Ah My Goddess Fan Fiction / Hellsing Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Daimakaicho Ranma ❯ The plot thickens... ( Chapter 5 )

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By: Tuisto

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Fair Forewarning be unto you, in the next chapters I'm about to mutilate several religions and mythologies.

I'll be using proper and historical and mythological names, just severely out of context.

Though, I did my best research for the best mythological characters so the demons in this fiction are demons in their own mythologies.

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Daimakaicho Ranma, chapter 5.

Modi Operandi

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The otherwise bland hotel room was eerily silent after the two Imperial agents had finished describing in detail the plans already set forth and in motion, with a messy pile of loose official papers strewn about on the table in front of the Tendo's, Saotome's and Ryoga and Ukyo when questions needed explaining.

The total unreality of the situation that the Emperor himself was requesting all of this just made it all the more surreal in their minds.

After several minutes of the silence only being broken by Mrs. Fujito quietly sipping at her tea, there was a thunderclap in the distance accompanied by a flash of light high in the dense dark morning clouds breaking their quiet reverie then Soun Tendo spoke unsurely to the agents “So… what do we do now?”

As Agent Fujito was still enjoying her tea the stoically quiet Agent Kasewagi answered “Well, if you're all amenable to it, we've already arranged for transportation for all of you to the Imperial Palace where you'll meet with…” Agent Kasewagi paused as there suddenly were sounds of violence at least one floor bellow them, and even though the agents were in a room filled with some of the best martial artists in Tokyo they both retched for their weapons; a sleek black Glock 9 mil for Agent Fujito and a long barreled .44 Desert Eagle for Agent Kasewagi.

Then there was the distinct sound of muffled shouting just down the hall from the door to the hotel suit, then the shouting was closer and the two agents could clearly make out at least “KASUMI!”

Then without warning other than the continued sounds of pain, a uniformed police officer, one of those that had been stationed for mundane guard detail, burst through the suits door as a flying projectile, sending splinters of wood spraying through the room as he continued his uncontrolled flight into a wall at the far side of the main room. In the dust of the hall just outside of the now ruined door there became visible the shape of a man that then screamed “KASUMI!” and just as agent Kasewagi was about to take a head shot to put the maniac down… Kasumi got up and ran so fast that she practically teleported herself into the settling dust and into the man. The maniac could then be heard clearly raving “Ka… Ka… Ka… Kasumi! Fa… fa… fancy meeting you here!” then there was a sound of a very hard slap and as the dust finally settled they could all see Kasumi rather disheveled and haggard form in a simple day dress leaning into a man and crying. The man a rather tall nebbish looking fellow, with long brown hair in a black Gi and glasses glinting in the light as he tentatively wrapped his arms around Kasumi.

As Kasumi broke down all those people within the room couldn't help but to listen as she spoke through her sobs “Oh Tofu please… please don't be silly… please… don't… not now… it was so awful! It was so… so… (sob) Papa and Auntie Saotome found out and demanded marriage… and then Ranma's friends Ukyo-chan and Ryoga-kun showed up… and… they fought… and Ranma went flying… (sob) and Ranma came back… and they fought again! (sob) oh it was awful and the blood! Ranma and her head… and blood! (sob)… so much…” as Kasumi's words faded into soft incoherent mumbling sobs Tofu just stroked her back and made gentle reassuring noises as he said “Shoo shoo… it's okay, it's okay Kasumi… um… dear… I'm here now, I know… I saw it all on the TV… it'll be alright…”

With a measured look at Tofu and the suddenly emotionally broken girl, Agent Kasewagi looked back to into the room to assist the downed police officer, and was surprised as he saw the man he thought might be dead or at least in need of immediate medical care, stand up and simply shake his head to clear it and lightly dust off his clothes as though nothing had really happened… he didn't even look bruised. Poking his head out the door around the young couple standing there he was even more surprised to see the other two officers just getting back up like the officer in the room, and he assumed the same would be true for the few other officers the good Dr. Tofu must've plowed through to get to Kasumi.

