DISCLAIMERS All Zodiac senshi and Zodiac cats, including families and acquaintances are copyrighted 2005 - 2006 Wild Nature. All BSSM characters, story, and all other relations to the story is copyrighted 1993 - 2006 Naoko Takeuchi. This is a fanfic and thus is NOT a part of the canon storyline but BASED upon both the anime and manga versions (mainly manga).

Chapter Six: Aqua

“AUGH! AUGH! AUGH!”

Karna jerked awake and nearly had a heart attack as the man jumped out of the bed. “YOU SICK SON OF...”

“STOP IT! Galena! Karna! It’s me!” Pollux shouted. He used a small pillow to cover himself. “I...oh.. freaking.. what happened! Gally! Did you do something in your dream!” He howled.

“I took the shard...”

“You took the shard? You TOOK the SHARD?!” Pollux inched backwards, his entire body red.

Galena’s head slowly tilted to the side. “Oh..wow... is that your tail or your...”

“GALENA!”

“GALENA!!”

Pollux turned tail and ran out of the room where he entered Demi’s. Thing was, Castor slept peacefully as a cat still.

“Brother...” Pollux hissed. He poked Castor’s belly.

“Leave me alone Demi..” Castor rolled over and opened his eyes. “WHAT THE HELL?!”

“I need help! Make me a cat again!”

“What did Galena do?!”

“Let’s see, she’s on the verge on being whole once more and because of that, the link between her and I...”

“I know of THAT! But you can’t stay like this! Not yet anyways...” Castor’s head tilted to the side with a smile tugging at his mouth. “Are you...excited?”

“I’m going to KILL you!” Pollux grabbed his brother and began shaking. “AH ha! Who’s the better now?”

“POLLUX! COVER YOURSELF!” Demi screamed as she entered. Pollux looked up from his crouch and his face paled. Something must have triggered in him as he reverted hurriedly into a cat.

“My heart...augh...I’m dead.” He plopped over dramatically.

“What was that for? Since when can he do it? And can you?” Demi asked, not giving Castor a chance to answer.

“I don’t know. And we’re not supposed to and no, I CAN’T!”

“Polly!” Galena ran in and hurriedly picked him up. “Phew.. you’re back to normal.”

“Normal... NORMAL!? You think I’m supposed to be a ..”

“POLLUX!”

“I can’t take this anymore!” Pollux screamed. He jumped away from Galena, his body ridged and his tail shot up in the air. “Galena, I’m not supposed to be a cat! I was human!”

Galena turned her head into a tilt. “Poll...ux?” Her face slowly tinted red. “We... knew each other, didn’t we?”

Demi frowned. “Where is this going?”

“No where, no where at all.. HA ahahahhahah...” Galena turned and fled.

“Pollux...”

“Oh shut up! You were in the same boat with Demi,” Pollux retorted, walking out with as much dignity he could manage.

“C-a-s-t-o-r...” Demi was heard hissing.

“Oh.. Galena?” Pollux peeked in. He jumped on the bed and tried to remember how he became human. He didn’t have that power, not anymore. So the only logical reason was Galena but surely, she didn’t remember their past, now did she?

“We were more than friends, we were LOVERS!” Galena bit out, the door slamming shut. “And you, you tried to alienate me..”

Pollux flinched. “I had a good reason,” He began.

“No! You hated me!”

“I never hated you!”

“But you were ... always mean.. I know I’m young but that doesn’t excuse your actions.. What about my feelings?”

“Damnit! That’s why I did it! I didn’t want to see you get hurt!” Pollux found himself as a human yet again. “How did you just do that?”

“I wanted to look at you...” Galena answered softly.

“We cannot be! We will not! Not on my...”

But he gazed down into those eyes and knew he was breaking. “I watched you die... I suffered in that loneliness.. I don’t want to watch you suffer anymore..” Pollux said thickly.

“But if you’re here, I won’t be in pain anymore..” Galena reached out. “If you’re willing to wait for me...”

And his head fell down in defeat. And then, he blanched, realizing that fact that he was still nude. “You could’ve said something..” He said darkly.

“I did say I wanted to look at you..”

“OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!”

“So he can take human form because she’s gotten stronger?” Demi asked stiffly. “And they were a COUPLE? And let me guess, he still holds a torch, right?”

“Just like she does..” Castor began.

“Tell me, what did he mean by ‘Same boat with Demi’?”

“Ah...Pass?”

“CASTOR!”

“It’s always best to just.. err.. forget...” Castor backed away from the looming girl. “Come on, don’t make me say it!”

