Ryuu: Don't own, don't sue.
Author: But I do own Ryuu and Ryo!
A/N: Hey guys! Ryu's name has been changed because I'm sick of my friends at school mispronouncing his name. It's now Ryuu. Good news and bad news. Bad news first; this story was deleted recently by the site for some reason so I lost all previous reviews and such. Good news is I'm going to repost the entire story. Yay! Now on to the story! Enjoy!
The 3 R's of Martial ArtsChapter 1
It's a peaceful morning in the town of Nerima.
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"NO!"
So much for a peaceful morning. 4 shadows appear on the local road. The sun is just barely over the horizon, giving the 4 figures an eerie look to them. But as the sun rises we can see them more clearly.
"I'm bored...are w-"
"Shut up, Ryuu!"
"I'm just trying to keep myself occupied sheesh..." The boy called Ryuu said. Ryuu was about 5' 11" with spiky black hair. And his bangs were colored blood red. He had on a black tank top and black kung fu pants, with Chinese style shoes. He was standing on the far left, and out of the 4 was the tallest.
"Well you're annoying me, Ryuu!"
"I do this all the time, so what's biting you this time?"
"It's just been a long trip, is all. You know how I get on trips like this."
"Whatever you say, Ryo. Whatever you say..."
The boy called Ryo was 5' 8" with black hair put up into small spikes, seemingly naturally. His bangs were parted to his preference. He wore a black t-shirt and kung-fu pants like Ryuu. He was also wearing the same type of shoes. He was standing to the right of Ryuu and was the 3rd tallest of them all.
Another boy, to the right of Ryo, was laughing at Ryuu's antics to annoy Ryo. Ryuu turned and smirked at the boy.
"Careful Ranma. If you're not quiet, Ryo might bite your head off."
At this Ranma burst into full blown laughter. Ranma was the 2nd tallest at about 5'6". He was wearing the same thing as Ryuu and Ryo, except he was wearing a red Chinese shirt. Ranma had black hair like the other two but his was pulled back into a braid.
"The 3 of you stop it! You're acting immature!"
The man who spoke was the last of the 4. He was by far the oldest, you could tell by his baldness. He was an inch shorter than Ranma. He wore something entirely different than the other 3. He had on a white worn out gi and was barefoot. Ryuu turned to the man with an innocent look upon his face.
"We were mature at one point in our lives?"
Despite the sarcasm of Ryuu's answer, the man grimaced and mumbled something incoherent as they walked.
Ranma turned to the man as soon as he had his laughter under control.
"Don't be sour, Pops. You know Ryuu is only messing with you."
The man turning to Ranma just had one thing to say.
"I'm not sour! I, Genma Saotome, master of Anything Goes Martial Arts, am not sour!"
"Yeah, just pissed," said Ryuu snickering. Ryo just shook his head as they continued walking.
The 4 walking down this street were family. Ryuu, Ryo, and Ranma; brothers. Genma; their father. Together they continued waling to a destination only Genma knew of.
After another 20 minutes of walking, Genma slowed down as they approached a certain street. He seemed to be counting how many houses there were until he stopped. Genma had stopped in front of a fairly large house.
Confused Ryuu just had to ask, "What are we doing here? I thought we were going home to mom?" Ryo and Ranma just shook their heads in agreement, just as confused as Ryu.
"We will, boy. But we just have one place to stop first..." Genma trailed off as he wailed toward the door to the house.
As they walked Ryo spotted a sign on the wall just on the side of the gate, it said, "Tendo Dojo." Something was oddly familiar about the name.
When they reached the door Genma knocked several times before stepping away from the door, as he heard footsteps approaching. As the door opened a young girl a little shorter than Ranma appeared behind it. She had short blue-black hair cut like a normal boy's. She was wearing jean shorts and a white t-shirt.
The girl smiled, "Welcome to the Tendo Dojo. My name's Akane, can I help you?"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author: Hey all you peoples out there! How'd you like the 1st chapter?
Ryuu: Did you enjoy it? Or better yet, how did I do?
Author: --() ...I'm surrounded by over confident men...
Ryuu: Can you review please?
Author: Yes, please do! Review and let me know what you think!
Ryuu: psst ...hey!
Author: What?
Ryuu: Can I say it? Please? Can I say it?
Author: sigh sure go ahead...
Ryuu: Any and all flames will be used to roast marshmallows with friends! I like marshmallows...
Author: Please review! Hope to see you next time! Ja ne!