The game was in its first quarter and the crowd was as enthusiastic as ever. Near the top of the bleachers were Usagi and her friends cheering on Mamoru and the teammates that they had gotten to know so well over the past few weeks. After about 20 minutes into the game, Usagi had gotten a dry throat from shouting and told Rei that she'd be back after she got something to drink. Minako overheard and waved a pom-pom near Usagi's face. "Bring me back one too please!"

Usagi laughed at her friend's playfulness and nodded. She made her way through the crowd and glided past a waiting Demande. Usagi was fairly familiar with the refreshment set up because of her assistance before the game started, but was getting a tad confused in the crowd. She followed the flow of people and made her way to a smoothie stand that had caught her interest before the game. It was an assortment of freshly blended smoothies that you could have made to order. Ever since Usagi had seen it earlier, she couldn't stop thinking about a strawberry banana smoothie and was determined to have one. She waited patiently in line for her turn.

Demande had followed the unsuspecting Usagi and had gotten Koan's attention when Usagi had made her decision on the smoothie stand. Koan took a place in line behind Usagi without attracting attention and Demande slowly snuck up behind the smoothie stand to wait for his chance.

Beaming and flushed from the heat, Usagi walked up to the young girl behind the stand and asked for her strawberry banana smoothie and an orange mango for Minako. The young girl was a freshman who volunteered to run the stand to make points in her student council group. She had admired Usagi after hearing all that had happened within the past month. Usagi was practically the talk of the school since she went from a nobody to dating the quarterback along with the abusive stepmother and stepsisters to boot. She was an inspiration to the young girl and being such had distracted her from her usual awareness.

She made the smoothies with a few clumsy actions and tallied up Usagi's total. "U-uh s-seven dollars please."

Usagi pulled out her wallet and with perfect timing, Koan bumped into Usagi's shoulder causing her to drop her wallet and money onto the floor. Usagi bent over to pick it up and the young girl behind the stand leaned over the counter to observe. "Do you need any help?" Usagi smiled. "No, I've got it."

Demande took this opportunity to walk swiftly past, pour the clear liquid into the strawberry banana smoothie, and walk away unobserved.

By the time Usagi came back up with the money, Koan and Demande were back behind the bleachers and were ready to watch Usagi from afar.

Usagi made her way back up the bleachers to her friends with the game in the middle of the second quarter. Minako eagerly took her orange mango smoothie and started to suck it down. Usagi put the straw inbetween her lips while waving to Mamoru who was about to break a huddle. He smiled back at her and ran back onto the field. She began to sip the concoction and was pleasantly surprised at how refreshing and sweet it was. In no time, the cup was empty.

Halftime was called and the cheerleaders ran out to take the field for a 15 minute show. Usagi had started to feel dizzy and decided to go to the bathroom to splash some water on her face. Ami and Minako offered to go with her, but Usagi assured them that she was fine and that it was probably the heat.

While she stepped down off the bleachers, Mamoru was weaving through the crowd to try to talk to Usagi before the game started again. He got up to the seats and saw Rei, Minako, Makoto, and Ami, but didn't see Usagi anywhere. Makoto was swallowing her last bite of her hot dog. "She went to the bathroom. She'll be back, Mamoru." Mamoru smiled slightly and decided he didn't want to waste time by waiting there so he started to walk towards the bathrooms.

Usagi was leaning up against the end of the bleachers when her vision was becoming blurred and darkness was surrounding her. What the hell is happening? Am I getting heat stroke? I can't be that hot.

Right before her legs gave out, she felt arms wrap around her from behind and felt comforted in the fact that Mamoru had found her just in time. Her head fell back against her protector's chest and she lost consciousness.

Demande had been watching Usagi carefully waiting for the right moment. Right when he saw her start to lose consciousness, he swiftly rushed towards her to catch her falling frame. Her head fell against his chest and he caught her intoxicating scent with the impact. He sighed pleasurably and pulled her back underneath the bleachers for phase two of the plan.

