As they entered the waiting room, Neko grabbed Mi-chan's hand again. With the exception of Kimahou, she didn't really know anyone in the room. Most of them looked like Sailor Senshi people though.
"Hi," Haruka said as they entered. She took them over to the woman who was holding Kimahou. "Michiru, did Ryo-sama ask you to watch Kimahou-chan too?"
Michiru smiled serenely. "Iie, it was just my turn to hold her." Michiru was enjoying playing with the baby. "Do you get to baby-sit Neko-chan and Michiru-chan?"
Haruka nodded. "I couldn't say no to the expectant father, could I?"
Michiru smiled. "Should be fun. But don't you think you should catch them now before they get into trouble?"
"Huh?" Haruka looked around for the twins but she seemed to already have lost them. She sweatdropped. "Where'd they go?"
Michiru giggled. "Over by the Queen and King. Better hurry," she teased.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Mi-chan dragged Neko off to explore almost instantly. Suddenly, they were approached by King Endymion.
"Hello, what are you two doing?" he asked good-naturedly.
"Ano, we wanna expwore," Mi-chan explained.
"Hmm, I don't think that your parents would appreciated that. So maybe it'd be better if you stayed here."
Mi-chan began to pout, so Neko reminded her, "He's King. We gotta do what he says."
"'Kay," Mi-chan sighed.
Endymion smiled. "Here, I'll show you a magic trick." He pulled two red roses out of thin air.
"Sugoi!" Neko squealed, clasping her hands together in admiration. She'd never seen anyone do that before. For an instant, she forgot to be shy as she took one of the thornless roses from him. Mi-chan took the other, her eyes shining as well.
"When I was really little, I was in the hospital and sad because my friend was going away. A young girl, about your age, came in and asked me why I was crying and when I told her, she told me not to be sad. Then she gave me a rose and told me that she was going to be a big sister because her mother was having a baby boy. I think you two should find someone to give those to and tell them why."
"Hai," they agreed.
"There you are!" cried a relieved Haruka.
"Hawuka, King does magic!" Neko whispered to her.
Haruka sighed. "Arigatou, Your Majesty."
"It was no problem. Have fun girls."
"'Kay!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hawuka?" Neko pulled at her pant legs to get her attention. "Can we have more fwowers, onegai?"
"Ano�" Haruka looked around, but the only flowers around were a bunch of thornless roses that Makoto was watching that clearly had a tag marked, "To Ami. With love, Ryo."
While she was looking, Mi-chan ran over to give her rose to Rei (the nearest person to them).
"I'm gonna be a big sister!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, honto?" Rei smiled.
"Hai, congwatuwations!" Mi-chan started to run off, but Haruka caught her just in time.
Then she looked around, realizing that she had lost Neko again.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Michiru handed Kimahou to Minako, who was waiting expectantly for her chance to hold the baby.
"Mama? Can I have a baby sister?" Tenshi asked from the chair next to her.
Michiru beamed. "Perhaps someday." She was pleased that Tenshi wasn't put off by all the attention the baby was getting.
Suddenly, Neko came up to her holding a gray stuffed cat and a rose.
"Michiwu-sama," she said quietly. "I'm gonna be big sister." She held out the rose.
"Ara, is this for me?" Neko nodded, so Michiru took the rose.
"Can I weave Wuna here?" I took Michiru a second to realize that Neko meant the stuffed animal. She nodded, and Neko put it down on the table that was on the opposite side of Michiru as Tenshi. She started to run off, when Haruka arrived.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Ha, got both of you."
Haruka sat down next to Tenshi, holding each of the twins by the hand. "Ok, let's not do that again." Suddenly, she realized that neither one was holding the stuffed cat.
"Ano, Neko-chan," she said, not looking at either one in particular, as she couldn't tell them apart, "where's your cat?"
"Wuna. Michiwu has her."
Well, that didn't help. Unless� She meant Haruka's Michiru. She looked at her wife, who nodded.
"Uh, shouldn't you keep her?" Haruka asked hopefully. The twins were totally identical. If they ran off, or did anything at all while she wasn't looking, she wouldn't have a chance in Hell of figuring them out. As Neko shook her head "no," she put a hand to her head, as she felt a headache coming on.
Unfortunately, this was just the opening Mi-chan needed. As soon as Haruka let go, she ran off.
"Shim-" she cut herself off before swearing in front of Neko and Tenshi. "Come on, let's go find your sister," she said as she started to get up.
"'Kay," Neko broke free and ran off in the direction Mi-chan had.
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