Konnichiwa Minna-san! Here's the next chapter of my ficcy out! I hope you all enjoy and thank you to all my fans that have been following my fics, to those that have reviewed and those that haven't! Ah, time to answer some questions!

Ramonth- I really don't know. I don't write lemons and I don't know anyone who might write a lemon side story for me. If I find someone to do it, or if anyone else knows of someone, perhaps. Permission is required of course!

animeluvr- a half bathroom is usually described as a bathroom without a bathtub. A full bathroom contains a bathtub.

A Story to Remember
Chapter 15: Fire

Bulma sat down on the couch in her living room and put her head in her
hands. She picked up the bill that was lying on the table.

$30,567.58

Bulma crumpled the paper in her hand. That was how much it would cost to repair the ceiling and the foundation from the vines that had sprouted. Also her backyard had been almost completely destroyed from Vegeta's attack. Finally there was the damage that Vegeta had done to the houses beyond her backyard. Bulma sighed loudly and leaned back against the couch.

'My parents are going to kill me! At this rate, I'll be living on the street before I'm 30!'

A loud crash came from the kitchen and Bulma sat up abruptly. She heard Lita's voice, and she was yelling. She groaned and got up, walking slowly to the kitchen. Her mouth widened, "Oh...no." she whispered.

"Goku!" Lita shouted, "I told you to drop the dishes CAREFULLY in the sink! Not drop them carefully on the FLOOR!"

All across the kitchen there were bits and pieces of broken dishes. Bowels, plates, and cups were scattered around. Chi-Chi held a broom in hand and had already begun to sweep.

"My, my, Goku. You're so clumsy sometimes." Chi-Chi said with a little sigh. Goku was leaning over, picking up the larger pieces of the broken dishes. He stood up, a rather large pile in his hands.

"GOKU! THE DISHES!" Bulma screeched, "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT!"

Goku gasped, startled by Bulma's sudden shout and dropped the big pieces of the dishes on the floor. Bulma sobbed and fell to her knees in the doorway as the large pieces broke into even smaller pieces!

"Heh heh... oops?" Goku put a hand on the back of his head, laughing sheepishly.

"Whoa! What happened in here?"

Chi-Chi turned to the voice and saw Krillin, Gohan, Mina, Chow-Tsu and Ami standing behind Bulma.

"My life... is over... I can't take much more of this." Bulma moaned, taking Yamcha's hand as he helped her to her feet.

"Hey you guys! Ease up on Bulma's wallet a bit!" Krillin said jokingly.

"She may go broke!" Yamcha added, letting go of Bulma's hand and laughing with Chow-Tsu.

"Yes, then I'll be just like you, Yamcha, WITH NO MONEY AT ALL TO GO ANYWHERE DECENT!" Bulma shouted, turning on her boyfriend.

Gohan, Krillin, and Chow-Tsu held their hands over their mouths, muffling their laughs.

Chow-Tsu moved closer to Gohan, "Bulma's got him there."

Krillin nodded and snickered. Lita and Chi-Chi laughed along with Goku.

"Lita, Goku-san? I need you to come with me for a few minutes. You too Ms. Briefs." Ami said politely, trying to be nice.

Goku laughed again, "Just Goku, onegai!"

"The same for me! Bulma is fine." Bulma said.

"It's alright. You guys go on ahead. I'll finish cleaning up here." Chi-Chi said, waving her broom.

The group nodded and left the kitchen and headed towards Bulma's laboratory, Ami leading the way.

Serena stood in between Amara and Hotaru in Bulma's laboratory, waiting for the others. Mirai walked in, followed by a scowling Vegeta, who was wearing an I-could-have-been-training kind of look. He stood against the wall furthest away from the others. Serena blushed when he came in and looked down at her feet. Hotaru smiled over Serena's bowed head up at Amara and Michelle, who smiled back. Krillin, Ami, Mina, Lita, Bulma, Gohan, Goku, Yamcha, Tien, Chow-Tsu, and Piccolo came in next.

"Ummm...Why are we in my laboratory?" Bulma asked.

Ami blushed a little bit and stepped forward, "Well... Bulma... After the attack by Ivy last night and this morning... I decided to use my supercomputer to see if I could locate where the Dark Forces are exactly, but my supercomputer didn't have enough power to search a whole dimension, much less two. So... ummm."

Ami walked over to the large computer in Bulma's lab, the others gathering around her.

