Later that night…
It was about nine o'clock at night and the girls had just been put to bed. They were all excited about the next day for they would begin their training again. This time it would be for a fight instead of just to learn new things. They knew that it would probably be pointless for them to fight because the androids were so strong, but they didn't care. It was still worth a try. They could use the experience. They had all agreed not to get into too much danger. There was still hope of getting home.
Home was one thing that Usagi had been thinking about a lot for the past couple of weeks. She had recently realized that she was more homesick then she had first thought. She tried to keep herself from thinking about the future so she wouldn't get herself upset. Thinking about her own timeline often left her nearly in tears, which is why she only thought about home when no one else was around. She missed everyone and couldn't wait to get back. Even if she was going to get in trouble. Though she loved being in the past, it just wasn't the same.
She stared up at the dark ceiling. Her friends were all chatting about various things. They mostly spoke of what happened while they were in the city. She was really only half listening as she was lost in a bundle of her own thoughts. She sighed to herself. She was doing exactly what she didn't want to do. She was thinking about home. It had been one year and two months since she left home. To her at least. To her parents it had only been a day and some odd hours. "Guys…"
Makoto stopped explaining to Ami about the flower shop that she had gone to and turned over in the direction of Usagi. She could tell that something was bothering her. "What?"
"I don't know. I'm just thinking."
"Bout what?" Minako sat up. She usually slept by the wall and was able to lean against it when she sat up.
"Well, remember that time guardian and how I said that she said we were supposed to be here?"
"Yeah."
"Do you think we'll ever be allowed to go home? Do you guys think she'll make us stay here forever? I don't wanna stay here forever you guys."
Minako didn't know what to say. She hadn't really thought about the subject much since she was wished there. She was to busy enjoying herself. Rei, on the other hand, had actually been thinking about it just about as much as Usagi. She too wanted to go home more than anything. But it wasn't possible. Time was in someone else's hands and there was nothing much that she could really do about it. "I think we'll be able to return home on day. She did give Minako and Makoto the time bracelets. Obviously she doesn't want us to age. Why else would she give them to us? Wouldn't she have told you if we weren't going to be able to go home?"
"I hope so. I like it here and all, I just…" She was starting in on herself again. She needed something to take her mind off this subject. "Why doesn't she just send us back? Can't she see how much I want to go back? All I wanted to do was stop dad from getting that disease. It isn't fun for me anymore." She looked to the door just as a small sliver of light found its way into the room.
"Girls, go to sleep. Goku is going to be training you tomorrow and I want you fully refreshed so you don't hurt yourselves." She looked at Minako. "Lay down and close your eyes. You will have plenty of time to gossip tomorrow." She backed out of the door and closed it. She turned around to see Goku sitting on the sofa eating popcorn. "Usagi was talking about her home again."
"Wha'd she say?" He stuffed a fist full into his mouth.
"She doesn't know if the guardian of time will ever allow her to go home." She sat down next to him and cuddled into his arm. "I'm worried about her. I don't want her to become depressed."
"Don't worry Chi-Chi. She's strong willed. As long as we are here and love her and protect her she will be fine. We are the second best thing as her parents."
~*~*~
Usagi closed her eyes. She hoped that Rei was right about the whole wristband thing. She wanted to go home more than anything at the moment. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted it. She tried to stop thinking about it, but it was no use. She would go onto something else and would always revert back to her normal thoughts. She yawn as she began to feel her eyes become heavier and heavier. Her mind began to fade out as she drifted off to sleep.
She immediately reopened her eyes when a giant thud woke her up. "What?" She sat up and looked around. She was not in her room. "Where am I?" There were no walls to her sides or behind her. The only thing that was visible was a giant metal door in front of her. She hoisted herself up off the ground and slowly made her way to the door. "What is this place?" The atmosphere was cold and dreary, while at the same time, it was also filled with a feeling of happiness. She held her arms stiffly against her body. "This is too freaky for me." She stopped walking when she reached the doors. They were ten times the height of her with designs engraved all over them. She began to put her hand out to run her hand over a lion.
"Don't touch those doors."
Usagi jumped as she pulled her hand back. She turned around. "Who said that?" She looked around but could not see anyone. 'Am I dreaming?' A black figure emerged from afar. Usagi couldn't make out any real detail but she knew that it was a person. "Who are you? Where am I?" With every word that Usagi spoke, her voice became more and more shaky.
"I am sorry to bring you at such a late time of night."
Usagi took a step back. She wasn't sure where she was but she definitely wasn't dreaming. Everything was all to weird. She would have wakened up by now anyways. She was sure of it. Of course there were the messages that Rei sent her. She hadn't wakened up from those dreams soon. But then again, those were also messages from Rei. She hadn't been meant to wake up until they were finished. She was too confused to think right now though.
"You don't have to be afraid of me Usagi. I'm a friend."
'That voice. I know that voice.' "You're the guardian of time aren't you?" She squinted to try and make out what she looked like, but sadly, she couldn't. She wasn't about to move closer either. She learned to let your enemy make the first move. And right now, she considered this woman to be her enemy. She didn't know where she was, or why she was here, but she wasn't going to take her chances.
"Yes I am."
"Where Am I?" She looked down to her feet. There was nothing there. No ground or anything of the sort. That alone freaked her out. The whole area was like one giant area of nothingness.
"You are no where in particular. You are just floating around in time."
"What?"
She smiled. She should have known better then to expect Usagi to understand that. "You are at the time gate. My home."
Usagi's eyes widened. She hoped and prayed that she had just heard right. "You're letting me go home?"
"No." She could see the look of disappointment on Usagi's face. But she had to make her stay in the past for the time being. It the only way for her to survive. Things had not quite happened the way they were met to. People had become stronger, including her. "I know you want to go home. But you have to believe me. Everything happens for a reason. I have already told you this."
"But you don't understand."
"I do understand. Just please believe me. But, you have doubt. Do you know what doubt does to someone Usagi?" Usagi shook her head. "It makes the person slow. It makes a person perform at a lower rate then normal. You need to get rid of that doubt."
"Why? Why is it so important that I stay in the past?" Usagi didn't understand anything that was going on. She only understood one thing. And that was the fact that she wanted to go home.
"You will know in time. But don't worry about that now. You need to rid yourself of your doubt. And I'm going to help you. I can't say much more then this but, please, don't worry about anything. It will all work out in the end."
"You mean I can go home?"
"I've already said too much." She put her staff out in front of her. The doors behind Usagi began to creek open. "Now go back to bed. You will have a long day ahead of you."
Usagi turned around and was startled to see her room with all her friends sleeping in bed. "This is just too much."
