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"Dialogue"
("Any other language")
((Thoughts))
"Telepathy"
Urd looked at the three with wide eyes, she hadn't expected anyone she knew to see her with Ranma.
"So, what brings you here so early in the morning?" asked the goddess of the past
Keiichi answered, "We're going to my college, and we have to prepare the club for the new semester."
"But enough about us, who's your friend?" asked Skuld
"This is Ranma..."
"Ranma Morningstar, nice to meet you!" interrupted the angel, since Urd didn't know his last name
"He's an angel from Celestia." continued Urd
"Celestia!" exclaimed both Belldandy and Skuld, Keiichi only looked puzzled
"You know, there was no need to tell them that." said Ranma as he finished his miso soup
The goddess gave him a look and replied, "I don't keep secrets from my sisters."
"Just as well..." sighed Ranma and stood up, "I'll go and pay for our meals and leave you four alone to talk."
Ranma disappeared inside of the café and Urd also stood up from where she was sitting, leaving her salad only half eaten.
"So, where were you last night?" questioned Skuld, "You didn't come home yesterday."
"Errr... I 'talked' with Ranma about Celestia." responded Urd as she walked to her sisters, (I hope they buy it.)
Skuld did, Belldandy and Keiichi were blushing though, "Was it interesting?"
"Very." answered Urd and as she thought back to the last night her face reddened also, "It brought some... fascinating revelations."
"Really? What was it?" asked the young goddess of the future further curiously. Belldandy and Keiichi blushed even harder.
"Ummm... Well..."
"We talked about how society differs in Asgard and Celestia." Someone decided to save her
"Yeah... that." she gave Ranma a grateful nod as he walked up to them
"Oh..." replied Skuld a little disappointed, she thought that they may have talked about scientific things
"So Urd, would you introduce your friends to me?" asked Ranma
"Heh heh... sorry, these are my sisters Belldandy and Skuld and Belldandy's boyfriend Keiichi Morisato."
Ranma smiled at the two goddesses and greeted in an old Norse dialect, ("Aye, it is an honor for me to meet the remaining two Norns.") then he continued in modern Japanese, "And their friends of course."
Urd, Belldandy and Skuld blinked at that, they hadn't heard this language for a few centuries.
"You know how to speak Norse?" asked the white-haired deity incredulously
"You learn a few things if you live as long as I do." answered Ranma with a shrug
"Err... Belldandy? I think we should go now, we don't want to be late." said Keiichi as he looked at the watch on his wrist
"Oh my! You're right, let's go Skuld." Belldandy then turned back to her older sister, "Have fun with you friend!"
"I will." replied Urd and threw her arm around Ranma's shoulder, he looked at her with a raised eyebrow
"Bye, Onee-chan!" said Skuld
"See you later!" said Keiichi with a wave
"I'll see you guys at the temple." replied Urd
As the three walked off to the college Urd removed her arm from Ranma, who still looked questioningly at her
"So... you will have fun with me? Didn't we do that already last night?" asked Ranma, "But if you want to... I don't have anything against it."
"You forget we still have this sparring match you suggested."
The angel snapped with his fingers, "Right! I almost forgot about that."
"I'll take your other proposition up after the match." said Urd with a grin
"As I said before, I don't have anything against that." responded Ranma with the same smirk, "But I don't think you will be able to after our fight."
"We will see. Now where should we have our sparring match? It'd be too dangerous here in the city."
"Hmmm... good question..." said Ranma as the two of them walked through the streets again
"How about over the ocean?"
"Nah... I don't want to kill all the fish."
"Right... where else?"
"How about... ... hmmm... I know! How about on the moon?"
"...That sounds actually pretty good! There's no one there to get hurt in our fight." replied Urd
"Let's go on the roof of this house, from there we can fly off." responded the angel and pointed to the three story building next to them
"Good idea. Let's go up from there." she said pointing at a dark alleyway
Both of them walked into the alley that separated the one house from the other and proceeded with their ways to get on the roof of the building. In Ranma's case in was an impressive jump, while Urd floated upwards.
