Authors Notes: This is VERY IMPORTANT!!!! YOU HAVE GOT TO READ THIS TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY!!! This is a sequel to my other story Love Between an Angel and a Warrior. As you all know (that is if you read the epilogue) that Serena was reborn when she died. Well my editor asked "How could they get together again when she would be like 20 years younger than he is?" I have a couple of reasons why that could happen. My first, and most logical, ITS NOT LOGICAL IF YOU JUST MAKE ITUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is that time on earth passes faster than other places in space. So that she would grow up while he was still in space fighting for Freeza, before he even met Goku. My second, and most childish reason, is because *I* said so, and *I* can do that, because *I* am the author, so there.
Anyway I have tinkered with the ages again. Hey, that's a cool word 'tinkered' wow! Oh sorry. Um.. anyway in this story Goku and Vegeta are going to be the same age or around the same age. I know that Gohan's age isn't right compared to his father's but *shrugs* oh well.
Goku-22
Vegeta-22
Serena-21
Gohan-8
Darien-26
Bulma-21
Chichi-21
Everyone else isn't really important.
Disclaimer- Ummmm…… *crickets*….*cough, cough*…..I regret to inform you
that I don't own these characters, but I do own the story. Thank you, and
remember kids SAVE THE BEAVERS!!!!
* * = stressed word
" " = talking
=thinking
( ) = author's talking
' ' = sarcastic
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Ch.1 Part A
Pluto studied the time stream, feeling rather bored. She sighed, thinking of Serena and all of her friends back on earth. She was feeling lonely. Having been chosen to guard the time gates for all eternity, she didn't make many friends. With the last ditch effort to even 'seem' like she was with her friends again, she looked into the past. What she didn't know was that in doing that she would find out a secret that all of the senshi were forced to forget.
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"Princess, I need you to come to the gate of time immediately. It's very important." Sailor Pluto's voice echoed through Serena's dreamless sleep. Serena suddenly sat up in bed, waking up the black cat sleeping by her feet. "What's wrong Serena?" the talking cat asked. "Luna I have to go see Pluto. It sounded important." Before Luna could reply Serena had already jumped from her window and was running down the street. Now Luna was worried. Making a decision, she followed her mistress into the night.
Serena ran until she reached the park where she transformed and waited for her guardian cat to catch up. She didn't have to wait long. "Come on Luna, we have to hurry." With a giant leap, Luna landed on Serena's shoulder, breathing hard. "Do you think...*cough, cough* we should...*wheeze* call the scouts?"
"There is no time. Hold on. SAILOR TELEPORT!!" With that the heroine and talking cat disappeared into the night.
When they reappeared, they found themselves surrounded by a thick mist. Before them, they saw two gigantic silver doors. "Good you're finally here," came a weary voice behind them. "I came here as fast as I could. What is this all about Pluto?" Sailor Moon asked her most trusted friend. "Is it about Rini? Is she all right? Has something happened to the future? Come on Setsuna, spit it out!"
"Calm down Serenity-hime. It's all right. Come with me. I have something important to show you." Pluto stepped through a portal she created and Serena followed curiously.
They found themselves high on a cliff with the sound of the ocean crashing against the rocks far below them. Serena looked upon her friend's face and immediately became concerned. "Why do you seem so sad?," she asked. There was a long silence before Pluto finally spoke up, "I was looking into your
past, princess, and I found something that was very interesting."
"Oh? and what might that be?" Luna asked from her resting place on Serena's shoulder. "I cannot tell you. Serena has to find that out on her own." Now Serena was very confused. "Forgive me princess, but this must be done. It is the only way." Pluto raised her staff and knocked Sailor Moon unconscious.
With the lack of energy Sailor Moon detransformed and fell to the ground limp. Luna jumped from Serena's shoulder and landed gracefully on her feet. "JUST WHAT IN KAMI'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!?!" she screamed at the Guardian of Time. "I must send the princess on a journey to discover her past and possibly change the future. I'm very sorry, but Luna, you cannot accompany her on this quest," Pluto calmly stated. "WHAT! What do you mean that I can't go with her?! I am her eternal guardian for crying out loud!"
"She must do this on her own. Plus, you have to tell the scouts not to worry," Pluto reasoned as she took the brooch that contained the Ginzuishou and placed it in her sub-dimensional pocket. "What are you going to do with her?" Luna asked. Pluto picked up her unconscious friend and headed to the edge of the cliff. With one quick toss, Serena plummeted to the ocean below. Luna was too shocked to speak. Serena now rested in the hands of fate.
They watched as she slowly drifted further out to sea. Please let Serena come back safely... please. Luna prayed to Kami. After Serena disappeared from sight, Luna looked at the Guardian of Time once more and together they left.
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"Vegeta! If you don't get out here right now, I am going to rip your head off and drag your bloody corpse all the way to the party! Whether you like it or not, dead or alive, you are coming and that is final!" Bulma screamed at the man that had been living with her and her family for nearly two years.
"Stop screaming woman! Your giving me a headache!" Vegeta said as he emerged from the huge house. "I am not about to go to some stupid party when I could be training. So why don't you just leave already and spare my ears."
"Don't you yell at me, and you *are* coming. Is that clear?" Bulma asked threateningly.
"Don't tell me what to do, you weak little girl. I am not going to go just to endure Kakarot's stupidity and his bitchy mate."
"You are going or I won't cook for a week!"
"Good, maybe I won't have nausea every time I have to smell your so-called 'cooking'!"
"Why you little shit wipe! I won't get Chichi to cook for you *EVER* again!"
"I can survive on my own, so get the hell out of my face before I hurt you!"
"If you don't go to this reunion, then I will go in and tear down the gravity machine. You may be able to live without our food, but I don't think one day could go by without you training in 'your precious little
gravity machine'," she taunted. The look in his eyes almost made her cower away; he looked like he was ready to rip her in half. He gave her a glare that could cut through metal like butter, but didn't say a word.
She walked over to the car and got in. Vegeta didn't budge. "Well come on. Get in. we don't have all day," Bulma said a little impatiently. "With you driving? I don't have a death wish. Screw this I'm flying." Before Bulma could complain, he blasted off heading for Master Roshi's island. She was furious but got in her capsule car and blasted off after him.
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Why did that bitchy woman have to drag me all the way out here when I could be training? Vegeta thought as he looked down at the ocean far below him. That weak woman must think this is more important...yeah right! I should just kill her and be done with it! he thought savagely.
Something glittery caught his eye, causing him to stop and look down at the vast ocean below. A strange light far below him looked like a small diamond drowning in a sea of sapphires. It held a sense of power and felt strangely familiar. As he focused his enhanced vision, he made out a human form
being swept along by the ocean's current. Vegeta got curious and went down to have a better look. The form was swept under water, and he waited for it to resurface. After a moment he went in after it, his patience worn thin.
The sun's rays seeped through the watery prison, providing Vegeta with enough light
to see. The fish were cautious but still swam past him. His eyes fell upon a woman that was floating, with her arms stretched out as if inviting death. She had very long blond hair that was spread all around her,
swaying in time with the oceans currents.
Tenshi? he thought in disbelief, It couldn't be Serena she died four years ago. Swimming down closer to get a better view of the figure, he almost exhaled when the angel from his past greeted him. It is Serena! How is that possible? She died in my arms, on the moon. It couldn't be her. Vegeta convinced himself that his mind was playing tricks on him. She is probably some girl that fell out of a boat or something. He still looked at her, studying her. He saw that her eyes were shut tightly. It
was almost as though she feared what she might see if she opened them.
He grabbed her around the waist and shot out of the water, only to nearly get hit by Bulma's hover car.
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Serena thought that she was dead. She looked around her and found herself drifting through space. Am I dead? she asked herself. No my dear you are just trapped in your sub-conscious. A gentle voice answered her. Mother? she spoke into the endless void. Then a bright flash surrounded
her before she found herself in a palace that existed more than a thousand years ago. Before her stood a woman with pale lavender hair done up into two odangos that rested upon her head. She wore a regal dress with transparent wings attached to her back. Serena had blond hair also done up in the same style, she wore a white silk dress that reached the floor but no wings. She stood before the woman for only a second before she flung herself into her mother's arms crying with joy. Mother. I missed you so much. Serena managed to choke out between sobs.
Queen Serenity looked at her daughter and smiled. I'm glad to see you too. After a minute of holding each other, she gently pushed Serena away. I'm sure you have a lot of questions. Serena nodded and asked, Mother, why did Pluto attack me? She had said that it was important, but she could
have told me. I mean she didn't have to hit me with her staff. Serena asked petulantly. The Queen laughed. Serena, you haven't changed a bit. You may have grown up but you are still as curious as ever.
