(Chapter 2)
"Whoa!" squealed Usagi as they landed in front of the big apartment building. The building was shaped relatively like the buildings of the 20th century... other than the fact that people were shooting up an down glass tubes instead of elevators. She stared at the inside of the building. "Come on, girl. Let's go!" They walked into one of the tubes and Trunks pulled out what looked like a very small compact disk. He inserted it into a electronic box. A bright light flashed and they were shooting up the tube.
When they reached the apartment. Trunks showed Usagi her room. "Don't worry about anything. You can't be safer than being with us." he smiled and walked out of the room. She went around the room examining everything. Then she walked into the adjoining bathroom and smiled. It was small but nice and clean and sparkling. She decided to take a bath and filled the bathtub. Gohan knocked on the door and she opened it. He held out several towels and smiled. "Don't want to take a bath without them, eh?" and winked at her.
Usagi blushed. She thanked him and he left. She sank into the warm bath and sighed. As she stared at the swirls of vapor coming from the hot water she could almost see the face of her Mamoru in the clouds, the image dispersed and she saw a shining crystal instead. She leaned against the edge of the bathtub and began to sob, heart-wrenching sobs that shook her body. Gohan who was just next door heard her and was filled with pity.
When she came out half an hour later, he was sitting on her bed and she stared at him. If she looked closely, he looked very much like her Mamo-chan who had broken up with her and practically destroyed her. But unlike Mamoru he wore a very kind expression on his face and suddenly her wall of defiance cracked and she fell into his large comforting arms and cried into his shoulder. He was surprised but hugged her and whispered, "It's alright, you'll get your crystal and your way back home." She looked up at Gohan and her big blue eyes were filled with misery. But she slowly whispered two words into his ear. "Thank you."
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"Finally she went to sleep. I can barely hear anything after her screaming. Who'd have thought that the Senshi of Fire would be worse than Usagi?" groaned a weary Setsuna. Hotaru agreed and said, "Come on, she worse than a child, Chibi-Usa is even acting better then Mars has when I visited her in the future."
Meanwhile, Mars had woken up and she decided not to say anything. She walked past the group of people talking and continued past them into the misty room ahead. 'Where am I? How could I not be on Earth? Who are they? I've got to get out of here!' She padded towards a great door and opened it cautiously and stepped into the light. Setsuna jerked up and bolted towards the door and found it open. "NO! She couldn't have!" she shrieked and she swung her key staff in an effort to close the vortex that Mars had opened. But it was too late, she Michiru, Haruka, and Hotaru were sucked into the vortex.
Setsuna had held onto her staff and swung it once more before she fell. She knew the other scouts would be sucked into a different world but she could heal them for the journey, something she couldn't do before. The jewel on her time staff flashed once. Then there was nothing. The vortex grew and funneled the three sleeping girls into the doors and then, it stopped and the doors slammed shut. The room now quiet and empty.
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Trunks walked in on them and he saw that Usagi was crying again. He sat down next to her and she was in the middle. "Hey, it's going to be O.K. alright? We know how you can get your crystal back. But you'll have to wait for..." he checked a weird-looking watch, "...umm around three months. Then you can use the Dragon Balls and wish your crystal back. But the Dragon can't send you back home." Usagi gave him a blank look. "What's a Dragon Ball?" Gohan spoke up, " The Dragon Balls are seven precious balls with stars in them. When you collect them all, and call up the Dragon, it will grant you one wish it doesn't really, but who's writing this story huh? . But then the Dragon Balls will turn to stone until seven years have passed and then they will reappear again."
"You mean if I use them, the Dragon can give me back my crystal? Yippee!" and she gave both of them a crushing hug in her excitement. She sobered a little bit and cried, "Oh, no! But what about my own world? There was a youma that was attacking everyone." Gohan laughed and said, "Don't worry, once you get back, it will be the exact same second that you left." He stood up and said. "It's getting late, you'd better get some rest." Trunks got up and she asked a question. "Umm, do you have anything I can wear for bed? If you don't I'll just sleep in this." Gohan turned and walked towards the drawer and took out a shirt. "Here's one of my shirts, we don't have any girl items in stock right now." he cracked. Then he and Trunks left the room and closed the door. She changed into the shirt and laid her own clothes on the chair next to the bed. She got into bed and turned off the lamp. 'At least I know how to turn off these still.' She thought bitterly. Then she thought of her new friends that were close by and smiled, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
"Whoa!" squealed Usagi as they landed in front of the big apartment building. The building was shaped relatively like the buildings of the 20th century... other than the fact that people were shooting up an down glass tubes instead of elevators. She stared at the inside of the building. "Come on, girl. Let's go!" They walked into one of the tubes and Trunks pulled out what looked like a very small compact disk. He inserted it into a electronic box. A bright light flashed and they were shooting up the tube.
