Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Shared Destiny ❯ Chapter 21: A New Life Together And Apart ( Chapter 21 )
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By: Angel Della Notte 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Drama / Romance | Type: Yuri | Uploaded On: 08.11.2014 | Pages: 6 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 172 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Drama / Romance | Type: Yuri | Uploaded On: 08.11.2014 | Pages: 6 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 172 | Status: Completed
Chapter 21: A New
Life Together And Apart
(Seven Weeks Later Miranda Palace, Uranus)
Uranus sat on her throne while court was going on, standing before her currently was the minister of trade he was telling her about the current situation of trading with other planets, “Your highness something needs to be done about the situation with Neptune. As if the tax on Uranian goods wasn’t bad enough Queen Neressa has placed a trade embargo on all Uranian shipments to and from Uranus. Our traders are being forced to leave the planet many of them without being able to deliver their last shipment. We depend heavily on trade with Neptune. They are the closest planet to us over seventy percent of our trade industry is with Neptune.” The short fat trade minister said waving his hands about to emphasize his point.
“There isn’t much I can do from here in one week I’ll be traveling there to be with my wife. I’ll have a few words with the queen then and see if I can’t chan-” Uranus was saying when Hotaru ran into the throne room crying and jumped into her arms holding tight to her. In the last few months the girl had stopped aging and now was about twelve years old. “Shhh Hotaru what’s wrong?” Uranus said shooing the minister away.
“I saw some bad things” Hotaru said through her tears “things that scared me.”
“A nightmare?” Uranus asked though it was a bit odd it was the middle of the afternoon Hotaru shouldn’t have been sleeping unless she had been taking a nap.
“I wasn’t sleeping I was in my room studying like you told me and all of the sudden I started seeing bad things.” Hotaru said.
“Bad things like what?” Uranus asked still trying to calm the girl down but Hotaru just started shaking her head.
“I don’t know what they were.” Hotaru said, “I just know they were bad.”
“Hotaru come with me.” Uranus said standing then taking Hotaru’s hand and leading her away from everyone into her office. She sat Hotaru down in one of the chairs then knelt before her. “Hotaru I want you to close your eyes. What I’m going to do is going to make you see the images again but don’t worry you are safe I’m here with you okay?” Uranus said. Hotaru nodded slightly and closed her eyes her hand taking one of Uranus’ hands and squeezing it tightly. Uranus brought her other hand up to Hotaru’s cheek putting her thumb under her chin her index finger on her cheek and her middle finger on her temple. Uranus closed her own eyes and searched through Hotaru’s thoughts finding the vision. Hotaru cried a little and grabbed her hand tighter Uranus squeezing it back to let her know she was still there. Once the vision was over Uranus pulled one of her own thoughts forward to one of the times she and Neptune had taken Hotaru out on a picnic giving the girl a peaceful memory. She opened her eyes and Hotaru did the same tears in her eyes but the picnic memory seemed to calm her a little. Uranus leaned forward and hugged Hotaru. “It’s ok it’s over now okay.”
“Uranus what was that what did I see?” Hotaru asked. “Why did I see it?”
“I don’t know.” Uranus said just as confused and scared by what she saw. She walked over to her desk and sent a message to the Moon Palace telling Pluto that it was urgent and she needed to come to Uranus immediately.
(Later that day)
Pluto stood in Uranus’ office across from Uranus; Hotaru had fallen asleep and been taken back to her room. It had taken Pluto some time to come from the moon she had been busy in court helping out the queen. “What is this vision she saw?”
“Showing is better then telling.” Uranus said and Pluto nodded walking over to Uranus and placing her hand on her face as she had done to Hotaru. Images of a great battle took place they weren’t sure because the images moved so fast but they thought it was taking place on the moon. The image ended in a bright flash and then nothing. “Pluto what does this mean?” Uranus asked.
Pluto was silent knowing exactly what that flash was having only seen it once before a very long time ago. “That was Sailor Saturn’s Silence Glaive I’ve only seen it once before.”
“What? You mean we just saw the end of the world?” Uranus nearly shouted.
“It could be of the future telling us that this is what will happen soon.” Pluto said, “If Hotaru is awaking things must be worse than we think. I’ve noticed a few odd disturbances but I haven’t been able to identify what they are or where they are coming from.”
