Silence, a rod surmounted by two powerful crab claw-shaped blades, pointing at these aliens.

-Combat force one thousand two hundred and fifty units - read that guy by consulting his visor while watching Setsuna. - Three thousand four hundred and thirty units! He exclaimed now as he turned his attention to Hotaru. How is it possible ? She is a smaller female!

-You should not be fooled by appearances. - Said Haruka adding with patented relief to address the newcomers. - We were already missing you girls. We had a busy afternoon.

There was no response time from her companions who were attacked by two beams of energy from those other two mute creatures. Just as their colleagues had done, both Setsuna and Hotaru had been able to dodge the lightning. Rather they turned on themselves respectively the Scepter Garnet and the Spear of Silence creating a propeller movement with which they diverted them. The surprise of those aliens must have been great although by their absence of facial expressions they did not demonstrate it.

-Death Scream! - Setsuna replied saying the name of her attack in a low voice, to throw a huge ball of energy. -

-Twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty units! Be careful! - The leader warned his subordinates who dodged the big ball.

Although apparently that was what the sailors waited for, smiling with some malice was Hotaru that now attacked with ...

-Death Revolution!

-What? - The alien leader exclaimed, horrified consulting his visor. - Get over forty-five thousand units! It cannot be!

A tremendous ball of energy hit this time to the aliens who were thrown to the ground, apparently in a terrible state. These two were no longer in a position to continue fighting. Thus the sailors made it notice to their chief, more when it was the own Hotaru the one that declared without contemplations.

-Surrender or be destroyed!

-Ah, ha! - He laughed at the answer. - It will not be so easy with me. I am much stronger than those useless two. I am the captain of the great Gralas exploring patrol. You cannot beat me.

-What? - Michiru told herself aloud, looking at Setsuna and Haruka, to add. - I swear I heard that name before.

-Yes, I think so, too. But when? - Pluto agreed, but she could not remember it either. -

- That explorer. I remember now! He quoted that name. - Haruka commented with astonishment. – Remember what the son of the future of Roy and Bertie told us ...

-You die! - Exclaimed this guy, concentrating energy and throwing a powerful jet against the girls.

-Watch out! - Hotaru warned that Setsuna quickly escaped from the course of that attack, although both could not avoid being affected by the blast.-

Haruka and Michiru were barely able to lie down to avoid the rest of that energy that crashed several hundred yards behind them, producing an explosion that made the surrounding soil vibrate, including the one the sailors occupied.

-Girls ... Are you okay? - Michiru asked her companions without any response. -

The alien was laughing now, resting his hands on his hips in triumph. Two of his enemies were wounded, especially Hotaru who, in spite of projecting his Shield of Silence, could not stop all the power of that otherwise fatal blast. The young sailor held her right arm with her left arm, seemed to bleed profusely, and tried to stand up hard. Setsuna, on the other hand, had a lot of bruises and bleeding in turn from some superficial wound, but it seemed to be in best condition.

-Damned! - Haruka snapped counterattacking with almost all the remaining forces. - World Shaking!

            But her rival did not dodge her energetic ball, he simply stopped it with both hands and turned it upwards until it burst harmlessly into the atmosphere, illuminating the surrounding terrain for a moment.

-Oh, ridiculous, - said that guy with disdain. -

Setsuna as she had lifted Hotaru in her arms, who seemed to be about to faint and left her in a hollow, protected at least from a frontal attack. Her companion looked seriously harmed. She wanted to take care of her wounds, though they must first defeat their enemy rather than think of something else. She looked at Michiru and made a gesture, the other sailor seemed to understand her without speaking. Pluto then raised her staff shouting.

-Now Michiru! -

            Her companion was about to launch her attack on the enemy. But when he was about to scape, Setsuna shouted back. Invoking his power.

-Stop time!

Everything was then motionless except for Pluto and her companion. Michiru was able to advance to a distance of few meters of her opponent and there to discharge her attack. She had time to roll away and Setsuna resumed the time current. For the alien things were very different. Without realizing how or when he was wounded by the attack of his enemy and was seriously injured when he received it at that short distance and with his guard down. Now it was Haruka who filled with rage approached in an attempt to finish him off when that being, despite everything spat.

-Do you believe that you have won?  You are so naive! Unfortunately for you we are not alone. Another warrior came with us to this planet, and he will soon return as soon as he senses what is happening.

-We'll deal with him in the same way. - Uranus replied without taking a step. - Now it's your turn.

So Sailor Uranus was not ready to wait any longer. Moreover, in case a new enemy appeared. She was already preparing her attack again when her opponent replied almost amused.

-He's much stronger than I am.- Idiots.

- Look! - Michiru pointed to the sky as she helped to join Setsuna, visibly weakened by her earlier effort to stop time. -

-Oh, no! - Haruka shuddered as she looked in that direction. -

Sure enough, that warrior had arrived, dressed in armor similar to the others, but he had a completely human and normal appearance. Well, if that huge height, close to two meters, was discarded, and that dark brown hair that rose defying gravity as if he wanted to group together forming lanceolate limbs. His two legs and arms were extremely muscular and his skin was tan, as if he had received a good tanning session. Another detail that did not escape to the girls was that he seemed to carry rolled a kind of belt of the same tonality to the one of his hair. That guy landed on the ground a few feet from them and the sailors could see that he looked even attractive, square-chinned, brown-eyed, and stern. They'd even swear they'd seen that face before, somewhere.

-You're lost now. Their opponent smiled with amusement, pointing to his new companion. - His combat strength is incalculable even for my device.

-I cannot even get away to recognize the terrain without you being beaten up. - The newcomer grinned nonchalantly. He spoke the language of the girls without difficulty as he analyzed with his visor his enemies to say. - And that's why you forced me back? - Not all of them added up to nine thousand units.

-We were almost finished with them,- replied his companion, who was trying to drag him to him. - Help me and we'll sweep them off the planet.

-Between the two of us? - Asked the warrior in a sneer to sentence. -Do not make me laugh! I do not need you at all! Farewell gang of useless!

And to the surprise and horror of the sailors that guy threw a beam of energy against his own companion reducing him to ashes. Extending both arms to the sides did the same with the other two who were on the ground. The Uranus Warrior was the first to recover from that, since that lightning first passed very close to her and had to throw herself to the ground and make several somersaults to avoid the explosion.

-He has destroyed his own comrades! - She cried, unable to believe it. -

-Imagine what he will do with us if we give him the opportunity. - Michiru called on her mates for attacking that new and terrible adversary. - Let's go to the attack!

Haruka joined her and both energy balls converged on their rival, who did not seem to make any attempt to pull away. On the contrary, he stared at them and smiled broadly. To the astonishment of the warriors he stopped both balls with each of his hands and made them explode, receiving the direct impact of them. The power of the explosion was such that they all were affected except Hotaru who was kept covered where Setsuna left her. But both Michiru and Haruka, already exhausted and also receiving part of this explosion like Setsuna herself, still weakened, were barely able to rise. It was Pluto that, somewhat better, aimed at that place with her own attack and unloaded it against the target, when the dust and the remnants of shells from the explosion had not yet dissipated. Again another explosion of considerable force resounded in that place, the young woman fell on her knees leaning in her rod to try to get up. Although to her horror, once the effects of this last explosion had dissipated, she observed that individual who, unharmed, watched them without altering the expression of his countenance, amusing and scrutinizing. Setsuna looked around, her two closest companions unable to get up. Hotaru also seemed to be growing weaker. There was no time to lose. She had no choice but to be the one who, rising, raised her scepter and shrieked again with exhaustion.

-Dead ... Scream!

Another sphere of scarlet light rushed toward that warrior who, once more, received it, holding it now with both hands. Setsuna, already bending one knee to the ground by the exhaustion, could observe that, incredulous of what she saw. Although to her astonishment Hotaru in spite of everything had gotten up and launched a new barrage with her special attack. But that did not seem to surprise to that guy who to see approaching the other ball of energy he  threw the one of Setsuna to them meeting the other and making them both explode in the air. Now it was the sailors who were most affected, all fell to the ground. The warrior Pluto, however, remained conscious. She could scarcely look impotently at the rest of her friends who were lying down, apparently senseless or worse. But she did not have much time to mourn for them. That warrior was walking towards her position with wide and sure steps. In a supreme effort of courage and pride the girl stood up once again using her scepter and was about to invoke her special power to stop time. That would probably cost her life in her state, but if any of her companions could attack, at least they would have a chance. Or they would die fighting. But the man was faster than she was. Before she could react, her rival only seized Setsuna's scepter and wrested it from her weakened hands when, in his grave and powerful voice, now tinged with some concern and even respect, he exhorted her.

-Stop! Eat this. It will help you.

The sailor could not even reply, she could feel her eyes clouded, she was lost more blood now from some wound that had opened up as a result of the previous explosions and she was very weak. She could not stop him from taking her in his arms and depositing her on a rock. Helplessly, she felt him hold her mouth with one hand and introduce something with the other. Maybe he wanted to drug her or poison her. She tried to spit it out, but that guy closed her lips, forcing her to move her jaw as he pressed her with a certain tone between resigned and annoyed by her attitude.

-Eat this, do not be so stubborn, damn it!

Setsuna had no choice but to chew it, chewed it, although it tasted familiar. To her own astonishment she noticed a placid sensation at the moment, a new force invading her body and invigorating her, suddenly feeling fully recovered and able to rise in disbelief. But even then her defensive instinct and her warrior character impelled her to pick up her scepter with both hands and to stand guard in front of her enemy. The man then gave her a look that even seemed inquisitive. He could see that woman, totally disheveled, in her bloodied uniform and shredded to face her eyes to his. Her crimson lips curved into a stern, defiant expression, and in those garnet eyes she had directed directly at his, the determination and spirit of struggle shone evenly. At the same time the girl's chest rose and fell rapidly with deep breaths preparing that female body with a good dose of adrenaline for another imminent combat. That guy smiled with obvious satisfaction, that he liked. That woman and the rest, of course, were not what they had been told him to be. They even reminded him of his own people. Proud warriors who would rather die than step back into battle. According to their data, humans were not that brave or possessed that combative spirit. It was at that moment when a flash came to his head, staring into the eyes of that warrior, her face and her determination reminded him ... He shook his head as if wanting to get out of that kind of trance. He was able to recover and nodded respectfully, being able to say to his adversary.

-I do not want to fight you. I did not come for that.

-You are one of them! - Pluto accused him that he did not seem to believe in the words of his interlocutor. - What did you come then?

-You'd better give this to your friends or  they will die.- He replied with more dryness now. - And if I were you I would hurry ... from what I perceive in their energy auras they do not have much time left.

Having said this, he pulled a small bag of leather-like material from between the folds of his armor and threw it at Setsuna. This one caught that on flight. Now the girl was puzzled. Pluto had to admit that the man had saved her, If he had wanted to kill her that would have been so easy for him. Then she nodded slowly, sure enough, and holding her scepter now in one hand, headed for Hotaru. The girl was very ill, barely semi-conscious. Setsuna managed to kneel beside her and raise her head lovingly with one hand, open her mouth with the other and put a bean inside. Then, just as the man did to her, she helped her companion to chew, even more gently. Then she laid her down as comfortably as she could and repeated the operation with Haruka and Michiru. This guy watched her with visible interest crossing his powerful arms at chest height and with one foot on a rock. He seemed unable to believe the change that had taken place in that woman, to adopt such a combative pose and to exude strength and aggressiveness in that sweet, maternal way of even treating her fallen comrades.

-You are very brave. What's your name? - He wanted to know. -

-I am the guardian of the Portal of space-time and protector of the outer Solar System, warrior and princess of Pluto. - She replied calmly that she devoted more attention to the recovery of her companions than to the talk with that stranger. -

Fortunately those beans made their desired effect, both Saturn, Uranus and Neptune regained consciousness and rose, at first slowly, but then more quickly as they realized that they were fully recovered. At once they discovered their enemy and prepared to be on guard, but it was Setsuna herself who dissuaded them with a gesture from her right hand, while wielding her scepter with her left.

-Who are you? - Haruka inquired of the stranger, not exactly in good manners. -What do you want?

-You're welcome ...- he smiled briefly. -

-As far as we are concerned you are still an enemy - Michiru said, joining her companion. -

That giant seemed to sigh for a long time as if trying to gather a good dose of patience to finally reply.

-If I were your enemy you would be reduced to dust by now instead of blustering.

-Do you want to bet? - Haruka replied with a half-smile and again on guard, seconded by Michiru and Hotaru who even pointed to that guy with his recovered Silence spear. -

-Stop it! -Setsuna energetically  told them to the surprise of their own companions. -

Although the cry of Pluto did not arrive in time to stop Hotaru that already had pounced on that individual with her spear. That happened at breakneck speed. They could barely follow it with their eyes. However, to the astonishment of all he let her arrive and with an unprecedented speed drew a large sword that led to his back. When both arms collided, there was a kind of ringing and sparks. Hotaru fell back on her own volley to fall to her feet for a couple of yards with her spear and her opponent crossed the sword he carried on his chest in a defensive position as he sentenced.

-Be careful with that kid, or you'll hurt yourself. I said I do not want to fight against you. - And to emphasize that, he reheated his sword again. -

-I am the warrior of destruction and change, Sailor Saturn. - She replied alarmingly, facing her violet eyes without shame to his. –

Nevertheless Hotaru relaxed her guard and happened to use her spear like staff. Both Haruka and Michiru also gave up their offensive attitude and introduced themselves in turn, while Setsuna faced the man asking.

-And, who are you? We have already presented ourselves. And being a friend or an enemy, it is not polite to not do it.

The man seemed to agree to it by nodding to answer.

-I am a space warrior. The saiyajin people. My name is Lornd, of the Deveget  family and I am the king of the planet New Vegeta.

The sailors looked at each other in amazement. Now they remembered! More, when that man added.

-I came with those guys of Gralas because I'm on a mission, but not to conquer this planet, what I want is to find someone.

-To find who? - Michiru wanted to know. -

-To find another saiyajin, who, according to my inquiries, must be in this world. If you are the protectors of this planet it is almost impossible that you do not know of its existence.

-And who does not tell us that you come here to kill that other warrior and you have forgiven our lives so that we trust you and tell you where he is? - Haruka argued with suspicion. -

-It is true. No one can tell you otherwise. - Lornd conceded, but he fought back. - Although it would not be difficult for me, sooner or later feel his strength. With or without your help. If you know it you will know that he must have immense energy.

-Possibly much bigger than yours. - Michiru almost intervened. -

-Possibly. Yes. - He nodded without being affected by it. - But I will like to check it, as I did before with you.

That provoked the looks of amazement and even disapproval of the warriors.

-So you were hanging out with us,  using us as toys. - Setsuna reproached him.-

 Lornd held her gaze unthinkingly and patiently explained.

-I wanted to know if there were really powerful warriors in this world. That would explain why Gralas is so obsessed with destroying this planet.

-Who is that Gralas? We believe we have heard that name already. - Pluto wanted to know, now with visible curiosity, like her companions. -

-I suppose you should have destroyed a sort of expeditionary force of his recently. - The warrior guessed, giving them a decisive clue when he added. - A meteor rain.

-Roy and the others told us something similar. - Haruka conceded thoughtfully to add in surprise, as if she matched the pieces. - So it was an attempt of invasion.

-And before that we ended up with another of those guys, who said he was an explorer - Michiru told him.-

-Yes effectively. - Lornd confirmed to them and starting to explain, with all the attention of the girls put now on him. - His plan was to launch an expeditionary group carried by ships that looked like asteroids, once here they would disembark and take over this world. According to the reports that this tyrant handled, the resistance would be minimal, but surprisingly his troops were defeated. That annoyed him a lot. He decided to send an advance, but that disappeared without a trace. So he wanted to send those three guys you fought against and me - he clarified to add. - We had to inform him, to prepare the ground, and perhaps to ask for reinforcements, I am no longer aware of more.

-And how do you explain that you came with them and then destroyed them?- Setsuna inquired now with a certain severity in the tone. -

-I managed to infiltrate myself into their ranks by passing me through a mercenary of the many that savage hired. Believe me, I have many business to settle with him. But I do not know exactly where he is. He makes his operations always resorting to intermediaries. Further, On learning of the defeat of their troops, I supposed that only very powerful warriors could have defeated them. That's why I wanted to see you fight. It could be you or someone else. And since the forces that Gralas sent were far more powerful than the three you fought with I must deduce that there are warriors stronger than you in this world. I'm wrong?

-No, you're not wrong. - Setsuna had to admit that she now seemed satisfied with that explanation. -That is the true.

-Then trust me if I tell you that it is very important that you locate those other warriors. What I have to tell them cannot wait. - He assured.-

Both the guardian of Time and the rest looked at each other without knowing what to do. What if Roy's whereabouts were revealed to him and it was a trap? But what if he had told them the truth and the fate of the Earth depended on that saiyajin contact with Roy and the others? Although Haruka and Michiru did not have a clue about what to do. Setsuna herself hesitated trying to decide, she was thinking of a conversation that she had with Usagi, or rather, Queen Serenity herself, because she talked about it. Even so, she did not know if her sovereign was referring to this situation. Both she and the others looked at each other in confusion, though it was surprisingly Hotaru who, fixing her eyes on the man, who held her gaze without hesitation, smiled faintly and declared.

-I think we can trust him.

-Are you sure about that, Hotaru? - Uranus questioned her with visible disbelief. -

-You can never be completely sure. - Opposed enigmatically her interlocutor, although she added. -But I do not think his eyes deceive me.-

Lornd bowed slightly in gratitude. So that he still revealed to them something else.

-All I know is that if this advanced would failed Gralas had issued orders for a more forceful action against this planet. When these individuals fail to inform him, He will assume that they have been eliminated and he will initiate that phase of his plan.

-What plan? - Michiru was interested to know. -

-I do not know. That's the problem, I would have wanted these guys to have told me. - Lornd lamented thinking that perhaps he acted very impulsively to liquidate them. - I should have yanked them out ...

-And maybe not kill them when they could not defend themselves. That does not seem very honorable. - Haruka accused him.-

            His interlocutor said nothing, for a moment he was silent. The situation seemed tense at times. But at last he admitted.

-No, it was not honorable. You are right. But believe me when I say that those miserable ones did not deserve to be treated with honor.

-In that we certainly agree. - The warrior Uranus conceded.-

-And as for my question. What could you tell me? - He insisted.-

-We can return to our base, but the ones you are looking for, they live much further from here. - Setsuna told him at last. -

- Could you take me to them? - The warrior asked. -

-Yes, - she replied.- However, It is a long journey.

- I do not think so if we use my capsule-  he said, tucking one of his hands and activating something hidden under his armor. -

Instantly that great ball Haruka had seen half buried vibrated and rose from the hollow to float near a few feet above the ground. Meanwhile that warrior seemed to be adjusting his belt.

-Excuse me for a moment, I've been numb for days. - He asked. –

To the surprise of the girls what they had previously taken by a belt untied itself and rose in the air going to be placed in the back of that guy's back. Hotaru was the first to notice with some astonishment.

-What a big tail!

The expression of her companions was worth seeing, between the blush, the surprise and the incredulity. Sailor Uranus as always took advantage of that situation and she flaunted her caustic comments on what subjects, she declared amusing.

-I thought that when people talked about tails in men, people were referring to something else.

-Oh, shut up Haruka! You're always with the same. - Cut her Michiru who did not seem very likely to continue in that chat. -

-It looks pretty to me,-  she said, satisfied with the effect of her words. -

The saiyan looked at them strangely to ask in turn.

-I see humans have no tail. At least the females. I'm wrong?

-Well, the boys do have them, but I do not think they're like yours. - Uranus added, and all of this seemed to her to be a fertilized field to continue her joking. -

What shocked her was the reply of the man, who answered indifferently.

-In my world both males and females have tails. It is a very important part. We use it often.

-That's what I'd like to see. - Haruka whispered to Michiru who now smiled amused. -

-What is more, - smiled the saiyan. - Formerly it was our weak point. If a space warrior was grabbed by his tail, he would lose all his strength.

- So, ¡you're just the same as men here! - Michiru laughed. -

-We've been through it for a long time. - Said proudly Lornd who even offered them with naturalness for greater blush of all. - You can take mine and you will see how nothing happens.

-Better not, but thank you. - Haruka could turn around so she did not laugh at him right there. -

-I do want to try. - Said innocently Hotaru who for her age did not follow that conversation in the same way as her companions or perhaps the same saiyan. -

Although it was Setsuna who cut the way to the girl to say with a more serious tone, trying to overcome the blush that now seized.

-Enough nonsense. We have an urgent mission to fulfill. I already told you that I will go with you, but tell me, saiyajin, Can we go on that ball? - She wanted to know pointing to that artifact that, to the amazement of the girls had been placed on their heads to few meters of height.

Lornd, observing the surprise gestures of his interlocutors, explained to them as he returned to twist his tail.

-It's an interspatial capsule, it has enough capacity for one occupant, although in emergency cases can fit two.

-And how? - Haruka became interested in a smile that seemed a bit mischievous, but when the saiyan replied in this case addressing Pluto in resigned tone. -

-I must carry you on my knees.-

-Oh, that's good! - Laughed again Uranus adding fun. - I'd like to see Setsuna climb onto a man's knee. Especially one with that big ... tail.

-I am a guardian of the space-time portal, servant to his Highness King Endymion, Queen Serenity and Little Lady! I am Princess Pluto! Not a little girl! - Retorted the interpellated, who did not seem at all interested in that way of traveling. But as she made her way towards Saturn, she lowered that sharp tone she had used for a softer one to add. - I beg you not to take it for an offense Hotaru.

She shook her head in an imperturbable way, she wasn´t bothering about it, while Lornd replied in a proud tone.

-And I am the king of the Saiyajin !, direct descendant of the great King Vegeta! I do not serve as an armchair for anyone. Anyway, the trip will be brief, this planet is small. And what is at stake is more important than your reluctance or mine.

That seemed to convince Pluto that she nodded. Lornd then drew some kind of remote control from his armor and pressing a button made a door of the capsule, hidden from view, open. He levitated up and before he entered he offered to his traveling companion.

-Do you need me to get you up here?

By all answer the alluded made a jump as elegant as feline and ascended right up to the opening. Standing in balance with one foot on the frame of the entrance and supporting her scepter inside that capsule. The Saiyajin nodded approvingly as the sailor now turned to her companions.

-Go back to the headquarters and report this to the others.-  They must know. As soon as you can join us.

The others nodded and started to walk away without looking back. Lornd  the  asked to the Sailor.

-With your permission. I must get in.

Setsuna was able to pull away just enough for her companion to get into the small ship and when he sat down she had to do the same on her knees. The girl felt his thighs appear to be steel. Her weight should not mean that warrior nothing at all. Lornd, of course, felt her light and soft to the touch, and he could feel the warmth of her too. Disturbing her the least possible, he closed the door of the capsule and asked.

-Ready? Let's speed it up.

She nodded and he activated the ship, which in a few seconds accelerated at a great speed. That way it would be a matter of a few minutes to cross the ocean to their destination. Both of them, they were keeping an uncomfortable silence. Setsuna now remembered the conversations she had with Usagi. One of them was at the wedding party of her friends ... She chatted with Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru, as well as the Saturn´s father, Dr. Tomoe. At that moment Usagi greeted them jovially. After rejoicing to see the doctor went to Pluto and asked her.

-Do you have a moment? I would like to talk to you…

-Of course. – Answered Setsuna.-

The two of them moved away a little from the bustle, it was Usagi who commented nonchalantly.

-This party is great. And I'm very happy for our friends. They will form new families. That is always very nice.

-Well, you must have no envy. There is little left to Mamoru and you to do the same. - Setsuna smiled. -

-I do not know. - Usagi could reply, getting a little red. - It still depends on many things. But we would be very excited. When it is possible. By the way, have you talked to Chibiusa?

