New Masters
Ranma sighed as he started his walk to school. One alien girlfriend was enough trouble to deal with, but now he had TWO of them to deal with. The worst part was that they were always arguing with each other!
'Who ever said that two girlfriends was a blessing obviously never had to deal with two rivaling aliens.' He thought to himself. No sooner had he thought this, the two aliens in question flew over to him from behind.
"DARLING!" Came the voice of Lum. "Why didn't you wait up for me?"
"Or at the least wait up for me! I wanted to give you a good morning smooch!" Said Kurama. Ranma shook his head at the two girls.
"I had a rough night and I just wanted to get going so I can get school over with. I still have to find a good martial arts school to go to." He said. Kurama and Lum both huffed at that.
"Always looking for dojos with you Darling." Lum said.
"Honestly, why can't you just come home and snuggle with me after school? I'll even let this concubine watch if she wants." Kurama said. Lum growled at the Tengu girl and bobbed her on the head.
"I am NO concubine you home wrecker!" She screamed.
And so yet another arguing match started between Ranma's official alien girlfriend and the one that his mom had somehow talked him into accepting. He was really getting tired of this, while he admitted that he liked both girls he really hated having to hear them bitch at each other all the time. Sure it had only been one day but STILL! As Ranma came up to Tomobiki High, he waved at Shinobu who was just getting there before him.
"Hey Ranma." She said, but then frowned as she saw the look on Ranma's face and heard the two bickering aliens behind him.
"Trouble in paradise?" She asked. Ranma sighed.
"Yeah, pretty much." He said. He took a deep breath and turned to the two aliens.
"YO!" That got the both of them to stand at attention.
"Can you two PLEASE STOP ARGUING!? And besides, I've got to go to school so unless you guys want to cause another episode like last time, I think it's time for you guys to head on home."
"But Darling! I want to stay close to you!" Lum whined.
"Same! I just want to spend some alone time with you and away from this dumb concubine." Kurama said.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A CONCUBINE YOU HOME WRECKER!" Lum screamed in Kurama's face.
"Who are you calling a home wrecker, ozone breath!?" Kurama shot back. And so started yet another round of the two aliens arguing with each other. Ranma started growling at the two, it was WAY too early in the morning to deal with this crap.
"I'm going." He said, only to be cut off by Lum flying in front of him.
"Not until you give me a goodbye kiss!" Lum said.
"NO FAIR!" Kurama butted in. "You've gotten to kiss him a bunch of times and I haven't! Ranma kiss me instead!"
"No, kiss me Darling!" Lum shouted in protest.
"No ME!" Kurama shouted back, once again causing an argument. Ranma started growling and grinding his teeth in frustration.
"Oh for Petes sake!" Ranma cried out as he grabbed Lum and kissed her before grabbing Kurama and kissed her as well.
"There! I kissed both of you! Are you happy now!?" Ranma asked.
Lum and Kurama didn't answer. They just stood there, stunned from Ranma's bold and sudden action. They both blushed and then sighed as they started to float into the air, looks of content on their faces. Ranma and the other students just looked up at the happy aliens as they just floated in the air like a couple of lovesick children.
"Oh come on! He can't be that good of a kisser!" Said Shutaro Mendo as he and Ataru both growled at Ranma kissing both alien beauties.
"Wow. You must be some kisser Ranma." Shinobu said as she looked up at the lovesick aliens.
"Oh no. What have I done!? These lips of mine are practically lethal weapons against women!" Ranma said in horror. Shinobu playfully covered her mouth with her hand.
"Well don't go kissing me! I like you Ranma but not that way." She said with a slight giggle.
"Don't worry Shinobu I wouldn't even dream of kiss you." Ranma said. Shinobu gave a half hearted glare at the pigtailed boy.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" She asked. Ranma started to panic.
"No no no! What I meant was that you're my friend and I would go kissing a friend like that!" He said, trying to pacify the girl's anger. Shinobu just smiled at him.
"Nice save. Now come on Casanova." She said as she dragged him into the school. As for Lum and Kurama, they just floated in the air and drifted off into town.
Ranma was sitting in class, trying not to think too much about the kisses he had with Lum and Kurama. Although, he found it hard to get the tastes of their lips out of his mouth. He blushed again as he remembered the feeling of their lips.
'Just call me Hot Lips Saotome. Sheesh! What the heck was I THINKING!? But still...' Ranma thought to himself as he tried to focus on the lessons of the day.
As Ranma's day was going along, Lum and Kurama were arguing once more. This time it was about who would get to go on a date with Ranma today after he got out of school.
"No way! Why should you go out with MY Darling!?" Lum said.
"He's just as much my Darling Husband to be as he is yours! And besides, you've already gone out on a date with him, it's my turn!" Kurama shot back at the Oni girl. Lum puffed her cheeks and growled at the Tengu princess.
"Fine, tell you what, we'll play Rock, Paper, Scissors for it." She said.
"Fine by me." Kurama said. Two rounds later, Kurama was jumping in the air in joy because she won.
"YEAH! I'm going on a date!~" Kurama said. Lum growled as she kicked the ground.
"OH! Fine! You win, THIS TIME!" Lum said to her rival in love. Kurama flew off.
"See ya later Lum! I'll tell Ranma that you're off having fun while we're on our DATE!" Kurama said.
Lum pouted at the retreating Tengu. She turned and started to fly off. She hated to admit it, but since Nodoka opened her big mouth about the Hero's Law, she had no choice but to admit that Kurama was just as much apart of Ranma's life now as she was. She didn't like sharing, but she had to admit that she would rather share Ranma than let that girl be stuck with any of her Darling's enemies.
Suddenly, she heard a noise and looked down from where she was flying. She gasped when she saw a bunch of people who looked like they were in a gang of some kind, where gathering around looking as if they were getting ready to start trouble.
"Uh oh." She said as she prepared to go down and handle them herself, but then she saw something incredible.
A girl, around her age, rode her bike into the fray and had gotten off and was starting to knock the thugs around. Lum whistled, this girl, whoever she was, was a pretty good fighter. She was knocking them around with punches and kicks and was even throwing them around with slightly more skill than Ranma had in terms of throwing people around, even though she was sure that Ranma was the better fighter.
Lum leaned in closer and could swore she heard the girl say something about the 'Kazama Dojo'. Lum thought for a moment, she remembered all the dojos that Ranma had mentioned that he had gone to in the last weeks to try and find a new style to learn, but she was sure he never mentioned a place called the Kazama Dojo.
