Chapter 11 Planning for the schools.
Rei sees an inch of the blade shining in the light. 'Ranma, why didn't I catch that? I have heard about him for most of my life, from her and now I am going to be killed by aunty'. Rei is as white as a sheet, as fire dances in Nodoka's eyes.
"Well girl" Nodoka hissed. "Why is my son so upset" her low voice starts to rise as she talks. "Rei, What did you DO to my GRANDAUGHTER" she is practically screaming now.
Rei keeps backing away from her. Nodoka is worse than any monster she has had to fight.
"ANSWER ME! Why was I not able to meet my granddaughter? What Did You Do!"
Rei was sobbing in fear now. She couldn't tell her. The secret would be blown if she did that. But without that what could she say.
"All I can say is she got hurt, badly because I thought she was a demon."
"A What! You hurt my family because you thought she was a DEMON!" the sword starts being pulled out, "You have no idea what a demon is. You play at being a miko and have the idea that you can attack my own blood, without penalty!" The sword is fully drawn now and its scabbard is tossed aside. "Blood My own Blood." Her voice drops low again. "I am not the one you wanted to call for blood Hino-san. I can be the one to takes it…"
At this Nodoka's felt pressure on her neck, and she staggered trying to keep from falling to the ground. Her anger and will keeps her upright, but the strike she was preparing ends.
Grandfather Hino stepped around Nodoka to see if Rei had been hurt yet. "No-chan, I am disappointed you would spill blood on the shrines grounds. You know what that would cause." Nodoka still stands; a testament to her will but cannot move to strike now.
"Now Rei, Nodoka, We WILL go inside and discuss this. It sounded like you were about to call a blood debt, and I would hate to see that between ladies who have known each other so long." He looks at Rei. "For everyone's sake I hope there is no basis for this argument. No Hino would attack a child, or an innocent." Rei moved to try and help Nodoka, but thought better of it as even through the nerve strike Nodoka started to move when Rei got close. Not far mind you but far more than grandfather Hino would have thought possible for anyone.
As the Hino master picked up and carried the much larger woman he idly said to Rei "If this is as bad as she says it is, and if she really has this right, I cannot protect you dear. Bear that in mind while we talk."
After they are all arranged around a table, while Nodoka still cannot move, he gingerly brings over the Holiest relic of the shrine, a wisp of the Lady's' cloak. It was reported to be a piece of cloth that has been guarded by the Hino clan since the first emperor. He gingerly uses it to touch the Saotome honor blade, taking it from Nodoka's hands.
The cloth begins to glow, and the three watch as the blade is turned white, and a new tip appears on the end.
"It looks like she has told the absolute truth. The goddess herself has restored even the broken bits of the family's honor, and the cloth has a black thread in it now." Hino-san shakes his head "Rei-chan, my child what have you done?"
Rei is openly crying now. She faces her death, but more than that, she could feel the Holy flame, that warmth that always covered her, growing cold.
"Nodoka-sama, I am in the wrong. I hurt her, because of my pride. I truly thought she was a demon, and I attacked her with flame."
Grandfather Hino looked at her. "Rei-chan it is a pity that night I asked you to come home, to meet with guests you elected to stay out, she was here then. You would have been able to take her measure then." Hino-san looked down.
Rei's guilt came on even stronger. She had stayed with Mamoru that night.
He walked over to Nodoka and pressed a release point.
"No-chan, you have a right to a blood debt. I do understand why my granddaughter attacked your granddaughter however. Your granddaughter WAS in fact a demon, but one Ranma had taught to be pure. I have never seen her like before."
Nodoka started to again grow angry and in looking at her old friend, as one grandparent to another she just broke down and slumped forward. "The Usa girl mentioned the same thing when she was asking my son not to hold anyone else responsible for this tragedy. She offered her life for my granddaughters, in payment for Rei's actions. I have never seen anyone who was more the ideal of Samurai than her when facing seppuku. It was amazing really. Even what she said was her last request to Usagi was one of pure honor, she asked Usagi, no demanded Usagi treat Ranma as a son like as Usagi would have treated Usa. That girl offered everything to cover for Rei's actions and now she bears the burden for it. I wish things had been different, there is a girl anyone would have been proud to call daughter."
Rei was stunned. Chibi-Usa offered up her life for Rei's even after what she said and did to Usa and Usagi? Her last thoughts were for Ranma, the man who oversaw her own death? Who was she to hold anything when she did this?
As Nodoka was being moved into her grandfather lap to rest from the anger and hate she had tried to release, Rei ran out of the shrine crying. 'My god what have I done? Usa is gone and Usagi must have known. That's the only explanation for her to have been Serenity. She must have been crushed inside, needing us, but I had to yell at her. We had to have taken it out on her." Rei ran off towards Usagi's house, trying desperately to out run her own guilt.
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Haruka tapped her fingers harshly on the armrest of the plane. They needed to be back yesterday, not waiting for a 10 hour flight to take place. Michiru just sat in her seat, holding her mirror. The lines of cracking were slowly healing themselves.
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Setsuna re-examined a message she had sent herself right after the fall. She had always assumed it was about Serenity the fourth, but now was not quite so sure. "There are limits to her words that will come to haunt her. Find the limits and your mind will be yours again". This was the message passed down through the ages. She teleported back to her room in her home seeking some comfort in her own bed. As long as she did not run into Usa or Usagi, the house was ok to hide in.
In front of the gates, a shadow shape stood examining them, precisely where Setsuna had stood before. It was motionless. Light passed through its being. It stood at the edges visibility very much like a dark trick of the eyes.
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After school the anything goes martial arts club gathers in the open yard of the school. All three of its members, Ranma, Hotaru and Usa are present, along with the Inners who all were expecting to see Ranma show his form.
"Today is our first meeting and our first trip." Started Ranma. "I am going to observe the Tendo branch of the school, so we will take a quick train to Nermia and see what that branch of the school has to offer."
Hotaru and Usa nod, and pick up their things. Of the 4 inners present only Mokoto stays behind, walking with them to the train station.
"Ranma-san" Mokoto started "I would like to know if I can join your club. I know you have total control over the membership, and I would like to learn how you fought that spider creature the other night."
Ranma thought about this. She had some training, but not anything he thought was useful for her. The real question was it worth teaching her or not.
"Mokoto-chan you can go with us on our visit and I will give your application some consideration."
"Thank you Ranma-san. That is all I can ask for. "
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Usagi had just gone home after school. The last few days had been too much for her and she was due for a good cry now and ice cream later. When you took the calmness of Serenity from her she was still the same happy go lucky girl she always was. She needed some 'Usagi' time right now.
The others were nominally going out for ice cream. Ohh there would be ice cream present to be sure, but there would more than that be a download for them with each other. Ami understood that they had only seen a fraction of the roller-coaster that Usagi had been on, and convinced the others to just give her time to breath.
Usagi walked in put her books down and hugged her mother.
"Momma, I am going to go take a long bath in the furo and lay down a bit. Everything has been too much for me so I think I need a good soak".
Ikuko knew that Usagi was terribly stressed out. Chibi-Usa had just up and left to go to America yesterday, and her friend Cassy had been hurt, so had gone home until she recovered. Since Usagi had never been one who was good at dealing with stress, Ikuko was glad that Usagi was taking some time out to rest. 'That will make her feel better. At least no one died.'
Usagi spent quite a while in the Furo and then went to her room, had a good old fashion cathartic moment.
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The trip between Juuban and Nermia is not a long one. After all they were right next to each other. And the Ono's lived within walking distance of the rail station so getting to the Ono clinic did not take the group very long at all.
