Trying to watch Tv despite all the noise, Urd turned over to glare at her little sister. She didn't really want to know why, but the way Skuld was tearing up the place was cutting into her relaxation time. "Hey Squirt, knock it off. My show's on."
Screaming in frustration, the young goddess pointed an accusing finger at her lazy older sister. "You! You must have been messing around in my lab again! What did you do with her?"
Puzzled for a second, Urd guessed what Skuld was talking about. Turning the tables, she fixed her youngest sister with a naughty grin. "Ohhhh, that. I know you're desperate and all, but really, building a sex doll?"
Blushing for a moment, Skuld immediately went back to being angry, getting in Urd's face now. "She's not a sex-toy you pervert! Now what did you do with her?"
Smirking at her superior genius, the platinum haired goddess waved the little goddess off. "Oh, don't be so worked up. I gave her a tune up and activated her for you. You might be a good little grease monkey, but a working love doll is a bit advanced for you."
Skuld was not comforted by her words, not in the least. "You what?! Are you insane? She's not a sex-toy, she's an artificial goddess with access to the Ultimate Force! She wasn't ready to go on-line for even a test run! Do you have any idea how much trouble you've caused?"
Urd casually brushed a stray strand of hair from her chest, ignoring Skuld to go back to her program. "It's not my fault, she's your sex doll. How am I supposed to know if you equip them with extra features like that?"
"Arrrgghhhhhh!"
Sighing, Urd decided to help Skuld find her little sex-toy. Hopefully then her little tomboy of a sister would fix the TV so she could go back to watching her soaps.
Stretching, Ranma stood up from the tree he had been leaning against.
He'd been to many special places in his days, but where he was now was pretty nice.
Not only was it in Tokyo, but it was the grounds to an old shrine which had a fairly nice forest attached to it. Having something this nice close to home made for a great place to relax in. It even felt as if his worries wouldn't even follow him to such a sacred natural spot.
Of course, that there was this nice housewife named Belldandy that kept bringing him snacks was icing on the cake. He didn't know how she always knew he was there to find him, but he enjoyed his moments with her. She'd even listen to him when he had problems or give him advice when he needed it. He always felt better when he got a moment to visit her.
Walking over to the old tree stump, he set his plate down there. Making sure no one was looking, he placed a bouquet of wildflowers on the plate. He knew she had a boyfriend, so he didn't have to worry about her taking it the wrong way, but he was well aware anyone else would jump to the wrong conclusion. It was just the only way he really had of thanking her.
Feeling a lot better, the pigtailed young man turned to leave the temple forest.
Walking along the sidewalk on the way home, Ranma heard the distant call of the wild idiot. Familiar with the species of urban fauna, he further narrowed it down to the type that traveled in small packs and picked on other people, a type of scavenger. While no where near as annoying as the dreaded 'True Blunder' of the species, they were well known to pick on the weak.
As that was something he wouldn't stand for, even if it meant a major annoyance for him, he found himself peering down an alleyway not too far from the temple.
What he saw was so astounding that he stood still for a few seconds.
There were four guys, with one just standing away from the group and watching the 'fun' while egging them on. The other three had a girl trapped between them. Other than wearing an over sized collar, she was perfectly nude...and they were groping her and working up to more.
Thus, after Ranma stalked into the alley, four boys came flying out of it shortly afterwards.
Kneeling down to the likewise kneeling girl, he looked her in the eyes while visually checking her for injuries. "Hey it's alright now. Are you okay?"
Waiting for the girl to respond, he tried to figure her situation out. While nude and kneeling, she wasn't trying to cover herself or make any overt movements. By the same token, she wasn't afraid, angry, upset, happy or any of the other emotions he might have expected from a girl in her situation.
She had been struggling against them earlier, but now she wasn't showing any initiative, particularly in answering him.
She simply stared back at him with searching expressive eyes that made Ranma slightly uncomfortable.
"Are you okay? Can you talk? Do you understand me?"
Deciding he wasn't going to get a response any time soon, he unbuttoned his silk shirt. Surprised that undressing didn't get a response from the girl, he draped the shirt over her shoulders. While he had to dress her, she did helpfully move her arms into the sleeves.
Staring at her a moment longer now that she wasn't nude, he sighed, deciding he couldn't leave her where she was. Thinking it the best course of action, he picked the girl up, cradling her in his arms.
His nice relaxing day over, Ranma took the rooftops with her.
After jumping a few blocks away from the temple, he realized he didn't have a clue about where to go with her. If she couldn't talk or communicate, he would be roasted alive at the Tendou's. Unfortunately, none of his other options really looked up at the moment. His mother was a possibility, but getting to her at the Tendou house for advice would be tricky.
Setting her down on a flat apartment rooftop, he paused to consider their options.
Deciding that having her cooperation would be a huge help with whatever he did and maybe give him a solution, he grabbed her hands to get her attention. "Look, please, give me a little help here. I don't know what I need to do for you if you don't give me a clue. I'm not gonna abandon you if you can't tell me, but if I take you home there's gonna be a lot of trouble, especially if you can't talk."
Apparently hearing his words, she looked up at him and smiled. Then as something on her forehead started glowing and blinking, Ranma got a funny feeling about the situation.
That funny feeling turned out to be gravity releasing its hold on the pair, allowing them to float upwards a few feet. From that vantage point, the young martial artist could easily see the divine array forming beneath them, though to him it was only a design made of glowing lines.
Truthfully, it was just a sign of how much trouble he was in now for sticking his nose in and helping her out.
With streams of light dancing through the air, she finally opened her mouth to speak, though Ranma only heard the echoing whispers of a thousand voices coming from all around him.
Ranma was getting a bad feeling about all of this.
As this was undoubtedly serious magic at work, Ranma had a very bad feeling about it.
As it involved holding hands with a half-naked floating girl whom he'd already seen nude, well, there were precedents to follow.
That's how he knew it was bad news. Despite all of that, he held himself steady. He didn't know what was going on, but it didn't seem like she was about to hurt him, and if he pushed her away there was no telling what might happen. As such he was determined to ride it out.
Up until she used the fact that they were holding hands to pull herself towards him, delivering a kiss to his lips.
Swallowing hard in surprise and knowing that had to mean something, he watched helplessly as she pulled back to look at him with her strangely expressive eyes.
As they slowly floated to the ground and the light show dimmed, Ranma felt a small sense of relief.
Then he stared in surprise as she pulled his right hand to her face before reverently kissing his hand.
Looking around in surprise, Ranma stared in shock wishing he hadn't understood that last echoing voice. He didn't know what it meant, but he was pretty sure it meant something serious.
At the temple, Skuld started to panic as the unit activated fully and went on-line.
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