You've heard of "Self-insertion" fics?  Well now I present to you a
well-
used previously unnamed genre: "Ranma-insertion!" RRAAAAY!

Insert usual disclaimers here, characters don't belong to me but to
someone(s) else but they were sooo much fun I just had to borrow them.

Ranma � / Aa! Megami-sama : Return - Chapter 1
A continuation of an idea by Long Ngo <ShortYes@aol.com>
Written by Lei <elisas@geocities.com>
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Field/2272/

 Ranma appeared in his room in Asgard and looked around at everything
that had been left exactly as he had left it all those years ago.
Walking
over to his desk he ran a hand along the silky surface of the golden
wood
and grinned, it was times like this that made him really glad that
there
was no such thing as dust here.  His fingertip continued it's
exploration
and ran over the crystal computer screen and keyboard that were a part
of
the desk.
 <Activate.>  Ranma spoke in his native language for the first time in
years and watched as the screen lit up and logged him into Yggdrassil.
A
message would be sent off to all other terminals telling everyone he
was
back.  He was sure he'd be getting return messages anytime now, but
before
having to handle them he wanted to look around the place and say hi to
his
sisters.
 He smiled and walked out the door after a cursory glance around the
rest of the room.  Bed, bookshelves, chair and magic lab.  It was all
there.
 He moved into the hallway and turned towards the main living area in
the apartments.  If any of his sisters were off duty they'd probably
be
there.
 He walked into the empty room with it's wall of windows looking out
across the area surrounding Yggdrassil and it's complex of which his
apartments were a part.  Drawn to them he looked at the incredibly
blue sky
and the mixture of lush emerald trees and buildings so white they
glowed.
A small lake lay in the middle of a valley a short distance away and
reflected the sky through waters clear enough to be glass which gave
it the
appearance of being the same blue as the sky.  Ranma stepped out onto
the
balcony and breathed in deeply.
 That was what he had missed most about this place.  It was the smell
of purity.  Everything was clean and fresh and had a clarity which
made
everything seem so very solid except where the colours glowed lending
a
softening, dreamy blur to things.
 Impulsively Ranma flipped in midair and went tumbling across the
balcony in a series of somersaults and leaps.  He was glad to be back
home.
 His celebrations were interrupted by a knock on the door which Ranma
went to answer, still smiling.  He greeted the Valkyrie on the other
side
warmly.
 <What can I do for you?>
 <Lord Ranma, The Almighty requests your presence immediately.  If you
would come with me?>

 Ranma was waved directly into Kami-sama's main office and he went to
stand next to the chair where his father sat.  He was still in his
Kami-
sama form, having adopted it a few hundred years ago and liking the
ornamentation it had.  Rumour also had it he adored the hair, which
was
long and thick and black, and would give it one hundred strokes on
each
side twice a day, though no one had caught him at it yet.
 His father's earrings tinkled as he turned to look at Ranma.  He
smiled.  <WELCOME HOME, RANMA.  PLEASE, SIT DOWN.>
 A chair appeared in the space directly behind Ranma and he sat,
sinking back into it as it moulded itself to his lines.
 <SO TENDO KIMIKO'S CONTRACT WAS BROKEN BY ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS.  I
WONDER IF SHE MEANT IT OR WAS SPEAKING ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT?>
 <Likely the spur of the moment, Father, but the words *were* spoken
and Yggdrassil confirmed that.>
 <YES, I KNOW. I'VE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING.  DID YOU EVER COME
TO LOVE ANY OF THEM?>
 <Love?  Well, yes, but not that way, although *Saotome* Ranma was
falling in love with Akane.>
 <YET *SAOTOME* RANMA CAN'T HAVE BEEN TOO DIFFERENT FROM JUST PLAIN
RANMA OR THE ULTIMATE FORCE WOULD HAVE DEEMED THE CONTRACT BROKEN
SINCE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE NICE YOUNG MAN KIMIKO WISHED HER
DAUGHTER TO MARRY.>
 <I guess, but I'm not in love with any of them.  Why are you asking
anyway?  Do you *want* me to be?>
 <NO, NO.  BUT YOU ARE MY SON AND I AM INTERESTED IN YOU YOURSELF AS
WELL AS YOUR ACTIVITIES.>  He sighed.  <THERE'S ALSO THE FACT THAT
BELLDANDY FELL IN LOVE WITH A MORTAL.>
 <What?  Bell, the Ice Queen?  Wow, the guy must really be something.>
 <YOU CAN GO FIND OUT IF YOU WISH.>
 <Eh?>
 <BELLDANDY IS STILL ON MIDGARD WITH HER BOYFRIEND AND URD AND SKULD
ARE ALSO THERE.  I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO VISIT THEM FOR A
WHILE, HAVE A HOLIDAY BEFORE YOU'RE DUE BACK AT THE OFFICE, SO TO
SPEAK.>
 <They're still down there?  Well, I guess I'll be going down then, it
*has* been fourteen years since I've seen them.>
 <AND FOURTEEN YEARS SINCE THEY'VE SEEN YOU.  THEY'RE STAYING IN A
TEMPLE IN THE NEKOMI AREA.>
 <Right.>
 <AND ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO, RANMA.>
 <Yeah?>
 <YOUR CURSE IS STAYING.>
 Ranma blinked.  <What?  What do you mean 'your curse is staying'?>
 <YOU DON'T REALLY MIND IT ANYMORE, RANMA, AND YOU HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO
ADOPT A FEMALE FORM IF CONVENIENT *BEFORE* YOU RECEIVED THE CURSE.
THIS WAY YOU CAN ALSO WORK LEGITIMATELY FOR THE "GODDESS RELIEF
OFFICE."  I *AM* GIVING YOU CONTROL OVER THE CHANGE THOUGH, SO IT WILL
BE JUST LIKE BEFORE EXCEPT THAT IT WILL BE A TRUE CHANGE INSTEAD OF
THE GLAMOUR IT USED TO BE.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS FIND A WAY OF MENTALLY DUNKING YOURSELF IN HOT
OR COLD WATER AND UNTIL THEN WATER WILL CONTINUE TO ACTIVATE IT.>
 Ranma nodded slowly then grinned.  <I suppose if I have control over
it it's alright and it was fun tricking Ryouga like that.>
 Kami-sama sighed.  <TRY NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH ADVANTAGE OF IT, RANMA,
AND KEEP THE KNOWLEDGE SECRET FROM THE DEMONS IF POSSIBLE.  NOW YOU'D
BETTER HEAD OFF BEFORE THE SUN SETS IN JAPAN.  AND DON'T FORGET TO LET
EVERYONE KNOW WHERE YOU'LL BE AND REROUTE YOUR MAIL TO SKULD'S
COMPUTER.>
 <Yes, Father.>
 <AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR WARM CLOTHES OUT, YOU DON'T WANT TO CATCH A
COLD.>
 <Yes, Father.>  Father and son grinned at each other and Ranma went
off to his room to do as his father had told him.  While he was at it
he
also sent a brief message to his sisters.

