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A Story to Remember
Chapter 17: Icy Love

Bulma yawned sleepily, and rubbed her eyes. It had been quiet, almost too quiet, since Brimstone's defeat. They were always on guard, no matter where they went or what they did, and the Z-Senshi were constantly training. Bulma sighed and stared out the window, her fingers brushing lightly over the keys of her laptop.

'At least I managed to pay all my bills...' She thought smiling slightly.

She heard a faint knock on the door and got up to answer.

"Hey Bulma." Ami said, "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

"No, not at all."

"I was wondering if you had any extra power cells. I think I may be able to find a way to get to the Dark Forces' base. But I need more power to create a model of the structure."

"I think I can dig some out, I'll get them to you as soon as possible."

"Thanks." Ami said almost shyly and left quickly.

"It's been so quiet... almost two weeks and still not even a sign of evil. Oh well, it'll give all of us some time to relax.

"I grow weary of your failures."

The Dark Lord felt a streak of fear whip through his black soul. He stared at the holographic image of his associate, his dark hair sweeping across handsome eyes as he leaned closer to the screen.

"You have nothing to fear. Darkflake is perfect. She will not fail." The Dark Lord said almost apprehensively.

"Is that not what you said of Catseye, Brimstone, and Ivy!" The other man shouted. "If you fail me I will see to your destruction! Is it so hard to kill off a few women in skirts!"

"They... They have Saiya-Jins with them... and the Z-Senshi..."

"DON'T MAKE EXCUSES TO ME!" The man shouted, "I want them DEAD! I want her out of the way! DO you understand? No more of these foolish games."

The Dark Lord shivered slightly as a rush of frigid air filled the room. Darkflake appeared, a smile on her perfectly placid face. She wore loose white pants and a white shirt that was short enough to show the almost white skin of her stomach. Upon the white shirt was the print of a blue snowflake, so realistic, it seemed to be made out of real ice. She smiled, her blue lipstick against her pastel lips made her look as though she was freezing. The shockingly icy look was completed with her frosty, ice blue eyes.

"Do not worry, Prince." Darkflake said, although the room was warm, when she spoke, you could see her breath. "I will not fail you. My plan is perfectly situated."

The man shot a look of suspicion, "Explain."

"We have always been attacking Capsule Corp. What I'm waiting for is a place of a time where she will be with a lot of other people. We won't focus our attack on her...but others...she'll be so busy trying to protect her people, we'll be able to take her easily."

The man and the Dark Lord smiled, pleased. "Remember Darkflake, I want her back alive." The Dark Lord said.

"So long as she's out of my way." The man said, before cutting the connection.

'Oh she will be..' Darkflake thought, 'She will...'

The Prince ran a hand through his black hair. This had better work...or he'd have his own associates to answer to as well...

Mina yawned and slammed her hand down on the table, making Artemis jump.

"I'M SO BORED! IT'S BEEN WEEKS SINCE WE'VE FOUGHT! AT LEAST THE OTHER GUYS CAN TRAIN AND STUFF!"

Bulma and Chi-Chi laughed at the young woman's frustration.

Ami was busy analyzing with her supercomputer and didn't even look up as she said, "What do you suppose we should do?"

Lita sighed; she was bored as well, "I don't know..."

"Well I could stop researching for a bit and...we could go shopping..." Ami suggested not even looking up from her calculations.

Immediately Raye, Lita, Mina, and Serena were by her side, pressing hands against her forehead.

"Does she have a fever?"

"Maybe she's delirious."

"How are you feeling Ames?"

"Maybe you should take some medication?"

The Outers laughed as Ami blushed with anger and embarrassment. "I do like to have fun too, you guys. I wouldn't mind stopping my work for a bit to do some shopping."

The Inners whispered among themselves, "Well, as long as you feel good enough to go."

"I'M FINE!"

"Wow...Ami used to be so calm."

"Are you sure you're alright?"

"ARRG!"

The Z-Senshi finally came home from training, and the sun was high in the sky.

"I'm so hungry I could eat a whale." Goku said, smiling.

"As opposed to when you're not hungry and you could still eat a elephant." Piccolo said in his rare input of dry humor.

"Hey, where's mom?" Gohan asked.

"There's a note here." Krillin said.

Chow-Tsu picked it up and read it:

Hey Guys! We decided to go shopping because we've been incredibly bored. Anyway, I'll leave it up to you guys to make your own food. If however, you HONESTLY can't do that snicker snicker I've left some sandwiches in the fridge (about 50) so that should tide you over until we get back.
Love and Kisses
Chi-Chi

The Z-Senshi looked at each other. There was no way in hell they were going to cook.

