Kami-Sama poked his somewhat flabby gut and frowned. “Yecch, I should try to get into better shape,” he mused.
Sighing, Kami-Sama thought back to how he got into this situation in the first place. As with all of his other experiments, trials, and simulations, this had all started with a conversation that led to a wager. He and Hild were discussing, as usual, the state of affairs when the topic had turned nostalgic. Hild had reminded Kami-Sama about that one time with Job, and they began talking about the weak points of that experiment, how to do things better, and what they would do different. That led to Hild betting Kami-Sama that he couldn’t spend not even fifteen years as a mortal, subject to mortal suffering, and without access to his powers. Kami-Sama negotiated the terms, as he not only knew better than to take any first offers from Hild, but to also remove any hidden opportunities for betrayal. He not only managed to keep his personality and memories, and the clause that death of the mortal shell results in Kami-Sama returning to Heaven and full power, but he also wrangled a stipulation out of Hild for one request of her to be given last. After all, the concept of balance of power between Heaven and Hell meant that each side was equally strong. With Kami-Sama out of the picture and leaving control of Heaven with someone he trusts, Hild also couldn’t be left in charge of Demon-kind. This was also to insure the demons couldn’t take too much advantage of his powerless state and absence from Heaven. And so, with the terms of the wager worked out, Hild had chosen whom Kami-Sama would spend fifteen years as. And this is how Kami-Sama found himself as a pudgy mortal with a son looking up at him with wide, bright eyes. Kami-Sama sighed, knowing that, as Genma Saotome, he would soon be starting to train Ranma.
“I can work with this,” Kami-Sama pondered out loud.
Nearby, a Grumpy Hild crossed her arms and glared at him. His last request, after hearing who he’d be, was for Hild to spend fifteen years as a certain mortal as well.
“Why did you go and choose this person for me to be? I’d of rather had been Happosai,” Hild complained.
Kami-Sama smiled at her. “I thought it would only be fair, and you did give me one request to help keep things fair. Plus, now, you can keep a closer eye on our experiment.”
She turned to look away from him, snubbing him. “It also keeps me from harassing you to badly, cut off from most of my powers as I am. I’m a busy demon, though. I don’t have time for this.”
“Fifteen years is but a blink of the eye.” Kami-Sama then laughed in amusement. “You’re stuck now, anyways. Might as well make the most of it.”
Hild calmed down, somewhat. “It’s just that I didn’t think you’d outsmart me at my own game. How embarrassing! I am Hild, Ruler of all Demons, Master of Hell, not some mortal woman.”
“Well, now and for the next decade and a half, you are Nodoka Saotome, wife to Genma Saotome and mother of Ranma Saotome. Welcome to the chaos you delivered me into. I believe it is time for us to leave and train our son. I could use some as well. Shall we go, dear?” Kami-Sama hid his amusement poorly.
“What do you mean, ‘we’? Isn’t this where you disappear, but not before signing a contract, and I get your head on a platter in roughly ten years time when you fail to fulfill said contract?”
Kami-Sama raised an eyebrow, “You don’t honestly expect me to sign a contract like that? Not to mention, how can you keep an eye on me if we separate?” In his head, Kami-Sama finished that statement with the thought of, “I would also need to keep an eye on you to make sure you behave yourself.”
Hild grumbled under her breath in reply.
Kami-Sama leaned in closer. “I did not catch that. Would you mind speaking up, please?”
“I said it was worth a shot.”
Anything else Hild Nodoka Saotome might of said was interrupted by Ranma looking to be picked up by his mother.
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