~*~*~*~
While things seemed to be back on track for the group in Trunks' world, things seemed to be coming down to a crashing halt for those in the Son dimension. Goku had left the entire group behind when the suggestion of cutting off Usagi's tail was brought up. It was clear that it was going to have to come to that, but whether or not he wanted to accept it wasn't pre-destined. There was still the fact that he could just keep her eyes sheltered from the light of the full moon, but how fair was that to her? He would have to keep her in the house for the entire time the moon was full and make sure she didn't look out the window. That was much too harsh for him to think about. He would feel like he was keeping her captive as if she were a criminal that needed to be kept under lock and key. There weren't too many options for Goku and time was running out faster than he could think.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension: New Namek~~
Usagi squinted her eyes as she stared at the young Namek before her. She would know that voice anywhere. "Dende!"
Trunks chuckled. "Of course, I should have known that it was him."
Dende smiled with care. "So you're the two children of destiny that I have dreamt of for so long. Welcome to New Namek, Son Usagi, Tsukino Usagi, or shall I say Eternal Sailor Moon."
Tired from teleporting such a long distance, she still had enough energy to smile wide. "Have you been expecting us!?"
Sailor Moon just about had a fit at that. "There is a green man talking to us..."
Mars frowned. "Have some respect, Sailor Moon. Obviously this guy is of some importance or else he wouldn't have been expecting you guys..." She dropped her attitude and turned to Dende. "Right?"
Dende nodded. "Yes. I have in fact been expecting you, all of you. The tides of time have been changed, as a result the Multiverse is in question. I expect that the main two in question have come up with a way to solve this problem adequately?"
Son Usagi became confused quite fast after hearing that. "Wait, the Multiverse is in question? What do you mean? What happens if we can't solve this adequately? And what do you mean the tides of time have been changed?"
Dende sighed. He knew that this was going to come up sooner or later. Whenever someone was entrusted with any kind of information, especially from Pluto, questions were asked. "Whenever a time jump has taken place, it creates a snag in time. From this snag starts a whole new dimension. Everything before this snag is the same, but anything after it depends on the activities that took place during the time that the person from the future or past was not in his or her own time."
Pluto cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "That is correct. Trunks, you were the first to make one of these so-called time snags. What you did lead to things happening much differently in the past. As a result, the Usagi of that time was born to the strongest family in the Universe. She was born a Son. You, young Usagi, made two time snags. One when the time jumper malfunctioned and sent you into the wrong time, as a result your father will not have gained so much strength from that fight. The other was when you went and fought Cell, in the past."
Trunks; "What? She fought Cell? I thought we killed him in the past so he couldn't grow up and cause anymore trouble."
Pluto; "You did, but some how he came back to life. He was the same Cell you fought, but had enhanced power."
At least a thousand more questions ran through the mind of Son Usagi as she stood there and watched her friends ponder over their position, but she knew that she was running low on time, there was only one time for one more question. "So, Pluto, what will happen if these wishes don't work?"
Pluto's face became grim at thought of what WOULD happen. "Either the Multiverse will become to overwhelmed with the questioning of what it is meant to do and destroy itself, or it will be returned to its normal state."
Son Usagi hated answers like that. They always caused her to want to question more, which is exactly what she did. "But why are WE so important?"
Pluto grinned. "I'll leave that up to someone else to explain to you. Right now we should get a move on things. We don't have much time and Son Usagi has to get back home. Are you two ready?"
Mamoru; "Make sure you have every wish on there that you need, alright?"
Sailor Moon and Usagi turned to look at each other, both with a grave fear in their eyes. It all rested upon them and what they had wished for. If they failed, then they failed not only themselves, but the entire existence of the Multiverse. Everyone's lives rested within the list that they had worked so hard to create. Neither of them knew if they were ready, but they had done all they could think of.
~*~*~
~~FlashBack~~
The room was quiet, it had been for some time. Both girls stared into the eyes of one another, wondering what they should add into the list. The ideas were flowing out of their heads and down into the computer, but they had found faults with all of them. Either it didn't have any relevancy to their cause, or it didn't apply to all dimensions. Though they had found a good way to get everything done, the task was still tough.
Tsukino Usagi sighed. She so wished that they could get done with things so she could get back to her life. So she could send this child home. She obviously missed her family, and after what she had been through, who could blame her? "So, what else could we think of to put on our wish list?"
Son Usagi shook her head in total frustration. "I don't know. The only thing I know for sure is that it has to be fair to all dimensions."
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "I couldn't agree any less. But that's why we're where we are right now. We've thought of so much, but our brains are just not clicking."
Son Usagi sighed right along with her older counterpart. She hated being in situations like this. It made her feel so helpless. "Why don't we start off with something simple?"
"Good idea. Here's an idea. Why don't we start off with your need to get home? I mean, we can't have you staying here forever."
Son Usagi's face turned grim as she lowered her head. She hated to think of what was going on back home. Everyone must have been so worried, especially her parents. She so hated to see them scared like that. She wanted to get home, let them know that she was alright. "What if we tried increasing my teleporting power for one time so I can safely teleport home? I know for sure that my power, even as a Super Saiyan, isn't strong enough to teleport me home."
Tsukino nodded as she happily typed the wish into the computer. "Will do. But just for one time. It's not wise to travel back and fourth between dimensions."
"Right. Like Pluto says, every time you do it creates a snag in time and a new dimension is created. I don't want to have to come back and do this again because we made a stupid mistake like that." She paused for a moment as she let another idea flow into her head. "We need to work on your powers too. I mean, they're pretty bad, your strength and skills."
Tsukino Usagi playfully frowned. "Hey, watch it, kid."
Son Usagi giggled. "It's the truth. You need outside help to use your power. Your body can't stand to use the full amount of Moon energy, so you have to focus it into your weapons. If we could get Trunks or someone else to teach you to fight our style, you could rid yourself of the weapons."
Sighing, Tsukino Usagi looked down to her soda that sat in front of her. "I know. It drains me every time I fight and hurts whenever I use full power attacks. And whenever I use the Crystal, my life energy is drained away. That's what the Crystal is though, my life energy, but it's the only thing strong enough to destroy most of our enemies. Not with you, though. You're lucky. When Ami scanned you, she found out that your DNA is in three equal thirds. Lunarian, Human, and Saiyan. She claimed that it was the perfect blend. A Saiyan's strength, Density, and potential to increase their power and strength. A Human's mental strength and flexibility. And a Lunairian's power and purity. You control the only remaining power of the moon."
Son Usagi giggled. She still couldn't get over the fact that she, of all people, was a Princess. She had a power that no one else in her entire dimension had. "Yeah..."
Tsukino Usagi dropped her head lower as her eyes became deep with sadness. "Well, I guess we should see to it that the Moon Princess of all other dimensions should be born to the Son family..."
Son Usagi's jaw fell halfway open. She knew that this was going to come up, but at least she wasn't the one to have to bring it up. Tsukino Usagi had come to realize it all on her own. She thought of how she would feel if she had been told that her family wasn't good enough, and it felt truly horrible. She hated to see her older counterpart in such a state. "It's not about love, it's about... power and strength. The Moon Princesses need to be stronger so they can use their power."
"I know, it's just that I feel I'm betraying my family name by agreeing."
