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*Blinks in confusion* Wow, are all those reviews for me? I'm so honored, thanks so much! Just for that I'm attempting to get this next part out quickly. I'm so happy! Anyway...I guess I'll just start this now. A shout out to my bff, Larky-chan, I promised I'd mention her in my author's notes and she's violent when angered and she knows where I like so I better keep my promise. You wanna talk to someone totally mindless? That's her. (Hee hee)
Um, because CN decided to be so utterly uncool and stop the Buu series before it was completely over, I'm not sure whether Gohan was really killed by Buu or not. But for sake of the story, lets just say he was. (He'll be back, I promise! You'll see.)
I own nothing but my sword, my honor...and this little Veggie-chan action figure my brother bought me! (Hugs Vegeta doll close)
Bring on the Rain
Chapter two
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"Whoa! Who's that? Goten! Goten! Who's that?" Trunks asked, shaking his best friend's arm. "Who's that girl down there?"
"Gee, I dunno Trunks. Do you think she's on our side?"
"She looks like a tenshi..." The purple haired boy mumbled.
Piccolo frowned. "She has no ki." He observed coldly in his usual, gravilly voice.
"None?" Krillin squeaked. "You mean like 18 has none?"
Piccolo nodded in response, scowling. "She might be another android...Kuso! She's talking so quietly I can't hear what she's saying!" (And Piccolo has really BIG ears...*Squeaks and dodges Pic's glare-o-death*)
"S...sh...should we get closer?" Krillin stammered. The new girl seemed kinda powerful, and though Krillin loved his wife dearly, androids were still frightening. But...That had been seven years ago. How could it be possible for them to have missed one of Gero's awful creations...?
As Piccolo nodded, Chibi Trunks continued to stare at the girl. Every night since he was old enough to remember, he'd wished on the first star of the night for a tenshi to come so that his dad wouldn't be lonely anymore. Could this be her?
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Babidi scoffed, getting over his initial surprise at the girl's beauty. Nevertheless, he didn't want to be responsible for harming such a unique treasure.
"Go away little girl, you don't have what it takes to defeat Buu and I!"
"Maybe not. But for today I'm strong enough." She sneered. She reached out and with each hand she pulled some feathers from her wings. New feathers grew back within moments, and the ones she had picked turned instantly into beautiful yet sharp-looking glass.
She held them between her fingers like a ninja's throwing stars and a slow smile curved it's way onto her face. Then with a speed that Vegeta secretly wondered if even he could dodge, she threw the feathers at Babidi, pinning him to a nearby rock wall.
"Since you seem to be the one in charge, I'll save you for last." She decided softly. Her head snapped to Majin Buu. "And you...I can feel everyone you've destroyed, and not once have you regretted it! For that, I can never forgive you."
"Me gonna eat you!" Buu exclaimed.
A small smile again curved onto her lips. "Not today, dough-boy." Standing perfectly strait, she made an intricate gesture with her hands, an expression of intense concentration crossing her face.
Suddenly Buu was suspended high up in the air. The girl furrowed her perfect eyebrows as she strenuously brought down one of her hands. Swirling, white hot fire began to lick at her fingertips. Once again, she began to smile.
"This is what happens when someone makes the Tsuki no Hime angry." She told him, voice filled with a deadly cold. "You badguyes would do well to remember it."
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"W...what's she doing?" Krillin stammered as they snuck their way closer to the fight, keeping their kis as low as possible. (Sorry Krillin fans, for making him such a chicken, but he's always seemed cowardly to me, and I'm trying to keep everyone in character)
"Why's the Buu monster flying in the air?" Goten mumbled. "He's just sittin there."
"He isn't flying!" Piccolo suddenly realized. "That girl is holding him there!" His eyes were wide as he stared at the scene before him, actually worried that he'd end up having to face the strange girl.
"Something's in her hand!" Trunks exclaimed excitedly. He could barely keep himself from jumping up and down with glee. "It looks like fire! How cool! Do ya see it, Goten?"
Goten shot his lavender haired friend a look, but didn't answer.
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With a flick of her wrist the strange girl, whom Vegeta had noticed with interest had called herself a princess, sent her attack flying at Majin Buu. There was a huge burst of light, worse than the solar flare technique, that caused everyone to close their eyes.
When the light cleared, Buu was nowhere to be seen, although there was a small pile of ashes in the spot where he had been.
Needless to say, Babidi began to freak out.
