Episode 3 Act 3 Stolen Ring

A quiet calm settles over the remains of the theatre. Sailor Moon gets up slowly, she is holding her eyes. She looks around but whoever that woman was, is gone. Jupiter grasped her head, trying to stop the ring in her ears. Once she got the ringing to stop, she walked over to Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. Neptune appeared next to Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, she looked very frightened from what she had just seen and done. She fell to her knees, panting and gasping for breath as tears started to stream down her face.

"You two alright?" Jupiter asked with concern in her eyes.

Tuxedo Mask gets up slowly, "I think so. Uhhgh." He staggers.

"Jupiter you ok?" Mercury whispers.

Jupiter rushes to Tuxedo Mask's side and throws his arm over her shoulder, "I got ya big guy." She replies, while grunting as she transferred his weight on her.

"I'm fine Mercury. Let's get these two out of here, before something else happens." Jupiter answered, moving toward the exit, helping Tuxedo Mask along the way.

"Ok. Right behind you." Mercury grabs Sailor Moon.

"Thanks kiddo, we need to find out about this new enemy. She's a lot different from others." Tuxedo Mask says has Jupiter helps him.

"Sounds like a plan, but first, let's get out of here. We'll go to my place and contact everyone from there. And besides, I know how much ya'll love my cooking!" Jupiter jokes, trying to lighten up the mood. She helps Tuxedo Mask out the door and waits for Mercury and Sailor Moon, before heading towards her apartment.

"Heh heh...ughh." Darien tries to laugh and only gets a partial one out.

"You sure are right Jupiter." Mercury laughs.

Lita and the rest of the gang hurry to her apartment. All transforming back to their regular selves. Lita gently lowered Darien onto her couch and checked on Serena and Amy. "Amy do you think you can tend to Darien and Serena by yourself? I'll start on the food. Oh, the medical supplies are in the closet next to the, middle shelf." Lita explained, then disappeared into the kitchen.

"Of course I can, I'm only studying to be a doctor after all." Amy says while sitting down next to Serena.

"Nothing is broken I'm fine." Darien exclaims.

"No fusing Darien I still want to make sure your ok." Amy looks at Darien with a stern glance.

Lita over hears the conversation and chuckles, "Typical macho-guy." She chuckles once again, before returning to her cooking. Once she was finished, Lita grabbed four plates from the cabinet, and began loading each plate. She then balanced the plates on her arms and walked out into the living room, setting a plate down in front of her friends. Heading back to the kitchen, Lita made sure everything was off and came back with a tray filled with four teacups, sugar, spoons and a kettle. Like the plates, she set a cup in front of everyone and then poured some tea in the cups. "Please help yourselves. If you want more, just let me know!" Lita smiled, taking a spoon and the sugar to mix in with her tea.

"Thanks Lita." Darien grabs a cup of tea.

Lita sips her tea contently, "Your welcome Darien."

A cell phone rings. "Huh?" Amy checks her phone, "Not mine."

Darien looks at his "Mine either."

Everyone looks at Lita. Lita notices her cell going off and answers it. "Hello?"

"Hey there cutie long time no see...uh or rather talk in this case." A guy on the other end says.

"Excuse me?" Lita says into the phone, she didn't know this person and wondered how he got her cell phone number.

"Uh this is the Mizuo residence isn't it?" the guy questions.

"No it is not. You have the wrong number." Lita hung up the phone and sat it on the table, sighing in frustration.

"Who was that Lita?" Amy asks.

"I'm curious as well." Darien says in a teasing manner.

Lita's cheeks warmed as a light blush crept over them, "Some person who had the wrong number." Lita fights down the blush and begins to eat her meal.

Serena looks at her food, then to Darien "I'm sorry the night got ruined"

Darien laughs, "Not at all, we can always try again."

"What is it that you wanted to do after the movie?" Serena couldn't helping asking. She was dying to know.