As the girl got back on her bicycle and rode off, Lum snapped her fingers. If this Kazama Dojo was legit, she could tell her Darling about it. And if this place turned out to be a good place with a good style, then maybe Ranma would feel indebted to her. Maybe he'd even go out on another date with her! Or even better, say that he loves HER more than Kurama! With that in mind, Lum followed the girl on the bike, hoping to find where this dojo was so that she could show it to Ranma later.
Speaking of our pigtailed hero, Ranma had just jumped and flipped his way out of his classroom after school had let out for the day and was about to start his search for a new dojo to train at when Kurama flew straight for him.
"RANMA HONEY!" She said as she glomped onto her beloved. "How's my future hubby doing?" She asked as she snuggled against Ranma, making him blush as red as a tomato.
"Um, uh, I'm fine, Kurama-chan." He said, gulping as he found Kurama pressing her breasts into his chest.
"Well then, since you're in a good mood, let's go on a date." She said. Ranma blushed and started to panic.
"Um, well I, uh..." He tried to say.
"Now don't go making excuses." Kurama said. "You can go and find a dojo any day and you've already taken Lum out on dates so it's my turn and you have no excuses for not taking me out on one."
Ranma sighed. She had him dead to rights.
"Well, okay. Um, were do you want to gooOOO!" Ranma was trying to say before Kurama dragged him off.
"Come on! I saw something I've REALLY wanted to try." She said.
And not too long after, Ranma found himself in an ice cream shop buying ice cream for himself and Kurama. As Ranma enjoyed his cotton candy flavor he couldn't help but look at how cute Kurama looked as she enjoyed her own strawberry flavored ice cream. She hummed as she ate, giggling slightly at how good it tasted.
"MMMMM! Mother-in-law told me that ice cream was a sweet treat, but I wasn't expecting it to taste so good!" She said. Ranma chuckled at the alien Tengu.
"Yeah, nothing beats ice cream on a day like this. The best way to chill out after a long day. And I've got to admit, sharing it with good company only makes it taste even sweeter." He said with a wink. Kurama giggled again and blushed.
"Oh really?" She asked as she snuggled up closer to Ranma. "Well then, why don't you let me have a piece of your ice cream?"
Ranma blushed as Kurama pressed her breasts onto his chest. He gulped as the sexy Tengu princess backed him into the wall and looked at him with seductive, bedroom eyes.
"Um...well, I uh..." He panicked as Kurama took a few licks form the poor boy's ice cream.
"Mmmm. Delicious. Now have some of mine." She said smiling as she held her ice cream up to Ranma. He gulped and took a few licks.
"Um...yeah it's...really sweet." He said, his face now red as a tomato. Kurama smirked at his reply as she snuggled up to him more and finished her ice cream while he finished his.
"I know it's gone now, but I know a way you can still get a taste." She said as she kissed Ranma right on the mouth.
Poor Ranma, he was so caught off guard that he didn't know what to do. But Kurama, OH she had plans. As she kept kissing the stunned martial artist, she grabbed his hands and placed them on her butt. Ranma's eyes shot WIDE open as Kurama wrapped her arms around Ranma and kept on kissing him. Right as Ranma was getting into the kiss, the door to the shop opened and a gruff voice ended their moment.
"Alright! Hand over the money lady or else!"
Ranma and Kurama ended their kiss and turned to see some beaten up looking punks march up to the counter, waving pipes and wooden swords around. Ranma sighed, he'd dealt with jerks like this before when he and his dad were on the road, and to be honest, he REALLY hated that they picked now to ruin his date with one of his girlfriends.
"Sorry Kurama-chan. This won't take long." Ranma said as he walked over to the punks, cracking his neck and knuckles as he did so. Kurama huffed.
'OOOOHHHHH! I hope he pounds those idiots into pulp.' She thought to herself as she crossed her arms under her bust.
"YO!" Ranma shouted, catching the attention of the punks.
"Who the hell are you? Some sort of cosplay wannabe?" One of the punks said as he and his pals started laughing. Ranma sighed, today was going so well too. Oh well.
"Look. I'll give you idiots one chance to leave this lady alone. If you don't, then you jackasses are going to get hurt. REALLY badly." Ranma said as he walked right up to the punks who just kept laughing at the young martial artist.
"HAHAHA! Look at this chump! He thinks he's some kind of anime superhero!" The leader of the punks said as he and his crew started to laugh again. Ranma sighed, he did try to warn them.
Having had enough, Ranma grabbed one of the punks by the throat and squeezed as he kicked the wannabe gang banger in the groin before socking him in the face with a right hook. Before the other punks could react, Ranma side kicked the closest one before grabbing another one by the hand and did a wrist throw before kicking him in the jaw.
One of the punks tried to take a swing at Ranma, only to get their weapon caught, a punch to the nose, a kick to the knee and then have their weapon used to block the wooden sword of one of the other punks before having it taken from his hand and having it wack him across the face. Ranma then used the stolen pipe to parry and counter the incoming attacks of the other punks.
Kurama just sat on a stool by the counter and watched as her beloved punched, kicked and knocked each of his foes out. She sighed happily, seeing her lover fight just made her feel even more in love with him. Maybe it was because it reminded her of how her father fought? Right as she was thinking this, she felt someone grab her leg. She looked down and growled at the punk who was looking at her lustfully.
"HEY!" She screamed as she kicked the punk in the face. "No one's allowed to look at me like that except Ranma! Ya got that!?"
Kurama then jumped to her feet and leapt at two of the punks who were starting to get back up and did an ariel round house kick and a spinning hook kick sent them into unconsciousness. Right as Ranma was finishing off another punk with an axe kick to the face, he turned to see Kurama strike one punk with an elbow to the ribs and then a leg sweep and finished him off with an axe kick to the crotch. Ranma couldn't help but whistle at seeing his second girlfriend deal out some good moves as he back fisted the last punk who was behind him.
"Nice moves Kurama-chan. I didn't know you could fight." He said. Kurama flipped some of her bangs out of her eyes and smirked.
"Papa didn't raise no fool Ranma-kun. Before I was put in stasis I was trained in my planet's native martial art."
"Really?" Ranma said, a twinkle in his eyes. "Think you could show me some moves sometime?"
Before Kurama could answer, the goons got up and started running.
"You guys are freaks! You and your skanky whore!" One of the punks shouted as he and his pals ran out the door. Ranma and Kurama both growled at the retreating group of delinquents.
"SKANKY WHORE!?" Kurama shouted as an aura of purple energy surrounded her.
"GET BACK HERE YOU JERKS!" Ranma shouted as he charged after them.
"Wait for me Ranma darling! I want a shot at them too!" Kurama said as she charged after her boyfriend.
