these are just additional possible endings for that Spells R Us.
sorry i couldn't use some of the submissions. outright lemon scenes
wouldn't have fit, and some of the other ideas just weren't ones i'd
feel comfortable writing...

*************************
possible ending #6 by SKJAM!
         the Baby Ruth ending...
      "Oh, Akane-chan, you want to look at the pictures?"

      "Gah! Pit-chers!" Akane hated having a limited 
vocabulary. It was nearly as bad as being a cat.

      Kasumi picked up her baby sister, put her on her lap and 
opened the photo album.

      The first one was of Kasumi, Nabiki and...Mother? But this was 
obviously taken when the girls were teens! "Mama?"

      "That's right, dear. Mama. This was a couple of years ago, 
before you were born."

      "Mama...way-ah?"

      Kasumi looked sad. "She's in Heaven now, Akane. She passed away 
shortly after you were born. thank goodness I was old enough to quit 
school so I could look after you."

      Akane felt bad. At least Kasumi had a little freedom in the real 
world. Here, she was stuck taking care of a baby all the time.

      The next page had some pictures of Ranma.

      "Wan-ma!"

      "Very good, Akane-chan! He's going to marry Nabiki some day, you 
know."

      Akane frowned.

      "Now, now, someday when you grow up, I'm sure you'll have a nice 
husband."

      There was a strikingly embarrassing photo next.

      "Oh, this is from the time Shampoo used that amnesia trick on 
Ranma, and he thought he really was a girl, and your mommy! You were so 
angry when you found out he didn't have any milk after all. But Nabiki 
made a mint off selling copies of this picture. *ahem* Not that I 
approve, of course..."
**********************
ending #7 also by SKJAM! (alternate seifuku ending)
the half moon ending
       Akane pulled out her, or rather, Usagi's diary, and started 
writing.

       "Pros: I'm human, female and engaged to Ranma. Boy, feels funny 
putting that in the `pro' category. I have a bunch of new friends, and 
magical powers, and I'm a princess!

       "Cons: My name is now Usagi, I have a reputation as a airheaded 
crybaby, my grades are in the toilet, and with constant monster attacks 
there's not much chance I'll be bringing them up any time soon. Plus, 
half of my new friends are after Ranma too, and none of my old rivals 
went away! And I'm lousy at martial arts unless I'm in Senshi mode. 
Bummer. Still can't cook, and clumsy and more flat-chested than ever. And 
when I slapped that Rei girl back, I thought she would burst into tears 
right there! Wish I'd seen more than five episodes of Sailor Moon 
before...."
**************************
ending #8, suggested by a visit to a local store

 "Sobe beverages, 'Zen Blend'." Akane looked at the
label on the tea and wondered about the contents briefly. She
was really good at English, but some of the writing here looked
to be a _completely_ different language.

 What the heck was a 'schizandra' anyway? The yin/yang
symbol with the little lizards was kind of cute, but Akane set the 
bottle back anyway.

 There was a sudden impulse to buy the bottle of 'Wisdom'
then forcefeed it to Ranma, but Akane restrained herself. She
paused for a moment, wondering if there was a way to do it so
that THIS Ranma stayed around. You could see him struggle to
keep from speaking until he'd thought about it. THAT trait was
one she'd often wished the real Ranma had.

 Turning, Akane's eyes caught something she had missed
before. Now THIS was perfect. Nestled between a box marked
'Mandarin Orange Spice' tea and something called 'Passion Spice
instant ramen' it had obviously been hidden. 

 And it was so simple that nothing could possibly go
wrong with it, too. Her hand passed over the box of 'Swiss Miss
cocoa mix' as she lifted the target box and remembered the 
event depicted on the box. Ranma had been _such_ a jerk, but 
there _had_ been a payback.

 "Ah, 'Ranma and Juliet', how did that get left out?" The
shopkeeper looked puzzled briefly. "Must be fate."
-------------------
    "ANOTHER fiancee, Ranma?" Nabiki glared at her iinazuke, even
knowing that he hadn't known about this himself.

    "What did you sell me for this time, old man?" Ranma rubbed his
forehead and tried to imagine what life would have been like if his
father knew how to practice self-restraint.

    "It was a question of honor. I was swimming the Sea of Japan when
a storm came up. I was exhausted and would have drowned but for a 
passing yacht owned by a kind young man."

    "So you promised him your firstborn son or something like that?"
Nabiki's cold glare swept over Genma.

    "Uhm, more or less."

    The newly arrived girl, Juliette Forbes, blew a bubble briefly
before winking at the crowd.
******************************
 ending #9 is a happier(?) alternate for #3:
      The wizard shook his head and just 
reminded himself that it was the unexpected that
kept him in this business.

 Ranma managed to look slightly insulted
at Nabiki's observation, not that he wouldn't 
admit that he wasn't as mentally nimble as his
iinazuke. Yet.

  Holding the soap bubble in his hands,
Akira opened his mouth and considered. Biting back
the temptation to just blurt something out, Akira
tried to consider this as carefully as THIS Ranma would.

       "What's wrong, Akira?" Nabiki asked after a
moment of silence.

       "A cure for what is the question." Akira shook
his head at their confusion. "No, I still remember being
Akane. The thing is, how do I phrase this so that it is
the _right_ cure? You've seen how many cures Ranma's gone
after that have turned out poorly."

        "Good point," said Ranma and Nabiki simultaneously.
The two then stared at each other for a moment before grinning.

        Akira just shuddered at the sight. "ANYWAY. I wish 
that the cure to return me to being Akane Tendo, as close as
possible to the way I was when I first entered this store,
but without erasing the insights I've gained since then, 
were here in my hand."

        The bubble burst, leaving a videotape in her hands.
Akira stared briefly at it. "What? 'An Akane To Remember'?"
-----------------------
    Akane got up and shut the tape off, a thoughtful
expression on her face. Opening the door, she found Ranma
and Nabiki waiting impatiently.

    "Well? Did it work?" Ranma looked a little anxious.

    "It's only about halfway through. I wanted to think
about what I've seen some more." Akane blinked.

    "Did it..." Ranma and Nabiki threw a panicked and 
sorrowful glance at each other, each reaching a hand out for 
the other as they faded from view.

    Akane looked at the spot they had been standing on
for a moment, a miniscule frown marking her face. A quick
search revealed Nabiki sneaking pictures of an unconscious
and drenched Ranma in the backyard.

     Kasumi was in the kitchen, Soun and Genma were playing
shogi. A quick peek under the house revealed Sasuke. She waved
at the ninja, who essayed a wave back.

     An hour later, Akane sat back on her bed. Everything was 
back to normal, as near as she could tell. Kasumi was oblivious
to anything outside her home and most of what was in it, Nabiki 
was only concerned with making a buck through the least amount
of effort, her father and Mr. Saotome were mainly concerned 
with playing shogi and "getting their stubborn children together", 
Ukyou and Shampoo had still been affected by Mousse's use of 
Passionate Spice (having misread the label and trying to get 
Shampoo with Passion Spice) so both of those rivals were still
even more emotionally unstable than ever and wearing wraparound
sleeves. At least this was keeping them away from explosive
devices. Even with the failed wedding attempt (thanks to that
idiot Ranma chasing after the Spring Of Drowned Man water), this 
was better than the time Shampoo had tried a Xi Fang Gao attack 
on Ukyou and Ukyou had become absolutely convinced that she was 
the real Akane Tendo. Yes, everything was just the way it was 
supposed to be.

     Akane looked at the tape still sitting in her VCR and asked
herself why she didn't feel satisfied.

final version.
arigato gozaimasu, minaasan!


gregg