Son Usagi wished that there was a way that the rest of the Usagi's could be born to the Tsukino's like they were supposed to, but it just wasn't possible. "Why don't we wish that all Usagi's from here on out have the middle name of Tsukino? That way, the two families would be connected."
Tsukino Usagi lifted her head with a slight smile. "Thanks, Usagi."
Son Usagi giggled. "Don't mention it. But, now we just have to figure out how to get all Usagi's born to my mom and dad and increase your power."
Tsukino Usagi tried not to think about being born to another family. She knew she didn't have enough time to feel sorry for herself. Instead, she had to get back to work. "That's a toughie. How do we make me as strong as you?"
Son Usagi: "What did Ami say about me being so strong? Because I had a third of each. Human, Lunarian, and Saiyan?"
Tsukino Usagi: "Yeah, while I am Half Human and Half Lunarian."
A feral grin cracked across the child's face. "Maybe the dragon can add Saiyan to you."
Tsukino got excited at the thought of that. "That could actually work! We could add Saiyan DNA to me so I could have a third just like you. That way I wouldn't be at risk of dying every time I got into a fight that I couldn't win without the power of the Crystal. This way, Chibi-Usa will also have Saiyan DNA added to her since she is my daughter."
Son Usagi: "Yeah and we'll use Daddy's DAN for it. That way we're alike. We'll have him use me as a model."
Tsukino Usagi chuckled. "That's DNA, and you're right. That'd be perfect. Plus we have to do the same for Hotaru so she can use her power too."
Son Usagi giggled with embarrassment. "Yep, sounds like a plan to me. But we also have to wish Hotaru born to whoever her mother is in my timeline. We don't know who she is, but we know she's a Saiyan healer and that can be helpful in controlling her powers." She wondered if Hotaru, Michiru, and Haruka were being awakened back home.
Tsukino Usagi nodded; "We have to ask them first, though. It wouldn't be fair to do this without their permission." She got up from her seat when Son Usagi nodded. "I'll be right back." She casually walked to the front door of the arcade, taking notice that there were some heavy shadows coming from the other side. 'Heh, they want to hear what we're saying. I love having this sort of power over them for a change.'
Tsukino Usagi slowly opened the door, feeling some resistance from the other side as the rest of the girls were sitting against it. That soon changed when she pushed back. The group of girls stared at the girl from behind the door several falling on their hind ends. All of them were ready to question what they had chosen, but a soft shaking of the head from Pluto kept them from saying a single word. "Hotaru, Chibi-Usa, could you please come in here for a minute. We need to ask you something." Chibi-Usa and Hotaru exchanged a quick glance with each other and shrugged.
Chibi-Usa; "Sure." She pushed herself up from the ground and helped Hotaru up as well. Both of them proceeded to walk into the arcade, leaving the curious group of their friends outside to wonder what was going on inside.
Tsukino Usagi quietly led the two friends back to the table that she and Son Usagi were sitting at. It was filled with empty plates, empty glasses, and a laptop, but no Son Usagi. "Where did she go?"
Hotaru's ears picked up the sound of laughter from the gaming area. When she turned her head to look there, she saw Son Usagi plastered to the screen of the Sailor V game. "She's playing a game."
Tsukino Usagi looked in the direction that Hotaru was now pointing. "Hey, no fair!" She rushed over to the young child's side and took note that she was almost matching her score.
Son Usagi grinned as she turned and looked up to the faces of her three new friends. "Don't stress. I was getting bored. Just let me play a couple more games, k?" She reached into her pocket, only to feel nothing but cloth. "Hey..." She moved her hand around, but still, there was nothing. "I'm out of money? How can this be?"
Tsukino Usagi grinned as she pulled out a small bag of Tokens from her pocket. "I'll share these with you if you play me."
Son Usagi smiled. "You've got yourself a deal." She reached out and snatched the bag as Tsukino Usagi sat down at the game next to her. "But I'll let you know that I never lose."
Hotaru just looked down at the two girls in amazement. She was positive at that moment that this child was in fact Usagi. She acted just like her when it came to this. 'I thought they were trying to save all existence, but they seem to just be eating and playing. No wonder why it's taking so long..."
Chibi-Usa frowned as she grabbed a Sunday from Motoki. He was going to hand it to one of the two girls, but she didn't think that they needed anymore snacks. She cleared her throat with a slight growl, capturing their attention. "You aren't here to play, you two. The fate of all existence relies on this. What did you want to see us about?"
The two Usagi's lowered their heads in embarrassment. The pink haired girl acted too serious, in their eyes. Son Usagi said nothing as she didn't want to anger the girl anymore than she already was. It wasn't her place to make her mad. She left it up to Tsukino Usagi. "We need to talk to you about your DNA."
Hotaru became confused quite fast. "Our DNA?" She and Chibi-Usa exchanged a glance of confusion.
Son Usagi nodded. "You see, the Hotaru in my dimension is also part Saiyan, like me. I'll bet she's an equal three parts of each as well. Neither of you have any Saiyan DNA here."
Chibi-Usa frowned as she crossed her arms. She failed to see where any of this was going. "What does that have to do with us?"
Tsukino Usagi giggled. "We've figured that the reason why Usagi and Hotaru were born to Saiyans in the other dimension is because Saiyans have more power than both humans and Lunarians put together. You see, somehow, Pluto had this all figured out. Why or how, we don't know. We have decided to ask the Dragon to give me Saiyan DNA so I won't be so weak with using my power. You two also have the problem of being weak when you use too much of your power at once. And it's not like we can avoid using our power, either. Sometimes it is very necessary to use our power. So we were thinking about asking the Dragon to add Saiyan DNA to you two as well so you can become stronger. We just wanted your permission first."
Stunned, the thought of no longer fearing her own power actually flabbergasted the silent Senshi. These two deserved more credit than she had originally given them. There was absolutely no hesitation on her part. "Yes. Do anything you need to... control this power."
Chibi-Usa smirked. "Sure. I like the idea of having extra power..." 'Won't mommy and daddy be surprised when I get home. I'll be so much stronger. They won't even recognize me. I'll be the strongest Sailor Senshi in the future.' The four girls giggled as they stared into the eyes of one another. "Is there anything else?"
Son Usagi and Tsukino Usagi turned to each other with question in their eyes. They hadn't thought of anything else. Tsukino Usagi shook her head to tell them no. "Nope, you can both go back now. But don't tell anyone anything about what we talked about. We'll get to that when we need to."
Hotaru frowned at the thought of having to go back out into the wild mob of Senshi. "They're going to make us tell. They'll torture us with tickles if we don't."
Tsukino Usagi giggled. "Then, you can tell them that I commanded you not to tell."
Chibi-Usa and Hotaru slightly smiled as they turned around and began to head for the door. They wished that they could stay and listen, but that would be an intrusion of someone else's privacy.
Chibi-Usa; "Call us if you need anything again."
Son Usagi grinned. She knew exactly what she was trying to do. "Don't worry, we will."
~*~*~
One step taken out the door by each girl and a herd of questions were thrown at them.
"WHAT DID SHE WANT?"
"HOW'S IT GOING IN THERE?"
"HAVE THEY MADE ANY PROGRESS?"
"ARE THEY GOOFING OFF!?"
The girls were dazed at that point. The questions were coming so fast, and kept coming fast. They were unable to keep up with them, let alone correctly make out every word to every question.
