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Haruka's head snapped up suddenly; something was wrong. Michiru placed a hand on her leg.
"I felt it, too," said the aqua-haired senshi.
"What do you think it is?" asked Haruka, "There was something familiar about it."
"I don't know," replied Neptune, "but let's find Saturn and Pluto after this tour is over."
"Hai," nodded Uranus.
Uranus wished that this infernal tour of Crystal Tokyo with the Saiya-Jin royalty would be over sooner than later. The only interesting part of the trip around the city that she dwelled in every day was the behavior of the Saiya-Jin king. Vegeta routinely bestowed his trademark scowl upon passing citizens, causing them to quicken their pace in fear. Uranus had almost laughed out loud when Vegeta had caused a group of children to cry. The senshi brushed a lock of sandy blonde hair out of her face. 'I wonder if these Saiya-Jins are the cause of my warning,' wondered Haruka. She had seen how easily Vegeta had defeated Mars. Uranus shuddered; she prayed the Saiya-Jins weren't the enemy they had to face.
"Dende!" exclaimed Bulma, "That's the most enormous shopping center I've ever seen."
Venus smiled.
"Usagi may be Serenity now, but as you can see by this monstrosity of retail that was created with Crystal Tokyo, she's still our mall-trolling Usagi at heart," said Minako.
Neo-Queen Serenity laughed and turned to Bulma.
"Would you like to buy a thing or two as a souvenir," said Neo-Queen Serenity, her eyes sparkling with the anticipation of an afternoon shopping with her old friend.
Bulma's eyes sparkled just like Usagi's.
"Well, it's only polite that I buy a store, I mean thing or two," replied Bulma.
The two queens almost squealed in delight, dragging their husbands, now newly appointed pack mules, through the doors of the immense shopping complex.
The senshi (minus Saturn and Pluto- Saturn's at the palace and Pluto's at the Gate of Time), Chibi-Usa, and Trunks stood shaking their heads as they watched the women drag two seasoned warriors to do their bidding.
"Amazing," said Mercury, "absolutely amazing."
Venus turned towards Trunks and Bra.
"Is there anything you two would like to do since your mother seem to have kidnapped your father?"
Bra, having the same look as Bulma on her face, continued to stand transfixed on the monstrous mall.
"I think I'll take Bra to catch up with her parents," said Ami wisely, "it seems that she shares some of her mothers…interests."
As Ami walked away with Bra, Chibi-Usa turned to Trunks.
"I can show you around the rest of the city if you'd like," she offered, her cheeks flushing slightly.
"That sounds great," smiled the prince, "Venus, could you please tell my parents where I went? I don't want my mother to be worried or anything."
Venus smiled.
"No, problem, Trunks, and please, call me Minako," said the senshi.
The five remaining sailor senshi watched as the couple departed.
"They make such a kawaii couple," said Makoto.
"Yes, and they seem to have gotten very close in a short amount of time," replied Michiru.
Uranus smirked, "I wonder if Crystal Tokyo's next king will be a Saiya- Jin?"
"Dende help us if it is," said Mars.
The rest of the senshi rolled their eyes, knowing that the sailor soldier of fire was still sore from her loss to the Saiya-Jin king.
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Chibi-Usa practically drug Trunks down the streets of Crystal Tokyo as she ran as fast as she could.
"Hey," exclaimed Trunks, "what's the rush?"
Chibi-Usa continued dragging the Saiya-Jin prince.
"If we don't hurry we'll miss it!" she explained.
"Well, if we're in such a hurry, why don't we fly?" asked Trunks.
Chibi-Usa stopped dead in her tracks, put a hand behind her head, and sweat- dropped.
"Hahaha," Chibi-Usa laughed at herself, "I guess the thought didn't even cross my mind."
Trunks moved closer to Chibi-Usa to pick her up, but was confused when she lifted a golden, heart-shaped locket into the air instead of coming over to himself.
"Um," asked Trunks, "didn't you say you want to fly?"
"Of course," replied Chibi-Usa, "just give me a minute and I'll be ready."
Trunks stood confused, wondering how letting him pick her up could take any time or preparation. As he was about to say something, Chibi-Usa broke in with a shout.
"Moon Eternal Make-Up!"
Trunks's jaw dropped to the floor as light surrounded Serenity. Feathers began to surround her as she slowly became dressed in an outfit similar to the rest of her senshis'.
As the light faded, Princess Serenity stood dressed as Eternal Sailor Moon.
(Author's Note: Since Chibi-Usa really isn't chibi anymore and Neo-Queen Serenity no longer needs her locket, this will make sense later, Chibi-Usa is now Sailor Moon and hence, gets the locket and outfit and such.)
"Y-you have wings," stated Trunks dumbly.
"Yes," replied, her eyes sparking with mischief "I do."
"Why are you dressed like your senshi?" asked Trunks.
"Well, a girl's gotta be able to protect herself, doesn't she?" replied Chibi-Usa.
Trunks stared at the princess for a minute, and then smiled, thrilled at this new development.
"You're a warrior?"
Chibi-Usa nodded her head in affirmation.
Trunks smiled, this girl just kept getting better by the minute. Not only was she smart, beautiful, and spirited but she was a warrior, too. He'd definitely have to spar with her sometime. He just hoped she wouldn't be as big as a pushover as the haughty Mars princess.
"Shall we go?" asked Chibi-Usa.
Trunks smiled as he flew off with Chibi-Usa.
