Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video and Winx Club belongs to Iginio Straffi and Rai S.p.A (NOT 4Kids!!). Song, 'Take it, Shake it' belongs to Kaleido Star, and 'Very Much' belongs to Nerima Daikon Brothers.
Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Chapter 20: Chaos? No, Just a Normal Day
Opening (Kaleido Star style, 'Take it, Shake it')
Music starts as cloth rolls fall from above. They part to reveal Ranma-chan. She stands up and throws her arms up in the air, sending off sparks of light. The sparks converge and form the 'Ranma Club' logo.
Yaritai koto wa nani? (What do you want me to do?)
Sou kikareru tabi (In this journey, I'm asked that a lot)
Shot of Nerima streets, go to a building top. Ranma-chan leans against the railing with her eyes closed.
Aoi sora miageta (Staring at the blue sky)
Kotae wa only my heart (And the answer is only my heart)
Ranma-chan looks up at the sky, the ghostly Specialists behind her.
Hontou ni daiji na kotoba wa (The really important words can)
Kantan ni wa iwanai (Not be simply explained)
Cuts to street level as it shows male Ranma standing with his ghostly souls, the wind blowing through their hair. They all look up as a white light shines down on them.
Hikari ga yubisasu basho e to (I begin running towards where the light)
Hashiri dasu yo (Is pointing me)
Ranma and the Specialists run towards the retreating light and tried to reach out to it.
Three group shots pass by; Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa Tecna, and Layla; Nodoka, Shampoo, and Ukyou; Lockette, Amore, Chatta, Tune, Digit, Piff, Zing, and Kiko.
Dakishimetai mono nara (If it's something you want so much)
Nakitai hodo mune ni aru (That it makes you cry in your heart)
Ranma jumps up and turns female, then into faerie-mode. She flies over Nerima as scenes in the background play.
Egaki tsuzukete yuku kitto (Keep working at it and certainly you will)
In the background: Bloom sits on a hillside with other students while sketching on an art pad; Stella is using a female student as a mannequin while designing an outfit; Flora plants an exotic bouquet in a pot while other students look on in amazement; Musa is playing a saxaphone among other students with different brass and string intruments; Tecna is working on a computer program while the other students notes what she's doing; Layla is swimming in the race lane and wins while students cheer her on.
Take it someday
Shampoo and Ukyou mirror each other and swing their arms to the side as if inviting someone in.
Shiroi kumo ga nagareru (The white clouds flow)
Chiheisen no mukou ni (Towards the horizon beyond)
Ranma is falling from above. Bloom and Stella's side profiles come in from above/below on both sides. They come and join hands in a circle with Ranma. Flora and Musa's side profiles show in a similar manner, then they join hands with the others. Finally, Tecna and Layla's side profiles show and they join the rest.
Naranderu mirai wa itsumo soba ni aru kara (The future that is set for us is always by our side)
We see each of the Winx girls in her Enchantix as they take a pose one by one. Ranma is seen looking up at the girls, smiling. Suddenly, the ghostly forms of Sky, Brandon, Helia, Riven, Timmy, and Nabu emerge and pick up Ranma. The six of them boost him up towards the Winx.
Ranma walks towards the screen. Appearing on either side of him were Bloom and Sky. They then get replaced by Stella and Brandon, then Flora and Helia, then Musa and Riven, then Tecna and Timmy, and finally Layla and Nabu. They vanish, leaving Ranma alone. He's suddenly standing in front of the Saotome household and taking a pose. Behind him were the Winx, the Pixies, Kiko, Nodoka, Shampoo, Ukyou, and the ghost Specialists.
End opening
Streets of Nerima…
Ranma was walking along the fence as per usual when going to school. On the street next to him were the Winx. Shampoo and Ukyou had already gone on ahead of them earlier.
"Yawn… I slept like a rock…" said Ranma.
"That's probably because you ate too much last night." Said Layla.
"I was hungry." Ranma said simply.
Flora could only giggle. "That's so like you, Ranma."
"Hey, I'm a growing boy!"
"I wonder what today will be like?" asked Bloom.
"As long as we don't deal with Kuno again, I'll be fine." Said Stella. Unfortunately, that won't be anytime soon.
Ranma jumps down to the street once the fence ended. "Don't hold your breath, Stella. We always have to deal with Kuno whether we like it or not."
As the group walks by, Layla suddenly looks to the side and raises a hand. A wave of water was frozen in midair before her hand. Layla had managed to stop it before it could splash on her and the others. Through the water, Layla and the others glare at the old street-cleaning ladle lady, who was once again not paying attention to where she was splashing water at. Using her aquakinetic powers, Layla sends the water wave right back at the ladle lady, drenching and knocking her back on her rump. She sputters, wondering what had happened.
"Hey lady! Watch what you're doing next time!" said Musa as they continued on towards the school, leaving the ladle lady wet and confused.
Near the school gates…
Ranma's group arrives at the gates. He suddenly halts the rest of the girls as he sensed something.
"Ranma? What is it?" asked Bloom.
"I'm not too certain, but…" said Ranma.
All of a sudden, the schoolyard was filled with excited boys. All of them were in their sports gear and brandishing blunt objects or other sports equipment. It was the group that was always trying to defeat Akane for dates, but kept failing.
"We must be early. These boys are already waiting to ambush Akane." Said Tecna.
"Wow, why do these guys even bother to try to beat this Akane girl? And for a date?" Musa commented. She and the other Winx girls couldn't understand what these guys saw in a girl like Akane.
Ranma had also figured that they had gotten there early, but he had a funny feeling. For one thing, the usual group that fought Akane numbered an average of forty-five students. From the look of it, there were at least one hundred boys in the yard, far too many than the usual. It was then that he realized…
"Girls! Watch out! They're-"
The masses suddenly began to rush forward with weapons raised. At the same time, they started to shout out… date proposals?
