Author: Bunny-chan
Email: Bunny_chan85@hotmail.com
The Simple Life
Chapter 1
11/26/00
Ossu, minna-chan!! How is everyone doing? I hope all is well with my wonderful
fanfiction readers! Well, here's the next part like you all wanted. I was so surprised
when I got all of the nice reviews from the readers. I wasn't expecting that many, really
I wasn't! They all made me feel good though, so thanks to those who reviewed for the
Prologue. **IMPORTANT!!!** I know I made Gohan's and Trunks' ages too close, therefore,
Gohan is now 12 instead of 14. The idea was so sporadic that I didn't think about timeline
stuff and characters that I wanted to add didn't appear till the next season and so on and
so forth. So, The fic takes place after the deafeat of Galaxia in SM, and DBZ stays the
same at after the deafeat of Cell.
I don't own DBZ or Sailormoon, so please don't sue. You'll only get pocket
lint! ^_^ Ja!
'Trunks!' Everything was foggy and hazy. Trunks lifted his head to the sound of
someone calling his name.
'Trunks!' He couldn't see five feet in front of him. I was blinding white and
foggy.
"Who's there?! Please answer me!" Trunks yelled into the void of light.
'Trunks!' A figure appeared in front of him. The figure was undoubtedly a woman.
Her violet-grayish hair fell into two streamers that were on either side of her head. She
was tall and held a regal air with her. She was wearing a long dress and had a kind face
and her forehead adorned a yellow crescent moon sigil.
"Who are you?" Trunks asked.
'My name is Serenity,' She answered. Her voice seemed to come from all
directions.
"What do you want? Where are we? What's goin-"
'Please Mirai Trunks. One question at a time.' She interupted him with her soft
voice. Trunks stood quiet for a moment.
"How do you know me?"
She smiled faintly. 'I know alot of things. I must ask a favor of you, Mirai
Trunks.'
"How can I help you?" His face was serious.
'I need you to protect my daughter.'
"Who's your daughter? Do I know her? Have I met her?"
'You have seen her. Blonde hair, about 15 years old, she looks a little beat up.'
She said sadly.
Trunks gasped. "We found her two days ago!"
'Good. Now Trunks, promise me please. Protect her.'
"Of course. But what happened to her?"
'Gomen, Trunks. It's not my story. Some of her friends will be coming soon. But
until then, I beg you to protect her.'
"I will. But I have a question, actually two."
She smiled, "Proceed,"
"What's her name?"
'My daughter's name in this reincarnation is Usagi.'
"And my second, are you a queen or something?"
Serenity smiled, "Something like that. I'm a que-" Serenity jerked her head to the
right. 'Gomen ne, Mirai Trunks. But it's time for you to go.' Trunks was engulfed in a
bright blinding light, then everything went dark.
Trunks gasped and sat up in bed. He looked to his alarm clock. '5:57' He grumbled
incoherently about waking up just minutes before the alarm goes off. He rubbed his hands
over his eyes, trying to wake himself from the warm sleep he was just in. Sighing, he got
up, put on some pants and walked out of his room.
As he walked by the gravity room he could hear Vejita sparring with himself. He
walked into the infermary of their home. There she was.
The girl was up on an examination table. Her leg had been set in a temporary cast,
the wound on her side had been bandaged, and any other cuts had been bandaged too. When they
had brought her home, Bulma sure was surprised.
*******Flash Back********
Bulma got up to answer the door, she swore she'd kill whoever interupted her work
again. Trunks and Gohan had come in earlier bothering her about fixing the training robots
in the gravity rooms. When she opened the door she was surprised to see Goku carrying a
badly beaten up girl.
"Goku?! What happened? I always knew that you shouldn't have sparred so close to
the city!"
"Bulma! We found her like this! I thought you might be able to do something for
her. Well... can you?"
Bulma stood stunned for a moment. Goku was throughly worried about this girl. It
wasn't strange for him to be worried, but that he seemed more intense about it. "Yeah. I
can help. Bring her to the infermary."
********End Flash Back********
Trunks stared at the girl. Her skin was pale and she was thin. She was lean, not
sickly thin, but she had hardly any muscle. Trunks had come to the conclusion that she was
beat up, and with no muscle to back her up, it wasn't hard for him to believe that she
couldn't defend herself. 'Usagi...' The woman in his dream said her name was Usagi. It
was a beautiful name.
