Just because I love you guys, I'm going to post Chapters 10 and the Epilogue both today.
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Chapter 10
As school let out for the day, Lilith found herself in the teacher's office, facing Felicia. "What do you want?"
"Have you ever heard of the Bishamon armor?" The catwoman, who was wearing a business suit, asked her suddenly.
"A red armor with two ghosts around the shoulders? Nope, never heard of it." Lilith had to admit, seeing Felicia's tail twitching rapidly out in the open was hilarious. "Okay, why'd you ask? Master mentioned it to me awhile ago and we've had wards set up around Nerima to warn us if it appears again."
"The suit is unusual in many ways." Felicia admitted, "however, the biggest thing that I'm concerned with is how it's been acting recently."
"What do you mean?" Lilith asked as she thought back to what her Master had said about his encounter with the living armor. "It seemed like it was looking for weapons of some sort."
"Exactly." Felicia nodded to her. "That's exactly what I mean, it usually looks for opponents, sometimes strong, sometimes not, but it's always looking for someone, not something."
"You think someone's controlling it?"
"Outside of the host? Maybe." The scariest part in her mind was wondering who'd want to control that bloodthirsty armor and how they were doing it.
"So what does that have to do with me?"
"You're one of the leaders of Makai, being Belial's daughter, by default. Jedah won't deal with his creation and Morrigan is... Well, Morrigan." As much as Felicia liked her friend, if their relationship could be called that, the succubus was the most lazy, incompetent and miserable excuse for a leader that she had ever seen. Seeing Lilith stiffen, she sighed. "What I'm saying is, if you want to be seen as better than Morrigan, deal with the armor."
"If it pops up again, I will." Lilith didn't know where the blasted thing was. For all she knew it was in London and stealing an Excalibur from the Church or something.
Felicia sighed as she saw Lilith leave the office, "someone's got to deal with that armor and soon." She wondered what was going to happen next and closed her eyes, hoping nothing bad happened. "Well, if it or any other weirdo shows up here, I'll defend my students with all I have." It was all she could do.
(---)
Sitting on a hill, Mittelt pulled her dress up to her knees and watched as Ranma, Nuku Nuku and Shampoo all got ready to spar and scoffed. 'What's with the weird names?' It wasn't like this would be interesting in the slightest, they were just humans, well, one was, one was a freshly turned Devil and the last one...
Mittelt still had no idea what a freaking android catgirl was, but no matter how she looked at it, they couldn't be...
When the sparring session started, Mittelt nearly fell over in shock. "The hell?!" Since when could humans move that fast? There was no way the Hanyou had enough time to get THAT much stronger since becoming a Devil, so what the hell was going on?
Down on the field, Ranma was wondering the same thing, but for different reasons. "Are you sure you two aren't holding back?" He ducked under a kick from Shampoo and grabbed Nuku's punch and rolled onto his back, flipping her over him. "I mean, it's like you're moving in slow motion."
"I am not!" Shampoo retorted in Chinese, knowing they'd both understand her. "I'm not holding back against you." Pulling out a pair of bonbouri, she charged at him, swinging in fast and hard, only to gape as Ranma stopped her attack with one finger. "What the hell happened?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out!" Ranma protested and jumped away from Nuku as she landed with a strong punch that left a deep crater. 'Yikes!'
"Nuku Nuku is concerned too. Friend Ranma was never this fast when we played before."
Ranma took a stance and narrowed his eyes. "Alright, I'm going to attack, try to defend." The two nodded and took defensive poses and Ranma knew they could take his attacks unlike other people. Seemingly disappearing, he dashed past them and landed in a crouch with his arms extended.
For a moment it looked like nothing changed, but suddenly both Shampoo and Nuku started to jerk from side to side rapidly and violently before their clothes exploded off of them and they both went tumbling to the ground. Turning, Ranma gawked at their naked bodies and noted that they were quite lovely to look at, before he looked at his hands and wondered just what happened. 'It's gotta be that damn King's Piece. What the hell did it do to me.' There was no other explanation possible at this point. 'That doesn't make sense. Didn't Nabiki say that it was just supposed to make me into a King so that I could get a peerage?' Ranma's eyes widened as a memory came back to him. 'Wait!'
*Flash*
"...I don't know, I've never seen one before." Nabiki sat down and sighed.
*End Flash*
'Shit, she didn't know. So who would?' It would be impossible to spar without severely restricting what he could do at this rate. "Hey! You two okay?" Ranma asked and ran up to them.
Shampoo had her arm covering her chest while Nuku sat up, fully naked and grinning. "Shampoo no mind getting naked with cute boy, but Great Grandmother said Shampoo not allowed to do fun things to you."
Ranma grimaced as he heard her swap back to Japanese. "Yeah, sorry about that. I could loan you my shirt if you need it."
"No need, Shampoo have extra clothes." The purple haired girl stood up and did a quick spin around, letting Ranma get a good look at her butt before she was suddenly clothed in a Chinese mini-skirt. "See?"
"Friend Ranma! That was fun!" Nuku giggled as she stood tall and straight, rubbing the back of her head. "How did you get so strong?"
Ranma pulled off his shirt and muttered something about wanting to know himself before he threw it to Nuku Nuku. "Here, you can wear that, it should be long enough."
"Yay!" Nuku grabbed it and jumped up and down, causing her breasts to bounce around in various directions. Slipping it on, she closed her eyes and practically started purring happily. "Smells like Friend Ranma!"
"...How can you smell something, don't you lack all physical senses?"
Atsuko sighed and looked down, nodding. "Nuku Nuku can't really smell, but the computer in her brain tells her things, but I do want to smell, taste, touch and feel things with a real body someday."
