Chapter 8
"What do you mean they're gone?" Trunks asked.
"This lady came and said that she had special permission from Usagi to take them home and they went with her. Why?"
"What did she look like?"
"There were two actually. There was one with long black hair. She was wearing a red suit I think and then there was another one with long blonde hair and she wore a yellow dress. She kind of looked like Usagi and she said that she was her sister so I didn't make a fuss. Why do you ask?"
"All of you come inside," Trunks said. They came immediately. Trunks went back to the phone.
"Uh, Usagi. I need to ask you an important question."
"What? Did something happen to Chibi Usa?"
"I'm not quite sure. Do you by any chance have a sister?"
"No, I'm an only child. Why do you ask?"
"Well two women came here and took them. They said that you gave them permission to take both Chibi Usa and Hotaru."
After a long while Usagi asked, "What did they look like?"
"Well one of them had black hair and the other was a blond, they…"
"Did the blond by any chance look something like me?"
"Well that's what Annie said. She thought that she looked like your sister."
"Can I talk to Annie for a while, please?"
"Sure," he said giving Annie the phone. Gohan came in and saw everyone in the living room with serious looks on their faces. "What's going on?"
"It looks like Chibi Usa and Hotaru were kidnapped," Trunks said.
'Your not serious," Gohan said disbelievingly.
"It's true. Two women came here and took them while we were in here,"
Trunks explained. Just then Annie hung up the phone. "Well?"
"Usagi said she and the others were coming home on the next flight they can get."
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Trunks leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. He rubbed the bridge of his nose in deep thought. Annie was a little worried. She hadn't seen her father act that way and it scared her.
"What are you going to do?" Gohan asked.
"Find them. Hopefully before Usagi comes back." he sighed. "How could I let this happen?"
"You didn't let this happen. We probably wouldn't have even known if Usagi hadn't called."
"But it was my responsibility to see that they were safe. I don't even know where they are."
"We could try to see if we could pick up their ki," Gohan said after a while.
"Tried that. I can't feel them and I'm not even sure what I'm looking for."
"What do you mean?"
"They don't have an easily readable ki. If they're too far away I can't pick it up."
"Well we can't call the police because they won't be able to do anything at this time. There are just too few clues to help them." Gohan said thoughtfully.
"We'll just have to go look for them ourselves," Trunks said standing up.
"Annie if Usagi calls while we're out tell her we went to look for them," he said. Then he and Gohan left.
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2 hours later
Usagi, Haruka, Setsuna and Michiru were on a flight home. Usagi was a wreck. She just couldn't sit still while someone out there had her children.
"What do you think happened to them?" Usagi asked Setsuna.
"Well while I don't like this, there are two possibilities. One, it could be a new enemy. Now how and why they're here is still a mystery. I felt a shift in the time lines and I regret not going and checking on it sooner."
"And the other?"
"Mamoru." Michiru said flatly.
"Dear Selene. What could he want with them? I thought you took care of it over 5 years ago!"
"We did but he must be very stubborn."
"Either that or he has a death wish," Haruka said vehemently.
"I hope he doesn't hurt them. I'll kill him myself if he even touches them." Usagi vowed.
"Calm down Usa, making threats wont solve anything," Michiru said patting her back.
"It'll make me fell better," Haruka mumbled.
Usagi leaned back in her chair. They could all tell she was pretty stressed out so they decided to drop the subject. They were silent for the better part of an hour. Setsuna looked at her friend who had her head turned away from her. She noticed that Usagi's blouse was wet and realized that she had been crying for a while now. She decided to leave her alone and not draw attention to her. Sometimes its better to let someone deal with their problems in their own way.
Haruka meanwhile sat silently besides Michiru brooding. Whoever it was had a lot of nerve messing with family. She considered Usagi and Setsuna as her sisters and would make whoever the kono yaru pay very dearly. Michiru noticed the expression on her lover's face. She couldn't blame Haruka at all. She felt like destroying the person who dared to mess with her family and Princess.
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Trunks and Gohan had been searching for the better part of 4 hours without any luck. They had separated at the beginning of the search but found nothing. Currently he felt Gohan coming towards him and should be seeing him any second. Gohan spotted Trunks just ahead of him. Speeding up he soon caught up with him.
"Well?" Trunks asked not really holding out much hope.
"Nothing. Its like they dropped off the face of the earth."
"Lets head back," Trunks said turning back towards Gohan's house.