They both turned hearing the door open and the young purple hair girl walk in wearing her night gown. She was holding something but neither could tell what, “Hotaru what are you doing up?” Uranus asked.
“I was sleeping and then there was this bright light that woke me up. When it disappeared this was on my pillow.” Hotaru said holding up a transformation pen with the symbol of Saturn on it.
“Is that…” Uranus started to say but Pluto held up her hand stopping her.
“Hotaru let me have that.” Pluto said taking the transformation pen from her. “Uranus would you take her back to bed?”
“Yeah sure” Uranus said taking the girl’s hand and leading her back to bed. Pluto had stayed the night there and in the morning she left with Hotaru telling Uranus that she wasn’t to say anything about the pen to anyone Neptune included.
(One week later, Transport between Miranda Palace and Triton Castle)
Uranus paced back and forth on the transport she had gotten a message the night before that Neptune had gone into labor and the soonest she had been able to get on a transport was in the morning. She wasn’t supposed to be going there for another four days but Pluto had given her permission to leave early to be with her wife. The transport didn’t seem like it was going very fast even though the pilot was going as fast as he could. Uranus had wanted to teleport but Queen Neressa had forbid her from teleporting there. She wasn’t happy with Queen Serenity punishment for the two outer senshi but her hands were tied and there was nothing she could do about it. “Five minutes before landing your highness.” The pilot called over the intercom. Uranus nodded then sat down buckling her seat belt as the craft started to shake as it entered the atmosphere. It touched down and Uranus was off the transport walking down the steps. She was met by several guards and Queen Neressa.
“You aren’t supposed to be here for another four days.” Queen Neressa said blocking her way.
“I’ve permission from the Queen to be here.” Uranus said handing Queen Neressa a letter then jumping over a low wall and going around Queen Neressa. She saw one of the Queen’s hand maidens standing there and grabbed the girl by the shoulder turning her around, “Take me to the Princess.” Uranus said.
The girl looked past her to Queen Neressa seeing a disapproving look on her face then looked back to Uranus thinking it would be better to anger her mistress then to anger the Queen of Uranus. “Yes, Queen Uranus.” The girl said leading her down the hallway to the princess’ room.
Outside the door Uranus could hear Neptune crying and ran past the hand maiden knowing which room her lover was in. She saw Neptune laying on the bed a midwife tending to her, mostly just soaking her brow with a wet cloth. “Michiru,” Uranus said sitting on the edge of the bed taking the cloth from the midwife brushing it across Neptune’s forehead.
“You came.” Neptune said a weak smile on her face. Queen Neressa had been notified that Uranus was coming early but she had kept this information from Neptune.
Uranus gave a small smile then moved the cloth kissing Neptune’s forehead, “I promised you I would be here when our child was born.” Uranus said as Neptune gave another cry of pain. The midwife moved around Neptune checking on her then looked up at them.
“Princess your daughter seems to be ready now. Push.” The old woman said. Neptune cried in pain again with Uranus taking her hand and squeezing it tightly whispering soothing words to her wife, “Come on she’s almost there.” The midwife said and within a few minutes she held a small child cleaning it off. “Oh my.” She said holding and wrapping the child in a blanket.
“What is it?” Neptune said a worried look on her face. “Is she alright?”
“Your son is just fine.” The midwife said handing Neptune the small boy.
“Son?” Uranus asked, never before had a planetary queen’s first born been a boy. Granted Neptune wasn’t queen yet in the occasions where a princess had a child it still always was a girl. Uranus looked down at her wife and son indeed seeing a little boy with white blonde hair that seemed silver and his eyes were a yellowish amber color.
“Haruka, he’s beautiful.” Neptune said looking down at her son her hand finding Uranus’ hand again.
“He is and he even has your smile.” Uranus said as the small boy smiled.
“He doesn’t look anything like…like him.” Neptune said still not able to bring herself to say Tolsin’s name.
“I told you the gods aren’t that cruel.” Uranus said kissing Neptune on the cheek. “What are we going to name him?” Neither of them had really been able to come up with a name and then they both had been thinking of girl names.
“I wanted Amara but I don’t think that will work now. What do you think?” Neptune said.
“How about Alex?” Uranus suggested.
“No, I don’t care much for it.” Neptune said stopping to think.
“Michiru what was your father’s name?” Uranus asked knowing Neptune and her father had been really close.
“Helios.” Neptune said a smile on her face. “My father’s name was Helios as is our son’s name. Is that okay with you Haruka?”
