Disclaimer: You know what? I really don't care IF I own Ranma. I can't afford to feed him with his appetite. I work in fast food, darn it.

Chapter 3 The winds of change...

Ranma ran home on top of the fences. He looked down at Akane running along the side walk. Just a week ago he almost married her. It was a forced wedding, and it had been a disaster, but he and Akane had been getting along better since the event. She didn't even hit him once today. He turned his eyes forward, and not for the first time in the last few weeks, turned his thoughts toward the future, one possibly with Akane.

"We're home."

Ranma and Akane walked into their house and followed the sounds of people.

"Oh my, Ranma and Akane. We seem to have a guest."

Kasumi greeted them and gestured towards a young Chinese man about their age. He was sitting at the table drinking a cup of tea. He was being stared at by both of their fathers as if he was some sort of undiscovered germ. Sitting to the boy's left and also drinking a cup of tea was the old pervert. He had an almost joyful expression on his face.

Happosai looked up and called to them.

"Ranma, Akane! Look who's here!"

To this the young man stood up and bowed to them. Ranma thought that there was something a little familiar about his face, but brushed it off when he spoke. This wasn't some past enemy looking for revenge, he hoped.

"It is a pleasure to meet the both of you. The master has told me many stories about your journeys and experiences. I am Chi and I am a student of Anything Goes Martial Arts, same as yourselves."

Chi stood straight and sat back down to return to his tea. It was really good tea. At about this time, Nabiki entered the room from school. She paused briefly to look at their guest, shrugged and continued to her room to change.

"I'm Ranma, heir of the Saotome School of Anything Goes. Who was your teacher? I thought Pops and Mr. Tendo were the Old Man's only students."

"They weren't. I was trained by both the man who raised me, a former student of Master Happosai and Master Happosai himself. My father... he's gone and I thought I should return to the master for more training."

Ranma saw the look of pain as the guy mentioned his father and thought it best not to press the issue.

"So you're here to train?"

He seemed a little familiar to Akane, but Akane couldn't put her finger on it. Something about his face.

At this point Happosai decided to take charge of the conversation.

"Actually, he's moving in here. He will share the room with me to save a little space and he will be training here."

Chi looked at Happosai and felt disappointed that he had to change the old man's plans, but he knew that he needed to start soon. He didn't have time to make friends, and by the time he was done here for the day he would most likely have a few powerful enemies.

"Akane, this is your family's Dojo right?"

Chi turned his eyes toward the short haired girl. Akane looked at the boy, Chi, and nodded her head. She was proud of her home.

"Yes it is."

"I challenge you. Anything Goes Martial Arts. One on one. No holds barred. I am ready when you are."

Chi stared into Akane's eye to get the point across that he was serious. Chaos broke loose as everyone started talking at once, including Nabiki who had finished changing and had returned.

"What? ..."

"My poor baby..."

"Oh my."

"Over my dead body!"

Nabiki was confused. She didn't like that one bit. "Who the hell are you to challenge Akane?"

The only people who weren't saying anything were Chi, Happosai, and Akane herself. Both of the latter two were looking at Chi in shock. Chi gave the others a few minutes to rant while he prepared to continue his challenge. He was interrupted by Happosai.

"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? YOU ARE HERE TO TRAIN OTHERS AND FOR TRAINING YOURSELF! AKANE IS NOT THE HEIR TO THE DOJO! YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO CHALLENGE RANMA AND TRAIN WITH HIM! WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?"

Even Chi was shocked by Happosai's outburst. He expected the master to be angry, but he almost felt the need to cringe in fear at this. Ranma spoke up next.

"I am the heir of the dojo and Happosai's heir to the school of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Akane can't fight on my level or on the level of any of the martial artists in Nerima. I'll accept your chall-"

"SHUT UP! EVERYONE!"

Akane was furious. At first she was startled when she was challenged, then she was worried about facing anyone trained by Happosai. But then she was listening to everyone insult her skills and demand Ranma fight in her place, as if she was helpless. Well she'd show them. She turned to Chi.

