[:::Chapter V:::]

Usagi and Mamoru wrote back and forth to each other despite the problem that they had the night before he left. Setsuna had regularly gone to check on the prince, (since she didn't need a plane to get there). They had been quite close in the past, she was a go between for the prince and the princess and they had also grown quite close in the future too. Setsuna was the only one that King Endymion spoke to other that his queen and daughter. His daughter, that was the topic that filled most of their conversations. -How I love his daughter, as if she was my own, I can't imagine my life without either one of them- Setsuna sighed.

This visit to America was different however, she didn't come with the usual smile he had grown accustom to but instead a pale face and horrifying news.

"Prince. there is trouble in the future." Pluto stated.

They were all alone in his apartment in America now.

"What is it, is it Chibi-Usa?" he begged.

"No, she is fine. It's the Queen."

"Has she fallen ill? What can I do." He questioned with strain in his voice.

"She is not ill, she is dead." The words hung heavy in the air. Mamoru looked at Pluto not seeing her just staring an absent stare.

"Who killed her?" he asked in an infuriated whisper. "Who?!"

"She killed herself. she committed suicide. She discovered.." Pluto said looking at the ground. She couldn't bring herself to look him in the eye.

"She discovered what? What could have been so bad?!"

"She discovered you with another woman." Pluto was still looking at the ground.

"No, I would never do that to her, who was this woman?"

"That's not important. What is important is that you did it, and you do, you do it!. You have to break up with her now, or else her fait will end up this way. I know what you are thinking, but I have looked. Even though you say that you'll never do this even after my warning you still end up doing it!. This is the only way. Please."

"I understand, but what will happen to Chibi-Usa if Usagi and I are never together? What will become of that sweet little girl. You can't just let her be erased, I know how much you love her too!" Mamoru began in a whisper but by now was near shouting, tears began to well up in his eyes.

"She will be fine, she will still be born."

"How, how will she be fine, how will she still be born if Usagi and I never get together?"

"Chibi-Usa.. Chibi-Usa is not Usagi's child." Pluto said letting out her dying secret.

"Then who's child is she, why does she call Usagi and I her parents?! Pluto tell me!" Mamoru's mind was about to explode he couldn't comprehend what she was saying.

"In the future you and Usagi try to have children after you are married, but fail. Usagi is bearin, she can never have children, but the throne needs an heir. That is where I come in. I am Chibi-Usa's biological mother, and you, you are still her father. That is why she has red eyes, the same as mine. That is why I love her as I do, but can not raise her as my own." Pluto allowed a single tear to escape her eye, she never cried and something that would make even a single tear drop fall would be almost killing her.

"Chibi-Usa is our daughter?. Have you told this to Usagi?. What did she say?. I'm sorry Pluto." he pulled her into his arms and gave her a warm sorrowful hug.

"No, Usagi doesn't know."

"So what happens to Crystal Tokyo if Usagi and I never marry?. What will become of me?."

"Crystal Tokyo will never come to exist. The Earth will never freeze over because no one will try to attack you and Usagi, since you are not together. Time will go on, and so will peace, the way it is now. You will both be able to live a normal life."

"But how will Chibi-Usa be born if there is no need for an heir?"

At this comment Pluto blushed and Mamoru understood. He understood that she was the other woman from the future. He understood now what these feelings that he had towards her were not just that of mere close friendship, they were feelings of love. He still loved Usagi however and knew how much this would hurt her, but he also knew that she never wanted to be queen and he certainly didn't want to see her kill herself. Mamoru broke off their embrace and gazed into Pluto's garnet eyes. now he could see it, the mother's love in her eyes and her likeness in Chibi-Usa. "You must tell Usagi, but don't bring what we have into it."

"No, prince, you must do this yourself. This has to come from you. I love you." Pluto said as she disappeared.

Just as she faded from his sight the phone rang and he knew it was Usagi on the other end.