Ranma 1/2 Moon Chapter Seven - Zoisite and Masoto
Author's note: This episode fits in before and during Sailor Moon episode 14, enter Nephrite (and the tennis playing monster).
Opening theme - "Sleepless Beauty" (From the Gravitation soundtrack, see profile for a link to an excerpt.)
From far away, let your eyes shine;
those who have awakened are still waiting.
Seduce the ramparts of the night;
in the cast-off pile of skins left by things that now live elsewhere...
"Ranma, come here! Nabiki!"
Ranma-ko, just home from the market, pokes his head into the study. "What's going on Akane?"
Akane grins from ear to ear. "This is my last tutoring session. I got a 'B' on my math test yesterday. And, I have Mamoru here to thank."
Mamoru waves his hand in front of his face. "It was nothing."
Nabiki walks in. "Excellent. I knew you were just distracted by all the school nonsense."
Mamoru raises an eyebrow. "Nonsense?"
"Yeah, the boys get into fights to get a date Akane."
Mamoru's eyes grow big. "That's surprising. I didn't realize that Akane was so popular."
Akane puts her hand on her biceps. "Don't worry, it only takes two minutes for me to beat them all, so they're not getting any dates."
Mamoru looks shocked.
Nabiki gets her camera off the shelf. "Come on guys, let's have a group picture!" Nabiki sets up the camera and sets the delay. "Okay, let's say Jusenkyo!"
"Jusenkyo!"
...
Akane walks down the street. She is giddy and pays less attention to traffic than she should. My math grades are up, my math grades are up. ...
Screech.
An insanely expensive sports car skids to a stop to avoid hitting Akane. A tall, long-haired, handsome man jumps from the car. "Are you all right, miss?"
"I guess I am." Akane notices that the man sparkles.
"My name is Sanjoin Masoto." I should test my Dark Kingdom seduction magic against this girl. I can kill a minute or two before I introduce myself to my tennis 'partner'.
"Tendo Akane. I guess I should thank you for not hitting me with your car."
"It's okay. I was probably driving too fast. But, then again, it has been said about me that I achieve everything too fast." Nephrite runs his right hand through his hair.
Akane smiles. "Then slow down." Akane walks away. What a weird, boastful, older guy. He almost sounds like Kuno!
Nephrite does a slow burn. How dare this short-haired tom boy not respect my seduction magic?
On the roof, one block away from this near car accident, Zoisite muses. My, my. So, Nephrite has the hots for one of these disgusting humans? Nephrite, I will kill all those you love, then I will kill you. Zoisite disappears in a cloud of rose petals.
...
Akane and Ranma-ko walk home from an evening shopping trip.
It's a good thing two giggly girls working together could get a much larger discount than one giggly girl.
"Ranma, that was a strange experience. Do you always act weird like that?"
"The only weird thing is a boy has to teach you how to act like a girl!"
"That's not how to act like a normal girl, Ranma. That's how to act like a brainless flirt. Honestly, do guys really expect us to act that way?"
"I guess not. After all, if all girls acted that way, we wouldn't get a discount."
Ranma-ko gets distracted by the discussion and does not notice that they are cutting through the park where all the previous Yoma Monster attacks had happened.
Suddenly, Akane and Ranma stop short. A sixth sense of danger that both of them had acquired through years of martial arts training goes off.
Ranma turns around to see a Yoma Monster appear from the ground. "Look out!"
The Yoma Monster swings its huge tail and wraps it around Akane's neck. With in seconds, she passes out.
"This is bad." Ranma throws rocks at the monster to distract it.
The monster lets go of Akane and starts chasing Ranma-ko around the park.
...
Tuxedo Kamen clutches his chest in pain. He tells Sailor Moon to finish off the Yoma Monster.
Sailor Moon throws her tiara. The tennis playing Yoma Monster loses game, set and match.
Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, and Luna run up to the fence around the tennis courts. Wow, Usagi has come so far!
Sailor Moon looks around, but Tuxedo Kamen is gone.
...
Tuxedo Kamen materializes in a tree in the park. I am very weak from the previous battle. There is a girl down and Ranma-ko is being chased by a Yoma Monster with a whip-like tail, and I am almost out of roses. I have to make it count!
Tuxedo Kamen waits until the Yoma Monster chases Ranma-ko close to the tree. He lets the magic rose fly.
The rose pins the monster's tail to the ground. The Yoma Monster continues to chase Ranma, but when the rose pulls its tail tight the force yanks the Yoma Monster violently backwards.
"Ranma, you don't need me to transform. Look inside yourself."
Ranma-ko nods. "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" Nothing happens.
"Believe harder!"
"Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" Ranma-ko transforms. "It's a beautiful evening with a crescent moon. A night I had hoped would not feature monsters, especially since your boss was just run over by a jumbo jet. I am Sailor Moon. I champion justice and fight evil, and that means monsters who want to mug girls coming home from the market. In the name of the Moon, I will clobber you!"
Tuxedo Kamen smiles. Both Sailor Moons are getting more creative with their battle boasts.
Tuxedo Kamen braces himself upright against the tree and uses his cane to poke the Yoma Monster in the butt. "Now, Sailor Moon!"
"Moon Tiara Action!"
The monster disintegrates.
"Untransform." Ranma jumps up in the tree where Tuxedo Kamen is doubled over in pain. "Are you okay?"
Tuxedo Kamen smiles. "I'm fine. I just did two fights in a row, that's all."
"Two? I thought the Yoma Monsters' boss was dead?"
"No, there is apparently a new enemy. I'm sorry they are still involving you." Tuxedo Kamen disappears.
But it attacked Akane, not me...
