Ch 24
After Usagi let go of Sailor Earth, the youth turned to see the Z warriors, and forgot everything else around her. Her eyes filled with unsheathed tears, and with a quick motion the sixteen-year-old threw herself to her favorite person. (FD "Umm…I wonder who could that be…^-^)
Vegeta stiffened when he felt her clinging to his neck for dear life. Everyone expected him to throw her away, and in fact, he was more than ready to do it, when the youth let out a sob.
"Grandpa!" She hugged him even harder. Everyone's eyes widened, while Sailor Pluto, Mamoru and Usagi (who were about to run for safety, out of their parents' grasp) shook their heads waiting for the incredulous yells of outrage that would come from Vegeta and Goku.
"Well, so much for keeping a secret." Pluto murmured darkly under her breath.
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Vegeta blinked several times before registering what was happening. "WHAT?!?! What do you mean grandpa?!?!" Vegeta said looking from the girl griping his neck to the blushing Usagi and Mamoru who started backing away when they saw Vegeta's vein appear on the side of his head. He could see that the small brat was saying the truth. Saiyan blood ran thru her veins. He was about to lash against them, asking them the usual question of when, where, how, and who wanted to die first, when he remembered something…He had actually, already giving Kakarott's brat permission of being with his son, so why would he be outraged? Not only for making their bond known to everybody else, but for having a daughter and not telling him. Well, never mind about that, it wasn't for his pride, but a matter of principal. How dare they not tell him that he had a granddaughter, and a powerful granddaughter at that. Her Ki exceeded that of any normal Saiyan child, which pleased him. But, not matter, he couldn't give in so easily.
Giving a small grunt, pried the girl off his neck. Thinking several ways of killing Kakarott and his brat, and give his own brat a part of his mind. Holding her at arms length and not putting her on the ground, he growled at her and then walked to Goku who didn't seem to happy with the idea either, and who was for his part thinking of how to dismember Mamoru limb by limb for having touched his precious daughter.
"Here, you have her, it's your granddaughter." Vegeta said depositing her not to gently on Goku's arms, walking away he crossed his arms over his chest. Goku blinked several times, and then glared even more to Mamoru. Looking down at the girl's smiling face made him forget for a little while about killing Mamoru and locking his daughter inside the house until she was old enough to marry (that meant about in thirty years). Her smile was contagious since after a while he found himself smiling at her. Quickly she hugged him just as hard as she had hugged Vegeta seconds before.
Looking at her, he again turned to Mamoru. He was going to have a very long talk with him. And say, why wasn't Chichi yelling by now? She would have been the first one on tell Usagi that she was too young to have any kids, so, why wasn't she already on her case? Turning to see where his wife was, he saw what had her so occupied at the moment.
It seemed that after letting her go, she had turned to Bulma and Chichi who looked at her with tears brimming on their eyes. With a small squeal, all three had embraced, the two older women were still inspecting her trying to see to who she looked like or reminded them off. *Well,* He thought *there goes my backup.*
"So…" Vegeta glared at them, "care to explain?" He pointed to where Sailor Earth was.
"Yeah, and how come she's as old as you two?" Goku looked at Mamoru sternly.
"Hehe, well you see daddy, she's our daughter…from the future." Usagi said quickly smiling nervously.
"Yes, and we hadn't seen her for about two years." Mamoru looked at them, gulping nervously at Goku.
Moving to where they were, Sailor Earth smiled at her four grandparents. "I'm sorry, where are my manners. I'm Usagi Serenity Chiba, or Chibi-Usa for short." She smiled and curtsied, then turned to Mamoru and Usagi. "Mom and Dad sent me here, they said to help you and to have Puu brief you on some…how can I say it…minor changes that occurred back home." Chibi-Usa said. Nodding, they entered the house.
Inside Chibi-Usa found herself being the focal point of attention of Trunks, Gohan, and Goten who looked at her wide-eyed, while everybody else looked for a place to sit. Giggling, Chibi-Usa moved to where they stood.
"You know Uncle Trunks, you once said that if I made faces a lot to people, that my eyes would stay in that position, so I guess yours will get stuck like that too, right?" She giggled making Trunks blush. "Umm…Uncle Gohan, do you think is healthy for uncle Goten to have his eyes that wide?" She asked smiling while Goten kept staring and Gohan chuckled in amusement.
"How can it be possible for you to be here?" Gohan asked her.
"Easy, Puu brought me here, she's the senshi of time, so here I am." She smiled noticing that she had all their attention.
"Ok Chibi-Usa, you can start answering our questions." Mamoru sat next to Usagi.
"Yeah like, what changed?" Makoto asked.
"And why are you so big?!" Hotaru asked looking at how her friend had changed so drastically over just two years.
"Or what happened with Sailor Chibi-Moon? Why is it Sailor Earth now?" Rei asked frowning.
"That I can not tell you, but what I can say is that absolutely everything changed from what you knew about Crystal Tokyo." Chibi-Usa took a deep breath.
"WHAT?!?!" All the senshi yelled at once turning to see Setsuna.
"Well," Setsuna stood up "After you came here, the Time Gates became obscure, even for me. However, yesterday that I was taking a look, the doors opened again revealing this-" She signaled at the sixteen year old Chibi-Usa who nodded. "It seems that after being here, knowing of your past and with the help of the Saiyans, Crystal Tokyo not only preserved peace on the planets of the solar system, but it started a second Silver Millennium. The alliance extended itself out of the solar system with its first ally being the Nameks." Setsuna nodded to Piccolo. After that, many other planets followed, forming the Silver Empire." Setsuna finished. All the occupants looked perplexed trying to digest what the senshi of time had just revealed.
"Ok, but what does that has to do with the Wiseman being here? I thought we had gotten rid of him a long time ago." Usagi asked confused.
