"Ha! You'll never catch me!!!" Haruka ran past her best friend and headed for the door.
"Give me back my teddy, Harukeee!" Michiru squealed and ran after her, lifting up her silk skirt ever so lightly off the floor.
"Ok, ok." Haruka sighed and turned around. She held out the bear temptingly. Michiru looked at it with round eyes and smiled a pearl grin. As she reached out with one of her chubby hands towards the bear, but then caught Haruka's mischevious smile.
"No. Give it to me in my hand!" Michiru pouted.
"In that case, I won't give it to you."
"No!!! PLEASE give teddy back!!!!!" Michiru's lip quivered. Haruka saw the sad reaction. "Oh oh," she thought.
"Alrighhht. Here he is." Haruka smiled and gave it back to Michiru. "Now, don't squeeze me too hard, Michi! I'm not your teddy!" Michiru looked at her with big round eyes and smiled again.
"Yes you are."
*~*~*
"Martha, I don't know…" Queen Neptune looks doubtfully down at her favorite maid. "Michiru deserves to have a wonderful childhood! Why, I remember that my best friend was… well… no she wasn't- but that doesn't matter! I won't separate them!"
"Miss, don't you know what a spectacular child you have? She is exquisitely beautiful, and her manners- perfect! She walks like she is walking on air. That… that girl will be a horrible influence on her! She runs all the time, hollers at the top of her lugs… dispicable!"
"Michiru deserves to have a great childhood. I remember… how my life was before I had to choose duty first. I loved it, and I can remember every moment of it. She should have her freedom." Queen Neptune frowned, and made her lips a firm, thin line.
"I understand, I understand! But remember, what comes first to you? Your duty to Her Majesty, or your daughter?"
"I know duty comes first. But the queen understands. She has a beautiful baby girl!"
"Your daughter needs to be the best queen she can be. What would the queen say if she new that your soon-to-be tomboy was caused by Princess Uranus!"
"Think of it this way, Martha. Queen Uranus and I had a talk yesterday. Her daughter would have a good influence from being near mine!"
"Think, my dear mistress! That child is two years older than yours! She'll dominate your child! Your child won't influence her!!!" Martha pointed out. The Queen couldn't see anything to fight against her. She sighed and twirled a strand of her silver-blue hair.
"You are right. I must do something. It will be for the good of Neptune… and the whole moon kingdom!" The Queen stood up and took her leave, leaving the wicked maid giggling wickedly at her own plan.
"Soon… soon, the whole moon kingdom will be mine!!! Ah, the Queen has NO idea what great fighting partners Michiru and Haruka would have been- too bad!! I just have to wait a little longer…."
"Give me back my teddy, Harukeee!" Michiru squealed and ran after her, lifting up her silk skirt ever so lightly off the floor.
"Ok, ok." Haruka sighed and turned around. She held out the bear temptingly. Michiru looked at it with round eyes and smiled a pearl grin. As she reached out with one of her chubby hands towards the bear, but then caught Haruka's mischevious smile.
"No. Give it to me in my hand!" Michiru pouted.
"In that case, I won't give it to you."
"No!!! PLEASE give teddy back!!!!!" Michiru's lip quivered. Haruka saw the sad reaction. "Oh oh," she thought.
"Alrighhht. Here he is." Haruka smiled and gave it back to Michiru. "Now, don't squeeze me too hard, Michi! I'm not your teddy!" Michiru looked at her with big round eyes and smiled again.
"Yes you are."
*~*~*
"Martha, I don't know…" Queen Neptune looks doubtfully down at her favorite maid. "Michiru deserves to have a wonderful childhood! Why, I remember that my best friend was… well… no she wasn't- but that doesn't matter! I won't separate them!"
"Miss, don't you know what a spectacular child you have? She is exquisitely beautiful, and her manners- perfect! She walks like she is walking on air. That… that girl will be a horrible influence on her! She runs all the time, hollers at the top of her lugs… dispicable!"
"Michiru deserves to have a great childhood. I remember… how my life was before I had to choose duty first. I loved it, and I can remember every moment of it. She should have her freedom." Queen Neptune frowned, and made her lips a firm, thin line.
"I understand, I understand! But remember, what comes first to you? Your duty to Her Majesty, or your daughter?"
"I know duty comes first. But the queen understands. She has a beautiful baby girl!"
"Your daughter needs to be the best queen she can be. What would the queen say if she new that your soon-to-be tomboy was caused by Princess Uranus!"
"Think of it this way, Martha. Queen Uranus and I had a talk yesterday. Her daughter would have a good influence from being near mine!"
"Think, my dear mistress! That child is two years older than yours! She'll dominate your child! Your child won't influence her!!!" Martha pointed out. The Queen couldn't see anything to fight against her. She sighed and twirled a strand of her silver-blue hair.
"You are right. I must do something. It will be for the good of Neptune… and the whole moon kingdom!" The Queen stood up and took her leave, leaving the wicked maid giggling wickedly at her own plan.
"Soon… soon, the whole moon kingdom will be mine!!! Ah, the Queen has NO idea what great fighting partners Michiru and Haruka would have been- too bad!! I just have to wait a little longer…."
