What you wish for chapter 2

[LawOhki]

Ranma was still sitting on the grass when Chrono vanished upwards in a beam of light, her task apparently finished. The other high powered individual was a woman with golden brown hair standing in the doorway with her hands clasp demurely in front of her hips. She was another Goddess, with triangles on her cheeks, and a long diamond on her forehead. Next to the woman was an average looking guy.

Ryoga chose that moment to run around the Goddess in the door way, his head still steaming meant he had just changed back into a human, and point an accusing finger at him. “Ranma this is all your fault!”

“No, it’s her fault.” He pointed to Mara.

“It’s her fault.” Urd pointed to Mara.

“Ryoga-kun, it’s her fault.” Akane also pointed at Mara.

“Both sides have said this is all Mara’s fault.” The new Goddess added sweetly.

“It was his wish!” Mara tried to defend herself.

“See it’s Ranma’s fault!” Ryoga jumped on his opportunity.

“Is he always like this?” Urd asked him.

“Yes.” He answered, rubbing at his temples. “So who is she?” He pointed to the new Goddess, everyone was now ignoring Ryoga who was fuming over the fact that no one was taking him seriously.

“Hello, I am Belldandy, Goddess first class, second category, unlimited.” The woman bowed politely. “And this is Morisato Keiichi.”

“Hello.” He greeted, quickly getting to his feet, more out of reflex than anything. The concept of divinity was still something he was wrapping his head around. Or the idea that he was an actual God now, which seemed so mundane, it wasn’t like he actually felt any different. But if there was a Goddess greeting him he’d try to at least be on his feet.

“I can take care of things here Bell, you want to head back to the temple and setup there?” Urd asked.

“Are you sure?” Belldandy asked nervously.

“Hey, trust me.”

“Trust you to screw up?” Mara interjected.

“Thank you for your hospitality.” Belldandy ignored Mara to talk to Kasumi. Keiichi added his own thanks a moment later.

“Come with me unwanted burden.” Urd grabbed his wrist.

“Hey! What gives?” He demanded, finding that she had a very strong grip.

“First lesson time.” The dark skinned Goddess pulled him into the dojo.

“I don’t want a lesson, I want to relax, and figure out what you people did to me.” Finally released from Urd’s grip, he crossed his arms irritably.

“Plenty of time for that.” Urd waved off his concern. “That blasted Mara already showed her student how to project her pishogue.”

“Say what?”

“Her magic.” Urd went up to one of the walls and looked for some kind of fault in it.

“What was she doing when she did it?” Ranma had a sneaking suspicion.

“Her father was saying something about joining the schools and was crying a lot about how your love would surpass all obstacles. Then this aura magic surrounded her and thankfully your arrival distracted her.”

“That’s just her battle aura, she does that when she gets really angry. Not under her control.”

“Oh!” Urd looked incredibly pleased about this. “That means you’ll be the first one to use magic consciously. Oh ho ho ho ho ho!” The Goddess laughed into the back of her hand haughtily.

“Well what do you want me to do?” Ranma was getting interested in this now. A new technique for him to master? Joy!

“We are going to make a gate.” Tapping a finger against the wood, Urd seemed satisfied with the position. “Me and Belldandy live over in Nekomi, so a gate will let us go back and forth easily. Now watch Urd-sensei work and then you’ll be doing it.”

[Tuisto]

I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry that Urd will be the one instructing Ranma...

[LawOhki]

I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry that Urd will be the one instructing Ranma...

Instead of Ranma and Shampoo as Kew and Pid, it'll Urd and Ranma! The Lovey Dovey get Keiichi and Belldandy together plan!

[Spokavriel]

I don't see Ranma falling into the matchmakers shoes no matter how long a time is spent around Urd.

Are you going to reveal if Ranma still has the Jusenkyo curse with certainty any time soon? What is Ranma's Transport medium? What is his domain? His License was mentioned but there is allot to get to in addition to training.

[frice2000]

Umm why couldn't you see Ranma in a matchmaker role? I've always wondered if he ran into a guy with a similar set of problems from whatever harem anime then I think at the least he'd empathize. I mean Keiichi at least only has the one girl he's interested in and she definetly shares the interest...So after dealing with relationship hell I think he'd at least make an attempt at it if he could. With Urd as his teacher I'm sure she'll frame it as training too and then it's all the more likely. And considering Ranma and Urd don't have exactly a normal opinion of relationships well it could be very enjoyable indeed.

I've said it before but that conversation brings it up again I'm pulling for a Ranma Urd pairing. I think they had similarly difficult upbringings, both from brokenish families, both not understood by their peers, both don't have a strong sense of home, both of their mothers are evil. Of course Ranma isn't too experienced but honestly we've seen Urd in what one committed relationship? I'm sure she's quite experienced sexually but I doubt she's had many close relationships. Both of them are going to be a little scarred in that too. Ranma from the insanity that was his fiancée situation and not really knowing love, and Urd with the asshole musician as her seemingly only big love interest.

Pretty sure Law already indicated Ranma still has a female form by linking a picture of what was intended somewhere. I too would like to know what Ranma is a god of though. I would think that'd be one of the first things you were told. All in all nice bit and I'm anxiously waiting to see how this evolves. A newly divine Ranma without 'insta know everything' or let's skip ahead so yay.

[BonusPoints]

Perhaps Ranma will be a god of romantic tension?

