My Life With Ranma-Chan..
        By JJ Corley.
        Charactors belong to, in full, Rumiko Takahashi. 
        I do not claim any, except Sutemasu Zentai. S' there! :p
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        The inside of the lab was dark and small; but for one like me, 
suitable. "Ano.. What did I do with that piece of Agate? Ahh.. there it 
is."
AS I was saying, Very suitable for me. You see, I am a Scientific 
Gemoligest
and Inventor. Oh, and I also make Pewter and Gemstone jewlry...
        Which keeps my little lab/studio/workplace/shop afloat. "Just a 
little more... There! Done." I hold out the necklace, inspecting my 
work. 
Beautious, as always. I'm just too good at this... I think.. Right now a 
sunbeam from the skylight catches the agate in the necklace just right, 
and
a green sheen fills the room.
        "Oh, just beautiful!! Is that for mua?" I hear from behind me, 
2.2
seconds before I'm glomped. I look at my new arrival as she looks back 
at me.
Grey eyes, red hair tied back in a pig tail, Chineese shirt and black 
slacks 
tied with a white cord. "Ranma.. Didn't I tell you I was making this
for you..?"
        "No! I'm so suprized, Sutemasu-kun! Domo Aragato Gozaimasu!" 
With that
she gave me another squeeze and a kiss on the cheek. I am, no doubt, the 
luckiest Baka alive. My full name is Zentai Sutemasu, And in english it 
means 
'Total Abandon'; But most of my friends call me Hoseki-kun - Gem Boy. 
Not that 
I care any. At least not much. I guess I should fill you in as to what I 
look
like, hummn..? I have been attributed as gangly. Which is true, though I 
don't 
enjoy it. Being 6'2" Has it's problems. I have also been told that I 
look like 
a cross between Kagato and Ryu. Good thing I like Tenchi Muyo, eh..? I 
liked 
the Kagato look enough to get my percription lenses changed to those 
little 
self-shading lennin glasses that hang to your nose without ear pieces. 
Ranma 
giggles and pokes me in the nose.
        "What are ya thinkin' about; eh, love?" She looks at me 
questioningly.
I shrug; "Oh, just how lucky I am to have you, that's all." For that I 
am
rewarded with a shy smile and a quick kiss on the lips. I fasten the 
necklace 
around her neck, and comment on how good it looks on her. A smile and a 
blush
this time.
        "Oh, you big silly.. But, you're right. I do look good in it, 
don't I?
But, I wish that..." A small tear starts at the corner of her eye as she 
turns 
from me. I know what this means. "Thinking of the past?" I say as I draw 
her
near me by her sholders. Her back presses into my stomache as I kiss the 
top
of her head. I can feel her light body wracked by sobs she's trying to 
hold 
in. "Shhh... It's OK to cry, I don't mind. Let it all out, I'll listen."
        "You've heard this too.. many times before as it is.." She 
manages to 
say, choking a little. "I know. Hearing it one more time won't hurt me, 
but
it will help you; just get it out." I kiss the top of her head again as 
she 
starts to tell me, again, just why she is like she is. I will listen, 
for
it is as insightful for me as it is helpful to her. 

