Mr.Miller suggested this. After all, like the Legion of Superheroes,
this has so many characters that you need a scorecard to figure out
who's who and we haven't even gotten into the relations yet. 

oh yes, that WAS a Scooby Doo reference in chapter 3.




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                   A Very Scary Bet
part X: A Guide To The Scary Bet
by greggsharp, metroanime@mindspring.com
http://metroanime.home.mindspring.com
various people own the various char. no
trademark infringement is intended.
this is written for enjoyment, distributed for
others to enjoy, and should not be confused
for even a picosecond as Great Literature.
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TYPE: Continuing Series/Crossover
TARGET FLAVOR: Generally insane
the original idea was to try writing this as a 
  "What If Kosuke Fujishima (OMG, YUA)
         had been the writer for Ranma 1/2?"
	      CHARACTERS:
-------------------The Fiancees------------------
   01- Kasumi Tendo, eldest of the three daughters
Tendo and practitioner of Hokuto Shin Ken, gentle
fist substyle. She knows shiatsu and moxibuxtion
techniques, is a good cook (though nowhere near
as good as in the canon) and has somewhat more
of a temper than in the canon (particularly later 
chapters.) She's taking make-up classes in order
to graduate high school (she was in China) and
starts work at a shiatsu clinic soon. Mainly 
considers Ranma to be a "younger brother."
Altered her Jusenkyo curse of Drowned Unicorn
so that she only transforms during the full moon.

   02- Nabiki Tendo, second oldest Tendo daughter.
Cologne started training her as a warrior of the
Chinese Amazons, but it became obvious that her
path lay elsewhere and she was officially adopted
into the house of Balm to be trained as a Lorekeeper.
(This makes her related to Shampoo.) Nabiki is a
little less mercenary, but more curious than in the
canon. As a Lorekeeper, her skills are in potions,
herbcraft, and knowledge of (even if she can't do
them) special techniques. Mainly considers Ranma
to be like a cousin or a brother on an emotional 
basis. Cured of her Jusenkyo curse.

   03- Akane Tendo, youngest Tendo. Practitioner
of shotokan karate- fierce dragon substyle. She's
a better fighter than in the canon. Has a thing for
Ken Masters, another student of the same school
of karate. Has a bantering/friendly relationship with
most of the other characters. Has spent quite a bit
of time in the shadows of Ken & Ryu and as a result
is anxious to prove herself. Thinks of Ranma as a
somewhat annoying but dear brother and would 
have a hard time changing that attitude at this point.
Uses a chi technique to suppress her Jusenkyo curse
of Drowned Rhino.

   04 - Ukyou Kuonji. Heir and practitioner of the Kuonji
Okonomiyaki Style of martial arts. Slightly better at 
hand-to-hand than in the canon, but lacked the drive
for vengeance that made her train so hard that she
became so good with the spatulas. She's never 
renounced her feminity or sworn vengeance against
Ranma in this timeline. Also practices some of the
Saotome Anything Goes style. When children, she
hit it off with Shampoo ("are you really a princess?!")
and shared blood & salt with the Amazon, making her
Shampoo's sister within the tribe. Considers herself
to be Ranma's "true & cute fiancee" and has a 
friendly rivalry with Shampoo regarding this aspect
of their lives. Cursed to turn into a winged version of
herself, though she's learned to suppress it unless she
is startled.

   05- Ami Mizuno. Slight training in Anything Goes 
style. Genius Junior High School student who met 
Ranma, Kasumi, Akane, Ukyou, Genma and Nabiki
while the group was training. Nabiki conned her
father out of a few hundred yen with a "shell game"
and Mr Mizuno decided to try to cover the loss with
a few martial arts lessons bought at discount for his
little daughter. This got Ami the "Fiancee Card" from
Nabiki. Ami has known for some time about what a
fiancee really is, and has entertained a few fantasies
over the years. Ami has recently become the reborn
crusader of justice, Sailor Mercury. Mainly she regards
the engagement as a means of investigating this
mysterious inventor and maybe some more martial
arts lessons will help her in her battles against the
Dark Kingdom.

