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**131. True love.**

Before they had spoken to the vice admiral, the three boys had gone to see the mayor of the city and told him what happened. Once they explained the facts there, they had to report to their immediate superior. Giaal had no obligation to go to the base, still he decided to accompany his friends. Thus, they arrived at Zorton's office, dressed as civilians, their clothes were destroyed and in general they looked quite bruised despite the repairing effects of the beans. Seeing them in such a condition, the commander could not help but exclaim getting up from the armchair.

-But what the hell has happened to you?

-We have been attacked, sir. - Mazoui responded. - By very powerful beings.

-It's true, sir. - Leval said with concern. - We do not know what their intentions may be, but we will have to be very careful, they are very dangerous.

-If you say so, the situation must be very serious. - Their commander agreed. - The Rear Admiral must be informed of this without wasting time. Well, sorry, vice admiral. High Command have promoted Spar. But this is going to water down his celebration.

-Sorry, sir. Can we call you now and submit the report? - Mazoui asked him because he seemed to be in a hurry to solve that. -

-You can´t report to the vice admiral like that. - Zorton replied, looking up and down. Although he added in a rather kind way when it came to him. - I´ll inform him. And when you are more rested and adjusted, you will already inform him directly. For now, write a report and I will present it to Spar.

His superior then looked at them as if he hesitated to say something, at last he decided to speak, wanting to know.

-I trust you, you have shown me that you are exceptional, really. Are you sure you can't beat those beings, whoever they are?

The three young men exchanged looks of concern and with a serious gesture, they in turn observed Zorton. It was Mazoui who told him.

-Unfortunately, I think they far surpass us, my commander. I don't think we stand a chance in a direct confrontation.

-I sees. - Zorton sighed, daring to comment with trepidation. - I recently told my wife and the children to come. But, if that is the situation, I will call the Earth as soon as I can, so they do not move from there.

-For the moment, and given the circumstances, it would be the most prudent thing to do, sir. - Leval intervened. -

-Thank you, Lieutenant. You have been sincere, and I value your opinion very much. - His superior officer admitted. -

-Thank you, sir, can we retreat? - Leval asked to Zorton and this one nodded, the three boys left the office instantly. -

Mazoui, visibly tired, asked Leval that, if together with Giaal, they could take care of writing the report. Taking charge of the appearance of their friend and perceiving that something worried him, they said that there was no problem. The boy wanted to be alone, his worst fears had been confirmed. He kept thinking about it. Satory had seen him with his demonic features, and he was convinced that she would not approach him again. He decided to go to sleep to try to rest. The next morning, with a day off from duty for the incident the night before, he went to a nearby bar to think about what he should do or tell the girl.

-I already imagined that it was too good to be true. - He said drinking a beer. -

Masters' daughter, on the other hand, tried to locate Amethyst, desperately needing a friend to talk to, but she was not at home. She hung up, but luckily the phone rang immediately, when she picked up, she recognized Sandy's voice with relief that greeted her jovially.

-Hello Satory. I have returned from the planet, it seems incredible, how beautiful it is ... how about you around here?

-Sandy, - her interlocutor responded her in a voice with a clear background of concern. - Please, I have to talk to you, this is something important. Can you come to my apartment if it's not too much hassle?

-Yes, of course. - Her friend granted in a surprised voice. – What's wrong?

- I don't want to talk about it on the phone. If you don't mind I would rather you come, I need a friend to listen to me. – The girl insisted with a tremulous tone of voice. -

- Of course. - Her interlocutor said in a more serious voice. – Yes, of course, count on me. I´ll be there in a few minutes.

Satory immediately thought that her partner had dated Mazoui before herself. And that she even maintained relations with him. Maybe she knew something else she hadn't told. She remembered those gossips before that trial against her boyfriend and his cousin, Leval. Sandy literally ran away from him, the night the group (except for herself) went for a few drinks at a nightclub.

-I'll ask her. I hope she can tell me something that will help me. -  She said after hanging up. -

In turn Sandy was puzzled. She had gotten up more rested, ready to finally meet her friends and found herself with this. Evidently something had happened to Satory, and she felt that it was not good. Although she only needed to listen to her friend's tone of voice to realize that something was wrong. In addition, everything she had felt in the previous days was added. However, this time she did not need to resort to her perceptions. Therefore, she left her luggage barely undone and prepared to go to meet Satory. As promised, she showed up at her house a few minutes later. After the greetings of rigor her host invited her to sit down and began with prevention.

-You will see...Sandy. I.... I don't want to meddle in your private life, but... I must ask you one thing.

-Well, tell me. - Her interlocutor cautiously. -And I will see if I can answer your question or not.

-When you dated with Mazoui, you and him...

-If you mean if we sleep together. It wouldn't make sense to deny it now. - Sandy replied relieved to think what it was about that. - But you already knew it...

However, her friend moved her head to rush to answer.

-It's not about that. Of course, I was aware. But precisely for that reason I have something very important to ask you.

-Well, you will say, - Sandy said with obvious bewilderment now. -

Of course, if it wasn't for that, or anything else related to her and Mazoui... although, thinking about what her interlocutor might be imagining, the brunette girl was quick to add.

-We are only friends now; I assure you that there is nothing between him and me that comes out of it.

However, Sandy's strangeness was even greater when Satory nodded and said in turn.

-Yes, I know it. it's not that.

-So? - Her perplexed friend wanted to know. -

After a few moments of waiting in which Satory gave the impression of doubting whether to speak or not, she finally armed herself with courage, sighed and spoke.

- It's that... anyway, you will take me for a crazy woman. But I assure you that it was so... I wanted to know if you, anyway. Have you ever noticed anything weird in Mazoui?

-Weird? - Sandy repeated, wanting to know. -  In what sense?

The scientific brunette began to suspect what was happening. However, she preferred to be prudent and remain silent for now. Perhaps it had nothing to do with it, and she was mistaken as in the previous assumption. In fact, knowing Satory her friend could come out with the dumbest or most innocuous thing. However, the next sentence, confirmed his worst fears this time.

-It seemed so unreal ...- And before the dismayed expression of her friend, Satory told her what happened last night while serving her a coffee. -

-Are you sure about that? - The scientific brunette asked her. -

-I don't know if it would be my imagination, but I saw Mazoui transformed into a kind of monster while fighting. I know he fought to defend me. Although, at first, I was more frightened by those other beings. But when I saw him. I didn't know what to think... he was so different, so brutal. I got really scared. He looked like an animal!

-If he fought for his life and for yours, it is normal. - Sandy justified, adding with a desire for conciliation. - It could be that you think so. Perhaps the tension of the moment...

Her friend shook her head. She had seen it very clearly. Before that the brunette girl reminded her, almost pleadingly.

-But you love him. Isn't it?

-Yes, I love him but I'm very afraid just to think that he can become that...

Although the girl could not finish. Sandy got up and took her by the shoulders.

-You and I are friends, aren't Satory? - Sandy asked her softly and Satory nodded as the brunette continued. - You trust me, don't you?

