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Kyoko looked at around the clinic she now worked at. All around her were various charts, book, medical instruments, scrolls and other items one would find at a medical clinic that used the 'other' forms of healing besides technological. She had to admit that other than volume this Doctor had the same type of facilities and equipment as the Training Center did. She had actually known Dr. Ono Tofu, the Doctor that owned the clinic, for many years now.

The two had met before Ranma was brought to the Training Center at a Medical Conference that discussed the where the four different methods of healing; Psionic, Magical, Chi, or Technological, would be best for different situations. For everyday physical injuries, like bruises of twisted ankles, all three had the same result and about the same recovery time, for injuries like broken bones it was revealed that Chi was the best because Chi Healing promotes the body's natural healing properties. In terms of surgery Technological methods were the best because of the developments in microsurgery. For sicknesses induced by curses Magic was obviously the best method for a cure. And for psychological trauma, Psionics were the best. Treatments could often be mixed to speed up recovery like Chi Healing after Emergency Surgery but mixing methods was often limited to life and death situations.

After the Conference the two had kept in sporadic contact through the years and when Kyoko mentioned she was moving to Nerima for a few years Dr. Tofu jumped at the chance for some help. So in the end Kyoko had a job waiting for her even before she and the boys arrived. "Well its time to head to the High School," Dr. Tofu said.

"Why does the school put up with all the fights?" Kyoko asked. Yesterday Tofu explained that he was on commission from the School because of the morning fights. The injuries that sometimes occurred were too much for the School Nurse to handle. Kyoko understood that areas with high populations of Martial Arts like Nerima would often have fights in but they were usually regulated to Dojo's or at least empty lots where no bystanders would be hurt. Even Akira and Ranma's old Junior High did not tolerate all out fights on School Property, at least not during school hours. The fact that the Kendo Captain started the fights at Furinkan so he could date some girl seemed preposterous.

"Well the Kuno Clan holds a great deal of influence in the area to begin with," Tofu answered. "And with the Principle being the Head of Kuno Clan and the fact that not too many people actually participate…"

"Everyone around figured it was better not to voice any objections," Kyoko answered. 'I wonder if these Kuno Clan here had any relation to the boy Ranma defeated a few years ago?'

A few minutes later Tofu and Kyoko walked into the Nurse's Office and saw seven boys all lying on cots moaning in pain. The Nurse came out from behind a screen when she heard the two enter. "Hello Doctor," the Nurse greeted. "Who is your companion?"

"Hello Miyaka. This is Amaki Kyoko," Tofu gestured to Kyoko. "She is Psionic Healer that I hired just recently to aid me around the Clinic. Kyoko this is Shirani Miyaka the Nurse here at Furinkan High."

"It is a pleasure to meet you Ms. Shirani," Kyoko bowed.

The Nurse returned the bow. "The pleasure is all mine, Ms. Amaki. Would you by any chance be related to our new student Amaki Ranma?"

Kyoko sighed, "Yes he is my Adopted Son and if he has done anything wrong there is usually a good explanation for it, so please don't judge him too harshly."

"Oh it is nothing like that," Miyaka said. "It's just that the entire student body is talking about him because he defeated Kuno so quickly when they fought this morning. I was just curious of any kind of relation to him, nothing more." Kyoko nodded in understanding and Miyaka went from conversational to professional. "Only the seven you see here have to be treated today. The rest only sustained minor injuries and I have already sent them to class."

"And what of the Kuno Boy?" Tofu asked.

"He was merely knocked unconscious by Amaki Ranma this morning," Miyaka answered. "He should be awake in about an hour or so."

"Thank you Miyaka," Tofu said. "Well Kyoko let's get started."

As Kyoko and Tofu were healing the injured Kendo Team, Akira and Ranma were standing in front of their class, making their introductions. "Class we have two new students joining us today," the teacher said. "This is Amaki Ranma and Yamato Akira, please introduce yourselves to the class."

Being the bolder of the two Ranma stepped forward to introduce himself first. "I am Amaki Ranma and I've just returned from a Martial Arts training trip in China." Ranma looked around the room and noticed several of the girls were looking at him very strangely in his opinion. When he stepped back he looked at Akira to see if his friend could give him any clue what the girls were thinking.

Akira stepped up and said, "I'm Yamato Akira, and like he said." Akira did not mean to antisocial at the introduction but his focus was on keeping the images he picked up from some of the girls around the room. Strong thoughts were difficult to block and some of these girls had some very strong thoughts about his friend. 'And I thought Xian Pu was bad,' Akira thought. 'These girls are just freaky, I mean I know Ranma is flexible but you would need to be double jointed to get into 'that' position.'

"Thank you boys," the Teacher said. "Now please take your seats. Mr. Amaki you can have a seat next to Miss Tendo. Miss Tendo please raise your hand," Akane's hand rose up and Ranma started in that direction. "Mr. Yamato you can sit next to Miss Noima." A girl near the back raised her hand and Akira towards her. Once the boys were seated the Teacher began the first lesson of the day.

