They both collapsed into histerical giggles.

"I noticed. And it's been two days since that Diamond guy came back. Do you think he's afraid of Ami?"

"Doubt it. She looks more like a brain than a fighter." Vegeta grumbled, walking in, grabbing something off the counter, and walking back out.

"What did he just take?" Bulma asked.

"I think..." Goten frowned. "I think it was your scouter." Bulma looked back to the counter where she had laid the green machine.

"Dammit, you're right. What could he want that for?"

"It couldn't be to scan himself. He's been all ego since he went SSJ, but..."

"Sometimes I really wonder about that man..." Bulam glanced at the direction Vegeta exited the house.

Wasn't that the same side as Usagi's window?

Naw.... coinsidense, right?

Right?

She was so happy to know her mother was alive.

She thought for sure...

"Chibi-usa-chan! Chibi-usa-chan!" A breathless Makoto and a pale-faced Rei ran through the crowd, knocking people down to get to the pink- haired teenager.

"What is it, Mako-chan, Rei-chan? What's wrong?"

"It's Ami-chan! We can't find her at all. Not even a trace! We thought maybe you knew... she did take Usagi's death really hard."

Oh, they've noticed Ami left.

Chibi-usa swallowed, and used all of the acting skills she had learned watching her mother and Venus to look distressed.

"No... I haven't seen her." She tried to maike her voice wobbly. "Not Ami-chan too!" She began to cry.

Perfect, she thought to herself in satisfaction.

"You don't think..." Rei looked at Makoto.

"No... Ami was too logical... she wouldn't have done anything like that."

"We've got to find minna." Rei said. "Chibi- usa... will you be alright? We've got to go find Minako, and then we have to go to Haruka-san and tell her."

Oh, no! Ruka-chan and Michi-chan would do something drastic. Chibi-usa went pale.

"I'm going home." She announced.

"Are you sure, Chibi-usa-chan?" Makoto asked.

"Yes!" Chibi-usa took off, her Luna-P trailing behind her. The two senshi watched her run before trying Minako's communicator again.

"What's wrong?!" Haurka demanded, reaching for her heshin wand.

"Nothing..." Chibi-Moon gasped, and then waited a minute to regain her breath. "I ran the whole way. I'm just out of breath. Gomen if I startled you, Haruka-san, Michiru-san."

"What's up, Chibi-usa?" Michiru asked, knowing the girl had something important to tell them.

"Well... I know you'd do something bad, so I can just tell you two things. They come from Pluto... I don't know anything more than this." Chibi-Moon lied. "But she says that Mama is safe and that Ami is helping her locate the princess and see if they can bring her back."

Perfect.

"Do the inner senshi know this?"

"No! That's part of it. You must not tell the other senshi that you know that! Not even that Ami's with Puu. Let them think what they will."

"Isn't that... a bit cruel?" Michiru asked.

"Perhaps, but that's what I was told. Now... I have to go back before I'm missed... please, don't tell..."

Chibi-Moon knew that those two could ruin everything.

And just when things were starting to look good.

He didn't like people who lied to him.

He put the scouter on. Bulma had screwed with it, changing the characters to that stupid kanji of their's, but Vegeta had learned, grudgingly, to read it, since he was probably going to be stuck there for a while.

He nearly yelled out loud at the readings.

One, obviously Ami, was around 40,000. Not a very good offensive, but what he had seen of her attacks, she was the more defensive-based of the two.

The other, reading at just over 1,000,000, was most assuredly Usagi. That was good.... especially for a girl. She could probably kick ass...

Why didn't she spar with the others?

"Vegeta! What are you doing!" Bulma asked, or rather, yelled, as usual, running out of the building.

"Scouting those two girls." Vegeta rolled his eyes. "What else?"

"That's wrong!" Bulma grabbed the scouter away from him, and put it on.

And gasped.

Vegeta chuckled. Somehow... this woman wasn't that different from him...

No! She was a human. He was the prince of the Saiya-jin.

"I told you. She has a very high ki. Now... when she transforms, it probably doubles. She could probably kick our asses. Why doesn't she fight?"

"She can't do anything but magic."

"Oh, that's shit. With a ki like that, she could hold her own." Vegeta scowled. "Why does everyone automaticly assume everything I say is a crock?" He flew off in anger.

Bulma realized the logic of his words, though.

She was going to do some research.

"Back off, nega-sleeze! Mercury Crystal Power, Make up!" Faster than she had ever, Mercury transformed.

At the lights outside, Goten and Bulma ran outside.

"Damn Damn Damn!" Bulma cursed. "I told them not to go to Master Roshi's!"

