A Goddess and a half.
Characters,
Tendo household,
Soutome household
Shampoo. Mousse, Cologne,
Ukyou, Ryoga
Hoder.(the blind)
Skuld, Urd, Belldandy
*************
There was heaven, there was earth, and a single crack in the reality that
ran between them that forms hell. For a fledgling Demon, there was no problem.
As of yet young enough not to know any better, he stood outside the databases of
the world tree, a tree that many called Yggdrasil. Actually being only 10 years
old he wasn't qualified for the powers of either god or demon but I'm digressing
so let us continue.
'Onne-chan told me that her powers were given by the world tree so. .' he
though to himself. 'I can get my own powers too and then they won't look down on
me anymore.' Suspiciously looking from side to side, he saw none past the door
and tipped toed inside the spacious room.
"Onne-chan, are you in there?"
No one answered.
Creeping to the computer, he took one more look around and saw no movement
or sound. With a cautious hand, he placed his hand onto the computer and closed
his eyes as the computer slowly started glowing.
Something soft and furry rubbed against his leg as he was making his
request. He blinked open his eyes and "*AURRRRG!!!* A BUG!"
*************
Insert.
Normal Ranma beginning sequence with Oh my goddess cast or oh my goddess
beginning sequence with Ranma cast. or combination of both, I don't care.
*************
In Nerima a boy and a his father traded blows over a pond, counting on
their martial arts to parry, dodge or otherwise keep the other from hitting
them. Of course in the Soutome style school of martial arts, someone always
looses. This time though, it was the father.
"Hey pop, You're getting slow in your old age, can't you do any better?"
[Insolent boy, I was just???] the panda stared behind Ranma wide eyed in
shock.
"No way pop, I'm not falling for that trick again."
[Look Akane is behind you with a bento box]
"Pop, she's out jogging, what would she be doing with a bento box?" he
traded back, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
[I'm just a cute little panda.]
"Mom isn't here, she usually knocks on the door first remember." he lay
down, a bored expression on his face.
[. . . ]
"Mr Soutome, Ranma, breakfast is ready." Kasumi's cute voice came from
behind him.
"Oh, thanks Kasami." *SPLASH!* He...she... Ranma turned back around to
glare at Genma.
[Gotch. . .]
"Old Man, you are going to pay for that." Ranma leapt off the ground and
landed on the panda's head. He hung there for a moment before launching herself
back into the air in a graceful flip as Genma fell back into the pool
unconscious.
"Oh my Ranma, when did you get those marks on your face?"
"Don't worry Kasumi, nothing I can't handle." he said as he entered the
bathroom. A moment later, a scream rent the air as the newly appointed goddess
of the Physical arts noticed the blue markings on his face.
(ahem. launching a 300kg force from the head would send the vertebrae of said
creature downwards into the body, the most likely effect would be the loss of
said head but since this is a cartoon, we'll console ourselves with loosing
conciseness. After all, an individual by name of Tatawaki Kuno receives said
treatment almost daily and he has a smaller neck than that of a 500 pound
panda.) Quoted from Guno of MYTH inc. (by Robert Asprin)
**************
(Another part of Tokyo.)
"Urd, Skuld, Did you feel that?"
"Onne-san? I though it was Urd messing up Kenchi's bike again."
"HEY! I WAS RIGHT HERE BESIDES YOU!"
"SO WHAT? YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT ANYWAYS!" Skuld leapt up with her mallet at ready.
"GRRR." electricity crackled around Urd as Skuld pulled out one of her bombs.
"Skuld, it wasn't Urd."
"Onne-san. . ." Skuld said, reluctantly backing down.
"Belldandy..."
"Onne-san, can you work with Skuld and find where the disturbance came
from? Please?"
"... I guess I could handle my temper if Skuld doesn't attack me."
"Who Says I attack you! And I can handle my temper a hundred times better
that you!"
