Akane Grows Up
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma or any other series in this story. This is simply fanfiction.
!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"
Chapter Ten
"Shoryuken!"
"Aargh!" Ken Masters had wanted to see how much Kaneda had improved since he beat him in the last Street Fighter Tournament. So Ken challenged Kaneda who accepted the challenge, knowing he probably wouldn't be able to beat Ken. It was possible all that wine, women and song in which Ken had indulged might have dulled his edge. Guess not.
"Hadoken!"
In answer to this fireball attack, Kaneda whipped out his new hammer made out of silver colored ki. After spinning the hammer around so fast that he created a reflective shield, he sent the attack back on Ken. He then immediately threw the hammer at Ken knocking him back.
"Umph! What is this? Using weapons?" Ken asked incredulously.
"That was made out of ki, just like your hadoken. It simply took the shape of a hammer," Kaneda answered as another ki hammer appeared in his hand.
"So you have gotten better, eh? All right! Looks like this will be a good fight after all," Ken responded as he ran towards Kaneda and attacked with a multiple dragon punch attack.
Even though Kaneda blocked these attacks, he felt some pain from them. Once these attacks exhausted themselves out, Kaneda attacked with his ki hammer in what seemed like a haymaker, knocking Ken back several feet.
Upon the end of Kaneda's most recent attack, Ken landed on his feet with an acrobatic flip. "Hadoken!"
"Yeow!" "I'm surprised he was able to do that."
Upon regaining the intuitive, Ken attacked with the helicopter kick. Kaneda quickly spun his hammer and flew himself over the attack and straight into Ken hammer first, stopping Ken's attack and knocking him down.
Kaneda then attempted to put Ken into a sleeper hold but Ken repulsed him off with a martial throw before Kaneda could get his hands on him. Before Kaneda could land on his feet Ken nailed him with an unusually fast helicopter kick, hitting Kaneda several times, front and back as he passed through him. Then Ken followed up with several rapidfire Dragon punches. "This guy's made out of steel," Ken thought as his fist connected.
"Tatsumakiiii!" Ken leaped over Kaneda's attack, coming straight for him. Kaneda then hit Ken with some powerful rapidfire, diagonal slanted, spinning kicks that knocked Ken back the same way he had come towards him. Before Ken could land, Kaneda struck him with another small tornado that his opponent could not avoid which had Ken flying in the air and hitting the ground with a thud.
Kaneda then ran towards Ken, swinging his hammer, throwing caution to the wind. "I can win this fight!"
However, Ken wasn't out of the fight, thus he got up and yelled "HAAADOOOKEEEEN!" This hadoken was huge and covered the whole area which Kaneda occupied at the time.
"Aaaaahh!" Kaneda screamed in pain as the wave of energy engulfed him. Ken followed up, hitting Kaneda with a fast helicopter kick that struck his opponent several times almost stunning him. And when Kaneda tried to get up, another hadoken fireball struck him, causing him to slump to the ground unconscious. "Yeah!" Ken yelled as he raised his own hand in victory.
Akane and Chiko who had been watching the fight, ran over to him. "Are you all right?!" they asked with concern as they tried to wake Kaneda up.
"Ooooh! I'm all right. I just got knocked out," Kaneda answered rather weakly. "I should have kept up my guard. I was too eager to win that fight," he thought to himself.
"Don't feel too bad about losing to Ken. He is one of the greatest martial artists in the world. And you did pretty well against him," Ryu said to him.
"You might have had a better chance against me if you were the real man you used to be. You used to have all sorts of women. But now you're a sissy because you chase after this Akane chick. She ain't that bad looking but nowhere near as hot as the babes I've seen you with," Ken stated.
"Ken, don't make judgments on his personal life like that. It's rude," Ryu admonished.
"What?!" Ken said. "I'm just saying that Kaneda would be more of a man if he wasn't so whipped."
"Don't say things like that! You Pervert!" Akane demanded, getting in his face.
