Ami arrived for study group with a humongous stack of textbooks!

"Ami, I think maybe you're overdoing it," ventured Luna.

"Oh!" cried Ami as she checked the newspaper, "We're tied for first again!  This person is not just anybody to be placing first every time!"

"Look who's talking," commented Rei.

Ami's eyes softened suddenly.  "But what is this person like, do you think?  I do wish I could meet him..."

 

"She's crazy..." sighed Mako.

"Ami, it almost seems like you're in love or something," remarked Minako.

"No, no," protested Ami, "He's a rival!"

"How do you know it's a he?" said Rei.

"The name Mercurius doesn't reveal anything like that..." added Usagi, teasingly.

" Well, yes.  I guess...," admitted Ami.

 
   

" So Ami, what do you look for in a man anyway?" asked Minako.

"Yeah, tell us!" encouraged Mako.
"What's he like?" asked Chibi-Usa enthusiastically.

"What I look for?" repeated Ami, "Well, he's..."

Others: "He's...?"

 

     
 

"Like Einstein" said Ami.

 

 

"Who-?" said Usagi.

 

 

 
The next day the girls sat at the dessert parlour, discussing Ami's situation.

" I've never seen Ami like that," said Rei.

" The way her eyes sparkled!" Mako imitated Ami.

" Acting so... feminine!" wailed Usagi.

" Perhaps this is..." wondered Chibi-Usa.

" Ami's first love?" said everyone.

Minako jumped up.  "All right! Minako, the goddess of love will help her out!"

 

 
    "It's no skin off my neck!"

" Cut that out...!" wailed Artemis.

"Anyway, we've got to help her find out who this Mercurius is!" continued Minako.

 

 
  "But how do we do that?" asked Chibi-Usa.    

Continue...!