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Vegeta watched in utter amazement as his wife tore through the mall. He had never seen anything quite like this. He scowled.
"King of the universe's foremost warrior race and here I am stuck carrying around my wife's booty," muttered the king.
Bra came running out to her father.
"Isn't it pretty, Daddy?" asked the Saiya-Jin princess who was showing off her new gown.
Vegeta grunted. Happy that she had gotten even this reaction out of her father, Bra took the grunt as a compliment.
"I'm spent," said Bra.
"If you'd start doing more than sitting there looking pretty and train, you could shop for days on end," replied the king.
"You're the one who wouldn't train me," retorted Bra, "It's not like I didn't ask. Besides, Pan's Daddy trained her, why wouldn't you train me?"
Vegeta snorted.
"Would you really want to be trained by one of Kakarot's brats?" replied Vegeta, "Besides, I wasn't able to train you because your mother would kill me if I so much as scratched you. However, I noticed you haven't asked your brother who is perfectly capable of teaching you how to fight."
Bra's face burst into the typical Vegeta-line scowl. Vegeta smirked.
"That's what I thought," said the king, relishing his victory, "Speaking of my other brat, have you seen him around lately."
"I'm pretty sure he's still with the pink-haired girl," replied Bra, "But I really wasn't paying attention when…." Bra stopped short and got a dreamy- eyed look in her eyes.
"When what?" demanded Vegeta, "Hurry up and finish your..."
Vegeta realized all conversation with his daughter would be futile until she had finished exploring the gigantic shoe store that she was staring at with a glazed look.
"Why do you need more shoes?" asked Vegeta, "Don't you and your mother own virtually every pair ever invented?"
Bra didn't even hear her father; she just kept her gaze transfixed on the gigantic shoe store as her body moved involuntarily towards the doors of the shop.
Vegeta shook is head. He never understood a woman's need for shoes. His thoughts turned back to the whereabouts of his son. Vegeta noticed his son had been spending a lot of time with Neo-Queen Serenity's brat lately. Vegeta scowled. That boy was going to marry a Saiya-Jin woman if he had anything to say about it. Vegeta shuddered to think of an heir to the throne that was only ¼ Saiya-Jin. 'I might just have that little chat with the brat tonight,' thought Vegeta. 'It's always better to crush a problem before it can crush you,' the king thought as he mentally recited the teachings of his late father. This little development would be no different.
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The setting sun made the Crystal Palace's towers look like pink quartz instead of the diamond-like structures they were. With the oranges, violets, and yellows of the sun, the view was truly something special. 'However,' thought Chibi-Usa, 'it's even more special with someone wonderful to share it with.' She looked over to Trunks. She smiled to herself. Who would have thought someone who had made her so angry just the day before could mean this much to her in such a short period of time. She unconsciously grabbed a lock of her flowing, pink hair and twirled it around her finger. Trunks looked down at her.
"You were right, the view is beautiful."
Chibi-Usa smiled.
"This is my favorite spot in the entire city," replied the princess.
The pair lost themselves in each other's eyes. As they pulled closer together for a kiss, Chibi-Usa suddenly cried out.
"Ahhhh!" she screamed.
Trunk's head shot up in alarm.
"Serenity," he asked, his voice full of concern, "what's wrong?"
As if in answer to his question, a violent purple light erupted from the palace. The crystal towers that had moments ago reflected the light of the setting sun now seemed to shoot off a light that came from within. As the purple light spread over the city, Trunks covered Chibi-Usa with his body. After a brief instant, the light was gone and the city seemed normal. Trunks looked at Chibi-Usa; she had gone terribly pale and was shaking.
"Are you okay," he asked, still holding her.
"I…I don't know what that was," said Princess Serenity, "but I know I've felt this before, and it wasn't good. It was like pure evil."
Trunks scowled.
"I wonder if anybody knows what's going on?" he thought, "Let's get back to the palace to see if everybody is okay."
"Hai," nodded Chibi-Usa. She stood up to fly, but her still shaken body collapsed.
Trunks smiled and picked her up.
"Don't worry, I've got you."
Princess Serenity snuggled into her prince's arms as he flew them to the palace.
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Neo-Queen Serenity dropped her shopping bags and fell to the floor, clutching her head.
King Endymion was immediately at her side.
"Usako!" he exclaimed, "Are you all right? Usako!"
"Something terribly evil, but something I've felt before…" said the shaken queen.
King Endymion frowned. He noticed his wife had gone very pale.
"Let's get everyone back to the palace and see if anybody knows what's going on."
Neo-Queen Serenity nodded in agreement, they definitely needed to see if there was a new threat on the horizon.
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Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto all ran to meet Trunks as he flew in with Chibi- Usa.
"Small Lady!" cried Pluto as she took the princess from Trunks's arms. "What happened?"
"It was right before that purple light came from the palace, she just collapsed," explained Trunks.
"I'll be alright Puu," said Chibi-Usa.
"That horrible purple light had the same aura as the warning we received this morning," said Neptune.
Uranus frowned.
"We need to get to the bottom of this," she said with resolve, "let's go find Saturn, she's usually better at sensing what these things are about."
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Hotaru gazed out of the window. She smirked as she watched Trunks fly in a weakened Eternal Sailor Moon. As Hotaru watched the scene, she felt the presence of Pluto arrive from the time gate.
'It would seem I've made myself partially known,' thought Hotaru.