"SHUT UP!" Chibi-Usa growled with annoyance.
Hotaru was a bit more calm in her simple answer. "The Princess has ordered us not to reveal anything. When it's time to be revealed, it will be. As to what they are doing right now," She paused to smirk. She couldn't wait to see the look on their faces when she told them. "They've probably gone back to enjoying a good video game."
The entire group's mouths flew open. "WHAT?!" The sound of all their voices shrieking at one time caused many citizens who were passing by to stare at them as if they were idiotic, crazy fools.
Rei frowned as she angrily headed to the door. "That Odango Atama has done it for the last and final time. She's screwing with our entire existence."
Pluto raced to the door and blocked it with her staff. "They are under a lot of pressure. They need to relax. You know that if you were under the same circumstances that you would want to take a break every now and then." Rei shamefully nodded. "That is why this location was chosen. It was expected to happen. Have faith in them, if even their friends don't, then they will want to lose faith as well."
~*~*~
~~Thirty minutes Later: Inside the Arcade~~
The two Princesses made their way back to their booth to get cracking on their wish list once again after a long game of Sailor V. They didn't want to waste all their time playing video games for the still had to leave for New Namek.
Tsukino Usagi still had to touch base with an earlier wish, though. "We have to find a way to help your dad and the rest of your friends in this dimension."
Son Usagi nodded. "Yeah, I know how we can do that, with the New Namek Dragon Balls. They can bring anyone back as many times as we want. But we still have to find a way to get the other Universes' Moon Princess to have my parents as their parents. We have to same him from the heart disease that killed him, and prepare him for the androids and even Cell. I know who the Queen is now. She will appear in all other dimensions and so will Cell. But, there is no future for Cell to come from since we killed him." Pondering, she paused for a few seconds. "But it took all the girls and I to stop him with our combined attack, with daddy's help. We barely even did that."
Tsukino Usagi: "Well then we can do a domino effect. Each timeline can have their sister timeline Usagi go into the past to save that Goku. She'll have heard it from her Father that you had come into the past, and she'll feel compelled to go as well, when her time comes. That way they all go into a parallel dimension and not effect their timeline, but their counterpart will have saved their Father. And so on. And so on."
"Wow, where'd you get so smart?"
"Heh, actually, I've learned it from comics."
"Yeah, comics are the best, they teach a lot about timelines and different dimensions."
"So true, so true."
"The Cell that came to my dimension in the first place said that he killed a Trunks in order to come back there."
Tsukino Usagi sighed. "Great, another timeline to deal with."
Son Usagi; "Hey, what if it were only one cell, and Trunks for that timeline?"
Tsukino Usagi: "HUH?"
"Well, we could have the Trunks of this time fight a fake copy of cell. That way he would only think he defeated him. And the cell we fought could have come from here. He'd have just fought a fake copy of Trunks, thinking that he killed him, but he really didn't. And that way we can send a bogus copy of Bulma's time machine for him to use. And it was set for one year earlier then Trunks would have set it."
Tsukino nodded with a slight frown. "That's a great idea, but they would have to be non-living copies. We wouldn't want to create something just to kill it."
Looking at her, Son Usagi could see this girl's compassion for all. It was at that moment when she realized that she could learn something from her after all. "Right, and have Bulma feel like she has to create a time machine with Ami, and us Usagi's feel we have to use it to save our past Father. That makes sense now."
Tsukino Usagi: "I just thought of something."
"What?"
"If the Dragon Balls can't be used to bring back beings that died of natural causes, then how about we do a variation of this with Goku of this timeline. Send a non-living duplicate of him to the past, just before he would have died, and bring him here healed from it?"
Son Usagi jumped over the table to her older counter part and hugged her with joy. "That's perfect, now he'll be here to help. And I know he'll train the rest of you in Ki-Jitsu. It's perfect."
Tsukino was more than slightly upset at the thought of more training. She thought those days were over, but it seemed the hard part was just beginning now. 'Oh well, at least I'll be able to help my friends and protect them for a change instead of the other way around.'
Tsukino added the new data into the document. A screen with a picture of Endymon as well as his guardians popped up from nowhere. "Great. I must have hit something on accident."
Before Tsukino Usagi had a chance to exit out of the program, Son Usagi popped her head over the screen so she could take a look at what was on it. "Oh, isn't that just great. Mamoru's friends. It figures that they're a part of this."
Tsukino Usagi: "You know the four Kings of the Dark Kingdom?"
Son Usagi: "HUH? Those are just Mamoru's buddies from America."
Tsukino Usagi sighed, AGAIN. "These are Endymon's guards from the Silver Millennium. They were the girls' soul mates, but were captured in both times and brainwashed to serve Beryl."
Son Usagi gulped. 'Their soul mates? They're NOT going to like that. Better not tell them unless I have to' "That's horrible."
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "Yes, it is. We were forced to fight them and in the end, they were destroyed."
Son Usagi; "They haven't been capture yet. Maybe since Beryl seems to already have her sick minions she'll be leaving these guys alone. But who knows."
Tsukino Usagi: "What? But that can't be. They were captured years before she showed herself."
Son Usagi shrugged. "She got Cell. Cell was supposed to be stronger than us. She probably didn't even care about these guys anymore. She's got some other pretty powerful people on her side now, but I don't know who any of them are."
"I wish they had been saved here. We had to fight and kill them here. Beryl really did a number on their minds. She knew the love they had for their Prince and Soul mates, so she rearranged their thoughts. Making Jadeite a crazed killer, just lashing out in anger. Nephrite became a lost soul, searching everywhere for his love, except where it was. He even tried to use Naru, one of my best friends, for a substitute, because of her feeling for him reminded him of Jupiter. And what that witch did to Zoisite and Kunzite." Shivering at the memory, she continues. "She actually made their love for them change into a love for each other. Even still, they fought every step of the way. Why else would they come up with such terrible plans, run after a battle instead of finishing us off when we were exhausted And they had so much in-fighting between themselves. They were subconsciously helping us the entire time." She blankly stared at the empty seat before her. "I wish we could have saved them."
'This dimension is filled with so many nice people, I wish the guys were nice like this where I live, but I know I can't mess with their personalities. That would be wrong. I just wish that we could save everyone, but this has nothing to do with the other dimensions. This is how it was meant to be, we can't save everyone.' She looked up to Tsukino Usagi in curiosity. She had been wondering one thing since she arrived, and she wouldn't be able to concentrate anymore until she knew. "Usagi, what was the Silver Millennium like?"
A far off look entered the teenager's eyes as she remembered the grandeur of that magical time. Her memories of her home from a thousand years ago became stronger as she grew older. "Just after the Sailor Wars, my mother, Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, appeared before me. She told me to tell this story to the next one to question. It was probably meant for Chibi-Usa to hear first, but I think you have a right to know as well." Seeing that she had her undivided attention, she began.
"Back when the very Universe was born, the first thing to appear was a flawless crystal. As the Universe grew, this crystal was joined by another crystal whose power reacted not in favor to it, and tended to cause destruction wherever it went. The two crystals were almost identical in strength, but the silver shining gem was slightly stronger. It, in the end, settled onto the Moon, orbiting the third planet from a yellow sun. A life had just been born there, filled with joy and sadness. For there was no other life anywhere to be found. The crystal formed a bond with this young maiden and kept her company with its love energy. It wasn't sentient; it was more a force of love and life from the very creation of existence. A hundred years later, the maiden sensed a new being born from the planet that hung in the sky."
