Oh my.....Ranma?
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Okay, this is the second part of <Oh my....Ranma?>, which was previously
without a title. This story is set just after Ukyou shows up, and Ranma
finds out about their engagement. Also there's no Keichii in this
universe.  Also OMG! and Ranma1/2 belong to their respectice owners,
ie.not me. There's no point in sueing me, since I'm just a poor
student.  What has happened before? If you want to know, read the first
part. Or ask me for it.
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 "RANMA NO BAKA!!" A voice screamed as a giant mallet descended on a
small, insignificant Ranma.
 "Yah!" Ranma jolted up, sweating slightly. 'What a dream..' He
thought,  wiping the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand. '
And it seemed so real too. Man even in my dreams, that violent tomboy
has to  hit me,' he scowled in annoyance. 'I can't even have a peaceful
dream because of that...' His thought trailed off as he noticed
something.
 He was not in his room.
 How did he know? There could have been a dozen subtle reasons,
unfortunately Ranma only saw the most direct reasons, the ones that
stared him straight in the eye, and bit him before he noticed it. Not to
say Ranma was dumb, once he grasped a concept nothing could stop him.
Unfortunately, most times either he didn't care about grasping the
concept or was too ignorant to grasp it.
 If he was not in his room, then where was he? That was a question Ranma
was determined to find out. Tip-toeing quietly out of the room, he
stalked the hallways of what seemed to be a temple. Quietly, stealthily
he crept, confidant that no one could hear him.
 " Oh, are you playing a game?" Came a voice that sounded like Kasumi's.

 To say that Ranma was surprised would have been obvious. Kasumi had
never snuck up on him before without him hearing her, how had she
managed to do it now? Either way, he meant to ask her.
 He turned around, opening his mouth to ask her. "Kas- Who are you!" He
jumped backwards, getting some distance from the woman and him. If Akane
saw him with another woman... He left that thought unfinished, best not
to think about too unpleasent things. But for some reason, he had the
strangest feeling of deja-vu.
 "Don't you remember me? I'm Belldandy." Her face took on a slightly
hurt expression.
 Suddenly it all came back to Ranma, the wish, Akane kicking him out,
reaching the temple in the night. It all came back to him with startling
clarity. "But...that was only a...dream..." He managed to stutter.
Goddess's? Wishes? His mind choked on the pieces of information, not
really believing them. Yet standing before him, was the proof. The
woman, no goddess Belldandy. Finally he dealt with this the only way he
could, he fainted.
 "Oh my."
 ****
 Ranma woke, for the second time in ten minutes and found himself
staring into a pair of brown eyes.
 'Such beautiful eyes...'  Ranma thought, he could lose himself in them
forever. Then he realised exactly what he was doing. Smacking himself on
the head, he stood up.
 Belldandy was puzzled, she never had too much experience with humans
before. Ranma had woken up staring at her peculiarly. For some reason,
the memory of that made her flush crimson.  She brought a hand slowly up
to her cheek. 'Why am I blushing?'
 Ranma stared at Belldandy, not sure of what to say. After all, what
could you say to a goddess whom you had just met last night, and was now
not only your fiancee and living with you in a temple. So now, Ranma had
a probelm which he decided to solve in his own unique blunt way. He just
had to say something, regardless of how stupid it sounded. With a course
of action firmly decided, he opened his mouth.
 " Hi."
 " Hi." Belldandy's reply was hesitant, not sure of where the
conversation was going.
 ".........." Ranma thought of what else he could say. Finally deciding
there was nothing really tactful he could say. "Well, I need to go to
school. See ya."
 " Oh wait, I'm going to school with you." Belldandy stood up quickly,
following Ranma to the door.
 " But you're too old to go to high school." Ranma protested, stopping
suddenly. He did not want to think of the consequences if Belldandy
followed him to school. On one hand, his other fiancees might be happy
that he had gotten rid of one fiancee, but then again...if they learned
he had gotten another fiancee.... He left the thought hanging in the
air. Ucchan probably wouldn't do anything drastic, but Shampoo and
Kodachi? They were the real threat.
 " Is that all? Easily solved." Belldandy's features seemed to blur,
until standing before him was a pretty young girl of his age.
 'Uh-oh. Now what do I do?' Ranma tried to think of any excuse at all to
get her to stay. " No, really I insist. Stay here and relax, school's
much too troublesome." With a quick wave, he bounded out of the temple
without giving Belldandy a chance to reply.