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When they landed, Videl was outside waiting for them. "Gohan! Trunks! How could you two just leave the kids by themselves! What were you thinking!"
she shouted.
"Calm down Videl. We went to look for the kids." Gohan said trying to ease her temper.
"Don't you lie to me Son Gohan! The kids are perfectly fine, now you had better think of a better excuse before I…"
"What did you just say?" Trunks basically demanded.
"I said that the kids are fine. Now don't …"
"They're all in the house?"
"Yes!" she said frustrated.
Trunks didn't wait to hear any more. He walked past Videl and went into the house. In the living room he found Bra, Pan, Chibi Usa, Annie and Hotaru asleep on the sofas. Gohan came in after them.
"I don't believe this." Gohan said, astonished. Trunks on the other hand was just plain relieved. All afternoon he had been feeling terrible that he had let Usagi and her friends down. Now he would have good news to tell her. Before he could call her however, he heard a car pull up in the driveway. The doors were opened and slammed shut quickly and you could hear someone running up the driveway. He heard Videl talking to someone and then Usagi came in looking very pale and stressed.
Usagi paused when she saw Chibi Usa and the other Kids on the sofa. Crying in relief she went straight for her. She picked the sleeping girl up and held her tightly.
Chibi Usa was jolted out of her sleep by someone picking her up. She opened her eyes to see her mother. "Mommy? What are you doing here?" she said groggily. She saw the worry on her mother's face and was alarmed.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh Chibi Usa I was so worried," she said hugging her. Hotaru and the other kids had also woken up and Hotaru was currently receiving the same treatment from Michiru.
"What's going on?" Hotaru said bewildered.
Usagi and Michiru both set them down after a while. The grown ups all had serious looks on their faces, even Usagi. They knew they were in for it, even if they didn't understand why.
"Young ladies," Setsuna began, looking them in the eye. "Where were you two? Didn't you realize that you had all of us worried sick about you?"
"What did we do?" Chibi Usa asked confused.
Usagi saw that they really didn't know what they did. Her expression softened. "You two left here without permission and with strangers."
"But we didn't know that! We thought that you told Aunt Minako and Aunt Rei to come and get us. They…"
"What did you say?" Usagi asked interrupting her. She just didn't want to believe what they were saying.
"Aunt Minako said that…"
"So he is behind this. I swear that when I get my hands on that little…"
"Haruka!" Michiru cautioned.
If possible Usagi became paler then before. "Who exactly were you with today?" she asked sitting down. The others followed her example with Trunks sitting down next to her.
"Well I met my dad. He was very nice to me. He gave me this," she said showing her mother a very expensive gold necklace with a rose pendant which was made with rubies. Usagi held onto Trunks' hand tightly and then motioned for her to continue. "I also met my Aunts Ami, Rei, Minako and Makoto. And I have a 2 brothers and a sister. Umm what are their names?" she asked Hotaru.
"Darien, Benjamin and Salina. I did not like them."
"Yeah. They called me a pipsqueak and said they didn't know why Dad wanted to see me in the first place. That I was a nuisance." If possible Usagi gripped Trunks' hand tighter.
"Don't you ever call that man 'Dad' again. He doesn't deserve that title not after what he did to your mother." Haruka said vehemently. Chibi Usa cringed, afraid of her.
"Haruka please don't. You're only scaring her. She isn't involved in any of this. This is between me and Mamoru." Usagi said.
"No Usa its not anymore. He took both Hotaru and Chibi Usa. What he did this afternoon is unacceptable. We can't let him think he got away with it or he'll try it again. I just knew he was bad news from the beginning! When I get my hands on that man I will kill him without any hesitation."
"Stop it! This is my problem and I will deal with it by myself!" she shouted very angrily. Everyone looked at her startled. They had never heard her raise her voice before. Taking a deep breath she continued. "now drop the subject. Its late and I'm tired so lets go home," she said calmly. "Thank you for everything, Trunks, Gohan, Videl. We'll see you later." she said picking up Chibi Usa.
"What about their clothes?" Videl asked.
"I'll come and get it tomorrow," Haruka answered. They left after Chibi Usa and Hotaru said goodbye to everyone.
"I wonder what that was all about and who is Mamoru." Videl asked.
"He's Chibi Usa's father," Trunks responded. "It is getting late. Gohan I'll see you on Sunday."
"Sure. Maybe we will actually do some work."
