The usual disclaimer: Neither Sailor Moon nor DragonBall Z belong to 
me, I am simply borrowing the characters for a time to use in my 
twisted little stories. If I did own them, I would be rich and famous, 
and rename myself the supreme goddess of the moon. But since I don't, 
and since I'm not, I'm writing this disclaimer. Remember - I only do 
what the voices tell me to do…. 

Key:
Italics mean thought
Chan = term of endearment, usually used by young girls when addressing 
their friends

Chapter One - Dark Tides

      The rain pounded down on the roof of the temple, making a 
comforting drumming sound that accompanied the girls cheerful talk. 
"So Mina-chan, if you were so over that guy Huri, then why are you 
always talking about him?" Usagi teased her tow headed friend. 
      "Ummmm… well…. I'm just pondering about how to… ummm… get my 
revenge! Yea, that's it!" Minako threw out, trying her best not to 
blush bright red. 
      "That's what they all say," Usagi replied teasingly.
      "Hey, leave Mina-chan alone," Ami defended the senshi of love. 
      "Yea, its not as if you have any guy troubles!" Rei commented 
sardonically. "I mean, you and Mamoru aren't about to break up any 
time soon, right?"
      At the mention of the dark haired 20 year old, Usagi's eyes 
darkened and she turned serious. "Well guys, I'm not so sure anymore 
about that…." Usagi trailed off.
      "WHAT?" Makoto interrupted hurriedly. "How can you say that, 
Usa-chan? We all know about the future, I mean, you two are destined 
to be together!"
      "Exactly," Minako agreed, flustered. "We already have the 
proof. How many times has Chibi-Usa come to visit us? How many times 
has Mamoru been addressed as 'King Endymion?' We have all seen the 
future, it will come to pass."
      Usagi's eyes darkened further at her friend's words. "I 
know... I know… and that's why it's so hard to come to terms with the 
fact that… Mamo-chan doesn't love me any more…."
      The four senshi surrounding 'odango atama' sat there in 
silence, shocked at the Moon Princess's statement. Usagi gazed at her 
friends with a look of pain, suffering, and misery in her sapphire 
eyes. Guilt and unease were reflected back at her from her friend's 
faces. A single tear drop slowly rolled down Usagi's cheek, and as she 
surveyed the figures around her, she tried to catch their eyes. But 
each girl eyes were averted, and Rei turned away from the Moon 
Princess. 
      "I'm sorry, Usa-chan… we… we…" Rei, with her face still turned 
from Usagi's gaze, spoke quietly. Lightning crashed outside, and the 
raven haired priestess jumped at the sudden sound.
      "You what, Rei-chan? I - I don't understand…" Usagi said 
confusedly.
      "We didn't want to hurt you, Usagi…" Ami choked out. "We knew 
how much you loved him…. We knew you would do anything for him…."
      "No…" Usagi said quietly. "I don't want to hear this guys… 
Please stop…" 
      "He… Mamoru…" Minako began, only to falter midsentence and 
stop. 
      "Please guys! Stop!" Usagi pleaded
      "He was cheating on you, Usa-chan…" Makoto finally said what 
the other girls had not been able to bring themselves to do. "I'm 
sorry."
      Usagi looked at each of them with tortured eyes." I only 
wanted you guys to tell me I was wrong… Tell me I was being silly… Not 
tell me I was right… I… I… I have to go home… its getting dark…" Usagi 
choked out. She grabbed her things, looking at each of the girls in 
turn, who still avoided her gaze.
      As she ran out the door, Minako rose to go after her. A hand 
restrained her. "No, Mina-chan. She needs to sort out things for 
herself," Rei said.  
      "But… but…" Minako protested.
      "Leave her be for now," Rei insisted, brushing away a tear. 
Heaving a sigh of defeat, Minako sat down again, and the girls sat in 
silence, waiting for Usagi's questionable return. 


