~ Unknown Destiny ~ Chapter Two Hi again minna! *hits self on head with keyboard* I’m sorry I keep doing that cliffhanger thing! I’m stuck in a cycle of cliffhangers! Argh!! Believe me, it’s a lot more frustrating for me than it is for you. (maybe) *hehehe* Anyways! *rubs hands together and smiles* The fight w/Piccolo! Hope it’s a good one eh? Enjoy! R&R. Ja ne! =^-^= Notes: * * - thoughts ----- - short passage of time or change of character/area. ~The Meadow~ Gohan just stared in shock as Piccolo made to attack the blond. The girl only adjusted her light blue shirt and calmly brushed some more dirt from her cut off Jean shorts. *What’s he doing?! Is she an enemy? Why is he attacking her?* The strange visitors bright smile transformed itself into a smirk and right as Gohan was beginning to panic that she was going to be seriously injured, she phased out. He blinked in surprise before his eyes automatically tracked to where she had gone. Ten feet behind the Namekian and with her arms folded in a strangely familiar position, the smirk still on her face. “Impressive. But not quite good enough to beat me yet brat!” He let out a yell and charged again. Usagi’s smirk widened slightly and she giggled softly as she got ready to meet his attack. *This is fun! Pluto never did tell me that Piccolo was from my home dimension. I wonder if we’ll be getting to ki blasts?* She side stepped on her right foot and swung the left up for a swift kick. Her hair flowed through the air behind her, providing a brief distraction. Piccolo blocked it easily enough however. She followed up with a spinning sweep kick then went into a fast punch combination ending with an uppercut that Piccolo caught in his fist. He just smirked and. “Can’t you do better than that girly?” *She’s holding back. I wonder how good she is now. I haven’t seen her since before her last battle. She’d better have kept up with her training.* Usagi laughed and levitated slightly off the ground. “I’m not the protector of the universe for nothing after all.” She suddenly shot towards the green skinned man and even Piccolo had a hard time keeping track of her. Gohan was watching it all with a dazed look on his face. *Who IS this? Protector of the. . . universe? Her power level is. . . not much higher than Bulma’s! How is she able to do that with this sort of level?!* Usagi lifted her leg as though she were preparing for a flying kick, and Piccolo fell for the bait. As he dodged to avoid a blow to the head she kicked out with her other leg. It connected strongly with his jaw and he started falling backwards from the blow. *That was a new one. Good.* He turned his momentum to his advantage however and swung his legs over his head in a back flip,then shot them both towards the blond’s stomach. They made painful contact and she started to fall to the ground. *Oh great! Not this again!* Usagi started flailing her arms out for balance before she got to meet the ground more intimately. In her haste to regain her center of gravity she also removed her forgotten tail from around her waist and used it as a counter weight. She blinked as her feet connected solidly with the ground again. *Oh yeah! My tail!* She grinned up at Piccolo. “I’d forgotten about my tail! Now your really going to get it for that cheap shot Piccolo!” Said Namek growled in anger and annoyance. “Stop acting so childish!” He punctuated his words with a small ki ball. Usagi easily dodged the weak attack and grinned. *Good! Now to the fun fighting!* Usagi started giggling again. “Take a look at this one! I thought it up after my final battle with Chaos!” She lifted one hand up in front of her face, palm up. Lifting her left leg she started spinning slowly in circle. She closed her eyes and a small ball of shimmering white light appeared in her hand. She started spinning faster and faster as the sphere grew in strength and size. Finally, after even Pluto was starting to get dizzy from watching, she stopped as still as a statue. Planting her feet wide apart she brought her other hand up over the top of the ball and it split into two halves. With one half in each hand she finally yelled her attack. “FULL . . . MOON . . . “ She slammed the two sides back together violently as she yelled the final word. “COMBINATION!” A huge flash blinded everyone in viewing distance and was making it extremely hard for the Namek to see, let alone dodge, the attack. *Well, now I know she’s been at work!*He thought grimly, yet he was still smirking. It hit head on and he fell to the ground, gasping at the pain from the numerous, yet small, burns. As the smoke and dust from the explosion cleared Gohan was given a great view of Usagi’s victory. And her tail. That froze him in shock. Even though he yearned to go and help his old teacher, or at least yell some encouragement, he couldn’t move. *How is it possible! She can’t have a tail! Let alone a WHITE tail!* Usagi stopped right in front of the Namek and leaned down with a grin to help him up. “Did I hurt you too much?” The Namek just frowned. “I wasn’t hurt at all.” He crossed his arms and stared up at the clouds haughtily. Usagi just giggled at his response but then it seemed to register that they had an audience. The stranger was staring at her, slack jawed. “Well Piccolo. That was quite a welcome. I guess I shouldn’t expect any different from you though should I?” *I wonder who that guy is? Shoot! He probably saw my tail! What if he finds out who I am?* She turned to Pluto and with a meaningful glance indicated the young man still at the edge of the meadow. Usagi then turned back to Piccolo. “Maybe we should just make this a private meeting. ” Piccolo frowned.”Very well. Gohan? I need to speak with these people alone.” Gohan, still stunned by the outcome of the fight and the tail, just nodded dazedly. “Yeah, sure Piccolo. I’ll see ya tomorrow.” He hurriedly jumped into the air and sped off to tell his father about the visitors. *He has a right to know after all. They may turn out to be trouble. Maybe.