Chapter 22: Doggone It

Aracel Mikealson (and Thor) belong to SkullPearlQueen

"What did I do to deserve this?" Zwei asked himself as he ran down the block to escape his pursuers. He seemed to be being chased by every dog in the city.

Zwei ran into an alley to catch his breath but he found himself cornered by the large pack of dogs. One, which seemed to be their leader walked forward and growled.

"Hey now that's just rude," Zwei said.

The other dog raised its paw to scratch at the small corgi but something jumped in front blocking the attack.

Both Zwei and the other dog looked to see a young German Shepard standing between them.

The German Shepard barked a few times and the pack leader backed off. It then looked to its followers and the small dog pack dispersed.

Zwei looked up at his rescuer, "um..thank you."

The other dog nodded its head.

"Thor where did you go?" The two dogs heard a voice asked.

The German Shepard, who Zwei assessed must be Thor, walked over to a very expensive looking car parked a bit away.

The driver, a pretty, young woman with striking pink hair and a black dress and hat immediately picked the dog up in her arms, "there you are." She said with a smile.

She carried the dog back to her car and placed him inside before starting the car up and driving away. If only she knew at that very moment she was being watched.

"So this girl is the holder of the final rainbow crystal," Neo said as she looked into the surface of her dark crystal, "doesn't look like she's much of a threat. This will be easy."

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"Ugh there were just so many of them," Zwei shuddered as he sat next to Blake at a nearby park.

"You do sound like you've had a bad day," Blake nodded.

"You have no idea."

"Hey guys!" Ruby said running up to them with Nora close behind.

"Sorry we're late," Nora said.

The two girls sat besides Blake and Zwei.

"Where's Cinder?" Ruby asked.

"I think she said she was busy with something," Blake said, "but she said she'd be by later." The cat faunus didn't want to tell Ruby that Cinder had decided to stay back at the temple today to try and get to know Charlie better. Knowing Ruby she'd try and play matchmaker.

The cat faunus opened her mini data computer, "anyway I used my computer to scan the rainbow crystal we were able to get. I thought maybe we could use the information the computer got to find the last crystal."

She began typing into the computer and a map of the entire city appeared on the screen. Then she added in the rainbow crystal data and a red dot began flashing on the electronic map.

"Got it!" Blake said triumphantly, "let's go."

The other girls nodded and together they began following the map.

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"This is it?" Ruby asked as her friends and she looked up at a rather impressive looking mansion.

"Yes according to the map the holder of the last rainbow crystal should be inside," Blake said.

Zwei, who was being carried by Nora, looked up at one of the windows and saw a familiar furry face staring back.

"Thor?!" Zwei asked aloud.

"What did you say Zwei?" Nora asked.

"Oh it's nothing,"

"I see," Nora said, "well why don't you stay out here and the three of us will be right back."

Zwei nodded and stood by the corner while the girls went to the door.

The corgi had barely been sitting there a minute when he suddenly heard a low growling sound. He turned his head and saw the same dog who had attacked him earlier along with his pack of street dogs. Somehow though the group seemed to have gotten larger.

"Uh oh," Zwei said.

Meanwhile Blake rang the mansion's doorbell and it didn't take long for Thor's owner to answer, the aforementioned German Shepard standing by her side.

"Can I help you?" She asked.

Ruby looked at her crescent moon wand and noticed the rainbow crystal alert was going off. She gave Nora a knowing nod.

Nora gave her one back before giving the young woman at the door a side eye glance, "you know who that is right? Aracel Mikealson, she's a famous fashion designer and model."

"Wow so cool." Ruby said.

"Um we just wanted to ask you a few questions. Mind if we come in?" Blake asked Aracel.

"Well I don't-" but before she could finish her sentence Thor suddenly ran out the front door!

"Thor!" Aracel yelled, "come back!" She pushed past the other girls and began chasing her dog down the street.

She followed her dog to an alleyway and tried to grab him but Thor was too quick and he took off.

Aracel then felt an ominous presence and turned to see Neo behind her.

"Hello there," Neo said into Aracel's mind before holding out her dark crystal.

"Who are you?" Aracel asked.

"Such a naive girl," Neo laughed, "you don't even realize what a special treasure is inside you. Rainbow crystal! Come to me!"

The dark crystal began glowing but nothing happened. No crystal appeared.

"What?! How can this be?!" Neo thought. Her eyes then widened as she thought about the image of Aracel she'd seen earlier. In the image the young woman had been holding Thor.

"The crystal is inside that dog! Well that explains it," the villainess snatched the dark crystal out of the air.

"Where's that dog of yours?!" Neo snapped at Aracel.

"Thor? I don't...he ran off...why do you want to know?!"

"Lets just say he has something of mine and I'm going to get it back."

"No you aren't going to hurt my dog!" Aracel shouted, she attempted to throw a punch at the villainess but when her fist made contact Neo's body shattered like glass. She had once again used her illusion magic to get away.

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Thor growled as he stood protectively in front of Zwei. He had sensed the corgi was in trouble earlier which is why he had run out of the house the way he did.

The leader of the stray dogs took a swipe at Thor but the bigger dog knocked him aside. He then turned to Zwei and barked.

"The sewers? Really?" Zwei asked.

Thor growled.

"Ok ok I get it. I suppose it is better then becoming these dogs' chew toy. Lead the way."

Thor ran down the street with Zwei close behind.

He soon made it to a loose sewer drain cover and opened it with his paw before jumping into the sewer tunnel below.