      Why didn't they tell me… I already had suspicions… they should 
have told me! I don't understand why not… But they kept it a secret… 
WHY? Usagi's mind was whirling with the implications what her friends 
had just told her. She ran blindly through the streets, the rain 
pounding down on her head. She had already gotten soaked, and her 
clothes clung to her like a second skin. Her briefcase had been 
discarded a few streets back, and she hadn't bothered to pick it up. 
She continued to run through the streets of Tokyo, not paying 
attention to her surroundings. Why Mamo-chan, why? I never meant for 
you to hate me… I hoped my suspicions would prove fruitless… Everyone 
would laugh, and reassure me that I was wrong… But you were cheating 
on me? She thought incredulously. Is that why you have pushed me away? 
You were with someone else? That would explain…. Everything… Usagi's 
train of thought was interrupted by a slippery patch of concrete, as 
she lost her footing and went flat on her back. Being unprepared for 
the fall, it totally knocked the wind out of her, and she lay on the 
wet concrete in a daze, the rain pouring down on her. Now that she had 
stopped running blindly down streets, she looked around and took a 
minute to get her bearings. It was then she realized that she was 
totally lost. None of the buildings looked familiar, and when she 
looked up at the signpost she realized she had never heard of this 
street.  She examined her leg, which was starting to throb. There was 
a large, rather nasty cut up the side of it. 
      "Kuso... just what I need now… On top of it all…" Usagi 
murmured resignedly. Sighing, she pulled herself up with the help of a 
nearby lamppost, and limped over to a bench. She sat down to tend to 
her leg, winced in pain as she touched her cut, and realized that it 
was deeper than it looked. "Kuso… kuso… why the hell did this have to 
happen…" She asked herself. "Why?" And with that, she put her head in 
her hands and started to cry. 


      "Oh Princess… I wish it never had to happen this way..." Pluto 
observed the scene with pity for the young heartbroken girl. Why 
couldn't that man simply ruin his future, not hers… She doesn't 
deserve this….  Perhaps though… perhaps she can still be happy… The 
tall, green haired woman abruptly turned from the time gate… "Maybe I 
can still help her…"
      Pluto stood in front of a full length mirror, and brought out 
her time staff. Well, I'm not supposed to use my magic for something 
other than senshi business… but I suppose that this is senshi 
business… Holding her staff high above her head, she began to slowly 
twirl it, muttering incantations under her breath. Faster and faster 
the staff twirled, and in a burst of magic that showered down on 
Setsuna, the staff glowed dark green and disappeared into Setsuna's 
lunar pocket. The ruby eyed guardian of time looked herself over in 
the mirror, surveying her appearance with satisfaction. The time gates 
will be alright. for a little bit...She thought to herself,  and with 
a flurry of green leaves, she disappeared into the fog.


      Usagi was jerked out of her reverie by a sixth sense that told 
her something was wrong. She had stopped crying a while ago, but still 
sat on the bench, contemplating the recent turn of events. But now she 
was aware that something…  something wasn't right, but what was it?  
As she stood up, a streak of pain shot up her leg, reminding her of 
her earlier fall on the concrete. She scanned the surrounding area, 
but saw nothing. And then, a voice called out from the darkness. 
      "Usagiiii……. Usagi…….. Princess of the White Moon….. I have 
come to claim you at last……."
      "What? Who? Who's there? Show yourself!" Usagi spun around, 
trying to determine the source of the voice. It seemed to be coming 
from a dark alleyway. Usagi slowly backed up until she was pressed 
against a wall. "Come out into the light! I'm not afraid of you!"
      "Gladly…." A youma stepped out of the alleyway. It was a 
gorgeous creature… but also macabre. Long legs, ending in high heels, 
seemed to draw your eye upwards to the tightly fitted green dress. 
Arms crossed over it's chest, seeming to enlarge the cleavage even 
more. A perfectly sculpted collarbone and shoulders led upward to the 
classic face.  Short emerald hair framed the creatures breath taking 
features... a perfect little nose, ruby red lips pursed just right, 
high cheekbones… except for the eyes.. Usagi couldn't see the eyes, 
which were still shadowed. 
      "Tuskino Usagi… rabbit of the moon… Sailor Moon… Princess 
Serenity…. Neo Queen Serenity… You see, I know all about you… I have 
been stalking you for a while now…"
      "But why? I don't understand? What do you want with me?" A 
confused Usagi asked.
      "Well girl, I am serving the great Galaxia…" the youma 
responded.
      "But… but… she is dead! Gone!" Usagi insisted. 
      "Exactly my point…. You killed her….. And now, I shall get 
revenge for my fallen queen. And YOU shall die," the youma declared. 
      "Wait!" Usagi cried out.
      "I don't think so. You're not transforming now. I'm not stupid 
enough to let you do that.  And… you won't transform - ever again." 
With that, the youma conjured a ball of energy, and shot it at Usagi's 
compact. The compact shattered, and Usagi was slammed against the wall 
she had already been backed against, adding multiple bruises and 
scrapes to the girl's body. However, the Silver Crystal bounced out of 
the case, unharmed, and skidded away from Usagi toward the green 
haired beauty. The monster reached down to pick it up, and inspected 
it in the light. It had stopped raining about the time the youma had 
called Usagi's name, and the moon had come out from behind the clouds. 
It was now casting an eerie white glow over everything, exposing every 
little crack, nook and cranny anyone who cared. The only thing that 
you couldn't see clearly was the eyes of the beautiful monster. And 
something told Usagi that she didn't want to see them. The monster 
held the crystal up to the light for a moment, transfixed by it's 
beauty. Usagi took the moments distraction to flip open her 
communicator. She pressed the insignia of all the girls, and as soon 
as their faces popped up on screen, she started to talk.       
      "You guys, help! There's a youma from Galaxia's time who just 
destroyed my locket! It wants to kill me! I don't know where I am! 
Help me!"
      "We're coming, Usagi!" the girls cried out. 
      Ami, always the logical one, asked, "What street are you on?" 
      "I don't know Ami! I was running - I don't know! I think I'm 
on the corner of-" 


