Two days later…
Goku opened the door that lead out of his room into the living room with caution. He poked his head out just enough to look around the room and make sure that there was no one there. He especially didn't want Usagi to be around. He wasn't sure if he wanted to train Usagi the way that Mamoru had told him. For one, it would take too long, and the second, it would in fact that it would make her a total wreck. Once he made sure that no one was in sight, he slowly left the room and tip toed his way across the living room to his son's room. He was lucky that Chi-Chi had left the house to pick up some groceries. If she knew that he was going to disturb Gohan from his studying, she would have gone ballistic. He knocked on the door to make sure that Gohan was in fact in the room.
"Yes? Come in."
Goku slowly and quietly and slowly began to open his son's door. He heard him sigh with relief as soon as he was fully inside the room and had the door shut behind him. "Did you think I was mom?"
Gohan nodded. "Yeah. I thought she was coming in here to check and see how much work I've gotten done. I haven't gotten much done because I've been thinking."
"About what? The androids?" Goku walked over to the desk in which Gohan sat at and leaned against the wall. That was something that he had been giving a lot of thought lately too.
"Yes. But not only that. This whole thing with Usagi and the others here seem kind of weird. Why do you think that the guardian of time wants her to stay here with us? What's so important about this time?" Gohan didn't mind the fact that his sister was there with him. He rather liked having her around. He was just worried about her. She expressed a real want to go home yet she was not able to.
"Yeah, I know. But it's not of any control. What is, is our training. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. You've been training with Ami for the past three days and I wanted to know how much progress she's making."
"Actually, she's great. She already fights great with the basic hand to hand combat skills. She's even progressing well with the more advanced ones. Just today I taught her how to make small Ki blasts and attempted to teach her how to fly. She was too worn out by the time we did that. She learns fast and understands the art of fighting better then any beginner I've ever met."
"I've noticed that all of them learn fast. It's strange actually. I don't understand how humans can be so strong with such a small amount of training. Look at Minako and Makoto. They have been fighting since they were five years old. That's what? Three years? Maybe four years tops depending on when they started. They can hold their own up against Mamoru and Piccolo quite well. Rei is also very good. She said that she started just after she turned seven. She's great too. She's really good with that mind stuff."
"Do you think we notice this in the future?"
"I don't know. We probably do. We have to. It's so obvious. These girls are special. They all have a hidden power within them."
"So how is your work with Usagi going?"
Goku sighed. Sadly, they had not made any progress. He tried to find a way to bring her power out. He did not want to use Mamoru's way if at all possible. It was just too horrible and he understood fully why Usagi was never trained to use it. "Not good. She doesn't seem to get upset about anything at all. I don't know what to do. That's how I became a Super Saiyan. I got mad because Krillin was killed."
"Yeah, and then you pretty much went off on me."
"Hey, I did that for a reason. You weren't listening to me. I told you to do something and you should have done it. It was for your own good."
"Yeah, yeah. I know it was." Gohan grinned as he looked up at his father. "So what's Mamoru's plan?"
"Not good. The only way to get Usagi to raise her powerlevel is to make her REALLY upset. And the only way to do that is to have something happen to one of her friends or family. Though, I don't think I know how to do that without really hurting her. We talked about one way to do it."
"And how is that?"
"We can pretty much scratch the idea about an enemy doing something to us. Nothing will be showing up before the next two years. But there is one other way which I don't really want to use, but we may have to use it just to get it done and over with."
"That's all ver nice father. Now would you please tell me this idea of yours."
Goku wasn't really listening to his son. He was more rather thinking aloud then anything. "It will take a while to do too. Usagi will have to get over it first. Something this drastic will take her through phases. I'll need help from Gohan too."
Gohan couldn't take it anymore. He needed to know. The anticipation was absolutely killing him. "Please just tell me! I'm dying here! I'm sitting right here dad!"
Goku stopped thinking and talking at the same time and looked back down to his son. He chuckled as he put on a goofy smile. "Sorry Gohan. I've been thinking about this for the past couple of days and I'm doing it again. But like I said, you will need to help me with this one."
Gohan nodded. "Anything for Usagi, dad."
"Then we can work on turning you Super Saiyan." I know that didn't happen until after they entered the room of time and spirit but oh well.
"Great, now, please tell me what your idea is." Gohan watched his father's face. He waited for any indication that he would say something.
Just at that precise moment, the door to Gohan's room busted open and a chipper Usagi walked in with a bowl of ice cream. Minako stood behind her. "What's all the noise about? I wanna know what daddy has to say!" She looked to her father who stared at her with sympathetic eyes, as if something had just gone wrong. "What? What is it?" She put a spoonful of the cold icy ice cream in her mouth.
Goku sighed as he began to frown. "What are you doing in here?" Goku's voice had a piercing sort of rudeness tone to it.
Usagi gasped as she jumped back into Minako. She had never heard her father snap at her just for walking into a room. "I just wanted to see what was going on."
Goku looked down to Gohan and smiled at him. He looked back up to Usagi and frowned again. "Who do you think you are? You can't just barge into a room like you own the place. Get out. Now!"
Usagi didn't know what to do, or even say for that matter. He had never yelled at her for such a stupid and meaningless reason. "Daddy I just…"
"Did I ask for any lip from you? No! I said to get out! Maybe you should learn how to knock!" 'The sooner the better.' He took a step forward. "Did I make myself clear or would you like to be personally thrown out?"
Minako was pretty much speechless. Had Usagi not been there, she would have made a run for it the first time he said to leave. But she was with her and wouldn't leave until she did. Though she would try her luck at getting her friend to leave. She put her hand on Usagi's shoulders. "Come on. Let's get out of here."
