Mini Moon and the Zodiacs

By Lovely girl 10

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story and my villainous Zodiacs.


Chapter 5- The Fishy Zodiac

(Outside the Zodiac Temple near the cottages.)

Libra was just playing her favorite game of Heavy or Light with her vessel the princess of Venus herself inside of the cottage where she called home beyond the temple grounds when she felt something off about the air.

She stops playing with the two roses as she gets up from the floor, making her host body follow her outside of the door and she tries to summon up some wind underneath her feet to fly up in the air. However since the princess of Venus can control love and not air, it does make things a little bit difficult. The youngest of the Zodiacs was hoping that since she is the main Zodiac in control of Venus when she touched the scale first, her host body would relent and let her help her vessel instead of resisting her. Of course she understands that Venus didn't want anyone to be in control of her and that she doesn't answer to anyone but her princess of the moon, but what would be the better option for her in the long run? To let Libra be the one to tell her what to do even if it was a child's spirit? Or would her vessel prefer to be used like a love toy to Taurus? Libra wasn't going to let Taurus have his fun with the girl too soon, especially since he might be waiting in the corner to take her away and try to make love to her in the back of her vessels mind.

"Come on Princess of Venus! If you can control love, you can accommodate with air too! I am only doing what I can to protect you!" Libra whispers, trying to encourage her vessel to just let her use the wind to see what is going on. She can sense that something is going on in the library room of the temple, upon noticing that Sagittarius jumped out from the window up there. Quite possibly the hunter was escaping from Aquarius' quiz game once again. The little girl didn't understand the whole drama that goes on with the Knowledge Zodiac and the Hunter Zodiac, and she wasn't eager to find out. She only heard stories from the other Zodiacs on how relentless Aquarius tries to find out what is Sagittarius' true face under the darkness of his hood. She could only shake her head at the ridiculousness of it all. If Sagittarius doesn't want to show his face, he doesn't have to under pressure.

"Are you okay Sagittarius? I felt something off in the wind. Do you know what is going on?" Libra questions as soon as Sagittarius stands up from the long jump he did.

Sagittarius turns to her, even though he can be scary at times, he always made sure to be careful on his words around the Balancing Zodiac. She always kind of thought that if he was as young as her, she bet that he would maybe have a crush on her as she does with him whenever he was roaming around the outskirts of the temple. But she knows that despite her crush of him that he will only see her as a little sister, not as a lover. He responds swiftly as the arrows in his bow, "Cancer and Leo's meddlesome kid sent Aquarius back to the afterlife. If we are not careful, our possessions will be next on her list."

Libra cocks an eyebrow in confusion as she has yet to understand what Sagittarius is talking about when referring to another kid as young as her. But by going through her vessels memories of her past adventures, wincing in horror at what Queen Beryl had done to the Moon Kingdom and Earth Kingdom, to the Dark Moon Clan trying to take over the future Crystal Tokyo, to a life and death battle against the Death Busters, to saving dreams from the Dead Moon Circus, and to save the whole galaxy from a corrupted Galaxia, she could see it all and judge the events to herself that what her vessel went through was horrible. "You don't think she will...?"

Sagittarius shakes his head, "By now I think Leo and Cancer will sense that the kid has done something to Aquarius. Let them deal with her. I don't really care on what they will do to her once they find her."

They both could hear Taurus chuckling to himself and they look over to the cottage side to see the bull fighter leaning on the wall and sipping on some hot chocolate with marshmallows. "Aquarius always liked badgering me on reading some classic books instead of reading romance novels. I never liked him taking away one of my passions." He sips some more of his drink as he laughs softly at the thought of being at peace with Aquarius not bugging him about it.

Sagittarius mutters under his breath. "I don't need to hear you talking seventy two times on how you want to make love to those girls in the magazines you Bullheaded DoDo."

At the sound of Sagittarius insulting him, Taurus throws his hot chocolate from the cup toward the hunter. Unfortunately for the bull fighter, Sagittarius dodges the hot chocolate and the drink hits a nearby patch of daisies Capricorn planted just recently soon after she possessed her vessel. "HEY! At least I don't deny that I like having the girls around me! All you can get close to is the female animals you hunt!" Taurus shouts as if he was offended by what Sagittarius said.

"That is only after they are dead from my arrows, then they are spared from witnessing me taking their bodies to turn them into campfire food. You however like to leave the girls high and dry as soon as you are done stealing their virtue." Sagittarius roasts him by crossing his arms over his chest, making Libra nervously giggle while Taurus fumes on the sidelines.

In the distance they could hear Capricorn screaming as Libra, Taurus and Sagittarius leave the cottage to find their earth loving Zodiac sibling struggling on the floor like she was drowning in the grass. "No! I don't want to be buried alive again! PLEASE! Have mercy on me!" She continued screaming despite Taurus taking over Venus' body for a moment to try to comfort her and she hugs Taurus tightly with tears streaming down her face.

"Capricorn, calm down! Its just the clock making you think that you are buried alive again!" Taurus tries to soothe away her vision that she was seeing in her mind. Libra and Sagittarius felt their throats dry up in horror at the thought of the Zodiac clock, made by the kings and queens of the Solar System themselves, was working on making them suffer from their actions once again.

"Aw nuts! I know I always like torturing people, but to think that the clock is back on to give us nightmares of our deaths is horrifying, even for me!" The four Zodiacs could hear Scorpio's voice coming to join them outside to check up on Capricorn. It is a little bit strange but for Scorpio, she seems to have developed a little bit of her vessels motherly instincts in caring about Capricorn's vessel, since that her vessel is one of the three mothers. She tried at first to suppress those motherly emotions toward Capricorn and her vessel, but Trista's influence is slowly creeping in to make Scorpio actually care about keeping someone safe rather than just torture them until they die.