-Yes, a little while ago. I was very happy to see her, she has grown a lot. - Pluto said -

           

            Usagi stared at her fellow woman and her face became more serious. When she asked to her.

-And you? Have you ever considered the possibility of forming a family?

            That took Setsuna by surprise. Usagi was well aware of her role as guardian of the solar system and of the space-time portal. Even so she shook her head and answered.

-My functions as a warrior do not give me the chance to be with anyone.

-But some boy would have liked you. Well, I mean ... I suppose you like men, do not you? - She asked, with some caution.- If I may ask you ...

            The warrior Pluto felt somewhat violent. She did not know the reason for this kind of interrogation. But when she heard her interlocutor speak, she perceived that she was not frivolous. That was not the tone Usagi would use to gossip about handsome guys or anything like that. There had to be something else there. So she stared at that blond girl and her eyes met hers. Then, more seriously, Setsuna asked.

-Where do you want to go, Your Majesty? - I assure you that none of this has ever been interposed or will ever interfere with my mission.

-And what is your mission? - She asked candidly, as if she were not familiar with it.-

-You know very well. Protect you, King Endymion and the little Lady. And watch the space-time portal. Although now sealed by the power of Kronos, I cannot lost the sight of it.

            Her friend sighed, it seemed that she had to say something very important and that she was gathering the courage to do it. That way finally Usagi stated.

-Your Majesty King Endymion, and I, as Queen Serenity, have to ask you a great favor. A great service if you prefer. It is something very sacrificed, and besides, you will not be able to comment with anyone, except with the king and I. And I repeat, no one else. At least until you fulfill the assignment that we have to assign you. And it will be something that will take you a long, long time.

-Time is something that has never bothered me,- she smiled faintly. - And if it is for the sake of the future of the Kingdom of Tokyo Crystal Neo, Earth and the Solar System, I will do whatever you ask. My own life is at your disposal, if that is what it is. - She asserted with total commitment.-

            Although to her surprise, that girl seemed to speak again as Usagi now, since she laughed by taking a hand to the neck and exclaimed.

-Well, woman ... It's not that bad! I assure you it will not be any drama ...

            Setsuna was staring at her with her mouth open, she was really very disconcerted. In that Mamoru joined them. The young man greeted politely and was once caught up in the conversation that the two of them were holding, he declared in a playful tone.

-You will see Setsuna, we have meditated at length and in our opinion you are the only one qualified to carry out this mission successfully.

-As I told your Majesty the Queen. I am at your entire disposal. - Replied the sailor. -

 -Well, now is not the time to inform you or give you details. Later we will do it, - said his interlocutor. -

-And when should I receive instructions? - The girl wanted to know.-

-You will know, no doubt about it. - Usagi smiled with a hand on her friend's right shoulder. - In due time ... as you like to say.

            After that, they actually met again. And this time Usagi looked like the queen of the future, adopting those galas of the Silver Millennium. Mamoru in turn dressed as his last incarnation of Endymion. They made her sit in that strange space of Heaven that that white magician let them use. Once assembled, it was Usagi, or rather Serenity, who spoke.

-We know that soon, a mighty warrior will come to this planet. The source of such information is highly confidential. You just have to believe what we tell you.

-Is he a friend or an enemy? - Pluto wanted to know. -

            It was then that her sovereigns exchanged some rather significant looks between them and it was Endymion who answered her.

-Well, that will largely depend on you. You will be in charge of making contact with him.

-I must begin diplomatic relations then. Is that? - She asked, trying to understand that.-

- You must do whatever is within your power to assure us of his friendship. He is someone of the highest hierarchy. Our equal. - Serenity replied, extending the gesture to his partner. - And we would like you to be in a position to guarantee an alliance with him and his people.

-But my queen.  - Could reply the astonished warrior. - Mine is not diplomacy. My mission is ...

-Your mission is to protect life and ensure peace in this solar system. - Cut her Endymion adding in even a solemn tone . - Get to win that man and you have taken a great step to achieve your mission.

- In fact, we will exclude you from any other responsibility and work than that. You will count with absolute freedom. We give you our entirely trust Setsuna, you're the only one able to get it. And believe us when we tell you that we are jeopardizing too many things. Your task will be crucial for the future of things and could guarantee a future of peace for many worlds ...

            Pluto then stood up with her mouth open. She did not expect her task to become so vital! She nodded slowly and could muster.

-I will do everything in my power to avoid disappointing you. You have my word of Guardian and Princess Pluto ... Although this is very strange.

- We understand and appreciate your loyalty. Keep in mind that from now on. When it comes to the other warriors and the rest of the people, this conversation has never happened, you have no mission entrusted by us and in fact we will deny to anyone the commission we have given you . The same as you must do. You can only speak of this with freedom when we are alone the three of us. Or when you're with one of us without a witness. You will have to be very discreet and control any hint of emotion that could betray your mission. Do you understand?

-Yes, Your Majesty-  she said flatly. -

            After that, they separated and did not talk about it again. Now she understood to whom Their Majesties had referred. She meditated on this when she realized that, perhaps, they had not started too well. So she decided to break the ice with a question that seemed either made for information or purely courtesy.

-So those viewers you carry are used to calculate the energy of an opponent?

-Yes, although you cannot be sure, - he objected to explain. - There are beings, such as yourselves or myself who can deceive them. We can regulate our fighting force or concentrate it at will. That's what those idiots did not know. For example. - He explained as he adjusted the viewfinder. - Now I am beginning to detect several important forces in the direction we are going.

Setsuna could not help thinking that it must have been Roy and the others. They were so strong that even when in rest position they should emit considerable power. And if that apparatus was capable of capturing hers and her fellow sailors, what would it not does with those warriors! The girl then dared to ask.

-Let me take a look. Please.

-Of course, - said the saiyan, who handed her the device, instructing her next. - You must adjust it in your temple, support it with care and when you have the eye in the central part of the lens touch the red button that is in the support. This will put the machine in scanner mode. It will make an automatic sweep of any detachable force. I have it programmed to detect forces above 1,000 units. Even if I tell you the truth, I did not think there were any superiors on this planet. Not in such abundance, of course.

-You must not underestimate the inhabitants of Earth. - She replied with patronizing satisfaction following her indications. -

To Setsuna's astonishment, she once did as Lornd told her, in a three-dimensional mode strange characters appeared on the screen that danced at a high speed until they were still. Then these were dwarfed and other similar characters repeated the same operation reducing their size in turn and placing themselves above the previous ones. Both groups of strange forms, similar to runes, had two triangles pointing forward with their longer vertex. She informed the warrior of what she had seen, he asked for the device back. Setsuna gave it to him and Lornd translated it.

-You have detected two great forces. Twenty three thousand five hundred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred units. Wow !. This promises! Wait, another three more that exceed fifteen thousand units have appeared. There is no doubt, they must be the ones I am seeking. At least my goal must be counted among them.

The capsule cut the hundreds of kilometers of ocean at high speed, soon this one was put behind and they saw the American continent. Traveling from west to east, they were hurrying toward the target. Suddenly the ship stopped abruptly when the sources of the power that guided them seemed to disappear.

-How weird! - said the warrior consulting his visor without result. - It's like they've been volatilized.

-They'll probably be distended and their forces down.- Setsuna pointed out that she took the opportunity to ask her interlocutor. - When we locate them I hope you do not want to mount a pitched battle to see if they are as strong as you imagine. Remember that we are going to a city with millions of inhabitants, not a deserted steppe.

-It will not be necessary to deploy too much power. - It was the only and elusive response that he received, but soon the visor was reactivated indicating a pair of forces that exceeded the thirty thousand units. - I have them - smiled the saiyan to immediately resume the march of his capsule to that signal .- Setting course of interception ...

Hundreds of miles away, Diamond, Sapphire, Nephrite, Ail, Tom, and Roy groups were played among them the closest thing to a basketball game inside the garden of Bertie and Roy´s house. The girls were sitting comfortably in chairs sipping refreshments and chatting excitedly. In the meantime they enjoyed the spectacle of seeing their respective pairs, naked in torso up, in shorts and fighting for the possession of a ball. It was Cooan who was talking to her sister Petz.

-I see that Sapphire is very changed, I do not know, I see him play with his brother and he seems to have a lot of fun, I remember that in Nemesis he was very serious.

-Well, if you saw Diamante now! - Intervened Esmeralda with a big smile that shone how happy the girl looked. - I had never heard him make such jokes. Roy must have taught him.

-Yes, - agreed Petz, nodding with the same laughing expression, - now they seem totally different, the whole group is very close - she rifled, watching the boys. - They look like children!

More specifically now Ail and Nephrite, who behaved as if they were children indeed, tried to take the ball from the prince of Nemesis who, laughing, had begun to emit energy.

-Hey, Diamond! - Admonished Nephrite pretending disgruntled. - You cannot use the technique "Kaio Ken" to avoid that we take you the ball off!

- And in what part of the regulation is prohibited to use this technique? - He wanted to know  with a funny expression.-

- In the same one that says nothing of not being able to become super saiyajin and I do not do it, you shamelessness! - Roy replied with the same joking. - As long as you do not pay for dinner, you cannot be such stingy.

-Hey! My brother is not cheating. - Tried Sapphire to explain. - We are giving this game a different approach.

-More like a workout. Right? - Said Tom, who was in the same team as the brothers. -

-There is. Similar to when we trained up there.-  Diamond smiled, now shining redder as he tried to get rid of Ail's harassment, which in turn emitted a faint aura between blue and green. - This is what is called an exercise of concentration and skill ...

The girls attended this conversation without being able to stop laughing. Ann cradling her baby must have whispered something to Amanda, Nephrite's partner, because she laughed heartily. Esmeralda was going to say something to Bertie, too, though the telephone inside the house rang and the hostess got up to answer. When the girl took it down she was glad to recognize Ami's voice, but her smile soon faded when the sailor told her the reason for her call. From the porch, Esmeralda was the only one to notice the sudden change in his expression, when she saw her hang up, she went to her.

-Is everything all right, Bertie? -She wanted to know with a strange gesture. -

-Quick! We have to tell the kids to stop playing and get ready. - Urged her interlocutor to the amazement of Esmeralda. -

But that was not going to be necessary anymore. Roy himself went from smiling to standing still and with a serious expression. The rest of the boys, too. They had felt something. As a single man the group looked up to the sky, there they saw a kind of metalized sphere. Soon a door of the same opened and they could observe two silhouettes, mainly one, appreciably bigger, to descend towards its position. They realized that he was a huge guy, as tall as Diamond, and sturdier than Roy himself, with a long mane of dark brown hair and a sword tied behind his back.

-Who are you? - Roy wanted to know, warning himself, as did the rest of his astonished companions. –

That guy did not answer. It was Diamond who insisted on approaching this stranger with a tone between warned and somewhat ironic.

-Hey buddy, we were playing a game. Do you want to play with us?

Although the answer came from an alarmed Roy who warned him.

-Diamond, watch out!

Before he could react the stranger had already given him a blow that threw the prince into the nearest hedges. To the horror of all present the prince showed no signs of reacting. His brother Safire and Emerald ran towards him, while Nephrite and Ail prepared themselves by rapidly increasing their energies to respond to that unjustified attack. Then Lornd said with a half-smile.

-You have combat forces of more than two hundred thousand units. This seems interesting.

The two friends threw themselves against that warrior, giving him his best blows, one on each side. To the astonishment of all present their enemy blocked them with one arm to each one and at greater speed of which they could follow grabbed them causing them to collide with each other. The blow was so strong that the two fell to the ground unconscious. Now it was Roy who, astonished and furious, concentrated his energies. Although Tom was also willing to help him, but his friend shouted at him.

-Do not even think about it! You cannot do anything.

The Saiyajin did not flinch when the lower, less powerful human, got a few feet in a fighting stance. But his visor did detect a few meters more energy that rose unstoppably. It was Sapphire who was preparing an attack while Esmeralda was trying to revive Diamond.

-How about the technique of master Son Goku's Kame ha me"! - He nodded, placing both hands turned to his right hip and producing a ball of bluish energy.

-Very interesting. - Replied the guy who kept watching danced the numbers of his device as he sang aloud. - Three hundred thousand combat force ... four hundred thousand units and increasing ...

-Stop! - Roy yelled at him.-

In the meantime Petz had run to her boyfriend, shouting in fear as she placed both hands on the boy's shoulder.

-Safire No! You can destroy the whole apple.

The boy, visibly furious, nevertheless had the restraint he needed to calm himself. His girlfriend was right. He could not use that attack there. Too many innocent people could be affected. That huge fellow smiled then, giving him a look that seemed mocking, then faced Roy who stared at him stupefied and demanded.

-You, show me what you can do.

By all answer Roy became super saiyajin. Although this did not seem intimidating to his rival who read once again the data he obtained from his viewfinder.

-Not bad. Your strength has increased to two million units.

-If you want to fight, we will fight! - Said the man, raising a menacing fist. - But not here.

At that moment came the other silhouette that had taken to get off that capsule, everyone recognized her as Setsuna.

-What's going on here? - Cooan approached her, who was the first to reach her. -

-It's too long to explain, but do not be afraid. - The sailor could say, even though she did not seem convinced herself. -

Setsuna had been really impressed, that guy had put out of action and without apparent effort three of the strongest boys in the group that would fight and conquer those terrible demons and the invading androids. Although before she or Roy could do or say anything, Sapphire lunged at him and hit him in the face with all his might. Despite this phenomenal punch, his rival did not move off the ground a millimeter, the only concession he made to that attack was to slightly tilt his face in the opposite direction to the impact. Sapphire was stunned. Instantly, that guy emitted an enormous amount of energy that launched his attacker as if  he was a doll several meters away. The stunned boy landed on the ground, being succored immediately by his frightened girlfriend.

-I'm fine, - he could say, despite the agitation that prevailed, looked at the concerned Petz and declared astonished and impressed. - That guy is tremendously strong! I hit him using all my strength and he did not even flinch. Not even Roy can resist a hit like that as him!

Petz did not say anything, she helped his partner to stand up, looking with reverential awe at that sort of monster still standing there, as if her boyfriend's attack had meant nothing to him but the buzzing of a mosquito. Fortunately, too, Diamond, aided by Esmeralda, seemed to regain consciences and enough strength to rise. Looking at that guy with the same gesture of disbelief. Likewise Ail and Nephrite returned to themselves, away from there, being attended by their respective and disturbed couples. Now it was Beruche who, approaching Setsuna, told her.

-Ami called, your comrades came to the base and told her everything, and she explained it to me.- Is it true that this man is who he says he is?

Pluto directed a look of concern at her interlocutor to reply in a low voice.

-I'm not sure. But judging by what I've seen so far, he might as well be.

Unaware of this conversation it was Roy now who increased his power to the second state of super warrior, despite that he was concerned not to expand his energy to not damage his house or the surroundings. Even so, the ground began to crack, and his antagonist to all of that smiled with the figures in his visor.

-Well, very good! More than five million units. - He said with approval.- This is getting more and more interesting.

-Can you tell me what you intend to come here and attack us?-  Roy demanded that he was visibly furious. -

By all replies that guy smiled broadly saying funny.

-Let me show you how it's done.

And instantly he produced a powerful surge of energy that cracked the floor further, cracked the windows and made the structure of the house stagger. He suddenly made his hair begin to glow in the same golden color as Roy's, his eyes also emerald shimmering. It was Tom who, along with Cooan and as amazed as the rest, could exclaim.

-He's a super  saiyajin too!

-You're going to destroy everything! -Cried an astonished Beruche, who, incredibly brave, stood between them and shouted at them now with anger, arms in jars. - I think that this stupid duel of macho testosterone has lasted long enough.

Watching his angry wife Roy obeyed to the point returning to his normal state, then that other guy did the same thing. Lornd looked amused at the girl. There was something familiar about her. But when he gave her a glare, Bertie demanded him with a stern tone.

-The sailors have called me and I know what happened in Hokkaido. Do you want to explain to us once what the hell are you playing at and what is the reason for all this?

And with the expectant glances of all around him, the saiyan did what least anyone of them could expect. He started laughing. To proclaim at the moment to the greater astonishment of the group, and still more of the own Roy.

-It was fun! Do not you think, little brother?

-What? - Roy could reply, visibly surprised, same as the rest. -

-I'll explain. - Commented the warrior with a more relaxed mood, but still looking out of the corner of the aggressive expressions of those other guys that he certainly could not blame. - You are my younger brother, Asthel Deveget, prince of New Vegeta. The planet of the saiyajin.

-I'm Asthel, yes, - Roy agreed, adding. - But he was Prince of the planet Alliance.

-That was after, - Lornd cut him off as he seemed to be in a hurry to follow his explanation further when he added pointing the surprised Beruche. - And from what I see she must be Lorein, the winter lady. Your wife.

-How can you know that? - Bertie asked with a surprised look, now facing the titan. -

-I was at the ceremony of your betrothal. - He replied with complete naturalness. -

Roy and his wife looked at each other without knowing what to say. Now it was the strange warrior who told sailor Pluto.

-I gave you my word and I have fulfilled it, I did not kill anyone or destroy anything, as you will see.

She nodded, acknowledging that. Setsuna remembered how before going down he made him promise the saiyajin.

-Remember. Whatever your motivations, innocent people live here and my duty is to make sure they do not suffer damage.

- I thought you were the guardian of your Moon Queen, or whatever. What else does this planet  have to do with you? - The warrior smiled amusedly -

-I have also vowed to protect this planet and even if it had not been that way, that does not mean that I do not have a moral responsibility with the people of this world.- Setsuna replied sternly. - I suppose space warriors cannot understand those things.

-We understand who the strongest is and whoever challenges us will pay. - Lornd said, but he also agreed with a more reasonable tone. - However, you and your companions have earned my respect and believe me, that is not easy. So I give you my word as king of the Saiyajin. I will not cause serious damage or kill anyone. Besides, that's not my goal. This world has not done anything bad to me.

And Setsuna was enough with that, it had to be enough anyway to her since she could not have stopped him anyway. Now she realized the profound meaning of the words of her sovereigns. This individual possessed a tremendous power that he could use for good or for evil. It was better not to have him as an enemy and certainly highly recommended to have him as an ally. She breathed relieved that the man at least had a word, and after what he had revealed now she could understand why he was so interested in Roy. She thought of this as she saw the prince of Nemesis and Emerald approach, he was still rubbing his shoulder that was aching from the fall.

-Yes, it's a consolation, it's a shame we did not know - replied Diamante sarcastically, approaching with caution to the saiyajin. -

-No hard feelings, my friend. I had to know your true potential. You are very strong to be human, however, you cannot compare to a  saiyajin. - Lornd said, despite that, he added. - But I'm glad to see you can help me. I'm going to need all your cooperation. If you want to save this world of yours.

-What's the matter? - Nephrite wanted to know that he had also approached. -

Lornd told them the same thing as he told to the sailors and the boys did not seem worried, they had recently destroyed an attack by that Gralas. Even Ail intervened informing the king of the Saiyan.

-That guy killed me and almost did it the same with my wife and son. Of course I'll help you. I also have accounts to settle with him.

-Then, if I understood correctly, that Gralas was responsible for the arrival of those meteors with those androids. What your son of the future came to warn us .- Said Sapphire speaking to Roy -

-It does. - Roy replied, folding his arms now in a thoughtful manner. -

-Just wait a moment. - Lornd intervened, because he was who was the surprised now. - Your son of the future? Are you implying that your son traveled through the space-time continuum to alter events?

-Oh, you're not as gross as you look. - Bertie smiled, taking a slight rematch of what had happened so far. -

- I'll take it for a compliment, sister-in-law. - Said the saiyajin with a slight smile but then explained. - Then everything happened in the last weeks has been affected by that alteration. If that boy came and warned you would certainly be to change what happened.

-In that other future, apparently, we had been annihilated by those beings and they dominated this planet-  Diamond said. -

-That would explain. - Lornd enigmatically mused, then turned to Setsuna devoting all his attention to the girl to ask with visible interest. - Did not you say you were the guardian of something besides protecting that queen of yours?

-I'm the guardian of the space-time portal. - She reminded him. -

-And did not you realize that my future nephew passed by? - Asked the saiyan with some tinkling. - Or were you busy playing with your teammates?

Those comments certainly weren´t taken very well for Pluto who categorically replied.

-There was no one there.

Although the saiyan did continue, in a more sarcastic way even if it fit, adding.

-Please, try to remember, because he must have resembled my brother or me. Tall, strong, glowing in a golden hue.

- Do you want to make fun of me?- Setsuna snapped with visible annoyance. -

-I would never take a joke on something that could have affected the destiny of my planet! - he cut it with more harshness in the tone of the one that had used until then, thing that surprised to all, mainly to Pluto. -How could you not realize something like that?

-Please, listen, - Tom asked, trying to calm their spirits. - From what the boy told me, it was my future self who learned a spell to send him back to the past and a cousin of his who did it. But he did not speak of crossing any door and less of meeting Sailor Pluto.

-There are many ways to go through space-time- she explained gratefully of Tom's defense. - My portal is only one of them. Now it is also sealed.

-Then what sense does it take you to protect it? - In fact right now you are not there. No matter how sealed is it, someone might force that seal. - Opposite Lornd who seemed to remain rather angry. - Can you tell what kind of guardian you are?

Setsuna was annoyed, too. Of course she had detected a strange alteration in the flow of space-time and had informed the kings of it. However, they told her that things had to run their course. But she could not reveal that. But deep down she thought that this man was right. But she had never neglected her position without a justified cause. She did not respond, fortunately it was Roy who intervened now to calm their spirits.

-Let's calm down. This has been very sudden for everyone. And if there is another threat to the Earth our duty is to face it. There will be time for us to clear this up, brother. For now, be welcome to this world. Or at least to our house.

Lornd nodded gratefully. The others seemed to think that this was no longer their concern, at least for that afternoon. The sun had begun to set and what was to be a fun gathering of friends had become the prelude to perhaps another battle.

-We are leaving. - Said Nephrite shaking Amanda's hand. - I think we should rest a little to be fresh. Tomorrow we can stay and evaluate this issue with better disposition

The rest of the group seconded that. All went to their respective hotels, since no one lived near New York. So the group went to their temporary residences. Except obviously Lornd and Setsuna, who had arrived in that capsule, although sailor Pluto, feeling somewhat stiff, told them.

-I should go, too.- My teammates will be wondering what has happened.

-Call them from here. - Roy said surprising everyone to add. - If it's not very urgent, I'd like you to stay with us, Setsuna. Please accept. I wish you, my brother, Bertie and I, to talk about this calmly. In the meantime Lornd, I do not think you're wearing spare clothes, I can leave you something of mine that's big on me. If you want to take a shower and change you will be more comfortable.

-I have nothing of your size. - Bertie excused herself with Pluto, adding with her best will. - But we can go look at something to some store ... they will still be open ...

-You need not bother.  - She smiled, more relaxed now. - When I reverse my transformation I will have my civilian clothes.

Now it was the Saiyan who watched her with a strange expression.

-You do not always wear your uniform?

-Only when we're on duty, - she replied dryly, she had not forgotten how he'd accused her of not fulfilling her job at the space-time door. Adding with sarcasm. - And we have to play with the intruders ...

The saiyajin shrugged and to everyone's surprise took off his breastplate and a kind of T-shirt that was below, dark blue. When he dropped it, it was rumbled. It must weigh a lot, his breastplate also looked like that. Wanting not to break the floor Roy asked his brother to lend him instead of letting them fall.  Lornd approached to him carelessly with one hand but when  Roy tried to catch that he was surprised and had to make an effort not to fall.

-You move with this all day! - He exclaimed in shock. -

-Yeah, right. Have not you ever been trained with weights Asthel? - His brother remarked nonchalantly. -

-With weights yes. But this is inhuman! - Roy could said that he carefully left that armor on the floor. - What the hell is it made of?

