Ranma Half Moon chapter 101 "Idol Challenge" part 1.

Author's note: This episode happens during the Sailor Moon episode 40 "The Legendary Lake Monster, Usagi's Family Ties".

Ranma-kun hears a tap on his window. He immediately opens it.

Artemis jumps in with a surprised look on his face. "Wow, are you no longer mad at me?"

Ranma-kun looks at Artemis with a blank stare. "Why would I be mad at you? You're my instructor."

Artemis stares at Ranma-kun hard for a minute before replying. "Do you remember that for the last two weeks you've been locking your window and ignoring my calls on your communicator?"

"I did?" Ranma-kun looks embarrassed. "I don't know why I would do that."

Suddenly a thought hits Artemis. "You haven't been to that strange Chinese family who helped Minako?"

"I remember having the five flavor ramen there today with Haruka."

"And, before that?"

Ranma-kun gets a horribly puzzled look on his face. "I don't know. Maybe I have a concussion or something?"

Artemis nods, understanding now why Ranma had been distant to him. "Well, we still have a lot of training to do. You still want to help your friend Mamoru, right?"

"Of course! He sacrificed himself for me, so I owe him."

...

"Hey, Ranma! You look a hundred times better than last week. What happened?"

Ranma-kun looks at Ukyo with an uncomprehending gaze. "I don't know."

"Well, you better start taking better care of yourself. Why don't you come by after school to my shop for some okonomiyaki?"

"Sure." Like I would ever turn something like that down?

Mio Kuroki walks slowly towards homeroom. Wow, I feel like I ran a marathon. I guess it's a consequence of using "check mate". But it was probably worth it. After all, Haruka could not have possibly fixed Ranma. It was only a matter of time before Ranma checks out by her own hand.

Mio enters the homeroom class and her jaw hits the ground with a thud. Impossible! How in the world is Ranma better now? It's not fair!

Mio sits in her chair and sighs. That Haruka is cruising for a bruising! Well, she is a member of the White Crystal Family. Minako and Ranma might have miraculously survived, but you won't, Haruka!

Haruka enters the homeroom class and is met immediately by her admirers who line up, bow, and offer her their bento lunches.

"This travesty has gone on long enough. Haruka, the Mio Kuroki fan club will no longer tolerate you trying to steal Mio's thunder! The Mio Kuroki fan club challenges you to an idol contest against Mio."

Mio's jaw drops once again. What is the world is one-twenty-five doing?

Haruka looks at one-twenty-five with a serious look. "And, what happens if I were to lose?"

"Then your fans must become Mio fans."

Haruka raises an eyebrow. "Are you going along with this Mio?"

Mio strikes a cloyingly cute pose. "Of course!" Oh my god! What did I just say? This body must go on auto-pilot when things pertaining to idols come up.

Haruka slams her hand down on her desk in determination. "Well then, my pride as a woman will not let me back down."

"Okay, we have already booked the school auditorium for this Friday."

...

During lunch Ranma-kun catches up to Haruka and her admirers on the roof. "You'll have to excuse me and my fiance for a second."

The girls lightly squeal among themselves.

Ranma-kun and Haruka find an unpopulated area of the roof. "What was that all about?"

"I guess I don't like being bullied."

"Do you do any idol singing?"

"No."

"So, what are you going to do? It's not like I can offer any help."

"You're just going to have to trust me on this one."

...

Kunzite stands next to Endymion by a small river. Kunzite squints from the sunlight. This is the same land that I dreamed of earlier.

"Kunzite, I feel that you are the only one I can confide in now."

Kunzite gasps in surprise. Am I supposed to be his friend?

"A bad time is coming. Political factions in this kingdom are becoming more divisive. Soon, there will come a day when you will have to decide who you stand with."

Kunzite nods.

"It is probably too selfish of me to demand that you always serve me as my head bodyguard. You would have a bright future in the military. But, I just want you to know that your leadership in your position is the reason that I am still alive today."

"I don't know what to say."

Endymion nods. "Don't worry. Your being by my side is enough."

Kunzite suddenly hears a horn. He looks behind him. Was that road there before? And a car?

"Mamoru, Kunochi, come on! We're going to be late."

Kunzite stares at the person leaning against a red sports car. He looks fairly similar to Nephrite, but he wears the same school uniform that Kunzite had seen in his previous dreams.

"Come on, Kunochi, let's go."

Kunzite feels Endymion nudge his shoulder. But, when Kunzite looks around he sees Chiba Mamoru, wearing the same uniform as the others.

"Don't tell me you don't like riding in Nephuyu's car?"

Suddenly Kunzite is wide awake. What could all of this mean? I'm supposed to be Endymion's body guard?

...

"Kunzite, have your investigations born fruit?"

Kunzite stands with Endymion, facing Queen Beryl. "Yes, my queen. I have detected an unusually powerful energy source. It is not exactly the same as our energy frequency, but it is very similar."

"I see. Endymion! Investigate this."

"That I will." Endymion vanishes.

"Queen Beryl, may I speak frankly?"

"You may."

"Recently, I have noticed that Endymion's behavior has become very strange. I am starting to suspect that he is remembering his past."

"Impossible. I completely wiped out all of his memories. But, still, you may have a point. Kunzite, follow Endymion and observe his behavior."

"Yes, my queen."

Kunzite retreats to his room to equip himself. Endymion, let's find out the truth about you.

A thought stops Kunzite in his tracks. Could I have an erased past as well?

To be continued