Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 and Oh my Goddess! characters do not belong to me. I am merely 'borrowing' them for the period this fic will take to be finished (considering my previous track record, sometime right before apocalypse)



"RANMA NO BAKA!!" A voice screamed as a giant mallet descended on a small, insignificant Ranma.

"Yah!" Ranma jolted up, sweating slightly. 'What a dream..' He thought, wiping the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand. ' And it seemed so real too. Man even in my dreams, that violent tomboy has to hit me,' he scowled in annoyance. 'I can't even have a peaceful dream because of that...' His thought trailed off as he noticed something.

He was not in his room.

How did he know? There could have been a dozen subtle reasons, unfortunately Ranma only saw the most direct reasons, the ones that stared him straight in the eye, and bit him before he noticed it. Not to say Ranma was dumb, once he grasped a concept nothing could stop him. Unfortunately, most times either he didn't care about grasping the concept or was too ignorant to grasp it.

If he was not in his room, then where was he? That was a question Ranma was determined to find out. Tip-toeing quietly out of the room, he stalked the hallways of what seemed to be a temple. Quietly, stealthily he crept, confidant that no one could hear him.

" Oh, are you playing a game?" Came a voice that sounded like Kasumi's.

To say that Ranma was surprised would have been obvious. Kasumi had never snuck up on him before without him hearing her, how had she managed to do it now? Either way, he meant to ask her.

He turned around, opening his mouth to ask her. "Kas- Who are you!" He jumped backwards, getting some distance from the woman and him. If Akane saw him with another woman... He left that thought unfinished, best not to think about too unpleasent things. But for some reason, he had the strangest feeling of deja-vu.

"Don't you remember me? I'm Belldandy." Her face took on a slightly hurt expression.

Suddenly it all came back to Ranma, the wish, Akane kicking him out, reaching the temple in the night. It all came back to him with startling clarity. "But...that was only a...dream..." He managed to stutter. Goddess's? Wishes? His mind choked on the pieces of information, not really believing them. Yet standing before him, was the proof. The woman, no goddess Belldandy. Finally he dealt with this the only way he could, he fainted.

"Oh my."

****

Ranma woke, for the second time in ten minutes and found himself staring into a pair of brown eyes.

'Such beautiful eyes...' Ranma thought, he could lose himself in them forever. Then he realised exactly what he was doing. Smacking himself on the head, he stood up.

Belldandy was puzzled, she never had too much experience with humans before. Ranma had woken up staring at her peculiarly. For some reason, the memory of that made her flush crimson. She brought a hand slowly up to her cheek. 'Why am I blushing?'

Ranma stared at Belldandy, not sure of what to say. After all, what could you say to a goddess whom you had just met last night, and was now not only your fiancee and living with you in a temple. So now, Ranma had a probelm which he decided to solve in his own unique blunt way. He just had to say something, regardless of how stupid it sounded. With a course of action firmly decided, he opened his mouth.

" Hi."

" Hi." Belldandy's reply was hesitant, not sure of where the conversation was going.

".........." Ranma thought of what else he could say. Finally deciding there was nothing really tactful he

could say. "Well, I need to go to school. See ya."

" Oh wait, I'm going to school with you." Belldandy stood up quickly, following Ranma to the door.

" But you're too old to go to high school." Ranma protested, stopping suddenly. He did not want to think of the consequences if Belldandy followed him to school. On one hand, his other fiancees might be happy that he had gotten rid of one fiancee, but then again...if they learned he had gotten another fiancee.... He left the thought hanging in the air. Ucchan probably wouldn't do anything drastic, but Shampoo and Kodachi? They were the real threat.

" Is that all? Easily solved." Belldandy's features seemed to blur, until standing before him was a pretty young girl of his age.

'Uh-oh. Now what do I do?' Ranma tried to think of any excuse at all to get her to stay. " No, really I insist. Stay here and relax, school's much too troublesome." With a quick wave, he bounded out of the temple without giving Belldandy a chance to reply.

****

Something wandered the streets of Nerima. Something big, strong. Able to crush boulders, able to shatter rock like so much cheap plastic. Able to bend steel like so much plasticine. Something wearing a spotted head-band and currently scratching it's head in confusion.

