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Valkryrie Ranma Chapter 1: Journey to Hallowed Grounds.
* The Edge between Life & Death*
(What had gone on before)
(Lenneth Valkyrie , former All-mother and the Battle Maiden was frolicking in Asgard with her
"close friend" Freya when she felt the death of a worthy warrior for the first time since
Ragnarok. She immediately headed for Midgard to guide the soul and recruit him for the ranks of
Heaven's Einherjar. This departed soul was none other than Ranma Saotome
( or Saotome Ranma in Japanese ) who had died in the fight against Saffron, the Phoenix demi-god
of Phoenix Mountain when he gave his chi to save his near-death fiancée Akane Tendo
( or Tendo Akane in Japanese ). Ranma was now confronted by Valkyrie and made to chose if he
wished to join the Einherjar.( no prizes for correct guesses )
(Spoiler Warning)
"Live? Ya mean I have another chance ta live again?" Questioned Ranma.
"That's "to" live. And my name isn't "ya". If you are going to speak the
Least you could do is not mangle the language." Admonished Valkyrie.
" Why am I doing this? How he speaks is no concern of mine." Thought Valkyrie
"Yet, I feel frustrated when I see such uncouth language spewing from his mouth.
As if I had spent years brushing up his speech and is now seeing all my efforts for vain....
Impossible! I must be thinking of Silmeria again."
Mentally shaking her head, Valkyrie continued " And regarding your question on whether you will
live again, no if it means going back to your cage of flesh. Not only has it been destroyed beyond repair,
mortal anyway. We do not send those who have perished back into Midgard,
as this will definitely mean some rather confusing" Valkyrie's face twisted into a grimace as
she spat out the word " calculations on Yggdrasil's part. Especially for the pro...programmers."
She looked as if she had swallowed a lemon whole as her face seems to have a frown permanently
attached to its features.
Raman's shoulders slumped as he felt disappointment.
"And I thought that she will always be there
to help me. Humph! They never could help me when it comes to the rules... Wait a sec?
Why am I expecting her to help me? I never met her before. Have I?"
Ranma began to intensely scrutinize the silver haired goddess and came to a conclusion.
"Definitely not. Someone like her I would never forget if I have seen before.
'Sides I've never died before, so how could I have seen someone who meets dead people.
I certainly don't see dead people."
Yet Ranma could not shake off the feeling that he had met her before many times.
Or the fact that she reminds him of his mother, only not so distant.
Valkyrie felt a stab of guilt when she saw Ranma's disappointed expression.
" What in the name of Mimir is happening to me? I have seen young innocents die without so
much as a stir in my heart and yet he...he ...No! I must concentrate on my task at hand.
I will think about Silmeria later." steeling herself, Valkyrie continued " However, should the
meaning be true life, the life to serve Heaven as an Einherjar. Then yes, YOU will have the
chance to live. Truly live, not as a fleeting flicker in time, but rather to be able to make a
real difference. Now, what say you? Hmmm? While unknowingly preparing herself for a accusing look
that Silmeria used to give her following the disappointed expression.
What Ranma gave Valkyrie was a confused look that people give to those who babble nonsense.
" But that means I stay dead right? How would being an Einhai...err...Ein something help me? And
what is an Ein-thingy anyway?" Asked Ranma.
Valkyrie resisted the urge (just barely) to smack him with her sheathed sword.
" Actually, what you were before was dying from the minute you were born. You were more dieing
than living in the prison of flesh known as the body. What I could offer you is the chance of
life, true eternal life. Not the one that begins to end from when you were born." And with that
stood back and folded her arms, waiting for Ranma to make his choice.
Ranma was now really between a rock & a hard place.
On one hand, there was this girl in blue-gold armor that was offering him to be some kind of
warrior in Heaven, on the other hand he could chose to refuse her and try to find a way back to
the land of the living. The problem with the second choice was that it meant having to search
around for a place that he could only see darkness around.
It was not a situation he could fight out of.
While not stupid by a long shot, he doubts he can find a way back to Earth from wherever here is.
"'Sides, if she wants ta take me by force,
I really don't think I can win right now.
Not ta mention she isn't did nothing that deserves me attackin' her or nothing.
And Ranma Saotome doesn't fight girls so I probably am on my ass if she decides ta play rough.
cause I just won't fight her."
Thought Ranma smugly as the earlier moment of humbleness disappeared into the recesses of his
mind.
"Not that there was much ta live for anyway." as Ranma bitterly recalled his life.
"Multiple fiancées, a father that sells me for rice & pickles, maybe with some fish
if he's feelin' very greedy, like 90% of the time, the other 10% just greedy.
A mother that will have me disem...cut open my tummy if I don't act like a Happosai clone enough.
Four loonies & a Pervert after, well two, if Kuno counts anyway. My fiancées consist of a Tomboy,
who whacks me with anything handy when I so much as look at her the wrong way, if I know what the
NEW wrong way is that is.
A purple-haired Amazon who tries to drug me with potions that always
go wrong, causing me ta fall in love with a plant or Pig Boy or worse, the old ghoul...brrr THAT
was a real nightmare. and an old pal that turned out to be a girl who wants ta marry me.
I rather not think of Kodachi, thank you very much" Life as a heavenly warrior was staring to
look better and better Ranma concluded.
Valkyrie on the other hand saw every single expression Ranma had while having his life past
him by (one thing of dying in battle. You usually die too fast for your life to past you by or
simply too tired to notice) and went from feeling that unexplained guilt of not able to send
him back to the world of the living to pure unadulterated confusion and some degree of
curiosity & interest.
She had never seen so many vivid expressions on a single being in such a
short period of time. "Heaven could certainly use someone like him to liven things up, ever
since the Norns went to live in Midgard." And her heart sinking into despair again as she
recalled the relationship she had with her own sisters." One probably dead, after no news what
so ever. The other who doesn't even wish to acknowledge me except to annoy me? It probably
would have been better to born a single child." Thought Valkyrie as she continued waiting.
"Well? What be your answer? Ranma." When she noticed Ranma not having spoken for a long time.
"Sure. Not like I have anywhere ta go." shrugged Ranma
"So when do we leave?" asked the pig-tailed youth.
"We leave right now. Come with me, my new Einherjar." and she teleported both of them to the
Halls of Valhalla.
* Yggdrasil Central Net Office*
Freya, teleported into the main office of Yggdrasil Central Net building.
Prompting a few stares but ignoring them, the blonde Goddess of Life & Death,
among other areas of influences proceeded to enter the data regarding the new Ehinherjar
joining the ranks of existing ones.
While her hands moved out of habit, her mind began to wander to the date she had set up with
Valkyrie and the accompanying activities the normally straight-laced Valkyrie would do with her
once she has finished with the new recruit.
Her mind was so preoccupied with images of her and Valkyrie that she did not notice another
strolling figure in her direction until they bumped into each other.
"Hey watch where you're going! You cow before I..."Urd did not get to finish her sentence as
she stared into the annoyed visage that is Freya. Urd began to sweat as she realized not only
that she had broken the terms of her probation (Due to an unfortunate incident involving her
getting sloshed, a bottle of sake and the well of Mimir. She was suspended for 6 months after
they cleared the Well of all residue sake and some of her own vomit.)
When she had sneaked back in
for some personal items on her desk when she bumped into Freya, she had also insulted one of the
Elders that had survived Ragnarok, meaning she was really up to her eyebrows in trouble.
Watching Freya tapping her foot & folding her arms while giving her the evil eye was not a
pleasant experience for Urd " I don't suppose you'll just look the other way now that I have
called you a cow or got in the way of your make-out session with Lenneth huh?" and clamped her
hands on her mouth when she realized that she had made another faux pas when she mentioned
Freya's sleeping partner remembering her particular hang-up of anyone talking of her sexual life,
in front of her anyway. (She's weird that way) and started getting more nervous as Freya's
lips shaped into a scowl.
