Authors note: Queen Serenity: Is Serena's mother.
Princess-Neo Serenity: Is Serena, now as a princess.
Usagi: Rini

Chapter Three: Haruka is determined

Michiru and Haruka lay in bed that night. They were one of the last ones to become second parents again. Ami-Chan was that last, as she was the last to give birth to Ariel. Haruka lay all the way to one side of the bed, while Michiru to the to other side. Both were not talking to each other. They dozed off about one a clock am.

Faith came into the bedroom waking Haruka. Haruka yawned and then turned to see if the blue haired girl was still sleeping. She was. Haruka picked up Faith and carried her out into the living room.

"I want you to go get dressed. Do not wake Hope. I'm going to take you some where's." Haruka explained to her five-year-old daughter.

"Where?" Faith asked curious.

"Shhh… I'll tell you when we leave. Now go get dressed." Haruka directed, pushing Faith toward her bedroom.

Haruka glanced up at the clock. It was six thirty. She went and changed, herself. Faith was standing out in front of Haruka's door waiting for her. When Haruka opened the door she jumped back. Her heart beat a little faster than normal. She picked Faith up and shut the door as quietly as possible. When outside Haruka kissed her daughter.

"You scared me when you were standing outside my door." Haruka said.

Faith giggled. "Where we going."

"Just for a walk." Haruka explained.

She wasn't sure where she was going. She just knew she had to get away from Michiru for a while. Haruka set Faith on to her own feet. Faith's eyes followed a bullfrog. She quickly went and caught it. She started walking on the sidewalk again, a few feet in front of Haruka. Faith made faces at the frog. Haruka laughed. When the frog escaped from Faith's small hands she put them in her pockets. She was quiet for some time before she asked Haruka a question she did not want to answer.

"Why were you and Michiru fighting last night? You made Hope cry." Faith said her small eyes filled with curiosity.

"We just had a small disagreement about something." Haruka explained hoping it would cease the child from asking more questions.

The sun was beginning to come up. They passed by Makoto's restaurant. Makoto was having trouble getting the door unlocked, while holding a bunch of boxes in her hands. Haruka chuckled softly.

Passing by, unnoticed to Haruka, was Setsuna. She had Lydia and Maggie with her at the park. Setsuna noticed Haruka but did not go to greet her. Setsuna's eyes followed the small Faith.

"This is how things are going to be.." Setsuna whispered under her breath as she watched them disappear. "You are hurting your daughters and Michiru."

Setsuna had heard the constant bickering between Michiru and Haruka. They had gotten into an argument the other night at the Palace Dinner.

"Papa…" Faith began.

"Yes." Haruka said, uneasily.

"Are we going to have a sister like everyone else does?" Faith questioned.

Haruka was silent. She didn't want to explain it to her daughter that there would be no younger sister for Faith and Hope. Faith noticing she did not get her answer went onto another subject.

"Are you going to leave Michiru and Hope?"

"Huh?" Haruka asked astonished.

"Some boy in my class said his parents got separated. He said they always argued and stuff. So his mom went away." Faith explained.

Haruka took Faith into her arms. "Of course not. We'd never split you and Hope up."

"Then are you and Michiru going to split up and leave me and Hope some where's else?" Faith dug deeper into the problem.

"Noooo.. Me and Michiru will never separate." Haruka said, trying not to cry.

Meanwhile…. Michiru was just waking up when she noticed that Haruka wasn't there. She didn't even bother trying to find her. She didn't care. She went into the twin's room to wake them. She noticed that Faith was missing.

"Stupid Haruka." Michiru mumbled as she woke her daughter.

Hope immediately went to look for her sister.

"She's not here." Michiru explained.

"Why?" Hope asked.

"I don't know why." Michiru said.

Hope wrinkled her nose. She went over to the couch that was next to the window and stared out it for a while, waiting for Haruka and Faith to come home.

