He wasn't a 'strength' fighter though, and she'd already recognized it. Powerful blows and hard defense weren't his style, and didn't blame him. She'd grown long past the times when she was willing to take a hit as a sacrifice for getting in close with an opponent. Instead, she liked to duck and weave herself, letting her enemy grown tired and annoyed, which wore them out, and kept her intact.
Tapping the ashes out from her pipe, she considered teaching him the 'Chestnuts Roasting on a Fire' technique, since it'd increase his speed and hand eye coordination. The feeling that he would do well with it was firm in her mind, and thought that he might like the results. But as she thought about it she realized that it wasn't exactly the sort of 'combat' technique that a boy like him would be looking for.
And then it hit her. If he was going to maximize his speed, then he really should do it as best he could. Training in shundo wouldn't be the simplest thing around, but then, if was easy, it wouldn't be worth it. However, once the boy mastered it, he would be able to move faster than most enemies could ever see him, allowing him to strike at will. It just seemed to fit his style, given how fast he already moved, and that wasn't talking about his achievements in the bedroom.
Ranma never seemed to take note of her thoughts, as she kept them carefully off of her face, when he called out to her. "Hey, granny."
"About time that you got here," Cologne told him, filling her pipe, lighting it, and taking a long drag. "I was beginning to wonder when you'd show up."
"Ya ain't surprised that we showed up?"
"Why would I be? If there was anything that I knew, it was that you were going to have to see me about that technique before you left the village," the Elder informed him and his group.
"Ah, yeah, well...."
"Buck up, boy. We have a lot of work to get to."
"'A lot of work'?"
"Absolutely. You have things to learn, and this isn't going to be some simple game that you learn in a couple of turns of playing. When this is done, you'll really have something to show off."
"Really?" he asked, his eyes widening.
"There's no reason for me to lie. Besides, this will help my great-granddaughter."
"Oh."
A smile curved her aged lips. "I just hope that you haven't packed already. This may take some time."
After wincing, Ranma stared dully at the Matriarch, and wondered if this might be the sort of trouble that he should have expected, while:
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