As the two caught up to the punks, the were surprised to see that they were being handled by someone else. A girl, around their age, with short brown hair in a feather cut style parted to the right, brown eyes and wearing a school uniform shirt and skirt with the shirt having the first few buttons undone at the top to reveal her ample cleavage. But what caught them by surprise was that she was knocking the punks around with skillful martial arts moves.
Ranma was impressed, while this girls' style was still unrefined and showed signs of incomplete training, she still had WAY more skill than Akane had ever shown. But what really caught Ranma's eye was that her technique showed very heavy influence of Daito-Aiki Jiujitsu mixed with her street brawling style as well as some influence of Chinese martial arts, especially in her kicks.
"Darling!"
Ranma was brought out of his musings by Lum who had just flown up to him and Kurama.
"Lum!/Lum-Chan!" They both called out.
"What are you doing here?" Ranma asked.
"Well," Lum began. "I was flying around town when I saw this girl taking down all these thugs all by herself and I overheard her mention something about the dojo her dad runs, and I thought maybe this might be a dojo you could check out Darling."
"I see." Ranma said as he nodded. "Well, I have to admit, she is pretty good. And that technique of hers...I swear I've either seen or heard of something that resembles the way she fights somewhere before." He said as he stroked his chin as he tried to remember.
As this was going on, the girl was dusting off her hands after having finished off the last of the goons. She placed her hands on her hips and smiled at her work.
"That'll teach you to mess with Asuka Kazama of the Kazama ryu Bujutsu! Now that me and my dad are in this town, you punks are going to have to learn to behave yourselves." She said, more to herself than to anyone else.
It was at that moment that Ranma's, Lum's and Kurama's eyes went wide, but for different reasons. For Ranma, it was because he finally figured out why her style seemed familiar to him. But as for the girls, they were focusing on two very...bouncy things that had started bouncing as the brown-haired girl, Asuka Kazama, was boasting over her beaten opponents.
The two alien girls looked down at their own chests and then back to the chest of the smiling human woman. And as they were looking, it was almost of if the girls' breasts had bounced again just to taunt them for the fact that their busts were outclassed by this Earthling woman.
"Did she say, Kazama ryu Bujutsu?" Ranma said, not really noticing either the bouncing breasts or the glares of his two girlfriends. His words snapped the two aliens out of their brooding as they turned to look at their boyfriend.
"Darling, do you know this..." Lum trailed off.
"Bouncy woman?" Kurama finished with a growl.
"No," Ranma said, not noticing the scowls of his two lovers. "But I HAVE heard of that style of martial arts before! And if she really is a student of the Kazama ryu, then Lum-chan, you were right! I think I may have found the style I was looking for!"
And with that, Ranma ran to catch the beautiful brown-haired girl before she could hop back on her bicycle and ride off. Lum and Kurama were confused but went after Ranma, who once again was in his own little world when it came to the first real love of his life...martial arts.
"Hey wait! Excuse me! Miss!" He called out, hoping to catch Asuka's attention. She turned, having heard him, and blushed as she saw the handsome man that was running up to catch her.
"Hi, I'm sorry but, did you just say that you're a student of Kazama ryu martial arts?" He asked as he caught up to her. Asuka managed to recompose herself as she looked at the handsome, but weirdly dressed young man in front of her, who for some reason looked kind of familiar.
"Yeah why...? Oh wait! Now I know where I've seen you before! You're that Ranma guy that was al over the news!" She said in an excited tone. Ranma blushed as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah, that's me." He said smiling. "Anyway, my girlfriend over there said that you were part of a dojo that was teaching Kazama ryu, is that true?" Asuka smiled with pride and nodded.
"Mm hmm! Me and my dad just moved in and my dad just moved into this town and we're in the process of setting up our dojo to teach our family style. Why?" She asked.
"Well, I was wondering...do you think your dad would jet me join!?" Ranma asked, taking Asuka back.
"Hey!" Kurama cried out. "Just what's so special about this bouncy woman's fighting style anyway?"
"Bouncy woman?" Asuka asked as she tilted her head. Ranma sighed.
"Well, gather around and I'll tell ya." Ranma said as the background changed into a comical classroom with a chibi version of Ranma at the blackboard while chibi versions of Asuka, Lum and Kurama were sitting at some desks.
*And now, it's time for Ranma's Martial Lesson*
"Ok, listen up." Chibi Ranma said as the chibi versions of the girls nodded their heads.
"K!" They all said in unison.
"So, Kazama style martial arts actually comes from ancient Jujitsu techniques stretching all the way back to Japan's waring territories eras." Ranma said in a professor style way.
"K." The girls all said.
"Although, while the style is rooted in ancient Jujitsu and Daito Aiki Jujitsu techniques, it also has a diverse array of striking techniques." Ranma continued.
"Oh." The girls, except for Asuka said, since she already knew this.
"At first, many people who had seen the style wondered where many of these techniques came from, since they bore no resemblance to any fighting style used by the Japanese at the time. Some martial historians, however, have traced one of the Kazama ancestors to having gone to China at some point in their life and most probably brought back some of their martial techniques with them." Ranma finished.
"AH! OK!" Lum and Kurama said as Asuka just smirked. Ranma then looked towards the camera.
"And now you know, and that concludes todays Martial Lesson. And now, back to our story." Ranma said as the scene goes back to normal.
*End Ranma's Martial Lesson*
"Wow, you sure know a lot about my family's style." Asuka said as she looked at Ranma, an impressed look on her face. Ranma smirked.
"Well, to be fair, I'm kind of a martial arts nerd. I'm obsessed with them more than a drunkard is with booze." He said, causing Asuka and the other girls to giggle and laugh.
"Well, my dad might be interested in having mister 'hero of Earth' as a potential student...but first..." Asuka said as she took up a fighting stance. "I want a fight cha!"
Lum and Kurama were taken aback by this bold statement, but Ranma just smiled as he cracked his nek and knuckles.
"Ok, but don't think that I'm going to go easy on you just cause you're a girl." He says as he gets into his own stance.
"Lum, shouldn't we stop them?" Kurama asked. Lum sighed.
"I wouldn't bother trying. Whenever Darling gets challenged to a fight, he always accepts it. And to be honest, I kinda want to how this girl fairs against him."
Ranma and Asuka sized each other up as they each searched for an opening. Ranma ended up moving first, charging in for a front to side kick combo that Asuka side-stepped and tried to counter with a punch to the face. Ranma parried the blow and struck her in the side with an uppercut to the ribs followed by and armbar. But Asuka managed to roll out of the armbar and turned while crouching and attacked Ranma with three continuous front spinning sweep kicks.
