I don't know why I'm doing this, but I just feel that this fanfic could 
use a... less darker ending. :) Well, here goes nothing.

On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Lizsue wrote:

(scene: The crowd, the well.)
MOUSSE: "It's about time you showed up!"
RANMA-CHAN: "But I don't want to go in that well!"
GENMA: "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!  You've wanted to get rid of that curse
       ever since you got it!"
RANMA-CHAN: "But I can't switch back NOW!"
SOUN: "SHUT UP!  You've caused enough trouble already!  Hey, could someone 
      lend me a hand?" (Everyone helps Soun lift Ranma-chan and hold her 
      over the well.)
KUNO: "I'm afraid it's hard for me to see through the obscurity of 
      everyone's arms.  Dear sister, just what are we doing?"
MIKADO: "Good question."
KODACHI: "You talk too much.  Just shut up and help us!"
RANMA-CHAN: "PLEASE, DON'T DO THIS TO ME!"
KASUMI: "Don't worry, everything will work out fine once you lose the curse.
	Trust me!" (They let go and Ranma-chan falls.)

(scene: Inside the well.)
RANMA-CHAN: "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE...." (Stops falling.) "Ouch...."

(scene: Outside the well.)
NABIKI: "I didn't hear a splash.  Did you hear a splash?"
KASUMI: "No.  Maybe it's a really deep spring and she didn't hit the water 
	yet." (Looks inside the well.) "I can't see her.  It's too dark."

(scene: Inside the well.)
RANMA-CHAN: "I'm still a girl!  Yay!" (Gets up.) "I can't wait until I get 
	    out of h- Uh oh." (Sits down again.) "Maybe I'd better rest a 
	    little first." (Looks downward.) "AAAAAAARGH!  BLOOD!" (thinks) 
	    Mom said a jolt might reopen my childbirth wounds.... (Looks 
	    towards the top of the well.) "HELP!  GET ME OUT OF HERE!"

(scene: Outside the well.)
RYOGA: (Yelling into the well.) "GET OUT OF THERE!  MY TURN!"
GENMA: (Also yelling into the well.) "WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, SON?"
GUIDE: "Oops."
TSUBASA: "What's wrong?"
GUIDE: "That well went dry again last week.  There's no water in it.  She 
       hit solid ground!"
UKYOU: "No problem.  We throw Ran-chan large distances all the time.  He'll 
       be fine in a minute." (The crowd starts chattering about how nice life 
       will be afterwards, and ignores the well.)

(scene: Inside the well, a few minutes later.)

RANMA-CHAN: Help! Somebody help!
KUNO:	    (is in the well with RANMA-CHAN for some reason)
            Osage no onna!* (pig-tailed girl)
RANMA-CHAN: Kuno?
KUNO:       (looks at the blood) What happened?

(Meanwhile outside the well, at another well labelled "Nannuchuan*" 
(spring of drowned girl). A man crawls out.)

MAN:        I'm CURED!... (notices his low voice) Argggh! I thought that was
            the Nannuchuan!
GUIDE:      (looks at the well) Uh-oh. That not Nannuchuan. Me 
            mislabeled it. That Nannichuan! (spring of drowned man)!
UKYOU:      If that's the Nannichuan, which well did we throw Ranchan into?
GUIDE:      (walks up to the well labelled "Nannichuan") Uh-oh. That 
            Nannuchuan!

(Back in the Nannuchuan well, we see that there was a very shallow puddle of 
water in it which RANMA-CHAN landed in. She is now permanently cursed to 
be a girl.)

RANMA-CHAN: Those bakas threw me in here to try to turn me into a man!
KUNO:       I'll save you, osage no onna!

KUNO picks up RANMA-CHAN in his arms and leaps out of the well.

KUNO:       (drawing his bokken) Why you insolent curs! How dare thee
            attempt to change my osage no onna into a man! *slash* *slash*
            *slash* *slash* *slash*

With his left arm still holding RANMA-CHAN, KUNO lashes out with his 
bokken in his right arm very fast, sending the crowd scattering. They all 
run away in fear, leaving RANMA-CHAN's baby behind crying on the ground.

KUNO:       Who's baby is this?
RANMA-CHAN: Its mine.
KUNO:       N-nani*? (What?) Oh, how it pains me to find out that my 
            osage no onna made love to another man!...
RANMA-CHAN: (grabs KUNO's head and shakes it) No no its not like that,
            I accidentally drank a pregnancy potion.
KUNO:       (picks up the baby into RANMA-CHAN's arms)
RANMA-CHAN: (looks up into KUNO's eyes with a dreamy look) Domo arigato*
            (thanks a lot) for saving me.
KUNO:       It was my duty to protect my beloved osage no onna.
RANMA-CHAN: Oh Kuno... I love you.
KUNO:       And I love you too, my osage no onna.

The two of them engage in a passionate kiss.

(One month later, in a wedding chapel. KUNO is the groom and RANMA-CHAN 
is the bride.)

PRIEST:     And do you, Tatewaki Kuno, take Saotome Ranma to be your
            lawfully wedded wife?
KUNO:       I do.
PRIEST:     (puts RANMA-CHAN's hand into KUNO's) Then let the happy couple
            be united in marriage.

RANMA-CHAN and KUNO kiss, and the scene fades out.

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Ok I don't know what's worse, Ranma-chan dying at the bottom of the well, 
or Ranma-chan be permanently cursed to become a girl and marrying Kuno. 
Oh well. :) Comments, suggestions, flames, mallets <g> to pmak@cs.stmarys.ca.