GWB12E

57. Chapter 12. Preparing weddings and bachelor parties.

After a few days of Leval's departure back to his future things were normalized again. Everyday life was recovered. Each group of friends dedicated themselves to carving out their own future, hoping that the times of peace would lengthen and allow them to live without any more surprises. And apparently, fate wanted to grant them a truce of some time, which was not altered, except for very specific problems. Important threats, yes, but they were able to solve by protecting themselves as usual in their camaraderie and courage. In this way Roy began to play with continuity and achieved much success, little by little he was awarded with a starting position in the lineup of his team. Tom finally went with Cooan to Portland and set up his gym there. She, for her part, began her work as an elementary teacher, accepting the offer that an important school made her several months ago. The two inaugurated their house in an urbanized area on the outskirts. The others also returned to their usual occupations and places of residence.

Roy and Beruche had been left alone in New York, and he, after another day of work and arrangements at the house, invited her to dinner. In a good restaurant in the city, the boy asked her to marry him in a more formal way. He had been waiting a long time to get there and had it well prepared. He decided to put it into practice when the desserts were over, so he handed her a small black box.

-What is this, Roy? - She asked in surprise. -

-Open it and find out for yourself. - He smiled wryly. -

Of course Beruche opened it and threw an "Oh!" Of surprise and admiration. Gladly, and incredulous, she discovered a gold ring with a beautiful diamond set in its center. Roy then proposed it to her as he gestured for her to prove it, which she did at once admiring the beauty of the jewel as he said it.

-Miss. - He knelt theatrically at the stunned look of the rest of the diners and Bertie's blush. - Will you marry me or will you have me kneeling until dessert?

-Yes Roy, of course I want! , but please.- She whispered turning red to the amused look of the rest of the customers of the local- Get up, everyone is watching us!

-Well,  they are welcome to look at us! - he replied nonchalantly, so much so that he got up and shouted immediately.- Hey friends! She said yes, she's going to marry me! Yuhu! - Everyone applauded with amused amusement. Bertie laughed, feeling very happy, though she covered her face with her hands with the shame she felt. And she could comment amused. - I've had to wait, but now you've asked for it at least two or three times.

-Of course! - the boy smiled recovering some of his composure. - But the main thing was to give you the ring. My father always said that a woman should be asked in marriage like this. With the boy on his knees and with a good jewel.

-Your father was a very intelligent man. - Bertie laughed, adding in a jocular tone. - I'm glad something's stuck.

Roy gave her a long kiss on the lips to say later.

-And I'll explain more at home ...

-What did your father say? - The girl asked.

-It wasn´t him who told me what I am going to explain you at home, darling - he smirked. -

And after a few more minutes the two returned to their villa where the boy was going to tell her some very private things. The type of those that cannot be demonstrated in public. For her part Cooan also reacted with emotion and enormous happiness when Tom gave her his own

ring of request, gold with a ruby ​​set in the center. Of course he was not as bizarre as his friend. He did it in his new home and despite being something much more intimate and without witnesses, he was also very glad when she said him yes. So both couples warned and called the others. The weddings were to be celebrated at the same time and they put the term of one month. Ann and Ail, who had decided to stay for a while on Earth, since every time they decided to leave something happened, they were also warned and rejoiced in their decision. Of course they would join the party taking advantage to marry in turn. Annie was taking care of her son and acting in some play in which it reaped some success and Ail helped Sapphire and Diamond that, after a series of adventures, the prince had been recruited by the Masters Corporation of definitive way. His friends told Ail that he should give a ring to his wife and it was Esmeralda who, advising the boy, convinced him to buy a beautiful ring with the stone that gave the name to the designer and model. Annie was delighted with this earthly custom when her suitor and future husband presented her. Finally, the aliens were ready, along with the other two pairs of partners and all the other guests. The girls met with Beruche, Cooan and Ann, helping them to prepare wedding dresses.

-I'm so happy for you girls! - Petz congratulated them with visible pride. - I cannot believe you're going to get married.

-Well, it's about time. - Ann said, - that you and Esmeralda are encouraged to do the same thing.

