This is a bit of a different fanfic than I'm used to writing. I thought it was an interesting premise, so I decided to write it. Here go the disclaimers: I don't own Sailor Moon, so don't sue me, yada yada yada…

Anyway, if you want to email me, it's at Guardian4@atlantic.net. However, PLEASE put Fanfiction or something like that in the subject line. I get a lot of junk mail and I may just delete it without reading it otherwise, though I won't mean to.

Onto the story…

Angelic Embrace

Epilogue

Makoto walked down the white carpet that had been laid across the grass of the Hikawa Shrine. Her heart swelled with pride and her eyes sparkled. It had taken a while, a long while, while they had set up Crystal Tokyo. Many people had objected to the rule at first, but with the standing, it had worked out pretty well. She had no idea how the other countries would accept Crystal Tokyo and its use of magic, that was for another time, but at least Tokyo was safe. But now that everything was more or less settled, she finally had the chance to marry Nick.

She looked over at Rei, standing as her maid of honor. The woman's stomach bulged and the dress could not completely hide it. Rei was seven months pregnant and it came as a bit of a surprise that she and Jadeite were not married yet. Rei was still getting over the divorce and Jace was willing to wait. Endymion and Serenity were already married, and their baby girl, Chibiusa, was held in her grandmother's arms, trying to keep her still. Ikuko still swore that the child was becoming more and more like Usagi every day. As for Usagi herself, she soon showed her true colors, a cheerful, bright, and sometimes forgetful and clumsy woman, but that only endeared her more to the Senshi.

Out of the four Inner couples, she was the first to get married. Ami and Zale were taking it slow, though with her now being the Surgeon General of Crystal Tokyo, it left very little time at the moment to make wedding plans. When things settled down and the demand on her time lessened, Makoto was sure that Zale would pop the big question. Minako and Keagan were scheduled to be married three months from then.

She looked through the green veil at the Nick, up ahead and in a black tuxedo. Standing as his best man was Jace. Both Makoto and Nick had been forbidden to use the royals, as much as they'd wanted to, because they had to perform the wedding ceremony, though Ami and Minako were both Makoto's bridesmaids.

Makoto's thoughts traveled back to when she had been picking out her wedding dress. The dressmaker had insisted on white, saying it was traditional, but Makoto had contradicted and said not where she was from. Eventually Usagi had had to come down to settle things because neither would give in. Makoto got her green dress for her Jovian family.

She had her arm through Kenji's, who had become much like a father to her ever since she had brought him his daughter back. He had offered to walk her down the aisle and, with tears in her eyes, she had gratefully accepted.

It was a small wedding, but the most important people were there. Sitting in the front row chairs sat the Outer Senshi, Haruka in a dress for Makoto's wedding. Michiru looked radiant as well as she smiled at the lightning Senshi. Beside her sat Hotaru, Sailor Saturn. The woman never said much, but her eyes and attitude more than made up for that. And last but not least, Setsuna sat next to her, her eyes brimming with tears. Makoto beamed at the Senshi of Time and she did not wipe her tears away.

Luna and Artemis sat in Shingo's lap, who sat next to his mother in the other first row of chairs on the left side of the aisle. Every once in a while, Ikuko would shoo his hand away from Chibiusa. He was absolutely infatuated with the child. Makoto couldn't begin to count how many times he had begged his sister to let him baby-sit the girl. At least, Makoto reflected, she'd always have a willing babysitter.

Other people were in other rows, but the most important people were near the front, the most important people to her heart. In just the space of a few weeks, Makoto had gotten all she'd ever dreamed of: Her friends, her Senshi, her princess now queen and her king, and her love. Over the year that they'd fought to establish Crystal Tokyo, the bond of the Senshi, Shitennou, and the royals had only deepened to something unbreakable, even by Time.

Kenji handed her to Nick and nodded to his daughter, his Queen. She smiled back at him as he sat next to his wife, playing with Chibiusa until she swatted his hand and made him pay attention. He winked at Makoto playfully when she looked at him.

As the ceremony went on, Makoto clutched Nick's arm tighter and tighter. She couldn't help remembering the last time she had tried to get married. He smiled reassuringly at her and kissed her soundly when it was time.

"Don't ever worry about that again," he whispered against her lips as the cheering arose around them.

"I won't ever. I love you, Nick."

"I love you, Makoto."

And I love my Queen, she thought, but most of all, I love my life.

End epilogue.

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