Author: ~*SerenityMoon*~

Title: Z Moon Senshi

Chapter 12

Sorry for the prolonged delay, but I kind of lost interest in my fics for awhile. Like Kichigai Joshi said, FF.net isn't for the people anymore, but publicity. I haven't been able to access my account for months, a bunch of us older writers can't. Although, don't worry, I have every intention of finishing them, as soon as ff.net gets it's head from it's behind. I couldn't just leave you guys hanging by a cliffie now could I? Well, actually I could, I did, and I have, not to mention I will. Let's just say my cliff hangers are never permanent. I love you all! Christi aka Cilymon, this chapter is for you, for getting my rear in gear!

And, someone mentioned the fact that the ages were messed up? At the time when I started this fic, it was, my first fic, as I'm sure you all can tell from the first chapter. Now, I intend to edit that after I post this chapter, and pick up the pace on the rest of my fics. The ages of the characters are unneeded to understand the plot. At the time, I knew NOTHING about the DBZ characters, but now... I do.

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IN CAPSULE CORPORATION

A blue hared woman exited the bathroom, popping a mint into her mouth with a look of disgust. She was well and happy to be having another child, but this morning sickness was something she could do without. She passed by the rejuvenation tanks and hospital cots warily, even eyeing the cot that had held two people, that now held two cats. One a purplish black, the other white, both with matching crescent moon's on their foreheads. She did a quick once over of all the data scans on the unconscious forms and then sat down in her comfortable high back leather computer chair. Wrapping her arms around herself she sighed and stared at the ceiling, her white lab coat bunching slightly. She wanted to be out fighting with her friends and family, out using the power she was rightfully given. It itched and burned, once again lying dormant. Every time she used her power, something tugged at a long forgotten memory, something she didn't quite understand. She looked at the clock for the hundredth time that day and sighed unhappily. Was she even doing the right thing by not telling Vegeta? He would be more than furious when he did find out though, this she knew. But if she did tell them, tell everyone that she was pregnant, they would fawn all over her, and keep her as far from battle as possible... Perhaps it was better that she kept silent.

At that moment a portal appeared and out stepped her missing friends and family, along with three other unfamiliar senshi. Two whom of which were spitting bullets.

"I _said_ let me go in case your hard of hearing.", grit out a senshi with long blonde hair, wearing an orange fuku.

"I told you I couldn't do that.", replied Goku lightheartedly, who held the young woman tightly, making sure she did not escape.

"For the love of the moon... You Baka! Can't you get your hands off of me? Damned say-jin!", spoke a shrill fiery voice, filled with anger, and a tint of warning.

"Close your mouth onna.", Vegeta snapped back angrily. His lips were set in a thin line, his eyes narrowed, muscles tense, ready to spring, all the while carrying a red clad woman over his shoulder. 'Damn, he's pissed...', Bulma mused raising an eyebrow at them all.

'Damned onna.', Vegeta thought furiously walking out of the way of the portal. Sailor Star Healer had given up on holding the miko the third time she had paralyzed him in the time stream. She was a fiery one indeed.

The Sailor Starlight's came out of the portal next, Healer gingerly wincing as he poked at some burn marks of his arms and neck. Walking next to Star Fighter was a short bluenett, in a blue fuku, with short hair. She walked next to the Star lights without resistance, which is why she was walking. A chord of familiarity struck within Bulma's heart as she watched. Uranus and Galaxy came next, both walking with unfeeling, utterly cold glares. Uranus' left eyebrow was twitching as she glanced back to look at the portal. Trunks carrying a prone Serenity was not something she had expected to see, though there they were, as the duo stepped out of the portal.

Right about then was when Uranus' twitching hit an all time high. He was _touching_ her Koneko. He was touching _her_ Koneko. _He_ was _touching_ her _Koneko_. Revenge for her hime would be swift and just, she wouldn't even wish him an afterlife. Revenge would be sweet. She flipped her space sword around once, and the complaining from both girls halted apprehension in their eyes. Uranus holding a sword was a bad thing. Uranus holding _her_ sword was lethal. Someone or something was going to die.

"Did everything go well?", Bulma questioned eyeing the group suspiciously. It was entertaining to say the least, but still she'd like to know details. After all her soon to be daughter-in-law was unconscious.

