Subject: [FFML] [Ranma] [FanFic] Star Mage Chapter One and Prologue
From: andrew norris
Date: 11/29/1998, 9:39 AM
To: ffml@fanfic.com
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mage2099@dtgnet.com

This is my first Ranma fanfic (and the first one I have sent out to the
world) and my second FanFic.. Email me at mage2099@dtgnet.com
Ranma 1/2: StarMage

Alt reality


Andrew Norris
Co-authored by
Kevin D. Hammel

Disclaimer
We are writing this in no hope or prayer of making a profit... Ranma 1/2
is owned by others who are not me or Kevin.
Some of the Spells and other information come from TSR's ADD owned by
Wizards of the Coast, and some of the starship techology is based off of
Ideas from David Weber's Books... owned by Baen Books and David Weber,
no infringment is intended of any of the copywrites.
Prologue


 Scene:  Ranma-chan has just defeated Xian Pu of the Amazons, and She is
about to give Ranma-chan the Kiss of Death.

For this scene <> is spoken Chinese, Mandarin, Amazon dialect.  "" is
Japanese.

 <Xian Pu, HOLD> Called a Voice.  Xian Pu turned around and looked at
the voice.

 <Elder Moate, why do you wish me to hold from giving the Kiss of
Death?> Xian asked.

 <Simple, I detect magic around this child, and I think that she, wait a
second, HE, would make a good mage.  Plus the fact was that he beat you
DURING a tournament, therefore the Kiss of Death is an OPTION, not a
requirement, child.>  Dedire Moate replied (She might be an Amazon by
adoption, but she is Western looking) As Dedire strode towards
Ranma-chan, Ranma noticed a few things about her.  Dedire appeared to be
about 5'8", 25-30 years old and wore a version of what Ranma herself was
wearing, but the shirt was green.  Also there was a star shaped pendant
on a necklace around her neck.  <Child, did you fall into a spring at
Jusenkyo, and if so which one?> Dedire asked Ranma.

 "Yes, I fell into a spring, Spring of Drowned girl, why do you ask?"
Ranma replied to Dedire.

 "Humm, Nipponese?  What is your name child?" Derdire asked.

 "Saotome Ranma.  Heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial
Art." Ranma replied, with a tone of pride in her voice.

 "The Panda is your father correct?"  While Ranma and Derdire were
talking Derdire had cast divination spells on the panda and Ranma to
find out what they really were BEFORE the curse, and also to find out if
Ranma would make a good mage.  "Saotome-san, I must, for the tribe's
law, adopt Ranma as my own child and at least train her for a year, or I
will allow Xian Pu to deliver the Kiss of Death to Ranma, and she will
hunt him down and try to kill her. I promise at the end of a year I will
find you and deliver her back to you.  Those are your only two options.
And Xian Pu will also try to kill you too, because you are the one who
started eating the food FIRST."

The Panda was about to disagree, but then he noticed that half the
villagers were holding weapons and looking VERRRRYYYY unfriendly at him,
along with Derdire's stare that said I CAN kill you. Not I am going to
kill you, not that I want to kill you, but a stare that said, I know
what you can do, and I AM NOT worried.  The panda sweated.

 {Okay, See you in a year Son} Genma-panda held up a sign and then
flipped it around {Meet me at the Tendo Dojo, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan} With
that Genma-panda took off running.

 "POPS.  Get back here!!!"  Ranma-chan turned to run after him but was
stopped by running into a wall of force that Derdire cast.

 "Sorry about that but the law here is the law, so what I did was save
you a lot of headaches with dealing with Xian Pu.  UNLESS you DO wish to
Marry her.  Plus I Will train you in advanced martial art techniques and
magic."  With this statement Derdire picked Ranma up in a Telekine Hold
and took him off to begin

 Fading sounds of "Pops you Traitor, let me GOOOOOOOOoooooo" could be
heard from Ranma-chan.

 Fade to black.  End Scene End Prologue.


Chapter One

One year later, Genma's time
Location Nerima Tokyo Japan.
{} signs
"" Nihon-go/Japanese spoken Language
<> English spoken
** thoughts transmitted
## personal thoughts.