-Yes, of course, - she said, nodding blankly. -

-Mazoui is an excellent boy, but he has a problem related to his birth. - Sandy explained, hastening to add. - It's not his fault, only his genes, from time to time, are altered a little and his appearance changes, nothing more.

-Nothing more? - her stunned friend exclaimed to refute. - No, that's not what I saw, Sandy. I saw a kind of vampire with fangs and eyes.... I tremble just by remembering those eyes. If you had seen it you would not say such a thing. - She affirmed with her voice taken by fear. -

-I have seen them, - her friend confessed that she allowed herself the luxury of correcting her with serenity. - More than you can imagine. And he's not a vampire, he's more of a demon. - Satory looked at Sandy in amazement and increasingly frightened as her friend continued. -Does It really matter? Do you think he would be able to hurt you?

- Of course, it matters - Satory could said in turn totally stunned and with an incredulous tone she added. - Are you listening to yourself? Do you tell me seriously that he is a kind of demon and stay so calm? Now I understand why you didn't get along. You knew, didn't you? - Satory reproached her now with growing indignation. - That's why you stopped seeing him and didn't tell me anything.

- You're wrong. And you don't know how much! - Sandy replied with a hurt and indignant tone in turn. - But here the question is not why he and I stopped dating.  The question is another. Do you really love him or not?

-The truth is that I thought so, but now I don't know... - Satory muttered and lowered her head looking at the ground. -

Sandy shook her head with visible discomfort and worry. She knew she had only one way to convince her. She wouldn't have wanted to, but if She kept quiet Mazoui and Satory would end up like this, as unfairly as happened to her with her own boyfriend long ago. She was afraid that the reaction she might provoke in her friend would make things even worse. But she realized it was necessary. For the sake of her friends, she decided it was worth the risk.

-Do you think I would hurt you, Satory? – She asked her in a deeper voice than normal. -

The questioner raised her head to answer. However, when she saw her friend, she let out a scream of horror and cornered herself on the nearest wall putting a chair in the middle. Her interlocutor's face was now in her demonic form. The terrified girl was lifting the chair with trembling hands. She asked Sandy not to approach while the now redhaired girl looked at her sadly without moving. Then Satory slowly lowered the chair surprised to see tears of regret in her friend's reddish eyes running down her cheeks.

-Why do you judge us only by appearance, Satory? - Sandy muttered very sadly. Do you think I or Mazoui would do something that would hurt you? Do you think he didn't know that sooner or later you would discover his nature? He talked to me about it. He was worried about it; he was afraid that you would leave him and from what I see he was not wrong. I told him that you were not like that, but it hurts me a lot to see that he was right.

-I, I don't know what to say, - her stunned interlocutor stuttered even staring at her friend's face without being able to believe what she saw. - I don't know what to think. What are you?

-Satory. - Sandy whispered that she looked at a mirror in front of her, adding with a thoughtful tone.  -I understand very well that our appearance can scare you but believe me. Mazoui had to put on like this to save your life. He drew all his strength, the best he had, his last resort, to fight for you.

And seeing the muted and stunned gesture of her friend, the hybrid of demoness continued.

-Do you want to know what happened between us? I'll tell you. When I met him I knew he was like me. But after our first dates we realized that it was only instinct that guided us. We both suffered a lot in the past because we have not found anyone to love and knowing how we really were continued to love us. I am the daughter of a succubus, my father accepted her despite her nature because he loved her and she loved him. My mother raised me as a human, and she lived like this. Until one day she had to give her life to save my father and me. She died fighting against sectarians who were human, what more proof of love do you want, Satory?

-I didn't know, - the astonished girl denied, her head muttering in sorrow. - I'm so sorry.

Although she recalled a bitter argument that both had, about her orphanhood. Even then, her companion revealed to her that her mother had been murdered. Although of course, she never told her these details. And now Sandy continued to tell her through tears.

-I grew up like a normal girl, but when I reached puberty, I began to experience these changes. Although my father did everything, he was able to help me. I suffered them many times without being able to control them, others when I was enraged. I struggled to kept them at bay, but I lost a lot of good friends and the person I loved the most. My college boyfriend. We were engaged, Satory! we had made plans full of hopes for the future, we loved each other or so I thought. Individuals of my same species attacked me. They wanted to convince me to join them against the rest of the people. They resented society's contempt. I refused, but they insisted on attacking my fiancé. I had no choice, just as Mazoui did to protect you, I resorted to using all my strength even if I had to adopt my demonic appearance. I saved him but when he saw me, he left me, despite my pleas. He was terrified when he looked at me, he only saw a monster, not the girl who loved him and that broke my heart. Since then, I hardened. I didn't want to know anything about love. Don't let the same thing happen to you and Mazoui. Please!

- I, no... I don't know what to say. – The stunned girl was able to babble when she heard that. -

-Why do you think I was so mean with you at first? - Sandy could say through tears. - I didn't want to get close to anyone, I didn't want to have friends who one day could discover me. I couldn't have endured losing more loved ones again. I preferred to be alone!

Satory listened to her moved. She was ashamed of herself. Fate had been very cruel to her friend, and surely also with Mazoui. None of them were to blame for being children of who they were. Now she understood everything, Mazoui's doubts to strengthen his relationship with her and even that aggressiveness of Sandy when so long ago she surprised her in the bathroom taking those pills. They weren't drugs, they were to control that! Without thinking about it anymore, she hugged her friend and cried regretfully for her fears.

-Forgive me, Sandy! You had to have such a hard time! I have been so unfair to you and to him.

-I don't care anymore. - The young woman smiled faintly, gradually regaining her normal appearance. - I understand what has happened to you and I preferred that you react like this with me, but not with Mazoui. Please, not with him! You would break his heart just like my fiancé did to me.

-I won't. - Satory assured her with determination. – You have shown me the truth. Now I know, I love him anyway. I promise you, Sandy. I will never leave him for this reason. I must go get him, I don't know where he will be, this morning I don't know if he would have service.

-You followed him to the park because you noticed him strange, now you know why. I'm sure he's back there. It's his favorite place when he wants to be alone and think. You know it. Look for him and clarify everything with him, take away the terrible anguish he has.

-You are a magnificent friend and a wonderful woman, - the girl declared looking gratefully at Sandy who was now smiling more broadly. Will you ever be able to forgive me?

-That doesn't matter anymore. I have nothing to forgive you. Well - She asked her to wipe away her tears to indicate with affection. - Go go, don't leave him alone any longer, Satory, he needs you.

And quickly the alluded followed the advice and ran to the park. Meanwhile, Mazoui remained in that bar, after having had a couple of beers that hardly affected him. He listened to one of those old songs they played there, thinking not without bitterness, which seemed dedicated to him.

I've gotta take a little time

A little time to think things over

I better read between the lines

In case I need it when I'm older

This mountain, I must climb

Feels like a world upon my shoulders

Through the clouds, I see love shine

Keeps me warm as life grows colder

In my life, there's been heartache and pain

I don't know if I can face it again

Can't stop now, I've traveled so far

To change this lonely life

Of course, that could be applied to him to the letter. More than traveling, he had escaped the world in a literal way. However, that was not enough to run away from himself.

