Return of the Wolf
Chapter Five
Ookami couldn't help but think ' that was different but at least it brought Ranma and Akane closer together by the time the others get here they'll be inseparable.'
Once in the dojo Ookami shifted back into a semi human form keeping the claws and fangs.
"Hope you don't mind but I'm more comfortable like this." said Ookami
"No problem." said Ranma
"What are we going to do?" asked an eager Akane
"I'm going to show you a move and then work with each of you to get you where you need to be to use it." answered Ookami
Ranma took up a fighting stance as he said "Bring it on."
"Hope that stance is good against multiple opponents." replied Ookami before putting the index and middle fingers of either hand together and making a cross in front of himself and shouting "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Causing no less than a dozen Ookamis to pop up around Ranma.
"That's not so impressive." boasted Ranma as he attacked the nearest image only to have his attack blocked and the next Ookami over to punch him in the face.
"What?" asked a very confused Ranma
"The 'Kage Bunshin no Jutsu' or Shadow Clone Technique creates copies of yourself but unlike an after image these copies are real flesh and blood." answered Ookami before dropping the technique.
"How do I do it?" asked Ranma
"First you need better control of your ki." answered Ookami
"I will teach you an exercise in just a moment but first I'm going to help Akane." replied Ookami
Akane just stared dumbly at the person in front of her wonder what had just happened.
"Akane have you ever tried meditation?" asked Ookami
Akane just shook her head.
"Well to get to my level it is a requirement so I'm going to teach you some basic meditation techniques." said Ookami
Akane just nodded her head
"Ok maybe I'll help her in a minute, she seems to be in shock." stated Ookami
"What about me?" asked Ranma
"Well I can show you the exercise while she recovers." answered Ookami while walking out of the dojo
"Now I can see that you have some control over your ki but you need to be better if you want to master the technique I just showed you so I have an exercise that will help you."
"What exercise?" asked Ranma wearily the only exercises his father had given him had been painful and dangerous
"You are going to climb trees." stated Ookami
"Climb trees? How is that supposed to help?" asked Ranma
"Like this." replied Ookami as he proceeded to walk up the side of a nearby tree.
"How did you do that?" asked Ranma as Ookami stood upside down on a limb
"Simple concentrate your ki into your feet in a spiral pattern and use it to grip the bark." said Ookami like it was the simplest thing in the world.(I know it's a complete rip off but so are a lot of moves I'm gonna give Ranma)
As Ranma was busy trying to run up a tree and succeeding in falling on his ass Ookami jumped down from the tree and walked over to the still stunned Akane.
"Hey Akane can you hear me?" he asked
Akane just continued to stare at nothing. Ookami waved his hand up and down in front of her face trying to get her to respond before putting one finger on her forehead and pushing causing her to fall backwards onto the floor. When she still didn't move he just shrugged his shoulders and placed a scroll on meditation in her hand and closed her fingers around it and walked off.
Unknown to either Akane or Ranma Nabiki was watching everything and plotting 'He's going to tell me everything!' Nabiki silently vowed
Back in his room Ookami sat on the floor in the lotus position facing away from the door waiting. He didn't have to wait long as Nabiki walked into his room no more that 2 minutes after he had left the dojo.
"I was wondering when you were going to stop hiding in the shadows and come and face me." Ookami said without turning around
"How did you know?" asked Nabiki
"Next time make sure that you aren't upwind wolves have very sensitive noses." answered the shape shifter
"I want to know everything." Nabiki said bluntly
"I knew you would I've known for decades that you would want to know." replied Ookami
"Decades!" replied a shocked Nabiki
"That isn't that long when you have lived for millennia." said Ookami
"How old are you?" asked Nabiki carefully
"837,256 years old." answered Ookami "I traveled the plains of existence for 837,215 years."
Nabiki just stood there her mouth open in amazement 'How can he expect me to believe that?'
"You think I'm lying?" asked Ookami with a smirk
"Of course!" countered Nabiki
"Think back you have been getting stock tips in the mail for what 15 years now?" asked Ookami
"How do you know that?" questioned Nabiki
"I never left you a return address did I?" replied Ookami "and instead of a signature there was a mark at the bottom of the page." he said pulling up his left sleeve to reveal an L and a W linked together, the bottom of the L touching the top of the W.
"It was you." stated Nabiki
"Of course, did you think that anyone could guess at what I sent you?" asked Ookami
"Why?" asked the now scared Nabiki
"Call it a gift for my old boss." said Ookami with a chuckle remembering a conversation from a lifetime ago "But don't get used to it."
"You really are from the future aren't you?" she questioned
"Yup" he answered "At least a future."
"What is your plan?" she asked as she slipped behind her normal ice queen facade
"To show my old friend how to earn his happiness." he replied as the floor underneath him turned to ice. "A word to the wise, if you hide behind ice for to long it will make you forget how to be happy. Take it from someone who knows"
"What?" she stuttered as she took a step back in fear
"I hid behind my walls for 20 years and I forgot who I was. It took someone very special to show me what I used to be, but even now I can't reclaim it." Ookami continued "You should go now Nabs."
"No one calls me that." she replied with ice in her voice
"Some people never learn. If you insist Nabiki I won't call you that, but I remember a time when you welcomed my friendship." Ookami said sadly "Good night my old friend."
Nabiki left the room confused but very enlightened and walked up stairs to her own room to think things over as Ookami remembered a conversation from long ago.
Flashback
"Hey Boss." Ookami said as he walked into Nabikis room
"I really get tired of hearing you call me that." said Nabiki with a smile (scary thought huh?)