Usagi didn't budge. She just kept her eyes on her father as she approached her very slowly. She couldn't sense his feelings, which scared her. She didn't know if he was being serious or what. "What's wrong? I didn't do anything."
Gohan stood up and turned to face his sister and her friend, who was currently cowering behind her at the moment. "Just get out Usagi. This isn't your room. You weren't invited into this conversation." He knew what his father was talking about just a minute ago.
Usagi looked into her father's eyes. They were no longer sympathetic, but now they were savage, hateful eyes. She wasn't sure what was going on but she knew one thing. She didn't like it nor did she appreciate it. She had done nothing to deserve this. Or maybe she did and she just didn't know it. Her father got closer to her. Close enough to reach out to her. But before he did, she backed up out of the room and closed the door without even saying goodbye. Without saying a word to Minako, she threw her ice cream down to the floor, causing it to splatter all over the hard wooden floor and then ran to her own room and slammed to door behind her.
Gohan looked up to his father. "Dad…"
Goku sighed. "I know Gohan." He never wanted to see the look that he had just produced on his daughter's face ever again. It was the look or a scared and confused little girl. But he had to. It was the only way. Nothing upset her. He just hoped that it would work. He didn't want to upset her for no reason. He hoped that she would get past her phase of thinking that she was in the wrong. That was another thing that she needed to over come. She was too unsure of herself. This would help her. He just wished that it wasn't the only way. He felt horrible. But it would take time and he would need to do this until she learned. He wouldn't let it carry on for too long. If this didn't work he had another plan. A plan that took this one more step, which he hoped he wouldn't have to use.
~*~*~
Usagi didn't really talk to anyone for the rest of the night. She tried to stay away from everyone. She didn't want them to see her cry. Especially her father and brother. She knew that she must have done something really wrong. It was kind of hard to escape from the people you live with though. Anywhere she would go, one of her friends would always find her. None of them spoke to Gohan or Goku. None of them wanted to. Not after what they had just pulled. But Usagi was confused. Part of her wanted to talk to them and find out what she had done, while another part of her wanted to just stay away from them and hide in a dark room where they wouldn't be able to see her tears.
Right now, she on the sofa in the living room, in the dark. The only light was given off from little lights that lined the sides of the wall on the floor so that no one would run into them if they happened to need to travel in the house at night. It was hardly enough light to see anything. And currently, that was the way she liked it. She was alone at once.
It was about ten minutes to midnight and Usagi was supposed to be asleep by now. But she couldn't. She tried to figure out what she could have done to get herself into so much trouble. But she couldn't think of anything. Nothing came to mind. She replayed the day. She hadn't gotten herself into any trouble at all. She replayed the last week in her mind. Well, what she could remember. But still, she had done nothing. She must have done something and not even realized it.
She looked to her parent's room when she heard a noise. She was ready to bolt up from her position at any given time just in case someone was to come out of that room. There was no telling what either of her parents might have done if they saw her out there. She seemed to be in trouble already. She had snuck out of her room when she knew that her parents were asleep. She wanted to be alone with her thoughts and she couldn't exactly think with all her friends around. Though, she was kind of becoming lonely without them now.
She quickly shot her head over to her own room when she heard it creek open. She knew it was safe if one of them walked out. They wouldn't tell on her. "Who's there?"
"It's Makoto. Usagi, what are you doing out here?" She walked to the sofa. She couldn't really make out any detail but she could see an outline of her face.
"Thinking. How did you know I was out here?"
Makoto grinned. "You weren't there to roll over on me. I was so used to you rolling over on me that I even woke up when you didn't." She sat down by Usagi. "Look, Usagi, I know you're upset but you need sleep."
"I just don't know what I did wrong. Daddy has never yelled at me like that before. Not for just walking into a room without knocking. Plus, he's never threatened me before. I'm scared Makoto. What if he hates me?"
Makoto could sympathize for Usagi. There had been many times that her father had gone off on her for no reason. But Goku was different than her father. He was more understanding and compassionate. "Mom has her own word for this sort of thing. She calls it P.M.S."
"Wait a minute. Dad said something about mom being on P.M.S. before. Then, mom also said that Bulma was on P.M.S before. Dad never told me what it was, but mom did. She said it was something that happens to women that makes them mean. Dad said that mom is always on it. I believe it too, but how can men be on it? Mom said it's a woman thing. "
Makoto shrugged. "That's not what my mom calls it."
"What does she call it?"
"Pissy Man Syndrome.'"
Usagi couldn't help but laugh. She had heard enough swear words from Vejita to fully understand what that meant. "That's a good one Makoto."
Makoto laughed too. She was happy to hear laughter come from her friend. "I know. My mom comes up with the funniest things."
Usagi covered her mouth with her hand as she tried to conceal her laughter. She didn't want to wake up her parents. "That's what I love about your mom."
"Yeah I know." She stood up. "But we should be getting back to bed."
Usagi stood up too. "You're right. Hey Makoto?"
"Yeah?" She proceeded to move forward.
"Thanks for making me feel better. You're a great pal."
~*~*~
Rei glared at Goku as she sat at the table and ate her breakfast. She never would have thought that she would ever see Usagi crying because of something he had done. His reaction was totally unjustified and outrageous. She didn't deserve it and she knew he knew it. She didn't know where his sudden outburst could have come from. She didn't sense any anger emanating from him. Nor did she feel any evil lurking about.