“Helios is a prefect name.” Uranus said knowing that would make her wife happy.
“Do you want to hold him?” Neptune asked, Uranus nodded and Neptune handed her the child. Uranus held it close to her a bit awkward at first but Neptune helped her shift the child so it was more comfortable for Uranus and the child.
Uranus looked down at the boy as he slept in her arms, “Helios, our son.” Uranus whispered a smile on her face.
“Your highnesses the princess needs her rest.” The midwife said coming back in a while after the birth with a small cradle.
Both outers nodded and Uranus set the boy down in the cradle, she positioned it next to the bed and then crawled into bed with Neptune, “Haruka what are you doing?” Neptune asked.
“I haven’t slept all night I’m getting some rest too besides I’ve been away from my beautiful wife and the mother of my child for four months I want to hold her is that alright?” Uranus said pulling Neptune into her arms.
“Mmmm more then alright.” Neptune said snuggling closer.
(Five months later Miranda Palace, Uranus)
On the fields outside the palace Uranus and Neptune sat on a pair of thrones looking down at a group of runners positioned on the starting line. In Neptune’s lap a small boy rested sleeping in his mother’s arms even with all the noise of the crowd below. Uranus smiled over to her wife and son the stood stepping out before the crowd, “Welcome to this year’s race I have to say I’m looking forward to this it’s been a few years since I’ve seen one.”
“Shame you aren’t racing this year!” A voice from the crowd said.
“No it isn’t we’ve actually got a chance of winning!” One of the racers said with a laugh.
Uranus looked over next to her feeling Neptune step up next to her. She took Neptune’s hand squeezing it softly. Neptune smiled at her then turned to the crowd. “As an extra prize this year whoever wins will receive a kiss from me.”
Uranus turned and looked at her wife, “What?” She said just loud enough for only Neptune to hear.
“Just a little motivation for our racers.” Neptune said.
“So what if a girl wins?” One of the female racers called out.
“Then they will get a kiss from the Prince of Uranus.” Neptune said looking down at the boy in her arms. There was a laugh from the crowd and Neptune felt Uranus step away from her and saw her walking towards the starting line taking off her coat as she walked handing it off. She stopped on the line and began stretching.
“Well there goes our chance of winning.” One of the racers said.
“Queen Neptune, any chance the runner up can get a kiss too?” Another racer said then got a glare from Uranus, “Never mind.”
Though she wasn’t the queen of Neptune yet Uranus had insisted that while on Uranus she would be considered her queen and was to be called Queen Neptune. “Love would you mind starting the race?” Uranus said. Neptune laughed then shook her head taking a horn from a servant and blowing into it all the racers starting off.
It was a twelve mile race through the countryside of Uranus which by no means was a level plain. Uranus stood on the starting line for several minutes letting the other racers get ahead until Neptune shouted, “Uranus stop showing off and get going!”
Uranus laughed then took off in a light jog passing the tail end racers patting them on the back encouraging them on slowly working her way forward at the steady pace which really wasn’t anywhere near her fastest pace but she had learned from the last few times she had done this race it wasn’t about speed but rather pacing yourself. She passed a few of the racers that had started out at a sprint now almost completely exhausted. It must have been the first time they had raced. It wasn’t long before the only ones left were her and the race leaders. The one in lead was a young Martian man and it took Uranus a few minutes to realize it was Claudius the man that had been courting Mercury. “Told you I would race you someday.” Claudius said.
“Doesn’t mean you are going to win.” Uranus laughed.
“A kiss from the fair maiden is quite temping.” Claudius said. “Could persuade me to give it my all and then some.”
“Keep your ideas of kissing fair maidens to Mercury, this fair maiden is taken.” Uranus said breaking into a sprint the race only having a mile or so left. Claudius tried to keep up but Uranus was giving it her all and history had proven the only one able to keep up with her was Neptune. She easily crossed the finish line a big grin on her face as she walked over to Neptune who had handed Helios off to his nanny.
“Congrad-” Neptune started to say but Uranus had pulled her into her arms dipped her and kissed her passionately. Uranus let her up but not out of her arms, “I thought you weren’t racing this year? Something about you hadn’t trained for it.”
“I wasn’t until someone added a prize.” Uranus said a smirk on her face, “I couldn’t let someone else kiss my wife.”