-A special ultra-heavy and endurance alloy - Lornd commented with no concern. -

Beruche herself was stunned when she tried to examine that sort of shirt. She could not lift it off to the ground! And even if it seemed incredible to her husband. What could she think! Although she immediately forgot that when she was incredulous, she watched as that man possessed a long hairy tail that was now unscrewed and lifted into the air.

-But what? - Roy could say, adding in astonishment. - Do you have a tail?

-Of course, like all the Saiyan. Lornd replied, now feeling astonished. - What happened to yours? Did you lose it?

-I never knew.  - Replied his brother, who remembering something that Goku told him in the sky, added. - I think our ancestors had but they lost it sometime.

-Yes, I suppose, - Lornd remarked carelessly, adding now more uneasiness. - When will be full moon?

-No idea, - Roy said without giving any importance to the affair, but after a few moments when he seemed to remember something, his expression became preoccupied enough to stammer. - It will not be for that ... of ...

-What is it? - Beruche wanted to know who all this strange and cryptic talk was already beginning to worry her. -

-No, nothing, sweetheart, - her husband smiled stupidly, giving the impression he was lying shamelessly. - Nonsense ...

-Robert Malden! - She pressed her arms into hilts sternly. - Do not try to fool me. What´s up?

-Do not fear Lorein, I can control the change to Ozaru. - Lornd smiled. -

Although neither Beruche nor Setsuna understood, but Lornd´s brother sighed with deep relief. And as they saw that neither Roy nor the other saiyajin were going to say anything else, Beruche decided to leave that topic. In addition, the space warrior was already trying to take off his skirt and did not seem to carry much underneath ...

-Hey, do not you think you'll take it all out here? - Bertie asked, visibly embarrassed. -

-Yes, of course,- he returned, staring at her blankly. -What's wrong?..

-Look, - Roy could say with the greatest tact he was capable of. - Here it is not customary to undress in front of others, well it depends on whom. At least it is not made between strangers ...

-Are not we family? - Lornd said with a look of surprise. -

-Not all of us are. - Roy could whisper with a slight gesture with the head that alluded to Setsuna.-

The Sailor was as astonished as the rest, and she was looking the other way, afraid that this guy was really going to undress there. Besides, she was still offended by those disrespectful comments from that brute. She was thinking about to leave, but she remembered again the instructions of her sovereigns, sighed resignedly, and simply turned her back to see nothing unseemly.

-If you do not mind, you'll come with me to another room, I'll take you to the bathroom, you'll freshen up a bit and I'll give you clothes to change.- Roy suggested to his brother. -

- If it is the custom you have here. - Said docilely that colossus shrugging at the same time that he collected his breastplate and his special shirt as if they really did not weigh anything. - You will say I´ll follow you ...

And he followed to his embarrassed host. Setsuna, once the men had left, reversed their transformation. In doing so, for a couple of seconds her body appeared naked, which Bertie did not care about. Although Roy's wife told her helpfully once she saw her in street clothes.

-We have another service with bathtub on this floor, if you want to take a shower, I will give you clean towels and at least you can rest. Or better, you can have a good bath.

-Thank you very much. - Gratefully smiled Pluto that, of course, after that long day was a thing with which she already dreamed, admitting it to her hostess.- After fighting and coming here I confess that that would be wonderful.

Bertie smiled, accompanying her guest to the bathroom, there she left everything ready. Soon Roy came out of their room, had left his brother in the shower. Lornd also seemed to take a long time to wash and rest.

-What a panorama! - sighed the boy coming to his wife. -

-And I thought you were a case.  And it turns out you're the formal one of the family! - Laughed now Beruche without being able to avoid it, adding even more fun if it fits. - he wanted to undress in the middle of the room!

His partner had to nod, smiling too. Then they both could not help laughing. After calming, they waited for their guests to appear. Lornd was the first to came. Now he almost seemed unrecognizable, with a shirt that Roy was big, but he fit perfectly and sports pants also somewhat tight to his waist, where he also screwed his tail, could pass for an athlete or a player of any sport. His hair was now collected in a ponytail.

-Are you hungry? - Asked his brother.

-Not much, I took a bean on the way. - Replied the questioner, which surprised his host, did not think that Lornd knew the existence of the same. He had a considerable surprise when he heard this one tell him. - They were cultivated in our home world. Also on other planets. I had a good supply but I am running short.

His brother nodded, yet he went into the kitchen to see what they could have for dinner. Good thing they had made a purchase for that week. Beruche sat next to Lornd to try to give him some conversation, but she was also intrigued to know more about him. She invited him to sit in a comfortable chair by the dining table. The saiyan agreed and she told him.

-That world of yours. Well, the planet of the Saiyajin ...

-New Vegeta - said his interlocutor. -

-Yes, is it far from here?

-Several of your terrestrial light years. - He said, who sighed adding. - But that would not be a problem if it were not because it disappeared long ago.

Beruche was shocked. What did he mean by that? Had it been destroyed?

-No, at least I do not think so. - He responded with giddiness when the girl told him those thoughts. - It was absorbed by a kind of discontinuity. Someone must have manipulated the space-time continuum and disappeared into another dimension. The problem is that I do not know how or how to get back there. I was not there, I had come to a distress call from your Planet Alliance. Since then I have traveled the universe in search of a way to be able to return.

-It must be hard to be traveling for so long. Especially if you have made the road alone. - Bertie said in solidarity. -

-Yes, it has been. - Admitted the warrior who nonetheless added with better morale. - But I've had the opportunity to have fun sometimes. I came across the advanced of the tyrant Gralas on more than one occasion. I did not like his style and I liquidated more than one.

-And how did you end up joining them?

-I did not join them, at least not really. - Replied the saiyajin. - I realized that this guy and his henchmen knew many things and judging by some of those that I learned well might have had to do with the disappearance of my world.  Furthermore, I also knew that they had tried to conquer this planet but that some warriors and especially a very powerful one, that glowed with golden tones, had prevented it. Then I wondered if that warrior could not be another saiyajin, even my own brother. Maybe he could escape the mess of our world like me.

-But how could you possibly know that? - Beruche inquired, adding. - Well, we find out about our old lives after defeating the demons.

-What the hell? - Lornd wanted to know with real interest. – What demons?

Beruche summed up the adventures that she, Roy and the rest had to go through. She put more emphasis on the help that Setsuna and the other Sailors lent them. Even so, she managed to explain it as succinctly as she could to end.

-It was then that Landar told us who we really were.

-Landar, the white magician?- The warrior asked in a palpably excited tone. -

Her converser nodded. Also surprised that he knew him. But she did not even bother to ask him about it.

-Then I have a chance.- Smiled the saiyan now broadly. To declare hopeful. - If he could help me with his powers.

- Surely he can. - Bertie encouraged him by laying a hand over his. - You must have hope.

            The warrior seemed to shine now, his gesture had grown more cheerful. Just then Roy appeared with something to eat. He had warmed up a couple of familiar pizzas and made some salad. His brother welcomed this with evident joy.

-Oh, you've bothered to make a snack, that's quite a detail. Little brother.

-Appetizer? – Said Roy who was surprised. -

Hardly had he finished the word when Lornd had already grabbed one of those pizzas and devoured it leaving the couple with their mouths open.

-Forgive me if I started, but I was already hungry.

-No, no …-  said the astonished Roy. – Help yourself, by all means.

The saiyajin smiled acknowledged and he was going to start the second. Bertie laughed in that chirpy way, and declared, not without some amusing sneer.

-While taking the "appetizer" I'll see how is our other guest doing.

            The boys nodded and she headed for the guest room, knocking on the door she announced and heard a "come on". Bertie passed and found that Setsuna had finished with her bath and she was already dressed and combing her long hair. She had also contacted the other sailors through the communicator. After informing them of what happened, she agreed with them that their presence would not be necessary, at least until the following day. Beruche arrived in time to greet them before the communication was cut off. After disconnecting her transmitter the warrior Pluto smiled recognizably to its host.

-Thank you very much for your kindness.

- You are welcome - Replied Bertie, who informed the sailor of the conversation she had had with the warrior of space as she said conciliatorily. - He doesn´t seem like a bad person.

Setsuna seemed to be silent, pondering this. Her interlocutor then took her out of her thoughts to ask.

-What do you think of Lornd?

-He's a very strong warrior. - She said that she seemed rather uncomfortable with the question and added as if she wanted to be diplomatic. - I'm glad he's on our side.

- He is not as gross as he seems. - Beruche said that she added as if she wanted to defend the saiyajin. - From what he told me, he must have been alone for a long time.

Setsuna smiled with a certain sadness and affirmed almost muttering her words, tinged with irony.

-You cannot teach me the meaning of being alone. I know that too well. Same as sacrifice.

-Huh?- Bertie asked, not catching that. – Excuse me. You mean?

-Nothing. - She smiled more broadly her interlocutor – I only was thinking aloud.

Beruche gave her a comforting smile as she proposed.

-Are you going to come and eat dinner? They have been waiting for us for some time. Good Lord! She laugh at her singing style. - At least it's a privilege we have as ladies. - But you should not abuse of it too much or my husband's brother will leave us without dinner. Ha, ha, ha.

Pluto agreed on it by smiling more genuinely now. They both headed toward the dining room. Apparently the two boys talked about some more inconsequential issues. They could hear Roy say something like that.

-Tomorrow, if we have time I'll show you how to play ...

            When the men heard the sound of the door opening, they fell silent. Turning their heads toward that direction beside Beruche they saw Setsuna. At least that's what Lornd thought. The sailor was, of course, now unrecognizable to the saiyajin. Her hair, once dirty from being powdery and bloodied in combat, was now silky, combed in the form of a long, smooth mane and with more volume. Her face was now clean and her lips were a more intense red. She wore an elegant lilac suit with white lapels and a red bow over her chest, combined with a matching violet skirt and high-heeled shoes. Lornd was surprised to see her. Now she could pass for a normal woman of the Earth, although extremely attractive. At least even more than he'd already thought. Although that girl's gaze still oozed dignity and energy, combined with a hold of wisdom and even a certain dose of sweetness. Especially when she looked gratefully at her hostess. That feeling came back again, it was so similar to ... With a sudden impulse left what was left of that pizza on the table and just as Roy stood up at the sight. But to the astonishment of all the saiyajin even pulled back a chair and offered the new arrival to sit. She accepted without compliments at the time that the warrior affirmed after bowing his head.

-Sailor Pluto, I think I owe you an apology. You are a princess and I have not treated you as such. I regret my rudeness.

She looked at him frankly surprised but she did not smile at all. Only when Bertie intervened the mood of the sailor improved, since her interlocutor told Roy that also took visibly interested seat.

-Lornd has told me that his world disappeared after a kind of dimensional discontinuity. He has been looking for it ever since.

When she and the saiyajin told the boy and Setsuna what Lornd had told Bertie before, the sailor understood when she looked that man in the eye. More when the Space Warrior asserted.

-You have sworn to defend your queen and protect this world. I swore to protect mine and my subjects. One of them has broken his word and it was not you. - He finished in a low tone. - Sorry for what I said before. I did not mean to offend you.

-  Do not take it like that, man. - His brother encouraged him, adding more optimism. - If it is as you say we can see Landar and ask him for help. In addition, you believe that New Vegeta was not destroyed.

Setsuna had been listening to all this without uttering a word. It was not the same as when Beruche put it up to date. Now she saw for herself in the eyes of that warrior of space a feeling of guilt and responsibility for the fate of his world. Perhaps she had judged him too harshly. Apparently he was a man of honor. In fact he gave his word and fulfilled it, when he promised not to destroy anything or kill anyone, and he had strength enough to defeat anyone on this planet. Then she saw clearly the kind of person he could become, if he was on the right path. So, finally the sailor spoke in a softer and kinder tone to address that man.

-I did not show you the respect a sovereign deserves neither. Sorry. Besides. I did not thank you for saving my friends and me ...

Lornd looked at her in astonishment but said nothing, only smiled faintly and Pluto now, yes, she smiled back. Both Roy and Beruche looked at each other in an accomplice and without their two companions noticing it, Roy winked at his partner. But at that moment the boy resumed the conversation.

-Tomorrow will be another day, at least I'm tired. Right, Bertie?

-Yes, - she agreed. - Tomorrow and rested, you can meet with the others and begin to prepare in case those aliens appear again.

-We'll beat them up again if they dare come back. - Roy said yawning now somewhat exaggerated to add. - Setsuna, we have the guest room, you can sleep there. And you, brother, here we have a sofa ...

-Do not worry, I'll sleep in my capsule, I'm used to it. - He retorted. -

-As you want. - Agreed his brother who got up from his chair. - We're going to bed ...

Beruche did the same and letting her husband put an arm around her shoulders. She followed him to the bedroom. Not without giving the opportune good night before to their guests who corresponded in turn wishing them a good rest. Once in their room, Bertie asked Roy.

-Did you feel the same as me? I would swear that there seems to be something between those two.

-By the way they looked at each other, I think they begin to intuit that too.- Said the boy who claimed with pomp. - As you know I am an expert on these issues and of course to my brother Setsuna is not indifferent. Although of course, it is necessary to recognize that the girl is really gorgeous.

-Hey! - Beruche snapped, so it was hard to  known whether she was serious or joking. - Can you tell what you're saying?

-Well, little cube, do not be like that. You have to recognize that she is a very attractive woman.

-That I recognize it does not mean you can do it, you moron!  - She snapped giving him a hit in the head. -

-Ah! - The boy protested in a somewhat theatrical manner. - Well, excuse me. But do not worry - he grinned now, taking her by the shoulders. - For me there is only one girl and you know who she is.

-Who? - She asked with feigned candor. -

-Now you will see who! - He exclaimed, lifting her up and down, placing her effortlessly on one of his shoulders. -

Bertie laughed and kicked something too, apparently her husband had one of those playful nights today, she just hoped they would not make too much noise ... Outside, in the living room, both Lornd and Setsuna caught the laughter of Beruche. This was embarrassing, but the saiyan settled it, saying good night and getting up to go out into the garden and up to his capsule that was still in the air at a few tens of meters in height.

-I hope you can rest, Sailor Pluto. - He wished her turning to leave. -

-You can call me Setsuna. That's my real name. - She said with more kindness now. -

- Well, my name is Lornd. - He reminded her, explaining then with pride. - That in the language of the saiyajin means great lord. Does your name have any meaning here on Earth? - He became interested. -

-A moment, - she said simply, with a fugacious tone of sadness that honored her name, staring at her interlocutor. -

The boy looked at her wide-eyed, seemed to want to say something, but only softened his voice to say it with a slight nod.

-Good evening, Setsuna.

She returned the salutation with another slight incline that made her green hair bob gracefully and went to her room. The saiyan left the house rising in the air towards his capsule. He could not stop thinking about that woman. He felt shaken as he had not been, perhaps in all his life. Although he finally entered his ship and tried to rest. He could sleep little but enough to recover until dawn. Setsuna's mind in the meantime echoed the words of their sovereigns. She muttered to herself.

-I must do everything in my power, to have him on our side ... I understand! But I do not know if I can ... forgive me majesties. I do not want to disappoint you. This mission will not depend only on me and my will ... but on my feelings ...

And without stopping to think about it, she decided to go to bed since she was really exhausted. The next day Lornd came out of the capsule and sent it to other more remote co-ordinates where no one could see her. He descended back to the house of his brother and Bertie. He had changed and he wore another combat armor, but more elegant than the last one. The breastplate and the skirt were white. On the breastplate, towards the left pectoral, was the engraving of a crown in garnet color and under it a kind of T-shirt of the same color. His hair was loose again and pointed to the sky. When he reached his brother's abode, he was surprised that he and Bertie were talking to a group of girls. Among them he recognized Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru who seemed to be doing an aside with Setsuna and exchanging impressions. Although surprised when another short girl with long blond hair combed with two pigtails and a couple of balls on her head, she wore a black cat on her shoulder, she came running before the group. In such a hurry she passed without seeing him and talking to Beruche and his brother.

-I'm sorry I'm late! - Usagi announced, since it was all about her. Justifying herself. - I just called Mamoru-chan and we talked a little.

-A little? - A girl with long dark hair ruffled her. - We arrived with the sailor teleport more than an hour ago and you told us that you were going to take only five minutes!

-Well, Rei, you do not have to be so fussy. – Defended herself the aforementioned. - Besides, that does not matter now, we have to warn our friends

Lornd saw as another brown haired girl something taller than the rest was going to say something but Usagi overtook her. Arriving directly at the objects of her warning to say almost without stopping to breathe.

-Bertie, you and your husband are in danger! Well, maybe not, but you never know. Listen, apparently there's a huge, strong guy who's looking for Roy - and without Usagi's warning, behind her, Lornd pointed to himself with a faint smile as he heard that little girl talk about him. - If you see him for sure you will recognize him. From the descriptions we have is a very powerful and cruel space warrior - She described it as she had been told to assert. - He must be unmistakable, I would surely recognize him for miles.

Lornd then stood right behind her as Roy laughed like the other sailors while Usagi was releasing her tirade, they had been reassured by Setsuna about that mysterious individual.

- ... excuse me for a moment,- Roy could say, almost laughing. - I'm going to tell Tom and the rest ... to let them know about this.

            Usagi, oblivious to this, nodded and concentrated now on explaining the situation to Beruche, she must also make an effort not to laugh as she looked at her with a big smile.

 - Well, he must be a terrible guy because he ended up with some very strong guys in a moment. Right? - Soured the girl with jet-black hair, more than willing to have fun at the expense of her friend. -

-Yes, it's true Rei, - agreed her interlocutor affirming with relief. - Thank goodness that this time you pay me attention to something.

-Sure, how could I not? – What is more. We must be careful with him because he is about to arrive. - Added Mars with a laugh lazily, while Makoto had to hide behind her partner Minako to laugh. - We cannot neglect ...

- Yes, that, we must be attentive. But surely with that power he has, we will notice that he is approaching from a great distance. - Said Usagi categorically.

Meanwhile, behind her, Lornd pointed again, theatrically showing his teeth and showing off his two arms, pulling out his large biceps to delight the girls who no longer knew where to look so they would not snap.

- Moon face, listen ... -Wanted to intervene Haruka, who, too roughly, mastered herself not to cry with laughter. -

- Usagi ... - tried to intervene Luna who had seen that guy right behind them. -

-Wait, do not interrupt me now! – Was she who interrupted them unyieldingly, insisting once more, to the delight of the audience. - I do not understand how you take it this way, This is not funny, this is important, that guy is very dangerous.

-Really? - Lornd asked behind her back, wanting to know in a voice tinged with feigned skepticism. How dangerous is he? ...

- Yes, really and be careful - warned the girl taking him for Roy. - He may be stronger than you. Ah and it seems that he also becomes a super warrior!

-Oh are you serious? - Answered his amused interlocutor to ask.-  Like me? - He instantly became a super saiyajin, and now he seemed almost identical to his younger brother. Usagi noticed a surge of energy behind her and turned and told him. -

-Yes, it's true, Roy, but now that I see you, I see you stronger, maybe you can beat him,- she said as she raised her hand to measure the one she was taking for his friend. - Besides, I think you've even grown up... will be because of your workouts.

-Thank you,-  said the real Roy, who returned after talking to his friends and standing to the side to continue the joke.-

However, when Usagi noticed him she began to tremble.

-Oh! If the guy who is there is not you, who is he? - She asked, turning pale for a moment as Lornd stopped being a super saiyajin. -

- Hi, I guess I'm the dangerous and cruel saiyajin you talked about. - He said with a well-toned voice. -

            Usagi stood petrified, her mouth open and her eyes wide, as she was unable to gesture and say any word. She looked up and saw only a mountain of muscles and a face that was barely visible as the sun shone behind him and dazzled her. She jumped into Makoto's arms as she tried hurriedly to excuse herself.

- Well, I was joking, of course, if now that I see you, you look like a good boy. Cruel, cruel, I do not think you are. Maybe a little crude ... Oh! Did I say crude? I meant strong. But do not take it too badly. - She wore a stupid smirk on her face as the saiyajin looked her up and down and nodded. - Mama, he's huge! - She whispered to Makoto, who nodded with a smirk of circumstance. -

-What will I do with you ?, disintegrate or pulverize you? - Lornd asked even more seriously. -

-Oh, I'm too pretty to die young. - Oppose Usagi inquiring hopefully - truth sir… warrior that you do not attack women?

- I am the King of the saiyajin! - Lornd pointed out, feigning roughness, which did not cost him much. -

- Well, then, Your Majesty, Lord, king, whatever you may call yourself,- she stammered. -

Being unable to resist the sense of shame of others and partly, also wanting to prick her partner, Rei overwhelmed her.

- Cannot see he's teasing you, stupid? How can you be so scary?

- Of course, you do not have in front of you the great Chinese wall! - Answered  Usagi between annoyed and still frightened. -

           

            Usagi's face was a poem, red like a tomato, it was not known whether to a greater extent due to the fear towards the saiyajin or to her anger with Rei. Lornd on the other hand, like the rest, could not take it anymore. The laughter of everyone thundered the place. His interlocutor was perplexed and once Makoto let her down from her arms the mighty warrior reassured her, now kindly.

-Sorry if I frightened you, I'm Lornd, Asthel's older brother, well, Roy, as you call him here. Do not worry, I'm not going to do any harm to you, on the contrary, I consider you my friends, especially some. - He looked sidelong at Setsuna who looked away somewhat embarrassed as the man said in a relaxed tone. – So you are the warriors of justice, are not you?  Pleased to meet you all, until now only knew the warrior Pluto and her group. I suppose these are Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. - He explained pointing to Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru respectively. -

-How did you recognize us? - Hotaru wanted to know incredulously to oppose. - Now we do not come as warriors, but with our normal identity.

- Do not tease me! - Laughed Lornd assuring - anyone can realize that you are the same with other suits, it is plain to see! Hahaha...

-No, it's not so easy to see, - Minako said with a tinge of astonishment in her voice. -

-Only for those who know our true identities. - Makoto pointed in a suspicious tone.-

            And so it was given that for those who ignored their true personalities the girls had clearly oriental features and their hair colors were far from being as in their versions of sailors. So. How could this saiyajin have recognized them so quickly? It could be that after their fight against the outer ones they would have unveiled their identities. So they considered it ...

- So you all knew each other? - Usagi asked, coming out of her stupor. -

- Of course, I can believe it Usagi! Ami sneered, sighing. -

- Well, I do not know what you expected, it's the same as always. - Rei indicated with some malevolence in the tone. -

- Hey! Can I know what happens. What are you saying about me?- Usagi wanted to know with visible irritation.

- Well, yesterday, when Setsuna contacted us, she told us everything. -Ami sighed patiently to add. - And you were more worried about playing a game with videogames than about the call and  you did not pay attention.

- Yes, it is true,- Makoto agreed with the same admonitory tone. - And  we warned you to come and listen.

-Even I left the game to find out was going on and I was winning - Minako said tersely. -

- Well, it's not like that either. - Usagi replied, feeling a bit embarrassed. - And besides, we were tied Mina-chan ...

            Although her alluded friend shook her head to deny that. Usagi was blushing and even more so when that giant came up to her and after a slight bow took a hand to kiss softly to declare.

-It is an honor to meet the Sovereign of the Silver Millennium.- He added addressing the group of Setsuna and the sailors of the outer solar system. - So she is Queen Serenity.

-Yes. But how do you know? - Michiru asked in turn with the surprise reflected in her features. -

-I can feel it. She has a great inner strength. - He grinned laconically. While the alluded returned a look of approval that exuded majesty, it was only a flash but the warrior was really impressed. - Yes, it can be perceived ... although you try to appear to the contrary. - He whispered to the astonished girl.- Why?