"Fine.", bit out Trunks, who looked especially angry with the whole situation. He cradled Serenity gently, his caring demeanor showing through his actions. His eyes held a look of utter frost, and as Bulma caught his gaze she understood why. The one he loved was hurt, and he had been unable to help. Every time Vegeta had come home a mess, she felt the same pain he did now.

A small moan came from Serenity's lips as she shifted lightly in his arms. Her skin was growing cold, her hands were clammy. "I'm going to put her to bed.", Trunks growled, ignoring the looks from the other Z senshi.

"Make sure you prop her head up, and put a compress on her head!!", Bulma called to him as he stalked down the hall past the struggling senshi.

"The least you could do is tell us if everyone is all right...", Venus murmured ceasing her struggling, her eyes dropping. She had failed. Her princess had been hurt because of them so many times... it was unimaginable. With a sigh she powered down, and her ki dropped to just above human.

"Venus, what are you doing?", demanded an enraged Mars, fire burning in her eyes. She deserved her birthright in every way. Fiery, short tempered, and by God, ready for war. Though she was just as saddened as her golden hared comrade, she didn't know how to vent her feelings so she released them in one of her best traits. Anger.

"Mars, power down, we couldn't stop these guys if we wanted to. Don't you see? That say-jin holding you could snap you in two without so much as breaking a sweat.", Mina explained as Goku loosened his grip on her, now that she had detransformed.

With a sigh Mercury detransformed as well, her shinny-blue low heels gleaming on the surface of the well-polished floor. "She does have a point Mars...", she trailed off looking eye to eye with the red clad senshi.

"Well... If I'm going down, I'm gonna fight all the way.", Mars bit out stubbornly crossing her arms as well as she was able from atop Vegeta's shoulder.

"No one's going to hurt you Pyro, so put your claws away.", Seyia drawled having detransformed with his brothers as Ami did.

At that moment Hotaru came running in with Chibi-Trunks, Goten, 18, ChiChi, Krillen, and Kakyuu. Piccolo, Yamcha, Tien, and Chaoutzu also followed, having felt Serenity's ki flare when she used the time key.

"How is everyone? Is everyone all right? What happened?", Hotaru asked hurriedly clinging to a detransformed Haruka, still swinging her space sword. She hadn't been allowed to see Michiriu because of the fact that seeing her mama in such a state could end up lethal. Sometimes, Saturn took over Hotaru in the case that Hotaru no longer knew what to do, and when that happened all hell let loose. Saturn didn't take lightly to those who hurt her counter part.

"Everyone will be all right firefly...", Haruka trailed off, her glare faltering as she returned the smaller girls hug. Though fourteen Hotaru loved her parents more than anything, they were what she could call her own, and she intended to keep it that way.

A young woman in a torn green fuku groaned from her resting-place on the cot. "My head...", she murmured opening her eyes and then closing them duo to the harsh glare of the light. Bulma rushed over with two painkillers, and a glass of water, hurriedly helping the girl sit up before she hurt herself.

"Mako-chan...", murmured Ami worriedly racing over to help Bulma, dodging Vegeta who looked at the younger blue hared girl with malice. If she hurt his koibito, there would be _hell_ to pay.

"Ames?", the girl in green questioned, nodding gratefully to the older woman, swinging her long legs over the side of the cot. Her emerald green eyes searched the room dazedly, before focusing in on the worried girl.

"Oh, are you all right?", Ami asked loosely wrapping her arms around the younger girl, the only Inner to be seriously injured.

"I'm fine Amy... Just a really bad headache... And I feel like I've been hit by a truck...", the girl called Mako-chan murmured sagging against her blue hared friend. "But hey... I'll be fine... We senshi are made of some tough stuff, remember?" , Mako quipped lightly carefully returning her friends hug.

"Mako...", Minako trailed off deftly slipping from Goku's hold, which left him wide eyed. He wasn't quite sure how she had done that so easily considering the fact that he had been holding her quite tightly. It seemed that her worry for her friend had sharpened her mind, allowing her to skillfully slip away.

The golden hared girl flung her arms around both girls, tears pricking at her eyes. What kind of leader was she if she let her own get hurt? "Oh, Makoto, I'm so sorry...", she murmured to the tall amazon, who suddenly seemed much younger than them... one to be taken care of. It was hard to believe from Makoto's stature that she was the youngest of the senshi other than Hotaru, yet indeed the woman was the youngest of the Inner's.

