Ranma Half Moon chapter 106 "A Revolutionary Transfer Student" part 1
Author's note: This episode happens during the Sailor Moon episode 41 "I won't run from love anymore! Ami and Mamoru's show down".
Author's note: Space Pirate Strawberry was introduced in the Tokyo Death Match arc.
Ranma-kun sits down in his chair at class and cringes. There is no way what is about to happen will not cause a commotion.
The home room teacher enters. "Class, settle down. Once again, we have a transfer student. I hope that you will make her feel at home."
Mio casually folds her hands. Okay, sometimes there is opportunity in a setback. Let's see what this Miss Neptune is all about.
Kaiou Michiru enters the room to audible gasps by many of the boys and girls in the class. Dressed in ordinary school clothes, she stands out much more than when dressed in formal attire, like she was at the idol challenge.
Michiru writes her name on the blackboard. "Kaiou Michiru. Age fifteen, blood type O. My hobbies are classical violin playing and swimming. Please take care of me."
The class voices their approval.
The homeroom teacher rolls their eyes. "Miss Kaiou, I know this is going to seem like a weird question, but we might as well get this out of the way. Do you happen to know Saotome Ranma?"
Michiru scans the class and locks her eyes on Ranma-kun. "I have not met Saotome Ranma yet. However, I will not hide the fact that his presence is one of the main reasons for my coming to this school."
The teacher drops his head and puts his hand on his forehead. "Are you another one of his fiancees?"
Michiru gives the teacher a funny look. "No, not at all."
The teacher breaths a sigh of relief.
"I have come to challenge him. Somehow he has wound up with some strange engagement with my friend Haruka. I will not allow him to continue doing whatever he pleases. I have come to challenge him to a duel for Haruka's hand."
The teacher face plants.
Ranma looks at Michiru and looks like a deer caught in the headlights. "Well, um, as a member of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts, I will of course have to accept your challenge, but things in this school might not be so easy. Haruka has a large fan club. I would think you would need their approval for this fight to ..."
"Approved!" Haruka's fan club does not even let Ranma finish the sentence.
"I'll see you after school on the roof."
Ranma-kun looks at Haruka, trying to gain a shred of understanding as to what is going on, but Haruka just looks at him with a blank look.
The homeroom teacher stands in shock for a minute. "Any other business you need to conduct, Miss Kaiou?"
Michiru smiles completely normally, as if nothing unusual was going on. "No, let's start class."
Mio smiles. "So, Haruka, have I found your Achilles' heel?"
...
Space Pirate Strawberry walks the streets making his rounds. Relations between the three gangs, The Iron Jaw Gang, The Space Pirates, and Butler's Bandits had settled down recently, with each side staying within a generally accepted boundary.
Of course, things were not perfect because of the extremely evil nature of the leader of the Iron Jaw Gang, Chewy, but because Chewy also being extremely lazy an uneasy peace had recently prevailed.
Strawberry turns the corner and runs into Rhett Butler.
"Hey, you. What are you doing here?" Rhett tries to sound intimidating.
"This block is the edge between our territories, so both sides have access to it. I am only doing a routine patrol."
Butler's frown turns into a smile. "Oh, it is, isn't it? Sorry."
"No problem. The most important thing is to make sure our underlings respect the boundaries so we can have peace."
Rhett nods.
"I found you!"
Both Rhett Butler and Strawberry turn white. A large human man appears from out of nowhere. He wears dark clothing and exudes an evil aura.
The strange man takes out a dark crystal.
Rhett immediately recognizes it as the crystal that the other strange human used to turn him into a monster. "Oh, no!"
"Time for you to come home." The crystal starts emitting a strange energy.
"Not on my turf you're not." Strawberry uses his telekinesis to throw a trash can lid at the human's hand.
"What the heck?" The attack breaks Endymion's concentration.
Butler runs off at a dead sprint into his own territory.
Strawberry sighs. There was nothing more that he could do. He couldn't enter Butler's territory without violating the treaty. Butler must be really badly panicking not to realize this.
Endymion looks around and sees no one but a stray cat. Endymion uses his mind to track Butler.
Butler makes it three blocks before falling flat on his face exhausted. His bulk, although it makes him invincible in fighting, has its drawbacks.
Butler sees the strange human materialize right in front of him.
"No more tricks, this time." Endymion uses Dark Kingdom's energy to suck Rhett Butler into the Crystal. "Four down, three to go."
...
Kunzite enters Queen Beryl's chambers. "My Queen, I have heard some disturbing reports."
"Oh, Kunzite?" Beryl looks at Kunzite with a condescending smile.
"I have heard that Endymion is using the Dark Crystal to gather up the humans who had hosted the Rainbow Warriors. Why would we need those defeated shells?"
"How little you know, Kunzite. If Endymion is able to gather up all of the hosts, then he can unleash the most powerful Dark Kingdom Warrior of all, a warrior capable of wiping out the Sailor Warriors."
Kunzite bows. "That would certainly be a worthy plan, my Queen, but, is Endymion really the one who should be carrying it out? My last report on him showed signs that he was unstable and in danger of learning who he really was."
Queen Beryl nods. "You are correct, there are dangers inherent in this plan. Kunzite, would you be so kind as to shadow Endymion? Do not interfere with his plans, but rescue him if he gets in trouble."
"Yes, my Queen."
Queen Beryl looks into her crystal ball for guidance, but sees foreboding signs.
...
During lunch Ranma-kun tries to reach the roof but members of Haruka's fan club block him.
"Sorry, this area is off limits."
"Then how will I fight after school?"
"You'll be allowed in then and only then."
Ranma-kun walks down the steps.
"They turned you away as well?"
Ranma-kun notices Mio Kuroki standing on one of the stair landings. Ranma-kun nods and continues walking down the stairs.
Mio looks up the stairs, the gears in her head spinning at top speed.
To be continued!