Hello all!
 
While working on "The Trial," "A Reel Man" and "The Trip" for "The 
High Cost of Loving" I took time out for a Video Girl AI and DNA2 
marathon. The following is an idea that popped into my mind and I 
have to get rid of it to finish THCOL. Let me know what you think of 
this.

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Video Gril AI & Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction
"Video Girl Akane" Chapter One
by Suds-kun (Shaun Schillinger)

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Ranma 1/2 characters are created by and copyright Rumiko Takahashi.
Published by Shogakukan Inc. and VIZ Comm.
Vidio Girl AI characters are created by Masakazu Katsura
Published by Jump Comics and Jump Video.
Used without permission.
Intended for the sole non-profit use of fans.
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Ranma walked through the aisles of the video store in awe. He had 
never seen a video store like this Gokuraku before. He looked at the 
membership card that the owner had given him. Any time he needed a 
video the store would be there for him. It seemed like a dream, but 
the occasional pinch proved that wrong. The old man said to pick out 
a video girl that he liked and he could watch the tape for a month 
for free. It didn't matter to Ranma how or why this was happening, 
but he wasn't going to let this opportunity slip by.

Different categories and styles separated the aisles. One was 
homemaking another was finance. He turned down the aisle that was 
marked martial artists. There were about twenty tapes to choose 
from. While looking them over, one caught his attention. A smile. 
Her smile was beautiful. He could just sit and stare at that smile 
for the month and be happy.

Ranma set the tape on the counter. "I'll take this one."

"Very good choice, sir. You'll be pleased with her."

"If her personality is like that smile, I'll be more than pleased." 
Ranma took the tape and headed for the door. He paused and then 
turned around. "I was wondering, you know my name but I don't know 
yours. What's your name?"

The man smiled in response. "You can call me Soun. Don't forget the 
instructions I gave you when you first came in. The tape only runs 
for a month and will then disappear."

Ranma waved as he walked out the door. "I won't forget!"

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Ranma sat down in front of the television as he opened the video 
cassette case. He had heard about these types of videos from the 
guys at school. The brother of one of them had rented a video girl 
tape in college. All of the guys guessed at what was on the tape, 
but no one had actually seen it themselves. Now, he was going to see 
it himself. With a shaky finger he pushed the play button and 
waited. The screen went blue and then the picture of the girl from 
the cassette's label appeared.

"Hello! I'm pleased to meet you. My name is Tendo Akane. What's 
yours?"

Ranma didn't respond. The girl on the screen was beautiful and 
smiling. That smile was hypnotizing.

The girl on the screen giggled. "This is your first time with a 
video girl, right? I understand. It's a little bit of a surprise to 
see a talking video." She looked at Ranma and tilted her head. "As a 
video girl, I'm here to help and comfort you. Only a few people meet 
the qualifications to get to rent a video girl tape." She paused and 
looked right at Ranma.

"Hey!"

"Huh? What?" He said as he came back to reality.

"Hi! My name is Tendo Akane, what's yours?"

"Oh, uhm, I'm Saotome Ranma. Pleased to meet you."

"I'm pleased to meet you, Ranma-kun. Did you have anything you want 
to talk about?"

"Well, yeah. You see, my life has been pretty complicated since I 
returned from a training trip to China a few months ago. Now I'm by 
myself and I've got two girls and one guy chasing me."

"Two girls and a guy? How did that.... AHHHH!"

Ranma scrambled away from the TV and looked at the electricity 
sparking to it from the VCR. "What's happening?" He said with a 
shout. Akane-chan looked to be in pain. What could he do? Before he 
could think of anything else, Akane-chan started to come out of the 
television. In stunned silence he watched the crackling energy from 
the VCR envelope the TV and Akane-chan. After a few seconds she was 
floating outside the TV and over him. Without warning she dropped 
from the air on top of him.

"Akane-chan! Are you all right?"



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suds-kun (Shaun Schillinger)
suds1964@tir.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8222/
"THIS time, we didn't forget the graaavy!" Cat & Mouse to Dog