SailorStar9: With Chapter 68 out, this is Chapter 69 of this fic. Remember boys and girls, reviews are an author's subsistence. Really, is it so difficult for you guys to review instead of just putting this fic up in your favorites and alerts?

Pairings: No official Tieria/Ami for this Book, sorry. Just canon Mamoru/Usagi and quite possible Setsuna/Hotaru in S Season.

Standard BS Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam 00 or the pairings. If I did, the other Senshi would be as powerful as Sailor Moon and kicking MOTD ass more often and VEDA would have least an anti-hacker program installed. The only thing I do own is the plot.

Chapter 69: Leave it to the Moon for Love Aid


In Professor Tomoe's laboratory...

"Professor." Kaolinite spoke.

"It's you, Kaolinite." Professor Tomoe barely looked up from his test tubes.

"Yes," Kaolinite responded. "A Talisman is inside lovers' Pure Hearts. Professor, a new Daimon Egg..."

"Kaolinite, how many Daimon Eggs must we to waste to retrieve the Talismans?" Professor Tomoe questioned. "What of the nuisances who call themselves the Sailor Senshi? At this rate, I can't expect any results no matter how many Daimon Eggs I throw out."

"Then, I will personally head out this time." Kaolinite assured.

"All right." Professor Tomoe gave the go-ahead and tossed Kaolinite his newest Daimon Egg.

"Leave it to me." Kaolinite vanished.


In Rei's room...

"... and that's how it is now." Usagi recounted the problem she encountered with Umino and Naru to the priestess.

"If they care about each other, it's easy." Rei beamed. "All we need to do is to have them confirm their feelings for each other, right? There's a perfect event for such a situation." she pulled out the poster for the 'Lovers' Park: Affections Contest'. "As part of the grand opening, they're having an affection contest. If we can get Naru and Umino to participate..."

"That's great." Usagi agreed feverishly. "It's a great idea.

"The winners get to light a flame of love in a heart-shaped ornament." Rei added.

"That's so lovely." Usagi gushed. "I'd love to do that with Mamo-chan."

"Idiot." Rei chided. "What are you going to do by entering, Usagi? Their love will deepen as a result of the contest." she was certain.

"Then Mamo-chan and I..." Usagi pouted.

"As I was saying, if you win the contest, you'll ruin their relationship." Rei fumed. "It's first come, first serve, so better apply early."


At the registration booth of the Affections Contest...

"Usagi, what's wrong?" Naru asked, she and Umino were dragged out by Usagi to enter the contest, only for the blond to find that the registration was closed.

"I wanted you two to make up by entering this contest." Usagi sighed.

"Usagi, actually..." both Umino and Naru voiced. "See?" the two pulled out their registration tickets.

"Then, you should have said so earlier." Usagi chided.


Later that weekend...

The Daimon Egg found its way into the heart-shaped ornament late in the night and embedded itself in it.

"I feel an evil presence in this park." Haruka voiced, she and Michiru arrived just moments after the Daimon egg entered the ornament.

"I'm sure there will be a Daimon around here." Michiru was certain.

"I won't let them have the Talisman." Haruka swore.


The next day...

"Now both of you, do your best." Usagi encouraged. "Everyone?" she spotted the rest of the Senshi under a tree. "What are you guys going here?"

"To cheer those two on." Rei replied.

"I'm wherever there is romance." Minako winked.

"It seems a little fun, too." Makoto agreed.

"I was thinking maybe I could use it someday." Ami stated.

"For what?" the other three turned to her.

"Well, Satoshi got me this last week." Ami unabashedly showed off the owl pendent that was hanging on her neck and gave Usagi a smile which the blond interpreted as 'Mamoru isn't the only one who can be romantic, you know'.

"Isn't that Haruka and Michiru?" Makoto spotted the pair in the distance.

"Everyone, the affection contest is about to begin." the MC announced, indicating the start of the event.

With Umino and Naru gaining a large lead in the final stretch of the contest, it was declared that they were the winners and the teenage couple were invited to light up the love ornament.

But when Umino pressed his hand on the ornament, he activated the Daimon hidden within.

"Inside the Pure Heart which thinks of one's lover, we find a Talisman." Daiheart shot out an energy beam from the black star mark under her eye and extracted Umino's Heart Crystal.

"Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!"

"Mercury Star Power, Make Up!"

"Mars Star Power, Make Up!"

"Jupiter Star Power, Make Up!"

"Venus Star Power, Make Up!"

"Hold it right there!" Sailor Moon stopped Daiheart from fleeing with Umino's Heart Crystal. "To ruin the light of love that they finally get a hold of, even if the cupid of love forgave you, I won't forgive you. I am the pretty Sailor Senshi of Love of Justice, Sailor Moon! In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"

"Ojou-chan, little girls should behave like little girls." Kaolinite taunted, appearing in the sky.

Daiheart stuck her hand into her chest and summoned five formally dressed men as partners for the Inner Senshi.

"Just for a little bit." Sailor Moon blushed ans stepped forward.

"I'm sorry, but I already have someone else." Sailor Mercury smiled sweetly and placed both hands on the ground. "Permafrost Zone!" she locked the feet of her opponent in ice.

"Expanding Fire Stream!" Sailor Mars incinerated her 'partner' with a fire blast.

"Thunder Javelin!" Sailor Jupiter just tossed her trusty lightning weapon at her opponent.

"Blade Wave!" Sailor Venus' energy blade sliced her opponent into half by the waist.

Sailor Moon, on the other hand, was taken in her dashing partner and found herself trapped when her opponent revealed its monstrous form, trapped her within its grasp and electrocuted her.

"Daiheart, provide these girls with partners too." Kaolinite told her Daimon when Sailors Uranus and Neptune made their appearance.

"I'll find my own partner." Sailor Uranus retorted. "World Shaking! It's no time to be fooled by illusions." she chided the freed Moon Senshi.

"No matter how many times you defeat, we can always make more and more Daimon Eggs." Kaolinite chuckled.

"Then, we will defeat you!" Sailor Uranus swore.

"Is that so?" Kaolinite snapped her fingers, causing an energy bolt to crash from the sky, separating the two Outer Senshi. "You need ten more years of training to fight me." with that, she vanished.

"It's not it." Sailor Uranus inspected Umino's Heart Crystal. "It's not a Talisman." she then returned the cross-shaped crystal back to its owner.

"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" Sailor Moon wasted no time in defeating the Daimon.


SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.