~*~*~*~
After returning back down the hall to join Goku and the girls, Tatsuo followed them outside where he would see Goku display his power. After this, there would be only one thing left for him to do, but that was another situation altogether. He would do his scouting carefully so as to not make a wrong move. And now that he knew exactly what was in that little broach of Usagi's, things would get so much easier. "I have to get home soon," He said, almost as if he wanted to leave right now, "My parents are expecting me home at a decent time."
Goku nodded as he led the group further away from his home. He could understand that. He had to living with Chi-Chi. Every day she would tell Usagi not to forget to come home when she was supposed to. "This won't take long." He looked down at his daughter, who walked at his side. "Since you're already dressed for it, I'll use you as my dummy." He said, noticing that she was dressed in her fighting gear. "That means you can't fight back... that is, until I'm ready for it."
Usagi groaned as she looked up to her father. This couldn't have been good. "Be nice..." She said, half afraid. In a fight, she could easily go up against his father, well, as long as he didn't use his full strength. But this wasn't a fight. The only thing she could do was stand and defend herself against his power.
Goku smiled. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you."
Usagi grinned. "I know how you like to get carried away sometimes, daddy. Just like the time you and Gohan took to the air when I still couldn't fly yet."
Goku chuckled. He had in fact remembered that. "Yes, but, I wasn't really hurting you, was I?"
Tatsuo walked behind the Saiyan pair along with the other four girls. He couldn't wait to see what kind of power this man held. It had to be something great, yes, he knew that after being teleported to this house but just a girl. "Are we far enough away yet?"
Goku stopped and turned around to face the impatient boy. "Fine. I'll direct my attacks away from the house."
Usagi tapped her father on the arm to gain his attention. "Won't mom get mad if we fight this close to the house? She had a conniption last time."
Goku grinned. "Ah, but we aren't fighting, just demonstrating."
Usagi giggled as she began to walk further away. "You really have a thing about making mom mad, don't you?"
Makoto, Ami, Rei, and Minako led Tatsuo to the left, out of Goku's way. They didn't want him getting in the way and getting himself hurt. Tatsuo stood with his arms crossed to act as if he didn't believe that anyone could ever be stronger than Mr. Satan, but he knew it was a lie. He knew that Mr. Satan had to be a false hope after seeing what Usagi held. "Let's get this show on the road and prove me RIGHT." He yelled out in laughter.
Usagi smiled as she prepared herself for anything her father would throw at her. "The only proving we'll be doing is proving you WRONG!" She retorted with laughter of her own.
Goku planted his feet in the ground to prepare himself for his first 'attack'. "Go Super Saiyan, Usagi."
Usagi quickly turned her head back to her father, half in surprise. "What? Why?"
Goku slightly frowned, though not in anger. "Just do it." He frowned harder when his daughter didn't obey his wishes. "Trust me, you'll end up wanting to."
Usagi shrugged her shoulders at her father's odd request, but obeyed him nonetheless. "O...ok." She wondered what he could be planning to make her WANT to power all the way up to a Super Saiyan. She already held more power than him in her normal form. What could he be planning? "Don't do anything till I say."
Goku nodded. "Don't worry."
Usagi equally planted her feet into the ground just as her father had done and began powering up like she had so many times before. Out of the corner of her eyes she could see Tatsuo still standing casually. But he wouldn't be like that for much longer. Before long, her hair and tail flashed into a brilliant color of silver and her power level skyrocketed. She kept her eyes focused on her father. Now she was ready for anything he threw at her, even though she had no idea what that would be. "Ok. I'm ready."
Goku smirked. "Good." He lowered himself down into his fighting stance, slowly raising his power level close to that of a Super Saiyan as he did. Next, he placed his hands down at the left side of his waist. He nodded once at his daughter to show her that he was ready. "Ka - Me..."
Usagi's eyes widened at the first syllable of her father's most powerful attack. "Wha..." She braced herself even further. No wonder why he had wanted her to transform. His attack was already powering up to be as strong as she was without transforming. Technically, it was only one level below hers.
"...HA!" With that, Goku threw a continuous energy attack at his daughter, one that would have overpowered her had she not powered up.
Usagi extended her arms out as far as they would go to welcome the Kamehameha wave. She let her eyes travel over to Tatsuo, who now stood with his mouth wide open. She couldn't help but smirk. He had already been proved wrong with one little attack. Her father really had made it quick and easy.
She quickly turned her attention back to her father and his attack, which was slowly beginning to grow stronger. 'What's he doing?' She thought to herself. She found herself having to push with her full weight against the power wave. But even with that, she could still feel herself sliding back. Blocking a power attack physically was much harder than blocking it with a power attack of her own. But she knew she wasn't in any danger of being hurt in anyway. The attack was still too weak to do any damage, and it had no potential to ever do so.
