Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video and Winx Club belongs to Iginio Straffi and Rai S.p.A (NOT 4Kids!!)
Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Chapter 6: Hands-on Experience! Ranma's Magic Battle!
Alfea dining hall
Ranma-chan marveled at the elegant look of the dining hall. Two long tables that looked to stretch a little over 28 meters sat parallel to each other. At the end of the tables towards the back of the room was an elevated platform, the dining area for the faculty where Faragonda, Griselda, Palladium, Wizgiz, Avalon, Dufore, and Nodoka were seated. Several crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling above and on the wall was a huge window giving a view of Alfea's courtyard and commons area. The tables were currently packed with the faerie students of the campus.
The currently female Ranma-chan sat near the end of the table where she got a view of the courtyard. Sitting next to or across from her were the Winx girls. Although female, she was pretty nervous to be in a large room full of beautiful, attractive, not to mention scantily-clad girls. Ranma-chan began to wonder about the dress code in this place. That never would've been allowed at Furinkan. She felt as if she stuck out like a sore thumb since she was always dressed in her ever-present kung fu outfit, making her the most covered of all the faerie students, never mind the fact that she always wore that outfit during her enrollment at Furinkan High while everyone else was in uniform. Ranma-chan tried to focus on her breakfast.
"Mmmmm… this Earl Grey tea is quite good." Said Flora as she took sips from her cup.
"Yeah, it's usually the best." Said Musa as she was jamming her toast.
"Personally, I'm more of a coffee person myself." Said Tecna as she was reading her book at the table, pausing only to takes bites of her omelet.
"Of course you are, you need all that caffeine to study as long as you do!" joked Stella, which earned her an indignant look from the tecno faerie.
Ranma-chan took her silverware and started to cut apart her omelet. It had been a while since she used the Western-style eating utensils since that incident with the Chardin Family. She was so used to using chopsticks.
"Omelet's pretty tasty." Ranma-chan commented. She was also grateful to the distribution of school foodstuffs. Before, he'd always have to rush to get his food at the food counter back at Furinkan before all the good stuff was gone. There was also the little incident with his time at that middle school where bread was tossed around at random (which he'd always get first) and where he first met Ryoga and gained an unwanted rival. More importantly, no panda trying to sneak away with her food while her guard was down.
"So how did you enjoy your first day at Alfea, Ranma?" asked Bloom.
"I kinda like it so far." Replied Ranma-chan between bites. "This is nothing like any school back home."
"I know exactly the feeling." Stated Bloom. "It was quite a shock for me, too. It was all thanks to Stella that I was able to be here and meet all of you."
"You give me too much credit, Bloom!" said Stella. "But keep it coming, anyway!"
"I think that will be enough for now." Bloom joked. The others laugh at this.
"By the way, Ranma." Said Layla. "What was that trick you did yesterday at the courtyard?"
"That was the Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken, or 'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire Fist'." Replied Ranma-chan. "It's a speed technique I was forced to try and master when that old ghoul of the Amazons locked me in my female form. The idea was to develop enough arm speed to pluck chestnuts out of an open fire without burning yourself, hence the name. It was hard at the time since I was overly sensitive to heat thanks to a pressure point. I only managed to figure out an alternative, at a festival no less, which was to fish out a tank of piranhas with my bare hands without getting bitten."
"What!? Are you serious?" asked Layla incredulously. The others were shocked to hear that Ranma would do something so dangerous, yet come out of it just fine.
"Well, it worked in the end, and I was able to get my male form back." Said Ranma-chan. She purposely left out the part where she had accidentally wound up in the girls' bath after turning back into a guy. They didn't need to know that.
"You should be a lot more careful, Ranma." Said Flora. "You could get hurt."
"It's not like it's something I've never done before, Flora." Said Ranma-chan. "Being a martial artist isn't exactly easy."
It was then that Griselda clapped her hands, causing all the girls in the room to stop what they were doing and focus their attention on the faculty's table.
"Your attention, please, young ladies!" Griselda called out. "Headmistress Faragonda has an announcement to make!"
"Thank you, Griselda." Said Faragonda as she stood up from her seat. "As is the tradition among the magic schools, the annual gala in honor of our new students will be held tonight! Joining us will be the students of Red Fountain of Specialists as well as the students of Cloud Tower for witches." All of the students cheered at the news until Griselda settled them down. "Now then, we shall need to prepare for tonight, so all of today's classes are cancelled."
