"DIE!" Chi infusioned/Attack shout
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Kazuma groaned in pain as he awoke from the fight his eyes remained closed as he did a quick inspection of himself. He was still alive: pulse check, heart beating check, all body parts intacted granted he felt some resistant in his left hand.
After the inspection he began to think.
"Okay lets review Azusa gave me a handjob (Got to thank her for that really needed that release) My Master showed kicked my ass and showed me just how far I still have to go (Thanks for that). And I'm still breathing great."
Opening his eyes he sees the familiar sight of the ceiling of his apartment in his peripheral he could see heads of brown hair as well as a familiar shade of purple.
"Finally back with us in the world of the living." the ever present sarcasm laced Nabiki's smirking lips the middle Tendo sitting in the chair to her left was Shampoo arms folded, eyes closed.
Feeling a slight tug on his left side turning his head his eyebrow rose in confusion. "Azusa?"
Perking up finally noticing Kazuma was finally awake. "Kazu-kun! Your awake!" the smile on her face actually brought one to his own. A trio of question marks appeared over the adventurer's head.
"Azusa are you doing my nails? Why are you doing my nails?" he asked pulling his arm free.
Seeing her work halted Azusa pouted in annoyance. This pout was soon replaced with a trembling lower lip and the biggest puppy-dog eyes anyone in the room had ever seen. Sighing in defeat with a roll of his eyes Kazuma reextended his arm causing the skater a gasp in delight before going back to work.
"How long was I out?" Kazuma asked choosing to ignore both Shampoo and Nabiki smirking at his soft spot for the skater.
Tapping her finger to her chin in thought. "About eight hours or so, in that time Mousse has attacked about ten times but between Kuno-baby and our favorite Amazon here he didn't come close." she said reaching for a head pat only for the purplette to pinch that hand.
"Stupid Mousse, you embarrass all Amazon Tribe." the buxom Amazon grumbled. The nerve of that foul attacking her man. Hey she wasn't Akane she could at least to herself she fallen for another man.
The sounds of fighting and shouting could be heard outside.
Choosing to Ignore the fighting outside. "So do you want to explain what that was about, I thought you said your Master was a man?"
"He was."
"What like a Jusenkyo thing?"
"Hmm oh no my first master was a man, then she showed up kicked his ass then I jumped ship. That kind of thing happens from time to time in the Martial Arts world." he said nonchalantly.
Both Shampoo and Nabiki's jaw dropped at the callousness of the statement. "Wow... j-just wow."
"Look she kicked his ass in under ten seconds and if I'm remembering correctly while wearing flip-flops, you'd do the same thing."
Before they could respond a voice from the hall called. "So your finally awake brat." appearing in the doorway was the flame haired beauty Kazuma calls master.
"So Ryouka I see you made yourself at home, and still in that form? " Kazuma deadpanned as he eyed a familiar jacket. "The black one huh "
"Form?" Both Shampoo and Nabiki asked as Azusa continued to work.
"She's actually..." Kazuma began explaining only to freeze when his master began drawing her sword. "So pretty she's just the pretties woman on the planet I'm just so lucky to be able to be with her." he quickly said fear clear in his tone.
Puffing her chest of smugly. "Ah it's your fault for having like what twenty jackets in varying colors. It's like a rainbow of shortsleeve coats." Ryouka was currently wearing a modified verison of Kazuma's jacket the waiste reaching her abdomen and a trail of fire went down the now long sleeves. Chi control for the win.
"So why are you here?"
"Gasp! Kazuma I'm your Master, whose taken time out of her own life to train you. And now I cross deserts, swim oceans and traverse jungles just to visit you. How could you say that?!" Ryouka exclaimed dramatically even placing a finger up to wipe a nonexistent tear.
Kazuma looked at her like she grew another head. "Do you really want me to answer that?"
A small grin overtook her face as she reached for her katana. "You know your right."
THWAK!
Faster then the eye could see Ryouka crossed the distance between the door and the bed as she slammed her sheathed sword onto Kazuma's head. The results spoke for themselves a lump covered his head.
While Asuza and Nabiki flinched at the action, Shampoo had stars in her eyes as she gazed at the power and skill this woman possessed.
"YOU DUMBASS! WHO GIVES A DEMON TO A CIVILLIAN! YOU TAUGHT YOU THAT!" Hearing this Azusa jumped behind Kazuma, Chiot held in her arms protectively. Ryouka almost jumped at the look her student gave her promising a fight if she even thought about it.
"We'll talk about it later, but what the hell do you have to say for yourself!?" Ryouka asked causing Azusa to release a breathe she was holding as she peaked out over Kazuma's shoulder.
