Dilemma
From Last Chapter
Ranma abruptly woke up from his dream, his breaths erratic and his heart beat was running fast.
Ok, remember to never to go to sleep immediately after doing THAT with Mrs. Hinako.
He felt the shudder going through him, since he doesn't even want to think about his dream still fresh in his mind.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!! NO NO......(sob)....I WAS SOOOOO CLOSE, IT CAN'T HOPELESSS!!!!!"
"Mrs. Hinako?????", Ranma asked loudly, nervousness accompanying his voice, after hearing her scream with a tone of such hopeless sadness.
What happened before....
Hinako quickly dialed the Urd's number, her heart beating fast with anticipation. She was so nervous that she even dialed the number wrong on her first two tries, before getting it right on her third try.
"Hello!!! This is Misato home, how may I help you???" a calm and serene female voice from the other end. (One guess who was it!!!)
"This is Hinako Hinoyima, may I speak with Urd???" Hinako went straight to the point, skipping Japanese phone courtesy, her mind set on meeting with Urd.
"Sure, just hold one moment."
"HEYEEEEYYYYY, This is your LOVE GODDESS Urd, who can I hook you up with???" a sultry voice asked from the other end of the phone.
"AHhhh...Hellllo????? I am Hinako Hinoyima and I was...."
"AHHH Hinako???? Never mind, I will be right there!!!!" The line went dead.
Hinako sweat dropped after she hearing the dead tone on the other end.
And I thought life with Ranma in Furikan was weird. Scratch that, NOHING tops the weirdness when Ranma is around.
The TV behind her suddenly powered up by itself and a very sexy leg of a female start coming out. Well anyone with even one ball and breathing, could tell that the leg was definitely feminine. Hinako just gaped at the scene, her mouth wide open. The leg was slowly followed by another, then finally the rest of her body. The woman who came out was definitely sexy, tall, and got white hair, with funny marking on her face and deep tan. In any other situation, she would have panicked, but leaving in Nerima made her immune to such strangeness.
Hinako responded, just like anyone who lives near Ranma, after seeing strange looking sexy woman coming out of no where.
"By any chance are you looking for Ranma Saotome????"
"Well....I guess", the women answered with raised eye brows.
"Well if you looking for a fight, then forget it, and if your looking for him as a fiancée, also forget it, he already got enough problem as it is and we don't need you to add to his problem!!!" Hinako was not sounding friendly anymore.
"WOW WOW, you got it all wrong!!! I am looking for Hinako concerning this Ranma person. What the hell is going on???? I never knew that this Ranma gonna be this interesting. My name is Urd by the way" Urd quickly raised her hands, trying to explain herself without offending Hinako any further.
"Oh sorry about that, let me get you something to drink and then explain you what is going on" Hinako quickly turn all sweet and welcoming again.
"Hey, No problem kiddo, take your time, I am sitting right there, but instead of tea, can you please get me a sake???" Urd pleaded with puppy dog eyes that no one could refuse.
"Hey, no problem, just not too much though, as we have many things to discuss" Hinako called as she went toward the kitchen.
Hinako went towards the counter top and took two glasses out. She took some ice from freezer and put them in each glass. After that she took some sake from the cabinet and slowly poured it into each glass, almost filling the small glasses to the rim with sake.
"By the way, would you like me to add something to the sake???" Hinako called from the kitchen.
"NAA!!! Just bring it up, that will be just fine with me!" Urd responded back. She grabbed the remote control and started surfing from one channel to another, all of them basically showing news, trying to find something more interesting and hopefully adult rated.
After few minutes, Hinako came in with two glasses full of sake and a bottle of sake on a tray, setting them on the table. Impatient as always, Urd quickly grabbed her glass and started sipping slowly from it.
"Alright, I appreciate your coming to me so fast, so how did you like the taste?" Hinako asked as she sipped form hers and starting the conversation.
"Excellent, you mortals always make your alcohol the way I like it!!! Hehe...." Urd giggled in respond, throwing away the remote control after switching the TV off and finally giving up on local TV entertainment.
"Well enough about that, for me to help this Ranma character, tell me about him, take your time, for more I know, the better I could help him." Urd decided to get more serious about her job, which was unusual for her.
