Ami Mizuno smiled at the German couple. "Congratulations. You are the firsts."

She tickled the cheek of the new baby in the arms of his exhausted primary mother.

"Thank you so much, Miss Mizuno," the secondary mother replied gratefully. She took the child and gently hugged him again before she handed the gurgling little boy to Ami.

"We will need to observe him for a week, and then you can take him home," she said. "You can visit him whenever you like."

Ami left the two women alone and took the baby to where he would be analyzed. If the project was a success, Haruka and Michiru would be her first call.

Haruka cuddled the bride in her arms and stepped through the door that her attendant held open. Michiru Tenoh tickled Haruka's neck in an attempt to be released.

"I can walk," she insisted.

"No you can't."

Michiru giggled, giving up her pursuit. She instead placed gentle kisses on the woman that Japan now recognized as her spouse. Haruka nudged the bedroom door open with the toe of her light blue shoe that Setsuna tailored to match the sky blue dress and her sapphire earrings. Haruka tossed Michiru on the bed scattered with rose petals. She leaned down to kiss her bride, but ended it at that. Michiru pulled her closer by the blue fabric that she wore.

Haruka kissed her lips again and whispered in her ear, "I don't take advantage of drunken women."

"It's our wedding night, Ha-rin," Michiru cooed.

Haruka shivered at the pet name. She shook her head. "That was three hours ago."

Without bothering to wash up, Haruka un-strapped her heels that she had neglected to remove previously as Michiru kicked off her lily white ones. The hangover pills, Rei's gift were waiting for Michiru on the nightstand. Rei had advised Haruka that is was the most important thing they would need to keep a healthy relationship.

With that, Haruka joined Michiru in the bed and pulled the covers over them. She settled comfortably and pulled Michiru into her arms. The two of them slept like that, locked in an embrace more intimate than lovemaking, wishing that the dream would never end.

The crowd went silent as the lights dimmed. Haruka and Michiru sat side by side in opposite directions. Haruka began to tap out a soft melody. Michiru gently swayed her body as was needed for Haruka to reach the right keys. She added to their original composition with her violin. Haruka allowed her a solo, intaking the graceful movements of the bow over the strings by Michiru's graceful fingers. The crowd applauded. Michiru Tenoh was only thirty years of age, but she played like an old master. Even Haruka considered herself second rate compared to her. After ten years, Haruka had give up professional F1 racing. She was satisfied with her collection of golden trophies and she knew that Michiru could not stand for her to be participation in such a dangerous sport. She was strictly a pianist now.

The two finished their piece and accepted the applause. Before the crowd began to disperse, Michiru cleared her throat. Their attention was immediately regained.

"Before we go, there is someone that we would like you to meet."

Michiru extended her gloved arm, signaling for the new pop group to come on stage. Rei Hino and Minako Aino appeared from behind the curtain of the public auditorium.

"Ai-Dol," she announced.

Haruka saw Usagi Chiba from the peephole smiling her wide smile as she pushed the doorbell for the sixth time. Her eight-year-old daughter affectionately clung to her arm while she held her other daughter of one year over the bulge that had been confirmed as her first boy. Haruka opened the door warmly to be greeted by Usagi's typical hug. The look-alike attached to her was pulled inside with her. Haruka carefully hugged her back and kissed her on the check after she was sure that Michiru was not watching.

"It's nice to see you again, Usagi." She ruffled the girl's dark pigtailed hair. "You too Koneko."

Haruka smiled as she said the name, Usagi had always seemed to be annoyed by the pet name she had given her. She never would have thought that Usagi would have given the name to her daughter.

Michiru was not surprised to see Usagi and her company. In fact, she came every few days for a combination of free food, free lounging, and free violin and piano lessons. She and Haruka weren't necessarily busy, and Haruka's large estate somehow felt empty without her cheerfulness. After twenty-eight years of ecstatic behavior, Usagi had begun to calm down and accept the fact that she was an adult, but she was still the same Usagi.

The two of them had fallen in love with both of her children and were anticipating the birth of the one on the way. Usagi hadn't named her first child Chibi-usa; that was the name of the baby. Michiru had been allowed to attend the birth along with Mamoru due to Usagi's wailing protests. She had seen for herself that Koneko was going to be far more attached to her mother than Chibi-usa had shown herself to be. Her second girl, however, had given her mother a hard time from the start, but never cried in the presence of her father.

Michiru still remembered the problems that the little pink-haired girl had caused, but she could not help loving the baby like her own child. She was with her nearly as often anyway. Michiru was reminded of Hotaru Tomoe. The girl had grown healthily, surprising all of them. She visited Chibi-usa whenever she got a break from her medical studies. Michiru smiled to herself as she walked down the stairs. All of them were happy now. Even Makoto had her own restaurant a district down. With an exception of Ami, the former senshi met together often enough. This was the life that Queen Serenity had hoped for.

"Michiru-san!" Usagi exclaimed as she saw Michiru coming down. She held the baby up for her to take, knowing it would be the first thing she asked.

Michiru continued down the stairs, but the telephone rang before she could reach for Chibi-usa.

Usagi brought the baby back to her chest as Michiru answered the phone. Haruka looked up from the homework she was helping Koneko with.

"Who is it?"

Michiru only stared blankly as she continued to listen to who was speaking the other line.

Haruka watched Michiru nod as Ami described the procedure. After a minute, Michiru sat down beside Haruka and handed her the phone. She tightly grasped Haruka's hand. Haruka could see that she was whispering "please", even though no sound was coming from her mouth. Usagi and Koneko looked away shyly as Haruka held Michiru while she listened to what Ami said. The two of them watched silently as Haruka did her part of the listening. Michiru was nearly frozen in what appeared to be shock and anticipation. After what seemed like hours, Haruka finally answered. She looked at Michiru and they silently agreed.

"We are interested."