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Back in Son Usagi's home dimension, Goku had come up with a plan to rescue his daughter from who or whatever had the nerve to kidnap her. He and the rest of the adults seemed to have everything under control. They would be splitting into three groups. One would retrieve the Dragon Balls in hopes to rescue Usagi, another would attempt to blow up the moon so nothing would happen to the two Saiyans who happened to have their tails while the last would look after the kids to make sure nothing happened.
~*~*~
Back in Tsukino Usagi's, Son Usagi had just come to realize something more important than she could ever imagine. From what the people in this dimension were saying, Trunks was the only living Saiyan left. None of the others were around. Not her father, not her brothers, not Pan, Bra, or Vejita were around. The only way that would happen is if it was the future Trunks' dimension.
The group from the Tsukino dimension stared down at the child before them. There was one question pulsing through the minds of each and every one of them. 'What could she be talking about?' It seemed like a valid question as well for they knew nothing of Trunks' time travels. They did not know that he went back in time to save the past from destruction so they wouldn't have to live like his timeline. They knew nothing about him saving all of the Saiyans except for Goku, who he still believed to be dead.
Mamoru, who seemed to be most confused, addressed the child first. "Usagi, what do you mean by that? 'This is Trunks' dimension?'?"
Tsukino Usagi's eyes went wide. "You mean the Savior that destroyed the androids is a relative of yours?"
Son Usagi looked up to the puzzled faces of the older versions of her friends, as well as the other Usagi, who seemed to be lost as to why everyone else was confused. "I knew it. This IS Trunks' timeline, isn't it, Pluto?" She turned to Pluto, who was watching her with pride.
Pluto nodded. "Yes. I allowed Trunks to go to your Universe. I should not have, since it tampered with time as well as the dimensional workings, but I did it anyway, to save your father; so you could be born to him. The other Pluto, the one from your own home dimension, let you travel into the past to save your father in that timeline. And yes, this is Trunks' timeline."
Son Usagi was now the one who was confused. "But why? Why did you go through all that trouble to go against time?"
Pluto smiled softly. "This, young one, you will learn as time goes on."
Son Usagi wasn't the least bit satisfied with the answer that she received from the Guardian of Time, but she couldn't argue with it. There were still so many questions that needed to be answered. "What about Hotaru? You must have done the same thing for her, too. Who's her mom?"
Pluto frowned at the young princess for wanting to know such a thing. "That is none of mine, nor is it any of your concern. I had nothing to do with that. Your Pluto did, and I suggest you do not ask her. It will put you and your friend, Hotaru in danger."
Usagi gasped at the woman's sudden harsh tone. "O...ok, Pluto. I'm sorry." 'Yeesh, I only asked a question. There was no need to go off on me.'
Ami, wanting more knowledge, had some questions of her own that she wanted answered. "Pluto, are you two saying that there is another timeline out there that had beaten the androids with the aid of our Trunks."
Pluto nodded. "That is exactly what I'm saying. It is a branch off of this timeline, which should have been exactly like this one, but was altered by Trunks' presence there as well as his knowledge that he gave to his friends. It is like our alternate dimension. All but one of the Saiyans survived during the fight with the androids and Cell. The problem was caught early on, meaning that the world did not live in nearly as much heartache as they did in this world."
The group jealously looked at Son Usagi, who was thinking about what she was meant to be doing next. What started out as a simple kidnapping, had escalated into something more, much, much more. She could only imagine what was going on back at home and all the problems that could have been rising there.
~*~*~
Back in Son Usagi's dimension, things were going quite smoothly. The group that was in charge of finding the Dragon Balls already knew of three before they even set out. There were three at the Son house, two that Goku kept just in case someone wanted them, and the other...was Usagi's. They hated to have to use it, but so far, it seemed like the only way. They would use the Dragon Radar as an aide to find the four balls.
Meanwhile, back at Kami's lookout, the group who would destroy the moon was just getting ready to take off. Goku was trying to figure out the best way to go about blowing it up. He didn't want to give Dende a hard time trying to control the effects, but he wanted to just go all out at it too. He didn't want to waste another moment for every minute that went by was another possible minute that Hotaru would disobey him and look up to the moon.
"Dende, how much can you handle.
"Don't worry about me, Goku. I'll be fine. You just do what you have to do to get rid of the moon. I'll be able to handle anything that happens."
Goku nodded. He didn't have a single word to add in protest. "Good. Are the rest of you ready?" He looked around to his group, who nodded back at him. "Ok then. Let's shove off and destroy that thing before things really get out of hand."
"Right. Father, we have to make sure we hit directly in the center or else it will be harder to blow." Gohan jumped into the air, with the rest of the group close to follow, leaving the girls and the other fighters behind.
Hotaru looked up into the air to watch them fly away, only to find her view being blocked by Tienshin-han. "But..."
"Goku said not to look up. Now look away."
Hotaru frowned as she looked back to her friends, who were also frowning. "Adults don't listen." She pouted.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
Tsukino Usagi pondered to herself about what to do. Sestuna had said that this new problem involved all dimensions, the Multiverse. They were meant to be saving them all...but how? "Girls, we need to figure out how we are supposed to save everything. If all universes depend on us, we have to think of something good to fix this."
Son Usagi smiled. "That means we have to save my dad in all the other dimensions. That way, all Usagi's will be powerful enough to use our powers without dying."
Tsukino Usagi's face went almost completely pale with the feeling of being betrayed. "What's wrong with being a Tsukino?"
Son Usagi groaned. She now felt horrible. In no way had she meant that to be an insult. "No offence, but my extra strength comes from my Saiyan side. That's what's needed or else Pluto wouldn't have sent Trunks to my dimension to save my dad."
Tsukino Usagi still wasn't sure if she liked that idea. "Not to be a Tsukino..."
