breaking point

by max333

What if Usagi had finally decided enough was enough? Between the jabs and the lame excuses on problems going on involving not only Mamoru but Chibi Usa as well, Usagi has had enough and hits her breaking point. Now the girls must realize their own individual faults in the conflict and rise together to show Usagi that she is the glue that holds them together.

24. Luna finds out & a change with Chibi Usa

LoveInTheBattleField: thank you and you to.

SerenityxEndymion: in this case they need a fresh start so yeah. Their dating exclusively in this so no their not back to being boyfriend, girlfriend but they are exclusively only dating each other. Which for what I've researched the status of 'boyfriend and girlfriend' only gets labeled once you've confirm with the person your dating that your not only going to be only seeing them but also socially going to refer to the other as 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' to friends and family. As for that story I was talking about I think it was called 'falling for the same guy twice', since Mamoru and the Moon light knight, Tuxedo Mask are all one in the same. The author renamed it twice for whatever reason that I can't remember.

Princesakarlita411: that talk was one of the first of several talks that will be had for them. there's another one coming up soon to. like a few chapters soon. CHibi Usa will be chatting with Usagi yes, a little bit and Mamoru will be in things to for a couple of chapters. Well his POV anyways. and you to.

Joanne Frances Tiano Cajilig: I agree, its why I had this start happen this way. They both have changed at this point, its why I had her express it during their first of many talks. And Chibi Usa will be coming up against soon. Things are changing all around.

AimlesslyGera: ah no that's not what's going to happen here. and no its not a middle school version of friends with benefits, they've always been friends, but they were also boyfriend and girlfriend, now their back to friends again but now their dating to reach a better version, the one that they need, of being together again. and no she's not dating them both at the same time. That wouldn't feel like Usagi if she did that. that's more of a Minako thing.

kera69love: the break they took was her saying 'were on a break'. They were apart for a while then this first of many talks their going to have so they can repair and make amends with each other. But yes trust is an issue and factor here, one they will be working on together.

berseker93: thanks and I will. 😊

Kasumi Yawa: yup and that's not the end of them talking either. Its only the start. She needed to show him what she's made of and you'll see Mamoru perspective on that shortly. And thanks, I've had to go through a lot of stories to gain my own style and way of expression. The story started off as something that I had to basics for written down but I have added on different ideas that came to me as I've gone along. Filled in some plot holes I didn't realize were there or got inspired by people along the way.

Guest (1): that will be discussed in the next, not this next, but the following chapter. As for full trust and faith in her by her friends and Mamoru, they do trust in her, full now, and yes they messed up before and have admitted to it, no one's perfect and yes she sacrifices herself time and time again for them, and for the world, but its also because she loves so much that she does everything she can for a peaceful outcome. Its in her nature. But as I stated before that whole trust thing will be discussed very soon. There's a bit of detail to go into it so I hope it meets expectations.

Oracle Sybil: I know but not everyone will like or want him. he can be a turbulent character at times, you either love him completely, hate his guts, or love to hate him cause what he does may be out of love to protect but their still wrong actions to take and make. Thanks though.

karseneau1: thank you, I try what I can. 😊

YoLO1992: its fine, right now things are still up in the air for them both but its about creating the right path and following it to not wind up back where things went bad to begin with. she doesn't want a repeat of what happened.

mikanxnatsume1228: a poverties? Wasn't sure what you meant by that. like him being way down in the dumps or something?

Guest (2): yup and there's more listening from both now to come.

Rjzero00: I don't know about king of insecurity but okay…and yes he does hold these fears in, it may not make sense to a lot but for him they make a great deal of sense. Or at the time they did. Now he sees how wrong he was. As for the future self thing that was more of a theory she came up with, it was something that I remembered reading a LONG time ago on why since the break up arc was essentially there to make SM more PG and G rated for kids so having a romance in it wasn't where DC wanted to be at that time. The theory never left my memory and actually made a bit of sense so I put a version of it in here that Usagi came up with this theory of a possible why. And yes I do or else this wouldn't have Usagi/Mamoru in the pairing. And he will be talking to her. communication will be a bit more prevalent than before so he learns to stop relying so much on the link. As for Kenji's problem while that will be discussed a bit in here, his reasoning falls more along the lines of he has no one to really talk about or find anything out about Mamoru. He's only got a select few friends so much like how parents want to get to know the guy who's dating their daughter's parents he cant do that with Mamoru. He wants to be able to find a good guy for his daughter and his reasoning for liking Tyler is because he's spoken to his brother and his wife on it AND knows they live in a good neighborhood, a wholesome one whereas while Mamoru's place is nice as hell it doesn't scream wholesome family, it screams more bachelor pad to him. if that makes sense. Hell my dad used to, when I was in high school, demand to see the ID of the guys I dated since he didn't get to meet their parents. But things in America work differently than in Japan.

