AN: Still sick, but must write. It helps me ignore the ill feelings. Besides, I finally got the idea for the main plot, other then the romance between Ranma and Hild that is, hammered out. I'm not yet ready to start on it yet, but it's a good feeling to have a solid goal in mind for writing this.

HELL'S ONE TRUE LOVE

CHAPTER SIX

BREAKFAST PLANS:

BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER

A temple on a hill in Japan: Urd's lab: a few hours later

Well Mara was thinking she now knows how Igor feels. Urd had been cackling madly, while mixing this with that, and ordering her to hand her that and this. And Mara didn't even want to think about some of the warning labels on a few of the ingredients. After Urd was finished, and after she put the concoction into two hypodermic darts, and then load said darts into two different dart pistols, she cackled as she put the pistols into her jacket pockets, "My finest work to date! Their will be no saving them from this! Instant love is on the way!" Then Urd put her hand to her chin and thought for a moment. Then after a nod she said, "It won't be too hard, we'll just let Skuld follow us, and when ever the poor sap shows up, BAM!!! Instant love! Those two will be out of Mom and Ranma's hair for a good long time! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!" Urd then started laughing madly.

Mara, in her supreme shock of seeing her Sister act this way, since she's never been in Urd's lab with her while she concocted her potions of lovely doom, said in a small 'I can't believe I'm actually witnessing this' voice, very wide eyes, and an expression of pure disbelief "Uh, good. Now let's see if Mom and Ranma are ready to shop yet." Then she turned around and exited the lab, vowing never to return, ever. Her Sister was just too weird when she was in there, in Mara's opinion.

As the two walked through the house towards the kitchen and where they thought they'd find Ranma, and with him hopefully their Mother as well, Urd begin to calm down, now that she wasn't in her lair of madness. And by the time she got to the kitchen she was acting totally normal, for her at any rate.

A temple on a hill in Japan: a few hours earlier

Hild had awoken early, but as she was to find out as she sought out Ranma in his room, not as early as him. As she searched the house, she slapped herself on the forehead and said, "Of course! He's outside training!" And with that proclamation of the obvious, Hild did an about face, and headed outside.

As she exited the house and watched Ranma perform his Kata's, she was in some slight awe. It was easy to see how Ranma had fought and defeated a very minor Deity on his skill alone. He was probably one of if not the best skilled Martial Artist Hild had ever had the pleasure of watching. Sure she had met beings who practiced Martial Arts with for more power, like her for instance, but for pure skill level, Ranma had them all beat, even her.

Then as Ranma stopped and Hild thought he was done, he surprised her by going over to a table, and pouring a glass of water on himself. She then did the entire routine that her male side just did.

After a few hours, Ranma was done. As she grabbed a towel and dried her self off, she said, "You can come out now Hild."

Slightly surprised, Hild stepped out and said "You've surprised me Ranma."

"How so?" Ranma as she put her towel over her shoulder, since she had finished drying off her sweat. "Spotting you?" She asked puzzled.

"Well that too, but more surprising was your workout in your female form." Hild said following Ranma into the house. As Ranma lead the way to the kitchen she said,

"Well I've got practice in both forms, cause I never know which I'll be in when I'm attacked next." Ranma said entering the kitchen. Nodding to Belldandy, she went over and grabbed the huge tray of food she had politely asked Belldandy to make for her. Sitting down, she started to eat.

Hild fidgeted a bit and then said what was on her mind. "Ranma, I want to ask you something, but I'm afraid it will offend you, but please don't get too mad." Hild said.

"Hmm, ask away." Ranma said savoring Belldandy's, if you'll ignore the pun, divine cooking.

"Well I was just wondering, how comfortable are you with your curse?" Hild asked. Ranma looked up at Hild and raised an eyebrow and then said bitterly

"Why do you want to know? It sicken you too?"

Hild couldn't help it, she laughed at that. "No, no! not at all Ranma." Hild said while waving her hands in Ranma's direction. "It's just, well I never expected to see you even work out in your female form, given my understanding of your dislike for it, so I was curious how well adjusted you've become too it." Hild said.