Ranma managed to backflip away from the first kick but caught off guard when Asuka kept spinning and kicking from the ground. He cartwheeled away from the last two but was once again caught off guard when Asuka shot off a rising back kick that nailed him in the stomach. Asuka got up and grabbed Ranma by the head and kneed him before attempting to trap him in a neck crank.
Still seeing stars, Ranma managed to twist his body enough to escape Asuka's neck crank and go for a low reverse leg sweep of his own, taking the female fighter down. Both fighters rolled away from each other to get some breathing room, but to Ranma's surprise, Asuka was the one to engage the next exchange of blows!
Asuka struck out with a one-two punch combo before shooting off a double front snap kick. Ranma blocked the first two strikes and when the kicks came, he side-stepped and did another sweep before going into a Capoeira barrage consisting of a rolling axe kick, crouching round kick and several spinning heel and cartwheel kicks. Asuka growled as she hit the ground from the first kick and gasped as she narrowly avoided the onslaught of kicks that followed.
After avoiding the last kick, Asuka struck out with a rising elbow strike just as Ranma was getting back up. He narrowly avoided the strike and then followed up with two uppercuts and then a front snap kick and a fake tornado kick to spinning heel kick. Asuka's doubled over from the punches and front kick and when she thought the next blow would be a tornado kick, she was caught off guard by the spinning heel kick that came instead. She growled and prepared herself for what would come next.
Ranma came at her with some fast punches that she either dodged or parried before he when in for hook punch that missed but was a set up for a reverse elbow to Asuka's stomach. Asuka was getting mad, and when Ranma went for his next backfist, she was ready. She parried his strike and turned it into a grab and twisted his hand into a chicken wing lock, she then twisted his arm and threw him down and manipulated his arm into a behind the back armbar.
Ranma cried in pain as the busty martial artist tried to apply pressure to his arm. Ranma managed to wiggle out of her grasp and shot out a kick to force her off as he got back to his feet and tried to resume his attack. But to his surprise, Auka did a one handed cartwheel to get away that ended up causing her feet to catch Ranma in the chin. Ranma was sent back a bit as he rubbed his chin, only to be on the defensive as Asuka attacked again.
She struck out with a few punches and elbow strikes and followed up with a spinning heel kick but Ranma was able to parry and dodge her blows before ducking under her kick and snapping out with a back kick that knocked Asuka backwards. Ranma followed up with a high snap kick to Asuka's face and then added a high round house kick and spinning side kick and a jump spinning heel kick to finish off the combo.
Asuka was on the ground seeing stars but snapped out of it when she saw Ranma coming at her again. She spun on the ground and struck out with her spinning sweep kicks again but instead of ending with her rising back kick like before, she tackled Ranma's leg and went for leg lock. Ranma rolled to escape but Asuka stuck to him, trying to get at him to go for any kind of lock, the Kazama style specialty.
Ranma managed to escape and did a crouching spinning heel kick to force Asuka back. He then came at her with a jumping side kick, followed by a backfist that Asuka blocked only to find herself in a Wing Chun style battle of punches and parries. She grinned as she got Ranma's hand and twisted it into a wrist lock but it was just what Ranma wanted.
He did a side flip to escape the pressure on his wrist and pulled a surprised Asuka into z-lock that brought her right into Ranma's knee. He then twisted her into the same chicken wing lock she had him in earlier and was about to finish her with a throw, but Asuka jumped up and double kicked the pigtailed martial artist away. She then did an ariel cartwheel that smacked Ranma in the face and then sweeped him to the ground.
Ranma rubbed his face and yelped as he avoided Asuka's follow up falling axe kick and started to grin as he got back to his feet. This fight was starting to get fun, now it was time to amp it up a notch. And by the look on her face, he could tell Asuka was having similar thoughts to his own.
Asuka came at him with a double ariel cartwheel attack and came at him with a punch, backfist, hook, elbow, low roundhouse, uppercut, downward elbow, palm strike, low to high side kick and jump spinning back kick combo. Ranma blocked and parried the attacks and spun out of the last kick into a spinning backfist to sidekick combo and then did a 540 to spinning hook kick.
Asuka shook her head as Ranma came at her with an axe kick that she stopped with a high x block but was caught off guard by the follow up back flip kick! Asuka fell to the ground as Ranma charged in for the finish and tried to tackle her, only for her to shoot off arising axe kick and went for another leg breaking lock. But Ranma grabbed her arms and used his left foot to turn her charge into a Judo throw.
As Asuka rolled into a standing position, Ranma cartwheeled over to her and did a spinning hook kick to her head followed by barrage of punches. Asuka grabbed one of his fists and pulled him into an elbow strike to the ribs and then wrapped her arm around his and did a clothesline takedown that turned into an armbar.
Ranma screamed in pain as he felt his elbow about to break.
"Ready to give up?" Asuka said with a smile.
"DARLING!" Lum called out.
"RANMA!" Kurama screamed in fear.
"I'M...Not...Done...YET!" Ranma cried as he pulled his arm as much as he could and rolled into Asuka then ended up rolling her leg into a painful lock as she lost her grip on Ranma's arm.
Ranma managed to twist her ankle and did a stomp to her face...only to stop an inch from a frightened Asuka's face.
"Give up yet?" He said with a smirk. Asuka couldn't help but giggle and laugh a little at her predicament.
"Ok, ok, I give up. You win." She said. Ranma let go of her leg and offered her his hand.
"That was a good fight. I have to admit, you're better at joint locks than I am." He said. Asuka blushed at the praise.
"Thanks, but darn you hit hard. And I can't help but think you were holding back just a bit." She said with a scrutinizing fake glare. Ranma blushed and chuckled sheepishly.
"Well, only a little. And it's only because this was a sparring match not a full on fight." He said. Asuka smiled at him.
"Ok, as long as it wasn't just cause I'm a girl." She said as she playfully slugged him in the arm.
"Hey easy. I think that's the one you almost broke with that last arm lock." He said laughing. Lum and Kurama both sighed as they shook their heads at Ranma.
"Darling," Lum said as she ran up to Ranma. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine Lum-chan." Ranma said, blushing bright red as Lum grabbed onto his arm and tried to snuggle up to him.
"So it's true what they say about you having an overprotective alien girlfriend huh?" Asuka asked, scratching the back of her head.
"Actually," Kurama said as she grabbed onto Ranma's other arm. "TWO overprotective alien girlfriends."
"Girls, retract the claws. I'm pretty sure she's not going to pounce on me." Ranma said. Asuka blushed but decided to tease him a little.
"I don't know...I mean, you ARE pretty cute~." She said with a flirtatious smirk. Ranma panicked as Lum and Kurama growled at the pretty Japanese woman.
