Kiba, once informed that yes, Sasuke was cursed to become a girl when hit by cold water and decided to just go with it, was surprisingly not that annoying about it.
This may have had something to do with the fact that Sasuke threatened to curse him with something even worse, and Naruto completely backed him up by listing some of the powders he had yet to test. One of which was Spring of Drowned Black Piglet...and Sasuke threatened to throw him into the Akamichi clan compound on BBQ night.
Naruto still had yet to say what Ibiki's form was though. The man really wasn't happy when he found out about the mistake and that he would have to live with the new curse.
Once Ranma's team had the chakra control thing down enough to suit Kurenai, Tsuki immediately asked her for help with her genjutsu. Ranma had pointed out that most Uchiha couldn't really fight without their precious eyes on, so it would come in handy when he fought Itachi and shoved his teeth down his throat by kicking his ass without using his eyes.
There was a reason why Sasuke liked Ranma as a teacher and actually paid attention to the lessons. Ranma was the poster child for needless violence and not above using it on family, particularly if they deserved it. When informed of why Sasuke wanted to kill Itachi, the boy immediately gave him a new goal to work towards.
Completely and utterly crushing him to the point where he was no longer a threat. Where's the fun of training all that time to kill someone if they aren't alive to humiliate later? Sure, he could get revenge for his clan, but wouldn't it be more fun to beat the living hell out of his brother and make his life miserable in realizing Sasuke's superiority?
And just that like, he had a hooked Uchiha. While the Hokage didn't fully approve of his methods, he did like the fact that Sasuke no longer had a massive kunai lodged in his ass. Sure, he was an arrogant little brat, but now he was tolerable about it. The boy no longer listened to the praises the council gave him because of his lineage!
If that wasn't improvement over his previous attitude, nothing was!
Kurenai was surprised at his...her request, but since none of her students cared for the art she agreed to help. If only because Ranma had little knowledge about chakra-based fighting, but was more than happy to direct them to those that did.
The only reason he even agreed to be a teacher was because he liked the two, and it was less awkward teaching them how to use their unique skills compared to some of the other people who would likely fawn over the Uchiha and ignore Naruto.
Though Kurenai was the first to admit she liked the trick Sasuke pulled to get the top kunoichi spot as well as Rookie of the Year. When informed that it was either let him take both or allow a fan girl of all people to get it, her decision was clear.
Let the cursed Uchiha take both spots. Fan girls had no place as shinobi, unless they were weapon and strong women fan girls who worked to improve their skills.
Sasuke was up on the poles Ranma had sealed away. He was fighting a confused Kiba out of boredom.
"Why are we on poles again?"
"Ranma had us learn how to fight on poles. Said it would make fighting on flat surfaces much, much easier later. Have to admit, you learn how to notice your surroundings a hell of a lot better like this. In order to win dinner, you have to knock me into the water. Same goes for me."
"You're on!"
Fists and feet flew between them. In the end Sasuke won because he was more used to fighting like that.
"Oi! You two done with the poles yet? Shino wants to have a go with me!" yelled Naruto.
"We're done. Dog-breath lost!" Sasuke yelled back.
Naruto jumped up on to the nearest pole, and Shino used chakra to walk up another.
"After this we'll have a four-on-four attack. Sound good to you?" asked Naruto.
"That sounds like fun," grinned Sasuke.
Naruto struck at Shino at some unseen signal. The bug user had to admit, this Ranma knew what he was doing. Naruto jumped around like a bird in the air on the poles. Shino was hard pressed to fend off the blond's attack. Suddenly Naruto got Shino to lose his footing and crash into the water.
"Winner, Uzumaki the moron," said Sasuke. Kiba was too busy gaping.
"Whoot! Who's up for a battle royal?" asked Naruto.
"Count me in!" said Sasuke.
"Hah! I bet I could beat the dobe easily!" said Kiba grinning.
"Count me out," said Shino. He was rather winded from sparring with Naruto.
"In that case, count Hinata-chan in," said a familiar voice.
"Ano..." said Hinata, putting her fingers together nervously.
"Hinata-chan, you have some serious confidence issues. The only way to get over that is to learn how to work past it on your own. So get up there and show those boys how a girl fights!"
"Ano..."
Ranma picked her up and threw her into the air. She had no choice but to use her flexible body to land on a pole or get hurt.
"You can come down once you prove how good you are!" yelled Ranma.
"Come on Hinata-chan! There's no way you could possibly be worse than Kiba!" said Naruto.
"OI!"
"Face it Hinata-san, you won't get anywhere arguing with him. Besides..." Sasuke said, leaning in close so Naruto didn't hear "I hear Naruto likes girls who can keep up with him. At the very least you'll one up Sakura."
Hinata blushed, then became more determined. No way was she going to let that pink haired hussy take her man!
"Alright kiddies, time to show your real skill! Either you knock out your opponent or they land out-of-bounds, which is water! Winner is last man or girl standing! Begin!" shouted Ranma.
Naruto darted on the poles lightly while Kiba struggled to keep his balance. Tree climbing was little use here, since it didn't do much to keep you on the small surface. Naruto and Sasuke were old pros at this, since Ranma had them on the poles every morning while teaching them taijutsu, among other disciplines.