They reached the top and walked to the center of the roof. Once there Ranma let his shirt disappear and one pair of his wings burst out of his back. He flapped them a few times to get used to the idea of flying again and then looked at Urd with a playful smile,
"Race ya!"
This said he took off with a speed that almost broke the sound barrier and some seconds later a boom occurred that indicated that he did break it. Leaving her looking stupidly after him,
"Wha...? Hey wait up!"
She flew after him with the same speed, breaking some windows nearby. Some seconds later she caught up to Ranma and looked at him with wide eyes.
"How can you fly so fast with only a pair of wings!" yelled the goddess (A.N.: I know, I know... normally you can't hear someone when flying faster than sound itself... just forget about it.)
"Eh... I only move them to keep up appearances. See how they are glowing? That is what actually enables me to fly at this speed."
"Oh... okay. So, do you actually need to breathe?"
"No, how about you?" asked Ranma back
"I don't have to either."
"Why do you ask that anyway?"
"We're about to leave the atmosphere, that's why."
Ranma looked forward again and away from the goddess, "Hey... you're right, that means we can fly faster now without the air friction."
"True, but how should we ta...?" before Urd could finish her question they entered space and since there was no air to carry the sound... (At least some physical laws apply...)
"Hey Urd, can you hear me?" asked Ranma in his thoughts
"Huh... how?" thought the woman back and then realized what he was doing, "Oh! Telepathy?"
"Yes, a very practical little trick."
"I bet... How did you learn it?"
"An old friend taught it to me a few decades ago."
"Really? Must be quite knowledgeable to teach an angel something new."
"Yup, he is. Hmmm... It's been some time since I visited him last... maybe I should..." contemplated Ranma
"Who is this friend of yours anyway?"
"I doubt you know him, at the moment he 'lives' in England, serving some organization that hunts vampires and other kind of monsters."
"Never heard about such a thing..." replied Urd but after a few moments an idea stuck her, "I just heard that there was a vampire invasion a few months ago and that they were stopped by a Midian... that was in England... London to be exact."
"So you did hear about him... Alucard can be quite vicious at times and he is powerful to boot." stated Ranma, "If I didn't know it better I would bet that he came from the Netherworld. I could beat him though. Give him a few more centuries and he could put up a fight."
"You mean to tell me that you could beat someone easily who crushed an entire vampire army?" asked Urd with a questioning look
"I use holy powers to fight, which is Alucard's natural weakness. Vampires on the other hand use dark powers, which are completely useless against Alucard." explained Ranma, "That's why I said that he could fight me in a few centuries, vampires get stronger as time passes and he already overcame his weaknesses against sunlight and water."
She nodded in understanding, "That makes sense..."
They flew a few more minutes in telepathic silence when something came to Urd's mind,
"Hey Ranma..."
"Hm?"
"How long do you live down here on Earth?"
"... ...For 2000 years, give or take a few decades." replied Ranma, ((Yeah right, I'm not stupid enough to tell her that it was 12.000 years.))
"That's one long vacation you took."
"That it is, but it's not like I don't check up every century to see if they need me to return." said the angel is response, "In fact, in three weeks I will make one of these visits."
"Really?" asked the goddess curiously
"Yup."
After a few moments of thinking the goddess mumbled something that Ranma didn't understand.
"What?"
"I asked if my sisters and I could go with you."
He raised an eyebrow at this, "And why's that?"
"When we were small, tales about Celestia were told to Belldandy and me... later on we told them to Skuld when she was younger." answered Urd, "It would be the fulfillment of one of our childhood dreams to see the home of the angels."
Ranma smiled at the goddess and flew closer to her, careful not to hit her with his wings, "Of course you and your sisters can come with me, I would be glad to show you Celestia."
"Y-you really mean that? Thank you!" said the goddess excitedly, ((Wait till Belldandy and Skuld hear about this!))
She started to fly in circles around Ranma, all the while shouting cheerfully, "I'm going to see Celestia, I'm going to see Celestia...!"
