"Well, that was easy," Gosunkugi said dismmissively as he dropped
Kuno's bokken. The feeling of triumph was almost overwhelming, even greater
than when he had taken out that loutish trio, which had more or less
remained well-behaved since then. They weren't martial artists, and Kuno
was. He had beaten one of the big boys in Nerima with absolutely no effort.
        Then, the feeling soured as a sense of anxiety stole over him. He
had just shown off his powers to the whole school! Gosunkugi had never even
balled a fist before them, and now he goes and knocks out one of the
school's leading martial artists? How was he going to explain that?
        Scanning the faces of the whispering crowd, his eyes fell on Ranma
Saotome. If he could beat Kuno, then why not Ranma? The image of Ranma lying
broken at his feet was a seductive one, Gosunkugi could practically feel
that arrogant bastard's bones crunch under his fists.
        //What am I thinking?\\ Gosunkugi thought as he forced the image out
of his mind. Something was happening, something frightening. When he tried
to dwell on it, though, his mind would wander onto other topics. He had to
get out, to get some thinking done. Fording his way through the crowd,
Gosunkugi headed for the gate. To hell with the rest of the day.

        Ranma watched Gosunkugi leave, wondering if he should follow.
Gosunkugi as a martial artist was something so odd he couldn't wrap his mind
around it.
        The little weenie never showed even a hint of martial arts ability
before, and such training was impossible to hide from the experienced eye.
Therefore, he had to have stumbled on some trick that gave him some sort of
actual ability. Ranma fully intended to find out what it was. Maybe it was
something he could use.

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        Well, that's Issue Five. I'm a bit worried about my character
representations, especially since issue four was completely ignored by the
FFML at large.

        How'd I do?

Jed