Well mother, when you get hit upside the head with a staff by one of your good friends, you kind of want to know why. Serena reasoned while the Queen just laughed. After a bit Serenity regained her seriousness and answered her daughter's question.
Pluto found out something in your past that we were all forced to forget. She thought it was only right that you remember, so she decided to send you on a journey.
Journey?
Yes, you will be facing new, more powerful enemies. So, I have decided to give you the powers from your past. (the same powers as the Senshi as well as her ki power.) You will unlock your memories and your abilities through time. Queen Serenity stepped away from her daughter and began to glow.
Serenity took her daughter's hand and that both started to glow. The power hummed around them as a blinding light engulfed the royalty. Multicolored lights surrounded Serena as she screamed. It felt like all the elements were attacking her with their powers. Ice encased her, then a raging fire rose up from beneath and melted the ice. The fire soon disappeared, but not before burning her. Lightning streaked down from above and gave her a new definition of pain. The pure energy pushed back the
flying sparks as hearts swirled around her occasionally brushing against her skin.
The ground began to shake and crumble beneath her feet. The sudden gust of wind felt like needles piercing her skin. As the pain began to fade a little she was met with silence and darkness. Pain shot through her entire being as dark purple energy engulfed her. A gigantic wave began to form in the distance, as it grew closer it grew larger. When it crashed down she screamed, the impact was bone crushing.
Serena's breath was labored, but when she finally opened her eyes, she found herself on the floor. She looked down at herself and was amazed, there wasn't a single scratch on her. "It is done." Serena turned to her mother. "Our time is drawing short. When you awake do not be afraid of the people that you find. They are the strongest warriors on Earth. Even stronger then the Senshi. They will help you with your journey. I will be watching over you and praying for you always," her mother said sadly. "I
love you mother," Serena said as she began to fade back into reality.
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"Vegeta, what do you think you are doing?! You don't pop up out of nowhere, especially in front of my car while it's moving!" Bulma's shrill voice cut through Vegeta' s thoughts. He just glared at her, not answering. Well that's a first, Bulma thought, he barely even noticed me.
Vegeta was too worried to yell at the woman now. Serena was gasping for air. We have to get to land soon. Without another thought he blasted off at full speed heading for Master Roshi's island. Bulma was left there, speechless.
He spotted a deserted island and decided to land early. Setting his precious cargo down carefully, he prepared her for mouth-to-mouth. He breathed life back into her, hoping that it wasn't too late to save his love.
Her eyes snapped open, staring at Vegeta for a while before she broke their 'kiss' to cough up sea water. She scooted away weakly from the spiky-haired man still coughing. "Serena?" Vegeta spoke cautiously. Her head shot up when she heard her name, but she just looked at him through narrowed eyes.
"Don't you *ever* kiss me again," she said threateningly. Vegeta started to chuckle and said, "That wasn't a kiss. *This* is a kiss." Before she could respond he reached forward, with lightning fast reflexes, and gripped her chin.
Once again Vegeta relished in the feeling of her lips captured in his own, realizing how much he had missed it. Just as he was going to deepen the kiss she pulled back with wide eyes. When she caught her breath, she reached up and slapped Vegeta as hard as she could across the face. While he was still in shock she scooted away weakly, eyes still wide. Then it hit him, *she* just hit *him.* "What the hell was that for?!" he said. "Well how would you like it if you woke up and found someone kissing you? You
wouldn't be very happy. I don't even know you, or even how you know my name." Vegeta was confused now. It *is* her, thank Kami, but she doesn't remember me. "You don't remember me?"
"I've never seen you before in my entire life."
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Should I end it there? Well, since you guys had to wait ssoo long for this, and you waited patiently….I made this chapter extra long. It may get a little boring so just bear with me. Have fun!
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Part B
Serena groaned as the feeling of pain washed over her. She painfully opened her eyes only to discover that she was on the ground and a man was giving her mouth-to-mouth. Of course her first thoughts were along the line of, Nande Kuso?! Who is this bishounen guy? And why the hell is he
*kissing* me? What happened? She turned over and began to cough up some salt water. Looking around she found herself on a island. As she moved away the spiky-haired man that had been kissing her he said her name. As if she didn't already have enough surprises today. After she said that she didn't know him, he got a confused look on his face. Serena could tell that he was using his confusion to cover up his hurt. "Who are you?" she asked again, trying to break the uneasy silence.
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"I am the Prince of Saiyajins, Vegeta," he said almost on instinct.
"Well, Vegeta-sama how do you know my name?" It didn't sound right, the respect that she used in his name. "Just Vegeta," he said a little quickly. She nodded and waited for him to answer her question.
"Well, Serenity," he heard her gasp and he smirked, "you don't seem to remember, so maybe that's for a reason." One that even I don't know. I will find out and get you back, that is a promise, he silently added. "How do you know that name? No one but my senshi and guardians know of that name. Did I know you as Princess Serenity?"
"You did, we were…pretty close."
"Even I don't remember all of my past. After I was reincarnated I lost all of my memories and only got them back a couple of years ago." Finally someone to talk to, she thought. Her smile was genuine, but quickly disappeared as a sudden gust of wind washed over her. She looked down and found that her clothes were soaking wet from her little underwater vacation. They clung to her every curve like a vice.
Vegeta saw her cheeks flare and smirked as he saw the source of her dismay. She stared at him expectantly and he rolled his eyes before turning around. He wanted to watch her, make sure that he wouldn't lose her again.
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Serena stood up and looked down at her now ruined clothes. Glancing back up, to make sure that Vegeta's back was turned around, she grabbed a fist full of cloth and started to ring it out. It seemed to be suction-cupped onto her skin. After about a minute Vegeta turned around and looked her over.
Another gust of wind washed over them, and caused her to shiver. She rubbed her arms in an attempt to get warm.
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Vegeta looked at her shivering form and said, "Before I spotted you I was heading to an island for some stupid reunion. You should be able to get warm there." She looked at him in confusion, "And just how do you expect to get there now? If you haven't noticed we're kind of stuck on this island." He smirked at that, "I can get us there, but you'll have to trust me." She looked at him curiously and slightly nodded, to show that she was in. This is going to be fun, he thought as he walked up to her.
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She looked at him suspiciously, and her eyes widened slightly when he wrapped his arms around her waist. Serena was about to pull away, but he only tightened his hold and whispered in her ear, "Trust me." Still holding onto her, he lifted off of the ground slightly. Serena's eyes widened yet again, at the thought of flying without wings. Looking at Vegeta, she saw him smirk right before he blasted off at full speed.
Serena was so surprised that she flung her arms around her carrier and applied her death grip. She felt his grip tighten around her almost protectively. "Why are you so scared woman? Haven't you ever flown before?" he said while glancing down at her. While having her face buried in his chest, "Yes, but not without my wings," came her muffled reply. Wings? he thought. He could still feel her shivering against him, "Well this isn't so bad. It's not that I don't like that you are holding on to me for dear life, but I think I'm turning blue," he replied softly. Serena pulled away then and mock-glared at him, "Well, baka, if you weren't such a smart ass you might see that we *are* flying over an ocean thousands of feet in the air, *and* if you *did* drop me then I might die."
Vegeta smirked then and she saw a mischievous glint in his eyes as he loosened his grip a little bit causing her to fall back. She gasped and grabbed onto his neck again. When she looked at him she found the Saiyajin prince trying, unsuccessfully, to hide a grin. "Smooth one bakayaro. You just wait until I get on some solid ground. *Then,* we'll see who is smirking." She felt one his hands move from her waist. He reached up and brushed some stray bangs from her face. Serena looked into his eyes and
saw love, longing, and a glimmer of happiness. She blushed when she realized that all of those feelings were directed at her.
I wish I could remember. She mentally shook her head, He's trying to get off of the subject. She started to mock-glare at him again, and was surprised when he laughed.
After a while she gave up glaring at him and started to enjoy the ride. She leaned her head against his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his well muscled waist. Serena felt him tense in surprise then he started to relax. That's how the Z warriors found them, a supposedly cold-hearted
warrior prince holding a shaking wet woman, both looked very content in each other's arms.
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Vegeta felt Serena pulling away from him, to yell at him for his comment. He tried not to laugh at the way her face scrunched up and turned slightly red. It's good to have her back. He saw some stray bangs hanging in her face and couldn't resist the urge to brush them away. Vegeta smirked when she started to blush.
