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Catch up time: Last time on -The Way Things Work Out- The sailor senshi learned about their past, no I mean future, doh. Any way, other than that, Vegita and the inners are at each others throats, just in fun of course. I personaly think Vegita like it. Don't ask me why. Well, right now I can't think of anything else that happened. Oh, yeah, and Vegita's new name for Goku is stupid. Now isn't that just the sweetest thing. :P Oh well, now on with chpter four of -The Way Things Work Out-.

The Way Things Work Out.

--Chapter 4-- Lets Tango

By: Genki Dama

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'Hello. Chichi? This is Bulma.' 

"Oh hi, Bulma, how are you doing?" 

'Um, we have a, uh, situation.' 

"Huh? What is it?" 

'Well, since last night the girls won't stop crying. Espessily, um, what was her 

name,...Usagi. That's it.' 

"So, what am I supposed to do about it?" 

'Well, I don't know. But in all of their crying they kept saying something about 

not wanting to die.' 

"So?" 

'Well don't you think that's just a bit weird? I mean, last night we talked about the destruction of Crystal Tokyo and now they're wailing about dying.' 

"Mmm. You have a point. Could just be coincidence." 

'Maybe, and maybe they lived through the earth freezing over. But then again, how could they know about it before hand?' 

"Hmm. Don't know. This IS weird." 

'I don't think they have told us everything about themselves yet.' 

"Well, why don't ask them about it." 

'I tried. But the blue haired girl, ..Ami, said that I should just leave them alone. So, now they've locked themselves away in their room.' 

"Well, maybe I could ask my girls. They might know something." 

'Alright. I'm going to try and get them out of there with breakfast.' 

"Ok, see you later Bulma." 

'Good bye.'

Chichi hung up the phone and walked back to the kitchen. 

'Poor Bulma. At least I got the well behaved ones.' 

Setsuna walked in and sat down. She was wearing a bath robe Chichi had left in her room. "Good morning Chichi-san." 

"Good morning Sets. Setas." 

"Setsuna." 

"Oh, Setsuna. Right. Sorry." 

"Its ok." 

"Your friends are giving Bulma quite a hard way to go." 

"Really? How so?" 

"The way she put it, they were up crying all night and saying something along the lines of, 'I don't want to die!' Kept Bulma AND Vegita up all night long." 

"Hmm. Sounds like them alright." 

Chichi put down the potato she was peeling and turned around. "Is there some thing you haven't told us yet?" 

"About what?" 

"The way Bulma and I figure it, you people are somehow associated with Crystal Tokyo." 

"Why do you think that?" 

"Well, your friends started crying RIGHT after Gohan explained Crystal Tokyo to you." 

"That doesn't explain anything. Maybe they just thought it was a very sad story." 

"Maybe. But, then they start saying, I don't want to die?" 

"Uhh." Setsuna stared looking slightly distressed. 

"Ah hah. I thought as much. You ARE hiding something." 

"Uh, no we're not. Any way, it would be our business and not yours." 

"Well, you can be that way. We open up our house and our knowledge to you, and all you can do is keep to your secrets. Well, FINE!" 

Chichi spun back around and began peeling potatoes again. She remembered when 

she used this tactic on Goku and Gohan to pry little secrets out of them. She 

smiled to herself. Maybe it would work on Setsuna too. 

Setsuna, on the other hand, was just sitting there. Stunned by Chichi's sudden change of attitude. 'Maybe I should tell her about Usagi being Neo-queen Serenity. But that could throw the time stream out of whack. But then again, I did send Chibi-Usa and the others into the future, and we are HERE.'

"Chichi-san don't be mad. Uh, I have something to tell you.

***

"Will you girls please come out now?" 

"No, please go away." 

"But its lunch time." 

"PLEASE, go away." 

"Not until you open this door." 

"We will not. Can't you see our friend is in distress?" 

"Not with this door closed I can't." 

"Look maybe you could just bring us our food." 

"Ohhh no. I'm not doing that again. Ok, if you guys don't come out of there I'll just have to get Vegeta. How's that for you?" 

"Fine." The door opened and Ami stepped out. She quickly closed the door 

behind her. 

"What in the world are you doing in there." 

"Well, we WERE trying to calm Usagi and Chi-Usa down." 

"What's wrong." 

"Oh, they're still upset over last night." 

"What got them crying like that?" 

"Remember? The story your friend told us?" 

"So, why should that make them upset? Its just a bunch of facts about the 

past?" 

"JUST A BUNCH OF FACTS?!" 

"Woah, calm down." 

"Listen, that's our future you're down playing!!" 

"What?" 

Ami's hand went to cover her mouth as she realized her slip of tongue. "Nothing. Nothing at all." She began feeling for the door handle behind her. 

"Come on. I'm only trying to help." 

"No." Ami found the handle and quickly backed into the room, shutting the door behind her. 

"I wonder what I did wrong."

*** 

"So you're friend is actually this Neo-queen Serenity person?" 

Setsuna kept her head down. "Mm hm." 

"And the others are her royal guard?" 

"Yes." 

"And the pink haired kid is her future daughter who just happened to be visiting the past when you were brought here?" 

"Uh huh." 

"And Mamoru is her future husband?" 

"Yeah." 

"I see. So then what are you?" 

Setsuna sighed. "The guardian of time." 

"Guardian of time huh?" 

"Yeah." 

"You do realize the only reason I believe you is the unique way your friends are acting?" 

"I know." 

"I can't believe you didn't tell someone sooner." 

"I'm sorry." 