When Michiru couldn't stand Hope looking for Haruka and Faith she yelled at her. "You need to get away from the window young lady."

"Meanie!" Hope cried out and let herself fall onto the couch.

She crossed her arms and glared at Michiru. Queen Serenity came to the Neptune and Uranus headquarters. She allowed herself into the apartment and handed Michiru a slip of paper.

"There is a dinner tonight I'd like it if you and Haruka along with your girls were to attend." Queen Serenity stated and turned to leave.

She spotted Hope on the couch and winked at her. Hope giggled at this. Queen Serenity left the quarters. When Haruka arrived home with Faith; which was pretty late she grumpily told Haruka that there was going to be a dinner at seven.

"Well, it was so nice of you to contact me and tell me. We only have fifteen minutes to get ready!" Haruka said, curtly.

"Not my fault!" Michiru stated, angrily.

Hope and Faith stood listening to their parents start another argument. Michiru turned around; not paying attention the expressions on Hope or Faith's faces and snatched Hope up into her arms. She carried her into the twin's rooms and prepared her for the party.

Haruka took Faith's hand and led her into the room. She and Michiru kept shooting glares at one another. Faith did not struggle to keep out of the dress, she allowed Haruka to put the dress on along with a bow in her hair. Michiru then got herself ready. Haruka waited for Michiru to finish. Michiru was out within three minutes. She shot one last glare at Haruka and then went and took her daughter to the dinner. Michiru arrived before Haruka did. Haruka was five minutes late; with Faith.

Though, there was a spot for Michiru and Haruka to sit together they did not.

"Momma why is Michiru and Haruka not sitting together?" Asked eight-year-old Maggie. "They are not being very nice to each other right now." Setsuna explained.

Queen Serenity could feel her stomach turn. She was praying that this would work. She had spoke to the queens earlier and she knew they would be arriving soon, she just hoped Michiru and Haruka wouldn't give another outburst.

The maids brought the dinner to the table and everyone began eating. Haruka and Michiru gave each other the death glare the whole time while eating. Hope and Faith escaped from their parents view. Both young girls took each other's hands and left the table. They went toward the Queen's Royal chair where they climbed up the mini stairs and sat in. They watched the table from afar.

"Why are mommy and papa being so mean to each other?" Hope asked Faith.

"I don't know. Papa didn't tell me." Faith replied.

"They are starting to scare me." Hope commented.

"Me too." Faith agreed.

Right then a blinding light appeared in front of the twins. Haruka and Michiru's glares broke and they stared up at the light. Within in seconds two forms of Queens stood in the middle of the room. Haruka and Michiru noticed it was their mother's. Michiru and Haruka stared at them for a moment and then turned to each other.

"YOU!" they both said in unison.

Queen Serenity tensed up.

"Please do not argue in front of the young children." Queen Kana, of Uranus ordered.

Both became silent.

"We understand there has been some disagreement between the two of you." Queen Nami, of Neptune inquired. Michiru nodded.

Faith and Hope ran up behind the Queens. They were unnoticed among the four.

"You have a choice." Queen Kana said. "You can either take these children that have been given to you from our planets or you can leave them and cause pain within your quarters."

"I am sorry to disappoint the both of you. But your time here is wasted. Allow me to clear you up on a few things." Michiru began. "Haruka believes that Hope and Faith are the only children we need. Though I've explained my wanting of more children she says no. Two are a handful as it is. How can we handle four? So Mama I'm sorry to say but your time here is a waste of time." Queen Nami and Queen Kana looked at each other and sighed.

"Very well then." They made the babies appear in their hands; two adorable twins. One had wavy blue hair and the other had sandy blonde hair, just like Haruka. They had very similar facial expressions. Queen Nami pointed her baton at the small child that lay in her arms.

"What—what are you going to do?" Haruka asked, fearfully.

"Well, since these two children will poses senshi power's as they age we can not send them to a foster home in Tokyo." Queen Nami started to explain.