I wanna know what love is

I want you to show me

I wanna feel what love is

I know you can show me (hey)

Gotta take a little time

Little time to look around me

I've got nowhere left to hide

Looks like love has finally found me

In my life, there's been heartache and pain

I don't know if I can face it again

Can't stop now, I've traveled so far

To change this lonely life

He drunk the beer he had, wishing that stanza would come true for him...

I wanna know what love is

I want you to show me

I wanna feel what love is

I know you can show me

I wanna know what love is (I wanna know)

I want you to show me (I wanna feel)

I wanna feel what love is (I know, I know, and I know)

I know you can show me

Let's talk about love

I wanna know what love is

(Love that you feel inside)

I want you to show me

(I'm feeling so much love)

I wanna feel what love is

(And you know, you just can't hide)

I know you can show me

Oh, I wanna know what love is

(Let's talk about love)

I know you can show me

(I wanna feel)

I wanna feel what love is

(And you know you just can't hide)

I know you can show me

I wanna feel what love is (oh, I wanna know)

I want you to show me

(I want to know what love is. Foreigner, credit to the artist)

And after closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, still with that letter on his head, he left the bar directing his steps towards the park. The area was full of people and teams of specialists trying to repair the extensive damage. The boy took a detour and headed towards a part of the park that had not been affected by the fight. He wandered in solitude tortured by his thoughts. He doubted it a lot and thought he would surely have lost Satory. For that girl to see him like this would have been something much stronger than she could assimilate. But then he heard the voice of the girl calling him screaming, the girl was running towards him.

-Mazoui, please wait for me! - He stopped and even perplexed, waited for her to arrive. -

-Do you want to be with me despite what you've seen? -  he asked, adding in disbelief. -... You know what I really am, right?

-I know how you really are, - she admitted, stroking her face gently to assert. - You are a good and brave boy; you are the man I love...

-I have never been able to know what true love was like. - He said with a pleading look. - No one ever gave me a chance, please, give it to me.

The questioner smiled at him looking into his eyes and she responded.

- It is the opposite. It is I who asks you for a chance. I have not been able to live up to it. But thanks to a good friend, I realized how stupid I had been. And how lucky I am to be able to be with you.

Mazoui couldn't stop looking at her in surprise. He understood perfectly who his interlocutor was referring to, especially when Satory revealed to him through tears of emotion.

-Sandy has told me everything. Even her own secret. She showed to me in her other aspect. Now I understand and can imagine how sad and painful it must have been for you. In reality, the real demons are the ones who were not able to see more than your appearance and not the inside. When I try to imagine what you have had to suffer...

The boy couldn't help but get excited in turn when he heard those words, some tear slipped without being able to avoid it.

-Sorry. - Satory could also sob when she saw her boyfriend crying.- Forgive me for hurting you.

-No, I'm very happy, you know? - He could say. -

And thinking about it, it was the first time he could be sure that the girl he loved knew his secret and yet remained by his side. He had to be very grateful to Sandy that she had made such a sacrifice, risking her whole new life once again to give him this opportunity. He could only open his arms to offer them to his girlfriend. She hugged him eager to do so and together they strolled through the park. They spent all that morning together, talking laughing and dreaming of plans to make and as he had confessed, Mazoui was completely happy for the first time in his life, finally freed from that distressing burden. He was already free to give himself completely in that relationship. Like Satory, who also had a memory for her friend Sandy, wishing for her that one day she would have the opportunity she undoubtedly deserved to share her life with someone. Well, it was very unfair that such a girl was condemned to be alone. No having one person who could love her. So she told her boyfriend.

-Yes, - he agreed. - She is a wonderful girl and does not deserve such punishment at all. I just hope that one day, someone will come. And that person will be able to make her very happy.

-She says she sometimes has hunches, and she saw you and me together. Have you ever seen anyone in her life? - Satory wanted to know. -

-No, I wish I could do it, but it's not something I can choose to see. - Mazoui sighed, running an affectionate arm over his girlfriend's shoulders, and bringing her closer to him as they walked to sentence. - But I promise you that I will do everything in my power to help her.

Satory smiled nodding. She would try to do the same for her great friend. For her part, Susan, during the previous night had also come a long way until she reached the headquarters. But the boys were already gone so she retired to rest. The next day, as she left her shift, it was Giaal who located her. The boy had been waiting there, at the exit of the base, sure that she would come.

-What happened? - The girl wanted to know with an inquisitive gesture as soon as she saw him walking in her direction. –

-They attacked us. – He told her by putting his hands on the girl's shoulders to reveal with concern. – They are beings so powerful that we could hardly even defend ourselves. Fortunately for us they decided to leave as mysteriously as they had come.

-But, but... if you could not beat them. What can we do? - She could reply visibly shocked by those words. –

The girl remembered the explanations those soldiers told her the night before. Things had been far from going well for theirs. That is why now she was invaded by anxiety. But what worried her the most was seeing the gesture and hearing Giaal's tone of voice. He always seemed calm and optimistic in the face of any adversity, but now he was the opposite. And that impression was reinforced when the young man confessed to her.

-I don't know, Susan. But I'm scared. After all my travels through the universe I never saw anything like them.

-It's hard to believe. Were they such good fighters? - The girl wanted to know. She was literally with her mouth open to asked him. - Could they beat you, Lieutenant Malden and Major O' Brian?

-It's not that they fought against us. – She was corrected by his interlocutor with a low voice, going on to sentence. – It's that they played with us.  And it was only one of them. He was a huge guy and he put the three of us out of action with tremendous ease. I would say he didn't even have to try. But we do try to fight with all our power.

Susan was really impressed. If that was so and knowing Giaal she had no reason to think otherwise, everyone was in grave danger. More when her partner made a summary of what happened and warned her.

-We have informed the high command. This is classified. Of what has happened no one should tell anything. I tell you because I have full confidence that you will keep the secret. Under no circumstances can it transcend the population of the ship. If only people knew we were helpless in the face of them, panic will spread.

-You are right. - She agreed, taking perfect charge of the situation. - I understand, at least against the invaders of that Gralas, as you told me it was called, it was possible for us to fight.

-I will have to contact my parents and my sister. I will tell them not to come. I don't want to put them in danger. - The alien sighed. -

-Maybe it's rushed. – He was dissuaded by Susan trying to think about that, to affirm with certain signs of security. – If those beings are so dangerous and so strong, they could have destroyed us all already. If they haven't, that may not be their goal. Maybe you should wait a few days and if nothing happens, who knows. They may have become bored and leave.

-I hope you are right! - He sighed nodding to agree. - Okay, I'll wait. Deep down I really want my parents and sister to come. We're going to wish this was all over by then.

Susan nodded. She wanted to convey that assurance, but she was really scared. She thought it wouldn't be judicious to tell her parents or Debbie to come and see them either. Of course, what had alarmed her the most was Giaal's expression. It was not common to see her partner with such a restless countenance. Those were forces against which there was no room for response. As a soldier she felt powerless if she was unable to defend the civilian population and the ship against such a threat. As a person she feared for her own future. So, she sighed trying to push away those unflattering thoughts, hugged the boy and the two took a walk to try to relax...