Capricorn chokes out her words with tears streaming down her face. "I just want this nightmare to be over! Why can't the kings and queens let us go out from this temple? I am just so tired of seeing my death over and over again!"

"We all want this nightmare to be over Capricorn." Taurus tries to reassure her by rubbing Capricorn's back in comfort, like a big brother taking care of his little sister. "But we can never leave. All we can do with our vessels now is to try to find a solution to get out from the temple. One that doesn't get us killed like what Gemini tried to do." His face holds a solemn look as he remembers what Virgo had told him about Gemini trying to escape from the temple but then got pushed back to the ground after their attempt.

"Leo should know how to get around our curse in this temple." Sagittarius nods at the truth of Taurus' words. "His king designated this temple to put us in, all he needs to do is find out how to break us out. But his vessel is not making it easy for him to get that information. It appears that our vessels don't have any recollection of us before they were reincarnated here."

"Hey that reminds me Sagittarius!" Taurus chimes with this response. "I heard this from my own vessel before I possessed her: She once asked me why I was named after the Zodiac signs she and her friends played around with on guessing who has what sign."

"What do you mean by that Taurus?" Scorpio asks in mild curiosity while placing her hands on her hips. "There is a game named after us on our Zodiac signs?" Capricorn looks to Libra and Sagittarius wondering what is going on with this new information, to which they don't know how to respond.

"It looks like we need to research on what the humans did with our signs. We can get that information from Virgo or Gemini later." Libra said as she sees that Capricorn has calmed down a little bit from the clock scare.

"But..." Sagittarius looks to Libra as he states quietly, "We still need to keep our eyes on our artifacts and make sure the pink girl doesn't get her hands on them and send us back to the afterlife." Libra acted a little offended by giving Sagittarius a pout face for she is a pink girl too. Sagittarius realized his mistake, blushes in embarrassment and rewords his response. "I am not talking about you Libra. I was trying to refer to the pink girl with rabbit-like ponytails. There is another pink girl with her too, only she has longer and thinner ponytails."

Libra cocks her head in curiosity at who those girls might be. Who knows, maybe she can find some new companions and have them play with her for a while. She really hoped to at least have some kids her age to play with in the temple, someone to hang out with more than the grown ups. "Does everyone know to keep guard over their artifacts if the girls come?"

Scorpio answers as she shows her pet scorpion crawling over her shoulders, near her bloody white collar where she once got beheaded. "My little pet knows to stay close to me. I can only hope that Pisces will keep her fish as close to her as possible." She turns to look at the window on the third floor of the temple. "I might have a feeling that with Aquarius not there to keep his vessel under a tight leash, Pisces might receive a very special visitor who will come for her vessel, no matter the cost."

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(Inside the Zodiac Temple)

A few minutes ago

Mini Moon stood to attention for quite a long time over the body of Sailor Uranus soon after the spirit of Aquarius was outsmarted and got sent away into the afterlife, never more to wreck havoc on the planet Uranus nor use Sailor Uranus as a puppet to his schemes. But as much as Mini Moon wants to celebrate getting one of the scouts free from possession, she was not out of the woods just yet. She only got started in exorcising the ghosts. Having experience against the Black Moon Clan, the Death Busters and the Dead Moon Circus have kind of hardened the young Sailor Scout trainee in which she wants to make sure that her enemies are shown no mercy. She knows that in the past Sailor Moon has often tried to convince some of her enemies that what they are doing is wrong and sometimes they would work but then they would get killed in the process. Judging by how stubborn and cold hearted some of the Zodiacs are, whether to each other or to their enemies, Mini Moon wasn't going to show any mercy to the people who tried to take over the Solar System and would do so again if they had the chance. She doesn't want to feel sorry for them no matter what dark past they hold in their hearts or if they regret their decision too late. Looking sadly down on the body of Sailor Uranus, she wondered if she was too late to save the Sailor Scout of the Air and Heavens since she looked... well... dead.

That was until she reaches the Sailor Scouts forehead to brush the jewels off of her forehead, Sailor Uranus' eyes snap open and grabs Mini Moon's hand, swinging her past her shoulder to the ground while climbing on top to pin her. The older Sailor Scout looked like she wanted to murder whoever touched her as she takes out her sword with her left hand and uses the right hand to choke Mini Moon. "YOU PIG HEADED NIGHT OWL! HOW DARE YOU KEEP ME QUARANTEENED AWAY FROM MY TEAM WHEN THEY NEED MY HELP!"

Chocking from Sailor Uranus' tight grip on her neck, Mini Moon chokes out her words. "S-Sailor Ur-Uranus! I-Its me! Mini Moon!"

Upon realizing that it was Mini Moon and not who she thought it was, Sailor Uranus stops to loosen her grip and gets off of the girl. "Oh! Sorry small lady! How are you even here when you are supposed to be at a sleepover? Sailor Pluto told me from her talk with Sailor Moon about what you are doing while we were searching in the temple."

"I came because Sailor Moon called me to save you all from the Zodiacs." Mini Moon explains as she sees Sailor Uranus is looking around the living room floor. "I managed to free you from Aquarius' control by shattering the water pitcher."

Sailor Uranus mumbles to herself in annoyance while crossing her arms. "And I so wanted to teach that no good ghost a lesson for trying to change who I am! I hope he didn't hurt you too bad."

