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)



"Yaah!" Ranma yelled, holding both palms out. *Damn!* He thought when it became apparent nothing would happen. He was trying to repeat the same move he had made in the last fight with Ryouga, but for some reason, it wouldn't work.(1)

Sighing, he gave up. He had spent over one hour standing the garden of the temple trying to figure out how to do the move. He had gone through exactly the same motions that he remembered he had done with Ryouga, but there was something missing... He didn't know how he knew, but it didn't feel quite...the same. It was tremendously frustrating, it was like almost having completed a jigsaw puzzle, only to find the final piece missing.

Well he would practice some more when he came back. He was sure he would learn in time. Turning back to the temple(it was time for breakfast after all) he noticed the two goddess's staring at him from within the temple. He studied them both in his mind, not giving the slightest indication he was doing so.

Belldandy, how did he feel about her anyway? She was nice and there was something special in her that seemed to draw him like a moth to a flame. It drew him to her, and ensnared him as tightly as any bonds of steel.

Urd. The Goddess of Love, or so she claimed. Somehow that sent a shiver down his spine, hopefully she wasn't here to interfere with his fiancee business. Belldandy had drawn him aside last night, to warn him that Urd tended to be rather...overzealous at times. The last thing he needed now was more trouble. Heaven only knew he had enough of that. He didn't really like the way she tended to look at him, like a slab of meat. He also didn't like the way she had reacted when she found he had three fiancees and a pyscho after him. She had acted way too....(what was the word he was looking for?) happy, that was it. She had acted way too happy, like a child who discovered a new toy to play with.

Greeting the both of them politefully, careful to keep a discreet distance between himself and Urd, he walked with them into the dining room to eat.

(1) In case you don't know what move it is, it was the same move he used to defeat Ryouga in part 2. Which was basically a ki-blast.

*****

Urd stared at the boy after he left. Was it just her, or did he seem scared-no, that was too strong a word, he seemed cautious of her. Like he didn't know if she was friend or enemy, not treating her with hostility, but not exactly greeting her with open arms either.

"You're not planning to do anything are you Urd?"

"What makes you think that?"

" You have that look...."

" Hey, it won't hurt if that prude learns to relax more." Urd grinned in such a way that it would have made any other people besides Belldandy very nervous.

" Urd, I don't want you doing-" Belldandy didn't have enough time to finish her sentence as Urd disappeared. Belldandy sighed, she was all too used to this. Well, her sister would probably be back soon. She just hoped Urd didn't cause too much trouble this time. Ranma deserved a break from the probelms that plagued his life. If only she could do more...

*****

*It's really peaceful now. No one to disturb me at all.* Ranma thought contendedly, as he raced along the fence, his usual 'road'. The peace was a welcome distraction from his thoughts. He felt good. Like meeting an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time. The same way he had felt when Ryouga had shown up.(Of course that had been spoiled when Ryouga started trying to maim him.) *Almost reminds me of the training trip.* He scowled as he remembered Genma. What was his baka Oyaji going to do now?

*No Ryouga waiting around to kill me, no Mousse...wait Mousse is still out there." Gazing around suspiciously, Ranma walked into a nearby shop. After a few moments, he soon came out carrying what looked like a normal mineral water bottle. *Well, if Mousse does show up, all I have to do is splash him with this and kick him away.*

Grinning confidently, he continued running towards Furinkan High.

*****

Ranma reached class, for the first time ever, on time, even if it was only a minute before the bell rang. He looked at Akane who seemed to be staring at him, with a thoughtful yet sad expression on her face. Ucchan sat in the oppsoite corner, behind Akane as she also stared at him, but this one was filled with optimism and assurance. She grinned cheerfully at him, even so bold as to wink boldly at him.

*What I wouldn't give to know what's on their mind.* He thought wryly to himself. Girls were a complete mystery to him, even if he had the body of one whenever he got splashed with cold water. Speaking of water, he felt kinda thirsty too. He was just about to go to the water cooler when he realised he had brought a bottle of water with him.