 Skuld was on her computer when a message suddenly flashed on her
screen. Reading it, Skuld got really excited. "Oneesan, Oniisan is
coming
home!!"
 Seconds later the other residents of the temple were sitting around
Skuld staring at the computer screen and beaming happily, all except
for
Keiichi who had no idea what was going on.  Belldandy read the news
for
herself and laughed delightedly, flinging her arms around Keiichi and
kissing him throughly and Urd couldn't help but smile uncontrollably
at
both the news and Belldandy's actions, her smile a long way from the
half-
smirk it normally was.
 All of a sudden something occured to Bell and she jumped up with a
gasp.  "I'd better go and start dinner, oh what shall I make.  His
favourites, what were they again..." she disappeared out the door, her
expression abstracted as she sent her mind back a few years to the
last
time she had seen him.
 Skuld also jumped up.  "Yeah!  Come on, Urd, we've got to make sure
the place looks great!" she denegrated into mumbling. "I'll have to go
and
reprogramme Banpei-kun, he needs some new wiring through his motor
and..."
 Urd, surprisingly, agreed and decided to make sure the guest room was
set up in such a way that Oniichan would think himself home.  She
could see
it now, something like that room she had seen in Loki's house last
time she
had been there, though it would probably be better if she changed
everything from magenta and lime to something more subtle...like
orange and
blue.  Perfect.  She walked out of the room rubbing her hands and
headed
towards the creation of the perfect room.
 Keiichi sat unmoving, still confused, as each of the Norns abandoned
him.  He sighed and went looking for Bell.
 Entering the kitchen he heard the sound of humming as Belldandy
chopped something up and threw it into a bowl of similarly small
pieces of
vegetables.  Then she carefully measured liquid ingredients into a
different bowl adding a pinch of salt and setting it aside.
 Keiichi watched for a moment wondering when she would notice him.
Then she began singing, the lyrics corresponding exactly with her
actions.
He sighed and decided that she'd tell him in her own time and he went
outside, settling on the porch to watch the sunset.
 He listened to the birds, the occasional sound of a vehicle passing
on
the street below and the sounds of Skuld working on her latest
machine.  He
often found himself sitting here when he needed time away from Urd and
Skuld and found that trying to identify the cars driving past relaxed
him,
dragging his mind away from the problems of living with a trio of
goddesses
and helping him keep his hold on sanity.
 His eyes caught on the golden sunlight dancing between the leaves of
the tree in the yard and he watched mesmerized as one small ray of
light
gradually became brighter until it had obliterated a good portion of
the
shadows cast by the tree.  Then something began to solidify within
that
column of light and seconds later when the light once again became a
small
ray, Keiichi was staring at a young man, dressed in white standing in
front
of the tree, facial markings similar to Bell, Urd and Skuld on his
forehead
and cheeks.
 The guy looked up and noticed Keiichi.  He smiled, his deep blue eyes
sparkling and he walked towards the porch sitting next to Keiichi.
 "Hi, you must be Morisato Keiichi.  I'm Ranma."  He held out his hand
and Keiichi took it without thinking, nodding.
 "Uh, Hi."
 "So you're the guy Bell's been talking about for the past 15, 16
years, eh?"
 "Uh..."  Keiichi had no idea what was going on.  It was at times like
this that he *really* felt out of his element and that he just wasn't
meant
to rub shoulders with the kami.
 Ranma laughed.  "I'm Bell, Urd and Skuld's brother.  I've been out of
touch for a while but I managed to catch up with some of the news when
I
got back to Asgard so I know about the wish and stuff.  It's wierd,
your
wish was almost the same one that I was working on."
 Keiichi had slowly relaxed while Ranma rambled and now looked across
at Ranma with a questioning look on his face, his interest caught.
 "Yeah, well, 14 years ago I was granting this woman a wish and she
wished that one of her daughters would marry someone like me.
Kami-sama
decreed that *meant* *me* and I ended up being adopted by this family
of
martial artists whose own son had died a year earlier.  Then Genma, my
'father' decided to train me in martial arts and dragged me away from
Nodoka, my 'mother' and I ended up following him around all over Japan
and
China for ten years."
 Keiichi looked confused and opened his mouth to ask a question. "So
what does that have to do with marrying one of the ladies daughters'?"
 "Hmm.  Well after ten years was up we ended up at the Tendo dojo in
Nerima.  Tendo Kimiko was the woman whose wish it was.  It turned out
that
Genma and Soun, Kimiko's husband, had been training partners and had
engaged their children before they were born.  And hey presto! the
contract
could be fulfilled.  But Kami-sama stuck a limit on the contract
saying
that it would only happen *if* one of her daughters wanted it.  And
well,
Akane just wished that she didn't so now I get to visit my sisters for
a
while before heading back to Asgard."  He sighed.  "I think I'll miss
Saotome Ranma's life though, it was...interesting, to say the least."
Turning to Keiichi Ranma smiled as he noticed that his companion had
relaxed.  "So what's been going on around here?  I only managed to
catch a
couple of things."
 Keiichi began speaking, already liking this guy with his warm,
laughing eyes, so like Belldandy's.  He started off with the full
story of
the wish and some of their adventures, reaching Urd's unfortuna
practise at
being a demon during what had been dubbed 'The Terrible Master Urd
Debacle'
when Ranma found himself buried under a pile of three goddesses.
 Out of reflex he jumped to his feet with a 'GAAH' and tried to
slither
his way out of the three-way glomp.  Finally getting free he found his
sisters and Keiichi looking at him strangely.
 Again he made a reflexive action, placing a hand behind his head and
laughing nervously, "Oh, hi.  Um, sorry 'bout this."
 "Ranma!  I'm so glad you're back.  It was bad enough when you had to
stay on Earth to complete that stupid wish, but then Belldandy had to
leave
aswell and ev-even Urd left and I was alone and-and I-I...I missed you
Oniichan!"  Skuld returned to her glomp and Ranma put his arms around
her
smiling at her ruefully then looking up at Belldandy and Urd.
 "I missed you too, Skuld."  His smile stretched.  "Missed you aswell,
Urd, Bell."
 So ensued another group hug, this one four-way, with Ranma a willing,
even enthusiastic, participant.
 Finally they broke apart, Skuld and Bell still with tears of
happiness
in their eyes and Urd and Ranma with suspiciously bright eyes.
 "Well, why don't come in Ranma, dinner's almost ready and I've made
all your favourites."
 "Yeah, and I want to show you all my latest inventions.  Just wait
'till you meet Banpei-kun."
 "And I was in charge of getting your room ready and I hope you'll
like
it."
 Ranma smiled at each of his sisters, it twisting almost unnoticeably
when Urd said her bit.  He remembered some of the things Urd was
capable of
and Keiichi's stories hadn't made him any more confident about her
ability
to stay out of trouble.  Still, he loved them all and thought he could
handle an Urd-decorated room for the time he was here.  "Great."
 They all filed in and headed directly for the dining room where they
sat at the table and began to catch up.
 "Anyway, Keiichi, you were telling me about Urd and her pretensions
towards demonhood."
 "Um, yeah.  Well..."
 He was interrupted before he could start.  "Whu...?  How long have
you
guys been talking?"
 "Since, what?  Sunset?"  Ranma looked at Keiichi who nodded.
 Urd, Belldandy and Skuld stared at him.  "You've been here for," Urd
looked up at the clock on the wall, "For over an *hour* and you didn't
even
say 'hi'?"  Her voice was ominously soft, her menacing expression
mirroring
those of Skuld and Belldandy.
 "Um..."  He stopped talking.  His trio of sisters took this as an
admission of guilt and Urd charged up a ball of power, Belldandy
followed
and Skuld pulled out one of her bombs.  Ranma gulped and prepared to
execute one of the many techniques he had mastered in the past 14
years;
The Saotome Secret Technique.  Run away!
 He took off, jumping as high as possible to dodge the missiles and
diving out the door, heading for the temple gates.  He got through
them
just in time to avoid being turned to splinters with it and took a
sharp
right racing along the wall.  Not seeing his sisters yet he leapt over
the
wall back into the temple and saw them run out.
 "Oh man, I forgot they all have tempers as bad as Akane's," he
mumbled
and walked dejectedly back to the temple to sit next to Keiichi.
 "For the past two years I've lived in constant fear of exactly that
sort of reaction to certain things and I finally get away from all of
my
fiancee's and end up back with my sisters who seem to be just as bad."
He
sighed.
 Keiichi looked surprised at his return and looked around for the
three
goddesses.  There was no sign of them.  He frowned and then what Ranma
had
said caught up to him.
 "What do you mean '*fiancee's*'?"
 Ranma shot him a glance, "Well, Genma happens to be an idiot, very
good martial artist, but still...  Anyway he made the arrangement with
the
Tendo's before their son was born then engaged me to this girl called
Ukyou
a year into the training trip.  There's a couple of other similar
arrangements like that then there's Xian Pu who's a Chinese Amazon I
defeated in combat which means that according to their laws I'm her
husband.  And finally there's Kodachi who's a psychotic martial arts
gymnast who nominated herself as my fiancee.  You have no idea what
sort of
problems they caused...although there are similarities between my life
and
some manga that're around."
 "So it was, um, an interesting wish then?"
 "Interesting?  Well, yeah, I guess so.  That's not to say I'd like to
do it again mind you.  With my powers and memories limited like they
were
it was hard to do alot of the things I had taken for granted.  Not
that I
*knew* I had taken them for granted, what with not having memories and
all.
But I did learn alot of martial arts which made up for alot of things.
Say is that something burning?"
 The two guys turned to the kitchen door and saw the slight wafts of
smoke drifting lazily out.  They looked at each.
 "Um."
 "Mm."
 They watched the smoke for a little longer then Ranma sighed.  "I
guess we'd better do something about that, hunh?"  He pushed himself
to his
 feet and wandered into the kitchen followed by Keiichi.

