Fear.
I always believe that the Art is above all. The Art comes before life. The Art is BEYOND life. It is a understanding. And with that in my mind, I trained my son to become a true Martial artist that none has ever seen before. Someone that can understand that the Art for what it truly is; something that not even life can stop.
When we traveled across Japan to train, I saw dojos that are no longer dojos but a mere school for people who want to excersize. My son can defeat the so called masters of the dojo with one hand tied behind his back and one eye closed even when he was eight years old. That was when I felt fear. I fear that my son would never be able to reach the peak of the Art. I fear that the world held him back.
Then I realized that a measure of someone's skill is not with others, but with himself. So I took him away from civilization to train him in the wilderness so that only he can judge himself. So that I can guide him towards the true path of a Martial artist.
Fear.
Of course, before that, I used many different training methods that uses fear against the trainee to strenghten him. One of those many training that I used is the Neko-ken. I saw how Ranma seem to love cats, more importantly, I know that the cats loved him. He may not know it, but every night, for some obscure reason, stray cats would all curl up beside him to keep him warm while he sleeps. That's how I got the idea that the Neko-ken might work for him.
I don't know if I should curse myself or just plain kill myself after that.
It was the worst mistake I've ever made as a living thing.
At that point, I was blinded by my dreams. The technique seems so good. The manuel says that it is a undefeatable technique that only a child can learn. Ranma is a child, he loves cats, it's undefeatable. That painted a VERY good picture in my deluded mind.
The next few days, my mind went on automatic. Everything I did seems not me. I'm not even sure what the details are in those few days that I trained Ranma in the Neko-ken.
Like always, I got lucky. An old women managed to snap Ranma out of his berserker state.
Fear.
I think I truly started to have this fear of mine after the incident with the Master and his Moxibustion technique. Ranma managed to defeat the master even when his strength has be stolen from him. His pride torn apart, his Art, sundered. Without his strenght, you can say that he is almost useless when it comes to a fight.
Then he learnt the Hiryu Shouten Ha.
The technique is a masterpiece. I would've never imagined that something like that would be invented by a women. But it did.
There is no word in ANY human language that can describe this technique. It's not perfect in any sense, quite opposite, it is VERY flawed. But imagine, if you know the technique, the stronger you and your opponent's strength COMBINED, the stronger the technique! This means that a MUCH weaker person can pratically defeat a GOD if he or she knew this technique and pull it off.
Of course, Ranma had to prove me right on that one.
Saffron.
Fear.
Yes, after the Neko-ken, no, after the past then years in which i've trained Ranma in the Art, I've finally realize why I've always seem weary of my son. He IS what I've always dreamed of, he is the embodiment of the Art. He can pull of seemingly impossible stunts using this ridiculously adaptable technique to defeat opponents with MUCH more physical AND spiritual potential than he did. All with the limited skills and knowledge he has from just a mere ten year training trip with limited combat experience.
Even if Happosai and Cologne won't admit it, I would say, without a doubt, that Ramna can beat those two if he truly went all out, without restraint. Even with all the trickery that Happosai has, or the thousands of years of combat knowledge that Cologne has. My son, can beat those two.
I know that Cologne has at least few versions of the Hiryu Shouten Ha that doesn't need the hot chi of the opponent, she has hinted at it a few times I've talked to her, but that really defeats the purpose of the technique since is SHOULD be using the opponent's strength. I KNOW for a fact that Ranma doesn't need the spiral anymore. All he needs is a area with highly saturated chi cold OR hot, or just a area with extreme temperatures. In other words, if you were to fight Ranma in a desert or in the middle of a blizzard, he would beat you without breaking a sweat even if you are a god.
Fear.
All that thought swam in my mind as I heard my future Daughter in law said the words that I feared since I started to teach Ranma.
"Uncle, Ranma... he... he.."
"Calm down Akane! Take a deep breath! Suck it up like a Martial Artist!"
"Ranma... he.. he's losing control!"
"WHAT!?! I thought I taught the boy better than THAT!"
"I... I think he's using Neko-ken, but he KNOWS what he's doing!"
"..."
