SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 8 out, this is Chapter 9 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Pairings: Mainly Tieria/Sasha, Allelujah/Marie, Lockon Jr./Anew, Billy/Sumeragi, Patrick/Kati

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 9: Hair

Time passes...

"Is it me or has your hair grown longer?" Tieria inquired, trailing his fingers through Sasha's tresses.

"Is that so?" Sasha lifted a handful of hair. "Maybe I should get it cut?"

"Just a trim, perhaps." Tieria suggested. "Just short enough that it won't get in the way of fighting."

Some time later...

Sasha stepped out of the shower, having tested out the charcoal clarifying shampoo and the black castor hair lotion Mileina had recommended.

"It's a good look on you." Tieria remarked, drying out Sasha's newly trimmed hair.

The next day...

Tieria lunched out of his chair and side-stepped to avoid the sand-blonde woman dashing towards him.

"Ow..." Fawn Jameson winced, tripping over her feet and pushing herself up from the ground. "It's good to see you, Tieria!" she rubbed her bruised nose, beaming as if the pair were the best of friends, her brunette hair now dyed the same color as Sasha's.

Her stealing one of his birthday presents to Sasha had been one thing, but changing her actual appearance was taking it way too far. Tieria blurted the first thing that came to mind.

"What in the hell did you do to your hair?"

"Do you like it?" Fawn picked herself up and flipped her hair for emphasis.

"Are you serious?" Tieria could only gawk at her.

She pouted, "You don't like it?"

"No, I don't like it." Tieria reiterated flatly.

Fawn just smiled brightly at him. "Well, that's easily remedied. It's just a wig." she pulled off the fake hair

Tieria felt Allelujah's hand on his arm and saw that he and Marie now stood behind him, both looking as angry as he felt. Fawn's smile faded as her hazel eyes strayed to gathering Meisters.

Mileina now poked her head into the Gundam maintenance hanger. "It's lunchtime, everyone."

"I guess that's my cue." Fawn proceeded to return to her systems maintenance group. "I'll see you later, Tieria." she cast one last sickly sweet smirk at Allelujah and Marie, before sashaying off.

Tieria sat back down and ran his hands through his hair. When he looked up, Marie was gazing at him like an errant child.

"So, you still think she's harmless?" she chided the Innovate. "If it hadn't been for Allelujah and me being here, she would have been stuck to you like glue."

Allelujah nodded agreement. "She definitely has you in her sights, Tieria. Be wary: she's got more tricks up her sleeve then a conjurer."

Marie's gaze grew dark as Soma surfaced. "She's ruthless."

"And couthless," Allelujah added and then grinned wryly. "I don't suppose that's proper usage of the word couth, but it does make for nice alliteration."

Tieria appreciated Allelujah trying to lighten the mood but his dry humor wasn't doing much for him at the moment. Fawn's blatant advances were no longer bordering on stalking. It was disturbing even to him – and he had seen a lot of disturbing things as a Gundam Meister. Maybe he had been wrong.

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