She stretched luxuriously; it felt good to be free from the petty restraints of good's pathetic sense of morality. Soon, very soon, the universe would have a new order. One that Saturn, Hotaru, or more accurately, Mistress 9, the Messiah of Silence would bring. 'Let the senshi run around and try to prepare to fight,' thought the Messiah of Silence, 'it only makes their demise more amusing.'
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Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto approached the door. Uranus stepped forward and knocked.
Slowly the door creaked open.
"Saturn!" gasped Neptune as she ran towards the body of the collapsed sailor senshi, "Haruka, get me some cold water, Pluto, help me prop her up on her bed."
The outer senshi rushed to help their comrade regain consciousness. After a few minutes, a pair of large purple eyes opened.
"What happened?" asked Hotaru in a weak voice.
"We don't really know," frowned Pluto, "it seems we have some new enemy, I trust you felt it?"
Saturn nodded in affirmation.
"It was so immense; I couldn't get it out of my head," she replied, "it felt so familiar."
Haruka frowned.
"It seems we will have to wait to see what this brings. Saturn, I want you, especially to be on the lookout for anything that doesn't feel right. We'll contact you if anything else happens."
"Hai," nodded the other senshi.
As Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto exited the room, Hotaru smiled.
'Fools,' she thought, 'they won't know what hit them until it's too late.'
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Trunks opened the doors of his family's room. He hoped everything would be alright with Chibi-Usa. His eyebrows came together in a scowl as he thought of a potential enemy. He had fought too hard to protect this planet to let anything happen to it again. More than feeling scared of the new enemy, Trunks was annoyed. 'Why would anybody be stupid enough to attack Earth when it's protected by the Sons?' Trunks smirked. 'Whoever or whatever did this is in for quite a shock when Goku goes super Saiya-Jin level 4 on it.'
"Brat," called Trunks' father from the other room, "Come in here now."
Trunks frowned and entered the room.
"Yes, father," he replied.
"You understand that your primary duty is to the planet Vegeta-sei, correct?" asked the Saiya-Jin king.
"Yes," said Trunks uncertainly.
"Good, then you also know that your decisions as the planet's heir to the throne play a major part in Vegeta-sei's future?"
"Yes," answered Trunks again, becoming more uncertain by the minute.
"Then I'm sure you realize that the only person who will share the throne of Vegeta-sei with you will be a Saiya-Jin also, right?" concluded Vegeta.
Trunks eyes widened as the implications of what his father said dawned upon him. It seems that he had been watching him with Serenity closer than he thought.
"I wouldn't want you making any commitments on this little trip that you can't keep," said Vegeta.
Trunks scowled.
"Why is it permissible for you to have a non-Saiya-Jin mate, but not your children?"
Vegeta scowled.
"I will not tolerate any insubordination on this issue. Your mother and I came together because of special circumstances; I had no Saiya-Jin women to choose from, the entire race was extinct." Vegeta noticed his son's power level rising in anger. "It wouldn't work with the pink-haired brat anyway. She is the heir to the throne here, you are the heir to the throne on Vegeta-sei, both of your responsibilities separate you anyway so she shouldn't even be an issue."
Trunks couldn't keep his mouth shut any longer.
"Who are you to tell me who I can and can't love? What gives you any right to dictate my life?"
Vegeta was slightly startled at Trunks' usage of the word love. Momentarily, shock gave way to anger. He grabbed his son by his shirt and pulled him down to eye level.
"You listen to me and you listen good," growled Vegeta, "I will not have either of my brats mating with someone of an inferior race. You ask what right I have to dictate your life? I have plenty. I am not only your father and sensei, but I am also your king, and by all of these authorities, I have every right to control your life, especially when it involves the future of my race!"
Trunks tore out of his father's grip and began to stalk out of the room. Vegeta smirked.
"By the way, we're leaving in this evening," said Vegeta to his son.
"We're just going to leave when they have this new threat?" exclaimed Trunks as he whirled around at his father's statement.
"Why not?" replied Vegeta nonchalantly, "Kakarott can handle anything that comes here, and if anybody but myself manages to kill him, they'll answer to me, which means that they'll be even more dead."
As the door slammed behind his son, Vegeta smirked.
"That went better than expected."
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Saturn laughed as she watched the exchange between the Saiya-Jin king and the Saiya-Jin prince. It seemed that she wasn't the only one who disapproved of Chibi-Usa's attachment to Trunks.
"So, the fool only approves of Saiya-Jins in his family…" mused the Messiah of Silence,
"Then I guess, a Saiya-Jin I'll be."
Saturn placed two fingers on her forehead. A black star appeared where her planetary symbol normally stood. Her body was surrounded by a soft glow. After the aura faded, Saturn looked behind her. She smiled evilly as she waved her newly grown tail in the air. This was going to be a piece of cake.
"Now, about my trip to Vegeta-sei…"
Saturn couldn't help but laugh in anticipation of her triumph over the meddlesome princess of Crystal Tokyo.
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Chibi-Usa scowled.
"I don't understand why he's making you leave so soon," Chibi-Usa said to Trunks.
Trunks decided not to mention the fact that his father had forbade their relationship just moments ago.
"Neither do I," replied Trunks, "but there's really no arguing with him once he's got his mid set on something."
Chibi-Usa looked at the prince, her eyes full of unshed tears.
"Chibi-Usa…"said Trunks, his heart almost breaking at the sight of her rose colored eyes blurred by her sadness.
