I do not own Dragonball Z or Dragonball GT. I also do not own Sailor Moon.

Usagi = Serena

Ami = Amy

Rei = Raye

Makoto = Lita

Minako = Mina

Haruka = Amara

Michiru = Michelle

"talking"

A Galaxy of Difference : A Story of Love

"They killed him. I think that I cried for at least three weeks straight."

Mallory sat up. "I'm so sorry, Rai." She felt horrible for making him tell his story. "It is ok if you want to stop."

Rai smiled at the gesture. "You're the only person I've ever told."

"If you feel like stopping at any point just do. I'll understand."

Rai nodded before talking again. "I didn't fight them for three and a half months that I carried her. Saiyans, well full-blooded ones, only carry for three to four months. Granted that I'm only half saiyan and half human, and so was Gohan. Our baby on the other hand was a full blooded human and saiyan. That is why I only carried her that long, which was a very good thing. Because I had to go to the past to warn everyone, so I took her with me. Of course I made up the story that she was my sister. They brought it. I had to come back here in two years, but the timelines were different." Rai paused for a couple of seconds. "That picture you're holding was the last time that I saw my daughter or my mom alive. I was only gone for four months and I came back and saw them..."

Mallory felt something wet fall on her face and when she looked up, she saw it was Rai's tears. "Just stop. I don't want you in a depression."

"It's ok. I mean maybe now I can actually sleep at night," He paused. "There wasn't anyone left alive on Earth. When I got back I buried my mom and Hope, and left to go back to the same time that I had left, but I somehow ended up seven years after I originally left."

"Why didn't you stay with your mom and the rest of your friends?" Mallory asked.

"Because they accepted Android Eighteen into their friendships. I couldn't stand to even be there. So I left. I didn't want to start any kind of fight, because she too had a daughter an-"

"And no matter how much you hated her, you couldn't put her through the same thing." Mallory said as she cut him off.

"Yeah and so I left. I had no idea how far away I would go."

"Just out of curiosity," Mallory asked, "how far is it to go home?"

"Two to three days of nothing but driving." Rai stated. "That is only if I actually wanted to go home."

"I understand that. If Ruka hadn't convinced me, I would still be in Chicago. She probably saved me from being gone forever."

The two of them sat there and never notice that they were asleep or that it was seven in the morning. Mallory finally felt like she had found someone who understood what she had gone through.

Mallory heard the phone ring and Rai getting up to get it. "Hello?...Yes, Ruka she's here…..no we didn't….honestly…." Rai handed the phone to her and said, "Ruka wants to talk to you."

"Hi Ruka." Mallory happily said.

"What are you doing at Rai's?" Haruka demanded.

"I was staying over. We talked that was it. I was upset still." Mallory said, although she was really happy that they had talked.

"Then why didn't you come back here?" Haruka asked debating whether or not to believe her.

"Because I was helping him with work." Mallory said.

"Then why don't I believe you." Haruka said.

"I don't care…." Mallory said as she handed the phone to Rai. She couldn't believe that Haruka would do that. Mallory still needed Rai to finish his story. He finally hung up the phone. "Rai exactly how old are you? Because if I'm right you would only be twenty." Mallory said feeling really stupid about asking.

Rai sat down on the couch and said, "Nope, I'm twenty-two. Two years in the hyperbolic time chamber, which technically two days. It was to defeat the androids and Cell. I don't want to get into all that."

"That's fine. I just wondered." Once again, Mallory leaned against his shoulder. "So I found out that Seiya is throwing Mina and Andrew's two-year anniversary party and Mina's birthday party."

"I heard about that. Do you have a date?"

"Nope, I mean I doubt that they are even going to want me there." Mallory said.

"Well," Rai really wanted to go to the party with Mallory, but had no idea on how to ask that. "Are you going?"

"Probably," Mallory replied.

"Then you're my date." Instantly Rai felt really stupid for saying that. That was not how he wanted to do that.

"Really?" Mallory asked as she sat up.

Rai smiled. He loved how excited she got over the tiniest of things. "Yes, I don't want to go by myself."

