Kunzite had just arrived back at the castle to help with the party preparations and while he was making his way through the hallway, he passed his King's office and heard a deep sigh.

"Is something the matter, my King?" Kunzite inquired, causing Endymion's head to lift quickly at the sound of his voice.

"Oh, Kunzite," King Endymion voiced, startled. He stood and motioned to the chair opposite of his. "I wasn't aware that you had returned. Please, do sit and tell me how your meeting with the Eastern Ambassadors went?"

"The meeting went well, Your Majesty," Kunzite replied in a clipped tone. King Endymion's eye twitched a little at seeing Kunzite's stoic posture and his terse attitude.

Sighing, King Endymion responded. "The truth is I just don't think I'm quite ready to have my daughter, my only daughter, get married. Don't get me wrong, Helios is a good man, but I just can't stand the thought of letting go of my little girl."

Kunzite listened to his King with a knowing grin on his face.

"Endymion, you forget yourself, I fear. Was it not you and Serenity that had Chibiusa-chan by the time her majesty was twenty-three? Come now, today is only your daughter's engagement announcement. You will still have time before her wedding day actually arrives. Plus, if your wife has any say about the wedding preparations, Small Lady might very well be our age by the time she is actually married. That's when the real fun begins because soon after, she'll be expecting her own little bundles of joy."

Even though Kunzite had a good point, Endymion still found himself scowling at the man sitting across from him with a cocky smirk on his face.


Nephrite, Jadeite, and Zoisite entered the Grand Hall and were greeted with a tall block of ice surrounding a column, leaning precariously towards the outer wall.

"Uh, what the hell happened here?" Zoisite questioned while glancing at his fellow comrades.

Ami-chan, followed by Artemis, strode quickly to her husband's side and said, "You'll never believe the ridiculous stunt Mina-chan just pulled while we were setting up the decorations."

"How could I not believe it? It is Mina-chan after all," Zoisite said with a chuckle.

Artemis lowered his head in defeat with a sigh, "I don't know how we'll get this all cleaned up by the time the guest begin to arrive."

Jadeite tapped his foot, while stroking his non-existent beard. "We could always ask Rei-chan to come and melt the ice."

Nephrite, who had stayed quite until now, slapped him upside the head, exclaiming, "You fool. If Rei-chan melts the ice, it will only cause the entire room to become flooded and then you have a bigger issue at hand."

Jadeite rubbed his head to ease some of the pain from Nephrite's slap, when suddenly he stopped, struck with a genius idea. "Oh I know!" He exclaimed. "Why don't we get Haruka-chan and Michiru-chan to come help? I have just the plan to get rid of this ice sculpture."

Everyone looked at Jadeite with anxious eyes as they could only imagine what sort of plan he was concocting.


Haruka stood leaning against the balcony of her tower's bedroom, when she her a faint knock.

"Come in," she yelled, sighing at the interruption.

"I apologize for disturbing you, Haruka-sama," Ami said, slowly entering her room.

"We have a bit of a situation downstairs in the Grand Hall and I actually needed your expertise on the matter."

Haruka's eyes grew larger as she stared at the shy sailor scout before her.

"What is such a huge problem you would need my assistance? Ask Michiru-chan, I'm never the best person to ask for aid."

Ami sighed. "Just come with me and you will see what the problem is and we can work on the solution."

Haruka shrugged and followed Ami out of the room and down to the Grand Hall.


I'm sorry for the very, very long hiatus. I ended up moving last Christmas and had sort of a hard time getting adjusted with the move and only recently, when I moved again and become somewhat stable, did I decide to try and start back writing again. I apologize for this chapter being incredibly short and for the very stale writing (nothing I do will get rid of that feeling). It has been many months since I've even attempted to break back into this story so I am unsure how I wanted to proceed with the middle. I hope to proceed with this story if fans would like me to finish it and have another chapter posted within the next week or so. Thank you all for your much appreciated patience!