Suggested changes: {before : after}
On Sun, 04 May 2003 14:36:38 -0700 Christopher Olsen
<christopherolsen28@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dr. Tofu sat {nearby : near} Soun and Genma, pretending to be interested in the game
while trying to avoid looking directly at his fianc�e. Shampoo herself had
changed into one of the many Chinese dresses she had left at the Tendo home
in case of emergency, and was lounging calmly just behind the doctor, {eyeing : eying}
him thoughtfully from time to time.
Dr. Agasa pulled Conan over. "Listen to the bug you left at the Tendo {dojo : Dojo}."
Nodoka stared her son down, her steely gaze completely out of place on the
face of a 9 or 10 year old girl wearing a flower print blue and white summer
dress. "{Now son : Now, Son}, it's your duty to your family to produce an heir... to both
families in fact. As Ranko cannot carry on the family name in that regard,
it is only right that you take that responsibility to provide the Kounji
family with an heir as well."
Ranko's eyes went wide and she shook her head quickly at the suggestion. "No
way{: ,} Mom! I'd never let Ucchan curse herself like that!" She blushed then
shook her head. "Not a chance! A curse isn't the way to solve anything, Mom!
You should know by now that Jusenkyo always makes things worse, not better."
Ukyo put her hand over Ranko's calmingly. "Your mom is just trying to help,
Ranchan, and I can't say I haven't considered the {spring of drowned man : Spring of Drowned Man}
since... well in the last few weeks, anyway." Ranko looked at her in horror
and Ukyo hurried on. "I'm not going to do it. Even if it would solve some
problems with us being together... I realize that the curses never seem to
work the way people might think. If Johnathon-sensei and Mercury-san are
right, then I'd be just adding to the chaos around here, and we have plenty
of that already."
Nodoka nodded in understanding. "I'm sure you're {right dear : right, Dear}. It wasn't the
best suggestion, I know. I just want to see the Kounji line continue as well
as the Saotome line. It is the least we owe you after everything Genma has
put your family through."
Ukyo blinked. "Instant {spring of drowned man : Spring of Drowned Man}? What on earth is that?"
Ranko hesitated. "Actually, I'm not sure... it worked before though, turned
me and {pop : Pop} both into guys in cold water... at least for a couple hours."
Akane's eyes fell, then she stepped forward to hug Nabiki as quickly as
Nabiki had hugged Venus. "I love you{: ,} Sis." She said quietly but firmly. "You
don't ever have to be alone."
Nabiki sighed. "That's going to be tough to sell... I don't know how {daddy : Daddy}
will react if he finds out your folks don't know... and Nodoka's another
problem. She's a bit touchy about these kind of secrets nowadays."
Sailor Mars sighed. "I'm afraid we don't have much choice in the matter. If
the people in this room don't all agree to keep our secret, it's bound to
come out, sooner or later. If they do tell our folks... at least it would be
better {then : than} if they found out on their own."
Sailor Venus stepped forward with a wink. "I'm Minako Aino!" She abruptly
detransformed, seeming pleased at all the attention that got. "I'm also
Akane Tendo the second... some of the time." She added, waving to Soun. "{Hi
pop : Hi, Pop}!" Nabiki sighed and looked at the ceiling in frustration while Akane and
Kasumi gaped at her in shock.
Akane Tendo stood in Minako's place blinking, then waved nervously. "Er...
{hi dad : hi, Dad}." There was an audible thud as Soun keeled over and she winced. "Darn
it Mina...." Akane huffed angrily to herself. "You could have handled that a
lot better!"
Akane Tendo sighed and nodded. "I'm a copy of her... but as far as I can
tell I'm Akane... just not the only one. While she was at Jusenkyo, Minako
fell into the {spring of drowned... er... drowned : Spring of Drowned... er... Drowned} Akane... and I found myself
in her body. At the time, I thought that Kiima had just thrown me in there
and tried to drown me... it was like no time had passed, but it had actually
been months...." She sighed. "So it seems like I'm a copy of Akane from the
moment Kiima drowned her in the spring. I have all of Akane's memories up to
that time, and I've been... sharing Minako's body ever since."
Conan held up a small plastic bag. "I found these hairs on The Tendo's
oldest {sisters : sister's} bed... Too many for an ordinary house cat... and there were
scratches on the window sill, obviously made by clawed hands... not paws."
Conan glanced at her. "I think it deserves investigation. If what we've
heard is correct, it should be simple enough to verify... I think a visit to
the Tendo {dojo : Dojo} with water guns tomorrow is in order."
