*RANMA 1/2 MOMENTS WHERE
                     EVERYONE ENDS UP WITH SOMEONE*
                               as chronicled by
                                 Dreamspinner

     All right! There are lots of fics circulating around with
either Ranma or Akane ending up with someone other than each
other. They're great and really entertaining but we ALL KNOW that
they'll END UP TOGETHER EVENTUALLY!!!!! If you don't believe that
then you're kidding yourself pal!!! We also know that it'll be
Mousse and Shampoo, Nabiki and Kuno (a match made in heaven if
there ever was one), Ryoga and Ukyo (a cuter couple than the
former and Akari), Kasumi and Dr.
Tofu, Soun ans Ms. Hinako, Cologne and Happosai and Kodachi and
Gosungkugi!!!
     Hmmm..... something wrong there..... tee-hee.....I made up
the last one. It seems to fit ya know! (Not really, but they
deserve each other, ne?)
     So we know who's going to get who but the question is
((((drumroll please)))) HOW? Well this fanfic (if it still
qualifies as one) means to answer that very question. All of have
our own opinions about how things are going to unfold for the
characters and here's mine.
     Originally, some of these scenes took place in my first
edition of "Worth Dying For", but it seemed out of place with the
rest of the plot so I separated it and made it into an individual
fic. I just couldn't bear to discard them. I altered it and made
a few additions, so here they are and here they shall stay.
(Maybe...)


>>>The proposal<<<

     Ranma's head throbbed and something seemed lodged in his
throat. Not to mention the 500 beats per minute pumping machine
in his chest. But however sick he felt, he had vowed to propose
to Akane for real that day. It was now late, late evening and if
he didn't do it soon he'd break his vow, and that was breaking
the Martial Artist Code No. something- or-other. He had to do it,
He had to do it, He had to do, He had to do it, He had to do
it...
     The two were cozily sitting on the couch in front of a fire.
Akane had her legs tucked up underneath her and she was absorbed
in her own private thoughts. She was oblivious to the trembling
and squirming of her fiance beside her. Maybe I shouldn't bother
her... Ranma thought desperately, seizing for an excuse, any
excuse.
     Suddenly, she whirled around and faced him; startling him so
that he fell off the couch. Her dark brown eyes were filled with
such panicky determination that Ranma was scared of what she was
planning to do. "Let's get married," she said, eyes pleading
desperately. Her knuckles turned white as she pressed them
together viciously.
     Ranma was surprised beyond belief. Why....she was proposing
to him! He was so confused at the sudden downshift of his
thoughts that he couldn't think. "Damn," he said faintly. "I was
supposed to do that."
     Eyes bulging out of her head, she stared at him in
puzzlement.
     He stared back at her with inconceivable disappointment.
     They started laughing loudly.


>>>Fall of the Amazon<<<

     Whistling cheerfully, Shampoo rode on her bicycle,
fantasizing about how she and Ranma would spend the afternoon
together. He didn't know it yet, but he was in for the best time
of his life. Enough that he'd forget all about meddlesome Akane.
     ===BANG!!!=== 
     Her front wheel had just gone over something. She shook
herself out of her thoughts and looked underneath. "Mousse! What
you doing there?"
     Chagrined, he smiled ruefully. "I-"
     She tossed her long blue hair over her shoulder. "Shampoo
not want to know!" She pedaled and this time her back wheel ran
over him.
     "Oof!" he groaned.
     She smiled. "Shampoo meet husband. Mousse not stand in way."
She started cycling quickly in the direction of the Tendo dojo.
     Mousse painfully picked himself up off the ground and
started running after her. "Shampoo, wait! oof!" He rammed into
her bicycle, which had stopped suddenly. 
     She was standing stock-still, hands frozen on the handlebar.
Pulling his eyeglasses down, Mousse could see why. Sitting under
a tree, Ranma and Akane were kissing.
     Maybe that wasn't what she'd seen, he thought hopefully,
knowing that such a sight could kill Shampoo. He turned around
and sneaked a peek at her. On second thought...
     Shampoo's face was etched with pain and sorrow but her
Amazon conditioning prevented her from crying. So she held her
head up bravely, proudly, though inside her heart was breaking.
     Mousse glanced tenderly at the woman who'd stolen his heart
and who was now trying to be strong. He tentatively put an arm
around her, half-expecting her to fling him as she usually did.
     She didn't resist.
     Mousse raised his eyes to the sky, thanking the gods. It was
a start.


