Moon Shadows By Joel and Kathryn LeBlanc Author's Notes: Hi guys, so now my brother and I are writing a story together.We planned the whole thing in July and now we are starting it. It might take longer because we are sort of both working on it. I will do the typing out but we still have a lot of planning to do in it, and so be patient. Enjoy the story of two mad geniuses at work! Bwa ha ha ha!!! PART ONE "I will rise, I will return The phoenix from the flame. I have learned I will rise You'll see me return Being what I am There is no other troy for me to burn You should have left the light on, Then I wouldn't have tried. You never would have known....... Sinead O' Connor (Troy) _____________________________________________________________________________ "Gelena, would you keep up." Wolfenite shot the obsidian haired female general a look as she feel behind slightly from Jedeite and himself as they walked. She shot him a piercing frown and said nothing. "Quiet you two. If I have to listen to any more of your infernal fighting I am going to ask Akronite and Selenite to accompany me the next time." Wolfenite and Gelena frowned at each other and then turned their attention back to Jedeite. Walking erectly in human coats and attire, they looked like any other normal person in the large Tokyo center park. Jedeite watched some high schoolers run by in a race and sneered slightly as one of them nearly knocked him aside. "Why here Jedeite?" Gelena said, her face full of a repugnant look, as scanned the area surrounding them. "because it is likely the easiest place to attract the attention of sailor Moon and the scouts. I hadn't realized in the first place that there would be 2 extras in addition to last time I came up against them. So my plan has to be altered a little in accordingly to fit them all in. As much as I hate to admit it," he flicked a mosquito before it even touched his neck, and tossed the remains away "They are much stronger than before and with the addition of two more plus the old Tuxedo mask friend of theirs," he made another sour face "Then we could easily be crushed in two. We need to buy our own time first." "I hate all this playing around." Wolfenite folded his arms, and leaned against the bore of a tree. "We could just eliminate them all in one go and get it done with. You said your self Jedeite, that Beryl's problem was that she played too many games with them. That's why the Negaverse fell in the first place." "Yeah, if she wanted to crush them, at first sight, she could have. But she didn't and look what happened!" Gelena agreed with Wolfenite. "I don't need either of you to tell me what to do with this," Jedeite snapped, turning to face them. "Don't forget that you are under my command right now. I am not without a plan like Beryl was. Secondly, I don't want to just crush them. I'd like to put a a fair fight and totally wear them down, until they know in an instant who is the superior." Wolfenite and Gelena shot a look to the sky but said nothing. "Fine Jedeite, but I have a really bad feeling..." As Jedeite and Wolfenite walked ahead Gelena stayed behind for a second glaring at Jedeite. She knew they she alone could destroy the scouts by herself and Jedeite will be the cause of her....their downfall! And she was not prepared to let it come to that! _____________________________________________________________________- "Rei lighten up, will you!" Serena pushed Rei playfully in the shoulder. Rei glared at her peevishly. "Serena, if you shove me one more time I'm going to push you into the street!" Rei threatened Serena. Serena backed away. "Sheesh! You're such a crab sometimes Rei! Can't you ever lighten up! You can be SO mean!" "Oh, Serena! You poor little baby!" Rei said to her teasingly "I AM NOT!!!!" "BABY BABY BABY!!!" "STOP, I AM NOT AM NOT AM NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Rei, stop picking on Serena!" Lita exclaimed. Ami and Mina had a sweat drop on their heads, linked. They hung their heads. "Does one of you care to shut them up?" Mina asked, looking at Lita and Ami. "What's the use any way? They'll just start it again." "I don't know about you guys, but I don't..." She stopped as they heard some swirling noise around them, like a whisk of wind, but it was surrounding them. Then they heard laughter and new instantly what was happening. Then a ball of energy came out of one of the bushes and hit Mina forcing her to the ground. "MINA!" The scouts leapt to her side, she was unconsiouncse. Then another and another came both hitting Lita. "Hurry, we have to transform. It could be those nega-creep again!" Then another ball of energy came from above hitting the ground just missing Serena. They all jumped out of the way diving to the ground. They transformed then into the scouts. "Come out you CREEPS!" Mars shouted looking around only to hear more laughter. Then there was a whisk-like-noise They turned around and Mercury was gone. "MERCURY! Where are you?" Serena shouted. Mina and Lita where gone too so it was just Sailor moon and Mars. "Alright, lets trash em!" She used her moon septar at the bushes when she heard more laughter. Then a woman appeared. She had long black hair and a black skin tight suit. "Well, well, I get to finally meet you scouts," She said "Well, what is left of you anyway!" "What have you done with them?!" Sailor Moon yelled "Where are they!?" She started to cry "Oh, poor little "baby"" She started to laugh near hystericly. "Alright! I have had it." Mars used her Celestial fire but it just went right through her. Mars gasped. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Gelena, and you are IN THE WAY!" She through another huge energy blast at Mars knocking her unconscious. "Mars! Alright now I am angry!" Sailor Moon used her Moon scepter on Gelena but it too went right through her. Then she felt pain shoot straight up her back. She fell to the ground and turned around to see one of the Male Generals with long brown hair she fought last time teamed up with the other Female one with a ponytail and dark suit similar to Gelena's. "That should be enough for now. What do you think Gelena?" He said "Yes, this will do...for now." Then she bent over and picked up Sailor Moon by the collar. "And when we are through with you I will dance on your grave!" Then they disappeared making Serena fall to the ground. A few seconds later from the sky Mercury, Mars, Lita, and Mina fell from the sky right beside her. She looked at them and they were all bruised and beaten. After a few seconds they woke up but were all shaky and and felt nauseous. "You are alright right!" She yelled with happiness "Speak for yourself you little bimbo!" ______________________________________________________________________ Jedeite watched his crystal ball the battle as it enacted and then dissipicated. Wolfenite and Gelena appeared behind him, and he turned around slowly with a slight fraction of a pleased grin. "Excellent, I must say you two work together to pull a battle off rather well. It appears the three of you exhausted the scouts. Where's Selenite?" As he spoke she reappeared besides Wolfenite, her brown hair slightly detangled. She started to tidy it with her long fingers as he spoke to them. "So far, you have gathered enough energy through the waves." he indicated to a small little burning flame like light inside the transparent crystal ball. Like a flame burning on gas. he touched the sides of the crystal ball and the flame seemed to enlarge very slightly and burn a little faster. Then the flame seemed to curve until it was circular. Now it looked like a little bluish golden burning marble. "The shadow crystal needs energy expired from the scouts power and from the power you spend in battles, wearing them out. The devices you are wearing send all energy waves into the crystal and the shadow crystal grows stronger and regains more of a firm balance of body. Soon it will be a shell of a crystal that can wipe out anything, any power." "But you said that the power that is given off in these cat plays are not enough to make the entire thing eternally strong. What else?" Selenite demanded. Jedeite raised his brown a fraction. She didn't miss a thing, did she? "When the crystal is strong enough to exist on it's own without the energy of this crystal ball supporting it's material existence, then we must have a large supply of the strongest energy to sustain it and create the ultimate power source! We'll then kidnap Sailor Moon and she'll give us her crystal's ultimate energy and once converted to the dark energy of the shadow crystal, her's will be a mere shell and we'll be even more overruling with power than Beryl ever could have been!" he grinned at him self in his cold way, the idea of the future pleasing him. "One question, Jedeite." Wolfenite seemed slightly dubious. His frowned darkened slightly. Wolfenite always seemed to find some small flaw with the plans. So did Gelena. "Sailor Moon is not just going to do what we say, even if kidnapping her is going to be easy cakes in the end." "Exactly...and that is why we are going to do this...." __________________________________________________________________________ Kate notes: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll never know!!!!!!!!!! Not till next week anyway :) We are glad that a lot of people are reading this story. I have written most of this chapter but however, Joel did all the writing for the battle scenes! Isn't he a genius for that sort of thing! I always find myself trying to go through them fast and without too much detail sometimes but he pulls one of very very nicely! Don't you think! Probably the best part of this chapter! Joels notes: Oh, you are too kind! Thank you! ^_^ Hope everyone liked this chapter and one note to Moonstar: Remember to visit my site at http://www.angelfire.com/ma/ASailorMoonsite1/index.html It has links pics, my own web ring, my own club, plus more activities including my Magic 8 ball!!! -Joel