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Son Usagi had obviously been wrong about her family and friends. She had, in fact, jumped through a portal the led her to a different dimension. Her family and friends had not aged anything but a few hours.
Though she was in a different dimension, things were beginning to look up for Son Usagi now that Pluto, the Guardian of Time, had revealed herself, finally.
~*~*~
~~Meanwhile~~
Back in Usagi's home dimension, there was still the matter of the crisis that had caused such an uproar late in the night. Now, almost every one of earth's fighters were gathered at Kami's tower trying to decipher just what was going on. They knew not what they were meant to do, for something like this had never happened in their history as a team. Too many variables were added to the problem, making it escalate into more. Arguments, which were popping up every now and then, were not making it any better either.
Goku, who was not in the least bit calmed down yet, looked up to his wife and daughter-in-law, who stood directly across from him in the circle that was created by the Z-Team. "Tell us about these girls you saw. What did they look like?"
"Well, Goku, we don't know much about them. We were quite rude to them and jumped the gun with thinking that they were the enemy. They looked to be children around the pre-teen age. They all wore some strange looking outfits with bows and skirts. Each had a different color. They called themselves the Sailor Senshi and apparently defeated a foe that even you couldn't feel, and if their Queen is any indication, beat"
Goku dropped his head as he listened to his wife's words. "I wonder where they could have come from. This is the first I've heard of them. They have to be here because of the entity that took Usagi, they just have to be. But how can they be so powerful and us not know about them?"
"Tch... Kakorotto, why don't you do something about this instead of just standing around?"
Goku glared over in Vejita's direction. "We can't just rush into this. As much as I want her back, we can't. This isn't just about Usagi getting kidnapped anymore. This is much more. This is about a new enemy, which has hopefully brought us allies."
"Yeah, whatever. I'll fight whoever is out there with my bare hands. I'll defeat it without any trouble at all. You guys just sit here and watch the master at his best." Vejita saw hope appear in Goku's eyes at the thought of him helping. "Don't get the wrong idea here, Kakorotto. I'm not doing it to help you get that brat back. I'm only doing it because whoever this is may prove to be a worthy opponent."
"YOU PIG!" Bulma slapped her husband right smack in the dead center of his face.
"I second that!" Chi-Chi added her own slap to Vejita's face, right on top of Bulma's. "We don't need your help getting my daughter back!"
Gohan, who was rather put out with Vejita from earlier events, found himself becoming enraged. He knew of better ways to get at the man than just yelling at him, though. "Vejita, if you can't beat my father in a simple spar, what makes you think you can beat this new enemy?"
Vejita growled as he stalked towards Gohan, maybe he couldn't beat these females without everyone getting on his case, but Gohan wasn't female or weak. 'Beside I'd end up regretting killing Bulma.' "You dare speak to me that way, boy?"
Gohan grinned. "Yes, I do. What are you going to do about it?"
"What I should have done a long time ago...KILL YOU!"
"STOP IT!" Pan, who had stayed quiet mostly the entire time, had had quite enough. She couldn't believe that these two grown men were acting in such a childish way. "Daddy," She turned to look at her father. She had nothing to say to Vejita, "Stop this. I know everyone's anger is high. I realize that Vejita is crude and annoying, but you have to stop it. Auntie Usagi, your sister, is in need of help right now, and here you are, starting fights with Vejita." Gohan lowered his head in embarrassment.
"She's right." Videl glared at her husband. "You are acting no better than him."
Vejita contributed a loud growl to the conversation to let his rage be known. "You had better watch what you're saying about me, missy."
"DON'T YOU MISSY ME!"
~*~*~
From the other side of the lookout sat five curious girls and one cat. They had ventured away from the group of adults so they could tend to their own business. The business of hopefully finding out what in the world was going on. So far, they were in the dark on almost everything.
Minako; "So, Artimas, would you like to explain to us what's going on? Who is that queen person who was chasing after Usagi? Who was that guy who attacked us? Most of all, why do we have this strange new power?"
Rei grinned at Minako. "And why is she second in command?"
Artimas sat down in Minako's lap and looked up at the curious girls. "Those are all good questions. First I will address..."
Hotaru, who was looking up at the moon, still had one thing in mind. "Why is the moon back?"
"Huh?" Artimas looked up at Hotaru, who was looking quite curious.
"The moon. It's back. It wasn't here before, and now it is. Does this have to do with the Senshi? Does it have to do with that queen person that my friends talk about? Is it why Usagi was taken away?"
Artimas looked back down at the ground with frustration. He wanted to answer all of those questions, but the truth was that he hadn't the foggiest idea how to. His memory wasn't fully back to normal. He only knew of two people who would be able to answer those questions. While one ceased to exist a thousand years ago, the other one was still quite alive, but there was still the fact that she did not have the authority to tell until the queen gave her permission. "I am not permitted to say. You will have to somehow hear it from someone else."
~*~*~
Krillin, who had long ago let his mind wander from the arguments that were arising from his friends, looked over to Hotaru and gulped with fright. "G...Go...G...Go...!" He stammered as he pointed in the young Saiyan's direction.
Goku pulled himself from the current argument and looked down to his best friend, who seemed to be at a loss for words. "What is it, Krillin?"
"H...O...Look...it..." He was too scared to even go on.
Goku ignored the fact that his wife was trying to get his attention and kneeled down. "Calm down. It will be much easier for you to talk."
"DAD!" Goten had taken one look at Krillin and noted the fact that he seemed to be pointing at something. So what did he do? He did the only thing that his curiosity told him to. He looked in the direction that he seemed to be pointing in and saw something that was strong enough to put fright into his own eyes. "You may want to look at...Hotaru..."
"What?" Goku looked up from Krillin and on to Hotaru, who was looking up at the moon. "Oh crap! Not good!" He quickly pressed his fingers to his forehead and teleported to be standing directly in front of her, startling her out of her wits.
"Goku?! What's wrong?!" She only received a glaring frown from him, causing her to cower away. "What did I do?"
"Don't look at the moon! Do you want to turn into a giant ape and destroy this place?"
Hotaru gulped with a hint of a smile. "But, Goku, I don't get aff..."
"Don't argue with me. I know what I'm talking about. I've had it happen to me. That's how my grandfather was killed. Now if you don't want to hurt any of your friends you will NOT look at the moon." Hotaru received his words more with harshness than he had meant them to be. He had been thinking too much that night as it was. He didn't want to have a rampaging Saiyan on his hands as well. "Understand?"
Hotaru slowly nodded. "Yes, sir."
Goku's face was over taken with guilt at the tone that the child used to answer him. "Make sure it doesn't happen again." With that, he turned around to walk back to his group, leaving the group of children behind. He had the belief that would keep any kind of uproar like that from happening ever again.