"Please! Please miss, don't kill me! I Promise to leave Earth and never bother it again! I'll do community service! Read to the blind! Anything!"
"You liar." She spat. "If I were to let you go, you might go away, yes, but you'd be back. I know people like you, and my days of mercy are over."
"Please miss! Take pity!"
"Don't worry, it's painless. You'll be in Otherworld before you even know what hit you. I'm not the type to maliciously keep someone in pain for as long as I can." Her glowing eyes flashed. "I never was before, but now that it's happened to me I find it even more revolting."
She held up both of her hands in front of her and a small silver ball of energy formed. With a frown of concentration, she reared back and threw it with excellent aim.
It disintegrated both Babidi and the mountain he was pinned to.
The girl turned to the Supreme Kai.
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Eyes wide and mouth hanging open, Piccolo jerked back in surprise.
"She...she just destroyed both of them!" Krillin needlessly exclaimed, voicing the Namekian's own thoughts. The small man looked around nervously, wishing his wife were there to protect him.
"Shouldn't we be happy then?" Goten asked innocently. "That means she's on our side, right? She looks like a nice lady."
"Sometimes it's not as east as that, kid." Krillin laughed.
"No!" Piccolo went slightly pale. "She's headed toward the Supreme Kai!" He clenched his fists in helpless fury. "She's stronger than all of us!"
"Vegeta's down there Piccolo, don't you think he..."
Piccolo glared at Krillin. "There's no chance. We have to get down there now. We have to try our hardest, even if our best isn't good enough." Krillin hesitated, then nodded his agreement. Goten did the same, the exact look on his seven year old face that had been seen countless times on his father Goku's: determination.
"But..." Trunks protested weakly as the three took off. "She's a tenshi..." he frowned and took off after them, swearing to himself that he would protect the girl.
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Shin couldn't remember ever being in so much pain in all of his very long life.(You'd hurt too if Buu sat on you!) It was excruciating, especially since his mind kept chastising him for letting the Earth down.
He could no longer make out what everyone was saying, but the sounds of the battle rolled like thunder in his ears.
Then, quite unexpectedly, all noise stopped.
Is this the end? Shin thought, angry at himself. A shock ran through his body as a soft, gentle hand touched his cheek, and fingers felt for a pulse.
"Ah, alive." A soft, feminine voice said, pleased. "Barely, but little is better than none." There was a light wisp of a laugh, and then those wonderfully gently hands turned him onto his back.
A strange warmth began to flow through his body when the hands came to rest on his shoulders, and suddenly the pain he was feeling began to dissipate.
And then it was completely gone.
The warmth left him, and after a few moments the hands did, too. Shin opened his eyes to find himself looking into a kind, gentle face with porcelin-like skin and large, glowing, silver eyes. Silver hair pooled around the strange girl and a pair of perfect, white wings were folded around her like some majestic cape.
"Who are you?" He asked weakly.
She smiled, making her seem even more unreal in her beauty. Shin noted with some surprise the golden crescent on her forehead, just like Tentai's but for the small stars on either side.
"Doesn't matter." She answered quietly. "I'll be dead soon anyway. I'm glad you're all right though." She stood, barely making a sound, and held out her hand. After helping Shin to his feet she looked over to Vegeta. "I still have energy to spare." She murmured, sounding surprised. "I might as well just finish this whole thing."
Vegeta inwardly began to panic as she made her way toward him, although neither his face nor his posture betrayed his feelings.
He weighed his options in his head.
He could drop into a fighting stance, even though he knew he couldn't defeat her. However, doing that wouldn't be a very smart move, because it would show that he felt threatened by her.
Vegeta crossed his arms and tried to stare down the girl who was, thankfully, shorter than him. His glare didn't even make her blink, though, and she continued toward him unflinchingly. She finally stopped right in front of him and looked up into his eyes with an infuriatingly kind expression on her face. Gently, the strange girl put a hand on either side of his face and went up on tiptoe to his ear.
"Why are you so angry?" She asked in a whisper.
Her breath against his skin caused an involuntary shiver to run down his back and he found himself inhaling deeply, to find that she smelt like roses.
Vegeta stared into the strange girl's glowing eyes in shock as she began to drain Babidi's power from him. Slowly, ever so slowly, the Saiyan prince felt himself reduced to the power level he'd been at before. He almost reached his hand up to his forehead, but stopped himself. Nevertheless, the girl saw his almost gesture and smiled.