            Of course Lornd had not let himself be fooled by this kind of representation. He felt in that girl a really great power. Surely it was her. When he spoke to the white magician, he told him to search through the Earth. A mighty queen dwelt there. And he was too veteran to be fooled by appearances. Maybe that girl would act like that for some reason. Of course it was crystalline that she was not as clueless and foolish as she wanted to pretend. However, it would not be him who said anything about it.

-Ok.- Rei said then with another dose of acid humor to reply again. - That strength, ha! So inwardly she has it that she is almost never able to show it. And less to attend to her obligations than to play with little machines. Now, to binge on food, her power is incalculable.

-But how dare you? - You've heard him talk, pay me more respect than I am the queen! - Asked Usagi in turn-

-Well, since you're still so clueless, you'll only be queen for a day,- Rei teased. -

-You are hateful. Besides an envious one. I guess it is because you have not been kissed in your hand. - Hired her polemicist. - But what can we do! With class is born ... and some girls have not had that luck.

-You're right, that's why I think you should reincarnate again to see if you're lucky, - retorted Mars tersely.-

Of course her partner responded to that in turn and as usual between insults and arguments both ended up in the usual mourning to get their tongues out to see who could stand it the most. Lornd and the rest watched the scene in amusement. They soon ended up with that mockery contest. After calm, they made several groups to chat. It was the warrior who approached that bizarre blond girl and  tell her.

-If you have a moment, I'd like to talk to you. Majesty.

            On this occasion Usagi looked at him with wide eyes, but far from being surprised, she nodded slowly. They both walked away a little way. Setsuna watched them closely. One of her companions, Haruka, then commented to his side.

-This little face of Luna always knows how to win the affection of the people.

-And not only that- Pluto replied enigmatically. -

-What do you mean? - Michiru interjected, visibly intrigued as  her partner the warrior Uranus was. -

-I mean Lornd should not be easy to impress.- Setsuna assured her. - And still and quickly she's got him."

-Well, I think you have, too. - Haruka smiled. -

            However, her companion did not laugh at that comment, rather she gave a thoughtful gesture and replied.

-I do not know what you mean, but I see he has not been fooled by the first impression. I assure you that it is not as gross as he wants to make us believe, perhaps he plays the same game as our sovereign.

            Her friends nodded, already with the most serious gesture. For his part, Lornd was walking alongside Usagi along the street that was parallel to his brother's house as he told her.

-I'm surprised a queen like you is acting this way.

-Well, - she smiled in a humorous tone to answer. - My friends expect me to do that sort of things.-

-Friends? Are not they your vassals? - Inquired the warrior.-

-We could say they are both. - Confirmed  Usagi.-

-That's not easy to accomplish. I must congratulate you.

-We've had a lot of time and gone through a lot of things together, - her interlocutor told him. - But one thing I must tell you, I do not always represent this role, many times I'm really like that. At least I was once. And a part of me still is. The one who refuses to grow up and stop living without responsibilities.

-I see. - The saiyajin smiled faintly. - This is another life, but at the same time you are anchored in your duty from another time.

-That's right. - Admitted his companion, adding solemnly. - Just like you. Son of Dronaos and Alisán.

            The Saiyan looked at her now in surprise. He could hardly say.

-Do you know who I am?

-I know. And I do know too what you are trying to find. -And in due course we shall have to speak.-

-Could you help me? - The warrior wanted to know with visible interest.-

-Maybe yes. But it does not depend only on me. - The girl said that she added a somewhat mysterious tint. - The question is, can you help us too?

-I hope so. Although it depends on what you request my help, - he replied.-

-You'll soon know. In return, I am sure that we will be able to correspond to your kindness, - affirmed the young woman who added. - My warriors have told me your exploits. And they were impressed. Trust me when I tell you that it is not easy for that to happen. They have seen many things and have fought against very powerful enemies.

- It was enough to look into their eyes to realize. - He agreed, adding with a tone of respect. -Especially in the eyes of your guardian of Time, the warrior Pluto.

-Setsuna is a loyal friend and guardian. She has a heavy burden on her shoulders. And in the future that burden will surely increase ... - The girl said, sighing to add. - I just hope it will not be too much for her. -

-I wish I could do something to help her, if that's possible. - The warrior offered. -

            Usagi smiled, and after a moment's glance with complicity she uttered some, at least for her fellow man, enigmatic words.

-Maybe that would be possible. In a way ... we will have to give time to the time, and in the case of Setsuna never better said ... well, you will see ...

            He was listening intently. Watching his fellow woman, it was as if a sudden inspiration shook him and he could exclaim, stabbing his brown eyes in the blue of her in amazement.

-Then you ... you are! ... You! ...

-I am your friend. With that is enough for now. She cut him off to sentence with an enigmatic tone.- No need to say more.

Lornd was as silent as he was astonished. He did not add anything else. She was silent for a moment, too. The two of them had turned to retrace their steps and join the rest. Now, as he approached, Usagi laughed, as the conversation between them varied the culinary terrain. She did not cease to exclaim visibly amused, when she unexpectedly commented already being audible for the group.

- So you ate two familiar pizzas as if they were only a snack? ... I cannot do that with pizza. But give me fritters and glasses of ice cream and we would have to see if you can beat me! Ha, ha!

-For a saiyajin, that's nothing. - Lornd replied, entering full in that new subject .- In fact yesterday I was not too hungry ...

Although that conversation ended before anyone else could join to it. It happened as soon as the saiyan detected the energies of his brother's four friends. They flew to them and landed close to the group, but they did not have a happy face but rather a worried one. It was Roy who questioned them aloud.

-What are you guys doing? I bet you bring some news. I can see in your faces that you do not seem to be very happy.

-No, we're not, - Diamante had to admit, nodding politely, waved to the rest of the congregation, adding. - We came from the Masters Corporation. My brother and I were warned by Ian Masters.

-From what we've been told there, we have serious problems. – Added Nephrite -

-Apparently they have discovered a great meteor. - Ail completed. -

-And what does that mean? Such news is usually common. Roy asked them as if he did not relate that at all to the situation. -

-The truth is that this news is not very encouraging, - said Sapphire in a less than optimistic way. - According to the calculations of Dr. Tomoe and his team, the meteor is in a collision course directly towards the Earth and at a great speed ...

            Before anyone could say more, both Tom and Cooan and the girls made their appearance by getting off a couple of taxis. Once there, they were also brought up to date.

-But what can we do about it? - Tom interjected with visible uneasiness. -

-I only see the possibility of deflecting it, - said Diamante, who, however, objected, - but I do not know if we will have the necessary energy.

-How big is it? - Lornd asked, quite interested. -

- They estimate that it must have almost twice the size of the meteorite that extinguished the dinosaurs. - Replied Safire – And that had more than fifteen kilometers.

-It is terrible! - Exclaimed Cooan, alarmed asking in dismay.- How can we stop it?

- Then that was the plan of the accursed Gralas! - Lornd spat with visible anger. - If his troops could not overcome the resistance of this world, he would annihilate almost any vestige of life to sell later the planet. Or simply as revenge. He is a miserable coward!

- But what can we do against that? - An anguished Petz intervened. -

- Something Ian's going to have in his business that can slow it down, will not he, my dear?- Esmeralda asked hopefully to her partner. -

- No, unfortunately we do not have anything powerful enough to stop it. - Admitted Diamante to his regret -

- Stop it maybe not ... - Lornd smiled that added - but destroy it yes ... In fact it would be no problem. We, saiyajin, can liquidate a planet much larger than this.

- But how? Do you know the energy that would be needed to do that? - Roy said with a disbelieving tone. -

-And the calculations so complex that had to be made? - Beruche added with skeptical resignation. - It cannot be done like this.

-It's true, - Sapphire confirmed, - I discussed it with Kaori and she told me that if you tried to destroy the asteroid too close to Earth, we might also suffer a cataclysm, and if it went too far, maybe the energy sent would dissipate before reaching it.

-I could try, - Lornd offered. - If someone did the necessary calculations. I think I would have enough strength. Because if I know that Gralas bastard well enough he'll know that a normal asteroid is not complicated for me or another super saiyajin. He would have done something to protected it. And, you are right, I cannot shoot without calculating correctly or could also destroy the Earth. I will have to gather all my strength and concentrate all in order to control my power well, that would take time.

-Are you sure of that? - Setsuna inquired with visible astonishment. -

-Until I try it, no. I am not. - Lornd replied, though he added with a tinge of self-confidence. - But a king of the Saiyajin must face any challenge in spite of how difficult and dangerous it may be. Besides, your planet has no choice.

            They were all silent, that was true. What else could be done? At last it was Haruka who broke the silence of all, taking the floor with more optimism and decision.

- We'll tell Kaori and Tomoe immediately. Let them begin with the calculations!

-What is more. We will put in good use the entire Master Corporation- said Diamante, - their help will be necessary. -

-Let's get to work now! - Brother, we must train together, and so must you-   Lornd said to the boys in a regal tone. - We'll need all the warriors available at their peak of strength.

            They all nodded enthusiastically and went to work. Both Dr. Tomoe and his team began calculations. The impact of the meteorite was estimated for three weeks. Enough time for the boys to train. They went to a secluded area to practice. Between the girls they decided that Setsuna remained like liaison to coordinate the operations with the warriors, the laboratory of Masters and the boys. At first she gave the impression that she was not much for the job, but she let herself be convinced, along with Hotaru, that she could visit her father in passing by. Tom went there also accompanying the warriors Pluto and Saturn. Once in the laboratories of the Master Corporation they verified how the scientists and technicians were struggling with the calculations. The three of them met with professor Tomoe at the front.

-I must say that, according to all reports, this is a very serious matter. - The professor objected. -The firepower it would take to divert that would be many thousands of megatons.- We do not have the ability to launch so many missiles.

-And besides, In case you could do that. We'd have the radiation problem anyway. - Hotaru said sharply. -

-Yes, daughter, it is true.- - Agreed approvingly his father. -

-We have another system, we think it can work. - Setsuna explained to him informing him of the power of the newcomer. - What do you think?

-That could be a solution, if he has the strength you say, as long as we do the calculations correctly. But I do not think that with a single warrior we will have enough.- Calculated Tomoe.-

- We do not just have one. - Tom then intervened. - Our group can make a combined attack of several warriors at the same time.

That seemed to make the doctor's face light up when he added.

-In that case it might be more feasible. - We should already have to do the calculations. I think Mimet was with the preliminaries. I'll let you know.

-We can go and see her. Nevertheless, we do not need to interrupt her, I suppose she'll be working. - Tom replied, adding in a row with palpable interest. - In the meantime, I'll see my brother. I have not heard from him in a long time. Well, actually about neither of them.

-These young people. How careless they are!- Tomoe sighed, nodding slightly to indicate the group. - Follow me please, we go to the computer room, I suppose they will be there.

So the group followed the doctor and they entered through several doors. They stopped in front of one in which there was a hand-drawn pen-and-ink sign in black and white, with a graceful female face with wavy hair and round spectacles with a winking eye, which read an inscription "Mimet's disco room, Do not disturb ".

-Let´s see what the madwoman is doing. - Hotaru mumbled in a funny tone, which only seemed to be heard by Setsuna who gave a look to her to remonstrate to her companion, although of course she could not help smiling, while her companion added. - But I like her!

As soon as they opened they were surprised by disco music on a more than considerable volume, coupled with the sharp and almost childish voice of a girl in her twenties, with that wavy honey-colored hair that combined very well with her large tone peach behind those round glasses. Apparently as she sang and danced around the office, she was supervising mathematical calculations on several computer screens. Seeing this picturesque picture Hotaru turned her head without being able to avoid laughing. Setsuna smiled more broadly, trying not to see too much of it, and Tom's eyes widened as he shook his head disapprovingly. The only one who apparently did not experience any reaction, probably the result of custom, was Tomoe who addressed the girl.

-Hi Mimet. Are you doing the calculations that I ordered?

-Hi, doctoor! - She exclaimed loudly and mellowly, while still dancing. - Hello girls, hello Tommy! - Added fun looking at the others. - You'll see how happy Dany will be when he sees you! How is Connie? Are you going to do more karaoke sessions? - The girl fumbled with questions as she kept moving and checking consoles. -

Before Tom was able to utter a word, Tomoe gently pressed his assistant.

-We need you to give us a preliminary report on the asteroid situation if you're so kind.-

-Yes, Doctor. - She smiled at one of her screens and typed in a series of codes to inform. - It is a type C, albedo of less than 0,04, in fact it has 0,0332. Its diameter is 17.3 kilometers and its estimated mass is 34.500 million metric tons. It is mostly composed of carbon, ice and some iron and nickel. It is a near asteroid of the love category. It's not romantic! Call it love! - she exclaimed suddenly to continue with her previous analytical tone. - It's funny because it should not be a PHA. No, at least according to the calculations we made with the Palermo scale.

-PHA? - Tom asked, not familiar with the jargon. -

- "Potential hazardous asteorid", Tommy. - Mimet explained with his more than good pronunciation of English, to continue. - Travel at an estimated speed of seventy thousand kilometers per hour. As you say in your country. It's going to be hard to hit!

- Let's hope we can do a "home-run" or it will eliminate us all. - The boy smiled continuing the occurrence. -

Both Setsuna and Hotaru crossed glances of suspicion. More when Pluto commented.

-Why do you say it should not be dangerous?

-Because we had not detected anything in that quadrant that would pose any serious threat, at least in the short or medium term. - Replied Mimet -

-Which may indicate one thing.- Hotaru said with a reflective tone of voice. - Someone has intentionally diverted it towards here.

-Right! Girl. You're right. And what is more. That asteroid carries around it a kind of force field that seems to protect it. I've never seen anything like it! - Cried Mimet.-

That histrionic young woman took by surprise with these reactions so much to her interlocutors that sighed trying to be patient as they watched in astonishment. Only the doctor seemed not surprised when he simply said it with approval, addressing his daughter.

-Very well, Hotaru, I see that you are very insightful. That will help you in your studies.

At last it seemed that the girl smiled more broadly and that she was ready to say something more with greater enthusiasm. Suddenly, though, her smiling expression was erased when she saw the door she had previously used to entered the room, was opened by a woman with long red hair in a lab coat. She came smiling and greeted the whole group. Setsuna gave her a slight, polite nod, and Tom offered her a hand that the woman shook. Tomoe said as he reminded them.

-It's Kaori, my wife. She is also my assistant.

-Forgive me if I interrupt you, Souichi. - She said politely to the doctor by using his first name. - But Masters wants to talk to you. He needs you to report the situation to him. Hello Hotaru! - She smiled again when she realized the presence of the little girl who had almost hidden behind Setsuna. - I'm glad to see you…

The girl gave her a cold glance but she did not answer. Kaori extinguished her smile, then a somewhat stifled atmosphere floating in the atmosphere when Tom opportunely went to break it by asking the newcomer.

-Do you know if Masters has already spoken to Roy and his group?

-I could not say. - She answered - I think Diamond was in contact with him. Mimet - Kaori now asked the active girl who kept going back and forth with her calculations. - Do you have the estimates of the impact zone? Masters was interested in them.

-Yes, they must be around at my table. Take a look at it. - She replied carelessly, as she scrutinized another screen. -

Kaori approached the girl's table, there was scarcely anything to distinguish between a chaos of magazines with pictures of famous actors and singers, a few little headstock, a cup of coffee ... At last she saw them with envelopes and papers on a resting plate with the remains of some pasta and a piece of cake. After patience and searching, she found several pages. The woman shook her head with a visible gesture of disapproval as she thought.

-It will be easier to destroy this asteroid than to make Mimet able to have her table tidy.

Finally she could verify that in these sheets was the information that they needed, although with visible annoyance Kaori even had to clean of sticky remains of cake some paper. Hotaru watched her, this time unable to contain her gesture of rejoicing. Anything that bothered that stupid woman had her full approval. Mimet was not so bad after all, at least she had a virtue that the girl adored, upsetting her stepmother.

-Well, - Setsuna interrupted, ending the embarrassing moment. - I should go to see the group, we should stay in touch.

-As soon as we complete the calculations, I'll send them to you. - Souichi said that now, in a more familiar plan, he told his daughter. - Will you stay with us for dinner? - Finding out you came Kaori has prepared your favorite dish. Taiwanese style noodles.

-How sorry I am, Dad!  I would like but I must go with Setsuna, I have to assist her as a liaison to see that newly arrived saiyajin. - Replied the girl, striving to appear cheerful.-

 Although her companion could not avoid giving her a stunned look that expressed clearly that she had no idea what she was talking about. Hotaru solved it by giving her an imperceptible hit in her elbow.

-Yeah right. I forgot it. – Said Setsuna who was visibly embarrassed. -

-It is a pity. - Hopefully, on another occasion, then. – Hotaru´s father sighed, shrugging his shoulders. - Well, I have to stay here. To complete the observations. Mimet, I think it's been quite a while since your turn is over. It would not be fair to steal you your time any longer. You can leave if you wish.

-Do not worry doctor, working with you is always a pleasure. -She smiled enthusiastically.- I feel like meeting with the family! - And grabbing an arm of Tom that smiles a little silly, she added. - Future brother-in-law! Let's meet Danny, he's finished now. We were almost always outside in the café.

His interlocutor nodded, though on the way he seemed to notice a sad look in Kaori's eyes as he accompanied them to the exit. Once outside the laboratory area the doctor's assistant and wife kindly dismissed them returning to their duties. The only one who did not return the greeting was Hotaru, who instead smiled to see Daniel. He approached and after kissing his girlfriend and hugging his brother, he greeted both sailors with a big smile.

-Tommy? How is everything? We have not seen each other for a long time.- He said.-

- Yeah, It is not because of me. I have called you several times.- His older brother agreed to punch a little

-I'm sorry, we've been very busy. But believe me, we plan to take vacations soon and travel to our parents' house. We could meet there if you and Connie can. You know that Mom and Dad will be delighted.

-Your parents are really nice, Tom. – Said his future sister-in-law to say as a confidence to a now fun Hotaru. - The apple pie that Tommy's mother makes is the best in the world. I love it! I want her gives me the recipe.

- Do you make pies, too? - The little girl was interested now, still reminiscing with delight at Kaori's disgruntled expression as she rummaged through Mimet's anarchic table. -

-You should see what I did for my idols when I was younger. - Sighed her interlocutor who offered her with sympathy. - One day I'll make one and we'll eat it, okay? Girls party!

Hotaru nodded enthusiastically at that idea. Once upon a time she could taste the cake that Mimet brought sometimes, she loved it. And if it could be eaten anywhere that bothered Kaori, like in the middle of the lab, it will be even better ...

-I'll be delighted, thank you very much,- said the girl, smiling broadly. -

The group continued to talk about more inconsequential issues, they did not seem to have much desire to address the urgent problem at hand. Although after having a coffee and some sweets they agreed the lines of action to follow and ended up saying goodbye. Tom, Setsuna and Hotaru were to return to the place where the boys were to train. Daniel and Mimet still had work to do there, although that evening they would dedicate it to a karaoke evening or a game of video games, as they pleased, they revealed. Thus, the two sailors and Tom set out on a charter flight from the Masters Corporation which in a matter of a few hours took them to their destination. During the trip they used to sleep and rest a little. They had to alleviate the consequences of Jet-lag as much as possible. Once they arrived and cleaned something, they headed for a large moor in the middle of the central United States. There they were able to attend to one of the battles. Setsuna in particular stared in astonishment. There were Lornd and Roy who seemed to be fighting one by one while the rest rested and watching them. They could not follow the fight with their eyes until they stopped! Then, when they paused for a moment to observe themselves, it would be said that with amused expressions on their countenances and to replace their tattered clothes. After, the rest of the group cold see them exchanging blows and powerful waves of energy. Then they made a little break.

-It's not bad, little brother, - smiled the King of the Saiyan with approval.-

-And that I have not used music as in my training of the Corner- Roy retorted with satisfaction after receiving that compliment.- Then I get more motivated.

-Are you going to tell me that master Son Goku sama let you train with music? - Inquired the astonished saiyan.-

-Of course, and even Master Piccolo sama, - replied his companion nonchalantly.-

- I would like to see that - Lornd said.-

-Then let's go down and I´ll put the stereo for us. - His younger brother proposed.-

            So they did and despite the strange thing of the petition the authorities that directed that site acceded. Roy told them the song. Claiming fun.

-This title is very appropriate for you, brother ...

            And the music began to sound, just like the lyrics, It was sang at the top of his lungs by a great artist, an old acquaintance of Roy ... at least in his beyond stage ...

-Tiloriroreeee! - Exclaimed the boy accompanying that, while he became super saiyan second level. - Tiroriroriroreooooo ...

            And he attacked his rival with renewed enthusiasm. Lornd himself was surprised. His little brother seemed to have improved a lot. Soon he was blocking his blows and returning himself to turn to the same level of super saiyajin ... and meanwhile appeared and reappeared at incredible speeds, with attacks and really powerful counterattacks, the song marked a fast pace to the delight of others who watched from distance…

Sometimes I feel like I'm going to break down and cry (so lonely)

Nowhere to go, nothing to occupy my time

I feel lonely so lonely, living by myself

Come on kid!

Sometimes I feel like I always walk too fast

And everything comes to me, it comes to me

I go crazy, oh, so crazy, living by myself

From the de

I do not have time for no monkey business

From the de

I'm so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, yeah!

There have to be good times ahead

Sometimes I feel that nobody warns me

I find my head always up in the clouds in

a dream world

It is not easy to live by myself

From the de

I do not have time for no monkey business

From the de

I feel so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, yeah

There have to be good times ahead

From the de

I do not have time for nonsense

From the de

I feel so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, yeah

There have to be good times ahead

(Living on my Own, Freddie Mercury, author credit)

Thus, when discharge of beams of energy and varied strokes discharge, Lornd returned with the torso uncovered commenting to his brother.

-I must admit that I like your training method. And that song is perfect for me ... - Sentenced after thinking about the lyrics.-

-I already told you. And I have many more. I'll catch you up to date. - He promised a panting and exhausted, though very happy Roy. - You're going to love it.

-And you say you know the singer?

-Well, yes, I met him ... you know. Up there, -Roy said, pointing to the sky. - And he even did me the honor of singing one of his songs duo with me.

-I'm sorry to have missed it, Asthel.- Now his companion smiled, passing a friendly arm behind his brother's shoulders. - I'll take your word, you'll put more of your songs to me ...

            And as the two approached talking in such a relaxed way, Pluto, like the rest watched them in amazement, she could not help but marvel at their physical form. But, despite the power of those two saiyajin she had their doubts, would that suffice to destroy such a large meteorite?

-Hello,- Lornd said, addressing the newcomers. -

-You look very well.- Tom greeted them visibly impressed. –

-We have enough. - Roy intervened. - My brother is tremendously strong. Training with him I can also advance. And the more strength we accumulate between the two of us, the greater chance of success we will have.

-Masters asked for reports from Tomoe and his group. – Tom told them shortly his meeting with the doctor and his team, to ask them. - He talked to you, boys?

-Yes, I'm in touch with him. - The thing is to coordinate all of us, to see if, among all, we can destroy that comet, asteroid or whatever. - Intervened Diamante, who along with his brother, Nephrite and Ail, approached them. -

-We've been rehearsing it, I think we can do it right. - Second Nephrite. -

-What have you been rehearsing? -Tom wanted to know. -

-We have been calculating that we must attack that asteroid from various points of the Earth and throw our energy against it in unison. Tomoe and his group deal with the calculations and are getting the final coordinates, but we must wait for it to be closer to reduce the margin of error as much as possible, since that celestial body has irregular orbit. - Sapphire explained to him. -

- I'll go to space with a few days to watch from there and provide data for telemetry. - Ail added. -

Tom nodded, as Lornd approached Setsuna and Hotaru and told them.

-I have offered Sapphire to take my visor so they can copy their energy counting system and the intercom system. As you will see its technology is much more advanced than the terrestrial one. It even allowed us to learn the language.

