[Episode 10994] [Episode 10994]Everyone that knew Ranma Saotome could tell you that once he decided to learn something, he would concentrate on that goal at the expense of everything else. The examples were numerous: The Katchuu Tenshin Amaguriken, the Hiryu Shoten Ha, the Shi Chi Hokodan/Mouko Takabisha, the Umi Sen Ken...
But he couldn't afford it this time around or the Nerima crazies would know he was preparing something. Besides, his past experiences with magic taught him to treat the stuff with great care. He would consult the book and practice in secret each time his absences were above suspicion.
He quickly mastered the spells of the first chapter of the book. Minor Magic, it was called. Nothing impressive but useful nonetheless : Light, Sense Magic (a must for detecting exotic ingredients in chinese amazon food), Minor Telekinesis (good for pranks), a few Cantrips, that sort of things...
When he started the second chapter, he stopped to consider his options. The minor enchantments he had mastered were more along a way of testing if you had the potential for what followed than basic magic for everyone. And, apparently, he had the potential. But to access the Real Thing described in the next parts of the book, he had to...
... (Sweatdrops keep falling from my head! They keep falling ...)
In stark disbeleif, Ranma paused, rewound and replayed. He couldn't have read what he just thought he had read, could he?
Yes; oh yes he had! Ranma closed the book and thought about that long and hard. On one hand the book offered a cure for his curse, eventually, and he'd swore to do anything for that. lmost anything. The books magic involved martial arts: Ki, chi, meditation, chakra, shiatsu, and familiar concepts all fitted together with spells. Only it seemed that using them to power advanced spells drained the user's life force and there were only two ways to replace that energy - steal the lifeforce of another or generate sexual energy.
Ranma was not about to engage in necromancy, but the other option ... well, it was not a good idea. There were ...techniques... that you could ...practice... on your own to generate the required ki, but if anyone discovered him doing them then he'd be accused of perversion for sure. Besides, the really advanced spells required both Yin and Yang energies from two ...or more... partners. If his parents ever found out about that, or his fiancees, they'd encouraged him.
He shuddered. It was a good way to get married, maligned or mangled, or all three.
But maybe, he reasoned, he could do it without going that far. After all, he had ki to spare and just maybe the writers hadn't had a martial artist of his calibre in mind. Maybe... Besides, if he really needed to, he could generate both Yin and Yang energies on his own, thanks to his curse. (Though he tried not to think about what was needed for that.)
Everyone that knew Ranma Saotome could tell you that once he decided to learn something, he never gave up - no matter how stupid it was. Taking a deep breath and trying to quell his rising embarassment, Ranma opened the book and studied the first ... technique. Now, where was he going to find incense candles and where could he hide the ... other things?
Time passed and Ranma began to master higher level spells and paid the price. His martial arts began to suffer as more and more of his ki was diverted into his secret training. He could replace it with rest but, between one thing and the other, he didn't have time. Still, he stubbornly stuck to it until ...
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