Ai grinned slightly. "Sounds very... juvenile."{:
}* * * * * * * * * * *
Conan snapped. "Who could I tell? If I tell the {girls : girl's} mother, would she even
believe me?"
Artemis took one last look at the closing circle of male cats around them
and shook his head. "No... not here, not now." With a flash of light he
transformed into his human male form, wearing a black on black outfit he had
borrowed from Mamoru Chiba. He scooped up Luna deftly before the nearest cat
could reach her and sprinted away, holding her close to his chest. "Hold on,
{love : Love}. It won't be much longer."
*****************
{Keichi : Keiichi} was busy at work in his school lab, making moon rock bracelets with
Belldandy, or that is, Belldandy Three when he noticed that something was
wrong. Belldandy had been helping him with his work, as she usually did, but
suddenly she seemed distracted. She gave off a low moan and went to sit down
shakily on a lab stool.
"What's wrong, Belldandy?" {Keichi : Keiichi} asked worriedly. "Has something happened
to one of the others?"
{Keichi : Keiichi} shot up. "Is she OK? Did she find something?"
"Excited?" {Keichi : Keiichi} looked confused. "Did she find something?"
"Her cycle?" {Keichi : Keiichi} blinked, then blushed. "You mean she's...?"
{Keichi : Keiichi} swallowed. "You mean... you're feeling what she does?"
Belldandy nodded, unconsciously opening her collar slightly. "Yes, to a
lesser degree." She fanned herself slightly, opening her collar a bit more,
allowing {Keichi : Keiichi} a glimpse of her damp cleavage. "Oh my..."
{Keichi : Keiichi} swallowed nervously. "Er... will she be alright?"
{Keichi : Keiichi} wasn't sure if he was pleased or disappointed. "Oh. Well that's
good."
Belldandy looked at her beloved fondly as he went back to work mixing the
ingredients for the moon rock bracelets. "{Keichi : Keiichi}...."
"Hmm?" {Keichi : Keiichi} looked over at her questioningly, doing his best to ignore her
flushed skin, the cleavage she was presenting him with, or the rather
lustful look she was giving him as he sat at his workstation. "What is it,
Belldandy?"
She shook her head, moving over to sit next to him, and put on hand over
his, smiling. {Keichi : Keiichi} smiled back and gripped the hand in his tightly, and
for a long time they simply sat there, looking at each other. Belldandy's
eyes seemed more expectant than usual, and {Keichi : Keiichi} slowly leaned closer to
her. She met him halfway, and they melded into a kiss without saying another
word.
Bell-cat shrugged helplessly. "Without our powers... there is no real way
for us to know. I only hope that the moon rock bracelets {Keichi : Keiichi} is preparing
will work on these mortal bodies."
They also seem to be a factor that neither Maro nor Happosai have
considered. Even if they don't work on mortal bodies, they may unlock
the genies' powers.
"I have solved your missing girl case{: ,} Inspector."
Ranma, however, was finding it difficult to sleep, and kept starting awake
only to notice Minako looking quietly in his direction. Akane had changed
herself back into Minako before they had all gone to bed, but ever since
then he kept catching the blond{ : -}haired Senshi looking at him whenever she
thought he wasn't looking, and it was starting to get unnerving. Finally he
slipped out of the blankets and over next to her.
Around four minutes earlier, Minako had slipped into Ranma and Akane's room,
blushing brightly as she dropped her panties on the floor outside it,
holding a sturdy length of rope, a pair of handcuffs and a glass of water.
Setting the glass of water on the headboard, she quickly pulled the covers
off the bed and dropped {: them} in the far corner of the room, then set about tying
both of her feet to the bottom corner bedposts, spreading them invitingly
wide for anyone who might venture in. With slightly more difficulty she
managed to tie off her left wrist to the upper left bedpost, careful not to
jar the glass of water, then slipped one end of the handcuffs over her right
wrist.
Akane flushed bright red clear down to her upper chest, suddenly struggling
futilely to cover herself up. "Ranma... stop.. stop looking at me like
that." She was incredibly, preternaturally aware of every inch of her bared
skin, of her nipples engorging even as Ranma involuntarily glanced down to
between her legs, where her most private self was bared for his inspection.
Akane felt a warm wetness down there as well, and tried desperately to close
her legs, making the bedposts {grown : groan}, but not able to apply her full
strength.
Shampoo shrugged. "I was just curious who might be making your bed squeak,
{pervert girl : Pervert Girl}." She said lightly, noting the tension around the shorter
girl's eyes and trying to break the mood.