"Do not tell anyone of our meeting."
"What?" Usagi turned her head around, but the guardian of time was already gone. "I guess I have to go. I don't want to be stuck here forever." She shrugged her shoulders as she walked forward into her room to get some sleep.
~*~*~
The next day…
Minako and Usagi were the first to be up, and the first to be ready. They were both equally excited about training. Usagi hadn't trained in over a year, while it had only been a couple months for Minako. Minako sat at the table and ate her breakfast, while Usagi pretty much played with her food. "I had the weirdest dream last night. I had a dream that we were fighting Mamoru and I beat him. Wouldn't that be cool if I could beat him?"
Usagi scooped up a spoonful of cereal and let it immediately fall down into the bowl again. "That would be cool. He isn't that hard to beat though. I mean he is, but he isn't. You just have to get stronger then him." She didn't have too much of an appetite after what had happened the night before. She would stick to what the guardian of time had told her and not tell anyone about her encounter.
"That's easy for you to say. You ARE stronger then him. But for us people who are only human and don't have the luxury of being part Saiyan, we just don't get that strong as fast as you."
Usagi smiled. "Oh yeah. Forgot about that little fact."
"Sure you did, you little liar." Minako wadded up a napkin and threw it at Usagi. It bounced off her forehead and landed in her cereal.
Usagi looked down at it and laughed. "That's it Minako. This is war between you and me." She picked it up and rang it out. She grinned as she looked up at her friend.
"You are not going to throw that at me with milk all over it are you?" Minako put her hands out. She knew very well that Usagi would do it.
"Just watch me." She pulled back her arm but quickly placed it back on the table when she noticed someone walking into the room. She had gotten in so much trouble on many different occasions about throwing things in the house. She didn't want to risk her mother walking in and seeing her. She would probably make her stay home and study if she did. She relaxed when she saw that it was just Ami and Gohan. "Hey, it's the bookworms."
Gohan sat down across the table from Usagi. "I'm not a bookworm Usagi. You know mom. She makes me study. But studying isn't all that bad all the time. You learn a lot of neat stuff. You should try it."
Usagi rolled her eyes. The day she enjoyed studying, would be the day that someone took over her body. She would never willingly like to study. She looked over to Ami, who wore a brand new light blue GI. Of course it's blue. What other color would she wear? "So, are you excited about fighting?"
Ami sat down. She was so nervous she was shaking. She didn't know what to expect. She didn't know if it would be hard or what. "Excited is an understatement."
"Don't worry. No one will let anything bad happen to you. Everyone is really nice when you're first learning how to fight. Dad isn't that mean when you first are learning. He attacked me the first day. Then he stepped on my tail. Then he threw me on the ground after I scratched his face up. Actually, now that I think about it, he didn't really give me THAT easy of a time. Hmm, that's interesting. He was rough on me the first time and I didn't even know. And don't ever try to play any tricks on him either. I did that once and it got me tied to a tree and a spider crawling up my leg." She stopped once she realized that she was scaring Ami. "But don't worry, it's all in good fun. He didn't mean to hurt me."
Ami turned her head to the door that led out of the kitchen just as Goku walked through the door. She hoped that he didn't just up and attack her when she trained with him. She wasn't strong enough to be attacked by someone as strong as he was. "Hi Goku."
"Hey Ami." Goku walked into the kitchen and headed straight for the fridge. "So how much sleep did you guys actually get?" He opened the door and pulled out load of food. He didn't care what he grabbed so long as he had food.
Usagi herself hadn't gotten too much sleep. She had actually kept herself awake thinking, wondering about the guardian of time. She never did get to see her face. "After mom came in we went right to sleep." She got up and threw the milk filled napkin in the garbage. "What are we going to be doing today daddy?"
Goku pushed his way into the remaining space at the table. "Actually, I'm just going to train with you today."
Gohan looked up from his conversation with Minako. "What? Dad, aren't we supposed to be preparing for the androids? And what about the other girls?"
Goku looked across the table to his son. "I want you to take them to train with Mamoru and Piccolo. But Gohan, I want you to train Ami. I don't think Mamoru would be too well of a teacher for her. I know you'll do it right. I want to work a bit with Usagi. I have my reasons, son. Just stick with it."
"Alright dad. I'll do it." He looked to Ami and Minako. "You don't mind do you?" They both shook their heads. He knew that neither of them cared for Piccolo or Mamoru. He didn't ask why but he could tell that something had happened between them.
Goku began to chow down on his pile of food while the kids went about their own business. He had many things planned for Usagi. He knew she had a remarkable hidden power and he planned to reveal it. He just wondered why he hadn't brought out her power in the future. It was obvious that she had it. "Where's Rei and Makoto?"
"Right here." Rei walked into the room soaking wet. Her hair, her cloths, everything we wet.
Goku cracked up laughing. He couldn't help it. She looked ridiculous. "What happened to you?" Usagi started in shortly after him.
Rei frowned as she pulled Makoto into the room with her. "We had a water fight."
Usagi tried to hold her laughter in but wasn't doing to well of a job. Both of them stood in the room with their cloths clenching tightly against their body. Their hair was a total mess. "Over what?" She put her hand to her mouth so she wouldn't be so obvious about laughing. Rei hated it when she was laughed at.
"You don't want to know." She calmly and quietly sat down next to Ami.
Makoto sat as far away from Rei as she could. "She stole my lilac shampoo."
Minako's eyes shot wide open. "You have more lilac shampoo and you didn't tell me?!" Both of the girls were nuts over flowers.
"Yeah, it's not so hard to find here. But Rei tried to steal it so I showed her whose boss." She stared at Rei, who looked back at her as if she were crazy.
"I didn't know it was so sacred to you. I just took a tiny little bit."
At that moment Chi-Chi walked into the room, looking quite mad. Everyone pretty much knew what she was mad about. She stood at the front of the table and stared at Rei and Makoto. "Girls, would you mind telling me why there is water all over the bathroom floor?" She eyed them both.
Goku, not wanting an argument to break out, stood up. "Well I'd love to stay and chat here but we have things we need to do. We don't get strong just sitting around." He had listened to countless arguments since the girls had arrived. He was sick of it. They got themselves into more trouble with his wife than he ever could. Not a single day went by without someone getting yelled out. He just didn't want to put up with it anymore.
Chi-Chi watched as her husband herded the kids out the door. "Don't just think you can walk away from me like this. I'm not through with you two yet. You don't just make a mess and then expect me to clean it up!"
Goku knew he would pay for this later but he didn't care. He would rather be the one to get yelled at. He didn't fight back nearly as much as the girls. "Come on guys. Let's get out of here while we still can."
Chi-Chi followed them outside. "You aren't going anywhere. Come back here. You will clean up this mess first!"
Goku gave them the signal and they all jumped into the air. He looked back at Chi-Chi. "We have to prepare for the androids dear. You understand don't you?" He grabbed Ami and held her close to him so she wouldn't fall and then leaped into the air. "We'll be back later."
"GOKU!"
~*~*~
Once in the air, the group had departed into their separate ways. Goku let Gohan take Ami and the other girls to go and train while he took Usagi with him. He led her to an out of the way place in the mountains about fifty miles away from the house. He didn't want any disturbances from anyone or anything. He motioned for her to land with him.
Usagi complied with her father's wishes. She was excited about getting to train again. She hoped that she didn't loose any of her strength or skill over the past year. She hadn't trained a single day. "So! What are we gonna do today?" She couldn't wait to get started. She knew that he had something special planned.
Goku turned around to face his daughter. "Remember when you first came here and you had that big power build up?" Usagi nodded. "I want you to learn how to control that. I could tell that you have been trained more for strength and physical fighting more than anything else. It's time for you to learn how to control your power. It will help you when you fight an enemy. Strength is good, but it is not everything. When fighting someone like Frieza, you need an equal amount of energy and physical strength. "
"But I know how to use energy attacks. I even made this really cool one too."
"That's not what I'm talking about. Yes, you have a sufficient amount of power. But, you can have more. You are special. Don't you feel your power when you build it up? Didn't you feel it when you first came here?"
"I guess so."
"No you didn't. You would know. You're just like Gohan. He too gets power bursts when he is upset. What we need to do is find a way for that power that you showed to become normal for you."
"How are we supposed to do that? And why didn't daddy try to get me to do that before?"
"He was probably trying to build up your strength first. You see, an energy attack has no effect unless it has the strength to back it up. So you know what our first goal is?" Usagi shook her head. "You're going to show me just how strong you really are."
Before her father had a chance to do anything, Usagi jumped into the air. She remembered her first day of training and how he had just up an attacked her. She also remembered what he had told her. He had told her to be prepared for anything. It was hard for her at first, but she had it down pretty well now. It was like second nature to her now. She made a face at him. "Ha, ha! You can't get me."
Goku lunged himself into the air and Usagi lowered herself. "You've been taught well."
"I was taught by the best you know."
"Why don't you show me you're best attack." Goku lowered himself. He was happy with her tactics so far. She didn't just stand in one place when the enemy attacked.
"What kind?"
"There's a bad move so far." He jumped at her and stuck his fist out to attack. Usagi blocked it with her forearm. With her free hand, she punched him in the stomach. He pulled his arm back to his side. "Not bad Usagi."
"Why did I make a bad move?" Usagi backed away from him just in case he tried to attack again.
"If I was truly your enemy and I told you to show me what you've got, you wouldn't just ask what kind. You would do it." He stepped closer to her. "But you recovered well. Now, you said you made your own attack. Would you mind showing me?"
Usagi grinned. "I'd be happy to." She put her hands together to form a bright gold Ki blast.
Goku sat and watched. She wasn't putting too much power into the attack but he knew it had to be useful otherwise she wouldn't use it. He would have told her when she made it if it was a good attack or not. "What is the basic concept of this attack?"
Usagi looked up from her attack. "You'll find out daddy. Just wait for a while." She looked back down at the energy as she pulled it apart, while giving it one last burst of energy. Usagi found it somewhat difficult to keep the two energy balls separate with the extra energy. She had never tried it like that before. She gave it her all. 'Now just stand still a little bit longer daddy.' She looked back up to her father and smiled. She was using the last of her strength to keep them apart. When it was apparent that she would not be able to hold on much longer, she fired one at her father and watched it shoot right past him.
Goku chuckled. "We need to work on your aim a bit kiddo."
Usagi smirked as she watched her attack reverse its direction. She was still struggling to keep a hold on the attack that still lay in her hand. "Do we?" She waited until the moment when the ball of energy was about to his and released the attack that she still held on to.
Goku looked at the second attack as it spiraled its way to him. "This one may actually hit me." He stepped to the side.
Usagi frowned. "You aren't supposed to dodge it." She immediately jumped to the first blast and kicked it to her father and did the same to the other. She made sure that she never touched both of them at once for once they left her hands, if you touch them both at once, you will be taken in by the attack.
Goku laughed quietly. He couldn't sense all that much power generating from the attack. "Come on Usagi. I know you can do better then that." He stood still and let the attacks come right for him. The first one hit and nothing happened. It didn't blow up. Instead it just kind of tried to force its way through him. "You call this an attack?" He put his hand out the catch the other one. When he did, both blasts spread their energy out to meet one another. Once they met, the energy was complete again and therefore created a power that was able to stop any movement from him. "What is this?" The energy was hot against his skin and made it feel as if a thousand blasts were fired at him over and over again. He tried to move his legs, but was unable to. The energy kept him from moving.
Usagi walked closer to his father. "I do call that an attack. What do you call it?"
Goku grinned. "It's an attack. But not a very good one." He concentrated all his energy into his body and powered up to Super Saiyan, causing the energy field to disperse.
Usagi was in awe. She had never seen the energy field be broken without outside interference. "That's not fair. How did you do that?"
Goku was impressed. He didn't think he would have to go Super Saiyan to get out of any attack from her. Of course, he pretty much guessed that she was Super Saiyan. That was the only explanation that he could come up with for her hair color. And her power bursts. Gohan had never gotten a power burst as strong as a Super Saiyan where Usagi had. "That was great Usagi. All you really need is to increase your energy level and you'll be fine. You have plenty of strength behind that attack. What's better is I couldn't even really feel it until the two balls met each other."
Usagi smiled and bowed. "I know I'm good." She stood back up. "I can even do that by grabbing someone."
"That's really useful. But you know what else is useful?"
"What?"
"Teleportation."
"Oh that's easy. I already know how to do that."
Goku raised an eyebrow in interest. He never would have thought that someone her age would be able to do such a task. "Well then, I guess you're all set. Except, we have to find a way for you to be able to control your power level. The more you have, the more powerful your attacks will be. Now, the question is how do we go about doing something like that? I noticed that you got a power boost when you were angry. So, what makes you angry?"
Usagi thought long and hard. There were many things that made her angry, but not angry enough to get her power boost. She had learned to try to keep her anger from rising too high. It always led to something bad. Her father told her it wasn't a good idea to get upset anyways because you usually did something you might regret. It really was good advice. "I don't know."
"I know one thing that makes you mad. Mamoru."