"BLOOM! I LOVE YOU!"
"STELLA! I BELONG TO YOU!"
"LET'S RUN AWAY TOGETHER FLORA!"
"PLEASE GO OUT WITH ME MUSA!"
"TECNA! DATE WITH ME!"
"I WANT TO BE WITH YOU LAYLA!"
The Winx Club were quite shocked to find themselves being attacked by the same group (and more) that attacked Akane.
"What in the…!?" said Stella.
As the masses converged on them, the girls started to retaliate.
Ranma was busy knocking out any guys before they could get within twenty feet of the Winx. "Girls! Go easy on them! They're only human! No big spells!"
"Got it!" All six girls said as they began powering up and proceeded to beat the daylights out of their admirers. As per Ranma's instructions, the Winx refrained from using any of their more lethal spells that were meant to take out demons and monsters.
Approaching the school from another direction, Nabiki and Akane were running towards the gates. The youngest Tendo was running on a full head of steam from the previous day's events. Ranma returned back to Nerima with those six Faerie students in tow. Already they were getting a following and it annoyed her to no end. Some of the girls at school, including her two friends, wanted to get to know them better, while others are jealous of them because of their beauty, with Akane in the lead. When Genma and Soun got wind that Ranma was back in town (which they paid Nabiki for), they were already scheming to get him and Akane back together again, despite the fact that Nodoka had disallowed the engagement two months prior. Those two morons just figured that Nodoka was just blowing off steam and didn't really mean her words, hoping she'd come around to their way of thinking eventually once she's been given enough space. Unfortunately for them, Halley's Comet will cruise the whole galaxy before that day ever comes.
Akane spent the better half of the night screaming at the two that she'd never marry that "pimping sex-changing pervert". Because of this, no one had gotten enough sleep that night, resulting in the two Tendo sisters rushing to class.
'Why should I want to marry that pervert!? He's got his six whores with him!' Akane thought angrily.
She was getting angrier as she and Nabiki got closer to the gates. Akane knew that the boys who wait to ambush her every morning would attack. She'd make sure to pound them more brutally considering the mood she's in, and she'd make anyone who'd cross her suffer immense pain.
However, when the two sisters got within twenty feet of the gate, they stopped and gaped at the carnage before them.
Ranma and his Faerie girlfriends were standing in the middle of a landscape of bruised, beaten, and battered male students. Bloom took out a whole bunch with a flaming dome she expanded around herself, taking care not to burn them too badly. Stella surrounded herself in a column of light, which knocked back her surrounding attackers. Flora, being as non-violent as she could, chose to incapacitate her admirers by wrapping them up in numerous vines she summoned from the ground. Musa knocked away another group by hitting them with a sonic blast wave. She only put enough force to knock them out rather than an ear-shattering level, though some of those boys had some of their equipment blown off from the soundwaves. Tecna hits all her attackers with a discharge of green electricity. The techno faerie only made sure she set it to just stun. Layla washed away her attackers with a blast of water, sending them sliding back towards the door.
The fight didn't take too long. It took no more than twelve seconds for the group to take out over a hundred students. The adolescents were strewn about all over the schoolyard, some were unconscious. From the look of it, the nurse's office is going to have to work in overtime. Nabiki swore to herself that she didn't come in early enough to set up the betting pools for this.
Ranma could only sigh as he looked about the landscape Despite him telling the Faeries of Alfea to go easy on their opponents, the girls totally annihilated the lot. The boys soon discovered that the Winx were far more formidable than Akane Tendo, despite them not really being martial artists. Their more passive battle spells were more than enough to take on a bunch of humans. Oh well, such is the way of being a magical individual who fights monsters on occasion.
"Geez, girls, a little extreme, don't you think?" asked Ranma.
"We tried to hold back, Ranma, but there were too many, and they were armed." Stella protested.
"Not our fault that they attacked us out of the blue like that." Said Layla.
"Still, though, it was quite a rush." Said Musa. She recalled how she and Layla got caught using magic at that dance club in Gardenia. That Suits Gang tried to take them out while the girls tried to restrain from using their stronger powers in case there might be even more witnesses. Being able to use her powers freely on earth was a new experience.
"What… in the world happened here?"
The seven turned to where Nabiki and Akane were. They had sensed their approached moments before. Ranma shrugged and said, "No idea. We were just minding our own business and then these jerks started attacking us. If I didn't know better, I'm sure that idiot, Kuno, had put them up to this."
Sure enough…
"You insolent cur! How dare you interfere with the courtship of my gaijin goddesses!?"
Ranma let's off a sigh of disgust as he turns to face Kuno, who had been standing behind the tree the entire battle.
"It figures…" said Ranma. His facial features twisted to an irritated expression as he glared at Kuno. "You put these guys up to this, didn't you?"
Kuno smirked proudly as he replied, "But of course! These insects thought they could simply approach the beauties behind you. The mere notion is unthinkable! Like the lovely Akane, these divine beauties are not meant for the likes of them or someone as lowly as you are! I had therefore decreed that no boy may date with them unless he can defeat them in combat! Only one as great as I may deem himself worthy of that honor! How dare you get involved in their battles!?"
Ranma snarled at the arrogance of this pompous jackass. Not only that, the souls in his body were also getting steamed. "Oh, that is it! I've had it up to here of your high amount of idiocy!" Reaching behind him, Ranma pulls out one of the deactivated sword hilts. 'Guess words aren't enough. I'm going to have to use some visual incentive to get my point across. It's the only way to get these guys to get the message.'