Mars watched her friends ruefully, wishing she could slip from her captor like Minako had. It seemed that the more she struggled the tighter the baka held her. With a sigh she let her transformation fade, and in a sudden fit of genius, went limp.

Vegeta grunted as the woman's power level dropped, and fell unconscious. He carefully lifted her down from his shoulder, and in that instant she sprang up, socking him once in the shoulder, before taking off after her friends. Vegeta sputtered angrily at the fact that he had just been had, and looked at his hands blankly. He heard snickering from Gohan, Yamcha, and Kuririn behind him, and did an about face, a death glare marring his features. Their giggling stopped and they immediately straightened their backs, Vegeta's glare daring them to do any more. They were not willing to take the chance of angering him further, and thus walked away. Slowly.

Rei threw her arms around the other three girls, her sisters. "I'm so glad you're all, all right...", she murmured softly, ridding herself of her ego for just a few moments. And in those few moments the StarLights saw in her what the other Inner Senshi did. Loyalty and Kindness. Oh those traits were always there, just buried, very, very deeply. Very deeply.

Minako hesitantly pulled from the group hug to throw her arms around a surprised Bulma. "Thank-you Miss... If our friends would have died... I don't know what we would've done...", she murmured, her voice strained, squeezing the blue hared woman tight, her eyes watering.

"It's nothing... I only did what Serenity asked of me...", Bulma replied with a slight blush hugging the blonde hared girl back. She seemed so much like Serenity had earlier in the day when Trunks and she had been fighting. Helpless, and alone. Unsure of what to do. Bulma wondered if they were related.

"Michi-mama!", called the panicked voice of Hotaru as she saw her surrogate mother in the rejuvenation tank, battered and bruised.

Haruka's head had snapped in the direction of Hotaru's cry and as she saw her beloved in the healing mechanism her face paled by a ten fold. "Michiriu...", came the strangled whisper from her suddenly dry throat. Her heart froze within her, her lungs seeming not to be able to get enough air to support her.

"Oh gods...", she trailed off, her eyes watering as she stepped closer to the tank, now able to see that it was indeed her lover, beaten to a bloody pulp. The water, even with a filtering system was stained a light pink hue. The wind around her began to pick up, making her short hair flutter.

"Why... Why is she like this? Who did this to her?", she bit out hoarsely, her immense anger carrying her voice volumes. She knew that youma had attacked... but it was so much like what Chaos had done to her... it was like watching her die all over again. She couldn't deal with that. She wouldn't. The world would crumble beneath her fist, the dimensions collapse before she allowed her lover to die again_.

"Who did this to her?!?", the blonde senshi of the wind demanded, her eyes flashing a sandy yellow. The light wind that had been blowing inflamed and blew towards the King of the Skies, her face once again etched in stone.

Next to her Hotaru cried softly, eyes red rimmed with tears. 'Michiriu-mama... no... please no... not again...', she thought sorrowfully, body trembling. She dropped to her knees before the tank, her form beginning to glow a dark purple, giving a feeling of certain death.

Piccolo, Yamcha, and Tien shared knowing glances, as two of them turned and grasped one of Choutzu's arms, leading him out of the room with a quick word to Goku. Piccolo would be heading up to see Dende, their strength always seemed to be not enough as of late. Thus they would try to go see if there was any information on anything that had happened as of late in the previous Kami's files. They needed to know, more than anything exactly what they were dealing with, the abilities of the sailor senshi included. "We'll be back soon Goku, in the meantime... shut them up...", Piccolo growled to the taller full blooded sayjin, ducking out of the room with his bunch.

"Please, Haruka... Hotaru! She'll be all right! Calm down!", Bulma cried out over the winds Haruka produced, dropping down to her knees to wrap her arms around Hotaru, pulling the distraught girl in her chest, cradling her as a mother would. "Please!"

Haruka slumped against the tank, the winds blowing ever more. Vegeta edged closer with every moment, wanting to pull Bulma out of the line of fire. Yamcha and Piccolo held onto cots, keeping them from blowing away, while Tien held Chaoutzu. The others looked on in apprehension, raising their ki to keep the winds from blowing them back, or knocking things into them. Galaxia and Kakyuu watched Hotaru in slight horror, as the Inner senshi could barely stop from being blown away.