-Yes, and now that I see you so happy, I am starting to envy you. - So I also hope Diamante will decide. He seems not to dare to ask me yet. But we are not in too much of a hurry. In fact, we are very happy as well. - Emerald answered while reviewing some details in the costumes. -

-Sapphire and I will not be long. - Petz said with enthusiasm. - He promised me that we would be married as soon as we had settled down and had the stability we needed. - But I'm afraid we're still a little short. Between the battles and the work we have hardly been able to enjoy a life in common. And for me that's the biggest prize. We are also very happy anyway. Although there is always that to do a beautiful ceremony, friends, family. And may we have a memory forever ...

-Yes, I understand you very well. - Emerald nodded, sighing resignedly. - It's the same with Diamond and I. Between the combats and our occupations we have not yet had time to think about it, but surely we both think about it for later.

-That, hurry or at this rate the world will become a Gruyere cheese! May the invaders of space give us some long, or rather definitive, truce. - Annie said with the assent of the others. -

- I could not agree more with you. Let's hope the calm lasts long enough to stabilize us all at once. - Cooan prayed, whose desire was shared entirely by her sisters and friends. -

-Well, Nephrite and I have just met. - Amanda said that she had been quiet until then, now to reveal the others. - I also wish that, in the future, we can share a life together. - And she added to Ann - you and Ail have been living a long time together, right? Besides, you already have a son, it is as if you were already married.

-Yes, - she admitted. It would be not necessary to us, but the truth is that Ail and I are delighted by this ceremony, the power to celebrate it with our friends. Besides, seeing how beautiful the costumes are, I'm looking forward to getting dressed as a bride.

-And I very much desire to have a son. - Beruche sighed, remembering Leval. -

-I love kids, too. - Cooan agreed. - I'm lucky to work as a teacher, it's very nice. Plus, you get a lot of day-to-day experience with them.

-If it's true. - Bertie agreed. - Although mine are more grown up and most are unsociable.

She alluded to the place she had obtained recently in a high school, located in an area not recommended where she almost had to be more concerned that her students went unarmed in class than to teach the subjects. In the wake of it, Petz inquired, not without strangeness.

-But Bertie, you had a great opportunity when you were offered a high school just an hour's drive from town. How is it that you have decided for that other so complicated and dangerous?

-Let's just say it's kind of a challenge, I want to get some out of those guys, I know I can. And do not worry, it's likely that when Roy and I get married and I get pregnant I change. The owners of a prestigious private institute have offered me a job for next year. It would not be too far from home. But I did not want to accept it earlier because I want to prove that I am a good teacher in any condition.

-I'm convinced of that.-  Her elder sister said flatly. -

-Petz is right, - Cooan agreed, who later qualified. - Although it is something that each one of us must decide for herself. For my part I will be happy with a peaceful life with my kindergarten children and with my own children, God willing, Tom and I will get to it soon.

She blushed, evidently, and the others sketched amusing, complicit smiles.

-The truth is that I do not throw so much kids. - Then Esmeralda admitted. - I'm not in such a hurry to have them.

-That's because you have not been a mother yet. - Petz smiled encouragingly. - You'll see someday when you have them! There will be no more important thing for you.

-But Petz. - Amanda objected. - You are not a mother yet, how do you say it so convinced?

-Because I'm the oldest of four sisters. - She replied with authority on the subject that gave her the necessary knowledge of the cause. - I've had to take care of these two since they were little and that's in practice to be their mother. - She said between the laughter of the women who nodded. -

-Come on, Petz, there's no such thing! - Bertie could say with amusement. -

Nevertheless, none named Karaberasu at that time, even Petz herself spoke of two rather than three sisters in answering Amanda. And nobody rectified her. But they all thought about her missing sister. However, here seemed to be an unwritten rule, remembering Kalie separately but not doing it in a group so as not to grieve. They were sure that she would be back very soon. Thus, between laughter and more talk passed the time. The days passed and the moment was approaching. The morning before the weddings, they had stayed with the rest of their friends to celebrate the news of the triple wedding and then to party. The girls would all go dressed in gala and they were very beautiful, the brides, of course, in their white suits. The boys, on the other hand, would be elegantly dressed in tuxedos, and their appearance would be impeccable. Someone joked that they looked like a subsidiary of Tuxedo Kamen sama. But the day before the ceremony, they would let themselves go informally. They would eat there and later they would split into two groups, the girls by their side and the boys by the other. They were already looking forward to the celebrations, and Mamoru and the warriors finally arrived. He arrived dressed in a green corduroy jacket and navy blue pants. Although when he had to get smart he would just have to invoke his transformation of tuxedo but without the mask. As they did before, they remembered the joke and Roy, just seeing him and knowing the circumstance, joked with him about that particular.