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"What do you mean they're gone?" Trunks asked.
"This lady came and said that she had special permission from Usagi to take them home and they went with her. Why?"
"What did she look like?"
"There were two actually. There was one with long black hair. She was wearing a red suit I think and then there was another one with long blonde hair and she wore a yellow dress. She kind of looked like Usagi and she said that she was her sister so I didn't make a fuss. Why do you ask?"
"All of you come inside," Trunks said. They came immediately. Trunks went back to the phone.
"Uh, Usagi. I need to ask you an important question."
"What? Did something happen to Chibi Usa?"
"I'm not quite sure. Do you by any chance have a sister?"
"No, I'm an only child. Why do you ask?"
"Well two women came here and took them. They said that you gave them permission to take both Chibi Usa and Hotaru."
After a long while Usagi asked, "What did they look like?"
"Well one of them had black hair and the other was a blond, they…"
"Did the blond by any chance look something like me?"
"Well that's what Annie said. She thought that she looked like your sister."
"Can I talk to Annie for a while, please?"
"Sure," he said giving Annie the phone. Gohan came in and saw everyone in the living room with serious looks on their faces. "What's going on?"
"It looks like Chibi Usa and Hotaru were kidnapped," Trunks said.
'Your not serious," Gohan said disbelievingly.
"It's true. Two women came here and took them while we were in here,"
Trunks explained. Just then Annie hung up the phone. "Well?"
"Usagi said she and the others were coming home on the next flight they can get."
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Trunks leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. He rubbed the bridge of his nose in deep thought. Annie was a little worried. She hadn't seen her father act that way and it scared her.
"What are you going to do?" Gohan asked.
"Find them. Hopefully before Usagi comes back." he sighed. "How could I let this happen?"
"You didn't let this happen. We probably wouldn't have even known if Usagi hadn't called."
"But it was my responsibility to see that they were safe. I don't even know where they are."
"We could try to see if we could pick up their ki," Gohan said after a while.
"Tried that. I can't feel them and I'm not even sure what I'm looking for."
"What do you mean?"
"They don't have an easily readable ki. If they're too far away I can't pick it up."
"Well we can't call the police because they won't be able to do anything at this time. There are just too few clues to help them." Gohan said thoughtfully.
"We'll just have to go look for them ourselves," Trunks said standing up.
"Annie if Usagi calls while we're out tell her we went to look for them," he said. Then he and Gohan left.
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2 hours later
Usagi, Haruka, Setsuna and Michiru were on a flight home. Usagi was a wreck. She just couldn't sit still while someone out there had her children.
"What do you think happened to them?" Usagi asked Setsuna.
"Well while I don't like this, there are two possibilities. One, it could be a new enemy. Now how and why they're here is still a mystery. I felt a shift in the time lines and I regret not going and checking on it sooner."
"And the other?"
"Mamoru." Michiru said flatly.
"Dear Selene. What could he want with them? I thought you took care of it over 5 years ago!"
"We did but he must be very stubborn."
"Either that or he has a death wish," Haruka said vehemently.
"I hope he doesn't hurt them. I'll kill him myself if he even touches them." Usagi vowed.
"Calm down Usa, making threats wont solve anything," Michiru said patting her back.
"It'll make me fell better," Haruka mumbled.
Usagi leaned back in her chair. They could all tell she was pretty stressed out so they decided to drop the subject. They were silent for the better part of an hour. Setsuna looked at her friend who had her head turned away from her. She noticed that Usagi's blouse was wet and realized that she had been crying for a while now. She decided to leave her alone and not draw attention to her. Sometimes its better to let someone deal with their problems in their own way.
Haruka meanwhile sat silently besides Michiru brooding. Whoever it was had a lot of nerve messing with family. She considered Usagi and Setsuna as her sisters and would make whoever the kono yaru pay very dearly. Michiru noticed the expression on her lover's face. She couldn't blame Haruka at all. She felt like destroying the person who dared to mess with her family and Princess.
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Trunks and Gohan had been searching for the better part of 4 hours without any luck. They had separated at the beginning of the search but found nothing. Currently he felt Gohan coming towards him and should be seeing him any second. Gohan spotted Trunks just ahead of him. Speeding up he soon caught up with him.
"Well?" Trunks asked not really holding out much hope.
"Nothing. Its like they dropped off the face of the earth."
"Lets head back," Trunks said turning back towards Gohan's house.