"Oh right. So who bopped Kenchi on his head when she first popped in?"
"It was an accident!"
(Well, let's leave them here for the moment. It would be safer for the
mortal recording that information who due to obvious reasons, would rather not
use his insurance coverage unless he has to.)
**************
Tendo Dojo.
"So Ranma, are you sure these marks can't come off?"
"Uh huh. I was scrubbing them and scrubbing them, they wouldn't come off.
"Well, it seems you did a pretty good job to me."
"Nabiki. While I'm a guy the marks are almost invisible but while I'm a girl. . .
they come back."
"Hmm... Well, I'm off you guys. I guess I'll see you two later. Bye."
"Bye Nabiki." Came the general response.
"Just who did you tick off this time Ranma? A sorcerer or something else?"
"Oh come on Akane! _It's not my fault!_ What do you have to say this time, OLD MAN?"
[I'm just a cute little Panda]
"grrrr."
"Look Ranma, It's not that bad, I mean, it might just be another aspect of
your curse right?"
"Akane. . ." A mental image ran through The assembled party's mind of a
panda, a pig, a duck and a cat. Each of them had two blue triangles on the
cheeks and another one on the forehead. You can figure out what happened next.
However it was a few seconds later that a voice cut though their laughter. "Akane,
Ranma, shouldn't you be going to school soon?"
"Aurg! We're going to be late!" they scrambled away from the table,
leaving a cloud of dust behind.
"Oh my, they're so energetic aren't they? Well, I'm going to clean up the
kitchen now."
"Ok Kasumi."
[Thank you Kasumi] the two fathers said as she left the living room.
"So, what do you think Soutome? Will this idea bring them closer
together?"
"Um hmm, Uh Hmm." the panda nodded.
"I just wonder where you got the color changing stickers from."
[What stickers? I though you did this.]
"But, but... didn't you put those markings on Ranma?"
[. . .]
". . ."
A light glow came from the bathroom and a little smoke came out as the
television started acting weird. Static filled the screen and then it turned
white as the head and body of a lady popped out. Skuld exited the Washroom and
walked into the living room as Urd pulled herself out of the television.
"Hmmm? Nothing's here." Uld said as she looked around.
"[. . ."] The two masters of the Anything goes school looked on in shock as the
ladies looked around the house.
"err. excuse me?" (tendo)
"hmm?" (Urd)
"What are you doing here?"
"Oh nothing much, we sensed something unusual and came here to check."
"Oh, what are. . ."
"Urd!" Skuld called from the garden "Bappo-kun doesn't read anything here!
Whoever or whatever it was, it's gone."
". . . sorry, that's my sister Skuld."
"Oh... I'm Mr Tendo of the Anything Goes school of martial arts. And you are?"
"Oh! Father, you never told me we had guests." came a voice from the side.
The two elderly martial artists and the two goddesses turned to look at
Katsumi as she entered the room.
"Konichiwa, I'm Kasumi. I'm pleased to meet you." The two goddesses looked
on, eyes wide in disbelief.
"Onne-..."
"Belldad..." The two goddesses looked to each other in confusion.
*************
(Later,)
"So you are Tendo Katsumi, Tendo Souh and Soutome Genma." Urd said before
Souh took it up.
"And you are Urd And Skuld Fairchild." he said as they bowed.
"We came here to find someone or something that is like us in a sense."
". . . Like you? I don't know about that. Perhaps you could illustrate a
little."
"Otosan, Perhaps she is talking about those interesting marking they have
on their faces. Weren't you talking about the ones that appeared on Ranma's face
just a little while ago?"
"Oh yes! I nearly forgot about that!"
"Quite right Tendo, after Urd here popped out of the television I forgot
about those marking that appeared during the sparring session today. How could I
have forgotten."
A sweat drop rolled down the two Goddesses heads.
"err. Who's Ranma?" Skuld asked.
"Oh, didn't we tell you? He's my daughter's fiance."
