The first part of Ranma's training is to defend himself from attack while leading his opponent(s) in an inward spiral. Genma, Akane and Ukyo act as his opponents. Except that instead of physical attacks, Genma pulls out a photograph of a very young Ranma, crying, standing beside a wet bed sheet (i.e., he wet it the previous night). A mortified Ranma attempts (unsuccessfully) to prevent Ukyo and Akane from seeing it. Genma next pulls out a photograph of a naked teenage Ranma falling out of a barrel in which he was bathing, because a cat frightened him (Ranma is morbidly afraid of cats). Ukyo pleads with Genma to move his thumb, which is covering Ranma's groin. An extremely red-faced Akane claims that she doesn't want to look, while looking out the corner of her eyes. Ranma is jumping around, demanding that Genma cut it out.
Cologne smacks Ranma over the head, and shows him that he didn't even come close to leading them in a spiral. She tells him that he must not be embarrassed, he must not be angry, he must master the Soul of Ice. He must make the spiral with an icy heart. We see Ryoga in the vicinity, but he does not yet make his appearance. Finally, Ranma masters the ability to lead his opponents in a spiral with an ice cold demeanor.
Cologne then tells Akane and Ukyo to pack up and leave. Cologne points out that for the next part of the training, Ranma needs an opponent on whom he will be willing to unleash the final blast. Ranma realizes that she's right, that he can't do that to Akane or Ukyo.
At that point, Ryoga shows up and offers to be Ranma's opponent for the training, having overheard this last bit. Ranma, surprised, asks, "You came all the way out here for me?" Ryoga answers, "Of course not!" and Akane thinks to herself, "Don't tell me he got lost again."
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