Ranma Half Moon chapter 112 "A Revolutionary Transfer Student" part 6

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".

It is a magnificent spring day. Kunochi rides in Nephuyu's red sports car, sharing the back seat with Zoiki, who talks non-stop about their band.

Jadero, in the passenger seat in front, chuckles. "Zoiki, as much as I love our group activities, aren't you going a little overboard? After all, shouldn't four of the richest trust fund kids in the country have more exciting things to do?"

Zoiki gets a insinuating look on his face. "We luck into finding the perfect front person and now you're worried that you're going to get less attention from the ladies."

Jadero rolls his eyes. "Perfect? Just because Mamoru resembles the lead character in ..."

Suddenly the sports car screeches to a sudden stop.

Kunochi raises an eyebrow. Nephuyu would be upset if this was one of his more expensive sports cars.

Nephuyu jumps out of the car. In a minute, a strange girl enters the passenger seat and sits on Jadero's lap.

Jadero smirks at Zoiki. "Less attention?"

The girl turns around. "Hello everyone, my name is Mio Kuroki. Thank you all for giving me a lift. I need to get to an audition."

Kunochi sees Zoiki sizing up Mio. I'll bet Zoiki will say once the girl leaves that he has better hair.

"An audition for what?"

"I am going to be a great idol singer!"

Nephuyu races the engine and drives off.

Zoiki raises his chin and speaks haughtily. "An idol singer? How cute. Then you must consider yourself lucky because you're in the company of a bunch of real musicians."

Mio beams. "Oh, wow! I was just wondering about that. You all look so shiny and pretty."

Jadero grunts at the girl, who is sitting on his lap. "Hey, I prefer to think that I project a strong masculine image."

Mio blushes. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way."

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Zoiki. I am the bandleader, songwriter, and keyboard player."

Kunochi nods. "Kunochi. I play the drums."

Mio looks at Jadero. "What do you do?"

"I used to be the lead singer, but now I am the bass guitar player."

"Lead guitar, of course." Nephuyu says this without taking his eyes off the road.

Mio puts her hands together. "Oh my goodness, that is so awesome. Maybe some day we'll be on the same stage ..." Mio suddenly changes her expression and opens her hands. "In hell. Checkmate."

Kunochi from the back seat suddenly sees a wave of black emptiness approach and envelop the car. He feels the car floating in the air as if it was in a weightless void.

Finally, the car settles on some sort of ground. Kunochi sees that his three friends are all out cold. Kunochi also sees thousands of demonic eyes staring at him from the darkness.

Mio looks around. "You must be stronger than the others. But, it is time for you to go to sleep."

Kunochi feels his mind being violently ripped from his head. "Who are you? ..."

...

Usagi's Sailor Moon aims her wand at Tuxedo Kamen who is being held fast by the double attack of Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter. "Moon Healing Escalation!"

Tuxedo Kamen writhes in pain but does not refresh.

Luna observes the scene with cautious hope. "More energy Sailor Moon!"

Usagi's Sailor Moon nods and complies.

The images of young females flood Tuxedo Kamen's mind. He sees himself talking to a blond girl with her hair in grommets about her grades, window shopping with a fashionably dressed girl with long black hair, and having a picnic with a red-headed girl with a braided ponytail who looks like a tomboy. "Refresh!"

Usagi's Sailor Moon beams with joy. The nightmare is over! Mamoru is back.

On the rooftop, Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon immediately feels the event and races over to the edge of the roof to get a look.

On the roof of Furinkan High School, Mio Kuroki is jolted out of her concentration on the party planning by this as well. Crap! Endymion and Kunzite at the same time? The energy needed to clean up this mess will take weeks to build back up.

Well, Michiru, Ranma, Haruka, you have won yourself a brief reprieve of your death sentence. Time to fix this.

To Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon and Usagi's Sailor Moon's horror, a black hole covers Mamoru and Mamoru disappears.

"Ranma!"

Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon turns around and sees that Kunochi is gone as well.

Sailor Neptune frowns. "Well, my work is done here. Let's go Haruka."

Sailor Uranus transforms back to Tenou Haruka. "Wait, don't you think that there's something else that we need to do?"

Sailor Neptune transforms back. "What?"

Haruka gestures to Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon, who is just staring ahead in shock.

"If you want to help her, I will be waiting for you back home." Michiru walks off.

"Ranma, it's over. You can untransform now."

Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon transforms back into Ranma-ko.

"Ranma, pull yourself together. We gave the enemy a huge setback today. I know that we can win this."

Tears form in Ranma-ko's eyes. "We were so close." She mumbles.

Haruka puts her arm around Ranma-ko. "We were, but there is still much more of the battle to be fought. I am very proud of you. You were very focused to notice their backup plan. If you hadn't spotted that guy, he would have killed the other Sailor Warriors as they concentrated on their attacks."

Ranma-ko nods but is unimpressed.

"Ranma, I need you to get focused again. We still have the enemy at the school. If we can destroy that enemy, the rest of the Sailor Warriors can finish the job. Okay?"

Ranma nods and consents to Haruka walking her down the stairs.

As they reach the stairs, Haruka sighs. "Please don't hate Michiru. She's not good with the 'empathizing with other people' thing."

...

Space Pirate Strawberry hits the amusement park in time to see the awesome and terrible events.

"Boss."

Strawberry smiles at Parfait. "Time to clean up this mess."

The two Pirates combine their telekinetic abilities to move Rhett Butler away from the rest of the bodies and around the side of a building.

Strawberry slaps Rhett's massive jowls. "Hey, buddy. Wakey wakey."

Rhett Butler's eyes open. "Where am I?"

"You're in our territory, but you have a valid excuse. We're here to help you home."

Rhett smiles. "Thanks."

To Be Continued