"Sis?"  I asked while she cooked some soup, with the extra spice
that she liked to add.  "If you are at work..." 
	"No, what can I do for you?"  She made the time to speak to me,
just like mom did.
	I told her all.  "I don't think that I can deal with it any
more.  I need to admit it to him.  I love him."
	"Even with the curse?" she asked in a soft tone of voice, though
it was plain to see that she was shocked.
	"Yes.  I like to act mad near him, but we both know that it's a
lie."
	"Well, then I guess you'll have to tell him.  Deep down, I thought
that you held hate for him when he first beat you in that match.  God help
you." 
	"I can't.  I just can't say it to him."  I turned and went to my
room.

	Not true, you say?  Take her words for what they are worth?  Ask
him to join our lines for all time?  I can never do that.  He will reject
me, for I have lied about what I have felt of him all this time.  I just
know that he will cast me from his sight. 

	Still, what is there left to do, but try?  I pick up my will, my
sword of wood, and play the words that I will shout to him through my
mind. 

	"Pig tailed girl, I love you."

End.

Normally, Kuno's speech is too distinct, so that an attempt at disguising
him as someone else is difficult to pull off, especially as Akane. 
However, under the guise of the Challenge, I thought that it might be
possible, since it would be difficult to fit the style of speech of any
character on all one syllable words ('cept for Ryo-oki of course!
"Miyaah!")

A common Ranma gag is for someone to say "But no one could be that
stupid!"  about Ranma's curse, only for Kuno to arrive on the scene.
Well, what if it were true?  What if Kuno really wasn't stupid, but was
only trying to express his love for Ranma in the only socially acceptable 
way possible?  What if the two siblings were wearing a mask to fool
everyone else (nod to Barnes).

For those of you who wish to complain about closeness to Ranma cannon, and
OCCness, I had fun writing this, so *biiiiih!* :P

-Natsume Ranma Ranma
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The sardines weren't worth the trouble.  A few more shots, then 
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode.  Ducking around a corner, 
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle residence of 
my Anime supplier.

One look at his face and I knew that I was betrayed.  "Tell me."
I insisted.  He refused, so I slammed him against the wall.
"Last chance.  Where can Ranma-Ranma find good fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao." he whispered, before he slumped to the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left through the 
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...