"So we must take their lives away." Queen Kana explained.

"In front of the children?" Haruka asked, her heart going weak. The two children were adorable and maybe she did want children again.

"WAIT!" Cried out Princess Neo-Serenity. "Why can't you send them to live with someone like my momma did me and the others?"

"Enemies are a great danger. They are always looking for Senshi's. They have become stronger. They will know these two are senshi's before you can cry help. They will attack and destroy. It will leave a frenzy at Tokyo. We don't want that happening do we?" Queen Kana asked.

Michiru turned away from the Queens. She was saying over and over again in her head for Haruka say yes. Haruka stood there watching in horror. Hope tugged on the Queen's dress. Queen Nami's baton's light disappeared and she knelt down to Hope.

"What is it my granddaughter?" she asked.

"Is that my sister?" Hope asked.

"No, I'm afraid not." Queen Nami replied.

"But I really want a sister." Hope said softly. "Is that what mama and papa have been fighting about?" Queen Nami nodded and stood up again.

She pointed the baton at the infant again and began speaking the Neptune language. A bright light surrounded the child and then she disappeared.

"OKAY OKAY! STOP IT! PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY OTHER CHILD AWAY FROM ME!" Haruka yelled out. She dropped to her knees crying. "I really did want more children. From the beginning. But I was afraid. When Hope and Faith along with the other children were first attacked it scared me so much. When everyone started giving birth's to their second children I had vowed that Michiru and me were not going to have any more children. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to deal with the pain. With four children there is more of a chance of loosing one. I'm sorry Michiru I've displeased you. You must think I'm an awful parent." Michiru bent down to Haruka. She gently rubbed her back.

"If you would have told me how you felt we could have worked things out. I feel the same way." Just about everyone at the dinner was crying. Michiru and Haruka stood up.

"We—we'd lo-love to to hold our baby gi-girl." Haruka stuttered.

"Very well then." Queen Kana placed the girl into her arms. Michiru and Haruka took the girl over to the table. Faith followed. Queen Serenity waked up to Queen Kana and Queen Nami.

"I'd hate to bring this up to you two, but they are suppose to have two children." Queen Serenity brought up. Hope used Queen Nami's dress to blow her nose with. The three queens looked down at her. Queen Nami knelt down a second time only this time she whispered something into her ear.

"Really?" Hope asked. Queen Nami nodded.

Hope ran off toward the Queen Chair again. Queen Nami stood up; both Queen Nami and Queen Kana laughed. Hope unraveled the blankets that were in the huge basket. Michiru tried to hold the baby girl, but almost ended up dropping her. Haruka took her back into her arms.

"We lost the other one." She sobbed.

Rei, Ami, and Setsuna were all trying to comfort her.

"Hey, at least you have three children." Ami tried to comfort, but knew this was not a good route.

"We could have had four. She's going to grow up knowing that something is always missing. We will have to one day tell her what happened to her twin sister and that we lost a Neptune." Michiru explained.

"Michiru and Haruka I know this might be the wrong time to say this. But I didn't get to say it when she was born. Thanks for convincing me to have Lydia." Setsuna thanked.

"No problem." Haruka replied. "Just why didn't you try to convince us?" Setsuna's checks turned slight pink. "I was mad because you had promised to come to the hospital when Lydia was born."

"Where's Hope?" Michiru asked looking frantically around for her daughter.

Rei pointed up toward the queen and kings chair. Madelyn, Maggie, Daisy, and Ariel were all surrounding the chair.

Hope folded back the blanket to reveal a blue-headed girl.

"MOMMA!" screamed Hope. "

They do have two children." Queen Kana answered the Queen finally. "We had to force Haruka to spill her true feelings about the children. We never intended to hurt anyone."

"You had me scared there for a moment." Queen Serenity said, as she watched her daughter dash by her. She took the blue haired girl to her mother. The children followed her. Michiru was so blessed.