A.N.: Well, this story is finally updated and so much for keeping a promise to getting this and Lonely Hearts finished before I came back to school. I got inspired to write this chapter last night and thought I would post something before I go home for the three day weekend. As for Lonely Hearts, I am so sorry everyone, I actually have writer's block and have no idea how to get from Heero's predicament to Heero's and Serena's wedding to getting the story finished. If you have any ideas, please feel free to tell me. As for To Trust and Love Again here is chapter 13! Yahoo!

Chapter 13

"Where's Serena?" Michelle asked with concern as she placed some groceries on the table and wanted to have Amara talk to her.

Amara looked up from the table and mumbled, "Asleep."

"Amara," she began, unsure of what she wanted to say but wished she could be in her lover's arms once more, "please talk to me."

Amara felt a pain of guilt touch her heart as she saw Michelle's sea blue eyes were filled with torment. Still upset from the night before and upset that she couldn't protect her princess when she needed it the most, she gave Michelle the silent treatment instead. Michelle bit down on her bottom lip to keep the sob at bay as she wondered where she went wrong. Amara pushed her chair back with force as she heard the doorbell ring and looked back at Michelle and wanted to embrace her as she stood silently and watched Michelle's body shake from silent sobbing. Shaking her head, Amara walked over to the door and opened it up to see Quatre standing outside and raised an eyebrow at him as she saw the young boy wear black dress pants and a crimson red dress shirt with a silver tie, "I'll let Mina know that you are here."

"Thank-you." Quatre said as he stepped into the large and spacious living room.

Hotaru came walking into the kitchen and yelled out, "How do I look?"

Michelle quickly brushed away the tears on her cheeks and forced a smile on her face as she turned around to look at the girl she helped raised. Her sea blue eyes widen as she saw how much Hotaru really grew. Hotaru wore a dark purple jacket over a black tank-top and wore black hip-hugger pants that formed to her rather well, "You look nice." Michelle said with a true smile as she saw Hotaru wearing skull earrings and then noticed the light purple eye-shadow and blush on her cheeks, "Did Mina do your make-up?"

"No," Hotaru said defensively and then sighed, "yes, I . . . never been on a date before."

Michelle walked up to her and gave her hug, "That's because you never been old enough to date."

"Do you think Duo will like it?"

"I think he will, you look very beautiful Hotaru."

"Thanks."

"Hotaru, Duo's here!" Mina yelled.

Hotaru's eyes widen and looked to Michelle for help, "What do I do?"

Michelle laughed and then frowned as she heard something or someone thump into the wall, "I think we should save him from Amara."

When they arrived into the living room they saw Duo being held up by the shirt collar and was pressed against the wall while Amara gave him a death-glare that rivaled Heero's. "Amara!" Hotaru said as she ran up to Duo in hopes to help him from Amara's death grip, "Let him go."

"I'm not letting you go out with this player, Hotaru."

Hotaru finding her temper wanting to come forth as she looked up at someone that helped raised her and began to say something, until Michelle spoke up, "Amara," Michelle said calmly and placed a hand on Amara's shoulders, "let Duo go, or they'll be late for their reservations."

"Fine," she said and then released Duo only to slam him against the wall once more, "If you touch her in anyway, I will make sure your life is a living Hell, do I make myself clear?"

"Amara!" Hotaru said and found her fuse was lit as she saw Amara threaten the Shinignami as she grabbed a hold of Duo's hand and pulled him towards her, "Duo's not like that."

"Not like that?" Amara said as she looked down into fueling violet eyes, "How do you know what he's like, Hotaru? You just met the guy two days ago!"

"He's not alright!" She yelled in Duo's defense and began to walk towards the door only to find Amara's hand on her shoulder, "Now what?"

"Are you wearing make-up?" Amara said and then turned her glare at Mina, "You let her wear make-up?"

"It accented her jacket." Mina said and gulped as she knew if she didn't leave, she would be dead along with Duo.

"Amara, let them go on their date."

"You're on their side too? I don't want Hotaru going out with this braided-freak."

"Why is that?"

"I don't trust him."

Hotaru snapped as she looked at Amara, "Don't trust him? Just because Darien raped Serena doesn't mean you have the right to take it out on Duo!" Grabbing a hold of Duo's hand she yelled, "Let's go Duo."

