"Knowledge is power"
		In immortal quote whose creator will never be known

[A smart Ranma??]

Ranma sat in his history class thinking about the events of the previous 
day namely his failed wedding to Akane Tendo when he saw an eraser heading 
towards his head.  Casually Ranma dodged said implement, which went flying 
out the window and into the school's swimming pool

"Well continuing on" the history teacher said while not being satisfied 
with Ranma. "Now there have been a number of quotes made by famous leaders 
and philosophers over time but there has always been one that has stuck out 
in my mind. Is a quote that no one really knows who said it first ... that 
quote is 'knowledge is power'" the teacher said before continuing on saying 
that this quote had been used by philosophers and military leaders and many 
others sense its validity never changed

'Hmm can't really argue with that the more you know about your enemy the 
easier it is pound them into the pavement but the teach said that everyone 
uses it. Hmm hell even pop said something like that once' Ranma thought 
before drifting off 
'Hay!! If I never had the knowledge of a ki attack, I would never be able 
to do one. Hum another example of knowledge is power and Akane's always 
saying that to do math you need to know how too. So I guess knowledge of 
math gives you power over it. Makes sense, I wonder what gives you power 
over a big fat mouth. Kasumi probably knows that sense she can keep her 
mouth shut. Hmm I smell a challenge. Don't know what kind yet but I can 
definitely smell it... or is that just ramen ...no it's both" Ranma thought 
to himself before the wall collapsed revealing shampoo

*******************

Later that night we find Ranma in the training hall remembering an average 
day however the three-word quote in his history class still rang true

'Hmm I know a lot but I know I'm not that powerful ... Hmm bad info on a 
person decreases your chances of beating someone. so the kind of knowledge 
you get affects what kind of power you get from it ... hmm a little basic 
math, that even I can do, says good knowledge equals in increase in power 
while bad knowledge equals a decrease in power. Hmm pop gave some of the 
worse advice so all that bad knowledge that he gave to me is decreasing my 
power ...hmm well if there's one thing pop did say that's true is that you 
never want anything decreasing your power. So I better get to work finding 
out what knowledge is bad knowledge' Ranma thought satisfactorily

[A trip to the library]

Ranma walked along the streets of Nerima late at night thoroughly satisfied 
with the week's events. Even though he hadn't left the training hall except 
to go to the bathroom and the dinner table but nonetheless he was satisfied, 
however even late night Nerima would not allow Ranma to remain happy for 
long.  That's when the thunderclouds started to roll in

"Rats it'll start any moment" Ranma cursed before noticing been Nerima 
library "well any shelter in a storm" Ranma said before making a mad dash 
for the library.  Just as he entered, a torrential downpour started. 'well 
at least I didn't get wet' Ranma thought to himself before doing what one 
usually did at a library.  Look around.

As Ranma did this the reason why he was out in the middle of the night 
floated through his head he just finished what he had dubbed his soul of 
knowledge training... actually he had just gone over everything his father 
had ever told him.   Needless to say -- actually twice as needless to say -
- 99.9 percent of that had been chucked out the window and into oblivion. 

As Ranma looked around, he began to wonder if the mischievous kami that was 
assigned to him and the whole of Nerima was hitting him with another 
oversized blunt object. He finally decided that said deity was.  When a 
blunt object fell on his head

'Hmm the local kami strikes again' Ranma thought to himself before noticing 
the symbol on the cover of the book 'and harder than usual' Ranma added as 
he nursed his head

Therefore, several hours later we find Ranma sitting with his feet on one 
of the library's many tables.  Deep in thought

Surprisingly this was in ability that the pigtail martial artist had become 
steadily better at over the past week. This surprised said martial artist 
quite a bit. The first few days Ranma found himself raiding the medicine 
cabinet for extra strength aspirin considering his head felt like Akane had 
been using it for batting practice.  Hazards he figured of nonstop use of 
something that got very little use. His exact thoughts were 'well no pain 
known gain right'

'Hmm' Ranma thought as he closed the book "a lot to think about" Ranma said 
aloud before mentally noting a headache was starting to form. 'Well at 
least I know my brain got a work out' Ranma thought before heading back to 
the dojo.  Where of course he quickly fell asleep

Unfortunately, for Ranma he had on his worst reoccurring nightmares that 
night. However, by the time the Saotome boy awoke the next morning he had 
conquered that nightmare.  He fell somewhat disturbed that the answer for 
one of his biggest nightmares had come from a book.  So for the rest of the 
day -- minus meals and going to the bathroom of course -- Ranma thought 
about it.  And by the time the dojo had fallen asleep he only had one 
answer. 'Knowledge is power' and so Ranma willingly returned to the biggest 
repository of knowledge he knew of.

However once he got to the library. He had to face the fact he didn't 
really know how to read that well. Actually, he stuck as much as that 
French cartoon snuck. So by midnight the pigtail martial artist's pigtail 
was drooping

"Sir" a librarian said bringing his attention to a beautiful young aqua 
haired librarian in her mid 20s

"It closing time already"

"No closing time was over two hour's ago." a librarian said as she sat down 
"I couldn't help but notice you were having difficulty reading even a 
simple book"

"It's that obvious is it?" Ranma said exasperatedly

"To somebody that's trained to see it ... Sir I know it must be a sore 
point but it's not something you can't fix with a little work"

"Listen I'm not some..." Ranma said before the librarian interrupted

"I can see that you're a proud man sir that's why I waited until after 
hours to talk to you. I don't mean to make it sound like you're an idiot 
because of this but teaching people how to read is my job around here."

"Your job??" Ranma asked curiously

"yes I'm the head of the literacy program here at the library ... one of 
the librarians noticed you last night and when you returned tonight I 
watched you until I was certain"

"So you like teach kids and stuff." Ranma asked

"No we teach a lot of older people that never learned how to read and women 
that have lost their husbands and have no means of supporting themselves 
and anyone else that needs help learning how to read"

"Bet you don't get many like me around here" Ranma said with a touch of 
anger in his voice

"Two or three a semester" the librarian replied "I understand if you don't 
want to attend a class a lot of people feel too embarrassed to do so we do 
teach people on a one-to-one basis"

"..." was all Ranma replied with as he thought.

"And we keep everything private"

"well with the way my life is right now this is the only time I can get 
here" Ranma finely replied after he decided the librarian's offer was too 
good to pass up before a certain reality hit him "hmm I don't have any 
money"

"Money isn't a problem this is a public service so it's free. And as to the 
time that isn't a problem either" the librarian said with a smile before 
retrieving a reading book

[Training begins]

Akane Tendo sat in her room looking out at the training hall while 
remembering the events of the past month. First of which was failed wedding 
to Ranma.  The day after that, things had taken a turn for the worse for in 
the form of Ranma not speaking to anyone. The next morning was even worse 
Ranma set up camp in the training hall and wouldn't come out for anyone and 
wouldn't let anyone in except for herself

'it's been a month since you started this brooding Ranma ... you may let me 
into the training hall but even then you don't tell me what's happening' 
Akane thought to herself before she decided to get to sleep never seeing 
Ranma exit the training hall and the dojo

Akane woke up the next morning and started her morning ritual of getting up 
-- while thanking the kami that it was the weekend -- which consisted of 
taking a bath, eating breakfast and then going to the training hall to try 
and figure out what Ranma was doing however before she could get their a 
gas bomb landed at her feet.  Quickly jumping away Akane managed to the 
avoid most of the effects of the gas. A fraction of the second later a 
ribbon cut her blouse and her bra leaving her revealed and very angry with 
her attacker Kodachi Kunou. Whom she quickly attacked but the maniacal 
gymnast was too much for Akane as was apparent when she was quickly beaten 
and bruised but just before Kodachi delivered the deathblow a beam of 
energy sent the insane gymnast flying over the horizon. A few moments later 
Ranma could hear Akane being taken to her room in the background

Ranma stood there like a statue until Nabiki walked up to him several 
minutes later "I was asleep Nabiki if I didn't wake up when I did  ... if I 
was a second later ... damm!!!!!" Ranma shouted before raising his hands to 
the heavens and launching off an enormous red ki blast followed by another 
one that even Nabiki recognized. 

The second blast was a near perfect Shishi Hokodan

"Saotome you know the answer to this problem so just do it"

"I can't Nabiki she hates me enough as it is. If I hurt her..."

"damm you Ranma she's a martial artist it hurts her honor in her sense of 
self worth every time you refuse to spar with her and the only damm reason 
you ever give her is as a week as your father's moral standards" Nabiki 
spat 

Ranma just stood there before tears started to run down his face

"I know" Ranma choked out before looking off into the sky

"So are you going to do it?"

"Do I have any other choice Nabiki? I just hope she won't end up hating me 
even more over this." Ranma said before walking off to Akane's room

'If only you knew' Nabiki said to herself

**************

As Ranma entered Akane's room, he was happy to see she was not that injured. 
Soun however started doing his demon head technique. Ranma was not amused 
as was apparent when he picked up the Tendo patriarch and threw him out the 
window and over the horizon

"...." Was all Akane said as she waited for Ranma to insult her however as 
he closed the window and sat down by her bed his expression was very 
serious and haunted

"Akane we both know that you're not that good as it stands even Kunou could 
beat you if he tried" Ranma said in a flat neutral tone

Caught off guard by how Ranma said what he said Akane only nodded

"So what's your point?" Akane said angrily

"The Point is Akane that you got beaten by Kodachi and less than a minute" 
Ranma shot back with just as much anger

Again surprised by Ranma, Akane just hung her head

"So what are you going to do about it follow me around 24/7." Akane said 
defeatedly

"No it's not possible for me to do that and you know it" Ranma said "the 
only way your going to be safe is if you can defend yourself. The only way 
that's going to happen is if you get some training." Ranma said seriously

Akane's only response was to go wide-eyed

"You're going to train me" Akane finally managed to get out

"Yes. It won't be a walk in the park I won't give you any slack. By the 
time the day has ended, you'll want to pound me on general principle but I 
won't let you. I won't let you get mad me either. As a martial artist, you 
should have near perfect control of your anger. You've hardly even 
demonstrated any control over the past year. You also abuse your skills. 
You should never and I mean never hit someone because they insult you. It's 
not a proper means of retaliation ... if your enemy fights with words by 
back with words not a fist or a mallet. Also wait more than half a second 
before judging someone." Ranma said before noticing Akane "listen Akane if 
you want to be a great martial artist you have to learn to control yourself 
and anger is first on the hit list. You have to stop your anger before it 
blinds you. Even I had to learn how to control my anger."

"What about Kodachi" Akane squeaked out

"If I hadn't been in control of my anger do you even think there would have 
been a body left" Ranma replied as he looked away from Akane

Akane didn't reply for a full minute

"Ok Ranma I agree to have you train me but I expect you to take this 
seriously"

"I will and you have to promise to do whenever I say and never question it 
until after the fact." Ranma said with stoic seriousness

"Ok" Akane said before getting up "Kodachi didn't hurt me that much so 
let's get to work now"

"You might want to change your shirt Akane." Ranma said while pointing at 
her chest

"Ranma You pervert!!!" Akane screened as she swung only to have Ranma grab 
her hand

"Akane you're the one that got out of bed with a torn blouse" Ranma said 
flatly before releasing Akane

"... sorry" Akane said "would you leave now" Akane asked before Ranma did 
so

***************

As Akane entered the training hall, she found Ranma sitting in the middle 
of the floor. As he got up a look of quiet power seemed to radiate from him. 
Worthlessly Ranma motioned Akane to one side of the training hall.

"Ok Akane this match is for me to test your attacks so I won't be hitting 
you this bout." Ranma said seriously before looking Akane in the eye "if 
you let your temper get out of control you'll be in the koi pond"

"But that's all away on the other side of the dojo" Akane said as she 
unconsciously took a step back

"Yeah it is ... now attack!!" Ranma commanded before Akane did so

As Akane attacked, Ranma dogged. This continued for several minutes and as 
it did so, Akane's anger slowly began to consume her and then she finally 
snapped and as promised, she found herself flying through the air

*splash!!!*

"You ok sis" Nabiki asked as Akane draped herself over the side of the koi 
pond

"Yeah..." Akane said as she dragged herself out of the koi pond "kami one 
punch and I'm going to..." Akane said as she started to turn green before 
throwing up. "...throw up" Akane finished as she looked up to find Ranma 
standing by the koi pond

"Take a few minutes to dry off the then get back to the training hall." 
Ranma said flatly before leaving

After signing Akane walked off to change into another training gi while 
Nabiki went off to speak with Ranma

********************

As Nabiki entered the training hall, she found Ranma looking up at the 
Akane shaped hole in the roof

"Her temper right"

"Right now that's her biggest enemy ...tell me didn't your father ever 
teach her how to control her emotions"

"No he hasn't really been himself since mom died."

"How did your mom die anyhow?" Ranma asked before Nabiki turned almost 
white

"Do you really want to know" Nabiki asked seriously

"...Yeah" Ranma replied

"Come by later then" Nabiki stated before leaving

*********************

As Akane approached the training hall ten or so minutes later she was 
passed by her father who had obviously been informed about Ranma hitting 
her. 

"HOW DARE YOU HIT MY DAUGHTER" Soun bellowed from inside the training hall 
as Akane watched

"I'm training her Soun." Ranma said flatly, as he looked Soun right in the 
eye

"THAT IS NO EX... did you say training" Soun bellowed before interrupting 
himself

"Yes"

"I see will this training include discipline." Soun said as he sat down

"Of course I'll be teaching her how to control her anger." Ranma said in a 
'that's a dumb question' tone of voice

"I see" Soun said before getting up and leaving 

"That was weird." Akane said as she entered

"It was wasn't it?" Ranma said before motioning Akane to one side of the 
training hall "defend your self" Ranma stated before attacking

As Ranma attacked, Akane took every attack head-on not even attempting to 
dodge even the simplest of attacks. After about an hour of this Ranma just 
stopped and shook his head

"So how bad am I?" Akane asked

"Your technique and form are great but you're slower than Kodachi because 
you're too concerned with full power blows. You also let your anger control 
you're fighting style. Most importantly, you fight completely in hard style. 
You should start fighting in soft style or a combo between hard and soft, 
and you should focus on speed with power." Ranma said clinically

"So what do I do about the hard style bit?" Akane said thinking that would 
be the easiest problem to fix

"You can start by dodging" Ranma said while looking at Akane out of the 
corner of his eye

"Ok" Akane said before Ranma attack her and of course, Akane blocked

"It's going to be a long day Akane" Ranma said before pausing "and if you 
don't dodge you're going back to the koi pond.