Son Usagi heard the sadness in her voice and thought about what it would mean and feel like to not be a Son. To not be born to her parents. Doing that made her realize just how crummy her counterpart felt, so she walked to her and gave her a hug.
Haruka, being somewhat put out by the recent shows of affection, turned to Pluto. "But what is the enemy that we must fight. Surely she is here to help with some new foe."
Pluto Grinned. "No, some of the most important matters in time aren't because of an enemy, but by a simple decision of the heart."
Son Luna; "Even still, it'd take a miracle to do what has to be done with Saturn. We have to find a way to tame her powers"
Son Usagi lit up with happiness as she pulled away from her counterpart and turned to Luna. On her face was the biggest grin of all time. "That's it!" The other group members were shocked by her sudden outburst. "We need the Dragon Balls!"
Chibi-Usa was most interested in the Dragon Balls that Son Usagi spoke of. Son Usagi seemed to have confidence that they will work. "What are Dragon Balls?"
Son Usagi could hardly hold in her giggles as she turned to Chibi-Usa. "You mean you don't know what Dragon Balls are?" Chibi-Usa shook her head, as did the rest of her friends. "How can you NOT know about...oh..." Her face became that of a child with no hope as she looked down to the ground with tears forming in her eyes.
Tsukino Usagi was the first to rush to her younger self's side. "What is it, Usagi? What's wrong? Will these Dragon Balls not help at all?"
Son Usagi raised her head just enough to turn and look into the eyes of Tsukino Usagi. "No. They'll work alright. If you get all seven of them together, they'll grant you any two wishes, or in your case...o..."
Tsukino Usagi jumped up with laughter. "Then what are we waiting for!? Let's go get all seven of them and wish that the Multiverse be saved!"
Minako could see the hurt look in Son Usagi's eyes and glared at her Usagi. "Settle down. For some reason, I don't think it's all that easy."
Son Usagi looked up to address the crowd of curious people. "That's right. I forgot that Kami, the creator of the Dragon Balls, is dead."
Makoto; "So why is that bad?"
Son Usagi wanted to cry out at that point. "If he's dead, the Dragon Balls disappear. When Kami and Piccolo were destroyed in this time, so were the Dragon Balls. And Dende isn't here so he can't make any...WAIT A MINUTE!" Usagi all of a sudden became overwhelmed with joy as she remembered what her father had told her about the time he had beaten Frieza. "My dad once told me about this planet called Namek, where he fought this really strong guy. He said that there are Dragon Balls on Namek, which is where they come from. Those Dragon Balls give you three wishes instead of just two."
Rei frowned. "But how are we supposed to get to this Namek place? It would take months if we flew in a Capsule Corp. Ship."
Son Usagi grinned. "Not if you can teleport. I can teleport directly to Dende's power."
Tsukino Luna juggled the odds of this actually working in her head and came to the conclusion that the kid has to know what she was talking about. So far, she proved to be telling the truth and if Setsuna trusted her, than she would too. "The Senshi can do the Sailor Teleport and follow you one you're there."
Son Luna's eyes sparkled with wonder. "Imagine that. Three wishes. We can wish ourselves home."
Frowning, Rei asks. "Hang on. Pluto said the fate of all Dimensions hang on this."
Makoto; "Maybe we're suppose to help all of them"
Son Usagi; "My brother told me that when Dende recreated my world's Dragon balls, he sacrificed one of the wishes to add strength of the other two to make them more powerful. Maybe if we use the first two of the Namek Dragon Balls to strengthen the last one, we can create a Super wish."
Pluto smiled at that. 'They're heading in the right direction.' "I am afraid, Princess, that even that won't have enough power to do all that is needed."
Tears came to Son Usagi's eyes once again. She had thought it was a wonderful idea.
Tsukino Usagi looked at her younger, and in many ways, more mature self with sympathy. 'She's still just a kid, but strong as well.' Putting her arm around the child for comfort, she turned to Pluto. "What if Chibi-Usa and I add the power of the Crystals to the wish, as well as the power of the other Senshi?"
Son Usagi brightened up as she looked at Pluto. "Yeah. And you can add your time powers with it. Maybe I can even try to add my Super Saiyan power."
Smiling a large smile, Pluto looked down into Son Usagi's bright blue eyes. "Yes. I can add my power. I can also try to add the strength of all dimension's Plutos' to aid in this endeavor. Yours, son Usagi, will be there to help as well."
Looking up, Son Usagi only responded with a quiet whisper. "Will that be enough?"
Pluto smirked. "If the two of you have strong enough hearts, it may just be. Now, you need to think of this 'super' wish." The two Usagi's looked at each other in fear. Even Son Luna had the look of worry planted on her face. Everyone else just laughed in relief.
Confused as always, Tsukino Usagi turned to look at her laughing friends. "WHAT'S GOING ON?"
Son Usagi frowned. "Yeah. This is NOT a time to be laughing!"
Tsukino Luna grinned. "My other self doesn't know you two, but the rest of us do. If what is needed is a heart, then the Multiverse is safe."
Rei; "Yeah, you two have the biggest hearts around. We're completely safe."
Minako nodded. "I have no worries"
Makoto; "Same here."
Ami; "We are in no danger. You two will get the job done. You won't rest until it's over."
Even the Outers nodded their agreement.
Tsukino Usagi smirked. "And you all think you know us so well, don't you?" The group nodded, giving neither of the blushing Usagi's room to complain.
Son Luna, not having anything to add, skipped right to business. "But what do we wish for?"
Pluto became more serious as she was reminded of the Multiverse. There was nothing that would stop them now. "This is a wish that may only come from the two. The Prime Princesses. They must decide on the Multiverse's fate."
Tsukino Usagi looked down to her younger self, and then up to Pluto again. "B...Bu..."
Son Usagi was a bit more understanding, though fear was on the top of her mind. "Can't we just have some sug..."
