Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video and Winx Club belongs to Iginio Straffi and Rai S.p.A (NOT 4Kids!!). Felicia and Jon Talbain belong to Darkstalkers and Capcom. Song, 'After Dark' belongs to Bleach and 'Trouble Man' belongs to Darkstalkers and Capcom.
Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Chapter 16: Encounter! Save the Lunar Gem!
Opening (Bleach OP 7 style, 'After Dark')
As a drum beat starts, the camera is divided into six sections, each one with a different Winx girl's power. From left to right: Musa, Flora, Stella, Bloom, Layla, and Tecna. An electric guitar starts up, and Ranma is seen jumping away from the camera on the surface of Lyco. A synthesizer joins in, and Jon Talbain is seen, held captive by Valtor. All three instruments begin in earnest, as the Ranma Club Logo appears in a flash of flame.
Senaka no kage ga nobikiru sono aima ni, nigeru(The intervals between the back of my shadow are cutting off and breaking. They're running away.)
Ranma is seen running toward the camera across the surface of Lyco. Fading in behind him are the Winx girls, flying of course, and Shampoo and Ukyo on the ground running behind him. This line ends with a shot of Felicia, running off camera to the left.
Hagare ochita hana ni mo kiduka zuni, tobou(I skip over the peeling flowers unnoticed as they fall down.)
A scene of Valtor, sitting on a throne; he looks disinterestedly at the camera, then we see Talbain in chains behind him. Cut to Felicia, seen from the front and reaching up towards the sky.
Machikado amai nioi ryuusen tooku mukou kara(A sweet smelling fragrance flows out of a street corner.)
The Trix enter the scene, heading to a table; oddly, this scene appears primarily in sharp, contrasting black-and-white.
Doko kade kiita youna naki koe(And from far off in the distance I seem to hear a crying voice.)
The Winx girls, Shampoo, and Ukyo are all standing on trees on Lyco; the camera pans across them all, and then pans down showing Ranma on the ground in front of them all.
Yokaze ga haobu wai kibou nosete (My faint hope is carried away in the night wind.)
Doko made yukeru ka? (Won't it reach to anywhere?)
The camera starts at Valtor, pulling back to show each of the Trix, all looking at the camera, with varying degrees of boredom.
Sore wo kobamu you ni sekai wa yurete (As if refusing this world is swaying)
Subete wo ubae sa (And it's like everything snatched away)
The camera merely revolves around Valtor's symbol. Cut to the unconscious form of Talbain floating in the darkness. Felicia makes a mad dash towards him to save him, but he vanishes, leaving her in anguish as tears flies from her eyes.
Yume nara sameta dakedo bokura wa (If this is a dream then I'll awaken however)
Ranma runs through Valtor's palace, alternating forms; from male martial-artist, to female faerie.
Mada nanimo shite inai susume (We are still going without any accomplishments.)
Talbain, still chained, closes his eyes, as though preparing for his death. When the line ends, Ranma-chan, in fairy form, breaks into the scene with Valtor and the Trix, heading straight for Valtor. As she nears, she shifts to male form, his fist heading straight for the sorcerer's face.
End opening (1)
Previously, on Ranma Club, Ranma and the Winx girls answer a distress signal from Planet Lyco after hearing that Valtor was around. Shampoo and Ukyou also tagged along for the ride. They find Felicia, a catwoman who was in charge of protecting Lyco's treasure, the Lunar Gem. Valtor currently holds Felicia's husband, Jon, as well as the kingdom of Silvantis, hostage unless he's given the Lunar Gem. There was just one problem…
Tigara: "If the Lunar Gem is ever removed from the planet…"
Leon: "Then the three moons will collide, destroying each other, and the remaining chunks will rain down on Lyco. We'll be hit with the biggest meteor shower in history, dooming the planet."
Lyco forests...
Felicia was leading Ranma's group through the dark woods. They couldn't believe how bad things are starting to turn out. It would seem that the planet will be doomed no matter what Valtor tries.
The group comes across the ruins of a temple. Rocks and broken pillars littered the area. At the back of the ruins was an ancient shrine, which was in a cracked state due to time. The entrance was an open hole leading into darkness.
"There is where Valtor is hiding." Said Felicia as she pointed a claw at the ruins entrance. She was informed at the meeting that Valtor showed up at the Silvantis throne room to state his demands and left a location.
"Leave it to him to want to meet in a dark, creepy place…" said Stella.
Felicia sighs and takes out the Lunar Gem (don't ask where). It was a white fist-sized crystal shard resembling diamond that was framed with a gold crescent moon around it. She thought back on the time she went to retrieve it.
Flashback…
Ranma and his friends followed Felicia through the city of Silvantis towards her dojo. They come across a huge walled section with a huge wooden gate. On the side was a wooden sign that read in both English and Japanese, "Talbain Dojo of Were-Style Martial Arts". The door had a "Closed until further notice" sign hanging on it.
"This is where I've hidden it." Said Felicia as she opened the heavy doors like nothing.
Ranma's group couldn't help but marvel at the place. It was huge! There was a huge garden surrounding the area filled with exotic plants and a big koi pond. The layout of the mansion was like the traditional Japanese setup. The mansion had several wooden walkways leading to different sections of the household. The widest walkway lead to the dojo itself, which was almost as big as the mansion. It certainly puts the Tendo setup to shame.
"This place is amazing…" said Bloom as she walked down the stone walkway towards the buildings.
"It's quite big for a dojo…" said Ukyou. "Must be pretty famous!"
"Actually…" said Felicia, "… the truth is that I also work as a performer for several media projects and shows from time to time."
They were shocked.
"You mean… you're like a celebrity?" asked Stella.
"You could say that." Replied Felicia. "I do live performances not only on Silvantis, but also on other realms, so I get around. It generates much income as well as publicity for the dojo."
"Wow! No wonder you've got a sweet setup like this!" said Musa.
Ranma couldn't be surprised. Felicia proved to be a likeable person. That plus the fact that's she's a stunning, exotic beauty with curves that professional supermodels would kill for. She certainly has the looks for stardom. The only thing that could match her outer beauty is her inner beauty. Felicia isn't egotistical about her successes, and showed great love and concern for her missing husband that seemed almost foreign to Ranma. He was reminded of Kasumi, except that Felicia can fight. He also thought of this Jon Talbain guy. The guy was married to a woman who is both beautiful in body and soul. Felicia is one in a million.
'This Jon guy is very lucky to have such a loving wife like Felica.' Thought Ranma. He looks forward, and nearly gushes blood out of his nose when he noticed Felicia's firm yet soft buttocks. Her butt was practically naked save for the fur stripe that acted (barely at that) as a thong. It didn't help matters how she was swaying her hips when she walked. Her constantly swishing tail did little to cover this up. 'Damn! Does she have to walk around like that!? Yeah, Jon is lucky indeed…'(2)
Felicia slides open the shoji doors leading into the dojo. Inside was a traditional Japanese set-up of a hardwood floor, wooden pillars, Japanese wall scrolls stating the rules of martial arts, and a miniture shrine. It was bigger than normal, about the size of an Olympic pool and two stories tall.
"Now this is what I call a real dojo…" Ranma whistled.
