Good Morning!! As of now it is 1:23am, and for unknown reasons, I'm posting this story on Fanfiction.net. Boredom..Insanity..Whatever you wish to call it. Anyway..I hope you like it. I have worked very hard on this story, and it is my first, so don't be too hard on me. Flames, and suggestions are welcome, to help me improve, and I am actually looking for a suggestion for the title as well. Thankies..Summer-Night

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or Sailor Moon Characters, nor do I own thier story lines. If you choose to sue me, You are openly welcome to my cat Shadow, and my bird Venus, but they are both spoiled and rotten..I guarantee you'd pay me to take them back within the hour. However, Toren Tanori and Mikara Tanori/Kuma Aurora Cosmos/Sailor Starlight belong to me, as well as Karlie and 'Mom'. Not to mention The Black Imperium/Balance Crystal and this whole story line.

Mikara/Kuma: 13yrs. (in appearance)
Toren: 13yrs.
Usagi: 13yrs. (in appearance)
Gohan: 13yrs.
Trunks: 13yrs.
Goku: 25yrs.
Vegeta: 27yrs.
Bulma: 26yrs.
Krillin: 25yrs.
Chi-Chi: 26yrs.
Piccolo: Ageless.
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Karlie: 13yrs
Mom: 24yrs. (at death)

Chapter One: Two Lives Lost : Another Found


Mikara closed her eyes, just waiting for the impact she knew was coming. Her mind was screaming at her, 'MOVE!!', but her body wouldn't comply, and she knew, that she was going to die that day, that her blood would hit this very ground. She waited, waited for the pain to come, and she heard the scream, the scream of pain, unimaginable. But, when she opened her eyes, she realized it wasn't her blood that seeped into the cracks of the sidewalk. And she realized it hadn't been her scream of anguish and pain. She looked down to see the mangled face of her brother, protecting her always. He had taken the hit for her. It was then that her own cry of anguish and pain sounded, not the cry of physical pain, but emotional. She held his bleeding body close, not caring that it was right there, ready to kill her as well. Her life was gone without her niichan, her soul mate.
"Onegai Niichan, Toren, Onegai wake up!" she screamed. Her brother's eyes opened for just a moment, and he smiled. The smile that made girl's hearts swoon.
"I'm so sorry Mika.." he whispered "I love you Imouto. I'll always be with you...Gomen nasai Mika, Gomen."
"No, Niichan onegai, don't leave me all alone..." Mikara whispered, but it was too late, her brother was gone.
She felt as if she had lost a piece of herself. Her twin, forever soul mate, now he was gone too. They were all gone. She ran her fingers through his dark spiky black hair, and forced herself to finally close his dazzling silver eyes.
"Sayonara Niichan." she whispered to his still body. She stood up, setting his body down, and turned her own silver eyes towards it. She didn't care anymore, if this thing killed her, at the least, she could be with Toren, and Okkasan once again. She wrapped her silver tail around her waist and smiled, welcoming death with open arms.
No Imouto!> she heard in her head. She shook her head thoroughly, she had to be dreaming.
"Niichan?" she whispered.
She didn't know how, but she felt the voice smile. Yes Imouto> Toren said Please, don't give up on life yet. Live for me..Live for your dreams.>
"How can I live without you Niichan.." Mikara whispered, tears freely flowing from her eyes.
I'll always be with you Imouto.> Toren said I live in your heart. But I surely can't live on if your heart is no longer beating.>
Mikara let a half chuckle, half sob escape her throat.
Onegai Mika,> Toren said Promise me you will live on>
Mikara nodded. "Yes Niichan. For you." she whispered. She felt the presence of her brother pull back, he had not left, only, he had..it was strange, and yet, comforting. Her gaze was focused on the thing that had killed her brother, the thing that wanted to kill her. Her silver eyes hardened at the sight of it. A green body, with purplish spots, and a tail, with a white face. He could have been a scorpion, or a lizard, but not that it mattered. She wanted it dead.
Her eyes hardened even more when the thing let out a laugh of pure pleasure.
"I'm sorry." it mock cooed in it's sinister voice. "Did he mean something to you?" it laughed again, and Mikara felt her energy build.
The monster acted quickly, and in seconds, Mikara found herself slammed into a park tree, wincing at the pain in her back. She threw a punch at the thing, but missed, catching only air. She silently gave up on herself, after trying to hit him with no avail. It reeled her senses. She knew she had the power to defeat this thing, but without her Niichan, she didn't feel she could do anything.
"I can't do it without you Niichan." she whispered "We were the darkness you and I..the shadows in the night."
She grunted as she was hit in the leg by a ki blast, and sunk to the ground, tears rolling down her face. "I'm gonna fail again Niichan" she whispered painfully. "I'm gonna break my promise, fail, like when I couldn't save Okkasan." She closed her eyes tightly, and sighed, waiting. When nothing came, she opened her eyes once again, and gasped in surprise as she stared into someone else's eyes, a deep ebony in color.
"Are you all right?" The person asked, taking her hand and helping her get up. She looked him over carefully. He wore an orange gi, and had spiky black hair that seemed to defy gravity. She didn't nod, or even acknowledge him as she stared back over to the prone body of her brother. She searched around for the being, but it was nowhere in sight. She was suddenly aware of the intense pain all over her body, and smiled as darkness met her eyes. For just a little while, she could forget her pain, and drift in unconsciousness.