"Using the crystal, she came to this being that walked the blue paradise that she had grown to love. Their eyes meeting, they knew that their time alone was at an end. Over the Millennium, they moved to live on the Moon that orbited the male's birth world and had many children. Their first-born they named Serenity, and she grew with her Mother's beauty and wisdom, and her Father's strength and intellect. But they knew that all other worlds were barren of life, and that the male's home world was the same. Their life nearing an end, they, together decided to make their last act a meaningful one."
"First they sent a golden crystal, created by the energy of the original crystal to the blue world, to wait a being worthy to lead this vibrant world. For they knew that this world would take some time to mature. Informing their children this, they placed Serenity in charge of guiding her siblings and world, and to always guard her Father's world. With tears in her eyes, she agrees to this, bidding them farewell and all her love."
"Using the crystal to their maximum power, their entire life forces, they together sent their power throughout the Universe. Onto worlds over the entire existence, their energy merged with the worlds, Moons, and suns, infusing their energy with the Celestial bodies."
"This energy would be the catalyst for life though out the Universe. No matter what the life was originated from, plant, animal, fish, reptile, even rocks, the dominant form would always have a biped's structure due to their influence."
"That is why the human form is so well know through out the Universe. And cross marriages can create children."
"Serenity's first eight children, decided to move to the other worlds surrounding the sun. Taking those who wanted to follow, these girls would become the ruling forces of their world. The energy from their grandparents, seeped into their own bodies, and each became an off branch of the Moon. But all kept in contact with their Mother, agreeing that she was the Monarch of the entire system."
"Over the Millenniums, they kept in close contact. As a new Princess Serenity was born, she would be raised to take the crown on her Mother's death. All planets at one time or another had one of their Sons marry one of the Moon Queens for love. Till all of the planets had given a bit of themselves to the Moon royalty. Creating a bond with her for all the planets. Even earth since the Father of all was born there."
"But disaster struck when the Dark crystal landed on the blue shining world that they now called Earth, the Father planet."
"The crystal traumatized the entire planet, stunting its growth. Only the power of the Crystal of Life aided by the Queen of Saturn, a powerful healer equal to none could seal it. Using a Metal know only to Saturn, the Queen made the ultimate sacrifice, with the tearful aide of her Queen. Sealing the Crystal inside herself, using the Metal to help control it and the very power of Saturn, renown for its great healers, she forced herself into an eternal sleep, using her power to seal its destructive nature. It was not evil per say, but just a force that can only destroy. No other method could be found for this to be used for. So she slept, until her death, where the first born of the Queen would be its new bearer. All Saturn Queens had two children, at least from that day forth, until the reign of my Mother. In that time, only one Princess was born, leaving the Queen without an heir on her death and the death of the sleeping one. The matter had not been decided on what to do, when the destruction again came."
"Three other occurrences had transpired then due to the dark crystal's power. First, a rip into the Space-time continuum was created, and had to be mended. The only way was to form a seal till it could heal itself. But this would take just under a Million years, so the Queen of Pluto offered to stand guard until the seal was completely healed. The two created a staff in which she could control ramped time energy leaks, and as well see the course that time took. Her first-born would as well take her place, and the second would rule. But twenty years before the end, the latest Queen died with only one heir, who immediately took her place at the age of ten when the guardian as well died. This matter also was not resolved in the time that they had left."
"The second occurrence, Queen Serenity herself created. Feeling guilt at her friends' sacrifices, the Queen realized that forces of chaos would yet again be unleashed unto the Universe. Preparing her Daughter to take the throne over from her, she used all her life force to cast a gift of protection across the Universe. Using the crystal and her life force, as her ancestors had, she gave each Celestial body the ability to chose a line of defenders, like white cells and anti-bodies in a body, to fight for and protect it. Because the magic for this was female, the defender would usually be female as well. But it was not unheard of for a male to become the Celestial avatar. Sometimes both. These avatars would posses and are able to channel the power of their Celestial body. Be it a star, world or even asteroid. All gave birth to one that day. Pluto and Saturn's Avatar was the Time Guardian and the Sleeping Guardian, chosen to add to their power for times of need. All save Earth and the Moon. The Earth was too traumatized to choose, and the Moon had used to much energy to create the rest of the Universes Guardians to form one itself at that time."
"The last occurrence the new Queen created. Using the crystal she formed three talismans to safeguard Saturn. A mirror. A sword. And a garnet orb. These three used together could either seal Saturn, or awaken her. They also could form a chalice from their energies that would enhance one with the purest of hearts. They were divvied between her most trusted and strongest Warriors."
"That is the creation of the Silver Millennium, but its destruction will fall to another to tell."
Wide eyed and slack jawed, Son Usagi just stammered. "Wow."
Tsukino Usagi laughed only but a few seconds. "Yeah that's what I said when I heard it. But at least all the comics I read let me understand it."
"Yeah, me too. But still it blows my mind. "What about the Silver Millennium. Can we save that?"
Tsukino Usagi; "No, when my mother came to me, she told me that what's done is done. We must not tamper with such things. It would take much too much energy to recreate the Silver Millennium anyway."
Son Usagi nodded. "I understand." She stopped to frown when she thought of Chibi-Usa.
"What's wrong?" Tsukino Usagi curiously asked.
"I don't like the idea that I have to marry Mamoru. He's such a jerk where I come from. Always making fun of how short I am. Can I help it if Saiyan's take longer to grow tall? Then he's always making fun of my supposed stupidity. And don't even get me started on my hair and tail!!"
Tsukino Usagi was shocked that this child would say such a thing. "But he's your soul mate. And Chibi-Usa's father. You have to marry him. You love them both."
Son Usagi crossed her arms. "I don't love Mamoru. I never have and I never will. Why should I have to marry someone I don't like?"
Tsukino Usagi smirked. "Trust me, you'll grow to love him."
"If that's true, then I shouldn't have to be forced to."
"No one is forcing you, after all, your dimension is already much different than ours. Who knows, maybe you'll end up with someone else."
Son Usagi sighed. "I hope so. But that's a long ways away. I don't want to think about it right now. Let's go over what we have so far, ok?"
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "Ok. We have,
1: Save Goku, Trunks, the Z team, all those killed by the androids and cell, and Heaven help us Cell from this dimension.
2: Added power to you so you can teleport home.
3: Have all Usagi's travel back to save their sister Universe's Goku.
4: Added Saiyan DNA to myself, Chibi-Usa and Hotaru in this dimension.
5: Have Hotaru be born to whoever her healer Saiyan mother is in Son Usagi's timeline.
"Anything else?"
Son Usagi shook her head. "Nope. That about covers it. Six wishes for the price of three. What a great deal."
"Let's just hope this works."
~*~*~
~~End Flashback~~
Sailor Moon and Usagi looked at each other and gulped. They so hoped that they were doing the right thing, but they had done all they could think of.
Usagi; "Ready?"
Sailor Moon nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be."
(I know I know, it was a week again, but I'm starting to get a handle on things. Be happy, I have about seven pages of the next chapter finished already and it should be done by Monday. Till then... Bye!)
