Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½.

A/N: It has been a long time since I had read and watched Ranma ½ and have decided to have a go at it as well. It also came from the inspiration of Dragon6's fic, Becoming a Man Among Men so Dragon6, thanks for the inspiration. Now on to the first chapter of this fic.

Defiant

Somewhere in China, there were vicious sounds of beatings occurring. The beating continued and a man fell on the ground with bruises and was bleeding and the man was Genma Saotome and he was having trouble getting up.

"Oh, now that must hurt," The voice of a boy said.

The one standing over Genma was his son Ranma Saotome and Ranma cracked his knuckles for the beating he gave his father with his father's blood was on Ranma's hands.

"Now Pops," Ranma said, "let's try this again, shall we?"

"B-Boy, you dare do this to me, your own father?" Genma said angrily and looking up to his son, "Everything I did was for the sake of the art," Genma gingerly pointed at Ranma, "this is not how you repay your father, this is not the honorable thing for you to do."

"Honor?" Ranma said with disgust, "You have some nerve to lecture me about honor after what you've done and you expect me to continue going on when I now know the truth about you. Now you want me to go back to Japan, to Nerima stay in your friend's home?"

"You must do what I say," Genma insisted.

Ranma held his father by the collar surprising Genma.

"Which hurts more Pops?" Ranma asked as he readied his fist, "A?" Ranma punched his father hard in the face, "Or B?" Ranma punched his father again and then Ranma brought his hand back, "Forehand?" Ranma slapped Genma hard, "Or backhand?" Ranma backhanded Genma and the Ranma continued with the beatings. Ranma then pulled his father up and punched him hard in the stomach and Genma fell on his knees holding his stomach in pain. Genma muttered something and Ranma noticed and went closer to Genma.

"What's that Pops?" Ranma asked, "Did you say something?"

"Insolent brat!" Genma said as he head butted his son.

Ranma felt the head butt and retaliated by punching Genma in the nose and Genma cried out in pain while holding his bloodied nose.

"Pops, for most of my life, I did everything that you said and listening to you lecturing me about honor and the pride of the art but you would use me fill your own fat stomach, engage me to many girls before I was even twelve years old. I've known that, I've known for a long time and still I went along with it like a damn fool, well no more," Ranma declared, "if you want to go to Nerima to stay with your friend Tendo, you go right ahead," Ranma gave his father a death glare, "however know this, I'm not going to go along with what you have plan for me. No longer will I do what you say. I'm out and I'll continue my training in my own way."

Ranma turned and started to walk away.

"Don't you walk away from me boy!" Genma said furiously as he gingerly stood up, "You will do as honor demands it!"

Ranma stopped and clenched his teeth in anger.

"Don't you dare use that word when you have no shred of honor yourself!"

Ranma turned and pummeled his father brutally and filled with rage. Afterwards, Ranma dragged his bloodied and beaten father to a river and threw him in the cold river and then Genma emerged as a panda still in pain for the beatings he took.

"Your idea of honor is a way to live off my hard work!" Ranma said angrily, "Like hell I'll go along with it."

Genma was furious and splashed some of the cold water on his rebellious and angry son and Ranma was soaked and went from a he to a she. Ranma now as a girl was shaking and charged towards her father with rage.

"Your so-called training methods led us to be cursed in that damn spring because you chose not to listen to the guide and were impatient!" Ranma ranted as she pummeled his father again, "I'm now only half a man. You bastard!"

Afterwards, Ranma was out and looked at her beaten father was floating in the river and then left. Ranma decided that she was not going to listen to her father and no longer do anything he said. Ranma decided to follow her own path and decided for herself of what she was going to do with her life. Genma regained consciousness and emerged got out of the river. Genma in panda form was seething in anger as he didn't like the fact that his own son defied him. Genma thought about everything he did and was wanted to get that retirement that he had planned for himself and he was not to let his son Ranma deny of what he wanted. Genma looked around and found that Ranma was nowhere in sight. Genma went to look for him and when he did find Ranma, he was going to deal with his son as he was not going to let him get away from he had planned for him and he didn't care if Ranma didn't approve as he felt it was not his place to refuse him, Ranma's freewill be damned.

That's it for the first chapter. Next chapter: Ranma starts as he separates himself from his father but his father isn't willing to let his son go so easily and Ranma is fated to head to Nerima anyway. The first part of the chapter was inspired from when I watched Batman: Under the Red Hood.