"I'll say what I want. I'm not whipped like your boyfriend over there," Ken said turning his back to Akane.
"Oh, you pervert!" Akane yelled, knocking Ken into the stratosphere with her ki mallet.
"Now that he had coming," Ryu said as he saw how far Ken had flown further and further away.
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"You didn't have to mallet Ken like that, Akane," Kaneda said to her as they sparred together the next day.
"I did it for me. Honestly, he was worse than Ranma or you, for that manner. I'm glad you don't chase women anymore. But I still think you're a pervert for what you did with those women," Akane said.
Kaneda paused for a moment. "I hope you'll be kind enough to forgive my past."
"Achoo!" Akane sneezed.
"You all right Akane?" Kaneda asked.
"I think I'm catching a cold. I better go home," Akane said as she ran off.
Later that day, Akane and Ranma were home alone with Akane still sneezing. Then whenever she sneezed Ranma would hug her.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Akane screamed in a rage.
"It's not want you think, Akane. Whenever someone sneezes I have this uncontrollable desire to hug them."
"You expect me to believe that?!" Akane screamed.
!SMASH! "Nihao!"
"What do you want, Shampoo?!" Akane demanded.
Before anyone could blink, Shampoo struck a huge gong in the room. !GONG! "Akane give man way too too affectionate hug to any man except Ranma!" Shampoo commanded as she stuffed a small dim sum that looked like a marshmallow with a green dot on the top down Akane's throat.
At that point, Kuno showed up unexpectedly, ready to challenge Ranma yet again. !GONG! "At last, thou hast shown thy love for me, sweet Akane," the samurai said as Akane found herself hugging onto him tightly.
"Get out of here!" Akane screamed, breaking herself free of his hold and knocking the samurai into the sky.
"Hello, Akane. I brought you some gifts from my travels," Ryoga said, coming inside carrying a small bell that unfortunately for Akane rang at that moment, making the young girl hug him.
"I'm so happy! I'd never thought Akane would show her love for me in this way!" !POW! "Oooh!" the lost boy screamed as he went flying into the atmosphere via Akane's mallet.
"Do you believe me now, Akane?!"
"All right, I believe you!"
Faster than the eye could follow Ranma grabbed the dim sum in Shampoo's hands and stuffed the rest down her throat. !GONG! "Shampoo, go home peaceably," Ranma ordered. !GONG!
"Shampoo go home now."
"It looks like I got here just in time," Kaneda thought as he saw Shampoo leave the area. He had showed up at the Tendo household with some Chuan Bei Gong Li, cooked pear with Chinese herbs. This was medicinal food made to help Akane get over her cold. Kaneda had put it in a container to keep it warm.
!GONG! The wind had made the gong inside the house go off, making Akane immediately hug Kaneda upon seeing him.
"Well, it's nice to see you too Akane. I brought you something. This will help you with your cold," Kaneda explained as he evaded Akane's mallet.
"Oh. Thanks, Kaneda," Akane said as even the smell of the cooked pear began to make her feel better.
"We don't need you around here. So you can leave!" Ranma said as he kicked Kaneda into the atmosphere.
"Ranma, that wasn't nice!" Akane stated after having eaten the cooked pear. "I actually feel a whole lot better. I'm not even sneezing anymore."
"That's good. I really didn't want to have to hug an uncute, psycho chick like you anyway," Ranma said in relief as Akane prepared to mallet him.
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Next day, as Kaneda and Akane were sparring Akane had a hard time landing a blow, even though she had improved remarkably. But when she did land a blow Kaneda was knocked back into the wall of his dojo. If his place wasn't so reinforced he would have went through the wall!
"Yay! I did it!"
"This must be when I ate those super soba. Akane's strong now. But I need to show her strength isn't everything. A martial artist should have the total package," Kaneda thought.
"Okay, Akane. It seems you've gotten stronger. Let's see if you've improved your speed as well. As they continued to spar, Kaneda avoided getting hit by her and used hit and run tactics to wear her down.