"No more... no more...", Haruka whispered softly, falling to the ground. For the first time that she willingly remembered, salty tears dripped down her features, hand shaking with a sense of hopelessness. The winds died down, yet her insignia glowed dimly on her forehead, as if amplifying her pain filled sobs.

Bulma comforted Hotaru as best she could, whispering things in her ear, which seemed to be helping. That is until she saw the first tear fall from Haruka's eye. Michiriu-mama was beaten, almost beyond recognition. Haruka-papa was _crying_. Serenity-mama was sick. Setsuna-mama was gone. It was then that little Hotaru no longer knew what to do, she was lost without her parents, thus she gave into her guiding light.

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IN TRUNKS' BEDROOM

Careful fingers wrung out a soft terry cloth of warm water, only to fold it and press it to a pale forehead. Worried blue eyes watching the prone woman carefully, a slight glint to them, one of steel. Trunks sighed as she failed to stir, a callused hand running through semi-long lilac hair, desperation to his features. He needed her to wake, it hurt so much, with she as she was, his heart far from content. He grasped her limp hand and kissed the back of it, soft promises to watch over her, night and day. His lips then moved to the tips of her elegant fingers, a blue stoned ring on her hand, that he'd somehow missed before.

"Please wake up Serenity... you promised me...", he whispered, his eyes closing as he tried to probe past the mental block she'd thrown up.

"Come back to me soon... you have to... I love you...", he pleaded now, his shoulders sagging as pain lanced through his heart, his mind sending a warning bell. He looked up to his love, to see what had sent his senses haywire, and was surprised to see an upturned crescent moon shining on her forehead.

----*~~~~Serenity's Dream~~~~*----

She padded softly through a familiar forest, with strange plants, and yet serenely beautiful flowers surrounding her. She became aware that the whiteness in the distance was indeed a large white marble wall, and that she was not in a forest, but a garden. Something triggered within her memory and she felt her mind placing where she stood. Queen Selenity's gardens...

"Indeed... dear daughter... sweet child...", came a voice from behind her, and as she tuned, she found her mother siting on the fountain edge, a baby in her arms, with golden locks of hair, sun kissed curls.

"Okassan?", Serenity questioned, sitting down in the soft grass near her mothers legs, her face etched with curiosity as she peered at the happily sleeping bundle of joy.

"No dear... not your Okassan, but still your mother, simply of a different timeline... this is you.", the majestic woman stated, her smile unwavering.

"But... I'm blonde?", she questioned, confusion written in her eyes, plainly there.

"Of course you are... You haven't discovered your... say-jin heritage yet.", stated the moon Queen with a soft chuckle, even then, finding her daughter curious as a kitten.

"Oh... is my Okassan all right?", she questioned, tentatively brushing her fingers against the baby's cheek, feeling a spark of recognition.

"Quite well m'dear... but I am to warn you... of something she forgot. You love that say-jin prince, as he loves you, but you must remember... you have only bonded as Lunarians do... you must bond as say-jins... or your hearts will feel empty. It could cause pain if you aren't careful...", she stated, her lavender hair blowing about her form with a soft wind, her crystalline blue eyes hardening with seriousness.

"I don't understand...", Serenity murmured, confused, her hand dropping to prop her up in the blue grass.

"You won't, not until your ready... but you must go back... Saturn is awakening within the little one, in a none to pleasant way... besides... your prince needs you...", the Queen stated, casting Serenity a smile as the baby in her arms stirred, bright blue eyes fluttering open.

Serenity stayed silent as she felt her spirit fading from the realm, her mind drifting back into her own body.

"Farewell Princess...", called the woman, that was her mother, and yet not her mother at the same time.

----*~~~~ End Dream ~~~~*----

Trunks was startled as he heard a soft, pained groan come from his beloved, his eyes immediately flitting to her face, coming to his feet. He'd been praying to Kami that she would awaken, any longer and he would have gotten his mother, for fear she may slip into a coma.

"Ugh... what... hit me?", she moaned softly, her eyes opening with a wince as the light hit them. Her head felt as if she'd been joy-flying through a few mountain ranges head first, then as if she'd gotten drunk, died, come back, done it all over again, and then had woken with one hell of a hang over.