Taking the cap off, he began drinking...

"Class, this is our new student Urd."(2)

"Rrrgh!!" Ranma spit out the water still in his mouth, and immediately started choking violently. However the more typical reaction from the boys were to stare at her, while some of the girls eyed her with open hostility, often whacking the boys next to them with a textbook on the head.

"What are you doing here!?!" He yelled, jumping to the front of the class when he finally managed to recover.Urd seemed different somehow...No she looked *younger*. It seemed like years had just flowed off her, but right now he didn't really care for that. What he wanted to know was why Urd was here.

" Why can't I be here?" Urd answered defiantly.

" Are you kidding!?! Don't tell me you don't know why!? What kind of godd..mrpmhgh." Ranma struggled to get his words past Urd's hands, which were currently blocking his mouth.

(2) Hey, I figure Urd would join Furinkan just for the pure mischief of it.

******

Akane stared sadly at Ranma, why did he have to be such a jerk? Why wouldn't he apologise to her? After all, it was his fault for getting another fiancee(Genma had denied ever engaging Ranma to a person named Belldandy). Why couldn't he just apologise? Did she want him to apologise?

She wished she knew, her emotions were all jumbled up. She knew that Ranma could be nice if he wanted to, but those occasions seemed few and far between. Most of the time, he hid the nicer part of him behind the barrier of macho pride he had.

She came to with a start as she realised the teacher was introducing a new student.Urd?(Who had a figure that even models would envy, Akane thought, enviously) She heard the sounds of someone choking fiercely in the background. Wait, that was Ranma. He seemed pretty surprised to see this Urd.

What was the meaning of this? This wasn't the same fiancee he had gotten a few days ago.

Was this another one?!? Well she meant to find out.

******

"Excuse me, you seem rather familiar with him." Akane said, backed up by Ukyou.

Ranma's eyes widened in horror, he had a very *bad* feeling about this.*Please don't let her say what I think she's gonna-*

"Of course, I live with him."

*say.........*

" Raanmma," Akane and Ukyou growled, surrounding him. "What is the meaning of this?"

" I didn't do anything! Honest!" He pleaded frantically, trying to defuse their auras. He saw it wasn't working. *Oh man! Why don't they believe me?*

Urd stared quizically at the both of the girls. They seemed to be glowing, and their energy levels had risen drastically. "What are they doing that for?" She asked, turning to Ranma.

" Shut up and run!" He shouted, grabbing her hand as he followed his own advice.

"Raannmmma!!!"

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but they ain't got anything on a certain two martial arts individuals.

****

Kuno wandered the empty halls of Furinkan high. He was in exceptionally high spirits today, Sasuke had told him of how Akane had finally broken free of that Vile Saotome's spell. Finally she would show how much she really loved him, without that accursed Saotome intefering.

He would have gone to celebrate the wondrous news with her earlier, but he had been in hospital, recovering from one of his sister's more...interesting dinner's.

Just then he heard a noise, now this was not any normal noise.(3) It sounded like World War 3 had finally descended, and could it be? Yes it was. It seemed like the noise was getting closer and closer.

"Ranma stand still!!" He immediately recognised the voice immediately, it was the voice of one of his beloveds, Akane Tendo.



(3)Well maybe it was in Nerima but not anywhere else.

*****

"Aww, man." Ranma groaned as he watched the two enraged martial artist try and brain him. "Come on! This is all a mistake, honest!" He yelled over his shoulder, turning his head backwards for the slightest instant as he continued running.

This proved to be a bad idea as he ran straight into Kuno, who was running towards Akane.

" Saotome!! How dare you try to keep me from my fairest Akane!"

" I don't have time for this Kuno, and it was an accident anyway you big buffoon!" Ranma retorted, getting to his feet quickly helping a slightly confused goddess to her feet.

"Urd, you okay?"

Urd stared at him blankly for a few moments, as if not knowing who he was. "This....this...this,"

" Yes?" Ranma was worried, Urd seemed to be acting strange. Well strange for a human anyway, maybe this was normal for goddess's.

