Life of Chaos
Part 1 - The Last Straw
Chapter 6 - Relative Learning
Most if the characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Communication,
and some other companies. Used without permission. I'll return them as
soon as I finish my other series, and... well... that might take a
while. I lent Ryoga's mom a copy of story plots and well... she's a
Hibiki... it'll take some time before I see her again and find out what
she did with them.
Street Fighter belongs to Capcom and the American names have been used.
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The bell rang announcing the end of lunch by the time Mikado was finally
able to move. He was livid with rage. "I'm going to kill them!"
"Oh? How are ya goin' to kill someone if ya sworn off martial arts?"
Mikado turned and saw that Ranma, Akane, and Kodachi were standing by
the windows and that Mariko and Ryoga were jumping through open windows.
Akane slapped Ranma's shoulder for picking her up and jumping, while
carrying her, into their classroom.
Kodachi couldn't figure out if she should glare at Akane or Mikado, so
she decided to snub both of them.
"This does not concern you," Mikado snarled, while glaring at Kodachi.
"Nice artwork there." Ranma took a long look at Mikado's face.
Kodachi smirked. "Yes, I must give appropriate praise to fine painters.
They improved your looks remarkably well."
"Why you...." Kodachi pissed off Mikado like no girl had ever done. Only
Ranma had gotten him that mad before. He tried to compose himself. "Why
should I care what a wanton slut has to say?"
Before Kodachi could react Mariko planted three batons into his skull.
"How dare you insult Kuno Kodachi?"
"I am Sanzenin Mikado of a noble family of Shogunate," he said proudly
while rubbing his bruised head. Using his ancestry had often helped him
get closer to women in the past or helped when he needed to soothe
things out with an irate girl, boyfriend, and/or officer. Money and
ancestry could mean a lot in Japan, and Mikado had both.
"Yes, and if you studied your clan history, your family answered to my
samurai family after your clan lost to the Shogun that my clan served,"
Kodachi said smugly. "You have insulted the wrong noblewoman, Hentai."
"I'll still see that you pay for this along with those two." Mikado
pointed at Hiroshi and Daisuke as they were about to sit down at their
desks.
"Hurt them, Hentai, and I break your legs," Ranma warned. "They're my
friends and while they may not be martial artists, they've had some
training. If you fight them, you'd have ta use martial arts which means
that oath of yours would be broken and I get ta pound ya all I want."
"What oath is this?" Akane asked.
"I'll explain it later," Ranma replied.
Mikado glared at Ranma in impotent fury. He would have to do something
soon.
Mousse had tried to figure out where Shampoo was, he still couldn't
think of where she had gone. Then a girl sat at his beloved's desk, and
he heard her mutter something. He realized that the girl was Shampoo and
that her hair was in a pony-tail. Surprised by the change in hairstyle,
he asked her, "Shampoo, what happened to your hair?"
"None of stupid duck's business!" Shampoo yelled.
Before either of them could say anything more, Ms. Hinako entered the
class and announced loudly, "When I said I would not tolerate
interference with class, I did not mean just the classes I teach. Many
of you were a disruptive influence, preventing my fellow teachers from
properly teaching you. It's time for you to be punished." She proceeded
to drain Mikado, Kodachi, Mousse and Shampoo. She hadn't meant to drain
Mousse, but he tried to defend Shampoo.
Ms. Hinako then went to Konatsu, glaring at him. "You're as bad a
delinquent as Ukyou. Happo Tsurisen Gaeshi!" The ninja was implanted
into part of the wall.
Konatsu blinked and moaned in pain. "Ite."
Ms. Hinako drained Kuno and then turned her gaze on the last two that
had done things deserving of her punishment. "Ranma and Akane, you two
will follow me."
"Is this the right room? Man, this always happens when I get nervous." A
man in a hot pink business-suit and lime green tie stood at the door of
the classroom.
Ryoga blinked. "Uncle Dan?"
Dan stared at Ryoga in shock. "Piglet?"
Akari and a few others giggled at the name. Ranma was trying not to bust
his gut.
"Hibiki-sensei, I ask you delay class for a few minutes. Some of your
students are... incapacitated at the moment and I need to talk to these
two."
"S-sure." He'd never say 'no' to a buxom woman like her. "I-I'll just
get reacquainted with piglet."
"Stop calling me that, Uncle!" Ryoga shouted.
"Why? It's so cute," Akari and Azusa said in stereo. They then glared at
each other.
"Akari, please don't start. Azusa, don't ever call me that."
"Why?" Akari asked.
"Okay, Charlotte," Azusa replied.
"Don't call me that either!" Ryoga yelled at her.
Azusa sniffed. "You don't like me?" Tears were brimming in her eyes.
