Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma use it merely for entertainment purposes.
Kuno Tatewaki had always known he was meant for great things in life. He was born into a noble house of the finest samurai blood, his skill at Kendo was unsurpassed even the swordsmen of legend like Musashi Minamoto paled in comparison to him, and he was the chosen by the Kami themselves to be their Champion. For a long time Kuno searched for his purpose in life. One day a year ago he thought he had found it when he first laid eyes on the girl that was destined to be his wife, Tendo Akane. A perfect bastion of maidenhood that would no doubt leap into his arms the moment he announced his desire to woo her. Alas this was not meant to be for Tendo Akane was a warrior and would only yield to be courted by a superior warrior, once such as Kuno himself. Thus the need to challenge her in order to date her, just as the Kami willed. His vassals under his leadership merely wished to confirm he prowess in battle to ensure she was worthy to be his future bride. The minds of lesser men such as they could not fully comprehend the will of the Kami and Kuno knew this so he forgave them for their error in judgment. Yes once Tendo Akane was defeated in an honorable duel she would finally see he was the one for her.
At least that was until Kuno laid eyes on yet another vision of Heavenly Beauty, the mysterious red head that haunts the walls of Furinkan High. Kuno could only capture glimpses of the girl before she would disappear into the mist like she was never there to begin with. As he was the first to behold her beauty it must mean that the Kami have once again blessed his Noble Personage with a future bride. Unfortunately the elusive nature of his second love, though equal in his heart to Tendo Akane, made it difficult for Kuno to proclaim that love.
Or at least was what Kuno thought unlit he discovered the truth behind the Pony Tailed Girl. Her disappearances where caused by the most blackest of magic controlled by the most fiendish of sorcerers, Amaki Ranma. His long time cowardly enemy was using his black arts to enslave the pure maiden to keep her from him. Kuno witnessed the act himself. The Red Haired Goddess made an appearance before him one day and once again quickly fled, Kuno determined not lose sight of his love pursued. As Kuno rounded the corner he saw the Pony Tailed Girl vanish before his eyes only to be replaced by his most hated enemy. Too stunned by the sheer horror of the scene Kuno was unable to act as the coward fled.
Ever since that time Kuno knew what his true destiny was. To free the Pony-Tailed Girl whose beauty could challenge a Goddess and Tendo Akane the Fierce Tigress of Battle from the vile clutches of the Demon Black Sorcerer and Enslaver of Women, Amaki Ranma and his dark shinobi servant Yamato Akira so that she may love Kuno along side the Fierce Tigress, Tendo Akane. It was clear to anyone that the Enslaved Maiden was in a desperate struggle to reach out to him but could only fight Amaki's control for a brief period of time, before being whisked away and back into bondage and that the Fierce Tigress was coming under Amaki's sway. These events made the Noble Heart that beat in Kuno's chest weep; for the Pony-tailed Girl to subject herself to such obvious pain just so she could see her destine Samurai was truly a sign of her devotion. Further to force Tendo Akane to deny her true love was truly the lowest of the low, on Amaki's part. For these most vile acts Kuno swore he would not let her suffering continue and would thus seek out the Vile Sorcerer so that he may smite him and free the Enslaved Girl at every chance he could, like right now, "FOUL SORCERER RELEASE THE PONY TAILED GIRL AND TENDO AKANE AT ONCE OR FEEL THE WRATH OF…BLAH!" Kuno cried out.
His long speech was cut short by the chi blast curtsey of Amaki Ranma. "Why can't that moron get through his thick head that I have a curse? Everyone else does, yet he can't!" Ranma said. The Monday after the challenge Kuno witnessed Ranma's change in person and declared he was enslaving his 'Pony Tailed Girl' and 'Fierce Tigress' that afternoon. A sudden rain shower just happened to occur at that instant triggering Ranma's curse and forced him, after knocking Kuno out when the idiot tried to hug him, to explain he had a Jusenkyo Curse. He also made a standing threat that if anyone tried to ask out his Female Side, they were getting smacked. He had to smack ten different boys the next day, not counting Kuno' beatings, to get the message across. The boys at Furinkan were not known for thinking with their head that was on their shoulders.
"Because he's crazy as well as stupid," Akira replied. "At least the other guys stopped trying to splash you with cold water."
"Yeah but that's only after I held one out the window with my Telekinesis," Ranma replied. After the boys finally got it into their heads that asking out Ranma when he was a girl was a bad thing the day after that they started to try and splash him with cold water in the bathroom and locker room. Ranma grabbed the first guy who did it and held him out the third floor window with his Telekinesis telling him not to do it again. It stopped the splashing right then and also revealed that Ranma and Akira were Psionics. Drawing another headache to them, Tendo Akane. Unlike the vast majority of the people at the school she seemed to have an unreasonable hostility towards people with Psionic Powers.
And speaking of the youngest Tendo, "Oh Great here comes the 'Real Martial Artist' herself." Akane came walking up to the two boys with a frown on her face. "What do you want now Tendo?"
