"I said I ain't changin' my name.  You gotta pick new names!"
The others thought about it for a moment.

Don't see a reason to have names for all of them... as soon at they get
splashed with hot water they'll recombine.

Actually, I think you're wrong.  They were each kicked in.  Which means 
that _IF_ they _DO_ recombine when splashed with hot water, you'd have 
to do it systemically with each pair until all of the Ranma's (save the 
original) vanished.  But, we're dealing with a spring that's meant to 
split people, most likely permenantly unless they're all touching when 
they're simultaneously doused.

This would go against what happens with all the other Jusenkyo springs.
Cold water activates the cursed state and hot water reverses the curse to
the persons 'normal' state (normal being relative in Genma's case). The
only time the twin water was actually used in the manga, it was on a
bird. Since they never showed what effect hot/cold water had on the twin
birds, we only have the other springs to base a conclusion on.

I'd have to theorize if either of the twins gets splashed with hot water,
it would 'snap back' to the other twin and recombine into one being.
Since none of the other springs are called something like 'Permanent
spring of drowned girl' it's kind of far-fetched to think that the SOD
twins is permanent when none of the others are.

This is actually why I didn't use the SOD twins in Childhood of a Modern
Dynasty to spilt Ranma and Ranko. All available evidence on how the
springs work indicate that the spilt would only be temporary until one of
the Ranmas got splashed with hot water. Well, I also had to have the
magic unstable enough to give Akane a third baka, of course.

 But, you ALSO have to consider this: Will the other Ranma's clothes 
vanish as well?  And what if all the Ranmas have eaten before they 
recombine?  With the food they've eaten just vanish or will the original 
be forced to have a stomach pump?  Now, do you see why this is so damn 
dangerous?  Besides, it's spam, don't worry about it.

In my split, the new Ranma was always naked. The split/curse works on DNA
after all.

I'd worry if I ate spam :)

Sorry, just had to vent.  I just got out of a Philosophy class, so my 
brain is running at mach 98 x E=Mc^2

You'd be traveling back in time if you were going that fast. Which of
course Einstein proved was impossible. I always remind him of that
whenever I go back in time to visit him. He is never amused.


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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