Ranma Half Moon chapter 89 "There's No Business Like Snow Business" part Five.

Author's note: This episode happens during the Sailor Moon episode 38 "The Snow! The Mountains! Our Friendship! And of Course, A Monster, Too".

Hino Rei is the first to regain her ability to move. The sudden crash had stunned both Rei and Tsukino Usagi, the crash caused by Rei tackling Usagi to keep her from hitting the ravine wall at full speed.

Usagi mumbles weakly. "Rei, you're on top of me."

Rei rolls off. "Sorry Usagi, are you okay?"

Usagi does not answer.

Rei looks at Usagi and sees that the shock of the skiing ordeal had caused Usagi's eyes to glazed over. "Let's get you to sit up."

Rei helps Usagi to a sitting position.

"Thanks." Usagi's voice is weak.

"We need to get out of here. My senses tell me that a Yoma Monster might be nearby."

Usagi nods weakly.

Rei climbs the drift of snow that is the remains of the snowball that had been chasing them. She climbs a short way, but then the snow becomes unstable and she falls back to the ground.

Usagi watches Rei repeat this several times. "Rei, let's think of some other way to get out?"

Rei, now furious because of the snow drift's refusal to cooperate, lashes out. "Usagi, we can't let a mound of snow defeat us. This is a test of our will power!"

Usagi, slowly coming around, rolls her eyes. "The skiing contest is probably over by now."

Rei looks aggravated. "Thanks to a certain someone." Rei climbs again.

I wasn't the one who pushed me off the starting platform. Usagi silently sulks, then pulls out a music box.

Plop!

Rei again falls from the snowdrift. This time she hears Usagi's music box. "That's the one Tuxedo Kamen gave you?"

Usagi nods.

Rei sits down next to Usagi and listens to the music box.

Suddenly Usagi shuts the box ending the music. "Rei, I'm sorry. I didn't take it out to make you feel bad, I just thought it would calm me down."

Rei smiles. "It's okay. I was in love with Mamoru when I didn't know he was also Tuxedo Kamen. But, Tuxedo Kamen belongs to you. He nearly died for you. That's a pretty clear choice."

Usagi looks at Rei with admiration, nearly in tears.

"But, you had better save him from Dark Kingdom, or else I'll be the one punishing you."

Usagi nods.

"So, we better get out of her."

Usagi jumps up, having her memory jogged by Rei's use of the 'punish you' catch phrase. "Wait a second Rei, if we transform we can jump out of this ravine with no trouble."

Rei's outer lip twitches with annoyance at village idiot Tsukino Usagi pointing something obvious to her. "Why didn't you think of that earlier?"

"The terror of the ski route?"

"Okay, let's do it, Mars ..."

"Miss Rei!" A hole in the bottom of the drift opens up, and a snow covered figure appears.

"Yuichiro?"

"Miss Rei, this proves that love conquers all! I dug a hole in this drift. We can get out this way."

Rei palms her transformation pen and looks at Yuichiro in shock.

"Not so fast."

Rei, Usagi and Yuichiro look up to see Saeko Yamamoto, the previous Moon Princess winner, at the edge of the top of the ravine but from the distance they don't recognize her.

Usagi turns to Rei. "Who is that?"

Saeko jumps into the ravine and transforms in mid air. "I am Yoma Monster Blizzar, here to kill Sailor Moon! I am here to kill you!" Blizzar points directly at Hino Rei.

Usagi's jaw drops in exasperation.

Yuichiro looks on in wonder.

Rei points to her chest. "Who me?"

"The good looks, the athletic skill, the grace, you must be Sailor Moon."

I think Usagi might perk up if I tease her. Rei strikes a cute pose. "You think so? My, such good taste for a Yoma Monster."

"Miss Rei, you're really Sailor Moon?"

Usagi gets in front of Rei. "She's just Rei, a Shinto Maiden. You got it all wrong."

"Shut up. I am never wrong. Prepare to die! Blizzar!" Blizzar breathes a freezing wind at Rei.

"I'll save you Rei!" Yuichiro jumps in front of Rei. The attack immediately encases Yuichiro in ice and knocks him out.

Rei smiles a heartless smile. "This is our chance Usagi."

Usagi looks horrified. "That's cold."

"This is a fight Usagi, no time to worry about things like that."

"Right!"

Usagi and Rei transform into Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars.

"Both of you?"

"Disrupting a skiing contest and trapping us in a ravine."

"Freezing my Yuichiro who was just trying to help."

"In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"

"In the name of Mars, I will chastise you!"

"Useless noise!" Blizzar materializes a long icicle from the air and throws it at the Sailor Warriors.

They dodge and Rei returns fire with Fire Soul.

Blizzar dodges and readies another icicle. "For the kill!"

But, as she throws it a hand appears from behind grabbing the icicle and causing Blizzar to take a pratfall.

"Tuxedo Kamen-sama!"

...

Ranma and Haruka ride to the bottom of the ski lift.

Oh my god, what has happened to Ryoga? "This is horrible. I wish I never had become Sailor Moon."

Haruka slaps Ranma-ko. "Come on, if you really want to help your friend, you better get it together."

Ranma-ko nods weakly.

Mio Kuroki watches them get off the lift and ski toward the bottom of the avalanche. Mio pulls out her opera glasses. "This should be good."

Ranma-ko and Haruka find Ryoga's twisted body. Haruka has to look away in horror, but Ranma-ko carefully examines Ryoga.

"He's still alive, but we'll need to get him to the lodge so they can medivac him to a hospital."

Haruka gathers her courage. "Nature can do some horrible things."

"I've seen worse in fighting practice."

Suddenly Ranma-ko gets a sharp stabbing pain in her side.

"He's here?"

Ranma-ko nods.

"What is your choice? Help save your friend or try to save Tuxedo Kamen?"

To Be Continued