I'm so excited someone has actually read this far! Anyhoo, just so I won't
get sued, I don't own any of these characters.
"Chibi-Usa?" asked Hotaru, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," sniffled the princess, "I'm fine."
Hotaru slightly frowned as she hugged her friend. She wished she could tell her about the party tonight, but it would ruin the surprise. In fact, it was up to Hotaru to make sure Chibi-Usa was dressed and ready for her 18th birthday ball without making her suspicious of any plans. Hotaru hadn't liked the idea of a surprise because she knew her friend would be devastated that they had "forgotten" her birthday, but how do you tell an empress with the power of the Imperium Silver Crystal that she's wrong about something?
Hotaru just held her friend as she sobbed. She looked at the clock. Two hours until party time. Hotaru decided it was time to make her move.
"Hey, Chibi-Usa," said Hotaru, "wanna go out on the town? Would that cheer you up?"
Small Lady Serenity nodded her agreement.
"It sounds great, Hotaru," she replied, "Just let me throw on some pants and I'll be ready to go."
Hotaru gave the princess a mischievous grin.
"Why don't we really stick it to all of the snotty girls who will be out also and dress properly?"
Chibi-Usa's eyes lit up with a playful malice and she began to laugh evilly.
"I just love watching all of those ego-obsessed hussies eat their hearts out when their guys are all over us. Of course, who couldn't fall for the two most stunning princesses in the galaxy! Let's go look like royalty."
The two princesses ran off, giggling, preparing to show every girl what it meant to be princess.
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"Don't even think about it, Vegeta," warned Bulma, "I will not have you going to a formal party with half the galaxy's royalty there in armor."
"Don't you understand, woman," argued Vegeta, "Armor is formal attire for a Saiya-Jin!"
"Well, it shouldn't be!" hissed Bulma.
"Besides," smirked Vegeta, playing his trump card, "the only thing I had my servants bring for me was armor."
The king laughed as his queen's face went from red to purple as she swelled up with anger.
"YOU DID WHAT!?!?!?" roared Bulma.
"You heard me," replied Vegeta calmly, still crossing his arms over his chest, knowing that he had beaten his wife in this battle of wits.
Bulma glared at Vegeta as she stomped out of the room.
"TRUNKS!" bellowed Bulma, "Are you ready yet?"
"Umm, yeah," said the boy, stepping out of his bedroom in formal Saiya-Jin armor.
Bulma's eyes seemed to bulge out of her head with fury.
"Did I mention my servants packed for Trunks, too?" smirked Vegeta from the other room.
Bulma stood shaking with fury, opened her mouth as if to speak, but failed to find words.
"Come along, woman," said Vegeta, "You wouldn't want to be late in front of 'Half the galaxy's royalty,' now would you?"
Bulma glared at Vegeta, gathered her skirts and swept out of the room.
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Neo-Queen Serenity sat regally upon her throne. Even though she was dressed in her traditional long, white gown, it seemed that on this special occasion that she seemed to radiate a self-contained iridescence. Her King Endymion sat next to her, looking equally stunning in his court attire.
Serenity watched as her guests danced and enjoyed the party. She looked at the clock- ten minutes until Saturn arrived with Chibi-Usa.
The queen was forced to end her musings as a servant approached the throne.
"My queen," bowed the man, "may I introduce to you, the royal family of Vegeta-sei, King Vegeta, Queen Bulma, Crown-Prince Trunks, and Princess Bra."
Bulma and Bra curtsied and Vegeta and Trunks gave a slight nod.
Serenity, forgetting all formality, ran to embrace her friend Bulma.
"Bulma! It's been far too long!" said Serenity, "And look at you- a queen!"
"I could say the same about you, Usagi-chan," smiled Bulma, "or am I allowed to call you that?"
"You can call me 'Odango' for all I care, I'm just so happy to see you again."
The two queens chatted as Vegeta, Trunks, and Bra became even more bored.