Artimas just glared at Goku with a harsh frown. "Is that really Usagi's father?"
Minako nodded. "Yep."
"But he's so rude to you kids as well as everyone else. He's much too intimidating to be a likeable father."
Hotaru looked back to her friends with saddened eyes. "He's not normally like this. He's usually so kindhearted. He's just under a lot of stress right now." Even though she knew that her words were very true, she couldn't help but feel somewhat bad about being yelled at unjustly without even been heard.
Artimas still wasn't sure about that. So far, he had only seen Goku yelling at the kids. "I'll have Luna keep an eye on him."
Rei; "So, Artimas, tell us about Sailor Moon and Luna, and how all this ties in with Usagi."
"Well, let's start with that queen you guys spoke of. Her name is Queen Beryl and she works under another, Queen Metallia. They are after Usagi because she is the holder of the ultimate power; the power of the moon."
Hotaru, still upset, sat next to Minako. "What's so great about the moon?" She made sure that her back was turned to the moon so she wouldn't be tempted to look at it. 'Not fair.'
"I'll tell you everything that I can remember. Long ago, there was a kingdom on the moon, called the Silver Millennium. In this kingdom, lived a lovely queen with her daughter, Princess Serenity, whom we are to protect in this world. The only other thing that I know is that one day Queen Beryl attacked the kingdom, which caused its downfall."
Makoto; "So where do we come into play with this?"
"You were all Princess Serenity's court, sworn to protect her at all costs. And you did just that. You, as well as the princess, were all reincarnated here, one thousand years in the future, along with Beryl. Your duty now, is to fight off the Dark Kingdom and protect the Moon Princess."
Ami; "Who is the Moon Princess, Artimas?"
Aritmas' head dropped as he shrugged. "We don't know. We have to search for her. I'm hoping that Luna will get back with Usagi soon. They may have some information that could help us."
~*~*~
Goku had felt guilty at the tone he'd used to Hotaru and would apologize later, but just then it was time to act. Goku looked at his friends and came to a decision. "Ok people, its time to act."
Vejita smirked. "Ha. Past time Kakorotto."
He ignored him and split the team up into separate missions "Chi-Chi, Pan, Bra, Videl, Goten and Bulma, you go retrieve the Dragonballs so we can get Usagi back home." 'I hate to use her Dragon Ball, but so far it's the only way.' When they nodded to show that they agreed as well as understood, he turned to Piccolo, Gohan, and Vejita. "The four of us will go to the moon and destroy it. It's to dangerous with the two kids having their tails."
With a frown, Vejita turned toward him. "And why would I do that Kakorotto? You don't order me. Why don't you just cut the brats' tails off anyway? It would save all this hassle."
A wolfish grin appeared on his face and he replied. "For one, I WILL not cut something off of my daughter if we can just simply blow up the moon. Second, I thought the chance to blow up something would appeal to you."
He said nothing to that, knowing that he was right. Dendee stepped forward at that. "If that is your wish, then I must go with you."
Piccolo frowned. "Why would you leave your keep at a time like this."
"You have forgotten Piccolo that when you destroyed the Moon last time, you nearly destroyed the Earth. The resulting gravitational forces unleashed would have ripped the planet apart if Kami hadn't intervened and stabilized Earth. You still have not fully integrated your two sides and there is conflict or you would know this."
Giving a growl, he had ignored that comment. Goku stared at him for a minute and then turned to the remaining team members. "You guy's stay here and act as back up and protect the girls. If anyone needs help, do as the girls suggested at Disney world and pulse you Ki." Several grinned at that memory and they then separated to carry out their missions.
~*~*~
Back in Tsukino Usagi's dimension, things were getting pretty interesting. Son Usagi had just grabbed Sailor Pluto and pulled her down so they could look into each other's eyes. Pluto could see the anger, as well as the plea for help in the young princess' eyes. "Hello, young Princess."
Son Usagi was still stunned that she, of all people, was a Princess. Though, she didn't have time to stress over it. There was no telling how long the Guardian of Time would show herself and there were so many questions that she wanted to ask. "So? What's with messing with my life?" She didn't dare let go in fear that if she did, Pluto would leave.
Pluto giggled. She could feel Usagi's anxiety. "You need not worry, Usagi. I won't stray away. As for tinkering with your life, that is not for me to say."
Son Usagi slowly let up on her grip and set Pluto down as she frowned a bit harder. "Why isn't it for you to say? You ARE the Guardian of Time, right? You WERE the one who made me and my friends stay in the past to fight Cell, right?"
Smiling down at the younger version of her Princess, Pluto chuckled. "Yes, and no. The Guardian of Time in which you are referring to will be there when you find your way back to your own dimension and time. She is the Sailor Pluto of your time and you will need to ask her these questions yourself."
Everyone was brought into a state of confusion at that, though Tsukino Usagi was the only one brave, or dumb, enough to let it show. "Wha...?"
Chibi-Usa frowned as she crossed her arms. "Just listen to what she has to say you dufus."
Pluto found herself frowning at the two's unwillingness to get along. "Yes, well, you see, there is a Pluto in each and every dimension. We all work together, as a group, to protect the timelines. We are linked with our power to let each other know what is going on in their timeline. The existence of the universes relies on us."
Tsukino Usagi; "Pluto, what's going on here? Why is this other Usagi here?"
Son Usagi nodded with her agreement to the questions. "Yeah. Doesn't this kind of mess up the dimensional workings or whatever?"
Turning to her own Princess, Pluto's face became more serious than ever. "Something has happened. Something that was not meant to, and it has to do with..." She paused and looked around to the curious faces of her fellow Senshi. "I'm sorry, but I can not say." The crowd groaned at her unwillingness to tell. "I must not reveal anything that is beyond my bounds. All I can tell you is that, because of this unexpected turn of events, the fate of all existence now rests on these two princesses shoulders."
That got a 'hmph' out of Chibi-Usa. "I guess the Multiverse is dead if it has to rely on Usagi, Miss airhead of the universe."
Tsukino Usagi glared at her future daughter. "Watch it, brat."
Son Usagi was most interested in this 'Multiverse' that the Guardian of Time, as she most well knew her as, spoke of. Though, she was a little put out with Chibi-Usa already. She, herself, was getting ready to rant on about how she should treat her mother with more respect. "Multiverse? You mean all the timelines?"
Everyone there, including Pluto, was stunned at Son Usagi's leap in knowledge. Their Usagi would have never been able to figure something like that out. Chibi-Usa was most impressed.