 "WHERE IS HE!!!"  Urd screamed fom where she stood at a crossroads.
Belldandy was standing on the curb opposite her and Skuld was adjacent
to
the both of them, typing furiously on one of her devices.
 "AAAGH!  I can't find him.  This stupid thing doesn't work!  All it's
picking up is the temple.  How did he get so good at hiding?
Grrr...I'll
find you yet, 'Niichan."
 Belldandy continued to search, her eyes piercing shadows and striping
trees bare, then she spotted something and the shout she let out was
almost
worthy of Urd.  Her sisters rushed over to her to see what was wrong,
and
something *big* was obviously wrong if Bell was screaming.
 "What is it?"
 "Yeah, What's wrong, Bell?"
 "My dinner!  I forgot all about it.  It's going to be ruined!"  So
saying she took off in the direction of the temple at Mach 2 leaving
Urd
and Skuld obscured by the cloud of dust she had kicked up.
 "I didn't know it meant *that* much to her.  You've got to wonder
about her priorities sometimes."
 "Mmhmm.  Well, maybe we should head back as well.  We haven't seen
any
sigh of Ranma and he'll come back eventually."
 "I guess."
 They followed Belldandy at a much slower pace still keeping an eye
out
for their wayward brother.

 Belldandy drew to an abrupt halt just outside the temple and drew a
deep breath, the dust cloud settling behind her.  She walked calmly
into
the house almost breaking down again when her nose caught a vague
smell of
smoke still lingering in the air.  Her pace picked up a little and she
entered the kitchen.
 She stopped.
 "So what happened after that?"  Ranma was asking, stirring something
on the stove.
 Keiichi, carefully cutting up some vegetables blushed.  "Ah well,
then
Urd and Skuld were called back to Asgard and Bell ended up with a
fever so
I...uh..."
 "You...?"
 "I tried out some of Urd's things to see if I could find something
that would help her and I...uh...I enedupifbreats.  Then I managed to
get
through to Asgard and Urd..."
 "Hold it!  You what?"
 Keiichi was blushing furiously now, "I-I ended upwithbreasts."
 "Eh?"
 He sighed and took a deep breath, hanging his head.  "I ended up with
breasts, and really long hair."
 Ranma froze.  "You...ended up with breasts, as in a girl?"
 "Well, sort of..."
 Laughter erupted from Ranma and he had to sit down in the middle of
the floor to stop himself from falling.  Keiichi's embarrassment
slowly
transmuted into resentment and then began heading towards anger when
Belldandy came to her boyfriend's defence.
 "Ranma, stop laughing.  He only did it to help me, it's not funny."
 Ranma gasped in a few breaths of air and tried to calm down.  He
opened his eyes and stared up at Bell standing in the doorway with her
hands on her hips and began laughing again.
 "So-sorry, Bell, but I can't help it, it's just so...bwahahahaha!"
 "Hey, what's going on?"  Urd and Skuld stepped into the kitchen and
looked around.  Keiichi and Belldandy were both standing there looking
annoyed and Ranma was rolling around on the floor laughing.  Wait a
sec...Ranma was...rolling around on the floor laughing.
 "Where were you, Ranma!"  Skuld grabbed a hold of him and began
shaking him back and forwards.  "We looked everywhere for you and
couldn't
find you, where were you?"
 "Eh?...heheh...I was, um, I was here all the time."  He caught a
glimpse of Keiichi and exploded again collapsing back onto the floor.
 By now Urd and Skuld were starting to look annoyed as well.
Belldandy
caught their eyes and they nodded back.
 A lightening bolt, a ball of goddess power and a Skuld-bomb all hit
Ranma at the same time and he stopped laughing.
 "Okay, geez, I'm sorry."  He stood up and brushed the dust off him
having already recovered.  "You are sooo uncute."
 Urd gasped.  Belldandy and Skuld's eyes widened.
 "Uh oh."  Ranma realised what he had just said.  "I'm dead."
 But instead of the expected reaction of a mallet in the head he
watched in stunned in disbelief as Skuld began to cry and Belldandy
went to
comfort her and Urd stood there in stunned incomprehension.  He
blinked.
 "Ranma, you shouldn't say things like that."
 Ranma bowed his head and sighed.  "Sorry, Bell.  I didn't mean it,
it's just habit I guess.  Come on Skuld, you're cute, really you are."
 "Really, 'Niichan?"  Skuld sniffled.
 Ranma smiled, "Yeah.  Really.  Now cheer up, if you keep crying like
that you'll end up with red eyes and then you *would* be uncute."  He
chucked her under her chin.  "And Urd, you didn't believe me did you?
When
you're the best looking goddess anywhere?"
 Urd finally snapped out of it.  "Of course I didn't.  What do you
take
me for?"  She walked up to him and smacked him on the head.
 "Oy!"  He grinned.
 Ranma moved back to his preparations and stirred whatever was in the
pot.  "You finished with the vegetables, Keiichi?"
 "Um, no."  He went back to cutting things.
 "Why don't you girls all go and relax while Kei and I finish up in
here?"
 Belldandy stared at Ranma.  "Y-you can cook?"
 "Eh, oh sure.  Oyaji couldn't cook if his life depended on it and it
was just the two of us for ten years.  It was either learn or slowly
die
of food poisoning.  And if I died there was no way I'd be able to
fulfill
that contract.  So yep, I can cook."
 He took the vegetables from Keiichi and tossed them into the wok.
 "O-oyaji?"
 "Yeah.  I ended up as a four year old at the beginning of the
contract
and was adopted by a couple.  Didn't you guys check it out with
Yggdrasil?"
 "Father restricted access to those files for some reason.  I did try
to access them but when Kami-sama does the programming himself..."
Skuld
sighed in envy.
 "Maybe it was because you being essentially mortal would have brought
alot of your enemies out of the woodwork."  Belldandy put forward.
 "That would make sense, I guess.  Anyway, how 'bout I give you a
rundown at dinner.  Then you guys can help Keiichi finish up all the
stuff
he's been telling me."
 "Okay."  The three goddesses filed out of the kitchen and Ranma and
Keiichi went back to work.
 "By the way, Keiichi, sorry 'bout laughing like that, it's just
that...um, well, you'll find out soon enough, but maybe I'd better
wait
until we're with the girls.  That way we might actually get to the
dinner
part and I'm starving."