Bra was asked to dance by a handsome looking young man from Venus, despite the disapproving glare that her father gave to the trembling young man. Vegeta was not going to let either of his children become involved with anyone who wasn't a Saiya-Jin.
Suddenly, a messenger burst through the ornate doors of the throne/ball room/
"She's coming!" he announced.
The band stopped playing and the crowd came to a hush as they waited for Princess Serenity to make her entrance.
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"We're wasting time, Hotaru," complained Chibi-Usa.
"We should inform your parents that we are leaving, so they won't be worried," replied Saturn, dressed in her formal princess gown.
Chibi-Usa sighed and entered the throne room.
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"Surprise!" yelled the throng of people in the throne as Princess Serenity entered the room.
However, one voice remained perfectly silent with awe.
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Trunks's jaw almost dropped to the ground when he saw the princess. No longer was she a cranky lady covered in dirt and throwing plants, but a goddess-like beauty. She almost floated down the stairs as she seemed to radiate a light of her own. Everything about her was perfect. She was the most beautiful sight Trunks had ever seen.
"They sure don't come like that on Vegeta-sei," whispered Trunks.
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Chibi-Usa almost jumped out of her skin at the greeting she received. After her momentary shock faded, she smiled. So they hadn't forgotten her birthday! She began do descend the stairs, half-running, half-trying to look dignified, to thank her mother.
"Happy birthday, my little princess," said Neo-Queen Serenity, "I hope you are surprised."
"Thank you, mother, it's beautiful," replied Chibi-Usa as she was caught up in a hug from the King and Queen.
"Happy birthday, Chibi-Usa!" cried Venus as she and the other sailor senshi descended upon the princess, nearly smothering her with hugs, gifts, and love.
After the mauling, Chibi-Usa turned to Saturn.
"You knew all along, didn't you?" she asked Hotaru.
"I confirm or deny nothing," said Princess Saturn with a mysterious smile.
The two princesses laughed and turned to join the people on the dance floor, but before they could walk off entirely, a familiar voice addressed Chibi-Usa.
"You should try to wear clothes without dirt on them more often," said the lavender-haired boy, "You look much better in clean clothes."
Small Lady turned to see the prince she had met earlier in the gardens.
"Oh, it's you," said Chibi-Usa with disdain, "I thought it was somebody important for a minute. Come on, Saturn, let's go."
"Wait, Chibi-Usa," halted Saturn, "do you know him?"
"We've met," replied the pink haired princess.
"Well, we haven't," said Hotaru, noticing the handsome prince, "I am Princess Saturn, who might you be?"
"I am Trunks, Crown-Prince of the planet Vegeta," he said with a bow. He looked towards Chibi-Usa, "See, bunny-hair, that's how a princess should introduce herself, not by throwing plants and yelling."
Chibi-Usa glared at Trunks.
"My name is Serenity, not bunny-hair, and I don't need you to tell me how to act, Underwear Boy," retorted the princess.
"Underwear Boy?!?!?," exclaimed Trunks.
Saturn, both trying to head off a fight, and wanting to make a move on the hunk in front of her stepped in.
"Um, Prince Trunks," interrupted Saturn, "Would you care to dance?"
"I'd love to dance with a * proper * princess," answered Trunks as he strode off towards the dance floor.
Small Lady crossed her arms and looked away as Saturn left with Trunks. 'He's such a jerk,' she thought. However, she couldn't stop thinking about him. She had to admit he was the best looking prince he had ever seen. She tried to quit thinking about how shapely his muscles were, his ice-blue eyes, and his infuriating, yet intriguing air. She chided herself when she started to become jealous of Hotaru smiling and dancing with Trunks.
"Well, I can do better," said Chibi-Usa lamely.
"Um, excuse me, Princess," said a boy with spiky black hair, "would you care to dance? I'm not a prince or anything, just the son of the Saiya-Jin ambassador so I won't be disappointed if you don't want to."