“You are going to regret it later.” Neptune said.
“Well it was worth it.” Uranus said.
(Later that night)
Uranus staggered into her shared room with Neptune the latter helping her quite a bit. The race combined with a night of celebrating and dancing had taken quite a bit out of the senshi of the wind. Neptune led her into the bathroom having sent a servant up earlier to draw a bath. She helped Uranus out of her clothes and into the tub, “Just relax here for a bit you’ll feel better.”
“You aren’t going to join me?” Uranus pouted.
“No, I have to go feed Helios.” Neptune said planting a kiss on Uranus’ forehead then walking out into the other room seeing the nanny sitting in a chair rocking the boy back and forth. Neptune took the boy from her then said, “Can you come back in about an hour and get him?”
“Of course your highness,” The young woman said leaving the room ever since the child was born she would take the child for the night several times a week so they could have the night alone.
Neptune sat down in the chair the woman had just gotten up from and unbuttoned her shirt holding Helios up to her to nurse. She sat back against the chair staring down at the boy in her arms. Uranus had been right every time she looked at the boy her son she was filled with nothing but joy. And Uranus really was an amazing ‘father’ to him she really did treat Helios as her own child never once had she referred to him as anything but her son or their son. She sat there for a while feeding him then noticed Uranus walk from the bathroom a towel wrapped around her that fell to the ground right before she fell onto the bed. Neptune shook her head then looked up at the clock noticing the nanny would be back any minute for the boy. “Haruka cover up with something the nanny should be coming back for Helios soon.” Neptune said getting a grunt from Uranus who grabbed the bed sheet pulling it over her.
The nanny came back just as Neptune was finishing she handed the boy over to her kissing him goodnight then the nanny left with him and she walked over to Uranus who lay half asleep on the bed. Neptune sat down on the bed leaning over and kissing Uranus, “Ow easy I hurt from head to toe.” Uranus said.
“And whose fault is that?” Neptune chided.
“Yours with that kiss for the winner,” Uranus said. “If you hadn’t of said that I would have gladly watched and let Claudius win.”
“It’s cute that you love me that much but what good is it if my wife is nothing but one huge knot?” Neptune tease pushing on Uranus’ back getting another grunt.
“Owe stop that. I want you to touch me gently.” Uranus said. Neptune smiled pressed a kiss on Uranus’ back then gently started rubbing it getting a content sigh from the senshi of the sky.
To Be Continued…
(Seven Weeks Later Miranda Palace, Uranus)
Uranus sat on her throne while court was going on, standing before her currently was the minister of trade he was telling her about the current situation of trading with other planets, “Your highness something needs to be done about the situation with Neptune. As if the tax on Uranian goods wasn’t bad enough Queen Neressa has placed a trade embargo on all Uranian shipments to and from Uranus. Our traders are being forced to leave the planet many of them without being able to deliver their last shipment. We depend heavily on trade with Neptune. They are the closest planet to us over seventy percent of our trade industry is with Neptune.” The short fat trade minister said waving his hands about to emphasize his point.
“There isn’t much I can do from here in one week I’ll be traveling there to be with my wife. I’ll have a few words with the queen then and see if I can’t chan-” Uranus was saying when Hotaru ran into the throne room crying and jumped into her arms holding tight to her. In the last few months the girl had stopped aging and now was about twelve years old. “Shhh Hotaru what’s wrong?” Uranus said shooing the minister away.
“I saw some bad things” Hotaru said through her tears “things that scared me.”
“A nightmare?” Uranus asked though it was a bit odd it was the middle of the afternoon Hotaru shouldn’t have been sleeping unless she had been taking a nap.
“I wasn’t sleeping I was in my room studying like you told me and all of the sudden I started seeing bad things.” Hotaru said.
“Bad things like what?” Uranus asked still trying to calm the girl down but Hotaru just started shaking her head.
“I don’t know what they were.” Hotaru said, “I just know they were bad.”