Tsukino Usagi, herself, was a bit stunned. Though, not to the degree that everyone else was. It was more because she beat her to the answer she was about to give. "Right, she must be. After all, the Multiverse is made up from the combined timelines." She looked down to Son Usagi with a smile as she looked around to the faces of the other Senshi. The two of them just giggled at the stunned faces all around. "I told you reading comics help heroes, no one believed me."
Son Usagi; "Too true."
Amused, Pluto decided to continue. "Yes, the Multiverse is as you imagined it to be. But this Universe and the Universe of Son Usagi are the two Prime Universes that all spring from. And they all take their path from them. That is why this meeting is so important. The two of you will decide the fate of all with your actions today. The only thing else I can say about this, is that you will have to work together, and follow your hearts. I will do exactly as you command, with the aid of Sailor Pluto of Son Usagi's timeline when you make your decision."
Tsukino Luna looked up at Pluto in puzzlement. "What decision?"
Pluto smiled, softly. "That is what they must decide. Tsukino Usagi, you may not tell her about the enemies, but you may tell her about yourself and this world."
Chibi-Usa frowned. "Great. The Multiverse is in the hands of the airheads. We're doomed."
Everyone around chuckled at that, even Mamoru was. But, looking into Tsukino Usagi's eyes, Son Usagi could see the hurt that they were creating within her. She knew what it felt like to feel that virtually everyone you ever cared about were against you. Angered at the thought of having a child who would mistreat her, Son Usagi stalked over to the laughing Chibi-Usa. "Hey BRAT! That's NO way to talk to your elders, especially your own mother! I don't know about you, but if I were to EVER talk to my mother that way, I would get a few slaps across the face! That may not be the right way to go about it, but a timeout wouldn't be uncalled for you little monster."
Tsukino Usagi looked more than just stunned. That was probably the first time that anyone had ever taken the time out to defend her from Chibi-Usa's hurtful comments, let along the fact that they might hurt her. She just stared down at her younger self with more respect than she even had for herself at that moment.
Chibi-Usa glared at Son Usagi the same way that she would glare at Tsukino Usagi, but without the same effect as she glared back. "She's not my mother yet, and boy do I wish she weren't."
Mamoru frowned down at the two children. "Chibi-Usa, calm down." He gently placed his hand on her back to help calm her anger. He looked over at Son Usagi; his frown and tone would turn colder from then on. "And you, Son Usagi, stay out of this. This is normal for them. They like to spar a bit."
Seething at his words, knowing without a doubt that her other self had been made to go through that before with everyone there, she lost her cool. "No YOU listen you idiot! You may say you are, but in my eyes, you are NO different that the Mamoru from my timeline. This is obviously making her hurt when Chibi-Usa here..."
"Usagi, don't." Tsukino Usagi really was in no mood to get into this at the moment.
Son Usagi frowned. "No. I will go on. One, this BRAT DID hurt her. No mother wants to ever hear that her kid wishes that she wasn't her mother. Two, she shouldn't go around insulting people for no reason, especially her own mom. Three, why aren't you trying to control her attitude problem? This has obviously happened before. Don't you care about your so-called beloved's feelings? Or are you the type that only likes being the good guy? Buying presents, playing, not punishing her at all. No wonder she acts that way. Man, she's almost as bad as your idiotic self from my time. And I actually I wondered who she reminded me of."
Infuriated, Mamoru glared at the child, who obviously didn't know a thing about what was happening. "Look here, you know nothing."
Son Usagi growled her answer. "I know nothing? That's really funny, Mamoru. HA! I know nothing. I know a lot more about being hurt than you. Why don..."
Seeing that a mere child had the guts to stand up for her, Tsukino Usagi began to feel brave herself. "That's pretty much the gist of it Son Usagi. She never respects me. He and my friends never even try to stop her. And when I do, they tell me to ease up on her. Let her alone."
Mamoru and all the rest were most stunned by that. "That's not true."
Looking up with REAL justifiable tears in her eyes, which had shut him up in fear of what he would hear next, Tsukino Usagi just shook her head. "Tell me, Mamoru, do the numbers 75 and 35 mean anything to you? 75 might not, but 35 should."
The area went silent as Mamoru went deep into thought. No one had any idea what those numbers could have possibly meant, though they were all quite curious. Even Chibi-Usa found herself wondering what the numbers were for.
"I didn't think you would know. 75 is the number of times that she has wished for another mother other than me."
The number stunned Chibi-Usa. Though the amount of the number was a great contributor to her being stunned, what really caused her to be shocked was the fact that she had actually taken the time to keep count.
"And 35," Her voice quivering, making Mamoru cringe in fear of what he would hear next, "Is the number of time she has said it in front of you and not once did you say anything. Not once did you correct her. I have sometimes wondered if you haven't had the same thoughts. ALL of you. I mean, you're always cracking down on me. You're always calling me a klutz and an airhead. You're always telling me how irresponsible I am. Maybe someone else would make a better Princess, Sailor Moon, and girlfriend. You all seem to think so. You sure seem to like to point out my flaws. Especially you, Luna, and Rei. But the others get their share. I'm sorry I don't live up to your expectations of friend, lover, Princess, Senshi, AND MOTHER." Sobbing by the end, she turned around and ran off. The feelings that she felt at that moment were too overwhelming to endure. The pain of all the put downs over the years, the hiding of her shame was entirely too much.
The rest were also brought to tears, wondering how she could have possibly thought something like that. Mamoru began to run after her, only to find his path being blocked by Son Usagi. "MOVE, kid!"
Usagi frowned up at him. He was acting exactly like the Mamoru from her own dimension, which didn't set well with her one bit. "No, you've done enough. I'll go after her. You try and actually see it from her point of view. I can tell now that you don't."
'She's just like Usako...' "Look. I don't care if you ARE her, this is none..." He could go no further as he received a quick foot in the gut.
"Shut up already." With that, she focused her energy onto her older self's and teleported away, causing the group to gasp in awe.
Son Luna stared at them all in shock. "Is what she said true?"
Tsukino Luna growled her response. "Of course not. She just has a tendency to overreact."
Son Luna thought about what Tsukino Usagi had said and then applied it to what had just now happened. "But Chibi-Usa was acting that way just now, like she had said. And no one corrected her. That's not the way a child should talk to her Mother."
Mamoru looked to the ground to think about what had just happened. He was honestly thinking of his actions, or lack of, with Chibi-Usa and towards Usagi. 'Maybe I have been a little lenient on her. And I never did try to stop her. And when Usagi tried I always defended her. And maybe I have not told her all the good things about her that I love, instead trying to correct the bad, but some of those bad are the best part of her. Her innocence. Her joy for life. Oh god, what have I done? What have we done?'
Chibi-Usa, feeling guilty, but refusing to admit it, growled in annoyance. "That airhead. Why would we care if she's overreacting?"
Frowning at the fact that no one responded to her, proving Tsukino Usagi's point yet again, Mamoru turned to his future daughter with a stern look.. "That is enough from you, young lady."
Chibi-Usa cringed at his harsh tone of voice that went along with his words. "But, Mamo-Chan."
"Enough of that as well. Usagi has mentioned a few times that that was her special name for me. It's not right for you to use it."
Looking up at his stern face, she realized how much he looked like her father, and perhaps for the first time, she realized that he IS her father. Not Mamo-Chan, but her father's younger self. And if that's true, then Usagi's her mother's younger self as well. And all the mean things that she had ever said to her, she said to her mother. And she would remember them in the future, and she and her father would hate her for it. 'What have I done!?' Tears formed in her eyes as she turned around to run off as well.
"Chibi-Usa!" Mamoru called out to her, but she didn't respond. "Great." He looked back to his friends, who felt like crying themselves.
~*~*~
Chibi-Usa continued to run as fast as she could in no specific direction. She didn't care where she went nor did she care where she would end up. Her business in this time was over. She had only come back to fight off the new enemy, who seemed to be her own mother. Even now that her duty was over, she didn't want to go back. She didn't want to face her parents, who would now have a memory of this day and would hate her from then on out. 'What a mess I've made. I'm more like my mom's younger self than I realized.'
She continued aimlessly running around until she hit into a soft, warm object that wrapped itself around her. She knew who it was, which was why she had to get away. Looking up to see who she already knew was there, she saw Tsukino Usagi, lovingly looking back down at her. For the first time, she looked up at her with fear as well as shame while struggling to get out of her embrace. "Let go. Let go. I know you hate me for what I've said and done. You'll always hate me. And when I get to the future, you'll remember and hate me even more."
Shocked at such a thought, Tsukino Usagi held her daughter even tighter and even managed to let out a slight giggle to ease the tension. "How can I hate you when I LOVE you so much?"
That just about did it for the now wide-eyed Chibi-Usa. She couldn't exactly believe what she had just heard come from the one person that she had verbally bashed for years. "But...?"
Tsukino Usagi kneeled down to Chibi-Usa's level. After a few words with Son Usagi, she had calmed down and was ready to talk now. She forced Chibi-Usa to look at her. "I've always loved you, no matter what."
"Bu..."
"Shh...let me finish. When you first came here, and tired those, umm...interesting stunts, I could have stopped you, turned you out. I know you think you had your way with Luna P hypnotizing everyone, but I could have stopped you with the Crystal. Plus, the moment you were first attacked, the only thing that was going through my mind was protecting you. And I knew you were lonely here, so I tired to stay out of the way. Well, as much as I could at any rate. I knew you didn't want me for a mother, but I never regretted the idea of you being my daughter. I know you don't really love me here, but my future, past, and present self will always love you."
Crying even harder, Chibi-Usa threw her arms around her future mother with out any hesitation. "That's not true," She sobs. "I do love you. It's just that Mam..., daddy is easier because he's not so much like me. I was angry that you wouldn't give me the Crystal, and when I found out about you, I thought you must hate me and not want me, so I pushed you away."
"Chibi-Usa..." Tsukino Usagi leaned in to hug her with a warm and loving smile. "Thank you. And no, you could never make me hate you. Angry, maybe, but never hate." At that moment, a great deal of fear, anger, and pain left both of their hearts.
Watching from afar, the duo's friends, who had, shortly after Chibi-Usa had run off, gone chasing after her. They were ready to send their apologies to their Usagi when Mamoru had walked to the mother, daughter duo and hugged them both. "I'm sorry, Usako. I have not been the best partner in this. I should have supported you more, took a firmer stand with Chibi-Usa. I should have told you why I love you so much, your all-encircling heart, your caring for all, even an enemy. Your strength courage. But I'm not used to sharing. Maybe you can help me more with this. I promise to listen."
Son Usagi, who had teleported back to the older versions of her friends, was absolutely and utterly shocked stiff by the showcase of emotions that were coming from Mamoru. She wasn't sure if it was real or a hologram. 'I never knew it was possible for ANY Mamoru to be so...loving...'
The other girls, as well as Tsukino Luna, murmured their regrets and promise to at least try to change and understand.
Son Usagi stared directly at Chibi-Usa. 'I guess she isn't all that bad. All it took was a few words to get the emotions out and everything comes out smoothly.' She looked over to Hotaru, who stood on her right. She was still most amazed by the fact that she was older than her. There was still something on her mind about something in their earlier conversation. "Hotaru, what did you mean by 'saved from your own power'?"
Pluto took the liberty of answering for the youngest Senshi. "The Senshi of Saturn was not supposed to awaken. She is the Senshi of death and rebirth."
Son Usagi grinned. "So, Hotaru's a Sailor Senshi too? She's the one who can destroy the world with her power, right?" She asked, looking down to Son Luna, who nodded her reply.
"Yes," Pluto interjected. "It is for this reason that Saturn must always remain asleep. Her power is much too strong and can't be controlled."
Son Usagi was confused. "She's awake now, isn't she?"
Tsukino Usagi looked up from her family moment. "That's because I used the Crystal to tame her power. It's much more stable now. Unfortunately, it's not 100% stable."
"How?" 'Maybe I can do this for my dimension's Hotaru, too...'
"I used the Ginzuishou to seal it, but the power was too great. If I'd use the Crystal to the extent need to be used, it would have killed us both." Looking down, she whispers. "I did the best I could."
Going over to her Princess and friend, Hotaru hugged Tsukino Usagi. "You did more for me than any of the other Moon royalty ever did for my line. We always slept, until needed. You gave me life. One worth living." Tsukino responded with a watery smile.
Ami looked over to Son Usagi, who seemed to be thinking of other things at the moment. She was pretty sure that it had to be about her family, whom she was sure missed her by now. "Tell me, SON Usagi, who are you parents? I'm sure that you're a descendent of Trunks. You can't directly be his daughter since you don't carry the name 'Briefs', so he must have had a daughter and you were born to her."
Son Usagi was completely and utterly confused at that point. "Why do you say that? Why would I have to be a relative of Trunks?"
Ami herself became somewhat confused at the response she received. "Well, Trunks is the only Saiyan on earth."
Pondering over what she could have possibly been talking about, Son Usagi frowned. "Ami, I don't know what..." Suddenly, she fully understood what was going on. "Oh man, how could I have been so stupid? Of course! Where else could I be the bond between my dimension and yours? This is Trunks' dimension!"
(Ok, a little announcement from me, the reason why the chapters have been coming out as an every other day thing is because of school. With football/marching season coming up, I need an extra day to get everything written out. Hope you understand...CYA! ^_^)
Son Usagi had obviously been wrong about her family and friends. She had, in fact, jumped through a portal the led her to a different dimension. Her family and friends had not aged anything but a few hours.