 ****
 Something wandered the streets of Nerima. Something big, strong. Able
to crush boulders, able to shatter rock like so much cheap plastic. Able
to bend steel like so much plasticine. Something wearing a spotted
head-band and currently scratching it's head in confusion.
 " Where on earth am I now!" The eternal lost boy shouted to the
heavens. 'Ranma, this is all your fault!' He thought viciously to
himself. If you hadn't dumped Akane, I wouldn't be out here looking for
you!' If only the heavens would let him spot his wily prey and let him
get revenge for Akane. "Ahhh....sweet Akane," Ryouga whispered to
himself, as he started to go into daydream land.
 "Oh Ryouga!" Akane cried as she ran across the meadow to embrace him.
 " Oh Akane!" Ryouga cried as he ran to her.
 "Hi Ryouga." Ranma said, as he sprinted past Ryouga in a bid to reach
school on time.
 " Oh, hi Ranma." Ryouga said absented mindedly, not really paying
attention as he continued with his daydream.
 "Ryouga, you're so brave." Akane said, as she hugged him.
 "Yes I am, aren't- RANMA!?!" Daydream Ryouga's eyebrow started
twitching.
 ------
 Ranma wondered what Ryouga was doing standing in the middle of a
street, smiling so blissfully, smiling so sweetly that it would have
killed a diabetic. 'Probably thinking about Akane.' Ranma thought. 'And
she called me a pervert! Hah, if only she knew!' Ranma's line of thought
was abruptly cut off by a familiar cry.
 "RANMA!! PREPARE TO DIE!!"
 Ranma sighed. 'Some thing's never change.' Turning around to face an
enraged Ryouga, who was currently charging towards him like a bull. "
What is it now?" He said impatiently. " I don't have time for this."
 " Ranma! How dare you dump Akane! How dare you be unfaithful to Akane,
I always knew you were a cad but this takes the cake!"
 " Come on P-chan, she dumped me. Besides why do you care so much now
that Akane is free?"
 Ryouga paused a bit at that. Why did he care so much? After all, Akane
was free now wasn't she? Still his anger did not go away. "It's because
you were unfaithful to Akane!"
 Ranma's eyes hardened as his face took on an angry cast. " Oh yeah! And
who are you to lecture me on morals Mr.
Let-me-pretend-Im-a-pet-and-sleep-with-Akane."
 "Argh! That's all your fault! If you hadn't knocked me into Jusenkyo!"
 " What now! Did I force you not to tell Akane your curse immediately?"
 " ARGH!! ENOUGH RANMA!! DIE!!" Ryouga yelled as he jumped towards
Ranma.
 Ranma deftly skipped out of the way, as Ryouga's fist made a crater in
the street. 'Damn it! I'm sick and tired of people always blaming me,
always getting angry at me! Dammit, I can get angry too!' With that
thought, he spat out the words as he flipped his pig-tail back with his
thumb, "Fine! If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you get!"
 Roaring, the two contestants leapt at each other and the fight was on.
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 Ryouga's fist slammed into Ranma, sending him sprawling backwards into
a wall, destroying it in the process.
 It did not look good for him, Ranma had to admit to himself. They had
been fighting non-stop for thirty minutes now, and Ryouga seemed to have
the upper hand. Something was very wrong with this picture. For one, he
should be winning unless Ryouga had undergone some new training
techniques. He had hit Ryouga with enough punches that he ought to have
been unconscious by now, not standing there smirking at him. Had
Ryouga's endurance gone up even higher? But that didn't seem possible,
the whole week he had been stuck as a pig. There was no way he could
have gotten any training. Unless you counted being crushed in Akane's
arm training, not that he was going to try it of course.
 Ryouga smiled down at his defeated foe. He didn't know what had gone
differently today, but he wasn't going to complain. Not with Ranma lying
defeated at his feet. In fact, he was feeling pretty proud of himself.
 Ranma struggled to get up, which probably wasn't a good idea since his
ribs felt like they were on fire. Every single part of him ached. But he
would not, could not let himself be defeated by Ryouga. His pride
wouldn't let it. He had to be the best, he had to, otherwise what was
the use of training all his life, or learning the nekoken?
 "What's wrong Ranma? Having some difficulties?" Ryouga taunted. " A
half-man like you doesn't deserve anyone. Hah! You could be a couple all
by yourself." This was a new sensation he had never tasted before, now
he was the one being cocky instead of Ranma.