"Its ok. No one would have believed you anyway." 

"Thanks, I guess." 

Just then, Goku fell over from behind a door. He looked up at his wife. "Uh, hi." 

"GOKU!? Were you listening in on our private conversation?" 

"Sorry, but I was going to get something to eat and heard you two talking." 

"So, you stood there and spied?" 

"I didn't want to bother you." 

"Its ok you two. I don't mind that he heard." 

"Really?" 

"No, you probably would have found out anyway. Eventually." 

"Well, Goku, it seems you're off the hook, again." 

Goku took this opportunity to get up off the floor. He stood and took a seat at the table. "I have a question for you Setsuna." 

"Yes?" 

"Well, if ..Usagi is Neo-queen Serenity how come none of us can feel this enormous power she's supposed to possess?" 

"What?" 

"Well, Gohan said that Neo-queen Serenity used some kind of huge power to melt the earth, or something." 

"No, Goku. Melt the ice ON the earth." 

"Oh." 

"That's right. So?" 

"So, why can't we feel it." 

"Feel it?" 

"You see, Goku here and all of his friends can sense a person's ki." 

"Wow, that's incredible." 

"Actually it's pretty common place around here." 

"Oh." 

"Well, anyway, I'd like to see this power." 

"See it?" 

"In action." 

"Oh, well, maybe." 

"You know, Goku, Setsuna says that the rest of them have powers too." 

"REALLY?" Goku looked at Setsuna eagerly. 

"Oh, I knew I was going to regret saying that."

*** 

"Thank you Vegeta." 

"Hmph." 

"You can go back to your training now." 

"Hmph." Vegeta crossed his arms and walked off. 

"Now you see, I told you I'd get him." 

"But..." 

"No buts. Now, Chichi just called and told me something neat." 

"What would that be?" Usagi's wailing had by now died down to a sniffle. 

"She told me that YOU.." She pointed at Usagi. "are Neo-queen Serenity." 

Minako gasped. "How did she find out?" 

"Setsuna told her." 

"Figures one of those outers would have talked." 

"She, also said that Goku would like to see your powers in action." 

"WHAT?!" 

"I said, Goku would like to see your powers." 

"What for?" 

"I don't know. Knowing him he's probably going to end up training one you." 

"Training?" 

"You know. To be a fighter." 

"But we ARE fighters." 

"To Goku, that's just as good if not better. I thought that this could let you all know the rest of us better, and to get an excuse for getting you out of that room." 

"But I don't wanna." 

"Oh, quit whining." Rei gently swapped the back of Usagi's head. 

"Well, are you coming or not." 

"Oh, I guess." 

"Go get in the air car then." 

The girls plodded out the door. 

"VEGETA!" 

"WHAT?" 

"COME ON!" 

"I'M NOT GOING ANY WHERE!" 

"THEN I'M NOT FIXING SUPPER FOR YOU." A minute later Vegeta walked in. 

"Stupid, arrogant,self-righteous," He walked out the door with Bulma right 

behind him. "demanding,controlling, idiotic,..."

*** 

"Kakarot!" 

Goku looked up from his lawn chair. "Hi, Vegeta." 

"I'm going to kill you!" 

"I'm happy you came over too." 

"Why did you make Bulma drag me out of my gravity room to come over here?" Vegeta sat down in the empty lawn chair next to Goku. 

"Well, that tall green haired girl over there.." He pointed at Setsuna. "said that all of them have special powers. And she got your girls to agree to 

demonstrate them for us. And," He leaned over to whisper in Vegeta's ear. "if 

we're lucky, maybe we'll get to spar with them." 

"Really?" Vegeta got a slight gleam in his eye. 

"Yup." 

"I guess I'll wait till later to kill you then." 

"You're welcome."

****

The girls stood up on a hill a slight distance from their hosts.

"Ok, guys if they want to see our power so bad then lets show them everything we 

got. It might intimidate them." 

"So, what if it does?" 

"I don't know." Usagi clenched her fists. "Well, lets give it to them for bugging us when we were in distress." 

"RIGHT!" 

"Mercury crystal power!" 

"Mars crystal power!" 

"Jupiter crystal power!" 

"Venus crystal power!" 

"Pluto crystal power!" 

"Uranus crystal power!" 

"Neptune crystal power!" 

"Saturn crystal power!" 

"Moon crisis power!" 

"Moon crisis power!" 

"MAKE UP!" 

****

Vegeta and Goku now both had sun glasses on and were watching the show with minimal fascination. 

"Soda, Vegeta?" 

"Sure, this may take a while at the rate they're going." Goku reached into a cooler next to his chair and pulled out two cokes. He handed one to Vegeta. 

"Seems as though they're about done doing... whatever it is they're doing."

Goku looked up at the newly transformed Sailor Senshi. "Alright!"


- END CHAPTER 4 -

Well, rack up another chapter for the Genki. Did you notice the cameo by COKE? And if you didn't notice Vegeta talks in code. "I'm going to kill you." means, "Hello." And "I guess I'll wait till later to kill you then." means, "Oh, well, thanks then." Oh, and before I forget. Has anyone out there noticed that Bra isn't at home? Well, in case you're wondering, she's off at collage. I think I may have her come in later though. Also, I appreciate all the e-mail I'm getting from you guys. Thanks. 

Next time on -The Way Things Work Out-: the senshi demonstrate their power, the two saiya-jins will decide to have some fun, the cats will show up again in an unexpected place, and as always the two cats (you know who they are) will sleep on, and on, and on... -Next time. Till then. :P

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