A Different Path

The story starts out with the premise that Ranma was extremely happy when he fell into the Spring of Drowned Girl, rather than upset. It then proceeds basically through the same events that happened in the first episode through the point where Ranma and Kuno had jumped from the window, fallen into the pool, and Kuno had ended up grabbing Ranma-chan's breasts.

The differences then begin. Ranma-chan wanted to talk to Akane about everything that was going on, but outside her door she heard Akane refer to Ranma as a pervert. That was exactly what the young, extremely vulnerable girl did not need to hear at that moment.

Kasumi ends up comforting Ranma-chan as she breaks down into tears, still unable to tell Kasumi everything that has happened and is worrying her. Then comes the strongest scene of the short story where Kasumi confronts Akane. Akane still talks violently against Ranma and Kasumi ends up slapping her sister, then says "Little sister, there's a girl, our GUEST, outside the dojo who is struggling not to hate herself, and all you want to do is hate her some more?"

Kasumi ends up apologizing to her mother at the family shrine and says that "...I never felt such pain from anyone before..."

Akane then talks to Ranma-chan who reveals to Akane that she is really happy at finally being able to be a girl, but is extremely sad over having virtually no friends her entire life and she had been hoping that Akane could have been her friend.

I've added the story to my listing even though it has too major faults. First, it's too short. I've only found the one chapter and it's definintely a story that should have been carried further. Secondly, too much of the story is spent on a re-telling of the original events.

Still, the way the writer handles the terrible emotional pain that Ranma-chan is in is well done, especially just how strongly that pain affects Kasumi.