Pluto shook her head. "It's the only way. Come, we will give you all the privacy you need. I have asked Motoki at the Crown arcade to close down for the day. Motoki will be there to see to your needs as far as food." She grinned. "Don't worry, it's well stocked and paid for."
Two growling stomachs responded to that, causing all to laugh. Son Usagi giggled the loudest. "I guess I'm hungry again."
Makoto grinned. "What's new? You guys are always hungry." The two blushed as they began walking in the direction of the arcade center.
Pluto turned to Makoto and Ami. "You two go and find Trunks. Go as Senshi so he does not know of your real form. He will be more willing to work with you if you come to him as fighters in need of aide."
Son Usagi stopped walking at that. "What? You mean to tell me that you guys don't know him?"
Ami looked up. "No. He doesn't live around here."
Makoto sighed. "He doesn't get out much either. He's always stuck in his office working away, but he always has time to fight away an enemy that he can feel."
Son Usagi found that to be odd. She never knew Trunks for the office type. As far as she knew, he used to be president of Capsule Corp but got that title stripped away since he flew out of his window office everyday. "Why don't I teleport to him and get him then?"
Pluto was quick and harsh with her response. "NO! No, don't do that. You have to go to the arcade and figure things out. Leave getting him up to these guys."
Son Usagi gulped. That was twice in one day that she had been snapped at. "Ok..." She paused then, starting getting mad at Pluto. That had been twice she yelled at her for no good reason.
"Hey, wait a second. That's twice you've yelled at me for nothing. First about Hotaru, then about Trunks. What did I do to deserve it? I thought that teleporting to Trunks would have been a good idea. We could have been back in minutes."
Pluto looked at her princess, and a small, embarrassed smile appeared on her lips. 'She's starting to take command, not just in battle.' The truth of the matter was that she hadn't been trying to be rude, but she was startled at the thought that this Usagi would have taken time out to do something other than business when the others were more than capable of doing it. Pluto's expressions lightened up. "I'm sorry. You are correct, the stress is great, please forgive me. It will just be easier for some of the others to go while you two work on what is needed. It is no telling when Trunks will be able to come out of whatever he is doing so there was a very good chance that you would not have been able to be back right away." At th princesses' nodded, she continued. "This should only take a few hours at the maximum. While you are discussing, these two will work on getting Trunks out here as well as any other fighter we know of. If anything should happen while we're doing this, we should be prepared."
The two Usagi's nodded. "Right."
Ami and Makoto turned around and began to walk towards their new destination. "Ami, don't you think Trunks looks like my old boyfriend?"
~*~*~
~~Crown Arcade~~
The two Usagi's were ushered into the building, while the rest of the group was shut out, much to their dismay. Nosy as they were, they wanted to know exactly what was going on and were more than put out when Pluto had told them that the two princesses would have to do this alone, without any outside influence.
Motoki led the duo over to a booth in the back of the arcade so they wouldn't be tempted to look out the covered window. "So, you two are cousins, eh?"
Puzzled, Son Usagi looked to Tsukino Usagi. Tsukino Usagi giggled as she bent down to whisper. "We don't let him know who we are. Pluto must have told him that we were cousins."
Son Usagi nodded. "Oooooh."
Motoki watched as the two sat down on opposite sides of their table and stared into each other's eyes. He just looked at them in amazement. "You two sure do look a lot a like for being cousins."
Tsukino Usagi giggled when Son Usagi almost lost it at that. "Uh, yes. Our parents were twins."
"Ah, I see. Well, I'll be back with some soda's and then you can tell me what you want to eat."
Son Usagi giggled as he turned around and walked away. "Our parents are twins?"
"Hey, it was all I could think of."
The area went silent as the leaned back into their chairs and stared at each other. Neither of them knew where to begin nor did they know what they should be wishing for. They had an idea of what they wanted, more rather, Son Usagi knew what she wanted, but she didn't want to hurt Tsukino Usagi's feelings by telling her that all Usagi's should be born to Goku and Chi-Chi. She had already done that once and she didn't feel like doing it again.
Tsukino Usagi; "Well, no pressure anyway."
"Right." Son Usagi sighed.
~*~*~
By the time that Motoki returned, after he had taken their orders for food, neither of them had really spoken a word to each other. They mostly just sighed with frustration and looked on as if nothing really big was happening.
Motoki set the food down on the table in front of the two hungry girls, only to find that they were more interested in poking at it with their utensils rather than stuffing their faces. He was shocked, on Tsukino Usagi's part, anyway. After all, this was the girl who had been keeping the arcade alive on her diet alone. "Hey, what's wrong?'
Looking up at him, Tsukino Usagi frowned. "If you had one wish, and the fate of all existence rested on it, what would you wish for?"
Son Usagi nearly had a cow at that. 'What is she doing?! She's going to give us away!'
Motoki was about to laugh at the thought when he noted the pair's serious eyes. Deciding that he had better humor them before he got himself in trouble, he shrugged. "Well, I'd make a list of what I think needs done, and weigh the pro's and con's of each."
Tsukino Usagi smirked. "Thanks, Motoki."
"Uh..." He wasn't exactly sure what he had done, but he was glad to be of help. "You're welcome." He turned around and began walking away from the two cousins, as he thought they were. "If you two need anything, just holler. I'll be in the back room watching TV."
"Ok!" Tsukino Usagi pulled over the laptop that Pluto had give them and opened Word, with a blank document ready to go. Smiling, she looked down to the bright face of her younger self. "I've always loved computers and it's the only thing I really understand in school."
Son Usagi smiled. "You too? I had that problem, but Ami found out that music helps me study. But it sure took a lot to convince my parents that." She was glad to know that she wasn't the only one with the problem of studying in school. Granted, it was only another version of herself that had the trouble, but she didn't care one bit.
Tsukino Usagi thought of all the times that she had studied and out of all the times that she could recall, the times she had music playing in the background, she had done better as well. "I study better with music as well." That put a smile on Son Usagi's face. "Motoki!"
