Revelation

Inside the apartment is Mamoru holding another woman in his arms.

Unknown to the two that they were being watched, they held each other very tightly. After a moment, the girl pushed herself away from Mamoru slightly.

"How could we be together if you're not free?" She asked.

Mamoru ran his hands through his hair.

"You must understand Mika, I cannot leave her. We would have to hide this from her" he said.

"But I don't understand! She seems to be a very kind girl. I think she wouldn't try to keep us apart from each other. Why must we hide?" she cried.

"Yeah, why must you hide it from me?" Usagi choked out from the door.

Shocked, the two whirled around to see Usagi leaning by the door as if lacking the will to stand by herself.

"How long have you been there?" Mamoru asked dazedly.

"Long enough to hear everything." Usagi answered.

Mika cleared her throat and slowly moved towards the door.

"I think you should talk to each other alone first. Just call me later, Mamorusan." She said.

Silence descended upon the other two occupants of the room. After a while, Usagi reached in her pockets for the keys in Mamoru's apartment. She stared at it for a long time before offering it to the still silent Mamoru.

"I guess you'd want this back now." She said. Mamoru stared at the keys without recognition before slowly raising his face to meet her eyes.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Surely you can't think that I would want to go on with our relationship now that I found out that you no longer love me." She said incredulously.

"So, you want it to end like this?" Mamoru said. His face darkening with temper.

"What do you mean me? You were the one who ended it! You cheated on me, or have you already forgotten?" Usagi shouted.

"You won't even ask for an explanation? No blaming me for giving you a hard time. For being human?!!" Mamoru jeered.

Usagi stiffened as if spanked.

"Why are you being mean?" she whispered.

"Why? Why? You honestly want to know why? - I'll tell you why, do you how hard it is to endure your whining and your childish acts for the sake of the earth. With everybody telling me that you are my destiny when I myself don't feel anything for you but pity?" Mamoru shouted only to stop himself when he saw the stricken look in her eyes.

"So, everything was a lie? Everything that you told me has all been a lie? No wonder you always fall asleep whenever we're alone." She laughed sadly. "And to think that I thought you were tired. When what you were really feeling was boredom." She hid her face in her hands and cried brokenly.

As he looked at Usagi, Mamoru suddenly felt very afraid. As if something precious to him was about to disappear. He looked at her leaning by the door and realized that he loved her and could not bear to lose her.

But, he thought, how does one take back the hurtful things already said?

"Usagi,I-" Mamoru began only to stop when she raised her tearstained face to him and looked at him like a stranger.

"I'm sorry. I did't realize that I was a nuisance. Don't worry, this is the last time that you will ever see me. Goodbye" She said.

With that she threw the keys to the floor and ran out of the door.

"Usagi, wait!" Mamoru shouted after her. He ran out to follow her only to be stopped by Setsuna.

"The future has changed, my prince." Setsuna said.

"What are you talking about? I have to catch up with Usagi. I have to tell her that I was wrong." Mamoru asked impatiently, raking a hand through his hair.

"The future has changed, my prince. All that was built by the love you too shared is gone. Even the most precious creation that you made together has also disappeared." Setsuna said.

"What do you mean?" Mamoru asked nervously.

"Chibiusa has ceased to exist. Which means that you and the princess-" Setsuna hesitated.

"WHAT?" Mamoru asked.

"Which means that you didn't end up together." She concluded quietly.

Mamoru looked at her in disbelief, shook his head slowly and repeatedly.

"No! You're lying to me. You must be I- I can't live without her." He slowly backs away from her then suddenly turns and runs the way where Usagi ran a while ago.