Ranma Half Moon chapter 71 "The Death of Tuxedo Kamen" Part 3

Author's note: This episode also happens during the Sailor Moon episode 34, "The Sparkling Silver Crystal! The Moon Princess Appears"

Mamoru and Usagi jump into the elevator just before the floor beneath their feet collapses.

Usagi waves her arms like a baseball umpire. "Safe."

Mamoru surveys the elevator. "No, we're not." This elevator is more like a plant prison than a normal elevator.

The door to the elevator vanishes, leaving behind a leaf like surface. However, they can still see out of the other side of their prison cage, showing the Tokyo skyline.

So, this elevator seems to be half in our world and half in Dark Kingdom. Mamoru looks at Usagi. How horrible it is that my teasing has put this innocent and dumb junior high school kid in harm's way.

"What were you talking about, Rainbow Crystals?"

"I need to gather the Rainbow Crystals. That's the only way I will be able to find out who I really am." Well, it not like his story would mean anything to Usagi. It's not like she's a Sailor Warrior or anything. Maybe, if I tell her something about myself, she'll be more calm.

"Really?"

"When I was six years old I was involved in a tragic car accident. The accident killed both of my parents, and there was no way to identify who I was. I developed amnesia from the accident so I didn't know who I was as well."

"How horrible."

"Throughout my life a recurring dream has haunted me, a dream of a princess who asks me to save her, and find her crystal."

"Wow."

"I know this story sounds unbelievable, but considering the situation we're in, it will have to do."

Usagi smiles. Mamoru's story has worked. "I always wondered why Motoki hung out with someone like you, but I guess you're not really the jerk I always thought you were. I guess I'll have to move you up to number two."

Wow, would this girl pick on boys her own age? But, from her, it was sweet. Mamoru smiles. "Thanks."

...

Zoisite cuddles next to Kunzite in the safe room.

Kunzite sees the damage that Mamoru has caused to Zoisite's face. This is horrible! I can feel Zoisite's blood lust. There is nothing I can do to talk Zoisite out of killing Mamoru and thus sealing his fate with Queen Beryl. "Zoisite, I will gather the energy we need to fight the Sailor Warriors. Go do what you need to do to that human scum."

"Absolutely." Zoisite teleports to the penthouse.

Kunzite faces the Tokyo skyline. So ugly it was with all of its lights. It was time to make it better by bathing it in the beautiful darkness. "Now!"

Kunzite gathers all the energy from the city, causing the city to be plunged into darkness. The energy gathers around the Starlight Building and plunges it all the way into Dark Kingdom.

In the stairs, the hard charging Sailor Warriors immediately notice the difference.

Rei senses danger. "Watch out. We can no longer trust our eyes here. Normal looking things might be traps."

Ami fires up her handheld. "Follow me, the computer will help us avoid the mirages."

"Right!" The Sailor Warriors continue to charge up the stairs.

Mamoru and Usagi notice the difference as well, as the view of the city vanishes and the elevator stops.

Some twenty floors above Usagi and Mamoru, Zoisite smiles in the penthouse. If my cursed ice can't finish you, Mamoru, maybe my fireball can? A fireball charges between his hands. "Goodbye, Mamoru."

Zoisite throws the fireball.

Although the fireball is far away, Mamoru and Usagi notice it immediately and know what it means for them.

Oh no, if I transform in front of Usagi then she'll be even a bigger target for Dark Kingdom, but if I don't, we'll both die by the fireball...

"Moon Prism Power Make Up!" Usagi instantly turns into Sailor Moon.

"Impossible."

Zoisite walks away from the elevator shaft. What a pity. I will have to tell Queen Beryl that Mamoru died by accident in the middle of a heated battle.

"Not so fast!"

A familiar voice stops Zoisite in his tracks. He turns back around to see that Sailor Moon has saved Mamoru.

"Picking on innocent people and hijacking buildings. This ends now Zoisite. I'm Sailor Moon and in the name of the Moon I will punish you!"

"My, my. Both Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask together. All the easier for me to defeat the both of you."

"Tuxedo Kamen isn't here."

Mamoru takes a rose out of his jacket. "Don't be too sure." Mamoru transforms into Tuxedo Kamen.

"Get out of here! You're injured. I'll take Zoisite."

"I'm fine. This is my fight." Mamoru steps forwards toward Zoisite.

"So brave, Mamoru. Just for that, I will fight you and leave Sailor Moon out of this." Even while saying this Zoisite materializes a deadly ice shard from the ground behind Usagi's Sailor Moon. Zoisite sends the ice shard towards Sailor Moon.

Instantly, Tuxedo Kamen transports to a spot in between Sailor Moon and the shard. The shard pierces his heart.

"No!" Sailor Moon catches Tuxedo Kamen as he falls. The mask falls off and Tuxedo Kamen changes back into Mamoru.

Sailor Moon holds Mamoru's head in her lap.

The rest of the Sailor Warriors enter the room from the stairs. Rei sees Tuxedo Kamen's mask lying next to a dying Mamoru, and her heart skips a beat. "No!"

...

Ranma-ko rides the train. There aren't many other passengers around, which is just as well for her.

Suddenly, Ranma-ko feels a horrible stabbing pain in her heart. For a split second, Ranma-ko can see the ice shard in Tuxedo Kamen's chest.

Then, Ranma-ko feels something more horrible than the pain. She feels nothing at all, as if the shard had severed the connection between Mamoru and Ranma-ko.

Mamoru is not going to keep his promise to me. "No!"

End of The Death of Tuxedo Kamen

Next up: A Beautiful Death