Another round of cheering sounded off at that bit of information.
"All right! It's time to PAH-TAY!" said Musa as she suddenly stood up and threw her hands up in the air. Unfortunately, she forgets that she was still holding her teacup, which was still full. The teacup flew right at Ranma-chan's face who was seated across from her.
"Whoa!" yelped Ranma-chan as she falls backward from her seat after the teacup fell on her head. The cup's hot contents poured over her, reverting her back to male form before hitting the ground. The other students look on at the whole spectacle. It certainly was interesting seeing their fellow classmate switching genders instantaneously.
"Ranma!" exclaimed Flora as she went to his side. "Are you all right?"
The now male Ranma sat back up with Flora's assistance. "Yeah, thankfully, that tea wasn't too hot. I was wanting to turn back at some point."
"Oops…. Eh heheheh…. Sorry about that, Ranma." Apologized an embarrassed Musa.
Winx dorm…
"So now what?" asked Ranma.
"What else? Clothes shopping!" said Stella.
"Geez, Stella, don't you think you've got enough dresses already?" asked Layla.
"A girl like me can never have too many dresses, my dear." Replied Stella.
"I suppose to the City of Magix then, eh?" asked Bloom.
"Then we'd better hurry, the shuttle bus leaves soon." Said Tecna.
Ranma could only sigh. Clothes shopping was such a chic thing. However, he had a feeling that he'd be dragged into it anyway. In any case, he'd want to explore this realm a bit more instead of keeping himself cooped up on the campus.
City of Magix…
The neighboring city resembled any other city on earth. It almost made Ranma forget that he was in a magical realm. It seemed to be more on the futuristic side since all the vehicles hovered instead of using wheels.
"I hope I can find a fashion worthy of me!" said Stella as she and the girls lead Ranma through the streets.
"I know you'll look great in anything, Stella." Said Ranma.
"You're much too kind, Ranma dear." Said Stella. "Hey! You know, we should find a dress for you, too."
Ranma almost fell over at that statement. "Hold on now! I'm a guy!"
"Haha! I'm just kidding, Ranma!" giggled Stella.
"I guess it's safe to assume you'll attend as a male, right?" asked Bloom.
"Of course." Said Ranma in finality. "It would be bad if I attended as a female. Last thing I want is to have guys flirting with my girl form…" He shuddered as he thought of a certain insane kendoist who kept pining after his girl half.
"Yeah, that would be a bad thing…" said Musa.
"We'll have to at least get you a tux, Ranma." Said Flora.
"I can live with that."
Later on, Ranma gets lead into the mall. The place was lavish and huge. It contained three floors of shops of anything one could think of. At the formal wear shop, Ranma was amazed at the virtual dressing light pillars. The girls would step into a light pillar, then they would suddenly be wearing a virtual version of a dress she's selected from the store's catalog. Ranma found himself staring as the Winx were fitting themselves. They, however, sensed that he was still standing around and quickly tell him to wait outside. They wouldn't allow him to see their final choices until tonight. It had to be a surprise, after all. No point in having him gawk too early before the party. Once Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla exited with their purchases, Ranma enters to get his formal wear. Just as they did with him, Ranma kept the girls out as he didn't want them to see what his final selection is. Again, it had to be a surprise. Fortunately, Nodoka had provided her son a debit card to tap into her secret planetary inheritance.
After getting their purchases, they head back to Alfea to get ready for the party.
Winx dorm…
Ranma was taking a snooze on the couch in the commons room. Also sleeping nearby was Bloom's pet rabbit, Kiko. He had decided to doze off a bit before the welcoming party started. Walking around a mall with six girls proved to be quite a challenge.
"Ranma, wake up." He heard Bloom's voice say.
The cursed boy slowly flutters his eyes drowsily. "Mmmm…. Just five more minutes, Mom… huh?" Just as he was about to sleep again, he had managed to catch a glimpse of his six roommates, causing him to fall off the couch completely. This also woke up Kiko. He immediately straightened himself up as he gazed upon the girls.
Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla were already dressed in the formal wear they had purchased.
Layla was wearing a sparkling purple strapless gown which hugged her figure quite nicely. The skirt reached down to her ankles which had a slit in the left side to provide better leg movement. On her feet were black high heel sandals.