Usagi shuddered. That was one thing that DID make her mad. Although ever since she had beaten him, she didn't get all that mad. Unless he made fun of her family. "I guess he makes me mad. But I know it was just the way he was raised."
"What about the time he made that story up about you just to make you get mad and raise your powerlevel. He said that you wanted to kill me. Doesn't it make you mad that he did that? Don't you want to get back at him?"
Usagi was confused now. She didn't know why he was saying that she should get back at him. He had always taught her to be better then her enemies. That she shouldn't seek revenge. "Not really. I knew why he did it. Plus, I already forgave him for it. He does a lot of stupid things and says a lot of mean things to me, but I know that he's really a good guy. You just gotta give him a chance."
"Well then, what about those two girls you always talk about. What are their names? Haruka and Michiru. Don't you want to get back at them for hurting you? And what about everyone who has been mean to you?"
"Nope. I don't want to get back at them. As long as they don't hurt me and I don't hurt them, then I'm happy. I've gotten to the point where I don't really care anymore. Unless it's someone I know really well that makes fun of me, then I don't care. I used to care all the time, but not anymore. You showed me that it doesn't matter what others think."
"Argghh, do you always do what I say?"
Usagi stared blankly at her father. She didn't know what kind of a question that was. "Uh…yes. If I didn't I would get in lotsa trouble."
Goku smiled. That was a good thing. At least she was a delinquent. "Usagi, you are just too like me for your own good."
Usagi sighed. She hated to disappoint her father and that's exactly what she thought she was doing. That's what the tone of his voice was telling her. "I'm sorry daddy."
"I'm not mad at you. I just want to bring out your power. Don't worry, we'll do it somehow. You'll see. I'm not giving up on this. If you're going to fight those nasty androids with us then you're going to need all the power you can get." He powered down to his normal form and put his arm around his daughter's neck. "Let's go see how the others are doing."
"But we didn't really train that much." She looked up at her father.
"That's ok. I really only wanted to see what kind of skill you have today. Plus I need to talk to Mamoru." 'Maybe I can find out how to make her power come out. He seems to know how to do it.' "Come on. Let's go." He pulled his arm back and jumped into the air. "Let's go see if how much Ami has learned."
~*~*~
"Come on Ami. Block!" Gohan threw continuous punches at the fragile girl. She didn't seem to know that she was allowed to block, or even throw a few punches of her own.
"I don't know if I can Gohan." She was thrown back by a brutal punch to her face.
Gohan stepped up to Ami and held his hand down at her. "You can do it. I did. Piccolo once threw me over a cliff when I was four years old and made me climb back up by myself."
Ami took Gohan's hand and allowed herself to be helped up. "Piccolo is kind of mean don't you think?"
"No. Not really. Not once you get to know him. He's my best friend." He jumped back and got into his fighting position.
Ami looked to her right at the field where her friends fought against Mamoru and Piccolo. 'How can the Piccolo of this time be so different from the Piccolo of the future. He seems kinder in this time.' She looked back to Gohan who was currently dashing for her. She yelped as she closed her eyes and put her arms in front of her face.
Seeing this, instead of going for her face, he went for her stomach. "Don't leave any spot open Ami."
Ami opened her eyes and jumped to the side just before Gohan's fist would have made contact with her stomach. "Sorry Gohan."
"Try attacking me instead of just standing there." He jumped over her and kicked her in the back. He knew he was taking her kind of fast but it was a very sufficient way of learning. Piccolo had done the same to him. He learned very fast that if you wanted to stay in good health, that you have to fight back.
Ami stumbled forward and very quickly regained her footing before Gohan had a chance to strike again. She turned around and charged for him. "Fine!" She grabbed onto his arm just as she was about to pass him and dug her nails into his skin. "How's this?" She pulled on of her hands off and quickly got a tiny piece of skin between two of her nails.
"Way to go Ami!"
Ami lightened up her grip on Gohan and turned her head. "Usagi?"
Gohan took his opportunity to pull his arm back and flip Ami over onto her back. "Here's one more rule for you to remember, never take you eye off your enemy no matter what. I could come back and bite you in the butt."
Usagi looked down at Ami. She felt partly to blame for what just happened. "Sorry bout that Ami."
Ami sat up and grabbed her back. "That's ok Usagi." She stood to her feet. "Fighting is more fun then it looks. But it's also hard."
Usagi smiled. "Of course it is."
"Gohan, keep training with the girls. I need to go and talk to Mamoru for a minute." He began to run to the other part of the field where a heavy fight between the more advanced fighters was going on.
"Ok dad." He looked to Usagi and Ami. "Let's have some fun. How about you two against me?"
"I'm game. What about you Ami?" She turned to her friend, who nodded to her. "Great. But Gohan, don't touch my tail please."
"Fine." He had accidentally stepped on it once when she was sitting on the floor. He paid for it in more than just one way. First his ears were blasted out by her screaming, and the second he had to listen to an hour-long lecture from his mother about watching where he was walking.
~*~*~
Goku walked right in the middle of the fight. It was the girls against the guys. The teams were somewhat unevenly matched. But the girls seemed to be able to hold up very well. They too had wonderful skill. They just needed to work on their power like Usagi. He knew that they had a power inside them too. He didn't know why they had it or where it was from, but he could sense it. They were very strong for being so young and only being human. He knew that Mamoru also had a power inside him. "Mamoru." He waved for him to come out of the fight.
Mamoru stopped cold. He was about to hit Rei with a power punch just as Goku had called for him. "What is it? I'm a little busy here."
"Just come here for a second." He walked away from the fight. He knew that Mamoru would follow him. He stopped when he was halfway in-between the two fights and turned about to look at Mamoru. "You know that Usagi has a hidden power right?"
"You got me out a fight just to talk about Odango? We were winning."
"I don't care about that right now. Just answer my question. The sooner you do, the sooner you can go back to your fight." He looked over his shoulder. He didn't want anyone to hear their conversation. Especially his daughter. If she did, it would ruin his whole plan.
"Yeah fine. I know she has a hidden power. You talk about it all the time in the future and how she needs to learn to bring it out."
"So why don't I ever train her to do so?"
"Well you do, but you don't." He could see that he was confusing the Saiyan. "It's kind of a long story. You see, Usagi is probably one of the most forgiving people in the world. I've done more to her then anyone. I've nearly killed her before and yet she insists that I'm her friend. I say the most rude and derogatory things to her, yet she still thinks of me as her friend. She will never hate me. She may not like me too much, but she will always try to protect me. There is only one way for her to show her true energy."
"Do I know what that way is in the future?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't I do it?"
"Because it would devastate her if you did."