-I also want to see my parents and my sister. Perhaps we could travel to Earth soon.- She told him trying to settle the other issue. -

-I would like to, but I am very busy here with the consultation, - he replied. -

-I understand you, it's more of a longing. In my case I would have to ask for permits and authorizations. And I don't want to miss the opportunity to be here, making merits for a promotion.

-In my opinion, you have made more than enough merits. I hope your superiors realize it.- Giaal valued with the desire that it be so.-

-Yes, it would not be a bad idea for you to hypnotize them like me when they met us, ha, ha!" - Susan laughs, making her partner do it with her.

And in this way, more relaxed, both continued with their date. Chatting a little more about their families.

-And what about your sister? - Susan asked him. -

-I know she has been on Earth, studying medicine and that a very good friend of my parents has taken care of being her mentor.

-It would be great to have another doctor in the family. -Her interlocutor declared. -

Giaal, nodded, he was very proud of Naya, his sister was a very kind young woman, perhaps somewhat naïve given that she chose to stay longer with their parents on the planet Makaiju, their home world. Although considering the dangers that existed in the universe, it had been better that way.

-Well, I always had more travel concerns. - He said. - The only thing I want is for her to be happy and for Mom and Dad to be well.

-I understand you, - Susan replied in solidarity. - I know what it's like not to see your loved ones in a very long period.

-They were very happy to see you, as were you to them. Your parents are good people, and your sister Debbie is great. - Giaal reminded her. - She accepted me very well.

-Yes, I already told you that she, because of her sexual orientation, has been scrutinized many times by people. She understands what it is to not fit into the normative. - Susan commented smiling now and added funny. - And since you have told me that Naya was on Earth, when I told Debbie that you had a younger sister she was immediately interested in meeting her. Can you imagine the two of them dating together? - She joked. -

-It would be perfect, for me. We could go the four of us to many places. - The alien said not giving it much significance. -

On this occasion Susan gave him a perplexed look to ask.

-Is your sister also gay? That being the case, we could introduce them. Perhaps something would arise. - She wished. -

-Actually, I don't know. That is something I do not consider important. I mean my sister is free to decide about her life. - Giaal said. -

-Who knows? - Susan smiled. - Now I am more eager to meet her than ever. Maybe Naya could make my little sister to change. It's about time she settled in.

-Does the traveling older sister say that? - The alien joked in turn. -

-It's true! - Susan admitted with a laugh. - I'm not the best suited to ask anyone to settle anywhere.

The two laughed at it and continued their pleasant conversation. Meanwhile Leval returned home and despite his condition he did not want to explain too much to his wife. Amethyst was worried. Her husband's gesture was certainly not at all relaxed, rather it showed a clear uneasiness. He simply told her that they had expelled some strange invaders. The girl did not want to insist anymore. She trusted her husband and did not wish to provoke an argument by turning the matter around. She had learned to realize when she had to let a topic be. But she was quite restless. Finally, it was Leval who entrusted to her when they were both lying down.

-Excuse me if I had been very abrupt to you. - He said. - But it has been a very difficult situation.

- Don't worry. If it makes you feel better, I would like you to tell me. - The girl asked him. -

The boy was glad to be able to do it. After narrating in more detail what happened he felt better, although his wife was silent. He then finished off.

-I don't know what we can do. That guy was terribly powerful. I've never seen anything like that! Neither my father, nor even my uncle Lornd, nor my cousins can compare to him.

-You must have confidence in yourself, in Mazoui and Giaal. You have faced very difficult and dangerous situations and you have always been victorious. - Amethyst declared trying to encourage him. -

Although she had been frightened to hear him speak like this. She understood Leval wouldn't say that if it wasn't true. Her husband had fought against powerful enemies and if he conveyed that impression of helplessness and fear the thing must be very serious. Like Amethyst's own father or father-in-law, her husband was not like that to be impressed with anyone. The young woman remembered those past days of honeymoon on Earth, being in a wasteland on the outskirts, watching how they trained, along with Kerria. The three of them fought exchanging blows at such a speed that it was impossible to follow them, despite everything she tried.

-I've tried for long since left it as impossible. -Kerria told her, smiling as she moved her head. -

-Well, I think that if we tried, we could see them. - Amethyst said, scrutinizing the sky in the hope of capturing a view of those three. -

And at least she could see some little spots that appeared and disappeared. She told her sister-in-law who, stunned, admitted.

- You're amazing, girl. I'm not able to see even that.

-Because you haven't tried. - Amethyst told her with total conviction, alleging. - You should be able to do the same.

-Are you kidding me? - Kerria laughed. - Sorry, I'm not willing to spend my life training. I have enough with my studies, my singing career, my life with my couple... but you do seem to have had Saiyan blood. It's as if you want to get stronger every day.

-No, it's not that. - Amethyst sighed, affirming now with a sadder tone. - It is that after what I lived on the ship. You know... I feel that if I had been stronger, I might have been able to help your brother, Mazoui and...

-I see - Kerria sighed, placing a hand on the right shoulder of her sister-in-law to add with a tone tinged with sadness. - You could not have done anything. Not even they could save him. Not him, not many others. I know what you feel. It has happened to me too. Sometimes, no matter how Justiciera we are, we have limits. And Leval, Mazoui or our parents, too.

That's what they were in when those three concluded the training and appeared next to them. They sweated a lot and Roy, drying himself with a towel he had left on a nearby rock, addressed the girls.

-We are done. Excuse us.

-No, it has been very interesting, dad. - Kerria smiled, recovering her joviality to say halfway between sarcasm and joke. - Amethyst has enjoyed your fights very much.

-Have you really seen us? - Leval asked her with a surprised gesture. -

-Your sister is an exaggerated. - She just said, smiling slightly to admit. - I have only seen stains.

-Well, that's seeing a lot. - Her father said, acknowledging. - We were fighting at a speed that for me, was practically the limit.

-Don't be modest, little prince. - Roy intervened. - You can be faster.

-If I use Kaio ken, yes. But it is not worth it for a training. - The questioner answered him. - In addition, you are a Saiyan, against that it is impossible to compete. I would not be able to match you even using that technique.

-Well, your daughter also seems to have the blood of the space warriors. - Kerria said in line with her previous conversation with her sister-in-law.

-Yes, when she gets angry, she only needs to put her hair up.  She is already blonde! - Leval laughed. -

Everyone laughed, even Amethyst herself, who knew well the character she had when she was enraged. Although it was Diamond himself who, more seriously, reflected.

-The fact is that, when I was a child, I would once listen to the stories that my mother told my brother and me. He told us about her family on the Moon.

-Grandma Amethyst was from the White Moon, right? -Her daughter asked him. -

-Yes, my mother's mother was named Selene, and I think my grandmother's father was from New Vegeta. Although I am not very sure. - Diamond said with a thoughtful gesture. -

- Wow! Then yes, you would have the blood of a Saiyan, Amethyst. - A perplexed Kerria asserted. -

-And here, the little prince, too. - Roy added by passing an arm behind the shoulders of his fellow father-in-law, to sentence, funny. - I already said it, you eat like a battalion! You have nothing to envy us in that regard.

