From the desk of Historian General Lucius McCree:
Although the actual Journal entries did not start until after Hanza had been turned into a woman, Hanza had the tendency of going back over historic events in her life to detail her thoughts at the time. The chronicling of all the events leading up to the Fall would normally have to be done in chronological order, but there is something to have it detailed in a truly humanizing fashion. (my apologizes to my non-human colleges)
In the interest of expediency, however, certain excerpts from the diary will be presented in the order in which they occurred. The following is Hanza's reaction to her then-comrade G'nolga's words.
I should have known right then there was going to be trouble. G'nolga doesn't get that kind of look on her face unless she's got you right where se wants you. Of course, back then I was still more worried about her. G'nolga wasn't my problem. That friggin' boy... Ranma. That was my problem.
As soon as I saw him; heard his aura was like mine, I should have left. His aura wasn't exactly like mine, of course. I was the light summer breeze to his typhoon. Kid had power to spare, that was for sure. The problem came in because of exactly HOW you come up with an aura like that.
My old man was... well IS, a good fighter. One of the best. A retired Weaponsmaster. Everyone knows of him - the great Jiro. For some reason, he never went for the big prize, Armsmaster. Everyone knew he had a good chance of taking it from Viper, but for some reason, he never really tried. I tried talking to him about it, but he just spouted some garbage about emotions being his enemy, and a fight against Viper would be nothing but emotion.
Stupid old man.
Anyway, he tried teaching me how he used his techniques. Focusing his emotions to exert control over his ki. The stuff that made him stronger and faster than everyone else. Tried... and failed. I never had the patience to learn control, so all I got was angry.
In retrospect, stupid me.
I went the way of the ninja. Did pretty well, too. I could never put down that big ass sword the old man made for me, though. The prime reason I went into the "bad guy" biz was because of him. He was always so good, so willing to help out others. Gods, I hated him. I wanted to be everything he wasn't. Evil, self-serving, a general prick. You know the type.
And that is why I hate Ranma so much. Everything about him screams "good guy". If he and my old man met, they'd probably hit it off real well. Similar fighting styles, similar outlooks...
Except Ranma's a bit different. He doesn't have the control he thinks he does. If somebody pushed him far enough, I bet he'd fold. Bet he'd become... evil.
Now that would be a sight to see.
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(Posted Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:18)
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