"He.. he said that... all he-"
"All he feels is hatred..."
For me
"H-how did you..."
I almost wanted to laugh as I saw Akane's expression, of course I know about the Neko-ken's secrets, I just don't know how it does it! It doesn't use fear! No form of the Art should be built on a emotion so weak! It's build on hatred. Now, my son, my heir, my own blood and flesh, would hate me with all his heart and soul because he has finally mastered the Neko-ken.
What I didn't tell the Tendos and Ranma is that after the page in which says that the technique would turn the trainee insane, says that to master the technique, the trainee must learn not fear. I know Ramna would be able to do it. Even if he must hate me for the rest of my life, I want him to be THE Art. He will be above life, above all things. He would be a man ABOVE men.
Fear.
Yes, I fear many things; but I fear my son and what I've done to him the most.
I fear his hatred.
"Lets go Akane, we need to stop him before he hurts someone." I watched as Akane rush out the door, "Wait, go get Cologne, we'd need her help."
I think I would die today, if not, then a piece of me will.
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Genma is hard... I need to make it so that he thinks of himself above others, but I also want to show why he did all those weird trainings with Ranma. I believe that Genma REALLY believes that the Art is more important than life itself. Why else would he be a student to Happosai if he treasured his life? Why would he teach Ranma that he should be ready to sacrifice his life for the art? It's because Genma TRULY believes that the Art is everything.
I try to word this piece VERY carefully, I mean I can't make it so that Genma is noble, cuz he's not. I can't make it seem that he is a total idiot, cuz, lets face it, Genma may be idiotic sometimes, but he is no idiot. He is just a person who loves the Art to a fault. A BIG fault. That's what I think of him anyways.
Also, I want to make it so that Genma does care of Ranma in a way. A twisted, weird, sorta way, but he still cares.
So let me sum up what I think of Genma: Art above all, Life is a means to the Art, cares for Ranma.
So what does that add up to? He would show to Ranma that the Art IS above life so he would do anything to make Ranma into the ultimate Martial Art's machine!
Well that's my rant of the chapter ^^ interlude is coming up ^^
I always believe that the Art is above all. The Art comes before life. The Art is BEYOND life. It is a understanding. And with that in my mind, I trained my son to become a true Martial artist that none has ever seen before. Someone that can understand that the Art for what it truly is; something that not even life can stop.
When we traveled across Japan to train, I saw dojos that are no longer dojos but a mere school for people who want to excersize. My son can defeat the so called masters of the dojo with one hand tied behind his back and one eye closed even when he was eight years old. That was when I felt fear. I fear that my son would never be able to reach the peak of the Art. I fear that the world held him back.
Then I realized that a measure of someone's skill is not with others, but with himself. So I took him away from civilization to train him in the wilderness so that only he can judge himself. So that I can guide him towards the true path of a Martial artist.
Fear.
Of course, before that, I used many different training methods that uses fear against the trainee to strenghten him. One of those many training that I used is the Neko-ken. I saw how Ranma seem to love cats, more importantly, I know that the cats loved him. He may not know it, but every night, for some obscure reason, stray cats would all curl up beside him to keep him warm while he sleeps. That's how I got the idea that the Neko-ken might work for him.
I don't know if I should curse myself or just plain kill myself after that.
It was the worst mistake I've ever made as a living thing.
At that point, I was blinded by my dreams. The technique seems so good. The manuel says that it is a undefeatable technique that only a child can learn. Ranma is a child, he loves cats, it's undefeatable. That painted a VERY good picture in my deluded mind.
The next few days, my mind went on automatic. Everything I did seems not me. I'm not even sure what the details are in those few days that I trained Ranma in the Neko-ken.
Like always, I got lucky. An old women managed to snap Ranma out of his berserker state.
Fear.
I think I truly started to have this fear of mine after the incident with the Master and his Moxibustion technique. Ranma managed to defeat the master even when his strength has be stolen from him. His pride torn apart, his Art, sundered. Without his strenght, you can say that he is almost useless when it comes to a fight.
Then he learnt the Hiryu Shouten Ha.
The technique is a masterpiece. I would've never imagined that something like that would be invented by a women. But it did.
