Ryu no Knight - Destiny be damned, it's my happiness
By: Lady of Earth
Rating: PG-13 (a little cursing)
Editor: Alex-chan
Disclaimer: All rights of Sailor Moon copyright of Naoko Takeuchi
All rights of Dragon Ball Z copyright of Akira Toriyama
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By the time I knew, I was born
Reason or quest, not being told
What do I do. What should I take
Words "God only knows" won't work for me
Exists only sever lonesome and cruel reality
But still I search for light
I am the trigger, I choose my final way
Whether I bloom or fall, is up to me
- "Rosier" by Luna Sea
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I love Luna Sea!! Ryuichi...*sighs*
Anyways, I thought the lyric above fits right into the story.
The blank space in the middle is a missing line.
I know what the line is, but I chose to leave it out
'cause I think it works better without it.
Trunks had no idea what to say. It wasn't yet time.
And he knew someone who would get extremely unhappy if Usagi knows of
the truth too soon before the time. But miracles apparently decided to
color the day as Goku finally thought of something smart, not related to fighting.
"Of course, Luna, the cat. Your mother had told us how Luna managed to train
you into a little Lady as well as a young fighter." Goku said,
lying through his teeth. Trunks wasn't sure whether Usagi bought it or not,
but if she didn't, she was sure one hell of an actress.
"Oh. Well, Luna's more like a pest than a mentor really.
But I guess you can call her that." She said.
Trunks let out a silent sigh of relief, careful as to hide it from Usagi.
"Anyway, I'll be on my way now. I'm a little hungry." She told,
as she smiled and walked away.
As Usagi was out of earshot, in their opinion anyway,
the two men let out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness!" Breathed Trunks.
"I shouldn't have been so careless!" Goku exclaimed, cursing himself silently.
"That's all right, you fixed your mistake. At least she's OK now." Trunks told.
Unknown to the two men, Usagi could still hear them.
She stopped in her tracks, her eyes narrowed as she turned her head
slightly to look at them. A silent thought formed in her head, but she walked on.
She will learn of this secret soon, whether they like it or not.
A deep frown crossed his features as he watched the scenes before him.
He had not taken account of the daughter of his archrival.
Never did he realized the girl would ever find such power deep within her.
Although the thought was disturbing, a smirk crossed his features.
It had been a long time...thousands of years since he last killed with great satisfaction.
And perhaps now, that the girl's true powers was finally emerging,
he can fulfill his thirst for blood and the kill once more.
The thought amused him as he let out a laughter for his ears alone.
Unknowing of the green man inside, who heard the laughter too clearly
and made the mental note of training Usagi as hard as possible as soon as possible.
When the Time Guardian appeared in the reality, she had not been aware where
she was exactly. She was suppose to be all knowing, but she can get lost at times.
But she spotted the house immediately. With a deep frown set on her face,
she walked towards the house and rang the doorbell.
"Just a moment!" A voice called out.
Chichi opened the door to reveal the dark green haired and green-eyed senshi of time.
"Hai?" She asked, unsure of who this stranger was.
The people inside the house were beginning to wonder who was at the door and
was looking outside. Usagi had been the last person and she recognized
the woman straight away. "Sailor Pluto!" She exclaimed.
Pluto nodded. If you would call it a nod.
She managed to move her head slightly but it went unnoticed by the Z fighters.
"I take it you're the Sailor Pluto from the other dimension." Trunks said flatly.
"So my counterpart has seen you." Muttered Pluto.
"As a matter of fact, Setsuna had, Sailor Pluto." Piccolo said.
His eyes were cold as he glared at the time guardian.
His voice shifted suddenly, reminding all to the old Kami as he spoke,
"You shouldn't have come." Pluto's eyes widened and she let out a low growl.
"You." Piccolo nodded.
"And I have warned you not to interfere."
"What's going on?" Whispered Usagi. Seven gazes flew to her.
They nearly forgot about her for a brief moment.
But Chichi managed to break the silence. "Come in, you can talk inside." She urged.
Pluto stepped inside the house. And suddenly, a chill went down Usagi's spine.
She was about to be told something that she doesn't want to hear at all.