"Brat! What do you think you're doing?!"
Trunks jumped up from the sudden noise. "I was... uh..."
"Save your excuses, boy. You'd better hope that woman doesn't find you in here. I
personally can't wait until that girl wakes up."
"Why is that?" Trunks asked, somewhat aprehensive of the kind of answer he might
recieve.
"Boy! Did you feel her power level? It's strong for someone of her age. I want to
learn her secrets on how to have such a power level."
"Oh. I see. Well... I'm gonna... go now... Bye!" Trunks said uncomfortably as he
was edging for the door.
Vejita humphed and walked out after him.
***************
Darkness. The room was suffocating. There was a presense in the room that just took
the life of everything away. Just stealing it away, without any shame of who it might kill.
Usagi stood in the darkness. Her face was contorted with confusion and worry. A figure
stepped in front of her.
"Well... Look who it is! It's the former Neo Queen Serenity!"
Usagi gasped and stepped back in shock. Mamoru. He raised a hand to hit her when
a golden blur knocked Mamoru away in to a wall. It was so dark that Usagi couldn't see who
her savior was, she only knew him from his golden hair.
Usagi opened her eyes to the bright light of early morning. She saw a clean white
ceiling, and could faintly hear the sound of someone typing keys on a computer. She tried
to move her right arm and found that there was a severe jolt of pain. She examined her arm.
Someone had bandaged the cut that was there. She groaned in annoyance. Then the keys stoppped
ticking.
Bulma looked up from her work. The girl that Goku had brought back was awake and
examining her wounds. Bulma got up from her chair and walked over.
"Good. You're awake." She said with a smile.
Usagi stared at her with confusion. "Where am I?" Her voice was hoarse.
"Capsule Corp. What's your name?"
Usagi looked down, 'Where in hell is Capsule Corp?!' "Uh... My name's Tsukino Usagi.
What's yours? And can you tell me how I got here?"
"Usagi... That's a nice name. Well, My name's Bulma Briefs, and as for how you got
here. My friend Goku was out sparring with a few other people and they said that they found
you not far from here in the woods. The others would like to know that you're awake, I'll be
right back."
"Um... Breifs-san?"
"Please, Usagi. Call me Bulma. Breifs-san makes me feel so old! What did you need?"
"Did you dress my wounds?"
"Hai."
"Thank you."
"No problem. Be right back!"
**************
Trunks sat in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal when Bulma came into the kitchen.
"Trunks? Is Goku here?"
"He's supposed to be here later today, why?"
"The girl he brought here woke up. I know he wants to ask her a few questions."
Vejita walked into the kitchen and flung a towel on to a chair and went to the
refridgerator.
"Trunks, call Goku and tell him to get here right away. And Vejita, I'm not your
maid so clean up after yourself and don't leave that sweaty towel on the chair."
"Don't bark at me Woman! Know your role!" (A.N. Sorry for the WWF The Rock remark,
it just seemed like the perfect place to put there. And it's kinda funny. ^_^)
"I don't know why I bother with you!" Bulma screamed in frustration and left the
room. Vejita just shrugged and continued to raid the refridgerator.
Bulma walked into the infermary to see Usagi sitting up on the table, fingering the
wound on her arm.
"You might not want to do that. They won't heal correctly if you bother the skin by
touching it like that."
"Ok, Bulma-san."
"My friend Goku should be here so-" Bulma looked to Usagi who looked a bit sheepish.
"Gomen ne, Bulma-san. But I'm a bit hungry."
Bulma stiffled a giggle. "I'm sorry Usagi-san. C'mon out to the kitchen, and we'll
see if we can find something to put into you! And I should find something for to wear. The
clothes that you have are all torn." Bulma led Usagi out into the hall.
Usagi smiled at Bulma's reaction. 'Bulma-san is truly a purehearted person.'
"I'm not surprised that you're hungry. You have been alseep for two days!"
Usagi stopped in her tracks. "Bulma-san? Did I hear you correctly? Two days?"
"Yes. It's been two days since Goku brought you to me." Bulma led Usagi into her
room and rustled through her closet, looking for something that the small girl might fit into.
Bulma picked a pair of khaki shorts, and a blue short sleeve shirt that had the Capsule Corp.
logo on the sleeve.
"Here, Usagi-san. I'll take you shopping for some clothes tomorrow. But for now,
this will do."