As the sparring match progressed, Akane began to get frustrated, lost her focus, and began to attack wildly. "Akane get your focus back! You've been doing so well." Then Kaneda struck Akane with a well placed shiatsu attack that sent her to the ground.
"Strength is a good thing to have. But don't disregard things like speed and skill," Kaneda instructed as he offered her his hand to help her up.
"All right!" Akane screamed as she recovered, got up, and left in a huff.
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Later that day Kaneda and Miku were watching the Martial Arts Badminton Tournament between Akane and Shampoo with Akane quickly overpowering her opponent.
"Is Akane taking steroids?" Miku asked innocently.
"No, it's not that simple," Kaneda explained.
!GLOMP! "Kaneda come to see Silk?" Silk said with glee.
"I'm here to see this match," Kaneda said as he broke free of Silk's hold.
"Get away from her!" Mousse called out as he grabbed Kaneda with chains and threw him several feet away, slamming him through a window of a nearby house. He also followed up with some shooting dagger attacks.
"What the?!"
"Gasp!"
"Sorry about this. I'll pay for the damages," Kaneda said to the family of the home into which he had been thrown. Then he leaped through the roof of the home and used his hammer to propel himself at Mousse.
"Mousse, I've had it! If you had any honor you would have simply challenged me instead of surprise attacking me like this! I then would have just defeated you. But now I'm going to give you the beating of your life!" Kaneda threatened.
"You talking pretty tough for a guy that got beat up by a blond haired guy from America! I know now that you really can't beat me in a real fight," Mousse said as he shot auto-fire daggers at him.
Kaneda deflected away the first volley of daggers. Then he reflected the next volley back at Mousse.
"Aaugh!" Fortunately for Mousse, all the metal gear in his robes reduced the damage he took.
As Mousse leaped into the air over Kaneda, he whipped out a huge wrecking ball swinging it at his opponent the same way wrecking balls were swung. This ball was so big that it covered the whole area that Kanda was in, hitting him and knocking him back several feet. Then Kaneda responded by throwing some ki hammers at Mousse, taking the duck boy down.
The fight became so exciting that it drew away the attention of some of the people who were watching the match between Akane and Shampoo.
Mousse then shot at him with some acupuncture needles which Kaneda blocked with his hammer. However, this attack was a feint. Mousse actually struck Kaneda from the air above with the huge wrecking ball again slamming him into the ground.
Kaneda was not beaten yet as he picked up the wrecking ball and shattered it. Then he flew at Mousse in a rage, hitting the surprised amazon with several rapid-fire punch and kick combinations which sent Mousse to the ground injured and unconscious.
!GLOMP! "You fight Mousse for Silk!"
"I fought him because he attacked me. Now if you'll excuse me," Kaneda said as he took off after Akane and Ranma, having noticed that both of them were gone.
"Ranma, Akane, what hapened?" Kaneda asked.
"I'm all right, Kaneda. I had a strength boost that gave me whiskers. Ranma just gave me the antidote," Akane explained.
"Well, I'm glad it worked out. By the way Akane, the training I've been giving you has made you both stronger and faster. So you really don't need to grow whiskers."
"How come you don't look surprised at what happened?" Ranma asked with suspicion, having regarded Kaneda as Akane explained everything.
"Akane exhibited a great deal of strength last time I had sparred with her. But all's well that ends well," Kaneda answered in reply.
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As Kaneda was out for a jog he saw some papers all over the place. When he reached for one he read, "Ranma is weak."
"This was when Ranma lost his strength due to that Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion. I think I'll ask around some of my friends and associates just in case Happosai tries that on me."
But before he could do anything else his danger sense went off. He quickly moved out of the way as a spark barely missed him.
"Blast it! Almost had him!" Happosai exclaimed as Kaneda looked up at him.
"What's the big idea?" Kaneda asked with rage.
