When did it end up like this? I've been training for three years now, never stopping, always pain, suffering…But I am powerful. Ichigo never cared, never took it seriously…This thing inside me burns, I don't understand why it's hurting me, but I feel something's…coming! Something evil, something more powerful than me, Ichigo, or anything alive.

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Ichigo strolled down a moon lit path through the woods, silently humming to her self. A swift breeze struck from behind and she stopped, her emerald eyes looking around nervously. Her heart began to beat faster and faster, and suddenly she saw a shadowy figure coming towards her from behind. She brushed the jet-black strands from her eyes and spoke to it, trying to not show her terror, which wasn't easy. "Wh-who are you?" She peeped, her hands clenching in fear. A twig pops and she felt her heart slip into her throat.

"ICHIGO!"

"AHHHHH!"

"Are you out of your mind?? Don't sneak around in the damn woods at night!"

Ichigo sighed at the realization of her friend and crossed her arms over her chest. "Okay…but I could swear something was watching me while you were out here. Ah well, what's to worry about? Sorry I went by myself Orenji- chan, but who was I suppose to go with? And you know how much I like to walk in the woods at night…"

"Fine whatever, just tell me next time. Now can we please go home?" Orenji leapt up off the ground and descended into flight, cad in brilliant gold light. Ichigo took off too, and they flew over the dark forest to a large mansion, that of course belonged to Ichigo—her brilliance got her at least a million a month.

"Alright time for bed," said Ichigo, "Rough training tomorrow I'm guessing." Ichigo turned to leave while Orenji got out of her training clothes and into her Sailor Moon PJ's, then plopped down under the covers of her huge bed. As she started to drift off to sleep, she thought of her ancestors, like Vegeta, Sasantra, and Kulanda. She thought of Kuda—her wisdom and power seemed almost greater than that of Orenji's. Her ears picked up the faint sounds of Ichigo's snoring and she snorted, then everything faded.

Orenji wandered through a vacant field. It was silent and slightly windy, rain clouds forming in the sky. She stopped to look around at her surroundings.

1.1.1 'This place…it's so familiar…the air…so cold. What am I doing here—'

There was a giggle from behind and she swung around to see a little blonde child standing next to a tree. Orenji gasped, "Y-you…no…" She covered her mouth with her hands. The girl ignored her and skipped away happily. Suddenly a woman called to the child.

"Orenji! Orenji-chan! It's time to come in now honey."

The girl turned and smiled joyfully. "Momma!"

"Momma…"

Chibi Orenji ran into her mother's arms. Orenji walked over slowly to the apparition of her mother and put her hand out to touch her, accept that her hand slide right through, and she yanked it back fearfully. Suddenly the two, the house, the whole field disappeared in a shatter of glass, and Orenji found herself in an inconceivable place of death and darkness. It smelt of the grave. Voices and screams echoed through her mind.

"Orenji! Oh my God what is that?!"

"Orenji is not normal Satsuki, she's an animal!"

"She's not an animal, she's my daughter!"

"She's not your daughter! She's not anyone's daughter! She's from those…animals! You saw her tail, you saw her eyes! What about what she did to you?!"

"It was an accident…she didn't mean to…burn me…" Orenji's eyes filled with tears and her stomach began to knot and burn.

"What does it prove?! We can't go on like this…"

There was a shrill scream, then the echoes faded, and only Orenji stood in a pit of endless darkness, staring aimlessly into blackness. She heard drops of liquid from far away, then closer, and closer. She looked down and two drops of blood spilled on what seemed like ground. Suddenly, as if it were coming and going with the wind, a voice was heard in the distance.

"Orenji-chan…"

"W-Who's there…?"

"Orenji-chan…they left you behind…"

"What?"

"They left you behind Orenji…to 'die and go to hell where you belong'…"

"How do you—?"

"They never trusted you. They never trusted monsters. Only their 'own kind' eh?"

"You."

Out of the darkness, Chibi Orenji appeared with blank, white-eyes. She swayed her Saiyan tail and growled, bearing fangs. Suddenly, she gagged, her doll-like face contorting in pain, and blood spurted out of her eyes and mouth. She fell to the ground, a pool of blood seeping out from underneath her.

Orenji stood paralyzed; her eyes closed in disbelief. There was nothing that could save her—she was already dead.

Then, she lifted her head up and screamed.