Amara yelled out, "That's more of a reason to not trust this braided-baka! You want to go out and you want me to trust him, then he'll have you home at ten and he'll double with someone!"

"You're treating me like I'm ten! I'm not ten anymore, Amara!"

"Until you turn eighteen, I will treat you like you're ten." Wishing she could have taken back her last sentence as she knew she was at wits ends and knew Hotaru was right. "I suggest for you to leave if you're supposed to be home at ten."

"Mina doesn't have to be home at ten and why aren't you on her case about Quatre?"

"Because, Mina isn't my concern, you are."

"That's not fair!"

Mina sighed as she grabbed a hold of Hotaru's hand and pulled her towards the door, "Come on Hotaru."

Amara and Michelle both cringed as they heard the front door slam shut and Michelle looked at her lover with disapproving eyes, "I don't believe you, Amara."

"What?"

"You and taking your frustrations out on Hotaru's date along with Hotaru."

"So it's my fault to be cautious?"

"No, but you went over the line with Duo tonight."

"I don't trust him-"

"Duo seems like he wouldn't hurt Hotaru."

"Neither did Darien, Michelle!"

Michelle went to grab Amara's hand only to see Amara turn to leave. She knew if this continued, they would loose each other. "Don't turn your back on me, Amara."

"Don't turn my back?" Amara said as she looked at Michelle with fire burning in her dark blue eyes, "Am I the only one that remembers what happened to our princess?"

Unknown to Michelle and Amara, Serena was awake and was standing near the back sliding doors in the kitchen with tears rolling down her cheeks and heard Michelle yell out, 'She's my princess too, Amara!' They're fighting because of me . . . my scouts . . . friends are fighting because of me. A sob escaped and she opened the sliding doors and ran out from the kitchen.

Both Amara and Michelle looked over to the kitchen as they heard the sliding glass doors close and both bowed their heads. Amara finding her anger slowly simmered as she asked Michelle, "Do you think she heard us?"

Michelle sighed as she walked over to Amara and wrapped her arms around her lover, "I don't know." She said as she rested her head on Amara's chest, "We need to give her some time," she began as she looked up into Amara's dark sky-blue eyes, "and I'm sorry."

Amara smiled weakly at Michelle and gave her a kiss on the forehead, "I'm the one who should be apologizing."

Michelle leaned up and gave her a kiss on the lips as she pushed herself away from Amara and smirked at her, "I know a way you can apologize." She said as she gave Amara a wink and began to walk up the stairs.

Amara with a heavy heart looked over to the backyard and then up at her awaiting lover. Giving Michelle an evil smile, she began to run towards Michelle and calling out, "You better be ready."

Serena wiping the tears away as fast as they came as she began to walk towards a bench near the park. She sat on the bench and brought her knees to her chest as she began to cry as she heard her scouts argue. Her azure eyes looked at the sunset and took out a silver locket from her subspace pocket. Staring at the engravings she sighed, Why was I separated from the only man that I loved? She thought as she knew the past Luna told her when she found out she was the Moon princess was a lie as she clutched the silver locket harder, Now, I will never be able to trust anyone . . . as she broke down crying harder as she thought back to her life.

Heero was walking down the sidewalk adjacent to the park clutched his heart as he felt the crystal reacting to someone, "Serenity?" He called out as he looked over to Helios, "Helios, what's wrong with her?"

Helios shook his head at his king and looked over to the park, "She's here." He said as he ran over to the park and saw his queen sitting on the bench, "Ma'am?" He asked concerned as he felt his heart break when he saw his princess and queen jump and scoot away from him. Motioning for her to stop as he spoke up, "I'm not going to hurt you." He said calmly as he looked at her bruised face and saw the cut she tried to hide earlier today. "I heard you crying and wondered if everything was okay."

"No," she said as she looked back to the horizon and stood up to leave, "nothing will ever be okay." She said bitterly as she took the one thing from her past and threw it into the bushes and began to walk away.

Helios saw Heero walk over to the bushes and picked up the thrown locket and spoke up, "Princess, why have you given up so easily?" He asked out loud and saw her turn around in time to see his civilian form change into his humanoid form.

