Crossover to my World

by Midnight of Shadows

SM/DBZ Usagi's having an identity crisis and in an effort to help herself and train to use the sacred cup, she teleports to the DBZ world. Who is this new girl that claims to be Vejita's sister? A new evil approaches and he has his eye on the least lik

8. Escape from a ship

Crossover To My World
Chp.8
Rating: PG13
By: Girlshorty7~Midnight of Shadows

Disclaimer:

Midnight, Draev, Grenco, Lythana, and the shadow servants belong to ME! HA HA HA HA!
Take that Akira and Naoko! You wish they were yours! HA HA HA HA! Watch your backs
for soon Sailormoon and Dragonball will belong to me! MWA HA HA HA HA HA! *cough*cough*
Oi-that hurt.



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Well here is the highly anticipated chapter 8. As you can see, the enemy
decided to make a cameo roll. Ovoy! Well this chapter introduces us to the mind of
a new character. Hope you like. I've been really workin hard this week and last and
it seems I barely have time to write anymore.

Vejita: excuses excuses....Is that all you know how to write?!
Shorty: shut up Pyro head. If it weren't for me you wouldn't even be in this story!
Vejita: oh I'm so scared, whatcha gonna do? Cut me out? Do that and the story's
ruined!
Shorty: damn you ignant saiyajin! Let me find my scissors and duct tape and we'll
see how big your ego is after I'm done with you!
Vejita: umm....I think Bulma's callin me....so...BYE!
Shorty (yelling at his back): that's right....run home to yo woman!

Well on with this then. I received a rather heated comment concerning Moon and Usagi. Yes Moon is one of my favorite characters and so is Usagi! I only focused on Moon in the first couple of chapters to let the readers get to know her better. I've given each of my girls different pasts and different destinies based on their strengths and weaknesses. Any way for all you Usa fans, this chapter mainly stars her and I did not make her weak. In fact you'll be quite surprised with her in this installment of Crossover to My World. I got two words for you...Kick ass! Sorry. Well I tried to keep her as much in character as possible and if I didn't...Oh well. This is, after all, my story...my world. Continue on.....
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Another note: For all you Videl fans, you're really gonna hate me. Don't worry Pan will still be in this story so Pan fans have no fear. Well I don't wanna spoil it so....
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Crossover To My World
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Last time...
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"Vejita," she whispered, hugging her body tightly and letting tears
of pain and joy roll down her cheeks. She closed her black eyes slowly, falling
into a rejuvenating slumber with a smile on her lovely face.
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~*Chapter VII*~


The girl strapped the long sharp silver sword to her back and stepped up to
the dresser to finish. She found a gray belt with an assortment of knifes and vials
filled with hazardous chemicals and strapped it to her waist. She picked up a red
teardrop necklace and placed it around her neck. The teardrop settled between her
breast bones nicely. She went to a closet in back of the small room and pulled a
pair of boots out.

The boots were black with silver and gray soles and a strip of
silver and gray going up the top. She sat down on the small bed and pulled them
on her small feet. They stopped mid-calf. She passed the tall rectangular mirror
and paused to look at her appearance. She wore a figure hugging black dress that
stopped at mid thigh. At the end of the dress, a see through sheer material kept
the rest of her thigh covered, if only moderately. The dress had no sleeves and
instead two inch straps that fastened the dress in place, like overalls. The dress
had a v neck with the sheer material showing some of her cleavage.

All in all the outfit was very easy to fight in and blended well into the
shadows, an added effect with her dark skin and white less black eyes. All she had
to do was keep from smiling and no one would ever see her. Gray and silver appeared
her and there in geometric patterns on the waist area of the dress. Around her
wrists were gloves that covered her forearm from wrist to elbow. It was gray with
black lining on the ends. Black cuffs were around her triceps, each with a miniature
but deadly throwing knife in it. Around one of her thighs was a similar black cuff
and knife. She was practically bristling with weapons.

She combed through her short pixie cut black hair with her fingers and
stepped away from the mirror. She headed for the door, but stopped and turned back
to gaze at the tiny room. It had been her home for 15 years of her life and now she
was going to leave it all behind. She scowled, chiding herself for being sentimental
to a place where she had experienced many horrors. With a flick of her black silky
tail and a snort, she left the room, never to return there again.

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She reemerged later in a huge room filled with tiny space pods. She had
traversed the shadow passageways the whole way there, careful not to stumble across
any shadow servants and covering her trail as she traveled. Years of training and
patience had finally brought her to this moment in time. She stood in a dark corner
of the room, one eye focused on the shadows and the other watching one ship in
particular, fueled and ready to depart any moment. A flash of white caught her eye
and she knew that now was the time. She slunk back into the shadows and grinned as
the darkness welcomed her. Instantly her eyes adjusted to show shifting doorways and
used paths in the shadow world. She spotted her path and walked it, watching for
changes in the doorways. A frame shifted and she jumped into the new opening it
created, breathing a sigh of relief as it closed behind her.

Cautiously she looked around and found herself right where she wanted to be,
outside the ship. She stepped forward into the light, coming from the shadow world
into the real one. She peeked around a corner of the ship to spot her prey still
outside it, scribbling on paper as the door remained wide open into the main docking
quarters.

Grenco didn't notice as she slunk closer, too absorbed in his work. He
stepped inside and the huge metal door began to close. The girl sprinted and vaulted
into the slim opening, her tail barely making it through as the pressurized door closed.
She immediately rolled an landed beneath a low table, Grenco walking down the hall,
oblivious to her arrival. She hadn't made a sound, not even when she landed. She
crawled on all fours as she followed Grenco, keeping to the dark areas of the wall
and easing along side them with caution.

Finally they came to a blue metal door and Grenco stepped inside, not
bothering to close it. She stole inside behind him without a sound. She felt her way
along the wall until she came to a closet. She carefully opened the door and slipped
inside, leaving it cracked to spy. Grenco sat on a bed and a white screen popped up
on the wall in front of him. Seconds later, Draev's devilishly handsome face appeared,
stormy blue eyes angry and irritated. Grenco fell off the bed and went to a deep bow
on the floor. The girl tried to suppress the shaking in her knees, and hoped Draev
didn't hear her rapidly beating heart.

