All characters presented herein are not of my creation.  Dragonball Z and 
Sailor Moon are owned by their respective creators and producers.

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To Protect a Princess
By Tunguska_Boy

Chapter 11

The crew at the center of the kill box stopped their systematic destruction 
and turned to the Sailor Senshi.  The five Senshi stood silently and stared 
across at the four young men who were destroying their surroundings.
"All right, I have know idea what you plan to accomplish here but I'm here 
to say that enough is enough!  I'm Sailor Moon and it's my duty to bust bad 
guys like you.  So in the name of the moon I will punish you!"  Said Usagi 
sternly.  The young men looked around at each other with confused looks on 
their faces.  They weren't expecting this.
"What do we do?"  Whispered one of the men.
"I don't know, are they who killed Locilus and Lucian?"  Asked another.
"I don't think it matters, Bukichi said to keep them busy until the other 
men arrived."  Said the tallest.
"Why wait, I think we can handle five pretty young girls don't you?"  
Smirked one of the men.
"I think you're right buddy," said the tallest man, "lets go get 'em."
"Hold up, should we use the rifles?"  Asked one of the men.
"Nah, I think we can handle it."  Said the tallest as he approached Sailor 
Moon.  As he walked he cracked his knuckles and a malicious smirk crawled 
across his face.  "Well, well, what pretty outfits you girlies are wearing."
"Bag it creep, you don't know who you're messing with."  Snarled Makoto.  
She was eager to show off all she had learned from Piccolo during the 
training.  The man sneered and walked over to the tall brunette.
"My, my, a tough chick.  I like tough chicks."  He leaned in close to 
Makoto.  "They always make the most interesting playmates."  He sneered at 
her and his eyes wandered over her body.  That was the final straw in 
Makoto's mind.  In a flash of movement she brought her knee sharply into his 
abdomen, doubling the tall man over.  Before he could recover she grabbed 
the hair on the back of his head and yanked him back up so she could look in 
his eyes.  He reached up and tried to get her to let go of his hair but 
before he could Makoto slammed the heel of her hand into his jaw sending him 
flying across the street and collapsing in a pile of groans and broken 
teeth.
"Geez Jupiter," said Usagi, "did you have to mess him up so bad?"
"He was asking for it."  Replied Makoto.  The three other young men stared 
at their collapsed ally then looked back to the Senshi.
"So, do you guys give up?"  Called Usagi across the street to the young men. 
  The men jumped slightly and looked around at each other.
"Get the rifles, fast."  Whispered one of the men.  With a nod one of them 
broke away from the group and ran into a nearby alley.  He came back with a 
large black duffel bag.
"Watch it girls, something's up."  Said Usagi as the men dove into the bag.  
The Senshi readied themselves for the attack the felt was sure to come.  
When the men stood up again each was holding a gleaming piece of black 
metal.  And if anything looked like a gun, it was what they were holding.  
The three men didn't give the Senshi time to dash for cover before firing 
their weapons.  Three blue-white energy pulses flew through the air.  Two 
missed their mark and crashed harmlessly into nearby buildings.  The third 
however was a revenge shot, and as such it was fired with much more 
accuracy.  The blast struck Makoto in the upper chest and knocked her 
through the storefront window behind her.  She crashed over a perfume 
counter and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Jupiter!"  Screamed the girls in unison.  Just as they moved to help their 
fallen comrade they paused.  There was an odd sound approaching.  It was the 
sound of shuffling feet, and there were far too many of them.  The Senshi 
looked around nervously and saw the men approaching them from all sides.
"It was a trap!"  Hissed Rei.
"What should we do?"  Asked Usagi.
"I'll buy us some time."  Volunteered Ami.  "Shabon Spray!"  She screamed as 
the Senshi were hidden in the dense fog.  Bukichi's men squinted and tried 
to make out shapes in the fog.
"We may be able to escape if we hurry."  Suggests Minako.
"But what about Jupiter?"  Asked Rei.
"I have an idea, but I need some cover."  Said Ami.
"What's your plan Mercury?"  Asked Usagi.
"The three of you fire your attacks in three different directions and while 
there distracted I'll go help Jupiter."  Explained Ami.
"Sounds good, lets get ready."  Said Usagi.

