Life Sentence (part 3) Training Time
Nodoka was surprised by the request. ~So Nabiki wants to learn the arts of Kimiko.~ It was a honourable request. She walked towards the dojo. Good thing, she had learned some of Kimiko's art before her friend died. It would be difficult for Nabiki to piece together her mother's art if there were almost no practioners left. Nodoka stopped in surprises as she watched Nabiki
flow through forms, Akane speeding through hers as if they were nuisances and Ranma watching both. She never knew Nabiki practiced Anything Goes. She had grown into a fine young woman with surprisingly honorable intentions and a good reputation. Nodoka had heard of Nabiki's track wins and her new after school activities. Nabiki stopped and bowed towards Nodoka. ~She has improve so much, I think she is worthy.~ smiled Nodoka. Ranma and Akane watched as Nodoka instructed Nabiki in the ways of the parting mists.
~She will be a worthy heir, she reminds me so much of you my dear Kimiko.~ Thought Soun as he watched Nabiki jog off into the sunrise with Akane. ~I never thought I would see her lift out of her emotional shell. I thought I had failed you, but here she is, living in your legacy. I must make sure that she achieves her goal of gaining back your arts. I am sorry that I failed you, but I will not let our daughter fail.~ Thought Soun and with that he bellowed at Genma. "Genma I need to speak to you about Nabiki."
Genma looked up surprised from his place at the breakfast table. Soun never bellowed like that. He's been cheerful these days, thought Genma. Ever since Nabiki declared that she would get the sign back for the Tendo arts. ~Hmm...perhaps my old sparring buddy is feeling better. I guess he would want to know where the sign is now and how to help his daughter win at all costs.~ Grinned Genma, ~well he came to the right man.~
Ranma was frustrated, another day of teaching. He knew he was getting better but the fathers kept pushing him to help Akane out more, especially by guiding her form. He didn't want to do that, it was not right, besides if he helped out Akane that way then he need to touch Nabiki like that too. He felted too uneasy over this, and he decided it was too much of a deterent to an already angry Akane. ~Why was she angry anywazs? Nabiki was just refreshing her muscle memory and doing this for light exercise and self defense, she was not going to challenge Akane for the title, not that she had it anywazs~ thought Ranma annoyed, ~I'm the best and after that Ryouga, Mousse, Kuno, Shampoo, Ukyou and then Akane. She didn't even rate anywhere, even Kodachi surpassed her, all because she was still too dependent on her anger and strength in fight situations.~ Ranma walked in the dojo surprised to see Nabiki already there doing some strange katas. Ranma watched her graceful form and started to compare her to Akane subconsciously. ~Good form, more grace and control then Akane, not forced and going with the flow. Why can't Akane get it, nothing about the art is about force, its about getting in control of your body like the way Nabiki is guiding hers.~ Ranma starts clapping. Nabiki stops embrassed. Akane appears and looks suspicously at Ranma. Ranma blushes and stammers in response and gets booted away. "Good one, Akane. There goes our sensei" smirked Nabiki.
"Oops, sorry Nabiki but why was he clapping anywazs?" Akane muttered in embrassment.
"Its because I just finished one of Mom's katas."
"Mom's kata? I didn't know, mom had practiced the art?" Akane asked in surprise.
"She did, I want to revive it and start to teach it."
"What you?!?"
"Why me? Well, Kasumi is going to be a doctor and she has her own brand of martial arts."
"What is it?" Akane asked confused, intrigued and overwhelmed all at once.
"Its martial arts house keeping" announced Nabiki with a straight face.
"What the heck!" says Akane shocked then grinning it suits her.
Soon after her announcement and graduation from high school Nabiki takes a year off and starts to train in earnest. Ranma grumbles about going to school only to earn rebukes and scorn from everyone as they explain the need of a sensei to have a proper education. He then gets annoyed as Akane is the one to point it out and rub it in, that she is better than him at it. He finally decides to apply himself when his mom, lectures him about not being like his father. That alone was enough motivation.
Akane was annoyed, why did Nabiki get to inherit her mother's art, it was her mother too. She should be the one, yet she didn't remember being taught. She growled, as she recalls the argument she had with Nabiki, Kasumi and her dad.
Soun "You shoud be proud of Nabiki. She is taking an interest in the family's martial arts."
Kasumi "You will inherit the Anything Goes style, with Ranma. Please Akane, let Nabiki carry
on Mother's work."
~grrrr...Ranma why is it alawys Ranma. Now I can't even learn it because of YOU~
Nabiki "I can teach you, however only after I get the sign back, after that who knows maybe I will open my own dojo or go off on an adventure." Akane is fuming silently.
Nabiki: "Don't worry about it. Until I'm a true master you can learn it too. Though there are very few practioners left and I don't really qualify." ~I hate her guts, who does she think she is humbling hersself so that Dad and Kasumi suppport her like that.~ After that statement, Nabiki was given permission to train while Akane was lectured to as if she was a spoiled brat about her responsibilites to Ranma and the Anything Goes school.