"Me either."

"Since its Friday, and today is Wednesday. You are probably going to need a dress and…."

"Rai," Mallory sweetly said, "I'm going shopping with Michelle later today, so I'll have one."

"Shoot! I have to get you home."

Mallory was a little saddened at that phrase. She thought that they were having a fun time hanging out with each other. "Why?"

"Because that's probably why she called," Rai did not want to admit it, but he did not want Mallory leaving so soon. He felt really comfortable around her and he could be himself, which was something that he would not do in front of people.

"That would be nice to know when she called since it's going on two and we're suppose to go shopping at four." Mallory said.

As much as neither one of them wanted to part from the other, they left the apartment and drove all the way to Ruka's house. Even though they talked non-stop earlier, neither one of them could get a word to come out. The whole drive to Haruka's was in an uncomfortable silence, but what they didn't know was that they were each stealing little glances at the other.

When they got to Haruka's house, Rai dropped Mallory off and then drove away. All because he knew that if he hung around, he would end up staying and causing more trouble. Mallory watched him leave and turned around to go inside. As soon as she got inside, she was tackled by Hotaru.

"Hi Mallory, I'm so glad that your home." Hotaru excitedly said.

"Me too. Did you like hanging out with Setsuna?" Mallory asked knowing full well that Setsuna was not the easiest person to hang out with.

"Yep, I did." Hotaru happily said. "I have to go to my dad's for the weekend, but can you convince Ruka-poppa not to let me go because I wanna go the party." Hotaru tried the big puppy dog eyes, but those were not going to work.

Mallory picked Hotaru up and starting walking towards the living room. "But it's a big kid party, and if you went I would worry about you. Besides don't you have a sleepover to attend too?" Mallory asked. She didn't want Hotaru there.

"Yeah I do. It's going to be so much fun." Hotaru said as she sat down on the couch.

"Do you know where Michelle or Setsuna are?" Mallory asked.

"Nope." Hotaru stated.

"Ok, well I'm gonna leave to find them." Mallory said as she left the living room and walked upstairs.

Mallory stopped in her room to grab some clothes before heading to her bathroom. She went and took a fifteen minute shower. Then she changed and left to return to her room where she found Michelle sitting on her bed.

"Hey, Michelle what's up?" Mallory asked.

"Well, I'm not saying that you did anything…." Michelle said as she started to trail off.

"All we did was talk." Mallory stated. She didn't understand where this was coming from. "How come you don't believe me?" Mallory demanded.

"It's not that we don-"

"But you do," Mallory said as she cut Michelle off, "You always do this to me."

"I just want you to be safe. Sometimes Rai can be a little rowdy."

"No, Michelle, you don't know anything about him. Rai is really sweet. Most of all he doesn't care about why I was kicked out. He actually listened to me, not criticizing me!"

"I didn't realize." Michelle said as she realized what she had done.

"I'm just going to get my dress." Mallory stated not being able to listen to Michelle anymore. She grabbed her purse off of her vanity and left her room

"Ok." Michelle said knowing full well that their friendship was just ruined and she had no idea on how to fix it considering that this was the last thing she wanted.

Before Mallory left, she stole the keys to Haruka's black mustang convertible. Once she got out to the car, she put her make-up before leaving. She was hurt that Michelle and Haruka did not trust her.

When she got to the mall, she parked the car and then went wondering around the mall. Mallory wondered through the mall for about an hour going into various stores. It wasn't until the last store that she had found her dress. It was spaghetti strap purple dress that clung nicely to her curves. The dress had a low neck line and at the right hip was a sewn in sequined flower that held the layers together, and the edge of the dress went up on an angle.

"This is so my dress." Mallory thought to herself. She couldn't wait to wear it.

Mallory really wanted to go over to Rai's. She needed to talk to him or maybe just see him. She managed to drive all the way back to Haruka's grabbed some of her clothes, and then drive to Rai's without anyone noticing. When she got there, she parked on the street, and knocked on the door.

It took a couple of minutes, before he answered, with his head sticking out of the door. "Mallory, what are you doing?" Rai asked sleepily.