" Is the answer to my prayers!!" A big grin broke out on Urd's face, as she started laughing maniacally. Kami-sama had heard her prayers after all, this had to be most convulated love mess that she had ever seen.

Ranma bigsweated, this was not what he had expected at all.

Kuno stared at the most amazing woman he had ever seen. Who was presently laughing her head off. *Who is this goddess that comes from the heavens to bless me with her presence.* He had to have her.

" I will date with thee!" He yelled, glomping onto Urd.

Urd, having been so distracted with her thoughts did not notice him until he glomped onto her. "Yah!! Off you pervert, get off!!" She screamed, zapping him back into a wall.

"Ranma, what did you do now!!" Akane roared. "You...you..PERVERT!!"

*Hoh boy.* It was going to be one of those days. Grabbing Urd again, he continued running.

*******

Ranma didn't know how much longer he could keep this up, he had already been pursued by Akane, Ukyou and Kuno for over an hour. *Why don't they just give up!* He said, as he kept on running.

"Saotome! Relinquish your hold on my 'white haired goddess'!!"

"Here, you want her you can have her!" Ranma yelled as he tried to pry Urd off him. She had latched onto him with a grip like Azusa's and had refused to let go. In fact to a casual observer, it looked like she was riding on his back. "Let go of me willya!!"

" No way, this is fun!" Urd yelled back, she was having more fun in one day than she had in a whole year.

" Look-" Ranma turned his back to stare her straight in the eyes." I don't-" This proved to be a bad idea, as he tripped over a crack in the pavement he would have sworn wasn't there a second ago.

"Ah,*Whump*!" Ranma voiced in surprised as he collided with the ground. *What is this? Friday the thirteen?* Groaning, not out of any real pain, he tried to get to his feet. But Urd, who was still on top of him shifted suddenly causing him to lose his balance and roll over to the side, along with Urd. Only to end with him being on top of Urd in a rather...incriminating position.

" SAOTOME!" "RANMA!!" "RANCHAN!!"

" It's not what it looks like!" Ranma said, quickly scrambling off Urd. Only to be hit by a flying bicycle.

" Ranma come to Nekohanten live with Shampoo?" Shampoo asked cheerfully, the usual well of bubbliness.

" Fine Ranma, flirt with Shampoo see if I care." Akane turned to go.

" I am not flirting with her, you tomboy!~urk!" Ranma's head was now flattened to the ground courtesy of Akane's mallet.

" Well it certainly looks like it to me!" Akane screamed, before running away from him.

" Aiyah, now violent tomboy go, Ranma come live with Shampoo?"

" No way, if Ranchan is going to live with anyone, it's going to be me!"

Ukyou grabbed his right arm as Shampoo grabbed the other, as they each tugged at Ranma.

" Let go of husband!"

" He's not your husband!"

"HOHOHO, Ranma-sama, fear not for I shall rid you of these harridens."

" Go way pyscho girl."

" Yeah, Ranchan doesn't like you anyway."

The voices blended into a frightening chant, intoxicating Ranma. The words were like heavy

chains, trapping him as reality swirled around him. He had to break free, break free from the chains, from those would seek to bind him.

" Stop it!!" Ranma yelled, as with a strength he didn't know he had, he shook off Ukyou and Shampoo. "I've had enough!" His head spun,as it was all he could do not to faint. "I'm not some toy to be fought over!! I can damn well associate myself with whoever I want, so stop acting like I belong to you!" He screamed at them. And with that he leapt for the roof, seeking to lose them.

******

Ranma sighed as he walked into Dr. Tofu's clinic. What had possessed him to do that? It seemed like it was harder and harder to keep his temper sometimes. *Why can't they be like Belldandy? She doesn't try and force me to do anything.*

Kasumi doesn't either, a voice within his head said emotionlessly. *True, but...it just isn't the same!*

Why not?

*It just isn't the same okay! I don't know why, but it doesn't feel the same!*

" Ranma, you okay?"

