Sailor Moon

War of the Shadows

By By Station

Fanfic written by Krahazik Dragon

Based on a Sailor Moon Role-playing game played out in a forum.

Cast names listed here are the players Gaia names. This fanfic is written from the in-game posts made by the players during the course of the game. The cast list covers the gaian's who played a role in the game and who have given me permission to list their names.

Cast Sailor Scouts

Serena (Sailor Moon) played by NightSorceress, she is also the game master.

Rei (Sailor Mars), Amy (Sailor Mercury) and Darien (Tuxedo Mask) played by Neia MX.

Cast Villains

All Shadow Knights, Karibar Yorinoshi, The 4 Elementals (Fira, Kale, Aki, Kina), played by Krahazik

Episode 2 Act 1 Destruction

Friday morning after the night of Krahazik's arrival. Michelle woke up in her bed, she stretched and got dressed in her jeweled jeans and aqua green shirt that matched her hair. She brushed out her hair and tied it back, wrapping it into a bun. As she did, she was day dreaming about last night with Krahazik... she was humming to herself as well. Returning home with worry Amy didn't sleep well, but still managed to complete her studying for the coming test in psychology class, "I wonder how everyone is doing?" she says to herself sitting at her desk writing notes on economic properties of the last 10 yrs of growth for the neighboring city, for Serena to review. Lita got up early to make everything is packed and ready to go. They progresses fairly normally with the scouts going about their business. Krahazik and Hotaru seeped the whole day away, Krahazik in his bunk in his room, and Hotaru on Krahazik's couch in his living room.

Krahazik wakes up with the setting of the sun walking into the main room. He blinks in surprise at seeing Hotaru still there.

Waking up Hotaru yawns. "I couldn't find my way out," she says simply.

"Well there is a trail leading into the city not far from here." Krahazik replies with a yawn and stretches. I would have taken you home, but I don't know where that is.

"I usually sleep in the park," she replied quietly. She sighed thinking what Michelle would think if she found her in Krahazik's home.

"Well then that's easy then." He holds out his hand looking at a large cast of shadow on the wall. Hotaru hesitantly takes his hand. "We can take the fast way." He says and steps into the shadow melding with it dragging Hotaru with him. They are engulfed in darkness, looking back Hotaru can see Krahazik's living room as if looking threw a tinted window. He pauses for just a moment before pulling Hotaru ahead causing the window of his room to quickly disappear into the distance and ahead they can now see the park threw a narrow window. Hotaru was too shocked by what was happening to scream. Her grip tightened on her hand, afraid of being left in the darkness. Krahazik pauses in the shadow of a tree in the park to look around. He looks about threw several shadow windows checking out the park area for a suitable spot to emerge. He spots the lake threw a shadow near by. Glancing at Hotaru he says, "Tell me. Can you swim?"

Hotaru nodded. "Y-yes, why?"

"Good." Krahazik says not quite looking at Hotaru as he pushes her threw a shadow window behind her. She falls out of the shadow of a branch overhanging the small lake falling into the lake with a splash. Hotaru surfaced and gasped. The water was icy cold. She swam toward shore and pulled herself out, shivering. Krahazik laughed in the shadow watching Hotaru. Krahazik shifted away to look for something fun to do. Hotaru coughed violently. She refused to go home however, and face her father. Krahazik shadow shifts about town till he finds a station for the local authorities. "Hmmmmm" Krahazik thinks getting an idea for some mischief. He emerges from a secluded shadow and shifts to his human form. He glances up at the sky checking the presence of the moon. Walking up to a phone booth around the corner he reads over the instructions quickly picking up the receiver and presses zero and waits for the operator. When she comes on Krahazik ask to be connected to the station. Once connected to the station dispatcher he drops a unanimous tip that the station will be destroyed in 30 minutes along with any one unfortunate to be inside at that time. Hanging up the receiver he walks down the street a ways shifting a position to watch for people evacuating.

