My first 'fic for either Ranma 1/2 or Oh! My Goddess.
Be gentle!


Atonement
A R 1/2 / O!MG crossover
by Nightman

[standard fanfic disclaimer]

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Ranma looked at the picture of the gang�s trip to the beach 
and sighed. Just seeing it now made him realize how much he 
missed Akane and the Tendos. Actually, that was probably why 
he�d let himself into her room. It was irritating, really. 
The uncute tomboy had only been off to visit relatives for a 
few days. The dojo had been unusually peaceful.

It was getting to him already.  He�d practiced his martial 
arts for about four hours. The dirty old man he called Pop 
was at work (for a change).  He could visit Ukyo, but then, 
it was sometimes hard seeing her as �just a friend� because 
she just wouldn�t let up on the fianc� thing. In a way, she 
was almost as bad as Shampoo.

It was tempting to go see what Kunou was up to. He was a 
flake but at least he wasn�t... oh wait--he was. Just only 
after Ranma�s female form.  So much for that idea.

Ranma got up and dejectedly walked down stairs. Maybe he 
could CALL Ukyo, that wouldn�t be too bad, would it? He 
dialed Ucchan�s and after a few rings there was a strange 
click in the line. He thought for a moment he was 
disconnected. Then there was a strange voice on the phone.

"You�ve reached the Goddess Relief Office. A representative 
has been dispatched to your location and will be there 
shortly.

"...HUNH?" was all that Ranma could say. A moment later, the 
line was disconnected. He stood there and blinked in 
confusion.

Upstairs, in Nabiki�s room, light glinted on the lens of her 
camera. Then a strange woman materialized out of it. She 
opened the door and walked downstairs.

"Hello?" she called. "Ranma Saotome?" She was wearing a dark 
blue pantsuit which showed her assets off quite nicely; she 
had long, rich, reddish-brown hair and her forehead & cheeks 
were each marked with a blue diamond.

Downstairs, Ranma spun around at the voice. "Who the heck 
are you? I hope you�re not--"

"Another fianc�? No, I�m not," the woman said in a slightly 
condescending voice. Her face flared in shock and she leapt 
forward, grabbing Ranma and pulling him toward her. "And 
you�d BETTER NOT wish for me to be, either!" she yelled, her 
eyes bugging out with anger.

Faced with imminent proximity to her divine attributes, 
Ranma blushed a furious scarlet and slipped back out of her 
grasp. "Wha, what are you talking about?"

The mysterious woman collected herself and bowed very 
slightly at him. "I am Peorth, Goddess First Class, 
Unlimited, Section Two. My sphere is peace and love, and the 
moment that lasts forever. I am here to grant you one wish, 
because the Almighty has decided that you�re basically a 
nice guy, and you need a break. So, what will it be?" 

Ranma�s jaw dropped. "Are you for real? and serious? I get a 
wish? Anything?"

She smiled and nodded graciously.  "Indeed. Anything. Well, 
anything reasonable. No world destruction, no raising of the 
dead, but ..." and she smiled. "I can fix your fianc� 
situation. Or remove your Juusenkyo curse for you. What�ll 
it be?"

Ranma shook his head in amazement. A wish. A WISH. Anything. 
He wandered around the living room for several minutes, 
near-stupefied.

Peorth began to tap her foot impatiently. She materialized a 
watch and looked at it. Repeatedly. Ranma thought to himself 
she was starting to bear a slight resemblance to Miss 
Hinako�s adult form.

"Look, I don�t have all day. Isn�t five minutes long enough 
for you to decide? I mean, really. What�s so difficult??"

Ranma perched himself and the floor, holding his face with 
his hands. "I don�t wanna screw this up!!! Stop pressuring 
me! I gotta think carefully! I don�t normally think about 
this stuff, I usually think about it as little as 
possible!!!"

Peorth rolled her eyes. "Well, I suppose you ARE normally in 
a state of constant denial. I�ll be right back." She headed 
into the kitchen and raided the �fridge looking for some 
Diet Coke.

"I could make Shampoo go away," Ranma mumbled to himself. 
"Or Ucchan and I could just �be friends�--but Akane would 
probably hate that ... hey, I bet this goddess could fix her 
cooking, so if we do get married I won�t die from it, wait, 
what am I saying, it would take GOD to do that...! I can�t 
believe that Ryouga can stomach her cooking he..."

Ranma stopped. His eyes were wide and he blinked several 
times. He swallowed. "Peorth...?" he called out. 

She sauntered back into the living room, grinning. "Got that 
wish ready Saotome?"

"Yes. You said you can cancel the Jusenkyo curse?"

"Certainly. Not a big deal." She raised her arms in 
preparation.

"Fine. Then remove the Jusenkyo curse on Ryouga Hibiki. Oh, 
and give him a perfect sense of direction while you�re at 
it."

"Excellent I�ll..." she broke off just as she began reaching 
out to Ranma.

"RYOUGA?" she exclaimed. Ranma nodded. "I can�t remove--" 
there was a flash of light and a beam of radiance shot up 
from the diamond on her forehead into the sky. The beam of 
light shot off toward Timbuktu. She sighed. "Too late to 
change it now Saotome. I was about to say, I can�t remove 
BOTH your curses and you�ve specified Ryouga first so..."