Akane huffed at the two cheaters, anyone who uses Psionics in a fight were cheaters, and said, "I Challenge you!" She paused for a moment then pointed at Akira, "To a fight! I'm going to prove who the real Martial Artist is here!" Despite Akane's insistence that Psionics were not used by real Martial Artists, people around school were insinuating that Ranma and Akira were at least on par if not better than her in terms of fighting.
"No," Akira replied immediately.
Blinking in confusion Akane asked, "What do you mean 'No'?" In her School of Anything Goes one of the tenants was to accept all challenges. For someone to refuse a challenge was incomprehensible to her.
"At this point there would be no point in fighting you," Akira explained. "Build up your Chi and techniques and I'll fight you, otherwise there would be no challenge for me to fight you."
"What do you mean 'no challenge'!" Akane growled. "And what would a couple of cheating Psionics know about Chi anyways?"
"We don't just use Psionics Tendo," Ranma answered. "You are aware that a person cannot see a Psionic Field around a person right?"
"Yes," Akane answered honestly. Before she challenged the American she read up a little of Psionics to be more prepared. What she read told her that you could not see the field a Psionic uses in their powers, only the result. Chi, externally speaking, a person could see the energy field when it was used.
'At least she's not totally ignorant about Psionic Powers,' Ranma thought. He then cupped his hands and a small ball of Chi appeared. Akira knowing what Ranma was planning quickly followed suit. "We don't just use our Psionics, Akane we have also trained extensively in Chi over the years as well. If fact I only used Chi in my fight against Kuno last weekend. If you wish to challenge either of us to a fight using only Chi we are more than happy to oblige, if you build up your Chi a little more that is."
Akane for her part was stunned, her was proof that both boys were capable of using Chi. And from their lack of effort at calling it out it showed they were better at it then she was, "Um, Yeah I'll get back to you on that," Akane replied as she walked away. 'Maybe it's time to ask Dad for some more Chi lessons.'
"Did it work?" Ranma asked.
"For the most part," Akira answered. "She knows she needs more Chi training and has somewhat lessoned her hostility towards us. She doesn't like up but she at least respects out ability to use Chi."
"Good enough for now I guess," Ranma shrugged returning to his lunch. "At least she'll leave us alone for a bit." Akira nodded and went back to his own lunch.
That night Soun and Genma-Panda stumbled out of a bar after getting kicked because they ran out of money. They were out 'searching' for Ranma once again and this bar was having a buy two get the third free drink special. Something they could not resist. So they dashed off and after looking up and down the street and not seeing Ranma anywhere the two entered the bar for a 'well deserved break' from their 'relentless searching.' "Yuss know Genma," Soun slurred his voice from being drunk, "Isss been thinkin' abooot which of my daughterssss sssshould marry yer SSSSon."
"Oh?" Genma Panda signed. His added girth as a Panda made allowed him to stay more sober so his handwriting was still somewhat legible. When Genma was drunk and a Panda his handwriting could not be understood by anyone. "Who do think should marry my Worthless Boy?"
"I wassss thinkin' of Akane," Soun answered. "SSSSShe'ssss a Martial Arrrrtissst and after ya retrain him ssssso will be your SSSSon."
"Brilliant idea Tendo!" Genma-Panda waved his sign around energetically. "They'll have so much in common!"
"MMMyyyy thoughtssssss exracty Old Friend!" Soun said. He looked down the street and saw a pair of teenage girls and a woman coming out of a restaurant. In his blurry vision he could not make out who they were but the woman looked familiar. "Hey whooosseee's that?" Soun asked pointing towards the trio.
Genma-Panda looked to where Soun was pointing and looked absolutely surprised at whom it was. "I have no idea!" he quickly signed. "Come Tendo let's head home and plan and get some more sake!"
"Ok Old Buddddy," Soun smiled and leaned on his Pandafied friend and started to walk stumble away.
Down the street the trio of females watched the odd sight of a large Panda help a man stumble in the opposite direction away from them, "That's weird," one of the teenage girls said. "Why is a Panda in the middle of a City? And for that matter why was it coming out of a bar?"
"We should call Animal Control or the Police. Don't you think Aunty?" the second teenager asked. "Even if the Panda looked well trained it's still illegal to have one as a pet, it could be dangerous."
"I don't think we have to bother," the woman answered. "The Panda moved to human to just be trained, my guess is that it's some poor man that angered the wrong Magic User or maybe some fool who went to Jusenkyo." She then looked at the man and could not help but think he looked a familiar, but with it being dark and the man's face away from them she could not be sure.
"If you say so Auntie," the first teenager said.
The woman's voice seemed sad as she spoke, "Thank you for tonight girls, but we must be heading back you two have school tomorrow."
"Ok Aunty," the second girl said. She looked at the other girl and they shared a trouble look. They both knew the woman had problems with today and had brought her out to try and take her mind off it, apparently it had not worked as well as they planned. 'At least it was better than last year. I just wish we could find out what happened to them.'