"Well... I hooked up my supercomputer to yours, linking the power cells and combining the two so that there would be enough power."

Bulma smiled at her, "That's brilliant."

Ami blushed redder as the others nodded their agreement.

"So what did you find, Ames?" Lita asked. Serena watched Ami intently, hoping for good news.

Ami turned to the computer, pointing to a small stand where her computer sat, wires linking it to Bulma's. She turned it on and began typing, opening file after file.

"Well." Ami said, still typing, the others watching the screen from where they stood. "After linking the power cells of both computers, I started a scan of this planet for an energy signal that does not have the signature that a human would. I found Piccolo's, Goku's, Gohan's, Vegeta's and a few others, but I checked those out and they didn't have evil signatures."

Bulma watched, amazed at the young, blue haired woman, mumbling words of brilliant and fantastic.

Ami continued, "I started an energy scan on other worlds in this solar system and galaxy. I had to link cells of energy from the gravity room too so I could scan our own dimension too when I finished with yours, so... ummm... it isn't really working now..."

Vegeta glared at Ami and she looked at Serena nervously. Serena flashed her a V and smiled at her.

"So, did you find the Dark Forces or not?" Krillin asked.

"I did. In fact they were where I least expected. The Dark Forces are, in fact, operating from our own dimension!" Ami said.

Serena, Lita, Raye, and Mina's mouths dropped open.

Amara narrowed her eyes, "How come we weren't able to sense them, then?"

Ami shrugged, "I haven't really figured that out yet."

Bulma began to think. She walked up to where Ami was and looked up at the screen where a computerized image of their solar system was.

"They are in your solar system... do you know the location?"

Ami nodded, "They are a few light-years away from the moon. In fact they are a little closer to Mars, Raye's planet, then to the moon of our Earth."

Raye growled, "I can't believe I didn't sense them!"

Bulma starting typing furiously on the keyboard of the large computer, bringing up a simulated image of where the power would be coming from, "Perhaps the Dark Forces put a dampening shield on their power?

Ami's eyes widened, "That would explain why we couldn't have sensed the power! With a shield over their operation base, the Dark Forces would be able to decrease the negative output of energy!"

Bulma nodded, getting more excited, "Thereby reducing the effect it would have on the Earth!"

Goku scratched his head a bit, totally lost. He glanced at his son who seemed to understand everything the two women had said. Michelle and Amara were talking in hushed voices. Serena looked at Goku and smiled a little, they were both lost.

"And...Uhh... that means what, exactly?"

Yamcha, Tien, and Chow-Tsu looked a little confused themselves.

Bulma sighed, "Men...To put it in terms you men would understand, Serena and her friends didn't sense the negative energy because they were hiding their power."

Yamcha blinked and looked at his friends, "OHHHHHH." They said, simultaneously.

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Bakas." He mumbled, glancing every few moments at Serena. He looked over to the other side of the room at the youngest girl. She had dark purple hair that seemed almost black and had very pale skin,

'A weakling.'

Hotaru caught the Saiya-Jin prince looking at her, knowing all to well what he was thinking. She smiled faintly at him and shook her head no, surprising Vegeta. Her smile widened a bit and then faded as she turned back around to watch Ami and Bulma. Vegeta had the strangest feeling that the young, fragile looking teen knew all his secrets, and it unnerved him.

Serena spoke up, "If they are operating from our dimension, we need to go back!"

Ami nodded, "It's not so simple though. Pluto brought you here and Queen Serenity brought us here. I am sure that neither gave any of us instruction on how to get back."

"A Sailor Teleport?" Mina suggested.

"We wouldn't have enough power to go across dimensions and galaxies, especially if we are to bring them." Michelle pointed out, nodding to the Z-Senshi and Mirai.

"Also, Catseye said that she was one of the FOUR Warriors. So far two have been defeated, I think it would be best if we stopped them here in this dimension, that way it will be easier to take on whoever is behind this awful scheme." Ami said.

"Great." Serena mumbled, rubbing her arms, remembering Ivy's vines deep in her arms.

Ami smiled apologetically at her and continued again, "Well... we know where the Dark Forces are now and we know that there are two warriors left to defeat. I think that we should train, build up our strength for them, they will, undoubtedly, be strong."

"I'll find some more power cells for the GR room." Bulma said.

Mirai nodded, trying to ignore the visions that kept flashing inside her mind, "I can help you, Bulma."

"Then were all agreed?" Ami asked, and a chorus of yeses answered her.