Goku was in a twist of feelings that morning. He felt horrible for what he had done to his daughter. The only thing that kept him from apologizing was the fact that he knew it was the only way to be done and that she needed the power. But he still hated that fact. He wished that there were anther way to bring out her powers. He knew that her friends were glaring at him. He could feel their eyes on him. But he couldn't even tell him. They were a part of his plan and didn't even know it. They would help her come out of her shell. They would also help him when the time came for the real test of power. He made sure not to keep eye contact with any of them, but at the same time made sure not to look like he was disturbed by his actions from the previous night. He tried to act as calm and cool as possible. He looked up to the door just as Usagi walked in. She was a wreck. The skin below her eyes was dark and puffy, like she hadn't gotten any sleep the past night, which made him feel even worse. But there was no way around it. She would learn the truth one-day. He hoped sooner than later.
Usagi sat down at the table between Ami and Minako. She made sure that she never looked to her father for she feared that if she had, she would be yelled at. She wasn't totally sure that she could trust him. She wondered if he would even train her anymore. "What are we doing today?" She kept her face low and avoided any eye contact.
"We? We aren't doing anything." Goku stuffed a bowl full of food into his mouth.
"What do you mean? Aren't we going to train? You know, to get my hidden power out?"
"What's the use? You haven't gotten it out now, and you won't ever get it out. Let's face it. You're a lost cause. A disgrace to all fighters everywhere." He knew how much he was hurting his daughter by saying this. Her eyes told the story of her pain. He couldn't believe that he was doing it either. It hurt him just as much as it did her. She was sensitive and whenever criticism came from a family member or anyone close to her for that matter, she automatically guessed that she was in the wrong. She had no confidence in herself. This was also a good test of her sanity. But he still hated it and wished that she would just hurry up and get mad at him.
"I'm sorry. I'll try harder. I promise."
Goku stood up and looked to Gohan. "Let's go son. We have training to do." He looked to the girls. "Why don't you guys tag along? You seem to have potential. Unlike Usagi here. She can't fight worth anything. Even if her life depended on it." He hoped that Mamoru was right. He didn't want to be doing this for no reason.
Rei glared harder. She couldn't believe his attitude. Never in her life had she seen him so rude, so out of line. "Go with yourself Goku. We wouldn't train with you if you were the last man alive. Not after what you've done to your daughter."
Goku shrugged. He struggled to keep a cool face. He didn't want to let on how hard it was for him to act this way. "Suit yourselves. Come on Gohan. Let's get out of here and go train with some real fighters."
"Right dad." He stood up and followed his father out of the room. Usagi couldn't stand this. Not only was he being rude to her, but now her friends were angry with him. She didn't know what to do if they turned against each other. She hoped that the guardian of time knew what she was doing by leaving her there.
Makoto turned her nose up at him and waited until they were both totally out of the room before she broke the silence. "Look at him. What is he trying to prove by putting you down like this? He's so mean. He's turning into Mamoru." Usagi just sighed. She didn't know what she was going to do. She knew that she should have worked harder to get stronger.
Rei turned to Usagi. "You aren't going to take that from him are you?"
Usagi looked to Rei. There wasn't much that she could do. For one, he probably had good reasons for acting the way that he was. And second, even if she did want to strike back, he was too much for her to handle anyways. "I must have done something really bad. Why doesn't he tell me what I did? He's never done this to me before. He always tells me what I've done. He never yells at me."
Rei frowned. She hated it when Usagi always took everyone else's crap. She could be such a wimp sometimes. "You can not honestly tell me that you're going to let him treat you like that are you? You didn't do anything. If you did, you know for sure that your mom would have already gone off on you. You need to do something about this."
"Maybe he's just upset about something."
"Have you ever seen your dad upset about something?"
"Even if he has been upset about something, Usagi, he has never shown it. He's never taken his anger out on you before." Minako couldn't remember the last time she saw Usagi so upset. She had been lucky enough to not see her upset about not being able to go home. But even then, she was upset for a totally different reason. This time it was because of something close to her heart. She herself was even a bit angry about his current attitude. Though there was nothing that she could really do about it.
"I guess you're right. Maybe he's just mad at me because I can't fight?" She held her tail in her hands and squeezed it as hard as she could without making it hurt.
"Now Usagi that's a lie and you know it. That was just a stupid reason to yell at you. He's just got something wrong in his head." Makoto could tell that none of their words were really making past Usagi's ears. The information wasn't being processed. "Usagi, don't stress over it."
Usagi looked over to Makoto with tears in her eyes. She had started to think about her real father, which scared her even more. If the one from this time was this rude to her when she had not even done anything, then what would her own father do when she were to return home? Would he be even worse? She was beginning to think that she knew nothing about him after all. "I have to stress over it Makoto. He doesn't lie when it comes to stuff like this."
"You're being ridiculous Usagi. But if you really believe that you suck, which you don't, you need to train with us. We can show him just how supposedly 'weak' you are. All right?" She jumped up from her chair. This would be fun. They would all beat him in a fight. They would show him. "Come on. What do you guys say? Are you in?"
Minako jumped up, pulling Ami up with her. "We're definitely in. What about you Rei."
She grinned. "I'm all for showing him what we're made of. So all that's left is you Usagi."
Usagi sighed. She didn't want to make him even angrier with her. She didn't want to fight him and then fail at it. He would never let her live it down. He would probably make fun of her for the remainder of the time that she was there. But, she would do it just to make her friends happy. "All right. I guess I can do it."
~*~*~
~~The Future~~
Goku walked into an electronics store with a paper that had a list of items that he was to buy for Bulma. He had been to about fifteen different stores in two hours. He had ten items to buy, and had so far, only found four of them. He had been everywhere in his own city had had to venture over to Tokyo. Bulma had ordered the main chip of the time machine from a company in America, which he would be picking up after this stop. If they were to wait until the company could deliver it, it would be about a two-month wait. They didn't have time for that. They had until the end of the next day to get the thing built and then be able to travel back to get her. Bulma was certain that if she had all the parts, she would be able to make it in about twenty hours. He was determined to get the parts needed.
