From: chrismg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (christian gadeken)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Ranma's Timeslip (Part 1)
Date: 18 Nov 92 05:08:16 GMT
Reply-To: chrismg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (christian gadeken)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: chrismg@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu


	Here I go again...

			Ranma 1/2 : Actor in the Mirror

				Part 1

	[Angle on the Tendou home, inside the fence.  From a ways off,
	we hear a strange noise, like thunder recorded at 33 and played
	at 45.  It grows louder, and suddenly Ranma-chan bursts through
	the gate, growling, waving her arms, and generally in a high
	temper.  She stops next to a tree in the yard, and vents some
	of her rage by demolishing a fair portion of the trunk.  Cut 
	to the interior of the house, with Kasumi walking down the 
	hall, carrying a tray of tea things.  Ranma-chan walks up
	next to her and, without breaking stride, picks up the pot,
	pours it over herself, and returns it to the tray.]

	Ranma:"Thank you"

	[Kasumi stares after Ranma as he climbs the stairs, surprised
	and a little disturbed.  Cut to Ranma lying on his futon.]

	Ranma:[Suddenly sitting up and grabbing his hair] Aaarrrgh!
	      [He falls back down.]  I can't stand this any longer.
	I've got to find a way back to normal before I go nuts!
	[We see a series of flashbacks of what the day has been like,
	with Kunou jumping him(her) , Akane splashing him every time
	she got mad, and Kodachi showing up to accuse "her" of trying
	to steal "Ranma-sama."]

	Ranma:[rolling onto his stomach] I've got to find a way to
	get rid of this curse.  If I don't, I don't think I can stand
	to live this ridiculous life any longer!  [Puts his head down
	on his arms.] Aaaah, who am I kidding?  Turning back to a
	normal man is just a dream...  [pauses] A dream... [lifts his
	head up like he's had an idea] A dream!  Yeah!

	[He gets up and dashes out of the room.  Cut to the hall 
	outside Happosai's room.  Ranma comes bounding up, puts
	his hand on the sliding door - and pauses.  He straightens
	up, takes a deep breath, and knocks on the doorframe.]

	Happosai:[inside] Yes?

	Ranma:[opening the door] It's me, grandad.

	Happosai: Ah, Ranma, come in.  [Holding up a panty] I
	think Akane's taste is improving, don't you?

	Ranma:[closing the door and sitting down] Um, I really
	wouldn't know... I came to ask a favor.

	Happosai:Oh?

	Ranma:Yes... [pause]  A while back, I saw a dream where
	you'd repaired the nanban mirror and kept it safe.

	Happosai:Mmm... Dreams can show you interesting things.

	Ranma:Yes... In the dream, I traveled back in time, and
	kept myself from falling into the pool at Jusenkyo.

	Happosai:Eh!?!

	Ranma:Grandad, if you allow me to borrow the mirror, I
	will do whatever you ask of me in return. [Bows formally]

	Happosai:Never! [jumps up to his full 24 inches] Never could
	I allow that!  If you changed the past like that...

	Ranma:What would happen?

	Happosai:That... That... That cute Ranma-chan would never appear
	again!  [Bursts into tears.  Ranma does a face-fault]

	Ranma:But grandad...

	Happosai:Absolutely not! How could you even think of depriving
	me of her!   Out, out, out,...!

	[Later, in Ranma's room.  He's lying on his futon again]

	Ranma:Dammit!  There has to be some way I can convince him...
	[rolls over] What does he want more then me being around as
	a girl...  [pause.  He sits up and looks at the dresser.]
	How far am I willing to go for this...?  [looks determined]
	No!  If I get that mirror, I can finish it once and for all!
	[He opens one of the drawers and roots through it.]

	[Cut to Happosai's room. Happosai is puffing on his pipe.
	Ranma slides the door open.]

	Ranma:Hey, grandad!

	Happosai:Forget it.  There's nothing I want more than Ranma-chan
	being near me.

	Ranma:[holds up what looks like a stack of photographs] How
	about a way to remember her forever, even when I'm a guy?

	Happosai:What's that?

	Ranma:Remember these?

	[Ranma dangles the photos from one hand(They're strung
	together with twine.). Happosai gapes at pictures of
	Ranma-chan posing sexily in panties and bra(or less).]

	Happosai:Sweet! [lunges for the photos]

	Ranma:[yanking them back] Oh, no!  Mirror first, then photos!

	Happosai:[stamping his foot] Ranma, you...!

	Ranma:[waving the pictures] She'll be gone, but you'll remember
	her forever...

	Happosai:Aarrgh! [turns and rummages under his futon, then
	turns around holding an antique mirror crisscrossed with 
	taped-over cracks.] Here!  [Ranma takes the mirror and 
	tosses the photos out the window]  Waaah! [lunges after
	them.]

	[Ranma holds the mirror up and cackles triumphantly, then
	dashes off down the hall.  Cut to the kitchen, where Akane
	is helping Kasumi make dinner. (Aaaah! :)]

	Akane:Well, it *was* a pretty wild day, but that's still no
	excuse.  [frowns down at the onion she's chopping]  He
	should apologize, at least!

	Kasumi:Maybe... He really seemed upset, though.  I wonder-
	[breaks off as Ranma runs into the room]

	Ranma:[grabbing the unchopped part of the onion from in
	front of Akane] "Thank you!"

	[Akane gapes after Ranma as he dashes out of the room, then
	yanks off her apron and goes after him. Cut to the garden.
	Ranma is rubbing the onion on one eye as Akane walks up to
	him.]

	Ranma:[letting a tear fall onto the mirror] Take me to
	Jusenkyo, right before Dad and I visited it!

	Akane:[ignoring what he's doing] Ranma, are you losing what
	little manners you have!?

	Ranma:[looking up, startled] Eh!?  Akane, get away quickly!

	Akane:What!

	[The mirror flares blindingly bright.  As the light fades, Ranma
	and Akane are nowhere to be seen...]

				T S U Z U K U . . .
-- 
			C h r i s t i a n  G a d e k e n

Yakumo: "But I really did destroy a monster in Hong Kong!
Saru  : "Ahem, ahem"
Yakumo: "Saru, do you believe me?"
Saru  : "Where's my Hong Kong souvenir?"