(Ok, that's it for this part. What did you think? Was it good or bad? Please tell me. Thanks! ^_^)
It was about nine o'clock at night and the girls had just been put to bed. They were all excited about the next day for they would begin their training again. This time it would be for a fight instead of just to learn new things. They knew that it would probably be pointless for them to fight because the androids were so strong, but they didn't care. It was still worth a try. They could use the experience. They had all agreed not to get into too much danger. There was still hope of getting home.
Home was one thing that Usagi had been thinking about a lot for the past couple of weeks. She had recently realized that she was more homesick then she had first thought. She tried to keep herself from thinking about the future so she wouldn't get herself upset. Thinking about her own timeline often left her nearly in tears, which is why she only thought about home when no one else was around. She missed everyone and couldn't wait to get back. Even if she was going to get in trouble. Though she loved being in the past, it just wasn't the same.
She stared up at the dark ceiling. Her friends were all chatting about various things. They mostly spoke of what happened while they were in the city. She was really only half listening as she was lost in a bundle of her own thoughts. She sighed to herself. She was doing exactly what she didn't want to do. She was thinking about home. It had been one year and two months since she left home. To her at least. To her parents it had only been a day and some odd hours. "Guys…"
Makoto stopped explaining to Ami about the flower shop that she had gone to and turned over in the direction of Usagi. She could tell that something was bothering her. "What?"
"I don't know. I'm just thinking."
"Bout what?" Minako sat up. She usually slept by the wall and was able to lean against it when she sat up.
"Well, remember that time guardian and how I said that she said we were supposed to be here?"
"Yeah."
"Do you think we'll ever be allowed to go home? Do you guys think she'll make us stay here forever? I don't wanna stay here forever you guys."
Minako didn't know what to say. She hadn't really thought about the subject much since she was wished there. She was to busy enjoying herself. Rei, on the other hand, had actually been thinking about it just about as much as Usagi. She too wanted to go home more than anything. But it wasn't possible. Time was in someone else's hands and there was nothing much that she could really do about it. "I think we'll be able to return home on day. She did give Minako and Makoto the time bracelets. Obviously she doesn't want us to age. Why else would she give them to us? Wouldn't she have told you if we weren't going to be able to go home?"
"I hope so. I like it here and all, I just…" She was starting in on herself again. She needed something to take her mind off this subject. "Why doesn't she just send us back? Can't she see how much I want to go back? All I wanted to do was stop dad from getting that disease. It isn't fun for me anymore." She looked to the door just as a small sliver of light found its way into the room.
"Girls, go to sleep. Goku is going to be training you tomorrow and I want you fully refreshed so you don't hurt yourselves." She looked at Minako. "Lay down and close your eyes. You will have plenty of time to gossip tomorrow." She backed out of the door and closed it. She turned around to see Goku sitting on the sofa eating popcorn. "Usagi was talking about her home again."
"Wha'd she say?" He stuffed a fist full into his mouth.
"She doesn't know if the guardian of time will ever allow her to go home." She sat down next to him and cuddled into his arm. "I'm worried about her. I don't want her to become depressed."
"Don't worry Chi-Chi. She's strong willed. As long as we are here and love her and protect her she will be fine. We are the second best thing as her parents."
~*~*~
Usagi closed her eyes. She hoped that Rei was right about the whole wristband thing. She wanted to go home more than anything at the moment. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted it. She tried to stop thinking about it, but it was no use. She would go onto something else and would always revert back to her normal thoughts. She yawn as she began to feel her eyes become heavier and heavier. Her mind began to fade out as she drifted off to sleep.
She immediately reopened her eyes when a giant thud woke her up. "What?" She sat up and looked around. She was not in her room. "Where am I?" There were no walls to her sides or behind her. The only thing that was visible was a giant metal door in front of her. She hoisted herself up off the ground and slowly made her way to the door. "What is this place?" The atmosphere was cold and dreary, while at the same time, it was also filled with a feeling of happiness. She held her arms stiffly against her body. "This is too freaky for me." She stopped walking when she reached the doors. They were ten times the height of her with designs engraved all over them. She began to put her hand out to run her hand over a lion.
"Don't touch those doors."
Usagi jumped as she pulled her hand back. She turned around. "Who said that?" She looked around but could not see anyone. 'Am I dreaming?' A black figure emerged from afar. Usagi couldn't make out any real detail but she knew that it was a person. "Who are you? Where am I?" With every word that Usagi spoke, her voice became more and more shaky.
"I am sorry to bring you at such a late time of night."
Usagi took a step back. She wasn't sure where she was but she definitely wasn't dreaming. Everything was all to weird. She would have wakened up by now anyways. She was sure of it. Of course there were the messages that Rei sent her. She hadn't wakened up from those dreams soon. But then again, those were also messages from Rei. She hadn't been meant to wake up until they were finished. She was too confused to think right now though.
"You don't have to be afraid of me Usagi. I'm a friend."
'That voice. I know that voice.' "You're the guardian of time aren't you?" She squinted to try and make out what she looked like, but sadly, she couldn't. She wasn't about to move closer either. She learned to let your enemy make the first move. And right now, she considered this woman to be her enemy. She didn't know where she was, or why she was here, but she wasn't going to take her chances.
"Yes I am."
"Where Am I?" She looked down to her feet. There was nothing there. No ground or anything of the sort. That alone freaked her out. The whole area was like one giant area of nothingness.
"You are no where in particular. You are just floating around in time."
"What?"
She smiled. She should have known better then to expect Usagi to understand that. "You are at the time gate. My home."
Usagi's eyes widened. She hoped and prayed that she had just heard right. "You're letting me go home?"
"No." She could see the look of disappointment on Usagi's face. But she had to make her stay in the past for the time being. It the only way for her to survive. Things had not quite happened the way they were met to. People had become stronger, including her. "I know you want to go home. But you have to believe me. Everything happens for a reason. I have already told you this."
"But you don't understand."
"I do understand. Just please believe me. But, you have doubt. Do you know what doubt does to someone Usagi?" Usagi shook her head. "It makes the person slow. It makes a person perform at a lower rate then normal. You need to get rid of that doubt."
"Why? Why is it so important that I stay in the past?" Usagi didn't understand anything that was going on. She only understood one thing. And that was the fact that she wanted to go home.
"You will know in time. But don't worry about that now. You need to rid yourself of your doubt. And I'm going to help you. I can't say much more then this but, please, don't worry about anything. It will all work out in the end."
"You mean I can go home?"
"I've already said too much." She put her staff out in front of her. The doors behind Usagi began to creek open. "Now go back to bed. You will have a long day ahead of you."
Usagi turned around and was startled to see her room with all her friends sleeping in bed. "This is just too much."
"Do not tell anyone of our meeting."
