Declaimer: I own no rights to Sailor Moon or Dragon Ball Z.

This is a prequel to my Cosmos in Gotham City story. For those of you who have already red that, some of this will be a recap. For those of you who haven't, read this first, then check out Cosmos in Gotham City.

The Beginning of Forever

Tears poured down her face as she looked around her. The Earth was barren and broken, small fires burnt all around, and scattered about her lay the bodies of her beloved friends. Usagi cried out. Her new white uniform of Sailor Cosmos was covered in her own blood.

Falling to her knees next to Mamoru, she pulled out the Silver Crystal and begged it to revive her loved ones. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Pluto, Luna and Artemis all lay, covered in blood on this final battle ground. Again, and again, she tried everything she could to bring them back; reincarnate them, anything; but nothing happened.

Their foe had been strong; stronger than anything they had ever confronted before. They faced utter defeat, the destruction on the planet when they all agreed to pool their strength together and give it to Eternal Sailor Moon. The power given to her from all Eternal Scouts, Tuxedo Mask, Luna and Artemis had given Usagi a new form: Sailor Cosmos.

She used the last of her strength to hit their enemy with one last, gigantic blast. As their enemy faded into nothingness, Sailor Cosmos turned around to rejoice with her friends, to find them all laying lifelessly, de-transformed and bleeding.

Finally realizing her efforts were futile, she gathered her friends one by one, and returned their bodies to their families. At the fragile age of 25 they had all perished protecting their planet. Tears continued to fall as she explained to each family the sacrifice their loved ones had made, and the truth of who they really were.

Last, she delivered her beloved husband to her family; the only family he had. Standing in front of her mother, father and brother, she laid the broken bodies of Mamoru and Luna on the grass. She sobbed as she told them what had happened. Shingo, who had been very close to Mamoru, even punched the Sailor Scout, causing her to fall to her knees in anguish and loose her transformation.

"I'm so sorry," she sobbed. She leaned over her husband's dead body again, and shook with sobs.

"Usagi," Shingo dropped down beside her and enveloped her in a hug. "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you."

"It's okay," she said between sobs. "You had every right."

Ikuko and Kenji embraced both their children.

"It's all my fault, I wasn't strong enough to protect them," Usagi cried.

"Please, don't talk like that," Ikuko pleaded. "I'm so very happy you're safe."

Kenji pulled his only daughter close to him. "I agree with your mother, I'm just happy your safe."

"I should have died with the rest of them," the Moon Princess sobbed.

"No," Shingo said. "You're Sailor Moon, you're invincible."

Usagi cried harder now. "Only because of them. They risked their lives to save mine."

Unable to say anything, the Tsukino family watched the blonde girl cry until she finally fell asleep.

No more than a week later was she standing in the graveyard, watching her entire life disappear into the ground. All her scouts had been buried in a matter of days; and now she watched her beloved husband vanish from her forever.

Usagi had been fortunate enough to keep her identity secret through everything that had happened. Everyone had been too preoccupied with their own troubles to see her de-transform that fateful night on her parent's lawn. She was grateful; the city had begun to question Sailor Moon's presence; was she good or was she bad? Their last battle had destroyed many buildings, and claimed more lives than Usagi would have liked. But she had saved the planet from annihilation. She was a hero, all be it, a dangerous one.

For weeks, Usagi hid inside her dark and lonely apartment, trying desperately to not lose her will to live. She begged the moon to bring her friends back. Cried until she had no more tears in her body, and ate so little she almost withered away.

The future she was looking forward to was gone. There would be no Crystal Tokyo, no peace, and no Chibi-Usa. She would never be Neo Queen Serenity, and there would never be a King Endymion. Everything she thought she knew was gone. No longer would her scouts stand beside her in everything she did. She was now alone.

A knock on her door pulled her out of the darkness in her head.

"Usagi?" A familiar voice called. "It's me, Naru."

"Naru?" Usagi whispered.

"Usagi, I'm worried about you, will you please let me in?" Naru's voice travelled through the door once more.

Usagi quietly got up and opened the door to one of her oldest friends.

Naru walked in and her face fell. "Oh, Usagi." She embraced her friend in a tight hug. "I've been so worried about you."

"I'm sorry, Naru," Usagi replied quietly.

"You look like hell, no offense," Naru told the blonde.

"I feel like hell," Usagi replied. She wobbled slightly.

"When's the last time you ate?" Naru questioned.

Usagi's eyes met the floor. "I can't remember," she answered quietly.

"I figured, so I brought you some goodies," Naru said helping her friend sit on the couch.

"Thank you, Naru."

Her friend handed her some food and a soda, and sat in silence with her while she ate. "How are you holding up?" She asked after Usagi had finished.

"Oh, Naru," Usagi squeaked, trying to hold back her tears. "I miss them all so much. Especially Mamo; it's so lonely here." The tears broke free, and began to run down her face once more.

Naru, engulfed the girl in another hug. "C'mon, let's get you in the bath and out of this house. Things will get better. Plus, everyone misses you at work, we all want you to come back."

Usagi nodded. Her friend helped her to the bathroom. Starring at herself in the mirror she began to hate her long locks, those blonde curls belonged to someone who didn't live anymore. "Naru, do you think I would look cute with short hair?"

Naru speculated for a moment. "You know, I think you would, and that might just be the change you need. Let's get you washed and we'll take you to the salon."

Usagi did as her friend suggested. A few hours later she was walking out of the salon sporting a new, very short hair style.

A few days later Usagi went back to work. And that's what she did; she buried herself in her job and let the years pass.

And they did, many years passed since that awful night. Many years in which Sailor Cosmos had not been needed, and in which Usagi didn't age.

At the age of 69 she still looked like she was 25. Her friends and family had all grown old, some had even passed away; yet here she was, still as young and nimble as ever. At the age of 70 she decided to move to America. Her never ending youth had started to gain her unwanted attention in Japan.

When her brother, Shingo, finally passed away of old age, Usagi decided that she needed to leave Earth for a while. As Sailor Cosmos, she could fly, and breathe in space. So, when she was 80 she sold all of her belongings, and placed all her money into a savings bond, finally taking to the darkness of space.

As she flew through the solar system, she sent love and apologies to each planet for the loss of their princesses. Once again missing her friends terribly. As Pluto disappeared from her sight, she surrounded herself in a protective shield, and fell into a deep sleep, letting space take her where it would.

"Hey, are you okay?" A strong masculine voice penetrated her dreams.

"Where did she come from?" Another voice asked.

"She just fell from the sky," the first voice replied. "What kind of alien is she? I've never seen that kind of armor before."

"It doesn't look like armor at all," the second voice commented.

Usagi stirred, and began to open her eyes.

"Look, she's moving," the first voice said. "Hey lady, are you okay?"

She tried to move, unable to for some reason. Her eyes opened to see a muscular figure with black spikey hair standing over her.

Where is she? And are the inhabitants of this planet friendly? You'll have to wait and find out. Please review. I know this chapter didn't flow as well as I would have liked, it was just to set the scene. Chack back for more.

Gohaun