-Bloody boy! your uniform is a bargain. You always go elegant everywhere, and besides. Do you know what it cost us to rent these suits? - Everyone laughed hearing that -

-Some advantage I had to have. - Mamoru smiled, adding with humorous humor. - Between that and the roses the truth is that I go quite well equipped! -

Usagi approached to congratulate her friends for the impending  ceremony. She confessed that, not long after, her boyfriend and she would do the same. Roy was surprised.

-How come you waited so long? - He wanted to know. –

-You see, - the girl smiled now speaking much better English. - When the fight against Galaxia was over, I had already reached the age of sixteen. In my country is the legal minimum age to get married. And yet we had to secure ourselves a little more with partner, we were long without seeing us. And we decided that it was better to try to continue with the studies and to be older. Soon I will turn twenty and that in my country is the age to be officially adult. I hope you will come to my coming of age party.

-Take it for granted. - Tom said. -

-I thought you were older. - Roy admitted, asserting. - When you go on your Sailor Moon mode and especially Princess Serenity or Queen, or whatever, you make such a woman. Of course you act very mature.

The alluded reddened before that compliment. As Bertie approached them and received the congratulations of the pair of friends and Ami and Rei who joined the group. Mars was able to declare in a relieved and happy tone.

-It seems that at last all our battles are over. The last one was very hard. I still remember her. And that has been more than three years.

-Yes, - Ami agreed, adding. Lucky we had help.

-Who did you have to deal with? - With all the mess of our daily life nor we ask you. - Bertie wanted to know surprised, in fact we had not heard of that. We were immersed in our own preoccupations. -

-It is normal. You were all very busy – Ami added.-

-Against the same Chaos in person, who seized a mighty warrior, the strongest in the galaxy. In fact, she called herself  like that.- Rei replied. -

-Galaxy? - Roy was surprised, asserting of course with his usual sense of humor. - And was she gorgeous? Leave her to me!

As it could not be otherwise he gained the elbow of Bertie that, shaking the head with disapproval although giving a funny smile, sentenced.

-It is clear that you will never change. What a cross! - She said, paraphrasing Cat Luna, who was also hanging around Artemis. -

-Besides being powerful, she had a really beautiful hair. - Ami admitted that she flushed visibly as her companions looked at her. - Well - she was able to add this one. - At least that's what you said, Usagi.

-Yes, it is true,- The interpellated admitted by taking a hand to the neck and smiling to add. - And the fight was difficult. But finally we managed to expel Chaos from  her and Galaxia again patrolled the confines of the universe. Now we have many friendly warriors in other solar systems. Maybe someday they'll come and visit us, at least we hope so.

-You can send them a message and come by.  I'm just throwing up a party for beautiful girls! Roy laughed, although now the audience could not figure out whether he meant it or not. -

Although the consequent hit on his head by Beruche cleared the doubts and as the boy rubbed the neck the others laughed. It would not be wrong for all the old enemies and now friends and allies of  Sailor Moon and the others paying a visit. They would all have a lot to talk about!

-Of course we could fill almost a stadium with all that we have faced  Sailor Moon and the rest of the sailors .- A fun Cooan commented.-

-They all were difficult adversaries .- Rei replied that was now next to her .- That's why we were very glad that you went to our side. By the way - She wanted to know now. - How was everything in your new house?

- It is wonderful! - The interviewee smiled .- We hope you come to visit us very soon.

-Surely whenever I have an opportunity. - Sailor Mars agreed. -

-What we have to do is a great celebration. - Ail said. - When we celebrate the weddings.-

So the rest nodded, wishing it were so. Tom spoke with Sapphire in the meantime, they told each other the same thing as the girls and gave the same answers as the ones about getting married.

-I intend to ask her in a few months. - Said Sapphire.-

Then his brother intervened, listening at a short distance.

-That sounds like a good idea, I want to do the same with Esmeralda. I think she's getting impatient. Could we marry at the same time as Tom and the others will, do not you, brother? - He proposed very excited. -

-Yes, that would be very good,- his interlocutor said. - If it were possible ...

It was Nephrite who approached then with a few bottles of champagne and a few glasses and declared with fun feigned solemnity.

