Title Blue Thunder
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Ouch (fanfic bakeoff#16)
Word Count 355
Fandom Ranma ½
Warning none
Summary The Origins of the Blue Thunder
" I am Kuno Tatewaki the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High School. Today is the day that Ranma Saotome is going down. When he does, I will take my place beside the notables of Furinkan dating back to the first emperor of Japan."
Kuno stood like a man among men. Bokken aloft. Body unbowed. Prepared for any foe no matter how great. No one would pass him today. He would show them all what he was made of
The bell rang. The usual crowd sprinted for the door. They knew the penalty for lateness. Some of their classmates already bore the mark of shame. The bowl cut. They vowed that they would not be next.
Kuno froze. He was prepared for Ranma not the entire school population. His brain turned to mush and his body went rigid. The herd cut down the upper class like a knife through butter.
When the stampede passed, Ranma and Akane ran past him. Akane hurried on ahead. She was not about to be late because of Ranma. Ranma only stopped when he noticed that he was standing on Kuno's head.
The bokken caught his eye. Why would anyone who claimed to be a kendo champion fight with a child's sword? He examined it. Just an ordinary bokken. Why did Kuno put such faith in it?
"Please give the bokken."
Ranma looked up to see Sasuke on bended knee before him. " Just answer me this. Why a bokken?"
Sasuke looked around No one would hear. "His father gave it to him because he was afraid that the boy would injure himself with a real sword"
Ranma nodded Given Kuno's record that made sense. "One last question. Why Blue Thunder?"
Sasuke pointed to the words on the side of the bokken "Blue Thunder Bokken."
"The master thought his father had named him Blue Thunder when he gave him the bokken.
Ranma roared with laughter. Sasuke looked uncomfortable. He splashed Ranma with cold water
" I presume that I can count on your discretion to keep the master's secrets. All Ranma could do was nod.