He tensed when she laid her head against his shoulder. He hadn't had a person this close to him since the night before she died. The island came into view and seeing that his tenshi was about to fall asleep, he thought about just flying right past it. Once again his eyes returned to the person in his arms. No I couldn't do that to her. She needs some dry clothes.
Vegeta looked down at Serena and regretfully woke her up. "We're here." She just groaned in response and reluctantly lifted her head to rub her eyes. The island was still a little ways away. "Can't you just take me home?" she half joked. "What do I look like? A taxi service?" he replied looking down at her. There is no way I'm letting you go anytime soon tenshi.
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Goku and the gang were having what seemed to be some sort of reunion. They decided to have a little party celebrating the death of Freeza and the return of Goku. Everyone was at Master Roshi's. They even convinced Piccolo to come. Well, it took Gohan an entire day of begging and pleading to convince him to show up. Goku, Yamcha, and Chou-zu were watching Krillen try different experiments to get his hair to grow. While everyone else was either meditating, sparring, or talking.
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Suddenly Gohan's head shot up when he sensed that a powerful ki was heading toward the island. Looking around, no one else had sensed it, but he concentrated on it just to make sure. It's Vegeta! he thought relieved. He'll land…behind us? There's something weird about that ki reading though. Gohan shrugged and headed behind the house, to the other side of the island. He was about to walk around the corner of the house when he saw that Vegeta was carrying someone.
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When the flying couple landed Serena finally loosened her death grip. Vegeta held her for a moment, still debating on if he should just fly around some more. Sighing he set her down but still held on to her slim waist. He grinned when he noticed that she was blushing, yet again, at how close they were.
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Gohan's eyes got wide when he saw what was unfolding before him. He almost started snickering, but remembered that Vegeta had Saiyajin hearing. He didn't feel like getting beaten to a bloody pulp at the moment so he stayed quiet. Slowly backing away Gohan made his way to the front of the house.
"Hey dad," Gohan whispered to his father. "Come here. I want to show you something." Goku, being who he is, followed his son curiously.
"Gohan what--,"
"Shhhh…. Dad look."
Goku looked and saw Vegeta talking to a beautiful girl. He looked back down at his son rather dumbly. "Ummm…. What did you want me to look at?"
Gohan just sweat dropped and held his head in his hands. Shaking his head sadly he said, "Dad, listen to what they are saying. Don't you think that Vegeta is acting a little different?"
Goku listened and slowly a grin tugged at the sides of his mouth. After a few moments, he looked like a kid walking in on Christmas Day. Slowly the grin started to transformation into something that was almost sinister. (Goku sinister, yeah right!)
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Serena looked down at her *still* soaking wet clothes. Then all of a sudden an idea struck her (not literally). She took her disguise pen from her sub-dimensional pocket and in a flash of light was wearing a silver T-shirt and baggy dark blue pants with a silver belt (think of the pants of Goku's gi only dark blue.)
Vegeta reached forward and snatched the pen from her hand. "So that's how you do it. I think I'll keep this for now," he said placing the pen some place unknown (No it wasn't anywhere like *that,* so just keep reading.)
"Hey give that back!"
"What?" Vegeta said looking innocent. She held out her hand, "My pen." He just looked her in the eye and, with a little smirk, said, "Come and get it." Serena just glared at him and was about to respond when a strange man and a boy emerged from around the house.
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"Hey Vegeta! Woah, I didn't know that you had a *girlfriend*!!" Goku squealed in delight as Serena winced. This guy reminded her too much of herself at the age of fourteen. She shuddered and then actually thought of what he said. I light blush found it's way across her cheeks.
"Hi I'm Goku."
"Serena," she said still not quite sure what to think of this guy.
"She's pretty Vegeta. So how long have you two been going out?" he asked oblivious to her discomfort and Vegeta's anger. "Shut up Kakarot."
"What? What did I say?"
As the two spiky black-haired Saiyajins argued Serena looked down at the boy who was looking on with disapproval. "Don't look so sad. *I'm* the one that has to live with this," he said causing her to laugh. "Oh? And who might you be?" she asked the boy. "I'm Gohan. So you and Vegeta go out?"
"Hardly. I just met him about an hour ago."
That's strange. Vegeta has never really been good with strangers, he's barely comfortable around us. But he's flirting with a girl that he just met an hour ago. She must be something special, something different to catch his attention. "Hey you haven't met everyone else have you?"
"Everyone else?"
"Come on you might want to meet Bulma and my mom first." She followed Gohan into the small island house leaving the arguing men behind. When they entered Serena saw two women sitting at a table chatting away.
"Yeah, and he just shot up out of the water in front of me," a blue-haired woman said. "Really?" said the other woman. She had black hair pulled up in a big bun at the top of her head. "And that wasn't even the weird part. He was carrying a girl, and when I asked him about it he just ignored me and blasted off!"
"I wonder what he was doing with a girl," the second woman thought aloud.
"Hey mom. Look who Vegeta brought. Her name's Serena. Serena this is my mom," Gohan said pointing to the black-haired woman. "And this is Bulma," pointing to the blue-haired woman. Serena bowed as did the other women. The three girls chatted for a few minutes and soon Gohan grew tired of
their talking and went outside.
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After talking to these two new women, Bulma and Chichi, Serena felt like she had known them forever. They told her of Goku and Vegeta, as well as everyone else. Bulma was in the middle of telling her some of her adventures with Goku, when Serena's head shot up. Something wasn't right. Bulma stopped talking and both the women watched Serena curiously. "What is it Serena?" Chichi asked quietly as not to interfere with her friends thoughts.
"Something isn't right. I can just feel it, something's coming," she answered almost to herself. She headed to the door, both women in tow. Opening the screen door that lead outside, she stepped onto the porch. Quite a few startled faces greeted her but she paid them no mind. Stepping down a few stairs she scanned the horizon, searching. Serena's eyes locked on a spot on the ocean as she fell into a battle stance.
A youma suddenly emerged from the exact spot that she had been staring at. It was ugly and emitted a foul smell. It's pink skin rooted the blood red spikes that protruded from it's arms and belly. It's purple eyes scanned the group of people that had now dropped into battle stances as well.
"Where is Serenity?" it asked in a booming voice.
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Krillen stepped forward after a moment. "There isn't a Serenity here. I think that you have got the wrong address."
The youma pouted 'cutely' "Really?" it said with its shoulders slumped. Scanning the group again, it was about to leave when his master's voice penetrated its thoughts. You fool! She is among them, now capture her and bring her to me! the voice ordered.
"She is here! If you don't show yourself Serenity, then I will kill each of your little friends off one by one!"
Most of the Z warriors were confused. What was this thing, and why was he after some Serenity person that they have never met.
When the youma noticed that no one was coming forward, it prepared to attack. Seeing just how *strong* the men looked to be, it decided to attack the women.
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Seeing the pink spiky mass flying towards her triggered a memory.
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Vegeta spoke and she suddenly understood something. Bowing to a marshmallow person, she dropped into a fighting stance. Suddenly the pink mass flew towards her, fist raised…
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She had stumbled a little shaken by the memory. Glancing down she noticed for the first time that her brooch wasn't with her. Damn it Setsuna! she mentally cursed the time guardian. When she looked up the youma was swinging its massive fist. In the background she saw some of the men start
forward, and she knew that they wouldn't make it in time. Looking back at her opponent she smirked. In a blink of a eye her fist had connected with the youma's jaw, officially surprising everyone (except for Vegeta). She smirked down at the now angry pink marshmallow. "Since you are being embarrassingly slow, I'll give you a break. Seeing that you obviously are no challenge to me I'll let you invite a few more buddies that can come and join the fun," she said still smirking.
The youma grinned and opened a small black portal behind her letting a few more ugly monsters in on the fight. They all charged her at the same time, while she just waited patiently. A fury of punches were thrown at her at incredible speeds. She dodged everyone of the fists and punched two of the youma hard, forcing them back. Ducking a punch she sent the remaining youma flying with her uppercut. Turning around, she found that the two youma had already recovered and were almost on top of her. Acting fast she froze them in place, much to her surprise, as well as everyone else's. She shook her head to clear it and picked up a seashell that was lying by her feet.
The youma that she sent flying, now landed rather painfully a few meters away. Noticing that it was the first youma her smirked widened. "Hey watch this," she yelled to it and threw the seashell at her frozen foes. The glass shattered turning both monsters into dust. Looking back at the first youma she asked, "So why did you want to speak to me?"
