On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 20:38:17 -0400, "Richard  Robinson" <rik@cfanet.com>
wrote:

Alternative ending:

"I wish that Ran-chan would have whatever he needs to have a perfectly
happy life" replied Ukyo.

The Devil sighed. This was it. Someone had made a totally unselfish
wish. With a gesture, he summoned his number one assistant demon.

"Yeah, Boss?"

"The lady here has made The Wish. We must prepare to go into exile. I am
putting you in charge of fullfilling what she asked for. Go to Ranma
Saotome and fix things up so that he and Akane can be happy together,
Then you'll need to deal with..."

Ukyo interrupted. "No."

The Devil turned. "Pardon me?"

"You don't understand. I wished that Ran-chan would have whatever he
needs to have a perfectly happy life."

"Your point being?"

"I know Ran-chan. There'd be no way in hell he could EVER be happy with
Akane. Um, if you'll pardon the expression."

The Devil smiled. "Miss, we know *everybody*. We've been in the
trading-wishes-for-souls business for quite some time." He turned back
to face his assistant. "Go."

"NO!!" Ukyo screamed as she bashed her spatula into the Devil's skull.
The weapon came down again, and again, until it was bent with a
Devil-shaped indentation. "You DON'T UNDERSTAND!! I wished that Ran-chan
would have WHATEVER HE NEEDS to have a PERFECTLY HAPPY LIFE!! GOT IT?!?"

The groggy Devil rose, motioning to his assistant.

"Right, Boss. I'll get Ms. Kunoji here married to Ranma right away."

Ukyo re-holstered her giant spatula on her back, smiling demurely as she
followed the demon towards the exit. "It is SO nice to be totally
unselfish!" she said, as she and the demon vanished.

The Devil slumped down in his chair and buzzed his intercom. "Ms.
Toadpipe, I want you to call upstairs for a ruling. Do we have to go
into exile, or not?"


Gary Kleppe
http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics