Disclaimer: I do not own any of Sailor Moon characters or story and they all belong to the amazing Naoko Takeuchi.

A/N: I'm not english native, but I have the tendency to write in english, so I apologize for any mispelling or confusing line.

Rei and her friends were excited about the exhibition. They wondered what they would see there. They finally arrived at the convention center and Rei felt something bothering her. She hesitated for a while as they walked in.

"Rei, what happened?" A girl said when she looked back

"Ah… Nothing. I thought I forgot something."

"Oh, well, snap out of it, now we're here, come on!" The girl said and took Rei by the hand

The girls were overwhelmed with the details of the statues. They read all the notes and the story behind it. Rei found them interesting and separated from the group when they were at Apollo's session as she felt a bit dizzy, she ended up in the paintings area and her body was still recovering, but she looked quickly at a particular painting immediately losing her conscious before reading the painting name.

Mamoru arrived at the convention center and since he woke up he didn't stop feeling some chills. He knew he was close to something important and gave his way to go to the convention alone as Usagi showed up early in his apartment. He felt he needed to do it alone.

He walked around trying to feel something as it wasn't allowed to touch anything. He walked slowly feeling the energy of the place and his attention was fully gotten by a statue of a man and a woman posing very passionately. He could see they had a strong devotion to each other in their body language and this triggered a subtle feeling deep inside of him. His heart beat fast when he read the name of Apollo, but he couldn't read the name of the woman as he immediately had a vision of Rei lied on the ground in a session nearby. He ran to her rescue.

"Rei, wake up!" He said as he kneeled down next to her. He felt strong shivers and his body trembled, he started feeling dizzy as well and that position reminded him of his dream. He lifted her head up on his arm and Rei started opening her eyes. Rei's eyes widened when she saw a different silhouette on his face, she saw a red-head man and such glowing blue eyes that were so familiar to her. Their eyes met and so their skin touched and so it seemed like they got glued to each other. Their body felt totally numb and both in total synch could feel each other pain. Several scenes of their memory filled their minds like a movie and during this trance they recognized each other in a way that they hadn't in this current life.

The people watched them curious and didn't know what was going on. Their trance was interrupted when a security guard approached them and they had a strong scare with it. Now they were more tense, nervous and confused.

"Are you guys ok?" The security asked in concern

"Yeah…" Mamoru replied in a whisper as he let go of Rei who was sitting and didn't look at him

"Are you alright lady?" The security asked again

Rei looked down and just nodded

"I'm going to call an ambulance." The security said and noticed she had her hands over her belly

"No, you don't have to… I'm fine." Rei finally was able to speak

"Are you sure?" he insisted as he was worried

"Yes, thank you!" Rei said and smiled weakly

"And the baby?"

Mamoru and Rei felt a shock and a weird sensation coring thru their bodies when they heard that word

"What baby?" Rei said puzzled

"Aren't you pregnant? I thought you were as you're holding your belly."

"Oh, no, no. I'm not pregnant…" Rei said a bit embarrassed of the commotion that happened and was helped by the security to stand up

The people walked off and Rei's friends stepped closer to her showing their concern about her

Mamoru observed it all motionless. At that moment he didn't know how to react at all to those images in his mind. He didn't know how to feel or what to think. It seemed liked a bitter-sweet answer and surely he'd have to process it later. He noticed Rei didn't want to look at him and this attitude hit him somehow. And now his guardians' advises all made sense. He could see clearly that he'd need to be patient, resilient and persistent to obtain Rei's forgiveness. His so wanted peace of mind seemed now to be more disturbing and for a moment he preferred not to have known all that. He remembered Motoki's words telling him to stop. Maybe he should've had, but now it was too late. He had a trace to follow.

Rei distracted herself with anything she could to not look back and face Mamoru. She knew he was still there and she had a mix of feelings. Even though she had been able to overcome a bit more of her distrust in men, now she had to control herself and all her negative thoughts about Mamoru. She didn't want to make a scene even though she felt like exploding at him. For her, he had become as much as disgusting as her own father. But she had learned to not lose her composure even though this time she felt like he deserved to be cursed and all. So to not start a commotion again, she preferred to ignore him.

