"So, hear any good ones?" asked Ryoga, settling down as he was kind of curious about all this himself.
"Lots," said Ranma. "I dunno how many of these would actually fix anything in my life, but this is kinda cool."
"Fix your life? I thought you were pretty happy with how things are," said Ryoga.
"Yeah sh'right," grumped Ranma. "If I let everything get to me all'a time, I'd be pretty miserable. So I just accept the way things are and focus on the good stuff much as I can. Play around as much as I can get away with, have fun where I can. Does it mean that I actually wanted this to be the way things turned out?"
"Guess not," said Ryoga, musing over that he hadn't expected RANMA of all people to get philosophical on him. He idly wondered if that was something the genie still reading from her list was responsible for.
"...Shadow Walking, Faerun Style Wizardly Arts, Drow Capioera, Yellow Rose Style Martial Arts, Twelve Dragon Style Swordcraft, Zodiac Swordcraft..."
"I only get one wish," said Ranma, "and what are the odds that if I tried to fix any ONE problem in my life - it'd either get worse or I'd just end up with a new problem?"
"I know the feeling," said Ryoga, with a certain sense of rising frustration that he carefully stamped down on.
"And some of the challengers and problems that've come up lately?" asked Ranma. "Were you here last week?"
"I got lost around the time that guy with the Chicken Ranching Martial Art showed up," admitted Ryoga. "How'd that turn out?"
"It was 'Chicken Ranch' so I figured he'd be throwing chickens at me," grumped Ranma. "Noooooo. Couldn't be something THAT simple could it? I figured I catch whatever this guy threw at me, have lunch later. Good plan, right?"
"...Persona Summoning Arts, the Ultimate Martial Art Of Life The Universe And Everything, Art Of The Ten Thousand Pleasure Points, Sexcraft, Pokegirl Summoning Arts, Power Word Mystical Arts..."
"So what went wrong?" asked Ryoga.
"Everything," answered Ranma. "Turns out that 'chicken ranch' means something other than chickens and what he threw at me... Akane went beyond being mad at me for catching the stuff."
"Beyond?" asked Ryoga.
"I heard the term 'ballistic' used before, in which case this was freakin' supra-orbital," grumped Ranma.
Ryoga wondered if he was going to have to learn such an Art to properly defeat Ranma.
"Excuse me?" said Ranma, holding up a hand. "I gotta decision."
"Oh good, my eyes were getting tired," said Mihoshi. "Which one do you want?"
Glancing over at Ryoga, who looked on in curiosity, Ranma took a deep breath before committing to it. "I wish that-"
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