Ranma, safely wrapped in the umisenken, winced in sympathy at seeing the White Queen sink her teeth into a rather tender section of Sabertooth’s anatomy. ‘I don’t even want to know.’
Watching Sabertooth try and hit himself in the rear, with the door to Wanda’s room, sparked memories of his own training as a child.
*****
“As soon as you can take this pebble from my hand you will have learned all I can teach you.” The Shaolin priest held out at a hand with a small pebble sitting in it, expecting the small boy to attempt to grab it.
The kick to the groin however was a complete surprise.
The fact that the little boy was now wrapped around his arm, and seemed bound and determined to gnaw his hand off at the wrist, was likewise something he never expected to deal with.
Hiting the boy over the head with his staff, while trying to pry him loose with his feet, seemed to be ineffective. So he had to rely on an ancient secret that all teachers learn at some point in their careers.
Lie and pretend you meant for everything to occur the way it did to teach the pupil a valuable lesson. Even if the pain in your groin was crippling and you were sure he had opened an artery with that last bite.
The purpose of the pebble exercise was to awe the boy with your speed so he would strive to learn. Well if you can’t awe with speed go for trickery and make it look like wisdom.
“You lose boy.”
Ranma paused moving his mouth just enough for his words to be heard without giving the priest a clear shot at removing him.
“What?”
“I said, you lose boy.”
“How did I lose? I got your arm, so I got the pebble.”
“You lose, because you not wait long enough to find out the rules to this test, and the rules say you have to get pebble without violence.”
“So I should listen to the whole rules thingie before I make a move?”
“Exactly. Knowing the rules will allow you to see a better way to break them!” ‘I didn’t mean to say that. Although it’s probably how he’ll see it. Little boys are always that way.’
“Wow.” Ranma seemed genuinely impressed with his new sensei as he unwound himself from his arm. “You’re even sneakier then Pops!”
Not sure if this was a good thing, and feeling that he had been insulted in some way he decided just to continue with the lesson.
*****
Ranma smiled at the memories of one of his favorite teachers before deciding to find another place to sleep for the night.
‘Preferably one not already occupied by a beautiful naked female.’ *blink*
‘I mean by a girl. An ordinary girl.’ A small portion of his mind piped up ‘Who even tho’ I was in a really embarrassing position with her didn’t hit me or blame me.’
Deciding not to open up that can of worms, he snuck off as Wanda came out of her bathroom glowing with power and ready to solve her own sleeping problems in a way Ranma would have readily agreed with, having used a similar method on Genma too many times to count.
‘Now where can I find an open bed?’
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