Holstering his weapon Agent Kasewagi coughed just loud enough to get Tofu's attention and said “Dr. Tofu… you Do realize it's a high crime to assault officers of the crown, do you not? That's not to mention the damages to the building…”

“Err… well… that is… I um… you see…” as Tofu floundered under the stare of the Imperial agent still being the rock for Kasumi to lean on, he only then seemed to realize how much trouble he may have caused to get to her. But thankfully Agent Fujito approached and smiled thinly at the good Doctor then to Agent Kasewagi and said “I do believe we can let this one slide considering the unfortunate circumstances, wouldn't you agree Kasewagi?”

With yet another measured look at the doctor, Kasewagi sighed in defeat and said “Well… seeing as there's been little to no harm done… and considering the… rather well… impassioned state the doctor was in… I believe we can let this go just this once. Now that the excitement is over I believe it best we head off now… doctor Tofu, if you would be so kind to release Miss Kasumi as the Tendo's and Saotomes and the two other children are expected at the palace…” before Kasewagi could finish speaking Kasumi had whirled around to face him and in a stern voice that brook no argument said “He's coming.”

In a rather weak voice from the normally robust Agent Kasewagi he said “But… Miss Kasumi, you see there's a procedure and he's not listed and …” before he could stammer out anymore Kasumi reiterated with a glare marring her already teary face “He's coming. That's Final.”

With a light smirk Agent Fujito slapped Kasewagi on the back and said “Face it Kas', you've lost…” she then turned to face Kasumi and Tofu and said “…alright Miss Kasumi, Tofu may accompany you if he so wishes to.” Tofu's emphatic nodding as he drew Kasumi tighter to himself was all the answer Agent Fujito needed.

Turning to face the rest of the still rather startled people in the room Agent Fujito said “Now if you're all quite ready we have transportation waiting for all of you downstairs… oh, and Detective Takajitsu… if you would be so kind as to get the door on the way out…” Hiro Takajitsu glowered at her retreating backside thinking `I'm not her lackey,how dare she order me around!' as she about-faced and walked through the ruined door and down the hall.

Minutes pass silently as the Tendo's, Saotomes along with Doctor Tofu, Ryoga and Ukyo follow behind to two Agents leaving Hiro still seated, with a quiet cursing he too got up and was about to leave the room… but then cursed some more and gathered what little was left of the door and propped it up in the door-way just as he left the room muttering about snobby Imperial agents and bossy women always ordering him around…

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As the elevator doors that adjoined the hotel and its parking structure opened with a slight ping, there was a sudden flaring or flashbulbs momentarily blinding the Agents, as well as the Tendo's, Saotome's and company within the elevator. The flashing lights of cameras continued as the people behind them… the press all began a collective barrage of questions.

“Nodoka Saotome! AP News! What do you have to say about allegations of parental abandonment and abuse by Nerima Ward citizens?!” A rather well dressed American man shouted as he thrust a microphone in her face.

“Detectives, Tokyo Morning Paper, are the rumors of the Imperial Crown involving itself in this matter true?!” A short old rat-faced woman shouted as she scribbled furiously at a note pad.

“Soun Tendo! Sky News! What do you have to say to your critics of harboring the wanted criminals Happosai and Genma Satome!?” A tall lanky Englishman shouted as he swung the gaff microphone of his camera at Soun.

“Ryoga Hibiki! World Travelers Gazette! Is it true you walked the circumference of the earth no less than three times in your quest to kill Ranma Saotome!?” A woman shrouded completely by her camera gear shouted over the din at Ryoga.

“Akane Tendo! Tokyo Adult Review! Is it true that with your sapphistic lover Ranma, you developed a Lesbian BDSM based martial art?!” A fat greasy looking Japanese man shouted towards Akane as he sneered lewdly and scribbled away in a note pad.

“Miss Ukyo Kuongi! Osaka Morning Post! Your comments on the tragic death of a national hero?!” Shouted a very short woman at the back of the other press agents jumping up and down with her microphone in one hand and Nikon still camera in the other to get her shots in over the others.

As more questions and accusations continued to be hurled at the occupants of the elevator and before any of the civilians screwed-up by opening their mouths, Agent Fujito cursed to herself and slammed her dainty hand into the door close button and then hit the Up button as Kasewagi began speaking softly into his suit lapel.

As the elevator reversed itself to go up, up and away, a frown formed on Genma's face as he turned to the agents and asked brashly “What the hell was all that about?!”

