Sailor Moon
War of the Shadows
It Begins

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 5 Act 1 Chaos Pixy

It has been about 2 weeks now since the incident at the hospital. On the news, the reporters report that the Hospital was an old building and that the explosion which destroyed 3 floors leaving the building's structure irrevocably damaged was caused by a fault in the hospitals gas system. There is no mention made about the Sailor Scouts who helped in the evacuation. The only thing mentioned is that police are looking into things. Mina indeed up purchasing a locket from Fina's little jewelry stand.

Strange things have been happening, people have been going to sleep at a night and not waking up. They aren't dead, just won't wake up. No mater what people did they would not wake. These people were rushed to the hospital. Some awakened but remained weak. It was like there life energy was sucked right out of them.

Luna and Artemis have returned. They were off doing an investigation of there own. They sensed someone looking through the old Moon Kingdom, no doubt looking for the Silver Imperial Crystal. If that was true Serena was in trouble. They made sure that the first thing that they did when they came back was tell Darien of the trouble. He would watch out for her, without alarming the other scouts. And he has become very protective of her, especially since they are now engaged

Serena and the others have been busy looking for what is causing this all these people to not wake up. They think maybe it has something to do with Lady Starstrike; but the scouts are unsure.

Karibar's plan is coming along nicely. He is getting all the energy he needs, but is still looking for the Silver Imperial Crystal of the moon kingdom.

The locket that Krahazik had given Michelle had almost been stolen, but it was not. The scouts know that it was not Starstrike who tried to take it, they think it must be some one else. A new threat they haven't seen yet.

Mina lay in her hospital bed in eternal sleep, watched over carefully by her friends , she began to dream. She felt as if all of her energy had faded away...Her friends stood beside her , terrified. Her room was on the ground floor of the hospital.

Starstrike paced her den. She was thoroughly irritated. The recent rash of people not waking up for some reason had caused her show to be postponed. The staff was working overtime to try and keep her calm. Having been recruited from her world, they knew what her tempers were like. Her talent agent was fuming himself.

Fina was quite pleased with herself. She had managed to sell everything without any one knowing. She spent the last week on cloud nine, figuratively speaking. Aki just glared at her success. She still hadn't forgotten what it felt like to try and steal that darn locket.

Krahazik was up to his usual minor pranks at night. Rei woke up one morning and had to re-dye her hair, as she found it dyed pink. She guessed who it was, but couldn't figure out how he had pulled it off. It was annoying that she had become a popular target for him. To top is all off this new trouble, which Krahazik seamed oblivious too.

Karibar stood in his bedroom marveling at his power crystal. It gained more power with each passing minute. He had lost track of the jewelry, but that didn't matter so long as they kept sending him life energy.

Hotaru sat next to Mina, half asleep. She had been up all night and she was very tired.

"Hotaru, get some sleep. I'll take watch over Mina." Lita smiled and ushered Hotaru to a bed next door and tucked her in. She then sat down by Mina's bed and began her part of the watch. She just wished that Luna and Artemis could explain what was going on and who was behind all of this.

Hotaru nodded and let herself be herded toward a bed and tucked in. She fell asleep instantly.

Krahazik immerged from a shadow across the room from Lita and Mina, on the opposite side of the bed from Lita, quietly. He sat down against the back wall and quietly looked at Lita and Mina.

A chaos pixy appears standing on Mina's chest. It looked about the room with a huge grin on its face. Its translucent wings fluttering slightly. Krahazik's ears perked up when he saw the pixy, a questioning look on his face. The pixie's eyes land on Mina's broaches.

Mina somehow sensed it , and her fairy-filled dream , began to transform into a nightmare. "Krahazik..."

Krahazik's head darts between looking at Mina's face and the pixy. He is unsure what to do.

The pixy walks up Mina's chest to stare at her face. The pixy stands about 6 inches tall.

Mina sleeps with an unpleasant look on her face.

Amy walked into the room with PDA in hand. "I have an idea that I have been thinking of. Why don't I analyze the jewelry to see if I can find something that my help." She says this to Lita.

Hotaru wakes up and walks over to Amy. "Hey, Amy." She sits down on the floor and yawns.

"Good idea Amy." Lita nodded and went to retrieve the new necklace that Mina recently bought.

With a cackle the pixy standing on Mina's chest grabs her sailor broach and her new silver locket, the one she purchased at Fina's booth, and bolts out the window. Its shrill cackle can be herd racing away from the room. Krahazik rises up a hair with a surprised and confused look on his face. He points out the window in shock and a bit of a frown.

"What in the world was that?" Amy rushes to the window and looks around.

Artemis heard a noise and wondered just as Amy did...What was that? He spots the 6 inch pixy running away from the window of Mina's room. Clutched tightly in its small arms to its chest, is Mina's Sailor Broach, and a silver locket.

"Whatever it was, it has Mina's broach and that silver locket she bought." Lita replies, coming to stand by Amy. "Can you track it Amy?"

"Well I can't, but Mercury can." Amy replies grabbing her broach.

Artemis bolted out of the window pursuing the pixie, trying to retrieve the brooch and locket.

As Artemis leaps out the window Amy changes to Mercury and follows out the window. "Visor scanner!" A 3D map of the area comes up and two dots appear on the display, one she knows is Artemis the other must be the pixie.

The pixie half runs half flies away from Artemis cackling. It stays just out of his reach as he tries over and over again to jump up and snatch it. They run down several streets until he stops to rest becoming winded from all the running and jumping. The pixie just kept going. Kale was wondering the streets when the pixie ran past. It pauses a moment to stare at kale. Kale looks at the pixie then spots the broach. She points confused a moment.

