Hello Minna-chan!!  
It is I, Bethany! Back with yet another story!!!
This takes place after Usagi and Mamoru break up, but before the senshi
meet Pluto. It's in first person, Pluto. Well, this chapter is anyhow.
I hope everyone likes!! This is a change from what I usually write, it's
more dramatic (I hope) but don't worry, any of you all that know me, 
knows that I love my romantic stories ^_^
This will probably just be a four parter, maybe three. I'm not sure
yet. I've had quite a few requests to do a series of my story "From
the Beginning - Round Two" and I may just take up on that task, or
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Mistakes - A Usagi and Mamoru Romance
By: Bethany ^_^
Edited by: Meara - *HUGS* girl!
Author's Email: Bethany212@aol.com
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Rated: Umm.. PG sounds pretty good
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~*~ Pluto's P.O.V. ~*~

	"Time has a way of healing things; fixing them, making it all 
work out, right?"

	I turn to look at my visitor.  Yes, she is barely three feet
tall, yet her presence is true and demanding.  Her mother and father
are evident in her small frame, yet she is so unsure of everything at
the moment. 
 
	She has reason to be. 
 
	I want to break out of my normal, staid posture and scream at
The King.  Stupid - he is stupid in what he done.  And although I see
*why*, he still doesn't know exactly how much he had messed up the
timeline.  And of course, as always, it's up to me to make sure he
even marries Serenity.  

	His reasons, as told by the King himself, are understandable.
I know he can't live without her.  Its evident in everything he
does and says.  Without his Queen, Endymion is nothing. He sent the 
dreams to his younger self to help him survive the agony of his future 
separation from Serenity. With the past break-up, it's easier for him now 
that she is asleep in the crystal.  He won't go crazy from not having her 
due to his strength from the past events. 
 
	"Puu?"

	But why hadn't he thought of everyone else involved? Now, for 
instance, his daughter stands in front of me, tears flowing freely down 
her youthful face.  Tears that shouldn't be there; tears of anger and 
worry that a five-year-old should never have to live through.  And 
then there is Serenity.  Her past self is in deep pain at this very 
moment.  Because of the King's selfish, yet *understandable* actions. 

	"Hai, Small Lady?"

	A tiny frame, pink hair in coned shaped odongos and a children's 
sailor outfit, comes and hugs my leg.

	"Please, Puu, my *existence* is at stake here!  Are you sure
he will take her back?  I know my Daddy loves Mommy, but he's being
so mean to her.  And it's so hard not to tell her who I am, so she 
will feel better."

	I more than understand Small Lady's turmoil.  She first came to
me when she was no more than two years of age.  Barely walking, she had 
out smarted the senshi and found the timegate.  I tried to keep my cold 
exterior with her.  I shouldn't have allowed her into my heart. But there 
she crawled, and there she stayed.  Serenity tried to reason with me, 
telling me that she would make sure that Small Lady never came to the 
timegate again.  But I refused, saying she was no trouble.  

	Now the vast space around me is filled with toys, and for the longest 
time a child's laughter rang out through the immense space.  Now that 
same precious child was crying, her sobs filling the once happy moments she 
spent here with me.
  
	"Small Lady, you know you can not tell her.  I know it would make 
her feel better, but she mustn't know of her future."

	The Luna ball bobbed sadly as it's mistress cries out her anguish 
and worry that her parents may stay apart and she will never be born.

	"Please Puu, you have to help her.  She cries so much!  It hurts to 
see my Mommy cry like that - please Puu."

	How can I say no to this child?  This child that I love like she was 
my very own?  Her face rubbing small tears against my leg, her small red 
eyes pleading for me to stop her mother's pain.  How can I refuse her?

	With a wave of my time staff, I let out a swallow breath.  I'll
do this, for her and for the younger Serenity.  

	Where once we were in the space between times, now we stand in a 
bedroom.  A small twin size bed, a younger Neo-Queen laying on it, 
crying from the depths of her soul for her lost love.  Luna stifles a
gasp as she sees me appear, Small Lady holding tightly to my hand.

	"Sailor Pluto," she whispers, causing Usagi to look up from her
tear stained pillow.  As soon as her eyes fall on me, she lets out a 
small whimper of surprise and moves to the furthest edge of the bed.

	I raise my hand slowly, a calming motion to show I mean her no 
harm.  "Please, Princess, I am a friend."

	She eyes me slowly, measuring my presence, its then that her 
eyes fall on her future daughter.

	"Chibi-Usa!  Where have you been?"