-As I said when I was Masato Saint Join, the stars know everything. And I hope you're going to be very happy. So, you have to celebrate it with class! - He uncorked one of them and everyone toasted for the happiness of the couples. -

-Well! -This is a good champagne.

-We don´t deserve less.- Nephrite smiled as they toasted. -

The girls, meanwhile, had settled into a lively throng, laughed, and told their plans for the future.

-As I already know that I will marry and have a daughter in the thirtieth century I am not so worried, but I hope I do not have to wait that long.- Usagi laughed-

-Well, I do not think you'll have any choice. - Rei replied with her customary tonic of mockery. - Maybe a thousand years ago Mamoru decide to marry you. The truth is that when it comes to you that is something to think a lot.

-Really, you're cruel! – Usagi cried opening a mouth the size of a mailbox. - Buua, buua!

-Yes, - Makoto could whisper to her now embarrassed companion. – Truth be told, Rei, this time you have crossed the line.

- How do you say that to Usagi? You know how sensitive she  is in that subject. -Minako interjected with an admonitory tone in her voice. -

Rei watched Usagi with some concern. Nor had that been her intention. Of course her friend was sometimes incomprehensible.

- I am sorry. -She could reply in a softer, more conciliatory tone. - Do not take it that way, woman. It was just a joke.

-Ay, ay, ay! - the cat Luna exclaimed, throwing her resignedly accustomed. - What a cross, what a cross!

-That was just a joke of Rei, woman. - Ami tried to encourage her, insisting softly. - Do not get like that!

They all tried to console her, but suddenly Usagi shook her head and exclaimed with humorous tone.

-No matter what Rei's witch says! Mamoru loves me very much and he will love me for all my life, how good! - All fell sprawled to the ground. Except for Mars, which now spat with irritation.-

-Who are you calling a witch?

-That's obvious, is not it?- Her friend replied, narrowing her eyes, folding her arms and looking at her with simulated indifference, while sketching a mischievous smile, to justify. - The one who gives them the guessing of things is a witch. And I must add that she is talk of things which are none of my business and cantankerous girl.

-Well, I'm going to guess who's going to put  a black eye on you, too. Come here and I'll tell you! - She replied in an intimidating way, raising a fist. -

-It will be the same one from you will get a kick in an unmentionable part.- Usagi stated with the same tone. - Come closer, you'll know who ...

-Okay, girls, do not start as usual!- A hurried Makoto interposed between the two who were already beginning to show each other's tongue. -

-That's true. - Minako mused. - With the two of you, we do not need extraterrestrial attacks. We have to walk separating you at all hours of the day.

-For once, and given the occasion, you please, behave properly. - Ami asked them with their sweet, soothing tone that so effective results used to paid. -

And as neither of the two debaters wanted to spoil the party, they merely turned their eyes away from each other. End of the crisis, at least for a while, until one of them again rebuked the other with a treacherous sprain or they made peace. And for the resigned patience of the rest, the first choice was always the most likely ...

Although for the moment the waters were returning to their course and answered by the fright, Chibiusa, who this time had come and had grown considerably (returned from the future with about twelve years) said enthusiastically to Cooan.

-You're going to be a beautiful brides! Tell me, will you do a special hairstyle for the wedding? ...

-Maybe yes. - She smiled lovingly mesmerizing the girl's hair to say - and you will help me, won´t you sweetheart?