"Um, Asuka-san, probably best not to get them riled up!" Ranma said shakily. Asuka laughed as she tried to hide her blush.
"Ok, ok, I'll stop. Don't worry, I don't go around stealing other people's boyfriends. Promise." She said. Lum and Kurama calmed down but still kept their grips on Ranma's arms.
"Anyway," Ranma said. "Think you could take me to you dad's dojo now?" He asked, causing Asuka to snap back to reality.
"Oh yeah! Sure thing. And your girlfriends are more than happy to come with." She said with a bright smile.
Shortly afterwards, Ranma, his girlfriends and their new friend Asuka, were off to the newly opened Kazama family dojo just a ways off from where they were. Asuka, not wanting to be bored, decided that maybe she should ask the pigtailed ladies' man a few questions.
"So mister 'Savior of the Earth', you're a pretty good fighter already, why do you want to train in the Kazama ryu?" Asuka asked the blushing boy stuck in between the two alien girls. Ranma took a breath and gathered his thoughts.
"Well, ya see, while I am a good fighter, there's always room to improve. Plus, I'm trying to create my own style of martial arts but in order to do that I need to learn something that covers what I'm not good at. Since the Kazama style has a basis in Jujitsu and I need to work on my grappling, I figured that it would be a good fit for me."
"I see." Asuka said with a nod. "That makes sense I guess. But why the whole creating your own style thing? Aren't you part of that Musabetsu Kakuto Ryu?"
At this question, Ranma, Lum and Kurama all frowned.
"Let's just say that I had a BIG falling out with my bastard of a dad and I decided that it was time to split off from his style and make my own. One that I can be proud of and not one that's only practiced by scum and low lives who only have kids so that they can live off their hard work." Ranma said.
"Yeah! Darling's dad was a creep. All he wanted was for Darling to marry some crazy, angry girl that he didn't even like for some bull crap reason or other." Lum chimed in.
"Boy, the more I hear about your father, Ranma dear, the more I hate him." Kurama added.
"Wait till you really get to know him." Ranma said. Asuka gulped. It sounded like Ranma, while seeming like a happy and smiling person, had his own skeletons in the closet that he'd rather forget. After a bit more walking, where they talked about other things, they finally arrived at the dojo.
"Whelp, here we are! Home sweet home!" Asuka said, her face beaming with pride.
"Don't get too bummed out by us not having a lot of students." She said sheepishly. "Truth be told, we just opened up about a day ago and the whole reason I was out beating up street punks was to try and drum up some interest in our dojo."
"I kind of figured." Ranma said. "That would explain why Lum-chan told me you were calling out the name of your dojo like a superhero or pro MMA fighter when she saw you earlier."
Asuka had the decency to blush at that. The four teens went into the dojo and saw a man in his late thirties meditating on the floor. He had short, neatly kept brown hair, a stern yet gentle looking face, and was wearing a gi top and hakama pants. It didn't take much to guess that this was Asuka's father.
"Hey tou-san! Guess what!? I think I found us a new student! And he's that famous martial artist that saved Earth from that Oni invasion a while back." Asuka said as she took off her shoes and ran over to her father. The man opened his eyes to reveal a pair of kind looking brown eyes and he looked from his daughter to the young man in question.
"Oh, I see." He said as he got up and walked over to Ranma. Ranma couldn't help but gulp as the older man gave him the once over.
"Well young man, why is it that you want to learn the Kazama style?" Mr. Kazama asked. Ranma cleared his throat.
"Well, Kazama-san, the truth is, I split from my father's style of martial arts due to personal reasons. I want to create a new style, one I can be proud of and to be honest, my joint locking and grappling skills need a lot of work. I figured that this style would be a good starting point for me to work with."
Mr. Kazama nodded, looking as if he was thinking over what Ranma had told him. He then opened his eyes and gave Ranma an intense stare.
"Let me ask you this son," He said as Ranma started to sweat a little.
"You're not going to try and seduce my daughter if I let you join this dojo are you?"
"WHAT!?" All four of the teens cried out in shock!
"TOU-SAN NO BAKA!" Asuka screamed as she grabbed her dad and threw him across the dojo floor. Mr. Kazama chuckled at his own little joke and at the reactions he got from Asuka and the others.
"Sorry, just a father having some fun." He said with a laugh. He got up and walked over to Ranma and the others again.
"But seriously, you don't have any intentions on my little girl, do you?" He asked again.
"No sir." Ranma said with a shake of his head. "I'm only here to learn. And I never even wanted to be put under that law the emperor put me under. And I've got my hands full with these two." He pointed to Lum and Kurama.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Kurama said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah." Lum said doing the same. Ranma and the Kazamas chuckled at the two pouting alien girls.
"I see." Mr. Kazama said. "Well, I think maybe we can accept you."
Ranma smiled brightly as he bowed to his new sensei.
"Arigato sensei."
And with that, Ranma walked out of the dojo a happy man, so happy that he was pulling both Lum and Kurama close and kissed both of them on the lips. Both aliens were practically dragged the rest of the way home. Ranma could hardly get any sleep he was too excited, as soon as the next week started, he would finally be taking the first step to creating his new style. Little did he know that fate had even more plans in store for him.
The next day was a Saturday and Ranma decided to take a walk around the park to calm his mind and be alone. Lum and Kurama begged him to take them with him, but he was adamant about wanting some alone time. He breathed in the fresh air, glad for ONCE not to have some weirdo pop out of nowhere and try to attack him. As he was making his way around the park, he didn't even notice that up in the air, Lum and Kurama were flying after him but making sure not to let him know that they were there.
"I can't believe Darling wouldn't let me tag along." Lum pouted.
"I know. At the least he could have taken me. Or better yet, just stay at home so we could have some fun." Kurama added in.
"Yeah, but Mother-in-law wouldn't allow THAT kind of fun until Darling's graduated and found a job. And you've seen what happens when you don't listen to her." Lum said. They both shuddered as an image of an angry Nodoka attacking Genma flashed through their minds.
Back down on the ground, Ranma was enjoying the view of the park, thinking about everything he would learn from the Kazama dojo, and against his better judgement, he was also thinking a little about Asuka.
'Maybe in another life. I mean, technically I could still try, but Lum-chan and Kurama-chan would have my head, and hers too. But still...'
Ranma shook his head to get those thoughts out of it. He wasn't Ataru, and he had TWO girlfriends already. Ranma sighed, he never thought he'd have to deal with his hormones like this. He always thought it would be one girlfriend and that would be it. But ever since Lum came into his life, nothing had ever been the same.
But then again, if he had never met her, he'd probably still be stuck being engaged to Akane. Not to mention he'd still be cursed and would have to deal with that Chinese Amazon Shampoo. He took another deep breath and smiled.
'Honestly, I'm glad that alien's in my life. I think...I think I might actually...'
"Hello there!"
Ranma's train of thought was cut off by a voice he didn't recognize. He turned around and saw an old man walking towards him. He had short, spikey grey-white hair and mustache, icy blue eyes, tan skin and was wearing a long sleeve black shirt with white Kung Fu style pants and a yellow sash. Ranma tilted his head in confusion, he didn't know why, but for some reason this man seemed familiar...and dangerous.
"Hello there." Ranma said with a wave. The old man smiled at him as he walked closer.
"Nice day out isn't it?" He said as he looked about as some birds flew past them. Ranma couldn't help but smile, although something about this guy put him on edge. He may not look like much, but Ranma could sense a powerful aura from this man, but how strong he really was, was something Ranma couldn't tell.
"Say, aren't you that young boy who saved the Earth in that game of tag with that oni woman?" He asked. Ranma blushed a little.
"Yeah, that's me. But I wish I was known for more than just that in all honesty." He said, causing the old man to chuckle.
"Ha ha ha. I would imagine so. But I must admit that I was rather impressed with your skills boy." The old man said.
"Oh?" Ranma asked with a tilt of his head.
"Yes," The old man continued. "You seemed to have the upper hand. In fact, I'd wager that if you fought seriously, you would have ended that match much sooner."
"Yeah well," Ranma said, scratching the back of his head. "I guess I would have, but it wouldn't have been fair. It wasn't a real fight and using any real martial arts techniques and hurting her wouldn't have been fair."
He didn't see it, but his last remark brought a brighter smile to the old man and a proud gleam to his eyes. Meanwhile, up above them, Lum and Kurama continued to watch the conversation between Ranma and this mysterious old man.
"Have you ever seen that guy before Lum?" Kurama asked. Lum hummed and shook her head.
"No. I can't say that I have. But he doesn't seem to be dangerous." She said.
"Say son," The old man started to say. "If you wouldn't mind, would you honor this old man with a spar?"
Ranma was taken aback.
"You want to fight me?" He asked. The old man laughed again.
"Just to see if these old bones of mine have still got it." He said. "Plus, I'd just like to see how I fair against the world's savior."
Ranma cracked his neck and then his knuckles before stretching out his legs as he prepared to fight the old man. Up above, Lum and Kurama were startled by their boyfriend looking as if he was looking getting ready to fight the old man.
"Why is Ranma about to fight that old man?" Kurama asked as the two started to circle each other and size the other up.
"I'm not sure." Lum said. "But I don't think Darling is going to go to hard on the old guy. Whoever he is."
Back down on the ground, Ranma couldn't help but ask a question.
"Say old man, I don't even know your name." Ranma said. The old man chuckled as he took up a loose Tai Chi style stance.
"Oh my, where are my manners. My name is Sheng Long. Now come on, some of us aren't getting any younger."
"Ok." Ranma said as he charged at Sheng and flying kick at lightning speed, only for Sheng to parry the kick and strike Ranma in the back with a double palm strike. Ranma yelped as he was sent flying and rolled on the ground. Ranma got up and shook his head and looked wide-eyed at the old man.
*Insert Fight Song: Daibuster from Dairanger*
"Oh, were you going easy on me? HA HA! I wouldn't do that if I were you son. I may be old, but this old man still as a few tricks up his sleeves." The old man said. Ranma grinned and got back to his feet.
"Ok old man, NOW this is getting fun."
And with that, Ranma dashed off at the old man once again, this time remembering to take this sparring match a little more seriously. Ranma faked a jumping snap kick and went into a punching combo followed by a round kick to the man's side. But the old master parried every punch and caught Ranma's round kick. Before he could do anything however, Ranma jumped off his remaining leg and kicked towards the old masters' legs.
The old man stepped back to avoid the kick and as Ranma fell to the ground he turned on his hands and kicked at the old man again, forcing him to let go of his leg, allowing Ranma to spin and cartwheel on the ground before lashing out with more fancy kicks at the old man.
"Capoeira." Sheng Long said as he either avoided or parried and blocked Ranma's kicks. After Ranma failed to take him with a spinning sweep kick, he did a cartwheel mule kick that Sheng side-stepped but was nearly caught off guard by a spinning back elbow strike followed by a gut punch, backfist, and chop to the neck. But sadly, all of these were blocked.
"Karate." Sheng Said as he tripped Ranma up. Ranma did a break-dancing style whirlwind kick that pushed the old man back and then rolled after him before going for a rolling punch and uppercut.
When those failed, Ranma lashed out with a side kick to back kick combo. Ranma then shot out a back fist, double side kick, question mark kick, spinning hook kick and 540 to spinning hook kick combo. Unfortunately, Sheng Long dodged all those kicks and when Ranma came at him again with a fake snap kick to rising elbow attack, Sheng managed to counter him again.
"Taekwondo." Sheng said, striking Ranma with a one-inch punch.
"WHAAHH!?" Ranma said as he was sent flying.
"DARLING!" Lum cried out as she watched her beloved get punched to the ground.
"What the heck!? That guy's knocking Ranma around like a rag doll!" Kurama said.
"I've never seen Darling on the losing end of a fight before." Lum said as she gripped her fists.
Back on the ground, Ranma growled as he flipped back to his feet. He dashed forward again and struck out with an elbow, uppercut, and knee combo. But when that failed, as he guessed that it would, he grinned and attempted to do a double palm strike to his temples. Sheng saw this and blocked the strikes and twisted Ranma's wrists into painful locks.
Ranma jumped up and kicked out with both legs to force the old man off him. Ranma flipped in the air and charged into a leg tackle as soon as he landed. Sheng parried the charge and but wasn't expecting the crouching double leg spinning kick. For the first time the whole fight Ranma was able to knock the old man down...or so he thought.
Sheng caught himself as he fell down and struck out with a kick of his own, sending Ranma rolling back. As the two fighters got back to their feet, Ranma went at the old man again with feint and then side kick to hook kick. When the old man caught Ranma's hook kick, Ranma jumped up and did a spinning hook kick that the old man ducked and spun to avoid.
Ranma did a few shuffling sidekicks followed by a backfist. Ranma then managed to grab the old man's wrist and went for a wrist lock and throw. When Sheng went for a ridge hand strike to the back of the head to counter, Ranma switched to a wrist twist and armbar and tried to take the old man down. Sheng caught himself and struck out with another kick aimed right for Ranma's solar plexus.
