A Very Scary Bet, rough version
part 1c: A different spin and charge
by greggsharp, metroanime@mindspring.com
http://metroanime.home.mindspring.com
 alternate version for those who disliked Dr.Who
here's him with an anime martial arts sensei.
 personally i like the Ranma-scholar, but this WAS
one of the possibilities. the one scene occurred to
me and i KNEW a few people would get a chuckle
from it, hence its appearance.

  subsitute appropriate scenes with:
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 Nabiki followed Shampoo, wondering what the
amazon had been sneaking off to. Another section of the
Bayankala range revealed many other amazons, likewise
concealing themselves as they converged on a single area.

 All were looking forward into a valley. Nabiki
scuttled to an unoccupied ledge to see what everyone was
finding so fascinating. After a few moments, Nabiki reached
into her pack and pulled out one of her treasures. A genuine
pair of 300x binoculars made in Hong Kong.

 The two specks turned out to be a familiar-looking
boy, and a...three foot tall purple Yoda?

 The odd mutant was floating in midair, explaining
something to the boy.

 Nabiki turned her attention to the boy who was
listening carefully and occasionally nodding. Long black
hair hanging down his back, he looked sort of like Mousse
in that respect. Much better built, decided Nabiki after a
moment, lithe and taut and athletic.

 Nabiki idly licked her lips as she studied the form
in the black pants and tank top. He had a cute face and a
well defined physique, certainly he carried himself like a
fighter.

 Nabiki's smile fled. That odd familiarity still. She
also couldn't believe this many amazons sneaking a peek at
a cute guy. Heck, she didn't think Tsu Prei was interested in
guys at all.

 The boy moved towards the waterfall and went
into a set of kata that quite obviously doubled as a stretching
exercise. Warm ups for whatever was to follow.

 There. A glow briefly flashing around the boy. So
he could raise chi, enough to actually be visible. THAT was
a bit more impressive. Still, what could interest some of the
amazons like Tsu Prei?

 Nabiki lowered her binoculars to stare as the glow
intensified and the distant figure threw a punch. Nabiki watched
as a bolt of emerald chi struck the waterfall. She continued to watch
as water flowed backwards, shaping itself into a dragon shape that
shot its way towards the sky.

 Nabiki snapped the binoculars back up to watch as
the boy was swept over by the clouds of mist from the reversed
waterfall. Watched as the blackhaired boy became a redhaired girl.

 "Your fiance isn't bad," came Cologne's voice, a LOT
closer than Nabiki would have thought.

 "How, what?" Nabiki watched as things gradually settled
to normal in the valley, with the girl stepping back and contemplating
the raging waters before her.

 "Ranma has found a sensei beyond any he thought to
meet. THAT is Lochi, who has already trained a student named
Shiryu. Now Lochi is training a new Dragon for when Shiryu
advances to become the new Libra." Cologne nodded. "Ranma
will be quite welcome to the Amazons as Bronze Saint Dragon,
I think. Strong fighter, wouldn't you say?"

 Nabiki continued to stare at where the young boy was
now throwing punches at a target in excess of amaguriken speeds.
Other motion in the valley caught her attention.
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 Shampoo glanced behind her and briefly frowned. Ranma
was HER fiancee, so SHE had an excuse to come and talk to his new
sensei, so what was Vanilla...

 Oh, yeah, Nabiki had sold Vanilla the (#0036) membership
card. But her claim was nowhere nearly as good as Shampoo's (#0024)
because Ranma had defeated Shampoo in combat and she'd given the
Kiss Of Engagement right there in front of a family member AND an
Elder.

 "Honored Elder," Shampoo said sweetly, bowing from a
mere twenty feet away from the floating figure. "Uhm, should
Shampoo speak Mandarin or Japanese?"

 "Your Japanese could use the practice," observed Lochi
without looking at her. "So you two finally decided to step from the
pack?"

 "Uhm," Shampoo started. They'd been expected? She felt
her nerve give out slightly. "Shampoo is Ranma's fiancee, want to know..."

 "Your training will start tomorrow at dawn. I'll have Ranma
prepare your rooms."