"Soo..." Said Yamucha, already heading for the fridge, "Who's up for some sandwiches?"

Amara sighed and looked at her watch. "Can we go now...Please!"

Michelle poked Amara in the ribs gently, "Please Amara! Clothes shopping is VERY important."

Michelle took Amara's hand, "It wouldn't hurt you to try a dress or two on as well."

"WHAT!"

"Hey you guys, what do you think?" Raye asked. She wore a long, black velvet dress with a V-neck. It was simple and elegant.

Ami was wearing a light blue skirt that came knee length and a light blue sweater. She blushed as Michelle scrutinized them, eagerly. Making notes of what accessories would go with both dresses. When she finished she made a motion for the next two.

Serena wore white flares and an ice blue, U neck shirt. She smiled at Chi-Chi who wore a silk lavender dress that just brushed the tops of her knees. Chi-Chi looked a bit embarrassed but allowed Michelle to analyze her.

Mina smiled, she was used to that kind of attention. She wore blue jeans and a light beige sweater. She looked comfortable. Now Lita, who was no stranger to dressing up, still felt a bit awkward in the forest green mini-skirt and jade sleeveless. Michelle nodded approvingly, though.

Bulma smiled almost timidly as she came out with black capris and a wine red halter-top. Amara smirked at her, earning a feigned suspicious glance from Michelle.

Hotaru was the last. She wore a black leather skirt and a black leather corset top edged in dark violet. Michelle cocked an eyebrow in surprise but nodded approvingly.

Amara sighed, "Are we done now."

"Yes, over here. Now we need some shoes!"

"WHAT!"

The women laughed as they left to pay for their clothes. They left the store and over the next hour accumulated over 5 bags of clothes to each person.

"Whew, my feet hurt." Chi-Chi said.

"Mine have been hurting..." Amara mumbled, earning another gentle poke.

"Let's buy some perfume!" Bulma said, and they heartily agreed.

As the women spread out across the perfume store, Serena couldn't help glancing at the woman standing near the cash register, looking at an incredibly EXPENSIVE bottle of Astrologique perfume. She was incredibly pale and looked extremely delicate. She wore a white skirt and white shirt with a beautiful snowflake print on it and white, high heeled, knee-length, boots. Even though her clothes were white, they weren't as white as her skin. And, although the woman was wearing sunglasses and appeared to be looking at perfume, Serena had a strange feeling she was watching her.

Serena gasped as the woman made her way towards the aisle she was in. The woman's hand brushed hers as she reached for another perfume bottle.

Serena stepped back and moved away a bit, 'Her hands are freezing...like dry ice...'

In fact where the woman had brushed her, her skin was a reddish color. Serena was thinking about this when she noticed something. The doors that they had come in through were gone...

"What the.." Raye said, noticing the change.

The other women in the store began to scream as they noticed something. IT was getting VERY cold in the store, and the rows of perfume were actually being covered in ice. Michelle gasped in horror and pulled her hand away in time to see the other customers starting to freeze. Ice covered their bodies and their faces were set with expressions of pain and fright.

Bulma and Chi-Chi ran to where the others were, they were practically in tears.

"Wha-What's going on!" Bulma said fearfully, noting that she could see her breathe.

"I don't know..b-b-but it's s-s-so c-c-cold." Mina whispered.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Serena gaped, "It's y-you!"

Sure enough, the beautiful white haired woman stood in front of them, the bottle of Astrologique perfume a clump of ice in her hand.

"I've been waiting for you for so long, Lady."

Raye gasped, she could feel the evil cold in the store, now. It was immense.

"And you must be the Sailor Senshi. No matter. I only want the Lady. SO I will have no need for any of you!"

Darkflake jumped back, her eyes flashing glacially. She held up her hand and the temperature in the store dropped even lower. A frosty wind blew across the store, obscuring Darkflake from vision.

Amara covered her eyes and hunched low, trying to stay warm. The whole store was completely covered in ice. 'We just -had- to go shopping today.' She thought, angrily. When the stormy, frigid wind finally dissipated, Amara stood up slowly, her hair was frozen at the ends and her face was covered with a thin film of frost.

Bulma shivered, "W-Where did s-she g-g-go?"

"I don't k-know." Ami whispered, she was a bit startled by the fact that when she spoke she could see her breathe and that the vapor immediately froze.

Serena had her arm around Chi-Chi who was on the floor, tears frozen on her cheeks, "I've n-n-never b-b-been s-s-so c-c-cold." Chi-Chi whispered, eyes drooping.

