A/N: This chapter written by Spidey Viewer.

Marie never thought her life would be this good.

She used to just be a member of the Silver Cross Aid, formed during the Ultimate Wars against Empera. She and her childhood friends, Ken and Belial, all participated in their own ways. While she wished to help out more, she was glad to be able to help at all. She did get the chance to do more, though, when she handed Ken the Ultimate Sword, allowing him to defeat Empera and drive him away. She was so happy for him when he was assigned as top commander of the newly formed Intergalactic Defense Force.

It broke her heart, however, when Belial ended up betraying the Land of Light, and out of jealousy, even.

Jealousy over Ken in regards to her, and in his promotion...

She never thought an Ultra capable of such selfishness. Belial was always prideful, but this...

She and her eventual husband agonized ever since that day over what they could've done to prevent this...

They not only lost Belial, but also Ace's father, a good friend of theirs.

But...their lives DID improve.

They adopted Ace, and later had Taro. Their siblings also had children of their own, like Seven and his siblings, with Seven even having his own son, Zero, who had defeated Belial and became widely revered among his New Generation comrades, and Taro, who also had his own son in Taiga, one of the New Generation Ultras.

Not only that...they had gained many more friends, and several of their old friends were still alive.

Like Coesra. She was a close friend of hers all throughout Ultra school, and was part of the Silver Cross Aid.
They met as kids, bonded, and had been close, almost inseparable ever since.

However, she felt she wasn't doing enough, and had not done enough to help in the Ultimate Wars, so went to train to become an Ultra Warrior. She'd succeeded, and had gone out on her own to help out other planets and even dimensions.

An Ultra Warrior who also had the healing powers and training of a Silver Cross Aid had proven useful.

She did come back to the Land of Light, and helped out a lot with healing and combat, teaching others the techniques she'd learned.

This passion, her kindness...her beauty, it reminded her how much she still-USED TO, USED TO love her.

Well, she loved her PLATONICALLY.

They DID have a thing going on in the past, but when she went off on her own, they broke up, obviously she needed to focus on her own duties while Marie focused on hers.

She and Ken got together, married, and had children and a grandchild.

She was perfectly happy.

Ken was...amazing.

His strategic mind, his ability to remain calm and composed, his character, his passion that rivaled Coesra's...

She had no idea what some of her friends meant when they said she was good under pressure, that was Ken!

It's that passion for life, the drive to protect everyone, that gives him the strength to do so, that made her fall in love with him.

Yes, she was perfectly happy to be here where she was which is why Kyukogo NEEDED TO STOP CALLING, THAT BEAUTIFUL-ER-BITCH!

She was married with grandchildren, as she reminded herself.

Maybe spending time with Coesra would help, she did say she'd be getting back from that important mission of hers.

Yeah, she figured she'd do just that.

And on the way she'd give a good morning to her husband.

She walked throughout the Land of Light, specifically the Intergalactic Defense Force HQ, observing the Ultras all working, training, and laughing together.

Apparently they had gotten some new candidates for teams. Ultraman Arc, who utilized imagination, and Blazar.

From their research...

Blazar was an Ultra Caveman.

Literally.

He barely spoke and he was still learning social customs common throughout the multiverse.

He was confused when Z offered a handshake, but understood it as a sign of friendship and, in his eagerness, shook a bit too hard and sent Z flying, to his embarrassment.

It was pretty adorable, honestly.

He was intrigued and excited about everything.

...Oh goodness she wasn't about to adopt him, was she?

She was fine enough with her children and grandchildren as it were, and with the war with the Absolutians (when was that going to happen, anyway? Felt like it should have started already) they could not afford another child of their own, no, it wouldn't work!

Ahem.

Anyways, there was also Ultraman Trigger, who seemed...remarkably similar to Tiga.

...Scarily similar.

So similar that it's almost like he was the new version of Trigger in a hypothetical reboot of a show Tiga would be the star of.

...Naaaah.

It's not like both were Ultra Ancients millions of years old, had similar forms, faced pretty much the same villains only Trigger's seemed more modernized, one of the villains being their lover from way back when...

Marie shook her head, approaching Ken.

"Are you alright, Marie?" Ken asked.

"Yes, yes, just..." Marie shook her head. "...Trigger."

"...Oh yeah..." Ken understood, the two gaining a far-off look in their eyes. "Anyways, Coesra's arriving soon. She's very excited to see you again."

"Me too!" Marie cheered excitedly. "Oh, by the way," She grabbed his cheeks and gave him a long, firm she let go, he was in a lovestruck daze. "W-wha...?"

"Just got a reminder of how much I love you." Marie winked, walking off.

Ken chuckled, smiling. "What a woman."