Chibiusa nodded in delight at the idea. She told Connie that now she was busy learning her duties as First Lady and heir to the throne of the Silver Millennium. Next to the girl  were four girls of curious hairstyles, each wearing a beautiful oriental-style long skirt suit of a particular color. The tall one, it looked red, was presented as Bes-Bes. She wore a kind of impossibly large and tall bun. Another in a green dress said to be called Jun-Jun. Her hair was not easy to find, with a kind of green ball at the end of a long ponytail or whatever. The third named Cere-Cere wearing a saffron-colored dress, had two large hoops of hair on either side of her head and looked like the most adult. Finally, the youngest, with more childlike features, named Para-Para, who seemed to opt for a somewhat less exaggerated hairdressing design, with a bow and two collapses that fell down, finished in two blue balls, of the same tone that the suit she wore. Chibiusa presented them as her own guardian warriors. In imitation of her mother. The four greeted very politely and congratulated the bride and groom. Roy himself joked, laughing at them and the rest, claiming they had more balls in their heads than a pool table. Of course Cooan, Beruche and the rest of the girls were perplexed and agreed with Chibiusa that she told them the vicissitudes that, according to the child, led her to have these four as sailors. Although that would be later, the others demanded the girls to go to eat and so they did, after and as it commanded the tradition the futures husbands and wives separated. They would not see each other until that moment. The boys, meanwhile, had decided to leave from singles to a cocktail bar on the outskirts of the city, by far the worst club in the area. But they did not care much about them. The girls, on the other hand, decided on a much more elegant place. At least they told their partners. The truth is that they went to a male strip tease show. Of course, only the adults could go. For annoyance of some of them, in accordance with the legislation of the State of New York, the sailors had to miss the fun. Problem was that they were serving alcoholic beverages and they were not even twenty-one. Anyway they preferred to visit the city in their own way, although in the case of some they stayed with the desire to go party,  for example to Minako and Makoto would have loved to go. Not to say to Usagi and to Rei that mounted their penultimate raw when sailor Mars threw to her with a tinge between condescending and ironic.

-We could take Usagi so she finds a man who she likes better than Mamoru.

-I  wouldn´t like any man better than Mamoru. - Her interlocutor said, stating with the same tint in her voice. - You wish!

-Then Seiya does not count.- Mars grinned. - Sure, sometimes he was a man and sometimes not ...

-Look who's talking! – Usagi cried, raising his tone. - As we bring up some collation of the books you read ... having Yuuichirou back in the Sanctuary for vacation in his faculty. Let's see if you make up your mind, baby!

-What kind of books are these if it can be known? Said Rei in turn. - And leave Yuuichirou alone, he's a friend and he's already ...

-Yes, yes ... my friend. - Her polemicist retorted, with evident amusement, at the sight of how her interlocutor blushed for a moment. - Sure ... I'd like to see you both through a little hole ...

-Well, I would worry about you if Mamoru goes with the other boys. Surely he will be introduced with at least half a dozen girls that are much cuter than you. - Rei countered. -

-Not even you can believe that! Usagi mocked her tongue. -

Rei did the same and there they were, competing to know who of the two kept that gesture of mockery for a longer time, while making the characteristic noises that accompanied that, to the embarrassment of the rest of their companions.

-Well, enough now, you look like two baby of nursery. - Ami told them she did not know where to look. -

-We cannot going with you anywhere!. - Minako sighed. -

-How about we take a tour of New York? I've always wanted to know the City. - Makoto proposed trying to forget the new discussion. -

At least Mamoru, who was studying in that same city, would be his guide. The boy offered. (This was rather at the insistent request of Usagi, who, however, affected by Rei's mocking, did not trust that he would not go out with the others in search of possible pretty girls.) The group of boys were on their own plan... In fact all the warriors went on a tour, had a good time and once more they spoke with more seriousness. Now it seemed Rei and Usagi had never argued when Mars asked her friend.

-Then fortunately those spatial-temporal anomalies have ceased, and Chibiusa was able to return.

-Yes and no,- the aforementioned replied, clarifying. - She has returned from a point closer to the future. To attend the weddings. Then She cannot do it again in a few years and when she has grown up.

-This moment will mark a kind of border in the space-time tissue. - Mamoru said, commenting. -As Setsuna explained, Chibiusa has been abusing too much of these trips. She has to wait to be almost an adult to go back in time. And she cannot do so to the twentieth century again.

-It makes sense. - Ami said, pulling her chin. - She could not appear before witnesses of this time as an adult and then as a child. It could provoke temporal paradoxes that would reopen those distortions.

-Yes, it sounds interesting. - Minako said, shifting her thoughtful expression to a more casual one. -Well, we're in New York, right? Let's go to Fifth Avenue. I'm crazy about looking at shop windows !

-That's a good idea- Makoto agreed with equal enthusiasm.-

The others  agreed as well and dragged Mamoru who was caught in a maelstrom of tourist route by almost all the shops of the place ...

And already in a bar, the boys occupied some tables. Roy, Tom and Ail approached to order drinks, as they were engaged as bride and groom. Tom whispered to them.

-I do not like this environment at all. Do you know where we've gotten ourselves?

-Aah, - Ail answered nonchalantly. - After fighting demons, against space invading androids and so on. What can be so terrible here?

