Of course, in order to really keep up the lighter tone, Ranma wouldn't 
have to die, then.  Remember, there is an Akaneniichuan.  Suppose the 
Guide rescues Ranma after the Spring's been imprinted with Ranma, and 
the victim comes along after the Guide is busy?  Now you've got two 
Ranmas running around, and it's the faux Ranma who would get back to 
Nerima first, since the real McCoy is recovering from nearly drowning.

since the Akaneniichuan is already there.. why not just have a couple more
Akane's? of course that would end up being "The Nature of (a? the?) Curse"
.. which i want more of..

Now here's an additional catch:  Suppose the new spring "decides" that 
the SoDG Curse is part of that-which-is-known-as-"Ranma"?  (Thus, a 
first splash of cold turns "X" into Ranma-kun, while a second splash 
turns him into Ranma-chan, whereupon it would actually take two 
splashes, or one immersion, to go all the way back.)

now there is an interesting.. strange.. but interesting idea.. forget about
curse cancelling (cure)  or attaching (Tarou) .. what if they just piled
up.. and then you'd have to bump yourself up a body or more before you got
back to normal.. makes me think of the atom.. bumping it up a shell.. im
confusd again.. read to much science fiction don't udnerstand enough of it
:) .. anyways.. you can end up with a wardrobe of curses.. but what about
being immersed? would immersion bring straight to the top or all the way to
the bottom? or would you have to stay immersed and the curses would
gradually switch over between them? 

	"RANMA!! I KNEW IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG!! HOW DARE YOU WALK IN ON ME WHILE IM
CHANGING!" Akane puntuated her accusation by punching the pig-tailed
martial artist out her window and into the koi pond. "THAT SHOULD TEACH
YOU... Ranma?" 
	Akane threw on some clothes and rushed outside, she couldn't believe what
she saw. Ranma was sitting in cold water, and he hadn't turned into a girl.
Grabbing a bucket of water she raced towards him. "I can't believe you got
a cure and you didn't tell me!"
	Ranma looked up at her, and she grinded to a halt. "Who.. who are you?"
	"I'm Ranma! You were just talking to me.."
	"But your.." Akane looked over the blond bishonen figure in front of her.
Was that how he got a cure? Getting cursed to become another guy? And not a
bad looking one at that, Akane blushed as soon as that came to mind. Her
fiancee looked at her, saw the blush, and made his move.
	"Not bad is it Akane? You wanna go try it out?" He said with a leer.
	"Hentai! Why couldn't you get a better brain to go with your body!" Akane
doused him again. 
	"P-Chan?!?! .. Ranma... you better not have been P-Chan all along.." Akane
was really beginning to get angry, something wasn't right though, why did
he change twice? Akane dipped the bucket into the pond and splashed him
once more.
	"A Cat?"
	*SPLASH*
	"A Duck?"
	*SPLASH*
	"A Velociraptor?"
	*SPLASH*
	"A Priest?"
	*SPLASH*
	"A Horse?"
	*SPLASH*
	"A Blow up doll?!?!?"
	*SPLASH*
	"A Duck again?!?"
	*SPLASH*
	"A one-eyed, one horned flying purple people eater?"	
	*SPLASH*
	"An Octopus?!?! how the hell does an octopus drown?!?!"
	*SPLASH*
	"canary.."
	*SPLASH*
	"A Dog..this is really getting boring.."
	*SPLASH*
	"A Dog??! again?"
	*SPLASH*
	"and again.. must be the last one.. i think i know"
	Akane rushed into the kitchen and came back with a kettle.
	*splash*	"canary.." *splash* "octopus.." *splash* "one-eyed, one horned
flying purple people eater.." *splash* "duck.." *splash* "eww..." *splash*
"horse.." *splash* "Priest" *splash* "velociraptor.." *splash* "duck.."
*splash* "cat.." *splash* "bishonen blond guy.." *splash* "Ranma.."
*splash* "HAPPOSAI!?!?!? YOU LITTLE PERVERT!! YOU WERE TRYING TO GET ALL OF
RANMA'S FIANCEES WEREN'T YOU!?!?"
	"Damn right! And I wouldv'e gotten away with it to.. if it wasn't fo you
kid..."

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i can't believe i wasted my time doing this.. writing a bad reference to
scooby doo... ick..


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