Ranma Half Moon Chapter Fifteen - Akane and Makoto, a Friendship Between Girls, part 3
Author's note: This episode fits in around the same time frame as Sailor Moon episode 18, The Sorrowful French Doll. However, this episode doesn't have much to do with the Sailor Moon episode.
Author's note: I now have a fiction press site for non-fanfiction stuff. If you want to check it out, do a search for "resop" at the "fictionpress" website. My story is called "A Dream of Roses". It is about a group of budding young girls who are giving it their all for an opportunity to shine brightly as professional wrestlers in Japan.
Author's note: onee-sama means beloved big sister and is often used in girl school dramas by a girl who has been taken under the wing of an older girl.
Author's note: Hentai means pervert or perverted.
Author's note: Otaku, which literally means house, means someone so obsessed with some detail of pop culture that they never leave their house. In America it means fan boy.
"Welcome to the Furinkan High School Festival!"
"Thank you for welcoming me. The festival looks exciting!"
"Cat!" Ranma-kun jumps back from the new visitor to the school festival.
"Artemis, are you making a scary face?" The blonde visitor scolds her cat. The shadows they cast in the morning sun are the same shadows the mysterious figures cast from behind the tree earlier.
The blue-haired greeter jumps in front of Ranma-kun and tries to giggle in a cute way. "You'll have to forgive Princess Red. She has a phobia of cats."
The blonde puts her hand behind her head in an embarrassed manner. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'll take Artemis away."
The brown-haired greeter also steps in front of Ranma-kun. "So sorry for the fuss. Please enjoy the festival!"
The blonde walks away.
"Minako, ready to search for Ranma?" Artemis whispers to Minako to prevent the greeters from hearing.
"No problem, Artemis. With my detective powers I will not fail in finding him."
The blue-haired greeter berates Ranma-kun. "Come on, Ranma, get it together!"
Both Artemis and Minako, who overhear this, look annoyed.
"So much for your deductive powers, Minako."
Minako sighs. "Look on the bright side, Artemis. This gives us more time to check out the food stands."
"Food?"
"I think I see a shrimp booth."
"Shrimp?" Artemis smiles dreamily.
...
Makoto looks introspective. "Gyoza can be very tricky to make. I usually watch the deep fryer like a hawk and turn it off as soon as the Gyoza starts to look solid."
The two boys behind the booth selling the gyoza nod enthusiastically.
Akane sees a booth with small statues. "Hey, Makoto, check this out."
Makoto bows. "Please excuse me."
The two boys cry. "Please come back and teach us more!"
"No problem."
Makoto runs over to Akane. "Yes, onee-sama?"
"Check out these statues."
The two boys behind the table give Akane a condescending look. "They are called garage kits. They started life as random anime characters, but we, the geniuses of the modern media club, have modified them to look like the cosplay crime fighters who have been in the news recently."
Akane looks at them intently and then has a blank face. "Sorry, I don't watch TV."
The two boys look mortified.
Makoto smiles. "Oh, I recognize them. I usually have the evening news on while I cook. They are the Sailor Warriors. Sailor Moon is the blonde one, Sailor Mars is the dark-haired one, Sailor Mercury is the blue-haired one, and Tuxedo Kamen is the masked guy. They're usually in the news about once a week."
Akane smiles. "Wow, you're really up on things."
"But, they look off, slightly."
The two boys look down their noses at Makoto. "Oh?"
"Even though most of the footage I've seen is from a distance, I can still tell that you've made their bust lines three sizes too big."
One of the boys cracks a sinister smile. "But, that's the whole point of garage kits. And, if you look from below you'll see that all the girl kits have very detailed panties."
Akane and Makoto turn green and retreat backwards without turning around so they didn't make a scene.
Akane whispers to Makoto. "Hentai otaku are so scary."
Makoto nods, her face frozen in mortification.
...
Ranma-kun walks down a hall inside the school. He carries a large stack of maps in his arms.
"Saotome Ranma, wait right there!"
A pained look comes over Ranma-kun's face. Now what?
Ranma-kun turns around and sees two dark figures on the windowsill, back lit by the bright afternoon sun. They have the same dark shapes as the shadowy figures from the arcade.
"Saotome Ranma, you possess a rare power. I need to know if you are fighting for good or evil."
Ranma-kun squints. "Um, who are you?"
The larger figure jumps down. "A pretty warrior for love and beauty, I am Sailor V." Sailor V poses.
Ranma smiles. "Oh, the cosplay contest is at two. Nice outfit though. Looks just like the one on the video game."
The smaller figure jumps down.
"Cat!" Ranma jumps back, dropping the school festival maps.
Artemis looks stern. "Don't worry about me being a cat. Where do you stand?"
Ranma-kun stares at Artemis. Another talking cat? And it also has a crescent moon on its forehead. Who are they?
Suddenly Artemis cocks his head. "Sailor V!"
"I sense it. A Yoma Monster!" Sailor V turns away from Ranma-kun, but looks over her shoulder. "If this is one of your warriors, I'll be sure to come back for you."
Who is this girl? How can she sense Yoma Monsters?
Sailor V and Artemis leap out the window in the direction of the schoolyard.
Ranma-kun looks out the third-floor window. He sees Sailor V and Artemis flying through the air. Ranma-kun also sees the Yoma Monster terrorizing the North side of the schoolyard. Kuno is trying to protect some of the host club customers by attacking the Yoma Monster with a wooden sword.
"Looks like it's show time!" Ranma-kun turns around and jumps out the opposite window, going the opposite way that Sailor V went.
To Be Continued
