Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma, or the rest of the gang. They're all owned by Rumiko Takahashi. I only own Suiren and all the other characters I made up. Good luck trying to sue me, I just gave my last dollar to a friend to pay for a teacher's gift!

Author's Notes: Finally, chapter three. Not much to know about this chapter, except Kuno has been speed training. I haven't thought up Suiren's secret yet, or at least, not the whole thing, so it's not in this chapter, but part of it is in the next chapter. That's about it. Chapter four out A.S.A.P.

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Suiren woke up around four thirty the next morning. She changed from her nightclothes to jeans and a T-shirt and rolled up her sleeping bag. Suiren then crept outside to the garden. She sat beneath a tree and let her mind wander.

Suiren was snapped out of her reverie by a yelp, followed by shouts and crashes. Soon, her father ran into the garden, followed by a female Ranma. The two battled it out for a few minutes, until Ranma knocked his father from the air and into the koi pond.

"Take that, old man. Oh, mornin' Suiren!" A soggy panda climbed out of the koi pond and made his way into the house.

Suiren smiled at her younger brother (who, at the moment, was her sister) as she stood up. "Good morning, Ranma."

"Wanna spar with me?"

"Sure, why not."

"Do you know any ki attacks?"

"Um, I know some…"

"Wanna use 'em?"

"Sure. Enough talk! Let's go!" Soun watched from the window as the two girls leapt at each other.

Ranma released a blue chi ball, calling out "Moko Takabisha!" Suiren easily avoided it by twisting in the air. She landed briefly, then jumped back into the air, curling into a ball. She did an aerial summersault, and formed a white chi ball. She landed on the ground again, and released the ball, crying "Dragon Rage!"

Ranma wasn't expecting the chi ball to have such a strong force and he was knocked back into the koi pond. He came up sputtering, and saw Akane rushing to help his sister off the ground. Ranma lifted himself from the water, and began to remove his shirt.

"What happened," asked Akane, a worried expression on her face.

"What kinda attack was that?" Ranma removed his shirt, squeezing it dry.

"That was Dragon Rage, a technique based heavily on rage. I've found that using this technique is the only way I can control the hate that has built up inside of me over the years. But, I'm not strong enough the withstand the backlash of the technique yet." Suiren looked at her brother, ho was topless and female. 'She' was squeezing 'her' red pigtail dry.

"My pigtailed goddess! Oh, how I have longed for thee!" A young man wearing a kendo uniform and carrying a bokken came running across the lawn. He ran up to Ranma, and was about to hug her, when Ranma stuck his foot in his face.

Akane tapped Suiren's shoulder. "That's that guy, Kuno. I told you about him last night."

"Ah, yes."

Kuno looked toward Akane and Suiren. "Good morning to thee, fair Akane. Who is this?" Kuno stepped toward Suiren and grasped her hand. "What be thy name?"

Suiren slipped her hand from his grasp, disgust etched across her face. " My name is Suiren Saotome."

Kuno was shocked by her name. "Doest thou be related to the vile Ranma Saotome?"

Suiren crossed her arms over her chest. "I wouldn't call my brother 'vile' if I were you."

"Do you challenge the great Tatewaki Kuno, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High?" As Kuno spoke, thunder rumbled across the sky.

'Great? Yeah, right!' thought Ranma.

Suiren closed the gap between her and Kuno. She put her face to his and said, "I guess I do."

Kuno backed up, readying his bokken. 'She should be easy. I heard she lost to Ranma yesterday. This'll be a piece of cake.'

Suiren's battle aura began to glow faintly. Kuno charged, brandishing his bokken. Suiren leapt up, avoiding the blade. She kicked out at it, but Kuno grabbed her ankle, and she hit the ground with a cry.

'When did he learn to do that?' Ranma watched in shock.

Suiren was contemplating her options. 'Okay, no more attacks from the air. I don't think he knows any ki attacks, so I had best not use Dragon Rage. Otherwise, I can't get close enough. What to do, what to do… wait, there's one thing ZI can do. And I can use his speed to my advantage.' Suiren leapt up and ran toward Kuno. She released a fast roundhouse at Kuno's head. As planned, he dropped his bokken and grabbed the oncoming foot.

Ranma was astonished. 'How could that doofus be so fast?'

Akane was worried. ' He could break her foot off!'

Suiren pretended to be surprised. 'Stupid idiot! He just walked right into my trap!'

