NOTICE: I do not own Sailor Moon. She belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. I'm just a fan, and this is my original fan-fiction story. Please read, review, and enjoy!

Setting: Post Sailor Stars.

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It was a warm, breezy day as Usagi sat sulking over her soda in the ice cream shop. She and Mamoru had just a huge blow up on the telephone. She couldn't remember when she was this angry! She had told him she was a "slightly tired" of hearing about his lab partner at Harvard, Bridget. For a while now he had been writing to her about how funny, nice, helpful, and everything else she was. She was an "A" student in chemistry; she was helping him to perfect is English; blah, blah, blah. She didn't mind him having platonic girl friends in Japan or America, but she felt his writing was too mushy. In their monthly telephone call, she had told him so; the back and forth started, then escalated. Usagi's last words to Mamoru before hang up was, "I hope you two are very happy together, Mamoru! Good bye!"

Now she was reflecting on their fight. Grant it, they hadn't broken up. She was just angry, and she wanted it to sink into Mamoru's head that she was tired of hearing about Bridget. She sighed heavily and crossed her arms. Maybe in about, oh, three or four she'd write back to apologize for her tone

(and her tone only!).

Then, her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice. "What's wrong, Usagi? I've never seen you this upset before!".

Usagi looked up to see the green haired Guardian of Time giving her a concerned look.

"Setsuna! Are you here by yourself?"

"Yes...Usagi, what's wrong? Did you have a fight with one of the girls?"

"No...I had a huge fight with Mamoru!"

"You're calling him MAMORU!? It must have been serious!"

"Well, lately he's been writing about his Harvard chemistry partner a lot. He's just been gushing about her. You know, about how she's an "A" student, how she shows him around town, how nice she is, on and on. I told him in a telephone conversation this morning that I was tired of hearing about her! Me and him started going back and forth, and before I knew it, we were going at each other. I finally told them I hoped they'd be happy with each other, said a harsh goodbye, and hung up".

Setsuna looked her princess with a bit of concern, when said, "I know Mamoru still loves you. I'm sure you two will get back together again soon. Long distance relationships can be difficult".

"I...I just...ugh! I just don't know that I TRUST him right now. At this point, I wonder what the future would be like without him! I'm just so aggravated at him!"

"Usagi, this will blow over soon! You can't act on this feeling of anger and distrust you have right now!"

The Moon Senshi let out another deep sigh. "I suppose your right, Setsuna."

"Look, why don't you go shopping with girls? It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Don't sit here sulking over your empty coke class! Go do something what will put yourself in a good mood and get your mind off your fight!"

Usagi tried to smile as she replied, "Maybe your right. Thanks, Setsuna".

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Usagi walked slowly up toward toward her house. She unlocked the door and called

out, "Hello, is anyone home?" no one answered. Her Mom and Dad had gone off shopping early that morning; Shingo was obviously out with some of his friends; even Luna was out. She drug herself up stairs to her room, dropped her purse on the floor, and fell backwards onto her bed. Over the last few months, it felt as if her and Mamoru were growing apart. There letters had grown considerably less frequent, then he had started writing about Bridget. At first, he wrote about all of his friends at Harvard. Then, they became more and more focused about Bridget. At times she really wondered what the future without Mamoru would be like. Surely her not marrying Mamoru wouldn't make Crystal Tokyo disappear! It just seemed as though the spark in their romance wasn't there anymore.

"I wonder what the future would be like without Mamoru," she whispered. Then, even louder, she said, "I WANT to know that the future would be like without Mamoru and I getting married!"

Suddenly, the ceiling began to turn a violet color and swirl. Usagi felt herself being pulled upward into the churning mass, then swirling through time and space.

"I'm time traveling!" she realized.

Several moments later, she felt herself falling. Then, BAM! she looked up and realized she was in a rose garden. She heard a frantic voice over her.

"MOTHER! What happened? Are you okay!?"

Usagi looked up expecting to see Chibiusa, but this girl was no Chibiusa! She did have her hair style, but hair was midnight black, and she had violet eyes. No, she wasn't Chibiusa, that was for sure!

(Chapter 2 coming soon!)