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1 = Notes
After getting back home Kenichi ran to his room and had stars in his eyes as his dark future turned bright in a matter of days.
"(I have a friend who is learning martial arts, a cute girl who invited me over to her and her home is the place I'm going to train from now on.)"
In his mind Kenichi could already see himself, the pride of the master that is teaching at Ryozanpaku, Miu-san falling in love with him and Ranma-san will be there to encourage him.
"Yes, I can't wait for it to come true. Now the first step to a brighter future is to look at that map."
The young Shirahama opened the paper and suddenly his dreams about a bright future scattered.
"THIS is a map?"
The jungle of descriptions, illustrations and arrows pointing from said drawing to another made no sense to Kenichi.
"There goes my bright future."
Hearing himself say that he shook his head, not believing that he would give up before he even started!
"No! I have to decipher this map so I can make my dreams come true!" With that Kenichi went to his table got out a map of the ward and tried to find key locations or landmarks using it along with the paper Miu-san gave him.
After two hours of trying to solve this puzzle before him Kenichi felt frustrated.
"I can't figure this out, no matter how I try this map doesn't have any landmarks that I can use."
He threw the Nerima map away and because he moved to quickly, he fell backwards with the chair.
Kenichi was about to swear that this might be the biggest disappointment in his life when his door opened.
"Onii-san why are you so loud?" In the door stood Honoka, Kenichi's sister dressed in her pyjamas.
Kenichi got up from the ground and went over to her sister. While explaining why he caused such a ruckus he closed his eyes.
"Nothing to worry about Honoka-chan. Oniisan is just thinking too hard and..."
"So this is what you were up to?" Kenichi opened his eye lids to see that his sister wasn't in front of him and she stood at his desk looking at the paper Miu gave her.
"How did you get over there?"
After a moment of silence Honoka looked at Kenichi.
"Onii-san did a girl gave this to you?"
Kenichi was shocked that his little sister found it out this fast. Before he could say anything else Honoka continued.
"You can't read this map Onii-chan?"
This caught Kenichi's attention as he ran over to her.
"You can understand this?"
"Of course I can." As Honoka said this Kenichi fell to his knees in front of her.
"Please decipher it, please Honoka-chan."
The little girl had a huge smile as she grabbed the Miu made map and a map of Nerima. Using a piece of cloth as a forehead protector she started working.
After thirty minutes later Honoka came back with another piece of paper in her hand.
"Here you go onii-chan."
That night Kenichi slept well.
-Mean while at Ryozanpaku-It was already past dinner time and most of the masters had retreated to their rooms.
Then again there were some who didn't have that luxury to go to bed when they wanted to. The young Saotome sat in the living room ready to go out and train once Happosai finished what he's doing.
"Ranma would like to play with Apachai?" The huge Thai asked the pigtailed boy who wasn't sure if he had time or not but a game couldn't hurt, right?
"Yeah, but I'm not sure if we can finish it or not."
"Apa, going out again?"
"Yeah. Old leach keeps saying that he will only teach me these techniques at night... not sure why."
Suddenly Ranma had a bad feeling and by instinct he jumped up to evade a small jet of water. The funny thing was that he ran into another one. The redhead turned in the air to see who it was and landed on the ground.
"Because, if I tortured you at day I would have the police after me." Happosai said as he stood in front of Ranma armed with two water pistols. Not satisfied by the look he got from the pigtailed girl, he quickly felt up her breasts and started running.
Behind him he could hear the well known voice of the buxom red head.
"I WILL KILL YOU, YOU OLD CREEP!"
The chase ended near the park where the pigtailed girl caught up to her master. Followed up by dishing out righteous female fury, Happosai was about four feet deep in the ground with a still angry redhead ready to strike when the old master dares to crawl out of the hole.
"You ready to come out so I can beat you some more or do you want be to buried alive?"
Happosai climbed out of his hole and saw the redhead ready to strike so he quickly jumped away and landed as far as he could.
