Disclaimer- I don't own Ranma ½ or any of the characters therein and I also don't own any songs that are inserted into this text. Please note that during the musical sections that the lyrics are in italics and the action is in (parenthesis). Also note that all characters automatically have perfect singing voices and are always accompanied by the music that goes with each song (unless otherwise noted). I will have a song sequence in each chapter, so each chapter will probably be very different lengths, hopefully this won't confuse people.


Ryouga was walking through the restaurant district of Nermia; at least he hoped it was. There were defiantly eating places, he could tell by the roasting of… bleh … pork. "I don't think I'll ever be able to eat that again"

"Come now Ryouga, I'm sure with the right spices I could make any pig product taste heavenly, even to you." Ryouga stopped and looked down. He saw a wrinkly old troll. Just kidding, it was Cologne sitting on her cane in front of the Cat Café, as usual.

"Hello old woman. I was hoping I'd run into you soon"

"I guess it has something to do with my son-in-law unconscious over your shoulder." She said and pointed and the unconscious form of the pigtailed martial artist.

Ryouga nodded, "Yeah, he wanted to be taken here after the fight. I guess I should feel lucky I actually made it." Ryouga scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously.

"Well come on, I suspect everyone will want to know how you defeated Ranma this time."

Ryouga walked into the Café, took a seat at a booth, and deposited Ranma in a chair.

"Would you like something to eat before we talk?"

"Three large ramen please," Ryouga nearly begged. While Cologne went back to get the ramen, Shampoo came out from the kitchen.

"Aiya, Arian! What you doing here." Shampoo said in her broken Japanese while glomping onto Ranma "You come see Shampoo, yes?"

"…" Ranma just sat there, eye's swirled in the typical unconscious fashion.

"AIYA! ARIAN DEAD!"

Mousse jumped out of the back room at the news of hearing his rival for Shampoo's heart was dead, "Yes, now with Ranma out of the way… SHAMPOO IS MINE!" Mousse lunged at Ryouga who he thought was his beloved Shampoo, and embraced him in a bone-crunching embrace.

Ryouga grabbed Mousse's shirt and threw him into a wall, "Who are you calling Shampoo!?"

Mousses feel on the floor, got up and lowered his glasses. He saw Shampoo on the floor bawling her eyes out, he went to comfort, and impress his beloved. Ryouga stopped looking at the two hopeless in love amazons and paid attention to the kitchen door again. After a few seconds, Cologne came out with Ryouga's ramen. Ryouga literally drooled when he saw her with the three steaming bowls.

Many things have been determined in Nermia because of the local martial artists. One of those is that the average time to eat an average bowl of ramen is 5.3 second's; Ryouga put all those records to shame. Exactly one second after the bowls had been set down all three large ramen been downed and eaten.

"Mighty hungry boy, eh boy?"

"Yes, thank you. May I have six more bowls please?"

"Sure, son" Cologne walked over to Mousse who at this point was trying to hug Shampoo but was holding him at arms length. Cologne bopped him on the head "Duck boy! Go get Ryouga six more Ramen," she gave him the bowls. Mousse stalked off, muttering about a withered old monkey. "So boy, down to business. What did you learn to defeat son-in-law so easy?"

"Well I…" Just as if on cue, Ranma started to stir, "ugggg… my head" Shampoo heard him and immediately glomped onto him.

"Airen, Shampoo so glad you no dead."

"Grrr… Shampoo, get offa me." Ranma pried the clingy Amazon off of him and sat her in a chair. "Okay now Ryouga, what did you…"

Outside there suddenly was a lot of commotion.

"UKYOU SLOW DOWN!" Inside Ranma, face faulted.

"No way Akane! Ran-chan might be hurt!" Ukyou and Akane burst into the Cat Café, and walked to the already crowded table. To make matters worse Mousse appeared with Ryouga's six bowls of ramen. While Ryouga ate his ramen, everyone started to fuss over Ranma.

"Oh Ranma, Shampoo so happy you come to see me."

"Ran-chan! What's with all these burn marks? Don't tell me you lost?!"

"RANMA! You better not have hurt poor Ryouga!"

"Saotome, how dare you make my beloved Shampoo cry by impersonating your own death!"

"B..Bu..But I..I.. Would you p..please.. Shampoo get off! N..now Mousee!"

"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!!" Ryouga just finished his Ramen and decided to make some order. "The old ghoul wanted to talk to me so if you're not going to shut up, LEAVE!" This scared away all the regular customers, so only the resident martial artists remained. They all sat down silently. "Now old woman what did you want to know"

"Well boy, I was kind of curious as to why I can't sense you."

Ranma slapped his fist into his palm, "Oh yeah, P-chan! It's like you don't even exist! What's up?"

"Well, Ranma, it started eight months ago, a week after the failed wedding…"

~Flashback: Woods in China~

"WHERE THE HELL AM I NOW!?!?!"

"You're standing in my fire son."

Ryouga looked down. A wrinkly old man was pouring water on his flaming foot. Good thing the fire made the water hot enough to not change him.

"Umm… thanks," Ryouga bowed respectfully. "I take it you're a martial arts master."

The old Happosai looking man stared wide eyed at him, "How'd you know that?"

He sat down and crossed his legs, "Ah, simple. Every two-foot-wrinkled-old-troll is a martial arts master"

The master chuckled to himself, "Isn't that always the case." The old man sat silently tapping his chin for a few seconds but then stood up. "Ah, but now I'm curious," he jumped onto Ryouga's head and placed his hands on his temples "Hmm. Let's see here, I see many, MANY martial artists from your past, and you are very skilled yourself. Hmm what's this… Amazons." He jumped down from his head, "Yes, I've decided, I'm going to train you Ryouga."

Ryouga sat there amazed "You... you just."

"What I did was read your ki, I am a master of all ki after all, and now I know everything about you, your name, past, friends, enemies, curses, everything. You need to take the tent out your backpack and go to sleep. Tomorrow I will train you to master ki like I have, you will finally defeat Ranma, and you're going to help me make fools out of those Amazons."

Ryouga gave him a thumbs up, "Sounds good to me, but I'd kind of like to know your name, sensei"

"I am… Lou Fa"

Ryouga sweatdropped, "um… Loofah? ::cough:: Yeah, so why do you want me to hurt your own people?"

"Ask Cologne when you get back," he walked back to his own tent. "And by the way, go to sleep and dream of your loved ones because for as long as it takes to train you, you won't be seeing them. Goodnight"

"Hai, Sensei!" climbing view up to the full moon, and fadeout to a bright sun.

Narrator Ryouga: The next day my training began

(Eye of the Tiger, by Survivor. All these lyrics are sung in the background)

(Climb back down to Ryouga's tent, Loofah walks in shakes his head and hits Ryouga over the head with a stick, only to have the stick break. Outside shot of the tent Ryouga flies through the opening and hits a large rock. He stands up, yawns, and looks down at Loofah, who points to the side and Ryouga walks that way.)
Risin' up, back on the street
(They stand in front of a large fire)
Did my time, took my chances
(Loofah puts his left hand in the fire and it diminishes)
Went the distance now I'm back on my feet
(He puts his right in and the fire rekindles)
Just a man and his will to survive
(Loofah stands aside and Ryouga puts both his hands up next to the fire)
So many times it happens too fast
(He does a low energy Shi-Shi Hokodan and blows up the site)
You trade your passion for glory
(Ryouga gives a thumbs up to Loofah)
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
(Loofah shakes his head and points his finger in the air)
You must fight just to keep them alive
(Fire starts to swirl around that finger)

