Chapter 19: Mutable Signs
Fuyumi was furious. How could the other three dogs betray the cause like that?! And then they got captured! It was the Zodiac Senshi's fault, she decided. If they had acted they way they were supposed to, Akiko, Chinatsu and Miharu would NEVER have been taken by the enemy! She ran through the palace, looking for the four Senshi who she thought could help her. Surely the Senshi who were blessed by the mutable signs, as they were called, would be more open to changing into the true Zodiac Senshi they were supposed to be. She suceeded in gathering the four Senshi, Gemini, Virgo, Saggitarius and Pisces, and they met in the dining area, since it was lunch time.
"What did you need us for, silly dog? Trying to tell us sex is evil again?" Sparkle snorted.
"She's been saying that?! Sex isn't evil, it's a natural part of life. And I've never heard of a prudish dog before, usually that's a human thing. Maybe talking dogs are weird that way," Veronica said.
"I didn't say it was evil, I said that YOU should think it is, Virgo, because you're supposed to be the prudish virgin! It's because you Zodiac Senshi aren't acting the way you're supposed to that the other dogs got captured! Your behavior must have made them so depressed that they gave up and were easy targets!" Fuyumi accused.
"From what I heard, they weren't depressed, they were finally looking at reality. Which you should do too. We're not going to change our personalities just to fit your idea of what you think we should act like, at least, I'm not. What we SHOULD be doing is finding out where the dogs were taken to, because if we know that, then we can probably find our enemies and defeat them," Veronica declared.
"You CAN'T defeat them! They have to be healed! They were brainwashed, I'm sure of it! The Sailor Senshi's children can't be evil!" Fuyumi protested.
"Well, even to do that, we need to find where their base is. That should be what's important right now, not worrying about astrology," Veronica argued.
While Fuyumi was arguing with the Zodiac Senshi, in the Moon Castle, Chibi had been called in to see Bertha.
"What did you bring those dogs here for? Are they going to be brought to our side too?" Chibi asked.
"It wasn't my idea to bring them, but perhaps. What I think it's time for is to finally have a showdown with the Zodiac Senshi. I have the rooms all set up for their arrival, if they want to come rescue their dog friends. When you go fight next, you can tell them where we are if you want. Or they may have figured it out already. But I will unlock the castle doors. Go on if you want, I have to prepare the others for their roles," Bertha explained.
"Okay! I'll go fight them and take my true role as the Queen of Crystal Tokyo! Then I can do whatever I want, without anyone bossing me around!" Chibi declared. She ran off and teleported. Because she was a bit hungry despite her eagerness to fight, she thought of food and ended up teleporting right to the dining room where Fuyumi and the four Senshi were.
"Chibi-Usa! Come back home, please! You don't really want to overthrow your parents, do you? Don't you love them and want to follow tradition? It's what someone of your sign would want to do, since you're a Cancer," Fuyumi pleaded.
"Shut up, you stupid dog," Chibi snapped, and she fired a pink energy beam out of her hand that struck Fuyumi, sending her tumbling across the floor.
"Pisces Zodiac Power, Make Up!" Veronica immediately yelled, transforming into Sailor Pisces. Zylphia, Sparkle and Emily followed suit. Sailor Saggitarius and Sailor Gemini stepped in front of Fuyumi protectively, but Sailor Virgo hesitated.
"Why are we protecting Fuyumi? She's just annoying. We should just let Chibi-Usa take her," she said coldly.
"We can't do that! If it wasn't for her, Veronica, Jasmine and Melissa wouldn't have been able to become Senshi. I don't know how to follow her orders, but I don't think we should let her be attacked," Sailor Gemini protested.
"Correct. It is our duty as Sailor Senshi to fight against Chibi and her friends," Sailor Saggitarius agreed, "Saggitarius Pizza Magic!" A giant pizza appeared in her hands, and she flung it at Chibi. At the same time, Chibi also had let loose another energy beam, and it hit the pizza. The pizza exploded, sending bits of burned crust, cheese and tomato sauce flying everywhere.
