Indifference: Evil Intentions Black Beyond black_beyond@hotmail.com ******************* Ah, the lovely pattern of stars. Aren't the stars beautiful? Alright, that's already enough about the evil stars. This is the fifth, and most likely not the last, part of Indifference. The generals! Gohan! Usagi! Chibi-usa! Videl! Black Beyond! Throw together they creat a highly explosive material... continue at your own risk! I'm asking you be kind about me throwing Videl and Pan in here. I've got plans, and if I can just figure out how to follow them, this should live up to expectataions. At this moment, I make no promises about coupling Gohan and Usagi. Damnit, I like Videl... If you want to shove anything in my inbox, e-mail me at black_beyond@hotmail.com and remember: the only dancing animals I accept are monkeys. I do not like dancing fishies. They remind me too much of Fish Eye *shudders*. I do not like Fish Eye at the moment. Disclaimer: Geesh! I think most of you have figured out by now that I am not Naoko Takeuchi or any of those compnaies that own Sailor Moon! I can't even spell that great, you expect me to own the greatest thing I've discovered since self- tanning products? Me no thinkee so, Jane. I am only me. Little ol' Black Beyond who you must worship to the best or your ability. Caution: this fanfic was started on Friday, October the 13th, 2000, also a full moon. So if there is unecessary weirdness, complain to the white orb in the night sky, not lil' ol' me. Capeesh? The author's notes are long enough, I guess I'll let you read the fic now. Maybe. Or I could ramble on and on and on... *BAM!* Setsuna: READ THE FIC ALREADY! I'll take care of Black Beyond.... heheheheh.... hahahaha.... hohohoho..... BRAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Black Beyond: Mommy.... ************************* "The stars know everything," Nephrite, Star Wars, take your pick! ************************* 'Iie, she's so different than when she left. She's... it's like she's mourning. Pan says she has barely speaks to any of them at all except Trunks and Goten and Bra. I know she hasn't spoken to me, not since she got here two days ago. 'Maybe she's mad at me? But why?' Gohan frowned in concentration as he stared at Usagi sparring with Trunks. It was hard to say who was winning, though Trunks seemed to have the upper hand most of the time. Goten had told him that Usagi was sad most of the time, but he didn't know why. He'd said perhaps Bra would know, but Bra wasn't willing to spill anything about the princess. 'No, queen.' He corrected himself. Usagi was a queen. She sure didn't look like a queen now, wearing a tank top and a pair of shorts, covered in dirt and streaked with mud as she kept going on. She seemed to have an endless supply of strength. When Trunks tired out, Goten jumped in. It seemed to be the only way she could beat Trunks, was to keep going until he threw in the towel. But it worked. Gohan doubted that in a real fight Trunk would loose against Usagi, but sparring was different. Except when it came to his father and Vegeta. Those two fought until one of them ended up in the Intensive Care Unit. Interesting to watch, not so interesting afterwards when you had to listen to one or both bitch about hurting. "Hey! Knock it off, you two!" Chichi shrieked, as a tree exploded, compliments of Goten. "If one of those falls on the house I'll get Goku after you!" "Sorry, Chichi." Usagi called, flushing slightly. "Yeah, sorry mom!" Goten echoed. Trunks grinned. "Haven't you three had enough?" Gohan asked. "You kidding? I haven't even got started." Usagi grinned triumphantly. "How about me and you, right here, right now, pansy-boy." She said, mocking Vegeta's arrogant tone of voice. "Just remember: You asked for it." Gohan replied, standing up. BOOM! SOmething slammed into him at the speed of sound. He countered, and they immediatly began to throw punchs and kicks at each other. Trunks walked over to Goten. "She's really good at that." He said. "But why is she fighting harder against him?" Goten watched the two spar in silence for a few moments before answering. "I don't know." He said finally. "When she was here before, she and Gohan were really close. But now... well, it's almost like she hates him, if she could hate." He frowned. "Something's not right at all." "Well, she's good. Look... he turned Super Saiya-jin." Eventually, Gohan won, but it looked to Trunks like Usagi had purposely let the saiya-jin win. Goten made no comment as Gohan left for his own house and Usagi henshined into Sailor Selene and vanished. "Where do you think she's going, Goten?" "To the moon? Who knows when it's Usagi." He replied. "I wouldn't be surprised if she's off to raise the dead." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I take it back. I'm suprised." Usagi returned almost a full day later to a group of worried people. She had a huge grin on her face and looked happier than she had since she'd been there. She immedatly gave Goku a hug that left his face blue, and then Gohan, and then Vegeta and Trunks, and then Goten. She was almost dancing. "Guess what?" She said, excitedly. "I've got some of my friends with me! Guys, come on!" She darted back into the forest and dragged a tall figure out of the trees. The man was taller than any of them, just about an inch taller than Goku. His hair, which was more silver than even Usagi's, reached half-way down his back. He wore a black uniform with gray trimmings, and a flush on his face. "Kunzite, order them out." Usagi said to the man, and then turned to the trees. "You're a bunch of cowards! Endy would be ashamed of you! Chicken!" "Damn right!" A deep baritone voice called back. "We don't wanna die!" "They ain't gonna kill you!" Usagi insisted, turning around to the Z warriors, who were confused. "Nephrite, Jadeite, and Zoisite want to know if you'll flambe` their asses." "Depends." Goku replied pleasantly. "See? IT DEPENDS!" Usagi yelled. "That's not good enough!" A tenor voice yelled back. "I wanna see my Ami-chan before I die!" "If you don't get out here, you won't have time to worry about seeing Ami-chan! Because you'll be back up there with Pegesus!" "No!" Almost immediatly, a blonde jumped out of the trees and ran to fall at Usagi feet, hugging her legs. "You wouldn't do that to me, Renity? Please? I'll be your servant for ever and ever and ever..." "Stop sucking up, Jadeite." A man with long chesnut hair stepped timidly out from behidn his tree. "She wouldn't do that to us." "How are you so sure?" The last of the them appeared, a man with dark blonde hair in a ponytail asked. "She might turn us over to them and let us die." "Alright, it's about time, you bunch of cowards. You already know who all of them are, but minna, this is Kunzite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Jadeite. Former generals of Beryl, protectors of Endymion, and my sanity." "If we're your sanity, Renity, consider yourself a lost case." Jadeite said, grinning. "I'm confused, but that's okay." Trunks said. "So... I'm Trunks."' "I know." "How?" Vegeta looked at Nephrite suspiciously. Kunzite chuckled. "Well," Zoisite began. "Until twelve hours ago, we were dead, spirit mind and body. Renity brought us back to lfie so a)we could held her, b) we could see our girlfriends again, and c) she's the best person in the whole world, and finally d) so we could be the ones stuck with explaining just who Chibi-usa is if anyone decided to bring up topic." "What Zoisite is trying to say," Nehprite rolled his eyes. "Is that until twelve hours ago we were up in Elysion with Renity's dead mom, Elios, and all those other boring people. We saw everything..." Nephrite gave Usagi a meaningful glance. "And we mean *everything*." Usagi went slightly pale, and a very audible gulping noise was heard. Jadeite grinned evilly. "Ooooh." Gohan nodded. "I don't get it." "They're friends, okay? Complete with telekensis, telepathy, star-gazing, hypnosis, and every other useful technique known to man and some not." "I get that." Goten said happily as Usagi grabbed Jadeite's collar and dragged him off to the corner of the house as the remaining three generals were promptly bombarded with questions. "Just what did you see, Jadeite?" Usagi hissed. Jadeite smiled a smug little smile. "Oh, just you and a certain Z warrior doing the dirty-dirty last time you were here..." Usagi slapped him. Jadeite whimpered. "It wasn't me!" He defended himself. "And I think it's a good thing, if you want my candid opinion--" "Which I don't." "Really, Usagi, it's none of my business if Gohan's Chibi-usa's father. I think he'd make a good dad if he wasn't married." "Which he is." "But if you want to raised Chibi-usa thinking Endymion's her dad, fine with me. You won't hear any of us spilling the beans, not after Setsuna spent so much time covering it up." "Thanks. But I'm not sorry for slapping you. You've been asking for it anyway." "Gee, I feel so loved." "You know you do. So, how does it feel to be alive again?" "Oh... shitty. I forgot that when you get hit, it hurts! Man, you've got a hunk of steel for a fist! I liked it better when you were weak." "Remember that next time. Come on, go save your friends." They walked back to the group. Neither of them noticed the girl standing on the other side of the corner, who'd heard every word and had put one and one together... and realized she held a very important secret... That she just had to tell to someone... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jadeite looked at Vegeta nervously. It was only the fact that he had Usagi's protection he was still alive, and he knew it. He still didn't know what he'd said, but boy, it had pissed Vegeta off. Majorly. Jadeite had thought a pissed off Queen Serenity was scarey. A pissed off saiya-jin... well, he'd almost wet his pants. "Ren?" "What is it, Jadeite?" Usagi asked, irrated, as Trunks, Goku, Goten, Gohan, and Piccolo held Vegeta off. "What did I say?" The woman turned to stare at him, an incredious expression on her face. "You don't know? Honestly?" "Er... no..." "You idiot! And you said you knew them! You..." She looked ready to throttle him. Jadeite jumped behind Nephrite, whimpering. "You basicly pointed out that Vegeta had a weak point, you absolute idiot." Zoisite yelled. Vegeta growled and Krillin and Bulma jumped in to help. Kunzite punched Jadeite. "Fool." "Hey, it's not my fault. Heesh, even Zoi isn't as bad as him." Vegeta had freed himself og Trunks, Goten, and Krillin. "Jaedite?" "Yes, Neph?" "Run." "Okay." Jadeite took off. Usagi sighed and sat down, rubbing her temples. "This was such a bad idea. I remember why I couldn't stand you guys without the senshi near now... they were the only ones that could make you