Lord Archive sat at his desk. Taping his fingers, trying to figure out
what scenes of the three, no wait four series, that he's currently working
on.

Archive (thought): I need something to distract me.

A message for inbox pops up

On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, David Johnston wrote:

For Every Action Part 12

Archive: About time. I was about to send him a little note asking him to
	continue this. Now for a little help...

Lord Archive waves his hand and Ranma and Akane appear before him.

Ranma (sounding disgruntled): What is it this time?

Archive: A MSTing.

Akane: Not another end of a series.

Archive: No, somewhere in the middle.

Akane: Not much better.

Ranma: So, what fic is it?

Archive: For Every Action part 12.

Ranma: Wasn't the last part labeled part 12.

Archive: I believe that was a mistake.

Akane: Isn't this the series that I'm cursed.

Ranma (smirking): Yep.

Akane: I don't know if I like it.

Ranma: Don't want to see what it's like to walk in my shoes do you?

Akane: Of course I would. Just to prove how much of an idiot you really
	are.
 
Ranma (unconvinced): Right.

Most characters and situations in this story are the
property of Takahashi Rumiko and are used without consent
but without the desire to give offense.

David Johnston, rgorman@telusplanet.net
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Ranma's first impulse was to follow Akane around on her
date.  It's not that he was jealous, since he was confident
that Akane was even less comfortable in her boy form than
he was in his girl form.  He just would have enjoyed 
watching _her_ squirm for a change as she tried to "reason"
with a chibi-Shampoo.  But...that would have meant missing
Kasumi's dinner, and he was hungry.  

Ranma: Oh, I'd skip Kasumi's meal to see this. I'd just stop at Ucchan's
	first.

Akane: I hope you choke on that meal.
 

And so it was that he was deeply engrossed in one of 
favourite activities when Mr. Tendo happened to ask, "Ranma,
where is my daughter?" at exactly the wrong moment.

Ranma answered, "Hork!" as he inhaled injudiciously.

Akane (blinks)
 

Mr. Tendo began to grow angry.  "Stop pretending to choke, 
and answer the question!"

"Glark!" Ranma responded, slamming his fist into his chest.

"Er... daddy, I think he's really choking," intervened Nabiki.

"Urk!"

"Please excuse me," Kasumi said to Ranma and, for the first 
time in anyone's recollection, clenched her fist.  She punched him
solidly in exactly the right place to dislodge the blockage.

Ranma (glares at Akane)

Akane: Um, I didn't realy think it'd happen. 

"N-nice one, Kasumi.  Thanks.  (hic!)"  

Kasumi smiled.  "I hope I didn't hurt you too badly, but drastic
measures seemed to be called for.  Have some water."

Soun looked at his eldest daughter, puzzled, and asked, "How did
you know how to do that?"

"I sometimes actually read the books I borrow from Dr. Tofu,
Father."

Ranma: Sometimes?! She's not as clueless as I thought.

Akane: Ah, I didn't think she'd... well... do anything like that.

Archive: It really depends on the writers. Some have her catch everything,
and others nothing. Some have her sexually repressed and others have her
being a sex deviant as great as you think Ranma is.

Akane: What do you mean 'think'? I know he is.

Archive (shakes head)
 

Soun nodded and said, "Well done."  As Kasumi blushed, he turned
back to Ranma.  "But you still haven't answered my question."

Ranma was still gulping water as Nabiki answered for him,
"Oh, did I forget to tell you?  Akane's out with her girlfriend
tonight."  A mouthful of water sprayed out, and Nabiki looked
irritatedly at Ranma.  "Eating with you is _such_ an adventure.

Akane: Not to mention quick and messy.

Ranma: Hey.

Anyway, as I was saying, Akane wanted me to tell you she'd be
out with one of her friends.  They're going to some movie, I
think."

Mollified, Soun sat back and chided, "You should take Akane out
one of these days, Ranma.  I'm sure she'd enjoy sharing a 
movie with you."  

Akane (eyes Ranma)

Ranma (sweats)
 

While he was talking, Nabiki silently mouthed, "You owe me" at
Ranma.  

Ranma: Great. More to my bill.

Akane: So, what does that put you to now?

Ranma: 15 'favors' and 120,000 yen.

Akane: How did you get that far in debt?

Ranma: Don't ask.

Akane: Oh, trust me, I will after the fic.
 

Ranma shrugged and said to Kasumi, "Great meal, and thanks for
the save.  Gotta go."  He ducked out as quickly as possible,
and headed for the Nekohanten.  
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Akane looked down at the dark pools of devotion 
looking up at her and sighed.  "Look Bie-Deh, there is no 
way that you can be in love with me because I knocked you 
out.  That's just...weird!"

Ranma: Bie-Deh? I thought Amazons were named after bathroom products.

Archive: She sort of is. Think bathroom fixture.

Ranma: Huh?

Archive: I won't go into it.
 

"Is easier...to...marry when decide be...to...be in love." 
Bie-Deh assured her, struggling to get the Japanese words out.

Aaargh!  The monomaniac just wouldn't take a hint, but was 
so nice about it!

Ranma: Oh, I love this.

Akane: You would.

Akane missed having suitors she didn't mind hitting.

Ranma: I wish she did mind the hitting.

Kuno had a lot of good points in retrospect.

Akane: And absolutely no other good points.

Akane struggled onward with her line of reasoning, "Well 
yes, but it's better if you fall in love first and then 
marry the man you love."  

"Bie-Deh do fall in love.  Now Bie-Deh just be so-so nice that
Kaneda fall in love.  Then marry!  Is right way, yes?"

Akane: NO!

Ranma: Relax. It's just a fic.

"Gaaaah!"  Maybe it would be all right to hit her after all.
It wasn't as if Akane was really a guy, even if she looked 
like one at the moment.  

Akane: Yeah, why should I care about hitting a girl?

"Bie-Deh sorry.  She know Kaneda shy.  Should not push before
husband ready.  Just be so nice..."  Bie-Deh seeped closer, 
smiling as she continued, "...so nice that Kaneda want..."  
Akane didn't back up fast enough as the Kawaii Bakemono 
latched on. "...go on next date, yes?"  She moved in for
the kiss, both arms around Akane's neck.

Akane and Ranma: O.O
 

"Uhhh..."  No.  Akane put her hand up and started to push
Bie-Deh away, then realised what she was now touching, and
snatched her hands back to peel Bie-Deh's from her neck.  

Ranma (sarcastic): Oh, you're handling this sooo much better than me.

Akane: Shut up.

As she did so, the pressure from Bie-Deh suddenly vanished
as a green and black blur sent the little Chinese Amazon
flying into the alley behind them.

"Ohohohoho!  How dare you grope my Ranma-sama!"

Ranma: Looks like you got more the just turning into a guy.

Akane: I said shut up. (Mallets Ranma)

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Archive: Great fic. Can't wait for the next one, and I hope it doesn't
	take over a month for it.

Akane: It's a good fic, I guess. But I think I could handle things better.

Ranma: No you couldn't. Anyway, I love this fic. I want more. It's great
	seeing Akane have to put up with the crap from my view of things. 

Akane: You think I don't see things from your point of view?

Ranma: Yep.

Akane: We'll see about that.

Archive (snickers, thinking): Yes you will see Akane, yes you will.

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The last line is a hint at a writing project I plan to work on next year.