there have been a number of queries as to what's
planned...and if i plan to keep the insanity level
up. i'll let y'all decide.
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the following preview hasn't been approved by 
anyone. it's unrated. lotsa other people own the
characters.
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 Scenes from upcoming chapters of
"A Very Scary Bet"

--------------------around chapter 4------------------
 Vanilla blinked from her position on
the transmitter. "I think that was Shinji-kun. From
what I saw that might have been the day of his
arrival at NERV."

 "Too early, then." Ranma nodded
and made an adjustment. "Okay, try NOW!"

 Again the girl who had once been the
second incarnation of a girl named Rei Ayanami
vanished into a future timeline for a handful of
seconds. This time, however, something different
happened.

 Ranma blinked. "Who's that?"

 "Her name is Major Misato Katsuragi,
and I think she's been shot." Rei blinked as she
considered what all this might mean.
-------around chapter 4 also--------------
 Shampoo looked over the head on
the shelf and pondered it. "Ranma, why you have
good head on your workbench?"

 "Remember that the school that was
destroyed, where you fought the devils? Well,
I found an android there. Pretty sophisticated. 
Also pretty damaged. Uses a engram crystal 
array with various skill and personality packages.
Still haven't figured it all out. Putting her back
together, but there's some stuff even I'm not 
sure how it works."

 Shampoo blinked. She could have
sworn the girl's head's eyes had been closed.
"Airen! She looking at me!"

 "Huh?" Ranma turned. The head's
eyes were closed. "Are you sure? I haven't
connected more power than a trickle, and that's
just to keep the memory from crashing."

 Shampoo turned back, seeing that
the eyes were indeed closed. "Oh. Shampoo
could have sworn."

 Ranma went back to making adjustments
on Shampoo's powerarmor, while Shampoo 
leaned back against the workbench again. All
the running around lately was just getting to
everyone's nerves.

 Shampoo glanced over, seeing the
eyes were open again and regarding her. "Airen!"

 "What now, Shampoo?" Ranma 
didn't look up from his work.

 Shampoo waved to her airen. "Look,
look! Head is watching us, head is..." Shampoo
looked back at the head. Eyes closed.

 Ranma looked from the head to 
Shampoo again. "Shampoo, must you? If you
don't want me to install the shock knuckles, all
you have to do is say so."

 "But..." Shampoo looked from the
head to Ranma and back again. "Ranma put
android together soon please. Shampoo want
to explain to android not to play games with
Amazon woman's head."
----------chapter 5, i think----------------------
 "CHARLOTTE!" Asuka skated up to
the pudgy yellow critter, who was currently
trying to figure out where Akane had gone.

 "Pika?"

 "Charlotte come home with Azusa!"

 Ryouga blinked at this. "Pika?"

 "Yes, widdle Charlotte's gonna
come home with Azu-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa!"
Azusa Shiratori stuttered as hundreds of
volts abruptly made the trip from the little
yellow P-chan to the ground via Azusa's 
body.

 "PiKA!" Ryouga said, scampering
away. He wasn't going home with anyone but
Akane-chan!

 "Char-Charlotte?" Azusa said before
falling face first on the ice. "Oh hello Mommy?
Widdle Azusa feel all sweepy-weepy. Take nap
now."
------------also chapter 5, probably-------------------
 "Martial Arts Figureskating?" Ranma
scratched his head. "You're makin' this up, right?"

 Shampoo pouted. "Shampoo can use
powerarmor? Blasters? Lightsabre? What mean
'figure skating' anyway?"

 Vanilla shook her head. "Not for me,
thank you."

 "RANCHAN! Yes, you, me, skating
together..." Ukyou smiled. Maybe she'd have
the chance to sneak a kiss in.

 "Nuku nuku not know how."

 Makoto pumped one arm. "I can handle
this challenge! Just watch me! Makes a great break
from all the monsters we've been having to fight!"

 "A-A-A-Akane? Maybe you and me, I
mean, we could..." Ryouga stopped twiddling his
fingers long enough to look hopefully up.

 "Yeah, that's a thought. I could use a
martial arts brawl, Ryouga-kun." Akane grinned
at the thought of a few martial arts moves she 
could unleash on that pervert Mikado. How DARE
he try to "steal her lips."

 Akira grunted softly and sipped his
coffee. At least no one was trying to partner up
to him. All this touchy-feely stuff. Mind you, if 
that Mikado went after Minako just ONCE!

 Talbain shrugged and leaned back
against the wall. Maybe Nabiki would give him a
chance to win back some of his money...
-------------------Chapter 7, or so-----------------
 Queen Beryl laughed at the Senshi.
"How pathetic. Not one of you saw THIS trap,
did you?"

 A five year old Usagi clenched a
fist at the Dark Queen. "I cannot forgive you
using candies to lure us in like in that. I *hic*
Waaaaaaaaahhhhhh! I got younger again!"

 An old man turned to the Dark 
Queen with a smirk. "Are you...satisfied?"

 "The mighty Sailor Senshi,
reduced to helpless infants." Queen Beryl
would have been more satisfied if she could
slay them while they were thus helpless, but
turning the transformed Senshi loose was one
of the odd mage's stipulations. "Bwahahahahaha!"

 "Well," the Spells R Us proprietor
said, shrugging. "What do you expect from 
Girl Scout Cookies?"

 Beryl fingered the box of Animal
Crackers and thought of all the lovely ways
she could use them.
-------------chapter 8, maybe------------------
 "SWEET-OH!" The little old man
rocketed forward, a grin on his face and a glomp
on his mind.

 "Ah-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!"
Kasumi juggled the old lech to the right.

 Happosai decided to switch targets.
"HOTCHA!"

 Vanilla turned red eyes towards
the lunging pervert and erected an AT field.
There was a satisfying splat as the old man
impacted it.

 "Okay, then, HONEY-CHAN!"

 Frank grabbed the little man and
proceeded to use his Size 22 reinforced boots
to demonstrate a stomping sort of dance.

 "I can take care of myself, Frank!"

 "Sure you can, Honey. I just feel
we 'artificial beings' gotta stick together, ya know?"
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there's more, but i gotta keep some stuff back,
don'cha think?

gregg, that strange guy over in Phoenix...