On Sat, 3 May 1997, Mark Doherty wrote:

At 12:44 AM 3/05/97 -0400, TnekG@aol.com wrote:

Ok here's an idea - 
Akane gets fed up with Ranma (again) 
Akane Xfers her engagement to Nabiki (Again)
Akane and Ranma cool off because neither is willing to talk about it. 
Nabiki sells her Iinazuke to the Highest bidder(Kodachi has the most money)
Ranma has to move in with Kodachi (oh horrors - the Kuno mansion!)
eventually he learns to love her after he gets to know her better and finds
out why she acts so crazy - maybe they would even be good for each other?

That's a pretty good way to get past the fact that Ranma is scared of
Kodachi, he needs to learn more about her, find out things about her so 
that he can feel for her, before he could ever love her. Blah... I'm too
busy working through three fics right now, (one is even on Kodachi, and
is a guarenteed flamebait fic), otherwise I'd have liked to have taken
up this idea.

Hmmm, I prefer it to see this way.  You have the set up pretty good.
Ranma basically has to move into the Kuno mansion.  But you could have it
as Ranma acts as a balance which helps to control Kodachi.  Ranma comes to
feel sorry for Kodachi and her mental stability, and he comes to realize
that Kodachi really needs him.  etc. etc.

Do note that I haven't payed that much attention to the details, but I'm
sure that someone could easily elaborate on this.

Michael Chen

PS: I think Kodachi is the sexiest woman in Ranma 1/2.  I mean, isn't it
more alluring when she wears her leotard?  You really want to see
what's under that skin tight clothing, right?  I mean, forget about
Shampoo, she's more than happy to bare her assets for the viewers or even
Ranma-chan.  But have you ever seen Kodachi in the nude?  Man, it's like
Takahashi is purposely doing it so you would spend most of your time
wondering what Kodachi looks like.

PPS.  Never mind me, heh, I haven't quite slept for 2 days.