"I-I-I...." Ryoga glanced at Akari, who gave him a look telling him he
better not say something stupid. "Sorry, it's just we met the wrong way
and I got another girl."
Tears arced from Azusa's eyes.
"Aw, Ryo-chan, how could you hurt the feelings of that cute girl?" Dan
asked.
"I've got this cuter girl already." Ryoga pointed at Akari.
Azusa hit Ryoga repeatedly with her math textbook, while she wailed,
"Don't leave me, Charlotte!"
"And she's insane."
Dan blinked and nodded. He didn't know about the cuter part, but Azusa
was certainly missing a few Go pieces.
Akari zapped the bawling girl with an electric cattle prod. "Much
better."
Azusa slumped in her seat, smoking.
Dan looked at his nephew's girlfriend; she seemed a few short as well.
Who carried a cattle prod around in Tokyo in this day and age?
"So, Uncle, what've you been up to?" Ryoga asked.
"Well, I was finally able to get revenge for your grandfather's
death...."
"Grandpa is dead?!" Ryoga questioned in shock.
"Yes, the vile Sagat killed him. A year ago I finally defeated him and
then I finished my education degree. Then Furinkan took one look at my
credentials and hired me to be your math teacher," Dan said proudly.
Ryoga scratched his head. "Um, I saw him a few months ago."
"You couldn't have, he's dead."
"No, I'm positive I saw him. He had gotten lost years ago and met this
cute girl and stayed with her."
"He-he's been lost?! He met a girl?!"
"Um, yeah. You've got a half-sister now."
"I've got a sister?"
Ryoga nodded.
"And I thought for sure Sagat killed Dad." Dan's mind whirled at the
implications. He had beaten up an innocent man. Well, Sagat wasn't
innocent by any stretch of the imagination; after all, he worked for
Shadowloo. "Sagat deserved to be trashed anyway. He is a part of
organized crime. You sure you're not thinking of your mother's parents?"
"No, they died of a freak accident six years ago," Ryoga answered.
"What happened?" Dan asked.
"Part of a library wall collapsed and they were buried by books. Most
were from the reference section; you know, atlases, maps, and
geographical studies."
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Ms. Hinako guided Ranma and Akane out of the room when Dan had started
to talk with his nephew, and brought them to a conference room.
Ranma really wished he could have stayed and found out more about
'piglet.'
"There are two reasons why I brought you here. First, I'd like to know
what your plans are," Ms. Hinako said.
"Plans?" Ranma and Akane questioned.
Ms. Hinako nodded. "Yes. You two were almost married a few days ago, and
I'd like to know what your plans are. I can already tell that any
attempts to get married any time soon would be futile. There are simply
too many delinquents running around."
"I... um, well, we haven't," Akane stammered.
"Her, me... m-m-mar... ah." Ranma wasn't any better in his reply.
Ms. Hinako sighed. "Do try to come up with some type of plan. Otherwise
you'll have to deal with them for the next two years at least before
things will be calm enough for you two get married."
Ranma blinked while trying to understand what was going on.
"Why are you telling us this?" Akane asked.
"I understand what's truly going on, and if I can help Soun-chan in any
way, I will," Ms. Hinako answered.
Akane frown at the mention of her father. "You're not going to start
chasing after my father again?"
"Not in the way Ranma's suitors have attempted to pursue a relationship
with him. I know your father still mourns over your mother and it'll
take time for him to heal. All I plan to do is help him recover and be
willing to accept my love. I'm patient enough to wait a few years or
more for him."
Akane blinked. "Well, um, ah, okay... I guess." She didn't know how to
deal with someone actually planning to take the longer path towards
love. Ranma's suitors wanted him NOW and wouldn't wait five minutes if
given the choice. If Ms. Hinako was willing to take the time to heal her
father first, Akane couldn't see a problem of her teacher being with her
father, except for the age problem, of course. But she might be able to
live with that.
Ms. Hinako straightened herself. "As for the other reason, you have both
been disruptive influences to class. Ranma, falling asleep in class is
not acceptable. Akane, I expected better from you than hitting other
students and nearly starting a fight. You both need to be punished.
Happo go en shatsu."
Ranma leapt in front of Akane to protect her. He crumpled to the floor
as the teacher drained his strength.
"Sorry, Akane, but you need to be punished too, otherwise the principal
will. Happo go en shatsu."
Akane placed her foot on Ranma's back to prevent him from trying to
block. She knew this was coming and was surprised she had never been
drained before, especially considering the number of times she skipped
class- some for absolutely no reason. She guessed now that Ms. Hinako
hadn't drained her before in fear of angering her father. Akane
collapsed next to Ranma, feeling very weak.
