"Ya want me ta beat your great granddaughter?" Ranma asked.
"No, I want you to try. If I thought that you could do it without question, then there would be little point in having this as a challenge. And don't bother thinking that I would need other excuses, as I wouldn't have to resort to having you challenge her."
"Oh."
"Of course, you should know that there are... consequences for winning against her," the Amazon Elder told him.
"There are?"
"I just said that, didn't I? But don't worry about them. The ones that would concern you wouldn't come up unless you happen to defeat her."
"Happen ta?! Are ya so sure that I'll lose."
"Ah, but then I wouldn't bother offering you the challenge. Let's just say that I hope that you're as good as I think that you might be."
"I'm the best 'round, and I'll show ya how I can defeat her."
"That's what I thought you'd say," Cologne murmured, trying not to chuckle at the sight of clear male ego. The boy might have plenty of talent in the Art, and was kind to the females that he owned to the point of being friends with them, but he was going to have some flaws. And his was pride and a dose of cluelessness. He could learn over time to grow up some, but right now, she knew that she could maneuver him to a point.
Besides, this would hurt neither of them. Should the boy lose, then both Shampoo and he would gain in experience, and he might get a shot to his pride. But if he were to win, he would prove to be able to become her student, and would give her a chance to use those 'consequences' on her great granddaughter. The girl really needed a change of pace, or she'd be getting stuck in a rut, and that was not a good thing.
"So, which one's your great granddaughter?" he asked.
"Her name is Shampoo, and she's the one who took the arm of your tall slave when she beat that chain wielding fool."
The image of a cute and busty girl with purple hair came after a bit of thinking, and the pigtailed boy nodded. "I'm pretty sure that I know who ya are talkin' 'bout."
"Good. Now, I hope that you'll be ready for your challenge fight."
"I'm always ready."
"I hoped that you'd say that," the Matriarch replied, while:
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