"I don't like you, Kaneda. I hate how you've kept me from those pretty young girls at your dojo. How dare you deprive an old man of his pleasure?" Happosai asked with indignation.
Happosai threw another Moxibustion at him. But this time Kaneda missile deflected the attack right back to Happosai with his ki hammer, making Happosai work hard to avoid being hit by his own attack. While this was going on, Kaneda nailed Happosai with a thrown ki hammer. "Ohh! Blast you! That hurt! I'll get you for this!" Happosai screamed as he leaped away.
Chiko Nakada, one of the teachers that worked for Kaneda, ran up to him. "I saw that! You acted like that little spark was dangerous!"
"It was. Have you ever heard of the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion?" Kaneda asked her.
"No, I haven't. What is it?"
"It's a chi attack that robs someone of his strength making that person weaker than a baby. I don't know whether or not there's a cure for it. So I'm going to ask my friends and associates if they have a cure for it."
"Why are you so concerned if Happosai didn't hit you with it?" Chiko asked.
"Ranma got hit with it. And he might hit me with it some time in the future. There's also a chance he might use it on one of my students. I want a cure ready just in case."
"Hmmm. That makes sense. But how did you know the name of that attack?"
"Um, I've done a lot of studying on all kinds of martial arts techniques," Kaneda answered quickly.
Dan Feng, another teacher who worked for Kaneda, ran up to them. "Was that the perverted old guy?" he asked.
"Yes. That was him. We have some phone calls and emails to make. Then we got to go back to the dojo. Come on. Let's go. I'll explain on the way."
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After being weakened by the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion and clobbered by his many rivals, Ranma had gone out to the Yomogi Valley, the moxa rock capital of the world in order to find a cure for his weakness along with his father and Ukyo. Eventually Cologne and Akane caught up with them. While Cologne was training Ranma in the Heaven Blast of the Dragon Kaneda arrived there with Chiko and Dan.
"In order to learn this technique your opponent must hit you and not hold back. It's obvious that Ukyo and Akane don't really want to attack you full on. And at the same time, Ranma, you must attack be willing to unleash this attack on these girls. If not all of this is pointless," Cologne stated.
"You need someone who can fight Ranma without holding back? Fine. I'll volunteer myself," Kaneda said with Dan and Chiko behind him. "Maybe I'll learn this technique at the same time."
"All right. Ranma, assume the position. Kaneda, you must hit Ranma with everything you got. Understand?" Cologne asked.
"Yes," Kaneda answered.
Kaneda attacked Ranma furiously with punch and kick combinations, forcing Ranma to evade all these attacks and keep moving in a spiral. But despite Ranma's attempts to evade, Kaneda still got some hits in. Ranma kept retreating in a spiral until he finally reached the end and !KRAK! Kaneda went flying into the air with a huge tornado that was visible for miles right below him. Then he came crashing to the ground.
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When Kaneda woke up inside a tent he looked up and saw Chiko and Dan looking down on him. Both of them looked very happy.
"Kaneda! My grandfather called me on his cell phone. He said he could probably figure out how to cure Ranma of the Moxibustion. But he's already figured out how to resist it," Chiko said with excitement.
"That's good, Chiko. We'll start including how to resist attacks like that in our training as soon as possible," Kaneda answered.
"Well, learning to resist an attack like the Moxibustion isn't that easy. It wouldn't take you that long to learn it. And it wouldn't take Dan or me much longer. But for a new student it would take a while," Chiko answered.
"All right. Let's go back to the dojo and see how long building up a resistance takes. There's something I want to tell you two when we get back," Kaneda said as he got up.
As Ranma and the others got ready to leave, Akane saw Kaneda and his teachers getting ready to leave as well. "Kaneda, are you all right?"
"Yes, Akane. I can take anything Ranma can dish out. Don't worry me about me."
"That's right! Besides we have the c..." Kaneda stopped Dan from saying anymore.
"Well, we got to get going. See you around," Kaneda said.