There is no word in ANY human language that can describe this technique. It's not perfect in any sense, quite opposite, it is VERY flawed. But imagine, if you know the technique, the stronger you and your opponent's strength COMBINED, the stronger the technique! This means that a MUCH weaker person can pratically defeat a GOD if he or she knew this technique and pull it off.
Of course, Ranma had to prove me right on that one.
Saffron.
Fear.
Yes, after the Neko-ken, no, after the past then years in which i've trained Ranma in the Art, I've finally realize why I've always seem weary of my son. He IS what I've always dreamed of, he is the embodiment of the Art. He can pull of seemingly impossible stunts using this ridiculously adaptable technique to defeat opponents with MUCH more physical AND spiritual potential than he did. All with the limited skills and knowledge he has from just a mere ten year training trip with limited combat experience.
Even if Happosai and Cologne won't admit it, I would say, without a doubt, that Ramna can beat those two if he truly went all out, without restraint. Even with all the trickery that Happosai has, or the thousands of years of combat knowledge that Cologne has. My son, can beat those two.
I know that Cologne has at least few versions of the Hiryu Shouten Ha that doesn't need the hot chi of the opponent, she has hinted at it a few times I've talked to her, but that really defeats the purpose of the technique since is SHOULD be using the opponent's strength. I KNOW for a fact that Ranma doesn't need the spiral anymore. All he needs is a area with highly saturated chi cold OR hot, or just a area with extreme temperatures. In other words, if you were to fight Ranma in a desert or in the middle of a blizzard, he would beat you without breaking a sweat even if you are a god.
Fear.
All that thought swam in my mind as I heard my future Daughter in law said the words that I feared since I started to teach Ranma.
"Uncle, Ranma... he... he.."
"Calm down Akane! Take a deep breath! Suck it up like a Martial Artist!"
"Ranma... he.. he's losing control!"
"WHAT!?! I thought I taught the boy better than THAT!"
"I... I think he's using Neko-ken, but he KNOWS what he's doing!"
"..."
"He.. he said that... all he-"
"All he feels is hatred..."
For me
"H-how did you..."
I almost wanted to laugh as I saw Akane's expression, of course I know about the Neko-ken's secrets, I just don't know how it does it! It doesn't use fear! No form of the Art should be built on a emotion so weak! It's build on hatred. Now, my son, my heir, my own blood and flesh, would hate me with all his heart and soul because he has finally mastered the Neko-ken.
What I didn't tell the Tendos and Ranma is that after the page in which says that the technique would turn the trainee insane, says that to master the technique, the trainee must learn not fear. I know Ramna would be able to do it. Even if he must hate me for the rest of my life, I want him to be THE Art. He will be above life, above all things. He would be a man ABOVE men.
Fear.
Yes, I fear many things; but I fear my son and what I've done to him the most.
I fear his hatred.
"Lets go Akane, we need to stop him before he hurts someone." I watched as Akane rush out the door, "Wait, go get Cologne, we'd need her help."
I think I would die today, if not, then a piece of me will.
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Genma is hard... I need to make it so that he thinks of himself above others, but I also want to show why he did all those weird trainings with Ranma. I believe that Genma REALLY believes that the Art is more important than life itself. Why else would he be a student to Happosai if he treasured his life? Why would he teach Ranma that he should be ready to sacrifice his life for the art? It's because Genma TRULY believes that the Art is everything.
I try to word this piece VERY carefully, I mean I can't make it so that Genma is noble, cuz he's not. I can't make it seem that he is a total idiot, cuz, lets face it, Genma may be idiotic sometimes, but he is no idiot. He is just a person who loves the Art to a fault. A BIG fault. That's what I think of him anyways.
Also, I want to make it so that Genma does care of Ranma in a way. A twisted, weird, sorta way, but he still cares.
So let me sum up what I think of Genma: Art above all, Life is a means to the Art, cares for Ranma.
So what does that add up to? He would show to Ranma that the Art IS above life so he would do anything to make Ranma into the ultimate Martial Art's machine!
Well that's my rant of the chapter ^^ interlude is coming up ^^