-Well. - The questioner laughed, to affirm already with a certain dose of regret. - Nor did I listen very carefully to my mother then. I wish I had! Being younger I was wishing I could go to play, and when I grew up, other things focused my attention.

Amethyst listened to her father carefully and her eyes wide open. Maybe it was a coincidence. Or she may not remember well. Anyway, she was also thinking about her wedding night. When Leval possessed her transformed into a super Saiyan. She felt pain but not as much as her mother-in-law warned her, she would be.

-I have a bigger body than Bertie's and that is important. - She thought not without blushing.- I fit that better surely than her. Even so...

And she thought she remembered that they had explained something about the Saiyan females. That they enjoyed a good companion, the more powerful, the better. And that when they saw a strong body and above all, felt the pheromones of their males, they became excited going into heat. Thinking about it, the stunned young woman even remembered the first time she saw Leval in the locker room and the inexplicable attraction she felt towards him, regardless of his great physique, of course.

- Maybe it makes sense. If I were, Saiyan, at least in a minimal part. - She said reflexively. -

For his part, the young man, noting her expression and, taking her for scared of what he had told her, he did not want to scare her anymore.

-Don't worry, we will get ahead, yes. – Although he had to confess. - We have fought against very difficult enemies. But now it seems to me that they were a joke if I compare them to this. You know? Maybe it's that I'm too gridded. What scares me the most about everything is not having things under control...

The boy also remembered the incident with that strange woman who forced him to make love against his will. Was she another of those beings? Although he decided that he better shut up that part. He didn't know how his wife could take it. He then tried to overcome it. He was a Saiyan and a military officer. He couldn't afford to lose morale. Their obligation was to protect and provide security to the rest of the population. Starting with his wife. So, trying to sound more carefree, he added.

-You're right, honey. We must have confidence. We will train and prepare. They will not surprise us again. Perhaps they have even left, and all this worry is already unnecessary.

-I trust you and others. I know you would never allow anything bad to happen to us. - She whispered to him by giving him a warm kiss.

-Yes, thank you Amethyst. I needed someone to tell me. Of course, you can count on me. Surely everything will go well.

His interlocutor agreed to that by looking at him and smiling. She wished it were so! So, feeling calmer both decided to sleep. They had a lot to do the next day.

And so, a few days of normalcy passed. Things seemed to calm down and the waters returned to their course. Amethyst, Satory and Sandy returned full-time to work in the laboratory. They missed Penelope, but they had a new partner soon. It was Giaal who announced to them that their parents had gone to Earth along with their sister. As he had told Susan, she had studied star medicine like him and knew a lot about what they called biology on Earth. The young woman had been studying on planet Earth for years, under the tutelage of Ami Mizuno, to complete her already extensive training. Satory asked her father if they could move her with them and with the influences of Masters there was no problem. A group of academics and scientists from the Fairies Five, led by Dr. Tomoe, also instructed her to further refine her studies. The girl tried very hard for it, she really wanted to go to that ship. The expected day arrived and Giaal went to look for her at the Astro port, when he met with his friends, the alien came accompanied by a beautiful young woman, her light brown hair fell gracefully on her shoulders, her eyes were of a tone between aquamarine and blue. Evidently, she came in her human form so as not to alarm the rest of the people on the ship. The alien introduced her to everyone as Naya Ginga.

-Nice to meet you. - Leval greeted her kindly. - Your brother has told us a lot about you.

-When we received the message that Giaal was here we were very happy. -Naya told them and she added something about herself. - I was very excited since I was little to be able to know your world and work with you. My parents told me a lot of things. I couldn't come to Earth until I was fifteen. During the trips that my parents had to make to our planet to see how things continued, Ami welcomed me and has behaved with me as if she was a second mother. There I studied high school and I have done a career in medicine combined with biology. Now my parents are on Earth, spending a season with yours. I hope that soon they will approach Bios to know this planet. For my part, I hope to gain experience by your side. The whole journey you have had as my brother told me must have been exciting.

-Well, you'll see when you live adventures yourself. -  Amethyst told her with humor. - I assure you it's exciting. - However, she kept a moment of silence and added a little less convinced and more serious. - Well, sometimes even something else.

Faced with the strangeness of that newcomer. They made her aware of the recent events that had occurred on the ship. Although Giaal did not want to reveal details that could scare her more. As for example, the ease that that giant had to beat the three boys. Therefore, in addition to obvious interest, he changed the subject and asked his sister.

-And our parents? Weren't they going to come?

-Yes, but they preferred to stay a few more days on Earth. You know, remembering old times with their friends. Then they will come. -The girl commented, adding with some trepidation. -Although, if these strange beings are still around here, it may have been better to tell them to postpone the trip.

-I was about to contact you to let you know. - Giaal replied somewhat in a hurry. -

Then it was Leval who, pretending to show an image of tranquility, said.

-Well, these last days things had been quiet. -He sighed, wishing as his alien friend did before and giving him a hand. - I hope those guys have gone wherever they were before coming here. That's why your brother didn't warn you.

Naya nodded, agreeing with that explanation. But the boy was wrong, this time it was Dialen who decided to go down to have fun with humans for a while. He was more cautious than his colleagues and did not want to attract attention from the beginning. For a couple of days, he was content to walk around that place and observe. Zoen went down with him, she cared less about being seen. However, his companion warned her not to discover them or that otherwise he would go alone. She accepted, because she wanted to see the behavior that these primitive beings had naturally, without influences. And above all, when in doubt of what their superior Georcael might think of their actions with these rare creatures, so she promised to behave. At least for a while. In this way the two began to learn some customs of humans...

- Wow! Yes, they have a strange way of acting. - Dialen said. -

-Yes, it is as primitive as it is absurd. - Zoen replied derogatory.

- Well. I'm coming up with something so we can have fun. - His partner smiled. -

Parallel to that there were more arrivals to the SSP-1. Little time after Naya two cousins of Leval and Mazoui showed up there. One, Cooan and Tom's eldest son, Alan, who was going to work as a computer expert and the other was Petz and Sapphire's firstborn. This boy, named Coraíon, who was a good engineer and had been assigned to the planet to check its development possibilities and address soon the construction of large-scale infrastructures. Both moved to the ship and their cousins and other friends held a party to receive them. It was a moment of great joy for those who had been there for so long. Having more family around was something they missed a lot. During the celebration it was Mazoui who took by the arm the son of Petz and Sapphire who seemed more lost, attracting him to the place where Sandy, Satory and Amethyst were.

-Hello girls. - Mazoui greeted them. - Can we join the conversation?

- Of course! - Amethyst smiled jovially greeting her cousin. - How are you, Cory?

-Very well. – The boy responded smiling, affirming in a tone between jocular and admiration. - And for what I see you are also great. Marriage suits cousin Leval and you very well, cos.

Amethyst smiled thanking the compliment. Mazoui added.

