Chap Two of the fanfic. Same conventions as Chap one. :: sound effects. Moring Tendou Dojo, Guest Room where Ramma and Ryoko are sleeping :Breep Breep Breep.: An alarm clock chimes at 0600. :SMASH: the alarm clock gets pounded "Groan. Why do I get up this early?" Ramma-chan wonders then goes over to the futon where Ryoko is sleeping. "Hime-chan, time to wake up and pratice." With this statement she gently shakes her daugther awake. Ryoko asks sleeply. "Ryoko, please speak Japaese while we are in Japan, and while you are at school." Ramma gently smiles at her daugther. "Okay, Momma." Ryoko beams at her mother. "Get changed into your gi and we'll go pratice." Ramma hands Ryoko her Gi and Ryoko goes to the bathroom to brush her teeth and go change into the gi. Ramma gets up and grabs her own gi and gets dressed for moring pratice. "Momma, I'm ready. Let's go!" Ryoko chants at her mother. "Okay, let's go." With this Ramma-chan scoops her daugthers hand and goes downstares. "Kausmi, you're up early." Ramma smiles at Kasumi. "Ramma-chan, Ryoko-chan, what are you doing up so early? Breakfast won't be ready for another hour. You don't need to be up this early." "Mommy's gonna pratice with me!" Ryoko sings. "I am going to pratice some Martial arts, and since her fifth birthday, Ryoko has joined me in pratice, so I am teaching her the Arts. However I am NOT doing what my father did with me." Ramma-chan grins at Kasumi. "I think what he did both to me and My mother, was totally unexsable, by any standard." Ramma-chan looks like she is about to contiune, but is interrupeted by her Mother. "Glad to see that, Ramma. What are you training her in?" Nodoka asks her daugther. "Hello, Grandmother" Ryoko says to Nodoka, reaching for a hug, which Nodoka gives. "Right now I am teaching her the Tai chi katas, she's learned some kempo, kendo, and some akido. I have been training her for three years. She's nowhere near ready for the more advanced moves of the family's school." Ramma-chan smiles, and contuines "Manly because I haven't taken her on any so-called training trips, feeling that her schooling and social development is more important." "What are you doing up this early?" Akane asks Ramma-chan "Training, manly katas, Ryoko wanted to learn the Arts after she figured out what I was doing when she was five, so I taught her katas." Ramma-chan smiles at Akane. "Do you want to join in? Right now Ryoko is working on Tai Chi, a great defensive style, plus good for patiance and grace. It helps me to matian self control and control of my temper, and I do have one." Ramma laughs. "Well, normally I jog, and my gi is in the wash, how about I join you tomorrow, this is just pratice right?" Akane looks at Ramma-chan "Yes it is, If you wish, after we take care of what we have to to do today, and shopping. I'll teach you the basic Tai Chi Kata, plus spar with you to find where you are at in the Arts." Ramma pauses, and then contiunes. "By this time, My funds transfer from the accounts me and Dee set up should be done by now, so funds for the shopping trip are no problem, and I will treat all of us, those that go that is, to lunch." Ramma smiles at Akane, and adds, "Well, better get to pratice." Ramma takes Ryoko and heads off to the Dojo. Akane goes off and jogs, while Kasumi and Nodoka follow Ramma and Ryoko to see the pratice. "Ryoko-chan, first kata, Tai chi. Begin." Ramma states. Ramma watches as her daugther executes the kata, with no mistakes. "Good. Now do your normal katas, while I pratice." With that Ryoko and Ramma begin katas. Ryoko's is easly less difficut than Ramma's, whose kata is the most advanced ethier lady has seen, obivisbly a tai chi based one, but with major diffeneces from a standard tai chi kata. Ryoko's kata is no beginner level, it is in fact as complex or as skilled as one that Akane herself would do. After about ten minutes Gemma walks in looking for Ramma. What he sees is two skilled martial artists praticing katas, one of which happens to be his child. "Ramma, I want to spar with you. As a MALE, you are my son, and I expect you to act that way." Gemma barks. :ZAP: Genma is blasted outside by a lighting bolt. "Father, I will spar with you in the form I choose, not you and please wait a second, Father. Oh, and remember I am OLDER than you are now, so if you think I will obey YOUR orders, you have a problem connecting with reality. " Ramma-chan contuines on for a second and then stops. "Ryoko contuine the katas... I'll be outside Sparring