Cologne eyed Kaneda and his friends suspiciously with scrutiny. "Kaneda seemed to have been paying a great deal of attention to what was happening. If I didn't know better I'd think he learned the heaven blast himself. I've not forgotten that he's a teacher. Unlike Soun Tendo, he actually has students. I'll have to keep my eye on him."
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"All right. So what did you guys learn?" Kaneda asked his two teachers while they were at his dojo.
"First, why did you shut me up before?" Dan asked.
"Sorry about that. I didn't want that old lady to hear you. She's very sneaky and dangerous. She's as formidable as Happosai. That's not all. I've figured out that technique Ranma used on me. I'll teach it to you but we have to keep it a secret," Kaneda explained.
At that moment Chiko's grandfather showed up. "I found the cure! Now here is how one can be cured. I might as well to tell you how to make yourself immune to the Moxibustion too while I'm here," Chiko's grandfather said to them.
Over the course of time, they learned both how to resist the Moxibustion and to cure it. After all this, Kaneda led them to the high school where he knew Ranma's big fight with Happosai would be.
When they got there, they saw a huge tornado with papers were flying all over the place. While this was happening, Chiko grabbed a picture of Ranmachan in sexy lace underwear.
"Gee, this girl's hot. I'm so jealous," Chiko said.
"That's Ranma, Chiko. You know about Ranma's curse, don't you?" Kaneda asked. Chiko had a shocked look on her face.
"You mean Ranma looks this hot as a girl?"
"I'm afraid so. He's been trying to find a cure for his curse for months now. I don't know if he ever will find a cure. But when this spectacle is over we can help Ranma get over the Moxibustion," Kaneda explained.
Then Kaneda noticed that Ranma and Akane had gotten out of the spiraling tornado. He then immediately threw his ki hammer into the air and used it to fly himself towards them. When he reached them he said, "grab onto me, both of you!" Kaneda yelled out. With one hand around Akane Ranma reached over and grabbed on to Kaneda.
"All right! Now hold on tight!" Kaneda ordered as he maneuvered away from the spiraling tornado. Eventually he landed on the ground with them gently.
Upon seeing them land, Kaneda's crew and Ranma's friends and family ran up to them. "Where's the chart?" one of them asked.
"It got shredded up," Ranma said sadly. "But that's all right. Thanks for all your help," Ranma said as he left.
"Ranma, wait!" Kaneda called out. Chiko's grandfather has the cure for the… Ungh!" Kaneda screamed as he felt a burning on his back. His defense to the Moxibustion immediately activated and repulsed the Moxibustion as the kanji symbol for it fell harmlessly to the ground.
Kaneda quickly turned towards Happosai. "Happosai! You are so dead!" Kaneda yelled as he chased after the old pervert.
"What? How did you repulse the Moxibustion?" Happosai asked in surprise. Happosai evaded Kaneda's attacks until Kaneda threw a ki hammer at him, the old man evading the ki hammer with ease.
"You'll have to do better than that boy! Blahh!" Happosai said as he stuck his tongue at Kaneda. He was unaware of the fact that the ki hammer he had dodged was headed straight for his back though.
!SLAM! "Oooh!" the old man moaned as Kaneda walked over to him and grabbed him. However, Happosai escaped his grasp and hit him with a Happo smoke bomb.
"Ooh! Cough!"
When the smoke cleared, Happosai was gone. Then they all heard Happosai's voice that seemed to be coming from everywhere. "This isn't over, Kaneda! I'll get you yet!"
"Anytime, old man!" Kaneda yelled out.
"Is that really true? Do you really have a cure?" Akane asked Chiko.
"Yes, we do. We just have to track Ranma down. Then we can administer the cure," Chiko answered.
Ranma then reappeared. "Did you guys say there was a cure?"
"Yes, Ranma just let my grandfather help you," Chiko answered as her grandfather poked Ranma's back.
!ZZZGT! "Ow! Whoa! My strength is returning! Yes! I'm back!"
