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Glass fell from his trembling hands shattering on the ground spewing water from its containment. Turning quickly Usagi and Endymion stared in shock as Moru stood shaking his eyes wide and filled with tears. "Moru" Endymion whispered slowly rising from his seat.
The action only caused the boy to back away from his adopted father, his head shaking back and forth as tears fell like rapids from his frightened lavender eyes "no" he whispered "NO!" he cried running away with all the speed and energy he could muster.
Making it down stairs he headed for the door, his eyes clouded causing the young child to run into someone "Whoa there" Mamoru laughed "I haven't been ran into like that in years" he laughed again not noticing the state in which his future child was in "Guess you're more like you mo-"
"My mother's dead" Mamoru frowned staring at his future son, his eyes red and face covered with tears "She DEAD!" he screamed falling to the ground covering his face with his small trembling hands. Without another word Mamoru knelt in front of his adopted son and embraced him.
Laying her hand on Endymion's shoulder Usagi watched as her Mamo-chan held their future son tightly as he sobbed "He didn't know?" she whispered
Endymion shook his head "honestly" he whispered "I didn't want to believe it either…I thought that if I just pretended…"he shook his head "it doesn't matter now…" his eyes turned to his son watching as the boy screamed in pain at the lost of his mother and best friend.
"Mamoru" Serenity whispered as she heard the light cries of her son "Mamoru" slowly opening his bedroom door she stared around the darkness, gradually making her way through the room toward the soft cries. Reaching the closet door she knelt down gently sliding the golden doors open. As if sensing her need of light, the silver raise of her former home laminated the small child. As the silver light touch his moist skin, Serenity gasped as his tears shimmered "Mamoru"
"Majesty" he whispered quickly whipping away his tears "I-I'm sorry I know I should be in bed" he sniffed "but I-I" he stopped as Serenity pulled the boy into her arms holding him tightly. It was then that Endymion walked by the open bedroom door a look of confusion on his face as he watched the scene before him
"It's alright dear" she whispered into his hair "You miss them, am I correct?"
He stilled in her arms his eyes wide "I'm sorry your majesty, I-it isn't that I'm not grateful to you or his highness…or even to princess Serenity…"
"You stop right there" she pulled him from her staring into his eyes "Don't you ever apologies for neither crying nor missing those that you cherish dearly!" her features softened "Mamoru, you are a part of this family. We love you and accept you for who you are, your family your parents I'm sure love you with all of their hearts as we do. I do not expect you to call me mother, nor do I want you to…that is unless you wish to. I will never be able to replace her nor will Endy be able to replace your father…they will always be here in your heart" she placed her hand on his chest
"it just hurts…not being able to remember them…only having this" he pulled out a small photo of his mother and father "Would they hate me?...hate me for not remembering them?"
Serenity smiled sweetly at her adopted child as she ran her hands though his hair "Mamoru, you were their most precious gift, their treasure…" she kissed his forehead "they could never have such ill feeling toward you…they love you more than anyone could love another" she pulled his chin up so that his eyes stared into hers "you are a creation of that love, a love that can never be broken no matter the circumstance"
"I-I don't want to come between you and princess S-"
"Small lady" she correct "though I did hear you calling her, what was it? Cotton Candy head?"
Mamoru stared at the Queen his eyes wide with fear "I'm so sorry Majesty I meant no disrespect"
Serenity couldn't help but laugh "Mamoru honey, stop it with this Majesty, highness, Queen King princess formality crap" the boy stared at the Queen in shock "if you must call us anything please call us by our names, Usagi, Endymion and…" she smiled "Cotton Candy Head"
Mamoru smiled his laughter leaving his lips "her hair does remind me of cotton candy"
Serenity nodded "it does, I just wish I had known that name when she visited my past self" she thought for a moment "that would of really made her mad" she laughed full heartedly as Mamoru stared at his queen and new mother strangely
"Past self Maj-Serenity-sama?"
"Usagi, and please no Sama" she slowly stood pulling the five year old to his feet and walking him to his large Queen size bed "That is a story for Cotton Candy |Head to tell" Mamoru smiled brightly as he nodded settling into his bed as Serenity tucked him in.
Kissing his forehead she whispered "you are everything I could have ever hoped for Mamoru, you are as much my child as Small Lady"
"Thank you…mama" he whispered hugging her tightly
"He looked at Serenity not only as a mother but…a friend" sighing he added "since that night he called us papa and mama…I don't think I ever saw Serenity as happy as she was the night she heard him call her mama…"
"TOSAN!" The two standing on the stair turned their heads to a screaming Moru as Minako and Makoto carried in a body? "TOSAN!" the scream cried echoing though the small Tsukino home.