“Answer me...Were we something important to each other?”

“Aren’t we now?”

“Castor!” Demi threw her hands up, groaning. “And that’s why you’re such a hard ass! A prick! Some guy in a cat suit!”

“Hey, I can’t become human...”

“Until I get stronger,” Demi interrupted. “Why did you become a cat, Castor?”

“You were suffering...” Castor looked away. “I couldn’t let you be alone but even then..”

“Castor..”

“No more! We are in the present, it’s all different. The whole different species, I’m your guide, blah blah de blah...”

And Demi sighed.

Castor thought he’d be in the clear.

“I don’t know whether to leave you alone or keep asking you,” Demi said very quietly. “It’s hard to know you’re this senshi but no one will tell you anything.”

“I want to, don’t you think I don’t? But look at me,” Castor eyed his feline self. “We were not meant to be.”

“Liar..” Demi grumbled as she stomped out.

“Come on Lila, pick something!” The black haired man grumbled. He was huge, buff and rather frightening looking. He stood towering over the young girl. She wore her black hair into high pigtails that separated into two more pigtails each that tied at the ends which trailed to her mid-back.

She turned to face her father. Her eyes were a sky blue, quite vibrant. They came out perfectly with the pale yellow flowered dress she was wearing. “But Daddy, I want something we both would watch.”

He sighed heavily. “Come on Lila, it doesn’t bother me.”

“Oh and if I pick a mushy movie?”

He wove his hands in his thinning hair. “Get whatever. I probably won’t watch as it is.” He turned and wandered off to check out other, more interesting movies.

And Lila’s eyes welled up before she looked down at the movie in her hand. It was all about family and it was just ironic that hers was falling out on the inside.

She sighed as she followed her father out of the rental store and she continued to sigh.

“I’m going into this hardware store. You can go look around the plaza if you want to.”

“Okay...” She said hesitantly, watching him leave. She sighed even louder but her father ignored her as he left her, yet again.

She sat down on the curb and wondered what she was to do. She slowly drew her hand up and watched the sunlight glitter of the silver bracelet. The sign of Aquarius showered a mini rainbow of dotted lights along her face.

“Well, they could be my family,” She said quietly. She normally wasn’t so emotional but since finding this trinket, that had changed.

It’d been strange. It was at the bottom of a friend’s pool but none of them knew who it belonged to.

Of course, she knew it was hers to begin with. The moment she touched it. But now, she didn’t know what to do. She knew there must be others out there but she really didn’t want to find them.

“In fact, I don’t even want to use this. I mean, what good will it do?”

She watched as shadows passed over her from the clouds above.

Demi was walking back from work. She was currently also thinking of school and the eventual return to said school. Galena was excited but Demi, well, Demi didn’t know what to do.

“Of course, I have like a month left of vacation..” Demi found her attention moving again to the Sol Senshi.

They were still around here, somewhere. But Demi hadn’t seen them since the incident where Demi, as Gemini, used that immense power.

“Do we need them? I mean, that was pretty powerful...” Demi felt a strange prick at the back of her neck and she rubbed the back of it angrily.

“It’s like my senses are trying to...” Demi caught sight of Lila. “The bracelet...”

Lila was so lost in thought, she was unaware of Demi until the dark shadow over passed her.

“Oh.. Can I help you?” Lila asked, a bit stiffly.

“Um.. that’s really pretty. Where’d you get it?” Demi touched the bracelet slightly.

“Found it. Yours?”

“Ah...a dream, kind of.”

“You’re Gemini, aren’t you?”

“Well, yea... you must be uh...”

Lila smiled slightly. “Don’t know the Zodiac signs very well? It’s Aquarius.”

“I’m Demi Helen,” Demi offered her hand and they shook.

“I’m Dalila Laramie. But everyone calls me Lila.”

“That’s a pretty name,” Demi sat next to her. “So how long did you have that?”

“Since last weekend. My friend has a birthday party and I found it in the bottom of the pool.”

“It’s strange, huh? The way these things keep popping up.”

“Probably just trying to get our attention. So, are you, like, the only one?”

“No, so far I’ve met up with Cancer, she’s my little sister.”

“Really?”

“Uh huh. And then there’s Capricorn but her name is actually Yale. Then there’s Leo, or rather Tategami and then there’s Taurus. She’s Yale Angus.”

“Yale?”

“You know her?”

“She goes to my school. She’s that kind that likes girls, right?”

“I guess.”

“There’s either yes or no. No guessing about things like that,” Lila said dryly.

“You never know! They could be confused..”