The screen went blank. The girls, cut off from their princess, all 
drew in a collective gasp. 
      "Usagi! Usagi!" Rei cried out. "Ami, can you locate her?"
      "I think so - give me a minute," Ami said. 
      "We don't have a minute!" Makoto cried out. "Everyone - 
transform now!"


      "Hey! No fair! Did I say you could talk to anyone?!" The youma 
scolded, and shot a ball of green energy at Usagi's wrist, shattering 
the communicator and burning the blonde. 
      "Oh no! I didn't tell them where I was!" Usagi cried out in 
despair.
      "Yea, well, too bad for them, right? Now, where was I?" The 
youma spoke again. "Oh yes, about to kill you. Well...  I have to get 
on with my job." The eyes, which had been covered by shadow until now, 
were suddenly exposed, and Usagi drew in a terrified gasp. The 
monsters eyes… were not there. There were only two holes that were 
located where eyes were supposed to be, and suddenly the youma 
grinned. A horrifying caricature of a skull in process of 
decomposition was exposed, and where there had only been stunning 
beauty before, there was now only death, decay, and horror. The youma 
saw Usagi's expression, and grinned again. "Don't be afraid now. 
Someday you will look like this too."
      Usagi backed away, whimpering with fear. "Hey. Come back! I'm 
just showing you what age can do to a body." The youma said. Laughing 
maniacally, the youma conjured up a huge ball of green energy. 'Time 
to say goodbye to this dimension, princess!" The now hideous creature 
threw the ball of energy straight at Moon Princess, who could only 
watch it come. Closer, closer……


      The scouts now transformed, Mercury was typing in some numbers 
on her computer. "Usagi's communicator last transmitted from... 
Torikami Street in the Utena Region." 
      "Right!" Venus cried out. "This way!" She jumped off the tree 
they had been standing in, racing across the street and up onto a low 
rooftop.
      "Let's do it!" Jupiter declared, and followed Venus. 
      "Lets go!" Mars said affirmatively and ran off, with Mercury 
trailing behind her. 


The ball of light was coming closer…. closer… closer… Usagi saw her 
whole life flash in front of her eyes… Scenes from childhood… Meeting 
Mamoru as a little girl at the hospital... Her friendship with Naru… 
finding out she was Sailor Moon… fights with Beryl, Fiore, Wiseman, 
Mistress 9 and Pharoh 90, Queen Nehilenia…. Her friendships had 
prevailed through it all… and supposedly her love had as well…. But 
she wasn't so sure anymore… and now, she realized it didn't matter any 
more… She thought she heard someone call her name…. But now it didn't 
matter, and she let the light take her away.