Nodoka was surprised by the request. ~So Nabiki wants to learn the arts of Kimiko.~ It was a honourable request. She walked towards the dojo. Good thing, she had learned some of Kimiko's art before her friend died. It would be difficult for Nabiki to piece together her mother's art if there were almost no practioners left. Nodoka stopped in surprises as she watched Nabiki
flow through forms, Akane speeding through hers as if they were nuisances and Ranma watching both. She never knew Nabiki practiced Anything Goes. She had grown into a fine young woman with surprisingly honorable intentions and a good reputation. Nodoka had heard of Nabiki's track wins and her new after school activities. Nabiki stopped and bowed towards Nodoka. ~She has improve so much, I think she is worthy.~ smiled Nodoka. Ranma and Akane watched as Nodoka instructed Nabiki in the ways of the parting mists.
~She will be a worthy heir, she reminds me so much of you my dear Kimiko.~ Thought Soun as he watched Nabiki jog off into the sunrise with Akane. ~I never thought I would see her lift out of her emotional shell. I thought I had failed you, but here she is, living in your legacy. I must make sure that she achieves her goal of gaining back your arts. I am sorry that I failed you, but I will not let our daughter fail.~ Thought Soun and with that he bellowed at Genma. "Genma I need to speak to you about Nabiki."
Genma looked up surprised from his place at the breakfast table. Soun never bellowed like that. He's been cheerful these days, thought Genma. Ever since Nabiki declared that she would get the sign back for the Tendo arts. ~Hmm...perhaps my old sparring buddy is feeling better. I guess he would want to know where the sign is now and how to help his daughter win at all costs.~ Grinned Genma, ~well he came to the right man.~
Ranma was frustrated, another day of teaching. He knew he was getting better but the fathers kept pushing him to help Akane out more, especially by guiding her form. He didn't want to do that, it was not right, besides if he helped out Akane that way then he need to touch Nabiki like that too. He felted too uneasy over this, and he decided it was too much of a deterent to an already angry Akane. ~Why was she angry anywazs? Nabiki was just refreshing her muscle memory and doing this for light exercise and self defense, she was not going to challenge Akane for the title, not that she had it anywazs~ thought Ranma annoyed, ~I'm the best and after that Ryouga, Mousse, Kuno, Shampoo, Ukyou and then Akane. She didn't even rate anywhere, even Kodachi surpassed her, all because she was still too dependent on her anger and strength in fight situations.~ Ranma walked in the dojo surprised to see Nabiki already there doing some strange katas. Ranma watched her graceful form and started to compare her to Akane subconsciously. ~Good form, more grace and control then Akane, not forced and going with the flow. Why can't Akane get it, nothing about the art is about force, its about getting in control of your body like the way Nabiki is guiding hers.~ Ranma starts clapping. Nabiki stops embrassed. Akane appears and looks suspicously at Ranma. Ranma blushes and stammers in response and gets booted away. "Good one, Akane. There goes our sensei" smirked Nabiki.
"Oops, sorry Nabiki but why was he clapping anywazs?" Akane muttered in embrassment.
"Its because I just finished one of Mom's katas."
"Mom's kata? I didn't know, mom had practiced the art?" Akane asked in surprise.
"She did, I want to revive it and start to teach it."
"What you?!?"
"Why me? Well, Kasumi is going to be a doctor and she has her own brand of martial arts."
"What is it?" Akane asked confused, intrigued and overwhelmed all at once.
"Its martial arts house keeping" announced Nabiki with a straight face.
"What the heck!" says Akane shocked then grinning it suits her.
Soon after her announcement and graduation from high school Nabiki takes a year off and starts to train in earnest. Ranma grumbles about going to school only to earn rebukes and scorn from everyone as they explain the need of a sensei to have a proper education. He then gets annoyed as Akane is the one to point it out and rub it in, that she is better than him at it. He finally decides to apply himself when his mom, lectures him about not being like his father. That alone was enough motivation.
Akane was annoyed, why did Nabiki get to inherit her mother's art, it was her mother too. She should be the one, yet she didn't remember being taught. She growled, as she recalls the argument she had with Nabiki, Kasumi and her dad.
Soun "You shoud be proud of Nabiki. She is taking an interest in the family's martial arts."
Kasumi "You will inherit the Anything Goes style, with Ranma. Please Akane, let Nabiki carry
on Mother's work."
~grrrr...Ranma why is it alawys Ranma. Now I can't even learn it because of YOU~
Nabiki "I can teach you, however only after I get the sign back, after that who knows maybe I will open my own dojo or go off on an adventure." Akane is fuming silently.
Nabiki: "Don't worry about it. Until I'm a true master you can learn it too. Though there are very few practioners left and I don't really qualify." ~I hate her guts, who does she think she is humbling hersself so that Dad and Kasumi suppport her like that.~ After that statement, Nabiki was given permission to train while Akane was lectured to as if she was a spoiled brat about her responsibilites to Ranma and the Anything Goes school.