>>>Finding each other<<<

     "I'm glad you two are here," Ranma said softly. Ukyo grew
cold all over. She knew what was coming. Amazingly, she knew.
Nooooooo, no, no....
     Akane's eyes expressed her sympathy. "Ranma and I...." She
looked up at him, not needing to finish the sentence. Only a dolt
would have missed the stars in their eyes as they gazed at each
other.
     Ukyo broke into tears and ran blindly into the forest.
     ===CRRRACK!!!=== 
     Ranma and Akane started and glanced wildly around them.
"What-what-"
     Ryoga, whose heart they had heard breaking, watched her go.
Slowly, he turned on his heel and followed her, hands in his
pockets, eyes downcast. He found her hunched against a rock,
crying her heart out. He crouched down next to her, wishing he
knew what to say.
     "You loved Akane too, didn't you?" she asked between sobs.
     Ryoga hung his head. "I loved - I love Akane," he confessed.
     Ukyo turned to look at him and their eyes met. Something
clicked, as if something was finally coming into place. They
embraced, giving the comfort and support the other needed.


>>>Permission granted<<<

     Tatewaki Kuno bowed his head in resignation. He'd begun to
accept a long time ago that Akane and the pig-tailed girl (who
Ranma controlled so completely) would never be his. He'd just
kept at his pursuit because he had a reputation to keep. But
maybe it was time to look for a new love. Perhaps....? He started
walking, thinking fast. People stared at him in surprise as he
mumbled to
himself. "...could it be she's been in front of me without my
seeing her...?" 
     Then out of nowhere, a sound pierced through his
consciousness. Coins! He heard the clinking of coins! Enraptured,
he looked up...just in time to find someone harassing Nabiki
Tendo. What an outrage! He was at her side in an instant, bokken
drawn. "Be gone, you fiend," he cried.
     The boy, who had just been asking for change for the picture
of Ranma-chan he'd purchased, ran off terrified.
     Nabiki looked at him admiringly, a faint flush coloring her
cheeks. "Why thank you, Kuno baby," she said.
     The two exchanged slow, meaningful smiles. Kuno decided to
let Nabiki date him.


>>>"This is so sudden...."<<<

     Akane pressed her ear to the kitchen door, frowning
intently. She turned to Nabiki, who was leaning against the wall
with her arms folded across her chest. "Are you sure he's going
to propose to her?"
     Nabiki shrugged. "I should think he would. It's been three
days since I chained him to the kitchen sink."
     Soun and Genma-panda joined them. Soun had his hands on his
hip. "What? He still hasn't proposed to her?"
     Akane nodded.
     They stared at each other, then all four pressed their ears
to the door.
"K-K-Kasu-su-su-mi...wi-will you uh-er--uh m-m-m-m-"
     Genma threw his paws up in the air in exasperation. He held
up a sign saying "Stand Back" a second before he charged in,
splintering the door to pieces. "He's proposing to you, Kasumi!"
it said on the sign he held up. 
     Kasumi brought both hands to her cheek, blushing furiously.
"Dr. Tofu...this is so sudden..."
     The four face-faulted in exasperation.
     Ranma came strutting in. "Whoa, what happened to them?" He
turned an unconscious Soun over. "Drat! Just when I was going to
ask permission to go to the arcade with Hiroshi and Daisuke."
Just then...
     "But yes..." Kasumi said.
     Dr. Tofu's eyes dilated and his face flushed a violent
purple. He looked about to explode. Then, he collapsed into a
heap on the floor.
     Ranma brightened. "Hey thanks, Kasumi!" He shot off without
another word.
     "You're welcome, Ranma," Kasumi murmured, approaching the
fallen chiropractor. She looked around the room at the five
unconsious bodies. "Oh my..."