Goku slowly began to power down to control the rising power of his attack. "Okay! Jump away!" Usagi did as she was told, and in a flash of silver, she was up in the air looking down at her father's attack, which he had finally decided to break off from his power sources.
Tatsuo looked up at Usagi in complete awe. He hadn't expected Usagi to be so strong. She could be a problem... maybe. That was one girl he never wanted to become enemies with. "Wow..."
Minako grinned in Tatsuo's direction. She couldn't stop giggling. She always loved showing people their true power, even if she, as a human, wasn't nearly as strong as Usagi. She could still fight in ways that most humans couldn't. "So...?"
Tatsuo watched Usagi drop to the ground next to her father, he couldn't keep his eyes of either one of them. "And... you are even stronger than that, Goku?"
Goku nodded with a huge smile as he stretched his arms out. "Yep. That was just my normal power, but I can make it a lot bigger if I power up to Super Saiyan levels one, two, and three."
Tatsuo looked down to his feet in pure shock. He had expected Goku to be strong, yes, and he was. But there was even more power behind that? That was insane. And Usagi, without her broach was stronger than he had imagined. He looked back up and sighed. "I would hate to make you guys my enemy."
Usagi giggled as she waddled her way over to the boy. "Told ya! My dad's awesome! I'm not even as strong as him. But I hope I will be one day." She looked up at her father, who had joined her by her side. Even though that was her hope and her dream, to one day become as strong as him, she wasn't sure anymore if that would ever happen. As it was, from what Pluto had told her, she wasn't even sure if she was ever meant to get as strong as she is right now. The power of a Super Saiyan has a hard time coinciding with the Moon power that lies within her soul. But there is always that hope that she could be wrong, after all, she had become this powerful without dying.
Goku placed his hand on her shoulder with a prideful smile. "And that, Tatsuo, is what we like to call real power."
Tatsuo nodded, still in awe. "I guess so, Mr. Son. You can fly like your daughter?" Goku nodded. Tatsuo looked back down to the ground with a frown. This looked bad. These people were strong, very strong. But, there was something that he wanted, something that he needed. Maybe, just maybe... "Have you two ever actually gotten so angry with each other that you've fought for real?"
Goku looked confused. That question just kind of flew out of no where. "No, why?"
Usagi frowned. What would make him think that? "Yeah, why?!"
Tatsuo grinned. "Just wondering. You know, kids always fight with their parents, I do. And I was just wondering if you ever settle it this way."
Goku frowned. That had to be the most outrageous thing he had ever heard of. "Of course not. I would never hit my daughter like that. I could never get that angry with her."
Tatsuo frowned. "What if she tried to kill you?"
Usagi glared at the boy. Now he really WAS starting to get strange. "What kind of a question is that?! Why would I want to kill him? Why would he want to even hurt me like that?! That goes against both of our morals...AND FEELINGS!"
Goku pulled his daughter aside. He knew that she could get herself pretty worked up when it came to defending herself, as well as her friends and family. This kid seemed to be asking honest questions that any over curious boy would ever ask. Although, he didn't much appreciate them. "Let me answer this quick. Neither of us would ever try to hurt each other. Her brothers and her mother would never engage in a fight with her and she wouldn't with them. We may get a little hot headed every now and then, but we will always control ourselves."
Usagi crossed her arms. "And I would never try to kill any of them!"
Tatsuo frowned at the responses. They were just questions. He didn't know what people with this kind of power did when they were angry with one another. "Fine."
Ami, Rei, and Makoto scowled at the boy, probably more so than the offended father-daughter pair. That was the tip of the iceberg. He was just getting way too strange. Usagi and Minako had to have seen what they were talking about now. Now he was asking insane questions wanting to know if they would ever fight each other.
Tatsuo; "I have one more question I'd like to ask you, Goku."
Goku, still frowning, sighed. He was actually beginning to grow tired of the boy already. He sure was glad Usagi hadn't chosen to like him. "What?"
"Who made the Dragon Balls?"
Goku crossed his arms. Why was it any of his business? Why did he need to know? Of course, it wouldn't hurt to let him know. "Kami, Earth's God."
Tatsuo calmly smiled. "Oh, the guy who lives in the sky, right?"
Goku drew back with surprise. "How did you know he lived in the sky?"
Tatsuo arrogantly rolled his eyes. "Everyone knows he lives in the sky. He's God. God lives in the sky. Heaven, I believe."
Goku sighed with relief. He forgot that people down here believed that Heaven was in the sky, and not in another dimension completely. "Oh."
Tatsuo smirked as he stretched with a yawn. "Well, I guess I should get going. My parents want me home for chores."
Goku looked around to the girls. "Who's gonna take him home." He looked back at his daughter, who gave him a dirty look in return. She still looked to be upset with Tatsuo. "Ok... not you."
Minako grabbed Tatsuo by the arm with a wide smile. "I will!" She chirped.
Makoto sighed. "Leave it to you, Minako."