 "<Shampoo, what language is that?>"

 "<You'll have to learn Japanese, child. Get your things, Ranma
will prepare a room. You'll have a chance to fight him later. Then your
training will begin tomorrow morning.>" Lochi continued to watch Ranma
execute a series of attacks at faster and faster speeds. "<Both of you, go
now. I will talk to Cologne. I do not think she will have any objections.
And
bring the third girl.>"

 "<Nabiki?!>"

 "<If that is her name.>" Lochi immediately started ignoring them.
After all, if they couldn't handle the simple tasks, then what was the point
of continuing any further with them anyway?

 "Sensei?" Ranma looked back towards Lochi as the two girls
left.

 "I have some tasks for you that need to be done, Ranma. The
large spare room needs to be prepared. You will have fellow students
very soon."

 "Shampoo and that other girl?" Ranma continued to draw and
quietly release chi, part of the exercises that Lochi had drilled into him
from
the start.

 "Yes, a new Lynx and a new Angel. The third, I do not see as a
candidate for winning a Cloth, but who knows? I am only three thousand
years old and the world could yet surprise me."

 "Yes, sensei." Ranma hurried to comply. Well, at least it wouldn't
just be him doing the cooking...
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 Vanilla challenged Ranma and attacked. Ranma defeated Vanilla
in 3.75 seconds. (He was caught by surprise.)

 Shampoo looked unhappily on as Vanilla gave Ranma the Kiss Of
Engagement.

 "So, Saotome, still cutting a swath through the young ladies are
we?" Nabiki smirked at the young boy.

 "It ain't my fault!" Ranma tried to throw his hands up in disgust
but he was currently caught in an Amazon Glomp.

 Lochi poked the fire with his staff. "<You might want to put off
any of that, as tomorrow will be the most difficult day of training in your
life.>"

 "<You heard him!>" Shampoo began pulling Vanilla off. "<You're
doing it wrong anyway. You're supposed to do it with passion.>"

 Vanilla sighed and let go. "<I can't fake what I don't have. I had
hoped...>"

 "<Maybe when you're actually married,>" advised Nabiki.
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 Akane settled back into a ready stance. "Don't hold
back anything, Ranma. Come at me with everything you've got!"

 "Uhm, Akane..." Nabiki began, "that isn't a good idea."

 Ranma stood at the other end of the dojo. "Are you
sure, Akane?"

 "You know how much I hate it when you hold back. Or
are you a coward?" Akane was looking forward to this. She could
show off in front of her sisters, plus she could finally beat Ranma!
"I know that I won't hold back anything!"

 "All right," said Ranma with a shrug.

 "Oh dear." Kasumi felt the two ki levels rising and
wondered how much of the dojo would be left.

 Ukyou blinked. Shampoo began looking for a hole
she could dive into. Vanilla looked on without expression.

 "HADOKEN!" Akane threw a fireball towards Ranma.

 Ranma blocked it.

 "DRAGON, SHOW ZEN HOW!" Ranma threw a massive
blast towards Akane, who crossed her arms in front of her to
block Ranma's attack.

 Shampoo blinked. "Shouldn't that be, Shozen hau?"

 "AAAAAaaaaaaaa," Akane managed as she was driven
out through the rear dojo wall.

 "AAAAaaaaaaaaaa," Akane continued as she went through
the compound wall behind the dojo.

 "AAAAaaaaaaaaaa," said Akane, with meaning, as she went
through the neighbor's walls.

 "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," said Akane, as she bounced down the
street like a skipped stone.

 "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," was Akane's comment as she went through
the chainlink fence surrounding the drainage canal.

 "aaaaaa..............." said Akane as she went through the side of
a livestock trailer on the freeway.

 Lying there, surrounded by simply HUGE pigs, not wanting to
think about what she was lying in, Akane realized a few things. Ranma
had not held back, he'd taken her seriously as an opponent. Second, she
hurt too much to move immediately. Third, the truck was moving at high
speed despite her having put an Akane-shaped hole in the side.

 "I've got to learn to watch my mouth," summed up Akane before
her eyes rolled up and she caught a quick nap. Katsunishiki nuzzled
the fainted girl a couple of times before lying protectively next to her.
Wouldn't do to have have her stepped on...