DISCLAIMER:
Ryuu: Don't own, Don't sue.
Author: But I do own Ryuu and Ryo!
A/N: Hey, everyone! Thanks for coming to read this chapter. The polls for Akane's element is still open. My reason for keeping the polls open? I didn't get enough people voting for her element. I got 2 for Earth, 1 for Water, and 1 for a combination type element. Here are last chapter's reviewers' answers.
Ryo's destiny: Yes, the chapters will continue coming. And yes, I know the 'or else' will be full of pain. Jewel I added just 'cause I needed to add someone who Ryuu liked other than his brothers and Sano...and Kasumi and Akane. He don't like Nabiki...much...
Anon: Thank you for reviewing! So, so far we have 1 vote for Earth. (Ryuu: She can't have fire. pout)
HoboJoenTX: Umm...I kinda want Akane to have something different from the boys. So she can't have Spirit or Ice. (Ryuu: SHE CAN'T HAVE FIRE, DAMNIT!!!)
koalakitty: How's Ranma dumb? Please tell me next time you review...I didn't think he seemed dumb in the story. I think he acted the same as usual, except nicer. I didn't exactly rule out Water. Sorry for confusing you with that, Ranma thinks that there is no Water element. So we have 1 vote for Earth and 1 for Water. I need more votes people!
renzuko: Lol, yeah if that were an element that would be hers, hands down. So far 2 for Earth and 1 for Water. Keep'em coming folks, this poll is long from over.
seraph: Let's see...I like your suggestions. But, even for Akane I think she might abuse the privileges of being able to heal. Besides, that's what we have Dr. Tofu for. I like the combined element too. Maybe Earth combined with Water? Defensive with a hint of offensive...hmm, maybe...
That's all for today's reviews. Alright, I've decided that we will not find out what Akane's element is today. She will find out next chapter. Only because I didn't get a satisfactory amount of reviewers who suggested an element...whatever that means...Anyway, on to the next chapter! Enjoy!
The 3 R's of Martial Arts- Chapter 5
Akane and Ranma's walk home was silent for the most part after their conversation earlier. The quiet was soon interrupted by an unexpected presence behind them.
"SAOTOME, PREPARE TO DIE!!!"
Ranma's eyes widened as he recognized the voice, "Ryoga...shit!"
Ranma was about to grab Akane and run when a voice stopped him, indirectly.
"ACK!"
Ranma shook his head as he realized who the voice belonged to, "Ryuu...who would've guessed..." Ranma said sarcastically.
As Akane looked at Ranma strangely, he turned to her and was about to leave when he was knocked over by Ryuu.
"Coming through!! Sorry, Bro!" Ryuu said quickly.
Ranma was about to yell at Ryuu when he was knocked over again by Ryoga.
"Come back here you coward!!" Ryoga shouted as he chased after Ryuu.
Ryoga was a 16 year old boy wearing black pants and a yellow and black polka dotted shirt and a matching bandanna. He was carrying an umbrella in his hand swinging it at Ryuu and was wearing a huge backpack on his back.
"Because of you, my life's been hell Saotome!!" Ryoga shouted in fury.
"What else is new?!" Ryuu shouted back.
Akane looked at Ranma and it was obvious by her face she wanted answers.
Ranma shrugged his shoulders, "Ryu pissed him off while we were in China."
"And long ago was this?"
Ranma stood there thinking, "Ow...um, about 5, 6 years ago...I think."
Akane raised an eyebrow at his statement, and Ranma just shrugged his shoulders again.
"He holds grudges. What can I do?"
"You could help your brother."
"Why? I enjoy watching him run..." Akane glared at him, "...On second thought..."
Akane smirked, "I thought so. Let's go."
Ranma turned to run in the direction Ryuu and Ryoga ran in, with Akane a few yards behind.
/Empty Lot/
Ryuu finally stopped and turned to face Ryoga, "What do you want, Ryoga?"
"To settle our-...wait a minute...Your not Ranma!"
"No duh, genius. I'm Ryuu. Ranma's older brother."
"But..."
"We passed Ranma on our way over here."
Ryoga frowned, "How did I miss that? How could I have missed that?"
"I dunno. Me 'n him look nothing alike."
"Maybe your judgment is as bad as your sense of direction!" Shouted Ranma from behind Ryoga.
Ryuu pointed at Ranma, "THAT'S Ranma, you moron!"
Ryoga turned to face Ranma, "Saotome! We have a score to settle!"
"Look, Ryoga! I waited 3 days for at that damned lot! 3 Freaking days! And you never showed up!"
"I arrived on the 4th, Ranma! Why didn't you wait!"
"Trust me, Ryoga, had I had the choice I would have waited a bit longer."
"Then why didn't you?"
At this point Ryuu broke in, "He had no choice. We were forced to leave on a training trip."
"And your point...?" Ryoga asked.