behave..." She groaned. "Now now, Renity, it's not that bad. Jadeite's done worse before, and he's survived." "Sadly," Zoisite pipped up. "Alright, listen. You guys better not make them mad, because I'm not even going to save your butts. If you make them mad, then I'll let them kick your butt." "Usagi, Vegeta's calm now." Gohan said. "Damn. Then would you go kick Jadeite's butt?" Kunzite asked hopefully. Usagi elbowed him, and Gohan smiled. "Sorry, er... you're Kunzite, right?" "Yeah. He's the great Kunzite no Baka." Zoisite ducked behind Nephrite as Kunzite turned. "Okay, stop this right now. I'm confused, tired, grouchy, etc, and I've got to fill this peanut gallery in on what they don't know. So, you can kill them after I'm done." Usagi announced, taking charge, having had enough of the bickering. "And if anyone has a problem with that, take it up with the Sword of Apollo." There was a tense silence. "You three, go find Jadeite and head to the place I set up for you. Stay out iof trouble, and no funny business." Usagi glared at them as they nodded and followed the path Jadeite and ran off on. "Alright, now, I've just got to talk things over with Styx and Mother, and then I've got to yell at Hades." She looked blankly at the Z warriors. "Oh, yeah... you guys... shit..." "That doesn't sound like a good thing." "No duh, Trunks." Pan pushed the son of Vegeta. "Well, Beryl knows how to get to me. You'll be seeing her creatures. They shouldn't be much of a challege, but I could be mistaken. So, you need to be on gaurd. Those four may not look like much, or act like it, for that mater, but they can be a formidible foe, so they'll be my acting gaurds, not that I need them." She was speaking to herself as much as to them. "The only general left is Halite, but he'd pretty strong, not strong enough to be a true threat, but enough so. Beryl can't be that much more powerful, but then again, I think whatever brought her back would have seen that she was a challenge. But you need to be on gaurd..." She didn't miss the strange look Bra was giving her, but decided to say nothing. "And if you'll excuse me, I owe them the biggest explanation this side of Neptune, so..." She vanished. "Anyone else confused?" Goku asked. "Oh yeah." Goten answered. Bra giggled at their confused expressions. "Aw, geesh. If you'd been listening..." She began to explain to them what had just happened. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She took it with mind-boggling calm and serenity. Didn't ask questions. Just stared... wondered about how it had happened in some far corner of her mind, but most of her had been expecting something like this. She took the baby from a sobbing Minako and calmed the child, whispering comforts to it. She knew that it understood that the time away from it's mother had increased, in some way. Babies understood more than most gave them credit for. She rocked it to a gentle, yet troubled slumber, as Saturn, Pluto, Jupiter, and Neptune stood strong, offering comfort to those who had been taken by surprise and shock. She remembered too much of evil darkness, and her bond with the moon queen was feeding information to her. Usagi had sensed she was in this realm and had thrown it all at her. She watched as the elder Chibi-usa took semi- control of the situation. None of them noticed the missing baby, except one. Pluto's garnet eyes had seen her take the child, and she knew from the senshi of time's silence that her presence was accepted. So she stayed in the shadows, invisible to the unnerved senshi, rocking the sleeping baby. It was a good fifteen minutes before they realized that the small princess was missing. Minako and the elder Chibi-usa was freaked out, quite literaly, before she could even blink, much less replace the child. It was Uranus who stopped Minako and Saturn who stopped Chibi-usa. "Chibi-chibi-usa is safe." Pluto said. She smirked to herself. Calling the baby Chibi- chibi-usa certainly was a mouthful. She'd stick to calling the baby Serenity, or when needed, Usagi. "Then where is she?" Mars demanded hotly, checking each senshi. "I don't see her." "I have the child. I am most apologetic for having alarmed you, but the baby needed comfort as much as any of you, and from a person who was not upset at that." They stared at her for a long moment, and then at the sleeping Serenity. Pluto was the first to speak again. "It's nice to see you, but have you reason to be here?" She pouted slightly. "I should be hurt, but I will dismiss that. Of course I have reason, Sailor Pluto. Do not I always?" "You... you..." Mars was having a hard time finding the words. "You look like..." "Me!" The senshi of fire turned to see a startled Neptune and a very shocked Uranus. "That is true. I do look like you, Sailor Neptune." Aside from the fact that the woman's hair was a light shade of violet, she was a match for the senshi of water. "My name is Bakimo. You could call me a friend of Sailor Pluto's, if it were not for the fact we ofte end up and one another's throats... quite literaly." "I remember you." Chibi-usa said quietly. "Mother spoke of you a few times." "That does seem likely." Bakimo said, and something in her voice dismissed the subject. "Serenity is asleep now. You could go through the Gates now to Zenious." "Where?" Venus asked, as Bakimo returend the baby to her arms. "The planet I was planning