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Family Ties

"C-Chibi-usa, you're okay?!"

The pink-haired child raised an eyebrow, "Of course I'm okay, Usagi. Why would you think I wasn't?"

Usagi shook her head, blinking back tears. She fell to her knees, embracing the time traveler tightly. Chibi-usa returned the hug, but sent a questioning glance over her future mother's shoulder at Rei. The miko wasn't sure how to respond.

Several moments later, Chibi-usa managed to break free. "I was planning to head to your house as soon as I got here to see you. But, now I guess I'll just go there when you do."

Usagi nodded, a smile gracing her heart-shaped face.

"Can I go play on the swings first, though? Or were you going home right now?"

"Go play," Usagi said, her smile never faltering.

"OK, then, I'm just gonna go, now." Chibi-usa replied, backing away. "Stranger than usual," she muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes, as she ran toward Juuban Park's playground.

Still beaming, Usagi spun to face her girlfriend and threw her arms around Rei's neck. "Chibi-usa still exists! I'm so happy! I was so sad that she would be gone, but she isn't!"

Rei gently removed the excited teen's hands from where they were playing with her hair and clasped them between the two, "Usagi… Chibi-usa is yours and Mamoru-san's daughter."

"I know. She's- oh. Oh, no!" her face lost it's jovial expression immediately. "But… no… that can't…"

Rei just nodded sadly and released her hold on Usagi's fingers.

The blonde quickly grabbed Rei's hands back. "Chibi-usa acts a lot like you," she exclaimed. "Maybe-"

"How would that be possible, Usagi?"

"I don't… the ginzuishou or, or I don't know! But, the reason has to be something like that! Because I don't ever want us to end, Rei! So, she has to be yours, too!"

Neither noticed Chibi-usa staring at them from her spot on the swing set. She looked down to their joined hands and grinned.