"Master," said Grenco, "The ship is ready to leave. We shall land on Earth
in a weeks time and prepare for your arrival in the next two weeks." Draev frowned.

"Very well then, on with it. The more time you spend groveling, the longer
it takes to get there," he ordered. He seemed to be in a bad mood. "Grenco I don't
want any messing around." Grenco nodded. Draev's expression relaxed slightly, then
a frown appeared on his face. It seemed his emotions changed as rapidly as a storm
unfurls.

"While you're gone I will train the cat. Right now I can't feel her, but
I supposed it's because she still weak from last week. I haven't seen her since
then. No sense in you laying there listening to me! Be gone! Remember we will
not be able to get in contact until you set up that commuter on Earth. That better
be the first thing you do!" and the screen disappeared. Grenco got up from the
ground mumbling about idiots for masters and left the room.

It wasn't until many hours later, when she was sure they were far enough
away from the main ship, that she left the closet. She walked around until she
spotted Grenco, watching a screen as pictures of the Chikyuu natives scrolled on it.
Stealthily she crept up behind him and withdrew her sword, the weapon never making
a sound as it left it's sheath.

"Hello Grenco," she purred in his ear. Grenco spun around, surprise and
fear written all over his face.

"Cat!" he exclaimed, but got no farther than that for she swung the sword
around in a graceful and smooth motion and lopped off his head. His lips flapped
as the head rolled to the ground, the body tumbling after and spilling blood all
over the floor. She bared her teeth at the dead agent, one she had personally hated
with a passion.

He had always laughed the loudest and teased her the most whenever
Draev publicly punished her. Now he was the one bleeding and he wouldn't be getting
up anytime soon. She replaced her sword and sauntered up to the screen where Grenco
had once been. The pictures stopped on one image in particular and magnified it to
fit the whole screen. She slowly reached her arm out to touch the image gently,
almost afraid it would disappear as she traced the man's face with her finger,
stopping on his mane of wild hair. Her eyes softened as a small smile crept onto
her lips.

"Soon," she cooed, "Soon. I'll be there with you again and my life
will finally be happy."

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It's been awhile since I've written in this journal, but I haven't had a
reason to. The last time I did was when Buu attacked. There's been a change of
events recently, stuff I need to document.

Ever since Moon, Serenity, and Usagi came there's been a tingle of danger
in the air. They've been here for two weeks now and lucky for us schools out on
vacation. We gotta go back next week. (Damn) Kaasan suggested that Serenity and
Usagi go to school even though they're here to train. Man Usagi threw a fit! She
whined and complained until Chichi gave her an ultimatum. Either she goes to school
to finish her education, or she stays at home and does chores all day long with
Chichi, which includes daily study lessons. Needless to say, Usagi was only too
happy to go to school. Man her and Goten seem to get along just fine. J/k. You
should here the arguments they have. Goten says they're all fun and games, nothing
serious.

Serenity is adjusting to living here. She is one smart girl! She's going
to be put in the same grade as Goten, junior, while Usagi will be a sophmore. Me?
I'm still a senior. Any wayz, okasan made Serenity a false record and everything
since she doesn't have one. Kaasan changed Sere's name to Seroki. I think it fits.
Her and Usagi are to pretend being sisters. Not too difficult seeing as how much
they look alike. A strange thing is, Usagi doesn't have a file either and she's
from Japan! Maybe it's cuz she's from another dimension.

Moon never did show up after that night. Piccolo sent a message telling
us she will be dwelling in his cave while he helps train her. That takes care of
one of the girls. Gokou trains Moon in hand to hand combat and ki skills while
Piccolo helps her fine tune her abilities she's lacking in, like temper control.
Gokou also has been working with Serenity in focusing her magical powers. He says
she has a lot of power without her crystal and the object only magnifies what she
already has. This could prove to be dangerous in the wrong hands.

Usagi could care less about training, although her and Chichi do train
often these days. Chichi feels Usagi should be skilled in fighting as well. Chichi
says Usagi is unusually strong for a human. She learns faster than the average girl.
Chichi can sense some kind of power in her, but she says something is holding Usagi
back from reaching her full potential.

In light of all these wondrous happenings, something terrible did happen.
Son Gohan is getting a divorce. The couple everyone was sure thought loved each
other fiercely is breaking up. It seems Videl's had the papers for quite a while,
signed and everything. It's a tragedy the way they broke up. For the past couple of
weeks, Videl's been working late. Gohan showed up at her job one night to surprise her
with flowers, trying to atone for all the late nights he'd spent at work. When
he got there Videl was in her office all right, but with another man. The poor guy
is still in the hospital! Son Gohan was crushed. I have never seen anyone weep so
bad in my life.

It turns out Videl's been seeing the guy for nine years! She confessed
everything, even the fact that Pan's not even Gohan's daughter! That was the real
shocker. That shattered Son Gohan's world. He signed the papers last week and now
they're waiting for the case to process. Son Gohan got the court summons yesterday.
He's going in Monday. Videl moved out the house and moved in with her lover, leaving
Son Gohan all alone. He couldn't take the emptiness of the house and moved here
with us. Kaasan says she doesn't mind. Gohan's been so moody he doesn't even
train. Tousan says it cuz he's unbonded from Videl now, and trying to recover.
Tousan says it's a terrible experience for any saiyajin to go through. Speaking
of Tousan...

Tousan has been acting really strange lately. Ever since the girls showed
up, he's felt the need to train more than ever. He drags me in there and we spar
until we can't move anymore. I didn't realize how outta shape I was. I'm up to
speed now. Goten joins in too, and strangely enough tousan fights with him just
as much as he fights with me. Usually Goten would have to fight with me to even
hope getting a workout. Kaasan says Tousan has trouble sleeping at night; he
actually sleeps in their bed. She thinks he might be experiencing nightmares, but
won't tell her about it.