Like Trunks, he was dressed in ornate armor and was also very well built.
"I'd love to," replied Small Lady, "and who might I have the pleasure of sharing this dance with?"
"My name's Goten," responded the boy, surprised at his good fortune.
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Bulma had finally dragged Vegeta onto the dance floor. He scowled as he spun, but kept his complaining to himself so he wouldn't infuriate Bulma more than he already had today. Even though he wouldn't admit it to another living being, he cared deeply for his love, and hated it when she remained angry with him.
"Oh my, I see Trunks definitely takes after you," said Bulma.
"What do you mean?" asked Vegeta grouchily.
"Look at him, Princess Serenity has been in the room for ten minutes and he's already managed to get into an argument with her."
"How does that make him take after me?" demanded Vegeta.
"No reason," replied Bulma, "No reason at all…"
With a sudden bump, Vegeta ran into another couple on the dance floor.
"Watch were you're going you oaf!" cried a female voice.
Vegeta turned around to see the same raven-haired girl he had seen when he first arrived at Crystal Tokyo.
"I see your queen has made you wear normal looking clothes for this occasion, that's something I never thought I'd see," jibed Vegeta.
"You know," began Mars, "I'm sick of your cocky attitude. One more comment like that, Spike-head, and I'll be forced to melt you into a pile of goo!"
Vegeta laughed.
"The thought of you even being able to land a single hit on me is a joke, why don't you just go concentrate on finding more normal clothes," replied Vegeta.
Mars's dance partner, Jadeite, pulled her back.
(Author's note: When Galaxia went around the planet correcting the evil Chaos had caused, she resurrected the Generals in the process, returning them to their original state of protectors of Endymion.)
"Mars, look," Jadeite said with feigned excitement, "there's Mercury and Zoicyte, we need to go talk to them."
(Author's note #2: Ami is not a lesbian. In the non-crappy, Japanese version of the show, Zoicyte was a man. * sees readers making the connection * Yes, Malachite and Zoicyte were gay lovers under Beryl, but she was a ho anyway.)
"This isn't over," growled Mars as Jadeite drug her away from the potential fight.
As the couple went to the other side of the room, Bulma chided Vegeta.
"Shame one you! I told you no to pick fights."
"Don't worry, woman," replied Vegeta, "She wasn't even worth my time."
However, Vegeta made a silent pact to invite the Mars-brat to spar with him. Then he'd show her what a true warrior was.
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Chibi-Usa saw Trunks looking over at her and Goten. Knowing he had been watching them, she favored Goten with her most dazzling smile. She knew he had been looking over at her, but then again, she had been looking over at Trunks and Saturn, too. She tried to shake him from her mind. Why did she care if Saturn got to dance with him?
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Trunks continued to dance with Saturn. She was pretty, no doubt about that, but he couldn't get his mind off of the pink-haired princess. He couldn't understand why he acted the way he did around her. Could he actually * like * her? Surely, not; his father would be most displeased if he had feelings for a non-Saiya-Jin. He turned his attention back to his dance partner, trying to get his mind off of Serenity. However, he did scowl when he saw Goten escort Princess Serenity to the dance floor.
"Stupid, Goten," mumbled Trunks.
"What?" asked Saturn.
"Oh, I said that's Goten," lied Trunks, "he's my best friend and son of our planet's ambassador to this planet."
Trunks couldn't help looking over at Goten and Serenity every so often to see what they were doing. He scowled as Princess Serenity smiled a radiant smile at Goten.
'Stupid, baka, he doesn't even deserve to dance with her,' thought Trunks, 'he's not even royalty.'
Trunks tried to erase the thought from his head. Why should she care that his best friend got to dance with some plant throwing, bunny-haired, un- ladylike princess. However, in the back of his mind, he knew he cared very much that somebody else but him got to dance with Princess Serenity.
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That's it for Chapter 2! Again, give me feedback! Next chapter will be up very soon! Thanks for reading and any plot suggestions are welcome!