Back in the Amazon Village in China Ku Lon was preparing for her trip to Japan. She was taking three young Amazons with her, her Great Granddaughter and current Village Champion Xian Pu, last year's Village Champion Klin Sor and Su Xi this year's runner up in the tournament. All three were the best of the young fighters and were selected to go with the Village Grandmaster to Japan to experience the different fighters and lifestyles outside the Amazon Village.
"Great Grandmother," Xian Pu said. "Are we going to see Ranma and Akira while we are in Japan?" It was no secret among the Amazon's that Xian Pu was very smitten with the young Japanese Fighter. With Ranma's Psionic Powers, many Elders encouraged Xian Pu, not just Ku Lon, to pursuit a relationship with him. A person of his obvious talent in the Marital Arts, Chi usage, and Psionics made Ranma very valuable to the Tribe. Even if Xian Pu the relationship only remained platonic having a close friendship with Ranma would still benefit the Village.
"Yes Child," Ku Lon answered. "I plan to continue their training along side you and the others."
"Alright I get to see Akira again!" Su Xi exclaimed. Xian Pu was not the only Amazon that became attracted to one of the Japanese Boys. Akira caught Su Xi's eye like Ranma did Xian Pu. The difference was Akira, lacking the natural naïveté Ranma had towards girls, actually responded to Su Xi's advances and the two developed a relationship during the boys' stay in the Village. She was most certainly looking forward to seeing Akira again.
"Calm down Child," Ku Lon admonished. "There will be plenty of time for you two to further your pursuit of those two boys."
"Elder will we be visiting other Training Halls through out Japan or will we just be staying in one area?" Klin Sor asked. She was more interested in the training then finding a potential future Husband like her younger counterparts were.
"We'll be staying in one area but we will also be taking the occasional trips when we hear of skilled fighters," Ku Lon answered. "There are some Dojo's that I already know about close to the are we'll be staying in, they will be your first challenges."
"I can't wait," Klin Sor said with a gleam of anticipation in her eye.
Ku Lon could not help but contemplate the difference between the generations after World War II of Amazons and the ones before that. The current generations after World War II were much more open to the outside world and what it could teach them, whether it was fighting, medicine, magic, electronics, or some other kind of knowledge the Amazons did not possess. The attitude of the current generation of fighters was such that they wanted to go and test their prowess instead of just claim they were the best. With literal worldwide growth of Magic, Chi and Psionics the Amazons could not hold the boast of being the best.
Klin Sor was a very good example of this attitude. Ever since she won the Village Tournament last year the young Amazon wanted to travel and test her battle prowess. When she first encountered Psionics from Akira and Ranma it only strengthened this resolve. Having no prior experience in fighting a Psionic Klin Sor lost to the two boys very quickly. Since that time Klin Sor has wanted to face more Psionic fighters to in order to improve on herself as a fighter.
'I have to admit I rather like the attitude of the latest generations,' Ku Lon thought. 'The arrogance from before the War was stiffening the growth of the Village. Now we are known world wide, strengthened or bloodlines and knowledge and even have many honorary Amazons living around the world. Who would have thought a 'Cursed Training Ground' would actually be a benefit to us.' Ku Lon then looked off to the west, 'I wonder how Moore did in his life with his curse? I'll have to look in on that when we get settled in Japan.'
On the other side of the Village a certain myopic fool was also preparing for his trip to Japan. 'I'll make Amaki pay for insulting my mighty Fist of the White Swan and trying to steal my Xian Pu," Mu Tsu thought. 'When I find he'll know to respect the Master of Hidden Weapons!' He picked up a couple of swords and squinted really hard to make sure they were the right ones, 'Maybe I should look into that 'Lazar Surgery' those American's were talking about last week while I'm there.'
"Excuse me," a strange voice said in Japanese, "Could you tell me if I'm near Furinkan High School?"
Mu Tsu turned to the voice and saw a yellow and black blur, "Who are you and why are you looking for Furinkan High?" he asked in Japanese. 'That place seems familiar. Where have I heard the name of that place before?'
"My name is Hibiki Ryouga," Ryouga answered. "And I'm looking for Furinkan High to pay back Amaki and Yamato!"
'No wonder it sounds so familiar!' Mu Tsu thought. 'Furinkan High is where Amaki is attending School! But wait why does this guy want to know where a Japanese High School is when he's in China? Oh well he's an enemy of Amaki so that means we have a common foe.' "Well Hibiki Ryouga," Mu Tsu said. "I can help you find Amaki and Yamato. I myself have a score to settle with Amaki for stealing my love, Xian Pu. My name is Mu Tsu Master of the Hidden Weapons."
'That cowards now stealing other people's girlfriends! He has even less honor than I thought! I…no wee will make him pay!' Ryouga thought. "Well Mu Tsu," Ryouga said. "As the old saying goes, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' so that makes us friends. It's a pleasure to meet you." Ryouga then scratched his head. "But before we get our revenge on those cowards, could you tell me why we're in a closet?"