Legal banter... none of these characters are mine you know the drill ... This
is one of my favorite stories in the manga so I was a little long winded in
it, but that is ok because it came out so well. I especially like the little
tiny side story with Soun and Genma gong on in the back ground. Lots of
questions still go unanswered as of yet like: why isn't shampoo ever
around?<<--(I get alot of that one. Lets just say she has her own problems
that will be revealed later on, and she is there alot chaseing Ranma in
between stories I've tried Rather unsuccsessfully to hint at that.) Whats
Mousses' secret tequneique? What's the real story with Reiraku? Why is Cologne
not stopping them from killing Ranma? (She never -Really- helps them.) When is
Happy going to show up? ect.ect.ect. well this fic is not a forever lasting
one and it does have an ending, it's just takeing me a hell of a long time to
get there.

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part16:The secret training
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	Ryoga watched as the boulder swung towards him, he felt in the air waiting
for the perfect moment to strike, but alas the feeling never came he slammed
into the rock painfully. "Dammit Ryoga concentrate! If you can't master this
simple tequneique you will lose!!" said Ranma from below him. "You have to see
with the minds eye!" he chided. "This guy is nuts." thought Ryoga. Akane
looked at Ranma in horror "Stop this can't you see your hurting him?!" she
said grabbing his shoulder causing him to wince in pain. "Akane, this is why I
didn't want you to come..." he said sighing. "Ranma your hurt?"  she asked
looking worried. "Don't worry Akane its nothing." he said looking at her with
his best smile and turned his attention to Ryoga. "You gonna hang there all
day looking hurt or you gonna train??!!" he chided. "Yea yea..." grumbled
Ryoga pulling himself up right. 
	Akane looked at the two weary martial artist. "Hope you like it its curry."
she said with a smile. "Bet we do." said Ryoga with a smile. "You'd lose."
thought Ranma to himself. Ryoga looked at Ranma oddly he had been acting
strangely all day like he was afraid or something... The two looked at their
meals and ate a small amount. Ranma and Ryoga looked at each other and stood.
"Well Ryoga looks like its time to train!" said Ranma. "Yes sir!" said Ryoga
heartily agreed and they both ran off. Akane looked blankly at the two.
"What?" she said completely oblivious.
	In the bushes Ryoga grabbed Ranma's collar. "Who could have known she'd be
that poor a cook its inhuman I tell you!!" he growled. "I warned you! Aren�t
you glad we brought those extra provisions now?" retorted Ranma.
	Later that night... 
	Akane lay awake in her tent waiting for Ranma to sneak away. Where does he
go?" she wondered they had been there a week already and she knew Ranma was
sneaking away at night.� He had better not be sneaking food after I worked so
hard to cook for them she growled as she got up and went out to check on him
and he wasn't there. "I knew it." she said to herself but Ryoga was gone as
well. "What?" she said "They left me?" she growled no wonder they had been so
weary looking lately.
	Akane was about half way to the training sight when she heard a strange
noise. She went towards it and saw Ranma and Ryoga standing out side a small
shack. "What are they doing?" she wondered. "The two opened the door to the
shack and the noise became deafening. they entered the shack and stayed  for a
long time. Akane approached the shack cautiously. As she walked up to it the
door on the other side opened.
	 "ALRIGHT! we did it!" said Ranma and Ryoga to each other as they emerged.
Ryoga looked behind Ranma and his eyes got big. "Akane?!!" he said looking
guilty. "Uh oh." said Ranma.
	 "What are you two doing sneaking off without me?? I was worried about you."
said Akane angrily. "Akane I can explain.. but his voice dropped off as he saw
Akane had put her hand through the wall of the shack in her anger. "Akane!
Don't move!!" yelled Ranma as a Black cloud came from the shed and began to
form around her. "What? OW!" she said as she felt a stinging on her hand.
"Ranma the bees!" said Ryoga. "BEES??!!" Thought Akane as her body went tense.
	Ranma staired for a second and lept to action, he quickly lept into the swarm
and shoved Akane to the ground. "Stay down!" he said to her as his arms became
a blur of motion. Around her bees fell twitching to the ground.
	Ryoga gasped in awe as Ranma Attacked and dodged the bees with blinding
speed, all around him the pile of insects grew until no more flew around him.