"Chibi-Usa?" asked Hotaru, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," sniffled the princess, "I'm fine."
Hotaru slightly frowned as she hugged her friend. She wished she could tell her about the party tonight, but it would ruin the surprise. In fact, it was up to Hotaru to make sure Chibi-Usa was dressed and ready for her 18th birthday ball without making her suspicious of any plans. Hotaru hadn't liked the idea of a surprise because she knew her friend would be devastated that they had "forgotten" her birthday, but how do you tell an empress with the power of the Imperium Silver Crystal that she's wrong about something?
Hotaru just held her friend as she sobbed. She looked at the clock. Two hours until party time. Hotaru decided it was time to make her move.
"Hey, Chibi-Usa," said Hotaru, "wanna go out on the town? Would that cheer you up?"
Small Lady Serenity nodded her agreement.
"It sounds great, Hotaru," she replied, "Just let me throw on some pants and I'll be ready to go."
Hotaru gave the princess a mischievous grin.
"Why don't we really stick it to all of the snotty girls who will be out also and dress properly?"
Chibi-Usa's eyes lit up with a playful malice and she began to laugh evilly.
"I just love watching all of those ego-obsessed hussies eat their hearts out when their guys are all over us. Of course, who couldn't fall for the two most stunning princesses in the galaxy! Let's go look like royalty."
The two princesses ran off, giggling, preparing to show every girl what it meant to be princess.
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"Don't even think about it, Vegeta," warned Bulma, "I will not have you going to a formal party with half the galaxy's royalty there in armor."
"Don't you understand, woman," argued Vegeta, "Armor is formal attire for a Saiya-Jin!"
"Well, it shouldn't be!" hissed Bulma.
"Besides," smirked Vegeta, playing his trump card, "the only thing I had my servants bring for me was armor."
The king laughed as his queen's face went from red to purple as she swelled up with anger.
"YOU DID WHAT!?!?!?" roared Bulma.
"You heard me," replied Vegeta calmly, still crossing his arms over his chest, knowing that he had beaten his wife in this battle of wits.
Bulma glared at Vegeta as she stomped out of the room.
"TRUNKS!" bellowed Bulma, "Are you ready yet?"
"Umm, yeah," said the boy, stepping out of his bedroom in formal Saiya-Jin armor.
Bulma's eyes seemed to bulge out of her head with fury.
"Did I mention my servants packed for Trunks, too?" smirked Vegeta from the other room.
Bulma stood shaking with fury, opened her mouth as if to speak, but failed to find words.
"Come along, woman," said Vegeta, "You wouldn't want to be late in front of 'Half the galaxy's royalty,' now would you?"
Bulma glared at Vegeta, gathered her skirts and swept out of the room.
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Neo-Queen Serenity sat regally upon her throne. Even though she was dressed in her traditional long, white gown, it seemed that on this special occasion that she seemed to radiate a self-contained iridescence. Her King Endymion sat next to her, looking equally stunning in his court attire.
Serenity watched as her guests danced and enjoyed the party. She looked at the clock- ten minutes until Saturn arrived with Chibi-Usa.
The queen was forced to end her musings as a servant approached the throne.
"My queen," bowed the man, "may I introduce to you, the royal family of Vegeta-sei, King Vegeta, Queen Bulma, Crown-Prince Trunks, and Princess Bra."
Bulma and Bra curtsied and Vegeta and Trunks gave a slight nod.
Serenity, forgetting all formality, ran to embrace her friend Bulma.
"Bulma! It's been far too long!" said Serenity, "And look at you- a queen!"
"I could say the same about you, Usagi-chan," smiled Bulma, "or am I allowed to call you that?"
"You can call me 'Odango' for all I care, I'm just so happy to see you again."
The two queens chatted as Vegeta, Trunks, and Bra became even more bored.
