:::Chapter VII:::

The day she had been waiting for all of her life was finally here. It was the perfect day, there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Her family and friends had gathered to see her wedding. She had been waiting five long years since the event that changed her life for this day.

Usagi stood back and admired herself in the mirror. It all seemed like yesterday when they had first come to Earth. Her Starlight. She remembered how she wasted the precious moments that they had together the first time he was here. She had always known that she felt something for him even if she did deny it to any one who asked including herself at times. 'Today I will tell you that you are good enough.' She thought to herself as her bride's maids came through the door. Usagi saw them enter in the mirror and turned around to greet them with a smile.

"You look so beautiful! I'm so jealous!" Minako cried out as she hugged Usagi.

Rei smacked her. "Get off of her! You're going to crumple her dress!"

"Don't worry Minako, one day you will get married to. You can't hold those guys off at bay forever!" Usagi winked at her as she walked over to get her shoes.

"Yaten will never propose to me! I think he's embarrassed to be seen out in public with me." Minako looked down.

Makoto came up and put her hand on her shoulder. "You've settled down quite a bit, now that you have a career to worry about and all. I'm sure that's not it."

"Maybe he's just nervous that he maybe falling in love?" Ami offered up. She knew that this was the real reason because her and Taiki had already analyzed the situation.

Minako sighed as she sat down on the sofa in Usagi's dressing room. "I just wish he would do something great like Seiya did."

What Seiya had done when he proposed to Usagi was nothing too special, it was just the fact that he had done it that made it great. His first idea had been to put the ring in some sort of dessert when they went out to dinner, or maybe a fortune cookie, but let's face it, we all know how Usagi eats! So he decided to do something that wouldn't choke her. He had brought her out in the middle of a lake on a boat ride and sang her a beautiful song that he wrote himself and finished it with his proposal.

"We're going to go and check on the flowers, do you need anything?" Rei asked kindly, there was no sense in being mean to her today.

"No, I'm all set, I'm just going to stay in here and try to calm down a bit." She smiled as she walked around the room. She didn't want to sit down because she would wrinkle her dress.

When the others finally left the room she was once again left to her thoughts. 'None of this would have ever happened if my Nehelenia had never come back.' She put her hands on her stomach where her future daughter would soon be.

~flash back~

"Pluto, you were the one who sent her back?" Mamoru asked in disbelief. He knew that Pluto had loved Chibi-Usa just as much as he did and was shocked when he found out that she played a direct part in her demise.

"Prince please forgive me. The princess has always had two possible futures. When the time came when she had to see one of them, of course I showed her the one that she would have believed at the time. If I had showed her the one where she married Seiya and Nehelenia was her daughter, her and Seiya would never have fallen in love as they have now." She paused as she watched Sailor Moon detransform and Seiya joined her by her side.

"Why didn't you tell us before the Starlight's left the last time?" Ami asked as the inners joined the conversation.

"The princess's future with Seiya has always been shaky and unsure. They are too spontaneous together to have a mapped out destiny. I'm sure that's what she wants though." Pluto smiled at Usagi. "I couldn't see whether or not he was going to come back and stay here permanently and so I wanted to leave the future on the course that it was running. When I learned that the Starlights were going to live on Earth forever I knew that it was time to tell you. Or more appropriately I thought that it was time for Nehelenia to tell you." Pluto looked at Haruka and Michiru.

The two surprisingly didn't have the look of distrust and hatred that she thought they would have. Instead they stood there smiling. "I just want what will make my Kitten happy." Haruka turned to Pluto as though knowing what she was thinking.

"I knew that Usagi and you girls would have immediately recognized her so I asked her to stay with Seiya and the other lights and not to let the senshi know she was here. This was always just as much your future as the one you saw so many years ago with Mamoru."

"But what about Chibi-Usa? What happened to her?" Usagi asked remembering the daughter that she let go.

Pluto stood there stone faced. "She will be cast into limbo just as Nehelenia was. It is like a separate reality where she will exist on the new moon of the calendar. But unlike Nehelenia, Chibi-Usa still has a chance to be born into this world." Pluto looks at Mamoru. "You may still have her as a daughter she was just as much a part of you as she was Usagi."