"Girls, I'm going home. I'm tired and tomorrow will start the festivity so I want to be relaxed for that." Rei said politely

"Sure Rei, but… Won't you thank him?" One of her friends said pointing at Mamoru

Rei's heart accelerated of thinking to face Mamoru, but before she could answer, he spoke first

"There's no need. I'm sorry Rei…" Mamoru said with an apologetic tone and stepped away

Rei looked down and took a deep breath. She could feel the sincerity in his apology causing her a mix of feelings again. The girls watched them and looked puzzled.

"Why is he sorry? Did he do anything to you Rei?" A girl asked curious

"Who is he?" Another one asked

"Girls, never mind, see you tomorrow." Rei said and left them behind

The girls looked very puzzled and then admired the painting on the wall that named Apollo and Coronis

Mamoru arrived at his apartment feeling devastated. He had so much to process and reflect. Now all his thoughts about the dreams were of a burden, a very heavy burden. He couldn't accept so well that he himself in another life, contributed to her current distrust in men. He, that now is such a protective person and good hearted, was capable of doing tremendous act against someone, surely knowing this dark side of his past made him feel like he fell from grace. Yet, he couldn't understand why this was happening now. What's the purpose?

This time he didn't feel like crying, or maybe he was still too much shocked for it, even though now he was too angry at himself. He didn't want to dig anymore, that was enough info he could take. He just wanted to hide himself from the shame. His reasoning was interrupted by the ring bell. He looked at the peephole and saw Usagi outside. He took a deep breath before opening the door as he didn't want to worry Usagi or start her questionings. It wasn't the time for him to give explanations, now all he wanted was to cuddle and feel comforted. He opened the door and let her in. After closing the door he didn't give any chance for her to speak as he took her in his arms and hugged her tight. He knew how to melt her and break her barriers; she hugged him back and leaned up to kiss him.

He couldn't enjoy so much their kiss as flashes of memories came to his mind, he stopped kissing her and tears started falling from his eyes.

"I'm sorry…" He whispered

"What happened Mamo-chan?" Usagi spoke very worried about him

"I didn't want you to see me this way, but… I couldn't help it. I don't want to talk about it yet, so let's just spend the night together alright?" Mamoru spoke in sobs

All Usagi could do was to comply with his request. They went to his bed and lied on it. She caressed him like he was a scared child until they both fell asleep.

Rei was thoughtful in her bathtub during her bath. She felt deeply hurt and pissed off. She could never expect that the man she was supposed to protect along his wife for the rest of her life is in fact a man that hurt her so deeply. It seemed like a twisted irony of the destiny to give her life for someone who actually took her own life before. Now the mission to be the guardian of the future queen and king seemed like a dark burden. How could she accomplish this after knowing this part of their past? How could she remain in silence when now all she felt like was to have a loud outburst? This would never work. Now all she wished was to forget it all. She submerged more into the water until it covered her face. She held her breath and closed her eyes while she just paid attention to the silence.

"Mommy…"

Rei got up instantly and scared by the voice of a child. She looked to the sides and didn't see or feel any presence.

"It must be my imagination" She talked to herself

She decided it was enough bathing and removed the water drain plug. She took a towel and went to her bedroom. Getting there she felt a weird presence and felt observed. She did her usual rituals to clean the environment and so the sensation was gone.

She changed her clothes and sat on the bed. Strangely, her anger for Mamoru had vanished.

(**)

Setsuna was standing at the porch of the apartment looking at the sky.

"Setsuna, what are you doing?" Haruka showed up by the door

"Admiring the night sky." Setsuna replied without looking back

"You've been doing it too much lately." Haruka replied

"The sky is interesting." Setsuna replied vaguely

"Any particular reason?" Haruka asked intrigued, but sighed as Setsuna remained in silence and entered back in the room

"There's a reason why we don't have all the answers… Some things are better to not know" Setsuna spoke mysteriously

A/N: Well Guys, that was it for now. In this chapter we could have a bit of the start of Rei and Mamoru's upcoming drama. Why is Setsuna acting like that? We could see that Haruka is starting to suspicious on her. What is it with the sky that Setsuna pay so much attention? Why is Rei so afraid of her own element power? What is your guesses on what Rei and Mamoru are learning about themselves and each other? Stay tunned.

A/N: There is in fact a myth about Apollo and Coronis. The statue they saw can be googled if you type Apollo and Coronis statue. He is sitting and she is kneeled between his leg as they kiss passionately.