Bra was asked to dance by a handsome looking young man from Venus, despite the disapproving glare that her father gave to the trembling young man. Vegeta was not going to let either of his children become involved with anyone who wasn't a Saiya-Jin.
Suddenly, a messenger burst through the ornate doors of the throne/ball room/
"She's coming!" he announced.
The band stopped playing and the crowd came to a hush as they waited for Princess Serenity to make her entrance.
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"We're wasting time, Hotaru," complained Chibi-Usa.
"We should inform your parents that we are leaving, so they won't be worried," replied Saturn, dressed in her formal princess gown.
Chibi-Usa sighed and entered the throne room.
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"Surprise!" yelled the throng of people in the throne as Princess Serenity entered the room.
However, one voice remained perfectly silent with awe.
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Trunks's jaw almost dropped to the ground when he saw the princess. No longer was she a cranky lady covered in dirt and throwing plants, but a goddess-like beauty. She almost floated down the stairs as she seemed to radiate a light of her own. Everything about her was perfect. She was the most beautiful sight Trunks had ever seen.
"They sure don't come like that on Vegeta-sei," whispered Trunks.
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Chibi-Usa almost jumped out of her skin at the greeting she received. After her momentary shock faded, she smiled. So they hadn't forgotten her birthday! She began do descend the stairs, half-running, half-trying to look dignified, to thank her mother.
"Happy birthday, my little princess," said Neo-Queen Serenity, "I hope you are surprised."
"Thank you, mother, it's beautiful," replied Chibi-Usa as she was caught up in a hug from the King and Queen.
"Happy birthday, Chibi-Usa!" cried Venus as she and the other sailor senshi descended upon the princess, nearly smothering her with hugs, gifts, and love.
After the mauling, Chibi-Usa turned to Saturn.
"You knew all along, didn't you?" she asked Hotaru.
"I confirm or deny nothing," said Princess Saturn with a mysterious smile.
The two princesses laughed and turned to join the people on the dance floor, but before they could walk off entirely, a familiar voice addressed Chibi-Usa.
"You should try to wear clothes without dirt on them more often," said the lavender-haired boy, "You look much better in clean clothes."
Small Lady turned to see the prince she had met earlier in the gardens.
"Oh, it's you," said Chibi-Usa with disdain, "I thought it was somebody important for a minute. Come on, Saturn, let's go."
"Wait, Chibi-Usa," halted Saturn, "do you know him?"
"We've met," replied the pink haired princess.
"Well, we haven't," said Hotaru, noticing the handsome prince, "I am Princess Saturn, who might you be?"
"I am Trunks, Crown-Prince of the planet Vegeta," he said with a bow. He looked towards Chibi-Usa, "See, bunny-hair, that's how a princess should introduce herself, not by throwing plants and yelling."
Chibi-Usa glared at Trunks.
"My name is Serenity, not bunny-hair, and I don't need you to tell me how to act, Underwear Boy," retorted the princess.
"Underwear Boy?!?!?," exclaimed Trunks.
Saturn, both trying to head off a fight, and wanting to make a move on the hunk in front of her stepped in.
"Um, Prince Trunks," interrupted Saturn, "Would you care to dance?"
"I'd love to dance with a * proper * princess," answered Trunks as he strode off towards the dance floor.
Small Lady crossed her arms and looked away as Saturn left with Trunks. 'He's such a jerk,' she thought. However, she couldn't stop thinking about him. She had to admit he was the best looking prince he had ever seen. She tried to quit thinking about how shapely his muscles were, his ice-blue eyes, and his infuriating, yet intriguing air. She chided herself when she started to become jealous of Hotaru smiling and dancing with Trunks.
"Well, I can do better," said Chibi-Usa lamely.
"Um, excuse me, Princess," said a boy with spiky black hair, "would you care to dance? I'm not a prince or anything, just the son of the Saiya-Jin ambassador so I won't be disappointed if you don't want to."
Like Trunks, he was dressed in ornate armor and was also very well built.
