The disclaimer, practically every character here is NOT mine.  They all belong to their respective company.  I am using a lot of them, so I can't list them all.  Beside, I am gonna add more series to the story later on.  Don't sue me.  You won't get a penny out of me.  Trust me, you won't.  For others, there are SOME characters I made up, but who cares?  I don't.


Ranma Crossover fanfic

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Ah heck, read at your own risk.





STALLION

Chapter 1.

< I know I am but what are you? >







A quiet morning arrived at Tendo Dojo.  Kasumi, as always, was the first to wake up.  After she freshened up, the eldest Tendo daughter went into the kitchen to prepare the breakfast.  Nodoka soon joined Kasumi as she always had done so since she moved into Tendo's.  Unlike her husband she didn't want to mooch off from others.  Helping Kasumi in her house chores was at least she could do for Tendos' hospitality.  Beside Nodoka was an excellent cook.  A moment later, the house was filled with the delicious smell created by two cooking wonders of Nerima.

Akane Tendo was never a glutton nor a good cook.  In fact, she was BAD.  Really, really bad.  It was so bad that Martha Stewart would have had to chang her career if she had ever tasted Akane's cooking(Unfortunately for the male population on the earth, she hadn't).  However the youngest Tendo knew how to appreciate a good meal.  After all, she was living with one of the best cook in all of Japan.  Naturally, she was awake as soon as the house was filled with the fragrance that DESCRIBED the word "delicious."  It had that kind of effect on people everytime either Kasumi or Nodoka was cooking.

Akane was walking down the hallway, yawning once in a while, when she found the door to the Saotomes' room open.  As she walked past the door, she couldn't help but to take a peek inside.  Surprisingly, Ranma wasn't there.

A frown came to Akane's face.  Ranma rarely woke up so early.  It had been more than a year since the pig-tailed martial artist came to her house and not even once he woke up before her.  It was always either her splashing him with the fire bucket, or his father throwing him out the window and into the pond.  Nothing else short of Apocalypse seemed to wake him up otherwise.

Akane made her way downstair.  She quietly looked for Ranma as she got prepared for her morning jog.  There wasn't a single sign of him.  Even out in the yard she couldn't find him.  She frowned even more.

'Where is that baka?'

She sighed as she opened the gate and began her jog.  It was a perfect summer day for jogging.  Quiet, peaceful day with no sign of cloud in the sky.  Sound of birds' singing tickled her ears and sweet smell of wet grass occasionlly drifted in the air.

'What a perfect day.'

Then suddenly her thought turned back to Ranma.  Akane frowned a little at first, but soon she smiled sadly.  It had been two months since the fight with Saffron.  She would never forget it, especially since she almost died right there and then.  But the most important thing she remembered from the fight was the moment when she heard Ranma confessing his love to her.

The frown returned to her face.  It was the best thing he ever said to her, but when she confronted him about it before the wedding, or should she call it the FAILED wedding ATTEMPT, he denied everything.  She couldn't believe the gall of him, shattering the best memory of her life like that.  Especially when it actually happened!

'Like he always says, that's what he is.  A guy.  Always afraid of commitment.'

Almost subconciously Akane punched a nearby mailbox.  Leaving a crushed metal heap, and a stunned mailman dumbly staring at it, she continued her jog.



As she was getting near her house, Akane was still thinking about her stubborn fiance.  But by then she was worried about him rather than being angry at him.

It didn't take long for Akane to notice some subtle changes in Ranma's behaviour in last two months.  It was very gradual at first so not many realized it.  Few did, of course, namely Nabiki and Cologne.  However now everyone with even a hint of logic in their mind was very concerned about Ranma.  Simply put, everyone except Kunos was worried.

The changes started in the smallest things.  Ranma began to keep his mouth shut for a change.  Other than few occasional slip he no longer made joke about Akane or her figure.  Well, he still complained about her cooking, but as time went on Ranma was becoming more... tolerable.

Even during the fights, he seemed distracted.  Instead of provoking his opponents with his insults and jokes, he kept his silence and fought half-heartledly.  He got more injuries these days as he was less focused in the fight.  Doctor Tofu was the first to notice, and Cologne was very worried about this.

But this didn't come clear to any of Ranma's enemies.  Despite his sweetness, Ryoga was thick-headed, like Ranma said.  Mousse didn't pay much attention to anything other than his lovely Shampoo.  Happousai cared for only one thing throughout his life, woman's undergarments.  Kuno was just plain stupid.

