[Ranma/RK][FanFic] A New Budo
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A New Budo
Notes: This story takes place a year after Ranma 1/2 ends. This also
takes place during the episode where Misao and Aoshi are visiting Tokyo.
For this story, Ranma 1/2 takes place in 1868.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They belong to other
people. Seeing how this is a fanfic I can play God and make these
people's attitudes suit my weird ways. The characters will be a little
OOC, but I hope you enjoy it.
Prologue
We find ourselves outside the Tendo Dojo. There are slightly burnt
decorations littering the floor, holes missing from the dojo walls and
the roof slightly caved in. Then we go to the Tendo Dining room where
we see two teens sitting with three adults. Make that two adults and
one Panda. The boy teen is wearing the tattered remains of a black
kimono while the girl is wearing a shredded white kimono. The teens are
sitting with their heads down while their parents yell/sign at them.
"That was a complete failure! Not being able to marry is not very
manly!" said Nodoka Saotome. The way she said the words was not
threatening but the way she held her Katana was.
"WAAAHH!" cried Soun Tendo. "Now the schools will never be joined."
"That was very dishonorable boy. Not marrying your fiancee like that."
Signed Genma-Panda.
The three parents continued to yell, cry and sign at their two children
while their children Ranma and Akane listened with their heads down.
After wailing for an hour or so, Soun finally calmed down. "It's
obvious that a wedding between you two will never come to be until you
solve your problems."
"This is true." agreed Nodoka. "And I have an idea."
"Really?" asked Genma now in human form.
"It seems that one of the reasons that they don't get along is because
of all the fiancees that Ranma has acquired. Correct." She said while
looking at the two teens. Akane nodded her head while Ranma just
lowered his more into the ground.
"It's not like I want 'em" came the muffled reply from Ranma.
"True but they are still here. It seems that all of the fiancees are
going to start to ambush Akane seeing as how she's gotten so close to
you." Both teens blushed and Nodoka smiled at their reaction. "I want
Akane to start training in something other than unarmed combat."
Akane looked up at Nodoka with a smile on her face. "Really?" She was
happy that someone would regard her as a martial artist. 'Now maybe
she'll force Ranma to actually spar with me.'
"It is obvious does not want to hurt you while sparring and while this
is admirable it's foolish." Nodoka said as she looked toward Ranma who
continued to sink into the floor. "Akane will go to where I went to
train and Ranma will go with her."
Both Akane and Ranma looked up at this. "Why can't we train here?"
asked Ranma.
"Look at the condition of the dojo." Said Nodoka. They all looked over
at the wreck that used to be the Tendo Dojo as a bird landed on it and
the whole thing came crashing down. "See." She said as Soun cried in
the background.
"So where do you want us to practice?" asked Akane with a little hope in
her eyes. She had always wanted to travel around on a training trip
like Ranma.
"It's where I trained when I was younger. It's called Kamiya Kasshin
Ryu. It's a sword style that revolves around protecting people without
killing. I trained there when I was younger. The founder of the school
died a while ago but I heard his daughter took over the school. You can
both go there and study the art if you want. It will be a great
opportunity for you two to bond."
"Okay Auntie I'd love to go." Said Akane with a smile on her face.
She'd prove to Ranma that she could be just as good as him and be able
to defend herself without having to rely on him. Even though she liked
the thought that he would come to rescue her, she'd been kidnapped so
many times that she felt that for once she'd like to be the one who
defeats the bad guy.
Ranma was still considering his mothers proposal. 'I don't really need
to learn how to use weapons but Akane's sure to get into trouble unless
I don't go. Plus she looks really psyched about this and I would like
to have some time alone with her. Argh what am I thinking!' shakes his
head and responds "Sure I'll go. I'll make sure she doesn't start to
slip on her Anything goes style."
"Then it's decided you'll leave tomorrow." Said Nodoka. And with that
she let the kids go to bed and get packed for their trip the next day.
Chapter 1
Its midday at the Kamiya Dojo. Misao, Kaoru, Megumi and the other girls
from the Aoiya have already left for shopping. Sano and Yahiko have
already left trying to get a free lunch off the girls. Aoshi and
Kenshin are in the dojo relaxing.
Aoshi, in his priest-like robes is meditating in the dojo while Kenshin
still in his garb of open pink shirt and gray pants is trying his best
to meditate but failing badly.
"You actually find this relaxing." Said Kenshin while rubbing the bump
he got on his head from falling over.
Aoshi's meditating and just staring off into space. "Yes, actually I
find it very relaxing."
Kenshin looking bored. "I am going to find something to do, I don't
understand this." Gets up and leaves toward the front of the dojo.
KNOCK KNOCK
"Oro. Someone's at the door." Says Kenshin as he walks to the door of
the yard. He opens the door to find a boy of about 18 years of age
wearing a red silk shirt and black pants. He has black hair and it's in
a pigtail. Next to him is a girl of about the same age in a black and
purple kimono. She has blueish hair cut short. "How can I help you?"
