Please don't kill me for this. Yes, it is a fic...just one 
I couldn't resist doing...

   All characters are property of their creators. Their creators
are property of themselves. Please don't sue, I have no money.


   As Nabiki approached her bedroom door, she heard the unmistakable
sound of computer keys clacking away. She opened the door, and, sure
enough, there was Ranma, sending another post to that mailing list
he was on. He was so engrossed in typing, that she thought she could
sneak up on him for once. She slowly tiptoed across the room, then she
reached her hand out to tap him on the shoulder.
   "I don't know, Nabiki," he began, making her jump as she was inches 
from his shoulder. "I'm trying to write a story about that character 
you read about in your manga all the time. You know, the one who's a
writer?"
   Catching herself, careful to not let him know how he had startled 
her, she replied, "You mean Rumiko, of 'Rumiko's World' ?"
   "Yeah, that's the one. What's her full name ?"
   "Takahashi Rumiko. Why?"
   "I dunno. All the others on this list write a lot about her, so I
thought I'd give it a crack."
   "Ranma, you barely know how to spell your name, let alone write a
shortstory, even if it is a fanfic,"she told him in a dry voice. "Do
you at least have a concept?"
   "Well, yeah. I was gonna write about her an' that Tomino guy from
my King Size Military Robo manga meetin' each other." He shrugged. 
"Problem is, I don't know how to..."


   "Hold it! Hold it right there!" 
   As I was typing on my 'puter, a short japanese woman with glasses 
came storming up to me. "Yes, ma'am?"
   She looked angry, and thrust her finger in my face "How could you
place me as a manga character in my own manga? Don't you realize the
paradox that sets up?"
   "Hey, it's just a fanfic," I protested.
   "That doesn't matter. And setting me up with Tomino Yoshiyuki ? 
Please, I don't even like Gundam." She adjusted her glasses. "Well...
if you are going to set me up...how about that cute Amateresu from 
Five Star Stories?"
   "But he's a fictional character, and you're real!" I protested.
   "So? It's a fanfic."
   "But Ranma's writing it."
   "No, you are writing Ranma writing it. By the way, don't forget that
I don't sue you guys out of the goodness of my heart."
   "Okay, ma'am. One Amateresu coming up..." As she walked away, I began
typing at my keys once more...


   "Well, yeah. I was gonna write about her an' that Amateresu guy from
my Five Star Stories manga meetin' each other." He shrugged. "Problem is, 
I don't know how to..."

    Hey, it's not what I wanted, but if it keeps me from getting sued...



- Valandar the Red of the Empty Tankard
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