"Usagi!!!" Mars called out in horror. The four senshi had arrived at 
the scene of the fight just as the ball of green light was thrown at 
the blonde headed girl slumped against the wall. The energy expanded, 
grew larger and larger, and then it hit Usagi. There was no sound - 
time stood still for the four senshi as they watched their princess 
vanish….. 
      "NOOOOOO!!!!" Venus cried out. 
      Jupiter and Mars flung themselves simultaneously toward their 
princess in an effort to shield her… but to no avail.  She was already 
gone, and the green energy that blasted her had disappeared as well, 
leaving not a scratch on the wall against which Usagi had been 
slumped. 
      "Usagi!" Ami cried out, not daring to believe she was gone. 
She turned towards the now hideous monster, cringing back when she saw 
the disgusting sight of the rotting youma. "What have you done with 
her?" Ami demanded, tears starting to flow.
      "Me? Oh, nothing… I told her she was going to a new dimension… 
and she did! Courtesy of me!' the youma relied laughingly. 
      "Why you…." Jupiter turned to face the youma. 'You bitch!" 
Jupiter raced towards the youma, intent on helping it decay a hell of 
a lot faster.  
      "Ah ah ah!" The youma teased. "I don't think so! My work is 
done here, so long!" And with that, the disgusting youma phased out 
with a swirl of green leaves. 
      "Kuso!" Jupiter cried out. She had let the youma get away, and 
had no one to blame but herself. Jupiter turned to look where Usagi 
was last seen… to encounter a stone wall, and her friends crouching by 
it. "I'm…. I'm sorry, guys.. I couldn't stop it…" Jupiter choked out. 
      "No…" Mercury responded with tears flowing down her cheeks. 
"We couldn't stop it."
      Venus and Mars looked on the scene with teardrops in their 
eyes. 
      "It was my fault," they both accused themselves at the same 
time. Tears were now flowing freely down all of the senshi's cheeks. 
Jupiter walked over to the wall, and kneeled down in front of it. I 
lost her…. Jupiter blamed herself again. She's gone… its all my fault. 
      Mars, Mercury, and Venus all followed Jupiter's example and 
kneeled down in front of the wall. Mars caressed the wall's rough 
texture, wishing with all her might that Usagi was still here.  It's 
all my fault… I should've let Minako go after her… No, I should have 
gone after her…
      Venus dropped her head and drew in a shaky breath, only to let 
it out again in a strangled sob. Why didn't I insist on going after 
her? Why did I let Rei stop me…
      Mercury kneeled next to the stone wall, and slumped against 
it. As the tears took her over, she slid to the sidewalk and held her 
head in her hands. Why wasn't I faster? The people of Mercury are 
supposedly renowned for speed and knowledge… I should have been there 
faster… 
      Each senshi kneeled at the base of the wall and grieved at the 
loss of their leader… their friend… their queen… and part of 
themselves.


      In the fog of the time gate, a green haired woman suddenly 
blinked into existence with a flurry of leaves. As she looked down at 
the scene of the four senshi crying, her heart went out to them. If 
you only knew how hard it was to do that… Inside, I grieve as much as 
you… I'm sorry… I can only hope Usagi is happy in her new home.


      Usagi awoke to the feeling of weightlessness.. She glanced 
around and saw she was floating down a large corridor, heading towards 
an doorway of sorts, which was radiating brightness. She wondered how 
she had gotten to this weird place, and remembered her encounter with 
the youma. Strange... When that energy hit her she hadn't felt a 
thing. Perhaps this was the afterlife… She glanced down at her body, 
and saw all the bumps, bruises and scrapes were still there. Well, you 
are supposed to get a whole new body when you die, right? Which means 
I should be alright….


      In another time, place, and galaxy, a new life was starting.  
"Congratulations, Mrs. Son! It's a girl!"

I bet you guys hate me now for leaving it like this! I know, I hate 
cliffhangers too. But I am already putting my head to the grindstone 
for the next chapter of Tides of Darkness, and there will definitely 
be a lot of DBZ. So for all you deprived fans, the next chapters for 
you. Oh, and r/r! No fanfic writer can get anywhere without input. 
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