"Domo Arigato, Bulma-san" Usagi said, leaving to the bathroom Bulma had pointed out.
When Usagi had come out of the bathroom, her and Bulma made their way to the kitchen. Bulma
sighed when she reached the kitchen. Vejita had left a mess again. Said Saiyajin was at the
kitchen table eating anything he could get his hands on. He looked up when he saw Bulma and
Usagi.
"Woman! You need to go get more food! We're out." He said. Then Vejita turned his
attention to the young girl standing next to Bulma.
"So... You're awake. Now we can spar, and I'll learn your secrets on having such a
power level as yours." He smirked. Usagi shrank away slightly.
"You'll do no such thing Vejita!" Bulma said, "She just got up, and she's hungry.
Plus I don't need you injuring anyone."
"Humph! Baka-woman!" He muttered under his breath, then he got up from the table
and made his way to the gravity room.
The door flew open, "Ossu, Bulma!"
Bulma smiled, "Hi Goku. Hey Gohan!" Bulma pulled Usagi forward, "This is Usagi."
Usagi held out her hand, "Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi desu."
Goku took her hand, "Hi! I'm Son Goku, and this is my son, Gohan. Do you know how
you ended up in the woods? I mean you looked pretty beat up."
Usagi shifted in her place 'Should I tell them? Is this what happened when I wished
on the Ginzuishou? They seem trustworthy.... But that's how the others' seemed to be...'
Trunks came in the room. "Oh Trunks!" Bulma said, "Meet-"
"Usagi." He whispered, but the others in the kitchen heard him.
"Yeah. Usagi. How'd you know?"
Trunks blushed and sweatdropped. "I... uh... heard you say her name... earlier."
Bulma stared at him for a minute, "Oh, ok." she said, satisfied with his answer.
"Well, Usagi should eat something. Goku? You wanted to ask her some questions, ne?"
"Yeah, I did." Goku said.
"Well, everyone sit down. I'll make some hamburgers real quick." Bulma said while
pushing everyone into the kitchen.
"Usagi," Goku said once they were siting at the table. "Do you know how you ended
up in the woods?"
"I... uh... I'm not totally sure how I got there, actually." She said, rather
uncomfortably.
"Hmmm... Well, what happened to you? You were pretty beat up when we found you."
Usagi fingered the bandage on her arm. 'I can't trust them so quickly. That's what
Haruka-san always told me. But what can I tell them?'
Bulma placed a plate with a hamburger on it in front of Usagi, "Here you go."
"Arigato, Bulma-san." 'At least now I have an excuse not to open my mouth.' She
thought. Usagi gulped down the burger in record time. 'Old habits die hard.'
Bulma stared at Usagi. "Are you a Saiyajin?"
"Saiyajin? What's that?" She asked confused.
"I'll take that as a 'no'." Bulma said, turning back to her work of making more
burgers.
"Saiyajins are people from the planet Vejitasei. I'm a Saiyajin, my son Gohan is a
half Saiyajin, and so is Trunks. Vejitasei was destroyed a long time ago by a being named
Freezer." Goku said seriously.
"Oh. I'm sorry about your planet," She said sorrowfully. The more quietly, "I know
what that feels like."
"Where are you from, Usagi-san? I can tell you're not from around here." Gohan asked,
breaking into the conversation.
"I'm from Tokyo." She said simply.
"Tokyo? Where's that?" Bulma asked.
"In Japan."
"Well, we're in Japan. But I've never heard of a place named Tokyo." Goku said.
"Oh. I see." Usagi said sadly.
"Usagi," Goku said, lifting her face to level with his. "Whatever it is, you can
tell us. We just want to help you, and get you home saf-"
"No! I don't want to go back!" She screamed, then she seemed regretful of what she
just said. "Gomen Nasai, minna-san." And with that she ran out the door.
"Usagi-san!!!" Bulma yelled, hoping to stop her.
"Usagi!" Trunks screamed then flew out after her.
Once Trunks was outside he scanned the area for Usagi, but couldn't find any trace
of her whatsoever. 'Where could she have gone so fast?'
***************
"Mamoru? What are you doing here? It's late, and you smell awful." Usagi said,
waving her hand to elaborate what she just said.