Serena turned around as she saw Rini's crush and looked down to her stomach, "Helios . . ." she choked out as she kept her eyes on her stomach, "because there's no reason to live."

Soft understanding blue eyes looked into empty azure eyes as Helios spoke up, "What happened, Princess?"

"You don't want to know," she said as she was oblivious to Heero as she walked back to Helios, "and I'm sorry . . . Rini may never be born."

Helios saw a glimpse of Serena's past and felt his heart shatter as he stared at her, helplessly, "He caused you much pain, Princess." He knew he had to reach what was left of her heart or the world and universe would cease to exist. "I promise you, there is someone that can help mend-"

Serena cut him off as she yelled out, "I was betrayed in the worst way, Helios, so don't you dare reprimand me."

"I didn't intend too, Princess." Helios said calmly as he silently watched Heero look at them and listen to the bitterness Serena held. Her carefree spirit was gone and was replaced by a woman who wanted to die.

Serena's shoulders sagged as she looked down at the grass as she spoke up, "I must get-" she stopped talking as she felt a pain in her chest and dropped to her knees.

"Princess!" Helios yelled out as he rushed over to her side and knelt down to look in Serena's eyes and saw she was in pain. Helios quickly looked over to the bushes and saw Heero was quickly by her side, "Prince Aires," he called out to see Serena's eyes widen as she looked to her left to see a boy with chocolate brown tresses and Prussian blue eyes looking at her with worry. Serena quickly went limp from the chest pain and Helios quickly rose to his feet as he saw Heero pick Serena up, "her house isn't too far from here."

"Take me there," Heero demanded as he felt Serena's heartbeat was too slow for his liking.

"That looks like Serenity," Millardo said to Trista as he saw Heero run out of the park carrying a limp girl with sun-golden hair in his arms.

Trista quickly grabbed a hold of Millardo's arms as she saw Helios run ahead of Heero, "It is Serenity." She said with worry as she let go of Millardo's arm and began to follow Helios and Heero with Millardo and Meisha following behind her.

Heero didn't wait for Helios to open the door, he kicked it opened and searched around the house for a bedroom.

Amara quickly slid out of bed and pulled on some sweat pants and a shirt as she heard the living room door kick opened, looked over at Michelle, "Stay here." She said as she opened the bedroom door and closed it behind her and ran down stairs to see Heero holding an unconscious Serena in his arms, Helios, and Trista who ran into the house with some man and a young girl that resembled Trista in more than one way. "What the Hell is going on here?" She said as she walked over to Heero to take Serena from him only to see Heero glare at her, "Get your hands off her!"

Heero's grip tightened around Serena as he glared at the scout of the wind, "Where's Serena's room, Uranus?"

"Like Hell are you taking her to her room." As she ignored the name Heero called her.

Heero turning his glare up a notch, "Uranus move out of my way!"

"No!"

"Uranus!"

Amara looked at him with wide eyes and heard, "Amara is everything-" Michelle quickly stopped talking as she stood on the third step with a teal silk bathrobe on to see a large group of people in the living room, "oh my."

Trista knew there was going to be explanations later, but right now Serena was the object at hand, "Her room is up the hall and third door on the right, Heero." She then quickly spoke up seeing Amara was about to stop him, "She'll be fine, Amara." Trista said as she saw Heero up the upstairs and then looked at Amara as she answered what was on everyone's mind, "Serenity-hime is slowly dying."

"Nani!" Amara asked as she looked back to the Time Guardian.

Trista sighed as she began to walk over to the kitchen, "What Endymion did to her broke her spirit and soul." She said as she saw everyone take a seat at the table with Millardo holding their daughter as she walked over to the stove and poured her some hot water, "She's given up and her soul is being consumed in darkness."

"What does this have to do with the chest pains?" Helios asked as he looked over to the second set of stairs that also led to the upstairs.

"The crystal is also fighting off that darkness. She is the Light of Hope and the Light of the Universe. If that Light goes out so does the Universe and everything we know."

Michelle walked behind Amara and wrapped her arms around Amara's shoulders, "Is there anything we can do?"

"I'm afraid not," Trista said as she saw the expressions deepen on her friends' faces, "but," she said as she saw the hope slowly shine through, "there is one person who may reach her if it's not too late."

