Quoting Tabyk <ffml@tabyk.net>:

     I had been walking home from a day of shopping when I 
spotted the girl again.  She was Chinese; I'm certain of that, 
and young, no older then twenty by my own estimates.  She was 
also tall, pretty, and had that lean muscular build one 
associates with a professional athlete.  Only the large 
eyeglasses that she wore seemed out of place on her.  I didn't 
know who she was, or what she wanted, but for almost a month now 
she'd been showing daily to look at the house.  

I'd suggest "watch".  "look at" sounds like the house is up 
for sale and she can't make up her mind.  


The couple of 

times that my son had called out to her she had run, but she 
always returned the next day.

     "Sorry Mika."  Putting my bags down I reached out and lifted 
his chin, moving his gaze from the tops of his toes to me, and 
spent a moment looking into the bluest eyes I had ever seen.  

Errrrgh...  Am I the only person on Earth who noticed that anime 
Ranma's male form eyes are a different colour from his female form's?
His eyes...are...grey!

     Under the table I felt my fingers curl themselves into 
talons as I struggled to keep my temper.

     "And when were you planning on consulting me in this?"

     Clearly annoyed now the womans voice dropped into a sneer as 

woman's

she said, "Who cares.  It's going to happen, so just get used to 
it."

     I'm not sure who was more surprised, me or my son, but as 
those words rolled around in my mind I felt something snap, and 
closing my eyes I made a decision.

     "Get out of my house."

     "Reiko, apologize!  Mother, we don't mean it like this-"

     "Son, get that woman out of my house, before I physically 
throw her out myself."

     "You can't do that!  Ken, tell her-"

     "THIS IS MY HOUSE!"  Climbing to my feet I glared down at 
the woman who had stepped on, twisted, and ridiculed everything I 
believed in and stated, "You have till morning to pack your things,

"until" or "'til"

     Just as the first drops were hitting the deck, the change, 
something I had only ever heard about, or seen pictures 
accompanied by epic tales, was completed, and where Father had 
stood there was now a young girl.

     She was shorter then me, sporting a healthy solid build and 
long flaming red hair.  Cinching tight her pants that were 
threatening to fall off she glanced at me and grinned, and I 
noticed that she had Father's eyes.  Then turning towards the 

Then,

Chinese girl, the Chinese Amazon, she nodded and the two took off 
running.

Charming story.  And you know the fact that he's getting a new curse
helps sooth my feeling that his cursed form should age just as he
does, even as it wounds just as he does.  


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