"Oh God" Speech
'Kazuma' thought/ foreign language
"DIE!" Chi infusioned shout
I do not own Ranma 1/2
Kazuma panted hard as he rubbed his sore shoulder as he warily watched Cologne. "You leave your left side to bare." the Amazon matriarch allowed a small smile to grace her face as she eyed her newest student taking her advice shifting his stance slightly to improve his guard.
Like a rocket Cologne flew across the field aiming her staff at Kazuma's once exposed shoulder to catch air as her student spun on his heel dodging the attack. Charging in Kazuma attempts a combo consisting of a punch, elbow and open palm strike that Cologne causally dodged with a raised eyebrow.
"Kind of a weird combo?"
"Yeah would have pulled the back of your head into my knee but your too short." Kazuma explained just as Mousse stormed out into the back alley of the restaurant who's face turned to a fierce glare the moment he saw Kazuma.
"Child what do you want?" Cologne asked annoyed that her training is being interrupted.
"Granny ther..."
"YEAH OLD GHOUL WHERE ARE YOU!" a very distinct voice shouted from inside the restaurant just as Mousse thumbed to the voice.
With a sigh the matriarch turned to her employee/student "We'll have to continue this another time as duty calls, take the rest of the day off and come back fresh tomorrow." she order only to receive a nod from an equally annoyed Kazuma who jumped to the roof tops.
Pogoing into the restaurant Cologne met with an annoyed Ranma (must be a trend today) who was currently inhaling a bowl of ramen courtesy of a grinning Shampoo.
"Son in law what brings you here today finally done licking your wounds." Cologne said chuckling at her own joking which only grew at the enraged look on Ranma's face.
Reigning in his anger Ranma looked to the Amazon leader with a look full of resolve. "Teach me to use pure chi."
A smirk quickly formed on Colone's face as she sat the table. "Honestly I expected you days ago."
"So any idea on what he's going sis?" Nabiki asked her older sister as they watched the scene before them. It came as a shock when there mutual friend Kazuma came over for a visit, even stranger when requested the use of a dojo willing to pay of course. Not one to turn a quick and easy money Nabiki agreed to keep anyone from bothering him.
The strangest thing was rather then throwing any punches or kicks Kazuma merely sat in meditative pose as a faint hue of chi surrounded him.
Looking just as confused as her sister Kasumi continued to look on. "I don't know Nabiki he just said he wanted a quiet place to focus. I guess this what he meant."
Unbeknownst to the two Tendo Kazuma could hear them but choose to say nothing instead focusing at the task at hand. With a crackle of light a ball the size of a marble formed in Kazuma's hands. That ball of chi slowly began to grown it was the size of a baseball as it floated between his hands this was different compared to the ones his used in battle for rather than grey this once was deep orange in color.
As he began to focus more the chi ball began to change as the transparent ball chi began to grow darker as the seconds passed. By the time the two minute mark hit the ball was practically black in color with sparks of orange surrounding it, upon opening his eyes a determined smile formed on Kazuma's face.
"One day master I'll truly surpass you." he thought determined smile gracing his face.
"YOU DID WHAT!" shouted the unmistakable voice of Akane Tendo along with loud stomping shattering Kazuma's concentration causing the chi ball to explode in his face.
"Well that sucks." Kazuma muttered to himself clothes singed, hair dishevel and just looking pissed off.
"So to answer your question son-in-law there are three types of chi emotional, pure and elemental. You already know emotional and you have a grasp of pure and elemental chi thanks to you learning the Hiryū Shōten Ha. However using that technique is simply you using an outside source this training will instead allow you to use pure chi from inside you."
"Okay so how do I that?" Ranma asked getting the gist of what was going on.
"Well in a simple term you must learn to release chi blasts without adding any emotion to it."
The look Ranma now had was no longer of determination but of pure. "YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S THAT SIMPLE!"
"It's easier than it sounds sonny boy. Separating your emotions from yourself is an extremely difficult, dangerous and not to mention time consuming effort, not even these two can do it on command." Cologne explained to Ranma whose jaw practically hit the ground as he slowly turned his head to the younger amazons for conformation.
"It true." a usually upbeat and bubbly now flustered Shampoo said. "Shampoo figure out soon so no worry."