-I thought you used a kind of green tube, like the guys who attacked us. - Hotaru commented to him, since that they told to them and to Setsuna their companions. -

-Yeah, when the visor model was the old one. But I fooled them to give me a more modern one, when they thought I was coming to take care of this planet. - Smiled the saiyajin. -

-In any case we'd better rest a bit, - Roy said, offering the group cordially. - Do you want to eat anything?

-The best idea you've had so far in the morning! - smiled Nephrite with the complicit assent of the other boys who were visibly fatigued to train.-

Luckily at their disposal they had a good catering. The truth is that now, both Setsuna and Hotaru realized that there were US military almost everywhere. Once they walked away from the training zone, the girls and Tom himself could verify the existence of fenced perimeters. That was easy to explain and Diamante told them while they were having a snack, which in the case of the saiyajin came to be composed of a dozen dishes.

-The government of this country allows us to use its terrain which is intended for testing a wide range of firearms and weapons. It is large enough that we can fight with a lot of energy and not harm anyone.

-And being unnoticed too, brother. - Sapphire reminded her. -

-Yes, it is critical that the inhabitants of this planet do not panic. If this were known, it could be chaos. - Agreed the aforementioned. -

-We can solve the situation, as we have done before. - Roy assured him as he finished devouring another tray of chicken nuggets. - Do not worry, my friends ...

Setsuna and Hotaru looked at each other in astonishment.  Those saiyajin ate like an army. Lornd noticed and smiling explained.

-The saiyajin we have a very high metabolism. We produce a lot of energy but we have to replenish it. We do not always have to eat like that, but it never hurts to increase our reserves.

-I hope we do not have to invite you to eat. -Setsuna could smile now that she seemed amused by the fact that she had hardly touched a drink. - You would be more expensive than the Usagi herself.

-When we were training in the Corner of the Soul, and time Roy was really something at eating. - Sapphire told them laughing to assert. - We thought there could be nobody more glutton than him until we met his brother!

-True. - Ail agreed, being in human form also showed a good appetite, although nothing comparable to those two. -

-It is true. I can´t even imagine them putting together with Usagi, the thing would be worth seeing! - Completed Hotaru also giving a funny smile. -

Once they were finished Roy proposed that they should be transported to his house. For today the training was finished. His friends Safire, Diamond, Ail and Nephrite declined the offer commenting that they preferred to meet with their respective partners. Lately they saw little. So they said goodbye and each one flew off to their respective addresses. Although Tom would go with them since Connie had gone to see her sister Bertie. Roy offered to transport them all, although to his surprise his brother told him.

-Well, Asthel. Do you also master the technique of instant translation?

-So? Do you know that technique as well? - His brother said in surprise.-

-Yes, it's a shame I could not remember your energy when I arrived. I would have gone to meet you at once. - Lornd declared.-

       Although he made a significant silence and after looking sideways at the warrior Pluto, who was chatting at that moment with his partner, the saiyan rectified with a slight smile.

-Anyway, it's been a lot better this way. Now transport yourself and Tom. After I´ll concentrate on your energy. I'll take Hotaru and Setsuna.

Roy looked at him surprised but accepted, next to his friend disappeared. He could feel Bertie's aura even at that distance. His brother then told both sailors.

- Give me your hand and do not worry, we'll be there right away.

With Hotaru of liaison between Setsuna and the saiyan the three of the hand waited for that Lornd, that was placed two fingers on his front, perceived the energy of his brother. At that moment they disappeared, reappearing in the garden of  Bertie and Roy´s house.

-Well, I like that little brother. - Roy praised that he proposed - do you remember that I told you that I was going to teach you to play basketball? Do you want us to try it now?

His brother shrugged, he did not have much interest, but apparently Asthel was excited to explain what he was engaged on Earth so he accepted. Along with the rest, eager to witness that "game" Roy led the saiyan to the small basketball court he had installed in his gym. He wanted to teach him to play. Lornd held something thoughtful a ball in his hands and asked his brother somewhat surprised.

- So they pay you to play with this and you say that they like a lot. What you have to do?

- In essence, it's about using that ball in your hand and put it in that ring you see there. - He explained pointing to the basket. -

            Lornd  flew onto it and dropped the ball inside, then went down beside his brother.

-Well, it does not seem so difficult,- he replied with a shrug. - What's so funny?

- No, it's not like that. Well, Earthmen cannot do that. - He told his interlocutor shaking his head as he explained - pay attention, you must do this - he started to throw the ball - look, you see? - he threw the ball scoring a basket. -

            Roy took the ball again and threw it, telling his brother in a confident defiance manner.

- Come on, try to take the ball from me!

            Lornd did not make a plea, disappeared and reappeared next to him pushing him against the other end of the gym and removing the ball without any difficulty.

-That's it, there's nothing special about it, - he said, smiling with his arms in jars amid the spectators' laughter. -

-No, not like that, man, - Roy said, turning back to him and explaining. - That's a personal foul, you cannot touch me, you have to defend me like this. - He jumped on his semi-flexed legs and outstretched arms.-

-But, what are you doing? - Lornd asked in surprise as he followed his brother with his eyes. -

-This is the correct position for the defense,- he said in a somewhat pedantic manner. -

- Well, little brother, where is a good fight  leave this nonsense. - Lornd smiled, shaking his head to the joy of Beruche who said between laughs addressing his husband. -

- Your brother is getting better every time. He seems to share my own opinion.

-Well, come on, let's go home, - Roy sighed,  he felt misunderstood.-

- Do not be like that, sister. - Cooan also asked in a funny tone to remind Bertie. - I've been a cheerleader at the Golden. Basketball is a very nice sport. - And she added as she noticed her boyfriend looking at her with a certain tinge. – Ha, ha, well, and the karate too, of course. All sports are very good.

- I think the only sport the saiyajin know is to fight. - Setsuna said, but now not as casual as the rest. -

- The truth is that it is in our nature. - Lornd told her, adding almost reflexively. - And from what I see in many humans too.

            There was nothing more to oppose than that. After a little more chatting, they headed for the house. Tom and Cooan said goodbye, wanted to go out together and have some time for them, so their friends understood. The rest found themselves at the prospect of spending that night and it was Beruche who proposed.

-Why do not we go out to dinner?- So we show you the city. I think none of you know NY. -She said obviously referring to Lornd and the girls. -

-We do not want to be a nuisance. - Oppose Setsuna.-

Although it was Roy who supported his girlfriend encouraged them.

-We really want to go out and take a walk.- So you cannot say no. Also brother. - He added now directing to the saiyajin. - I want you to see the world that you're going to help saving.

-I think it's a good idea. - He agreed. - And I'm already hungry, - he grinned now more broadly. -

-Well, I took the liberty of ordering clothes of your size, come with me to see how you fit in them. -Roy smiled as he placed a hand on his older brother's back and led him into the room. -

Setsuna excused herself for a moment, she had to connect with her companions and inform them of everything. She also wanted to see if there was any news, Hotaru was going to go with her but Bertie called her just a moment. The girl approached and somewhat surprised saw how she made a gesture to keep her away from Pluto, who at that moment was establishing communication.

-Listen Hotaru. - Bertie asked in a low voice. - What do you think? Do you think Setsuna and Lornd could get along?

-Get along? - She repeated without seeming to understand.- What you mean?

-Yes, you know ... she and he ... the two together. -Whispered her fellow-host,  with some sense of haste.-

The stunned girl stared at her in surprise, and even embarrassed, to be able to reply ashamed.

-It's just that I…I'm not yet old enough to know much about these things. I think you're mistaken the sailor. This is better than you would have asked Minako. She is the sailor of Love, I am the sailor of Destruction.

-I already know. – Said Bertie who added to Hotaru´s surprise when she insisted. - But for this it is not necessary to be so much greater nor to be the sailor of Love. - Sentenced without almost being able to avoid laughing but soon, something in a more serious way she added. - Roy and I think they both have a lot in common. To begin with, they are two loners.

Hotaru did not know what to say to that, though Bertie told her, now more seriously.

-I'd say Lornd feels something for her. I do not know if Setsuna will think the same. And if you could find out. Being her mate you spend a lot of time together. I'm sure she trusts you to talk about those issues.

-I do not know. We do not have such conversations. Maybe it would be better if you talked to our other two partners in the outer solar system. They know more about these things than I do. If they were here ... -The girl could answer.-

Sailor Saturn really was lost in these matters. That was not her thing. Although she had noticed that her companion looked at the saiyajin in a strange way.

-Then tell them! Anyway, I'll try to get my sisters and the girls to come. That will give us more perspective. - Beruche smiled at Hotaru's bewildered expression. -

The talk between them ended in a dry state as Setsuna approached where they were. Pluto had been updating her companions about everything she had seen and they in turn gave her new data. She was about sharing them with Bertie and Hotaru waiting for the boys to leave. When they were finally ready they appeared quite elegant to meet them. Roy had been bought sport clothes of his brother´s size and with his tremendous hanger they sat him quite well on Lornd. Setsuna and the others stared at him in a rather obvious way, he seemed, of course, a human. Especially because he had hidden his tail. At least that's what Hotaru asked.

-How could you put it there? - She wanted to know, not without curiosity, something childlike, to Setsuna's blush and Beruche's amused smile. -

But the warrior's retort left them cold when he answered nonchalantly.

-I cut it, now I do not need it.

-Your tail? - Setsuna could say, really stunned. - Chopped up?

-Do not worry, - he laughed at it as he claimed. - Soon it will grow again. I really do not need it now.

And Roy, meanwhile, as if the last comment were the most normal thing in the world, told the girls.

-Whenever you like ladies. We can go.

- We can go now! - replied Beruche who added with animation. - I called the girls, so we'll all get together.

-When you speak like this , I'm afraid of you, little cube - Roy whispered, receiving a hit in response and his wife's next instruction. -

-Go on, be on your guard and go and get them, - said Bertie, who remembered a little more of her younger days as an evil sister when she was about to do some of her mischief, especially when she insisted on her husband. - And do not delay ...

             Actually Roy just had to go get the Nemesis brothers and their partners. Nephrite and Amanda had things to do in London. Ail and Annie apologized heartily because they had to be with their son. The truth is that they had spent a long time without being with him. Nor did Cooan and Tom want to go and said they were busy on other issues, though Bertie did not want to ask which ones. Anyway, when Beruche informed Petz and Esmeralda of the Cupid operation that she was brewing, they did not want to lose it, of course dragging their partners who had other plans in mind. The official excuse for this impromptu reunion was that they both worked at the Masters Corporation and that they could discuss at dinner the plans for the destruction of the asteroid. So Roy transported them. When he brought them, the others greeted them very effusively, but certainly not as much as Lornd did. The saiyajin seemed to be in very good mood. He received the newcomers grabbing Diamond and Sapphire and tightening their necks on both of them with each of their arms, the situation was comical. At least for those who did not suffer the greeting. The two men, on the other hand, tried to breathe, turning purple at times, while Lornd said smiling.

- Hi, guys! I'm so glad to see you again.

-We-we, too,- said Diamond in a low voice, - but.

-Would you mind letting us breathe? - Sapphire added in the same voice. -

            Lornd watched them aware of the situation and somewhat startled he immediately released them.

-Forgive me, I'm a bit rough at times.

-Good thing it's only sometimes,- gasped Diamond trying to recover. -

-What? - Lornd asked, not listening. -

-Not anything, - Sapphire rushed in, thinking that such a guy should not be annoyed. - That is very glad to see you, that.

- Yes, that, - added the prince of Nemesis with a stupid little smile that did not fit him. -

-You're so funny! - Exclaimed his interlocutor, who slapped Sapphire against the chairs of a nearby terrace, knocking them down with a crash before the astonished eyes of the passers-by. -I'm sorry, I do not know what to say, I've not calculated. - He apologized.-

The saiyajin shrugged as Petz, stunned, tried to help her partner to stand up in that sort of condescending way.

- Try not to do that to him more times, he is my boyfriend and I want that he continues to be.

-Yeah, sorry. - Lornd apologized again, bowing his head in embarrassment. -

- He has immense strength! - Diamond whispered to Roy adding with relief - thank goodness that he is on our side.

-Yes, I know that, - he replied, remembering even the training match that afternoon. -

-Come on, it was nothing, - said Sapphire more animatedly, though he was still in pain. - Let's have something.

They sat on the terraces of a bar, there they ordered drinks when Setsuna saw two comrades of her, Haruka and Michiru, who joined them. She did not know where they might have come until Hotaru turning red, had to admit that she called them. Sitting next to the other girls, they dedicated themselves to whispering about the matter that interested them most. All except Setsuna and Haruka who were more attentive to the stories that Roy and the others told. But when Haruka heard of her potential friend and colleague's interest in Lornd, she decided to join the conversation of the women's group. Then Haruka caught the attention of Pluto who turned to her, to listen in surprise.

-First of all, - Her companion told her in a tone of advice, - do not be too noticeable. Although the truth is that he does not give the impression of being very familiar with these situations.

-What does not he notice, what? - Setsuna could tell that she did not really know what her friends were speaking about. -

- Yes, he seems rather naive and rather rough, but the truth is that he is a proper man, what muscles! And on top of that he is handsome, -added Michiru in a voice stained in feigned libidinousness.

-Do you really think so? - Haruka inquired tersely. -

-Are you jealous? - Michiru answered in the same tone. -

            Setsuna put her hands to her head amidst the dazed face of the others attending this peculiar and repetitive conversation.

-It could be,- Haruka replied with a smile. – A man like him can make you to change your…taste. Even mine.

-Oh come on!" Do not start with the same old thing again! You know it's very embarrassing. - protested their companion Pluto visibly embarrassed indeed. -

- It's a joke, silly! - Said Michiru, laughing alongside with Haruka. -

-I think you should do something," Esmeralda said, addressing Setsuna. -

-Do what?-  Wanted to know the puzzle Pluto -

- Attack him now, you have to stay alone with him. - Explained Emerald affirming with a great knowledge of these things. - This is not the best time or the best place.

-Hey, but can you tell what you're talking about? - Objected Setsuna rather bewildered. -

- You know - said the model with a broad smile, to add. - We can tell that Lornd is not indifferent to you.

- I think you misunderstood things. - replied Pluto who felt more and more embarrassed. - My job is simply to serve as a liaison ...

            And she had to remain silent, she could not say more. Even though, the others did not stop at all.

- And I think you'd be better off alone, my dear. - Emerald smiled impudently making a little gathering with the others to expose their idea to them. -

-We'll take care of that - Petz said with a funny smile. -

            The boys in the meanwhile told their adventures, informed Lornd of all their battles as he listened to them with much interest. He also told them things about his encounters with the troops of the villain Gralas, an alien who aspired to dominate the universe.

-So those cyborgs or whatever out of the future came here sent by him.-  Deducted Sapphire.-

-Correct.- Sentenced the saiyan to clarify. - His plan was to destroy the resistance of this planet and add it to his vast empire. But thanks to you that was frustrated.

-Thanks to my son of the future,- Roy said, adding with pride. - He was a great boy, if you had seen him! he even surpassed me in strength.

-That is a great pride for a saiyajin father. - Lornd agreed. - Let your children be even more powerful and honor the family.

-Are you married? - Diamond wanted to know that he immediately hastened to tint. - If you do not judge the question as an intrusion.

Lornd looked at him blankly. He doesn´t care about that. So he replied naturally.

-No, I'm not ... there was a time when I might have liked it, - however, he declared with a sadness.-

           That surprised his interlocutors. It was his brother who sharply observed.

-You had someone special, did not you?

-Yes, but I lost her - said the questioner with regret.-

-You should not be discouraged, my friend. - Sapphire wanted to encourage him. - We lost our love, too, and then we got it back. One day I will tell you my own story.

-And I tell you mine. - Diamond added.-

            Perceiving the intentions of his fellow-men Lornd smiled nodding.

-Thanks friends. You are good people. And men of honor. But I apologize now. I'd rather put that issue aside. At least for the moment. We have something more urgent and far-reaching than what we need.

      The rest had to agree on that. Even if it was Roy who would try to cheer him up once again.

-Well, when this is over, we'll go there-and you'll meet a bunch of attractive earthlings girls. You will see. It's going to be worth helping to save this world.

Everyone smiled now, even the saiyajin. After a while Petz interrupted the conversation by calling her boyfriend. He came over and she whispered something in his ear. Sapphire got up immediately and told the group.

- Well guys, I think it's time to go, the truth is that we leave some things half done ...

- I can imagine which things are! - said his brother laughing. -

-Sweetheart, - Emerald called Diamond, - we should also go and finish certain things ...- The truth is that her voice could not be more insinuating. -

- How is the thing tonight! - Roy laughed, adding with amusement. - Well, I wonder who will be next.

-I think it will be us,- Haruka said, taking Michiru's hand. -

- We are sorry but we have to leave, certain commitments demand us - added Neptune also with a rogue accent. - And they are inescapable ...

            The saiyan looked misunderstood, his brother and  Bertie were smiling, and Setsuna did not even dare to look, red with shame. Finally between Roy and Beruche they also agreed to make a discreet scape. The boy approached his brother and said in a low voice.

-You see, Lornd, it's been a long time since you and I trained so hard and I barely had time to be alone with Bertie, you know what I mean. - He smiled, looking away when the girls watched. -

-No, - Lornd replied, leaving him puzzle. -What do you mean? - Roy turned to his girlfriend, putting his hands to his head, but his interlocutor smiled and said.  – It was a joke, of course I understand you! But what do you want me to do?

-Well, you see, there's only Setsuna and Hotaru here, if you were kind enough to take them for a walk ..."

-That will not be a problem, I'll be delighted, - said Lornd, smiling. -

-But be you who propose that to them - advised Roy, if I say it, I'll look bad.

-I do not know why, but if you  prefer that, it not a problem to me.- His brother replied politely. -

-But let me tell Bertie first, - his interlocutor asked him. -

            Lornd nodded his arms crossed and his brother talked to the girls, whispered something to his wife who smiled and nodded.

-Sorry. It is just a moment, Hotaru, Setsuna, - the boy asked apologetically, - I have to talk to Bertie. -

-Of course, - Pluto agreed. -

-Yes, do not worry, - agreed Hotaru, who was smiling without her mate noticing. -

-Little cube .- His companion whispered in an apologetic way - I think it's time we left them alone, everything goes according to plan.

- Very good. Let's go, - she agreed, and Roy nodded to Lornd, who then stepped forward and proposed to take a walk to what his brother answered. -

- You see, Bertie and I are tired, please excuse us and  have that walk if you want.

-We could talk a little, - the saiyan proposed to Pluto who nodded, glancing at Hotaru to accompany them. -

-If you do not mind, - said the little girl, who had been suitably instructed by Bertie. - I'm sleepy too. Roy. Could you carry me with my father?

-Sure, - he smiled, leaving Setsuna puzzle. - It will be my pleasure.

Now the sailor seemed to glimpse a full-blown lockdown, thought that especially Haruka and Michiru, whom she assumed partly responsible, would pay for this in due time. But she can expected something like this from them. But even Hotaru! Yet she could not turn back once she had accepted. It would be very impolite, too. Besides. Why should she? They were supposed to talk about the threat hanging over the planet. And that could also help her to fulfill her mission.

-That's a good idea,- Beruche added with approving joviality, turning now to Lornd and Pluto. - It's a good night, you can have a nice walk.

-It sounds good to me, - nodded the saiyajin, who asked Setsuna with a less convinced one. - Are you sure you want to?

- Yes, thank you, anyway, I cannot go back to the apartment now. Haruka and Michiru will want to be alone. - She could reply, remembering again her mates and their trick. - At least for a while ...

-What will have them being so busy ? we barely see them, I suppose it will be some training.-Guessed Lornd.-

He obtained the sympathetic assent of Hotaru, to which all looked away with a great drop of sweat.

-Yes, it's something like that,- Roy said with a stupid little smile. - I'd like to sign up for that training with them, ha,ha..."

Although watching the murderous look that his wife dedicated to him, he immediately laughed, taking a hand to the back of his head and hurriedly managed to tint.

-It's a joke, I am just kidding, ha, ha!

-Well, it's the same, - said Lornd with some disinterest. - We will not disturb them. We'll see later - And with Setsuna he said goodbye to his brother, Beruche and Hotaru who called a taxi, the vehicle left the group a few streets from Bertie and Roy´s house. –

Roy took advantage of a deserted area to transport the girl, who actually wanted to go see her father who was in Japan, taking advantage of the time difference. On reappearing, near Tomoe's house, the sun shone on a pleasant morning.

-Well, here I leave you, if you need me to come back and get you call me.-  He said. – Greetings to your father.

-Thank you,- the girl smiled. - But  he'll be at work now. I do not think anyone's at home.

     Although before leaving his fellow countryman looked at her with expression of affection and solidarity and said.

-Hope everything goes well. It's nice to have a father who loves you and cares about you, and a mother too.

-I lost my mother when I was very little. - Hotaru replied with a more serious expression. -

            Roy leaned forward to stand up to the girl and said with a conciliatory and even sympathetic tone.

-You know what I mean. I lost mine a few years ago and I wish I could go back in time and get them back. They were not my biological parents but they loved me and raised me as if they had. Hotaru ... you're a warrior, brave and determined. And a good girl. You have many great friends. And a heart big enough to forgive and give a chance to someone who really regrets the evil she did and wants to do things right. I know you understand me, it has all happened to us. And we have had someone who believed in us and helped us. Someone who even saved us from what we had turned.

            The girl did not reply, but she looked down and seemed to be meditating on those words. His interlocutor held her affectionately by the shoulders and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Now the girl did look surprised and somewhat flushed. Roy smiled fondly, goggled an eye and disappeared after saying.

-Take care!

The girl stood there, still for a moment. After thinking about that, she decided to go into her house. She had her own keys. Maybe she would wait for her father and his wife. Roy, on his return, met with Bertie after tracking her energy. Along the way, they both chatted.

-I tried to tell Hotaru a couple of things. - He commented explaining what they had been.-

-You did well, - Bertie approvingly smiled, to add. - As I told you, that worries your friends a lot. Setsuna told me a few days ago that they were visiting the doctor at the Masters and that the girl and Kaori did not seem to get along too well.

-What I said will not solve it, but perhaps it will make her to think. She is a very clever girl. - Valued his compatriot. - And she is a good person besides.

- She is. But here are her feelings that command. - Bertie sighed. - And I understand her. She wants to keep them from overpowering her, but it's not easy. Deep down, no matter how warlike and powerful sailor she is, she's still a little girl and Setsuna told me she's scared.  She fears that things with her father are not equal now.

-Well, - Roy sighed as he put an arm around his partner's shoulders. - That's something that does not concern us. I hope she can solve it. Now let's wish our idea pays off.

-I think they would make a good couple - Beruche added hopefully. - I would like it to work out.

-My brother is crude, but he will know how to behave. - Roy said laughing, adding fun. - It reminds me of a song from my favorite band. It goes like this. When red a hot man, meets a white hot lady!" Ha, ha, ha ... What a couple can be made out of these two!

            His girlfriend laughed at that. The boy was absolutely right. Those two together could be like a time bomb. Perhaps they were too alike in many things. But who knows? At least she had been surprised by the gallantry demonstrated by the saiyajin.

- I cannot believe he proposed us to take a walk, - Bertie smiled wanting to know - What did you say him?

-Well, - retorted Roy. - I told him that long ago we could not be alone, you and I and ...

-And? – Bertie stared at him, her voice asked in a honeyed voice. -

-I'll explain it to you at home! - Laughed the boy. -

-Your progress in training?- Bertie smiled adding in an ironic tone. – Those which you wanted to share with Haruka and Michiru?

-Now you'll see what a level two super saiyajin is capable of, baby!  - he smiled mischievously at the young lady, and they kissed each other, immersing themselves in the preliminary preparations for that interesting night with one last sentence from the boy. – Ha, ha ... I will concentrate energy where I know ... You will see how it grows! ... the energy, of course ...

