The air was filled with love, the birds chirped their sweetest songs and the sun shone more gloriously than ever before on this beautiful earth.

Because today, TODAY! Today was Usagi's big day.

At the crack of dawn, she had jumped out of bed, showered in no time at all, and then dressed up for her super romantic, intergalactic great, insane super-duper DATE with her beloved Mamoru.

Probably the most beautiful man on earth. Well, for sure he was because as a proper earth prince, there could be practically no more perfect man than him.

And Usagi? She was the moon princess.

So much had happened in the last time until today and while Usagi put her excessively long hair together to her iconic hairstyle, she thought about the events of the past months.

Kunzite had been freed from the evil forces, but unfortunately, Beryl had managed to pull Mamoru to the dark side with her devious ways and rob him of all his memories once again. With the Sailor Team, however, Usagi had succeeded in an epic battle to banish Beryl and Metalia from Earth once and for all.

As a price, they had to accept a collective loss of memory, which, however, could be quickly repaired thanks to Luna.

But only a short time later, dark forces in the form of the villains Ail and Anne had once again tried to attack the earth and its inhabitants.

Mamoru had been able to support Usagi during this difficult time only in the form of the Knight of Moonlight - a projection of himself, so to speak - because his memory loss had lasted until the final battle against Anne and Ail, but for a week now his memories of their former life had completely returned.

That, of course, had been the only - and perfectly understandable - reason why he hadn't been able to keep his promise for their date together sooner.

"The things that can get in the way when the day is long are crazy," Usagi muttered to herself, lost in thought, while she put the last hairpin into her left topknot.

Finally, there was peace on earth!

And now, Usagi was dying to finally meet Mamoru. There had been so much pain, sorrow, and suffering for both of them in the silver millennium. However, there should be no more place for such negative feelings in this life.

Now they were finally united.

"You know, Luna, I think after all the battles against all the bad guys, we all more than deserve to be happy, don't you think?"

Usagi now stood in the room beaming with joy in her date dress and put on a big grin.

"Maybe you could ask Artemis out sometime?"

"WHAT?"

Usagi had hit the bull's eye there, but couldn't ask the little cat any further when the front doorbell rang loudly

"Ohhhh, that must be him!"

Squealing happily, Usagi jumped out of her room, rumbled down the stairs, and yanked the front door wide open with a spirited jerk.

There he was. So wonderfully beautiful. So insanely handsome. So indescribably awesome.

"Mamo-Chan", she breathed his pet name to him as he immediately pulled out a red, flawless rose out of thin air and handed it to her.

"Usako."

The perfect gentleman, after all.

With a beating heart, Usagi took the rose and beamed at her prince with sweetness and happiness.

" I think today will be the best day of my life, Mamo-Chan."

For this statement, she earned a small smile, followed by a tight hug, to which Mamoru let himself be carried away without thinking further and forgetting any etiquette

"Now you're exaggerating," he whispered in her ear and gave her a little kiss on the forehead.

"Alas, the two float in their very own world. Cloud nine is nothing compared to that."

Luna murmured dreamily to herself, standing at the top of the stairs, watching the couple in love prepare to step out of the Genkan and walk to Mamoru's car.

"I hope it works out this time. You more than deserve it after all the thousands of years of grief and suffering."

The drive to the romantic park didn't take long. Even though Mamoru had first suggested to Usagi that it might be better if they didn't necessarily do anything together, which had happened before on all of Mamoru's other dates with the Sailor Warrior girls, Usagi insisted on a classic date.

"After all, this is my very first date. I've always dreamed of one day walking in this beautiful park with my boyfriend and taking a romantic boat ride."

Mamoru gave Usagi a slightly questioning look as he headed for a free parking spot in front of the park's entrance

"Well, actually, we did meet at the ramen bar that time. Wasn't that a date?"

Slightly snubbed, Usagi looked at her boyfriend

"Huh? That was just shoveling food down your throat and had absolutely nothing to do with romance, Mamoru."

Indignant, Usagi averted her gaze from him and looked slightly dejectedly toward the park

"Besides, we weren't an item back then but... uhh, I don't know what."

"You don't know what?"

Now Mamoru became serious as he turned off the engine. Quickly, he grabbed Usagi's hands and looked into her puzzled face with a steady gaze

"The moment I protected you from Zoisite's attack in Starlight Tower, I was far from defining our relationship with each other as "I don't know what". And as Rei rightly said, when we were all standing there in knee-deep water, there has always been only one for me: and that was, is, and always will be you, Usako. Forever and ever."