* Even as he thought it he knew it couldn’t possibly be true. *So what if I want to tell someone? She’s beautiful and strong and. . . * He shook his head, a frown appearing on his face. *No. I’ll just go pick up Goten and pretend I didn’t see anything.* He had serious doubts he would be able to do this however but continued on to Capsule corps. ----------- Piccolo turned to the two with a frown. “Your father has been getting even worse lately. I’m sure he’d be more than happy to see you.” Pluto sighed and twiddled with her staff in embarrassment. “As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Usagi is 16 years old. Her twin brother is only half that age. I made a mistake.” She sighed yet again and turned her eyes to the ground. Piccolo’s frown only deepened. “Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t you tell her father that you’d return her after 16 years? Obviously, 16 years have passed for her. There is no reason to provoke him further. He will find out if you keep her away any longer and I’m quite sure I know how he’ll reward you for your kind thinking.” He smirked at Pluto as she just blushed. “I guess your right. But it would still be better if I changed Usagi’s age. She hasn’t had any time to get to know her family and this will give her more opportunities to learn as well.” Piccolo nodded. “I agree with you on that. Very well. Why don’t you just regress her right now?” Usagi suddenly burst into the conversation with a frown. “Aren’t you even going to ask me how I feel about having to grow up all over again?!” The two blinked and turned from each other to Usagi then back again. Pluto finally sighed. “Princess, you know it’s for the best so it’d just be better if you didn’t argue. Please?” Usagi’s angry look soon melted into a sad look of compliance. She sighed heavily. “Alright! Just do it quick!” The blond squinted her eyes closed and balled her hands at her sides, waiting for the massive change of age. After nothing happened for about 30 seconds she decided to open her eyes and investigate. She was surprised to find she had to lift her head quite a bit to see the faces of her two teachers. *I’m chibi!!* “Hey!” She cringed at her high childish voice. “What happened to the flash of light and big bang or whoosh?” Pluto grinned. “I don’t need special effects to get things down. Most of it’s for show anyways.” Usagi blinked a few times than shrugged and turned to Piccolo. He was staring straight down at her and she had to admit that it was quite an intimidating position to be in. She giggled slightly and was rewarded by a small smirk. She smiled and inspected her new chibified body. Her once long blond hair now only reached the middle of her back and her arms and legs had lost some of their muscle definition. She grinned at the fact that Pluto had shrunk her clothes along with her. *Good thing too!* She fingered her short pigtail and looked around the meadow from her new perspective. *So now I have to grow up all over again. Why me?* She sighed and stared at the ground. Pluto decided to have a little fun with the blond saiyan so comically bent down so that they could speak face to face. “Is something wrong your highness?” Usagi didn’t miss the small jab at her height and glared at the senshi of time. “Very funny Puu!” She laughed as Pluto’s face again went through a myriad of emotions. “Thanks Puu! So, can I go see my family now?!” Her face practically lit up and even Piccolo had o try very hard not to smile along with her. Pluto eyes crinkled in amusement. this age fits her quite well.* “Yes, Usagi. You get to meet your family now.” The blond started jumping and twirling in the air. “Yahoooo! Finally!” She jumped into the air and impatiently tapped her foot on the non-existent ground. “Come on you two slow poke oldies! Times a wasting!” Piccolo and Pluto shared a glance and both followed her into the air. Usagi shot into the clouds as soon as she was sure that they were following. *Now I can meet my real brother and mother. And, my father.* If it were possible, her grin widened considerably. Even though she had never actually met her father she knew that he was someone who she could relate to. *Even though Pluto and Piccolo think he’s cold and arrogant.* As she was finally slowing down the rate of aerial tricks she was doing it occurred to her that she had no idea where she was going. She stopped and turned to the older two with a curious look on her face. “Um, where IS my family anyways?” Pluto sweat dropped. “Usagi! Maybe you should just follow us.” The blond nodded sheepishly and quickly fell in line between them. The flew in silence as each tried to sort out their thoughts. Main on Usagi’s mind was who the guy from earlier was, so she decided to ask. She turned to Piccolo. “Who was that black haired guy from earlier? He had a pretty high power level.” *He was also pretty kawaii. Too bad I’m so chibi!* Piccolo smirked. “He was another student of mine, Son Gohan. He’s the son of Goku, one of the only two living saiyans. Your father is the other. He’s half saiyan, like you.” Usagi digested this information but than a thought occurred to her, almost causing her to panic. “He saw me before you changed my age! He saw my tail! He’ll recognize me and blow my cover!” She stared from one to the other with fear evident on her face. Pluto frowned grimly. “I never thought of this. Your correct that he will recognize you. Your white tail really gives you away.” Piccolo smirked. “Maybe you should just let him think what he wants. Nobody will believe him even if he tries to tell someone. Which I highly doubt.” There was silence as the worried pair thought of the logic behind this. Usagi didn’t see much but decided to go along with Piccolo for now. *I have enough complications right now! No need to add another that might turn out to be nothing.* “I guess your right Piccolo.” Pluto nodded wordlessly and they continued on their way. +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Good? Bad? Mediocre? Let me know! Also, hope you don’t mind my minor changes too much! It is a fan fic after all! *LOL* Ja ne! =^-^= stonekid@etv.net Tsukino Neko =~-^=