on taking you to." There was nothing friendly about the glare the normally placid senshi of time was giving Bakimo. "We can leave now." Tuxedo kamen, who had not spoken until right then, moved forward. "Who are you?" "That's of no importance right now." Pluto said, her tone firm but soft. "You shall learn only too soon, King Endymion. I do believe my welcome has worn out. I must go visit Queen Selene now.." Bakimo turned to go, a childish grin playing over her lips. Pluto sighed, and began to rub her temples. "Wait, Bakimo." Her voice was stressed. "Where is she and how do we find her." The voice was dull and irrated. "I do not know if I should tell you now. You never were very kind to me. I came only because of Serenity." Bakimo turned around, hand behind her back, an innocent expression on her features, which Uranus couldn't stand to look at; she was freaked out enough. "Bakimo, we really don't have time for this." "That is the most ironic thing you have said to me yet, Sailor Pluto." The other woman smiled. "But I am feling generous today. It is an honor to see Serenity without Selene gushing over the child." Another small smirk. Mercury noticed the slight twitch of Pluto's fingers. Clearly, the senshi of time was ready to throttle the strange woman, and Bakimo knew it and was delighted with the concept. "Just tell us!" "Fine. If you must be so impatient." Bakimo frowned. "I can not tell you where she is, for you are not to interfere with the way things shall play out. But I may tell you she has friends with her, friends that go back far beyond the brink of death. You were correct in assuming an evil warped your warp, Sailor Pluto. The Dark Lady Beryl does know where Queen Selene is, and shall attack. Queen Selene has desposed of the General Celestite, and is realitively safe, considering." Jupiter had covered her mouth with a hand, holding in laughter, while Venus had buried her face into Mars shoulder, her own shoudler shaking with giggles as Pluto took several deep breaths. "Considering what?" The voice was strained and very un-Pluto-like, even Chibi-usa had to smile. "Considering that the little thing you want to keep under wraps is about to blow up." Saturn and Mercury nearly choked on the air itself as Pluto's time key fell to the ground with a thud. "What?" Uranus asked, looking at the three stunned senshi. "What do you mean by that?" "The people who need to know, know and those who do not shall soon." Bakimo winked at Uranus and blew her a suggestive kiss, effectivelysilencing the sky senshi. "I must pay the queen a visit now, if you shall excuse me..." She disappeared. They all immediatly turned to Pluto, who had retreived her time staff and was currently gripping it so tight her knuckles were white. "This is bad." Saturn spoke the words aloud. "This is really, really bad." "You don't know the half of it." Pluto replied. "Let's get you guys to Zenious." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She looked anxiously at the sky. She knew she could tell them right now, and boy would it could an explosion, but that wouldn't be right. If she told Usagi she knew, she was betting on a quick, painless death. She wondered if any of them could figure it out if they had Usagi's baby here in this dimension. If any of them could, she was betting on Vegeta, Goku, or Gohan. Maybe Bulma if Bulma was looking for the right thing with the right computer. She didn't know how to keep it inside. Everytime she looked at Gohan, she had a helluva time keeping the blush off her cheeks. It was nothing compared to when she looked at Videl. She knew the pretty woman she had come to like a lot would be crushed by the news... Or maybe not. Videl was very open-minded, being the daughter of Mr. Satan. She'd mind a little, but maybe she'd understand... No, she couldn't tell. But it wouldn't do any harm... "ARGH! This is too much for a teenager!" Bra yelled, and stalked away from Capsule Corp. Bulma stared after her daughter and shrugged, turning her attention back to the ruined gravity chambers and yelling at her husband. "VEGETA, THESE THINGS ARE DESTRUCTABLE! AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STILL TRAINING FOR?" He rolled his eyes at her. "Baka woman, because we've got to help Usagi!" He yelled back. Bulma colored, closed her mouth, and finished the last of the repairs. She stood up and gave Vegeta a kiss before he could complain about 'being where people could see her being weak'. "You'd better kick some serious butt." She whispered, and walked inside. Vegeta rolled his eyes, but a smile, a real smile, different from the usual smirk, seized his lips as he entered the G-room. He was happy... he had not been happy until he came to earth... and yet he was always happy now... He shook off the thought and began training at 400xE, trying to kick those little metal robots into next Thursday. He had gotten all but the last one within two hours and was about to blast it... A shout brought him back to reality. A shout that was Bulma's voice, a shout that nearly made him look whatever focus he had and blow up the G-room again. He managed top stop the stray ki blast and leave the G-room with a little dignity. "What is it now, woman?" He snapped to the pale-faced Bulma. Bulma glared at him. "Well, fine then. Com'on, Bra. They don't need to know anyway. We need to talk to usagi first, and then maybe