^.^ Thank all you beautiful, beautiful people who reviewed!!! I would have posted this sooner,but.... well, it's a long story. Anyway, this is a DBZ chapter. You get a small peek at what her life there was like, and her relationship with her parents and friends, and friends parents. Sometime within the next few chappies, you will get a lot of Usa's history, and a few plot holes will be filled. Ten or more reviews again,and REMEMBER TO VOTE ON THE SUPPORTING COUPLES!!!!!! POLLS CLOSE NEXT CHAPPIE, AND STILL, PRETTY MUCH NO ONE HAS GIVEN ME A CLUE!!!! If No one votes, I get to pick, and if you don't like my probably off-the-wall pairings, :P It's your own darn fault!!!

Note: This story wil be titled "Something to Live For" in the future. Credit goes to moon_babe07 for the title. Moon_babe: What's the deal? I tried to email you, but he delivery failed for some reason.

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Thoughts are in between //these//

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Videl stared into the bathroom mirror, then her eyes slowly drifted closed. She was tired, drained, almost, and frightened. She had been having strange thoughts for a long while now. Well, she wasn't sure if she could quite describe them as thoughts. Sometimes, it seemed as if her subconcious had acquired the info, and displayed a quick flash in her mind, and it soon faded to just a fuzzy recognition, with no full thought about it.

A very lost and confused woman tore her eyes from the mirror and released the death grip she had on the counter. There were deep grooves in the palms of Videl's hands from clutching the counter so tightly. She straightened and turned for the door. A fifteen-year-old girl was waiting with her father for her outside. //No cause to make them worry. Nothing major has happened yet.//

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In a sunny bedroom, wooden floorboards comfortably worn, child-size bed neatly made, toys and what-not stored appropriately, and raven-haired woman stood, clutching a small, white tee-shirt to her chest. Her head was bowed, and an expression of great sadness was etched into her face. //Usagi's favorite shirt.// Chi-Chi was deep in memories.

~~flashback~~

A tiny girl of about three was watching her make dinner, while clutching a stuffed bear to her belly. Goku came in, sweaty from training, and reeking from the perspiration. Chi-Chi had laughed when he attempted to hug her, and told him to go shower before she would get anywhere close to him. He pouted, then trudged off to the living room, where he flopped back into a chair and removed his boots.

The golden-haired child had followed him, and stood in the doorway, looking curiously at her father. Then, without a word, she quietly walked up to him, and crawled up onto his lap, where she promptly fell asleep. To say that Goku had been shocked was an understatement. He knew that both Gohan and Goten loved him, but they had never been so- well, comfortable with him. Plus, Gohan was married, living on his own with his wife, and had a daughter himself. And Goten in those was awkward, early-teen years where he really wasn't open about anything. Goku was unable to stand for hours, for fear of waking the sleeping angel, but he really hadn't minded. He simply petted his daughters head gently, and looked at the wonderful creature that he had helped produce in total awe. In a way, he was more frightened of his own daughter than he had been of any of the villains he had fought.

The reason for his fear may have been because Usagi had always been slight in build, since the day she was born. She was so small and fragile that, to Goku, she was both as breakable and precious as an exquisite piece of glass. He was so strong and, in a way, clumsy, that he feared that he would hurt his beloved daughter. Little did he know that Usagi's small body held a soul that had more purity, beauty, and strength than he could ever imagine.

Chi-Chi had leaned against the doorway, smiling softly as she watch her husband and daughter. It was one of those sugary-sweet things described in fairy tales and children's stories. He deserved to have one child that he was there for, and that wasn't afraid of him, or shy of him, or that held their distance. His child-like enthusiasm towards everything was perfect for Usagi. It was the final piece of the small puzzle, until that one was jerked away, and replaced with a more difficult, larger one, with smaller pieces, some that might never be found.

~~end flashback~~

Goku had been hit the hardest when Usagi disappeared. He was just better at hiding it. For the first few days afterwards, he had seemed dazed, lost, and confused. Even Vegeta had been sensitive to this, and had let his arch-rival be until he could create a good enough mask to hide his great loss. There was still a gaping tear in his life, though. Sometimes Chi-Chi woke up at night, just to find him staring blankly at the ceiling, hands behind his head. Since that day when Usagi had slept on his lap, father and daughter had been exceptionally close. When Usagi was four, she was not afraid to admit to *anyone* that she was a Daddy's Girl. She had even spoken her first words to her father.