Ranma sweatdropped a little as he recognized the rhythm of her chant, but still smiled at making her this happy, ((Now that I think about it... Never gonna be a girl again... ... Hey...))
"Urd, look!"
Breaking out of her thoughts of Celestia, the goddess looked at what her companion was pointing at, "Wow..."
Before them they could see the moon in all it's glory, it was shining like a diamond in the darkness of space. They were constantly getting nearer, as they flew several times faster than sound.
"...it's beautiful, isn't it?"
"Yeah... it has been some time since I saw the moon like this. One day I should bring a camera with me... postcards with that image would sell like hell... Hey... I think I found a gap in the market... Planetary Postcards. Send your loved ones greetings from another star..."
"Are you serious...?" asked Urd with a raised eyebrow
"...Of course not... what do you take me for?" replied Ranma
"Good to hear that..." said the goddess
"You're not going to steal my idea, Urd?" questioned Ranma with mock seriousness
Being caught slightly of guard Urd stammered, "N-no... I would never d-do such a thing."
"Ha! You're lying!"
"How would you know if I'm lying or not!" requested Urd angrily
"I'm an angel, we can detect people who are being untruthful." answered Ranma sincerely, ((That's a lie of course... but she doesn't need to know that.))
"R-really?"
"Yup."
"W-well... then there is no need to deny it." replied the goddess
Ranma's eyes widened in surprise, "Wait a minute, you really planned to steal my idea!"
"Why are you so surprised, I thought you knew if I lied or not!"
"I was lying about that! I only wanted to joke around a little!"
"What! You... ... I'm going to rip you apart in our match!"
"Come on; don't be like this, you can have the postcards... It's not like I don't have enough money as it is."
"No, I lost my interest. You can have them."
"No, you take the idea."
"No, you take it!"
"No, you!"
"You!"
"You take it!"
Their left eyes started to twitch as they stared at each other, simultaneously they screamed,
"Just screw it altogether; it wasn't a good idea to begin with!"
The two blinked in surprise when they heard what they said, both of them had an incredulous look on their face.
"If you thought that it was a bad idea, then why did you start talking about it?" asked Urd
"Just said what came to my mind." replied Ranma with a shrug, "Why did you want to steal the idea if you thought it was bad?"
"Well... I wasn't really thinking about it at the time..."
"Oh... that's okay then... I think..."
"Y-you're just going to let it slide?"
"Of course. There's no need to think about that anymore."
((Wow... that was really nice of him. Others would be angrier if I lied to them. Kind hearted and sexy... What a catch.)) went through Urd's mind, her cheeks reddening only slightly
((She sure looks cute when she blushes like this...)) thought Ranma, ((Why is she blushing anyway?))
Ranma turned his attention elsewhere and proceeded to look at their destination, which to his surprise was nearer than he thought. Throughout their bickering they seemed to have excluded more energy and their speed increased, there were only a few kilometers between them and the moon.
"Hey Urd, we're almost there. We should prepare to land." said the angel through his link
"What?" asked Urd surprised and looked at their soon-to-be battle field, "We should have taken an hour to get this far..."
"Seems that we flew faster when we argued and didn't notice it."
"That can be... Hmmm... I didn't know that I could move that fast..."
"I didn't know that I could fly this fast either..." stated Ranma, ((At least not with only one pair of wings.))
After a few more minutes they finally reached the surface of the moon and landed gracefully on their feet. Ranma dismissed his wings and his shirt returned, he looked at his new surroundings and noticed that they were on a mostly flat plane with only a few craters. He turned back to Urd and saw that she knelt down, touching the ground with her right hand and chanting words which he didn't understand.
Suddenly glowing circles and lines started to extend from the place where the goddess touched the moon and in only a few seconds everything in a radius of ten miles was covered in a circular pattern of arcane symbols and pictures. Slowly the light died away and transparent walls started to rise from the sides of the gigantic circle, forming a huge dome over the angel and deity.
Urd stood back up and looked at Ranma, "Finished."