Minako frowned. "And just what is that supposed to mean? There's nothing wrong with taking him home."
Makoto shook her head. Minako obviously hadn't been paying much attention to what had just happened. "Never mind. Let's just go."
Minako nodded. "Ok." She pulled Tatsuo closer as she prepared for teleportation. But then she realized something very important. She had no idea where she was going. "Uh... Tatsuo, where are we going?"
Tatsuo groaned. He had completely forgotten about that. He didn't know where he was going. "Just take me to the school. I can walk from there. I don't know the way otherwise."
Minako nodded, not finding anything strange about that. "Ok." And then, they were gone, leaving the other girls with Goku.
Rei looked over in the direction of Usagi, her eyes telling of her concern. "We told you he was weird. But you didn't believe us."
Usagi sighed as she looked down to the ground. She had been proved wrong, and she hated it. "I have to admit, he got a little strange there."
Makoto; "No kidding. What kind of questions were those anyway? It's like he wanted to know everything about you guys or something. And all those questions about the Dragon Balls."
Goku nodded. "He was different, I'll give you that much." He looked down to his daughter with a wide grin. "I really hope you don't like him."
Usagi frowned. "I already told you I don't!"
Goku chuckled as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Sure, sure." He paused and looked back to the remaining kids. "Do you guys want to stay for dinner or something? Chi-Chi's probably already mad at me for doing this so close to the house so it doesn't really matter." The girls all exchanged looks with one another, and all ended up shaking their heads 'no'.
Makoto; "My parents will get mad if I stay out late on a school night now that I'm in Junior High. They want me to be more focused on school work."
Rei; "I have chores at the shrine."
Ami; "I want to do some studying, thanks for the offer."
Goku lowered his head. He had wished at least one of them had stayed, then Chi-Chi wouldn't yell at him. She never yelled at him when others were around. "Suit yourselves."
The group said their good-byes. Makoto, Ami, and Rei teleported away to their own homes, leaving only Usagi and Goku. The two slowly made their way back to the house, where Chi-Chi was sure to be waiting to chew them out. Usagi looked up to her father with a sly grin. "Daddy, you do this all the time. Mom wouldn't yell at you if you didn't do stuff like this, you know?"
Goku smirked sarcastically. "And when did you get so smart all of a sudden?"
Usagi frowned. "It's just a suggestion."
Goku pulled his daughter closer with a smile. "I'm sorry... I'm not really concerned with being yelled at. I just don't want to listen to it, you know?"
Boy did she ever know. "I know. But you have to admit, she's gotten a lot better."
Goku nodded. "She has." The duo paused in front of the door. "Ready?"
Usagi smiled. "As ready as I'll ever be."
Goku opened the door, and the two quietly stepped in. As soon as they did, they felt the heat of Chi-Chi. But, she didn't sound angry. She sounded more concerned than anything. "Goku!" She yelled from the living room.
Goku looked down to his daughter. The two of them didn't even have to exchange words before they were running back to the other room. "Chi-Chi!" Goku yelled, thinking that something was happening to her.
Usagi trailed behind her father, who made a running dash in front of her. She couldn't feel anything such as an enemy, but there didn't need to be an attack for something bad to be happening. She could have just had an accident. "Mom! What's wrong?!" She cried out as she ran into her now halted father.
Goku stared at his wife, his heart beating faster than ever in fear. She seemed fine. She was sitting on the sofa facing the T.V. which seemed to be turned on to the nightly news. "Chi-Chi?" He inquired.
Usagi walked around her father to see what was going on and wasn't at all disappointed when she found her that her mother was just fine. "Mom? Are you ok?"
Chi-Chi turned back to her husband and daughter with a pale face. "I'm fine, but..." Her voice trailed off into nothingness as she turned back to the television and pointed at the screen. "Look."
Goku and Usagi made their way closer to the television to get a better look at the screen. But what they did see completely horrified them. There was a picture of Tatsuo. He appeared to be dead. Usagi walked even closer to get a better look, but it was still Tatsuo. "What?" She looked back to her mother for answers.
Chi-Chi didn't know what to say? She had just seen the boy standing in her house, and now he was dead. "The police found his body in an alley by the ruble of your old school. He had a huge gash on his forehead, which they think is what he died from. They also say he's been dead for a couple of days."
Usagi shook her head in disbelief. "That can't be true. I just talked to him. He was just outside with us..." She looked up to her father in confusion. "Wasn't he, daddy?"
Goku nodded. There was no doubt about it. He HAD just been outside with them. "Of course Tatsuo was just out there with us. Who else could it be?"
Usagi turned back to the screen. "Then who's that?"
Chi-Chi cleared her throat, causing Usagi to turn back. "They say his name was Akio. He's your age, Usagi. They think he was attacked by a gang and then left for dead."
Usagi gulped. "That has to be wrong. Maybe he's Tatsuo's twin?"
