I cannot tell you how much all your wonderful comments have 
affected me.  I smile every time I see one and my heart 
soars.  I've never gotten such a wonderful response before 
and I thank you with all my heart.  I feel on top of the 
world and I'm already half done chapter 3!

Thank you: Disha, Cloe, Kristen, Lunar Bard, 
13sailormercury, and all those other people who's e-mail's 
accidentally got erased!

Also thanks to fuzzy_elf for that inspiration on the ski 
lift and pushing me to include DBZ in this.  If it wasn't
for her this story would have ended with L&J.

This chapter concerns only Usagi's part of the story, Goku 
and the senshi will be the focus of the next part.

Disclaimer:  Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi she's 
all that really matters in the big scheme of things.

Disclaimer 2:  Dragon Ball Z is owned by Akira Toriyama;
 or so my SM manga says.  

Disclaimer 3:  Sailor Rain Drop (Silia) is owned by me,
myself and I (1999).  If you want to use her please ask 
first she has many secrets I have yet to reveal.

*****

	Usagi stretched out on her comfortable lawn chair in 
the garden outside of Capsule Corp.'s headquarters.  Bulma 
and Chichi lay in similar chairs to either side or her and 
both were just as relaxed as she.
	Of course Usagi had plenty of reasons not to be 
comfortable right now, like the fact that this wasn't her 
home, she was certain of it now.  Apparently a very powerful 
force nearby named King Kai was able to talk to Sailor Pluto 
and most of what had happened had been straightened out.  
She had not been the only one happy though; it turned out 
that Gohan's father, Goku, was alive as well, and that he 
was with the senshi.  Strange, but stranger things have 
happened.  The only problem now was to wait for these Dragon 
Balls everyone keeps talking about to wish her back.  Of 
course she had been skeptic at first but if she could be 
Sailor Moon, Luna could talk and some people on this planet 
have incredible powers as well.  Well then why shouldn't it 
be possible.
	Right now she sighed as she felt the relief that 
Mamoru was indeed alive, very far away, but at least alive; 
and though her heart ached for him she knew that to fall 
into that hole of misery would only make him sadder as well.  
For despite the fact that they couldn't talk to each other 
at such distances, after a few hours of her regaining 
consciousness they could feel each others emotions again.  
And Usagi had been terrified when she felt Mamoru's despair 
at thinking she was dead.  So terrified she couldn't sleep 
for the first few days she had arrived.  But as she realized 
freaking wouldn't help she tried to stay as cheery as 
possible and that seemed to have an effect on him, it worked 
marvelously.  He was at least not stuck in his dangerously 
depressed state.  And they would be able to see each other 
again in 5 months.   A long time to wait, but it was better 
then the alternative.
	Of course, Usagi thought with a smile, I have another 
reason to be happy.  One of the things that had kept her in 
despair had been the fact that she feared she could never 
transform again.  But a few days ago that had changed.

