Wiseman had no idea what happened to his clan. One minute, they were attacking Crystal Tokyo and he next minute, Diamond and the others were all gone, and he woke up in a cold cell. Did they turn him in, but to whom? He wasn't on Earth. He also wasn't on Nemesis. He must be on some reject planet. Great!
As the man stewed, he wondered what would happen to Death Phantom? Would he get a new accomplice or has he met his end too? World domination had been so close. Now it was just a dream.
Endymion had to find a different way to get to Mamoru. He decided to follow his old self around and get used to his routine. Maybe there'd be a way to innocuously approach him. He wore a disguise, temporarily dying his hair brown and wearing green contacts.
"My old self was boring," Endymion concluded as he followed him to class and then to work. From there, he went to the arcade where he hung out with Motoki. "I haven't seen him in forever."
He didn't see Usagi or any of her friends that day. Doesn't she always get a milkshake and fries? Maybe she's in detention?
A redhead, she looked around 18 or so, came up to Mamoru and gave him a kiss. "I missed you."
They started talking. Endymion couldn't hear them. This can't be happening. Mamoru is failing the test. He doesn't love Usagi if he moved on to another woman, and if he doesn't love Usagi, will Endymion lose his love for Serenity? No! I'll have to break them up.
While Endymion tried to figure out how to ruin Mamoru's relationship, Setsuna was trying to figure out what to do about Usagi's. She could only see so far into the future, but what she saw had no room for Mamoru. The Princess was becoming more sure of her love for Diamond every day. Setsuna felt torn between her responsibility to keep the future balanced, and her duty not to interfere. Days like this made her miss her Queen. She always knew what to do.
Friday rolled around and it was date night for, well, everyone. Usagi had a date with Diamond, Minako with Sapphire, Rei with Esmeralda, Ami with Makoto, Luna and Artemis, Mamoru and his new girlfriend; even Chibiusa had a play date.
Sapphire was so excited. His brother was letting him borrow his car for his date. He was going to take Minako to an upscale French restaurant.
Diamond, on the other hand, was treating Usagi to a homemade dinner. "Don't scratch it and stay out as long as you can okay," he handed his little brother the keys.
"You're the best."
"I know."
Sapphire picked up his lady who was wearing a cute little black dress. "You look amazing," he said with a smile as he kissed her on the stoop. He then heard yelling.
"Oh that's just my Dad. Let's go." They got in the car and drove off.
Setsuna went to drop in on Haruka and Michiru and seek their advice.
The two lovers had been making out on the couch when their doorbell rang.
"If that's a door to door salesman, punch him," Haruka growled.
"Hey Setsuna! Come in."
"Sailor P in the hizzouse!"
Setsuna glared at her.
"You're in my house; you have to deal with my foolishness."
"I do, don't I. I'm not sure what to do about Usagi." Setsuna was not used to being unsure of what to do. She got her job by being decisive and consistent and now, she was thrown for a loop.
"Why not just do nothing?" Haruka suggested.
"Do nothing?"
"Isn't that what you usually do?"
"Ruka!"
"I don't mean it in a bad way, but interference isn't really your thing. Think about it this way; there are six other senshi here to watch out for the Princess. If this guy is trouble, we'll handle him."
"I'm not just worried about him being trouble. I'm worried about Usagi not choosing Mamoru in the end. Her love for Diamond is growing. What if there's no Crystal Tokyo and no Chibiusa?"
"Maybe Diamond will just die in a car crash or something."
"Ruka, that's terrible."
"What? I wasn't wishing death upon him. I'm just saying, if Usagi's has to end up with Mamoru, then she will and maybe we don't need to do anything." Haruka did not want to tell her future Queen who to date.
"Maybe we don't, but if we do need to do something, the window of opportunity is closing."
"Did you just try talking to her?" Michiru offered.
Setsuna shook her head. "She doesn't know Chibiusa is her daughter. I'm trying to resolve these issues without telling her too much about her future. She's not really supposed to know too much anyway."