Opening Scene:
 A street in Nerima, Daytime, and it's raining (Hey this IS Nerima)

 A portal suddenly opened and two women stepped out.  Both were
redheads, with hair reaching down to their hips.  Both wore Chinese
fighting clothing (Ranma's shirt, black baggy pants, and battle
slippers.) The older of the two was a strawberry blond, 5' 8" looked to
be in her late twenties.  Her shirt was a light green and she wore a
cloak of white with green trim, with the hood thrown back, however when
she noticed that it was raining she put her hood up, covering her long
curly (wavy curls) strawberry blond hair.  The younger of the two, was
Ranma-chan, who looked just about the same as she did in the prologue.
However there were a few changes.  Her hair was now in a long braid down
her back and her shirt, instead of red was a midnight blue in colour.
She was also wearing a cloak, white with midnight blue trim, and like
Derdire (the strawberry blond) she also put the cloak's hood up.
However the most striking change was her eyes. Before, they were the
eyes of a sixteen-year old who had immense confidence in herself and
some pain from the curse... Now they showed a much older soul who was
still confident in her skills, but with a maturity far older than her
apparent years.

 < Why is it ALWAYS raining whenever we go to a new world????  Is EVERY
planet out to get me, Derdire???>  Ranma-chan asked Derdire

 "Don't know, Ranma-chan, but since you really don't care which form
you're in, now that you have gotten that change clothing spell down
perfect, why care?  After all if the change bothered you, you would have
made a copy of Ryoga's ring, right?" Derdire replied, cocking an eyebrow
at Ranma.

 "True, but his case is kinda different, you know.  He turns into a
PIG, I at least, STAY human.  And the amount of magical energy I would
have to have spent to MAKE the ring wasn't worth it, in all, After all,
he still had to lock the Subspace Storage in, and some other spells that
we both share locked on us.  IF I did turn into a non-human form, I
would have spent the energy necessary to make the ring, but since I just
change sex, why bother all that much with it." Ranma replied, smiling at
her companion, and added "Now where is this Tendo Dojo??????  After all
I would like to meet the woman I am supposed to marry by Giri BEFORE you
drag me off to the church......"

  The two strode off towards the Dojo, giggling over the last comment.

Tendo Dojo. Porch (where Soun and Genma play their board games)

 "Today is the Day that Ranma should return from his year of training
and then we can unite the two clans, Saotome."  Soun told his fellow
friend, crying as he did it.

 "True Tendo, just remember, WE told the girls that Ranma didn't have a
curse and they are waiting to meet him today." Genma replied to his
friend.

Upstairs, Akane's room, Nabiki and Akane talking.

 "So, today is the day we meet this Ranma.  Akane, if you take him you
could get all the boys off your back....." Nabiki told her younger
sister adding "He IS well off, with those trust funds, which come to him
on his 21st birthday, marriage, or Graduation from college, whichever
comes first.  Plus that picture we have of him does make him look cute."

 " 'Biki, is that ALL you think about, He's just a boy like all the rest
of them, and you know I hate them..... Plus he's probaly just like the
rest, boorish and just controlled by his hormones."

 "Nabiki, Akane, please come to the family room we have visitors."
Kasumi's voice called.

Family Room.  Just as Genma is showing Ranma and Derdire in.

 All Three Tendo girls were seated behind the table. Kasumi was Kasumi.
Nabiki wore a full kimono, while Akane wore her gi and said "I will not
go along with this."

 "Hello, I am Saotome Ranma." Ranma-kun (before entering Ranma pulled
out a thermos of Hot water and poured it on himself, triggering the
change) as he bowed.  "And this is my Sensei, Moate Dedire.  I do know
that, by Giri, I am to marry one of you three, and I wish to know who it
would be.  However I must ask, were you aware of my Jusenkyo curse?"

 Nabiki replied "WHAT curse?? Your father said that you didn't fall into
the pools..." she trailed off.

 Ranma-kun shot a look at his father, which said, you and me WILL talk
about this later.  "Allow me to show you the curse."  With that
statement he pulled out, seeming from nowhere, a thermos, marked in
English, COLD water.  He then proceeded to pour it over himself, and the
change occured.  In Ranma-kun's place there was now Ranma-CHAN.  All
three girls gasped and turned to look at Genma and Soun.

 "See, I TOLD you he was lying to us, Daddy."  Nabiki told her father.

 "I'm NOT going to marry a freak pervert." Akane yelled at her father.

 "Oh, my" Kasumi replied.

 <Just bloody great, Why Me??????  Is there some curse that I get
accused of things that I am NOT, Dee?>  Ranma looked at Derdire.

 <Guess so.......> Derdire replied

 Soun opened up with tears and started crying.