Kuno smiled with arrogance as he held up his bokuto at the ready. "So you think to challenge the mighty Tatewaki Kuno? Very well, miscreant! Come and learn the error of your ways!" It was high time for him to eject Ranma from his school once and for all. In his delusional mind, Kuno believed himself to have gotten rid of Ranma and scaring him off, which was why no one had seen him for two months. Obviously, Kuno had absolutely nothing to do with Ranma being in Magix, but of course the delusional idiot figured otherwise. Despite his numerous defeats to the pigtailed boy in the past, the insane kendoist continues to think he is Ranma's better and that those defeats were just flukes.
Ranma snorted with disdain as he took a ready stance. "Whatever! But WHEN I win, you're gonna take back that stupid announcement and leave my friends alone, got that!? I don't give a damn about what you do with Akane! If you want an uncute tomboy who's more likely to kill you than kiss you, then you can have her! (1) However, KEEP AWAY FROM BLOOM, STELLA, FLORA, MUSA, TECNA, AND LAYLA! YOU TOUCH THEM AND I'LL GODDAMN KILL YOU!!"
"Hey!" Akane said in displeasure, not liking the reference said about her, no matter how accurate the statement was.
The students that were already in the building were shocked to hear the announcement and were crowding the windows. Among them was Ukyou and Shampoo.
"Whoa! Did you hear that?"
"He's standing up for those new transfer students!"
"Saotome's about to lay the smackdown on Kuno for real!"
"Aw man, does that mean those gaijins are spoken for?"
Two students in general, Hiroshi and Daisuke, were a bit disappointed that those gaijins are already taken by Ranma.
"Man, Ranma's got all the luck…" said Hiroshi.
"There should've been more girls like them in the world." Said Daisuke.
The six faeries became surprised at the intensity of Ranma's words. Usually, he was quite shy about showing any affectionate feelings for them, especially in public. They also knew firsthand that when he gets angry about something, Ranma can be quite dangerous, and woe to anyone foolish enough to tick him off.
Another thought crossed their minds. The fact that Ranma was defending their honor showed that he cares a great deal about them. It felt like the boys were there right now, thought technically they were. The Winx girls blushed at this and smiled.
"Very well, you lowly insect! If by some unlikely miracle that you can defeat me, then I shall allow my gaijin goddesses to date whomever they please! Although I know that only I am one they have their hearts set on!"
The Winx had looks of disgust after hearing what the delusional kendoist said.
"JUST SHUT UP AND FIGHT!" Ranma then held up the sword hilt.
Kuno snorted as he saw Ranma with the seemingly useless weapon. 'So the vile Saotome thinks he can best me in swordplay? The fool's weapon doesn't even have a blade in it! I shall show him the error of facing off against the greatest swordsman in the world!'
Ranma suddenly moves forward with a blurring speed. Kuno smirked as he raises his bokuto to deliver a slash to end the battle. However, he never got the chance to execute the move. As soon as the fight started, it ended. Ranma was behind Kuno, facing away in a crouching position, while Kuno was frozen in mid-swing, a glazed look on his face. Then, it happened. Kuno's bokuto fell apart into twelve neatly sliced pieces. This was soon followed by scraps of cloth that used to be Kuno's kendo outfit, sliced to ribbons. He was clad only in his boxers, then pitched forward, falling face-down onto the ground. Several lumps were seen on the top of his head. Going to Ranma, he was in his crouching position while holding up the activated blue blade of Sky's sword.
Nabiki, Akane, and the rest of the student crowds looked in shock at what just happened. Their gazes fell on the blue sword Ranma used to defeat and humiliate Kuno with.
"What is that?"
"Looks like a light saber!"
"Cool! Just like in that gaijin film, Star Wars!"
"Ranma using weapons? That's new…"
"Eww…. Kuno's in his boxers…"
Ranma's adopted sisters look in in interest.
"I never thought Ran-chan would use a weapon on someone as weak as him." Said Ukyou. "He could usually take on Kuno asleep."
"Either way, too too funny way to humiliate stupid stick boy!" said Shampoo.
The Winx smiled after Ranma had taken out Kuno.
"I'm not sure how he did it, but that was awesome!" said Layla.
"I didn't even see his movements!" said Flora.
"Don't worry, we'll see how it was done." Said Tecna as she took out her PDA. "I've managed to record the whole exchange."
Turning on the PDA, it forms a small holographic image recording of the fight. As the other girls watch, Tecna plays it on super slow motion as Ranma rushes towards Kuno. As Kuno started his downward slash, Ranma activated his sword and slashed repeatedly at the bokuto, then at Kuno's robes. His attacks looked like flashes of light. After he was done slashing, Ranma then beaned the idiot on the head with the butt end of the sword six times in succession. If one looked closely, the images of Sky, Brandon, Helia, Riven, Timmy, and Nabu were briefly seen behind Ranma just before winking out.
Musa could only whistle. "Wow, he did all that in an instant."
Ranma slowly stands up from his crouch and turns to look at the pathetic opponent he had trounced. Deactivating the blade, he pockets away the sword hilt and addresses the crowds in a stern tone. "You've all witnessed my victory against Kuno. The decree set by him no longer applies to Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla. I won't tolerate anyone who treats my friends with anything less than respect. I also will not tolerate Kuno's stupidity, just because he's so dishonorable that he has you all attack a girl he can't get a date with! Am I making myself absolutely CLEAR?"
The crowds and the boys who were just recovering all nodded hurriedly in understanding. They all remembered who they were dealing with here. Even after a two month absence, Ranma's still the best fighter in the school, and in Nerima.