Sitting up high on the back wall was a miniature shrine of the dojo. Felicia easily jumps up to the shrine and hangs on the shelf as if she were weightless. Reaching out with her free hand, she pulls out the hidden Lunar Gem. She drops down to the floor on her feet (as all cats naturally do).
"This is it, the Lunar Gem." Said Felicia as she held it out for the others to see.
"You hid it here?" asked Tecna.
"So this is the Lunar Gem…" said Flora.
As Shampoo and Ukyou looked at the gem, they started to feel a little dizzy.
"Hey, you two, you all right?" asked Layla. Everyone else turned to look at the two female martial artists.
"I… don't know what happened there…" said Ukyou.
"Shampoo just felt dizzy for moment…" said Shampoo.
Ranma felt a little concerned about this since they don't normally feel that way. He then turns his attention to Felicia.
"So, what's the plan now?" he asked.
Felicia considers the big gem in her hand. "We can't give up the gem to Valtor, but we can't let him do as he pleases in order to get it. It's risky, but we'll try to fight him during the exchange. I'll just feign giving it up to him, then strike at the right time. He probably doesn't know that you're on Lyco, so it could be to our advantage."
"So then if all else fails, we'll just assault him en masse." Said Stella.
"We must hurry! Who knows what Valtor will plan to do if he gets impatient!" said Felicia as she somehow stashed away the gem on herself. Ranma wondered how the catwoman was able to hide anything on herself when she was technically naked. He shook his head of such thoughts and followed the others out of the Talbain Complex.
End flashback
The group stood before the entrance of the ruins. Waiting inside was the Winx's sworn enemy. The girls mentally prepared themselves for the coming battle.
"Well, this is it…" said Felicia. "Let's go."
The catwoman leads the group of teens into the ancient temple. As Felicia walked forward, she could only think of one thing.
'Please, Jon, please be all right…'
Some time later…
The group navigated through the dark stony hallways of the temple. Felicia was able to see thanks to her cat night vision as her eyes glowed green in the dark. Stella provided some light for everyone else with her powers.
"This place is so creepy…" said Stella.
Flora started to cough due to the dust in the air. "Not to mention dusty…"
Finally, the group comes across a huge set of heavy stone double doors about ten feet high and twelve feet wide. One of them was opened ajar. At the foot of the opened door was a slight sweep in the dusty ground, marking its trail, as if it had been opened recently.
"I feel there's someone inside…" said Ranma.
"Shampoo feel it, too…" said Shampoo.
"Feels strong…" said Ukyou.
"He's here…" said Felicia.
Being martial artists, they were able to sense danger by reading an opponent's ki signatures and power levels.
"So now what?" asked Musa.
Felicia turns to the group of teens. "I'll go in alone first. As I said before, he probably doesn't know you're here. We'll keep that charade up until the time is right. If he indeed does try to pull something, you all jump in."
"Understood." Said Ranma.
"Hold on a minute…" said Tecna as she pulled out what looked like a palm pilot. Opening it up, a mechanical bug flies out. "Before you go in, it would be best to plant this surveillance bug on you so we can see what's going on."
The robo fly hovers over Felicia and hides in her blue hair. "Good thinking, thanks. Well, here I go…"
Felicia opens the door and walks through. The room was a huge circular room about the same size as her dojo, lined with stone pillars, some broken down due to time. At the back was a blackened monolith with chiseled words written in a forgotten tongue. She walks towards the middle of the room.
"Alright, Valtor, I know you're in here! Show yourself!" Felicia called out into the darkness.
Suddenly, the torch stands on the intact pillars light up with flame, illuminating the room. The door also shut itself, surprising the teens on the other side. Felicia whirls around, trying to see where Valtor is hiding.
"I commend you on your sixth sense, my feline beauty." Said Valtor as he walked out from the darkness. "I thought I had hidden myself well. I must be getting rusty."
Felicia could only scowl at the dark wizard. "Where is my husband!? Is he all right!?"
"Oh, he's all right, I assure you, for the moment anyway." Replied Valtor with a smirk. "Do you have it?"
Growling, the catwoman pulls out the Lunar Gem from subspace. "I have it, now where's Jon!?"
"Right here…" said Valtor as he snapped his fingers. A viewing globe appeared, depicting a scene of the aforementioned werewolf, suspended by chains on his wrists. He had numerous wounds on his body.
"JON!" Felicia cried out in horror after seeing the state of her husband. She glares at Valtor. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM!?"
"The mutt had a bit of fight left in him. I had to, how you say, put him down." He makes the viewing globe vanish.
"YOU BASTARD!" Felicia screamed.
"Don't worry, my dear, you will be joining him soon enough…" said Valtor as he suddenly used his powers to telekinetically grab the Lunar Gem from out of Felicia's hand and into his own.
"What the!?"
"And don't think that your friends on the other side of the door can help you. I've sealed it shut." Said Valtor. Felicia was surprised. How did he know? He smirked as he saw the shock on her face. "Did you think I wouldn't know about the distress signal to Magix? I know those faeries are out there, along with some others I don't know, but no matter. Once I take care of you, I'll finish off those faeries."
Both of them suddenly looked towards the door as they heard some banging noises. Dust and pebbles fell from the rocks framing the door. Shouts from the other side were heard.
"HYAAAAAAAAAAAH!!"
The stone double doors blew outward and crashed to the ground, breaking to pieces. Standing where the door stood were Ranma, Shampoo and Ukyou. The pigtailed boy had his right leg held high while the two girls had her respective weapon thrusted forward. Behind them stood the Winx girls, who were in awe at the strength of the three. How could normal humans be capable of such strength? The stone doors were at least a foot thick! However, Ranma and his sisters, though human, were anything but normal. Such a feat was child's play to them. They were not once known as part of the Nerima Wrecking Crew for nothing.
"Hold it right there, Valtor!" said Bloom.
"Good thing I planted that bug." Said Tecna while holding her palm pilot.
"What!? But how!? Those doors were magically sealed!" said a shocked Valtor. "You couldn't have broken through that with magic!"
"That no magic, that raw strength!" said Shampoo as she held up her bonboris.
Ranma lowers his leg and faces Valtor. He was a tall, pale-skinned man with long light brown hair. He wore black boots, gloves, and a purple vest and pants set with a white dress shirt that had tufts at the front of the collar. Over it, he wore a flowing dark reddish purple trenchcoat.
As Ranma looked at the man before him, he started to get angry. His memories of him as the Specialists were brought forth. This was the guy who tried to kill off the Winx Club and attempted to rule the Magix Dimension with an iron fist.
"You…" Ranma said slowly. "I should've known a scuzz like you wouldn't keep his word."
Valtor looks at the three newcomers: a pigtailed boy, a purple-haired girl with what looked like weird clubs, and a brown-haired girl with a giant spatula. "I don't know who you three are, but you don't stand a chance! I've got what I came for!"
"No you don't! SAND SPLASH!" Felicia crouches down on all fours, facing away from Valtor. She lashes out with her right foot and fires off a ki wave, hitting the wizard back. Taken by surprise, Valtor loses his grip on the gem and flies out of his hand. Felicia quickly catches it. "Ranma! Catch!"