Well today Kaasan is throwing another picnic. She feels that her last
one didn't turn out too well so she hopes this one will be better. Speaking of
which I need to get ready, although I have a feeling something is going to happen
today. Something always happens when the crew gets together. It's like we attract
trouble.


Peace

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"USAGI!" screamed Goten. Usagi dashed around the corner into the kitchen,
annoyed expression on her face.

"Nande Goten? Why are you screamin my name like that?" Goten glared at the
petite meatball headed blond in her blue jeans and pink sleeveless tee. He held up
a shrunken sweater, the brand name alone expressing it's cost. The once vibrant
red sweater was now a tye die pink and white.

"Did you wash my sweater with the white clothes Odango?!" Usagi grinned
slowly and finally burst into laughter. That alone spoke volumes to Goten. Usagi
gasped out an answer between giggles.

"I..hehe....stuck it...haha...in the.....hoo....washer when I....heehee...
spilled...tchtch....mustard on it....HAHA!" And she was lost in laughter. Goten
knew she had forgotten to look in the washer and check to make sure there was
no bleach in it. Too late now. Goten's ears burned.

"You idiot! Do you know how much this sweater cost! I swear you have
noodles for brains!" Usagi suddenly stopped laughing and glared at him, fists
on hips.

"HA! At least I'm smarter than you! You probably can't even read!
You're an illiterate neji-mari!"

"KLUTZ!"

"AIRHEAD!"

"BRAT!"

"CLUMSY OX!"

"BLONDE MIDGET!"

"JOLLY SON GIANT!"

"LOUD MOUTH PIGEON!"

"SCRUB!" Goten dropped the sweater and glared at her.

"I know you aint call me no scrub!" Usagi glared back and planted
her fists on hips.

"I sho nuff did!" Goten scoffed.

"Trick please! I make mo money than you will ever dream of seeing!"

"Ya right! You probably sell illegal items to get the green!"

"I'd never. I make my money honestly!" Usagi crossed her arms, a smug
expression on her face.

"Oh ya? How?" Goten smirked.

"I sell limited edition manga, the very expensive issues of Green Rider!"
Usagi blinked.

"You're not talking bout Green Rider Flyer are you?" Goten eyed her
suspiciously.

"Ya, why?" Usagi smirked.

"I accidentally threw those things in the trash. I thought they were
junk!" Goten flared into super saiyajin, green eyes wild and blond hair flaring.

"YOU DID WHAT! I'LL KILL YOU USAGI!"

"AAAAHHHH!!!!" and she was gone, dust left in her wake. Goten powered
down, rolling on the ground and laughing uproarisly. The look on her face!

CLICK CLICK

He froze. He turned around slowly to see Usagi with
Chichi's shotgun, cocked and ready.

"Who's gonna kill who now?"

He gulped.

"Umm....BYE!" Usagi stared at the open door and fell to the ground
laughing as hard as Goten, the shotgun set aside and forgotten. The look on
his face!

SNAP

She froze. She turned around ever so slowly to see
Chichi with a huge leather belt.

"Unless you wanna taste of leather, I suggest you join him." Needless
to say, she was gone, following in Goten's trail of dust. Chichi sighed. She
would never have peace in her house.

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Trunks opened the door to see a winded but healthy Son Goten. His
cheeks were red and he was practically glowing with happiness. Trunks sighed.
He'd probably gotten into another argument with Usagi. For some reason Goten
found great amusement in harassing her. Goten grinned at his friend, the famous
Son smile all too evident. His outfit was slightly rumpled, as if he'd ran the
whole way. He straightened his open beige shirt with black and red dragons printed
on it and pulled up his black jeans a little, the black belt not helping at all.
With a cursory glance to his Timberland boots he made sure his sleeveless white
muscle shirt was ok and turned back to look behind him. He unconsciously fixed
the silver chain on his neck as a cloud of dust approached.

The person running was dashing like mad, going too fast to halt. Trunks
knew it was Usagi by the blond pigtails streaming behind her. He calculated the
distance mentally and reached out an arm to catch her right before she hit the
wall. Usagi yelped as he pulled her to safety, her feet swinging in the air. He
set her on her feet and stepped back as she hunched over, hands on knees and
wheezing for air. Suddenly she dashed forward and bowled Goten over, the two of
them landing on the ground with her on top. She straddled his chest and jabbed a
finger to his nose.

"Goten Baka! I told you to wait for me!" Goten feigned innocence, his
eyes open in shock.

"I didn't hear a thing Usagi! Honestly!" Usagi glared, her thin brows
drawing together in mock anger.

"You know you heard me with those big ears! Don't play dumb!" Goten
couldn't keep up the charade and burst into laughter. Seconds later the infectious
giggles caught Usagi and she giggled along with him. Trunks rolled his eyes.
Those two were terrible! Usagi spoke in between laughs.

"Heehee....you shoulda....haha...seen your face...when I...heehee...pulled
out the shotgun...hahaha!" Goten had tears rolling down his face.

"You shoulda...haha....saw how fast you.....heeheeeheee...split when I.....
hahahaha....turned super saiyajin! Haha....all I saw was.....heehee...DUST!" and
they once again laughed at the private joke, not caring they were still on the ground
in the most awkward position. Trunks cleared his throat.

"Excuse me if I'm interrupting anything, but don't you two think you
should get up now?" he teased. They stopped laughing and Usagi climbed off Goten,
both with smiles still on their faces. Goten stood up and dusted his clothes off.

"What's all that loud noise?" came the bell like voice. The trio turned
to see Serenity in the doorway, white jeans and sky blue oversized t shirt making
her look adorable. The t shirt had only been tucked in the front, leaving the
back to cover her bottom. Usagi squealed and ran to her friend.

"Sere!" she cried. Serenity's eyes sparkled with happiness and she
ran to meet Usagi.