Without taking her eyes off of the elevator doors Agent Fujito answered him simply disregarding Genma's harsh tone “Unfortunately the situation hit the media before we could curb it effectively… or spin it more favorably… so all this has made all the big news and the internet already and the people are eating it up wanting to see more like it was a tactless evening drama… Fortunately though we've had the foresight to arrange alternate transit standing by just in case…” at that instant the elevator slowed to a stop, and again with a ping the doors opened to show the Hotel's parking buildings barren roof top… then the occupants of the elevator were buffeted by strong gusts of wind followed by the screaming whir of engine noise as a sleek black helicopter emblazoned with the Imperial Chrysanthemum landed with a great wash of wind just outside the open elevator doors.

At the sight of the large machine representing Japan's Imperial Might, more than one set of jaws hung agape at the sight, and as Nabiki began to feel faint and wobbled on unsure feet Agent Kasewagi, ever the gentleman, steadied her, whereas Nodoka actually slightly fainted and Detective Hiro Takajitsu “unfortunately” couldn't reach her in the confined space so down she went with a meaty thud.

Still standing facing the front of the open elevator, Agent Fujito cast a quick sideways glance at Genma and Soun pulling a just-barely conscious Nodoka to her feet, and she couldn't help but to have a small secret smirk at Genma's narrowed gaze at Detective Takajitsu.

`And here I thoughthe good Detective didn't have a sense of humor…' Fujito thought to herself, and continued `… and not married either I see… and such roguish good looks in a stereotypical sleuth-ish way…I wonder…'

Her musings on the manly qualities of Hiro Takajitsu were interrupted by Agent Kasewagi standing just outside the elevator with his arm outstretched holding the mechanical doors open then clearing his throat while smirking at her, then said with a touch of almost amusement in his voice said “If you're all quite done… we DO have a helicopter waiting…”

With that the parties began to step out of the elevator, braving the wash of wind from the spinning rotors to walk the short distance to the helicopter, and just as the helicopter crew were helping the people up and aboard the flaying machine, Agent Fujito could hear over the engine noise Akane saying in a struggling voice “Come on Ryoga! They're going to leave without us!”

Turning around to look, Fujito sees Akane pulling on Ryoga's arm with all her might with no success as Ryoga seemed to be firmly rooted in his spot in the elevator with a look of abject terror on his face as he stared at the helicopter.

Jogging back over to the two youths as fast as her sensible heeled shoes would allow, Agent Fujito shouted to the two “Is there a problem here?”

“I don't know! Ryoga just won't budge even an inch!” Akane shouted back to the older woman as she kept pulling on Ryoga's arm, but now with her feet against the wall to get more leverage on the bandana wearing boy.

Finally Ryoga said in a quaking voice “…I …I …I c-can't d-do this! I-it's not right being in the air like that! There are cars down on the ground! Can't we PLEASE take one of those? Just please please don't make me get in that thing!” Ryoga half babbled half begged of Agent Fujito.

Fujito quickly and correctly deduced that Ryoga must've had a fear of heights or possibly more to the point; Flying. She assured him in as calm a voice she could over the engine noise “Ryoga Hibiki! It's perfectly safe! One of the safest ways to travel, plus this machine is of the Imperial fleet, so it's one of the safest in the nation, you have nothing to be afraid of! Look at me!...” she paused as he mechanically tilted his head to look at her then she continued “…I promise you that it's safe! Do you trust me?” Ryoga not taking his eyes off of her nodded unsurely once, and with that gesture she took his one free hand in her own, and with Akane's help, half walked and half dragged a stiff Ryoga to the helicopter. And just as they were about to board, Ryoga made to turn and run, but Kasewagi already aboard and tired of the foolishness grabbed Ryoga up by his shirt collar and dragged him into the cabin of the machine and not too gently threw the startled boy into a free seat.

With a withering gaze Kasewagi looked over all the people in the helicopter as the flight crew continued to buckle them in to prepare for take-off , then said “Are there going to be any OTHER problems?” to this there was a consensus of head-shaking. Seeing as how things seemed to be alright with the civilians, Kasewagi turned to get into his seat… but bumped into Fujito… who was giving him `The Look'… and frankly it made him nervous as hell as he said “What? We're on a schedule… and plus the gas for this machine to just idle like this…” he trailed off as Fujito shook her head and strapped into her seat with a quite muttering of “Baka”, which unfortunately for Kasewagi he heard as at that moment the doors to the machine closed, making the rear cabin whisper quiet.