Mini Moon shakes her head as she comments with a nervous laugh. "Actually he sucked in fighting against me. You should have seen how pathetic he was when he tried to intimidate me with a small fan for his wind attack."

"I guess it never occurred to him that he could have used my muscles to punch and kick you." Sailor Uranus said as she looks down at the dress she was wearing and makes a disgusted noise in the back of her throat. "Uh! I need to change my clothes back into my Sailor Scout outfit! Give me a moment and let me get rid of this dress."

As Sailor Uranus goes off to one side of the room to change out of the dress she was in, Mini Moon could hear the sound of footsteps coming down to the first floor. "Mini Moon! What were you thinking in running off with that water pitcher and making the Zodiac chase after you?" Sailor Ceres scolds as she races over to hug Mini Moon from behind. "I was worried that you were done for!"

Sailors Pallas, Vesta and Juno raced down the stairs after Sailor Ceres and went over to check and see if Mini Moon was alright. Sailor Vesta said firmly, "You should have told us what you were planning on trying to use the water pitcher as bait to lure Aquarius into your trap!"

Sailor Juno comments lightly, trying to make the girls take it easy on Mini Moon. "I don't know about you girls but I thought it was kind of badass that Mini Moon stole the water pitcher from under Aquarius' nose."

"I had to do something Ceres! I couldn't just stand there and watch without trying anything to protect you from being the next one buried in the books!" Mini Moon confesses as she tries to make Sailor Ceres understand why she did what she did.

"You could have at least told us about your plan so that we can take action with you!" Ceres hugs Mini Moon tightly, almost making the girl choke before releasing her. "We are your guardians and we are supposed to protect you! You don't have to try to take any risks on your own now!"

Mini Moon thought to herself that she shouldn't have scared the girls on risking her life like that. She was kind of used to taking risks either by herself or with Sailor Moon by her side. "I'm sorry. I am not used to having friends of my own fighting by my side. A long time ago before I first met Sailor Pluto, all of the other kids would make fun of me and think that I was not the daughter of the king and queen of Crystal Tokyo because of my hair. I didn't want to be apart of their group if they thought that way about me. I was more comfortable being with the Sailor Guardians."

Vesta, Juno, Pallas and Ceres look at her sadly as they look at each other silently. They each looked like they wanted to say something personal to Mini Moon in order to relate to her. Pallas was the first to respond by going over to hug Mini Moon. "Pallas remembers she once had kids who thought she wouldn't be good enough to surpass Sailor Mercury on her wisdom, but she tries to prove them wrong by learning every day eventually earning their respect."

"There were some people back on my asteroid planet who thought that being a Sailor Guardian was not for me and tried to marry me off." Sailor Juno said as she crosses her arms behind her head for a stretch. "Don't ask why my people of the asteroid Juno marry off their kids at a young age like in Victorian times Mini Moon, they just do! I never cared for their opinions about what I should and shouldn't do, so I signed on to be Jupiter's apprentice in order to stick a middle finger to my strict family lifestyle. I still love them but being married is not on my list of things to do."

"My family and friends back at the asteroid Vesta didn't want me to be apart of the Sailor Guardians mainly because they didn't want to see me get hurt. They wanted me to stay and be home where no enemy knows of my whereabouts. I told them I have to represent us in order to get some recognition and protection for our home even if we struggled to survive through the cold winters and hot summers with very little food and water." Vesta comments.

"As for me, I told my family and friends back home that someone has to go serve the Moon Royal Family and protect their heir to the throne. Luckily they blessed me for my journey and I have never regretted joining as your body guard Mini Moon." Ceres explains.

Mini Moon thought to herself, 'Oh boy! I thought I had it rough back in Crystal Tokyo, but these girls really went through some rough times by themselves.' She then tells the girls honestly. "I'm sorry that happened to you girls. Are those memories of yours back before you became the Amazon Quartet?"

Juno nods, "Yep! We just got bits and pieces of them back soon after you got that bibliophile Zodiac chasing after you. How did you even know to go after the water pitcher in the first place?"

"Oh! I contacted Helios and he told me I have to destroy the haunted artifacts that the ghosts are linked with in their deaths." Mini Moon explains. But as she starts to try to tell them about the information she figured out, she could feel some sort of cold presence in the air coming her way. The absence of warmth and a cold jolt runs up and down her spine. "Uh girls... I might have a feeling we need to hide and fast!" Someone was coming, but who it was she doesn't know.

"I found some mirrors we can hide inside, right behind this curtain near the windows!" Ceres said as she gestures for the girls to get behind the curtain and jump into the mirror to hide.

"But how are we going to hide inside the mirror? We don't have anything to get in there!" Mini Moon started to protest her question until she saw Ceres and Vesta demonstrating with their red and yellow amazon balls, using their magic from when they were amazons to go to the other side of the mirror without any problem. Mini Moon was kind of impressed that the Quartet are using the knowledge they had as Amazons to their advantage.

Sailors Pallas and Juno led Mini Moon inside of the mirror and then pull the curtain over to hide, leaving a little crack so that they can peek and see what is happening without anyone noticing they are watching. "This feels pretty weird to be peeping inside a mirror." Mini Moon mentions quietly to the four girls as she, Vesta and Juno watch to see who is coming.

Tuxedo Mask, or Leo, strolls into the room, flames creeping up on the tips of his cape. His ghostly orange aura made it feel like he was letting someone know who is in charge, like a lion eager to discipline those who forget their place in his presence. He walks over to where the shattered water pitcher's remains are on the floor.

