SailorStar9: With Chapter 72 out, this is Chapter 73 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 73: Retire From the Sailor Senshi? Minako's Concerns


Time passes...

"Artemis..." Minako was on her back from school when the white Mau cat jumped from the branch he was waiting on.

"I input all the data we've gotten so far into our computer." Artemis reported. "But, unfortunately, we can't figure out who the enemy is. What in the world are those unknown life-forms that fuse with material from this world to form those monsters known as Daimon?"

"Aino Minako, ninth grade." Minako sighed. "I feel doubts towards my own life in this twilight."

"What we lack the most right now is information." Artemis continued.

"I lack something totally different." Minako added. "'One who looks at love is looked at by love.'" she misquoted. "Which philosopher said that?"

"Nobody has ever said such a thing." Artemis shook his head.

"Won't a handsome man carrying a bouquet of roses suddenly approach me and say 'Young lady, would you spend an evening with me?'" Minako gushed. "Or something like that? When will I meet the one destined for me?"

"Sorry." Asai Tsutomu apologized, the volleyball he was practicing with had bounced out of the training court.

"Asai..." Minako blinked


In Professor Tomoe's laboratory...

"Professor, the tea is ready." Kaolinite brought in some snacks. "I tried baking cookies today."

"The tea is fine, Kaolinite." Professor Tomoe stated. "But haven't you located the Talismans we seek yet?"

"Not yet." Kaolinite admitted.

"I do not want to say this, but with this communal failures, perhaps your approach is mistaken?" Professor Tomoe suggested.

"I apologize." Kaolinite replied.

"Not good at all." Professor Tomoe took a sip of tea and cricked his shoulders. "Because I've been researching so much, I'm getting out of shape. That's it, Kaolinite." a sudden idea struck him. "They say a healthy spirit resides in a healthy mind. That's it. An athlete. How about a plan that goes after the pure young heart which has a passion for sports?"

"A wonderful idea." Kaolinite concurred.

"I shall send a new Daimon now, then." Professor Tomoe chuckled.


Sometime later during the study session in Rei's room...

"Should I stop being a Sailor Senshi for a while?" Minako wondered outloud, flopping on her back at the table. "Just kidding." she assured the others. "A joke. Sorry, I'm not feeling up to this today, so I'll go home now." she made her exit.

"Mina..." Artemis started.

"Artemis, take a look at this." Makoto played distraction, allowing Minako to slip away.

"Idiot." Luna chided the protesting white cat. "You really are as stupid as a guppy."

"Everyone has a time when they want to be alone." Rei explained.


In the training courts...

Kaolinite appeared and sent the Daimon Egg into one of the volleyballs in the volleyball basket while Asai was still practicing his shots.

"What is this?" Asai gaped when he touched the infected volleyball and activated the Daimon within.

"Everyone, the enemy is appeared." Minako, who was hiding at the door, informed the Senshi via communicator. "Venus Star Power, Make Up!"

Haikyun then spiked an energy ball at Asai, the impact knocking him against the wall.

"Hold it right there." Sailor Venus cut in from the stage. "The Sailor Senshi of Love and Beauty, Sailor Venus! In the name of Venus, I will have you through divine intervention of love."

"Don't get in my way." Haikyun spiked a second energy ball at the Light Senshi.

"Flash Chain!" Sailor Venus dispelled the sphere with her light-based weapon.

"You touched the net." Haikyun taunted, trapping Sailor Venus in a volleyball net. "Idiot. If you weren't a Sailor Senshi, you could have lived a long life. I will take that Pure Heart which resides in your healthy body." she turned to Asai. Revealing the black star mark with her hands in the dig position, she proceeded to extract Asai's Heart Crystal.

"No," Kaolinite frowned at the Heart Crystal in her hand. "This is not a Talisman. This is a wasted trip. Haikyun, kill Sailor Venus and that boy."

"Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!" Usagi, being the first on scene, transformed behind the door. "Attack No. 1 for giving villains what they deserve." Sailor Moon freed Sailor Venus with a 'Moon Tiara Action'. "You have have one life, so you should go as far as you can. The Sailor Senshi of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon! In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"

"Haikyun, get rid of her." Kaolinite retreated.

"Sailor Moon, can you crush this ball?" Haikyun put the Heart Crystal inside an energy ball.

"Sailor Moon, be careful." Sailor Venus warned. "Don't break that ball."

Sailor Jupiter cut in on the spiked energy sphere and passed it to Sailor Mercury.

"Mars!" the water Senshi then tossed it to Sailor Mars who caught the sphere in her hands.

"So cunning." Haikyun was unimpressed and used her telepathic powers to snatch the energy ball out of Sailor Mars' hands and caused it to fly past the Senshi.

"I'll take you on." Sailor Venus accepted the challenge. "Daimon, I challenge you."

The Daimon spiked the energy ball over the net. Sailor Venus leapt and spiked the ball over with her famous 'Flying Somersault Reception' move.

"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" Sailor Moon wasted no time in taking out the Daimon once the Heart Crystal was back in Sailor Mars' hands.


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