Hopeful Sky

        RPG: Hopeful Sky, Sailor Gaia

        Started on: July 3rd, 2000

        Players: Tatyana, Syke, Alixa, Hoshi,
Apolline
        Alcadiner, Alhana, Celeste,
        Mikomi

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        Tatyana sighed as they entered the town of
     Sakura.
        Tatyana really loved this
        place, it was so beautiful and romantic.
Tatyana
        leaned forward and rested
        her head against Syke's shoulder. Her horse
had
       lost
        a shoe a while ago
        and
        she didn't want to hurt the animal to much,
so
     she
        decided to ride double
        with Syke.

        "Everything alright Tatyana?" Syke asked over
    her
        shoulder. She hoped the
        Princess was alright.

        "Yes, it just that the sky looks so hopeful
     today."
       Tatyana smiled and
        laughed at bit, "Maybe that's a good omen."

        "Perhaps." Syke said and smiled. She turned
to
     the
        others and tilted her
        head. "So, what do you guys want to do, split
up
       and
        then meet at the hotel
        later?"

        Alixa sat quietly, only talking to her horse
    when
        she needed too. She wasn't
        angry with Alhana, she was bothered by
    something.
        "Sailor mokina is always
        at Tatyana's side.... I wonder why."

        Alhana glanced over at Alixa, she stuided her
        beautiful elven face and then
        made herself look away.
          "I suppose she is trying to protect her,
but
     why?
        There's something about
        her I know it." she muttered.

        Apolline laughed as birds flew over her, some
        landing on her shoulders and
        hand. She looked over at Skye, her eyes
bright.
          "I think I'll go take a walk in the woods,
     anyone
        is welcome to join me of
        course." she replied.

        Alcadiner gave a small sigh, "As for me, it
has
       been
        too long since I
        studied my spell books." he explained.

           Mikomi looked down over the town of Sakura
as
       she        flew overhead. She loved the feeling of
    freedom,        and         waved to some of her friends as she passed
by.       "How         did I get so lucky?" she thought. "My life
is    so        free, so simple right now, but I have a
feeling       that         somethings going to happen. I can feel it in
my        soul,         something big is gonna happen. HELLO! Cute
guy!        What a hunk!" She stared dreamily at the
boy,       "What         I         wouldn't give for a guy like that. Hmm, I
    should        probably get back to the tavern. Corin's
having        guests, and I have to preform." Mikomi
touched        down,         her wings dissolving as she skipped down the
     road.        She smiled as she passed by a poster on the
     tavern.        "Sakura's angel of hope, Mikomi Yochino,
     preforming        at         Cherry Blossom Tavern. Every night 6-9:30
pm."        "Sakura's angel of hope?" she thought. "I'm
       nothing         special, why do they make such a fuss? Oh
well,        whatever makes them happy." She smiled again
    and        ran         to the back door of the Cherry Blossom
Tavern.

           Celeste rode quietly behind the others,
     keeping
        her eyes lowered to the
        ground. She hadn't spoken much since she'd
been
        'discovered', and hasn't
        told
        anyone of her past. She glanced up at her
       companions
       while they talked,
        watching intently.

             Mikomi stepped into her apartment at the
     back        of         the tavern. She glanced at the clock, "What?
     Only        4:30? I could have stayed out a little
longer.     Oh        well. Maybe I'll go to the art store, I need
     more        paper."
             Mikomi picked up her purse and stepped
back        out.         "What is this I keep feeling?" she thought.
       "What's         going to happen? Argh! The suspense is
killing        me!!!!" As she walked down the road she
noticed     a        group of strangers on horseback. "Why do
they     seem        so         familiar?"

        "I'm going to go exploring the shops and
stuff.    I        bet they have some
        really cool things here." Hoshi said, nudging
    her        flaming red horse Rolo
        into         a trot. "And I saw an add thingee for a magic
     show,        maybe they'll let me be
        in it with my fire-eating!" She cried
happily.

        Syke smiled at the others happiness. She made
a       face         at the fire eating
        comment and then glanced to the back at
Celeste.       She         hadn't shared much with
        the group. Syke shrugged to herself and
looked    at        Apolline, "I think I'll
        look around for a while."