Mini Moon couldn't decide whether Leo was going to get mad that he lost one of the Zodiacs or if he would care less, thinking that Aquarius was just a pawn for their diabolical plan of solar system domination. He looked like he was searching out something beyond the remains of the water pitcher. Would he still be looking for her? Does he know that she is a growing threat in taking them down one by one? Whatever he was thinking, she could care less about what he thought.

But if she could care less about him, why is it that she is afraid to come after Leo right at this moment? Is it because she feels it in her bones that he is going to be more of a challenge to defeat than Aquarius? It could also be that she doesn't want to hurt her future dad. If she remembers correctly, Sailor Moon was forced to kill Tuxedo Mask one time when she had to deal with Queen Beryl and it was the hardest thing to do for her since she loved him. But that was after they restarted their lives together after defeating Queen Metalia.

"Rini..." She tenses up in fright the moment Leo calls out for her. He had no right to call her by name like he was her actual father. "...Where are you daughter of mine? Aquarius was a fool to think that his brains are more important than brawn, even if I respected him for his knowledge. He got too cocky to the point where he thought he was untouchable on his reading skills. You can't run from us Rini... There are more of us and only one of you." He wanders away from the water pitcher as he attempts to look for her on another floor of the temple.

It took about a minute for Mini Moon to find the courage to climb out from the mirror as soon as she felt Leo's presence step away from the first floor. That cold feeling she got in her chest wouldn't go away as she wonders whether this will not be the last time she would see Leo before he finds her. She then spots Sailor Uranus come out from a closet with her Sailor Guardian outfit on as she races upstairs. "Where is Sailor Uranus going I wonder?" She asks curiously while the Quartet girls come out from the mirror one by one.

"That was kind of creepy the way Tuxedo Mask was talking to you Mini Moon." Sailor Vesta said as if she just got chills on the back of her neck, trying to warm herself up by rubbing her hands up and down on her arms.

"That's not Tuxedo Mask, Vesta. That was Leo, the Lion Zodiac." Mini Moon mutters apprehensively as if she needs to have eyes on the back of her head. "I think he is still pretty ticked off that I eluded him and Cancer when I first came here to save Sailor Moon."

Juno pats Mini Moon's shoulder in a attempt to give her some courage. "Our best bet is to take care of the other Zodiacs first, and then we can deal with him. Lions don't scare me, we usually scare them at the circus."

Ceres hands Mini Moon a small pink ball for her to keep in her pocket. "You can use this pink ball and use it like we do to hide in the mirrors Mini Moon, that is if someone tries to chase you down and you need to outrun them, find a mirror in one of the floors, get down and hide so the Zodiacs don't find you."

"Hey girls! Something is going on with the Zodiac clock!" Sailor Pallas calls to the others to gather around the clock. At first Mini Moon didn't think there was anything unusual about the clock, not until the Zodiac signs started turning to their respective colors, excluding Aquarius' sign since he is gone, and the minute hand of the clock was going crazy in full circles until it landed on Capricorn's symbol. Once the minute hand stops, Capricorn's sign began to wilt under the clocks control and a rain of dirt fell on top of it from above the ceiling. Mini Moon looks up to see where it came from, thinking someone was going to try to bury them in the sand, but found no one there.

That was until she heard a distant scream coming from outside of the temple in the backyard. "No! I don't want to be buried alive again! PLEASE! Have mercy on me!" The females voice cries out in distress, though Mini Moon wasn't sure where that voice came from, or who was in possession of that voice.

It kind of creeped Mini Moon out a little bit as she wonders, "What is wrong with that clock? Is it supposed to do something to the Zodiacs?"

Juno curiously looks at the clock trying to identify the coordinates on what makes it tick. "Ah- ha! I think I found it! There are some inscriptions on the clock pedestal in ancient moon language. It says here: Restless souls of the Zodiacs wander where they don't belong, remind them of their fate with the Zodiac clock. Signed, the Royal Families of the Solar System."

Oh no! Don't tell me what I think it means Juno!" Vesta said as she looks at the inscriptions closely, a little horrified by the result. "It means what I think it means... This clock is designed to show the dates of the Zodiac and how many days they have to suffer in reliving their death all over again. This clock is cursing the Zodiacs to live their last days in their personal hell." Like being buried alive for Capricorn or being burned in their room like Aquarius. Or like what Aquarius mentioned for Gemini, being blown up. She half wondered what the other Zodiacs have to deal with, but she can look at their obituaries for that information.

Now Mini Moon was getting creeped out from what the temple was doing to the Zodiacs, even though she wants them to suffer for taking the Sailor Guardians away from her, she wouldn't go that far in putting a curse on them to live out their last days when they were alive again and again. No, she can't feel sorry for them yet! She shakes her head at the thought.

But now her next question would be who to go after next? The Hunter Zodiac? No. She wasn't ready to face him. Gemini or Virgo? She is going to have to research more about Gemini and find out why Virgo's obituary book is not with them as she walks up the stairs with the girls. Leo, she is definitely not ready for yet. Should she go after who Aries is possessing or should she go try to put whoever has Capricorn out of their misery? She will worry about that later. For now she has to try to find Sailor Uranus and find out where she is in this big temple.

Mini Moon found Sailor Uranus on the third floor of the temple, banging on the door as loudly as she can while calling out, "Michelle! Michelle! Whoever you are spirit I will make you pay for making my girlfriend cry!" Mini Moon takes a look at the door that leads to the third floors one room. An H shaped symbol with wavy ends. Judging by the symbols of the Zodiacs that one symbol belongs to Pisces as far as Mini Moon could remember. One of the water Zodiacs. Why would Sailor Uranus be knocking on the door- that was when Mini Moon figures out that Sailor Neptune is in that room. No wonder she could hear the violin in that room! That could be none other than Sailor Neptune's prison she is in.