Ranma glares at the unconscious kendoist. To think he'd have nearly the whole male student population try to pick a fight with the Winx angered him and his souls immensely. They weren't even martial artists, and if it weren't for their magical abilities, they could've gotten seriously hurt or worse. As a martial artist, he looks down on fighting those who don't know how to fight back. It's the same thing as bullying. That's something Ranma would not tolerate.
The pigtailed boy then motions for the Winx girls to follow him to the entrance of the school. He then calls out to the rest of the throngs. "I'm no longer Akane's fiancee, so you can all fight her if you want, though I'm not sure why. Why anyone would want to follow a stupid rule made by an even stupider idiot just to get a date with her is beyond me. It's not like she's the ONLY girl in this school." (2)
A majority of the girls, Shampoo and Ukyou included, all cheered at those words. Akane had been getting way too much undeserved attention at the school. Said girl only seethed with rage. 'That baka! Who does he think he is!? And those perverts tried to fight them rather than me for a date!' Of course, she wouldn't admit that she's jealous of the Winx, or that she's angry and insulted that's she's now playing second fiddle to them. Nope, not her.
Before Ranma entered the building, he stops Stella by putting his hand on her shoulder and whispers something to her. Nodding, the blonde faerie holds out a hand at the defeated students (sans Kuno) and engulfed them in a soft yellow light. After about three seconds, the boys felt refreshed as their more serious injuries were healed. They got up confused as to what had happened. Weren't they in pain a few moments ago? Looking towards the entrance, they see Ranma and Stella. Before going in, Stella smiles and gives a wink to the boys, casing them to swoon.
"Nice work, Stella." Said Ranma. "I don't think the nurse's office could take on that many patients."
"Well, I do feel kinda guilty for hurting them like that." Said Stella.
"You did the right thing." They walk in as Ranma drapes his arm around Stella's shoulder, causing her to blush.
This act wasn't lost on Akane as she glared at their retreating backs. 'That two-timing pervert! What's he doing holding her close like that!?'
Soon, all the recovered boys started to walk back into the school building, completely ignoring Akane and stepping around Kuno's form.
"Hey! Where're you all going!?" shouted Akane.
Nabiki walks past her. "Apparently to school, Akane. Classes are starting soon."
Soon, Akane was the last left standing in the schoolyard (along with a still downed Kuno). She fumed at how she just got ignored like that. Even though she hated going through those fights, it made her feel confident as a fighter and martial artist. Now these people ignored her in favor of the six transfer students. What is she, chopped liver? Akane thought dark thoughts about Ranma and the Winx and planned to pound them. It was then that the late bell rung, snapping her out of her daze. She curses herself for being late and was in turn forced to stand in the hall with a water bucket in each hand. As usual, she blames her situation on Ranma and the Winx.
'This is all their fault!'
The pool…
"Alright, everyone! I'd like to welcome our newest member to the swim club, Layla Andros!" All the student members clapped and greeted Layla. The club consisted of both boys and girls dressed in the Furinkan School swimsuits. The club leader, Ayuko, then turns to Layla. "Now then, how about getting changed and showing us what you can do?"
"Sure thing." Replied Layla as she left to go change into her swimsuit.
Moments later, Layla came out, and the members, especially the boys, looked shocked. Some of the male members accidentally fell into the pool. Layla was wearing a forest green bikini with dark green trim. The top was triangle style while the bottom seemed to ride up, showing a lot of the back. She seemed glad that being exempt from the uniform rule also applied to the swimming club.
Ongoers outside the pool area immediately crowded around to get a glimpse at the bikini-clad Layla. Not only that, but the school windows facing their direction were also filled with watchers. (3)
"Okay, Layla, how about showing us what you can do?" said Ayuko.
"Just watch." Said Layla.
The boys who fell into the pool earlier quickly got out to let her swim. Layla stood at the platform at the end of the pool and did a few stretches. Bending down, she dives into the water and goes into an Australian Crawl. Layla swam very fast, covering the fifty meter lane in a hurry. She kicks herself off the pool end and goes into a breaststroke style.
Everyone was amazed at how fast Layla was swimming. She was a natural at this. The students thought she swam like a mermaid. If they only knew that Layla actually swam with mermaids back on Andros.
Finally, Layla got back to her starting point. The club leader was shocked when she looked at her timer. She had swum one hundred meters in one minute flat!
"Oh my word! You're fast!" said the club leader.
"I swam a lot back home." Said Layla.
Everyone cheered at her performance.
The art club…
"It's good to have you with us, Bloom." said Chie, the art club leader.
"I'm happy to be here, too." Said Bloom as she bowed to her. She looked around the classroom to see some students sketching a bowl of fruit that as siting on the front desk.
"I understand you've got some past works?" asked Chie.
"Yes, I do." Replied Bloom as she hands her her sketchbook.
Chie takes it and looks through the pages. She was impressed at some of Bloom's works. She see a few self portraits, still life, buildings of her old neighborhood in Gardenia, and sketches of her friends (faeries, specialists, and certain friendly witches).
"My, you're quite talented." Said Chie.
"It's a little hobby of mine." Said Bloom.
Chie turns the page and sees a sketch of Alfea. "Whoa! What is this place? It's so beautiful!"
"Uh… that was my old school." Replied Bloom.
"It's certainly something. Why would you want to transfer away to here?"
"It's suffered an accident and is undergoing repairs right now…"
"Oh… I'm so sorry to hear that…" Chie turns the page and sees a sketch of… "Huh? Is this Ranma Saotome?"
Bloom immediately bushes and quickly takes the book back. "Uh…! It's just a commission!"
Chie grins knowingly.
The computer club…
"So Tecna, I hear that you're quite an expert with computers." Said the club leader, Hiromi.
