Reincarnated Brothers

A Ranma ½ Oh My Goddess Crossover

Chapter 2: Here's Urd and Ranma

A/N: For future reference, I'm not weird, everyone else is )

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The next day, Hiroshi was practicing some katas in the backyard early in the morning. Today was going to be a busy day and he didn't want to be too tired to try to direct the chaos, so he was doing some easy katas to wake up and warm up. While in the middle of his fifth kata he came face to face with Urd, which caused him to lose balance and fall on his butt. Urd smiled. "Hello, how's your new life?"

Hiroshi calmly got up, brushed himself off, and walked up to Urd. "Nice for you to drop by. A little late, aren't you?"

Urd smirked. "Something popped up and demanded my attention. But enough of that, now that you've had a year to get acquainted with everything do you think you're up to the challenge?"

Hiroshi looked at her with a hooded stare. "A year?"

Urd looked confused. "That's what I put into the computer. One year before Ranma Saotome arrives to the dojo. Right?"

Hiroshi smiled. "Since we're on the subject I want to tell you thanks for letting me experience being in a baby's body with an adult mind. It was the most interesting experience I have ever had. Really put my life into perspective."

Urd looked really confused. "Baby's body? How…"

"Just in case you didn't get the hint, Daisuke and I have been here for the last fifteen years, and we've had more than enough time to get acquainted with our new lives, though Dai wants to give you a piece of his mind for what you've done. He really didn't appreciate it way too much."

Urd sat down cross-legged in mid-air. "Well that wasn't what I was aiming for, not at all." Urd frowned in thought. "I wonder how that happened."

Hiroshi shrugged. "I figure it's being around Ranma too long. Anything dealing with magic around him screwed up one way or another. I do suggest talking with Dai though. He's very tense right now and him yelling at you seems to be a good way to relieve him of a large amount of stress, but that's only my opinion."

Urd gave Hiroshi a raised eyebrow. "You're acting rather odd, not like you were before."

Hiroshi smiled. "But that's the beauty of it. I figure having a level head will give me an advantage when dealing with the coming chaos that surrounds Ranma. Having a clear mind will increase our chance of making it out of the fog intact, and I for one want to make sure our fifteen years spent in bodies younger than our minds wasn't totally wasted."

Urd gave Hiroshi a hooded stare. "Have you been talking with anyone named Loki lately?"

Hiroshi looked intrigued. "Who's Loki? Anyone I should meet?"

"I wouldn't suggest it if you want to leave your mind intact," Urd replied. "I'm going to have a quick chat with Daisuke. Since you're aware of Ranma's arrival today I'm sure you're set to go. Good luck." With that she teleported away.

Hiroshi smirked. "And I even annoy goddesses. I'm good."

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Daisuke looked at Urd, who just teleported in, with a piercing glare. "So now you show up."

Urd smiled nervously. "Yeah, I just heard from Hiroshi that something goofed. I apologize for the inconvenience."

"Inconvenience?" Daisuke asked. "Inconvenience? Is that what you call my situation? Is that what you call sending me into a baby's body and making me relive my life with a psycho mother and a run away father? Because if that's the case then I would love to see what you would call a fuck up!"

Urd scratched the back of her head. "Well I can see you're a bit upset."

"Upset?" Daisuke asked heatedly. "Upset I am not. Pissed off at you is a bit more accurate. You want to know how frustrating it was growing up again? You want to know how it feels like to have the mind of an adult while stuck in a three year's old body? I saw things I know I should of enjoyed but my hormones were not there. You know how much I prayed that puberty would strike me early so that I could get that feeling again? You want to know how confused I was when Nodoka breast-fed me? That kind of confusion you can't get anywhere else lady, and I blame you for it. I'm scarred for life because of you!"

Urd stared blankly at Daisuke. "I… see… maybe I should come back later." With that she teleported away.

Daisuke growled. "Get back here! I haven't told you about when Nodoka had me bathe with her yet!"