        "I know that she has some power, but then
again        she's never used it in a
        fight. Perhaps because she can only heal."
Alixa        said and then shook it off.
        "Any plans on how we should attack them this
     time?"

        Mikomi glanced at the strangers again. One
of        them seemed really excited about the magic
show.        Mikomi smiled and muttered something under
her        breath.          Wings started to form on her back as she got
     ready        to         leap into the air.

        Tatyana gasped as she saw a flash of magic.
She
     say
        the girl up ahead cast a
        magic flying spell, she saw the girl glance
at     her        Tatyana's brain did a
        double take. Tatyana had been having dreams
        reciently, and thats why she had
        chosen to come back to Sakura. "Syke look!"

        Syke turned her head and nodded at the spell
the        girl had cast. "It's a         complicated spell, I've only seen two people
who       can         do it."

        Mikomi heard someone in the group of
travellers         commenting on her flying spell. "How nice
of     them        to          notice," she thought. She turned in the
air,   grinned         and waved to the spectators and took off.

            Hoshi watched the girl take off with
     amazement.        "Woow. That was cool.
        Hope I see her later so I can ask her how to
do        that." She said to herself,
        dismounting Rolo and putting him in a stable.
     Hoshi        walked about the         market place, following the signs towards the
    magic       show. It wasn't starting         yet for a while, so she took a seat near the
     front        and play punched with a        cat nearby.

        "No Syke, that's not what I meant." Tatyana
said       and         sighed. "I had a dream
        where I was calling out to Sailor Gaia. That
    girl        looked like the one in my        dream."

        "Well, maybe we could follow her?" Syke asked
    and
        shrugged.

            "Well, I have a feeling I'm gonna see
them again," Mikomi said to herself. She turned around to
    get one more look at the travellers. "Huh? They're
not there. I wonder where they're went?" Mikomi
       looked down. "Well look at that, they seem to be
       following me. Let's see what they want." "Going my
way?" she yelled to the travellers.

        "Where did you learn that spell?" asked
Tatyana.
        She
        shaded her eyes with
        her hand and watched the young girl. She was
     sure,
        now, that the girl in her
        dream was the same one in front of her.

        Mikomi glided down till she was flying next
to the girl speaking to her. "My friend taught me.
    He's a sorcerer. Really nice guy. Why?" Mikomi
asked.

       "I had a dream....." Tatyana whispered to
herself
       and she felt Syke tense
       for a second. Tatyana realized her mistake, if
    she
       slipped about the dream
       to someone other then a senshi....their cover
     would
       be blown.

       "She's always wanted to fly, ever since a
little girl." Syke said quickly
       and smiled. She glanced around and made a
small face, "We are travelers and
       were passing through. Is there any event that
you would suggest we catch?"

       "Really? Yeah, flying's a lotta fun. Maybe i
    can teach you a simpler spell. Uh... events...
hm... well, i sing at the Cherry Blossom Tavern every
     night. People seem to like that. Uh, there are
various plays and such, magic shows. What kinda stuff
     would ya like to see?" Mikomi said.

         Celeste listened to Mikomi for a second, then
     turned her attention back
     towards the passing people, her eyes scanning
     hopefully for the object of
     her
     affection.

     Alixa turned from Alhana and looked ahead. She
     gasped and then smiled.
     "Well, looks as if they're trying for yet
another
     one...." Up ahead the
     Senshi were speaking to a young flying girl.

     Syke smiled some waht and tilted her head, "Were
     looking for just about
     anything..."

     *Sailor Gaia...* a voice popped into Tatyana's
head
     and she blinked a few
     times. "Can't be..." She whispered.

    "Well then," Mikomi smiled, "I suggest that you
go
    to
    just about anything. By the way, we haven't been
    introduced. I'm Mikomi Yochino."

    "Aiko Tatyana, please to meet you." Tatyana said
and
    smiled. She looked back
    at the three still with her. She smiled gently at
    Celeste and then looked at
    the sky. She then poked Syke's side and motioned
to
    the magic show. "Maybe
    we'll catch the magic show."