Chi-Chi frowned. "Wouldn't Tatsuo have told you?"
Usagi looked at the floor. None of this made sense. Now she believed that there was definitely something majorly wrong with the boy. There was no doubt about it. "I don't know!"
Goku; "Usagi, I want you to stay away from Tatsuo. With his strange questions and now this, I want to find out some more about him."
Usagi nodded. She didn't find a single quarrel wrong with that. "Sure thing."
"Let's try not to think about this right now. Let's try to put this behind us. It's none of our concern. Just stay away from him, Usagi, and we'll be fine." Chi-Chi said as she turned off the television.
Goku frowned. "We can't just put this behind us, Chi-Chi. This is something big. Something peculiar is up. You should have heard some of the questions he was asking."
Usagi nodded. "Yeah. He wanted to know if me and dad were ever in a fight to kill each other, or at least really hurt each other. And then he asked if there would ever be a way that we would. Then he wanted to know all about the Dragon Balls."
Chi-Chi frowned. "Just stay away from him." She exclaimed as she stood up and walked to the opening of the hallway. "I don't want to talk about it anymore."
Now Usagi was the one sporting a frown. "Why are you avoiding this, mom?"
Chi-Chi sighed. "Because I don't want you two to go tramping off and fighting again!" With that being said, she stomped off down into the hall to be on her own.
~*~*~
The rest of that evening was pretty quiet at the Son house. The only thing that Chi-Chi could think of was her husband and daughter leaving her to go fight off some unknown force, just as Goku had with Gohan so many times in the past. This Tatsuo-Akio situation seemed pretty suspicious, which was what made her worry even more. Hopefully it was nothing. And if it was, maybe the Senshi could take care of it like they had before. Then her family wouldn't have to put themselves into any danger.
Usagi pretty much stayed in her room to think of the past two days. She went over every conversation she had had with Tatsuo, hoping that she could remember something strange that he had done or said. She could think of nothing, but one instance. Earlier that morning he had asked about her Broach and seemed pretty insistent upon looking at it.
Goku, unlike his wife and child, spent the entire night eating, as usual. His mind had soon wandered away from Tatsuo and onto his stomach. He would worry about fighting if the time came
~*~*~
~~Kami's Tower~~
A short, metallic blue figure slithered around Kami's lookout late that night after the sun had already set. It was in search of one thing, and one thing only, Kami, who was currently Dende. The figured peered in and out of every room of Dende's palace. With no luck of finding Dende on one of the first tries, the figure grew bored with searching. It wondered if it should just maybe wait four months before its plan was put into motion.
Ready to leave and return to the Earth, the figure's attention was drawn to a room where a soft orange glow was being emitted. Feeling curious, it ventured toward the glow only to find itself face with seven orange balls. "Dragon Balls?" It ventured closer to get a better look. It only made sense that they were Dragon Balls. This was, after all, Kami's residing place. It was the platform in the sky. Why were there Dragon Balls here if they were supposed to be stone for another four months? Did these people lie to him? He looked closer. Each one of them had little black stars on them. They ranged from a One star ball all the way to a Seven star ball. The figure turned its head from side to side to make sure that no one was around to see him. Once satisfied, it scooped the balls into a bag which it was carrying. Finally, he could begin everything.
~*~*~
The next morning, Usagi arrived at school early, just as she had the day before. This time, she had left of her own accord instead of her mother nagging her to. She had a few things she had to talk to her friends about. She wondered if they had seen the news too? Probably only Ami had. She was the only one who ever watched the news for recreational purposes.
She landed in the front quad. There weren't many students huddled around here for most were already gathering inside for class, which would start in fifteen minutes. If this were any other day, she would have dragged her feet to class, but on this particular day, she almost found herself running. "Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!" She chanted to herself. Her mother had told her to forget about Tatsuo, but how could she? Especially since he was in the same class. How would she get passed talking to him? How could she get passed asking him about the boy who had been killed in the alley three days ago? Come to think of it, three days ago Tatsuo appeared. It was his first day in town. Usagi groaned to herself. The more she thought about him, the more she freaked herself out. Maybe she should take her mother's advice and try to forget about it.
"You're thinking about me..." Came a coarse voice inside Usagi's head.
Usagi looked up into the blue sky in confusion. Where had that voice come from? And more importantly, who was it? "Who are you?"
"Someone who wants to meet you..." Now, the plan was set, it would only be time before it was fulfilled. Nothing could stop it from happening now.
( Ok, so those of you who know me well enough to know I absolutely detest DBGT and everything it stands for, I'm going to tell you, I know what I'm doing. The Black Star Dragon Balls does not mean that I'm going GT on you. And if you haven't guess, I'm taking a break from Sailor Moon and doing more of a DBZ based chapter. Now that that's been said and done, I guess I should go. Sorry it came out so late tonight, I made a promise to someone that I would help them with some work today so I couldn't write during the day. Cya later! )
After returning back down the hall to join Goku and the girls, Tatsuo followed them outside where he would see Goku display his power. After this, there would be only one thing left for him to do, but that was another situation altogether. He would do his scouting carefully so as to not make a wrong move. And now that he knew exactly what was in that little broach of Usagi's, things would get so much easier. "I have to get home soon," He said, almost as if he wanted to leave right now, "My parents are expecting me home at a decent time."