             And Bertie could not help but laugh out loud. Meanwhile, oblivious to the celebrations of their friends, the saiyajin and Pluto walked slowly through a nearby park. The sun had set minutes ago, and only the light of the moon in a crescent illuminated the place in unison with a few lampposts. A cool summer breeze was blowing. Setsuna could not help breathing deeply as she closed her eyes to sigh later. Lornd watched her curiously. The girl noticed it and said.

-I have a few moments when I can be calm, just enjoying peace. No obligations.

-I understand. - He affirmed to surprise of his interlocutor. - Most people do not understand it, but what every warrior craves is harmony. That is why we fight.

-I thought the  space warriors were only occupying the fight itself. - She replied, looking at him now in puzzlement. -

-Not the way you think. - He could explain. - It's true, we love to fight but it's because our very nature demands continuous improvement. The fight is for us a way to progress and to find rivals stronger and stronger, a challenge. But that is not the same as having to fight to the death or to save your planet. We enjoyed a good fight like the humans a good game of that sport that Asthel wanted to teach me. - He paused a moment, seemed to ponder the next thing he was going to say, he was now very aware of his words and finally he added. - When I see my brother and how happy he is on this planet with Lorein, well, I mean Bertie. - He smiled correcting himself at once and continuing introspective. - I understand that I want and I must fight to protect it. Ironically I came here to find him thinking that he would be lost in a strange world. Now I see that it is his world.

-You and your brother have not seen each other for a long time, have you? - She asked him. -

-The truth is that since at least for another life, - replied Lornd telling her. - Our father ruled over two worlds. To me, being the eldest, left me the most powerful planet, New Vegeta, from where we were originally. Its inhabitants were much more difficult to govern and leadership had to be imposed many times by using force.

-And what happened to get you out of there? - Setsuna inquired with visible interest. -

-We were also attacked by the powers of darkness, but the race of space warriors is so strong that we could defeat them. Although we paid a very high price.-  He could say now with a rather more sad tone, but he remembered enough to continue. - Then I went to help my brother's planet and discovered that Alliance had been devastated, neither he nor Bertie were there. When I saw her now, I recognized her immediately. .- He smiled, pleased. - She is Lorein, she has the same elegance and class. - He came back to the subject and added. - Well, the thing is that I got lost in the cosmos. These guys manipulated the dimensional fabric of time and space and I was isolated, completely separated from my world. Do not I found it and wandered adrift through the universe. But Landar found me and charged me to fight the forces of evil all over the cosmos and that I do. Although for longer than I could remember I had to do it alone.

Setsuna looked at him now, wide-eyed. Now she understood his anger when he heard about his future nephew. At that moment she could see the man with the greatest sympathy. Beyond his enormous strength it was evident that he suffered for the fate of his own. Perhaps that armor of tough warrior was just that. A mere appearance to protect his feelings. Solidly she could add.

-That's hard, I know, I've been all alone for a long time,- the girl confessed. - And I know the frustration and pain of seeing how the enemy destroyed something that you loved and not being able to protect it.

            Now it was the saiyan who looked at her in surprise. She smiled to tell him.

-When I was the guardian of the door of time, space, so many eons, I was not allowed to leave my post. But I could see what was happening. On the other side of the door was the kingdom of the Silver Millennium. Where the powerful Queen Serenity ruled.

-Do you mean that little girl? Usagi. - He thought he remembered her name correctly -

Although Setsuna  smiled, shaking her head to said her listener.

-No, it was not her. But her mother. The Queen Serenity first of the Moon. A woman so powerful and kind and full of Majesty, and not because she was the sovereign. Her very presence radiated an aura of love and dignity as I have never felt again.

-That's a lot to say coming from you, - he remarked. - You're a true princess.

-Thank you,- sighed Setsuna to add modestly. -But I am nothing compared to the queen Serenity of then or now.

-I felt the aura that your sovereign has. - Lornd confided. - I understand you well ... And tell me. What happened? What happened to the Silver Millennium kingdom?

            Her interlocutor lowered her eyes, it was clear that those memories aroused very painful feelings in her. She could barely mumble.

The evil, manifesting itself in the form of a demon called Metalia, possessed the inhabitants of the Earth and attacked by surprise the kingdom of the Moon. The sovereign could do nothing more than seal it. She released all her power at the cost of her own life. And I had to witness it without being able to intervene. -She muttered now, letting a couple of tears roll to sentence in a broken voice. - Do you know what it feels like when you see your loved ones die like that, unable to do anything at all?

           The man did not answer, looked down and barely nodded. Although he immediately took a hand to his interlocutor and could say.

- We both know what loneliness is. And how much it hurts sometimes. - Lornd added with a more lively tone. - I am so glad that I have found my brother again. I was also looking for him because Landar told me that he had been reincarnated on a distant planet and that he had rejected an attack made by the forces of evil. Thanks to that I had the clue to get here. Then, when I contacted the Gralas forces and knew that they had this world as their goal, I pretended to join them.

- I was also very happy to meet my friends. When I was entrusted with the mission of defending the temporary space portal I knew I had to give up having a life. But fortunately I have been able to join them again. When the flow of time changed, and the portal was sealed.- Said Setsuna in turn.-

-It's hard ... to have to give up loving anyone, when you're alone and away from your own. - He agreed.-

-There are many ways to show love. And one of them is watching over precisely those you love from a distance. -The girl answered.- And I was always willing to make any sacrifice for them. Any!

            The saiyajin looked at her in surprise, apart from being brave that woman had a noble heart and surely filled with love for her friends. Maybe she even had someone waiting for her somewhere. But in a way she was like Lornd himself. She had to hide all those emotions to fulfill her task and could be to even give them up.

-Perhaps it's never too late to start over, - Lornd said, as they walked out of the park, up to the harbor. -

The truth is that at that moment they both looked at each other very well, they were two loners, they had always been, each confined in the defense of their own ideals, duties and even dreams. The saiyajin felt that, at last, he had met someone to really tell her how he felt. Beyond that comedy that sometimes interpreted of crude little insightful. But that was not the real Lornd, he was actually a high-born prince who knew how to behave as he did to someone who had a careful education, largely his most human part. His compatriot for her part could see in the depths of that warrior's eyes a pall of sadness and solitude, similar to that which she herself possessed. The Sailor was a selfless defender of the door of time, but at the price of living alone and with little contact with the outside. Setsuna also had a rigorous training and was of royal family, like all the guardians of the queen Serenity. Her family was the second in the lineage of Cronos. And by right the government of the kingdom corresponded to the line of Hotaru. However, she and her ancestors were chosen to dwell on Pluto, elevating that world to the category of kingdom. And to avoid internal quarrels they were granted the very noble, but onerous task of safeguarding the door of time-space. So it was for her. From what she could remember she prepared to fulfill her mission and hardly ever thought of another kind of life, a life shared with someone. Setsuna also professed an impossible love, since the object of her feelings was not within her reach. She also had to give up that for duty. Even more so after the task that had been entrusted to her. Now, after listening to Lornd's words, she looked at him with a disconcerted expression. They both reached the end of that jetty and returned. Then the saiyan told her.

-Hotaru, my brother and Bertie wanted us to talk alone. That was plain to see.

The girl smiled nodding.

-I've noticed, they have not been too subtle. Especially Hotaru.

-That little girl loves you,- he assured her. -You just have to see how she looks at you and how she cares about you. Just as you love her. I do not know if you might bother with this question, but. Are you relatives?

-We are.- She nodded. - Although she and I were remotely related in the past. We are a family now, but not by blood. I love her very much. I love Hotaru and all my companions. And the Little Lady, whom I miss very much.

-The Little Lady? - Lornd asked, not understanding. -

-Queen Serenity's daughter.- The one you know for Usagi. - She clarified her compatriot.- I remember that for a long time she was the only one who came to visit me in my guard post and kept me company. That was in the future. -She smiled and tint.- Or maybe should I say it will be. In any case. From now, It will be during the advent of the kingdom of Crystal-Tokyo, in the thirtieth century terrestrial.

-The thirtieth century? - He was surprised to want to know. - So how come you're here now?

-It is a long story. One day when we have more time, I will tell you. - She promised, with a faint smile full of mystery. -

            The saiyan was thoughtful. Something about that was familiar to him, but he was not sure about what. Perhaps he realized how much the woman's self-denial came, so much so that with a tone of respect he declared.

-I see that you are a person of noble heart. The type of one who is willing to give everything without expecting anything in return. Of those who always put their own sake behind, and flees of recognitions or being protagonist. I really do admire you. Sailor Pluto. Believe what I say. A king of the saiyajin does not say this to anyone. I do not know if I would be able to sacrifice myself as much for a cause as you have.

-My cause is the defense of my kings and my friends. And the world in which they and many other people live.- She replied calmly.- That's why it's worth giving my life.

-For someone like them and someone like you, I would certainly give mine. - He said, looking at her with intensity. - I know now that I came here for good reason. And it has been to know you ...

She answered somewhat embarrassed but mostly reflective, diverting that embarrassing situation.

- At this moment, I do not know, the main thing is to succeed and rid the Earth of this threat ... meanwhile we do not count ...

-We'll do it - Lornd assured her, perhaps by carelessness brushing a hand of Setsuna with one of his. Affirming with a yearning tint. - And then we may have more freedom to think a little about our own wishes.

Setsuna, without knowing for sure why, she shivered and blushed to the cheeks. Her heart beat faster. Trying to calm down, she walked a little farther on the side of her interlocutor, watching him out of the corner of her eye. They soon sat on a nearby bench. Then there was a hymn of silence as they stared at each other, as if each one wanted to penetrate into the other's secrets, when a child's shriek brought them out of that kind of trance abruptly.

-Sir, madam, please! Could you help me? - They both looked in the direction of that voice that belonged to a girl of barely seven years who stood next to her parents helplessly looking at the top of a sturdy tree, illuminated by the lights of the park. - Please,- she repeated, with a pitiful smile, approaching them. -My balloon has let go of me and it has caught on that tree,- informed the disconsolate child who pointed upward with her right hand asking with a pleading expression. "Can you reach it for me?

-Sweetheart, please, - said a man of middle-age and normal height, visibly stiff. - Do not bother these people. The balloon is too high so unfortunately no one can reach it.

         The baby was pitied and ready to cry. That was a great tragedy for her. However, seeing her like that, Lornd got up quickly. The girl, shocked by his enormous stature, looked down at him with her mouth open, but he smiled cheerfully at her.

- Calm down, I'll help you right now! –

He was going to levitate, but he did not want to do it because he did not draw attention to ordinary humans. That was  an advice from his brothers so he decided to follow it in order to not create problems. He seemed to think something else and told Setsuna. -Wait a moment please.

-I'll be right back.

            She smiled approvingly. The balloon would be about twenty feet or more, but Lornd had no trouble climbing up there. To the astonishment of the parents of the child and other passers-by, he climbed in only a few moments, pushing himself only with his arms, grabbed the balloon and went down with him, returning it to the girl jumping with joy.

-Thank you! - She repeated in delight, as did her visibly grateful parents. -

-You're welcome, missy, - the space warrior grinned. -

-Please bend, - she said, - you are very tall, - the girl asked. –

Lornd did so at once, bending one knee, and the smiling little girl gave him a resounding kiss on the cheek. After returning to thank him, she left with her balloon tied to her arm and next to her parents, saying goodbye with the hand of the saiyajin who, smiling, returned the greeting. Setsuna approached him sympathetically and praised him.

- You have been very kind to that little girl, it seems strange that you are such a good fighter then ....

-One thing has nothing to do with the other, - he replied. -

-I mean that ardor you put in the battle, you do not give mercy. - She explained with a tinge of admiration and also some fear. -

- Same thing I could say about you. I watched as you helped your companions, especially Hotaru. And I think that both you and I feel the same.

- What? - she wanted to know, that now she was listening to him visibly interested. -

- The more love you have for people, the more fiercely you are able to fight for them - he replied - If you love someone you have much more ability to fight for that person. It is not a contradiction, it is natural. At least for us the saiyajin people.- Sentenced with pride adding with insight and some restlessness. - I know that maybe my way of fighting and eliminating these guys seemed excessively cruel, but believe me. I can be brutal when the occasion demands it but I would never abuse the weak. That is neither honorable nor just. At least that's how my parents raised me. On the other hand, that rascal of Gralas and his followers do not have any type of scruples. They would kill without blinking for example that girl and her parents. They have done so in many worlds, and as long as I have an ounce of strength I will not allow them to do it again. If that forces me to be a monster to fight that kind of bastard, so be it. It is part of my sacrifice.

            She stared at him and nodded slowly to respond by taking his interlocutor by surprise.

- I am also a warrior and I have had to fight for my life and to end many of my enemies, and I would stop at nothing to save this planet or my sovereigns. I've been about to do really unforgivable things. I know just like you that sometimes it's inevitable. Pretending to the contrary is a symptom of not knowing what you are talking about.

- I think so, too. And how I told you before, despite being a space warrior, I do not like violence as much as you think. Perhaps in the past my race was more cruel and animal, but we evolved, we mix with other lineages and not all share that yearning to destroy. My mother instilled in me that too. And my father taught me that the battle is something honorable, that a good adversary must be respected. But that does not mean that I should not have to kill or  die. - He replied with added determination. -

-Yes, you are quite right,- Setsuna agreed, very impressed by the words of that proud warrior and the way he had now appeared, sweet and solicitous with that child, and she said so. -You know? It was funny to me like that little one told you to bend down and as you did immediately, bending your knee before her .- She pointed out amused. - It must be the only one that has managed to bend you like this ... ha, ha ...

-Yes, it's curious, - said Lornd, with a smile full of thought when he added, - and yet many have demanded it by force and for other reasons and have not lived to tell it. I never humbled myself before anyone, instead with that little one ... when I saw that look of pity on her face. She only had to ask for it, because she asked for it innocently, from the bottom of her heart and with good feelings. And for a pure and kind person even a king of the Saiyan must bow. This is not humiliation but a sign of respect.

-You also have a good heart, despite your appearance and your warrior skills, - Setsuna praised him, to add with a funny smile.-I can accuse you of that as you have done with me. -

-Yes, but do not tell anyone, or else my reputation would crumble, - he whispered with pretended complicity and they both laughed. -

          Setsuna looked at him with an even wider smile, certainly her first impression could not be more wrong. Now she was beginning to understand her rulers. Someone like that saiyajin should remain on the side of the forces of good. Fortunately he was noble in his own right. That would make things easier, now that mission did not seem so sacrificed after all. Maybe at first the strong characters of both in the defense of their ideals and duties had collide. Serenity and Endymion, as usual, had anticipated the rest in their intuitions when they appointed her for this purpose. The question was. Would she be able to keep it to the end?

-It's getting late. - She sighed, adding, - I must go back.

-Yes, - he agreed. - I'll accompany you. -

            So they did. After a few minutes they decided to go home. Lornd walked with the young woman to the door of hers, the apartment her companions had taken for that night, and dismissed her with a kiss in her hand, very chivalrously. She stood hypnotized watching him go, only out of her reverie when Haruka, dressed in a dressing gown, came up to her leaving the house.

-How did it go? Well, for your face I think very well - she smiled adding cordially. -Come on, girl come in and tell us!

- He is not at all as I thought. - The girl could say in a thoughtful tone. -

              Without further incident with Haruka, the door closed behind them.

-Well, tell us, tell us-  Her companion insisted that, making a gesture with one hand, she stopped her before she began to say. - I'm calling Michiru and we're all ears.

            Setsuna smiled, those two would never change. Always so aware of those issues. When it comes to gossip they could be even worse than the other sailors. Of course, Neptune came out after her partner, dressed in a really elegant gauze gown. The three of them took seats around a table and Haruka, offering a coffee to the newcomer, interrogated her.

-How was this warrior from space?

-We just took a walk. - Setsuna replied frankly.-

-And what were you talking about? - - Michiru wanted to know.-

-A little bit of everything, but it was interesting ...

-I'm surprised that this guy has conversation subjects. - Haruka smiled, saying amused. - Did he tell you how he trains or how he liquidates his enemies?

            Her interlocutor merely smiled, nodding slightly. Michiru immediately noticed the brightness in her eyes. Even the slight blush that invaded her unconsciously. Then, to the surprise of the Sailor Uranus, she commented in a softer and more considerate tone ...

-Apparently, that saiyajin must have many surprises in store. I do not think he's at all what he seems.

-No, - Pluto admitted quietly. -He's not ...

            Now it was Haruka who seemed to understand ... She nodded slowly, and after laying a hand over Setsuna's, she said goodbye.

-I'm glad you had a pleasant evening. See you tomorrow, and have some rest.

            That said she retired to her room waiting for her partner. Michiru got up to follow her, but when she was ready to get away from Pluto, she stopped her with a dubious question.

-Michiru. Tell me one thing please ... When did you know that you and Haruka ? well ... how did you realize what you felt ...

            Her friend turned to look at her with some surprise, but then she smiled. After a few seconds she replied.

-My heart knew ... long before my mind. Maybe I could tell you that from the very first moment we met, but that would not be real. At first I was more eager to slap her than kiss her! Well, that happens to me even now, not infrequently. – She laugh and her partner with her. After a few moments the young woman added in an affectionate tone. - And your heart also knows ... you should just let him talk ... and he'll tell you.

            Her partner nodded with a slight smile, while Michiru nodded in turn and turned again to her room ... Now Setsuna was thinking about that, sitting in the dining room, alone. But this time it was not a solitude tinged with sadness, perhaps, for the first time in many years, feelings that she believed buried forever after her disappointment and her renounce began to grow.

-Now more than ever I have to be very careful.- She said trying to control that. - First of all there is a duty to be fulfilled ... I owe not to myself but to others. And now we are facing  other problems more serious than my own tribulations.

            And so she decided that she should go to sleep. The girl was tired and the next day there was sure to be many things to do. Lornd arrived at the house of his brother and Beruche, but decided that tonight would leave them alone. He went to a lonely place to sleep and that night did not think about his training, only the memory of Setsuna filled the thought. Now he could not keep his memories from flowing. It was clear that this woman was as if Ayaina had reincarnated. Perhaps not in her face or appearance, but in the fire of her gaze, that glitter in her eyes, that serenity and sweetness mixed with determination and courage. At the time able to be infinitely patient and loving with their loved ones as relentless and full of fury unleashed against their enemies. He sighed, shaking his head. That was not a good idea. He did not want to recreate all that again.

-My love is dangerous. I must not let it flow. I can make her suffer. - He told himself to try to settle that issue, he finally could sleep. - I do not want her to bleed any more for me.

            But the main problem of all was the comet, and it was still there, approaching every minute. The days passed. Lornd returned to focus on his hard training with his brother, the great meteorite was already visible in the sky like a great light suspended on the horizon, growing every hour. The king of the saiyajin, along with Roy and the others, were summoned by Masters to a meeting on the island he owned in the Pacific. There they intended to finish the details but a discovery of the group of Tomoe, that had been coordinating with the warriors, made them substantially alter all the plans. It was Ami, who had made a liaison between her colleagues and the group of scientists, which brought them up to date.

- We have discovered that two smaller asteroids have crashed at two points in the Pacific Ocean. They could be combat capsules.

-Damn! - Lornd exclaimed, surprising everyone. - Surely it is them, they have come to make sure that they fulfill their purpose!

-That do you mean? - Asked Petz. -

- Ami - answered the saiyan looking at the sailor that was in the controls - could you check if the frequency that they emitted when falling was equal to this one? - And borrowed her his combat breastplate took out a paper with some records that handed to the girl. –

After comparing them for a few moments she responded affirmatively.

- Yes, agree, - She corroborated also surprised to ask. - But how did you know?

-They are Gralas's henchmen, that's the sequence of their assault ships. - Lornd replied, visibly upset when he had to admit. - I cannot take care of them, I have to reserve all my energy and concentration for the meteorite.

-Leave them to us, - Roy told him cheerfully, eager to help- "I'll take care of the one who has a greater potential strength, you'll take care of the other." He told his companions that they gladly accepted the idea. –

            However, Lornd denied that.

- You will not either. You have to help me with the asteroid. - His brother reminded him, to everyone's horror. -

-Okay, sounds good, leave them to us,- Diamond replied cheerfully. - We've been inactive for a long time.

- Let's give them a good beating and so we can be useful, - added Nephrite, eager as the rest to collaborate more actively in that. -

- I'm looking forward too,- Ail said, wanting to know. - But where should we go?

-Now they will give us the coordinates,- answered Sapphire. -

            That's how it went. Ami gave them the last known positions of each one of those meteorites, Mimet had worked almost an extra turn, between song and song, to do the last research in the calculations of trajectory. They already had the coordinates Roy and Lornd should occupy. Then Tomoe intervened to explain the plan in more detail.

- As you know, as Diamond, Sapphire, Ail and Nephrite deal with the enemy, Lornd and Roy must place in strategic positions on the planet to destroy the asteroid. The warriors will have to support them and destroy the possible fragments of the great meteorite when it is torn to pieces. - He gave each one a map with his position, adding. - Here you have, I hope you do not get much work, and good luck ...

- Thank you Souichi, - Roy said as he harangued the rest. - Come on guys, we do not have time to lose!

            They all flew away to their respective destinations, Lornd consulted the position from which he should attempt the attack against the great meteor. It was a remote island hundreds of kilometers from their present position. He flew out without wasting any more time.

-There they go, - Rei sighed as they saw the saiyajin marching. - I hope they succeed.

- They must have it, the whole Earth depends on it. - Beruche answered. -

-They will,- Cooan said optimistically, - they are capable of that and much more.

- Damn it. I cannot help! - Tom lamented, clenching his fists. -

-We all feel the same, my friend. - Haruka replied, trying to comfort him. - But we can only wait until it's our turn to do our part.

-Lornd and Roy are the ones who have the most important job,- Michiru said. - It is an almost impossible mission, but seeing their strength, I am convinced that they will succeed.

-But in addition to strength,- said Emerald who seems worried, - they will have to launch their attacks at the right moment in order to coordinate properly.

- Oh, time! - Ami jumped visibly agitated - I have forgotten ... how stupid I have been!

     All faces between surprised and alarmed turned to her as Makoto asked in awe.

-What, what have you forgotten?

- The time indicator!, the special tracking chronometer, they must attack when that watch reaches zero and I have not given it. At least to Lornd. I gave him to Roy when I saw him - replied the girl in a really concerned tone.-

- Relax, Ami. Lornd has his visor. Beruche remembered with relief.-

- I'm afraid he will not be able to use it. - Tomoe intervened, announcing to the surprise and concern of the rest. - We have traced interferences, they are from a signal coming from outer space. -

-Yes. - Daniel agreed as he programmed something on his computer. - Apparently these guys have been watching him through his viewfinder ever since he came to Earth. -

-Could it be that he's been cheating us all this time? - He wanted to know Mamoru, who, along with the cats had recently arrived. -

- I do not think so. At least I hope so. Now we have no choice but to continue with the plan. - Ami commented with Tomoe's nod. -

-Not all is lost yet, - Usagi said, encouraging them to urge her companions. - I trust him. We teleported ourselves and give him the time indicator.

- Not so simple, one will have to stay with him to keep score. The rest we have to retreat to destroy the fragments. Lornd must concentrate to the fullest, - Minako explained,- otherwise he might not be strong enough ... "

-Yes, the slightest lack of concentration on his part could be fatal for the planet. - Tomoe added, adding in dismay. - Even in the best of cases there will be inevitable and disastrous consequences.

            None wanted to ask what these consequences would consist of. The one that took the floor was Rei to ask.

- We had not thought about it either, how do we do it? - Sailor Mars wanted to know. -Who will deal with the countdown to Lornd?

-I will, - Setsuna offered, determined to indicate the rest. - Teleport me and I will stay by his side to follow the account ...