"And my son."
"Oh."
***********
(school)
As always, the two Martial artists made it to the school gates with
seconds to spare. Just a little after Nabiki who had the foresight to hitch a
lift from Shampoo part of the way. Of course, Ranma still met up with someone
who was watering the pavement outside her house along the way there and they
were met by the usual manner at the school gates.
"Akane! Pig Tailed Girl! You have come! Let us embrace the *WHOMP!*"
Ranma just stood there with his eyes closed in irritation. His.. her leg
straight up in the space where Kuno's form used to be. she held it there as he
visibly calmed hims... herself down.
"Ranma..."
"Yes Akane?"
"Where were you sending him?"
"Didn't he pop into his classroom?" Ranma asked, looking towards the third
story window.
". . . No."
"Hey you two! GET TO CLASS ALREADY!"
"YES SENSEI!" the two of them called as they scrambled into the building.
*******
(Kuno)
Kuno was not happy. Actually, he was unconscious so that's a moot point.
Had he been conscious, he would have noticed himself flying over Nerima and
towards another district that was not Nerima. Since this was not Nerima, There
weren't any super powerful martial artists in the area fighting. However, there
was a different conflict going with five girls in what looked to be leotards
with a distinct similarity to naval costumes.
They were at the moment pooling their respective powers to take down what
looked to be a giant Jellyfish. Of course, Jellyfish being what they are, are
not very susceptible to sudden increases in heat or cold. The fact that it was
floating in the air made it extremely difficult for it to be electrocuted while
physical attacks just passed through it. In other words, the five girls in
leotards and miniskirts were not having a good day.
"Mercury! Why the hell are our powers not affecting it?"
"I don't know Mars! It seems like it's negating all our energy attacks
while our physical attacks are being healed nearly instantaneously!"
"So just how the hell are we supposed to fight that thing?"
"We could try to overload it's. . . "
*SPLOCH!* An unconscious Martial artist landed on the jelly like ameba.
Like a person doing a cannonball in the pool, the creature made waves,
splattering jelly all over the place and onto the five girls, one cat who had
stuck her head out and completely missing another cat who had the presence of
mind to find cover.
*EEEEWWWWW!* Four of the girls went.
". . . Well, that's one way of doing it." Jupiter stated as the rest of
the ameba slopped onto the ground with custard like consistency. Sighing, she
and the others watched as the Jelly disintegrated into dust."
"Luna, You really should try to get our of the line of combat more often."
"Yes and show a yellow streak like you I suppose?"
"Come on now, I'm not the one who's going to be cleaning moon dust off me
after this is over."
"Oh yes, you hop in the gutter and let the fresh rainwater clean your fur.
Perhaps I like to clean myself more than once a week thank you."
"Grrr."
"Hey everyone. Come look at this!" Sailor Mars said, peering within the
dark dust as it slowly scattered away.
"Wha... Oh. He's Cute." Sailor Venus exclaimed as she got a look at their
mysterious savior.
"Well, the cops are arriving" Jupiter said from the side. "Either we take
him with us or leave him." ~1)
"Let's just prop him somewhere to the side of the road and leave." Mars
said from the side.
"But Mars, you don't know if he's hurt!"
"It's ok Sailor Moon. If he's hurt, the police will call the ambulance
when they arrive." said a voice from an ally. "But I would suggest you make your
decision soon for your time grows short, Adieu." Said the Tuxedoed figure as he
disappeared back into the shadows.
"Oh, wait Tuxedo Mask! Who. . . Darnit he left us yet again."
"Oh, so you finally figured that out huh Meatball brain."
.Glare. "Uh huh, so the poor lonely temple maiden speaks.. . ."
In a fit of boredom, the transcriber of this part of the series left to go to
the bar where he got drunk for the rest of the day. However interesting it might be
to us, I really can't blame him. He has kids and has to deal with this every day.