Hinata went after Kiba, her footing more sure than the Inuzuka. He kept slipping on the poles, while her Jyuken training gave her an edge.
During the week they had been there, Ranma had been helping her learn Kaiten. Since the most she had to do was spin really fast while expelling a lot of chakra in almost all the points, it wasn't that hard to help her out.
It took her a while to get the hang of spinning like that, but Ranma once again put an obscure martial arts training trick into use. This time it was a KI based attack that could produce tornadoes. Hinata was the one to send Kiba flying into the water. Then she went after Sasuke, since she was too shy to go against Naruto without fainting.
Sasuke tripped Naruto at the last second, then faced against the Hyuuga girl.
The two of them exchanged blows for a good ten minutes before she caught him off guard with a Jyuken-laced kick to the shins. Sasuke fell into the water and Tsuki came out spewing the sea water in annoyance.
"Winner, Hyuga Hinata! Well done, Hinata-chan! I didn't know you could use Jyuken with your feet!" said Ranma.
Hinata blushed. She had been so caught up with fighting that she forgot Naruto was watching.
She jumped off the poles, which Ranma collapsed with a few hits. He had worked out a way to seal them away thanks to Jiraiya getting a good look at his female half without a top on. One hit with what little chakra he could use, and they collapsed for easy storage.
"Well done, Hinata-chan! Now that is more like it! Seems to me your only real problem is getting started," said Ranma.
In fact, once Hinata really got going she was an absolute powerhouse compared to her teammates. Now all Ranma had to do was get her to be like that more often.
Kurenai looked at her coffee and then at Ranma again. She thought she was drinking it straight with only a few cubes of sugar like always, but it was possible that it had been spiked by the Martial Artist.
"I'm sorry, you want to do what now?" she asked again.
"I was hoping you could trade Tsuki for Hinata for a few months. The girl has a real knack for hand to hand, and Tsuki has been wanting to learn genjutsu since she discovered her talents for it. In exchange the boys are free to come by and join in the open sparring sessions at my house."
"While I could easily help Tsuki-chan with her genjutsu, I would like to know the reason why you want Hinata instead of Kiba."
"Hinata kicked Sasuke and Kiba's ass during their mock battle royale on the poles. She's a natural at my kind of fighting, with the only issue I've seen was her confidence. Once she got started she completely annihilated all opposition."
Kurenai blinked.
"That does it...this has to be spiked. I could have sworn you just said Hinata beat Sasuke."
"She did. Once she quit thinking about it, she kicked ass."
"Are you sure we're talking about the same girl?"
"I can teach Hinata-chan to quit thinking about fighting and kick ass if I had a few months with her. And I'll teach her a few Chinese tricks to heal people with while I'm at it. But I need your permission to borrow her."
"You do realize that she isn't my daughter right? I would have to get the approval of her father Hiashi."
"Mr. Pale-eyed-stick-up-his-ass?" said Ranma.
"You know of him. Good."
"He complained about the fact I was helping Neji with his Jyuken," said Ranma.
"You know Neji?"
"Gai has an annoying tendency of visiting me in the mornings. He apparently overheard something about the fact I was used to fighting my pops in the morning. Ever since then he brings his genin over for breakfast."
"Why haven't you chased them out then?"
"Gai scares the tigers that live near my house," said Ranma flatly.
It was well-known after the 'Tora' incident that Ranma had a real fear of cats in any shape. Being near one tended to bring out a rather odd side to Ranma that was called the Neko-Ken. The last time it happened, he vanished into the Forest of Death for an hour.
No one knew how the hell he returned to normal, and Ranma refused to say a word about what happened.
Though now that Kurenai thought about it, that was around the time Ranma started hanging around Anko a lot...
Haku wasn't eager to face Saotome. He had heard things about that man. Like the fact that even though he could barely use a genin's worth of chakra, he was considered an S class threat. He couldn't be reasonably assured that they would win this one.
"Oh...so you're Zabuza? Sure you ain't compensating for something old man?" asked Ranma. Kiba and Shino were staying with Tsunami and Inari just in case.
"I'll show you old man, you little..." growled Zabuza.
And just like that, four clones appeared.
"Sasuke, you're up," said Ranma.
Sasuke destroyed them without a single jutsu...and ended up getting splashed in the process. Needless to say Zabuza and Haku were staring.
"I thought we agreed gender-neutral clothes only?" asked Ranma.
"Urusai! All the other clothes are in the wash!" said Tsuki.
"But...how...?"
Sasuke had been wearing a very form-fitting shirt and shorts, both with the Uchiha fan on the back. With the curse active, they showed more of his...er, her assets than was strictly appropriate. Needless to say, Tsuki wasn't wearing a bra or breast band, to Kurenai's annoyance.
Ranma looked at the twitching woman.
"I told them gender-neutral clothes only unless it was their day off. Think you could remind her of that?"
"I think we could arrange something," said a twitching Kurenai. It was a good thing Kiba and Shino weren't there, or they would both have nose bleeds by now.
"Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, you deal with the kid. Kurenai and I will handle Zabuza. Remember Hinata, don't think about what you are doing, just react to the situation at hand and you'll be fine."
"Hai, Ranma-sensei."