Ranma knocked on the front door and a tall very beautiful woman with long brown hair opened and greeted them
"Ranma-kun how nice it is to see you." She walked over and embraced the suddenly shy young man. "And you brought friends too. Are any of them Fiancée's?"
Ranma put his hand behind his head "Ohh no nothing like that" Something about being around Kasumi could make Ranma into the same boy he was when he left. Kasumi had that effect on a lot of folks.
"I am here to observe the Tendo School, to see where it is at, and to introduce my students to the master of the Tendo branch." Ranma had taken a more serious tone with that. Since Happy left it falls to me to make sure both forms advance and the main form prospers, so I need to see if there are any gaps in this style."
Kasumi smiled happily "We'll let me go get changed. I am the current Tendo master, although we call it the Ono School now." Kasumi ushered them all in, set her tea down and said "I will get the kids Ranma, why not take your friends to the Dojo."
As Kasumi walked upstairs "So Kasumi is the master here eh? Now that is something I was not expecting." He said out loud. He led the girls to the dojo, and they sat waiting for the others to arrive. While they waited Ranma told Usa and Hotaru to come over and started showing them the most basic form of the True anything goes style. He had the girls' concentrate less on the memorization of the kata and more on the flow aspect of it. "If your body feels it wants to get itself into that point a different way than the kata seems to want to lead you, follow your body. Our style is about individuality, not rigidity." He said to the two girls who were moving through the kata. This kata was taught by showing one ridged series of movements then nine key shapes that needed to be formed one after another that the user was free to get to in whatever way they chose. It leads to Usa's form being very different in practice than Hotaru' s. It just showed how differently they thought. Ranma could tell a lot about them by watching how they shaped their forms. Usa was bursting out from within, like a flashbulb being lite in a dark room. Hotaru was lighter than Usa, but showed a slow moment like the deeper parts of the sea.
The Ono's came in and watched the tail end of the form that was being done by Hotaru. Usa was standing there waiting for Hotaru to finish before starting it again. Mokoto was thinking about the comments Ranma was making about how the movements and energy flows needed to be aligned to the artists own body and spirit.
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Gasping for air, Rei made it to Usagi's house. She ran up and knocked on the door. Ikuko answered it, with a somewhat concerned look on her face. 'It seems all of them are upset about things today'.
"Ikuko- Obasan, Is Usagi here?" Asked Rei, still slightly panting.
"Yes, she has gone to bed. This have just been too much for her I am afraid. Would you like to come in and have some tea?"
"Yes Obasan"
They walk into the living room, and Ikuko brings her in some tea and cookies. In truth she had made the cookies for Usagi and Usa, but since one was too upset to eat, and the other gone, they would go to waste.
"Ikuko-san, can you tell me what has Usagi so upset?"
Ikuko thought a moment. "Well at first I thought it had something to do with you. A bit ago she really didn't want to go to the shrine or see you at all. Now I think it's because Usa has moved to be with her parents in America, and her friend Cassy had to go home because she got into an accident. Losing family who Usagi said would probably never return, along with another friend in two days probably was too much for her. So she is in her room, resting."
Reis thoughts spiraled down farther and farther. Usa must really BE dead if what Ikuko said was true. So must Cassy. So far the only reason Rei was alive at all is probably that Ranma accepted the blood debt Rei brought down on them. The life of the Neo-princess was what it took to redeem the scouts honor. Rei got up and staggered a bit. She needed away. Somewhere just away from here. From everyone for a time. She walked unsteadily to Usagi's door where the moon cats sat outside and glared at her. She went to know on the door but Luna hissed at her. Rei looked down at the cats.
"Please tell her I am sorry. I was wrong. And I am sorry. It cost too much for me to learn this, but…" Rei trailed off" Tell her she is and always will be my queen. I am going away from awhile, to learn to see if I can ever regain what was lost my honor being the least of which." Rei smiles sadly at the cats. "I will not trouble her. When I come back I will gladly face her judgment. Please tell her all of that."
