Chapter 5

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Chapter 6

Dark Days; The Armies Prepare

By Lady Fluorite

"Veggie-head," she said, Vegeta leaned in closer to catch her soft words. "Aishiteru"

Aishiteru…Aishiteru…Aishiteru…Aishiteru…Aishiteru…

Vegeta smiled and held her closer to him, she wasn't the only tired one. His mouth twitched slightly as he closed his eyes and rested his head on hers. It spasmed and suddenly is typical frown reversed itself. The emotionless saiyan smiled.

His smile drifted away to dreams filled with cascades of blonde hair and eyes like bright sapphires. Suddenly Usagi vanished, and in his mind, he saw a stranger, a cold looking man with piercing dark blue eyes that shone even in the darkness that had formed. "Leave Usagi alone." He said menacingly, and that was when Vegeta awoke.

Usagi sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Veggie?" She asked, not getting an answer. "Vegeta!" Her eyes shot open, wide-awake and alert.

"Veggie?" Said Frieza, "hardly what I would choose to call the prince. Tell me Tsuki-jin, what is it with you and the brat?"

Usagi glared at him, but remembered the ki blast he had shot at her. "Where is Vegeta?" She asked, looking around the rusted space hull.

"Vegeta is preparing for his birthday gift, and cannot come and see you. Now answer me moonbrat, what is Vegeta to you?"

The Lunarian Princess looked down at the ground. "Lord Frieza, Vegeta is nothing more than a stop between space and my destination, a pit stop if you will." Even to herself her words seemed empty and hollow. 'But it's been the best time of my life, if only he will continue to be so,' she added.

"You will answer me in time, baka, and when you do, you'll scream long and hard. You'll pour forth your very heart to make the tormenting stop, you'll do anything I desire, conquer planets, vast civilizations." He leaned in closer until Usagi could smell his warm breath, "even betray your friends."

"Veggie-head!" Usagi shouted running towards him.

"U-Usagi?" He stuttered, flying backwards as she tackled him into a hug.

"What are you doing in here? I though Frieza had killed you."

Vegeta smirked, "it'll take more than Frieza to destroy the ultimate prince of saiyan's."

Usagi grinned, getting off of him and standing up. She looked around the room Frieza's men had shoved her in. It seemed like an observatory, long glass panels on one side, and the titanium wall on the other. She looked out the window and saw Vegeta-sei, a naturally dark planet. Something caught her eye, a vision of a man flickered before the planet, the same unruly black saiya-jin hair and eyes, the same brown tail. He kept blinking before her eyes. Then the tail vanished, he shut his eyes and erupted in a flare of gold, then she lost her picture.

The door opened, snapping her out of her reverie. It was a bald saiya-jin with a low power level.

"Lord Frieza wants to see the both of you immediately." Usagi and Vegeta walked out of the room, he catcalled at Usagi.

Usagi spun around in a flurry of rage and punched him in the jaw with ki, followed by Vegeta. "I am the Princess of the Moon, saiya-jin," she spat, "leave me alone! State your name, soldier!"

He folded quickly into a messy salute, "Second class fighter, Napa, sir."

"Sir?" Said Vegeta, "she's no sir! You'll call her highness or majesty Napa, and don't forget it. Now lead the way, soldier."

"Sir! Highness! Affirmative."

The continued through the vessel until they came to a chamber that opened out into space, the trio immediately grabbed onto anything they could to keep from being sucked out into the endless bleak of space, watching Frieza swish his tail, firmly stuck to the ground.

"Welcome. Napa, leave."

"Yes, m'lord."

With that Frieza jumped out of the vessel, making both Usagi and Vegeta gasp in surprise. Usagi saw something come out from Vegeta-sei, sounds rushed through her ears like a thousand battle cries. Millions upon millions of saiya-jin's from nobles to peasants gathered in one final strike against Lord Frieza. He laughed cruelly, making Usagi shiver. He pointed his finger at the closest one, charging up a red energy beam.

A man flew towards him. "Frieza! You will not accomplish anything by defeating me!"

Frieza laughed again, wickedness blazing in his eyes, the blast multiplied in size ten-fold. "No, Bardock, I won't. But I will by destroying your BLASTED MONKEY PLANET!"

Usagi's tears flowed freely, "Vegeta!" she screamed, burying her face in his shirt, unable to look.

Bardock stared at the blast not in horror, but with understanding. "Listen to me Frieza. There will come a day when a great warrior will rise up and destroy you!"

"Shut up you old fool!" Freeza yelled between cackles.

Bardock saw Usagi huddled against his prince. "Girl!" He shouted, as the blast began to tear away at the fibers of his body. "Remember Vegeta-sei and have your revenge! You will die but your spirit lives on!" He vanished along with Vegeta-sei, forever.