Mini Moon tries opening the door leading to Pisces' room, only for it to not budge from either a pull or a push. "The door is locked still. But what about the sad violin music? Can it still be heard behind the door?" She leans on the door to listen closely.

"What do you mean sad violin music?" Sailor Uranus questions with curiosity. She leans on the door and puts her ear on the edge to see if she can listen closely to what Mini Moon mentioned hearing. "Oh no... Michelle... I recognize this song she is playing. Its Sad Romance otherwise known as the Sad Violin." Her eyes turn from anger to sadness as she wonders to herself of what Sailor Neptune is going through being locked away from her. She can still remember the horrible memory of being taken away from her girlfriend by Aquarius taking control of her and Pisces with her girlfriend. She wanted to cry at the thought of being forced to stay away from her girlfriend which she doesn't want.

Why does that spirit want Sailor Neptune to stay away from her? What does the spirit have against two girls being together because they love one another like a man does for a woman? Sailor Uranus could understand for one reason is that to other people it might be unnatural, but Uranus and Neptune don't go around acting like jerks to the people who don't like it. They allow them to do their own thing while they do what they are comfortable with. She doesn't tell Sailor Moon to go after girls, she is free to go after her boyfriend and her princess respects Sailor Uranus' choice for a girlfriend. She doesn't understand why the ghost wants nothing to do with her getting near Sailor Neptune.

Sailor Uranus collapses against the door, surprising Mini Moon and the Quartet, and she covers her face to try to keep the tears from falling to the ground. "Sailor Uranus, what's wrong?" Sailor Vesta asks in concern.

Sailor Uranus screams in both anger and despair, Sailor Neptune's song is getting to her as she lets out her frustration. "AAAUUGGHHH!" She takes shaky breathes before continuing. "I couldn't save Sailor Neptune from the spirits possessing us! I should have fought against Aquarius' possession harder! She would have been safer with me if I had just fought the ghosts trying to tear us apart!"

Sailor Pallas drew close to try to comfort the older Sailor Scout with a hug. "It will be okay Sailor Uranus. We will get her back."

"But how are we to get inside the room if it is locked?" Juno tries to help Mini Moon in unlocking the door by using a bobby pin but the door wouldn't budge for that either.

"Here! Why don't I use my flower vines to get around the lock from the inside?" Ceres smiles as she summons some flower vines small enough to sneak through the locked door. She positions her left hand on the doorknob and allows the vines to squeeze through the small hole until she heard a distant click from the other side. Once that was done, Ceres opens the door with ease. "See? Now we can go in!"

"Before we go in girls, I want you to promise me that you leave Pisces to me. I want to make her pay for what she has done." Sailor Uranus grits her teeth as she feels one step closer to finding Sailor Neptune and rescuing her from her watery prison. Wiping the tears from her eyes, filled with a new determination to save her girlfriend from the ghost.

The third floor room was nothing like what Mini Moon thought when her eyes widen in surprise at the beauty of the room. It looked like it was a freshly renovated hotel swimming pool with a hot tub in the distance. Nice silvery purple tiles on the floor surrounding the pool and hot tub. Violet border tiles and the smell of lilac was in the air. The violin music, once quiet from the other side of the door can be heard loud and clear in the distance.

"Do you think we should follow the music Sailor Uranus?" Mini Moon asks the older scout. Technically, the closer they get to the music, the more likely they will find Sailor Neptune and the next Zodiac for them to put to rest for good.

Sailor Uranus nods as she looks around. "Yes. Though I am kind of surprised to see the room changed the last time I was here. The swimming pool was filthy, the pipes weren't working, and the room didn't look this shiny when Neptune and I were here before we got possessed."

"Look at the fish girls!" Pallas beams in excitement as she points to the swimming pool. "I didn't know the fish in here were Betta fish and look at the soft purple coloring!" Sure enough the girls took notice of the two fish that were swimming in the swimming pool. The fish were swimming in circular motions and moving around to the music in the room.

"That is the fish that got Sailor Neptune in this mess." Sailor Uranus mentions as she clenches her fist at the sight of them. For a moment she thought about scooping the fish out of their pool and try to scare them into releasing Neptune from their control, but she knows that the fish were only doing what they do best, swim and look pretty. It was possible that the fish were told to touch Neptune and have Pisces possess her.

Pallas holds a book up to Mini Moon's face while she was in her stupor at the sight of the room, accidentally slamming into a book again. "Oops! Sorry to interrupt you Mini Moon! I just thought maybe you can look in Pisces book I took from Aquarius' library and find something useful against the Fish Zodiac."

"Why do I have a feeling this is going to be a running gag from you Pallas? But thank you!" Mini Moon forgives Pallas for slamming the book in her face and begins reading Pisces obituary to find any clues.

"Pisces was once an artistic musician of Neptune's Royal Family. What she lacked for in being social in gatherings she more than made up for it by letting her music speak for her in entertaining the masses." Mini Moon reads aloud while Sailor Uranus listens by her side. "When she was a child she was very accomplished in demonstrating her musical talent. Everyone on Neptune really enjoyed her music so much that it eventually gained the attention of the Royal Family who recruited her as their personal musician for gatherings."

"I think if I remember correctly, Michelle would always tell me about how much pride and joy her planet takes in their musical talents." Sailor Uranus comments as she remembers that conversation with her girlfriend a week ago.