    "Faye Syke, maybe we'll see you sing later." Syke
    said and glanced up the
    street, her eyes freezing when she saw Alixa.

    Alixa smiled coolly and smirked. She turned to
    Alhana and tugged on one of
    her curls, getting her attention. "Any idea's?"

      Mikomi smiled again, "Ooo, yes magic shows are
   always fun to watch. Well, I should probly get
going!
    See ya!" She beat her wings a few times and flew
up
   towards the sky. "Byee!" she called. She stopped
and
   hovered in the air, "why are they so familiar, I
   really wanna stick around and talk to them more,
but i
   don't wanna be a bother. Maybe I'll follow them
for a
   while, the art store and the magic show are on the
   same road. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea,"
she
   thought to herself.

      Hoshi picked uo the small kitten and hugged it.
The kitten purred in
return. "Oh what a DOLL you are!" She laughed,
poking the kitten's nose. A
man walked past, decked out in brilliant colors,
and
he was carrying a wand.
"Oh!" She cried, scrambling up.
      She caught the man's elbow, tucking the kitten
under one arm. "Excuse me,
is the magic show starting soon and can people
still
enter to do magic
stuff?" Hoshi asked.
      "Why yes little lady, it's starting in about
half an hour. Do you have a
magic trick you'd like to perform?" He asked in a
child-like voice.
      "Yup!" She straightened proudly. "I am a
fire-eater!" Hoshi grinned.
      "Well welcome aboard then! Just go back behind
that curtain and ask the
very tall man. Ya can't miss him. He'll tell ya
what
to do." The magician
tipped his hat at Hoshi and continued on his way.
      "Cool!" Hoshi squeaked, hugging the kitten. She
disappeared behind the
curtain a second later.

Mikomi glance at the large town clock, "Oh
crap!!!!!!!
I've only got 15 minutes before i have to
preform!!!!!!! I gotta go!!" "It was nice meeting
you!" she called down to the travelers. She shot of
in the air, but stopped when she noticed some people
travelling farther behind. One of them appeared to
be
an elf, they kept glancing at the travelers she had
met and discussing something. "I wonder what
they're
up to..." she thought, "Maybe they're with the
people
I met." She glided back down to the travelers.
"Excuse me," mikomi said, "are those two people up
with you? One of them is an elf I think."

"An elf? Alixa...." Syke said and pulled her horse
up. She turned around and
spotted both Alixa and Alhana. She growel and then
dropped her head.
"Hopefully they haven't spotted us yet."

"They will if you look at them like that!" Tatyana
said and looked away from
the enemys.

"damn." Alixa said as she watch Skye turn around.
She smiled then suddenly,
really wanting to pick a fight. She lited had hand
and felt the dark energy
swirling around it. She lifted her hand and threw it
at the flying girl.
"She'll pay for giving us away."

Mikomi looked up and saw a ball of energy flying at
her. "OH CRAP!!!!!" she shouted and moved out of the
way, but the energy burned a foot off her hair. "OH
MY GOD!!!!!!! THAT BITCH JUST SINGED MY HAIR!!!!"
mikoi started laughing hysteriycally and stopped
suddenly. She pulled a dagger out of her boot and cut
off the burnt part of her hair. "Darn and i worked so
hard to grow it out, oh well it still past my waist."
she put the dagger away, and straightened herself up.
"Well, she's a feisty one. That elven bitch is so
gonna pay!" she said, the anger rising rapidly in her
voice.

"Doesn't look like well be lucky enough." Syke sighed
and looked at the
others. She felt her henshin wand materialize in her
hand. She looked at
Tatyana and then glanced at the girl above them. "You
might not want to get
involved." She dismounted and sighed, she really
didn't want to have to
fight today.

