Mistress 9 sat feet away from Cell. It had been three days since they crossed the boundary, and yet they had not made their move. Cell wasn't an impatient soul, so he found no objections in laying low as Baby surveyed the scenary. With Baby's rather interesting ability to possess the living, he was able to find, in other words stalk, those he found suspicious. And yet they had yet to find the Princess that those women spoke so highly about, yet to find a means to collect Pure Hearts.
"If there is one item that will allow you to emerge victorious against Son Gohan, Cell, it is the Ginzuishou," Mistress 9 explained, "It is an item attached to the one known as Sailor Moon."
"I see," Cell said, "And what if Beryl gets it first, as she is the one who will kill this Sailor Moon?"
"Then she will have to use its full potential against one of your foes so you can take it from her," Mistress 9 said, "The Ginzuishou is an item that, once used to its fullest potential, kills the user."
"With my power, I'll be sure not to make that fatal mistake," Cell said, smiling, "Naturally, when do we begin stealing the pure hearts?"
"Soon," Mistress 9 said, "Once we eliminate some of those Sailor Scouts, we will begin. Better yet, once Baby inhabits one of their bodies."
A week passed before anything interesting happened. Cell had waited for Baby's news for hours on end before he finally arrived, grinning with satisfaction.
"You have news?" Cell asked, a grin on his face.
"More than what you can begin to comprehend!" Baby laughed, "I have found one of these Sailor Scouts that Mistress 9 is so fond of."
"Which one?" Beryl asked, curiously.
"The one known as Jupiter," Baby said, "Although she notices nothing now, I have been able to discover her true identity. Not only that, but I also know where she is, and everything about her!"
"How is that possible?" the Wiseman asked.
"I fused my cells within a hamburger she was eating, and entered her body!" Baby laughed, "I will need to infuse myself more entirely into her system to have full access to her brain and body, but for the moment, it will do."
"Then go for the gold, Baby," Bojack said, "Infest the girl!"
"Like I need someone to tell me that!"
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Those foolish warriors! Baby wondered if they knew the extent of what he knew by now. Once he had Sailor Jupiter within his grasp, it would be all too easy to gather the pure hearts he needed. Oh yes, he was going to possess each and every one of those Sailor Scouts by himself, and lead these "innocent girls" to Vegeta himself. He'd never see it coming!
After all, who'd suspect such a pretty face as a little Japanese girl?
Baby followed the teenager known as Makoto for hours, switching between useless human bodies to avoid her suspicion. Between her endless banter between friends, she never once suspected him.
Baby waited until she was alone before he struck. Still inhabiting a human, this time a little child, he walked up to the Makoto girl, and bumped into her calve. The two toppled over one another, Makoto waving her arms frantically to catch herself in vein.
Pretending to be hurt, the child Baby possessed, rubbed his skinned arms as Makoto, in a shocked voice, expressed her surprise, "Are you alright?"
"I think so," Baby moaned, rubbing his arm, "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to be so clumsy!"
The false acting fooled her. With a look of concern, Makoto said, "Don't worry! Is your mommy nearby?"
What a fool! She actually believed him! Why hadn't he tried this with Goku when he returned to Earth was beyond him! He would of surely emerged victorious against him with this tactic!
"I'm scared," Baby began to shed crocodile tears, which Makoto believed to be real, "Don't cry! We'll find your mommy! I'll stay with you until she comes!"
If only she knew that Baby had killed the boy's entire family earlier that day, and enjoyed it, she wouldn't of been so quick to comfort him.
"Okay," Baby sniffled loudly before walking away, motioning her to come with him. Makoto followed, a little confused before Baby said, still acting as pathetic as possible, "I think she went this way."
In reality, Baby was drawing her away from the crowd. Makoto followed him, without objection. Eventually, they reached a relatively deserted part of the town. Makoto looked left and right before asking, finally, "What's going on?"
Baby turned to look at her, an expression of insidious glee on his face. Only now did the foolish girl realize what was going on. It wasn't until Baby burst from the boy's back in a rush of blood did she truly understand the extent of how much danger she was in!
"I doubt Cell or Mistress 9 would like the body to be ruined," Baby said, rising from the torn flesh, blood running down his face, "But it will be a worthy sacrifice compared to stealing your body!"
"Mistress 9?!" Makoto gasped, "You mean…"
"I guess saying that you don't stand a chance against us wouldn't cut it!" Baby laughed, rushing toward her. He slammed his fist straight into her belly, knocking her into the sidewalk.
There was a flash of green light that burst from Makoto's body. Baby neglected the bizarre, ridiculous poses that followed before she hit the ground. All he cared about was that now the warrior known as Super Sailor Jupiter stood before him, in all her glory.
A worthy battle.
An antenna extended out of the tiara on her forehead as she shouted "Super Supreme Thunder!" The antenna was surrounded by a great field of electricity as she sent a great bolt of electricity tearing straight across Baby's shoulder! He was knocked backward, his flesh torn open. He held the wound, feeling it close up on its own. He looked at her, grinning.
"There is nothing you can do that can destroy my body! I am the descendant of the Truffles, restored by the ultimate in biogenetic engineering!"
Jupiter neither cared about his descendants or wished to hear of them. She punched straight across Baby's face, to which he was blown backward. Baby had forgotten: while he was powerful while inhabiting a body, his true form was weak compared to the Z Fighters, and weak compared to this Jupiter.
"Damn!" Baby rose into the air, "I see you aren't quite as powerless as I suspected you were. But I can possess any human being, and would you dare kill another human if it meant saving your life?!"
"You wouldn't dare!" Jupiter snarled.
"Watch me!"
Baby fired a blast of ki straight at Jupiter! It smashed into her chest, blowing her through a nearby window! Glass shattered into the air as she flew through the display, and into the floor to bleed. Perhaps Baby wouldn't even need to—
"World Shaking!"
Baby felt a powerful blast of force smash into his back, severing his legs from his torso! He screamed in agony, blood bursting from his mouth before he heard the second attack.
"Deep Submerge!"
A turrent of water enveloped him, tearing at his flesh! His legs vanished as they were dissolved, cell by cell, into nothing. He fell to the earth, his head intact, as two warriors surrounded by cherry blossums emerged from the shadows.
"Uranus?! Neptune!?" Jupiter gasped, barely able to push herself up due to the force of Baby's ki attack.
It was impossible! How had he not noticed them before?! How?! Their powers were so great, so intense.
Baby regenerated completely in a second, staring at the two warriors as they approached him. No time to fight. He turned to a bystander trying to flee the area. Turning into a fine liquid, Baby soared at the man, flying into his mouth. He felt his body fuse with his until they were inseperable.
Using the man's body, he turned to face the newcomers. "You wouldn't dare harm an innocent, would you!? You wouldn't dare kill another human just go get to me!"
The two stared at him, slight grins on their faces.
"Would you?"