"But if Mamoru can still have Chibi-Usa as a daughter, then why wouldn't Seiya have been able to have Nehelenia as a daughter without Usagi?" Taiki asked seeing no logical answer to this question.

Pluto's face turned grim as she looked at Seiya. "If Usagi didn't return Seiya's love he would have burned out being cast into oblivion. You see Yaten and Taiki have already found some one to love them and make sure that their shines stay bright." Pluto glanced at Minako and Ami. "Kakyuu will be married and give all of her love to her husband leaving Seiya with not enough to suffice himself. If he is no longer in existence he couldn't have a child."

Usagi hugged Seiya tight as she had felt the bad feeling of losing him again. "It's alright Odango, I'm not going anywhere now."

"Yes, don't feel bad for him. If he had burned out it would have been his own fault. He always could have found another love and lived off of that, but he wouldn't." Pluto stood in front of the gates that had just appeared behind her.

"I could never open my heart to anyone else but you my Odango. You are all I want in this world and I wouldn't settle for anything else. I could never love anyone the way I love you." Seiya embraced the blond girl in his arms and they stayed that way for a moment before turning back to Pluto.

"I must go now. This is a time for peace and there is no need for Setsuna to be here. Take care and I will see you for visits soon." Pluto waved and hugged Hotaru tightly before leaving.

~ end flash back~

Just as she had promised Setsuna did come back. She came back and presented herself as maid of honor at Kakyuu's wedding. Kakyuu and Mamoru had been married two years ago and now Kakyuu was pregnant with his child. Usagi was happy for both of them and knew that they were better suited for each other than herself and Mamoru had been.

The door to the dressing room once again opened to reveal Setsuna, Hotaru, Haruka and Michiru. "Hello Kitten." Hotaru walked up to Usagi and gave her a hug around her legs.

Michiru rolled her eyes as the girl had not grown out of this habit. "You look very lady like." Michiru commented as she admired the dress and it's wearer.

"Yes Kitten, Seiya is a very lucky man." Haruka walked over and kissed Usagi on the forehead.

"Your parents will be in soon, it's almost time. I'm so happy for you, I know how much this means to you." Setsuna hugged her tightly. "We should get going the girls are lined up outside and are ready to go down the aisle."

The four left the room with their goodbyes and luck and were replaced by Usagi's father. "Hello Princess." He said as he entered the room.

'It's weird to have even my father call me that.' She thought to herself, but he was the only one that she wanted to call her that. It made her feel special. He wasn't always good at showing that he loved her and just this little comment reassured her that he did. "Ready for this Daddy?" She asked as she hugged him.

"Do I really have to give you away? Can't I just keep you forever?" He smiled and let her go seeing her smiling back at him. "No one else in this world deserves you like that young man out there does." Kenji had really grown attached to Seiya throughout the years and he could tell how much he loved his daughter.

The music from the chapel began to play and they knew that this was their cue. Seiya waited at the front of the aisle by himself as first Minako was escorted in by Yaten (of course!) followed by Ami and Taiki, Rei and Yuuricho, and then Makoto and Mamoru. Seiya and Mamoru had become friends when Mamoru began dating Kakyuu.

The music changed again and Usagi and her father came into sight. Their guests all stood to watch the two walk down the aisle and everyone was in awe at the sight of Usagi. She wasn't as nervous as she thought she was going to be and was really actually enjoying this. Seiya saw his angel approaching him and held his breath. When he realized what he was doing he stopped of course but it was just his nervous reaction.

Seiya walked towards where Kenji would hand his only daughter off to him. "Your fly is unzipped!" Kenji said to Seiya as he handed Usagi's hand to him. Seiya looked down and realized that his fly was not down. Kenji smiled at him reassuringly as if saying to him to calm down. Seiya knew he was just trying to relieve the tension. "Take care of her as I know only you can." Were Kenji's last words before he kissed Usagi and returned to his seat next to his wife.



