Ranma Half Moon chapter 40, A Star is Borne of Sorrow, part 3
Author's note: This episode is on the same day as Sailor Moon episode 26, Bring a smile to Naru's Face! Usagi's friendship.
Author's note: For an important clue try googling "B:Lily Rose".
Makoto wanders around Chinatown. "So many restaurants. Usagi could be in any of them." Makoto sighs.
Her communicator beeps.
Makoto looks for a discreet place to answer the communicator.
"Makoto here." Makoto sees Usagi's face on the communicator.
"Makoto, there is a rainbow crystal by the cemetery!"
"I'll be right there!"
Wow, Usagi might try to slack off, but her work always seems to come looking for her. Makoto takes off at a dead run towards the cemetery.
Ranma-ko walks out of her favorite discount clothing store. My giggly girl technique was in fine form and I was able to get a big cut off of the store's already low prices. Should I be proud?
Suddenly Makoto runs by her at top speed.
Ranma-ko blinks. Hey, she's the new Sailor Warrior. If she's in that much of a hurry, something important must be happening.
Ranma-ko ducks back into the store. "Could you watch my bags for a few minutes?"
The older male shop keeper nods. "Take your time young lady."
Ranma-ko smiles. "Thanks!"
Ranma-ko sprints after Makoto and follows her all the way to the cemetery.
Ranma-ko hears explosions and sees smoke before they even get to the cemetery. When she gets there, she sees a Yoma Monster with chicken feet and a boxing outfit fighting with Tuxedo Kamen.
Something is wrong. Zoisite is looking around with a worried expression. In the last fight, Zoisite had grabbed the rainbow crystal and vanished, leaving the monster to do his dirty work. That must mean that the Rainbow Crystal is still in play!
Makoto transforms into Sailor Jupiter. Yoma Boxey charges her.
Ranma-ko tries to feel where the crystal might be. I'm getting a faint impression of power behind one of the graves. Using her martial arts stealth technique, she quickly sneaks around the perimeter of the action and finds the crystal.
"Supreme thunder!" Makoto unleashes her Sailor Warrior power on Yoma Boxey.
Ranma-ko holds the crystal in her hand. A great wave of knowledge flows over her, including the meaning of the wand that the other Sailor Moon holds in her hand.
"Now, Sailor Moon!"
Sailor Moon takes courage from Sailor Jupiter's command. "Moon Healing Escalation!"
Seeing Sailor Moon use the wand distracts Ranma-ko. I shouldn't be looking in a combat situation, but there is no danger. Boxey was on its last legs and Zoisite is also distracted ...
Pow!
Ranma-ko's head snaps back. The Rainbow Crystal flies from Ranma-ko's hand. As she falls to the ground, behind a row of gravestones and out of sight of the others, she sees with her last moments of consciousness the perpetrator of the sucker punch that had knocked her out: Tuxedo Kamen!
Sailor Boxey refreshes.
Tuxedo Kamen grabs the crystal and looks up at Zoisite and grins. "The Rainbow Crystal is mine. Goodbye!"
Tuxedo Kamen flash-steps away.
Unable to follow Tuxedo Kamen's movements, Zoisite returns to the Dark Kingdom in disgust.
Luna is furious. "This is awful! We must get that Rainbow Crystal back!" Oh, great. Sailor Moon is making heart-shaped eyes over Tuxedo Kamen. Luna cries.
...
Tuxedo Kamen stops by a deserted dock. He untransforms, holding the crystal. "I now know who I am. I am Tuxedo Kamen."
Gladdened by this revelation, he walks back to his apartment. Two blocks from his apartment, a thought hits him. Oh no, I just knocked out the girl I have a date with tomorrow!
...
Makoto holds Luna and watches Usagi consoling Naru and Umino on a different section of the dock.
Makoto reviews the action in her mind. Usagi didn't seem too concerned that Tuxedo Kamen had stolen the Rainbow Crystal that they were trying to get. And she didn't seem to be very useful in combat until she got help from both Tuxedo Kamen and myself. On the other hand, unlike Rei, Usagi seemed to genuinely care for her friends, unlike Rei who seems to bully Ami a lot.
"Sorry to drag you out here. I wanted you to see Usagi at her best."
Makoto smiles at Luna. "But, I am."
Luna smiles.
...
Chiba Mamoru arrives back at his apartment. He checks his messages.
"Hey, Mamoru! This is Ranma. Check out your college's radio station at eight. You won't be disappointed."
Mamoru lays back on his bed, exhausted. He still has several hours before eight.
...
"Young lady, are you all right?"
Ranma-ko opens her eyes. A kind face appears before her.
"I am the priest here. You appeared to be unconscious."
Ranma-ko thinks fast. "The last thing I remember was an explosion. Maybe I was hit by a rock?"
"Well, you look okay now."
Ranma-ko gets to her feet. "Thank you Father, sorry to have been an inconvenience."
Ranma-ko races back to Chinatown to pick up her new clothes. As she runs, she gets progressively angrier. Okay, so he did say that he might be my enemy over the Rainbow Crystals, but punching me in the jaw? And, after getting my brain rattled, I barely remember any of the knowledge from the Rainbow Crystal.
Ranma-ko puts her giggly girl face back on. "Thanks for watching my clothes!"
"My, you were gone a long time."
"Sorry, got tied up for a bit."
Ranma-ko starts taking the train back to her dojo. However, she is still furious, so she gets off the train at Ikebukuro, her transfer station, to cool off.
Ranma-ko wanders around for a little while and then decides to get some tea to calm her down. She decides on a cafe with the sign "B:Lily Rose". She sits down at a table.
A tall elegant blond server approaches. "Good afternoon, honored young lady. How are you today?"
Lost in thought, Ranma-ko pays little attention to the server. "Oh, I'm fine."
What am I to think? Today I get sucker punched by the guy who's supposed to be helping me, and tomorrow I have to go on a date with a guy who might be a shapeshifter. I'm a guy, why I am having boy problems?
"How may I address you, my lady?"
"Oh, Ranma is fine."
Suddenly Ranma-ko looks up at the server, and her heart nearly jumps through her throat. The server was even more handsome than Mamoru!
Ranma-ko jumps up. "Sorry, I gotta go!" Ranma-ko leaves the cafe at a dead sprint. What's wrong with me? Am I completely losing my masculinity?
The server stares at the retreating Ranma-ko in awe.
The server's boss comes over. "Scare off another customer?"
It takes the server an extra moment or two to respond. "I swear I didn't do anything."
"What are we going to do with you, Tenou-kun?" The server's boss walks away.
"Ranma, huh?"
To Be Continued!