It's the eye of the tiger
(Close up of Ryouga's eye and fire is swirling around in it)
It's the thrill of the fight
(Flash out to see his entire body, hands held out in Shi Shi Hokodan formation)
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
(Fires a large fire ball at a dodging Loofah)
And the last known survivor
(Loofah jumps high into the air)
Stalks his prey in the night
(Ryouga follows)
And he's watching us all
(Loofah hits Ryouga in the chest with a speeding ball of ice)
With the eye of the tiger
(Ryouga hits the ground and you zoom back into the pupil of his eye until in get completely black)

Face to face, out in the heat
(A red aura of fire surrounds Ryouga and something is pushing him back)
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
(He walks forward slowly to Loofah outstretched hands)
They stack the odds still we take to the street
(Ryouga aura turns light blue and he runs at Loofah)
For the kill, with the skill to survive
(He punches Loofah across the face and smirks, fadeout)

It's the eye of the tiger
(Fade in, Loofah is standing on the ground, then jumps)
It's the thrill of the fight
(Ryouga falls to where he was finger extended into the ground)
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
(Loofah lands a few feet away)
And the last known survivor
(Everything starts shaking)
Stalks his prey in the night
(The ground below Loofah erupts with magma)
And he's watching us all
(A bright flash envelops Ryouga)
With the eye of the tiger
(And he lays on the ground singed and unconscious, fade out)

Risin' up, straight to the top
(Fade in, Ryouga is punching at Loofah then flips away)
Had the guts, got the glory
(Fires two ki beams, one red and one blue)
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
(Loofah jumps away and the two energies collide)
Just a man and his will to survive
(A large tornado starts where they met)

It's the eye of the tiger
(Ryouga gets sucked up and gets thrown high into the air)
It's the thrill of the fight
(See Ryouga's decent)
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
(He hits the ground hard but gets right back up)
And the last known survivor
(Ryouga crosses his arms to form an "x")
Stalks his prey in the night
(He then performs a perfect Shi Shi Hokodan only this one is yellow)
And he's watching us all
(It hits, this only makes the ground singed not depressed)
With the eye of the tiger
(Loofah is standing outside the blast site, and he points to a mountain in the background, fade out)

The eye of the tiger
(Fade in, Ryouga is scaling up the snowcapped mountain)
The eye of the tiger
(He claws his way to the top, and raises both his arms in victory)
The eye of the tiger
(The camera slowly pans around him, and when it's directly in front of him lightning flashes in the background)
The eye of the tiger
(As the music dies zoom into his left eye, which is noticeably twitching)

Ryouga came back to the campsite, "I climbed the mountain sensei, may I ask what was the point of that exercise."

Loofah leaned next to Ryouga's ear and whispered "To be perfectly honest my boy there was none, the writer just asked me to do it to end the song in a Rocky-esque way."

Ryouga bowed, "Yes sensei."

"Now Ryouga m'boy, Your training is officially complete, in six months you have mastered how to manipulate your ki to form the basic elements, fire, ice, wind, lightning, and earth. Now it is time for you to get your revenge on Ranma and the Amazons. I assume that you'll want to visit your Akari; she's probably worried about you. So I'll come to that town of Nermia in about three months, to see you beat the student of Cologne. We will see who is the greater teacher."

"Yes sensei, I will be in Nermia before the time is up."

"Goodbye m'boy and good luck. You probably won't need it."

~Fade out and end flashback~

Ryouga then stood up in his chair, "And so Ranma, now that you know my story I challenge you, when my master arrives in three weeks. I will honor my masters wishes, and challenge you to a fight to see who is the better teacher, Cologne or Loofah."

Ranma stood up and shook Ryouga's hand, "Ryouga, I accept."

Authors notes- Well two chapters are done, this one took a really long time, real life really slowed it down, but I guess a lot of you know how that is. Hopefully this one is long enough for you. Next time, what did the amazons do to Loofa, to make them hate him so much? And how the heck is Ryouga gonna stay in Nermia for three whole weeks. Read on.