-Well, this is Satory, - he said, pointing to his girlfriend. -

- I am so glad to meet you. – Coraíon said shaking her hand. -

-Nice to meet you too. -She told him with her usual shyness. –

Although Mazoui immediately fulfilled his duty as host and then presented that voluptuous brunette dressed in a crimson dress of one piece with a short skirt, which showed impressive legs topped in also red heeled shoes, without forgetting a no less incredible upper part of her body. Coraíon had inevitably noticed her as soon as he approached the girls.

-And this lady is Sandy Ann Wallance, a good friend of ours – and Mazoui remarked those words to add later with more casualness. –  She works with Amethyst and Satory in the laboratory.

Coraíon looked at her carefully, sticking his green eyes into her. Sandy reciprocated that look by doing the same with her own of the same tone and smiled.

-Hello, it's a pleasure. - She whispered. -

-The pleasure is mine. - The boy answered her, gently shaking her hand to complete it sincerely. - I see that in this ship there is no lack of beauties on board and particularly in the laboratories.

-You are very kind Mr. Lassart - Sandy smiled. -

-Please do not be so formal. - Coraíon asked. -

-Then, do the same with me. -She responded and asked full of interest. - Is this the first time you come to space?

-Not quite, we were there when your ship resumed contact. - He admitted with a slight hint of sadness as he remembered his brother. Although he was immediately put himself together, adding with enthusiasm. - But I liked the experience. This is fascinating.

The girl listened to him with interest although perceiving that tone of sadness. She didn't know what it was due to, but he evidently didn't notice it. Of course, both looked at each other attentively, Mazoui smiled, he could detect the chemistry that was in the environment and not precisely the one that the girls used to experiment. So, he argued an apology.

-Satory, honey, do you think if we come to greet Leval and Giaal?

-Well, of course - She nodded not understanding that for the moment.  -

-I accompany you, - Amethyst was quick to say who, unlike Satory, was also no stranger to what was perceived in the atmosphere between those two newly presented. - You are making me jealous; I also want to be with my husband! – She laughed. -

-Sandy, would you mind hosting my cousin? - Mazoui asked, feigning a hurried tone. - The poor man doesn't know the ship and I don't want him to get lost.

-By all means. - She agreed visibly pleased by such a task. -

The three walked away leaving the field free, in silence, both Sandy and Coraíon thanked the maneuver of their friends. He intervened to resume the conversation.

-I have heard that the planet is in a very advanced state of colonization. It would be very interesting to go down to visit it.

-I was there a few days ago, - she told him. - I don't think it will take too long to go back down. I have a lot of things to research, and I would like to settle there.

- Really? - Coraíon was interested. - Would you mind telling me what it's like?

-Of course. - Sandy smiled. -You will see...

She explained how things were and Coraíon listened with interest, then the girl asked him about his work, and he told her.

- I'm an engineer, same as my father. As soon as I could choose, I wanted to come here. Although my mother, the poor one, didn't want me to leave. Anyway. – He sighed thinking again of his brother. But without daring to talk about it with that girl so as not to overshadow the conversation. - I think it's a challenge. To be able to build a future here.

-Yes, it is, - she agreed, nodding. – The truth is that it is a large multidisciplinary company. We will need experts in all fields and coordinate us very well. Bios can be a wonderful planet for those who inhabit it if we know how to do things well.

-It seems that so far you have done great. – He smiled. -

The girl nodded back that smile. The truth is that something in the eyes of that boy magnetized her. He had a great charm, and she perceived a kind spirit that perhaps he had suffered a lot recently. However, she did not want to continue around, she did not want to invade his privacy. For the time being, she should take it easy. Although then he asked her.

-You are a biologist, aren't you? Well, I would greatly appreciate your advice on accessible places with potential resources on the planet. The first thing we would have to do would be to build infrastructure to take advantage of them.

-Well. - She replied somewhat restlessly. - That's not exactly my field. Mine is more research at the molecular level. But if I can help you in anything, do not hesitate to ask me. – She told him and inviting way. -

-I will. You can count on it. – He said looking at her intensely. -

The girl looked away, it seemed to Coraíon that she was somewhat shy. The boy didn't want to scare her. She might think he was trying to brazenly engage her, and certainly wouldn't go too far astray. He felt able to affirm without fear of being mistaken that she was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. And as his younger brother would have said without any hesitation, she was so hot! But she was also smart, and he could talk to her about a lot of interesting things. In that she reminded him of Samantha. That is precisely why he did not have to spoil that before starting. He didn't dare to ask for her number yet. But he would already talk to Mazoui and Amethyst to serve him as support. Sandy, for her part, was also attracted to that boy, but she feared the consequences of going too far. For the time being, caution was better. Be that as it may, the truth is that the two got along well from the beginning. And in the following days, through visits to their mutual friends, they had seen each other many times. Then they did it directly on their own with the excuse a priori of chatting about the planet and its possibilities.  In fact, they went down to Bios to prepare the ground. As Coraíon saw, the most well-known and explored parts of the planet were already under construction. Houses were being built at a very good pace and thanks to his participation in the various projects he got a very good plot for Amethyst and Leval, because they had asked him to look at them something in an ideal place.

-Look Cory. - Amethyst asked him specifically, having a coffee in the ship. - As you are going to take care of building down there, we would appreciate it if you could advise us.

-Well, I'm mostly an infrastructure engineer. Houses are not my thing. But, among other projects, I will take care of helping with water, electricity, and gas pipes. I also know several architects in charge and of course I will inform you if I find out about anything, in terms of housing construction.

-Thank you very much, it is that we, with all the work we have here in the SSP-1, do not have too much time to go down to the planet. And although we are seeing some parts that have already been mapped in 3D it is not the same. - She told him. -

-I will do everything I can, - her cousin promised her, and told her. -Sandy has also become very interested in settling in Bios. I'll tell her so she can lend me a hand.

  Amethyst smiled, wanting to ask Coraíon if he and Sandy had started dating. However, she preferred to be prudent and not try to look like a gossip. Her cousin, in effect, kept his word and made sure to find the best part for she and Leval. In it was beginning to build an urbanization of single-family villas. It was a very ambitious plan as well as a priority. There was a lot of enthusiasm for creating the first civilian settlement on the planet and that area would take only a few months to build. When Leval was, he would ask for the transfer to Bios. I wish he was included in that brigade that was in the process of being created. Mazoui still didn't know what to do, he and Satory had to think about the future. After so many emotions they had decided to take it easy.

-Amethyst and Leval already have an insured plot in the residential area," Satory once told Mazoui, her friend told her.

-Would you like us to find one for ourselves? - the boy asked. -

-I don't know. -The young woman sighed. – Although, I miss Earth.