"Well now that's just dumb," Haruka growled. "You can't expect her to pick a set path without her knowing it's her set path. If you don't want to tell her about her future, then you have to leave her to be free to pick her own. What's more important? Getting the outcome you want for the future or staying out of it. You can't have both."
Setsuna had been struggling with that very question, but hearing you can only have one finally resonated with her. She knew what she had to do.
"Thanks Haruka."
Setsuna left.
"What about me?" Michiru fussed after she left.
"I guess, I was the only helpful one, for once."
Mamoru took his girlfriend to a Spanish restaurant. They had gotten paella to share. "This is delicious. It has so many different flavors and textures."
As they shared their dish, a man "accidentally" tripped a waiter into their table, spilling a drink all over Mamoru's girlfriend.
"My dress!" she cried.
"I'm so sorry. Someone tripped me!" He went to go get towels for her dress.
The manager apologized and offered to comp their meal and pay for dry cleaning.
She started to laugh. "Of course, my first night out somewhere classy in over a year and I get a drink spilled on me. My own brother tells me I'm cursed."
They ended up getting the meal to go and they decided to go back to his house, so she could change out of her wet dress.
"I'm going to take a shower," she said to him.
"I'll reheat the food."
"You aren't going to join me?"
Clothes came off as they raced to the shower. Soapy suds flew everywhere as they kissed and pinched. Little did they know, Endymion was watching them from an office building across the street. He had to find a way to ruin this date. He followed another resident into the apartment building and pulled the fire alarm. Then, he escaped out of an emergency door.
"Did you want to finish eating?" she asked Mamoru as she dried off her hair.
"I think dinner can wait. I have an appetite for something else. He pulled her into a kiss just to hear an alarm go off. SHIT!"
She started cracking up. What a terrible date this had become. The lovers scrambled to get dressed and then they left the apartment. People started coming out in droves only to see that it was a false alarm.
"Maybe we should go for some ice cream," she suggested. "We won't be able to go back inside for a while."
Mamoru looked for his wallet. "I forgot my wallet inside."
She rolled her eyes. "I'll pay." They left hand in hand.
Endymion cursed. No matter how hard he tried to ruin their date, they kept going.
"Dinner was so good!" Usagi cheered as she finished the last of her milk. He made burger sliders and a pancetta & saint Andre pizza. Her favorite part was dessert, which was a chocolate brownie with ice cream on top. "You are so good to me," she growled happily as she kissed him. "You're so smart and sweet and handsome. I love you."
She pushed him on the couch. "Let me show you how much I love you." Before he could react, she fell on his hips, kissing him deeply as she began to unbutton his shirt. He growled as her teeth sank into his neck, marking him before she left a trail of kisses down his chest. She reached his belt buckle and started to take it off with her teeth, her eyes on him the entire time.
He gulped as she tore the belt off him, sending it to the floor. His hands trembled with anticipation as her hands ran up and down his boxers, teasing his manhood. He stiffened under her touch. She smirked as he growled and muttered incoherently.
"Cat got your tongue?" she teased.
As he continued to blabber, she began stroking him through his pants, moving her hand up and down against the red, cotton fabric.
She pulled him out and swirled her tongue the large, bulbous head.
"OH GOD!"
As she began to gently suck, barely touching him, tormenting him in a delicious fashion, he dug his nails into the couch and groaned for more.
Setsuna drove to a part of Tokyo she wasn't used to seeing. Instead of living in an apartment like many young city dwellers did, the Kuros lived in their own house, owned free and clear.
She had been looking all over for Usagi and concluded that she must be at Diamond's house. She had already tried Usagi's home and had even hacked the GPS on Diamond's car, just to find another man driving a girl, who must be Sailor Venus, around.
When she got to the street and made a right, she took a moment to think. She had never met the Princess, well not in this lifetime anyway, and could not just bang on the door without an explanation as to who she was. Did her boyfriend know she was Sailor Moon? If so, the identity of the other scouts could be at risk and if not, then Setsuna did not want to blow Usagi's cover.
She had to come up with a reason to knock on the door and quickly.
Diamond felt his self-control waning at a dangerous rate. He wanted to just grab Usagi's head and ….