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She sat on a large hill, staring at the deep black sky, her long raven hair blowing in the wind. 'Am I dead?' she thought. To her surprise, a voice came to her question.
'No Kuma, you are nowhere near dead.'
'Who are you?' Mikara asked 'Who is Kuma?'
Suddenly a woman appeared before Mikara, who looked like an angel, with wings of snow white, and silver hair that glistened in the moonlight.
'You are Kuma' The woman answered, 'My daughter'
Mikara shook her head slightly and stepped away from the woman, 'My mother is dead' she proclaimed.
The woman only smiled and put her hand out, to reveal a glowing orb of pure black and swirling silver.
'Remember, dear Kuma' she whispered.
The hill Mikara was standing on swirled into a vortex of black and silver, and she was thrown into it, ending up in a pure white room that looked quite like a palace. She watched as two girls ran around chasing each other, at only the ages of a bout two or three. One was Raven haired, with silver eyes, while the other, was blond, with eyes of sapphire. In every other way, they looked exactly alike. 'Twins' Mikara mentally noted. She watched in silence as the two ran into a woman's arms, and she gasped, as she realized the woman was the angel from before.
The room swirled like before and she found herself on a battle ground, watching two girls fight. She looked carefully, to see that these were the girls from before, perhaps at the age of about nine or ten now. She took a step closer to the two, and nearly fainted at what she saw. The Raven haired one, had a silver tail, and looked exactly like Mikara herself.
"So Kuma." The blond said "This will be a battle to first blood, deal?"
"Course Usa" The Mikara look alike answered. She was the first to lunge, and strike her sister, as they both continued to fight and punch at an alarming speed. In the end, they drew blood at the exact same time, stopping the fight just as they were called by a voice.
"Princess Usagi , Princess Kuma!" the voice called "A woman dressed in green and white fuku walked into Mikara's view. She bowed quickly and continued, "Queen Serenity wishes to see you." the woman raised her eyebrow. "And I don't think she would be pleased to learn you were fighting again."
"Aw come on!" Serenity cried " It's in our blood Jupiter! And mother knows it!"
Jupiter only smiled. "Come on," she said " Clean yourselves up, she wants to talk to you."
The Princesses nodded, and pulled out crystals. In a flash of white and black, they were in gowns, their silver gi's disappearing.
Jupiter raised her eyebrow again. "You girls really shouldn't use the crystals for stuff like that, not with the enemy so close."
Kuma stuck her tongue out at Jupiter, making Mikara smile. "You are such a worry wart!" she said, running off towards the palace, Serenity not far behind. Jupiter shrugged, and followed, smiling none the less.
'I was a princess?' Mikara thought. 'When, Where? Why?' Mikara was temporarily startled as the Angel appeared behind her again.
'You were a princess of The Moon Kingdom.' The angel answered 'I was your mother, Queen Serenity, and the blonde, was your twin sister, Usagi. This was so long ago my dear Kuma. The enemy, the one Jupiter spoke of , came not soon after this, and killed our whole kingdom. To save you, I sent you to the future, to be reborn. Somehow though, you lost your way, and ended up in a different dimension.'
'What am I?' Mikara asked, swinging her tail. 'I was born with this, while my twin, My human twin anyway, had none, and my powers, What am I?'
Queen Serenity smiled at her musume as she faded away, and the world swirled around her once again. In the time she was unconscious, Mikara learned of her ancient heritage. How she, was once a princess of the moon, and part saiyajin also. The reason for the tail. Her twin, she learned, also had a tail, but of a snow white color. She learned of the Sailor Senshi, and how she too, could become a Senshi, Sailor Starlight, the Sailor of the night sky. She learned of her and her sister's unique powers, how she was Dark, and her sister was Light. They were born the balance of the Universe, forever to stay that way. Reborn over and over, to keep the balance constant. She witnessed the fight with Beryl, and also saw some of the present fights that her very own sister had fought in her dimension. When the sight seeing was done, she found herself back on the hillside, overlooking the sky. She felt a presence next to her, and looked to see her mother, from her time, and her brother, sitting on each side of her. She choked down a sob and hugged them, not wanting to let go as they spoke.
'Embrace your destiny Mikara' Toren whispered, 'Live and find your true sister, Live and fight for the Universe as the dark we once were together.'
Her mother then spoke up 'We are so very proud of you darling. You lived the life with us, now choose your own path. Be happy, we will always be with you.'
Mikara only smiled, knowing what they said was true, and hugged them tight as they started to fade away. She remembered that one day, at this unique time, and lost herself in the memory.