******************

Around lunch, we find Genma and Soun playing GO, Kasumi and Nodoka trade 
recipes, and of course Nabiki was working on some legers.

*splash!!*

"Baka baka baka baka" a very wet Akane mumbled as she walked back towards 
the training hall

"hmm she must be getting better Saotome that's only the third time this 
hour that she's ended up in the pond" Soun said as he moved a piece

"True" Genma replied, "I wonder what the boy is teaching her"

"You mean besides how to take a fall." Nabiki said smugly from behind a 
ledger

The two patriarchs didn't even dignified that with an answer

*splash*

"Make that 4 Tendo" Genma said before moving

"She's still doing better then she was an hour ago Saotome" Soun said 
before moving

"True" Genma replied before the two continued their game.

Akane was occasionally heard landing in the koi pond but an hour later Soun 
and Genma became suspicious since Akane had not landed in the koi pond for 
at least 10 minutes

"Hmm I think we should investigate Saotome." Soun said before he and Genma 
left for the training hall

***************

"Good Akane keep dodging" Ranma said as Akane dodged him like a grasshopper

Soun and Genma watched this continue for several minutes and left with a 
smile on each of their faces

"Ok Akane stop" Ranma said as he stopped

"What's the matter tired already?" Akane said as she caught her breath

"No but I can see you are" Ranma said with a smile "now go take a break for 
lunch" Ranma commanded before Akane left. 'She's got a lot of potential' 
Ranma thought to himself with a smile

"So Saotome what do you think of my little sister now" Nabiki said as she 
entered

"She has potential ... And a lot of rough edges. One of which I just 
rounded off"

"yeah sis always has been one for the head-on approach" Nabiki said as she 
sat down by Ranma who look surprised "just because I don't practice the art 
like you and Akane doesn't mean I don't know it" Nabiki replied with a 
smile

"..." was up Ranma said as he looked at the roof which was practically 
nonexistent
 
"Tell me something Saotome why do you play with them" Nabiki said as a 
piece of roof fell to the floor

"If I fought any one of them with even half of my real strength do you 
think any of them even Taro would survive"

"You do have a point." Nabiki said before leaving

************

Nabiki sat her room in an hour or so later thinking about what Ranma had 
said

'He hasn't even been taking Taro seriously' Nabiki thought "if he's telling 
the truth he could have ended everything by force long ago ... Akane must 
know this ... so there's something about him I'm missing.... I have to know 
what' Nabiki thought before starting to review the previous year

************

Much later back in the training hall with find Ranma has just finished a 
lengthy lecture about indirect attack

"...ok I think I get it" Akane said uncertainly

"Ok now if you're going to beet Kodachi for example what do you do first?"

"Disarm her quickly." Akane said after a moment of thought

"Ok now we'll work on speed drills ... first of which is punching speed 
second kicking and lastly overall speed ...  we will work on advanced speed 
techniques later." Ranma said. "Now you have to sacrifice power for speed." 
Ranma said before noticing Akane's unconvinced look "remember the episode 
of DBZ the one where Trunks pumps himself up so much he could hit a snail"

"Yeah and Cell said that power means nothing if you can't hit the 
target...." Akane replied as the concept of speed vs. power hit her as hard 
as her own mallet impacting on Ranma's skull "so how do I start"

"One never over extend yourself, two don't be concerned if you miss a few 
times, Three you have to be fast in your mind" Ranma said before continuing. 
"will work on the third one first" Ranma said 

************

About an hour later at the Kunou manner Kodachi prepares for another attack

'I shall have to bring more gas bombs this time' Kodachi thought to herself 
before picking up three of the aforementioned devices

That done Kodachi also picks up a few spike clubs a ribbon and a razor hoop 
before taking to the rooftops while laughing her patented laugh

**********

"Ok Akane you keep practicing like that while I go get something to eat" 
Ranma said before leaving Akane in the training hall

"Oh hello Ranma" Kasumi said pleasantly as Ranma walked by the kitchen

"Any food left" Ranma said while not entering the kitchen

"Yes I saved some for you ... just wait in the tea room and I'll bring it 
to you" Kasumi said with a smile before Ranma nodded and headed to the tea 
room where he found Soun and Genma playing shoji while Nodoka sipped tea

"...so how is she doing son" Genma asked

"Well as it stands right now Kodachi is going to get it nasty surprise when 
she comes back." Ranma said plainly

"What do you mean when she comes back?" Soun said as he looked at Ranma

"If I know Kodachi she's probably on her way back with at least three gas 
bonds, two spike clubs, one ribbon, and a razor hoop." Ranma said calmly

"And you plan on letting Akane handle Kodachi by herself"

"Yes. Sure, I'll still be watching but it will be Akane's fight" Ranma said 
as Soun wrinkled his brow is thought before nodding "ok but at the first 
sign of trouble I want you to jump in"

"Was planning on it." Ranma said before Kasumi entered with his lunch which 
of course was consumed at near the velocity of light

***************

Back in the training hall Akane is practicing when she heard a clanking 
sound thinking quickly she jumps through the training hall's wall.

As she rights herself, she's sees the training hall filling with gas and a 
razor hoop heading straight for her. With her training on dodging still 
fresh in her mind, she dodges the hoop with plenty of room to spare. 

'Damm where is that bich' Akane thought to herself as she scanned the area

A quiet tension filled the air until a gas bomb landed at Akane's feet. 
Thinking quickly she kicked the device into low earth orbit before it 
exploded

'Damm that girl I only have one gas bomb left' Kodachi thought from her 
hiding place before throwing her last gas bomb directly at Akane who barely 
dodged it 'damm when did she start dodging' Kodachi thought angrily before 
dropping into view with spike clubs in hand

"So back for more" Akane said as she studied Kodachi.

"..." Was the only reply the demented gymnast gave before attacking with 
her spike clubs only to find Akane was missing along with one of her clubs 
thinking quickly Kodachi turnaround to find Akane who was holding her club.

"Looking for this Kodachi" Akane said as she waived Kodachi's spike club 
around

"HOW!!" Kodachi screamed angrily before attacking.

Thinking quickly Akane through the first spike club straight at Kodachi who 
dodged only to receive several blows to the stomach this gave Akane the 
opportunity to get rid of Kodachi's other spike club

*cough**cough* "This can't be happening she is only a peasant!!!" Kodachi 
screamed as she mentally dispelled her nausea

'she's getting angry ...kami I can already see how is affecting her 
judgment' Akane thought before Kodachi pulled out her ribbon ' great that's 
her best weapon' Akane thought before remembering what Ranma had said about 
using a enemy's weapon against them as a method of indirect attack

"Now you die." Kodachi screamed before whipping out her ribbon. As with her 
previous attack, Akane dodges it but as Kodachi snaps her ribbon back to 
ensnare Akane. Akane ducks and caches the ribbon before Kodachi can do so 
and of course Akane's famous gorilla like strength prevents Kodachi from 
retrieving her ribbon.

'Now it's time for some hard style power.' Akane thought before pulling on 
the ribbon with her full power this of course sends Kodachi flying straight 
at her and just before Kodachi hits Akane. She side steps and jump-front-
snap-kicks Kodachi right in the stomach. the result sends the insane 
gymnast straight up into the air and gravity brings her straight back down. 
Akane not knowing if that kick ended the match backs away

"Damm you!!!" Kodachi screamed as she got up and charged Akane.

At the last moment, Akane sidestepped and chopped Kodachi on the back of 
the neck.

The blow knocked the insane gymnast out cold

"I did it?" Akane said, as she looked at her fallen foe before several 
people were heard clapping.

As Akane turned around, she found Nabiki and Kasumi clapping, Soun crying, 
Nodoka looked as though she was made of ice. Ranma however leaned against 
the house and smiled widely before walking off

"Wow sis if you can pummel Kodachi this badly after one session with Ranma 
it'll be no time flat before you're a match for shampoo." Nabiki said as 
she congratulated her sister

"Hmm yeah" Akane said before wanting going to go find Ranma

"Come on let's all go out and celebrate with some ice cream" Nabiki said 
before dragging Akane and Kasumi off

******************

"I see Akane beat my sister ...yes I will be over shortly to retrieve her 
Mr. Tendo" Kunou said. "How did she beat my sister ... it doesn't make any 
sense my sister may be crazy but she's a good fighter. Akane's form has 
always been better then Kodachi but her style is atrocious ... wait if 
she ...oh kami if she has not even sis would be able to stand up to her" 
Kunou said before leaving to retrieve his sister

*******************

"Akane what's the matter" Kasumi asked as Akane picked at her ice cream

"It was to easy ...I mean after a day of training with Ranma which mostly 
consisted of him talking or me jumping around like grasshopper”

"Why don't you talk to Ranma about it?" Nabiki suggested as she munched on 
her parfait

"I will ... after I get done with my ice cream." Akane said before digging 
in

******************

Back at the dojo, we find Ranma sitting by the koi pond ideally feeding the 
fish

However, someone was watching him from upstairs.

"..." was all Nodoka said as she gave her son a disapproving look.

"No-chan is their anything bothering you." Genma asked from the other side 
of the room

"Yes Ranma should not be encouraging his fiancée to become even more 
violent and more unfeminine." Nodoka said

"if I know Ranma no-chan the first thing he is going to do is knockout that 
violent temper of Akane's ... it's a basic principle of martial arts that 
you never let your emotions control you and Akane is sorely lacking in 
emotional control" Genma said as he looked at his wife. "And considering 
some of Ranma's enemies it would be dumb for the boy not to train her ... 
after all he can't be by her side 24/7"

"Hmm I can't argue with that but I still think she will become more 
unfeminine because of it." Nodoka argued

"No-chan I have been thinking about matters such as that lately" Genma said 
before looking out the window at his son "I know I hardly ever use my mind 
no-chan but I still think you should hear this"

"Go on"

"There is a martial arts principle called yin and yang ... it is the 
principle of opposites ... hard and soft black and white etc. etc. ... the 
principle states that wherever there is yang there is yin.. Because for one 
to exist the other has to, where there is darkness there is light, where 
there is good there is evil, and..." Genma explained before Nodoka cut in

"Where there is male there is female" Nodoka finished while looking at her 
son

"Yes ...and ever sense Ranma fell into the spring his balance has been 
off."

"Balance?" Nodoka asked

"Yes because the forces of yin and yang are opposite and in conflict with 
each other but cannot destroy each other a balance is formed between them"

"And because he can change into a woman he now has more yin."

"I think it's more than that no-chan ever sense the boy fell into the 
spring I've been finding that most of the things we consider manly have 
nothing to do with being male or female. Some things do but only under 
tradition. But they become neutral under modern society and under another 
society they can even become feminine"

"...." Was all Nodoka said as she sighed. "how much of our tradition 
becomes neutral"

"Close to all of it ... the boy said something at the springs. I've been 
thinking about it and I decided that the curse isn't a curse at all. He has 
been given the chance to become both yin and yang. For the past year I've 
seen him go far beyond me, he has always been more honorable then me. Now I 
can say with certainty that my job is done. However, because of the curse 
he is out of balance ... I'd never think I would say this no-chan but I 
think it's necessary for the boy to keep his sanity............. I think 
you should teach him at least the basics of being a girl." Genma said as he 
sat down

Needless to say, Nodoka checks Genma for fever. Finding none, she looks 
down at her son "Are you sure this was will not affect his sense of 
manliness"

"I don't know No-chan but I'm sure you'll come up with something you were 
always were the smarter one." Genma said before Nodoka left 'well at least 
the boy won't get shish-kababed when the curse takes over his mind .... I 
really wish all that nonsense yin-yang stuff was real but big words never 
reflect what is' Genma thought before picking up a nearby bucket of water 
and using it to change himself into a panda who quickly falls asleep

****************

Strangely back down by the koi pond Ranma is thinking about the same thing. 
However, his thoughts are interrupted by his new pupil

"Ranma?"

"Wondering why your battle with Kodachi was so easy" Ranma said without 
looking away from the koi pond

"Yeah I just don't get it all I did was dodge a bit"

"I told you before your technique and form are great but your style sucks" 
Ranma replied

"Style??" Akane asked questioningly as she sat down by Ranma

"Yeah style. You can know a million techniques and do each one perfectly 
but if you don't have a good style it's all useless knowledge and skill ... 
Knowing how to use with you know is just as important –-maybe even more— as 
the knowledge itself"

"So a small change in style can go along way if you already know the 
techniques." Akane said after a long moment thought

"Yep" Ranma replied before Akane left deep in thought

[The manor of misses Tendo's death ... and resurrection]

Nabiki set alone in her room working on some legers around 7 o'clock when a 
knock was heard at her door

"Come in" Nabiki said before Ranma entered.