“Hotaru come with me.” Uranus said standing then taking Hotaru’s hand and leading her away from everyone into her office. She sat Hotaru down in one of the chairs then knelt before her. “Hotaru I want you to close your eyes. What I’m going to do is going to make you see the images again but don’t worry you are safe I’m here with you okay?” Uranus said. Hotaru nodded slightly and closed her eyes her hand taking one of Uranus’ hands and squeezing it tightly. Uranus brought her other hand up to Hotaru’s cheek putting her thumb under her chin her index finger on her cheek and her middle finger on her temple. Uranus closed her own eyes and searched through Hotaru’s thoughts finding the vision. Hotaru cried a little and grabbed her hand tighter Uranus squeezing it back to let her know she was still there. Once the vision was over Uranus pulled one of her own thoughts forward to one of the times she and Neptune had taken Hotaru out on a picnic giving the girl a peaceful memory. She opened her eyes and Hotaru did the same tears in her eyes but the picnic memory seemed to calm her a little. Uranus leaned forward and hugged Hotaru. “It’s ok it’s over now okay.”
“Uranus what was that what did I see?” Hotaru asked. “Why did I see it?”
“I don’t know.” Uranus said just as confused and scared by what she saw. She walked over to her desk and sent a message to the Moon Palace telling Pluto that it was urgent and she needed to come to Uranus immediately.
(Later that day)
Pluto stood in Uranus’ office across from Uranus; Hotaru had fallen asleep and been taken back to her room. It had taken Pluto some time to come from the moon she had been busy in court helping out the queen. “What is this vision she saw?”
“Showing is better then telling.” Uranus said and Pluto nodded walking over to Uranus and placing her hand on her face as she had done to Hotaru. Images of a great battle took place they weren’t sure because the images moved so fast but they thought it was taking place on the moon. The image ended in a bright flash and then nothing. “Pluto what does this mean?” Uranus asked.
Pluto was silent knowing exactly what that flash was having only seen it once before a very long time ago. “That was Sailor Saturn’s Silence Glaive I’ve only seen it once before.”
“What? You mean we just saw the end of the world?” Uranus nearly shouted.
“It could be of the future telling us that this is what will happen soon.” Pluto said, “If Hotaru is awaking things must be worse than we think. I’ve noticed a few odd disturbances but I haven’t been able to identify what they are or where they are coming from.”
They both turned hearing the door open and the young purple hair girl walk in wearing her night gown. She was holding something but neither could tell what, “Hotaru what are you doing up?” Uranus asked.
“I was sleeping and then there was this bright light that woke me up. When it disappeared this was on my pillow.” Hotaru said holding up a transformation pen with the symbol of Saturn on it.
“Is that…” Uranus started to say but Pluto held up her hand stopping her.
“Hotaru let me have that.” Pluto said taking the transformation pen from her. “Uranus would you take her back to bed?”
“Yeah sure” Uranus said taking the girl’s hand and leading her back to bed. Pluto had stayed the night there and in the morning she left with Hotaru telling Uranus that she wasn’t to say anything about the pen to anyone Neptune included.
(One week later, Transport between Miranda Palace and Triton Castle)
Uranus paced back and forth on the transport she had gotten a message the night before that Neptune had gone into labor and the soonest she had been able to get on a transport was in the morning. She wasn’t supposed to be going there for another four days but Pluto had given her permission to leave early to be with her wife. The transport didn’t seem like it was going very fast even though the pilot was going as fast as he could. Uranus had wanted to teleport but Queen Neressa had forbid her from teleporting there. She wasn’t happy with Queen Serenity punishment for the two outer senshi but her hands were tied and there was nothing she could do about it. “Five minutes before landing your highness.” The pilot called over the intercom. Uranus nodded then sat down buckling her seat belt as the craft started to shake as it entered the atmosphere. It touched down and Uranus was off the transport walking down the steps. She was met by several guards and Queen Neressa.
“You aren’t supposed to be here for another four days.” Queen Neressa said blocking her way.
“I’ve permission from the Queen to be here.” Uranus said handing Queen Neressa a letter then jumping over a low wall and going around Queen Neressa. She saw one of the Queen’s hand maidens standing there and grabbed the girl by the shoulder turning her around, “Take me to the Princess.” Uranus said.
The girl looked past her to Queen Neressa seeing a disapproving look on her face then looked back to Uranus thinking it would be better to anger her mistress then to anger the Queen of Uranus. “Yes, Queen Uranus.” The girl said leading her down the hallway to the princess’ room.
Outside the door Uranus could hear Neptune crying and ran past the hand maiden knowing which room her lover was in. She saw Neptune laying on the bed a midwife tending to her, mostly just soaking her brow with a wet cloth. “Michiru,” Uranus said sitting on the edge of the bed taking the cloth from the midwife brushing it across Neptune’s forehead.