"It's about time you calm down Ranma. You are wasting precious training time." This made the redhead stop attacking.
Ranma shot a last look of hatred towards Happosai before she calmed herself and prepared for the nights training.
"I'll still beat you for that."
"I'm sure you'll try but for now I want you to tell me briefly what..."
"... you said I have to do for training. Just like every night since we started this special training."
Happosai was silent for a moment before he exhaled.
"This won't be easier tonight than it was yesterday."
"Fine. You made me run thirty laps around the park after you attached two iron balls to my legs and you also prohibited me from using ki."
Happosai nodded at that and from the look he gave, Ranma knew that a question was coming.
"Now tell me why am I making you do this?"
"Other than having a good laugh at my torment? Probably to help increase my endurance, physical strength as well as my speed a little."
"Good. Now for tonight I will teach you one of my techniques."
"I hope it's not like the Happo Dai Karen when you throw a huge firecracker." Ranma soon found out that while the firecracker isn't as menacing as a ki blast, it's still an adversary when in the mouth when it explodes.
Seeing that Ranma-chan was now on the ground, smoke coming from her mouth that even a big time chain smoker or a factory chimney could be envious of Happosai took the moment of peace to continue his speech.
"This technique can be only thought to those who are experienced in controlling ki. This technique causes the opponent to hallucinate and mess up the victims senses. This dreaded technique that I created is called: Happo Akumu Nori"
Ranma still lying flat on the ground quickly sat up, the pain already forgotten.
"Happo Nightmare Ride? Looks like you really don't know how to give a good name."
Happosai jumped onto Ranma's leg and held a firecracker in his hand.
"Want to taste another fire cracker again, my dear little heir?"
Ranma wisely chose to shut up. One explosion in the mouth a day is one more than the doctor advised.
"Now that I have your full attention I might as well start teaching it to you." Happosai got off of Ranma and took up a snake stance.
"Come at me Ranma and don't hold back." Ranma didn't have to hear it twice as he dashed towards Happosai.
The old master dodged the pigtailed boy's right knuckle and tapped it. That followed up by Ranma using a knifehand (karate chop) to remove Happosai from his range.
The old man stopped Ranma's hand as if it was nothing. The young Saotome couldn't believe his eyes.
"How?"
"You are already under the techniques effect." Happosai then pushed his student's arm away and the boy flew away with it.
Ranma landed but when he moved his arm he was sure something wasn't right.
"What the fuck? It felt like my arm was made of lead!"
"I see you still don't believe your eyes." Happosai said as he came closer to Ranma and the pigtailed boy couldn't fight back the fear as the old man started growing.
He closed his eyes fearing what could happen next, when he felt a tap on his leg he opened his eyes only to see Happosai standing next to him, back in his original size.
"I guess the technique caught your interest."
"Alright old man, I understand you had to touch me somewhere but how did you make me feel and see things?"
"All of that comes down to ki control. When I tapped your arm I planted some of my ki into your arm. That first ruined your sense to feel after that you didn't feel it when I touched your shoulder and forehead."
Hearing this Ranma to be silent for a moment before he realised something.
"Wait... I didn't see it when you touched my forehead!"
"That is the next thing of this technique, if you use a bigger amount of ki it can randomly mess with one of the five senses."
"So you gambled that it would mass with my eyes. Then this technique HAS its faults."
Happosai was calm at hearing this, he even had a cocky look.
"IF you master the technique you will know that each of the five senses react to a different level of ki."
Ranma went through the technique in his head once again and showed a cocky smile as a sign that he understood how it worked.
"Well than I should start, if I want to master it before dawn."
"So... according to the map I should turn right here and then I should see Ryozanpaku." Kenichi was running around town following the map, a few times did he think that maybe Honoka didn't understand it correctly after all.
When he entered a street like every other one before, he was sure that the map was wrong, before he saw the big gate.
"I guess I was too quick to judge this map and Honoka's skill."
