"She's been in her room for weeks," Nephrite informed Kunzite, "she says she's never coming out." Kunzite sighed and shook his head.
"She lost both her parents," Jadeite interjected, "come her some slack."
"While I do understand that," Sol sighed as he rubbed his temples, "the kingdom is now in her hands. She must understand that." Zoicite lifted himself from his chair and stared at all of them.
"She needs to be with him more than ever," he said as he left the room. Kunzite jumped up and followed after him.
"Where are you going?" Kunzite inquired already knowing the answer to his own question.
"To get her lover," Zoicite replied. In a flash Celino and Zoicite were back in the kingdom and Celino knocked on her chamber doors.
"Cira," Celino called, "please let me in." Celino pressed down on the handle to her door and opened it. He slipped in and closed the door behind him. Cira sat in the corner with her mother's robe draped around her. Her room appeared untidy and disheveled as if a hurricane had just hit in. He knelt down beside her and held out his arms for her. She threw herself in his arms and buried her face in his chest staining his jacket with the few tears she had left. His jacket stifled her quiet sobs. Celino embraced her and kissed the top of her head. "I'm here now," he whispered to her.
"That's what she really needed," Zoicite whispered to the guys as they stood outside her chamber doors. Celino wiped Cira's tears away and smiled down at her.
"Thank you for being here," she whispered her voice cracking with each word. Celino kissed her lips and silenced her thanks. "I can't do it," she mumbled to herself. "I just can't," she sobbed unable to form any more tears.
"We'll get through this," he whispered and kissed her forehead. He sighed and pushed her away from him for a bit. "I hoped this would be under a better circumstance," he sighed and dug around in his pocket pulling out a small white box. He shoved it into Cira's hands then looked at her.
"Are you sure?" She asked as she stared at the contents in the box.
"I've never been more sure in my life," he smiled and chuckled a bit, "I'm already down on both knees and this isn't the least bit romantic, but Cira will you marry me?" Cira cracked a smile for the first time in weeks and giggled softly.
"Of course, I will," Cira smiled as he slid the ring onto her finger. Zoicite burst through the door and smiled at them.
"Did I just hear what I think I heard?" Zoicite smiled and ran up to Cira. He grabbed her left hand and smiled. "I did," he flashed the ring at the other generals and Sol. Kunzite and the other generals gathered around Celino and Cira. For the first time in weeks Cira was smiling. Within a few months they were married on Earth. The ceremony was beautiful and full of Peruvian lilies and pink roses.
"Our baby's all grown up," Serenity cried as Celino's father hugged her. Cira curtsied to his parents and smiled. "I guess you'll be handling all the business for your kingdom now," Serenity smiled as she wiped her eyes, "I look forward to working with both of you." Cira hugged her in-laws tightly and forced back her tears.
"As I do with you, Queen Serenity," she smiled. At the end of the row stood Sol and the four generals. Celino held her hand and smiled at her as he led her to them.
"It's with great honor and so much pride," Sol said to the inhabitants of the Amaterasu kingdom, "that I crown your new king and queen." Sol quickly placed the king's crown on Celino's head then turned to Cira and smiled. "We are all so proud of you," he whispered and smiled as he placed the queen's crown on top of her head. The two of them turned to the crowd. "Queen Cira and King Celino," Sol announced as the two headed to the back on the hallway.
"And now," Celino smiled at his bride, "we waltz."