Lita gasped and dropped to her knees next to Chi-Chi, "Chi-Chi you HAVE to stay awake or you'll die! Please!"

"I'm s-so c-c-cold though."

"NO CHI-CHI! STAY WITH US!" Lita slapped Chi-Chi a few times and then rubbed her hands to try and keep her warm.

"H-h-h-hey, I kn-kn-know h-how sh-sh-she f-f-feels." Mina mumbled, her eyes felt heavy and she felt tired.

Raye put her arm around her and the two girls shivered together. Only Ami seemed the least disturbed, but that was due to the protection of her planet.

"Maybe we should transform, that woman might come back at any time." Ami said reaching for the henshin in her pocket.

"Now, now. There will be no need for such hostilities...yet." A soft, silvery voice said.

"It's her!" Raye cried through cracked and blue-ish lips.

"I am Darkflake, the final warrior of the Dark Lord! It is a pleasure to finally meet you, although I would have thought you to be much stronger than this." Darkflake said in mock disapproval, her hard blue eyes flashing smugly.

"After all, you did kill my sisters." She laughed coldly, with not even a trace of emotion for their defeat.

She held up her hand, a small snowflake appearing and floating above her hand.

"I call upon the darkness of the ice, evil frigid and cold. Sealed for so long from your destiny! Release your fury and capture their heart crystals!"

Amara gasped as the rush of cold wind came again, knocking them to their knees once more.

"LOOK!" Hotaru shouted; her pale skin looked even paler.

Darkflake through the snowflake into the swirl of ice and snowy wind and it grew larger and began to grow.

'I will succeed.'

As the snowflake began to glow a cool blue color, so did Darkflake's eyes. Her smile grew as she watched the first shard of power shoot from the snowflake.

"AMI!" They cried watching their friend collapse against the freezing ground, her heart crystal floating, glowing a warm pink color over her empty body.

Tears trickled down Mirai's cheeks. She was locked in her dreams. Madison had left and was on her way to Capsule Corp. They had given her drugs...pills to make her sleep...and sleep...and sleep. She watched, in her dream, horrified, as the first blade of evil blue light shot through Ami's body and she collapsed, her heart crystal taken. Her tears spilled down her cheeks as she watched them all. Raye, Amara, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Hotaru, Lita, Michelle, Mina and finally Serena, crying and defiant. She was struggling, fighting to keep her heart crystal, but she was cold, so cold, and she finally collapsed like the others.

'No...' Mirai whispered in her mind.

Pluto smiled down at the young woman and touched her bandaged hands, healing them through the wrapping. She gently laid her hand over Mirai's damp forehead, and the dreams withdrew.

"Be calm, dear. Your time is coming soon."

Darkflake finally released the power, the snowflake shattered and the star crystals shined warm and bright in the sub zero darkness. She walked towards the fallen women.

'They never even had a chance to transform.' She thought smirking.

The frozen marble under her feet actually cracked under her high-heeled boots as she made her way towards the Lady. She stared at the fallen body of the beautiful girl and the heart crystal above it. She held her hands over the two and they began to glow. She froze the heart crystal within a snowflake and Serena within a coffin of ice.

'Return, without a trace.' Darkflake whispered and disappeared with Serena.

Madison smiled at Gohan as he opened the door for her, "Hey Madison, where's Mirai?"

"Oh, she'll be in the hospital for another day."

"Ok."

The two walked into the living room where the Z-Senshi lounged. Madison set down her bag and went upstairs, almost completely unnoticed by the Z-gang.

Amara woke up groggily, and she rubbed the blur out of her eyes. She watched as the other women in the store, including the other senshi woke up groggily, confused and blurry eyed. None of the other women seemed to remember what had happened and quickly exited the now empty store.

"WHERE'S SERENA!" Lita practically screamed.

"No...the princess...it can't be..." Michelle whispered, tears pricking her eyes.

Raye clenched her fists, "After all we did...it was all for nothing."

Hotaru remained silent as the other Senshi cried and thought and rubbed sores and bruises.

'What will Vegeta-san say? Oh Princess...he'll die without you...'

Bulma fumbled with the key, stalling.

"How are we ever going to explain this to Luna and Artemis?" Mina moaned.

"Or to Vegeta-san." Hotaru whispered aloud, finally.

It was if those words triggered emotions that no one could explain.

"Oh boy...this is not going to be fun." Amara mumbled.

"Come on you guys, we'll find her, for now, let's just get inside before it gets dark." Mina said, attempting happiness.

There was a simultaneous intake of breath as Bulma unlocked the door and went inside. It was about evening, almost time to eat. The women tried to group up, hoping Serena's absence wouldn't be noticed. However, that was impossible.