Goku nodded as he led the group further away from his home. He could understand that. He had to living with Chi-Chi. Every day she would tell Usagi not to forget to come home when she was supposed to. "This won't take long." He looked down at his daughter, who walked at his side. "Since you're already dressed for it, I'll use you as my dummy." He said, noticing that she was dressed in her fighting gear. "That means you can't fight back... that is, until I'm ready for it."
Usagi groaned as she looked up to her father. This couldn't have been good. "Be nice..." She said, half afraid. In a fight, she could easily go up against his father, well, as long as he didn't use his full strength. But this wasn't a fight. The only thing she could do was stand and defend herself against his power.
Goku smiled. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you."
Usagi grinned. "I know how you like to get carried away sometimes, daddy. Just like the time you and Gohan took to the air when I still couldn't fly yet."
Goku chuckled. He had in fact remembered that. "Yes, but, I wasn't really hurting you, was I?"
Tatsuo walked behind the Saiyan pair along with the other four girls. He couldn't wait to see what kind of power this man held. It had to be something great, yes, he knew that after being teleported to this house but just a girl. "Are we far enough away yet?"
Goku stopped and turned around to face the impatient boy. "Fine. I'll direct my attacks away from the house."
Usagi tapped her father on the arm to gain his attention. "Won't mom get mad if we fight this close to the house? She had a conniption last time."
Goku grinned. "Ah, but we aren't fighting, just demonstrating."
Usagi giggled as she began to walk further away. "You really have a thing about making mom mad, don't you?"
Makoto, Ami, Rei, and Minako led Tatsuo to the left, out of Goku's way. They didn't want him getting in the way and getting himself hurt. Tatsuo stood with his arms crossed to act as if he didn't believe that anyone could ever be stronger than Mr. Satan, but he knew it was a lie. He knew that Mr. Satan had to be a false hope after seeing what Usagi held. "Let's get this show on the road and prove me RIGHT." He yelled out in laughter.
Usagi smiled as she prepared herself for anything her father would throw at her. "The only proving we'll be doing is proving you WRONG!" She retorted with laughter of her own.
Goku planted his feet in the ground to prepare himself for his first 'attack'. "Go Super Saiyan, Usagi."
Usagi quickly turned her head back to her father, half in surprise. "What? Why?"
Goku slightly frowned, though not in anger. "Just do it." He frowned harder when his daughter didn't obey his wishes. "Trust me, you'll end up wanting to."
Usagi shrugged her shoulders at her father's odd request, but obeyed him nonetheless. "O...ok." She wondered what he could be planning to make her WANT to power all the way up to a Super Saiyan. She already held more power than him in her normal form. What could he be planning? "Don't do anything till I say."
Goku nodded. "Don't worry."
Usagi equally planted her feet into the ground just as her father had done and began powering up like she had so many times before. Out of the corner of her eyes she could see Tatsuo still standing casually. But he wouldn't be like that for much longer. Before long, her hair and tail flashed into a brilliant color of silver and her power level skyrocketed. She kept her eyes focused on her father. Now she was ready for anything he threw at her, even though she had no idea what that would be. "Ok. I'm ready."
Goku smirked. "Good." He lowered himself down into his fighting stance, slowly raising his power level close to that of a Super Saiyan as he did. Next, he placed his hands down at the left side of his waist. He nodded once at his daughter to show her that he was ready. "Ka - Me..."
Usagi's eyes widened at the first syllable of her father's most powerful attack. "Wha..." She braced herself even further. No wonder why he had wanted her to transform. His attack was already powering up to be as strong as she was without transforming. Technically, it was only one level below hers.
"...HA!" With that, Goku threw a continuous energy attack at his daughter, one that would have overpowered her had she not powered up.
Usagi extended her arms out as far as they would go to welcome the Kamehameha wave. She let her eyes travel over to Tatsuo, who now stood with his mouth wide open. She couldn't help but smirk. He had already been proved wrong with one little attack. Her father really had made it quick and easy.
She quickly turned her attention back to her father and his attack, which was slowly beginning to grow stronger. 'What's he doing?' She thought to herself. She found herself having to push with her full weight against the power wave. But even with that, she could still feel herself sliding back. Blocking a power attack physically was much harder than blocking it with a power attack of her own. But she knew she wasn't in any danger of being hurt in anyway. The attack was still too weak to do any damage, and it had no potential to ever do so.