we'll grace your father with this inforamtion." Vegeta glared at Bulma. "What is it?" "Like I said, if you can't be nice, you don't need to know. Let's go, Bra..." "No need. I'm right here. What is it?" Usagi asked. A woman with light colored hair a few shades darker than Trunks was beside her, and Usagi did not look well. "Well, Bra heard something..." "I heard you talking to Jadeite." Bra said. The woman gave Usagi a meaningful look before turning to Bra. "I am Bakimo, Bra Briefs." She said. "I do not think you should tell what you know. I cannot stop you, nor can Queen Selene, but it is very important that your information does not reach Gohan Son." Bra stared at Bakimo. "How did you know I knew?" She asked in a small voice. "Good question, Bakimo. How did you know." Usagi seemed both worried and angry. "You look too much like Michiru, and yet you know more than PLUTO!" Bulma cringed, and Vegeta jumped back into the G-room. No one wanted to mess with Usagi when she sounded like that. But Bakimo was perfectly calm. "Queen Selene, forgive me, but an angry Pluto is much more frightening than you, and I am proud to say I have gotten her mad many a time. I saw your daughter, by the way. She is perfectly fine. I told her you'd be with her soon, do not let her down." "Er... Bakimo?" "Yes, Bra?" "I already told Pan." "I know." "And Pan told Krillin." "I know." "Krillin's gonna tell Goku." "He is at this very moment." "Goku's gonna tell the whole world." "He is beginning that." Usagi fainted. Bra turned bright red. Bakimo smiled slightly. "Well, now that this mess is created, I might as well stick around for a little while. The four generals are fine... okay, Zoisite just got clobbered, but that is okay." She shrugged. "So, Bulma Briefs, what do you think of it all?" Bulma brightened up. "Oh, I think it's WONDERFUL! I never thought Chibi-usa was... but you know, it's so obvious! I'm just glad Usagi's accepted that Gohan's married." "Do you supposed Prince Vegeta should know before Goku arrives?" "Hmm, I suppose. VEGETA! GET YOUR BUTT OUT HERE!" Vegeta stepped out of the simulator once more. "What is it NOW, Woman?" "Chibi-usa was Gohan's daughter." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vegeta fell down out of the gravity room in shock. He looked at Bulma, the strange woman, and then at Bra, and finally, at the unconscious Usagi. "If this is some type of trickery..." "I assure you, Prince Vegeta, it is not." The strange woman seemed amused. "I do not know how to lie." She grinned slightly. "And besides, it does save you a little dignity. You were not beaten by a lunarian fourteen year old, you were beaten by a demi- saiya-jin fourteen year old. You get a slight save-of-face." Vegeta brightened somewhat at that. Bakimo continued, her eyes now on the sleeping queen. "Queen Selene is going to be quite angry with me, you do know." She grinned mischeivously. "I do like seeing her get angry. But it was necessary for her secret to come out. Things must play out in the best way." "Are you like that Pluto lady?" Bulma asked, a tint of annoyance in her voice. "Know/see everything?" "I can not answer that." Bakimo said. She kneeled down to awaken the moon queen. "Selene... Selene... ice cream truck..." "Huh? Wha? OH! WHERE?!" Selene sat up and looked around, anxious. Upon seeing no ice cream, she turned to attack the liar, and then went pale at the sight of a lavendar-haired Michiru, the exact same one she'd presently had a nightmare about. "Oh... shimatta..." Bakimo beamed. "Yes, that would be the right word. To warn you, my queen, they are coming." "Who?!" "Oh, let us see. Gohan, Goku, Chichi, Videl, Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin, Marron... am I leaving anyone out?" Bakimo pondered. "Oh. If I am, you'll know. But you have exactly forty-six seconds to find a really good hiding place, so..." She never finished her sentence. Usagi bolted towardfs the woods as fast as her goddess body would let her. Bakimo smiled, watching her for a moment, bent down and whispered something to Bra, and then vanished. Bulma threw her arms up. "That's it, my life is MESSED UP!" She exclaimed, stomping back to Capsule Corp just as the Z warriors appeared. She shoved Goku out of her way in her fury, and they all whinced as the door slammed. "So..." Gohan looked ready to pass out, and Videl just looked... well, it was a mix between happy and angry. "So what?" Vegeta snapped. "I could be training right now, but that baka onna comes out, and tells me that that stupid pink-haired kid that was here before was Gohan's brat!" That did it. Confirmation from a source like Vegeta did it. Gohan passed out. Videl looked at her husband and giggled. "Videl... are you okay?" Bra asked. "Oh, sure!" Videl said. "It's kind of strange, and really unexpected... but hey! I'm not really that mad... I think..." "It's true then?" Piccolo asked. "Holy..." "So, where's Usagi?" Krillin asked. "We get to grill her for answers, right?" "Where is Usagi?" Vegeta looked pointedly at his daughter. Bra grinned. "Second line of trees, third oak to the left, fifth branch up. Bakimo told me." She said. "I'll get her." Goku said, unable to keep the silly smile off his face. He ran towards the tree-line, and five minutes later, he came back, a screaming, yelling, kicking moon queen over his shoulder. "Damnit, Goku, put me down RIGHT