“I don’t think Yale is,” Lila rolled her eyes. “She flirts with EVERY girl.”

“Including you?” Demi smirked.

“WHAT?! NO! No!” She burst out into nervous laughter.

“Lila?” Her father called out as he came out with a brown bag. Whatever could be heard inside clattered. “Let’s go.”

“Hold on, Daddy. You want to come over with me? My dad can give you a ride home.”

Demi thought for a moment. “Sure but as soon as we get to your place, I should call my mom.”

“Sure. Daddy! Do you mind if I bring a friend?” Lila called out. Her father looked over his shoulder, sizing up Demi.

“Sure.”

The ride was quiet as the two sat in the back, whispering to each other. Occasionally, a giggle was heard as Mr. Laramie raised an eyebrow. He shrugged every time as he continued to pay attention to the road.

Lila’s home was modest and well tended to. It was a single story, with a wide front door frame, the patio stretching across to the sides.

“It’s really pretty,” Demi murmured.

“Yea, it’s nice. My dad constructed it.”

“You’re kidding!”

“My dad’s an ‘artist’ as he puts it,” Lila shrugged. “No big deal.” But she was blushing, as if she were happy that her father was an artist. “I’ll show you to a phone.”

They entered, Lila’s father had gone into the garage while they went actually inside. Lila pointed to a small phone and Demi dutifully phoned home.

“Hello, Helen residence. May I ask who’s calling?” Mr. Helen said jovially.

“Hi Dad. I’m at a new friend’s house and...”

“New?”

“Oh yea, I just met...”

“I don’t know, honey. You need to be careful about who..”

“DAD! She’s fine. She’s cool, okay? I’m fine. I AM sixteen!”

“All right, all right.. Guess I just wanted to be a little more involved..” He trailed off.

Demi stared at the phone. “Dad...” She began carefully. “I can take care of myself. I’m FINE. Now, I can get a ride home so I’ll be back in what, two, three hours?” She eyed Lila who nodded.

“Fine, fine. You know, Yale is over.”

“Oh yea? Well, she can hang out with Gally.”

“Gally’s a little too young...”

“Trust me, they get along really well. Okay then, I’ll see you later. Love you bye.” She hung up before he could say anything else.

“What? Was he nervous?”

“Err.. he kind of knows about us...”

“Us how?”

“That well, his two daughters are senshi.”

“Oh dear. That’d be too much pressure.”

“Hmm... Maybe I should’ve just let Luna wipe their minds. Oh well...” Demi sighed.

“Here, I’ll give you a tour.” Demi followed around the home, each room carefully decorated and seemingly organized into a rather certain fashion. But Demi couldn’t quite put her finger on that.

“And here is my room,” Lila smiled. “Please... err. don’t touch anything, okay?” She tried to say that as friendly as possible.

Demi raised an eyebrow and saw many pastel colors ranging on the dark side over the highly decorated room.

“Gee.. how often to clean this room?” Demi joked.

“Everyday.”

“W...what?”

“I clean it every day. Like all the other rooms.”

Demi slowly thought on that. “You, err, wouldn’t be a obsessive compulsive, would you?”

“I’m more of a perfectionist,” Lila stroked her chin. “Maybe a little obsessive, I guess. That’s what my dad used to say.”

“Used to?”

“Yea, he kinda stopped that for a long time now.”

“Don’t get along well?” She couldn’t resist reaching out to see if a vase of flowers were actually flowers.

“DON’T TOUCH!” Lila grasped Demi’s hand. “Please, those were my mother’s.”

“Oh... I’m sorry. I just wanted to see if they were alive or not.”

Lila smiled, gently smoothing a single petal. “They’re fabric. My dad got her these on their first anniversary with real ones. These were supposed to be a joke but Mama loved these.”

“I’m sorry for your loss,” Demi said, for a lack of anything else.

“Oh.. my mother isn’t dead.”

“So your parents are divorced?”

“Well.. now they are,” Lila coughed, trying to clear her throat. “Um.. my mom’s in prison.”

“Oh dear.. Um...”

Lila smiled. “It’s okay to not know what to say. I still don’t.”

“How long is she in for?” Demi asked without thinking. “I MEAN, err, don’t have to answer if you don’t want to..” She trailed off.

“Until I turn like thirty. Around that long.”

“Must of been serious..” Demi mentally kicked herself.

“Gee, no one’s actually bothered to ask me anything,” Lila smiled broadly. “It makes me feel a lot better actually talking about her. Well, she was into drugs and dealing as well as fraud.”