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        "Are the bio-scans done Jhessail?"  Asked Bukichi as he stared into the 
mist that was now covering the street.
        "Yes sir, there are six unidentified entities.  Five are human females and 
the sixth is unknown."  Said Jhessail as she read information from the 
scanner.
        "Unknown?  Where?"  Asked Bukichi.
        "It's at the center of the box, but is about three hundred feet in the 
air."  Said Jhessail.  Bukichi's eyebrows scrunched together in frustration. 
  He pulled a large pair of binoculars from the bag at his feet and searched 
the sky for the unknown.  After a few minutes of searching Piccolo came into 
view.  He was floating above the battlefield in the lotus position with his 
eyes closed.
        "Jhessail take a look at this."  Said Bukichi as he handed her the 
binoculars.  Jhessail took them and quickly saw where Piccolo was floating.  
"Do you know what that is?"  He asked.
        "No idea, it may be a being from a different planet in this dimension."  
She offered as explanation.  The word 'dimension' triggered Bukichi's 
memory.
        "That must have been what left that portal burn on the street!"  He 
announced triumphantly.  "This creature is from a different dimension and 
I'll bet ten to one that it was the one who killed Lucian and Locilus."
        "Well if that's true," said Jhessail, "then who are they?"  She pointed 
toward the battle below.  Bukichi's smile vanished and was replaced with 
concern.  He snatched the communicator from his pocket and opened the 
channel so he could speak with his men.
        "Attention everyone.  There's has been a change in plan.  Roughly 300 feet 
above you is a being from a different dimension.  Our objectives have 
changed.  I want three men to move away from the battlefield and bring him 
down with full-strength blasts from the VICR's.  The rest of you continue 
with the mission as planned."

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        Three men left the ring of soldiers that stood around the patch of mist.  
Each had their VICR at the ready and was waiting patiently for any kind of 
activity.  Inside the mist Ami gave final instructions to her teammates.  
They were ready.  In the silence of the night rose three voices.  And 
following the cries from the mist the situation turned to chaos.  Three 
attacks blasted out from the mist.  One was a flaming orb, another was a 
beam of brilliant yellow light, and the third was a small ball of energy 
that streaked through the night sky.  The ensuing explosions threw most of 
them men to the ground, either by the force of the blasts or as a reaction 
to being under fire.  In those few moments Ami had darted out of the mist to 
where Makoto lay unconscious.  She managed to get the awkward bundle over 
her shoulder and stumbled back into the mist.
        "She's a lot heavier than I thought."  Panted Ami as she lay Makoto on the 
ground.
        "Is she okay?"  Asked Minako.
        "She's alive if that's what you mean."  Said Ami.
        "We need to get out of here in a hurry."  Said Usagi.
        "Let's get Piccolo's attention, he'll take us to safety."  Said Minako, 
hoping she was right.  The Senshi stood around their fallen comrade trying 
to think of a way to get Piccolo's attention.  As they thought, the mist 
around them slowly began to dissipate.
        "If we're going to get out of here we need to do it fast."  Said Ami as 
more and more of their surroundings came into view.   As the mist cleared 
fallen soldiers groggily pulled themselves and their comrades to their feet. 
  Fully a third of them were unconscious, and were hauled away by another 
third.  This left only, you guessed it, one third of the original force.  
One third minus three that is.

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        Piccolo had noticed the three soldiers leave the battlefield.  He'd watched 
them move to a nearby alley.  Several times they had gestured towards him 
and they appeared to be adjusting the rifles they held in their hands.  
Piccolo watched them raise the rifles and aim them toward him.  The report 
of the rifles firing was clearly heard and the blasts that screamed directly 
toward him generated a surprising amount of energy.  Even with the amount of 
energy they created he wasn't worried.  Just as the blasts were about to 
reach him he vanished in a blur.  The soldiers who had fired the blasts 
cursed and began recharging their rifles for another try.  None of them 
noticed when Piccolo appeared in front of them.
        "That wasn't very nice."  He growled.  The soldiers looked up and terror 
washed over them.  They raised their rifles to fire, but it was too soon for 
the rifles to be used again.  Piccolo snatched the rifles away and crushed 
them one by one in his hands.  Piccolo narrowed his eyes and took a step 
towards his attackers.

