AN: To me the mythology of the Ah My Goddess Deity system was primarily a fictionalized ancient Norse pantheon that had stayed around. And while that's what it will primarily stay in this fic, I am adding into it aspects of some of the other religions I know well enough to actually feel comfortable adding things in from. And that will be mainly be the ancient Greek/Roman religion and some of its mythology and modern day Christianity and Judaism. I'm sorry in advance if any of the minor things I do or have done with religion offend any of you.

In this chapter I start slightly with the mega crossover aspects by introducing a crossover character. I also start the main plot besides a Ranma Hild Romance in this chapter.

HELL'S ONE TRUE LOVE

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE THREE QUESTIONS

HOW TO SAVE A DAMNED SOUL

WHAT IS THE TRUE MISSION OF A HERO

AND HOW TO STOP RAGNAROK IN TEN YEARS OR LESS

Inside a small café across from the Nekomi Institute of Technology campus a little later

Hild owned many businesses in the world. Ranging from large corporations to small café's like this one. They were all necessary in her little game she played with Kami-Sama. They all served different purposes as well. Like this small café for instance, Hild had only bought it and staffed it with loyal mortals for the sole purpose of keeping an eye on Keichi and Belldandy when she visited him there.

They had finished lunch a while ago and were just sitting and talking, a novelty to Ranma, and one that she was not used to, when Hild's personal messaging service on her personal computer beeped.

"This had better be important." Hild growled out as she summoned her computer from the ether. As she read the message she screamed in utter frustration "Stupid lawyers! I give them one little thing to look up, and they tell me what I already know, and they know I know! I asked them for something completely different!" Hild yelled while dismissing her computer.

"Um, bad news?" Ranma asked with her eyes wide.

Hild sighed and said "I asked them to look at the rules concerning my buying of souls to see if I could refuse a soul I had bought. Those idiots just summarized the rules for me, with out answering my question for me. As I had written those rules, I didn't need a fucking summarization, what I needed was for my so called legal experts to tell me I could some how voluntarily not take a soul I had bought with out screwing up everything. Next time I go to that department there's going to be some explaining to do." Hild growled out.

Ranma thought 'She's scary when she's angry.' And then said "Ah don't worry to much about it. Though it's sweet that you're looking that up just for me. At least I think you are. You didn't have to do that."

Hild sighed and said "Yes I do."

It was then a newcomer came into the small café. A tall dark skinned woman with long green hair. She came over to the table and sat down saying "Hild." with a nod.

Hild just sighed in aggravation. This was turning into a bad five minutes. "What do you want Setsuna." Hild asked, while Ranma was wondering who this woman was and Urd and Mara were wondering what she wanted.

"Now that's not very nice Hild. Especially when I came to tell you how you can not collect Ranma's soul. And a few other items of importance as well."

Hild instantly sat up strait and paid attention. "And what will this information cost?" she asked.

The woman called Setsuna laughed and said "Nothing much. Just a full introduction of who I am to Ranma here and Ranma agreeing to listen to a proposal I have for her. She doesn't even have to agree, although I'm willing to bet she will." She chuckled out.

Hild looked at Ranma, who once she got that Hild was asking for her ok on this, nodded in her agreement. Then Hild said "Fine. You have a deal."

"Good. Then introduce me to Ranma." Setsuna said with true mirth in her voice.

"Ranma this is Setsuna Meiou. She's an immortal being from an ancient kingdom that fell thousands of years ago when a demon seeking to displace me as the Ruler of Hell corrupted a minor noble of a smaller kingdom and led them to a war that destroyed much of this galaxy. Earth was the only planet to stay life supporting. She was the only survivor. And she, along with some beings who reincarnated from that time have been chosen for the task of whenever Ragnarok comes, keeping humanity alive until both Heaven and Hell reemerge into this reality. So in essence, she is one of the caretakers of humanity for when we will unfortunately be missing." Hild explained.

"Um, what's Ragnarok, and where will you be after it?" Ranma asked puzzled.

Hild stayed silent for a moment and said "Ragnarok means 'The Twilight of the Gods.' It has a lot of myths about it, but all we really know about it is something, and even I don't know what, will cause a massive destabilization in the Yggdrasil, which is like a computer that controls all of reality, and all the Gods and Demons will just disappear for a few thousand years or so. Add into that the fact that this planet will almost be destroyed by it, we felt the need to find some beings to keep humanity alive till we got back and could get things rolling again. And Setsuna was one of the ones chosen for that task. Her other tasks include getting the other ones we wish to take charge ready for the responsibility and to watch the time stream for when she and her allies will be needed to take over, and to ensure everything happens correctly." Hild then told Ranma, whose eyes were very wide at this news.

