Hello!  This is my first post on ye ol' FFML.  I was on it once upon a
time, but got off due to the large mail bundles.  Now, I have an entire
E mail account devoted entirely to it!  Allright, on to the good part.
This is a fic (though rewritten) I posted to the RAAC, but it never
showed up.  So, before I moan at the moderator, I'm going to slide the
idea past all those on this here list.  
(The Standard "Takahashi please don't throw me into 'Pool of Drowned
Earthworm' for using your characters" Disclaimer (TM))
Excuse all spelling and grammer, BTW.
Curse
By:  Phillip Masters
     I watch as my muscles contract and relax as I go through my kata.
I try to ignore the sweat that has begun to make it's way down the
bridge of my nose.  I find Tai Chi is the best way to alleviate my
stress.  To clear my thoughts, for this is the ultimate goal of the
motions.  To find one's center, and dispel all thought.  Unfortunately,
this is very hard for me.  My life... my life has so many unknowns.
It's mind boggling sometimes.  However, this is the only way I can
relax.
     As I let myself flow through the complex figures with practiced
ease, something new enters my mind:  Women.  I have a bit of a problem
with them.  Nothing dealing with my manhood, mind you.  That is never in
question!  At least, almost never.  I have so many women come to me.  I
try to push away, but it is so hard!  Honor and courtesy require that I
pay them some attention, at least.  
     Yet there is one woman in my life that I can't deny.  For she is
the very nature of my curse.  I cringe as the memory of it comes rushing
in, destroying all chance I have of relaxing.  She is my other half!
Yet she can be such a torture to my very soul!  Such a...
     "Dr. Tofu?"  A sweet voice asked from behind me.
     Allready I can feel the mist lifting into my vision.  I turn to
face her, my eye's clouding over entirely from the presence of absolute
beauty before them.
     "Kasumi...."  I stammer.  This is about all I can get out.  I feel
the shroud over my eye's begin to encompass the entirety of my mind.  I
feel ashamed, alone, and depressed at my continued failure, but it is a
fact.  It is the nature of my curse.
END
Okay, so it changed very drastically from the RAAC submission.  Oh well,
hope this one goes over well.  C&C would be extremely appreciated, as
this is my first posting to this list (since I resubscribed that is).  I
realize it's short, but it's supposed to be! 

"There you go, man!  Keep as cool as you can!  Face piles of trials with
smiles.  It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave,
and keep on thinking free!" - The Moody Blues
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