Alternate RPG: Living Proof
Started by: Hotaru
Players: Guardian and Bentaris, Gaia and Michiru, Hotaru, Benefactor and Dunican, Yuri and Kagetsu, Minako


A young woman with very long black hair walked quickly down a flight of stairs in front of a library. She had just been in there researching some information about dreams. About her dreams, which lately had become frightening. She hadn't had nightmares since she was a little kid, well, at lest she didn't remember having any. The last time she had really been scared by her dreams was when she was about 14 years old. That night had been very odd.. She woke up in the middle of the night with a splitting headache, and just before she went back to bed, she saw her reflection and on her forehead shone a strange symbol. It had looked vaguely familiar, but at the time, she hadn't been able to figure out what it was. She remembered that she had just thought she'd been delusional from that headache. When she went back to sleep, her dreams had been filled with visions of destruction and death. Several times during that night she would wake up shivering. If her father hadn't been there, she didn't know what she would have done. She snapped back to reality as she climbed into a cab, "Mugen Street, please." She said before sitting back, watching the world speed around her. One thing that always bugged her about that night, back when she was fourteen, was that symbol on her forehead. A few years later, she had found out what it meant: it was the symbol of Saturn.

Minako hummed happily, almost skipping down the street. Things have been going her way lately, despite all of the darkness Tokyo seemed to be surrounded with. She'd aced her examines yesterday, won $120 from a radio contest, and just bought a new disk man (or whatever). Smiling she continued down the street towards her apartment.

Ami continued to read through her book at the library studying for her big Chemistry final tomorrow. She glanced at watch and took a double take. "Oh no. I am going to be so late! We have a dance competition next week Madame Kirkland is going beat me severely especially when I am the soloist!" She grabbed up her books and raced out of the room waving to the librarians she jumped in her car and began to maneuver changing into her dance stuff while driving.

Hotaru continued to stare out the window of the cab, not looking at anything in particular. As they drove down a street she saw a girl with long blonde hair done up with a red ribbon. *Strange...* Hotaru thought as they passed by, *She looks.... familiar......* But that thought was fleeting as the cab neared her house. Within a few minutes, they drove up onto her driveway. "Arigoto," Hotaru said while pulling a few yen from her pocket. She paid the driver then walked up the driveway to her house.

Michiru walked calmly down the street, even though she was pissed off. *I can't believe my study date blew me off...oh is he going to be sorry!* she thought when she saw a familiar red bow in front of her. *But.things could be looking up.* she thought and hurried up to catch up with Minako. "Hey Minako, got any plans...my study date blew me off and I really need help with this history. Want to study together?" She asked with a smile.

Minako looked over to Michiru, smiling. "Sure, I studied all ready, but I could help you," she said, " Do you want to head back to the library and get some books?"

Michiru smiled. "Sounds like a plan." she said and slung her book bag over her back and headed towards the library.

Dunican walked down the street. He was listening to his SDAT as he walked. His thoughts were wondering to Minako as the music went into a soft melody. *I wonder where she is today?* he thought as he walked.

Ami parked her car and jumped out running inside stripping clothes as she ran. She got to her locker and threw her stuff inside. Lacing up her pointed shoes she ran onto the floor in time to lead stretches. She smiled while the Madame raised her eyebrow.

As Hotaru walked up her driveway to her house, she looked back watching the cab drive off. Behind the cab, on the other side of the road, walked a man with shoulder length dusty blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail (Dunican). Hotaru stopped completely and watched as the man walked by. She had the oddest feeling about him, like she knew him, but like she had never seen him before.....strange.....

Nephrite held the starlight crystal in his hand and looked at the house in front of him. "There is a great amount of useless energy coming from that house...maybe I can use it." he muttered and summoned a pink haired youma. "Go and collect the energy from that source." he said. The youma bowed silently and disappeared. Nephrite disappeared as well.

Dunican stopped and looked around. He felt someone watching him and he pulled the earphones out from his ears. Dunican didn't bother to press the stop button. He then noticed a young woman that got out of the cab before. *She seems familiar. Where have I seen her before.* he thought.

The Benefactor looked into the mirror that showed Dunican and some of the other Senshi. Suddenly the picture changed to a young woman (Hotaru). "I feel a power from her. I see we have another Senshi that my need an awakening," he said and watched her.

Hotaru saw that the man was looking back at her, she blushed slightly and looked away, *What am I doing?* Hotaru thought, *Staring at him like that.....but I can't get over that feeling.....* Hotaru looked back up and walked over to him, "Excuse me, but do I know you? You just look familiar, or something...." Hotaru trailed off, not sure what to say.