NOW before I kick your ass! I'm going home! I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS MESS UP WITH THIS! PUT-- ME-- DOWN!" "No way, Usagi! This is so cool!" "YOU IDIOT!" Usagi and Vegeta yelled at the same time. "It's true, then?" Chichi asked. Usagi's shoulders slumped as she recognized her defeat. Silently she cursed the moon as she nodded. "Chibi-usa is with the senshi." She said quietly. "I didn't want Gohan, or any of you, for that matter, to know. Simply because it's my problem, and I know Gohan would want to be responsible. I can;t screw up the future any more than I have. And besides, he's got you, Videl. I didn't want to do anything to hurt either of you." "That's really sweet of you, Usagi." Videl smiled. "But we're all adults, and it wouldn't have been fair to hide it." Usagi scowled. "I had to hide it, you see. Not only for you guys, but for Chibi-usa and Mamoru. And because of Beryl. This could be used against me in so many ways." She sighed. "If Halite found out, I'm sure he'd find a way to exploit it." "If Halite found out what?" Usagi froze. Every single ounce of blood she had drained from her face and a sense of dizziness almost made her faint. "I'm only guessing..." Goku still had the same stupid grin on his face as he walked over to the handsome man and stuck out his hand. "But you're Halite, right?" Vegeta slapped himself. "Kakorotto, you idiot! Stop fraternizing with the enemy!" He yelled, unbelieving that a member of his own race could be so stupid. "The first fight you were in must have knocked all of the sense from your pathetically small brain!" "I must repeat my question." Halite smiled charmingly at Usagi. "If Halite found what out?" Usagi turned and stared at the men she had called her friend. As much as she wanted to hate him for decieving her, she could not. She was still Usagi, and she wanted to believe he was good. His laughter, hsi smiles, they had been true. "If you found out my daughter was also the daughter of a Z warrior and not the prince Endymion." She said simply. Vegeta slapped himself again, and found himself speechless at the stupidity of it all. Halite raised an eyebrow. "Which one?" He asked. The unconcious one." Usagi replied. "This is his wife, Videl, and their daughter, Pan." "Nice to meet you." Halite said. "How have you been, Mike?" Usagi asked. "As well as one can be expected. Your senshi did a number on me, Kayla. I'm surprised you let me go." "My real name is Usagi, Mike. You don't mind if I call you Mike... do you?" "Not at all." Halite stepped closer. "I came for two reasons." "And those are?" Piccolo asked. "To apologize is the main one." Halite said. "Ka-- Usagi, can you forgive me? I didn't want to decieve you. I considered you a friend." "It's okay, Mike. Beryl's an unforgiving person. And Artemis is out for your blood; you deserve a little pity. The other reason?" Halite quirked an eyebrow. "Oh, you know. To kidnap you, damage your friends, determine the whereabouts of your daughter, etc." "Oh." Usagi grinned. "You know, this is so strange." "You don't have to tell me." "Hey-- I have a question." Krillin said. "What?" "Are you two friends or enemies." "Both." "Okay..." Goku turned to Vegeta. "I'm confused." "For once, Kakorotto, you're not the only one." Vegeta replied. "Well? Are you going to fight or chat?" "Chat, then fight." Halite replied. "Is your daughter okay?" "Yeah, she should be. I don't have the slightest clue where she is, though. You're SOL on that one." "Thought so." "So, your name's Mike?" Goku walked up beside Usagi. "Nice to meet you! I'm Goku! This is Vegeta, and that's Trunks, that's my best friend Krillin and his wife. His wife used to be our enemy too, but she's... more or less nice now, right?" "Watch it, Goku." The said woman retorted. "Yeah! She still wants to kill me, but that's cool. That's their daughter Marron--" "Pardon me if I'm being rude," Halite said, a glint in his eye. "Why have you no nose?" Krillin flushed. "S'okay. I don't really know." "Oh." "That's my wife Chichi, and my son Gohan... he's out of it right now. That's my second son, Goten. He's Trunks's age. That's Piccolo, he's a Namek. And Videl and Pan, you met them. Bulma, she's with Vegeta, is inside. And that's their daughter, Bra. Trunks's their son too." "Kakorotto?" "Yea?" "SHUT UP!" "Do I get a lollipop??" "I'll give you a lollipop, just step a little closer." "Alright!" Goku practically tripped over Gohan in his attempt to get closer to Vegeta. When he was within arm's reach-- POW! "Really, Vegeta. Was that necessary?" Usagi asked, observing the unconscious Goku sprawled next to his son. "He wouldn't stop babbling." Vegeta said reasonably. "Good enough." "I guess we'd better get to it." Halite said. "That would be advisible." Usagi nodded. "Selene Eternal Moon Make up!" Halite waited while she transformed, tapping his foot on the ground. He didn't want to fight her, and she didn't want to fight him. This was going to be a very interesting battle. "Terra Lunar Blast!" She shouted, ging directly from her transformation to her attack, catching Halite off gaurd. He fell back as the blast of power hit him, barely having time to save himself by throwing his own blast to meet her's. The two canceled one another out. "You fight well, Pretty One!" Halite flung a whip of dark pwoer at her. "I'll take that..." She grabbed the end of the