Decided to cast my own version of this Gary Kleppe fic.  Remember, all 
R1/2 characters are created by Rumiko Takahashi, blessed is she.


[Scene: Ranma is walking along the streets of Nerima, looking contented.
A voice comes down, seemingly out of nowhere.]
 
 Voice: Ranma Saotome!
 
 Ranma: [Looks around a bit, then up at voice] Yeah?
 
 Voice: Where are you going?
 
 Ranma: Gonna go see Mikado.
 
 Voice: So, you've finally decided, eh?
 
 Ranma: Uh, yeah.  I, y'know, love him and so I'm gonna marry him.
 
 Voice: What about Kunou?
 
 Ranma: Well, he's all right, but I only like him as a friend and stuff.
 
 Voice: Are you sure you're making... the *right choice?*
 
 Ranma: Whattaya mean?
 
 Voice: Have you thought about what your life could be like if you chose
 Kunou?
 
 Ranma: Well, I dunno....
 
 Voice: Watch this!
 

[Scene dissolves.  We see a much older Ranma, his hair mostly gray,
together at a dinner table with Kunou, who still looks as handsome
as ever.]
 
 Ranma: Honey, it's been a great life.  I'm so glad I chose you!
 
 Kunou: As am I, beloved.  We've raised four wonderful children, saved
 the world from hordes of demonic invaders, taken long walks in the
 park...
 
 Ranma: And the sex has been great!
 
 Kunou: [slightly embarrassed]  It has indeed.  We've had so many
 wonderful years together, filled with joy and happiness...
 
 Ranma: ... and sex...
 
 Kunou: Yes, although I much prefer it when you're in female form. 
[laughs] 
 
 Ranma: Did I mention the...
 
[The door crashes open.  We see Mikado storm in.  He has obviously
deteriorated over the years.  His face is distorted, with some hair and a
few teeth gone.  Though still muscular, he has gained a bit of weight in
all the worst places.  He looks angry.]
 
 Mikado: RANMA!  How DARE you be happy!
 
 Mikado pulls out an axe and charges forward at Ranma, but he
 slips on a banana peel and ends up stabbing himself in the heart.]
 
 Kunou: Oh NO!  Please don't go into that undiscovered country whence 
 none have ever returned!  Ranma, help me get him to the place of gentle 
 healing!
 
 Ranma: Too late, he's dead. [strikes dramatic pose] Why, oh why,
 couldn't he just accept the inescapable threads of destiny that binds
 me to Kunou?!  If he had only accepted Azusa's love, everything would 
 have been all right.  But no, he had to struggle against what had to 
 be.  It was his tragic flaw.
 
 Kunou: His tragic flaw?
 
 Ranma: Well... that and a few other things.  But let us not think about
 that.  Let us simply remember him as having nobly sacrificed his own 
 life so that the two of us could be together.
 
 Kunou: Oh, Ranma!
 
 Ranma: So... what do you wanna do now?
  
[Return to original scene with normal-aged Ranma]
 
 Voice: Still think you're making the *right choice*?
 
 Ranma: Well, uh... I dunno...
 
 Voice: Then watch this!
 
 
[Scene dissolves again.  We see a barren landscape strewn with corpses.
Demonic creatures are running around, killing whatever people happen to
be left.  A young adult version of Mikado stands amidst the chaos,
smiling evilly.  Ranma is slumped on the ground next to him, looking
emaciated and completely out of it.]
 
 Mikado: NYA HA HA!
 
[Kunou runs over to the pair of them.]
 
 Kunou: NO!!  What are you doing to Ranma, foul sorceror?
 
 Mikado: TOO LATE!  I've tapped into his ki energy so that I may use
 it in my evil plans!  Nothing can stop me from taking my ultimate 
 revenge on anyone who ever insulted me or parked in a space where I 
 wanted to!
 
 Ranma: I had jello today.
 
 Kunou: Oh Ranma!  What a benighted fool I was to let you marry Mikado!  
 I only wanted you to be happy!  Please, you have to reject your foolish,
 misguided love for him and fight back!
 
 Ranma: It had little pieces of fruit inside it.
 
 Mikado: There's nothing you can do, my dear man.  My demons will ravage
 the world, killing everything that lives!  NYA HA HA!!
 
[A demon slashes its claws into Mikado from behind, ripping out
several organs.]
 
 Mikado: ... of course, I could've thought this thing through a
 little better... [dies]
 
 Kunou: Oh, Ranma!  And to think you could have prevented all of this 
 just by choosing me!
 
 Ranma: It was orange flavored.
 
[Kunou weeps as he and Ranma are mauled by hordes of demons.  The
view pans back as the entire Earth becomes a lifeless wasteland.  It then 
fades back to the original scene.]
 
 
 Voice: Still want to marry Mikado?
 
 Ranma: No way!  I'm making the RIGHT CHOICE!
 
 Voice: Kunou.  The *right choice*.  Appearing in fanfictions near
 you!
 
 Nabiki: [From out of shot] Cut!
 
 
[We pull back to see Nabiki, along with Hiroshi and Daisuke.  Hiroshi is
carrying a camcorder.  Daisuke has a microphone and has obviously been
doing the voice-overs.]
 
 Nabiki: Thank you, Ranma.
 
 Ranma: Okay, I did your dumb commercial.  This means I don't owe you that
 money no more, right?
 
 Nabiki: Your debt is... reduced.
 
 Akane: My own sister!
 
 Nabiki: [counting a wad of bills that Kunou has just handed her]
 Sorry sis, but cash is thicker than blood!
 
 Kunou:  I am still confused.  Why did I do all the scenes with that 
 blackguard male Ranma?  It strikes me as somewhat nauseating.

 Nabiki:  Don't worry.  We'll edit the pigtailed girl in later.

 Mikado:  And don't forget, I want *all* the negatives.


SKJAM!