"Eh...? What was that? And why can I talk again?" asked Ranma surprised
"I activated an old program that was installed on the moon a few eons ago. It was used during the time of the Silver Millenium so that people could actually live here. After its destruction the program was disabled and the artificial atmosphere disappeared along with the higher gravity. I just activated a small part of the program, so that we could fight under Earth conditions." explained Urd
Suddenly she found herself on the receiving end of the dreaded Puppy-Dog-Eyes technique, which was the reason for some wars in history (what do you think happened in Troy?). The goddess just could not believe that it would ever be used against her, by an adult male non-the- less. But there he was, kneeling before her and clutching her hands, his eyes wide and shining with innocence and tears,
"Could you teach that to me? Please?" pleaded the angel, ((I'll be damned if let go of the opportunity to learn something like this... He he he... finally a place to build a house where no one can disturb me! I can also go all out here in my training, since there is nothing important to be destroyed here... ... Hmm... Okay... Pluto-chan may argue with that one...))
Urd kneeled down too and patted Ranma on the head, as if he was a small child, "Sorry, no can do."
"Please with sugar on the top!" replied Ranma, strengthening the technique even more
"Cut it out, that doesn't work against a goddess. I also can't teach it to you because it's a special ability of a system administrator of Yggdrasil, which I happen to be." stated the goddess and looked him straight in the eyes, ((He sure looks cute like that...))
Hearing this, he dropped the Puppy-Dog-Eyes and reverted back to his usual self. He stood back up and let go of the goddess' hands, "Are you sure that it can't be taught?"
"Yes, I'm sure. It's an ability that is grated by Kami-Sama. I'm able to access most of Yggdrasil's programs without any trouble."
"Really? ...Oh well... seems that I can forget to live up here..."
"All this because you wanted to live on the moon?" asked Urd with raised eyebrows, "Why's that?"
"Do you know just how hard it is to find a place for me to really train on Earth?" asked Ranma back, "I tell you, it's almost impossible. At least not without letting people think that someone straight out of Dragon Ball Z came to Earth."
"Oh come on, it can't be that bad." said the Norn of the past
"Wait till our sparring match is over and tell me that again."
"You're on."
Ranma walked away from Urd to get a certain distance between them and stopped after around six meters, then he turned around to face her again.
"So... you know any martial arts?" questioned Ranma
"A little..." responded Urd with a smirk, ((If you count training with several of the war gods a little.))
"That's good to know." said the angel and dropped into a defensive stance, ((Let's see what you can do.))
"You'll be surprised!"
With this said, the match started. Urd rushed forward with a speed that didn't seem to be mortal and hit Ranma squarely across the chin. He was sent flying a few feet and as soon as he stood up he found himself being hit with a palm strike against the solar plexus and a kick to the head that sent him to the ground again. Urd waited for him to get up and as soon as he was on both feet again she started a new attack, planning on hitting him in the face like before.
This time however he caught her arm at the wrist and the goddess noticed for the first time the almost maniacal grin on Ranma's face (what can I say... he was around Alucard too long). He threw her several meters and as Urd got back up again she noticed that he didn't make a move to attack her but he talked,
"Finally a real opponent!" he said joyfully
Suddenly his fists were enveloped by blue flames, after some moments they died down and his hands were clad in black leather gloves with a white pentagram on each of them. He ran forward at a speed that rivaled Urd's and was all over her in seconds. She could block or dodge most of the blows but some came through and they weren't very pleasant. To get some space between her and Ranma she tried a kick to his balls.
She was rather surprised that he didn't even try block it and was more than shocked that before the angel went to the ground he kicked right back. Both collapsed to their knees as they clutched their hurting crotches.
"T-that was... u-uncalled for..." said Ranma with gritted teeth
"Y-you tell me...? G-god that hurts..." replied Urd as she tried to get back up
"But you know what?"
"What?"
"I heal very fast!" answered Ranma with a grin
Before she knew what happened she lay on her stomach with both her arms twisted behind her back. Ranma was straddling her hips and looked down at her,
"Seems that I have won."
