Fiori: I'M BACK!!!! It has been to long and I am vastly sorry for making you all wait as I've dragged my heels writing this, it just didn't want to be written. Also this marks a change in pairings, Ranma shall be with Kasumi, but this shall be proper Manga harem. Not the way some of the authors here write it. There shall be multiple girls all fighting for his attention, Nabiki and Kasumi being at the for front along with Thyme (She shall be introduced after Ryoga comes back, speaking of him there is to be a new pole, check it out) Well as usual I don't own this other wise Genma would have been put to the fire years ago.

Genma: I think not, Umi Senken!

Fiori: Oh shit!!! (Runs away only to be met by his ever growing mob) Not my day.

Ranma of the Musk

Chapter four: School

Ranma was not having a very pleasant night. First he had been dragged to the Tendo's and told that he must marry one of the three girls there. After he had gone over reasons why he wasn't going too and why he had to leave, it was shown that he had no choice but to stay there to defend them. Then he knocked the youngest off of her high hoarse. To which she was very unhappy about and since her awakening she had been attacking him with a mallet every time he did something she viewed as 'wrong'. Which was practically everything. Worst of all after it was decided that he was staying, both his father and Soun Tendo had decided that he was engaged to Akane based off of her schools rule of whoever beat her got to have her. Personally he would rather the oldest of them as she had an aura of kindness about her that was rare to find in his life. However the middle one was also a curiosity to him, in her he could sense a dragon's greed and love of treasure. Yet he found the youngest to be the worst by far. She was arrogant and short tempered, solving any problem with her fist instead of trying to talk about it. While it was true that he himself was once like that, Sassafras had at least installed some manners in him along with all the training.

Now he was preparing to go to his first day of school. According to the middle sister he would doubtlessly be brawling with a small army that morning, so at least he had that to look forward to. He could not fight with Akane again, Too do so would be shameful as he had already proven that he was the stronger of the two, yet she constantly tried his patience with the insults and the attacks. He truly needed something to fight else he would attack her in retaliation.

"Ranma put this on." Akane said suddenly at the table, while pulling out a black wig. Ranma stared at it blankly.

"How's about why?"

"Your hair, its bound to draw unnecessary attention. Besides with this you'll look less like the kikei you are." She explained in a condescending tone.

"Right. Nope, not wearing it." He said as he stood up.

"But, what will you do when people start messing with you because of it?" Kasumi asked in concern.

"What I did before, knock their teeth out." he replied bluntly.

"Damn you, you kikei!" Akane grumbled. Ranma in response gave her a one-fingered salute. To which he dodged several mallet blows.

"Will they ever get along?" Kasumi pondered.

"Probably not, he crushed her pride in combat. Plus he doesn't bend over backwards for her. The right guy for Akane is a subservient little bitch who will bow to her every whim. Ranma is too much like a wild horse for that, heck if it wasn't for the vase he would have left already." Nabiki said as she left the table.

"I guess your right, but I wonder why did Tou-san engage the two of them if they are so different?" Kasumi asked as she watched Ranma Skillfully dodge a mallet for the head, she found herself entranced by his predatory grace and feral features. While it was true that she had felt a bit of spark with Dr. Tofu, the lack of any dates with him was starting to wear her out.

"I'm sitting right here, and the reason is simple. She could learn from him if she wished it." Soun voiced.

"Like that could happen." Nabiki scoffed.

"We shall see now wont we?" Soun said as he tried to be confident.

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Ranma stared with mild amusement at the charging force of boys, yet there was also a look of disappointment in his eyes. In the upcoming battle with Herb and his warriors he would need allies that could match them. None of the warriors before him felt like they had that potential. Sighing he looked to Akane disappointment clear in his eyes.

"What is it Ryu-Kikei?" She grumbled.

"How long does it usually take to beat them?" He asked disappointment clear in his voice and eyes.

"About five minutes. Why?" She questioned curiously.

"I'll be back in a minute." He responded as he charged into the crowd.

Ranma dealt with each opponent quickly and efficiently. A single blow to each knocked them clean out. Much like Akane when she fought them. The difference however was in speed. Onlookers were unable to see Ranma as he danced through the crowd. In less than a minute they had all fallen to his blows.

Yet again Akane was shocked by his prowess. Although she had barley been able to see his movements, she had to admit. Watching Ranma fight was like watching a deadly dance. Though she would never admit it to the warrior she was jealous and wished she could match his skill.

"You did that to show off didn't you?" She accused.

"I'll admit that is an added benefit, but no. I did this to let off some frustration. No one here has any real potential."

"Oh really, and who art thou to decide that peasant?" A voice asked condescendingly.

Ranma turned and gazed upon a young man in a blue warrior Kimono. In his right hand he held a boken. But most noticeable to Ranma was his Chi. The young man had skill, as well as great potential.

This was what Ranma had been looking for, some one with enough raw potential that he could work them into a brutal warrior to fight the Musk forces.

"It is polite for one to give their own name before inquiring the name of another." Ranma retorted.