"Usako. Where have you been? I thought I told you to stay at my place. You
know! We were gonna have that special night just for us." Mamoru leaned down and brushed
his lips across her cheek. His breath smelled so awful that Usagi stepped away from slight
shock.
"What're you doing Usako?" He stepped closer to her in a threatening way. "You
should learn to do what you're told, Usako. I love you, you know that. So come back with
me and I'll forget that you left." He combed his hand through his now greasy hair.
"Mamoru, go home. You need to go home and take a cold shower. Try some coffee and
sober up-"
"No!" Mamoru swung his fist out and it connected with Usagi's gut. She stumbled
back from the sheer shock of being hit. His arm wasn't strong in his drunken state, but the
shock of the blow knocked the wind out of her.
The light from the lamp post reflected off a small metal object in his left hand.
Usagi looked up in shock as Mamoru came down towards her, the metal object poised to inflict
damage upon anything that dared move.
Usagi sat up. Her face was red and her body was covered with sweat. Somehow she had
fallen asleep in the tree that she was hiding in. She wrapped her arms around her body,
trying to shake herself from the reoccuring incident that had taken place not even three days
ago. Her efforts proved futile. She couldn't shake the image of Mamoru coming at her in
such a violent way. No, she could believe he would do such things to her. Most of the
bruises on her body weren't caused just by youma. What was it about this time that caused
her to go to the edge? It was what he said. If he had just attacked her, she could pass it
off as just being clumsy and falling into barbed wire. But, his words stung like alcohol on
fresh cuts.
After making a spectacle of herself in front of those who just wanted to help her,
she teleported away. She used as little energy as possible to teleport, she hadn't wanted
them to find her then. But now, she wasn't so sure about being by herself. She had no idea
where she teleported to, she just wanted to leave. She didn't want to go back, that's all
she knew.
Home life was a big factor in the equation. Her parents were constantly fighting
now. Fighting about her, their marital problems, and of course, if Usagi was in some sort
of gang. It had caused her father to leave one night and not come back for four days.
The senshi had betrayed her in ways that she thought weren't possible. Makoto was
avoiding her at school. She would no longer sit with her at their tree and eat lunch and
gosip. Minako stopped talking to her altogether. Rei was more distant and snobbish at
Usagi. And Ami. Ami. The one senshi who Usagi thought would never do a wrong in her life
avoided, and stopped talking to her.
Usagi couldn't hold in her sobs any longer and just burst out crying. Tears flooded
down her cheeks and she tried to wipe them away, but her hands just got covered in the salty
waters. It was that crying that got the attention of a teen below.
**************
Trunks flew out of the house. 'How could she get away so quickly?' He felt a tinge
of power, but disregarded it. He headed out into the city to look for her.
No sign of Usagi. It was hours later and he had found no trace of the girl. It was
like she totally vanished. He decided to check the woods before he went back to
Bulma-kassan's.
Trunks moved the branch that was in front of his face. How was he supposed to find
her? He couldn't sense her ki, and that troubled him. Suddenly he heard crying up in the
trees. He looked up and spotted her leaning up against the tree and sitting on a huge
branch. 'How'd she get up there? Especially with her leg injured?' He floated up to her.
"Hey. Mighty big bird in this tree, ne?" He said softly.
Usagi was so shocked to see Trunks that she yelped and fell from the tree with a
panicked look on her face. Trunks dove for her and caught her before she hit the ground.
"Daijoubu ka?" He asked, concern written all over his face.
"Daijoubu. How'd you get up there? And down here?"
"Saiyajins can fly. Why'd you run away like that? Everyone was worried about you."
"Gomen nasai. I don't want to go back to where I came from. They don't care about
me anyway. They'd rather see me dead." Usagi covered her face with her hands and cried.
Trunks couldn't bear to see her like that and envelope her in a hug.
"Shhh. Shhh. It'll be ok. Don't cry." He blushed as he held her, but couldn't
help but feel content with her in his arms. "Would you tell me what happened to you that
caused you to be here?"
"H-hai. I'll try to, demo, you might not believe me." She said, shivering slightly.
"Just tell me, and I'll decide if I believe it or not. But first lets get you back
to Bulma's, ne?"
"Ok."