The catwoman quickly throws the Lunar Gem to Ranma, who catches and pockets it away. Valtor recovers and gets up angry.
"How dare you! Dark Transport!" Valtor creates an orb of darkness and fires it at Felicia. She wasn't able to react in time and was struck. When the attack hit her, she was encased in a globe of darkness and vanishes from sight.
"What the hell did you do with her!?" demanded Ranma.
"Just sent her to another part of these ruins to meet a friend of mine." Said Valtor.
In another part of the ruins…
Felicia suddenly appeared in another room, separated from the others. She looked about to check her surroundings.
"Where am I?" said Felicia to no one in particular. Her ears suddenly perked up as she sensed that she wasn't alone. At the last second, she jumps out of the way as something just smashed into the ground she was previously standing on. Felicia turned to face her current adversary. She could make out a shadowy shape.
It was brought into the light. Her attacker was a werewolf. His fur was midnight black with grey fur on his paws. Each digit of his hands and feet had crimson four-inch claws protruding from them. He wore what looked like black kung fu pants with a red sash. The werewolf's eyes were pure red as if he was having bloodlust. He stood on all fours while facing Felicia and lets off a blood-curdling howl.
"W-what is this?" said Felicia. The black werewolf started to growl and looked as if he wanted to tear into her. She got into a fighting stance. "No choice… I'll have to fight him!"
Back with the others…
"Bring her back!" shouted Musa.
"When I feel like it." Said Valtor. "Such an opportunity I have here! I shall steal the magic from this world AND get to destroy you faeries in the process! Two birds with one stone!"
"That's not gonna happen!" said Stella.
"We won't let you!" said Ukyou as she held her spatula out.
"Let's go, everyone!" said Flora.
"WINX ENCHANTIX!"
The six Alfea students transformed into their Enchantix modes and hovered in the air. They all rushed forward to launch an attack on Valtor, but the wizard had a trick up his sleeve.
"I'll deal with you all later. For now, my minions will keep you entertained. DARK TRANSPORT!" Valtor launches another Dark Transport spell, but was much bigger. It encased the six Winx girls in a globe of darkness and whisked them away to another section of the ruins.
"What you doing!? You pay for that!" said Shampoo as she and Ukyou charged in.
"Wait! Watch out!" shouted Ranma.
"DARK TRANSPORT!"
Valtor shoots another darkness globe that encased the two female martial artists, whisking them away to another location. This left Ranma alone with the power-hungry wizard.
"Where are they!?" Ranma demanded.
"As I said, they're being entertained by my minions." Replied Valtor. "Now it's just you and me, boy."
Ranma growls while sliding into a stance. "So why single me out?"
"You're currently holding the Lunar Gem." Replied Valtor as he readied up a spell. "I can destroy the Winx at any time, but my priority is that gem. I'll gladly pluck it off your corpse."
"Hate to disappoint you, punk, but you're not getting the gem!" said Ranma.
"That's where you're wrong…" said Valtor as he shoots a ball of flame from his hand. Ranma quickly jumped out of the way of the spell just as it destroys a pillar.
Another part of the ruins…
"Is everyone all right?" asked Flora.
"Yeah, more or less…" said Layla.
"Where did that creep send us!?" asked Musa.
"Man, it's dark… Lumina!" Stella sends off a ball of light towards the ceiling. The room was illuminated in an instant.
The girls felt the ground rumbling and quickly hovered into the air.
"That doesn't sound good…" said Bloom.
Out of the shadows and the ground came a whole bunch of rock golems. They were over six feet tall and looked heavy. The Winx were soon surrounded by an army of the walking piles of stone.
"This puts a whole new meaning to the phrase, 'trapped between a rock and a hard place'…" said Tecna.
"Make that a LOT of rocks!" said Layla.
They all floated back to back, charging up their energies for the impending brawl.
Yet another part of the ruins…
Ukyou and Shampoo find themselves in another room.
"Ow! Where are we now?" asked Ukyou.
Shampoo was starting to recover as well. "Aiya! We separated from everyone else!"
"This is not good! We've got to rejoin the others!" said Ukyou.
Before they could even begin to think of leaving, they felt the ground shake. The vibrations began to get stronger and louder.
"Shampoo have bad feeling about this…" said Shampoo.
Like with the Winx girls, the two martial artists found themselves facing off against an army of rock golems. They quickly brought their weapons to bear.
"Rockheads…" said Ukyou.
A golem holds out its fist and fires it off like a missile.
With Ranma…
Ranma was utilizing his speed to dodge the relentless attack spells launched by Valtor. By now, the room was littered with broken rocks and scorch marks.
"You're quite quick, boy." Said Valtor.
"I'm a lot more than just that!" said Ranma as he turns and kicks a piece of pillar at Valtor.
Valtor managed to destroy it with an energy blast before it hit him. "You're right, but it doesn't matter!"
Ranma continues to kick the rocks at Valtor, who would just destroy them. This kept up until the room was obscured with rock dust. Once the dust was cleared, Valtor became confused when Ranma was suddenly gone. The boy in question then ran at him at a fast pace, all five of him. It was a spell that Nabu was familiar with.
"What the!?"
"EAT THIS!" the five Ranmas chorused. They immediately surrounded Valtor and launched a hard upper kick at his head, knocking him upward. A sixth Ranma jumps up over him and lands a hard flipping axe kick to the head, knocking him back down to the ground. (3) Valtor was slammed to the ground on his front, then the five Ranmas jumped up to the sixth one and do a combined stomp attack on the wizard's back. They stayed in that position then fused back into one and jumps off of him.
"How dare you hit me!" said Valtor as he got back up.
"And I'll do it again until you're a bloody pulp!" said Ranma as he started to crack his knuckles and slid into an Anything-Goes stance.
"You'll pay dearly for your insolence, boy!" said Valtor as he fires a beam of darkness at him.
Ranma manages to dodge the beam, but he gets tripped up by one of the rocks on the ground. He screams in pain as a dark beam nails him in the back. 'Stupid stupid stupid! How could I have forgotten about the rocks!?'
With Felicia…
Felicia was dodging and parrying the claw strikes being thrown by the shadow werewolf. The beast was being relentless in his attacks and continued to try and skewer Felicia. Ducking a claw swipe, the catwoman trips the wolf with a spinning foot sweep attack, then jumps back to get some breathing room. The shadow wolf gets back up and rushes at Felicia again. Just as he was upon her, she crouches down and shoots herself upward with a rising upperkick, knocking the shadow wolf back.
"Delta Kick!" At the apex of her jump, Felicia dives down at the wolf and hits him in the chest with two consecutive kicks.
Just as she lands, the shadow wolf lashes out with a roundhouse kick, tagging Felicia in the shoulder. She grunts in pain as she was sent skidding across the ground. Rolling back onto her feet, she charges at the shadow wolf. Each rears back a clawed hand and took a swipe.
Their attacks met head on, then each launched a spinning roundhouse kick, in which their legs criss-crossed with each other. They go into a spinning backhand, where again their attacks were stopped by the other. They both backflipped away from each other and jumped at each other again, each going into a flying kick. Both fighters passed each other in their flying kicks and landed in crouching positions. Slowly, they get up and turned to look at each other. Felicia winces when she felt a gash on her left shoulder. The shadow wolf also had a gash on his left shoulder, but made no indication of noticing it.
'This guy is good… but I can't waste any more time here. I need to save Jon and the Lunar Gem! I hope the others are all right…'
With the Winx…
"Liquid Erosion!" Layla causes balls of water to form and they inject themselves into some of the rock golems. The water in them caused their rock bodies to become brittle and break apart.
"Searing Light!" Stella fires off a massive light beam which tore large holes into a line of golems, causing them to topple over and break into pieces.
"Tree Eruption!" Flora blows some of her gold pollen at some rock golems. When they got covered in the stuff, their bodies suddenly broke apart as trees grew and broke out of them.
"Virtual Cannon!" Tecna creates an arm cannon made from green lightning and dons it on her arm. Locking and loading, she takes aim and fires green energy shells at more golems, breaking them apart with each shot.
"Sonic Screech!" Musa lets off a scream, firing a wave of purple rings from her mouth. The rings blew the golems back, then finally shattered them.
"Pyro Smash!" Bloom creates basketball-sized fireballs in each hand and flies through a group of golems, smashing the orbs into them. Each one she struck, she left burning holes in them. They soon fell to the ground and shattered.
"There's too many of them!" said Flora.
"She's right! They're endless!" said Musa.
More rock golems soon started to appear from the darkness.
"We just have to hold out until we can find the source!" said Bloom.
"Leave that to me! I'll find it!" said Tecna as she pulled out her PDA and synchronized with it. She flies up a safe distance from the ground. "You'll have to keep those guys busy while I try to locate the source of these golems!"
"Got it! Just hurry!" said Stella as she and the other girls continued to fight off the swarms of golems.
With Shampoo and Ukyou…
Shampoo was easily breaking the golems to pebbles with her bonboris. A bonbori punch pierces a hole through one golem's chest, a spinning backhand bonbori shatters another golem's head off, an overhead bonbori smash breaks a third golem down into the ground, and a swinging bonbori uppercut sends a fourth golem flying up and shattering on impact with the ceiling.
"Retsushou Kyaku!" Shampoo crouches down and shoots herself upward, feet first. The upward bound kick knocks a golem back and sends it shattering against another. Turning around, she sees another group of golems charging at her. She responds in kind. "Mougeki Totsujinha!" Charging forward, she brings her bonboris to bear and plows through the golems while punching with them.
Ukyou was no slouch either in kicking golem ass. Using that huge spatula, she alternated between smashing and slicing the rock monsters. An overhead smash hammers one golem into the ground, a sideways bash to another golem's head sends it flying and smashing a hole into another golem's chest. Turning, Ukyou stabs her spatula into the gut of a golem, piercing through, then with all her might, she swings her spatula upward, tearing off the golem's upper body.
"Konjou Giri!" Ukyou turns and thrusts her spatula at a golem trying to blindside her. The reach of the spatula was away from her opponent by two feet, but it sends off a sharp wave from the tip that ripped into it, breaking it down. She sees another group of golems nearby, then takes out a small ball of… tempura flakes? "Tenkasu Kanshakudama Mikkusu!" The chef throws the tempura flake ball into the crowd, and it explodes soon after. Rocks and pebbles were flying all over the place. "My special mix of tempura flakes and gunpowder recipe."
"Aiya! There certainly too too many walking boulders here!" said Shampoo as she lashes out with a kick to a golem's gut, caving it in.
"No kidding! These rocks just won't stay down!" said Ukyou as she slices a golem down the middle with her spatula.
"Shampoo hope others have better luck!" said Shampoo.
"I'm not too worried. They're tough, they can handle themselves!" said Ukyou.
They both do one combined swinging attack on a golem, sending it flying and shattering against the wall. It was apparent that both girls were more than a match for the rock golem army. After all, to skilled martial artists, rocks are merely target practice for martial arts techniques.
Back with Ranma…
Ranma was trying to dodge Valtor's magic shots while trying not to trip up on the rocks on the ground. After getting hit by that darkness beam earlier, he didn't want to have a repeat. Cupping his hands, Ranma focused his ki and thrusts them forward.
"Moko Takabisha!" The sphere of confidence-fueled ki raced towards Valtor. He creates a dark shield to block the attack.
'Hmmm… odd. That didn't feel like magic at all…' Valtor drops his shield and attacks. "Shadow Wave!" A blaze of shadows raced along the ground towards Ranma.
Thinking fast, Ranma counters with his own attack. His fist glowing white, he punches the ground. "Hikari Bakuha! (Light Blast!)" The fist sends off a wave of white light and crashes head on with Valtor's Shadow Wave attack. Both spells cancelled each other out.
"You're trying my patience, boy!" said Valtor and he started chanting. Arms held high, he throws them forward. "Waterfall Pressure!"
Immediately, a huge torrent of water gushes down upon Ranma. "GYAAAAH!!" It fell so hard that it was cracking the ground around him from the sheer force.
Valtor begins to laugh to himself. "If you haven't been crushed to death, you shall instead drown! Hahahaha!"
All of a sudden, a shout was heard from within the waterfall. A glowing was seen from within the waters and expanded. Finally, the glowing turned red and caused an explosion, destroying the waterfall spell. Water flew around everywhere and evaporated. Standing in the crater was a red-haired girl with both arms held out to the sides.
"That really hurt, you bastard!" said Ranma-chan.
Valtor was shocked to see his opponent now a girl. "What is this?" He then recalls the Trix telling him how they got beat by some weird boy who turns into a girl. "So… you're that cross-dresser that my lackeys were talking about."
Ranma-chan gets angry at the insult. "Who the hell are you calling a cross-dresser, you effeminate punk!?"
Valtor's eyes narrowed. "I shall kill you now… GIRL!"
"Bring it!" shouted Ranma-chan. "Magical Winx!" She transforms into her faerie-mode and hovers before Valtor. "Rai Tsuki! (Thunder Thrust!)" Ranma-chan flies forward with a lightning-charged fist.
"Dark Shield!" Valtor counters with a shield of darkness to stop Ranma-chan's attack. He grunted as he was hard pressed on stopping the attack from going through. He was shocked that the pseudo faerie was actually breaking through his defense.
"Rai Kyaku! (Thunder Kick!)" Ranma-chan suddenly lashes out with her foot, charged with lightning. It broke apart Valtor's Dark Shield, much to his surprise. Ranma-chan follows up with a swift kick with her other leg at Valtor's gut, knocking him backward. He rolls back onto his feet.
"Brat! Icicle Disaster!" The dark wizard materializes huge icicles in the air and launches them at Ranma-chan.
Ranma-chan counters by landing and punching the ground. "Kazangan Ken! (Volcanic Rock Fist!)" Flaming rocks flew out from the point of impact and towards the icicles. Both attacks shatter against each other, creating a steamy mist from the collision of hot and cold. During the mist, the pseudo faerie takes out the Lunar Gem and teleports it away to someone else to prevent Valtor from getting it. 'It's not safe with me while I'm fighting this guy!' Before she knew it, Ranma-chan felt a hand latch around her neck. "Urk!"