Usagi cried harder, Vegeta just stared, his jaw tightening, Frieza laughed and boarded the ship, closing the hatch. "Happy Birthday, Little Prince."

Something in Usagi snapped, she let go of Vegeta's gi and launched herself at him, her crescent blazing, she lashed at him viciously with every part of her body, she became one, fighting with fist, foot and arms, hitting him with everything she had.

Frieza lay beaten for a moment before shooting her with his finger, having Vegeta catch her in his arms right after she passed out.

Going into 1st person now, kay??

I lay there, everything pushing against me.

At home, on the Moon, I used to get migraines, they were nothing compared to this.

This pushes against my head and heart, forcing things to come out, information slips out constantly, once I let out the position of the Moon, of all of the planets in my system. Then I poured my soul out to the one I hated most. He's taken Vegeta away, sent him on missions from what I've heard. He's destroying planets in Frieza's name with Napa. They're the only two saiya-jin's left. And Ami, poor Ami. Did she ever get out? Did she escape? And Hirsi?

All I do is think, my mind has become my greatest tool. I function emptily now, I sit and brood over plans, each crazier than the next. And I think of what would have happened if I had never left and married Endymion like a good girl. Frieza makes me train among the men. I have to defeat and destroy some of his fighters for food, or a chance to rest, like a gladiator in an arena.

One day I'm going to get strong, too strong for even Freezie, and I will destroy him. I'll liberate all these people. And I'll see Vegeta again. I'm fifteen now, a year older. A year wiser, a year stronger, and another year spent thinking. One day, Frieza, one day it's your turn to fight for your food. One day…

I'm eighteen now, Napa is a bore and I haven't seen her what seems like forever. I sigh, look out the window at the latest planet in Lord Frieza's conquering plans and count the seconds, hours, months… and years I haven't seen her. Does she still love me? Has she ever loved me? I know she said so but…

The destruction of Vegeta-sei, the saiyan's, everything, I don't care for it. I only care for one thing, Frieza's grave.

Is she even real? Was she? I don't know anymore, maybe she was just invented in my mind to ease the overwhelming pain, she and the Mercurian. Or maybe she was just a spy and agent for Frieza, who knows? She's gone, today, when I got to destroy Lot 9823005211 I'm going to bury her forever. She used to curl up against my gi. I've never washed it, or worn it again it's still in the corner, too small for me now. I pick it up and tuck it in my bag before meeting Napa and Raditz and flying out towards the planet.

I picked up the shirt and through it into the air. I look down, can I really do this? Destroy anything I have left of her? Without thinking I blast it, it explodes into thousands of pieces of charred fibers. I ignore the looks I get from the others.

"Goodbye. Usagi…"

Little time warp here, plus a contrast, back to third person again ^_^

Ami and Hirsi were fast asleep when their pods crashed into the moon. Ami woke up with a jerk and opened the hatch, she was immediately surrounded by guards.

"Saiyan's!" They growled, "send for the Queen, perhaps they are here to speak of the princess, Selenity. Tell us where the Princess is or die!"

Ami didn't have time to deal with them. "Mercury Star Power!"

"Y-your Highness!" they stuttered in surprise.

"We have escaped, when the man wakes in the next pod, cut off his tail, tend to him, then bring him to myself and Her Highness, understood?"

"Hai!"

Sailor Mercury leapt into the sky and flew to the castle with tremendous speeds, landing on the balcony next to Queen Serenity. "Your Highness," she said, bowing with tears in her eyes."

"Ami! Is it really you?"

Mercury nodded, "I've missed you, your Majesty."

"Usagi? Have you seen Usagi?"

Mercury shook her head, the pain evident in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Queen. Surely the news of Lord Frieza has reached you even here, in the Sol System. She and the Prince Vegeta of Vegeta-sei were both captured by him. Myself, I was imprisoned by the Galls, I only recently escaped. I'm sorry, I couldn't do anything. It's all my fault!"

Serenity smiled sadly. "Hush now, Ami, you're safe here. I'm sure it's not your fault. But we mustn't jump to conclusions, we shouldn't bring up and army and attack him, he is too powerful. I cannot take the risk of destroying the Alliance, even for Usagi."

"I understand, Selenity. But I know Usagi is alive, she has to be. She just, has to be."

"She is, Ami, I can feel it," Selenity said.

A guard burst through the double doors, his breathing suggested that he had been running a long way. "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Frieza is preparing an assault on our kingdom! And to make it worse," he panted.

The Queen stared in shock and put two hands delicately on his shoulder. "Take your time, soldier, tell me what else."

"Beryl. Beryl is… ::wheeze:: …coming!"

^_^ Yay! I'm so happy it's finally out!! The problems at home are almost gone, so no more worries okay (like anyone did in the first place .;;) DNCS fans can expect the next chapter this weekend at the latest. Lady Liberty's blessings to all! Good evening!!!