Trunks breathed a sigh of relief, carefully scooping her into his arms, a slight chuckle to her words as he held her close. He could only hold her to him, sitting down on the bed as his arms tightened around her form, his cheek to her forehead. He glowed a slight golden color and carefully fed her a bit more of his energy, once again, wary not to give her too much.

"Do you feel better now?", he questioned softly, his voice deep, smooth, covering up the worries that he had harbored.

"A bit...", she confessed, her dream coming back to her as she blushed slightly growing warm in his arms. And then she felt Saturn's energy spike, the stench of death more than just there, it seemed to be permeating the household. "Trunks... we...we have to get to Hotaru... Saturn's taking over...", she rasped softly, her eyes dark with seriousness.

"I can feel it... it's different... like it's not Hotaru...", he murmured unwilling to let her go for a moment, but then, stood, her body in his arms as he looked her over.

"That's because it's not.", she countered, her form slowly sliding down to stand shakily. She concentrated for a moment, and her crescent moon flashed before she sighed, feeling much more steady.

"Need help, koishii?", he questioned, his words sounding slightly more husky than he'd intended, sending a blush back up her cheeks as he placed his hands upon her waist, and concentrated upon his crystal. In a slight haze of hold, lacking the usual fanfare, the disappeared, and reappeared in the hallway outside the lab. The rounded the corner with Trunks' arms still about her waist, only to have Serenity smack into Yamcha, who saw them in such a hold.

"You might want to get to that kid...she's pitching a fit in there...", he stated with an upraised eyebrow, eyeing them both with a sly grin. He then slugged Trunks' in the arm, "You dog...", he grinned with an insinuating wink.

Serenity growled and grasped his shirt collar grabbing him, and dragging him around the corner with an audible thud, Piccolo and Tien a few paces behind, thus only saw Yamcha disappear round the corner.

"Not a word.", she hissed before stalking off, growing angered that no one had done anything about Saturn yet. She then disappeared, dodging the confused trio as she broke into a slight jog as she ran down the hall. Cerulean blue orbs were filled with worry as she moved with a grace that belied liquid steel. Trunks followed her, possibly two paces behind, his face set in stone as he moved with slightly more bulky motions that she.

Serenity burst into the lab at lightening speed, surprised to see Haruka in tears, the Inner Senshi awake and trying to hold each other together. As she left the overhang, she was hit in the face with a strong wind that made her stumble, only to be steadied by Trunks' strong hand.

"Haruka!", she called over the wind, slowly moving towards the despaired woman and Hotaru, who was glowing an ominous purple hue, her eyes blank. Bulma sat with Hotaru, uselessly holding her trying to comfort her. ~Trunks! Get Bulma away from Hotaru!~, she called in thought speech to him, her eyes wide as she saw Hotaru's form flicker from Hotaru to Sailor Saturn. She finally made it to Haruka and wrapped her arms around the older woman, trying to calm her. ~Haruka please.... I need your help...", she fairly begged, pulling the older woman close, comforting her.

"Bulma!",Trunks called, ready to drag his mother from the fray. The older woman didn't budge, but attempted to exert some of her senshi powers to calm those of Saturn. It wasn't working. "...Bulma!",he grasped her arm and forcibly dragged her away.

"Trunks? What are you doing??", demanded the fiery tempered, bluenette. She saw nothing wrong, save the fact that he had dragged her from those, which she wanted to help. "Let me go!", she fought her way from him, ending up being entrapped within an embrace stronger than that of her sons. She groaned inwardly..."Vegeta...", she muttered and humphed slightly, knowing that it was of no use to fight her husband.

"Close your mouth Onna.", Vegeta spoke forcefully, if not rudely to her, Chibi Trunks clung to his leg. He would not have his mate in danger. It was simply out of the question.

Goku watched with Goten and ChiChi within his embraces, Gohan holding his own. He was confused... one moment they'd all been fine...the next? Women were so overly complicated... ChiChi was a fine example...

Rei watched silently from infront of Makoto, the Inner Senshi had formed a ring around her to protect her from harm, and were on the verge of needing to transform. "Serenity! Do something! She's gonna blow!", Minako yelled over the winds created by Haruka, holding onto Rei's hand, her golden hair whipping about her face. "She better act quick...", Rei muttered, her violet orbs straining towards the others. The Starlights seemed to be fairing well...She could only hope for everyone's safety.