CAPSULE CORP. EVENING

The Z-Senshi had been spending all day training. Ami and Bulma had spent the day in the lab, discussing tactics and ways to prevent any infiltration like with Ivy. Of course Vegeta and Piccolo chose to train in their usual solitary way. Now, however, the sun was setting and there were hungry mouths everywhere. Chi-Chi and Lita were the cooks of the day and had cooked up a storm for all the hungry fighters!

Bulma watched as everyone was seated.

"Hey, where's Vegeta?" Goku asked, eyeing the upcoming food.

"Still training." Piccolo said.

"Well...where are Serena and Hotaru?" Raye asked.

"I... don't...know. They were here a few hours ago." Ami remarked, picking up her fork.

"Eh, don't worry." Krillin said, drooling as the bowls of food were passed across the table.

Michelle reached under the table and squeezed Amara's hand.

"This place seems like a good place to be... I mean...besides the attacks and things like that by the Dark Forces." Hotaru remarked, looking up at the sky.

Serena and Hotaru were sitting outside, watching the sky and talking.

"It's a very nice place." Serena said. "Do you think we should go back now?"

"Lets stay out a little longer."

"Alright."

Hotaru smiled almost childishly at Serena, "I know a secret about Vegeta-sama."

Serena looked at her young friend, "A secret, hmm? Am I allowed to learn this secret?"

Hotaru giggled, "Of course. But you could always ask him yourself."

"Well...why don't you just tell me." Serena replied, blushing.

"Ok!" Hotaru leaned sideways towards Serena and began to whisper in her ear, "Vegeta-sama thinks of you as his mate!" Hotaru smiled and blushed a little and sat back to watch Serena's reaction.

"His...m-mate?" Serena said, sounding a little weak.

"Yes! Isn't that wonderful? I knew he cared for you, even if he doesn't show it! I could tell. He said it yesterday, before he defeated Ivy!" Hotaru said, eyes shining.

"Oh."

"Serena? Aren't you happy?" Hotaru asked.

"Yes..."

Hotaru watched Serena, concern evident in her eyes, "Why don't we go inside and eat."

"I'm not hungry now."

"Alright...if you're...sure." Hotaru got up and brushed at the back of her skirt. She started walking back to the house, glancing every few seconds at her princess.

Serena sighed when Hotaru was out of sight, 'Everything's happening so fast.' She thought, 'One day someone tries to kill me and the next I'm a mate to someone.' Serena tensed when she felt a familiar power approaching.

Vegeta floated to the ground, panting heavily. Breathing deeply he headed for the Brief's home, tired and hungry, no doubt. He narrowed his eyes when he saw a familiar figure sitting on the grass a few feet in front of him, head bowed.

"What are you doing out here, Woman?"

Serena's blush spread, "I'm...thinking." She whispered, thinking of what Hotaru had just told her.

Vegeta watched her curiously, "About what?"

"Ummm...things. People."

Vegeta walked next to her, smirking when he felt a recognizable emotion around her. Fear. The fear was lined with something else...something he wasn't used to sensing. He sat down on the ground next to her, surprising her.

"You don't have to look down when I'm near you, Woman. You are royalty as well." Vegeta said gruffly.

Slowly Serena lifted her head and stared into his dark eyes, smiling a little.

"What were you thinking about?"

"Oh. It's not important." Serena replied, picking at her jeans.

Vegeta watched her again. "It's important."

Serena blushed furiously, and nodded a little. "I don't know. I was just thinking about everything that's happened."

Serena leaned back in the grass a little and wrapped her arms around her knees and looked up at the darkening sky.

"It's funny, you know. You think you know everything about yourself and your world and the people you care about, then, one day, something happens and it's like they're strangers...And sometimes it all seems to happen so fast."

Vegeta watched her carefully, "On Vegeta-sei, you never knew anyone...Anyone could be a potential enemy to you. Your brother...sister...it didn't matter. Power was what was important...and status. Everyone wanted it, and only few could have it."

Serena looked at Vegeta, her eyes searching his, but they held no emotion. He wasn't moved at all by how his world was, it was life, and he had stated it to her like he would say it to anyone else who asked.

"Vegeta...you never told me what happened to you after you were reborn, you know." Serena looked back down at the grass, knowing this might be a dangerous topic.

Vegeta was caught off guard by THAT one.

"You know...like...what you did." Serena said quietly, not really sure if she wanted to know.

