Father's Blessing

R/R

"Oh my god Haruka..." Michiru moaned loudly as she went crashing over the edge of passion.

"I take it you enjoyed that?" Haruka asked as she crawled up the bed to lay next to her lover.

"Mmm. Oh yes. Yes, I enjoyed that." Michiru sat up and looked at Haruka with a gleam in her eye. "Your turn." She added as she pounced.

"Oh no, let's.." Haruka panicked. She wasn't entirely comfortable being touched intimately. Michiru's mouth was on her and it wasn't unpleasant.

"What's wrong? Am I terrible at this?" The aqua haired maiden asked sitting up.

"No, no it isn't that. It's me. I..." the blond haired girl sat up and rested her head in her hands for a moment.

"Talk to me. It's ok, whetever it is. We'll figure it out."

"I had never been with anyone before I was attacked. I hadn't even kissed anyone. I'm not comfortable around most people. Being attacked has not done anything to improve that I suppose." Haruka took a deep calming breath as Michiru held her hand. "I went down to the beach that day to clear my head. I was conflicted about my feelings for you. Yuri attacked me though. Michi, I'm not sure but... I think I'm afraid. I want to feel your hands on me, not his. I want to feel your mouth on me, not his. I want to be with you but the only expierience my body has to compare this too, is the unpleasant one."

"Wow, ok. Well, we can work through this. If your willing. I mean I don't care how long it takes." Michiru kissed her way lightly up Haruka's arm as she curled herself up on Haruka's lap. "I don't care, if we have to stay in this bed for days." She whispered as she slipped her arms around Haruka's neck. "Because you are still perfect to me. And you deserve to feel as much pleasure as you give me." Michiru pressed her lips to Haruka's. It was searing and full of passion.

"As long as it takes?" Haruka smiled against Michiru's lips. The aqua haired princess nodded.

Oh and it did take all night.

Haruka kissed Michiru's cheek as she still slept soundly. She was meeting the gaurds for a run. Setsuna had gone to Charon Castle for a few days to check in on things. Ami was busy with the Neptune dignitaries and evaluating the staff.

The princess of Uranus spent the next several days walking the diffrent security patrols with the gaurds and meeting with the respective directors of finances and security. Not that she was trying to impress them, but they were all very impressed with how she was handling things. Her father suggested asking for volunteers to help patrol some of the areas where security was less present. They offered training and supplies to start a few citizens watches in the residential areas so that official security details could be shifted around to cover a few vital areas that had been missed.

It had been 9 weeks since the attack and Haruka was finally feeling like herself again. Well... emotionally anyhow. That was due to Setsuna and Michiru mostly. But she knew how lucky she was to have her father, and ami here for her during this as well.

"I will be so happy when my body is my own again." She whined as she came out of the bathroom. Michiru smiled as she fell into bed.

"Feeling sick?" Michiru asked running her hand through Harukas hair.

"Sure. If I'm not throwing up then I have to pee. If it's not either of those things then I'm so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open."

"Oh come on, it's not all bad is it?" Michiru asked as she lightly brushed her fingers over Haruka's swollen breasts.

"Don't get use to those. They aren't going to be permanent." Haruka smirked as her breath quickened slightly.

"Hmm" the girl murmured as she kissed her lover.

The next day saw Haruka in Ami's office for an ultrasound. They got to hear the heartbeat and that was fun. Other than her boobs getting bigger, you really couldn't tell yet that she was pregnant.

"Ah Ru, come in my girl." He greeted warmly. "How are you feeling?"

"Tired, and nauseous. Much better though all thing's considered." She followed him out to her mother's garden and sat at the table where lunch was waiting.

"I'm glad to hear it." Her father nodded.

"How are you doing father? You seem tired lately." She observed.

"Oh I'm fine. I'm just fine. You don't need to worry about me. I'm just not as young as I once was. That's all." He chuckled.

"Before I was attacked, you wanted to talk about coronation. I don't suppose we can move ahead with that now though."

"What? Of course we can. The attack was documented, the people love you. These things take an awfully long time to plan out. Everyone is actually quite impressed with how you've handled things. That's not why I asked you here." He said drinking his tea.

"It's nice to have lunch together. It's been one thing after another around here for weeks now." Haruka said taking a bite of her salad. They ate in comfortable silence. After they were finished Gareth lead Haruka into his main sitting room.

"Your mother would have loved to see the woman you are becoming. I'm glad you are playing piano again. It's been too quite around here for too long."

"Do you really think she would be happy to see me like this? More like a son than a daughter..." she trailed off looking up at the portrait of her mother.

"Of course she would. When you were born, she knew that you were special. Your name means distant sky king. She knew that you carried the strength of both genders. It is part of your great gift as a senshie. The other, is a soul mate."

"What?" Haruka asked in surprise.

"There is a long history between our people and the Neptunians. Your mother was one of King Mortimers cousins."

"I didn't know that."

"Oh yes, it's true. He pointed to a spot on the painting. You see? She had gills. She was a merprincess who had been trapped in human form. We tried everything to free her from the spell. Nothing worked. So, she came to live here as my wife. We loved each other completely." Gareth handed Haruka a small ring box.

"Father..." he held up his hand to silence her.

"I know you are a bit young. However what you've been through, what you are going through. That ages a person faster. Your mother would want you to have this. It was her very first engagement ring from me. Now I suspect that you already know who your soulmate is. If that is so, feel free to put this ring on her finger with my blessing." Haruka couldn't speak. She simply threw her arms around her father's neck.

"I love you daddy!" She exclaimed wiping happy tears from her eye's.