Disclaimer: All of Ranma and Co. are owned by Rumiko Takahashi. This is just a story that I came up with.


Genma's New Power

It had been 2 months since Genma had arrived at the training grounds and began his training. He had no knowledge of what changes had happened outside, in the world above and what little he knew came from the old man who Genma eventually began too call him Sensei. Genma had also gone through a considerable change. He had lost some weight ( not a lot, but still he lost a bit ), gained two inches in height and he had cut down on his apppitite ( probably because he only got to eat rice and drink water, for the last two months) and due to the training, he had become at least 10 times stronger than he originally was and when he transformed into a panda he become 5 times stronger than his human form. His training was a complete success. In his two months, Genma had learned to move around in the Chi shield as he would normally would have. He had also created some new techniques and had created an advancement on some old one's. The old man eventually allowed Genma go go through his books and scrolls of powerful techniques.

Genma felt that he had completed his training and waited until the old man thought he was ready. And finally that day came...

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The day had begun like any other day. Genma woke up. He trained. He ate. He trained. He ate and then he rested. After resting though, the old man approached him. "Sensei, why have you not brought up the shield ?" asked Genma, when he realised that his daily pattern had been disrupted. "Genma. It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that you have completed the Stage one training "the old man replied with a wide grin across his face." All right" shouted Genma as he lept for joy. ' Finally I can go home and show that ingrate of a son that I am the Master of the Saotome School of anything goes Martial Arts' thought Genma and he began to mentally laugh.

After Genma calmned down and stopped jumping around like a animal, he went to pack his things to go home. " What are you doing?" asked the old man curiosly. Genma then replied, " Sensei, I have finished my training and have decided to go home". The old man looked at him and then thrusted out his hand in disapproval.
" You can not leave now. Have you forgotten that you only have only completed Stage one. If you want to become a true Martial Artist, you must train much harder then you have for the past two months". ' Train harder then the last to months!? Is he mad!! I haven't trained this hard since I was a teenager' thought Genma with great fustration. " Well," continued the old man," Do you wish to continue to Stage Two?".
' The boy will have to wait' thought Genma as he began, " Hai, sensei. Please lead the way".

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After their brief discussion, the old man lead Genma into another passage way and they began to walk. After about 5 minutes of walking deeper into the caverns, the passage came to a rather large wooden door which was bolted to the cavern and looked rather old . " Are you ready?" asked the old man whilst turning his head to Genma. Genma simply nodded. The old man then pulled open the door open and walked in, Genma then followed.