At that moment Kaneda walked up to Akane. "You might want Ranma to stay away from your home for a while. He's sure to revel in the return of his power," Kaneda whispered to Akane.
"Hey! Get away from Akane!" Ranma yelled with authority as he folded his arms around his chest. Then he walked up to Kaneda and glared at him.
"Wait a minute!" Chiko exclaimed. "If it wan't for Kaneda, you'd still be a weakling. He's the one who looked for the cure and got me to get my grandfather over here to give you the cure!"
Ranma stopped for a moment. "Uh, yeah. Thanks Kaneda. And thanks to you especially sir," Ranma said to Chiko's grandfather as he bowed.
"That's better, son," Genma said to Ranma after appearing out of nowhere. "I know I taught you good manners."
"What?! When did you ever teach me manners?!" Ranma yelled.
"Well, Ranma. How about if I test your newly returned strength with another match? But let's have it somewhere where the environment won't be damaged," Kaneda requested.
"Sure, no problem," Ranma answered with confidence.
"Wait! I want to fight him first! I'll let you have what's left over, Kaneda!" Ryoga called out as he marched towards Ranma.
"Ryoga, you're a nice guy and all. This is not the time to fight Ranma. He's just got his strength back. You know the saying 'that which doesn't kill you can only make you stronger.' Well, Ranma is now stronger than he was before. It's better if he fights me. I can take a beating. I've been beaten up by some powerful fighters. If he beats me up badly, he'll realize how strong he is and will be more careful towards his environment. That would include Akane's home, Ranma," Kaneda said seriously as he regarded Ranma.
"No! I'll fight him now!" Ryoga screamed as he ran over to Ranma and attacked. Ranma easily evaded his attacks and hit Ryoga several times with the last blow knocking Ryoga back.
"He is stronger. And he's a little faster than usual. Oh no. He's going to hit me again," !CRACK! Ryoga went flying into the sky via Ranma's powerful roundhouse kick that he could not have avoided. "I'll get you for this Ranmaaaaa!"
"Next!" Ranma said as he turned to Kaneda.
"Wait, Kaneda! Ranma has really gotten stronger. Maybe you shouldn't fight him," Akane suggested with concern.
"That's all right, Akane. Ken Masters is still stronger than Ranma is now. If I can take a beating from Ken, I can take a beating from Ranma," Kaneda answered.
One of the students at the school yelled out with a megaphone "LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!" As Kaneda faced off with Ranma.
"I hope you're not bitter about this, Ranma. But you need to learn how strong you are," Kaneda said.
"Whatever. You're gonna learn how strong I am real quick," Ranma said as he attacked, forcing Kaneda to block and counter attack, each getting some hits in. Then they were going at it toe to toe. But this time Ranma didn't back up. Even though both were throwing volleys of rapid-fire attacks, neither gave ground.
"Ouch! He has gotten stronger. But I really want to wipe that smirk off his face," Kaneda surmised.
"He's gotten tougher as well. I feel like I'm hitting concrete steel. He's tougher than Ryoga. I think he has some way of getting stronger over time. I'll surely beat him today, but I'll have to stay on my toes," Ranma contemplated.
Upon knocking Kaneda back with a two fisted power punch, Ranma ran towards Kaneda intending to finish him off. Despite the situation, Kaneda dropped to the ground and kicked Ranma with several rapidfire combinations while Ranma flew over him.
As Ranma landed on his feet Kaneda also got up. They then flew into each other. Caution was thrown into the wind as they rained blows on each other, the blows sounding like thunder and lightning.
"This is a pretty good fight," Ken Masters said the fight raged on. Ken, Ryu and Chun Li had just arrived from a mission against Shadowlaw.
"Kaneda's actually has gotten better since I've beaten him. That zenchi of his must really work. But he was right about one thing. I am stronger than the guy he's fighting," Ken said proudly.
"I don't know if even I could beat Kaneda now," Chun Li thought to herself. "I can see why Kaneda trains so hard. This Ranma guy's really tough. And he's only a teenager. He might be a match for Ken or Ryu when he grows up."
