The Last of the Zodiac Senshi
By Wendy Olson
I have know found all but one of the sailors. They are (in order of appearance): Sailors Gemini Mindy and Wendy Duet from USA, Sailor Leo Esa Simba from Kenya, Sailor Scorpio Bella Scorpius from Italy, Sailor Taurus Cleo Hathor from Egypt, Sailor Cancer Shelly Snow from Australia, Sailor Libra Rosa Balanza from Spain, Sailor Sagittarius Kim Archer from England, Sailor Pisces Lee Koi from Japan, Sailor Virgo Noel Vierge from France, Sailor Aries Heather Shepherd from Scotland and Sailor Capricorn Celeste Chevre from Canada. Oh and if you don’t know I’m a black longhaired cat!
Celeste Chevre not only is good at ice-skating, but also talking. She talks a lot! Maybe I just think that because most cats don’t talk at all. Celeste doesn’t beat the twins though. I don’t think anyone can gab more than Mindy and Wendy.
To find our last senshi, Sailor Aquarius, I had all of the girls be there. Yes, that means all twelve girls in our little dorm room. I wanted everyone there because once we found her we need all 12 sailors together to find the Horoscope Stone.
Esa used the computer with all the other eleven faces crowded around the glowing box. I was in her lap, and I had the best view. Esa plugged in what she needed and soon the computer was humming.
After a bit a picture and profile came on the screen. It was the winner of the swim meet, Kelly Cascade. Kelly is 24 years old the oldest of the sailors. Her birthday is February 2nd and of course she is an Aquarius. Kelly is from Dublin, Ireland. Kelly’s major is Olympic swimming with a minor in fire fighting.
Kelly has iridescent blue eyes and wavy long hair. Her hair goes down to her lower back and starts out at the top of her head a very light blue, as it goes down it becomes a very dark blue. Its as if her hair flows like water. Kelly is very pretty.
"Kelly Cascade? I should have known!" Shelly said.
"Kelly should be easy to find. She is my room mate." Lee told us.
"Okay, where will she be right now?" I asked.
"Most likely the swimming pool. Kelly is training for the next summer Olympics." Explained Lee.
Mindy hoisted me up onto her shoulders and then all 12 girls headed for the swimming pool. We were like an army or something. There was no way that Hercules was going to stop us.
Once there Kelly was in the pool. She had her hair in a ponytail to swim. Kelly swam to the side of the pool once she noticed us. "What’s going on, Lee? Shelly?" she asked her team mates.
I jumped from Mindy’s back and said, "Well, we have some news for you. You are Sailor Aquarius."
She looked at me with a funny face. I ran to her and saw the Aquarius symbol on her forehead. I then gave the confused girl an iridescent blue star broach.
"I’m Sailor Aquarius? Well, its about time!" she sounded shaky when she said this. I think she must have been kidding.
"To fight all you have to say is ‘Sailor Aquarius Make-Up!’" I told her. Kelly got out of the water and took down her hair. Then she looked at the broach I gave her.
"All of you are sailors too?" she asked the other girls.
"Yes!" They all said and showed her their stars.
"Sailor Aquarius Make-Up!" she yelled.
"Hey, not now!" all of the girls yelled. Kelly was enveloped in blue watery light and soon she was a sailor. Kelly’s uniform was iridescent blue with silver bows. Her boots were above the knees iridescent blue boots.
"Wow, the last sailor! Phoenix!" Hercules called to a constellation. Hercules was standing on the diving board. A bird appeared. The bird was made of fire. It’s crystals were hard to see through the fire.
All the other girls then transformed. Finally the whole Zodiac Senshi was complete. The firebird threw fire at the girls. He knocked out Cancer, Aries, and Scorpio.
"Pisces Fisherman Harpoon!" Pisces yelled and her power caught the bird.
"Capricorn Ramming Goat!" Capricorn tried her power but the heat of the fire just seemed to destroy it.
"Virgo Pure Light!" Virgo also tried and failed with her power.
"Nothing seems to work!" yelled Leo.
"Aquarius Tidal Wave!" Sailor Aquarius used her power, which was a huge wave of water. The water put out the fire but did not kill the bird.
"Taurus Charging Bull!" Taurus’s bull charged and this time killed the constellation. The firebird became stars and disappeared.
"Now we have everyone, so let’s get this stone!" yelled Sagittarius.
"I don’t think so! Heroic Blade." We hadn’t been watching Hercules. We all turned to see that he had his sword around Wendy’s neck.
"My queen wants that stone and she will get it." Said Hercules. He grabbed at Wendy’s broach and pulled the two stars apart. Soon the teal one disappeared and he had only the violet star in his hand. Just as he did that both Mindy and Wendy powered down and measures of music that made up their uniforms unraveled. Then they became the plain girls they were. Next Hercules hurled the star to the ground.
"Leave her alone!" screamed Libra.
"I’m so sorry, but I’m taking this half a sailor. I need her for insurance. All of you will have to come and get her." Hercules started to laugh as he floated upward with Wendy in his arms. Wendy shed a tear, but didn’t say a word.
"No!" Yelled Mindy. She ran to the floating couple and they disappeared. Mindy then fell to the ground crying.
"We’ll get her back!" Aquarius said and then hugged the distraught Mindy. All of the girls went to her and hugged her.
I was last to go to Mindy. I rubbed on her and purred. She picked me up and sobbed into my fur. Her tears were hot and wet. I also had tears running down my fur.
"Don’t worry they can’t kill her or they will never get the stone." Leo comforted Mindy.
"Yeah, and maybe Perseus will help us. I mean you guys said he was good, right? And he has powers and he knows where she is and everything…" Capricorn rambled.
"Ssh!" I said to her.
Cancer picked up Wendy’s fallen broach and brought it to Mindy. "I’m sorry. I should have used my power. He never would have gotten in if I had. It’s my fault." Cancer then started to cry.
I left Mindy as she took the star from Cancer. "It… Isn’t… Your… Fault." Mindy said though sobs. Mindy hugged Cancer and together they cried.
To be continued in "The History Lesson."