"Yeah... seems!" growled Urd as she summoned lightning to her hands and released a bolt straight at Ranma, who was thrown into the air by the impact. He twisted around as he started to fall, so that he would land on his feet when came down again. Ranma landed some meters away from Urd, who was already standing and looking at him. Electricity was arching around her body and her hair fluttered wildly in a nonexistent wind.
"So... we're finished with the warm-up?" asked Ranma with a smile as he rubbed the spot where she blasted him
"Yes, we are." replied the goddess
And the battle started on a whole new level. Both fighters ran at each other, the lightning around Urd's body increasing, while Ranma's fists were burning with white energy. As they reached an acceptable range for an attack, the two of them used their respective spells and techniques.
"Double Moko Takabisha!" yelled Ranma as two blasts of white and yellow ki shot out from his outstretched hands
"Twin Urd Bolts!" shouted Urd and from her hands came two powerful lightning bolts
The two attacks collided with each other, which resulted in a big and flashy explosion that enveloped the deity and the angel. When the light died down again Ranma could be seen standing in same position as before with his arms crossed in front of him and Urd was surrounded by a protective shield that she activated just before the explosion hit her.
"Not bad." stated Ranma as he looked at his scorched arms and ripped clothes
"You're pretty good yourself." replied Urd, feeling a little drained from shielding so much energy
Without another word the two were at each other again, this time they traded blows like before. But now the sound of flesh hitting flesh could be heard very clearly, even from very far away. As the fight continued, Ranma saw a wide opening in Urd's defenses and quickly used it. He did know that she most probably placed it there on purpose but she didn't know what he was going to use,
"Katchuu Tenshin Amaguriken!"
Urd received around 500 punches in the stomach and bent forward in agony as she experienced the taste of a little bit blood in her mouth. Ranma followed up with an uppercut to her chin which sent her flying, before she could hit the ground though she started to levitate and wiped away a small trickle of blood from her lips.
"You're making me angry, you know that?"
"Of course!" replied Ranma with an annoying smirk
"Then lets see how you handle this!" shouted Urd as her angel World of Elegance came out of her back
His eyes widened when he suddenly found himself attacked from two sides, "Hey! Two against one is unfair!"
"And?" asked Urd as she threw a volley of fireballs at him
He could dodge her attack but was hit in the back by a blast of flames that came from WoE. Ranma stumbled forward and before he could recover, the female angel flew at full speed into him. He was sent rolling over land; Ranma stopped himself by digging his fingers into the ground. He jumped back up and heard chanting coming form behind him, the angel spun around to see Urd floating there with an aura of power surrounding her.
"Braindead! Warriors of the Bloodpact, come to me from Abadon! Fire of Gehenna, burn everything to the ground! Exodus!"
The aura turned into pure flames and her clothes seemed to disappear, suddenly she shot towards Ranma faster than any bullet. Ranma could barely dodge to the side as Urd hit the place where he stood just moments ago. He had a shocked expression on his face when he saw the ground being vaporized by the heat of the spell and a small part of the surrounding area being turned into lava.
The spell died down and Urd was fully dressed again and still in the air looking at Ranma. He stared right back at her with an incredulous expression on his face,
"Did you want to kill me?"
"Ohh come on! I knew you could dodge that." replied Urd casually
"And what if I couldn't have done it!"
"Then I would be the winner."
"Why you...! So, you want to take out the big guns? Fine with me!" as he said this one pair of his wings burst out of his back again, they were shining with an intense light, "I'll give you a taste of what I can do!"
"Fine with me!" responded Urd, World of Elegance disappeared back into her again and she started to chant for one of her strongest spells,
"Spirit of Lightning and Thunder, ride over the sky! Shake the earth and cleanse the air! Through this highest might... Wherever you are, come to my hands you destructive powers!"
Magical storm clouds appeared above them and an arcane seal or symbol made out of energy appeared over her raised hands and widened to be six meters in diameter. Suddenly thousands of lighting bolts came down from the clouds and gathered in the seal.
"GEKIGEN GORAI!"