**Flashback**

	Usagi lay in Chichi's guest room staring up at the 
ceiling; Mamoru was feeling a little happier, he obviously 
had received word that she was alive and for that she was 
thankful but she still couldn't sleep.  With a resigned sigh
 she went out to the garden to get some fresh air, she had 
hoped to glimpse the moon but it seemed that this Earth's 
moon had been destroyed.  Piccolo seemed to be the only one 
who knew anything about it, but was reluctant to talk on the 
matter.  He only said that the moon could be wished back 
when they had a free wish available.
	She had been horrified at the fact that there was no 
moon.  It didn't seem possible somehow.  And she could feel 
its loss deeply.
	She walked by Vegeta who was sleeping on the hammock 
mumbling in his sleep.  She was intrigued by the gruff man 
and would have stayed to listen to more of what he said 
except it was mostly indiscernible, and something was 
pulling her away.
	She had followed the pull to the garden; her original 
destination, and sat beside the lonely rose bush that was 
planted there.  It was sad that there weren't more of the 
precious red roses, but just these few were a comfort.
	She smelt the roses delicately and thought of Mamoru 
when a soft glow appeared on the path before her.  Her eyes 
widened in surprise but she was not afraid, the glow was 
warm and inviting and only the size of a small doll.  Slowly 
and carefully the glow formed into something more, the 
outline of a woman, with wings.  Usagi's eyes lighted in 
joy, she would have known that figure anywhere.  The woman's 
form finally fell into place with an ethereal glow about 
her, her delicate features and soft smile could have tamed 
any beast.
	"Mother..." Usagi whispered, a tear of joy tumbling 
down her cheek, reflecting the light from Queen Serenity to 
seem as if it itself burned with the beautiful light.
	Serenity smiled again, "Hello my dear sweet daughter, 
I hope all is well, I miss you so much."
	"And I you mother." Answered Usagi, unconsciously 
switching to her princess state.
	"Have you been informed of these, ah, strange goings 
on?" asked the queen with a hint of worry.
	The princess nodded, "I have," she paused, "why are 
you here?  I love when you visit, please do not misinterpret 
me, but you always have a reason for showing up." 
	The queen laughed, "Oh Serenity you still haven't 
changed.  Well I can't stay for long unfortunately so I must 
be brief.  I felt your cry when your locket shattered and 
was pleased when you found your new transformation by 
yourself.  But I am afraid that you can not go back to that 
unless in dire need, and so I have come to fix your locket."
	Serenity's eyes widened with surprise and happiness.  
"Truly?" she asked, her voice a high squeak.
	Queen Serenity nodded but her smile dropped a little.  
"There is one problem though, I only have the power to help 
you regain your original locket, the ginzuishou will have to 
stay elsewhere for now.  And the Eternal Moon Broach will 
remain lost until you have enough power and need in your 
heart to regain it."
	The princess' eyes saddened a little but she 
understood, at least it was better then nothing.  Something 
flashed across her mind suddenly, "Does this mean I will 
have to fight again?"
	The queen paused, "I cannot tell you that I'm afraid 
even if I did know.  But the only one whom can answer that 
question is Sailor Pluto.  Now for your broach; even with 
this simple locket I can not re-create it without your help.  
Now dear daughter, concentrate on all the power and hope and 
love inside of you and picture the locket in your hand."
	The young princess did as she was told and both she 
and her mother started to glow.  The princess' gown started 
to melt away as the glow increased and she found herself in 
civilian form again.  She held out her hands and the glow 
left herself and her mother and started twirling in her 
hands.  She pushed a little with her mind and willed the 
locket to form, to return to her and with the same style 
that it originally contained.
	The glow died and suddenly Usagi realized that at some 
point she had closed her eyes.  She held her broach close 
with comfort as she realized her mother was fading.
	"Mother what's happening?" she asked worriedly.
	Serenity smiled sadly, "I have used up all the power I 
have for now, you have made me proud dearest daughter, I 
will see you soon!"  And with that the queen faded from 
view.
	Usagi stared at the spot where her mother had just 
been in wonder and sadness.  She placed her broach on the 
pajamas Chichi had given her and turned to leave.  She was 
tempted to transform but something told her not to, not yet.  
So she proceed out of the garden only to be met almost head 
on with Piccolo and Vegeta.
	"What's been going on out here?" demanded Piccolo 
gruffly.
	Usagi shrank back a little and replied meekly. 
"Nothing, I couldn't sleep and came out to smell the roses."
	"You lie!" exclaimed Vegeta, "I could feel the power 
here, I can still feel traces of it.  There was someone 
powerful here!"
	Usagi let relief flow through her, they didn't suspect 
her, yet, and she still felt a great sense of urgency to 
keep her powers a secret.  She decided to do a little 
acting; time to play ditz.  "Really!  Wow, I wonder what it 
was, I mean you guys look really frazzled.  But I wouldn't 
worry about it too much, cause hey!  I certainly didn't see 
anything, or you would've heard me screaming and running for 
cover!" she giggled, "Really, you guys are too tense, maybe 
you ate something that didn't sit well in your stomach and 
you dreamed it!"  She yawned cutting off a protest from 
Vegeta and sensing his ignited anger and confusion she cut 
the meeting short.  "Well this was just what I need to get 
myself in the right mood for sleeping, boy am I exhausted, 
'night boys!"
	And with that she waltzed inside and went to bed, 
exhausted from the energy she had expanded.  And no one 
noticed the broach she now wore with her everywhere.

