Over the years certain individuals have derived great pleasure in 
placing loved, loathed, respected and disrespected fictional characters 
in precarious, but fictional, situations...

	We have since come to call them fanfics...

	Fanfics are defined as fictional stories based upon characters 
and/or situations created by someone else...

	They are either loved or hated. Some peopl biase their opinions 
of the 'fic on their personal opinions of the character(s) portrayed...

	However, there are certain characters which can easily accept any 
form of punishment or character warping...

	Once such character is Kasumi Tendo...

	In this authors eyes, Kasumi can range from docile 'residential 
engineer' to homicidal maniac, without straying to far out of 
character. The following story is one such instance.


	TydRipper Presents...

	An idea inspired by Lawrence Chu...

						Kasumi Tendo:
					   White House Intern

	Akane sighed in anticipation as she ran up the front steps of her 
home. She had just recieved a long awaited letter in the mail, 
addressed from her sister. Akane was overly anxious to get inside and 
read the letter aloud to her family.

	As she stepped through the front door, she ouldn't help but smirk 
at her father, who was standing there, with a questioning look pleading 
on his face.

	"Well?", he asked impatiently.

	She pulled an envelope out of the small fortune of mail in her 
grasp and nodded. Her father prompty proceeded to cry with joy.

	*Why not?*, she asked herself. It _WAS_ after all, cause for 
celebration. Ever since her sister had left for the American capital 
two weeks earlier on a formal offer from the United States President to 
serve as an intern, everyone had shown how much they missed her.

	She frowned at Ranma. *Some more than others*, she thought.

	She quickly gathered the family together and sat at the tea room 
table. She opened the envelope and proceeded to read.

///

	Dear Akane, Nabiki, Father, Ranma and Mr. Saotome: (Oh dear, I do 
hope I'm not forgetting anyone!)

	It's great here in American, but oh my! They do have strange 
customs! They drive on the right side of the road here, and are 
strangely social! There are some customs that seem to be limited to the 
president only, however... It involves cigars... He calls it saying 
hello. He certainly says hello alot to me, at least twice a day, it 
gets tiring after a while! But he is such a thoughtful man to say hello 
to me so often. 
	There is also a strange man running around asking me questions. I 
think he's a lawyer or something. He keeps asking me to 'testify in 
front of a jury', whatever that means. I'm still not fluent in english 
even after all this time. The president told me that the man wants to 
kick him out of office. What a naughty thing to do.
	Everyone else is very nice here, even the presidents wife. She 
may give me dirty looks most of the time, but I know she's really nice 
underneath, after all. She volunteers for alot of meaningful causes!
	The presidents daughter came back from college for a few days 
this week, and I got to know her quite well. It's strange that the 
president never said hello while she was here, though.
	Oh my! Enough about myself, how are things going back in Japan? 
Does Ranma still have his curse? What about Mr. Saotome? Has Akane 
improved her cooking? I imagine everything is going just fine without 
me. Oh dear. It looks as though I will have to cut this letter short, 
the president wants to say hello again! I've got to go get the 
cigars...
	I'll wait for your reply to my letter!

	Yours Truly, 
			 Kasumi...



Authors Notes:

Don't kill me...

Sorry, I just _HAD_ to do it. The idea actually came from a comment 
Lawrence Chu had made in reply to a comment I had made after an opinion 
I had stated on Kasumi... IT was only one of the two ideas he gave me, 
but I _REFUSE_ to write a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle/Ranma ½ Crossover...

Anyways, you know where to direct comments, and flames, because we all 
know I deserve them.. :)

I bid you fine folks adeiu... :)