 Fifteen minutes later everyone was sitting at the table, full plates
in front of them.  Belldandy, not wanting to hurt Ranma's feelings was
the
first to take a bite of the food.  She chewed thoughtfully and
swallowed,
everyone else watching her carefully.  She smiled and Urd, Skuld and
Keiichi sighed in relief, sending their chopsticks in the direction of
their meals.
 "Wow, Ranma, this is great."  Belldandy complimented.
 "Thanks, Bell-chan.  Glad you like it."
 "So you going to tell us what you've been doing for the past 14
years?" Urd asked having swallowed her first mouthful.
 "Sure, I guess.  Did you hear anything about the contract at all?"
 "We know it was for a woman named Tendo Kimiko, you told us that much
before you went to grant it, but that's it.  As soon as the Ultimate
Force
was activated Kami-sama restricted your files."
 "Okay.  Well anyway I went to visit Kimiko.  She was in hospital with
cancer and didn't have long to live.  We talked a bit and I asked her
what
she wished for and she eventually said she wished that one of her
daughters
could marry someone nice like me."
 "What?  That sounds quite a bit like Keiichi's wish except it was
asked by a third party."
 "Uhuh.  That's what I thought when I heard about why you were all
down
here.  Anyway the wish was approved and Kami-sama said that since
everyone
unique it had to be *me* who would marry one of her daughters.  But He
also
made it a provisional wish based on the desire of the daughter.  Then
He
severly limited my memory and powers and had me adopted into the
Saotome
family.  Their own son had died a year earlier so they were happy for
the
replacement.  It turned out that Saotome Genma, my 'father', and Tendo
Soun, Kimiko's wife, had engaged any children they had and since I had
been
adopted that meant me.  After a year Genma took me on this extended
training trip for ten years, leaving my 'mother' behind..."
 Belldandy had just served everyone with the ice cream for desert when
Ranma got to the Jusenkyo part of his story.
 Ranma licked his spoon with a sigh of pleasure.  "This is the life.
If ice cream was the only good thing on Earth it would still be worth
it
living here."
 Skuld nodded in agreement.  "I agree.  Ice cream is the one thing
worth dying for."  She gave a moan of pleasure as she put the next
spoon of
vanilla in her mouth, an expression of total bliss crossing her face
as it
melted deliciously in her mouth.
 "Sure, whatever.  Ranma, keep going.  So you got to Jusenkyo..."
 "Right.  Well, Jusenkyo is this valley of cursed springs in China,
it's also a legendary training ground or something and Oyaji, of
course,
just had to train there.  He didn't know Chinese though so he wasn't
aware
of the 'cursed' that was a part of the Valley's name."
 "What sort of curses?"  Urd was curious.
 "I'll get to that.  So there we were at Jusenkyo with the Guide
yelling at us to be careful when Oyaji jumped onto one of the poles
that
was sticking out of the springs and I followed.  Now you have to
understand
that I wasn't actually me, so to speak, during this entire wish and I
wouldn't have done anything like that had I had all of my memories.
Unfortunately I didn't.  So, Oyaji and I were fighting it out and I
knocked him into one of the pools.  Next thing I knew there was this
huge
panda flying at me and me being surprised, it managed to hit *me* into
a
pool.  Next thing I knew...and this is why I was laughing before,
Kei...I
was well, a girl."
 Ranma looked around expectantly waiting for the reactions that were a
part and parcel of that announcement.  He got just what he wanted.
 There was silence for a few moments and he smiled.  Everyone's eyes
widened in disbelief and he grinned then he tipped a handy glass of
cold
water over himself, Keiichi stared in shock, his sisters fainted and
he
laughed.
 "This is the best part.  I just love watching them do that."
 It was a few seconds before Skuld finally began stirring and she
lifted a hand to her head.  "What a dream."  She looked around and
noticed
that she wasn't in her futon as she had supposed but leaning on the
dinner
table which still had the remains of the meal on it.  She realised she
had
been fortunate that she hadn't hit anything when she had collapsed.
She
raised her head and found a petite redhead sitting next to her, one
that
looked a little familiar but she didn't think she'd ever seen the
other
girl before.
 "Who are you?" she blurted.
 The redhead giggled, "I'm Ranma.  Don't you remember?"
 "Oh...yeah."  It was all coming back to her, the Jusenkyo story and
the glass of water.  "So, how...?"
 "Let's wait until Urd and Bell wake up, 'kay?"
 "Okay."
 A groan sounded from the floor where Urd had fallen backwards and a
similar one from where Belldandy had fallen sideways into Keiichi's
lap.
He was blushing.  They pushed themselves back into a sitting position.
 "What happened?"
 "Who are you?"
 They both ended up looking at Ranma who smiled brightly.
 "Ranma?"
 She nodded, "Yup."
 "Oh my."
 And Urd started laughing.

 Ranma awoke to the sound of birds chirping cheerfully the next
morning
and he cracked his eyes open wondering why Oyaji hadn't woken him for
training yet.  He glanced over to where he should have been snoring
and
discovering nothing he remembered the breaking of the contract, his
brief
return to Asgard and then going to visit his sisters.  He stretched
and
collapsed back onto the futon deciding that since he didn't have to
bother
with training anymore he could go back to sleep.
 Then again, maybe he couldn't.  Ranma sighed and pushed himself into
a
sitting position, some habits were hard to break and waking at the
crack of
dawn for training was one of them.  Throwing off the blankets he rose
gracefully to his feet and summoned up a copy of his Chinese clothes
and
headed outside to run through a few katas.  As much as he hated to
admit it
he really did like martial arts.
 Back before this wish he hadn't been much of a fighter, physically,
much preferring magic.  But there was something in the movements and
the
adrenaline rush of fighting that just couldn't be matched and he
supposed
he'd be continuing his training.
 Reaching the yard he began a simple kata and drew it out,
instinctively improvising moves as he'd been taught to do, the
unpredictabitlity of his school being one of it's greatest strengths.
That's why he always trained with Genma in the mornings, because katas
just
didn't give you that same edge.  He'd have to see what he could do
about
finding himself a good sparring partner.
 Then he lost himself in the movements of his body.  He didn't notice
Belldandy stopping to watch him while on her way to the kitchen to
make
breakfast nor Skuld and Urd sitting on the porch rubbing their eyes
and
admiring him.  Keiichi also did a double take upon seeing him, but it
wasn't until Belldandy called everyone for breakfast that he snapped
out of
training mode and appeared at the dinner table.
 He began to inhale the meal Bell set before him but stopped abruptly
at the stunned look on her face.  He sighed.
 "It's going to take a lot of getting used to to stop being Saotome
Ranma."  He took a sip of the tea that Skuld poured for him and
continued
eating at a much more reasonable pace.
 "So, you're a martial artist now?"  Urd asked.
 "Uhuh.  And one of the best too."  He waved his chopsticks in her
face
and when he pulled back he had food between them which he popped into
his
mouth with a grin.
 "But you *hated* fighting, 'Niichan.  What happened?"
 "What can I say?  It grows on you.  And martial arts is primarily for
defence, so it's not the same as Thor and Heimdall hacking at each
other
with those big knives of theirs.  It's called martial *arts* for a
reason."
 "So, what are you going to be doing now?"
 "I've got a holiday fro a while before going back to wish granting.
And this time I'm going to be working legitimately for the *Goddess*
Relief Office, what with Ranko and all.  And before you ask, that's
what we
often call my girl side to remove some confusion."
 "How long have you got before you have to go back?"
 "Father says I can take as long as I need to readjust to immortal
life.  It's a big change so I'll probably be here, oh, a month or so.
Hey,
you don't mind do you, Kei?  I wouldn't want to impose or anything."
 "No, that's okay, you can stay as long as you like."
 "Thanks.  And Keiichi tells me you and him go to Nekomi Tech and Urd
and Skuld are doing their goddess studies here at the temple."
 "That's right."
 "Hmm, well I'll likely be joining them then.  Kami-sama decided he
wasn't going to remove the curse but he was going to make it so I
could
control the transformation so I'll start by practising that then
brushing
up on spellcasting and stuff.  But if there's anything I can do to
help you
guys just ask, 'kay?  That goes for you also, Kei."
 The goddesses and Keiichi nodded and breakfast was finished in a
comfortable silence before Bell and Kei headed for their morning
classes
and Urd, Skuld and Ranma lounged around trying to get Ranma up to date
on
his Asgardly gossip before he began answering all his mail.

