AN: Well, the last few chapters have been, as a reviewer put it 'hilarious and WAFFy' and while this chapter continues that trend, hopefully, this chapter also slightly starts the insanity, again hopefully. So sit back, relax, enjoy the fic, and if the mood strikes you, join Urd as she is currently dancing in my head singing "Hild and Ranma sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" (In this visual scene going through my head at this time, Mara is rolling on the ground laughing, while Ranma is fuming and Hild is debating on how to maximize the pain when she hits her with a lightning bolt that hopefully won't kill her daughter, which is the only reason she has not thrown one yet.) Ah, the insanity. On with the fic.

HELL'S ONE TRUE LOVE

CHAPTER THREE

THE RESPONSE:

RANMA'S MINE BITCH!

NO HE'S NOT!

Ranma had just agreed to go out with Hild on a date. In front of everyone in the Tendo compound. And it wasn't just the Tendo's and the Saotome's who were witness to this. That would have made things way too simple. No. There was Shampoo and Cologne out there, behind those bushes, and over there, behind the Koi pond was Uyko, and Kodachi was hanging off the roof listening. They were all in stunned silence that their Ranma had said yes to Hild. It did not matter to them that she was the Devil herself and thus WAY, WAY, WAY out of their league. No what mattered to each of them was the fact that Ranma had said yes to a being, while not human, or even mortal, WAS of the opposite sex, and THAT IT WAS NOT HER! Thus it was totally unforgivable in their minds.

Akane started things off by screaming "PERVERT!" and brining out the mother of the mother off all warhammers, desiring nothing more then to make Ranma into paste. That seemed to be the cue for the other girls to attack. Of course their target was not Ranma. No of course not. They chose to attack Hild.

Shampoo ran towards Hild, screaming her familiar battle cry of "OBSTACLE IS FOR KILLING!" At the top of her lungs as Cologne shouted out in despair

"NO! YOU FOOLS!"

Meanwhile, Uyko had thrown all her shrunken spatulas at Hild, as was now charging into melee with her giant battle spatula.

And Kodachi, dear, sweet, and utterly insane Kodachi had thrown a grenade at Hild's position. Several in fact. Truly I don't think I can count that high, such was the number of explosive containers that she choose to throw at Hild, and to her obvious neglect in thinking thing through, Ranma as well, seeing as he was standing right next to her. Well love is blind, as well as hate, and insanity is well beyond blind.

It was an overwhelming show of hate and force from the fiancées. Such rage, such power, such passion, and other then Kodachi's lobbing of her many, many, many Grenades, it was also a fairly decent show of teamwork.

Yes the outcome was totally clear from the moment they all launched their attacks at Ranma and Hild.

They were so going to get their assess handed to them.

Hild, in her response to the, in her opinion, laughable attack, was a beautiful sight to behold. As long as you weren't one of the girls attacking her or Ranma. Then she was just your personal dealer of extreme, this is beyond anything you should ever be able to bear and still live through, why oh why God won't you let me die and relive me of this unending, pain.

Hild had dodged all of Uyko's shrunken spatulas, and then had caught Uyko's Battle Spatula and at the same time caught Shampoo's Bori. And that was when she had been balanced on her left foot, since her right soot had been used to stop Akane's monster warhammer from crushing Ranma's skull. She quickly let pure Hell powered lighting flow from her hands and her right foot, then through the girls weapons, and then finally into their poor mortal bodies. They passed out in seconds screaming in pain as not only their bodies were electrocuted, but so were their souls by Hild's Hellish power. And then as the three girls fell into a deep unconsciousness that was very close to a coma, Hild used her left leg, while she brought back down her right, to kick all the countless grenades away from the Tendo compound, and then finally, as she was disengaged from the other three girls, and steady on her feet once more, she lightly blasted Kodachi with a lighting bolt that was just a little more powerful then the ones used on the other three girls, and that was because Kodachi was the only one to use WAY to much lethal force in her attempt to attack Hild. All the mortals in the room could have died if all those grenades had actually detonated.

So the attacks were over before they truly had a chance to begin. Ranma after watching that beautiful counter attack by Hild did the only thing he could think of as appropriate. He started to lightly golf clap in appreciation for her beautiful form.