Motoki stumbled out of the back room with a bowl of ice cream. "Yes?"
"Can you turn on the radio please?"
"Sure." He did as he was asked and turned on the radio for the girls. Smiling, both girls began to relax as they ate their food.
Tsukino Usagi; "Our main problem is going to be only having just one wish to be able to make."
"Yeah, too bad we can'..." Son Usagi paused as she saw the face of Tsukino Usagi's face lighting up, making her jump to the edge of her seat with anticipation. "YES?"
Tsukino Usagi grinned at the idea, which was brewing inside her head. "That's it. Instead of just wishing for one thing, let's wish for the list. The Usagi's rules for safety of the Multiverse. That way, we get all we need done, done. I mean, with all that power we're going to be putting in it should make it happen, right?"
"That's GREAT!"
Grinning at her younger self, Tsukino Usagi chuckled. "I'm a genius!" That had been the block that was holding both of them in check. Now that the idea about the list had been decided, they ideas began pouring out more easily, though Son Usagi kept the idea about being born to the Sons quiet. She didn't want to be the one to bring it up if she didn't have to. She wanted the other Usagi to bring up, though she would if she had to.
"First!" Son Usagi yelled. "A lifetime of chocolate!"
Tsukino Usagi grinned. "Right." She typed the wish out onto the list.
"You're not actually putting that, are you?"
"Of course I am."
"But, aren't we supposed to be wishing for things that will help the Multiverse?"
Tsukino Usagi turned her grin to a smirk. "Well it is. You see, as long as we're happy, the Multiverse is happy." Both girls couldn't help but laugh at that. "We can even put the chocolate in our sub-space pockets."
Son Usagi became confused. "Sub-space pockets?"
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "Yes, every Sailor Senshi has one to keep our weapons as well as any other accessory we have. Didn't Luna tell you?"
Son Usagi shook her head. "No. We barely escaped from Beryl's dungeon before we met up with Mamoru. And then you guys to follow."
Tsukino Grinned. "Oh. Ok, now that we've made ourselves and all Usagi's happy, lets get down to the real business at hand." Son Usagi was smiling then. The fears pushed aside for now, and they were ready to get to work.
~*~*~
~~Outside~~
Haruka; "What's taking so long? They've been in there for five hours already."
Pluto frowned at her comrade. "Patience. Things like this take time. Five hours isn't nearly enough time for them to decide what to do. Remember, this is the fate of EVERYTHING, we mustn't rush things. This is why they must do it in peace."
"That is right." Hotaru added. "We must have faith in the Princesses. They know what they're doing."
Haruka gripped her hands into a fist. "That doesn't mean I have to like waiting."
Not only was Haruka put out with the waiting, but Rei was as well. In order to help calm her nerves, as well as find out what the girls inside were saying, she decided to meditate, but wasn't getting very far. She was having a hard time concentrating on what she was doing.
The two Luna's were comparing in note, even though Pluto had instructed them not to. Artimas was napping in Minako's lap, who had her ear pressed to the door in hopes to hear what was going on inside the arcade. She hadn't had any luck at all since she started four hours before.
"Mamoru..." Chibi-Usa pulled on Mamoru's arm to get his attention.
Mamoru smiled down to the little pink-haired girl. "Yes?"
"I'm bored."
Minako pulled her ear away from the door and looked at Chibi-Usa. 'It must be hard to be a kid and have to wait like this.' "Chibi-Usa, why did you come back?"
Chibi-Usa looked away from her future father and turned to Minako. "Mommy felt a disturbance and told me that something was going to happen. She said that I needed to be here, but she didn't tell me why. Just that hidden parts of the past will be revealed."
Pluto grinned. "You were meant to come back." That earned her the attention of the rest of the group, even though she wouldn't dare say another word beyond that, so the area became quiet again. To throw their minds off her, she got up and had headed to have a *Chat* with the two naughty felines that disregarded her *Request*.
Chibi-Usa tugged on Mamoru's arm again to regain his attention. "Mamoru, I'm hungry." She got an impish, but innocent grin on her face. "Will you buy me something to eat?" 'As well as a few other things...'
Mamoru, not really having his head on the question, nodded. "Sure."
~*~*~
~~Son Dimension~~
Back in Son Usagi's home dimension, things were flowing better than ever. So far, all but two of the Dragon Balls were located and the Dragon Ball team was hot on track of another. They hoped to have the last two located in no time.
The team that was meant to be destroying the moon had just arrived at their destination in the air and were now ready to take action. They were ready to attack at full force with no mercy. There was no way that they would let the moon survive. That would mean trouble for earth and its people.
Goku frowned as he powered up what little energy was left in his reserves so he would be at full power. "This is one problem we aren't going to let get out of hand."
Gohan nodded as he powered up to his Mystic level of power. "We must be careful though, father. We don't know why the moon has returned."
Goku nodded. "I understand, Gohan. This thing could be the spawning ground of our new enemy."
Piccolo frowned. "Meaning that us attacking it could make them angry."
Gohan gulped. "What if Usagi is up there, dad?" He turned to his father with a pale face.
Goku smirked without any concern at all. "She isn't there. We would be able to feel her, but this could start off a new attack if that is our enemy's base."
Piccolo got into position as he powered up. "Then that's just a risk we're going to take."
Annoyed, Vejita chuckled. "Listen to you yourselves. You sound like idiots! Who cares if the enemy is up there? We'll just be destroying them as well as that damn moon." He powered up to Super Saiyan two.
Goku frowned at his comrade. "That enemy is more powerful than me, Vejita. That's why. But, we have no choice. Hotaru is in danger and knowing the curiosity of a child, she will want to look at it, and one of these times, we won't be able to stop her. So let's just deal with one thing at a time and destroy the moon."
Gohan and Piccolo nodded. "Right." Vejita just sighed with frustration.
(What to do what to do, ne? Hehe, hoped you liked it. Cya later!)