Serenity had already begun to concentrate on her energy, her crystal reacting quite fiercely against the displays of raw power. ~Uranus...Saturn...~, she thought, her voice echoing throughout the room, only in the occupants minds as the silvery white glow began to spread from herself to Haruka. Within moments her energy began to strain, flicker, she was so tired... Regardless she pushed onward, using her energy to its maximum potential, sending it shocking through Hotaru, numbing and dulling the powers of the planet of Rebirth. With the energies of the planet Uranus, she simply shut them off. Haruka would only be able to awaken them once more when her mind was in order.

The blinding glow subsided and revealed the unconscious forms of Haruka and Hotaru, and the hunched over form of Serenity. "Get them on cots...", came her choked reply as she stood slowly, more wan than the moonlight itself. She was tired... So tired... She felt as if to fall asleep standing. Trunks moved first to her side, and curled an arm around her waist to keep her from falling.

Minako, the daughter of Aphrodite, the future ruler of Venus, was the first to notice. "Oh my goddess...", she whispered to herself, her eyes trained on Serenity and Trunks, alight with a form of shock and utter happiness. "Rei...", she hissed, poking the psychic-priestess.

"What?", came her annoyed reply, raven hair flipped over her shoulder as she turned from Makoto, only to have her eyes land on the same sight that Minako saw. Gohan picking up Hotaru, and Taiki, picking up Haruka...Trunks now holding Serenity. The golden and silver aura's that had been invisible before had now flared, brighter than ever...beautiful. ~They're in love.~, Rei mentally stated to Minako, dumb-struck from the simple force of it. "Love major.", Minako replied in awe, hearts rising in her cornflower blue eyes. Rei looked at Mina, then back to the couple, then back to Mina, a twisted smile spreading across her lips. "Score!"

Serenity heard it, yet hoped that what she heard was what she hadn't. "Oh crap...", she muttered as Trunks blinked in confusion. He'd heard what Mina and Rei had said, but missed out on the mental notes. With everyone scurrying about, picking things up, Bulma ushering people out... They were hidden in the chaos... ~Trunks...Venus and Mars...They know...~, she murmured mentally, on the last of strength. "Know what?", Trunks questioned, his brow creased in confusion. ~They _know_.",she repeated stiffly, looking him in the eyes. ~They know wh-Oh...OH... shit...~, he muttered darkly, his eyes blazing golden for a moment. "Exactly.", she replied, straight away before darkness stole the light, leaving her in a dead faint.

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"I want her star seed...I want it _now_!", raged a voice from the darkened halls, the newly formed wine flute hitting the wall. It was the sixth one in the last hour...

"Y-Yes M'Lord...", spoke a blonde hared fellow, bent down on one knee. Why had Beryl stuck him with such a mission? It was the same thing as before... they sent a youma, the senshi destroyed it...they sent a youma, the senshi destroyed it.

The White Prince stood from his throne and licked his lips as he eyed each of the members of Beryl's crew. Beryl herself was not in the room...infact... after the last failure she'd been sent to the Prince's chambers...No one had seen her since...but all had heard the screams. High ranking generals and the like gulped in fear as Chaos passed them, their wrists kept behind them in protocol, almost hiding their golden bands from view. Suddenly the Prince reached out and grasped Zoicite by the hair, shoving her towards Jedite.

"Make sure he doesn't fail me...if he does...you will be held accountable...", the Prince hissed, before striking out with his other hand and ripping the golden bands off of Zirconia, watching in cruel satisfaction as the old crone screamed and began to dissipate. Nothing remained of the creature, save an old staff, piles of clothes, and ashes...



"Let that be a lesson to you all!", Chaos roared, crunching the golden bands in his fist, eyes glowing red. "All that fail me are considered traitorous... be gone!", he continued, glaring at them all his eyes glowing a solid red hue.

The rest of the people and youma alike in the room scattered, slipping and slithering into the shadows like the snakes they were. Chaos sat down in the throne once more, the glowing red of his eyes fading to pale ice blue.

"What are we going to do my pet? Hmm...?", his voice was sickeningly sweet as he peered into the shadows. The shadows themselves seemed to move and thrive, as if they were alive.

"Yes, yes my pet...", the prince crooned, the tone still holding more malice than any other did. The shadows then spread, and formed a small glowing black bauble its very center pure evil.

