Heh. I thought you might respond to this one:

The End of the Beginning

  Oh yummy!  Save the best for last!

Yep. It's time to turn to the main characters and their fate at last.

"Let's try this." He turned to Ranma, his eyes following an unusual

line.

"Oh my god! You're destined to become Sailor Earth!"

"What?!" Ranma shouted out in shock.

"No! Wait a minute! I misread it. You are destined to SAIL the Earth.
Sorry about that. I misread your 'Lines of Destiny'."

"Oh." Ranma visibly relaxed.

  WHOOOHOOO!!!!!  Potshot quote!   :)

  <Shampoo Voice>   I so happy!   </Shampoo Voice>

This does seem to be the favorite scene in this epilogue. ^_^

  Anyway, nice to know I made an impact somewhere...  :))

Indeed. It was just too good an opportunity to pass up. Forgive me.^_^

Nodoka was going to continue on when she noticed something. "What are
those marks on your neck, Ranma?"

Reflexively, his hand went to his neck and he turned bright red. "Oh.
Haha. I still practice a lot of martial arts."

"I see," Nodoka said. "You should be more careful."

  Ranma:  Yeah, I still have to find a counter to the dreaded Amazon
Hickey Bite...

Hehehehehe!

"Sure." Ranma laughed nervously again. He had managed to get out of that
one without lying directly. He had just happened to mention martial arts
at that moment and his mother had just happened to mistake that as the
explanation. Somehow, he doubted informing her that when he and Shampoo
made out, she sometimes got really worked up and liked using his neck as

a

chew-toy (and there was absolutely no way that he was ever going to

admit

that, surprisingly enough, he sort of liked it. Not that he was a
masochistic weirdo.)

  <grin>  Of course not...

Ranma: Nope. Not at all. Now when it comes to being a sadistic wierdo,
that's another story. ^_^

Nodoka could not help but smile. At last there was a way out of the
promise and the resentment that had built up between her and Ranma would
be gone at last, even if it meant having a daughter-in-law she cared
little for. "Very well, Ranma. If my child's a boy, you can marry

whomever

you wish."

  There's that "if" that makes me cringe...

You'll find out the sex of the child in part B. Won't keep you in suspence
for too long.

Chaos followed as Ranma ran around in a joyous delirium that made people
realize how much they did not miss Kodachi Kunou. He nearly gave Mikado
Senzenin a heart attack when he threatened to kiss the skater. He danced
with a demon that Minami and Yohko were in the process of destroying. He
beat up several Martial Arts Mimes (and there was much rejoicing by the
citizenry) He even stole a bunch of various women's undergarments, then
threw them on top of a wandering Ryouga, allowing him to get beaten up

by

the following pack of angry women who assumed the lost one was an
accomplice.

  <snigger>

Thanks.

  And no one is curious about Ranma's return?

They were more panicked in dealing with what was left behind in his wake.

It was only when he at last arrived at the festival grounds (and Azusa
finally had a chance to reclaim Rene) that he calmed down and tried to
locate Shampoo. It only took a few minutes before he found her next to a
booth where a vendor was selling limes, cherries, and bloodberries.

  Oohhh...  Saber Marionnette J.  Good series!  :)

Only seen half of the series, but agree. It's good stuff.

funds. They had next to nothing. It appeared it was time to either begin
pit fighting again or have Ranma hunt down pikachus. The latter could
certainly be lucrative when they located an area that had an infestation
of the verminous little creatures. Ranma was an ideal exterminator since
he was immune to the diminutive pests electrical bursts.

  <snarf!>   Ohhh!  Good one!

Heh. Thanks again

Still part B to go. Hopefully will be out by next week.

  I'll be waiting!  :)

Hopefully not too long. Thanks for the C+C. Glad you enjoyed it

D.B. Sommer