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"We are the darkness in the night Mikara" Toren explained. "We are the things people don't wish to hear about. We live in this forest, and sleep on the ground, we laugh in the trees, and drink from the stream, all in the darkness."
"As long as we have each other," Mikara added "I don't care what we are, If we must be the shadows, that none bother to look at, we will be those shadows together."
Toren nodded his head, and hugged his younger sister, by less than a few minutes. "Right" he said. "We'll be together forever."

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Mikara slipped back into the reality that was her dream, and heard her brother whisper one last thing before he left. 'And that will always be true Mikara. I will always be with you..'
Mikara smiled and let their spirits go, knowing that they still nestled somewhere deep within her heart. She felt, rather than saw Queen Serenity come up behind her, and turned to hug her new found mother. Her past mother's embrace, was deep and warm, as she used her wings to wrap Mikara into the hug. As they released each other, Serenity handed Mikara a silver broach, which had pictures and encryption's written on it, depicting Mikara's title in the moon kingdom. It opened to show a large black star shaped gem.
'What is it?' She asked in awe.
'The Black Imperium Crystal' Serenity answered, 'Your source of power. Just call out Starlight Cosmos Power, and you will transform.'
'Mother,' Mikara asked 'What of Usagi?'
'She will find her way to you...And she will need your help desperately dearest. You can help each other, because soon, she will lose everything too. I will soon send her to your dimension, you will both be needed there shortly'
Mikara looked at her mother, confusion in her eyes. Serenity only smiled, and gave her daughter a warm hug.
'You will understand soon enough dearest. She said pulling away. With those last words, she disappeared, and Mikara drifted out of her unconsciousness, coughing and hacking.

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Summer here.. how did you enjoy that? I suppose that It's kind of a cliffie there, but a new chapter will be up shortly.. PLEASE R&R!! Like I said, Flames and suggestions are welcome, anything to improve, but compliments are nice too!! Thankies..Kisses and Huggles.. Summer-Night*
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P.S. :: I wanted to make it clear just exactly who Karlie is, and why she and Mikara's mother are dead, along with Toren. Karlie was Toren's Girlfriend, and one of the first victims of Cell. Mikara's mother however, died of an illness, when Toren and Mika were but 5 years old. Okay! Clear enough for you? Good!!