Rei left the house and headed south, and just kept walking. Hear heart and soul were already lost, it was time for her body to catch up.
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Hotaru finished and Ranma motioned for them to sit down with Mokoto. Kasumi walked up to Ranma with Ran-kun and Ranko walking behind her. She bowed to Ranma and spoke
"Greetings, Grandmaster. I have brought the apprentices of the Tendo branch for your observation as you requested. This is Ran-kun, my son and Heir and this is Ranko, my daughter and another disciple in the art. I hope we can show you our worth."
Ranma nodded and took the place of the Sensei at the front of the Dojo.
"Kasumi I would see you and your heir spar, to gauge your abilities and form."
The mother and son faced each other and Ranma signaled them to start. From Ranma's perspective, he could not was Kasumi better than Ran-kun but she was innately gifted for it. Ran-kun was almost all grounded and power based. But Kasumi, while also grounded was so circular that she slowly seemed to spin her sons' attacks and facing in this tighten circle. After about 3 minutes Ranma clapped his hands.
"Enough. Kasumi have you had training from the amazons?"
Kasumi looked at Ranma. "No, I have not."
"I should teach you a few of their techniques you fight almost naturally into one of their greater attacks, and I can see why you are master here. Your style of the form is excellent. With the additional training it was best for you have developed an Ono school of the art." Coming from Ranma this was high praise and everyone knew it.
"Ran-kun. You have mastered the basics of the art; however you seem to have the same flaws that your grandfather and late aunt had. Find the movements that compliment you and your body. It seems that you fight against yourself as much as your opponent." Ran-kun was internally annoyed at this but he put up with the comments from his uncle. He had seen how his uncle moved, and his mastery of the art.
"Now I would like to see Ran-kun and Ranko spar as well."
Ran-kun and Ranko squared off, and at Ranma's signal began themselves. Ran-kun still used the earth to power his attacks, and would win this contest if given time. Ranko was however using the attacks of her brother to take her farther into her jumps, mimicking the Saotome style more than ground fighting like the Tendo style. Her main flaw was lack of aggression, and an unwillingness to be hit." After only a minute or so, Ranma called the fight.
"Good both of you. Ranko, you need to learn to commit and be willing to be hit more. Kasumi I agree with them, and your placement of them in your school."
The three Ono's sat down in the dojo in front of the grand master.
"Each of you need to learn how they style will mirror your mind, and body. Ranko, you need to be trained in a different part of the style all together. The Saotome branch would suit you more. I shall have to think on this." He motioned to the watching girls. "These are my students, with no rankings as of yet. Usa, Hotaru and Mokoto" Mokoto stomach did flips as she was internally ecstatic that Ranma had called her one of his students.
"In the future we shall have the various students spar more, but I think that is all I needed.." Ranma stopped for a moment and looked at the main entrance that was part of the rear of the Dojo.
"Whoever you three are you should come in and introduce yourselves. If you seek to challenge anyone, as grandmaster I shall answer that personally." Ranma called out to apparently no one.
Two girls and a young woman walked into the dojo from outside where they had been hiding and watching. Ran-kun groaned while Ranko smiled at them. They were obviously friends of hers.
The two girls bowed to Ranma. "I am Shinamori Kuno" said one and bowed. "I am Aoshi Kuno" and joined her sister in a deep bow. The young woman also bowed to Ranma. "I am Natsume Sarugakure, Ranma-sama. My father often spoke of your kindness to him."
Ranma examined them. There seemed to be nothing in the girls of the family curse, and the Kionichi that stood with them did not seem to be abused like her father was.
"It is good to meet you all. May I ask what business you have come here for?"
Natsume answered him. "The mistress's came to see their friend Ranko, as they often do. I accompany them for their protection.
"Tonight we have family matters to discuss. If it is not too much trouble, could I ask you to return another time?" asked Ranma.
Aoshi bowed again "Of course. May I ask one question?"
"Of course"
"Are you THE Ranma?"