Kazuma looked at her then glared at his lap for a solid minute. "You just kicked my ass a few hours ago I think the point was made."
THWAK!
"Clearly it wasn't enough!"
"Aiya! Can Fire Lady train with Shampoo?!" the purplette chirped hoping to learn from the same teacher who taught one of the strongest martial artist in her generation.
While her Great Grandmother was a great teacher and knew how to get the best out of her and pretty much anyone who trained under her. Which in lied the problem.
Since his defeat by Kazuma, Ranma had been coming around more often but it was never to see her. At first she could ignore it as classic Ranma behavior which was depressing as her ancestor technique were what made him more then half the martial artist he is now. Despite this she never got the love, admiration or even praise she craved from the man she'd at one time come to love, not even so much as a thank you.
Spending time with Kazuma she come to the conclusion the pig tailed martial artist was simply using her family to solve a personal grudge. Just thinking about it now hurt knowing that no matter what she did, how much she helped and what her family provided he simply saw her as a nuisance and merely go crawling back to Akane and by extension the Tendo's.
"Ehh sure." the smile on the Amazon's face could blind a man. "Kazuma can't be the only one protecting this harem." The smile became more nervous at the last bit.
Rubbing the lump on his head Kazuma just looked annoyed. "Look I told the Higher Ranked Guilde member who came to grab Johnny and his gang about the possessed motorcycle and he all but said figure it out." he explained again remembering why he hated the Guilde, like most jobs when you reach a certain level you care less about doing good and more about maintaining you rank or moving up. "I made the call."
Ryouka scratched the back of her head nodding at the response. "True, but you should have told me, I had to find out about your suspension from a falcon." Rubbing her temples in irritation. "You've gotten stronger, when you stopped holding back you actually managed to hit me a few times."
"Didn't want to cause any collateral damage." All three girls noticed the small proud smile Kazuma had at the news.
Ryouka however frowned. "But now I have that one kid hounding me about using Pure Chi. Who raised him, a complete asshole who thinks women are just tools for men and need protecting. "
"Well if you met Genma then you see where Ranma gets it from?"
Ryouka groaned in annoyance as she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Oh don't me started with that misogynistic asshole! Actually said my husband must be an amazing martial artist for me to be this good.(1)" she growl remember how her talk with him went as she waited for her student to wake.
"I feel bad for the damage he did to his son, kid thought he could charm me like I'm some little school girl. Between him and that samurai kid, who just gives someone a bouquet of roses. They were pretty good, not as much fun as smacking you around." she laughed at the memory.
8 Hours Ago
"3!" the two charged at each other.
Once in range the cloaked figure threw a series of punches and kicks a blinding speeds. Raising his guard, Kazuma managed to block a few, parry a couple and dodge his master's attacks before forcing the combo to a halt by crashing his forearm into her's while gathering chi in his other.
Her knee quickly buckled as Kazuma shot his foot out stomping on it throwing off her balance.
Jumping back he releases a very weak chi blast into the ground of the building not damaging it but creating a dust cloud hiding him from view.
"He's gotten better."
Dashing through the cover of dust Kazuma was in moments right before his master. "Mubyōshi!" Kazuma shouted as he threw a punch the force of which barreling into the cloaked being.
Chi on her feet keeping her in place as the attack landed. After enduring an attack, Ryouka places her hand with her index and middle fingers out near her students chest, then makes a fist to deliver a hard punch to the to Kazuma's gut that blasts him away with a powerful shockwave.
The air leaving his lungs Kazuma's instincts kicked in as his arm stuck-out catching a nearby flag pole spinning around it sending him back into the fray. While flying through the air Kazuma began gathering chi as he curls into a ball creating a ferocious speeding grey buzz-saw like shape charging straight at his master.
"Innovative. Never seen him do someting like this guess this place did him some good." Ryouka thought as redish-orange chi surrounded her only to expand a spherical shield around her roughly the distance of her arms.
The two chi attacks clashed creating a shockwave followed by a smokescreen as something was blasted out the cloud at top-speed. A small crater was fromed on one of the adjoining roofs as Kazuma came crashing.
"Ok stick to what I'm good." Kazuma groaned to himself it was all he could do to stay conscious.
With some difficulty Kazuma got back to his feet dashed towards his opponet (that he noticed was panting albeit slightly) lashing out a right hook before dropping down low for a leg sweep. Not losing his momentum he jumped back to his feet before rushing forward with an elbow strike aiming for the face.
The figure flowed like a river leaning back from the hook while taking a big step back just out of range of the leg sweep. She wasted very little energy as they dodged the elbow by leaning to the side grabbing Kazuma's out stretched limb pulling him forward with a kick to the shin lifting Kazuma into the air while tossing through the air.
