Ranma 1/2:
Curses So Sweet
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Trotting home, at least he hoped he was, through the rain, P-Chan bumped into a girl who was crying in the rain. Her long chestnut hair trailed down her back in a long, thick braid, her violet eyes sparkled with her tears.

"Bwee?" the piglet asked, nudging her leg.

"Oh, little piglet." she said, picking him up. "Are you cursed, too? I was a boy once. I loved this boy named Heero and I think he loved me. But now that I turn into a girl, he doesn't want me. He called me a freak, told me to leave. So I... I went back to the place I got cursed. They said there was no cure. But they told me a lot of cursed people lived here in Nerima, and that I'd have no problems fitting in."

She hugged the little piglet and stroked his back.

"Hey!" A girl called out as she ran up. "That's *my* piglet."

"Oi!' the braided girl brought the piglet over to the shorthaired girl and handed him to her. "I wasn't trying to steal him. Honest! I'm not a pignapper. I don't blame you for worrying, though. He's really cute. What's his name?"

"P-Chan." Akane replied, relaxing a bit. "Do you always talk this much?"

"Yep." the girl smiled. "Name's Duo. Duo Maxwell. I run, I hide, I do everything, including turning into a girl, but I never lie."

"Oh no...." Akane groaned. "Not another half-girl." she glared at the new girl's hair. "What is it about that damned spring and braids?!" she fumed as she stormed off, carrying P-chan in her arms.

Duo followed her for a bit until Akane spun. "WHO TOLD YOU TO FOLLOW ME?!" she screamed, pulling a mallet out of hammerspace and using it to pound the newcomer into the pavement.

Duo got to her feet shortly after Akane stormed off.

"I see you met Akane." A dark haired boy with a braid said, squatting beside him and looking him over closely. "Don't worry, she's like this with everyone. She's just mad cause you're a lot sexier than she is."

Everyone scattered as a Akane nailed Ranma with a long-handled mallet all the way from the other end of the street.

"See what I mean." Ranma muttered into the pavement.

Duo pulled up Ranma's head. "So, I shouldn't take it personally, then?"

"Right..." Ranma muttered, wondering why winged p-chans were drifting around his head.

Ranma 1/2:
Curses So Sweet
Disclaimers: Ranma 1/2 is not mine. Duo Maxwell is not mine. Well, the one in Gundam Wing isn't. I do have my own Duo Maxwell, but it's not him.
Warnings: Violence and lots of stuff that might turn your stomach. (in other words Akane's cooking.)
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(part 3)

"Duo Maxwell," Duo repeated her usual litany.

"Pleased to meetcha." Ranma smiled. "I'm Ranma Saotome of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts."

Duo's eyes brightened. "You're the other half-girl."

"You mean you..." Ranma blinked.

"RANMA SAOTOME! PREPARE TO DIE!"

"Fiend! How *dare* you foresake Akane for this mere wench."

Ranma turned as both Ryoga and Kuno ran up to him.

Duo smiled as an idea struck her. "Are you two boyfriend?" she asked innocently. "You look so perfect together. And you have so much in common, don't they, Ranma?" she nudged Ranma.

"Yeah." Ranma played along. "Um... yeah, they do."

"I think they should get married. They'd make such a cute couple."

"I bet Ukyo would love to do the catering."

"Maybe we could get that Akane girl to do it."

Everyone paled except Ryoga.

"Did I say something wrong?" Duo asked.