Pupuran had been listening in on his brother’s conversation with Chibiusa, and heard the eerie silence that followed the last question she had asked. Apparently, Pupuran had forgotten to tell Peruru that with the black dream energy completely gone, there was no need to protect children’s dreams anymore because they would no longer have nightmares until they were adults. He also had forgotten to tell his brother that they were going to make a life here in Tokyo while Oranjiya and Bananu looked for their old home planet.

*How cute my brother sounds with her, but how do I tell him that the sugar energy of children’s dreams no longer need protection without letting him know that I have been eavesdropping on him? Oh well, I think they’ll forgive me…* He thought. He stood up and began to walk over to Peruru’s table behind him…

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“No! No…I mean…I can’t…I don’t want to leave you again…” Peruru gritted his teeth and slammed his fist down on the table and bit his lip. He was angry at fate, and he refused to leave her but what could he do? It was his job…he shut his eyes tightly and looked down. Chibiusa looked stunned, but she reached her hand across to his fist that had slammed the table and laid her fingers over his. He looked up at her.

“It’s not fair, is it?” she said, very sad. He looked at her defiantly.

“I’m not leaving you again…” He sounded a little desperate as if he were trying to reassure himself as well as her. A hand rested on Peruru’s shoulder. Peruru turned around to see Pupuran. He was smiling.

“Peruru, we don’t need to leave and we’re not going to.” He said. Peruru and Chibiusa looked at him in surprise. He went on.

“Since the Black Dream energy was completely destroyed this time, the children of this world are in no danger of nightmares anymore and so don’t need our protection now.”

“What is going to happen to us then?” Peruru asked.

“We’re going to start a life here where we can watch over the Sailor Senshi and if there is another emergency with the Dream energy, we can have help, but look at it this way: we have nowhere else to go, so we might as well make a home here.”

This brought a smile to everyone’s faces. Then Pupuran bent down and whispered into his brother’s ear.

“Besides…I think it’s going to be funny catching you two…” he smirked. Peruru blushed a bit in the cheeks and then smirked back his brother.

“Funny…I was going to say the same thing about you!” he shot back, glancing behind him at Minako, not being quite as careful as to who heard him. Pupuran’s face grew scarlet and he became tense, afraid she would hear him.

“Oh, you’re one to talk, keep it down!” he hissed, looking around nervously for if she hadn’t heard them by now, Haruka probably had and would make a public spectacle out of it. Pupuran then decided to get out of there fast to change the subject and escape the jokes that were sure to come from Haruka.

“Ah, well, I guess we should really be going around looking for schools, jobs and such, right?”

“Hold on a little bit, Pupuran, we need to wait for the check to come first. The we’ll go, okay?” Mamoru said. Pupuran nodded with an anxious smile and took his seat again. The children returned to their conversation.

“I’m glad that’s settled.” Chibiusa said quietly with a smile. Peruru’s face softened even further even farther than it already was. He got up and walked over to her side of the booth to whisper in her ear.

“I’ll never leave you again, I promise.” Then he kissed her on the cheek. She began to flush in the face, causing him to laugh softly at her cherry face. She got a mischievous look on her face and looked at him incredulously.

“Are you laughing at me?!” She mockingly said as she tried to pull him down into her side of the booth, taking him by surprise. He caught himself on the ledge separating the booths, and the table and she slipped from the fabric she was wearing. He blushed as he found himself directly over Chibiusa who sweat dropped at the entire scene.

“Heh…oops…that wasn’t supposed to happen, and I wasn’t supposed to slip under you…heheh…sorry…” She babbled on nervous of the scene she caused, and she backed out from underneath Peruru. He began to laugh at her again while she had been babbling.

She couldn’t help but giggle as well. After a minute, they looked over at the others to make sure they hadn’t noticed, and luckily for them, they hadn’t. She curled into his arms and whispered into his ear.

“And I promise never to let you get away again.”

He smiled and laid his head on top of hers.

“AWWW! Isn’t that cute? My Chibiusa is growing up!” Usagi mused above their heads as she leaned over into their booth. Both children jolted out of each other’s hold.

“AHH! Oh…well, maybe you should try it sometimes Usagi!” Chibiusa snapped back.

“Don’t talk that way to your mother!” she shot, getting annoyed.

“Then act like one and know when to give me my privacy!!”

Haruka interrupted their fighting.

“So, are you two now going to be considered an official couple now?” She asked casually. They looked at her and cringed back further into their booth, but the rosy color that settled in their faces told her everything.

“Ah, I see now, very cute!” she said with a wink at Peruru. Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Minako all clasped their hands and gushed at how adorable they looked together, while Setsuna smiled warmly at her Chibiusa and Michiru closed her eyes thoughtfully as a smile also played on her lips. Pupuran looked smug behind Minako and stared at them.

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Mamoru’s reaction was quite different.