As he reached the gate and tried to open it he found out something else that was important. The gate wasn't just huge it was heavy as well.
That or it was locked.
"Come on! Open will you!" Kenichi tried to pry the wooden door open but it didn't budge, it was like a huge slab of rock.
When suddenly the door opened and Kenichi heard a voice coming from behind him.
"What business brings you here, young one? To our Ryozanpaku."
Turning around kenichi found himself face to stomach to a huge man as he had to look up craning his neck to see the tall man before him.
Long blondish hair and beard that was well cared and a face that seemed kind but had a stern cast to them resting on a set of broad shoulders, that were clothed in a kimono that looked to one or two sizes too small as it showed off how fit the man was.
This man was scary, so Kenichi chose to try and run away.
"Sorry! Must be the wrong place." As he ran he bumped into something and saw the man standing right in front of him.
"What the?" The huge man just moved from behind him to in front of him in a matter of seconds.
"What's with the serious look? Are you alright?" While the man was scary the kindness showed in his voice and the kind smile he wore.
"I'm not exactly an expert, but... even since my days of youth, I've never lost even a single fight!" A humble reply from a man who could boast about his victories.
"(This must be the right place than.)" Kenichi was nervous, he tried to fight it down to make a good impression.
"I'm Shirahama Kenichi! Furinji Miu recommended me to you!" He bowed in front of the older man to show his respect.
The man chuckled at the boy a little before he replied.
"You sure are a polite youngster."
The old man kept smiling as he looked at the boy in a way only a teacher can look.
"So it is through Miu. Good, follow me."
Kenichi followed the man but he felt that a few questions needed answering.
"Do you teach martial arts in this dojo?"
The answer Kenichi got was simple.
"Yes, we do teach martial arts."
The young Shirahama felt that the place was unique and the probability that he would become strong here was quite high. He looked around and saw something scary.
A tall man was hitting a large punching bag1, with a flurry of kicks and punches that it was having a hard time coming back to its original position before the next round of hits came.
Kenichi did what the any common person would do.
"What the heck is that?"
The blond man who had asked him to follow looked at the other man like it was everyday occurrence to see something like this.
"Oh, him. He is Apachai Hopachai a 28 year old Thai."
As the blond giant finished the one sided introduction the one known as Apachai punched through the heavy bag2, and then turned onto the closest thing to and continued! After breaking a few garden decorations and kicking through trees he reached the wall.
Kenichi wanted to scream in fear but the blond man quickly shut him up with a hand over his mouth.
"No need to get frightened. He is overdoing it because he is in a good mood.
HEY CUT THAT OUT!"
After that the elder continued the tour with Kenichi who was having doubts.
"(What kind of a place is this? I'm determined but it's in vain if I die on the first day!)"
As he followed the elder he could see that one of the doors was slightly ajar3. In the room stood a gorgeous looking girl.
"(Wow, there's a pretty girl too! Miu is pretty but that chick's hot! Could she be a pupil here?)"
As he enjoyed the view someone else also appeared right under him. As the young Shirahama looked down he could see a small Chinese man and he had a box full of vials and bottles.
Kenichi jumped back quickly and just as he did a hand appeared in front of his head holding a shuriken.
"What the?"
He looked at the owner of the arm and it was the old man who offered to show him around.
"You should be careful. This place can be dangerous for one's health." Kenichi swallowed audibly all the while nodding without stop.
The old man than looked at the smaller man who was still looking at the girl with the sword.
"Kensei what are you doing with your potions and brews?"
Kensei suddenly leapt away as another round of projectiles flew out of the room. The smaller man stayed silent as he seemingly was thinking about why he had it with him.
"Oh yeah! Happosai dug threw his old books and now we are trying a way to limit one's ki without killing or crippling that person."
The elder looked troubled for a moment but then a wide grin appeared on his face.
"I'm sure that something will come out of it in the end. You should hurry back."
The small Chinese man grabbed the box and walked away very slowly.