-Well, we still have time to think about it. -Her boyfriend agreed. -

Alan for his part immediately became friends with Naya, since both Giaal, who was dating Susan, and Mazoui and Leval who already had their partners, left them the ground free to meet. Indeed, a few days after that party, the girl began working in the laboratory and as a doctor on call. As the boy was an expert in computer science, he did not have much trouble in being assigned to design and maintain the computer programs of the scientific part. He had studied hard and had several masters in the subject. Some even made under the supervision of his uncle Daniel. After some "casual" encounters that the boy always tried to help foster, he established a friendly relationship with the alien girl. Sometimes, when she had a break, he would wait for her to eat or have a drink. The girl thanked him and enjoyed his company. Alan, who was very dared, asked her to go out to see a movie or to walk in the park arguing that he did not know anyone on the ship and that he did not want to disturb his cousins who already had their plans. Naya, of sweet and naïve character accepted, as far as terrestrial relations were concerned, she had no experience with boys. She judged that this boy, being a newcomer like her, was looking for someone to lean on. She didn't dislike him either, he was lovely. Besides, he told her many things about the Earth and the customs of its inhabitants. Luckily Alan, apart from being as brazen in those matters as his uncle Roy, was as gentlemanly as his father. He never used that "innocence" of the extraterrestrial to look for anything unseemly. Even what had gradually begun in him as an attraction for the beauty of that young woman, was passing to a deeper feeling. She really was a girl who combined beauty and kindness. For some things her naivety and transparency reminded him of his own sister Idina. That is why, among other things, he felt the utmost respect for this young woman. In this way, after starting to meet making outings of friends they ended up united in a courtship. Alan came to ask her to come out more seriously and she, who was also increasingly attracted and full of curiosity and affection towards him, accepted. The boy couldn't be happier when he excitedly told her. Making even plans.

-You'll see! It will be great. Our parents are also friends. Surely, they would be excited if we were also family.

-Earth-style family? - she asked with visible curiosity. –

- Sure. But, from what I see, it would be no different from yours at all. - He said enthusiastically. - And you still don't know my brothers! Well, Lance is harder to see. He always walks around doing God knows what. But with Idina you will get along very well, I assure you. You are both the most charming girls that can exist.

Naya smiled, the two were alone, and she, after the first few days, had dared to adopt her alien form before him. Perhaps at first, she had some fear, since her brother had warned her that many humans could feel frightened by something like this. However, Alan was not among them. Although at first the boy played a joke that was about to spoil things. But he immediately apologized. The truth is that the boy even liked to observe her light olive-colored complexion and her long pink hair, her pointed ears and her eyes that now glowed in a dark blue tone, the same tone of her lips. That made the girl like him even more. He accepted her as she was in all her aspects. Even the time she initially revealed herself to that appearance she asked him.

-Aren't you afraid that I will be different?

-The only fear I have, - he replied, caressing a strand of her pink hair. - It's because you don't consider me as special to you as you are to me. – The boy said and did not hesitate to kiss her lightly on the lips settled. -

After that the girl had no doubts. She wanted to be with Alan, and she wished she could meet his family soon.

And so, the days and even weeks passed quietly. Apparently at least nothing out of the way happened. Everyone was busy with their jobs and their relationships. Bios was improving to the eyes. Oxygen emission and stratospheric ozone coverage were reinforced in such a way that radiation levels on the planet's surface became tolerable. After several tests and experiments that led between Sandy and Satory the two concluded that protective suits would no longer be necessary and that oxygen levels could be sufficient for people of normal constitution, at least for a few short incursions of half an hour. They even made some descents to the planet to check it being quite satisfied with the results. For her part, Amethyst could not accompany them, she felt bad, and, in the mornings, she woke up with nausea.

-I hope you get better. - Sandy told her when she finished talking to her on her mobile phone. -

-I will call Naya to check me. - Amethyst told her. - I know I can trust her.

- Get well soon.  I will tell Satory. We will tell her. - Her friend said goodbye. -

Amethyst cut off communication. Of course, she was annoyed not to be able to go but she preferred to be careful. She hoped she hadn't gotten sick. In fact, she was able to call Naya and arrange an appointment for her to examine her, since she had proven that she had medical knowledge like her brother, as well as taking care of the laboratory nurse on a part-time basis.

-Well, - Amethyst thought, already recovered from one of those discomforts, when she was preparing to go to Dr. Ginga's office.

And between some tribulations and others of daily life, none of them remembered these strange beings. But that didn't mean they had left. They had continued to watch with increasing curiosity. Soa and Buruk had no interest in mingling with those creatures at the time. For their part, their other companions continued to pose as normal humans and quite quickly learned the uses and customs of them. Everything was going well until Dialen, as he told Zoen, thought they could do something to have fun...

-What could we do? – His companion wanted to know; she was already beginning to get bored of the routine customs of these creatures. -

-Has anything occurred to you? - Dialen asked her with expectation. –

- The truth be told. I don't see how we could entertain ourselves with these insignificant beings that are worthwhile. – She sighed that she seemed disenchanted, adding with some interest. – You had said that you had an idea.

Dialen squeezed out a faint smile and nodded, commenting with some curiosity...

- I would like to see how these humans react to difficult things for them. I think they say danger.

-For example? - Zoen asked, hoping to hear something she found more entertaining. -

-Their strange house, what they call a ship, is powered by a so-called nuclear energy in a thing they call a reactor. It's a primitive thing, like them. – His partner explained, adding with more interest. – But they say that if it is heated it would be dangerous... Although I don't know what dangerous exactly means. I think it's kind of fun.

-Well, let's warm it up! - Zoen smiled who seemed enthusiastic about that possibility, more when she sentenced. - Let's see if those creatures can cool it down.

Her companion nodded with a complicit gesture. They vanished to reappear in a restricted area, it was the area of access to the nuclear reactor of the ship. It was strongly protected by thick anti-radiation walls. In addition to being closely monitored by many advanced security measures. However, that was not the slightest problem for them.  Nothing and no one could detect them. They arrived before the last chamber that protected the reactor. They even got into it without suffering any kind of damage. Then Zoen made a movement with her hands. The temperature meters of the same began to experience a slow but progressive rise. If they continued like this the chamber would melt just like the whole ship. Zoen and Dialen didn't know, but if they had been aware of it, they wouldn't have cared either. That whole thing was a simple game for them.

-Okay, - Dialen said when they both got out of there. - Now let's wait a bit and see what happens...

On Earth, Usagi remembered that reunion with her family. As soon as she came down from her office to the lobby of the building, she saw her parents and Shingo. They soon recognized her in turn. Mom Ikuko was the first to come over to give her a heartfelt hug.

-My little girl is already a woman! Look, working in Masters companies no less.

-Yes, it's a source of pride. - Kenji added. -

-The truth, little sister. I must admit that you have changed a lot. - Shingo himself acknowledged her. -

Usagi looked with affection at her earthly mother. Ikuko already had darkened hair and some wrinkles in her face, despite everything she maintained an appeal in her maturity. The same thing happened to her father, Kenji, after replacing his brown hair with another pulling gray. And Shingo was already a man, as tall as his father and with a good shape.

-Haven't you brought your girlfriend? - Usagi asked her brother. -

-I'm afraid Megumi had a lot to do, she's with her doctoral thesis. - Her brother replied who added after looking at her well. - Wow! Sorry, but you don't look like you. You're an executive. What exactly do you do?...

-I deal with the relations of the Masters companies with Japan and I am also part of a committee for the management of investments and donations to Third World countries, - she replied without concealing her satisfaction. -

And that, of course, there were many other more important things to which she really devoted almost all her time. However, she couldn't talk about those. Although she already felt very happy hearing how her family valued her. And more when her mother smiled remembering not without nostalgia.