Though she was in a different dimension, things were beginning to look up for Son Usagi now that Pluto, the Guardian of Time, had revealed herself, finally.
~*~*~
~~Meanwhile~~
Back in Usagi's home dimension, there was still the matter of the crisis that had caused such an uproar late in the night. Now, almost every one of earth's fighters were gathered at Kami's tower trying to decipher just what was going on. They knew not what they were meant to do, for something like this had never happened in their history as a team. Too many variables were added to the problem, making it escalate into more. Arguments, which were popping up every now and then, were not making it any better either.
Goku, who was not in the least bit calmed down yet, looked up to his wife and daughter-in-law, who stood directly across from him in the circle that was created by the Z-Team. "Tell us about these girls you saw. What did they look like?"
"Well, Goku, we don't know much about them. We were quite rude to them and jumped the gun with thinking that they were the enemy. They looked to be children around the pre-teen age. They all wore some strange looking outfits with bows and skirts. Each had a different color. They called themselves the Sailor Senshi and apparently defeated a foe that even you couldn't feel, and if their Queen is any indication, beat"
Goku dropped his head as he listened to his wife's words. "I wonder where they could have come from. This is the first I've heard of them. They have to be here because of the entity that took Usagi, they just have to be. But how can they be so powerful and us not know about them?"
"Tch... Kakorotto, why don't you do something about this instead of just standing around?"
Goku glared over in Vejita's direction. "We can't just rush into this. As much as I want her back, we can't. This isn't just about Usagi getting kidnapped anymore. This is much more. This is about a new enemy, which has hopefully brought us allies."
"Yeah, whatever. I'll fight whoever is out there with my bare hands. I'll defeat it without any trouble at all. You guys just sit here and watch the master at his best." Vejita saw hope appear in Goku's eyes at the thought of him helping. "Don't get the wrong idea here, Kakorotto. I'm not doing it to help you get that brat back. I'm only doing it because whoever this is may prove to be a worthy opponent."
"YOU PIG!" Bulma slapped her husband right smack in the dead center of his face.
"I second that!" Chi-Chi added her own slap to Vejita's face, right on top of Bulma's. "We don't need your help getting my daughter back!"
Gohan, who was rather put out with Vejita from earlier events, found himself becoming enraged. He knew of better ways to get at the man than just yelling at him, though. "Vejita, if you can't beat my father in a simple spar, what makes you think you can beat this new enemy?"
Vejita growled as he stalked towards Gohan, maybe he couldn't beat these females without everyone getting on his case, but Gohan wasn't female or weak. 'Beside I'd end up regretting killing Bulma.' "You dare speak to me that way, boy?"
Gohan grinned. "Yes, I do. What are you going to do about it?"
"What I should have done a long time ago...KILL YOU!"
"STOP IT!" Pan, who had stayed quiet mostly the entire time, had had quite enough. She couldn't believe that these two grown men were acting in such a childish way. "Daddy," She turned to look at her father. She had nothing to say to Vejita, "Stop this. I know everyone's anger is high. I realize that Vejita is crude and annoying, but you have to stop it. Auntie Usagi, your sister, is in need of help right now, and here you are, starting fights with Vejita." Gohan lowered his head in embarrassment.
"She's right." Videl glared at her husband. "You are acting no better than him."
Vejita contributed a loud growl to the conversation to let his rage be known. "You had better watch what you're saying about me, missy."
"DON'T YOU MISSY ME!"
~*~*~
From the other side of the lookout sat five curious girls and one cat. They had ventured away from the group of adults so they could tend to their own business. The business of hopefully finding out what in the world was going on. So far, they were in the dark on almost everything.
Minako; "So, Artimas, would you like to explain to us what's going on? Who is that queen person who was chasing after Usagi? Who was that guy who attacked us? Most of all, why do we have this strange new power?"
Rei grinned at Minako. "And why is she second in command?"
Artimas sat down in Minako's lap and looked up at the curious girls. "Those are all good questions. First I will address..."
Hotaru, who was looking up at the moon, still had one thing in mind. "Why is the moon back?"
"Huh?" Artimas looked up at Hotaru, who was looking quite curious.
"The moon. It's back. It wasn't here before, and now it is. Does this have to do with the Senshi? Does it have to do with that queen person that my friends talk about? Is it why Usagi was taken away?"
Artimas looked back down at the ground with frustration. He wanted to answer all of those questions, but the truth was that he hadn't the foggiest idea how to. His memory wasn't fully back to normal. He only knew of two people who would be able to answer those questions. While one ceased to exist a thousand years ago, the other one was still quite alive, but there was still the fact that she did not have the authority to tell until the queen gave her permission. "I am not permitted to say. You will have to somehow hear it from someone else."
~*~*~
Krillin, who had long ago let his mind wander from the arguments that were arising from his friends, looked over to Hotaru and gulped with fright. "G...Go...G...Go...!" He stammered as he pointed in the young Saiyan's direction.
Goku pulled himself from the current argument and looked down to his best friend, who seemed to be at a loss for words. "What is it, Krillin?"
"H...O...Look...it..." He was too scared to even go on.
Goku ignored the fact that his wife was trying to get his attention and kneeled down. "Calm down. It will be much easier for you to talk."
"DAD!" Goten had taken one look at Krillin and noted the fact that he seemed to be pointing at something. So what did he do? He did the only thing that his curiosity told him to. He looked in the direction that he seemed to be pointing in and saw something that was strong enough to put fright into his own eyes. "You may want to look at...Hotaru..."
"What?" Goku looked up from Krillin and on to Hotaru, who was looking up at the moon. "Oh crap! Not good!" He quickly pressed his fingers to his forehead and teleported to be standing directly in front of her, startling her out of her wits.
"Goku?! What's wrong?!" She only received a glaring frown from him, causing her to cower away. "What did I do?"
"Don't look at the moon! Do you want to turn into a giant ape and destroy this place?"
Hotaru gulped with a hint of a smile. "But, Goku, I don't get aff..."
"Don't argue with me. I know what I'm talking about. I've had it happen to me. That's how my grandfather was killed. Now if you don't want to hurt any of your friends you will NOT look at the moon." Hotaru received his words more with harshness than he had meant them to be. He had been thinking too much that night as it was. He didn't want to have a rampaging Saiyan on his hands as well. "Understand?"
Hotaru slowly nodded. "Yes, sir."
Goku's face was over taken with guilt at the tone that the child used to answer him. "Make sure it doesn't happen again." With that, he turned around to walk back to his group, leaving the group of children behind. He had the belief that would keep any kind of uproar like that from happening ever again.
