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{Mina discovers Dann has yet another talent}
During one rare day when he was alone by himself with all his brothers and parents out of the house for the whole day. The only company he thought he's have was a sleeping Il-Seong in his doggy bed somewhere in his father's study. Peace and quiet within the massive house gave him time to bring out his colored pencils and markers after his sketch pad. He flipped to a blank page and started creating a set of transformation items for the girls in their signature colors. The idea he blamed on Andor for planting the seed in his head about the girls and power-ups. How their fukus would change from this magical influence from whatever source is reaching out to them. Become an inspiration for whatever he started to sketch on the paper using a pencil first then a black pen. The first set came in the form of a crown heart brooch one could pin on the center of their school's bow or on a top. The planetary symbols could be found on the frontal surface of the heart and right under the crown framing heart's center. The second set was transformation wands standard handle with a butterfly motif at the center. The top was a pear-shaped diamond cut topped with a double-sided swirl embellishment on the top.
He got started on a third set being 5- point star being the center it wasn't for knocking on the front door at a rapid pace. Which had his abandoning his drawings to answer whoever had the never to bother someone at home. Alone. What he found was Mina with Artemis on a leash and a huge grin on her face about something. He knew turning her away would result in a text and voice message being full of her whining at him. Which he wasn't in the mood to put up with as he sighed and blocked her way of entering his house.
"Shouldn't you be attending one of your parents' functions?" He asked about her being here.
"I'm don't wearing a fact smile for photographers pictures while my mom does another magazine interview," She pulled a flier out of her purse. "No way am I playing the good daughter to my dad's co-workers. Again. While attending another pointless business-related social event. Leave that to my brother and your relative."
"We are talking about your parents' civilian lives?" Dann asked.
"Middle Eastern Businessman Shin and Japan Idol Minako Aino. " Mina was getting fidgety.
Dann could see she was growing uncomfortable on the door stoop just talking to him about his parents without being invited in. Which he granted by stepping out of her way and in she ran with Artimess being pulled along against his will. Left Dann to close and secure the front door not knowing Mina wander all the way to the area he left his drawings out. She let go of the leash she was using to keep Artemis near her to get a better look at what was laid out. Ones with the crowned hearts and butterfly wings had her flipping the pages over to get a better view of the details. Which had her waving Artimiss over to look at these design made by Dann while searched her pockets for her phone. She ended up dismissing when she heard a lyric tenor vocal range- type of voice come from across the way. Way the words flowed with a song- like quality had her reclining as far back as she could to see the owner of the voice. Imagines of Angel or even Bastion just walking through came to her mind when she looked to the owner.
What she found was Dann doing the singing when he was walking back over to where she currently stood
"WTF!" She finally found her phone.
Up went he phone to get a voice recording of Dann's singing over a video until she get something out of his brothers over this. Making sure she got enough of his voice to send to a few people she was STRONGLY angry toward for not telling.
"...that Dann can sing.." She wrote in her message.
She made sure to include all numbers of Angel, Ahenobarbus, Ammar, Hiddenite, and Tremolite besides her other friends. Wanting to know why none of them have ever shared with her about Dann being able to sing whenever he was alone. Feeling like she was betrayed by them for being kept out of the loop by this secret talent
Dann had. Her discovering on day like this was making her quite angry since she didn't have enough allowance for karaoke at Crown Arcade. In no way did she want to be apart of any singing competition in Japan knowing they link her to her mother.
"Everything OK?" Dann noticed Mina's mood.
"You want to be a part of a Affection Contest?" She held up the flier.
Three rounds that were made up by the themes being Friendship, temptation, and risk among others for pairs to compete in. Winning couple or pair would come to get the chance to stand before a large heart shaped statue as a reward. That joint touch would end up lighting up the statue while they got their picture also taken with free meal voucher.
"Second prize is tickets to a local amusement park and third prize is tickets to Kawaii Monster cafe," Mina went on about the prizes. "Fourth and fifth prizes are couple's make over."
"Sounds like Elementum Haus' competition," Dann liked the idea. "My half- brothers mother's held this yearly · opposition on sacred grounds."
"Meaning?" Mina asked shaking her fists.