"Hello. We're looking for the person who runs this dojo." Said the
girl. "We'd like to take lessons. My name is Tendo Akane."
The boy is looking around at the dojo and looks a little annoyed. He's
not really paying attention until Akane elbows him. "Oof!"
"Introduce yourself baka!"
"Yeah, yeah. My name is Saotome Ranma how do you do." He said still
annoyed. 'Why the hell am I here?' Looks at Kenshin and notices the
sword. 'He better not be a Kuno wannabe. I wonder if he's a student
here. If he is he better not hurt Akane in practice.'
Kenshin of course put on his cheery smile and responded. "My name is
Himura Kenshin how can I help you."
"Like I said we would like to speak to a..." pulls out a paper. "Kamiya
Kaoru. Is she here." Asks Akane.
"I'm sorry she just stepped out, she should be back in a few hours I can
make you lunch if you decide to wait."
Forgetting his earlier line of thought, Ranma responds with, "That'd be
great I'm starving!" while salivating at the thought of food. Which
gets him smacked on top of the head by Akane's mallet.
"Baka! We thank you for the offer and will gladly wait for her return."
"What brings you here anyway? You want to learn budo from Kaoru."
"Well I know a little budo and would like to brush up on my skills."
Said Akane smiling
"Humph! I don't know why I'm here though. I don't need budo. Using
weapons is a horrible way to fight. You learn to rely on a weapon and
if it's taken away from you're your screwed during a fight. You should
only rely on yourself." Said Ranma arrogantly.
"A sword can be a very valuable ally." Stated Kenshin with a little
anger mixing with his words. "But I can see where you're coming from."
"Thank You. You see it's pointless to learn with swords." Said Ranma,
which caused Kenshin to scowl a little. Ranma noticed this change in
attitude and decided now was a good enough time to test this Samurai.
"Tell ya what."
"What?" asked Kenshin.
"Just to prove a point I bet that I can disarm you in a match while
using no weapons." He smirked. "Do ya accept?"
"Fine." Kenshin said with a little happiness. He would get to show this
arrogant boy his place. He turned to walk away but then Akane pulled him
aside. "What is it?" he said. He liked the girl and had no qualms with
her so he held his annoyance at the boy in check.
"No offense, you look like a great samurai but don't underestimate
Ranma. He may brag a lot but he can back it up." She said with a
serious look. She smirked "Although I'd like to see him knocked of his
high horse. Hmmmm... Have fun."
"Okay thanks for the warning." She acts a lot like Kaoru. Kenshin
thought. I will enjoy humbling the boy though. He thought as he led
Ranma and Akane to the dojo.
"What did ya tell him?" asked Ranma in a whisper so that only Akane
would hear.
"I just told him not to hold back and to you I say, let him win. Do you
want to wind up making enemies the first day that we're here? Plus our
father's didn't give us that much money and I don't want to wind up
paying for a doctor if you get hurt. Plus he might hold a grudge and
convince Kamiya-san to charge us more." Responded Akane in a whisper.
'Hmm she's got a point there I wouldn't want her to waste her money.
She wanted the lessons and mom said she learned here when she was young.
I'd do anything for her.' However Ranma couldn't figure whom he'd do
anything for Akane or his mother. 'Both' he decided but they didn't need
to know that.
"I would like for you to not hold back against me, and do not worry if
you beat me Kaoru will not raise your fees it is only a friendly match."
Kenshin said to the two teens walking behind him with a smile. Of
course even though they were whispering he had heard the whole thing.
Ranma and Akane who were both embarrassed about being heard followed
along in silence until they arrived at the dojo.
"Well here we are." Said Kenshin with a smile. "Do you still want to
do this?"
"Hey I'm here to prove a point. It's you who should be reconsidering."
Replied Ranma smugly.
"Okay. Akane-san please start the match." Kenshin walked to one side
of the dojo and got into his Batto Jutsu stance (hands on the hilt of
his sword, back bent slightly forward and right foot in front), while
Ranma went to the other side of the dojo and got into his usual stance
(which pretty much meant he was standing still). Akane walked to the
middle and raised her hand in the air.
"START!" as she said this she jumped out of the way for fear of being
hit.
Both combatants just stood there for a second analyzing the others
stances. 'Hmm, batto jutsu stance means he'll try to counter my attack
with either an upward or horizontal slash with his sword. It'll be a
little tricky but I'll still win.' Ranma thought as a smirk came to his
face.
'What the hell is that?' Kenshin thought. 'He's either really good and I
can't tell what he's going to do or he's really bad and just doesn't
know what a stance is.'
'Enough waiting.' Ranma thought as he flew into action. He tried a
simple punch to test Kenshin reflexes with the sword. When his fist was
centimeters from Kenshin's face, Kenshin suddenly disappeared. 'Yeah
right like I'm gonna fall for that.' He thought with mock annoyance as
he looked up.