    06 - Kodachi Kuno. Trained early on by her
mother in Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics,
Kodachi ran away from home one day and ran
into Kasumi. Kasumi heard the girl's tale of woe,
being beaten and abused by her mother, and
Kodachi joined the training trip. Kodachi was
cursed to turn into a tiger, and ended up being
sold off by Genma to train in the Southern Cross
school of martial arts as "Kasumi's rival." As for
Ranma, Kodachi genuinely likes Ranma but views
him mainly as a guarantee that things won't get
boring.

    07-  Makoto Kino. As a little girl became first 
interested in martial arts when she observed the
antics surrounding a certain okonomiyaki cart. 
Ranma is her first "sempai" - the first boy she 
ever had a crush on. She had fantasies when 
she was younger about going on a training
journey with the group, but her father had
said no. Something she has long regretted.
She looks to renew her relationship with Ranma,
if nothing else so that she can get more training
in Saotome Anything Goes martial arts. Oh yes,
she's also Sailor Jupiter.

    08-      Atsuko Natsume. Her "father" got a
"Fiancee to Ranma" card with a note as to how
it was a pity that the frat brother pledge to have
their children marry would never come about. Atsuko,
aka the android catgirl Nuku Nuku, was introduced to
Ranma by Professor Natsume later in order to have
an excuse to check out Ranma's hightech equipment.

    11- Lillith. Genma sold his child to a demon for a 
scroll on a special technique. Of course, Genma
thought they were talking about martial arts special
techniques. When it turned out to be a special technique
for making coffee, he handed the scroll to Ukyou during
a time when the kids were bugging him on learning such
things. When Morrigan finds out about all the chaos she
could have associated with, she might want the card back.
Lillith will fill the Shampoo/Kodachi role of fiancee who
uses drugs, potions, and spells to try and acquire her
fiance (and thereby become "one flesh.")

    24- Shampoo. "princess" of the Chinese Amazons.
She's not the tribal champion, having spent a number
of years travelling with Doctor Who and Ranma up
and down the timestream. She won a daisho in Japan's
past. Feels an incredible amount of guilt from a time
when she was under the Master's mind control and
she beat Ranma into the ground. Ranma had saved 
her life three times previously, twice at risk to his own,
and Shampoo is even more affectionate toward him
than even in the canon, though she's also more 
subdued in pursuing that relationship. She has
shared blood & salt with Ukyou, making the chef 
her blood-sister. Shampoo has developed an
affection for hightech weaponry such as power
armor and hovercycles.

       29- Kaori Daikokuji. Ranma was sold quite 
early to her father, though as far as official "fiancee"
status is concerned, she is fairly high up in the 
numbers. Only became an official card-carrying 
member of the fiancee club when Genma was 
approached during his search for Ranma.

       32- Vanilla, Champion of the Chinese Amazons.
An albino who was left in the Village as a child by
Doctor Who. She was actually an age-regressed
Rei Ayanami II. She utilizes her half-angel nature
and Amazon style kung fu. She is currently being
hunted by Queen Beryl as Rei has a LOT of life
energy to tap into. Vanilla is after Ranma as he is
someone whom she vaguely remembers rescuing
her from her entry plug after her Eva unit was self 
destructed.

        39- Kiima. Winged warrior of the bird people.
----------------The Saotomes-----------------
           Ranma Saotome. The hero, or at least central
character of this mess. Trained extensively in the 
martial arts, he's more apt to work with machines
than practice nowadays. Due to an experience with
a device that impresses information directly into the
neural pathways, has a female persona that comes
out when turned into a girl by his Jusenkyo curse.
Also has a set of preprogrammed reflexes from a
"marital arts special techniques" tape. His cursed
form is actually that of a dragon who can assume
human (female) form. He's studied technology in
the future and on RIFTS Earth while adventuring
with Doctor Who.

          Genma Saotome. Ranma's father. Jusenkyo
cursed to turn into a panda. Other than being a bit
more lazy and obtuse, he's essentially the same as
the canon Genma. The person most singly 
responsible for the majority of Ranma's problems
prior to Nerima. He's gotten lazier and more obtuse
due to basically having those "darn kids" running
the show for the length of the training trip.