Kuno smirked. 'Stupid girl. She knew I would catch her.' Of course, Kuno was too dense to think that she had planned this, and he was in trouble. 'Now, to finish her off!' Kuno twisted Suiren's foot. Suiren hopped up and turned into the twist. She brought her other foot up and slammed it into the side of Kuno's face. He released her foot, and fell backwards. Suiren did a handspring and landed on her feet with barely a sound. Kuno hit the ground with a thud.

"Give up yet?"

Kuno stirred and groaned. "Never," Kuno gasped, and got to his feet with a grunt. He stood on shaky knees. Suiren calmly walked up to him, and kicked him hard in the chest. Kuno wheezed as all the air in his lungs was forced out. He fell backward and lay still.

"I win." Suiren flipped her hair over her shoulder, turning to Ranma and Akane. "Is he normally THAT easy to beat?"

"Yup."

"Yeah."

"Huh. He could do with some more training."

"HAHAHAHAHA! So, my egotistical brother has been beaten again?" A whirlwind of black rose petals surrounded them, and Kodachi dropped down from her perch in the tree. As the rose petals settled, she said, "Where is my darling Ranma?"

"He's getting ready for school," said Suiren. "May I ask, who are you?"

Kodachi looked Suiren up and down before speaking. "I am Kodachi Kuno. I have come to see my Ranma darling. Where is he?"

"I said, he's getting ready for school. Akane, why don't you go see what's taking him so long." Akane nodded, and ran into the house, dragging female Ranma with her. Suiren watched Kodachi warily, not taking her eyes away from the strange girl.

A few minutes late, Ranma came bounding outside, wearing his uniform. "Hey, sis. What's up?" Then he noticed Kodachi. "Mornin' Kodachi. What do you want?"

"Only to give you this." She flung a parcel at Ranma. "And to take my dipwad of a brother off your hands."

"Huh, okay."

Akane came running out of the house in her uniform. "Ranma! Let's go! We're going to be late!

"Hey, Suiren, take these into the house for me, 'kay?" He threw the package to Suiren, which she caught in one hand. Ranma hopped onto the fence and began running after Akane. "Bye, Suiren!"

"Good bye, Ranma darling!" Kodachi waved Ranma off then went over to her brother. She pulled a bottle of smelling salts from out of thin air, popped of the top, and proceeded to wave the bottle under Kuno's nose. He awoke with a start. "Move it, dipwad! Ranma's already left for school!"

"Oh no!" Kuno jumped to his feet and grabbed his bokken. "That vile fiend knocked me out as to escape from our morning battle. That shall not happen!"

"Actually, I knocked you out."

"Ah, yes, Suiren, the girl with a fate worse than death, for she is Saotome's sister!"

Suiren began to glow again. She kicked Kuno over the fence, in the direction of his school. "You should get to school, too," she said to Kodachi.

"Very well. We shall meet again, Suiren!" In a flurry of petals, Kodachi was gone.

Suiren sighed and went into the house.

"Suiren, would you like some breakfast," called Kasumi from the kitchen.

"No, that's alright." Suiren walked into the kitchen.

"What do you mean?"

"I lost my appetite when I met Kuno this morning." She made a face. " What should I do with this?" She held up the package. "Kodachi brought it for Ranma."

[Chuck it] signed her father, the panda. He flipped his sign around to reveal the rest of the message. [She put paralysis or sleep stuff in whatever she can.]

"Oh, okay." Suiren tossed the package into the trash can, and walked upstairs to the baths.

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Suiren sat on the small stool in the bathroom. She was scrubbing conditioner into her hair. 'Sometimes long hair is a pain in the ass.' She dumped a bucket of water over her head. It took a few tries, but she finally got all the conditioner out of her hair. 'My hair is always a pain in the ass.'

She finished scrubbing and stepped into the furo. She let the warm water wash over her, relaxing her tense muscles. She could almost feel her worries wash away. Her mind began turning over the thoughts that were locked away from her family. She hugged her knees to her chest. 'How am I going to tell them. No, AM I going to tell them. True, they are my family, but I don't want them to get hurt. If he finds out I told them… I don't want to go there. But I have to tell someone. Oh, what am I going to do?' Suiren sighed and got out of the tub. She dried herself off with her towel, and squeezed water from her long hair. Flipping her hair over her shoulder, Suiren wrapped the towel around her, walked into the change room, and gathered her clothes from the hamper. Then, she walked out the door and down the hallway to Akane's room.

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Author's Notes: That's the end of chapter three. And I still don't know all the little details of her secret. I don't know what I'm going to do! Oh, well, I guess I'll just wing it when I get there… Anyway, chapter four out as soon as I can. My schedule is kinda busy, what with final exams and all, but I'll try to get it out soon. Till next time! Ja ne!