Seeing whom her guest was Nabiki set her legers aside and motions Ranma to 
sit down

"first of all my mom didn't die because of some disease" Nabiki said 
absently before pulling out a photo "this was taken the day before Akane's 
sixth birthday ...mom didn't get to celebrate it ...I'll remember that 
scene for the rest of my life. I'll tell you what happened as near his I 
can tell "

"Ok"

"Dad had left the family honor blade near the door to their bedroom. it was 
left unsheathed because mom had distracted him... if you get my drift"

"I'm baka Nabiki not stupid" Ranma replied

"Akane awoke early that morning and she barged into mom and dad's bedroom 
but the door hit the katana" Nabiki said before crying "mom was just lying 
there naked the blade had impaled her right in the heart ... there was 
blood everywhere ... Dad totally shut down he just sat there naked crying. 
Akane knew what happened she had seen the blade strike even better then 
father had. she blames it all on herself ... Kasumi figures that she 
relates any remotely intimate situation with mom's death." Nabiki explained 
while showing a remarkable amount of control before noticing Ranma's 
expression "Ranma you ok"

"No" Ranma said as he looked at the photograph, "she's the one in my 
dreams... Ever sense I fell in that spring I've had dreams about losing 
myself and she's always come to help me. I've always thought she was some 
crazy figment of my imagination but this is her, the hair, the clothes, and 
even the way she stands is the same." Ranma said while sounding extremely 
rattled

"You have got to be kidding Saotome." Nabiki said while not believing Ranma 
for one second

"I don't know if I am or not but I intend to find out" Ranma said before 
leaving with a determined look on his face

'Something is up but whenever it is it's definitely not in business woman's 
best interests to be there in person even if it does concern my mother' 
Nabiki thought before deciding to continue her work

***************

A few moments later Ranma leaves the dojo. Unknown to him however, Akane 
has seen him and predictably she follows him to his destination

The graveyard

'Ok misses Tendo let's see if I can contact you' Ranma thought to himself 
as he arrived at misses Tendo grave

That thought Ranma sits down by the grave and starts meditating. Akane is 
of course confused by this but before she can even leave her hiding place, 
a mysterious fog surrounds Ranma 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ranma sits alone by a dream world copy of the cursed springs when a 
suspiciously familiar voice is heard.

"I see you finally found me out Ranma" a woman dressed in a red tube top, 
orange slacks and a purple cape said as she sat down by Ranma

"Yeah I did ... So are you really misses Tendo." Ranma asked the blue 
haired woman

"Yeah I am" the woman said "but you may call me Hishizuka"

"Ok Hishizuka what do you have to do with the springs"

"Around 4000 years ago I had to battle an Ashura there. I won by using a 
powerful transformation magic that I created. Unfortunately, the magic 
waters of the springs combined with the magic of the Ashura and my own 
transformation magic. The results were... well I don't need to tell you"

"So you're some kind of Wizard." Ranma asked

"A 5035-year-old master magi" Hishizuka responded "but it's still kind of 
hard to dodge a katana when you're pinned underneath your husband" 
Hishizuka added with a shrug

"So can't you like hmm"

"No unfortunately I can't. As it is, I'm using most of my energy to survive 
as a spirit"

"Damm that sucks" Ranma replied 

"You could help me if you want to." Hishizuka said

"What's the catch?" Ranma asked

"The catch is you're stuck with it"

"Why" Ranma asked

"Well to start off with there are three types of transformation magic. Type 
1 is the oldest. Type 1 magic only gives the appearance of changing into 
another creature... In fact, if someone touches you while under the 
influence of type 1 magic the magic is dispelled. Type two is very common 
it's the old which turns the Prince into a frog Magic." Hishizuka explained 
before Ranma interrupted

"But isn't that what happens" Ranma asked while sounding confused

"yes and no. with a type two transformation a person's body is literally 
reshaped at the genetic and biological level into what ever that being 
transformed into ... this also results in the person's ki being wrapped 
somewhat ...the affect is permanent until they are returned to their 
natural form. ... type 3 transformation on the other hand never actually 
affects the person's natural body instead it uses standard type two magic 
plus my own special magic to create a alternate body which becomes 
permanent after a special ki binder spell is used causing the magical 
alternate body to become physical this along with a good old-fashioned faze 
shifting spell allows the person to have two bodies ...now the Springs 
botched the job of creating the magical alternate body in that every time 
you or anyone with a curse it splashed the alternate body is completely 
recreated .....  But that still won't stop the trigger from changing them 
back and forth or causing the alternate body to be reshaped every time ... 
even after it becomes permanent"

"So I guess that means the springs have type 2 1/2 transformation magic." 
Ranma said absently to which Hishizuka replied by looking thoughtful

"I suppose that's as good a way as any to describe them" Hishizuka replied 
before continuing "now continuing on human to monster transformation that 
come from the springs like Taro never actually become permanent because the 
ki of the alternate body never even stabilizes. Human to animal become 
permanent after two years first because it takes that long for the person's 
ki to complete the binding process. However human to human transformations 
become permanent immediately." Hishizuka explained

"...*sighs* oh well I suppose what will be will be..." Ranma said as if he 
was expecting something like that to be the truth. "So how do I help?" 
Ranma asked

"All I need is more energy and since you've got plenty to spare"

"Ok so where do I channel my energy"

"At me"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Kami what is that stuff' Akane thought as she watched the mist surrounding 
Ranma.

As if on cue, Ranma begins glowing, and intern the mist began glowing 
brighter and brighter

'he's channeling his energy into that mist' Akane thought before the now 
glowing mist moved away from Ranma who opened his eyes and watched it seep 
into the ground of misses Tendo's grave

A few moments of silence passed before the ground started rumbling. Then 
the grave that held Akane's mother exploded sending dust and debris 
everywhere. When the smoke cleared, Ranma and Akane saw the grave was 
indeed open. A few seconds there after a hand reached out from within the 
grave closely followed by another then with a show of strength similar to 
that of Akane's misses Tendo stood on the ground instead of under it. 

"By the way how are you going to explain the fact your back from the dead?" 
Ranma asked as he got up and dusted himself off

"Good question" Hishizuka said before she and Ranma noticed Akane who 
looked like she had seen someone rise from beyond the grave. Needless to 
say, the youngest Tendo sister was in a state of complete shock

"Oh boy she's really out of it." Ranma said as he examined Akane

"Oh well pick her up and lets get back to the dojo" Hishizuka said with a 
sigh

*******************

Back at the dojo Kasumi sits out dinner before noticing Ranma and Akane 
were absent "Oh my do you know where Ranma and Akane are"

"No sure don't Sis" Nabiki said

"I saw Ranma leave the dojo and Akane followed him." Nodoka said

"Hmm I wonder what the boy is up to" Genma said before Ranma entered and 
sat down at his usual place "boy where is Akane"

"Upstairs ... she took what happened at the graveyard purtty hard" Ranma 
deadpanned

Needless to say, this statement raises more than just eyebrows

"And what pray tell happened at the graveyard Saotome" Nabiki asked 
contemptuously

"I did" was the response that a voice that hadn't been heard within the 
walls of the Tendo dojo for 10 years gave

Needless to say this brings everyone's attention to the owner of said voice 
who was leaning against the door frame of the tea room who while behind her 
a koi jumped out of the pond

The silence that filled the room was deafening

Said silence was broken a minute later by entry of the youngest Tendo 
sister

"I just had the weirdest... "Akane said before noticing her mother 
"dream??" Akane finished

"Well we better eat dinner before it gets cold." Hishizuka said before 
sitting By Soun

Kasumi being Kasumi of course served dinner without further ado. The dinner 
proceeded as any dinner proceeded at the Tendo dojo. Except for the minor 
detail of the presence of misses Tendo

"Quite good Kasumi but you used the wrong kind of garlic." misses Tendo 
said as she finished her dinner.

For some reason this comment makes Kasumi turn almost white

'Only mama would know something like that' Kasumi thought before smiling 
"I'm sorry mother we were out of the right kind" Kasumi said before 
gathering the dishes and leaving

"I don't know who you are but ..."

"Nabiki dear would you like the whole of Nerima to know your first crush 
was" Nabiki's mother interrupted with a stair that the mercenary usually 
used herself

Hearing that statement Nabiki loses almost all of her composure

Scowling Nabiki responses "ok who was my first crush"

Misses Tendo's only response was to pickup a nearby piece of paper and pen 
after which she writes something on paper and hands it to Nabiki who looks 
at it and promptly turns white. Recovering quickly Nabiki shoves the piece 
of paper in her mouth and swallows it with the aid of a large quantity a 
hot tea

"proof enough" misses Tendo said coyly to which Nabiki only nodded to has a 
reply before running off " I suppose you want some proof to dear" Hishizuka 
said as she turned to Soun the only response the Tendo patriarch gave was a 
cold stair. 

Hishizuka only whispered something into the Soun's ear. The response Soun 
gave was to turn beat red and walk off

"What did you say to him?" Ranma asked curiously

"I just reminded him where Kasumi was conceived" Hishizuka responded with a 
wry smile before turning to face and Akane "I know it's a little late but 
if you want we can go get that outfit that promised you for your birthday" 
Hishizuka said

"...ok mom" Akane finely said "but only if you tell me what in the hell 
happened"

"Do you want the long version or the short."

"Short" Akane stated

"I'm a 5035-year-old master magi." Hishizuka respond

"Ok that explains why you're back from the dead but what does that have to 
do with Ranma's curse." Nabiki said as she and Kasumi reentered

"That is the long version and will have to wait till tomorrow... come on 
Akane let's go" Hishizuka said before rising and leaving with Akane

"I'm guessing she didn't mean late as in the time of day." Ranma said with 
a raised eyebrow

"Yeah you would be right." Nabiki said before leaving

"Boy do ... forget it something tells me I don't want to know "Genma said 
before he and Nodoka left

'Oh well I guess I'll go join Akane' Ranma thought before running off after 
Akane and her mother

*************

Later at one Nerima's larger clothing stores we find Sayuki and Yuka 
shopping when they see Hishizuka enter followed by Akane and then Ranma who 
sees them and waves before disappearing

Quietly Akane's two best friends follow

***********

"...." Was all Ranma said as he absently sat down and waited for Hishizuka 
to pick out a few articles of clothing. First of which was a Navy blue vest 
similar in style to one of his own red Chinese shirts, second was a white 
tube top that was cut in the same style as Hishizuka's own -- very 
revealingly -- and lastly an ultra-short black miniskirt of the kind Akane 
usually wore along with a pair of skin black tight leggings. In response, 
the pigtail martial artist only raises his eyebrow at the selection.

"..." was all Akane said as she took the articles of clothing from her 
mother after which she walks off looking a little bit sad

Signing misses Tendo turns to Ranma who nods in understanding

"Umm misses Tendo??" Yuka said nervously as she and Sayuki stepped out of 
the shadows

Blinking Ranma and Hishizuka turned to face Akane's two best friends were 
both looking at Hishizuka

"Is anything wrong you two?" Ranma asked

"Hmm" was all Yuka said as she pointed to misses Tendo who blinked a few 
times before realizing the problem

"It's me right." Hishizuka said as a statement rather than a question

The two only nodded nervously

"Don't worry you two I'm really back." Hishizuka said with a wink and a 
smile before the two nodded and left rather hastily

Shrugging Ranma and Hishizuka just waited for Akane to return.

When she did return, she looked extremely hot

"Wow you look great Akane." Ranma said with a smile

Akane responded with a smile "thanks Ranma"

"Come on let's go" Hishizuka said with a smile before the trio left

************

Later on the way back to the dojo

"Ranma do you really like it." Akane asked nervously

"Yep it suits a lot better than the stuff you usually wear. Ranma said with 
a an approving nod as Hishizuka walked in front of them only to stop short 
as she looked in a store window. "hay cool an adventure's belt" Ranma said 
with a smile as he looked in the store window where a letter belt with two 
large hip satchels complemented by four smaller pouches could be seen 
hanging on a mannequin while a nylon version hung on a nearby female 
mannequin

"I could enchant one of those and use it to keep all of my potions in" 
Hishizuka said with a smile

"And one of those things is a lot bigger than a purse and since it's 
fastened around your hip it's almost impossible to lose." Akane added 
before the two girls looked for Ranma only to find he was already inside 
picking out one "guess we know what Ranma's opinion is." Akane said with a 
smile before she and her mother entered the store. 

Several minutes later the three left with three adventure's belts that were 
all made of black nylon

~~Authors note from this chapter on the outfit Akane received will be her 
generic one. Also, Ranma Akane and Hishizuka will all wear adventure's 
belts outside the Tendo dojo unless otherwise noted~~

************

[A falling out between mother and son]
 
Back at the dojo, however we find Nodoka sitting by the koi pond when 
Kasumi sits down by her

"Is their anything wrong?" Kasumi asked

"Yes" Nodoka replied "but I do not wish to talk about it" Nodoka added 
quickly before leaving

'I sense something is going to go wrong very wrong' Kasumi thought to 
herself before the Gates to the dojo were opening shortly there after Ukyou 
came into view "hello Ukyou"

"Has Ranma come out of the training hall yet" Ukyou asked

"Yes. In fact he's been training Akane." Kasumi said with one of her usual 
smiles

Grinding her teeth as little as possible Ukyou replied "really"

"Yes in fact she's already beaten Kodachi after only one day of training 
isn't that incredible." Kasumi added in her usual misty manner

"One day" Ukyou managed to stutter out

"Yes ... although Akane did the end up in the koi pond more times in a day 
then Ranma does in a week." Kasumi said absently

Hearing this Ukyou couldn't help the laugh

"So you think that's funny do you." Akane said from behind Ukyou

"Yeah" Ukyou said mockingly as she turned around to face Ranma Akane and 
Hishizuka -- who was in the shadows.