'I see that punch coming a mile away.' Thought Kenshin 'I thought he was
supposed to be good. Oh well now to end this.' Kenshin dodged the
punch by jumping in the air faster than most eyes could follow in order
to do one of his own attacks. "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Ryu Tsui Sen!" he
said as he prepared to hit Ranma with his sword on his descent. He knew
it was a bit of over kill but he wasn't going to come down hard, just
enough to humble him a little. What he didn't expect was Ranma to
disappear and appear right in front of him in midair. 'What!'
'Heh my fighting style specializes in midair combat.' Ranma thought as
he leapt up. "Katchu Tenshin Amuguriken!" he shouted as he punched
Kenshin about 257 times in various places while still in the air, when
they came down Kenshin was barely able to stand and Ranma was grinning.
'What the hell was that I didn't even see his hands move.' Kenshin
thought angrily to himself. 'Mental note, never ever challenge him in
mid air combat. Wait what's he grinning for. My Sword! Kenshin looked
around for his sword and found it in the hands of Ranma. 'He beat me!
Impressive, I'll never underestimate him again. The girl was right.'
"Hey looking for this." Ranma announced triumphantly as he held up
Kenshin's sword.
'Oh that's just great Ranma now they're going to charge me so much.'
Akane thought with despair in her voice. 'Oh well.' She walked over to
Kenshin. "Don't let him get to you Himura-san, it's just the way he is.
He's actually quite nice if you get past the arrogant exterior."
"That's alright." Said Kenshin. "He reminds me of someone I know, he
has a lot of pride."
"Hey Kenshin." Said Ranma as he came over and handed the sword back to
him. "Here you go."
"Thank you. I wasn't expecting you to face me in midair."
"I kinda figured that and that's why I did. If I faced you on the
ground I would have been beaten. But as soon as you jumped I had you."
"True, true."
"By the way I've never seen anyone use a sword like that." Said Ranma
while looking at Kenshin's sword.
"It's a Sakabatou, it cannot kill anyone but can injure them. It suits
my needs as a non-killing Rouroni."
"I can't believe you lost!" said a voice from the side.
"Oro?" Kenshin turned around to see who was there. Aoshi was standing
in the doorway with a scowl on his face. "What's wrong Aoshi-san?"
"What's wrong?! I try to beat you and get nowhere and this kid comes
out of nowhere and kicks yer ass." He said getting enraged.
"Aoshi-san, please calm down."
"Alright, alright." He started taking deep breaths until he was calm
enough to talk politely. By this time Akane and Ranma were looking at
the newcomer with confused expressions wondering why he reminds them of
a certain wandering martial artist. "I am calm." "I just can't believe
that after all the times you have defeated me you lost to a boy."
"Well these things happen." Kenshin said with an embarrassed look on his
face.
"Don't worry about it sir." Said Ranma. "If Kenshin was actually
fighting me I might have lost. And don't try to convince me you were
not holding back because I know you were. There were other ways in
which you could have countered the punch but you chose the one that
would humiliate me the most." He said with a grin. "It almost worked."
"And by the way what is your name." Said Aoshi to the two teens.
"I am Saotome Ranma of the Saotome School of Anything Goes School of
Martial Arts."
"And I am Tendo Akane of the Tendo School of Anything Goes School of
Martial Arts." Said Akane while bowing. "Can we ask of your name?"
"I am Shinomori Aoshi. Leader of the Oniwa Banshu."
"Well now that we know each other lets eat I'm starving!" said Ranma as
his stomach growled. "Didn't you say you were going to make us
something Kenshin?"
"I would have but it seems that Kaoru-dono has not enough ingredients in
the house to make a meal. If you wish we can go to the Akabeko for
lunch."
"That's good as long as I'm not paying."
"BAKA! He's trying to be nice and you act like an ass!"
"Don't worry about it Akane-san I will be paying of course."
And so Ranma, Akane and Kenshin went to the Akabeko to get lunch while
Aoshi stayed behind in order to meditate some more due to his lack of
control earlier.
Chapter 2
After Ranma and Kenshin's sparring match was over, Kenshin went to make
him and Akane lunch. Finding that there was not food in the house to
feed three people he decided to take them to the Akabeko for lunch (On
him of course).
We zoom into the Akabeko to see two men pouting at one of the tables.
One is a tall man about 25 years old. He is wearing white pants that
only come up to his calves and an open white jacket with the kanji for
"bad" on the back. He is wearing bindings on his stomach and lower
legs. He is also wearing a red bandana and his hair is standing
straight up making him look like a chicken.
The other is a boy of about 13 years of age. He's wearing the same sort
of clothes as Kenshin, except his top is yellow with black spots instead
of pinkish red. He has a shinai by his side.
"This sucks!" said the tall one. "We followed Kaoru and the others
around for most of the afternoon and we didn't get any food."