" You are absolutely correct about me not looking the other way Urd, especially after that "cow"
remark" stated Freya, her voice dripping with venom. "However, since I am busy going over to
Valhalla for, as you so eloquently put it, a "make-out" session with Lenneth, I wont report you
to the Probation Office."
Urd heaved a sigh of relief until she realized this does not mean that Freya wont do something to
her personally. Her heart sank when she saw the evil smirk Freya had on her face, and heard
Freya said " You have 10 seconds to leave this place before I turn you into something you would
really hate. Starting now. 1,2,3..."
Images of becoming a newt or paperweight floated through her mind as Urd raced for the nearest
reflective surface, a screen hanging mid-air 3 meters from the floor. She was millimeters away
when she heard Freya shout "10!" And heard a zap of ether energy heading for her. " But it's
not yet ten seccooonn..." Urd's protests were cut short as she felt herself change.
When her body stopped changing. Urd opened her eyes and clumsy & her limbs looked... stubby &
pink.
"She didn't " thought Urd in horror and looked up into the screen that hung above her and
wanted to scream when she saw what she had been turned into but the only sound coming out of
her mouth was " JigglyPuff!" And began to cry twin fountains while making sobbing
Jigglypuff noises.
Freya meanwhile was on her way to Valhalla, chuckling all the way.
" Those mortals can really come up with imaginative ideas. Urd will definitely learn to behave
after this. Maybe next time I will try the rabbit...thing that goes "puu" in the show with
those 3 girls in it." unable to keep her laughter down to a minimal level after thinking about
it. She burst into a full-blown Evil Laugh(tm) " OHOHOHOHOHO!!!" while flying back to Valhalla.
*Training halls of Valhalla *
Ranma felt a chill down his spine and turned over to see if Kodachi had somehow found her way
here. "I'm sure I heard that god awful laugh of hers, nothing else can make me feel like that."
until he felt a "thwack" sound and a sharp pain on his head. "Pay attention, Ranma!" rang out
Valkyrie's voice.
Sighing, Ranma turned to face his new mentor, who was holding a wooden sword and staring at him.
It all began when he first arrived at Valhalla. The first thing Valkyrie did was to tell him to
prepare for training at the training hall in the west wing of Valhalla. The training hall was a
vast courtyard with an encroaching dome shaped roof with weapons of all kinds stacked in racks
placed along the perimeter of the hall.
When Valkyrie approached Ranma the first thing she did
was to tell him to attack her. Ranma did not want to do so and insisted that Valkyrie attacked
him instead.
"Big mistake" thought Ranma ruefully as he recalled the beating he had received (and still
receiving) from the wooden practice sword Valkyrie was carrying with her. He had gone all out
after he received the fiftieth strike in his abs and still couldn't get past her defense.
"She
makes the old ghoul look like a rank amateur in terms of speed or technique, she's much stronger
than pig boy or even Pantyhose's monster form & about 5 times as tough," recalling the few licks
he did manage to get in.
"She shrugged them off as if I didn't even touch her!! I never had it
this bad. Not even during the beginning of the training trip with Pop." Feeling utterly depressed,
Ranma started to gather the depression chi needed for the Shi Shi Hokodan, and with a yell of
" Shi Shi Hokodan", unleashed the blast of depression chi in Valkyrie's direction. Ranma was
elated when the blast seemed to connect with her, until he saw it just bypass her as if she
wasn't there.
Seeing the image fade, Ranma began to look around for signs of his new Sensei,
and heard "Ranma!! Over here!" and shifted his head to the source of the voice.
Valkyrie smiled at Ranma from mid-air and hollered " Not bad Ranma!! Still, you have a long way
to go if you want to be among the best Einherjar. Oh, and this is how you do a blast, whether
chi or ether!" and shot a silvery blue gout of ether into Ranma, who despite his attempts to
dodge was still caught in the blast when it changed directions in to catch him in mid-air.
Ranma dropped down like a sandbag and the impact caused a crater in the training hall's floor.
Ranma was twitching on the crater and moaning. He opened his mouth to cough out some smoke
while attempting to brush the debris caused by the crash. He managed to cough out
" Y'know sumthin. I always thought being dead would be less painful." Now it seems that it is
even more painful than some of the Tomboy's mallets or cooking. Ugh..." and than he passed out.
Flying down to Ranma's side, Valkyrie sighed while carrying Ranma's body over her shoulders,
and decided to walk to the infirmary instead of teleporting there to lessen the strain on
Ranma's battered form.
The trek to Eir's infirmary was rather short as it took only 12 minutes to reach,
it being on the plane, not to mention in Valhalla itself. "Eir! Eir! Come out Eir! I have a
patient for you! Eir!" yelled Valkyrie as she approached the infirmary's door.
She then heard a voice she recognized as Nanami's answer her " Eir-sama is currently away on
business. How may I help...Valkyrie-sama!! Oh forgive me, I did not know of your arrival.
Please, allow me carry the young sir for you." And moved to carry the unconscious Ranma from her
when Valkyrie slightly shook her head " No Nanami. Help me to find a suitable bed for him to
rest instead. I will carry him myself, it's my responsibility after all." And waited for Nanami
to give directions. What Nanami did was to first look bewildered then breaks into a cheer.
" Oh Valkyrie-sama, you have no idea how delighted I am that you have found yourself a husband,
I mean, what with you always keeping to yourself, only occasionally confiding in Freya-sama.
When was the wedding? Oh no. What about Freya-sama? When did you two break up? Oh dear, was it
the sex? Or maybe even the..." as Nanami continued to rattle on excitedly.
"Nanami..." said Valkyrie in a tired voice that implied this was a common situation.
" Or maybe it is the criticism? Really Valkyrie-sama, you shouldn't..." Nanami continued to
rattle on obliviously.
"Nanamiii..." Valkyrie's eyebrows began twitching dangerously as she tried again.
"Or was the stress from work too much? Oh wait, neither of you work much. So that cant be it
either." Continued Nanami as if she hadn't heard a thing.
"NANAMI!!" Valkyrie raised her voice in an attempt to get the shrine maiden's attention.
" Huh? Oh yes Valkyrie-sama?" asked Nanami, the raised voice managing to pierce through her
internal monologue.
" The bed now Nanami. And no he is not my husband or boyfriend or fiancé or even my lover.
And yes I am still with Freya. So I would appreciate some help for my new EINHERJAR here if you
do not mind." Demanded Valkyrie, not noticing Ranma's reaction to the word fiancé.
"Oh of course Valkyrie-sama. This way please." And lead Valkyrie to a bed in the corner,
facing the window. Valkyrie laid Ranma down on the bed indicated and went to the visitor's
lounge while Nanami observed Ranma.
"Oh my quite a handsome lad we have here." Mused Nanami as she gazed upon Ranma's unconscious
form. " Must be quite a heartbreaker back on Midgard. A bit rough round the edges, still nothing
Valkyrie-sama could not fix. With proper training he should be ready to be a true noble Einherjar
." And she headed to the medicine storeroom for the needed herbs and ointments.
Which is a pity as if she had been by his side;
she would have witnessed Ranma humming softly a Norse lullaby, which was popular in the
pre-Ragnarok world, and Valhalla in particular.
*Fields of Asgard, outside Valhalla *
(Pre-Raganrok)
It was a beautiful day even by Asgard's standards.
The sun was shining extra bright that day yet the breeze, helped to reduce the heat from
Sol down to an acceptable level.
A young girl of approximately 8 years was running in the fields.
She was dressed in an earth -brown skirt, with a sleeveless white jacket & red blouse.
She could be seen wearing a pair of woolen shoes, while her hair was fiery red along with
streaks of silver in them, tied into a French braid.
Her eyes were sapphire blue and wide, which if seen closely seems to be capable of reflecting
light from them.