"Heh, tiss true. Very well, I am Kuno Tatewaki, rising star of the kendo world. As well as Furinkan-high's Aoi-Ikazuchi." He boasted, and by a strange coincidence a bolt of lightning flashed behind him as he finished.

"Interesting, I am Saotome Ranma. Heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes martial arts. Now then how about we begin." Ranma said cockily.

"Oh ho, doth thou wish to challenge me, very well we shall dual." Kuno stated as he got into a ready stance.

Akane briefly thought about warning Ranma about how he had never lost to anyone but her, yet she remembered that Ranma was the first to beat her and was vastly stronger. Though she would never admit it aloud.

'Maybe they can kill each other so I wont have to deal with either.' She hoped silently.

"Akane-chan thou should not worry I shall deal with this knave shortly. Then we may have our own dual. Then I can ask you out." Kuno stated arrogantly.

"A word of advice." A voice stated behind his ear. Kuno jumped and there standing with his arms crossed was the Ranma. He had at first thought that this boy would be a pushover, yet now he was considering it being different. Maybe he could finally get the good fight he'd been waiting for.

"It is foolish to underestimate your foes, and it is worse still to insult a dragon." Ranma continued as he began to release an aura around him.

Kuno finally looked at his foe, taking in all his features, something he rarely ever did. Most people in the school were faceless masses to him, only members of the Tendo family and his sister registered on his radar as people to pay attention too. Now he had a new face to he needed to pay attention to.

"A dragon hmm, let us sees if thou can back that claim up Akagan." Kuno smirked as he charged forward his sword swinging in a deadly arc for Ranma's face.

Ranma ducked under the blade and lashed out with an open palmed thrust at Kuno's chin. Kuno barley moved his head back in time to avoid the damaging blow. Backing away he lashed out with a quick slash to Ranma's chest, only to find the opponent gone yet again.

By now many members of the school had gathered to watch this fight, no one had been able to beat Kuno except Akane, yet now there was some strange looking boy who was seemingly as fast as light.

"Who the heck is this guy?" Some one asked.

"Name is Saotome Ranma." Nabiki answered calmly.

"How do you know that?" A girl asked,

"Well..."

"Holy Shit!" A voice exclaimed and all attention was yet again focused at the fight.

Ranma was back in sight his first extended and Kuno was getting up from a badly damaged wall, it didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened.

"So thou art strong, I've yet to be forced to use this on any one, but thou hast been deemed worth the use." Kuno groaned.

Immediately Ranma's senses went into high alert as Chi began to gather in his opponent's body, condensing and concentrating in his blade. Kuno took a swing and a blast of energy came rushing out, Ranma barely dodged the slash, he turned and saw that it had plowed right through a wall. His smile grew then as he turned back to his foe.

Ranma let loose his own Chi blast at Kuno hitting him dead in the chest. Kuno fell to his back and did not rise again to face him. Slowly Ranma made his way over to him, Kuno lay on his back, his eyes half-lidded. He looked as if he was contented in his defeat for some reason.

"You are strong, I never though I would find someone to force me to use chi in this place." Ranma stated to the downed warrior. Kuno only smiled weakly at the draconic boy.

"Thou art strong as well, not one here has forced me to use chi either, yet thou have. Thou art truly a dragon?" He questioned

"Hai."

Kuno moved slowly as he rose, his sword slowly making its way back into a ready position. His legs and arms shaking from the effort of it all, Ranma watched and his respect for this man as a fighter grew every second.

"I might know that I have not a chance at victory Ryu-sama, but I shall never concede defeat, to do so is a dishonor." Kuno spoke in a whisper.

"Must I knock you out?" Ranma asked.

"Hai. Tiss the only way I might walk away with some pride." Kuno smiled then, "Might I ask of thou one thing however?"

"What do you wish?" Ranma asked already knowing what would be asked.

"I wish to be stronger, please train me." Kuno asked desperation hidden under layers of pride, yet Ranma could still hear it. His time in the Musk left him better able to see through the masks people built for their own protection.

Ranma only nodded, then he was gone from sight. Kuno felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck before falling to the ground unconscious. A small smile graced his features as he hit the ground.

"You beat him?" A voice suddenly exclaimed in confusion. Ranma looked towards the school and saw the large crowd that had gathered to watch the fight, both teachers and students looked on in shock.

"No one's ever been able to beat him, sept Akane." Another voice said in an audible whisper.

Ranma only shook his head before picking up his fallen foe and carrying him into the school. Right in the nick of time too, for as he entered the building rain began to poor profusely. The rain was enough to wake most of the downed fighter and they in turn woke or carried in the others, but one person stood stock still after the fights end.

Akane was shocked by the fights results, not only had Kuno been able to use the chi energy Ranma had used, but the fact that he asked Ranma for training was more than she could take. She had always known him to be proud, even arrogant in his abilities. To ask for training from the Ryu-Kikei was like admitting that he was better than him. She also wondered if perhaps he had held back on her in his fights, that perhaps she was not the strongest fighter in the school.

