Ranma Club Author's Notes

Hey all, I know it's been nearly four months since my last update, but I've been seriously bogged down with classes and RL lately, which drastically reduced my net time as well as personal issues. One of which had me standing for nearly TEN HOURS STRAIGHT in line at a foreign affairs department just to get a passport. Also, classes are a real bitch lately (dissection sucks). This doesn't mean that I've abandoned this fic, far from it! I still have plans for it and where it will be going. In fact, I'm trying to hurry up and get to the movie part now that I got a fellow author's permission to use one of his fic's plots to further it.

Currently, I'm about 45% done with the next chapter and slowly climbing. Here's a sneak peek at what's to come.

Brooklyn…

"Okay, now try and visualize your ki into a ball in your hand." Instructed Ranma.

Brooklyn had to focus hard has he held his opened clawed hand palm up in front of him. After a bit of effort, he managed to make a baseball-sized orb of light flicker over his hand. It took a bit for him to keep the ki ball stabilized.

"Whoa…" said Brooklyn.

"Okay, you formed it, now try to launch it."

Brooklyn nods and focuses. He thrusts his hand out and fires the ki ball. It flies off… very slowly and crookedly. The ki ball floats upwards a bit, then finally drops down right on Brooklyn's head, knocking him down to the ground. The red Gargoyle could only say one thing.

"Ow…"

Ranma sighs. "Looks like we're gonna have a long night…" 'Hmm… that certainly brings back memories.' He thought back to his training when he tried to master the Shishi Hokodan. That time, he shot a rather large depression-fueled ki ball before it boomeranged right back at him. Still, that moment was when Ranma got inspired for using a different emotion to fuel his ki, which was his confidence and self-esteem.

Broadway…

"Okay, Broadway, like I instructed." Said Ranma.

"Alright…" Broadway holds out his hand and focuses. After a moment, a ki ball forms over his hand. "Whoa… it actually worked!" Taking a stance, Broadway thrusts his hand out to fire the ki ball. However, rather than shoot outward as he intended, the ki ball fell straight down, right on his foot. There was a slight explosion as it dissipated on impact. "Yeow!"

Ranma could only sweatdrop as Broadway hopped up and down on one foot, clutching his injured one in pain. "Gonna have to work on trajectory control…"

Lexington…

"Remember to focus now." Said Ranma.

Lexington nods as he holds his hands in front of him, palms facing each other. Focusing as much as he could, a ball of ki formed in between his hands. It started to grow about as big as a basketball.

"Yeah! I did it!" said Lexington excitedly.

Suddenly, the ki ball just exploded in his face, knocking him back into the castle wall.

"Lex! You all right?" asked Ranma as he rushed over to the down and slightly singed yellow Gargoyle.

"Oooohh… what hit me?"

"You lost control of yourself and it blew up. You've got to contain it."

"Painfully noted…"

Looking out from the door, the Winx winched after witnessing the incident. They recalled their own practices with forming dark energy orbs during their temporary enrollment at Cloud Tower. One student had experienced the same accident Lex did.

End sneak peek…

Thanks to everyone who've been patient with me these times and I'm hoping to get the next chapter out by hopefully the end of the week at the earliest. Until then!

Frequent Reader.