Soon though with a slight jerking suddenness, the helicopter lifted up leaving behind terra-firma, but leaving Ryoga a nervous wreck as he clutched at the arm rests of his seat and began to hyperventilate, Akane who, as luck would have it, was seated next to him put her hand over his in a reassuring gesture, along with flashing the lost boy a brief smile… which he returned shakily.

Minutes pass as all the people, minus Ryoga who was intently staring at his shoes, were looking out of the many windows of the helicopters passenger cabin to see a rarely seen view of the Japanese Capitol City, when suddenly there was a brief bit of air turbulence shaking the flying machine too and fro, and during this the bottle of water that the flight crew had ever so politely given Nodoka to soothe her head and frayed nerves, which she had only been gently sipping from, slipped from her still dazed grasp… and for just a moment hung in the empty air of the helicopters cabin… that is until the seemingly harmless bottle of cold water targeted the two Jusenkyo touched passengers… though due to the immutable laws of physics in relation to inertia and location, was only able to douse one with its watery contents… and thus successfully transformed one bandana wearing boy into a small piglet.

Now at this, the two Imperial Agents and Tokyo Detective took notice but were already expecting the results so they shrugged off the oddity, and while the flight crew saw the transformation… they saw nothing and went about their business… after all they were paid very well by the Crown to not see anything, to not hear anything, and to not say anything… But the Nerima crew all took intense notice. There had been Ryoga… where there now sat P-chan… and Akane had not only seen the transformation, but had also been holding Ryoga's hand. Any second now the Nerima gang was expecting Akane's first ever mid-air explosion.

Tense seconds pass for the Nerima Crew… waiting… waiting for the violence and shrill screaming at 10,000 feet. But none came.

What happened next though totally floored all of the Nerima Crew as Akane said in a kind almost loving voice “Come here Ryoga-chan… you can sit in my lap until we can get you some hot water and change you back.” With that the piglet squealed in delight slightly, and trotted into her lap and settled down happily as she petted him gently stroking his course black hair.

Ukyo was the first in the group to reel her jaw off of the floor, and in a voice oozing with surprise and incredulity shouted across of the seating aisle “You know about his curse!?”

With a frown Akane said back “Of course I know about his curse, I'm not stupid you know Ukyo!”

“H…how'd you find out sis?” asked a pale uncertain Nabiki from her seat next to Akane.

“Jeez… it's kind'a a hard thing to miss when the guy your snogging with changes into a pig in your arms wouldn't you say Nabiki!” Akane said acerbically… then her eyes widened, as well as P-chan/Ryoga's, at her ill-fated admission.

Kasumi who was still clutching onto Dr. Tofu gasped and then said with a slight frown “But Akane… I thought you and Ranma were… well you know… but Ryoga too…?”

“Well that is to say… errm… Ranma's just so cute as a girl… but Ryoga is so well…” as Akane blushed through her stammering.

Nabiki quickly caught on to what her devious little sister had been pulling right under her nose as Nabiki said with a scowl “… I see... you were two-timing Ranma weren't you? No no wait, let me guess… my pervert smashing sister… was diddling Ryoga's dog… but licking Ranma's bun? Am I even remotely close sister dear?!”

Akane opened her mouth to protest… but after a second closed it with a click as her face betrayed her with a burning blush and slight look of guilt was all the answer that was really needed.

With narrowed eyes and a tight jaw, Soun glanced at the agents then said in a quieted harsh voice to Akane that made her flinch “We. Will. Talk. Later. Daughter…” he then reached over and plucked Ryoga/P-chan from her lap and held the struggling porcine up in front of his face and hissed “… and You Mister Hibiki… and I are going to have a long talk as well!”

Suddenly there came over the in-cabin speaker system “We'll be touching down in 5 people, all passengers are to remain seated...”

