I Will Protect You

I Will Protect You

Epilogue

2 years after little Ayame was born

Relena looked at the elegant white dress in the full length mirror and giggled, the top of the dress was a tight tank top fashion, and the bottom was lose and embroidered with pale pink petals. Cathrine looked up at her friend from where she kneeled and smiled sweetly.

"Nervous?" she asked in a teasing tone.

"Not at all" Relena answered, moving the top half of her body so she could see the back of her dress.

"Trowa wont be able to wait until the honeymoon when he sees you" Cathrine commented, Relena smiled widely and began daydreaming about her soon to be husband.

Hilde was arranging the flowers for Relena, and Cathrine had gone back to making sure that the dress was perfect when a little girl about two years old came running in to the room excitedly, her long, sandy brown hair was in a crown on top of her head with little curls falling down, framing her face, her dancing green eyes searched the room till she found the one she had been looking for.

"Auntie Cathy, Auntie Cathy" she said jumping up and down excitedly, her dress moving with her as she tugged on Cathrine's arm.

"What is it A-chan?" she asked looking at the little girls eager face.

"Is Blake-chan here?" she asked, looking around the room.

"He's around here somewhere, but you'll have to wait until the ceremony's over before you can play" Cathrine said smiling and picked the little girl up to sit her down on a chair beside her mother. She felt something hard beneath her fingers and reached into Ayame's bow and pulled out a water pistol.

"What's this for?" she asked suspiciously, fingering the brightly colored plastic. Ayame blushed and looked around the room innocently.

"I wonder how dat got there?" she said trying with her index finger on her chin to appear as though she was thinking. Cathrine sighed and Relena suppressed a laugh; Hilde couldn't help but smile at the innocent face of the child, they all knew very well who she'd been planning to use that water gun on. Hilde smiled even wider as she thought about all the trouble she'd caused in her short life, definitely not as innocent as she looked, her eyes became unfocused as she remembered an incident from the day before.

~*flashback*~

Hilde and Cathrine had been visiting Relena, helping her make some last minute changes, they could see the kids in the other room clearly.

Blake Maxwell was walking across the room towards the television with a glass of water when he spotted Ayame coloring in a coloring book. A mischievous smirk spread acrossed his face and he crept up behind her.

Ayame turned to look at who was behind her and was more than surprised when she was soaked with ice cold water. She shrieked and glared up at the boy with the braid that stood above her smiling innocently, "Are you comfor`ble" he asked as if it had been a good deed. In a rage, her hand reached past the crayon box and grabbed a pair of scissors, Blake's eyes widened when he saw the glimmering silver and he immediately broke out into a full run, he didn't even get halfway across the room before he had been yanked back by his braid.

His eyes widened in fear "Ayame pwease, no!" he screamed, before he could react the braid that once reached his shoulder blades, now fell in soft strands just below his chin.

"Comfor`ble?" she asked as sardonically as a two year old could, before Hilde and Cathrine had reached her and quickly pulled the scissors from her hand.

~*end flashback*~

Hilde laughed out loud at the memory, which cause everyone to look at her strangely.

"Hello, Miss Relena?" everyone looked toward the door way to find Dorothy standing their in a pale pink dress, and a huge smile plastered on her face. "They're anxious to begin the ceremony, are you ready?" she asked, Relena smiled and looked down at Cathrine who nodded.

"Yes Dorothy," she answered, "I'm ready."

"Okay then" Dorothy bowed her head and quickly left the room.

"Her eyebwows scare me, why don't she pwuck um?" Ayame asked after Dorothy had left, Cathrine and Hilde both rolled their eyes and smiled.

"Now A-chan, we mustn't make fun of Dorothy's eyebrows, she probably likes them that way" Relena said stepping down from the stand she had been standing on and straightening the little girls bow.

"But no body else likes um like dat" she said jumping down off the chair she had been standing on. Relena giggled and handed her daughter and basket full of cherry blossoms before pushing her ahead of her and signaling for Hilde and Cathrine to follow.

*****

After the wedding they all went to the reception at Relena's mansion, Quatre made his speech as best man, and everybody gave them their blessings. Relena looked around the table at all her closest friends and the huge smile that had been on her face all day widened; she couldn't believe the turn of events.

Quatre sat beside Silvia Noventa, they had been married three weeks before; apparently they met when she came in for an interview to become his secretary and had been very close ever since. She looked at the two kids beside her, one was her little Ayame and the other was Blake Maxwell, both two years old. Then she looked up at Cathrine and Duo who were holding hands and smiling at each other, seemingly oblivious that there were other people in the room. She saw a glimmer and looked to the ring on Cathrine's hand, they had been married for nearly two years now. Who would have thought Duo would commit she mused and then moved on to the next couple. Wufei and Hilde, they were arguing, but no one took their arguments seriously, it was just their way of showing affection for each other. Relena could have laughed at how they met if it wasn't serious, definitely not your normal boy meets girl, but this was definitely not your normal couple either.

She looked over at her brother and Noin, their daughter Kirya beside them, she watched lovingly as Milliardo placed a hand on Noin's round stomach. They had been informed the week before that they were having twins and were overjoyed, although Milliardo did pass out when he first heard. She glanced at the next couple, it was Dorothy, she sat quietly, Relena assumed she was listening to every one else's conversation, the man she was with, her fiancé, was one of Quatre's Maguanac friends. (Maguanac? Moguanec? Magui- screw it!) He appeared to be engrossed in a conversation with Quatre, from what she had picked up, it was about the war but Relena didn't really care to listen. The war was over and for that she was glad, it had been just over two years since the last rebellion was wiped out, and she didn't want to dig up any of the memories, especially on her wedding day.

She turned to look at Trowa as he squeezed her hand, he glanced up the stairs and then back at her, Relena caught the message and politely excused the both of them from the table. She giggled as all her friends whistled and laid her head on Trowa's shoulder, they continued walking up the stairs towards their bedroom.

A figure hid in the shadows, a scowl on her face, turned her head away from the happy couple going up the stairs, to the little girl who's sandy brown hair was released from it's crown and now cascaded down her back. The woman watched intently as the girl played with the boy beside her, and an apologetic smile spread acrossed her lips.

"The little Ayame Yuy huh… can't wait to meet you" she whispered to herself, reaching a hand up and brushing sandy brown strands of hair out of brilliant green eyes.

"Miss Lowe, we better get upstairs, before we're found" a man dressed as a butler said, taking a gun out of his pants pocket and keeping it close to his side incase it's use was needed.

"I suppose we should, have you seen any signs of the assassins?" she asked, he shook his head and she followed him down a hall and through an office door that lead directly to the security room.

~*1 year later*~

Relena looked down at the bundle in her arms and smiled softly; Trowa leaned over her from his seat beside the hospital bed and pulled a corner of the light blue blanket down. The baby turned ice blue eyes on him and reached a small hand up, Relena's smile widened and she let the baby grab her finger and then giggled. "What do you think we should name him Trowa?" she asked looking over at him.

Trowa shrugged, "I don't know, what do you have in mind?" he replied, lifting his gaze from his son to his wife.

"I think Trent fits him perfectly" she said, looking back down at the baby in her arms, she felt Trowa wrap an arm around her shoulders and pull her closer, she rested her head on his shoulder and they both looked down at the baby.

"Then Trent it is" Trowa whispered and moved a hand through what little hair the baby had. The door opened with a creek and Trowa and Relena looked up to see everyone smiling, their own children beside them.

"Mommy!" Ayame said happily and ran to the bedside, she lifted up her arms and Trowa picked her up and placed her on his lap so that she could see her new half-brother. Blake walked in beside Cathrine and leaned over the other side of the bed, trying see what everyone was so excited about. Duo came up behind him and lifted him up so that he could see; Blake wrinkled his nose and opened his mouth to say something, but his mothers glare stopped him.

Quatre and Silvia came in next, Quatre had his hands around her shoulders supporting her, and she looked a little annoyed but seemed to be putting up with it. Silvia sat in the chair beside the bed and sighed happily, placing a hand contently on her slightly round stomach, she was barely 4 1/2 months pregnant and seemed to be exhausted.

Milliardo and Noin came in after with their oldest daughter beside them and each carrying one child, both boys, both cute as could be. Cody and Zachary Peacecraft Relena thought such perfect names… she let her thoughts drop when she heard arguing from the doorway and realized Wufei and Hilde were there. They were arguing about where they would live when they got married, the earth or colony L2, ever since Wufei had actually proposed to her they had been carrying on arguments such as these. Hilde wanted to become a house wife, start a family and move to the earth to be closer to all her friends since they lived on the earth. Wufei wanted to stay in outer space claiming it was where he was born and he would be dishonoring himself if he didn't die there.

"Well when you're dying, we came put you on a craft and ship you to outer space so you can die alright!" Hilde said, and then turned and looked at Relena, a smile spread acrossed her face and she jumped to the side of the bed with a squeal. "Oh Relena, he's so cute!" she exclaimed, Relena laughed at her friend.

Dorothy and her husband came in and they all sat and talked about stuff, the nurse came in and took the baby to the nursery. After awhile they all left and Relena slipped in to a peaceful sleep, dreaming about her future with her husband and two children.

And every one (most likely) lived happily ever after

The End