Darien and Amy spit tea out at the same time, "Oh! Excuse me..." Amy says, as she looks at Serena.

"Well uh...uh..." Darien gets nervous.

"Well?" Serena asks innocently

Krahazik steps out of Serena's shadow looking about nervously.

"WHAT THE!" Darien, and Amy say at the same time.

Krahazik's head snaps up to look at Serena "Well what?"

Serena turns her focus from Darien to Krahazik "What are you doing here?"

Krahazik looks about innocently. "Nothing." His tail is still and he seams a bit subdued.

"How did you get here?" Amy screams.

"Then get out!" Serena say angrily.

"ACK!" Krahazik screams in terror shrinking away from Serena, he execute a very feline like fright full leap into Darien's shadow disappearing. Krahazik hides in Darien's shadow.

Serena looks around "Did he leave?"

"I think so.." Amy says looking around.

"Hiya gang, did I miss much?" Rei walks in smiling.

"Sooo, Darien any good news?" Rei smirks.

"Rei! SHHH!" Amy replies walking over to Rei and dragging her to the kitchen.

"W-W-What?" Rei asks.

Serena looks at Darien wanting to get back to what they were talking about before.

His curiosity returning Krahazik jumps to Rei's shadow and tags along to listen in.

"Uhh well...heh heh" Darien is obviously sweating.

"What's wrong." Serena sees him sweating.

"What Amy I'm just trying to get things moving?" Rei says looking at Amy "Well..." Rei cuts Amy off "Wait someone or something is here." Rei sticks her arms out and closes her eyes with a charm card in one hand.

"Well you see...I was...that is..." Darien is so nervous that he can't talk straight, and its kinda cute its been awhile since he's been like this.

Serena looks at him. "Are you sure your okay."

"Well.." Darien is cut off by Rei and Amy's inference to the area from the kitchen.

"Sorry about that. So what's up people?" Rei says.

"Say anyone seen Mina, she should be here?" Amy asks.

Seems like Darien is gonna have a hard time getting what's on his mind out.

"Rei! Welcome, would you like something to eat?" Lita asks as she walks back into the living room. "Oh, sorry I left you guys. Had to take care of some important business."

Mina walked off the plane and went to pick up her items, before finding a taxi. After having her stuff loaded, Mina got into the taxi and let out a tired sigh. She had been gone on a family trip and get together, and just got back today. "I wonder how everyone's doing. I think I'll give them a call...but who to call first?" She remembered that Lita wanted her to call first, and decided on dialing Lita's number.

"It's not a problem." Amy and Rei say at the same time, then they look at each other and laugh.

"Say Lita do you know what ever happened with Mina, I mean I haven't seen her for like a week." Amy asks.

Krahazik popped his hands out of Rei's shadow at the base of her feet just long enough to tier her shoes to gather by the shoe strings. He sat in Rei's shadow waiting.

"Yeah your right Amy, she didn't even answer my phone call the other day." Rei answers.

"Well to be honest I think she went to see someone that I can remember." Darien says, to everyone's surprise.

Hotaru walked up to Lita's house and knocked on the door.

"I'll get it." Rei says as she gets up to get the door, then falls flat on her face. "OOOUUUCH!" Hearing Rei fall, Hotaru starts laughing hard. Krahazik Laughs from within Rei's shadow having watched from an interesting angle as she fell. Fortunate his voice can't carry into the normal world.

Rei looks at her shoes "Who in the world tied my laces together?"

Amy chuckles, "I don't know Rei, I'm sorry I don't mean to laugh; but it looked funny."

Krahazik jumps from shadow to shadow about the house exploring everything. Looking for something else fun to do.

Hotaru called from outside, "Can I come in?"

Amy gets up and answers the door since Rei fell over, "Hi Hotaru"

"Hey Amy." Hotaru says seeing Amy at the door.

"Shhh! Darien's been trying to ask Serena you know what." Amy whispers in Hotaru's ear as she lets her in.