 "Shut up!" Ranma growled through gritted teeth.
 " Make me. " Ryouga said, as he continued tauning Ranma.
 Ranma struggled to stand, each taunt from Ryouga igniting a spark of
anger within him. Within time, they sparks became a full-blazing
inferno.
 "Shut up!" Ranma yelled, stand straight. He would not let Ryouga see
any weakness in him. His whole body felt flushed. His battle aura sprang
up, dark red with streaks or darkest black.
 " Half-man!" Ryouga continued in his relentless verbal assualt of
Ranma.
 "SHUT UP!!" Ranma yelled, as all the bottled up anger within him
bubbled towards the surface. Akane always hitting him, his father for
being such a total idiot, making him learn the nekoken and taking him to
Jusenkyo. Nabiki for always selling compromising pictures of him,the
Kuno's for always grabbing onto him. The list went on and on. He felt
like an overwound spring, tense and ready to break. His fists were
clenched in rage, as he stood there looking at them, remembering
everything done to anger him.
 Ryouga stared at Ranma. 'What is he up to now?'
 The tension increased with every passing moment, just as Ranma's anger
did too. He stood there, not moving as he recalled every single wrong
that had been done to him.
 Ryouga had enough. Ranma was probably trying to stall, well it wasn't
going to work. This time he'd show Ranma who was better. Yelling his
familiar battlecry. he charged Ranma.
 Ranma watched as Ryouga charged him. Finally he could not hold the
spring down anymore.
 "SHUT...." He growled through gritted teeth, the palms of his hand
seemed to be glowing slightly. He noticed with idle curiousity that when
he placed them together, they glowed even brighter.
 " UP!!" He yelled, as he held both his palms out together; experiencing
a strange sucking sensation as he did so. The spring unwound with a
ferocious roar, all the pent up energy now directed at Ryouga.
 Ryouga was surprised. And to be honest, more than a little afraid.
Ranma's battle aura had disappeared, as if it had been sucked away.
Almost immediately Ryouga noticed that a glowing ball of red energy;
with black swirls in it,  had formed in Ranma's palm. At the sound of
Ranma's voice, the ball had started travelling towards him, gaining
speed as it went. Surprise won over years of Martial arts training, as
he stood there, shocked and frightened like a little child as the ball
of energy smashed into him with the force of a whirlwind.
 Ranma watched, horrified as Ryouga's body was slammed backwards;
breaking through several concrete walls in the process. What had he
done? He took a step, hesitantly towards Ryouga before he felt a wave of
fautigue wash over him as his eyes rolled up and his body slumped
bonelessly to the ground.
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 The figure watched from the rooftops, savouring the destruction the two
young whelps had wrought. Surprising how two boys could cause so much
damage. The plan had turned out to be a failure, Saotome still survived,
despite the endurance drugs Ryouga had been given. Pity though, but at
least the day was not a total waste. 'So much anger for one so young...'

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 Ranma awoke, and immediately wished he hadn't. Every single muscle in
his body cried out for rest, he felt like he had just climbed Mount
Everest in thirty minutes. He recognised the place he was, after all he
had been here many times.
 Dr. Tofu walked in the door, surprised to see his young patient was
awake. "Hello Ranma."
 "Hi Doc," Ranma's voice was grumpy and tired. "So how am I?"
 " Well, you're perfectly healthy except for some cracked ribs and minor
bruises. The ribs will probably heal in time, but I wouldn't advise
getting into any fights. Also you were completely exhuasted when someone
brought you here, so you'll also need plenty of rest. But other than
that, you're okay."
 "Thanks Doc," Ranma said, as he got off the clinical bed. " You see
Ryouga anywhere?"
 " Well, yes..." The word was drawn out. " He was found near you. He
seems pretty bad, a few fractures and major bruises. Almost as if he was
hit by some powerful object. But he heals pretty fast, so he'll probably
be awake by late afternoon tomorrow. You can drop by then if you want to
visit him."
 " I guess I will." Ranma said, feeling a slight tinge of guilt. He
hadn't meant to hurt Ryouga so badly.
 ***
 Akane sat fuming silently as she stared at Ranma's empty seat. 'Where
is he?' She thought, her mind dredging up several...unpleasent
scenarios. 'I bet he's with his new fianceee. Ooh the nerve of the guy!