He walked up to the main counter and slapped the paper down in front of a boy, who looked no older than about seventeen, that stood behind it examining a motor of some sort. "Do you have any of these parts, sir?"
The boy put the device down and picked up the paper. He read the parts that Bulma was looking for. "Hey, some old chick came in here a couple months ago asking for the same parts."
"Yes. That was my friend. She needs more of the parts. Do you have any in? It's urgent. So if you could hurry up and find out."
He put the list down. "All right, all right. Don't have to get all upset over nothin, man." He pulled a blue folder out and began to flip through the white pages that were stacked in it. "You're in luck man. We got three things on this list in stock right now. Do you wanna get em'?"
Goku nodded. "Of course I want to get them." 'I'll do anything to get Usagi back.'
'Anything?'
Goku looked up. 'Who said that?'
'I'll remember that in case anything DOES go wrong.'
'Hey, who are you? What are you talking about? Answer me!' He looked around. It was strange. It was as if he were talking to someone through his thoughts. No one else seemed to hear it. He turned his head back to the boy behind the desk, who had the parts out in front of him, ringing them up. "Thanks."
"Do you want this stuff in a capsule? It's pretty fragile stuff you know. It would probably be safer that way." Once Goku nodded, the boy put the stuff into a medium sized Capsule and labeled it.
Goku paid the boy and took the capsule and gently placed it into the pocket of his jacket where he had put the other items that he had bought. He wanted to make sure that they weren't destroyed. Bulma had only given him enough money to buy what he absolutely needed. He grabbed the list from the boy and left the store. "Ok, now to that company in America and I have one more part I need to buy."
~*~*~
~~The Past~~
Ten days had passed…
Usagi's heart wasn't really into her training for the past ten days. She was worried about her relationship with her father. It was deteriorating before her eyes and there was nothing that she could do about it. Almost everything that came out of his mouth was derogatory towards her. Either that or it was a threat. He never really said anything nice to her. She didn't know what to do. Even her mother hadn't known what was going on with him. Gohan was acting the same way. Piccolo wouldn't have anything to do with her either. Mamoru pretty much stayed the same. He pushed her around, but not anymore than normal.
She was so caught up in her thinking that she didn't see a blue Ki blast spiraling right towards her and was thrown off her feet. She sat up and grabbed her lower back. "That was a good hit Ami." She grinned. She wasn't so out of it to where she wouldn't at least try to enjoy a good fight. "But not good enough." She quickly bounced back to her feet and fired her own Ki blast against Ami.
Ami jumped to the side just in time. She was beginning to learn Usagi's fighting pattern in just ten short days. She had used her mental concentration to her advantage and learned the way everyone fought. She had also learned to move whenever someone showed the slightest movement. "Too slow Usagi."
Usagi raced to her partner, Rei. They were on a team together fighting against Minako, Ami, and Makoto. They switched teams each spar to make it fair so not one team had three people all the time. The unequal teams made it more challenging for them too. "Rei, come on, let's do our thing that we were working on the other night."
Rei grinned. "Ok." She pulled her hands in front of her to her side. Her partner doing the same. Both sets of hands nearly met. She began to concentrate a red Ki blast in her hands.
Usagi could feel the warmth of Rei's energy close to her own hands. She too began to build up energy. "You guys gotta see this."
The other team willingly watched as their friends build up their attack. The two attacks seemed to be merging into one another, creating a larger and more powerful Ki attack. The two colors mixed to make a red and gold-spiraled attack. Ami was truly amazed. It must have taken forever for them to make that attack. "The two powers merge to one to make an even greater power. This has got to count for something with Goku."
"Let's do this Usagi."
Usagi nodded. They both shared the great ball of energy. It was enormous in power. More so than either one of them could produce solo. "Guys, this is going to be big." She pulled her hands away, synchronized with Rei's. They watched it make it's way to their friends raised their powerlevels to block. "This will show how much power is in this attack." She couldn't wait to find out. They had found a way to merge their power. They weren't sure how they had come up with it. It was just a crazy idea that Usagi thought up and they tried it. At first, it didn't work. They chemistry of the attacks were just too different. But then they cleared their minds and concentrated on one force, thus creating their combined attack. This was the first time that they were trying it out on another person. She was sure that they would be able to block it. If I worked though, she wanted to try it all together. Then they would have a mega attack.
But all of a sudden, as they were watching, the energy was thrown to the side, causing the energy to disperse into nothingness. Usagi looked up into the air, where she saw her father smirking. "Why'd you do that? We wanted to see how powerful that was."
Goku landed with Gohan. "Hey, it wasn't very powerful if I was able to shoot it down, then it was too weak to do any damage. You two need to re-think your strategies, and fast."
"Why?"
"Because I want to see how much you've learned. I want to see if you're worthy enough to be called my daughter. So far, you are not. So, let's fight, right here, right now. You against me." He hoped that he wouldn't have to carry out with this any longer than this day. Usagi gasped as she stepped back. Her heart felt like it was being ripped in half and then stomped all over by one of the people she loved most.
(Ok, that's it for this part. I can't write anymore. I didn't purposely put a cliffhanger in this time. I'm sorry, but I have to go do my stupid homework. Grrr. Anyways, like I said, I'm sorry that I have been doing the every other day posting. Believe me, I would SO rather be writing then doing research but I only have four weeks left of school and then I don't have to worry about it. I should go now though. Please tell me what you think. Thanks.)
Goku opened the door that lead out of his room into the living room with caution. He poked his head out just enough to look around the room and make sure that there was no one there. He especially didn't want Usagi to be around. He wasn't sure if he wanted to train Usagi the way that Mamoru had told him. For one, it would take too long, and the second, it would in fact that it would make her a total wreck. Once he made sure that no one was in sight, he slowly left the room and tip toed his way across the living room to his son's room. He was lucky that Chi-Chi had left the house to pick up some groceries. If she knew that he was going to disturb Gohan from his studying, she would have gone ballistic. He knocked on the door to make sure that Gohan was in fact in the room.
"Yes? Come in."
Goku slowly and quietly and slowly began to open his son's door. He heard him sigh with relief as soon as he was fully inside the room and had the door shut behind him. "Did you think I was mom?"
Gohan nodded. "Yeah. I thought she was coming in here to check and see how much work I've gotten done. I haven't gotten much done because I've been thinking."
"About what? The androids?" Goku walked over to the desk in which Gohan sat at and leaned against the wall. That was something that he had been giving a lot of thought lately too.
"Yes. But not only that. This whole thing with Usagi and the others here seem kind of weird. Why do you think that the guardian of time wants her to stay here with us? What's so important about this time?" Gohan didn't mind the fact that his sister was there with him. He rather liked having her around. He was just worried about her. She expressed a real want to go home yet she was not able to.
"Yeah, I know. But it's not of any control. What is, is our training. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. You've been training with Ami for the past three days and I wanted to know how much progress she's making."
"Actually, she's great. She already fights great with the basic hand to hand combat skills. She's even progressing well with the more advanced ones. Just today I taught her how to make small Ki blasts and attempted to teach her how to fly. She was too worn out by the time we did that. She learns fast and understands the art of fighting better then any beginner I've ever met."
"I've noticed that all of them learn fast. It's strange actually. I don't understand how humans can be so strong with such a small amount of training. Look at Minako and Makoto. They have been fighting since they were five years old. That's what? Three years? Maybe four years tops depending on when they started. They can hold their own up against Mamoru and Piccolo quite well. Rei is also very good. She said that she started just after she turned seven. She's great too. She's really good with that mind stuff."
"Do you think we notice this in the future?"
"I don't know. We probably do. We have to. It's so obvious. These girls are special. They all have a hidden power within them."
"So how is your work with Usagi going?"
Goku sighed. Sadly, they had not made any progress. He tried to find a way to bring her power out. He did not want to use Mamoru's way if at all possible. It was just too horrible and he understood fully why Usagi was never trained to use it. "Not good. She doesn't seem to get upset about anything at all. I don't know what to do. That's how I became a Super Saiyan. I got mad because Krillin was killed."
"Yeah, and then you pretty much went off on me."
"Hey, I did that for a reason. You weren't listening to me. I told you to do something and you should have done it. It was for your own good."
"Yeah, yeah. I know it was." Gohan grinned as he looked up at his father. "So what's Mamoru's plan?"
"Not good. The only way to get Usagi to raise her powerlevel is to make her REALLY upset. And the only way to do that is to have something happen to one of her friends or family. Though, I don't think I know how to do that without really hurting her. We talked about one way to do it."
"And how is that?"
"We can pretty much scratch the idea about an enemy doing something to us. Nothing will be showing up before the next two years. But there is one other way which I don't really want to use, but we may have to use it just to get it done and over with."
"That's all ver nice father. Now would you please tell me this idea of yours."
Goku wasn't really listening to his son. He was more rather thinking aloud then anything. "It will take a while to do too. Usagi will have to get over it first. Something this drastic will take her through phases. I'll need help from Gohan too."
Gohan couldn't take it anymore. He needed to know. The anticipation was absolutely killing him. "Please just tell me! I'm dying here! I'm sitting right here dad!"
Goku stopped thinking and talking at the same time and looked back down to his son. He chuckled as he put on a goofy smile. "Sorry Gohan. I've been thinking about this for the past couple of days and I'm doing it again. But like I said, you will need to help me with this one."
Gohan nodded. "Anything for Usagi, dad."
"Then we can work on turning you Super Saiyan." I know that didn't happen until after they entered the room of time and spirit but oh well.
"Great, now, please tell me what your idea is." Gohan watched his father's face. He waited for any indication that he would say something.
Just at that precise moment, the door to Gohan's room busted open and a chipper Usagi walked in with a bowl of ice cream. Minako stood behind her. "What's all the noise about? I wanna know what daddy has to say!" She looked to her father who stared at her with sympathetic eyes, as if something had just gone wrong. "What? What is it?" She put a spoonful of the cold icy ice cream in her mouth.
Goku sighed as he began to frown. "What are you doing in here?" Goku's voice had a piercing sort of rudeness tone to it.
Usagi gasped as she jumped back into Minako. She had never heard her father snap at her just for walking into a room. "I just wanted to see what was going on."
Goku looked down to Gohan and smiled at him. He looked back up to Usagi and frowned again. "Who do you think you are? You can't just barge into a room like you own the place. Get out. Now!"
Usagi didn't know what to do, or even say for that matter. He had never yelled at her for such a stupid and meaningless reason. "Daddy I just…"
"Did I ask for any lip from you? No! I said to get out! Maybe you should learn how to knock!" 'The sooner the better.' He took a step forward. "Did I make myself clear or would you like to be personally thrown out?"
Minako was pretty much speechless. Had Usagi not been there, she would have made a run for it the first time he said to leave. But she was with her and wouldn't leave until she did. Though she would try her luck at getting her friend to leave. She put her hand on Usagi's shoulders. "Come on. Let's get out of here."