"Ok then, I'll call you Nabs." replied Ookami with a smirk
"Good, my friend shouldn't have to call me boss." said a still smiling Nabiki
"I'm always glad to have another friend." said Ookami
"Now how about we get down to business?" asked Nabiki as she opened up a folder on her desk
"Maybe we shouldn't Nabs." replied Ookami
"Why not?" asked Nabiki
"I told you soon after I got here that you should stop being the ice queen. I think that being my friend has helped you with that some but you will never be able to let it go as long as this continues." explained Ookami
"How am I supposed to support my family!" asked Nabiki angrily
"You are a pretty good photographer why not try that?" Ookami asked
"If that doesn't work?" questioned Nabiki her voice lightening a little
"You could be a financial advisor." he answered
"So you want me to make my money the old fashioned way, ok I'll give it a try." she said as she put away the folder
"You are going to have some help, I found a job working a t a construction company so I'll be able to pay at least some of the bills." said Ookami
"Then I guess the ice queen is no more." said Nabiki with a smile
End Flashback
"It'll be good when I finally have my friend back Nabs." said Ookami to no one.
Back in Nabikis room
Nabiki sits in her chair and reads a worn old letter
Dear Nabs
I am a friend even though you have never met me so let me give you some advise.
Family is the most important thing in the world. Never betray your family or it will hurt when they reject you for it. I once had a friend who ruined her sisters wedding just for money and even though she was forgiven she was never trusted again. Think about this no amount of money is worth hurting your family.
Your friend
L W
The next day
Nabiki is siting in class reading a magazine when kuno approaches her
"Sure I know her. The girl with the pigtail and the Chinese clothes." says Nabiki
"Nabiki Tendo can this be true!" shouted kuno and immediately began to write on a scroll of paper 'If she thinks she can defeat upperclassmen kuno an simply walk away she think wrongly!'
Later that same day
"Here." says Nabiki holding out a letter that says "To the tree-borne kettle girl"
"This is to me?" asks Ranma
"To the girl side he side he said. I don't think he believes you're the same person." replies Nabiki
"On Sunday in the tenth hour meet me in the second field of furinkan high school." Reads Ranma (who would have thought Ranma could read!)
"Sounds like a duel huh?" asks Akane
"Little kuno hates to lose!" adds Nabiki
"In that case maybe you need a little more training Ranma." says Ookami with a smirk
"I can beat him no problem. Guys with weapons are no problem." brags Ranma
"Really? Show me." says Ookami as he forms a bokken out of ki.
Ranma stands up and takes an offensive stance "You asked for it."
Ranma attacks with a punch kick combo that is blocked by Ookami with the flat of the bokken.
"You can do better than that." taunts Ookami
So it went on for over an hour Ranma threw everything he had at Ookami only to be blocked by the bokken. punch, kick, haymaker, uppercut, roundhouse. Until "Ok I'm bored."
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Ryu Sosen 'Dragon nest strike' " shouted Ookami as the bokken he was holding blurred and hit Ranma at impossible speeds. Ranma could do nothing to block the flurry of strikes from his sensei and was knocked into the side of the Tendo home groaning in pain.
"Good you're still awake. Why did I do this?" asked Ookami
"I don't know!" coughed Ranma
"Stop it you've hurt him enough!" shouted Akane
"I did this to teach you that using a weapon is not always a weakness never underestimate any opponent or this could happen." said Ookami
"No problem but you could have just told me." said Ranma
"We both know you wouldn't have listened ." replied Ookami before saying "Let me help"
Ookamis hands became enveloped in a white glow causing everyone present to gasp in astonishment.
"This is mana the energy of the land." explained Ookami placing his hand on Ranmas chest and allowing the energy to sink into the fallen martial artist "What I'm using right now is white mana most often used as healing energy, There are five different colors of manna red, black, blue, green, and white."
Ranma got to his feet and looked down at himself to find that he was completely healed and asked "What does mana do?"
"It is the basis for a certain type of magic I happen to be a mana mage among other things. I learned when I was on Dominaria." answered Ookami
"You mean like a wizard?" asked Akane
"Well not quite but I am a wizard too that's how I got Dothys." replied Ookami
"So you're a martial artist, a wizard, and a mana mage?" asked Nabiki
"Yup." said Ookami with a smile
"How can you have time to learn all of this and become such a good martial artist?" asked Ranma in confusion "Pops says nothing is as important as the art."
"Your father is an idiot. There is more to life than the art, it's not healthy to obsess over one thing to much if you want proof look a kuno." answered Ookami "Plus at my age time means nothing."
On Sunday after Ranmas meeting with kuno
"Well what happened?" asked Nabiki
"Yeah tell us." agreed Akane
"It's none of your business!" Snapped Ranma who got up and left the room to go train
"He's no fun." sighed Nabiki
"I wonder what wrong?" said Akane
"Worried about your fiancé?" teased Nabiki
"Shut up! He's not my fiancé!" shouted Akane as she stomped out after Ranma
"You really should stop teasing them." said Ookami causing Nabiki to jump and spin around.
Nabiki was confused she heard his voice right behind her but she didn't see him.
"Lose something?" asked Ookami as he swung down from the ceiling where he was standing.
Nabiki jumped back and fell down in surprise making Ookami laugh.
"That's not funny!" she screamed
"I thought is was." chuckled Ookami
Nabiki stood up and stomped her off to her own room.
Ookami just shook his head and dropped to the floor 'this is a lot more fun than last time, now I get to be here for everything from the beginning plus I get to help my friends.' he thought before going to his own room and going to sleep.
Another chapter finished. Please review. Just incase I forgot to add it in my original disclaimer
I do not own Ranma, Dragonball, Naruto, Magic the Gathering, or Dungeons and Dragons, and any other movies, books, anime, or manga that I use. Any Spells or moves used I'm just borrowing .