 "Hold IT. " Ranma-chan replied.  "One I DID NOT lie to ANY of you... my
father might have... but I did not, and you, Akane is it?  A. I am NOT a
pervert.  B. I'll grant you the freak.... But you might want to think
about watching your choice of words with an opponent that you have NOT
faced... .for all you know I could have taken THAT seriously and want to
kill you for it.  However I really don't care about being called names.
And I am used to the change.... After all I had no choice about this,
nor is there a way to remove this." Ranma stated.

Everyone looked at Ranma.  Nabiki noted the fact that the CLOTHING that
Ranma wore still fit perfectly, while when Genma (Remember Nabiki has
seen Genma change form) changed his clothing no longer fit.  While
Ranma's change in size due to the gender shift wasn't as bad as Genma's
the clothing Ranma was wearing should not be fitting the way that it was
now.

"Wait a second here, how did your clothing change size like that, As far
as we know ONLY the body is affected by the curse NOT clothing the
person is wearing." Nabiki said while staring at Ranma.

"Heh, caught that, neh?  Simple, Derdire, besides teaching me many, many
moves and chi attacks and powers, also taught me Magic. I have a spell
that I made permanent that changes my clothing to fit my body, and add
makeup plus jewelry to me when I change into a female, or remove it if I
change into a male due to hot water.  Also the spell will make sure the
clothing fits the situation I am in.  For example: Let's say I am at a
formal Dance wearing a Tux, and am hit by cold water, all of the sudden
I will be wearing a Evening dress with appropriate makeup and
accessories.  Second most useful spell I know."  Ranma-chan grinned at
Nabiki.

"Oh, by the way FATHER, did you also tell them of all the OTHER arranged
marriages that you made for me OR the Seppuku promise?" Ranma-chan just
looked at her father with a look that seemed to say ' What, you think I
am THAT dumb?'

 "Errrr, Ummm, how did you find out about that, son?"  Genma replied
sweating bullets.

 "Simple, I cast the spell Legend Lore on myself to find EVERYTHING out.
That spell is the MOST useful spell I have learned.  Father.  You can't
hide things from me, nor expect me to trust you anymore.  In fact I
almost DIDN'T come, with all the things YOU have done to me, and all the
agreements that you have made for me, I really do NOT trust nor like or
respect you whatsoever.  I am holding to THIS agreement, ONLY because
both you and My mother made it with the Tendos. However there is TWO
versions of this agreement.  The one you and Tendo-san made was between
ANY son of the Saotomes and ANY daughter of the Tendos, while the One
that My mother made with the Tendo Kimiko (Soun's deceased wife) was
between me and Akane specific.  Considering YOUR honor, I consider ONLY
my mother's agreement to be valid." Ranma paused and then continued.
"However if Akane does wish to be out of the arrangement, I would
consent to that, but I do think we should at LEAST try to uphold the
agreement between the two families.  I do NOT want to dishonor my
mother.  Oh, by the way FATHER, Mother will be here very soon to meet
me."  Ranma stopped and smiled at her father (Side note: This was not a
NICE smile though.)

 Genma was just about to take off running until his child said "Sleep"
and he fell over and went to sleep.  "That should keep him until Mother
arrives and I see what I can do to repair this situation."  Ranma paused
and looked at Akane saying:  "Do you wish to go somewhere private and
discuss this?"

Five Minutes later. Tendo Dojo, Dojo

 Ranma looked at Akane and asked, "Mind if I change back to male?  While
I do not mind being female, I suspect for this conversation, that it
might be better if I am male while we discuss our possible future
together, if we are to have one.  I wish to point out that A. I did NOT
make this arrangement. B. I COULD have just demanded that we go though
with it due to Giri and last but NOT least. C. Both our Mothers wished
for us to be engaged, and used the most formal way of doing it.  There
MAY be NO way out of it for us, unless I fake my own death, which really
would NOT bother me, I could travel back to Maticore and live there,
after all I do like that system."  Ranma paused and then she continued
on, "Still, before we pick an option that drastic, I do think that we
should at LEAST try to uphold family honor." With this Ranma paused and
looked at Akane.

 "Humph, you are just like the rest of the boys, always trying to get a
date or sleep with me.  I don't care WHAT you do, I will NOT marry you,
and you can just die FREAK PERVERT." Akane looked at Ranma with an
expression of disgust.