Usagi didn't budge. She just kept her eyes on her father as she approached her very slowly. She couldn't sense his feelings, which scared her. She didn't know if he was being serious or what. "What's wrong? I didn't do anything."
Gohan stood up and turned to face his sister and her friend, who was currently cowering behind her at the moment. "Just get out Usagi. This isn't your room. You weren't invited into this conversation." He knew what his father was talking about just a minute ago.
Usagi looked into her father's eyes. They were no longer sympathetic, but now they were savage, hateful eyes. She wasn't sure what was going on but she knew one thing. She didn't like it nor did she appreciate it. She had done nothing to deserve this. Or maybe she did and she just didn't know it. Her father got closer to her. Close enough to reach out to her. But before he did, she backed up out of the room and closed the door without even saying goodbye. Without saying a word to Minako, she threw her ice cream down to the floor, causing it to splatter all over the hard wooden floor and then ran to her own room and slammed to door behind her.
Gohan looked up to his father. "Dad…"
Goku sighed. "I know Gohan." He never wanted to see the look that he had just produced on his daughter's face ever again. It was the look or a scared and confused little girl. But he had to. It was the only way. Nothing upset her. He just hoped that it would work. He didn't want to upset her for no reason. He hoped that she would get past her phase of thinking that she was in the wrong. That was another thing that she needed to over come. She was too unsure of herself. This would help her. He just wished that it wasn't the only way. He felt horrible. But it would take time and he would need to do this until she learned. He wouldn't let it carry on for too long. If this didn't work he had another plan. A plan that took this one more step, which he hoped he wouldn't have to use.
~*~*~
Usagi didn't really talk to anyone for the rest of the night. She tried to stay away from everyone. She didn't want them to see her cry. Especially her father and brother. She knew that she must have done something really wrong. It was kind of hard to escape from the people you live with though. Anywhere she would go, one of her friends would always find her. None of them spoke to Gohan or Goku. None of them wanted to. Not after what they had just pulled. But Usagi was confused. Part of her wanted to talk to them and find out what she had done, while another part of her wanted to just stay away from them and hide in a dark room where they wouldn't be able to see her tears.
Right now, she on the sofa in the living room, in the dark. The only light was given off from little lights that lined the sides of the wall on the floor so that no one would run into them if they happened to need to travel in the house at night. It was hardly enough light to see anything. And currently, that was the way she liked it. She was alone at once.
It was about ten minutes to midnight and Usagi was supposed to be asleep by now. But she couldn't. She tried to figure out what she could have done to get herself into so much trouble. But she couldn't think of anything. Nothing came to mind. She replayed the day. She hadn't gotten herself into any trouble at all. She replayed the last week in her mind. Well, what she could remember. But still, she had done nothing. She must have done something and not even realized it.
She looked to her parent's room when she heard a noise. She was ready to bolt up from her position at any given time just in case someone was to come out of that room. There was no telling what either of her parents might have done if they saw her out there. She seemed to be in trouble already. She had snuck out of her room when she knew that her parents were asleep. She wanted to be alone with her thoughts and she couldn't exactly think with all her friends around. Though, she was kind of becoming lonely without them now.
She quickly shot her head over to her own room when she heard it creek open. She knew it was safe if one of them walked out. They wouldn't tell on her. "Who's there?"
"It's Makoto. Usagi, what are you doing out here?" She walked to the sofa. She couldn't really make out any detail but she could see an outline of her face.
"Thinking. How did you know I was out here?"
Makoto grinned. "You weren't there to roll over on me. I was so used to you rolling over on me that I even woke up when you didn't." She sat down by Usagi. "Look, Usagi, I know you're upset but you need sleep."
"I just don't know what I did wrong. Daddy has never yelled at me like that before. Not for just walking into a room without knocking. Plus, he's never threatened me before. I'm scared Makoto. What if he hates me?"
Makoto could sympathize for Usagi. There had been many times that her father had gone off on her for no reason. But Goku was different than her father. He was more understanding and compassionate. "Mom has her own word for this sort of thing. She calls it P.M.S."
"Wait a minute. Dad said something about mom being on P.M.S. before. Then, mom also said that Bulma was on P.M.S before. Dad never told me what it was, but mom did. She said it was something that happens to women that makes them mean. Dad said that mom is always on it. I believe it too, but how can men be on it? Mom said it's a woman thing. "
Makoto shrugged. "That's not what my mom calls it."
"What does she call it?"
"Pissy Man Syndrome.'"
Usagi couldn't help but laugh. She had heard enough swear words from Vejita to fully understand what that meant. "That's a good one Makoto."
Makoto laughed too. She was happy to hear laughter come from her friend. "I know. My mom comes up with the funniest things."
Usagi covered her mouth with her hand as she tried to conceal her laughter. She didn't want to wake up her parents. "That's what I love about your mom."
"Yeah I know." She stood up. "But we should be getting back to bed."
Usagi stood up too. "You're right. Hey Makoto?"
"Yeah?" She proceeded to move forward.
"Thanks for making me feel better. You're a great pal."
~*~*~
Rei glared at Goku as she sat at the table and ate her breakfast. She never would have thought that she would ever see Usagi crying because of something he had done. His reaction was totally unjustified and outrageous. She didn't deserve it and she knew he knew it. She didn't know where his sudden outburst could have come from. She didn't sense any anger emanating from him. Nor did she feel any evil lurking about.