" Where on earth am I now!" The eternal lost boy shouted to the heavens. 'Ranma, this is all your fault!' He thought viciously to himself. If you hadn't dumped Akane, I wouldn't be out here looking for you!' If only the heavens would let him spot his wily prey and let him get revenge for Akane. "Ahhh....sweet Akane," Ryouga whispered to himself, as he started to go into daydream land.

"Oh Ryouga!" Akane cried as she ran across the meadow to embrace him.

" Oh Akane!" Ryouga cried as he ran to her.

"Hi Ryouga." Ranma said, as he sprinted past Ryouga in a depserate bid to reach school on time.

" Oh, hi Ranma." Ryouga said absented mindedly, not really paying attention as he continued with his daydream.

"Ryouga, you're so brave." Akane said, as she hugged him.

"Yes I am, aren't- RANMA!?!" Daydream Ryouga's eyebrow started twitching.

------

Ranma wondered what Ryouga was doing standing in the middle of a street, smiling so blissfully, smiling so sweetly that it would have killed a diabetic. 'Probably thinking about Akane.' Ranma thought. 'And she called me a pervert! Hah, if only she knew!' Ranma's line of thought was abruptly cut off by a familiar cry.

"RANMA!! PREPARE TO DIE!!"

Ranma sighed. 'Some thing's never change.' Turning around to face an enraged Ryouga, who was currently charging towards him like a bull. " What is it now?" He said impatiently. " I don't have time for this."

" Ranma! How dare you dump Akane! How dare you be unfaithful to Akane, I always knew you were a cad but this takes the cake!"

" Come on P-chan, she dumped me. Besides why do you care so much now that Akane is free?"

Ryouga paused a bit at that. Why did he care so much? After all, Akane was free now wasn't she? Still his anger did not go away. "It's because you were unfaithful to Akane!"

Ranma's eyes hardened as his face took on an angry cast. " Oh yeah! And who are you to lecture me on morals Mr. Let-me-pretend-Im-a-pet-and-sleep-with-Akane."

"Argh! That's all your fault! If you hadn't knocked me into Jusenkyo!"

" What now! Did I force you not to tell Akane your curse immediately?"

" ARGH!! ENOUGH RANMA!! DIE!!" Ryouga yelled as he jumped towards Ranma.

Ranma deftly skipped out of the way, as Ryouga's fist made a crater in the street. 'Damn it! I'm sick and tired of people always blaming me, always getting angry at me! Dammit, I can get angry too!' With that thought, he spat out the words as he flipped his pig-tail back with his thumb, "Fine! If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you get!"

Roaring, the two contestants leapt at each other and the fight was on.

------

Ryouga's fist slammed into Ranma, sending him sprawling backwards into a wall, destroying it in the

process.

It did not look good for him, Ranma had to admit to himself. They had been fighting non-stop for thirty minutes now, and Ryouga seemed to have the upper hand. Something was very wrong with this picture. For one, he should be winning unless Ryouga had undergone some new training techniques. He had hit Ryouga with enough punches that he ought to have been unconscious by now, not standing there smirking at him. Had Ryouga's endurance gone up even higher? But that didn't seem possible, the whole week he had been stuck as a pig. There was no way he could have gotten any training. Unless you counted being crushed in Akane's arm training, not that he was going to try it of course.

Ryouga smiled down at his defeated foe. He didn't know what had gone differently today, but he wasn't going to complain. Not with Ranma lying defeated at his feet. In fact, he was feeling pretty proud of himself.

Ranma struggled to get up, which probably wasn't a good idea since his ribs felt like they were on fire. Every single part of him ached. But he would not, could not let himself be defeated by Ryouga. His pride wouldn't let it. He had to be the best, he had to, otherwise what was the use of training all his life, or learning the nekoken?

"What's wrong Ranma? Having some difficulties?" Ryouga taunted. " A half-man like you doesn't deserve anyone. Hah! You could be a couple all by yourself." This was a new sensation he had never tasted before, now he was the one being cocky instead of Ranma.

"Shut up!" Ranma growled through gritted teeth.

" Make me. " Ryouga said, as he continued tauning Ranma.

Ranma struggled to stand, each taunt from Ryouga igniting a spark of anger within him. Within time, they sparks became a full-blazing inferno.

"Shut up!" Ranma yelled, stand straight. He would not let Ryouga see any weakness in him. His whole body felt flushed. His battle aura sprang up, dark red with streaks or darkest black.