Ranma turned to see Dr.Tofu hovering close by, looking at him concernedly. "Yeah, I guess I am." Ranma said, brushing off his thoughts.

" Well okay, you were staring in space for a moment there."

" Im okay." His sentence left no room for questioning. "Where's Ryouga?" He had promised to drop by to see Ryouga yesterday, after he had injured him.

"Oh he recovered earlier and left."

" Great, knowing him he's probably halfway to Hokkaido now." Ranma mumbled, but without half it's former energy. It seemed more a programmed response than any other. " Well, guess I better get going. See you, Dr."

Dr. Tofu watched his young patient walk away, shoulders hunched slightly. Ranma had seemed unusually 'out of it' when he spoke to him. Something seemed to have him in a funk. Whatever it was, he hoped Ranma would recover from it.

******

Ranma walked home, for once surrounded by stifling silence. It was as if the world was in shock for there were no noises to be heard. He walked, looking at the pavement as if it held something of interest to him. He felt so...tired today.



*Splash* The sudden splash of cold water, and the change shocked him back to reality. Grimacing, he(now a she) looked around for who had splashed him.

" Ranma-chan, look at what I have for you!" Happosai said, holding out a bra.

" Go way old lech." Ranma-chan said, as if she couldn't work up enough interest to fight him. "I'm not in the mood today."

" Now now Ranma-chan, you must listen to your master."

" You're not my master!"

" Oh woe is me, the ingratitude. Just let me rest in your bosom and I'll forgive you." Happosai

said, jumping towards her, managing to latch onto her now ample chest.

"Yah, get off me!" Ranma-chan screamed, knocking the old lech off of her. She glared indignantly at the Happosai.

" Looks I'll have to teach you a lesson boy." Happosai said seriously, before leaping at Ranma with his pipe.

" GET AWAY!!" Ranma-chan felt a familiar ball of emotions burst within her. Anger, hot and cold raged in her, a sea of emotions as unstoppable as a tidal wave. A red ki-blast erupted from her out stretched hands, knocking the pervert high into the air.

When it was done, Ranma-chan stared at her hands as if she had never seen them before.

******

" I told you so."

" Sakura, we must help that boy who is possessed so foully by that evil girl spirit."

" You still want to help him after this?!?" Sakura said disbelievingly, as she pointed towards

Cherry's arms and legs which were in casts. She knew her uncle was stubborn, but she didn't know he was this stubborn.

" Yes, and I fear we shall need the help of others. And your help too."

"No way Im helping you."

" Not even if I told the others about how often you wet your bed when you were young?"

" That's blackmail!! Besides everyone did that when they were young!"

" Every single day?"

******

Ryouga wandered the streets of Nerima. He was currently depressed which wasn't so unusual since that was his usual mood. But today however, he was even more depressed than ever.

*Damn! What is Ranma's new move? I need to know if I want to beat him. Arrrrggh! Why can't I ever beat him! It's not fair, just when it looked like I was going to win. And Shampoo's grandmother won't help me learn any new moves either, and she's the best person to learn moves from too!* Well there was Happosai he mused, but what was the use of learning from him. *He'd probably teach me some kinda stupid panty stealing ultimate move.*

He stopped suddenly when he noticed Happosai drop right in front of him. Somehow despite his size, he seemed to radiate power. Something was different about him though, his eyes seemed more cunning, more sharp than they had been.

" What do you want!" He demanded, trying to get rid of the perverted master as soon as possible.

" Now now, I overheard that you want to learn a new move to beat Ranma right?" The master's voice dropped to a low, conspiring tone.

" Yeah, what's it to you?"

" I can teach it to you."

"*Snort* Yeah right, like what? How to panty-steal in 2 easy steps? Out of my way."

" No, seriously I can."

Ryouga considered this for a while, here was Happosai offering to teach him a move to beat Ranma with. On the other hand, Happosai was almost as big an irritant to him as Ranma was. And Happosai didn't do anything for free.

" Fine then." He said, confident that he could at least out-think Happosai.

The End....