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It was some months after the major rescue mission in Toyko city and soon, it was time for two Coppelions, artificial humans genetically engineered to live in radioactive environments, Ibara Naruse and Haruto Kurosawa to get married. "Well," Ibara thought, "It is time," "I couldn't disagree, my love," Haruto said.

Soon enough, the two had their wedding. Many of their friends attended to their wedding, including the vice principal, Onihei Mishima and his friend, and also partner, Ibuse. They were both proud for the two. But the one who was more excited was Aoi Fukasaku.

"Wow!" she exclaimed, "You two are getting married. This is so super-hyper-exciting!" "Calm down, Aoi," Takeo said, "You're getting too hyper now." However, throughout this time, Ibara was thinking about something.

But she couldn't think about that too much as she is now being married to her long-time friend. It's not only that they were the first Coppelions ever created so that they could walk into radioactive contaminated environments.

Ibara and Haruto's wedding was a success and some months later, the new married couple are now living in an abandoned house in Tokyo. Like most of the whole city, it showed signs of decades of zero use at all.

"Well," Haruto said, "Are you now happy, Ibara? Now that we're married." "Yes," Ibara answered, "I am." "Then that is important to me," Haruto said, "And yourself." "Same thing for me," Ibara smiled. "Now I'll have a look around this old shack," Haruto said.

"Ok," Ibara replied just as Haruto picked up a piece of an old magazine. "What's this?" he asked, looking at it, "The Toy Taker. What kind of a lame villain is this? Man, sometimes, humans are pathetic. What do you think?"

However, Ibara wasn't paying attention to what her husband had looked at. Then Haruto noticed his wife. "All right," said Haruto, "What do you have on your mind?" Finally, Ibara spoke up. "I," Ibara began, struggling to say the right words, "I, would like to raise a child ourselves."

"Are you daft?" Haruto asked, "You can't reproduce! We were never created for that in the first place!" "I know that!" Ibara replied, "But still. I want to raise a child of our own." Haruto thought about it for a moment. "All right," her husband agreed, "Perhaps we could adopt a child."

"Yeah," Ibara agreed, "I was thinking the same thing too." "Ok," agreed Ibara. "So first of all, we should think about where we going to live again," said Haruto seriously. "Yes, my dear," Ibara replied.

The two had decided that they are not going to raise a human child in where they're currently living in now, as it is obviously too dangerous. So the two started to make arrangements with the vice principal, Onihei Mishima and other people who were involved about their decision to adopt a human child to raise themselves.

Some time later, they both arrived at an orphanage. They first approached the receptionist desk. "Excuse us," Ibara said, "We would like to adopt a child, please." "Will you sign us in?" Haruto asked. But the receptionist ignored Ibara and continued drinking his coffee.

"I said we would like to adopt a child," Ibara said again. But the receptionist continued to ignore her. Just as he was about to take another sip out of his steel coffee mug, Ibara snatched the coffee mug and squeezed it like a discarded soda can. She then dropped it on the desk in front of the receptionist. This caught the receptionist by surprise.

"Now excuse us," said Haruto, placing his hand on the desk, "We've asked that if we could adopt a child. Will you sign us in?" Finally, the receptionist agreed and the two entered a room full of children. All were homeless, of course.

Both Ibara and Haruto took a look around. "All right class president," Haruto began, "Eh, former class president. Go right on ahead." "Yes, my love," replied Ibara. "It's your decision after all," Haruto said. So they looked at all of the children who were in the room at the time.

"Hmm," Haruto thought, "What do you think?" "Not sure," answered Ibara. That's when they've noticed a five-year-old girl staring out at a window. "Do you think?" asked Haruto. "Well, go on right ahead," said Haruto, "Former class president."

"Hmm," Ibara thought, "All right." So Ibara walked up to the little girl, still staring out the window, not paying attention to Ibara walking towards her. "Hello," Ibara said to the little girl. The little girl turned to see Ibara looking at her. "H-h-hi," the small girl replied nervously, "Who- who are you?"

"My name is Ibara," said Ibara. "Eh?" the little girl replied. "Yes," Ibara said, "Who are you?" "Me?" the girl answered, "I'm not sure. Maybe nothing." "So you don't have a name then?" asked Ibara. "No," answered the little girl.

"Oh, that's too bad," said Ibara, "So would you like to come with us?" "Yes, me too," Haruto said. "Huh?" the girl asked. The other children mumbled to one another. "Don't listen to them," said Ibara, "So, what do you want?"

"Well," the girl thought about it for a moment, "I would like to come with you." "All right, it is settled," Ibara concluded. "Well," said Haruto, "I'm glad that you've made your choice. "No, not just me," Ibara said, "All of us. You too!"

"Right," said Haruto. So both Ibara and Haruto signed documents and forums and so, the little girl that they've chosen is now their adopted daughter. They've also learned what happened to the girl's original parents. "Such a sad thing to have happen," said Haruto, "Going into that gigantic wasteland, ending up in one of those zones."

"And I thought you were lost from it," said Ibara. "I know," said Haruto. "But now, we're parents," smiled Ibara. "We truly are," agreed Haruto, "My love." "Yes," said Ibara. "All right," said Haruto, "What do you want to name the child? I've heard that you've already named two newborn babies."

"Oh yeah," replied Ibara, "That. I remember. Well, there was one name I was thinking of. But I'm not sure if the girl would like it." Just then, the girl tugged on Ibara's skirt. "Mommy," she said, "It's all right. You can give me a name. I'll be fine with whatever name you give me."

"Ok," Ibara said, "If you say so. But there was one name that I was thinking about. I think it was Mihiru. That's it! So, you like the name Mihiru, right, kid?" "Yes, mom," the little girl, "I like that name." "All right," said Haruto, "Your name is now Mihiru. All right?" "Yes," the little girl answered, "Thank you."

They walked by the receptionist who was still trying to drink coffee out of his now crumpled up coffee mug, but is now unable to. Ibara and Hauto took the little girl back to their new home.

A temporary home, actually. The little girl, now named Mihiru, is now happy to have a family. "It'll take some time," Ibara said, "To get things organized for us."