-I would not say that so quiet. - Roy advised jokingly as he added fun - many of those demons would not dare to come here.

Of course the bar was crowded by not very good types, one of them, fat, bearded, full of tattoos and a motorcycle leather jacket, snapped at Ail.

-Hey you, dummy!, that's my part of the bar. - He pointed out just where the alien had put the glasses and that the rest was practically free. -

-But if you're there, - Ail objected, pointing to him, since the guy was actually a couple of yards away. -

-Be careful, - Tom whispered, preferring a quiet evening. - That guy is one of those who are looking for a pretext to get angry.

-Okay, Tom, it will not happen. - His friend saying convinced. - We are three. - Although his interlocutor shook his head fearing the worst. -

And indeed that guy approached Ail with the air of a tavern thug, pushed him badly and snapped at him.

-That's my part, too! -

Laughter was heard in the background. A group of individuals, dressed in a manner similar to the provocateur, watched amused sitting at several tables and apparently with keen interest to intervene.

-For goodness sake! - Roy sighed, resigned as he told them in low voice, - it must be ten or twelve.

-Yes.- Diamond, who observed what had happened from the table and addressed his friends with not too much concern, said. - It looks like there are going to be problems

-Good! - his younger brother added, visibly excited. - I have not had fun in a friendly fight for some time!

-We'll have to beat them up easily. - Nephrite said thoughtfully. - These are not demons and androids, but it will be fun.

-Let's go there, - Sapphire said to his friends, who stared at him in surprise at the unheard-of wishes to date. -Do not look at me like that, - the boy justified himself. - It's because we've struggled so much lately that I even miss it ...

The others, smiling after nodding, stood up following their companions to the bar. Meanwhile, two more guys had joined the bearded one. Diamond said to Roy out loud.

-What's going on?

-Nothing important mate, - he said, amused, pretending not to hear. - Some buds that want to be without teeth.

-Really? - The fat man replied with an irritated air. - We'll see who's left without them, dude!

Ail, at Tom's advice, tried to avoid the fight. He got up from his stool with a beer in his hand and said with a conciliatory air.

-All right, my friend, I'm leaving. We do not want problems, why don´t...?

He turned to get away but one of those men pushed him by throwing him the beer and making him smear.

-Are you afraid? - He asked mockingly at the smile of his companions. - Hey guys! - He turned to the rest of his friends, drivers falsetto exclaiming. - Did you hear the baby? He does not want problems. But you have found them you maggot.

It was then Sapphire who approached with a gesture of circumstances to that type.

-I would not do it if I were you. - He whispered calmly. - You could look really bad, my friend.

-Please, - Tom asked. - Do not get into trouble we're getting married tomorrow. I would not want to spend the night behind bars.

-Easy, Tommy, - Roy said, getting more and more excited. - This promises to be fun.

The group of motorcyclists in full rose to Sapphire. One of them threateningly brandishing a chain.

-You're going to swallow your teeth, sucker! - He shouted at him. He pointed to Diamante who came up to his brother and added jocularly. - Even if your boyfriend came to defend you!

-Damn, what a mania they all have!- The prince snorted more than irritated and fed up with the confusion. Fruit of certain ignominious rumors propagated from Nemesis by some displeasures. Exclaiming - Why will not they ever believe that we are brothers?

But that seemed to be the least of it to his interlocutors. And these guys already had sticks, chains, and razors in their hands, apparently out of nowhere. The rest of the local clientele was already hurrying away. Nephrite, for his part, took off his jacket. Quietly and carefully, he placed it firmly in his chair.

-Well, boy. - Roy said, looking at him in astonishment. - They're about to slap you, and you're busy twisting your jacket.

-You must always behave like a gentleman. It is essential to demonstrate personality in these times. Plus it's a good tweed jacket. - Nephrite responded condescendingly. - It cost me a good sum.

-As you want! - exclaimed the interlocutor with a smile adding with fun. - Well, when you're finished, for them!

-Good, good! We are going to give them a good beating. - Diamond repeated, making his knuckles creak as he counseled enthusiastically. - But slowly, that they will last us a while.

-Come now! -Calm guys. - Tom insisted, opening his arms wide and trying unsuccessfully to reason. - I do not want to get into fights.

-Ahh!-  They said contemptuously, all at once, waving their hands. -

-Come on, Tom, do not be a spoiler. - Roy asked adding even reproachfully. – If you don´t want, you can stay in a corner.

