He had trained long and hard with the Master. He had developed the three ways of the thief, two of which he'd sealed after that problem with Kumon - resulting in the third path. He had turned his path away from that of Happosai, vowing not to follow the path of his Master. In this last he was somewhat successful.
Professor Tomoe turned away from his wife to see the portly martial artist staring at Hotaru. "Is something wrong?"
"Dear kami, what a chi to find in a child..." mumbled Genma.
"She's just hungry," said Mrs Tomoe, getting a bottle and heading over to feed the newborn.
"Saotome-san?" Professor Tomoe said, a little concerned now.
Genma blinked as the monstrous eruption of chi vanished. Or had it been something similar to chi, now back to slumbering? One thing was certain though. The arrangement he'd made with Tomoe-sensei was definitely a good one. "Pardon me. I was merely admiring the child's healthy set of lungs."
Mrs Tomoe seemed to accept that while the Professor seemed skeptical.
"Pardon," said Genma. "The boy is only two years old now and I'd best get back. No telling what mischief he's into at this point."
Genma smiled as he went home. He was working out details yet of the third school, the Way Of The Silent Thief and the Way Of The Noisy Thief had proven to have their problems, while the Way Of The Observant Thief seemed to have less day-to-day application but more potential.
Genma began considering the new wrinkle. Ranma would be trained to be the best martial artist possible, yet for a baby less than a month old to produce such a chi...
It was like finding a newborn lion cub that produced a roar like an earthquake. Firefly? More like a sleeping dragon!
Ranma would have to meet the girl. Be allowed to play with her. Get acquainted while still young. Perhaps some lessons to the child as well. It was doubtful, being a girl, that she'd ever reach the heights of mastery. With that kind of chi, some lessons in control might keep her from accidently burning herself out.
Genma was guessing, and he hadn't quite put behind his upbringing and experiences with Happosai, but he was trying.
Genma hurried home, making plans for:
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