"It's not fair!" she cried as she threw an unoffending pillow across the room.
Trunks smiled, trying to cheer up the pink-haired princess while keeping his own sorrow in check.
"It's not like we can't visit each other," explained Trunks, "our mothers are too good of friends not to visit each other. Besides, you know we'll both be required to attend some of those boring, stuff celebrations on all of those other worthless planets."
Chibi-Usa smiled, brushing away tears.
"I know it's just…"she trailed off.
As Trunks sat down beside the girl to comfort her, she wrapped herself in his arms and began to sob in his chest. Slightly surprised at this display of affection, Trunks blushed. Not knowing what to say, Trunks kept his mouth shut.
'There has to be a way I can get father to approve of her,' thought Trunks.
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Vegeta rolled his eyes at the two departing queens.
"For heaven's sake, woman, you'd think that she was going to die the instant you stopped looking at her from the way you're carrying on."
Bulma glared at her husband.
"Shut up, Vegeta."
Between sobs, Neo-Queen Serenity attempted to say her goodbyes to her friend.
"You….know…..you….can…visit…any…time…you…want," wailed the queen.
Bulma burst into tears anew at her old friend's words. They wailed even louder as they embraced one another.
Like Vegeta, Endymion sweat dropped at his wife's over-reaction.
"Usako, Vegeta's right, you can see her whenever you want."
Serenity ignored Endymion and continued to sob with Bulma.
Trunks and Chibi-Usa emerged from the palace; he squeezed her hand in farewell.
"It's been great being here with you; I can't wait to see you again."
Chibi-Usa gave Trunks a sorrowful smile.
"Here," she said, handing Trunks a small velvet pouch, "this is to make sure that you don't forget me."
Trunks opened the pouch and found a small crystal fragment on a chain. It radiated in the light of the sun, sending shards of light spinning from its core.
"Chibi-Usa, this is beautiful," Trunks said in awe as he watched the mysterious light spectacle in front of him.
The princess smiled.
"It's a fragment of my imperium silver crystal," explained Chibi-Usa,
Trunks eyes widened as he finally understood the significance of the gift.
"Serenity!" he exclaimed, "I can't accept this." He handed the chain back over to the princess.
Chibi-Usa just shook her head and smiled. "It's my gift to you," she explained, "If you ever need me and I'm not around, just make your wish upon the crystal and I'll be there."
"Trunks!" yelled Vegeta, "Hurry up and get in the ship before your infernal mother starts her blubbering again."
Trunks threw a glare at his father, and looked down at Chibi-Usa.
"Good bye, Bunny-Hair."
"See you later, Underwear Boy."
They smiled at each other as they stole one last deep gaze into the other's eyes.
As Trunks turned around, Goten burst out of the building along with the purple-eyed friend of Chibi-Usa's.
"Trunks, wait up!" yelled Goten.
Trunks smirked as he looked at his best friend.
"I see you can walk again," he said in a low voice.
Goten sweat dropped.
"Yeah, um, well…"
"I'll see you next month when your dad comes to spar with my dad," said Trunks.
"Actually," began Goten, "I'm coming back to Vegeta-sei with you."
Trunks' eyes lit up. "Alright!"
"I get to bring along Hotaru, too!" said Goten, referring to the girl standing next to him.
"Hua?" asked the confused prince.
"Yeah, it turns out she's a Saiya-Jin, too and your dad gave her permission to come to Vegeta-sei and train."
Trunks' eyes almost bulged out of his head as he looked at the princess of Saturn.
"You're a Saiya-Jin?"
Saturn laughed and waved her tail in the air.
"Sure am, it's a good thing I was finally able to meet you guys because I had no idea why I had a tail. It makes sense now!"
Trunks saw Goten blush as he looked at Saturn. Trunks smiled at his friend's good fortune of having the object of his affection coming with him.
Chibi-Usa's jaw dropped.
"You never told me about this, Saturn," she said shocked.
"I guess it never came up," said Hotaru with a strange glint in her eye.
Chibi-Usa looked longingly up at Trunks.
"Keep him out of trouble, okay?" she asked, now on the verge of tears as her love and her best friend prepared to leave.
"Don't worry," replied Saturn, "I won't let this one get away."
Trunks laughed nervously, the girl seemed a little too adamant about that last part. However, he hoped that Saturn's connection with Chibi-Usa would give the princess an excuse to come visit.
"ALL OF YOU, SHIP, NOW!" roared Vegeta, tired of the delays and tired of having to forcibly restrain his wife from running out and balling with Neo- Queen Serenity again.
The group piled into the ship. Trunks refused to tear his eyes away from those of Princess Serenity's as they lifted into the air.
"I can't wait to see Vegeta-sei," said Hotaru, interrupting his thoughts about the princess, "you'll have to show me around."
"Sure," said Trunks.
Saturn turned her back and looked at the earth.
'And now it all begins,' thought Saturn as she watched the blue planet disappear, 'I hope you enjoyed your time with Trunks, Princess Serenity, because it's at an end.' Saturn looked into the darkness of space. Her plan was working perfectly. The Messiah of Silence smirked as she thought of what the next few weeks would bring.
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Sorry about the lack of action in that chapter, but believe me, the next one will be packed full of it with the Messiah of Silence doing her thing. Trust me, it promises to be good. Read and review, let me know what you think, I am always open to suggestions!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, so don't sue me.