“You came.” Neptune said a weak smile on her face. Queen Neressa had been notified that Uranus was coming early but she had kept this information from Neptune.
Uranus gave a small smile then moved the cloth kissing Neptune’s forehead, “I promised you I would be here when our child was born.” Uranus said as Neptune gave another cry of pain. The midwife moved around Neptune checking on her then looked up at them.
“Princess your daughter seems to be ready now. Push.” The old woman said. Neptune cried in pain again with Uranus taking her hand and squeezing it tightly whispering soothing words to her wife, “Come on she’s almost there.” The midwife said and within a few minutes she held a small child cleaning it off. “Oh my.” She said holding and wrapping the child in a blanket.
“What is it?” Neptune said a worried look on her face. “Is she alright?”
“Your son is just fine.” The midwife said handing Neptune the small boy.
“Son?” Uranus asked, never before had a planetary queen’s first born been a boy. Granted Neptune wasn’t queen yet in the occasions where a princess had a child it still always was a girl. Uranus looked down at her wife and son indeed seeing a little boy with white blonde hair that seemed silver and his eyes were a yellowish amber color.
“Haruka, he’s beautiful.” Neptune said looking down at her son her hand finding Uranus’ hand again.
“He is and he even has your smile.” Uranus said as the small boy smiled.
“He doesn’t look anything like…like him.” Neptune said still not able to bring herself to say Tolsin’s name.
“I told you the gods aren’t that cruel.” Uranus said kissing Neptune on the cheek. “What are we going to name him?” Neither of them had really been able to come up with a name and then they both had been thinking of girl names.
“I wanted Amara but I don’t think that will work now. What do you think?” Neptune said.
“How about Alex?” Uranus suggested.
“No, I don’t care much for it.” Neptune said stopping to think.
“Michiru what was your father’s name?” Uranus asked knowing Neptune and her father had been really close.
“Helios.” Neptune said a smile on her face. “My father’s name was Helios as is our son’s name. Is that okay with you Haruka?”
“Helios is a prefect name.” Uranus said knowing that would make her wife happy.
“Do you want to hold him?” Neptune asked, Uranus nodded and Neptune handed her the child. Uranus held it close to her a bit awkward at first but Neptune helped her shift the child so it was more comfortable for Uranus and the child.
Uranus looked down at the boy as he slept in her arms, “Helios, our son.” Uranus whispered a smile on her face.
“Your highnesses the princess needs her rest.” The midwife said coming back in a while after the birth with a small cradle.
Both outers nodded and Uranus set the boy down in the cradle, she positioned it next to the bed and then crawled into bed with Neptune, “Haruka what are you doing?” Neptune asked.
“I haven’t slept all night I’m getting some rest too besides I’ve been away from my beautiful wife and the mother of my child for four months I want to hold her is that alright?” Uranus said pulling Neptune into her arms.
“Mmmm more then alright.” Neptune said snuggling closer.
(Five months later Miranda Palace, Uranus)
On the fields outside the palace Uranus and Neptune sat on a pair of thrones looking down at a group of runners positioned on the starting line. In Neptune’s lap a small boy rested sleeping in his mother’s arms even with all the noise of the crowd below. Uranus smiled over to her wife and son the stood stepping out before the crowd, “Welcome to this year’s race I have to say I’m looking forward to this it’s been a few years since I’ve seen one.”
“Shame you aren’t racing this year!” A voice from the crowd said.
“No it isn’t we’ve actually got a chance of winning!” One of the racers said with a laugh.
Uranus looked over next to her feeling Neptune step up next to her. She took Neptune’s hand squeezing it softly. Neptune smiled at her then turned to the crowd. “As an extra prize this year whoever wins will receive a kiss from me.”
Uranus turned and looked at her wife, “What?” She said just loud enough for only Neptune to hear.
“Just a little motivation for our racers.” Neptune said.
“So what if a girl wins?” One of the female racers called out.
“Then they will get a kiss from the Prince of Uranus.” Neptune said looking down at the boy in her arms. There was a laugh from the crowd and Neptune felt Uranus step away from her and saw her walking towards the starting line taking off her coat as she walked handing it off. She stopped on the line and began stretching.
“Well there goes our chance of winning.” One of the racers said.
“Queen Neptune, any chance the runner up can get a kiss too?” Another racer said then got a glare from Uranus, “Never mind.”