*
(About one year ago...)
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        "RAAANMAAA!, PREPARE TO DIE!"
        *BOOOM! ThaKA ThOoM!!*
        "Oh, my.. Are Ranma and Ryoga fighting again? Those two..."
        "GET BACK HERE RANMA! FIGHT LIKE A MAN!!"
        "Yes, Kasumi, Ranma and Ryoga are definatly fighting again." 
Nabiki
Sipped from her glass of tea, just as Ryoga went sailing through the air 
and 
into the koi pond. *Splash* Ranma-kun jumps into the picture, clad in 
tanktop 
and boxers.
        "Do you just Havta go and attack people before they wake up? Eh, 
pig?"
Ranma chided. A wet RYOGA pulled himself out of the koi pond. "What 
the?!?"
        "Ranma! How DARE you call me a pig! NOW DIEEEEEEE! BENAI 
TENGITS!"
Ryoga slammed his forefingers into the ground, and a colum of rock, 
water and 
debris shoots up from where Ranma was standing. Suddenly, Ryoga's vision 
was
filled with Ranma-chan's knee. They fell over, Ryoga taking even more 
damage.
"Ow.."
        Ranma grabbed the lost boy's shirt and hauled him off the 
ground.
"Where the hell did you find a cure?!?" Ryoga smirked: "Like I'd tell 
you..
even if I did know where Pan got it."
        "Pan, as in Pansuto Tarou?"
        "Hai."
        A great rolling laugh echoed accross the Tendo-kan as a cloaked 
figure
jumped from the garden wall to where Ranma was standing. "Pan."
        "Ranma." Tarou slid the hood of his cloak back, reavealing his 
effeminate features. "So, you want the cure, eh..? Ask Ryoga if he's 
enjoying 
his 'Cure' first."
        "What does he mean, Ryoga?" Ranma asked, letting the lost boy 
down.
        "Ask him, not me." Said Ryoga, pointing..
        To P-chan.
        <P-chan?!?!?> Ranma thought.
        "Hey Ranma! Look who Ryoga found! P-chan, I was so worried about 
you!!
Don't ever leave like that again, ok?" Akane cooed to her pet. P-chan 
looked,
well, just a tad deppressed.
        "Nanda..?"
        "The Twinning Water of Jusenkyo." Pan said, Smugly, Holding out 
a 
bottle of water. "A cure for one, a curse forever for the other. 
Desisions,
desisions, eh?"
        "You mean to tell me, that if I use that to cure myself, It 
will.." 
        "Make two of you, and give your cursed form, forever, to your 
twin."
Ryoga finished with a sigh. "I hated my curse, Would do anything to rid 
myself 
of it. But now, HE has that same curse; I could bear it, knowing I could 
turn 
back into a man with but a splash of hot water - But he has to bear it 
for 
eternity; Damn myself, damn myself to hell - I was an incociderate fool, 
I was
and don't tell yourself otherwise - and..."
        "Are you quite finished yet? I get the idea." Ranma removed his 
foot 
from Ryoga's mouth. <I could be cured, but what of the other me? If I 
married
Akane, Shampoo would surly take revenge against my twin, just in spite. 
I 
should take it, but what would I think of myself afterwords..?>
        "Here.." Tarou idaly tossed the bottle of Twinning Water to 
Ranma, who
caught it. "Take as long as you like to think about it." He turned to 
leave.
        "Wait. Even if I don't use this, what do you want in return?" 
Ranma
Ventured causously.
        Tarou turned. "Allow me to date with Kuno Kodachi, and I'll call 
it 
even."
        "Date? Hell, Marry her for all I care; that psycopathic bitch is 
more
trouble than she's worth. Too much into poisen and gymnastic's for my 
tastes."
        "Indeed.. I shall inform her of these new events, and now I take 
my 
leave." He pulled his hood back into place and lept off into the night.
        "Thanks!!" Ranma called after him.

*
(Back to the lab...)
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        "I still can't believe he took that stuff." I remarked from our 
new vantage point. 
we had moved to the couch, with Ranma on top of me. Ranma noded. 
        "Still, he did.. and used it too..."

*
(Tendo living room, 11 months ago...)
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        "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, YOU, YOU, YOU.. PERVERTED AQUA 
TRANSSEXUAL!!!"
Akane fumed.
        "HOW MANY TIMES DO I GOTTA TELL YA, I DON'T LIKE THIS CURSE 
EITHER,
BUT AT LEAST IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS, I WOULDN'T KEEP BRINGIN' IT 
UP
FER NO REASON!!" Ranma retorted.
        "WELL THEN! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT DAMN CURSE SO MUCH, WHY DON'T 
YOU 
USE THAT CURE TAROU GAVE YOU A MONTH AGO?!?!?!?"
        "FINE THEN, I WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" With that, Ranma grabbed 
the 
bottle and broke it on his head. He became a she. She became a he. He 
and She
Seperated with a final *Slach-wap* sound. 
        "Ranma..?" Akane asked.
        "Hummn..?" They both said in unsion.
        "Oh, great.."
         Ranma-kun Looked at himself. He grabbed Nabiki's glass of 
water, 
upended it on, and looked at himself. HIMSELF. "Wahoo! I'M CURED!!!"
        Ranma-chan Looked at herself. She grabbed Soun's mug of hot Tea,
upended it on, and looked at herself. HERSELF. "No..." She began to cry. 
        
"NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The birds flew away. Inside, everyone had fallen over except Ranma-chan 
and
panda. Ranma-chan ran to her Frizzy father and cried on his soft fur. 
Panda
stroked her hair, softly, emmiting a low "Growff.." P-chan came up to 
where
Ranma-chan was crying and put his front trotters on her thigh.
        "Bweeee wee?" (Now you know how I feel, eh?)
        "Ranma..." Nabiki stammered, coming closer. She put a hand on 
the 
other girl's sholder affectionatly.
        "NO! Stay Away!!!" She got up and turned, staring down at her 
other. 
"You..." She announced, "I HATE!!!! WHY, Why did you.." She turned and 
took
to the roofs, leaving the Tendo-kan behind.
        "..." Ranma stared after his other, one hand out stretched.
        "Anata no Baka-jo desu ne?" Akane bapped him on the head. "Go 
after 
her, you idiot!" Ranma shook his head. "She needs to be alone. I would. 
And if 
she comes back, I'll..."
        "You'll..?"
        "Havta fight her for who keeps our name." Ranma spun on his heel 
to 
look at Akane. "I need to be alone for a while, ok?" With that he left, 
heading towards the dojo.
        "Ranma..." Akane called after him. Nabiki and P-chan sat, still 
and 
unmoving, stairing out at the direction Ranma-chan left in. Nabiki 
couldn't 
stop the tear from falling. P-chan let out a sad "Bwee.."

*
(Back to the lab...)
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        "And you never went back, did you?" 
        "No..." She said quietly. "I only know what happened after I 
left 
because I bumped into Nabiki a few days later. She almost KISSED me! 
Then she 
said Ranma was worried about me. So I wrote him a letter..."

*
(Tendo dojo, 10 months, 20 days ago...)
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        Ranma, as usual, was sitting on his head in the dojo when Nabiki 
came
in with the letter. "What's that? Not another challenge from Kuno, is 
it?"
        "No..." Nabiki said tiredly. She stuck it in Ranma's mouth. 
"It's
from Ranma-chan.."
        "Mumph?!?!?" Ranma quickly righted himself; opening the letter 
and
reading as fast as he could. It Read:
                Dear Other...
                I can't really explain my feelings right now, only just 
        that I can not return to the Tendo's. Please feel free to
        keep your name; You need not be worried about any confusion
        this might cause, because you will-most likely-never see me 
again.
        I don't hate you, but forgiveness is immpossible at this time.
        Please tell Akane I loved her, and give P-chan my best.
        Good bye, DEAR Ranma...
                Ranma Saotome

        "This is very not good.." Ranma whispered. "It reads like a 
suicide
note." 
        Nabiki looked down. "She did look grim when she was writing 
it.."
        "Damn, damn and double damn! If only.."
        "You hadn't used that damn water, eh Ranma?" Ryoga said quietly. 
Ranma
nodded in reply. "I would request a pact between us. I don't know why 
(The
author must be one of those 'Ranma and Ryoga best friends forever' guys) 
but
I don't like fighting you any more. There's no point. You have Akane, 
and we 
both lost a part of ourselfs. Agreed?"
        "Agreed, Ryoga. I'm glad the past's behind us. You look hungry, 
want 
to stay for dinner?"

*
(Back to the lab...)
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        "How did you know that transpired, if you never went back?"
        "Ryoga.. he found me, once, and told me that. I'm glad he and my 
other
are not fighting any more. I wonder, wither if Akane and Ranma are 
married..?"
She looked at me, her eyes moist. I smile a little.
        "Cheer up, You have me ya know."
        "I know..." She wiped a tear from her eye.
        "Remember when we met?"
        "How could I forget that?"
        "Well, you WERE pretty drunk.."
        "And horny, we musen't forget that." She smiles a smug smile at 
me, 
which I return.

