You don't have to wait long to tell me, Akane" Ranma said, stepping out of the shadows of the back alley.

"Ranma!" All three jumped, shocked that he'd been snooping around, eavesdropping.

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"I heard every word." he said with a sigh. "I guess there's only one thing left to do.." The three girls stared at him, expectantly and grew more confused when he pulled out a glass of water. "Goodbye... Ranma-KUN!" he wailed dramatically, up ending it over his head and turning himself into a girl.

"Ranma-kun?" Shampoo asked.

The wet, sniveling girl nodded. "I've.. given up my male side..." She looked at them, wide-eyed and imploring.

Shampoo perked up. "Really?"

Ukyo pulled her aside. "I thought we agreed the point of this story is to be WITHOUT RANMA."

Akane walked up to Ranma-chan and pulled her into a hug. "Good for you Ranma!" Ukyo and Shampoo gaped at her. "But you still can't join us. Bye-bye!" And she turned, took hold of the chef's and Amazon's hands and skipped off, humming happily to herself.

"Damn, I should have known that wouldn't work." Ranma-chan pouted. She turned and headed for home. And a hot bath. She really couldn't live the rest of her life as a woman anyway. That would totally suck. Girls were just... too darned prissy! She burped and scratched her ass. Then stumbled over that bucket of Herb's Shampoo got rid of earlier. When she went home, she couldn't change back into a guy even with the hottest water.

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The End.