 "AAAAAGGH!!!"
 Skuld looked up from her computer as a frustrated, male yell echoed
around the temple grounds.  She blinked a look of curiosity entering
her
brown eyes as she slowly stood and made her way out of the room to
where
the scream had originated from.  Stepping into the passage her eyes
locked
with Urd's green ones and they questioned one another before turning
to
find their answers elsewhere.
 Once outside they found Ranma where she was standing breathing
heavily
in front of a pile of dust that had once been a rock.
 "'Niichan?  What's wrong?"
 "Mm.  You do know that Bell's not going to be very happy when she
found out what you did to that poor rock, don't you?"
 Ranma remained facing away from them but a snort sounded clearly in
the still afternoon air.  "I know.  And nothing's wrong!"  Her
shoulders
slumped.  "Nn. I'm going for a walk.  I'll be back in time for dinner,
okay?  Bye."  She began to walk towards the gate leaving two
bewildered
sisters behind watching her retreating back.
 Skuld and Urd looked at each other and frowned.
 "You think maybe he misses being in Nerima?"
 "No!  He *doesn't* like it here better than in Asgard and he *wasn't*
in love with anyone in Nerima!"
 Urd looked a little amused at Skuld's outburst but chose not to
comment on it, "Then I wonder what's wrong?"
 The expression of annoyance on Skuld's face disappeared and her voice
was very soft when she spoke again.
 "Yeah."

 Ranma watched her feet with narrowed eyes as they moved down the
road.
Foot up, move forwards, foot down.  Move weight onto front foot and
lift
back foot, move beyond front foot as weight is taken on balls of front
foot.  New front foot down and repeat sequence.
 Fourteen years out of the business and she was * really* rusty.  She
couldn't even figure out what should be a simple solution to
what surely was a simple problem.  And it was one she had been stuck
with
for a couple of years.  You'd think that even if she couldn't
consciously
remember being a god her subcounscious would be working on things, but
noooo, it didn't work like that, her subconscious had to be working on
stupid, irrelevant things like what to name the pet turtle he'd always
wanted!  Ranma's frustration rose again and she began muttering to
herself
as she walked, ignoring the shocked and frightened looks she was
getting
from the people she was passing as she began to glow.
 "Stupid curse, stupid Oyaji, stupid wish, stupid water, stupid girl-
form, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid...how?  Stupid curse.  Not a
curse
anymore...yeah right...need to control
it...maybe?...yeah...uhuh...no...
stupid curse..."
 Ranma began to look around for something else to destroy, needing to
hit something to relieve to the frustration that had been building
within
her constantly for the past fortnight as she tried and failed to work
out
how to trigger the metamorphasis from male to female.  *Water* was
still
the only thing that worked she thought disgustedly.  She was better
than
that.  Back in Asgard she had been one of the best along with Bell,
Peorth
and some of the older gods.  But nothing in a *whole* *two* *weeks*.
She
growled softly under her breath and finally spotted a sturdy-looking
concrete wall that looked like it would last a while.  Ryouga, Mousse
or
even Kunou would have been better but she supposed this would be
better.
She smiled bitterly.  She'd even be able to repair it till it was
better
than it had been for a long time.
 A picture of Belldandy flashed through her mind and she sighed.  Bell
would be sure to frown if she knew she was even *thinking* about doing
what
she was thinking of doing and Bell's frowns were one thing she could
*definately* live without.  It was up there, tied at first place,
along
with Kasumi's frowns and Kami-sama's frowns.
 Ranma jumped onto the nearest roof to remove herself from the
temptation and began roof-hopping as fast as she could, restricting
herself
to the skills she had had as a human in Nerima to make it more of a
challenge.
 All of a sudden Ranma found herself deep within the realms of amateur
philosophy and stopped abruptly, sitting on the highest point of the
roof
she was on and held her hands loosely clasped around her knees.  She
had
changed *alot* since becoming Saotome Ranma up to the point where
Saotome
Ranma was a part of her.  She kind of liked the arrogant jerk that had
grown up as a martial artist with Genma as a father.  She was also
impressed with the fact that she had turned out as well as she had.
She
had a stronger will than she had thought.  Saotome Ranma could do with
some
education though.  Martial arts was all very well but there was far
more to
life than that and to restrict yourself to one thing like that, she
just
didn't understand it.  Why when she had been in Asgard she had had
*four*
things that made up her life.  There was magic and there were her
sisters.
Magic; one, Urd; two, Belldandy; three and Skuld; four.  And now she
could
say there were five since martial arts was still something to her.
 Ranma grinned suddenly.  She'd have to go see how she'd do against
some of the warrior gods up in Asgard.
 Feeling much better Ranma stood up and stretched, leaping down to the
street and looking around to find out where she was.