"Who is it?" Amara asked as she silently thought how Heero knew her as Uranus.

"That very person is Neo-King Aires . . ." she said and smirked at Amara, "also known as Heero Yuy."

Amara's coloring soon drained from her face as she looked up at Trista, "You mean . . . I just defied . . . shit."

Heero pulled back the covers on the bed and gently laid Serena down as he brushed back her bangs. Leaning down he kissed her on the forehead as he whispered, "I'm here now, Butterfly." His eyes noticed the imperfection on her right cheek and cupped his right hand over her cheek as he allowed his healing ability to come forth. A soft golden light outlined his hand as he removed his hand he saw the bruise and cut were no longer visible. Feeling slightly drained from a technique he had forgotten, he leaned over and gave Serena a kiss on the lips, "I love you, Serenity." As he stood up to leave, he heard her whimper and sat back down to stroke her face and making comforting sounds. Slipping off his shoes, he crawled in bed and covered them both as he finally let a real smile show as Serena rolled closer to him as he wrapped an arm around her petite form.

"We have three ours left before I have to be home," Hotaru said solemnly as she walked with Duo and saw how Mina had her arm looped through Quatre's.

"Shi," Duo said with a smile, "its plenty of time to have fun."

Quatre and Mina both stopped and turned around to look at Duo. Mina looking at him, "Shi?"

"Yeah," Duo said with a huge grin as he wrapped an arm around Hotaru's waist, "don't you think she looks like the Goddess of Death?"

"Jeez Duo, if I didn't know better, I would think you had a thing for death." Mina said, unaware of how close she was to the actual truth.

Quatre laughed at her as he found how easy she lifted the weight he carried and wondered how this one girl he met a few days could affect him so. "Well what do you guys want to do?"

Mina and Hotaru saw a whole bunch of lights in the distant and both looked at each other with wide grins, "That!" They both shouted out as the boys looked in their direction.

Duo laughed as he grabbed a hold of Hotaru's right hand, "Let's go!"

"What ride do you want to go on first, Shi?" Duo asked as he handed Hotaru her share of tickets.

"That one!" She exclaimed as she pointed to the ride of death.

"That's what I'm talking about, Babe."

Hotaru looked over at Mina and Quatre, "Well are you coming?"

Quatre looked at the black rollercoaster that had a very high drop with loops, sharp turns, and rails that made people go upside down for a ways. "I think I'll-"

"Of course we will!" Mina said as she grabbed a hold of Quatre's hand and dragged him to the ride.

"Tickets. Tickets. Tickets please," the ticker-taker said as he grabbed the tickets from the crowd and tore off the amount needed for the ride.

Quatre looking at the seating option and felt his arm being pulled from the socket as Mina dragged him over to the back, "Can't we sit closer to the front?"

"The back is a lot better," Mina said with a reassuring smile as she gave Quatre a gentle nudge to the second to the last seat and sat down next to him, followed by Hotaru and then Duo.

"Jeez Quatre, if I didn't know better, I'd say this is your first time riding on a rollercoaster."

Quatre looked at Duo with his death grip vice as he answered, "It is." Quatre began to relax as he felt the ride slowly coasting along, "This isn't so ba-aaaaaaaaaad!" He yelled as the coaster dropped straight down as the ride of death began.

Duo, Mina, and Hotaru were laughing as they stepped off the rollercoaster as Quatre came staggering out of the gate with a glare that made the three occupants take a step back, "That was not fun."

"Of course it was," Mina said as she bought a picture of Quatre squeezing onto her with a death grip, "I mean it's the best way to get a blackmail picture," she reasoned as she showed Quatre, Duo, and Hotaru what she bought.

"Mina!" Quatre yelled as he leapt for the picture only to see Mina jump back and take off running towards another ride.

Duo laughed at Mina's childish antiques and then looked at Quatre, "Why don't you two hang out for a while and meet back here in," he stopped to look at his Deathscythe watch, "an hour."

"Fine." Quatre said as he saw the ride Mina was waiting in line for, "The Tunnel of Love?" He asked as he looked back at Hotaru and Duo to see they were in line for the fifty-foot free fall drop, "I swear those two love playing with the idea of dying."

Wufei opened his eyes as he felt the spot next to him was empty and looked around his darkened room. Reaching over and turning on a lamp, he saw Lita was no where in site and then smelt a sweet fragrance in the air. Throwing back the covers, he slipped on a pair of sweat pants and walked into the kitchen to see Lita wearing a pair of his boxers and one of his T-shirts while making some stir-fry. Smiling as he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around Lita's waist as he gave her a kiss on the left cheek, "Smells wonderful."

Lita smiled as she turned around and gave him a kiss back, "I was hungry."

"Why don't you sit down and I'll finish."

Lita looked at him with a raised eyebrow as she asked, "You can cook?"

"As a matter of fact," he said as he took the spatula from her and began stirring the rice and vegetables.

Lita snickered as she walked over to the table and sat down, "I thought cooking was for onnas."

Wufei scowled as he looked back at her, "If you tell anyone about this, I'll kill you."

Lita acting scared looked at him as she fought for control on her emotions as she replied back in a mocking tone, "Your secret is safe with me," as she mumbled, "Chef-boy-r-dee."

"What did you call me?" Wufei asked as he turned off the burner and looked at her.

"Nothing." Lita answered as she saw Wufei taking a step towards her with a sly smirk.

"Onna, what did you call me?"

"Nothing," she answered as she pushed the chair between them, "Chef-boy-r-dee." She said more loudly and then took off running when Wufei leapt for her at her nickname.

Wufei chased Lita around the mansion and caught her as she began to ascend the stairs to the second floor as he pinned her against the wall, "You'll pay for that one, Onna." Wufei chuckled as Lita did her best to break free from his iron grasp. Shaking his head and whispering into her ear, "You've been a naughty girl." Still chuckling as Lita began to fight harder to break free as he leaned into her neck and began kissing it. Wufei intent with kissing Lita's neck slowly moved his kisses up her ncek and to her mouth. Lita let out a soft moan as Wufei began to kiss her on the other side of her neck and felt his strong arms lift her up and pressing her back farther into the wall as he deepened the kissing on her neck.

"Wufei," she said as her bearings were becoming foggy and felt her temperature rise, "I surrender."

Wufei smirked as he began to suck on her neck and pulled back to look in her eyes, "Good." He said as he crushed his lips back down onto her lips and felt Lita wrap her legs around his waist as she pushed herself away from the wall.

"Room." Was all she said as she fought back with just as much passion.

"Duo!" Hotaru shouted as she walked over to the game stands and saw a Ragady-Anne doll.

Duo walked over to the booth and smiled as he saw it was shooting the star out in the middle. "Alright Babe," he said as he handed the Game keeper a dollar bill, "what would you like?"

"The doll."

"Okay."

"Ya ready?" The Game Keeper asked Duo as he handed Duo a rifle.

"You bet." Within three minutes, Duo had the center gone and handed Hotaru the doll.

Mina and Quatre were on their way through the Tunnel of Love for the third time and sighed with content, "Quatre," she said as she rested her head on his shoulder, "thank-you for asking me out tonight."

Quatre looked down at her and smiled, "You're welcome, Aphrodite."

Mina quickly sat up and looked at him, "What did you say?"

Quatre looked at her with a clueless look, "Uh?"

Mina shook her head and sat back in the seat as she looked up at the fake stars and the planet of Venus, "Quatre, do you think there are soul mates?"

Quatre looked at her as his right hand was in his pants pocket and grasping the locket he carried. His eyes looking up at the planet as well as he replied, "I believe so."

"Do you think your soul mate is out there?"

Quatre looked at Mina and saw the sign of Venus glowing slightly on her forehead as he smiled, "I think I found her." He answered. He kissed Mina the minute she turned to face him and felt complete.

Mina pulled away from the kiss and stared at him with wide eyes. "Quatre?" She asked confused and felt her insignia come to life as she stared at the man next to her. Her eyes even widen further as she saw the moon insignia glow slightly on Quatre's head. As she continued to stare at the insignia, she saw the insignia change into a sun with the symbol of Venus in the center, intrigued by the soft glowing yellow and orange color she slowly reached out and touched the warm symbol and saw Quatre and her were no longer in the Tunnel of Love but standing in a palace with soft golds and yellow marble with lanterns made out of topaz that glowed dimly, "Where are we?"

Quatre also found himself intrigued by the beauty of the palace as he saw a mural of Venus, himself and two children with the border filled with silver crescent moons, orange symbols of Venus and gold-colored suns as he answered, "Our palace."

Mina shaking her head sadly as she looked at him, "I don't remember any of this, Quatre."

Quatre bowed his head as he wished with his heart she would remember him and their children as he walked over to her and lifted her head to look into her sky-blue eyes, "Perhaps, with time you will, Venus." He said as he gave her a kiss on her insignia and both found themselves back on their boat and saw the ride finally came to an end. Standing and getting out of the heart-shape boat, he stepped onto the ledge and offered Mina his hand to help her out, "Shall we go?" He asked while doing his best to hide his disappointment from her.

Mina nodded to him sadly as she grabbed a hold of his hand, "Do you remember?"

Quatre let go of Mina's hand and wrapped his arm around her waist instead as he answered her, "I remember being on the Moon and you and I having a daughter about four while you were pregnant with our second one."

Mina smiled at him as she leaned her head on his upper arm, "I remember being very happy and content during the Silver Millennium and always there was a shadowed figure that made me feel safe." She stopped as she looked at Quatre with her smile widening, "He feels a lot like you, Quatre."

"Hey Love Birds!" Duo yelled as he spotted Quatre and Mina were walking towards the cotton candy stand and looked over at Hotaru with a grin, "Maybe you and I should go on the Tunnel of Love."

Hotaru slapped him in the stomach as she giggled, "Why? We're already meant for each other, Shingnami."

"It wouldn't hurt."

"I never could see you riding on something so . . . corny." She replied as she looked at Mina and Quatre and silently wondered if they remembered their past lives. "So how was the Tunnel of Love?"

"It was great!" Mina said as she stayed within Quatre's arms, "What did you guys end up doing?"

"Going on all the rides that made us come close to death!" Duo said much too eagerly.

Quatre shook his head as he looked down at his watch, "We should get going if we're going to get Hotaru back by ten."

Amara knocked softly on Serena's door and heard how quiet the response was. Opening the door slowly, she saw Serena fast asleep in Heero's arms who held her protectively. Sighing, she whispered, "Please help my hime, Neo-King Aires." She closed the door and began to walk down the stairs to join the others.

"How is she?" Michelle asked looking up from the table after setting her tea cup on the table.

"They're both asleep." Amara said as she silently thought about her life as she defied her King. Amara looking at Trista, "Trista, do you think he can reach her in time?"

"I don't know."

"Mom," Meisha said looking up from the table, "why were they separated?"

Michelle and Amara stared dumbly at the six-year-old and slowly looked at Trista, with Amara being the spokesperson, "I think you should be explaining some things and why you haven't been here."

Millardo looked over at the hot-tempered woman and spoke up, "She has her reasons, Uranus."

Mina, Quatre, Hotaru, and Duo entered the house to hear voices coming from the kitchen. Mina and Hotaru could distinguish Amara's and Trista's voice and wondered who the man was. Quatre and Duo both looked at each other with raised eyebrows as they silently wondered what Zechs aka Millardo Peacecraft was doing here. Mina took off her shoes and looked at the group, "Well shall we crash the party?"

"Amara, now is not the time. We need to focus on Serenity and Aires." Trista said as she didn't want to argue tonight.

"What's wrong with Serena?" Mina asked as she stepped into the kitchen with Quatre, Duo, and Hotaru following pursuit.

Quatre and Duo both shouted out, "Zechs!"

The girls all turned their attention on the men and wondered how they knew each other. Zechs gracefully stood up from his chair and walked over to the boys and stood behind his wife, "Hello to you as well, Quatre Winner and Duo Maxwell."

Duo off-guard as he watched Millardo lean down and kiss the long green-haired woman, "I thought you were with Noin?"

Millardo chuckled as he motioned for the six-year-old girl to come with him, as he looked at Trista, "I'll see you later. Come on Meisha." Millardo asked as he took a hold of the girl who resembled the woman in more than one ways.

What threw everyone off was the little girl gave Trista a hug and a kiss as she said, "See you later, Mom."

