Standard Disclaimer: This is less a series that a collection of
surreal, immature, farcical shorts.  Reading the others isn't
necessary, or even beneficial, but if you didn't like those you
probably won't like this one, either.

Take Off Your Clothes 7:
Grinnin' In Your Face
by: Jeffrey van Rutsch

+ Ranma, no.  What's gotten into you anyway?

- Look, Akane, it's settled.  We're going to.

+ I said no!  P-chan's my pet!  I can't just...put him in that cage!

- You said it was alright, before.  So it's like, why does it matter so
much to you now?

+ You *know* why, Ranma.

- No, I don't think I do.  You tell me.

+ I...well, why do you care anyway?  I thought you didn't even *like*
P-chan!  Don't be such a bully!

- Shut up!  God damn!  You make it out like it's such a big thing!

+ Why shouldn't I?

- Because it's nothin'!  Look...you remember why I got the cage, don't
you?

+ Yeah, I know why you got the cage, Ranma.

- Tell me.  I want you to tell me why I got the cage.

+ So you could put Shampoo in it.

- Right!  And you know how much I hate cats.  Deathly scared of 'em.
You know that.  So why is it such a big thing to put P-chan in the
cage?

+ Ranma!  It wasn't *my* idea to put Shampoo in the cage and make her
watch!  It was yours...so don't make it out like I owe you something.

- Don't tell me you didn't get off on it, though.

+ No!  It was too weird!

- That's not what you were screaming at the time.

+ Ok!  So I admit.  So I liked it!  So what?

- So let me do the same with P-chan.  Just once.

+ No!

- Damn it, Akane!  He's just your pet pig!  I mean, he's nothing more.
He's not even going to know what's happening.  You always do this!  It's
no big deal!

+ Then why do you care whether he's watching or not?

- I just do, Akane.  I can't explain it.  I just do.


FIN

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Hmmm...This was going to be longer, make Ranma cruder and more like "The
Thief," but thought it was too nifty in this abbreviated form.  If you
enjoyed the short I'd appreciate a reply.  Thanks for reading,

Jeff


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"Qawwali is intimately connected to the Sufi mystics' efforts to draw 
closer to God.  In these ballads, the melodies and rhythms combine to
assist the listener in their attempts to reach a higher plane of unity
with Allah."		-Liner Notes, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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