"I have to commend you on your skill, girl, but enough is enough." Said Valtor. "Shock Therapy!"
Valtor charges his hand with lightning, which then courses through Ranma-chan's body. She screams in pain as she was getting electrocuted like a convict on deathrow. Not wanting to take anymore, she strains to focus on another ki technique. She wanted to try the Chestnuts Fist on him, but her limbs were too short to reach Valtor as he held her at arm's length, but for some reason, she felt like she should try it anyway. "KATCHU… TENSHIN… AMAGURIKEN!"
To Valtor's surprise, as well as Ranma-chan's, Valtor was subjected to a constant barrage of rapid-fire punches. How could she be able to punch him? Her arms shouldn't be able to reach him! Valtor was punched numerous times until he lost his grip on Ranma-chan and flew back from the force. Ranma-chan drops to her knees, rubbing her sore neck. She was trying to figure out what had happened.
'How did I hit him? I don't even remember doing the punches myself!'
She slowly stands up, and noticed that something, or someone, was standing before her with his back turned. Ranma-chan thought she was seeing things. She wasn't the only one as Valtor thought the same thing.
"What!?" Valtor saw the person before Ranma clearly. The person was a young man colored in a light blue hue, giving the appearance of a phantom. He stood with a stern expression on his face and his fists clenched at his sides. The striking thing was that he wore a Red Fountain uniform and had shoulder-length hair. "You!"
"Sky…?" said Ranma-chan. 'He was the one who did the technique? But how?' By some act, Ranma-chan had brought out the Phantom Sky who rushed forth and assaulted Valtor with the Chestnuts Fist. (4) The Phantom Sky said nothing as he fuses himself back into Ranma-chan. When he did, Ranma-chan reverts back into a male again.
"Just who are you!?" demanded Valtor.
"I am Ranma Saotome. I was once known as Prince Sky in a previous life." Replied Ranma. "I was also those other guys whom you have killed!" He pulls out Brandon and Riven's swords and activates the blades. He twirls them in his hands and goes into a stance.
Valtor was shocked. He recognized those weapons. This brat was those Specialists? But he had killed them himself on Andros! "That's impossible! You can't possibly be here!"
"And yet here I am." Said Ranma.
Valtor screams in anger and launches an attack spell. "Dark Flame!"
A ball of black fire is shot at Ranma, who quickly slashes it into quarters with his two swords.
With Felicia…
The catwoman was panting hard after fighting the shadow wolf. He was certainly a tough nut to crack. Her own healing factor was just able to close up her wounds. She lunges at the wolf with her claws bared. He ducks and counters with a claw swipe which she barely blocks. Both fighters started to lash out with punches, slashes, and kicks at each other. This went on for about a minute until Felicia ended it.
"Rolling Buckler!"
She balls herself up and spins like a buzz saw at the shadow wolf, scratching into him and ending it with a rising upper slash attack. He gets knocked back, but was immediately on his feet. His red eyes flashed and lets off a howl. To Felicia's surprise, the shadow wolf as engulfed in a blaze of white light and shoots himself at her like a living comet. She gets nailed by the attack and sent flying. The catwoman rolls to her feet and looks on in shock. 'The Beast Cannon!?' The shadow wolf then jumps up and launches himself at her again with the same technique. Felicia quickly jumps to avoid the hit, but then gets knocked back when suddenly just as the wolf hits the ground, he jumps up and hits her with a somersault kick with a glowing white foot that left light trails like razor claws.
Felicia falls on her front hard. She props herself on her hands and looks at the shadow wolf in shock. "No… that was the Climb Razor… it can't be! Only one person uses those techniques!" She slowly moves backwards until her back hits a boulder. The shadow wolf then whips out a pair of iron nunchakus and swings them around himself effortlessly. He rushes at Felicia and whips the nunchakus at her rapidly. She manages to dodge by jumping up and behind the boulder. The boulder was soon pulverized into rock powder from the nunchaku assault.
'The Million Flicker… this proves it!'
The shadow wolf puts away the nunchakus and growls while going into a stance. Felicia stood there with tears in her eyes as she realized who her opponent was.
"Jon! It's you, isn't it? Please stop!" Felicia pleaded. Jon lunges forward and assaults her with punches and kicks. She quickly tries to block, dodge, and parry her husband's attacks while trying to reach out to him. "Jon! Stop! It's me, Felicia! You're being controlled by Valtor!"
Her pleas fall on deaf ears as her possessed husband continues to attack her. She was hard-pressed to defend herself as the werewolf dished out hits more fierce than the last. Felicia doubled over as Jon's fist hits her in her stomach, followed by a roundhouse kick to the side of her head, sending her sprawling. She rolls herself onto her back, but before she could even get up, Jon was already upon her, pinning her to the ground. He howls and clamps his canines into Felicia's left shoulder, causing blood to spurt out.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!" Felicia lets off a scream of pain, agony, and despair. Her eyes were full of tears at the thought of her husband about to end her life.
'Jon… please… you must stop… it shouldn't end like this… I…'
She was about to lose consciousness, until she heard a voice in her head. 'Felicia…'
Felicia was shocked when she heard the voice. 'Jon…?'
'Felicia… I'm speaking to you through our minds. I'm able to break Valtor's hold on me temporarily. You mustn't give up!'
'What can I do?'
'You have to stop me! I cannot bear to see you get killed because of me!'
'But I can't fight you! You mean everything to me!'
'Felicia! Remember that our fighting styles were not made to kill others! They were made to protect those we hold dearly! You have to knock me out before I kill you! You have just the technique for it!'
'But… I…'
'My dear, if you truly love me, you must do what is necessary…You have to knock me out. You can do it. I believe in you…'
'Jon…'
Felicia's eyes snapped open and she quickly knees the possessed Jon in the stomach followed by a kick throw, sending him sailing over her. She gets up and clutches at her wounded shoulder. Her healing factor will take some time for it to close up the wound. Jon recovers and rushes at her again. Closing her eyes, she says a silent prayer and prepares herself.
'Forgive me, Jon…'
Before he could attack, he gets stunned by a hard tail whip to the head by Felicia's tail. She follows up with a spinning body thrust kick to the gut, then a double foot kick to the chest while balancing her whole body on her tail. Before Jon could recover, Felicia emits a multi-colored battle aura.
"Final attack: Dancing Flash!"
Felicia's hair was continuously flashing between different colors and she immediately spins like a buzz saw towards Jon and nails him. After the first hit, she gets up and barrages him with attacks: left swipe, right swipe, left swipe, right swipe, high right kick, right hook scratch, right knee kick, left upper kick that launched Jon into the air, and ending in a rising upper slash attack hitting twice. Total, fifteen hit combo!
Jon finally crashes to the ground. On his right shoulder was a red mark of an encircled "V" symbol, which soon dissipates into light particles. His coloring reverts back to their normal form: dark blue fur with white paw fur, blue pants, yellow sash, and yellow claws.
"Jon!" Felicia quickly rushes over to her husband's body. Kneeling down, she cradles his head and shoulders in her arms. "Jon! Are you all right?"