-Impressive affection. It seems so far away when I had to scold you so many times for your bad grades! in short, this was due to adolescence.

-Of course, woman. - Kenji said jovially to add. - Our girl was always very intelligent.

-I would say that since you started dating my brother-in-law Mamoru-san, you started to change for the better. - Shingo said on this occasion without giving the impression of looking to chop her. -

-It may be, - she smiled now enigmatically. -

-Well, if you think we could go and eat something. - Mamoru himself proposed, thanking those words with a cordial nod. -

Everyone accepted jovially. In passing, they recalled some of the fights between brothers when Usagi and Shingo competed for the last dumplings or to eat more dessert. That made everyone laugh.

-You haven't lost your touch, elder sister. - Shingo declared. -

-Thank you very much. - She laughed at, adding with good humor. - Nor do you stay behind.

And after talking a little about these and other memories, it was time to address a thorny topic. It was Kenji who, looking at his son-in-law and daughter with prevention, dared to say.

-I see you very well accommodated and that makes me happy. I guess, I don't know. You will already be thinking about expanding the family.

The questioned looked at each other not without some blush and haste. After a few seconds of embarrassing silence, it was Mamoru who tactfully responded.

-Of course, Usako and I would love to, although now we have many obligations, and we want to focus and stabilize first.

-Of course. - She agreed smiling faintly. - We wish to be very well prepared to give our future daughter a very safe and happy home.

Those words perplexed her parents. Although it was Shingo who commented somewhat surprised.

- Wow! Well, you are clear that you want a girl.

-No, well. - Usagi hurried to answer by taking a hand back on her neck as in her best times of crazy girl. - It is that Mamoru would love it, right Mamo-chan?

-Yes, of course, - he smiled somewhat stupidly, taken by surprise, but immediately added. - Girl, boy, whatever, will be superbly received. When the time comes, of course! That will come, for sure...

And after running a thick veil on that subject they continued to talk a little more. They said goodbye after spending a very entertaining afternoon, remaining to see each other again soon. Back home, Mamoru commented with pleasure.

-You have a great family. I was very happy to see them again.

-And I... - His wife muttered looking up at her lap as she sat on the bed even without changing her clothes. - Even if it's so late in the afternoon.

-We're very busy, it's a shame. -He agreed. -

-I'm so sorry, Mamo-Chan.- The girl commented. -

-Why? - He wanted to know. -

-Well, I made a mistake, when they asked when we are going to have children. I spoke thinking about Chibiusa.

-It's normal, don't worry, - he smiled downplaying it. - It is logical, we know that she will be our daughter in the future.

But it was looking at his wife and worrying, Usagi crying dropping tears on her executive pants.

-What's going on with you? Is something wrong happening? I've already told you that's not...

His wife shook her head, forcing a sardonic smile to add after a sigh.

-I wouldn't know where to start. But it's not that...

-So, what is it? - Mamoru wanted to know, sitting next to her. -

-My parents, my brother. – She whispered. - Have you noticed how old they are?...

-Sure, I met Shingo when he was a brat, and he's already a man. You should be very proud of him. - Mamoru commented trying to sound jovial.

-And I am, of course!... but... I see my parents so old, and I know that as the years go by that will continue... instead we... we are the reincarnation of the inhabitants of the primitive Earth and the Silver Millenary...

-I do know. - He agreed, finally realizing what was happening, as he slid a protective arm on his wife's shoulders and attracted her to himself to declare. - Our life expectancy is measured in many decades, perhaps centuries.

-They will leave... and we will continue here. - The girl sobbed.- And... and I don't know... if I'm ready for that. Also, I' am positive that the rest of the girls think like that. This morning, when I saw Setsuna in the video, I started thinking about it. I saw her aged, because of anguish and worry, but also because of the years...

-She gave up her life as an inhabitant of the Silver Millennium and guardian of Time when she married Lornd. - Mamoru said, trying to encourage her. Despite this, she will remain young for a long time.

-Sometimes I don't know if we did her a good or not. - Usagi muttered. - On the one hand I understand, we are both sovereigns and mothers. Although I am destined to be in the future and exercise from the present. And I know what she suffers in her current circumstances. That, if nothing worse happens.

-Have faith in her and her people. They will solve it. - Her husband replied. - Try not to distress you so much, nothing else we can do about it.

-I know, but I am distressed especially because I know that we have less and less time Mamo-chan... The days when we can live as Mamoru and Usagi are coming to an end. And with them all that means family, friends, life...

-Yes, that's right. - He sighed between resigned and dismayed. - The same thing happens to all of us, that also applies to the sailors. Some of them also have families and loves, whether they are platonic or unconfessed.

They went without saying that none of the sailors had married or engaged. Although some may well have done so. That was because they were subject to the same conditions as them.

-I know it's a very hard burden. - Usagi said. - And many times, I've felt guilty for forcing them to have to bear it.

-They were predestined for it. It wasn't your responsibility. Don't blame yourself for that. – Her husband tried to encourage her. - Look, they also live their lives in the most intense and pleasant way possible. Rei runs her sanctuary; she helps a lot of people. Minako is a famous singer and actress, Makoto has triumphed with her Flowers & Flavors business, Ami is a magnificent doctor, she is internationally admired. Haruka a great racing driver, Michiru a renowned musician and artist. Even Hotaru is a nurse and works in a hospital taking care of children and sick people when she doesn't help her father to investigate.

-But none could get married. - Usagi objected, expressing it at last, - and they have been loved, but they were forced to resign. Not like us.

-However, they enjoy the affection of their friends and almost all of them have their respective godchildren and goddaughters. - Mamoru replied trying to sound more optimistic, especially when he sentenced. - I think if you asked them, they would all tell you the same thing, they are happy. And they are because they have been allowed to live their own lives, of people born on Earth, before having to face their destiny definitively. If you gave them a choice starting from the beginning, I am convinced that they would not give up their mission...

The girl nodded, she desperately wanted to believe it. More in view of the way things were. Now she remembered that day sitting in her office. That meeting that had to be postponed had been held yesterday. Fortunately, there were no problems, and everything went through the normal channels of work. At least things had been quiet for a couple of days. Unfortunately, that was going to end soon. Her emergency communicator sounded. It was the command center of UNISON that informed her of a serious situation that occurred on the asteroid...

- How? Are you sure about that?... No, I'm sorry. I cannot do anything about that. The guys are there, I know. You can trust them, as well as their parents. They will figure it out. All right, thank you, goodbye...

After cutting off communication, she gave a long sigh and put her hands to her face to mutter...

-My God, are the problems never going to end? Those beings are tremendously powerful. Hopefully the guys can take charge of the situation. Because, as much as we may not be able to help them, no one else should intervene.

And trying to leave those tribulations behind, she tried to dive back into his work. If she could help as many people as possible, everything would make sense. Although of course, she was more than concerned with the fate of her friends' children. Above all, for that of her goddaughter Amethyst, who, along with her husband and the rest, were about to face a very hard test.

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