Back in Son Usagi's home dimension, Goku had come up with a plan to rescue his daughter from who or whatever had the nerve to kidnap her. He and the rest of the adults seemed to have everything under control. They would be splitting into three groups. One would retrieve the Dragon Balls in hopes to rescue Usagi, another would attempt to blow up the moon so nothing would happen to the two Saiyans who happened to have their tails while the last would look after the kids to make sure nothing happened.
~*~*~
Back in Tsukino Usagi's, Son Usagi had just come to realize something more important than she could ever imagine. From what the people in this dimension were saying, Trunks was the only living Saiyan left. None of the others were around. Not her father, not her brothers, not Pan, Bra, or Vejita were around. The only way that would happen is if it was the future Trunks' dimension.
The group from the Tsukino dimension stared down at the child before them. There was one question pulsing through the minds of each and every one of them. 'What could she be talking about?' It seemed like a valid question as well for they knew nothing of Trunks' time travels. They did not know that he went back in time to save the past from destruction so they wouldn't have to live like his timeline. They knew nothing about him saving all of the Saiyans except for Goku, who he still believed to be dead.
Mamoru, who seemed to be most confused, addressed the child first. "Usagi, what do you mean by that? 'This is Trunks' dimension?'?"
Tsukino Usagi's eyes went wide. "You mean the Savior that destroyed the androids is a relative of yours?"
Son Usagi looked up to the puzzled faces of the older versions of her friends, as well as the other Usagi, who seemed to be lost as to why everyone else was confused. "I knew it. This IS Trunks' timeline, isn't it, Pluto?" She turned to Pluto, who was watching her with pride.
Pluto nodded. "Yes. I allowed Trunks to go to your Universe. I should not have, since it tampered with time as well as the dimensional workings, but I did it anyway, to save your father; so you could be born to him. The other Pluto, the one from your own home dimension, let you travel into the past to save your father in that timeline. And yes, this is Trunks' timeline."
Son Usagi was now the one who was confused. "But why? Why did you go through all that trouble to go against time?"
Pluto smiled softly. "This, young one, you will learn as time goes on."
Son Usagi wasn't the least bit satisfied with the answer that she received from the Guardian of Time, but she couldn't argue with it. There were still so many questions that needed to be answered. "What about Hotaru? You must have done the same thing for her, too. Who's her mom?"
Pluto frowned at the young princess for wanting to know such a thing. "That is none of mine, nor is it any of your concern. I had nothing to do with that. Your Pluto did, and I suggest you do not ask her. It will put you and your friend, Hotaru in danger."
Usagi gasped at the woman's sudden harsh tone. "O...ok, Pluto. I'm sorry." 'Yeesh, I only asked a question. There was no need to go off on me.'
Ami, wanting more knowledge, had some questions of her own that she wanted answered. "Pluto, are you two saying that there is another timeline out there that had beaten the androids with the aid of our Trunks."
Pluto nodded. "That is exactly what I'm saying. It is a branch off of this timeline, which should have been exactly like this one, but was altered by Trunks' presence there as well as his knowledge that he gave to his friends. It is like our alternate dimension. All but one of the Saiyans survived during the fight with the androids and Cell. The problem was caught early on, meaning that the world did not live in nearly as much heartache as they did in this world."
The group jealously looked at Son Usagi, who was thinking about what she was meant to be doing next. What started out as a simple kidnapping, had escalated into something more, much, much more. She could only imagine what was going on back at home and all the problems that could have been rising there.
~*~*~
Back in Son Usagi's dimension, things were going quite smoothly. The group that was in charge of finding the Dragon Balls already knew of three before they even set out. There were three at the Son house, two that Goku kept just in case someone wanted them, and the other...was Usagi's. They hated to have to use it, but so far, it seemed like the only way. They would use the Dragon Radar as an aide to find the four balls.
Meanwhile, back at Kami's lookout, the group who would destroy the moon was just getting ready to take off. Goku was trying to figure out the best way to go about blowing it up. He didn't want to give Dende a hard time trying to control the effects, but he wanted to just go all out at it too. He didn't want to waste another moment for every minute that went by was another possible minute that Hotaru would disobey him and look up to the moon.
"Dende, how much can you handle.
"Don't worry about me, Goku. I'll be fine. You just do what you have to do to get rid of the moon. I'll be able to handle anything that happens."
Goku nodded. He didn't have a single word to add in protest. "Good. Are the rest of you ready?" He looked around to his group, who nodded back at him. "Ok then. Let's shove off and destroy that thing before things really get out of hand."
"Right. Father, we have to make sure we hit directly in the center or else it will be harder to blow." Gohan jumped into the air, with the rest of the group close to follow, leaving the girls and the other fighters behind.
Hotaru looked up into the air to watch them fly away, only to find her view being blocked by Tienshin-han. "But..."
"Goku said not to look up. Now look away."
Hotaru frowned as she looked back to her friends, who were also frowning. "Adults don't listen." She pouted.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension~~
Tsukino Usagi pondered to herself about what to do. Sestuna had said that this new problem involved all dimensions, the Multiverse. They were meant to be saving them all...but how? "Girls, we need to figure out how we are supposed to save everything. If all universes depend on us, we have to think of something good to fix this."
Son Usagi smiled. "That means we have to save my dad in all the other dimensions. That way, all Usagi's will be powerful enough to use our powers without dying."
Tsukino Usagi's face went almost completely pale with the feeling of being betrayed. "What's wrong with being a Tsukino?"
Son Usagi groaned. She now felt horrible. In no way had she meant that to be an insult. "No offence, but my extra strength comes from my Saiyan side. That's what's needed or else Pluto wouldn't have sent Trunks to my dimension to save my dad."
Tsukino Usagi still wasn't sure if she liked that idea. "Not to be a Tsukino..."