Goku slowly began to power down to control the rising power of his attack. "Okay! Jump away!" Usagi did as she was told, and in a flash of silver, she was up in the air looking down at her father's attack, which he had finally decided to break off from his power sources.
Tatsuo looked up at Usagi in complete awe. He hadn't expected Usagi to be so strong. She could be a problem... maybe. That was one girl he never wanted to become enemies with. "Wow..."
Minako grinned in Tatsuo's direction. She couldn't stop giggling. She always loved showing people their true power, even if she, as a human, wasn't nearly as strong as Usagi. She could still fight in ways that most humans couldn't. "So...?"
Tatsuo watched Usagi drop to the ground next to her father, he couldn't keep his eyes of either one of them. "And... you are even stronger than that, Goku?"
Goku nodded with a huge smile as he stretched his arms out. "Yep. That was just my normal power, but I can make it a lot bigger if I power up to Super Saiyan levels one, two, and three."
Tatsuo looked down to his feet in pure shock. He had expected Goku to be strong, yes, and he was. But there was even more power behind that? That was insane. And Usagi, without her broach was stronger than he had imagined. He looked back up and sighed. "I would hate to make you guys my enemy."
Usagi giggled as she waddled her way over to the boy. "Told ya! My dad's awesome! I'm not even as strong as him. But I hope I will be one day." She looked up at her father, who had joined her by her side. Even though that was her hope and her dream, to one day become as strong as him, she wasn't sure anymore if that would ever happen. As it was, from what Pluto had told her, she wasn't even sure if she was ever meant to get as strong as she is right now. The power of a Super Saiyan has a hard time coinciding with the Moon power that lies within her soul. But there is always that hope that she could be wrong, after all, she had become this powerful without dying.
Goku placed his hand on her shoulder with a prideful smile. "And that, Tatsuo, is what we like to call real power."
Tatsuo nodded, still in awe. "I guess so, Mr. Son. You can fly like your daughter?" Goku nodded. Tatsuo looked back down to the ground with a frown. This looked bad. These people were strong, very strong. But, there was something that he wanted, something that he needed. Maybe, just maybe... "Have you two ever actually gotten so angry with each other that you've fought for real?"
Goku looked confused. That question just kind of flew out of no where. "No, why?"
Usagi frowned. What would make him think that? "Yeah, why?!"
Tatsuo grinned. "Just wondering. You know, kids always fight with their parents, I do. And I was just wondering if you ever settle it this way."
Goku frowned. That had to be the most outrageous thing he had ever heard of. "Of course not. I would never hit my daughter like that. I could never get that angry with her."
Tatsuo frowned. "What if she tried to kill you?"
Usagi glared at the boy. Now he really WAS starting to get strange. "What kind of a question is that?! Why would I want to kill him? Why would he want to even hurt me like that?! That goes against both of our morals...AND FEELINGS!"
Goku pulled his daughter aside. He knew that she could get herself pretty worked up when it came to defending herself, as well as her friends and family. This kid seemed to be asking honest questions that any over curious boy would ever ask. Although, he didn't much appreciate them. "Let me answer this quick. Neither of us would ever try to hurt each other. Her brothers and her mother would never engage in a fight with her and she wouldn't with them. We may get a little hot headed every now and then, but we will always control ourselves."
Usagi crossed her arms. "And I would never try to kill any of them!"
Tatsuo frowned at the responses. They were just questions. He didn't know what people with this kind of power did when they were angry with one another. "Fine."
Ami, Rei, and Makoto scowled at the boy, probably more so than the offended father-daughter pair. That was the tip of the iceberg. He was just getting way too strange. Usagi and Minako had to have seen what they were talking about now. Now he was asking insane questions wanting to know if they would ever fight each other.
Tatsuo; "I have one more question I'd like to ask you, Goku."
Goku, still frowning, sighed. He was actually beginning to grow tired of the boy already. He sure was glad Usagi hadn't chosen to like him. "What?"
"Who made the Dragon Balls?"
Goku crossed his arms. Why was it any of his business? Why did he need to know? Of course, it wouldn't hurt to let him know. "Kami, Earth's God."
Tatsuo calmly smiled. "Oh, the guy who lives in the sky, right?"
Goku drew back with surprise. "How did you know he lived in the sky?"
Tatsuo arrogantly rolled his eyes. "Everyone knows he lives in the sky. He's God. God lives in the sky. Heaven, I believe."
Goku sighed with relief. He forgot that people down here believed that Heaven was in the sky, and not in another dimension completely. "Oh."
Tatsuo smirked as he stretched with a yawn. "Well, I guess I should get going. My parents want me home for chores."
Goku looked around to the girls. "Who's gonna take him home." He looked back at his daughter, who gave him a dirty look in return. She still looked to be upset with Tatsuo. "Ok... not you."
Minako grabbed Tatsuo by the arm with a wide smile. "I will!" She chirped.
Makoto sighed. "Leave it to you, Minako."
