Lunar Boot Camp

[Corwin]

Makoto gets an uneasy feeling as she picks up the book, and only only worsens as she reads from it. The book tells the tale of a powerful man by the name of Eric, who lead armies of demons against the Moon Kingdom twelve hundred years ago, almost bringing it to extinction. Serenity the Fourth, an ancestor of the present Queen Serenity, had to use the Ginzuisho to defeat the massing armies, striking them down with lightning bolts like the wrath of Heaven. Eric and Serenity battled, then, neither gaining ground until three planetary soldiers helped Serenity, allowing her to vanquish the foe. Sailors Neptune, Uranus and Pluto then pledged loyalty to Serenity, offering her help in rebuilding her Kingdom to span across the Solar System.

Some details in the book, like Eric's Golden Crystal and what happened to it don't make much sense to Makoto, though she gets the idea that said crystal was somehow tied to Serenity's. At the very least, he was of equal power to the Ginzuisho, and it's quite a coincidence, to be sure.

Makoto also discovers that Eric was an apparently Earthling, and that his Shadow War triggered the hatred of Earth and the total ban of travel to and from it.

[Corwin]

"I doubt that'su," Misha answers Makoto, snickering. "They are inventive deviants'su, if nothing else'su."

Hearing Rei's question, Misha stares at her with a blank look. "Sailor Senshi? You're Martians or something'su?"

[Ebiris]

"Oh, we haven't introduced ourselves properly," Rei suddenly realises. "I am Rei Aresion, Crown Princess of Mars, invited to the Moon at special request of her Majesty Queen Serenity to assume the post of Sailor Mars."

She then looks expectantly at Makoto to give her introduction.

[Brian]

Makoto offers a curtsy to the priestess. "My name is Makoto de la Joviana," she introduces herself. "The fifth princess in succession to the throne of the Jovian Protectrates."

[Corwin]

"You are Martians'su!" Misha exclaims in response to Rei's introduction, giggling. Thinking for a moment, she asks, "Do you mind if I keep calling you Rei-chan and Makoto-chan?"

[Ebiris]

"Well, I'm a Martian, but not Mako-chan. And I certainly don't mind you calling me Rei-chan, Misha-chan," Rei smiles at the (apparently) younger girl.

[Corwin]

Misha smiles back brightly.

[Brian]

"Oh, please go right ahead," Makoto assures the other girl. "You can call me Makoto-chan."

[Ebiris]

"Anyway," Rei begins to Misha, "Do you know which section we'd find books on the Sailor Senshi? I'd like to learn a bit more about what we're supposed to be in addition to learning about what we'll fight," she indicates the Metallia book in her hands.

[Corwin]

Misha scratches her head. "Sailor Senshi? Weren't there sailor somethings mentioned in that book'su?" she asks, pointing at "Eric the Destroyer".

[Ebiris]

Rei nods. "Yes, they seem to be rather important, and Queen Serenity told us that Sailor Senshi from the planets past Saturn are currently defending the Solar System from any outside threats. Mako-chan and I recently became Sailor Senshi, but we don't really know much about them, so I was hoping we could find some more information in the library," she explains patiently.

[Corwin]

"Maybe they are friends of Serenity'su," Misha says slowly, thinking it through. "But they could be clergy, too'su!"

[Ebiris]

Rei taps her chin thoughtfully. "I don't think they'll be clergy... we haven't been asked to take any vows or anything like that. If they don't have a seperate section, I think 'Serenity's Friends' is our best bet."

Nodding as she comes to that decision, Rei slowly makes her way down the bookshelf, looking for where 'Serenity's Friends' start beginning with the letter S so she can hopefully come across 'Sailor Senshi'.

[Corwin]

Rei sees literally thousands of bookshelves starting with the letter S under "Serenity's Friends", her quest taking her into a side corridor in the enormous library. Before she can investigate any further, a charred face suddenly pushes itself through the bookshelf the princess was facing, its beady eyes leering at her breasts. Then, with a cry of "Hotcha!" the librarian launches himself at her, making it rain books as they are pushed aside by his speeding form.

[Corwin]

Reacting quickly, Rei drops the Metallia book, her fist lashes out to intercept the form of the pervert as he flies towards her.

Rei's attack grazes the old pervert's skin, and manages to deflect him away from his course, his groping hands flailing as they fail to reach their targets.

Rei spins to face the pervert as he lands, keeping her guard up. "Do you want to die, old man?" she asks, eyeing him warily.

"Royal panties," he says, drooling, as he slowly circles the girl. Suddenly, he breaks into a run, staying close to the ground as he approaches the princess from her left.

As he approaches her, Rei rears back a foot, and boots him as hard as she can to knock him further away. If he's anything like Genkai, she doesn't want him getting close.

Rei's upwards kick strikes true, her toes impacting against the old pervert's rump with a satisfying thump. It's then that she realize something is wrong. Happy was already airborne, and Rei's kick, while doubtlessly damaging him, only served to propel him towards his original goal. A scowl mixed with a smile on his face, Happy flies past Rei, feeling up a breast with each tiny hand.

OOC: Happy damage, 19. Rei damage, only to pride.

"Feisty, just the way I like them!" Happy comments, rubbing his sore backside as he turns to face Rei after landing on his feet.