"Hmph not so high and mighty now huh Saotome." Mousse said smugly choosing ignore the fact that his even further behind Shampoo in chi training.
Ranma could only not just at Mousse but also himself for not learning about this. But that frown soon took on a smirk of determination since the failed wedding things had gotten a little boring what with no new challenges well not new more like new but not a challenge. But this was fine it'll be something to do first he'll learn to use pure chi, then he'll defeat Kazuma and then things will go back to normal.
"Hope the guy doesn't go down to easy once I learn his trick." Ranma thought cockily completely forgeting the parts of the fight Kazuma didn't use chi.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!? WHAT WERE YOU THINK WHEN YOU LET THAT FIEND INTO THIS HOUSE?! I'M THROWING HIM OUT AND ARE HAVE A LONG TALK ABOUT YOUR LOYALTIES!"
"Well daddy he's already paid in advance and I was thinking YOU could use the money."
Choosing to ignore the commotion outside Kazuma returned to the lotus position.
Mindscape
This time Kazuma was in an open plain across from him was Ranma in the same stance he remembered seeing him in.
No words were exchanged as the two engaged the Saotome heir went in using the Kachū Tenshin Amaguriken that Kazuma could to only parry or dodge. This gave Ranma the chance to go for a kick to the knee causing Kazuma to buckle under his own weight allowing the heir to send him away with a barrage of rapid punches.
Getting to his feet with a tuck and roll Kazuma got on the defense as Ranma came charing in with a butterfly kick.
Rather than dodge the attack Kazuma merely took a few steps back just out of range of the kick before delivering his own kick straight in heir's chest. While he watched his opponent get up a look of realization appeared on Kazuma's face.
Rather than wait for Ranma to make a move decided to attack leaping in the air and performs up to three aerial kicks that Ranma causally dodges before grabbing his outstretched leg before spinning around tossing him across the field. Kazuma however was able to readjust himself mid-flight before land in a skid of the grassy floor.
Jumping in after him Ranma came down with a flying axe kick that Kazuma just barely rolled away from. Jumping onto his hands Ramna uses them as a springboard before double kicking Kazuma in the chest.
Kazuma leans back in a roll getting down low like a track runner before using his back leg to blast off practically flying at the heir. Just as he was in range Kazuma did something different rather than go in for a high powered punch, kick or any other attack he instead went into a baseball slide before shooting his foot sending the surprised heir skyward.
He then launches a sudden barrage of kicking attacks sending Ranma even higher into the air before he was sent to the ground courtesy of a double axe handle.
Out of Mindscape
Opening his eyes in shock a Kazuma could only remain in the lotus position panting sweat pouring off his face. "Okay ...that...could work." Rising to his feet walks to the exit.
"Daddy you can't go in there!"
Ignore the comment Soun reached for the dojo's door. "Young lady this my dojo and I'll..." Soun couldn't finish his monologue as the door opened putting him face to face with the same martial artist that has enraged him so.
With a smirk on his face Kazuma patted Soun on the shoulder. "Dojo's all yours Soun." earning gasps from everyone in the room.
"What did you say?" Soun growled out a dark aura surround him as he glared at the youth before him.
Kazuma either didn't notice the change or simply didn't care as locked eyes with the patriarch. "I said dojo's all yours Soun." He said again this time in a manner one speaks to a child.
"Young man your age should address their elder as such!" Soun growled in annoyance that his intimidation had no effect.
"Well not only have you never helped but I'm giving you money and I don't respect you sooo..." Kazuma responded with a shrug.
Walking to the exit he handed Nabiki a wad of yen. "Nabs we still doing the thing?" he asked just to receive a shrug from the middle Tendo as she followed hold trying her best to avoid laughing at the look on her fathers face. "Cool later Kasumi.
Hearing this Soun went from angry man mode to angry parent mode with his back to the group. "YOUNG LADY YOU WILL GO NO WHERE WITH THAT..."
"Father?"
"Yes Kasumi." Soun going from angry to sweet.
"They're gone."
"Exuse me."
"They left while you were talking." the eldest sister explained walking out of the room just as Soun shouted to the heaven. "Oh my that was the loudest fathers ever been." the eldest Tendo said to herself as she wondered about the trouble her new friend was causing.