“God...” Demi flinched. “I’m really, really sorry if I keep sounding like a bitch.”

“You’re fine..” Lila turned around and gently moved the flowers into an alternate position before placing it back into the same as before. “I don’t know how to arrange this. Oh well...” She gently stroked the silk flowers before reaching next to it to pull up a rag and a spray.

“Um... since you like honesty..” Demi began. “I think you might be obsessive compulsive. These look pretty clean already.”

“I know..” Lila began cleaning anyways. “But I just want to make sure.”

Demi walked around the room, careful to NOT touch anything. She saw a few photos but nothing about family pictures seemed to exist.

She did find several awards. “You in the water polo team?”

“As well as swimming team. I like to swim. Helps clear my mind, you know?” Lila put down the cleaning items and looked out of the window. “It’s rather quiet.”

Demi looked out and for a moment, there was nothing. And then suddenly, a car in the front blew into flames.

“AUGH!” Demi jumped back. “Who did that?”

“We need to get outside,” Lila ran out of the room, Demi following.

“Something’s not right. Where’s the problem coming from?” Demi asked to Lila.

“Hee hee...” A snake wove around the flaming car. “I new I could get your attention ssssooo easssily...”

“Who are you?” Lila demanded.

Demi gaped. “You...you’re...”

“I am Ophiuchussss, yess...” The snake was a large black anaconda, with three gray horns jutting out from its skull. It’s eyes were a eerie yellow and it’s tongue lashed out, long and forked. “Now, be good girlsss... Give me the Celessstial crysstal...”

“The what?” Lila blinked. Demi frowned.

“It’s gone!” She began.

Pleasssse... I can still feel it, pulssating on thisss plane. Give it to me,” he hissed before reforming into a male figure.

His skin was gray, still scaly. He was bald, with the same jutting horns but his eyes became more human, just still yellow. His lower body however, was a long, long tail.

“I don’t know what you think you’re doing but it’s going to stop!” Demi shouted.

“A ha aha ha ha...”

“Lila!”

“Right!”

Gemini Celestial Power, Make Up!”

“Aquarius Celestial Power, Make Up!” A orb of water engulfed her before it burst, the water spilling outwards into mini rivers and streams.

Her sigma, Aquarius, was upon her brow and she had yellow tear drop earrings. Her choker was must like the same as the others, only the top was white and the bottom was yellow with the same yellow star in its center.

Her collar was blue but the edges were outlined as if by a magnitude of bubbles. The brooch was blue and heart shaped, with a yellow star in its center and the three round gems at each lower side. Her fuku was divided only under her breasts by a yellow band. The fuku was blue for the most part until the edge of the skirt, which was also edged as if in bubbles.

Her gloves covered three fourths of her arms. The top edge and her wrist wrapped in yellow beads. From her forearm to her wrist, the fabric was white but the hand section, the fingers cut off, was blue. Her shoes went to her ankles and were like sandals. There was a strap across the tops of her toes with a perpendicular strap between her big toe and the one next to it. There was another blue strap across the top of the foot and then another around her ankle. This strap was edged in yellow beads.

“I am the soldier of the constellation of the Twins, Sailor Gemini!”

“And I am the soldier of the constellation of the Water Carrier, Sailor Aquarius!”

“In the name of the Zodiac and Earth, be prepared to be defeated!”

“Ma hah aha ha ha haa!” Ophiuchus burst out laughing. “Oh dear, you are all ssso wrong...” he breathed. “I cannot be defeated. Esssspecially by sssuch weak versssionsss.” His smile grew as he bared his fangs, dripping in a black essence.

“We won’t give up!” Gemini raised her hand. “Gemini Dual Winds!” She blasted her attack at Ophiuchus.

“Begone!” He called out as he raised his hands, the palms pressed together as his fingers stretched out. The attack sucked into his hands and he blasted it back out at her.

“Watch out!” Aquarius called out, a little too late. Gemini was flown back by her own attack and she swore, standing up with a very pissed look.

“That’s not fair! How could you do that?” She demanded.

“I am Ophiuchusss, the Dark Zodiac.. I am everything and anything...”

“Bite my ass! Gemini Dual Blade!” She called out, the weapon forming in her fist. “Gemini Space Airstreams!”

The attack, now doubled, lunged out and Ophiuchus couldn’t suck all of it as he was thrown back. The wind actually blew out the car on fire so they had something less to worry about.

“AH ha...Liked.. that.. didn’t...” Gemini passed out, untransforming.

“Demi! Demi!” Aquarius turned around as a hiss was heard. Ophiuchus was, for the most part, unhurt. “How dare you hurt an ally! Aquarius...”