 "Why me?  Look I told you This ONCE before and now I think I made this
point really clear to you.  A. I AM NOT a Pervert.  B. WATCH you who
call names.
I'm taking it lightly, but I should warn you, while I LOOK sixteen, I'm
really in my Fifties, and I will live a LONNNNGGGGGGGGGG time. Also
BEFORE my father tossed me to Dee, I had trained in Anything Goes for
TEN years every single day and for most of those days that was ALL that
I did.  Dee added MORE skills, magic, chi manipulation, and more
knowledge, plus made me an ADULT, something you are not acting as.
Therefore, I think I will teach you the SAME lesson that Dee taught me,
how to watch what I say, the HARD way.  Come to think of it, that's how
I learned it, too.  Therefore I challenge you to a duel.  If You win
I'll leave right now, and not come back.  However IF I win you agree to
be MY student until I say you are trained, not just in the Arts, but in
social skills.  You might be good with some people, or even MOST people,
but attacking one person with insults BEFORE you even meet that person
is EXTREMELY stupid.  Also you will also agree to keep the engagement
for two years, your time."
With that Ranma cocked an eyebrow at Akane.

 "Hah. This won't take long." Akane grinned and then said "I'll wipe the
floor with you, you perverted freak."

 Ranma sighed and said" Wait here a sec.  I want to get witness to
this."

 Ranma went out, got ALL the Tendous, her father, and Dee.  While they
were going back to the Dojo, Ranma told them what the duel was over.
Genma and Soun told her to win at all costs.

 <This should be the QUICKEST slaughter I've seen> Dee commented as she
walked in.

 "Ready FREAK?" Akane asked Ranma.

 "Let's do it." Ranma waited for Akane's Attack.

 What follows next was the BIGGEST and MOST painful slaughter this side
of the US Army up against a rabbit.

When it is done, Akane had bruises all over her body, and she had been
tossed like a rag doll many many times. Even with Ranma for the first
part of the fight allowing her to attack, Ranma hadn't even been hit.
(Kinda like the show, but far far worse.)  Needless to say, Akane was on
the verge of fainting when Ranma walked over and healed her, back to the
way she was BEFORE the so called fight Started.

 (Ranma in this Universe will fight women and is not above causing some
pain, esp. to make his or her point CLEAR.  Since Ranma can heal her,
Ranma see NOTHING wrong in causing that many injuries to her.  Ranma
later admits that she did go a wee bit overboard, but she was annoyed at
Akane calling her a pervert.)

 Hour later, Tendo living room.

 "Akane, you agreed to the terms, plus Mother DID make the engagement
between you and Ranma.  So honor DEMANDS that you keep it." Kasumi told
Akane.

 "The pervert set me up, and he or she is scum, just like everyone else,
out to beat me up so that they can date me." Akane replied with a Humph
type sound.

 Ranma sighed and told Akane, "Akane-san, I DO not believe in the Amazon
code of combat for marriage, nor did I want to beat you up to date you.
I have had far more headaches with men chasing ME, than you can imagine,
and I have found ways to deal with it, and I will teach you on HOW to
deal with most, if not all, men who are trying to chase you.  Worked
most of the time for me, except once, when I was too drunk to make it
work, and that led to something I did not except to happen, and also
changed my life big time." Ranma paused and continued, "Akane, YOU did
agree to the terms.  It was your overconfidence that lead to your
defeat, not your skills.  Like I said in the FIRST place, I have had far
more training than you and I also have honed my body to the best that it
can possibly be.  I did try to tell you that fighting me was a bad idea,
but you did not listen to me.  I do NOT like fighting people as a rule,
but your overconfidence and arrogant behavior demanded, esp. when you
began to insult me sight unseen, an answer.  However I expect that you
will be able to hold your own against me after I train you to get to my
level.  That WAS part of the agreement." Ranma looked at Akane, while
Akane fumed over her defeat.

 "Hello, is Ranma here?" a female voice asked.

 Ranma spun up and splashed hot water over herself, reverting back to
her birth gender.

 "Hai.  I am he.  You are?" Ranma asked the lady, who appeared to be an
older version of his female side.

 The lady walked up to Ranma, studied him for a second and then hugged
him. "Oh, my son you have returned." She cried.

 #Humm, guess this is my mother.  Time to deal with the Seppuku
agreement.# Ranma thought to himself.

