Somewhere in the Celestial Spirit world 

(Aries POV) 

"Again," Leo told me, as I pulled my shield up again, blocking his sword, Ras Elased, with my shield, Hamal's Horns, it took the strike with ease. Leo had offered to help me get used to using Hamal again after all it had been in the armory for so long, my skills had gotten a bit rusty. 

"Leo, how are you getting along with the Leo Minors?" I asked as we continued to train.

"They never stopped training with their blades, even after we locked their real ones away," Leo answered to me, he was referring to the Praecipua. They're blades that were forged from the same star as Leo's claws, the star of Regulus. 

"So, you are getting along then," I confirmed, some of the keys that belonged to the Leo Minors also belonged to Celestial Spirit mages in Earthland. I was worried that they might not like it if they had to follow Leo's orders again, when they already had their own mages to worry about. Leo and I continued with our small talk for a few more hours as we continued to spar.

"I think that is enough weapon training," Leo told me, sheathing his sword. 

"What are we working on now?" I asked him very, well, sheepishly. 

"Let's work on our other forms," he told me. He was talking about the forms we got from the experiments that the scientists did. I didn't tell Lucy about my other form, because I was worried that she would feel even worse about what happened. 

"Okay," I agreed, and I started to transform into my other form, a ram. I felt my wool grow to engulf my form, when I opened my eyes and saw that I was standing over Leo, in my giant, pink wool form. I moved around to get used to the horns' weight on my head and moved on four feet. 

After a flash of light, I looked over at Leo, who stood in his own animal form. He was a giant, golden lion that wore stellanium armor. His mane was a golden color with bits of light brown strands running through it. Leo's eyes had turned more golden than his normal hazel. 

"Okay, I am going to keep my claws in, so that I don't hurt you, but if you do get hurt you will go to Ophiuchus or one of the other healers, okay." Leo told me telepathically, another new skill that was given to us, I nodded.  

"You will do the same if you get hurt as well," I told him in reply.

Leo made the first move. He charged forward and raised his front paw to attack me, I blocked it with my horns. I rammed forward, his paw stuck on my horns, trying to knock him onto his back. He planted his back paws down, continuing his attack, using my horns as a brace trying to push me down. I reared up on my hind legs to push him off, but he had dug his claws into my horns and pushed me back down. I changed tactics, rushing forward to hit him in the stomach and I struck with my horns, which Leo returned with a tap on my side with the pads of his paw. 

We had continued to spar like this, him hitting me with his paw or I with my horns, until Crux had come to tell us that we needed to eat. We returned to our original forms and went over to where the food was. 

Our hair was a mess after changing back, so on the way there as we followed Crux, Leo took his claws and combed through my hair with them. I did the same to him with a small brush that Cancer had given me a while back.

"We are here," Crux told us when we arrived at a small restaurant, called The Starry Hound. The restaurant was run by a group of Canis Venatici, a group of Canis Majors that form a group and gain the ability to change into a human shape. Crux lead us into the establishment and then stopped and turned to tell us something.

"I need to do something with Horologium, so I will be off," Crux told us, then he walked off.

(Leo POV)

After Aries and I had been seated, I started to realize something. I was alone with Aries at a restaurant and it looked like we were on a date. I blushed at the thought, I looked out the window to hide it from Aries, and internally cursed Crux and that stupid clock, Horologium. We were supposed to be training, not setting each other up on dates. I looked at the view out the window. It was a view that overlooked Canis Major constellation as well as the others, it was a beautiful sight. When one of the Canis Venaticis came over to take our orders, I looked over at Aries. It seemed like she was oblivious to what our situation looked like, so I decided to leave her in blissful ignorance of the schemes of the two spirits and followed her example. Pretending that we were just having a meal, as friends. 

Somewhere else

(Capricorn POV)

I dodged another one of Virgo's chains as she attacked me again in our sparring. I, in turn, threw one of my knives at her, which she dodged. We continued this way for a few more minutes until I, rather embarrassingly, tripped on my new tail. I got off my back and, childishly, glared at my new attachment. 

"Do you need a hand?" Virgo asked me as I tried to get up off of the ground, the large tail getting in the way the whole time. 

"Yes," I answered politely, as she gave me a hand to lift myself up. 

"It is embarrassing," I confided to the maid. Virgo and I have been good friends for many centuries, so I was comfortable in allowing the spirit to help with my problems and she does the same, vice versa. 

"Have you asked Scorpio to help you with it?" She asked me, putting her mace and shield on her back. 

"I have tried, but he is busy with his own problems, it would be selfish of me to bother him," I told her, and I was telling the truth. He had to get his weapons from the armor the first time I tried, and the second time he was busy trying to figure out what those scum did to his own tail.

"Have you talked to him about it?" Virgo asked me.

"Not directly," I told her.

"Talk to Aquarius and him, they know a few things about having a tail, Capricorn," Virgo told me. "You helped everyone else, let them help you back." 

"Alright," I told her, knowing that she will just keep pushing the subject until I actually talk to the other two spirits. Maybe they can help me with the other problem that I am having with my new water magic.

Somewhere else

(Gemi POV)

Mini and I were playing with Pisces in the Eridanus, the river constellation. The fish spirits were in their human form, Mom was holding a trident that was inverted in colors of Son's own trident and both had scaled armor on. 

"So how was your adventure," Son asked us.

"Miss Lucy was worried about us as she didn't know what those people did to us," I told him as my sister and I played around in the water.

"And we told her as much as we could," my sister finished while splashing me in the face with water.

Somewhere Else

(Cancer POV)

I was back at my hair salon in the spirit world, I stared at the two blades Acubens and Asellus, my pincer claws. Unlike most of the others, I had placed my old weapons on display in my salon, with permission from the King of course, to remember the days before my salon. They weren't the prettiest of days, as in those days, it was more common for me to cut heads than hair. I do not miss those days, but it seems I need to lay down my scissors and pick up my blades once again. 

I looked at myself in the mirror, my hair was out of its ponytail, and flowing down my shoulders. I hadn't found it in myself to put it back into its braids, looking at my countertops and I grabbed the first hair tie I saw. I tied my hair up into a high ponytail and then I tied a cloth around it. I went into the backroom, and then put my armor on. I went to my swords, and I saw that my hair styling scissors were hanging beside them. 

I looked at the scissors, beat up and worn from when I used them in battle to protect my master. They also brought up memories of when I used them for others, for my customers, for Layla, for Lucy. My hands went to the wall, grabbing my weapon. 

I went out of the salon, closing the door behind me, the sign showing that the store was closed. With my swords at my back and my scissors at my sides.

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I don't own Fairy Tail 

Man, it feels like I haven't said that in forever. I am so, so, so sorry for the wait. I haven't written in this story in forever, and I apologies for making you all wait for the rest of this story. 

I will not make any excuses for my absence in writing this story, I had stopped writing it for a while and then I had tried to start writing it again by revising it. Then I took another break from it and before I knew it 8-9 months had passed. I apologies to all of you readers out there how thought that I had forgotten about this story, and for making you wait. 

- DestinyFerrum 

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Names that inspired the weapons 

Ras Elased is the star that is the mouth of the Leo Constellation 

Hamal is the brightest star in the Aries constellation and it is where the horns are on the ram.

Praecipua is the formal name of the brightest star in the Leo Minor constellation 

Acubens is the star that is the claw of the Cancer constellation and Asellus is one of the stars that have a name and are not Beta Cancri or something like that