"I can fend them off until you get a hold of them." Goten went SSJ and flew over to Dimaond, while Mercury stood bravely in front of her Queen.

Bulma ran back inside to try and contact Earth's Forces.

"Kamehameha!" He shouted, making Diamond step back a few steps in the air.

He laughed, an evil cackle that sent chills down their spines.

"You can't harm me with that pathetic attack. I see you have one of your senshi. It's a pity she can only do that pathetic Aqua Illusion... I might have actually been afraid if it was Mars or Jupiter.

Mercury relaized he was going on the information of their Star Power and Usagi's Crystal Power... no, because his youma knew about her Queen's defensive skills...

Who cared?

"Mercury Aqua..." She began, gathering the blast of ice. Diamond laughed, thinking it was the attack he just mentioned.

"I told you..." he started.

"RHASPODY!" The harp of icey water washed over him, creating a case of ice that stod for about four seconds before he blasted out of it.

"That was a nice trick." he said, shoving the blue senshi out of his way, and talking a bold step at Usagi, who whimpered.

"Mercury Aqua Mirage!" Mercury had only sued it once... but she would do it again, she thought feircly, sending the blast that knocked Diamond away from Usagi.

"Rah!" Goten sent the biggest blast he could at Diamond, knocking him further away.

"Keep sending them!" Mercury yelled. "Maybe we can keep him bnack for a while. Usagi, henshin yo!"

"Rah!"

"Selene..." Usagi began, but stopped.

Could she make the eternal Sailor Selene and Eternal Sailor Moon combine? It would give her power...

"Selene Eternal Moon Make UP!" She cried. There was a flash of light that travelled from the brooch down her arm...

And was gone just as quickly as it appeared.

"No... you must work..." She begged the brooch. "Selene Eternal Moon Make up!"

Diamond was slowly pushing against the continuous Mercury Aqua Mirage and Goten's ki atack.

"Ginzuishou, give me the pwoer for this transformation!" She begged her crystal, which began to glow brightly.

"*Selene Eternal Moon Make up!*"

Nothing.

"Fine... damn you." Usagi cursed at her ginzuishou.

She gasped as Diamond overthrew Mercury, sending the senshi of water back, landing at unnaturla angle.

Goten was slowly weakening, and Diamond did the same to him.

Then he turned to Usagi, a threatening, crazed look on his face.

"Gods... no..." She whispered.

And quite suddenly, black thunder filled her vision.

What you tried to say, to me

And how you suffered for your sanity

And how you tried to set them free:

They would not listen; they did not know how-

Perhaps they'll listen now.

For they could not love you

But still, your love was true

And when no hope was left inside

On that starry, starry night

But I could've told you, Serenity:

This world was never meant

For one as beautiful as you."

"No!" Mercury whirled on the older woman. "Don't any of you get it? Didn't she tell you!" She looked at every single member of Earth's Forces, who shook their heads.

"If Diamond can brainwash Serenity... we're all doomed. The power in that ginzuishou is beyond anything you've experienced... it's beyond your wildest dreams! That crystal could kill us all with one _thought_ from Serenity! It could destroy this whole reality! We have to get her back!"

"You're not serious..." Piccolo began.

"I'm serious! It's done it before! It has the powers of the unverse..." Ami sobbed.

"She's not lying." A soft voice said, and they turned to see a woman in a senshi fuku, with gorgeous black hair with green highlights and red eyes. "The Silver Crystal of the Moon can do anything the holder wishes... provided the holder has the power. And Usagi-san has the power. Nothing could stop her if she used it against us. Not even I."

"Setsuna... you saw this... why couldn't you stop it?" Mercury begged.

"No, I didn't see this. Any of this. I only have certain sight, Mercury."

"Who knows what Diamond will do to her," Bulma agreed, her eyes on the newcomer.

"We need to find Diamond." Gohan proclaimed. Setsuna nodded.

"Yes, that would be very wise. Usagi has very little emotional control around him. This could scar here for the rest of her life... which is very long for an immortal."

"Wait. She's immortal?" Vegeta demanded.

"More or less. The only way she can die is to take her own life. Or... she can choose when her duty to Earth is done."

"Wait a sec... her *duty* to Earth? She has a *duty* to Earth?" Krillin asked incrediously, looking at the others, who were just as surprised as he.

"Of course. She didn't tell you?" Pluto asked. "The Earth's survival is on her shoulders. If she dies, you might as well start digging your own graves,"

"But she's from a different planet!" Goten exclaimed.