Vegeta glared, "I'm going to eat." He stood up slowly and looked down at her. Serena smiled and stood up too. She looped her arm through his and rested her head on his shoulder, to his surprise. They walked on to the Briefs' house in silence. Vegeta's avoidance was acceptable...for now...

THE DARK VOID

"How sweet." Darkflake remarked, her eyes flashing coldly.

Brimstone shivered next to her as they watched the holographic image. Her weakness was ice and water. She moved a little bit away from Darkflake, and looked up at the Saiya-Jin prince walking with the Lunarian Princess.

"So there you are."

Brimstone and Darkflake turned to the voice behind them. They bowed slowly

"My Lord."

The Dark Lord waved a hand, dismissing the gesture. "I have a question for you two."

"Yes, My Lord?" They answered.

The Dark Lord began pacing back and forth, "Catseye and Ivy created very good plans to capture the Lady of the Cosmos...They each succeeded...for a time, before they failed and were destroyed. We are trying to dominate the universes and my associate is getting impatient. You four were SUPPOSED to be my greatest soldiers so WHY is it that The Lady has NOT been captured YET!" The Dark Lord's voice rose with each word.

Brimstone and Darkflake gulped.

"You, Brimstone! You had BETTER succeed or don't even BOTHER coming back!" The Dark Lord shouted.

Darkflake giggled as Brimstone's eyes widened at the threat.

"Yes, My Lord." Brimstone replied. "I already have a plan that will..."

"Don't even BOTHER telling me! Just do it!" The Dark Lord yelled and disappeared in a swirl of black smoke.

Darkflake rested an icy, pale hand on Brimstone's shoulder, chilling her to the bone, literally. "Have fun, Brimstone." Darkflake let out a burst of clipped laughter and walked out of the holograph viewing room.

Brimstone sighed and held up her hand. Blazing fire engulfed her hand and extended. When the fire dissipated, a staff was in its place. Brimstone smiled at the familiar burning sensation and looked back at the hologram. The couple was gone, no doubt inside eating. Brimstone smirked, her eyes flaming and her body temperature rising above its normal 3000 degrees. Flames swirled around her staff and she gripped it tightly. The ground she stood on beginning to melt.

A flicker of remorse swept through her warm heart at what she had to do but she closed her eyes firmly, seeing the flames inside her eyelids. She let the heat burn away the emotion and she smiled.

CAPSULE CORP. (NIGHT)

Raye sat at the table in the kitchen. There were too many things on her mind. She thought back to dinner, when Vegeta had walked in, Serena at his side. That had sure gotten everyone's attention. It had also unnerved her to see Serena so attached to the Saiya-Jin prince. She did remember what Queen Serenity had said about Darien not being Serena's soul mate... but still...

Raye sighed, and leaned back in her chair, massaging her temples. It's not like she could go to sleep anyway. Since Ivy's "infiltration", Bulma and Ami had deciided that the house should be watched carefully day and night. Raye knew that Krillin was outside covering the West and South and Piccolo was covering the North and East. Lita was situated upstairs and she was downstairs.

'I must stay focused, I can't let anything happen to Serena.'

"Hey Raye."

Raye jumped out of her chair, "Mirai? What are you doing here?"

"Can't sleep, too many visions. Mind if I have a seat?" Mirai walked to the table and sat down next to Raye.

"Anything new in your visions?" Raye asked. Mirai had already told the Z-Senshi and the Sailor Senshi about her visions. Right now, she was their biggest asset.

"Yes...No...I don't know. My visions, lately, are usually at night, but they're so clouded that I can't seem to make anything out. Only pain...suffering."

Raye nodded apologetically, "I wish I could do some fire readings. I tried using Bulma's fireplace but I'm so nervous I can't think straight enough to relax my mind."

"I guess we both have a problem then." Mirai said.

"Yea. Have you told Madison anything about your visions?"

"I try not to go into detail...I don't want to scare her..." Mirai said, yawning a little."

"This whole situation is so strange. I never would have imagined." Raye whispered.

Mirai reached over and rubbed her back lightly, "We just have to deal with it. We'll survive, you'll see." Mirai smiled, "Besides, we have Pluto helping us as well, nothing too bad will happen."

"I hope you're right..."

THE DARK VOID

'Now, to set my plan in motion.'

Brimstone stood in the biogenetics lab of the Dark Void. In a small tube there was a single shard of ice. Inside that tiny shard of ice was a piece of Catseye's fingernail. (AN: Remember that Catseye had been frozen and shattered by Darkflake) However, that wasn't the point. The point was on that tiny piece of fingernail was an even tinier lining of dried blood...the blood of the Lady. Brimstone smiled at the plan that she had formed so carefully.