"That's good to know, well about Ranma..." Hinako slowly started telling her about all she knew about her now favorite student. How he helped others whenever they needed help. His smile and his charisma. How brutal was his training journey and how he was engaged against his will. The raction of his fiancées, how they treated him like an object and totally forget about him when he wasn't worth much to them at all.
Urd listened attentively for two hours and ask questions about him whenever she needed clarification. What Hinako didn't knew was that Ranma kept getting more and more interesting to Urd as time went on. WELL, WELL WELL, what do we have here, I guess even when he can't do much he still got a woman to help him, heh??? Well I definitely would have to do something about that.
"If I ever get my hand on this Genma character, I am gonna enjoy feeding him to the depths of hell beyond mortal imagination, even Mara wouldn't get enough by torturing him....." Urd responded when she further heard how Genma abandoned his son like he wasn't worth a damn and how he took Ryoga as his heir.
"Well your NOT the only one, trust me on this!!!" Hianko quickly agreed with her.
"Yea, but I got some bad news for you. I cannot bring Ranma to the condition he was before the accident!" Urd told Hinako.
As soon she hard that, Hinako felt like someone took her heart and ripped it out her chest. The time seems stopping for her. Her eyes start getting teary, beyond her control.
"NOOO...no....." she whispered, her left hand slowly rising and covering her mouth. She felt like all strength and hope leaving her body, as she got on her knees, her eyes getting more teary...
Maybe, it was her fault to get her hopes so high so quickly. But this was her Uncle, and one thing she knew was that he never let her down. This was the reason, that her hopes were so high as soon as she got his letter, telling her about possible cure for Ranma. However, getting bad news from Urd, was not she was expecting at all.
"NO...NO....." her whisper becoming a horse sound, cming out of her throat, fists clenching her fists hard.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!! NO NO......(sob)....I WAS SOOOOO CLOSE, IT CAN'T HOPELESSS!!!!!"
"Mrs. Hinako?????", Ranma called, desperately wondering on what was wrong with her.
"Hey just wait one minute, I said I cannot bring Ranma like his previous condition doesn't mean he won't be able to sit, walk, or run again!!! He won't be as strong and won't be able to be a martial artist at the level he used to be, alright??!!!" Urd quickly started explaining herself. Sheesh, these mortals can't even take a little joke sometimes, and it is not like that I lied you know.
Swwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooossssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Hinako quickly tackled Urd on the floor, hugging her real tight, tears of sorrow quickly becoming the pearls of joy.
"OH Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou,!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot tell you how greatfull I am. Thankyou Thankyou, you gave me a great hope, I don't know how to ever pay you back!!!!" Hinako just started thanking in quick succession without taking a breath.
"Don't mention it, can you just don't hug so tight and gimme a bre..ather", Urd meekly got her voice out between Hinako's non-stop charade.
Well any heterosexual male can easily imagine why would it be so hard for Urd to breath, after all, you don't see two women, even if one is divine being, with such ahem gifts of D size, hugging tightly, and no space to breath comfortably One could imagine, breathing would be a difficult task, specially for those who are watching.
"Oh Sorry about that!!!!" Hinako quickly stood up and helped Urd getting on her feet.
"And Ranma, don't worry, everything is ok" Hinako called as she started dragging Urd toward the Ranma's room.
Urd couldn't help herself smiling inside as she saw the renewed enthusiasm in Hinako, reminding her of Skuld as she got lost in ice-cream convention few months back in Tokyo. Naaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww.....nothing beats the way Skuld got that day. Although she couldn't help but feel little jealous of Hinako, after all, she remembered a time several millennium ago, when she herself used to be like that. Well, Well, Well, as I thought before, there is definitely something to work here.
Urd was brought out of her musing as Hinako finally dragged her in Ranma's room.
Hinako was unable to stop the giddy happiness in her voice as she enthusiastically introduced Urd to Ranma. "RANMA!!! I would like you to meet someone my uncle send in, URD, and she say she could definitely help you."