Mini Moon continues reading, "Even though she gained quite a lot of attention from her peers, there was one person who Pisces liked to impress the most whom the Neptune Royal Family doesn't know much about. When Pisces tried to go out on a date with this mysterious person who she liked, it turned out that the person was cheating on her in a romantic affair. The Neptune Royal Family could only guess that the mysterious person who Pisces was meeting was in fact a citizen from the planet of Uranus, that in turn made Pisces heart and her music cold like a blizzard in the wind. Unlike the other Zodiacs who wanted to cut ties with the other planets on multiple occasions, Pisces was focused solely on one to punish the person who used her overly trusting nature and affection. She once tried to threaten the planet of Uranus to find the person that used her and kill him or her, otherwise she would vow to kill every single person on Uranus by drowning them in the water. This garnered attention from the Neptune Royal Family to put an end to her before she could go through with the threat by freezing her to death in her music room. The only things that survived the freezing was her two fish and the Royal Family used the fish to seal Pisces spirit away in."

Sailor Uranus winces at the knowledge of what her planet had to go through. "Oh dear. I don't know what to make of that. Had the mysterious person been found as soon as Pisces died?"

Mini Moon shakes her head and answers. "It doesn't say what their fate was. The Neptune Royal Family have never found out who that person was, whether it was a Uranus man or a woman. It was as if that person didn't exist as soon as they used Pisces like they did. We can only hope that wherever they are they are probably dead. Did they even know that if they didn't use Pisces like that then Uranus wouldn't have been her target of abuse?"

Mini Moon hands Pisces obituary book back to Pallas who made a bag appear from her amazon ball to put the book back in and return the ball to the way it was on her brooch. It didn't take long to find Pisces herself playing with a violin as if she was on stage in the middle of a fountain where the fish are swimming next to her.

Even though it was Sailor Neptune who they spotted on the stage, she wasn't really looking at them to see who was there. Her eyes were closed as if drowning to the sound of her music filling the air. Mini Moon and Sailor Uranus could see a purple ghostly aura hanging around the violin and on the seashell necklace that she has on her neck. A deep aqua green dress with violet coloring down the middle of the dress. Neptune's dark aqua green hair which was once flowing down is all long and flowing in a ponytail trailing down to the top of her back. Some hair accessories can be seen in the front on her bangs. Although you can't see her feet, her movements underneath the dress on stage say that she is barefoot based on the soft sound on the tile floor.

Sailor Uranus takes a step forward on the water floor, almost about ready to run and grab her girlfriend from the stage, but then she feels something scrape against her legs in the water. She looks down to see the fish are biting on her legs to make her stay away. However, while the fish were busy with Uranus, Mini Moon treads quietly to try to get as near to Neptune as possible before Pisces would open her eyes and see them.

The violin stops playing as Pisces heard someone coming close to her from using the water to sense who is there. She acted as if she didn't want to be disturbed from her performance as she blinks her violet eyes in confusion before seeing who was standing before her. "So you are the little pink rabbit that Cancer has been trying to find in this temple?" Pisces voice sounded icy to the point that even Mini Moon could feel shivers coming up her body.

"How do you even know I have rabbit ear ponytails?" Mini Moon questions in surprise at how intuitive the Fish Zodiac is.

Pisces shrugs her shoulders and rolls her eyes, "Since Cancer's vessel has rabbit ear ponytails as well, it wasn't too hard to guess who you really are. She has been looking for you along with Leo soon as you left them. You should head on over to where they are at and leave me in peace with my fish and my music." She was prepared to play her violin again, trying to play something that is a little more peppy and Mini Moon along with the Quartet noticed that the water around Pisces was changing based on the music. When it was sad music the water was deathly still, and when it was happy the water would gently sway.

But even if the violin music was peppy at the start, it then turned sad, making the water go silent. Pisces could be heard giving a 'tsk, tsk' to herself as she looks at the seashell necklace in the water by rubbing her smooth hands against them in comfort. "Why can't you be happy to be with just me? Would it make you happier to be with Taurus' vessel? Or Virgo's vessel?" She shakes her head in denial at what she might be hearing in her head. "You just can't be with someone from Uranus. I knew what it was like and that person made me feel like dirt! I don't want the same thing for you!"

Mini Moon raises her arms up to shrug and shake her head at Pisces trying to talk some sense into Neptune. "Can't you just trust her to make that choice herself instead of going by what you experienced?"

"And here I thought you were just leaving kid." Pisces said, seemingly unimpressed that the girl is staying put.

"What do you think I am? Just somebody who will run away the first chance she gets? That was before I became a Sailor Scout trainee. Leaving would mean giving up on Neptune, and I am not going to do that." Mini Moon said with conviction. "So I am going to ask you kindly Pisces... Release Sailor Neptune from your control. And then we will leave you in peace."

"You poor deluded girl. If you are not going to leave my room, then I will show you the door! We don't need you in here." Pisces raises her violin to her chin and begins to play a fast paced angry tone into the music, the water turning into a tide. The Sailor Quartet tried to stand their ground and not give in to the undertow of the waves trying to push them to the door, but thankfully Sailor Ceres uses her plant vines to attach them to the floor so that they don't get pulled by the current.

Mini Moon and Sailor Uranus were careful enough to slash at the waves trying to pull them into the current. Mini Moon figured that she should lock the door so that neither she nor her friends would get pulled away to the exit. She calls for Vesta to give her a hand toward the door. "Can you seal the door with some magma until we get Pisces out of the way?"

