Ranma Half Moon chapter 48, Too Many Dates for Ranma?, part 3
Author's note: This episode happens during the Sailor Moon episode 28, "Illustrations of love. Are Usagi and Mamoru Getting Closer?".
Ranma-ko wanders around the Cherry Tree Park looking for Artemis.
Am I becoming too easy with my social life? I have done nothing wrong with Haruka, but I agreed to meet her again the next weekend in the park after her next track meet.
Still, Haruka has a sweet ride.
Ranma hears the mysterious violin player again, this time playing by the fountain. Ranma-ko goes over to watch.
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Luna, still with the wand, finally spots Usagi. She jumps from the tree to a wall.
"Luna!" Luna's entrance startles Usagi.
"Usagi, if you don't want to carry the wand around, there are other people who can." Yeah, that strange red-headed girl can also use it.
"I lost it back then because I was upset, but I'm happier now."
"Simple people find it easy to be happy."
"Simple! Geez, Luna, so I'm simple, okay? Jerk." Usagi runs off in anger. Was being simple so bad?
The wand blinks toward Yumemi Yumeno's house. Usagi hears glass breaking. Miss Yumeno is in trouble!
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"Look out!" Again Ranma-ko could feel the Yoma Monster's arrival before it happens.
Before the violin player can move, the Yoma Monster, who rises from the ground, attacks her.
"Moon Prism Power Make Up!" Ranma-ko transforms into Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon.
"Moon Tiara Attack!" Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon throws her Tiara at the Yoma Monster, who drops the violin player.
The violin player retreats, but unexpectedly does not run away.
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Usagi's Sailor Moon confronts Zoisite and Yoma Vena. Zoisite is supremely unimpressed and tells Yoma Vena (the artist Yumemi Yumeno) to attack Usagi's Sailor Moon.
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A second Yoma Monster arises from the ground and attacks Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon. This Yoma Monster is too quick for Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon and grabs one of her arms.
Tuxedo Kamen appears on a tree branch and prepares to throw a rose but then vanishes.
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Tuxedo Kamen materializes in time to save Usagi's Sailor Moon from being crushed by a boulder drawn by Yoma Vena.
Zoisite turns and runs only to be chased by Tuxedo Kamen.
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Both Yoma Monsters grab Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon.
Oh, no. This looks like the end. Minako isn't here, Artemis is missing and I don't even see Tuxedo Kamen!
Suddenly the violin playing girl nods. "Neptune Star Power, Make up!".
That girl transformed into a Sailor Warrior!
"Deep Submerge."
Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon feels a pressure wave blow past her, hitting both Yoma Monsters who drop Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon.
"Moon Twilight Flash!"
The Yoma Monster's disintegrate.
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Zoisite uses his sakura petals to confuse Tuxedo Kamen and then throws a deadly ice shard at him.
"Moon Tiara Attack!" Usagi's Sailor Moon throws her Tiara and destroys the deadly ice shard.
In a huff, Zoisite teleports back to the Dark Kingdom with the Rainbow Crystal.
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"Guided by a new era, Sailor Neptune acts with grace."
Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon nods. "Sailor Moon. I saw you transform, you're the violin playing girl."
"And, I saw you transform last week. You're the red-headed tomboy with the tall boyfriend."
"He's just a friend."
Sailor Neptune raises an insinuating eyebrow. "Untransform. Kaiou Michiru."
"Untransform. Saotome Ranma. Well, I do have to thank you for saving me from those Yoma Monsters."
"Really? I was the one who summoned them."
"What!?"
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Tuxedo Kamen sees the locket that Usagi's Sailor Moon has dropped. It is the same locket as the one in Yumemi Yumeno's illustration. "Princess?"
"Are you looking for our Princess as well?"
"Yes, but you should have the locket, if it will help you in your mission."
"May I also have the Rainbow Crystal?"
Wow, the Sailor Moon's are more alike than they know. "No, I need it for my mission."
"Then, you're really our enemy?"
"In the case of the Rainbow Crystals, yes." Tuxedo Kamen leaves the scene.
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"I used my violin playing to draw out the Yoma Monsters. I am looking for my partner. A legendary warrior who I can fight alongside with. I hoped the Yoma Monsters would attract her. Please do not take this badly, but my intuition tells me that you are not the one I am looking for."
"Can you see the future?"
"No, I can only get general impressions. I do know that a very dangerous storm is coming. My intuition also tells me that you will have much to do."
"And, you?"
"I must search for my partner. However, perhaps our paths will cross again, Saotome Ranma."
"They might if you keep recklessly raising Yoma Monsters."
"Reckless?" Michiru's eyes grow cold as ice. "You do not yet grasp the danger posed by the enemy. Yes, it is dangerous to summon Yoma Monsters, and yes, some innocent people could have gotten hurt. However, if I fail my mission and the enemy destroys all life on earth, which is the greater wrong?"
"The enemy?"
"The enemy is someone who walks this earth today. That's all my intuition will tell me."
"Well, I'm not well trained as a Sailor Warrior, nor do I have a good grasp on the Sailor Warrior philosophy. But, for what it is worth, endangering innocent people seems wrong to me."
"Then fight within the framework of what you know is right, and you'll have no regrets. I will go." Michiru turns and walks away.
"Wait until Artemis hears about this." But, an enemy who walks the earth today? Didn't Artemis say our enemy was from the Dark Kingdom?
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In the darkened basement, three shadowed figures (who we have seen before in previous episodes) surround an unconscious Artemis.
"Great Grand Mother, did I do well?"
The smallest of the shadowed figures leans on her cane. "Yes, you did a fine job. And, you did a good job of restraining our guest without hurting him."
The shadowed figure with glasses smiles.
The small shadowed figure points with her cane. "He's coming to."
Artemis wakes up but looks strangely different, as if he is under a hypnotic trance. "I hear and obey, master."
The End of the Too Many Dates for Ranma arc.
The next arc: I call this my "Motoki must either confess to Usagi or reject her if Usagi is ever going to be free enough to be my special friend so I will force the issue by confessing to Motoki," plan. It will work, you'll see!