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"Crap!"  Muttered Bukichi under his breath.  Bukichi had seen Piccolo 
vanished and knew exactly where he was going.  He stood and began running 
across the roof toward where Piccolo was engaging his men.
"Where are you going?"  Asked Jhessail, not wanting to be left alone on the 
roof.
"I'm going to help my men."  He said as he neared the edge.  He paused 
suddenly and looked at Jhessail.  "Turn of my cloaker."  Jhessail just 
nodded and did as he commanded.  Bukichi running again and leapt across an 
alley to the next roof.  As he ran his human appearance melted away and his 
natural body was visible.  He jumped onto the ledge overlooking where 
Piccolo and his men were.  He looked down at the big Namek.  One of his men 
was slumped against the side of the building unconscious, another was lying 
next to a dumpster.  Piccolo had grabbed the third by the front of his shirt 
and was holding him about a foot and a half above ground.  Seeing this, 
Bukichi leaped off the roof.

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        Piccolo was just about to interrogate the squirming man he held in his hand 
when he felt the force of Bukichi's boot crash into the side of his head.  
The blow caused Piccolo to drop the soldier and threw him hard against the 
alley wall.  Bukichi landed and went to the only conscious soldier.
        "Are you okay?"  He asked.
        "Yes sir, thank you sir."  Said the still fear-stricken soldier.
        "Good, get those two back to base."  Said Bukichi as he turned to Piccolo.  
The soldier nodded and carried the two unconscious soldiers back to their 
base.  Piccolo growled and walked toward Bukichi.  Bukichi narrowed his eyes 
towards the tall Namek.  "Who are you?"  He asked.
        "Piccolo."  Was all the Namek said before attacking.  Piccolo flew at 
Bukichi with his fist cocked and ready to strike.  Bukichi dodged the strike 
and countered with a sharp kick to Piccolo's side as he passed.  Piccolo 
grunted and turned to face Bukichi again.  "You're turn."  Piccolo said as 
he prepared to receive an attack.
        Bukichi crouched and sprang toward Piccolo.  As he neared Piccolo he 
readied his hand for a punch.  Piccolo leaned his head to the side and the 
blow passed by harmlessly.  Bukichi's momentum carried him to within a foot 
of Piccolo before Piccolo struck.  Piccolo kneed Bukichi hard in the gut and 
grabbed Bukichi by the face as Bukichi doubled over in pain.  Piccolo roared 
as he slammed Bukichi into the alley wall by his face.  Piccolo held him 
there, grinding his head into the brick and didn't notice the red arc of 
energy that formed in Bukichi's hand.  The red energy soon lost its color 
and turned to a shiny silver.  The energy condensed and formed a long curved 
blade.  Bukichi slashed at Piccolo's face with his new weapon.  Piccolo 
dropped Bukichi and put a hand to the long gash on his face.  Green blood 
dribbled from the wound and Piccolo's lips turned up in a fearsome snarl.  
Bukichi let the blade in his hand drop to the ground and soon the energy 
that had created it ran out and it vanished.
        "Cute trick."  Piccolo spat before he jumped back from Bukichi.  Bukichi 
dislodged himself from the building he'd been embedded in and walked to the 
middle of the alley.  Piccolo was ready for another exchange but Bukichi 
chose to end the fight.  He reached into his pocket and retrieved his 
communicator.
        "Attention, this mission is finished.  Return to base immediately.  Two men 
go and help Jhessail get back to base."  Said Bukichi.  Piccolo straightened 
up upon hearing Bukichi's words.  "We will continue this another time 
Piccolo."  Said Bukichi as he turned and walked away.  Piccolo narrowed his 
eyes.
        "Yes we will."

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        The mist had cleared and the Senshi were confused.  They were expecting to 
be attacked, but as they looked around the streets were empty.
        "What happened?"  Asked Usagi.
        "I don't know, they just left."  Said Minako.
        "Why didn't they attack us?"  Asked Ami.
        "They were ordered to leave."  Said Piccolo as he landed by their sides.  
The girls collectively 'eeked' and jumped in fright.
        "Don't do that Piccolo!"  Shouted Rei as she tried to catch her breath.  
Piccolo looked down at Makoto knelt down beside her.
        "She's going to need some bandaging."  He said as he looked at the cuts 
Makoto had received from crashing through the window.
        "I can take care of that."  Said Ami.  Piccolo put the Senshi harness 
around his waist again before scooping Makoto up in his arms.
        "What happened to your face?"  Asked Minako as she noticed the slash across 
his cheek.
"Never mind, let's go back to the camp."  He growled.  Minako got a fearful 
look in her eyes and quickly situated herself in the harness.  The battle 
over with, the six warriors ascended into the night sky and flew back to 
their camp.