	Small Lady lets go of my hand and makes a beeline for her mother, 
falling into her open arms and hugging her tightly.  Now I have time to 
ponder on what it is I'm doing.  How can I help her without causing 
tears in the already unstable time current?  How can I put her mind, and 
her daughter's mind, to ease without letting too much be known?

	"Who... who are you?" Usagi asks quietly, after looking Small Lady 
over and reassuring herself that the child is alright.

	I go down on one knee and bow to my Queen.  "I am Sailor Pluto,
Princess, the Keeper of the Timegate."

	Usagi waves off my gesture, as I knew she would.  Never in her 
life could she stand for me to bow to her.  'We're friends, no need for 
such actions,' she would say and be done with the subject.  
  
	"Please don't bow, I hate it," she complains and sits closer to 
the edge of the bed.  "What brings you here, Sailor Pluto?"

	She is acting now.  The Princess she once was and still is, rising 
in her soul. Her voice carrying authority while her heart bleeds from pain 
caused by her prince.

	"I am here at the request of the Small Lady," I explain.

	She looks oddly at me, then at Small Lady. "You know Chibi-Usa?"  

	I silence her with a wave of my hand.  "That is not
important, Princess.  What is important is why I am here."

	Her interest is peaked now.  She places her feet firmly on the 
floor beneath her and wrings her hands in her lap. I have to hide my 
smile.  Somethings, I see, never change.  

	"Why are you here?" Luna looks up from her position on the foot 
of the bed, eyeing me carefully as I wait.  I'm known for withholding my 
knowledge, something that the future Queen can't stand.  And as I see now, 
her younger self finds it hard to deal with also.  As I wait for at least 
thirty seconds before speaking, I notice a shadow move on the outside of 
Usagi's window.

	There, on the streets below, is a figure watching this room 
carefully.  Slyly I make my way to the window and glance out it in
enough time to see Endymion's younger self flee down the street.  So
even with the dreams, he couldn't stay completely away.  And in this 
small action, another idea forms in my head.  A way to make the past
Endymion see how much he needs Usagi, and a way to make the future 
Endymion see how stupid he was for doing this dream to begin with.

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	The shadows part and I see a tall, muscular form make its way
toward me.

	"I've been expecting you," I inform my visitor, nonchalantly 
brushing my hair out of my face.

	His face is red from anger. "What have you done?" he demands.

	"Nothing that didn't need to be done.  That is, if you ever want 
to marry Serenity."  The shock on his face is enough to make me want to 
smile.  But I refrain, he is, after all, my King and it would only 
enrage him further.

	"What do you speak of?"

	I silently summon a time portal, one that enables us to see Tokyo
in the time of the King and Queen's break-up. Usagi and Small Lady are 
walking in the park when they bump into a tall man.  His brown hair falls 
slightly over his forehead, and his mouth is open, yet he can't speak.  
He simply gapes at the beauty before him.

	Endymion watches carefully as the young man asks Usagi if he
could treat her to an ice cream, and both his daughter and future wife 
agree and follow the man.  

	"What is this?  Some joke?  What is she doing with him?!" 
 
	Jealous.  His eyes are turning an evil green as he watches Usagi 
with another man, laughing and having a good time.  His fists are 
clenched and the gritting of his teeth is wearing on my nerves.

	"Why Endymion, I thought you'd know.  It is after all *your* 
past. You don't remember the boyfriend she had while you were 
determined to listen to those *too real* dreams?  Honestly, my King,
your memory must be failing you.  Look, there you are, watching
with the same amount of jealousy you are displaying now."  

	His eyes bore into the portal.  Mamoru peeks out from behind a 
tree and watches the scene. As she walks away, his fist hits the tree 
and a lone tear travels down his cheek.

	"I don't care to watch this," Neo-King Endymion exclaims, bowing 
his head in his hands.  As much pain as he is in right now - in both 
times - I know this is for the best.  For all of them.
	
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	"What happened?"

	Usagi is sitting comfortably on her bed, a book of paper in her
lap that she is constantly drawing on, although her attention is 
directed at me.  

	"What I expected," I reply and smooth out my skirt. 
 
	She gives me an annoyed look, one that I've seen on her future
counterpart many a time.  Her eyebrow twitches ever so lightly, and 
her blue eyes flash up at me in a quick gesture.

	"I have a feeling you know more than your letting on," she 
informs me.  

	"I ALWAYS know something more than I let on, Princess." 

	Again that little irritation, and flash of blue. "My name
is Usagi, please call me that."