Ranma was no slouch either and chanted at the same time as Urd did,
"I summon the ghosts of the dragons! Gather before me and release the power you possess! Become one in soul and be reborn as the dragon god! Rise now and deliver my FINAL JUDGMENT!"
His bright burning aura vanished and was replaced by the ghastly spirit of a gigantic dragon, the angel's hands shot forward and the spell was released towards Urd. In the same moment the goddess released her attack and the gathered lightning was fired off with Ranma as the target.
The result of the colliding spells wasn't pretty. Let's just say it was almost as bad as mixing matter with anti-matter. The explosion was enormous and Urd and Ranma would have been awed at its sight, but it was not to happen since they were hit by it. The torrent of energy soon died down and the deity and angel lay pretty close together in the newly created crater. Both of them were badly hurt and their bodies were littered with burns, they still were conscious though.
"U-urd... can you h-hear me...?" croaked Ranma
"W-What is...it..." coughed the goddess
"Let's... n-never do... s-something this...s-s-stupid ever again..." said the man as he crawled towards Urd
"I... agree..." replied Urd
Ranma was now only some centimeters away from Urd when a new voice started to talk,
"Hello Urd, long time no see."
Both of them turned their heads towards the new sound, which came from the sky. As they spotted the source, Urd's eyes widened impossibly in shock and recognition. It was a tall black-haired man, who had god marks on his face and wore a white armor with a cape.
"C-C-Celestin?"
"Yes, my dear. I am finally free after all these eons and ready to continue my plans."
"T-the other g-gods and g-goddesses will stop y-you again."
"I doubt that Urd. With you out of the picture, Belldandy will belong to me again." replied Celestin, "Thanks for giving me such an opportunity to get you out of the picture."
"W-who a-are you a-anyway?" asked Ranma the other man
"H-he's a god who... was i-imprisoned here o-on the m-moon. H-he w-wanted to d-destroy all of c-creation..."
"No one in Asgard ever understood my reasons... but soon that won't matter anymore."
He pointed his right hand at the two injured ones and a purple ball of energy appeared in front of his palm. The orb quickly grew from the size of a baseball to the size of a medicine ball; it held now enough power to equal a small nuclear bomb.
"Goodbye." said Celestin coldly and fired his attack off
Urd was trying to get away from where she lay, but she couldn't muster enough strength. Her whole life flashed before her eyes as the energy ball approached her and she knew that she didn't want to leave her sisters alone, not with this bastard back in the world. She was surprised when suddenly Ranma jumped on top of her and pulled her into an embrace.
"W-what are you... ...!"
To her surprise came also shock as more than one pair wings burst from his back and enclosed them in a feathery cocoon. That was also when the blast hit them and the pain began, at least for Ranma.
"YAAARRGHHHHH!"
Urd winced when she heard the agonized scream from Ranma and hugged him stronger. Before he fainted she heard him whisper something,
"I-i-invi-sibility... ... ..."
Celestin eyebrows were raised in puzzlement, the explosion has died down and there was nothing to even hint at the two who lay there before.
"Hmmm... I didn't put that much power into the attack... there should be remains..." said the god to no one in particular, that was when he heard a female voice in his head, --Maybe they teleported away?--
"I doubt it Morgan, but maybe you're right... It doesn't matter, let's go to Earth. I have to meet my student."
He flew away from the moon and made his way towards Japan. Would he have stayed a few minutes more he would have noticed the reappearance of two people, exactly where they lay before.
Urd slowly crawled out from under Ranma and kneeled next to him, what she saw shocked and almost sickened her. Some of his wings seemed to be broken, twisted in awkward angles, while two had been ripped off and others had been burnt away. All in all the mixture of bones, blood, ashes and feathers wasn't a beautiful sight to behold.
She leaned forward and caressed his face, "Please Ranma, wake up."
He didn't stir though, much to her disappointment. Urd sat down next to him, her legs pulled towards her chest while she rested her chin on her knees, tears appeared in her eyes as she watched over Ranma. She couldn't follow Celestin, since she was too weak to fly now. The goddess also didn't want to leave Ranma alone after he saved her. She never felt so helpless in her entire life.