"It's gone." She promised. Then so gently he at first didn't realize it, she brought his head down and lightly kissed his forehead. Vegeta was stunned into silence. Just as she released him, four familiar people landed nearby.
Krillin rushed over to Shin. "Are you ok, Supreme Kai?"
"Yes!" He laughed, staring down at his hands. "This amazing girl healed me!"
She smiled a little.
Piccolo, however, frowned suspiciously. "This girl has come out of nowhere, destroyed our enemies, and then healed you." He observed in a tone that said lets-not-trust-her.
This did not pass the girl.
"You don't have to worry about me." She told the green man quietly, facing him with a small smile. "I'll be dead soon anyway, and then you all can return to your normal lives."
"No!"
Everyone stared in shock at the cause of the outburst. Chibi Trunks had grabbed up one of the strange girl's hands and was staring into her face.
"You can't die!" The eight year old insisted.
Vegeta's eyes widened slightly. His son wasn't usually the affectionate type; not to his family, not to his friends, and especially not to strangers.
The girl smiled down at him. "I don't think I can help it."
"Please try! You just got here!"
"What's your name?"
"Trunks."
"Well, Trunks, I...I'll try not to die yet, ok? You're asking a big thing, but I'll try."
"Trunks, are you feeling ok?" Goten asked as he noticed the tears in his usually rock steady friend's eyes. He's never seen him like this before.
The girl looked away from the eight year old desperately clutching her hand to the rest of the group. "There are tow others who I believe belong to you all. One has been dead for quite some time, but the other has just lost his life in this battle. I believe we should get them." With that she took off into the air, Trunks following.
Everyone else took off after them.
"Do you mind my asking a question of your origin?" Shin asked, looking over at the strange girl.
"Go ahead." She answered with a smile.
"Are you Lunarian?"
Her eyes widened. She took a new thermal and soared up to fly next to the Supreme Kai. "How did you know? I'm the only one left, all the others died a thousand years ago when the kingdom was destroyed." Her voice was even quieter than usual. Everyone could still hear her, however. They all had good ears. Nevertheless they flew in closer. The news of the stranger being an alien wasn't surprising, just odd.
"I used to be friends with one." Shin answered evasively. "Besides, Lunarians don't ever show their ki. I thought the fact that I couldn't sense any from you might mean that you were one."
"So, she's not an android?" Krillin asked.
Shin laughed. "Definitely not."
"Down there." The girl suddenly said, swooping down into a wooded area, a frown on her face. Within a few moments they had all landed beside her as she stared with a regretful expression at a boy lying battered int he soft grass, blood trailing form his mouth.
"Gohan!" Goten exclaimed, rushing forward to his brother.
The girl put out a hand to stop him. "I'm sorry." She said quietly. "It's too late." Goten burst into tears. She picked him up and he buried his head in her shoulder. "He related?" she asked, making a gesture toward Gohan with her chin as she stroked Goten's hair.
"His brother." Piccolo answered.
Her eyes darkened and she nodded. "Can you get him please...sorry, I don't know your name."
"Piccolo. That child is Goten. He..." he looked down at Gohan. "This one was Gohan, my student. That's Krillin there, and the Supreme Kai Shin, and Vegeta." Piccolo volunteered the names without a second thought. His suspicion of the girl had disappeared when he saw the expression on her face when she had looked at his dead student. "And you are...?"
"You can call me Usagi." She answered after a brief hesitation. She opened her wings. "Come, the other one..." Her wings hardly made a sound as she took off, still carrying the sobbing Goten. Trunks flew as close to her as he could and Shin flew up beside her, a confused expression on his face.
"Usagi is not a Lunarian name."
Usagi shook her head and pursed her lips. "On the day the moon kingdom was destroyed, everybody was killed. Even me. But we were sent by the queen to be reborn one thousand years in the future."
"You're mother." Vegeta said suddenly, unexpectedly.
"What?"
"The queen was your mother. I heard you say that you were a princess."
Usagi nodded very slowly, the expression on her face keeping nay more questions from being asked. She flew on in silence until they reached the canyon where Goku and Vegeta had fought.
"Daddy!" Goten wailed, burying his face deeper into Usagi's shoulder.
"W...What happened to Goku?" Krillin had gone pale.
Vegeta snorted and crossed his arms. "Feh, Kakarott only learned what happens when one goes against the prince of all Saiyans."