'I mustn't be as arrogant as Ivy and Catseye...I must be on guard and expect even the unexpected.'

SM DIMENSION

Once again the Dark Lord stood in the shade of the palm tree, his cool dark eyes on the associate that lounged languidly in the chair.

"I'm disappointed in you, I thought this would be an easy task for you."

"Yes." The Dark Lord said quietly, "It would seem that way, but they have help from others. They are very powerful."

"I don't CARE! I want Sailor Moon DEAD! I want all those Sailor fools dead! I don't care WHAT it takes!" The other man shouted out, sitting up I his chair.

Suddenly, just as he had lashed out, he sat back against the chair, running a hand through his black hair. "I want you to do whatever it takes to get them out of the way."

"I thought we had agreed that I would take the Lady of the Cosmos." The Dark Lord said.

The man shrugged, "I want them OUT of my way, I don't care HOW you do it! Just get it DONE!"

The Dark Lord bowed and disappeared in a swirl of black and a rush of frigid air.

DAWN

Dawn at Capsule Corporation found the Sailor Senshi, Bulma, Chichi, Mirai and Madison alone in the Briefs' house. The Z-Senshi had left already to begin training early.

Ami yawned stiffly into her hand and typed furiously on her supercomputer at the table. Bulma sat next to her and typed furiously at her laptop, having linked the two together. The rest of the Senshi and Madison and Mirai sat at the table eating breakfast quietly and talking. Madison looked pale and sickly. Her bright eyes were dull and confused and she picked at her food. Mirai watched her, worriedly, between bites. Michelle and Amara were having their own private talk, while Hotaru, Mina, Raye, Lita, and Serena ate and laughed a bit at the remembrance of Goku and the kitchen incident, but even that was half-hearted.

They were all tired and worried about another attack and Bulma's continuous bills...Well...Bulma was, anyway.

"HEY!" Ami said rather loudly.

Everyone looked up from their breakfast and conversations and Bulma looked next to her.

"It's an e-mail from Pluto."

Lita's eyes widened, "Dude, Sailor Pluto's got e-mail!"

The other's laughed and looked anxiously at Ami. "Well? Any information, any good news?"

Ami looked at the computer, "I don't get it...it's just some weird picture of a symbol."

The whole group crowded around Ami and Bulma's chair to get a view of the symbol.

Mirai's eyes widened, 'I know that symbol.' Mirai thought, 'But...from where? I've never seen anything like it before...but I know it...'

"Mirai?"

Mirai blinked and turned to the voice. It was Madison. She was staring at her with a worried expression. Mirai noticed that everyone was staring at her. She gasped as she realized why. She had unconsciously leaned through everyone and pressed her fingertips to the symbol on the computer screen. She had been staring at it without blinking.

Ami turned back to the screen suddenly, "Hey, there's another file, but it's to large for my mini-computer."

"I'm downloading the file to my own." Bulma replied, typing quickly. There was a few minutes wait, "Got it! I'm opening the file now." Suddenly on her screen appeared two pictures of a star. One was black and the other was crimson red.

Once again Mirai leaned forward and touched her fingertips to the screen, this time using both hands, one for each star. She lightly pressed her hands over the stars. Her eyes fluttered closed for a moment and suddenly she screamed a loud, high-pitched bawl that startled the group and made them jump back. It was like a wail of agony. Madison's hands flew to her mouth. The rest of the group watched in horror as Mirai fell to the floor sobbing and writhing and flailing her smoldering hands.

Immediately, Amara and Bulma pounced on Mirai, holding her arms and legs still as Hotaru rushed for the med kit for Ami, who was already kneeling over Mirai. Madison's eyes were filled with tears as she fell to her knees in front of Mirai and stroked her forehead. The skin was burned badly and, in countless places, singed black. Some of the skin had been burned to the bone. Lita was already talking rapidly on the phone, calling the hospital. Amara and Bulma continued to hold Mirai down as she wailed and shrieked and moaned over and over again,

"My hands...my hands..."

THE DARK VOID
BIOGENETICS LAB

Brimstone smiled at the tube she held in her hand. In it was about two milliliters of blood, crimson...almost burgundy. Brimstone's eyes burned with passionate fire and her veins coursed with heat as she formulated the rest of her plan