Son Usagi heard the sadness in her voice and thought about what it would mean and feel like to not be a Son. To not be born to her parents. Doing that made her realize just how crummy her counterpart felt, so she walked to her and gave her a hug.
Haruka, being somewhat put out by the recent shows of affection, turned to Pluto. "But what is the enemy that we must fight. Surely she is here to help with some new foe."
Pluto Grinned. "No, some of the most important matters in time aren't because of an enemy, but by a simple decision of the heart."
Son Luna; "Even still, it'd take a miracle to do what has to be done with Saturn. We have to find a way to tame her powers"
Son Usagi lit up with happiness as she pulled away from her counterpart and turned to Luna. On her face was the biggest grin of all time. "That's it!" The other group members were shocked by her sudden outburst. "We need the Dragon Balls!"
Chibi-Usa was most interested in the Dragon Balls that Son Usagi spoke of. Son Usagi seemed to have confidence that they will work. "What are Dragon Balls?"
Son Usagi could hardly hold in her giggles as she turned to Chibi-Usa. "You mean you don't know what Dragon Balls are?" Chibi-Usa shook her head, as did the rest of her friends. "How can you NOT know about...oh..." Her face became that of a child with no hope as she looked down to the ground with tears forming in her eyes.
Tsukino Usagi was the first to rush to her younger self's side. "What is it, Usagi? What's wrong? Will these Dragon Balls not help at all?"
Son Usagi raised her head just enough to turn and look into the eyes of Tsukino Usagi. "No. They'll work alright. If you get all seven of them together, they'll grant you any two wishes, or in your case...o..."
Tsukino Usagi jumped up with laughter. "Then what are we waiting for!? Let's go get all seven of them and wish that the Multiverse be saved!"
Minako could see the hurt look in Son Usagi's eyes and glared at her Usagi. "Settle down. For some reason, I don't think it's all that easy."
Son Usagi looked up to address the crowd of curious people. "That's right. I forgot that Kami, the creator of the Dragon Balls, is dead."
Makoto; "So why is that bad?"
Son Usagi wanted to cry out at that point. "If he's dead, the Dragon Balls disappear. When Kami and Piccolo were destroyed in this time, so were the Dragon Balls. And Dende isn't here so he can't make any...WAIT A MINUTE!" Usagi all of a sudden became overwhelmed with joy as she remembered what her father had told her about the time he had beaten Frieza. "My dad once told me about this planet called Namek, where he fought this really strong guy. He said that there are Dragon Balls on Namek, which is where they come from. Those Dragon Balls give you three wishes instead of just two."
Rei frowned. "But how are we supposed to get to this Namek place? It would take months if we flew in a Capsule Corp. Ship."
Son Usagi grinned. "Not if you can teleport. I can teleport directly to Dende's power."
Tsukino Luna juggled the odds of this actually working in her head and came to the conclusion that the kid has to know what she was talking about. So far, she proved to be telling the truth and if Setsuna trusted her, than she would too. "The Senshi can do the Sailor Teleport and follow you one you're there."
Son Luna's eyes sparkled with wonder. "Imagine that. Three wishes. We can wish ourselves home."
Frowning, Rei asks. "Hang on. Pluto said the fate of all Dimensions hang on this."
Makoto; "Maybe we're suppose to help all of them"
Son Usagi; "My brother told me that when Dende recreated my world's Dragon balls, he sacrificed one of the wishes to add strength of the other two to make them more powerful. Maybe if we use the first two of the Namek Dragon Balls to strengthen the last one, we can create a Super wish."
Pluto smiled at that. 'They're heading in the right direction.' "I am afraid, Princess, that even that won't have enough power to do all that is needed."
Tears came to Son Usagi's eyes once again. She had thought it was a wonderful idea.
Tsukino Usagi looked at her younger, and in many ways, more mature self with sympathy. 'She's still just a kid, but strong as well.' Putting her arm around the child for comfort, she turned to Pluto. "What if Chibi-Usa and I add the power of the Crystals to the wish, as well as the power of the other Senshi?"
Son Usagi brightened up as she looked at Pluto. "Yeah. And you can add your time powers with it. Maybe I can even try to add my Super Saiyan power."
Smiling a large smile, Pluto looked down into Son Usagi's bright blue eyes. "Yes. I can add my power. I can also try to add the strength of all dimension's Plutos' to aid in this endeavor. Yours, son Usagi, will be there to help as well."
Looking up, Son Usagi only responded with a quiet whisper. "Will that be enough?"
Pluto smirked. "If the two of you have strong enough hearts, it may just be. Now, you need to think of this 'super' wish." The two Usagi's looked at each other in fear. Even Son Luna had the look of worry planted on her face. Everyone else just laughed in relief.
Confused as always, Tsukino Usagi turned to look at her laughing friends. "WHAT'S GOING ON?"
Son Usagi frowned. "Yeah. This is NOT a time to be laughing!"
Tsukino Luna grinned. "My other self doesn't know you two, but the rest of us do. If what is needed is a heart, then the Multiverse is safe."
Rei; "Yeah, you two have the biggest hearts around. We're completely safe."
Minako nodded. "I have no worries"
Makoto; "Same here."
Ami; "We are in no danger. You two will get the job done. You won't rest until it's over."
Even the Outers nodded their agreement.
Tsukino Usagi smirked. "And you all think you know us so well, don't you?" The group nodded, giving neither of the blushing Usagi's room to complain.
Son Luna, not having anything to add, skipped right to business. "But what do we wish for?"
Pluto became more serious as she was reminded of the Multiverse. There was nothing that would stop them now. "This is a wish that may only come from the two. The Prime Princesses. They must decide on the Multiverse's fate."
Tsukino Usagi looked down to her younger self, and then up to Pluto again. "B...Bu..."
Son Usagi was a bit more understanding, though fear was on the top of her mind. "Can't we just have some sug..."