He got the flier handed back tom her and told he needed to change his clothes while figuring out what to do with Il-Seong. He sealed by placing a kiss on the corner of Mina's lips while offering her free range of the house until he returned. Toward his sketch pad she had completely forgotten about with her phone in hand to find Artemis staring at the images.
"Isn't he everything that Aunt Usagi told us about?" Mina screeched.
"He certainly is .." Artemis looked between the sketches.
"Master Dann should be, " IIl-Seong spoke with a yawn. "His grandfather was a skilled craftsman and a talented Blacksmith. "
Story of three generations back within Dann's family, when female heir's reproductive cycle was going to end a few years. Refused to marry anyone that didn't seem like a cookie cutter noble with same looks as the last one she met before. Desire to meet someone who hasn't some kind of Weapon practise and thought hunting was only entertainment. Become known when she couldn't seat on a horse for another fox chase or take another stroll around their grounds. A body guard was hired for time she just wanted to wander parts of the city during the late evenings to think. What she found one night was a display window where strangely decorated wares made of metal and polished rocks. Led to her repeated visit a converted stabled turned into forge for a blacksmith until marriage came up.
"Seems the flair for metal work ended up being handed down to his descendants," IIl-Seong settled back down in his dog bed. "Now Dann is the last of his family to have it."
"My heart hurts." Mina broke out in tears.
"..." Artemis grew silent.
Up from his bed IIl-Seong would go to fetch Jewel's box of tissues from the one of her shelves in the kitchen for teary eyed Mina. Allowing the girl to pull as many as she wanted to stop the on going production of tears falling form her eyes. Making carry on any further conversation with her hard since she was a blubbering and mumbling incoherent sentences. Making Artemis ended up talking her side of conversation up as he sat before the sketch book with swaying tail.
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This Affection Contest taking place in a public park where a new heart shape monument was going to be placed in public view. Had Kunzite personally meet with Ben over a undercover plan to catch îara with an idea that Alecjo was needed. Finding a baby sitter among the Crystal sentials wasn't hard since everyone wanted to meeting their former captain's kid. Leaving Ben and Alecjo available for a short briefing on what to do before they showed up at registry booth. Which surprised Mina and the same time had her handing over registering as a couple to Dann to annoy Alecjo.
"Why didn't you tell me," She screeched at Alecjo. "That Dann could sing."
"Oh yea, forget Danny boy had a set of pipes." Alecjo was enthusiastic in remembering.
"You never shared to THAT!" Mina flailed her arms.
Alecjo ended up calming her down as best he could to inform her that Dann's ability to sing wasn't always an important. Entertaining someone wasn't never on their highest priority when training as Knights under their teachers and tutors. How Dann came to prefect the musical sounds with the voice was something that came from his personal time.
"Didn't know not informing you would get you..." Alecjo wouldn't finish when he ended up getting kicked in the shin by one of Mian's feet. Some how the power behind that single strike to had him going down when his leg supporting him was taken out.
"That's my version of my mom's Sailor V Kick." Away from him Mina turned with a hair flip at Alecjo.
She made him watch her walk a way toward Dann when he was given their assigned numbers after being cleared for competition. He took and presented to Mina with safety pins to place the numbers somewhere on their person to be seen. Which Mina ended up doing by placing the numbers on the front of their shirts to make a point to Alecjo for some reason.
"We're going to beat him," Mina mumbled about Alecjo. "Pull out all your stops."
"You confronted him about my ability to sing and he brushed your off in a forgetful manner." Dann's guess why she was angry.
"Should I be glad I didn't end up meeting him?" Mina went on to ask him.
Dann didn't need to answer since he knew the answer after watching Alecjo get under the skirts of many women back home. All he had to do was flash that smile toward the more gullible maidens that fell for his wind based tricks. Fell for him within those mere minutes until some form of sensual fling that lasted for as long as other held an interest. Snapping of Mina's fingers drew him from those countless memories he was living within center of his mind.
"You alive?" Mina pointed toward the stage. "You ready?"
"Can all couples that signed up come to the stage for the first round." Announcer called spoke to everyone.