Ranma was surprised to see Hinako with such a joyful voice after a long time. To him, her smile was brilliant like a moon during a clear night, accenting her breath taking beauty. Since his accident, her smile was gone. Sure, she tried to look happy, but Ranma could tell that her smiles were forced for his sake- they never reached her eyes. Sure she laughed and had cheerfulness in her voice, but there was always a hint of sadness and sorrow, resulting from her failure to find his cure and incapable of helping him. Life tends to throw many things which changes one's perspective. However, this time, even a child could tell that her smile was genuine and her eyes danced with joy he didn't saw in anyone's eye for such a long time.
He couldn't help himself from smiling. With a smile at his face, he greeted Urd to the best of his ability. "Hey.....I wish we could have met at better circumstances, but I am glad to meet you." However, he was not a fool and wasn't expecting Urd to be successful, since he got his hope burned too many times before. He was a man who had stopped fighting against his fate a long time ago. To him, if the cure is found, great, if not....well life goes on.
"Well Hellllllooooooooooo to yourself!!!! Don't be such a part pooper, once I am finished with you, you would be up and running again!!!" Urd greeted in her usual over enthusiastic manner. However, when she looked in his eyes, she couldn't help herself but feeling a great hollow in her self, like something missing and unexplainable. Last time she had such a feeling, was when she thought she lost Belldandy.
What the hell? Why the hell am I feeling such great sorrow in my heart, I don't even remember ever feeling like that!!!
Now Urd was confused about this new development, but looking at Ranma against in such pitiful state, she made a connection in her mind.
Perhaps, I feel sorrow for such a man to fell to depths so low, but hey that is what I am here for, to help him!!!
Ranma remained quiet, choosing not to answer her remark. No more smart remarks were coming out like they used to. Hell, anyone going through his experience, would become quiet and less talkative also.
He also felt a little shift in Urd's mood as she looked toward him, confirming his belief that no one would be able to help him.
Hinako, of course, was in her own world. "Really??? Please tell me you can do something about him???" Hinako was now getting anxious again. New fear was taking root at the depths of her stomach. Perhaps, subconsciously, she felt the uneasiness in Urd. She was afraid that Urd would not be able to fix Ranma's condition. Sure, she would be thrill to see Ranma like he used to be, but for now, she was at least hoping for Ranma to be able to use his body again, enough to do daily day to day tasks easily.
Urd concentrated and chanted a spell to probe Ranma's condition. She was glad to know that his condition was not hopeless, but the probe only deepened the unexplainable feeling she was feeling in her stomach. A feeling of something forgotten, something familiar was now breeding, which felt little demonic to her. As the probe deepened, so did her confusion.
I need to get this over with as soon as possible. I swear it feels like Mara was doing something here, I would definitely check on it once this is finished.
"Ok people, just relax and take a step back. Let me take care of this. Ok Ranma, I would like you to drink this." Urd handed a flask with blueish liquid swirling inside.
Hinako helped tilted Ranma's head as Urd poured the portion in his mouth. Ranma drank the portion slowly. To him it tasted wonderful and he could start feeling himself getting relax as he finished drinking the portion. The calmness lowered the nervousness he was feeling since he met the goddess. He was unable to exactly pinpoint the reason for his nervousness, but it felt like something forgotten, on the edge of his thoughts, so near, but yet he was unable to recall, which he should remember. A feeling of nagging at the back of his mind.
Urd stepped back and began chanting her spell. After several minutes, which felt like hours to her, she was drench in sweat and her breath was shallow. She was panting a little, but nevertheless, she kept her concentration on her task. If Skuld had seen her right now, she would be surprised to see her holding that high concentration without any break.
Damn, his aura is very chaotic and my uneasiness is only making this even harder. But I am not going to give up, No!!! I will make sure that this will succeed. Urd frowned as this turned out to be harder than she thought.
Finally, after the first part of spell was over, Urd took little break to catch her breath. She was now panting heavily, her body was shaking due to lack of some energy. She gulped drown a glass of sake handed to her by Hinako to gain her energy.
Meanwhile, Hianko was now worried as she saw Urd getting tired, remembering the source of Urd's energy, she immediately handed her a glass of sake. Only difference in Ranma's condition she saw was that now he was sleeping peacefully, which was great, but not she was expecting.
"Are you ok? How is he progressing?" Hinako was unable to hide her worry as she was wondering about Ranma's condition. She was justified in her uneasiness, cause after all, so would you, if your doctor looked tired before he operates on your love one, specially, if the one suppose to be helping is so called a goddess.
