Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Fragility of Time ❯ Tsukino Usagi Squared ( Chapter 2 )

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The Fragility of Time
Chapter 2: "Tsukino Usagi Squared"
Author: etj4Eagle
Email: etj4Eagle@yahoo.com
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Lasted Edited: 9/9/00

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"Zoisite, there recently was a large energy discharge in the Tokyo
area. I want to you to check it out." Commanded the leader of the
Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl.

Zoisite gave her affirmative before teleporting out of the throne
room. fumed the longhaired general.
with things decided, Zoisite teleported to Tokyo to begin
his recon.

* * * * * * * * *

Wandering down the street, the pink haired child caught site of the
two people she loved most in the world, her mother and father. But,
something did not seem right.

"Odango-atama try to keep better track of your shoes. I do not like
being hit on the head by them. Though I guess it is a bit too much to
ask from someone like you" An aloof Mamoru chided Usagi.

"Do not call me Odango-atama! Humph!" yelled Usagi as she grabbed her
shoe back and then stalked off in the opposite direction.

ChibiUsa was absolutely appalled by what she had just seen. This did
not appear to be one of her parents' normal fights. Even when Mamo-
chan was actively avoiding Usagi last time, he still talked to her
with respect. But here he talked down to her as if she was only a
kid. And so, ChibiUsa ran off after
the disappearing Usagi.

"Usagi-chan, wait up!" called out ChibiUsa.

The older girl turned around to face the unfamiliar voice that called
out her name. As she looked at the owner of the voice, she was taken
back by the striking resemblance of the young girl to herself. She
even had her trademark hairstyle, though it could use a little more
hair. "Yes?" she questioned the child.

ChibiUsa was a little puzzled by the sedate response she got, Usagi
appeared not even to really recognize her. "Usagi what happened
between you and Mamo-chan?"

Usagi was taken back by the familiar use of names that this young
girl was using. She appeared to know who she was, but Usagi had no
recollection of this young girl. "Who are you? And if you are related
to the stuck up Mamoru-san you can just leave me be." As Usagi
finished her statement, she saw a flicker of possibly fear flash
across the face of the child.

"Momma you don't remember who I am. I am Tsukino Usagi, your
daughter." ChibiUsa timidly replied.

Even more confused Usagi replied "I am only 14, I can't have a child.
And Tsukino Usagi is my name." That statement combined with the shock
of the abnormal trip through time catching up with the small child
she broke down into tears. One thing that remained the same with
Usagi throughout her life was her large heart. Seeing the tears
starting to stream down the face of the child caused her to drop her
cross-examination and to instead wrap the child up in her arms.
"Don't worry everything will be okay. I will help you find your
Mamma." Usagi tried to reassure the child.

"Usagi you are my mother. I am from the future. And I am called
ChibiUsa here in the past" The small child choked out. Then she
remembered the note that she had for her mother of the past. Reaching
into her dimensional pocket, she pulled it out and handed it out to
the older girl. "Usagi-chan you gave me this to give to your past
self before I left."
Taking the letter the older girl opened it and began to read. looking unhappy at the bottom
of the letter, "ChibiUsa what does
the 'NQS' stand for her at the bottom of the letter?"

This called the little child to give a little laugh. "Usagi no baka,
it stands for Neo-Queen Serenity." Upon seeing Usagi's blank stare
she added, "That is the name you go by in the future." Usagi was
about to laugh at the notion of her being a queen, but stopped upon
seeing the sincerity in the little child's eyes.

Unfortunately before their reunion could proceed any further, Usagi's
communicator began to beep. Taking it out, Usagi activated it,
bringing Rei's face up on the display. "Usagi-chan we have a youma
running around the park." Sending her an affirmative, Usagi switched
it off and was about to turn to tell the young child to wait for her
while she went to fight.

But before she got the chance, ChibiUsa voiced her own plans.
"Remember that I am supposed to train with you guys." Before Usagi's
objection, she added "I can henshin as well." With it settled the two
girls headed off to the park.

* * * * * * * * *

Upon arriving at the park, they found Mars and Mercury fighting a
monster that seemed to have an obsession with scissors. Mercury and
Mars were currently dodging a large volley of the sharp pointed
objects. Quickly finding a space of little notice the two girls
pulled out their lockets and called out "Moon Prism Power Make-Up."
Moments later out stepped two pretty-suited warriors of love and
justice, one in blue and the other in pink.