Tecna had on a black spaghetti strap dress with the skirt stopping just above her knees. She wore a matching black jewel encrusted choker, elbow length silk gloves, and black high heels.
Musa wore something akin to a Chinese silk dress embroidered with music notes. This was dark red, modified into a halter top style, stopping at the middle of her back. The skirt reached her ankles and had slits up both sides, clearing her hips and accenting her legs quite nicely. She wore red slippers and carried a folding fan. Her hair was out if their side tails and just flowed freely down her back at waist length.
Flora was clad in a flowing emerald dress. The straps were halter-style, baring her back all the way to her waist. The front had a deep plunging neckline that reached her navel, displaying cleavage. It was buttoned under her chest by a ruby broach. In her hair she had various flower clips. Peeking out from under her skirt were her red open toe high heels. The dress seemed to be too daring for a girl like her.
Stella wore something what Ranma thought was the most daring outfit. It was an orange colored dress that left little to the imagination. The skirt was form fitting, stopping at mid shin with a short slit up the left side. The top, if one could call it that, seemed to consist of mostly silver-lined strings. The only fabrics were the two silk orange squares which merely covered her breasts, held together by those crisscrossing strings in the front and back. Another silver string connected the top to her skirt and fastened around her neck (think Hana Tsu Vachel's dress in Fear Effect 2). She wore silver high heel sandals and elbow length gloves.
Bloom had on a dark blue dress that flowed to her ankles. The top was a crisscross wraparound style, exposing her midriff and back. It connected with her skirt which trailed behind her while it was slightly parted in the front, displaying her lower legs. She had on black high heel sandals, sky blue elbow length gloves, and gold bangles.
Ranma felt like he was going to die of a massive hemorrhage via the nose.
"So how do we look, Ranma?" asked Stella as she did a pirouette to show off her dress.
The poor boy's face was about as red as his shirt. "Uhhh….you all look… incredibly beautiful…." Kiko also lets out a sound of agreement.
"I'm glad you approve, Ranma." Said Flora as she smiled cutely at him, causing him to get even more flustered. This caused all the girls to giggle at the boy's shyness.
It was then that a noise was heard outside the school gates. Several aircrafts and buses have stopped before Alfea.
"Hey everyone! The students of Red Fountain and Cloud Tower are here!" said Layla as she looked out the window.
"Looks like the party is about to start." Said Tecna.
"You girls go on ahead. I'll catch up with you later." Said Ranma.
"Allright then, we'll see you there!" said Musa as she lead the girls out of the room.
"Don't be late now, Ranma." Said Bloom as she picked up Kiko and left with the others.
Ranma nods and proceeds to get himself ready.
Outside of Alfea…
A certain trio of witches watch in the darkness as the visiting specialists and witches enter the famed school of faeries. They had dark expressions as they think about the ones who had defeated them time and time again.
"Hmpf…. Another party at that annoying faerie's hole…" said Icy in disdain.
"Those traitorous witches!" said Stormy as she saw the throngs of Cloud Tower students and former classmates attending Alfea's party. To the Trix, any witch who has friendly relations to a faerie was no witch at all.
"Sisters, remember what we're here for." Said Darcy, being the rational of the three.
Icy nodded. They had been given the task to try and kidnap Bloom by order of Valtor. Personally, she and her sisters would've rather taken Bloom out themselves, but because of the marks branded on them, they couldn't disobey his orders.
"Still, how are we supposed to do this?" asked Stormy.
"We need to be discreet about this. Said Darcy. "Three entire schools are in there. It would be idiotic to try and take all of them on by ourselves."
Icy and Stormy had to agree. Even they weren't crazy enough to try and face an entire army of faeries, specialists, and witches, not to mention each division's faculties. The Trix had gotten around to the side of Alfea's building and came to a certain window.
"As I recall, that's the room of those Winx faeries." Said Darcy. She was able to remember the room since their scheme of masquerading as Stella years ago in order to steal the Ring of Solaria from her. "If we're lucky, Bloom's still inside. We'll have to draw her out without alerting the whole school."
It was then that they see the silhouette of someone in the window.
"Look! That must be her! Ha, she must be late to her party!" said Stormy.
"I've got something to get her attention!" said Icy as she cupped her hands together, forming a ball of cold air. "Icicle Ransom!"
She fires off the cold ball towards the window. Once it reached its destination, The Trix leave the area.