The young girl, who goes by the name of Silmeria, was the youngest of the Goddess of Destiny was
sulking as she walked along the field outside of Valhalla. " Of all the times they have to be
busy, they have to be busy now. Even sister Lenneth has training to do. Why? She always has time
for me. And just my luck they have to be busy on this most beautiful day too. And there was no
reason
for sister Hrist to lecture me! I only asked for some time with my sisters. Is that so wrong?"
and Silmeria began in an uncanny imitation of Hrist's lecturing tone. " Silmeria! Just because
you have time to climb Ygddrasil's trunk does not mean we do! Now be silent before I am forced
to discipline you!" and Silmeria began to sniffle as she remembered how she had cried in fear
until Lenneth went to plead for her from their autocratic sister who was about to use a branch
to "beat some sense into her" as Hrist puts it.
Lenneth had always been like a mother to her, as far as she can remember. None of them could
remember who exactly their parents were and thus Hrist had always been leading the three of them.
She knew that all of them were supposed to be Valkyries once they were capable of doing so, or
if the situation calls for it. The eldest of them Hrist was already making a name for herself as
the Battle Maiden, while Lenneth was training to become another of the Valkyries.
She knew that one of these days she too would have to become another one.
Her future sight had already confirmed this, though the details were rather fuzzy.
Kicking a rock, she decided to try and see how far she could throw the rocks into the air.
Using whatever free time she has, Hrist had taken it upon herself to teach Silmeria some tricks,
in particular ways of manipulating ether energy, something that all the Aseir could do with ease
, though Freya was the master of ether manipulation, due to her position as Giver of Life and
Death, thus the mastery of Creation's basic energy.
One particular favorite of Silmeria was the ability to infuse objects with ether energy,
making them glow and indestructible. It is a basic in god weapons making, but what caught
Silmeria's attention was the fact she could make some very interesting shapes with them,
not to mention the bright glows the objects infused give out. Grabbing a pebble, she
concentrated on directing the ether flows into the pebble and threw it high above the roofs of
Valhalla.
Silmeria was delighted at the new altitude the ether infused pebble had achieved until she heard
the telltale smack of rock against flesh, and an angry screech from one of the eagles patrolling
the skies of Valhalla. Her eyes widened in fear as she saw the shadow of an eagle get bigger and
bigger. She tried to defend herself by throwing more of the rocks at it but it only made the
eagle more furious, she dived to the side when the eagle first swooped down, and the talons
grazed past her shoulders, Silmeria could see the giant bird soaring around her, waiting for an
opening. Her legs were shaking and looked around for her sisters, allowing the eagle to dive
down towards her with a screech and talons outstretched. Silmeria, already terrified by the
ordeal, simply closed her eyes and screamed for her sisters. " Hrist! Lenneth! Help me! Please!"
Her cries were answered as 2 crescent beams of energy, one grayish-black while the other
slightly weaker one platinum-blue crashed into the descending form of the eagle,
just millimeters away from goring Silmeria with its talons.
The eagle managed to regain its bearings and attempted to swoop down on its new aggressors when
it felt the piercing stare of Hrist on it. Looking into the direction of Hrist, the bird of prey
suddenly felt its role change from predator to prey as Hrist fingered her sword, while emitting
a low-pitched guttural growl, which the eagle heard just fine.
Deciding that discretion is the better part of valor, the eagle turned tail & fled back to it's
post above the skies of Valhalla, not wanting to end up as the newest prize of
Hrist of the Valkyries.
While Hrist was staring down the eagle, Lenneth moved swiftly to comfort her distraught
baby-sister, hugging her shivering and sobbing form. She brushed Silmeria's silvery-red hair,
while humming a lullaby she had heard some mortal mothers sing to their children while sneaking
down to Midgard or even tagging along with Hrist as part of her training.
Silmeria buried her face into Lenneth's chest, ignoring the rough surface the designs of the
armor formed, instead wanting to seek comfort in the protection of her elder sibling, all the
while sobbing incoherently while babbling incoherent apologies and thanks.
Lenneth looked up from Silmeria when she heard Hrist stalking towards them,
specifically Silmeria, while her face was a mask of anger. Lenneth saw what was going to happen
and decided to stop her by communicating with Hrist telepathically " No sister, she's upset
enough as it is." And shook her head to emphasize the point.
Sighing, Hrist decided to humor Lenneth and followed her lead, using Telepathy as well
" Lenneth, she must learn to not act before thinking! Throwing rocks infused with ether above
Valhalla, knowing of the guardian eagles. What if we did not arrive in time to save her! "
Directing pleading looks in Hrist's direction, she asked,
" Please sister, I will see that she never do something like this again. Allow me to guide her."
Rolling her eyes, she gave in but added, " You will spoil the child, and you do understand that?
Do you not Lenneth?"
Looking back at Silmeria, Lenneth answered " if possible, may we be able to do that for all time."
Throwing her hands into the air in a showy gesture of defeat, Hrist shouted out loud
" I give up. The brat can get herself killed for all I care!" and stomped off angrily.
The commotion woke up the dozing Silmeria, who upon seeing Hrist stomp away, called out to her
" Wait, sister Hrist! Stop."
Stunned that Silmeria actually called for her, she halted in her tracks
" Yes you little troublemaker?"
Still frightened of her authority figure sister, she stammered out
" Thank you ...Hrist. Thank you"
Turning around rapidly, causing Silmeria to hide behind Lenneth, Hrist's expression was
unreadable, then she snorted and turned back, walking away this time instead of angrily
stomping off, nor could she keep the smile off her face, until she realized she would have to
explain to Odin in regards to the eagle.
Silmeria, who did not see either sign of Hrist's joy was worried that her eldest sibling was
still upset, until Lenneth assured her that Hrist was not upset.
" You sure about this Lenneth?" queried Silmeria
" Very sure Silmeria dear, she just has a different form of expressing her feelings" answered
Lenneth.
Taking the hand of Silmeria, Lenneth led her back into Valhalla.
Ygddrasil Central Office
The 3 Norns had gathered in the main office after Belledandy had received the badly written
message from Urd regarding her latest predicament.
After she had deciphered the message typed by a neo- Pokemon or the former eldest Norn had
sent her, she had rushed to the Ygddrasil main office as soon as she can.
Unfortunately for Urd's pride, so had Skuld, who was informed of Urd's punishment by Belledandy
& was currently laughing her divine ass off, rolling in the ground clutching her tummy while
tears streamed down her cheeks.
" So! Who's the annoying munchkin now huh? YOU! Urd YOU! JIGGLYPUFF!! . Teased Skuld loudly and
mercilessly while she made an uncanny imitation of Urd's current 1 word vocabulary. Unable to
hold back any longer, she broke into maniacal laughter again. "Bwahahahaha!!"
Belledandy was meanwhile trying to find a cure for Freya's magic.
She could ask for a cure directly from her, but she did not really want to confront Freya
directly " Not to mention Urd really could use some lessons on keeping her foot out of her mouth,
or keeping the terms of her probation as well." Thought Belledandy with a little smile.
She was among the ones who were sent to clean Mimir's Well of sake and Urd's own puke.
"She certainly wont be doing that now," thought Belledandy to herself.
She was suddenly informed of a new message by the console she was using as a tune played to the
theme of the American movie You Got Mail.
She checked the circular and saw the data regarding the new Einherjar's life on Midgard.
She gasped out a shocked "Oh My" as she went through Ranma Saotome file and the details of his
life. " Abusive parents or simply parent. Treated like a prize among women all clamoring to be
his future wife without any thought of his views, enemies out of the woodwork every week, and
to top it off, a curse of Jusenkyo.
Even by Einherjar standards his life is seriously f...sc...messed up." Said Belledandy while
trying not to swear even in her thoughts.
She idly wandered what Valkyrie-sama was likely to do should she see what exactly her new
charge had gone through.
She just hoped it wouldn't involve sinking all of Nerima below sea level. Deciding that
Valkyrie had a right to know, she sent it straight to Valkyrie's own account at Valhalla proper,
while muttering a prayer for Genma Saotome.
Turning to her 2 sisters, she wondered if she should leave Urd like this for a few hours more,
even if it is too cute even for her taste. The enchantment that Freya had left was not too hard
to break, and she could break it in a few tries.
The matter was taken out of her hands, as there was a flash of light and the enchantment on Urd
wore off. Urd began to stare dangerously at the still laughing Skuld while waiting for her to
look at her so she could see the face of her chosen victim,
while Belledandy decided to scoot away as far as she could from Urd who looked ready to burst.
Urd was ready to go Old Testament on Skuld, relations be damned.
Skuld's danger sense went into overdrive as she felt the electric tingle that signified a
heavy build up of ether. She stared into the furious face of Urd and could only say " Eeeppp."
And decided to hightail it far away. She didn't care where, so long as she was away from Urd.
Urd for her part did not bother with threats, only shot out her gathered ether,
and said "(DIE!!)" and chased after Skuld. If she couldn't get back at Freya, she would take
it out on Skuld instead, who had the gall to laugh at her.
It was HER stuff Urd had sneaked in to take.
* Eir's Infirmary*
Ranma woke to the sounds of clattering of surgical equipment and saw a young girl
who was dressed in the robes of a shrine maiden, albeit more colorful than he was used to.
The shrine maiden noticed him awaken and moved to help him seat up in his bed.
Ranma tried to stop her but found her surprisingly strong.
Giving up, he allowed her to help him.
As Nanami moved to feed him some ambrosia, stirred into a broth,
Ranma began to protest, especially after she blew the spoon and said,
"Open wiiddeee" as if talking to a baby.
" I'm not some baby that needs ta be fed lady. I can eat myself just fine!" and grabbed the
bowl of ambrosia broth. Nanami just giggled as Ranma's still weak hands could not hold the bowl
or spoon properly. While Ranma grumbled as Nanami took the bowl from him and began feeding him,
she spoke " Ranma-san, as a fellow member of the Yamato race, I must advice you to take care of
yourself. Valkyrie-sama has high hopes for you, not to mention she is rather protective of you.
It would simply break her heart should anything happen to you. Please," Nanami put down the bowl
and grabbed Ranma's hands " Promise me, that you will never break her heart, please Ranma-san"
pleaded Nanami
"Uh sure...I guess." Said Ranma, forgetting how his tendency to promise others had gotten him
in trouble before.
"Glad to hear it, Ranma-san" beamed Nanami and began to start feeding him the broth again.
After Nanami had finished with feeding him and left,
Ranma lay back in his bed and was about to doze off when he heard a familiar tune he had heard
somewhere before. Getting off the bed, he followed the sound to the visitor's lounge, where he
saw Valkyrie without her helmet, humming the tune he found so heart-warming.
While Valkyrie looked every bit the warrior goddess she is in full regalia, without her helmet
and back dropped against the cozy atmosphere of the lounge, he reminded him of the Nodoka he
remembered from his early childhood, not the sword-toting figure he now fears.
Even without the threat of seppuku hanging over his head when his mother decided he was
still manly with the curse, the image of someone giving him the unconditional love was
shattered beyond repair.
"Then why? Am I attaching that image with someone who only just met me a few dozen hours ago?
She obviously considers me someone to train, and I certainly never got the warm fuzzy feeling
from Pop." Thinking back to the training he had with Valkyrie, he realized
" Even in training, she never insulted me once." He recalled how happy Valkyrie looked when
his attacks connected, and the praise she showered on him whenever he showed an advanced
technique. At first, he thought that it was a ploy to lower his guard, until he saw the
expressions and decided it was all-genuine. " She cared about me for my sake,
I can't remember when was the last time something like that happened"
Ranma was so engrossed in his thoughts; he did not notice that Valkyrie was waving her hands in
front of him until the fifth try by Valkyrie. Apparently, Valkyrie had noticed Ranma
standing there and had approached him. Regaining his senses, Ranma heard the question
Valkyrie was asking him. "Ready to go Ranma?"
"Yep, sure do," replied Ranma confidently.
"Let us depart then," said Valkyrie as she put on her helmet.
Even outside, Ranma was still racking his brains, something he does not do often,
and for the answers to the conflicting answers or even the dream he just had.
So much so he didn't notice the two incoming high-speed objects.
Urd was seriously pissed as she chased Skuld all over Asgard, tossing shots of ether in her,
which was why she did not see Skuld jump over a distracted pig-tailed youth.
Her reaction to the obstacle in her quest for vengeance was to toss an ether shot at him,
turning him into pile of soot covered...something. Which was why she did not notice she was
running on mid-air until she noticed a tug on her robes and suddenly stared into the VERY angry
face of Lenneth Valkyrie. Urd managed to whimper out "mommy" before she was introduced to a
world of hurt.
Ranma on the other hand managed to cough out "...medic" before passing out again for the
second time that day.
*Valhalla, living quarters *
Ranma and Valkyrie stumbled into the main hall of Valhalla.
Both were tired although Ranma had the added "privilege" of getting blasted twice.
Valkyrie went to check on her console when she heard Ranma mumble out "Where is the room?"
Not looking up from her console, Valkyrie pointed in the direction of north, not knowing that
she had pointed at her door instead of the one to the right.
When Ranma had went into the door the room shown to him, he collapsed onto the double bed there,
without turning on the lights. Therefore, Ranma was very surprised to feel a silky hand start
playing with his pigtail or someone breathing down his neck. The hand moved to his chest and
stopped, and began to pat It a few times before he heard a woman's voice say
" Lenneth, since when did you change to a man?" and a light of ether was formed on her palm
as Freya stared into the nervous face of Ranma.
Valkyrie was reading the file on Ranma's life and was literally steaming with anger.
She thinking of things to do to some of the people listed in the file when she heard two screams,
one belonging to Ranma while the other belongs to Freya.
She rushed to the room when she heard a loud "Kaboom" and muttered " Nanami's going to throw a
fit when she sees this" and marched into her room.
Sure enough, there was Freya, wearing only a tiny-black translucent teddy while Ranma was
laying a heap on the ground. She could see him mouth the words " When will the hurting stop"
before his eyes rolled over.
"Freya?" said Valkyrie in an emotionless voice.
"Yes Lenneth?" replied the blonde goddess.
"Help me carry him to the infirmary. Oh yes, you are sleeping on the couch tonight as well."
Snapped Valkyrie.
"Aww" pouted Freya. " Lenneth!" whined Freya.
"Act your age , Freya! You reacted with excessive force and this is
the minimal punishment for you. Read my lips. No. Nookie . For. You . Tonight."
Stated Valkyrie.
"Humph, I bet you just want to try him for yourself." Muttered Freya under her
breath while carrying Ranma in a fireman's carry.
"I heard that!" shouted Valkyrie, who had flown ahead to scout for any possible threat to
Ranma's well being, flying past the crumpled form of Urd,
who just had every sword move created unloaded on her, with some new variants of
your run-of -the-mill chi blast.
Meanwhile back on Midgard, Belledandy wandered where was her sister at,
while sewing Keichi's jacket.
Author's notes
I have finished the first chapter of Valkyrie Ranma.
Next we will see how the Nerima crew reacts to the new Ranma and Valkyrie.
Genma haters will
Get a real feast next chapter.
For those of you who object to the pairing of Valkyrie and Freya due to Lucian,
well, he's not going to be in the story due to the fact,
Lucian's character had fulfilled every duty he had plot-wise.
I can't include him without derailing the entire work.
As for Freya being something of a slut, well those who know the Freya of Mythology will know that
she's one of the most sexually promiscuous of all the goddesses , kinda like the female variant
of Zeus .
Simply basing the Freya of the game with the one from Mythology folks.
Up next, the neo-Einherjar meets the crew form Nerima in an attempt to finally finish his mortal
life by tying up lose ends.
JF_1999
(Yes Eir and Nanami are both characters from Valkyrie Profile,
Eir being the Goddess of Healing and Nanami a shrine maiden of Yamato,
a recruit able character.)
Rumiko Takahashi & Viz Communications.
All Characters from Valkyrie Profile are the creations of Enix & Project Profile.
All characters from Ah! My Goddess does not belong to me either.
No copyright infringement is meant & no attempt to past this as my own creation is made.
No profit is made and this work may not be used for commercial attempts.
Valkryrie Ranma Chapter 1: Journey to Hallowed Grounds.
* The Edge between Life & Death*
(What had gone on before)
(Lenneth Valkyrie , former All-mother and the Battle Maiden was frolicking in Asgard with her
"close friend" Freya when she felt the death of a worthy warrior for the first time since
Ragnarok. She immediately headed for Midgard to guide the soul and recruit him for the ranks of
Heaven's Einherjar. This departed soul was none other than Ranma Saotome
( or Saotome Ranma in Japanese ) who had died in the fight against Saffron, the Phoenix demi-god
of Phoenix Mountain when he gave his chi to save his near-death fiancée Akane Tendo
( or Tendo Akane in Japanese ). Ranma was now confronted by Valkyrie and made to chose if he
wished to join the Einherjar.( no prizes for correct guesses )
(Spoiler Warning)
"Live? Ya mean I have another chance ta live again?" Questioned Ranma.
"That's "to" live. And my name isn't "ya". If you are going to speak the
Least you could do is not mangle the language." Admonished Valkyrie.
" Why am I doing this? How he speaks is no concern of mine." Thought Valkyrie
"Yet, I feel frustrated when I see such uncouth language spewing from his mouth.
As if I had spent years brushing up his speech and is now seeing all my efforts for vain....
Impossible! I must be thinking of Silmeria again."
Mentally shaking her head, Valkyrie continued " And regarding your question on whether you will
live again, no if it means going back to your cage of flesh. Not only has it been destroyed beyond repair,
mortal anyway. We do not send those who have perished back into Midgard,
as this will definitely mean some rather confusing" Valkyrie's face twisted into a grimace as
she spat out the word " calculations on Yggdrasil's part. Especially for the pro...programmers."
She looked as if she had swallowed a lemon whole as her face seems to have a frown permanently
attached to its features.
Raman's shoulders slumped as he felt disappointment.
"And I thought that she will always be there
to help me. Humph! They never could help me when it comes to the rules... Wait a sec?
Why am I expecting her to help me? I never met her before. Have I?"
Ranma began to intensely scrutinize the silver haired goddess and came to a conclusion.
"Definitely not. Someone like her I would never forget if I have seen before.
'Sides I've never died before, so how could I have seen someone who meets dead people.
I certainly don't see dead people."
Yet Ranma could not shake off the feeling that he had met her before many times.
Or the fact that she reminds him of his mother, only not so distant.
Valkyrie felt a stab of guilt when she saw Ranma's disappointed expression.
" What in the name of Mimir is happening to me? I have seen young innocents die without so
much as a stir in my heart and yet he...he ...No! I must concentrate on my task at hand.
I will think about Silmeria later." steeling herself, Valkyrie continued " However, should the
meaning be true life, the life to serve Heaven as an Einherjar. Then yes, YOU will have the
chance to live. Truly live, not as a fleeting flicker in time, but rather to be able to make a
real difference. Now, what say you? Hmmm? While unknowingly preparing herself for a accusing look
that Silmeria used to give her following the disappointed expression.
What Ranma gave Valkyrie was a confused look that people give to those who babble nonsense.
" But that means I stay dead right? How would being an Einhai...err...Ein something help me? And
what is an Ein-thingy anyway?" Asked Ranma.
Valkyrie resisted the urge (just barely) to smack him with her sheathed sword.
" Actually, what you were before was dying from the minute you were born. You were more dieing
than living in the prison of flesh known as the body. What I could offer you is the chance of
life, true eternal life. Not the one that begins to end from when you were born." And with that
stood back and folded her arms, waiting for Ranma to make his choice.
Ranma was now really between a rock & a hard place.
On one hand, there was this girl in blue-gold armor that was offering him to be some kind of
warrior in Heaven, on the other hand he could chose to refuse her and try to find a way back to
the land of the living. The problem with the second choice was that it meant having to search
around for a place that he could only see darkness around.
It was not a situation he could fight out of.
While not stupid by a long shot, he doubts he can find a way back to Earth from wherever here is.
"'Sides, if she wants ta take me by force,
I really don't think I can win right now.
Not ta mention she isn't did nothing that deserves me attackin' her or nothing.
And Ranma Saotome doesn't fight girls so I probably am on my ass if she decides ta play rough.
cause I just won't fight her."
Thought Ranma smugly as the earlier moment of humbleness disappeared into the recesses of his
mind.
"Not that there was much ta live for anyway." as Ranma bitterly recalled his life.
"Multiple fiancées, a father that sells me for rice & pickles, maybe with some fish
if he's feelin' very greedy, like 90% of the time, the other 10% just greedy.
A mother that will have me disem...cut open my tummy if I don't act like a Happosai clone enough.
Four loonies & a Pervert after, well two, if Kuno counts anyway. My fiancées consist of a Tomboy,
who whacks me with anything handy when I so much as look at her the wrong way, if I know what the
NEW wrong way is that is.
A purple-haired Amazon who tries to drug me with potions that always
go wrong, causing me ta fall in love with a plant or Pig Boy or worse, the old ghoul...brrr THAT
was a real nightmare. and an old pal that turned out to be a girl who wants ta marry me.
I rather not think of Kodachi, thank you very much" Life as a heavenly warrior was staring to
look better and better Ranma concluded.
Valkyrie on the other hand saw every single expression Ranma had while having his life past
him by (one thing of dying in battle. You usually die too fast for your life to past you by or
simply too tired to notice) and went from feeling that unexplained guilt of not able to send
him back to the world of the living to pure unadulterated confusion and some degree of
curiosity & interest.
She had never seen so many vivid expressions on a single being in such a
short period of time. "Heaven could certainly use someone like him to liven things up, ever
since the Norns went to live in Midgard." And her heart sinking into despair again as she
recalled the relationship she had with her own sisters." One probably dead, after no news what
so ever. The other who doesn't even wish to acknowledge me except to annoy me? It probably
would have been better to born a single child." Thought Valkyrie as she continued waiting.
"Well? What be your answer? Ranma." When she noticed Ranma not having spoken for a long time.
"Sure. Not like I have anywhere ta go." shrugged Ranma
"So when do we leave?" asked the pig-tailed youth.
"We leave right now. Come with me, my new Einherjar." and she teleported both of them to the
Halls of Valhalla.
* Yggdrasil Central Net Office*
Freya, teleported into the main office of Yggdrasil Central Net building.
Prompting a few stares but ignoring them, the blonde Goddess of Life & Death,
among other areas of influences proceeded to enter the data regarding the new Ehinherjar
joining the ranks of existing ones.
While her hands moved out of habit, her mind began to wander to the date she had set up with
Valkyrie and the accompanying activities the normally straight-laced Valkyrie would do with her
once she has finished with the new recruit.
Her mind was so preoccupied with images of her and Valkyrie that she did not notice another
strolling figure in her direction until they bumped into each other.
"Hey watch where you're going! You cow before I..."Urd did not get to finish her sentence as
she stared into the annoyed visage that is Freya. Urd began to sweat as she realized not only
that she had broken the terms of her probation (Due to an unfortunate incident involving her
getting sloshed, a bottle of sake and the well of Mimir. She was suspended for 6 months after
they cleared the Well of all residue sake and some of her own vomit.)
When she had sneaked back in
for some personal items on her desk when she bumped into Freya, she had also insulted one of the
Elders that had survived Ragnarok, meaning she was really up to her eyebrows in trouble.
Watching Freya tapping her foot & folding her arms while giving her the evil eye was not a
pleasant experience for Urd " I don't suppose you'll just look the other way now that I have
called you a cow or got in the way of your make-out session with Lenneth huh?" and clamped her
hands on her mouth when she realized that she had made another faux pas when she mentioned
Freya's sleeping partner remembering her particular hang-up of anyone talking of her sexual life,
in front of her anyway. (She's weird that way) and started getting more nervous as Freya's
lips shaped into a scowl.