" Half-man!" Ryouga continued in his relentless verbal assualt of Ranma.

"SHUT UP!!" Ranma yelled, as all the bottled up anger within him bubbled towards the surface. Akane always hitting him, his father for being such a total idiot, making him learn the nekoken and taking him to Jusenkyo. Nabiki for always selling compromising pictures of him,the Kuno's for always grabbing onto him. The list went on and on. He felt like an overwound spring, tense and ready to break. His fists were clenched in rage, as he stood there looking at them, remembering everything done to anger him.

Ryouga stared at Ranma. 'What is he up to now?'

The tension increased with every passing moment, just as Ranma's anger did too. He stood there, not moving as he recalled every single wrong that had been done to him.

Ryouga had enough. Ranma was probably trying to stall, well it wasn't going to work. This time he'd show Ranma who was better. Yelling his familiar battlecry. he charged Ranma.

Ranma watched as Ryouga charged him. Finally he could not hold the spring down anymore.

"SHUT...." He growled through gritted teeth, the palms of his hand seemed to be glowing slightly. He noticed with idle curiousity that when he placed them together, they glowed even brighter.

" UP!!" He yelled, as he held both his palms out together; experiencing a strange sucking sensation as he did so. The spring unwound with a ferocious roar, all the pent up energy now directed at Ryouga.

Ryouga was surprised. And to be honest, more than a little afraid. Ranma's battle aura had disappeared, as if it had been sucked away. Almost immediately Ryouga noticed that a glowing ball of red energy; with black swirls in it, had formed in Ranma's palm. At the sound of Ranma's voice, the ball had started travelling towards him, gaining speed as it went. Surprise won over years of Martial arts training, as he stood there, shocked and frightened like a little child as the ball of energy smashed into him with the force of a whirlwind.(1)

Ranma watched, horrified as Ryouga's body was slammed backwards; breaking through several concrete walls in the process. What had he done? He took a step, hesitantly towards Ryouga before he felt a wave of fautigue wash over him as his eyes rolled up and his body slumped bonelessly to the ground.

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The figure watched from the rooftops, savouring the destruction the two young whelps had wrought. Surprising how two boys could cause so much damage. The plan had turned out to be a failure, Saotome still survived, despite the endurance drugs Ryouga had been given. Pity though, but at least the day was not a total waste. 'So much anger for one so young...'

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Ranma awoke, and immediately wished he hadn't. Every single muscle in his body cried out for rest, he felt like he had just climbed Mount Everest in thirty minutes. He recognised the place he was, after all he had been here many times.

Dr. Tofu walked in the door, surprised to see his young patient was awake. "Hello Ranma."

"Hi Doc," Ranma's voice was grumpy and tired. "So how am I?"

" Well, you're perfectly healthy except for some cracked ribs and minor bruises. The ribs will probably heal in time, but I wouldn't advise getting into any fights. Also you were completely exhuasted when someone brought you here, so you'll also need plenty of rest. But other than that, you're okay."

"Thanks Doc," Ranma said, as he got off the clinical bed. " You see Ryouga anywhere?"

" Well, yes..." The word was drawn out. " He was found near you. He seems pretty bad, a few fractures and major bruises. Almost as if he was hit by some powerful object. But he heals pretty fast, so he'll probably be awake by late afternoon tomorrow. You can drop by then if you want to visit him."

" I guess I will." Ranma said, feeling a slight tinge of guilt. He hadn't meant to hurt Ryouga so badly.

***

Akane sat fuming silently as she stared at Ranma's empty seat. 'Where is he?' She thought, her mind

dredging up several...unpleasent scenarios. 'I bet he's with his new fianceee. Ooh the nerve of the guy! No sooner does he break up with me, than he goes fawning over some.....HUSSY! How dare he not come back all night!' Her previous night had not been good, not with her father and Genma crying all night. She couldn't get to sleep at all, not without her father and Mr. Saotome bursting in every now and then, begging, no PLEADING for her to take Ranma back. Finally it ended with her kicking the both of them out of her room and telling them to stay out. But by then, dawn was already awakening and it was too late to sleep. And the lack of sleep was doing wonders for her patience, or lack thereof. 'I bet he's just laughing at me behind my back, laughing at how he got rid of such a kawaiikunai fiancee,' the surrounding people around Akane quickly began to back away as she started glowing a violent blue.