Dann would take Mina's hand and be one of the firsts to make their way to the stage while Ben and Alecjo finished signing up. Made hearing the theme for the first round easy since they soon found out it was a themed memory game. Had each one of the people recalling smaller details from their first meeting from specialized questions on a board. This what got handful of the pairs eliminated since their answers were wrong or didn't match their partner's answer. Leaving the audience to learn about couples that couple recalls their first meetings with two crowd favorites. One had to be Mina and Dann with consisted affection being shown in the shown side hugs and kisses on the cheek. Way Dann quietly revealed his answers when Mina proudly showed her with loud cheer to seem to excite. Second was Alecjo and Ben almost unspoken words when one was always blushing when avoiding other's smile. Embarrassing way Alecjo wrote everything down on his board revealing it his answers that matched Ben's wording.
"Seems we already have a crowd favorite." Annoucer went on to predict two couples becoming popular.
When round one came to end with minor break taking place till round two could be set up with the remainder pairs. Back stage a few could be found staying a way from the tension filled space of where Mina and Alecjo stood. Dann and Ben stood off to the side to watch the two stare at each other while exchanging sickly sweet banter complements.
"Would it be wrong to think, if your world was still around and you guys were visiting representatives," Ben spoke of an alternative realty. "Alecjo and Mina would he bedded each other out of spite or angry intercourse?"
"I imagine Alecjo's back scratched up and a settle limps to Mina." Dann answered.
"Maybe Kaze would be their love child?" Ben added.
"Mina's cockamamy and solemn personality traits with Alecjo's charm and strength," Dann whistled. "Lady Minako's beauty and SirKunzite'sconfidence."
Two would have gone on when the tingle on the back of Ben's neck didn't silence him as a cough from Alecjo had Dann blinking. Mina asked the two what they were talking about with this meek of a smile on her face and one of her eyebrows twitching. Ben and Dann looked at each other knowing they were going to have to explain what they were joking about.
"What your future child would be like?" Dann bluntly stated. "Leggy- whitish blue, Star kiss blond with statuesque height."
"..." Mina and Alecjo look at one another.
"Wouldn't even." Mina stepped away with an expression of disgust on her face.
"...I wouldn't be desperate..." Alejo firmly shook his head.
Two further took a step away from the other just when Ben and Dann were asked to follow announcer for the beginning of round two. Two went with them whole informing Alecjo and Mina to behave before the vanished from their sight. Just neither one of them could answer since on to the stage with found other people also from backstage joining them. Was how round two began with them being placed on left side of the stage while asked to find their significant other. Only clue they had to find this person was their hand sticking out from single hole from a set of boxes. Right a way Alecjo and Mina sped walked passed the other two people to the hands they knew belonged to Ben and Dann. Leaving the people two awkwardly walk around them to remaining hands of their loved one. Came to end with the boxes being opened the out stepped the owner of the hands and who was staying in the game.
Once more Alecjo and Mina had picked the right hands as other two were eliminated for choosing the wrong hands. Same thing was repeated with other couples until the group of pairs was further cut in half with lesser numbers. Made transitioning to third round easier since they didn't have as much pairs to competing when the break was over. Before they began, a volunteer was needed from the crowd that was slowly starting to form to watch this. Person that was picked out of the crowd was îara after she telepathically tricked the announcer into picking her. On to the stage's side and a stool chair she was placed with a set of score cards while to microphones were placed in center. Stage went dark and two spot lights ended up shining down on where the microphones had been placed.
"Lets see how compatible our existing pairs are through music." Announcer revealed third round's theme.
Couples back song were given a certain amount of time to pick and choice what single song they needed to sing together. Mina chose "Ai no Senshi" (?, Soldier of Love) while Ben and Alecjo went with "Tsuiseki ha Bouken no Hajimari" (?, Tracking the Beginning of the Adventure). All the others couples went on with their choice of songs after presented with a list. Along with given a order in which they were allowed to stand on stage and start to sing. Came to an end before first couple could come out on stage and take their places under spotlight. A mezzo-soprano vocal range voice that song a dreary melody was heard in the back of everyone's minds. Started off as slow spinning notes like a music bow would play after the lid was opened by someone before speeding up. Making everyone drop like newly caught flies one after another as Alecjo holding barely conscious Ben and Mina beside Dann; were still standing.
"We found îara." Ben could barely speak.
"Everyone we need to catch here," Alecjo looked at crowd. "Are out like lights. "
"You had a plan?" Mina screech at the two.
"Your brother and Ammar are baby sitting," Alecjo assured her them didn't do this half- assed. "Serious thought went into this."