"I am hurrying but I can't afford to lose any of these potions. I don't have any of the ingredients nor do I have the knowledge to make them."
Kenichi started thinking that this maybe a madhouse or he's dreaming all of this. Still he had to voice a question.
"Don't you think that stuff about killing and crippling is a good enough sign to stop them?"
The elder started laughing but shortly after that he answered his guest.
"I think I should quote a friend of mine: A martial artist can't turn his back to a challenge."
Kenichi turned white as he followed the scary man.
The old man stopped and looked at the door next to him.
"This is the training room. It is occupied at the moment but if you are interested in our teaching methods than I could make it possible for you to check it out."
The young man pondered on it for a little before he thought that he might as well check it out. It can't be any more frightening than everything else.
"I'd like to see it, if it's possible."
The old man smiled at the manner of the boy. "Stay here for a minute I will be back shortly." As the man entered the room Kenichi started fearing for his life. He was already thinking of ways to escape when he heard the door sliding.
"I arranged it that you may watch the training. Come in already."
Kenichi entered and what first caught his eyes was a familiar face.
"Ranma-san?"
The pigtailed boy was fighting a man who had a scar on his face. Ranma was focusing on dodging and blocking as he had a hard time keeping up with the man.
On the side lines there was the small Chinese man, a tall man with a moustache and a... goblin? Whatever it was from the looks of it he was talking to the two while the Chinese man mixed some of his potions and the man with the moustache had a strange contraption in his hands and was tinkering with it.
Hayato played with his beard a little as he looked at Kenichi.
"You know our little student?"
Kenichi nodded at this, if Ranma-san was training here than the place can't be THAT bad.
"Ranma-san and I are classmates. He is also someone I think of as a friend."
The old man had seemed happy hearing this. He sat down next to the little trio by the side lines and Kenichi followed.
"Right now we are testing Ranma and trying new methods to help him. The one he is training with right now is Sakaki Shio, our karate master."
Ranma and the larger man's training was very interesting for Kenichi, both were moving very fast and yet they barely moved from where they stood.
"(Ranma-san is great but I'm sure that he doesn't have a chance against Sakaki-san. But I didn't think that Ranma-san has problems... then again hooligans and bullies often look for him.)"
As Kenichi started imagining the reasons why the bullies would be interested in Ranma, his imagination was quickly stopped when the pigtailed boy and the scarred man started speeding up and Kenichi could barely see when they blocked or attacked!
The training seemed to come to an end when Ranma's fist was caught by Sakaki. Instead of calling it the end, Sakaki lashed out with a kick that Ranma evaded by jumping up and landing on said leg. The two exchanged a look that only those who already experienced a fight they enjoyed could tell that they wanted to continue.
Before anything could happen, the man with the moustache stood up and clapped his hand that brought Sakaki and Ranma out from their trance. When he got their attention he started talking.
"Good fight. But both of you should reign in your emotions. It could become a weakness."
Sakaki seemed embarrassed at this but didn't care about it really.
Ranma could feel that this training has its merits. He hadn't had this good a workout in training in such a long time, at least not one where he only used his skills.
"(Well my limits are slowly increasing by every day.)"
He felt proud of his achievements, slowly he was increasing his skills and his speed had already increased. He did some stretches and felt that his shirt was damp and was sticking to him.
"(I should take this off after the training is over and throw it into the laundry.)"
The young Shirahama felt like he was watching a movie, it seemed unreal to see someone moving that fast and with such precision. Yet here it was, he had just seen it with his own eyes.
Kenichi couldn't hold back his excitement any longer.
"That was awesome!"
Hearing Kenichi's voice, Ranma turned around to see him.
"Kenichi, when did you arrive?"
Kenichi got up from besides the elder and ran over to Ranma.
"Not long ago. Hayato-san was kind enough to show me around." Little stars could be seen in the boy's eyes.
Sakaki saw the look in the boy's eye. Then he looked at the elder and knew what was going on.
"Hey, elder. You are not thinking about..."