Trista smiled at her daughter and gave her a kiss on the forehead, "You make sure your father reads a story and I'll be home as soon as I can, okay, Sweetie."

"Okay." Meisha looked at the group and waved bye as she followed her dad out of the house and looked up at her dad as the door closed, "Is Serenity going to be okay, Daddy?"

Millardo looked into innocent garnet eyes as he brushed back Meisha's bangs, "Yes, Sweetie." He grabbed a hold of her hand as he smiled down at her as he spoke, "Let's go and get some ice cream, ne?"

"I didn't know you knew Zechs," Duo stated as he looked at Hotaru with confusion as he was silently thankful that Heero wasn't in the room – fear for Relena's brother.

"I didn't know you were married, Trista." Mina said with wide eyes as she looked at the Time Guardian, "Let alone having a daughter."

"I think she has some explaining to do," Amara said as she looked at the two young men standing in the kitchen, "after they leave."

Hotaru was about to protest Duo and Quatre leaving, but Quatre spoke up, "Duo and I need to go anyway," he said as he didn't want another outbreak between Hotaru and Amara to start. Turning his attention to Mina, he pulled out the locket his mother gave to him and looked into her eyes, "Mina, here," he said as he delicately placed the locket in her right palm and enclosed her fingers around the item, "I hope this might help."

Mina opened her hand and looked at Quatre with wide eyes and then saw the sign of Venus and the moon. Looking back up at Quatre, she stepped closer to him and gave his a kiss on his left cheek, "Thank-you, Quatre." Not understanding why her heart ached all of the sudden as Quatre looked at Duo and both men left the kitchen. Looking back down to her hand, she sighed as mumbled, "I'm going to bed. Goodnight."

Hotaru watched Mina walk up the stairs to the bedrooms and then looked at Amara, Michelle, and Trista, "Um, where's Lita?"

Amara looked at Michelle and knew Lita didn't come home from school and spoke up, "I haven't seen her since she got sent to the principle's office."

Trista looking up from her coffee mug spoke up, "She is fine."

"Where is she?" Hotaru asked as she silently hoped Lita was safe.

"At a friend's house," Trista said as she stood up from the table, "I think I'll be heading home."

The three other occupants looked at her confused as Hotaru spoke what was on everyone's mind, "But I thought you were staying here."

Trista gave her a small smile, "No, Firefly. My home is with Millardo and Meisha," she sighed as she finished her explanation, "I'll explain everything tomorrow morning. Ja-mata."

Hotaru looked at Michelle and Amara, "Did I miss something?" She asked once Trista was no longer in the kitchen and the living room door closed quietly.

"I think we all did." Michelle said as she stood up from the table as well and walked over to Amara as she smiled at Hotaru, "How was your date?"

Hotaru beamed with happiness as she looked at her 'parents' as he answered Michelle's question, "It was so awesome. We had such a great time and I think Mina and Quatre rode on the Tunnel of Love so many times they agreed to become a couple."

Amara almost choked on her saliva as she looked over at Hotaru, "A little fast, don't you think?"

"No. I think they were meant for each other," Hotaru answered and saw Amara's white complexion, "don't worry, Amara. Duo and I plan on taking things slow." She said with a smile and gave them both a hug, "Goodnight."

Amara stood in the kitchen as she registered what Hotaru said then her eyes widen, "Like Hell will she date that braided-freak!" Amara turning to bound up the stairs felt a delicate hand grab her wrist, "Michelle?"

Michelle just chuckled as she stepped closer to Amara and wrapped her arms around her waist, "Please Amara don't ruin this for Hotaru. The last time I saw Hotaru this happy was when Rini was visited. That was a year ago."

Amara sighed, she knew Michelle was right and wrapped her arm around Michelle, "You're right, but I don't like it and if her hurts her . . . ."

"Then I'll allow you to torture him anyway you deem necessary."

Amara smiled as she kissed Michelle on the top of the head, "I knew there was a reason why I loved you."

Michelle chuckled as she grabbed a hold of Amara's hand, "I think we should follow Mina and Hotaru's example and get some rest."

"What about Serena?"

"She'll be fine." Michelle's smile slowly faded, "I think Neo-King Aires needs her just as much."

"I feel it too."