No sooner does he break up with me, than he goes fawning over
some.....HUSSY!' Her previous night had not been good, not with her
father and Genma crying all night. She couldn't get to sleep at all, not
without her father and Mr. Saotome bursting in every now and then,
begging, no PLEADING for her to take Ranma back. Finally it ended with
her kicking the both of them out of her room and telling them to stay
out. But by then, dawn was already awaking and it was too late to sleep.
And the lack of sleep was doing wonders for her patience, or lack of.
 As if summoned by her thoughts, Ranma walked into the class. On closer
inspection Akane noticed that he was almost slouching over, as if he
were supporting a terrible burden. His steps were slow and hesitant,
like an old man's.
 'Why does he seem so tired?' Again Akane jumped to the easiest
conclusion, and the wrong one as usual.  'Oh! I bet he spent all night
with that.....WOMAN!'
 "RANMA NO BAKA!!"
 "What did I do noooww....." Ranma's voice faded as he faded into the
atmosphere.
 ****
 Ranma trudged into class an hour later, soaking wet. It had not been an
enjoyable sixty minutes. IT had started with him landing into the Tendo
pond. There, Genma and Mr. Tendo had attempted to persuade him to take
Akane back as a fiancee, when he wasn't even the one who had dissolved
the engagement. 'They ought to talk to Akane, not me. Bet she never has
to put up with this.' Well maybe persuading was not exactly correct.
They had been on their knees, begging him, crying all the way. Even
Genma had started crying bucketfuls. Genma had evenb threatened him with
sepekku.
 *Flash back*
 " If you don't marry Akane, then you won't be a manly man. And then
we'll have to commit sepekku!"
 *Back to present.*
 No matter how Ranma thought upon it, it didn't make sense. What did
having to be manly have to do with sepekku?
 After his pop and Mr.Tendo had seen that he was not going to change his
mind, they had started attacking him. Normally he could have taken care
of them, but he had been too tired to fight them effectively. The most
he had been manage was a sort of draw between him and the two of them.
Neither one of them had been winning when Shampoo had somehow managed to
get news that Ranma was at the Tendo Dojo, and had gone to join them
accompanied by Mousse. Things had steadily degraded downhill from there,
and just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, Ukyou and Kodachi
had shown up. Things had turned into a free for all, with Mousse trying
to kill him, Kodachi trying to paralyze him and the two fathers trying
to beat him into submission.
 Finally, he had managed to settle the insanity, sneaking away silently.
He doubted anyone noticed his absence, they were too busy fighting each
other.
 He saw Akane looking at him, glaring at him. And for once in his life,
he glared back, with as much anger as she had.
 He saw Akane's gaze falter a bit, before she sniffed disdainfully,
turning her head sharply away from him.
 The rest of the day went uneventfully, for him at least.
 ****
 Dr. Tofy looked at the injured masses before him. Sometimes, he thought
he had more business than hospitals had. He felt the start of a slight
headache.
 "Shampoo, my love for you is true!!"
 " Get your hands of me peasent!"
 " How dare you go after my Ran-chan."
 " Ranma my husband, not yours!"
 " Waaahhhhh!! Saotome, what ever shall we do?"
 His headache got a lot worse.
 ****

 Belldandy hummed to herself as she entertained her houseguest.
 " Ring, ring."
 " Please excuse me." She said politely, as she made her way to answer
the phone.
 " Hello?"
 " Oh, hello father.*pause* Yes I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Okay,
bye." She smiled as she hung up the phone, it was nice to hear from home
once in a while.
 " Who was that?" Ranma said, as he walked into the room. School was
finally over. Right now, he felt like going to his futon and sleeping
for the rest of his life.
 " Just my father."
 " Oh, I see." Ranma said disinterestedly. For some reason, he just
couldn't concentrate. 'Wait a minute. Her father?' His mind thought this
out for a while, before settling for an answer. "KAMI-SAMA!?!?"
 "Why yes, that's what he's called sometimes."
 " You mean to tell me Kami-sama called you over the phone?"
 " Of course."
 Ranma blinked, then blinked again. 'This is too wierd, even for me.'
 Belldandy blinked in surprise as she took in Ranma's dishevelled wear.
His clothes were torn in various places, and stained. "Bad day?"
 " Don't ask. " Ranma mumbled, sulking. "Is there anything to eat?"
