Another potential love interest for our hero?  Could it be?

Drop her. She's just a distraction.

uhoh....fighting movie plot #3...Mina Li will kill or at least 

severely

wound Running Deer within the next two chapters...

Somebody has been looking over my notes?  Anything is possible at this
point... revenge is always a great motivation though.

It was fairly obvious. However, you've spent too much time on it. That 
relationship is only supplementary to the plot; pack it up, and move 
along. You're distracting yourself.

It's okay to make up a fic as you go along, just be sure that you don't 
dwell on useless or ultimately pointless details. Keep track of how your 
fic is flowing and make sure things keep moving or else you will become 
bogged down.

Not so quick and easy as Mousse.

Real-Ranma has a tough time with Ryouga. Some points to keep in mind (I 
really can't stand inaccurate fight scenes):

1.  Ryouga is vastly stronger than Ranma
2.  Ryouga is invulnerable to pain and almost completely immune to 
physical damage.
3.  Ryouga is at LEAST as fast as Ranma prior to the Kachuu Tenshin 
Armugaken, and very likely even faster since it has been shown that 
Ryouga's speed has increased markedly since he first appeared.
4.  Real-Ranma was unable to defeat Ryouga when he learned the Shi Shi 
Houkoudan.
5.  Real-Ranma is mind-numbingly fast and can avoid anything Ryouga 
throws at him if he devotes all his attention to the fight.
6.  Ryouga typically sees through Ranma's red-flag tactics, but is a 
sucker for the girly act.
7.  Ryouga can follow Ranma to any height and through any maneuver.
8.  Real-Ranma has a small edge in skill.

How you proceed with the fight depends how well other-Ranma has meshed 
with real-Ranma by this time; if he can go all-out, he should be able to 
avoid Ryouga or manage to trip him into a fountain or at least get him 
lost. If this Ranma can't go all-out, he will lose. Perhaps other-Ranma 
can bring an interesting perspective to the fight.

I specifically mentioned the Shi Shi Houkoudan because other-Ranma has 
shown no awarness so far of being capable of ki techniques, and a Ranma 
that doesn't have them will be incapable of standing up to Ryouga in a 
fair fight.

Chapter Six-Playing the Hand That You're Dealt, is half-way done.  I
hope to post it later tonight or tomorrow.  Please let me know what you
think of it.  This story is proving to be a lot of fun to write, but 

I'm

afraid that I've only begun the storyline.  :)

Long fics are great. Just stay focused, and you're golden.




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