Hotaru got up and walked to town, wondering if she could find a shelter.

Krahazik waits about 25 minutes watching as the station is evacuated. The police and staff wondering if the threat is a hoax or not. 2 members of the bomb squad stay inside to look for a bomb. Krahazik takes up a position on a rooftop where he can clearly see the police and the station. Crossing his arms in front of him, he shifts to his natural form and begins to focus. The moon seams to take on a strange energy, a slight glow visible to the sailor scouts.

Callisto on the swings saw people running. She laughed with glee. Was it her people terrorizing earth again? All she did was laugh. But being in her human form she had to look good, innocent, yet a butt kicker.

Hotaru feels the glow from the park and starts to run, looking for others.

Amy was walking down the street when she sees Hotaru running from the park "Hotaru are u ok?" she calls out.

As Amy and Hotaru run down the street they come across a blockade of cops, all watching the station and whispering to themselves. There seams to be a strange charge to the air. They hear the police chief yelling into a mic. "Times up get out of there!" and another voice come back,

"But we haven't found anything."

"Get out of there NOW!" The hair on the chief's arms is standing on end. People are whispering about a bomb threat on the station.

Callisto ran over to where the cops were. She smiled and ran to a dark corner. She made a cross figure with her arms in front of her face and tilted her head. She transformed into her evil self. She started to laugh and walked out of the dark.

Krahazik raises his right arm into the air as if reaching for the moon yelling: "MOON!" The double doors to the station burst open as the 2 bomb squad officers rush out at full speed. "BEAM!" Energy swirls around his hand and the moon takes one a deep glow. Some of the officers beginning to take note of the glow now visible to all.

"Something is wrong! We have to transform and save the police station!" Hotaru exclaimed.

"Ok. Mercury Crystal Power!" Amy lifts into the air slightly, and becomes sailor mercury.

Hotaru closed her eyes and shouted "Saturn Crystal Power!" She was surrounded by a mist and the became Sailor Saturn. "Ready?"

Neptune landed beside Mercury and Saturn. "What's going on here?"

Saturn pointed at Krahazik up on the roof, energy flowing around him. "He is!" she said angrily. "He's the one that's doing this!" Hotaru pointed her glaive at his chest. "It's him!"

"STRIKE!" Krahazik bellows the last line of the incantation. He drops his hand pointing at the Station. A bright beam of light shoots down from the center of the now full moon to strike the station which quickly explodes in a brilliant flash of light and smoke. The 2 bomb squad officers are blown into the line of officers and onlookers.

"AHAHAHAHA" Callisto laughed hysterically. So he was evil. She enjoyed the favor he was doing her. Then she turned her head and saw, "The Sailor Scouts, oh gosh not them again." she rose a brow and watched their movement.

Hotaru heard Callisto. "Mercury, Neptune, take care of this." She ran off and sent a beam at Callisto.

Spotting Callisto, Krahazik quickly swings his arm pointing at her. "Shadow Lighting Strike!" he yells as a bolt of black lighting jumps from his hand screaming towards Callisto. The police are lost in confusion.

"Mercury Bubbles!" sends a blast of bubbles to divert the lightening.

Callisto shielded the beam with her gloved arm. "Come on sailor scout you could do better than that!" she laughed. She jumped up and lifted her hands and whispered something. She then landed on the ground causing the floor to shake. She then pushed her palms out and black dust in the shape of daggers was heading toward Hotaru.

Neptune leapt onto a rooftop to survey the damage and try to help, but she spotted something that froze her in her tracks. Neptune stood there shocked at what she was seeing. "No. Krahazik, it can't be."

Seeing the black lightning bolt, surprising herself, Saturn jumps in front of Callisto and blocks her. "Callisto, I may not like you, but get out of here! NOW!" Saturn was hit with the daggers, but continued to stand.