"Everything..breath.........is ok. It is just that his condition...breathing heavily....turned out...breath...to be more complicated then I thought." Urd started explaining between her breaths as she started claming down, "but don't worry, I will take care of it."
Hinako was surprise to see such strong conviction in a stranger who she just met. She wasn't expecting Urd to be that serious and dedicated from her first impression. In later years, if she ever thought of this moment, she would probably laugh at herself, for then she would know the reason why Urd was serious. But for now, she couldn't control herself, "Please, don't try to give me a false hope. I know you are trying really hard, but how you know everything is OK???"
Urd ignored a little anger in Hinako's voice, cause she knew that Hinako was worried about Ranma. She turned to Hinako with complete seriousness. The next words she said would forever etched in her and Hinako's mind, not cause they were extraordinary words, but because they were spoken with such conviction and will that even Skuld would not doubt Urd's words. "It will be ok, cause, breath, cause, breath, I just cannot explain! I have this feeling,breathing... such I have not known before, but I do know that it is telling me one thing, that I will not fail, cause I CANNOT FAIL!!!" Urd voice became louder in the end.
"I DO NOT HAVE CHOICE, I WILL SUCCEED!!!" Her voice becoming even louder
"All I know that it feels like, that if I fail, I fail the reason for living", tears were in her eyes as she continued, "I...I...have to succeed, ok?" Finally getting her self together, she started chanting again.
Author's Note:
First of all, I would like to thank you for your reviews, both the flames and encouragement. Seems like many people are angry at me about the first chapter, for Ranma to be kicked out and forgotten so easily by everyone. However, again, I NEVER wrote that chapter. I picked up, where Hinako started taking of Ranma.
About the match-up this is not necessary HinakoRanma match-up, nor I am going to reveal one, cause got to have suspense in the story you know.
So I am not emphasizing who Ranma is going to end up with right now.
I am reading all my reviews, so don't think your opinion doesn't count. Well till next Time, signing out.....
Big Daddy Cool "Toughest SOB on the planet earth, talking hard rule shit, cause his stars didn't work!!!"
From Last Chapter
Ranma abruptly woke up from his dream, his breaths erratic and his heart beat was running fast.
Ok, remember to never to go to sleep immediately after doing THAT with Mrs. Hinako.
He felt the shudder going through him, since he doesn't even want to think about his dream still fresh in his mind.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!! NO NO......(sob)....I WAS SOOOOO CLOSE, IT CAN'T HOPELESSS!!!!!"
"Mrs. Hinako?????", Ranma asked loudly, nervousness accompanying his voice, after hearing her scream with a tone of such hopeless sadness.
What happened before....
Hinako quickly dialed the Urd's number, her heart beating fast with anticipation. She was so nervous that she even dialed the number wrong on her first two tries, before getting it right on her third try.
"Hello!!! This is Misato home, how may I help you???" a calm and serene female voice from the other end. (One guess who was it!!!)
"This is Hinako Hinoyima, may I speak with Urd???" Hinako went straight to the point, skipping Japanese phone courtesy, her mind set on meeting with Urd.
"Sure, just hold one moment."
"HEYEEEEYYYYY, This is your LOVE GODDESS Urd, who can I hook you up with???" a sultry voice asked from the other end of the phone.
"AHhhh...Hellllo????? I am Hinako Hinoyima and I was...."
"AHHH Hinako???? Never mind, I will be right there!!!!" The line went dead.
Hinako sweat dropped after she hearing the dead tone on the other end.
And I thought life with Ranma in Furikan was weird. Scratch that, NOHING tops the weirdness when Ranma is around.
The TV behind her suddenly powered up by itself and a very sexy leg of a female start coming out. Well anyone with even one ball and breathing, could tell that the leg was definitely feminine. Hinako just gaped at the scene, her mouth wide open. The leg was slowly followed by another, then finally the rest of her body. The woman who came out was definitely sexy, tall, and got white hair, with funny marking on her face and deep tan. In any other situation, she would have panicked, but leaving in Nerima made her immune to such strangeness.
Hinako responded, just like anyone who lives near Ranma, after seeing strange looking sexy woman coming out of no where.
