Here's another update- sooner than the last one, like I promised. Just to keep the evil lawyers away, I don't own any characters from Dragonball Z/GT or Sailor Moon, nor will I ever because I will probably never have enough money to buy the rights. Enjoy!



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"Trunks!" cried a frustrated Chibi-Usa. The princess of Crystal Tokyo landed with a thud on the blank ground of the time chamber.

"Sorry, about that, but it you don't want to get hit, move faster," said the Saiya-Jin prince as he landed in front of the girl he knew as Selene.

"I know, but do you have to hit so hard?" complained the pseudo-Saiya-Jin, "I'm still kind of new at this."

As Trunks walked over to give Chibi-Usa a hand up, the princess smirked to herself, 'This is just too easy, men are way too trusting of females.' Just as it seemed that Chibi-Usa was about to take Trunks' hand, she swung her legs around, trying to knock the prince off balance. At the last minute, Trunks flipped away from Chibi-Usa's attack and floated in air. Before he could collect his thoughts, the girl unleashed a ki blast at the lavender haired warrior. Trunks dodged the blast and laughed.

"Good move," he complimented.

The Saiya-Jin disappeared from sight, leaving a confused Chibi-Usa looking for him. Suddenly the girl found her arms pinned behind her back. Chibi- Usa, using all of her strength, tried to hurl Trunks over her head to break free, but she was not match for the vice-like grip of the Saiya-Jin prince. Becoming annoyed at her teacher's constant smirking and hating to lose at anything, Chibi-Usa used her surge of anger to gather a moderate ki blast. The force of the blast didn't injure her teacher and attacker, but due to the element of surprise, it was enough to make Trunks loosen his grip on the princess. Leaping at this opening, Chibi-Usa sped off into the air and turned to face Trunks.

Trunks smirked as he looked up at Chibi-Usa.

"Very good," he complimented, "but it's like I said earlier..."

Trunks disappeared from sight again. Anticipating another attack from behind, Chibi-Usa took off in the other direction. Suddenly a rock hard elbow came crashing into her back, slamming her face first into the floor.

"…You'll have to be much faster if you ever want to have a prayer of standing up to me," concluded Trunks from the air.

Slowly and painfully, Chibi-Usa lifted herself out of the princess-shaped hole in the ground. She wearily drew herself up into a fighting stance, trying to prepare herself for more.

Trunks flew to the ground and walked over to the wobbling girl an smiled.

"I think that's enough for today," said Trunks.

With a sigh of relief, Chibi-Usa let herself drop down and sprawl out on the ground. As she lay there, Trunks tossed her a senzu bean. She eagerly swallowed the little bean.

"I am really impressed with you progress," said Trunks, "We've only been training for a week, and you've made some astonishing accomplishments as a warrior."

Chibi-Usa blushed at the compliment.

"Well, I'm still nothing compared to you, you're absolutely amazing! I can't get a hit on you no matter what I do!"

Trunks laughed.

"I've been training since before I can to remember," Trunks ruefully thought back to his father's philosophy on training 'If you're old enough, you're old enough to train,' "It takes a while to get where I am, but at the rate you're going, I'd say you could put up a good fight for an elite before this year is out."

Chibi-Usa looked up at him with her eyes sparking.

"You really think so?" she asked hopefully.

"I really do," he smiled down at her. Looking into her wine-red eyes made him remember how much Selene reminded him of Chibi-Usa. Maybe if he had met Selene before he had met Princess Serenity, things could have been different between them. 'Why can't they?' asked a little voice in his head. Trunks silently searched for the answer to his own question, but his search met with no success. 'It's just too soon after Serenity,' he told himself.

"Trunks?" interrupted Selene's familiar voice, "Are you alright?"

Trunks shook his head, and tried to keep his thoughts from dwelling on things he shouldn't be considering.

"Yeah, I'm fine," replied the prince, "I'm starving, how about you?"

A loud rumble from Chibi-Usa's stomach answered the question.

The pain laughed as they made their way to the small house inside of the chamber to get some dinner.