Usagi slowly looked at him. "So. You did this." It wasn't a question, it was a statement. "I was wondering who. Well then, you'll have to carry him." She decided, already turning away.
Vegeta made an interesting noise of disbelief.
"What? Me? Carry Kakarott?"
"Yes." She faced him, expression hard. "You will." She said in a voice that would not be argued with as Goten continued to cry.
Goku stirred a little. "S'all right....Goten" he slurred, trying very hard to sit up.
"You see? Kakarott is awake, he can take himself."
"No, he can't" She snapped, authority suddenly in her no longer quiet voice. "After what you did, you deserve worse."
"And why do you care?" He challenged.
Unexpectedly, she began to laugh bitterly. "I'll show you, Vegeta! You'll see!"
Scowling, Vegeta none too gently threw his rival over his shoulder and launched into the sky. Without anyone saying it, the entire z-group knew they were going back to the site of the world martial arts tournament; it was their best chance of finding everyone at once.
"Vegeta," Shin began as quietly as he could, although he knew everyone would hear him. "I'm glad you did as she asked of you. I don't think you should cross Usagi."
"And why's that?" Vegeta scoffed.
"I think I've realized who her parents are...were. Tentai, one of the four original Supreme Kais..." Usagi nodded. "And Selene...the magami." Another nod. "Which would mean Usagi is really..."
"Serenity." She answered, frowning a little. "And if you say anything about Cosmos, I swear I'll hit you. I will not be Cosmos. I swear it."
Her angered, hurt tone of voice made everyone stare.
"Wow, so you're...the daughter of a Kai and a...Megami? Goku asked weakly. He'd regained enough strength to be conscious. "That's great. Hey Goten...don't cry. The dragon balls...he hasn't died before...It'll be ok."
"Hey! That's right!" Krillin exclaimed. "Well, I sure wish we could bring him back before Chi-Chi realizes he's dead though..."
Vegeta grunted.
"Hey! Mom and Yamcha went and got a bunch of dragon balls last year!" Trunks suddenly realized. "So all we need is someone to go to my home and get them!"
"Wait until we're at the tournament grounds." Piccolo decided. "We're almost there."
The group flew on in silence.
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To be continued
Well? How's it going? Let me know. And if you have any questions, comments, or whatever that you don't feel comfortable putting in a review, feel free to write or IM me. Laterz!
*Blinks in confusion* Wow, are all those reviews for me? I'm so honored, thanks so much! Just for that I'm attempting to get this next part out quickly. I'm so happy! Anyway...I guess I'll just start this now. A shout out to my bff, Larky-chan, I promised I'd mention her in my author's notes and she's violent when angered and she knows where I like so I better keep my promise. You wanna talk to someone totally mindless? That's her. (Hee hee)
Um, because CN decided to be so utterly uncool and stop the Buu series before it was completely over, I'm not sure whether Gohan was really killed by Buu or not. But for sake of the story, lets just say he was. (He'll be back, I promise! You'll see.)
I own nothing but my sword, my honor...and this little Veggie-chan action figure my brother bought me! (Hugs Vegeta doll close)
Bring on the Rain
Chapter two
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"Whoa! Who's that? Goten! Goten! Who's that?" Trunks asked, shaking his best friend's arm. "Who's that girl down there?"
"Gee, I dunno Trunks. Do you think she's on our side?"
"She looks like a tenshi..." The purple haired boy mumbled.
Piccolo frowned. "She has no ki." He observed coldly in his usual, gravilly voice.
"None?" Krillin squeaked. "You mean like 18 has none?"
Piccolo nodded in response, scowling. "She might be another android...Kuso! She's talking so quietly I can't hear what she's saying!" (And Piccolo has really BIG ears...*Squeaks and dodges Pic's glare-o-death*)
"S...sh...should we get closer?" Krillin stammered. The new girl seemed kinda powerful, and though Krillin loved his wife dearly, androids were still frightening. But...That had been seven years ago. How could it be possible for them to have missed one of Gero's awful creations...?
As Piccolo nodded, Chibi Trunks continued to stare at the girl. Every night since he was old enough to remember, he'd wished on the first star of the night for a tenshi to come so that his dad wouldn't be lonely anymore. Could this be her?
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Babidi scoffed, getting over his initial surprise at the girl's beauty. Nevertheless, he didn't want to be responsible for harming such a unique treasure.
"Go away little girl, you don't have what it takes to defeat Buu and I!"