InuKaglover4ev22: for now yes, there's more to come for sure. Like with Rei as you mentioned, while that took a few days this will take the longest. So it'll be a series of conversations to be had. Not just one, this was only the start and I'm sorry if that wasn't clear before. I was going to try to have it in the title of the chapter but I couldnt figure out a way to shorten what I came up with in any form that made sense or actually worded it correctly so I went with what I could. And things will get more descriptive but it definitely lasted way longer than an hour. And she did want their conversation to be the firs tone but he was still stuck with his head up his ass in a way so that wasn't possible just yet. That and this story would have been cut shorter sooner. And yeah one would think he'd have realized how he messed up but while he's really book smart and a tiny bit street smart he's not greatly socially smart. He didn't see those errors till it was to late. And yes the link is strengthening but it has its weak points considering where it USED to be at. But it is equal on both sides in case that wasn't made clear. She's not really pushing him away per say, she's trying to be strong about what they need versus the physical wants of them both. Yet he knows no means no but she wants to give in and at the same time she knows that's not where their at in this. And I do go into the whole weekend thing to, between this and the following chapter. And to be honest from some of the dates I've have over the years, yeah you can. With the friends and dating as they are dating as of now. I've actually seen this happen in relationships where they take a break, then they go back to basics of being friends but decide to date to see how things go along so they can be back at a couple status. It sounds a bit wonky maybe but its happened. as for the break up arc part, I really disliked it a lot since I felt he didn't need to do it. I got why he did it but I didn't agree with it. I felt that he at that point should have learned to trust Usagi and their friends at that point but he didn't. yes he grew up in an orphanage and was alone a lot, fine, but by this point he has the memories of both lives in him now, his trust should have grown and he should have explained what had happened but he didn't. reverted back to his old ways and protected her, which was sweet and heroic of him, but did it in the wrong way and hurt them both in the process. Plus it really shouldn't have existed anyways. the company that bought the rights didn't want a blooming romance on a show they wanted centered for kids and young teens when it was originally designed for the slight older teen crowd, hence the slight swearing and panties that showed up in the uncensored version, along with the obvious lesbian references later on, so they deleted a lot out including whole episodes to make it kid friendly. Cause that break up wasn't in the manga. Its one of the reasons why I like SMC just a tad more since their more original to the manga, however I will always love the original anime. Anyways, sorry for my rant there, my point is yes he was trying to protect her but he defaulted and hurt them both when it wasn't needed. that's what she was angry about. His lack of trust in her during that time is what upset her, she appreciates that he does whatever he feel necessary to protect her, but if it hurts them and it wasn't necessary to do so then it pissed her off. I'd be pissed to but that's just me. not to mentioned during their break up we didn't see him trying to figure out the dreams much at all. We saw him avoiding her and still running into her all the time and granted it could have been an off screen thing, so cant rule that out, but we didn't see it so its hard to determine how he was figuring them out if the only time he could gain access to them was in REM sleep and it was the same thing on repeat. He had no control over when the visions came and spent more time with Chibi Usa to see if the visions he saw with her would help him, which also gets discussed later on. I better stop while I'm ahead before I give out spoilers here. not sure how she was comparing him to Tyler in the last one, that wasn't really supposed to come off that way. But I will say this, she wont be stringing them both along. She's not Minako. And Mamoru's side will be out very soon and man is it a lot to be in his head. Hope you continue to read and enjoy. 😊

16 reviews, that's nice, it appears I may have given the impression that that was the only chat between Mamoru and Usagi but it was actually just the start, there will be many discussions for them to have coming up. There was just to much to get out in one sitting. Much like with Rei there was animosity between them it'll be a lot for her and Mamoru to, just on another level so please read and review!

Breaking point ch.24

Usagi POV

I must admit it was nice to talk to Mamoru, it really felt like we aired a lot out that day and while we still had some talking to do, something I knew we were going to be doing in intervals since there was still much to go over, my time at his place had only really been to begin our hash out not to complete it. we had only been able to talk about so much during that entire afternoon going into the evening.

I even knew it seemed like we barely scratched the surface of the issues we had going on and it was true. We got a few things out on the table and even a theory or two on my thoughts of what happened with things that had happened when we went to the future. I had no proof of my theories, much with when I was discussing his future self. It was a theory of mine just like my theory of Emerald regarding Diamond.

I had no real proof just a gut instinct that formed into a theory. The point was we got to discuss a few things and even though we didn't get to air it all out, considering how drained I was by that point, and I knew he was feeling it to. A part of me wondered once I left if I should have stayed for the weekend and hash even more out, to have a weekend long discussion about everything especially since Rei and I had a two day, separated granted but a two day talk session, but by that point I was ready to leave and let what we had discussed sink in.

I needed to get out of there mostly so that I could sink into my bedsheets at home and decompress. I knew he would have given me his bed at the end of the day but I needed to clear my head and sleeping or even just napping in his sheets was only a reminder that he was close by and was a distraction more than it was a comfort at this stage. So as tempting as it was, I needed to sink into my own sheets and think things over.

I was glad we had talked about what we did and even though it may not have seemed like a lot as mentioned before, we still had many talking sessions left. This was only the beginning. A new fresh start that didn't happen because of lost memories for either of us, that didn't happen because of some magical intervention, this was based on the choices that we made that were non magic related.

In a way I almost have this strange feeling that it made us stronger. It was weird to think of it that way, perhaps cause of how much anger and how many issues we had were involved in the process that needed to be addressed and hadn't, but it was starting to feel like it was. Like we needed to have these discussions to figure out what we had been ignoring in our lives and had been taking for granted or letting slid by.

I hoped this was the case. I hoped that this would make us stronger and that was another reason I had to go home. I had to come to these realizations. I had to begin that level of trust with him again that things were going to improve and that we would get past this part in our relationship and go better for us both. He had made the effort to listen to me and is honestly trying to do better, he didn't cut me off, he didn't try to defend much at all.