But now the change was unmistakable.  Ranma stopped acting so arrogant.  He stopped sleeping during the class, and he LISTENED during the class!  Mr. Yamasaki, the history teacher, was almost scared of Ranma as now he watched and listened intently during the class.  Ms. Hinako was disturbed, to say the least.  One time, she even threatened to absorb Ranma's aura if he KEPT paying attention.  It was that creepy to everyone.

Most amazing part of his change, at least to the rest of the world, was that he stopped accepting free FOOD!!!  It was a great shock to everyone in the class when Ranma first said "no" to Shampoo's free ramen.  Ukyou was so shocked that she even tried to convince Ranma to EAT Shampoo's ramen.  Shampoo would have done so herself if she didn't already pass out.  He still went to Ucchan's or Nekohanten, but no more than once a week.  Even then he ate and paid like a regular customer, much to dismay of his fiancees.(1)

Shampoo was now scared of, and for her "Airen."  She suspected that either Ranma was angry at her, or her exploding food at the wedding somehow gave him brain damage.  Ukyou disagree with her Chinese rival, but she was upset with Ranma's change nonetheless.

Kodachi was still around somewhere, but nobody cared.

Even at home, Ranma didn't eat as much as he used, nor as fast.  Mrs. Saotome used to lecture Ranma about his table manner but now she tried to encourage him to eat like his father.  However Genma still wasn't allowed to eat like he used to.

Overall, Ranma changed, and it scared everyone.

As Akane opened the gate and walked through the garden, she couldn't shake the feeling that Ranma was hiding something.  There was something definitely wrong but he didn't admit it.  But Akane could feel a hint of fear in him, and she suspeted that somehow it was that very fear that caused Ranma to change.  Whatever was causing the fear, she didn't like it.  If she could she wanted to help Ranma as his friend, and also as his fiance, not that she would admit it.

'But he never tells me anything.'

Akane sighed.  Ranma never told her anything.  In fact, he never told anyone about his own problem.  Genma taught him to have a very strong sense of his manhood.  but unfortunately for his son, Genma never in his life had had sufficient wisdom nor a proper role model.  As manly as Ranma was, he was too rough around edges sometimes and lacked the word "sensitive" in his personality.  Naturally he didn't have the ability to share his feelings with anyone.  He dealed with his problems by himself, or just ignored them.

But this time, Akane was determined to find out what was going on.  She really wanted to help him.  Ever since she noticed some sign, Akane began to take note at every single detail of Ranma's change.  It was proven to be a hard task, as things began to snowball.  There had been just so many surprises that nothing surprised her nowadays.

'Like this morning.  *Sigh*  Sometimes I wonder why I even bother.  It's not like he ADMITS he loves me.  Even when I do lo...'

Akane was so into her thought that she didn't notice Ranma standing right behind her.

"Yo, Akane.  What's up?'

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!  DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT RANMA!!!!!!"

BAM!!

"What did I dooooooooo....."

'There he is, or rather, there he goes.'

A sigh escaped her mouth as she watched Ranma who was now just a speck in the sky.

She had to admit her reflexes got the better of her this time.  She suspected that her subconscious was more stressed than she thought.  Ranma was still acting like a jerk at times but overall he and Akane were getting along better.  They had less fight and Akane hit him even less.  However she was getting more stress than before, since now she had more things to worry about.

Contrary to popular beliefs, Akane was NOT a violent person.  Sure, she did beat up Ranma once in a while.  Sure, she used to beat up all those boys at Furinkan everyday.  But then who wouldn't in her situation?  First it was Kuno and his idots.  Then an arrogant martial artist who came out of nowhere and became her fiance overnight.  Then there came that nut gymnast, followed by a Chinese BIMBO.  Soon after came the CUTE fiance of HER fiance...

'Not to mention Nekoken, Cologne, Happosai, Mousse, Taro, Kumon...'

And on and on and on...

With all those things it's a wonder I haven't gone crazy yet, Akane mused.  Unfortunately many of those things had STAYED in Nerima, and she had to see them everyday.  On top of those she now also had to worry about what was happening to Ranma.

'Sigh.  I barely escaped my own death only two months ago too...'

With that in her mind, Akane entered the bathroom.





Later.

Somewhere in downtown.

An ice cream shop was having its best time since, well, ever!  This was accomplished despite the fact that there were only six customers.  The most of ice cream sold was being consumed by only one of them though.  The rest was just watching, some with amazement and some with disgust.  The only man in the group, who was apparently in his early 20's, sweatdropped as he kept checking his wallet.