Ps. Surprising enough, they actually left before the cops arrived. Don't ask me how,
they just did.
~1) There is such a thing as an overused joke.
**********
(school)
A teacher was surprised that one student he had given up as a perpetual
borderline case was doing pretty well... Well, at least for him. A little later,
another teacher Miss Hanako, found that class was as always exciting even though
the delinquents in her class didn't enjoy it. However that didn't stop her from
trying. *grin*
"Good MORNING CLASS!"
"Good morning Miss Hinako."
"MORE LIVELY NOW!"
"Good morning Miss Hinako." Came the general response.
"GOOD! Now turn to Chapter 6. I know all of you must have done your
homework on page 148 like good boys and girls. Ranma?"
"Errr. Yes?"
"Did you do a homework like a nice little boy?"
"Errr. not yet.."
"Happo-five-sien-!"
"Eeep!"
"Come back here Ranma!" she called, as he leapt out the window.
Student1 "You think we'll actually get class today?"
Student2 "What are you asking me for? Ranma is the one who draws most of
this craziness to Furinken Ask him."
Student3 ". . . I was hoping we would actually have a normal class for
once."
Student1,2 "Nahhhh."
Let's leave the class there as they wait for their... comrades to return.
"You have to promise to be good and not be a delinquent."
"So What makes you think I'm a delinquent!"
"Your grades." *smile* the teacher called from behind him.
A student popped his head out of a higher window and shouted. "It's like
making him promise to keep you in adult form all the time."
He rounded a corner. "Hey I could promise that but it's not like I can
actually do ... Woah! Akane!" he skids to a stop, inches from colliding into the
aforementioned girl.
"Sounds like that's what you will do if you don't follow what she says."
"I'll promise to keep her in adult form?" *a soft glow surrounds Ranma as
he said that. Light fills the air around him as power courses through his veins.
"When...... WAAAA!" Ranma floats into the air, spinning to a silent tune as a
bolt of light fell from the heavens. The small teacher skidded around the corner
at that moment. Her smaller stride having made her fall behind. Suddenly seeing
her student in the 'light.'
"Hey! STOP Running! Happo-"
The light shot through Ranma, falling on Him, and transforming him into a
her. Ranma's clothes morphing into a more ladylike costume. A leather chest-
plate and iron arm and shin-guards were the main armor while soft silk-like
cloth filled in the rest.
"five- Waaa!" the child like teacher lost her concentration as she floated
upwards, caught in the strength of the wish. Her coins floating about around
her. Ranma turned sightless eyes upon the teacher and pointed, a tendril of Chi
floating out of her finger and into the child like body of Hinako.
"By the power invested in me by the heavens above, I announce the
fulfillment of a wish. The half child who was known as Hinako is no more and in
her place stands the form of the adult. ... act like one this time." so saying,
Ranma fell to her knees unconscious.
**********
Three beings looked up and saw the light, as it fell out from the sky. Two
panicked and wondered why as the third just said "Oh My." Perhaps you know what
happens next, one hopped into televisions, the other she takes. The third just
looked around and said, OH wait, she had still too cook a cake. A hand popped
out of the set and then the head as Urd said. "Well, coming yet?"
With two long arms she pulled off a feat and grabbed the men on their
respective seats, pulling them off as one continued to eat and the other looked
up from the board in defeat. They hit the television, running fast and popped
out of a place at last. They looked around and knew not the room, empty save a
person who swooned. Then out of the shop and out of the room, asking directions,
they arrived very soon.
(School.)
Three girls sat in a room. Two on their beds and the third on a chair,
keeping vigil over the other two, one sitting up in shock and the other snoring
loud. The door slammed open and four people strode in two goddesses and two
human kin. *Grin Grin Grin*
"WHAT HAPPENED?" Skuld screamed as she entered the room. Startling the two
women who were yet awake.
"Hey that's my line you little brat." Urd said as she entered behind.