He was simply listening and taking all of my feelings into consideration and while the things that I got out weren't all of it, it was a start and he was still willing to listen to me. I had felt lighter once I had left and while I felt incredibly drained, almost like I had dealt with a magical enemy, I also felt like the word 'finally' had hit home. I had been waiting for that first conversation to happen for a while and while I had wished it had been the first after trying to talk to him on a few occasions he hadn't been ready yet.

That had been made clear early on that he wasn't even though he had tries but it was only to not listen to me, but to talk at me. When that became clear I let him figure himself out while I talked to the girls. With this first of many conversations down I knew that we were at least getting back on the right path. Now I just wanted us to stay there. I knew he wanted us to have the weekend together and while we could have used the two days at the end of the day I needed a mental and emotional break from all that we had dished out together.

Him admitting what he was doing and had done and what it did to me really had me stunned and in need to process a lot of feelings. I never knew he was afraid of loosing me all that time. I never thought he was insecure about our relationship. He always had this air of being so stoically calm that for a while I nicknamed him my robot. I never told anyone that because I didn't want to admit that he was acting as indifferent as he was.

I always thought I had done something wrong. That I wasn't good enough for him or his friends and to find out that he was keeping me away from it all cause he thought he would lose me was in a way charming and sweet, but also incredibly irritating, a bit insulting and upset me greatly. It was why I talked to him about the trust issues. I get that growing up as he did meant that trust was far to rare a commodity but it didn't mean that he couldn't trust me and he did essentially admit that while he didn't trust his friends with that he also didn't trust me.

That hurt more than anything. I trusted him with everything at that point, yet he didn't have enough respect into our relationship to trust me. I wondered now how he could trust me to save his life on occasion, but he couldn't trust me at the time to NOT be easily swayed by a guy hitting or flirting with me. Plus, during that time, I couldn't see past him. There was no chance I would have gone beyond talking to another guy.

That's when I remembered thinking briefly on Tyler. I had never stopped feeling guilty over that whole thing. It was one of the things I wanted to talk with him about next time. One of the things that I wanted to go in-depth about was my kiss with him and his incident with Saori. We barely broached the subject in a way that was needed. it may have been why I thought about it, cause I wanted to tell him that while I didn't regret it, I would always feel guilty of it. That while I had been attracted to Tyler briefly, I couldn't see him as anything more.

That walk with Mamoru solidified that. To be in the same room as him and have a deep conversation to that magnitude told me that things had already changed between us and it was for the better. I felt different now and wanted to work with Mamoru and I felt the change in him to that he wanted to work with me to. That he wanted to change along with me and be better. I could feel it and it encouraged me.

I was mulling over these thoughts in my room that Sunday when my mother came in to grab up laundry for the week. "Usagi dear did you have fun at Mamoru's place?" she asked, closing the door. "Fun isn't what I'd call it…" I mutter, knowing that fun had definitely NOT happened, but it was still very much necessary and worthwhile. "We talked a bit." I tell her as she sits down on the bed and tells me, "You know you can come to me if you need to. I was once your age you know, and I do know a thing or two about being with guys."

Her words made me blush, "Mom please I don't need to hear about you and dad." I tell her, she laughs, "Who says I was meaning your father?" that struck me, "What?" now I was intrigued as she smiled, "Honey your father may have been the first man I ever truly fell in love with but he wasn't the first man I ever dated." This was news to me, Shingo and I had always assumed there had been no others, "Really?" I asked, "Of course not. I had a few guys I dated before I met your father." Now I was intrigued as we got a bit more comfortable.

She started to tell me about a few of the guys she had dated, and they were just that simple, sexless dates that she had had with them. I was stunned as I thought her, and dad were each- others first for everything. I never knew. "So, when I met your father, I knew there was something special about him. I knew I had to land him, and I did." So, it was mother took the initiative. I nodded and in the best way I could describe without the added extra stuff on our relationship I told her about Mamoru and the stuff with Tyler to.

"So that's why there's all those flowers." She surmised. I nodded, "Yeah, I wasn't trying to make things worse yet somehow I felt like I did a bit. I mean Tyler and I are just friends and he's been respectful of that but he still has made it known that he likes me and I like him but…" my mother merely nods, "Not like that, BUT…" I look to her, "I want to believe that Mamoru will change as I have, but…" I didn't want to say it.

"But if he doesn't shape up you could see yourself possibly considering it." I sighed not wanting to answer because I didn't know the answer. I knew the answer to a variety of 'what ifs' BUT I didn't know the answer to this 'what if'. Yes, there was an attraction, but a future relies on way more than that. I'll never stop believing in love. "Its fine to feel that way. It's a human response honey. Plus, you are still young."

If she only knew I wasn't as emotionally or mentally as young as she thought I was. I was just thankful that she never questioned my appearance change to much when I merged with the princess and we became one with me being the primary driving force in my body. "I know I'm still a teen but I'm mature in other aspects." She nods, "Agreed, how do you feel about Mamoru with the effort he's putting in now?" I breathed, "I want to believe in him, and this recent chat makes me feel like we're getting back on the right path." I assure her.

"But…?" she asks, "I don't know…all the stuff that happened and the cancelled dates for various reasons, it still – and he apologized for them but…" I try to find the right words, "They still happened, and you wished they hadn't." she says confirming what I was feeling into words, "Yes." I tell her, "Honey dealing with set-backs in relationships is a part of life. You think times with your father was all great? Trust me there were times when I wanted to beat him over the head with a frying pan." She grumbled.

