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After this chapter I'll make revisions to the entire story. Anyway, I hope
chapter 2 answers at least some of the questions, while raising others at
the same time. ^_^
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The Belle-ken
Chapter 2
Keiichi just sat down on a couch and raised the cup of hot cocoa that
Belldandy had thoughtfully made for him to his lips, when its surface
started glowing. A small girl materialized out of the disturbance and
immediately malleted him, causing the boy to lose his grip on the cup of
cocoa.
Unable to continue levitating as her portal was suddenly flung aside, Skuld
landed on her butt, glaring at Keiichi. The mortal just cringed, rubbing his
sore head.
After staring at each other for several more moments, they both cried out in
unison, "Belldandy!"
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"So big sister Urd and Ranma told you that you had to greet people in Japan
by hitting them upside the head with a large blunt object?" Belldandy asked,
shaking her head disapprovingly. 'And Ranma seemed like such a nice young
god...'
"Well, yeah," Skuld replied uncertainly. "They also said that if I had to go
and look for you at Nekomi Tech, I should bring a bokken with me." Frowning
cutely, the goddess added, "They didn't specify why."
"Oh, Skuld." Belldandy sighed. "Couldn't you see that you were tricked? Who
in their right mind would do such a thing?"
"But Belldaaandy!" Skuld whined. "Urd and Ranma swore to me that they were
greeted the same way when they came to Nerima! The old hag might've lied,
but you know that Ranma is... is..."
'A pansy,' Skuld's mind supplied helpfully, but she decided to omit that
part in front of her favorite sister.
Belldandy's features hardened, and her eyes lit up with a look that promised
the vengeance of Heavens.
"How dare they hit Ranma! He's... why, Ranma is..." the Norn of the Present
raged, before collecting her thoughts and calming down a bit. "Ranma is such
a nice person. And so is big sister... what foul demon would hurt them like
that?"
"Ranma's fiancee," Skuld said offhandedly.
"F-Fiancee?" Belldandy asked in shock, covering her mouth with her right
hand.
"Yes, fiancee. What's the problem, Belldandy? Don't tell me that you were
interested in him!"
"N-No... of course not, Skuld. Besides, I have my duty to Keiichi, Belldandy
said hurriedly, throwing a glance at the mortal boy.
The Norn of the Future allowed herself a small chuckle. Everything was going
according to plan.
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"So, Akane, how is it to live with a god?" Sayuri asked with a playful wink.
The younger Tendo daughter scuffed in indignation and turned away, only to
find herself staring right into her other friend's grinning face.
Looking at her expectantly, Yuka begged, "Come on, Akane, be nice and tell
us something!"
"Something," Akane grumbled in return.
"Oh, you're not getting away that easily!" the other two girls cried out as
they dogpiled their friend, tickling her sides.
Akane squirmed in their grasp, trying to get out... but the girls were
persistent, to say the least. That particular battle had been lost to her
before it even started.
"Okay, okay... I give up!" Akane managed to get out between fits of
laughter.
Sitting up when her friends released her, Akane wiped the tears off her
eyes, and looked at Yuka and Sayuri. The girls were sitting at her sides,
giving her their utmost attention. Akane idly noticed that she had never
seen them that awake in class.
"Come on, don't make us wait for all the juicy details!" Sayuri demanded
with a mock-fierce expression on her face.
Making placating gestures with her hands, Akane sighed and looked down,
studying the grass they were sitting on closely.
"Where to begin..."
"At the beginning, where else?!" Yuka helpfully added, which earned her a
glare from Sayuri.
"Don't interrupt her!"
"And I suppose you're any better?"
"Why you..."
Having had enough of her friend bickering, especially since they had to all
but shout in her ears to communicate, Akane leveled first Yuka and then
Sayuri with a glare.
"That will be enough," she scolded them.
The scowls on her friends' faces disappeared, only to be replaced by
lecherous grins a moment later. Akane suppressed the urge to groan at the
injustice of it all.
"All right, I'll tell you what happened."
Lying back on the ground, Akane traced the grass with the back of her right
hand, savoring the pleasant feeling.
"One day, Ranma just appeared... inside my house, no less! And he's been
acting all perverted, just like all of the gods really are..."