whip and watched it vanish in contrast to her own fiery energy. "As a compliment." "Are they fighting or talking or both?" Bra asked Vegeta. "Both." Vegeta whinced inwardly as Sailor Selene was thrown up against a tree. "She's a fool. She could kill him with the bat of an eye." "She's holding back?" Eighteen asked in confusion. "Why?" "He's her friend." Goku answered. "She doesn't want to hurt him." "She hopes he will reconsider his loyalty." Chichi added. "KICK HIS BUTT!" Goten yelled. "GO USAGI!" "Shut up!" Selene yelled, as she knocked Halite to the ground. "Or I'll--" She countered an energy blast. "Kick your's--" She growled as she took a hit and threw her attack again. "NEXT!" Goten whimpered and hid behind a smirking Trunks. Suddenly, there was a blast of light that would have made the most powerful of Solar Flares turn pale in shame, and the staff in Selene's hands transformed into the sword of Apollo. Without stopping, the solder buried the crystal blade in Halite's chest. "I'm sorry." She whispered. "S'okay..." Halite said, wondering why there was no pain. "If you hadn't... I would have done you in anyway..." "Goodbye, Mike. Apolloian Smite!" Selene looked away as Halite's eyes widened and he died, his body crumbling into dust and the dust being carried away on the winds. "I'm going to see Kunzite." Selene said, her voice barely above a whisper as she dehenshined and left, the sword still clutched tightly in one hand. "So..." Gohan looked up at Videl. "Anyone care to tell me what the hell just happened?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beryl nodded as she watched the Lunarian queen destroy the last of her generals. It was time to arise and properly despose of the woman who had given her so much grief over the span of her existance. She stood up form her throne and swept along the dark corridors until she reached the place where the Emperess Metalia dwelled. She knelt before her mistress. "Great Metalia, now is the time we must rise against Selene. She is most likely to be weakened from her battle against Halite, and has much emotional conflict. She will be vunerable." Metalia was silent for a few moments. "Your folly is your prejudice." Metalia whispered. "She is not weakened, if anything she has become stronger. But if you want my power, you shall have it!" Beryl grinned hungrily as Metalia shifted and then vanished completely. She ignored the pain that coursed through her being as Metalia combined with her, giving her power, oh so much power. From his place in the shadows, He watched, and silently ridiculed the dark queen. To attack the moon queen right now would be sucide. It seemed the next phase of his Plan would be put into action, after all. Carefully, he positioned his next pawn. Selene's ultimate test was soon to manifest. Emperess Metalia smiled as she lifted one fist in the air. Now she would have her victory. "This is the time when darkness shall finally extinguish the light!" She cried, her voice echoing though her kingdom. "Arise, my minions!" And all that who were silent roared and all who roared were silent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Selene was in the middle of telling the four generals, in a voice so devoid of emotion it was not her own, the events that had taken place in the last hour. "You regained the Sword of Apollo?" Zoisite asked, in a small voice. Selene nodded shortly. "I regained it through my transformation, when I combined with Selene and Artemis. And such as Artemis was the sister of Apollo, she holds the same light, and therefore I may use the moonbeam arrows and the silver bow, the sunstrike arrows and the fire bow, the Sword of Apollo, and the lance of Artemis. I also have the Lunar staff and the lyre of Selene." Kunzite nodded. "And the ginzuishou." "You've got the lyre?" Nehprite asked. "Oh, snikies..." Selene nodded, an evil smirk on her face. "I believe I owe you a favor, Nephie..." She began, and stopped suddenly. Her pale facer grew even more so, and she cursed quite fluently in a mix of Latin and Lunarian. Jadeite sat, jaw hanging loose. "Where did you learn that?" he demanded. "Your mother is probably having convulsions!" Four well developed glares shut up him effectively. "Metalia's been freed." Usagi said, standing up. "Beryl has fused with her. They want a fight. Apparently Beryl knows of Halite's defeat and thinks I have lsot energy." Her eyes narrowed. "I shall have my final revenge." After a long silence, Kunzite spoke. "Do you want us to come with you, Selene?" Selene nodded her agreement. "Yes. But stay out of it unless I need you. And Z warriors will have felt the energy also. Keep them out of it, especially Gohan. Metalia will strike him just to spite me. She will be able to sense his importance as soon as she enters this realm." "That's bad." "No dippity-do-duh, Jadeite!" Nephrite snapped. "It's a bit worse than bad! Now get a move on, minna. Henshin." The four general quickly shifted into their uniforms and waited as Usagi transformed into Eternal Sailor Selene. "Make a circle." She instructed. "I'll teleport us there." She instructed coldly. "No funny business, either. We don't have time for a detour to Stone henge, Zoi." Zoisite flushed darkly. "I didn't mean to!" He protested, as Nephrite took one of his hands and Selene the other. "Shut up." Kunzite said, as Jadeite opened his mouth to tease