I could feel my eyebrow's shoot up into my bangs on that one, "Really?" I asked, "I was initially in my third trimester with you when my feelings reach the first full blow. I was feeling bloated, irritable, and fat as a cow." She described, "Your father came home late one time and I had been on my feet in these little sandals most of the day cleaning up the house we had just bought. I was tired and his only greeting that evening had been 'what's for dinner?'" she stated as I listened intently on her.

"Not even a 'honey I'm home, how was your day' just 'what's for dinner?' I was furious with him and once he was within range, I took off my sandal and hit him in the head with it." I burst out laughing, "Really?" I asked, "Yup, he looked so stunned then before he could get irate himself, he finally saw how pissed off I was and backed down. To this day he hasn't asked what's for dinner first before asking how my day was." I smiled before asking, "What was the point of that story? Other than a good laugh." I asked her.

"The point was smarty pants, we had it out that day, we talked abut it later on in more detail and depth on his work and my work. We had a rough patch with it cause that was a build up from month's worth of me feeling like I was a walking incubator and him going out, talking with friends, at work and I wasn't a part of that. I wasn't able to be a part of his world and I felt a bit useless and left out." now I was beginning to get it.

"So, sort of like how Mamoru was making me feel." I say, "A little bit yeah, only difference was Kenji was proud that he was going to be a father. He was out with friends with the sonogram picture to hold out and boast about how he had always wanted to be one. I just wished I had been there with him to share in the experiences." She said, "Yeah well in my case he was avoiding talking about me because he didn't trust me enough to not be swooned by another." I told her as she sat closer to me.

"In a way its sweet that he wanted to keep you to himself but in other ways he defeated his own purpose with his actions. He recognizes that now and is making amends. The question you really need to ask yourself is whether or not you trust him to let him back in at the end of the day and not just want to trust me but are willing to trust him so you can strengthen your bond as a couple back up and make it through this." She told me.

"I know your young but something about him tells me that your it for him. Yeah he messed up but how many guys are out there in the world willing to go through the effort that he's making to get back into your good graces?" I did concede to that, "And those flowers were so beautiful for so long. I know I wouldn't have been able to resist had that been Kenji." The look she gave me on what could have been going through her mind made me cringe a bit.

Mom!" I groaned out in slight disgust, "Oh relax, I didn't give any details." She phished at me, "Besides you do know that roses like those even to make them yourself cost a lot of money." I sighed…if only she knew HOW he made them, "Yeah…" I stammered a bit. "I actually wished we hadn't caught you two when had that day, but I knew your father would say something else smart to get Mamoru to leave so I had to say something." I smiled.

"Its fine honestly. I mean I wanted to go with him but…I was conflicted cause I wanted to give in but at the same time we weren't there yet." I told her, "I get it, but the more you two talk the more you feel you are there." She nearly asks, "Its starting to feel that way but…" once more I couldn't voice my words very well. "You want to make sure your not trusting him again for him to repeat his actions." I looked to her.

Perhaps I should have talked with her about this a while ago. Turns out parents may know more than we think they do. "Are you reading my mind or something?" I ask as she smiled and said, "It's called being a mother who's been in similar places as you have been." I arch a brow at her as she continues, "Trust in not just him, but in your gut. Trust you heart, listen to it. It's led you this far and you're not one to be led down the wrong path." I was shocked at the level of trust she was holding in me on this.

"What about Tyler?" I asked wondering what she thought about him especially since father was pretty keen on the guy, "I know father has a bit of a preference over him." I tell her as she looks to me, "I'm sorry but is your father dating him?" I shake my head no, "I sincerely hope not." I can't help but response as she laughs to, "Are you dating him?" I shake my head no. "Is he anything other than a friend?" I for hopefully the last time shake my head no. "Then he's not a part of the equation. Not anymore." I sighed at her words.

"Honey your father and I will always want what's best for you but in the end only YOU know what you want and what's best for your heart. We're not you. We may sense things as parents as to what we think the person will be like, but I've never gotten any bad vibes off of Mamoru. Now granted I've never gotten any bad vibes from Tyler but in the end its about what you want." I was glad she was telling me this.

"If Tyler doesn't make you feel like butterflies are in your stomach or make you feel like a simple kiss could rock you off your feet then I think you already know what you want and what you should do." I nodded, "However the same goes for Mamoru, if he doesn't provide you with the feelings that you once thought would never end and they have and they DON'T come back then you know it wasn't as intense and you may have thought it was." I nod knowing she was right, "Yeah…" I agree.

"Now I've got to get to some laundry, just think about what I said and make the call that your heart picks, not anyone else. Just make sure whomever it is that you pick that they respect and love you for you and not something else." She warned as she grabbed my laundry and left the room. I was left alone in my thoughts for a few minutes till Luna's voice as low as it was penetrated the room and scared the crap out of me. "Very wise words." I nearly jumped as I kept my own voice down.

"Seriously?!" I snapped at her, she shrugged her cat head and said, "However since you could only tell her so much the advice given is a little off as she doesn't know everything for good reason." She amends at the end when I look to her. " I know that…doesn't mean she doesn't have valid points and she's right, I have to not only decide to trust Mamoru again but trust in my own self to make the right decision for the right reason." I tell her.