"Not really. Originally, she was from a satalite of Earth... the Moon, as you know it. But after the destruction of the Moon Kingdom brought on by the evil force known as Beryl, she was reborn to Human parents. Techincly she has regained her Lunar Blood, but to the systems, she is a human. And since her home was destroyed, her loyalty is with this planet. She is it's main protector and Gaurdian. Her life is intertwined with it's and if she dies, the rest of the senshi will not be able to hold up without her. Not even *you* will be able to face the evil that would overcome Earth. It would die." Ami explained simply. Pluto nodded.

"Even if we could find a way to keep Chibi- usa alive, her light is not yet near that of her mother's." Pluto added.

"Why would Chibi-usa have the same light... you're not saying..." Bulma's face contorted with shock.

"Yes. Chibi-usa is the Neo-Princess Serenity, future daughter of Usagi and Endymion." No one caught the added, "Whoever that may be,"

"This just keeps getting better and better." Vegeta growled irratibly.

"Now, instead of a little problem, we have a really big crisis." Gohan said. It had been a crisis to him anyway.

"Yes. There is no telling what Usagi might do... we must hurry. I will continue to try and get through the Gates, Ami. Henshin yo and help Earth's Special Forces."

Sailor Pluto vanished into her portals.

It couldn't be a good thing.

What had happened to her...

Diamond. The answer hit her like a bolt of.. well, lightning.

She opened her eyes.

She was tied down to a...

Of course. That hormone driven bastard, she thought sourly as she looked at her wrists tied to the bedposts of a double bed sheeted in black satin.

Not this time.

"No chances, is that what you said to yourself, you sick twisted bastard." She muttered, glaring at her wrists. She noticed she was in the same clothes she had been in during the battle, and felt a note of relief.

And just then, Diamond, the bastard, walked it, like he was all that.

"My sweet, did you have a nice nap? You've been out for a few days." he smiled at her.

"Get away from me!" she yelled, as he took a seat on the edge of the bed.

"Oh, now, is that any way to talk to me, your one and only love?"

She shuddered. His eyes had something in them that defied sanity. He was a crazed madman, and she was going to reak havoc on whoever brought him back to life.

He leaned over and kissed her, forcing her lips apart with his and his tongue ventured forth. She tried to make him stop, but she was tied down.

His hands began to touch her in places that not even Mamoru had dared to explore.

"Stop!"

"Master Diamond." A low, nervous voice said, and Usagi began to thank every single god she could think of as Diamond cursed and moved away from her.

"How dare you interrupt!"

"Sorry, but something is forcing through the main barriers. She says she is Sailor Pluto."

"Goddammit!" but Diamond followed the youma out of the room.

Usagi shut her eyes, and her aura flared up, burning through the ropes and transforming her into Neo-Queen Serenity.

She'd be damned before he touched her again.

She rubbed her sore wrists as she tried to think of a way out. The best she could was to directly teleport herself out and to the Capsule Corperation... but it would take a lot of her energy. No doubt he had her somewhere in his strongholds, meaning she was near a concentration of dark energy. It would take more of her power than usual.

She walked out of the room, but only after setting the bed on fire. Just in case Diamond got the wrong idea.

She wandered around, avoiding youma for almost an hour. She hadn't seen a single exit.

"Looks like I'm gonna hafta after all." Usagi muttered. Gradually, her arua grew.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

Usagi turned around to see Diamond bounding around the corner, two of the warriors behind him.

"Out of this hell hole!" Usagi said, but began backing up... had he been watching her the whole time... wondering what she was looking for...

Could she fight him?

He advanced towards her.

Usagi prayed that she could build up the power to teleport before he got any closer, as she backed up.

"What's the matter, my lovely queen?" he leered. "I'm not your queen." She took another step back, and felt some of her power drift away... she must be getting closer to their source of power.

"I wouldn't take another step back if I were you." Diamond laughed. "You'll fall right into the Dark Crystal." Usagi looked back to see an endless fall, right into a giant floating black pearl. At least, that's what it looked like.

"Shit," she murmured. Slowly, against her will, she began to draw from the ginzuishou.

"No you don't! Macula, get her!" one of the warriors threw his arms around her, trying to drag her forward, but let go like he had been stung.

"She's on fire." he gasped.

"LUNAR..." Usagi began.

"Do something, you fools! Don't let her get away... hit her with the Ray!" Diamond shouted.

"TELEPOR..."

"You fool!"

"TATION!" Usagi flickered in and out of existance. Her strength was battling the black.

"SELENE ETERNAL POWER!" She yelled, and then...

She was gone.

Diamond cursed, and had Mecula and the other warrior sent to be killed.