"Are you serious? Since when are gods perverted?" Yuka asked her friend
incredulously. And then, realization hit her. "Or did you..."
"... actually listen to Principal Kuno?" Sayuri finished the sentence.
Both girls looked at each other, before erupting into fits of giggles.
Annoyed at their antics, Akane sat up.
"Principal Kuno is a very wise man!" Akane shot at her friends angrily,
watching with no small amount of irritation as they collapsed onto their
backs, laughing even harder.
"Hmph! Besides, I have known how perverted gods were ever since I was
little!"
Yuka and Sayuri calmed down, and sat again to stare at Akane
sympathetically.
"Do you mean that you have been molested by a god when you were young?" Yuka
asked Akane with no small amount of empathy.
"You poor thing," Sayuri added, moving towards Akane to envelop her in a
hug.
"That's not it!" Akane screamed in indignation, blushing furiously.
"Then... was it a goddess?" Sayuri asked in shock.
"No! No! No!" Akane screamed at her friends, shaking her head furiously. "I
never even met a god before Ranma!"
Yuka and Sayuri looked at Akane, blinking synchronously.
"Then how do you know so much about them? Why do you think all gods are
perverts?" they asked together.
"I... I just know, alright?" Akane replied in irritation, looking away. It
was just too embarrassing to say!
Looking at Sayuri questioningly, Yuka shrugged and the girls started bugging
Akane for all the juicy details about Ranma once more.
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"Here's some tea for you, Miss Urd," Kasumi said pleasantly, holding out a
steaming cup for the goddess.
"Thanks a bunch, Kiddo," Urd offered casually, taking the tea while
directing a smile and a wink at the eldest Tendo daughter. "And don't get
all formal with me. Just call me Urd."
Passing by the kitchen, Akane froze at the goddess's shameless flirting.
"Don't get too familiar with my sister, you slut!" Akane accused Urd
immediately, stomping over to the two to protect her older, innocent sister
from divine perversion. "I know how all of you gods think! Don't even dare
trying anything like that with Kasumi!"
Frowning, Urd extended her right hand and pointing the index finger at
Akane, zapped her, not bothering with a response.
Covering her mouth with her hands in shock, Kasumi exclaimed, "Oh my!" and
rushed over to her charred sister. After checking to see that Akane was all
right, she immediately glared at the goddess that was blowing imaginary
smoke off her finger.
"Hey, don't worry 'bout her!" Urd lazily said, waving her hand dismissively.
"I only used a small amount of power. She'll be back to her angry self in no
time!"
"How can you be so casual about this?!" Kasumi exclaimed, frowning at Urd
disapprovingly.
"I just talked with my other sisters a few minutes ago," Urd replied,
walking towards Kasumi and Akane. "They told me that hitting guests on their
heads with a table isn't the custom in these parts."
Urd's voice hasn't risen an inch, but Kasumi could feel more and more malice
slipping through with every step that the goddess took in their direction.
"But... the ultimate force..."
"Restricts only Ranma. Not that it'd matter with me," Urd said dangerously.
"Ranma's na�ve and forgiving, but I'm not. Don't you mortals ever make that
mistake with me."
Looking down at the prone form of her sister, Kasumi said slowly, "I... I
know Akane should have more control... and that she isn't the nicest person
in the world..."
The eldest Tendo daughter raised her head to look Urd right in her eyes.
"But she is my sister and I can't let anyone harm her. Please... please stop
this!"
Urd sighed and nudged Kasumi out of the way, casting a simple healing spell
over Akane.
"Yeah, whatever. I'll let the slight against me go... for now," she said,
turning around and walking away.
Looking at Urd's retreating form, Kasumi asked impulsively, "Then why did
you shoot my sister in the first place, instead of stopping her peacefully?"
Urd stopped. Without turning back, she threw over her shoulder, "She hurt
Ranma. I love him... as a brother. And I can't let anyone push him around
like that."
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Akane woke up to a nice, warm sensation covering her entire body. She moaned
softly, stretching out, before suddenly remembering that the last thing
she'd seen was that no-good goddess.
Shaking in righteous female fury, Akane rose out of the furo, determined to
punish Urd for trying to have her perverted way with her. Honestly! Couldn't
that bimbo take no for an answer?!