Artimas just glared at Goku with a harsh frown. "Is that really Usagi's father?"
Minako nodded. "Yep."
"But he's so rude to you kids as well as everyone else. He's much too intimidating to be a likeable father."
Hotaru looked back to her friends with saddened eyes. "He's not normally like this. He's usually so kindhearted. He's just under a lot of stress right now." Even though she knew that her words were very true, she couldn't help but feel somewhat bad about being yelled at unjustly without even been heard.
Artimas still wasn't sure about that. So far, he had only seen Goku yelling at the kids. "I'll have Luna keep an eye on him."
Rei; "So, Artimas, tell us about Sailor Moon and Luna, and how all this ties in with Usagi."
"Well, let's start with that queen you guys spoke of. Her name is Queen Beryl and she works under another, Queen Metallia. They are after Usagi because she is the holder of the ultimate power; the power of the moon."
Hotaru, still upset, sat next to Minako. "What's so great about the moon?" She made sure that her back was turned to the moon so she wouldn't be tempted to look at it. 'Not fair.'
"I'll tell you everything that I can remember. Long ago, there was a kingdom on the moon, called the Silver Millennium. In this kingdom, lived a lovely queen with her daughter, Princess Serenity, whom we are to protect in this world. The only other thing that I know is that one day Queen Beryl attacked the kingdom, which caused its downfall."
Makoto; "So where do we come into play with this?"
"You were all Princess Serenity's court, sworn to protect her at all costs. And you did just that. You, as well as the princess, were all reincarnated here, one thousand years in the future, along with Beryl. Your duty now, is to fight off the Dark Kingdom and protect the Moon Princess."
Ami; "Who is the Moon Princess, Artimas?"
Aritmas' head dropped as he shrugged. "We don't know. We have to search for her. I'm hoping that Luna will get back with Usagi soon. They may have some information that could help us."
~*~*~
Goku had felt guilty at the tone he'd used to Hotaru and would apologize later, but just then it was time to act. Goku looked at his friends and came to a decision. "Ok people, its time to act."
Vejita smirked. "Ha. Past time Kakorotto."
He ignored him and split the team up into separate missions "Chi-Chi, Pan, Bra, Videl, Goten and Bulma, you go retrieve the Dragonballs so we can get Usagi back home." 'I hate to use her Dragon Ball, but so far it's the only way.' When they nodded to show that they agreed as well as understood, he turned to Piccolo, Gohan, and Vejita. "The four of us will go to the moon and destroy it. It's to dangerous with the two kids having their tails."
With a frown, Vejita turned toward him. "And why would I do that Kakorotto? You don't order me. Why don't you just cut the brats' tails off anyway? It would save all this hassle."
A wolfish grin appeared on his face and he replied. "For one, I WILL not cut something off of my daughter if we can just simply blow up the moon. Second, I thought the chance to blow up something would appeal to you."
He said nothing to that, knowing that he was right. Dendee stepped forward at that. "If that is your wish, then I must go with you."
Piccolo frowned. "Why would you leave your keep at a time like this."
"You have forgotten Piccolo that when you destroyed the Moon last time, you nearly destroyed the Earth. The resulting gravitational forces unleashed would have ripped the planet apart if Kami hadn't intervened and stabilized Earth. You still have not fully integrated your two sides and there is conflict or you would know this."
Giving a growl, he had ignored that comment. Goku stared at him for a minute and then turned to the remaining team members. "You guy's stay here and act as back up and protect the girls. If anyone needs help, do as the girls suggested at Disney world and pulse you Ki." Several grinned at that memory and they then separated to carry out their missions.
~*~*~
Back in Tsukino Usagi's dimension, things were getting pretty interesting. Son Usagi had just grabbed Sailor Pluto and pulled her down so they could look into each other's eyes. Pluto could see the anger, as well as the plea for help in the young princess' eyes. "Hello, young Princess."
Son Usagi was still stunned that she, of all people, was a Princess. Though, she didn't have time to stress over it. There was no telling how long the Guardian of Time would show herself and there were so many questions that she wanted to ask. "So? What's with messing with my life?" She didn't dare let go in fear that if she did, Pluto would leave.
Pluto giggled. She could feel Usagi's anxiety. "You need not worry, Usagi. I won't stray away. As for tinkering with your life, that is not for me to say."
Son Usagi slowly let up on her grip and set Pluto down as she frowned a bit harder. "Why isn't it for you to say? You ARE the Guardian of Time, right? You WERE the one who made me and my friends stay in the past to fight Cell, right?"
Smiling down at the younger version of her Princess, Pluto chuckled. "Yes, and no. The Guardian of Time in which you are referring to will be there when you find your way back to your own dimension and time. She is the Sailor Pluto of your time and you will need to ask her these questions yourself."
Everyone was brought into a state of confusion at that, though Tsukino Usagi was the only one brave, or dumb, enough to let it show. "Wha...?"
Chibi-Usa frowned as she crossed her arms. "Just listen to what she has to say you dufus."
Pluto found herself frowning at the two's unwillingness to get along. "Yes, well, you see, there is a Pluto in each and every dimension. We all work together, as a group, to protect the timelines. We are linked with our power to let each other know what is going on in their timeline. The existence of the universes relies on us."
Tsukino Usagi; "Pluto, what's going on here? Why is this other Usagi here?"
Son Usagi nodded with her agreement to the questions. "Yeah. Doesn't this kind of mess up the dimensional workings or whatever?"
Turning to her own Princess, Pluto's face became more serious than ever. "Something has happened. Something that was not meant to, and it has to do with..." She paused and looked around to the curious faces of her fellow Senshi. "I'm sorry, but I can not say." The crowd groaned at her unwillingness to tell. "I must not reveal anything that is beyond my bounds. All I can tell you is that, because of this unexpected turn of events, the fate of all existence now rests on these two princesses shoulders."
That got a 'hmph' out of Chibi-Usa. "I guess the Multiverse is dead if it has to rely on Usagi, Miss airhead of the universe."
Tsukino Usagi glared at her future daughter. "Watch it, brat."
Son Usagi was most interested in this 'Multiverse' that the Guardian of Time, as she most well knew her as, spoke of. Though, she was a little put out with Chibi-Usa already. She, herself, was getting ready to rant on about how she should treat her mother with more respect. "Multiverse? You mean all the timelines?"
Everyone there, including Pluto, was stunned at Son Usagi's leap in knowledge. Their Usagi would have never been able to figure something like that out. Chibi-Usa was most impressed.