Koan had already been in the process of fulfilling her part of the plan which was to distract Mamoru. She knew she wouldn't be able to personally do so, so she created a scenario to delay in him at least until the game resumed. Koan had been watching Mamoru among the packed crowds from behind a souvenir stand. She had waited until he was just about to walk past the stand when she pulled a long nail out of the supporting beam for the overhead display and it fell loudly at his feet. Koan disappeared behind the stand and behind the crowd just when Mamoru had looked around for the cause of the incident. Slight panic from those who ran the stand occurred and Mamoru, being directly involved, offered to help put it back up.

Demande had still held onto his thought that if Usagi would only let herself open up to him, she'd have no choice but to fall in love with him. He had to only pull her away from her friends and overbearing "boyfriend". His opportunity had finally arisen and he was not going to ruin it by lack of preparation. He waited with his angel for Koan to reappear and for the game to resume.

By the time that the sign had been securely put back up, the announcement for the resumption of the game blared over the loudspeaker. Mamoru silently cursed himself and started to walk back to the field. He hated that he'd run out of time, but figured he would see his Usako after the game and win or lose, they'd go and eat at the Crown. Thinking of his Usako, Mamoru smiled inwardly and started to jog towards his teammates. The faster this game is over, the faster I can see her.

The first play of the third quarter was in motion and the crowd was deafening. Koan had found the two and Demande took the distraction as his opportunity. Demande wrapped Usagi's arm around his shoulder and Koan took the other arm. They walked the unconscious Usagi to the parking lot and placed her in the backseat of Koan's car. Koan was overjoyed at how well their plan was going. She knew that once Usagi was out of the way, Mamoru would come to his senses and come back to her. They got in the car and drove to the hotel room Demande had gotten for the occasion.

Demande admired Usagi from the passenger seat. "All I need is a day and she'll be madly in love with me." He had his forehead pressed up against the head rest and sighed longingly. "We're destined. I just know it." He slowly glanced over at the purple haired driver. "And you'll have your soul mate as well."

Koan smiled widely. "This is all going so well!" She squealed excitedly. "So when should I make the move with Mamoru?!"

Demande put up his hand to motion her to calm down. "Not yet. He has to be crushed by Usagi first when she realizes her affections for me. Once he finds out that she never loved him, he'll realize his initial mistake and come running back to you."

The car slowed to a red light and Koan put on the left blinker. She stretched her arms out and moaned happily. "Oh, I can't wait. To have Mamoru's arms wrapped around me-" She hugged herself to imitate the thought. Demande chuckled. "Green light, Koan dear."

Ami, Minako, Rei, and Makoto were getting worried about Usagi's absence. Ami started searching the scarce crowd behind the bleachers near the various stands. "It shouldn't have taken her this long to splash cold water on her face." She looked to the others. "We should go check on her. I'd hate for her to be passed out in the bathroom or something. Mamoru would understand us missing some of the game since we have Usagi's best interests in mind."

Makoto and Minako started to gather their belongings. Rei started leading the way down the steps. "Yeah something's not right. It's been too long."

When the girls got to the women's bathroom, their stomachs dropped. Usagi was nowhere to be seen. They asked around the stands and various passersby and no one had seen her. Minako was starting to feel sick to her stomach. "What's happening? Where could she have gone?"

Ami put her hand on Minako's shoulder. "Now hold on. Something could have come up and maybe she went to her car or back to Makoto's. Let's check some places before we get completely frantic."

Koan pulled up to the hotel and turned off the ignition. "Do you need my help bringing her up to the room?" Demande looked away from Usagi long enough to answer Koan's question. "Yes just so nothing looks suspicious."

The girls went to the parking lot and found Usagi's car almost instantly. Rei felt the hood to see if maybe she had left and came back with them just missing her. "It's not warm. She hasn't used it recently."

Minako started pacing. "Ok, now can we panic?!"

Demande opened the room and him and Koan brought Usagi to the bed. They leaned her up against one of the bedposts, brought her hands behind her back and tied them to it with Demande's belt. He smiled tenderly at Usagi's slumped frame. Without looking away, he motioned his head towards the door. "Ok Koan, you can go now."

Author's Note: Sorry it's taken so long for another chapter! Life has gotten in the way. I hope you guys like how things are unfolding! Don't forget to leave a review! xoxo