Looking at her, Setsuna shook her head. "The Wiseman that you killed was the Wiseman of your future." She said making the senshis raise their eyebrows. Taking a deep breath she started to explain. "Ok, think of it as the Wiseman of an alternative future, from the Crystal Tokyo you knew, ok? Ok. Now, since that future no longer exists, the Wiseman from this future still exist. However, when the Black Moon family appeared on this new Crystal Tokyo, they found themselves with a warrior race instead of the pacifist planet they tried to invade the first time. It seems that Vegeta and Goku influenced the future giving it a total new face. They convinced you two to build an army to protect the peace of the empire, making you more prepared to the arrival of the Black Moon family. After seeing that they had no chance on winning, Diamond and Sapphire started negotiating for peace, getting rid of the Wiseman's bad influence, they too became part of the alliance." Setsuna said.
"Ok…but that doesn't explains why Wiseman is here." Makoto stressed.
"Well, after Diamond joined the alliance, Wiseman took those who were still looking for revenge on the White Moon and traveled to the past to prevent you-" Setsuna pointed at Mamoru and Usagi "-of getting married. It seems that he wanted to separate the families so the new Empire would never happen." She said. "He wanted to stop Vegeta and Goku of making the army that stopped him the first time, but with the appearance of the generals so soon, Wiseman and the Black Moon family doesn't have a chance." She smiled.
"So soon? Weren't we supposed to appear jet." Jadeite asked confused.
Shaking her head Setsuna looked at him. "No. In the new future, Mamoru died fighting Maya, who came to have revenge on Vegeta for killing Frieza." She stated.
"Well, that happened already." Trunks said.
"Yes, but it wasn't supposed to happen for another fifty years. However, with Wiseman helping her, it happened a lot sooner." She said.
"Another fifty years? But, that would make them seventy years old." Bulma frowned.
"Oh but they still look not a day pass twenty five." Chibi-Usa giggled.
Chichi frowned at this. "But then, how can that be? How old were they before they have you?" She asked. At this Vegeta and Goku looked at them accusingly.
"Umm…lets see…they probably were about nine hundred years." She shrugged. "Give or take."
"Wouldn't that be a little too old?" Goten asked skeptically.
Again Chibi-Usa shook her head. "Mom told me that her, daddy and the senshi's life is prolongated by the Silver Crystal's power. And that they wished that Shenlong would make you age just like them." She explained.
"Now, going back to the original topic, with the generals and your help building the army, the Black Moon family had a chance of slim to none of winning which made the Wiseman to comeback, however, since he couldn't win against you, he has gone farther back on time to the past where the Doom Phantom created the first Wiseman in hopes to convine their power to attack you now that you haven't gotten your whole powers." Setsuna said sternly.
Goku raised an eyebrow at this. "Her whole powers?" He inquired.
"Yes." She nodded. "The day she becomes Neo Queen Serenity." She finished. "Now, we have to prepare to go back and stop the Wise man of the future of reaching his past self." Pluto stood up followed by the others. "I'll be back in two hours, that'll give you time to get whatever you think necessary for the trip." She said before disappearing.
"Ok, I think we should first go to CC to pick up some equipment we'll need." Bulma walked to the jet, Chichi behind her.
"We? And where do you think you're going onna?" Vegeta got a hold on her arm.
"I'm gonna go with you Vegeta. The future of my children is in danger, and you expect me to just wait here while Kami-knows-what happens to you? Well mister I've got news for you, that is not gonna happen." Bulma said while pocking him in the chest with her finger. Shaking his head Vegeta saw Goku having the same argument with his wife, and it seemed that he was loosing miserably. Goku and Vegeta prepared themselves to have a big argument with their wives when Usagi, Mamoru, and Chibi-Usa approached them from behind.
"We should start preparing." Mamoru looked at his father.
"That was exactly what I was saying. We have to prepare for the trip." Bulma said crossing her arms.
"Umm…Ms. Bulma?" Minako said coming from behind. "I wanted to ask you if you could keep an eye on Artimist while I'm gone." She asked hopefully, she didn't want him staying by himself.
"What? You're not going to take us?" Chichi frowned.
"Well, you see, the time key can only take so many, and it's risky to take everybody with us." Usagi said regretfully, but at the same time glad that they wouldn't put her mother or Bulma in danger.
Taking a deep breath, Bulma's shoulders dropped; while she bent down to pick up Artemist while Usagi gave Luna to Chichi.
"Fine, but promise me that you won't do anything stupid." Bulma said watching them all. Receiving nods from everybody, she and Chichi turned to aboard the jet.
"Well, I'm going to Corinth to ask him for senzu beans." Goku said but then stopped. "Say, Mamoru why don't you come with me to Corinth's. I've still got to talk to you." Goku said seriously, giving Mamoru a 'look' and then walking to the edge of Kami's Lookout.
Shrugging Mamoru walked behind him, not before stopping the generals that were walking after him.
"But-" Jadeite started.
"I think they want to talk alone." Kunzite said taking Zoisite's hand.
"Oh it's one of those father to soon-to-be-dead boyfriend kinda talk." Nephrite smiled.
Jadeite wisled. "Say, did anyone explained what couples do to Endy? You know, all about birds, bees and flowers?" He smirked.
"JADEITE!!!!" All (even the senshi) yelled and laughed at the same time while Jadeite holded his stomach laughing.
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Fire Dragon "Well that's it. Since I've only got so little reviews, I thought that you weren't in a hurry to have the final episode, so I decided to stretch it just a little bit more."
Water Dragon –looking at angry readers- "Umm…I think you should start writing before we have a riot here."
Fire Dragon "Nah, I want them to suffer" (laughs maniacally)
Water Dragon "Well, you know what to do. Review and you'll have your last chap. Bye."