On Tue, 04 Nov 1997 19:20:43 -0500, Emily Siazon
<emily9@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

    "I'm afraid not. I just read that, if she doesn't get cured 

Change the " to a //

within the week, the effect becomes permanent.//

Uh oh!

    As if! There was no way she would to let him put himself in 
danger like that. No matter how much he denies his old age, time is

denied his old age, time was

    Akane was at the lake, watching the usually calm water warily.
If she didn't know any better, she could have sworn the water was

If she hadn't known any better,

    It didn't help that she could sense this almost tangible feeling
of malevolence in the air around her. She shivered, all the while
telling herself not to be ridiculous. A girl at the ripe age of eight
should know better than to start believing in silly superstitions.

Uh... "ripe"? That could be taken in the wrong way by someone even more
hentai than I am. ~_^

    "I'll take it then, but only if you swear to stay here with me as
as long as I have it."

There's a fairly big loophole in that... :)

    A part of him wanted to go to China now so Akane could remember
him again, hopefully leading to a happy life together. Another part,
most likely his conscience, demanded that he look after her in
Ryugenzawa. But... if he helped her cure Shinnosuke, she was certain
to find happiness with the forgetful boy, and he would be nothing more
than a long forgotten memory.

    Which happiness was more important?

A true moral dilemma, I love it! I was right when I said it could get
worse for Ranma. :)

Of course, I have to thank Scott for prereading this for me, and those
who are going to comment(hint, hint.) 
<Emily notices the blank looks on the readers' faces and smacks them 
on the head.> "Baka, that meant you!" ^_^

Ow! Why didn't you say so?


Gary Kleppe
kleppe@execpc.com, http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe