[AMG/Ranma/SM][FanFic] A Certain Distance - Bonus Omake Section!
Rob Kelk
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Thank you for the many messages of encouragement, appreciation, and
constructive criticism you've sent about my story "A Certain
Distance". There's only one more thing I need to do with that story
before beginning serious work on its sequel, though, and that's have
some fun with it!
Yes, this is the "silly omake" posting for "A Certain Distance"! It
would help if you have a copy of the original story, so you know where
these scenes are supposed to go ... (You can get a copy at
<ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Ranma/ranma.xover.a-certain-distance.gz>
or <http://robkelk.tripod.com/distance.html>.)
The text that was originally in the story is given again, formatted
all the way over to column 1. The omake are formatted to column 6 for
your reading enjoyment. If you want to assume the characters go
super-deformed when the text indents (just like in Artmic's
full-length omake "Ten Little Gall Force"), feel free ...
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(Super-Deformed) Disclaimer:
I don't own these characters. So there. Nyyyeaaah!
- Rob Kelk, rob...@ottawa.com
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Scene from Chapter One:
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"Ami, sometimes I don't quite understand you. Do you think anyone who
isn't a friend is an enemy?"
"No, I didn't mean that. It just seems sometimes that every new face
hides a new enemy. Even the friendly newcomers are sometimes evil,
like Ail and Ann."
"And sometimes they're not, like you and Makoto."
Mizuno Ami smiled. "I hope you're right, Usagi. I'm getting tired of
fighting everyone who comes along."
Just then, the two girls heard a rustling in the bushes
beside them. Wondering what it could be, they stopped
to take a closer look.
This proved to be their greatest mistake yet. A ...
*thing* ... leaped from the bushes and grabbed Usagi's
chest. It said but one word:
"SWEETO!!!!!"
The worst had happened. Happosai had changed schools
along with Ranma.
Ami sighed as she reached for her henshin wand. "Why
do *all* of the threats to world happiness have to show
up at *our* school?"
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Scenes from Chapter Three:
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< Author's Note: The next one is blatant fanservice ... >
Ami put a hand on each of the other girls' shoulders. "Makoto, Skuld
is the Goddess of the Future. She knows who we are. Skuld, Makoto is
my teammate and one of my dearest friends, and she'll keep your
secret."
The other two girls thought for a moment, then smiled and shook hands.
"By the way," asked Skuld, "is there any reason why the
two of you seem to spend so much time together?"
Ami blushed as Makoto slipped an arm around her
waist ...
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The woman affected a surprised expression. "Excuse me? Did they say
your name is 'Ranma'?"
"Yeah, I'm Saotome Ranma."
She really hated what she was about to do, but it had to be done.
"Ranma, I've finally found you! It's me, Meiou Setsuna, your
fiancee!" And she jumped into his arms.
"So, this is your fourth real fiancee, isn't it,
Ranma-honey?"
"What's your point, Ucchan?"
"There are places where it's legal for a man to have
four wives," Akane added breathlessly.
Ranma thought for a moment. "But what would my Mom
say if I left Japan for good?"
Nodoka appeared out of nowhere. "I'd say you'd be
acting like a *real* man among men! You have my
blessing, son!" And she handed Ranma and Akane their
passports.
"I'll go get Shampoo and met you three at the airport!"
cried Ukyo as she raced off toward the Nekohanten.
Setsuna was starting to panic. This was *not* what was
supposed to happen ... Then she looked into Ranma's
eyes, and finally realized what the phrase "love at
first sight" meant. Her panic disappeared as she
decided to let Destiny fend for itself for a while.
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Scene from Chapter Five:
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Two attractive young women with long black hair were sitting on a park
bench. While they had their eyes closed, they seemed to be looking at
something ...
"What do you see now, Skuld?"
Skuld sighed in pleasure.
Rei opened her eyes, looked at Skuld, then slapped her
across the face lightly. "None of that, young lady!"
Skuld opened her eyes. "But, Rei-sempai ..."
"No 'but's! You've used your power to tap into the
All-Mecha Channel too many times already! No more
Cable TV until you've finished practicing!"
