It was eight o'clock in the morning when Annabelle awoke. She put on her glasses and walked to the mirror. "Good. I'm back to my normal self." she said as she inspected herself. She inspected her glasses. "Now how these found their way in between my boobs last night will be a mystery." She got changed and walked downstairs to find everyone sitting at the table eating breakfast. She sat in the seat between Alice and Michael and said good morning. She took a bite of her breakfast, waffles with maple syrup and cream. "Alice, your cooking is excellent as usual." she said. Alice grinned and patted Sebastian who was lying on her lap. "Thank you for appreciating it as always." she replied.

Michael nudged Annabelle. "Have you seen Bruno?" he said. Annabelle shook her head. "He's out there running around near the stream. If you look out the window you'll be able to see him. Once he had his breakfast he turned human and headed straight outside. I think he enjoys being a kid. I mean a human kid that is." Annabelle looked out the window to see Bruno running on two legs, not four, up and down the bank of the stream. He stopped, did a roly-poly and sprawled out on the grass and for the first time in his life he began to laugh and giggle. Annabelle smiled and took a sip of her tea.

Michael looked at Annabelle. "I still can't believe that I used to hate him so much. He turned out to be an okay kid." He sighed. "Seeing him so happy like that makes me happy." Annabelle nodded. "Yeah, me too." She said as she let out a long sigh. Michael smiled. "You know, it would be nice to have kids." He said as placed his hand on Annabelle's. Annabelle blushed and looked into his eyes, the same eyes she came to love. "I mean it's not every day that a Shinigami can have a kid ya know? Most of them are too focused on "moving on" but maybe I'm different. Maybe for once I want to feel human again." Annabelle put her teacup down and placed her hand over his. "I promise you Michael, no matter what I will be with you every step of the way. As long as we work together anything is possible." She closed her eyes. "Maybe, just maybe, I would like to have a child as well."

Annabelle felt Michael's hand placed on the side of her face. It was warm and soft. Then she felt her face being gently pulled towards his. She knew this would happen eventually, the kiss that would eventually bring them together. It was short and sweet but she loved every moment. She loved him and she would never let anything happen to him. She opened her eyes as he pulled away, catching a glimpse of his smile. She blushed and smiled too. "Are you guys done being all lovey-dovey?" interrupted Alice as she squeezed in between the two. They all looked at each other and laughed. "Eeeewww." said Bruno as he walked into the dining room scratching his head. Michael smiled. "Well well, looks like he's beginning to talk now." He said as he rolled his eyes.

They had all finished breakfast and were heading to work together. Bruno was now in his dog form and they were all riding on his back. They didn't get very far when they heard the sound of multiple gun shots being fired followed closely by the screaming of people. The group looked at each other and nodded. "Come on Bruno, let's go kick some ass!" exclaimed Annabelle as Bruno leaped and bounded towards the source of the chaos.

When they got there they discovered that a small town not far up the stream had been ransacked by some sort of gang. People were screaming and running around hysterically, houses were on fire and children were crying. They all dismounted Bruno and unsheathed there weapons. Michael looked at Annabelle. "What do we do?" he asked her. "Let's play 'cops and robbers'! But we kill em instead of capturing em." interrupted Alice.

"I don't think that's allowed in the SDS." said Michael. "Who gives a crap about the SDS Michael?! Do you see me following rules?! Why do you think I was kicked out?! You wanna have kids is that allowed?!" exclaimed Alice. "But..." "No buts!" interrupted Alice.

Michael sighed and looked at Annabelle. "Do you really think we can do it?" he asked her. Annabelle sighed and gripped her weapon tightly. "A shinigami, an angel, a demon hound and a hybrid?" she trailed off, concentrating on the criminals that began to surround them. A grin appeared on her face. "Yeah, I think we can manage!" she said with a wink.