He'd lost her for the last time.

"Not yet!" Kuno rolled her eyes at her son, and sent him back out to play. "Now, I'll tell you when she wakes up, Hori."

"Okay mommy." Hori grinned and went back outside to play with Kaze, his great dane.

Kuno went bakc into the bedroom and kneeled at the beside, where the woman they had found two days ago slept, tossing at some nightmare.

Kuno pressed a cold wet cloth to her forehead, and jumped back as the sleeping woman lashed out at her.

This had to be some dream.

They'd found her unconscious, on the edge of the forest right behind their house. They were miles away form any doctor, and she had woken up for a few seconds when Kuno had picked her up, with the help of Kaze, and took her into the house.

She wanted to know if Diamond was gone.

And then fell back to sleep.

She seemed to be having nightmares. Whenever there was noise, or when they touched her for any reason, she lashed out, sometimes yelling at the same man she had asked about.

It was obvious she didn't like Diamond. "I wonder when you'll wake up, Otome." Otome was the name they had given her, for lack of her own.

"Mamoru... Mamoru..." Otome called. "Don't ... Mamoru... Diamond... blast... MAMORU!!!!!" Otome shot straight up in the bed, her azure eyes not seeing the room before them but some vision of horror.

Kuno shook her gently.

"Wake up... please..."

Ever so slowly, Otome's eyes focused on the room, and then Kuno.

"Are you alright?" Kuno asked.

"Yes... where am I?" she asked softly, shaking the fear from her mind.

"You're on the east side of the Black Forest." Kuno answered. "And if you don't mind, what is your name? We've been calling you Otome, but I'm quite sure you've one of your own."

"I do, miss. My name is Tsukino Usagi. Could you tell me how long I've been recuperating?" She asked, her words flowing but her eyes were confused.

"Recuperating? Oh, you mean unconscious. Two days, a little over." Kuno cocked her head to one side. "You've been having some nightmares, Usagi."

"Sorry," Usagi blushed. "By any chance... you wouldn't happen to know where Capsule Corp is... would you?"

"Everyone does!" Kuno exclaimed. "Why?"

"I'm staying... or I was, anyway, with Bulma- san, and I was wondering if you had any way to contact her.. she's probably worried half to death."

"Not really. Are you related to her?"

"Nope... hmm, maybe the communicator..."

without thinking, she reached down and hit the light blue button on her 'watch'.

"Huh? Ami here... who's this?"

"Ami-chan!"

"Usagi! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Ami shrieked.

"On the... what was it, Kuno-san?"

"East of the Black Forest." Kuno was looking at Usagi's communicator like it was an alien. "I could give you the address..."

"It won't do any good. Gohan is already out the door." Ami grinned. "He'll find it. Usagi-chan, don't get kidnapped again, alright? The guys already have a list a mile long what they're going to do to Diamond. Don't give them an oppurtunity to add to it."

"You can just tell the that they aren't going to lay a finger on Diamond."

"Wha..."

"He's mine. I'm going to make him suffer like he's never hurt before." Usagi cringed at the memory of his touch. "He's gonna pay, Ami. Moon-style."

"What did he do to you, Usagi-chan?"

"He breathes, Ami. That's my problem. He breathes. He's alive."

"Whoa... I do not envy him... I've got to go convince Bulma and Chichi you're alive." Ami grinned, and the face of Usagi's watch went back to being a watch.

"Who are you?" Kuno asked. "One very pissed off little goddess, that's who I am." Usagi clutched her brooch.

"Goddess?"

"Nevermind. Uh... do you know Son Gohan?"

"He's Son Goku's son... right?"

"Yup."

"Why?"

"Cuz he should be here in... 10... 9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1..."

A knocks sounded on the door, before opening. A little boy walked in leading Gohan who didn't look very humorous.

"Hori, this is Usagi..." Kuno said.

"Usagi!" Gohan hugged Usagi so tight she thought she was going to die of stranglization.

"And this is Gohan." Kuno finished.

"Did he touch you? We're going to kill him. Are you alright? Where you attacked? You look tired." He began to fire questions.

"Stop. Stop that." Usagi yelled. "I'm fine. Alright? Now... did you bring anyone with you?"

"Nope. I was out the door the second she said your name."

"Okay. Kuno, Hori, you have no idea how thankful I am to both of you."

"Won't you stay for tea?"

"We will." Usagi gave Gohan The Look.

It was then that Gohan took in her white- silver hair and grey blue eyes. She looked different in other ways, too.

He decided to say nothing. If she wanted to tell him, she'd do it.

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