Pluto shook her head. "It's the only way. Come, we will give you all the privacy you need. I have asked Motoki at the Crown arcade to close down for the day. Motoki will be there to see to your needs as far as food." She grinned. "Don't worry, it's well stocked and paid for."
Two growling stomachs responded to that, causing all to laugh. Son Usagi giggled the loudest. "I guess I'm hungry again."
Makoto grinned. "What's new? You guys are always hungry." The two blushed as they began walking in the direction of the arcade center.
Pluto turned to Makoto and Ami. "You two go and find Trunks. Go as Senshi so he does not know of your real form. He will be more willing to work with you if you come to him as fighters in need of aide."
Son Usagi stopped walking at that. "What? You mean to tell me that you guys don't know him?"
Ami looked up. "No. He doesn't live around here."
Makoto sighed. "He doesn't get out much either. He's always stuck in his office working away, but he always has time to fight away an enemy that he can feel."
Son Usagi found that to be odd. She never knew Trunks for the office type. As far as she knew, he used to be president of Capsule Corp but got that title stripped away since he flew out of his window office everyday. "Why don't I teleport to him and get him then?"
Pluto was quick and harsh with her response. "NO! No, don't do that. You have to go to the arcade and figure things out. Leave getting him up to these guys."
Son Usagi gulped. That was twice in one day that she had been snapped at. "Ok..." She paused then, starting getting mad at Pluto. That had been twice she yelled at her for no good reason.
"Hey, wait a second. That's twice you've yelled at me for nothing. First about Hotaru, then about Trunks. What did I do to deserve it? I thought that teleporting to Trunks would have been a good idea. We could have been back in minutes."
Pluto looked at her princess, and a small, embarrassed smile appeared on her lips. 'She's starting to take command, not just in battle.' The truth of the matter was that she hadn't been trying to be rude, but she was startled at the thought that this Usagi would have taken time out to do something other than business when the others were more than capable of doing it. Pluto's expressions lightened up. "I'm sorry. You are correct, the stress is great, please forgive me. It will just be easier for some of the others to go while you two work on what is needed. It is no telling when Trunks will be able to come out of whatever he is doing so there was a very good chance that you would not have been able to be back right away." At th princesses' nodded, she continued. "This should only take a few hours at the maximum. While you are discussing, these two will work on getting Trunks out here as well as any other fighter we know of. If anything should happen while we're doing this, we should be prepared."
The two Usagi's nodded. "Right."
Ami and Makoto turned around and began to walk towards their new destination. "Ami, don't you think Trunks looks like my old boyfriend?"
~*~*~
~~Crown Arcade~~
The two Usagi's were ushered into the building, while the rest of the group was shut out, much to their dismay. Nosy as they were, they wanted to know exactly what was going on and were more than put out when Pluto had told them that the two princesses would have to do this alone, without any outside influence.
Motoki led the duo over to a booth in the back of the arcade so they wouldn't be tempted to look out the covered window. "So, you two are cousins, eh?"
Puzzled, Son Usagi looked to Tsukino Usagi. Tsukino Usagi giggled as she bent down to whisper. "We don't let him know who we are. Pluto must have told him that we were cousins."
Son Usagi nodded. "Oooooh."
Motoki watched as the two sat down on opposite sides of their table and stared into each other's eyes. He just looked at them in amazement. "You two sure do look a lot a like for being cousins."
Tsukino Usagi giggled when Son Usagi almost lost it at that. "Uh, yes. Our parents were twins."
"Ah, I see. Well, I'll be back with some soda's and then you can tell me what you want to eat."
Son Usagi giggled as he turned around and walked away. "Our parents are twins?"
"Hey, it was all I could think of."
The area went silent as the leaned back into their chairs and stared at each other. Neither of them knew where to begin nor did they know what they should be wishing for. They had an idea of what they wanted, more rather, Son Usagi knew what she wanted, but she didn't want to hurt Tsukino Usagi's feelings by telling her that all Usagi's should be born to Goku and Chi-Chi. She had already done that once and she didn't feel like doing it again.
Tsukino Usagi; "Well, no pressure anyway."
"Right." Son Usagi sighed.
~*~*~
By the time that Motoki returned, after he had taken their orders for food, neither of them had really spoken a word to each other. They mostly just sighed with frustration and looked on as if nothing really big was happening.
Motoki set the food down on the table in front of the two hungry girls, only to find that they were more interested in poking at it with their utensils rather than stuffing their faces. He was shocked, on Tsukino Usagi's part, anyway. After all, this was the girl who had been keeping the arcade alive on her diet alone. "Hey, what's wrong?'
Looking up at him, Tsukino Usagi frowned. "If you had one wish, and the fate of all existence rested on it, what would you wish for?"
Son Usagi nearly had a cow at that. 'What is she doing?! She's going to give us away!'
Motoki was about to laugh at the thought when he noted the pair's serious eyes. Deciding that he had better humor them before he got himself in trouble, he shrugged. "Well, I'd make a list of what I think needs done, and weigh the pro's and con's of each."
Tsukino Usagi smirked. "Thanks, Motoki."
"Uh..." He wasn't exactly sure what he had done, but he was glad to be of help. "You're welcome." He turned around and began walking away from the two cousins, as he thought they were. "If you two need anything, just holler. I'll be in the back room watching TV."
"Ok!" Tsukino Usagi pulled over the laptop that Pluto had give them and opened Word, with a blank document ready to go. Smiling, she looked down to the bright face of her younger self. "I've always loved computers and it's the only thing I really understand in school."
Son Usagi smiled. "You too? I had that problem, but Ami found out that music helps me study. But it sure took a lot to convince my parents that." She was glad to know that she wasn't the only one with the problem of studying in school. Granted, it was only another version of herself that had the trouble, but she didn't care one bit.
Tsukino Usagi thought of all the times that she had studied and out of all the times that she could recall, the times she had music playing in the background, she had done better as well. "I study better with music as well." That put a smile on Son Usagi's face. "Motoki!"