Vesta nods her head as she summons some lava dripping from her gloves as she forms it into a ball and throws it toward the door, sealing them inside. With no way to go but around the room, the water from the pools stop spinning around the four girls as they coughed from all of the water they were in. Pallas was trying to do CPR on Juno who managed to cough up some water from her throat. Ceres was panting from exhaustion just from trying to stay strong like her vines against the current. Vesta was the least exhausted among them, but she was squeezing her long hair to get it to dry up.

Turning to see what Pisces thought about them not leaving until they get Sailor Neptune back, Mini Moon could see that Pisces only gave them one look and shrugs her shoulders. She attempted to resume her violin playing until someone grabs her from behind and tries to kiss her on the lips.

Sailor Uranus broke off the kiss to see if she got a reaction from Neptune, only to get slapped in the face by an enraged Pisces. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!? AQUARIUS! Get your vessel back to where she belongs with you! I thought I told you to keep her away from my vessel!" As if thinking that she can summon Aquarius to teach Uranus a lesson in getting into her personal space, Pisces looks at Uranus expectantly, thinking that Aquarius will come through and apologize then make Uranus go away, even though she was ticked off about the kiss.

Even though she was kind of hurt that Pisces slapped her, Uranus knows that Neptune would never hurt her like that. By the mere mention of Aquarius, not knowing that he has departed for the second time, Uranus gives Pisces a smug smile and narrow her eyes in a 'your screwed' face. "Didn't anyone of the Zodiacs tell you what happened Pisces? Aquarius has bitten the dust. He is not here to keep me away from my girlfriend anymore."

Pisces just stared at her with wide confused eyes. The thought of being alone and at peace with her vessel is like a well that is drying up fast from the heat. One moment she was awestruck that Uranus could get away from Aquarius' possession, but then in the next moment she was shaking in anger as she aims the sharpest part of the violin as if it was a sword. "Say good-bye to your sweetheart, Uranus pig!" She threatens with an icy stare.

But before she could stab her violin, aiming specifically for Uranus' heart, Mini Moon climbs on Pisces back and pulls roughly on her hair with her right hand and grabbing the seashell necklace with the left hand, pulling it clean off as Pisces stabs Uranus in the left shoulder.

Mini Moon slips off of Pisces and accidentally breaks the seashell necklace apart, seeing a orb flying back into Pisces body, making her convulse in pain like she was about to throw up in her mouth. "What have you DONE! You were not supposed to do that!" Pisces yells in anger at the young trainee before a voice soft like the ocean on a peaceful day came up in her throat fighting for contact from the other side. "Keep going Mini Moon. Help me Amara!"

Sailor Uranus could hear Sailor Neptune's soft voice over Pisces icy jab. So the necklace that Mini Moon shattered on accident was supposed to keep Neptune quiet during her possession? Maybe even defiantly playing the sad music over anything joyful so that Uranus knows that Neptune wants to be with her and no one else, not even Pisces choice of suitors would pull her away from her girlfriend. "Michelle! Keep fighting her for me! I will find a way to help you get out of here!" She tries to encourage a struggling Sailor Neptune fighting for control to stand up against the Zodiac possessing her.

"There are plenty of other fish in the sea for you to play with! You will never have my vessel!" Pisces screeches as she flings Sailor Uranus off her feet and shoves her far away into the swimming pool. For Uranus, she attempts to swim back up onto the surface only to find that she can't break free from the water trying to pull her downward.

While holding her breath Uranus looks around to see where she can find some air, until she spies the two Betta fish swimming nearby as if taunting her that she will never get out. Being the guardian of the heavens and of air, she made a little silent spell with her sword on the tile floor around her in the water so that she can have some extra air in her lungs for the time being. There was only one of her and two of those fish in the water. As she dashes forward to swim close to the fishes, they swam away in an attempt to escape from her capture. But before the fish could make a chance of escape, their exits connecting them to Pisces stage and other parts of the room are blocked off by solid ice growing around the fish tunnels.

'Plenty of other fish in the sea you say?' Uranus thought as she gives the fish a wicked smile of sweet revenge coming her way as she brandishes her sword out for the fish to see, making them think twice on taunting her for her efforts. 'Well then, it looks like I am going fishing!'

(Back on the surface of the pool)

Sailor Pallas was watching Sailor Uranus in the water as she gives her a hand in getting to the fish before they could escape, so she freezes the exits of the tunnels off in order for Uranus to get one step closer in sending Pisces packing her bags.

Mini Moon was struggling to keep Pisces distracted while Pallas was doing her thing along with Vesta, Ceres and Juno. Ceres was trying to restrain Pisces with her vines but Pisces doused the plants with so much water that they wilted under her grasp from the overdose. Juno tried to climb on top of Pisces and knock her in the head, but Pisces caught her hand and throws her onto the water floor, knocking her out cold from the impact. Vesta went for the offensive approach and used her magma to try to dry up the water underneath Pisces feet, but the water was too much for her magma to handle and they rust up and decompose. Pisces slaps Vesta with her water attack and makes her fly into Mini Moon as the water envelopes them into a cocoon, making them flail around to escape and get some air but the water would not let them go as Pisces controlled the water to keep them captive.

"I don't even care if Cancer would want you dead or alive when she finds out you drowned on accident." Pisces murmurs as she gives a sickening grin while flicking her right pointer finger to slap Pallas away from the swimming pool and forcing her to let go of her ice magic. Pallas was later restrained in the water making her struggle to get her arms and legs to work on the floor in vain.