"Yeah I know Sano." The younger one replied. "And then to come here
only to find out that Tae-san and Tsubame-san went with Kaoru." At the
thought of Tsubame the boy's face got a little flushed but was soon
replaced by a growl from his stomach. "I'm starving!"
Just then they heard a knock on the door. Sano walked over to the door
to see who was knocking. As he was sliding the door open he started to
say, "Sorry but the Akabeko's closed today because..." before he could
finish he was interrupted.
"Hello Sano." Said Kenshin. "What are you doing here?"
"Kenshin?!" Sano replied than began to think of an excuse. 'The
Akabeko might be closed but there's still food in the kitchen and
Kenshin's a great cook. He could make us lunch.' He thought happily.
"Come on in." he said as he grabbed Kenshin and pulled him in not
noticing the two teens enter after him.
"Oro?" Kenshin replied as he was dragged in.
The boy who was sitting down looked up and saw Kenshin being dragged in
by Sano. "Kenshin, what are you doing here?"
"Hello Yahiko, what are you doing here?"
"Um, we're uh..." He wouldn't tell Kenshin that he was trying to sponge
a free lunch off of Kaoru because he might get mad.
"Tae asked us to watch the restaurant." Interjected Sano with a goofy
grin on his face. "They just left and said that if we wanted to we
could use the food in the kitchen to make ourselves lunch." He lied.
"Unfortunately me and the brat here," points to Yahiko who's staring at
Sano with a look of anger. "can't cook. And we're so hungry." He said
as his stomach growled and he looked at Kenshin with a sad face. 'Take
the bait, take the bait'
"Oh." Said Kenshin. "Why don't I cook for us." He then gestured toward
Ranma and Akane. "These two will be joining us for lunch Sano.
Introduce yourself while I start lunch." With that he left to go make
lunch.
Akane decided to get the ball rolling, eager to make new friends as she
introduced herself. "Hello my name is Tendo Akane, pleased to meet
you." She bowed and looked at Sano and Yahiko and was waiting for them
to introduce themselves. She looked at Sano and found that he was
glaring at Ranma who was glaring right back at him.
Yahiko, completely missing this exchange, decided to introduce
himself. "Hello my name is Myojin Yahiko, Master of Kamiya Kasshin Ryu."
He said smiling smugly the whole time.
At the mention of his status Ranma decided to look at the boy. 'A
master huh?' Looks Yahiko up and down. 'Hmm... he looks like he's 13
and he says he's a master. Doesn't look like one but it could be true.'
He decided to introduce himself. "I am Saotome Ranma of the Saotome
School of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Me and Akane have come to be
taught at your school. Well Akane anyway."
"Really! More students!" Yahiko was happy he'd finally have someone to
practice with besides that obnoxious tomboy Kaoru. "Are you any good
with a sword?" He asked while brandishing his shinai.
"I'm good enough." Ranma replied with a grin on his face eager to
challenge the boy to see if he was worthy of teaching and sparring with
Akane. Not that he cared. Before he could continue talking with the boy
he was interrupted.
"Excuse me, I don't think you've told us your name yet." Akane asked
Sano.
"I am Sayara Sanosuke." He looked at Ranma. "And I really wanna kick
yer ass!"
Ranma held his grin inside. He had felt some power when he met him. He
seemed to be a lot like Ryoga and he seemed somewhat familiar. He
remembered that Akane didn't want him to fight unless it was absolutely
necessary so he tried talking to Sano. "Um, what exactly did I do? Did
my dad promise you something?"
"No he stole something from me. 100,000 yen to be precise. So unless
you're willing to pay up, your gonna get beat up." He said while
cracking his knuckles.
"Ranma what did you do now?" she said with barely restrained anger.
"It's not my fault I swear! It's pops' fault." He said while putting
up warding gestures in an effort to prevent the oncoming blow.
"Sano what are you talking about." Yahiko asked as he tried to hold back
Sano. Even though he was sort of looking forward to see how well the
new kid is at fighting.
Sano calmed down a little but continued to glare menacingly at Ranma who
was cowering from Akane. "It was two years ago. I was gambling with a
couple 'a buddies of mine when I noticed some of the money disappearing
from the jackpot." Points at Ranma. "His old man was stealing the
money while we were playing the game. And that bastard protected him
when we tried to beat him up."
"Hey that's not fair! Pops said he won that money fair and square and
that you were upset about losing it." Ranma countered.
"Ranma," starts Akane. "Think about what you just said." She said while
tapping her foot waiting for him to figure it out while thinking. 'Damn
you Saotome-san everywhere we go there's always someone who wants your
head and Ranma gets stuck paying for it. Not that he doesn't deserve it
the Baka.' She said while getting angry while Ranma was still thinking.
"Hmmm..." Ranma began to think of his old man. Memories of the Neko
Ken, Daijkoku family and finally Uuchan flashed through his mind. "That
bastard stole that money." He shouted. He then looked at Sano who was
red in the face. "On the honor of my family name I am sorry for what my
father did to you. However I don't have enough money to pay you back."