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"Hibiki-sensei? Do you get lost like Ryoga does?" Yuka asked.
"Nope," Dan said proudly. "Got the best direction sense of my entire
clan."
"Well, those that are afflicted with the curse," Ryoga corrected.
"Besides, the severity of the curse changes. He may be fine now, but
there's been times he couldn't find his way out of a room with one
door."
"That only happens when I'm really nervous. I had every right to be
nervous that time. One of the greatest martial arts masters that ever
lived was choosing students and I was a candidate. I would've been
selected over that yuppie, Ken Masters, if I hadn't gotten lost," Dan
said defensively.
"Right, anyway he has a different curse in spades instead," Ryoga said.
"What curse is that?" Dan asked confused.
"Fashion sense."
"What? I have perfect fashion sense. Girls throw themselves at my feet
over my stylish looks." Dan groomed his hair, trying to look suave.
The class face-faulted and then started to laugh uncontrollably.
"What's so funny?" Dan asked.
"Seems we missed a joke," Ranma said.
"Good. I'm still too weak to laugh like that," Akane replied.
They helped each other to their seats. The class was too busy laughing
to notice them.
"I have never heard a more deluded statement than that," Kumon said.
"You haven't been here very long then," Hiroshi replied, causing more
laughter.
"And tell me, what is so 'deluded' about what I said?" Dan asked.
"Those Elvis impersonators dress better than you do," Kumon chuckled.
"And, if a girl falls down at your feet, it's to vomit."
Dan's eyes narrowed. "You, me, hall, now."
"You want to fight?" Kumon asked while trying not to hurt himself
laughing.
"Yes."
"Try the soccer field. I'd destroy the hall."
"Fine, the soccer field."
"Yo, Kumon," Ranma called out. "Remember, ya can't use the Yamasenken."
"I know. I do not go against my honor." Kumon leapt out the window.
Dan blinked. Well, if his student could do it, so could he. The teacher
followed out the window, belly flopping on to the ground. "The mighty
Dan needs work on the landings. Ite."
The students rushed to the windows. The martial artists that could leap
out the windows did so. The remainder of the students watched from the
classroom.
"I promise that you won't get into trouble for fighting me." Dan had
been told by Principal Kuno that he could knock some sense into some of
the students from rooms 2-D and 3-D. The list was fairly long, and Dan
recognized this guy as one of the problem students he was allowed to
fight.
"You're the one that made the challenge."
"Any time you're ready, mop-head," Dan said confidently.
"Right now." Kumon stood in stance similar to one Akane often uses that
allowed for powerful strikes.
Dan stood in a more relaxed stance. It also had indications of allowing
strong attacks, but left more ability to evade an attack.
Both watched each other closely waiting for the other to make the first
move. Twenty seconds later Dan couldn't wait anymore.
Hibiki rushed his opponent and then ducked into a roll.
Kumon stepped back and prepared to dodge or block the attack.
A meter shy of his opponent, Dan sprung into the air. "Come on, loser.
Are you going to fight or just stand there?"
If his teacher wanted to be hit, Kumon didn't have any problems
complying. He lashed out at Dan's face.
The teacher smirked. He blocked the attacked with his left arm and
countered with a punch of his own.
Kumon shook his head. Who would expect a guy with an oversized ego and
bad fashion sense could hit like a truck. Dan had to be stronger than
Ranma, but at least he didn't have Saotome's speed.
The two exchanged a series of kicks and punches. Dan, concentrating on
defense, avoided many of Kumon's stronger attacks, while Kumon ignored
most of his math teacher's blows.
"Had enough?" Dan asked after knocking his student to the ground with a
sweep kick.
"Eh. Why should I give up? You haven't even hurt me, clown-sensei,"
Kumon replied.
Dan narrowed his eyes. "I was going easy on you, pansy. Now it's time
you face the fierce and mighty Hibiki Dan!"
Kumon rolled his eyes. How corny could someone get?
Dan shifted position. "Dan Ku Kyaku!" He launched himself into the air,
kicking his student three times in a flying jump kick that defied
gravity. "Did you feel that one?" Dan asked mockingly.
Kumon had most definitely felt those kicks, but he wasn't about to let
the joke of a teacher know that. "It tickled."
"Let's see if you find this ticklish. Gadoken!" A small chi blast
launched from Dan's extended hand.
Kumon blocked the attack, but wished he never came in contact with it.
The part of his arm that blocked it was tingling and would probably hurt
like a bitch after that sensation stopped. He had to do something to put
his teacher down or he was going to lose. He knew of a few means that
could do that, some permanently, but those attacks had been sealed
because they were too deadly.