 The street lights were starting to flicker on when Ranma stepped out
of the cafe he had just left, having procurred some water to deal with
his
curse, and saw something dark move in the corner of his eye.  Turning
his
head he glanced in that direction and his kami-senses came online.  He
pondered the familiar tingle that accompanied the presence of demons
as he
looked more carefully into the shadows of the park across the street.
 The leaves rustled in the wind but he didn't see anything else but
the
tingle was still there so he stepped closer wondering just how much
influence Saotome Ranma had had on him, that he was going alone into
something that could prove perilous then he shrugged.  It didn't
really
matter since this was now him.
 Moving quietly through the trees both sets of senses on full alert he
finally saw something out of the ordinary; a flash of white from
beneath
the cowl of a black cloak.  The flash stopped and resolved itself into
the
figure of a man dressed in the black cloak that fell to his feet.
White
gloves with red knuckles appeared from the sleeves and held out a hand
to
the young girl that stepped from behind the trees wearing a short
kimono
and two red ribbons, one binding her hair and another tied around the
ankle
of a bare foot.  She reached a hand towards the cloaked figure and
they
came together in a light embrace, swathes of black cloth surrounding
the
delicate form of the girl.
 Another figure appeared behind them a scowl on her beautiful face as
she watched the two.  Then came another figure, also blonde, but this
one
Ranma knew.  Marller.  The demon he and his sisters had grown up with
and
here she was with others of her kind.  This was definately something
he'd
have to report.
 Other shinma materialised as well all of them watching in silence as
the young girl and her companion parted and turned to them.  Five of
them
also Ranma knew, not personally but they well respected in Asgard and
he
could recognise them due to descriptions he had received.
 "So, an alliance then?"  One of the men, wearing a turban asked the
girl who turned golden eyes towards his and nodded in agreement.
 "Hai.  Until Cait Sith is defeated.  We cannot allow him to resurrect
the Mazoku."
 Ranma's eyes widened at the mention of the evil beings that, even in
Asgard, were almost considered mythological, it had been so long since
they
had threatened the world.
 "Does he have anything specific in mind to ressurect?"  Carlua, the
blonde asked eyeing the hands that still joined Larva and Miyu.
 Silence fell among the eight figures as each tried to recall
something
which may tell them of Cait Sith's plans.
 "Ah, I think maybe Greater Beast Zelas-Metallium or Deep Sea Dolphin
and Ruby Eye."
 Looking over at Lemunia, Pazusa raised an eyebrow.
 "What makes you think that?"
 "Well, he told me about his mother and how he wanted to bring her
back.  Since Zelas-Metallium and Deep Sea Dolphin are the only female
mazoku
that there are records of...um, maybe he thinks she's his mother?"
 Carlua looked disgusted.  "And why would he think that?  It doesn't
sound very likely to me."
 "Yeah, well *maybe* that's because you're too st..."
 "Lemunia."
 The young shinma cast an annoyed glance at Pazusa but lapsed into a
sullen silence.  Carlua smiled in triumph and Lemunia snarled
silently.
 Larva removed his mask, "It is somewhere to start.  What do we know
of
Zelas-Metallium and Ruby-Eye?"
 "There are seven parts of him, each bound in a separate place
somewhere in the world.  Each part has powers of it's own and would be
hard
to stop in it's own right.  If Cait Sith managed to resurrect all of
Ruby-
Eye, also known as Shabranigdu, we could not stand against him."
 "So we need to find these seven pieces of him and make sure they
never
awaken."  Miyu's golden eyes gleamed.
 "Hold!"  Spartoi held up a hand for silence.  "There's someone here."
 Ranma, still watching and listening debated what to do now.  He could
either stay where he was and hope they didn't find him, run or step
out and
introduce himself.  There was one thing in all this that he was sure
of; if
it came to a fight, he would loose.  Seven demons, and fairly powerful
ones
at that, were not odds he could beat, even with Saotome Ranma's
strange
luck.
 "A kami,"  Larva breathed as his senses swung outwards searching for
their uninvited guest.
 "Come out, kami!"  Pazusa called motioning to Water Lipper and
Spartoi
to begin making for Ranma's position.
 Ranma remained where he was for a few seconds longer, "I knew this
damn curiosity would get me into trouble.  I could have called Bell or
someone for backup, but no, I just have to go and do things by myself.
I've *got* to learn to be cautious again."  He stepped out of the tree
he
had hidden in and fell lightly to the ground.  Stepping into the small
clearing he smiled a little nervously at the shinma gathered there and
bowed a little.
 "Uh, hi."
 "What do you want here?"
 "Ranma!"
 "Hey, Marller, how's it going?"
 Marller's eyes narrowed and she walked up to him, cracking her
knuckles.  "I'm going to kill you, Ranma.  Do you have *any* idea what
you
did to me, jerk?"
 "Ah, well..." Ranma backed away nervously, "No?"
 "That was a rhetorical question!  You're not meant to answer
rhetorical questions!  Jerk!"
 "Oh."
 Marller had Ranma backed up against a tree and reached out a hand to
close around his throat.
 "You're going to pay, Ranma.  Pay dearly."  Her voice dropped into
the
Dangerously Soft register and her other hand drew back.  Ranma found
himself staring at the fist that formed there.