'I should have known better than to treat Usagi, especially to ice cream.'

Chiba Mamoru, aka Tuxedo Mask, watched helplessly as his destined soulmate(unfortunately for his wallet) devoured almost half of the Giant Ice Cream Surprise in less than a second.

'It was supposed to feed 5 people too!'

Chiba Mamoru was not a cheap person.  But whenever Usagi was concerned, eating cost a lot.  If she married Bill Gates he would go bankrupt before he could even finish his wedding vow.

However he couldn't stop smiling as he watched his girlfriend attacking another bowl full of ice cream.  Even with her worst faults he couldn't stop loving her.  The destiny held them together tighter than a super-glue and he was glad it did.  Truly, love was blind.

"Mamo-chan?"
"Hmm?  What is it, Usagi?"
"Can't I have another one??"
"Sure, go ahead."

Yes, it truly was.

Luckily for Mamoru's wallet, Rei finally exploded.

"ANOTHER ONE!?!?!?  YOU HAD 5 OF THEM ALREADY!!!!"
"Wahhhhh!!!  But they are so good!!!"
"WE ARE NOT HERE TO FEED YOUR BOTTOMLESS STOMACH!!  STOP EATING RIGHT NOW!!"
"Bu, but, then why are we here?"

Rarely it happened, but the question the Moon Princess asked had the Senshi of Fire stumped.  Rei froze, since she had no idea why they were here.  Luckily the always-in-control Ami answered instead.

"We are waiting for Setsuna.  She told us to meet her here, remember?"
"Yes, I know.  But she is not here yet, is she?  Then what's wrong with me eating some more ice cream?"
"*Sigh*  Nothing.  It's just that all of us are worried about what Setsuna wants.  She rarely calls the meeting herself."

This fact sank deeply in Usagi's mind.  Her friend was right.  It was a rare occurance when the mighty Sailor Pluto called for a meeting.  Whenever she did, as how rare it may be, it was usually about trouble.

The Senshi-named-after-a-bunny then noticed her fellow Senshi's.  They all had an expression on their face that was saying "we are doomed, doomed!"  In fact, they were so disturbed that they didn't even touch their sundaes...

"Um, if you guys are not eating, can I have your ice cream?"
"USAGI!!!!!!!!!!"
"Wahhhhhhh!!!  I am sorry, Rei!!  I was just joking!!"

It was when Rei's hands were almost at Usagi's throat, despite other Senshi's holding onto her, when the Mr. I-Look-GOOD-in-Tuxedo spoke.

"But really, why am I here too?"

Everyone froze at that.  It was true.  Mamoru wasn't a regular member of the Senshi meeting.  He was the Prince who was the soulmate of the Princess but not one of the Senshi.  They rarely called him and he rarely came.  But this time the Senshi of Time personally told him to attend.

"He is right.  Why did Setsuna call Mamoru too?  She never did that.  WE never did that."

Makoto spoke the question in everyone's mind.

Everytime someone asked a question about Sailor Pluto it always ended in one of the following fashions.  One, nobody never answered, because nobody knew. Two, Sailor Pluto herself answered it coming out of nowhere.

This time, it was number two.

"Because I need all the help I can get."

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!  DON'T DO THAT!!"

Everyone at the table did the double flip as Setsuna spoke out of nowhere.  She ignored their protest and sat at one end of table.  All the Senshi's except Ami were glaring at her, and the part-time Tuxedo Mask was shaking his head with a look of disapproval.  However Ami had another thing in her mind.

"What do you mean by that?"
"What do I mean by what?"
"You said YOU need help.  Not US, but YOU."

This shook everyone out of their glaring position and into the full listening mode.  Ami was right.  Sailor Pluto always spoke about trouble coming to THEM, not one she was having.  Whatever this was about, it must be big.

Setsuna on the other hand couldn't help but smile.  Out of all the Senshi's, Sailor Mercury was easily her favourite.  The Senshi of Water was smart, deductive, and calm.  Just like herself.  In fact sometimes her conversation with the rest of the Senshi's seemed impossible without the translation by Mercury.

'She's going to be something special when she grows up.'

With that thought aside, Setsuna went on her business.

"I won't go into details, but yes you are correct, Ami.  I said I need help and I do."
"YOU DO??"

A gasp echoed around the table as everyone was shocked beyond belief.  Here she was, the wisest, the smartest, and one of the strongest one of them all, and she needed help.  Suddenly the Senshi's couldn't help but feel a little chill as they waited to hear to what Setsuna had to say.