Minako frowned. "And just what is that supposed to mean? There's nothing wrong with taking him home."
Makoto shook her head. Minako obviously hadn't been paying much attention to what had just happened. "Never mind. Let's just go."
Minako nodded. "Ok." She pulled Tatsuo closer as she prepared for teleportation. But then she realized something very important. She had no idea where she was going. "Uh... Tatsuo, where are we going?"
Tatsuo groaned. He had completely forgotten about that. He didn't know where he was going. "Just take me to the school. I can walk from there. I don't know the way otherwise."
Minako nodded, not finding anything strange about that. "Ok." And then, they were gone, leaving the other girls with Goku.
Rei looked over in the direction of Usagi, her eyes telling of her concern. "We told you he was weird. But you didn't believe us."
Usagi sighed as she looked down to the ground. She had been proved wrong, and she hated it. "I have to admit, he got a little strange there."
Makoto; "No kidding. What kind of questions were those anyway? It's like he wanted to know everything about you guys or something. And all those questions about the Dragon Balls."
Goku nodded. "He was different, I'll give you that much." He looked down to his daughter with a wide grin. "I really hope you don't like him."
Usagi frowned. "I already told you I don't!"
Goku chuckled as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Sure, sure." He paused and looked back to the remaining kids. "Do you guys want to stay for dinner or something? Chi-Chi's probably already mad at me for doing this so close to the house so it doesn't really matter." The girls all exchanged looks with one another, and all ended up shaking their heads 'no'.
Makoto; "My parents will get mad if I stay out late on a school night now that I'm in Junior High. They want me to be more focused on school work."
Rei; "I have chores at the shrine."
Ami; "I want to do some studying, thanks for the offer."
Goku lowered his head. He had wished at least one of them had stayed, then Chi-Chi wouldn't yell at him. She never yelled at him when others were around. "Suit yourselves."
The group said their good-byes. Makoto, Ami, and Rei teleported away to their own homes, leaving only Usagi and Goku. The two slowly made their way back to the house, where Chi-Chi was sure to be waiting to chew them out. Usagi looked up to her father with a sly grin. "Daddy, you do this all the time. Mom wouldn't yell at you if you didn't do stuff like this, you know?"
Goku smirked sarcastically. "And when did you get so smart all of a sudden?"
Usagi frowned. "It's just a suggestion."
Goku pulled his daughter closer with a smile. "I'm sorry... I'm not really concerned with being yelled at. I just don't want to listen to it, you know?"
Boy did she ever know. "I know. But you have to admit, she's gotten a lot better."
Goku nodded. "She has." The duo paused in front of the door. "Ready?"
Usagi smiled. "As ready as I'll ever be."
Goku opened the door, and the two quietly stepped in. As soon as they did, they felt the heat of Chi-Chi. But, she didn't sound angry. She sounded more concerned than anything. "Goku!" She yelled from the living room.
Goku looked down to his daughter. The two of them didn't even have to exchange words before they were running back to the other room. "Chi-Chi!" Goku yelled, thinking that something was happening to her.
Usagi trailed behind her father, who made a running dash in front of her. She couldn't feel anything such as an enemy, but there didn't need to be an attack for something bad to be happening. She could have just had an accident. "Mom! What's wrong?!" She cried out as she ran into her now halted father.
Goku stared at his wife, his heart beating faster than ever in fear. She seemed fine. She was sitting on the sofa facing the T.V. which seemed to be turned on to the nightly news. "Chi-Chi?" He inquired.
Usagi walked around her father to see what was going on and wasn't at all disappointed when she found her that her mother was just fine. "Mom? Are you ok?"
Chi-Chi turned back to her husband and daughter with a pale face. "I'm fine, but..." Her voice trailed off into nothingness as she turned back to the television and pointed at the screen. "Look."
Goku and Usagi made their way closer to the television to get a better look at the screen. But what they did see completely horrified them. There was a picture of Tatsuo. He appeared to be dead. Usagi walked even closer to get a better look, but it was still Tatsuo. "What?" She looked back to her mother for answers.
Chi-Chi didn't know what to say? She had just seen the boy standing in her house, and now he was dead. "The police found his body in an alley by the ruble of your old school. He had a huge gash on his forehead, which they think is what he died from. They also say he's been dead for a couple of days."
Usagi shook her head in disbelief. "That can't be true. I just talked to him. He was just outside with us..." She looked up to her father in confusion. "Wasn't he, daddy?"
Goku nodded. There was no doubt about it. He HAD just been outside with them. "Of course Tatsuo was just out there with us. Who else could it be?"
Usagi turned back to the screen. "Then who's that?"
Chi-Chi cleared her throat, causing Usagi to turn back. "They say his name was Akio. He's your age, Usagi. They think he was attacked by a gang and then left for dead."
Usagi gulped. "That has to be wrong. Maybe he's Tatsuo's twin?"