"By any chance are you looking for Ranma Saotome????"
"Well....I guess", the women answered with raised eye brows.
"Well if you looking for a fight, then forget it, and if your looking for him as a fiancée, also forget it, he already got enough problem as it is and we don't need you to add to his problem!!!" Hinako was not sounding friendly anymore.
"WOW WOW, you got it all wrong!!! I am looking for Hinako concerning this Ranma person. What the hell is going on???? I never knew that this Ranma gonna be this interesting. My name is Urd by the way" Urd quickly raised her hands, trying to explain herself without offending Hinako any further.
"Oh sorry about that, let me get you something to drink and then explain you what is going on" Hinako quickly turn all sweet and welcoming again.
"Hey, No problem kiddo, take your time, I am sitting right there, but instead of tea, can you please get me a sake???" Urd pleaded with puppy dog eyes that no one could refuse.
"Hey, no problem, just not too much though, as we have many things to discuss" Hinako called as she went toward the kitchen.
Hinako went towards the counter top and took two glasses out. She took some ice from freezer and put them in each glass. After that she took some sake from the cabinet and slowly poured it into each glass, almost filling the small glasses to the rim with sake.
"By the way, would you like me to add something to the sake???" Hinako called from the kitchen.
"NAA!!! Just bring it up, that will be just fine with me!" Urd responded back. She grabbed the remote control and started surfing from one channel to another, all of them basically showing news, trying to find something more interesting and hopefully adult rated.
After few minutes, Hinako came in with two glasses full of sake and a bottle of sake on a tray, setting them on the table. Impatient as always, Urd quickly grabbed her glass and started sipping slowly from it.
"Alright, I appreciate your coming to me so fast, so how did you like the taste?" Hinako asked as she sipped form hers and starting the conversation.
"Excellent, you mortals always make your alcohol the way I like it!!! Hehe...." Urd giggled in respond, throwing away the remote control after switching the TV off and finally giving up on local TV entertainment.
"Well enough about that, for me to help this Ranma character, tell me about him, take your time, for more I know, the better I could help him." Urd decided to get more serious about her job, which was unusual for her.
"That's good to know, well about Ranma..." Hinako slowly started telling her about all she knew about her now favorite student. How he helped others whenever they needed help. His smile and his charisma. How brutal was his training journey and how he was engaged against his will. The raction of his fiancées, how they treated him like an object and totally forget about him when he wasn't worth much to them at all.
Urd listened attentively for two hours and ask questions about him whenever she needed clarification. What Hinako didn't knew was that Ranma kept getting more and more interesting to Urd as time went on. WELL, WELL WELL, what do we have here, I guess even when he can't do much he still got a woman to help him, heh??? Well I definitely would have to do something about that.
"If I ever get my hand on this Genma character, I am gonna enjoy feeding him to the depths of hell beyond mortal imagination, even Mara wouldn't get enough by torturing him....." Urd responded when she further heard how Genma abandoned his son like he wasn't worth a damn and how he took Ryoga as his heir.
"Well your NOT the only one, trust me on this!!!" Hianko quickly agreed with her.
"Yea, but I got some bad news for you. I cannot bring Ranma to the condition he was before the accident!" Urd told Hinako.
As soon she hard that, Hinako felt like someone took her heart and ripped it out her chest. The time seems stopping for her. Her eyes start getting teary, beyond her control.
"NOOO...no....." she whispered, her left hand slowly rising and covering her mouth. She felt like all strength and hope leaving her body, as she got on her knees, her eyes getting more teary...
Maybe, it was her fault to get her hopes so high so quickly. But this was her Uncle, and one thing she knew was that he never let her down. This was the reason, that her hopes were so high as soon as she got his letter, telling her about possible cure for Ranma. However, getting bad news from Urd, was not she was expecting at all.
"NO...NO....." her whisper becoming a horse sound, cming out of her throat, fists clenching her fists hard.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!! NO NO......(sob)....I WAS SOOOOO CLOSE, IT CAN'T HOPELESSS!!!!!"
"Mrs. Hinako?????", Ranma called, desperately wondering on what was wrong with her.