Luna bounded to Ami's shoulder, "Ami...where's Serena?" Luna inquired.

Ami stuttered, feeling tears prick her eyes.

"Well, Luna, I think we should go get the guys first." Bulma mumbled.

Yamucha yawned and looked at the clock, it was getting late. "So what is this all about? Dragging us out of bed?"

Krillin stifled a loud yawn and rubbed his blurry eyes, 'is it me...or are there less people here...'

Bulma rubbed her hands together and glanced at the Senshi, and Madison.

"Hey...where's Serena?" Gohan asked, languidly.

That question caught everyone's attention, including Vegeta.

Hotaru looked down at the floor, "The last warrior came, she was so cold and strong, we didn't even have time to henshin. She took our heart crystals...and when we woke up, everything was back to normal and Serena was gone."

"WHAT!" Luna screeched, "How could you let this happen!"

Bulma nodded her head, "We know, but Ami and I will do everything we can to find her."

Hotaru looked at Vegeta. Their eyes locked. A flicker of emotion swept through his eyes, anger, pain, accusation...then it was gone, as if it never was.

Hotaru sat next to Vegeta in the dark. The Z-Senshi had solemnly gone to bed and so had the Senshi except for Ami and Bulma who were working in the lab. Madison had resolved to ask Mirai if she had had any visions of this when she came home the next day.

"I'm so sorry, Vegeta-san. We failed."

Vegeta didn't say a word, but the anger and pain that he allowed Hotaru to see showed everything.

Hotaru placed her hand on top of Vegeta's, his was so much bigger than hers.

"I know we can get her back, Ami and Bulma are already working on finding a way to locate her. We will succeed."

'Serena.'

Darkflake held the glowing heart crystal. She stared at Serena who lay slumped against the cold, ice wall. Of course Darkflake's orders had been to take Serena directly to the Dark Lord...but she hadn't. She was in her own, private ice castle. She still had to destroy the Sailor Senshi and the Z-Senshi, which was why she was still in this dimension.

She leaned over Serena and gently let her heart crystal return to her body. Serena stirred and woke up.

"Welcome back, Lady."

Serena gasped and stood up, reaching for her henshin. In a split second Darkflake grabbed her hands at the wrists and slammed them against the cold wall with one hand. She smirked at her, her icy aura pervading everything. In her free hand a large blade of ice appeared.

"I really didn't want to hurt you anymore than I had to, but since I can't trust you to stay put..."

Darkflake smirked and held the sharp ice up and placed it directly over her joined wrists. She smiled, and began to press the shard against her skin.

Serena resisted the urge to scream, but the pain and the cold were almost too much. Darkflake laughed and slammed the blade straight through Serena's wrists and into the wall of ice.

"That ought to hold you." Darkflake said, her remorseless blue eyes shimmering.

Serena screamed and writhed in pain, blood gushed from her wrists and froze around her hands and arms.

"I wouldn't want you to feel too uncomfortable though, hanging there by your wrists." Darkflake smiled as another blade appeared in her hands.

Mirai was crying when she woke up, she glared at Sailor Pluto through her tears.

"I hate you! Why can't you help her?"

Pluto had allowed Mirai to see what was happening to Serena.

"It is not my place to interfere, not yet."

"How can you say that! You don't even care!" Mirai screamed.

Pluto smiled at her, her eyes flashing, "I'll leave you to your thoughts now. You will be leaving tomorrow, after all."

Mina yawned and picked at her breakfast. None of the groups seemed to have any appetite. Even Goku looked forlorn.

Suddenly Ami burst into the room, "You guys! I think we found something!"

In a split second the kitchen was empty and the whole group headed for the lab.

"What have you found, Bulma?" Yamucha asked.

"Now hold on," Bulma said, "I have to set this up." Bulma went to her main computer and brought up a large image of the planet.

"Ok. At first, Ami and I thought that Darkflake must've taken Serena back to where the Dark Forces operation base is."

"Which would mean," Ami continued, "That she was in my dimension, however, we had to use practically all the power in the house and," Ami blushed a bit, "Some...other sources, to scan our dimension from here. And the results were negative."

"What does that mean?" Hotaru inquired.

"Well, it meant that Serena wasn't in that dimension. So, then we decided to scan our own dimension." Bulma said.

"But why, if Darkflake had Serena, wouldn't she go back to her base?" Raye asked.

"Who knows?" Ami said, "But that doesn't matter. The important thing is that Serena is IN this dimension, and on this planet to be exact. Just hidden."