With one more harsh glance at Akane who looked like she was about to cry… or at least shed crocodile tears… Soun said to her “This isn't over…” then looked at the Saotome's to see Genma's blank glare at Ryoga/P-chan and Nodoka's glossy eyed look at Akane and almost quivering lower lip… Soun just heaved a deep sigh and leaned forward and put his face in his hands as the helicopter made its descent onto the landing pad of the Palace…

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Lady Prince Sith in a more human looking guise with legs instead of her naga tail, but still with her golden skin, hair and eyes and red infinity mark (an 1) on her forehead, stared dispassionately from her high throne of Council Leader at the vacant elaborate gold and bejeweled thrones cast in the light of the open Oculus in the ceiling of the otherwise dark Great Domed Council Hall of the Infernal Seven Princes, all were placed around a design inlaid into the floor of an arcane magical array made of seven stylized interlocked and interwoven Arabic numeral sevens in various colors of stone. The light from the Flaming city of Muspelheim pouring in from high above though the oculus only seemed to cast the room with an even greater air of importance… and a palpable ominous feeling of concentrated and absolute evil.

`I know calling this meeting is abrupt… but they could at least make the attempt to be punctual… and I even put on clothesfor this, how disgusting!' Sith thought to herself in boredom as she absently tugged at the green silk like vest she was wearing to make herself “decent”.

Finally after interminable minutes had passed there was a fluttering in the air, then without warning a small cyclone sprung to life over the throne farthest from her, it only lasted for a brief second, but when it was gone, there sitting in the throne was “The Wind” Lix-Tetrax a rather bishonen demon with sky blue hair and eyes with three wavy horizontal red lines on his forehead as his demon mark, wearing his prideful overconfident smirk as he made his flowing yellow and blue wind patterned robes more presentable as he sat.

Next to arrive in a flare of green fire to the right of Lix-Tetrax was Zipacna, the dark skinned and haired hulking giant of a demon, naked except for his skirt made from the stitched together skin of human hands and his golden vertical disk headdress that actually accented the large red square on his forehead and his large unblinking golden slit eyes.

Then to the left of Lix-Tetrax a sphere of pink light gently formed and expanded, then it vanished with a sound akin to a pleasured feminine sigh as it revealed Empusa, smiling lightly and rolling her heard side to side as though she was recovering from an orgasm, she was currently taking the form of a typical bleach blond bimbo in a barely-there painted on pink mini-dress as she languorously stretched herself across her throne and coquettishly brushed some hair from her face showing off her demon mark of gently curving lines… a mark that if oneself were to look at abstractly would see a certain part of female anatomy, and coincidentally drawing the attentions of the two male demons to her current impressive sexual physic.

Sith was about to shake her head at the Shapeshifting Lust demoness' antics when to Sith's own right Mammon just slowly faded into being, the shifty-eyed bird-like demon with a hooked nose and demon marks like red wings on his forehead was more modernly dressed in a sharp three piece black and burgundy pinstriped zoot suit and an excessively wide brimmed black hat with several purple plume feathers in the band. Though as he seated himself in his seat all the gold chains and medallions around his heck and gold rings on his fingers made quite a tinkling noise through the great hall.

Then back to her left Sith watched as there was first a shrieking thunder-clap sound then a flare of black lit whips of roiling mists, solidifying, then vanishing, leaving behind Kali. The four armed dark-skinned demoness wore no facial expression as she used one set of arms to straiten her sleeveless black duster coat, and the other set to adjust her necklace of fifty shrunken human heads and to brush away a lock of black hair revealing her mark of a simple red horizon line spanning her forehead with a simple little red dot bellow it and between her eyes.

Lastly to arrive to Kali's left and the right of Empusa, taking the last seat in a vertical geyser spray of water was the hulking fat black skinned demon Akibu, if he was wearing anything, it was obscured by his excessive rolls of fat, the only other distinguishing feature other than the bone he was using to pick his teeth with was two red ellipse shapes on his fat creased forehead. Sith was just immensely pleased that it was Kali and Empusa next to him and not her, as even she didn't want to have to be near and smell him…

Once it was obvious all were there, seated and waiting, Sith began to speak with an amused slowness “I appreciate your all coming on such short notice… but I think you'll all agree that this could be… most… interesting…” with that in the center of the array of sevens a beam of light arose, then formed distinct shapes and colors until it was a hologram of Ranma's 19 year old handsomely developed male form rotating slightly, and Empusa whistled at the sight of manliness “…may I present to you all, the mortal human Ranma Saotome…” she paused again as the hologram shifted to show Ranma's female form “… as you can see this mortal was MOST interesting…”

Sith was then interrupted by Zipacna who practically growled out in his deep baritone “Sith, is there a -point- to you showing us some pathetic gender-shifting mortal human?!”