Allowing no further protest, Mamoru leaned over to the surprised teenager beside him and kissed her passionately.

No doubt, the man could back up his words with action. At that moment, something of Endymion flashed through him as their lips met and Usagi grew hot and cold all at once. Longingly, she closed her eyes and willingly let Mamoru take her into this sweet world of love.

Slightly she opened her mouth so that he could deepen the kiss. In the protection of his car, Mamoru let himself be carried away too much more than he intended. Firmly he grasped her slender shoulders and pulled her even closer to him. Usagi tasted so sweet, like pure innocence. This girl was pure perfection for him. It almost drove him mad at that, because so much more of his alter ego Endymion suddenly stirred inside him that he could hardly longer be the gentleman he intended to be on their first date.

And Usagi wanted more. He sensed that in her every reaction to him.

The millennia of longing had done its part to make Usagi more than ready to feel Mamoru with all her senses now. Willingly, she wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss even more. Her tongue began to play with his as well, encouraging Usagi to press herself even harder against Mamoru in more places on her body.

This desire for this so beautiful perfect man almost drove her crazy. Feelings of the Moon Princess surfaced within her, who was endowed with so much more in the way of physical experience than she was. If something didn't happen right away, Usagi couldn't guarantee anything.

"Mamo... More," she brought out under his kisses and caresses.

Mamoru began to lose control entirely as his fingers slid along her arms. As he did so, he spread kisses on her neck that made Usagi groan.

"More!"

Usagi commanded him, and so Mamoru felt spurred to go much further as his hand quickly continued towards-.

"Krah krah krah...BOOM!"

Startled, they both flinched from the strange sound above them.

"Oh my god, what was that? Did something fall on the roof of the car?"

Usagi rolled down the window and stuck her neck out strained

"I'll go check."

Sighing slightly and somewhat hesitantly, Mamoru got out of the car.

Usagi started to pout inwardly. That had been so nice just now. All those butterflies in her stomach, all that passion that Mamoru had willingly thrown at her with his whole gorgeous body. God, he smelled so good! And now? Was he out of the car looking at what had dropped him on the roof?

"There I finally have my date and then something like this happens," she grumbled.

Mamoru, on the other hand, had come back to reality entirely.

"That seems like a young bird that still lacks flying experience. Come here, little one."

Curious, Usagi got out of the car too, and watched Mamoru hold a small black raven in his large hands.

"Oh dear, the poor little thing is shaking badly."

Gently, she stroked the bird's black feathers. Her disappointment was blown away and instead now gave way to genuine concern as she took it in her hands.

Mamoru looked searchingly into the air.

"How strange, it seems like it fell directly from the sky. I can't make out any nest in the trees here that he could have fallen from. I hope nothing serious has happened to him."

The little bird looked deeply into Usagi's eyes, almost as if he wanted to tell her something important. At the same time, it fluttered up and down weightily. At this sight, Usagi suddenly felt quite uneasy.

Did the raven have something like a message for her? Was it no coincidence that he had landed on her roof? Did he want to warn her of something?

"That was a violent impact, but I don't think it's anything serious, look."

Mamoru gently took the raven back in his hand and held it high in the air. The animal quickly recovered, spread its small wings, and flew up and away with a quick, still somewhat clumsy flap of its wings.

Smiling, Mamoru took his now free hand in front of his eyes to protect them from the blinding sun.

Usagi shook her head vehemently.

'Good God, I am imagining things. What will come next? Girls dropping from heaven. That's ridiculous.'

"Have a good trip little friend and have a nice and long happy life!"

She exclaimed loudly, waving both arms enthusiastically. In return, she earned a light laugh from her boyfriend, coupled with a meaningful look.

"Come on Usako, let's finally go to the park and get something to eat. You're probably starving already, and before our date gets going, you'll need all the energy you can get."

Usagi's eyes grew wide at the thought of food.

"That's great, are we going to that fancy restaurant where I've already served you such a wonderful menu as a waiter? That looked so fantastically delicious!"

A slight eye roll from Mamoru was enough, so Usagi grabbed his hand and quickly, determinedly walked down the aisle to the Mountain Stream Square Restaurant in the middle of Showa Memorial Park.

"Tonkatsu and waffles, maybe some ice cream and a milkshake with a sugar cherry on top, and I'll be on cloud nine!"

"As long as you're happy, Usako," came back a tired smile from Mamoru as he walked arm-in-arm with his lover toward the restaurant.