 He slipped into his martial arts training and turned aside the hand
that was reaching for his throat and watching the rage grow in her
eyes he
readied himself, memories of a similar situation flashing through his
mind.
 The fist blurred and Ranma leapt turning in the air above Marller's
head and landing lightly behind her the same as he had the first time
he
and Akane had sparred.  He took a few rapid steps away from the angry
demon
before turning to face her, still ignoring the incredulous looking
shinma.
 Marller turned and charged her fists flying with inhuman speed as she
struck at Ranma.  Ranma dodged everything and tried to calm her down.
 "What did I do?"
 "Do!  You're asking me what you did!?  You...you..." Marller
degenerated into inarticulate sputterings, still trying to hit Ranma.
 "Larva, stop her."  Miyu's voice sounded from somewhere out of
Ranma's
range of vision and a streak of black flowed between the two
combatants
grabbing Marller and holding her as she spent her fury against the
air,
legs and arms waving wildly.
 "What's with her?"  Lemunia asked Ranma.
 "No idea."
 Seeing Marller spent of energy, Carlua walked over to her and placed
a
hand on her shoulder, "Marller, what's wrong?"
 Marller looked up and glared at Ranma her gaze as furious as it had
been though her body was exhausted.  "Him...he...he stood me up!"
 All of the shinma without exception facefaulted as did Ranma.
 "What?"
 "You heard me!  You stood me up!  We were supposed to go to Olympus
for the weekend and *you* *never* *turned* *up*.  Do you have any idea
how
humiliating that was?  Bast *still* gets me about it.  And then you
had the
gall to disappear for years on end!  Without saying goodbye!  Why do
you
think I asked to be assigned to sent against Belldandy?  Because I
couldn't
get to you, you JERK!"  Marller screamed the last then fell silent her
breathing heavy, her eyes still glittering.
 Ranma stood looking confused until her words finally sank in.  "Oh,
is
*that* all?"
 Miyu and Carlua gasped in horror, even Water Lipper looked a little
shocked and Marller wrenched herself free of Larva's imprisoning hold
to
launched herself at Ranma.  Tackling him to the ground she grabbed his
throat and began throttling him.
 "Is that all, you say.  That all?  Bast *laughs* *every* *time* I see
her and even lower class demons snicker behind my back!  All because
you
stood me up and you ask if that's all!"  She bared her teeth in a
snarl and
tightened her grip.
 Ranma tried to speak, but all that came out were the sounds of him
being strangled.
 Again Carlua laid a hand on Marller's shoulder but this time she was
scowling in Ranma's direction.  How could he do that?  Standing
someone up
and in front of her best rival.  That was truly despicable.  "Marller,
don't kill him.  You want him to die slowly and painfully don't you?
Don't
kill him all at once."
 Miyu nodded.  "She's right.  You need to humiliate him before you
kill
him."
 Larva, Pazusa, Lemunia, and Spartoi had all reached the edge of the
clearing by now standing well away from both the indignant females and
the
angry one but looking on with interest.  What Ranma had done didn't
seem
like that big a crime but it obviously was.  Each of them swore that
they
would never commit the offence of standing someone up.
 Marller let go of Ranma and stood up watching as Ranma's face slowly
changed from purple back to normal.
 Groaning a little, Ranma pushed himself to a sitting position and
glared at Marller.
 "It wasn't my fault.  Bast told me you couldn't make it and she
offered to go in your place."  Ranma shrugged.
 "You went with Bast!  Why you...."
 "Jerk?"
 "Creep?"
 "Lecherous swine?"
 "Two-timing pervert?"
 "Shut up!  Let *me* do it.  Ranma...Ranma no BAKA!"
 Ranma raised his arm in defence against the blow he knew would be
coming and cast about for something to say.
 "I would rather have gone with you!"  The blow never came and Ranma
looked up to see Marller staring at him.  "And all we did was visit, I
swear.  Nothing happened."
 The three girls looked at one another; the jury deciding on Ranma's
guilt.  Miyu and Carlua nodded, the righteous female anger fading from
their faces.
 "Benefit of the doubt."
 The tension lessened considerably and Marller took to ignoring Ranma.
 Pazusa cleared his throat and decided to begin again.  "What do you
want here, Kami?"
 "I was on my way home when I sensed, um, Larva?  So I followed him
and
the rest of you guys arrived and the mazoku are as much our business
as it
is yours so I decided to listen in."  Ranma shrugged, "If you're going
up
against someone wanting to resurrect any of them I'm not about to stop
you."
 "And the others of your kind?"
 "I can't exactly say but I expect they'd be willing for an alliance
if
necessary.  According to records half of our number and yours were
destroyed when Ruby-Eye was last fully resurrected and even then we
only
managed to split him into those seven parts Lemunia was talking about
and
seal him away.  I think the threat of him reawakening calls for
drastic
measures."
 "He's right.  For this *we're* working together and the more the
better in such a case."  Miyu's eyes caught Pazusa's and he nodded
slowly.
 "Good.  Then I'll be off.  I have a report to make.  I guess I'll be
seeing you around."
 "Ranma."
 Ranma looked warily at Marller, "Yeah?"
 "If you have anything for us you can contact me at Mishima Sayoko's
house.  Your sisters know where it is."
 "Right.  Bye."  He tossed up a casual hand as he walked out of the
clearing leaving a group of seven shinma behind him in the dark.

