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Chapter 7: Finishing Touches and Training
The next morning Ranma and Akane once again found that they enjoyed waking in each other's arms and silently agreed that they didn't know why they pushed that off so long. Opening their eyes they realized that something else had changed: Akane's hair now had a few red streaks and red tips as well, Ranma's hair simply turned to a dark blue like Akane's hair was and the tips looked like tiny icicles. Checking each other's backs they found that they had markings: Akane had a pair of bright red, feathered wing patterns that actually looked real. Ranma had ice blue scaled wing patterns that were snow white between the two "fingers" and faded to normal flesh color at the base of the wings.
"Ranma..." Akane whispers in surprise.
"Yeah..." Ranma answers in the same tone as her.
"The marks, like they said..."
"I know... and I feel stronger than before." Ranma says flexing his arms.
"Me too..."
"That's what happens when the changes are finished, now you can really start training ana I won't go easy on ya either." Kagayaki says through the door where he was apparently listening to their conversation and made them both jump when he cut in. "Besides I want to get some revenge for you two keeping me up all night with your moaning."
The teens still in bed blushed bright red as they barely heard him walk away, even with their improved sense of hearing.
Back in the Kuno mansion a man in his upper teens paced around his room every so often waiting for his ninja servant to bring him information on his newest entry for the list of women he desires. His list starts with Akane Tendo, held under control by the foul sorcerer known as Ranma Saotome and 'forcibly' engaged to that honorless scum. Next is the red-haired pig-tailed girl who is also held under control by Ranma Saotome and is used only to fulfill the beasts sexual desires. And now there is Junsui Umi who he found is engaged to Kagayaki Denko.
At his desk is his completed homework and a few of his favorite katanas that he passed the time with by cleaning and sharpening them to the point that they practically shone and could neatly cut paper when it was dropped on the blade.
"Master Kuno, I have returned with the information you requested." Sasuke says bowing after popping from nowhere.
"Tell me everything that you have found about Junsui Umi now." Kuno demands.
"Well apparently Umi-san is a Water Elemental and Denko-san is a Lightning Elemental and they are engaged to be married because they both wear magic rings given by Umi-sans mother."
"What do you mean by 'Elemental'?"
"From what I have found by speaking with Denko-san late last night an Elemental is a person who is the host for an Elemental Spirit that seeks out their hosts and cannot be forced to form a union with the hosts spirit. When an Elemental Spirit forms a union with their hosts spirit, the host gains the ability to control the Spirits element and can transform into two stronger forms. After that he ran away to find something to eat, which he seems to do quite often and appears to use the same fighting style as Ranma Saotome."
"Did you find any information about the fierce tigress Akane Tendo or that wretched scoundrel Saotome?"
"Yes master Kuno. I have found that they both have formed unions with Elemental Spirits, Tendo-san with a Phoenix, Saotome-san with an Ice Dragon, Umi-san with a Water Dragon, and Denko-san with a Lightning Dragon."
"Very well, leave me." Kuno commands and the ninja promptly disappeared. "They say that knowledge is power, well now that I, Kuno Tatawaki the Blue Thunder of Furinkan have knowledge, I now have power, and I like power and I love Akane, the pig-tailed girl, and Junsui." his speech dissolved into mad laughter for thirty minutes or so before attempting to form a plan with this new information, but always got distracted by his main goals: the three girls on his love list in his arms and the defeated forms of Ranma and Kagayaki at his feet.
The four teenage Elementals sat at the table eating their breakfast discussing plans to do some training now that Ranma and Akane have finished their basic transformations. Genma couldn't steal his sons breakfast because of a few certain reasons: one, Ranma was nearly finished by the time he joined them, two, Nodoka was sitting next to him and watching him carefully, and three, most of his breakfast was being stolen and divided among the four teens causing Nodoka to smile a bit. Eventually Nabiki joined them for breakfast as the other four left still making training plans leaving a very hungry and miserable Genma behind with his still smiling wife.
On their way to school Ranma got splashed yet again by the little old lady cleaning her sidewalk and promptly turned into Ranma-chan. "Aw jeez, can't I go anywhere without changing?!"