Winx dorm…
Ranma had just gotten out of the shower and drying himself off, when his martial artist's danger sense went off.
"Huh?"
Looking off towards the balcony window, he sees a thick white mist enter from under the glass door. He backs away from it as the mists began to swirl and condense. Finally, a bright flash of light goes off, blinding the Saotome briefly. Once his vision cleared, he saw that the mist was replaced by a wide pillar of ice, which also caused the room temperature to drop a few degrees. Upon closer inspection, Ranma noticed some words engraved in the ice.
'To the little redheaded bane of our lives, if you don't want us to ruin your party, then come to the forest clearing behind the school! Come alone, or the celebration will be crashed literally, with extreme prejudice!'
Ranma gets angry at seeing the threat message. Some sickos are trying to threaten Bloom and the others. Glowing with a red battle aura, he fires off a fireball at the ice pillar, destroying it in an instant. He was grateful for the girls showing him their attack patterns and was able to pick up on them to some degree.
"I'd better take care of this, myself." Said Ranma. "Bloom and the others shouldn't need to get involved in this. Anyone who messes with them messes with me! Hmmm…. Behind the school, huh?"
Quickly getting dressed in his usual kung fu attire, Ranma rushes out to the balcony and jumps down. Reaching the ground, he sprang forward into the forest and ran across the branches. The party will have to wait.
Two minutes after he left, Bloom enters the dorm.
"Sorry for barging in like this, Ranma, but I forgot someth-" she stops when she sees the slight mess in the room. "What happened here?"
Looking down, she saw pieces of ice littering the floor and noticed that the balcony door was open. Going towards the balcony, she looks out into the forest.
'Where's Ranma? I'd better go tell the other girls!'
With that thought in mind, Bloom rushes out of the room.
Forest clearing…
Icy, Darcy, and Stormy stood in the clearing, waiting patiently for Bloom to appear.
"You think she'll appear?" asked Stormy.
"Of course she will." Said Icy. "She's too pure-hearted to let anything happen to anyone else, so she'll have to comply."
"So how will we do this?" asked Darcy.
"We should rough her up a bit." Said Icy. "I'd say a few darkness beams, a tornado to dizzy her up, then I'll finally seal her in an ice coffin. As long as she is too damaged before that, she won't be able to break out of it even with her powers. We can easily drag her off afterwards."
"Why do you suppose Valtor wants her?" asked Stormy.
"Most likely, he wants to kill her himself." Said Darcy.
"I just regret that it won't be by our hand." Said Icy. "I suppose causing her pain should be enough."
"Hey you!"
The Trix looked about after hearing the voice, trying to locate its source.
"Who's there?" Stormy demanded.
"Over there!" said Darcy as she pointed up.
Icy and Stormy looked to where she was pointing and saw a black silhouette flipping out of a tree and landing in a crouching position twelve feet in front of them. Slowly getting up, the Trix were able to see the stranger in the moonlight: a young man dressed in Chinese kung fu attire with black hair done up in a pigtail.
Ranma glared at the three witches before them. Upon seeing the Trix, the Specialists' memories of them activate. These were the witches who had always given the Winx a hard time, doing everything in their power to kill them.
One was a witch dressed in a dark red strapless miniskirt dress, dark stockings, and go-go boots. She wore elbow length matching sleeves on her forearms and a choker and belt ensemble that held an "S" symbol on her torso. Her eyes were heavily shaded with dark red eyeshadow and dark purple hair that seemed to poof out, resembling a storm cloud.
The second witch was clad in dark indigo which consisted of a strapless top and matching pants that stopped at mid shin. She wore low go-go boots and forearm length gloves. She also sported a choker-belt set, but held a "D" symbol on her torso. Her eyes were heavily shaded with dark indigo eyeshadow and had long dark brown straight hair that reached down to her ankles.
The last witch was dressed in dark blue pants and a halter top connected with a royal blue cape that flowed down to her ankles. She had on knee-high high-heeled boots and elbow length sleeves on her forearms. She, too, sported a choker-belt set, which held an "I" symbol on her torso. Her eyes were heavily shaded with dark blue eye shadow and had long snow white hair done up in a top-knot ponytail style which reached her ankles.
"The Trix…" Ranma said in a low tone while giving the witches a hard glare.
"Who the hell are you? Some loser Specialist?" asked Icy.
"I've no need to answer you, ICY." Replied Ranma.
The Trix were a little shocked.
"How did you know my name?"
"Let's just say I've known you all in the past as a different person." Said Ranma as he got into a basic Anything Goes stance. "In any case, you're trying to hurt Bloom and the others and trying to disrupt the party. I simply cannot allow that."
"Ha! And who's gonna stop us? You?" Stormy taunted.
Ranma's eyes narrowed. "I should be more than enough. Just what do you want with Bloom, anyway?"
"That's for us to know and for you to find out." Said Icy. "If we had our way, we'd kill her and her friends."
"What was that!?" said Ranma in an angry tone.
"You'll regret crossing us, foolish boy!" said Darcy as she and her sisters attacked.
Ranma managed to jump out of the way of Darcy's darkness beams which shattered the ground he was standing on. He gets blown off his feet by a wind caused by Stormy, but quickly manages to right himself on landing. Icy follows up by firing off chunks of ice at Ranma. Reacting fast, Ranma lashed out with punches and kicks, shattering the ice chunks to pebbles. Icy and her sisters were a little perturbed that the boy had destroyed the ice with just his bare hands.
"Tough little guy, aren't you?" said Icy.
"There's a lot more where that came from." Said Ranma as he got into a stance again.
"Take this! Lightning!" Stormy fires off a bolt of purple electricity at Ranma, who quickly blocks it. He had managed to focus his ki to take the brunt of the attack, but he was still being forced back. Somehow, he had managed to disperse it. "He's a lot tougher than I thought."
"Dopplegangers!" Darcy suddenly split herself into six separate copies of herself and tried to attack Ranma en masse. They surrounded him and fired off beams of darkness at him. Ranma narrowly dodges by scant millimeters. He had been used to fighting multiple opponents at once before numerous times. "Stand still, damn you!"
"Now why would I want to do something as stupid as that?" asked Ranma in a taunting manner. With that said, he utilizes the famous Saotome speed and attacks the Darcy clones. Normally, he wouldn't fight against girls, considering Genma's teachings that 'all women are weak'. However, these girls were anything but, and were playing for keeps. He also knew of their evil intent about wanting to take out Bloom and anyone else in their way. Plus, the Specialists' souls had given him insight to the logic of fighting evil in any form, even if it's female. They were smart enough to not recognize genders in a fight to the death. Doing so would be stupid and a good way to shorten one's life span. If a female were to attack you with an intent to kill, it is by your own right to respond in kind and fight in self-defense. That's what martial arts was about, anyway. (1)
With that in mind, Ranma lashes out with a side kick into a clone's gut, shoving her to the ground and causing it to vanish. Ducking under an attack from behind, he shoves his elbow into the gut of another clone, causing her to vanish. The remaining four Darcy clones produced blades of darkness on her fists and swung wildly at the pigtailed boy. Ranma parries a blow, jumps another one while sending a kick to the face of the offender which vanishes, drops down while ducking shots to his head on either side of him, thrusts out his arms at both sides into palm strikes that knocked the Darcy clones back, back flips up behind the last Darcy who tried to blind-side him, and flips her down, pinning her to the ground on her stomach.
"That wasn't very nice, ganging up on me like that." Said Ranma.
He quickly jumps off of Darcy to avoid a bolt of lightning from Stormy.
"Watch where you're aiming, Stormy!" said Darcy.
"How about some thanks!?" said Stormy as she continued her lightning assault on Ranma, who seemed to weave in and out of her attacks.
'I've got to stop her!'
Ranma rushes towards Stormy while avoiding the lightning. Just as he reaches five feet of her, Stormy lets off another lightning volley. "I've got you now!" 'He can't possibly dodge this at this close of a range!'
She became satisfied when her attack seemingly pierced right through Ranma's head, but became confused when he suddenly vanished. "Huh? Where did he- OOOMPH!"
Her intended victim was crouched down with his left palm in her gut. She couldn't understand it. How the hell did he manage to duck under her without her noticing? She didn't know that she had attacked Ranma's after-image while the real one palm struck her. It happened all so fast.
"Im…impossible…" Stormy denied as she sunk down to her knees, holding her stomach in pain.
"You let your guard down." Said Ranma who jumps back and faces off against Icy. "You're next."