"What are you talking about over there Amy?" Rei asks as she fixes her shoes, after sitting up.

"Figures." Hotaru whispers back.

"Nothing really." Amy smiles at Rei.

"Sure its nothing" Rei replies tugging at her laces.

Hotaru stifled a laugh at Rei.

Krahazik notices Rei is almost done with her shoes and her long hair. He shift back to her shadow. With every one distracted, he partially emerges behind her quiet as a mouse and with gentile unfelt hands he carefully ties her hair in a lovely bow knot with a pink ribbon in it. Then drops back into her shadow quickly.

"Don't laugh at me it wasn't that funny Hotaru." Rei stares at Hotaru.

"Well you know you would have laughed Rei" Amy says to Rei.

"Rei what's that?" Darien looks at Rei's hair.

"Darien how come you never finish what you were saying?" Serena crosses her arms across her chest and pouts.

"Aww...Don't pout. Well since it seems everyone is here except for Mina." Darien reaches in his pocket, and gets a raised eyebrow look on his face. "Uh..." He checks his other pocket "sigh."

Now Hotaru sighed at Darien. "Figures." she said under her breath.

"What's the matter? What are you looking for Darien?" Serena asks.

"Oh no he might have lost it at the theatre." Amy whispers to Hotaru.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he did." Hotaru whispered back.

"Uh it seems I have misplaced something" Darien hangs his head.

"Well we did get attacked just before coming here." Amy whispers back to Hotaru.

"Miss place what?" Serena asks.

"I saw something on the ground and I picked it up. Is this what he's looking for?" Hotaru pulls out a small box from her pocket.

"Oh! Now how do we get it to him with out attracting attention." Amy whispers.

The phone rings. Lita answered the phone and decided to take the call in her room, once again apologizing for leaving her company. "Hello?"

"Lita! Great Venus, it's good to hear your voice!" Mina answers on the other side of the line.

"Mina?" Lita gasps, surprised at hearing from her blond friend.

Rei glances over and sees the box. "Say Serena what did you do today" Rei tries to grab Serena's attention At that point a hand darts up from Hotaru's shadow and snatches the box out of her hand and disappears right back in a flash.

"What the-" Hotaru gasps.

"Hey!" Amy yells.

"Amy! Someone just snatched it from me!" Hotaru's eyes filled with tears. "I don't know what happened."

Krahazik sits in the shadow realm in the shadow of a lamp and opens the box to find a wedding ring there. Not knowing what it is he studies it a moment and watches every one's reactions. Hotaru brushes the tears from her eyes, feeling horrible.

Serena looks over to Amy "What are you yelling about Amy."

Krahazik leaps out of a shadow in the kitchen and onto a window sill. In his hand is the box, playful mischief in his eyes and grinning from ear to ear in feline manner tail swishing about excitedly.

Hotaru walks sadly into the kitchen and sees Krahazik. "What are you doing here?" she asked sadly.

Krahazik smiles brilliantly balancing on the windowsill. The window open he just looks at Hotaru. I hold up the box keeping it firmly in my hand.

"I think our little friend is still here." Amy says quite annoyed.

"Oh! Krahazik! You have it! Please, give it to me. It's of great importance. I'll do anything for you! Please!" Hotaru pleaded.

With a challenging "Meow" Krahazik turns and leaps clear of the window.

Hotaru jumps out the window, chasing him. "Please Krahazik!" Hotaru cried. "Anything you want, I'll give it to you! ANYTHING!"

Krahazik takes off down the street with Hotaru in chase completely enjoying myself.

"Did anyone hear that?" Rei exclaims.

"What?" Says Amy still annoyed.

Seeing only 1 pursuer Krahazik jumps into a shadow and shifts back to the kitchen. He dumps everything on the stove top on the ground making as big a ruckus as he can. He pulls out anything in the oven if there is anything. Opens cupboards and dumps out any other pots and pans he find. Then he leaps to the window and waits.