Though she wasn’t the queen of Neptune yet Uranus had insisted that while on Uranus she would be considered her queen and was to be called Queen Neptune. “Love would you mind starting the race?” Uranus said. Neptune laughed then shook her head taking a horn from a servant and blowing into it all the racers starting off.
It was a twelve mile race through the countryside of Uranus which by no means was a level plain. Uranus stood on the starting line for several minutes letting the other racers get ahead until Neptune shouted, “Uranus stop showing off and get going!”
Uranus laughed then took off in a light jog passing the tail end racers patting them on the back encouraging them on slowly working her way forward at the steady pace which really wasn’t anywhere near her fastest pace but she had learned from the last few times she had done this race it wasn’t about speed but rather pacing yourself. She passed a few of the racers that had started out at a sprint now almost completely exhausted. It must have been the first time they had raced. It wasn’t long before the only ones left were her and the race leaders. The one in lead was a young Martian man and it took Uranus a few minutes to realize it was Claudius the man that had been courting Mercury. “Told you I would race you someday.” Claudius said.
“Doesn’t mean you are going to win.” Uranus laughed.
“A kiss from the fair maiden is quite temping.” Claudius said. “Could persuade me to give it my all and then some.”
“Keep your ideas of kissing fair maidens to Mercury, this fair maiden is taken.” Uranus said breaking into a sprint the race only having a mile or so left. Claudius tried to keep up but Uranus was giving it her all and history had proven the only one able to keep up with her was Neptune. She easily crossed the finish line a big grin on her face as she walked over to Neptune who had handed Helios off to his nanny.
“Congrad-” Neptune started to say but Uranus had pulled her into her arms dipped her and kissed her passionately. Uranus let her up but not out of her arms, “I thought you weren’t racing this year? Something about you hadn’t trained for it.”
“I wasn’t until someone added a prize.” Uranus said a smirk on her face, “I couldn’t let someone else kiss my wife.”
“You are going to regret it later.” Neptune said.
“Well it was worth it.” Uranus said.
(Later that night)
Uranus staggered into her shared room with Neptune the latter helping her quite a bit. The race combined with a night of celebrating and dancing had taken quite a bit out of the senshi of the wind. Neptune led her into the bathroom having sent a servant up earlier to draw a bath. She helped Uranus out of her clothes and into the tub, “Just relax here for a bit you’ll feel better.”
“You aren’t going to join me?” Uranus pouted.
“No, I have to go feed Helios.” Neptune said planting a kiss on Uranus’ forehead then walking out into the other room seeing the nanny sitting in a chair rocking the boy back and forth. Neptune took the boy from her then said, “Can you come back in about an hour and get him?”
“Of course your highness,” The young woman said leaving the room ever since the child was born she would take the child for the night several times a week so they could have the night alone.
Neptune sat down in the chair the woman had just gotten up from and unbuttoned her shirt holding Helios up to her to nurse. She sat back against the chair staring down at the boy in her arms. Uranus had been right every time she looked at the boy her son she was filled with nothing but joy. And Uranus really was an amazing ‘father’ to him she really did treat Helios as her own child never once had she referred to him as anything but her son or their son. She sat there for a while feeding him then noticed Uranus walk from the bathroom a towel wrapped around her that fell to the ground right before she fell onto the bed. Neptune shook her head then looked up at the clock noticing the nanny would be back any minute for the boy. “Haruka cover up with something the nanny should be coming back for Helios soon.” Neptune said getting a grunt from Uranus who grabbed the bed sheet pulling it over her.
The nanny came back just as Neptune was finishing she handed the boy over to her kissing him goodnight then the nanny left with him and she walked over to Uranus who lay half asleep on the bed. Neptune sat down on the bed leaning over and kissing Uranus, “Ow easy I hurt from head to toe.” Uranus said.
“And whose fault is that?” Neptune chided.
“Yours with that kiss for the winner,” Uranus said. “If you hadn’t of said that I would have gladly watched and let Claudius win.”
“It’s cute that you love me that much but what good is it if my wife is nothing but one huge knot?” Neptune tease pushing on Uranus’ back getting another grunt.
“Owe stop that. I want you to touch me gently.” Uranus said. Neptune smiled pressed a kiss on Uranus’ back then gently started rubbing it getting a content sigh from the senshi of the sky.
To Be Continued…