**End Flashback**

	Usagi clutched the broach subconsciously and grinned, 
a small giggle escaping her lips.  Bulma turned to face her.  
"What's so funny girl?"
	Usagi put a hand to her head and giggled some more, 
"Nothing." She responded lamely.
	This got Chichi interested, "Oh now we know you're 
lying!"
	Usagi jumped out of her seat and giggled some more, 
"Am not!  I'm just happy is all!"
	Bulma placed her hands on her hips and looked 
dubiously towards Chichi.  But before they could object 
Usagi continued again.  "Hey, you girls promised me that 
you'd take me shopping today!"
	Bulma laughed, "Of course, I just thought you two 
would want some more time."
	"Time for what?" demanded Chichi, her voice lowering a 
notch.
	Bulma gulped, "You know, to get over the whole shock 
thing." She responded her voice getting louder, "I was just 
trying to be considerate!  I thought you'd need some time to 
get over what's happened to Goku."
	Chichi visibly calmed down.  "Oh Bulma that's really 
nice of you but I couldn't be happier now that I know he's 
alive." She glanced at Usagi who was watching the scene with 
mute fascination.  "And I'm sure it's the same for Ms. 
Tsukino over there."
	Usagi nodded and Bulma seemed satisfied enough, "Ok 
then, let's go!" she exclaimed grabbing Usagi and Chichi by 
the wrist and dragging them off.
	Usagi started giggling as Bulma pulled the girls 
along.
	The passed the area where the Nameks were playing an 
assortment of games.  And Usagi noticed Piccolo talking to 
little Dinde and Gohan, Chichi shouted at Gohan to tell him 
where she was going and Vegeta; who was leaning against a 
nearby tree, shook his head, "Bunch of Ditzes." He mumbled 
and Bulma stopped long enough to stick her tongue out at him 
in defiance.
	Usagi giggled, and whispered something to Bulma that 
no one else could hear.  Bulma went beet read and her eyes 
practically lit on fire.  "I would NEVER even DREAM OF IT!  
How can you POSSIBLY THINK that I COULD- could...  AHHH!" 
She threw her arms into the air and Usagi grinned in 
triumph.  So much like Rei...

*****

	A little while later the three girls arrived at the 
shopping mall ready to do some serious shopping.  Usagi 
squealed in delight and ran to the first store, ready to get 
herself some clothes of her own, it was a very nice little 
store and Usagi immediately headed to a rack of pretty 
pastel dresses.  She found a nice pink one with a tiny white 
bunny that would be over her heart when she wore it and 
admired herself in the mirror.
	"It's perfect for you!" exclaimed Bulma.
	Usagi grinned, "I love it!" but then she looked at the 
price tag and her smile dropped.  "Oh Bulma I know you said 
you'd pay for anything I wanted but this just costs too 
much."
	Bulma didn't even flinch and never even asked how much 
it had cost, "Nothing's too much Usagi-chan, remember that."
	"But Bulma...-chan, this is-" 
	Bulma cut her off, "Usagi-chan, did I not mention that 
I'm rich?"
	Usagi's jaw dropped, and Bulma continued.  "I told you 
my dad owns Capsule Corp. right?"
	Usagi nodded slowly, "Well," finished Bulma, "don't 
you know that Capsule Corp. is the biggest corporation 
around, I'm probably one of the richest people on the 
planet!  So go ahead buy what you want!"
	Usagi's grin couldn't have been bigger as she hugged 
Bulma and the real shopping spree began.