While things seemed to be back on track for the group in Trunks' world, things seemed to be coming down to a crashing halt for those in the Son dimension. Goku had left the entire group behind when the suggestion of cutting off Usagi's tail was brought up. It was clear that it was going to have to come to that, but whether or not he wanted to accept it wasn't pre-destined. There was still the fact that he could just keep her eyes sheltered from the light of the full moon, but how fair was that to her? He would have to keep her in the house for the entire time the moon was full and make sure she didn't look out the window. That was much too harsh for him to think about. He would feel like he was keeping her captive as if she were a criminal that needed to be kept under lock and key. There weren't too many options for Goku and time was running out faster than he could think.
~*~*~
~~Tsukino Dimension: New Namek~~
Usagi squinted her eyes as she stared at the young Namek before her. She would know that voice anywhere. "Dende!"
Trunks chuckled. "Of course, I should have known that it was him."
Dende smiled with care. "So you're the two children of destiny that I have dreamt of for so long. Welcome to New Namek, Son Usagi, Tsukino Usagi, or shall I say Eternal Sailor Moon."
Tired from teleporting such a long distance, she still had enough energy to smile wide. "Have you been expecting us!?"
Sailor Moon just about had a fit at that. "There is a green man talking to us..."
Mars frowned. "Have some respect, Sailor Moon. Obviously this guy is of some importance or else he wouldn't have been expecting you guys..." She dropped her attitude and turned to Dende. "Right?"
Dende nodded. "Yes. I have in fact been expecting you, all of you. The tides of time have been changed, as a result the Multiverse is in question. I expect that the main two in question have come up with a way to solve this problem adequately?"
Son Usagi became confused quite fast after hearing that. "Wait, the Multiverse is in question? What do you mean? What happens if we can't solve this adequately? And what do you mean the tides of time have been changed?"
Dende sighed. He knew that this was going to come up sooner or later. Whenever someone was entrusted with any kind of information, especially from Pluto, questions were asked. "Whenever a time jump has taken place, it creates a snag in time. From this snag starts a whole new dimension. Everything before this snag is the same, but anything after it depends on the activities that took place during the time that the person from the future or past was not in his or her own time."
Pluto cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "That is correct. Trunks, you were the first to make one of these so-called time snags. What you did lead to things happening much differently in the past. As a result, the Usagi of that time was born to the strongest family in the Universe. She was born a Son. You, young Usagi, made two time snags. One when the time jumper malfunctioned and sent you into the wrong time, as a result your father will not have gained so much strength from that fight. The other was when you went and fought Cell, in the past."
Trunks; "What? She fought Cell? I thought we killed him in the past so he couldn't grow up and cause anymore trouble."
Pluto; "You did, but some how he came back to life. He was the same Cell you fought, but had enhanced power."
At least a thousand more questions ran through the mind of Son Usagi as she stood there and watched her friends ponder over their position, but she knew that she was running low on time, there was only one time for one more question. "So, Pluto, what will happen if these wishes don't work?"
Pluto's face became grim at thought of what WOULD happen. "Either the Multiverse will become to overwhelmed with the questioning of what it is meant to do and destroy itself, or it will be returned to its normal state."
Son Usagi hated answers like that. They always caused her to want to question more, which is exactly what she did. "But why are WE so important?"
Pluto grinned. "I'll leave that up to someone else to explain to you. Right now we should get a move on things. We don't have much time and Son Usagi has to get back home. Are you two ready?"
Mamoru; "Make sure you have every wish on there that you need, alright?"
Sailor Moon and Usagi turned to look at each other, both with a grave fear in their eyes. It all rested upon them and what they had wished for. If they failed, then they failed not only themselves, but the entire existence of the Multiverse. Everyone's lives rested within the list that they had worked so hard to create. Neither of them knew if they were ready, but they had done all they could think of.
~*~*~
~~FlashBack~~
The room was quiet, it had been for some time. Both girls stared into the eyes of one another, wondering what they should add into the list. The ideas were flowing out of their heads and down into the computer, but they had found faults with all of them. Either it didn't have any relevancy to their cause, or it didn't apply to all dimensions. Though they had found a good way to get everything done, the task was still tough.
Tsukino Usagi sighed. She so wished that they could get done with things so she could get back to her life. So she could send this child home. She obviously missed her family, and after what she had been through, who could blame her? "So, what else could we think of to put on our wish list?"
Son Usagi shook her head in total frustration. "I don't know. The only thing I know for sure is that it has to be fair to all dimensions."
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "I couldn't agree any less. But that's why we're where we are right now. We've thought of so much, but our brains are just not clicking."
Son Usagi sighed right along with her older counterpart. She hated being in situations like this. It made her feel so helpless. "Why don't we start off with something simple?"
"Good idea. Here's an idea. Why don't we start off with your need to get home? I mean, we can't have you staying here forever."
Son Usagi's face turned grim as she lowered her head. She hated to think of what was going on back home. Everyone must have been so worried, especially her parents. She so hated to see them scared like that. She wanted to get home, let them know that she was alright. "What if we tried increasing my teleporting power for one time so I can safely teleport home? I know for sure that my power, even as a Super Saiyan, isn't strong enough to teleport me home."
Tsukino nodded as she happily typed the wish into the computer. "Will do. But just for one time. It's not wise to travel back and fourth between dimensions."
"Right. Like Pluto says, every time you do it creates a snag in time and a new dimension is created. I don't want to have to come back and do this again because we made a stupid mistake like that." She paused for a moment as she let another idea flow into her head. "We need to work on your powers too. I mean, they're pretty bad, your strength and skills."
Tsukino Usagi playfully frowned. "Hey, watch it, kid."
Son Usagi giggled. "It's the truth. You need outside help to use your power. Your body can't stand to use the full amount of Moon energy, so you have to focus it into your weapons. If we could get Trunks or someone else to teach you to fight our style, you could rid yourself of the weapons."
Sighing, Tsukino Usagi looked down to her soda that sat in front of her. "I know. It drains me every time I fight and hurts whenever I use full power attacks. And whenever I use the Crystal, my life energy is drained away. That's what the Crystal is though, my life energy, but it's the only thing strong enough to destroy most of our enemies. Not with you, though. You're lucky. When Ami scanned you, she found out that your DNA is in three equal thirds. Lunarian, Human, and Saiyan. She claimed that it was the perfect blend. A Saiyan's strength, Density, and potential to increase their power and strength. A Human's mental strength and flexibility. And a Lunairian's power and purity. You control the only remaining power of the moon."
Son Usagi giggled. She still couldn't get over the fact that she, of all people, was a Princess. She had a power that no one else in her entire dimension had. "Yeah..."
Tsukino Usagi dropped her head lower as her eyes became deep with sadness. "Well, I guess we should see to it that the Moon Princess of all other dimensions should be born to the Son family..."
Son Usagi's jaw fell halfway open. She knew that this was going to come up, but at least she wasn't the one to have to bring it up. Tsukino Usagi had come to realize it all on her own. She thought of how she would feel if she had been told that her family wasn't good enough, and it felt truly horrible. She hated to see her older counterpart in such a state. "It's not about love, it's about... power and strength. The Moon Princesses need to be stronger so they can use their power."
"I know, it's just that I feel I'm betraying my family name by agreeing."