"Usagi!" and they met in a big hug, both laughing in happiness. Goten's
nose rumpled in disgust. Females!

"Damn you two act like you never see each other!" Usagi glowered at him.

"Goten baka, I haven't seen Sere in a week! Why don't you and pretty
boy leave us alone!" and she stuck her nose in the air, pretending to be offended.
Goten pouted.

"Fine! I'll go get some ice water and leave you two alone. All you
gonna do is talk about us so I don't know why you front! Come on Trunks," he
said arrogantly. Usagi only hmphed and stuck her tongue out at his departing back.
Serenity and Trunks exchanged knowing looks as the boys went into the house.
Those two were something else!

The girls went onto the lawn and sat back on the grass next to each
other. Serenity only half listened as Usagi babbled on about the things that
had happened since their last visit. She was gazing at the expansive blue sky
with lazy eyes.

This planet confused her. The fact that it had no moon unnerved her to
death. The moon was a beautiful thing, something to be treasured and cherished,
and they'd destroyed it without a thought. Without the ever familiar orb
hovering in the sky, things just didn't feel the same. It was like nostalgia
to her. Many nights she had gone to sleep crying because there was no moon to
bathe her in it's comforting glow. She came out of her thoughts when Usagi
tried to get her attention.

"Serenity, Daijobu ka? You look out of it. Is something bothering
you?" Serenity looked into the deep blue oceans that were the younger girl's
eyes. So innocent, so trusting....

"Hai Usagi," she confessed, "It's just that...I....I miss seeing the
moon." Usagi smiled knowingly.

"I know how you feel. It's pretty frustrating when you look up in
the night sky and don't see something you've been familiar with all your
life." Serenity gave a sigh of relief. At least someone understands her.
Usagi giggled and jumped up.

"Come on. Let's go see what Trunks and Goten are doing. I bet
that baka is miserable without MMMMEEEEEE!!!! IYA THAT'S COLD!!!" Usagi
ran all over the lawn trying to get that ice cube out her shirt. Goten
stood behind them, laughing his head off while holding a cup of ice.
Serenity hadn't even seen or heard his approach.

"COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD!!!!" cried Usagi. Finally the cube
fell out her shirt and melted on the ground. She turned around, angry and
ready to cuss Goten out, but he wasn't there. Usagi stood there scratching
her head. Where'd he go?

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It was high noon when everyone began to show up. Gohan emerged
from the house at that time, refreshed and clothed, but still miserable
looking. He wore his orange fighting gi, knowing his father, and wanting
to be ready when Goku showed up. Bulma eyed him quizzically as he passed
her, saying a good afternoon as he stretched out on the ground to relax.
Gohan hadn't trained in years so why the sudden interest?

She shrugged her shoulders, passing it off as a another saiyajin
quirk and went into the house, off to find her husband and baby. Vejita
emerged from the house two seconds later, wearing his blue suit and all
white armor, and an overalls with purple t-shirt decked Bra trailing behind
him. Bulma reemerged in her white shorts and lavender t-shirt, issuing
orders to the bots setting up baskets of food. Instead of the benches,
Bulma had decided on picnic blankets to make the gathering feel more open.
This also gave the men a chance to spar.

Trunks came out of the house wearing his gray sweats and white
muscle shirt. Seconds later Goten appeared, head drenched in water, with
a giggling Usagi behind him, empty bucket in her hands. Serenity followed
after, catching up with Trunks and leaving the other two to bicker. Trunks
plopped down next to Gohan with Serenity next to him. Serenity gave Gohan
an all star smile.

"Konnichiwa Gohan-san," she greeted. Gohan looked over to her as
if noticing the two teens next to him for the first time and gave her a
half-hearted grin.

"Ohayo Serenity, Trunks. How are you?" Trunks tried not to let
the worry show on his face. Gohan really sounded out of it, as if he were
far away and dreaming.

"We're fine, but you don't look so good. Did you get enough sleep
last night?" asked Trunks. Gohan looked up to the sky and laid back on
the soft grass.

"Ya," he lied, "I'm fine. Don't worry I'll be okay. Hey look!
It's Otousan and okasan!" Trunks looked up to see Gokou landing on the
ground with Chichi in his arms.

"Sorry we're late," apologized Chichi. She smoothed down her brown
sleeveless dress and adjusted the cream sash around her waist. Then with
picnic baskets in hands, she bid Gokou follow her, him carrying at least
ten baskets tied together by the handles with a rope. Chichi herself had
five baskets tied together. Gokou tried not to let his gaze wonder to the
baskets lest he eat all the food. They picked a blanket and Gokou set the
baskets down and dashed off to join his sons. Chichi hoped he didn't
ruin his blue with orange trim gi she had just made him.

Sometime before Bulma had ran into the house to answer the phone.
Now she came back out, broken phone in her hand and eyes blazing in anger.
Chichi was the only one brave enough to ask what was wrong.

"Those BASTARDS! Here I go out of my way to arrange a nice picnic
for them and they don't wanna COME! GRRRRRRRR!" and she wrung the already
mutilated phone in her hands. Chichi pried the ruined phone from Bulma's grasp.

"Dare ga?" Bulma took a deep breath to calm down.

"Kamesinnin and Krillen's family say they can't make it out the
kame house because of a dumb tropical storm. Tien, Lunch, and Chaot-zu
say they had a banquet to attend elsewhere. And that idiot Yaumcha said
he didn't want to come because of what happened last time! OOOH! How
inconsiderate!" She finally sat down on a blanket with Chichi next to her
to vent her wrath. Chichi glanced over to Usagi in despair, not wanting
to listen to Bulma ramble on and on. It was then that a savior came.