 "Mother, I do know about ALL the agreements and the Seppuku agreement
My father made for me.  I ONLY consider the arrangement that you and
Tendou Kimiko made to be valid.  I did NOT know about any of the
engagements, nor the Seppuku agreement until about 2 years ago." Ranma
paused and Nodoka was about to interrupt, but Ranma continued first. "
While we were training in China we ran across a place called Jusenkyo
and both me and father fell into pools there.  When you fall into a
Jusenkyo pool, you 'gain' the ability to change into a other form, based
off of what or who last fell into the pool.  Father fell into the pool
of Drowned Panda, while I fell into the Pool of Drowned Young Girl.  I
do not know of any cure for these pools, and I have searched for one for
quite a while.  I have come to the conclusion that the 'curse' is
PERMANT with no cure, and that all that I can do is deal with it, and
learn what it can teach me.  If you feel that the Seppuku agreement is
to be upheld, I do wish to know."
Ranma paused, and then continued "I would like to tell you all that has
happened to me BEFORE you make your decision, however.  TO do this and
make it believable, I need to show you, and the others if they are
willing, something and a person.  With your Permission, I will open a
portal to my ship, where all the information that I need to show you
is."

 Nodoka looked at Ranma and then spoke "Permission granted."

 Ranma went over to the doorway, studied it for a moment and then began
to chant.  As he chanted the doorway took a witchfire type glow and then
he spoke "I open the Portal."  A Portal opened and on the other side of
it, instead of the Tendou yard was a day cabin of a ship, with a
viewport looking on Terra.  Ranma walked though the portal and said,
"Please walk though the portal, no harm will come to you."

 Everyone crossed the portal but Genma, who was still scared stiff with
fear that Nodoka would not find Ranma a man among men.  Nodoka noticed
this and walked over to prod Genma in the back with her Katana, and he
crossed over.  After Genma and Nodoka have crossed over, Ranma shut the
Portal.

 Ranma pulled out a thermos filled with cold water and poured it over
himself, triggering the change. While the change happened, Ranma seemed
to be concentrating on something.  When the change was over, Ranma-chan
was dressed, instead of a female sized version of what she was wearing,
in a Formal Kimono and Obi, appropriate to her new Gender, the colours
of the over-Kimono were a green base with a gold dragon pattern.
Everyone gasped at the change.

 Nabiki hummed, "So that's what you meant when you said the spell will
cloth you appropriate to the situation.  Niceeeee." She whistled.

 "Not quite, I had to tell the spell to go with this outfit, normally it
would have just pulled the female version of what I was wearing out."
Ranma grinned, and continued "Before I start the story of my life I wish
to show you someone."  With that statement, Ranma walked into a cabin
connecting to the day cabin.  When she came out, she carried a blanket
wrapped child, approx. 8 - 9 years old who clutched in her sleep a six
limbed stuffed furry critter. The child had the same hair as Ranma and
the same general face as Ranma. It was clear that this was at least a
close relative of Ranma's.

 Ranma sat down and spoke, "Thank god that she's as deep of a sleeper as
I used to be.  Everyone I would like to introduce you to Saotome Ryoko,
my daughter. This is the person I wished to show you before I started my
story.  We are on HMS Gold Dragon, my ship, an Alpha synth ship.  She is
self aware and is watching all of us right now, but I disconnected her
speakers into this room."

 Ranma then proceeded to tell of her nearly sixty years, going over all
the points in some detail.  She left NOTHING out, both the good and the
bad.  Genma for the first ten years of this tale was basically slammed
hard, while the time Ranma spent with Dee was better mostly, but not
always.  By the time Ranma was done, everyone was stunned and looked at
Ranma like they couldn't believe this four hour tale, even with the
proof of some of it being held in Ranma's arms.

 When she was finished, Ranma turned to her mother. "Mother, after
hearing my story, has the commitment a five year old been fulfilled?"

 Nodoka had held her tongue throughout her... child's story. Though her
voice had been stilled, her mind had not. She was not long in answering
the young woman.

 "Ranma, you have obviously made every effort to live up to the
agreement. Though mistakes were made..." She cast a quick glance at
young Ryoko, who was beginning to stir. "You lived up to the
responsibility your carelessness thrust upon you. I will not deprive
*another* child of its mother."

 As Ranma bowed to her mother, their gazes met for a moment... Each
woman's eyes speaking to the other of love for her child.

 Nodoka turned to Genma. "How fortunate... you abandoned our child to a
*better* parent. Though the Art is a poor substitute for love, your duty
has been fulfilled."

 Genma offered a mute bow of thanks.

 Finally, she looked at Dee. " Moate Dedire, thank you for raising my
child to be a Man among Men and a strong woman. I am proud of all Ranma
has done."

 Dedire gave Nodoka a bow of acknowledgement. "It was both my honor and
pleasure, Mrs. Saotome."

 Nodoka smiled, "Please, all my *friends* call me Nodoka."

 Dee smiled at the Saotome Matriarch. "Nodoka, it is! And all *my*
friends call me Dee!"