Setsuna continued despite the interruption.

"No matter how reliable you think I am, I also have my limits.  I am pretty sure this will concern the rest of the Senshi's when the time comes, but right now it just concerns me.  That's why I am asking for help."

Again Ami caught the subtle but sure sign of problem from Setsuna's words.

"What do you mean "pretty sure?"  You don't know what the problem is yet?"

Setsuna smiled again at Ami, and continued.

"No, I don't.  All I know is there is a disturbance in the timeline.  Right now the Time Gate is almost unoperational because of it.  Without the Time Gate, even I cannot foresee what it is and what it might do to the future."

It took a while for the fact to sink in, but it did.  It sank in deep, so deep that Usagi was almost at the verge of fainting away.  Other Senshi's sat stunned.  They were not crybabies but they were already beginning to panic.  The Time Gate wasn't working!  THE Time Gate!!

"Then you called the Outers too, right?"

As always, Ami took composure fast and asked another question.

"Yes, I did.  In fact, they should be here right about... now."

Just then the door of the shop opened and there came the Outers.  Haruka and Michiru entered, followed by young Hotaru.  Haruka then noticed that all the Inners' eyes were staring at them.

"...what?"




"Tenchi-niichan!  Hurry up!"
"Ok, ok.  I am coming, Sasami-chan."

Tenchi sighed as the blue-haired princess again pulled his arm.  He could pull himself out of a black hole, but he couldn't get out of grip of a 12 years old.

They came to the downtown today to have some fun, or in plain, to escape the never-ending-Ryoko-vs-Ayeka-Live! at home.  True, it took them more than an hour in a bus to get here.  But Tenchi had to admit, it was worth it.

Normally if he went anywhere, Ryoko would try to go with him.  Then Ayeka would intervene, soon a fight would surely follow.  Then the plan for an entire day would be up in the smoke because he and the rest of the household would have to clean up the mess, IF they weren't too injured to do anything at all.  Many times it was the latter.

Today Tenchi got lucky.  Ryoko and Ayeka had an early fight and knocked each other cold.  Mihoshi volunteered to take care of them, so it was safe to say that both of them wouldn't be getting up any time soon.  Kiyone also stayed at home to make sure Mihoshi didn't kill anybody accidentally.  Mayuka was away at his aunt's house.  Washu was still busy in her lab.

Tenchi shuddered as he remembered the last time he was in Washu's lab.  It was fortunate Washu knew how to make a chiropractic machine.  On the other hand, it was her own fault that he needed one in the first place.  The Juraian Prince paused for a second to wonder what could possibly have driven Washu crazy like that.  Sure, she was a bit crazy to begin with.  But her craziness was usually a headache for others, not her own.

"Tenchi-niichan!!"
"Oops.  Sorry, Sasami-chan.  I'm coming, I'm coming!"

So much for a time for a thought, Tenchi mused.  It seemed that the youngest Juraian princess was determined to have her own way with him today(2).

Tenchi was right actually.  Sasami couldn't believe that she could spent an entire day with her Tenchi-niichan all for herself.  Even though they lived in the same house, with all those other ladies around it was never easy to get a single decent hour to play with him.  It was always either Ayeka or Ryoko getting kidnapped, Mihoshi's spaceship crashing into their house, a passing-by super villain challenging Tenchi, or one of Washu's experiment going out of control, etc, etc.  Tenchi just didn't have time.

However today was Sasami's day.  Tenchi promised to take her to the amusement park, to the shopping mall, and even to an ice cream shop!  It was a good day, a very good day indeed.

Sasami was a bit worried about the house, but there were more than enough able people around, weren't there?

'What could possibly go wrong in one day?'  Sasami thought.



In Tenchi's house.

"Aack!!  Washu, didn't I tell you not to use the stove?!?"
"AHEM!!"
"Aack!!  Washu-CHAN, didn't I tell you NOT to use the stove?!?"
"Relax, Kiyone-dono.  It's just a small fire."

"Oh my, there is a fire.  We gotta put it out."

"MIHOSHI!!  When did you get down?!  WAIT, MIHOSHI!!  THAT'S SAKE, NOT WATER!!!"
"Ano, is there a difference between water and sake?"

SWOOSH!!

"THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE!!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaack!!  The fire is growing!!  What do we do, Kiyone?!?!?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WE?"  YOU DID THIS!!  NO, MIHOSHI, LET GO OF ME!!  Gaaacckkk~."
"WAAAAAAAAAHHH!!  I am scared!!  Kiyone, do something!!"

"Don't worry, everyone.  The greatest scientist is here!!  Mwhahahahahaha!!!"

"... can't... breathe... oxygen... needed... brain... dying..."
"WAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!"

"Like I said, don't worry.  I just push this, and this, and this..."

Click.

"Uh-oh."

"..............(passed out)"
"What is wrong, Washu-chan?"

KABOOM!!!


'Really, what could possibly happen in one day?'

With that in mind, Sasami pulled Tenchi's arm again.

On the other hand Tenchi was beginning to worry.  He knew the his female roommates well, too well in fact.  There was no doubt in his mind that they were already doing something dangerous in his house right at that moment.  It was like he had a fifth sense about this.

'I hope we will still have a house when we go back.'



On the road to Masaki house.

Nobuyuki was driving his car back home.  He had a tough day so far and he was looking forward to a quiet rest at home.

'Like that's gonna happen.'

A sigh escaped his mouth.  There always was trouble in Masaki household.  Everyday.  Without an single exception.  It had been almost a year since He had some quality rest at home.

Nobuyuki prayed to the heaven for the safety of the house every morning since the day Ryoko appeared.  Every morning before he left for his work he would look up to the heaven and pray "please let there be a house standing when I come back."  So far it worked.

However today he woke up late, and forgot to pray.

'Nah, one day wouldn't hurt, would it?'

He was wrong.

When he arrived all he could see was a black burnt field on where his house used to be.  Nobuyuki dumbly looked at it.  Then he looked up and spoke.

"Eh, sorry?"



'Well, no good worrying about something I can't control.  I'll just enjoy the day with Sasami.  Cute little thing.  She is so excited.  I wonder if that ice cream shop is still there.  She would love the ice cream there...'

"Tenchi-niichan!  Look!  An ice cream shop!"
"Oh, it's still there.  They sell the most delicious ice cream in the town, you know."
"Really?  Can we go, Tenchi-niichan?  Can we?"

Tenchi smiled at the now puppy-eyed, half-goddess, half-alien princess.

"Sure, I could go for some good ice cream myself."
"Yay!!  Ice cream!"

The two Juraian royal family members, and also the two of the most powerful beings in the universe, walked towards the ice cream shop, with arm in arm, singing a happy tune.




The luckiest man on the Earth was walking with the most perfect woman in the universe, a goddess even, literally.

But he wasn't all that happy.

In fact he was really feeling awkward.

It wasn't because that she was the goddess.

It wasn't because that he was just a mortal, a weakling at that.

It wasn't even because her youngest sibling was walking with them, watching every single movement he made.

No, not at all.

It was because the youngest goddess had a bomb in her hand.

This was no longer the matter of some quality time with Belldandy.  It was matter of life or death for him and the hundreds of poor souls who happened to be around him.

What he didn't know was that the bomb was a fake.  No matter how childish Skuld might look she was a goddess after all.  She would never put anyone in any kind of dangerous situation in purpose.

Well, maybe Keiichi.  If he made a slightest wrong move towards her sister...

That was what her mallet was for.

The bomb was just a friendly(?) reminder what WOULD happen if he tried.

So it was only Keiichi who was in danger, not others.  Hurray!

Belldandy, as always, was oblivious to all this.  A sweet goddess didn't always make a sharp one.  As smart as she was, the goddess of the present was WAY too naive.  But then again, she was a goddess.

Still eyeing the bomb in Skuld's hand, Keiichi asked the youngest goddess.

"Um, why am I here?"

Skuld answered with a smile, as if she didn't notice the tremble in Keiichi's voice.

"Why, to help my sister, of course."
"Um, what was Belldandy doing again?"
"Why, to find that mysterious power source we detected, of course."
"Um, then what are you doing here?"
"Why, to smack you down if you try anything on my sister, of course."
"Um, okay..."

Keiichi was never a strong man, but he was no fool.  If there was a dangerous female, avoid her temper at all cost.  Especially if she was a goddess.

"Keiichi-san?  Are you okay?"

The beautiful goddess' question started Keiichi a bit but he answered quickly, not wanting to upset her.

"Nothing!!  Nothing's wrong, hehe.  Did you find anything?"

Belldandy tilted her head a little at his reaction, but soon answered cheerfully.

"No, nothing at all."

How she found this cheerful, no one will ever know.