When it looked like they both would go down, Kaneda went down but Ranma quickly righted himself up. "Psyche!" Ranma said, exulting over his victory.
Kaneda tried to get up again but collapsed into a heap on the ground.
"That was a great fight!" some of the students at the school yelled out. The spectators cheered out loud, some for Kaneda, some for Ranma, but most just cheered for having watched a good fight. Ranma, of course, thought that the cheers were for him alone. So he did victory poses for the crowd and soaked in the cheers.
"Two defeats in one week. How do you live with yourself, Kaneda?" Ken asked him. "Maybe you should stick to fighting henchmen and soldiers."
"Ken, there's no need for you to be insulting. Don't forget. His fiancée knocked you into orbit after you beat him," Ryu said solemnly.
"Hey! She surprised me. And it wasn't like I wasn't a little bit hurt from the blows Kaneda did manage to get in. It's just like a whipped guy like him to hide behind his girlfriend's skirt," Ken answered indignantly.
Ranma walked up to Ken. "So you're the guy Kaneda thinks is stronger than me. You're not so tough. I could kick your ass just like Kaneda's."
"Listen kid, don't get cocky with me. Don't think just because you beat Kaneda that you could beat me. Kaneda's whipped because of that Akane girl," Ken responded.
"You're wrong! Akane's my fiancée. And I'm sure I can beat you too. I'm the best there is. The best!" Ranma stated with confidence.
"What? So this chick has two fiancés, and you know about each other? You're both whipped! At least Kaneda has had other women. Have you had any women? You're a virgin most likely," Ken asked mockingly.
"That's it!" Ranma said as he attacked Ken. But Ken easily evaded Ranma's attacks. Ranma was a little tired from the fight he had had with Kaneda so his attacks were less on point. Ken then countered with a few punch and kick combinations. While Ranma was stunned Ken struck with the dragon punch knocking the pigtailed boy out.
"Maybe you should recover from the fight you just had, kid. I guess Kaneda's stronger than I thought. Oh, by the way, Kaneda! Chun Li, Ryu and I could use a place to stay for a few days. Can we crash at your place?" Ken asked.
"Crash? You can stay at my home, but no parties, no underage girls, no drinking, and no damaging my house. There's a garden out back. So practice outside. And keep in mind that I teach students. Don't disturb my classes. All right?" Kaneda said as he recovered from his previous beating.
"Okay, Mother! Man you're uptight! You're no fun at all. All right. It's your home," Ken said.
"I'll make sure Ken doesn't do anything to trouble you," Ryu said.
"Same goes for me!" Chun Li parroted as Ken rolled his eyes at them.
"Well, I'm going home now so you might as well come along. Come on guys! Kaneda said to Chiko and Dan as they and Kaneda's friends followed him home.
"Oh wait, Kaneda!" Akane called out as she ran up to him. "I still want to keep learning from you."
"Sure no problem, Akane," Kaneda answered with a smile.
"Ranma won the fight, but Kaneda got the girl, because he has all the money," Nabiki said appearing out of nowhere, counting the money she had made on the fight.
"Kaneda has some powerful friends. Chun Li looks familiar. I could swear I've seen someone who looks like her before. This bears some investigating," Cologne thought to herself as she leaped home.
"C'mon, boy. It's time for us to go home as well. Wake up. You weren't hit that hard. Besides, it's almost time for dinner," Genma said as he kicked Ranma's in the side, getting him up.
"I knew Ranma would beat Kaneda. But Kaneda sure is tough though," Ukyo thought as she walked home. Everybody else then went home.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Another chapter finished! I plan to put some of the anime episodes in this fanfic in the future. But the timeline I plan to use is still the basically going to be the manga.
If you have some suggestions about which anime episodes I should write in this fanfic tell me when you review. I want to thank Nitro for giving me the idea of having Ken fight Kaneda.
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