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Vegeta paced back and forth on the bridge of his ship. He couldn't get over the treachery of the weaklings of Crystal Tokyo. How dare that brat attack his planet? How dare Serenity try to play dumb just to cover her own rear end? Vegeta smirked. He really couldn't blame her for trying to lie about her actions, who in their right mind wouldn't fear the Saiya- Jins? Stomping that city into the ground and personally blowing the queen and her brat into oblivion would be quite a pleasure, almost as fun as getting the chance to beat the crap out of Kakarot. Vegeta frowned as his thoughts rested on the only individual who could possibly pose a challenge to him. Vegeta had been through the most intense training ever since the incident with the evil Shen-long, and since the dragon had returned Goku and allowed him to begin his life again, Vegeta hadn't fought his rival. Had Kakarot been training? There was also the issue of Gohan and his brat. Vegeta was sure he could take them easily, but with Kakarot against him, too? Kakarot himself would be a challenge, and the added force of his brats made Vegeta frown at the prospect of having the members of the Son family against him in the war. The Saiya-Jin king made it a point to have Kakarot's youngest brat make sure that the rest of his family fought on the correct side. Vegeta sighed, he was being paranoid, Goku would never fight against one of his own brats, and even if he did fight on opposite sides there was still the matter of Trunks to get around. Vegeta mused to himself as he wondered if his son had finally surpassed Kakarot's eldest. The Saiya-Jin king laughed out loud as a thought struck him.

"Baka, Kakarot," murmured Vegeta, "You've reached the peak of our race's power, but you're still considered third-class trash."

Vegeta knew that things would work out with the Sons. By the end of the week, the problem of the idiots of Crystal Tokyo would be solved. It would be a lovely little war- quick to begin and quick to end.

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Neo-Queen Serenity was in a state of complete apoplexy. What was she going to do? Who knows how many millions would be killed when the Saiya-Jins invaded Earth. She thought back to Mars's duel with Vegeta- can the rest of the race really be that powerful? If the Saiya-Jin soldiers were even a tenth as powerful as their king, then the sailor senshi would be no match for them. On top of that, it seemed Saturn had left them and decided to join the Saiya-Jins. Neo-Queen Serenity did the only thing she could think of doing- she put her hands in her face and sobbed. She had tried to maintain peace, she had tried to be a good queen and mother, just like the original Queen Serenity had taught her to do, but it seemed that everything was unraveling faster than she could fix it. Along with Saturn gone, it seemed that something horrible had happened to Chibi-Usa. What would cause her to attack a planet? Furthermore, what could possibly posses her to bring calamity to her own home by lying about who ordered the attack? It was almost too much to bear. A rap on the door made Serenity try to gather herself up and look composed; she must be strong for her people.

"Come in," she called to the person at the door.

The man known as Son Goku, Son Gohan, and the green-haired senshi of Time stepped through the door.

"Forgive the interruption, your Majesty," said Pluto, "but I've been speaking with these two Saiya-Jins and they might be able to help us."

Serenity's eyes widened slightly with surprise.

"Really?" she asked, "How so?"

The Saiya-Jin with the shorter, spiky black hair stepped forward.

"Your Majesty," began Gohan, "right now, there is no way to possibly defeat the Saiya-Jin army."

"Yes, I surmised as much," replied Serenity.

"However," continued Gohan, "There is still hope. Pluto informs me that she controls time. With your majesty's permission, my father and I could take the sailor senshi and the rest of your army back in time about 10 years, and train. Then, Pluto could have us come back right before the battle begins. That way, your forces could stand a chance against what's coming."

With an uncharacteristic wariness about her, Serenity began to question the young man.

"Why are you two agreeing to help us against your own race? You saw what happened just as well as I did. Of course, I didn't order the attack, but the point is, my daughter attacked your planet," said Serenity.

Gohan nodded.

"That's a fair question," he replied, his scholarly side showing though his wise tact, "My father and I don't think that such a dispute should be resolved by war. Vegeta's first reaction to a problem has always been to destroy it, but we're talking about innocent lives here. Besides, the Earth has been our home for a very long time, we would have to see the planet destroyed."

Serenity looked at Goku.

"And what about you?" she asked "You are the Saiya-Jin ambassador, do you not feel obligated to fight with your king?"

Goku gave the traditional Son smile.

"Well, it's like Gohan said," he replied, "besides, it wouldn't be fair to have Vegeta-sei's forces fight an enemy that was so far beneath them- no offense."

Serenity looked at Goku incredulously.

"You would help a different race in a war just in the name of a fair fight?"

With his typical clueless look, Goku responded completely seriously to the queen.

"Well, yeah," he replied with a shrug of his shoulders, "why not?"