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When they landed, Videl was outside waiting for them. "Gohan! Trunks! How could you two just leave the kids by themselves! What were you thinking!"
she shouted.
"Calm down Videl. We went to look for the kids." Gohan said trying to ease her temper.
"Don't you lie to me Son Gohan! The kids are perfectly fine, now you had better think of a better excuse before I…"
"What did you just say?" Trunks basically demanded.
"I said that the kids are fine. Now don't …"
"They're all in the house?"
"Yes!" she said frustrated.
Trunks didn't wait to hear any more. He walked past Videl and went into the house. In the living room he found Bra, Pan, Chibi Usa, Annie and Hotaru asleep on the sofas. Gohan came in after them.
"I don't believe this." Gohan said, astonished. Trunks on the other hand was just plain relieved. All afternoon he had been feeling terrible that he had let Usagi and her friends down. Now he would have good news to tell her. Before he could call her however, he heard a car pull up in the driveway. The doors were opened and slammed shut quickly and you could hear someone running up the driveway. He heard Videl talking to someone and then Usagi came in looking very pale and stressed.
Usagi paused when she saw Chibi Usa and the other Kids on the sofa. Crying in relief she went straight for her. She picked the sleeping girl up and held her tightly.
Chibi Usa was jolted out of her sleep by someone picking her up. She opened her eyes to see her mother. "Mommy? What are you doing here?" she said groggily. She saw the worry on her mother's face and was alarmed.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh Chibi Usa I was so worried," she said hugging her. Hotaru and the other kids had also woken up and Hotaru was currently receiving the same treatment from Michiru.
"What's going on?" Hotaru said bewildered.
Usagi and Michiru both set them down after a while. The grown ups all had serious looks on their faces, even Usagi. They knew they were in for it, even if they didn't understand why.
"Young ladies," Setsuna began, looking them in the eye. "Where were you two? Didn't you realize that you had all of us worried sick about you?"
"What did we do?" Chibi Usa asked confused.
Usagi saw that they really didn't know what they did. Her expression softened. "You two left here without permission and with strangers."
"But we didn't know that! We thought that you told Aunt Minako and Aunt Rei to come and get us. They…"
"What did you say?" Usagi asked interrupting her. She just didn't want to believe what they were saying.
"Aunt Minako said that…"
"So he is behind this. I swear that when I get my hands on that little…"
"Haruka!" Michiru cautioned.
If possible Usagi became paler then before. "Who exactly were you with today?" she asked sitting down. The others followed her example with Trunks sitting down next to her.
"Well I met my dad. He was very nice to me. He gave me this," she said showing her mother a very expensive gold necklace with a rose pendant which was made with rubies. Usagi held onto Trunks' hand tightly and then motioned for her to continue. "I also met my Aunts Ami, Rei, Minako and Makoto. And I have a 2 brothers and a sister. Umm what are their names?" she asked Hotaru.
"Darien, Benjamin and Salina. I did not like them."
"Yeah. They called me a pipsqueak and said they didn't know why Dad wanted to see me in the first place. That I was a nuisance." If possible Usagi gripped Trunks' hand tighter.
"Don't you ever call that man 'Dad' again. He doesn't deserve that title not after what he did to your mother." Haruka said vehemently. Chibi Usa cringed, afraid of her.
"Haruka please don't. You're only scaring her. She isn't involved in any of this. This is between me and Mamoru." Usagi said.
"No Usa its not anymore. He took both Hotaru and Chibi Usa. What he did this afternoon is unacceptable. We can't let him think he got away with it or he'll try it again. I just knew he was bad news from the beginning! When I get my hands on that man I will kill him without any hesitation."
"Stop it! This is my problem and I will deal with it by myself!" she shouted very angrily. Everyone looked at her startled. They had never heard her raise her voice before. Taking a deep breath she continued. "now drop the subject. Its late and I'm tired so lets go home," she said calmly. "Thank you for everything, Trunks, Gohan, Videl. We'll see you later." she said picking up Chibi Usa.
"What about their clothes?" Videl asked.
"I'll come and get it tomorrow," Haruka answered. They left after Chibi Usa and Hotaru said goodbye to everyone.
"I wonder what that was all about and who is Mamoru." Videl asked.
"He's Chibi Usa's father," Trunks responded. "It is getting late. Gohan I'll see you on Sunday."
"Sure. Maybe we will actually do some work."
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