Son Usagi wished that there was a way that the rest of the Usagi's could be born to the Tsukino's like they were supposed to, but it just wasn't possible. "Why don't we wish that all Usagi's from here on out have the middle name of Tsukino? That way, the two families would be connected."
Tsukino Usagi lifted her head with a slight smile. "Thanks, Usagi."
Son Usagi giggled. "Don't mention it. But, now we just have to figure out how to get all Usagi's born to my mom and dad and increase your power."
Tsukino Usagi tried not to think about being born to another family. She knew she didn't have enough time to feel sorry for herself. Instead, she had to get back to work. "That's a toughie. How do we make me as strong as you?"
Son Usagi: "What did Ami say about me being so strong? Because I had a third of each. Human, Lunarian, and Saiyan?"
Tsukino Usagi: "Yeah, while I am Half Human and Half Lunarian."
A feral grin cracked across the child's face. "Maybe the dragon can add Saiyan to you."
Tsukino got excited at the thought of that. "That could actually work! We could add Saiyan DNA to me so I could have a third just like you. That way I wouldn't be at risk of dying every time I got into a fight that I couldn't win without the power of the Crystal. This way, Chibi-Usa will also have Saiyan DNA added to her since she is my daughter."
Son Usagi: "Yeah and we'll use Daddy's DAN for it. That way we're alike. We'll have him use me as a model."
Tsukino Usagi chuckled. "That's DNA, and you're right. That'd be perfect. Plus we have to do the same for Hotaru so she can use her power too."
Son Usagi giggled with embarrassment. "Yep, sounds like a plan to me. But we also have to wish Hotaru born to whoever her mother is in my timeline. We don't know who she is, but we know she's a Saiyan healer and that can be helpful in controlling her powers." She wondered if Hotaru, Michiru, and Haruka were being awakened back home.
Tsukino Usagi nodded; "We have to ask them first, though. It wouldn't be fair to do this without their permission." She got up from her seat when Son Usagi nodded. "I'll be right back." She casually walked to the front door of the arcade, taking notice that there were some heavy shadows coming from the other side. 'Heh, they want to hear what we're saying. I love having this sort of power over them for a change.'
Tsukino Usagi slowly opened the door, feeling some resistance from the other side as the rest of the girls were sitting against it. That soon changed when she pushed back. The group of girls stared at the girl from behind the door several falling on their hind ends. All of them were ready to question what they had chosen, but a soft shaking of the head from Pluto kept them from saying a single word. "Hotaru, Chibi-Usa, could you please come in here for a minute. We need to ask you something." Chibi-Usa and Hotaru exchanged a quick glance with each other and shrugged.
Chibi-Usa; "Sure." She pushed herself up from the ground and helped Hotaru up as well. Both of them proceeded to walk into the arcade, leaving the curious group of their friends outside to wonder what was going on inside.
Tsukino Usagi quietly led the two friends back to the table that she and Son Usagi were sitting at. It was filled with empty plates, empty glasses, and a laptop, but no Son Usagi. "Where did she go?"
Hotaru's ears picked up the sound of laughter from the gaming area. When she turned her head to look there, she saw Son Usagi plastered to the screen of the Sailor V game. "She's playing a game."
Tsukino Usagi looked in the direction that Hotaru was now pointing. "Hey, no fair!" She rushed over to the young child's side and took note that she was almost matching her score.
Son Usagi grinned as she turned and looked up to the faces of her three new friends. "Don't stress. I was getting bored. Just let me play a couple more games, k?" She reached into her pocket, only to feel nothing but cloth. "Hey..." She moved her hand around, but still, there was nothing. "I'm out of money? How can this be?"
Tsukino Usagi grinned as she pulled out a small bag of Tokens from her pocket. "I'll share these with you if you play me."
Son Usagi smiled. "You've got yourself a deal." She reached out and snatched the bag as Tsukino Usagi sat down at the game next to her. "But I'll let you know that I never lose."
Hotaru just looked down at the two girls in amazement. She was positive at that moment that this child was in fact Usagi. She acted just like her when it came to this. 'I thought they were trying to save all existence, but they seem to just be eating and playing. No wonder why it's taking so long..."
Chibi-Usa frowned as she grabbed a Sunday from Motoki. He was going to hand it to one of the two girls, but she didn't think that they needed anymore snacks. She cleared her throat with a slight growl, capturing their attention. "You aren't here to play, you two. The fate of all existence relies on this. What did you want to see us about?"
The two Usagi's lowered their heads in embarrassment. The pink haired girl acted too serious, in their eyes. Son Usagi said nothing as she didn't want to anger the girl anymore than she already was. It wasn't her place to make her mad. She left it up to Tsukino Usagi. "We need to talk to you about your DNA."
Hotaru became confused quite fast. "Our DNA?" She and Chibi-Usa exchanged a glance of confusion.
Son Usagi nodded. "You see, the Hotaru in my dimension is also part Saiyan, like me. I'll bet she's an equal three parts of each as well. Neither of you have any Saiyan DNA here."
Chibi-Usa frowned as she crossed her arms. She failed to see where any of this was going. "What does that have to do with us?"
Tsukino Usagi giggled. "We've figured that the reason why Usagi and Hotaru were born to Saiyans in the other dimension is because Saiyans have more power than both humans and Lunarians put together. You see, somehow, Pluto had this all figured out. Why or how, we don't know. We have decided to ask the Dragon to give me Saiyan DNA so I won't be so weak with using my power. You two also have the problem of being weak when you use too much of your power at once. And it's not like we can avoid using our power, either. Sometimes it is very necessary to use our power. So we were thinking about asking the Dragon to add Saiyan DNA to you two as well so you can become stronger. We just wanted your permission first."
Stunned, the thought of no longer fearing her own power actually flabbergasted the silent Senshi. These two deserved more credit than she had originally given them. There was absolutely no hesitation on her part. "Yes. Do anything you need to... control this power."
Chibi-Usa smirked. "Sure. I like the idea of having extra power..." 'Won't mommy and daddy be surprised when I get home. I'll be so much stronger. They won't even recognize me. I'll be the strongest Sailor Senshi in the future.' The four girls giggled as they stared into the eyes of one another. "Is there anything else?"
Son Usagi and Tsukino Usagi turned to each other with question in their eyes. They hadn't thought of anything else. Tsukino Usagi shook her head to tell them no. "Nope, you can both go back now. But don't tell anyone anything about what we talked about. We'll get to that when we need to."
Hotaru frowned at the thought of having to go back out into the wild mob of Senshi. "They're going to make us tell. They'll torture us with tickles if we don't."
Tsukino Usagi giggled. "Then, you can tell them that I commanded you not to tell."
Chibi-Usa and Hotaru slightly smiled as they turned around and began to head for the door. They wished that they could stay and listen, but that would be an intrusion of someone else's privacy.
Chibi-Usa; "Call us if you need anything again."
Son Usagi grinned. She knew exactly what she was trying to do. "Don't worry, we will."
~*~*~
One step taken out the door by each girl and a herd of questions were thrown at them.
"WHAT DID SHE WANT?"
"HOW'S IT GOING IN THERE?"
"HAVE THEY MADE ANY PROGRESS?"
"ARE THEY GOOFING OFF!?"
The girls were dazed at that point. The questions were coming so fast, and kept coming fast. They were unable to keep up with them, let alone correctly make out every word to every question.