"Hold in right there!" called out Sailor Moon. "Didn't your mother
ever tell you not to play with scissors, you might hurt someone."

"I think that was its plan." commented Sailor ChibiMoon.

Ignoring the interruption, Sailor Moon continued with her preamble.
"I fight for love and justice. I will triumph over evil, I am the
pretty suited soldier Sailor Moon. And in the name of the moon."

"And the future moon." added ChibiMoon before they both ended with
".we will punish you."

"NANI?!?" called out both Mars and Mercury. Mars being a little too
distracted by the pint sized extra Moon promptly proceeded to run
into a tree. Unfortunately, the tree was not forgiving of her
momentary distraction and Mars slumped to the ground.

The creature decided to take the momentary distraction of the sailor
senshi to release a large spread of scissors. With a slight
awkwardness, both Moon and ChibiMoon barely managed to dodge out of
the way. Mercury, realizing that cover was needed, called out her
Shabon Spray, covering the clearing in fog.

"Pink Sugar Heart Attack." Came the cry from ChibiMoon, though it
needed to be repeated twice before the attack actually came out of
the wand. The still confused monster suddenly was hit in the rear of
its head by a stream of pink hearts. While they did not do much
damage, their pain kept of the attention of the monster long enough
for Mars to pick herself back up and toss a fireball at the creature.

"Now, Sailor Moon" called out Mercury.

"Hai," removing her tiara, Moon called "Moon, Tiara Action." And
flung the disc of energy at the creature. In its weakened state, the
creature succumbed to the power of the moon and turned into a pile of
moon dust. But surprising all present, a small crystal with a dark
upturned crescent moon in it also fell into the pile of dust before
going dark.

"A new type of Youma?" questioned Mars "they have never done that
before."

Mercury pulled out her computer to scan the remains of the youma. But
it was ChibiMoon who provided the answer. "It can't be, they have
been defeated." Visibly trembling the child threw herself at Moon and
buried herself in her mother's arms.

Noticing the fear on the child's face, Usagi tried to calm her down.
"Its okay muzume I will protect you. Who or what is supposed to be
dead?"

The other two senshi already were paying close attention to the child
upon hearing her outburst and now their mouths were hanging open with
Usagi referring to that little child as her daughter. However, before
either of the two could voice their confusion, the child of their
questions answered Usagi's question. "That was a droid and they were
created by the Black Moon family. They were after me the last time I
was here."

thought Mercury. Realizing the need to get some
answers and the desire to move to some place quieter, she suggested
to the others that they move to the shrine.

* * * * * * * * *
The realm of the Gate of Spacetime

A weary Pluto took another look at the time-stream. The damage had
finally been contained. Unfortunately, the damage was much more
serious than she initially thought. Initially it looked like the
damage was just the return to fluidity of the future in front of when
Small Lady arrived in the past. But, now she realized that the damage
managed to snag other travels that had traveled the stream both
before and after this particular trip of Small Lady.

She could not yet tell who these other travelers were, only that they
arrived within a month of Small Lady's arrival in the past. She
herself would soon need to return to linear time, to attempt to guide
the flow back to an approximation of the future that it once ran
towards. While she no longer knew the flow of time, she could still
feel the general heading of time's flow when she was in the linear
world and attempt to direct it towards where it should go.

Much as she wanted to go and start assuring the future of Crystal
Tokyo, she could not yet leave her realm. The damage may have been
repaired, but the time stream was still unstable. It would require
more work before she could leave it unattended for a while. But, she
could astrally project herself into the past for a time. With a
course of action set, she set about preparing for the projection.

* * * * * * * * *
The shrine

Luna regarded the child who still clung to Usagi's body. While she
was still trembling, she was only trembling slightly now. Ami-chan
and Rei-chan had just gotten finished telling her about the battle.
As usual, Usagi did not add anything to the discussion, however, this
time it was not because of her goofing off, but because she was
trying to calm a still very scared child.

Usagi catching the eyes of Luna decided that it was time for the
child to meet the cat. "ChibiUsa-chan do you know Luna-chan?" Usagi
questioned the child.

Hearing a familiar name caused the pink haired child to whirl around
and regard the cat. Then with a refound burst of energy jump out of
Usagi's arms and quickly closed the distance and pick the surprised
cat up. "Hai, Momma and don't you think that she looks so kawaii when
she has something to say, but is trying to keep her mouth shut?"

Usagi made her agreement known with a burst of laughter. Luna
responded by just getting an even deeper scowl on her face. Deciding
that Luna had enough torture, "Luna-chan it is okay to talk with
ChibiUsa around."