"Sounds great to me. Hotaru, can you watch after Mina for us." Lita follows Amy's action and grabs her broach.

Hotaru nodded.

Kale walks toward the pixie, hand out stretched. She recognizes the broach from a book the master had. She didn't quite know what it was, but master wanted it. "Here little, whatever you are. Give me the magic thingy."

The pixie looked at her and stepped back staying just out of arms reach.

Lita changes into Jupiter and follows after Amy and Artemis.

"Mercury, what would a pixie want with Mina's broach and her locket?" Jupiter asks as she runs beside Mercury.

As the pixie keeps backing away from Kale, she gets irritated. She jumps at the pixie trying to grab it but it neatly leaps away. "grrrr" her brown demonic wings snap out from her back along with her brown tail. "Come here!" she jumps at the pixy trying to grab it but it evades here easily.

Artemis turned to Amy and Lita as they caught up to him and said, "You guys I can't fly. You must follow him. I'll follow you. Amy, do you have he pixie pinpointed on your visor?"

Amy spots Artemis and looks at the map with her right eye. "Artemis I can't believe you gave up so easily. Jupiter if we go down Waka St. and Artemis takes Main we can cut the path of that thing off. Huh? Earth energy?" Mercury says and stops pointing at the two directions, then starts going down Waka.

Artemis raced down Main St. to pursue the pixie. He ran down the street alert and ready for the appearance of the pixie.

Lita nodded her head and headed down Waka St. She noticed Mercury stop. "What is it Mercury?"

"Grrrr" Kale growls at the pixie. It lands on top of a lamp post. "Aki, Fina Fira. Get over here." She calls to the air. In moments they arrive. Fira appears in a jet of flame. Fina glides in and Aki forms out of mist.

"What is it?" Aki asks.

"See that thing up there. Look what it has." Kale says pointing.

"Isn't that..." Fira says pointing at the pixie.

"Its one of those things..." Fina says.

"Just get it!" Kale yells.

Artemis rounds a corner coming out into a 4 way intersection just in time to see the 4 demons bull rush the pixie. The demons have a fairly petit female look to them with their wings and tails being of different colors in Red, Blue, White and Brown. They strike the lamp poll and everything comes crashing down. As the demons fell, Artemis took his chance and jumped off of them when they were a few feet from off the ground. While in the air, Artemis tried to grab the pixie but missed by a few inches. "Darn." He lands a few feet from them. The demons land in 1 massive dog-pile with the lamp poll under them. The pixie stands on top of the 4 demons cackling.

"Well for a moment I thought I saw Earth energy much like what I get from Tuxedo Mask. Wait make that, everything earth, fire, water, air, lighting, heart, shadow, and time?" Mercury says in astonishment, and a hint of fear.

Lita stopped and looked toward Mercury, "Are you saying that all of the elements that we are is here, now?"

"To be honest...yes and possibly stronger." Mercury says, then looks at a few things "If we cut down this alley way we can get that fairy thing"

"Great Jupiter, what is going on?" Lita asks, confused. Maybe Luna or Artemis might know. "Just lead the way Mercury." Lita replied, she was going to get that little pixie.

Artemis lunges at the pixie and renews his efforts to catch it. The pixie hovers just out of Artemis' reach teasing him. It seams to be enjoying itself as if it were playing a game.

"Time to fry!" Fira yells breaking free of her sisters. She throws her hand forward and let's loose a massive jet of flame at the pixie. But before it even come close it becomes flower seeds. "WHAT!" Fira screams with a huge frown.

Fina breaks free of the group and takes to the air as Aki and Kale get up. None of the demons even bother to look at Artemis.

Before they were out of his reach, Artemis jumped onto Fina without her noticing. He tried to blend in with her color, which was white so he would have a second chance at the capture of the items from the pesky pixie. He tried taking them from the pixie once but now he decided to leave it to the demons...why do work that can be done for you?

"FIRA!" Aki screeches. "Don't damage the, the, the whatever it is!"

"Ya, the master would have our heads if we break it." Fina comments.

"I think it is called a broach." Kale says.

"What's a broach?" Fina asks.

"JUST GET IT!" Kale yells. She charges the pixie again with absolutely no success.

Aki walked over to a fire hydrant and broke off the top. She placed her hand against the stream of water and bent it forming a tightly controlled stream of high pressure water which she directed at the pixie. In the air, it side stepped the water and looked at the stream. "grrrr" Aki growled and began moving the stream to try and knock the pixie out of the air. It simply flew around the stream. Fira had to duck as the stream came particularly low. Aki didn't seam to be looking where she was aiming, just focusing on the pixie regardless where it flew.

Artemis sat on Fina as she flew, waiting and hoping that she was the one to get the pixie.

Fina hovered above the scene waiting for a chance to strike, and staying well above the water stream. Just then the pixie flew up in front of Fina. She head a moment of joy at getting a chance to grab it, then dread as the high powered stream of water swinging at her way to fast to dodge.

Artemis bit Fina's clothing even harder so that he would not be pushed off. "grrrr..." he moaned as he held on in disappointment of Fina's careless ness. "She would never be a scout." he thought.

The pixie darted away from Fina as she takes a direct hit to the upper chest from the water stream. "Aaaaa" she screams as she is sent hurling threw the air tumbling backwards uncontrolled. Artemis hung onto Fina while being thrown in the air so that his cover wouldn't be blown.

Fina disappeared in the distance still tumbling backwards with Artemis clinging to her back. She was gaining altitude as she tumbled.

The pixie continued to fly about with Fira and Kale trying to catch her and dodge Aki's water stream as she tried to knock the pixie out of the air.

End Act 1