Ranma doubled over and was caught with a crouching round kick from the old man, Ranma fell to and rolled on the ground as he tried to shake the stars out of his head. When Sheng came at him again, Ranma parried a straight punch form the old man and tried to punch the old man in the gut only for him to counter and put Ranma in a lock of his own.
"Jujitsu." Sheng said as he applied more pressure. "But your skill in it needs more work."
Ranma growled and used the old man's own move to get out of the lock he was in and did a handstand kick to the man's chest. Managing to pull his arm free, Ranma struck out with a chop to the temple and punch to the chest, but the old man countered him again! Ranma was getting furious and curled his hands into claws and struck at him with swipes to the eyes, face, throat and even tried to grab him and rip and tear his clothes.
"Tiger." Sheng said as he blocked the tiger claw swipes.
Ranma growled and kicked at the man before switching to half knuckle attacks the struck at speeds so fast the two alien girls in the sky couldn't keep up. But the old man could.
"Leopard. No, Panther." He said as he exchanged parries, blocks and strikes with Ranma. It was in this particular exchange that the old man finally decided to go on the attack, his fists covered in blue ki. Ranma was forced to double up on his defense as he did his best to parry and counter the old master's rapid blows that sadly put his speed to shame.
"Wing Chun?" Sheng asked as they came to a stalemate.
"No, Jeet Kune Do." Ranma said as he tried to kick at the old man again, only for the old master to parry the kick and blast Ranma back again.
"That does it!" He said as he charged in and did a blitz of different attacks, but they were all jsut a set up.
Ranma knew the old man could counter his attacks, and during the counter defensive from the old man, Ranma managed to kick up some dirt to blind the old man. Ranma then leapt back and jumped into the air and gathered ki into his foot. Lum gasped as she recognized what Ranma was doing.
"Oh my gosh!" She cried. "That move! That's the move Darling used against Ryoga that one time!"
"What!?" Kurama gasped as she watched Ranma execute his ultimate move.
"Ryusei Kyaku!" Ranma called out as he shot down at Sheng Long with his leg glowing blue with ki. Sheng Long looked shocked for a moment, but then he grinned.
"Shichi no kata..." Sheng said as he began to wave his glowing blue hands in a strange pattern. Then he took up a stance and thrust a spear hand strike at Ranma's kick.
"Shizuku Hamon Tsuki!" He cried out as his thrust made contact with Ranma's kick...and stopped his kick!
"WHAT!?" Ranma cried.
"WHAT THE!?" Lum cried in equal shock!
"How the heck did he do that!?" Kurama added in.
Sheng then grabbed Ranma by the ankle and flung him right into a tree. Ranma cried in pain as he slid to the ground, growling in pain and frustration.
"HEY! That does it!" Lum said as she charged at the two fighters. "You're dead you old bastard!"
"Right with ya Lum!" Kurama cried out. "Let's waste this old geezer!"
Ranma and Sheng looked up and Ranma was shocked to see Lum and Kurama charging down at them. But as Ranma cried out why they were even there, Sheng smiled.
'About time.' Sheng thought as he prepared for what he knew would come at him next.
"Take this you old geezer!" Lum shouted as she brought her hands in the same position as Ultraman and fired a concentrated blast of lightning at the old master.
"And this too, you bastard!" Kurama said as she brought out her leaf fan and swung it, creating a large blast of wind that combined with Lum's lightning and created a mini storm that was about to strike the old man.
Sheng grinned as he waved his hands again, his hands glowing with blue ki and Ranma couldn't help but think that the motion of his hands looked almost like flowing water. Sheng then brought his hands back and with a twist of his upper body, he created a strong blast of wind that tore right through Lum and Kurama's attack!
Lum and Kurama gasped as the blast hit them, sending them spiraling around as they were overpowered by Sheng's counter attack. Ranma saw this and a number of different thoughts rushed through his head. But the one that was at the front of his mind was that his two girlfriends were in trouble!
"LUM-CHAN! KURAMA-CHAN!" Ranma shouted in a panic and dashed past the old man and jumped up to the girls. Sheng grinned as he watched Ranma do exactly what he was hoping he would do.
Lum and Kurama screamed as they were absorbed by the wind tunnel created by the aged martial arts master. Lum looked down and saw Ranma riding the wind towards the girls.
"DARLING!" She cried out as she tried to reach out for Ranma.
"RANMA!" Kurama called out as she tried to fight against the wind that was carrying her higher into the sky.
Ranma ground his teeth as he twisted in the air and scooped Lum into his arms and did the same for Kurama. He twisted in the air, holding his two lovers close, and tried to ride the wind in order to get out of the wind tunnel. After a minute, he managed to ride out the wind tunnel and flipped over to land on his feet.
"Girls! What the heck are you doing here!? Are you okay!? Why are you even here!? You could have been hurt!" He said as he checked the girls over, hoping that they weren't injured when they tried to help him. Lum wrapped her arms around him and hugged him close and Kurama did the same.
"Oh Darling! I was so scared!" Lum said.
"Me too." Kurama said as she kissed Ranma on the cheek. "But, you do know that we can fly and would have been fine once that wind died down, right?"
Ranma's eyes went wide and blank for a second. He went red in the face as he started to chuckle sheepishly.
"Heh heh heh heh. I...uh...I guess I forgot that." He said as he scratched the back of his head.
Ranma then snapped out of it and turned to face the old man...who was smiling and clapping his hands.
"Very good boy. Very good." He said. Ranma shook off his shock and growled at the old man as he separated from the girls and marched over to the old man.
"Very good!? VERY GOOD!? You could have gotten my girlfriends hurt you son of a bitch! I know they butted in on our match, but you had no right to nearly blast them into the stratosphere!" Ranma shouted at the old man as he marched over to him.
"Now now, calm down sun. I knew you'd be able to save those two. I just wanted to see if you would save them. All part of my little test." Sheng said with a calm smile. That made Ranma and the girls look at him confused.
"Wait, test?" Ranma asked in confusion.
"What test?" Kurama asked. Sheng chuckled again.
"Well, maybe I should start by saying this. My name isn't really Sheng Long. That was just an alias, my real name is Bang of the Ryusui Gansai-ken." Upon hearing this Ranma's eyes went wide and he went pale and limp.
"D-d-d...did you say...Bang? As in...SILVER FANG BANG!?" Ranma cried out in shock!
"Who?" Lum and Kurama asked in unison. But instead of getting an answer, they were shocked to see Ranma, pale as a ghost, kneeling in front of the now named Silver Fang Bang.