Serenity laughed for the first time that day as she hugged the two Saiya- Jins.

"Thank you," she said, tears coming to her eyes, "you have no idea how much your help means to me."

Father and son gave the same goofy grin at the queen's outburst of thanks and affection.

"It's no big deal," Gohan laughed nervously.

"Yeah, it'll be fun!" said Goku.

Serenity laughed and turned to Pluto.

"Are you able to do this Sestuna? I don't want you to overexert yourself."

"I assure you I'll be fine," replied the green-haired senshi, "I have already arranged a place for the training to commence 10 years in the past."

A thought suddenly struck Serenity.

"Pluto, I know the senshi won't age at all in 10 years, but won't our army be a little old by the time you bring them back?"

"Gohan thought of that problem already," replied Pluto. "If we have the people age backwards 10 years when they go, they'll be the same age when they return."

Neo-Queen Serenity nodded.

"You have my full permission to carry out this plan, but on one condition."

"What is that, my queen?" asked Pluto.

"I am coming with you to train."

Pluto frowned.

"Who will run the Crystal Tokyo if you aren't here?"

"Endymion and his Generals can remain behind," said Serenity, "Besides, there's something I need to work on away from the people here."

Wondering what her queen meant, Pluto nodded her head with a quizzical look.

"Summon all of our forces and prepare to commence as soon as possible," ordered Serenity.

Pluto nodded, and bowed along with Goku and Gohan as the trio left the room.

Serenity looked at the portrait of herself, Endymion, Chibi-Usa, and the rest of the senshi outside of the Crystal Palace. Her eyes lingered on Chibi-Usa. 'I will save our planet and regain our peace. I will make this universe a place where you can be happy, I promise, Chibi-Usa, I will help you through this and save our future.'

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Saturn sat alone in her room of Vegeta's ship laughing uncontrollably. The looks on those fool's faces were absolutely priceless! The Messiah of Silence allowed herself another evil laugh as she thought of the Messiah of Light's demise. After reveling in her own genius, Mistress 9 turned her thoughts to Chibi-Usa on Vegeta-sei. Should she reveal the little spore's secret and let the Saiya-Jins kill her before the war started? No, thought the Messiah of Silence. Since she was disguised as a warrior, she would defiantly be taken to the battle to fight. 'If I wait until she's in Crystal Tokyo I can make sure Mommy-dearest sees her little girl pass into the next life.' Sometimes, the Messiah of Silence even amazed herself. Yes, the little brat would pay for taking Trunks from her and Serenity would pay for destroying the Messiah of Silence the last time they met.

"I guess revenge is a dish best served cold," said Mistress 9 aloud with a smirk.

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"I will need you to use your crystal to help teleport all of us back far enough," said Pluto to Serenity.

Serenity nodded.

"I can't wait to see how I look 10 years younger!" cried Minako with excitement.

"You're a senshi," said Rei in an exasperated tone, "You don't age like everybody else, you ninny, you'll look exactly the same."

Minako sweat-dropped as she laughed.

"Oh, yeah, I guess I forgot!"

"Inners," muttered Uranus as she shook her head.

Responding in the most mature manner she could, the sailor senshi of love and beauty turned to her comrade and proceeded to give her a huge raspberry.

"Planetary senshi," said a voice from behind the group, "always finding a way to bicker in the middle of a crisis."

Neo-Queen Serenity turned around ecstatic as she recognized a voice she hadn't seen in over a decade!

"Fighter!" exclaimed the queen as she raced over to embrace Sailor Star Lights!

Uranus, looking furious, threw a glare that came close to equaling Vegeta's. Trying to head off a potential fight, Sailor Mercury cleared her throat.

"Don't you think we should get going?" asked the blue-haired senshi.

"You're right, Ami," said Serenity, finally letting the Starlights out of her embrace, "Are you ready, Pluto?"

Pluto nodded.

"Let's go!" said Serenity. Pluto and Serenity began to gather their energies; a bright pink came down from the light bathed the senshi and the army of Crystal Tokyo in the glow.

The group was on its way. Serenity only prayed that this desperate measure would be enough to save her planet.

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Well, there you go- a sooner update as I promised. R/R- I really appreciate your comments. My flame policy (e-mail me at katiejedi@yahoo.com to gripe at me) still remains intact. See you again soon! ^_^