"You gonna fight her? Oooooo, let me help
pleeeeeaaaaase!!! I could really go for some ass
kicking! We can take her!!! I know a couple
attacking spells. What i wouldn't give to turn that
elf into a slug or something small enough to step on.
Too bad i don't know any of those spells..." mikomi
suddenly realized she was starting to babble. Her
mind quickly switched to the matter at hand, "That's
it i'm fighting too!" she yelled, anger flashing in
her eyes. Mikomi jumped into the air and shot like a
bullet straight towards the elf. "i can at least
knock her off the horse" she thought, a slightly
wicked grin spread across her face, "or die trying."

Alixa lifted an eyebrow but nothin else on her face
moved. She lifted
her
hand and sent a shockwave out to protect herself and
Alhana. She
mentally
sighed and looked at the others before her. She
glanced at Alhana and
then
hoped down from her horse, she smacked the animal's
rump and in
galloped
off. Alixa stood tall, her cloak gently billowing
around her. "You will
not
harm us."

Syke snarled and turned her horse. She dropped to the
group and
transformed.
She turned to Tatyana and motioned her head at the
flying girl. mokina
smiled nd faced the two Aglos. "Picking on civilions
now, eh?"

Tatyana watched as Mikomi hit the ground she kicked
her horse and raced
towards Mikomi. Suddenly there was a flash of light
and Mikomi was
lifted up
on her wings. She was transformed into Sailor Gaia and
lowered to the
ground. Tatyana gasped and pulled her horse up, she
turned and fled,
knowing
she'd be in the way. She didn't understand why the
henshin wand for
Gaia
hadn't appeared infront of her. She pulled up her
horse up where she
could
wtch the battle. she whispered to herself, "Do I
truely have no power?"

Mikomi looked at herself, "Well this is new" she said
looking at her senshi outfit. she looked at alixa,
"You still here?" mikomi said. Then she put her hands
together, "angel of hope summon!" and angel shot out
of mikomi's hands and flew straight into alixa and
alhana.

Alixa slammed into the ground, she grunted andandstood
up. She lookedat
Alhana and then at the senshi. It would be abadmistake
to hangaround. She
smirked and pulled two balls from her pocket.
Shetossed them at teground
and they grew into two youma. Alixa mounted
herhorseand turned toAlhana,
"We shall save and fight another day."

"Wow, that's kinda cool, too bad they're attackingus!"
Sailor gaia put her hand together, "Angel of hope
summon!" The angel flew out of her hands knocking the
youma over.

Skye hopped down from her horse and held her handabove
her head, "Water
Star Power, Make UP!" She was covered with blue
lightand then was dressed
in her Sailor uniform. She held her hands forward
andlooked at the other
senshi, "Let's blast these bad guys!"
The youma split into two and fromed to more
humanoidthings. They were both
dressed in slim dresses, reveiling to much and in
toomany places. They
laughed together and threw mud attacks at the senshi.

On of them landed on
Tatyana, "Muddy death!!"Tatyana tried to duck but she
didn't in time. The mud
hit her legs and frozein place. She yelped and looked
around wildly. She
tried digging at it, butdidn't get very far. "No!"

"Oh crap!" Gaia tried to think quickly about what to
do about Tatyana. "Um, Syke do you think water would
work on that? I'll try to take these two on." She
looked back at the youma. "Hope bestow!" the energy
around her getting brighter as her power increased.
"Angel of hope summon!" an even bigger and brighter
angel appeared and destroyed the youma.

"Whoa...." Skye said and and then looked at Tatyana.
She was about to get
Tatyana free when there was a poping sound and smoke
enveloped Tatyana.
"Tatyana?!"

Tatyana steped out of the smoke and looked around. She
frowned and then
smiled at Skye, "I'm alright... I guess the spell wore
off." She looked over
at Gaia and smiled, waving her over to them.

Skye shook her head and looked around. She thought she
saw something on a
roof top but shook her head at it. She was imagining
things.

Tatyana walked forwad and watched Alixa and Alhana
leave. she smiled gently
and walked forward, looked up at Sailor Gaia, "Please,
Mikomi, Senshi of
Hope. Please join the us in our quest to bring peace
by removing the dark
forces lead by Hellion. Will you join us?"

"Of course! It's not like i have anything better to
do." Sailor Gaia said, and smiled.