Hotaru was blushing profusely and muttering. Michiru, blushing in a sweet and demure manner, conjured water from thin air and shaped it to form a mirror in front of her master. Ranma watched his reflection and could only ask himself *Is it really me I'm seeing there ?*
He looked a little older now (13-14 years old instead of his real age of 10). He was also taller and more muscular. His eyes had changed : emerald green and slitted pupils when they had been blue and round before. His ears were now slightly pointed. Nails had hardened into claws. His ponytail had come undone as his black hair flowed, longer and free. His childish cuteness had been replaced by bishonen beauty, explaining the mad blushing from Saturn and Neptune (That and his torn gi revealing his body changes).
But the most important change was internal. Ranma could litterally feel his ki running in his veins as well as the chi of the dragon lines awaiting his commands. Knowledge of the four elemental dragon schools was his. Training and practice would be needed to fully master them. Ranma smiled (incidentally turning two little genie girls' brains into mush) : Now he could fight the bad guys !
Ranma turned to thank his father for the nice power-up he'd gotten for him. While he was inspecting himself, Haruka had decided to punish Genma for endangering her master's life. Just as she was ready to put her scimitar where the sun doesn't shine, she got a good look at her 'new and improved' master and boggled. Maybe it hadn't been that bad after all and gee, is it hot in here or what ?
Ranma dragged the battered and twitching Genma by the scruff of his gi out of the cave "C'mon, Oyaji ! We need to train seriously ! I have plenty of techniques to try !"
A few seconds later, Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru came back to their senses and ran after them "Ranma ! We want to train with you too !"
And the spirits of the cave were satisfied. The boy had the potential to become one of the greatest heroes of all time. The four schools would be reborn to allow Man to face the returning age of wonders. But the world is made of different balances and what they did provoked a reaction. One of the spirits was freed from the cave and started its search for a proper heir to the fifth style.
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(Posted Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:32)
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