" You are absolutely correct about me not looking the other way Urd, especially after that "cow"
remark" stated Freya, her voice dripping with venom. "However, since I am busy going over to
Valhalla for, as you so eloquently put it, a "make-out" session with Lenneth, I wont report you
to the Probation Office."
Urd heaved a sigh of relief until she realized this does not mean that Freya wont do something to
her personally. Her heart sank when she saw the evil smirk Freya had on her face, and heard
Freya said " You have 10 seconds to leave this place before I turn you into something you would
really hate. Starting now. 1,2,3..."
Images of becoming a newt or paperweight floated through her mind as Urd raced for the nearest
reflective surface, a screen hanging mid-air 3 meters from the floor. She was millimeters away
when she heard Freya shout "10!" And heard a zap of ether energy heading for her. " But it's
not yet ten seccooonn..." Urd's protests were cut short as she felt herself change.
When her body stopped changing. Urd opened her eyes and clumsy & her limbs looked... stubby &
pink.
"She didn't " thought Urd in horror and looked up into the screen that hung above her and
wanted to scream when she saw what she had been turned into but the only sound coming out of
her mouth was " JigglyPuff!" And began to cry twin fountains while making sobbing
Jigglypuff noises.
Freya meanwhile was on her way to Valhalla, chuckling all the way.
" Those mortals can really come up with imaginative ideas. Urd will definitely learn to behave
after this. Maybe next time I will try the rabbit...thing that goes "puu" in the show with
those 3 girls in it." unable to keep her laughter down to a minimal level after thinking about
it. She burst into a full-blown Evil Laugh(tm) " OHOHOHOHOHO!!!" while flying back to Valhalla.
*Training halls of Valhalla *
Ranma felt a chill down his spine and turned over to see if Kodachi had somehow found her way
here. "I'm sure I heard that god awful laugh of hers, nothing else can make me feel like that."
until he felt a "thwack" sound and a sharp pain on his head. "Pay attention, Ranma!" rang out
Valkyrie's voice.
Sighing, Ranma turned to face his new mentor, who was holding a wooden sword and staring at him.
It all began when he first arrived at Valhalla. The first thing Valkyrie did was to tell him to
prepare for training at the training hall in the west wing of Valhalla. The training hall was a
vast courtyard with an encroaching dome shaped roof with weapons of all kinds stacked in racks
placed along the perimeter of the hall.
When Valkyrie approached Ranma the first thing she did
was to tell him to attack her. Ranma did not want to do so and insisted that Valkyrie attacked
him instead.
"Big mistake" thought Ranma ruefully as he recalled the beating he had received (and still
receiving) from the wooden practice sword Valkyrie was carrying with her. He had gone all out
after he received the fiftieth strike in his abs and still couldn't get past her defense.
"She
makes the old ghoul look like a rank amateur in terms of speed or technique, she's much stronger
than pig boy or even Pantyhose's monster form & about 5 times as tough," recalling the few licks
he did manage to get in.
"She shrugged them off as if I didn't even touch her!! I never had it
this bad. Not even during the beginning of the training trip with Pop." Feeling utterly depressed,
Ranma started to gather the depression chi needed for the Shi Shi Hokodan, and with a yell of
" Shi Shi Hokodan", unleashed the blast of depression chi in Valkyrie's direction. Ranma was
elated when the blast seemed to connect with her, until he saw it just bypass her as if she
wasn't there.
Seeing the image fade, Ranma began to look around for signs of his new Sensei,
and heard "Ranma!! Over here!" and shifted his head to the source of the voice.
Valkyrie smiled at Ranma from mid-air and hollered " Not bad Ranma!! Still, you have a long way
to go if you want to be among the best Einherjar. Oh, and this is how you do a blast, whether
chi or ether!" and shot a silvery blue gout of ether into Ranma, who despite his attempts to
dodge was still caught in the blast when it changed directions in to catch him in mid-air.
Ranma dropped down like a sandbag and the impact caused a crater in the training hall's floor.
Ranma was twitching on the crater and moaning. He opened his mouth to cough out some smoke
while attempting to brush the debris caused by the crash. He managed to cough out
" Y'know sumthin. I always thought being dead would be less painful." Now it seems that it is
even more painful than some of the Tomboy's mallets or cooking. Ugh..." and than he passed out.
Flying down to Ranma's side, Valkyrie sighed while carrying Ranma's body over her shoulders,
and decided to walk to the infirmary instead of teleporting there to lessen the strain on
Ranma's battered form.
The trek to Eir's infirmary was rather short as it took only 12 minutes to reach,
it being on the plane, not to mention in Valhalla itself. "Eir! Eir! Come out Eir! I have a
patient for you! Eir!" yelled Valkyrie as she approached the infirmary's door.
She then heard a voice she recognized as Nanami's answer her " Eir-sama is currently away on
business. How may I help...Valkyrie-sama!! Oh forgive me, I did not know of your arrival.
Please, allow me carry the young sir for you." And moved to carry the unconscious Ranma from her
when Valkyrie slightly shook her head " No Nanami. Help me to find a suitable bed for him to
rest instead. I will carry him myself, it's my responsibility after all." And waited for Nanami
to give directions. What Nanami did was to first look bewildered then breaks into a cheer.
" Oh Valkyrie-sama, you have no idea how delighted I am that you have found yourself a husband,
I mean, what with you always keeping to yourself, only occasionally confiding in Freya-sama.
When was the wedding? Oh no. What about Freya-sama? When did you two break up? Oh dear, was it
the sex? Or maybe even the..." as Nanami continued to rattle on excitedly.
"Nanami..." said Valkyrie in a tired voice that implied this was a common situation.
" Or maybe it is the criticism? Really Valkyrie-sama, you shouldn't..." Nanami continued to
rattle on obliviously.
"Nanamiii..." Valkyrie's eyebrows began twitching dangerously as she tried again.
"Or was the stress from work too much? Oh wait, neither of you work much. So that cant be it
either." Continued Nanami as if she hadn't heard a thing.
"NANAMI!!" Valkyrie raised her voice in an attempt to get the shrine maiden's attention.
" Huh? Oh yes Valkyrie-sama?" asked Nanami, the raised voice managing to pierce through her
internal monologue.
" The bed now Nanami. And no he is not my husband or boyfriend or fiancé or even my lover.
And yes I am still with Freya. So I would appreciate some help for my new EINHERJAR here if you
do not mind." Demanded Valkyrie, not noticing Ranma's reaction to the word fiancé.
"Oh of course Valkyrie-sama. This way please." And lead Valkyrie to a bed in the corner,
facing the window. Valkyrie laid Ranma down on the bed indicated and went to the visitor's
lounge while Nanami observed Ranma.
"Oh my quite a handsome lad we have here." Mused Nanami as she gazed upon Ranma's unconscious
form. " Must be quite a heartbreaker back on Midgard. A bit rough round the edges, still nothing
Valkyrie-sama could not fix. With proper training he should be ready to be a true noble Einherjar
." And she headed to the medicine storeroom for the needed herbs and ointments.
Which is a pity as if she had been by his side;
she would have witnessed Ranma humming softly a Norse lullaby, which was popular in the
pre-Ragnarok world, and Valhalla in particular.
*Fields of Asgard, outside Valhalla *
(Pre-Raganrok)
It was a beautiful day even by Asgard's standards.
The sun was shining extra bright that day yet the breeze, helped to reduce the heat from
Sol down to an acceptable level.
A young girl of approximately 8 years was running in the fields.
She was dressed in an earth -brown skirt, with a sleeveless white jacket & red blouse.
She could be seen wearing a pair of woolen shoes, while her hair was fiery red along with
streaks of silver in them, tied into a French braid.
Her eyes were sapphire blue and wide, which if seen closely seems to be capable of reflecting
light from them.