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Haruka's head snapped up suddenly; something was wrong. Michiru placed a hand on her leg.
"I felt it, too," said the aqua-haired senshi.
"What do you think it is?" asked Haruka, "There was something familiar about it."
"I don't know," replied Neptune, "but let's find Saturn and Pluto after this tour is over."
"Hai," nodded Uranus.
Uranus wished that this infernal tour of Crystal Tokyo with the Saiya-Jin royalty would be over sooner than later. The only interesting part of the trip around the city that she dwelled in every day was the behavior of the Saiya-Jin king. Vegeta routinely bestowed his trademark scowl upon passing citizens, causing them to quicken their pace in fear. Uranus had almost laughed out loud when Vegeta had caused a group of children to cry. The senshi brushed a lock of sandy blonde hair out of her face. 'I wonder if these Saiya-Jins are the cause of my warning,' wondered Haruka. She had seen how easily Vegeta had defeated Mars. Uranus shuddered; she prayed the Saiya-Jins weren't the enemy they had to face.
"Dende!" exclaimed Bulma, "That's the most enormous shopping center I've ever seen."
Venus smiled.
"Usagi may be Serenity now, but as you can see by this monstrosity of retail that was created with Crystal Tokyo, she's still our mall-trolling Usagi at heart," said Minako.
Neo-Queen Serenity laughed and turned to Bulma.
"Would you like to buy a thing or two as a souvenir," said Neo-Queen Serenity, her eyes sparkling with the anticipation of an afternoon shopping with her old friend.
Bulma's eyes sparkled just like Usagi's.
"Well, it's only polite that I buy a store, I mean thing or two," replied Bulma.
The two queens almost squealed in delight, dragging their husbands, now newly appointed pack mules, through the doors of the immense shopping complex.
The senshi (minus Saturn and Pluto- Saturn's at the palace and Pluto's at the Gate of Time), Chibi-Usa, and Trunks stood shaking their heads as they watched the women drag two seasoned warriors to do their bidding.
"Amazing," said Mercury, "absolutely amazing."
Venus turned towards Trunks and Bra.
"Is there anything you two would like to do since your mother seem to have kidnapped your father?"
Bra, having the same look as Bulma on her face, continued to stand transfixed on the monstrous mall.
"I think I'll take Bra to catch up with her parents," said Ami wisely, "it seems that she shares some of her mothers…interests."
As Ami walked away with Bra, Chibi-Usa turned to Trunks.
"I can show you around the rest of the city if you'd like," she offered, her cheeks flushing slightly.
"That sounds great," smiled the prince, "Venus, could you please tell my parents where I went? I don't want my mother to be worried or anything."
Venus smiled.
"No, problem, Trunks, and please, call me Minako," said the senshi.
The five remaining sailor senshi watched as the couple departed.
"They make such a kawaii couple," said Makoto.
"Yes, and they seem to have gotten very close in a short amount of time," replied Michiru.
Uranus smirked, "I wonder if Crystal Tokyo's next king will be a Saiya- Jin?"
"Dende help us if it is," said Mars.
The rest of the senshi rolled their eyes, knowing that the sailor soldier of fire was still sore from her loss to the Saiya-Jin king.
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Chibi-Usa practically drug Trunks down the streets of Crystal Tokyo as she ran as fast as she could.
"Hey," exclaimed Trunks, "what's the rush?"
Chibi-Usa continued dragging the Saiya-Jin prince.
"If we don't hurry we'll miss it!" she explained.
"Well, if we're in such a hurry, why don't we fly?" asked Trunks.
Chibi-Usa stopped dead in her tracks, put a hand behind her head, and sweat- dropped.
"Hahaha," Chibi-Usa laughed at herself, "I guess the thought didn't even cross my mind."
Trunks moved closer to Chibi-Usa to pick her up, but was confused when she lifted a golden, heart-shaped locket into the air instead of coming over to himself.
"Um," asked Trunks, "didn't you say you want to fly?"
"Of course," replied Chibi-Usa, "just give me a minute and I'll be ready."
Trunks stood confused, wondering how letting him pick her up could take any time or preparation. As he was about to say something, Chibi-Usa broke in with a shout.
"Moon Eternal Make-Up!"
Trunks's jaw dropped to the floor as light surrounded Serenity. Feathers began to surround her as she slowly became dressed in an outfit similar to the rest of her senshis'.
As the light faded, Princess Serenity stood dressed as Eternal Sailor Moon.
(Author's Note: Since Chibi-Usa really isn't chibi anymore and Neo-Queen Serenity no longer needs her locket, this will make sense later, Chibi-Usa is now Sailor Moon and hence, gets the locket and outfit and such.)
"Y-you have wings," stated Trunks dumbly.
"Yes," replied, her eyes sparking with mischief "I do."
"Why are you dressed like your senshi?" asked Trunks.
"Well, a girl's gotta be able to protect herself, doesn't she?" replied Chibi-Usa.
Trunks stared at the princess for a minute, and then smiled, thrilled at this new development.
"You're a warrior?"
Chibi-Usa nodded her head in affirmation.
Trunks smiled, this girl just kept getting better by the minute. Not only was she smart, beautiful, and spirited but she was a warrior, too. He'd definitely have to spar with her sometime. He just hoped she wouldn't be as big as a pushover as the haughty Mars princess.
"Shall we go?" asked Chibi-Usa.