"Do what you will... you never fail me... find one of strength...who's hands have mercilessly spilled blood...", he instructed with a cruel smirk, his eyes closing as he lifted a newly placed flute of blood red wine to his lips. He only paused to tilt the flute towards the pile of ash and material, his eyes trained on where Zirconia had stood. "Cheers."

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The tiny little bauble lost it's glow as it flew through the halls of it's masters palace, dead set on its mission. It had no mind, no heart, and no soul. It was simply a piece of darkness to create utter havoc upon the planet Earth. It would find what it needed to, infest it, and then possess it with its masters' ideals. There was only one way...it would do as told... it couldn't argue it' disagreements for it had none. Soon enough it sensed its target and let out a high pitched screech, before entering it's newest host...one that was far from pure of heart.

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A man rest peacefully, his arms wrapped around his wife, fingers twined in her hair. They breathed deeply...not asleep, but exhausted from what love they'd just created.

"I love you...", breathed the woman softly, her head tucked carefully beneath his chin. The man could only keep stroking her back, his version of a silent 'I love you'. She knew of his feelings...nothing would ever, could never change them. The little black bauble slipped into the room through the open window, pulsating dark energy. The man, lost in emotion, missed the chill it sent. Perfect, mused the bauble as it turned into a black mist. Like a swarm of locusts it closed in on him, shooting up his nostrils and into his mouth, covering his eyes. His entire body tensed a moment, his arms clenching around the woman he held, lips parted in a silent scream of agony. Just as suddenly as it had happened, it was over...and he relaxed.

"Are you all right?", the woman questioned for the second time, having winced from the embrace he had held her in.

"Fine...", the man replied gruffly his eyes closed as he loosened his embrace and held her as he had before, her head again beneath his chin. "Just fine...", he replied with a smirk, eyes flashing blood red as the darkness took control.

@~_____________________________ Capsule Corporation __________________________~@

Over the next few days, things were calm. Serenity, had been forced to sleep in her own bed, because of the extra senshi in the house. When Haruka failed to be watching they snuck into the room, attempting to forge better, new friendships with their princess. And Trunks had been rather silent as of late, only speaking when spoken to, other times, only seen sparring with Gohan and his younger self. He hadn't been able to face his beloved... After the second time she passed out in one day... he had truly begun to believe that he couldn't protect her. It was within his blood to want to provide for his mate, openly claim her, mark her as his own...but with the way things were, everyone was on tedious ground with one another.

"So...what's the deal with big tall and hunky?", Minako asked Serenity bluntly as she sat down on the edge of the girls bed. They'd been trying to put past faults behind them, and so far, it had been slowly working. Their princess was hesitant to be around more than one of them alone, but slowly, she began to gain trust.

"What deal... There is no deal...", Serenity replied easily from the masses of her hair, a brush in hand as she continued to comb out the silken silver tresses, trying to hide her blush.

"Oh... don't play dumb Sere... since we obviously know your not...", spoke Rei as she closed the bedroom door behind her, her raven hair flowing behind her as she pounced on the bed.

"Rawr!", meowed Luna as she flew up and nearly off the bed, her fur standing on end. "Girls...must you be so catty?", the ruffled feline muttered, curling back up with the sleeping Artemis in the middle of the bed. Her paw was splinted, and her tail was wrapped in a bandage.

"Oh..your just cranky Luna...", Mina accused the animal, watching with a slight fondness as Artemis curled to Luna, his tail wrapped around her.

Serenity's eyes stayed upon the two cuddling cats for a moment, her ice blue eyes softening a great deal. She longed for Trunks right then, for his warmth to surround her, hold her, and comfort her. " I don't know what your talking about...", Serenity trailed off emotionless as she began to pin one circular bun upon her head. She could feel her Lunarian blood slowly accepting the say-jin blood within her... It had always been there, yet it's effects somehow sealed. She didn't quite understand... but she didn't want to.

Mina and Rei shot each other looks of knowing, but pressed the information no further. They'd wheedle it from her somehow...That was a promise they'd silently made. "So when did Setsuna say we can return home?", Rei questioned. They'd been there several days... and with the time difference, it could have been weeks that they'd been gone. She was sure that her grandfather was frantic... That or he already knew.

