Ranma calmed down after Li deposited her on Akane's lap. The others just sat on the porch with her, waiting for Ranma to snap out of it.
"So, Is it always so interesting around here?"
"Oh. Yeah." Akane replied shortly. "After Ranma moved in a few years ago, things like this have become normal."
"I'm not sure this is the best place to be training Kyo." Li muttered as Akane leaned down to check on Ranma's progress. "With mishaps like this happening all the time, discipline here must be incredibly relaxed." With Li, his entire life revolved around discipline and control. He possessed an incredible amount of magical energy that required a part of him to be aware of it at all times. In a chaotic situation like the one that they had just gone through Li could pitch hit and solve problems with a rapidity that sometimes surprised others. But the calm Chinese preferred controlled situations.
"Yeah, the amount of gender confusion around here is enough to make the CAT insane." Kyo agreed, but didn't really see how lax discipline was necessarily a bad thing. "I'd like to fight them though, just to see how tough they are."
"Yeah." Li grinned, he'd been thinking that too.
Once Ranma had calmed down the two visitors explained their situation and decision to the couple, and they agreed. Ranma mostly because he really hated not remembering what happened when he turned into a "cat" and was really finding himself nervous around Kyo, Akane because she really didn't care to have two more people with weird abilities around her.
But they agreed to a match. Kyo vs. male Ranma. Akane vs. Li.
"You do realize that having these at the same time in the same area, we are most likely to…"
"Yeah, it'll be interesting."
"Don't worry Li, I'll save you from Akane if you need it."
"Very funny, I was going to say the same to you."
"Huh?"
"Duck."
Li pulled Kyo down just as Akane's foot shoved through the suddenly empty space.
"Nice." Kyo looked up at her form and nodded, impressed. Li and Kyo sprung apart from each other and took up stances. Ranma, back in boy mode, grinned and took up a stance of his own. Kyo frowned, he'd never seen anyone start out with their hands at their sides before.
"Li."
"Defensive!" Li shot out, after a quick glance taken ducking out from under Akane's fist. She was fast, but he was faster. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her toward him. Rolling onto his back he flipped her across the room into a pile of pads in the corner. She tumbled in midair and landed on her feet.
Kyo, having determined that Ranma would not make the first move, decided that since the phrase, "Anything goes" seemed to be a keyword in the dojo, that mewling a bit should be useful. He may not have the vocal cords of a cat, but he knew what one sounded like. Ranma instantly tensed, Kyo used that moment to attack.