A few moments later, Mini Moon could see the swimming pool being contaminated by blood oozing up to the surface. In a panic she thinks to herself in horror. 'Uranus didn't make it.' She was afraid that either one of her friends or she would be next to drown in the water as she tries to fight her hardest to get out of her watery prison.

"You should have heeded my advice in leaving. Aquarius may like to play around with his victims, but I will not show any mercy to mine." Pisces said as she summons up more water an a attempt to drown Mini Moon first.

The water cocoons burst in a explosion, making Mini Moon and Vesta fall down to the ground as they cough roughly to get some air. "W-What just happened? It's g-gone!" Mini Moon chokes out her words in surprise as Pisces looks at the water in disappointment.

Pisces tried to summon the water again by snapping her fingers, but found that the water was not obeying her. "That was not supposed to happen! Why isn't my water magic working?" At the mere mention of the water magic disappearing in the pool, Sailor Uranus surfaces from the water, making herself float on air. Mini Moon winces in disgust that Uranus was covered in blood from her head to her feet.

"Now that your power is no longer useful, I will ask you to surrender Sailor Neptune to me and I will make your second death quick and painless." Uranus said, making sure her voice was loud and clear for Pisces to listen.

"Go to hell you Uranus scumbag!" Pisces sneers as she tries to run up to Sailor Uranus and claw her face until Ceres restrains her away from Uranus with her vines.

"This ought to convince you I am not joking..." Sailor Uranus' voice turned low and dark as she shows something bloody in her right hand she was clasping tightly on to Pisces. A severed head of one of the fish. The other fish was still squirming trying to get out from Uranus' tight grip on her left hand along with the sword.

Pisces' eyes grew wide in horror as her voice cracks. "My... My Poopsies!" Mini Moon could be heard sighing in relief that the blood in the pool wasn't Sailor Uranus. It was the fish that she caught while being stuck in the pool. Pallas had a genius move!

"That's right. And if you want your other fish to remain alive you let my girlfriend go!" Sailor Uranus states coldly as she raises the other fish to the front. She lets the severed head of the dead fish go onto the floor as she moves the fish from her left hand to her right while aiming her sword for the killing blow.

"YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS YOU BITCH!" Pisces screams as she tries to spring onto Uranus and slash her with her fingernails. Uranus took this attack to mean that if Pisces didn't care about keeping her fish alive, then why make her see what she is doing is wrong and beg for Uranus' forgiveness for acting like a jerk to her.

"I am not like your lover who slighted you in your past life! So quit thinking that everyone in Uranus is like him or her! If you can't let go of your haunted past, then that is your own fault for hanging onto something that is already dead and gone!" Sailor Uranus states roughly as she stabs the remaining fish with her sword before she and Pisces roll on the ground toward the wall.

Mini Moon and Vesta move to try to pull Pisces off of Uranus in the fall and discovered that the fish has died and that something inside of Neptune's body was pushed out. A violet ghostly aura surrounds a tall woman with long hair wrapped in a ponytail and she had the same dress that Neptune has on. That would mean that Neptune is finally free from her ghosts possession!

But the fight was not over. Mini Moon could feel a cold chill in the air as Pisces spirit looked around in confusion at first on how she was out but turns quickly to see Sailor Neptune trying to stand her arms straight in the water, as if waking up from a nightmare that she was having. Pisces spirit thought this would be her chance to run back into Neptune's body as the gold portal appears right behind her, trying to beckon her into the afterlife.

Quick on her feet, Sailor Uranus rushes over to the spirit of Pisces, shielding Sailor Neptune from being touched by the ghost as she delivers a swift brutal punch to the Fish Zodiac's face, sending her flying backward and vanishing into the gold portal.

'Two down, ten to go!' Mini Moon thought to herself as she goes around to see if the rest of the Sailor Quartet were okay from the scuffle they endured in the fight, She discovers that Pallas was fine but needed to clear her ears from getting water in there. Ceres was okay as she tries to flex her arms and legs back into shape. Vesta was fine, but exhausted from having to fight for her life in the water. Juno woke up from being unconscious during the fight, wondering what she missed out on, to which Mini Moon gladly informed her as she was relieved her friends were safe.

Sailor Uranus was watching the unconscious body of Sailor Neptune lying on the watery ground next to her lap. Now that Pisces was gone, Sailor Uranus would make sure to not be separated from her girlfriend ever again. Mini Moon came over to examine Neptune, hoping that the Guardian of the Oceans would return back to normal. On the back of Neptune's neck, Mini Moon could see the planetary symbol along with Pisces symbol acting as if it wanted to cage Neptune away fading from sight.

Sailor Neptune wakes up with a jolt from the water being splashed on her face from the water ripples moving from side to side, making her say. "I don't want to play with the fishes ever again!" She calms down for a moment as she looks around to see the Sailor Quartet and Mini Moon watching her on the sidelines with the familiar hands of someone dear to her

holding her steady. As soon as she turns around her face and spots Sailor Uranus right next to her she embraces her girlfriend and starts to weep with relief that her nightmare is over. "Amara!" She started crying her heart out as she grips Sailor Uranus tightly, not wanting her to leave her alone ever again.

Sailor Uranus drew her girlfriend close and kissing her on the forehead and allowing her to cry into her chest, despite being a bloody mess from fishing. But the water will wash it off, it was no big deal to her. "Its okay Michelle. I'm here now. That spirit will not touch you ever again." She whispers in comfort. Mini Moon watches on the sidelines and smiles, knowing that she at least got two of the Sailor Scouts back together on this night.


A/N: Pisces is now sleeping with the fishes. Ten more Zodiacs to go! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. See you next time!