"Is that a good enough explanation Setsuna?" Hild then asked.

"It's well enough. Now I will give you my information and then offer Ranma my proposal." Setsuna said with a nod. "Now no interruptions while I'm speaking. The way for you to not take Ranma's soul is by doing an impossible, at least it's been seen as an imposable task by all, task. And that task is living up to her destiny as a true hero." Turning to directly face Ranma she said "You see Ranma, once every few hundred years a person is born that has the destiny of be a true hero. But, and this is a big but here, destiny is not set in stone. With free will comes no destiny. But those born with destiny have one. So how does this work out if you are destined to be something yet there is no destiny? Simple, you first must make a choice, to follow your destiny or not. Then you must actively work towards your destiny to make it happen. And as of yet, those with the destiny of being a true hero have never completed the task given to them to become one. Each has had a different task set for them to become one, yet none have succeeded in their given task. Some chose not to try, and those who did try all failed. To not be claimed by you Hild Ranma must become a true hero like destiny foretold."

"I'll get back to that in a minute, as I have a few other things to say. One is while I did not immediately notice that the System Force its self just up and granted Ranma a boon, I found out what it was. Ranma did not want to have to worry you any more about protecting her, but wanted to work for the necessary skill and power to do so. Thus the System Force removed all limits on how powerful a mortal being may become on Ranma to comply with the not quiet wish." Setsuna told a shocked table.

"On another note, do you know Hild what Ranma's task is that will earn her the title of a true Hero is?" Setsuna asked Hild.

"No. Ranma's file should have been for Kami-Sama's eyes only, yet when I bought Ranma's soul it became for eyes only. Yet a lot of it even I can't read, for it is still for Kami-Sama's eyes only, yet he cant get past my block to get to his block. So Ranma's file is mostly unknown for to read it Kami-Sama would have to get to it from my personal computer while also getting past my blocks. Needless to say, that has not happened yet. And why do I think you in your all knowing ways know what the task is?" Hild asked in irritation.

Setsuna laughed. "I am far from all knowing and you know that well Hild. I just have access to more information then any being in existence thanks to the fact that you, Kami-Sama, your Daughter Urd here and her two half sisters by way of Kami-Sama, and some other powerful Deities and Demons combined their powers to make the Time Gates I use to prepare for Ragnarok."

"Fine. You're not all knowing. You still know a lot and lord it over us when ever we need information." Hild said shortly.

"True. But everyone's got to have a hobby. Mine's just playing the all knowing one for fun some times. Ok, most of the time. But I've digressed. Ranma's task is the most impossible one set yet. And in fact until you contacted her, even I didn't see it as a possibility. Ranma's task is to stop Ragnarok from ever happing." The table stopped breathing at that point. "And don't ask me how Ranma does it, or can do it, for even I don't know that. All I know is that there is now, ever since Ranma met you Hild, an infinitesimal percent chance that Ragnarok can be stopped. But it must be stopped with in the next ten years. Ragnarok it's self won't happen for much, much longer, but the window to stop it is within the next ten years." Setsuna told a shocked table.

Turning to Ranma she asked "So my proposition for you is this Ranma. Will you accept your destiny and work towards it by attempting to stop Ragnarok, and in the process of doing so, save all life on earth, Hild, and your eternal soul in the bargain?"

AN: Ergh. I willingly walked into the 'All knowing Setsuna trap.' Or at least I seemed to. In truth, in this fic, she's not so much all knowing as she is being able to access more information then any being in existence, and only because Hild, Kami-Sama and any Deity or Demon with chronological related powers and abilities pooled their powers together to give her the Gates of Time to ensure that Humanity would still be around when they were gone and would still exist upon their return. And she enjoys it, playing up the 'I know more then you' shtick almost all the time. She does not know all, and does not even pretend to, and hates it when that is implied, but loves knowing more then any one else as a whole.

Well enough about Setsuna. In the next chapter I get to the others at the Shrines Reaction to this. Maybe it will even make Skuld wise up? If Ranma's lucky, so probably not, but you never know…

See you next time, and from now on I promise, Setsuna will not know all. At least in this fic.