Chi-Chi frowned. "Wouldn't Tatsuo have told you?"
Usagi looked at the floor. None of this made sense. Now she believed that there was definitely something majorly wrong with the boy. There was no doubt about it. "I don't know!"
Goku; "Usagi, I want you to stay away from Tatsuo. With his strange questions and now this, I want to find out some more about him."
Usagi nodded. She didn't find a single quarrel wrong with that. "Sure thing."
"Let's try not to think about this right now. Let's try to put this behind us. It's none of our concern. Just stay away from him, Usagi, and we'll be fine." Chi-Chi said as she turned off the television.
Goku frowned. "We can't just put this behind us, Chi-Chi. This is something big. Something peculiar is up. You should have heard some of the questions he was asking."
Usagi nodded. "Yeah. He wanted to know if me and dad were ever in a fight to kill each other, or at least really hurt each other. And then he asked if there would ever be a way that we would. Then he wanted to know all about the Dragon Balls."
Chi-Chi frowned. "Just stay away from him." She exclaimed as she stood up and walked to the opening of the hallway. "I don't want to talk about it anymore."
Now Usagi was the one sporting a frown. "Why are you avoiding this, mom?"
Chi-Chi sighed. "Because I don't want you two to go tramping off and fighting again!" With that being said, she stomped off down into the hall to be on her own.
~*~*~
The rest of that evening was pretty quiet at the Son house. The only thing that Chi-Chi could think of was her husband and daughter leaving her to go fight off some unknown force, just as Goku had with Gohan so many times in the past. This Tatsuo-Akio situation seemed pretty suspicious, which was what made her worry even more. Hopefully it was nothing. And if it was, maybe the Senshi could take care of it like they had before. Then her family wouldn't have to put themselves into any danger.
Usagi pretty much stayed in her room to think of the past two days. She went over every conversation she had had with Tatsuo, hoping that she could remember something strange that he had done or said. She could think of nothing, but one instance. Earlier that morning he had asked about her Broach and seemed pretty insistent upon looking at it.
Goku, unlike his wife and child, spent the entire night eating, as usual. His mind had soon wandered away from Tatsuo and onto his stomach. He would worry about fighting if the time came
~*~*~
~~Kami's Tower~~
A short, metallic blue figure slithered around Kami's lookout late that night after the sun had already set. It was in search of one thing, and one thing only, Kami, who was currently Dende. The figured peered in and out of every room of Dende's palace. With no luck of finding Dende on one of the first tries, the figure grew bored with searching. It wondered if it should just maybe wait four months before its plan was put into motion.
Ready to leave and return to the Earth, the figure's attention was drawn to a room where a soft orange glow was being emitted. Feeling curious, it ventured toward the glow only to find itself face with seven orange balls. "Dragon Balls?" It ventured closer to get a better look. It only made sense that they were Dragon Balls. This was, after all, Kami's residing place. It was the platform in the sky. Why were there Dragon Balls here if they were supposed to be stone for another four months? Did these people lie to him? He looked closer. Each one of them had little black stars on them. They ranged from a One star ball all the way to a Seven star ball. The figure turned its head from side to side to make sure that no one was around to see him. Once satisfied, it scooped the balls into a bag which it was carrying. Finally, he could begin everything.
~*~*~
The next morning, Usagi arrived at school early, just as she had the day before. This time, she had left of her own accord instead of her mother nagging her to. She had a few things she had to talk to her friends about. She wondered if they had seen the news too? Probably only Ami had. She was the only one who ever watched the news for recreational purposes.
She landed in the front quad. There weren't many students huddled around here for most were already gathering inside for class, which would start in fifteen minutes. If this were any other day, she would have dragged her feet to class, but on this particular day, she almost found herself running. "Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!" She chanted to herself. Her mother had told her to forget about Tatsuo, but how could she? Especially since he was in the same class. How would she get passed talking to him? How could she get passed asking him about the boy who had been killed in the alley three days ago? Come to think of it, three days ago Tatsuo appeared. It was his first day in town. Usagi groaned to herself. The more she thought about him, the more she freaked herself out. Maybe she should take her mother's advice and try to forget about it.
"You're thinking about me..." Came a coarse voice inside Usagi's head.
Usagi looked up into the blue sky in confusion. Where had that voice come from? And more importantly, who was it? "Who are you?"
"Someone who wants to meet you..." Now, the plan was set, it would only be time before it was fulfilled. Nothing could stop it from happening now.
( Ok, so those of you who know me well enough to know I absolutely detest DBGT and everything it stands for, I'm going to tell you, I know what I'm doing. The Black Star Dragon Balls does not mean that I'm going GT on you. And if you haven't guess, I'm taking a break from Sailor Moon and doing more of a DBZ based chapter. Now that that's been said and done, I guess I should go. Sorry it came out so late tonight, I made a promise to someone that I would help them with some work today so I couldn't write during the day. Cya later! )