"What?" Usagi turned her head around, but the guardian of time was already gone. "I guess I have to go. I don't want to be stuck here forever." She shrugged her shoulders as she walked forward into her room to get some sleep.
~*~*~
The next day…
Minako and Usagi were the first to be up, and the first to be ready. They were both equally excited about training. Usagi hadn't trained in over a year, while it had only been a couple months for Minako. Minako sat at the table and ate her breakfast, while Usagi pretty much played with her food. "I had the weirdest dream last night. I had a dream that we were fighting Mamoru and I beat him. Wouldn't that be cool if I could beat him?"
Usagi scooped up a spoonful of cereal and let it immediately fall down into the bowl again. "That would be cool. He isn't that hard to beat though. I mean he is, but he isn't. You just have to get stronger then him." She didn't have too much of an appetite after what had happened the night before. She would stick to what the guardian of time had told her and not tell anyone about her encounter.
"That's easy for you to say. You ARE stronger then him. But for us people who are only human and don't have the luxury of being part Saiyan, we just don't get that strong as fast as you."
Usagi smiled. "Oh yeah. Forgot about that little fact."
"Sure you did, you little liar." Minako wadded up a napkin and threw it at Usagi. It bounced off her forehead and landed in her cereal.
Usagi looked down at it and laughed. "That's it Minako. This is war between you and me." She picked it up and rang it out. She grinned as she looked up at her friend.
"You are not going to throw that at me with milk all over it are you?" Minako put her hands out. She knew very well that Usagi would do it.
"Just watch me." She pulled back her arm but quickly placed it back on the table when she noticed someone walking into the room. She had gotten in so much trouble on many different occasions about throwing things in the house. She didn't want to risk her mother walking in and seeing her. She would probably make her stay home and study if she did. She relaxed when she saw that it was just Ami and Gohan. "Hey, it's the bookworms."
Gohan sat down across the table from Usagi. "I'm not a bookworm Usagi. You know mom. She makes me study. But studying isn't all that bad all the time. You learn a lot of neat stuff. You should try it."
Usagi rolled her eyes. The day she enjoyed studying, would be the day that someone took over her body. She would never willingly like to study. She looked over to Ami, who wore a brand new light blue GI. Of course it's blue. What other color would she wear? "So, are you excited about fighting?"
Ami sat down. She was so nervous she was shaking. She didn't know what to expect. She didn't know if it would be hard or what. "Excited is an understatement."
"Don't worry. No one will let anything bad happen to you. Everyone is really nice when you're first learning how to fight. Dad isn't that mean when you first are learning. He attacked me the first day. Then he stepped on my tail. Then he threw me on the ground after I scratched his face up. Actually, now that I think about it, he didn't really give me THAT easy of a time. Hmm, that's interesting. He was rough on me the first time and I didn't even know. And don't ever try to play any tricks on him either. I did that once and it got me tied to a tree and a spider crawling up my leg." She stopped once she realized that she was scaring Ami. "But don't worry, it's all in good fun. He didn't mean to hurt me."
Ami turned her head to the door that led out of the kitchen just as Goku walked through the door. She hoped that he didn't just up and attack her when she trained with him. She wasn't strong enough to be attacked by someone as strong as he was. "Hi Goku."
"Hey Ami." Goku walked into the kitchen and headed straight for the fridge. "So how much sleep did you guys actually get?" He opened the door and pulled out load of food. He didn't care what he grabbed so long as he had food.
Usagi herself hadn't gotten too much sleep. She had actually kept herself awake thinking, wondering about the guardian of time. She never did get to see her face. "After mom came in we went right to sleep." She got up and threw the milk filled napkin in the garbage. "What are we going to be doing today daddy?"
Goku pushed his way into the remaining space at the table. "Actually, I'm just going to train with you today."
Gohan looked up from his conversation with Minako. "What? Dad, aren't we supposed to be preparing for the androids? And what about the other girls?"
Goku looked across the table to his son. "I want you to take them to train with Mamoru and Piccolo. But Gohan, I want you to train Ami. I don't think Mamoru would be too well of a teacher for her. I know you'll do it right. I want to work a bit with Usagi. I have my reasons, son. Just stick with it."
"Alright dad. I'll do it." He looked to Ami and Minako. "You don't mind do you?" They both shook their heads. He knew that neither of them cared for Piccolo or Mamoru. He didn't ask why but he could tell that something had happened between them.
Goku began to chow down on his pile of food while the kids went about their own business. He had many things planned for Usagi. He knew she had a remarkable hidden power and he planned to reveal it. He just wondered why he hadn't brought out her power in the future. It was obvious that she had it. "Where's Rei and Makoto?"
"Right here." Rei walked into the room soaking wet. Her hair, her cloths, everything we wet.
Goku cracked up laughing. He couldn't help it. She looked ridiculous. "What happened to you?" Usagi started in shortly after him.
Rei frowned as she pulled Makoto into the room with her. "We had a water fight."
Usagi tried to hold her laughter in but wasn't doing to well of a job. Both of them stood in the room with their cloths clenching tightly against their body. Their hair was a total mess. "Over what?" She put her hand to her mouth so she wouldn't be so obvious about laughing. Rei hated it when she was laughed at.
"You don't want to know." She calmly and quietly sat down next to Ami.
Makoto sat as far away from Rei as she could. "She stole my lilac shampoo."
Minako's eyes shot wide open. "You have more lilac shampoo and you didn't tell me?!" Both of the girls were nuts over flowers.
"Yeah, it's not so hard to find here. But Rei tried to steal it so I showed her whose boss." She stared at Rei, who looked back at her as if she were crazy.
"I didn't know it was so sacred to you. I just took a tiny little bit."
At that moment Chi-Chi walked into the room, looking quite mad. Everyone pretty much knew what she was mad about. She stood at the front of the table and stared at Rei and Makoto. "Girls, would you mind telling me why there is water all over the bathroom floor?" She eyed them both.
Goku, not wanting an argument to break out, stood up. "Well I'd love to stay and chat here but we have things we need to do. We don't get strong just sitting around." He had listened to countless arguments since the girls had arrived. He was sick of it. They got themselves into more trouble with his wife than he ever could. Not a single day went by without someone getting yelled out. He just didn't want to put up with it anymore.
Chi-Chi watched as her husband herded the kids out the door. "Don't just think you can walk away from me like this. I'm not through with you two yet. You don't just make a mess and then expect me to clean it up!"
Goku knew he would pay for this later but he didn't care. He would rather be the one to get yelled at. He didn't fight back nearly as much as the girls. "Come on guys. Let's get out of here while we still can."