The werewolf's eyes slowly opened, gold instead of pure crimson. He gives her a weak smile. "You did it… Felicia… I knew you could…"
Felicia's eyes welled up with tears and embraces him. "Oh Jon… I thought I had lost you…" She continued to sob in his shoulder.
Jon puts an arm around the catwoman to console her. "Don't worry, Kitty-cat. It'll take a lot more than that to finish me off. I'm sorry to have put you through all that."
"Don't be, Jon… don't be…" said Felicia. She then helps Jon back on his feet. "Come on, we've go to get out of here."
"I wholeheartedly agree." Said Jon as he and his wife walked out while supporting each other. Their tails intertwined with each other behind them.
With Ukyou and Shampoo…
Ukyou lassos a golem around the neck with her rubber yakisoba noodles and swings it into another, breaking them both. Shampoo shatters another by clapping it with her bonboris.
"This is starting to get repetitive…" said Ukyou as she smacks a golem with her spatula.
"Stupid rocks don't know when to give up!" said Shampoo in displeasure as she delivers a back kick to a golem behind her.
They pause for a moment as they saw a flash of light in the air. Looking up, they see the Lunar Gem, which was teleported away by Ranma earlier.
"Is that the gem?" asked Ukyou.
The gem begins to fall, and the girls look in horror as the golems try to get at it.
"That gem not for you!" shouted Shampoo as she and Ukyou immediately plowed through the stony monstrosities.
Busting through the golems, both girls simultaneously grabbed the Lunar Gem.
"Got it!"
The gem began to glow in their hands, which in turn started to affect the two girls. Each could feel something inside of her stir.
"Huh…? What's… going… on…?" said Ukyou.
"Shampoo feel funny…" said Shampoo.
It was then that the gem's light engulfed both Shampoo and Ukyou.
With the Winx…
"Fire Beam!"
"Sunburst Shot!"
Bloom and Stella's attacks collided with two golems each, blowing them to pieces.
"Hydro Spear!" Layla fires a shaft of water into the face of a golem, ripping it off by the sheer water pressure.
"Tecna! Have you found it yet?" asked Musa as she fires a soundwave attack to a golem.
The tecno faerie in question was still in a trance as she scans the area. Finally, she homes in on a part of the wall between two pillars. "Behind that wall!"
"Break it down!" shouted Layla.
Stella immediately flies over to the wall while being pursues by two golems. Fortunately, someone was watching her back.
"Dryad's Embrace!" The two golems suddenly got encased within tree trunks, courtesy of Flora.
"Thanks, Flora!" said Stella as she powered up her light energy. "Searing Light!" One light beam shot later, the wall crumbled, revealing a hidden room. Inside of it was a small clay idol of a man with glowing red eyes. "This thing's responsible? How creepy… Sunburst Shot!" She shoots at the idol, blowing it apart. Once she did, all of the rock golems stopped moving and fell over, becoming lifeless rocks once again.
The faeries regroup. "Great job, you two!" said Bloom. "Now we've got to rejoin the others!"
"There's a shortcut through that wall over there!" said Tecna as she pointed.
"Then that's where we'll go. Searing Light!" Stella blows up the wall with her light ray, making an opening. The girls fly out through the hole and down the dank stone corridors.
"Let's blow this place, girls!" said Musa.
After a few twists and turns through the hallways of the ruins, they come across some shadows ahead.
"Wait, there's someone over there…" said Layla.
Tecna materializes a scanner lens that fits itself over her right eye and telescopes on the figures. "It's Felicia! She's with someone and they look injured!"
"What? Felicia?" said Bloom. They all quickly flew towards them.
"Felicia! Over here!" Flora called out.
Felicia and Jon stopped as the six faeries made their way over to them. "Oh girls! You're all okay!"
"Same with you, too!" said Flora. It was then that they noticed the blue werewolf with her. "So is this the Jon we've been hearing about?"
Felicia smiled. "Yes. This is Jon Talbain, my husband. Jon, these are the faeries from Alfea, the Winx."
"Nice to meet you, ladies." Said Jon.
The girls couldn't help but look in awe at Jon. He had a well-muscled but lean physique and emitted an aura of wildness that seemed attractive. To them, he was pretty cute for a werewolf. They quickly shook their heads of such thoughts. They had Ranma, after all, and Jon has Felicia.
"Oh my, you're both bleeding!" said Flora.
"Not to worry, our healing factors are starting to kick in. We'll be as good as new in no time." Said Jon.
"Still, I can help to speed it up." Said Stella as she casts a spell. "Healing Light!"
The catwoman and werewolf were bathed in a warm light, healing them of their injuries. The two were able to stand on their own.
"Thank you, Stella." Said Felicia. "That feels much better!"
"No problem!" said Stella. "We'd better get going!"
Everyone nodded and rushed down the corridor.
Back to Ranma and Valtor…
"Shadow Blast!" Valtor fires a ball of cold darkness towards Ranma.
Swinging both green and purple swords, Ranma grand-slams the spell away into the wall, causing it to break down.
"Now try one of mine! Kuha Zan! (Air Slash!)" Ranma slashes with Riven's scimitar so hard that he fires off a wave of air pressure. It easily sliced through a rock in the way towards Valtor. He manages to dodge it in time.
Valtor fires another Shadow Blast attack at Ranma who quickly dodges. The dark wizard then fires a rapid volley of dark energy spheres at Ranma. The pig-tailed boy took his swords and twirled them like nunchakus. Reacting fast, he used the twirling swords to deflect all the shots heading his way. His fights with the Kunos and the Amazons had given him experience in dealing with rapid-fire attacks.
Valtor then fires one of his shots right through Ranma, but was confused when he just vanished. "What the…?" A flash speeds right past his face. He looks to his right and sees Sky's sword embedded into the rock wall. He also noticed that the hilt was attached to a gold cable. When he turned to his left, he was greeted by Ranma's foot in his face, knocking him to the side. Ranma moved so fast he left an after image of himself which Valtor shot at, then had slingshot himself towards him using Helia's cables. Tugging the cable, he reels in Sky's sword back to his hand.
"Had enough yet?" asked Ranma a he held the sword high.
"You haven't won yet, boy…" said Valtor. Unknown to Ranma, Valtor creates hands from Ranma's shadow that grabbed him by the ankles.
"What the!?" He falls on his back. Suddenly, the rocky ground below him came alive and wrapped themselves around his wrists and ankles, temporarily incapacitating him. "The hell is this!?"
"Your doom." Replied Valtor as he stood over Ranma. He materializes a sword of flame and aims it at Ranma's heart. "Time for you to die!"
Before he could plunge it through Ranma's chest, the wall behind him blows outward. Turning, Valtor gets knocked back by a pair of fists. Looking up from his position, Ranma sees a pair of shadowed figures. He could make out the distinct silhouettes of tails. "Who…?" The figures leapt up and destroyed the stone shackles holding him down, freeing him.
"You all right, Ran-chan?"
Ranma's eyes widened at the voice. "Ucchan?" He turned to the other figure. "Shampoo?"