"Ranma that was...amazing." said Ryoga as Ranma helped an equally amazed Akane
off the ground. "Is that what you two were doing in there?" she said as she
examined Ranma, "He hasn't been stung once?!!" she wondered aloud
	Ryoga spoke up "We were just learning to disguise our presence by walking
around in there...I had no idea he could do this..." he said stairing at
Ranma. "That is something I picked up in China." said Ranma. "Why didn't you
tell me about this??!!" yelled Akane. "Because I knew you'd just worry about
me and Ryoga that�s why." said Ranma. "I could have done this too, I am a
martial artist ya know!" she said tearfully. "Akane your very good but you
don�t have the endurance to do something like this yet, when you do I promise
I'll teach you." said Ranma with a heavy sigh. "You promise?" said Akane
looking at him hard. "Yes Akane but you have to train allot harder than you
have been if you want to be able to do this." said Ranma sternly. "Will you
help me?" she asked him. "OF course I will Akane." said Ranma smiling. "Are
you saying Ryoga's better that me?" said Akane with a hard look. "Are you
saying I'm not?" asked Ryoga with a smug grin. Akane blushed. "That's not like
the Ryoga I remember..." thought Ranma inwardly.	
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part17: the Blasting point
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	Ranma looked up at the hanging Ryoga as he swung helplessly from side to
side, "Ryoga you fool you have to find the breaking point!!" he again Chided.
"Ya, know Ranma I'm starting to think this is some kind of trick." grumbled
Ryoga. Ranma looked at him "He's so different, he's like Ryoga only -not-
depressed, its weird..." he thought. "Ryoga if you can't concentrate and
believe you will never master this!" Ranma said looking weary. It had been
almost two weeks and Ryoga still had not learned the 'Bakusai-Tenketsu'.
"Well, I'm no Cologne and this should make him even tougher." he reasoned.
"Try again." said Ranma wearily. 
	Ryoga pushed away and closed his eyes "See with the minds eye..." he told
himself, he opened his eyes and staired hard at the rock. "YAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
he cried as he swung at the Rock only to find it was still there. "NO WAY! I
FELT IT!" he cried out in frustration.
	Ranma smiled as he looked at the boulder. "So that�s it." he thought with a
small laugh. "Ryoga you fool you can't find the breaking point with other
things on your mind!" he scolded. "No way the only thing on my mind is the
Breaking Point!" he yelled. Ranma shifted the Rock to face Ryoga. "U-k-y-o"
was written into the side where Ryoga had been hitting it. "If your thinking
about her we have bigger problems that the 'Bakusai-Tenketsu'" Said Ranma
grimily.
	Mousse smiled at his pupil. "You've done better than I'd hoped." he smiled at
Ukyo. "Hibikki will suffer for siding with my enemy." she said coldly. Reiraku
looked at her with a calculating eye. "But is she ready for Ranma as well?" he
said to Mousse. "Only time will tell and she will be stronger before that
fight." he said.
	Ranma watched painfully as Akane cooked yet another meal, occasionally noting
that she was putting some rather odd things in the meal, "Akane that isn't
sugar its salt." he offered kindly. "Shut up." she growled and corrected her
mistake quietly. "Mabey it won't be so bad since I've been pulling damage
control..." he mused. Suddenly the air felt different. "Ranma grabbed Akane's
arm and went towards the woods. "What are you doing?!!" she cried. "Quiet
Akane." he said and she did unsure of what to think. 
	When they stopped Ryoga was looking intently at the stone in front of him.
"What I've seen this lots of times." said Akane grumpily. Ranma shushed her
and Akane elbowed him on the head. "You haven't seen this yet, well not from
him anyway." said Ranma From a little lower but unharmed. Her gaze stopped an
Ryoga as he pushed the rock away.
	Ryoga looked at the stone's image in his mind as it swung towards him, "I
feel it!" he said triumphantly as a small glowing point appeared to him in his
mind. "BAKUSAI-TENKETSU!"
	Akane watched as Ryoga swung at the stone and it shattered into a thousand
small pieces. "YES!" said Ranma proudly. "Ryoga!" said Akane in shock.
	A small time later they all sat around the campfire, Akane was crying "I made
a meal and no one said it was bad!" she sighed, completely forgetting that
Ranma had corrected her every minute or so. Ranma of course had not failed to
mention this to Ryoga during the meal, quietly. "I wonder why Ryoga was
thanking Ranma so much during dinner, I had no Idea he wanted to learn that
move so badly." she concluded. 