Luna jumps up onto my desk, "So Tyler is definitely out then?" she asks a little too eager in my opinion. I glare at her, "Considering we never dated, plural, he was never technically IN to begin with. What I need to do is see Mamoru again, talk some more and go out." I tell her. I saw her face light up a bit, "Like a date?" how is it that she seems more excited than even I'm feeling about it? I roll my eyes, "Yeah like a date. Friends going on a date." I tell her in more detail since she's acting like a teen herself about it.

"That's good. You two need to re-connect to…" I shot a glare at her, a warning one. She gulps then amends her words, "To talk again and see how things are now that you've have one conversation already." I nod, "True, we need to see how we are now in each other's spaces since we've had a conversation. We hashed out a LOT, but one we still have more to discuss that was just one conversation of many." Totally true to.

There was still much more we needed to go over, this was only the beginning and I still wanted to discuss other issues next time we got together, "We need to talk about a few more things still and I need to see how he reacts and acts with me in public settings. Will it be the same as before or different as it should be now?" I ask more to myself than to her as I text him about going out the following Saturday.

Deciding to make it a public place I pick taking a trip to the mall as a starting point. Meet there, walk around, grab a bite to eat and walk that off as we talk some more. See how that goes. Baby steps in this to see how he responds. Its merely a few minutes before he responds back with 'can we do it sooner, like the middle of the week?' I sighed as I try to think of anything I'm doing during the week.

The girls and I usually make plans but since nothing is set in stone just yet I can technically do it so I text back 'we can try for Wednesday evening after school, I'll have to let my mom know so she doesn't worry about me for dinner'. He agreed as he then said 'thank you again for talking to me about everything. It really feels like we got closer mentally as well as emotionally. We should have had it sooner, but I guess its better late than never.' I mutely agree with him as I say in kind 'I do to'.

I think on it then say 'I'm glad we talked about a lot of it and while we have more to discuss I can already feel were getting on the right path. I had already been feeling the bond strengthening as we talked so I'm taking it as a good sign'. He takes a moment to respond before saying 'yes, and I do feel it to. Like right now if I concentrate, I can feel your emotions are tempering. I'm also grateful that you trusted me enough to talk to me still after everything. Thank you.' I had to say I hadn't thought of that.

There was a certain level of trust I put into talking with him and even the girls that I would be not just heard but that I would be listened to and that my words would be heeded. I was giving out trust for follow through and was leaving it up to them to make it stick in place. So yeah, I was putting my trust and faith into them once more to do the right thing as I was working to do it on my end as well.

'I admit its still a hedgy thing to trust you right now on these levels but I am and I do trust you to certain levels, I just want to be able to trust you on ALL of the levels, we should trust each other on.' I tell him through text. His last words are 'I want that to, not just for you to trust me but to prove to you that I do trust you on all those levels.' I accept his words as we've not got a tentative date set up for Wednesday. As I leave back out of my room to see if mother needs help, I run into Chibi Usa.

There's a certain hesitance in her, like she wants to say something but isn't sure, "Chibi Usa?" I ask her. Her mouth begins to crinkle like she's about to cry, "I…I saw the flowers downstairs…" her lip stops trembling telling me that's NOT what she wanted to talk about, "I don't know wherever you and Mamo – chan are in your relationship, but…" she looks up into my eyes and while I still see anger in them I see the want and need for something that she does need in them as well…the need for acceptance and change.

"I've had time to think on things and…I'm sorry if I messed up the future by telling you about the twins." I look around to make sure no one can over-hear us as I usher her into my bedroom while closing the door, Luna still in there now has wide eyes. Cat ears probably heard that. Great. "I'm sorry what?" she asked as if trying to figure out if she heard her right. Now Chibi Usa looked guilty again for blabbing about that…again.

"Not important." I try to shrug off, but Luna doesn't relent. "Wait how is that possible?!" she jumps up. We both look to her, "I'm sure your aware of how men and women of the human variety reproduce." I respond sarcastically. She glares at me this time, "What I mean is there's never once in the HISTORY of the moon kingdom been more than one heir to the throne. NEVER!" she hisses with shock.

"So? It's never had a Terrian in the bloodline either before and now it does." I point to Chibi Usa who just looks to me oddly for pointing it out. She's probably not used to having it named in front of her, "Lets add to the fact that the Lunarian line has NEVER had twins in it before." now I was getting a tad annoyed. Chibi Usa's apology was becoming an issue with Luna now and it wasn't even her fault this time.

She was actually trying to be a good little girl by giving an honest apology and now this, "Yeah well neither has Mamoru's so…yeah!" I had no real answer for her as she just seemed to struggle to get past that, "Listen I'm not seeing the problem here other than the fact that talking about it might render it NOT to happen cause its in the future and the future is ever changing." Luna snapped her mouth shut on that one.

"Chibi Usa is still the next carrier of the crystal after me. One of the twins will probably be the carrier after her and the other after Mamoru's gold crystal. So, what's the problem?" I huffed at Luna. She was still stunned, "Wait hold on a second!" both Chibi Usa and I both looked at her stunned face, "When did she tell you?" she's just NOW catching on to that fact? "Right before they bound my powers." Chibi Usa said.

I tell you Luna's eyes never looked more WIDE out side of a battle that I had seen in either of my life times, and had the situation not had been so crucial the near catatonic state she was in would have been funny but this wasn't that type of situation to laugh at. "Bound….bound – you…" epic blow up coming here, "YOU BOUND her POWERS and TWI - " epic heart failure was about to happen if I didn't shut her up.