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The reception hall was decorated with the colors of their wedding. They were Seiya and Usagi's colors, Red and White. The guests were all asked to take their seats while the wedding party was going to be introduced. They were playing some sort of funky pop music in the background as the wedding party came in. Each couple had their pictures taken as they walked in. They all did their own little poses but no one could top Minako and Yaten's pose. They did some sort of Charlie's angels thing with their hands like guns.

Dinner had been served and everyone was just mingling about. "Mamoru." Kakyuu seemed a little red in the face.

"What is it?" Mamoru looked over at his wife who was big as a house. "Do you want something else to drink?"

"Mamoru, I think my contractions have started!" She hissed in a low whisper. She was sweating and visibly uncomfortable.

"Well let's go to the hospital!" Mamoru started to get up grabbing his jacket.

"No, we can stay here a while. You remember what the doctor said about these things taking a while. I'd rather be in pain here than in a hospital." She sat back as her contraction passed. Mamoru nodded his head only because he knew there was no arguing with her.

"Time for the bride to throw the bouquet!" The DJ announced. "All you single ladies out here on the dance floor!" His voice boomed over the microphone.

All of the single women got up with red cheeks and made their way out onto the floor. They were all gathered in one big cluster. "I'm gonna get it Minako, you'd might as well just sit your but down now!" Makoto stated ready for the challenge.

"No way! I'm gonna get it, maybe that way Yuuricho will think about asking me!" Rei fought her way to be in just the right spot.

"You guys have no idea who you're up against!" Minako just smiled smugly.

Ami had a finger to her mouth as she appeared to be in deep thought. "The bouquet is pretty heavy so I think with Usagi's arm strength, and the trajectory of its flight." The other three girls sweat dropped as they sized up the rest of their competition.

"Alright Mamoru, my contractions are coming every other minute now, I think we should leave." Kakyuu tried to keep it down, they knew with all of the excitement they could sneak out without ruining anyone's good time.

Mamoru told Haruka where they were going so that no one would worry about them when they realized that they were gone. "ONE. TWO. THREE!" The DJ shouted as Usagi threw the flowers.

Minako saw that she had let go of the bouquet and it was heading her way. To take out the competition out Minako lifted up Makoto and Rei's skirts so that their backsides were exposed. They both looked down and tried to cover themselves and left Minako wide open.

"I GOT IT!! I GOT IT!!" Minako cheered. The lights just laughed at her, it was a pretty ingenious plan while Rei and Makoto threatened to jump on her and beat her up. Yaten figured that he had better save her from the torture.

"Now we need all of the single guys out on the floor!" This DJ was really annoying how he had to scream everything. The guys all made their way out to the floor. Seiya had already taken Usagi's garter off and had it in his hands ready to throw it.

Yaten knew that the guy who caught the garter got to put it on Minako, HIS Minako. There was no way in hell he was going to let anyone else touch her! Seiya turned around with his back to the crowd. A smile crossed his lips as the DJ counted to three and he turned around and ran to Yaten and handed him the garter. No way was he going to take a chance on some one else catching it, he didn't want to listen to Yaten later!

Yaten got his moment of satisfaction as he got to put the garter on Minako, she was a little surprised at how far up he went with it!

Once the excitement was over and the guests started to thin out Usagi noticed that Kakyuu and Mamoru were missing. "Kakyuu went into labor and they went to the hospital." Haruka told them.

"Hey, the limo is still here, let's all pile in and go and see them!" Usagi suggested as they all piled in to the stretch limo.

They looked ridiculous running through the hospital in their formal wear but they didn't care, a new baby was being born and they wanted to see it. They already knew that Kakyuu was going to have a girl.

The nurse at the reception desk told them that Kakyuu already had her baby and what room she was in. The large group of people filled the entire room as they saw Mamoru still in his tux and Kakyuu lying in bed holding a little bundle of a baby.

"CONGRATULATIONS!!!" They all said and Kakyuu let Usagi hold the little baby girl first.

When Usagi moved the blanket away from her she opened her eyes at the fresh air. Ruby eyes stared back at her from the mass of pink hair that surrounded her face. Usagi looked over at Mamoru and smiled. He nodded and held Kakyuu's hand.