 It was full dark by the time Ranma reached the temple and he knew he
was late for dinner.  Oh well, some things were more important than
getting
home when you said you would.  He walked into the temple, nodding to
Keiichi who was studying at the table and found his way to the
kitchen.
 "Hey, Bell, any food left?"
 Belldandy spun around and smiled brightly at Ranma.  "Oh, you're
back.
Of course there's something here.  Why don't you go sit down and I'll
bring it out for you?"
 "Okay, thanks."
 He joined Keiichi at the table and the two guys were soon joined by
all the girls.
 "I thought you said you'd be back in time for dinner, 'Niichan?"
 "Sorry, Skuld, but something came up.  I did try to get here."
 "What was it?"
 "Anything we should know about?"
 Ranma chewed on a mouthful of rice.  "I gotta check things out with
Kami-sama first.  Tell you about it later."
 "You're going back to Asgard?"
 "Yep.  Tomorrow.  My holiday was up anyway."

 The next morning Ranma rose again at dawn for his workout and was
treated to a special breakfast by Belldandy before he left.  Urd and
Skuld
were also up to say bye so he hugged them all and caught a sunbeam to
Asgard.
 Sitting at the desk in his room he activated the computer and
proceeded to file a report on his meeting with the shinma then sat
back to
await the summons he knew would come.
 And come it did in the form of a Valkyrie, identical to the one who
had summoned him last time.  She guided him through the maze of
corridors
that made up the Yggdrassil complex until they came to the main
office,
where she motioned for him to sit until Kami-sama called for him.
Ranma
sat in one of the chairs ranged along the walls of the foyer and
picked up
a magazine two weeks out of date, absently flipping through the pages
until
he caught sight of a familiar face.
 The artical informed everyone that Ranma, God of Destiny, Goddess of
Change (now his official title) was back online.  He read through the
speculations as to where he'd been and managed to keep from laughing
too
loud.
 Putting the magazine back on the coffee table where he had found it
he
yawned and tipped his head back to stare up at the ceiling.  His eyes
moved
across the crystal dome and the shelves full of hanging plants that
sat
just under it.  Following the curve of the dome past the hedge of
green and
down the marble columns that descended into the floor he was
sidetracked
onto the bas-relief murals that lined the walls.  Some of the scenes
he
could recognise but others were totally out of his realm of
experience.  It
was strange that he'd never noticed them before, he'd always thought
the
walls were blank, just plain marble.
 Kami-sama's secretary, a gorgeous, red-headed valkyrie, cleared her
throat to get Ranma's attenetion.
 <Kami-sama is ready for you now.  Please go in.>
 <Oh, thanks.>  Ranma stood and walked to the doors which swung open
as
he approached.
 He sat on the seat that appeared behind him and faced his father.
 <RANMA. IT'S TIME YOU WENT BACK TO WORK, YOU'LL FIND YOUR NEXT
ASSIGNMENT ON YOUR COMPUTER WHEN YOU GET BACK TO YOUR APARTMENT.>
 Ranma frowned.  This wasn't what he had expected after his report.
<Ah, sure, but what about...?>
 <RANMA, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.>
 Ranma nodded.  <Yes, Father.>
 <YOU MAY GO.>
 Ranma stood and turned to the door, very disappointed at the way
things had gone, but no one disobeyed Kami-sama.
 <ANOTHER THING, RANMA.  ABOUT THOSE MAZOKU.  KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS
OPEN AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO STOP THEM FROM ESCAPING.  THE ALLIANCE
WITH THE SHINMA IS OFFICIAL, THOUGH THE KNOWLEDGE IS RESTRICTED.  YOU
CAN TELL YOUR SISTERS ABOUT THE MAZOKU BUT KEEP THE ALLIANCE UNDER
YOUR HAT, SO TO SPEAK. AND YOU ARE OFFICIALLY ASSIGNED TO MIDGARD FOR
THE DURATION OF THIS ASSIGNMENT.  HAVE FUN WITH YOUR SISTERS.>
 Ranma nodded, snapping a salute in acknowledgement and this time his
eyes were full of excitement and as he continued his walk out of the
office
he was almost skipping.


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