"Hey just wait one minute, I said I cannot bring Ranma like his previous condition doesn't mean he won't be able to sit, walk, or run again!!! He won't be as strong and won't be able to be a martial artist at the level he used to be, alright??!!!" Urd quickly started explaining herself. Sheesh, these mortals can't even take a little joke sometimes, and it is not like that I lied you know.
Swwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooossssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Hinako quickly tackled Urd on the floor, hugging her real tight, tears of sorrow quickly becoming the pearls of joy.
"OH Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou,!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot tell you how greatfull I am. Thankyou Thankyou, you gave me a great hope, I don't know how to ever pay you back!!!!" Hinako just started thanking in quick succession without taking a breath.
"Don't mention it, can you just don't hug so tight and gimme a bre..ather", Urd meekly got her voice out between Hinako's non-stop charade.
Well any heterosexual male can easily imagine why would it be so hard for Urd to breath, after all, you don't see two women, even if one is divine being, with such ahem gifts of D size, hugging tightly, and no space to breath comfortably One could imagine, breathing would be a difficult task, specially for those who are watching.
"Oh Sorry about that!!!!" Hinako quickly stood up and helped Urd getting on her feet.
"And Ranma, don't worry, everything is ok" Hinako called as she started dragging Urd toward the Ranma's room.
Urd couldn't help herself smiling inside as she saw the renewed enthusiasm in Hinako, reminding her of Skuld as she got lost in ice-cream convention few months back in Tokyo. Naaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww.....nothing beats the way Skuld got that day. Although she couldn't help but feel little jealous of Hinako, after all, she remembered a time several millennium ago, when she herself used to be like that. Well, Well, Well, as I thought before, there is definitely something to work here.
Urd was brought out of her musing as Hinako finally dragged her in Ranma's room.
Hinako was unable to stop the giddy happiness in her voice as she enthusiastically introduced Urd to Ranma. "RANMA!!! I would like you to meet someone my uncle send in, URD, and she say she could definitely help you."
Ranma was surprised to see Hinako with such a joyful voice after a long time. To him, her smile was brilliant like a moon during a clear night, accenting her breath taking beauty. Since his accident, her smile was gone. Sure, she tried to look happy, but Ranma could tell that her smiles were forced for his sake- they never reached her eyes. Sure she laughed and had cheerfulness in her voice, but there was always a hint of sadness and sorrow, resulting from her failure to find his cure and incapable of helping him. Life tends to throw many things which changes one's perspective. However, this time, even a child could tell that her smile was genuine and her eyes danced with joy he didn't saw in anyone's eye for such a long time.
He couldn't help himself from smiling. With a smile at his face, he greeted Urd to the best of his ability. "Hey.....I wish we could have met at better circumstances, but I am glad to meet you." However, he was not a fool and wasn't expecting Urd to be successful, since he got his hope burned too many times before. He was a man who had stopped fighting against his fate a long time ago. To him, if the cure is found, great, if not....well life goes on.
"Well Hellllllooooooooooo to yourself!!!! Don't be such a part pooper, once I am finished with you, you would be up and running again!!!" Urd greeted in her usual over enthusiastic manner. However, when she looked in his eyes, she couldn't help herself but feeling a great hollow in her self, like something missing and unexplainable. Last time she had such a feeling, was when she thought she lost Belldandy.
What the hell? Why the hell am I feeling such great sorrow in my heart, I don't even remember ever feeling like that!!!
Now Urd was confused about this new development, but looking at Ranma against in such pitiful state, she made a connection in her mind.
Perhaps, I feel sorrow for such a man to fell to depths so low, but hey that is what I am here for, to help him!!!
Ranma remained quiet, choosing not to answer her remark. No more smart remarks were coming out like they used to. Hell, anyone going through his experience, would become quiet and less talkative also.
He also felt a little shift in Urd's mood as she looked toward him, confirming his belief that no one would be able to help him.
Hinako, of course, was in her own world. "Really??? Please tell me you can do something about him???" Hinako was now getting anxious again. New fear was taking root at the depths of her stomach. Perhaps, subconsciously, she felt the uneasiness in Urd. She was afraid that Urd would not be able to fix Ranma's condition. Sure, she would be thrill to see Ranma like he used to be, but for now, she was at least hoping for Ranma to be able to use his body again, enough to do daily day to day tasks easily.
