Ranma 1/2 rough draft
Happi Days #6: Fourth Week, Monday
  all char are (c) Takahashi Rumiko, with the exception
of Tetsuo, the crew of the smuggler ship 'ChaCha Maru'
and extraneous other characters thrown in for one scene
or less.
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	Hiroko smiled and fixed an extra box lunch.
This time she'd be able to give it to Ryouga-kun, she
knew that the lost boy needed plenty of food to keep
his energy up.

	She'd almost followed the recipe this time,
though it had seemed a little bland, so adding octopus
marinaded in a pepper sauce (to keep it from spoiling)
seemed a good touch. 

	"Ryouga-sama," Hiroko giggled. Cooking was so
much fun since the Becoming and she'd accepted the
changes. Besides, Nabiki's picture of Ryouga coming
out of the furo...

	Hiroko smiled as she added another piece of
octopus.
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	Ranma slipped out of the silk cords that had 
been used to tie him in place, sneaking slowly towards
the window like a ghost, careful not to awaken his 
guard.

	Akane murmurred something in her sleep from her
futon in front of the door.

	When Ranma's heartrate approached normal again,
he slowly opened the window. He was expecting the hand
dropping down on his shoulder, so sure he'd be found
out that when nothing of the sort occurred he was unsure
of himself briefly.

	Slipping away into the night, Ranma felt that
checking up on Ryouga's story was his first priority.
If it checked out, maybe he should go back to China.
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	Happosai slipped out of his lair, a hidden
panel in the roof of the Tendou Training Hall where
he'd hidden the mass of his silky darlings.

	The whisper of air around the incoming dagger
was sufficient for Happosai to dodge. An overcast night
with no lights on in the yard was perfect for sneakery,
but apparently it benefited others than Happosai.

	"Who's there," Happosai growled. A glimpse of
motion, too quick from concealing shadow to shadow. He
could only be sure of one thing. It was a woman who
was wearing black pants and a red Chinese shirt. The
conclusion was obvious.

	"So, Ranma, finally you find the courage to
face me." He hefted the super soaker in his hands. "You
have already doomed your friends and family. YOU are
personally responsible for the tragedy afflicting them
because you didn't face me when you should have."

	Silence was the only answer Happosai received.

	"Ranma, you can't fool me. Come and face me, you
coward, or I may have to do something really nasty."

	More silence. Happosai began to creep forward
as silently as he could. He thought that his opponent
should be right over there.

	"Really, Ranma, I expected more of you. If you
don't face me, do you know what I'm going to do? I've
got three tins of something called 'Golden Passion Dust'
ready to drop in the water supply. All I have to do is
turn one extra little valve, and the drug mixes with
the Nerima water supply. Believe me, this will make my
revenge with the Jusenkyo water seem gentle and 
refined by comparison.

	"My ONLY problem will be in deciding who to
ravage first." Happosai got to the shadow and realized
that Ranma wasn't there. Looking around, he reached the
peak of the roof and tried to figure out where his
opponent was. "Will I deflower sweet Akane first? Maybe
that best friend of yours, the okinomiyaki chef? I can
have Nabiki and charge her for the pleasure, hah! Maybe
even some of your formerly male friends, I glomped one
yesterday and she felt DELICIOUS."

	A movement alerted Happosai, the figure was
visible as movement leaping over him. "Game, set, and
match, Ranma!" Happosai triggered the flood of his last
supply of the cursed Jusenkyo spring water towards the
figure.

	The figure dodged, rolled, and stood as a porch
light came on, a bo staff clearly visible in her hands.

	"K-Kasumi?!?" Happosai's eyes bugged out, yes,
even more than normal. He stared unmoving as Kasumi
took a martial arts stance that clearly read "challenge"
to his trained eyes.

	Gravity, of course, was not suspended. <SPLASH!>
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	"Where is that baka?"

	"It's ok, Akane. The poor boy just doesn't 
realize we've got his best interests at heart."

	"Ukyou, if he chooses YOU, I-I-I'll be happy
for you."

	"Sugar, you'd be completely miserable and you
know it. Same here. And if he chooses Shampoo we'll
both me miserable. If he chooses Kodachi..."

	"Killing him would be the only merciful thing
to do." Akane looked over at Ukyou, strange how the
two of them seemed to have deepened their friendship
since being affected by the water. "Still, if we find 
him..."

	"We'd better find him," Ukyou drew her battle
spatula, "before those other girls do or there might
not be anything left of him."

	"I was just thinking about what happens if he
were to face Happosai before he knows about the water."
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	Ranma puzzled about something. Why did Master
Po give him this kettle. It was a 1/3 replica of the
"Unlocking Kettle" of the Musk Dynasty, and would 
supposedly only function one hundred times before the
magic ran out, but it was still extremely valuable.

	He wondered if Master Po had used some ancient
Chinese magic and had determined that it would be needed
in some future battle with Herb and the Musk Dynasty.
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	Hundreds of miles away, Master Po sneezed, then
went back to channel surfing. Odd that even with a
satellite dish that got hundreds of channels, he usually
ended up watching CNN Japan.
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	Eighth week, Sunday

	"She makes such a beautiful bride," said Ukyou,
dabbing tears away from her eyes as she turned from the
two at the altar to Ranma.

	"Yes, she does," agreed Akane, smirking slightly
before resting her head against Ranma's shoulder.

	Cologne smirked. Her newest pupil had done her
so proud by tricking Happosai and the results had been
quite rewarding. Finding that "Love Potion" had been
equally wonderful.

	Happosai pushed back her veil so that she
could gaze lovingly upon her husband.

	"You may now kiss the bride," the minister,
who was clueless about the nature of the bride, said.

	Mikado Sanzennin obliged, finally kissing his
1000th girl. Nobody had told him yet. They'd probably
wait until AFTER the Honeymoon.
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well this ends the Happi Days story arc. If you
got an occasional laugh out of it, then it has
had the desired effect.
   C&C and 30+ asian girls are appreciated.;)



Mata ne, minaasan,

gregg sharp, SCA ronin & general nuisance
Phoenix Arizona

BTW: rd rough = really damn rough draft.