Surprise Attack

Vegeta woke, still on top of the dormitory and cursed. He didn't remember falling asleep, but he was stiff and in a very bad mood. He wanted to beat something up and Kakarot had yet to return home that night. He wondered what the idiot was up to. Climbing off the roof, he decided he wanted to find the gym and destory it for the pure pleasure of it.

As he wandered around campus, he realized he had no idea where the gym was, or where he was at. Sitting down on the concrete, he tried to concentrate instead of letting his temper get the better of him. It was starting to work, when someone triped over him and stepped on his tail. Vegeta snarled in pain and fury.

"Owww! That hurt! Ever here of a bench buddie! Who the hell sits in the middle of the damn sidewalk?"

Vegeta had, had it. He stood up, throwing the person off of him. She hit something else and he prepared to blast the woman to hell. Turning around, energy ball in hand, he saw who had run him over; "What are you doing out so early? Trying to kill yourself again? I'm not in the rescuing mood today," he growled.

"Jerk!" Rei snapped back. "Why I'm up is none of your damn business? Now if you don't mind, I have to figure how to get my friend to forgive and trust me again."

Vegeta snatched her arm and yanked her close, not giving her a chance to walk away. He knew how to ease his frustration, knowing it was unfair to the struggling woman in his arms. Gently, he carrased her neck, "Serenity doesn't forgive, so easily. She didn't get angry often, but when she did, there was hell to pay." Rei couldn't think straight, nor was Vegeta making matters easy for her.

"I... School starts in a few hours..." He moved aside her long hair, nipping at her soft curve of her neck. It was down right nasty of him, knowing she would have a difficult time fighting back. He was a Saiya-jin, and very male... Vegeta growled; it had been too long since he had truly wanted a female and this one was far stronger than Bulma.

Vegeta pretended not to hear her weak protests, tracing small circles on her wrist with his thumb. Her breath came faster and her eyes glazed over. You're avoiding me," he taunted, turning the woman around. An arm circled around her waist, the other cupping the back of her head. "You're not afraid of me, are you?"

"No," she squeaked.

"You're lying." He was a breath away, and Rei was powerless to resist or stop him. "You're terrified of Usagi and that she may never forgive you. What if she turns you away?"

"I'll deal with that when the time comes; hopefully it won't come to that."

"Perhaps."

Usagi was doing her daily run around the college when someone fell in beside her, but didn't say anything until she acknowleged him. Not surpised, she noticed it was Kakarot, but something seemed to be troubling him more than usual. He didn't smile and he wasn't antagonizing her like he normally did. "What gets you up so early?"

"Same reason you do. I like to train early."

"Train for what?"

"Would you like to find out?"

"No. Look," Usagi said coming to a stop. "I appreciate what you did for me last night and I'll make it up to you. However, if you think this makes us friends, think again. I don't want or need any friends right now and that includes men."

Kakarot turned and looked at her, biting his tonuge. He wanted to retort back, but then he suddenly knew how to deal with her. She expected him, almost welcomed him to challenge her. Kakarot smirked, his tail weaving slowly behind him. Usagi backed away, watching the gleam of pure predator flash in his eyes. Instinct told her to run, but Usagi had trained herself to stand her ground and fight.

"You know," he growled, "for a brief moment yesterday, I saw the real you. You like to pretend to be tough, but you and I both know that deep down you're tired of being alone. You don't want to hurt again, and you haven't even begun to tell the real story behind your friends' betrayal. And, I have a strong feeling there was another male involved as well."

Usagi paled. He knew so much without her having to say anything. She took another step, "Kakarot..." He covered her lips, ever mindful that he was backing her against a tree. Usagi had been prepared to fight; this form of assault was new to the blond and she looked at him helplessly. "...we can't..."

Kakarot was reeling, Vegeta's warning be damned. He wanted Usagi; why did he always have to do the honorable thing? Usagi gasped, slightly afraid of the red glow in his eyes. "You know what you're problem is, princess... You're so used to people pushing you away, that when someone does take an interest you find a reason to shove them away. Hate to break it to you," Kakarot growled, raising her arms above her head and trapping them, "but I'm not so easily gotten rid of!"

Usagi made one last attempt to break free, but Kakarot tightened his grip and lowered his head until he claimed her mouth in a frustrated snarl. She tried to resist, but he had that funny way of nipping at her lip with his teeth, getting the reaction he wanted. She gasped for air and Kakarot quickly took advantage.

Her knees weakend and all thoughts of school, the past and why she had been avoiding Kakarot melted away. He growled, lifting Usagi up and wrapped her legs around his waist. Kakarot refused to let her go, never getting enough. He would never give her up! Pulling his head away, licking his lips, he lifted her chin and held it. "Continue to fight me, Usagi," he warned. "I've been more than fair. You're not the only one that suffers, and I'm not willing to play by the rules forever. I'm Saiya-jin, as are you! Don't forget it!"

Kakarot released Usagi reluctantly, his body trembling. He didn't have to stop and they both knew it. "This isn't over, princess..." he promised, kissing her once more before he walked away. Usagi blinked, torn between running away again and going after Kakarot. He was right; the past was ruling her life and he was far from going to let her push him away. She shivered, remembering the fire that had burned through her body. She hadn't wanted this, but now she couldn't seem to get enough.

