Here's the next part  Once I get past part 5, I'll move it to my website.
(and suprise a bunch of people.)

Part 3: Gymnastics. 

What has gone before:
	Part 1: Akane meets Ranma at age 12.  They spar.  Akane walks in on Ranma
	Part 2: Ryoga first appears.  Ranma shows off in Gym class.  Ranma is
challenged to teach the class gymnastics.  Ranma walks in on Akane.


	Akane stood bellow the uneven bars, spotting for her friend Yuki.  Today's
task on the uneven bar, was to switch between the bars.  Nothing fancy,
just switch back in forth between the bars.  Well, Akane had thought it was
simple.  Yuki missed again, and Akane caught her, breaking her fall.
	"You can do better, Yuki," Akane said, as Yuki climbed out of her arms.
	"Sorry, Akane," Yuki replied, returning to the side, so the next girl
could try.
	"Problem, Akane?" Ranma said, coming over from his station by the rings.
	"No, Ranma, she just needs to grab when she reaches the bar," Akane said.
	"It might work better if you let her know that," Ranma said.  "A student
can't improve until they know what they did wrong."
	"Sorry," Akane replied.  "Since when did you become the expert teacher?"
	"Dad has taken me to study under the best," Ranma said.  "After a while
you learn what works."  Ranma shrugged.  Then spotting another problem, he
moved off.  "Ryoga, the vault is the other way!"
	Akane turned back to Yuki.  "Let's try this again," Akane said.  "This
time, I want you to grab the bar when I say so."

	Sensei Ogawa relaxed in her office.  Every once in a while she'd look out
at her forth period class.  In the past week Ogawa had gradually retreated
as Ranma showed his talent at teaching.  She had expected the young boy to
quit and declare that he couldn't do anything with the class.  After all,
this class had some of the worse students she'd ever seen.  But when Ranma
had taken over, he had quicky learned what each student needed to do well.
	Ranma said that he wanted to become the best martial artist of his
generation.  Ogawa was fine with that, but she had other objectives for the
young boy.  After all, what good is being the best martial artist if you
can't pass it along?  She knew Ranma's father from back when he was still
dating Nokoda.  How Gemna Saotome had managed to teach Ranma up to this
point was a mystery to Ogawa.  Gemna Saotome had to be the craziest teacher
she knew.  Well, aside from Mr. Kuno.

	Ranma was sparring with Akane in the Tendo Dojo.  Akane had lots of power,
but very little finesse behind it.  She tended to follow the forms a little
too closely.  Ranma was trying teach her a little more variety. 
	"Akane, if you try that combination one more time, I'm going to put you on
the floor," Ranma said.
	"Oh? Let's see you try," Akane replied, launching the combination.
	Ranma slid down, launching a kick at her feet.  Akane fell.  She rolled
out of it, knocking the hand that Ranma had used to balance himself for the
kick lose.  As a result, Ranma fell on her.  It was at this point that
Nabiki made her presence know, with a flash of her camera.  The picture she
took would later make it appear that Ranma was just about to kiss Akane.
Akane's gi had opened up as a result of her roll, and Ranma had chosen to
practice in just shorts.  They separated quickly.
	"I see martial arts isn't the only thing you two are practicing," Nabiki
said, as she leaned against the Dojo entrance.
	"We fell, Nabiki," Akane said.  "I hope you get a boyfriend soon.  You
need something to take up more of your time."
	"A boyfriend is a waste of money," Nabiki said, turning to leave.  "I'll
have your picture by Friday if you want it."
	"Great," Akane said in a dull tone.
	"What was that about?" Ranma asked as they resumed their sparring.
	"Nabiki likes to embarrass me," Akane said, beginning a new attack  "She
takes pictures of me then says she'll spread them around school."
	"You shouldn't let her do that," Ranma said, dodging, and returning the
attack, before Akane got a hit in.  "That was good.  You can get her to stop."
	"Not really," Akane said, building on her success with a flurry of
attacks.  "She's really sneaky.  I liked it better when she practiced the
art a couple years ago.  Then a sparring session could settle it."
	"Was she any good?" Ranma asked, turning the battle back in his favor.
	"We were about equal," Akane said.  "It wasn't Nabiki's favorite thing to
do, but she wanted to impress Dad."
	"Why doesn't she do it anymore?" Ranma said, suddenly on the defensive again.
	"Dad lost interest in teaching when Mom got sick," Akane said,
concentrating more on pressing her attack than what she was saying.  "I
don't think Dad noticed when she stopped practicing.  Nabiki took over the
money matters, so she still gets some attention from Dad, not that he does
much more than cry now."
	"Well, if she publishes the picture, let's invite her for a little
sparring session," Ranma said.  "Time to stop."
	"Agreed," Akane said.  "Who gets the bath first?"
	"Your turn," Ranma said.  "You're getting better."
	"Thanks, but I don't think I'm pushing you yet," Akane said, as they
walked to the bath.
	"Akane, I spent the last three years in intensive training," Ranma said.
"You shouldn't be doing as well as you are against me."
	"I have a good teacher," Akane said, entering the changing room.

	Ranma went in the main room to discover Nabiki relaxing.  "So what are you
planning to do with that picture?" he asked, sitting down beside her.
	"I was thinking of cropping it a little then putting it in the Gym,"
Nabiki said.
	"I wouldn't," Ranma said.
	"Why not?" Nabiki said.  Ranma remained silent. "You stink . . . you are
taking a bath, now."  
	She pulled Ranma to the bath.  Ranma sputtering protests.  Somehow she
managed to push him all the way into the bath, slamming the door behind him.  
	Akane was just sliding into the furo.  "I'm going to kill her," Akane
said.  "This is what, the tenth time she's done something like this."
	"Sorry," Ranma said, embarrassed.
	"Go ahead and shower, Ranma," Akane said.  "It's not like we haven't seen
everything thanks to Nabiki."
	"We really should do something about her," Ranma said.
	"What can we do?" Akane said, relaxing in the furo.
	"Well, we can make impossible for her to pull this trick on us again,"
Ranma said.

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