~ Unknown Destiny ~ Chapter Five Hello minna-san. *bows* I am finally getting another chapter of my story out. =^-^= I hope you like it but bear in mind that my brain works differently than yours so my ideas for what should happen next may differ with yours.=~-^= Oh yeah, I don’t own either of the anime/manga Sailor Moon or Dragonball Z. R&R! =~-~= *grin* That said, on with the show! ~Later That Same Day~ Complete silence reined as the sun finally slid from view behind a distant mountain range. Everything was bathed in a warm orange and red glow. *Perfect.* Usagi closed her eyes and took a deep breath of the cool, crisp air. As she released it it seemed the world sighed along with her as a sharp wind blew up at her from the canyon below. Yet, she didn’t shiver once. She was too numb, both in body and mind. She was sitting comfortably upon the edge of a jagged cliff, kicking her legs now and then to keep her body warm. She blinked a few times as the sky darkened to a light purple and finally became aware of how cold she was becoming. With a sigh she reached up and undid her odangos, letting the hair fall freely around her like a curtain. As ineffective as this may have seemed to block the chill wind she soon stopped shivering. Her legs were still cold however so she lifted them back from the edge and hugged her knees to her body. As she became more comfortable she started to come back to the land of the living, so to speak. the shock of the happenings of the day had been too much for her already frazzled mind. After all, it was only months after she had watched her friends, no, family die in front of her eyes. And now, she comes here expecting a warm welcome and instead gets accused of causing her friends’ deaths. The wind picked up yet again and her hair billowed around her like a golden halo. She hugged her legs tighter as s few tears trickled from her pained blue eyes. She had come to this mountain top to be away from Vegeta. Away from Pluto and Piccolo. Away from any form of civilization. Now, she was regretting the decision. She was lost, that she knew with certainty. The sky was now mostly dark with only a small lightening of the sky to show where the sun had set. As the stars began to appear Usagi wiped the tears from her cheeks and straightened up. She had finally noticed that there was something different about the sky here. Her eyes darted around frantically, trying to disprove her theory of what was missing. The moon. It was gone. *That means. . . that I can’t talk with mother here. Just when I thought I couldn’t get more alone something like this turns up.* She stood with a grimace as blood rushed back into her blood deprived feet. She stamped her left foot to see if it improved anything but decided she may as well live with the pins and needles. Her hair dangled slightly onto the ground but she didn’t notice. Shuffling her feet slightly in the rocks and weeds she made her way to the cover of the trees. *It doesn’t matter if I stay here or go to a town or city. They won’t be looking for me anyways.* With that melancholy thought she hung her head and pulled her exhausted body deeper into the forest to find shelter. ~C.C~ Bulma calmly continued stirring the steaming pot in front of her as Vegeta slammed his fist against the table top behind her. Again. He had been throwing the occasional temper tantrums since Usagi had left hours before. Now that it was dark out Bulma insisted that they all eat something. Vegeta disagreed. "Woman! How can you just sit there stirring that slop?! Aren’t you even worried about my daughter?!" Bulma’s stirring stopped and her body tensed. "Your daughter?" She spun around and glared at him. "She’s MY daughter too! I would much rather be out there looking for her but as you all said we can’t seem to detect her ki! I barely got to meet my little girl before you drove her away! So don’t talk to me about what I should or shouldn’t do. You seemed to think it was a really go idea to scare her away from us!" She fixed a death glare on Vegeta before turning back to her pot. The saiyan just frowned and folded his arms. Gohan, sitting to the older man’s left, leaned back in his chair slightly and looked around the room. Pluto as standing vigil by the front door, awaiting Piccolo’s return. Trunks and Goten were across the table from him both looking tired and bored. *I can relate with being tired.* He stifled a yawn and closed his eyes slightly, thinking of what had happened after the blond had disappeared. (AN: Don’t you all just luv flashbacks? =~-^=) ~Flashback~ Gohan slowly made his way back to the ground but was stopped by the approaching form of Vegeta. "I couldn’t catch her. Sorry." Vegeta just stared in the direction where Usagi had disappeared. He turned his head back to look at the group on the ground then glared at Gohan. "Tell them I went to find my daughter." He powered up slightly and was just about to speed away when he was stopped by Gohan's hand on his arm. He bared his teeth in pain since it was the same arm that had been injured in the fight but quickly covered the look of pain with his mask of arrogance. "What do you want baka?!" Gohan stared him full in the face, his eyes hard and serious. "I’m going with you." Vegeta blinked a few times but quickly regained his composure and pulled his arm from the half saiyans grasp. The wind picked up just as four more figures came flying up. It was Pluto, Piccolo, Trunks, and Goten. Pluto tried to keep her voice steady as she made her way to the saiyans side. "We are all going." Vegeta just stared at her and she stared back, her maroon eyes glistening with unshed tears. "It is partially my fault that she ran away. I knew what you were doing and what the possible outcome would be but I didn’t stop you. I