          Nodoka Saotome. Ranma's mother. This is
the canon mother as much as circumstances allow.
She has spent two years with Akane, Nabiki, Kasumi,
and Ukyou around and isn't nearly as lonely. Knows
about Ranma's curse and is thoroughly confused that
even being a time-travelling inventor, that her son
still seems to manage to fulfill her definition of manly.
Leaves the Tendo household to get out of her son's
way (so that he can be manly, decide which girl he's
going to marry, and give her lots of grandkids.)
---------------------Allies----------------------------
             Ryouga Hibiki. Lost boy who until recently
thought that Ranko was actually Ranma's uncursed
form. Now that he has his own Jusenkyo curse, he
is capable of believing that Ranma was telling the
truth. Turns into a pikachu or "electric mouse."
Sometimes a rival or foil to Ranma, as he doesn't
quite forgive Ranma for not being Ranko. Becomes
Akane's pet P-chan though is pursued by Azusa and
Sash for quite some time.

             Doctor, the. Time-and-space travelling
near-human from a planet called Gallifrey. Still in
his Fourth Incarnation as Ranma and Shampoo
kept pulling his bacon out of the fire (of course,
they were often instrumental in getting that fire
there in the first place.)

               Akira Fudoh. Once a shy and gentle soul.
Then a demon-lord named Amon tried to possess
him and ended up possessed by Akira instead. 
Akira became Devilman and fought a number of 
demonic entities until his Amon body was killed
by the demon Siryn. There were lingering side 
effects, Akira has some toughguy and nasty elements
to his personality, is tougher and stronger than
any normal human, and is a fair fighter. He is
the "lone wolf" rival that refuses to join these groups,
but will come to them when they or he needs help.
Once he starts developing a relationship with Minako,
tends to follow Tuxedo Mask's example of staying in
the background until a distraction/rescue is needed.

                  Minako Aino. Sailor Venus. Starts out
unchanged. Begins to develop a relationship with
Akira Fudoh similar to the canon Akane-Ranma.
Decides to help Makoto in her pursuit of Ranma.

	Usagi Tsukino. Sailor Moon. Essentially
unchanged. Considers chasing after Ranma but
instead decides to help Ami pursue Ranma.

                   Mamoru Chiba. Prince Endymion.
Usagi's boyfriend. aka Tuxedo Mask. Frequently
known to look at Ranma and say "better him than
me." Reborn prince of Earth.

	Rei Hino. Sailor Mars. Doesn't trust 
Ranma, at least partly due to mistakes made early
in their meeting.

	Ken Masters & Ryu. Akane has a 
crush on Ken. Both practice the same fighting
technique as Akane, though Ryu is a more 
dedicated martial artist while Ken has outside
interests. When Akane leaves Nerima, it is so
that she can continue to pursue Ken.

	Jon Talbain. Werewolf. Gets involved
with this bunch because Dimitri Maximoff is
involved with their opponents. Starts developing
a relationship with Kasumi2 after "Settling Bets."
Comes to the aid of the Senshi and Honeychan
on occasion thereafter.

                  Frank, aka "Adam", aka "the Monster".
Born in the mid-1800s at the hands of a mad 
scientist named Frankenstein. Functionally 
immortal with superhuman strength and endurance.
A pretty nice guy if you don't make Herman Munster
references. Also sometimes referred to as "Legion."
Drives a customized "Fat Boy" Harley. Finds Honey
to be fascinating and considers her almost a cousin.

	Honey Kisaragi. android girl who can
change costumes on the fly, uploading different
skill packages into memory as she does so. Wants
to be one of the Senshi or one of the fiancees. Gets
some minor system upgrades after Ranma rebuilds
her.

	Cologne. Matriarch of the Chinese
Amazons. Longtime rival of Perch, Matriarch of 
the Norwegian Amazons.

	Lilac. Elder Healer of the Chinese
Amazons. Has a very earthy sense of humor
and thinks Ranma should fool around more as
a way of lessening tensions... 
-------------Enemies/Opponents/Foils----------
             Tatewaki Kuno. Essentially unchanged 
except he knows Ranko is Ranma. However he
believes that Ranko is the uncursed form. He is 
also pursuing his "fierce sorceress Akane Tendo",
and the "goddess of okonomiyaki" Ukyou Kuonji.

             Sash. The Amazon Otaku. Until forced to,
she believes Ryouga's cursed form is her cute
animal mascot. Once she crosses paths with the
Senshi and others, will want power armor or 
magic of her own to live out her dreams as a 
magical princess/warrior of love & beauty...