"That�s all right. I meant what I said. If it weren�t for me 
(well, Pop really, but sorta me too) Ryouga wouldn�t be 
cursed with turning into a piglet. We can be civil to each 
other now, but he�s never gonna forgive me for that and 
really, I don�t think I can blame him. Why, the number of 
times he�s nearly been cooked is scary! Between his mixed up 
sense of direction and the curse, well... Let�s just say, I 
want my best friend back as my best friend.

Peorth flashed him a goofy grin. "OK, Mr. Generosity. But no 
complaining later if you decide you don�t like your wish. I 
have a perfect record and I�m keeping it!" she spread her 
hands in a mock-helpless manner.

"Now, back to the camera lens." She turned for the stairway.

"Hunh?"

"It�s how I travel. Through the lens. Moment that lasts 
forever, remember?"

"Oh yeah," he replied.

"RANMA SAOTOME, TODAY YOU DIE!!!" bellowed Ryouga as he came 
crashing through the far living room wall.

"Hunh?" said Peorth, turning. She gestured. Ryouga leapt 
through the air, and smashed into an invisible barrier. 
"None of that! Mr. Saotome is still my current client, even 
if his wish has been made!"

"Ryouga you dumb lug! What are you doing here!"

"The same thing I�m ALWAYS trying to do!" Ryouga paused as 
he got to his feet. He scratched his head in mild 
amazement. "Funny thing, I got here really quickly this time. 
It�s like I knew just where the dojo was. Hunh. Oh well, 
now..."

Peorth scowled. "He�s kind of an ingrate isn�t he?" Ranma 
shrugged. "He is pig-headed... AREN�T YOU P-CHAN???"

"RANMAA!" yelled Ryouga as he punched Peorth�s shield. "Shut 
UP!!"

"Aw heck, Ryouga, Akane�s not even in the house."

Ryouga growled and threw the Shishi Houkudan. It caught 
Peorth by surprise--her barrier shattered.

Peorth was NOT amused.

Ryouga grabbed Ranma and punted him out the wall and into 
the carp pond.

"Oh wind that gives wing to songbirds, aid this one in 
flight from my presence," Peorth chanted.

Ryouga was picked up by a sudden gale force wind and 
deposited in the carp pond, next to Ranma-chan. Ryouga 
blinked and poked Ranma in the chest with his finger. "I 
don�t know what you�re ... up ... to ..." he broke off in 
shock as he realized he was soaked with cold water but still 
a boy. 

"Ryouga! It worked. Your curse is lifted!" exclaimed Ranma, 
who threw a friendly hug at Ryouga.

"Hunh? Ranma you pervert! Get off me!"  The phone rang 
inside the house. Since there was no one else there, Peorth 
answered it. 

"Pervert? Me? You�re the pervert! I didn�t mean it THAT 
way!" said Ranma-chan as she punted Ryouga out of the pond 
and started wading out herself "I used my wish to lift your 
curse you big stupid-head! Every time I tried to apologize 
for the accidents that happened to you, you wouldn�t listen! 
So I figured I�d make it up to you. Your curse is lifted, 
and your sense of direction is fixed."

"Fixed? What was wrong with it?"

"Nevermind. Just chalk it up to better timing." Slightly 
confused, Ryouga shrugged. Suddenly, his eyes became big 
like saucers with realization. He poked Ranma-chan in the 
chest. "Ranma, you broke my curse but you didn�t fix your 
own!"

"Please stop doing that," Ranma said as she grabbed Ryouga�s 
offending hand.

"Ranma, I�m so sorry! It... I... you used your wish for me, 
I don�t know what to say..."

"Friends again?"

"Yeah!" The two of them hugged again, each with a boyish, 
stupid grin on his or her face. Slow clapping interrupted 
them.

"A very touching reunion," said Peorth. "But I have to move 
onto my next client."

"So?" Ranma asked.

"It�s Mr. Hibiki, here," she said. "He�s been overdue for a 
wish for a number of years but none of the goddesses ever 
seem to be able to catch up with him. Ryouga Hibiki," she 
stood up and pointed to herself, thus emphasizing her Divine 
Attributes once more (this time Ryouga noticed). "I am 
Peorth, Goddess First Class, Unlimited, Section Two. My 
sphere is peace and love, and the moment that lasts forever. 
I am here to grant you one wish, because the Almighty has 
decided that you�re basically a nice guy, and you need a 
break. So, what will it be?" 

Ryouga looked at Ranma and smiled. Ranma grinned back, 
hopefully. Ryouga turned to Peorth and said, "Wow, this is 
great! A wish of my own! I wish I had a fianc� of my own 
just like you!"

There was a flash of light, a roll of thunder, and the sound 
of Peorth and Ranma both yelling, 
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The End

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Ok, a couple of notes. I did a little poking on the web and 
the info I got on Peorth came from Japanese pages that had 
English sections, even if the English was a bit broken. I 
then adapted the phrasing to make sense. I could be totally 
off-base. I�ve never read a manga with Peorth in it. 

As a first class goddess, I�m given to understand that 
Peorth can veto a wish like that. But it would ruin her 
perfect record, so maybe she won�t. So, what�s she gonna do? 
I don�t know. I�m ending the �fic on a comedic climax and I 
really have no plans to write "Oh my Ryouga" or whatever.
 
_Plans_ mind you. <g> 

Feel free to suggest what she should do. C&C humbly begged 
for. And yes, I do watch the dubbed Ranma. ~_^

Nightman