*

	2 hours later the three young women sat in the food 
court sipping cold drinks with a multitude of bags around 
them.  All three were laughing deliriously, "Oh I've never 
had so much fun shopping before!" exclaimed Chichi.  Usagi 
smiled lifting her head up from her food, the girls had 
finally gotten uses to her eating habits but it was still 
intriguing.  "You should try it more often Chichi-chan, it's 
lots of fun, it's more fun when you've got Bulma's kind of 
money but even window shopping with my friends back home is 
one of the best things in the world.
	Chichi finished chewing her food and looked at Usagi, 
shifting a tad nervously in her seat. "If you don't mind 
Usagi we know what set up this dimensional rift thing on our 
side.  I mean Namek blowing up was huge but... what happened 
in your dimension?"
	Usagi swallowed her food and looked down in thought. 
 She knew this was going to happen eventually, but how much 
to tell them.  Unlike the people here she had a secret 
identity and was terribly reluctant to give it away.  What 
to say?  She was about to try and change the subject, being 
at a loss for what to say.  When a cry of fear erupted from 
near-by.  Usagi leapt to her feet instinctively and ran in 
the direction of the cry, Bulma and Chichi started but were 
soon hot on her tail.
	She arrived outside the small bank and noticed that it 
was being held up.  The gun man fired several shots into the 
air and a hoard of people rushed towards the trio nearly 
knocking them down in their panic to get away.  Usagi took 
this opportunity to slip quietly away.  She couldn't just 
stand there and let this happen, even if she WAS used to 
dealing with youma!
	She slipped into a now empty halfway, probably leading 
to and employee area and raised her hand in the air.
	"Moon Prism Power, MAKE-UP!"  She welcomed the rush of 
power happily, now fully relieved that she could help the 
innocent again, she smiled as she realized the ginzuishou 
was on a powerful chain around her neck.  She then rushed 
out of her hiding place towards the hold-up.  She wasn't 
sure exactly sure as to what she was going to do, she knew 
she couldn't try and stop the man while he had a gun pointed 
at the clerk's head.  So she slid up just beside the door; 
surprisingly gracefully, and waited for a moment.  Then she 
carefully poked her head around the corner to see the clerk 
stuffing money into a bag.  She made a mental not of where 
the innocent by-standers were, including Bulma and Chichi; 
Bulma with a strange green thing over one eye.  Moon passed 
it off, she had more important things to worry about.
	The robber had his back to her but when she pocked her 
head around again the clerk saw her, Sailor Moon motioned 
for the woman and the others that may have seen her to be 
quite and vaulted up to the tiny ledge above the doorframe.  
Convenient that, she thought, as she heard the robber coming 
towards her.  He backed carefully out of the door looking 
behind him and to both sides but thankfully not above.  His 
gun was still trained on the poor clerk though.  She waited 
patiently, trying not to klutz out as the robber assured 
himself that there was no one who could harm him nearby and 
turned ever so slightly.  And at that moment when his gun 
wasn't facing anyone Sailor Moon sprung.
	She launched herself from the top of the door and 
landed a hard kick on the robbers head; counting on her 
super strength to knock him out.  The gun went off with a 
bang and the bullet buried itself in the wall.  Moon let out 
a shriek of surprise for she had never heard a real gun fire 
up close before and almost tripped when she reached the 
ground but she quickly tucked into a roll and came up facing 
the robber.  He was still conscious but incredibly dazed, 
his bag of money dropped and bills were lying everywhere.  
But more importantly he had momentarily forgotten the gun in 
his hand.  That moment was all Sailor Moon needed as she 
cried, "Sailor KICK!" and knocked the gun out of the man's 
hand. It was sent flying into the bank where a clerk 
snatched it up and hid it so the man couldn't retrieve it. 
Moon twirled around and knocked the man off his feet and as 
his head hit the ground police burst in through one door of 
the mall, and from the other direction came two very 
familiar faces.  Piccolo and Vegeta.
	Moon knew why the police were here but Piccolo and 
Vegeta's presence worried her, and she knew she should get 
out of there fast.
	She gave and o.k. sign to the police and then 
proceeded to take off through the 5 or 6 that were there in 
the exact opposite direction that the two soldiers were.  
She moved at a faster speed then she thought she could and 
was outside in seconds.  "Guess all that dodging finally 
paid off." She mumbled to herself, and started off to find a 
quite place to de-transform and then go join Bulma and 
Chichi again.