A pink haired woman carrying a very large bag walked up to Hotaru. "Excuse me miss, but would you be interested in some of our make up products. You have such perfect skin, I'm sure you don't need it, but can I at least have a moment of your time to show you what I have?" she asked and smiled sweetly.

Ami finished the stretches and the class began starting with a slow easy across the floor warm up going from chenaes, to pirouettes, then moving to leaps. When they finished they started the show starting with the opening which separated the girls across the floor with tombe, potubure, glissade, and leap with the leap combining all the girls in the middle to start the ballet. Then going into Ami's solo.

Before Dunican could answer Hotaru's question the pinked haired interrupted them. He stood back and crossed his arms. *What the heck? Talk about rude. Who does this lady think she is?* thought Dunican as he waited for them to finish.

The pink haired lady turned to Duncain. "Oh and I have a wonderful moisturizer if you would like to try it, sir." she said.

Minako and Michiru were about to enter the library when Minako caught sight of Dunican down the street. " Hey look Michiru, it's Dunican.... with two girls?" she said, realizing there were other people there. " You can head into the library if you want, I'm going to go see what's up," Minako said to Michiru, figuring she'd probably come anyway. Quickly she took off towards the trio, calling Dunican's name and waving.

"Ehhh....? Excuse me?" Hotaru stammered a bit startled by the pink-hair woman's sudden appearance. Before she could get a reply, Hotaru noticed another girl, this one with long blonde hair, running up to them, waving and shouting something. *What is this today?! I was just going home, and suddenly I'm surrounded!*

Dunican looked up as he heard his name. A smile appeared on his. "Hi Minako-chan. I was looking for you," he said and then whispered into her ear. "I don't know why but I can sense something from her," whispered Dunican as he quickly pointed to Hotaru. "I think she could be another Senshi.

"Oh, is this a bad time dearie? Should I come back later? Or maybe you would like your free make over in private. Oh you are more than welcome to bring you're friends along, but I just don't know what I'm going to do about his skin." she said and pointed at Duncian.

Jeremy sat in a small coffee shop, sipping at the tea he had.

Ami left ballet with jeans pulled over her purple leotard her hair was still pulled back into a tight bun. She decided to stop at the coffee shop on the corner and get a latte before starting her English project.

Hotaru looked back at the pink haired woman, and smiled politely. "Yes, this is most definitely a bad time, and I'm not really interested in any make up right now, so you don't have to bother and come back later."

The pink haired women's face fell. "Oh but dearie...you really should...Try IT!" she yelled. her hair turning into snakes and started to reach for Hotaru and Duncain.

Before the snakes had a chance to strike, Minako flew through the air and tackled the woman. They rolled on the ground for a few seconds before Mina managed to pin the youma. But then she realized that she couldn't guard herself from the snakes.... " Errrr.... Dunican!" she called, quickly moving her head to avoid a bite.

Dunican quickly transformed. Forgetting that Hotaru was there. Dunican's Wrist Blades appeared and he went after the youma. The youma saw Dunican coming and pushed Minako into him as he came to them. Both Dunican and Minako feel to the ground with Dunican landing first and Minako landing on him. "Damn youma," he said.

The Benefactor watched as the youma attack. His eyes focused on Hotaru. "I feel the power within her. It is time to awaken another," he said and raised a hand. Hotaru disappeared in a flash of light and appeared in front of The Benefactor. "Welcome Hotaru," he said.

Jeremy didn't even flinch as a small rock from the fight knocked against the window. His eye merely moved out the window, his mind re-acting an instant later. Leaving a five-dollar bill on the table he quickly walked towards the back entrance.

Hotaru had just turned her attention from the strange woman with pink hair, when suddenly everything happened as a blur. The next thing she knew, she was standing in front of a man dressed in a black cape with a cowl that covered his face, "Welcome Hotaru," he said. Hotaru was completely stunned. This guy, whoever he was, had some how brought her here, wherever here was, and knew who she was! Hotaru began to feel faint, dizzy, all the stress was taking its toll on her body, but she fought it off, she wanted to know what was going on. "Who are you?!" she said faintly, "Where am I?!" her voice gained strength as she went, "And how do you know my name!?" She finished off in a voice-slightly-louder-than-normal.