"Where's Rei-san?" Mamoru asked looking around the room
"She's chasing the car that brought this here" Ami replied a frantic look on her face
"Alone?" he yelled looking up to find Endymion kneeling next to his son "I'll go after her"
Reaching out a shaky hand Moru went to pull the sheet away only to be pulled away by his father
"Don't touch it" he hissed "Allow Mercury to run her scans, we don't know what or who could be under there" pulling his son to his feet the two royals stood staring at the motionless figure
"Well Ami?" Makoto asked impatiently
"This can't be right" Ami whispered
"What? What does it say?" Minako moved closer to Usagi, who stood still as a statue on the bottom step.
"It's…it's reading as…Chibiusa"
Moru's tear stricken face stared at the motionless body lying in front of him "it's Oneesan" he whispered falling to his knees pulling the sheet off her face. A collective gasp was heard around the room
"Chibiusa" Endymion whispered his own tears running down his face as he slowly made his way to his daughter, kneeling before her corps. His face pale as his hand shook, he stared at her wide eyed, tears falling from his blue eyes as his mind tried to comprehend the situation at hand. Yes he knew that his child was gone…but, knowing was completely different from actually seeing her lay in front of him colorless and still as night.
He trades her features with his finger images of her birth, her first steps, her first word…'Papa'…
"No" he cried pulling her body into his arms crying brokenly into her neck rocking her back and forth like he use to do when she would wake up in the middle of the night scared of a bad dream or just the dark…god she was scared of the dark…and now…now she was gone living in eternal darkness… "No" he screamed his body shaking uncontrollably
Moru sat still as stone watching as his father lost all control "This isn't fair" he cried as Ikuko fell to her knees pulling the sobbing child into her arms "This isn't fair!"
Ami and Makoto wrapped their arms around one another as their own tears fell from their eyes at the sight of the small girl they loved so dearly
Minako stood staring in disbelief…how could fate be so cruel? What had this child done to deserve such a fate? Then as if being struck by fate herself, she saw "Helios" she whispered "Oh no" she cried her hands covering her face as images of a love that was meant to be, destroyed…her heart constricting as the images of their supposed happy life together appeared in her mind.
Panting Rei and Mamoru made their way back into the crowed living room "we couldn't catch them; they sped away far too quickly".
Kenji nodded kneeling beside his wife and grandson "Thank you for trying" he whispered
Mamoru's eyes went to his distorted future self, he watched as Endymion rock his forever silent daughter in his arms as he cried into her body cursing every divine being he could think of.
Rei seeing that Minako was as broken as Endymion rushed to her side, pulling the goddess of love into her arms. Whispering the loss of love between the forever loved pink haired teen and their dear guardian of dreams, Rei couldn't help the tears that slid down her own tan skin.
Usagi watched as the outers tried to comfort Endymion, only to have him push them away. Her blue eyes went to the screams and cries of the small boy she would one day adopt and love as her own…his heart retching cries bring her to complete and utter fury.
This was it, this was her final straw. Daitaro had taken far too much from her…closing her eyes she slowly turned making her way up the stairs to her bedroom. As she went to open her door she heard her voice "Don't do this" turning around quickly she glared darkly at her future self the cries of Moru and Endymion echoing though out the home "I understand your anger, but remember what I said"
It happened so fast that even Neo-Queen Serenity couldn't have stopped it. Holding her reddening cheek Serenity stared at her past self "Do you hear them? Do you not hear the cries of your family?" Usagi glared darkly at her future self "Why are you here? I thought you said I would never see you again"
"I was granted a chance to leave…I had to come and see you, to remind you of our plan-"
"Don't you dare come here telling me that I need to follow your plan!" Usagi hissed trying her best to keep her voice down so not to alarm her despairing comrades "This whole time I thought there was hope, that somehow we would all come out of this alright…alive" pulling the ring from her pocket she continued "To my surprise I find out that not only are you a lying selfish low down deceitful queen, but you're also DEAD!" she shook her head "just go away your highness, or better yet…give this to your husband yourself!" she hissed throwing the ring at her future self slamming her bedroom door in the process
Looking down at the wedding band Serenity gently picked it off the floor and listened to the cries of her husband and child.
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