"Usagi, I'm about to …." He growled loudly as he finished in her mouth. He swore he could see stars right now. She was about to ask him what he wanted to do next when the doorbell rang. Diamond quickly redid his pants. "Could you get it?" he asked weakly.
Usagi wiped off her mouth and then answered the door. "Hello?"
"Hi. I was wondering if I could ask for a hand? I got a flat tire." Setsuna had stabbed her own tire to give herself an excuse to come over.
"Sure, come in. I'm Usagi."
"Hi, I'm Setsuna."
"Do you want me to put on your spare for you?" Diamond looked at the woman. She was older, very well dressed, did not look like she had ever changed a tire before.
"Oh, that would be great." She handed him the key and he went to get a flashlight.
"Do you live in the neighborhood?" Usagi asked.
"Actually, I don't. I got lost on my way to a friend's house and then of course, flat tire. I'm so unlucky."
"I'm a bit of a klutz myself, so I know the feeling." Although she had been getting better over the past several months. "Did you want any coffee or tea?"
"Water would be great." Setsuna watched Diamond go outside. He had changed as to not mess up his nicer clothes. Hopefully, this would take him a while.
When Usagi came back with the water, Setsuna started to explain. "Usagi, I have to be honest with you."
"What are you talking about?" We just met. What lies could she have told?
"I know who you are, and I need to tell you who I am. I'm Sailor Pluto, the guardian of time."
"What?" She wasn't surprised that there was a guardian of time, or even that this woman was she, but why show up at her boyfriend's house during her date? "I mean, what brings you here?"
"There has been an interference with time and space. You and Mamoru were supposed to fall in love, get married and form Crystal Tokyo and have Chibiusa and …."
"And have Chibiusa?" Usagi was stunned. "You mean that spore is mine?"
Setsuna glared. "Yes, she is your spore."
"Well, I need to tell my future self not to spoil her so much."
"Good luck with that, anyway. The future is in jeopardy and because of your relationship with Diamond. I don't know how the timeline got changed, but you are not supposed to be with him and you are most certainly not supposed to fall in love with him. I don't know what happened to you and Mamoru but…."
"I don't love him and I never did."
"What?" Now Setsuna was confused.
"I didn't love him in the Silver Millennium. I only was going to marry him because I was told that I had to for my kingdom. I didn't love him this time around either, but I was told that we had been in love and we were destined, so I accepted it, but I can't do it anymore. I lost my last life because I tried to live a lie and it all fell apart, and I won't do it again. I can't be with Mamoru."
How did she know about her past life? Setsuna had planned on sticking to the cover story, but now that was out the window? "How did you learn about your past life?"
"I have had some flashbacks," Usagi answered. "I started to remember my past, and I don't know why my mother lied, but …."
"You did NOT just call Queen Serenity a liar." Setsuna was very defensive about the late queen, even though Usagi wasn't wrong.
"Everyone lies, whether or not it is a habit for them. I'm sure my mother had a reason for telling me what she did, but this isn't her decision. It's mine, and I choose Diamond."
"What about Chibiusa?"
Usagi didn't know what to do, but she would save the little girl. "Mamoru and I will have to figure it out. Maybe she could have a room with me and a room with him."
"I meant her conception."
"Oh, ugh!" Usagi didn't want to think about that. "Can't he just be a sperm donor?"
Setsuna's jaw actually dropped. She wondered how she could have thought it would be easy. Just tell her the truth and she'll understand and behave. Of course not. Oh Crap!
"And what about Crystal Tokyo?"
"He's the Earth Prince. Can't he just pick his own queen? I'll help him make Crystal Tokyo if he needs my crystal, but I won't rule it with him." Usagi had no interest in being queen. She had a hard enough time getting herself together.
Diamond came back inside. "You're all set. I would just throw out that tire instead of trying to repair it. It looked gashed, like you ran over something sharp."
"Thank you," she said, feigning cheer. "I must be going." She gave Usagi one last glare before she left.
Once she was gone, Usagi explained who she was and what she wanted.
"I told her it wasn't happening, but what if I mess up the future?"
"You won't. You've saved the world over and over again, and I know you'll figure out what to do."