"Forgive me Bang-shishou! I didn't know that was you! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to call you a son of a bitch! Please forgive me Bang-shishou!" Ranma was begging, bowing to the aged master. Bang couldn't help but laugh while Lum and Kurama just looked at their lover with confused looks.
"Uh..." Lum tried to say.
"I...don't know what's going on anymore." Kurama said. "Ranma-honey, do you know this guy?"
"Well," Ranma started to say. "I've never really met him before, but I've heard of him. Heck, EVERY martial artist has heard of the legendary Sliver Fang Bang!"
"Legendary?" Lum and Kurama asked.
"Ha ha ha ha! I wouldn't go so far as to call myself legendary." Bang said with a laugh.
"Um, just who are you anyway sir? And what did you mean by this was some kind of test for my Darling?" Lum asked.
"Yeah cause I'm really lost." Kurama added in. Bang laughed again.
"Oh well, you see, in the world of martial arts, I'm kind of a big celebrity." Said the old master.
"Kind of!?" Ranma said in shock. "Bang-shishou, you're one of the three greatest martial arts master on the planet!"
"SAY WHAT!?" Both girls cried out.
"Well, I guess that last part is kind of true." Bang said with a smile.
"As for the part about the test, I was just testing young Ranma here to see if he'd be a good fit for my school of martial arts."
"WHAAA!?" All three teens cried out.
"Wait...you...you want me...?" Ranma tried to say, but his brain was short circuiting from what he had just heard.
"You mean you were just testing Ranma's skills to see if he'd be a good student?" Kurama asked.
"Well, somewhat." Bang answered.
"You see, I've been watching this boy for sometime ever since that whole game of tag for the fate of the world. I already had a feel for his talent and skill as a martial artist." At hearing these words Ranma and the others looked even more confused.
"So then, if this wasn't a test of my skill then what was it a test of?" The pigtailed boy asked.
"Of your character." Bang said matter of factly.
"My character?" Ranma said with a blink.
"I don't get it." Lum said, tilting her head.
"How exactly was this fight supposed to be a test of Ranma's character?" Kurama asked.
"Oh the fight wasn't the test. YOU two were the test." Bang said, pointing at the two alien girls.
"HUH!?" The both said.
"Ok, no offense Bang-shishou, but now you've REALLY got me confused." Ranma said, scratching his head.
"Well, you see my boy, I once had a student who showed a lot of promise. I taught him like a proud father would train his own son. But as the years past, he started to show his true colors and severely hurt all of my students." Bang said as he closed his eyes, a pained expression appearing on his face. Ranma could feel the pain coming from the old man. Whoever this student of his was, it was clear he had hurt the man in a way that no physical wound could.
"So when I banished him and he disappeared, I made a vow that I would never take another apprentice just because of their talent alone. I saw the skill Ranma showed but what really impressed me was the curtesy he showed to you miss Lum." Bang continued. Lum went wide eyed.
"Curtesy? Oh! You mean when Darling accidentally pulled my top off and used his shirt to cover me while I put it back on?" She asked.
"He WHAT!?" Kurama cried out. "You mean to tell me you already got a peep show from little miss lightning rod over here, but you won't look at ME naked!"
"It was an accident! And I didn't even look! I swear!" Ranma cried out, waving his arms in protest.
"Well, before we get poor Ranma into even more trouble, yes. That is exactly what I'm talking about." Bang said, trying to get back on topic before Ranma got into even more trouble.
"Most people wouldn't have shown that much concern over someone they didn't know. Especially when something like the fate of the world is on the line. Ever since then I've been keeping an eye on you Ranma. Following some of the events that you've been a part of, such as that mess with that playboy Mikado, and also your little excursions into town to find a new dojo to train at."
"But why? Why scout me from afar and only show up to test me now?" Ranma asked the aged martial arts master. Bang smiled.
"Because it's only been recently that I've figured that I've seen almost enough. I just needed one final test to see if you were as good a man as I pegged you for. That's why, when I spotted your two girlfriends here following you around without you knowing, I figured if I could get you in a pinch where they would jump in, I could fake putting them in trouble enough to see how you would react. And I'm proud to say that you didn't disappoint me." Bang said with a fatherly smile.
"So...wait, does this mean what I think it means?" Ranma asked, his eyes starting to sparkle. Bang nodded his head.
"Ranma, how would you like to become my student of the Fist of Flowing Water Smashing Rock?" Bang asked, holding out his hand. "And to be fair, I'll even allow you to still go to that other dojo you already signed up for. And yes, I was watching that fight too."
Ranma's eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas Day! He broke out into a smile and accepted Bang's hand and shook it.
"YES!" He screamed before recomposing himself. "I mean, *cough* arigato Bang-sensei. I'd be honored to be your student."
"HOORAY!" Lum said as she wrapped her arms around Ranma in a tight hug. "I'm so happy for you Darling!"
Ranma blushed as Lum rubbed her face against his. Kurama, not wanting to be left out, glomped onto Ranma and hugged him tightly to her own bosom.
"Me too handsome." She said, kissing his cheek, making him blush even more. Bang couldn't help but laugh at his new disciples' reaction to his two lovers smothering him.
'Oh to be young and in love...' He thought to himself.
"Well, I think I'll leave you kids alone for now. No sense in an old man interrupting a romantic moment." He said with a chuckle. "But Ranma. Be sure to stop by my dojo when you have time after school next week. I'll be expecting you."
And with that, Bang walked away, leaving the three teens to themselves. Ranma was happy. Two alien girlfriends and TWO new masters to train with!? His life was starting to look up in ways he never would have thought!
"So, since my quite, peaceful alone time is shot, what do you girls say we head into town and celebrate that I'll be training with one of THE greatest masters ever!" Ranma said with a big smile on his face.
"Yeah!" Lum exclaimed as she kissed Ranma's cheek. "Let's go dancing again! Or get some ice cream or both!"
"I'm in!" Kurama said. "But first..."
And to Ranma and Lum's surprise...she pulled down her top to expose her breasts right in Ranma's face!
"WWWWWWWHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!?" The poor pigtailed boy screamed as a MASSIVE nosebleed knocked him to the ground.
"HEY!" Lum screamed as she covered Kurama's breasts back up and started growling at her. "What the Hell was that FOR!?"
"Well, he already got to see your boobs. I figured it was only fair he get to see mine too!" The tengu girl screamed back.
"You stupid slut! That was an accident! You're just stripping for no reason!" Lum screamed at her.
"I have a reason!" Kurama shot back. "My reason is that I won't be beaten by you, you lightning freak!"
And with that, poor Ranma was once again trapped between his two alien girlfriends and their arguing over him.