"I'd like to think so." replied Tecna.
"That's good. Right now, we're working on trying to increase the memory capacity and response time for all our machines."
"How big is one computer's memory space?"
"About a hundred twenty gigs."
Tecna frowned. Only 120 GB? That's small compared to what she's worked with.
"So what do we do now?" asked Tecna.
Hiromi points to the backs of each computer, where students were working on building an add-on hard-disk. "We're working on trying to build hard-disks to add more memory to computers. So far, the highest memory from a school-made external drive is 40 GB. You'll find what you need in the front desk."
Tecna looks towards the front desk and sees a whole bunch of parts. Grabbing what she needed, she goes to her computer. As far as she's concerned the earth computer was very primitive for her standards. 'Look at this… it's so ancient! The security protocols are almost nonexistant! Anyone could access the CPU! Well, time to do something about that.'
Looking at the disassembled external drive, Tecna takes the tools and starts to build a superior high-capacity drive.
The fashion club…
"We're happy that you've decided to join us, Stella!" said Naoko, the club leader.
"Likewise!" said Stella while smiling.
"It would only be natural you'd join considering you're one of the few who's not wearing a uniform."
"No offense, but I think school uniforms are tacky and unnecessary." Said Stella. "It makes me feel like I'm a drone with no sense of uniqueness."
"None taken, and I understand how you feel." Naoko guides Stella towards the area where all the clothing and materials are kept. The nearby club members were trying to put together outfits and fitting them over several mannequins. "This is where we attempt to make new styles at. We have several materials to use to create, and we're also the ones who create the costumes for the drama club. Therefore, we do a little bit of cosplay projects, too."
Stella nods and looks at the different costumes: nurse, policewoman, maid, cowgirl, kunoichi, belly dancer, kung fu girl, and the like.
'Ooh! Some of those would look good on me! The casual wears, though, need a bit of work. No problem! This should be fun! My makeover game may be helpful…'
"This sort of thing's right up my alley!"
'Hmmm… I wonder if the others would assist me on projects?'
Stella started thinking about playing ress-up with the other Winx, Shampoo, Ukyou, and… well, using Ranma-chan would be too far-fetched. He wouldn't appreciate it, anyway. Oh well.
The music club…
"So what instrument can you play, Musa?" asked Reiko, the club leader.
"I do several, actually." Replied Musa. "I do guitar, piano, saxophone, and flute."
Reiko and the club members were impressed. "Wow, you're very well versed!"
"Music is my passion!" said Musa while smiling. "I hope to one day become a professional musician."
"Would you mind playing something for us?" Reiko asked.
"Sure." Musa selects a sax and starts playing a soft jazzy tune. Everyone lends their ears to the short impromptu concert. Some of them found themselves snapping to the beats.
After the song ended, the club members started to clap.
"Oh, that was wonderful, Musa!" said Reiko.
"It's something that I wrote long ago." Said Musa.
"Impressive. You've got a real talent!"
Musa just smiles. After all, her parents were famous musicians/songwriters, and she came from a place where music is power.
The botany club…
Flora looked about the greenhouse belonging to the botany club. It was filled with various flowers and plants tended to by the club members.
"How do you like out greenhouse, Flora?" asked Noriko the club leader.
"I think it look beautiful…" replied Flora as she admired the different types of flowers there.
"We believe that plant life helps make our world beautiful. Now with all the industrialization, it's almost rare to see plants nowadays." Said Noriko.
"I know exactly the feeling." Flora's home of Linphea was like a giant nature preserve, with few industrialization and having only the necessities to survive. It was the environmentalists' dream.
"Our club also delves in plant breeding and discovering plants that may have medicinal properties."
"People should never underestimate the power of plants."
"That's the spirit! You'll fit in just great here, Flora!" said Noriko. "Also, as a side project, we put together flower gift baskets. Putting together a bouquet is serious business. It takes heart, and we give one to the one you love…" Noriko blushes after catching herself going on about it. "Uh… but enough about that! Let's continue on!"
She goes on ahead, leaving Flora behind. The Faerie of Nature blushed when she heard the club leader's words.
'Give a handmade flower basket to the one I love…?'
It was at that moment that Flora though of a certain martial artist with a pigtail.
Later…
The Winx were getting quite popular in the school in a short amount of time and were the main topic in Furinkan. Ranma, Ukyou, and Shampoo were also a topic since they're very familiar with them and wondered what their relationship was. Not only that, the morning fights that always took place was stopped once and for all. After that horrendous challenge against the Winx, not to mention Kuno's total humiliation, it finally dawned on the boys that the fight-for-a-date rule was just stupid, so what did that make them for following it? Also, Ranma is right; Akane isn't the ONLY girl in the school. The girls started getting apologies from the boys for ignoring them in favor of the school brat and soon started getting date offers. Still, the boys thought it would be nice to be able to get a date with one of the Winx.
The one who didn't get the message was, of course, Kuno. Throughout the school day, the insane kendoist tried to assault Ranma, again saying that Ranma cheated on their duel. As usual, the pig-tailed boy would soundly defeat the arrogant ass. This time, however, Ranma decided not to bother with Kuno personally, since it got tiresome. Instead, he decided to use this as an opportunity to practice his soul fighting…
Flashbacks…
Ranma was walking down the hallway when Kuno tries to rush him from behind. Nabu's soul suddenly emerges from Ranma's back and grabs Kuno by the front of his robes. A second later, Kuno was sent flying out the third floor window into the pool below.
Another time when Ranma was out on the field, Kuno tries to ambush him from the side. Timmy's soul emerges and punches Kuno in the gut, then grabs and throws him into the branches of a nearby tree, which he got stuck in.