"Really?" Dann asked his eyes wandering.
Discussion about the point that was being made came to end when Ben had to barely lift one of his arms to slap Alecjo. Which got him a thank you from Mina since she already had her Star Power Stick within one of her hands. She was grabbed before she throws her hand into the air and transformed into her senshi form. She accidentally made eye contact îara without knowing and fell under the same illusionary trace Reika was placed under. One that pulled from her existing mental state and ended up weaving a nightmare of a vision that horrified her.
One where she found herself in a Navy Blue, lace, style mermaid dress with Opened Back In these open-toe kitty heels. Her hair was her mother's length and curled at the ends and completely brushed onto one of her shoulders. The other side of her head bears an ornate hairpiece with Amethyst gens formed a crest from the House of Aer. The rest of her was primmed and polished like a limited edition Barbie Doll still in her box to her manicured nails to her smooth skin. Her posture was straightened to the point she was arm in arm with someone in a princely attire similar to Dann's. Just colored parts came in navy blue with yellow accents and this half capelet with fur trim strapped to his left shoulder. Crest from the House of Aer rested on the front part of the capelet for eyes belonging to strangers looking upon them. Arm belonging to this man with a broad figure with muscles and quite a height advantage to her, since she had to look up. Making out defining and strong jawline besides other features of a familiar face. The only answer hit her like a ton of bricks landing on her head when a rick baritone voice assured her there was nothing for her to be nervous about. Addressing her by the title of Lady Mina from the House of Aer and being introduced to his members of his family during a formal gathering. All from the center of a grand staircase that split into separate stairwells facing west and east, that allowed her to look down at the large crowd of faceless people.
"I never imagine Alecjo for taking a wife on equal standing with him," Sailor Funna walked out of the crowd. "Also never thought he become a family man."
She then looked at the nameless faces of people around her just pointless cheering about the newest Lady to the House of Aer. Amused her as she turned away from them. In her tracks, she left behind as she walked toward Mina and fake Alecjo were these rainbow-colored roses that glowered twice and as brightly for Mina's amazement. This somehow made the center of Mina's chest ache as she tried to step away from fake Alecjo to get a closer look at these roses just appearing and found she was stuck.
"You remind me so much of your ancestor," She released a cloud of sparkles. "A true elemental knight of air with a compassionate heart."
Mina would lean forward just a little to see the outline of someone form with tanned skin and Sky blue eyes with blonde hair at the top that extends into a long ponytail at the bottom. His clothes were a white blazer with a white formal shirt beneath his blazer. A Navy Blue-colored bow at the center of his shirt appears to be vertically tied around his neck, with an Alchemical sign for air on a Titanium ring and an Amethyst jewel embedded, at the knot of the bow tie. Tailored slacks with matching belts and a pair of formal shoes that came in a matching color of his shirt laces done up. Ended up smiling as he whispered something that freed her legs and was able to pull her away from fading image of a fake Alecjo.
"Thank you," She tried to tell the person that faded when sparkles got a shiner. "Whoever you are."
"He says your welcomed," Sailor Funna expended her vines. "Time to wake up?"
"Got any tricks I could use?" Mina asked covering her eyes.
She was told she already had everything one needed since she was the Soldier of Love like her mother with everything inside her. Whatever was inside of her and waiting to be used when she started to wake when she could hear voices. Two of them belonged to Chevalier Luba and current Knight Stella Gale trying to stand guard over two unconscious bodies.
"Say hello to them for me." Sailor Funna walked toward the blinding light.
Last thing Mina saw when she ended up sitting up in the waking world without of her hands reaching out to ward to Chevalier Luba. He ended up taking her hand in his own gloved hand and pulled her toward her feet with concern vanishing. Smile forming on his face when she notice she was still holding her Star Power Stick in her other hand. Which she used to transform like she wanted to do before with fury in her heart and eyes when done. Before could intertwine her fingers in the like of the golden chain belt around her waist for a chain based attack. Words belonging to Sailor Funna and unnamed figure about using what was inside of her repeated within her mind. Had her retracting her own gloved hands the links of her belt when the center of front bow started to glow. Releasing two sphere of energy before Chevalier Luba and her self when Knight Stella Gale used his razor wing to make îara back off.
