First, I hereby claim that none of the characters appearing in this piece of fanfiction belong to me, except for the teacher. They belong to Takahashi Rumiko (Ranma 1/2), Toriyama Akira (DragonBall), Takeuchi Naoko (Sailor Moon) and Kurumada Masami (Saint Seiya). There might also be some cameos.
Now, I want to say that I came to create this because of a simple observation of some facts that are pretty similar in a few series in the universe of manga, and especially animes. Facts that I felt as completely stupid given the supposed circumstances.
I apologize for the way I will write the speech of the teacher, but I tried to transcript the way english would sound like when spoken with a french accent. To this end, I added a few french words. Hopefully, not too many readers will be confused. In any cases, I will give translations for the french words I used at the end of the chapter.
And now, the story itself.
LESSONS OF COMBAT STRATEGY Part 2
We are back in the amphitheater. Once again, the student are lost in the darkness of the large room, their shadowy figures barely visible. They are chatting amiably, waiting for their next class to begin.
Then, a man with wild white hair entered the room with a small suitcase. Quickly and efficiently, he takes a computer out of the suitcase and connects it to the electric and electronic network of the room. He then turns to the students, the microphone in hand.
"Bonjour my students! As you surely remember, I am professor Schmilblic. Today, you have anozer class in combat strategy." His gaze swept over the amphitheater, "Now, can anyone explain vhat vas ze lesson of last time?"
A student raised a hand before answering. "We learned that we had to take any opening an enemy leaves, especially when something very important is at stakes."
The professor smiled approvingly, "Très bien! You have learnt vell. Today, we vill do ze same thing as last time. I vill show you a video, and you must tell me vhat the erreurs are."
He fed a CD to the computer and started the projection.
VIDEO SEQUENCE 1
The scene takes place at night. A single passerby, a young man, is walking briskly through the streets, obviously trying to be home as soon as possible. He was clad in simple pants and shirt and carried a sports bag.
His treck was brutally interrupted by a redhaired woman clad in skintight bodysuit and wielding some strange gun.
"And here comes the pure heart crystal!" she yelled, shooting at the young man. A ray came out of the gun's muzzle, striking the youth and causing a small crystal to pop out of his chest. The woman grasped the crystal and examined it thoroughly. She then dropped her head in disappointment. "It does not contain any talisman. Oh well..."
"STOP RIGHT NOW!" a young female voice called out, causing the woman to stop in her track and turn to stare at the interlopers.
A few meters away, on a rooftop, stood five teenaged girls clad in a heavily modified variation of a school fuku. All of them wore different color. The apparent leader, a girl with blond hair done in two long braids trailing from two balls on her head, pointed at the woman.
"Attacking young athletes in the midst of the night is not something to be tolerated! and we, Sailor Moon!" She started a choregraphy.
"Sailor Mercury!" yelled a girl with short blue hair, making hand gestures of her own.
"Sailor Mars!" from a girl with long black hair.
"Sailor Jupiter!" from the tall one with brown hair in a ponytail
"Sailor Venus!" from the last one, another blond but with free-flowing hair.
The first one continued the speech while making more hand gesture. "We will punish you, in the name of the Moon!"
The woman's eye narrowed angrily. "Sailor Senshi... Fine! But I have no time to play with you!" She then tossed a strange egg at the sports bag, which then morphed into a strange creature, a female shape seemingly made out of the bag and whatever sportsgear it contained.
With a high pitch shriek, the daimon charged at the Sailor Senshi. A while and many magical attacks later, the monster was defeated, the Witch chased off and the young man restored.
END OF VIDEO SEQUENCE
The projection ended, now showing the computer desktop screen. The professor stood up, took the microphone and spoke up.
"So. Did you see vhat zey did vrong zis time?" He waited several minutes. "No one did? It vas easier zan last time. If it is so, let's see vhat was vrong." He double-clicked on a file on the screen, starting a new sequence.
VIDEO SEQUENCE 2
The scene takes place at night. A single passerby, a young man, is walking briskly through the streets, obviously trying to be home as soon as possible. He was clad in simple pants and shirt and carried a sports bag.
His treck was brutally interrupted by a redhaired woman clad in skintight bodysuit and wielding some strange gun.
"And here comes the pure heart crystal!" she yelled, shooting at the young man. A ray came out of the gun's muzzle, striking the youth and causing a small crystal to pop out of his chest. The woman grasped the crystal and examined it thoroughly. She then dropped her head in disappointment. "It does not contain any talisman. Oh well..."
"STOP RIGHT NOW!" a young female voice called out, causing the woman to stop in her track and turn to stare at the interlopers.
Right on time to receive a high-heeled boot right in the center of the face! Said boot belong to a short redhaired girl wearing a green-skirted, pink-ribboned seifuku with laced green boots and an emerald-incrusted tiara.
The redhaired woman collapsed on the ground, completely unconscious.
"JUPITER!" whined Sailor Moon, "Do you have to ALWAYS do that? I never get to say my speech!"
Ranma-chan (of course it's her!) turned an annoyed gaze at her leader. "Listen Usagi. That little speech would have given her time ta make a monster and run away while we would've fought it. That way, we don't have to worry 'bout it anymore. That ain't too difficult ta understand for ya, right Meatball head?"
"Jupiter, you're as nasty as Mars!" Moon whined louder.
"Jupiter, we told you not to call us by our surnames!" yelled an irritated Sailor Mars.
The redhaired Sailor Jupiter shrugged dismisively, "Whatever. Now I'm gonna go ta sleep. Ya know, if we always did that, none of us would be so tired in class, so none of us would be sleepin' during lectures or sleepin' in." That said, she left via rooftops. AFTER detransforming.
The other Sailor Senshi blinked. "You know, she's got a point." Noted Mercury.
END OF VIDEO SEQUENCE
"Now you see? Because zey decided to not use the surprise effect, the Sailor Senshi had to fight ze monster, losing time and putting ze young man in greater danger."
The students nodded at that. Looking this way, making this dramatic entrance seemed very silly, and uselessly dangerous.
"Besides," professor Schmilblic continued, "Vhat if the Witch had made ze daimon during zeir speech? zey vould have been under a surprise attack. Then, vhat young Ranma did vas to take efficient avantage of the opportunity given to him... err I mean her."
A student rised a hand. "Umm, sensei?" the obviously female speeker started. "Is it really useless to make a dramatic entrance? Doesn't it have advantages?"
"Vell, in some cases, a dramatic entrance MAY give a psychological avantage, but it is not always zat vay. And in a real fight, your enemy vill probably use ze time to get a shot in. In fact, a dramatic entrance is only viable for an official match with a referee. Ozervise, it is more a veakness." The girl nodded in understanding and start a hushed discussion with her neighbours.
"It is all for today. Next time we vill meet vill be ze last. So study vell for ze occasion. Have a good day."
TBC
Author's Notes: This ends the second chapter. Only one to go! The last one will use Saint Seiya as a focus, and will include a small epilogue of sorts.
'Till next time!