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Capsule Corp….

"Gohan!!!"

"Yeah, what?"

"I found out something."

"What is it?" Gohan went to Bulma in her office just beside the room he was in. He found her beside the found 'atomic bomb.'

"I've been so STUPID Gohan, this isn't an atomic bomb." Bulma said while she passed a magnifying gadget across the said nuclear weapon while Gohan kept silenced to listen for further explanations. "This morning I realized that atomic bombs are designed to explode and so it can't be possible that you could find it intact like this." She looked at Gohan. "This is just plain steel and I have a hunch that this is deliberately dropped there to cause confusion to the investigating authorities."

"You could be so stupid, woman, see?" Vegeta is again in the scene, grinning an evil grin that could make Bulma really mad.

"Shut up, you moron. If you're that intelligent, you should have known it. At least, I am the one who knew it first." Bulma could punch Vegeta but knew it would be to no avail. "I'm just a human being, meant to create mistakes."

"Yeah, humans, humans are sooo stupid. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Now Vegeta knows he's that stubborn and he meant what he said but this time, he said it in a teasing tone to piss off Bulma.

"You could be so cruel Vegeta." Gohan sighed. "Why are you here anyway?" he said it to somewhat lengthen Bulma's patience who is now all red with anger.

"Oh, I'm just here to ask where Trunks is. We're supposed to be training now." He looked at Bulma and grinned again. "But I guess I better train by myself to prepare for whoever bastard is ruining 'our' world."

"Trunks went out for a while to help our friends." Gohan answered.

"Thanks for the information brat." He started to walk towards the door. "Better watch out for that woman." And he was out.

Bulma could no longer hold it off, "WATCH OUT YOU MORON!!! I'LL GET BACK ONE OF THIS DAYS AND YOU'LL REGRET IT!!!!"

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Juuban…

"There's no one inside Usagi, maybe she's also out looking for her daughter." Makoto said when she came back from Suzettes' house. Suzette definitely heard it and was close to tears, thinking that her mother could be gone. Usagi saw this immediately.

"Don't cry. I'm sure we will find her. Makoto could be right that she's out to find you." Usagi smiled. "How about some ice cream?"

Suzette lighten up, "Ice cream! Really, really? How come you know my favorite?!"

"It just so happened that it's my favorite too." Usagi said with a wink.

"Looks like you're getting along pretty well there, aren't you?" Usagi looked around.

"Trunks! Goten! You're here too!" Usagi went to them. "What's up?"

"We're here to help you find Suzette's family, what else? I find this kid so cute and it would be great if we can make her happy." Goten carried Suzette in his arms and played with her hair. "I really, really wish that I could have my own child as cute as you!" Goten said to the 'flattered' girl. She hasn't been praised like that by anyone before.

No one saw it, but with that last statement by Goten, Rei blushed.

"OKAY!!! Now, the more, the merrier, right? We can do the work easier this way. And…" Usagi went in between Trunks and Goten, "when we get tired, Trunks and Goten could just fly us to the shrine right?" Trunks and Goten sweatdropped. "Hey! Why couldn't you just teach us fly huh?"

Goten and Trunks don't know what to say. Thanks to heaven when someone screamed, "Hey! I thought we're going to have ice cream?!"

"Yes, yes!" Usagi tugged Goten and Trunks, "Let's go! We could just contact Ami and Minako to join us."

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"I'm full!"

"I love the flavors!"

"I haven't eaten so much ice cream before!"

From Jacey's Ice Cream Parlor, the group went to a nearby park to rest. Suzette and Usagi both had 5 scoops each and the others have either 2 or three scoops for them. Money was not a problem…that was for Suzette and Usagi. The latter pushed Trunks and Goten to pay for her and Suzette's three extra scoops. Ami and Rei tried to scold them, but Usagi's puppy dog eyes prevailed.

"Suzette!!!" a voice called and all heads turned to that direction.

"Odelle!!!" Suzette greeted in return, running towards the other girl, about her age.

"How are you?! I haven't seen you some time." The girl named Odelle asked.

"I'm just fine. Come, I'll introduce you to my new friends." Suzette turned to the group's direction. "They're my new friends, Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Ami, Minako and there's Trunks and Goten." Suzette pointed to each of them.