The elder had a playful smile as he replied to Sakaki.
"...that Ken-chan could study martial arts here?"
The masters in the room were just as interested and surprised by the sudden turn of events.
Akisame seemed interested in the boy. As he sized him up the young Shirahama was getting nervous again.
"From the looks of it you didn't have any formal teaching in martial arts before. Have you?"
Kenichi felt like a knot was in his throat and tried to swallow it down before he answered.
"I studied karate but they didn't give me much training."
The philosopher looked at the boy again and could see the deeper meaning of his sentence.
"In other words those who had training bullied you... or am I mistaken?"
Kenichi seemed shocked that the man guessed it but he couldn't find the words to say so he only nodded.
Sakaki felt disgusted from the idea to pick on someone weaker. Not that he didn't fight with people who were weaker than him, but he isn't the one to start those fights... usually.
Ma looked at the kid and could see that he was desperate. One way or another he will train to become stronger.
"(It would be better if we train him rather than those of the Satsujin-ken.)"
Akisame felt the tension in the air so he asked one last thing.
"Why would you want to learn martial arts?"
This question earned silence that made everyone in the room nervous and waiting for the worst.
For a minute that seemed like an eternity Kenichi stayed silent. Many answers came up and went in his mind.
"(I could take revenge on those bullies. I could make them feel what it's like to be bullied! Protect others who are bullied!)" As he went through the possibilities his mind offered he felt that he should listen to his heart instead.
"I want to learn martial arts so I can be strong enough to protect others." This answer pleased the masters.
Hayato motioned to the masters to gather around. Suddenly Shigure appeared from above and landed next to Apachai.
"Well then, let me introduce ourselves officially." Kenichi was visibly thrilled to get to know each of the masters.
For starters Hayato looked at Sakaki. "Level 100 in fighting, if it exists he has it. Sakaki Shio." Next he turned to Apachai. "The top fighter known around the area. Apachai Hopachai." Up next was Kensei. "Master in all of China. Ma Kensei."Then he turned to Akisame. "The fighting philosopher. Akisame Koetsuji."
He then turned to Shigure who held a Kusarigama4 in her hands. "Mistress of all weapons... Kosaka Shigure." Then he pointed to the small man right next to him. "The grandmaster of the Musabetsu Kakuto Ryu, Happosai." Last but not least he introduced himself. "And me, Furinji Hayato. This is a dojo that helps people to cultivate their skills to reach their goals and master the martial arts." He stopped for a moment to let it all sink in before he continued. "That is all we do. We don't consider ourselves the best dojo around at the Ryozanpaku dojo."
Just as Hayato finished his speech Miu looked inside and saw that Kenichi was here already.
"Kenichi-san is here already. I'd better make some tea then."
Inside Kenichi was yelling to Miu to come back, the presence the masters had around them made him tremble. The fear disappeared as quickly as it came when Hayato looked at him again.
"I'll ask you once again, do you really want to you our Ryozanpaku?"
The question seemed like a challenge to Kenichi, he looked at the only friendly face in the room. From the looks of it Ranma wasn't even effected by their presence but the look he gave to Kenichi gave the boy courage.
"What if I said yes?"
Hayato broke into a wide smile and before Kenichi could say anything Ma brought a table seemingly out of nowhere! He then put a scroll, a brush and ink in front of Kenichi.
"Then please write your name and address here." The sudden advance of events was strange but it didn't bother Kenichi... too much.
"Okay." He did as he was instructed, then Ma continued. "That will be 2000 Yen."
While the dojo was good since it had a lot of martial arts to chose from the price was too high for a high school student.
"That's too expensive!"
Ma stayed silent for a moment. "Alright then, 1000 Yen?" Kenichi wasn't sure if the man was joking or not. He seemed quite desperate to earn money.
Seeing that Kenichi didn't react Ma said the only thing he found logical.
"How about 500 Yen?"