Hi! Not much of a cliffhanger cause I'm being pressured off the computer. I've been
here all day typing up this chapter, and the other to That Time Old Feeling. Some people just
don't understand us authors. *sniff* Anyway, please review. Take care! Ja! ~Bunny-chan
Email: Bunny_chan85@hotmail.com
The Simple Life
Chapter 1
11/26/00
Ossu, minna-chan!! How is everyone doing? I hope all is well with my wonderful
fanfiction readers! Well, here's the next part like you all wanted. I was so surprised
when I got all of the nice reviews from the readers. I wasn't expecting that many, really
I wasn't! They all made me feel good though, so thanks to those who reviewed for the
Prologue. **IMPORTANT!!!** I know I made Gohan's and Trunks' ages too close, therefore,
Gohan is now 12 instead of 14. The idea was so sporadic that I didn't think about timeline
stuff and characters that I wanted to add didn't appear till the next season and so on and
so forth. So, The fic takes place after the deafeat of Galaxia in SM, and DBZ stays the
same at after the deafeat of Cell.
I don't own DBZ or Sailormoon, so please don't sue. You'll only get pocket
lint! ^_^ Ja!
'Trunks!' Everything was foggy and hazy. Trunks lifted his head to the sound of
someone calling his name.
'Trunks!' He couldn't see five feet in front of him. I was blinding white and
foggy.
"Who's there?! Please answer me!" Trunks yelled into the void of light.
'Trunks!' A figure appeared in front of him. The figure was undoubtedly a woman.
Her violet-grayish hair fell into two streamers that were on either side of her head. She
was tall and held a regal air with her. She was wearing a long dress and had a kind face
and her forehead adorned a yellow crescent moon sigil.
"Who are you?" Trunks asked.
'My name is Serenity,' She answered. Her voice seemed to come from all
directions.
"What do you want? Where are we? What's goin-"
'Please Mirai Trunks. One question at a time.' She interupted him with her soft
voice. Trunks stood quiet for a moment.
"How do you know me?"
She smiled faintly. 'I know alot of things. I must ask a favor of you, Mirai
Trunks.'
"How can I help you?" His face was serious.
'I need you to protect my daughter.'
"Who's your daughter? Do I know her? Have I met her?"
'You have seen her. Blonde hair, about 15 years old, she looks a little beat up.'
She said sadly.
Trunks gasped. "We found her two days ago!"
'Good. Now Trunks, promise me please. Protect her.'
"Of course. But what happened to her?"
'Gomen, Trunks. It's not my story. Some of her friends will be coming soon. But
until then, I beg you to protect her.'
"I will. But I have a question, actually two."
She smiled, "Proceed,"
"What's her name?"
'My daughter's name in this reincarnation is Usagi.'
"And my second, are you a queen or something?"
Serenity smiled, "Something like that. I'm a que-" Serenity jerked her head to the
right. 'Gomen ne, Mirai Trunks. But it's time for you to go.' Trunks was engulfed in a
bright blinding light, then everything went dark.
Trunks gasped and sat up in bed. He looked to his alarm clock. '5:57' He grumbled
incoherently about waking up just minutes before the alarm goes off. He rubbed his hands
over his eyes, trying to wake himself from the warm sleep he was just in. Sighing, he got
up, put on some pants and walked out of his room.
As he walked by the gravity room he could hear Vejita sparring with himself. He
walked into the infermary of their home. There she was.
The girl was up on an examination table. Her leg had been set in a temporary cast,
the wound on her side had been bandaged, and any other cuts had been bandaged too. When they
had brought her home, Bulma sure was surprised.
*******Flash Back********
Bulma got up to answer the door, she swore she'd kill whoever interupted her work
again. Trunks and Gohan had come in earlier bothering her about fixing the training robots
in the gravity rooms. When she opened the door she was surprised to see Goku carrying a
badly beaten up girl.
"Goku?! What happened? I always knew that you shouldn't have sparred so close to
the city!"
"Bulma! We found her like this! I thought you might be able to do something for
her. Well... can you?"
Bulma stood stunned for a moment. Goku was throughly worried about this girl. It
wasn't strange for him to be worried, but that he seemed more intense about it. "Yeah. I
can help. Bring her to the infermary."
********End Flash Back********
Trunks stared at the girl. Her skin was pale and she was thin. She was lean, not
sickly thin, but she had hardly any muscle. Trunks had come to the conclusion that she was
beat up, and with no muscle to back her up, it wasn't hard for him to believe that she
couldn't defend herself. 'Usagi...' The woman in his dream said her name was Usagi. It
was a beautiful name.