Rei only glares at the wretched pervert. "You. Die," she whispers hoarsely as the Flame Whip appears in her other hand, already burning brightly with the fire of her rage.

Happy smirks, and launches his body towards Rei, bouncing off the various bookcases and even the ceiling. Rei briefly loses sight of him, and when her senses locate the old librarian next, he is almost directly below her, his arms reaching out towards her panties with blinding speed.

As he appears beneath her, Rei leaps backwards to dodge his attempt at stealing her underwear!

Due to Rei's quick thinking and combat reflexes, she manages to keep her panties on, though she briefly feels a male hand brushing against her inner thigh.

Shuddering as she lands, Rei nonetheless retains the presence of mind to lash out with her flame whip to strike the senile old letch with burning retribution!

Rei's strike leaves a flaming trail against Happy's pants. Crying out in shock, he rolls on the ground, trying to put the fire out, before dropping his pants and backflipping, now seeing the princess with a new light.

"Starting to think this might be more trouble than it's worth?" Rei snarls angrily at the midget. Rei then pales slightly as he drops the burning pants, thanking her lucky stars he still has underwear on.  That  is something she can well do without seeing.

"You'll pay for that, girly!" he snaps back at her. "I've worn those pants for the past three centuries!" Not waiting for a response, he makes a frontal assault on the girl. As he gets near, his hands blur, until it seems as if six arms are headed for Rei's chest simultaneously.

Rei deflects the first pair of arms, discovering too late that it was but a diversion. She is too slow to react to the other arms, two of which move the shoulder straps of her low-cut red dress aside expertly and exposing her front, while the last pair quickly unclasps her bra and makes off with it.

Heedless of her now bare chest, Rei emits an angry yell as she lashes out with the whip once more to strike his fleeing back.

Though unaware of Rei's attack, Happy is bouncing in joy so much, that Rei's aim goes wide.

Happy turns around to face Rei from a safe distance. Pocketing her bra after giving it an affectionate nuzzle, he smirks. "Royal panties... next!" the librarian announces, and bounces over towards Rei again.

Noticing the state of her clothes, Rei growls. "Alright, now I'm going to get serious." The Mars Pen appears in her outstretched hand, and she raises it above her head with a cry of "Mars Planet, Make Up!" Her body wreathed in flame, Rei transforms into the Sailor Suited Soldier of Fire and Passion, Sailor Mars!

Happy breaks off his attack, standing midway towards her and gaping. Twin gushes of blood erupt from his nose and he flies backwards, impacting against a bookcase in the distance. "Not bad," he says, standing up groggily and stuffing both ends of Rei's bra into his nose instead of tissues. "Not bad at all, girly."

OOC: Happy takes 5 damage from blood loss.

Still feeling a bit unsteady on his two feet, Happy supports himself against the nearby bookcase with one hand, and beckons Rei forward with the other.

Sailor Mars smirks. "Heh, I don't need to move to get you," she says, raising her clasped hands as a small spark of flame ignites at the end of her outstretched index fingers. "Fire Soul!" she cries, shooting a spiraling fireball towards the soon to be flambe'd pervert.

" You  want to teach  me  about magical firecrackers?" he blurts out in genuine befuddlement. Soon, he snaps out of his shock, and reacts quickly, leaping over the bookcase at his back. The Fire Soul impacts against the massive bookshelf, sending it crashing backwards, and then Happy erupts through the burning books, much like he did at the beginning of the battle. At first, Rei thinks he's attacking her and cringes, her hands going instinctively towards her assets, but the librarian overshoots her and bounds away, laughing.

Burning books fly all over the place, hitting their companions in other bookcases, while the bookcase hit by Sailor Mars's attack topples over another one behind it, setting off a domino effect.

"Oh my sweet baby Serenity'su!" a female voice exclaims from Rei's right. "By all that is holy'su! This is a disaster'su!"

Whirling to her right, Rei sees Makoto and Misha run towards her from the main corridor, still a ways off.

Sailor Mars frantically looks at her the floor by the bookcase Happy first burst through, her eyes searching out for the large red Metallia book.

Mars finds the unlucky book burning merrily, having been opened somewhere around the middle when she dropped it and caught fire on something. Though she doesn't see any burning books nearby, Rei recalls swinging her whip around wildly previously.

Starting to panic at the sight of the precious book burning, Sailor Mars feels her power over the Fire itself call out to her, and somehow knows she can control it. Focusing on her will, the senshi of Fire quickly commands the fire on and around the Metallia book to cease.

Rei succeeds in her attempt, and sighs in relief as she sees that the pages the book is open to are now merely black, and no longer eaten away by the blue flames.

Dashing over to pick up the book and clutching it protectively against her chest, Mars then surveys the remainder of the burning library with some trepidation. Taking a deep calming breath, she tries to use her powers to prevent the remainder of the fire from spreading, not feeling confident enough in her powers to quell the blaze completely.

The fire is indeed affected by Rei's powers, though not quite as she expected. It continues spreading at twice its previous speed. At least the Metallia book is safe, Rei notices idly, though it doesn't bring her much relief.

As they arrive, Makoto and Misha see Rei just staring in shocked silence at what's just happened.