Tsukino Usagi, herself, was a bit stunned. Though, not to the degree that everyone else was. It was more because she beat her to the answer she was about to give. "Right, she must be. After all, the Multiverse is made up from the combined timelines." She looked down to Son Usagi with a smile as she looked around to the faces of the other Senshi. The two of them just giggled at the stunned faces all around. "I told you reading comics help heroes, no one believed me."
Son Usagi; "Too true."
Amused, Pluto decided to continue. "Yes, the Multiverse is as you imagined it to be. But this Universe and the Universe of Son Usagi are the two Prime Universes that all spring from. And they all take their path from them. That is why this meeting is so important. The two of you will decide the fate of all with your actions today. The only thing else I can say about this, is that you will have to work together, and follow your hearts. I will do exactly as you command, with the aid of Sailor Pluto of Son Usagi's timeline when you make your decision."
Tsukino Luna looked up at Pluto in puzzlement. "What decision?"
Pluto smiled, softly. "That is what they must decide. Tsukino Usagi, you may not tell her about the enemies, but you may tell her about yourself and this world."
Chibi-Usa frowned. "Great. The Multiverse is in the hands of the airheads. We're doomed."
Everyone around chuckled at that, even Mamoru was. But, looking into Tsukino Usagi's eyes, Son Usagi could see the hurt that they were creating within her. She knew what it felt like to feel that virtually everyone you ever cared about were against you. Angered at the thought of having a child who would mistreat her, Son Usagi stalked over to the laughing Chibi-Usa. "Hey BRAT! That's NO way to talk to your elders, especially your own mother! I don't know about you, but if I were to EVER talk to my mother that way, I would get a few slaps across the face! That may not be the right way to go about it, but a timeout wouldn't be uncalled for you little monster."
Tsukino Usagi looked more than just stunned. That was probably the first time that anyone had ever taken the time out to defend her from Chibi-Usa's hurtful comments, let along the fact that they might hurt her. She just stared down at her younger self with more respect than she even had for herself at that moment.
Chibi-Usa glared at Son Usagi the same way that she would glare at Tsukino Usagi, but without the same effect as she glared back. "She's not my mother yet, and boy do I wish she weren't."
Mamoru frowned down at the two children. "Chibi-Usa, calm down." He gently placed his hand on her back to help calm her anger. He looked over at Son Usagi; his frown and tone would turn colder from then on. "And you, Son Usagi, stay out of this. This is normal for them. They like to spar a bit."
Seething at his words, knowing without a doubt that her other self had been made to go through that before with everyone there, she lost her cool. "No YOU listen you idiot! You may say you are, but in my eyes, you are NO different that the Mamoru from my timeline. This is obviously making her hurt when Chibi-Usa here..."
"Usagi, don't." Tsukino Usagi really was in no mood to get into this at the moment.
Son Usagi frowned. "No. I will go on. One, this BRAT DID hurt her. No mother wants to ever hear that her kid wishes that she wasn't her mother. Two, she shouldn't go around insulting people for no reason, especially her own mom. Three, why aren't you trying to control her attitude problem? This has obviously happened before. Don't you care about your so-called beloved's feelings? Or are you the type that only likes being the good guy? Buying presents, playing, not punishing her at all. No wonder she acts that way. Man, she's almost as bad as your idiotic self from my time. And I actually I wondered who she reminded me of."
Infuriated, Mamoru glared at the child, who obviously didn't know a thing about what was happening. "Look here, you know nothing."
Son Usagi growled her answer. "I know nothing? That's really funny, Mamoru. HA! I know nothing. I know a lot more about being hurt than you. Why don..."
Seeing that a mere child had the guts to stand up for her, Tsukino Usagi began to feel brave herself. "That's pretty much the gist of it Son Usagi. She never respects me. He and my friends never even try to stop her. And when I do, they tell me to ease up on her. Let her alone."
Mamoru and all the rest were most stunned by that. "That's not true."
Looking up with REAL justifiable tears in her eyes, which had shut him up in fear of what he would hear next, Tsukino Usagi just shook her head. "Tell me, Mamoru, do the numbers 75 and 35 mean anything to you? 75 might not, but 35 should."
The area went silent as Mamoru went deep into thought. No one had any idea what those numbers could have possibly meant, though they were all quite curious. Even Chibi-Usa found herself wondering what the numbers were for.
"I didn't think you would know. 75 is the number of times that she has wished for another mother other than me."
The number stunned Chibi-Usa. Though the amount of the number was a great contributor to her being stunned, what really caused her to be shocked was the fact that she had actually taken the time to keep count.
"And 35," Her voice quivering, making Mamoru cringe in fear of what he would hear next, "Is the number of time she has said it in front of you and not once did you say anything. Not once did you correct her. I have sometimes wondered if you haven't had the same thoughts. ALL of you. I mean, you're always cracking down on me. You're always calling me a klutz and an airhead. You're always telling me how irresponsible I am. Maybe someone else would make a better Princess, Sailor Moon, and girlfriend. You all seem to think so. You sure seem to like to point out my flaws. Especially you, Luna, and Rei. But the others get their share. I'm sorry I don't live up to your expectations of friend, lover, Princess, Senshi, AND MOTHER." Sobbing by the end, she turned around and ran off. The feelings that she felt at that moment were too overwhelming to endure. The pain of all the put downs over the years, the hiding of her shame was entirely too much.
The rest were also brought to tears, wondering how she could have possibly thought something like that. Mamoru began to run after her, only to find his path being blocked by Son Usagi. "MOVE, kid!"
Usagi frowned up at him. He was acting exactly like the Mamoru from her own dimension, which didn't set well with her one bit. "No, you've done enough. I'll go after her. You try and actually see it from her point of view. I can tell now that you don't."
'She's just like Usako...' "Look. I don't care if you ARE her, this is none..." He could go no further as he received a quick foot in the gut.
"Shut up already." With that, she focused her energy onto her older self's and teleported away, causing the group to gasp in awe.
Son Luna stared at them all in shock. "Is what she said true?"
Tsukino Luna growled her response. "Of course not. She just has a tendency to overreact."
Son Luna thought about what Tsukino Usagi had said and then applied it to what had just now happened. "But Chibi-Usa was acting that way just now, like she had said. And no one corrected her. That's not the way a child should talk to her Mother."
Mamoru looked to the ground to think about what had just happened. He was honestly thinking of his actions, or lack of, with Chibi-Usa and towards Usagi. 'Maybe I have been a little lenient on her. And I never did try to stop her. And when Usagi tried I always defended her. And maybe I have not told her all the good things about her that I love, instead trying to correct the bad, but some of those bad are the best part of her. Her innocence. Her joy for life. Oh god, what have I done? What have we done?'
Chibi-Usa, feeling guilty, but refusing to admit it, growled in annoyance. "That airhead. Why would we care if she's overreacting?"