*
(In the Lounly Hearts Tavern in Hokkidao, 9 months, 13 days ago...)
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        "So, how can I help you?" The bargirl smiled.
        "Scotch, on the rocks. AND I MEAN ICE!!!" Ranma-chan was a tad 
ansey.
        The bargirl shook her head and poured the drink. "Here ya go. 
Enjoy."
        "Oh, I will. Getting drunk off my ass always helps to forget. 
For a 
while, anyways." Ranma downed her liquor in one gulp. "More." The 
bargirl
started to fill Ranma's glass again, but Ranma just grabbed the bottle 
instead. "This'll do Just fine, miss.."
        "Oooo k...." The bargirl shook her head again.
        "I'll take on one of those too." It's Zentai!!! I nuge Ranma's 
elbow.
"We'll hit the bottle together, eh..?"
        "Sure. Whatever.." She took a swig.
        "Oooh, warm welcome, there. Formal introduction time! Hi, I'm 
Sutemasu Zentai;" She snorts a little; "But my friends call me 
Hoseki-kun."
This prompted a full blown laugh on her part. I smile and say: "You 
think
that's funny? Well, howzabout this? I'm a Scientific Gemoligest and an 
inventor who, get this, makes Jewlry for a living."
        "Jewlry? You.. make.. Jewlry? Bwahahahahahaha!!!" She actually
had to set her bottle down for a sec. I took a swig out of mine, 
watching 
Ranma all the while. "Ahaha ha heh... Funny, that. Um.. I'm Ranma 
Saotome,
of the Saotme school of anything goes martial arts."
        "Anything goes, eh..? Weell, I study a little of the art mine 
self, 
and, if I delude myself enough, I think I'm fairly good at it too."
        "What style?"
        "AHAHAHA SEBU O BAKA-RASHII TSUNAI! Style."
        "Oh..? Never heard of it. We'll have to spar sometime."
        "I'd like that. I really would."
        "Ya know, Hoseki-kun? I think I like you, or maybe it's just the 
booze. Anyways, Can I crash at yer place tonight?"
        "Sure.. Just don't eat my gold fish."
        The bargirl rolled her eyes. "Idiots..."
        "What was that..? Oi thought Oi heard sumthin.." I'm getting 
drunker.
        "Me too.. *Hic* I thinks i've a hearing thems voices in my heads 
before. Ooooooooooooooohhhhhhh...... Ssssppppoooottttssssseeeessss!"
        "<<<<<SSSSSPPPPPOOOOONNNNN!!!!!>>>>>" I strike a Tick pose. 
(P.S.: I
Am severly inebreated, don't come near the drunken crazy person, mam, 
It's
likely to bable at any given moment..;)   
        "Ahaha! Good one.." She finishes her bottle and looks at me. 
"More..?"
        "Not if I want to keep walking in a straight line, but.. Ahh, 
what the
hell! Hit me again, I love it." I smile drunkenly at every one. "Every 
body 
drinks, every body wins, every body wants to be in love.. *hic*, Ahem, 
excuse 
me.." Damn I'm drunk. What the heck IS this stuff?!!?
        "All taken in good taste, especailly the licquor. Ahh well, lets 
take 
some of this stuff to your place."
        "Agreed. Barkeep!"
        "What!!" The Bargirl replies.
        "Oh, there you are. Ano.. two more bottles of this stuff, and a 
BIIG
bottle of Jack Daniels Please."
        "It's expencieve."
        "I can Handle the bill." 
        "Money talks, bullshit walks. Pay up."
        I pull out my wallet, griping all the while, and pull a 50,000 
yen 
note out. "Bullshit, eh..? Now, dole out."
        "Yeah yeah yeah. Keep talkin'.."
        "'Cause no one cares!" All three of us say in unison.
        "Yep." The Bargirl replies.

*
(Back To the Lab...)
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        "And that, I think, was that." I finish.
        "Don't tell me you were to drunk to remember our little 'trip' 
back to 
your apartment. You must've crashed into every garbage can and lamppost 
in
Hokkido." Ranma giggles. She turns slightly and kisses me. 
        "Mmmn.. Remember the sex on that first night..? That was good."
        "So was the licquor.." She purrs.
        "I think we'll have ta resume the story telling for a while, 
whilest 
we moveth toist the Bedroom..?" I ask gently.
        "Unless you want to do it right here, where everyone can see."
        I look at the window, then at her; "I'm comfy here; But I don't 
care
for public shows." 
        "Neither do I. Shall we be off, my fair knight..?" She jokes.
        "Aye, mine lady of the gems." I smile like a Sekube Hentai while 
I 
pick her up and move her to the bedroom. See ya!

Notes on the fist chapter..

AHAHAHA SEBU O BAKA-RASHII TSUNAI! Style: AHAHAHA Western Foolish 
Mortals 
style.
Ano..: Equivilent to 'Um..'
Sekube Hentai: Over sexed pervert.
  There you are. Have a drunkenly nice 
day/afternoon/night/pre-dawn/whatever!!




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