Things at the Neko were tense as one could hear a pin drop from the silence that reigned as Ranma sat at the table in thought.
"Okay so how do I made chi pure meditate go into the woods, or a cave or something?" the heir asked the amazon Matriarch who shrugged her shoulders in response.
"Your actually pretty close, your suppose to be able to mold chi without emotion so total isolation would be useful."
"Aiya go away in woods with Shampoo yes?" asked the usually bubbly amazon as she attempted to glomp onto Ranma who held her at bay. "Not interested." Causing the amazon to pout cutely not that Ranma noticed or cared.
"Yes to learn to wield pure chi you must first remove the emotions from your own chi."
Ranma's eyes widen in realization. "That's it!" he shouted only to get a nod in response before a smirk formed on his face. "Alright time to get training!" running out the restaurant a plan already forming in his mind. "Get ready Kazuma by the time I'm done we'll see who's really second best."
"Love the enthusiasm just hope he doesn't try to rely on the Soul of Ice." with a shrug those thoughts left her mind as she clapped getting the two amazons attention. "Alright you two get back to work were shorthanded now so gear up." Cologne explain as she pogoed back into the kitchen only to stop as she turned to the duo.
"Also clear your schedules for it is time resume your training. Now that things have calmed down it is time for you to move beyond your current levels." Cologne explain as a cheer and shout of annoyance echoed in her wake.
"You know when you woke up this morning I bet you thought." ("Hey I won't pay Nabiki the money I owe her I mean I run a gang what's the worst that could happen.") "I bet you wish you could go back in time and smack yourself huh." Nabiki said to the semi-conscious gang leader ever present smirk on her face as she watch the mayhem before her.
Weaving through a crowd knife and bat wielding thugs was Kazuma easily outmaneuvering everyone. This won't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact he was doing this blind folded.
Upon getting past the last thug Kazuma preformed light jump with an uppercut to the sky nothing happened for a second before all the still standing goons fell over by an unseen force.
CLAP CLAP CLAP "I never get tired of seeing that." Nabiki cheered as she processed to pick-pocket everyone in the room.
This had become something of a norm ever since they first met every time Nabiki would have to collect from a less then docile person or group she'd ask Kazuma to come who would defeat the people in some unique way. He would also get a cut but that was neither here nor there.
Last time he beat up forty or so thugs with both hands tied behind his back. This was something she liked about him always finding new ways to improve.
"We done here because I have so more work to do?" Kazuma simply asked as he watched Nabiki pick up the last of her 'payment'.
"50, 55, 60,000 yen yeah we can go." Nabiki counted her money before handing a small portion to Kazuma. (After all you don't bite the hand that feeds you.)
With his back turned Kazuma gave a v sign and began walking down the street."Alright see you later."
Nabiki watched her friend walk away eyes glued to his back before she blurted out. "Hey walk me home." stopping the martial artist in his tracks.
With a small smile he returned to Nabiki's side. "What scared of the big bad unconscious gangbangers?"
"Quit being a smartass. I'm just bored and you're good ... entertainment." smirk growing on her face at the annoyed look on Kazuma's.
"Aren't you worried about your old man seeing us together, I know it might sound crazy but I don't think he likes Me." as the duo began their trek.
"I think you're even less concerned with that." The smirking Tendo responded as she latched onto his arm.
Releasing a sigh. "Were better off going somewhere else."
"Oh Kazuma are you asking me out?" Nabiki crooned, deftly closing the distance between the two of them to herself against Kazuma's chest.
"Nabs a date with you would require either a bank loan or a declaration of bankruptcy." Kazuma countered causing the two to laugh at the joke neither noticing the falcon flying over head.
Chapter End.
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Author's Notes
For all of you that might question it the meditation was simply image training it's a thing it works, look it up.
I actually enjoyed this chapter as it shows that Kazuma isn't like anyone else in the series as he respects those that actually deserve. And he doesn't see anyone so far that practices Anything Goes as worth it. This is also shown as he actually calls people by their real name.
Finally it always struck me as odd that in the series once someone beats Ranma they don't do any real training, other then Ryoga's lion roar shot but he just perfected it and didn't do any other type of training to prepare for the rematch he clearly knew was going to happen.