Keiichi sighed, then spoke.

"Maybe I shouldn't have come.  I mean, I don't know what to look for in the first place.  I want to help, but I can't do anything."

"That's not the only thing you can't do."
"Skuld!"

It hurt, but it was the truth.  Keiichi also knew it.

"It's okay, Belldandy.  She is right though.  This is a kind of matter only you goddesses can solve.  I'll be nothing but a burden."

"Oh, so you'd just sit at home, while we ladies work our butt off outside?"

"Well, that's not that bad a idea, but...  Urd!!  When did you...??"

Urd was standing right behind Keiichi.  A smirk on her face as she always enjoyed playing with Keiichi.  He was way too naive for her taste, but that just made him so fun to tease.

"Hello to ya, too.  Keiichi."
"Urd!  What were you doing alone out there?  You went to goof around, didn't you?"
"Urd-neesan.  Did you find anything?"

Urd put a mock hurt expression as she looked at Skuld.

"Whatcha mean "goof around?"  I was only working by myself.  And no, I didn't find anything.  Saw a crazy TV salesperson, though.  He saw me and boom!  Next he was bouncin'round speakin' mumbo-jumbo.  There are way too many nuts 'round here."
"Heh, he probably knew how dangerous you are."

Urd's eyebrow twitched for a moment while her hand started producing sparks.

"Care to repeat that, you little brat?!?"

Skuld wasn't fazed at all as she took out a REAL bomb in front of her.

"Anytime, you old hag!!"

Keiichi edged away from the two angry goddesses and towards Belldandy.  Unfortunately this didn't go unnoticed to the goddess of the future.

"Wait!!  What do you think you are doing, Keiichi?"
"Um, the opposite of whatever you think it is?"

The heat of the battle shifted over to the youngest goddess of the Norn and the helpless human male.  Urd smirked then turned towards her other sister.  Belldandy was frowning, deep in thought.

Confused, Urd asked, "Belldandy, what's wrong?"
"Oh, Urd-neesan.  Nothing.  In fact, that's why I am worried."
"Huh?"

Belldandy lifted her face to look at her sister eye-to-eye.  With serious tone, she explained.

"The power we felt two months ago came to this town, but we cannot find any sign of it.  This doesn't make any sense."
"Huh?"

Now Urd was even more confused.

"It doesn't make any sense?  What doesn't?"
"Well, it has been two months since it came here.  If it was an evil it would have made its move by now.  But it didn't.  But if it was one with good heart, why did our father conceal it?"
"Hmm...  I see.  There must be a reason why it's stayin' low, good or evil."
"I don't think it is hiding either."
"Huh?  What do you mean?"
"I found some traces of the power around a few neighborhood, but they were only the residues.  There was no other indication.  I asked some people in the neighborhood but they didn't see nor heard any kind of strange happenings.  Whatever it is, it is walking around in the open during daylight.  It's not hiding from us, but it's not showing itself to us either.  It's just getting on with its plan, whatever it is, with minimum action."
"That's why some residue was left, but no clue."
"Exactly.  I don't think whatever we are looking for, it's not a danger yet. But we can't be sure until we find it."
"But how?  We've been combin' the city for last whole month!"
"I know..."

Unknown to the two worried goddesses, a truce between a divinity and a human was being made.

"Skuld, calm down.  I didn't mean to do anything...  I know!  I will buy you ice cream!"

An offer was made by a man who was still eyeing the bomb in front of him.  But he was even more surprised and nervous as the excited goddess waved her arm wildly with the bomb still in her hand.

"ICE CREAM!  Wait, are you just trying to change the topic?"
"No, no.  Not at all.  It's just that I know a great ice cream shop around here.  Megumi showed me once, and they had the best flavours!  I swear!"
"Hmm..."

As Skuld began to think about Keiich's offer, a scale popped in her head.  On one hand, a mini-Skuld blowing up Keiichi.  On the other hand, there was ice cream in a bowl.  It was an already lost battle, as the mini-Skuld jumped onto other hand and began to eat the ice cream.

"SOLD!!  Belldandy-neesan, Urd!  Let's go eat ice cream!"

With Skuld walking away, Keiichi finally did something he hadn't been doing for last 5 minutes...  he breathed.




(1) I WISH I knew a restaurant where the owner WANTS me to eat for free.  I am hungry, damn it!!

(2) NO, NOT THAT WAY YOU PERVERT!!  This is a crossover, NOT lemon, you sicko!!

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