"Want to go Crown Arcade for karaoke afterward?" Chevalier Luba asked knowing what was happening.
He got her head nod from her as a those sphere of light started to form differently shaped dynamic microphones without stands. Both had a crown shape pattern around the windscreen of the microphone with a basic housing. Just one meant for Chevalier Luba had a upward facing pins of crown on the end acting as part of the connector. As other with more of cylinder housing and downward pins of crown on the end with orange pearl at the end. Taken up by Sailor Venus within her glove hand without needing a hint on what to do when speakers started to work.
"Ready?" Both ask the other.
Few notes of the song that was originally for them to sing started to play on their own from the speakers...
My hair bursts afire, into the sky.
My body is like a flame.
Oh no! Why is it turning out this way?
Now I'm really burning up inside.
While I'm in love (and heart-rendingly so),
I want to have sweet dreams, but
they won't allow it; it's their fault.
As I thought, it up to me to do this.
With my own hands, I shall smash evil into defeat.
That's right! Until then, I must persevere.
Awaken, oh pale soldier!
No matter how bad a person you are,
If you love me, I will believe in you.
You shouldn't try to take advantage of
something like that!
I always want to protect you.
For your sake, I'll go leaping forward.
Love alone is unlimited energy.
Come on, it's up to us do this.
We'll show them the pure hearts that girls have!
We must persevere in everything we do.
Vowing in our hearts, soldiers of love!
Come on, it's up to us to do this.
With our own hands, we shall smash evil into defeat.
That's right! Until then, we must persevere.
Awaken, soldiers of love!
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Mina bought up all the local papers that spoke about the daughter of Sailor Venus and her knight singing. She then turned her family's dining room table mess of cut newsprint with the scent of paste. Since she had cut out everyone's picture with an article about the memorial moment. She ended up playing in this heart-shaped box marked my golden years and bedazzled.
"I thought mom was bad when she held her scrapbooking parties," Hiddenite looked over the mess his sister made. "Worst time of my life."
"I plan to clean up," Mina stuck her tongue out at him. "Don't you have plans with Ammar?"
"Thanks for reminding me." He smirked.
Mina waved her head back and forth not wanting to know what Ammar and her brother had planned for this day as she got up from her seat to answer whoever rang the bell. What she got when she opened the door was Dann holding a box of traditional vegetarian cuisine take-out and a few American movies on DvD as Ammar beside him.
"Trade off?" Ammar asked Mina without look at her.
"Hiddenite," She knew her brother was one Ammar was staring at. "Your booty call is here!"
The door ended up getting yanked out of her hold by her brother wearing this wide grin once his eyes were placed on Ammar with a Canvas Duffel Bag in Olive hanging off one of his shoulers. Dann had to side step his own reliative and Mina's brother in order ot get inside the apartment's foyer with Mina taking the box of take out from him to squeeze through. Had him taking in much needed air since he had to hold his breath as he thanked Galaxy Cauldron for a high school musical movie marathon including the television adaption. Had Mina grabbing him by one of his arms as she shoulder box of take out within one of her hands to pull him toward the living room with squeal being released. Dann was forced to sit down in middle of the selection with box set in his hands by Mina as slamming of the front door assured the two were alone for the rest of the night. Just an extra presence would appear sitting beside Dann in a form of civilian Sailor Funna in an off-shoulder- neck with lantern sleeves, lace up and button front under the cleavage dress with mini skirt. Matching fabric jambeaus attached just under her knee and stopped at the front part with leather sandals making the rest that was wrapped around her individually. He hair was worn in a backwards bun with braid pinned around the end as the braid's end rested on one of her bare shoulder with a matching white ribbon tightly bond at the end.
"We didn't need your help?" Dann asked her.
"Seems this time around," She looked toward Mina in the kitchen. "She alreayd had what was needed inside of her like you had."
"Will I be seeing you again?" He asked hoping she was given more time.
Her answer came in the form of a fading smiling and leaving him with a single word before Mina asked for the first DVD from him while taking the seat civilian Sailor Funna just been sitting on. Over to her the DvD was handed for a endless night of binge watching for the two until late into the next morning when Kunzite was the one that found them when he came in. His daughter was asleep on the sofa curled up with a blanket while Dann was on wide asleep on the floor with a cushion under head and cuddling a sofa pillow.