To Genma's surprise the room was bright with light.' The old man must have come here before hand' thought Genma as he took a look around. This new cavern was almost identical to the other cavern he was training in. Once again it was shaped like a hall, there was dirt walls, and dirt floors and there was another dirt engraved circle in the centre of the hall. " What's this? More shield training?" asked Genma with curiosity. " The circle of the Warriors Foe, is not anything like you training in the Shield of Chi " replied the old man. ' Warriors foe?' Genma thought to himself then out loud. " Yes. Step in and see what I mean" said the old man as he opted for Genma to get in.
Once Genma entred the circle, a shield just like other one he was training with appeared around the circle." Wha..." before Genma could acknowledge the circle, a strange image appeared before his eyes. As Genma lifted his glasses and wiped his eyes, the image began to take form infront of him. The Image was of a young teenage man with a ponytail. Genma wiped his eyes in disbelief." Ranma!? How!? What!?" stuttered Genma. Then Genma heared the sound of laughter coming from outside the shield. Genma turned to see the old man laughing. " Relax Genma" began the old man in between his laughter, " This shield is known as the Warrior's foe, because of it's great power to go through a persons mind and bring out an opponent from the is persons history". Genma just looked at him with a curious look on his face. The old man sighed and contiued, " This shield picks opponents from your mind. Have you ever heard the expression ' know your enemy ?'. Well, it just like that. This shield probe's your mind and brings out the opponent that you wish to fight. That way, not only can you get stronger, but you can train against your enimies and work out there moves". " I get it. It's like a projection from my mind " exclaimed Genma. " In a way yes, but the shield makes the opponents mmuch stronger then they really are" replied the old man. " Piece of cake" said Genma, as he casually strolled over to the image of his son. He stopped when he was face to face with the image of his son. The pair stared at each other for a short period of time before Genma made the first move."HA HA HA. Your just a mirage. You cant hurt me. HA HA HA" exclaimed Genma and with that proceded to dance around the the image of his son. The old man, who was watching from the out side, then face faulted. The Ranma replica, on the other hand, took a swing at Genma and nailed him in the jaw. Even with his new streangth and speed, Genma was not ready for the punch and he was thrown back from it. " Hey?. That hurt !" yelled Genma at the Ranma fake. The old man then stood up and shouted: " Of course it hurt. It's meant to hurt. How else do you think you'd get stronger here !?". Genma then regained his posture and went into a defensive stance. ' This is it. If what the old man is telling me is true, then I'm actually fighting Ranma even though he really isn't here. This Ranma is also stronger then my son according to the old man. This is so confusing. I'm hungry...' Genma got lost in his thought's until he got snapped out of it by Ranma charging at him. Genma leapt into action and dodged Ranma. When Ranma landed, Genma proceeded to trip his 'son' up by sweeping him.
Ranma jumped Genma's attack and went to kick him in midair. Genma then jumped into the air and began struggle with his 'son'. Once struggling with the fake, Genma used his new strength to throw Genma into the ground, with his well known 'koi pond throw'. When Genma landed, he made no waste in continuing the assult. He ran up to the image and began to kick it whilst it was still on the ground. Ranma (authors notes: let's refer to the fake as just Ranma) then leapt back to his feet and then took a defensive stance. Genma then leapt as Ranma with full force. A small grin came over the fake's mouth as he shouted, " Kanchu Tenshin Amaguriken". Before he knew it, Genma was caught in a wave of punches. Using his new speed to move out of the way, still had no effect as the much greater from of Ranma connected with 1220 punches. Genma then stumbled back and took a breather. ' Damn. His to fast. He is definately not the real Ranma. Hmm... What to do? I can't use the Saotome special technique due to the shield and my new speed is no match for his. Think Saotome! What to do? ..... I got it' thought Genma as he stood up and took an ever fimiliar stance. " Remember this boy?" Genma asked the image of his son. Genma then lanched himself whilst shouting, " LOOK OUT". The fake Ranma immediantly turned around and Genma then proceeded his attack. " Welcome Gate Iron Fan Fingers" and with that lunged his staightened hand into the fake Ranma's chest. Immediantly after Genma connected with the move, the fake Ranma toppled over. " What's wrong? Didn't think I'd use the forbidden technique Yamasen-ken, did ya !" gloaded Genma as he began to walk to the boy's body. Almost immediantly after hearing this, the fake Ranma jumped up and began to summon his energy for a chi attack. ' Finally, an oppertunity to use to uuse the some of those attacks in the books' thought Genma as he began to summon all his energy. Both participants did not move, for at least 2 minutes before they attacked again. It was Ranma who attacked first. With a high voice he yelled " MOKO TAKABISHA" and let loose a great energy attack. Genma made no attempt to block it as it came to him. ' Wait for it' thought Genma as he prepared his attack. When the chi attack was in his spitting range, he began his attack. " WARRIORS PRIDE" shouted an ever ready Genma and lets his attack fly. His attack hit Ranma's attack and then devoured it into itself before racing to hit it's target. The attack was a blur and the fake Ranma didn't see it until it was to late.
With the impact of this attack the fake Ranma flew into the air and then came crashing down into the hard dirt. ' Now it begins' thought Genma as he walked over to where the body had landed. The fake Ranma slowely, but surely, got to his feet and once again went into a defensive position. This time Genma went all out. He began to thrash his 'son' from one side of the circle to the other side, all the time the fake Ranma not attacking back. It came to a point, in which Genma was unable to catch up to Ranma and that his punches were almost all the times missing him. ' What's he doing' thought Genma as he slowely began to realise his fate. ' It couldn't b......' Genma's thoughts were cut of but a serge of cold energy coming towards him and the words " HIRYU SHOUTEN HA" shouted into his face. That was all Genma heard before pain and unconsiousness took over.

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When Genma awoke he was out side the circle and lying down on a blanket. His injuries had been tended to and there was a bowl of rice next to him. As Genma went to stannd up, he felt a tremendous pain in his chest and so he sat back down. " Try not to move". Genma turnned to see that the old man was standing over him. " You are injured now. Rest and tomorrow you will train again" said the old man as he walked into another hall. Genma just slightly nodded and then fell asleep.



Authors Notes:

Sorry it took so long to update. Please read and review. I would really like to hear your comments.


More coming soon in Genma's New Power.