He said while bowing.
"That's all nice and good but I got beef with you and your old man."
Said Sano with a sneer. "Don't you remember how you eventually got away
from me."
"No. Not really." Replied Ranma in total honesty.
"Me and my friends were about to get our money back from that old fart
when you came in and protected him. When we started to fight you, you
announced the technique that I would loathe to this day. The Saotome
Final Technique!" Sano barely shouted with rage.
"What's that?" asked Yahiko while still trying to hold on to Sano.
Since he had his back to them he didn't see Ranma and Akane both
facefault.
"You tricked us! We thought you were going to do some fancy move and
you ran away! I was embarrassed! Me the great gangster Zanza fooled by
a mere boy." Said Sano with contempt in his voice. "You honorless
coward I'd like to fight you in a real battle."
Now everyone knows that there are few things that can get Ranma
angry. Two of things are being called a coward and honorless. Ranma was
short of blowing his top at this point but kept himself calm and refused
to let his temper control him. "Do you really want to continue that
fight we started two years ago?" He said while talking through gritted
teeth.
"You bet I do boy. I'll give you an ass whoopin that's long overdue."
Sano responded with a smile.
Akane recognized the look in Ranmas eyes and knew he was mad. She also
knew that he was a macho jerk and he would likely tear this guy apart
the only thing holding him back was the fact that he wasn't called a
girl. "Ranma please go easy on him. He's one of Kenshin-san's friends.
And he didn't mean it he's just mad at your father." She said trying to
calm him down.
Ranma was trying to take control of his emotions because he promised
Akane that he would try to make friends and not enemies on this trip.
However he did want to cave this guys face in.
"What's a matter boy too chicken to fight me. If I didn't know any
better I'd say you were acting like a girl." He said as he continued to
verbally insult Ranma but Ranma was still on the girl comment.
'A girl, a girl, A GirL, A GIRL!!!!! He goes down now!!!!' He thought
as his battle aura manifests itself as tiny red wisps floating outward
from his body. He decides to interrupt Sano's little speech to say,
"Let's do this outside so the restaurant doesn't get badly damaged." He
said in a low yet threatening voice.
"Ah inside, outside no matter where I'll still kick yer ass." Sano
replied hotly not noticing the glare in Ranma eyes as he walked out the
door.
Akane followed Ranma out the door while looking grim. 'Does he have to
make enemies with every new person he meets. I hope he doesn't hurt him
too badly.'
Yahiko goes to follow shinai in hand when he suddenly remembers
Kenshin. "Kenshin should definitely know about this." He said to
himself. "Hey! Kenshin!" he said as he ran back into the kitchen.
Chapter 3
After being introduced to Yahiko and Sanosuke for the supposed first
time, Sano challenges Ranma to a fight. It seems that Sano and Ranma
knew each other in the past. Yahiko went back into the restaurant to
warn Kenshin that Sano and Ranma were going to fight. Ranma and Sano
left the restaurant with Akane in toe to begin their fight.
"Kenshin! Hey Kenshin!" Called Yahiko as he ran into the kitchen.
"Oro?" Responded Kenshin with a confused look on his face as he looked
up from chopping the vegetables. "What is it?" he asked as he promptly
cut himself with the knife. "OUCH!" he started hopping around and
crying as he shook his finger madly in the air while Yahiko just
sweat-dropped.
"Um... are you done?"
Kenshin stops hopping and looks at Yahiko seriously. "Yes. What is
it?"
"Sano challenged Ranma and they're going to fight outside."
"Oh, he challenged him already, that didn't take long." He said as he
went back to making lunch.
"You're not worried about Ranma?" asked Yahiko with confusion clearly
written on his face.
"No, I'm sure he won't Sano to badly." He said while never looking up
from his work. "You should watch the fight Yahiko, it's not everyday
you get to see Sano get beat up." with that he turned around to see
Yahiko gone and the door off it's grooves. He smiled to himself and
went back to cooking.
Yahiko ran to the door leading to the outside with a smile on his face.
'I can't wait to see this.' He thought happily to himself.
Meanwhile...
Outside in the street outside the Akabeko Sano was standing across from
Ranma in a self made circle. Meaning that all the people in the area
knew that a fight was going to take place so they formed a circle around
the two combatants giving them a wide berth as to not get in their way.
"Today's the day you pay me back my money brat. I'm gonna kick yer
ass!" with that said he bent down and struck the ground with his "Futae
no Kiwami". When the dust cleared he looked down and saw a crater about
two feet wide and his fist in the middle. He took his fist and stroked
his hair back. "I would understand if you didn't want to face me, so if
you get down on yer knees and beg and pay me my money I won't beat you
so badly." He said with a smirk on his face looking smug with his eyes
closed all the while thinking. 'OOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!! Damn my hands still a
little broken. Oh well it was worth since it had the effect I was going
for. Kids probably pissing his pants.' At that thought he looked up
hoping to see terror on his opponents face. He scowled, Ranma wasn't
even fazed, and he didn't even look impressed.