"Maybe not. But for today I'm strong enough." She sneered. She reached out and with each hand she pulled some feathers from her wings. New feathers grew back within moments, and the ones she had picked turned instantly into beautiful yet sharp-looking glass.
She held them between her fingers like a ninja's throwing stars and a slow smile curved it's way onto her face. Then with a speed that Vegeta secretly wondered if even he could dodge, she threw the feathers at Babidi, pinning him to a nearby rock wall.
"Since you seem to be the one in charge, I'll save you for last." She decided softly. Her head snapped to Majin Buu. "And you...I can feel everyone you've destroyed, and not once have you regretted it! For that, I can never forgive you."
"Me gonna eat you!" Buu exclaimed.
A small smile again curved onto her lips. "Not today, dough-boy." Standing perfectly strait, she made an intricate gesture with her hands, an expression of intense concentration crossing her face.
Suddenly Buu was suspended high up in the air. The girl furrowed her perfect eyebrows as she strenuously brought down one of her hands. Swirling, white hot fire began to lick at her fingertips. Once again, she began to smile.
"This is what happens when someone makes the Tsuki no Hime angry." She told him, voice filled with a deadly cold. "You badguyes would do well to remember it."
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"W...what's she doing?" Krillin stammered as they snuck their way closer to the fight, keeping their kis as low as possible. (Sorry Krillin fans, for making him such a chicken, but he's always seemed cowardly to me, and I'm trying to keep everyone in character)
"Why's the Buu monster flying in the air?" Goten mumbled. "He's just sittin there."
"He isn't flying!" Piccolo suddenly realized. "That girl is holding him there!" His eyes were wide as he stared at the scene before him, actually worried that he'd end up having to face the strange girl.
"Something's in her hand!" Trunks exclaimed excitedly. He could barely keep himself from jumping up and down with glee. "It looks like fire! How cool! Do ya see it, Goten?"
Goten shot his lavender haired friend a look, but didn't answer.
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With a flick of her wrist the strange girl, whom Vegeta had noticed with interest had called herself a princess, sent her attack flying at Majin Buu. There was a huge burst of light, worse than the solar flare technique, that caused everyone to close their eyes.
When the light cleared, Buu was nowhere to be seen, although there was a small pile of ashes in the spot where he had been.
Needless to say, Babidi began to freak out.
"Please! Please miss, don't kill me! I Promise to leave Earth and never bother it again! I'll do community service! Read to the blind! Anything!"
"You liar." She spat. "If I were to let you go, you might go away, yes, but you'd be back. I know people like you, and my days of mercy are over."
"Please miss! Take pity!"
"Don't worry, it's painless. You'll be in Otherworld before you even know what hit you. I'm not the type to maliciously keep someone in pain for as long as I can." Her glowing eyes flashed. "I never was before, but now that it's happened to me I find it even more revolting."
She held up both of her hands in front of her and a small silver ball of energy formed. With a frown of concentration, she reared back and threw it with excellent aim.
It disintegrated both Babidi and the mountain he was pinned to.
The girl turned to the Supreme Kai.
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Eyes wide and mouth hanging open, Piccolo jerked back in surprise.
"She...she just destroyed both of them!" Krillin needlessly exclaimed, voicing the Namekian's own thoughts. The small man looked around nervously, wishing his wife were there to protect him.
"Shouldn't we be happy then?" Goten asked innocently. "That means she's on our side, right? She looks like a nice lady."
"Sometimes it's not as east as that, kid." Krillin laughed.
"No!" Piccolo went slightly pale. "She's headed toward the Supreme Kai!" He clenched his fists in helpless fury. "She's stronger than all of us!"
"Vegeta's down there Piccolo, don't you think he..."
Piccolo glared at Krillin. "There's no chance. We have to get down there now. We have to try our hardest, even if our best isn't good enough." Krillin hesitated, then nodded his agreement. Goten did the same, the exact look on his seven year old face that had been seen countless times on his father Goku's: determination.
"But..." Trunks protested weakly as the three took off. "She's a tenshi..." he frowned and took off after them, swearing to himself that he would protect the girl.
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Shin couldn't remember ever being in so much pain in all of his very long life.(You'd hurt too if Buu sat on you!) It was excruciating, especially since his mind kept chastising him for letting the Earth down.
He could no longer make out what everyone was saying, but the sounds of the battle rolled like thunder in his ears.
Then, quite unexpectedly, all noise stopped.