"KONNICHIWA!" shouted Moon from across the lawn. Chichi jumped up
to greet the woman. Moon surprisingly gave her a hug and moved around to
hug Bulma, Serenity and even Usagi. Usagi had squealed in fear, thinking
Moon was trying to kill her. Moon giggled. Her cheeks were glowing pink
and her hair was disarrayed. She was wearing a small green tunic that cinched at
the waist with a silver cord and black tights with brown boots. Her sword
was in its white scabbard around her waist, the white belt standing out against
the green tunic that went to her thighs. She looked like a hunter. Piccolo
came up the hill to the picnic ground a lot calmer than Moon. He had
discarded his white cape and turban and wore only his blue gi with orange
shoes. He didn't say anything to the others and plopped down next to Gohan.

The others puzzled over Moon's strange behavior. She was obviously
overjoyed about some thing but what? Serenity politely asked the beaming
Moon why she was so happy. Moon told her story like a bubbling school child.

"Piccolo-sama said we could only come to this picnic if I could beat
him in a contest of will power. We had to see who could keep their temper
in check the longest. We put each other through tests to see who would win.
I did!"

Usagi giggled as Moon told the rest of the story, Piccolo mumbling
curses under his breath. The men paid no attention to the girls, instead
choosing to find something more interesting to do. Needless to say, it was
sparring. Gohan approached his father and asked to spar with him. Gokou
was only too happy to oblige his son, glad to see him coming out of the
funk he had been in.

Needless to say, Gohan was very rusty. He got his butt whipped for
awhile before he finally caught up to speed, his skills from teenage years
once again arising. Vejita dragged Trunks off to spar, both fighting with
the grace bestowed upon royalty. Goten instead chose to mess with Usagi,
surprisingly in a calm manner and they sat aside from the others on a hill
underneath a cherry tree whose pink blossoms were just beginning to grow.
The setting was indeed romantic to the casual observer, but this is Usagi
and Goten were talking about here so it was anything but romantic. He
then got her mad enough to argue and this led to a fight. As usual the
argument started with a blatant comment made by Goten.

"You know Usagi, you kinda remind me of Vejita." Usagi balked
at the notion.

"NANI!" she shouted, "I'm nothing like him. We're different genders
for goodness sake! How could I possibly remind you of him?" Goten
smiled coyly.

"You're both arrogant and full of it," he teased. Of course Usagi's
thin brows drew together and her blue eyes sparkled in anger, a storm raging
inside.

"You busaho na ahondara! You keep on messin with me and I'm a have to
kick yo butt!" Goten threw back his head and laughed, bumping his head against
the tree trunk in the process.

"You?! Oh please. I could die laughing just at the thought of
you trying to beat me!" Usagi jumped to her feet, glaring at him and balling
her hands into fists.

"Wanna try me?! Come on! Right here right now!" Goten laughed some
more, holding his stomach as he rolled on the ground. He stopped to sit up and
stare coolly at her.

"Watch it girl, you might get hurt," Usagi placed her fists on her
hips and smirked, very Vejita like.

"You'd probably couldn't beat me without powering up. I bet you'd lose."
Goten didn't respond so Usagi pressed on, hoping to provoke him more, "What's
wrong baka, scared a girl might whip your sorry ass?" Goten's face flushed.
To any saiyajin those words were a clear challenge, no matter who said them.

He stood up and removed his beige dragon shirt. He calmly placed it on
the ground, leaving him in his white sleeveless t-shirt that showed off all
his muscles. He smirked coyly and fell into a fighting position. Oddly enough
Usagi returned the smirk and mimicked him. Goten thought she would surely
back off by now. He decided to initiate the attack.

"Bring it on." and she did. Goten didn't expect her to move so
fast. Without a sound Usagi dashed forward and belted him in the jaw. Ducking
she missed his fists and kicked him in the side. He grabbed her leg and pulled
up. Usagi landed on the ground and quickly rolled away, narrowly missing his
foot. She sprang to her feet as his fist swung around, missing her back. She
flipped into the air and landed behind him, shoving him forward. Goten was
still off balance and fell forward. He landed on his hands and pushed up.
Usagi's fists hit ground. Goten kicked her in the side and she flew back.

She was up instantly and charged. Goten sidestepped and she passed him due
to her momentum. Usagi ran up the tree's trunk and landed in front of him,
upper cutting his jaw and blocking his jab. Goten brought up his arms in an
x block and stopped her arms. He placed his foot on her stomach and kicked
her back. Usagi landed on her bottom, hard. Goten charged forward. Usagi
scooted back on her bottom at inhuman speed and his fist missed her. Finally
she came up against another tree and Goten dashed forward. Suddenly she
sprang between his open legs. She wasn't fast enough as Goten grabbed one
of her legs and pulled her up. Hanging upside down, Usagi kicked him in
the face with her other leg, at the same time flipping in the air to land
on her feet.

Goten had the chance to stare at her in disbelief then. Had she really
learned all this in only two weeks? He didn't have time to ponder as she charged
again. This time Goten met her half way and their hands met in a flurry of fists.
Goten noticed how she left her left side wide open and kicked her. Usagi flew but
came right back. She sprang forward and suddenly dropped into a crouch. She
sweeped him and Goten back flipped. Usagi kicked straight up in the air as he
flipped and caught him in the stomach. He dropped to the ground and rolled over.
Usagi brought her foot down but he averted his head. He grabbed her foot and
threw her. He jumped to his feet but was bowled over once again. Goten could
feel his anger rising and he was tempted to power up, but he remembered the bet.

Usagi was straddling him now and reached her hands down to his legs and
pressed two points. Goten felt a numb feeling shoot through his legs and then
he couldn't feel them anymore. He reached his arms around to push her off, but
she was faster. She grabbed his wrists with unbelievable strength and pinned
them above his head. Goten was effectively immobilized. Of course he could
power up and simply throw her off, but it amusing to see Usagi win a victory
over him. He turned his head to yell at her to get off of him, but shut his
mouth when their gazes met. Goten paled. Her eyes...they were glowing! The
normally blue orbs were pulsing with a steady golden glow and Usagi seemed to
be in a daze. He struggled against her grip, but only caused her to lean
forward more in an effort to hold him. It was then that Goten noticed the
changes in her. Her glowing eyes searched his own, as if looking for the
answers to the universe and her breathing had accelerated as her legs had
tightened their grip around his waist.

