Marital Arts 8 - Part 4


Sentaro:  "The Tea-Powder Mist technique!  Followed by the Pot-
	Strike!  What a double whammy!" 
 
Ranma hit the monkey with the same tea-pot. 
 
Ranma:  "Pot Counter-Strike!  Ladle-Strike!" 
 
Ranma unwrapped the obi from around his waist and caught one of 
the dance poles with it.  Ranma tore off the pole from its housing and 
sent it flying at the monkey. 
 
Ranma:  "Dance Pole Helicopter Strike!" 
 
The monkey dodged the spinning pole, which hit Sentaro in the head.  
The monkey took off one of its fishnet gloves and caught Ranma's 
foot with it, throwing Ranma and wrapping him against the 
remaining dance pole.  Ranma took his obi and flew it at the monkey, 
wrapping its face with cloth layers to occupy it while he freed 
himself. 
 
Old Woman:  "This Miss Clumsy isn't so bad after all.  She holds her 
	own against Miss Satsuki's best moves.  With this much skill 
	she proves herself a worthy bride for you, Sentaro.  What do 
	you think?  Well, Sentaro?" 
 
The old woman looked around, but Sentaro and Akane had already 
walked outside. 
 
Akane:  "But why in the world are you engaged to a monkey?" 
Sentaro:  "I have no idea." 
Akane:  "What do you mean, no idea?" 
Sentaro:  "Putting that aside.  You realize that if both Ranma and 
	Miss Satsuki are fatally wounded in this battle no one would 
	stand in the way of our marriage!" 
Akane:  "You can't be serious." 
 
Ranma burst through the roof to land on Sentaro's head. 
 
Ranma:  "So, it all comes clear now!" 
Sentaro:  "Whatever do you mean?" 
Akane:  "Let's go home, Ranma." 
 
The monkey burst through the wall and hit Ranma in the back of the 
head with a tea-pot, also hitting Sentaro with its knees.  Ranma 
started to chase the monkey again. 
 
Ranma:  "Get back here, you flea picker!" 
 
Ranma threw a ladle at the branch the monkey hung from.  The 
branch snapped and the monkey fell to the ground.  Ranma threw 
some tea-spoon darts at it, pinning it to the trunk of a tree. 
 
Akane:  "Ranma!  Let's go home!" 
 
Akane took hold of Ranma before he could attack the monkey again. 
  
Akane:  "C'mon Ranma.  You've won.  Now let's go and I'll forgive 
	you for calling me a klutz." 
Ranma:  "Grr." 
  
Akane licked Ranma's ear, then turned him around and kissed him, 
letting her hands rest on his ass.  The two of them started to leave the 
building.  Sentaro followed them after recovering from his nosebleed 
from seeing two girls kiss each other. 
 
Sentaro:  "Please don't leave.  You haven't won yet!" 
 
A horse carrying a girl ran into Sentaro, knocking all three to the 
ground. 
 
Sentaro:  "Are you all right?" 
Girl:  "What?" 
 
The monkey slipped out of its kimono and ran toward the girl. 
 
Girl:  "Oh, poor Sanae!  I'm so sorry!  I'm sorry I asked you to take 
	my place, Sanae!  It must have been terrible for you!" 
Ranma:  "Take her place?" 
Akane:  "Then... you must be the real Miss Satsuki!" 
Satsuki:  "I am." 
Old Woman:  "And just how did this odd circumstance come to be, 
	dear?" 
Satsuki:  "Well... I was so looking forward to meeting my future 
	husband, but when the day finally came, I was just so 
	embarrassed!" 
Sentaro:  "How demure and maidenly of you!" 
Ranma:  "You thought it less embarrassing to have people think you 
	were a monkey?" 
 
************** 
 
Ranma and Akane sat at the dinner table with everyone else.  Ryoga's 
blood boiled.  Here was his chance to finally finish his fight with 
Ranma. 
 
Ryoga:  "Ranma, I challenge you!" 
 
Ryoga charged Ranma.  Ranma flipped him out the door with a 
napkin.  Ryoga got up and charged again.  Ranma hit him in the 
head with a hot water pot.  Ryoga charged again, this time getting 
knocked over the dojo wall by the sweet spot of a tea-ladle. 
 
Akane:  "Ranma.  Are you two fighting again?  Honestly." 
Ranma:  "What can I do?  He keeps attacking me for no reason." 
Ranko:  "I hope he comes back soon." 
 
************** 
 
Kasumi:  "Mail for you, Ranma." 
 
Kasumi handed a letter to Ranma. 
 
Akane:  "Who's it from?" 
Ranma:  "Its from that Tea Ceremony guy.  Dear Ranma, I thank you 
	for the undeserved joy that this lowly one now relishes.  We 
	will probably never meet again..." 
Sentaro:  "Or so I thought.  But isn't fate miraculous?" 
Ranma:  "Get offa my head!" 
 
Ranma hit the horse's hoof, knocking the horse onto its back. 
 
************** 
 
Ranma thought to himself that Satsuki was much more than that 
backstabber Sentaro deserved.  He had a short vision then, of himself 
and Akane taking Satsuki up to their bedroom and making love to 
her in front of a captive Sentaro. 
 
Then when Sentaro made love to her, Satsuki would reply: 
 
Satsuki:  "Is that it?  I want more!" 
 
Ranma laughed to himself and discarded the idea.  It wouldn't be 
honorable.  Besides, he could never get away with it.  Sentaro and 
Satsuki were soon conscious and galloped away from the dojo. 
 
************** 
 
Satsuki lay on her honeymoon bed with her husband.  They had spent 
the night discovering each other physically and it had culminated 
with their joining.  Sentaro caught his breath as he lay on top of his 
wife. 
 
Satsuki:  "Is that it?  I want more!" 
 
Sentaro groaned in exhaustion.  Maybe marriage hadn't been such a 
good thing after all. 
 
*****************************finis Marital Arts Episode 8 
 
[Author's Note #1:  There is a slight deviation in the order of 
episodes from the original.  This is to allow a better fit with the 
japanese school year.]