"Hey I used to change into a girl at night, I'm surprised you're not used to it yet." Kagayaki murmers to her.
"I am used to it, it's just that it's so annoying."
"Well if it makes you feel any better, after your curse is gone you won't have to see that girl for little while except in pictures."
"Waddya mean by that?"
"You'll see. It's just something I heard somewhere along the line."
Sniff sniff "You guys smell that?" Kagayaki asks.
Sniff sniff "Ah kuso! I'd recognize that cologne anywhere!" Ranma says with obvious hatred.
"UUGGH! I can't believe he actually likes that stuff!" Akane says just as Kuno rounds the corner they were walking towards and as Junsui squirted Ranma with hot water.
"Two of my four great loves in life have appeared before me, while one stays by my side at all times, but only the pigtailed beauty is missing." Kuno starts.
"If you're thinking that Akane and Junsui are yours you're sadly mistaken, they're already taken." Ranma says obviously.
"Only by thou foul magics do they turn away from their true love. Now face me scum so I may slay you with honor!"
"You can take care of him Ranma and take all the time you want." Kagayaki smirks and ran to the school and simply disappeared to the eyes of anyone who wasn't a skilled martial artist.
"Ha that coward ran from my mighty presence! Now the Junsui Umi is mine for the tak—" Kuno was cut off by one of the hands of the clock from the front of the school piercing the ground between his feet as well as shredding his hakama where the metal traveled. On the one side was a note that was clearly burnt on because the kanji were glowing bright red and simply said 'SHE'S MINE!!!'.
Kuno quickly got over his shock and promptly attacked Ranma with little success. Ranma decided to take his Elemental friends advice and draw the fight out for a good hour while experimenting with his Ice powers, eventually leaving an exhausted Kuno in a cage of ice with his bokken frozen in place of one of the bars.
Sometime during the fight Akane and Junsui noticed that the late bell never rang and checked their watches, as did many other people who directed their attention from the fight to wonder why noone was yelling for them to come inside for class. Some students tried to get inside rather than watch the fight but found that the doors were locked. Eventually some of the teachers grew curious enough and found that all the clocks in the school had been tampered with so they would go twenty times slower, the bells were removed, every door in the school was jammed, and all the tests that were going to be taken that day were missing. So that day the students got to enjoy a half day of school.
After dinner in the dojo, the four Elementals were sparring and doing speed drills. What Akane and Ranma didn't expect to learn was that their Elements also effected their fighting styles.
"It's a simple concept really, Lightning hits hard and fast with a variety of effects, Water turns their defense into their offense and can strike hard like a tsunami or be as gentle as still water. Fire is as hard to hit as Water because its attacks limit what an opponent can do to counter and they are always moving. Ice wears down an enemy slowly like the cold, then strikes hard like a blizzard." Junsui explains.
"I guess it's a good thing we fight like that already, just gotta work out some rough edges, ne?" Ranma asks looking at Akane.
"Yea, a lot of rough edges." Akane says 'I know that was directed to me, but with Ranma and the other two training me that should be quick!' "But that's why we keep training right?" her voice quickly changing from worried to cheerful.
"That' right tomboy, so are we gonna do anymore training tonight?" Ranma asks.
"Na, we're good for today, but I wonder if they fixed the school yet?" Kagayaki says prompting laughter from the others as they made their way back into the house.
Meanwhile back at Furinkan High...
"Give that to me! Give that to me NOW!" Kuno was yelling from inside the cage of ice that wouldn't let him rise from more than a crouch. Outside of the cage are a purple cat, a white duck wearing glasses, and a little black pig with a bandana around its neck were currently tempting the caged Kuno with a large variety of delicious foods which were kept just out of reach and eaten slowly by the animals who were obviously enjoying their torture of the boy.
To be continued...
Umm... sorry about the wait. Now for a question to my readers, do you think I should improve this story and replace the chapters or improve the story and put it up as a new story. Tell me what ya think, but I'm still gonna improve this story no matter what anyone says. Some people would like this story to be better, I know I do. Please review!
Ja ne!
Lightning Bob