"That's great! You can find her, right?" Gohan asked.

"Well...yes...but...her signature was very weak...she may be severely hurt." Bulma said sadly.

Suddenly the screen began to flicker.

"What?" Bulma said, confused.

A young woman appeared on the screen.

"It's her!" Amara gasped.

"What have you done with Serena?" Goku growled.

"If you honestly want her, come to the Capsule Corp Private College tomorrow night." Darkflake said, cruelly.

The screen went black.

Vegeta clenched his fists.

Darkflake sat on her ice crystal throne and laughed at Serena. She smirked at the girl. Dried blood was caked around the wounds at her wrists and at her ankles where a second blade had been placed.

Serena could barely keep her eyes open, she was so weak. But Darkflake, however, kept her alive, and awake for every minute of pain and torture.

"V-V-Vegeta will come for me...and s-s-so will m-m-my friends...and when they d do, you'll b-be s-s-sorry."

Darkflake laughed coldly, "Well, I have another surprise in store for them."

Darkflake got up and walked over to Serena. Serena close her eyes, waiting. Darkflake gently pressed her hand against her face.

Serena screamed, "What are you doing to me?"

Darkflake smiled, wait, in a few minutes I'll give you a mirror and you'll see."

Darkflake watched her, a secret in her eyes.

Serena gasped, she felt even colder than before. Her face felt drawn and tired and her eyes hurt. After about five minutes, an ice spiked mirror appeared in Darkflake's hands.

"Take a look, my Lady."

Serena stared at the mirror, "No...what...have you done...to..me?"

Neptune stared up at the moon and rubbed her arms, she smiled as Uranus came up behind her and put her arms around her. Bulma was downloading files onto Mercury's supercomputer. Bulma and Chi-Chi would stay behind, however Madison and Mirai had insisted on going with the Z-Senshi and the Sailor Senshi to find Serena.

Mirai closed her eyes and felt the sharp, cold wind sweep lightly through her hair, 'It's such a cold night...so dark and mysterious...'

Madison came and stood by Mirai. She wore a navy blue jacket and her usual beret and she stared at the ground. Mirai looked over at her 21-year-old friend and looped her arm through hers like they used to.

"Hey cheer up! This will be fun!" Mirai said, smiling.

Madison smiled lightly, her navy blue eyes were cheerless and yet hopeful in a heartbreaking way. Madison could feel the wind stirring faster...it was almost time. Now was the time for goodbyes. Madison hugged Mirai tightly, forcing back her tears. She leaned up and softly pressed her mouth to Mirai's.

Uranus smiled at the two and pulled Neptune into a similar embrace. Goku coughed awkwardly as Chi-Chi grabbed Gohan and squeezed him in a rib-breaking hug.

"Oh Gohan! Please come back safely and find Serena." Chi-Chi said, tears streaming down her face.

Bulma pulled Chi-Chi away, and smiled at the group, "Are you sure you'll be ok, Madison, Mirai? We don't want you getting hurt."

"Don't worry." Madison said, still holding Mirai, "We'll be fine."

Mercury pocketed her supercomputer and walked over to the group, "Is everyone ready?"

Saturn held her glaive, a hard expression in her cool black eyes. Vegeta watched her carefully for any traces of fear in her or the Senshi, but there was none, only determination. Saturn caught Vegeta's eyes and smiled.

Vegeta growled uneasily and turned away

Hotaru smirked.

"No, there's absolutely no way you're coming with me. Pluto only said I was going."

"I know why...you hate me...you don't think I'm good enough to help you."

He sighed at the pitiful look his sister gave him, "NO!"

His sister's eyes filled with tears.

'Fake tears.' He thought and grabbed his sword and left.

"Stay back." Mirai whispered.

"What?" Krillin cried, the wind was getting louder, faster, and colder and he was shouting to hear.

"She's coming!" Mirai shouted out and her voice carried through the wind. Suddenly Saturn gasped as a white glow surrounded her, sounds of shock came as the others were enveloped in the same glow. Chi-Chi and Bulma's eyes were wide with shock as the senshi team disappeared before their eyes.

"Oh, Mars, get off of me!" Jupiter cried, shoving Mars' heeled foot away from her face.

"Gomen." Mars murmured.

The Z-Senshi and the Sailor Senshi worked on getting themselves out of the tangle.

"Wow." Krillin breathed staring at the walls of intricately designed ice. They were inside the ice castle.

"This is some place." Yamucha whispered.

"It's so cold." Madison said, thankful for her fleece and cotton lined jacket.

"I wouldn't be talking." Mina said pointedly.