Goku was in a twist of feelings that morning. He felt horrible for what he had done to his daughter. The only thing that kept him from apologizing was the fact that he knew it was the only way to be done and that she needed the power. But he still hated that fact. He wished that there were anther way to bring out her powers. He knew that her friends were glaring at him. He could feel their eyes on him. But he couldn't even tell him. They were a part of his plan and didn't even know it. They would help her come out of her shell. They would also help him when the time came for the real test of power. He made sure not to keep eye contact with any of them, but at the same time made sure not to look like he was disturbed by his actions from the previous night. He tried to act as calm and cool as possible. He looked up to the door just as Usagi walked in. She was a wreck. The skin below her eyes was dark and puffy, like she hadn't gotten any sleep the past night, which made him feel even worse. But there was no way around it. She would learn the truth one-day. He hoped sooner than later.
Usagi sat down at the table between Ami and Minako. She made sure that she never looked to her father for she feared that if she had, she would be yelled at. She wasn't totally sure that she could trust him. She wondered if he would even train her anymore. "What are we doing today?" She kept her face low and avoided any eye contact.
"We? We aren't doing anything." Goku stuffed a bowl full of food into his mouth.
"What do you mean? Aren't we going to train? You know, to get my hidden power out?"
"What's the use? You haven't gotten it out now, and you won't ever get it out. Let's face it. You're a lost cause. A disgrace to all fighters everywhere." He knew how much he was hurting his daughter by saying this. Her eyes told the story of her pain. He couldn't believe that he was doing it either. It hurt him just as much as it did her. She was sensitive and whenever criticism came from a family member or anyone close to her for that matter, she automatically guessed that she was in the wrong. She had no confidence in herself. This was also a good test of her sanity. But he still hated it and wished that she would just hurry up and get mad at him.
"I'm sorry. I'll try harder. I promise."
Goku stood up and looked to Gohan. "Let's go son. We have training to do." He looked to the girls. "Why don't you guys tag along? You seem to have potential. Unlike Usagi here. She can't fight worth anything. Even if her life depended on it." He hoped that Mamoru was right. He didn't want to be doing this for no reason.
Rei glared harder. She couldn't believe his attitude. Never in her life had she seen him so rude, so out of line. "Go with yourself Goku. We wouldn't train with you if you were the last man alive. Not after what you've done to your daughter."
Goku shrugged. He struggled to keep a cool face. He didn't want to let on how hard it was for him to act this way. "Suit yourselves. Come on Gohan. Let's get out of here and go train with some real fighters."
"Right dad." He stood up and followed his father out of the room. Usagi couldn't stand this. Not only was he being rude to her, but now her friends were angry with him. She didn't know what to do if they turned against each other. She hoped that the guardian of time knew what she was doing by leaving her there.
Makoto turned her nose up at him and waited until they were both totally out of the room before she broke the silence. "Look at him. What is he trying to prove by putting you down like this? He's so mean. He's turning into Mamoru." Usagi just sighed. She didn't know what she was going to do. She knew that she should have worked harder to get stronger.
Rei turned to Usagi. "You aren't going to take that from him are you?"
Usagi looked to Rei. There wasn't much that she could do. For one, he probably had good reasons for acting the way that he was. And second, even if she did want to strike back, he was too much for her to handle anyways. "I must have done something really bad. Why doesn't he tell me what I did? He's never done this to me before. He always tells me what I've done. He never yells at me."
Rei frowned. She hated it when Usagi always took everyone else's crap. She could be such a wimp sometimes. "You can not honestly tell me that you're going to let him treat you like that are you? You didn't do anything. If you did, you know for sure that your mom would have already gone off on you. You need to do something about this."
"Maybe he's just upset about something."
"Have you ever seen your dad upset about something?"
"Even if he has been upset about something, Usagi, he has never shown it. He's never taken his anger out on you before." Minako couldn't remember the last time she saw Usagi so upset. She had been lucky enough to not see her upset about not being able to go home. But even then, she was upset for a totally different reason. This time it was because of something close to her heart. She herself was even a bit angry about his current attitude. Though there was nothing that she could really do about it.
"I guess you're right. Maybe he's just mad at me because I can't fight?" She held her tail in her hands and squeezed it as hard as she could without making it hurt.
"Now Usagi that's a lie and you know it. That was just a stupid reason to yell at you. He's just got something wrong in his head." Makoto could tell that none of their words were really making past Usagi's ears. The information wasn't being processed. "Usagi, don't stress over it."
Usagi looked over to Makoto with tears in her eyes. She had started to think about her real father, which scared her even more. If the one from this time was this rude to her when she had not even done anything, then what would her own father do when she were to return home? Would he be even worse? She was beginning to think that she knew nothing about him after all. "I have to stress over it Makoto. He doesn't lie when it comes to stuff like this."
"You're being ridiculous Usagi. But if you really believe that you suck, which you don't, you need to train with us. We can show him just how supposedly 'weak' you are. All right?" She jumped up from her chair. This would be fun. They would all beat him in a fight. They would show him. "Come on. What do you guys say? Are you in?"
Minako jumped up, pulling Ami up with her. "We're definitely in. What about you Rei."
She grinned. "I'm all for showing him what we're made of. So all that's left is you Usagi."
Usagi sighed. She didn't want to make him even angrier with her. She didn't want to fight him and then fail at it. He would never let her live it down. He would probably make fun of her for the remainder of the time that she was there. But, she would do it just to make her friends happy. "All right. I guess I can do it."
~*~*~
~~The Future~~
Goku walked into an electronics store with a paper that had a list of items that he was to buy for Bulma. He had been to about fifteen different stores in two hours. He had ten items to buy, and had so far, only found four of them. He had been everywhere in his own city had had to venture over to Tokyo. Bulma had ordered the main chip of the time machine from a company in America, which he would be picking up after this stop. If they were to wait until the company could deliver it, it would be about a two-month wait. They didn't have time for that. They had until the end of the next day to get the thing built and then be able to travel back to get her. Bulma was certain that if she had all the parts, she would be able to make it in about twenty hours. He was determined to get the parts needed.