Motoki stumbled out of the back room with a bowl of ice cream. "Yes?"
"Can you turn on the radio please?"
"Sure." He did as he was asked and turned on the radio for the girls. Smiling, both girls began to relax as they ate their food.
Tsukino Usagi; "Our main problem is going to be only having just one wish to be able to make."
"Yeah, too bad we can'..." Son Usagi paused as she saw the face of Tsukino Usagi's face lighting up, making her jump to the edge of her seat with anticipation. "YES?"
Tsukino Usagi grinned at the idea, which was brewing inside her head. "That's it. Instead of just wishing for one thing, let's wish for the list. The Usagi's rules for safety of the Multiverse. That way, we get all we need done, done. I mean, with all that power we're going to be putting in it should make it happen, right?"
"That's GREAT!"
Grinning at her younger self, Tsukino Usagi chuckled. "I'm a genius!" That had been the block that was holding both of them in check. Now that the idea about the list had been decided, they ideas began pouring out more easily, though Son Usagi kept the idea about being born to the Sons quiet. She didn't want to be the one to bring it up if she didn't have to. She wanted the other Usagi to bring up, though she would if she had to.
"First!" Son Usagi yelled. "A lifetime of chocolate!"
Tsukino Usagi grinned. "Right." She typed the wish out onto the list.
"You're not actually putting that, are you?"
"Of course I am."
"But, aren't we supposed to be wishing for things that will help the Multiverse?"
Tsukino Usagi turned her grin to a smirk. "Well it is. You see, as long as we're happy, the Multiverse is happy." Both girls couldn't help but laugh at that. "We can even put the chocolate in our sub-space pockets."
Son Usagi became confused. "Sub-space pockets?"
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "Yes, every Sailor Senshi has one to keep our weapons as well as any other accessory we have. Didn't Luna tell you?"
Son Usagi shook her head. "No. We barely escaped from Beryl's dungeon before we met up with Mamoru. And then you guys to follow."
Tsukino Grinned. "Oh. Ok, now that we've made ourselves and all Usagi's happy, lets get down to the real business at hand." Son Usagi was smiling then. The fears pushed aside for now, and they were ready to get to work.
~*~*~
~~Outside~~
Haruka; "What's taking so long? They've been in there for five hours already."
Pluto frowned at her comrade. "Patience. Things like this take time. Five hours isn't nearly enough time for them to decide what to do. Remember, this is the fate of EVERYTHING, we mustn't rush things. This is why they must do it in peace."
"That is right." Hotaru added. "We must have faith in the Princesses. They know what they're doing."
Haruka gripped her hands into a fist. "That doesn't mean I have to like waiting."
Not only was Haruka put out with the waiting, but Rei was as well. In order to help calm her nerves, as well as find out what the girls inside were saying, she decided to meditate, but wasn't getting very far. She was having a hard time concentrating on what she was doing.
The two Luna's were comparing in note, even though Pluto had instructed them not to. Artimas was napping in Minako's lap, who had her ear pressed to the door in hopes to hear what was going on inside the arcade. She hadn't had any luck at all since she started four hours before.
"Mamoru..." Chibi-Usa pulled on Mamoru's arm to get his attention.
Mamoru smiled down to the little pink-haired girl. "Yes?"
"I'm bored."
Minako pulled her ear away from the door and looked at Chibi-Usa. 'It must be hard to be a kid and have to wait like this.' "Chibi-Usa, why did you come back?"
Chibi-Usa looked away from her future father and turned to Minako. "Mommy felt a disturbance and told me that something was going to happen. She said that I needed to be here, but she didn't tell me why. Just that hidden parts of the past will be revealed."
Pluto grinned. "You were meant to come back." That earned her the attention of the rest of the group, even though she wouldn't dare say another word beyond that, so the area became quiet again. To throw their minds off her, she got up and had headed to have a *Chat* with the two naughty felines that disregarded her *Request*.
Chibi-Usa tugged on Mamoru's arm again to regain his attention. "Mamoru, I'm hungry." She got an impish, but innocent grin on her face. "Will you buy me something to eat?" 'As well as a few other things...'
Mamoru, not really having his head on the question, nodded. "Sure."
~*~*~
~~Son Dimension~~
Back in Son Usagi's home dimension, things were flowing better than ever. So far, all but two of the Dragon Balls were located and the Dragon Ball team was hot on track of another. They hoped to have the last two located in no time.
The team that was meant to be destroying the moon had just arrived at their destination in the air and were now ready to take action. They were ready to attack at full force with no mercy. There was no way that they would let the moon survive. That would mean trouble for earth and its people.
Goku frowned as he powered up what little energy was left in his reserves so he would be at full power. "This is one problem we aren't going to let get out of hand."
Gohan nodded as he powered up to his Mystic level of power. "We must be careful though, father. We don't know why the moon has returned."
Goku nodded. "I understand, Gohan. This thing could be the spawning ground of our new enemy."
Piccolo frowned. "Meaning that us attacking it could make them angry."
Gohan gulped. "What if Usagi is up there, dad?" He turned to his father with a pale face.
Goku smirked without any concern at all. "She isn't there. We would be able to feel her, but this could start off a new attack if that is our enemy's base."
Piccolo got into position as he powered up. "Then that's just a risk we're going to take."
Annoyed, Vejita chuckled. "Listen to you yourselves. You sound like idiots! Who cares if the enemy is up there? We'll just be destroying them as well as that damn moon." He powered up to Super Saiyan two.
Goku frowned at his comrade. "That enemy is more powerful than me, Vejita. That's why. But, we have no choice. Hotaru is in danger and knowing the curiosity of a child, she will want to look at it, and one of these times, we won't be able to stop her. So let's just deal with one thing at a time and destroy the moon."
Gohan and Piccolo nodded. "Right." Vejita just sighed with frustration.
(What to do what to do, ne? Hehe, hoped you liked it. Cya later!)