"Goten," she whispered softly, almost huskily. The glow in her eyes
began to pulse faster with her rapidly beating heart. Goten could feel it as
she was pressed against him while her arms slid slowly down from his wrist but
he didn't make a move, actually curious as to what she was doing. This was
very unlike Usagi. Her hands rested on his chest, as if she were steadying
herself. She gazed into his eyes once again and this time he was caught in
the golden, no longer blue, orbs of light, unable to look away.

"AAAHHHHH!" he cried. Goten felt a searing pain in his lower back
as Usagi gave him a coy smile. It felt like a blade had been shoved through
his back, the pain severe and burning. The pain was white hot and blazing and
for a moment Goten blacked out.

"Hey what's going on up there you two?" Chichi's voice cut through
them like liquid fire. Usagi blinked and the glow faded from her eyes. She
looked around confusedly for a moment and then her gaze fell on Son Goten
beneath her. She grinned from ear to ear.

"Gotcha!" she cried as if nothing had happened, "I win Goten! Didn't
think I could pin you did you?!" Goten managed a weak smile, still dazed from
the previous events and Usagi's strange behavior.

"Hai Usagi you win. Now could you please get off me? I think I
hurt my back on something." he said. Evidently Usagi didn't remember a
thing that had just taken place only moments before. She jumped off him
and offered her hand in a sign of friendship. Strangely Goten found he
could move his legs once again and jumped up without the assistance of
her hands. Goten was about to find out what had caused the sudden pain
in his back when Chichi's voice rang out once again.

"What are you two doing up there Goten? Usagi are you
alright?" Chichi huffed up the hill seconds later. She placed her
hands on hips and glared. The teens shrunk away as Chichi's scrutinizing
gaze swept over them. All at once she knew what had happened, they'd
been sparring. Usagi's hair had fallen out of it's twin buns, cascading
down her back in golden waves and Goten was breathing heavily, as if in
pain. She gave them a stern look over.

"Well?" she reiterated. Usagi cleared her throat and looked down
at the ground, hands behind her back as her foot dug holes into the soil.

"Goten and I were just play fighting Chichika-san," she said
innocently, giving Chichi the puppy dog eyes for full effect. Chichi's
will power melted at hearing Usagi call her Chichika-san. When she had
first moved in, Usagi hadn't been able to decide whether to call her
Chichi or okasan so she settled on a mix. It made Chichi feel special.
Usagi continued.

"Honestly, there was no harm done, was there Goten?" she flashed
him a sweet smile. Goten gave his mother the famous Son grin.

"Usagi is right kaasan, just playing." Chichi sighed in
relief and visibly relaxed.

"Well why don't you two get your things and join us for the
picnic, we're just about to eat." The teens agreed, glad to be off
the hook. Goten took a step forward to gather his discarded shirt
and fell flat on his face. He heard Chichi and Usagi gasp and he
raised his dazed head to see their pale faces. They were staring
at his back, right near his butt to be exact. Goten frowned. Why
did he fall and for Kami's sake why were they staring at his butt
like that?! He slowly craned his head around and promptly had a
nose bleed. There waving proudly and wildly in the air protruding
from his lower back, was a long, brown, one hundred percent
authentic...tail. Chichi opened her mouth.

"GOKOU-SAA!!!!!"

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Goten sniffled as he sat uncomfortably on the soft blanket beneath
the multitude of gazes. He felt a little better knowing Usagi was sharing
the same fate. After they had stopped his nose bleed, Gokou had flown over
to see what was wrong. Upon seeing the tail he had babbled on and on with
a million questions, but Chichi had mercifully told him to shut up and help
Goten into the camp. It was like walking to his own execution. The silence
was deafening as the other's stopped whatever they were doing to openly gawk
at him. Gokou had set him down on a blanket and then everyone had surrounded
him like a pack of wolves. Usagi had tried to run off, but Chichi caught
the blond and forced her to share his fate. Now they were being barraged
with questions and they never got to answer as the next question came up
and on and on.

"URUSAI!" shrieked Bulma. The silence was immediate as she cast
her blue glare on all of them. She cleared her throat.

"Since it seems we can't ask questions in a civilized manner, I shall
do all the talking. Any OBJECTIONS!" Gokou and Vejita took a step back.
Bulma beamed happily.

"Now then, first things first Goten. How did that happen?" Goten's
eyes darted to Usagi, hoping she remembered and would explain herself. She
looked helplessly back so he breathed deeply and spoke.

"Usagi and I were over by the cherry blossoms when we got into an
argument. She then bet I couldn't beat her without using ki so I agreed and
we started fighting. Somehow she pinned me and the next thing I know I feel
this horrible pain in my back. Then kaasan came." He hoped Bulma would be
satisfied with his cursory answer.

"Anything happen while you two were fighting that was out of the
ordinary?" Goten licked his lip nervously.

"Ya, she was really fast. I didn't think she had learned that much
in two weeks so I underestimated her abilities. OW!" Goten turned to glare
at Usagi but she turned her head away, pretending not to have pinched his new
grown tail. He rubbed the sore spot tenderly. She'd pay for that later.

"Did anything strange happen when she pinned you?" Goten was brought
back to the situation at hand when Bulma's question penetrated his thoughts.
He looked at Usagi again, not really knowing if he should tell. After all,
Usagi herself couldn't remember a thing. He finally decided he had to, if
not for him then to discover where the tail came from.

"Well ya. When she pinned me, she touched these points on my
legs and I couldn't move. Then she pinned my arms above my head," Goten
felt his cheeks burn as his mother glared at him reproachfully, he was
gonna get it later.

"I noticed that her eyes were starting to glow and pulse with her
heartbeat. Then she moved her hands from my wrist and put them on my chest.
That's when I felt the burning pain. After that kaasan came and found us."
Usagi looked at him incredulously, as if he'd made the whole story up. He
could see the looks of doubt in everyone's eyes.