	"Ranma how dare you teach me a useless technique!!" yelled Ryoga. "Who said
it was useless?" said Ranma coolly. "I can't use it on people!" said Ryoga
angrily. "So do you honestly think I'd teach you something that dangerous on
our first trip?" Ranma looked at him oddly. "You'll find out the true terror
of the 'Bakusai-Tenketsu' tomorrow Ryoga when you fight that girl" smiled
Ranma. Ryoga winced at this.
	Soun and Genma looked at the small map they had. "Were here Saotome." said
Soun pointing at the map and looking at the panda next to him. "Growf" said
Genma pointing at a different spot. "or mabey here?" said Soun. Turning to see
the panda digging through the packs. "-there's no more food!!!!-" Said the
panda's sign. "-I'm hungry-" it said as he flipped it over, the panda was
crying. "Take it like a man Saotome." said Soun with tears in his eyes. "My
poor little girl stuck on a mountain with the boy of her dreams and they might
not even meet!" he sobbed.
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Part18: Ukyo's great Revenge
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	Ryoga faced the Girl on the field and staired hard at her trying to see her
as an enemy. "I can do this." he muttered. The wind blew shifting her hair and
making her look radiant. "No I can't." he sobbed. 
	Ukyo looked at the boy standing in front of her, "I will crush you she told
him as the wind blew, the boy was almost crying, good he was afraid of her.
Ryoga finally composed himself enough to speak. "What did Ranma do to get a
girl as cute as you so mad at him?" he said and locked up, he had meant to say
angry instead of cute. Ukyo staired at him in disbelief. "Cute?" she wondered
"I'm not cute." her train of thought was broken by Mousse. "Begin" he said.
and the two lept into battle.
	SEVEN HOURS LATER
	Ryoga looked at the girl who was panting hard in front of him, "Why isn't she
hitting me hard? Does she want to win?" he wondered. "Why don't you hit me for
real?" he asked her.
	Ukyo looked at the boy she had been swinging at for the past seven hours. He
had destroyed the end of her spear just by touching it after she cut him on
the face, and her throwing knives were all gone. "I'm in trouble." she
thought. "If he decides to stop dodging and start attaching me I'm gonna
lose." she thought bitterly as she prepared to swing again. He had refused to
hit her thus far and only dodged her attacks, the few that actually connected
(she could count those on her fingers.) had all been really good hits and he
didn't seem to notice. Then he spoke "Why don't you hit me for real?" Ukyo
went into a blind rage as she swung the pole at him breaking it over his head.
then she saw into his eyes. He was serious, he genuinely thought she wasn't
really trying. She felt bad for hitting him like she had he could be really
hurt...then he spoke again.
	Ryoga looked at the pole that was broken over his head. "That should have
knocked me out." he thought. He looked over at Ranma in wonder and thought of
the few times Akane had hit him over the head, and he didn't even feel it.
Ranma smiled and nodded seeming to understand what he was thinking. "That's it
that's why I haven't really felt any of your hits." he said aloud. Ukyo
slapped him across his face. A look of shock was on it. "It isn't you at all
it's my training, this is what the 'Bakusai-Tenketsu' does!" he said in
wonder. "I'm sorry." he said turning to Ukyo. Ukyo blinked, and Ryoga turned
Red with a look of shock covering his face.
	Ukyo looked at the boy on the ground who was covering his nose and passed out
as blood gushed from it. Her team mates were celebrating and Ranma was shaking
his head with his back turned, his girl friend was blushing and had an odd
look on her face. Suddenly she realized that she felt strange. She looked down
at her chest only to find that her Kimono had come undone and her left breast
was hanging out. Ukyo gasped and passed out in sheer embarrassment.
	Ranma looked at the two fools who lay on the ground. "Looks like a draw." he
said. Mousse sighed and picked up his student, and walked away without another
word.
	A FEW DAYS PASS...
	Ranma looked up as his father walked in to his house. "How was the training
trip pop?" he asked his father. "Eh? oh fine fine." he grumbled as he shambled
towards the kitchen. "Moron" he said happily.
	On his way to school the next day he talked with Akane. "My father went on a
trip while we were gone." she said cheerfully. "Training trip?" asked Ranma.
"Yea, How did you kno--" she started. "My pop did the same thing, don't let
him fool you Akane those two morons were trying to spy on us and got lost, It
wouldn't suprise me if they were in on it together, My pop and yours have the
same feelings about us dating." he said happily. "Your right but please don't
call my father a moron Ranma." said Akane as she pulled the mallet out of his
head. "Gosh she's cute when she's angry." he thought as he followed her
towards the school.