"(How'd it become one fourth of the original price?)" Kenichi did wonder if this will be worth it or not. The masters... Ma-san at least seemed pretty money hungry.
Ranma found the whole thing hilarious. This reminded him of Nabiki when she sold him an umbrella when he left his at the Tendos.
"(I wonder what's going on with her and the rest of the gang? It has been a few weeks since I left.)"
As Ranma pondered on how his family back in Nerima was doing Miu arrived with the tea.
"Here's the tea."
She gave everyone a cup of tea and when she reached Kenichi she just had to ask something important.
"So what would you like to learn?"
Kenichi thought about it but he came up to the most logical answer.
"Well I already learned karate, somewhat."
Hearing this Sakaki quickly said what he thought about the idea. "I already have my hands full kid. Besides, if I were to teach you then you wouldn't last three days!" He looked like his head was about to pop from anger so Kenichi hid behind Ranma. Then Kenichi saw that the goblin sat right next to Ranma and he realised something.
"Ranma-san, who is your master?"
The young Saotome tried to define his answer but he couldn't just say that he was only the disciple of Happosai otherwise why would he be here?
"Hard to say. I'm learning from all of them... so I guess all of them are my masters." While this wasn't totally correct after all he didn't learn from Hayato... yet! The masters on the other hand felt proud of themselves that a boy who already accomplished so much refers to them as his masters.
"Awesome ! Can I do that as well?" As soon as Kenichi said it the masters started snickering except for Apachai who didn't understand why the rest found funny.
After Hayato stopped snickering, (thanks to Miu shooting him a glance) he made the others stop with a clap of his hands."This brings up the question, who should teach Ken-chan?"
"I would... like it, if Koetsuji taught... or so." This came from Shigure who was sitting away from the rest by the wall.
Koetsuji looked at Shigure, if he was displeased then he didn't show it.
"Why me again?"
This caught the Elders attention as he happily said what he thought.
"Is that so?" He waited for a moment so maybe someone else will accept the task but no one volunteered."Since Koetsuji volunteered to teach, everyone else...
can go to hell for all I care..."
Kenichi wasn't sure about this and asked Miu who seemed thrilled with the choice. Or was it something else she was thrilled about?
"Miu-san..."
"It will be alright. Koetsuji-san is a very nice type... of person." As she tried to calm her classmate, Akisame went over to the two.
"You want to perfect your martial arts skills, right?"
Kenichi's confidence quivered as he answered.
"Yes! Whatever happens, I'll improve. If I don't I'll die in the hands of my senpai."
"Oh. Is that so... I understand. I too were once in your shoes when I was a child..." This caught Kenichi's interest, he just couldn't see this happen to the men before him.
"Wushu is a martial art that allows you to protect yourself on open grounds very effectively. It will be alright, because I'm not that strict." The kind smile and confidence that showed in the man's voice and face made Kenichi believe that this might be the right choice after all.
"Yes sir!"
Kenichi was holding two jugs, while he balanced a bowl on his head and two cups on his tights. If that wasn't enough he had armbands on his upper arm that had sharp pointed blade on it and under him was a lit incense stick to make sure he didn't go too low.
"E... Sensei! Excuse me, sensei!" He was trying to catch his master's attention who was sitting not far and sipping tea. His left arm lowered causing his armband to prick him, so he yelled to catch his teacher's attention.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't be severe?"
Akisame stopped sipping his tea for a moment so he could answer.
"It isn't... severe... at all."
As Kenichi was imagining the things that could count as severe to this man he caught Ranma wearing a gi coming out of the building with Sakaki.
"(Ranma-san is training with Sakaki-san? I bet his training isn't this hard.)"
"So pigtails, how does it feel that I can train you more since Akisame also has to train the kid?" The tall man was also wearing a gi like his student.
"I'm happy that Kenichi gets to train here, I'm sure he can endure it. I went through harder things when I was a kid."
After Ranma answered the two started going through katas to warm up. "I bet you did. Did Akisame tell you about the suit he's planned for you?"