She heard a pain filled roar, and without a second thought she ran after Kakarot. A black field of energy had engulfed his body, draining his energy. Usagi tried to get close, but screamed when the same energy electrocuted her. Kakarot fell to the ground and she grit her teeth in determination, crawling over to him. She tried to shield him from further pain and screamed as the energy attacking her doubled.

Vegeta was moving away from Rei, when both heard someone scream in pain and terror. Both started running, Vegeta following Kakarot's disappearing ki. Rei froze in horror, watching her friend being electrocuted again and again. She was trying to protect Kakarot. "MARS CRYSTAL POWER!" A flame of red, surrounded the dark raven girl, as she floated into the air and transformed with a body suit first appearing on her body, then a red skirt, followed by red heels and a tiara on her forehead. Glancing up she saw someone she had never seen before and growled. "I don't know who you are or where you've come from, but no one messes with my friend. MARS FIRE BIRD STRIKE!" A huge bird of flame, flew towards her opponent to only have him laugh and dodge out of the way.

"You've meddled where you don't belong. My quarrel was not with you, but now that you've decided to help this Saiya-jin and stupid female, you can die with them as well."

"FINAL BLAST!" The attack was so sudden that the enemy had no time to dodge the attack, but Vegeta not being at full power, had barely phased him. "I don't know what the hell you're doing here, but I'll kill you for not staying in hiding."

The enemy stood and laughed with cruel insanity in his voice. "I doubt it Vegeta." He waived his hand and before the four of them could do anything, a portal opened underneath them and dragged them into darkness, rushing to god, only knew. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! FINALLY I GET MY REVENGE ON THE DAMN SAIYA-JINS! YOU WON'T BE BACK TO BOTHER ME AGAIN, AND I WILL TAKE THIS PLANET AND DESTROY IT!" Deciding to watch how things developed and to take his time, he disappeared to watch the people closest to the Saiya-jins and the two women suffer.

Mars was in terror as they flew through space, not knowing what awaited them. One thing was for certain, Vegeta was getting annoyed by her racket. "Would you be silent woman!"

"You be silent!" They quit screaming as they landed on something solid, red and hard and couldn't believe the heat on the planet. "Where are we?"

Vegeta was speechless as he looked around him, seeing for the first time in over forty-seven years a planet that had been destroyed. "Can you stand up?"

Mars looked at him as if he were crazy, but attempted to stand. She made it to her knees when she fell back down, out of breath. "What the?"

"That's what I thought. This planet has ten times Earth's normal gravity."

"I noticed that." With a huge effort, Mars stood up and moved over to Usagi's and Kakarot's unconscious forms. Both of them looked bad, burnt marks all over them. She tried to wake either them up, but they wouldn't budge or blink. "Oh god. Vegeta! They're not waking up. What are we going to do?"

"For now, shut up! We have company and you are not to show them any crying or weakness. They will not hesitate to use it against you!"

Mars didn't know what he was talking about until several men and women dropped from the sky and surrounded them. Two of them that looked similar to Kakarot, walked up to them and studied the four people, two of which were unconscious. "Arrest and take them to King Vegeta." Mars found strong hands grabbing her arms and leading her towards a destination. Vegeta snarled at anyone that tried to touch him and made it quite clear if anyone wanted to die, they could try. Walking over to Usagi, he gently picked her up and held her as they walked towards the castle. One of the two men that had ordered their arrest, threw Kakarot over his shoulder with ease.

The throne room was huge and they received unfriendly glares from every person they passed. Mars didn't like not knowing what was going on. The two soilders bowed in front of the king on the throne and put Kakarot down. "Your majesty. We found these intruders outside of the castle. What should we do with them?"

"Step back General Bardock." If Vegeta was surpised, he didn't let it show. He realized they had been pushed back into the past, but how far? "Who are you and what are you doing on my planet?"

"I am Geta, and I'm still working that out. We were fighting and now we're here on Vegeta-sai."

King Vegeta felt like he should know this person, but passed it off and noticed that Geta and the one laying on the ground both had a tail. "You're Saiya-jin, but how is it that I don't know any of you?"

"I don't know your majesty," Vegeta lied. He hoped the King wouldn't pick his lies up.

He stood and walked over to the woman and Saiya-jin lying next to her. "What happened to these two?"

"They were attacked before I could get to them."

"I will ask you more when they awaken. Guards take them to the lab. As for these two, make sure they have a guard over them at all times."

"Unexectable!" Vegeta ordered. "We either go together, or you're going to have a few dead Saiya-jins on your hands."

King Vegeta growled at this Saiya-jin's challenge towards his authority and power. 'Who is this Saiya-jin?' "I should kill you for challenging my authority."

"I like to see you try. The reason you don't know us, is because we're not suppose to be here. I have more power than any person in this room and if they want to challenge me, then I'm not going to stop them. But, I will warn you now, if they fight me, I will kill all that fail."