Ranma was near the baseball diamond when Kuno sprang forth from above at him. He thought he could use the sun to blind his opponent. This doesn't apply to souls, though, as Riven's soul emerges and launches a hard uppercut at Kuno's chin, sending him flying and crashing upside down, face first, into the chain link fence. He falls off, his front covered in diamond-shaped grooves.
Once again, another time, Kuno tries to ambush Ranma from behind. Helia's soul comes out and hits Kuno hard in the chest with an elbow charge, followed by a knee kick that snapped his chin upward, then ending with a front kick that smashed him into the wall. Kuno was out like a light.
Ranma was out by the water fountains near the locker rooms to get a drink, when Kuno tried to cleave him from behind yet again (A/N: Has he not yet learned by now? Sigh…). Brandon's soul emerges and clocks Kuno in the jaw with a hard hook, followed by a spinning kick that knocked him through the window of the locker room. Unfortunately, it was the GIRLS' locker room. Screams of 'Pervert!' and 'Peeping tom!' echoed as Kuno got mauled. Ranma could only smirk as he continued to drink.
Finally, Ranma was in the hallways getting to his next class when Kuno attacks him from the front this time. Sky's soul emerges and stops Kuno's run with a kick to the face. This was followed up by two punches to the face and a hard spin kick that sent Kuno crashing into the wall, his entire upper body driven into it like a thumbtack.
End flashbacks…
Ranma could only sigh. Kuno had a flatline for a learning curve. It would seem that nothing short of a mortal injury would get Kuno to use that tiny thing in his head, assuming he has anything in there at all. Again, people assumed that Ranma had learned some new techniques during his absence, which was technically true.
Another person who wouldn't accept anything was Akane. She had been angry about this morning. Now that Ranma, Shampoo, Ukyou and the Winx were here, Akane had all but been forgotten like last year's news. Her popularity had been shot, and that did not sit well with her. Whenever she saw one of the Winx, she'd try to go up and attack her, but she'd get stopped by Shampoo or Ukyou.
The end of the day…
Shampoo and Ukyou walked towards the Saotome Home. The Winx were with them.
"Clubs are great!" said Stella.
"You know, normal school isn't so bad." Said Flora.
"You get used to the craziness that happens here, girls." Said Ukyou.
"I'm glad they've got a pool." Said Layla.
"Though I'm not too hot about certain people there…" said Bloom.
"Shampoo know. Stupid stick boy and violent girl, yes? Shampoo had encounter with violent girl." Said Shampoo.
Flashback…
Akane fumed when she saw Bloom walking by on the field, chatting it up with some students. She started to stomp towards them to attack Bloom, when all of a sudden, her path was blocked by Shampoo.
"What violent girl think she doing?" Shampoo demanded.
"Get out of my way, Shampoo! I'm going to pound that redhead floozy! This has nothing to do with you!" shouted Akane.
"It DOES have something do with Shampoo!" said Shampoo. "You no lay hand on her or other faerie sisters!"
"SHUT UP AND MOVE!" Akane reared back and threw a punch towards Shampoo's face.
In her anger, she had forgotten how far above Shampoo is in skill compared to her. The Amazon sighed. She could see that punch coming a mile away. With blinding speed, Shampoo parries the punch, whips around behind her, and chops her hard in the back of her neck. Akane went down and was out.
"You still amateur to Shampoo." Shampoo sneered at the bratty girl. She looks around and sees people staring. "No worry here! Violent girl just asleep. She wake in thirty."
Everyone nodded and went about their business. It certainly wouldn't do to anger a Chinese Amazon.
End flashback…
"Geez… does she STILL hate us?" said Musa.
"She's worse than any witch I've met…" said Stella.
"I had an encounter with Akane, too." Said Ukyou.
Flashback…
During the lunch period, Akane gave a hard glare at Ranma, who sat with the Winx under a tree, sharing lunch. Her anger rose seeing Ranma acting all familiar with them and walks over to mallet him. A huge spatula blocked her way. Akane glared at the owner. "What do you want, Ukyou?"
"Just what do you plan to do with that mallet?" asked Ukyou as civil as she could.
"I'm going to pound that jerk and his hussies!" said Akane. "Unless you want to get flattened, GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
"I don't think so." said Ukyou. "I won't allow you to hurt my friends over petty reasons."
"Petty? PETTY!?" Akane raged. This was divine righteous punishment, and she dares call it PETTY!? "DIE!"
Just as Akane lifts her mallet, Ukyou was faster and swipes her spatula, slicing the mallet's head off. It goes flying upwards into the air as Akane looked up in shock at what just happened. During her stunned state, Ukyou brings her spatula down on top of Akane's head, slamming her into the ground. Just as she was about to slowly get up, the mallet's head falls down and crashes on her head, knocking her out.
"A taste of your own medicine." Said Ukyou as she shouldered her spatula and went to join te others.
End flashback…
"Wow, I can't believe she's been holding a grudge for this long." Said Bloom.
"She's a violent maniac." Said Ukyou simply.
"No argument there." Said Tecna.
"We thank you for your assistance." Said Flora.
"Is no problem! We all friends here!" said Shampoo.
"Besides, it was about time Akane took what she dishes out." Said Ukyou.
Later…
Ranma was the last to leave the school as he was put on cleaning duty. I was getting rather late as he headed home. While walking down the streets, he felt a presence. It was one he hadn't felt in a long time, and one he could do without.
"RANMA, PREPARE TO DIE!"
Ranma nimbly jumps out of the way as the ground he was just standing on gets turned into a crater. Standing in the middle of it was the eternal lost boy himself, Ryoga Hibiki.
"Nice to see you, too, Ryoga." Said Ranma sarcastically.
