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Reviews ;) Thanks. Makes me realize that someone is reading this, enough so that I can work on it. Well it’s either that or do actually work yah know…

Ranger5 - Not sure what I did, I did not intend Ranma to be presented as cheating first. He is going to assume it’s his fault; I will try to use my own divorce as a template for what I want him to feel. I will have to rewrite that part because I intended Akane to be the instigator. Ranma’s part would be, well being Ranma, and her inability to ever think he is Not cheating. Thanks very much for the Feedback.

Chronotravel – True that is exactly where I wanted to go with it. It’s like that idea of what if you gave a war but only one side showed up. If Skuld (not the most forgiving of the goddess) who was duty bound to give Ranma a wish cannot get him to take it. Treats her like she treats men. Has had too much from Akane, so will not allow anyone to do it again, and is just good enough to make her auto-hitting difficult. Could be fun. She may become the main protagonist, I don’t know yet.

Paco – thanks for the spelling correction. ;)

Revision 2. Still correcting the errors that have cropped up, and trying to flesh out the story a bit. Hey you guys are complaining about short chapters.

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Of all the types of stars in the universe, the Stars of Misery were the ones you least wanted to follow you. Morisato Keiichi had had one following him for years, until the timely intervention of a goddess, Belldandy, who protected him from the stars light. One would assume, that in the vast universe Kami-sama would only let one such star into being but, one be wrong. There are many, and each star has its own favorite beings to watch. Most but not all of these being mortal, but a few gods have been known to attract the attention of one of these stars. As each star moves through the universe, watching their chosen, sometimes they see a better person to watch. This occasionally leads to more than one star, following the poor sod around. In Ranma’s case no less than 6 stars followed him, each bringing additional misery to his life. In all of the history of the universe, no one else has ever had to bear so much misery, for so long. Genma, Akane, Ryoga, Happosai, Ukyou and the spirit of the pool all owe Ranma a debt of thanks for his assuming the burden of their misery. His life has proven this. In Each case, his presence lessened their misery, while increasing his own.

It was the light given by these stars that caused the chaos of his life. The lights all shown as one, the day he fought, and killed Saffron. In fact it was their lights joined that let Akane live, for nothing would cause him more misery, than her existence. The heavens noticed too, the strange conjunction of lights, and for all Loki wished it to stay hidden, Ranma’s name became known to the heavens. Enough so that through general consent, his name was placed in the system, to be given a reprieve from his misery. But he would have to be willing to accept heavens help, once offered, and that may be the real problem.

Two months had past, after Ranma’s arrival at the Sakuraba’s manor. All of the “normal” things had happened, the meeting with his mother. The meeting of the family, the settling into his life. Ranma, sat in his room, staring into a mirror, looking at his female form. Everyone understood his curse. Everyone accepted it, No one pushed him, tried to take pictures of him, or anything else. For two months they had let him sit, and tried to offer support when they could. Taeko-chan had especially tried to cheer him up, but he for the most part had answered dully, when he did bother to talk to her. IT was hard to talk to anyone, because that was a connection, an opening of ones self. All he really did was sleep and practice. Nodoka had even gone so far as to have a Dojo built on the grounds, to try and get Ranma out of his shell, to no avail. Only after a time did she realize that he was retreating farther into his art, simply to hide from everyone.

‘what was so wrong with me, why doesn’t this get any better…’ Ranma-onna thought to herself. ‘its just one long unending pain, worse than anything Ryoga ever did to me. What was so wrong with me Akane…’. Suddenly as he thought that name his mind grew colder again, as he subconsciously kept pushing those memories, her memories from his mind. Downstairs the phone rang again. Again, Taeko-chan answered it, and a woman’s voice asked to speak with Ranma. For the 5th time today she walked to where Ranma was practicing, and for the 5th time today she was ignored. For days it has been like this. Some woman calling him, but, him not even wishing to find out whom it was enough to answer it, or Taeko-chan. She tried not to take it personally. She knew from what she felt, and discussing it with Aoi-san, that he was just in a lot of pain, and did not mean to treat her disdainfully. For a moment before she went back to say he was unavailable, she again watched his form dance through the motions, and marveled.

At the phone Still, Skuld sat dumbfounded. She was stuck on this assignment, till she could complete it. It was not unknown for assignments to take along time to finish, I mean look at Belldandy’s assignment, But take a long time to START? It had been a long time since a Direct visitation was called for, and she was about ready to just take matters into her own hands, when on the screen near her, came a summons to Peorth’s office.

She knocked on Peorth’s office door. The door slide open, with Peorth sitting and screen’s dancing around her face, she waves them away a moment. “Skuld, your Assignment has been escalated. You are so ordered to try a direct intervention.” Peorth did not look happy about this. She had not had to send someone directly, to present a wish in some time, and she didn’t like sending Skuld, with her history with the male gender, into this situation with Ranma Sakuraba of all folks. Her file from when he was a Saotome was immense, and Skuld had every possibility of screwing this one up. But Belldandy was still on assignment, and she shuddered to think what Urd’s solution to Ranma’s problems would be. “Skuld, it’s Very important you treat this case with sensitivity. He has been abused by females badly, and never learned how to properly communicate with anyone. I know how you feel about Perverts, but just take time to read his file, and understand your charge before judging him. And DO NOT HIT HIM!”

“Of course I will be, I always do my best” she said happily. She was glad to be getting to DO something rather than wait in front the phone. She was also a little hurt that Peorth would think that anything would ever cause her to hit a charge. Skuld would never even Consider that….

Ranma still sat, staring at her mirror. She had been here for awhile, moping. She was not trying to be narcissistic, she was trying to see what it was, like what part of her that was so offensive. What part that she needed to remove. An hour ago, two even, she had decided on a bath, once she finished her scant dinner, but that had not yet happened, as she had not moved from her spot yet. That nagging thought about a bath kept popping into her head. “I guess I should go take one.” She stood up, and walked downstairs, towards the bath. She passed by the dining hall, and walked through the silent halls to get to the baths. Everyone else had long since gone to bed, other than Miyabi-san who was in her office, working, as usual.

Ranma entered the bath and she stripped and just lowered herself into the bath. The hat felt warm, and comforting, his change came without notice, he steeped in the warm bath, and let the silence of the bath, mirror his soul. No thoughts entered his mind, just silence. He almost drifts off to sleep, when he notices the water growing brighter, glowing, more and more brilliant, until he could see the face of long black hair, surrounding a very cute face, with odd tattoos, pushing itself up through the water, attached to a girl, who while she is leaving her pool, realizes that she shares it with a Very nude man. Shock, embarrassment and then Rage pass over her face as she jumps out of the water with a cry of “HENTAI!” and turns away from him blushing. Out of nowhere her BugZapper 2000 appears, but before she can turn to strike him she hears

“uhmm Sorry about this, but I was taking a bath. Do you mind?”

She blanches as she realizes what she has done….

And high above them one star above him, the one he inherited from Akane, loses touch with Ranma, and looks for a new target….

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Ok, that is the 2nd installment of the story. I am looking for proofreaders, or the like, if interested let me know.