I didn't need my cat to go catatonic on me. As comical as that would be. I had to seriously run over the few feet and clamp my hand over her mouth to shut her up from yelling it out to the whole house, "Keep it down! Do you want to alert the whole house that you're a talking cat?!" she batted my hand away with her paws as she tried to walk a bit once I backed up a few steps. "You okay?" I asked, seriously worried for her now. "I can't believe it…" she sat back as if staggering like a slight tipsy person.

I would have laughed had the situation called for it, "My charge is going to have TWINS in the future…" damn one would think she's the mother learning this about her own child having kids or something. She was literally appearing woozy. "And she decided to bound her current future child's powers and…" that's when she refocused and looked at me with angry eyes that I could tell weren't thinking correctly.

"WHY?" she ground it out between her teeth, angry overcoming her rational side. I looked over at Chibi Usa who didn't look happy that Luna's was technically on her side at the moment but appeared more understanding and even docile regarding it. It was a refreshing change to be honest as she would have used to egg Luna on and now nothing but her appearance to be accepting of it. "The why is that her powers were getting to be out of hand, and we needed to correct that." I told her.

"The spell Rei used essentially used all of our powers to put a 'parental control' over them." as Luna listened in to what I explained to her about the spell and its limitations I could tell she was becoming more understanding herself and less upset about the why and the fact of it happening which was good. "I guess that does make sense since we don't actually have the technology to help aid us with controlling them." she admitted.

She then looked to Chibi Usa, "How are you feeling?" she asked, I looked to her to as she responded with, "Different. I guess. Less angry. Like I want to be upset but it's just not there anymore, not it used to be." even Chibi Usa seemed a bit confused by her own feelings on it, but instead of telling her what my theory was I tell her, "Listen I know you feel bad for talking in detail on the future but don't worry about it. I'm not going to ask questions on it, despite the fact that I want to and have about a million of them." she nodded.

"Really?" she asked, shocked by my acceptance of her blabbing. "Yeah really. I'm not going to let the information change what's happening, and I've already spoken to Mamoru into making sure he doesn't either. So, for now you're in the clear." She and slowly leavings the room as I turn back to Luna. "Real talk though you see how differently she's been the last few days?" I asked her once Chibi Usa is far enough away to not hear anything. "I thought something was off with her, but I didn't know what." Luna admits.

I tell her about my sugar theory as she balks at it, "Your comparing the power of the silver crystal to SUGAR?" I cringe, "Well when you say it like that it sounds kinda lame. My point of it was her powers since she's from two very powerful bloodlines it makes her emotional mood swings that much more unstable. Therefore, her power bursts would be unstable. Sort of like how rambunctious kids can get when their high on sugar." I explain.

Luna looks to be debating on it before seemingly giving in, "Well while I cannot believe you resorted to it, I guess it makes sense and I can understand. You do raise good points with them having the technology in the future to work with her and we don't. We're good but I remember that tech, it was far more sophisticated than what we have in the here and now." she admits, "Plus she's already seemingly calmer already. I think her powers were amplifying her emotions and it does make sense." Luna looked to me.

"Remember when I fought my first youma?" I asked her, "How could I forget you cried nearly the whole time till Mamoru showed up as Tuxedo Mask." The slight mockery aside she was right. I was scared out of my mind and my only focal point BEFORE him showing up was to try and save my friend. Luna's yelling was of no real help so yeah, I cried! I was 14 thrown into a battle with a youma for the first time and had JUST learned I was sailor Moon.

Who wouldn't be?! "My point is…" I ground out, "I wasn't used to it or had a lot of control over my own powers, most of them were foreign to me at the time so when I cried my hair pins turned into sonic waves that knocked down nearly every bad guy within range. My emotions got the better of me and in a fluke error I won." I told her which was also the point though. Luna seemed to get it now.

"Right so you lost control of your emotions and your natural powers reacted to the lost control you had." She said, "Much like whenever Chibi Usa would get upset with her emotions her own natural powers would react and cause the crap they did." I tell her. I can see she's taking all of this in right before she says, "Then this is a good idea. I think it shows the level of thought you put into this." Her words give me a bit of comfort I didn't realize I would feel.

It was almost like pride from a parental figure for doing something right when their initial reaction was what hers was. "Thanks. I appreciate that." I tell her. She was being genuine, and it was nice to feel that bit of acceptance from her. I didn't realize I still felt the need to get it, but I did. Probably because she was the closest to an adult figure in our world of moon kingdom's and senshi and it was nice to have the validation. To be honest though I was shocked Artemis didn't tell her. I wonder why.

Mamoru POV

After she left out, I had to evaluate everything that was said between us and while I wasn't truly happy with how things had gone down, I was happy that we finally talked and that she talked to me about all of what was on her mind. All of what I did and what she had felt and tried to do herself, between telling me how she had been trying to talk to me earlier to my neglect of her to not standing up for her to various close people in our lives.

I had to admit it was all true it just hurt to realize that it had been so much. That I had done so much. I had wanted to defend to say something but I didn't have anything huge to fall back on and telling her that I defended her against evil time and time again when she rescued me from evil several times to wasn't really something to poke at. Plus, even though yes, I still saved her more than she had me she was referring to verbal warfare between her and the girls or her and Chibi Usa when I took anyone else's wide but hers.

