SailorStar9: With Chapter 78 out, this is Chapter 79 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: Tieria/Ami, Mamoru/Usagi and quite possible Setsuna/Hotaru.

Guest: As for U-Tomodachi, sorry, can't save her/it, she/it is a Daimon after all.

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 79: The Bond of Destiny! The Distant Days of Uranus


Time passes...

Haruka stopped her motorbike on the hill overlooking Shirakaba High School. "The winds are rustling about."


In Professor Tomoe's laboratory...

Professor Tomoe was running on the treadmill. "Exercise in moderation is a good stimulus of the brain, I think I might have an idea. I guess I will go for the final touch." he amped the treadmill to its fastest setting.

"Eudial here." Eudial picked up the call.

"This next target," Professor Tomoe tried to catch his breath. "How about we have a track-and-field athlete?"

"I have found one." Eudial pulled out Elza Gray's profile on her computer.

"Then, I will prepare a Daimon that is best suited for this purpose." Professor Tomoe promised and inserted a track hurdle into the Daimon generation box and implanted a Daimon Egg into the barrier. Loading the Daimon generation box into her car, Eudial drove off to locate her target.


In Shirakaba High School...

"I see, a huge gymnasium." Makoto gaped, the Inner Senshi were scouting potential high schools.

"If I get accepted here next year, maybe I'll start playing volleyball again." Minako noted.

"You'll be alright." Rei assured. "I'm sure you'll be accepted. "You guys have been working very hard lately, Minako. Let's go." she led the girls off.

"Over there..." Minako spotted Elza Gray running on the tracks.

"Isn't that Elza Gray?" Makoto recognized the sprinter. "She's a sprinter and hurdler that competes at the national championship level. She's a celebrity in this school."

"So, you're visiting our campus." Elza sat the younger girls down for a talk. "So, you're coming here next year?"

"No, we're not sure." Makoto answered.

"But I'll expect nothing less." Minako praised. "Even though the team has the day off, you're practicing by yourself."

"I used to be confident about my running." Elza admitted. "But there was just one person I could not beat. She always passed by me, like the wind. I heard that she quit the running track, but I was never able to win against her. Even now, I am still running in her shadow."


Later...

"Captured!" Eudial fired her Capture Gun at Elza as the Inner Senshi were leaving the school. "Something I should expect from a track athlete." she noted, Elza dodging the attack and letting it hit a tree. "You sure can run away quickly."

"Hold it right there." Sailor Moon stopped Eudial from attack Elza. "I won't allow bag girls to harass someone's wholesome high school life. We are the Sailor Senshi of Love and Justice." the five Inner Senshi jumped in between Elza and Eudial. "In the name of the Moon, we will punish you!"

"You guys again." Eudial scoffed. "Appear, Daimon!" she summoned Hurdler. "Hurdler, eliminate those who get in our way."

"Flash Chain!" Sailor Venus tossed her light-powered chain at the sprinter Daimon who simply jumped over the metal chain.

"Hard Line!" Hurdler then fashioned white paint into a rope, binding the Inner Senshi together.

"This is Haruka." Haruka contacted Michiru over the communicator. "I'm at Shirakaba High School in the S district. The one under attack is Elza Gray."

"I won't let you escape!" Eudial then focused on her target, this time the energy ball hitting Elza on the back and extracting her Heart Crystal.

Haruka watched behind the tree she was hiding behind, recalling how it was Elza Gray who introduced her to Michiru and her subsequent awakening as Sailor Uranus.

"Looks like it's time for work." Michiru arrived a little while later.

"Yeah." Haruka nodded, bringing out her Lip Rod. "Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!" Michiru also transformed.

"World Shaking!" Sailor Uranus' attack knocked the Heart Crystal out of Eudial's hands.

Sailor Neptune jumped in between Hurdler and the Inner Senshi and freed the younger Senshi.

"Coming out in a mess..." Eudial whined. "Hurdler, I'm leaving the rest of it to you." she retreated.

"Hard Line!" Hurdler cast her white line again, Sailor Neptune jumped to dodge the white streak, the rest of the Inner Senshi, minus Sailor Moon, doing to same.

"I don't fall for the same trick that many times!" Sailor Mars snapped. "Roaring Flame Sphere!" she released her condensed fireball at the Daimon.

"I'm sorry, but you can't run away from me." Sailor Uranus easily kept up with the sprinter Daimon. "Because I am the wind. Now, Neptune." she held Hurdler captive with a grip from the back.

"Deep Submerge!" Sailor Neptune fired her water sphere.

Sailor Uranus jumped to dodge the incoming attack at the last second.

"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" with the Daimon weakened, Sailor Moon fired the finishing blow.

"How is it?" Sailor Neptune asked as Sailor Uranus inspected the Heart Crystal.

"Looks like this isn't it." Sailor Uranus confirmed and tossed the cross-shaped crystal back to Elza.


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