"My point is, Jackass, that he was knocked unconscience before he had the time to object. Trust me, I know. I had to carry him for several hours after he was knocked out. That was NOT fun," Ryuu answered.
Ryoga stood their dumbfounded when Ranma spoke, "If you want to settle the score, let's settle it now."
"Hold it!" Akane yelled. Everyone turned to look at Akane, and she pointed at Ranma.
"You said Ryuu pissed him off in China! You lied!"
Ranma put his hands out in defense, "Actually, I didn't lie. Ryoga followed us to China and Ryuu 'accidentally' knocked him into a cursed spring."
A lightbulb appeared above Ryoga's head, "Oh yeah! I have to settle a score with you too, Ryuu!"
"Damn you, Ranma, I was sure he had forgotten about that! Damn you!" Ryuu shouted.
Akane didn't fully understand the situation, but she understood it enough that she knows Ryoga wants to settle a score with Ranma, he hates Ryuu, and Ryuu is currently not happy about running into Ryoga.
"Ryoga, let's settle our score first, then you can deal with my brother." Ranma said as he got into a defensive stance.
"Alright, let's do this!" Ryoga shouted as he charged at Ranma.
Ranma jumped up and dodged Ryoga's attack. Unfortunately Ryoga kept running and turned a random corner.
Akane walked out to the street and looked after where Ryoga had ran, "He's...he's gone. He disappeared..."
Ryuu shook his head, "It figures. Can't even help himself from getting lost during a battle."
Akane looked at them in disbelief, "How? How can he do that?"
Ranma sweatdropped, "Bad sense of direction runs in his family. He'll probably be half way to Okinawa in a few hours. How he does it is beyond me."
"Everything is beyond you, Ranma."
"Shut up, Ryuu." Ranma countered.
"I knew I shouldn't have let Ryuu leave the dojo," Ryo said, appearing out of no where.
Akane jumped when Ryo spoke, "Where the hell did you come from?"
"I came from the house. Why?"
"You startled me...Don't ever do that again!"
Ryo simply shrugged, "Always expect the unexpected, anything can happen, and it will."
"So says the man who jumped into the nearest pine tree when Jewel first appeared," Ryuu said, beginning to walk down the street.
"..." Ryo said nothing but glared daggers at Ryuu's back.
Out of nowhere Jewel appeared behind Ryuu and bit him in the ass.
"Ow! Hey! Stop that! Jewel, Stop it! RYO!!" Ryuu shouted as he ran all the way home.
"You couldn't help yourself could you?" Ranma said coming up beside Ryo.
Ryo just smiled in response.
"What the hell was that all about?" Akane said coming up beside Ranma.
Ranma chuckled, "I'll explain it all to you when we get home."
Akane just stared at him, "Whatever..."
Ryo, Ranma, and Akane walked home watching Ryuu get repeatedly bit in ass.
"..." Ryo stayed silent the whole walk home but always had a smile on his face.
/Tendo Home/
"Ow...ow...ow..."
"Quit your whining, Ryuu. You've handled more pain in China then this." Ranma said.
Ryuu nodded his head, "True...but at least I could sit on my ass then."
"That's gotta suck," Nabiki said.
"Haha, very funny, Ice Queen," Ryuu snapped. He turned to Ryo, "I hate you, you know that?"
"I love you too, Ryuu." Ryo smirked.
Akane looked at the boys and then poked Ranma.
"What is it, Akane?"
"Weren't we gonna ask Ryo something before?"
"Huh? Uh...oh yeah! Ryo? Can we teach Akane how to use Elementals?"
Ryo sat in his seat quietly for a moment, pondering Ranma's question and whether she was capable of controlling them properly, "..."
Akane looked at him expectantly.
"C'mon Ryo. Give the girl a chance," Ryuu said.
"... ...fine...meet me and Ryuu in the dojo in 5 minutes in your gi if you have one," Ryo said standing up.
Ryuu followed him into the dojo where they sat waiting.
/Dojo/
"Why do you want me to give her a chance? Chances are she won't be able to control any of them properly," Ryo said to Ryuu.
"Ryo, you have to understand. I took a look at her aura when she was around Ranma. She's clearly infatuated with him. Though I'm sure if you asked her she would deny it."
"So what you're telling me is that because of the fact that she likes Ranma, I should teach her Elementals. What in hell does that have to do with anything?"
"That actually has nothing to do with. I just thought that you should know."
Ryo sweatdropped, "Ok Ryuu. So tell me the real reason why I should teach this girl Elementals."
"Ok. She shows that she has a experience in Martial Arts. With the correct training she could control ki, and be able to control an Elemental almost as well as Ranma."
"...Ok. I'll give her the chance."
"Why are we in here again?"
"I want to see Akane use ki, and I want to see if she has the potential to properly use an Elemental."
"So you're telling me that my little explanation did nothing but let you give Akane a chance?"