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Urd reappeared in front of Hiroshi as he was finishing up his katas for the morning. "Your friend has issues," she said after he was done. "I don't want to know what goes through his head."

Hiroshi wiped the sweat off his forehead with a towel. "Don't mind him too much. He doesn't see things the way I do."

Urd gave him a hooded stare. "That's one way of putting it."

Hiroshi smiled. "Besides, they say genius and insanity are easily mistaken for each other."

"He's not insane, just twisted," Urd countered. "He has plenty of issues concerning his new mother that needs to be worked out."

Hiroshi smiled. "How Freudian his situation is. Makes me wonder how correct that loon really was, but no matter. Do you have anything else to add to our venture, or are you just here for damage control?"

Urd shook her head. "Just a basic check-up. I need to go check a few things and I will return a little later." 'Like how you two got messed up in the head for one,' she silently added. 'I swear someone replaced you two for defective clones.' She left to go back to Asguard to do some research.

Hiroshi smiled. "I love my new life. Now to make some last minute preps for Ranma."

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Urd went up to her console in Asguard where Skuld was working on the wiring. "What are you doing squirt?" Urd asked.

Skuld looked up from her work. "Don't call me squirt, Urd, and I'm fixing the damage some bugs caused to your equipment. They did a number on this."

Urd looked over Skuld's shoulder. "You know, that would explain a couple of things."

Skuld looked at her sister. "Like what?"

"Well, you know that Saotome case I picked up?" Skuld nodded. "Well I tried to send two of his closest friends back a few years to try to fix things, but instead of sending them back a few years, they ended up being reincarnated with their old memories intact."

Skuld was shocked. "No way!"

Urd deadpanned. "And that's not the worst of it. I swear something happened to them while they grew up again. One has major issues concerning his mother and the other I don't know what's up with him."

Skuld smiled. "I knew it. You get put in charge of a major case and you blow it. That was so predictable."

Urd glared at Skuld. "You fail to realize the implications this has."

Skuld gave Urd a cocky grin. "Oh, and like what?"

Urd crossed her arms. "When the higher ups find out that this mess started with some system bugs chewing on some wires, which you're in charge of preventing, what are they going to say?"

Skuld went from cocky to worried in heartbeats. "Oh… no…"

Urd gave her own cocky smirk. "So, now that you are aware of our situation, what are you going to do?"

Skuld went back to work on Urd's console. "First I need to fix this, then we need to try to fix whatever happened back on Midguard. We have to make sure nothing goes wrong."

Urd smiled. "That's what I thought."

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Hiroshi was studying in his room and was feeling quite bored. Everything he was 'learning' in school right now he knew like the back of his hand. He had to 'study' for appearances, and it was during these time he usually went over his studies from various temples and shrines he's visited over the years. He also loved to study basic psychology and rhetoric to help tweak his skills with speech (his favorite hobby). Right now though he was waiting for Ranma's arrival. He didn't know exactly what happened in the other timeline during this meeting, but he heard that somehow the engagement was pushed onto Akane. That was the main thing to change. The engagement between Ranma and Akane was a total mess and should be avoided.

Speaking of which he could hear Soun calling for his youngest sister. He opened the door to his room to find Soun coming out of Akane's room. "Why are you looking for Akane dad?"

Soun smiled. "We're having a family meeting. Something important has come up and it involves everyone."

Hiroshi immediately figured this was about Ranma's coming. Hiroshi hasn't seen Soun this energized about anything since his mother died. Unlike Daisuke, Hiroshi had no issues with his mother (Hiroshi believes this is due to him being bottle-fed instead of breast-fed, so the battle between bottle-feeding and breast-feeding continues). Hiroshi put up a fake smile. "I'll be down in a minute." Hiroshi, however, did have issues with Soun, but this was common amongst the Tendo children except for Akane. Soun lost his status as father of the house long ago even if he didn't know it.

Quickly making his way down to the dining room Hiroshi spotted his sisters sitting down. "Anyone know what this is about?" Hiroshi asked.