Akane still occasionally had nightmares when all those gods would chase her
to try and seduce her, only to pull her into one of their incestuous - or
worse - orgies. In retrospect, perhaps rummaging at the attic through her
father's old scrolls... scrolls that were left from his training journey
before he had met her mother... might have been a mistake... but she really
wanted to become the best martial artist in the world! And her father did
say that they were advanced divine martial arts scrolls. The title even said
so! How was a seven-year-old child supposed to know the difference?
And it wasn't just those scrolls! Mr. Kuno was right! All those gods really
were just perverted bums! Sleeping with each other discriminately was just
the tip of the iceberg, no doubt. And that self-proclaimed sluttish goddess
wasn't any different.
Midway through her righteous rant, Akane noticed that the water in the furo
was bubbling. Just as she discovered that fact, a petite goddess shot out of
a portal that opened in the midst of all the water, coming to hover next to
Akane. In fact, the goddesses nose was almost brushing against Akane's left
breast.
Shaking even stronger than before, Akane slowly lowered her eyes to look at
the young goddess, who was glancing at her curiously in return.
'It can't be! They must be born perverted or something!'
And then, Skuld sneezed, accidentally thrusting her head into the crevice
between Akane's breasts.
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A loud enraged cry sounded from the general direction of the furo, startling
everyone in the Tendo residence. Kasumi and Ranma were immediately on their
feet and going towards the source of the sound to find out what was wrong,
when a blur shot past them.
Sliding the door open with enough force to drive it off its hinges, Soun
Tendo ran into the bathroom in his old samurai armor to protect his little
baby girl. His sword held high to smite any who dared assault his sweet,
innocent Akane, Soun took stock of the bathroom...
And immediately dropped the sword from his suddenly limp fingers.
Tears of pride streamed down his cheeks, as he recited happily, "Oh, how my
baby girl has grown!"
Ranma and Kasumi finally reached the furo at that point. The pigtailed god's
mouth dropped and he couldn't help but stare at the scene. After a few
seconds, Kasumi managed to tear her eyes away from the spectacle and covered
Ranma's face with her hand, blushing furiously.
"So who's perverted now, huh?" Urd lazily asked from the doorway, drawn by
Akane's cry as well.
The Norn of the Past smirked when she noticed the middle Tendo daughter,
Nabiki, fiddle with her camera.
"I... she..." Akane stammered in shock, not even thinking to cover herself
up.
"Don't you think that girl is too young for this, Akane?" Kasumi asked
disapprovingly, looking sternly at the furiously blushing girls in the furo.
"Nah, she's probably older than your old man," Urd commented, smiling as
Skuld's expression turned into rage.
"You are a fine one to talk, you hag!" the young goddess shot back angrily,
jumping out of the water and brandishing her mallet.
Urd's eyebrow twitched at the insult, and she readied a spell in return.
"Please, stop this!" Ranma exclaimed, jumping between the two sisters.
A mallet and a lightning bolt hit him from both sides, closely followed by
two bombs. When the smoke cleared, Ranma's charred form turned towards
Skuld.
Frowning, Ranma dusted himself off and said, "You threw those bombs on
purpose, didn't you?"
The Norn of the Future tried to lie, but found it nearly impossible when
looking into the pigtailed god's expressive gray-blue eyes. She opted for
bowing her head in shame and muttering an apology.
Ranma nodded at that, and smiled sunnily. Orchid petals appeared out of
nowhere and swirled around the room, taking care of all the damage caused to
it and decorating the bathroom with bouquets of flowers at the same time.
Nabiki dropped her camera in surprise, and Soun just stared dumbly at the
orchids that sprouted from his armor. Ranma smiled serenely one more time,
and plucked one of the gently before presenting it to Kasumi with a nervous
chuckle. The eldest Tendo girl blushed and took the proffered flower,
thanking Ranma.
>From the side, Urd saw Ranma's eyes almost glaze over when Kasumi beamed at
him radiantly, and suppressed a groan. She wasn't making any progress, and
now there would be Skuld to worry about as well. On whose side was the
little brat, anyway?
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End of Chapter 2.
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