Zoisite. "Lunar Teleport!" Selene murmured, and they disappeared from the appartment with a flash of purple light. They reappeared on the east side of the Black Forest, a more or-less deserted desert area. More than one battle had taken place there before, and it seemed that was why Metalia had chosen the place. A woman, taller than any human could ever be, taller than most of the stone pillars around her, with long green-ish red hair and a long, nearly indecent violet dress. Selene's shoulders slumped ever so slightly, but her chin was up and she walked out to greet her enemy with courage even Jadeite had to admit he'd never thought the girl possessed. Maybe it wasn't the brightest thing to do after all, Metalia realized, as black feathered wings errupted from Selene's back, replacing the innocent looking butterfly ones. And it did not take a rocket scientist to recognize the danger signals as Selene's eyes became unfocused, as she buried herself inside a wall, and let pure warrior take over. "This isn't a good thing, is it?" Nephrite asked, as Selene continued to walk, oblivious to the changes that had occured. "No, my friend, it is not." Kunzite answered. "Who is that?" Zoisite didn't take his eyes off Beryl as he answered the newly arrived Goten's question. "That's Queen Beryl, fused with Her Royal Bitchness, also known as Metalia." "You're going to let her fight all alone?" Gohan was fuming. Jadeite turned to glare at the small group of saiya-jin that had arrived. "Listen, buddy-boy. I don't care how much she cares about any of you, but if you try to go out there and help her, she won't hesitiate to kill you. She's not all there right now. And it's not funny." He shot a death glare at Trunks. "She wants to do this herself. If you go out there with her anything short of dead, she'll find a way to get up the pwoer to kill you. She's on autmomatic." "Chibi-usa said something like that once." Goku remembered. "Don't even think about it, Vegeta." He said with a grin, to the saiya-jin prince, who scowled, furious he'd been caught as he was jsut about to blast off and kick that demon's ass anyway. "This is going to be quite the show." Kunzite said softly. "Feel honored to be able to see Beryl's butt kicked, for the third and last time." "Hello, Queen Selene." Beryl sounded overly pleased at the Lunarian's prompt appearance. "So... *glad*... to finally meet you." Selene looked up. "You've already met me." She said, cold vemon in her voice. Beryl froze. Metalia's mind raced. "What do you mean?" Beryl asked carefully. "Oh, didn't any of your imperfect minions tell you?" Selene lifted a few feet in the air to look Beryl in the eyes. "I'm Princess Serenity." "WHAT?!" Beryl shrieked. It was at that time, Selene lifted her hands to hold an invisible bow, nocking an invisible arrow to the unseen string. She stook aim, and the bow and arrow appeared, of the most perfect silver. "This is your final mistake, Metalia." She let the arrow fly. Metalia caught it easily. But Selen had been expecting this, and it was shown as the silver of the bow melted off to reveal gold. Metalia shriked as the arrow she held in her hand began to burn at her flesh. She dropped it, and it vanished. "Don't play with fire unless you like to be burnt." Selene said softly. "Made of fire so hot it freezes..." She smitrked, motioning to the bow she held. "You never were one to see through disguises." "Shut up and fight." Metalia hissed, raising her hands above her head to gather her dark power. They watched as the pupils in Selene's eyes vanished and she let the bow and arrow disappeared, and raised the ginsuihou. "Selene Eternal Power!" Selene cried, matching her own power with Metalia's. The two met midway, and Metalai threw everything she had into it. It took only a few seconds for Metalia to realize her mistake. Selene was a strange person. She was twenty years old, a hundred years old, a thousand years old, and a million years old all at the same time. She was completely in touch with ehr emotions and yet she didn't feel at all. She was thnweakest thing in the universe but also had more power at her beckoning than anyone could cohertently think about. And you didn't mess with her loved ones. That would most cetainly result in your demise. Metalia realized this in the short second before the wonderful blue magic enveloped her, claiming her with siren's melody. It was Nephrite to first reach Selene. The moon queen had fallen to her knees, energy spent. "I Won..." She gasped, before she collapsed. Strangely, it was Jedite who got to her first, despite Gohan's speed. "You okay?" Jedite asked, picking her up effortlessly. "I will be." "Good. We're taking her with us." Nephrite said, glancing at the Z warriors. "Fine." Vegeta grumbled. Gohan glared after the four men as they took the now unconscious Sailor Selene away. ~'~ Ohmigod, I'm so sorry this took so long! I just a major case of writer's block halfway through, and there's where Bakimo came in to save me. She's going to play a bigger part in all of this, so don't ask about her yet. She's not a senshi, before you even think that. And she's not related to Michiru either. There's an explanation for that... brahahaha! Er, I've not starts the sixth part yet, but I will soon, okay? I've got other things I'm working on right now, gomen. Comments and Complaints to black_beyond@hotmail.com!