"Yo..You're Serenity?"
"I'm the only one here by that name. Tell me who do you work for?"
"My Master of course!" it shouted back confidently. Serena sweatdropped, what could she expect from a youma.
"Go back to your master and tell him that it is going to take more than his entire army of youma to defeat me."
The youma nodded, not believing that he was being spared, and disappeared into a black portal.
Yet another enemy. Sighing she turned around only to be met with a green fist.
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Studying the fight between the girl and these monsters Piccolo noticed quite a few things. This girl fights a lot like Vegeta. Glancing at the Saiyajin Prince he found him smirking proudly. Now I'm almost sure that he has something to do with this. As the battle continued he decided that he was going to test this new girl's abilities. When she defeated two of the youma with an attack that he had never seen before, he was just itching to step in and fight.
Seeing that Serena was knocked underwater everyone flew over to the spot she submerged. Everyone was waiting for the girl to resurface, it had been a couple of minutes and Goku was starting to get worried. Suddenly a huge column of water shot up towards the sky. It was like a tornado of water and in the center was a light. Stepping out of the deadly tornado was a glowing Serena, completely unharmed.
She looked at Vegeta in confusion before shifting her gaze to Piccolo, glaring like death itself. Piccolo just looked down at her calmly and fazed out. She just smirked and caught the fist that came flying towards her. When his green skin came in contact with her sea-green aura a small shock wave traveled through him, causing instant pain. He almost screamed, but new better than to utter a
sound. Serena spun around, still holding onto his fist, and threw him into the water-tornado.
After a few minutes passed Piccolo finally emerged looking bloody and bruised. He quickly charged up a ki blast and threw it at Serena. She hurriedly dodged and shot forward towards the alien. They were soon absorbed in hand-to-hand combat, exchanging punches, kicks, as well as energy blasts. Both seemed to be evenly matched, but soon they grew tired and broke away from each other.
Piccolo concentrated on his most deadly attack, while Serena felt the power of the planets flow through her.
Since she was closer to the sea, one of her elements, she decided to use it to enhance her strength. Looking at her waterspout, a tornado on water, she concentrated on its flowing force. Serena called upon the winds of Uranus to shift the massive funnel. She forced it up into the clouds where it descended upon the two fighters, efficiently surrounding them. This would be their battlefield.
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When Piccolo opened his eyes, his attack ready, he was very shocked to find that they were surrounded by the blue-green of the ocean. Looking at the strange woman that created such a bizarre site, he found her glowing sandy yellow and teal. The broken light of the sun trying to force it's way through
the watery prison reflected off of her, turning her skin a light blue and her hair a silvery green. Her pulsating aura still surrounded her, almost as if to protect its mistress from any harm. A small spray of water splashed onto his now pale green skin awakening him from his stupor.
It was no time to stare, he decided. Charging at her fist raised, the battle began. He was almost upon her when her eyes suddenly snapped open, revealing glowing orbs. They unnerved him enough to distract him from seeing her next attack. She reached up and threw him over her head, forcing him right into the high-pressured water. Forcing himself back, he rushed back into the fight amazed and slightly bruised.
As the battle raged on no one seemed to be getting the upper hand. The two fighters became weary fast and both wanted to end it. Finally with a burst of fury and strength Piccolo punched her back, but she was not out of the fight yet. Serena called upon a massive ki blast, concentrating on her inner essence a light formed into her hands and slowly became brighter. Almost, she thought focusing more. Launching the massive energy blast from her hands she watched as it went head on with another just as big, no doubt Piccolo's. Not having much experience with this kind of attack Serena's ki blast was much weaker, and soon was forced back. Not wanting to lose to a green alien, of all people, she called once again upon her planetary powers. Her attack suddenly shot forward and engulfed Piccolo. She had won this battle.
The energy drain finally crept up and caused her to faint from sheer exhaustion When her conscience went, so did the water tornado. She was left plummeting towards (guess where?) the ocean, once again.
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As Vegeta and the rest of the Z-gang watched Serena and Piccolo start after each other, they were quite surprised to find that Serena had powers over the ocean and wind as well. They watched in amazement as the tornado descended upon the two fighters. "Ummm…..guys this might sound like a stupid question, but who is that girl?" Yamcha asked from beside Tien. "Oh! She's Vegeta's girlfriend!" Goku responded happily. "What?!" everyone screamed in disbelief. They quickly turned to stare at Vegeta in shock/horror.
He just gave them death glares, half amused at how huge there eyes were getting, and continued to stare at the unmoving storm. "Is that even possible?" Krillen asked standing beside Gohan. Vegeta glared at him which caused the small bald man to step closer to Goku. "Stay out of this cue-ball before you
get hurt." Krillen gulped, rather loudly in response, causing the Saiyajin Prince to smirk.
"And just when were you going to tell us about her?" Goku asked. The question soon died away as rays of light began to escape from the gaps in the water. The power of their ki blast was being reflected off of the water's surface. As the light exploded the tornado was forced back into the sky. Two figures met them,
one falling as the other floated weakly. The second figure, Piccolo, looked battered and beaten and was holding his left arm that was undoubtedly broken.
Vegeta caught his tenshi, right before she would have made a rather painful plunge into the watery depths for the third time that day. It didn't go unnoticed just how carefully he was cradling her in his arms as he made his way back to the stunned group. Gohan was staring with wide eyes at the girl that
just kicked his mentor's ass. "Who is she?" he asked to no one in particular. "She is a Princess of one of the most powerful races to ever be known in the universe. Something happened and know she has forgotten all of her power," Vegeta spoke it seemed, in an attempt to assure himself. "Not all of it,"
Piccolo mumbled. Everyone was surprised that the shivering girl in Vegeta's arms was so important.
They flew back to Master Roshi's island in silence. When they landed Bulma and Chichi hurried up to them, and upon seeing Serena demanded to know what happened. Before they had a chance to explain themselves a black portal opened revealing yet another sinister being. Looking at the girl still in Vegeta's arms the man seemed to seethe in jealousy. When he noticed that Serena was unconscious he became disappointed.
"To bad she's not awake, and I wanted to see the shock on her face too," the newcomer thought aloud. "Who are you, and why are you after Serena?" Goku demanded. An evil cackle was all he got in response. "You will know soon enough," with that the evil enemy threw down a small object. It stuck in the sandy beach standing straight up. A small shock wave of negative energy emitted from it, passing over all the warriors.
"Ummm….is this supposed to hurt us or something?" Krillen asked to no one in particular. That was before they heard it, a soul shattering scream. The scream echoed through their minds, reverberating throughout their very souls. Looking around they found Vegeta trying to comfort a twitching Serena. She was undoubtedly the one that had telepathically sent the earth-shattering howl.
When Vegeta looked up he was ready to send the evil being into the next dimension. Before he could get a chance though it had escaped through a black portal, laughing all the while. Growling in frustration he looked down at his megami. She was still breathing hard, but soon relaxed in Vegeta's arms. He had to suppress a content smile as he watched her slumber.
This didn't go unnoticed by Bulma, who watched in disbelief. Bulma saw how Vegeta cradled Serena as if she would break from the gentlest of winds. She saw how lovingly Vegeta looked at the girl in his arms. It hurt her to know that the man she had a crush on for nearly two years was already taken. Bulma would have felt anger, but she knew that Serena hadn't done anything wrong. It's my own fault, Bulma said to herself. I just had to fall for him. She sighed as she kept thinking, It never would have worked out anyway. We fight way too much for my liking, and he lives a more solitary life. Yet, she still had feelings for him.
"Serena needs rest, she can stay with me at Capsule Corp.," she spoke up, breaking the uneasy silence. "We'll find out more about her in the morning," Goku said in agreement. They were about to go their separate ways when Gohan's confused voice stopped them. "I found that dark object that the guy threw down. It's a black rose?"
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So how did you like it? What a cliffhanger! ROMANCE IS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER I PROMISE!!! Sorry minna that I didn't get this out sooner, but the computer people had to come and replace my modem, so I couldn't get on the Internet for about two months! WWWWWHHHHHAAAA I WAS A DEPRIVED CHILD! NO INTERNET FOR TWO *MONTHS*!!!!!!!!! Anyway, *sniff,sniff* I just had to suffer. Right now I have *A LOT* of reading to catch up on. If anyone can recommend any really good DBZ/SM or GW/SM crossovers tell me it will save me some time.
