A Pet's Purpose

Traveling

Pisces mumbled to herself, annoyed that she had to go out into a dangerous city just because Gemini had a sweet tooth. She wore a cross body bag and made sure she was completely covered, so no men would notice. She didn't have the same confidence as Scorpio.

"You sure you'll be okay?" Taurus asked.

"I'll manage." She sighed.

"Okay, be careful."

Pisces nodded and took a step outside.  She walked for sometime, staring at the address Gemini wrote on a piece of paper. She looked at the road signs for some assistance. She even wanted to ask some people but discarded that idea out of fear.

She turned a corner and saw the small store tucked in between the buildings.

"Ms. Candies..." Pisces read the name of the store and then entered it.

"Hello sweetie, what can I get for you?" A middle aged woman leaned on the counter.

Pisces stared at the list of sweets Gemini had written out and then handed the paper to her.

"Daifuku, Yokan, and Yatsuhashi?" She read.

"Sorry, I wasn't sure how to say them." Pisces wasn't from around here so she found all the Japanese terms hard to pronounce.

"Any specific flavor?"

"Uhh..." she stared at the sweets behind the window.

"Whatever is popular then?" The woman was a little impatient.

"Yes! That should be fine." She prayed Gemini would be okay with the flavors.

The woman quickly packaged the sweets into fancy gift boxes and into an equally fancy bag. It was clear that the quality of sweets would be high end.

"I gave you green tea daifuku, plum Yokan, and mango yatsuhashi." She read the receipt.

Pisces thought those actually sounded delicious so she paid without thinking twice.

"Thank you, come again!"

Pisces gave a small wave and left the shop. Walking out of such a sweet place into a dangerous place was like a breath of reality and a slap to the face. She wondered how well business was around here. Her mind was elsewhere as she walked down the street.

The thought came across her mind, she could just run right now to a different place. Gemini wouldn't be able to do anything about it. She gave it some serious thought then she looked at the bag of sweets and frowned. Suddenly she felt someone yank her bag and pull her into the alleyway.

Pisces screamed and thrashed around but she was pushed onto the ground, nowhere near strong enough to fight whatever was assaulting her.

"HELP!" She screamed repeatedly then she remembered where she was and there was no point.

"Shut up!" She was pinned to the ground, a curtain of hair above her.

"Y-you!" Pisces gasped.

It was that woman that tried to kill Gemini.

Her grip tightened around Pisces' wrists, showing no sign of weakness.

"What do you want?!"

"I have an offer." She whispered.

"I don't care!"

"You will when I say it. I know you want to leave this hell, don't you? Start a new life, a comfortable life?"

Pisces paused, looking at her clearly.

"You're going to kill Gemini for me."

"What?! No!"