"Brat! What do you think you're doing?!"
Trunks jumped up from the sudden noise. "I was... uh..."
"Save your excuses, boy. You'd better hope that woman doesn't find you in here. I
personally can't wait until that girl wakes up."
"Why is that?" Trunks asked, somewhat aprehensive of the kind of answer he might
recieve.
"Boy! Did you feel her power level? It's strong for someone of her age. I want to
learn her secrets on how to have such a power level."
"Oh. I see. Well... I'm gonna... go now... Bye!" Trunks said uncomfortably as he
was edging for the door.
Vejita humphed and walked out after him.
***************
Darkness. The room was suffocating. There was a presense in the room that just took
the life of everything away. Just stealing it away, without any shame of who it might kill.
Usagi stood in the darkness. Her face was contorted with confusion and worry. A figure
stepped in front of her.
"Well... Look who it is! It's the former Neo Queen Serenity!"
Usagi gasped and stepped back in shock. Mamoru. He raised a hand to hit her when
a golden blur knocked Mamoru away in to a wall. It was so dark that Usagi couldn't see who
her savior was, she only knew him from his golden hair.
Usagi opened her eyes to the bright light of early morning. She saw a clean white
ceiling, and could faintly hear the sound of someone typing keys on a computer. She tried
to move her right arm and found that there was a severe jolt of pain. She examined her arm.
Someone had bandaged the cut that was there. She groaned in annoyance. Then the keys stoppped
ticking.
Bulma looked up from her work. The girl that Goku had brought back was awake and
examining her wounds. Bulma got up from her chair and walked over.
"Good. You're awake." She said with a smile.
Usagi stared at her with confusion. "Where am I?" Her voice was hoarse.
"Capsule Corp. What's your name?"
Usagi looked down, 'Where in hell is Capsule Corp?!' "Uh... My name's Tsukino Usagi.
What's yours? And can you tell me how I got here?"
"Usagi... That's a nice name. Well, My name's Bulma Briefs, and as for how you got
here. My friend Goku was out sparring with a few other people and they said that they found
you not far from here in the woods. The others would like to know that you're awake, I'll be
right back."
"Um... Breifs-san?"
"Please, Usagi. Call me Bulma. Breifs-san makes me feel so old! What did you need?"
"Did you dress my wounds?"
"Hai."
"Thank you."
"No problem. Be right back!"
**************
Trunks sat in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal when Bulma came into the kitchen.
"Trunks? Is Goku here?"
"He's supposed to be here later today, why?"
"The girl he brought here woke up. I know he wants to ask her a few questions."
Vejita walked into the kitchen and flung a towel on to a chair and went to the
refridgerator.
"Trunks, call Goku and tell him to get here right away. And Vejita, I'm not your
maid so clean up after yourself and don't leave that sweaty towel on the chair."
"Don't bark at me Woman! Know your role!" (A.N. Sorry for the WWF The Rock remark,
it just seemed like the perfect place to put there. And it's kinda funny. ^_^)
"I don't know why I bother with you!" Bulma screamed in frustration and left the
room. Vejita just shrugged and continued to raid the refridgerator.
Bulma walked into the infermary to see Usagi sitting up on the table, fingering the
wound on her arm.
"You might not want to do that. They won't heal correctly if you bother the skin by
touching it like that."
"Ok, Bulma-san."
"My friend Goku should be here so-" Bulma looked to Usagi who looked a bit sheepish.
"Gomen ne, Bulma-san. But I'm a bit hungry."
Bulma stiffled a giggle. "I'm sorry Usagi-san. C'mon out to the kitchen, and we'll
see if we can find something to put into you! And I should find something for to wear. The
clothes that you have are all torn." Bulma led Usagi out into the hall.
Usagi smiled at Bulma's reaction. 'Bulma-san is truly a purehearted person.'
"I'm not surprised that you're hungry. You have been alseep for two days!"
Usagi stopped in her tracks. "Bulma-san? Did I hear you correctly? Two days?"
"Yes. It's been two days since Goku brought you to me." Bulma led Usagi into her
room and rustled through her closet, looking for something that the small girl might fit into.
Bulma picked a pair of khaki shorts, and a blue short sleeve shirt that had the Capsule Corp.
logo on the sleeve.
"Here, Usagi-san. I'll take you shopping for some clothes tomorrow. But for now,
this will do."