“WHAT?!” he shouted, scaring the crap out of the waiter who had just come with the bill. “You’re right, that is highway robbery.” The waiter mumbled nervously and ripped up the bill and ran out of the sweetshop/café. Everyone turned to stare at him. He hadn’t really been listening to the girls until he heard the last question that Haruka had posed. He didn’t even realize how he traumatized the skinny waiter.

“You don’t mean to tell us that you didn’t see how much they care about each other?” Rei asked him incredulously.

“W-well, I knew, but, but aren’t they a little young?!” he asked. They just looked at him. Usagi sidled up to him.

“Well I wasn’t much older than Chibiusa when we started dating, Mamo-chan…” she said, smiling shyly.

“B-but, but, but, but…” he trailed on. Peruru looked down to meet Chibiusa’s eyes.

“Do you want to make a break for it?” he said, gesturing towards the door. She nodded her head and they took off at high speed through the door with the cats right behind them. They realized that when they weren’t getting food that the meal was over and Diana was the first one to spot Chibiusa and Peruru running away through the door so she followed and then her parents followed. And then Mamoru had a good sprinting start right behind them. And then came the girls behind him. To the other people watching them, it looked like they had started a marathon.

“Wait, Mamo-Chan, it’s no big deal really! Hold on I can’t run that fast!” Usagi panted.

“She’s right Mamoru, there is no need to interrogate them, he’ll be good to her, and I’ll make sure!” Pupuran said jokingly as he ran beside Mamoru. Mamoru just looked at him and Pupuran decided to fall back to where Minako was. It was safer there.

“That’s my only daughter and she is too young to be dating!!” he said more determined than ever to catch up to them. Haruka was right behind Mamoru, as was Michiru.

“Michiru, do you think he would really do something to Peruru-san?” Haruka asked her.

“In his right mind: no. Right now: we have to make sure he doesn’t terrify our possible future prince.” She explained. They nodded and kept up their speed.

“Soo… is this how you pictured life with all of us?” Chibiusa panted. Peruru looked back at her and held his hand out to her.

“I don’t care if I have to run like this every time I see Chiba-san-- as long as you’re in my life, that’s all that matters to me.” He said, smiling. She grabbed his hand. All of a sudden Haruka and Michiru tackled Mamoru and he hit the ground. But he wasn’t unconscious. Then everyone yelled, “RUN!!” at Peruru and Chibiusa. Then Pupuran yelled to his brother.

“Holy shit, he’s loose! Peruru, use your wings, he’s unstoppable!”

They waited until no one was around and then Peruru began to concentrate and his wings sprouted out. Turning to Chibiusa, he picked her up and flew off with her.

“Um…I’ll search this side of town for an apartment! Uh, see you later!” they yelled at the others.

“You can’t stay up there forever and when you come down, I’ll find you! Don’t think you have escaped me yet! I still have questions to ask you two! You have her home by sundown, understand me?!” Mamoru yelled at them as they flew off through the sky as the sun began to set. They looked back once more and found…Pupuran…with Minako in his arms, no less. They flew up to Peruru and Chibiusa’s level.

“Umm…Mako-Chan said she was going to find you guys an apartment in her building, so go back there later, okay?” Minako said, clutching onto Pupuran for dear life since she was afraid of heights.

“But where are you two going?” Chibiusa asked. Pupuran looked at Minako who stared back at him. After a pause, Minako finally came up with an answer.

“Uh…I’m…going to help your brother find a job, remember?” she said. Peruru looked at Chibiusa and got a sly grin on his face.

“Uh huh…just have her home by 10pm, Pupuran, any later and she’ll sleep for a month!” Chibiusa said laughing. Minako blushed madly.

“I would not—uh, I mean, we really are going to find a job for him, so be nice or I tell Mamoru where you two are headed.”

“NO! Uh, ok, ok! Bye!” Peruru and Chibiusa shouted together as Pupuran flew off in the direction of the local arcade. She turned to Peruru and sighed relieved that they were finally alone.

“I think things are going to get a bit more interesting around here, don’t you?” she said with a shy smile. He looked back at her. A playful smile began to creep across his face.

“You tell me.” He said kissing her on the lips and wrapping his arms tighter around her. And so, they flew off into the sunset, looking for a good hiding place from Mamoru.

The end

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Wow, that was long! If you are still here, congratulations, I hope you didn’t suffer much.

Thanks for reading and remember, be nice, I’m a rookie.

BTW: yes, I made up the group attacks, and I made this a fanfic full o WAFF. [Warm and fluffy feelings]

(i.e. Chibiusa/Peruru romance along with Pupuran/Minako, Haruka/Michiru, yaddayaddayadda…so what? I’m a softy after all…)

AND…I made up the fairies parents’ appearance, so sue me! (Not literally, I’m poor.)

If I left anything else out, sorry.

P.S. Don’t get mad at me for the Pupuran/Minako relationship because I needed comic relief and some cuteness besides the main characters. =P