He walked up to the main counter and slapped the paper down in front of a boy, who looked no older than about seventeen, that stood behind it examining a motor of some sort. "Do you have any of these parts, sir?"
The boy put the device down and picked up the paper. He read the parts that Bulma was looking for. "Hey, some old chick came in here a couple months ago asking for the same parts."
"Yes. That was my friend. She needs more of the parts. Do you have any in? It's urgent. So if you could hurry up and find out."
He put the list down. "All right, all right. Don't have to get all upset over nothin, man." He pulled a blue folder out and began to flip through the white pages that were stacked in it. "You're in luck man. We got three things on this list in stock right now. Do you wanna get em'?"
Goku nodded. "Of course I want to get them." 'I'll do anything to get Usagi back.'
'Anything?'
Goku looked up. 'Who said that?'
'I'll remember that in case anything DOES go wrong.'
'Hey, who are you? What are you talking about? Answer me!' He looked around. It was strange. It was as if he were talking to someone through his thoughts. No one else seemed to hear it. He turned his head back to the boy behind the desk, who had the parts out in front of him, ringing them up. "Thanks."
"Do you want this stuff in a capsule? It's pretty fragile stuff you know. It would probably be safer that way." Once Goku nodded, the boy put the stuff into a medium sized Capsule and labeled it.
Goku paid the boy and took the capsule and gently placed it into the pocket of his jacket where he had put the other items that he had bought. He wanted to make sure that they weren't destroyed. Bulma had only given him enough money to buy what he absolutely needed. He grabbed the list from the boy and left the store. "Ok, now to that company in America and I have one more part I need to buy."
~*~*~
~~The Past~~
Ten days had passed…
Usagi's heart wasn't really into her training for the past ten days. She was worried about her relationship with her father. It was deteriorating before her eyes and there was nothing that she could do about it. Almost everything that came out of his mouth was derogatory towards her. Either that or it was a threat. He never really said anything nice to her. She didn't know what to do. Even her mother hadn't known what was going on with him. Gohan was acting the same way. Piccolo wouldn't have anything to do with her either. Mamoru pretty much stayed the same. He pushed her around, but not anymore than normal.
She was so caught up in her thinking that she didn't see a blue Ki blast spiraling right towards her and was thrown off her feet. She sat up and grabbed her lower back. "That was a good hit Ami." She grinned. She wasn't so out of it to where she wouldn't at least try to enjoy a good fight. "But not good enough." She quickly bounced back to her feet and fired her own Ki blast against Ami.
Ami jumped to the side just in time. She was beginning to learn Usagi's fighting pattern in just ten short days. She had used her mental concentration to her advantage and learned the way everyone fought. She had also learned to move whenever someone showed the slightest movement. "Too slow Usagi."
Usagi raced to her partner, Rei. They were on a team together fighting against Minako, Ami, and Makoto. They switched teams each spar to make it fair so not one team had three people all the time. The unequal teams made it more challenging for them too. "Rei, come on, let's do our thing that we were working on the other night."
Rei grinned. "Ok." She pulled her hands in front of her to her side. Her partner doing the same. Both sets of hands nearly met. She began to concentrate a red Ki blast in her hands.
Usagi could feel the warmth of Rei's energy close to her own hands. She too began to build up energy. "You guys gotta see this."
The other team willingly watched as their friends build up their attack. The two attacks seemed to be merging into one another, creating a larger and more powerful Ki attack. The two colors mixed to make a red and gold-spiraled attack. Ami was truly amazed. It must have taken forever for them to make that attack. "The two powers merge to one to make an even greater power. This has got to count for something with Goku."
"Let's do this Usagi."
Usagi nodded. They both shared the great ball of energy. It was enormous in power. More so than either one of them could produce solo. "Guys, this is going to be big." She pulled her hands away, synchronized with Rei's. They watched it make it's way to their friends raised their powerlevels to block. "This will show how much power is in this attack." She couldn't wait to find out. They had found a way to merge their power. They weren't sure how they had come up with it. It was just a crazy idea that Usagi thought up and they tried it. At first, it didn't work. They chemistry of the attacks were just too different. But then they cleared their minds and concentrated on one force, thus creating their combined attack. This was the first time that they were trying it out on another person. She was sure that they would be able to block it. If I worked though, she wanted to try it all together. Then they would have a mega attack.
But all of a sudden, as they were watching, the energy was thrown to the side, causing the energy to disperse into nothingness. Usagi looked up into the air, where she saw her father smirking. "Why'd you do that? We wanted to see how powerful that was."
Goku landed with Gohan. "Hey, it wasn't very powerful if I was able to shoot it down, then it was too weak to do any damage. You two need to re-think your strategies, and fast."
"Why?"
"Because I want to see how much you've learned. I want to see if you're worthy enough to be called my daughter. So far, you are not. So, let's fight, right here, right now. You against me." He hoped that he wouldn't have to carry out with this any longer than this day. Usagi gasped as she stepped back. Her heart felt like it was being ripped in half and then stomped all over by one of the people she loved most.
(Ok, that's it for this part. I can't write anymore. I didn't purposely put a cliffhanger in this time. I'm sorry, but I have to go do my stupid homework. Grrr. Anyways, like I said, I'm sorry that I have been doing the every other day posting. Believe me, I would SO rather be writing then doing research but I only have four weeks left of school and then I don't have to worry about it. I should go now though. Please tell me what you think. Thanks.)