Thanks *a lot* to my editor Alli. Without her here to force me to write this probably would have been out in 2002. She helped me *about* as much as I helped her with her GW/SM fic, Flames and Ice you should read it, it's *really* funny. As always any suggestions, comments, and flames are welcome. So review.
Anyway, gomen nasai for getting this out late and I will get the next chapter out soon, that I promise because I'm already half way done with it. For now, Ja! ~Katlin Grace
Anyway I have tinkered with the ages again. Hey, that's a cool word 'tinkered' wow! Oh sorry. Um.. anyway in this story Goku and Vegeta are going to be the same age or around the same age. I know that Gohan's age isn't right compared to his father's but *shrugs* oh well.
Goku-22
Vegeta-22
Serena-21
Gohan-8
Darien-26
Bulma-21
Chichi-21
Everyone else isn't really important.
Disclaimer- Ummmm…… *crickets*….*cough, cough*…..I regret to inform you
that I don't own these characters, but I do own the story. Thank you, and
remember kids SAVE THE BEAVERS!!!!
* * = stressed word
" " = talking
=thinking
( ) = author's talking
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Ch.1 Part A
Pluto studied the time stream, feeling rather bored. She sighed, thinking of Serena and all of her friends back on earth. She was feeling lonely. Having been chosen to guard the time gates for all eternity, she didn't make many friends. With the last ditch effort to even 'seem' like she was with her friends again, she looked into the past. What she didn't know was that in doing that she would find out a secret that all of the senshi were forced to forget.
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"Princess, I need you to come to the gate of time immediately. It's very important." Sailor Pluto's voice echoed through Serena's dreamless sleep. Serena suddenly sat up in bed, waking up the black cat sleeping by her feet. "What's wrong Serena?" the talking cat asked. "Luna I have to go see Pluto. It sounded important." Before Luna could reply Serena had already jumped from her window and was running down the street. Now Luna was worried. Making a decision, she followed her mistress into the night.
Serena ran until she reached the park where she transformed and waited for her guardian cat to catch up. She didn't have to wait long. "Come on Luna, we have to hurry." With a giant leap, Luna landed on Serena's shoulder, breathing hard. "Do you think...*cough, cough* we should...*wheeze* call the scouts?"
"There is no time. Hold on. SAILOR TELEPORT!!" With that the heroine and talking cat disappeared into the night.
When they reappeared, they found themselves surrounded by a thick mist. Before them, they saw two gigantic silver doors. "Good you're finally here," came a weary voice behind them. "I came here as fast as I could. What is this all about Pluto?" Sailor Moon asked her most trusted friend. "Is it about Rini? Is she all right? Has something happened to the future? Come on Setsuna, spit it out!"
"Calm down Serenity-hime. It's all right. Come with me. I have something important to show you." Pluto stepped through a portal she created and Serena followed curiously.
They found themselves high on a cliff with the sound of the ocean crashing against the rocks far below them. Serena looked upon her friend's face and immediately became concerned. "Why do you seem so sad?," she asked. There was a long silence before Pluto finally spoke up, "I was looking into your
past, princess, and I found something that was very interesting."
"Oh? and what might that be?" Luna asked from her resting place on Serena's shoulder. "I cannot tell you. Serena has to find that out on her own." Now Serena was very confused. "Forgive me princess, but this must be done. It is the only way." Pluto raised her staff and knocked Sailor Moon unconscious.
With the lack of energy Sailor Moon detransformed and fell to the ground limp. Luna jumped from Serena's shoulder and landed gracefully on her feet. "JUST WHAT IN KAMI'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!?!" she screamed at the Guardian of Time. "I must send the princess on a journey to discover her past and possibly change the future. I'm very sorry, but Luna, you cannot accompany her on this quest," Pluto calmly stated. "WHAT! What do you mean that I can't go with her?! I am her eternal guardian for crying out loud!"
"She must do this on her own. Plus, you have to tell the scouts not to worry," Pluto reasoned as she took the brooch that contained the Ginzuishou and placed it in her sub-dimensional pocket. "What are you going to do with her?" Luna asked. Pluto picked up her unconscious friend and headed to the edge of the cliff. With one quick toss, Serena plummeted to the ocean below. Luna was too shocked to speak. Serena now rested in the hands of fate.
They watched as she slowly drifted further out to sea. Please let Serena come back safely... please. Luna prayed to Kami. After Serena disappeared from sight, Luna looked at the Guardian of Time once more and together they left.
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"Vegeta! If you don't get out here right now, I am going to rip your head off and drag your bloody corpse all the way to the party! Whether you like it or not, dead or alive, you are coming and that is final!" Bulma screamed at the man that had been living with her and her family for nearly two years.
"Stop screaming woman! Your giving me a headache!" Vegeta said as he emerged from the huge house. "I am not about to go to some stupid party when I could be training. So why don't you just leave already and spare my ears."
"Don't you yell at me, and you *are* coming. Is that clear?" Bulma asked threateningly.
"Don't tell me what to do, you weak little girl. I am not going to go just to endure Kakarot's stupidity and his bitchy mate."
"You are going or I won't cook for a week!"
"Good, maybe I won't have nausea every time I have to smell your so-called 'cooking'!"
"Why you little shit wipe! I won't get Chichi to cook for you *EVER* again!"
"I can survive on my own, so get the hell out of my face before I hurt you!"
"If you don't go to this reunion, then I will go in and tear down the gravity machine. You may be able to live without our food, but I don't think one day could go by without you training in 'your precious little
gravity machine'," she taunted. The look in his eyes almost made her cower away; he looked like he was ready to rip her in half. He gave her a glare that could cut through metal like butter, but didn't say a word.
She walked over to the car and got in. Vegeta didn't budge. "Well come on. Get in. we don't have all day," Bulma said a little impatiently. "With you driving? I don't have a death wish. Screw this I'm flying." Before Bulma could complain, he blasted off heading for Master Roshi's island. She was furious but got in her capsule car and blasted off after him.
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Why did that bitchy woman have to drag me all the way out here when I could be training? Vegeta thought as he looked down at the ocean far below him. That weak woman must think this is more important...yeah right! I should just kill her and be done with it! he thought savagely.
Something glittery caught his eye, causing him to stop and look down at the vast ocean below. A strange light far below him looked like a small diamond drowning in a sea of sapphires. It held a sense of power and felt strangely familiar. As he focused his enhanced vision, he made out a human form
being swept along by the ocean's current. Vegeta got curious and went down to have a better look. The form was swept under water, and he waited for it to resurface. After a moment he went in after it, his patience worn thin.
The sun's rays seeped through the watery prison, providing Vegeta with enough light
to see. The fish were cautious but still swam past him. His eyes fell upon a woman that was floating, with her arms stretched out as if inviting death. She had very long blond hair that was spread all around her,
swaying in time with the oceans currents.
Tenshi? he thought in disbelief, It couldn't be Serena she died four years ago. Swimming down closer to get a better view of the figure, he almost exhaled when the angel from his past greeted him. It is Serena! How is that possible? She died in my arms, on the moon. It couldn't be her. Vegeta convinced himself that his mind was playing tricks on him. She is probably some girl that fell out of a boat or something. He still looked at her, studying her. He saw that her eyes were shut tightly. It
was almost as though she feared what she might see if she opened them.
He grabbed her around the waist and shot out of the water, only to nearly get hit by Bulma's hover car.
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Serena thought that she was dead. She looked around her and found herself drifting through space. Am I dead? she asked herself. No my dear you are just trapped in your sub-conscious. A gentle voice answered her. Mother? she spoke into the endless void. Then a bright flash surrounded
her before she found herself in a palace that existed more than a thousand years ago. Before her stood a woman with pale lavender hair done up into two odangos that rested upon her head. She wore a regal dress with transparent wings attached to her back. Serena had blond hair also done up in the same style, she wore a white silk dress that reached the floor but no wings. She stood before the woman for only a second before she flung herself into her mother's arms crying with joy. Mother. I missed you so much. Serena managed to choke out between sobs.
Queen Serenity looked at her daughter and smiled. I'm glad to see you too. After a minute of holding each other, she gently pushed Serena away. I'm sure you have a lot of questions. Serena nodded and asked, Mother, why did Pluto attack me? She had said that it was important, but she could
have told me. I mean she didn't have to hit me with her staff. Serena asked petulantly. The Queen laughed. Serena, you haven't changed a bit. You may have grown up but you are still as curious as ever.
Well mother, when you get hit upside the head with a staff by one of your good friends, you kind of want to know why. Serena reasoned while the Queen just laughed. After a bit Serenity regained her seriousness and answered her daughter's question.