Waging her finger at Zipacna, Sith said back in a voice that was less slightly amused and more irritated “Patience, patience Zi-chan! As I was saying, this Human… Ranma died yesterday at the Midgard time index of 19:23 hours Japan time and her soul was collected as per a mortal wish contract by one of my retainers, the Shikima Th'rignal. Now what's interesting is that not long after Th'rignal had come into possession of the soul, Hild herself came into MY Keep, and into Th'rignals chamber… and demanded the soul of this Ranma… as patronage.”

For a moment there was silence, until Lix-Tetrax said in a voice almost dripping with curiosity and incredulity “Hild, the Great Demon Goddess, High Queen of all under creation, instigator of the Great War, divide, and fall… has taken interest in the soul of one of those vermin humans?”

Sith leaned forward a bit and wearing a truly sinful smirk said “Oh yes, that's quite right, imagine my surprise when I felt her power flair only a few levels below me? But no, there's more to this than meets the eye… surely you all felt the flux in your power-ties to the Nidhogg power core?...” all those gathered before her nodded yes “… well, after looking into it, not long after Hild had collected this Ranma's soul, she activated a deeply hidden series of commands in the Yggdrassil/Nidhogg Central Core…” this news didn't surprise the gathered demons as there were all sorts of mundane commands in that system, ones that did little unimportant things like keeping the hundreds of billions of galaxies spinning in check “… now what's interesting was the name and contents of the command, The Daimakoujo Protocols, pass name Urd was amended to Ranma as were the infernal power access commands…” more than one set of eyes began to widen as realization struck as Sith continued “… yes, that's right, Hild has chosen an heiress… a HUMAN as her heir at that!”

As soon as she said that there was an uproar of voices several shouting at her, others bickering back and forth at each other, soon though Sith's amusement at their antics wore thin, so she held up a hand, and immediately there was silence.

With order regained, Mammon with a face reddened by anger spoke in an infuriated voice “Hild… she would -dare- to presume have one of those lowly humans lord over US?! This I WILL NOT stand for!”

“As much as I loath to… I must agree with Mammon. It was bad enough she chose that ungrateful Halfling daughter of hers… Urd… as heir, but a human can not be tolerated!” Zipacna stated with defined vehemence in his voice.

“Settle Mammon-chan, Zi-chan, I have a plan… this is why I've called us all together.”

“And exactly -what- plan do you have for -this- situation oh great goddess of evil?” Mammon shot back at Sith sarcastically.

Smiling slightly, and seemingly paying more attention to her talons, Sith said “Oh, my plan is simple, we finish what we all started so very long ago, but utilize our back-up plan as well this time in the conquest.”

For a moment silence hung heavily in the air until Akiku spoke in a voice that even -sounded- FAT “You don't mean we…”

“I do actually.” Sith said cutting him off; and still smiling at her glinting talons.

“And… should we refuse to go along with continuing the hostilities of so long ago?” Akibu asked Sith, and was rewarded for his curiosity by a golden energy-blade now poised at his neck cast by Sith.

Sith then spoke in a calm slow voice, not smiling at all. “If you chose not to… well, that is your choice. But in that case I'd have no further need of you obviously… and remember the doublet system doesn't apply to our… interpersonal… conflicts. Actually even if the doublet did work that way… killing you would kill a god… a win-win as the humans say…” Sith paused then sat straight and allowed the energy-blade to dissipate as Akibu used a fat finger to push it away from his neck. “… now then, whose game?” Sith said with her usually insane smirk.

Moments pass, then a speculative look comes to Kali's face, then she smiles lightly, something which Empusa cringes at as a smiling Kali is never a good thing, then Kali speaks with a deliberate slowness “I like it… I really do… and what of this Ranma and then the Earth?”

As if the questions were a rhetorical concept to her Sith just says “Ranma we'd just kill of course… as for the earth… Hmm it does have quite a human infestation doesn't it?”