"I swear it's true! Why would I make up something like that?!"
They finally accepted his answer and closed in on poor Usagi. After
trying fruitlessly to get her to remember, they once again focused on
Goten.

"What are we gonna do about it now?" asked Chichi. A light shown
in Bulma's eyes.

"We could always cut it off," she said, almost cruelly, evilly. For
the first time Vejita jumped in the conversation.

"Woman...do that, and you'll kill the brat!" Bulma' eyes widened.

"Really!?" she asked shocked. Vejita frowned.

"No, but it'll hurt like hell!" Bulma glowered at him.

"Vejita baka! Don't play like that. I say we cut it off!"

"Keep it!

"Cut it!

"Keep it!

"CUT IT!

"DAMNIT WOMAN! I SAID KEEP IT!"

"WELL I SAY CUT IT BAKAYARO!"

Goten jumped up but fell on his face again. In any event it got
the attention of the feuding couple. He sat back down and his tail wrapped
unconsciously around his waist, acting as if it'd been there for years.

"If you don't mind Bulma-san, I'd like to keep it." Everyone stared
at him in shock, except Vejita who wore a smug smile on his face.

"Fine. WhatEVER!" grumbled Bulma. She flopped down on a blanket and
opened a book to read it. The others dispersed except for him and Usagi who
were given strict instructions to stay there by Chichi.

"Thanks Usagi," he growled then jumped when she pinched his tail
again. Her eyes were practically shining with anger.

"How could you make up that story about me?! Now everyone thinks
I'm some kind of freak or something!" Goten held up his hands in protest.

"It's the honest to kami truth Usagi. I didn't make up anything!
You really were acting weird. If you can tell me what happened, then maybe
my story is wrong ne?"

For once Usagi was quiet as she wracked her brain for
answers. She couldn't remember a thing that happened on the hill. All she
remembered was charging at Goten after he threw her into a tree. Then she
kind of woke up and found herself on top of him, effectively pinning him.
She remembered the pained expression on his face and the odd look of confusion
with a touch of something else, fear almost. She glanced over to him to give
him an answer but found she couldn't. He gazed at her hopefully, almost
wishing that he had imagined everything up on the hill and she knew the
truth. Finally she gave a sigh of defeat.

"Sorry Goten, I don't remember a thing that happened up there.
It's like I hit the tree and next thing I know, I'm on top of you." She
turned her head away then, obviously embarrassed at the whole situation.
Then he felt a certain tingle in the air and whipped his head around to
look up to the sky. He gasped and Usagi looked up to see what had caught
his attention, only to gasp herself and work her jaw wordlessly. A ship
was hurtling through the atmosphere, burning as it tore through the gastrous
layer and zipping down to Earth at top speed!

"OH KAMI!" shrieked Bulma as she spotted it for the first time.
The ship was going faster and faster as Earth's gravity drew it down! She
whipped out a small laptop from the picnic basket next to her and opened it.
She punched numerous keys on the keyboard and then a 3d frame of the ship
appeared on the screen along with several options highlighted in green. A
picture of Japan showed up and an arrow shot down down from the ship and
landed on a specific point on the map.

"Oh no," whispered Bulma, face pale, "It's headed straight for
Black Forest. Where? I can't tell but it looks like it might land out
in the desert!" The others looked at the ship curiously, feeling their
destiny's somehow entwined with it. Trunks opened his mouth to say
something, but suddenly keeled over in pain, clutching his midriff and
sinking to his knees. Then almost in sync, Bra cried out in pain too.
Bulma held her infant daughter and tried to sooth her at the same time
trying to analyze Trunks. She tried to decipher what Trunks was mumbling
about, but then he passed out, Bra right after. Bulma screamed in horror
as one by one tails began to emerge from their lower backs, almost looking
like vines snaking up to reach the sun. Moments later Trunks came to,
confusion written on his face as he tried to stand but only succeeded in
falling. Chichi suddenly pulled Gokou and Gohan aside and spun them around
to make sure they weren't growing one. Bulma did the same to Vejita, but
the three saiyajin seemed unaffected by it. Usagi jumped up.

"I swear this time it wasn't me!" she shrieked. Chichi forced
the girl to calm down and take a seat.

"Usagi, calm down, no one's blaming you this time." Usagi slowly
began to cool. Bulma shook her head sadly as she helped her kids sit down.
What had caused their tails to suddenly sprout like that? They had never
had tails before, the appendages had been cut off at birth and surgically
sealed from ever growing back. So why now? Trunks had woken up but Bra
was still out cold. Bulma placed the infant on the blanket next to Trunks
and covered her with a thin sheet. She kissed the the child's forehead
tenderly. Trunks shook his head slowly as the pain began to fade away.

"What happened kaasan?" Bulma sighed heavily.

"I don't know. One minute we're all looking at that ship and...hey!
I think I know what caused you and Bra to sprout tails!" She jumped up and
pulled out a case of capsules. She removed one capsule and exploded it on
the ground; an air car now in it's place. She bundled up Bra and pulled
Trunks to his feet.

"Wha..?" he mouthed. Bulma placed him in the back seat before he
could utter another word, him too weak to resist.

"What are you doing?" asked Chichi as she stomped up next to the
woman. Bulma shoved the sleeping Bra into Chichi's open arms and pushed
the surprised woman into the back seat. She turned around and pulled
Serenity to her feet, putting her in the passenger seat. It was then that
Chichi came to her senses and glowered at Bulma who was already starting the
air car.

"What the hell is going on Bulma?!" she shouted. Bulma turned
around to address everyone as the car lifted into the air.

"I'm gonna check out the place where that ship crashed. I know
you all are well enough to fly and Usagi can just hitch a ride cuz I'm
full. Any ways, if you wanna go be my guest, but I know something on that
ship caused all this and I'm gonna found out what!" and she sped off,
Chichi screaming curses as she was almost thrown out.