"I accept your challenge. I'll meet you in the dojo after I change."

"Akane, what are you doing? You can't face this guy."

"And why not Ranma? I'm a martial artist too and a student of Anything Goes Martial Arts. I was the one challenged and I will NOT back down."

With that she stormed up stairs to put on her Gi. All eyes turned to Chi. It was Happosai who beat them to the question.

"Just what the hell are you doing?"

"I am challenging a fellow martial artist to a fight."

With that he got up and made his way toward the dojo. Over his shoulder he asked them.

"Why do you doubt her skills so much? Do you honor her so little?"

"Ok. What the hell did I just walk in on?"

Nabiki was still confused. She was missing some very VITAL information and her instincts were telling her that what ever it was she didn't know, it wasn't good.

"Oh well, it seems a long lost student of grandfather Happosai's has arrived after two years of high impact training in the wilderness. He has come here to live since his family is no longer here, and he was been talking to father and Uncle Saotome all day. They seem to be trying to see if he has picked up any perverted habits from Grandfather Happosai. It seems that he had them convinced that he wasn't a pervert until he challenged Akane just now."

At this point Akane came downstairs and everyone started following her to the dojo. Chi was in the middle of stretching and warming up. He relaxed into a loose pose when he saw Akane.

"Take your time to warm up. I'm ready when you are."

Akane was furious at this at took her position.

"I'm ready."

Chi nodded once.

"Alright, mistake one."

With that he launched himself at Akane and started attacking her. He was using only beginner level attacks and moves, but he was doing so at incredible speed. Akane was in trouble and she knew it. For every move she blocked, ten more got through, and they hurt. A lot.

"Mistake two."

Chi stopped using beginner moves. He tore into Akane and was concentrating on pain. He ended with an elbow to her guts. He held his position for a moment and then let her fall to her knees. He bent down so that she was the only one to hear him.

"Now is the time to decide if you are a true martial artist or not. How did I beat you?"

He ended his question by kicking Akane though the wall of the dojo where she landed outside.

"RRRRAAAGHHH!"

Chi barely was able to turn in time to meet the enraged Ranma as he charged at him with murder in his eyes. Two things happened that had never truly happened before. Ranma was PISSED and Ranma was out of control. To him it looked like this guy had just tried to kill Akane under the claim of a dual. HIS Akane. The woman he'd die for. The woman he'd killed for. The woman he loved. Ranma tore into Chi with everything he had. He never expected the move he used on Saffron to be used against him. Ranma was hit with the revised tornado and was blasted out the dojo and into the wall outside.

Everyone stared at Chi in shock. They could see the blood on him from many of Ranma's strikes, but what really stunned them was that the mighty Ranma Saotome was beaten. On his home turf. By his own moves. Finally one of them found his voice.

"Leave."

Happosai didn't know what was going on. They were gathering their strength. They needed to be together when the time came. What purpose could nearly killing Akane serve? Had he changed sides? He got his answer as Chi left the compound with his departing words.

"You were wrong. Women are not too weak to learn the art. There is a village of warriors waiting that prove this is so. Their blood flows in my veins, remember."

And then he was gone.

OOOOO

Author's notes: I know that there were no clues about Chi's Future in this chapter, but this was where I had this fight planned and there was no part where a discussion between Chi and Happosai could take place without someone over hearing.

I will give minor tidbits for a while until Ranma Discovers the truth about Chi. It will be when Happosai and Chi slip up. I am waiting because of how exactly this future involves Ranma. It will be a true telling on tales.

If some of you are impatient as I myself am prone to be, then email me and I will send you a short cliff notes of the events that lead to chi's future.

Confirming match ups of parentage:

Tofu : Ono Tofu and Kasumi
Kuno : Tatawaki Kuno and Nabiki
Taro : Pantyhose Taro and ?(NOT Akane)
Mina : Kodachi Kuno and ?
Gos : Gosenkugi and ?

Keep guessing...