Ranma Half Moon chapter 94 "Hearts On Ice!" part Three.
Author's note: This episode happens during the Sailor Moon episode 39 "Paired With a Monster?! Ice Queen Makoto".
Ranma-ko and Haruka observe the ice skating ring from about a block away. Both Ranma-ko and Haruka use opera glasses to get a closer look.
"There. On that bridge, away from the crowd."
Haruka pans over to the bridge. "I see. Five girls."
"Two of them are Sailor Warriors, Kino Makoto and Aino Minako, also known as Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus."
"Is one of them the girl you mentioned when we first met, the girl who fought by your side?"
Ranma-ko nods. "Minako, the blond with straight hair."
"She looks powerful."
"She is. And, I found out the hard way. The enemy had somehow attacked her and made her want to kill herself so that she wouldn't screw up the fight against Dark Kingdom. I had to fight her to prevent her from jumping off of a bridge."
"That must have been the worst."
"I know a Chinese martial artist who is able to use herbs and cranial massage to make people forget things. She had to remove six months of Minako's memory but, Minako returned to normal. But, now she doesn't remember me. Also, it would be dangerous if she saw me. It might destabilize her condition."
Haruka nods. "If that happened to Michiru I think I would die."
Ranma-ko nods, remembering the anguish she felt the night that Minako walked by her without remembering her.
Haruka puts her hand on Ranma-ko's shoulder. "You are able to endure much."
"They're going inside."
Haruka puts the opera glasses back into her coat's pockets.
"Let's go. We'll need to sneak in."
"Wouldn't it have been easier if I had invited three of my fan girls from school to go with us? We could have got in for free that way."
"Let's not put more innocent people from Furinkan High at risk than we have to."
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Makoto sizes up the situation. Usagi is very energetic, she wants to ice skate so that she can connect with her Princess of the Moon persona. Minako looks like she is very supportive of Usagi. Usagi is a lucky girl. She has Rei to be the "bad cop" and Minako to the be the "good cop" who are trying to bring her to up to speed.
On the other hand, Rei and Ami don't seem to be very enthusiastic at all. Ami is still looking at her cram notes, and Rei looks like she would rather be anywhere else.
Makoto puts her clothes into a locker and puts on her skating gear. She has decided on green for her outfit, to harmonize with her brown hair for a nature theme.
Makoto checks out the choices of the other girls.
Minako looks outstanding with a red mini-dress with a blue ribbon. The color matches her signature red hair bow, and the ribbon matches her eyes. Wow, is she smart! I can imagine Minako performing on stage as an idol singer.
Rei is wearing a white leotard with a matching white mini-skirt, completing the look with a large red bow in front and matching red trim on the skirt. She looks like a Christmas present.
Ami, on the other hand, is more modest. She is wearing a light green turtle necked leotard and a dark green dress over it. But, Ami is Ami. I guess you can't worry about being fashionable and study to be the top honors student in the school at the same time.
But, where is Usagi? Ahh, here she comes. She wears a very daring and sexy outfit, a white leotard with a bustier top, frilly shoulder extensions and a scandalously short skirt with red trim.
"Plop!"
Makoto turns red. That skirt would have worked better with someone who wasn't going to fall down a lot.
Misha and Janelyn come out.
Wow, Misha is exactly how I remember him.
Misha and Janelyn do a short routine. The other girls around Makoto are entranced by Misha's looks, but Makoto is entranced for a different reason.
I wish I could be that cool in my movements.
Janelyn addresses the crowd. "Okay, we'll be going over some basics today. But, first let's get on the ice and get our skating legs under us."
The girls cheer.
"Wait, I haven't got my skates on yet!"
Makoto looks at Usagi. "Are you going to be okay?"
"The Princess of the Moon was an expert skater. I need to do this myself."
Makoto smiles. "Do your best, Usagi."
Ami skates with Rei and Minako. They are beginners, but at least they can stay upright.
Ami suddenly sees Makoto skate past her. Is that really Makoto? This girl was moving with amazingly fluid grace and style. She looks more like a goddess than a girl with her long legs and muscular bare back. Ami blushes bright red. "Oh my goodness, Makoto is awesome."
Rei also stares. Rei has a disappointed look on her face. Looks like I am not going to stand out today the same way that I stood out on the ski slopes. Well, I guess I can let Makoto have ice skating.
Ami hears a familiar voice, which breaks her gaze on Makoto.
"Here I go!"
Ami stares in horror as Usagi takes to the ice, pitches and flops her arms around as if she was drunk, and then falls flat on her back on the ice, her immodest skirt not hiding her embarrassment.
Ami, Rei, and Minako skate over to help Usagi up.
"Why can't I do this?"
Ami tries to give Usagi a reassuring word. "Maybe the Princess of the Moon practiced very hard to get good at skating?"
"I don't want things to involve hard work!"
Ranma-ko and Haruka slip in a side entrance and come out on the upper level, overlooking the ice skating rink.
Haruka hands Ranma-ko a pair of opera glasses and points to one of the girls skating.
Ranma-ko zooms in on the girl. "That's Makoto Kino. Akane trained her a couple of months ago in martial arts. She was a very good student from what I heard."
Haruka stares intently at Makoto. "Sailor Jupiter. She is something. Not as amazing as Michiru, but quite something."
"It must be tough for you for Michiru to be on tour."
"Can't be helped."
Suddenly, Haruka nudges Ranma-ko and points to the instructors, Misha and Janelyn.
Ranma-ko notices that Misha is staring intently at Makoto and Janelyn is staring daggers at Misha.
A taxi pulls up by the skating rink. An old man and a perky young girl get out.
"I don't know why you didn't let me carry you here. That cab must have been expensive."
"It's my treat. It's been a long time since I have seen my pet."
"So, which girl are we going to make cry?"
"Saotome Ranma."
"Ranma? This outing is indeed your treat for me. I owe Ranma a huge beating for using magical girl tricks on me."
"Well then, today is your lucky day!"
To Be Continued