Nabiki shook her head. "Not a clue. Father didn't say anything except we're having a meeting." She was dressed in some shorts and a dark tank top.

"I hope nothing bad has happened," Kasumi said worriedly. "Father is very energetic today." She had on one of her casual dresses.

Akane crossed her arms. "Whatever it is I hope it has nothing to do with boys." She was still in her gi fresh from a workout.

Hiroshi sighed as he sat down. Truth be told when he first heard of Kuno's proclamation during the other timeline about dating Akane only by beating her was weird to him, but now it just outright angered him. He has tried several times to get both Kunos put into the mental hospital but their influence gets them out quickly. Kuno has asked him several times why would Hiroshi deny his sister to him and every time Hiroshi answered that he didn't like Kuno at all and that he would rather be castrated than to be related to any Kuno. Kuno continues to try to force himself upon Akane though Hiroshi has developed some ways to get him to temporarily stop. This didn't stop Akane's disliking of the male population though. "Sister, not all males think with their lower brains."

Akane crossed her arms. "And why are you defending perverts? Did you do something today that I should know about?"

Hiroshi shook his head. "You know me better than that."

"That's why I'm asking," Akane countered.

"I see everyone's here," Soun said while entering the room. Soun quickly sat down. "I have good news my daughters. One of you will have a fiancé soon."

All four Tendo children shouted, "FIANCE?"

Soun nodded. "Yes. He is the son of a good friend of mine. He recently completed a training trip in China."

"Oh China!" Nabiki exclaimed.

"And why is he engaged to one of my sisters?" Hiroshi asked.

"My friend and I made a pledge to join our schools before any of you were born. It is in spirit of this pledge will one of you will marry his son," Soun said with tears in his eyes.

"How old is he?" Kasumi asked. "Younger men bore me."

"What is he like?" Nabiki asked a bit excited.

"I don't know," Soun replied.

"You don't know how old he is or how he's like?" Hiroshi asked. "Which is it?"

"Both. I never met him." Soun said with a straight face.

The three Tendo girls stared at their father a bit dumbfounded while Hiroshi cracked his knuckles. "Oh I am going to have so much fun today," Hiroshi said with an evil smile. It wasn't the fact that Soun made this deal that angered Hiroshi since he knew that Ranma was the one Soun was talking about. It was the fact that Soun didn't know anything about his prospective son-in-law that pissed him off. Why bother following through with the deal if you didn't know who was about to join the family?

Before Hiroshi could begin the much called for beating pounding was heard from the front door. "That must be them," Soun said while getting up to open the front door. Nabiki followed suit. Hiroshi rubbed his temples. He knew Nabiki wanted a way out of this family for a while and Hiroshi guess she saw this as a free ticket.

He didn't expect to see both Soun and Nabiki run away from the front door. He was momentarily shocked to see a panda carrying a person like a piece of luggage over its shoulder. "Leggo you old fool, you're scaring them spitless," the person on the panda's shoulder yelled.

Hrioshi immediately guessed that Ranma and his father Genma had run into some cold water on the way over and now were in their cursed forms. "I take it this is your friend?" Hiroshi asked Soun teasingly.

Soun started to shake his head fast and repeatedly. "So wild pandas come in here all the time?" Akane yelled angrily.

Hiroshi decided to have a bit of fun at the panda's expense and walked up to the panda. "Nah, it's not wild. It's too plump and fat to be wild. Most likely someone feeds it and lets it lay around." Hiroshi poked at the panda. "Besides, wild pandas are native to China which is across the ocean from here. I doubt this thing could swim at all." Hiroshi reached up and pinched the panda's cheek. "I bet you this girl's harmless, aren't you Miss Fluffy Wuffy."

The rest of the Tendos looked at Hiroshi like he was insane. The panda stared wide-eyed at him looking very confused. The person on the panda's shoulder started laughing. "Miss Fluffy Wuffy," she said between laughs.