"What? you want to make something of it?" Skuld asked hefting her hammer.
"Oh you want to play games huh?" Urd said, rising to the challenge.
"Err excuse me?"
"WHAT!"
"You woke her." Hinako said as she pointed to the middle bed where a beary
Ranma. was blinking her way to consciousness.
"oh... thank you madam." Skuld said as she looked at Ranma and
reconsidered her options. ". . .that's warrior armour isn't it?"
"Yup." Urd replied.
"I messed up didn't I?"
"Un Huh."
"BYE!" Skuld cried as she made a dash for the door, stopping short as she
crashed into the two martial artists and fell to the ground.
"Hinako?"
". . . Soun? Wha. . what are you doing here?" the woman asked, lifting her
eyes off Ranma at last.
"Well, . . . These two women said something happened here and . . . How,
are you keeping your form?" he asked as he looked at the very adult form of
Hinako.
"I. . ."
"AHHH! SIS! SHE'S ABSORBING THAT GIRL's LIFE FORCE!" Skuld interrupted,
looking up from her instruments.
"Huh?"
"THE ONE IN THE WARRIORS ARMOUR IS IN DANGER!" Skuld shouted as she
hefted her mallet above her head, ready to strike Hinako.
"Happo-Ring reversal!" Hinako shouted, her hands before her in the circle.
Unfortunately, nothing happened for she had no aura to throw.
"AAAAAHHHH! HUH?" Skuld blinked as she was lifted up into the air and held
there.
"Skuld, calm yourself, this can be explained." Soun said as his stare bore
into her eyes. "Let us talk _first._"
*eep.* she squeaked, frozen by the fire of his eyes.
Turning his head from the paralyzed goddess, he looked to the woman before
him. "Now, who can tell me what happened."
Hinako looked at him, entailed by this display of power and control, and
watched as he lowered the child to the ground. The combination of gentleness
and power he displayed capturing her heart for a second time.
**************
(dojo)
A lady walked to the door and knocked as she had done many, many times
before. A moment of time passed and Kasumi opened the door at last.
"Ah why hello Ka-san."
"Why hello Kasumi, you don't suppose that Ranma and Genma have returned
from their training trip do you?" Ms Soutome looked at the younger girl before
her, hope shining in her eyes.
"They're not in right now. . . Ms Soutome." a light seemed to shine in
Kasumi's eyes for a moment and then it passed. "They will be here soon though.
Come in Ms Soutome for there is something I have to tell you."
***
(ten minutes later.)
". . . and when they touch cold water their curses are activated."
"So, they were here all the time."
"Yes they were. You don't know how heartbroken Ranma was each time you
came. To have his mother so close but yet always so far."
". . . I guess this is why Ranko always acted like a tomboy. . Oh Kasumi,
how he must have hated it when I made him put on that dress." she cried, as she
collapsed into Kasumi's arms.
Kasumi looked uncomfortable as she held the crying woman and sighed. "Ms.
Soutome, please don't cry for there was no way for you to have know."
*sniff* sob* sniffle*
". . . there is one more thing we have to tell you."
Nadoka looked up as she controlled her tears.
"Your son Ranma has... become a goddess."
"No Kasumi, *sniff* She is anything but the person I wish she was. For she
even lied to her own mother."
". . . I'm saying this because, two goddesses have visited this house
looking for him and they are with _him_ now."
"Kasumi?"
"Your son has attained divinity Ms Soutome."
"Ka-kasumi?"
". . . *sigh*" Kasumi bowed her head and clasped her hands before her in
prayer as an image floated out behind her.
A flowing dress billowed outwards from the image, blue and white as an
invisible wind buffered the soft flowing gown. Brown hair floated around an
almond face marked with three markings, a oval in the forehead and two triangles
on either cheek. Two eyes as blue as the sky above looked back at Ms Soutome as
ruby red lips opened to speak.
"Hello Ms Soutome. I am, Belldandy."
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