Gohan blushed as she indicated the length of the Sailor's skirts.

"We've got to stay on our guard." Goku said, concentrating. "I can't sense anything, though."

Mercury already had her supercomputer out and was typing furiously, "No wonder you can't sense anything, Goku. The energy is most likely very different than you're used to, almost untraceable. However, if I can just...GOT IT! I have a signal, if we follow this, we should be able to find Serena. It's incredibly weak, so we should hurry."

"Right, lets go, and watch your backs." Uranus said. They started off in the northern direction, unaware of the eyes that were following their every move.

Darkflake clapped her hands in amusement. "This will be SO fun, don't you agree, Lady? I can't wait! But first, I want to see that Mirai woman...and of course the Saiya-Jin Prince must be here, and finally...I want that beret..."
Serena moaned through her cracked lips.

"Uh uh uh, no talking. Your prince will be here soon and you'll want to save all your energy for him!" Darkflake smirked, her eyes flashing darkly.

"What do you say we get rid of those annoying Sailor Senshi and the Z-Senshi, hmm? I'll put them in my ice maze." Darkflake decided, her eyes already glowing blue, "Not even the strongest Super Saiya-Jin can blast through my walls of ice!"

Jupiter screeched, "Help me! Get me down from here!" Jupiter floated about 10 feet off the ground and was surrounded by a blue aura, "Help m..."

"She's gone!" Neptune gasped.

"Oh no, Jupiter." Venus said.

"I can't sense anyone or anything, though." Chow-Tsu said.

"Me neither." Krillin agreed.

Vegeta glanced over at Saturn, her grip on her glaive was tight, and her lips were sealed in a tight line of worry, but still no fear.

Mirai shut her eyes, 'where are you coming from?' Mirai thought, "Who's next...where are you going to..."

"KRILLIN, MERCURY, YAMUCHA!" Mirai shouted, but it was too late. With gasps and shouts of astonishment and surprise they too, disappeared. Followed by, Venus, Mars, and Neptune.

"No." Uranus whispered. Mirai gripped Madison's arm protectively and concentrated.

Before Mirai could even cry out, Uranus, Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, and Chow-Tsu were gone. Tears pricked at Saturn's eyes, but she stayed calm.

"We should keep moving." Mirai whispered.

Tight-lipped and teary, Madison and Mirai took off running, followed by Vegeta, Saturn, and Tien. Mirai suddenly stopped...it was a dead end. Mirai sighed.

'Oh no.'

A piercing scream signified Saturn's disappearance, followed by Tien, who was calm and didn't even cry out.

Mirai didn't even turn around.

"This is so FUN!" Darkflake cried, bouncing in her ice throne like a child.

She watched the huge snowflake floating in front of her. In the middle of the snowflake, it showed the pictures that changed at random. The Z-Senshi and the Sailors were each wandering on their own through the maze.

"They'll never get out, Lady. I can't wait until your prince sees you!"

"Did you hear that?" Madison whispered, pulling her beret off her head.

Vegeta was also looking up. He could hear it too. Mirai listened and concentrated and then she too heard the hauntingly attractive voice.

"Help me...someone...please come..."

"Should we follow?" Madison said, directing the question to Vegeta.

Vegeta grunted and headed towards the direction of the voice. Mirai shrugged and followed.

'For some reason we were singled out...but why?'

They continued walking in silence, staring at the sometimes fearsome and sometimes stunning statues carved out of ice. It was then they came to large double doors. Mirai glanced at Vegeta.

"I don't sense anything." She said.

Vegeta nodded and pushed open the door. The immense cold of the hall was NOTHING compared to the frigid cold of the throne room. Darkflake sat on her throne, adorned in jewelry. She wore a flowing white dress and wore snowflake bracelets, anklets, and earrings made of real ice.

"Welcome, I've been waiting for you for a long time." She said, smiling. "Dear Prince Vegeta, your Lady awaits you, if you can somehow defeat me!"

Vegeta growled and began to power up, "Where is she?" he commanded, his eyes flickering between black and green.

"Now now, there's no need for that...yet!" Darkflake said, running a hand through her white hair. Darkflake held out her hands, a delicate, spinning snowflake appeared.

"Frost warp." Darkflake whispered, her eyes flashing. A soft tinkling sound, like bells, filled the room. The very air itself became distorted.

"M-Mirai!" Madison gasped, falling to her knees. "W-what's h-happening."

"She's warping the dimension." Vegeta growled out, but his voice sounded distorted and strange.