Frowning at the fact that no one responded to her, proving Tsukino Usagi's point yet again, Mamoru turned to his future daughter with a stern look.. "That is enough from you, young lady."
Chibi-Usa cringed at his harsh tone of voice that went along with his words. "But, Mamo-Chan."
"Enough of that as well. Usagi has mentioned a few times that that was her special name for me. It's not right for you to use it."
Looking up at his stern face, she realized how much he looked like her father, and perhaps for the first time, she realized that he IS her father. Not Mamo-Chan, but her father's younger self. And if that's true, then Usagi's her mother's younger self as well. And all the mean things that she had ever said to her, she said to her mother. And she would remember them in the future, and she and her father would hate her for it. 'What have I done!?' Tears formed in her eyes as she turned around to run off as well.
"Chibi-Usa!" Mamoru called out to her, but she didn't respond. "Great." He looked back to his friends, who felt like crying themselves.
~*~*~
Chibi-Usa continued to run as fast as she could in no specific direction. She didn't care where she went nor did she care where she would end up. Her business in this time was over. She had only come back to fight off the new enemy, who seemed to be her own mother. Even now that her duty was over, she didn't want to go back. She didn't want to face her parents, who would now have a memory of this day and would hate her from then on out. 'What a mess I've made. I'm more like my mom's younger self than I realized.'
She continued aimlessly running around until she hit into a soft, warm object that wrapped itself around her. She knew who it was, which was why she had to get away. Looking up to see who she already knew was there, she saw Tsukino Usagi, lovingly looking back down at her. For the first time, she looked up at her with fear as well as shame while struggling to get out of her embrace. "Let go. Let go. I know you hate me for what I've said and done. You'll always hate me. And when I get to the future, you'll remember and hate me even more."
Shocked at such a thought, Tsukino Usagi held her daughter even tighter and even managed to let out a slight giggle to ease the tension. "How can I hate you when I LOVE you so much?"
That just about did it for the now wide-eyed Chibi-Usa. She couldn't exactly believe what she had just heard come from the one person that she had verbally bashed for years. "But...?"
Tsukino Usagi kneeled down to Chibi-Usa's level. After a few words with Son Usagi, she had calmed down and was ready to talk now. She forced Chibi-Usa to look at her. "I've always loved you, no matter what."
"Bu..."
"Shh...let me finish. When you first came here, and tired those, umm...interesting stunts, I could have stopped you, turned you out. I know you think you had your way with Luna P hypnotizing everyone, but I could have stopped you with the Crystal. Plus, the moment you were first attacked, the only thing that was going through my mind was protecting you. And I knew you were lonely here, so I tired to stay out of the way. Well, as much as I could at any rate. I knew you didn't want me for a mother, but I never regretted the idea of you being my daughter. I know you don't really love me here, but my future, past, and present self will always love you."
Crying even harder, Chibi-Usa threw her arms around her future mother with out any hesitation. "That's not true," She sobs. "I do love you. It's just that Mam..., daddy is easier because he's not so much like me. I was angry that you wouldn't give me the Crystal, and when I found out about you, I thought you must hate me and not want me, so I pushed you away."
"Chibi-Usa..." Tsukino Usagi leaned in to hug her with a warm and loving smile. "Thank you. And no, you could never make me hate you. Angry, maybe, but never hate." At that moment, a great deal of fear, anger, and pain left both of their hearts.
Watching from afar, the duo's friends, who had, shortly after Chibi-Usa had run off, gone chasing after her. They were ready to send their apologies to their Usagi when Mamoru had walked to the mother, daughter duo and hugged them both. "I'm sorry, Usako. I have not been the best partner in this. I should have supported you more, took a firmer stand with Chibi-Usa. I should have told you why I love you so much, your all-encircling heart, your caring for all, even an enemy. Your strength courage. But I'm not used to sharing. Maybe you can help me more with this. I promise to listen."
Son Usagi, who had teleported back to the older versions of her friends, was absolutely and utterly shocked stiff by the showcase of emotions that were coming from Mamoru. She wasn't sure if it was real or a hologram. 'I never knew it was possible for ANY Mamoru to be so...loving...'
The other girls, as well as Tsukino Luna, murmured their regrets and promise to at least try to change and understand.
Son Usagi stared directly at Chibi-Usa. 'I guess she isn't all that bad. All it took was a few words to get the emotions out and everything comes out smoothly.' She looked over to Hotaru, who stood on her right. She was still most amazed by the fact that she was older than her. There was still something on her mind about something in their earlier conversation. "Hotaru, what did you mean by 'saved from your own power'?"
Pluto took the liberty of answering for the youngest Senshi. "The Senshi of Saturn was not supposed to awaken. She is the Senshi of death and rebirth."
Son Usagi grinned. "So, Hotaru's a Sailor Senshi too? She's the one who can destroy the world with her power, right?" She asked, looking down to Son Luna, who nodded her reply.
"Yes," Pluto interjected. "It is for this reason that Saturn must always remain asleep. Her power is much too strong and can't be controlled."
Son Usagi was confused. "She's awake now, isn't she?"
Tsukino Usagi looked up from her family moment. "That's because I used the Crystal to tame her power. It's much more stable now. Unfortunately, it's not 100% stable."
"How?" 'Maybe I can do this for my dimension's Hotaru, too...'
"I used the Ginzuishou to seal it, but the power was too great. If I'd use the Crystal to the extent need to be used, it would have killed us both." Looking down, she whispers. "I did the best I could."
Going over to her Princess and friend, Hotaru hugged Tsukino Usagi. "You did more for me than any of the other Moon royalty ever did for my line. We always slept, until needed. You gave me life. One worth living." Tsukino responded with a watery smile.
Ami looked over to Son Usagi, who seemed to be thinking of other things at the moment. She was pretty sure that it had to be about her family, whom she was sure missed her by now. "Tell me, SON Usagi, who are you parents? I'm sure that you're a descendent of Trunks. You can't directly be his daughter since you don't carry the name 'Briefs', so he must have had a daughter and you were born to her."
Son Usagi was completely and utterly confused at that point. "Why do you say that? Why would I have to be a relative of Trunks?"
Ami herself became somewhat confused at the response she received. "Well, Trunks is the only Saiyan on earth."
Pondering over what she could have possibly been talking about, Son Usagi frowned. "Ami, I don't know what..." Suddenly, she fully understood what was going on. "Oh man, how could I have been so stupid? Of course! Where else could I be the bond between my dimension and yours? This is Trunks' dimension!"
(Ok, a little announcement from me, the reason why the chapters have been coming out as an every other day thing is because of school. With football/marching season coming up, I need an extra day to get everything written out. Hope you understand...CYA! ^_^)