No Need for Goodbyes
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This is part TWO of two. (((it was too big, we had to break it up!!!)))
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Capsule Corp: 3pm
Lunch went without any hitches. Everyone was happy and the conversation was light. Vegeta wasn't there. He seemed to have disappeared after his ordeal with all the girls. He was pissed and was not going to be made a fool of, but he kept a constant vigil on all of them from his hiding places. He wanted to make sure that nothing happened that he missed. After everyone left the dining hall he came down and feasted alone.
After lunch everyone seemed to find something to do with themselves. Goku, Kuririn, Gohan and Future Trunks went out to spar. Raye and Lita went to play with Rini. Amy, Bulma, and Darien went into the garage to tinker with something. Darien was very interested in the technology of this place, as was Amy. Amara and Michelle were constantly on the run from Tien and Yamcha, who seemed not to get a clue. Mina and Serena were back out by the pool.
"You know if this situation wasn't so bizarre, this would be like the perfect Vacation. No homework, no baddies to fight and best of all, no Luna telling me what to do." Serena said lying on her back, poolside. Mina was sitting on the edge dangling her feet in.
"No joke, Artimis would be such a drag if he were here right about now.
"Is that so, well sorry to ruin your vacation." Came a voice. Serena and Mina jump up. Their heads point to the direction of the voice to see Luna and Artimis standing in the yard. "Yeah, Mina you're just going to have to get used to me being a bore." Artimis said glaring at her. *Sweatdrop*
"Oh my god Luna!! I was so worried about you!" Serena said bounding up racing over and snatching Luna out of the Grass. She was feeling really bad
"Artimis, how is my favorite white haired cat?!" Mina exclaimed running to her respective cat. "I know a couple of kitties that are going to get a fresh can of tuna fish tonight." She said Luna jumped out of Serena arms and joined Artimis. "We have no time for Bribery. We are here for important scout business." She said with Artimis nodding his head.
"But how did you get here?!" Serena asked.
"TRISTA!!" Came a shout from behind them. They all turned around to see Rini running from the house out to an image that stood in the far grass just inside Capsule Corp walls. It was indeed the Sailor of Time. Rini ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She flew into Sailor Pluto's arms.
"Oh it is so good to see you Sailor P!!"
"It is good to see that you alright Small Lady." Trista said holding her.
Serena and Mina watched as the two of them came walking up to them. The girls heard the commotion outside and they two started appearing from the buildings that made up Capsule Corp. First Lita and Raye who lost track of Rini for one second and she was gone. Then Amara and Michelle who always seem to show up at the right times. And Finally Darien and Amy with Bulma appeared. They gathered around Mina and Serena
"So to what do we owe this honorable visit?" Mina asked, as Trista and Rini came up to them.
"Yeah, how did you get here? Where you pulled through the Vortex too?" Serena asked again.
"Nothing as simple as that." Trista answered "But I think that everyone should hear what I have to say Scouts and Special Forces alike." She said turning to Bulma "Bulma would you gather the guys." Trista asked.
"How do you know me?" Bulma asked
"Yeah how do you know her? I barely know her." Raye added.
"I will tell you all that I know, but I really don't have much time. So please we must hurry." Trista added. Amara and Michelle looked at Trista who relayed the severity of the situation with the expression on her face.
Bulma raced off to gather the Z fighters. She was worried that something else terrible would happen. The Scouts gathered in a conference room where Bulma told them to go. They waited for the guys to show up which they did in rather orderly fashion. Goku, Gohan, Mira Trunks, and Kuririn came in. Then Yamcha, Tien and Chaozu ran in. They were of course the last. Vegeta had not been seen since this morning. But he was hovering around the conference room. Rini, Goku and Trunks could feel his KI.
"Ok, now that everyone is here." Trista said who was standing in front of the room with her time staff. She was looking rather grim "I must tell you all that I know.
"When all of the scouts were brought here by the mysterious Vortex it seemed to have modified everything that makes up time space. Dimensions were merged somehow. The people of Time don't know how or why this is happening. What we do know is, though dimensions have been merged, but the natural flow of time has not been changed. Which means that In the Scouts world many years have passed. 20 years to be exact."
"WHAT?!" Serena asked. The others gasped in disbelief.