That said Akane stepped forward and dropped into a battle stance Ukyou just 
smiled and did the same

"don't think I'm like that crazy bitch Akane even without my combat spatula 
I can wipe the floor with you ... besides Kodachi's style relies completely 
on surprise you probably just got lucky and spotted her" Ukyou taunted as 
she and Akane strafed in a circular motion in the courtyard between the 
gates and the koi pond

"You're wrong I avoided three gas bombs before I fought her head on." Akane 
said calmly as she detached and through her adventure's belt to Ranma

"And how many spike clubs the she had with her none" Ukyou said as a taunt

"2 a razor hoop and a ribbon" Akane replied

'Damm that's a full arsenal for Kodachi even I would have some trouble with 
that battle about three seconds worth but still.' Ukyou thought to herself 
before attacking with a flying kick. A move she quickly regretted when 
Akane dodged and before she had even landed punched her five times in the 
back mostly unfazed by this Ukyou replied with a round house that Akane had 
no time to dodge but did have time to block. This gave Ukyou enough of an 
opening to punch Akane in the stomach. 

However, Akane managed to sidestep the blow just in the nick of time and 
before Ukyou could recover, a full power blow was delivered to her stomach, 
which made the okonomiyaki chef take a step back. 

'Damm Ranma must have gone over dodging probably the reason why she went 
into the koi pond so much' Ukyou thought

"I have to admit you've improved but I wasn't even taking you serious." 
Ukyou taunted

"Don't bother trying to get me mad Ukyou half the time I ended up in the 
koi pond today was because I got mad"

"Good job ran-chan" Ukyou said with a smile "but not good enough Akane" 
Ukyou said before rushing Akane at speeds she had no way of coping with as 
was apparent Ukyou landed several punches before Akane could even block

*cough**cough* "I'm not going to go down that easy" Akane said after 
recovering after which she attacks while trying to match Ukyou's speed but 
no avail as was apparent when she was quickly punched into the ground 
however Akane manages to back off enough to escape Ukyou's onslaught. 'Damm 
she's too quick with her punches ... wait that's all she's doing .... Of 
course she's an upper body fighter because of that spatula and even though 
she doesn't have it still doesn't use her feet that much.' Akane thought 
before attacking with a fury of kicks most of which make contact. However, 
Ukyou quickly gets in side of Akane's defenses where an uppercut to Akane's 
gut that ends the match

"Like I said before Akane you're still nothing to me." Ukyou said as she 
left. Only stopping long enough to hand Ranma an okonomiyaki "my treat ran-
chan" Ukyou said before leaving

"You ok Akane" Ranma said as he picked Akane up off the ground

"Yeah so is what she said true?" Akane asked with a hung head

"Fraid so she wasn't even taking you seriously" Ranma replied "but you 
still did really well." Ranma added before hauling Akane off

***************

'damm Ranma's right about one thing she definitely punches like a gorilla' 
Ukyou thought as she rubbed her stomach ' one more punch like that and I 
would have gone down' Ukyou thought before deciding to go back to her 
restaurant to recover

**************

Meanwhile in the tea room we find Akane rubbing her stomach as she sat down 
while Ranma sat next to her

"RANMA" Nodoka yelled as she entered

"What?" Ranma asked

"What do you mean 'what' Akane could have been killed out there and you 
just stood their and watched!" Nodoka yelled

"Misses Saotome Ukyou would have never gone that far." Akane said as she 
accepted some tea from Kasumi

"Wha..."

"yeah she was just playing with Akane like Ranma does with Ryouga I mean 
every one of us knows Ranma can wipe the floor with bacon butt but he just 
plays around or maybe that should be horses around" Nabiki said "still sis 
you did a lot better than I expected you would" Nabiki added

"Thanks sis" Akane said before Nodoka turned to Soun and Genma who were 
playing one of their usual games

"What? Well don't expect me to take your side. Akane challenged Ukyou and 
she accepted. After that it's a matter of honor that they fight." Soun said 
before going back to his game

"He's right no-chan amongst marshal artists a challenge is a challenge." 
Genma said before returning to his game leaving Nodoka to turn to Hishizuka

"Don't look at me I agree with everyone else Nodoka after all challenges 
are taken the same way amongst wizards and Magi" Hishizuka said from the 
doorway leading to the koi pond

By this time Nodoka as a very large sweat drop on the back of her head and 
turns to the last person in the room

"Well" Nodoka asked Kasumi

"... She should've used a sweep kick." Kasumi said thoughtfully

That statement causes everyone in the room except for Nodoka to come 
unglued in hysterics

Nodoka just stands there and frowns before storming off

"Ranma it's time" Hishizuka said from the doorway to the koi pond

"Ok" Ranma said before walking out to the koi pond with Hishizuka

Curiously the rest of the Tendo family and Genma gathered on the porch

"Ok Ranma the first thing I'll do is dispel the reshaping Magic" Hishizuka 
said to which Ranma nodded

That done Hishizuka starts glowing with a magical aura as she concentrates 
and with a shout, she sends a beam of multicolored energy directly at Ranma 
causing him to glow for a moment

"Now for step 2 the ki binder"

"Wait I thought you already said it was bound to my ki" Ranma objected

"It is but it is an imperfect binding and I'm sure you noticed that 
sometimes you have no feeling or you feel disconnected"

"...hmm ok" Ranma said well sounding confused

Hishizuka's only reply was to start concentrating once again and after two 
minutes Hishizuka releases a huge beam of energy with strikes Ranma who 
blinks a few times but says nothing

"Now the water based trigger." Hishizuka said before firing off a small 
beam of energy

This of course raised Ranma's eyebrow

"Now the last part" Hishizuka said

"Which is" Ranma said curiously

"First let me make sure of something you fell into the spring of the 
drowned GIRL not the spring of the drowned WOMAN correct." Hishizuka asked

"Yeah but what's that got to do with anything" Ranma asked curiously

"Change into a girl and I'll give you the details." Hishizuka said before 
Ranma did so after which the ancient Magi began to examine the small 
redhead both physically and magically "just as I thought this body as the 
physical age of a 13 year old." Hishizuka said

The response that statement gets is unanimous everyone watching the Tendo 
matriarch develops a severe case of jaw drop

"You're joking no way could a 13 year old have that kind of bust line." 
Nabiki bellowed before Genma interjected

"Actually now that I think about it Nodoka was about the size when she was 
13." Genma said as he nervously scratched behind his head

"And now" Nabiki asked

"Hmm about your mom's size" Genma said

"Ok ok but what does that have to do with the next step" Ranma-chan asked 
impatiently

"The next step is to age your female body to your real age." Hishizuka said 
nonchalantly

After taking a large gulp Ranma-chan responded, "This is the part that's 
going to hurt like hell isn't it" the diminutive redhead said nervously

"No afraid not ... it's going to hurt worse then hell" Hishizuka replied

Sweat dropping Ranma-chan finely replied. "Let's get on with it then"

That said Hishizuka began the final step and by the time it is finished 
Ranma-chan was as tall as Akane and looked just as strong however due to 
the strenuous nature of the last step Ranma-chan fainted the minute 
Hishizuka finished

"Nabiki, Kasumi take Ranma to her room Akane come with me I like to have a 
word with you about some things" Hishizuka said before walking off towards 
the training hall

***********

As Akane entered the training hall she sensed something she had not sensed 
10 years her mother's white hot anger 

Her mother's anger was not something to be trifled with or even thought 
about

"Ne-chan I have been watching you for the past 10 years but this past year 
you have acted worse than a two year old you should have seen Ranma for 
what he is and what he isn't instead you acted even more immature then he 
did. instead of trying to help him." Akane's mother said with deadly calm 
and a very powerful white aura

Akane to overwhelmed by the sheer power she was feeling from her mother 
just collapsed on the floor where she remained through a lengthy lecture 
about her behavior that was delivered without a raised voice

***********

About an hour and a half, later Ranma-chan awakens to find Kasumi watching 
over her

"Are you ok Ranma?"

"Yeah Your mom wasn't kidding that did hurt worse then hell" Ranma-chan 
said before getting up "I'm going to take a hot bath" Ranma-chan added 
before leaving never noticing his mother who was fuming in the corner of 
the room

***********

As Ranma-chan walked downstairs, she found that a strange quiet seemed to 
be radiating from Soun and Nabiki a quiet that scared the pigtailed marshal 
artist however this did not stop Ranma-chan from continuing on to the 
bathroom however after washing Ranma-chan entered the bath room to find a 
naked Akane crying in the corner so badly she was shaking

"Akane" Ranma-chan said worriedly as she dropped her towel and sat down by 
Akane who just replied by grabbing onto Ranma-chan and crying even harder

Several minutes later after Akane had stopped crying she spoke in a quiet 
defeated voice "I'm sorry for everything I've done please forgive me 
please" Akane croaked out before starting to cry again

"Ok your forgiven" Ranma-chan said as Akane cried on her

That said Akane calms down and just lies there on top of Ranma-chan for a 
long time until that is Nodoka enters and of course assumes the wrong thing

"You you" Nodoka said as she ground her teeth while looking at Akane 

"Mom this isn't what it looks like" Ranma-chan said but as things usually 
proceed in Nerima Nodoka did not listen but just ran out. of course Ranma-
chan tries to go after her mother but Akane stops her

"no please don't leave" Akane pleaded before Nodoka was yeah heard yelling 
about Akane changing her son into a lesbian hearing this a single tear 
escapes her eye as Soun was heard yelling

"Akane are you." Ranma-chan asked

"I'm not sure but I am attracted to you even like this." Akane said while 
hiding her face

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you into some kind of pervert"

"No it's not because you're a girl Ranma it's because "Akane said before 
trailing off "it's because I love you ...male female it doesn't matter 
you're still you" Akane said as she turned around and embraced Ranma-chan 
who shifted uncomfortably "does ... do you really hate being a girl"

"I don't know anymore Akane for the past month I've thought about a lot of 
things and thrown out most of what my dad told me about women but there's 
still this nagging feeling ...it's not so much that I'm going to lose 
myself to it but that I really shouldn't be a girl at all" Ranma-chan said

"But what about all the times"

"Come on Akane even bacon butt could tell that I was enjoying myself but 
with all pops dumb sexist ideas I could never enjoy myself as the guy." 
Ranma-chan said before continuing in a strangely haunted voice. "Its 
strange people always say that sexism goes from men to women but in the 
past month I realized there is a lot towards men ...like a guys have to be 
emotionless in public and all guys are pervert's just because their guys, 
and I won't even go into to the stuff my dad spouted all the time"

".... I never really thought about that but its true men are expected to 
act up to certain stereotypes and when you really think about it there just 
as sexist as the old house wife bit." Akane said as she subconsciously 
winced in pain before the yelling in the dining room increased in volume 
and venom

"Come on let's get our bath and then sneak upstairs" Ranma-chan said

*****************

Later we find Ranma and Akane sitting alone in Akane's room while the 
argument from downstairs continues

"Strange that it's only my mom and your dad that's yelling" Ranma said from 
his position on the floor

"Not really dad as always hated sexists racists etc. etc. ... it's one of 
the few things he actually gets him honestly mad" Akane said with a curious 
tone in her voice before Kasumi entered with Nabiki

"Personally I like your fights better sis" Nabiki said as she sat down with 
Kasumi who looked uncharacteristically angry

"Hun" Akane asked

"your fights with Ranma aren't really all that important not to mention you 
two forget about what you were fighting about five minutes after you get 
done with the fight" Nabiki said before turning to face the door "but the 
fight going on down their right now is anything but"

"They're taking this purtty seriously aren't they?" Ranma said before a 
particularly loud shout was heard

"As of this moment I disown Ranma." Nodoka screamed venomously

Ranma's only response to the shout was to go wide-eyed and look like 
somebody had just shot him with a huge energy wave.

"Ranma are you okay." the three Tendo sisters asked before Genma entered

"...I'm sorry son" Genma said with a tear before leaving

"Ranma" Akane said as she placed the hand on Ranma shoulder. Who had gotten 
up and started looking out the window to see his mother angrily leaving the 
dojo

"I'm ok I guess ... ... ... Considering some of the stuff that happens 
around here why should I even be surprised." Ranma said as he looked out 
the window however when Ranma turned around everyone could plainly see his 
face was drenched in tears "but it still doesn't make it any less painful" 
Ranma said as his tears found the way to the floor followed shortly 
thereafter by Ranma himself

The two elder Tendo sisters just left knowing that their presence was not 
needed or wanted

After a long moment of silence Ranma just sighed and got up "I'm going to 
the library" Ranma said before leaving

Needless to say, Akane decides to follow but her mother stops her selling 
her that Ranma needs some time by himself

[The day after]

Around 2 o'clock in the morning, we find Ranma returning from the Nerima 
library with a certificate proving that he finished the literacy program at 
said institution. But not even the fact he had finished the three-month 
program in only a month or the fact that he was gaining knowledge at a 
firestorm's pace nor even the fact the rain that was falling on his head 
was not changing him into a girl made the pigtail martial artist that happy

After a long walk Ranma looked, up to find himself back at the dojo and as 
he entered he found Soun waiting for him

"I'm sorry Ranma it's mostly my fault." Soun said as he offered Ranma an 
umbrella

"No Soun it's not" Ranma said before continuing on into the house and up to 
his room when he entered he found only his few belongings and his bedroll 
in the room silently Ranma took off his adventures belt and started to 
change his clothing however just as he took off his shirt he sensed Akane 
behind him

"So what did you do at the library?" Akane asked as off handedly as she 
could

"Check the left hip satchel" Ranma said as he took off his pants and 
through them into the dirty clothes corner of the room along with his shirt

Quietly and somewhat confusedly Akane did so and when she found nearly made 
her cry "certificate of literacy ... this certificate proves the one Ranma 
Saotome completed the Nerima literacy program ... as of" was Akane's 
reading of the certificate

"Today" Ranma finished 

"I have no idea ...I'm sorry I called you stupid"

"Forget about it Akane looking back I have been purtty damm stupid" Ranma 
said

"So how long have you been doing this?"

"About a month now" Ranma replied "and you'll be happy to know that I'm so 
baka that I finished the whole three-month program in that time." Ranma 
added with a week smile as he sat down

Hearing this Akane couldn't help but laugh after all Ranma poked fun at 
himself however as she looked at him she found that he was not smiling

As a quiet tear rolled down Ranma's face Ranma said, "Usually your laugh 
can make me happy in an instant."

