I am sorry I did not post this with the story itself. I had forgotten
the name and author of the original source story that inspired this
tale. The original writer did correctly call me out on it, and I know
humbly make amends to him and his
work.
Authors notes:
This story was inspired by the fanfic "Misuteru : Forsaken"
by Jason. It was a very sad little story, about a letter than
Ranko leaves Kasumi after the split, when she can't take
the hell her life has become because of it.
While I like the occasional sad story, I'm much more of a
happy ending type person myself, and I soon envisioned
ways for this problem to be reticified happily for most of
the characters involved.
The story you have just read is one of those ideas that
came to mind. I have another, whick takes a totally different
approach, that I may write some day. If anyone would like to
see that, let me know.
Acknowledgement to Jason for his fine story, as well
as "Two Sides of The Coin" by Benares, which served
as the inspiration for Jason, and indirectly myself. I
encourage anyone who liked this story to check those
two stories out, if you are unfamiliar with them.
And if you didn't like this story, well, that's fine too.
You can't please everyone, you know.
JP Buckner