with your grandfather." Ramma walks up to Gemma and asks, "Are you ready?" Ramma and Gemma begin to spar, but it is obivious to all that Gemma SERIOUSLY underestimated his child, and the fight end quickly with Gemma being tossed into the pool several times. With this, Ramma checks her watch, and finds that it is time to go inside and get ready for the day. "Ryoko, time to get ready for the day." Ramma stops her child. "Ramma, could you please wait a minute? Nabiki can watch over Ryoko in the bath." Nodoka asks her child. "What is it Mother?" Ramma asked her mother, curious. "Have you had your ship set up the records for you and Ryoko, yet?" Nodoka asks. "Yes, I have, Dragon just made a few changes in my records, but I have no idea what to do about Ryoko. Do you have any ideas on HOW I shold set her up?" Ramma-chan asks her mother. "I do have a few ideas yes. Can you place me in contact with your ship? Also I wish to know, Are you going to be 'female' in pubic, is there a way to keep the curse from activating?" Nodoka asked. "To the first question dial this number it will contact you with Dragon, who knows what your voice sounds like, so she will regonize you. On the second question, yes I can rasie the tempature needed to go to uncursed form up to around 97 degrees, or lower the temp. needed to change into female gender to about 8 degrees. I have much skill with that. I think that I will be male for school, but let it ride when I am just out and about, I will cast a 'don't see' spell related to the change. Now, if you will excuse me, I must clean up before breakfast." Ramma gracefully retreats to the bathroom. Ranma walks into the bathroom carrying hers and Ryoko's clothing for the day. She hears Nabiki talking to Ryoko as she walks in to the bathroom. "Ryoko, what does your mother do back where you live?" Nabiki asked Ryoko. Ramma walks in and goes, "Nabiki, if you want to know what my carrer is back in the Star Kingdom, you could have just asked me. I would not have minded telling you, that my last assignment back home was as Tac officer for a heavy cruiser, and that was before Ryoko was born. For the first year after her birth, I was on medical leave, and I took care of her, instead of doing anything else, I opted for Half-pay status while Ryoko was growning up, therefore I was not doing anything as a carrer, exepect rasing Ryoko, so I took courses at Landing Medical School, and got my medical dergee, plus I did my intership at Landing General as a trauma sugeron, plus studing genetic engineering. Still, when I go back to Manitcore, I plan to go back into the Navy as a medical officer. Dragon will be outfitted a personal transport. Why are you asking what my carrer was back home Nabiki?" As Ramma was saying this, she had disrobed and cleaned up from the moring's exercise. She changed into her usual outfit, and was now helping Ryoko finish getting ready for the day. Ryoko had gotten out of the tub and was now dressed in a verison of what Ramma herself wore, sans cloak and instead of green, the colours were blue and gold. "Errr, Sorry about that, I am so used to finding out information that has been hidden, so when you didn't say what your current carrer is, I assumed that you were hiding it, for some reason. I'm sorry for asking your daughter about it." Nabiki says, feeling flusterd. "Okay, just next time if you wish to know something about me, come to me first, I may not tell you, but I will tell you WHY I don't want to talk about it. Anyways, I think it is almost time for breakfast." Everyone is at the table downstares eating breakfast. Gemma tries stealing Ramma's and Ryoko's food but runs into a invisible wall and gives up. Ryoko, who is used to western style eating, has a funny look on her face as she tries the breakfast, but soon is eating like everyone else. "Ramma, Why did Ryoko look at breakfast funny?" Nodoka questions her child, curious on why Ryoko took a while to start eating. "Mph..." :swallow: " She's never had a japanese style breakfast before. On Manticore, it is too hard to get some of the indgredintes for breakfast, plus I never did learn how to cook miso soup, but I did learn, due to the fact that the Kingdom was settled primarly by europeans and americans, western style cooking. So she's never really had Japaneses cooking." Ramma looked at her mother, curious why her mother had asked that question. "Umm, before you three head off shopping, plus getting you registered for school. I need to discuss the engagement.