Pluto found out something in your past that we were all forced to forget. She thought it was only right that you remember, so she decided to send you on a journey.
Journey?
Yes, you will be facing new, more powerful enemies. So, I have decided to give you the powers from your past. (the same powers as the Senshi as well as her ki power.) You will unlock your memories and your abilities through time. Queen Serenity stepped away from her daughter and began to glow.
Serenity took her daughter's hand and that both started to glow. The power hummed around them as a blinding light engulfed the royalty. Multicolored lights surrounded Serena as she screamed. It felt like all the elements were attacking her with their powers. Ice encased her, then a raging fire rose up from beneath and melted the ice. The fire soon disappeared, but not before burning her. Lightning streaked down from above and gave her a new definition of pain. The pure energy pushed back the
flying sparks as hearts swirled around her occasionally brushing against her skin.
The ground began to shake and crumble beneath her feet. The sudden gust of wind felt like needles piercing her skin. As the pain began to fade a little she was met with silence and darkness. Pain shot through her entire being as dark purple energy engulfed her. A gigantic wave began to form in the distance, as it grew closer it grew larger. When it crashed down she screamed, the impact was bone crushing.
Serena's breath was labored, but when she finally opened her eyes, she found herself on the floor. She looked down at herself and was amazed, there wasn't a single scratch on her. "It is done." Serena turned to her mother. "Our time is drawing short. When you awake do not be afraid of the people that you find. They are the strongest warriors on Earth. Even stronger then the Senshi. They will help you with your journey. I will be watching over you and praying for you always," her mother said sadly. "I
love you mother," Serena said as she began to fade back into reality.
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"Vegeta, what do you think you are doing?! You don't pop up out of nowhere, especially in front of my car while it's moving!" Bulma's shrill voice cut through Vegeta' s thoughts. He just glared at her, not answering. Well that's a first, Bulma thought, he barely even noticed me.
Vegeta was too worried to yell at the woman now. Serena was gasping for air. We have to get to land soon. Without another thought he blasted off at full speed heading for Master Roshi's island. Bulma was left there, speechless.
He spotted a deserted island and decided to land early. Setting his precious cargo down carefully, he prepared her for mouth-to-mouth. He breathed life back into her, hoping that it wasn't too late to save his love.
Her eyes snapped open, staring at Vegeta for a while before she broke their 'kiss' to cough up sea water. She scooted away weakly from the spiky-haired man still coughing. "Serena?" Vegeta spoke cautiously. Her head shot up when she heard her name, but she just looked at him through narrowed eyes.
"Don't you *ever* kiss me again," she said threateningly. Vegeta started to chuckle and said, "That wasn't a kiss. *This* is a kiss." Before she could respond he reached forward, with lightning fast reflexes, and gripped her chin.
Once again Vegeta relished in the feeling of her lips captured in his own, realizing how much he had missed it. Just as he was going to deepen the kiss she pulled back with wide eyes. When she caught her breath, she reached up and slapped Vegeta as hard as she could across the face. While he was still in shock she scooted away weakly, eyes still wide. Then it hit him, *she* just hit *him.* "What the hell was that for?!" he said. "Well how would you like it if you woke up and found someone kissing you? You
wouldn't be very happy. I don't even know you, or even how you know my name." Vegeta was confused now. It *is* her, thank Kami, but she doesn't remember me. "You don't remember me?"
"I've never seen you before in my entire life."
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Should I end it there? Well, since you guys had to wait ssoo long for this, and you waited patiently….I made this chapter extra long. It may get a little boring so just bear with me. Have fun!
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Part B
Serena groaned as the feeling of pain washed over her. She painfully opened her eyes only to discover that she was on the ground and a man was giving her mouth-to-mouth. Of course her first thoughts were along the line of, Nande Kuso?! Who is this bishounen guy? And why the hell is he
*kissing* me? What happened? She turned over and began to cough up some salt water. Looking around she found herself on a island. As she moved away the spiky-haired man that had been kissing her he said her name. As if she didn't already have enough surprises today. After she said that she didn't know him, he got a confused look on his face. Serena could tell that he was using his confusion to cover up his hurt. "Who are you?" she asked again, trying to break the uneasy silence.
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"I am the Prince of Saiyajins, Vegeta," he said almost on instinct.
"Well, Vegeta-sama how do you know my name?" It didn't sound right, the respect that she used in his name. "Just Vegeta," he said a little quickly. She nodded and waited for him to answer her question.
"Well, Serenity," he heard her gasp and he smirked, "you don't seem to remember, so maybe that's for a reason." One that even I don't know. I will find out and get you back, that is a promise, he silently added. "How do you know that name? No one but my senshi and guardians know of that name. Did I know you as Princess Serenity?"
"You did, we were…pretty close."
"Even I don't remember all of my past. After I was reincarnated I lost all of my memories and only got them back a couple of years ago." Finally someone to talk to, she thought. Her smile was genuine, but quickly disappeared as a sudden gust of wind washed over her. She looked down and found that her clothes were soaking wet from her little underwater vacation. They clung to her every curve like a vice.
Vegeta saw her cheeks flare and smirked as he saw the source of her dismay. She stared at him expectantly and he rolled his eyes before turning around. He wanted to watch her, make sure that he wouldn't lose her again.
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Serena stood up and looked down at her now ruined clothes. Glancing back up, to make sure that Vegeta's back was turned around, she grabbed a fist full of cloth and started to ring it out. It seemed to be suction-cupped onto her skin. After about a minute Vegeta turned around and looked her over.
Another gust of wind washed over them, and caused her to shiver. She rubbed her arms in an attempt to get warm.
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Vegeta looked at her shivering form and said, "Before I spotted you I was heading to an island for some stupid reunion. You should be able to get warm there." She looked at him in confusion, "And just how do you expect to get there now? If you haven't noticed we're kind of stuck on this island." He smirked at that, "I can get us there, but you'll have to trust me." She looked at him curiously and slightly nodded, to show that she was in. This is going to be fun, he thought as he walked up to her.
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She looked at him suspiciously, and her eyes widened slightly when he wrapped his arms around her waist. Serena was about to pull away, but he only tightened his hold and whispered in her ear, "Trust me." Still holding onto her, he lifted off of the ground slightly. Serena's eyes widened yet again, at the thought of flying without wings. Looking at Vegeta, she saw him smirk right before he blasted off at full speed.
Serena was so surprised that she flung her arms around her carrier and applied her death grip. She felt his grip tighten around her almost protectively. "Why are you so scared woman? Haven't you ever flown before?" he said while glancing down at her. While having her face buried in his chest, "Yes, but not without my wings," came her muffled reply. Wings? he thought. He could still feel her shivering against him, "Well this isn't so bad. It's not that I don't like that you are holding on to me for dear life, but I think I'm turning blue," he replied softly. Serena pulled away then and mock-glared at him, "Well, baka, if you weren't such a smart ass you might see that we *are* flying over an ocean thousands of feet in the air, *and* if you *did* drop me then I might die."
Vegeta smirked then and she saw a mischievous glint in his eyes as he loosened his grip a little bit causing her to fall back. She gasped and grabbed onto his neck again. When she looked at him she found the Saiyajin prince trying, unsuccessfully, to hide a grin. "Smooth one bakayaro. You just wait until I get on some solid ground. *Then,* we'll see who is smirking." She felt one his hands move from her waist. He reached up and brushed some stray bangs from her face. Serena looked into his eyes and
saw love, longing, and a glimmer of happiness. She blushed when she realized that all of those feelings were directed at her.
I wish I could remember. She mentally shook her head, He's trying to get off of the subject. She started to mock-glare at him again, and was surprised when he laughed.
After a while she gave up glaring at him and started to enjoy the ride. She leaned her head against his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his well muscled waist. Serena felt him tense in surprise then he started to relax. That's how the Z warriors found them, a supposedly cold-hearted
warrior prince holding a shaking wet woman, both looked very content in each other's arms.
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Vegeta felt Serena pulling away from him, to yell at him for his comment. He tried not to laugh at the way her face scrunched up and turned slightly red. It's good to have her back. He saw some stray bangs hanging in her face and couldn't resist the urge to brush them away. Vegeta smirked when she started to blush.
He tensed when she laid her head against his shoulder. He hadn't had a person this close to him since the night before she died. The island came into view and seeing that his tenshi was about to fall asleep, he thought about just flying right past it. Once again his eyes returned to the person in his arms. No I couldn't do that to her. She needs some dry clothes.