"Ranma was that the Bakusai Tenketsu?" whispered Akane.
"No it was far more powerful." He responded to Akane still with no
expression on his face. "The Bakusai Tenketsu works on rocks and other
inanimate objects. That technique can actually hurt me. However the
Bakusai Tenketsu is a lot more intimidating if someone who doesn't know
it sees it. I think I'll scare him a little." He said with a smile.
Akane backed away the two combatants all the while thinking 'Those two
think the same way it's scary! Stupid arrogant macho jerks!'
"Hey Sano nice trick. Now it's my turn. Watch carefully." 'I knew that
Bakusai Tenketsu training would come in handy for me on this trip. Glad
I took the time to learn it.' With that said he took out his index
finger and touched the ground. The floor cracked and split at the spot
where his finger met the floor and continued towards Sano until it was
directly under his feet and the ground under him exploded upwards,
barraging him with rock shrapnel.
Sano thought in alarm. 'It's way better than Anjis' technique.'
Ranma merely stood back and admired his handiwork while crossing his
arms against his chest as his aura of confidence began to grow to the
surprise of Sano and to the dismay of Akane.
'Great, just what the baka needs, a bigger ego!' she thought to herself.
"Well I'm waiting for that ass-kickin you promised me." Said Ranma still
smiling happily at Sano.
'That's right." Started Sano. "You don't scare me kid!" With that said
he launched into an attack pattern, which would have made a normal third
dan in kenpo quiver in fear. However, Ranma just weaved in and out of
his attacks while making snide remarks regarding his skills.
*PUNCH* "To slow!"
*KICK* "What are you trying to hit?"
*PUNCH* "Don't Overextend Yourself."
*BITCHSLAP* "Yeah, right! Try again."
'The Nerve of this brat.' Sano thought to himself angrily. 'Screw going
easy on him, I'm gonna give him the "Futae no Kiwami".' "Eat this
jackass!" he shouted as attacked with his best technique only to
overextend his arm again as Ranma hopped out of his way with ease.
'Oh well.' Thought Ranma to himself. 'I thought he would give me a
better fight than that but...' "Here I come!" he announced as he moved
past Sano's arm and attacked his now unprotected stomach. After a quick
40-hit attack that happened in the space of a blink, Ranma decided to
end the match with an uppercut to the jaw, which caused Sano to spin
around in the air twice only to land unconscious. His last conscious
thought being 'Fuck!' Ranma merely turned his back on Sano's
unconscious body and had a scowl on his face. "I was expecting a better
defense from him."
Around this time Yahiko was coming out of the Akabeko hoping to see Sano
get pounded but saw him already on the floor unconscious. "Damn!" He
cried in anger. "Kenshin was right and I missed the fight." He then
began to sulk.
From the shadows of an alley on the other side of the street, a man put
out his cigarette as he observed the outcome of the fight. "That piece
of shit still hasn't made his defense any better." He said as he walked
away adjusting his police uniform. Fujito Goro had work to do after
all.
Seeing his work done Ranma turns to Akane. "Now that that is settled
let's go get Kenshin." Ranma then turned around and started to walk
back to the Akabeko only to get stopped by...
"STOP RIGHT THERE!"
"What now..." started Ranma as he turned around only to get floored by a
mallet. "Ow! Akane why'd ya do that!" said Ranma in more annoyance than
pain. He had been acting extra careful and was doing his best not to put
his foot in his mouth lately so he could avoid the wrath of Akane and
her mallet. He couldn't figure why she hit him. When he turned to her
to get his answer she shrugged and said, "It wasn't me." She then
pointed to a group of women who were standing behind Ranma.
The woman who was responsible for the mallet to Ranma's noggin was
staring at the boy in shock for her mallet had no effect. 'What is he?
Not even Kenshin recovers that fast from that.' She thought.
Ranma turned around in order to get a glimpse of who attacked him in a
most uncute tomboyish fashion. He turned around to see seven women all
looking at him with shock. The one with the mallet was wearing a purple
Kimono with her black hair in a high ponytail, which came down to her
shoulders. She looked like she was in her early 20's. There was another
woman about 30 years old with a light blue kimono with long, straight
black hair who was now tending to Sano's injuries. He could have sworn
that she was cursing him out under her breath.
Behind them were two women in brown kimonos with white cloths on top of
their hair. One looked to be about 25 years old while the other looked
to be around Yahiko's age. He could tell that the younger one had a
haircut like Nabiki's and she had a scared look on her face while the
older one had a look that could freeze hell. The last three were
wearing dark blue kimonos. Two looked to be about 21 years old and the
last one looked to be about 16 and had her hair in a long pigtail. She
was looking at Ranma like he was a piece of meat and it was unnerving
him. Pushing that line of though aside for the moment he decided to ask
the one with the mallet a question. "Why'd ya hit me for? I didn't do
nuthin to ya!" he said while rubbing the now forming lump on his head.