"Let me guess Kodachi' s kids?"
They both nodded happily.
"You seem so more, Stable than I expected. Yes I am That Ranma"
"Cool!. We will see you later then"
Ranma just looked at them in half irritation and a part laughing at them. "Ranko are they good folks are not"
Ranko said "great", while Ran-kun said "hentai" under his breath.
Ranma looked at Ran-kun. Care to add anything to this Ranma?"
"No grandmaster. Not at all"
Ranma smirked at his nephew a moment. Then addressing Kasumi he asked.
"Is your husband around? I think we should all chat a moment if that is agreeable to you. "
Kasumi nodded." Yes he is home today I will get him."
Ranma looked back at the student. My students can either spar with Ran-kun or practice forms while we go have our discussion. Ranko, Can you come with me as well. I would like to discuss something with you."
"Yes grandmaster."
And Ranma left, he noticed that it was Mokoto that was going to spar with Ran-kun.
Once inside Kasumi, Tofu, and Ranma sat in the waiting room while Ranko and Akane served them tea. Akane went back to her duties and Ranko stood to the side.
"Ranko I am of the mind to teach you the Saotome branch of the school. I would need your parents' consent and your willingness to learn to do this. Tofu, Kasumi do you have concerns on this? I would be asking her to move in with my mother so she could attend my school for easier training."
Tofu looked at Kasumi who nodded affirmably. Tofu cleared his throat.
I supposed we don't even NEED to ask Ranko, but as long as you don't do any of your fathers training with her, I think it would be fine."
"Ranko" she just nodded quickly
"Ok I will be back after school on Wed, to pick her up, which will give us time to deal with living arraignments"
After a bit they all left and headed back to the train. Ranma bought the tickets and they waited on the train stand. He was watching the girls talk about sparing the Ran-kun when he saw in front of him a boy and girl with deep rich dark purple hair. The girl pulled out a bicycle chime. Ranma grew a little apprehensive with this sight. The next thing he felt were soft breasts pressing against his back, arms wrapping around him and a husky female voice breathing over Ranma's ear
"Did you miss me Husband?"
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"Shampoo, Get off of me!" Ranma pushed the excited amazon away from her glomp. Ranma was trying to decide if he was angry or amused by the purple haired amazon. Shampoo had apparently not changed a bit. Well other than her Japanese was not broken and bad anymore. Looking at her, she still looked fantastic wearing a red and black dress that should have been classified as a weapon. It had only been 15 years; she was just barely 30, and look like she was in her early 20's. Aged well was an understatement. Usa, Hotaru and Makoto were looking sort of green around the gills with jealousy over this latest woman to show up. And what was this about 'Wife"?
"But *sniff* Husband. Didn't you miss me? *sniff*" Shampoo sniffed. "You must have abandoned me and married one of the other Fiancées. *sniff* I bet you have a wife now on every continent. You just left when you got bored with me and took away my happiness" *sniff*. Her kids however were trying hard not to laugh. Usa and Hotaru looked at Ranma with a hint of anger. He had better not be some playboy hurting women all over the world. The entire effect was ruined in a single moment as both Ranma and Shampoo started to laugh. All of the folks present other than them looked shocked thinking different things among them. The biggest single thought was from the scouts present was STILL the 'Wife?' part. Ranma turned and hugged Shampoo.
"So how's it been, and who did you marry" looking at the two kids.
"Just you and it's been fine. They are your kids"
Ranma urked.
"But we would have had too…. No we never, I WOULD have known."
Shampoo got this evil glint in her eyes, "You mean you have forgotten all of those times we shared together? The shower…"
"Which I didn't want"
"Us together after making me wear too too small bathing suit? Remember? At the Beach?"
"Where you beat me up, and made me do that stupid Anything Goes watermelon race."
"In your room.."
"Where you would sneak in and I would run out screaming"
"Me as a cat.."
