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[Day 5]

Ranma picked himself up and headed to the Dojo, which lacked any
signs of the bizarre events that had occurred not several hours ago.
He performed a Jedi Mediation technique that allowed him to receive
the equivalent of two restful nights of sleep in the space of a half
an hour. After which, he spent the rest of the night pondering what
had occurred.

He was reasonably sure that his mother did not have any sex-kami
blood of any kind within her. What scans he had performed on her since
his returned showed her to be perfectly normal human martial artists
of the higher Art. Heck, No-chan could pass for Ranko's older sister,
or even twin, if Ranma allowed his true age to show through.

This, of course, scared Ranma the most. He had seen hungry succubae
with more restrain then his mother. He knew that she knew, who he was,
and that it was him, as her victim, had excited her even more.

No matter, such an occurrence will never, never happen again, he
vowed. He would not be caught off-guard again. A little voice had to
comment that such an occurrence should never have happened in the
first place.

He could only conclude that his mother suffered from some hormonal
imbalance, curse, or mental disorder. If it was the first two, Nabiki
and her Sith-alchemy or magic could cure her. It was the last one...

He had studied psychology and medicine, both out of curiosity and
to assist in his study of bionics and cybernetics. He could think of
several mental disorders that would explain his mother's "odd"
behaviors and "questionable" actions.

Everything else aside, No-chan did possess a strong Force-presence,
one that would require him by the Jedi Code to train her. Genma's
Force-presence was negligible, yet was the source of most of his
martial arts talents. Genma, through the Force, could instinctively
feel the Flow of the Art. If Martial Artists were birds, they would
have to always flap their wings to maintain their altitude, while
Genma could use the air currents to keep himself aloft with less
energy. Himself, and No-chan as well, could actual see the Flow.
Thus, for them, there was no //secret// technique, for
everything of the Art was visible to them. He could see everything
that Cologne had done to perform the Hiryuu Shouten Ha, and it was a
simple matter to copy what she did to duplicate it. Figuring out which
component of the technique did what, so he could adapt it for his own,
that what took time.

He was not looking forward to having to train No-chan, even before
what happened last night. That what happened, happened. It just
complicated things all the more. Many of the Masters only trained
those of the same gender in order to avoid such complications. And
yet, some of the greatest Knights had opposite gender Masters.

But that was all an issue that he could put aside for now.

Seeing that dawn was breaking, he washed, dressed, and ate a quick
breakfast that the House-elves had prepared for him and headed out to
the tournament.



Based on a //tip// that Ranma had sent anonymously, the
Department of Education had sent a team of investigators into Furinkan
Koukou to see if the tip about the practices and allegations of what
was happening were true.

This being Nerima Ward, nothing was ever merely ///routine///.

Case in point.

The local head of the Department of Education was a huge fan of
Scientific Ninja Team Gatchman, thus each team of her department was a
reflection of that. Too bad that was not the only influence going
around.

Team Alpha leader, Codename Dove, was a perfect example. Not much
was known of Dove, save she was in her mid-twenties, raised to be a
ninja master from birth, and those that knew her, refer to her as
"Princess-sama." It was her and her training that made Team Alpha as
successful as it was.

She was also a good example of not judging a book by its cover, or
an agent by her public record. Although, having an exemplar record of
performance and professionalism, she did things her way.

The official policy on the placement of surveillance equipment was
to place them in key, *public* locations, which was done. But,
Princess also liked to put them in the boys and men locker-rooms,
showers and stalls. When she found an entire cabinet filled with
Ranma's record and photographs, she made copies of the various photos
of otoko-Ranma, which the office staff had confiscated from various
students (mostly female, but not always, and some of the
staff-members as well). While very athletic, she did not see any
reason why an entire file cabinet was devoted to a single student.
She made notes of his schedule to ensure she could find him in her
surveillance for further study. After finishing copying all the
records, she went and met up with her team-members.

Her first stop was to visit Codename Owl. Princess had nick-named
him 'Tiny-chan', so everyone called him that. Simply put, Tiny-chan
was the team's computer expert/hacker, and Princess's boytoy.
Tiny-chan was anything but. He had been an up-and-coming Computer
Programmer until he was caught hacking into a system he should not
have. Face with jail-time, he took up Princess's offer to join her
team. From the day one, he knew Princess would control his very life,
as she did everyone on the team, and that was fine with him. He knew
he was not a looker or destined for money, so this was his best chance
at getting some sex and a girl. That she told him what to dress, what
to eat, what to do, and all, seemed but a small price to pay for all
the sex he got.

Tiny-chan's /uniform/ was a bit baggy, with several pockets
that contained various portable computer equipment and access to his
privates for Princess's hands and toys, which she took advantage of.
It was an old game between them, Tiny-chan would have to give his
report as she massaged his genitalia, during which he would need to
ignore her expert hand, and act professional throughout, or face
punishment of Princess's wicked design. It was a lesson one learned
quickly.

Tiny-chan's report was that Furinkan, although budgeted for the
latest, greatest, most expense computer systems, was not actually
using any of it in any official capability. The computer lab was
filled with second-hand systems, outdate by years, and the office
computers were never logged into after their installations. Japan had
prided itself on taking education very serious and being a
technological super-power. That Furinkan was showing, almost the
opposite, would cause many heads to roll.