"Don't worry...Puu has them believing that you guys are on a vacation trip for school...", she expressed nonchalantly as she finished the bun on the right side of her head. She had vowed never to wear the hairstyle again... but she had to admit, it had grown on her. It was a piece of her past... She couldn't ignore it. Her emotions had settled...leaving her with the mind frame of Princess Serenity. She was calm...studious... it was all too ironic...

"Oh.", the two girls replied at the same time with an identical shrug.

"But you guys should probably go back soon...", Serenity stated with a sigh as she began the other bun, pinning it tight to her head. She looked almost angelic...her beauty unmatched...save all but her mother, and perhaps Minako.

Mina looked as if to reply, but her words were cut off by the door banging open.

"Onna...your late... Get your ass out there before I drag it...", boomed Vegeta as he glared into the room, his arms crossed.

Serenity raised a single eyebrow as she looked at him, wearing her black and silver training gi. "I wasn't aware that we were training today...", she trailed off, her arms crossing as she set down the brush.

"Just because these brats are here doesn't mean training stops...", he huffed, his hair pointing straight up. He wore black spandex, with white boots. His eyes were a hard ebony that even Serenity decided not to argue with. Though...something about him was off... She wondered if he'd just had a fight with Bulma again.

"All right Veggie... I'll meet you there...", she stated, returning the smirk that had just spread across the mans face. He scowled at the endearment she gave him, but let him self out. Ten minutes later a blue streak was seen passing Serenity's window, flying straight up and then out.

Minako, however intrigued by how much gel was used in the man's hair, had an intuitive look upon her face.

"What are you thinking Venus?", Rei questioned with a sigh, praying to Mars that it had nothing to do with her firepower and explosives...She remembered well what had happened the _last_ time the child of Aphrodite had had an idea...

"Well... I was wondering if we might be able to go see you fight with that guy...", Mina questioned, her eyes darting to Serenity as the girl had begun to loop her hair around the balls to keep it out of her face, pining it up securely.



"Why?", Serenity asked, blinking once. "We're just sparring...we do it all the time...", she finished with a shrug, pinning the last strands of her hair up.

"Look at it this way... I want to see their power in action...see if maybe the rest of the Inners and I can duplicate it... Since you and the Outers obviously can...", Mina finished as Rei nodded her agreements in the middle. Maybe the blonde was finally growing up... Besides that fact...She'd felt some weird vibes coming from the man. They were dark...but not so at the same time.

"Well...I don't mind...", Serenity stated after a moment, offering a small, near shy smile. It was like...meeting them all over again...

"Well...we'll go get the others then, and we'll meet you there...", Rei stated then, coming to her feet as she straightened her skirt, hands resting on hips as she looked expectantly to Mina, awaiting her to join her.

Minako, bubbly as ever bounced up and took Rei's arm. "We'll get someone to Insta-port us there...that or Sailor Teleport...", she stated with a grin, tugging on her companion, moving towards the door. "See you!", on that note Rei and Minako disappeared in a flash of color, the hyper senshi of love's laugh heard all the way.

Serenity blinked once, twice, and slowly shook her head, a slight chuckle escaping her. The past few days had reminded her of a time when all had been peaceful...And Queen Serenity had still been alive. It was a wonderful feeling to have... She stood up then and made sure that her gi was on correctly, before she focused on the silver crystal, and winked out of existence to the next room, wishing to see Trunks. When she reappeared she resided in Trunks room. She listened a moment and heard the shower running so she moved to knock on the door, yet paused when she heard a muffled sound... Two actually. One male. One Trunks... The other female...

From there she felt the world crash around her, her heart sinking, her eyes flashing in utter pain. She couldn't think...couldn't breathe... She covered her mouth and orbed out of the room, straight to the training field. She felt numb, completely... She could feel nothing...nothing but anger and pain... It inflamed her soul... and the bond between she and Trunks clouded once more, becoming near nonexistent. So that was why he had been avoiding her... She cleared her mind then, her motions sluggish as she reappeared in the clearing, a fist flying towards her face.

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And here is the long awaited 12th chapter of Z Moon Senshi. I might be continuing these fics on Media Miner...if ff.net continues to shape up as it has, I will continue my fics here. As for the rest of my fanfiction, I _WILL_ be continuing it. Chapters should come quicker... I started this one the day after school let out, and I finished it tonight... So, do read, and enjoy. Till next time...

Much love, SerenityMoon