On the second floor Nabiki was counting the profits from this morning's fights. The usual morning Kendo Team Stomping from Akane yielded the usual results, most of the money going to her. The fight between Kuno and the new kid Amaki yielded a great deal of money for her. Only the other new kid bet against Kuno. 'Kuno-baby seems to have an old score to settle with Amaki,' Nabiki thought. 'And knowing Kuno he'll try and beat Amaki at every chance he can. Considering how fast Amaki won this morning people will start betting against Kuno real quick. I'll have start placing odds on how fast Amaki beats him and where and when Kuno will attack.' She then considered some of the looks Ranma and Akira were getting when they first walked into the school. 'I'll have to get some information on those too I'm sure some of the girls will want to pay top dollar for their phone numbers and relationship status.'

A few minutes later Kuno walked in with a dazed look on his face. Nabiki took note it was the same face he usually got when he started thinking about Akane. Without even looking at the Teacher Kuno walked up to Nabiki's desk and slapped a wad of bills down. "I seek you're services Tendo," he said.

"I'm not into that kind of work Kuno-baby," Nabiki said sarcastically.

"Not that woman!" Kuno returned his face starting to go red. "I just saw a vision of loveliness on my way to punish the Foul Sorcerer Amaki for his dishonorable acts against my personage!" Kuno's eyes once again took a glazed look as he thought of the red head he saw on the third floor. "She was a Pony-tailed Goddess and I must know who she is!"

"What about Akane?" Nabiki said picking up the wad of yen notes. 'The only new students coming today were Amaki and Yamato, I wonder who Kuno's talking about.'

Kuno heard Nabiki's words and started to have a mental breakdown. 'The Fierce Tigress is my Love but the Pony-tailed Girl is a Goddess with Fiery Hair. And yet my Tigress is just waiting to be claimed in battle, but the Pony-tailed Girl must be seeking my embrace…' thoughts like these continued to bounce around back and forth inside Kuno's warped mind for several minutes until he finally came to a conclusion, "I SHALL HAVE THEM BOTH!"

Upstairs Ranma was just coming out of the bathroom. He had asked if he could get a drink as his throat was getting dry, the teacher was asking him and Akira several questions to see how caught up they were. When he went a near-by water fountain it sprung a leak when he tried to use and the water hit him on the head. Ranma made a quick dash to the restroom to get some hot water to change back and just missed Kuno coming up the stairs. He, like the rest of the school, heard Kuno's bellow, "What is that moron yelling about now? Well what ever it is I just hope it doesn't have anything to do with me."

Lunch finally came around and the students left the building to head to their favorite locations to eat. Ranma and Akira found a nice tree that offered a good amount of shade and started to each their lunches. They were half way finished when Kuno came stomping up to them, or to be more precise, Ranma. Akira took a quick scan on his mind and blinked his eyes several times. 'Ranma,' Akira thought to his friend using Telepathy. 'Kuno is either coming to challenge you to a fight or he is going to ask you for a day.'

'WHAT?' Ranma thought.

'He's apparently seen you're Cursed Form and thinks its in his words 'a vision of fiery beauty',' Akira answered. 'His thoughts are going back and forth on fighting you or dating his 'Pony-tailed Girl'.'

'I think I'm gong to be sick,' Ranma said.

'At least you can't know what he's thinking about,' Akira shuddered. 'I'm going to turn off my Telepathy now or else I am going to be sick.'

When Kuno finally arrived he thrust his bokken out at Ranma and started his rant. "The heavens have cursed you Vile Amaki! For they have deemed that I Kuno Tatewaki the undefeated Kendo Champion of Furinkan High shall punish you for your Black Magic!"

"Magic isn't our thing Windbag," Akira said interrupting Kuno. The Kendoist glared at Akira for ruining his monolog. "And how can you be undefeated when you were beaten by Ranma when you were twelve and he was eleven?"

"Silence!" Kuno commanded. "That was not a defeat for Amaki used trickery and the foulest Magic and sullied a Noble Kendo Dojo!"

"What do you want Kuno? Can't you see we're eating?" Ranma asked wanting to get this over with.

"I challenge you!" Kuno yelled drawing several dozen students' attention. "For I shall defeat you and end your treacherous existence! You shall know the vengeance of Heaven's Chosen Champion the Greatest Samurai of all time Kuno Tatewaki, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!"

"Kami! Do you ever shut up?" Akira yelled. "My ears are bleeding fro all the bad poetry you keep spouting off!"

Kuno not liking Akira's insults swung his bokken at him, "Have at You Knave!"

Akira dodged the swing and Ranma rolled out of the way. The tree being a stationary organism suffered the full brunt of the swing and was toppled from the force. Kuno seeing that he missed swung again. Akira knew it was coming because of his Clairvoyance and Telepathy and stepped out of the way. This enraged Kuno and he tried again with the same results. "You know if this is all you're going to do then this fight won't be much of a challenge," Akira said.