"SHUT UP!" Chibi-Usa growled with annoyance.
Hotaru was a bit more calm in her simple answer. "The Princess has ordered us not to reveal anything. When it's time to be revealed, it will be. As to what they are doing right now," She paused to smirk. She couldn't wait to see the look on their faces when she told them. "They've probably gone back to enjoying a good video game."
The entire group's mouths flew open. "WHAT?!" The sound of all their voices shrieking at one time caused many citizens who were passing by to stare at them as if they were idiotic, crazy fools.
Rei frowned as she angrily headed to the door. "That Odango Atama has done it for the last and final time. She's screwing with our entire existence."
Pluto raced to the door and blocked it with her staff. "They are under a lot of pressure. They need to relax. You know that if you were under the same circumstances that you would want to take a break every now and then." Rei shamefully nodded. "That is why this location was chosen. It was expected to happen. Have faith in them, if even their friends don't, then they will want to lose faith as well."
~*~*~
~~Thirty minutes Later: Inside the Arcade~~
The two Princesses made their way back to their booth to get cracking on their wish list once again after a long game of Sailor V. They didn't want to waste all their time playing video games for the still had to leave for New Namek.
Tsukino Usagi still had to touch base with an earlier wish, though. "We have to find a way to help your dad and the rest of your friends in this dimension."
Son Usagi nodded. "Yeah, I know how we can do that, with the New Namek Dragon Balls. They can bring anyone back as many times as we want. But we still have to find a way to get the other Universes' Moon Princess to have my parents as their parents. We have to same him from the heart disease that killed him, and prepare him for the androids and even Cell. I know who the Queen is now. She will appear in all other dimensions and so will Cell. But, there is no future for Cell to come from since we killed him." Pondering, she paused for a few seconds. "But it took all the girls and I to stop him with our combined attack, with daddy's help. We barely even did that."
Tsukino Usagi: "Well then we can do a domino effect. Each timeline can have their sister timeline Usagi go into the past to save that Goku. She'll have heard it from her Father that you had come into the past, and she'll feel compelled to go as well, when her time comes. That way they all go into a parallel dimension and not effect their timeline, but their counterpart will have saved their Father. And so on. And so on."
"Wow, where'd you get so smart?"
"Heh, actually, I've learned it from comics."
"Yeah, comics are the best, they teach a lot about timelines and different dimensions."
"So true, so true."
"The Cell that came to my dimension in the first place said that he killed a Trunks in order to come back there."
Tsukino Usagi sighed. "Great, another timeline to deal with."
Son Usagi; "Hey, what if it were only one cell, and Trunks for that timeline?"
Tsukino Usagi: "HUH?"
"Well, we could have the Trunks of this time fight a fake copy of cell. That way he would only think he defeated him. And the cell we fought could have come from here. He'd have just fought a fake copy of Trunks, thinking that he killed him, but he really didn't. And that way we can send a bogus copy of Bulma's time machine for him to use. And it was set for one year earlier then Trunks would have set it."
Tsukino nodded with a slight frown. "That's a great idea, but they would have to be non-living copies. We wouldn't want to create something just to kill it."
Looking at her, Son Usagi could see this girl's compassion for all. It was at that moment when she realized that she could learn something from her after all. "Right, and have Bulma feel like she has to create a time machine with Ami, and us Usagi's feel we have to use it to save our past Father. That makes sense now."
Tsukino Usagi: "I just thought of something."
"What?"
"If the Dragon Balls can't be used to bring back beings that died of natural causes, then how about we do a variation of this with Goku of this timeline. Send a non-living duplicate of him to the past, just before he would have died, and bring him here healed from it?"
Son Usagi jumped over the table to her older counter part and hugged her with joy. "That's perfect, now he'll be here to help. And I know he'll train the rest of you in Ki-Jitsu. It's perfect."
Tsukino was more than slightly upset at the thought of more training. She thought those days were over, but it seemed the hard part was just beginning now. 'Oh well, at least I'll be able to help my friends and protect them for a change instead of the other way around.'
Tsukino added the new data into the document. A screen with a picture of Endymon as well as his guardians popped up from nowhere. "Great. I must have hit something on accident."
Before Tsukino Usagi had a chance to exit out of the program, Son Usagi popped her head over the screen so she could take a look at what was on it. "Oh, isn't that just great. Mamoru's friends. It figures that they're a part of this."
Tsukino Usagi: "You know the four Kings of the Dark Kingdom?"
Son Usagi: "HUH? Those are just Mamoru's buddies from America."
Tsukino Usagi sighed, AGAIN. "These are Endymon's guards from the Silver Millennium. They were the girls' soul mates, but were captured in both times and brainwashed to serve Beryl."
Son Usagi gulped. 'Their soul mates? They're NOT going to like that. Better not tell them unless I have to' "That's horrible."
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "Yes, it is. We were forced to fight them and in the end, they were destroyed."
Son Usagi; "They haven't been capture yet. Maybe since Beryl seems to already have her sick minions she'll be leaving these guys alone. But who knows."
Tsukino Usagi: "What? But that can't be. They were captured years before she showed herself."
Son Usagi shrugged. "She got Cell. Cell was supposed to be stronger than us. She probably didn't even care about these guys anymore. She's got some other pretty powerful people on her side now, but I don't know who any of them are."
"I wish they had been saved here. We had to fight and kill them here. Beryl really did a number on their minds. She knew the love they had for their Prince and Soul mates, so she rearranged their thoughts. Making Jadeite a crazed killer, just lashing out in anger. Nephrite became a lost soul, searching everywhere for his love, except where it was. He even tried to use Naru, one of my best friends, for a substitute, because of her feeling for him reminded him of Jupiter. And what that witch did to Zoisite and Kunzite." Shivering at the memory, she continues. "She actually made their love for them change into a love for each other. Even still, they fought every step of the way. Why else would they come up with such terrible plans, run after a battle instead of finishing us off when we were exhausted And they had so much in-fighting between themselves. They were subconsciously helping us the entire time." She blankly stared at the empty seat before her. "I wish we could have saved them."
'This dimension is filled with so many nice people, I wish the guys were nice like this where I live, but I know I can't mess with their personalities. That would be wrong. I just wish that we could save everyone, but this has nothing to do with the other dimensions. This is how it was meant to be, we can't save everyone.' She looked up to Tsukino Usagi in curiosity. She had been wondering one thing since she arrived, and she wouldn't be able to concentrate anymore until she knew. "Usagi, what was the Silver Millennium like?"
A far off look entered the teenager's eyes as she remembered the grandeur of that magical time. Her memories of her home from a thousand years ago became stronger as she grew older. "Just after the Sailor Wars, my mother, Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, appeared before me. She told me to tell this story to the next one to question. It was probably meant for Chibi-Usa to hear first, but I think you have a right to know as well." Seeing that she had her undivided attention, she began.
"Back when the very Universe was born, the first thing to appear was a flawless crystal. As the Universe grew, this crystal was joined by another crystal whose power reacted not in favor to it, and tended to cause destruction wherever it went. The two crystals were almost identical in strength, but the silver shining gem was slightly stronger. It, in the end, settled onto the Moon, orbiting the third planet from a yellow sun. A life had just been born there, filled with joy and sadness. For there was no other life anywhere to be found. The crystal formed a bond with this young maiden and kept her company with its love energy. It wasn't sentient; it was more a force of love and life from the very creation of existence. A hundred years later, the maiden sensed a new being born from the planet that hung in the sky."