Then there was having her back here to begin with. It had been so long that I nearly gave her a damned tour when she knew my place inside and out. I had to resist on doing that when she came in. Although I already had to resist on kissing her and simply touching her. I didn't realize how much I missed the simple things with her till she basically denied me the contact. Though I understood why, she didn't want me to get my hopes up with something so basic, but I felt it within her.

I knew on the deeper levels she wanted it as I did. However, this was about building back up the trust and respect so that she knew how I felt and trusted me and knew that I trusted her. I let her think I didn't and that wasn't something I ever intended on happening, yet it had and now I have to fix that. So yeah, we were friends that were dating but it was better than nothing which to be honest that was the worst-case scenario to me.

I was petrified that was what was going to happen. Especially after she yelped at me for thinking I had made an assumption about our having twin's, but she was right in various ways. I just couldn't help my initial response. I mean come on, twins didn't run in either of our bloodlines so have them now…okay I'm sorry but damn either she has some super eggs or I have some super sperm cause that's not something that happens with ease.

As a future doctor I knew the chances of conception for such a thing to happen in couples that had NO family history of twins or multiple sets was only at one in every 60 for women and one in every 125 for men so the odds were stacked against us for having sets of multiples. So with the doctor in me knowing the chances I couldn't help but feel a bit of pride that we were having twins however as myself, Mamoru I knew those odds were possibly decreasing or increasing with this new and amazing Usagi at the helm.

It just depended on what happened going forward. She won't back down and frankly as much as I wish she would I was glad she wasn't. She was proving that she wasn't a push over and I while I always knew she wasn't she was also very much a people pleaser. I liked both sides of it in her as they made her who she was. I liked her take charge attitude and the fact that she was making me do the work this time.

It was good for us both. It showed me how lacking I had been previously and how much I needed to improve. Especially since she had previously been the one to carry most of the relationship weight between us. She deserved better and I wanted to show her that I could be that better that she deserved. I grabbed the pillow that she had held for a brief moment while over here and smelled her scent on it.

I inhaled deeply and relished in it, even if I was wishing it was within the sheets of my bed, I would take whatever I could get from her at this point. I just missed having her here so much. It felt like there was just something missing here that hadn't been present till she was here then went away when she left. I knew it was the fact that she made my own place feel like a home when she was here. She brought life into it and made me feel whole and complete.

Then I messed up and things went to shit. Hell, her scent had even started to fade away from my bed. Normally I changed out the sheets every few months for cleanliness but when her scent was here, I slept in it wishing she was next to me in bed for as long as I could smell it. It was as welcoming as it was torturous as I regretted my actions every night, I could smell it realizing it could be her period next to me in bed had I not been such an idiot.

I could have had her next to me just sleeping and sometimes watching her sleep as I did on occasion when things were amazing, then the torturous part of my brain activated and decided to get even with me…again. It was ongoing till it eventually disappeared, so I had no choice but to relent and clean them for hygiene sake. That made it worse though since it meant that it had been long enough for the scent to fade.

I debated on telling her that, but some women took something like that as being creepy and for me it was soothing to have her scent with me. She had this effect to get me between being riled up with love or to be calmed down and soothing. Now her scent just reminded me of what was and the pillow she had held onto barely held her scent in it. She had held onto it for hours while we talked but compared to the bed which had had had plenty of naked skin on it from both of us during our intimate times the couch barely held a candle.

I wanted it back everywhere. I wish her handkerchief still had her scent on it but that faded out long before Chibi Usa even came along. I cursed myself once more. I should never have taken advantage of having her. I shouldn't have thought I'd always have her no matter what. That she would always be there no matter what I did cause today just proved, really these last several months have proved that she had a strong will power and how own mind.

She didn't come back in mere seconds or even a few days, or hell a few weeks, she was making me see things from her perspective and I should already have seen it. I was angry at myself for NOT seeing it cause hell take away the soul bond and what do you have? You still have basic body language to see and feel. These are basic things that I ignored and didn't take into account and I only have myself to blame.

That was my fault and it was time not just for me to win her back but to own up to my mistakes and make sure they NEVER happen again. I can't have ANY repeats. I can't lose her. The very thought of it makes me nauseous. I walk into my bathroom towards my now replaced mirror and look in it seeing the prince's own emotional response in there. He has a stoic expression himself as he looks to me with new eyes.

It's like he's not sure on how things are going to go now. I'm not sure if it's me just being upset at him which is basically me being upset at me or what, but I was done. I was done hoping that I could wing this in getting her back. The flowers didn't do anything really and, in my stupidity, I thought that was a sure fired way to work and get back into her good graces. Obviously, that was a fail especially thinking on how her family must have thought about that. Mistake on my part, I kinda didn't think about that at the time.

I guess it can be hard to explain away that many roses staying alive for that length of time with only the regular amounts of plant food and water with sunlight to keep it going. Which reminded me…I used my powers and focused on them in their home to allow them to natural go out to avoid anything further from tipping them off that they weren't regular roses. I hated to have to do it, but it was necessary.

It was my own fault anyways…again. HOWEVER, it did also tell me of the work necessary to do still to work at this. I had to work harder and in different ways to prove myself and I didn't care if I did have to get in a tutu and sing her favorite songs to get her to be happy like Motoki said. I didn't care I'd do whatever it took to show her that I was the one for her. I looked at my expression in the mirror. "I'll win her back but not for you…" I tell him as he arches a brow at me. Yeah, I know how that must sound but still.