Akane's only reply was to sit down on the floor and wrap her arms around 
Ranma

Nothing was said for what seemed like an eternity 

When the silence was broken by Akane, it was done in a most unlikely manner

"Let's have sex." Akane said quietly

"What" Ranma said while sounding extremely surprised

"Ranma for the past year I've been hiding behind anger denying that I love 
you and after what's happened in the past day I can't hide behind anger 
anymore and I don't want to any more." Akane said as she pulled Ranma 
closer to her and as she did so Akane kissed Ranma while not a particularly 
long or passionate kiss its effects were felt by both

"Wow" Ranma said after the lip lock ended

Akane's only response was to pull off her pajama top, which allowed her 
breasts to come bouncing into view 

nervously Ranma took hold of one of the mountains of feminine flesh and 
found it to be soft yet firm as he toyed with it he saw Akane was deeply 
enjoying it "so it gets hard with a girl gets excited too" Ranma said 
absently as he toyed with Akane's nipples

"You've never played with yourself have you?" Akane said as she took 
Ranma's hand "you hardly even getting me excited. Now you have to really 
work it "Akane said as she used herself to demonstrate Ranma nodded and 
began to work Akane's breasts with more fervor gaining an immediate 
response in the form of a pleasured moan

Akane's next action was to passionately kiss Ranma after which she feeds 
Ranma her breasts getting the general idea Ranma began to use his tongue to 
tease Akane's nipple while he uses his hand to do the same to her other 
breast

Taking the lead Ranma slipped his other hand into Akane's pajama bottoms 
where he found a moist wetness between her legs as he began to explode 
Ranma quickly found one spot that drove Akane absolutely crazy which was 
apparent when she squirmed out of her pajama bottoms after witch she 
spreads her legs to reveal her already wet pussy. Smiling Ranma continues 
to work his fiancée's pussy, which yielded the almost immediate result of a 
pussy flood

"Woh" Ranma said as he dodged

Giggling Akane responded with a blush and an explanation "sorry I always 
have been a squirter"

"Well let's just see if I can plug up that leak." Ranma said with a hentai 
grin as he removed his boxers

"You naughty boy" Akane said with a hentai grin before Ranma started to 
tease Akane's pussy once more

"Just do it." Akane said in between moans

The only reply Ranma gave was to do so. The response Akane gave to give a 
pleasured scream as Ranma broke through her virgin barrier. Of course the 
scream made Ranma open his mouth concern however before he had a chance 
utter even a simple sound Akane embraced him in a passionate kiss taking 
this as a good sign Ranma began to buck his hips and after a few moments of 
this the two shared a orgasm

About a minute later Akane finely speaks

"mmm you know what I'm not even close to being tired" Akane said as she ran 
her fingers along Ranma's chest

"Yeah I'm more worn out because of what's happened today than anything 
else." Ranma said as he rubbed the back of Akane's neck

"Same here" Akane said before continuing "Ranma I"

"Quit apologizing for the past Akane was done is done and we have to move 
on." Ranma said as he put his finger on Akane's lips

"You are the kindest and most forgiving person I know Ranma even though you 
are sometimes the biggest jerk in the world"

"Hay I figure you can't have one without the other." Ranma said with a half 
smile before Akane yawed

"I think I'll just go to sleep now." Akane said before dosing off as she 
wrapped her arms around Ranma

"Same here Akane" Ranma said before drifting off into dream land

***************

Early the next morning Kasumi looks into Ranma's room to find Ranma and 
Akane still wrapped around each other and leaves without making a sound and 
with the simple thought of 'it's about fucking time'

As Kasumi entered, the kitchen a couple of moments later she found her 
mother looking through the kitchen Cabinets while looking like while like a 
zombie

"Good morning mother" Kasumi said to which her mother only responded with a 
low growl

"Morning" Hishizuka finely responded as she unceremonially deposited 
herself at the kitchen table

"You know what you look like a zombie right now"

"I feel like one." Hishizuka said before shaking her head to clear it 

Smiling Kasumi put a kettle of water on the stove before sitting down next 
to her mother

"Mom what was the long version" Kasumi asked

"Wait till after I wake up ok" Kasumi's mother said with a week smile 
before Kasumi started preparing breakfast

"Morning" Nabiki said as she entered a few minutes later with a small 
ledger

"That the household budget" Hishizuka asked her middle daughter

"Yeah mad its worst this month than last ... Were almost out of money not 
even all of the investments I've made I can't keep the dojo afloat for much 
longer." Nabiki said sadly

"Well how bout this" Hishizuka said before producing a small leather pouch 
from nowhere

Curiously, Nabiki took the pouch and opened it to find it filled with 
around a kg of gold pieces

Seeing this amount of money in one place was enough to make even Kasumi 
drool Nabiki on the other hand was painting like a dog and oinking like a 
pig

"Calm your self Nabiki" Hishizuka said "now do you think that will be 
enough" Hishizuka added to Nabiki responded by continuing to salivate over 
the gold pieces

Sighing Hishizuka pointed her finger at Nabiki. After which the middle 
Tendo sister found herself at the wrong end of a lightning spell, which 
snapped her out of money-induced trance

"now do you think that will be enough" Hishizuka repeated to which Nabiki 
nodded before gathering the gold pieces and putting them back in the pouch 
after which she quickly vanishes

"... Do you think it was wise to give her THAT much money?" Kasumi said 
while biting her lip

"Don't worry" Hishizuka said with a early morning yawn

*************

Meanwhile on the other side of Nerima Genma Saotome awoke and absently 
walked to the tea room of he and his wife's home. Genma found Nodoka eating 
her breakfast and another plate of food sat out for him.

Genma remembered a time that would have made him happy to sit with his wife 
however even Genma was angry at his wife's actions and Nodoka herself, well 
her face was emotionless a sign that Genma knew all too well. It was a sign 
that Nodoka was having a great deal of inner conflict. Genma also knew that 
it was best to leave her alone until she chose to speak and so finished his 
meal in silence

**************

"..." was all Akane said as she awoke in the arms of her fiancé. Happily, 
Akane began to tease his butt by running her fingertips across it. The 
response she got was typical Ranma he annoyedly tried to brush away the 
offending finger thinking it was some sort of insect. Akane's response to 
that was a light giggle and to kiss Ranma

"Mmmh I'd love to play you very uncute tomboy but we really should get up" 
Ranma said lovingly

"Mmmh spoil sport" Akane said with a fake little pout before getting up and 
retrieving her pajamas, which she doesn't bother to put on as she leaves

"Why am I getting the feeling that she going to be all over me all the 
time?" Ranma said to the wall

The wall gave no reply so Ranma decided to get dressed and head downstairs

**************

As Ranma entered the tea room after taking a bath, he found Soun whaling 
happily about his wife's return from the great beyond. Ignoring the whaling 
Ranma sat down at his usual spot and waited for breakfast to begin

"Morning Ranma I trust you slept well" Hishizuka said as she entered and 
sat down by Soun

"Yeah" Ranma said before Nabiki entered and sat down with a small leather 
pouch

"So Ranma how was my sister." Nabiki asked nonchalantly

Giving Nabiki an evil glare Ranma responded, "That's none of your business"

Nabiki's response to that was to blink before smiling "ok Ranma"

About a minute after that Akane entered and sat down by Ranma

"breakfasts ready" Kasumi said pleasantly as she entered with said meal and 
of course as things usually proceed at the Tendo dojo breakfast was inhaled 
in record time after which Ranma leaves for the training hall leaving the 
Tendo family alone

"Ok mom start telling us the long version" Nabiki demanded

With a sigh Hishizuka related to her connection to the curse springs

**************

A little bit later, we find Ranma staring out into the courtyard by the 
training hall

"Hmm" Ranma said as he heard the footsteps of the two elder Tendo sisters 
and just as they stepped into view Ranma spoke "I guess you're mom told 
you"

"Yeah" Nabiki said as she sat down with Kasumi

"So how did Akane take it?" Ranma asked absently

"She's still in shock." Kasumi said "not that we're much better" Kasumi 
added as she rubbed her head

"Yeah we're all grateful that you helped mom but "Nabiki said before 
trailing off

"If your going to apologize don't what's done is done" Ranma said with a 
sigh

"Is their anything bugging you?"

"Yeah" Ranma said as he got up and started pacing "ever since I went back 
to the springs I've been thinking about it and most of the time I figure I 
was just using it to things didn't have enough guts to do because of all 
the stupid things my dad me about being a MAN. ... and then there were the 
times I went after any thing that looked like a cure ... and there was 
always fear of losing myself but I've changed a lot since I got back from 
the springs and now" Ranma said before trailing off

"And now what" Nabiki asked

"What right do I have to be a girl hun?" Ranma said as he stared off into 
the sky

Hearing this, the two Tendo sisters developed a severe case shock

"How bout the fact everyone is both male and female." Hishizuka said as she 
walked into the scene

"... no I can't swallow that sure everyone has a little bit of their 
opposite within but not like this" Ranma said before summoning something 
that surprised Nabiki and Kasumi Ranma summoned his female ki and its force 
was equal to his male ki

"No Ranma your wrong you wouldn't be able to generate that amount of female 
ki if your spirit couldn't handle it all your female body has allowed you 
to do is to completely tap your female ki." Hishizuka said calmly

The only reply Ranma gave was to look thoughtful before walking off leaving 
Kasumi and Nabiki still shell shocked

"Surprised that he as that much feminine ki" Hishizuka said from behind her 
daughters

The two elder Tendo sisters just nodded

************

Meanwhile in the tea room we find Akane in a state of general shock

"I can't believe it my mom is responsible for the springs" Akane said to no 
one however reply she received was from Ryouga who as usual was lost

"Come on Akane you can't be serious and what are you doing in Outer 
Mongolia" Ryouga said while sounding confused

Looking sideways at Ryouga Akane replied, "This is my house Ryouga"

"Oh so I'm in Nerima" Ryouga said as he scratched the back in his head

"Yeah"

"So why do you say that you're mom was responsible for the springs I mean 
that's just plain crazy" Ryouga said as the sat down

"I said 'is' Ryouga not 'was'" Akane replied annoyedly

"Hun but isn't your mom humm dead" Ryouga said while sounding more confused 
then Ranma

"She was until last night" Akane replied

"Ok your telling me that your mom is back from beyond the grave" Ryouga 
said while not sounding in the least bit convinced

"Yep" Akane said nonchalantly before Hishizuka entered and sat down

"Hello P-chan" Hishizuka said before nonchalantly throwing a glass of water 
at Ryouga the result was predictable and Hishizuka had to restrain Akane 
with a magical spell

"Did you have to do that?" Ranma asked as he entered. Hishizuka only 
responded by starting to glow with a white hot aura which surprised Ranma 
more than anything "ok I get the picture" Ranma said before carrying Akane 
off

"Now Ryouga give me one good reason why I should bother to cure you after 
what you've done to my daughter and to Ranma

All the piglet did was attack only to be stopped by a blast of white-hot ki

"Do not trifle with me Ryouga I am over 5000 years old and a master Magi. 
And far far more powerful then you can imagine" Hishizuka said as she stood

'Whoever this is she can't be Akane's mother'

< But I am Ryouga > Akane's mother replied telepathically <now give me a 
reason or you'll be a pig forever>

'No please anything but that' the porcine Ryouga thought desperately

<Anything. Then apologize and swear you will do whatever my daughter asks 
an order to redeem your self >

Defeatedly Ryouga-P-chan nodded

"Good when my daughter is satisfied that you have redeemed your self I 
shall cure you but be warned you only have one year to do so" Hishizuka 
said before leaving

"You know what Ryouga you could have avoided all of this you've told her 
from the beginning." Nabiki said as she and Kasumi entered

**************

Meanwhile in Akane's room Akane lies on her bed and cries while Ranma sits 
nearby waiting for the energy rings surrounding his fiancée to fade when 
Akane's mother enters with a look that simply said leave and so Ranma did 
so

Hishizuka then sat down and waved her hand dispelling the energy rings 
binding her daughter

"Did Ranma tell you about the promise Ryouga made him give"

Crying Akane only responded with a nod

"When you calm down come downstairs." Hishizuka said before leaving which 
left Akane alone to cry

****************

About an hour, later Akane enters the tea room to find Ryouga and Hishizuka 
while Ranma sits by the koi pond

"Ok Akane you have to give Ryouga as many tasks as you see fit and if and 
only if he completes them all to your complete satisfaction will I cure 
him." Hishizuka explained

Doing a remarkably good job of controlling herself Akane spoke "you can 
start by ending your bread feud with Ranma and to make up for all of the 
rotten things you've done and said to him you can find a cure for the Neko-
ken" Akane said before running into Ranma's arms where she begins to 
apologize

"I suggest you get going Ryouga." Hishizuka said before snapping her 
fingers, which caused Ryouga to vanish in a flash of light

********************

Later that day around noon we find Akane sprawled out by the koi pond 
looking exhausted when Yuka and Sayuki came into view

"Akane are you ok?" Yuka asked while sounding concerned

"Yeah just completely and totally exhausted" Akane replied

"What happened" Sayuki asked

"I've started training with Ranma ... today its speed drills." Akane said

"Damm what kind of hellish speed drills is he putting you through?" Yuka 
demanded

"Hellish" Akane deadpanned before Hishizuka exited the tea room

"Your sansei says you only have 2 more minutes to rest." Hishizuka said 
causing Akane to cry in classic anima style

"Can't you give me some kind of magical potion mom?"