"You're going to pay for hurting Akane, you bastard!" yelled Ryoga as he held his umbrella in front of him.
Ranma could only sigh. "Please, P-Chan, I don't have time for this."
"DON'T CALL ME P-CHAN!!" yelled Ryoga as he rushes forth and jabbed his umbrella at him.
Ranma, as usual, danced around Ryoga's rage-driven attacks. He lashes out with a kick that knocked the lost boy back a bit, though he showed no sign of feeling it.
"Come on, Ryoga, this is pointless. I'm not even engaged to Akane anymore."
"I don't care! The fact remains that you hurt her and I'm gonna see to it that you get punished!"
He charges at Ranma again, but all of a sudden, a purple gel-like substance wraps around him and slams him into the ground. Ranma recognized the purple gel and looked off to the side. There stood Layla with her hand held out.
"Layla?"
"I got a little worried when you didn't get home earlier, even if you were on cleaning duty." Said Layla as she recalled her morphix.
"I could've taken care of him, but thanks anyway." Said Ranma.
Ryoga regains consciousness and looks up. He sees his hated enemy talking with a dark-skinned gaijin. He recognizes her as one of the six gaijin girls with Ranma two months ago.
"Ranma you cad! How dare you mess around with other girls when you've got Akane!" said Ryoga.
Ranma and Layla turned to glare at the lost boy. "And I told you that I'm no longer engaged to that uncute tomboy! Plus, what I do is none of your damn business!"
"You dishonorable bastard! First you run out on our duel, then you hurt Akane, and now you go pimping with other girls! You pig!"
Layla, angered, uses her morphix to grab Ryoga and turn him upside down. "Excuse me? Are you calling me a broad, pal? Big mistake! And you're nothing but a hypocritical jerk!"
Ryoga flinched at her accusation. "W-wh-what're you talking about?"
Layla recounted what she had seen in Ranma's memories during that Nekoken exorcism incident. "He waited for you in that lot for THREE DAYS for you to show up! You've got some nerve saying that he ran away from you when you couldn't even find a stupid lot less than twenty feet behind your own house!"
"H-he should've waited more!" argued Ryoga.
"YOU were the one who set up the time!" Layla countered. "And you're SO honorable hiding behind Akane in your cursed form and using it to sleep in an ENGAGED girl's bed!"
Ryoga blanched at that fact, then glared at Ranma. "You bastard! You told her about my curse!"
Ryoga was silenced when Layla slapped him hard in the face, leaving him stunned. "He didn't tell me! I found out on my own! The most obvious clue is that you both wear the same bandanna! Also, I sensed that you weren't normal when I saw you in pig form the first time!"
Ranma chimed in. "She's right, Ryoga. You've taken advantage of my honor promise to you long enough. I'm no longer going to cover for you if your curse gets out in front of her. Let's just see how you can hold up."
He then nods towards Layla. The Faerie of Water casts an Aqua Blanket spell, drenching Ryoga and turning him into the little black piglet. He snorts angrily as he was still held in place by the morphix. Layla then uses her powers to fling P-Chan over the horizon, squealing in the distance.
"It'll be a while until we hear from him again." Said Ranma.
"Well, Ranma, shall we be off?" asked Layla.
"Yeah, let's head home. Mom must be getting worried." Replied Ranma and they both put an arm around the other and walked towards the Saotome home.
To be continued…
Preview…
Stella: School can be stressful…
Flora: Don't worry! Things will pick up!
Tecna: Homework's such a breeze for me!
Musa: What else is there to do around here?
Layla: Hey Ranma, would you like to hang out?
Bloom: Ranma? What's wrong?
Ranma: I-I don't know what to say… I've never been on a…
Bloom: Next time, on Ranma Club, 'A System! Layla at Bat!'
Stella: Aw man! I was hoping to go first…
Ending (Nerima Daikon Brothers style, 'Very Much')
Music starts as sakura petals blow in the wind above Nerima. The screen splits as the right half shows Musa's back as she sways her hips to the beat and sings.
Musa: Now you've seen, what I think we mean
When we say 'don't think too hard today'
She is joined by Flora
Flora: And it's true that the things that we do
Mean a lot to the people we play
Joined by Bloom
Bloom: We're just a crossover
Entertaining readers like you
Joined by Stella.
Stella: We're glad that you read this
Frequent Reader can write thanks to you!
Tecna and Layla then join in and sing along.
All: Dum shooby wadap! Dum shooby wadap!
Dum shooby wadap! Dum shooby wadap!
Very much! Very much!
Whoa oh oh oh !
We have roles thanks to you!
Thank you very much!
Very much! Very nice!
Whoa oh oh oh!
Very much! We'll upload
The next episode! (soon!)
Ranma rises up in front.
Ranma: This fic's originally
Based on shows from foreign TV
All: Very much!
A group side profile of Ranma and the Winx as they turn towards the camera.
Ranma: Don't go awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Winx: (Dum shooby wadap! Dum shooby wadap!
Dum shooby wadap! Dum shooby wadap!)
All: Don't go 'way!
Ranma and the girls spin around and take a pose.
End ending
Author's notes:
For all you otakus out there, I've snuck in an anime reference in this chapter. Can you figure it out?
(1) The exact same thing Ranma said when he first encountered Kuno in the second episode.
(2) This has ALWAYS boggled my mind. Just what is it that these guys see in that tomboy bitch anyway? She's uncute, violent, short-tempered, bratty, can't cook worth shit to save her life, arrogant, believes herself to be always right and everyone else always wrong, and possesses an insane male complex. And guys want to DATE this kind of person!? Another thing I hate are guys with no taste whatsover.