"I came to get away," Mallory felt horrible for waking him up. "But I can go so that you can go back to sleep."

"No, its fine," Rai opened the door to reveal that he only had on a grey pair of pajama pants. "Just let me change into something else."

"All right." Mallory stated as she watched him leave. She took that to mean that she could just walk right inside the apartment. As she closed the door, she wished that he would have just stayed in what he had on.

It took him a couple of minutes and he came back out with jeans and a black tank top on. Mallory couldn't help but look him up and down. Needless to say, Mallory's breathe was taken away. She didn't know what was so different about him today, but decided that it didn't matter.

"So what happened? Not that anything necessarily had to happen?" Rai nervously said. He didn't know why he was so nervous.

"Well, no one will believe or trust me at all." Mallory said as she sat on the couch.

"Why?" Rai said as he sat next to her. He couldn't understand why Haruka or Michelle wouldn't trust her.

"I honestly wish that I knew, but I don't. Maybe it's because you work for Ruka and she doesn't like you with me." Mallory was convinced that had to be the reason.

"I don't know. I mean that could be it." Rai said believing it too.

Mallory leaned against him. It took a couple of minutes of shifting around before she got comfortable. "I just wish they would trust me. I'm not the same girl as I was when I left. I know what I'm doing and I should be able to be trusted just like everyone else is."

"They will, but until then you're free to hang around here." He said without realizing it.

"So then I can park the mustang beside your car?" She asked.

"Sure, if you want, I'll go get something else."

"Alright." Mallory excitedly said.

Mallory went to get the car and parked it next to Rai's. When Mallory came back inside his apartment, she heard the shower running. So she put her stuff in the guest room, and then went to the kitchen for some unknown reason. She couldn't believe how incredibly sweet Rai was being. So she decided to return the favor by making him something to eat, which turned out to be the only thing she really knew how to do without screwing it up. Mallory was in the middle of making macaroni and cheese, when she heard the shower turn off and the bathroom door open. She tried to ignore the image in her mind of him in only a towel, but it wasn't working. She was able to shake herself free of that mental picture when she heard the door to his room open back up.

When Rai walked back into the kitchen, he was dressed in another pair of jeans and a white tank top. "You didn't have to do this."

"Yes I did. It's only fair." Mallory said. "Besides I happen to love Mac and cheese."

Once it was macaroni and cheese was done, she put a portion of it in two bowls. They ate and then went back to the living room. As soon as they got there, the two of them sat down on the couch and started talking again. The whole time they were talking, the phone kept ringing until Rai unplugged it. After a couple of hours talking and cuddling, Rai leaned over and kissed her, but just as quickly as he broke the kiss just as quickly as he started it.

"Rai, I can't." Mallory didn't want to give any of her friends a reason to not trust her, even if she really did enjoy the brief kiss.

"All right," Rai was a little disappointed. He thought that he had read all the signs right. "I guess its fine…"

Mallory cut Rai off with another kiss. Each kiss grew more and more passionate. He knew exactly where this was going to go and knew that that he would have to keep his saiyan half suppressed. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt Mallory. After a couple of minutes of kissing, Rai picked his new lover up and carried her to his bedroom. Neither one cared about what was going to happen in the morning because all they cared about right now was the other person.

Mallory woke up the next morning with this strange feeling, but just shrugged it off. She knew that there was no way Haruka or Michelle were ever going to be able to trust her again, but right now that was the furthest thing from her mind. All she cared about was Rai and if anything was ever going to be normal again.

"What are you thinking about?" Rai asked as he was kissing her neck.

"Anything and everything." Mallory moaned. Talking was the furthest thing from her mind right now.

"Listen," Rai looked at Mallory, "Ruka can't do anything to us." He wondered why all of the sudden he was being protective of her.

"That is good to know, but that wasn't what I was thinking about." Mallory climbed on top of him and passionately kissed him before saying, "Nice try, though."