Is this the end? Shin thought, angry at himself. A shock ran through his body as a soft, gentle hand touched his cheek, and fingers felt for a pulse.
"Ah, alive." A soft, feminine voice said, pleased. "Barely, but little is better than none." There was a light wisp of a laugh, and then those wonderfully gently hands turned him onto his back.
A strange warmth began to flow through his body when the hands came to rest on his shoulders, and suddenly the pain he was feeling began to dissipate.
And then it was completely gone.
The warmth left him, and after a few moments the hands did, too. Shin opened his eyes to find himself looking into a kind, gentle face with porcelin-like skin and large, glowing, silver eyes. Silver hair pooled around the strange girl and a pair of perfect, white wings were folded around her like some majestic cape.
"Who are you?" He asked weakly.
She smiled, making her seem even more unreal in her beauty. Shin noted with some surprise the golden crescent on her forehead, just like Tentai's but for the small stars on either side.
"Doesn't matter." She answered quietly. "I'll be dead soon anyway. I'm glad you're all right though." She stood, barely making a sound, and held out her hand. After helping Shin to his feet she looked over to Vegeta. "I still have energy to spare." She murmured, sounding surprised. "I might as well just finish this whole thing."
Vegeta inwardly began to panic as she made her way toward him, although neither his face nor his posture betrayed his feelings.
He weighed his options in his head.
He could drop into a fighting stance, even though he knew he couldn't defeat her. However, doing that wouldn't be a very smart move, because it would show that he felt threatened by her.
Vegeta crossed his arms and tried to stare down the girl who was, thankfully, shorter than him. His glare didn't even make her blink, though, and she continued toward him unflinchingly. She finally stopped right in front of him and looked up into his eyes with an infuriatingly kind expression on her face. Gently, the strange girl put a hand on either side of his face and went up on tiptoe to his ear.
"Why are you so angry?" She asked in a whisper.
Her breath against his skin caused an involuntary shiver to run down his back and he found himself inhaling deeply, to find that she smelt like roses.
Vegeta stared into the strange girl's glowing eyes in shock as she began to drain Babidi's power from him. Slowly, ever so slowly, the Saiyan prince felt himself reduced to the power level he'd been at before. He almost reached his hand up to his forehead, but stopped himself. Nevertheless, the girl saw his almost gesture and smiled.
"It's gone." She promised. Then so gently he at first didn't realize it, she brought his head down and lightly kissed his forehead. Vegeta was stunned into silence. Just as she released him, four familiar people landed nearby.
Krillin rushed over to Shin. "Are you ok, Supreme Kai?"
"Yes!" He laughed, staring down at his hands. "This amazing girl healed me!"
She smiled a little.
Piccolo, however, frowned suspiciously. "This girl has come out of nowhere, destroyed our enemies, and then healed you." He observed in a tone that said lets-not-trust-her.
This did not pass the girl.
"You don't have to worry about me." She told the green man quietly, facing him with a small smile. "I'll be dead soon anyway, and then you all can return to your normal lives."
"No!"
Everyone stared in shock at the cause of the outburst. Chibi Trunks had grabbed up one of the strange girl's hands and was staring into her face.
"You can't die!" The eight year old insisted.
Vegeta's eyes widened slightly. His son wasn't usually the affectionate type; not to his family, not to his friends, and especially not to strangers.
The girl smiled down at him. "I don't think I can help it."
"Please try! You just got here!"
"What's your name?"
"Trunks."
"Well, Trunks, I...I'll try not to die yet, ok? You're asking a big thing, but I'll try."
"Trunks, are you feeling ok?" Goten asked as he noticed the tears in his usually rock steady friend's eyes. He's never seen him like this before.
The girl looked away from the eight year old desperately clutching her hand to the rest of the group. "There are tow others who I believe belong to you all. One has been dead for quite some time, but the other has just lost his life in this battle. I believe we should get them." With that she took off into the air, Trunks following.
Everyone else took off after them.
"Do you mind my asking a question of your origin?" Shin asked, looking over at the strange girl.
"Go ahead." She answered with a smile.
"Are you Lunarian?"
Her eyes widened. She took a new thermal and soared up to fly next to the Supreme Kai. "How did you know? I'm the only one left, all the others died a thousand years ago when the kingdom was destroyed." Her voice was even quieter than usual. Everyone could still hear her, however. They all had good ears. Nevertheless they flew in closer. The news of the stranger being an alien wasn't surprising, just odd.