"Tell me, Usagi, what do you remember of your past?" Questioned the time guardian.
"I-I remember faces, places and names. But they don't seem to connect.
It's all bits and pieces of memories which I can't piece together." Usagi confessed.
Pluto nodded, the grave look still on her face. She then let out a sigh.
"What I will tell you, might shock you. But this has to be told." Usagi nodded uncertainly,
her eyes flew to Goku. He smiled and nodded at her.
"You were taught of the different dimensions in the Cosmos and within Time itself.
In these dimensions exist people very much like you and me.
Counterparts of us, you can say. In this dimension, long time ago,
lived too a Princess Serenity. Although the Moon Kingdom was destroyed when
the Princess was only four years old,
the Princess was rescued and lived on earth until she turned fourteen.
At that time, the Princess was killed in an unfortunate accident.
In my dimension, the Moon Kingdom existed until the Princess turned fourteen.
That was when Beryl attacked.
The Princess and her Prince died along with everyone in the Moon Kingdom.
Queen Serenity sacrificed her life to send her daughter and her fiancé to the future."
Pluto told. She then paused.
"Although the most unfortunate happened. The Queen had not enough strength
to send everyone to the future. The Princess' body was unable to be sent to
the future to bereborn. She died along with her mother." Finished Pluto.
Usagi froze. "So you're saying, I'm not the Princess?" Usagi asked.
Pluto shook her head. "You are the Princess."
"But you just said-"
"That was in MY dimension. You were Princess Serenity in YOUR dimension.
THIS dimension."
All strength seemed to have left her body.
Her body shook as she tried to digest all of the new information.
Trunks rushed to her side, holding her steady. "Daijabou ka, Usagi?" He whispered.
She didn't answer. She pushed Trunks out of the way and stumbled out of the house.
"Usagi!" Trunks called out, as he was about to rush after her.
"Don't." A stern voice spoke up. Trunks turned around to look at his otou-san.
"Leave her alone for a moment, boy." He hesitated for a second, but stayedstill.
'Usagi.'
By the time that she had reached the grass field outside,
her legs gave away and she fell on her knees to the ground.
She breathed in long breaths of air, until all of the emotions that had
been twisted inside of her chest suddenly exploded.
She let out heart-wrenching sobs as the tears flew down her face.
All of her life, it had been a lie. She didn't even belong to the place she knew as home!
And her senshi, her friends...They were never hers to being with.
Everything had no meaning!
From the time Luna came to her with the locket to the day she found out
she was the Moon Princess.
And the memories...the battles with Beryl that had been left in her...
What was she even doing there?
How did she get to the other dimension?
Did someone sent her there?
She sat in silence, after her tears have subsided.
Finally, she wiped the tearstains left on her cheeks and stood up.
There must be answers for all of this.And only Pluto can tell her.
She began to walk back into the house, a more determined shine in her eyes.
"You came here, not knowing what havoc you've just wreaked!" Shouted Piccolo.
The normally calm Namek was thoroughly furious at the senshi.
And likewise, the Namek infuriated the senshi.
"It is my duty, for the balance of my dimension!" Pluto retorted.
The nerve of someone so low as him to order her around!
But all the commotion quieted down as Usagi entered the house once more.
"I want answers." She said. "And I want them now." Her growing ki forced Pluto to accept.
"The Queen did not want to accept the death of her daughter,
so she took it to herself to find another Serenity, to take her daughter's place.
Her Majesty was so troubled by the Princess' death. She simply had no choice.
And besides, the ginzoushu has granted that wish. The dye is cast."
"So what am _I_ suppose to do?" Asked Usagi.
"Do what you come here to do." Pluto told. "Then come back with me."
"Came back with you? What for?" Exclaimed Trunks.
"In the future of my dimension, SHE becomes Queen.
I have to take her with me in order for my dimension to be balanced once more."
Pluto shouted, pointing at Usagi.
A look of horror was on the girl's face.
How could anyone decide her future for her?
"I'm not going anywhere!" Shouted the infuriated Princess. Pluto was taken back.
Not once had the thought crossed her mind that Usagi would refuse.