"That's it! I've had it with you!" said Icy as she flew up and shot a beam of ice at Ranma. He quickly jumps out of the way. Icy smiles as he fell for her trap. She didn't intend to hit Ranma with the ice beam. The attack struck the ground, causing it to get covered in smooth ice. He lands on the ice, but then slips and falls. "You can't use that foot speed of yours on ice, now can you?"
"Damn!"Ranma cursed at himself for being careless. The ice had killed his sense of balance.
"Ice coffin!" Icy fire off one of her signature spells at Ranma, who wasn't able to get away in time because of the ice he was standing on. Soon, he was incased in ice. "Let that be a lesson for ever crossing with us!"
Suddenly, the ice Ranma was in started to steam, catching Icy by surprise. "What the-!?"
The ice began to slightly melt and crack. The ice on the ground followed suit, then finally, exploded into ice cubes and water droplets, knocking Icy back. Once the explosion had passed, Icy, Darcy, and Stormy look up to see the hunched over form of Ranma, who was slightly wet due to the ice melting when breaking out. They also noticed that he was slightly shorter that what they remember. That, and his dark ebony hair was now bright scarlet. Standing up, the Trix noticed that Ranma was a bit curvy.
"That was REAL COLD, Icy…" they heard Ranma say in a higher-pitched voice.
"He's a girl!" said Darcy as she pointed to the now female Ranma-chan.
"It's time I sent you all away. I have a party to catch." Said Ranma-chan. She suddenly felt something inside of her trying to make its way out. Since fighting the Trix, Ranma-chan's faerie blood started to boil. That was when her mother's heritage activated. "HENSHIN!" ("TRANSFORM!")
We girls are the Winx!
Energy created our magic power!
Ranma-chan clasps her hands together, forming the ninja tiger seal. She does a pirouette as her kung fu attire was stripped away while light wraps around her body.
We'll defeat the evil deed of Trix!
We're the new one, we're the Winx!
Ranma! Oh oh oh oh! Ranma! Oh oh oh oh!
She was suddenly wearing silver go-go boots, a mini skirt, and a small tube top that barely contained her endowment. A choker bearing the Yin-Yang symbol appeared on he neck. Her hands had on black finger-less gloves that covered the forearms coupled with silver metal bracers with handguards bearing the Yin-Yang symbol. Sprouting from her back were small butterfly-like gossamer wings. Finally, her red hair became undone, flowing down to mid-back.
Winx!
We're the Winx!
Ranma-chan the Faerie was born. (2)
Off within the cover of the forest was the Winx Club. They had managed to arrive in time to see Ranma-chan transform herself for the first time. Bloom had left Kiko at the party
"Incredible! Ranma transformed into a faerie!" said Tecna.
"That's so cool!" said Musa.
"Girls! We should go help her!" said Bloom. They had been shocked to see the Trix again and she wanted to help Ranma against them as they were the most powerful foes they had ever faced.
"Hold on a minute, Bloom." said Layla, stopping her friend. "I think Ranma will be able to handle herself."
"Huh? What makes you say that?" asked Bloom.
"She possesses a very powerful energy within herself, probably due to his experiences of her current life." Replied Layla. The girl was able to kill a godling, after all. "We'll only help if she really needs it, but for now, we should just observe."
Bloom and the others just hope that Layla was right about her hunch.
Back to the fight…
'Okay, a little too girly for my tastes…' Ranma-chan thought as she looked over herself. 'And I'm supposed to fight in this?'
"That boy turned into a girl!" exclaimed Stormy.
"Did you do that, Icy?" asked Darcy.
"No I didn't!" Icy denied as she looked at the pseudo-faerie. "What kind of a freak are you!?"
Ranma-chan's expression darkened at the insult, then retorts, "At least I'm not some psychotic witch bitch with a chronic PMS problem!"
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!?" Icy raged. She, Darcy, and Stormy stood poised to attack. "THAT'S IT! YOU'RE DEAD!"
The three ex-students of Cloud Tower rushed at Ranma-chan, throwing spells at point blank with intent to kill the impertinent girl. Ranma-chan effortlessly dodged the rage-driven attacks thanks to her new wings. Soon, the ground around them was littered with ice, burn marks, and holes. She continued to dodge the attacks while leading them into a spiral….
"What's she doing?" asked Stella. "If she doesn't attack, she'll be history!"
Ranma-chan smirked as she baited the Trix with their rage as she emitted calmness of the Soul of Ice.