As Sith paused in thought Mammon then spoke a suggestion “For earth I have 40 legions of The Pits finest warriors all it would take an allotment of pooled magic to power the gates then…”

Mammon was then cut off by Empusa saying “It's always legions this, and legions that with you isn't' it? I've hoards of hundreds of broods of starving succubae that are just killing for a good meal and a good lay… both at the same time if possible and that's not to mention the…”

Empusa was cut off from continuing her lewd plans of destruction by Lix-Tetrax saying with typical arrogance “Bah! The pests don't deserve such a fate… no… we should conjure great storms and floods to…”

This back and forth bickering may have continued forever… literally… except for the shout from Sith “NO! The humans don't -deserve- to be killed by our magiks… no… we need something else… something more for… population control… precision…” Sith paused in though as she rapped her talons against her throne, then shouted “…I have it!...”

“Have what Sith?” Empusa asked, more out of a feeling of being left out rather than actual curiosity.

“Simple… Scorched Earth!... the humans have grown strong and have harnessed the power of the Atom, all we need to do is use their own weapon!”

“I like it… but we'll have to act quickly if time is to be on our side.” Kali said, and the others silently agreed with her point.

Moments tick by, then Sith shouted “Then what are you waiting for?! Go! We must prepare!” and with that one by one, the Infernal Princes transported out from the chamber by the same means they arrived until only Sith remained.

Minutes pass in comfortable silence, then hidden from behind Sith's throne a lone figure, a Asgard Goddess walked out to face Sith in her throne. Sith just scrutinizes the white body-suit clad goddess with her light blue hair and eyes and three blue dot marks on her forehead making an inverted triangle.

Finally Sith speaks almost warmly “So Rind, you now know what it is we are about to do… are you still so certain you wish to assist us?”

Gulping slightly under the gaze of the elder demoness, the now named Rind says “While I have severe trepidations over your plans for the humans… I must agree that it is time for change… more recent events only furthered to illustrate this point to me… so yes… I'll help…” with that Sith threw a small bottle at Rind which she caught, then looked at the bottle made of dark glass and in the form of a woman in a frozen agonized twisted and tormented scream “…the tears of a demoness.” Rind then whispered out in awe.

Looking back up to Sith Rind asks “Where did you ever get tears of a demoness?”

To this Sith just smiles wanly and gives Rind a knowing look, that all but said the tears in the bottle were Sith's own.

Sith then said simply “I've already cast the proper enchantments on the tears, all you need to do is cast the spell, think you can handle that?” to that Rind just nodded once.

As it seemed like all the converse was done Rind was about to transport out of the place of darkness when suddenly Sith arose from her throne and approached her, what happened next was an even bigger surprise as Sith grabbed Rind into a tight hug ignoring the small flashes of lightning grazing her skin, then said in a somber voice filled with emotion “Just… just be careful… little sister.”

In that moment shock beyond words ripped through the barriers in Rind's mind that had been there for many millennia, then they collapsed as she slurred out in an almost trembling voice “I…I will… b-big s-s-sister.”

For several minutes the two long separated sisters just rebonded until they both let go and backed away from each other letting the mini-lightning dissipate, then Rind says lamely “Well… I'd better go now… there's just so much to do…” and with that a sigil of holy golden light formed under Rinds feet and consumed her in a golden teleportation beam up through the oculus in the dome to carry her at least to Midgard if not all the way to Asgard.

Back in the domed council hall Sith remains staring at the small spot of purified white marble floor stones, rapidly darkening to a dull gray black again as the surrounding corruption taints the single spot cleared by holy goddess magic. Then Sith smiles broadly, then stifles a light giggle, then chortles slightly, then a little more forceful laugh escapes her lips, soon though she's in a roaring laughter filling the vast domed room with the echoes of her mad laughter as she continually thinks `FOOLS!' and continued to plot her own separate plans between her bouts of insane evil laughter…

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(an 1. Infinity mark, a symbol of a snake eating its own tail making a circle, or loop.

Well, I know it's taken some time to get this chapter out, and I appreciate all those diligent readers patiently waiting for it… and I really wanted to get two (count them TWO!) more scenes in this chapter… I really did. But after roughing them out, I realized they were best of in the next chapter… when-ever I get to finishing chapter 6 that is… But keep reading because in the next installment of Daimakaicho Ranma: Enter the Goddess'!

Till next time!