Chi-Chi followed them outside. "You aren't going anywhere. Come back here. You will clean up this mess first!"
Goku gave them the signal and they all jumped into the air. He looked back at Chi-Chi. "We have to prepare for the androids dear. You understand don't you?" He grabbed Ami and held her close to him so she wouldn't fall and then leaped into the air. "We'll be back later."
"GOKU!"
~*~*~
Once in the air, the group had departed into their separate ways. Goku let Gohan take Ami and the other girls to go and train while he took Usagi with him. He led her to an out of the way place in the mountains about fifty miles away from the house. He didn't want any disturbances from anyone or anything. He motioned for her to land with him.
Usagi complied with her father's wishes. She was excited about getting to train again. She hoped that she didn't loose any of her strength or skill over the past year. She hadn't trained a single day. "So! What are we gonna do today?" She couldn't wait to get started. She knew that he had something special planned.
Goku turned around to face his daughter. "Remember when you first came here and you had that big power build up?" Usagi nodded. "I want you to learn how to control that. I could tell that you have been trained more for strength and physical fighting more than anything else. It's time for you to learn how to control your power. It will help you when you fight an enemy. Strength is good, but it is not everything. When fighting someone like Frieza, you need an equal amount of energy and physical strength. "
"But I know how to use energy attacks. I even made this really cool one too."
"That's not what I'm talking about. Yes, you have a sufficient amount of power. But, you can have more. You are special. Don't you feel your power when you build it up? Didn't you feel it when you first came here?"
"I guess so."
"No you didn't. You would know. You're just like Gohan. He too gets power bursts when he is upset. What we need to do is find a way for that power that you showed to become normal for you."
"How are we supposed to do that? And why didn't daddy try to get me to do that before?"
"He was probably trying to build up your strength first. You see, an energy attack has no effect unless it has the strength to back it up. So you know what our first goal is?" Usagi shook her head. "You're going to show me just how strong you really are."
Before her father had a chance to do anything, Usagi jumped into the air. She remembered her first day of training and how he had just up an attacked her. She also remembered what he had told her. He had told her to be prepared for anything. It was hard for her at first, but she had it down pretty well now. It was like second nature to her now. She made a face at him. "Ha, ha! You can't get me."
Goku lunged himself into the air and Usagi lowered herself. "You've been taught well."
"I was taught by the best you know."
"Why don't you show me you're best attack." Goku lowered himself. He was happy with her tactics so far. She didn't just stand in one place when the enemy attacked.
"What kind?"
"There's a bad move so far." He jumped at her and stuck his fist out to attack. Usagi blocked it with her forearm. With her free hand, she punched him in the stomach. He pulled his arm back to his side. "Not bad Usagi."
"Why did I make a bad move?" Usagi backed away from him just in case he tried to attack again.
"If I was truly your enemy and I told you to show me what you've got, you wouldn't just ask what kind. You would do it." He stepped closer to her. "But you recovered well. Now, you said you made your own attack. Would you mind showing me?"
Usagi grinned. "I'd be happy to." She put her hands together to form a bright gold Ki blast.
Goku sat and watched. She wasn't putting too much power into the attack but he knew it had to be useful otherwise she wouldn't use it. He would have told her when she made it if it was a good attack or not. "What is the basic concept of this attack?"
Usagi looked up from her attack. "You'll find out daddy. Just wait for a while." She looked back down at the energy as she pulled it apart, while giving it one last burst of energy. Usagi found it somewhat difficult to keep the two energy balls separate with the extra energy. She had never tried it like that before. She gave it her all. 'Now just stand still a little bit longer daddy.' She looked back up to her father and smiled. She was using the last of her strength to keep them apart. When it was apparent that she would not be able to hold on much longer, she fired one at her father and watched it shoot right past him.
Goku chuckled. "We need to work on your aim a bit kiddo."
Usagi smirked as she watched her attack reverse its direction. She was still struggling to keep a hold on the attack that still lay in her hand. "Do we?" She waited until the moment when the ball of energy was about to his and released the attack that she still held on to.
Goku looked at the second attack as it spiraled its way to him. "This one may actually hit me." He stepped to the side.
Usagi frowned. "You aren't supposed to dodge it." She immediately jumped to the first blast and kicked it to her father and did the same to the other. She made sure that she never touched both of them at once for once they left her hands, if you touch them both at once, you will be taken in by the attack.
Goku laughed quietly. He couldn't sense all that much power generating from the attack. "Come on Usagi. I know you can do better then that." He stood still and let the attacks come right for him. The first one hit and nothing happened. It didn't blow up. Instead it just kind of tried to force its way through him. "You call this an attack?" He put his hand out the catch the other one. When he did, both blasts spread their energy out to meet one another. Once they met, the energy was complete again and therefore created a power that was able to stop any movement from him. "What is this?" The energy was hot against his skin and made it feel as if a thousand blasts were fired at him over and over again. He tried to move his legs, but was unable to. The energy kept him from moving.
Usagi walked closer to his father. "I do call that an attack. What do you call it?"
Goku grinned. "It's an attack. But not a very good one." He concentrated all his energy into his body and powered up to Super Saiyan, causing the energy field to disperse.
Usagi was in awe. She had never seen the energy field be broken without outside interference. "That's not fair. How did you do that?"
Goku was impressed. He didn't think he would have to go Super Saiyan to get out of any attack from her. Of course, he pretty much guessed that she was Super Saiyan. That was the only explanation that he could come up with for her hair color. And her power bursts. Gohan had never gotten a power burst as strong as a Super Saiyan where Usagi had. "That was great Usagi. All you really need is to increase your energy level and you'll be fine. You have plenty of strength behind that attack. What's better is I couldn't even really feel it until the two balls met each other."
Usagi smiled and bowed. "I know I'm good." She stood back up. "I can even do that by grabbing someone."
"That's really useful. But you know what else is useful?"
"What?"
"Teleportation."
"Oh that's easy. I already know how to do that."
Goku raised an eyebrow in interest. He never would have thought that someone her age would be able to do such a task. "Well then, I guess you're all set. Except, we have to find a way for you to be able to control your power level. The more you have, the more powerful your attacks will be. Now, the question is how do we go about doing something like that? I noticed that you got a power boost when you were angry. So, what makes you angry?"
Usagi thought long and hard. There were many things that made her angry, but not angry enough to get her power boost. She had learned to try to keep her anger from rising too high. It always led to something bad. Her father told her it wasn't a good idea to get upset anyways because you usually did something you might regret. It really was good advice. "I don't know."
"I know one thing that makes you mad. Mamoru."