The Benefactor got up from his chair and looked at Hotaru. "My name is the Benefactor. You are in a dimension that is not near your world and only I can let you and go. I know you from visions that I have and I found you," he said. Answering her questions in a row. "You are one of a special group of people with the power to protect the Earth from evil," said the Benefactor.

Hotaru didn't say anything at first. His words "...protect Earth from evil..." reminded her of something...something a long time ago...about a dream she once had...but the memory wouldn't come into focus and it soon slipped from her mind's grasp. Everything was happening to fast. She wished it would all slow down so she could understand what he meant. Hotaru spoke up, "Me? Protect Earth? Against evil...? What 'evil' is there to protect Earth *against*...seems to me like all the evil in the world is created *by* humans..."

"That is not so," said the Benefactor as he looked at Hotaru. "There is a place called the Negaverse. They have a army known as youma. Monster that are used to drain the energy from humans. And that is who we are fighting against, the youma's and there kingdom," he informed her. Lifting a hand a transformation device appeared. "Use this to help fight against the evil that plugs this world," he said.

Hotaru looked up at the Benefactor then looked at the crystal. She wasn't sure if she believed him, but something inside told her that he was right...it all seemed so familiar...draining the energy of humans? It seemed so preposterous...yet at the same time true... Hotaru reached out to touch it; she hesitated a second, then took it in her hand. She looked into the crystal, forgetting everything around her, and remembered.

That one morning she had awoken with a splitting headache. She was so dizzy, she could barely move without collapsing to the floor. Finally, she had somehow made it to the bathroom, in search of some aspirin. She reached out to the aspirin, and saw her reflection in the mirror. On her forehead was a purple symbol, she brushed back her hair to get a better view of it. Hotaru was suddenly scared, what did it mean?! Why was it there?! What had happened to her?! Suddenly, she fainted; it was all too much for the fourteen-year-old girl. The next thing she knew, she was lying in her bed, her father by her side. She had fallen asleep again, soon after, and when she woke up the next morning, she couldn't remember anything except for the headache and that strange symbol.

Now she remembered it all and she knew what the symbol meant, but how it all connected to this crystal, she had no idea. She held the crystal star closer to her, and suddenly it began to glow. She almost dropped it, but somehow managed to keep hold of it. The glow intensified and suddenly a bright white and purple light surrounded her, and she automatically closed her eyes in reaction. Visions danced in front of her closed eyes, she saw images of a person who looked similar to her but in a strange outfit holding a long, sharp polearm. When the light faded, Hotaru opened her eyes, she looked up at the Benefactor again, giving him a questioning look before realizing that she no longer held the crystal star. She looked down at her hand and saw a white glove, and then she noticed her outfit. Vaguely, in the back of her mind she realized the similarities between her outfit and the outfit of the girl in her vision. She felt a weight in her left hand; she was holding that same polearm as the girl in her vision. "What just happened...?" Hotaru wondered out loud, after a long pause.

In the real world, The youma dashed for Dunican. "You will surrender your energy to me!" she cried closing in.

"I don't think so!" snapped Dunican as he took the cord to his headphones and then wrapped them around the youma's arm and then throw her over her shoulder. The youma landed to her feet a few yards away. *Damn! More agile then I thought.* he cursed under his breath.

Jeremy glanced down on the ensuing battle from a nearby rooftop, having made his exit. Now it was merely left to see if the Senshi could handle the situation.

The Benefactor gave a small smile to Hotaru. "Get ready Sailor Senshi," he said and lifted a hand. A light surround the new Senshi and she disappeared. Returning to the Earth and the fight that was taking place.

Hotaru, now Sailor Life Sustainer, was whisked away before she could ask any questions, landing near where she had left. She looked around, seeing the yoma with snake-like hair. The yoma also noticed her, and began to luch at Life Sustainer. She looked to the glaive in her hand, then faced the yoma, and words came to her mind. She yelled out "Silence Glaive Surprise!" holding her weapon high into the air. She brought it crashing into the small orb of light that had been created, throwing an energy blast at the yoma, throwing it back against the wall.

The youma screamed in rage and stood up one last time. "You will not....defeat me!" it screamed and lunged at Sailor Life Sustainer.

Sailor Life Sustainer lifted her hands into the air, her Glaive now gone, and whispered "Life Force Depletion!" throwing another orb of energy at her opponent. The orb of white light speed towards the approaching youma and exploded upon impact, destroying the youma.

Sailor Peace Keeper ran around the corner, breathing hard from her run from the school. "What.." she asked and her eyes fell on Sailor Life Sustainer. "A new senshi?"