Ranma Half Moon Chapter Eleven - Say Jusenkyö! part 2

Author's note:

This episode fits in during Sailor Moon episode 17, Usagi a model?

Usagi means rabbit in Japanese.

Scene 1

Zoesite looks on from a rooftop at the New Japan Hotel. Young girls file into the hotel in a long line. "My, my, so here is Nephrite's latest stupid plan? I should definitely sabotage this contest so Queen Beryl will get rid of Nephrite like she got rid of that bore Jadite." Zoesite does an "evil anime girl laugh".

At ground level, Akane and Ranma-ko wait in line.

"You realize that have no chance of winning?"

"Ranma, you baka. Shouldn't we support each other?"

"I'm just saying, looking at the other girls in line, most of them have a lot more style than you."

Akane turns up her nose. "I thought you said yesterday that a woman's true beauty is her power inside?"

Ranma-ko looks up thoughtfully. "In that case you would lose to me."

"You're just jealous. I thought your jaw was going to hit the ground when I got my acceptance notice."

"But, it was surprising. Now, my acceptance notice was expected."

Akane sticks out her tongue. "Beda!"

Zoesite notices the commotion. "This must be my lucky day. Nephrite's little girlfriend? I should definitely kill her before Nephrite can use her."

Zoesite disappears, only to reappear at the end of the line. Instead of his military uniform he now cross dresses in a long dress, a big hat and a parasol. His appearance looks slightly wrong, but not wrong enough to attract attention.

Ranma-ko and Akane check in.

Ranma-ko does a quick sweep of the ballroom to see if Usagi had come. "Maybe my little rabbit is late?"

Zoesite tries checking in.

"Excuse me, I don't see your name on the list."

"Is that so? I'm so sure there must be a mistake. Please be a dear and look again." Zoesite looks into the registration lady's eyes.

The registration lady's eyes go blank. "Go right in."

Zoesite strolls into the ballroom. The photographer, Kijan Shinokawa, has not started talking yet. "Nephrite has such silly taste in humans."

Usagi runs into the ball room out of breath.

Zoesite spots Akane.

"There she is." Ranma-ko and Zoesite say in unison.

Scene 2

Luna runs through the halls trying to find the source of the evil aura that she feels. She turns a corner and stops dead. "What is that red headed girl doing here?"

"Looks like this is our room Ranma." Akane opens the door. "Will you be putting on make up?"

Ranma stands in the hallway and pouts. "I don't think I need makeup."

"You just didn't like how it felt when Nabiki put it on you."

Ranma walks into the room. "Should I?"

Luna nods. "That was interesting, and an evil aura was in that direction, but it was a different one than I felt earlier. I must keep searching. Maybe by the pool?"

Luna runs off.

Down the hall and around the other corner, the owner of the other evil aura smirks. "I have just the fashion shoot for you two."

Scene 3

"Come on Ranma, you should practice your smiles."

Ranma rolls his eyes and then does an exaggerated version of a drill that Nabiki put them through. Coincidentally, it's the same sequence of smiles that Usagi does in her dressing room. "This is stupid."

"Okay, Ranma, you ready?"

"For what?"

Akane throws her dress over her head in one motion, revealing a pretty and somewhat costly flowery one piece swimsuit. "I was able to convince Nabiki to spring for something nice so I would have a better chance."

"Wow, that must have cost a lot."

"Because it's so eye catching?"

"No, because it hides your weak points."

"Ranma!"

Ranma-ko takes off her pants and Chinese peasant shirt to reveal a plain bikini that is somewhat small so Ranma-ko shows a daring amount of cleavage.

"Where did you get an immodest outfit like that?"

"It's Nabiki's. It didn't look immodest when she wore it."

Akane sighs. "Well, maybe she does want us to win."

They hear a knocking on the door. They see a sheet of paper underneath the door. Akane reads it. "Please come to ballroom C instead of the swimming pool. You have been chosen for a special shooting session!"

"Okay, let's go."

"And, you're going to walk around like that?"

Ranma-ko elbows Akane. "Oh, come on. Wouldn't it be fun if a couple of guys made improper advances to us? We could work up a sweat and be beaming at the shoot. and, you would have a smile as well."

Akane grabs Ranma by the ear and drags him out of the room. "Will you be serious? Do you really think you can fight in a flimsy thing like that?"

"Okay, okay. But, maybe it would be a challenge?"

Akane drags Ranma-ko out into the hall just in time to see Usagi chase Luna who is carrying one of the bows off Usagi's swimsuit.

A sweat mark appears by both Ranma-ko and Akane's head.

"Yeah, Ranma, she's really special."

Scene 4

Behind the doors of Ballroom C Zoesite makes a photographer's work area appear. He also raises a human shaped Yoma.

"Now wait until they get under the lights before you attack."

The Yoma nods.

"I'll be going now. I do have to see for myself how badly Nephrite's plan is failing." Zoesite disappears in a cloud of cherry blossoms. "Zoe!"

To be continued.

Closing theme - "Other Side of the Moon" (From a Weiß Kreuz video clip, see profile for a link to an excerpt.)

"Even if you wake up, you'll never come to your senses
Lost inside of dreams
I doubt even tears
Someone's probably pulling my strings and making me live"