"Was Terrifying, then and now"
She giggled again.
"Well husband, some too too good news for you. The kiss of death and the kiss of marriage don't apply to you. *sniff* so by Amazon law we no longer married . Since you killed Saffron Village elders think that Ranma too hard to control. The God slayer could never be bound by our laws." Shampoo sighed. Ranchek just looked at his mother like she had grown a second head.
"I am no longer married to an amazon?" Ranma smirked. "At least I don't have you trying to get married to me now at least"
"Now WHEN did I say that? After all those ARE your children over there. I can still try and get you with my old and ghoulish body". Shampoo showed a positively criminal amount of leg to everyone present. Ranbo just wanted to beat her too too forward mother until she was too too black and blue. Shampoo grinned "Ranchek, Ranbo please come and greet your father."
The two children bowed politely. The effect was kind of ruined by the amount of weapons they both seemed to be carrying
"What? You can't be serious."
"Yes Ranma I can" she smiled happily. "Nine months after your death, I had these two twins"
Very few things can really affect Ranma anymore. Finding he had kids now not quite enough, but Usa lunging forward hugging the two other kids going "FAMILY!" In Cassy's voice did it. Ranma passed out.
Shampoo looked down at Ranma in amusement "well at least some things never change. "So ladies, which of you are his finances now, and where are we all going?"
They all watched in awe as Shampoo picked Ranma up casually and they all got on the train back to Juuban
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Ranma awakes the next morning, back in his room. He is fairly sure the last events he remembered were nothing more than some sort of weird dream. He figured that if shampoo had shown up, Kids in tow he would be on a boat to china right now.
He never counted on Shampoo getting a hotel, and starting to look for a house for her and her kids, no swearing everyone including Nodoka to secrecy about it. She figured she had at LEAST two more fainting spells with him that she could pull off, and after she had been strung around by him for those year's she deserved some payback.
Ranma got up and sparred with Usa, Hotaru and Makoto. They then all ate together, and went to the school courtyard to train again. It was at this second training that the captains of the MMA club captain walked up.
"Ranma Saotome, I am Ryu Tokagi, captain of the MMA club at this school. To defend the honor of our club, I am issuing you a formal challenge, with seconds. Do you accept?" said Ryu formally.
Ranma look at him. He carried himself as a fighter; however he seemed to be very attached to the earth, like that was where he got his strength from. In fact, he moved like Akane had all those years ago. 'MMA? I wonder if that is any relation to the Tendo anything goes?' he thought to himself.
"Ryu-san, I would be happy to spar with another fighter. When would you like to do this, and what do you mean 'with seconds'?" replied Ranma.
"We use a seconding system. You and one of your students versus one of my students and myself. The fights can be either for points, submission or knockout. As the challenged party you get to choose." Replied Ryu.
Ranma considered the points system but he remembered from long ago and a certain Kendoist to not engage in point system fights that he did not know how the points were scored.
"Since I am unfamiliar with your point system, I guess knockout then." Ranma smirked. "I will try not to hurt you too much when we do have this. Is after school today ok?"
"That will be fine, Ranma-san. We will have it in the fighting ring we use."
Ryu takes his leave to head back to get ready for class.
"Hmmm so now I have to choose a second huh. Well Makoto, you seem to have the most experience with hand to hand than anyone else in the class. So I guess you will be my second. "
Makoto nodded.
Class was from Ranma's perspective kind of boring. The strange homeroom teacher that sort of creeped him out had weird tuffs of her hair sticking up just like Cat ears. She started going down the list, and he heard some names he recognized. Usagi was here, along with several of her friends. But it was when the teacher called out for Kazuki Kounji that he perked up. She called for him twice and then marked him absent. The next name on the list was Taishi Kounji, who also was not present. Ranma did not like coincidences, and here was a huge one. First Shampoo showing up with two kids she said was his, now two Kuonji's that happen to be absent today. Ranma got the familiar feeling of someone walking over his grave.