Mallory started to trail kisses down his neck. She thought that she might show him a piece of his own medicine, but that was interrupted when his cell phone rang. Mallory took that opportunity to get up out of bed and wondered to the guest room. The reason was that she didn't want to listen in on his phone conversation. After a few moments, Rai came into the room.

"It's Ruka." Rai handed her the phone.

"Hello?" Mallory said nervously. She was happy when she felt his arms wrap around her.

"Where the hell is my mustang?" Haruka barked.

"Next to Rai's car. It's perfectly safe. What about me?"

"I don't. You upset Michelle yesterday. We do trust you, but we're just worried about you." Haruka calmly said.

"I'm fine," Mallory sighed. She was happy that Haruka was worried about her, but there really was not reason for her to be. "Honestly, Ruka, I'm a big girl now."

"I know, but you realize that you're practically like my little sister." Haruka said.

"Aww," Mallory said knowing that it just made her nervous.

"Stop it. You just talked to him, right?" Haruka asked.

"Yeah…" Mallory said, but she couldn't believe that she lied to Haruka or how easy it seemed.

"Well, just come back tomorrow if you spending tonight too."

"Ok. Bye." Mallory said not knowing what Haruka meant.

"Bye." Haruka said.

Mallory ended the call and just stood there in his arms. Rai grabbed his phone from her and threw it on the bed. There was only one thing that mattered to him at this moment and that was Mallory. Rai ended up picking her up and carrying her back to his room. Once there he laid her on his bed and then laid down beside her. It wasn't long before Mallory found her way over to him. She laid her head on his chest and wrapped her right arm around his waist. Rai could tell that she was upset and he didn't know exactly how to fix it.

"I lied to her." Mallory said almost in tears.

"Don't worry about it. I did too." Rai stated as he started to run his fingers through her blonde hair. It seemed to help calm her down a little bit because she fell asleep quickly. Rai laid there for a few more minutes just listening to his girl sleep. He wished he could protect her from everything bad, but he knew that wasn't the case. Eventually he fell asleep to the sound of Mallory's breathing.

Rai woke up the next morning to his alarm clock. He smiled when he realized that Mallory was still in his bed and still wrapped around him. He knew that he didn't want to get up, but since today was an important day for the racing circuit, he knew he couldn't be late.

"Mallory?" Rai said as he tried to wake her up. "Baby, we need to get up."

"Why?" Mallory yawned. "I'm comfortable and I don't want to get up."

Rai smiled. He wished for that samething. "Qualifying race. I don't want to go, but I don't have a choice."

"I guess that is a good reason." Mallory said as she sat up. "I wouldn't want you to get in trouble for being late."

Rai was secretly cursing Haruka's race schedule. He wanted nothing more to stay in bed all day with Mallory. He pulled her back down for a kiss before saying, "What are you going to be doing today? Because I don't want you to spend all day being sad."

"Well," Mallory said before kissing him. She just couldn't have enough kisses. "I think that I should probably head home for a little while."

"But aren't your parents' home?" That made Rai a nervous. He did not want her going back there after what he had heard.

"Maybe, I don't care though." After five years, she did not really care about what her parents thought. "I'm thinking that they'll know where Serena is now living."

Rai smiled. He didn't know where she had gotten that boost of confidence, but he selfishly thanked himself. "Then again you better be back here tonight."

"All right. I'll be here." Mallory knew that she would have been back tonight even if he had not said anything.

"Good." Rai said right before he kissed her.

They decided to get up so that Rai wouldn't be late for work; however, that didn't go as planned. After about twenty minutes of making out again, they decided that separate showers were in order. It took them about another hour before they were ready to leave.

"I'll see you when you get back." Mallory stated.

"Yep. If you need me, I'm at the track." Rai said, even though he knew that Mallory wouldn't be coming to the track.

They left to go outside and say bye again. Rai gave her the other set of apartment keys before they left. Mallory was so nervous about going back home. She had no clue how she was going to be able to do this and that wasn't even considering the fact that her parents could be home. She was building up the courage as she watched Rai back out of the parking stall and then leave. Mallory wished that she didn't have to do this herself, but it was probably better that way. After a few more moments, she finally left the apartment complex.

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