RANMA 1/2 THE NEXT GENERATION HENTAI RPG - 13: thread 3 > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RtNGHrpg2/ Compilation by St Fan [GAME START] Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block The next day, Ranma-chan and Fang were walking on the ragged mountain- path that led to the valley beneath Mt. Terror. The rest of the train trip had been uneventful, and they had finished the night at an inn close to the station. After the breakfast, they began the stroll toward their final destination. Ranma was pondering if she should ask the local populace about the rumored monster living around there, or if she should first do a bit of sparring with Fang-chan in their family training ground. Re: Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn At some point, Fang had wandered off briefly, and returned a bit later with her hair not only cut to a manageable length, but now braided into a pigtail. She seemed quite proud of this, and hadn't stopped being rather bouncy and cheerful all day long... but then again, that wasn't terribly different than her usual. "So what now, daddy?" Fang queried, as if sensing her father's inner musings. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma turned to Fang, and smiled again from seeing the pigtail. She hadn't told Fang yet, but she had unknowingly espoused some near- tradition of the Saotome kids. At some time of another, most of them have tried the pigtailed look. Pondering a bit her daughter's question, she finally answered. "Well... I guess the first thing should be to set up camp. I know of a good place nearby, close to the usual training grounds. And then, you can show me what you know of the martial arts." The "monster" could wait... by now, she was curious to see Fang in action. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "Okay, daddy." Fang trotted along after Ranma for a bit, then asked, "Um, will you want me to try it as a human, or should I change back to my usual form when I show you? I'm not used to doing a lot of stuff as a human." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block As they stepped into a clearing that seemed to have seen lots of action (exploded boulders, felled trees, ki-blast craters on the ground, etc.), Ranma answered Fang. "Well... you gotta learn sooner or later to fend for yourself in your human form... it's bad to not be trained in one particular shape, and you'll probably use it much more if you stay around. "However... I've yet to see your curs... I mean, your alternate form. And this place is secure enough, nobody will spy on us...." Ranma hesitated a little. She had yet to explain her Neko-ken problem to Fang-chan. Should she do it first? On the other hand, she knew she could handle Mascara as long as she wasn't too catty... Fang's hybrid form couldn't be much more terrible, right? Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang nodnodded a little, looking almost relieved. Most lycanthropes really didn't enjoy staying in their "weakest" form for too long, feeling vulnerable and... well, short, for one thing. *grow, shift, FUZZ* Abruptly, Ranma's short, slender little companion had been replaced by over seven feet of tall, svelte-muscled, stripey catgirl. The gi, which had previously been loose almost to the point of being baggy, now fit a little like it was painted on, outlining the curvature of her legs and arms, and barely containing the bounteous breasts where there had previously been only slim ones. There was a *srip* sound from the back of the gi pants as her tail forced its way through, lashing about as if in indignation at having been restrained in the first place. "Ahhhh." Fang took in a long breath and heaved it out, her tits threatening to pop right out of her gi. "That's a LOT better!" She took a moment to stretch up on her tiptoes and flex her arms up over her head. *srip srip srip srip SRIP!* "... Oops." Fang sweatdropped as she glanced down at herself; the sleeves of the gi were now almost in tatters, and a couple of small tears had formed in various places on the pants. "Sorry, daddy." She grinned sheepishly, one ear flicking. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block "GAAAH!!" Before she knew it, Ranma-chan had left only a trail of smoke behind her, and was now on top of a big branch on a nearby tree, shaking. Okay... Fang-chan's hybrid form was a bit more feline in appearance than Mascara... not to mention taller and more predatory-looking. This made it hard for Ranma to control her nerves, and was given her flashbacks of the sighting of Fang's full-tiger form. "This is not gonna be easy." She had to convince herself that it was still Fang, her daughter, and not some monster c-c-c-c-c-cat before her. It worked with Mascara-chan, though it took her some years. But with the experience, and her own maturity, Ranma should have no problem surmounting this ordeal, right? At least, she was pretty sure Fang's mere presence wasn't enough to trigger the Neko-Ken. It was for the best, she really was unsure how her Neko self would react to the big, bouncy, gorgeous tiger-girl. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn > Before she knew it, Ranma-chan had left only a trail of smoke behind > her, and was now on top of a big branch on a nearby tree, shaking. Fang blink-blinked. Then sweatdropped. Heavily. "... Daddy?" > "This is not gonna be easy." "Um... is something wrong, daddy?" Fang peered up into the tree, tail lashing curiously. "You seem to get upset when I'm not human... actually, you smell really, really afraid." =9.9= Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma swallowed, trying not to focus on Fang's feline mannerisms. "Hu... yeah... I didn't told you about that, right?" she nervously answered. "Please, Fang-chan... I'm going down, but... don't come too close." Ranma jumped down from the tree, and looked at Fang, keeping a safe distance from her. "You see, I have this... little phobia... with c-- with ca-- with fel-- with carnivores of the Felidae class. "I should get over it with your... looks. Just give me a little while... to get used to it... then I'll explain everything." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn > "You see, I have this... little phobia... with c-- with ca-- with > fel-- with carnivores of the ailure class. "Felidae class?" =o.o= An ear flicked again. "Like school?" > "I should get over it with your... looks. Just give me a little > while... to get used to it... then I'll explain everything." "Oh. Okay." Fang blinked multiple times, rubbing the back of her head, then lightly clasped her hands in front of herself and stood still. ... Of course, that tail of hers was still in motion. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma tried to not fixate on the waving appendage, which reacted very much the same way as the one of a bored or curious feline. "Well... it's like that... when I was ten, my Old Man came upon a book that supposedly described an 'invincible fighting technique'..." And Ranma began explaining the Neko-ken training she underwent, stumbling sometimes whenever the word "cat" came up, and never missing an opportunity to bemoan about her father's stupidity. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang's ears drooped as the story went on. "Grandpa doesn't sound very nice. It sounds like a very silly technique anyway...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma's shoulders flopped a bit at Fang's remark. "Well, my Old Man isn't all bad... he meant well, I think. He's just stupid, and can't see past his stomach most of the time." On the bright side, the reminiscing seemed to distract Ranma a bit and she was showing less outward signs of fear toward Fang. "But you're right about it being a silly technique. It just didn't give me a pathological fear of c-c-c-c... of those fe-fe-fe... beasties. The worst part if when I'm cornered...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "Um, well, I'll try not to corner you, daddy." Fang said, grinning and sweatdropping a bit more. 'People sure are neurotic in the outside world....' Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block "Thanks a lot, Fang-chan." Ranma answered. Looking over the weretigress, she could still feel some nervousness, but was getting more in control of herself. "Now, you see, what makes that technique so 'invincible', is that when I can't escape...." And Ranma explained the ins and outs of the Neko-ken trance... this was from second-hand account, of course, since she never remembered personally what happened during those moments. Though she tried to be as precise as possible. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn For some reason, the longer this explanation went on, the odder Fang's expression got. At first, it was just some additional blinking. Then a furrowing of the brow. Then a slow, steady, slackening of the jaw, until her mouth was hanging open, her eyes were little swirls, and her ears were drooped. Congratulations, Ranma, you just explained to your latest newfound offspring the manner of her conception! Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma, busy reminiscing, at first didn't pay any attention to Fang's reaction to her story. She just went on. "... so you see, the big disadvantage is that I have the mind of an animal during those laps... I don't even remember what's happening. But for what was told me, I'm pretty much easy to distract, which suck in a fight, and wholly running on instincts at those times. Got me seriously embarrassed with some of my fiancées when I was young, believe me. Heck, there even was this time in China where I spent more than a week in the wilds, before a Joketsuzoku hunting party found me...." Blinking, Ranma finally noticed Fang's uneasiness. "Fang-chan? Something wrong?" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "I... I..." Fang suddenly rose up, huge and yet chibi, tears streaming from her oversized sad-eyes. "I WAS CONCEIVED BECAUSE OF SOME WEIRD MARTIAL ART?!?!!!?!" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma cringed, and almost ran back into the tree in fright. Sure, the SD-ified shape of Fang wasn't very frightening in itself, but her huge- sized eyes and increased catiness during the outburst certainly weren't helping things. Still, Ranma managed to regain control over her wildly-beating heart, and to embarrassedly stutter something. "Ah... hu... maybe... we can't know for sure... though it's probable... didn't I told you already about it?" Seeing that Fang was about to start bawling her eyes out, worst than even Sôun Tendô in his best days, Ranma gulped. Gathering her courage, she walked to the distraught tiger-girl to put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "There, there, don't be upset, kitten. That doesn't change anything... I'm sure you momma loves you nonetheless... and you have no idea how many of my kids were born because of Passion Spice or other weirdness...." Okay, Ranma's choice of words may not have been that soothing... but even with the years, she never became that good with all this emotional stuff. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang sniffled a bit, rubbing at her eyes, having reduced to her normal proportions, though still looking rather small and sad despite her utterly amazonian proportions. "I don't know... I s-suppose it just wasn't quite clear before. I mean, I knew it wasn't exactly romance, but it's still a bit much to have it spelled out like that. I mean... she always said you were really good, I just thought it was some seduction..." she murmured quietly, blushing. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma blushed at the mention of seduction, looking embarrassed. "Hum... yeah... I guess I got a bit 'wild' in my youth... and got quite a reputation from the Joketsuzoku... though that's a lot exaggerated, and...." Ranma realized she was going off-topic, so she went back on track: "Well... you know, in a way I'm sure there was a bit of 'seduction'... when I'm going n-n-n-neko, I guess I'm quite the smooth tomcat... I bet for a weretigress like your mother, I must have been irresistible... huh...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "Er... okay, can we stop talking about it, please?" Fang squirmed around a bit, and cleared her throat. "Um, in my village, while we are pretty open about who we wish to be with and so on, I still really don't care to hear the details of what my parents did." =^.^=;;; Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma-chan waved her hands, sweatdropping and making an embarrassed face that told she was equally in a hurry to drop the subject. "Okay! You're right! Not gonna speak about it any more. Promise." Taking a deep breath, Ranma then looked Fang all over. "Look like I could get used to your appearance easily. The trick is not to think of you as a c-c-c... but as a person. I've had lots of training with Mascara-chan. As long as you don't start to mewl or get on all four, I should stay in control." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "Why would I do that?" Fang murmured, reaching up to scratch the side of her head, a few little stripey question marks popping into being around her head for a moment. Then she shrugged a little, her chest threatening briefly to pop right out of her gi top. "Did you still want to try my martial arts skills, daddy?" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma's eyes momentarily got attracted by the way Fang's bosom tried to escape its confines. It wasn't purely a male reflex, though; the redhead was seriously pondering Fang's question. "Well... I'd really like to see what you're capable of... and for this, it's better if you are in the form you're the most used to...." she explained. "However... I fear your clothes would start to burst if you try moving too brusquely now...." ~_~; Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang glanced down at herself, blinking. Then, after a moment, she squirmed and wriggled her way out of the gi top, breasts variously bouncing and jiggling as she moved. She dropped the gi top, bare- chested for the moment, then reached up, loosening her headband enough to slip her hands through it and bring it down. The brightly-colored band settled around her breasts, and she reached back to pull it tight again. Fang then picked the gi top up, ripped off what was left of the sleeves, and widened the ragged holes left for the sleeves a little. Then she shrugged it back on, wearing it like a vest, and tying it closed only loosely with the belt that it had come with. "I think this will work," she said with satisfaction. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma backsweated while Fang adjusted her clothing, but didn't say a thing. 'She sure is healthy for her age...' she inwardly noticed. Then, she snapped out of it and shook her head. It was not proper to get so distracted by her child's assets, even if she'd known Fang-chan only for two days. On the other hand, if Ranma could get more excited by Fang's charms than she got distracted by her feline appearance, it was a positive thing... it meant the risk of freaking out were low. She didn't comment about Fang's lack of modesty... not only was Ranma-chan hardly one to talk, but also she'd rather not let Fang know what effect it had on the redhead. The tiger-girl was rather innocent; she'd had to learn to stay clothed in public, but if she felt more at ease with little cloth when it doesn't matter, there was no need to enforce strict prudery. "All right... if you're ready, let's do a bit of light sparring." Ranma took a relaxed pose. "Please attack me, I want to see what you're capable of." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang nodded, then stepped back a little bit, turning somewhat to one side and rising up almost on tiptoe, one hand brought back almost to her shoulder, the other angled in front of her, hands open and fingers curled. Then she suddenly burst forward, half-jumping and half-running at Ranma at high speed... or rather, towards just to one side of the redhead. Fang's drawn-back arm curved down and forward at speed, trying to slam into Ranma's stomach in passing. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma's well-honed combat mind immediately analyzed Fang's stance. Like she expected, it was heavily based on those "animal styles" that were developed in China centuries ago. Probably even closely linked to the "Shôkei Ken" of the Jakô (Musk) dynasty, in fact. Fang's charge didn't impress Ranma much, though for a less skilled combatant it could certainly be a dangerous attack. Focusing on Fang's outstretched arm, she put the tip of her fingers on the fist a split- second before it hit her... and rolled above it in an acrobatic tumble, using Fang's arm as handhold. Landing on her feet behind Fang, she simply turned around and resumed her relaxed stance. "Hmmmm... not bad. You got some serious speed, and I bet on a lot of power too...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang's eyes went wide, her head turning to follow Ranma's move. She wasn't surprised at her attack being dodged... but was almost dumbfounded at the WAY it was dodged. Almost everyone in the village was close to her own build and height, and with everyone being so tall, such moves were almost unheard-of. > Landing on her feet behind Fang, she simply turned around and resumed > her relaxed stance. "Hmmmm... not bad. You got some serious speed, > and I bet on a lot of power too...." Fang did a very tiny skid and whipped around to face Ranma, blinking a few times, then apparently taking a moment to rethink her moves. Then she darted in again, turning and dropping down into a crouch with one leg snapping out in a kick towards Ranma's legs... and followed up a half-moment later by snapping a palm-punch out towards just above the level of the redhead's stomach, apparently expecting her to do some other, similar, aerial dodge. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma, indeed, dodged the leg-swipe by nimbly jumping up, her compact female body seeming weightless for a short moment. The follow-up didn't surprise her, though. A spit-second before Fang's palm would impact her stomach, Ranma threw both her hands downwards and caught Fang's wrist, while using the new support to shot her lower body backward, legs spread almost in a split, Fang's strike harmlessly going past under her groin. Ranma didn't use Fang's delicate position to press an attack, however. Instead, she simply brought back her legs underneath her... and crouched, the tip of her feet landing on the back of Fang's outstretched hand. In this unlikely posture, Ranma looked straight in Fang's eyes and began to analysis her attack in a conversational tone. "Hmmm... You're not used to fighting someone my size, right? I can guess your style is more wired toward opponents of the same build as yours... that may be a problem...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang blink-blinked at Ranma standing on her hand, then down at said hand. She looked back up as her "father" analyzed things, then nodded a little sheepishly. Then she glanced back down at her fist. "..." Then she dropped her body down, trying to drop her fist out from under Ranma and at the same time drop and twist, one leg sweeping around and up to try and kick Ranma in midair. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma felt the muscle tensing under her feet, which warned her of Fang's next attack. She could have easily escaped it, but choose not to this time. She preferred not to frustrate her daughter by using her head as a springboard and sending her kiss the dirt. Instead, she wanted now to assess how hard Fang could strike. So, bracing herself, Ranma brought her forearm to block Fang's kick. This stopped the impact from touching her torso, but as she was airborne it sure pushed her away. Ranma gracefully landed on her feet, bracing herself like a cat to stop the momentum. Then she looked at Fang, massaging her forearm, and grinned. "Just as I thought... lotsa power in those legs. You can hit harder than that, I hope?" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang blinked a little bit. Then grinned rather wickedly. Yup, those Saotome traits were starting to come out stronger and stronger. "Harder than that? Well, I can try, daddy!" Fang rose up and stood ready for a moment again... then ducked and spun into a low sweeping kick, not at Ranma, but at the trunk of a tree on the edge of the clearing. The blow slammed home and, while not enough to sheer right through, put a big enough crater in the side of it that, with a creak and a shudder, it began to tilt and fall. Now, the obvious thing for her to assume she was attempting to drop the tree on Ranma. If so, she had grievously miscalculated, as the tree was of course collapsing in towards the side of itself that had had a chunk taken out of it. Then Fang leaped up into a backflip, briefly landing on the trunk of the toppling tree, then over onto the other side of it, taking a pose of readiness with her hands drawn back, visible for part of a moment before the tree's fall brought it in front of her, obscuring her from view, the tree only feet from impacting the ground. Except that, instead of hitting the ground with a massive "thud", it instead suddenly rocketed forward right at Ranma, sweeping across the clearing like a wave of wood. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Now Ranma had certainly not been expecting *THAT*! In fact, for a split-second she thought Fang was about to get crushed under the tree she had herself fallen... before realizing she was actually using it as a weapon. "WHHHHAAAAaAAAA!!" Ranma yelped, and frantically leaped above the tree-rocket before it could hit her. She avoided the trunk, however a branch nailed her in passing, on the stomach and between the legs, making her lose her balance and topple over. Landing on her face, Ranma groaned. "Okay... I asked for it..." Getting back to her feet on shaky legs, Ranma winced and rubbed her crotch. "Damn, I'm REALLY glad to be a woman right now...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "Eheheheh." Fang tap-tapped her cheek with one finger, a sweatdrop rolling down the back of her head. "Did I go a little overboard, daddy? You were kind of pushing for it...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma kept massaging the spot between her thighs, where the tree branches nailed her. Looking up at Fang, she answered with a smirk: "Nay, nay, as I said I asked for it, so it was my fault for not being ready enough. I just didn't expect you to be quite that strong. I should have; after all I've already encountered a tiger-boy before, and he was quite the powerhouse...." Ranma took a more aggressive stance, arms bent at the elbow and squeezed fists on either side of her hips, pointing at Fang. Leaning forward, the redhead seemed ready to charge. "I guess this mean we'll have to step up the spar a notch or two. Are you ready to show me how YOU withstand a blow, so that I can appraise how much you can take in a fight?" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "Well... guess that depends on if you can hit me, huh, daddy?" Fang grinned and beckoned Ranma on, tail flicking excitedly back and forth. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma-chan grinned. "Oh well, we'll see about that. Don't sell low your old man... or woman. I may still surprise you, youngling." Fang couldn't know that, but Ranma's attitude was very reminiscent of the cocky one she often sported as a teenager. If many things changed over the years, Ranma's love for a good match certainly didn't. In a flash, Ranma was within range of Fang-chan, moving like the wind. Her right arms became a blur of movement as she yelled "KASHÛ TENSHIN AMAGURI-KEN!!" Blows began to rain in direction of Fang's face and torso, forcing the weretigress to frantically defend herself. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang acked, throwing her hands up and trying to take most of the blows on her crossed forearms. She retreated some under the assault, wincing, then tried to slip her tail forward and wrap it around Ranma's ankle to give a yank, hoping mostly to just unbalance the redhead and give her an opening for a punch to the head. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block The tail wrapping around her ankle was a bit unexpected -- Ranma wasn't often fighting opponents with tails, even in her line of work. True there was Mascara, but her daughter valued too much her beautiful tail to use it as a weapon. The closer she knew was probably Shitagi's pigtail... now that was a nasty weapon. Still, as usual Ranma-chan adapted pretty fast. Instead of struggling against the pull, she went with it, letting her leg be pulled sideway. Fang's hope of getting a punch to the head went moot, though, when Ranma simply inversed herself... landing on her palms and standing upside-down on her arms. Ranma's free leg immediately started kicking in Fang's direction; not as fast as her fists before, but still close. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang acked as she discovered that her parent was as dangerous on one end as she was on the other. She continued trying to block on her forearms, then managed to scissor them around Ranma's ankle, the redhead's foot pressing against the weretiger's generous chest. Fang whipped to one side, trying to keep her hold on Ranma's ankle long enough to throw her. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma inwardly smirked. Fang was showing the determination and inventiveness of a true Saotome. Catching both her legs was no little feat. Yet, Ranma wasn't going to let Fang sent her flying. Before the weretigress could impart enough centrifugal force to Ranma's body by turning on herself, the redhead lashed with her hands, and caught Fang's legs behind the knees. Then, she started to pull with her arms while pulling at the same time with her legs... probably aiming at unbalancing her opponent, and pinning her on the ground. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang got a rather comical expression on her face as her legs suddenly went out from under her while trying to spin, and she gave a yowl as she thudded down partway on her back and partly on her side. Surprised and unsure of what exactly had just happened, she flailed around a bit, trying to push Ranma off, and likely making herself all the easier to pin down. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma had to struggle quite a bit to keep Fang-chan properly pinned on the ground. The weretigress was much bigger and stronger than her red- haired "father", but Ranma-chan was compensating by her incredible flexibility and slipperiness. Not to mention her experience and quick- thinking whenever it came to martial arts. Adapting fast, as usual, Ranma had soon found a use for Fang's tail. Using her opponent's vulnerable position, she pulled it from her own ankles, and used the twitching appendage like a rope. She bound together Fang's right arm and leg with it, neutralizing three members in the process. Ranma had been tempted to try a full hogtying of her daughter, but she was thrashing around a bit too much for that. So, the redhead just crossed her thighs around Fang's free arm, and caught her free leg in a wrestling hold, to finish immobilizing her. "Now..." Ranma was about to ask Fang if she was saying "uncle", but she plain couldn't resist. "... who's your Daddy?" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang yowled and thrashed and wriggled around, though most of it wasn't very effective... it was, however, very reminiscent of trying to hold onto a cat that really, really wanted to get down *right now*. But it was all for naught as she was pressed onto her front to lie flat on the ground.... Well, mostly flat. > "Now..." Ranma was about to ask Fang if she was saying "uncle", but > she plain couldn't resist. "... who's your Daddy?" That actually seemed to make Fang stop, albeit with a confused look on her face. She looked over her shoulder, flicking an ear. "Um. You are. I thought we got that established." ^o.o^ Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer's Block Ranma's arms let go of her hold on Fang -- even though that was probably unwise -- before going behind her head, rubbing her red hair, as the pigtailed woman giggled a bit dumbly, mouth wide open. "Sorry... that was a silly joke... shouldn't have, but I couldn't resist. I'll explain to you later. Now, do you concede the fight?" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang's arms flumped against the ground, looking back over her shoulder at Ranma, then sighing and propping her chin up in one hand. "Yes, I concede, daddy. I guess I'm just not as good as you." Then she smiled, a bit cheekily. "Yet!" Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer Block Ranma smiled back at Fang while rising to her feet. "That's the spirit! Talking like a true Saotome. There's no such thing as defeat, only some more training needed for the next fight." She helped Fang untie her arm and leg from her tail, inwardly thinking about extending the Anything Goes style for such an appendage. Before Fang could get back upright, though, there was a whistling in the air, and... "STAY DOWN!" Ranma yelled, suddenly falling flat atop Fang as something big went past them... ... and crashed to the ground of the clearing with a shower of debris. Blinking, both women looked at the rather BIG rock that just landed not far from them. "Okay... either that's a meteorite... or there's really something weird going on in this place...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn Fang stared at the rock, sweatdropping, then looked over her shoulder at Ranma. "You know, daddy, it's remarkable. I grew up in a village of beings that the outside world does not know exists, I trained in a specialized style of martial art, I traveled the world to arrive here... and yet, I encountered nothing as weird as this until I began my association with you." She pushed herself up to her feet, dusting herself off with a requisite amount of jiggling, including patting off her rear, tail swaying behind her. She then sauntered over to the rock, circling around it curiously and sniffing a few times. Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer Block Ranma rolled her eyes momentarily at Fang's remark, and then her expression settled into a fatalistic pout. "Yeah... I get a lot of that... from plenty of people. It seems I attract weird. Don't ask why." The redhead tried to not pay too much attention to the way Fang moved her body -- part of her mind shying away from naughty thoughts, and part of her mind fearful of feline mannerisms. She too walked to the rock, evaluating its weight. She could certainly lift it, and someone like Ryôga could sure throw it... but such a feat wasn't open to many martial artists. Whatever threw that thing sure had serious strength. The weird part was she didn't felt any danger before hearing the whistling of the rock in the air. So, she thought it unlikely to be a deliberate attack. "Okay... I think I explained to you that this place was nice, secluded, and a common training ground for the family, which was all true. But I had another reason to pay it a visit. I've heard about rumors of some sort of monster wandering this parts. I wasn't sure if I could dismiss it as a hoax or not until today. No, I have no idea who or what could have thrown this rock, but maybe it is worthy of some investigation, finally." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan Rann Aridorn "A monster, huh? Well, let's beat it up then!" Fang smiled brightly, leaping up on top of the boulder and striking a dramatic pose. "Together, as father and daughter, we shall strike it down and... and... and..." She trailed off, glancing down at Ranma and sweatdropping. "... One of the things I used to learn Japanese was a radio drama...." Re: Training Trip with Fang-chan St Fan, Kami of Writer Block Ranma sweatdropped in unison with Fang, but didn't let those antics bother her too much. Most of her kids had their quirks, she'd just have to get used to those of the weretigress. "Well, there's worse sources... and you speak it quite well. Now, let's check about this monster. Mmmh... maybe you can pick up a smell on this boulder, and follow the trail? That would help." [TO BE CONTINUED IN EPISODE 18]