"Wow! You did make a lot of friends, Suzette. What were you doing these days?" Odelle is a sweet child, her hair brown and tied up in a pony tail and a little taller than Suzette.

"Looking for mom. I lost her yesterday."

Odelle stiffened. She seemed lost in thought.

"Why?" Suzette asked.

"Didn't you know?"

"Know what?"

"Your mother…" Now Odelle has everyone's attention. She's shaking…no, she doesn't want to do this. Suzette is her friend. A hand held her and a smiling face appeared before her.

"You can tell us, Odelle. Trust us." Goten said and gave her a smile of assurance.

Odelle breathed deep. "Okay…" she looked into Suzette's eyes who's very eager to know about her mom. "She's…she's dead. Mom told me yesterday that she saw her in the hospital because my uncle was also there. My mo noticed her and the doctor's declared her dead. From what she heard, they found her under a pillar of stone." She said it…and now she finds it hard to look straight onto Suzette.

Suzette could have died at that moment. Her mother is her only relative left…at least from what she knows. No father, no brother, no sister…she's lucky to have her mother…but now that she's gone….Suzette couldn't contain it anymore. She broke down, "You lied Usagi!!! You told me that we're going to find my mother. You told me that everything will be alright...," Suzette, her eyes and face wet with tears, look straight to Usagi with disappointment and what does Usagi see? Hatred. "You promised me! You promised me!!!" she ran away from them. She felt that there's no one else to love her…no one to care. She loves her mother so much that even in her young heart, she knows the pain well. And she knows who she lost. No one to tuck herself to sleep at night, no one to call her 'angel', no one to prepare her bento to school, no one to go to the park with…she ran and ran. She hears Goten and Rei's voice following…but she doesn't know what to do.

Usagi felt the guilt within her. Yes, she promised. She swore to herself that she wouldn't fail her promise to Suzette. But she did, yes she did and she hates herself for this. 'What have I done? I just failed a child. I just let her down. I broke my promise and I broke her heart. What could I ever do to gain her trust again? No…maybe I couldn't gain it anymore. Maybe I'm really someone whom anyone couldn't trust. I vowed to protect the people yet I let them down and I wasn't able to save them. I let Suzette trust me but I failed her. I'm pathetic. I am a failure…' Usagi has broken down too.

Odelle was horrified at the reactions of the persons from the news that she brought. She felt the guilt and she swore herself for telling the news.

Makoto felt Odelles guilt, "Don't worry," she told her, "it's alright. It's not your fault, we should know the truth anyway and we thank you for the information."

"Thanks. I guess I better go now." Odelle said and bade goodbye, though not so cheerfully.

"Usagi…"

"NO! Don't even try to tell me that it's not my fault. It MY fault. I should have protected all those people including Suzette's mother. I shouldn't have broken Suzette's heart. It's my fault!!! I AM A FAILURE!!!!" with this, she ran away.

"What are we going to do now?"

"Trunks!!! Makoto!!! Ami!!!" a voice called from above.

"Gohan!"

"I found something…that atomic bomb which dad found at the Island bomb site is a fake!! I should've know it. I so stupid." Gohan said. "And here's more…before I got here, Bulma received a message from the one of west continents that they were attacked by giant locusts. I heard that the situation was critical. The insects are chomping everything."

"WHAT!!!" the others said in unison.

"What are we going to do? With Usagi on her emotional breakdown and the problem with Suzette…"

"We just have to work out things fast then we can go there later. I hope soon."

"Now we just have to find Goten and Rei with Suzette then to Usagi."

"Plan arranged?"

"Mission about to take place in three seconds…"

"3…"

"2…"

"1…"

"…"

I hate myself for writing short chapters. And anyway, I'll have the story sequencing fast now so I hope it would end soon and start with my other Gundam W- SailorMoon fic!

Thank you for your reviews. They are very much appreciated. Sorry if that was short and stupid.

*Thank you for giving me the idea of Rei + Goten. I'm really waiting for someone to give that idea.

*RubyRedDragon05 – Could you please tell me who do you think Suzette is? Please, Please, please????!!!