"I'd love to," replied Small Lady, "and who might I have the pleasure of sharing this dance with?"
"My name's Goten," responded the boy, surprised at his good fortune.
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Bulma had finally dragged Vegeta onto the dance floor. He scowled as he spun, but kept his complaining to himself so he wouldn't infuriate Bulma more than he already had today. Even though he wouldn't admit it to another living being, he cared deeply for his love, and hated it when she remained angry with him.
"Oh my, I see Trunks definitely takes after you," said Bulma.
"What do you mean?" asked Vegeta grouchily.
"Look at him, Princess Serenity has been in the room for ten minutes and he's already managed to get into an argument with her."
"How does that make him take after me?" demanded Vegeta.
"No reason," replied Bulma, "No reason at all…"
With a sudden bump, Vegeta ran into another couple on the dance floor.
"Watch were you're going you oaf!" cried a female voice.
Vegeta turned around to see the same raven-haired girl he had seen when he first arrived at Crystal Tokyo.
"I see your queen has made you wear normal looking clothes for this occasion, that's something I never thought I'd see," jibed Vegeta.
"You know," began Mars, "I'm sick of your cocky attitude. One more comment like that, Spike-head, and I'll be forced to melt you into a pile of goo!"
Vegeta laughed.
"The thought of you even being able to land a single hit on me is a joke, why don't you just go concentrate on finding more normal clothes," replied Vegeta.
Mars's dance partner, Jadeite, pulled her back.
(Author's note: When Galaxia went around the planet correcting the evil Chaos had caused, she resurrected the Generals in the process, returning them to their original state of protectors of Endymion.)
"Mars, look," Jadeite said with feigned excitement, "there's Mercury and Zoicyte, we need to go talk to them."
(Author's note #2: Ami is not a lesbian. In the non-crappy, Japanese version of the show, Zoicyte was a man. * sees readers making the connection * Yes, Malachite and Zoicyte were gay lovers under Beryl, but she was a ho anyway.)
"This isn't over," growled Mars as Jadeite drug her away from the potential fight.
As the couple went to the other side of the room, Bulma chided Vegeta.
"Shame one you! I told you no to pick fights."
"Don't worry, woman," replied Vegeta, "She wasn't even worth my time."
However, Vegeta made a silent pact to invite the Mars-brat to spar with him. Then he'd show her what a true warrior was.
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Chibi-Usa saw Trunks looking over at her and Goten. Knowing he had been watching them, she favored Goten with her most dazzling smile. She knew he had been looking over at her, but then again, she had been looking over at Trunks and Saturn, too. She tried to shake him from her mind. Why did she care if Saturn got to dance with him?
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Trunks continued to dance with Saturn. She was pretty, no doubt about that, but he couldn't get his mind off of the pink-haired princess. He couldn't understand why he acted the way he did around her. Could he actually * like * her? Surely, not; his father would be most displeased if he had feelings for a non-Saiya-Jin. He turned his attention back to his dance partner, trying to get his mind off of Serenity. However, he did scowl when he saw Goten escort Princess Serenity to the dance floor.
"Stupid, Goten," mumbled Trunks.
"What?" asked Saturn.
"Oh, I said that's Goten," lied Trunks, "he's my best friend and son of our planet's ambassador to this planet."
Trunks couldn't help looking over at Goten and Serenity every so often to see what they were doing. He scowled as Princess Serenity smiled a radiant smile at Goten.
'Stupid, baka, he doesn't even deserve to dance with her,' thought Trunks, 'he's not even royalty.'
Trunks tried to erase the thought from his head. Why should she care that his best friend got to dance with some plant throwing, bunny-haired, un- ladylike princess. However, in the back of his mind, he knew he cared very much that somebody else but him got to dance with Princess Serenity.
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That's it for Chapter 2! Again, give me feedback! Next chapter will be up very soon! Thanks for reading and any plot suggestions are welcome!