Time After Time

Summary: After losing Mamoru to the negaverse, Usagi faces betrayal from her own scouts. Heartbroken, Usagi makes a wish that gets granted by her crystal. By a twist of fate, Usagi finds herself thrown back in time, right at the start. Can she change things around this time?

Chapter 1

Usagi sat on her bed, clutching her pillow to her chest. Her eyes were rooted on the shining silver crystal on the palm of her hand. Her hair was unnaturally long, glowing silver as tears fell from her eyes. She had never felt so alone. Heartbroken, tears streamed down her face as anger coursed through her.

It had been a week since Mamoru was taken from her. Her heart felt very cold since then. The Zoicite stole Mamoru. And she, even with the most powerful crystal in the world, she couldn't save him. She couldn't keep him safe. She sobbed and rubbed her eyes. While the revelation of Mamoru being her Tuxedo Mask and her Prince Endymion had surprised her, she was achingly missing Mamoru. As much as she tried to ignore her feelings for Mamoru by fighting him, she knew underneath. She knew that she loved Mamoru himself. She always gravitated towards him. She had even felt jealous when they went on that date one time.

She had always felt torn as she knew she had strong feelings for both Tuxedo Mask and Mamoru. So, to find out that they were both the same enhanced her feelings. Her memories of Endymion only added to that. She sobbed again and held the pillow tighter. She didn't even have a picture of him.

"Oh Mamo-chan…if only I was stronger. If only I could have protected you…" she lamented as she looked at the crystal thoughtfully, "I have never felt more so alone…"

Not only had she lost Mamoru to the negaverse, the revelation of her being the princess had sent shockwaves throughout the senshis. While she got all of Serenity's memories and adjusted to it, the senshis didn't get their memories back. All they saw was her transformation and the silver crystal's formations. That proved she was the Moon Princess but they had no memories to bridge the gap. Due to that she had felt a disconnect with the senshis, especially with how they were treating her. She had even felt their judging glances at point when they had been with her.

Usagi knew her personality in this life was different than when she was raised as a princess. But she knew, even back then she had been a flighty, curious girl. She was a klutz even then. If she hadn't been then she never would have been Endymion. The only difference was that back then she was trained to be the perfect grace in front of delegates and her people. In her own space she could drop the mask. But as Usagi Tsukino, she had no reason to put up the mask. She had a caring, loving family. So her assimilation of her identity wasn't hard. The same couldn't be said for her senshis. She had felt the distance since her revelation but she didn't realise just how bad it was until she stumbled across it in the last meeting in Rei's house.

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After days of staying inside her room, Usagi made her way to the senshi meeting she knew was taking place in Rei's shrine.

She had needed time to come in terms with her memories and also to mourn the loss of Mamoru. She had been avoiding the senshis so she can come to terms with them in peace. Though she hadn't heard from them in a while. So, deciding on her course of actions, she decided to find them and talk as she still hasn't had time to talk with her inner senshis.

So finally now ready, she made her way to the shrine. She had found out from her communicator that they were holding a meeting. Feeling a little lighter, she walked up the stairs and made her way to the room where they usually held the meeting. She greeted Rei's grandfather pleasantly with a smile, before she walked her way.

Once she was there, she clasped the door. But, before she could open it and announce herself, a loud voice from the inside of the room stopped her.

"I can't believe someone as irresponsible as that odango is the princess we are meant to protect!" she could hear Rei's voice echoing, annoyance tinged.

Usagi stiffened and her eyes widened. Rei couldn't…Rei couldn't mean that right? She was her friend, despite all the banter it was just a banter. She couldn't mean that.

"I know…I had expected the Moon Princess to be intelligent and powerful but Usagi…she is not what I expected. And we have to protect her? We protect her anyway during the battle. How can someone like her be that? It just doesn't make sense." Ami's voice echoed.

Usagi felt her heart now grow cold. They were doing this. They were talking about her like this?

"Yes, Usagi is sweet but the Princess? Being our Princess means that she has to be strong and eventually lead the world but Usagi, I can't see her as a leader. Or a princess to be honest" Makoto's voice ran out.

"Frankly I should have been the princess and the leader, I am actually responsible unlike that klutz" Rei spoke.

"Enough!" a new voice spoke out, though Usagi recognised this as Mina's voice, "She is our princess. How dare you speak about her like this? Like it or not Mars, you are not Serenity. So you need to get a grip of yourself. We are her protectors, how dare you all speak of such treason!" Mina's voice rang out, clearly anger in her voice.

"You're only saying that because you just joined the team Venus. You have no idea how useless Usagi is, she can't do anything. She is terrible in school, she has no manners and she isn't strong. It just doesn't make sense that she is the Moon Princess or that she uses the crystal. I'd rather take the crystal to protect it, who knows she might misuse or lose it…" Rei's voice echoed.

Feeling betrayal running through her and unable to hear anymore, Usagi turned and ran away. She ignored the confusion on Rei's grandfather. She just needed to go away. These girls were nothing like her friends from the past.

That itself was two days ago. Since then she had barricaded herself, ignoring the calls she had been getting from the communicator from the girls.

Like hell she was going to communicate the girls who were willing to steal her own heritage. Shingo and her family were getting worried but she couldn't do it. She couldn't go to school with those traitors. She cried more as she looked at her crystal. She was alone, her senshis betrayed her and Mamoru was trapped in the enemy's hands.

Her tear fell on the crystal as her heart cried.

"I wish…I wish I could go back and change things. If I did then I wouldn't be here now. Oh Mamo-chan…"

Usagi closed her eyes in distress. With her eyes closed, she didn't notice the shining silver light that the silver crystal was emitting. It pulsed out. Feeling it getting warmer, Usagi opened her eyes and looked at the crystal in her hands. She gasped at the bright light it was shining out.

And then everything went white.