On Fri, 18 Apr 1997 18:20:28 -0600 (CST), Jorge A. Pratt wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Gary Kleppe wrote:

For the readers' information:

		       WHO IS PANTYHOSE TARO?

Easy. He's Blade's idol. ^_^

Yeah. But the real reason for that info being there was to answer "Who
is Ashura?" I just couldn't say so without ruining the surprise of her
showing up at the end.

appearance in the series, he was attacked by an Indian girl named Rouge.
She had fallen into a spring that turned her into Ashura, a three-headed
six-armed flaming warrior demon of incredible power.

Actually, Asura is a goddess. But apparently the transformation left Rouge
with a twisted, psychotic split personality, which makes her wicked as a
human and evil as Asura.

(I assume "wicked" is not what you really meant to write here.) This may
well have been a purely psychological thing in the original series. A
shy, demure, self-repressed girl put into a kick-ass body like Ashura's
might very well turn into a different person, I would think.

Lili looked into the mirror, desperately looking for herself. A stranger
stared back.

But a rather cute stranger though. She should be grateful.

Heh.

Akane was in the back seat. She didn't know what to make of what Nabiki
had said. Maybe Ranma *wasn't* acting. Was this another of Cologne's
plots to force him to marry Shampoo? Did she do this to him, perhaps
using some sort of memory-altering drug? Would she offer some sort of
cure, one that would only work if Ranma went to China with her and
stayed there?

Didn't she hear Ryouga?

She heard him but didn't know whether to believe him. Ryoga could have
been fooled by Ranma or Cologne.

"It's possible." Soun looked worried. "If that's the case, then things
have gone from bad to worse. I can't think of a tougher, more dangerous
opponent than him."

I can: Asura. On the other hand, Asura is, in some mythologies, a goddess
of good. In others, she's male and he's pretty violent...

Something touched Lili's waist. She looked down. Something black,
something long and slimy, was wrapping itself around Lili's body. It was
followed by another, and another...

Black? Tarou's tentacles are black?

Maybe I'm wrong about that. I'll check and correct if wrong.

"Always glad to help when my dear old dad rushes out of the house with
no idea what he's doing. You'll be getting my bill," she said with a
smirk.

Can't pass up any chance...

Usugurai's thought was never finished. All eyes looked up as a brilliant
red ball of light erupted into the sky. Something solid became visible
in the center, as the ball of fire began coalescing into a shape. Three
people. No, it was one humanoid thing, a female with three heads and six
arms.

Ah, so here she is... <grin>

Another monster had shown up.

You have NO idea...

So far the story's coming along great. Of course, I'm a sucker for
female-Ranma stories, and this one is more than just that. Oohh, I'm gonna

I'm glad you're enjoying the story. You might not like where Lili ends
up, though...

love the next parts, with Asura going all out! But I still hope we get to
see Lukkosai acting like a small boy, or Herb-chan feeling strangely
familiar with Lili-Ranma... And if the Phoenix people show up, it's gonna
be even more interesting! Imagine, Koruma and Masara -might- have fallen
into the Nannichuan that -could- have been created when Lili's love
drowned... And Kiima turns into Akane when splashed with cold water!

Unfortunately, there won't be time for all those characters to show up.
This story, apart from a small bit at the end, happens over only a few
days, and having someone like Lucky around would be too much of a
coincidence I think.

The Musk people and/or Saffron & co. might not even exist in this
alternate universe, or they might be quite different, given the
different nature of the springs. So including them is really beyond the
scope of this fic. They are material for a possible sequel if someone
wanted to do one.

Everyone's "in deep shit," you know... <MML>

Yep. It's my job as a writer to make it that way! OHOHOHOHOHO!!!

Thanks for writing!

Gary Kleppe
kleppe@execpc.com, Home page http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe
My fanfics and the FFML map are on my comics/manga page,
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