- That is very dangerous. The doctor is right, whether it fails or if it succeeds there will be cataclysms on a planetary scale. You will be in serious danger. - Ami warned her with awe. -

-Then It is doesn´t matter where I am -  replied the one who could not help but add with determination. - It is my duty as yours to protect this world and with Lornd I feel safer...

- Okay, we have to do it fast! - Rei harangued them - we do not have much time, the chronometer already marks just fifteen minutes for the critical moment.

         All sailors agreed on it. They clapped their hands in a circle, invoked the sailor teleport and disappeared from the place.

-I pray God we're lucky, - Petz said thoughtfully through the tense silence of everyone else who only nodded gravely. -

       Diamond, Sapphire, Ail, and Nephrite arrived at their destination, not long before they were intercepted by a two-meter orange and a seven-foot-tall being with a strange face between rough and arched, both of them seemed to have a lot of strength and satisfaction.

-Wow, - said the orange with a long head and three eyes in triangle, analyzing all of them - humans with exceptionally high fighting forces. This is the right time to entertain us a little.

- That is what you think! - Nephrite replied defiantly. -

-We'll be the ones who amuse ourselves by crushing you, - said Sapphire, with the same tone. -

- You are naive. – Replied the huge, sharp-tongued as he sentenced. - We know your ridiculous plans well. We will annihilate you without waste of time.

-Do you? - Ail pretending to be terrified, but adding with determination - what are we waiting for guys? – Let´s get them! ...

            Without making him repeat the four of them attacked those aliens, the orange beat against Nephrite and Sapphire and the other against Diamond and Ail. The orange being stopped their attacks In a very effective way, defended himself with great tenacity, wounding even Ail and Diamond. These regrouped to plan a new attack.

-Do you think you could try the attack that Master Piccolo taught you, Ail? - Diamante asked, seeming to be thinking of something, as his enemy approached them shining now with a more powerful tone. - It was very powerful.

-Yes, that's why I need time to concentrate the energy. - Replied his companion. -

-All right, I'll give you all I can. - Affirmed the prince of Nemesis that, in turn, concentrated his force throwing against its rival. -

This one received him stopping his attack one more time and that gave way to a fist fight of punches that finally the alien seemed to gain beating Diamond that lost height. His enemy presented him with balls of fire that he had to dodge with difficulty, they crashed into the ocean producing huge explosions and causing water jets and clouds of steam to ascend to the position where they were. The prince of Nemesis then smiled.

-Now, - he said to himself as he exclaimed. - Triple Kaio ken!

The boy shone a reddish hue as he greatly increased his strength and speed. His enemy, veiled by the enormous amount of steam that he had caused, did not see him coming until Diamante stood beside him and gave him a huge punch that made him rise hundreds of meters. The prince, not satisfied with this, accelerated again hitting that being in the abdomen. Taking advantage of the occasion gave his opponent a good amount of blows. Although at the price of being exhausted. He had spent a lot of energy on it and his rival seemed to start recovering when he snapped at him.

-It was not bad, but it will not do you any good. Now is my turn

But without just finishing the phrase a huge increase of energy surprised him from his right. Ail had finished concentrating the energy in one of his fingers against his forehead. When that alien wanted to react, neglecting for a moment Diamond, he gave him another punch and shouted.

-Ail! Now!.

-Technique "Makankōsappo" goes for you Piccolo Sama! - Ail shouted, pulling his finger away from his forehead, pointing at his rival, and a powerful spiral bolt sprang up through his chest. -

His enemy spat a kind of orange liquid, it seemed mortally wounded, and Diamante shot him a good stream of energy that exploded. Panting, both he and Ail got together. Ail commented.

-This guy is over, let's help our partners.

And both went in search of Sapphire and Nephrite that also had a hard combat. The two of them took turns striking that huge steel-tone creature that seemed to stop their attacks and counteract well. Nephrite attacked again, barely throwing a ball of energy that his rival deflected with a kind of hand. This powerful discharge exploded in the sky and illuminated much of it. Now it was that strange being who opened his mouth launched a jet of bluish energy that Sapphire could barely dodge. After a few seconds of waiting in which the contestants seemed to regain their strength,  all started again. Attacking again they engaged in a great and even more dangerous fight. They increased their energy more and more and tried to exhaust the other or to force an error that could be decisive for the fate of the combat ...

-I'll kill you wretched humans!- He could exclaim with a kind of reverberating echo, now attacking Nephrite with a kind of missile of light. -

            He dodged several of these energetic projectiles but was finally struck by one, which exploded on him causing a great cloud of smoke, to the delight of his enemy he proclaimed.

-All who try to oppose the great Gralas end up like this!

            But before he could add anything else Nephrite had appeared before him and hit his stomach with a punch to which he completed with a discharge of energy as he replied.

- Say rather that all the cretins who try to destroy my planet end up like you! It's your turn, Sapphire!

He had meanwhile concentrated his hands in the form of a bowl and leaned on his right hip, and this time he was able to launch his favorite attack.

-Kame ha ha ... in your honor Son Goku sensei - Yaaa!

The tremendous wave of energy reached that beast that burst into multiple pieces, leaving Sapphire and Nephrite with some serious injuries, but satisfied with their victory. Soon Diamante and Ail came to join them.

-How are you, lads? - The alien asked. -

-Do you need a hand. - Added Diamond. -

-Do not worry, friends, it's settled. - Nephrite could still say, catching his breath. -

-It was hard to peel, - Said Sapphire, taking a bean while his companions did the same. -

-So it was ours. They must have been elite warriors, as Lornd told us. - Ail said. -

-Let's not waste time anymore guys! - Diamond harangued them - everyone has to go to his post and wait for the fragments to fall.

And after taking some beans, they left for the positions they had calculated. Roy was already in his. He had Haruka and Michiru next to him. Both sailors decided to go there since they had detected smaller aeroliths. These were actually ships and some of Gralas' troops had landed with the mission of attacking them. As it seemed, this tyrant must have been aware of the strategy they were going to carry out. And what was even more surprising, he knew the positions of the saiyan.

-Apparently things have gone well for ours, - Daniel informed them from his console. - Those unknown energies have disappeared, but those of our friends, although weakened, remain.

     Both Petz and Esmeralda hugged each other with visible relief reflected on their faces, as did Amanda and Annie. That tense wait without knowing what could happen to their partners was something to drive anyone crazy. But thanks to Heaven everything had gone well. But it was Mimet who told them all, with a tinge more serious than usual in her voice.

-The meteor is approaching, a speed of thirty-five thousand miles an hour. Estimated time of impact, twelve minutes and forty seconds ... Coordinates, fifty degrees, Fourteen minutes three seconds, north latitude. Ninety-five degrees, seven minutes, twelve seconds, west length. It is going to fall in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

     No one said anything, they just stared at the main screen of the room, where that huge luminary was approaching inexorably ... Meanwhile Lornd had finally arrived at the island, standing on a knoll that dominated an endless expanse of the ocean . Without losing an instant, he began his task of concentrating energy. The girls then appeared at the base of that mountain, Setsuna bid farewell to her companions the sailors of the inner solar system as they wished them luck, returning to the Masters Island with their teleport. Once alone she began the ascent of that slope toward the warrior of space.

- Lornd, it's me, Setsuna! - she shouted with her hands on the horn when she was closer - I bring you the stopwatch, Ami forgot to give it to you.

-What are you doing here? - He answered in surprise and concern. -

- I told you ... I came. - Setsuna was going to explain it to him again but she was interrupted it by him who commanded her sharply. -

- It's too dangerous, get out of here right now!

-But without this controller you will not know when to launch the attack, - she objected, without losing her composure or objectivity. - You need someone to tell you the countdown.

-And could not my brother or any of his friends come? - Lornd replied, looking irritated by that.-

- You know that they already have their positions planned and cannot leave them. Only I could come. - She explained to him. -

- I do not need it. I have my viewfinder, it is synchronized with ... -But at that moment he realized that he had lost the signal with headquarters. - What the hell is going on here?

         Then from that interference he could hear a voice. It sounded like a distorted, high-pitched tone that seemed to tease him.

-Well, well, it will be worth seeing how you try to stop my gift.

-Who is there? - Lornd wanted to know, really surprised now. -

-I am your master and lord, the Great Gralas, conqueror of this galaxy. I hope you liked the surprise. You see, I did not believe for a moment that a miserable space warrior like you had joined us. So when I ordered you to get this last model viewer I also sent you some additions. I've been aware of everything you've done and where you've gone. You thought you were really smart, right? Thinking you could fool me. You are only a delusional and now you will pay!

-Damn! - He could spit out his increasingly angry spokesman. -

-Do not worry! – Answered that voice now. - You are going to end your days much like your saiyajin ancestors on the planet Vegeta. It will be an great honor for you! You should thank me. By the way, the asteroid, as you probably have already discovered, is protected by a force field so that it is not so easy to destroy it. And to make sure you're not without spectators, I sent some of my best warriors and an android battalion to accompany you. They must be on arrival.

-I swear to you, when I destroy the asteroid and save this planet, I'll come for you! You will not have room in all the universe to hide, scum! - He replied in a truly menacing tone that made Setsuna look stunned. -

Although that only produced a kind of laughter on the other side of the communication. And his interlocutor added between disbelieving and amusing.

-I would like to see that! For now I will enjoy the spectacle of how the human race and some other idiotic saiyajin are erased from the face of that ridiculous world. I'll sell what's left of it, if anyone's still interested, ha, ha, ha!

Lornd could hear no more. Furious, he took off the viewfinder and squeezed it in one of his powerful hands causing it to explode. Setsuna reached him, he lowered his voice to say rather worried.

-That bastard has been spying on me ever since I arrived. He knew our plans.

-We know that, - she replied serenely to the astonishment of his interlocutor. -

- I swear on my honor that I have had nothing to do. - He hurried to ensure while he faced his eyes those of the girl.-

            Setsuna held his gaze seriously, almost in a threatening way. The saiyajin already thought that she would consider him a kind of traitor and could not bear that idea. But then the sailor sweetened her features with a slight smile to add laconically.

-I know.

His companion sighed then relieved and related everything Gralas had told him to add visibly worried.

- I will have to gather all my energy and maybe I won’t be able protect you later, even I myself will be in danger.

-I'll protect you if those droids get here. The paramount thing is that you focus on your mission. If you fail, we will all die, - she answered calmly enough to ended  - and you will fail unless I tell you when to launch your energy. Now it's not you and me. It is the entire Earth that depends on us.

            Lornd was silent for a few moments thoughtful but at last, following an impulse he could not restrain, he took her face in his hands and kissed her warmly on the lips. Fortunately for the saiyajin she did not shy away from it. Setsuna looked at him with a look of surprise and bewilderment. He just smiled and whispered.

-Maybe I will not have another chance ...

-That's not the case now, - the sailor could say, still left to add. - The desires or feelings that we could have do not matter. Only our mission does.

He acknowledged that his interlocutor was right and explained more formally.

- Now I will start to accumulate energy, it will be dangerous for you to be so close. I will have to surround you with a protective shield.

 -Do not worry about me anymore,-  she said determinedly. - I trust you, do what you have to do. I repeat, you should not refrain or think of me. There are more than six billion lives that depend on your success.

- In that case take this and keep it well. My last bean is there. - He asked, giving the girl a small leather bag. -

She recognized it, in fact it was the same one in which the saiyan kept those magical beans. It seemed totally empty even though Setsuna could feel that there really was one inside.

- I'll save it for you later. - Nodded the girl who could  said with determination. - Now, let's get to work.

            Lornd nodded and smiled, the courage and security of Setsuna gave him new strength. He could not fail in any way. But while they were talking the huge meteor was already visible in the sky, it almost occupied a third of it, the waters were shaken and the nearby ground began to tremble due to its gravitational influence, the sea also accused it by raging at times and an increasingly powerful wind was raging. Sailor Pluto looked at her timer and told Lornd.

- Only seven minutes to go, you must hurry ...

-There I go,- he replied, turning his back in concentration. -

Then in the sky several figures were seen flying towards them, in a course of interception. The sailor was ready to receive them preparing their staff and calling to the base in request of reinforcements ...

-Here Setsuna ... they're coming, we need backing, girls ...

            Although no one answered, perhaps the proximity of that huge asteroid was creating interference. The young woman could only wish that her call had been received ... At that moment Roy was also accumulating power as quickly as he could. Haruka and Michiru scanned the horizon and discovered they had company, a series of figures were flying toward them.

-They are too many, I fear we cannot contain them both alone for a long time, - said Neptune. -

-Let's talk to the girls.- Urged her companion. -

            At the haven on Masters Island, the others were anxiously following the events by looking at the timer on the giant computer screen that was synchronized with Setsuna's.

-It's only six minutes before the coordinated firing moment, - Makoto said. -

-Let's hope Lornd and Roy get enough energy - Minako added. -

- Of course they will! - answered Usagi optimistically. -

- For once and without being a precedent, - Rei smiled laying a hand on the left shoulder of her friend and companion to declare - I agree with you and I want you to be right.

-It all depends on them. -Said Cooan tried to contain her nerves. -

            At that moment the call  of Michiru asking for help reached them, the girls looked at each other decisively, it was time to move there to reinforce their partners. But hardly if they agreed this, another called waiting appeared in the viewfinder of Ami, it was Setsuna who asked them the same.

-Oh my God, what do we do!  We are not enough to cover both fronts at the same time! - Exclaimed Mercury. -

- With us, yes. - Beruche intervened with the assent of her companions. - The Justicieras will support you if you are able to take us on the teleport. We can stay with Roy and you go to help Lornd and Setsuna.

-We'll do what we can. - Makoto said with little conviction, since there were many to carry. -

-We will give you our energy to help you. - Offered Cooan. -

-Yes, see if one day you will teach us your trick of teleportation. Petz said with a smile. - It would be most useful ...

The sailors nodded back, but now there was no time for comments to ease the tension. So, without losing an instant Cooan, Beruche, Petz and Esmeralda became Justicieras. Tom wanted to go with them, but the warriors, regretting it, told him that it was not possible. It would be too much weight. So that, despite the complains of the boy and the latter's kiss to his wife, they clasped hands within the circle that created the sailors and after a few seconds to synchronize their respective powers, they disappeared. As they reappeared with Haruka and Michiru they watched as they launched their attacks on a group of droids landing there. The Justicieras quickly took over relieving sailors whom explained what had happened to Uranus and Neptune.

-You'd better take us to Lornd, along the way we'll pick up Hotaru and then you'll come back here. -  Haruka pointed out. -

Usagi nodded. Asking Beruche when she had just frozen two of those androids.

-Can you stand and protect Roy until we get back?

-Yes, do not worry, but do not take too long. - Replied the girl.-

Bertie covered her sister Petz while she tied her javelin to one of those beasts that had come too close to the super warrior. Still others were approaching and it was Cooan's turn to tell her friends as she launched a barrage of fire arrows at her enemies.

- Please ... be all fast you can ...

-Wait a minute,- Roy said. - When you return, take a transmitter to my brother. - We were rehearsing if the timings failed. We will follow a song in unison to launch the attack ...

-Only you could have thought something so absurd.- Bertie reproved him.-

-You know how I am little cube.- He smiled resuming his concentration. -

-Do not worry about it. We'll take him. - Ami assured him.

The sailors, now with Haruka and Michiru, nodded and immediately returned to the Masters Corporation, where Hotaru joined them. With celerity they collected it, without forgetting the transmitter for Lornd and traveled towards the position of the saiyajin and Setsuna. Her partner was already releasing her "Dead Scream" to disrupt the first wave of attackers, but it was far from enough. Haruka and Michiru were already preparing their attacks and Hotaru was the only one who, after moving away from her sailor colleagues, who were already reaching out to Roy's position, wished them.

-Take it from his brother. Good luck!

Her companions replied, wishing them the same and disappeared. While Lornd placed that device Hotaru exhibited its long spear of silence and hit an android that threatened the rear of Pluto.

-Come on, girls, let's form a defensive perimeter. -She pointed to the others.-

-Did you hear that? she speaks really well. - Uranus smiled,  because even then she wanted to joke a little. - She has been very well educated.

-Yes, it's clear that's why she gets such good grades. - Neptune replied, also trying to keep her morale high. - That's for reading so much ...

-Then let's get in the way to make it all go well. I still have many courses to overcome. - Saturn said, causing the smile of her colleagues. Meanwhile activated her "Wall of Silence" to repel the attacks adversaries. - Come on, do not let us down!

            And the others agreed on that, already focusing their attention entirely on the enemy. Lornd meanwhile concentrated energy in an unusually rapid manner. He was angry for not being able to help the girls but he could not get deconcentrated. Setsuna also wore a power meter that was equally synchronized to the island's central computer. It marked several levels of power, the first, low level, had already been exceeded by far, already scratching the middle.

-Four minutes, - Pluto sang at a moment when she could free herself from the pressure of those machines that were now sending energy beams crashing  so far against the shield of silence of Sailor Saturn.-

            Lornd added more power by becoming a super saiyajin. He could hear that song he had practiced with his brother to coordinate the level of energy they had to reach and do it at the same time.

-This singer was a great guy ... I hope you help us friend.- He wished while listening.-

One two three four…

As long as the sun is in the sky

And the desert has sand

While the waves break in the sea

And meet the earth

As long as there is wind and the stars and the rainbow

Until the mountains crumble in the plain ...

It was on the first level and the marker advanced to beyond the middle degree, the air began to lash them but in spite of that they remained impassive, the waves rose furious on an increasingly raging sea.  Earth trembled with a cadence greater and more frequently . In an inexorable way the meteorite followed its approach showing more and more every second its true and terrifying size ...

-Three minutes, - Setsuna announced. -

Oh yes, we will keep trying

Stepping on that fine line

Oh we will keep trying! yes

Just passing our time

As long as we live according to race,

Color or belief

      The king of the Saiyajin had already surpassed the level of the ordinary super warriors and was already near the second level, the marker was placed in the high zone. In the headquarters of the island of Masters all contained almost the breath, following these evolutions. The same as in the other position intended to attack the meteorite.

-What will happen when they destroy the meteorite? - Esmeralda asked, dodging a bolt of energy. -

-Then the blast wave of the explosion will affect the planet, that's inevitable,- Ami replied, feeling dizzy as she reported shooting her aquatic Rhapsody against another droid. - There will be cataclysms equivalent to a very large nuclear explosion, tsunamis and earthquakes on a large scale. Many people will die, unfortunately.

- I hope we hold out until then. - The Lady of the Wind exclaimed to counteract. - Let the boomerang fly!

And instantly she threw her weapon that went to beat two other mechanical devices to remove them from its path to Roy, who already shone as a super warrior, concentrating more and more power while also listening to that song ...

While we are governing

By blind madness and pure greed

Our lives dictated by tradition,

Superstition, false religion

Through eternity again and again ...

-Calm down, honey, I'll have your back - Bertie assured him, throwing her ice-crystals over and over again at those robots that seemed to have no end. -

- Between the two! - Added Cooan joining to them after firing a pair of fire arrows to other two androids. -

-This is hard, - Petz admitted, throwing a flush of energy at two more enemies. - I'm running out of energy.

- Hold on! - Jupiter encouraged her using her revolution of oak leaves to sentence. - Almost there.

-Just a few more minutes,-  Rei agreed, firing her fire bolt in unison with Cooan's fiery arrows. -

-The main thing, - Bertie said with determination, - is that we can destroy that damn meteorite before it kills Earth.

-Yes. Venus Love me chain! - exclaimed Sailor Venus destroying two other androids with her attack. -

- Come on girls! We have to give Roy time to concentrate all his power. – Said Guerrero Luna, throwing her Rainbow Attack, to destroy a new wave of enemies. -

           The alluded already was in the step to pass to the second level of super saiyajin. His hair rose and he glowed with a very intense golden tone. There was a deafening noise in the midst of that battle, and the swift approach of that great meteorite.

Oh yes, we will keep trying

We will tread that fine line

Oh, oh, we'll keep trying

Until the end of time

Until the end of time

In the meantime, in the laboratory, Kaori was the one who said in a tone between grave and restless.

- The moment of truth has come. The impact is imminent, they must prepare to discharge their energy.

-Even so, tremendous cataclysms will occur on the surface of the Earth. God help us! - Mimet hissed, and this time without her usual jovial tone. -

- Every effort has been made to evacuate all coastal areas within a radius of more than 1,000 kilometers from the projected point of impact. - Ian Masters indicated that he was now approaching towards them. - I hope that this will minimize as much as possible loss of human lives.

They all nodded in agreement with their words and looking at the timer and the meter. In the place that occupied Lornd, Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru continued to repel the enemy attacks as they could, their forces were already greatly depleted, their companion Pluto had been released momentarily from that task since she was informing Lornd about the time remaining. While he was listening…

Through grief and through our splendor

Do not take offense from my insinuation…

-Two minutes! Setsuna shouted from the already deafening mare magnum of noises produced by the sea, the wind and the tremors that followed. –

Among the guitar chords he heard through his transmitter the King of the Saiyans was emitting a golden aura that almost eclipsed him, his hair waving upright in the air, twinkling in the same color. His eyes were already two emerald green and his clothes were shredded by the increase in volume of his body. In addition, the reverberant sound that it produced when advancing in his state of super saiyan was clearly audible in spite of the ambient noise. For its part the meteor was getting closer and the device had reached and surpassed the degree of "sensational" in its amount of energy, then suddenly it seemed to stagnate and there was a moment of tranquility ...

You can be everything you want to be

Just be yourself

Whatever you think

You could always be

Be free with your time, be free, be free

Render your ego - be free, be free yourself

            From remote parts of the world, both Roy who also raised his power to a tremendous extent, like the others, had followed that portentous increase of power in Lornd. Now they were silent, astonished and wishing it were enough. Roy was impressed, the power of his brother had long ago exceeded the limit of his own. Diamond, feeling that great strength and sudden break, mused reflexively to himself with the attentive astonishment of his companions.

- It's the calm that precedes the storm ...

            Then it happened, with a thunderous scream that rumbled in defiance of the noises around him, Lornd shone with great intensity. Setsuna, dazzled, had to cover her eyes for a moment, when the chronometer marked only a minute for the attack. The energy wave of the saiyajin then multiplied by popping the meters. All were stunned by that incredible power, even the firm foundations of the laboratory shivered ...

-Estimated time of impact three minutes,- Mimet sang as everyone held on to something. -

And in zone zero, the sailors of the outer space were hallucinated ...

-Oh my God, - Haruka muttered, watching this.

-Is incredible! - Agreed Michiru with amazement reflected in her countenance too.-

Oooh, ooh! -

If there is a God or any kind of justice

under the sky

If there is a point,

If there is a reason to live or die

If there is an answer to the questions

We were born to ask

            Before the astonished eyes of Setsuna and her companions, who gazed at him with their mouths open, a completely different Lornd appeared. Once accumulated all his energy was shown with long hair to the end of the back. His face had also changed, his forehead had flattened, his chin was more square and prominent, his eyebrows had almost disappeared, he emitted lightning bolts of energy and that strange buzzing at even greater cadence. He looked like a Nearthental man staring into that huge meteorite that already occupied more than half of the celestial space. His clothing had almost completely disintegrated and now everybody could see the enormous volume that he had acquired all the parts of his body. He had broken the barrier of the third level of Super Saiyajin!

Show yourself -

Destroys our fears

Release your mask

At that moment Haruka and Michiru were overthrown by an attack of the remaining androids, Hotaru prepared to cover them. Setsuna overcoming the initial surprise and restraining herself to go to the aid of her friends, she shredded the last seconds of the count.

- Ten, nine, eight ...

Oh! We will keep trying

Hey, try that smart line

Yes, we will keep smiling, yeah

Roy was preparing to join his hands and tightening his muscles to the maximum. The enemy robots threw a lot of energy beams against their opposition, sailors and justicieras had to unite and form a shield of energy that only protected them. Now they were powerless to cover their partner. However, the boy no longer needed his help, with the only energy he could emit was able to stop any discharge that was harmlessly crashing against the force field that he had formed around him. Besides, he was now in a state of supreme concentration and seemed utterly insensible to anything other than preparing to release his full power.

