"You're still too young to be thinking about things like that," Kasumi had
offered once when Akane had come to her for advice. Her words had rung

true in Akane's heart, but something else kept resurfacing, wanting to
prove her sister's words wrong. If only�

Gotta be careful... Your ellipses... are being converted by whatever
WP/email program you're using.

Weird. I've been posting stories to the FFML for over 3 years now and
that's the first time that's happened. I checked out the fic after getting
it back from the ML and it's a mess compared to what I sent out :/ Then
again, I just got a newer version of MS Word... Hmmmmm ;)

You have to turn off almost all the auto-formating features of Word to
avoid stuff like this. I think the ellipses is one of the autotext or
autoformat entries.


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     Kasumi found her father cradling her mother in his arms. He
had run out of tears to shed long ago, but the expression on his face
told the story. Kasumi calmly slid the door closed and knelt down
facing her father and mother, tears started flowing from her eyes.

     After several minutes of silence, Soun asked with a scratchy
voice, "Kasumi dear. Will you please say goodbye to your mother and
then go get Mr. Saotome?" He didn't look up at his daughter once.

     "Of course, Father," Kasumi said. She stood up, took one of her
mother's hands in hers, and said a soft, "Goodbye, Mother. I'll keep
my promise."

Ranma-ototo: Please Save My Family - Part 2
3rd place, Aug 1998 Mini-Series, Best of Ranma Fanfiction Awards