"Yes, but there is more. Trista said quickly
"Oh I can't wait to here this." Serena snorted
"Many things have happened in our world. A terrible demon of ice has come to earth. She calls herself Snow Queen Kaguya. She is terribly powerful and has brought a plague of Ice down on the earth to which there has never been. Far worse than even the ice-age."
"Oh kami…" Serena uttered. She was shocked. The others were too, even some of the guys were. There was a clamoring of noise in the room for a few moments when it was silenced "Still, there is more." Trista commanded silence with her arms held in the air.
"Can you bring us back?" Serena asked. "We can fight this queen if you bring us back." The others were agreeing
"Yeah, I could bring heat back to the planet!" Raye snorted.
Trista was shaking her head before she said, "No, this time you are not strong enough."
"What?! I don't care! We have family there, it is all that we know. We have to at least try!" Serena shouted
"You're just not strong enough. None of you are even with the help of the Special Forces of this World you could not beat her at this time. So, that is not an option. Besides the People of Time tell me that was not the purpose of why I came here."
"Well why did you come here?" Lita asked "To tell us this and then to tell us that there is nothing that we can do about it!?" She was annoyed.
"No, my purpose here is to preserve the future of our world."
"And how do you plan to do that?!?" Serena asked.
"By taking two people back to the City beyond the void." Trista said, knowing full well who'd be the two people.
"What are you talking about?" Amy asked. "I have never heard of such a place."
"No you would not have heard of this place, I never knew that there was such a place until the People of Time removed the barrier blocking my sight. Theirs is a City that even Time can not touch. A place that transcends the barriers that separates the Dimensions. There a person could live indefinitely. They enlisted my help because of my connection to all of you, and their request was that I bring two of you back with me."
"Why just two of us, why not all of us?" Mina asked
"Because that is all they will allow me, I can only do what I am told and bring two of you to the City beyond the Void."
"Well which two?" Amy asked a bit intrigued by all of this. She was trying to think with a rational mind but only could think about her mother incased in a block of ice.
"That is for all of you to decide." Trista answered. "But you must choose quickly, the gate that I came thought to come here is collapsing as we speak. The people of time are doing everything they can to hold it open, but something about the Dimension merge is disrupting the gate."
"Well the answer to this one is simple." Darien spoke up "Serena and I should go."
"What!! I am not leaving Rini here Darien." Serena protested.
"Rini can use her time key, can't she?" Darien asked Trista.
"That would be bending the rules, but yes that would work. Rini would have to tell the time key to take her to the City beyond the Void." Trista said expecting to be stuck down for her insubordination. But nothing happened.
"Good then it is settled." Darien said.
"No it is not." Rini shouted. "I am not leaving without my Daddy!"
"Oh don't start that again! Rini that man is not your father." Darien said taking Rini by the arm "Do you understand me? You are my daughter. And you are coming with me!" He said gruffly.
"I would like to see you try and make me Cape-Boy!" Rini shouts, ripping her arm from his hand. She backed up glowing with an unusual gold light. "I am not leaving without my father, Vegeta!" Rini growled.
"Fine, stay here! I don't care! Serena and I will go." Darien snorted.
"Darien I am not leaving without Rini." Serena said standing beside Rini.
"OH Kami, not you too!!" Darien said grabbing her by the arm now. "Can I talk to you alone!"
Darien dragged her out of the room. They went down the hall and through the kitchen into the back. The girls followed but only to the dining room window. They watched as the two of them. Darien and Serena fought out by the pool. Serena was wildly waving her arms back and forth was screaming but they couldn't make out what she was saying. Then she turned around and stormed away and Darien walked off the other direction.
An hour passed quickly. Serena and spent this time in Bulma's father study. She was scribbling down words on a piece of paper. The girls had been told where the portal was and they all went there to wait, so they could say their good-byes when Serena and Darien leave. Darien found Trista and told her that he would be going with her, alone. That Serena was not going to go. He seemed bitter, but the look in his eyes was that of sorrow. Trista was confused, The People of Time told her that they would both be going, but as it seemed for the time, he was only one. She however learned not to question anything that happened. She was firm in the belief that everything happened for a purpose. Darien and Trista went to the area where she first appeared to find that all the girls, the cats and even Bulma, Goku, Piccolo, Kuririn, Tien and Future Trunks were there as well.
