Uh...interesting idea.  I suppose it's one way of see things.  My major 
complaint would have to spelling and grammar errors.  I had no idea what was 
being said at some parts.

Ha! You thought I was dead, didn't you? Sorry to disappoint you
guys. ;)

     Didn't you send like a half dozen posts in the last few days.  That 
kind of kept me from doubting your continued existence.

Anyway, I'm still writing, but not as fast as I would've liked. I've
got a couple of fics beggin' to be done, and I just can't seem to
finish 'em. For now, you'll have to do with this fic.

Oh, BTW- C&C would be greatly appreciated!


Unlikely Sisters

     I don't understand how the title matches the story.

Written by Dark Alpha <AlphSailor@aol.com>

Ranma 1/2 and its associated characters belongs to Rumiko
Takasahi, and I'm only borrowing them for this story.
Infringement is not intended.


---


Damn her.

Damn my sister, and damn her--

*snap*

Nabiki blinked in surprise as her pencil snapped into two in
her hand. Sighing, she leaned back in her chair, her work
already forgotten. Her mind was tumbled, in a chaotic frenzy.
It had been close, too close for comfort.

She wasn't exactly sure why she did it, but she had managed
to ruin Ranma and Akane's wedding. For all intents and
purposes, she should have let them gotten hitched, but she
didn't. Why?

     At this point I thought the story was about Nabiki's efforts to get the 
two together.  I guess that turned out to be true although for different 
reasons than I guessed.

She had an uneasy feeling that unless she put the wedding to
stop somehow, all of her work would have been for nothing.
Irked that the wedding, which she had planned for all along
in her mind, had to be abolished for the exactly same reason
she had arranged for one in the first place, she decided to
settle that for now, they were at status quo. It wasn't easy
maintaining the status quo, but things were falling apart for
her. Everything she had done was now at verge of being
wasted.

     Why would she want to maintain the status quo?  Akane life isn't ruined 
in the status quo.

Nearly an year of her efforts had produced amazing results
that she couldn't have believed, and they were still within
the scope of her goals. Unfortunately, at the same time, it
only made things more difficult for her. She had failed to
antn Nabiki's bed,

     antn?

obviously uncomfortable. "Father and the Saotomes are
cleaning up the mess. I excused myself for a moment so I
could come and talk with you, about what you did to Akane's
wedding."

"Sorry it wasn't what you had expected."

"It's not working, isn't it?"

Kasumi had spoke quietly, but she reacted like she had been
slapped in face. With an iron gantlet. For a moment, anger
filled Nabiki as she interpreted the implications of Kasumi's
words. That their plan had failed because she had been
incompetent. That she had botcheed as she let go of herself.

"No, it's not." She replied instead. Kasumi nodded in reply,
and sighed. Or did she? It didn't matter.

"What are we going to do now?"

Nabiki averted her gaze from Kasumi and swiveled around in
her chair so she would stare out of the window instead.
Silence settled in her room as she mulled over their options.
After rejecting her last option left, she closed her eyes and
answered, "Nothing."

"What?" She could almost hear Kasumi blinking.

"You heard me, sis. There's nothing we can do right now. Oh
sure,ane, and you

     ane?

know it. You always feel squeamish whenever you do something
bad, so it's up to me to do the bad stuff. Akane deserved it
all, and yet," she slammed her palm on her desk, upset. "It's
not working, damn it!"

She continued her anger-filled rant. "It's not fair that my
sister's always in the center of everything. All boys thinks
she's a sort of goddess, they drool and fight over her! Even
Daddy fawns over her. He's paying attention to _her_, and not
to _us_!"

     Yeah!  I just can't figure out the attraction myself.

"No, it isn't." Kasumi agreed and trailed off. It was evident
to her sister that she wanted to say something else.

"What is it?"

"Don't you think we've done enough? If thepunishment to continue,
but I don't think it is fair to do this to Ranma as well."

"So you're saying that we should give up?"

Kasumi nodded. "I don't think Akane deserves this anymore.
She's no longer a spoiled girl." Suddenly she stood up and

     She isn't?


     Okay, maybe she isn't.

confronted Nabiki, "It's become too dangerous! She _nearly_
died, for Kami's sake! I heard what she t-told me..." She
trailed off as she began to sob, "I, I didn't mean for it to
happen..."

     Does everyone have to blow the wedding chaos out of proportion?

Nabiki watched impassively as Kasumi collapsed on her bed,
sobbing. Her face twisted for few moments asm hug.

     asm?

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Nabiki held her sister closer, trying to soothe her. "It's
not your fault. It just happened. It was just her bad luck,
but why don't you just forget about it. She's still alive-
that's all it matters."

     That's all that matters.

"Yes..." Kasumi smiled as last tears of misery left in warmth
of Nabiki's sisterly embrace. A sister she had missed for so
long, locked away in her obsessed task of revenge.

     I'm a little confused as to who this is referring to.  It sounds like 
it might be Nabiki, but it isn't clear enough.

Few minutes later, Kasumi had recomposed herself and had
brightened up somewhat. "Thank you, sister. I needed that..."

"Forget it. I her sister leave and then swiveled around back
to her homework. And sighed.

     Repeat that.

To be honest, she had been considering about giving up
anyway. She had spent several years attempting to ruin
Akane's life, and she was getting tired. At least she made
some profit in the end.

Perhaps she would find something better to do, like fixing up
her life she had left to atrophy during her obsession.
Perhaps date a boy of two...

She wasn't Akane, she was Nabiki Tendo!

She would prove that even _she_ could have an interesting
life as her sister jusded to end
it here, as a shortfic.

     It looks like the Author's notes and the last sentence got crammed 
together.  This mistake was especially bad because it ruined the ending and 
whatever point she was trying to make.

     I always thought Nabiki had an interesting life myself, but I'm not 
going to argue about it.

Instead of having Nabs ruining her sister's life, we've got
Nabs trying to 'up' her Akane, setting out on her adventure.
If anyone would like to continue, be my guest and let me
know. :)

     No thanks.  'up her Akane' doesn't make sense, but at least I 
understood what you were trying to say that time.


Caine

--
"Isn't sanity just a one trick horse?  I mean, when you get right down
to it, all it knows is one trick: rational thought.  But if your nuts,
the sky's the limit!"

--The Tick


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