"I could but I doubt your sansei would appreciate it, after all he is 
building up your endurance with those speed drills." Hishizuka said with a 
coy smile

"You're enjoying just watching me suffer aren't you?" Akane said while 
looking sideways at her mother

"Who me" Hishizuka said with a Nabiki like grin before Ranma appeared and 
through Akane over his shoulder

"You’re a cruel man Ranma Saotome." Akane said in mock protest, as she was 
drug off

"I assume your here about me" Hishizuka said as she watched Ranma drag 
Akane off to the training hall

"Yeah" Sayuki said all starting to look nervous to

"To make a long story short I'm a 5000-year-old Magi." Akane's mother said 
calmly as she turned around

Looking surprised at first Akane's friends blinking before smiling after 
all in Nerima if somebody isn't abnormal they're not normal

"Thank goodness we got you were some kind of zombie"

"Only in the morning before I have a cup of tea" Hishizuka said with a 
smile

The reply Akane's friends gave was to laugh. After all, they knew from past 
experience that the Tendo matriarch was not a morning person

"Well I guess sense Akane's all tied up that will be leaving now." Yuka 
said before she and Sayuki left  

the only thing the Tendo matriarch did after that was to sit down and start 
meditating and at the same time in the training hall Ranma senses a small 
but distinct wave of ki pass over him

"Keep practicing Akane I'll be right back." Ranma said before heading 
straight for the koi pond by jumping over the roof

Raising an eyebrow upon Ranma's arrival Hishizuka replied to Ranma's 
unasked question "you're more sensitive than I gave you credit for not very 
many people have ever been able to sense me using this technique"

"What are you doing right now I can sense your ki everywhere?" Ranma asked

"I'm using an old technique I learned from a ki Master it enhances 1 
senses"

"But I don't understand I don't feel your ki prodding anything"

"No Ranma I'm not ki using 'ki sense' I'm using my ki to enhance my 
senses. ... the ki your feeling right now if allows me to touch, smell and 
even taste everything around me without actually touching it, smelling it, 
or tasting it and I can do so, so powerfully than it's better really doing 
it as for site and hearing. I can count the individual hairs on a 
Caterpillar's legs from 10 miles away and because of the nature of the 
technique; I can see heat, radio waves, and even x-rays just as clearly as 
your red shirt. As for hearing well I can hear that Caterpillar munching on 
a leaf" Hishizuka explained

"So how do you learn how to do this?" Ranma asked curiously while already 
realizing the potential uses for such a technique

"To enhance your senses you must first understand them. To do so use your 
ki to feel your surroundings then compare what your ki tells you to what 
your senses tell you. When you succeed, you will know your senses for what 
they are and improve them from there." Hishizuka explained

"Hmm sounds like that will take a lot of time to master"

"Considering your sensitivity to ki I'd say it would take you 12 hours of 
solid meditating before you can use the technique at all and as for 
mastering it. ... the nature of the technique prevents that from ever 
happening ... after all there is always something new to experience" was 
Hishizuka's answer before Ranma nodded and returned to the training hall 
leaving Hishizuka to sense the whole of Nerima

'hmm Cologne, she has grown week ... it was hard to sense her true strength 
when I was dead and now I can tell she is growing weaker ...she is already 
weaker than Ranma is that is if he used his true power which he never 
does. ...hmm there is that ancient pervert Happosai ... he's as strong as 
ever but still no match for even Cologne ... but both of those old fool's 
have far far more skill then Ranma of course Happosai bag of tricks 
consists mainly off pressure point techniques and some magically reinforced 
body armor will considerably weaken his position. Cologne however she knows 
more than pressure point techniques and when in real battle prefers not to 
use those techniques unless absolutely needed. I could eliminate both with 
a wave of my hand but Ranma needs the experience of defeating both. ...I 
know everything in that ancient pervert's bag after all he stole close to 
all of those techniques from one of my spell books. ... the pervert will be 
easier for Ranma to defeat all he will need to do is get some good body 
armor, learn the technique I just talked to him about, and I have to get 
him to use all of his power something he didn't even do against saffron 
something he couldn't do against saffron.' Hishizuka thought to herself 
before deciding to work on the body armor Ranma would need

Later that day around 5:00, after Akane's training session we find Ranma 
meditating alone in the training hall when Hishizuka enters with a black 
bracelet

"Ranma I have something for you that you will find useful." Hishizuka said 
as she gave Ranma the bracelet

"What does it do?"

"All you have to do is hit the bracelet and your body will be completely 
wrapped in pressure point proof body armor .... The ideal protection 
against a certain musty Amazon elder and an aged pervert ... also the body 
armor is invisible so no one will know you're wearing it except for you." 
Hishizuka explained

Pointing his finger at Hishizuka Ranma smiled "do you know how valuable 
this will be to me"

"yes that's why I made it" Hishizuka replied before sitting down "Ranma I 
know your far more powerful than you let on and if you ever hope to beat 
Happosai or Cologne you will have to use your full power"

After a long moment of reflection, Ranma responded. "my true power has gone 
up so much that"

"You're frightened of it"

"No I'm frightened of what I might do to others after all I cause enough 
collateral damaged already." Ranma explained

"You do have a point" Hishizuka said before smiling "but a problem I can 
solve by Teleporting you and the combatant you are fighting to a remote 
location where you will be free to fight with everything you have"

Ranma nodded with a wide smile before Hishizuka left leaving Ranma to 
meditate

*************

As Hishizuka entered the tea room, she found her youngest daughter absently 
picking at her food, which Kasumi had prepared for her

"So are you thinking about Ranma's girl side?" Hishizuka said with complete 
nonchalantness as she sat down and

"Yeah" Akane admitted "I'm way beyond curious but I do not want to force 
him ...he's always been so sensitive about it ...and now he doesn't have to 
be a girl at all"

"That's not entirely true you know ... Ranma is more of a girl now then he 
was before I cleaned up the mess that those ruddy springs create"

"Hun"

"Well for starters even before Ranma was cursed he had a great deal of 
feminine ki. ...or more precisely he had the potential to have now when he 
was cursed his female body realized that potential but due to the 
incomplete nature of the ki binding and the fact he fell into spring of the 
drowned girl his spirit couldn't equalize his male and female ki. In fact, 
the only thing that kept him from suffering permanent damage for this long 
is his incredible ability to focus his ki" Hishizuka explained

"What kind of damage?"

"Some of the worst kind Akane ... I won't even tell you even the name of 
this kind of damage" Akane's mother said in a quiet haunted voice

"You've seen it haven't you"

"I'm over five millennia old Akane it's kind of hard not to see some really 
terrible things that amount of time" Hishizuka said with a tear

"Mom do I have an unusual amount of male ki" Akane asked nervously

"Socially yes spiritually you're as balanced as Ranma was before he was 
cursed  ... Although Ranma never could express his female ki because of his 
father's pressure"

"so what you're saying is the reason I'm attracted to his female form so 
much is because my male ki wants to" Akane said before trailing off

"well that's one way of looking at it ... but hardly appropriate 
considering you've never actually been a guy" Akane's mother said before 
noticing her daughter's troubled look however before she could speak a 
scream of yahoo!! Was heard from the training hall after which Hishizuka 
rolls her eyes "I swear in five millennia I've never met anyone quite like 
Ranma I mean I only told him about ki enhanced senses 6 hours ago and he's 
already figured out how to do it"

"Well Ranma is Ranma." Akane replied to which her mother only nodded to as 
a reply before Ranma entered

"It's a lot more than you expected isn't it." Hishizuka said

Ranma could only nod as he looked around the room

"I swear I can see things just like I was there ...." Ranma said 
distractedly before looking in the direction of the cat café. "right now 
shampoo is speaking around in the kitchen trying to find some passion 
spice. ...Cologne's in the next room and she's just smiling since she has 
the bottle in her pocket. ... Mousse is well being mousse ...and I can 
smell the Raman and even taste it just by extending my ki ..." Ranma said 
before turning towards Ucchan's and continuing "and I can hear the 
okonomiyaki sizzling on the grill at Ucchan's ... and" Ranma said before 
trailing off in a growl

"And what" Akane asked before Ranma replied with one word

Happosai

"you have all the skills necessary to defeat him Ranma" Hishizuka said 
before looking at her daughter "I'm sorry you will have to miss this 
battle" Hishizuka said before she and Ranma vanished

In another part of Nerima Happosai who is, running from a mob women 
vanishes without a trace

************

The battlefield a huge open plane somewhere 

The combatants an ancient martial artist who happens to be one of the 
biggest perverts in the world, and a another who would argue already had 
the power of a demigod

The referee a master magi five millennia old whose true power was unknown 
by both combatants

Tapping the bracelet on his wrist Ranma spoke "it's time to end it 
Happosai." 

That said Ranma powers up to his true power its force is enough to cause 
the ground underneath him to buckle the diminutive perverts response was to 
smile

"You may have power boy but I have a .... Water gun" that said Happosai 
proceeds to pull out a super soaker and soak Ranma

"You know what Happosai you're as stupid as ever." Hishizuka said from 
nearby

"So I see you finely gathered enough energy to revive your self." Happosai 
said while starting to sweat "this explains why the boy didn't change but I 
shall still defeat him." Happosai said before attacking Ranma with a 
technique that would disable him only to find Ranma had blasted him with a 
ki blast and was not about to stop blasting 'damm if I can't disable his 
chi flow I'm a dead pervert' Happosai thought to himself before Ranma 
stopped blasting. 'He's already tired.' Happosai thought before attacking 
only to receive a combo between the Tenshin Amaguriken and Moko Takabisha. 
needless to say this puts Happosai in a world of hurt however he's still 
manages to use multiple pressure point techniques before being knocked away

Expecting his opponent to be reeling in pain Happosai got up and looked at 
Ranma only to find him dusting off his shirt

"Damm pressure point protection armor I should have known you would give 
him something like that." Happosai cursed before pulling out a 5-yen coin 
however before he has a chance to drain anyone's energy Ranma uses a small 
ki blast to destroy the coin and before Happosai can react, Ranma had 
started attacking

Thus, the battle was on for real about an hour and a half later Ranma 
punches Happosai hard enough to knock him several meters

By this time the battlefield was heavily cratered by both combatants' 
attacks 

'It looks like the worst battlefield I ever saw' Hishizuka thought to 
herself

"Give up yet" Ranma finely said a loud

"Never!! Female Lust Blast" Happosai screamed before launching off an 
unusual ki blast which hit Ranma squarely

"That the best you've go" Ranma screamed before releasing a oversized 
version of his signature attack

When the dust and debris settled, Happosai looked like something Akane had 
coked

"My blast wasn't meant to hurt you it was only meant to put your female 
body's sex drive into overdrive." Happosai said before collapsing

"stasis crystal" Hishizuka shouted which caused the defeated hentai to be 
in cased in a stasis crystal "teleport" that shout caused the defeated and 
now crystallized pervert to be teleported away

"Where'd you send him?" Ranma asked

"The coldest desert in the world and that stasis crystal will keep him 
trapped for the next 100 years." Hishizuka replied with a grin before 
walking over to Ranma "hmm the old Leach wasn't kidding your female body is 
going to be hornyer then it has ever been by the by the time the sun rises 
tomorrow and I'm afraid the only way to stop it." Hishizuka explained 
before Ranma interrupted

"Have sex with a guy in my female form right"

"Yeah" Hishizuka said

"Well at least pervert was predictable to the end." Ranma said absently 
before Hishizuka teleported them back to the dojo

******************

"I wonder how it's going" Akane said nervously before a flash of light 
deposited her mother and Ranma "so"

"The Leach is at South Pole incased in a crystal tomb." Ranma said with a 
smile before sitting down and developing a sad look

” what did he do to you before you defeated him?" Akane asked while already 
sounding concerned

Ranma only replied by leaving with a sad look on his face

"He used a ki technique that puts his female bodies sex drive in overdrive" 
Akane's mother provided

"Oh..." Akane said before trailing off while already knowing what she would 
have to do

********************

A few moments later in Ranma's room, we find Ranma-chan sitting alone and 
naked while looking at her rather limited female wardrobe, which consisted 
almost entirely of disguises when Akane enters and sits down by her

"Why is it always forced on me Akane?" the no longer diminutive redhead 
said

"No one forced you to where those disguises" Akane replied

"you did, I just couldn't let Ryouga take you away from me even if I didn't 
know why at the time" Ranma-chan replied "And even now when I've started to 
except it something happens" Ranma-chan continued with more than a touch of 
anger in her voice before a few tears found their way to the floor

"You're crying" Akane said while not believing it

"yeah and I have no idea why" Ranma-chan's said tearfully "maybe it's 
because I'm so angry or so confused but I can't even figure out what to be 
angry or confused at"

Akane's only response was to lean against Ranma-chan who was starting to 
shake

'Fear ... at some level yes but this it's something more than that .... 
Confused of course, who wouldn't be? Anger most definitely but is it anger 
at myself for not seeing the truth sooner or all of the times I hid from 
myself because of all of pops stupid ideas... probably both but there's 
something else ' Ranma-chan thought absently before Akane said something

"I once heard that clothes make the man ... I never believed it but what if 
it's really the other way around what if clothes reflect the person"

"You mean like my usual outfit." Ranma-chan said with a thoughtful look

"Yeah its fine for your guy body but it's really doesn't suit your girl 
body?" Akane said while doing a very good imitation of Ranma's classic 
nervous as all hell tone of voice

The only replied the buxom redhead gave was to look thoughtful for a very 
long time as she examined the female garments in front of her. "It makes 
sense in a really weird kind of way and I mean really weird but it does 
make sense. I mean all of these clothes were either; chosen by someone else 
or where disguises that hid who I was. ...never once have I worn anything 
as a girl that I wanted to let alone have I picked out something by myself 
for myself without being pressured to do so" Ranma-chan said before getting 
up only to be tackled by Akane who was taking off her vest

"We can go shopping later" Akane said as she removed her tube top and 
strapless bra in one step

That done Akane quickly removes the rest of her clothing before kissing 
Ranma-chan passionately

The only thing Ranma-chan could do after the kiss was broken was to blink a 
few times before finally recovering and smiling as she started to work 
Akane's breasts

