Ever think that there are some great ideas out there, and that
they are never put together?  What if Ranma, instead of falling into
Nyannichuan "spring of drowned girl" fell into one of the Kusenkyo
pools.  A small thing though, I combined the two training grounds into
one big ground...with a couple of exceptions...:)  It wouldn't be as
funny if he didn't change into a girl (of some kind) so I came up with
this little thing.  (Sorry Scott, if some of what I write comes too
close to what you wrote:)

     Also, I will be writing from two perspectives.  One from 
Ranma's POV, and one an omniscient POV.  You will be able 
to tell which is which(I hope).

     <this> will indicate when the speaker is talking in Chinese, or
any variant therof. (as I can't spell very much (if any) in Chinese so
will use this where I can't use correct spelling of what I mean)
     [this] will be when the speaker is talking in English, or any
variant therof.
     and *this* will indicate when the current person will be 
thinking.

     Something that I never did before...but I read in other stories. 
     
At the end of the chapter (or clip therof) I will list the music
tracks that I listened to while writing this topsy-turvy story.

     Standard Disclaimers (Takahashi, Viz, etc.)

          Ranma 1/2
          Alternate Landings
          By Shadow Dancer(AKA Colin Hidson)
          Episode 1 - Part 1

     "Leave me alone!" I shout, as I run from my father.  *He 
doesn't care that I've got this curse, just wants to keep his 
"precious" honor intact.  As if he had any honor to begin with!* I run
down the street, shouting back at him, "It's your fault that I got
this damn curse to begin with, and now I CAN'T EVEN GET RID OF IT!!!"
I slow down as I try to keep from crying.  It isn't manly. *Not that
"manly" can even apply to me anymore.* "I hate you!" I scream, as I
start getting back up to speed, "I hate you for taking me to China
without being able to speak Chinese!  I hate what you did to me!  I
hate you!"  I can't help it.  The tears are coming, whether I want
them or not.  *Damn this rain* I think, as I stop and look at myself,
*Damn it for changing my father into his cursed form...*  That's as
far as I get before something hits me in back of my head, and the
world goes black.

*****

     A man is holding a postcard emblazoned with a picture of a 
panda eating bamboo on the front.  The man looks up and we 
notice that it is Soun.  "At last! Ranma is coming, finally!"Soun
mumbles to himself.  Then he gathers his breath and starts calling,
"Kasumi!  Nabiki! Akane!" (As you've probably read this seventeen
zillion times before, I will be skipping details unto the meeting of
the Tendo's and the Saotome's.)

     A panda came around the corner, holding a teenaged boy that was
kicking and shouting "Put me down, Pops!  You're scaring them!"  The
panda then decided to put the boy down.
     Soun pointed at the boy and asked, "You...wouldn't...be?"
     The boy looked up at Soun, and then looked back down at the
     floor, 
"I'm...Ranma Saotome.  Sorry about this."
     Soun grabs Ranma, "Ranma!  I have waited for this for so long!" 
Ranma just pushes Soun away.
     "I'm sorry, but we should talk, first...Oyaji probably failed to
     tell 
you the specific problems of the marriage.  If you could get some hot
water, I can explain everything."  Soun looks on happily while
ignoring everything Ranma says.

*****

     I'm sitting in the Tendo's living room.  I was hoping to stall
     this, 
but to take this properly, I have to tell them.  Right out.  *Damn, I
hate doing what's right* I sigh as the oldest daughter walks in with a
kettle of hot water.  *I hope it isn't too hot.*  I stand and retrieve
the kettle from her.  She just smiles at me, and then takes her place
at the table.  "You're probably wondering at the panda that brought me
here.  Here's the simple truth.  That panda is my father."  Everyone
looks shocked, but I continue, "My father took us to a training ground
in China, called Jusenkyou.  My father and I were about to start
training when the guide said that the place was cursed.  As my father
rarely listens to anyone, we started training, regardless."  I take
this time to glare at my father, but continue, "At first, we traded a
few blows, but I got the first real hit in.  I kicked him into one of
the pools, which the guide later told us was the spring of drowned
panda.  Anyone who falls in turns into a panda with cold water."
     Soun looks at me confused, "They change into a panda with cold
water, how do they change back?"
     I just pick up the kettle, and pour it on Father.  All the
     Tendo's look 
suprised, then Soun just shrugs and asks, "Well, do _you_ change into
anything with cold water?" I just shake my head, then Soun nods, and
then introduces his daughters.  Kasumi just smiles.  Nabiki looks at
me like I was a bank vault, or something.  Akane just glares at me.
     Father claps me on the back, "Well, son?  Which do you choose? 
Who will you marry?"
     Father forgot one point. "I'm not finished the story, so SIT BACK
     
DOWN" I growl.  Everyone looks startled, but settle back to listen. 
Father is trying to shush me, so I throw him into the pond. "After
Oyaji jumped back onto the poles, I was startled, but I kept up. 
Father tried a sneak attack on me, but I managed to dodge, for the
first while.  Then it happened.  Father got a good hit on me.  The
pool he landed me into was one of the hot-springs that also littered
the area.  The guide told me that it was the hot-spring of drowned
young girl."
     Soun spoke up, "but you said you don't change into anything with
cold water!"
     I snarled, "I don't"  I then picked up the kettle and poured the
     rest of 
it on myself.  Soun fainted.  Kasumi was suprised.  Nabiki looked
shocked.  Akane just stared.  I felt the tears welling up again, but I
don't have the control to stop them with this body.  I can't help
myself.  I start crying.

*****
Musical selection...
     Captain Tractor, Volume 1.  on continuous repeat.... boring if
     you 
don't like it...:)

     Well, how was that?  Hope you weren't dissapointed, or anything.
     I'm awaiting the flames!
               Shadow Dancer
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      Stress Relief
   All stressed out?  Sometimes it helps to think
of happy scenes.  Maybe a pastoral field, a field
with a babbling brook.  You're there on a lovely
summer's day...holding someone's head under the 
water.  Now you're letting them up for a second.
Then blam!  Back into the freezing water!  Over
and over again!  There.  Feel better?