Krahazik bolt strikes the ground where Callisto used to be having blown threw Mercury's bubbles. "PARTY TIME!" He yells jumping down from the roof top heading for Callisto with a wave of his hand he summons the Ring Sword of Darkness. Total chaos erupts as emergency crews move in to check the crater that was the police station. Several cops get clear as Callisto moves for Hotaru and Krahazik jumps down to join them. Other police officers are drawing guns getting ready to interfere. Neptune watches from the roof and Amy looks after Hotaru from the street.

"Whatever your not fun scout!" Callisto says. She does the cross in front of her face and transported to the roof across the street. "I still want to watch the show." she whispered. "I wonder what is going on?" she traced her lips with her finger.

Tears were forming in Neptune's eyes, she burst out, not thinking first. "Krahazik Stop this madness!" Tears were now flowing freely from her eyes.

Hotaru closed her eyes and knelt on the ground. She put a silence wall around the other scouts, and the civilians. No one else was going to get hurt. She'd rather die first.

"Saturn! What are you doing?" Mercury hails Saturn.

Krahazik jumps next to Hotaru placing the flat of his blade against her in a blink, "RESTORE!" the moment the words are out of Krahazik's mouth, Hotaru is healed completely. He melds with the nearest shadow to the astonishment of near by police. He then shadow shifts to the rooftop where Callisto is and emerges from a shadow there. "Hi"

"AH!" Lita screamed as she felt a strong current of electricity pierce her side. Lita hadn't felt something like that, since that blackout a few years back. "This is not good." Lita winced and stood. Looking around she found a secluded area and headed to it. "Jupiter Crystal Power!" Once transformed, Lita bolted towards the energy that emitted the current of electricity.

"No one else will get hurt." Even though Krahazik healed her, she knew it was him who destroyed the station. Everyone was in her Silence Wall, she was satisfied. "Good luck trying to break it Krahazik. Nothing is able to break it." Seeing Lita, she put the wall around her also. She smiled slightly.

About that time a dozen cops get their guns leveled on Mercury and Saturn calling out "FREEZ!"

Hotaru faced the guns. "Shoot if you will." She said softly.

"Supreme Thunder!" Jupiter yelled out, as lightning struck at the guns, burning them to a crisp.

Hotaru gave her a thumbs up. "Thanks there."

Callisto looked over to Krahazik and raised a brow. She grabbed the dagger that was in her leather belt which was under her leather shorts. She twisted the dagger around. "What do you want? Whose side are you on?" she screamed.

Neptune leapt away from the scene, she could not fight in her condition. Her voice was weak, her mind was not clear. She still could not believe what she had seen. Krahazik blowing up stuff and attacking her friends. It was too much for her to handle.

"Ack" several officer scream as they drop their burnt guns their attention turning to Jupiter. The area seams to be devoid of civilians and officers are moving about the streets in a hurried and tactical manner. Officers are moving threw buildings. 6 SWAT trucks screech onto the scene and begin deploying officers.

"Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, you guys alright?" Jupiter called out.

"WHAT!" looks and sees what's going on.

Hotaru let down the silence wall. "I'm fine Jupiter. I think it's time to go. Neptune won't be okay, with what Krahazik did. She loved him and it turns out he was evil after all." Hotaru ran from the scene.

Jupiter runs after Saturn, grabbing Mercury along the way.

Krahazik spots Neptune fleeing the scene. "Oh dear." He says as he drops his sword, it vanishes. Shadow melds and shifts after her leaving the scene to chase after her.

Hotaru catches up with Michelle. "Michelle, I'm sorry. I tried to warn you. He even had me fooled."

Neptune transformed back into Michelle and stood on the roof, just looking at the moon, tears flowing from her eyes. "But I love him Hotaru... I love him."

A news chopper soon arrives on the scene of the police station destruction and starts reporting on the devastation reporting Jupiter, Mercury, Callisto and Saturn as terrorists who have attacked and destroyed the station. Swat teams and guard are moving in to secure the area.