Urd concentrated and chanted a spell to probe Ranma's condition. She was glad to know that his condition was not hopeless, but the probe only deepened the unexplainable feeling she was feeling in her stomach. A feeling of something forgotten, something familiar was now breeding, which felt little demonic to her. As the probe deepened, so did her confusion.
I need to get this over with as soon as possible. I swear it feels like Mara was doing something here, I would definitely check on it once this is finished.
"Ok people, just relax and take a step back. Let me take care of this. Ok Ranma, I would like you to drink this." Urd handed a flask with blueish liquid swirling inside.
Hinako helped tilted Ranma's head as Urd poured the portion in his mouth. Ranma drank the portion slowly. To him it tasted wonderful and he could start feeling himself getting relax as he finished drinking the portion. The calmness lowered the nervousness he was feeling since he met the goddess. He was unable to exactly pinpoint the reason for his nervousness, but it felt like something forgotten, on the edge of his thoughts, so near, but yet he was unable to recall, which he should remember. A feeling of nagging at the back of his mind.
Urd stepped back and began chanting her spell. After several minutes, which felt like hours to her, she was drench in sweat and her breath was shallow. She was panting a little, but nevertheless, she kept her concentration on her task. If Skuld had seen her right now, she would be surprised to see her holding that high concentration without any break.
Damn, his aura is very chaotic and my uneasiness is only making this even harder. But I am not going to give up, No!!! I will make sure that this will succeed. Urd frowned as this turned out to be harder than she thought.
Finally, after the first part of spell was over, Urd took little break to catch her breath. She was now panting heavily, her body was shaking due to lack of some energy. She gulped drown a glass of sake handed to her by Hinako to gain her energy.
Meanwhile, Hianko was now worried as she saw Urd getting tired, remembering the source of Urd's energy, she immediately handed her a glass of sake. Only difference in Ranma's condition she saw was that now he was sleeping peacefully, which was great, but not she was expecting.
"Are you ok? How is he progressing?" Hinako was unable to hide her worry as she was wondering about Ranma's condition. She was justified in her uneasiness, cause after all, so would you, if your doctor looked tired before he operates on your love one, specially, if the one suppose to be helping is so called a goddess.
"Everything..breath.........is ok. It is just that his condition...breathing heavily....turned out...breath...to be more complicated then I thought." Urd started explaining between her breaths as she started claming down, "but don't worry, I will take care of it."
Hinako was surprise to see such strong conviction in a stranger who she just met. She wasn't expecting Urd to be that serious and dedicated from her first impression. In later years, if she ever thought of this moment, she would probably laugh at herself, for then she would know the reason why Urd was serious. But for now, she couldn't control herself, "Please, don't try to give me a false hope. I know you are trying really hard, but how you know everything is OK???"
Urd ignored a little anger in Hinako's voice, cause she knew that Hinako was worried about Ranma. She turned to Hinako with complete seriousness. The next words she said would forever etched in her and Hinako's mind, not cause they were extraordinary words, but because they were spoken with such conviction and will that even Skuld would not doubt Urd's words. "It will be ok, cause, breath, cause, breath, I just cannot explain! I have this feeling,breathing... such I have not known before, but I do know that it is telling me one thing, that I will not fail, cause I CANNOT FAIL!!!" Urd voice became louder in the end.
"I DO NOT HAVE CHOICE, I WILL SUCCEED!!!" Her voice becoming even louder
"All I know that it feels like, that if I fail, I fail the reason for living", tears were in her eyes as she continued, "I...I...have to succeed, ok?" Finally getting her self together, she started chanting again.
Author's Note:
First of all, I would like to thank you for your reviews, both the flames and encouragement. Seems like many people are angry at me about the first chapter, for Ranma to be kicked out and forgotten so easily by everyone. However, again, I NEVER wrote that chapter. I picked up, where Hinako started taking of Ranma.
About the match-up this is not necessary HinakoRanma match-up, nor I am going to reveal one, cause got to have suspense in the story you know.
So I am not emphasizing who Ranma is going to end up with right now.
I am reading all my reviews, so don't think your opinion doesn't count. Well till next Time, signing out.....
Big Daddy Cool "Toughest SOB on the planet earth, talking hard rule shit, cause his stars didn't work!!!"