IMPORTANT NOTE: This story is NOT over. It still has plot. Part Two was called "Chasing the Kaisufuu" for a good reason - that's what it was about. Part two is now over. The fic is not. Please don't think that this is going to degenerate into a) pointless Ranma/Ryougachan fluff and/or b) lemon now, because a) is not realistic in the slightest and b) is not gonna happen in this fic. Sorry to rant.

1. The title, first. It came mostly out of an inability to think of a better one. Can�t say much more than that, other than I find it amusing to think of Ryouga with pink hair. I mean c'mon, really. Pink?

2. I know that Mousse went with them after Herb in the manga. But when I tried to add him in it just didn�t work. At all. So sorry, Mousse-fans. He�s not exactly the main character of the story, tho�� but if it makes you feel any better, there�s a logical reason why he didn�t go. First, he didn�t come to Ranma�s brilliant conclusion that the Kaisufuu could be a cure for his curse (in the manga it was the Chiitsuon they thought was the cure, but that�s been debunked in this. Actually, the Kaisufuu is the more logical of the two to see as a cure�). Second, he saw this as a grudge match between Ryouga and Herb, and didn�t bother getting involved. Thirdly, if none of those convince you, he lost his glasses and was looking for them when Ranma and Ryouga left. So there. Pbhtt.

3. I obtained the Herb manga in the middle of part two. A little late, but good enough for my purposes. Mwahaha.

4. Actually, people haven�t been too bad about this, but a few people have mentioned that they dislike the fact that Ryouga�s developing a crush on Ranma. My response: Sorry, but I had that planned from the beginning. I can�t say much more because I don�t want to spoil anything. I hate spoilers. However, if you�re curious about Ranma�s opinion on the matter, I can tell you that: He�s totally, completely, clueless. Poor boy. He honestly does not think of Ryouga as a girl, so such a thought didn�t really cross his mind. Or he didn�t let it. One or the other. And that leads up to another thing I didn�t want to imply - Ryouga�s not �turning into� a girl mentally, any more than Ranma does when he�s stuck as a girl for long periods of time. Update part 3: Well, obviously Ranma knows /now/. But that really shouldn't count...

5. I hate being mysterious about pairings... that's all I have to say on this matter.

6. I'm gonna focus on other characters a bit more in parts three and four. I think everyone's got an overdose of poor Ranma and Ryouga.

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