 Ranma hesitantly walked toward her mother, a tentative smile on her
face. "Thanks, mom..."

 Nodoka ran to her child and almost gobbled up the much smaller woman in
an embrace. Those honor had separated, love now united; neither woman
could restrain tears of joy. After a decade for one, and a half century
for the other, each was *whole* again.

 Breaking the embrace at last, Ranma walked over to Akane, offering a
serious look as she spoke. "You see Akane, I do understand what boys
want... and the price of giving it to them. On my honor, I will never
take advantage of you the way I was."

 Akane looked at Ranma with a tiny smile. "Thanks, Ranma. I really
appreciate that, and I understand why you can never be like the boys at
school... But, let's just start as friends, OK? How 'bout you, me, and
Ryoko go shopping for some real clothes when we get back? And I promise
I'll *never* call you a pervert again, because you really *are* a girl
when you... change."

 Akane looked down, drawing patterns with her feet in the carpeting.
"But... I don't think I'm ready for a boyfriend who's also really a girl
right now, so..."

 Ranma gave her... friend a smile. "Sounds like fun, Akane-chan. We've
got to start somewhere!"

 Akane looked up from her floor-art, her expression much brighter. "I
know *all* the cool dress shops..."

 "And... I'd really like to see how a dress changes when you become a
guy." Nabiki added with a smirk.

 Ranma turned to Nabiki, a bit exasperated. "It's really not very
interesting. It usually ends up being my Chinese fighting clothing,
unless I have a outfit that fits the situation 'prepped', or I force it
to go to a outfit that is in the spell's 'storage' area.  Normally when
I change and am wearing the fighting outfit, it just switches to a
different sized version."

 Nabiki hoped her comment hadn't dug too deep of a hole for herself...
If Akane slipped up, maybe *she* would get a chance with Ranma.

 Dee spoke, "Ranma I'll scoot over to 'Hammer and get ready for
tomorrow. Remember, have Dragon set you up with records and for Ryoko.
Remember that. Suggest you decide on WHAT gender to go with."  With that
Dee opened a portal to her ship and left.

 Ryoko stirred and rubbed her eyes.  <Momma?> she asked.

 Ranma looked at her daughter and replied <Yes, hime-chan?>

 <Who are these people?> Ryoko asked looking around.

 <Well, hime-chan, the lady is your grandmother.> Ranma replied pointing
at her mother.  <The old man there is your grandfather. The three girls
are Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane.  That man is Soun.> Ranma pointed at each
one in turn.  <Say hello to them, in Nihon-go.> Ranma paused and smiled
at her daughter.

"Hello Grandmother, Grandfather, Kasumi, Nabiki, Akane, and Mr. Soun."

End Chapter One

11/24/98
Andrew Norris
Kevin D. Hammel (Co Author, {the Nodoka scene} and many many comments
that made the story much much better)

 Author's Note(s)
 Andrew's
 No I still haven't come up with a good Title for this story (God, I
have a readable fan fic... but I can't NAME it... Well, at least I came
up with the fic...)

 I came up with this idea for the simple fact that it just occurred to
me...
No I do NOT have a long term plan in mind... But A few things are clear
in my head.

 One. Ranma WILL marry one of the Tendous. (Kevin and I haven't QUITE
decided which one... I am leaning towards Akane, but Nabs is running a
close second.)

 Two. There will be a cameo or two with the Sensei (quite possibly with
my Sensei stories' indv.)

 Three. Ranma will be going to school as a guy... Haven't decided if
Ranma will wear a school uniform or not.( At first I had slated Ranma to
go as a girl but Kevin came up with the idea that he should go as a
guy.)

 Four. Ryoga will appear in the story but not for a long time (this
Ryoga is just as different as Ranma is.)

 Five. There WILL be at least one side story covering Ranma and Ryoko...
esp. the FULL story How Ranma gave birth.

 Six. I will go into full details on Ranma's powers and skills at a
later date.

 Comments at : mage2099@dtgnet.com

 Kevin's Notes...
 Its amazing how little work one needs to do to get a co-author credit
:^). Andrew e-mailed me a few comments on some of the stories I've
written, then sent me a draft of this story. Nodoka may *seem* to come
to a conclusion quickly, but don't forget that she just heard her
child's life story, over the course of four hours, weighing each point
Ranma made. You can say almost the same thing about Akane's quick
acceptance, Akane heard everything, and made her decision based on all
the facts, not emotion alone. Thanks for reading!

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