"Mamoru!" again, Usagi called for the person on the other line. And again, it was met by silence.

"What happened?" three pairs of feet came running to Usagi. "We heard you yell for Chiba-kun on the phone. What happened?"

"He told me to…" Usagi's statement was cut by a voice calling for them in the living room.

"Guys! Come, quick," it was Yuuichiro. The insistence in his voice tells the girls that it must be something important and so they did come quick. Yuuichiro is watching some news on television. Usagi, Rei, Minako and Makoto all sat around and watched.

"While the people of Japan stood in horror and panic with what happened in Satan city, bombings have started in other parts of the world. Skies were darkened by numerous black and gray fighter planes; some dropping off minor bombs such as dynamites and grenades while others flew to cause trouble and further confusion and fear to the people below. Major military bases around the globe have started to trace where all these planes came from. At this moment, the process is still at hand and all we can do is wait and pray for the best…"

"Just what the hell is happening!?" Yuuichiro cried, "I mean, all these happening in a single day? The famous island blowing off, the collapse of the Great Satan building, the death of a martial arts idol, bombings… seems that the world has gone crazy!"

Rei is in deep thought. Are all her visions slowly taking into reality? There are already lots of deaths, what could be more? "This is just the beginning…"

Before more tense could set in, a voice was heard to break the ice. "Everyone! We're here!"

"Ami, so nice that you're finally back. How are your patients?" Minako asked. By now, they are already out to meet the aspiring doctor.

"They're all doing fine."

Usagi suddenly remembered Suzette, who she left with Ami. She noticed that she isn't with her. "Where's Suzette?"

Ami looked around. "Uh, oh…I swear she's with me a minute ago…" They all went out to look for Suzette. It was not long before they saw her near a pond at one of the shrine gardens.

"Isn't she adorable?" They didn't bother calling her attention instead; they watch her play with the butterflies and adore colorful flowers. They watch as she carefully picked flowers of her favorite colors and tried to knead them to make lei. They melted as they listened to her angelic laughter—so innocent and sweet. After all that happened that day, it's relaxing enough to just watch the little child play and have fun.

"Hi!" they finally greeted.

"Oh! Hi Usagi-chan!"

The five girls decided to have fun just for a while. They played with Suzette, had a tickle fest (wherein Suzette and Usagi are the sole victims), played in the water, and after all the fun, they sat down beside the pond and watched the priceless sight of sunset.

"After all that happened this day, I wonder when we can repeat this kind of fun…" Usagi muttered as she looked down at the sleeping angel in her arms. Usagi was about to stand and take her inside when Suzette muttered something, "Mother…" a word from  sweet dreams of  a child.

"Do not worry, little one, we will find your mother. Promise…"

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Capsule Corp.

"So…have you found anything on that atomic bomb yet?" Goten asked Bulma.

"Not yet, Goten. The atomic bomb has been damaged with the explosion so it's hard to trace any finger prints, etc. It needs further testing for that matter." Bulma replied

"Oh…" just then, Vegeta appeared.

"What's this about atomic bombs? Is there a new enemy? Just great, I can have my muscles stretched again." Vegeta punched and kicked on air. "Now, what has Kakkoroto's son's got to do with this?"

"Nothing special, Vegeta, and unfortunately for you, there is no new enemy whom you can stretch your muscles this time, I hope." Goten answered.

"You hope? Ha, ha…you're not sure, are you? Anyway, one of these days I'm just going to stretch my muscles on Kakkoroto and his brats." With that, Vegeta strode away.

"He's one stubborn saiyan you got there, Bulma. Sometimes, I wonder how can you take someone like him as a husband and moreover, have a son with him! Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."

Bulma only laughed at this. "No, you're not offending me Goten. Even I , sometimes, do wonder…"

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The next morning…

"Good Morning Usagi, good morning everyone!" Suzette just got out of bed from her sleep. She proceeded to the breakfast table as soon as she saw everyone there. "Are we going to look for mom today?"

"Yes, we're going to look for her today. After breakfast, off we go." Usagi answered.

"By the way, do you remember where you live?" Ami asked.

"Me? Uh…uh…I think it's somewhere around Juuban. I think I always hear mom tell the taxi driver about Juuban." Suzette answered as Makoto served her cereal. "Wow! Cereal's my favorite."

"Juuban then. We'll head there first and then hopefully we can find your mother."

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Hiding in the shadows of a small room, three figures are there, grinning to themselves as they listened to the report of the fourth shadow, the General.

"We did as you order, Master. The whole world is at chaos at the moment, trying to trace the origin of our planes. Little they know that it would be the start of their end…"

"Are you sure that the transmitters wouldn't leak into our true destination?"

"Yes, sir."

"Very well then, you may go."

"How about the said saiyans in Japan? Can't they be a threat to our plans?" the second shadow asked.

"Saiyans, Senshi… who they think they are? No. My grandfathers have learned of them and studied them. I'm sure they're no threat. Them against the whole world. No, they can't stop the inevitable war of humans themselves…"

"And after the war, we shall rule!!!"

Sorry for taking so long into updating this fic. Our hard disk went crazy and it has to be replaced for about 2 weeks. This chapter is rather short [that, sure isn't a surprise] because I made it only a day after the stupid hard disk has been replaced. Gomen.

Any comment is acceptable. Just review. Ja!