"I'll win her back because this is our time. For us." The brow arched further. Good. "Not for you and your princess, not alone but for us and what we've earned together. I don't care about whatever future we saw or heard." That brough me back to not just Chibi Usa's blurted words but also to knowing somehow in my bones that even if the whole future thing wasn't in place, if the moon kingdom stuff wasn't real I'd still not be able to deny my attraction towards her. I'd have given in eventually and dated her regardless.

It would have been more or less on convincing her to date me, sort of like how things are now, only in a different manner. As for Chibi Usa's words I remember that feeling. I had never been more shell shocked or happy as when I heard that. It really had felt like a ten-ton weight was lifted off of me. An image of a young boy with my dark hair came to mind with another little girl with blonde hair or dark hair to.

Or two girls or two boys, hell I didn't care. I was so happy that I KNEW Usagi could feel it. I knew she could feel my excitement. Its not like it was the first time when we found out Chibi Usa was ours. I had honestly not just been thrilled but embarrassed that our private life had been publicized so 'politely' from my own future self and with no hesitation. He had this confidence about him that I hated to admit, envied.

He had no care that he basically said 'yeah we had sex, so what?' he was open and honest and I needed to be more like that more, carefree and not such a stick in the mud. I needed to show the world that Usagi was mine and I wasn't embarrassed cause I wasn't. That I wasn't afraid she would leave me, but that I trusted her as she trusted me. That we were in a confident, committed relationship and that we made each other happy.

Slipping back into recollection though I remembered later feeling her other emotions and she was right. We had a task to do that day and I needed to stick with it. I was getting carried away with thinking about things that not only hadn't happened yet but with things that may NOT happen if I didn't get MY act together with her. Hearing that was really at this point just a little something to hope for the grand scheme of things.

Then the small talk we had afterwards confirmed for me what she was thinking. She knew what I was thinking during that whole thing. And while it was her razor sharp tongue that got the last word in and made me realized things weren't going to be easy it also told me that our bond was strong enough now to for me to hear her thoughts if she focused hard enough and for me to feel some of hers to.

It was a positive sign no matter how it turned out. Yes, Chibi Usa should have stayed silent on the matter, she really should have, and I have no doubt that she regretted it the moment it came out, but it did. Granted like Usagi said things may have changed now since other things here in this time have BUT it was still possible. It gave did give me hope just not in the way that Usagi I knew felt that it may have.

It told me that our bond was getting stronger the more we got past these hurdles and became closer together and that I needed to keep improving on my end to get us back on the right path towards what we wanted in the end. Not to care about some possible future in crystal Tokyo that we saw way back, but the future that we planned together in the here and now. My being a doctor and her being a grade school-teacher.

She debated on a lot of ideas, even toyed around with being a stay at home mother to our kids like her mother did. I knew she was destined for great things, and that's not regarding her being a future Queen but just with how she was in general. She could accomplish so much and it was just by luck that she was the one to be Sailor Moon. She was growing into this amazing woman and I wanted to be there for all of it as she was there for me to.

And yes, I wanted kids but to be honest, after all of Chibi Usa's antics, I wondered what type of father I was in the future to allow her actions for her to be this way in the past. It was something I used to struggle with back when I first met Usagi. She was the only girl I'd ever met that made me think about that type of stuff and this was before we discovered each other's secret identities, I just felt this connection with her.

I had wanted to be more than just a friend to her back then, I was just going about it the wrong way and started to become a near 'frienemy' instead. Plus BEFORE I even met her I worried about what it would be like if I ever did become a parent due to my own childhood crap. It may have been another reason why Usagi's father wasn't too keen on me being a part of her life in any real instance.

Perhaps he felt that since I didn't have a father figure growing up, even though I had the memories of my previous father, even if I didn't get that till way later on, he didn't feel that I would know HOW to be a father to any grandkids that Usagi and I gave him. I mean look at Chibi Usa with how she treated Usagi. I mean was I to lax as a parent or barely there? That hurt me to think but it wouldn't be unheard of if as a royal in the future I spent more time on business matters than on my own family.

Then again, I looked back up to the prince in the mirror, I couldn't be spending too much time away as they were prepping for twins in the future. Then there it was again. I really couldn't help the smile that tweaked on my face on that one. Twins. A tiny bit of macho pride slipped in as I smiled wider at the mental image that came to mind of Usagi with one and me with another in the delivery room.

However as soon as Usagi's words entered my mind again that macho pride faded. She was right, things change all the time and for all we know thanks to my dumbassery now that could have already changed. It already was when Chibi Usa started to fade away out of existence. She was still barely hanging on by a threat, but I knew that thread was getting stronger thanks to feeling Usagi's and mine's bond grow stronger.

It didn't mean though that I would give her more power to sustain her life. I realized that it may have sounded horrendous, but I only cared about Usagi. Our future child had hurt her so much mentally and emotionally and I only added to it. I wasn't about to make Usagi feel anything less like before ever again. So if Chibi Usa faded away for now, or for good it would hurt and badly but not nearly as much as if I were to lose Usagi.

I looked back up in the mirror and saw the possible expression of pride on his face, "I finally find a woman that's so amazing and wonderful and I nearly blow it. I refuse to lose her again over my own issues or insecurities. This going forward is our time to live OUR life. Not anyone else's." I tell him as his face widens into a full blown smirk, "Then fight for her and don't fuck it up again." the mirror image of him telling me this actually startled me into backing up from it as I heard his last words say 'You WON'T get another shot'.