Usagi shuddered. That was one thing that DID make her mad. Although ever since she had beaten him, she didn't get all that mad. Unless he made fun of her family. "I guess he makes me mad. But I know it was just the way he was raised."
"What about the time he made that story up about you just to make you get mad and raise your powerlevel. He said that you wanted to kill me. Doesn't it make you mad that he did that? Don't you want to get back at him?"
Usagi was confused now. She didn't know why he was saying that she should get back at him. He had always taught her to be better then her enemies. That she shouldn't seek revenge. "Not really. I knew why he did it. Plus, I already forgave him for it. He does a lot of stupid things and says a lot of mean things to me, but I know that he's really a good guy. You just gotta give him a chance."
"Well then, what about those two girls you always talk about. What are their names? Haruka and Michiru. Don't you want to get back at them for hurting you? And what about everyone who has been mean to you?"
"Nope. I don't want to get back at them. As long as they don't hurt me and I don't hurt them, then I'm happy. I've gotten to the point where I don't really care anymore. Unless it's someone I know really well that makes fun of me, then I don't care. I used to care all the time, but not anymore. You showed me that it doesn't matter what others think."
"Argghh, do you always do what I say?"
Usagi stared blankly at her father. She didn't know what kind of a question that was. "Uh…yes. If I didn't I would get in lotsa trouble."
Goku smiled. That was a good thing. At least she was a delinquent. "Usagi, you are just too like me for your own good."
Usagi sighed. She hated to disappoint her father and that's exactly what she thought she was doing. That's what the tone of his voice was telling her. "I'm sorry daddy."
"I'm not mad at you. I just want to bring out your power. Don't worry, we'll do it somehow. You'll see. I'm not giving up on this. If you're going to fight those nasty androids with us then you're going to need all the power you can get." He powered down to his normal form and put his arm around his daughter's neck. "Let's go see how the others are doing."
"But we didn't really train that much." She looked up at her father.
"That's ok. I really only wanted to see what kind of skill you have today. Plus I need to talk to Mamoru." 'Maybe I can find out how to make her power come out. He seems to know how to do it.' "Come on. Let's go." He pulled his arm back and jumped into the air. "Let's go see if how much Ami has learned."
~*~*~
"Come on Ami. Block!" Gohan threw continuous punches at the fragile girl. She didn't seem to know that she was allowed to block, or even throw a few punches of her own.
"I don't know if I can Gohan." She was thrown back by a brutal punch to her face.
Gohan stepped up to Ami and held his hand down at her. "You can do it. I did. Piccolo once threw me over a cliff when I was four years old and made me climb back up by myself."
Ami took Gohan's hand and allowed herself to be helped up. "Piccolo is kind of mean don't you think?"
"No. Not really. Not once you get to know him. He's my best friend." He jumped back and got into his fighting position.
Ami looked to her right at the field where her friends fought against Mamoru and Piccolo. 'How can the Piccolo of this time be so different from the Piccolo of the future. He seems kinder in this time.' She looked back to Gohan who was currently dashing for her. She yelped as she closed her eyes and put her arms in front of her face.
Seeing this, instead of going for her face, he went for her stomach. "Don't leave any spot open Ami."
Ami opened her eyes and jumped to the side just before Gohan's fist would have made contact with her stomach. "Sorry Gohan."
"Try attacking me instead of just standing there." He jumped over her and kicked her in the back. He knew he was taking her kind of fast but it was a very sufficient way of learning. Piccolo had done the same to him. He learned very fast that if you wanted to stay in good health, that you have to fight back.
Ami stumbled forward and very quickly regained her footing before Gohan had a chance to strike again. She turned around and charged for him. "Fine!" She grabbed onto his arm just as she was about to pass him and dug her nails into his skin. "How's this?" She pulled on of her hands off and quickly got a tiny piece of skin between two of her nails.
"Way to go Ami!"
Ami lightened up her grip on Gohan and turned her head. "Usagi?"
Gohan took his opportunity to pull his arm back and flip Ami over onto her back. "Here's one more rule for you to remember, never take you eye off your enemy no matter what. I could come back and bite you in the butt."
Usagi looked down at Ami. She felt partly to blame for what just happened. "Sorry bout that Ami."
Ami sat up and grabbed her back. "That's ok Usagi." She stood to her feet. "Fighting is more fun then it looks. But it's also hard."
Usagi smiled. "Of course it is."
"Gohan, keep training with the girls. I need to go and talk to Mamoru for a minute." He began to run to the other part of the field where a heavy fight between the more advanced fighters was going on.
"Ok dad." He looked to Usagi and Ami. "Let's have some fun. How about you two against me?"
"I'm game. What about you Ami?" She turned to her friend, who nodded to her. "Great. But Gohan, don't touch my tail please."
"Fine." He had accidentally stepped on it once when she was sitting on the floor. He paid for it in more than just one way. First his ears were blasted out by her screaming, and the second he had to listen to an hour-long lecture from his mother about watching where he was walking.
~*~*~
Goku walked right in the middle of the fight. It was the girls against the guys. The teams were somewhat unevenly matched. But the girls seemed to be able to hold up very well. They too had wonderful skill. They just needed to work on their power like Usagi. He knew that they had a power inside them too. He didn't know why they had it or where it was from, but he could sense it. They were very strong for being so young and only being human. He knew that Mamoru also had a power inside him. "Mamoru." He waved for him to come out of the fight.
Mamoru stopped cold. He was about to hit Rei with a power punch just as Goku had called for him. "What is it? I'm a little busy here."
"Just come here for a second." He walked away from the fight. He knew that Mamoru would follow him. He stopped when he was halfway in-between the two fights and turned about to look at Mamoru. "You know that Usagi has a hidden power right?"
"You got me out a fight just to talk about Odango? We were winning."
"I don't care about that right now. Just answer my question. The sooner you do, the sooner you can go back to your fight." He looked over his shoulder. He didn't want anyone to hear their conversation. Especially his daughter. If she did, it would ruin his whole plan.
"Yeah fine. I know she has a hidden power. You talk about it all the time in the future and how she needs to learn to bring it out."
"So why don't I ever train her to do so?"
"Well you do, but you don't." He could see that he was confusing the Saiyan. "It's kind of a long story. You see, Usagi is probably one of the most forgiving people in the world. I've done more to her then anyone. I've nearly killed her before and yet she insists that I'm her friend. I say the most rude and derogatory things to her, yet she still thinks of me as her friend. She will never hate me. She may not like me too much, but she will always try to protect me. There is only one way for her to show her true energy."
"Do I know what that way is in the future?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't I do it?"
"Because it would devastate her if you did."
(Ok, that's it for this part. What did you think? Was it good or bad? Please tell me. Thanks! ^_^)