Trunks smiled as he flew off with Chibi-Usa.
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Vegeta watched in utter amazement as his wife tore through the mall. He had never seen anything quite like this. He scowled.
"King of the universe's foremost warrior race and here I am stuck carrying around my wife's booty," muttered the king.
Bra came running out to her father.
"Isn't it pretty, Daddy?" asked the Saiya-Jin princess who was showing off her new gown.
Vegeta grunted. Happy that she had gotten even this reaction out of her father, Bra took the grunt as a compliment.
"I'm spent," said Bra.
"If you'd start doing more than sitting there looking pretty and train, you could shop for days on end," replied the king.
"You're the one who wouldn't train me," retorted Bra, "It's not like I didn't ask. Besides, Pan's Daddy trained her, why wouldn't you train me?"
Vegeta snorted.
"Would you really want to be trained by one of Kakarot's brats?" replied Vegeta, "Besides, I wasn't able to train you because your mother would kill me if I so much as scratched you. However, I noticed you haven't asked your brother who is perfectly capable of teaching you how to fight."
Bra's face burst into the typical Vegeta-line scowl. Vegeta smirked.
"That's what I thought," said the king, relishing his victory, "Speaking of my other brat, have you seen him around lately."
"I'm pretty sure he's still with the pink-haired girl," replied Bra, "But I really wasn't paying attention when…." Bra stopped short and got a dreamy- eyed look in her eyes.
"When what?" demanded Vegeta, "Hurry up and finish your..."
Vegeta realized all conversation with his daughter would be futile until she had finished exploring the gigantic shoe store that she was staring at with a glazed look.
"Why do you need more shoes?" asked Vegeta, "Don't you and your mother own virtually every pair ever invented?"
Bra didn't even hear her father; she just kept her gaze transfixed on the gigantic shoe store as her body moved involuntarily towards the doors of the shop.
Vegeta shook is head. He never understood a woman's need for shoes. His thoughts turned back to the whereabouts of his son. Vegeta noticed his son had been spending a lot of time with Neo-Queen Serenity's brat lately. Vegeta scowled. That boy was going to marry a Saiya-Jin woman if he had anything to say about it. Vegeta shuddered to think of an heir to the throne that was only ¼ Saiya-Jin. 'I might just have that little chat with the brat tonight,' thought Vegeta. 'It's always better to crush a problem before it can crush you,' the king thought as he mentally recited the teachings of his late father. This little development would be no different.
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The setting sun made the Crystal Palace's towers look like pink quartz instead of the diamond-like structures they were. With the oranges, violets, and yellows of the sun, the view was truly something special. 'However,' thought Chibi-Usa, 'it's even more special with someone wonderful to share it with.' She looked over to Trunks. She smiled to herself. Who would have thought someone who had made her so angry just the day before could mean this much to her in such a short period of time. She unconsciously grabbed a lock of her flowing, pink hair and twirled it around her finger. Trunks looked down at her.
"You were right, the view is beautiful."
Chibi-Usa smiled.
"This is my favorite spot in the entire city," replied the princess.
The pair lost themselves in each other's eyes. As they pulled closer together for a kiss, Chibi-Usa suddenly cried out.
"Ahhhh!" she screamed.
Trunk's head shot up in alarm.
"Serenity," he asked, his voice full of concern, "what's wrong?"
As if in answer to his question, a violent purple light erupted from the palace. The crystal towers that had moments ago reflected the light of the setting sun now seemed to shoot off a light that came from within. As the purple light spread over the city, Trunks covered Chibi-Usa with his body. After a brief instant, the light was gone and the city seemed normal. Trunks looked at Chibi-Usa; she had gone terribly pale and was shaking.
"Are you okay," he asked, still holding her.
"I…I don't know what that was," said Princess Serenity, "but I know I've felt this before, and it wasn't good. It was like pure evil."
Trunks scowled.
"I wonder if anybody knows what's going on?" he thought, "Let's get back to the palace to see if everybody is okay."
"Hai," nodded Chibi-Usa. She stood up to fly, but her still shaken body collapsed.
Trunks smiled and picked her up.
"Don't worry, I've got you."
Princess Serenity snuggled into her prince's arms as he flew them to the palace.
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Neo-Queen Serenity dropped her shopping bags and fell to the floor, clutching her head.
King Endymion was immediately at her side.
"Usako!" he exclaimed, "Are you all right? Usako!"
"Something terribly evil, but something I've felt before…" said the shaken queen.
King Endymion frowned. He noticed his wife had gone very pale.
"Let's get everyone back to the palace and see if anybody knows what's going on."
Neo-Queen Serenity nodded in agreement, they definitely needed to see if there was a new threat on the horizon.
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Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto all ran to meet Trunks as he flew in with Chibi- Usa.
"Small Lady!" cried Pluto as she took the princess from Trunks's arms. "What happened?"
"It was right before that purple light came from the palace, she just collapsed," explained Trunks.
"I'll be alright Puu," said Chibi-Usa.
"That horrible purple light had the same aura as the warning we received this morning," said Neptune.
Uranus frowned.
"We need to get to the bottom of this," she said with resolve, "let's go find Saturn, she's usually better at sensing what these things are about."
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Hotaru gazed out of the window. She smirked as she watched Trunks fly in a weakened Eternal Sailor Moon. As Hotaru watched the scene, she felt the presence of Pluto arrive from the time gate.
'It would seem I've made myself partially known,' thought Hotaru.