"What was that?" Darien, Amy, and Rei get up and go to the kitchen.

"AHH! Uh Lita your gonna hate this." Rei says.

"Yup! The one and only! Any who, is it alright that I come over? It would be nice" Mina says. In the background, Lita and Mine hear laughing, angry shouts, and the sound of dishes breaking. Lita didn't like the sound of that at all. Quickly telling Mina yes and good-bye, Lita ran out her room and into her kitchen. She finds Rei, Amy, Darien, and Krahazik by the window and the Kitchen a mess.

Krahazik balances in the window and stares back at the 3 of them with a big grin on his face. He holds up the box and lets every one get a good look before leaping out the window.

"Hey that's!" Darien says.

"My kitchen...my dishes! Who's responsible!" Lita yells and spots Krahazik on her kitchen windowsill. "YOU!" Lita screams, rolling up her sleeves and balling her fists.

"Ha!" Rei throws a spirit charm at him.

"Get back here!" Amy runs to the window after Rei throws the charm.

Michelle woke up as she felt Krahazik in one of his mischief fits. She got up and tried to use the shadow shifting she used before. She focused on the shadow closest to Krahazik and she melted into that shadow she was standing on, then walks out of a shadow in the kitchen where everyone else was. "Where did he go Amy?"

Krahazik hits the ground with feline grace, the charm sailing over his head. A quick glance back daring Lita and the others to follow, he takes off down the alley he originally ran down.

"Michelle?" Amy says looking at her in astonishment.

Krahazik walks quickly away from the house staying within sight of the area around the window waiting for the others to come rushing out in pursuit. He also kept an eye out for Hotaru. She should be some where up a head.

"Grr I'm going to kill that cat." Serena says entering the kitchen.

Darien replies, "You know that guy Serena? What's his deal, and where is he from he acts like someone from the Nega Moon; but that's not possible." Darien is confused on where this person is from and the person's motives.

Krahazik dashes down a few streets slightly annoyed that they didn't follow. He shadow melds then shifts to the cargo hold of his shuttle. With a shrug he tosses the ring box in a heap with other stuff randomly. He peeks his head into the living room and notices Michelle is missing. "Wonder where she went?" He thinks to himself. With a shrug he shifts back to town to look for more fun things to do.

"What the heck is going on here? First my shoes, then my hair, and the kitchen! THAT'S IT! IF LITA DOESN'T KILL HIM FIRST I WILL!" Rei's is now just as upset as Lita if not more.

"I'm going out to see if I can find him, and Hotaru left already; so I'll try and find her as well" Amy states as she storms out of the apartment. "Where is Hotaru and that annoying Krahazik at?" Amy runs down the street by the theatre.

"Krahazik!" Michelle screamed, knowing he would have to come to her side at once because of the locket.

At hearing Michelle's scream Krahazik shifts to the nearest shadow to her and comes flying out, with a flurry of his arms his sword appears as he lands taking it in hand ready for battle and to protect Michelle. He looks about and becomes confused when he doesn't see any apparent danger. Letting go of the sword, it drops an inch before disappearing.

"I told you that you should not be taking things and making trouble." Michelle says to Krahazik.

"Making trouble?" Krahazik shrugs clearly not getting it. He points at the pink ribbon in Rei's hair and the knot of hair it is attached to. "Nice ribbon.". Michelle spots ribbon and starts to laugh.

Krahazik still laughing and without realizing where he is, just fond memories, blurts out "Course the look on Starstrike's face the last time I did that to her was even better." He thinks a moment, "course she blew out the mirror and half the glass in the wing too." Michelle sat down in a chair and just relaxed.

"You!" Rei exclaims noticing Krahazik and charges him and trips on a pot, "Ah!"

Krahazik watches Rei fall and begins to laugh again. "You know Starstrike never fell over kitchen ware coming after me." He embraces Michelle and they shadow shift out of there.

End Act 3