"I used to be friends with one." Shin answered evasively. "Besides, Lunarians don't ever show their ki. I thought the fact that I couldn't sense any from you might mean that you were one."
"So, she's not an android?" Krillin asked.
Shin laughed. "Definitely not."
"Down there." The girl suddenly said, swooping down into a wooded area, a frown on her face. Within a few moments they had all landed beside her as she stared with a regretful expression at a boy lying battered int he soft grass, blood trailing form his mouth.
"Gohan!" Goten exclaimed, rushing forward to his brother.
The girl put out a hand to stop him. "I'm sorry." She said quietly. "It's too late." Goten burst into tears. She picked him up and he buried his head in her shoulder. "He related?" she asked, making a gesture toward Gohan with her chin as she stroked Goten's hair.
"His brother." Piccolo answered.
Her eyes darkened and she nodded. "Can you get him please...sorry, I don't know your name."
"Piccolo. That child is Goten. He..." he looked down at Gohan. "This one was Gohan, my student. That's Krillin there, and the Supreme Kai Shin, and Vegeta." Piccolo volunteered the names without a second thought. His suspicion of the girl had disappeared when he saw the expression on her face when she had looked at his dead student. "And you are...?"
"You can call me Usagi." She answered after a brief hesitation. She opened her wings. "Come, the other one..." Her wings hardly made a sound as she took off, still carrying the sobbing Goten. Trunks flew as close to her as he could and Shin flew up beside her, a confused expression on his face.
"Usagi is not a Lunarian name."
Usagi shook her head and pursed her lips. "On the day the moon kingdom was destroyed, everybody was killed. Even me. But we were sent by the queen to be reborn one thousand years in the future."
"You're mother." Vegeta said suddenly, unexpectedly.
"What?"
"The queen was your mother. I heard you say that you were a princess."
Usagi nodded very slowly, the expression on her face keeping nay more questions from being asked. She flew on in silence until they reached the canyon where Goku and Vegeta had fought.
"Daddy!" Goten wailed, burying his face deeper into Usagi's shoulder.
"W...What happened to Goku?" Krillin had gone pale.
Vegeta snorted and crossed his arms. "Feh, Kakarott only learned what happens when one goes against the prince of all Saiyans."
Usagi slowly looked at him. "So. You did this." It wasn't a question, it was a statement. "I was wondering who. Well then, you'll have to carry him." She decided, already turning away.
Vegeta made an interesting noise of disbelief.
"What? Me? Carry Kakarott?"
"Yes." She faced him, expression hard. "You will." She said in a voice that would not be argued with as Goten continued to cry.
Goku stirred a little. "S'all right....Goten" he slurred, trying very hard to sit up.
"You see? Kakarott is awake, he can take himself."
"No, he can't" She snapped, authority suddenly in her no longer quiet voice. "After what you did, you deserve worse."
"And why do you care?" He challenged.
Unexpectedly, she began to laugh bitterly. "I'll show you, Vegeta! You'll see!"
Scowling, Vegeta none too gently threw his rival over his shoulder and launched into the sky. Without anyone saying it, the entire z-group knew they were going back to the site of the world martial arts tournament; it was their best chance of finding everyone at once.
"Vegeta," Shin began as quietly as he could, although he knew everyone would hear him. "I'm glad you did as she asked of you. I don't think you should cross Usagi."
"And why's that?" Vegeta scoffed.
"I think I've realized who her parents are...were. Tentai, one of the four original Supreme Kais..." Usagi nodded. "And Selene...the magami." Another nod. "Which would mean Usagi is really..."
"Serenity." She answered, frowning a little. "And if you say anything about Cosmos, I swear I'll hit you. I will not be Cosmos. I swear it."
Her angered, hurt tone of voice made everyone stare.
"Wow, so you're...the daughter of a Kai and a...Megami? Goku asked weakly. He'd regained enough strength to be conscious. "That's great. Hey Goten...don't cry. The dragon balls...he hasn't died before...It'll be ok."
"Hey! That's right!" Krillin exclaimed. "Well, I sure wish we could bring him back before Chi-Chi realizes he's dead though..."
Vegeta grunted.
"Hey! Mom and Yamcha went and got a bunch of dragon balls last year!" Trunks suddenly realized. "So all we need is someone to go to my home and get them!"
"Wait until we're at the tournament grounds." Piccolo decided. "We're almost there."
The group flew on in silence.
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To be continued
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