Dan lashed out into a series of strikes and taunts while Kumon blocked,
dodged, and retorted. His teacher was asking to be maimed. Kumon had
never wanted to use some of the more lethal aspects of the Yamasenken.
Even Ranma hadn't pissed him off this much. If he was out in the middle
of nowhere fighting this idiot, he might have given in and used a
technique or two. The problem was they were fighting at Furinkan and
several of the spectators knew the moves were sealed. He had to come up
with something else.
"You've got great staying power, but you don't have any skill," Dan
said.
Kumon glared at his teacher and launched a kick.
Dan had already start his move. He crouched down, dodging the kick in
the process. He then jumped straight up. "Ko Ryu Ken!"
Kumon went flying from the upper cut. His head momentarily filled with
stars. Oh, he really wanted to rip clown-sensei's heart out, literally.
But seeing as that was a move of the Yamasenken, he couldn't. He
smirked, thinking of a move that he could use.
Dan advanced on his student, surprised he was still moving. "Admit
defeat?"
"Nope. Makaze!" Kumon spun around lashing out in numerous punches and
kicks. Originally it had been used to fire off several vacuum blades
instead of just one. The move was Kumon's invention and was modified so
that it didn't use the Yamasenken.
Dan fell backwards. The kid was a walking tank and if Kumon pulled that
move again, the fight would be over. Well, if his student wanted to play
rough, he'd play rougher. "Shinku Gadoken!"
Kumon smirked at his sensei. Dan had been kneeling on the ground
recouping from the last attack, but then lashed out with his fist. A chi
attack far stronger than the previous one blasted into Kumon's chest. He
fell to the ground unconscious.
"The mighty Dan wins again!" The teacher shook his fist triumphantly.
However, the movement aggravated several of his new bruises. "Ite."
Dan picked up his student and went to the nurses' station.
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Mikado stared in disbelief. "He used my move! He used my move and he
isn't even on ice!"
"Actually, Hentai, that is one of his attacks. It's a modified version
of a sealed technique," Ranma said with a frown.
"That part of the move isn't sealed. Your father didn't invent it, Kumon
did," Akane added.
The school bell rung signaling the end of that period. The students
quickly got their stuff together since their next class was gym.
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Author's Notes:
So much for math class. Dan might be able to begin his class tomorrow.
Thanks to my pre-readers: Freemage, Kim Trieu, Michael Chase, and to the
rest of them. And thanks to you, the reader.
Coming next Friday (I hope): Chapter 7 - Gym Is Hell On Earth
C&C welcomed at archive@mich.com
School nicknames are common in Japanese schools. The classmates usually
choose the name given. Kuno tried to choose his own with Blue Thunder
and Shooting Star. So far only Mikado, Hentai, and the as yet unnamed
freshman, Tomboy, have a nickname that's starting to catch on.
Shouldn't it be nurse's station? Usually yes, but this is Furinkan and
the potential for violence has need for more than one nurse.
Ms. Hinako chased after Soun in the manga like Ranma's suitors, why has
she changed tactics? Well, seeing that Ms. Hinako backed off her pursuit
and never actively chased after Soun again, I'm guessing she figured out
he was still mourning over his dead wife. Especially given the fact that
Akane has avoided punishment while clearly being a delinquent (skipping
classes, fighting)- shows Ms. Hinako may not have given up on being with
Mr. Tendo.
Dan defeated Sagat? Well in the timeline for this fanfict, a year ago
(during Street Fighter Alpha 2) Dan came across Sagat and beat him up.
What Dan doesn't know was that Sagat had already fought and lost against
Ryu, not to mention that Sagat was also drunk.
How can Dan beat Kumon? First off, Kumon is restricted from using a lot
of his skills. If he uses any move from Yamasenken, it would cause
dishonor, which he will avoid at all cost. Second, judging what level
someone would fight from Street Fighter at in comparison to Ranma 1/2 is
a bit tricky since they are from two different sets of canon. Seeing as
the Street Fighter crew is older than the Ranma crew, I'm giving them
the nod as being stronger and more experienced individually. Even though
Dan is the weakest of the Street Fighters, he still has a large amount
of skill and shouldn't be discounted.
What is the Yamasenken? The Yamasenken techniques, or 1000 mountain
fists, is a school of martial arts invented by Genma based on being a
noisy thief. The school has attacks that are very powerful, including
vacuum blades and an attack that literally can steal the opponent's
heart.
The sister school to Yamasenken is known as Umisenken, or 1000 ocean
fist, and is based off being a silent thief. Only the counters to the
Yamasenken, some highly defensive moves and an ultra-powerful attack
have been seen.
Makaze: storm caused by the devil; evil wind