She stretched luxuriously; it felt good to be free from the petty restraints of good's pathetic sense of morality. Soon, very soon, the universe would have a new order. One that Saturn, Hotaru, or more accurately, Mistress 9, the Messiah of Silence would bring. 'Let the senshi run around and try to prepare to fight,' thought the Messiah of Silence, 'it only makes their demise more amusing.'
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Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto approached the door. Uranus stepped forward and knocked.
Slowly the door creaked open.
"Saturn!" gasped Neptune as she ran towards the body of the collapsed sailor senshi, "Haruka, get me some cold water, Pluto, help me prop her up on her bed."
The outer senshi rushed to help their comrade regain consciousness. After a few minutes, a pair of large purple eyes opened.
"What happened?" asked Hotaru in a weak voice.
"We don't really know," frowned Pluto, "it seems we have some new enemy, I trust you felt it?"
Saturn nodded in affirmation.
"It was so immense; I couldn't get it out of my head," she replied, "it felt so familiar."
Haruka frowned.
"It seems we will have to wait to see what this brings. Saturn, I want you, especially to be on the lookout for anything that doesn't feel right. We'll contact you if anything else happens."
"Hai," nodded the other senshi.
As Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto exited the room, Hotaru smiled.
'Fools,' she thought, 'they won't know what hit them until it's too late.'
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Trunks opened the doors of his family's room. He hoped everything would be alright with Chibi-Usa. His eyebrows came together in a scowl as he thought of a potential enemy. He had fought too hard to protect this planet to let anything happen to it again. More than feeling scared of the new enemy, Trunks was annoyed. 'Why would anybody be stupid enough to attack Earth when it's protected by the Sons?' Trunks smirked. 'Whoever or whatever did this is in for quite a shock when Goku goes super Saiya-Jin level 4 on it.'
"Brat," called Trunks' father from the other room, "Come in here now."
Trunks frowned and entered the room.
"Yes, father," he replied.
"You understand that your primary duty is to the planet Vegeta-sei, correct?" asked the Saiya-Jin king.
"Yes," said Trunks uncertainly.
"Good, then you also know that your decisions as the planet's heir to the throne play a major part in Vegeta-sei's future?"
"Yes," answered Trunks again, becoming more uncertain by the minute.
"Then I'm sure you realize that the only person who will share the throne of Vegeta-sei with you will be a Saiya-Jin also, right?" concluded Vegeta.
Trunks eyes widened as the implications of what his father said dawned upon him. It seems that he had been watching him with Serenity closer than he thought.
"I wouldn't want you making any commitments on this little trip that you can't keep," said Vegeta.
Trunks scowled.
"Why is it permissible for you to have a non-Saiya-Jin mate, but not your children?"
Vegeta scowled.
"I will not tolerate any insubordination on this issue. Your mother and I came together because of special circumstances; I had no Saiya-Jin women to choose from, the entire race was extinct." Vegeta noticed his son's power level rising in anger. "It wouldn't work with the pink-haired brat anyway. She is the heir to the throne here, you are the heir to the throne on Vegeta-sei, both of your responsibilities separate you anyway so she shouldn't even be an issue."
Trunks couldn't keep his mouth shut any longer.
"Who are you to tell me who I can and can't love? What gives you any right to dictate my life?"
Vegeta was slightly startled at Trunks' usage of the word love. Momentarily, shock gave way to anger. He grabbed his son by his shirt and pulled him down to eye level.
"You listen to me and you listen good," growled Vegeta, "I will not have either of my brats mating with someone of an inferior race. You ask what right I have to dictate your life? I have plenty. I am not only your father and sensei, but I am also your king, and by all of these authorities, I have every right to control your life, especially when it involves the future of my race!"
Trunks tore out of his father's grip and began to stalk out of the room. Vegeta smirked.
"By the way, we're leaving in this evening," said Vegeta to his son.
"We're just going to leave when they have this new threat?" exclaimed Trunks as he whirled around at his father's statement.
"Why not?" replied Vegeta nonchalantly, "Kakarott can handle anything that comes here, and if anybody but myself manages to kill him, they'll answer to me, which means that they'll be even more dead."
As the door slammed behind his son, Vegeta smirked.
"That went better than expected."
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Saturn laughed as she watched the exchange between the Saiya-Jin king and the Saiya-Jin prince. It seemed that she wasn't the only one who disapproved of Chibi-Usa's attachment to Trunks.
"So, the fool only approves of Saiya-Jins in his family…" mused the Messiah of Silence,
"Then I guess, a Saiya-Jin I'll be."
Saturn placed two fingers on her forehead. A black star appeared where her planetary symbol normally stood. Her body was surrounded by a soft glow. After the aura faded, Saturn looked behind her. She smiled evilly as she waved her newly grown tail in the air. This was going to be a piece of cake.
"Now, about my trip to Vegeta-sei…"
Saturn couldn't help but laugh in anticipation of her triumph over the meddlesome princess of Crystal Tokyo.
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Chibi-Usa scowled.
"I don't understand why he's making you leave so soon," Chibi-Usa said to Trunks.
Trunks decided not to mention the fact that his father had forbade their relationship just moments ago.
"Neither do I," replied Trunks, "but there's really no arguing with him once he's got his mid set on something."
Chibi-Usa looked at the prince, her eyes full of unshed tears.
"Chibi-Usa…"said Trunks, his heart almost breaking at the sight of her rose colored eyes blurred by her sadness.