****

	Later that evening after Usagi had fallen asleep in 
Bulma's guest room; as they were staying there for a while, 
in a small room not to far away, Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan, 
Bulma and Chichi were sitting down to discuss this 'Sailor 
Moon's' appearance.
	Vegeta and Piccolo were both standing but at opposite 
side of the small room shooting the occasional glare at each 
other.  Bulma and Chichi were sitting across from each other 
on cushions and Gohan was sitting cross-legged beside his 
mother but on Piccolo's side of the room.
	"Ok Bulma, so what did your scanner say her power 
level was?" asked Piccolo, eager to get this sorted out.
	Bulma sighed, "Well I didn't get the initial flash of 
power that you guys said you felt; but afterwards I got 4 
different power readings, first there was the broach on her 
chest that was at about 1000.  And then the tiara on her 
forehead was at about 1500, something to watch out for if 
she decides to change her attitude, it might be a weapon.  
The other two left something out though, I'm certain of it, 
there was a small jewel hanging on a tiny chain around her 
neck, its power kept fluctuating from 2000 to 4000.  And 
finally there's her own power level, that was fluctuating 
with the crystal except it went from 1500 to 3500.  Though I 
have a feeling that with the last two much of her power is 
hidden away, like we can do here.  Except it's different 
somehow, I can't put my finger on it though."  Bulma 
finished her speech, and Vegeta nodded his head.
	"She didn't seem like that great of a fighter," he 
stated, "but that flash of power we felt can't be ignored."
	Piccolo nodded in agreement.  "She's probably keeping 
something secret.  Now to figure out who she was..."
	Chichi spoke up here, "Well let's see, she had a 
wonderful figure, blond hair done up in tiny balls on her 
head and blond streamers that fell from the balls."
	Gohan suddenly started talking, "Hey guys, where was 
Usagi during all of this?"
	Bulma shrugged, "When she found us afterwards she said 
she got lost in the crowd and hid when she realized she 
couldn't help."
	Chichi shook her head, "Wait a minute, that doesn't 
make any sense, she was the one that pulled us in that 
direction in the first place.  And it was after she 
disappeared that Sailor Moon appeared."
	Gohan picked this up immediately, "This is the first 
real incident since Usagi gained consciousness, *and* she's 
been holding something from us ever since she arrived."
	Bulma's eyes widened, "When we tried to ask her what 
happened in her dimension that was as powerful as Namek 
exploding." She paused, "But Sailor Moon's not that 
powerful."
	Piccolo shook his head, "This all makes too much 
sense, Vegeta and I found her out in Chichi's garden a 
nights ago after feeling a burst of power and she denied 
seeing anything.  We passed it off then, but at that point 
in time we didn't know that there would be any powerful 
female warriors."
	Vegeta nodded slowly, "Even in the Saijan race female 
warriors were rarely incredibly strong..." he trailed off, 
he might be cold, calm, and collected, but even her felt the 
loss of his race.  Maybe that was why he stayed here with 
these humans.  'No' he thought to himself, 'I stay because 
Kakorott will be coming back soon and I'm going to find out 
how he became a Super Saijan!'
	Gohan shook his head, "But even if she is, why 
wouldn't she tell us?  It's not like we've kept any secrets 
from her!"
	Chichi looked pensive for a moment, "Yes but we don't 
have secrets to keep really."
	"What do you mean Chichi?" asked Piccolo.
	"Think of it this way, you guys don't keep your 
identities a secret because if someone attacks you, you can 
immediately attack back.  But if this is Usagi, I mean look 
at her, she's so small and fragile, and she looks like she 
would brake if touched to hard.  Maybe this is a 
transformation she can do and so she keeps it a secret so no 
one thinks to harm her when she's not transformed."
	The room was silent for a moment.  Until Vegeta shook 
his head, "Something's still missing though-"

