Where is he? Striker thought. The blue deer known as Bluebell darted effortlessly around the circus tent, taunting him and his sister. The lion and panther were strong, but this deer was too quick, and too attached to his instincts. It was almost as if he wasn't human.

"You can't catch beauty, now can you?" Bluebell whispered into the lion's ear before tackling him. He darted away, leaving behind kicked up dust. Striker roared at the dust, Eleanor jumped back in surprise.

"Brother, we must connect to our senses!" Eleanor cried out as Bluebell dashed in between them, kicking them as he went.

"What do you mean?" Striker said, feeling a cold breeze run under his silver pelt.

"You idiot! We must embody our magic! Truly become the lion and the panther!" Striker's eyes widened, but then he understood.

Striker pulled back his lion lips in a snarl, and he crouched down, slowly inching forward, towards the blue blur that occasionally passed in one spot. With glowing aqua eyes, he watched the deer constantly pass, stopping ever so slightly during his taunt.

"Brother, there! There is a rock there that is slowing him down!" Eleanor whispered. Striker's eyes darted to the floor, and there it was. A small rock that a blue hoof constantly stopped and went over carefully. And every time Bluebell did that, there was a jingling sound. With a growl, Striker leapt, his sliver coat sparkling as he brought down claws onto the deer's neck.

"Gah!" Bluebell let out as the lion growled at him, strings of saliva falling onto his short fur. "Gah… heh heh heh"

Bluebell was gone. Striker's eyes became enlarged with shock.

"squeak, squeak!" he heard. Striker's head turned to see a tiny blue rat. He growled at it and lunged, but the mouse disappeared. In its place was a blue tiger, grinning widely.

"What?" Eleanor said, her panther mouth opened in shock.

"I can turn into the animals of the zodiac." Bluebell said. He attacked Eleanor, pinning her to the ground. "Mmm, Eleanor huh? You were in Sorcerer's Weekly, weren't you? You're rather beautiful, beautiful," Bluebell said as he licked his tiger lips "And so very," Bluebell leaned into her ear "vulnerable"

"But I thought a deer wasn't a zodiac animal, and that all zodiac animals were gate keys" Striker said dumbfounded.

"We are" a voice said. Bluebell's tiger eyes widened as a gate opened. A large blue dragon appeared. Striker began to shake in fear. "This man, Bluebell, had killed our previous owners, abused and neglected us, and painted us all blue in order to pretend that he was the animals himself." There was a serious tone in the dragon's voice.

"Y-y-you! How dare you disobey me and come out of your gate!" a nervous voice shouted. The real Bluebell exposed himself.

"You cannot control us anymore!" the dragon shouted, he used his long tail to swipe at Bluebell's keys, picking them up with the very tip of his tail. The bronze keys glittered and chimed against each other.

Bluebell staggered back. He became angry, ready to pull out a small dagger from his coat pocket. But Striker had pinned him down. The silver lion growled deeply, almost as if something had taken over his body, but Eleanor managed to throw him off. Bluebell had passed out from underneath him.

"Brother, we do not need to kill in order to win! Now go into the corner to warm up" Eleanor grabbed Bluebell's coat, and dragged the unconscious man away.

"I'm not cold!" Striker shouted, returning to his human form. He stopped, and his cat ears twitched to the sound of music. Striker's head darted back, and he saw Sonata hovering over Alala, her wings outstretched and her mouth open in a song. Striker grew angry "What the hell are you doing to her?!" he shouted angrily. Sonata turned upward, and tears formed in her eyes.

"Your friend is fighting Snapdragon by herself!" She cried out. A black scar on Alala's neck began to disappear slowly. Striker was completely unaware, he looked to Asuka, who was breathing heavily under fire. She was grabbed by a green vine, and thrown into the air. As her body fell, another vine had pushed her down, making the impact between her and the floor more painful. The vine user laughed maniacally as this vicious cycle of torture continued.

"Asuka!" Eleanor shouted as she bounded towards the gunner. She managed to shove Asuka out of the way of another vine, but took the blow herself.

"Hmm? Is this a new play thing?" Snapdragon asked no one in particular. His vine picked up the broken panther body, and brought it close to his face as he stood on his place on a balcony. He smiled at the damage he caused to the girl "This will be fun!" He said, throwing the timber brown panther to the circus floor.

"ELEANOR!" Striker shouted. His eyes and body shook as he witnessed his little sister take the abuse over and over. Striker was seized by fear, his mind shut down, and he fell into an emotionless trance. Asuka continually tried to shoot down the vine, desperately attempting to hit the damn thing, but she shook too much. Asuka could barely hold the gun close to her eye so as to aim. She stared back at Viktor, who was being healed by Sonata.

Alala slowly got up, occasionally falling down, until she managed to get onto two feet. She put on her headphone, which were somehow perfectly fine.

"If you think you can bring us down so easily, you've got another thing coming!" she cried.


"Rosened Bloom!" Rosemary shouted. A gigantic rose erupted from the ground, sweeping Rhias and Orchidium off of the ground. Simon dashed at the rose, slicing it down expertly with his obsidian sword.

Rhias righted herself in mid air, and shouted a "Rhapsody!" a soothing melody played through the air, almost lulling everyone around her into a deep sleep.

Rosemary stood unaffected, taunting her with a yawn. Rhias's eyes widened in shock.

Rosemary smiled "You fairies really believe that you can defeat me?" all of a sudden, a light blue blade scraped at Rosemary's side. It was Cheshire, using his whisper blade. Rosemary yelped, and clutched at her side to stop the bleeding. She gasped, then started to laugh. Laugh maniacally.

"You couldn't hurt me! Even if you tried a thousand times! Nothing would hurt! I'm unbeatable!" she shouted as she laughed.

"Psychic burst!" Orchidium shouted, putting two fingers to her forehead and shooting a direct pink beam at the rose user. Rosemary merely dodged it, but instead of an explosion, the psychic energy was caught by Simon on his sword, which now glowed pink.

"Our friends give us strength! They give us the power to defeat you!" Simon shouted as he charged. The sword sliced through the air, and closed the space so much that the sword was no more than a hair's width away from Rosemary's face. She did not appear scared though. Momentum had caused Simon to move a bit forward. Rosemary smiled at the boy evilly, and pressed a vine laced hand onto his armored stomach. Simon's eyes widened as terror rippled through his body. The area was silent. Orri-Chan and Rhias watched in a similar fear.

"What was that about strength, boy?" Rosemary whispered, putting her red lips very close to his ears. "Rosened bloom" There was a sickening sound.

A large red rose had blossomed through Simon's armor and chest.

And I end chapter seven with a death! Lol jk, like I'd tell you guys if Simon made it or not. I hope you liked this chapter! Up until the last paragraph, I guess. Bye my Sketchlings!

This time I'm not going to answer any reviews. Most of them were complements of which I thank you all! From the very depths of my kitty heart, of course :3