Darkflake laughed manically as the soft tinkle sound like bells became higher and less appealing. Mirai sank to her knees covering her ears, likewise, Vegeta, who's hearing was much keener, was in agony. Madison gasped and her vision blurred. Se could barely keep her eyes open, her head was ringing so loudly. Finally, with a soft sigh she crumpled, unconscious to the floor.

The sound died away and Darkflake walked over to her fallen foes. She used her power to encase Mirai and Madison in a cage of ice, while she picked up Vegeta, and with a very unlady-like grunt, carried him to the back chamber.

Mars started when she heard the sound of someone coming around one of the corners.

"Who's there!" she cried out.

"Sailor Mars?"

Mars' wary face broke into a smile, "Krillin, I've been wandering about this maze for so long, I never thought I'd find anyone."

"Me neither. And I tried blasting through the walls but they're so thick. It's the strangest ice I've ever seen."

"Oh! I didn't even think of trying that! Krillin you're a genius!"

I...am?" Krillin scratched his head in confusion. He noticed Mars' power increasing, "Hey...what are you going to..."

"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"

"AAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGG!"

Krillin jumped away from the wall in time to see Mars' attack burn straight through it.

"HA! Just what I thought, these walls of ice are laced with magic! No wonder you can't blast through them! Lets go!" Mars grabbed Krillin's hand and they started off to find the others.

Vegeta's eyes snapped open when he felt a cold hand on his forehead.

"You're finally awake." Darkflake pulled her hand away.

Vegeta growled at her. His arms and legs had strong bands of ice around them and he was flat against another wall of ice. "Where's Serena?"

"Ah yes...the Lady of the Cosmos. Yes, we'll come to her in time...but tell me, Saiya-Jin, you are a fighter, emotionless and yet you love her."

Vegeta growled.

"Vegeta, I have seen the way you fight for her, it's touching, in a foolish, humane sort of way." Darkflake grinned horrifically. "Do you love her? Or is it physical attraction...Why don't we find out?"

Darkflake smiled and her eyes began to blaze again, blue and evil. "May I present the Lady of the Cosmos."

A strong, icy wind blew and Vegeta turned his head and shut his eyes against the frigidness. He looked up and his eyes widened at what he saw. There she stood, blood caked around her ankles and wrists, and Darkflake holding her by her neck.

"S-Serena?"

Her face was wrinkled and drawn, her lips were chapping and looked bruised. Her skin was course and dark. Her hair was white and stringy, and her aura was tired. She looked over 1000 years old. Her wings looked old and weak, like she hadn't used them in centuries.

Darkflake laughed loudly, "Isn't she just the belle of the ball?"

Serena eyes locked with Vegeta's and they filled with tears and she swallowed painfully. Darkflake sighed and threw Serena and she hit the wall, her wings, which cracked horridly, softened the blow.

"Well, that was fun. Now, say good bye to your...princess, it will be the last you ever see of her."

Vegeta was in too much of a shock to hear Darkflake. His eyes roved over Serena, his face was drawn with puzzlement.

A beautiful sword made of powerful ice appeared in Darkflake's hands, "Goodbye Prince."

Serena lay crumpled on the floor, her body hurt. It was then she noticed a powerful beam of light, "What..."

Darkflake howled and whipped around, striking the ki blast with her sword and deflecting it to crash into a nearby wall.

She growled menacingly, "Who are you!"

The young man appeared, his short lavender hair sweeping across his eyes. Strapped to his back was a sword. His eyes were a soft, blue color, but his expression was cold.

Serena tried to sit up so she could take a better look at the boy, but she was so weak...so old...so tired. "He looks like..."

"Let them go." The boy said softly.

"And what makes you think I would listen to a boy like you?" Darkflake held her sword, "Have you come to challenge me?"

The young man drew his sword, "Come on then."

Darkflake smirked and charged the boy, even with her flowing white dress, she parried and sidestepped the boy's strokes evenly and swiped and thrust with all her skill. They were both sweating after a few minutes,

"You're...good..." Darkflake smiled, striking back after the man landed a small nick to her shoulder.

The boy grunted and thrust hard, slicing deep in Darkflake. She screamed in agony, ice blue blood pouring out of her wound, freezing the ground. He pulled his sword out cleanly and left Darkflake lying on the ground. He walked over to Vegeta and sliced his frozen bonds. Vegeta flexed his wrists, and glared at the boy.

"V-Vegeta..."

Suddenly the double doors were thrust open.

"Hey you guys! We made it out!" Goku cried, happily.

Madison and Mirai were with them

"Hey, who's that?" Gohan inquired.

Uranus stared at the boy, "There's something about him." She whispered, looking over at Saturn who had a broad smile on her face.