Moaning Akane responded "two can play at that game" the said Akane starts 
kneading Ranma-chan's breasts causing the neo-girl to moan in pleasure not 
one to give in that easily Ranma-chan begins to play with Akane's pussy as 
she also toys with Akane's left nipple using her tongue the sudden increase 
in pleasure pushes Akane over the edge

"such a naughty girl" Ranma-chan said with a smile before Akane started to 
play with her redheaded lover's pussy which immediately sends said lover 
over the edge with a massive flood of love juice "woh that was fun" Ranma-
chan said after recovering

"So witch why is better" Akane said as she and Ranma-chan snuggled closer 
together

"Mhh I don't know it's so different as a guy and as a guy takes longer to 
too get excited sense well" Ranma-chan said as she grabbed one of her own 
breasts

"yeah good point" Akane said with a small laugh before she stretched out 
"you know what being a superpowered martial artist has great side benefits 
I didn't even break a sweat" Akane said with a smile

"I'm not either but why did you do that." Ranma-chan said curiously

"for a second their you where ... I don't know just you not Ranma-kun or 
chan just you and I guess libido took care of the rest" Akane said while 
sounding confused about her own actions "come on let's go get cleaned up 
then go shopping" Akane said with a smile

**************

As Ranma-chan and Akane entered the tea room about 15 minutes later, they 
found Soun whaling while Nabiki and Kasumi were watching something on 
Nabiki's laptop

"wow I'm impressed you two get each other to cum like a fire hose and you 
don't even slow down afterwards" Nabiki said as she looked up from her 
laptop "and from what mom says Ranma you'll be getting cock by the time the 
sunrises" Nabiki added which of course made Soun whale even harder

However, Kasumi just looked up at the two young lovers with a disapproving 
nod as she closed the laptop

Nervously Ranma-chan spoke "what's wrong Kasumi"

Brushing a stray strand of hair out of her face before crossing her arms 
Kasumi replied. "I'm disappointed in you two I mean don't you either of you 
know anything about foreplay"

The two young lovers just replied by shaking their head to which Kasumi 
replied with something reminiscent of a death glare

"I will get you some educational material as soon as possible and I'll make 
sure it's especially suited for you two." Kasumi said as she shook her head 
while leaving

"Okay would somebody mind explaining that" the well built girl with the red 
Chinese shirt on said

"Hmm Kasumi well she's not as innocent about sex as you would think" Akane 
said nervously

"Innocent Kasumi's about as innocent as a gang of rapists looking for some 
poor virgin school girl." Nabiki said with a raised an eyebrow "in fact I 
pity the gang of rapists looking for some poor virgin school girl that 
decides to go after Kasumi ... she would suck the fools dry and walk off 
without missing a beat." Nabiki added before leaving only to be replaced by 
Akane's mother who sits down

"I'll be ready by the time you two get back." Hishizuka said as she ground 
her fist into her husband's skull who was still crying

"Ok see you later then" Ranma-chan said before she and Akane left never 
hearing Soun whaling

"But I don't want my daughter to be changed into a boy"

**********

About an hour later we find Nerima's two local self appointed master girl 
watchers watching one Nerima's larger clothing stores when Akane and a 
absolute knockout of a redhead exited in a red sleeveless vest a white tube 
top that was identical to Akane's in style an ultra-short black miniskirt 
and lastly a pair of skin black tight leggings

"Oh man what a babe." Hiroshi said as he drooled profusely only to be 
pounded in the skull by his friend

"Man stop looking at the cleavage at look at the face." Daisuke said while 
ignoring his hormones

"It's ...but it can't be ... I don't believe it it's Ranma??" Hiroshi said 
after recovering from a severe case of jaw drop

"I know man but it is Ranma" Daisuke replied before the two decided that 
they would drop by the dojo the next day

**********

As Ranma-chan and Akane enter the dojo a little bit later that evening, 
they found Soun unconscious with a mallet embedded in his skull

"...I'll just go wait upstairs" was all Ranma-chan said before walking off 
towards his room

Silently Akane walked into the tea room where she found a small potion 
sitting on the table 

"That it mom?" Akane asked her mother who was sipping some tea

"yes and it will last 24 hours" Hishizuka responded before Akane nodded and 
took the potion before walking upstairs and into Ranma's room where she 
found Ranma-chan sitting and looking out the room of her window with a odd 
look silently Akane placed the potion on the window sill as she sat down

"You know how I always complained about how unnatural it felt" Ranma-chan 
said quietly "well now it feels right ... and the way people react is 
basically the same way .... Except for the fact most boys have a harder 
time hiding the fact they're looking at the opposite sex" Ranma-chan added 
while looking out at Nerima before signing "it still feels weird but I 
suppose the only way to get over it is to go through with it" Ranma-chan 
said before continuing to watch Nerima

The only reply Akane gave was to take off her clothes that done Ranma-chan 
hands her the potion "well bottoms up" Akane said before downing the potion

Waiting only 15 seconds Ranma-chan turned around to face Akane whose 
shoulders had broadened while Akane's face was largely unchanged it did 
have a more angular look to it. Akane's hair had changed from its usual 
dark navy blue to a light brown and as Ranma-chan allowed herself to look 
further down she found that Akane's male form was as well endowed as his 
own

"So" Akane-kun finely said in a slight deeper voice than normal

"Well if it's any consolation most of the guys at school would be as 
jealous of that body as they are of mine." Ranma-chan said with a grin 
before taking of her clothing which was enough to arouse the new neo-boy 
and as Ranma-chan finished taking off her panties she thought 'damm this is 
making me feel so damm feminine I can't believe it ... but for once I'm not 
complaining ... after all that's the point.' Ranma-chan thought before 
taking the lead by kissing Akane-kun who almost passed out from the sudden 
feeling. Akane-kun not one to go down without a fight started to play with 
Ranma-chan's breasts while Ranma-chan herself moved a little bit lower 
which the neo-boy reacted to immediately by moaning in pleasure Akane-kun's 
retaliation to that is to go for her redheaded lovers pussy witch was 
already quite wet

"You're already ready." Akane-kun said as he led Ranma-chan to the floor 
where the neo-girl spread her legs "Ranma you do know that a girl's first 
time hurts" Akane-kun said as he toyed with Ranma-chan

"Yeah just get on with it." Ranma-chan said as the feelings from her body 
threatened to consume her. The only reply the neo-boy gave was to do just 
that "ahhkk!!!!" Ranma-chan screamed in a mixture of pain and pleasure as 
Akane-kun entered her female body pain because of the breaking of her 
virgin barrier pleasure because of her first truly female orgasm

Later after a long silence

"So" Ranma-chan asked

"I don't really know it's so different one can really be compared to the 
other"

"Yeah I figure mood more than anything would decide which I would like 
better" Ranma-chan replied before rolling on top of Akane-kun "and right 
now I'm still in a very feminine mood"

[A decision]

Ranma-chan awoke early the next morning well rested and still feeling the 
after glow of having sex as a girl

Smiling Ranma-chan just put on her generic female outfit before laying out 
some clothes for Akane-kun who was still sleeping that done Ranma-chan left

A while later Akane-kun awakens and quietly puts on the clothes Ranma had 
left for her before walking downstairs for a morning bath

**************

Later that day after breakfast, we find Akane-kun sitting by the koi pond 
when Yuka and Sayuki walked into view

Knowing that her friends recognized him Akane-kun spoke "before Ranma 
finely beat Happosai yesterday the old pervert hit him with a ki blast that 
put his female body's sex drive into overdrive and I think you two can 
guess what had to be done"

"So humm how was it?" Yuka asked

"Indescribable from a female point of view" Akane-kun replied without 
hesitation

"So which way do you like better" Sayuki asked nervously

The only reply Akane-kun gave to that was to look up into the sky for a 
moment "mood more than anything determines that"

"Mood?" The two long time friends of the youngest Tendo sister replied at 
once

"Yeah I know it sounds bizarre but yes mood" Akane-kun replied

"Is that what's bugging you" Yuka asked nervously

Shaking his head the neo-boy replied, "No what's bugging me is how it feels 
overall"

"Is it that unnatural?" Sayuki said

"no it's so natural than it feels unnatural ...mom says because I had so 
much male ki in the first place is the reason why I'm not going crazy or 
even feel uncomfortable" Akane-kun explained "believe it or not Ranma's the 
same way but only recently has he been able to freely express himself as a 
girl"

"So is ...hmm is it permanent"

"No just till tonight" Akane-kun responded before adding, "Unless I say 
otherwise"

This statement of course makes Akane's two friends very nervous

"But why would you say otherwise Akane" Sayuki asked nervelessly

"I don't know but for the first time in a long time I just feel I don't 
know" Akane-kun said before training off

"Normal" Yuka said nervelessly, to which Akane-kun only laughed to as a 
reply

"no I'm feeling far from normal" Akane-kun said before continuing "you know 
how everyone always calls me a tomboy well" Akane-kun said before trailing 
off while developing a headache. A while later Akane-kun sticks out his 
tongue and smiles before frowning "I suppose I am if I like being a guy" 
Akane-kun said before walking off

Stepping out of the shadows Ranma-chan spoke "she's been moping around like 
that ever since she got up this morning"

Without turning around to face Ranma-chan Sayuki responded, "Is she really 
thinking about it?"

"yeah even though she doesn't know why herself" Ranma-chan said as she 
walked by Akane's two long time friends before sitting down by the koi pond 
while motioning Sayuki and Yuka to do the same thing

"But why"

"Balance more than anything I suppose" Ranma-chan replied. "How long have 
you two know Akane"

"Since we were all in kindergarten"

"In that time when did Akane start acting quote boyish?"

"Since the day we met her" Yuka replied

"And what if Akane was a boy to start with how different do you think she 
would behave"

"I don't really know" Sayuki admitted after a long moment of silence

"Neither does Akane and she's worried about that"

"Ranma hmm when you're a girl are you"

"No I'm not attracted other girls when I flip forms not that I'm attracted 
to girls in the first place"

"Hun?"

"My body may react yes but up here between the ears I don't really give a 
care" Ranma-chan replied

"So what you're saying is even though you're physically attracted to say 
shampoo you're not going to drool over her like Hiroshi"

"No way why would I want to make a fool out of myself by doing something 
like that." Ranma-chan replied before adding. "After all I got plenty of 
other ways to do that"

Hearing this Akane's two friends smiled before realizing something "it's 
because of the male libido right"

"Probably" Ranma-chan replied before an uncomfortable silence fell over the 
three

"So hum nice outfit." Sayuki commented sometime later

"Yeah it's really you." Yuka added

The only reply the redhead that could level mountains gave was to raise her 
eyebrow. "You two are still really uncomfortable with me aren't you?"

Akane's two long time friends just nodded

****************

Meanwhile back up in Akane's room Akane-kun sits alone when Nabiki enters

"So you ok." Nabiki asked as she sat down by her neo-brother who had 
obviously been crying

The only reply Akane-kun gave was to shake his head before responding. 
"it's just so weird sis"

"Good or bad weird" Nabiki asked

"I'm still trying to decide" Akane-kun said with a sad sigh

"Hay it can't be all bad" Nabiki said in reply

"It isn't, its just so haunting" Akane-kun replied before looking out the 
window to see Ranma-chan sitting by the koi pond while Sayuki and Yuka sat 
nearby

"haunting?" Nabiki asked

"it fields right but it also feels wrong" Akane-kun replied

"hun"

"I wish I could explain it "Akane-kun replied  

"you are going to have mom make it permanent aren't you" Nabiki asked as a 
statement of fact

Akane-kun only nodded as he pointed to a small potion sitting on his desk

"is it because of Ranma"

"at some level but the real reasons are a lot more selfish than that" 
Akane-kun replied

"you really don't know why you want to do this do you"

Akane-kun again only replied with a nod and a tear "I'm just afraid that 
I'll lose what little femininity I have"

The only reply Nabiki gave was to laugh "oh sis the only reason why you get 
called a tomboy is because you suppress your femininity because you spend 
all of your time trying to be miss invulnerable martial artist. ... I mean 
even your human and have feelings just like anyone else feelings and 
denying those feelings is only going to get you into trouble" Nabiki said 
before leaving

"...have I really been denying who I am" Akane-kun said before looking at 
the potion that sat on his desk

"yes" was the reply of Akane's eldest sister "you've been so concerned with 
being a great martial artist that you stop being concerned with you were as 
an individual in a way you can almost by as blind as Ranma as caring only 
for the art and not for the person practicing at art"

"oh kami your right" Akane-kun said as a few tears ran down his face

The only reply Kasumi gave was to leave silently

*********************

Meanwhile back out by the koi pond the silence that permeates the scene is 
so deafening that not even the crickets could be heard chirping

That's when Kunou was heard making his speech about freeing his pigtailed 
goddess and Akane

Of course, no one was impressed by this

"Kunou you have 15 seconds to leave" Ranma-chan said before Kunou made a 
speech about how Ranma-chan was being forced to dress and such a vile 
manner. That comment earned Kunou a trip to the low earth orbit via air 
Ranma-chan's airlines orbital pile driver special

"It's not enough for him to chase me around in this form but now he has to 
insult what I wear in it" Ranma-chan said with a growl. "I mean that is 
just low." Ranma-chan added as she sat down

Yuka and Sayuki couldn't help but laugh at that comment however there mirth 
was interrupted by the appearance of Akane

"Well I think me and Yuka will be leaving now." Sayuki said before she and 
Yuka left

"So I guessing you took the binding potion." Ranma-chan's said

"Yeah" was the only thing Akane said as she sat down "Ranma I have an idea 
why don't we go on a training mission just the two of us"

"... Ok but you'll have to know that I won't go easy on you" Ranma-chan 
replied

"That's why I want it" Akane replied

"Ok get your stuff ready we'll leave tonight." Ranma-chan said before 
walking off leaving Akane to smile