The woman was still a little scared of him so she tightened her grip on
her mallet. Gathering up her courage she answered him with another
question. "Why did you beat up Sano?" 'Not that he doesn't deserve it.'
She added as an afterthought.
Ranma noticed the panicky look in her eyes and started getting nervous
so he tried to reply in a friendly manner. "That jerk had it coming!"
And failed miserably. He would have asked the question again when he
was elbowed out of the way by Akane.
"Baka!" she yelled at Ranma. She then turned to the woman. "I'm sorry
for this moron's rudeness to you, but your friend did challenge him and
he had been insulting him." She said trying to calm the woman down.
With that said, the woman turned to look at Sano's limp form and sighed
before turning back to Akane. "I know he can be very arrogant at times
and I apologize for that but that's no reason to go after Kenshin." She
said re-brandishing her mallet.
"That won't be needed Kaoru-dono." Said someone from the entranceway of
the Akabeko. "They were just coming to get me so they could have
lunch."
"Kenshin?" the woman named Kaoru responded but still keeping her
distance from the two teens. "How do you know these two?"
"I don't really. They came here looking for you to be your new
students. Aren't you happy." Kenshin answered with a smile.
As he said this Akane stepped forward and bowed. "I am Tendo Akane of
the Tendo School of Anything Goes Martial Arts. I would like to be your
student." And with that said Kaoru promptly fainted.
END CHAPTER 3
As for why Kaoru hit Ranma instead of listening to him first, well if
people find her a little OOC consider this. Whenever any new fighter
comes around that's good they are always causing trouble for Kenshin.
So I had her take a little initiative.
Chapter 4
Ranma and Sano held their battle outside the Akabeko with Ranma emerging
as the victor. There was an unknown spectator to the battle who walked
off disgusted with Sano's performance. When the battle was finished
Ranma was attacked from behind by a woman with a mallet. It was then
revealed that this woman was in fact the Kamiya Kaoru they had been
seeking. Upon learning that they wished to be her students she fainted
of embarassment.
Kamiya Kaoru was having a great day. She was teaching her students the
great art of Kamiya Kasshin Ryu in her family dojo. Her undefeatable
style of kenjutsu was world renowned for its flawnessnes during
combat. She had many students and her dojo was flourishing. She no
longer worried about not having enough to eat or enough to pay the
bills. Her husband, Kenshin, was off to the side preparing lunch while
occasionaly waving to her as she looked his way. She was happy all was
right with the world.
Her feeling of peace was interrupted when her son (one of the best
students in her class) ran in holding a newspaper and shouting "Sensei,
sensei! Look!"
Kaoru smiled and took the newspaper out of her son's hands. Since the
dojo was so popular it wasn't rare that she got mentioned in the paper.
She had gotten used to the publicity over time, but evidently it still
excited her son. Her students gathered around her as she opened to the
page with the article her son wanted her to read.
What she saw made her gasp in shock. In big bold Kanji the headline
read; "KAMIYA KAORU ABUSES STUDENTS!!" Right below the headline was a
picture of Ranma getting hit by her mallet.
After looking up from her paper she found herself face to face with many
angry parents.
"How dare you abuse are children!"
"You're a disgrace to our community!"
"She probably does it for some kind of sexual pleasure!"
"Let's burn the dojo down and make sure Kamiya Kasshin Ryu is never
taught again!" They shouted as they pulled their children towards their
homes and left Kaoru and her son alone in the dojo.
"I lost all my students...again!" Kaoru threw her hands in the air and
waved them frantically while shouting "WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO
ME!?" before falling unconscious.
"Kaoru-dono, Kaoru-dono! Are you all right?"
Kaoru opened her eyes to find the worried face of Kenshin standing over
her. "Kenshin?" she said warily as she stood up from her position on
the floor of the Akabeko. "I had the worst nightmare." she said with a
frightened look on her face. "I lost all the students at the dojo
again."
"Well if that's the case you don't have to worry about that anymore."
he responded with a smile as he steppedback and allowed Ranma and Akane
to step forward. "These two expressed interest in learning Kamiya
Kasshin Ryu."
Akane stepped forward and introduced herself. "My name is Tendo AKane
of the Tendo school of Anyhting Goes Martial Arts. I was hoping to
become your student." she looked at Ranma to see if he introducing
himself properly to her (hopefully) future sensei. To her surprise
Ranma was actually bowing and acting like a civilized person.
"I am Saotome Ranma of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial
Arts. I am also interested in learning your schools style." He said
while bowing. 'So this is gonna be the tomboy's new sensei. Judging by
the way she attacked me earlier I'd say she and Akane should get along
just fine. She acts a little like Akane.' he thought as he absently
rubbed the small lump on his head. ''cept she hits harder.'