The young girl, who goes by the name of Silmeria, was the youngest of the Goddess of Destiny was
sulking as she walked along the field outside of Valhalla. " Of all the times they have to be
busy, they have to be busy now. Even sister Lenneth has training to do. Why? She always has time
for me. And just my luck they have to be busy on this most beautiful day too. And there was no
reason
for sister Hrist to lecture me! I only asked for some time with my sisters. Is that so wrong?"
and Silmeria began in an uncanny imitation of Hrist's lecturing tone. " Silmeria! Just because
you have time to climb Ygddrasil's trunk does not mean we do! Now be silent before I am forced
to discipline you!" and Silmeria began to sniffle as she remembered how she had cried in fear
until Lenneth went to plead for her from their autocratic sister who was about to use a branch
to "beat some sense into her" as Hrist puts it.
Lenneth had always been like a mother to her, as far as she can remember. None of them could
remember who exactly their parents were and thus Hrist had always been leading the three of them.
She knew that all of them were supposed to be Valkyries once they were capable of doing so, or
if the situation calls for it. The eldest of them Hrist was already making a name for herself as
the Battle Maiden, while Lenneth was training to become another of the Valkyries.
She knew that one of these days she too would have to become another one.
Her future sight had already confirmed this, though the details were rather fuzzy.
Kicking a rock, she decided to try and see how far she could throw the rocks into the air.
Using whatever free time she has, Hrist had taken it upon herself to teach Silmeria some tricks,
in particular ways of manipulating ether energy, something that all the Aseir could do with ease
, though Freya was the master of ether manipulation, due to her position as Giver of Life and
Death, thus the mastery of Creation's basic energy.
One particular favorite of Silmeria was the ability to infuse objects with ether energy,
making them glow and indestructible. It is a basic in god weapons making, but what caught
Silmeria's attention was the fact she could make some very interesting shapes with them,
not to mention the bright glows the objects infused give out. Grabbing a pebble, she
concentrated on directing the ether flows into the pebble and threw it high above the roofs of
Valhalla.
Silmeria was delighted at the new altitude the ether infused pebble had achieved until she heard
the telltale smack of rock against flesh, and an angry screech from one of the eagles patrolling
the skies of Valhalla. Her eyes widened in fear as she saw the shadow of an eagle get bigger and
bigger. She tried to defend herself by throwing more of the rocks at it but it only made the
eagle more furious, she dived to the side when the eagle first swooped down, and the talons
grazed past her shoulders, Silmeria could see the giant bird soaring around her, waiting for an
opening. Her legs were shaking and looked around for her sisters, allowing the eagle to dive
down towards her with a screech and talons outstretched. Silmeria, already terrified by the
ordeal, simply closed her eyes and screamed for her sisters. " Hrist! Lenneth! Help me! Please!"
Her cries were answered as 2 crescent beams of energy, one grayish-black while the other
slightly weaker one platinum-blue crashed into the descending form of the eagle,
just millimeters away from goring Silmeria with its talons.
The eagle managed to regain its bearings and attempted to swoop down on its new aggressors when
it felt the piercing stare of Hrist on it. Looking into the direction of Hrist, the bird of prey
suddenly felt its role change from predator to prey as Hrist fingered her sword, while emitting
a low-pitched guttural growl, which the eagle heard just fine.
Deciding that discretion is the better part of valor, the eagle turned tail & fled back to it's
post above the skies of Valhalla, not wanting to end up as the newest prize of
Hrist of the Valkyries.
While Hrist was staring down the eagle, Lenneth moved swiftly to comfort her distraught
baby-sister, hugging her shivering and sobbing form. She brushed Silmeria's silvery-red hair,
while humming a lullaby she had heard some mortal mothers sing to their children while sneaking
down to Midgard or even tagging along with Hrist as part of her training.
Silmeria buried her face into Lenneth's chest, ignoring the rough surface the designs of the
armor formed, instead wanting to seek comfort in the protection of her elder sibling, all the
while sobbing incoherently while babbling incoherent apologies and thanks.
Lenneth looked up from Silmeria when she heard Hrist stalking towards them,
specifically Silmeria, while her face was a mask of anger. Lenneth saw what was going to happen
and decided to stop her by communicating with Hrist telepathically " No sister, she's upset
enough as it is." And shook her head to emphasize the point.
Sighing, Hrist decided to humor Lenneth and followed her lead, using Telepathy as well
" Lenneth, she must learn to not act before thinking! Throwing rocks infused with ether above
Valhalla, knowing of the guardian eagles. What if we did not arrive in time to save her! "
Directing pleading looks in Hrist's direction, she asked,
" Please sister, I will see that she never do something like this again. Allow me to guide her."
Rolling her eyes, she gave in but added, " You will spoil the child, and you do understand that?
Do you not Lenneth?"
Looking back at Silmeria, Lenneth answered " if possible, may we be able to do that for all time."
Throwing her hands into the air in a showy gesture of defeat, Hrist shouted out loud
" I give up. The brat can get herself killed for all I care!" and stomped off angrily.
The commotion woke up the dozing Silmeria, who upon seeing Hrist stomp away, called out to her
" Wait, sister Hrist! Stop."
Stunned that Silmeria actually called for her, she halted in her tracks
" Yes you little troublemaker?"
Still frightened of her authority figure sister, she stammered out
" Thank you ...Hrist. Thank you"
Turning around rapidly, causing Silmeria to hide behind Lenneth, Hrist's expression was
unreadable, then she snorted and turned back, walking away this time instead of angrily
stomping off, nor could she keep the smile off her face, until she realized she would have to
explain to Odin in regards to the eagle.
Silmeria, who did not see either sign of Hrist's joy was worried that her eldest sibling was
still upset, until Lenneth assured her that Hrist was not upset.
" You sure about this Lenneth?" queried Silmeria
" Very sure Silmeria dear, she just has a different form of expressing her feelings" answered
Lenneth.
Taking the hand of Silmeria, Lenneth led her back into Valhalla.
Ygddrasil Central Office
The 3 Norns had gathered in the main office after Belledandy had received the badly written
message from Urd regarding her latest predicament.
After she had deciphered the message typed by a neo- Pokemon or the former eldest Norn had
sent her, she had rushed to the Ygddrasil main office as soon as she can.
Unfortunately for Urd's pride, so had Skuld, who was informed of Urd's punishment by Belledandy
& was currently laughing her divine ass off, rolling in the ground clutching her tummy while
tears streamed down her cheeks.
" So! Who's the annoying munchkin now huh? YOU! Urd YOU! JIGGLYPUFF!! . Teased Skuld loudly and
mercilessly while she made an uncanny imitation of Urd's current 1 word vocabulary. Unable to
hold back any longer, she broke into maniacal laughter again. "Bwahahahaha!!"
Belledandy was meanwhile trying to find a cure for Freya's magic.
She could ask for a cure directly from her, but she did not really want to confront Freya
directly " Not to mention Urd really could use some lessons on keeping her foot out of her mouth,
or keeping the terms of her probation as well." Thought Belledandy with a little smile.
She was among the ones who were sent to clean Mimir's Well of sake and Urd's own puke.
"She certainly wont be doing that now," thought Belledandy to herself.
She was suddenly informed of a new message by the console she was using as a tune played to the
theme of the American movie You Got Mail.
She checked the circular and saw the data regarding the new Einherjar's life on Midgard.
She gasped out a shocked "Oh My" as she went through Ranma Saotome file and the details of his
life. " Abusive parents or simply parent. Treated like a prize among women all clamoring to be
his future wife without any thought of his views, enemies out of the woodwork every week, and
to top it off, a curse of Jusenkyo.
Even by Einherjar standards his life is seriously f...sc...messed up." Said Belledandy while
trying not to swear even in her thoughts.
She idly wandered what Valkyrie-sama was likely to do should she see what exactly her new
charge had gone through.
She just hoped it wouldn't involve sinking all of Nerima below sea level. Deciding that
Valkyrie had a right to know, she sent it straight to Valkyrie's own account at Valhalla proper,
while muttering a prayer for Genma Saotome.