Vegeta looked down at Serena and regretfully woke her up. "We're here." She just groaned in response and reluctantly lifted her head to rub her eyes. The island was still a little ways away. "Can't you just take me home?" she half joked. "What do I look like? A taxi service?" he replied looking down at her. There is no way I'm letting you go anytime soon tenshi.
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Goku and the gang were having what seemed to be some sort of reunion. They decided to have a little party celebrating the death of Freeza and the return of Goku. Everyone was at Master Roshi's. They even convinced Piccolo to come. Well, it took Gohan an entire day of begging and pleading to convince him to show up. Goku, Yamcha, and Chou-zu were watching Krillen try different experiments to get his hair to grow. While everyone else was either meditating, sparring, or talking.
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Suddenly Gohan's head shot up when he sensed that a powerful ki was heading toward the island. Looking around, no one else had sensed it, but he concentrated on it just to make sure. It's Vegeta! he thought relieved. He'll land…behind us? There's something weird about that ki reading though. Gohan shrugged and headed behind the house, to the other side of the island. He was about to walk around the corner of the house when he saw that Vegeta was carrying someone.
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When the flying couple landed Serena finally loosened her death grip. Vegeta held her for a moment, still debating on if he should just fly around some more. Sighing he set her down but still held on to her slim waist. He grinned when he noticed that she was blushing, yet again, at how close they were.
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Gohan's eyes got wide when he saw what was unfolding before him. He almost started snickering, but remembered that Vegeta had Saiyajin hearing. He didn't feel like getting beaten to a bloody pulp at the moment so he stayed quiet. Slowly backing away Gohan made his way to the front of the house.
"Hey dad," Gohan whispered to his father. "Come here. I want to show you something." Goku, being who he is, followed his son curiously.
"Gohan what--,"
"Shhhh…. Dad look."
Goku looked and saw Vegeta talking to a beautiful girl. He looked back down at his son rather dumbly. "Ummm…. What did you want me to look at?"
Gohan just sweat dropped and held his head in his hands. Shaking his head sadly he said, "Dad, listen to what they are saying. Don't you think that Vegeta is acting a little different?"
Goku listened and slowly a grin tugged at the sides of his mouth. After a few moments, he looked like a kid walking in on Christmas Day. Slowly the grin started to transformation into something that was almost sinister. (Goku sinister, yeah right!)
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Serena looked down at her *still* soaking wet clothes. Then all of a sudden an idea struck her (not literally). She took her disguise pen from her sub-dimensional pocket and in a flash of light was wearing a silver T-shirt and baggy dark blue pants with a silver belt (think of the pants of Goku's gi only dark blue.)
Vegeta reached forward and snatched the pen from her hand. "So that's how you do it. I think I'll keep this for now," he said placing the pen some place unknown (No it wasn't anywhere like *that,* so just keep reading.)
"Hey give that back!"
"What?" Vegeta said looking innocent. She held out her hand, "My pen." He just looked her in the eye and, with a little smirk, said, "Come and get it." Serena just glared at him and was about to respond when a strange man and a boy emerged from around the house.
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"Hey Vegeta! Woah, I didn't know that you had a *girlfriend*!!" Goku squealed in delight as Serena winced. This guy reminded her too much of herself at the age of fourteen. She shuddered and then actually thought of what he said. I light blush found it's way across her cheeks.
"Hi I'm Goku."
"Serena," she said still not quite sure what to think of this guy.
"She's pretty Vegeta. So how long have you two been going out?" he asked oblivious to her discomfort and Vegeta's anger. "Shut up Kakarot."
"What? What did I say?"
As the two spiky black-haired Saiyajins argued Serena looked down at the boy who was looking on with disapproval. "Don't look so sad. *I'm* the one that has to live with this," he said causing her to laugh. "Oh? And who might you be?" she asked the boy. "I'm Gohan. So you and Vegeta go out?"
"Hardly. I just met him about an hour ago."
That's strange. Vegeta has never really been good with strangers, he's barely comfortable around us. But he's flirting with a girl that he just met an hour ago. She must be something special, something different to catch his attention. "Hey you haven't met everyone else have you?"
"Everyone else?"
"Come on you might want to meet Bulma and my mom first." She followed Gohan into the small island house leaving the arguing men behind. When they entered Serena saw two women sitting at a table chatting away.
"Yeah, and he just shot up out of the water in front of me," a blue-haired woman said. "Really?" said the other woman. She had black hair pulled up in a big bun at the top of her head. "And that wasn't even the weird part. He was carrying a girl, and when I asked him about it he just ignored me and blasted off!"
"I wonder what he was doing with a girl," the second woman thought aloud.
"Hey mom. Look who Vegeta brought. Her name's Serena. Serena this is my mom," Gohan said pointing to the black-haired woman. "And this is Bulma," pointing to the blue-haired woman. Serena bowed as did the other women. The three girls chatted for a few minutes and soon Gohan grew tired of
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After talking to these two new women, Bulma and Chichi, Serena felt like she had known them forever. They told her of Goku and Vegeta, as well as everyone else. Bulma was in the middle of telling her some of her adventures with Goku, when Serena's head shot up. Something wasn't right. Bulma stopped talking and both the women watched Serena curiously. "What is it Serena?" Chichi asked quietly as not to interfere with her friends thoughts.
"Something isn't right. I can just feel it, something's coming," she answered almost to herself. She headed to the door, both women in tow. Opening the screen door that lead outside, she stepped onto the porch. Quite a few startled faces greeted her but she paid them no mind. Stepping down a few stairs she scanned the horizon, searching. Serena's eyes locked on a spot on the ocean as she fell into a battle stance.
A youma suddenly emerged from the exact spot that she had been staring at. It was ugly and emitted a foul smell. It's pink skin rooted the blood red spikes that protruded from it's arms and belly. It's purple eyes scanned the group of people that had now dropped into battle stances as well.
"Where is Serenity?" it asked in a booming voice.
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Krillen stepped forward after a moment. "There isn't a Serenity here. I think that you have got the wrong address."
The youma pouted 'cutely' "Really?" it said with its shoulders slumped. Scanning the group again, it was about to leave when his master's voice penetrated its thoughts. You fool! She is among them, now capture her and bring her to me! the voice ordered.
"She is here! If you don't show yourself Serenity, then I will kill each of your little friends off one by one!"
Most of the Z warriors were confused. What was this thing, and why was he after some Serenity person that they have never met.
When the youma noticed that no one was coming forward, it prepared to attack. Seeing just how *strong* the men looked to be, it decided to attack the women.
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Seeing the pink spiky mass flying towards her triggered a memory.
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Vegeta spoke and she suddenly understood something. Bowing to a marshmallow person, she dropped into a fighting stance. Suddenly the pink mass flew towards her, fist raised…
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She had stumbled a little shaken by the memory. Glancing down she noticed for the first time that her brooch wasn't with her. Damn it Setsuna! she mentally cursed the time guardian. When she looked up the youma was swinging its massive fist. In the background she saw some of the men start
forward, and she knew that they wouldn't make it in time. Looking back at her opponent she smirked. In a blink of a eye her fist had connected with the youma's jaw, officially surprising everyone (except for Vegeta). She smirked down at the now angry pink marshmallow. "Since you are being embarrassingly slow, I'll give you a break. Seeing that you obviously are no challenge to me I'll let you invite a few more buddies that can come and join the fun," she said still smirking.
The youma grinned and opened a small black portal behind her letting a few more ugly monsters in on the fight. They all charged her at the same time, while she just waited patiently. A fury of punches were thrown at her at incredible speeds. She dodged everyone of the fists and punched two of the youma hard, forcing them back. Ducking a punch she sent the remaining youma flying with her uppercut. Turning around, she found that the two youma had already recovered and were almost on top of her. Acting fast she froze them in place, much to her surprise, as well as everyone else's. She shook her head to clear it and picked up a seashell that was lying by her feet.
The youma that she sent flying, now landed rather painfully a few meters away. Noticing that it was the first youma her smirked widened. "Hey watch this," she yelled to it and threw the seashell at her frozen foes. The glass shattered turning both monsters into dust. Looking back at the first youma she asked, "So why did you want to speak to me?"
"Yo..You're Serenity?"
"I'm the only one here by that name. Tell me who do you work for?"
"My Master of course!" it shouted back confidently. Serena sweatdropped, what could she expect from a youma.
"Go back to your master and tell him that it is going to take more than his entire army of youma to defeat me."