Deciding that she wanted answers badly enough, Luna decided to go
with her charge's assessment of the situation. "Hello ChibiUsa-chan."
She politely acknowledged the child. ChibiUsa responded by petting
the cat and then setting her back down on the ground. After getting
into a comfortable lecture position, wrapping her tail around
herself, the black cat began her questioning. "Okay Usagi-chan who is
she and why is she calling you Momma."

With the other two girls now leaning in waiting for her response,
thought Usagi before she began. "Well this is
Tsukino Usagi, my daughter."

"NANI?!?" called out the two girls and one cat. "How can she be your
daughter, she looks to be around half your age." Demanded Rei.

"If you would let me finish." Ordered Usagi with a force the others
had not seen before. Quickly they quieted down with sheepish
expressions on their faces. "I am not sure exactly how, but she is
from the future, and she gave me this letter from my future self."
With that, she held out the letter to Rei and watched the three of
them read it.

Luna for her part did not get past the picture of ChibiUsa's mother
clipped to the top of the letter. Instead, half remembered memories
of her princess crowded into her mind.

It was Ami-chan who first spoke. "Usagi what does the 'NQS' stand
for"

ChibiUsa deciding to field that question answered. "Neo-Queen
Serenity, it is what Usagi goes by in the future."

"How can Odango-Atama be a queen, and her name is not Serenity."
Challenged Rei.

"Actually she will be queen and her real name is Serenity." Replied a
voice from behind the group. This caused the three inquisitors to
jump, startled by the sudden presence behind them. Turning they all
saw a projection of a women appearing to be in her late-twenties
wearing a sailor fuku and holding a large staff resembling a key. She
came forward and knelt in front of Usagi while announcing herself.
"My princess, future queen, I am the Guardian of Spacetime, Sailor
Pluto."

Just as expected by Pluto, her future queen immediately protested the
formality she had used. "Ahhh, don't kneel in front of me." After a
pause the future queen continued with "You are a sailor senshi? Are
you a ghost?" The last statement came when she realized that women in
front of her was not a whole person but only an image, and was spoken
with a trembling voice.

Laughing slightly, Pluto stood back up and continued. "You never
change Princess Serenity. I am a Sailor Senshi and no I am not a
ghost, however, this is only a projection of myself. My body is back
at the Gate of Spacetime." Turning to address the rest of the crowd,
she continued, "The reason why I am here now is to explain some of
what happened. Small Lady was traveling not to this time frame but to
one a little over a year in the future."

With that statement, ChibiUsa suddenly realized why everything seemed
off, and why no one remembered her. She had not yet met them for the
first time. However, she still did not understand why there was a
droid running around. She new her history and those things only were
present while she was in the past. "Pu, why did I end up here, and
why did you dump me in that dumpster?" questioned the child.

"That's why you had that awful smell on you, when I first found you."
stated Usagi who appeared to think that she had just made the most
important revelation in history.

"Sorry about that Small Lady. During your trip back, there was a
burst of energy in the time-stream. Some travelers from another
universe, not realizing the nature of the technology they were
attempting to use to get home almost succeeded in destroying time for
the whole megaverse. As it is, they did manage to severely damage the
time-stream for this universe." Seeing blank stares from everybody
but Ami-chan, Pluto decided to skip the background reason and just
hit on the major effect. "The end result is that the future is now
totally fluid, I can no longer see it from the gate."

At the sight of Small Lady's features about to break, Pluto felt her
heart go out to the child. She wished she could make this next part
easier. "Small Lady your home, the future, no longer exists. You will
have to stay here until the flow of time is stabilized enough that I
can see the future though the Gate of Spacetime. Right now I can see
the past, but nothing past the present that you are all living."
Taking a long breath, she continued. "I have to returned to the Gate
now. Small Lady I leave the shaping of the future to your hands. And,
take good care of your mother." With that, her conscience returned to
her realm.

Looking around she wondered if she had made the right choice. All
choices at this point were very uncertain. But, she felt Crystal
Tokyo's pull the strongest in the one she had just made. She also had
felt during her brief visit in linear time the pulls of evil that
should not have yet been present in the flow of time. Pluto could no longer see the flow or time, feeling lost and
annoyed by this mists of time that obscured the new timeline, she
began to get frustrated, an emotion normally foreign to her.
Releasing her frustration a bit by slamming the staff onto the
"ground" she continued in her thoughts.