***

	Meanwhile up in a tiny little room Usagi was tossing 
and turning in her bed, unable to sleep.  Vegeta and Piccolo 
had been worried about her, well Sailor Moon, but her none 
the less...  Why?  She certainly didn't use any of her 
powers, noting spectacular for them to see.  So the only 
possible reason would be that they could feel power.  But 
still this was her original transformation, her power was no 
where near theirs in this state.
	She tossed and turned some more until she could take 
it no more and jumped out of bed.  She slipped some casual 
clothes and went for a walk.  She wandered the building for 
a while, making sure not to leave the area she was in, in 
case she got lost.  She wandered aimlessly, without a sound 
until she reached a door with voices coming from behind it.  
She wasn't one to eavesdrop so she started to head away when 
she heard someone say Sailor Moon.  Well now this 
conversation included her, and she had every right, she 
thought to herself and pressed her ear up to the door.
	They were discussing her all right, it seemed normal 
enough, until she heard her name mentioned.  She let a 
little yelp and clamped her hands over her mouth.  No!  They 
couldn't know!  But as she listened some more she realized 
that they did know and there was no way she could change 
their minds now.
	"Oh dear," she muttered to herself, "Why isn't the 
magic working, how can they possible make the connection?" 
she paused and a look of confusion crossed her face, "What 
if they're supposed to know?  But why were my feelings 
leading me the other way?"
	She sighed, she might as well get this over with, let 
them know that she knows they know.
	She listened for a moment as Chichi, with her strange 
yet accurate insights told the rest what she had tried so 
hard to keep secret.  And then Vegeta:
	"Something's still missing though-"
	That's when Usagi opened the door and stepped in.  
"You're right Vegeta, there is a lot missing."
	Several little gasps came from the people in the room 
as she sat down on a spare cushion and took off her broach.  
It lay in her hand with surprisingly little weight.  She 
studied it for a moment a let out a small laugh.
	"So you figured out my little secret." She said, no 
one answered, "I'm surprised though, Queen Serenity's magic 
is supposed to stop you from figuring it out..."  she leaned 
back against the wall.  "I suppose now that you know I 
should tell you everything..."
	And so she did, every thing from the Silver Millennium 
to the present day, and by the end of it she was in tears.  
"...And I don't know if I'll ever get my Eternal powers 
back, mother said that I will, but... but..." She started 
crying again and Chichi moved to her and cradled her in her 
arms.
	Usagi cried for a while letting all the tension that 
had been building up in her come flying out in streams of 
tears.  And after she was done she just lay there in 
Chichi's arms; relief flooded her but she didn't know what 
to do now.
	She took a deep breath and whispered a thank you to 
Chichi who took her hint and went back to her seat.  Usagi's 
eyes scanned the room, Bulma and Chichi were looking at her 
with sympathy, and Gohan was confused and tired.  Piccolo's 
face was unreadable as usual but Vegeta was as easy to read 
as a book.
	Usagi shook her head, "I don't blame you Vegeta," she 
said Vegeta gave her an inquisitive look and Usagi 
continued.  "You think I'm a useless cry-baby just like 
everyone else, you're just like Rei except you care even 
less!  Well that's just fine because I'm used to people 
thinking that.  And if that makes me a weak person to you 
well you can take a hike!" she stood up in front of the 
Saijan prince sticking her small nose in his face.  Vegeta 
just turned his head and gave her his typical indignant 
look.  "And if you think that emotions are a weakness then 
you have no idea what life is all about!  I would have died 
a long time ago if it weren't for my emotions, my love for 
my friends and their love for me.  So don't even say it!"
	And with that she left the room, having completely 
exhausted her resources.  She went up to her room, crawled 
into the soft bed and fell asleep.

****

Well that's it for part 2.  Woo!  That took a slightly 
different turn then I first anticipated... Oh well!  Just 
means I'll get to my next part faster then anticipated!

Next Time:  Goku and the senshi took to each other rather 
quickly, but this new born friendship will be put to the test 
when during a fight they discovers Goku has been keeping 
several secrets from them as well.

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