"Domo Arigato, Bulma-san" Usagi said, leaving to the bathroom Bulma had pointed out.
When Usagi had come out of the bathroom, her and Bulma made their way to the kitchen. Bulma
sighed when she reached the kitchen. Vejita had left a mess again. Said Saiyajin was at the
kitchen table eating anything he could get his hands on. He looked up when he saw Bulma and
Usagi.
"Woman! You need to go get more food! We're out." He said. Then Vejita turned his
attention to the young girl standing next to Bulma.
"So... You're awake. Now we can spar, and I'll learn your secrets on having such a
power level as yours." He smirked. Usagi shrank away slightly.
"You'll do no such thing Vejita!" Bulma said, "She just got up, and she's hungry.
Plus I don't need you injuring anyone."
"Humph! Baka-woman!" He muttered under his breath, then he got up from the table
and made his way to the gravity room.
The door flew open, "Ossu, Bulma!"
Bulma smiled, "Hi Goku. Hey Gohan!" Bulma pulled Usagi forward, "This is Usagi."
Usagi held out her hand, "Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi desu."
Goku took her hand, "Hi! I'm Son Goku, and this is my son, Gohan. Do you know how
you ended up in the woods? I mean you looked pretty beat up."
Usagi shifted in her place 'Should I tell them? Is this what happened when I wished
on the Ginzuishou? They seem trustworthy.... But that's how the others' seemed to be...'
Trunks came in the room. "Oh Trunks!" Bulma said, "Meet-"
"Usagi." He whispered, but the others in the kitchen heard him.
"Yeah. Usagi. How'd you know?"
Trunks blushed and sweatdropped. "I... uh... heard you say her name... earlier."
Bulma stared at him for a minute, "Oh, ok." she said, satisfied with his answer.
"Well, Usagi should eat something. Goku? You wanted to ask her some questions, ne?"
"Yeah, I did." Goku said.
"Well, everyone sit down. I'll make some hamburgers real quick." Bulma said while
pushing everyone into the kitchen.
"Usagi," Goku said once they were siting at the table. "Do you know how you ended
up in the woods?"
"I... uh... I'm not totally sure how I got there, actually." She said, rather
uncomfortably.
"Hmmm... Well, what happened to you? You were pretty beat up when we found you."
Usagi fingered the bandage on her arm. 'I can't trust them so quickly. That's what
Haruka-san always told me. But what can I tell them?'
Bulma placed a plate with a hamburger on it in front of Usagi, "Here you go."
"Arigato, Bulma-san." 'At least now I have an excuse not to open my mouth.' She
thought. Usagi gulped down the burger in record time. 'Old habits die hard.'
Bulma stared at Usagi. "Are you a Saiyajin?"
"Saiyajin? What's that?" She asked confused.
"I'll take that as a 'no'." Bulma said, turning back to her work of making more
burgers.
"Saiyajins are people from the planet Vejitasei. I'm a Saiyajin, my son Gohan is a
half Saiyajin, and so is Trunks. Vejitasei was destroyed a long time ago by a being named
Freezer." Goku said seriously.
"Oh. I'm sorry about your planet," She said sorrowfully. The more quietly, "I know
what that feels like."
"Where are you from, Usagi-san? I can tell you're not from around here." Gohan asked,
breaking into the conversation.
"I'm from Tokyo." She said simply.
"Tokyo? Where's that?" Bulma asked.
"In Japan."
"Well, we're in Japan. But I've never heard of a place named Tokyo." Goku said.
"Oh. I see." Usagi said sadly.
"Usagi," Goku said, lifting her face to level with his. "Whatever it is, you can
tell us. We just want to help you, and get you home saf-"
"No! I don't want to go back!" She screamed, then she seemed regretful of what she
just said. "Gomen Nasai, minna-san." And with that she ran out the door.
"Usagi-san!!!" Bulma yelled, hoping to stop her.
"Usagi!" Trunks screamed then flew out after her.
Once Trunks was outside he scanned the area for Usagi, but couldn't find any trace
of her whatsoever. 'Where could she have gone so fast?'
***************
"Mamoru? What are you doing here? It's late, and you smell awful." Usagi said,
waving her hand to elaborate what she just said.
"Usako. Where have you been? I thought I told you to stay at my place. You
know! We were gonna have that special night just for us." Mamoru leaned down and brushed
his lips across her cheek. His breath smelled so awful that Usagi stepped away from slight
shock.