"Using the crystal, she came to this being that walked the blue paradise that she had grown to love. Their eyes meeting, they knew that their time alone was at an end. Over the Millennium, they moved to live on the Moon that orbited the male's birth world and had many children. Their first-born they named Serenity, and she grew with her Mother's beauty and wisdom, and her Father's strength and intellect. But they knew that all other worlds were barren of life, and that the male's home world was the same. Their life nearing an end, they, together decided to make their last act a meaningful one."
"First they sent a golden crystal, created by the energy of the original crystal to the blue world, to wait a being worthy to lead this vibrant world. For they knew that this world would take some time to mature. Informing their children this, they placed Serenity in charge of guiding her siblings and world, and to always guard her Father's world. With tears in her eyes, she agrees to this, bidding them farewell and all her love."
"Using the crystal to their maximum power, their entire life forces, they together sent their power throughout the Universe. Onto worlds over the entire existence, their energy merged with the worlds, Moons, and suns, infusing their energy with the Celestial bodies."
"This energy would be the catalyst for life though out the Universe. No matter what the life was originated from, plant, animal, fish, reptile, even rocks, the dominant form would always have a biped's structure due to their influence."
"That is why the human form is so well know through out the Universe. And cross marriages can create children."
"Serenity's first eight children, decided to move to the other worlds surrounding the sun. Taking those who wanted to follow, these girls would become the ruling forces of their world. The energy from their grandparents, seeped into their own bodies, and each became an off branch of the Moon. But all kept in contact with their Mother, agreeing that she was the Monarch of the entire system."
"Over the Millenniums, they kept in close contact. As a new Princess Serenity was born, she would be raised to take the crown on her Mother's death. All planets at one time or another had one of their Sons marry one of the Moon Queens for love. Till all of the planets had given a bit of themselves to the Moon royalty. Creating a bond with her for all the planets. Even earth since the Father of all was born there."
"But disaster struck when the Dark crystal landed on the blue shining world that they now called Earth, the Father planet."
"The crystal traumatized the entire planet, stunting its growth. Only the power of the Crystal of Life aided by the Queen of Saturn, a powerful healer equal to none could seal it. Using a Metal know only to Saturn, the Queen made the ultimate sacrifice, with the tearful aide of her Queen. Sealing the Crystal inside herself, using the Metal to help control it and the very power of Saturn, renown for its great healers, she forced herself into an eternal sleep, using her power to seal its destructive nature. It was not evil per say, but just a force that can only destroy. No other method could be found for this to be used for. So she slept, until her death, where the first born of the Queen would be its new bearer. All Saturn Queens had two children, at least from that day forth, until the reign of my Mother. In that time, only one Princess was born, leaving the Queen without an heir on her death and the death of the sleeping one. The matter had not been decided on what to do, when the destruction again came."
"Three other occurrences had transpired then due to the dark crystal's power. First, a rip into the Space-time continuum was created, and had to be mended. The only way was to form a seal till it could heal itself. But this would take just under a Million years, so the Queen of Pluto offered to stand guard until the seal was completely healed. The two created a staff in which she could control ramped time energy leaks, and as well see the course that time took. Her first-born would as well take her place, and the second would rule. But twenty years before the end, the latest Queen died with only one heir, who immediately took her place at the age of ten when the guardian as well died. This matter also was not resolved in the time that they had left."
"The second occurrence, Queen Serenity herself created. Feeling guilt at her friends' sacrifices, the Queen realized that forces of chaos would yet again be unleashed unto the Universe. Preparing her Daughter to take the throne over from her, she used all her life force to cast a gift of protection across the Universe. Using the crystal and her life force, as her ancestors had, she gave each Celestial body the ability to chose a line of defenders, like white cells and anti-bodies in a body, to fight for and protect it. Because the magic for this was female, the defender would usually be female as well. But it was not unheard of for a male to become the Celestial avatar. Sometimes both. These avatars would posses and are able to channel the power of their Celestial body. Be it a star, world or even asteroid. All gave birth to one that day. Pluto and Saturn's Avatar was the Time Guardian and the Sleeping Guardian, chosen to add to their power for times of need. All save Earth and the Moon. The Earth was too traumatized to choose, and the Moon had used to much energy to create the rest of the Universes Guardians to form one itself at that time."
"The last occurrence the new Queen created. Using the crystal she formed three talismans to safeguard Saturn. A mirror. A sword. And a garnet orb. These three used together could either seal Saturn, or awaken her. They also could form a chalice from their energies that would enhance one with the purest of hearts. They were divvied between her most trusted and strongest Warriors."
"That is the creation of the Silver Millennium, but its destruction will fall to another to tell."
Wide eyed and slack jawed, Son Usagi just stammered. "Wow."
Tsukino Usagi laughed only but a few seconds. "Yeah that's what I said when I heard it. But at least all the comics I read let me understand it."
"Yeah, me too. But still it blows my mind. "What about the Silver Millennium. Can we save that?"
Tsukino Usagi; "No, when my mother came to me, she told me that what's done is done. We must not tamper with such things. It would take much too much energy to recreate the Silver Millennium anyway."
Son Usagi nodded. "I understand." She stopped to frown when she thought of Chibi-Usa.
"What's wrong?" Tsukino Usagi curiously asked.
"I don't like the idea that I have to marry Mamoru. He's such a jerk where I come from. Always making fun of how short I am. Can I help it if Saiyan's take longer to grow tall? Then he's always making fun of my supposed stupidity. And don't even get me started on my hair and tail!!"
Tsukino Usagi was shocked that this child would say such a thing. "But he's your soul mate. And Chibi-Usa's father. You have to marry him. You love them both."
Son Usagi crossed her arms. "I don't love Mamoru. I never have and I never will. Why should I have to marry someone I don't like?"
Tsukino Usagi smirked. "Trust me, you'll grow to love him."
"If that's true, then I shouldn't have to be forced to."
"No one is forcing you, after all, your dimension is already much different than ours. Who knows, maybe you'll end up with someone else."
Son Usagi sighed. "I hope so. But that's a long ways away. I don't want to think about it right now. Let's go over what we have so far, ok?"
Tsukino Usagi nodded. "Ok. We have,
1: Save Goku, Trunks, the Z team, all those killed by the androids and cell, and Heaven help us Cell from this dimension.
2: Added power to you so you can teleport home.
3: Have all Usagi's travel back to save their sister Universe's Goku.
4: Added Saiyan DNA to myself, Chibi-Usa and Hotaru in this dimension.
5: Have Hotaru be born to whoever her healer Saiyan mother is in Son Usagi's timeline.
"Anything else?"
Son Usagi shook her head. "Nope. That about covers it. Six wishes for the price of three. What a great deal."
"Let's just hope this works."
~*~*~
~~End Flashback~~
Sailor Moon and Usagi looked at each other and gulped. They so hoped that they were doing the right thing, but they had done all they could think of.
Usagi; "Ready?"
Sailor Moon nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be."
(I know I know, it was a week again, but I'm starting to get a handle on things. Be happy, I have about seven pages of the next chapter finished already and it should be done by Monday. Till then... Bye!)