Kaoru, thrilled at the thought that she would have new students, hastily
bowed back to the two teens. "I am Kamiya Kaoru, master of Kamiya
Kasshin Ryu, I would be honored to be your sensei." She said with a
smile as she thought to herself, 'Finally, new students! I'll be able
to teach someons besides Yahiko for a change. Someone who actually
wants to learn from me.'
Kaoru was interrupted from her musings as Sannosuke stormed into the
room. Following him was the lady with the blue kimono who had
previously introduced herself as Megumi who was cursing at his stupidity
for moving before she had finished treating him. Sano was bandaged from
head to toe with room left for his eyes, mouth and hair.
"Yo brat! I want a Rematch!" Sano yelled at Ranma while trying to hide
the pain that he was obviously feeling.
Ranma sat calmly looking at Sano's furious expression. He snuck a
glance at Akane to see what her reaction was to the situation. He
noticed that she was embarrassed and angry at the same time and for once
he knew why. 'Here she is trying to make a good impression and I'm
ruining it for her.' He looked at Sano and then back to Akane. He now
knew that even though Sano was a good fighter, he was not up to his
standards and that fighting him would be a waste of time. When he
decided his course of action he thought to himself 'She better
appreciate this.'
Sano was still staring at Ranma, waiting for the boy to answer his
challenge. He was surprised when he got the response.
"No."
"No? No! What do you mean no?!" asked Sano still angry but a bit
shocked, he figured the kid would go for it.
Akane was also confused. 'Ranma never backs down from a fight. Even
though I'm happy he backed down, I wonder why he did it. Maybe because
of what I said earlier, he's actually listening to me." she thought with
a bit of happiness.
Sano, who was trying to figure out why Ranma would back down from the
fight, came to his own conclusion.
"Aha!" he shouted pointing at Ranma. "You don't want to fight me
because I'll beat ya this time and you'll look bad in front of your
girlfriend." All eyes turned towards the two teens at Sano's
proclamation to see Akane blushing furiously and Ranma also blushing but
looking angry.
"No way is that the reason!" responded Ranma. "I'd never lose to a piece
of crap like you!"
The others in the room started to back away from Ranma due to his battle
aura manifesting itself around his body. Ranma looked toward Akane to
once again find her scowling at him. 'What'd I do now?' he thought.
'That moron! He's acting like a complete jackass in front of my sensei
and her friends.' Akane thought as she herself simmered in anger.
Ranma figured out what was bothering Akane and decided to actually use
what little social skills he had to diffuse the situation.
"Listen Chicken-Man, my reason for denying your rematch was because that
was the rematch. You challenged me for something that happened years
ago and you lost. Any other problems you may have are with my old man.
Things between us were settled as soon as I knocked you unconscious." he
finished with a smile.
Akane was speechless. This was the first time Ranma diffused a
situation without fighting and he actually showed some tact. Her
feelings went from angry to hopeful. 'Did he do that for me?'
Sano's face was red with rage because he was getting swatted aside by a
brat. Just as he was about to start speaking he was interrupted by
Kenshin.
"Ranma-kun is right Sano." he said as he sipped his tea. "As soon as
you lost to him, his debt was erased."
At this announcement Sano looked crestfallen. "I lost to a brat." he
muttered as he looked to the ground in despair.
"Ah don't feel so bad." Akane said as she patted him on the back.
"Ranma doesn't even spar with me, at least you got to fight him."
"Yeah you should be happy that you got a shot at the great Ranma
Saotome." Ranma replied while puffing out his chest, which was soon
indented as Akane drove her elbow through it.
"Moron!" Akane sneered as she turned back to Kaoru and her
friends. "You'll have to excuse him, he has a large ego." her face then
fell. "What's worse is that the baka is actually very good." she
regrettingly admitted.
"Damn straight!" he said as he absently rubbed his chest. He turned
back to Sano who was now being rebandaged by Megumi. "I would like to
apologize for the actions of my father. However you should not seek
revenge through me. Got it?"
"Yeah, yeah. So you're saying if I find him I can kick around your old
man and you won't interfere."
"No I'm saying if you challenge him honorably, and not just attack him
on sight, I will not interfere." Ranma said, then added. "However my
old man is no pushover. He might look, act and be fat, stupid and lazy
but he's skilled."
"Be that as it may I'll still beat my money out of him." he said as he
flexed his muscle only to injure his arm again. 'Ow that hurt!' he
thought as he tried to walk out of the room proudly but failing as he
stumbled about. Megumi excused herself and followed after Sano to
redress his wounds.
Kenshin turned back to Ranma after Sano had left the room and asked,
"Now that your buisness with Sano has been resolved, who are you and
what brought you here?"
"Oh man where to begin..."
End Chapter 4
Authors notes: For some reason this is taking me a long time to type. I
already have the story written down it's just typing it up that's a
bitch. oh well hoped you enjoyed it.
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