"You girls REALLY shouldn't have ganged up on me!" said Ranma-chan as she threw her fist up in a twisting uppercut. "HIRYU SHOTEN HA!" ("RISING DRAGON ASCENSION WAVE!")
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!"
Ranma-chan was surrounded by a huge tornado that struck out in a seven foot radius. Coupled with the natural magic reserves of her faerie form as well as her own ki, the resulting wind was devastating. The column of ki-powered wind shot upwards, sending the Trix flying over the horizon. Once the wind had died down, there stood Ranma-chan in a shallow crater.
"Well, that was fun." Said Ranma-chan as she focused her ki to heal her minor injuries before reverting back to human mode, her hair returning to its pigtailed style.
"Ranma!"
Hearing her name, she looked off to the side and saw Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla rushing towards him. They bear-hugged her from all sides before easing off later.
"Ranma! Are you all right?" asked Flora.
"That was amazing!" said Stella.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Said Ranma-chan. "Just had a little run-in with those Trix girls."
"And you sent them flying!" said Musa.
"What happened?" asked Bloom.
"Icy had sent a threat message to the room, so I answered it in order to prevent them from trying to attack Alfea." Replied Ranma.
"That was quite foolhardy, taking them on by yourself." Said Tecna.
"Well it's not like it was something I haven't done before." Said Ranma-chan.
"In any case, I'm glad you're safe, Ranma." Said Flora.
"And a disaster has been averted." Said Bloom.
"But Ranma, you should learn to trust in us more." Said Stella. "You can't just go off fighting by yourself. You're not alone anymore."
Ranma-chan bows her head. "Sorry about that…"
"Hey girls! We got to get to the party!" said Musa.
"Hey! That's right!" said Layla. "C'mon! Let's go!"
The seven girls quickly rush back to the campus.
Entrance of the great hall later…
Bloom and the others waited near the door leading to the great hall. Ranma-chan had earlier gone back to the dorm room to revert male again and get ready.
"Where is he? He should've been here by now." Said Tecna as she looked at her watch.
"He did just come out of a fight with the Trix, you know." Said Layla.
"Sorry I'm late."
They looked off to the side and gazed in awe at Ranma decked out in his formal wear. He wore white dress shoes and pants which was held up by a red cummerbund. His white dress shirt had a few tufts at the front of his collar. He wore a matching silver overcoat, which was a trench style as the coat tail reached mid shin. It was enough to take their breath away. One could almost see the hearts floating.
"Well then, shall we go?" asked Ranma as he took a bow to the six stunned girls. Shaken out of their reverie, the Winx smiled and nodded. "Sa, ikuzo!" ("Alright, let's go!")
With that said, Ranma leads the way through the doors with the girls following on either side of him.
The mingling faeries, specialists, and witches stopped to see the new arrivals. The specialists were practically drooling at the sight of Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla, while the faeries and witches looked with infatuation at Ranma.
"I feel a little nervous…" said Bloom. Ranma nodded in agreement.
"Oh come on! When you've got it, you flaunt it!" said Stella as she strutted.
Nodoka saw from the corner of her eye at her son and the six girls accompanying him.
'My son is truly manly!'
To be continued…
Preview…
Ranma: That was a great party! What next?
Tecna: We got to go back to class.
Ranma: Aw damn!
Bloom: It won't be so bad. It's a new year!
Flora: Professor Saladin was grateful to see his grandson again, albeit in a different form.
Ranma: I really don't like using weapons. Huh? Why am I drawn to these things? I always fight unarmed!
Stella: His souls are responding again! Next time, on Ranma Club, 'Half a Faerie, Half a Specialist'.
Ranma: I think I've found some new moves…..
Author's notes:
Whew! That was the longest chapter I've written so far! Trying to describe fight scenes is hard. Had to make a few corrections caught by my current readers. Those things are kinda hard to keep track of. Please read and review and look forward to the next chapter!
(1) How true. A fighter who just lets himself get beat by a female opponent simply because she's a girl is really stupid. This is why I like Ryu Hoshi (Street Fighter), Batman (Batman), and Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho). They don't let something like gender stop them from doing what needs to be done, they focus on the task at hand. Of course, if a female enemy threatened to kill someone you care about right before you, you'd naturally want to smack her for trying that (ex. Inuyasha had no problem fighting Yura of the Hair and Kagura since they tried to kill either him or Kagome).
(2) Yeah, I stuck in the original Rai transformation song here.