Krahazik holds back in a shadow as a police chopper flies in over head placing a spot light on Hotaru and Neptune. Over a loud speaker: "Hold right there."

Hotaru transforms back into her normal self. "I know...but he's our enemy now. I wish I could help you, I truly do. For now, I can't even be a scout because of him. I'm a terrorist to them. You, Rei, and Serena are the only ones safe...or not." She looks up at the light. "Heh, looks like we're all in trouble."

Michelle turned into Neptune again and fell face first from the roof, she grabbed a flagpole and swung through the streets like a Aqua blur. She had to think, her mind was so cluttered right now.

Callisto watched the light hit the two girls and she then transformed to her innocent good girl human form. Her eyes sparkled yet she felt something for the girls...she felt sorry for them...why?

Krahazik pops out of the shadow just long enough to grab Hotaru and jerks her into the shadow, then shifts to intercept and grab Neptune and pulls her into the shadow as police speed down the streets sirens blaring.

Jupiter looks up to see a police chopper and Krahazik taking Hotaru and Michelle into the shadows. Not know where they went, the chopper spots both Jupiter and Mercury running on the ground below. Jupiter stops long enough to yell, "Flower Hurricane!" sending a blast at the chopper. Before picking Mercury up and placing her on her back and running with all her might. Once free of the chopper, Jupiter de-transforms back to Lita. Lita groaned at the weight upon her back, and decided to set Mercury down. "Well, this day did not go as planned. I hope Hotaru and Michelle are alright." Worry filled Lita's core over her two friends. She sighed before removing Mercury's brooch, so that she was Amy again. Lita dropped the brooch in her bag and lifted Amy on to her back once more. She then headed home.

"Krahazik, let me go! Leave us alone! This is your fault, demon!" Hotaru bellows at Krahazik.

"You want to deal with those police?" Krahazik asks Hotaru.

Better than you! You've hurt Michelle! How could you? She loved you..." Tears started coming from Hotaru's eyes.

Neptune fell out of Krahazik's arms, landed on the roof of her home, transformed back into Michelle and went inside her apartment. As soon as the door was closed she ran to her room, flung herself on her bed and cried. Michelle just need to release all the pain inner heart, she cried and cried, until she cried herself to sleep.

Krahazik drops to the shadowy ground looking where Michelle departed. "Well I a, um..." he looses the ability to speak ears dropping.

"Are you happy now?" Hotaru knelt down and continued to cry for her friend. "You're as low as they come. We are not only considered terrorists, a friend is hurt, and all of it is because of you!" Hotaru wiped tears from her eyes.

"But I," confusion colors Krahazik's facial features, "didn't want to hurt her, just, aum... what, feel stra..." Krahazik sinks lower dropping his head into his lap as he begins to go translucent, loosing his concentration and hold over his powers. His mind shattering in multiple directions.

Hotaru stops crying and looks at him. "K-Krahazik? What's wrong?" Fear gripped her heart for some reason. Even though he destroyed everything she knew, she was scared for him.

Krahazik is no longer paying any attention to Hotaru, confusion and multiple emotions flashing across his face. Hotaru can sense a complete loss of control over his magical energies which were in sharp focus a moment ago.

Hotaru grabs his arm. "Krahazik, stop! You're scaring me!"

Krahazik's arm feels strange as he looks up at Hotaru, tears streaming from his golden eyes. "Why? Why should I care about 1 girl's feelings?" He says in a whisper.

"Because, you might love her, Krahazik," Hotaru told him softly.

Krahazik hugs him self. "Oh mother chaos help me." he throws back his head in a scream. "Darkness envelop me in your shelter!" and with that Krahazik seams to fade away into nothing ness leaving Hotaru alone in the shadow realm.

Hotaru starts to scream. "Krahazik! Don't leave me here!"

End Act 1