BTW, This is the third account that I was referring to in my author's notes
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Thanx!

At 11:15 PM 2/8/96 -0800, you wrote:

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Nagisa Kanou wrote:

Ryouga - Can't see him as a key character is this fanfic, as he never had 
a dual with Ranma in middle school.  Isn't cursed and never even fought 
Ranma in fact.  *BUT* he could be in love with Ranko, which would make 
things *very* interesting, especially if Ranma takes a dislike to him.  
(Who ever likes the guys who hit on your sister?)

Hate to say it, but *wrong*.  He and Ryouga should have still had a duel.
The wish asked for no-curse and it only curtailed the trip to the ponds, 
hence life happenings before that trip should still be the same.  But 
this is left to the author. ^_-  So he should still know Ryouga, Ryouga 
should still know him.  But I believe the grudge should be MUCH less 
intense without the curse to burden them with it. ^_^  

Ah, but keep in mind that how the wish was granted was that he never 
traveled or trained in Martial Arts with his father...so he wouldn't have 
the SKILL to fight Ryouga in this world...Ryouga could CRUSH him.

Ahh, but I kept Richard's wording for the wish:

---> I wish I never became cursed with a girl's body!


Which means that the curse is gone.  However, Ranma has a complete
recollection of all past events in the 'other existence.'  I'll quote from
my Author's notes:

<begin quote>

	Ranma's wish caused his environment to change.  Lives were re-written and
locations changed to accommodate his wish.  This means that he did NOT jump
to an alternate universe/dimension/plane of thought/etc.  Therefore his
means of escape from that existence are reduced to one, which is the second
wish.  The wish is supposed to be very powerful, and the intention behind
the character of the vendor was that he was to be very VERY selective in who
gets the wishing broach, almost as a guardian or keeper of the artifact.
	Another effect of the wish was that Ranma's mind was supposed to have been
altered so that he wasn't so damned infuriating and quick to fire off his
mouth.  A higher level of maturity was something I was trying to add into
Ranma's character for this story, to help make his living in this dimension
more sane.  I'm debating, however, the merit of continuing to do so, as the
humorous content of the story is obviously diminished when I do that.  I may
have him mellow out once he hits stable ground in this existence.

<end quote>

        My intention was to show that the Ranma we all know and love woke up
in a different body, different setting, etc.  The only thing that changed
personally for Ranma was his body.  The memories in Ranma Saotome's mind did
not change.  When he awoke the morning after making the wish, it was not
back at the beginning of the series with Ranma living it all over again.
Chronologically speaking, no time forwards or backwards elapsed due to the
wish.  (Hence the long time that Akane was forced to spend with Kuno, for
example)

Ukyou - Can't see her in here either, but it's possible that she could be 
introduced into the storyline now, I have no clue how.

*ahem* and why wouldn't she be in it?  Their father's were old friends. 
When she and Ranma first met was when they were but children... very youg 
children. (young).  As far as anyone knows, she could still arrive at the 
school or already be there. ^_^ (since I think the story takes place at 
the same time as when he made the wish, but life has progressed without 
the curse, so.... dominoes...) So Ukyou would most definitely be in 
Nerima, most likely, Ucchan's will exist. Who knows... Ranma might even 
accidently take Akane to Ucchan's and act like he knew her in old times. ^_^

But their fathers met and made that deal on one of Genma and Ranma's 
earliest training trips.  Again, no training trip, no meeting.

Exactly.  That easy vehicle for me doesn't exist.  If I throw Ucchan into
the story, I'll have to be VERY inventive.

<.sig applied for>   ^_^

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