Mamoru knew Usagi's penchant for fast and unhealthy food from his numerous encounters with her at Game Crown Center, but after all, she was a true princess of the moon. How could he ever deny her a wish? Be it ever so fried and sugary.

Since getting back all his memories of his former life as Prince Endymion, Mamoru was more than surprised at how different Serenity and Usagi were in their personalities after all.

The Moon Princess had always seemed quite serious, sad, and worried. Even his love for her had not been able to completely conjure away this deep melancholy inside her.

The days of the silver millennium had been completely different and the challenges of the new world were not at all comparable to those of the distant past. But even if Usagi had gone through hell many times during the last months, especially after Beryl had managed to pull Mamoru to the dark side by a trick.

Mamoru had not been able to discover any hint of melancholy in her eyes.

She had touched him deeply with her immense power when she had knelt before him in the kingdom of the dark, begging him to remember them. When she had protected him against the tree of dark power.

So much suffering she had taken for him that she should have been as deeply sad as she had been in her former life.

But Usagi was still fundamentally optimistic, life-affirming, and full of joy, scatterbrainedness, incompetence, and belligerence that Mamoru could only love her from the bottom of his heart for these numerous qualities alone until the end of his days.

Nothing could ever shake this firm bond of sentiment he shared with her.

Absolutely nothing.

Mamoru felt like he was in Elysion when he ate what was probably the largest tonkatsu in the entire park with her in the small restaurant when he shared a huge ice cream sundae with her, and then a little later rowed off the excess calories on a boat.

Everything was perfect about this day and this date. Absolutely everything.

"Oh, Mamoru. Now we'll stay together forever, right?"

Taking a deep breath of the warm spring scent, he agreed with her

"Yes Usagi, forever."

Full of bliss, Usagi held her hands to her pink shimmering cheeks

"This IS the best day of my life."

At her saying, Mamoru had to laugh honestly as he was about to lift the paddles out of the water. Not whispering in her ear but laughing heartily this time, he repeated his friendly taunt

"Now you're exaggerating."

Or maybe not, because for Mamoru likewise there had never been a better day in his life than when he thought about it for a little longer.

Like this, their lives could go on. Everything looked to be peaceful from now on. A new, exciting time together lay ahead for them as a couple and of course, Mamoru wanted to continue as quickly as possible where he had left off with Usagi in the car before they were so rudely torn from their newly discovered world of sweet seduction.

A boat ride on this peaceful, almost enchanted lake in the middle of spring was the epitome of romance, so indeed, it was no surprise that Usagi fell right into Mamoru's strong arms when they got out of the boat.

Purely by chance, of course. Gosh, always these slippery jetties.

Her gaze spoke volumes, her lips, slightly parted and so ready to be occupied by his once again.

Yes, today was a perfect day and Mamoru wanted to enjoy it to the fullest with Usagi. Lovingly, he pulled her close to him and closed his eyes as he kissed the girl he loved endlessly.

Her lips tasted so sweet, so irresistible, so sensual... Mamoru sank into her enchanting aura and threatened to lose himself in her until the end of his days...when suddenly something roundish plopped him on the head from above.

Without releasing his lips from Usagi, Mamoru opened his eyes and gazed in wonder at the strange object lying on the ground in front of them a few feet away.

'A cat ball?!'

He couldn't make sense of the strange sight for much longer, when suddenly a strong rumbling sounded in the sky above them, and in a split second something pink with big red eyes had knocked him over and was now on top of him on the ground.

"OW! What the heck just fell on my head!"

With her face contorted in pain, Usagi rubbed her head while also lying on the ground and looked at least too dumbfounded at the little girl who was now in Mamoru's arms instead of her.

"Hey! That's MY boyfriend and MY date!"

Usagi's loud shouting didn't seem to interest the little girl with the Sailor Moon memorial hairdo in the least. Mamoru, on the other hand, swallowed hard, because from one moment to the next he had the strange feeling that this girl had not fallen from the sky by chance, but that the saying "All good things come from above" would mean nothing but trouble for him and Usagi in this case.

Dear readers,

Maybe the end here may seem a bit abrupt to you, but I have planned from the very beginning to make this initially funny story about the search for the moon princess a multi-part story, which - especially in the upcoming second part - will be darker and loaded with angst. Because Sailor Moon is for me a mixture of laughing and crying, paired with the hope for a happy ending :) Be curious about what is still to come. Even if it takes me a lot of time, I never abandon any of my stories and want to finish every single one. Your comments give me a lot of motivation to continue and finish my fics.

Keep well and have fun in life!

Love

Danni-Bunny