(3) A much BETTER reason to crowd around the pool, unlike in the episode where Akane was being taught how to swim by the Principal. So Akane was wearing a plain old one-piece. Whoop-de-f(censored)ing-do.
Sakura Lisel: Like I said before, Kuno's an idiot. Plus, other than Ranma-chan, there're no other redheads in Japan. He simply figured that since Bloom's a redhead, then she must be his "beloved pigtailed girl".
Cyclon One: It'll just get better and better!
Dark-Magician-41: Glad you like it!
Erick Genryusai: How's this for a bit of chaos?
Jerry Unipeg: How's this for a second day? LOL
Andrew9000: I'm wondering why Kuno's not charged for sexual harassment myself. As for Nabiki, she'll be getting her's later…
Dumbledork: I don't think they'd be evil enough to do that. They're not witches. Still, it's more fun seeing Kuno getting his ass kicked repeatedly. LOL
Kidcrud: Very soon…
Kamen Rider Den-O: They'll keep on coming.
Bloomforever: This is Kuno we're talking about here. He NEVER gets the point. That's what makes him an idiot. LOL
It's time for today's….
Rai vs. 4Kids rant!:
More stupid unnecessary line and plot changes by the idiots of 4Kids. The topic: season 1 episode 12, Miss Magix (shockingly enough, the title is unchanged in both versions)
4Kids:
The Trix put an illusion spell on Lucy to make her beautiful so that she'd be able to beat Stella in the beauty pageant, screwing her over.
Rai:
Same thing, but with entirely different objectives. The Trix didn't even know that Stella was a contestant. So why did they decide to help Lucy? They're not exactly charitable, so something's up. I'll get to that part later…
Scene, the hallway incident…
4Kids:
Bloom sees a crying girl who's voice got all squeaky (courtesy of Trix) and goes out of the running.
Rai:
Bloom sees same girl, but it was because her hair had suddenly poofed out into a fro. Bloom reaches out and pokes it, almost like rubber, making the girl cry even more. Bloom regrets doing that and tries to console her, but then Stella puts her foot in her mouth when she peeks out from behind the door and says "Whoa! What is that?" (Bloom slaps herself on the head)
Had to put this in. In the episode, the Trix used magic to screw over all the other contestants and started laughing their asses off. In one scene in the Rai version, Stormy had a pantie shot while she was on her back. 4Kids covered this up by making her skirt lengthened and tightened.
Scene, before Lucy comes up.
4Kids:
Host: "Oi… let's move on to our next contestant, Miss Popularus." ('POPULARUS!?' WTF IS THIS!?)
Icy: "Hope she enjoys this. She'll be paying for it all year."
Darcy & Stormy: (laughing)
Rai:
Host: (exasperated) "We will now take a short break before resuming the competition!"
Icy: "Yeah, a SHORT break, or else I'm gonna have to break his neck." (Wow, Icy's violent)
Darcy & Stormy: (laughing)
(For the record, Lucy uses her real name in the Rai version, not some cheap-ass fake name like 'Miss Popularus')
The crowning scene
4Kids:
(Lucy gets crowned winner)
Bloom: "Something's not right. I bet she's using magic! 'If there's magic here, remove it now, show us what's real when she takes a bow!' " (Yeah, another thing I hate about this: cliched rhyming verse spells… chanting things in ancient tongues is a hell of a lot cooler than this.)
(Lucy gets exposed and is booed off the stage)
Host: "Miss Popularus is disqualified!"
(The Trix get up and leave)
Icy: "Oh well. She's still doing all our homework."
Rai:
(Lucy gets crowned winner)
(This is the Trix REAL objective for helping Lucy that I mentioned before. Bloom NEVER showed up and exposed Lucy. That was just something 4Kids added in. What REALLY happened was that Icy undoes the spell herself. Lucy spasms and reverts to herself. Soon, the audience started to boo her off the stage. The Trix smirk deviously and get up to leave. Lucy runs off crying. The Trix only helped her to win the contest so that they could expose her themselves and humiliate her onstage, destroying her dream. To the Trix, it was all just for a quick laugh. Man, even to their own, they're ruthless… This just shows how incredibly bitchy they can be.)
Scene, Stella takes her test.
4Kids:
(Palladium transports Stella to a random dead planet to survive in. Stella gets caught I her own growth spell and had to be pulled out.)
Palladium: "Your strategy was very promising, I can tell you studied. It's a shame it ended like that…"
Stella: "It's a shame…?"
Palladium: "The chamber will take your entire performance into consideration, and then assign you wiher a pass or a fail. (Stella walks back to her seat) …. Here it is! You passed!"
Rai:
(Palladium transports Stella to DOMINO, Bloom's planet, where she will try to terraform it, as she said she was going to finish what Bloom started. Stella gets caught I her own growth spell and had to be pulled out.)
Palladium: "Stella, from what I'v seen today, you weren't really prepared for the test, am I right?"
Stella: "Yes, Professor…"
Palladium: "As much as it breaks my heart to see my students fail, I can't help but give you an F, Stella. You didn't do the work! Now if you want to succeed, better set your shoulder to the wheel, and hurry! (Stella walks back to her seat) Because the longer you wait, the harder it will be for you to catch up!"
Bloom: "Hear that? You can still do it!"
Very weird. In 4Kids, Stella passes her test, but in Rai, she flunks it. Just like in Bloom's physical examination, 4Kids had her flunk but in Rai she passes. 4Kids got their facts backwards. Bloom was SUPPOSED to pass her examination to show that she's progressing well as a Faerie, and Stella was supposed to flunk due to her irresponsibility. There's no denying that Stella totally screwed up her exam due to the fatigue of pulling an all-nighter, so her flunking the test was understandable.
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