His eyes nearly bugged out when they came into the light. There stood Shampoo and Ukyou, as were-creatures of their cursed forms! Shampoo has become a catwoman much like Felicia, but with pinkish purple fur and white claws. She has also become curvier and gained a few inches on her bustline, making her, ah… bouncy. Purple cat ears protruded from her head and a tail swished behind her. Ukyou has become a foxwoman with the same fur-lining as Shampoo, but reddish orange. The fur on her hands and feet were dark brown with white claws. Brown-tipped pointed ears protruded from her head and a bushy white-tipped tail swished behind her. Like Shampoo, she had also gotten, ahem, bouncy with the added inches to her bustline.
"Uh, girls? What happened to you?" asked a shocked Ranma.
Shampoo pulls out the Lunar Gem (from who knows where). "Somehow, gem transform Ukyou and Shampoo to this. Must have reacted to Jusenkyo curses."
Ranma blinked. Who knew that the Lunar Gem had such an effect on them?
Valtor gets back up, looking angry. "You wretches! I'll have you de-clawed!"
He begins to cast a spell, but the two were-girls were immediately upon him. Shampoo and Ukyou attacked him in synch with each other: lunging right punch, left hook, right uppercut, and a spinning left axe kick which sent Valtor flying.
Elsewhere…
The Winx along with Felicia and Jon were running in a fast sprint.
"Everyone, my scanners indicate that Valtor is nearby!" said Tecna.
They stopped when they heard a yell. Two feet before the group, Valtor was seen flying from the left and through the wall. He was soon followed by Ranma and what looked like Shampoo and Ukyou. Looking out the hole, which leads outside the ruins, they see the three former Nerima residents surrounding the sprawled form of Valtor. Needless to say, they were amazed.
"They did all that to him?" said Bloom in shock.
"Remind me never to get on their bad sides…" said Musa.
Ranma and his sisters stood poised around Valtor. Shampoo and Ukyou were brandishing their weapons (again a mystery on where they pulled them out from). The wizard in question looks up weakly and sees that the three were joined by the Winx and that were-creature couple.
"Had enough, you bastard?" asked Ranma. "You might want to rethink trying to steal the magic source from this world very carefully."
Seeing that he was seriously outnumbered, not to mention suffering a beatdown, Valtor knows when it was time to retreat. "Don't think that this is over, boy!" With that said, he summons a portal underneath him, engulfing his form and vanishing. No trace of the wizard was left.
"It's over." Said Ranma.
"Ranma!"
The pig-tailed boy turns to see the Enchantix-powered Winx fly forward and embrace him, much to his embarrassment.
"Oof! Eheheh… hey, girls…"
"I can't believe you've managed to beat Valtor like that!" said Flora.
"It wasn't just me, Flora. Ukyou and Shampoo here dished out their fair share, too." Said Ranma as he gestured to his adopted sisters.
The faeries realized their appearances.
"Shampoo? Ukyou? What happened to you two?" asked Bloom.
"Don't know. When we touched the Lunar Gem, it transformed us." Replied Ukyou as she held out said gem. She hands it to Felicia. "Here you go."
Felicia graciously took the Lunar Gem. "Thank you all for saving us…"
"You kids really are something." Said Jon as he holds Felicia close around her waist.
Ranma looks at the were-wolf. "You must be Jon."
"That I am, and you must be Ranma." Replied Jon as he stepped forward.
"A pleasure to meet you, Talbain-san." Ranma shook the were-wolf's hand. He then speaks to him in a quieter voice. "You're a lucky guy. Felicia is quite a woman. She wouldn't stop until she could save you. Shows she cares for you very much."
Jon could only chuckle. "You're right, she is. That's my wife for you. And what about you? You seem to have your hands full with those ladies, eh?"
Ranma immediately became beet red at the comment. "Uh… well… uh… in any case, let's return to Silvantis! Time to go!"
He quickly runs off in a random direction.
"Uh, Ranma? Silvantis is THIS way." Said Felicia, who was pointing in the opposite direction of where Ranma ran.
Back at Silvantis, there was a huge welcoming for the heroes who thwarted Valtor's plan. A kingdom party was held in their honor courtesy of King Leon, Queen Tigara, and Queen Cheetalia. There was much eating, drinking, and dancing. Ranma once again displayed the power of the Saotome stomach by eating more than he needs to. Then again, after all the fighting, his metabolism caused him to burn a lot of calories, so he was really hungry. Felicia was also doing live outdoor stage performances with her fellow catwoman buddies, Lucy, Grace, Pico, and Alto. She even pulled Ranma and friends up on stage to dance with them. Ranma felt like a fool, but enjoyed himself none-the-less. Even Musa decided to do some musical scores for everyone with a provided saxophone.
At the closing ceremonies, King Leon and his wives performed the Lunar Gem unification ritual. The ruling three held their arms high, levitating the gem. It started to glow, then suddenly dissipates into countless light particles. The light particles streaked off into different directions, making it look like the sky was filled with shooting stars. One of the particles landed near Ranma's feet, then sinks into the ground. The power of the Lunar Gem has been released and has become one with the planet Lyco. This way, the magic of the gem will forever be one with the planet and cannot be stolen. They will never have to worry about Valtor trying to steal the magic of Lyco now. The whole Valtor incident was a lesson that power shouldn't be kept within a single entity. The inhabitants of Lyco can rest easy.
The next day…
Felicia and Jon escorted Ranma and company to their ship. By now, Shampoo and Ukyou have reverted to human form. They had been told by the were couple that the Lunar Gem had reacted to the girls' Jusenkyo curses since they could become animals and has now given them the ability to transform into their lycanthrope forms. They welcomed the ability. A form that they could use for practical purposes like battle. Plus, it didn't hurt that they turn incredibly sexy to boot.
"Well, this is good bye for now." Said Ranma.
"We'll never forget what you have done for us." Said Felicia.
"We were happy to do it." Said Bloom.
"You should come to Magix sometime!" said Stella.
"I might have a show there sometime in the future!" said Felicia.
"We look forward to it!" said Flora.
"Later! It's been fun!" said Musa.
Ranma and the eight teenage girls enter the ship and closes the hatch. Activating the engines, the ship hovers up and proceeds to leave the atmosphere. Felicia and Jon wave to the departing ship as it becomes a distant dot in the sky.
"Those kids really are something…" said Jon while holding his wife close.
"Yes they are." Felicia agreed while leaning into Jon. "Speaking of which…" the catwoman looks towards her husband and says in a seductive voice, "…maybe it's time we started having some…" Jon's face immediately turned red at his wife's comment. Felicia giggles at him and gives him a peck on the cheek. "Well, let's head back home."
The catwoman/werewolf couple walk back through the forest towards Silvantis.
To be continued…
Preview…
Ranma: Phew! That trip to Lyco was really something!
Flora: Maybe things will quiet down for a change.
Stella: Great…. Schoolwork again…
Ranma: I've got a bad feeling that the peace won't last for long…
Bloom: You're just imagining it, Ranma… WHOA! Watch out!
Musa: What are these things!? They're all over the school!
Ranma: I knew it… just my luck… Next time, on Ranma Club, 'Repel! Alfea Under Siege!'
Bloom: No… Red Fountain and Cloud Tower, too?
Ending (Darkstalkers style, Trouble Man)
Rock music begins to play. We see the head of a guitar.