Readjusting himself in the air Kazuma's feet landed on a wall twists his body tightly just as he jumps off causing him fly in forward while spinning towards an opponent. Airborne the adventurer quickly actived the Splitting Cat Hairs creating 10 copies of himself as he delivered a constant barrage of powerful punches mixed with illusions. On a regular opponent this would confuse them leaving them open for number of punches to land.
To bad this wasn't an average opponent out streching both her hands not only catching both fists but stopping Kazuma in his tracks.
"Oh Shi..." Kazuma couldn't finish the sentence as punch to the gut, knee to the chin and roundhouse sent him to the rooftop across the street.
With some struggle Kazuma got back to his feet. "Still hits like a truck." In his right hand a ball of chi forming in his right hand as he takes off, sprinting straight to the building's ledge.
The cloaked figure continued to stand watching waiting just knowing her apprentice did was gonna be different.
She was proven right as rather then jump across Kazuma ran along the edge before preforming a side somersault other hand grabbing his chi wrist releasing palm sized chi blast. Soaring through the air Kazuma smirked as he released a second chi blast directly behind the first one.
Quicker then the eye could see the fighter actually swiped both balled chi out of the air now in her hands she started tossing in up and down like a ball. Spinning one on her finger as the other landed on top of it causing them to fuse into a basketball sized orb. As the chi ball spun Kazuma's eyes widened as the once grey ball of chi slowly changed into a whirlpool of red, orange and yellow.
"Still got a long way to go. Now don't blink." Aiming the ball at her apprentice she smiled under her hood as she squeezed the orb crushing it in her palm as same fiery colors glowed around her palm. "Blazing Tempest!" The martial arts master then guided the flame energy with the middle and index fingers of her hand which she ignites as flaming wings on her back as she rose into the air.
"Oh this is gonna suck." Kazuma gritted his teeth as he planted his feet preparing for what came from it.
Her wings then explodes into a shower of burning feathers which rain upon her apprentice. Said apprentice began to jump dodge and dance his way through the barrage on the only thing giving him any help was the distance as the feather moved like bullets through the air. However all good things must come to an end as a stray feather shot through his pant leg pinning him down this was followed as several more attacked his arms and legs leaving him motionless.
Movements restricted Kazuma was unprepared as his master materializes from other feathers as fiery aura erupts into a plume of flames of her hands before charging for a double punch at full speed.
Time seemed to slow down as for a moment Kazuma didn't feel pain even though he knew he should be. This lasted only a second before he cough up bile shot from his mouth as he doubled over. The only reason he wasn't sent flying was his master somehow wrapped her leg around his keeping him locked in place.
"Burning Savage Strike!"
Unable to move she clads her fist in red-colored chi. With a smirk under her hood Ryouka then punches her student down to the ground before kicking him away, followed up with a devastating punch sending him soaring into the air and crashing into the yard with a dojo.
"Kids gotten better." A proud smile covered the Martial Arts Master's face as she followed after her ward.
Present Time
"Ah Kuno's cool...kinda...sometimes...he can hold his own in a fight." Though it seemed he was trying to convince himself of Kuno's potential more so then his master. Kazuma rubbed the back of his head akwardly.
"Yeah I noticed he was using the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryūand the Kamiya Kasshin-ryū style during the fight."
"Yeah he gave me a beach house for it." Kazuma said no shame in his game.
"Sold him a sword made from an Ironwood tree so anyone fighting him now better be ready." she countered equal parts shameless.
Nabiki and Shampoo could only watch the interaction seeing so much of the man they've come to know over the last few months in the woman they just met.
These thought were interupted as Kazuma asked the age old question. "So how long you gonna stay here?"
Impish grin covered her face as she rubbed her chin. "Ah don't want me getting in the way of your little harem."
"Aiya! Shampoo no lo- no like well kinda..." seeing the stammering Amazon the smile on Ryouka's face only grew.
Her student's fiancee seemed to agree as she smirked at the blushing purplette clearly going through her own storm of emotions.
"But yeah I'll be here till I get bored, or have a mission, maybe less if that pigtailed kid keeps bothering me." Ryouka face now looked to be holding back a laugh. "Kid did you really beat him up so bad he ran away?!" she asked almost hopefully.
"Yeah."
"Oh this week's gonna be fun." the flame hair woman said rubbing her hands together. "I'll be in the other room."
Author's Note
Sorry for the delay.
(1) Despite the hair Ryouka is clearly Japanese and not an Amazon.
Glad I could finally show how high up the mountain Kazuma needs to climb, while he is strong for his age he still has a long way to go. Plus we get to see a little of how he turned out to be who he is. It's actually a reflection of Ranma's life how the person who spent most of your life with reflects how you act.