"Well I learned a long time ago I need to keep up both forms, for who knows which I'll be in when I'm next attacked. And after Jusenkyo's pools all merged, I realized that I would forever be stuck like this, so I've been trying to try to except it, but it was hard as hell at the Tendo's, for I can't be seen to even want to try to except it, for that would ruin everyone's plans for me." Ranma then laughed darkly. "So really I'm not that well adjusted to it at all." She finished.

Hild looked Ranma over "Need some help trying to adjust?" Hild asked.

Ranma finished her food and said. "Of course. I really have no clue how to adjust to this." She said waving at her body "But any one who'd want to help me, probably would piss me off by trying to get me to go to far to fast. I want to go very slowly, and everyone I know would want me acting like a girly girl in five minutes, if they even wanted me to do this." Ranma said bitterly.

"Hmm, well Ranma, sit back down, and let's talk. I'm willing to help, and I think my daughters, especially Urd, would be glad to help, as well as Belldandy, am I right?" Hild asked Belldandy, who was still in the kitchen since she was making everyone else's breakfast at this point.

"Oh yes. I'd love to help." Belldandy said enthusiastically.

"Yes, so all you have to do Ranma is set the limits." Hild told Ranma.

"Huh?" Ranma asked.

"I mean," Hild said looking Ranma in the eyes "You set limits on how far and what you're willing to do at this point in time to learn to accept this part of yourself, and what is absolutely forbidden at this point. And then we'll work from there." Hild told Ranma, who nodded and said

"Ok, I can do that, but why are you being so accommodating to help me?" Ranma asked, quite puzzled.

"Ranma," Hild said with a strait face and a neutral expression, while on the inside she raged that she had been such a coward about this, that she left Ranma alone with those idiots that had totally screwed up Ranma's perceptions of how the world works "I care for you, and we're in a relationship right now. And this is what people that care for each other do, they help each other to the best of their abilities. And when you're helping someone do something that makes them feel uneasy, you try to make it as comfortable an experience as possible, understand?" Hild asked Ranma.

"Yeah, I get it. Thanks Hild." Ranma said as she sat back down. Then they went over what was and was not acceptable in getting Ranma to be more comfortable with his female self.

They continued to talk about it until Urd and Mara walked in, and they joined the discussion.

After Skuld and Keiichi walked in and got over the shock of finding out that the red haired girl at the table was in fact Ranma, they too sat down to eat breakfast, while listening to the others plan.

Skuld thought that this acceptance thing Ranma was trying to do was a perfect way to break Hild and him, or was it her at this moment, ahh who cares, up. She resolved to get Keiichi's help in a bit for that.

Urd noticed Skuld's look and correctly guessed what she was thinking. She looked at Mara, who nodded that she saw it and knew it as well. They'd have to step up the plans a bit to get her a beau, because Ranma would kill Skuld for this, Hild wouldn't even get a chance to attack.

Finally Ranma declared that she was going to shower, and Hild asked Ranma if he would go out today as in his female form. After reminding Ranma that this was not Nerima, Ranma shrugged and nodded saying "Well I guess I have to start getting used to it some time. Why not today? Alright. But I'm taking a thermos of hot water as an emergency changer if it gets to be too much for me." Ranma said.

"Fine." Was all that Hild said. She had expected Ranma to do that. As Skuld watched Ranma leave, determined screw things up for the aquatranssexual, Hild looked at Skuld with murder in her eyes, until Mara and Urd left the room saying they needed to bath as well and would their mother like to join them? Then in the bathroom they explained Mara's plan's for Skuld to their Mother.

As Hild soaked in the Furo with her Daughters, she laughed evilly and said "Oh do that! They deserve it!" and then she fell back to her laughter.

AN: Well like I said last time, Ranma and Hild did show up in this chapter. Well let me knew how I'm doing with this if you have the inclination, and see you next time. Bye for now.