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As Ranma lay back on the roof to listen to the life around him, he reflected on what was about to occur and how little it had cost him to solve one of his major issues.

"Let's see, it was 500 Yen for a search of the law library."

Lately Ryouga had been rubbing his face in how Akane was too dense to notice he and her precious P-Chan were one and the same.

"Then it was a 20 Yen fee to have the results printed out."

Ryouga's gloating about how Akane was even letting him sleep in her bed and changing in front of him was beyond even a hint of a last straw.

"And then 5 Yen for a phone call to the local Animal Control Department."

The Department Agent that had come by had even managed to get the law past Akane's stubbornness by staying calm and pointing out that not only was this a matter of public health, but if it were not done then P-Chan would be euthanized by any means neccessary. As Ranma handed Nabiki the officially printed and fully notarized copy of the public health ordinance, he actually saw her first give him a look of respect, then a far more wary look as she realized exactly what he had done.

"And finally 50 Yen more for some mild animal tranquilizers for Akane to put in P-Chan's breakfast before his appointment."

The now extremely high pitched squeals of a now neutered P-Chan when he woke from his drugged sleep and noticed something he found very important, very, very missing was music to Ranma's ears.

"Yup, 575 Yen to fix the problem with Ryouga and his...pride issues."

The look of stunned and outright terror on Genma's face when he saw the brochures for the panda breeding program in China was one Ranma would treasure for the rest of his life. The only thing that came close was when Ranma pointed out to Mousse that legal shotgun duck hunting season was quite long and almost upon them. When Mousse tried to claim guns were illegal in Japan, Ranma simply showed him the Nerima Exemption he had found and let him know that attacking random people in duck form using heavy weaponry was a bad idea. Especially when those random people included relatives of the Emperor and members of the government.

"But I gotta say, pointing out that if the guys want to act like animals, they'll get the consequences that animals do was priceless."

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I've had this one knocking around in my head for a while about how the local laws would have to have pet and wild animal control ordinances and the idea of Genma suddenly sprouting a porcupine coat on his furry rear made of chinese tranquilizer darts. That combined with my disgust at Ryouga's complete lack of honor or respect for anyone but himself drove me to this. If anyone wants to make a full story out of it, then permission is given, feel free and encouraged.