And whatever happens, it will pass

We'll just keep trying

We'll just keep trying

Until the end of time

-Kame ha me haaa! - He began to exclaim by putting his hands together.-

           

Meanwhile Lornd pointed his own toward the meteorite, took them to the left of his hip and pointed as he said in a guttural and reverberant voice.

- Kaaaa, meeee aaaaaa!

-Seven, six, five, four, - he heard Setsuna's still calm voice as the background.-

- Meeee ...... - A large ball of white light appeared between his hands - ...

Until the end of time

Until the end of time ...

(Innuendo, Queen. Credit to author)

-Three, two, one. Now Roy! - Ami shouted at her lungs as she checked her device. -

At that moment, the alluded one fired a huge vital wave against the asteroid. The warriors and the Justicieras were dismissed by the retreat of such power and the few remaining androids were disintegrated by the powerful energy produced. Simultaneously, in the other part of the world, Setsuna had in turn thrown the final count.

-Three, two, one .... now! - Pluto shouted with all her might.

The power contained so far by Lornd was fired then when he finally screamed. The stones that surrounded him jumped to pieces rising to the sky by the immeasurable forces unleashed.

-Aaaaaah! - From his hands, propelled toward the sky, a huge stream of energy sprang forth, and in a fraction of a second the meteor was struck. -

            Both jets of energy converged on the target. For a moment it did not seem to be affected by them. It was as if both blasts were rejected by that force field. Nevertheless the meteorite began to stop its apparently dizzy fall towards Earth. Lornd and Roy emitted more energy by resorting to all their reserves and, little by little, were propelling the great rock upward amid an enormous discharge of lightning and thunder that deafened the air. At the base of the island, everything trembled and each clung to what he could not to fall, larger cracks open even in the solid reinforced concrete wall.

-God help us! - Screamed Tom in the general commotion. -

            At that moment one of the few androids that remained reached Sailor Pluto with a lightning striking the girl who fell a few meters. Although Lornd realized it, he could not move. He just could shout impotent, but at the same time unable to stop emitting his power against the meteorite.

-SETSUNAAAA!

      Only Haruka and Michiru along with Hotaru were able to aid her, but they had to focus on destroying the last androids. The meteor on its part began to accuse the force of the attack. The field of force finally gave way, and in the great rock appeared enormous cracks that oozed magma. Colossal volcanic eruptions also occurred on Earth, enormous gaps opening up across the continents. Lornd and Roy emptied themselves of the force of their rays. The mountain that held Lornd collapsed at his feet, Setsuna rolled around seemingly unconscious, while her friends ran to her side to help her ...

-Hold her! - Haruka pointed at her companions.-

-We have to cover ourselves, - Michiru cried, holding the head of her partner fall on her lap.-

-I am afraid it's too late for that.- Sentenced Hotaru approached to her companions to guard them.-

           In another part of the planet Roy threw all the energy he had, around him the terrain cracked and everything moved. The sailors and the justicieras could regroup and unite around them now displaying a kind of energy bell to protect those few square meters in which they were.

-All depends on my brother now.  Could gasp Roy laying on the floor and on the verge of exhaustion, while Bertie was able to leave the shield to lay her boyfriend's head on her lap and caress her face gently. - I hope he can maintain that intensity ...

- He will. – Bertie affirmed as much, alongside to  the boy and the rest they looked to the sky, observing how that enormous rock seemed to be disintegrating. - You have to get it ...

With a last effort of the saiyajin finally his energy ray cracked the meteor of decisive form causing it to explode. Then a gigantic explosion shook the Earth, even the atmosphere seemed to tremble. Lornd could barely make headway toward the girls, and seeing the Pluto's state, which seemed very badly wounded, reacted by raising his face to the sky and uttering a cry that could still be heard amid all the chaos. Before the astonished faces of the rest of the girls he lifted one of his hands and threw a sphere of intense blue energy towards the sky. Soon they all saw him congested, as incredible as it seemed Hotaru was the first to observe, exclaiming astonished.

-His tail. It has grown again!

-This time NOOOOOOO! Do you hear me? You will not take her from me again! -He howled defiantly at the sky, from which came a tremendous shock wave. - You will not ...

The next thing they saw neither Hotaru, nor Haruka nor Michiru would ever be able to forget. The man began to howl in an increasingly animal form. His face jerked as his jaw grew larger and longer. His whole body grew nonstop and filled with dense brown hair, the same type as his tail. In a few seconds Lornd had become a kind of gigantic monkey that pounded his chest and roared against that cataclysm that was coming to him. Suddenly he turned to them, who were now petrified with terror and with two powerful hands, larger than cars, the monkey wrapped them four. The three who remained conscious then understood their intentions and did not move, yet keeping Setsuna in the posture as comfortable as they could. Then, that huge ape put his hands together and against his gigantic chest, turning on his back to face what was coming ...

-My goodness! - Michiru whispered. – I can feel an enormous wave.

            The shock wave from the destruction of the meteorite reached Earth causing tremendous waves and subsidence in its crust. Enormous tsunamis buried whole cities, a gigantic wave swept away Lornd's position, yet he held firmly holding Setsuna, Hotaru, Haruka and Michiru in their hands and protecting them with his own body. For his part, Roy and the other warriors resisted the earthquakes in their territory, protecting themselves with their energies. Once this was done, Sapphire, Ail, Diamond, and Nephrite went into action and focused on destroying all falling meteorite fragments, throwing countless beams of energy against them. Little by little the great shock wave was diminishing in power until a total calm seized the whole world, letting it see, in many places, a face totally changed and remodeled by the enormous forces that had been unleashed. In the place of the king of the Saiyajin scarcely was a tongue of earth left behind that enormous tsunami. The giant monkey, visibly exhausted, brushed his fur from the moisture of the water. Then, looking with huge eyes that twinkled in a deep red, he discovered a promontory that seemed to be at a safe height and distance. He made ready to head there with his last strength. That intense blue ball he was throwing was already dying out. When it finally disappeared, that huge animal was gradually reducing his size. Just a couple of meters high from the safety of that promontory the sailors jumped grabbing Setsuna and took land while Lornd was back in his normal human form, unconscious on the ground ...

-If I had not seen it, I  wouldn´t believe it,- Michiru mused.-

-Now we do not have time to wonder, - Haruka reminded her. -Come on, we have to assure Setsuna.

            And together with Hotaru they prepared themselves to it. In the shelter, once the danger passed, they all recovered and celebrated the success with shouts of joy and hugs among them. In their area of ​​operations, the other saiyajin and the girls gasped exhausted also but were exultant of jubilation.

- God be praised, my brother has done it! - Shouted Roy, becoming a super saiyajin again.-

But soon returned to his normal state, unable to prolong his transformation any longer. Bertie rushed forward to support him before he fell.

-Thanks. I think I should take a bean. Although I do not know if I will have any. - The exhausted boy could say.

-We'll look for her, sweetheart. - Bertie smiled sweetly, stroking his hair as she held his head in her lap.-

            The sailors of the outer solar system while attending to their mate. Fortunately Hotaru was able to apply her healing power to her friend Pluto and she seemed to improve, but not enough. She had lost a lot of blood from her wounds. Lornd also momentarily regained consciousness. He barely mumbled to Haruka who ran to take an interest in his condition.

-Give her a bean. In my bag, she keeps it ...

The sailor looked around, uncovering the bag the saiyan had given to Setsuna before it all began. There was indeed only one bean, Uranus doubted, this fellow also seemed to be in a very precarious state. To the limit of his own forces. But he looked at her with an unmistakable expression, before losing consciousness again. The Uranus then turned quickly to Hotaru, handing her that. Saturn did not lose a second and put that bean in the mouth of her companion, who, although very weak had regained the knowledge enough to chew and swallow. That was, as usual, miraculous. The girl recovered quickly. Now, even with their torn warrior uniforms, all four were fine. But Setsuna realized immediately that the saiyajin was lying on the floor face down and unconscious. Before Haruka could say anything, she ran to him and tried to reanimate him by turning him with great effort and raising his head to place it between her knees.

           

-Hold on! We have succeeded. Come on! - Pluto asked with obvious concern on her face as she rummaged in that empty bag with haste. - Hold!….

-He asked me to give you your last bean. He thought of you more than in himself. - Haruka revealed to her in dismay and admiration as she stared down at the fallen saiyajin. -

Both Uranus and Michiru, now also recovered from those avatars, and even Hotaru, who approached them slowly, would swear that Pluto's eyes had been moistened. Saturn immediately put her healing powers into practice with that formidable warrior. Luckily this one only suffered an extreme exhaustion and the energy of the girl contributed to improve his state. Yet they failed to revive him. It was Hotaru however, who, smiling cheerfully, put a hand on her friend's and assured her.

-He's going to be fine, he just needs to rest, what he's done has been excessive, even for him.

And to her friends' surprise, two tears fell from Setsuna's cheeks, although she smiled now in spite of everything in a luminous way. That was emotional for everyone, but this time it was Michiru who, looking at that saiyajin, broke that dramatic moment and exclaimed putting her hands to her mouth.

-Oh my God! , Such a long thing!

-Yes, it's unbelievable that it would grow back so fast. - Agreed Hotaru who can be watched now embracing Setsuna and turning his back on the warrior. -

-No, I think this time Michiru does not mean that tail. - Haruka could point out that she had also looked in that direction and now appeared to be visibly red, just like Neptune. - It's something really ... I do not know ... how to describe it.

Although it was Setsuna who, rising quickly, picked up large branches of fallen palm trees with leaves that were a few meters away and placed them on top of those compromising parts, sighing, while addressing her companions to declare with severity and some reprobation.

-I think he's earned at least some dignity.-

-That's right, I am sorry. - Haruka admitted leaving aside the jokes. - It's not the time or the place.

-What is it? - Hotaru wanted to know, and she barely noticed that.

-Nothing, nothing.- Michiru smiled, distracting the girl's attention to ask. - I hope you can get in touch with the girls so they can get us out of here.

Luckily Roy had a bean left. Once he regained his strength, it was not difficult for him to transport himself with all the sailors and the girls holding hands to the laboratory. There he stocked with a bag with some beans else Tom had taken. Then he tracked down his brother's position, but he was visibly worried because he did not feel his energy clearly. At last, the voice of Hotaru via the transmitter reassured them. He asked his companions to be transported to where they were and, if possible, apart from beans carry trousers and some extra-large shirt. As soon as they used the teleport, Roy in turn went to the girls with those clothes. It did not take him long to find out what they wanted. Of course he took care of dressing his brother while Setsuna, and Hotaru, Scepter Garnet and Silence Spear in hand, stood between them and the more than curious Usagi, Minako, Makoto and Rei that stuck big open eyes in that scene.

-Girls, please!- Ami asked visibly red, covering her face with one of her hands. - It's not good to spy like that.

-Yes, of course, that's why you have the fingers of your hand half open. Sweetie? - Minako replied with some sarcasm. -

Mercury flushed even more, sketching a smirk of circumstance. Finally Roy could finish dressing his brother so that embarrassing situation would end, although of course, once the crisis was over, Haruka was not going to let that be so easily.

-You do not know what you missed, girls. She could tell them in a tone between confidential and even mellow when she added. - If it even caught my attention.

-The truth is, with something like that. - Michiru smiled broadly to continue the joke. - That could make you want to change your tastes. Hey?

-It could be - she smiled in turn her friend, to sentence as was her custom - are you jealous?

-Hmmm! - She replied, visibly amused to agree. - Could be. But I think there would be enough for both of us.

-Oh girls, please, leave it alone! - Exclaimed Setsuna, whose face was visibly flushed with shame.

         Meanwhile the others were so red that they dared not cross their gazes. Even Hotaru, despite her young age, seemed to feel violent about the subject. It was Roy who, carrying his brother on one of his shoulders, told them after smiling amused to witness those scenes.

-Let's go back to the base, you have to tell everyone what happened.

Although obviously the boy did not refer to this last one. Nevertheless Usagi and Minako especially, took care in propagating the news. Esmeralda who, like the other girls, listened with open eyes told Diamante, who along with the other fighters had returned and also were astonished.

- Honey, I wish and I hope that, at least, you can match that ...

-I'll do what I can, - he said between the joke and the astonishment. –

After these words everyone laughed out loud, Lornd finally regained consciousness. His brother gave him a bean which he quickly ate and recovered immediately. He was not aware of the jest that had been mounted at his expense, although he was surprised that the women looked at him sideways and blushed away quickly. However, Masters, the millionaire owner of that, a medium-tall, light-haired man with light glasses, soon distracted the attention of everyone from that scabrous affair to contribute to seriousness and even general grief by bringing the figures of damages.

- As we have been able to receive many cities have been destroyed and despite the evacuation measures have killed millions. However, being such a pitiful news, the good thing is that the Earth has been saved and that is what counts. You have done an awesome job.

-I wish I could have destroyed it without causing innocent victims - Lornd lamented. -

-You did it the only way you could, we're alive because of you. - Setsuna said, comforting him with the assent of the rest. -

            Gratefully, the warrior smiled up at her and looked back at her, visibly flushed. The others chatted about the costs of the reconstructions. Masters informed them that the governments of the respective countries would bear the costs and that he would help wherever possible. So they separated, several days passed and Setsuna did not hear from Lornd, it seemed that he had disappeared from the Planet. One day, walking with her companions of the outer solar system, on the way to a meeting with the rest of the group, they noticed her quite decayed.

-What's the matter, woman? - Michiru asked worriedly. - You have not been the same for days.

-You're very muffled, and that's not good,- Haruka added uneasily. -

- It is nothing. - She replied in a muffled voice, almost muttering to herself, - He  has not been able to say goodbye.

-He's a space warrior. - Answered innocently Hotaru  that  had caught these last words. - He must have gone to fight some other enemy.

-Do not worry. -  Setsuna smiled faintly. - I understand. He's like me.  A person accustomed to solitude. Maybe it's better this way.

            The girl could not stop thinking about it. Perhaps in spite of everything she had failed in her mission. The one that Serenity entrust to her. Or it might not be. The idea was for the prodigious warrior to defend the Earth instead of being a threat. And that had been achieved. But the veteran sailor could have sworn that the intentions of her future sovereign would have gone further. She may never know how far. Even she herself did not know what to think, nor was she even sure of what she felt. Michiru and Haruka both looked at each other concerned and taking pity for their friend, but did not say anything. Although when they finally arrived next to the other sailors they found that the group of the justicieras and their pairs. Tomoe and his equipment and even the own Lornd were there. To the surprise of the new arrivals the meeting point was a large venue with built-in karaoke and plenty of chairs, as well as a table with food and drink. That of course Usagi clarified when she informed them in her usual unconcerned tone.

-Well, we came up with a surprise party to celebrate success. Although if we say so maybe you would not have come. That's why we told you it was a meeting to discuss strategies. And we told Lornd, too same lie, before he left.

Haruka and Michiru shrugged. This Usagi !, although they had to recognize that the party was very lively, almost everybody sang in the karaoke led by Tom and Roy. The latter dedicated to his pleased brother and to the embarrassed Setsuna a very special song. The one to talk to Bertie.

And you rush hastily,

You have a new objective,

And you rush hastily out of control,

You think you're very strong,

But there is no stop,

And there's nothing you can do about it.

Nothing you can do, there is nothing you can do about it.

There is nothing you can, nothing you can, nothing you can do about it.

And you rush hastily,

You have a new objective,

And you rush hastily out of control,

You think you're very strong,

But there is no stop,

And there's nothing you can do about it.

(Yes!)

Eh, he used to be a man with a stick in his hand,

Hoop diddy diddy - hoop diddy do.

She used to be a woman with a hot dog stand,

Hoop diddy diddy - hoop diddy do.

Now you have soup in the laundry basket,

Now you have ropes, you're going to lose your rags.

You're getting into a fight,

Then it's not so wonderful when you're screaming at night,

Let me out of this cheap B movie.

Head on the road,

You rush hastily out of control,

You think you're very strong,

But there is no stop and you can not stop rocking,

And there's nothing you can, nothing you can, nothing you can do about it.

When a red-hot man meets an ardent white lady,

Hoop diddy diddy - hoop diddy do.

Soon the fire that starts furious takes you half to madness,

Hoop diddy diddy - hoop diddy do.

Now they start crazing wherever you go,

You could not start walking because your feet burned,

There is no time to think badly about the right thing,

Because reason is out the window, better hold on tight.

You rush hastily,

Head, out of control, (Yes)

And you think you're very strong,

But there is no stop,

And there is nothing, nothing, nothing, that you can do about it, not at all.

Yes Yes,

Okay - there we go.

And you hurry up the road,

You rush head, out of control,

And you think you're very strong,

But there is no stop,

There is nothing nothing you can do about it.

Ah ha

Head.

Yes Yes Yes.

Head.

Head.

Head "

(Headlong QUEEN, author credit)

            Also Mimet and Amanda with Daniel made great contributions, even Dr. Tomoe started with some. In the end, after eating and drinking, some played the twister and it was funny to see the crazy Mimet giving the instructions.

-Right, three blue.- She pointed to an inspired Nephrite who was standing in the required posture. - Red left hand four and left foot green six - She indicated to Sapphire that, visibly funny was to be placed, although it stumbled, but when the equipment of Mimet was going to sing victory it maintained floated. That's not fair!-  Protested the girl. - It's not fair to use your powers.

-Look who has spoken. Mimet, the one who never cheated at Witches Five. - Kaori whispered that she was nearby, with a half-smile. -

-Well,- Mimet blushed, opposing that. - At least I never cheated when it came to the twister.

-That was because you couldn´t! We did not take the eyes off you- her interlocutor said.

And Mimet  admited the truth so she ended up recognizing it and laughing with her.

-You caught me there! - Said the girl, who, once she had taken one of those wild stances and endured, was able to exclaim. - Mimet has done it!

Between these and other celebrations in the middle of a very good atmosphere they spent the afternoon. At last Lornd told them his desire to leave in a few hours. He had other business incomplete, he said. They wished him good luck and were divided into little groups, little by little they were dismissed, until only Roy, Beruche, Lornd and the sailors of outer space were left.

-I hope you do well out there,- Haruka wished. -

-Yes, take care, my friend. - Added Michiru. -

-Well, I am glad you do not consider me your enemy any longer. - He smiled causing the others to imitate him. -

-Of course not. On the contrary, come and see us soon. - Hotaru could add with even an affectionate tone. -

The king of the Saiyan smiled, now more broadly, stroking the girl's hair gently. It was surprising what changed that baby was when she was not in her role of warrior, but the same could apply to him and the rest of the people around him. Perhaps it would have been beautiful to stay in that world, though he knew perfectly well that it was not his destiny. He glanced sideways at Setsuna who seemed to be talking to Roy now, though the girl must have noticed. Haruka, too, seemed to see him and whispered something to Michiru and Hotaru, and they turned away in the direction of Beruche and Lornd's brother. Once on their side they engaged in conversation. Roy seemed to laugh now with Haruka of some kind of joke or comment. The truth is that the boy acted as if he were accelerating the handlebars of an invisible motorcycle causing in turn the laughter of the sailors. The saiyajin did not listen to them although that did not interest him too much, what he saw is Pluto leaving the group and approaching him.

-Will you leave at once?- The girl asked him. -

-As soon as I can. I still have to travel a lot of the universe to get my hands on that tyrant. I swore I'd deal with him and I ...

-Yes,-  she smiled. - You keep your word. I know.

-I wish things were different ...- He could say with a sidelong glance at his brother's group. Bertie, and the warriors who now seemed to have a lively chat. - I really wish I would not wander around again, in solitude ...

-You do not have to teach me the meaning of being alone. - She told Lornd that before she could reply he was surprised by that girl. - I know it very well.

Setsuna took his face in her hands and pulled him close. Despite being a tall woman and wearing heels she had to stand on tiptoe to give him a soft kiss on the lips. He stared at her in surprise, and she just grinned.

-Well, I may not have another chance later ...

       Now it was he who took her by the shoulders and kissed her, this time that kiss was much longer. Even with barely contained passion.

-I know my capsule is small, but who knows. For emergency cases, two people can fit in. And I would like to have the support of an expert in the confines of this solar system.- He said.-

        She looked at him wide-eyed and a gleam of illusion seemed to glisten in her eyes, but it was instantly extinguished to give way to a melancholy look.

-I told you once, the personal desires and feelings in our case are not the most important thing.

      And he nodded slowly, understanding that too well. But his kiss had not gone unnoticed. The group of his friends had ceased in his comments and looked stunned at the couple. And it was Hotaru who sketched a broader smile to comment.

-I think it will take us a while to see Setsuna – Mom again.

Haruka and Michiru themselves looked at her. Was there something that the brat knew and they had not the slightest idea? Although they all fell silent as Lornd and Setsuna approached them. Hotaru then, perhaps guessing what was happening, took a letter from a pocket of her blouse and handed it to Pluto. She gave it a startled look, though her companion gestured for the letter to open. Setsuna did it. It was a letter written by the very sovereign of the Silver Millennium. Even if it wore Usagi's signature and a badly drawn rabbit's head at the end. On it Sailor Pluto could read and did it aloud to the curious eyes of the rest of the group.

- Given that this crisis has been overcome, I hope that we now have a time of peace and stability. I do not think I need all my warriors on Earth. On the contrary it would be very convenient for our safety if someone patrols the limits of our solar system. Choose among you a "volunteer". What does this mean? - She inquired of the little girl who, not repressing a rather mischievous little smile, answered her. -

-Queen Serenity wanted to have a word with me after the destruction of the asteroid. She was pleasantly impressed with Lornd and asked me to do my best to consolidate an alliance with the Space Warrior King.

-You can tell your queen that she will always have my friendship, and that is extendable to all of you. - He gratefully hit his right fist to his chest. -

-Friendship is a very important thing,- agreed Haruka, who could now say, pretending reluctantly. - But do not count on me. I do not feel like going that far. And the motorcycle championship is just around the corner.

-Do not look at me neither. - Michiru added that, with a certain sneer pronounced. - Me, I am not that crazy! Besides. The concert season begins in a few days. And I have many commitments.

-I am very young and I must study. - Declared Hotaru who added also. - And I hope Chibiusa will come to visit me from the future. I believe she was making a new team of sailors with the Amazon quartet. In her last letter she told me that she wanted to come here with them to practice.

Setsuna sighed, unable to help smile. What a friends she had! Although now, trying to appear solemn without getting too much, she declared.

-Being a queen's order I will willingly volunteer.

-Have a good trip my friends. At least you will not have to fear loneliness. - Beruche wished, winking at them. -

-Good luck brother. - Roy told Lornd after shaking his hand and giving him a hug and then correcting himself after looking at Sailor Pluto. - I wish you both good luck.

Lornd thanked him for his gesture and, using his remote control, brought his capsule. This time the apparatus descended without a sound, gently settled on the floor and opened the door. As long as the saiyajin and Setsuna were talking to the group to rejoice.

-On this occasion the journey will last a little longer, but I think I know where they left behind the capsule, those Gralas henchmen.- It will not be difficult to you to learn to handle it.

-Do not worry. Needless. Anyway, last time I did not find it so uncomfortable. - She replied with amusement. -

And now they both went to their friends and said goodbye. Lornd entered the ship and Setsuna did so after him. Sitting on his knees like the other time, but now with more closeness. They both waved. Their friends returned the greeting and the capsule rose swiftly, taking more and more speed, to disappear in the atmosphere, heading to outer space seeking for more adventures ...

Though no one perceived it near, a few tens of meters high in the air, a strange dark figure carrying a burgundy book nodded approvingly, closed that volume leaving a page marked with a separator and disappeared ...