"Whether you like it or not, it's your destiny." Usagi shook her head stubbornly.
"The hell with destiny. This is MY happiness. Not yours, not Queen Serenity's
and certainly not destiny's." Hissed the once timid rabbit.
The thought seemed to shock Pluto beyond words.
"Usagi," She began, eyes narrowed as she made a move towards the girl.
Instantly her path was blocked by Son Goku and Vegeta.
Goku had a smile on his face, but his gaze could melt steel.
"I think that it's time for you to leave, Sailor Pluto." He said levelly.
"Or would you grant us the pleasure of taking you out by force." Vegeta told with a smirk,
cracking his knuckles. Pluto glared back at the two Saiyajin.
But there was nothing she could do. She glanced at Usagi once more.
"No matter what you do, you can't fight destiny." She told,
then took her Time Key to open a portal.
As she was about to step through, she let out a frustrated sigh.
"I WILL see you again." And disappeared back to the Time Gates.
Usagi sat down and covered her eyes with her hands.
"Selene-sama." She whispered, inaudibly.
She could feel the tears coming back to her eyes.
But she didn't want to cry in front of everyone.
Luckily, Chichi knew exactly what to do.
"OK, Goku, take everyone outside. You can all train for that upcoming
tournament or something." She ordered. Vegeta glared at her.
"I won't be ordered by a mere woman!" He exclaimed.
"Why not? Okaa-san orders you around." Said Trunks.
All he received instead, was a cold glare from his otou-san.
As the men piled up and leave, Chichi closed the door.
"I'm here if you need me, Usagi." The woman said gently.
Usagi looked at her and nodded, offering a smile.
She can't even begin to wonder where her limits were.
Goku's way of training was meditating, much like Piccolo's way really.
She found their ways of training a little too relaxing.
Although the final outcome of each session always surprised her.
She would have gained more speed in just finding the calmness inside of herself.
Goku did mention, however, that he had never seen anyone look so calm as
Usagi when it came to meditating. She smirked.
She wasn't called Serenity for nothing.
But she still felt as if something was missing.
She looked at the sky. The moonlight touched every corner of the landscape.
She was spending the night at the Son's house. With protests from Bulma.
She had been complaining that she had made a feast for Usagi and
Usagi wasn't even there for the treat.
Usagi let out a sigh after she had had her moment of happiness.
She didn't know what was out there for her.
Her conversation with Pluto still bothered her.
She would have find it better if she had talked to the Guardian of the
Time Gates aloneand not within a room filled with fighters.
But she wasn't sure whether she can control herself if the senshi
ever make any comments about her status as a princess and that she did not suit that role.
She hated the title. She hated the role.
She was an ordinary schoolgirl who was sucked into a world of utter madness in her
freshman year of high school. Did she deserve it?
She didn't think so. If that was what she deserved for failing classes and being tardy,
life must be harsher than she ever did think.
She banished the thoughts from her head.
She must focus now on saving HER world.
She found it surprising that she adjusted quickly with the thought that this
world was her world and not the other world.
It did have that familiar feeling, as if you were protected by your father's
love and comforted by your mother's.
She wondered of her past and what she had encountered.
She hated the blanks inside her mind and the jumbled up thoughts,
with no links to each other whatsoever. She never did like the unknown.
"Usagi, it's dinner time!" A voice called from inside. She smiled and got up.
"Coming Chichi-san!" She called back.
She dusted her pants and looked up at the moon once more.
"Mother. My real mother, I wish for once you would tell me what to do."
She whispered softly, before turning and walking inside the house.
A face appeared in the moon, of a woman with flowing silver hair in a most
unusual hair style. A soft, caring smile decorated her face as she glanced
down fondly at her daughter. And then, after a very brief moment, it faded away.
As if it was never there in the first place.
Coming up in the next chapter...
By the time she fell into a deep slumber,
her body seemed to be consumed in a dream that was shifting and
turning to be a nightmare.
The memories were swirling in her head, making her dizzy.
"Where am I?" She asked, looking around the dark room.
"Hello?" She called out.
Hello?
The echoes of her voice sounded throughout the place.
"I'm alone?" She asked herself.
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