"Gemini Muffin Exaltation!"
"Virgo Prism Halation!" Chibi was about to attack again when the giant muffin and rainbow beams hit her. She flew backwards and crashed into the wall with the muffin holding her down. She struggled to lift it, failed, and glared at the Zodiac Senshi, tears beginning to pour out of her red eyes.
"Why? What do you have against me? Why can't you let me have the throne?" she whimpered.
"You will get to have the throne. You just have to be patient, Princess. And I don't think following Bertha is going to get you to be Queen any faster. She's probably using you, just like the Doom Phantom did to you before," Sailor Gemini reassured her.
"Don't...HOW DARE YOU!" Chibi screamed, blasting the muffin to bits with her energy beam attack. She stood up, her anger giving her the strength to fight again. "How DARE you bring that up!"
"But how is following Bertha going to make YOU be Queen? Aren't you just following her? Shouldn't you become Queen by showing how responsible and strong you can be on your own?" Sailor Pisces reasoned.
"DON'T TALK ABOUT THE WISEMAN!" Chibi screamed. She started to charge forward, but then she fell to her knees as a swirl of white light appeared behind her. A girl with rainbow-colored hair stepped out of the swirl.
"Chibi, I told you to give them my message. Come to the ruins of the Moon Kingdom, Zodiac Senshi. That's where your dog friends are waiting," the girl, Bertha, stated. She grabbed Chibi and effortlessly threw her through the white swirl. "We will be waiting for you." She then jumped back through the portal herself, leaving Fuyumi and the four Zodiacs behind.
"We need to go to the Moon Kingdom, and we need to go as soon as possible. That's where our enemy is hiding," Veronica said.
"That's an obvious thing to say," Stormy commented with a roll of her eyes. "So do you know how we get there, Fuyumi? Do we have to go there on a spaceship?"
"No, there is a way that you Sailor Senshi can get there, and can travel to pretty much anywhere if you know where you're going. It's called the Sailor Teleport, and it would be best if all 12 of you did it together," Fuyumi explained.
"Then let's go tell everyone else!" Stormy declared.
"We should learn how to do it from the original Sailor Senshi. They would be able to teach us," added Zylphia.
It wasn't long until all 12 Zodiac Senshi had been gathered in the ballroom, along with the original Sailor Senshi.
"If there is a way to do so, please heal our daughters instead of killing them," said Neo-Queen Serenity.
"I promise. I don't want to kill anyone, I would rather be a Sailor Senshi who saves people from evil by healing them," said Melissa.
"We may not be able to save all of them, but I will do my best to uphold the duty you have given me, Your Highness," added Emily.
"Princess Chibi-Usa can't truly be evil anyway. She's a princess, and princesses are always good and pure," said Heather.
"Enough being sappy. How are we supposed to do this Sailor Teleport anyway? I know that I can fly with my powers, but I wouldn't be able to breathe in space," Veronica interrupted, "And how can anyone be living on the Moon? It doesn't have the same kind of atmosphere as the Earth."
"During the time of the Silver Millennium, the Silver Crystal was able to make the Moon inhabitable, just like the Earth. That ended when the Silver Millennium was destroyed by Queen Beryl. However, not too long before all of you came here to Crystal Tokyo, Neo-Queen Serenity had planned to send an expedition to the ruins of the old Moon Castle to see if it could be made like it was before. Before Small Lady and the others left, Neo-Queen Serenity used the Silver Crystal to put a magical shield around the Moon that would allow Earth humans and animals to breathe and live there without needing to wear space suits. We really should have realized that our daughters were always there all along," Setsuna explained.
"Then let's go there and be Senshi psychologists and cure your daughters of their bad behavior!" Alexandra exclaimed.
"To do the Sailor Teleport, you must all transform and stand in a circle and hold hands. Then you all need to say 'Sailor Teleport' and focus on the location you want to teleport to," said Rei.
The 12 Zodiac Senshi then did so, making a circle in the middle of the ballroom. They all transformed and held hands, and they all shouted as one.
"Sailor Teleport!"