"It's not fair!" she cried as she threw an unoffending pillow across the room.
Trunks smiled, trying to cheer up the pink-haired princess while keeping his own sorrow in check.
"It's not like we can't visit each other," explained Trunks, "our mothers are too good of friends not to visit each other. Besides, you know we'll both be required to attend some of those boring, stuff celebrations on all of those other worthless planets."
Chibi-Usa smiled, brushing away tears.
"I know it's just…"she trailed off.
As Trunks sat down beside the girl to comfort her, she wrapped herself in his arms and began to sob in his chest. Slightly surprised at this display of affection, Trunks blushed. Not knowing what to say, Trunks kept his mouth shut.
'There has to be a way I can get father to approve of her,' thought Trunks.
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Vegeta rolled his eyes at the two departing queens.
"For heaven's sake, woman, you'd think that she was going to die the instant you stopped looking at her from the way you're carrying on."
Bulma glared at her husband.
"Shut up, Vegeta."
Between sobs, Neo-Queen Serenity attempted to say her goodbyes to her friend.
"You….know…..you….can…visit…any…time…you…want," wailed the queen.
Bulma burst into tears anew at her old friend's words. They wailed even louder as they embraced one another.
Like Vegeta, Endymion sweat dropped at his wife's over-reaction.
"Usako, Vegeta's right, you can see her whenever you want."
Serenity ignored Endymion and continued to sob with Bulma.
Trunks and Chibi-Usa emerged from the palace; he squeezed her hand in farewell.
"It's been great being here with you; I can't wait to see you again."
Chibi-Usa gave Trunks a sorrowful smile.
"Here," she said, handing Trunks a small velvet pouch, "this is to make sure that you don't forget me."
Trunks opened the pouch and found a small crystal fragment on a chain. It radiated in the light of the sun, sending shards of light spinning from its core.
"Chibi-Usa, this is beautiful," Trunks said in awe as he watched the mysterious light spectacle in front of him.
The princess smiled.
"It's a fragment of my imperium silver crystal," explained Chibi-Usa,
Trunks eyes widened as he finally understood the significance of the gift.
"Serenity!" he exclaimed, "I can't accept this." He handed the chain back over to the princess.
Chibi-Usa just shook her head and smiled. "It's my gift to you," she explained, "If you ever need me and I'm not around, just make your wish upon the crystal and I'll be there."
"Trunks!" yelled Vegeta, "Hurry up and get in the ship before your infernal mother starts her blubbering again."
Trunks threw a glare at his father, and looked down at Chibi-Usa.
"Good bye, Bunny-Hair."
"See you later, Underwear Boy."
They smiled at each other as they stole one last deep gaze into the other's eyes.
As Trunks turned around, Goten burst out of the building along with the purple-eyed friend of Chibi-Usa's.
"Trunks, wait up!" yelled Goten.
Trunks smirked as he looked at his best friend.
"I see you can walk again," he said in a low voice.
Goten sweat dropped.
"Yeah, um, well…"
"I'll see you next month when your dad comes to spar with my dad," said Trunks.
"Actually," began Goten, "I'm coming back to Vegeta-sei with you."
Trunks' eyes lit up. "Alright!"
"I get to bring along Hotaru, too!" said Goten, referring to the girl standing next to him.
"Hua?" asked the confused prince.
"Yeah, it turns out she's a Saiya-Jin, too and your dad gave her permission to come to Vegeta-sei and train."
Trunks' eyes almost bulged out of his head as he looked at the princess of Saturn.
"You're a Saiya-Jin?"
Saturn laughed and waved her tail in the air.
"Sure am, it's a good thing I was finally able to meet you guys because I had no idea why I had a tail. It makes sense now!"
Trunks saw Goten blush as he looked at Saturn. Trunks smiled at his friend's good fortune of having the object of his affection coming with him.
Chibi-Usa's jaw dropped.
"You never told me about this, Saturn," she said shocked.
"I guess it never came up," said Hotaru with a strange glint in her eye.
Chibi-Usa looked longingly up at Trunks.
"Keep him out of trouble, okay?" she asked, now on the verge of tears as her love and her best friend prepared to leave.
"Don't worry," replied Saturn, "I won't let this one get away."
Trunks laughed nervously, the girl seemed a little too adamant about that last part. However, he hoped that Saturn's connection with Chibi-Usa would give the princess an excuse to come visit.
"ALL OF YOU, SHIP, NOW!" roared Vegeta, tired of the delays and tired of having to forcibly restrain his wife from running out and balling with Neo- Queen Serenity again.
The group piled into the ship. Trunks refused to tear his eyes away from those of Princess Serenity's as they lifted into the air.
"I can't wait to see Vegeta-sei," said Hotaru, interrupting his thoughts about the princess, "you'll have to show me around."
"Sure," said Trunks.
Saturn turned her back and looked at the earth.
'And now it all begins,' thought Saturn as she watched the blue planet disappear, 'I hope you enjoyed your time with Trunks, Princess Serenity, because it's at an end.' Saturn looked into the darkness of space. Her plan was working perfectly. The Messiah of Silence smirked as she thought of what the next few weeks would bring.
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Sorry about the lack of action in that chapter, but believe me, the next one will be packed full of it with the Messiah of Silence doing her thing. Trust me, it promises to be good. Read and review, let me know what you think, I am always open to suggestions!