Good to see everyone but Ryoga is learning where to place the blame.

I'll confess, I've got a terrible desire that this should develop into a story of Ranma and Akane training with their respective portfolios (both of which have some significant relationship component) by screwing with/assisting the assorted crazies in Nerima, all with their teachers laughing and/or groaning at the efforts.

Even if that's not how it turns out, LawOhki doesn't seem to be in the habit of disappointing. I should probably be entertained no matter how things shake out.


Minor criticism: In the heavily multi-character dialog section, there are a few lines where the speaker could stand to be made more clear.

[Tornado Ninja Fan]

Ranma is a matchmaker. He tried to help Akari and Ryoga, even using some magic potion so Ryoga would hug her.

[LawOhki]

Ranma is a matchmaker. He tried to help Akari and Ryoga, even using some magic potion so Ryoga would hug her.

Ranma also tried to setup Happosai and Cologne during the love pill arc. And I believe there is another arc where he plays matchmaker. Being around someone like Urd who may just try to turn that kind of thing into training? I can't see a reason why he wouldn't do it.

Why are you asking for what his domain is? That's already been said in the last chapter. He's the God of atmospheric pressure.

The curse will come up in a little bit. I think some kind of bathroom incident will be when it comes up. Remember, he still has the worst case scenario curse on him.

[Spokavriel]

Looks like I can't defend it. I just don't think he would go for any of Urd's Methods and if anyone could she'd scare him out of dealing with any aspect of relationships ever again. That is if he gets to see her in action too many times.

[LawOhki]

Looks like I can't defend it. I just don't think he would go for any of Urd's Methods and if anyone could she'd scare him out of dealing with any aspect of relationships ever again. That is if he gets to see her in action too many times.

You can't really defend that either, Urd's not that bad with her attempts, and with Ranma there it would stabilize her attempts and keep her on task.

Urd's major problem is always that she forgets her end goal.

[Drawde2]

Looks like I can't defend it. I just don't think he would go for any of Urd's Methods and if anyone could she'd scare him out of dealing with any aspect of relationships ever again. That is if he gets to see her in action too many times.

We're talking about the Ranma who asked Cologne if they had any love potions, so he could hook up Ryoga and Akari, right? The Ranma who used the hugging insence to try to get Ryoga to hug Akari, but ended up with him hugging random, mostly male, strangers? Sounds pretty much like Urd to me.

[Spokavriel]

I've never seen that and to be honest it is most likely from fannon or an episode I never saw because after Ryouga's hug in the waterproof soap incident I couldn't imagine Ranma subjecting anyone to an uncontrolled hug from Ryouga. That would be something akin to attempted murder based on past both cannon experience!

[LawOhki]

Those mushrooms were done by Shampoo who ended up giving Ranma the command to hug whoever sneezed. But he did have no qualms about using them right back at her.

Volume 11:7-8

The anime may have something similar, but the anime sucks.

[Drawde2]

I've never seen that and to be honest it is most likely from fannon or an episode I never saw because after Ryouga's hug in the waterproof soap incident I couldn't imagine Ranma subjecting anyone to an uncontrolled hug from Ryouga. That would be something akin to attempted murder based on past both cannon experience!

It's from Akari's introduction in the manga. It's also the chapter where Cologne tells Ranma that no, they don't have any love potions. And if they did, they'd have used it on Ranma already.

[LawOhki]

“I should be hurting you right now.” Akane glared at Mara while crouching outside of the dojo and peaking inside.

“Shh, they’ll hear us.” Mara held a finger up to her lips.

“And I should care about that why?” She was actually interested in what the pair of divine beings were doing. The beautiful Goddess had, without touching anything, drawn a fairly complex pattern of white circles and triangles on the wall by waving her hand. Ranma was now attempting to do the same but very quickly on every attempt, the white marks would simply vanish. He was also humming a simple tune that Akane could almost feel.

“It’s our job to mess up their plans.”

“Like I care.” She rolled her eyes and headed into the dojo, ignoring Mara’s protests. Akane didn’t volunteer for this, if Mara just thought she’d fall in line after doing this to her then she had another thing coming. Ranma was too preoccupied to notice her approach but the white haired Goddess did. Akane squashed down the jealous feelings the woman caused in her. Urd was incredibly beautiful and with her exotic features, Akane could already see Ranma putting the moves on her.

“If you’re looking for a good teacher, sorry, I’m not helping out a Demon learn the ropes.” The woman commented.

“Why do people keep acting like I’m different since that idiot out there.” She jerked a thumb at where Mara was hiding. “Granted Ranma’s wish?”

Ranma stopped what he was doing, the magical lines vanishing, and smirked at her. “Being a Demon isn’t going to change her that much.”

Grabbing him by the front of his clothes, she pulled him down slightly to be right in her face. “And what’s that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing!” Ranma hastily answered nervously.

“It didn’t sound like nothing!”

“Er-- well-- it’s like this stuff requires a lot of concentration and skill. You’re bad at both.” He answered.

Releasing her unwanted fiancé, she straightened out his clothing, and patted him on the shoulder. “Oh Ranma.” She sighed just before she shoved his head through the wall. “You’re the biggest idiot on Earth!” Smoldering in rage, she spun on her heal and stalked out of the dojo. “I’ll show him, that big jerk. I’ll be way better than him at drawing stupid lines on the wall and anything else!”