Zwei sighed but followed.

The two dogs began to walk side by side. Thor barked to let Zwei know they were going to try and leave the sewers a few blocks away, hopefully far enough to where the stray dogs wouldn't attack again.

Meanwhile Neo had teleported into the sewer tunnel and she immediately gagged.

"What is all this?!" She asked herself, "it's disgusting."

Suddenly she slipped on a slick spot and her left foot sunk into the sewer water.

"This crystal better be worth it," Neo growled as she pulled herself free from the putrid sludge.

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"So you say some woman appeared and attacked you?" Ruby asked Aracel.

"Yes! She said I had some kind of treasure but then said that she was going after Thor," Aracel said.

"Well don't worry we'll find Thor and protect him," Blake assured her.

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"How much farther do you think we are?" Zwei asked.

Thor sniffed around and barked.

"A few blocks? That's what you said earlier. Don't tell me we're lost."

Thor whined and pawed at the ground.

"Ok ok I'm sorry," Zwei apologized, "I'm sure we'll find a way out of here."

Suddenly, his ears perked up and he turned to face behind them. "I sense something."

Neo appeared before them, "there you are. This time you won't get away from me."

Zwei's eyes widened and he looked at his companion. "You're the last holder."

"That's right little pup and I'm taking the crystal!"

The corgi turned and noticed an open pipe in the wall, "Thor in there! Quick!"

The German Shepard barked and did just that with Zwei following behind. The two dogs then began running through the length of the pipe.

"Hey! Come back here!" Neo shouted before attempting to squeeze herself into the pipe as well.

The pipe eventually came to an end, dumping the two dogs outside near a bridge. This bridge also just so happened to be where Cinder was walking after a, somewhat unsuccessful, day trying to hang out with Charlie.

"What is going on?" She asked herself as she watched the two dogs take off running. But, she quickly got her answer as she saw Neo also make her way out of the sewer pipe.

"It's Neo. But why is she chasing Zwei and that other dog? I have to help them." Cinder said.

Neo stood in front of Zwei and Thor and prepared a spell in her hand, "end of the line. Give me the rainbow crystal. Now!"

But before she could attack she was cut off with a yell of "Mars fire ignite!" And a plume of fire scorched the ground in front of the negaverse general.

"What?! Who did that?!" She asked.

"I did!" Sailor Mars said from atop the bridge, "I'm Sailor Mars champion of passion and soldier of fire! On behalf of the planet Mars I order you to leave those dogs alone! Or prepare to be incinerated!"

Neo rolled her eyes, "you're as bad as Sailor Moon." She kicked Zwei to the side and held out her dark crystal, "finally, come to me rainbow crystal!"

Thor began whining and he stumbled forward. His heart pulsed with light as the violet rainbow crystal was pulled out.

Sailor Mars went to Zwei's side, "are you ok?"

"Yeah..." the corgi wheezed, "but you better get ready."

Thor's body glowed with a bright light as he was turned into a bipedal black wolf. Spikes of bone jutted from his back and arms and where his face would be was a skull mask with red markings.

Neo went to pick up the rainbow crystal but a rose sliced across her hand cutting it deeply and causing her to drop the crystal.

"Thanks for finding this for me Neo," Tuxedo Mask said as he plucked the crystal off the ground.

"See you around."

Neo growled and went running after the caped hero but not before she turned to Thor, "don't just stand there get him!"

The wolf growled and began lumbering after Neo.

Zwei quickly ran in front to stop him, "Thor don't do this! I can help you! I can help change you back to your old self."

Thor bared his teeth.

"Remember your owner? How much you love her?! Remember how you saved me?" Zwei asked.

The wolf creature stared for a moment before opening its jaws wide.

"Zwei!" Sailor Mars shouted.

But both the heroine and the small corgi were shocked to find instead of Thor turning Zwei into lunch it gave him a lick across his face.

"Oh uh...thank you..." Zwei muttered.

"Sailor Mars!" They heard Sailor Moon shout.

The threesome turned to see the sailor scouts running over to them.

"About time you all showed up," Sailor Mars deadpanned.

"Hey sorry we're here now," Sailor Moon said.

Zwei groaned, "can we talk about where you were later? Thor needs your help!"

Sailor Moon nodded and summoned the crescent moon wand.

She held the wand up before drawing a large circle of moonlight around herself, "moon healing activation!"

The circle of moonlight encased the shadow warrior inside it, destroying it but also returning Thor to his normal self.

Zwei ran up to his canine friend, "Are you ok?!"

Thor barked and wagged his tail.

The corgi sighed in relief, it looked like Thor was just fine.

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Aracel smiled as she hugged Thor, "I'm so glad you're ok. Thanks for finding him."

"No problem," Ruby smiled.

She then looked down at Zwei, "hey do you think it would be ok for our dogs to play together some time? They really seemed to have gotten along."

Aracel nodded, "Sure thing."

The four scouts said goodbye and headed down the street.

"Hey Cinder you said Tuxedo Mask got the violet crystal?" Nora asked.

Cinder sighed, "yeah he did."

"Ok," Blake reasoned, "well we have one which means we only need to get the other six right? And if Tuxedo Mask has two then that's three out of the negaverse's hands."

"Well you still need to get the other four. Even one with our enemies could spell trouble for the universe." Zwei told the girls.

The four scouts shared a serious look, their guardian was right. To have even a chance of stopping Queen Salem then they needed the other rainbow crystals. All of them.

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