As if summoned by her thoughts, Ranma walked into the class.

"RANMA NO BAKA!!"(2)

"What did I do noooww....." Ranma's voice faded as he flew off into the atmosphere.

****

Ranma trudged into class an hour later, soaking wet. It had not been an enjoyable sixty minutes. It had started with him landing into the Tendo pond. There, Genma and Mr. Tendo had attempted to persuade him to take Akane back as a fiancee, when he wasn't even the one who had dissolved the engagement. 'They ought to talk to Akane, not me. Bet she never has to put up with this.' Well maybe persuading was not exactly correct. They had been on their knees, begging him, crying all the way. Even Genma had started crying bucketfuls. Genma had even threatened him with sepekku.

*Flash back*

" If you don't marry Akane, then you won't be a manly man. And then we'll have to commit sepekku!"

*Back to present.*

No matter how Ranma thought upon it, it didn't make sense. What did having to be manly have to do with sepekku? Knowing his pop though, it was probably his fault.

After his pop and Mr.Tendo had seen that he was not going to change his mind, they had started attacking him. Normally he could have taken care of them, but he had been too tired to fight them effectively. The most he had been manage was a sort of draw between him and the two of them. Neither one of them had been winning when Shampoo had somehow managed to get news that Ranma was at the Tendo Dojo, and had gone to join them accompanied by Mousse. Things had steadily degraded downhill from there, and just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, Ukyou and Kodachi had shown up. Things had turned into a free for all, with Mousse trying to kill him, Kodachi trying to paralyze him, Shampoo trying to fight off Kodachi and hug him at the same time and the two fathers trying to beat him into submission.

Finally, he had managed to settle the insanity by sneaking away silently. He doubted anyone noticed his absence, they were too busy fighting each other.

He saw Akane looking at him, glaring at him. And for once in his life, he glared back, with as much anger as she had.

He saw Akane's gaze falter a bit, before she sniffed disdainfully, turning her head sharply away from him.

The rest of the day went uneventfully, for him at least.

****

Dr. Tofu looked at the injured masses before him. Sometimes, he thought he had more business than hospitals had. He felt the start of a slight headache.

"Shampoo, my love for you is true!!"

" Get your hands of me peasent!"

" How dare you go after my Ran-chan."

" Ranma my husband, not yours!"

" Waaahhhhh!! Saotome, what ever shall we do?"

His headache got a lot worse.

****

Belldandy hummed to herself as she entertained her houseguest.

" Ring, ring."

" Please excuse me." She said politely, as she made her way to answer the phone.

" Hello?"

" Oh, hello father.*pause* Yes I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Okay, bye." She smiled as she hung up the

phone, it was nice to hear from home once in a while.

" Who was that?" Ranma said, as he walked into the room. School was finally over. Right now, he felt like going to his futon and sleeping for the rest of his life.

" Just my father."

" Oh, I see." Ranma said disinterestedly. For some reason, he just couldn't concentrate. 'Wait a minute.

Her father?' His mind thought this out for a while, before settling for an answer. "KAMI-SAMA!?!?"

"Why yes, that's what he's called sometimes."

" You mean to tell me Kami-sama called you over the phone?"

" Of course."

Ranma blinked, then blinked again. 'Must be some sort of in thing.'

Belldandy blinked in surprise as she took in Ranma's dishevelled wear. His clothes were torn in various places, and stained. "Bad day?"

" Don't ask. " Ranma mumbled, sulking. "Is there anything to eat?"

" Why, yes. We also have a houseguest." Belldandy said, leading him to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, he met a short, dwarfed old man dressed in the ceremonial robes of a Shinto priest.

" This is Mr. Cherry. He lives in the temple next to ours."

" Hi," Ranma replied, not bothering to look in Cherry's direction. He seemed harmless enough. Instead his

gaze was fixed to the big pot which was simmering on the counter.

" Hmm... young man, you seem to have an aura around you." Cherry intoned ominously. "Fear not, let the drops of spiritual water cleanse you." Needless to say, the usual happened.

Ranma-chan turned to look at Cherry, who had just thrown a whole flask of cold water at him, triggering his curse.

" So the boy is possessed. Fear not, for I shall save you." Cherry said, striking a herioc pose. Running at Ranma-chan, he jumped his hands whirring into blurs.