**************

As Ranma-chan entered the tea room she sat down by Hishizuka

"can you set it up so a year of training can be compressed into a day" 
Ranma-chan asked as she sat down

"...yeah I can do that. any reason why you want to" Hishizuka replied

"if me and Akane go away for that amount of time for real shampoo, Ukyou 
and the others are more than likely to come after us"

"very true tell me what kind of training environment you want and I'll have 
it ready by morning" Hishizuka replied

The only replied Ranma-chan gave was to do just that

**************

[Hard training begins]

The location an isolated mountain retreat surrounded by thick forest

The sansei; a 17-year-old martial arts master who most would argue had the 
power of a demigod

The student; his fiancée

"ok the first thing you get to do is clear an area of forest 4m by 6m" the 
sansei said before handing the student a axe and Hammer after which the 
sansei walked off leaving the student to pull out a pair of gloves and 
begin to work

Late that night the student Akane Tendo returns to the main campsite to 
find her sansei and fiancé Ranma Saotome waiting for her

Ranma didn't bother to say anything he only handed Akane a plate of food, 
which she gladly ate before going to sleep leaving Ranma to go and check 
Akane's progress left him with only one thing to say, "This may take a 
while"

And so it did. Approximately two weeks later Akane finely finished clearing 
the designated area of forest

***************

"so how much did you get done with today" Ranma asked has Akane returned to 
camp one nights

"I finished" Akane said with a tired by yet triumphant voice as she 
collapsed

"ok rest up" Ranma said as he handed Akane a plate of food

"yes sansei" Akane said as she began to eat her food

*************

The next morning a very sore as still tired Akane awakens to find Ranma 
absently practicing

"Well about time you woke up" Ranma said as he stopped practicing

"Mhh what time is it." Akane said as she slowly got up

"About noon" Ranma replied

"So what's next do I have to dig a lake build a hot spring or some other 
crazy thing?" Akane said with as much sarcasm as she could muster

"no while your body recovers I'm going to teach you how to cook and sew in 
various other survival skills " Ranma replied

The only reply Akane could think of giving was a quiet nod

Thus 3 weeks of basic training begin one week for cooking and sewing and 
another two for swimming and everything else

************

Early morning in open clearing with find Ranma and Akane sparing

Akane was trying her hardest but Ranma wasn't even trying as well as 
painfully pointing how every hole in Akane's defense needless to say Akane 
was quite bruised

"Can't we work on something else for awhile?" Akane said as she backed away 
from Ranma

"No your defense is really poor" Ranma replied as he renewed his attack

***********

That evening with find Ranma returning to the campsite with Akane draped 
over his shoulder

"you are a truly cruel sometimes" Akane mumbled

"I told you it wasn't going to be easy" Ranma replied as he would Akane 
down by the camp fire which he quickly lit by using a small ki blast

"so how long"

"three months for basic training another 3 for ki manipulation stuff and 
one more months to teach you ki attacks and another month to round 
everything off"

"8 months"

"yeah that will get you up to half of my level with everything but ki 
attacks"

"...why?"

"Mainly because I've only learned 2 attacks that rely completely on ki 
three if you count the Amaguriken" Ranma replied

***********

And so it began

	the first month Akane work exclusively on defense and endurance
	the second month speed
	the third month attack

	the fourth month basic active ki manipulation training
	the fifth month ki enhanced endurance and defense training
	the 6th month ki enhanced speed and attack training
	
	the 7th month Akane learns all of Ranma's ki based attacks

[The 8th month and the end]

Early morning we find Akane flat on the ground coughing in pain

"damm I hit you with at least five Moko Takabisha and you're still totally 
unphased" Akane said that she picked herself up off of the ground

The only reply Ranma gave was to smile "well you actually made me break a 
sweat today so you can have the rest of the day off" Ranma said before 
walking off

"Damm even after seven months I'm still nowhere near his level" Akane said 
as she sat down by a nearby tree

*************

back at camp Ranma sits alone looking at a hawk who is flying on a thermal

'hmm I wonder if I could use my aura to create a wing of sorts hmm low 
energy pressure on the outside of the aura and high energy pressure on the 
inside but I'd need to create an area with reduced energy flow so I'd be 
carried along with it.' Ranma thought before concentrating his ki on a 
nearby twig which floats into the air 'hmm that was easy enough' Ranma 
thought before continuing to practice and by the time Akane returns Ranma 
has several large boulders floating around him while he himself floats a 
few meters above the ground

"ok baka I assume you learned how to fly" Akane said while sounding 
slightly annoyed that Ranma came up with a new technique in less than 6 
hours

"well I've got levitation down fairly well but it's still hard to get my 
farther off the ground than I am already" Ranma replied from two meters in 
the air

"so how easy is it to move those boulders" Akane asked before 1 headed 
straight for her. Akane's only response to that was to punch said Boulder 
which shattered

"hmm" Ranma said as he looked up "I think I've got it if I direct my ki in 
a tight stream I can propel myself upward.... the only problem is I can't 
do that yet"

"but what about when you fought saffron" Akane asked

"The only reason why my blast was so concentrated was because of all of hot 
chi" Ranma replied

"But couldn't you artificially concentrate your energy into a beam"

"I suppose it's possible but how would I do it. Wait if I shape the end of 
the blast so it would have a tight area of low energy pressure the ki of 
the rest of the blast would be drawn to it. And if I create a hollow 
cylinder of reduced energy flow it would focus the energy in a even tighter 
fashion." was Ranma's line of reasoning before he cupped his hands and 
started to concentrate

What appeared in his hands was a sphere of blue energy that Ranma released 
with the shot of K?sen blast. The resulting tightly focused beam of ki 
sliced cleanly through 40 tree trunks before dissipating

"I think I'll just use the hollow cylinder for flying." Ranma said with a 
raised eyebrow before doing just that the result was most definite Ranma 
soared into the sky with the greatest of the ease

"Show off" Akane mumbled to herself with a smile before Ranma seemed too 
blur out of existence "what the?" Akane queried

"super speed its really easy to do with this technique" Ranma said from 
behind Akane

"so are you going to teach me how to fly"

"no I told you have the day off today" Ranma said with a smile before 
vanishing

"baka" Akane mumbled before deciding to make herself some lunch

****************

Later that week around dinner, we find Ranma absently sparing off into 
space while Akane sits nearby

"Anything wrong baka" Akane asked

"No I just think it's time to get back" Ranma replied with a smile

"tomorrow morning" Akane asked to which Ranma only nodded as a reply

**************

Early morning at the Tendo dojo a flash of light deposits Ranma and Akane 
by the koi pond

"so where back and only one day as passed" Akane said

"Yep" Ranma replied

"I'm going to make breakfast then" Akane said with a smile before running 
off

The only thing Ranma did in response was shake his head before following 
Akane

*************

"mhh" Was all Hishizuka said as she awoke to a wonderful aroma 

Quietly Hishizuka put on her that robe before wondering into the kitchen to 
find Akane cooking while Ranma sat nearby

"so how did it go" Hishizuka asked as she sat down by Ranma

"Great I'm going to wipe the floor with shampoo and Ukyou." Akane said as 
she zoomed around the kitchen

Hishizuka only responded with an early morning yawn that seemed to attract 
the rest of the Tendo family. All of which were shoed out of the kitchen by 
Akane

**************

About an hour are so later a very nervous Soun, Nabiki and Kasumi wait for 
breakfast a breakfast that could quite possibly be their last Hishizuka on 
the other hand just yawned considering she still hadn't had her morning cup 
of tea

"Breakfasts ready" Akane said cheerfully as she entered with breakfast 
balanced on her head

"Hmm where is Ranma." Nabiki asked cautiously before Ranma entered followed 
shortly by the rest of breakfast, which was floating in mid air needless to 
say this raises a few eyebrows

"Ahh I have some tea Ranma" Hishizuka said before her tea cup floated over 
to the floating tea pot that had entered the room after Ranma and the rest 
of breakfast

"No problem" Ranma replied before tea pot filled up Hishizuka's tea cup 
which floated back to her

"Show offs" Akane said as she sat down and started serving breakfast in the 
same manner

After Ranma was served he dug in without further ado. The rest of the Tendo 
family took this as a good sign and began to eat and needless to say, they 
were surprised they found the food they ate delicious enough to be mistaken 
for Kasumi's

"Ranma did you teach Akane how to cook" Kasumi asked to which Ranma only 
replied with a nod as he finished breakfast

"And I still haven't finished teaching her." Ranma added before vanishing 
and reappearing by the koi pond "ok Akane time for morning sparing." Ranma 
said before Akane attacked with a barrage of ki spheres all of which passed 
right through Ranma in response Akane only vanished in response Ranma only 
stood there as he watched something before ducking and chopping the 
resulting blow connects squarely with Akane's stomach sending her flying 
through the dojo's perimeter wall

Mercilessly Ranma attacked with 20 Moko Takabisha all of which hit there 
mark or lease the seemed to considering Akane appeared behind Ranma and 
fired 30 Moko Takabisha that Ranma dodged even though Akane was at point 
blank range. in retaliation Ranma combined the Tenshin Amaguriken with the 
Moko Takabisha the resulting point blank attack came vary close to KOing 
Akane

"good job Akane you actually nicked me" Ranma said with a smile as he 
examined his left arm which was slightly red "well I'm going to go take my 
bath now" Ranma added before leaving

That left Akane to climb out of the crater she had been pounded into. The 
only thing Akane did after getting up was to dust herself off before Nabiki 
and Kasumi ran up to her

"sis are you ok" Nabiki practically screamed

"yeah a bit sore but otherwise fine" Akane replied as she adjusted her tube 
top "well considering how dusty I am I better go get a bath too" Akane 
added before walking off

***************

Later that day Nabiki walks into Ucchan's and hands Ukyou a challenge 
letter

"my sister expects you at the challenge field before lunch" Nabiki said 
before leaving never seeing Ukyou's smile

While at the Cafe a similar scene please itself out as Kasumi delivers a 
challenge letter to Shampoo

*****************

And so at 11:00 shampoo and Ukyou arrive at the designated challenge field 
to find Akane dressed in her high school uniform while kneeling with one 
knee and her eyes close.

Nearby Ranma lounged on the fence eating popcorn

"who is first" Akane said as stood up and opened her eyes

Akane's two rivals looked at each other before shampoo bowed and motioned 
Ukyou to go first in response Ukyou replied "how courteous of you" before 
walking into the middle of the challenge field before dropping into a 
battle stands however Akane's only reply was to brush a stray strands of 
hair out of her face

"ready ....set ... go" Ranma bellowed before Ukyou attacked with a barrage 
of her dart like throwing spatulas 

Akane's only response was to just stand there until the last fraction of 
second when she side steps all of the spatulas with no effort.

This of course actually starts to worry Ukyou "I see Ranma's been working 
on speed drills." Ukyou taunted before pulling out her two meter combat 
spatula and charging only to find Akane dodging casually "damm you!." Ukyou 
screamed before trusting her combat spatula directly at Akane's neck only 
to find she was aiming at after image and exactly a tenth of the second 
later Ukyou's combat spatula was sailing over the horizon

Turning around Ukyou sees Akane who has her back turned to her

Smiling sweetly as she looked over her shoulder Akane spoke "I wasn't even 
trying"

This of course has Ukyou summoning her ki which Akane replied by looking 
over at Ranma and smiling. This of course infuriates Ukyou to the point of 
attacking. However just as she is about to kick Akane in the back Akane 
gracefully ducks sweep kicks and then punches Ukyou in the stomach after 
which Akane merely moves aside and lets Ukyou fall to the ground before 
looking over her shoulder at shampoo who is just smiling to which Akane 
replies with one of her own

That done shampoo drops into a battle stance and starts glowing before 
attacking at speeds Akane had never seen shampoo move at before the only 
reply Akane gave to this was to sidestep shampoo's bonbori and chop clean 
through one of the bonbori's handles as well as plant a knee right in 
shampoo's gut which makes her drop the other. that done Akane steps away 
from shampoo who is no worse for ware

"pervert girl improve but no matter shampoo still kill" shampoo said before 
pulling out another Chinese weapon before attacking which Akane only reply 
by disarming her again. Shampoo being as stubborn as she is repeats this 
process of pulling out weapons, which Akane effortlessly destroys

Back turned to shampoo who is now holding a Chinese broad sword Akane spoke 
"if you want a real flight shampoo drop the weapon fight me with your bare 
hands

The next sound that was heard on the battlefield was the sound of a broad 
sword being thrown away and the next thing Akane sensed was a ki blast 
fueled by the emotion of base racial arrogance Akane's only reply was to 
let the blast hit her

Akane didn't even flinch

Turning around to face shampoo who now looked fearful Akane just looked at 
shampoo before blurring out of existence the next thing shampoo did was to 
fold over in pain as she lost consciousness from Akane's single punch to 
her stomach

Akane stood calmly at the center of the challenge field her to rivals laid 
at her feet defeated

"I must say that was anticlimactic," Cologne said from her fence top perch 
before walking over to Ukyou and shampoo "quite expertly done I must say 
but how did you get so good in two days"

"I gave them some assistance Cologne." Hishizuka said as she walked into 
the scene

Cologne's only response to the appearance of the ancient Magi was to blink, 
as she looked in-between Akane and Hishizuka before smiling "so you are 
Akane's mother I must say this is an interesting turn of events"

"so what are you going to do" Hishizuka replied

Cologne's only replied with a shrug before speaking "what I planned on 
doing when Akane beat shampoo make her and Ranma Amazons" Cologne replied 
before hopping off

"well I guess everything is over" Ranma said while scratching the back of 
his head

"so son when do you want your wedding to Akane to happen" Soun said as he 
appeared out of nowhere "I'm sure we can get ready by tonight"

The only response Ranma Akane and Hishizuka gave to that was a coordinated 
baka bash

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Later that night the wedding date was set for the end of the school year

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