"Darien where is Serena??" Mina asked when she saw him walk up with Trista with out Serena.
When Trista opened the portal, Darien turned to look at Mina. "Serena has made her choice." He replied coldly and turned back to Trista. "I'm ready to go." He walk to the portal then paused. "Take care of her for me, Amara." He went though the portal before she could answered. Amara just nodded.
"I will return periodically to keep you informed." Trista sighed and turned to the portal about the step though.
"Trista, WAIT!" Serena shouted, running across the compound grounds. Trista waited for her. When Serena reached her she handed Trista a folded piece of paper. "Please give this to Darien."
"I will give it to him, your highness." Trista bowed her head and entered the portal.
"Take care of him." Serena said softly as the portal closed.
Everyone deciding that it would be for the best if they left Serena alone for awhile, went back inside. Serena stood there silently her eyes welling up with tears. "Did I do the right thing." She asked herself. Tears pored down her cheeks, as she fell to her knees.
From the roof of the main Capsule Corp building, Vegeta was watching Serena cry. He had watched when the 'cape-boy' and the new scout left. When he saw Serena run out, he though she was going to, but was surprised when Serena didn't. 'Well at least he left.' Vegeta thought. 'But, what about her?' He smirked, not quit sure if he was happy that she stayed, or angry because she didn't leave. He had been impressed when she stood up to him. "Interesting." Was the only thing Vegeta said as he jumped off the roof and walked towards Serena.
City beyond the Void:
Darien was in awe of the immense walled city and it's people. A large blue crystalline castle stood in the center. Buildings in many shades of red, green and blue made of the same crystalline material surrounded the castle. He watched the people, some that look human and some that looked like nothing he had ever seen before, hurry about their way.
"Where did these people come from?" He asked Trista as she led him to a large emerald green house near the castle.
"Each of residents of this city are the last survivors of their own respective worlds." She directed him to enter the house. "When a world's time is at an end the people of time take a few of the survivors and bring them here. So that the species can survive." She followed him into the house.
When they walked into a large living area an elf-like woman purple skin greeted Trista by handing her a small child about two years of age. Trista thanked the woman she called Elena, as the woman walked back into a kitchen area.
"Is that…" Darien stared at the dark-haired little girl staring back at him. Trista interrupted him before he could finish.
"Yes, it is Hotaru." She smiled. "The people of time brought Hotaru, Luna and Artimas to me. That is when I found out about what had happened. She is aging quickly. When I left she was only about one." She walked over to a playpen and placed Hotaru in it. Hotaru giggled and reached for a toy in the pen. "Your room is upstairs." Trista turned and faced Darien. "Make yourself at home. I have to return to my duties. Elena will help you if you need anything." She walked past him and stopped. She pulled out the paper Serena had handed her. Serena wanted me to give this to you." She handed the paper to him and left.
He just stood there his heart beating wildly, as he crumpled the paper in his hand not wanting to look at it. 'She should have come with me.' Darien thought. Hotaru squealed and Darien turned to see why. She was standing up her arm reached out to him. He placed the letter on an end table, went over and picked her up. He carried her over to the window and watched the movements of the city. "Well, Hotaru you might not remember me, but my name is Darien." She just babbled nonsense words. He carried her back to the table and picked up the letter. He sat down in a chair next to the playpen placing her back into it, and he unfolded the letter. He sighed deeply and read.
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Dearest,
Darien I am sorry for what I said, and I know you did not mean what you said. I said you were a jerk for not understanding why I wanted to stay, and you said I was selfish because I didn't want to leave. Why can't you understand that I cannot leave Rini here? This whole mess is so confusing, but Rini needs me. . You told me just this morning that you would never leave me. So, more than anything I wish you will come back as soon as possible, but if you don't I understand. I just want you to know that I love you more then I can say, and please come back to me soon.
Love always,
Serena
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No Need for Training
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NOTES: yeah.. we messed with the timeline for the SailorMoon S. season. Basicly the events in the movie never happen.. Trinity and i decided we didn't want the 'Kaguya' thing to happen yet, so we..... (((Trinity grabs Layne and pulls her away from the computer and sit's down)))Layne would tell you more but I will not let her. you'll have to read the next part to find out more!!! *evilgrin*
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