Almost two hours later Ranma started to wake up and Urd was quickly by his side, trying to help him. The angel groaned in pain as he began to get up, his mind still fogged.
"Careful Ranma, you're badly hurt."
"Huh?" he looked towards the voice and shook his head, "Urd?"
"Yes, it's me." said the white-haired woman relieved, he seemed to be okay
"What happe...nd... Oh... I remember..." whispered Ranma hoarsely, "Seemed that we made it out alive."
"Ranma... your wings..."
"... ...how bad is it...?"
"F-from what it looks like... I d-don't think you will be able to use them ever again..." answered Urd miserably, "I'm sorry..."
"D-don't worry... I will be fine..." replied Ranma with a very weak smile
He tried to move his wings but couldn't, the only thing he felt was pain. So he used the only solution he had left, he retracted them back into himself.
"Arrrggghhh!"
"Ranma!" shouted Urd as she tried to comfort him, she watched in horror as the crippled wings sank back into Ranma's body, all the while cracking as the broken bones were moved.
After a minute the painful task was finished and Ranma rolled on his back, gasping for air now that the hurting stopped.
"Are you okay?" asked Urd worried
"Yes... It will take some time for my wings to heal... but yes."
"We must get back to Earth, Ranma." said Urd, "We can't let Celestin run free."
"Then rest a few hours and fly back. Where's the problem?"
"Where's the problem? You're the problem! I can't leave you alone here."
Ranma sat up and looked Urd straight in the eyes, "Urd, I'll be okay. Just go back."
"Forget it, we have to find another way." said the goddess, her voice leaving no place for arguments
"Okay, okay, okay... I get it... Hmmm..."
"What is it now?"
"I'm trying to think of a way to get us of this rock... I know there must be something here but I can't remember..."
"What should be here except some old... ruins..."
Both of them looked at each other with wide eyes and exclaimed together, "The Silver Millenium!"
Meanwhile back on Earth in Nerima, Tendo Dojo...
The Tendos and the Saotomes were sitting in the living room, Genma and the others were looking questioningly at Nodoka. She refused to answer questions the day before, telling them to wait a little for her to accept everything that happened.
"Nodoka, was what he said the truth?" asked her husband
"Yes, the doctors back then told me that I couldn't get any children... One night, you were out with Soun, Lucifer appeared before me in a flash of light. He said that he watched over my family, since he promised it to one of my ancestors and he came to help if one of us needed it... I wished for a son as nice as him and well... he interpreted my wish so that he thought that I wanted him as my child... before I knew what happened he turned into a being of pure light and floated directly into my body. Nine months later Ranma was born. Back home I have a formal contract that explains everything in detail," explained the woman
"I will not and cannot accept this!" roared Genma angrily as he stood up
"W-what?" asked Nodoka with wide eyes
"I won't accept a wife who makes a pact with a demon!"
"G-Genma... Ranma is no de..."
"Silence! Do you think I'm a fool to believe someone who is known as a deceiver all over the world!"
"Please, listen to..."
"Nodoka, from this day on you are no longer a member of the Saotome clan. I won't have a demon's whore as my wife. Now disappear, I don't want to see you ever again." said Genma in cold and hard voice
"B-b-but..." she tried to argue back but the glare her hus... Genma gave her convinced her that he meant every word he said. With a final look at the Tendos and Genma she stood up and ran away, tears trickling down her cheeks and the katana she always carried dropping to the floor.
Satisfied that the woman wasn't there anymore Genma turned to the family he lived together with for the last two years, he didn't like what he saw. The three Tendo sisters gave the part-time panda arctic glares that promised pain if he only said as much as a word. Soun Tendo looked indecisive, either joining his daughters in hating Genma or supporting his oldest friend. That was when he thought back to the image of devastated and crying Nodoka, he made his decision.
"Genma Saotome, I never want to see you on these grounds again." said the head of the Tendo clan with a hard voice, "You aren't welcome here anymore. Get your possessions from your room and go away."
"T-Tendo? You have to see..."
"Go. Now."