"Stupid woman's gonna get herself killed!" growled Vejita and
took off after the car, Gokou and Gohan right on his heels.

"Wanna go?" Moon asked Piccolo. Piccolo shrugged and Moon took
it as a yes. He turned around to fly off, but before he could, she jumped
on his back. His eyes widened in surprise and he craned his head around
to glower at her. She beamed at him as she tightened her grip.

"I can't fly, remember?" Piccolo grunted and sped off, leaving
Goten and Usagi behind. Usagi growled in annoyance.

"How about that! Those bakas just left without even offering
us a ride!" Goten shakily stood to his feet, his tail wrapped around his
waist. Usagi jumped to her feet in concern.

"Goten are you okay? I mean are you well enough to fly?" Goten
smirked at her.

"I'm always well enough to fly! Anyways if you wanna get there
you better hop on my back or else you're stranded." Usagi glared at him to
let him know she did not enjoy the idea that he was her only transportation
and then climbed up on his broad back. She suddenly shrieked and tried to
jump off, but his tail held her firmly in place by wrapping around her waist.

"Goten let me go! Get that thing off me!" Goten laughed as he
jumped into the air.

"Sorry Usagi, I don't have any control over it. If I were you I'd
hold on before it decides to let go!" Usagi threw her arms around his head
and grinned when he cried in protest, his vision blocked. She finally
moved her arms down to his neck to let him see.

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The girl groaned as she came to, slowly opening her eyes to decipher
the beam of light from the many shadows surrounding her. The black orbs never
reflected the flash of light as it shone on her eyes. She blinked a few
times and squinted to orient her vision. When her head finally stopped
spinning she shoved the heavy metal sheet off of her and stood up on shaky
legs with her tail standing out behind her to provide balance. What happened?
She leaned against a portion of a mutilated wall as the memories came back.

She'd been on this lousy ship for a week when the Earth had finally
come into view. She had tried to set the computer to land, but the thing
was already programmed to land on a preset course. Naturally she had let the
thing run it's course and they had begun to enter the atmosphere smoothly, no
problems. Suddenly an emergency light and siren began to go off. She checked
the system and discovered a malfunction in the outer coating of the ship. It
had been hit by something in orbit and been damaged extensively. Unfortunately,
the weak section had also been right next to the outer navigational
coordinator. The hot fire from entering the atmosphere had severed the
circuits and caused the ship to go into crisis mode. She had tried to
override automatic pilot but she didn't know the password to enter the
network. If only she hadn't killed Grenco. The only thing she could do
was buckle herself into the seat and pull down the protective cover that
surrounded the chair and protected the occupant from harm. The last thing
she remembered was the bone jarring crash and then something had broken
through the cover and knocked her out cold.

She turned her head around then to inspect the covering and the chair.
It was barely discernable among the burnt rubble and jumbled metal. The cover
had been torn clean through by a steel beam that had fallen from the ships
interior roofing. The cover had protected her from the brunt of the attack,
but it hadn't been enough. She touched a shaky hand to her forehead and pulled
it away to see blood glistening on her fingertips. A moment later more blood
dripped into her eyes and caused her to duck her head to avoid being blinded.
She took a deep breath and willed herself to walk over to the door that led out
into the hall. She kept her hand along the corridor's wall as she walked, not
trusting herself on her own two feet.

She cursed when she came upon the door. A huge dent caused the door to
bend inward, preventing the door from lifting and opening. She fumbled
around behind her back until she was able to lift the black and silver
sword, drawing it from it's scabbard and propping it up with both hands.

With a cry she drove the sword through the door, the metal
giving way to the sharp blade and parting. She pushed down on the sword,
forcing it to cut from the bottom to the top. With a groan the two halves
of door parted and made way for her.

She threw an arm over her sensitive black eyes as the sudden flood
of daylight pierced them. After blinking a million times, or so it seemed
to her, to adjust to the light, she emerged from the ruined ship.

It was then that she had a look at her surroundings and gasped
in awe. It was beautiful, more lovely than anything she'd ever had
the luxury to witness in her life. Small particles of white glittered
on the ground by the millions, creating dunes and stretching on for
miles. Green shrubs popped up here and there amongst the perfect
white terrain and creatures she'd never seen skittered across the stuff
in a hurry. It was then that she noticed how hot it actually was, her
black and gray ensemble not the most comfortable thing to wear in
this habitat.

She stepped away from the ship and gingerly tested the ground
for firmness, almost recoiling when her foot sunk partway in and then
settled. She took a few cautious steps out onto the stuff, braving
the safety of the ship. She was a little surprised when the white
stuff didn't swallow her up.

Her head whipped around when she felt that all too familiar
tingle of power in the air. In the distance a white blaze of light
streaked towards her location. She gripped her sword tightly and
dashed behind the ships hull, effectively keeping herself hidden
from view. She peeked from around the corner as the white blaze
landed on the ground a few feet away. She ducked back behind the
hull again and took a deep breath as she gripped her sword.

With a yell she charged the unsuspecting target.


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ooooooooooooooooooh! cliff hanger! (VJ: no duh.) Well who is this new girl and
who is she about to charge. Till next time....
Ja ne!

Shorty *^_~*

Translations:

Neji-mari - screw ball ~~Usagi likes to call Moon this *~_~*

Manga - comics

Daijobu ka? - R u alright

Dare ga - who

Konnichiwa - hello

Busaho na ahondara - rude idiot/ jerk

Urusai - shut up!

Bakayaro - @$$ hole

Nande/nani - what?

Sorry this chapter is so short. I'll try to make the next one longer! Any way Read and Review, I enjoy all reviews, no matter if their good or bad. Just by taking the time to write a review let's me know you liked this story enough to not hit the back button right away! :) Honestly though, I'd like to get at least um.....15 reviews before I send in the next chapter. It doesn't matter if this goal is met or not, I'll send the story in regardless, it's just nice to get reviews. They make me feel special!

Vejita: You can shut up now! :)