should have helped her understand what you were doing. She is very protective of all the senshi of our world and if I had let her she could have saved all of us in the battle with Sailor Galaxia." She bowed her head. "It was my fault so I will help find the Princess." Vegeta digested the information and just snorted as his response. "Do whatever you wish woman just don’t get in my way." He turned his back to her and frowned in concentration. Gohan also concentrated as he tried to pick up any traces of Usagi’s ki. Pluto and Piccolo shared a glance and Pluto nodded once to Piccolo who swiftly flew away. Gohan quickly noticed his absence however and turned to Pluto questioningly. "Where’s he going? Does he know where she went?" Pluto shook her head. "No he does not. You see, Usagi’s ki is unreadable. Even if she weren’t masking it, which I know she is, you wouldn’t be able to find her. It is because of her lunarian blood. If the moon were still present in this dimension than it would be a simple matter to locate her." Gohan blinked a few times and now even Vegeta was listening. "If the moon were here her ki would, in essence, rebound off of the moon and after that pinpointing her would be easy. It is because of her link with her mother, Queen Serenity, that makes that possible. When she communicates with her she has to use some of her ki and when she sends it to the moon it always rebounds back to her in the form of her mothers message." Gohan nodded his head slightly. "That makes sense. . . sort of. But what I don’t get yet is what this has to do with why Piccolo left." Vegeta frowned and added his two cents. "If you’d just get to the point woman than I wouldn’t have to hear the rest of your stupid babbling." Pluto sighed but continued with her explanation. "We both agreed that restoring the moon would be the easiest and fastest way to locate our princess. He has left to gather the dragon balls and wish it back into existence." Gohan grinned and Vegeta just smirked. "That’s great! Well than, what are we waiting for? Lets go get those dragon balls!" Gohan sped away but Pluto stopped him with a yell. "There is no need for all of us to go! Piccolo has kept six of them gathered and is only going to retrieve them and the other one." Goten nodded. "Yeah. One is at my house so that would explain why he’s not using the dragon radar." Vegeta frowned and turned to Pluto, his arms folded. "Then, are we just supposed to wait for the green baka?" Pluto nodded and slowly the group made there way back to the building. ~End Flashback~ Gohan sighed and rubbed his eyes wearily. It had been hours and still Piccolo hadn’t returned. How long did it take to get the seven balls anyways? His eyes flew open as Vegeta hit the table yet again. "Damn! What’s taking the namek so long?!" A cool voice answered. "I don’t think I took that long Vegeta." There, now standing next to Pluto, was Piccolo holding a bag containing the seven small balls. "I have them all here so we may as well make our wish now." Everyone jumped to their feet and rushed passed him into the yard. Vegeta grabbed the bag from his hands as he passed and opened it. *Now I’ll find her.* He smirked in triumph and carried the bag with him outside. Everyone had arranged themselves in a loose half circle and waited patiently as Vegeta carefully set the balls on the ground. He glanced to his left and right and received a nod from Pluto. With that he summoned the dragon with a yell. ~The Forest~ Usagi huddled closer to the trunk of the tree as she played with a piece or her hair. She was close to the top of one of the towering trees and had a good view of the starry sky. Just as she was about to doze off there was a sudden flash of light and she blinked. When her eyes reopened she saw something that left her in shock. There was the moon, full a bright where it was supposed to be. Usagi grinned and climbed to her feet. Just as she was about to shout out a mental greeting to her mother when she froze. *How did it just appear? Did Pluto do something? If so, why?* She stared into space as she contemplated the answer. Then, it came to her. *They’re trying to find me. They want to track me with the moon. No matter. I can outrun them before they get here. I really need mother’s advise right now.* She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. Usagi closed her eyes and, holding onto a thin branch next to her, silently called out to her mother’s spirit in the ruins of the moon kingdom. After several minutes with no response she opened her eyes again in defeat. *Why isn’t she answering?* She stared up at the moon as it’s light shone down on her. *I forgot. I’m in a different dimension. She never existed here.* Usagi hugged her body as she continued to stare at the moon. It seemed to grow in her eyes until it was almost all she could see. She blinked her eyes in confusion but they never left the glowing orb in the sky. Suddenly her back felt as though it was on fire and she doubled over in pain. The forest was silent as she cried out and fell to her knees on the branch. Suddenly there was a ripping of cloth and the pain vanished as swiftly as it had appeared. Usagi blinked a few times in surprise. *What was that?!* She climbed back to her feet and reached her hand out to the trunk to steady herself. Her hair felt as though it was tangled in the branches so she tugged it free and pulled it over her shoulder. That when she noticed them. She had grown wings. +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Review okay? Sorry it’s so short. =^-^=;; I still have writers block. :P Oh yeah, as if it isn’t obvious I ditched my earlier idea of adding Videl to the story. Gomen to Videl fans but this story changes by the minute. Ja ne! Tsukino Neko stonekid@etv.net =^-^=