	Even with a broken heart, she hides her pain well.  Still I can 
sense it.  Her suffering is evident even at this distance from her.  
Small Lady knows this also; she watches Usagi with a pained expression.  
I know it is hard for her to act like she doesn't care for her younger 
mother.  But I insist on trying to keep the information from Usagi 
until I no longer can.

	"So what happened?  Was he upset?  Did he care?" she suddenly
cries out in a loss of control.  Her eyes are filled with unshed tears 
as she begs for reassurance. 

	I start to break.  Just as is her daughter, I am connected
to the future queen.  She is easily my best friend.  Even now, I cannot 
deny her the comfort she needs.  "Yes, Princess, he was upset.  He 
cares... deeply."

	I see the relief, the sudden whoosh of air being let out of 
her lungs. She closes her eyes, hands relaxed, as she sighs with relief.  
Her face says it all.  She is overjoyed to know that her one and only 
love cares for her.  But when she opens her eyes, the sadness is still 
there.  Damn it, Endymion! Do you have ANY idea what you're doing to her?  

	"But I'm so lonely without him. Without his arms, his lips, his
presence.  It hurts like nothing I've ever felt in my life!"

	I feel it her pain, and another's.  I lift my eyes to see the 
figure on the balcony, silently listening to her heartfelt words.
	
	I know what I must do.

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	"Who are you, and what do you want?"  

	It takes me off guard, for once. Truly, I wasn't expecting him 
to know I was here.  The portal disappears behind me as I step into 
a small, but well kept apartment. 

	The tall man sitting on the couch has his face buried in his
hands, dark hair resting on his forehead.  Even though he has yet to
look up, he knows he is not alone.  The warrior coming out in him, I
suppose.

	"That is none of your concern," I reply evenly.  This same man 
who is ripping apart Usagi's heart, is the same man 1,000 years 
from now that will be the cause for his own pain.  And I have no 
mercy.

	His rage is intact when he stands.  This will be useful for him
one day when he is King.  But now, I can easily see through it.  The
pain is all too real.  And while I know it is not *this* Mamoru's 
fault this is happening, he is still allowing dreams to destroy his 
relationship with Usagi. Reality is what is important. Now to make him 
see that.

	"I demand to know who you are, or you can leave my apartment at
once!" 

	Quick to judge.  He always has been and always will be.  In 
this turn of events I make a hasty decision.  One that will work better 
than me standing here and talking to the Prince.

	Backing into the portal once more, I answer him shortly and with 
as much control as I can muster.  "You will know in due time, my 
Prince." And with those words said, I disappeared into a cloud of 
smoke. 
 
	Now inside the corridor of eternity, I know what I must do.  
And while playing with the time line is not the best option, it is my 
only one as of this moment.

	Summoning the power to go into the future Crystal Tokyo, I 
walk into the restored castle, 200 years beyond the time of the Black
Moon.

	Inside the castle, I quickly find who it is I'm looking for, and 
pull her into a corner.  Stormy hazel eyes flash into mine.

	"Yes, Sailor Pluto.  What can I do for you?" she questions.  
Her air is calm, as always.  And I know this is the right person for the 
job at hand.

	"Princess, I need your assistance in something concerning the
King and Queen."

	"Care to elaborate?" she sighs while filing a nail. She is so
much like her mother, she scares me sometimes.  Her father's looks and 
cool exterior, as well as her mother's charm and sweetness.  Kunzite 
would be proud, if he were alive.

	"Have you time to play cupid, dear?"

	She perks at this.  She is always up for a good matchmaker game.  
ALOT like her mother in that sense.

	"With the King and Queen?  I don't know if you noticed, Pluto, but 
they have been married for well over one thousand years." She grins 
evilly at me, hoping I'll continue with the game.
  
	"Come now, Keiko-chan, your mother would want you to."

	With the mention of her mother, she agrees.  Minako is proud of
her daughter, but is in a deep depression from the sadness of losing
Kunzite.  I know without a doubt that Keiko would do anything to help
her mother.  

	"I'm game," she agrees, then turns and walks into the timegate.

	I follow shortly, evening my thoughts out. A small smile appears 
on her face, white-silver hair flashing as she turns and looks out the 
time portal that has been placed before her.

	"Ahh, I see," she mumbles to herself.
	
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	The mall is filled with parents, children, couples and friends.
It's a shame actually.  The fact is that this all too perfect Friday 
afternoon will be ruined shortly, and very drastically. 

	The only thing that irks me about Keiko is the violent urges she 
inherited from Kunzite. But for now, it's too late to change that.

	A cloud of yellow fire appears, then dissipates as Keiko appears.  
I watch from my portal as the fate of the future world is left in the 
hands of Minako's only daughter.

	Selene help us all.	

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