Meanwhile Ail, approaching the guy who had pushed him, reproached him with apparent condescension.

-Look what you've done, this was a new suit. My girlfriend had chosen it for me and she is going to be very angry. You're going to have to spend a lot of money paying me the dye to avoid it.

-Do not make me laugh! - snapped the other advising him with sarcasm. - Better worry about your burial, it will cost you cheaper!

With that said, he raised a plate to strike at Ail. The alien dodged him effortlessly. So over and over again. While the fat man tried to hit him with it. His opponent avoided his attacks indolently and declared dispassionately.

-That attitude is unintelligent, you're going to force me to make you eat the jug.- He pointed to a thick, frosted mug of beer at the bar. -

-Dare to try, you sucker! - His rival screamed, sweating and almost exhausted by his repeated unsuccessful attempts at hitting. -

Two other guys attacked Sapphire, who also dodged them smoothly, throwing them against the wall. Nephrite was caught with a chain in his arm but he grabbed her and pulling his dragged, the guy who attacked him, throwing him against the bar tables that were broken with the impact. That broke out in an open fight. Ail had hit the guy who was attacking him in the stomach, rather weak, but that was enough to leave him bent on the floor. Tom, increasingly disgruntled, shouted without anyone paying any attention to him.

-Okay, stop it! - Then one of those guys pounced on him to hit him with a stick. The boy dodged him, spitting furiously. - Fool! I did not get involved, but now you're going to find out! – So he kicked him against two others. The three of them turned on him and the boy exclaimed. - I'm sick of it! Leave these idiots to me!

And the others did so. Then he dedicated himself to handing karate blows of the most varied to release the stress, without any of his rivals could reach him. Roy in turn beat, (rather pushed weak three at the same time). Diamond and Nephrite carelessly dodged several opponents as they chatted with each other, and at a signal between them, two gang members flew over the bar. Sapphire grabbed two by the neck and hit their heads.

-What do you think? As Master Son Goku used to do. Now I understand why he liked to do this so much to us. Although in the case of these guys it sounds hollow inside their heads! He declared amused at the complacent smiles of his friends. -

Ail got rid of two others, and lifting the fat man who had attacked him earlier, made him open his mouth to a part of a jug. In the meantime, he told him slyly, patting his bulging cheeks.

-It's nothing personal, but the promise is due, my friend.

Finally the bar was shattered and all the gang members were out of action. The boys were still standing. Roy shook off the dust of his suit saying.

-Well, it has not been bad as a warming up. But the night is young, we can go somewhere else. There are many groups of imbeciles like these or even more idiots, waiting for us to shake them.

-Yes, they could be like these guys! It's been fun! - Ail applauded. -

-I wish they were harder!- Diamond snorted. - These lads did not last long, that's not funny.

- Come, we can do it against the next  band with a hand to the back. - Tom suggested cheerfully. -

And he had already found that part of it funny, getting the enthusiastic assent from the rest of his friends.

-At this rate, tomorrow there will not be slums of this type. Sapphire laughed, pulling out a pair of half-broken chairs. -

-I have not had much fun since. True, - Nephrite added in restraint, retrieving his jacket that remained flawlessly folded in a corner of the devastated local.- Surely the girls will be getting very bored, poor things! , they do not know how to have fun alone.

The owner of the bar was astounded and especially appalled by the heavy damages suffered. But among the boys they collected some money to pay that. Ail, in a relaxed and even conciliatory tone, told the fat guy who was staring at him from the ground in a rather distressed way and with part of a pitcher in his mouth.

-I warned you, temper your nerves or you'll have problems.

-This must be repeated! - Sapphire confirmed with visible enthusiasm. -

All nodded unanimously. Thus, with loud laughter and arms wrapping around each other's shoulders, they left the premises in search of new amusements. As Roy said, there were still many gangs of thugs to shake. And he and his friends wished to continue the party. This way they went from bar to bar and also drank a few more beers. As a result, they grabbed a "good drunkenness" and returned to their hotels early in the morning. They lay down singing the songs of their time in the Corner of the Soul and of Time, and finally they went to sleep and get up fresh, (if that was possible), in the great day. Neither of them meant even the fun the girls were enjoying…

The warriors finally arrived at her hotel. When Minako entered his room Artemis was waiting for her. The cat asked.

