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ISDH

Three hours Ranma sat in the small room with the small man from the District office, answering questions on all subjects.

"Finally, What can you tell me about me?"

"Full honesty? Okay. Please bear in mind I have only known you for about three hours, so can only report what I sense from you and how the room we are in reacts to you." Ranma licked his lips as he called up his Chi sight. Exhaled, "Male, late 20s, Perfectionist. Relaxed, yet always controlled. Spends his nights dressed as a woman, but has yet to fully welcome the Her way of life."

"What?! How dare you!"

"Your Stride when walking is that of a man wearing women’s shoes. the tap-tap of a ladies shoe as both heel and toe arrive as separate parts of the stride. Where the man’s shoe only has one tap as the heel is driven into the floor and the foot roles to the toe. It speaks of many years of practice, but your Ki shows no sign of the being allowed to fill the mold, or to flow. As if all you were doing was playing dress up. "

"Okay, that is too much information." The man threw his pen past Ranma's ear.

Ranma caught it. "Those who taught me to live in the dark, also taught me to see items being thrown at me. I noticed that this school has a more active student social life. We done here?"

"We are now. Good day mister Saotome."

Ranma stood and tap-tapped his way out of the room. As he made is way down the hall, two guys stepped out to flank him.

"You that lucky guy who is living at the Tendo Dojo?"

"Ranma, and yes."

"Disuki, and that there is S. Rumor has it that you are to marry one if not all of the Tendo girls. Normally we would go to Nabiki or one of her girls, but we are kind of strapped for cash."

"One time only, until Nabiki clears it, Yes I am living at the Dojo, yes I am engaged to Nabiki, but only Nabiki. I am teaching both Nabiki and Akane in the Art. Kasumi has other plans." Ranma stopped and cocked his head. "Could you lead me to the Field, I want to watch Akane in sports. She is tapping into her Ki pool but not enough for me to get a full read."

"You can see her from here?"

"Yes, but I can not see what color your eyes are, not a good trade, but it is better then being trapped forever in the dark."

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She gripped the leather bound sphere, its lacing tickling her palm, as she squinted at her opponent. The girl was quaking as she held the length of Wood. She unfolded, brought the ball up, sighted past the terrorifed girl to the catcher, waved off the first requested pitch, and then unleashed a quick twist of a throw...

"Strike Two!"

Then something caused her to look at the school. There was the Pervert, standing with two known Perverts. The only reason they had not been apart of the Horde, was because they had no training in any real sport or form of the Art.

She caught the ball without looking...

"Strike Three! Third out!"

Akane spun to look at the Teacher, who was shaking as he hid behind a shaking Catcher, the Batter was behind the Backstop(as if that would stop Akane's throw).

"Sensei Eino, Permission to leave this Game, for the remainder of this period." At the small mans nod Akane tossed her mitt and ball to a teammate as she jogged off the field.

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Ranma stopped and leaned on his cane. He cocked his head. "Looks like Akane is heading this way." his escort vanished.

"what do you want?" as if his very presence were to annoy her, and her alone.

"Finished my testing, But will not know the full results until last period. Noticed you were outside, and decided to watch you with your Ki Control. You have a deep reservoir, and you tap into it often enough, but you use it to mostly enhance your already highly defined physical abilities."

"What else am I to use it for?" Her colors started to swirl.

He twisted his cane up along his back, as he stepped closer, and took her arm. "Take us somewhere where we can sit and talk. This is a test."

She looked about, and spotting a tree, guided Ranma to it. but because she was focused on her issues, she did not see him stumble or catch himself with longer legs and master reflexes. "We're here." as she sank to the ground.

"You failed." Ranma joined her on the ground. "Which explains a lot. You are a master of your environment. But only as it pertains to you. When we get home today, I am going to give you some basic training in sensing your environment. In leading me here, you failed to take into account that I could not see where we were going. Had it not been for my training in the Art, I would have fallen. "

She turned and looked back, Slowly the ground that she had strode over without a look, became dangerous, as the hazards to Ranma in his unenhanced state unfolded. "I am so sorry. I did not know, I did not think..."

"And that is why you failed." He smiled, to reduce the sting, "Now what were you doing when I arrived?"

Akane looked out at the ball game, "Baseball, I was pitching."

"Driving the ball across the plate, into the catchers mitt; batter, catcher, and umpire slightly afraid of you?"

"Kami-Sama!"

"When you pitch, you were tapping into your Ki. When you were up to bat, and this was really neat, you were infusing the bat with your Ki to make it stronger. Almost unbreakable. your skill is untrained, your technic is primitive at best"

"What?" her Ki darkened

"Anger." Ranma warned "I said primitive, but it is an advanced ability. You are doing well for one untrained. I can show you how to develop your control. Having mastered Power, you are now dangerous. Now you need control. 'When fighting a Elephant, try binding it with a spiderweb, instead of stunning it into submission.'"

tbc