"... ..." Genma was speechless as he saw the determination burning in his old friend's eyes
"You heard our father." said Kasumi
"Go away panda-man or I'm going to sell you to a zoo... or an exotic restaurant." stated Nabiki, her voice dripping with venom
"Go now or I will make a rug out of you... even if you are not in panda form." threatened Akane for the first time in cold anger and not in hot rage
The coward in Genma returned and in only the fraction of a second he turned tail and ran, like all demons of hell were after him.
Nekohanten, around the same time...
Cologne sat alone in the closed restaurant, with Shampoo upstairs still sleeping and Mousse in duck form in a cage somewhere. The old matriarch was contemplating what her great-granddaughter told her about yesterday's events.
"Hello, Cologne-chan!" greeted someone
She instantly recognized the voice and didn't bother to turn around, "Hello, Happi. I guess you heard what happened yesterday?"
"Yes, but not everything, only bits and pieces. That's why I came here." replied Happosai and jumped onto a chair on the other side of the table the Amazon was sitting at.
"How did you hear about it exactly? Shampoo said you weren't there after the dojo was destroyed."
"... ...Ukyo talks when she sleeps. I was on a panty raid through her restaurant and heard her as she whispered it in her sleep." answered the Anything Goes grandmaster, "So it is true? He finally decided to continue with his own life?"
"That he did. Lucifer was never one to stay in one place for a longer period of time."
"Oh how true that is! I still remember the time we traveled together when I was younger... It was great."
"Do you also remember the time when we got him and Setsuna drunk? We couldn't sleep the whole night so loud they were."
Happosai raised an eyebrow at this, "You're one to talk... I think you forgot the night when Ranma introduced you to his vampire friend... Now that was loud!"
"Come on Happi, I was barely 22 years old at that time."
That was when a familiar person ran past the restaurant window.
"Was that Nodoka?" asked the perverted master
"Yes."
"She was crying?"
"Yup."
"Quick, let's go after her."
Cologne nodded in agreement and jumped with the help of her staff to the front door, unlocking it. The ancient pair left the Nekohanten and dashed after the crying woman. Their martial arts mastery allowed them to catch up to her in seconds; the Amazon matriarch placed herself in front of Nodoka, stopping her in her tracks. She looked down at the two old masters, who looked back at her with concern.
"Nodoka-chan, why are you crying?" asked Happosai
Just being reminded of the reason made her cry harder. Seeing this, Cologne walked to the woman and hugged her as good as she could with her short arms.
"Shhhh... don't cry... Tell us what happened." soothed Cologne, as she remembered all the children she held in her arms over the years
Nodoka finally told them a short version of what occurred at the Tendo Dojo and at the end of her explanation; Happosai and Cologne were seething with rage.
"Genma... you idiotic fool, if I get my hands on you I will show you just how 'evil' I am!" swore Happosai angrily
"Come child; let's go back to my restaurant. You can rest and stay there." invited the matriarch
Another place...
"Where the hell am I now!" yelled our favorite lost boy Ryoga
"The Netherworld." stated someone
"Huh?" said Ryoga dumbly and looked into the direction the voice came from, he saw a young boy with blue hair and red eyes climbing out of a coffin
"You're again in the Netherworld, Ryoga."
"Laharl? Damn... let me guess, you still don't know how to go to Nerima?"
"It's not like I searched for a way..." replied the Overlord, "Just go through the door, normally you disappear again."
"Oh well... If someone..."
"If someone named Ranma comes by I will tell you."
"Yeah... Goodbye." this said Ryoga left Laharl's room and promptly got lost again
A minute later a female, red-haired demon entered the room, looking at Laharl,
"Hey Prince!"
"Etna, what are you doing here so early?"
"I heard you talk with someone. Just wanted to investigate."
"Oh... It was just Ryoga." responded Laharl
"Ahhh... the guy only that is only seen by you and seems to vanish just by rounding a corner." said Etna
"Yup."
She turned around and left the bedroom again while muttering, "Man... He's the Overlord now and still has imaginary friends... hope the public never hears about that..."