 " Why, yes. We also have a houseguest." Belldandy said, leading him to
the kitchen.
 In the kitchen, he met a short, dwarfed old man dressed in the
ceremonial robes of a Shinto priest.
 " This is Mr. Cherry. He lives in the temple next to ours."
 " Hi," Ranma replied, not bothering to look in Cherry's direction. He
seemed harmless enough. Instead his gaze was fixed to the big pot which
was simmering on the counter.
 " Hmm... young man, you seem to have an aura around you." Cherry
intoned ominously. "Fear not, let the drops of spiritual water cleanse
you."  Needless to say, the usual happened.
 Ranma-chan turned to look at Cherry, who had just thrown a whole flask
of cold water at him, triggering his curse.
 " So the boy is possessed. Fear not, for I shall save you." Cherry
said, striking a herioc pose. Running at Ranma-chan, he jumped his hands
whirring into blurs.
 Within seconds, Ranma-chan stood covered with spiritual wards which
were having no effects on her except to make her already strained temper
start to break. Cherry looked at her with evident surprise. "If the
wards don't work on you, I'll just do this the traditional way." He
said, as he pulled a wooden sword out of no where before charging at
Ranma-chan.
 " Yaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!" Ranma-chan screamed punting Cherry into
orbit.
 " I'll be backkkk............" Cherry wailed.
 "Why me!?!!" Ranma screamed. It seemed he always attracted the wierd
ones. 'I swear that guy can be as annoying as Happosai....maybe they're
brothers...'
 *****
 Meanwhile at a nearby house, a couple was snuggling up to the
TV,watching a movie. Just then, a pair of legs started appearing out of
the TV. It was soon followed by a figure which would have made any male
sit up and take notice. Which unfortunately this male did.
 "Oww! What did you slap me for?"
 " Why were you leering at her!"
 " I was not leering at her. I was just.....uh..surprised that's all."
 " Right, and I'm Sailormoon. You perverted jerk! You tried to get the
'Playboy' channel again didn't you!?"
 " I'm innocent!" The man whined, holding his hands above his head to
protect himself.
 None of them noticed the woman had slipped out though, phasing herself
through the wall.
 ****
 At a local stadium however, the final match of the Nerima rugby finals
were taking place.
 " And if Tomobiki can kick this over the pole, they win!" Came and
excited announcer's voice.
 The kick was perfect, sending the rugby ball sailing towards the pole.
Just it was about to cross the pole however,  something dropped from the
sky, knocking it off course.
 Everyone at the stadium gasped, what was it? Was it a flying saucer? A
bird. But as they got closer, what they saw disappointed and infuriated
them. A slightly worse for the wear, familiar Shinto priest, AKA Cherry.

 "CHERRY!!!" Dozens of battle auras lit the stadium.
 *****
 Ranma sighed, as he relaxed in the hot bath, enjoying the way it
relaxed his muscles. It was so comfortable that he might have fallen
asleep but for one minor detail. An exotic bronze woman was phasing
through the wall.
 " Hi, sorry about this. Just passing through." Urd apologised to the
human, even as she ran her eye over his muscular frame. He had a better
body than most humans she had known. Yet that face seemed so familiar,
like something she should recognise but didn't. Without another word,
she phased out of the bathroom.
 Ranma sighed, relieved when the woman was gone. He shivered slightly,
as he remembered the way she had looked at him. Like a c..a...ca...the
c-word looking a slab of meat. He held his fingers to his head massaging
the temple of his head gently, he had a feeling things had become much
more complicated. He just didn't know how.
 *****
 Nabiki's curses filled the coming night air. She had not managed to
follow Ranma back to his new home. It seemed like he had known someone
was trailing him, taking the most tiring, most curious routes; hopping
over rooftops, jumping over canals. But she knew it would only be a
matter of time before Ranma's new address was known to her. 'And that,'
She chuckled, 'was when the fun would start.'

The End

Author's notes: One more part finished. I'm not really proud of this
chapter, I feel it could have been done better.  This chapter is
dedicated to Pisceans, since I'm a Piscean and today(March 9th) is my
fifteenth birthday! Also dedicated to my friend Lionel Leong who had his
birthday on March 6th. Writing is taking it's toll on me, since I have
to go to school too. With the recent increase in tests, the next chapter
may be delayed.<C&C> welcomed, but flames not. So send me your opinions,
cause they mean a lot to me! But until then, Sayonara.

Sining