Well, I thought I would release this little part now.  It should be 
completed along with the release version of A Son's Duty Chapter seven 
tommorow.  By the way, the home page works now.

Hitomi

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	If there was anything that could get a smile out of people, it 
was the two girls walking down the street towards the clothing stores.
	It was easy to tell which school the one leading the way was 
from.  After all, every school in Japan had registered uniforms for there 
school that were accessible from the central database.  Of course, most 
people would have recognized Akane without the Furinkan high uniform 
because of the fact that she jogged this way often.  As far as everyone 
was concerned, she was a nice, kind girl who could get a little impulsive 
about some things.
	The shorter one with highlights in her hair they couldn't place.  
They assumed the girl must be from China, given the clothing she was 
wearing, and the way she was walking.  Of course, she didn't look very 
happy, and was obviously not in a good mood, but she was cute.
	If a Westerner had been listening in on their conversation, they 
would have been extremely surprised at the content.
	"Ya'know Akane, That Sensei is scary."  Ranma grumbled to her 
companion as they went towards the uniform outfitters.  "I mean that book 
he had of..."  she shuddered as remembered scenes of human bodies went 
through her head.  "Isn't that a bit extreme?"
	Akane looked over to Ranma, giggling slightly, "Well, you do have 
to admit, it is a good warning, and those pictures are accurate."
	"Akane!  Those pictures were disgusting, and those...those lesions..."
	"Are you thinking of having sex Ranma?"
	A queasy look settled on the pig-tailed girls face.  "Not if I 
can help it.  If that's what sex does to you, I don't think I ever want 
to experience it."
	Akane shrugged, "Well, that could be both good and bad.  Sex 
isn't all bad, that's just the worst case scenario.  Besides, do you want 
to have sex before you're married?"
	Ranma snorted, "No way!  Even before that book I wasn't 
considering having sex anytime soon.  I mean, I'm still young, and 
there's lots to learn."
	Akane turned a thoughtful look at Ranma, "That's true.  I guess I 
underestimated you Ranma, I thought you'd be like the other boys."
	Ranma stopped and looked at Akane, "Whoa!  Whadaya mean like the 
other boys?"
	Akane sighed and started walking again, "Well, boys seem to have 
the strangest ideas of what a girl wants and is like, and they only seem 
to think with one part of their anatomy.  I mean, have you ever been 
swarmed by a set of boys who only want to get into your panties?"
	Ranma guffawed a bit, "I sort of grew up on the opposite side of 
that Akane.  Besides, boys think with their head, they just get 
controlled by their hormones.  It's not their fault that they seem to 
have less resistance to that sort of stuff than the girls.  After all, a 
boy's hormones cause physical changes to occur without them being 
	Akane shook her head, "You really have a lot to learn about boys 
then.  Despite the fact that you grew up being extremely macho, I think a 
lot of things were left out of your education by traveling around so 
much.  I'm not sure, but that might be a good thing in this regard.  Of 
course, your new situation now might have changed a few things about how 
your body works."
	Ranma looked puzzled for a second, "Well, according to the 
doctor, I'll experience what every girl does now.  I'll have to get used 
to that while I'm a girl I guess."
	"That's not exactly what I'm talking about."
	"Then what are you talking about?"
	Akane looked at Ranma, "We'll talk about that later.   but, well, 
being on this side is a lot different and it's important for you to learn 
this.  The good thing is that you'll pick up a lot of new defense 
techniques, although you will have to discourage the more persistent 
ones, possibly even going so far as breaking their bones, and then 
there's the fact that..."
	Ranma stopped in her tracks.  "Uh-huh!  No way!  I'm going back 
to being male and going to school as a male!"
	Akane looked at Ranma, "Then you concede the bet?"
	"Yeah, I concede, just let me out...."  he suddenly remembered 
the terms of the bet.  "WAIT A MINUTE!!!"
	Akane smirked at the suddenly trapped Ranma, who had realized 
that she dug herself in a hole with that bet.  "Come on Ranma, the store 
is only three doors away."

An Alternate History of Ranma 1/2:

Chapter Four:

If this is how I have to get an education...

A fan fiction based on Takahashi Rumiko's Manga series, Ranma 1/2

Saotome Ranma, Saotome Genma, Saotome Nodoka, Tendo Akane, Tendo Soun, 
Tendo Kasumi, Tendo Nabiki, Kuonji Ukyou, Hibiki Ryouga, P-chan, Shampoo, 
Moose, Kuno Tatewaki, Kuno Kodachi, and Hinako Sensei are copyright 1987, 
1996 by Takahashi Rumiko.

Publishing rights:

Japan:              Shogakukan Inc. Tokyo
Hong Kong:          Jademan (Holdings) Ltd.
North America:      Viz Inc.

By Ichinohei Hitomi

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Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@terminal.autobahn.mb.ca
http://204.112.189.3/~hitomi
"The beginings of wisdom is the ability to always ask questions."