"You spoke of the folley of challenging the Master of Magnetism," Ranma... nee, Coudal of the First House said coldly, "Now you shall learn the folley of challenging one of the House of the Dawn!" Calling forth his faith, Coudel summoned his full glory and donned Bel, the vistage of the Celestials.
His angelic form was, in a word, magnificent. Unlike some other Fallen, Coudel's torment did not warped his heavenly vistage, for his time as Ranma had calmed him. He was now resplendant, and it was easy to believe that he was truly an angel come to earth. Eagle wings sprouted from his back, stretching one third again his own height. He glowed an aura of golden light that ripped away the darkness from the alley. That same aura blazed a more heavenly then hellish anger. His eyes blazed a piercing, cold light that glared at Magneto in heavenly disappointment.
Magneto had faced all manner of intimidating creatures, but none held the sheer power and presence as what was before him. Even though he was on the ground and Magneto himself floated in midair above him, this... being seemed to tower over him... made Magneto feel as if he were a bug in his divine presence. Moldy old Judeo-Christian impulses from childhood, which once he thought thoroughly buried underneath society's rejection, came full force to the forefront when confronted with a genuine (ex-)agent of heaven.
He... was actually scared.
"MASTER OF MAGENTISM," thundered Coudel in a booming, commanding voice, "KNOW YE THAT TO GAIN RANMA SAOTOME'S MOTHER, YE MUST DEFEAT ME FIRST! LEST YE HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHALLENGE ME NOW, MAGNETO, HEED MY COMMAND: LEAVE!" Coudel threw all of his heavenly might into that command. Magneto obeyed instantly.
Hours later, the initial shock faded, Magneto considered what had appeared to him in the graveyard. Either this 'Ranma' was a real angel... or he was a very powerful mutant. The first possibility was rejected out of hand. Angels? Hah! There was no such animal. Therefore, this Ranma must be a mutant. "Interesting," he said, thoughts already forming plans to capture this... angel-like mutant.
Coudal released his apochalyptic form, returning to plain old Ranma Saotome.
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