-How have you been?

-I'm looking forward to making a career as an idol and coming here more often.

-Well, I'm sure you'll make it. - His interlocutor agreed, and more seriously, he commented. - I've made inquiries. I know where she is.

-I hope she and her baby are well,-  the girl sighed.-

-As far as I know, yes- the cat said  and declared. - Well, I have to go back to Luna. She'll suspect if I'm late.

Her friend nodded, Artemis slipped away. For her part she kept thinking about her friend. That was enough, she could not travel to California to see her again but at least, if she had found happiness and enjoyed a quiet life that was more than enough. Meanwhile, in the room of Usagi and Mamoru, the young woman received a call to her intercom.

-Yes? ... Ah, it's you ... very well. If ... has he inquired again? Very well. Will they send us a report? Thank you very much.

Usagi cut off the communication and her partner gave her an inquisitive look, then she told him the conversation. Mamoru sat down on the bed thoughtfully and said.

-I do not like this. I do not think we should let it go.

-Give her time. Deep inside I understand. It's natural, I would do the same in her place. -She hastened to reply her interlocutor.

-You, as Usagi Tsukino can be. But like the Crystal Neo Queen Serenity Tokyo you know perfectly well what your duty is. And we gave them a direct order. If we allow disobedience, however much we understand the facts, everything we are working for can collapse. -Mamoru retorted with serious tone.-

-I know ... - she whispered, sitting next to him and adding with regret. - That's why I wish they would not go any further. Let's give them a little more time. Let´s wait. And if that report confirms what I fear, then we will act. But not before we have finished our task.

-You're right, it's true, -Mamoru agreed. -This can wait, after these weddings I suppose we'll have to get ready for another one. Even if it takes some time.

-And all that before we can get married ourselves. - Usagi sighed, hugging her partner. - It's so annoying!

-Be patient, everything will come. Things here may not be as they should be, but for the sake of the outcome of the story, we have to be careful. A few years remain ...

The girl nodded and left the conversation to dedicate a few kisses and caresses as she whispered to her boyfriend.

-At least we can do this ...

The rest of the warriors also rested. Both Rei and Ami were very happy with their respective roles at the ceremony the next day. The priestess thought of Usagi's words. Despite the joking they had a lot of truth. What about Yuuichirou? Not even she was sure of her feelings toward that boy. Or maybe yes, and was that what scared her? She knew the implications, and the thrusts of her friend could mean a lot. Was she encouraging her somehow?

-I do not think so. - She sighed. – At the end of the day, she is Queen Serenity. Or it will be! And we her guardians, with a few vows and obligations that we must fulfill ...

She could not help feeling a little sad when she made those reflections. So she decided to let go of those thoughts and concentrate on the next day's event ...

Ami was on her computer. She went through the details of the ceremony to make sure they were done correctly. She also tuned to study her English test. She wanted to get the highest score possible. It could be that in that way she was able to go to a prestigious American university for exchange.

-I want to get it!  Besides, I could see Bertie-chan more often ... At least for the next few years. You will be happy now Bertie. I hope the happiness lasts for you and Roy for a long time, you deserve it! Same as the rest of the sisters and our friends. For what little I know, it will soon increase their number ...

At last, tired, she turned off the device and decided to sleep. She would have to get up early ...

Makoto still remembered some stores, shop windows of upscale and sophisticated Madison Avenue cafes that caught her eye. She wanted to take all the ideas she could to capture them in her future business. And also, despite not wanting to think about it,  she was a little worried about Minako. She was not unaware that her partner had crossed the line a couple of times with her research. Venus even confessed that she had gone to see that girl and her son! Makoto sighed. She just hoped her friend would forget all that. And then there was he. So handsome with that brown mane. Too bad he was already with that blonde and pretty girl. Besides, even if he had been available she simply could not. It should not happen that way.

-At least I have a chance to focus on my business. That will be my dream come true. And over time, my friend Petz and Sapphire will also get married. Then I hope they have children and that all together come and try my cakes. And he ... well, I hope he will also be very happy ... I feel that in another world, in another life. Possibly in another story, we were together. But now is not our time ... what can we do!

She smiled with an air of sadness and thought that it would be better to sleep, next day it had to be cool.

As for the brides and their friends, already in that place of strip tease, things were getting serious as they penetrated in dangerously hot waters ...

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