Gonna be trouble
It's gettin' out of hand
Gonna be trouble
But baby, I'm the man
I'm gonna save you
I'll be your knight
I'll be your savior
How 'bout tonight? YEAH!
Pans down the guitar, the body of it displays a scene of Ranma along with Layla and Musa. Layla is set before crashing waves and Musa before numerous music instruments. Ranma looks as if he's jumping out of the guitar.
Gonna be trouble
Baby, I'm the trouble man
Want a fighter? Come on--
But don't you understand?
I can't be double
Baby, I'm the trouble man
Goes to another guitar. The body depicts Ranma with Flora and Tecna. Tecna was set before circuit wiring while Flora was set before plants. Ranma is seen in a fighting stance.
But don't you cry
I will dry all your tears (don't you cry)
We'll be all right, all night long
Don't you cry
I will love you
Never leave you...leave you alone.
Another guitar. The body shows Ranma with Bloom and Stella. Bloom looks engulfed in flames while Stella is surrounded in a corona of light. Ranma is smirking with his arms crossed.
Gonna be trouble
It's gettin' out of hand
Gonna be trouble
Yeah baby, I'm the man
You wanna rumble? How 'bout tonight?
They want a war
Just let them fight!
Another guitar. The body displays Ranma with Shampoo and Ukyou. Ranma stands nervously between the two, who were also joined by their cursed forms and were-forms.
Gonna be trouble
Baby, I'm the trouble man
Want a fighter? Come on--
But don't you understand?
I can't be double
Baby, I'm the trouble man
The final guitar. Ranma sits on a jewel-encrusted chair surrounded by Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, Layla, Shampoo, and Ukyou. Camera zooms out, showing the guitar sitting in the spotlight in the dark.
End ending
Author's notes:
This chapter certainly took me forever to do. I wasn't expecting the length to be this long. Things will continue to get more hectic for Ranma and the Winx, so stay tuned!
(1) Thanks to CervantesOsis again for the opening sequence!
(2) Hell yeah he is! Damn, I'm jealous…
(3) Basically Naruto's "Uzumaki Naruto Barrage" attack he used to defeat Kiba in the Chunin Exam.
(4) Like Jotaro's Star Platinum from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Stand abilities are OWNAGE!
Bloomforever: Ah… well there was no such thing said in the Rai version. Musa's father was simply a guy trying to get by in life before meeting his future wife at the theatre.
AndrewK9000: It IS stupid the way they edited that part. It's bad for character development. Making her flunk, then by the end of the season making her the most powerful faerie kinda makes her a Mary Sue-type character.
RankolinaInverse: I beg to differ. In the first ep, Bloom managed to react quickly against Knut and the gremlins, and that was before she even knew she had magic. It may not have been on reflex, but I can safely assume it was on adrenaline, or simply being under pressure. In any case, by the time Bloom was doing her physical exam, much time has already passed (since each season spans a school year), so therefore she's plenty experienced by now.
Erick Genryusai: Oh, I'm FAR from finished with the business in Nerima, as I plan to utterly destroy every jerk I missed there. (hint hint nudge nudge wink wink)
Rai vs. 4Kids rant. The topic: when Stella brings Bloom to Alfea for the first time.
Meeting Griselda…
4Kids:
Stella: "Long time no see, Ms. G!"
Griselda: "Not long enough, Princess Stella! Not after the little incident last year! I don't know how your parents convinced the school board to take you back! It's beyond me." (this is an error here since Stella lives with her father as her parents are divorced)
Stella: "They did donate that new computer lab." (Huh? Where?)
Rai:
Stella: "Good morning, Ms. Griselda!"
Griselda: "Well, if it isn't Princess Stella of Solaria. I never thought I'd see you here. After what happened last year, I'm surprised you've chosen to grace us with your presence, once again."
Stella: "I don't give up that easily, ya know!"
Griselda talks with the new students
4Kids: (this got stupidly rearranged to suit the dialogue)
Griselda: "First things first, our code of behavior: the first rule is, you must follow all rules in the code of behavior! If you break the rules once, you will be turned into a frog. If you break the rules twice, your magic privileges will be suspended. And if you break the rules three times, you will be expelled, isn't that right, Princess Stella? Last year, she destroyed the potions laboratory with an unauthorized magic spell, which brings me to the second rule: no unsupervised magic at any time! A-hem!" (Sounds like the Fight Club rules...)
Bloom: "You really did that?"
Stella: "I was trying to create a new shade of pink!" (THAT'S the reason!? Oh come on!)
Griselda: "We believe discipline is the only way to prepare you for the world out there, which brings me to the third rule: stay away from the witches of Cloud Tower no matter what! We don't have a punishment for that, because nothing we can do could be as terrible as what THEY will do to you if they catch you there!"
(4Kids cuts out where Faragonda and the faculty meet the students outside)
Rai: (this is more consistent, as usual)
Griselda: "This school will be your home for the next five years. BUT! This home can cease to be yours at any moment. The rules of this institution are based on discipline. Disregard these rules and I shall personally escort you to the front gate! This is NOT a magicians' school. You're not here to learn hocus pocus. Consequentially, you may not use your powers in the hallways or other common areas. In fact, the only place where you may display your powers is in your classroom under teachers' supervision. Is that CLEAR, Princess Stella? Thanks to you and your antics, the potion laboratory will not be accessible until next month at the earliest! Now I think you know what NOT to do if you wish to stay? Eh? Hmph!"
Bloom: "You did that?"
Stella: "So? My father paid for all the damages!"
(It then shows Faragonda and the other faculty coming out to greet the new students outside)
After Faragonda dismisses everyone to the dorms.
4Kids:
Faragonda: "Remember, everyone! Let's make this a great year! Oh! And of course use every opportunity to connect to your Winx!" (Er... it's magic... Bloom made the word up...)
Bloom: "It sounds like they prepare you for all kinds of stuff! You know what you're gonna be?"
Stella: "Duh! I'm gonna, like, rule the Kingdom of Solaria!"
Bloom: "What did she mean 'connect to your Winx'?" (I'd like to know that myself...)
Stella: "Winx is essentially three things. First, it's your source of power, as in your strength and energy. And second, it 's what guides you. Thirdly, it's like your magical identity." (They replaced explaining the 3 schools with THIS!?)
Bloom: "I think I got it."
Stella: "You either got it or you don't, and you DO!" (Err... right...)
Rai:
Faragonda: "Good luck, everybody! I'll see you all tomorrow. Oh! And classes start at 8:00 sharp. Do be punctual!"
Stella: "You'll like the Headmistress Faragonda. She always says the same thing, but she's really nice."
Bloom: "Who are the witches of Cloud Tower? "
Stella: "Magix has three schools. Ours is one, there's the Red Fountain School of Specialists, that's where the squad guys go, finally, there's the Witches School of Cloud Tower."
Bloom: "Witches? Wow..."
Stella: "Yeah, well, better steer clear of them."
4Kids did a LOT of idiotic line-changing. They WAY over-emphasized on Stella being a valley girl. Is it so wrong to say that she's not always like that? Stella isn't supposed to be a total airhead, you know. Sheesh…