When they reached the apartment. Trunks showed Usagi her room. "Don't worry about anything. You can't be safer than being with us." he smiled and walked out of the room. She went around the room examining everything. Then she walked into the adjoining bathroom and smiled. It was small but nice and clean and sparkling. She decided to take a bath and filled the bathtub. Gohan knocked on the door and she opened it. He held out several towels and smiled. "Don't want to take a bath without them, eh?" and winked at her.
Usagi blushed. She thanked him and he left. She sank into the warm bath and sighed. As she stared at the swirls of vapor coming from the hot water she could almost see the face of her Mamoru in the clouds, the image dispersed and she saw a shining crystal instead. She leaned against the edge of the bathtub and began to sob, heart-wrenching sobs that shook her body. Gohan who was just next door heard her and was filled with pity.
When she came out half an hour later, he was sitting on her bed and she stared at him. If she looked closely, he looked very much like her Mamo-chan who had broken up with her and practically destroyed her. But unlike Mamoru he wore a very kind expression on his face and suddenly her wall of defiance cracked and she fell into his large comforting arms and cried into his shoulder. He was surprised but hugged her and whispered, "It's alright, you'll get your crystal and your way back home." She looked up at Gohan and her big blue eyes were filled with misery. But she slowly whispered two words into his ear. "Thank you."
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"Finally she went to sleep. I can barely hear anything after her screaming. Who'd have thought that the Senshi of Fire would be worse than Usagi?" groaned a weary Setsuna. Hotaru agreed and said, "Come on, she worse than a child, Chibi-Usa is even acting better then Mars has when I visited her in the future."
Meanwhile, Mars had woken up and she decided not to say anything. She walked past the group of people talking and continued past them into the misty room ahead. 'Where am I? How could I not be on Earth? Who are they? I've got to get out of here!' She padded towards a great door and opened it cautiously and stepped into the light. Setsuna jerked up and bolted towards the door and found it open. "NO! She couldn't have!" she shrieked and she swung her key staff in an effort to close the vortex that Mars had opened. But it was too late, she Michiru, Haruka, and Hotaru were sucked into the vortex.
Setsuna had held onto her staff and swung it once more before she fell. She knew the other scouts would be sucked into a different world but she could heal them for the journey, something she couldn't do before. The jewel on her time staff flashed once. Then there was nothing. The vortex grew and funneled the three sleeping girls into the doors and then, it stopped and the doors slammed shut. The room now quiet and empty.
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Trunks walked in on them and he saw that Usagi was crying again. He sat down next to her and she was in the middle. "Hey, it's going to be O.K. alright? We know how you can get your crystal back. But you'll have to wait for..." he checked a weird-looking watch, "...umm around three months. Then you can use the Dragon Balls and wish your crystal back. But the Dragon can't send you back home." Usagi gave him a blank look. "What's a Dragon Ball?" Gohan spoke up, " The Dragon Balls are seven precious balls with stars in them. When you collect them all, and call up the Dragon, it will grant you one wish it doesn't really, but who's writing this story huh? . But then the Dragon Balls will turn to stone until seven years have passed and then they will reappear again."
"You mean if I use them, the Dragon can give me back my crystal? Yippee!" and she gave both of them a crushing hug in her excitement. She sobered a little bit and cried, "Oh, no! But what about my own world? There was a youma that was attacking everyone." Gohan laughed and said, "Don't worry, once you get back, it will be the exact same second that you left." He stood up and said. "It's getting late, you'd better get some rest." Trunks got up and she asked a question. "Umm, do you have anything I can wear for bed? If you don't I'll just sleep in this." Gohan turned and walked towards the drawer and took out a shirt. "Here's one of my shirts, we don't have any girl items in stock right now." he cracked. Then he and Trunks left the room and closed the door. She changed into the shirt and laid her own clothes on the chair next to the bed. She got into bed and turned off the lamp. 'At least I know how to turn off these still.' She thought bitterly. Then she thought of her new friends that were close by and smiled, closed her eyes and fell asleep.