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Scene from Chapter Six:
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She was *just* in time! "Genma! There you are!"
The two men looked up. "Do I know you?"
"How could you have forgotten? I'm Urd! Don't you remember?" She
frowned, and quietly tossed a bit of dust from her alchemical lab into
the air.
"I don't think we've met, miss ..." Genma then inhaled a bit of the
dust. "Oh, of course! Urd!"
Genma smiled and stood up. Then he took Urd in his
arms and pulled her close. "Urd, my darling, it's been
too long ..."
Urd started to panic. 'Oh, *NO*! How'd my latest love
potion get mixed with the false memory dust?'
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Scene from Chapter Seven:
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Tears filled Skuld's eyes. "But ... but ... fiancees always act like
this in the shojo manga Usagi let me read! I'm sorry!!!"
Despite herself, Akane smiled. She wondered whether this was an
exceptionally well-developed survival trait of Skuld's, or some
Goddess power, or was she really that sad? Either way, it was
working. "Skuld, dear, ..."
"Yes, Akane-sempai?"
"You don't have to live your life exactly like the comic books."
Skuld frowned, then smiled again. "Does that mean I
don't have to do all the things that the girls in the
other manga I sneaked out of Usagi's room do with their
boyfriends?"
"What manga were those, Skuld?" Urd asked her youngest
sister.
"These ones!" Skuld opened her schoolbag and showed
the others some of the books.
"You most certainly do *not*!" replied Akane. She
stormed off after Usagi, muttering something about
her "leaving hentai manga out where other people can
find them" ...
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Scenes from Chapter Eight:
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< Author's note: My thanks to "SRV" (redwarf-at-chartertn-dot-net)
for suggesting the next omake. >
Skuld turned to Ranma. "I don't know what to do! I can't see *that*
far into the future, at least not yet! I can only see a couple of
years right now! I don't know who's right!" She started to cry.
"Ranma, what should I *do*?"
This left the fate of the world in the hands of Saotome Ranma. And we
all know how easily Ranma makes decisions ...
Ranma looked to the heavens. "Why Me? Kami-sama, Why
is it always me?"
Skuld's celphone rang. "Hello? ... Sure, just give me
a second ... Um, Ranma, it's for you."
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"No, Ranma. You'll still be cursed, but you won't be forced to change
as soon as you're hit with water. You'll have a few minutes grace
period - if you want it." She turned to Ryoga. "And yours will give
you some sense of direction." Leaning over to put it around his neck,
she added in a whisper, ["as well as offsetting your Jusenkyo curse."]
["You know?"] he whispered back.
["Of course I know - I'm a Goddess. I also know you don't want Akane
to know."]
"You don't want me to know what?" demanded Akane as she
loomed over them, Mallet-sama in hand.
"Oops!" Urd blushed. "Sorry about that, Ryoga-kun."
"Whisper more quietly next time!"
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Scene from Chapter Nine:
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< Author's Note: This last one's for everyone who thought that the
Big Fight was too short ... <evil grin> >
'Oh man oh man oh man ... I'm outclassed badly here ... Why didn't I
listen to Ranma when he said I was slow ...' Akane's thoughts were
interrupted by an object flying straight at her, which she reflexively
caught. Then she took a look at what was in her hand.
It was a single red rose.
Akane looked at her opponent, Tuxedo Kamen. Suddenly,
she thought that he looked *very* cute ... She leapt
into his arms, begging "Please take me home with you!"
Usagi noticed Akane's embrace of *her* boyfriend, and
immediately stopped fighting with Belldandy to go and
pull Akane away from Mamoru.
The others stopped fighting as well. Ranma and the
Sailor Senshi moved to restrain Sailor Moon before she
killed Akane by mistake. The others took advantage of
the abrupt cease-fire to kick the Invader out of the
Solar System.
Urd smiled. Her strategically-used time-delayed love
potion had saved the day, just as she had planned.
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If you have any extra scenes for "A Certain Distance", or any of my
other stories, please send me a copy! I'd be happy to read them!
--
Rob Kelk http://robkelk.tripod.com/ rob...@ottawa.com
"I'm *not* a kid! Nyyyeaaah!" - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of
childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis, 1947