She shook her head strongly, trying to remove that though. For if she admitted it, she would loose all confidence in her abilities as they were.

"Akane, come inside. You're getting soaked out here." A voice shocked her from her musings. Looking up she saw her sister standing in the rain, a book over her head.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." She huffed as she entered the school building, swearing to herself that she would find some way to take down the Ryu-Kikei.

***

Ranma had dropped Kuno off at the school infirmary and asked that he be taken care of and for him to be directed to him after he woke. He then walked to his classroom following the wet scent of Akane. Knowing from his talk earlier in the day that he was in her class.

As he approached the door he saw Akane standing outside in the hall, wet and holding to buckets of water. She too noticed him and a scowl marred her features and grew stronger as he got closer.

"You!" She shouted and took a step towards him. "This is all your fault!"

"How is it my fault that you were late?" He asked in a bored tone.

"Because, I have always fought that mob and Kuno everyday and got to class on time. The only difference here today was you, so it has to be your fault!" She screeched.

"Is it my fault that he decided to take me seriously?" Ranma asked as he brushed past her into the room. As his back was turned, Akane's fury rose to new heights, she would not let the freak have the last word, not after everything he had done to her. Quickly she dropped one bucket and swung the other at him, intent on drenching him in water and revealing his secret to the entire class, so they could see him as the pervert he was.

She had however been ill prepared to hit him. As the water sailed towards his form, he blurred from sight and appeared at an empty desk. The water however had left its pail and was sailing through the air. Akane could only watch helplessly as it its way toward the teachers face.

"Tendo Akane." Her teacher growled menace growing around his figure.

"I go to check to see what it is that is causing you distress, and I see you trying to assault the new student, then get me soaked." It wasn't a question just a statement.

"B-but it's his fault." She whined as she pointed at Ranma, who sat innocently at his desk.

"You know what, I don't care what your problem with the new kid is, just stay in the hall." The teacher growled.

"But-"

"The Hall!" The teacher seemed to roar, Akane quickly turned around and closed the door.

"And you new, kid." The teacher rounded and turned at Ranma. "Just for amusements sake, what's your excuse for being late to class hmm?"

"Would you fault someone for taking an injured classmate to the infirmary?" Ranma asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Just, just get up front and introduce yourself." The flustered teacher face-palmed and pointed at the front of the classroom. Ranma slowly walked to the head of the room, aware that all eyes were on him, some of those eyes were black from the hoard he fought earlier, some glared, some looked curios, others still had hearts in their eyes.

"My name is Saotome Ranma, I shall be staying here for an unset amount of time, please go easy on me." He said with a smile that won over many, yet scared a few who had fought him earlier.

"Go easy on you? Shouldn't we be asking you that?" Some one asked jokingly.

"Yeah you totally thrashed every major fighter in the school except Akane." Another said.

"Let me rephrase that then, Go easy on me with the book work, this is my first time in school for a while." Ranma clarified with a smile. It had been ages since he could just smile and the class looked fun. He had always been preoccupied with combat and being the best. He'd never really had time to just be a kid. Sassafras had provided a bit of time for that, but even his games had their roots in training techniques.

"Then where've you been?" A girl asked with a seductive smile.

"Lets see China for the past two years, and before that My oyagi and I move all over Japan, never staying in one place long enough for me to go to school except when he was talked to by truant officers." Ranma answered honestly.

"The heck were you doing in China?" a kid with a missing front tooth asked.

Ranma only shook his head before answering.

"If you can't figure that out after this morning you don't deserve to know." He answered coldly. Ranma suddenly felt a sensation he'd grown quite used to after He'd left the Musk.

"What is with your hair, It's cool looking in an exotic kind of way, but how's it still so silky after the dies and bleach you used?"

"Yeah and your eyes, those are some neat contact lenses, how much did they cost you?" Another girl asked, as she got real close.

Ranma closed his eyes and inhaled deeply through his nose, which in retrospect wasn't such a good idea. He could smell some of these girls arousal, and it was wholly very pleasant in some ways. But in others he knew it couldn't end well. He couldn't allow anyone close to him that couldn't handle themselves. As much as he wanted a mate one day, he knew that that day was ages in the future if not never.

Letting the breath out slowly Ranma looked back at them, most of the girls were trying to get close to him while many of the guys glared in jealousy. Instinctively he knew that he was in for a long day, if not year.

Fiori: I know what most of you are thinking right now, KUNO!!! Why am i giving him good qualities and the like and why is he one of the allies. Truth is I always thought he had more potential than the way he was written, most of Takahasi's characters are kind of one sided. I think mine need some development. Plus Kuno would be one to ask a dragon for training if he truly is that crazy thinking he's a samurai, Ranma shall fix the crazy as best he can.

Canon Ranma: I will???

Fiori: Well why not, this you is more patient and smarter.

C.R.: Fine I'll teach the bastard.

FIori: Till next time