Turning to her 2 sisters, she wondered if she should leave Urd like this for a few hours more,
even if it is too cute even for her taste. The enchantment that Freya had left was not too hard
to break, and she could break it in a few tries.
The matter was taken out of her hands, as there was a flash of light and the enchantment on Urd
wore off. Urd began to stare dangerously at the still laughing Skuld while waiting for her to
look at her so she could see the face of her chosen victim,
while Belledandy decided to scoot away as far as she could from Urd who looked ready to burst.
Urd was ready to go Old Testament on Skuld, relations be damned.
Skuld's danger sense went into overdrive as she felt the electric tingle that signified a
heavy build up of ether. She stared into the furious face of Urd and could only say " Eeeppp."
And decided to hightail it far away. She didn't care where, so long as she was away from Urd.
Urd for her part did not bother with threats, only shot out her gathered ether,
and said "(DIE!!)" and chased after Skuld. If she couldn't get back at Freya, she would take
it out on Skuld instead, who had the gall to laugh at her.
It was HER stuff Urd had sneaked in to take.
* Eir's Infirmary*
Ranma woke to the sounds of clattering of surgical equipment and saw a young girl
who was dressed in the robes of a shrine maiden, albeit more colorful than he was used to.
The shrine maiden noticed him awaken and moved to help him seat up in his bed.
Ranma tried to stop her but found her surprisingly strong.
Giving up, he allowed her to help him.
As Nanami moved to feed him some ambrosia, stirred into a broth,
Ranma began to protest, especially after she blew the spoon and said,
"Open wiiddeee" as if talking to a baby.
" I'm not some baby that needs ta be fed lady. I can eat myself just fine!" and grabbed the
bowl of ambrosia broth. Nanami just giggled as Ranma's still weak hands could not hold the bowl
or spoon properly. While Ranma grumbled as Nanami took the bowl from him and began feeding him,
she spoke " Ranma-san, as a fellow member of the Yamato race, I must advice you to take care of
yourself. Valkyrie-sama has high hopes for you, not to mention she is rather protective of you.
It would simply break her heart should anything happen to you. Please," Nanami put down the bowl
and grabbed Ranma's hands " Promise me, that you will never break her heart, please Ranma-san"
pleaded Nanami
"Uh sure...I guess." Said Ranma, forgetting how his tendency to promise others had gotten him
in trouble before.
"Glad to hear it, Ranma-san" beamed Nanami and began to start feeding him the broth again.
After Nanami had finished with feeding him and left,
Ranma lay back in his bed and was about to doze off when he heard a familiar tune he had heard
somewhere before. Getting off the bed, he followed the sound to the visitor's lounge, where he
saw Valkyrie without her helmet, humming the tune he found so heart-warming.
While Valkyrie looked every bit the warrior goddess she is in full regalia, without her helmet
and back dropped against the cozy atmosphere of the lounge, he reminded him of the Nodoka he
remembered from his early childhood, not the sword-toting figure he now fears.
Even without the threat of seppuku hanging over his head when his mother decided he was
still manly with the curse, the image of someone giving him the unconditional love was
shattered beyond repair.
"Then why? Am I attaching that image with someone who only just met me a few dozen hours ago?
She obviously considers me someone to train, and I certainly never got the warm fuzzy feeling
from Pop." Thinking back to the training he had with Valkyrie, he realized
" Even in training, she never insulted me once." He recalled how happy Valkyrie looked when
his attacks connected, and the praise she showered on him whenever he showed an advanced
technique. At first, he thought that it was a ploy to lower his guard, until he saw the
expressions and decided it was all-genuine. " She cared about me for my sake,
I can't remember when was the last time something like that happened"
Ranma was so engrossed in his thoughts; he did not notice that Valkyrie was waving her hands in
front of him until the fifth try by Valkyrie. Apparently, Valkyrie had noticed Ranma
standing there and had approached him. Regaining his senses, Ranma heard the question
Valkyrie was asking him. "Ready to go Ranma?"
"Yep, sure do," replied Ranma confidently.
"Let us depart then," said Valkyrie as she put on her helmet.
Even outside, Ranma was still racking his brains, something he does not do often,
and for the answers to the conflicting answers or even the dream he just had.
So much so he didn't notice the two incoming high-speed objects.
Urd was seriously pissed as she chased Skuld all over Asgard, tossing shots of ether in her,
which was why she did not see Skuld jump over a distracted pig-tailed youth.
Her reaction to the obstacle in her quest for vengeance was to toss an ether shot at him,
turning him into pile of soot covered...something. Which was why she did not notice she was
running on mid-air until she noticed a tug on her robes and suddenly stared into the VERY angry
face of Lenneth Valkyrie. Urd managed to whimper out "mommy" before she was introduced to a
world of hurt.
Ranma on the other hand managed to cough out "...medic" before passing out again for the
second time that day.
*Valhalla, living quarters *
Ranma and Valkyrie stumbled into the main hall of Valhalla.
Both were tired although Ranma had the added "privilege" of getting blasted twice.
Valkyrie went to check on her console when she heard Ranma mumble out "Where is the room?"
Not looking up from her console, Valkyrie pointed in the direction of north, not knowing that
she had pointed at her door instead of the one to the right.
When Ranma had went into the door the room shown to him, he collapsed onto the double bed there,
without turning on the lights. Therefore, Ranma was very surprised to feel a silky hand start
playing with his pigtail or someone breathing down his neck. The hand moved to his chest and
stopped, and began to pat It a few times before he heard a woman's voice say
" Lenneth, since when did you change to a man?" and a light of ether was formed on her palm
as Freya stared into the nervous face of Ranma.
Valkyrie was reading the file on Ranma's life and was literally steaming with anger.
She thinking of things to do to some of the people listed in the file when she heard two screams,
one belonging to Ranma while the other belongs to Freya.
She rushed to the room when she heard a loud "Kaboom" and muttered " Nanami's going to throw a
fit when she sees this" and marched into her room.
Sure enough, there was Freya, wearing only a tiny-black translucent teddy while Ranma was
laying a heap on the ground. She could see him mouth the words " When will the hurting stop"
before his eyes rolled over.
"Freya?" said Valkyrie in an emotionless voice.
"Yes Lenneth?" replied the blonde goddess.
"Help me carry him to the infirmary. Oh yes, you are sleeping on the couch tonight as well."
Snapped Valkyrie.
"Aww" pouted Freya. " Lenneth!" whined Freya.
"Act your age , Freya! You reacted with excessive force and this is
the minimal punishment for you. Read my lips. No. Nookie . For. You . Tonight."
Stated Valkyrie.
"Humph, I bet you just want to try him for yourself." Muttered Freya under her
breath while carrying Ranma in a fireman's carry.
"I heard that!" shouted Valkyrie, who had flown ahead to scout for any possible threat to
Ranma's well being, flying past the crumpled form of Urd,
who just had every sword move created unloaded on her, with some new variants of
your run-of -the-mill chi blast.
Meanwhile back on Midgard, Belledandy wandered where was her sister at,
while sewing Keichi's jacket.
Author's notes
I have finished the first chapter of Valkyrie Ranma.
Next we will see how the Nerima crew reacts to the new Ranma and Valkyrie.
Genma haters will
Get a real feast next chapter.
For those of you who object to the pairing of Valkyrie and Freya due to Lucian,
well, he's not going to be in the story due to the fact,
Lucian's character had fulfilled every duty he had plot-wise.
I can't include him without derailing the entire work.
As for Freya being something of a slut, well those who know the Freya of Mythology will know that
she's one of the most sexually promiscuous of all the goddesses , kinda like the female variant
of Zeus .
Simply basing the Freya of the game with the one from Mythology folks.
Up next, the neo-Einherjar meets the crew form Nerima in an attempt to finally finish his mortal
life by tying up lose ends.
JF_1999
(Yes Eir and Nanami are both characters from Valkyrie Profile,
Eir being the Goddess of Healing and Nanami a shrine maiden of Yamato,
a recruit able character.)