Ranma could feel that he was getting tired. Without using ki that research fight already made him tired.
"Nope. What's it for?"
Sakaki finished his katas and stretched as he answered.
"Well it's supposed to be reacting to your ki, if it reaches a specific level than it will restrain your body so you won't be able to use more than that."
This suit reminded Ranma of the one that Cologne made him wear when he was in the process to master the Hiryu Shoten Ha.
"I already wore something similar a while back. Can't be that hard then." As Ranma said that he finished stretching.
"Well then we should start, we only have thirty minutes before its Shigure's turn." Sakaki got into stance as he gestured his disciple to attack him.
"I'm game." With that Ranma launched himself towards Sakaki.
The two fighters were too enveloped in there sparring to see Kenichi or Akisame. Kenichi on the other hand was amazed at what the two did. Sakaki's aimed for the pigtailed boy's chest who bended backwards and tried to kick the fist away with his right leg. When Sakaki saw the kick he pulled back his left hand and quickly struck out with the right hand. The pigtailed boy pushed himself off the ground with his left leg and landed to the left of Sakaki.
"Sensei. Will I be able to do that as well?" Kenichi asked Akisame who was also looking at the two.
"Sooner or later but now you must focus on the task at hand." The answer wasn't good enough for Kenichi. Akisame could see that the boy was envious of Ranma.
"You know Ranma is a special case. He started learning martial arts when he was still a small child. He has many years of experience in martial arts."
"Then why is he here? Shouldn't he be a master already with those movements?" Akisame smiled at Kenichi who found it strange.
"He is a master... compared to many other martial artists of his age. He is still too young and inexperienced to be ready for the title of master."
Kenichi wasn't sure what to think. Here was someone who could probably beat a lot of martial artists without even trying and he was still a disciple? As he thought about it he looked at the two fighters. Sakaki was still the one who controlled the fight but Ranma took risks to try to take control of the fight. It wasn't a fight, it was more like a game of cunning as the two tried to control the other and limit the movements they could use.
Akisame saw that Kenichi was doing the exercise but his attention was drawn to the two fighters.
"Well this exercise is over, we will move on to the next one."
"(Nothing can be as bad as this.)" Kenichi was sure that this was the hardest they could throw at him.
As Ranma and Sakaki was training Ma went out and checked on his pocket watch. Happy with the time he pulled out a gong out from his shirt. He gently hit it with his hand and the sound made the two stop fighting.
"Time's up Sakaki. It's Shigure's turn and mine after that." The Chinese man smiled when Sakaki looked at his wrist. "I have to believe you since I don't have my watch on."
Ranma was sweating even harder than before. As he thought that he still has two other masters waiting to train him and he still has training with Happosai at night!
"(I hope Shigure doesn't want to fight like last time.)"
Most people looked at him strangely or laughed as he passed by them. He looked stupid, he could tell. Still his master wasn't pulling the breaks. Still a question came up in his mind.
"Sensei! Does Ranma-san and Miu-san go through this as well?"
"Ranma does. Miu is trained by the Elder. She is his granddaughter after all." Akisame knew where this was going but he might as well indulge in the curiosity of his trainee.
Notes
1) Punching bag = a sturdy bag designed to be repeatedly punched.
2) Heavy bag = A heavy bag is a larger, cylindrical bag, usually suspended by chains or ropes for practicing powerful body punches, and can be used to toughen hands, or any other limb used to hit the bag.
-In martial arts and combat sports such as Karate, Taekwondo, and Muay Thai; heavy bags, standing bags, and similar apparatuses have been adapted for practicing kicking and other striking maneuvers in addition to developing punching technique.
3) ajar = slightly open, not fully closed, not fully open, a small gap to see and hear through
4) kusarigama = The kusarigama (鎖鎌?, "chain-sickle") is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end. The kusarigama is said to have developed during the Muromachi period. [1] The art of handling the kusarigama is called kusarigamajutsu.