During lunch Ranma was grabbed and pulled to a tree by Usagi.
"Ranma we have to eat together. We are all friends." Ranma sighed and started to watch the show. Usagi and another girl started arguing about boys so Ranma tuned them out. After finishing his meal he jumped up into the tree, and then jumped up to the top of the thin chain-link fencing that was around the school. Makoto and Usa both watched him intently, as he started doing some of the medium grade katas while balancing on the fence. After a few moments of this though everyone in the yard started watching him as he slowly sped up faster and faster. Soon he was moving at almost blinding speed, flowing from kata to kata all the while balanced on the fence. Ryu and some of his other club members were watching the display and started to get a little nervous about this challenge this afternoon. Privately Ryu admitted to himself that Ranma was in a different league than he but he needed to follow through on the challenge.
Later, after school had let out for the day, Both he Anything goes club, and the Juuban High MMA clubs met at the Gym, where Ranma got his first look at the 8 sided cage they would be fighting in.
"Hmmm, I should clarify a few things before we do this. Makoto you ever been in one of these type of fights before?"
Makoto shook her head negatively.
"Yo, Ryu got a question about the format"
"Yes Ranma-san?"
"I figure I get DQed if I leave the ring, but is the top of the cage off limits?" asked Ranma.
Ryu sighed. He should have known that after the display at lunch he would have thought to use the top of the octagon as a valid fighting stand.
"No, that is a valid space to fight from. But if your foot touches the floor you are disqualified."
"Ok I can live with that."
First the seconds started their fight. Makoto was a fairly straight forward with her attacks. The guy from the MMA club kept trying to lock her up, but she just powered through his attempts. Even getting an arm lock on her just got her to elbow him in the face through the lock until he let it go. It was a sort of grueling fight, but did show that Makoto could soak up more damage than he could, and eventually he submitted after a particularly vicious sidekick followed by two knees strikes to his head. As he was unable to bow, the Ryu bowed on his behalf and Mokoto was declared the winner of the bout.
It was about this time that almost everyone who was left on campus, including the teachers showed up to watch the second bout.
While Hotaru was quietly healing Makoto of her injury's Ranma stretched a bit, and then bowed to Ryu. Ranma took a very unconcerned stance, just watching Ryu. The match started with Ryu pulling the exact same strike pattern as a beginning Tendo student. Ranma kept his hands in his pockets, and danced around his opponent, trying to see if there were any innovation's or style differences.
"Your style looks exactly like the Tendo anything goes style of fighting. Did you train under any of them?" while dodging another sloppy kick.
"I trained *gasp* under Kasumi Ono. I think the Tendo School disbanded." Ryu tried to wrap up Ranma into a bear hug, and Ranma again moved to the side letting him run face first into the cage.
"Well I guess that explains all of the flaws in your form." Ranma did a complete 360 around Ryu's kick. "The Tendo/Ono schools concentrate too much on ground fighting."
"*gasp* How would you know *huff*" Ryu was getting tired.
"Ohh that is because I am grandmaster of the main Anything Goes branch. So technically you study in my school." Ranma replied. "You're looking a little bit winded Ryu. I should end this." Ranma said amused. Ranma moved forward, with his hands still in his pockets. Dodging the flurry of blows the Ryu was dishing out, he jumped into the air and snap kicked a pressure point on the other boy. He was out like a light.
Folks started murmuring in the back ground. "He never took his hands out of his pockets.
Ranma just smirked and leapt over the cage and landed next to his students.
"ok that is all for the day. Usa Dear sister we need to go and work on some other items today." He smirked at Usa for some reason Usa blushed mildly.
'His eyes. Just Wow'
She could not hear a voice but she could feel a sort of acknowledgment from her constant companion, Cassy. Sometimes Cassy was close to being solid in her mind and other times she was like she is now. A simple ghostly form that sent her feelings.
"Yes Ranma" was her actual reply.