Epilogue

[snip]



Strange.  All through the Kasumi-and-Ranma scene, I was half expecting

a hint that Kasumi had been wise to the whole thing all along, and that

she had done away with the false Shampoo-as-Akane so that she could get

Ranma for herself.  Leaving the story one of double-crossing to the very

end ...



I guess when it comes to this kind of fiction, it's hard to _stop_

looking for the hidden motive.  Thus the reader becomes as much a

conspirator as any of the characters.



As a side issue, I note that this isn't the first story of yours that's

ended up with Akane and Shampoo as a lesbian couple.  Coincidence?



Cheers,

Angus





PS:  Oh, did I say before?  I liked the story.  I guess I should

mention that at some point.  :)