"What're you doing Usako?" He stepped closer to her in a threatening way. "You
should learn to do what you're told, Usako. I love you, you know that. So come back with
me and I'll forget that you left." He combed his hand through his now greasy hair.
"Mamoru, go home. You need to go home and take a cold shower. Try some coffee and
sober up-"
"No!" Mamoru swung his fist out and it connected with Usagi's gut. She stumbled
back from the sheer shock of being hit. His arm wasn't strong in his drunken state, but the
shock of the blow knocked the wind out of her.
The light from the lamp post reflected off a small metal object in his left hand.
Usagi looked up in shock as Mamoru came down towards her, the metal object poised to inflict
damage upon anything that dared move.
Usagi sat up. Her face was red and her body was covered with sweat. Somehow she had
fallen asleep in the tree that she was hiding in. She wrapped her arms around her body,
trying to shake herself from the reoccuring incident that had taken place not even three days
ago. Her efforts proved futile. She couldn't shake the image of Mamoru coming at her in
such a violent way. No, she could believe he would do such things to her. Most of the
bruises on her body weren't caused just by youma. What was it about this time that caused
her to go to the edge? It was what he said. If he had just attacked her, she could pass it
off as just being clumsy and falling into barbed wire. But, his words stung like alcohol on
fresh cuts.
After making a spectacle of herself in front of those who just wanted to help her,
she teleported away. She used as little energy as possible to teleport, she hadn't wanted
them to find her then. But now, she wasn't so sure about being by herself. She had no idea
where she teleported to, she just wanted to leave. She didn't want to go back, that's all
she knew.
Home life was a big factor in the equation. Her parents were constantly fighting
now. Fighting about her, their marital problems, and of course, if Usagi was in some sort
of gang. It had caused her father to leave one night and not come back for four days.
The senshi had betrayed her in ways that she thought weren't possible. Makoto was
avoiding her at school. She would no longer sit with her at their tree and eat lunch and
gosip. Minako stopped talking to her altogether. Rei was more distant and snobbish at
Usagi. And Ami. Ami. The one senshi who Usagi thought would never do a wrong in her life
avoided, and stopped talking to her.
Usagi couldn't hold in her sobs any longer and just burst out crying. Tears flooded
down her cheeks and she tried to wipe them away, but her hands just got covered in the salty
waters. It was that crying that got the attention of a teen below.
**************
Trunks flew out of the house. 'How could she get away so quickly?' He felt a tinge
of power, but disregarded it. He headed out into the city to look for her.
No sign of Usagi. It was hours later and he had found no trace of the girl. It was
like she totally vanished. He decided to check the woods before he went back to
Bulma-kassan's.
Trunks moved the branch that was in front of his face. How was he supposed to find
her? He couldn't sense her ki, and that troubled him. Suddenly he heard crying up in the
trees. He looked up and spotted her leaning up against the tree and sitting on a huge
branch. 'How'd she get up there? Especially with her leg injured?' He floated up to her.
"Hey. Mighty big bird in this tree, ne?" He said softly.
Usagi was so shocked to see Trunks that she yelped and fell from the tree with a
panicked look on her face. Trunks dove for her and caught her before she hit the ground.
"Daijoubu ka?" He asked, concern written all over his face.
"Daijoubu. How'd you get up there? And down here?"
"Saiyajins can fly. Why'd you run away like that? Everyone was worried about you."
"Gomen nasai. I don't want to go back to where I came from. They don't care about
me anyway. They'd rather see me dead." Usagi covered her face with her hands and cried.
Trunks couldn't bear to see her like that and envelope her in a hug.
"Shhh. Shhh. It'll be ok. Don't cry." He blushed as he held her, but couldn't
help but feel content with her in his arms. "Would you tell me what happened to you that
caused you to be here?"
"H-hai. I'll try to, demo, you might not believe me." She said, shivering slightly.
"Just tell me, and I'll decide if I believe it or not. But first lets get you back
to Bulma's, ne?"
"Ok."
Hi! Not much of a cliffhanger cause I'm being pressured off the computer. I've been
here all day typing up this chapter, and the other to That Time Old Feeling. Some people just
don't understand us authors. *sniff* Anyway, please review. Take care! Ja! ~Bunny-chan