The youma nodded, not believing that he was being spared, and disappeared into a black portal.
Yet another enemy. Sighing she turned around only to be met with a green fist.
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Studying the fight between the girl and these monsters Piccolo noticed quite a few things. This girl fights a lot like Vegeta. Glancing at the Saiyajin Prince he found him smirking proudly. Now I'm almost sure that he has something to do with this. As the battle continued he decided that he was going to test this new girl's abilities. When she defeated two of the youma with an attack that he had never seen before, he was just itching to step in and fight.
Seeing that Serena was knocked underwater everyone flew over to the spot she submerged. Everyone was waiting for the girl to resurface, it had been a couple of minutes and Goku was starting to get worried. Suddenly a huge column of water shot up towards the sky. It was like a tornado of water and in the center was a light. Stepping out of the deadly tornado was a glowing Serena, completely unharmed.
She looked at Vegeta in confusion before shifting her gaze to Piccolo, glaring like death itself. Piccolo just looked down at her calmly and fazed out. She just smirked and caught the fist that came flying towards her. When his green skin came in contact with her sea-green aura a small shock wave traveled through him, causing instant pain. He almost screamed, but new better than to utter a
sound. Serena spun around, still holding onto his fist, and threw him into the water-tornado.
After a few minutes passed Piccolo finally emerged looking bloody and bruised. He quickly charged up a ki blast and threw it at Serena. She hurriedly dodged and shot forward towards the alien. They were soon absorbed in hand-to-hand combat, exchanging punches, kicks, as well as energy blasts. Both seemed to be evenly matched, but soon they grew tired and broke away from each other.
Piccolo concentrated on his most deadly attack, while Serena felt the power of the planets flow through her.
Since she was closer to the sea, one of her elements, she decided to use it to enhance her strength. Looking at her waterspout, a tornado on water, she concentrated on its flowing force. Serena called upon the winds of Uranus to shift the massive funnel. She forced it up into the clouds where it descended upon the two fighters, efficiently surrounding them. This would be their battlefield.
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When Piccolo opened his eyes, his attack ready, he was very shocked to find that they were surrounded by the blue-green of the ocean. Looking at the strange woman that created such a bizarre site, he found her glowing sandy yellow and teal. The broken light of the sun trying to force it's way through
the watery prison reflected off of her, turning her skin a light blue and her hair a silvery green. Her pulsating aura still surrounded her, almost as if to protect its mistress from any harm. A small spray of water splashed onto his now pale green skin awakening him from his stupor.
It was no time to stare, he decided. Charging at her fist raised, the battle began. He was almost upon her when her eyes suddenly snapped open, revealing glowing orbs. They unnerved him enough to distract him from seeing her next attack. She reached up and threw him over her head, forcing him right into the high-pressured water. Forcing himself back, he rushed back into the fight amazed and slightly bruised.
As the battle raged on no one seemed to be getting the upper hand. The two fighters became weary fast and both wanted to end it. Finally with a burst of fury and strength Piccolo punched her back, but she was not out of the fight yet. Serena called upon a massive ki blast, concentrating on her inner essence a light formed into her hands and slowly became brighter. Almost, she thought focusing more. Launching the massive energy blast from her hands she watched as it went head on with another just as big, no doubt Piccolo's. Not having much experience with this kind of attack Serena's ki blast was much weaker, and soon was forced back. Not wanting to lose to a green alien, of all people, she called once again upon her planetary powers. Her attack suddenly shot forward and engulfed Piccolo. She had won this battle.
The energy drain finally crept up and caused her to faint from sheer exhaustion When her conscience went, so did the water tornado. She was left plummeting towards (guess where?) the ocean, once again.
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As Vegeta and the rest of the Z-gang watched Serena and Piccolo start after each other, they were quite surprised to find that Serena had powers over the ocean and wind as well. They watched in amazement as the tornado descended upon the two fighters. "Ummm…..guys this might sound like a stupid question, but who is that girl?" Yamcha asked from beside Tien. "Oh! She's Vegeta's girlfriend!" Goku responded happily. "What?!" everyone screamed in disbelief. They quickly turned to stare at Vegeta in shock/horror.
He just gave them death glares, half amused at how huge there eyes were getting, and continued to stare at the unmoving storm. "Is that even possible?" Krillen asked standing beside Gohan. Vegeta glared at him which caused the small bald man to step closer to Goku. "Stay out of this cue-ball before you
get hurt." Krillen gulped, rather loudly in response, causing the Saiyajin Prince to smirk.
"And just when were you going to tell us about her?" Goku asked. The question soon died away as rays of light began to escape from the gaps in the water. The power of their ki blast was being reflected off of the water's surface. As the light exploded the tornado was forced back into the sky. Two figures met them,
one falling as the other floated weakly. The second figure, Piccolo, looked battered and beaten and was holding his left arm that was undoubtedly broken.
Vegeta caught his tenshi, right before she would have made a rather painful plunge into the watery depths for the third time that day. It didn't go unnoticed just how carefully he was cradling her in his arms as he made his way back to the stunned group. Gohan was staring with wide eyes at the girl that
just kicked his mentor's ass. "Who is she?" he asked to no one in particular. "She is a Princess of one of the most powerful races to ever be known in the universe. Something happened and know she has forgotten all of her power," Vegeta spoke it seemed, in an attempt to assure himself. "Not all of it,"
Piccolo mumbled. Everyone was surprised that the shivering girl in Vegeta's arms was so important.
They flew back to Master Roshi's island in silence. When they landed Bulma and Chichi hurried up to them, and upon seeing Serena demanded to know what happened. Before they had a chance to explain themselves a black portal opened revealing yet another sinister being. Looking at the girl still in Vegeta's arms the man seemed to seethe in jealousy. When he noticed that Serena was unconscious he became disappointed.
"To bad she's not awake, and I wanted to see the shock on her face too," the newcomer thought aloud. "Who are you, and why are you after Serena?" Goku demanded. An evil cackle was all he got in response. "You will know soon enough," with that the evil enemy threw down a small object. It stuck in the sandy beach standing straight up. A small shock wave of negative energy emitted from it, passing over all the warriors.
"Ummm….is this supposed to hurt us or something?" Krillen asked to no one in particular. That was before they heard it, a soul shattering scream. The scream echoed through their minds, reverberating throughout their very souls. Looking around they found Vegeta trying to comfort a twitching Serena. She was undoubtedly the one that had telepathically sent the earth-shattering howl.
When Vegeta looked up he was ready to send the evil being into the next dimension. Before he could get a chance though it had escaped through a black portal, laughing all the while. Growling in frustration he looked down at his megami. She was still breathing hard, but soon relaxed in Vegeta's arms. He had to suppress a content smile as he watched her slumber.
This didn't go unnoticed by Bulma, who watched in disbelief. Bulma saw how Vegeta cradled Serena as if she would break from the gentlest of winds. She saw how lovingly Vegeta looked at the girl in his arms. It hurt her to know that the man she had a crush on for nearly two years was already taken. Bulma would have felt anger, but she knew that Serena hadn't done anything wrong. It's my own fault, Bulma said to herself. I just had to fall for him. She sighed as she kept thinking, It never would have worked out anyway. We fight way too much for my liking, and he lives a more solitary life. Yet, she still had feelings for him.
"Serena needs rest, she can stay with me at Capsule Corp.," she spoke up, breaking the uneasy silence. "We'll find out more about her in the morning," Goku said in agreement. They were about to go their separate ways when Gohan's confused voice stopped them. "I found that dark object that the guy threw down. It's a black rose?"
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So how did you like it? What a cliffhanger! ROMANCE IS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER I PROMISE!!! Sorry minna that I didn't get this out sooner, but the computer people had to come and replace my modem, so I couldn't get on the Internet for about two months! WWWWWHHHHHAAAA I WAS A DEPRIVED CHILD! NO INTERNET FOR TWO *MONTHS*!!!!!!!!! Anyway, *sniff,sniff* I just had to suffer. Right now I have *A LOT* of reading to catch up on. If anyone can recommend any really good DBZ/SM or GW/SM crossovers tell me it will save me some time.
Thanks *a lot* to my editor Alli. Without her here to force me to write this probably would have been out in 2002. She helped me *about* as much as I helped her with her GW/SM fic, Flames and Ice you should read it, it's *really* funny. As always any suggestions, comments, and flames are welcome. So review.
Anyway, gomen nasai for getting this out late and I will get the next chapter out soon, that I promise because I'm already half way done with it. For now, Ja! ~Katlin Grace