"I know." She said.

Madison made her way over to Darkflake. Her pale skin was even paler. She stared at the body, her eyes fixed on the terrifying seen before her.

"Sailor Moon!" Mars ran to her friend and pulled her to her body in a hug. Sailor Moon tried to shove her away.

"Don't touch me." Serena whispered, her eyes filled with tears. She covered her face with her hands and sobbed.

Jupiter took Serena's hands away and stared into her friend's old, tired face. "It's alright, Sailor Moon. We'll find a way to undo this."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

"MADISON!" Mirai screamed.

Madison screamed in pain as the bloody hand pushed deep into her chest, a dark blue aura covered them both. Finally Darkflake pulled her bleeding hand out, revealing Madison's beautiful heart crystal. Madison's eyes were dark and clouded, unseeing as she crumpled to the ground, Darkflake's blood freezing to her clothes.

"Oh, Madison." Mirai sobbed. Mirai sank to the ground, her eyes closed. So much power...so much pain...and now her only friend was gone. Mirai's aura blazed a deep magenta color.

"What?" Neptune cried.

All of a sudden Darkflake went still, her body shuddered. Impaled in her back was a blade of power, a ki blast formed into a deadly spike. It glowed a pinkish color as she fell to the floor, and her body was enveloped in ice. Her eyes stared blankly into Mirai's as the ice shattered and she was destroyed.

"What was that?" Mirai whispered.

"Oh no..." The boy whispered, and he sheathed his sword and sighed. Vegeta stared at the boy.

Suddenly a young woman ran to the boy, "OH TRUNKS! I TOLD YOU I COULD HELP YOU!"

She threw her arms around the boy and giggled, her black eyes staring into his.

"Rini...I told you to stay home!" Trunks cried, blushing in embarrassment.

"RINI!"

The Senshi powered down. They had done a Sailor Teleport to get back to the planet after destroying the ice castle. Serena lay in the center of the circle with the Z-Senshi. She was too weak even to stay transformed. Trunks and Rini stood back as they watched Vegeta walk over to Serena and pick her up in his arms.

"No...don't look at me, Vegeta." Serena managed to croak out.

Vegeta placed a hand on her wrinkled face, and stared into her dull blue eyes. "Stupid woman…." He whispered and cupped her chin. Serena's eyes filled with tears. Vegeta slowly pressed his mouth to Serena's dry, chapped lips. Slowly letting every emotion he had ever kept bottled up for her out. A soft golden glow surrounded them and when he finally pulled away, he stared into her bright blue eyes and stroked her beautiful skin.

"Vegeta, thank you." She whispered.

He smirked at her and set her down. The Senshi cried with joy and ran to their leader, hugging her and thanking Vegeta. Mirai stood next to Trunks, her eyes were sad. Madison was in her arms. Her heart crystal had been returned, but she would need a doctor.

Serena looked over the girl Rini, she looked so different than the girl she remembered. Her hair was long like hers and was in the exact same style.

'No rabbit ears." Serena thought.

Her hair was jet black but every now and then a strand of pink hair would reveal itself from between the black waterfall. Her coal black eyes held an unexpectedly soft, warm expression. She wore an outfit much like Serena's Juuban fuku as well.

"Now, who are you?" Uranus asked suspiciously.

"Yes, and where did you come from? How did you find us?" Mercury asked.

Vegeta's gaze was burning into Trunks and he fidgeted awkwardly. He whispered from the corner of his mouth, "This would have been a lot easier if you hadn't come."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Rini whispered back.

"You look too much like her, you could have at least changed your hairstyle."

Rini looked over at Trunks. Her eyes looked even harder than before, "SO! YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T NEED ME?"

Uranus jumped back, startled at the sudden outburst.

"IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME DARKFLAKE WOULD HAVE KILLED MADISON SO THERE!"

Rini "humphed" and pouted angrily.

Serena couldn't help but laugh at this girl, in a way she did remind her if the Rini she knew, albeit different in looks. Serena walked over to the girl and stared into her eyes; they were the same height.

"Your hairstyle..."

"It's my MOTHER'S hairstyle." Rini said, smirking at Trunks.

Trunks groaned and hid his face in his hands, 'she's so enjoying this.'

"You're...mother?" Serena asked.

"I'd think you should recognize your own children, Princess."

"It's Sailor Pluto!" Mars said a bit surprised.

"My...children? But I thought I would only have Rini, so who is that?" Serena asked, pointing at Trunks.

Pluto nodded, "Serena, this will be a long explanation."

Chapter 17, PLEASE r/r and look for new chapters coming VERY soon!