"That, was pure beauty to behold." Ranma said. "I think I might actually ask, no I know I will, do you teach?" Ranma asked honestly. In truth, other then the lightning, she hadn't done anything Ranma couldn't do, it wasn't that that impressed him. No it was the speed, grace, and ease in which she had done it that impressed him.

"For you, sure." Hild said, looking at him with mischief in her eyes. "But first, I think we have a date we were supposed to go on? Our first date ever, for either of us, right?" she said with laughing eyes. 'So like Ranma,' Hild thought to herself 'Always wanting to learn more about Martial Arts.' "So," she continued as they walked out the Tendo's front door, leaving everyone, except Mara and Urd, who quickly followed laughing their assess off, behind while they were too flabbergasted to stop them "where do you want to go? I'm buying remember?"

"Well" Ranma said before he was out of their ear shot "I don't know. You just pick a good restaurant that serves lots of food, and will leave us the hell alone, while we talk, ok?"

"Sure thing Ranma." Was the last thing the group that stayed inside of the Tendo compound heard from them, before they were too far away for them to hear.

It was a while before any of them betrayed the first signs of life after imitating statues for so long due to shock though.

Ranma and Hild's present location: a restaurant with no name

Ranma had wanted good food, lots of it, and privacy. Hild knew the perfect place. There was a restaurant in Tokyo that was very private and very exclusive. Almost excessively so. It had no name, yet everyone who was anyone with REAL power knew of it. It was the home to many secretive power deals over the years.

But the wait for a table, let alone a privet room was insane. Most legitimate Billionaires had to wait about two years to get a table. The Yakuza Lords had a year and a half wait. Even the Emperor of Japan, when he wanted a table for a power deal, needed to wait about a year. They only served those with POWER, and knew that those with it would wait for them.

Thus it was no surprise when Hild just walked up off the street with Ranma in tow, saying that this was the perfect restaurant for a nice quite meal, that she was immediately seated.

Yes you guessed right. She owned the place.

So after they were immediately seated, with out any wait, Ranma started to look at the menu like a man lost in a maze, while Hild looked around with indifference at the, in her mind, pitiful mortals, who were trying to figure out who she was to rank such treatment. She snorted with slight amusement, and then when she saw Ranma's expression, she out right laughed and went to rescue him from the perils that was fancy wording for gourmet dishes, while the restaurant's patrons looked on in curiosity.

As Hild explained to Ranma what exactly they were saying that they served here, in their utterly snooty high brow way, she was checking out all the spies.

Hell yes she was being spied on! This was the first date she'd ever been on! Ever! She had just in the past either seduced some poor sap, like Kami-sama, and took them to her place for a night of wild sex, or just out right told some poor Demon that it was their turn to pleaser their Queen, when she didn't feel like seducing anyone. As this was a actual date she was on, and she was obviously interested in the male being she was with for something beyond a night of wild sex, she had caught the interests of a hell of a lot of beings.

There was of course Mara and Urd. They were over at there about five tables away. Then there was Skuld and Kechii who were spying through the security cameras, while Belladandy was also spying with then, by accident. She was really spying on her boyfriend and her sister, to make sure they did not interfere with Hild's first date. She just had to watch the computer screen that showed Hild and Ranma's first date because her view through her tea cup was angled that way so she could see both Kechii and Skuld at the same time.

And if you believe that, you're an idiot and God help you in every day life as you get suckered for everything your worth and then some. Oh and I've got a sweet track of land in the Florida Marshes you'd just LOVE. Really. I'm not kidding. I mean would I lie? Don't answer that you smarter ones.

Then of course there was Kami-sama himself, watching this from his office in heaven, and a lot of Deities and Demons from other realities that Kami-sama and Hild had treaties with were watching as well.

Oh yes, and how could we forget all the mortals and immortals that dealt with the true power of the world. Yes Hild and Ranma were being watched by a LOT of beings, and she knew it very well. So she identified each one, and put them on a mental list to pay pack with liberal interest. Other then her two Daughters of course. She had invited them to go to the restaurant with them, as long as they ate at a different table. She wanted some back up incase someone truly powerful decided to crash her date and she needed to concentrate on beating them more then protecting Ranma. That's what they were really here for. Watching their mother go on her first date was just a job perk really. And a delicious one at that to them.