"And what about Chibiusa?" Usagi couldn't see herself having a child with Mamoru, even if they did it as friends and if her mother was endanger, then Usagi's future was in danger too.
"We'll figure it out together. I'm not going anywhere Odango."
She fell on his chest. "Can we watch bad movies and eat lots of popcorn?"
"Of course."
Mamoru and his girlfriend were sharing an ice cream sundae and laughing about their miserable date.
"Well, on the bright side. Nothing bad's happened here?"
Mamoru knocked on wood. The couple laughed.
After Mamoru's girlfriend went to the bathroom, man came in and yelled at him.
"How could you do this!"
"Do what?"
"Cheat on Usagi. Do you not care about her anymore?"
"We broke up, not that it's any of your business. Who the hell are you anyway?"
Mamoru squinted at the man. He seemed familiar somehow.
"Never mind who I am, you need to fix this or else it will all be over!"
Mamoru recognized the voice. "You're the jerk who's been haunting my dreams." The man ran away. Mamoru started chasing him.
His girlfriend came back confused. "Where did he go?"
The storeowner shrugged. "He got into an argument with some man and then started chasing him."
"Now, this is the weirdest day ever!"
She decided to go home for the night and would call Mamoru tomorrow. She had enough of date night.
Minako sighed happily. She and Sapphire were nestled in the back seat of Diamond's car. "How did I do?" he asked nervously, this being the first time he ever tried to please Minako, or anyone other than himself for that matter.
"You were great." She kissed his cheek. She thought her screaming had made that clear. He's so nervous. "Relax. Now, it's your turn."
She began kissing his neck, leaving her mark just below his neck when she heard a yelling noise.
"Get back here you BASTARD!"
She thought about going to see who it was, but she didn't sense any youma, so she figured it was probably some drunks or something.
"Now where was I," she muttered to herself as she started to unbutton his shirt.
Endymion was at a disadvantage. He was being chased by his younger self and in a city with which he was no longer familiar. He saw an alleyway and went to hide in it, when he realized it was a dead end. Before he could turn around, he was cornered.
"Now who are you and what the hell do you want!"
"I'm your future," Endymion admitted.
"What's with your hair and why have you been haunting my dreams?"
"I dyed it, so you wouldn't recognize me if you saw me, and I had to test your love for Usagi. Serenity is in a coma now, and I had to know if you would do whatever it takes to save her, but it looks like you just forgot her and got a new girlfriend."
"Don't give me that," Mamoru snarled. "I broke up with Usagi because I thought I had to in order to save her, and she went and got a new boyfriend."
"SHE WHAT!"
"Yeah, and when I told her about the dreams, she said she understood, but that she loved Diamond more, so we wouldn't be getting back together."
"SHE CAN'T DO THAT!"
"Well, she can and she did. Doesn't this fix your problem anyway? If the future changes, she won't end up in a coma."
Endymion refused to admit to that logic. "But we're supposed to get married, and form Crystal Tokyo and have Chibiusa."
"Chibiusa's ours?"
"How do you think she got the nickname?"
Mamoru thought. "Oh, that does make sense."
"So you'll dump your girlfriend and get back with Usagi?"
"I don't …." Mamoru had just gotten over her. He was in a good place right now. "Can't I just be a sperm donor or something, for Chibiusa's sake?"
"A SPERM DONOR! I AM, I mean, we are her father. You can't just give up on her mother. What about your past? What about your destiny?"
"Usagi says our past love in the Silver Millennium was all made up."
"WHAT?" Now Endymion was really losing it.
"She said she was in love with someone else, and she was only marrying me for political reasons, and if we got married in this era, it would be the same thing. She said she wouldn't do it twice."
The future man felt like the air had just been punched out of his lungs. "If Usagi doesn't love you …" does that mean Serenity no longer loves me? "Where's my daughter?" Is she okay?
"Probably at Usagi's house."
Endymion needed to figure out what to do. He had meant to change the future, but not like this. Where the hell is Setsuna? Maybe she can help him fix everything.
He looked at the time. It was late. He'd have to try tomorrow.