"Yup."
Ryuu was about to say something extremely rude when the door opened revealing Ranma and Akane behind him in her gi.
Ryo looked at Akane solemnly, "Are you ready?"
Akane raised an eyebrow, "For what?"
"Your test to see if you're capable of handling an Elemental."
"Yes, I am."
Ryo cracked a small smile, "Good. Now sit down over there. Ryuu will be like a second judge, me being the first, so we have more than one opinion of your skills."
Akane nodded in understanding as sat several yards across from Ryo and Ryuu while Ranma sat by the door silently.
"Akane? Can you use ki based attacks?" Ryo asked.
Akane shook her head, "No."
"Are you sure? Have you ever tried?" Ryuu asked.
"No, I've never tried."
Ryuu smirked his life-rules smirk, "Do me a favor, will you Akane? I want you to close your eyes and focus. Follow Ryo's instructions."
Ryo just nodded in acknowledgement, "Akane I want you to focus on the center of your being."
Akane nodded.
"Can you feel some sort of power resonating within you?"
"Yeah, it's warm...and comforting."
"Good. Now focus on bringing that power towards your hands and making it visible. Open your hands as the power travels through your arms."
Akane focused and soon a soft glowing appeared in her open palms.
Ryo, Ryuu, and Ranma smiled at Akane. Ryuu spoke up first, "Akane I want you to continue focusing on that warmth and slowly open your eyes."
Akane did as she was told and smiled as she saw the glowing balls of ki in her hands. (Why does that sound wrong to me?) Suddenly the ki balls disappeared.
"Huh? Why'd they dissapear, Ryo? What'd I do wrong?" Akane asked.
Ryo smiled again, "Don't worry you didn't do anything wrong. You just stopped focusing on the ki."
"Don't worry. We'll work on ki manipulation later on in your training," Ryuu said.
"Wait. Your gonna train me?" Akane asked in disbelief.
"As far as I'm concerned, yes. And even if you're not able to learn Elementals, I'm still gonna train you."
"Alright!"
"Hold on. No celebrating yet. I'm not done with you yet, Akane," Ryo said.
Akane stopped smiling and turned serious as she focused her attention on Ryo.
"Akane, can you control your aura?"
"To a certain extent, yes."
"I need you to power up as much as you can. And spread your aura as far as you possibly can."
"Ok," Akane nodded and closed her eyes as she once again focused. Her aura visibly, at least to the three Satome's, spread out and covered a good amount of the dojo.
Ryo spoke up, "Ok, Akane. That'll do. Let me discuss everything with Ryuu. Please go sit by Ranma."
(Ryuu: I feel like I'm experiencing an interview. Author: kinda sorta, I guess. Ryuu: It sucks...I hate interviews. Author: Me too...too bad I'm too far into it to stop it... Ryuu: Yup. I hate you. Author: I'm glad.)
Akane moved to sit by Ranma, "So...do you think I'll be able to learn it?"
Ranma looked at his brothers, "It's a long shot...but I think you have a chance."
Ryuu nodded and stood. He walked over to Akane and Ranma and sat in front of them.
Akane looked worried but Ryuu winked, "We start as soon as Ryo calls Jewel over to help a bit. Which should be...now."
Akane looked over to where Ryuu had turned to look and where Ranma was looking but could still see nothing.
/A Few Hours Later/
Akane sat in a lotus position as Ryo sat in front of her. Akane had her hands open as if someone was handind her something. In both of her hands stood a glowing ball of ki.
Ryo stared at the glowing ball in Akane's hands. Colors could bee seen swirling around in the ball. The colors changed repeatedly. Red one moment, then blue, yellow, white, grey, brown, green, and several mixed colors.
As the colors settled only one color blinked in and out.
Ranma stared in awe at the color in her hands. Even though he had seen Ryuu get his Elemental and his own, it still fascinated him. He had rarely seen that color appear at any time.
Ryuu's eyes widened as he stared at the color. He didn't think he'd ever see that color again.
Ryo just smiled as he watched the colors settle.
To Be Continued...
A/N:
Ryuu: Haha! We left you with a cliffhanger! Haha!
Author: This is revenge to any author who has ever written a cliffhanger.
Ryuu: Haha! Suckers!
Author: Stop it, Ryuu! That's mean!
Ryuu: Fine. Ruin my fun...
Author: I will. Anyway, I need everyone to suggest some more elements.
Ryuu: If you don't, we will come to your house with a straightjacket gun!
Author: You finally got it back from Gin?
Ryuu: Yeah...He needed it for Theodora...
Author: She on her S&M kick again?
Ryuu: Yup...shudder...poor Gin...
Author: Yup...
Ryuu: Anyway, Review!!!
Author: If we don't get enough reviews we won't update the next chapter.
Ryuu: All flames will be used to roast marshmallows!
Author: ...yum...