Both Vegeta's stared at each other for a long time, daring the other to look away, but neither's pride would allow them to. "You're different than any Saiya-jin I have ever met before. Fine, go with them, but remember you are a prisoner until I decide what to do with you."

"So be it."

After they were escorted out of the room, King Vegeta looked at Bardock and Turles. "Watch every move they make. That Saiya-jin was not lying about his power, but his name he was. I would like to find out more about them, but if you have no other alternative; destroy them."

Kakarot opened his eyes slowly, surrounded by liquid. "Where am I and what happened?" 'Oh yeah.' He remembered the last moments with Usagi and then nothing. He didn't feel any after affects from the sudden energy blast. Where was Usagi? Then he saw her. She was in another tank beside him, badly injured, burnt and cut marks all over her. He snarled, powering up in rage. They had been attacked and it didn't take a genius to realize that she had tried to shield him.

The glass shattered, startling the lab technicians and the guards surrounding him. Standing near the door was Vegeta and Rei; "Where is he?" Kakarot snarled.

"We'll find him, Kakarot. Usagi tried to shield you from the blast; she took the worst damage. She's in critical condition."

"Dammit, why the hell would she do that! I don't need her protection."

"It's the way she is," Rei whispered. "If we hadn't been so stupid, we would have seen it years ago instead of yelling at her. We always said that she was irresponsible, but it was us that couldn't handle the pressure. I think we were holding her back, and not giving her enough support."

Kakarot paced the floor, sparks flying. Bardock and Turles hesitated to move in closer, their scanners picking up an incredible amount of power. He was on the verge of exploding, his instincts to protect and destroy rising at an alarming rate. Vegeta knew the Saiya-jin had been close and Usagi being hurt was the last thing he needed.

"Will she live?" he growled.

"Hai."

Kakarot smashed his hand through the wall, but for the moment he could nothing but wait for her to recover. Rei had found a corner to sit down in, hugging her knees. "What's her problem?"

"She blames herself for Usagi's injuries."

"Rei would have died. I didn't even sense this person, nor did I see him."

"We'll discuss this later, Kakarot; after we get out of this situation."

"What situation?"

"I'll tell everyone when Usagi joins us."

"That may take a few days."

"So?"

Bardock and Turles decided to choose that moment to approach them. "What is your name?" Bardock demanded.

"Goku!" Vegeta said before Kakarot could answer.

"Can he not talk for himself or is he a fool."

Kakarot snarled and was ready to take the imbecile out, when Vegeta grabbed his arm and shook his head no. "You don't know what's going on and right now you need to do exactly as I tell you if you do. I told you, we were in a very tense situation."

"I can talk and if you don't watch it, I'll make sure you won't for a month."

Bardock didn't like being threathened, especially by two people he had no record of anywhere in the system. General Turles placed a hand on his shoulder. "Calm down brother. If we're patient, we will get the information we seek."

A doctor came up to them at that moment and looked at Vegeta. "The girl that is with you is in critical condition and may not make it through. Her wounds were internal as well as external and it really depends on her will to live the first couple of hours. After that, the healing will have been enough that she can recover. She must have taken the full brunt of the attack to be in worse damage than the male Saiya-jin was. Even his tail was damaged when he came in here."

Kakarot walked up to the tank and stared at Usagi's battered form for several minutes. 'Does she trully care about me? Usagi,' he vowed, 'you're so mine! I'm not going to give up on you. I'm going to stick to you like glue.' "Save her, or you're dead!" he snarled at the technicians. "Geta, take Rei and I'll join you when Usagi's recovered."

Vegeta started to retort no way in hell, but Kakarot's eyes were swirling dangerously, waiting and wanting an excuse to fight. He doubted seriously that anyone in the room would be able to stop Kakarot if he should loose all control. "Fine, but remember your promise, Goku." Vegeta grabbed Rei and followed after Turles.

Ami woke from her bed with a start, her computer sounding off in protest. Rei had transformed, but why? There had been no need of Sailor Mars for three years. "Makoto, Minako! We've got trouble!" After she had assembled the senshi, the computer stopped, everything quiet. She tried to find Rei's location, but it was as if the fire priestess had never existed. "No, not another senshi!"

Setsuna was with Haruka and Michuru, having a cup of coffee when she fell to the floor screaming. "Usagi, Rei! No!"

"What is it, Setsuna!" Haruka and Michuru demanded, trying to help the time guardian. She was clutching her head, moaning in pain.

A portal opened and the three women transported to the time gates. Setsuna paled, watching time rapidly changing. "This is bad! Very, very bad!"

"What is?"

"Usagi, Rei and two Saiya-jins have been relocated to the past, but when or where I don't know. I also can't undo the damage it's going to create. The gate used has been permanently blocked from this timeline. The only way to get them back is if the Pluto of that time can help."

"What are Saiya-jins doing in this time?"

"I don't really know. They disappeared out of the time line suddenly and I have been trying very hard to find them again. The others must be here as well and we need to find them. Get the other senshi as well. This concerns them also, but you are to say nothing about Usagi being Serena and that she's back. I'm tired of this stupid game they've been playing!"

"Fine with me."