Outside the restaurant with no name: after their dinner

Hild led Ranma away from her restaurant after a truly delicious meal. They had out done them selves yet again, in trying to please her, and by proxy Ranma. For once, she was actually appreciative of their efforts, instead of annoyed or disgusted by their pitiful, in her mind, attempts to gain her favor. She made a mental note to reward them for their efforts.

As she walked with Ranma, her Daughters following at a discreet distance, Hild asked Ranma "So what do you want to do now? I picked the restaurant, you pick the next place." She told him.

Ranma was thinking. He was no fool, even though he knew he wasn't the smartest guy in the world. he knew that Hild was having her Daughters follow them, and it didn't take a genius to figure out why. Good thing Ranma wasn't a genius then. He knew Hild was worried about getting attacked on this date, and she wanted back-up. The really funny thing is, to him at least, he wasn't that mad about her thinking he couldn't protect himself from an attack.

That was because, if their was an attack that made Hild nervous, he would never stand a chance against her opponent. He may be the best Martial Artist in the world, and able to defeat a Minor Kami, but he was dog meat against Hild's level of opponents. Being the best means knowing your current limits, so you can pass them. He vowed, to him self, that no matter what it took, as long as it wasn't truly unhonorable to him, he would find a way to get stronger, strong enough that if he stayed with Hild, he wouldn't constantly worry her about his safety. He was starting to think he knew what a damsel in distress from those fairy tales feel like. It didn't sit well with him. So he resolved to change things so that he wouldn't feel that way again, and so he wouldn't keep worrying Hild, whom he was really starting to enjoy being around.

Hild, she saw something on Ranma's face, and making a guess, guessed what he was thinking. "He doesn't like being protected from anyone, no matter how strong, does he. He sees the need fortunately, but still doesn't like it. Hmm. Now he thinking on way's to get stronger, so he doesn't need to fell this way. I'll help all I can Ranma, but even you have your limits." As Hild thought this, she saw a flash of something in Ranma's face, a look of determination never before seen in anyone, mortal, immortal, God or Demon, and she felt the very fabric of the universe shift oh so slightly. No one else, not even Kami-sama felt the subtle shift, and to be honest with herself, Hild admitted after she realized a moment later she was the only one to feel that minor shift, that she wouldn't have felt it if she hadn't been totally concentrating on Ranma. She then realized what it was she had felt. The System Force it's self had decided to grant a blessing upon someone, with out a Goddess or Demoness to channel the power. It was unheard of! What ever Ranma had been thinking, had been so heart felt and so powerfully pure, that the System Force decided to grant it by itself, with out any being present to channel it's power!

Hild wisely decided to keep this to herself, until she could research this more. She hoped Ranma would forgive her when she told him later, but way too many beings were watching them right now, and they had all managed to completely miss this development as well. And she wouldn't tell Ranma, not until she was absolutely sure she knew what was going on. She just hoped he forgave her when she did tell him.

Ranma shook his head, to clear it of his thoughts, and this strange buzzing feeling. He looked at Hild and said "Well we could always go with the old stand by, and go to a movie. I've never been to one though. So I don't even know what I'd like to see. Maybe one of your Daughters has a preference? I mean if they're going to be chaperoning us, they should have a say in the movie." Ranma said with a strait face.

It was Urd that picked the movie. She thought Ranma would get a kick out of this film called 'The Hong Kong Shuffle.' She had seen it with Skuld and Megumi three weeks ago and thought it was hilarious. She thought Ranma would enjoy a, humorous look, at the art which he practiced. And Urd was right. Ranma was laughing the entire time at the utter absurdity of it.

After the movie it was past Nine PM and time to call it a day. It had been a pretty normal date between them, and they were both surprised at that. Both had been expecting someone to come along and interrupt their good time. But it was time to call it a night.