Within seconds, Ranma-chan stood covered with spiritual wards which were having no effects on her except to make her already strained temper start to break. Cherry looked at her with evident surprise. "If the wards don't work on you, I'll just do this the traditional way." He said, as he pulled a wooden sword out of no where before charging at Ranma-chan.

" Yaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!" Ranma-chan screamed punting Cherry into orbit.

" I'll be backkkk............" Cherry wailed.

"Why me!?!!" Ranma screamed. It seemed he always attracted the wierd ones. 'I swear that guy can be as annoying as Happosai....maybe they're brothers...'(3)

*****

Meanwhile at a nearby house, a couple was snuggling up to the TV,watching a movie. Just then, a pair of legs started appearing out of the TV. It was soon followed by a figure which would have made any male sit up and take notice. Which unfortunately this male did.

"Oww! What did you slap me for?"

" Why were you leering at her!"

" I was not leering at her. I was just.....uh..surprised that's all."

" Right, and I'm Sailormoon. You perverted jerk! You tried to get the 'Playboy' channel again didn't you!?"

" I'm innocent!" The man whined, holding his hands above his head to protect himself.

None of them noticed the woman had slipped out though, phasing herself through the wall.

****

At a local stadium however, the final match of the Nerima rugby finals were taking place.

" And if Tomobiki can kick this over the pole, they win!" Came and excited announcer's voice.

The kick was perfect, sending the rugby ball sailing towards the pole. Just it was about to cross the pole however, something dropped from the sky, knocking it off course.

Everyone at the stadium gasped, what was it? Was it a flying saucer? A bird. But as they got closer, what they saw disappointed and infuriated them. A slightly worse for the wear, familiar Shinto priest, AKA Cherry.

"CHEEERRRY!!!" Dozens of battle auras lit the stadium.

*****

Ranma sighed, as he relaxed in the hot bath, enjoying the way it relaxed his muscles. It was so comfortable that he might have fallen asleep but for one minor detail. An exotic bronze woman was phasing through the wall.

" Hi, sorry about this. Just passing through." Urd apologised to the human, even as she ran her eye over his muscular frame. He had a better body than most humans she had known. Yet that face seemed so familiar, like something she should recognise but didn't.

They stood, staring at one another neither one saying a word.

Ranma was not sure how to react. For one thing, he was naked in the bathroom and there was a woman with him. On the other hand, the woman had just phased through the wall, a thing which he swore was not humanely possible.

" Nice bod there," Urd said teasingly, as she winked at him not unlike a cat. "We really ought to get together sometime," she purred at him.

That decided it, Ranma did what came naturally when he was confronted by strange women who phased through bathrooms and acted like cats. He screamed, "Aaaaarrrrgggh!!!"

A short while later, Belldandy rushed in. "Is anything wrong? I heard a scream coming from he- Urd!? What are you doing here?"

"What? Can't I visit my younger sister for no reason?"

"That's not like you at all."

" I'm so hurt. My sister ought to know me better."

" What about Yggdrasil?"

" Skuld's taking care of it. Don't worry."

"Hrgmm," Ranma cleared his throat, drawing their attention, immediately wishing he hadn't when he realised he was still in the tub naked. "Do you mean? I'm trying to take a bath here."

When they left, he sank down to the bottom, submerging his head into the water as he tried to relax. *This cannot be happening to me. Curses I can take, four fiancess I can take. But Goddess's?*

*****

Nabiki's curses filled the coming night air. She had not managed to follow Ranma back to his new home. It seemed like he had known someone was trailing him, taking the most tiring, most curious routes; hopping over rooftops, jumping over canals. But she knew it would only be a matter of time before Ranma's new address was known to her. 'And that,' She chuckled, 'was when the fun would start.'

The End



(1) What did Ranma do to Ryouga? Well I tried it to make it appear that Ranma did a chi attack based on anger. Usually Ranma makes a chi attack based on confidence or pride, but he used one based on anger this time. Sure he's not Akane, but come on. After all that's been done with him, if he doesn't even feel the slightest bit of anger.... well he must be as patient as Belldandy.

(2) Akane may seem slightly more mad this time. But she isn't really, I mean she suspects Ranma of spending the night with one of his fiancees. Sure she didn't see him go with one of his fiancees, but she's more than likely to jump to that conclusion. Besides she had a real bad night.

(3) Scary thought isn't it?

Sining