The panda figured out it was being made fun off and growled. Hiroshi flicked the panda's nose. "Bad Miss Fluffy Wuffy. Don't make me call animal control on you."

The laughing from the panda' shoulder got louder. The panda dropped its package and took up a fighting stance trying to look intimidating. Hiroshi ignored the panda and went to the person the panda dropped who was still laughing. "Are you okay? Is the panda rabid?"

The girl stood up. "No he's not," she said after regain her composure. "He's just my pops, that's all."

Hiroshi looked a bit confused. "That thing's a male? I thought was a girl." Hiroshi gave a bow. "Hello, I'm Tendo Hiroshi of the Tendo School of Anything Goes. Pleased to meet you."

The girl bowed back. "I'm Saotome Ranma of the Saotome School of Anything Goes. Sorry about this."

The panda growled not liking that he was ignored. Hiroshi turned towards the panda. "Sorry, no animals allowed in the house. You'll have to stay in the backyard." Hiroshi turned towards Ranma. "Please make yourself comfortable. Is there anything you would like?"

Ranma smiled. "Some hot water would be nice."

Before Hiroshi could reply Soun ran up to Ranma and hugged her "Ranma, you…" Soun figured out something was wrong and stepped back. He noticed that the boy he was waiting for was actually a girl.

Hiroshi shrugged. "You'll have to forgive my father. He's a bit slow. Let's get you some hot water real quick and a quick snack. You must be hungry." The panda looked excited about the prospect of food. Hiroshi turned towards the panda. "You will stay in the backyard and we'll try to get you some bamboo, but it may be a while. We weren't expecting foreign animals today."

Ranma giggled and went towards the dining room. Hiroshi quickly stepped into the kitchen where he had a thermos with some hot water waiting and a got out a plate of fruit. He went out into the dining room where he saw Nabiki poking at Ranma's assets. "I didn't know you swung that way sis. Something I need to know?" Hiroshi asked.

Nabiki blanched and scooted back a few feet. Akane glared at her bother. "Pervert."

Hiroshi decided to ignore that comment and gave Ranma the thermos of water and the plate of fruit. "Here you go."

Ranma took the thermos and poured it over himself. The three Tendo girls and Soun were shocked to see Ranma change into a young man. "Um… I know this may be a bit weird but I can explain."

Nabiki recovered first. "Please do."

After explaining the events that happened in Jusenkyo Ranma finished his food. "And that's all. I change into a girl when hit with cold water and I change back to a guy when hit with warm water."

Hiroshi looked intrigued. "Amazing. I've read some stuff about cursed springs but didn't think they were true."

"And I take it he's your father," Nabiki said while pointing towards the panda in the backyard.

Ranma nodded. "Yep. He's a pain mostly but he's all I got."

Kasumi looked confused. "But what about your mother and brother?"

Hiroshi winced. He didn't think any of his sisters would know the connection between Daisuke and Ranma.

Ranma looked confused. "My mother and my brother? They're alive? Pops always said they were dead."

Hiroshi's mood darkened. "Oh really? I know your brother quite well."

"How do we know your friend and his brother are the same person?" Nabiki asked.

Hiroshi smiled. "Dai always talked about his brother who went on a training trip with his brother. You said your school is the Saotome School of Anything Goes, right?" Ranma nodded. "That's what Dai said his bother was being trained in. Case closed."

"Oh," Nabiki replied.

Kasumi stood up. "I'm going to call Auntie Nodoka and tell her you're here."

Hiroshi noticed that the panda was extremely nervous. 'Shit, he just might bolt at any moment with Ranma.' He also saw the panda pick-up a metal pipe most likely to hit Ranma with before running off. Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the panda and knocked him out cold. 'Well that was unexpected.' "Anyone up for Panda BBQ?"

Ranma smiled since he saw his father getting hit with lightning. "Serves him right."

Hiroshi smiled. So far everything was going decent. He just hoped everything went this well as the day wore on.

A/N: I'm also working on my other stories but I'm still overcoming a small case of writer's block. Hate it I do.

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