"Hold still so that I may smite you!" Kuno yelled. To everyone but Ranma's surprise Akira did just that. "Now you shall face my wrath! STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!"

"Not this again," Akira sighed. He used his Chi and Telekinesis and erected a shield that blocked every one of Kuno's stabs. When Kuno finished Akira let the shield drop, "I guess it's my turn now." Akira called on his Telekinesis once more and slammed his open palm into Kuno's chest. The Telekinetic enhanced blow sent the Kendo Idiot flying several meters and into the School wall knocking him out for the second time that day. "So Ranma are you going to answer his challenge?"

"I doubt I'll have much choice in the matter," Ranma said. "If I don't accept he'll just keep attacking me saying I'm a coward and if I do fight and beat him he'll just say I used trickery to defeat him and still attack me."

"Well look at it this way, if you accept his challenge then you may get a couple of days with out being bothered," Akira said. "He thinks he has honor and won't attack before a set date of a duel."

Before Ranma could answer the bell range signaling that lunch period was over. The students reluctantly started to head back inside wanting to know Ranma's answer, but not wanting to be late even more. Besides they would learn if there was going to be a fight later, either from Kuno or Nabiki.

As Akane walked back into the School she could not help but look at Ranma and Akira, 'They both beat Kuno so easily that means they're almost as good as me. I wonder if they would like some pointers if that Amaki guy accepts Kuno's challenge.'

When Ranma saw Nabiki starting to drag Kuno off he called out, "Tell him I accept, just tell me where and when."

Nabiki nodded and then smiled. 'I can Kuno-baby that Amaki set the date and then set everything up to make a lot of money.'

After School word had spread of the fight that would take place Saturday afternoon between Kuno and Ranma. And already everyone was placing bets on the fight. When Akane heard Ranma accepted the Challenge she decided to act on her thoughts from lunchtime and propose she teach Ranma. After a real Martial Artist helps the weak and in Akane's mind everyone in Nerima was a weaker fighter than her.

"Hey Amaki!" Akane called out as she ran up to the two new boys.

Ranma and Akira stopped when they heard Ranma's name. They turned and saw Akane running up to them, "Yes, what can I do for you Tendo?" Ranma asked.

"Even though you interrupted my fight this morning I'm here to offer my services to help train you to fight Kuno," Akane answered.

"No thank you," Ranma said. "I beat Kuno before and he hasn't improved all that much."

"And besides Ranma did not interrupt your fight," Akira joined in. "Kuno attacked him, even if it was your fight that changed when Kuno changed his target."

"Who asked you for your opinion!" Akane snapped. "And you don't know Kuno, he gets real strong when he gets mad at a guy."

"That won't make a difference," Ranma said. "His anger may make him stronger but it will also make him sloppy. So in the end it will still be the same."

Akane started to fume, here she was trying to keep Ranma from getting seriously hurt by teaching to fight Kuno and he just brushes her off like he does not need her. "Fine! See if I care if you end up in the Hospital! Just don't come crying to me when you lose!"

Once Akane stomped out of sight Ranma asked, "Does she actually think I need any help to beat that moron?"

"You don't know the half of it," Akira answered. "She actually thinks she's the best fighter in Nerima and that you cannot beat Kuno unless she trains you."

"Rather arrogant of her," Ranma said. "Especially considering Kuno's Chi Manipulation is well above hers. She can make it visible yes but all she does is enhance her strikes with it. Kuno can at least manipulate the air around his bokken so he does not even have to make contact. I much harder skill then just channeling Chi into your fist I might add."

"Now argument here," Akira said. "So anyway how are you going to fight Kuno?"

"I think I'll use Kendo against him," Ranma answered. "It has been a while since I've used pure Kendo Skills in a fight. Kuno may suck at all around fights but in Kendo he is actually pretty decent. I might even work up a sweat if I hold back enough."

"Now who's being arrogant?" Akira smirked. "Still it would be fun to see the blowhard get beat at his own game. Still you should be cautious, I was not able to scan deep enough during my fight at lunch but I did find out Kuno has been holding back. He's got a technique that's he has never shown anyone that I bet he'll use during your fight Saturday."

"That'll just make the fight more fun," Ranma smiled. Akira rolled his eyes knowing Ranma was going to try and learn the technique. Even if Ranma never used a technique he always tried to learn them so he knew how do defeat them easier next time.

"Just don't get so distracted at learning the technique that you get hit by it," Akira warned.

"When has that ever happened?" Ranma asked.

"Mousse's Fist of the White Swan," Ranma answered.

"That doesn't count!" Ranma countered. "I was just distracted at how stupid it was. I mean who in their right mind uses a training toilet shaped like a duck as a weapon."

"He still got the hit in," Akira said with a smirk.

"Oh shut up Akira," Ranma grumbled before walking back to their apartment as Akira laughed his head off knowing he won the argument.