             Hinako Ninnomiya. Schoolteacher who
normally looks like a child, but has an adult femme
fatale form when she has absorbed someone's
chi. Essentially a chi-vampire who uses a special
technique (Happo Five Yen Satsu) and any 
circular object with a hole in the center. She runs
afoul of the Senshi, and after attacking them once
is immediately mistaken for a youma by them.

              Mousse. Male of the Chinese Amazons,
master of Hidden Weapons style martial arts. 
Nearly blind. Has been hitting on Shampoo 
for years, then mistaking other girls for Shampoo
after Shampoo left the village. Jusenkyo cursed
to turn into a fruit bat. Mistaken at least once for
a vampire as a result. After Vanilla treated him
kindly once, he became nearly as annoying to
her as he has been to Shampoo. Hates Ranma
for "being an enemy of women" and such a 
Cassanova.

               Tsubasa Kuranai. Pursues Ukyou Kuonji.
Discovers all the high tech and starts putting 
together high-tech and thoroughly weird looking
powersuits and battlemecha.

               Dimitri Maximoff. Vampire lord. A 
Marquis of the Dark Kingdom, not working for
Beryl but for Beryl's mistress. Dimitri wants to
drain the Senshi and make them his vampire
slaves.

               The Spells R Us Wizard. Out to sow
chaos and death and destruction because that's
how he gets his jollies.

	Queen Beryl. Evil queen working for
Queen Metallica. Has a number of henchmen
who each control a number of semi-monstrous
youma. Out to get life energy to revive Metallica
to full power. Sailor Moon's usual opponent.

	Panther Zora. Evil queen who is one
of Queen Metallica's rivals. Has a number of 
monstrous henchmen who control a number of
drones and cannon fodder road-punks. The
usual antagonist of Honey Kisaragi/Cutey Honey.
	
	Furinkan Science Club. A number of
obsessed nerds who were the Chem Club at one
point. They go into mechanical design when a
large amount of money becomes available through
Tatewaki Kuno. 

	Lucien Makrieg. Major major bad guy.
One of Queen Metallica's rivals. This is the major
evil ruler for Devilman. He (sometimes she) is of
the race of devils, which is a viral invasive lifeform
that copies and adapts from host to host. A spider
that infects a human would merge the DNA from
both into a monstrous being. The power of the 
individual devil is how many of the individual DNA
batches can be combined, or how they are combined.
Minor devils combine only two or three simple animals.
Major ones combine dozens and gain psychic powers
that the individuals did not have. Lucien is rumored
to have 666 different DNA patterns mixed.

	Daleks. Rolling cans with guns and periscopes
that contain a blob shaped organic component that is the
actual Dalek. Known for a lack of humor and limited 
vocabulary.

	Cybermen. Humanoid shaped cyborgs with 
little humanoid parts. Known for a lack of humor and 
a tendency to shoot things. Don't get along well with
Daleks.

	K'trall. Once, many ages ago, a peaceful
humanoid race with minor esper abilities was making
its first space probes and asking the two questions:
"Is Anyone Out There?" and "Do They Know How To
Party?" Unfortunately the Daleks found them. They
spent 200 years being exterminated and enslaved by
the Daleks until they learned guerilla warfare, psionic
combat, and How To Kill. The next group they ran into
were the Cybermen. Now convinced that the Universe
was out to get them, they developed their psionic and
personal combat abilities to Saiyajin levels and started
looking for more opponents before the opponents could
come looking for them. Never get in between a K'trall and
a Dalek.

	Happosai. Ancient lecherous martial arts 
master. Doesn't find Ranma that much fun, but with all
these pretty girls, how can he stay away?

	Pantyhose Tarou. Largely unchanged. Not
as down on Ranma, cause Ranma isn't as antagonistic
in return. A fight between Dragon-Ranma and Tarou's
cursed form can get messy. Unfortunately for Tarou,
he keeps getting blasted by the Senshi for being a youma,
Akira Fudoh kicks his butt all over the place for being a
recurrent devil, Yohko Mano keeps waving that sword 
around. On the other hand, he and Ryoko from Tenchi
Muyo ought to get along real well.