Her next stop was getting Codename Sparrow's report. Sparrow was an
old man, also born and raised ninja that had been in the Government's
employ for as long as anyone could remember. Some even whispered that
he had been a Hitokiri in his prime, during the Bakumatsu a hundred
years ago, although that was false, nor was he that old. Although, he
did serve in World War Two, where he lost his voice to friendly-fire
///accidentally///. It should be noted that many in his unit
could not stand his constant singing, especially as how his singing
had endangered his unit several times.

His assignment was to go through each classroom, teacher's office,
student's desk, and locker looking for criminal activities or
questionable items. A relatively simple task for a ninja, thus
Princess was a bit surprised to see Sparrow in such a sorry-state. He
was covered in soot and various scraps over his body. His report
painted a similar picture; the teachers were operating with
sub-standard equipment, out-dated books, and in many cases did not
even bother to keep grades recorded. What records were found showed
that the students of Furinkan were below the national average. He also
remarked that there was a larger then average amount of hentai
material focusing among a small, selective group of girls and
surprising one or two boys, and a lack of female undergarments. Female
gym outfits were booby-trapped and several //decoys// existed
for reasons unknown.

Her last stop was to check on Codenames Eagle and Falcon. These
two, she purposely left for last, as she had to keep her cool with
them. Falcon was a homosexual that everyone but Eagle could see; that
Falcon was very interested in Eagle was also as apparent to all but
Eagle. Falcon was the team's "bad boy," always getting in trouble with
the Higher-Ups and the Law, only his quick thinking and knowledge of
the system keep him out of jail and on the team. Falcon was excellent
in discovering cover-ups and secret criminal activities, at least,
when he was not trying to get in Eagle's underpants.

Eagle, on the other hand, was as straight-as-an-arrow as they came.
Eagle took his job very seriously and cared for nothing but his job.
Eagle was Princess's pet-project. Since he had joined her team, she
had been trying to get him to loosen up, as well as, try to get into
his underpants as well. Neither Falcon nor Princess had any luck, as
Eagle was a mid-twenty virgin with no social skills.

Their report, echoed the others, and pointed to someone, possibly,
Principal Kuno, or a group of some ones, skimming money off the school
budget and into his own pockets, as well as running a sub-standard
school. The scandal was they were discovering was big... and if they
could get evidence that implicated Principal Kuno....



On his way to the tournament, Ranma noted various ambushes had been
sent up. While lacking hard-evidence, the Force told him it was more
of Kuno's underhandedness. For one that claimed to be a Samurai, Kuno
acted more the sneaky Ninja, that his family descended from. But then
it was a ninja trick to appear as something you not.

Registration did not take long, although, the look he got when he
registered as a student of original Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu was...
interesting. It had been a long time since any had questioned him.
Not even Malfoy thought him a liar. He did know that his
great-grandmother's school had several branches, but he did not know
that the original, founding school had been kept only within the
family-line.

He frowned as he watched Kuno's grand entrance. Everyone present
treated him like royalty, listened to his words as if he was a Buddha,
and went out of their way to "assist" him in his needs. That he
treated everyone as "lowly peasants" just annoyed Ranma. The
temptation to just strike Kuno down where he stood was tempting, but
would bring him to the Dark Side. Something he was not willing to
risk, especially on something as minor as Kuno.

He did smile a bit as he noticed at several of the Furinkan Student
Kendo Club had shown up, although they hid from Kuno. He also noted
that Reiko and Ayano where there, and dressed in outfits that showed
off their excellent figures to the fullest. He smirked at the various
annoyed and jealous stares the two femme fatales where getting. And he
laughed at the shock of many when his two disciples rejected Kuno's
offer of "companionship" and called him a "/little boy/."

He had to admit that Kuno did have some skill at Kendo, around
first or even second dan black belt. But Kuno seem to be, purposely,
matched up with only green-belts and those that had no chance against
him.

As the matches progressed, Ranma find it difficult to limit himself
just to traditional Kendo. His mind flashed with various kenjutsu and
non-Kendo techniques, which would have ended his matches quicker, but
he was there to beat Kuno at his own game.



After six hours, the semi-finals where held.

As Ranma got into position, Kuno came to the ring as if he owned
the place and had already won. Almost everyone was in Kuno's corner
cheering him on, save Reiko and Ayano, who stood alone with him.

Kuno began his speech how it was pointless to face him and that he
was undefeated. In a calm, rational voice, Ranma rebutted each of
Kuno's so-called points, much to the surprise of the crowd.

Kuno's ranting increased with the murmur of the crowd. At a fever
pitch, he charged at Ranma before the match even started, with the
intent to silence and beat him.

Ranma calmly met each attack with the appropriate Traditional Kendo
counter, which infuriated Kuno even more. In his calmness, the Force
beckoned to him, but he did not wish for there to be any doubt that he
could defeat Kuno with anything but Kendo-skill.

Although dismissed for his insanity, Kuno held a black-belt in
Kendo, and was no easy push-over. Especially, as Ranma had to hold
himself back from using non-Kendo techniques, which would disqualify
him. Plus, he wished to show that he could defeat Kuno at his //own
game//.