“DON’T!” A voice rang out.

The inner senshi of the Sol system, as well as Sailor Moon with her Tuxedo Kamen, landed close by.

“What?” Aquarius frowned.

“I don’t think it would be wise for you to attack WITHOUT a water source,” Sailor Mercury said quietly.

“Says you!” Aquarius turned and blanched as the man snake tilted his head, sticking his tongue out rather suggestively. “Sick little...”

“Hee hee...” He raised a hand as his voice rang out. “Come out, my possessed! Retrieve the celestial Heavenly Crystal for me!”

And he turned into black stars, disappearing into air. In his steed, Libra appeared.

“Libra...” Aquarius blinked. She moved forward slowly.

“Don’t come closer...” Libra looked up, her eyes shot. “Or I will KILL you..”

Aquarius frowned. “Come on, Libra. What’s the matter with you?”

“I said DON’T COME CLOSER!!” Libra grasped at her side, her sword forming. “Libra Justice Blade!” She cut at the air into two and the action caused the air to push outward dual-fold.

Aquarius raised her hands, unable to actually block the action itself. As a result, she was thrown back hard onto her patio. She winced, struggling to get up.

“Oh..” She heard Demi moan.

“You.. you’re no ally of ours...” Aquarius grunted. “Aquarius Raging Waters!” Water dripped into her palms as she guided the two streams into one huge river, blasting out at Libra. She struggled to keep it up but she finally realized why the other senshi didn’t want her to attack.

“Oh..” Her mouth became dry as her vision blurred. Her skin was thickening, she felt suffocated and she passed out with a gurgled cry.

Libra had been thrown back by the attack and the pressure was enough to do more damage to her as well. She struggled up still, her dead eyes glinting. “Ha.. Ha...That was... fun..” She raised her hand, the Justice Sword glinting.

“STOP IT!” Eternal Sailor Moon moved to the front of the fallen girls. “Why are you doing this? They are your friends!”

“Friends.. FRIENDS? Sailor Libra has no friends..” She hissed darkly. “I belong to one and one alone! My dear, dear Dark Zodiac!” She began to laugh.

“Arin...” Sailor Moon tried to reach out.

“Heh heh... Arin was a fool, not to mention weak,” Libra’s eyes tinted black, peeking out from half closed lids. Her smile was cold, her lips a frozen color. “So easy to manipulate..”

“But.. but you are Arin!” Sailor Moon began in earnest.

“Once upon a time, perhaps but now...” She swung the sword. “Libra Sword Cut!” The energy in the sword pent up until the end of the swing where it exploded out into a shower of stars.

“Sailor Moon!”

“Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!”

“Mars Flame Sniper!”

“Jupiter Oak Evolution!”

“Venus Love and Beauty Shock!”

The attack easily destroyed the coming one from Libra and each also hit her. She screamed as she fell down in a slumped position. Her arms wrapped around her, her fuku tattered and several cuts bleeding.

“You...you foul things...” She rasped.

“We can help you..” Sailor Moon raised her Eternal Tier. “Starlight Honeymoon Therapy...”

But while the energy spilled into the weapon, Sailor Libra teleported away as she seemed to faint.

“Great. We knew someone from them couldn’t be trusted and it ends up being the soldier of balance. Is that ironic or not?” Venus asked.

“Oh shut up, Minako,” Mars shook her head. “Are they all right?” She asked Mercury.

“Just like before, the energy used by Gemini was too much and she passed out before going at full capacity. For Aquarius... well, from what Setsuna told me, she uses water but it HAS to be nearby.”

“Or else?” Jupiter asked for the others.

“Or else she’ll just the water in her own system. She’s severely dehydrated. We need to get her to the hospital now.” Sailor Mercury untransformed. The others followed suit and began to move toward them The other reached Demi as Ami studied Lila before a shadow over passed her.

“What.. what HAPPENED?” Mr. Laramie gaped. “My child... what did you DO?” He screamed at Ami, shocking her. He picked his daughter up gingerly.

“She passed out. She’s dehydrated. She needs to go to the...”

“What? What happened to the other girl? Why are they both passed out?” Mr. Laramie demanded.

Makoto had inched over to the older man and quickly pressed that one muscle that would knock him out. And it did, quite well as he fainted.
“Great... what do we do now?” Minako snapped at Makoto.

“I don’t know! He shouldn’t have come out!” Makoto barked back.

“Let’s get the girl inside. Maybe she’ll recuperate without hospital needs.” Ami sighed.