Greetings all,

    Say, I have a question for all  Ranmaites out there.  Recently during a
group get together with some fellow writers of per said fanfic anime, I laid
out an outline for 'Dark Family: Unwanted Reunions'.  After some calm perusal,
of which the term 'calm before the storm' came to mind, we found ourselves in
quite a heated debate over who would be the best choice to knock off said major
bad guy from the prior stories.
    My take is I don't think Ranma is or will ever have the guts to kill a
person no matter what they've done, or who they've hurt (even Akane).  That
almost got me banished from the group :-).  So, to make a long story short, I'm
back to pondering who'd have the right character for such an event, if that's
the way I go.  My favorite choices are:

                        1.  Nodaka Saotome.
                        2.  Shampoo
                        3.  Akane
                        4.  Kasumi (I know, but I'm sure thinking about her
abuse would be enough to set her off).
                        5.  Doctor Tofu (see afore mentioned abuse)
                        6. Soun Tendo
                        7. Genma (eh, not my favorite, but he has the
potential)

    Anyway, since I'm about to return to sea duty, and with a long deployment
in front of me, I've plenty of time to ponder, write and smooth this before I
get back (work load permitting).
    Please, any thoughts about this/inputs will help immensely.

                                    Thanks in Advance,

                                                        Nicholas Stone