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The Chousin -- that is Tokimi, Tsunami and Washu -- stood by in silence as they waited,
with bated breath, for their long-awaited dream to come true. At their feet was a normal-
looking spring, although they knew it to be far more than that. Across from them, on the
other side of the spring, was a young man by the name of Saotome Ranma. He was, at any
moment, going to plunge into the depths of the spring's special waters.
Washu recalled how they had found Ranma and, as a result, Jusenkyo. It had all begun
with boredom and idle curiosity, only yesterday. She had devoted her time on Earth to
studying particular things of interest, notably Tenchi, as all of the individual humans that she
had encountered had not seemed special enough to study them on a greater scale. That had
changed when she had no pressing matters to attend to, among her many interests, studies
and projects, and needed to do something to pass the time.
And so it was that her initial sampling of the local human population, consisting primarily of
those living in Japan, had brought to her attention two worthy matters of interest. The first
was evidence of there being some humans -- very few, in fact -- that were exceedingly more
powerful than what one would normally expect to be produced by the human race. The
second was a phenomenon among a handful of the first, that her scans couldn't identify.
Her interest piqued, she had decided to approach and study the most promising subject of
those who fell under both groups of interest: Saotome Ranma. As it turned out, the reason for
him being so powerful, and at such a young age, was understandable. What she didn't
understand, however, was that the condition that was referred to as being a "curse" was
beyond her ability to decipher, in every conceivable way. Trying to study Jusenkyo, the
source of the curse, had led to the same result.
After learning what the springs of Jusenkyo were capable of, especially in regard to the
niu ho man maolen niichuan spring, she and her sisters had concluded that their efforts might
have finally produced what they were looking for. Jusenkyo seemed neither sentient nor
sapient, according to their long-standing expectations, but that was not important so long as
the result was the same. The important thing was that it was beyond their ken, in that it
somehow worked despite doing so outside of the laws of the universe and its many known
dimensions. It simply couldn't exist, to their understanding, and yet it did.
That concluded, a fresh spring had been made, and then they had held each other's
hands and submerged themselves into its waters. Once that had been done, they approached
Ranma and asked him to be the first candidate since, for one reason or another, what they
wanted wouldn't be suitable for the other people that they knew. In the end, Ranma's
character was good enough for them, and they could always find someone else if their plan
succeeded and he decided to become a human male twenty four-seven instead of keeping his
new "curse."
"Well," Ranma spoke up, as he stared down at the spring, "here goes nothing."
He proceeded to jump into the spring, and disappeared into its depths. The three Chousin
exchanged looks before their hopeful gazes returned to the spring, their hearts beating faster,
and their mouths becoming drier, the longer they waited for the result of their plan to break
the water's surface. When, at last, it did, what greeted them was a sight that brought tears
to their eyes. Ranma was unaware of that, however, as she focused on getting out of the
spring, and then on shaking the water out of her hair.
So it came as a surprise to her when all three of the Chousin hugged her and exclaimed,
"onee-sama!"
"Ack!"
There we go. Hopefully how I presented the idea will be acceptable. I'm the kind of person who prefers leaving (at least most of) the hows and whys up to others to play with and figure out, which isn't likely to produce anywhere near five paragraphs, so this method is my attempt at conciliation. Or something. But, hey, if someone really thinks that I need to hand out more information, suggestions and ideas, instead of coming up with something yourself, ask away. If I'm anything, I'm accommodating. ;p