~~flashback~~

Usagi hadn't spoken until she was three. She had giggled as a baby, but after this lapsed into complete silence, through which Goku could occasionally break through, earning him a smile and a laugh. That was the strange thing about Usagi. She was an unusually somber child. She almost never cracked a smile, and her eyes seemed to always be watching, with a great amount of wisdom, but still betrayed nothing else of her. Concerned by her absence of speech, Chi-Chi and Goku had taken her to Bulma, who insisted that the girl was perfectly fine, but just, didn't talk. Bulma had termed it as "elective mute." So they left her alone, until she decided to talk.

Goku was up early one morning, as usual, to start his day of training. When he got to the kitchen, though, he was surprised to see Usagi there. He hadn't thought to scan for her ki, thinking that she'd still be asleep. That was only the beginning of the shocks. She greeted him witha clear, happy, and fully articulated, "Ohayo Gozaimasu, Tou-san. How are you this morning?" Goku had reeled in surprise, and his jaw had dropped almost to the floor. He managed to gasp out.

"Y-you talked!!"

Usagi looked at him quizzically, slightly amused. "Well, of course I did. Your ears aren't playing tricks on you." Goku had just stared at her for a moment before breaking into a huge grin and sweeping Uthe child into a bear hug. He carried her to the master bedroom, went over and shook Chi- Chi awake. His wife glared at him a bit for waking her up so early on a Sunday. Looking at them it was a cute sight. There was Goku, in his regular orange and blue gi and boots, supporting Usagi, in her white long johns and bare feet, on his hip. Usagi looked at her, a bit annoyed, with an expression that clearly said 'I feel your pain.' Then, it came. "Don't ask me, Kaa-san. I've no *idea* what Tou-san's on about now. For some reason, he felt it necessary to wake you up because I somewhat surprised him this morning." At this, Usagi cracked a huge grin. Chi-Chi's eyes widened, then she fell back in a dead faint, only to wake up a moment later. She started laughing.

"I just had the oddest dream. Usagi was talking to me, and she spoke like an adult, not a three-year-old who hasn't spoken before."

"Well, I assure you, it wasn't a dream." A small voice piped above her. She looked up to see Usagi there, a large smile on her face, and a twinkle of amusement in her eye. She joined the hug. Later that day, Gohan and Videl, and Bulma had similar reactions, but all managed to stay concious. Usagi even got to yell at Vegeta, who had called her a 'stubborn mule that isn't even intelligent enough to speak.' When she heard this, Usagi's patience, which had been tested that day, was completely shot. "SINCE WHEN, HAS IT EVER BEEN ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT I SPEAK TO YOU?!?!?!?! JUST BACK OFF!!!" had reverberated through Capsule Corp., and had ecoed off the mountains.

Vegeta, who's ears were ringing because the loudness and close proximity of the yell, and the saiyan's good hearing was an unfortunate trait in this account, admitted that "Damn she's got a set of lungs." Ever since, he held a sort of respect for Usagi, and was glad that she was friends with his own daughter, Bra.

~~end flashback~~

A tear rolled down Chi-Chi's cheek. She missed her only daughter so much, and it was even more awful after these eleven long years. Suddenly, though, she felt a warm, large hand on her shoulder. She whipped around, and buried her face in the front of Goku's gi, and let go of her restraints. She cried herself dry, Goku all the while rubbing her back and holding her. After a few last sniffles, she wiped her red eyes, then, softly said, "We'd best get ready for the party tonight.

Every year, on June 30th, they celebrated Usagi's birthday. Without exception. The Briefs were invited, but otherwise, it was just family. Usagi's birthday had become an almost religous affair, a way of reassuring themselves that she was still alive, and that they would find her. It would be in a couple hours, and Chi-Chi still had to cook a *lot* of food.

~~At the party~~

//Usagi is fifteen today.// was the thought that was on everybody's mind. As twilight was setting in, Videl got up to get some more food off the grill. When she was sbout seven steps from the table, a large sound, like giant firecrackers, went off, closely followed by a blinding flash of light. When everyone brought their hands from their eyes and ears, they saw that two strange women stood in front of Videl. They were of equal height, but one was golden in skin and yes, and had a golden-brown mane of wildly thick hair, and the other was paler, and had waist-length black hair and brown eyes. They spoke in unison.

"We are the sisters Fate and Destiny. It is time that you receive your memories, Time-Guardian."

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