>>>Spooky...<<<

     "Hey!" Gosungkugi had been stealthily following Ranma and
Akane with his camera. Now, he watched with bulging eyes as
someone snatched Akane's purse from her. He half-rose as if to
help her.
     "Hyaaaaa!" Ranma whirled around and executed a reverse kick
which knocked the purse away from the fleeing thief.
     Writhing with pain, the filthy boy held his smarting hand
away from himself. Seeing the vengeful expression on Ranma's face
he cried out and ran away as fast as he could.
     Akane bent and picked up her purse from the ground. "Thank
you, Ranma," she said softly. Gosungkugi noticed the admiring
expression that passed through her features the moment Ranma's
back was turned.
     Gosungkugi sighed. How was he supposed to compete with
someone like Saotome? It was hopeless...utterly hopeless. He
threw away the straw dolls he'd been torturing in hopes of
injuring Ranma. He took off his "hat" and blew out the candles.
He dejectedly walked away.
     "Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!" another cry of distress made him
look up. Behind him, Kodachi Kuno was teetering wildly as her
shoe had evidently caught on a jutting stone on the street. On an
impulse, he rushed to her side and tried to hold her up. 
     Big mistake. Uh-oh. She's too heavy.... WE're going to
faaaaaaaaaaaaall.... Gosungkugi had the wind knocked out of him
as he lay on the hard cement, Kodachi lying on top of him.
     ===PLINK!=== 
     Her eyes opened and she stared at him for a moment
confusedly. What a man! (Only a madwoman such as she would have
thought so....) Sure, he wasn't as good looking as her Ranma, and
not as substantial too...but she needed love desperately today.
She slipped her arms over his bony back. "Hold me!"
     Gosungkugi grew rigid and his teeth started chattering.
     "Hikaru," she purred, " you've sometimes worked for us all
these years. Maybe it's time that we should," she winked
suggestively, "get to know each other better."
     Gosungkugi made a strangled sound.


>>>Age Issue<<<

     Soun sighed for the 100th time.
     Akane appoached her father worriedly. "What is it, Dad?
What's the matter?"
     Soun sighed again. 101st. "It's Ms. Hinako."
     Akane frowned. The two of them had gone on a date yesterday
night, but as far as she knew it had been a success. The two had
really hit it off. "Why? Is there a problem?"
     "No but..." Soun sighed. l02nd. "I like Hinako a lot...but
sometimes when she's a kid, she can be...annoying. But then I
think how sexy she looked in that tight yellow dress when she
wasn't, how her br-" He stopped, suddenly remembering his teenage
daughter was listening. "A-Anyway, I don't know if her pluses
outweigh her minuses."
     Akane thought hard. "Look Dad, you shouldn't judge her for
just a minor detail such as age-changing. You engaged me to
Ranma, and he changes gender!"
     Soun began to squirm in his seat uncomfortably. "B-But
that's different..."
     Akane rose indignantly. "How's it different, Dad? It's even
worse." Her eyes narrowed to slits. "Don't tell me you're making
me do something that you can't do."
     "O-Of couse not, Akane." Finally, knowing he was trapped, he
added, "You know, I think she's real good company. Maybe, I'll go
ask her out again."
     Akane placed her hands on her hips.
     "Right now, as a matter of fact!" Soun scrambled to the
phone.
     Akane smiled, statisfied. Revenge was sweet.


>>>Wrinkles to Wrinkles, dust to dust<<<

     "Ah....how I remember my young days!" Happosai sighed.
     Cologne looked wistful for a second. "Me too." 
     "I remember when I met Iyeyasu, founder of the Tokugawa
shogunate. I was the one who convinced him to put the samurai
class at the top."
     "Ha!" Cologne grunted. "No doubt it was you who caused that
very class to degenerate."
     Happosai ignored her. "That was in the 18th century."
     "17th."
     Happosai whirled around to face her, surprised. Slowly, a
small smile began to play on his lips. "You know, you're pretty
hard on the eyes."
     Cologne hmmmphed indignantly.
     "But you're the only one I can talk to," he continued,
"about the olden days and understand me."
     Cologne was still hurt about that remark about her
appearance. Casually, she answered, "Same here."
     Pause. 
     Tentatively, Happosai reached and placed his hand on top of
hers. 
     Cologne reacted at once. "Get your hands off me," she
hissed. Glowering, she turned to face the other way...trying to
hide a smile.