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It had been exactly three weeks and four days since Minako's new arrival had moved in. But we are not remembering this date because of that certain anniversary, but because today was the day that the carnival was in town.

Goten bounced up and down on Minako's bed. "Can we go? Can we GO?"

"No. And stop doing that, you'll wear out the springs."

Goten put on his pitiful face. "But- but why?"

Minako smiled as she sprayed on some perfume. "Because Auntie has a date with a rich doctor man."

He glared at her. "I'll tell Minako that you tried to sell me to the Gypsies...wait a minute...you are Minako....that won't work..."

She looked through her jewelry box for a string of pearls. "I'm sorry kid, but when a man has a six-figure income, and asks ME out, there is no way in Hell I'm going to dump him just so I can ride a merry-go-round."

He pouted. "Well what if Gohan or Usa takes me?"

"That would be okay, but you're going to do some heavy bribing, begging, or blackmailing to get either one of them to say yes."

Goten nodded. He ran into the living room where the two teenagers sat, watching television or something or other. Through a mixture of the three B's (bribing, begging, blackmailing), he finally got them to agree to going for a couple of hours.

*******

Usagi shook her head. "I still can't believe we're here..."

The trio looked around the fairgrounds. It was that beautiful time of day where time was suspended between light and dark, where the sun turned into the shade of a mango, and where the sky was painted violet with silver stars it's only contrast.

Gohan sighed as his little brother led them through the hurried crowd to the Ferris wheel, lit up by oranges and reds and yellow light decoration.

"C'mon! C'mon! C'mon! I wanna riiiiiiiiiiiide!!!" Goten squeaked as he shoved his brother through the line, earning strange looks from the people who were in line before them. Gohan creaked a "sorry mister" to the man in the fedora that Goten had just stolen a bag of cotton candy from.

Usagi slapped him on the back of the head. "Goten! You can't just go around taking people's tuff like that! You'll get in trouble!! You'll become a delinquent!! Do you want to go to Juvi?!!!"

With a mouth full of fluffy blue sugar, Goten burped a "No."

Gohan rolled his eyes. "Stop acting like his mom and just let him get on the ride."

Usagi scowled at him as she and Goten were hurriedly shoved into the cart, Goten following. Slowly, the wheel began to turn counterclockwise, and music started to play.

Goten leaned over the side. "Look! You can see everything from here!"

Gohan smirked at him, but Usa was a little worried.

"Goten, I don't think you should lean over that far..."

He looked behind him. "It's not like I'm going to fall over-"

But just as he spoke, ironic fate stepped in and he did just what he said he wouldn't: Fall over.

Huge masses of people flocked together and just stopped and stared at the scene. Women fainted, cars braked, and one man nearly had a coronary. It wasn't that a little boy had just fallen to his death and had just become future road kill, it was the fact that it didn't happen.

Any other child on the face of the earth would have had an inevitable fate, but Goten wasn't just any child. The reasons jaws dropped, and people gasped, was because Goten's body was suspended in mid-air. At eighty-three and one-half feet he floated, completely unaware of any of it. He had his fists clenched together, and his eyes closed. Gohan smiled.

So he learned to fly on his own...

All of the color had run out of Usagi's face. She blinked a couple of times at the little boy before she completely passed out from shock. Unfortunately, her body swayed so that it had fallen over the edge of the cart. Once again. the crowd gasped Gohan jumped after her. It took him about three seconds (give or take) for him to catch her. He looked down at the unconscious body in his arms, a small blush warming his cheeks. But he nearly dropped her as, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the diamond-

Not a diamond, too clear

Zirconia-

Too expensive looking to be Zirconia

Whatever crystal she wore around her neck began to pulse...

But his thoughts of Usagi were interrupted by a splash of water that landed on his forehead.

Rain?

Yes, rain. Very strange because the weather was clear up until now. But alas, the sprinkle slowly, but surely, turned into a summer downpour. Thick, gray clouds covered the sky, and what was to be a beautiful sunset.

Goten frowned as he watched all of the shops and tents and most of the rides close up due to the new decision of the weather. Using his new found, but hardly acknowledged by himself, power of flight, and floated down to join his brother and his currently K.Oed friend. The crowd stared after him.

Gohan, with his arm that wasn't supporting Usagi, patted his brother on the back. "I didn't know you knew how to fly Goten! That's great! I'm proud of you!"

Goten shrugged. "I didn't know that I did either. It just sorta...happened...."

Gohan's eyebrows knitted together. A lot of things had "just happened" to Goten recently. The other day, he had just shot his first ki-blast because Diana had gotten cat hair all over the new jacket Minako bought for him.

It was always some kind of emotion.

He was angry and or sad about his jacket, today he was afraid he was going to die when he learned how to fly. But the first day that Gohan had shown up, he could have sworn he had risen his ki to the level of a Super Saiyan's.

He looked down at his brother. He hadn't a clue in the world that his ancestors were from a whole other planet. Gohan didn't plan on telling him either, at least not for awhile. He was too young to understand. Had he been trained right, he might even had surpassed him as a warrior. Goten's power was completely out of control right now. He had no clue about how to use it.

That scared Gohan.

With the wrong move, this little boy could destroy the world...and more...

Gohan looked back down at his little brother again.

Goten looked like he was about to crack up. "You like Usa..."

Gohan shot a glare at him. "No I don't. She's spoiled."

"Yes you do...you know you do..."

"NO! Why do you keep saying that?"

"Cause you like her whoo-has...I saw you looking at them before..."

"....Why did I let Kurillin teach you the birds and the bees...?"
"I even heard you talking in your sleep about them-"

Gohan smacked him on the back of the head. "Would you shut up?!!! I don't like Usa's "whoo-has", okay?"

"What's wrong with my whoo-has?"

Gohan gulped as he looked down to see a now-awake, not-so-happy Usagi, giving him the evil eye, soaked from the rain. He put her down, but nearly fell backwards when she slapped him hard across the face.

"What was that for?!!!"

"Number one, for even thinking about looking at my whoo-has, and number two, how the Hell did I end up asleep in your arms?!!!"

Gohan rubbed his sore cheek. "You ended up in my arms because I saved your miserable little life from falling off the Ferris wheel!!! And I WASN'T looking at your chest!! That was Goten's idea or something..."

Usagi gave a small "oh", but then started looking around the evacuated fair grounds because Goten was no where in sight....

*******

Goten looked around helplessly. He was lost in the fog that had settled during the storm. He couldn't see anybody or anything.

"Big Brother? Usa? Where are you?!"
He continued to search the area, wherever he was, looking for a sign of something, anything, of his family or friends. He felt around with his hands until he bumped into something. It was soft, very soft, and silky smooth. It was....it was....hair.... He peered at it even closer and found that it was black, even darker than his own. He looked upwards to see who it's owner was.

"Are you lost little boy?" she spoke, "You're so cute, I may just have to eat you up."

He looked even closer and tried to see her face. She was beautiful, very beautiful. But he nearly screamed as he looked into those eyes, those twin pools of darkness.

In barely a whisper he said "Evil Lady."

She chuckled. "Tsk, tsk, we've met enough times by now for you to know my name. I know yours, Goten the half breed. Why don't you say mine for me." She said, more of demand than a question.

His bottom lip trembled as he glared at her and said:

"Mistress 9."

*******

To Be Continued.....

(A/N: Yet another cliffhanger. *grins evilly* Oh yeah, and catwoman4, I'm sorry....but I don't really don't know anything about Zoids....I've seen a couple of dubbed episodes, but that's about it. ^_^;;; Sorry!!)