"You know," Ranma said as he walked back to the Tendo Compound with his date and escorts, "I'm really not looking forward to going back. I mean I know what will happen. Pops will go on about me being a 'Worthless and honorless son', Akane, if she's awake yet, will want to pound me into the ground, the other girls will want to try to get me back to 'their side' and Mr. Tendo will just be screaming about how the schools will now never be joined. Really, if I had another place to go, I be out of their in a flash." Ranma said morosely.

Hild looked at Urd. Urd nodded in understanding. She'd owe Bell big time for this, but it would make her Mother happy. Plus she'd get front row seats to watch her Mothers relationship blossom. It would be well worth it. "Just a second Ranma. I need to make a quick phone call." She said going into a near by phone booth.

Ranma waited just slightly impatiently for Urd to make her phone call, because he knew something sneaky was being cooked up. He just wondered what it could possibly be.

He got his answer after Urd came back. "Hey Ranma, how would you like to stay with us? Mom and Mara are staying with me and my other Sisters while their here, and I just called home and they said that you could move in too." Urd explained.

Ranma looked at the three of them with wide eyes. Then he started laughing. "Hild you move FAST! I mean one date, and you're trying to get me to move in with you!" he said alternating between chuckling and howling with laughter.

Finally Ranma calmed down enough to say "Sure, why not. even if it doesn't work out, I could use a break from that nut house."

Hild looked at Ranma and asked sorrowfully "So you still think that this might not work out?"

"Less and less with every minute, but you've got to think of my track record here Hild." Ranma said seriously.

"Well let's make sure we break your old record then. It is totally not an acceptable one." Hild said with a strait face.

"True. Well let's get going to your place then Urd." Ranma said.

"Do you have anything you want to get out of the Tendo's first?" Urd asked.

"No not really. And defiantly not if it means I have to enter it to get it right now. In reality I really own just three pairs of identical clothes and that's it. Everything else I borrowed from the Tendo's. Well I've got one of three pair, that's good enough for me." Ranma told them

"Well, we'll have to get you more clothes tomorrow then." Hild said, stuffing her anger away till it could explode on the proper targets.

Urd did the same. As did Mara. Urd said "Good thing I know all the best stores around. We'll have both your forms looking sharp." Seeing Ranma stiffen, Urd quickly said "I wasn't taking about getting girl only clothes for your female form Ranma" Urd said, correctly deducing what he had thought she meant "It's just I know this great specialty shop. It mainly deals with, well to be blunt about it, certain types of fetishes, but if we showed them your curse, I think they could custom make you a whole wardrobe that would be tailor fit to look like when you're a boy, boy cut clothing, and when you're a girl, girl cut clothing. It would not only be the best looking clothing for both your forms you've probably ever worn, but the best fitting to, because it would be made to fit you for both forms. And it could look how ever you want it do. Trust me" she said snickering "They would see your curse as not only a challenge given to them by the Gods when they make your clothes, but a gift from the Gods as well." She said moving on to chuckling.

"And how did you meet these wonderful people?" Hild asked with a smile.

"Is it my fault that as the president of the Nekomi Institute of Technology S&M club, I have to deal with a lot of fetish shops?" Urd asked innocently.

Hild started laughing long and hard at that. When she finally got her laughter under control, she gasped out "And just how did you become that?"

"Well, Kechii was missing one day, and I just stumbled into their area while looking for him, and they thought they could teach me a lesson or two about knowing where you should and should not be, and I just ended up dominating the whole bunch." Urd explained with wide innocent eyes.

Ranma just watched with wide eyes as Mara said "Way to go Sis!" And Hild just teared up and said

"That's my Daughter. I knew you had it in you."

Ranma just stayed quiet and listened as Mother and Daughters talked about the best way to do some things he never wanted to know how to do.

'What have I gotten my self into this time?' He thought to himself. But as long as they didn't act TOO weird, he thought the cloths Urd suggested sounded fine.

AN: Ok, how was it? And yes Hild does have a bit of a superiority complex. Hey she's the Queen of all Demons and in a tie for being her realities most powerful being. That would give most beings that problem. Add in the fact that she's, well, Hild, and you've got that problem most definitely. Well see you next time, Bye.