At 18:40 30/01/00 GMT, you wrote:
So why am I reposting this, when I've been busy on "The Way We
Weren't", "Super Dimensional Collision Omni", "Operation Crimson Sea"
and "Neon Apocalypse Luciferion" and haven't written anything new on
this one? Well...somebody just used the title "For Every Action". I
just want to remind everyone, who was first.
Sorry But I was unaware that this title had already been used, have not
seen this during my FFML time. Was in trouble as I had to rename from
Actions and Reactions due to another fic. I did not intend to step on
anyones toes.
If you strongly object I will rename to Newtonian Physics.
Again much apologies
Most characters and situations in this story are the property of
Takahashi Rumiko and are used without consent but without the desire
to give offense.
David Johnston, rgorman@telusplanet.net
For Every Action...
A wishing well, or at least, that's what the sign claimed. "Wonder
whether Nabiki set this up?" Ranma mused aloud. *After all, the
sign doesn't say you'll actually get the wish, just that you get to
make one if you throw a coin in. That's her kind of honesty.* He
grinned for a moment and then shrugged and tossed a coin in. "I
wish... Man, am I desperate or what? Even for thinking about doin'
it... I have to be nuts. And even if it was real, you know it'd turn
out goofy, same as every 'cure' I try. I'm probably lucky it's a
phoney." He turned his back, "Wish I knew why it always turns out
wrong."
*******
"What's so bad about being a girl!" snarled Akane, fists already
clenched as she glared at Ranma. As ever, he was dumbstruck at the
idea of explaining how he felt about that or anything.
"Now, that's an interesting question." Both turned to face the short
man with bright blue eyes. "Tell me, Tendo Akane, are you interested
in the answer, or are you just picking a fight?"
"Uhm, do I know you?" Akane asked, distracted from the quarrel by her
questioner's appearance from nowhere.
He tossed a 5 yen coin into the air and caught it again. "No, but I
know a fair bit about you. I'm actually here to fulfill a wish that
Ranma made last night. He asked for the answer to a question. Since
I'm feeling generous, I'll toss in an answer to your question as
well."
Ranma looked puzzled, "I asked a question?"
"Yes, you asked why your cures always seem to go awry..." the little
man paused dramatically until Akane snapped, "WELL!?" He grinned,
"Just trying to build a little suspense. The answer is that magic is
a conserved quantity, like mass and energy. It cannot be created, or
destroyed, only altered and transferred. Thus, attempts to nullify
your curse conceal it for a time, or twist it into a different curse,
but they all fail because they fail to dispose of that force within
you, fighting it, instead of releasing it."
"Ah man, how'm I supposed to do that?" Ranma groaned.
"There are some ways, but magic has a way of demanding prices you may
not wish to pay. Now, Tendo Akane, about the answer to your
question, you accuse Ranma of insensitivity to your feelings, but
what of your insensitivity to his?" The little man tossed his coin
again, but this time at the apex of it's flight, it flared and
vanished. His voice became more dramatic in it's tone:
"Saotome Ranma, I grant you respite from your curse
Tendo Akane, I give you the gift of comprehension
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
For every question, there is a matching explanation
When you grasp the cost and the worth of the gift you recieve
You may accept it or not, as you please."
Water erupted from the ground in a ice cold geyser under their feet,
sending them both sprawling before either recognised a threat.
"AAAH, COLD! Akane are you-" Ranma stopped, horrified at the sight
of a muscular boy slightly taller than him, dressed in Akane's school
uniform. Akane looked back at him for a moment, puzzled by an
expression she'd never seen on his face before. Then she looked down
and screamed.
"RANMA! This is all your fault!"
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