"Shampoo think we should stop here for today, yes?"
"Yeah, prob...Hey! You're using pronouns now!" Ranma pointed out. Shampoo blinked in surprise. "Good job."
"Ah, thank you. Soon Shampoo shall..." She frowned and took a deep breath. "...I... Mean that soon I shall..." She said slowly, "be able to..."
"Hey, it's okay, this is a big step up from where you were." He smiled at her, causing her to blush heavily. "But, yeah, I'm gunna head back to the dojo, I need to do something back there." He looked at Nuku as she smiled at him. "Why don't you come as well? I'm sure that we've got some spare clothes for you."
"YAY!" The next thing Ranma knew, he had an excitable girl tackling him into a hug and crashing with him onto the ground.
"So..." Akane said as she walked up to the group. "Should I assume that the lolicon pervert did something to the two of you and that's why you changed clothes?"
"Friend Akane! Friend Ranma rammed Nuku and Friend Shampoo really hard and fast and Nuku could only fly out of her clothes and into the air and when Nuku recovered she was naked and dazed."
Akane twitched heavily. "YOU PERVERT!"
"MMMRPH!" Ranma could only respond as Nuku's breasts were smothering his face.
"Oh! I see how it is now! You're not only screwing your loli slut and my sister but now you want poor innocent Nuku in your clutches, huh?!" Akane yelled and pointed at Mittelt. "And what about her? I bet you did all sorts of sick, depraved and evil things to her!"
Ranma put his hands on Nuku's breasts and pushed on them, getting a giggle from the redhead. "Pah! Well, um... Huh, you're not wrong there." It was strange, how come people were getting him so right these days?
"Oh, and now you're fondling Nuku for no reason other than you can? I should report you to the authorities for what you do!"
"And tell them what?" Shampoo tilted her head in confusion. "Shampoo no see problem. If Ranma beds more than one woman, it just show how manly he is."
"Yes!"
"No! It just means he's a pervert who wants to turn the world into his personal harem!"
"...When did I say that?"
Nuku giggled, a pair of long robotic ears popping out of the top of her head as Ranma continued to squeeze her breasts. "Friend Ranma, why do my senses tell me that this is nice?"
"GAH! PERVERT!" Akane screamed and stormed off, fuming.
"...Well, that happened." Ranma muttered as he pushed Nuku Nuku up and off of him. "Sorry about that, Nuku."
"No worries!" She smiled and her ears retracted. "Nuku Nuku was just confused is all."
Mittelt came up to the group and looked at them in confusion. "So... Anyone want to explain how a human can move that fast?"
"Training." Ranma and Shampoo said at the same time.
"Nuku is an android that Mama-san put weapons into." Nuku smiled as if that answered everything.
"...Lovely."
"Anyway, I'm heading back. Come on, Nuku, Mittelt."
(---)
"We're back!" Ranma called out as they got to the Tendo home. "Hey, Kasumi, we had a wardrobe malfunction again."
"Oh dear." Kasumi poked her head out of the kitchen and immediately spotted the problem. "Hello, Nuku, what happened?"
"Friend Ranma was playing with me and Shampoo and then hit us really fast and our clothes went "boom" and now I need new ones."
"Sure, I have some spare clothes, just bring them back tomorrow." She smiled as Nuku told her she would. "Oh, Ranma, I was wondering something."
"Hmm?" He asked as he walked past her. "What?"
"Could you tell Lilith to make sure to clean up her messes in the bathroom when she's done having fun? I nearly slipped on a puddle last night." Kasumi smiled as Ranma sweat-dropped and nodded. "That's good."
"Huh, where is Lilith anyway?"
(---)
Lilith grinned as she stood tall over two guys who were on their backs, trembling. "So, finally found you!"
"Eeek! We're sorry!"
"Sorry's not good enough! Pray to your god for mercy, for I have none!"
"WAAAGH!"
"THIS IS FOR TAKING THE LAST PUDDING AT LUNCH, YOU JERKS!"
(---)
"Eh, I'm sure she's fine." Ranma shrugged as he walked into the living room. "Hey, pops!"
"Hmm?" Genma looked up from his game. "What is it?"
"Need your help in the dojo."
"After this game." Genma turned back and mentally frowned. 'Weird, I thought I had more hotels than this.'
"No, now." Ranma grabbed his arm and pulled Genma with him to the dojo.
"Don't worry, Saotome, I'll make sure nothing happens to the board." Soun smiled as Genma left.
"Bah! Boy!" Genma growled as Ranma threw him into the dojo. "What's wrong?" Seeing his son take a stance with one arm extended and his other arm curled back, Genma narrowed his eyes and took a defensive stance. "What's wrong?"
"See for yourself." Ranma punched forward and Genma's eyes widened as the air itself came rushing forward, hitting him in several places and launching him across the dojo. "I couldn't do that before."
Crashing with a thump, Genma got up and dusted himself off. The blows hurt, but they didn't hurt more than usual. "I agree." It wasn't like Ranma couldn't do that, but even Genma had to think it was too easy for him. "Got'cha!" He leaped at Ranma with a kick, which his son casually deflected away before grabbing his leg and slamming him to the floor. "OOOF!" Genma partially expected that, but that was so... Easy for his son.
As Genma rolled to his feet, Ranma frowned. "Hey pops, are you sure you're not going slow?"
"Foolish boy! Why would I take it easy on you?"
"Good to know that I'm not going crazy then." Ranma sighed as he sat down, his back to Genma and tapped his fingers on his knees.
"An opening!" Genma bellowed as he sent a flying kick into and through Ranma, before he crashed onto the floor. Looking back in shock, he saw his son still there. "HOW?!"
"Dodged at the last second. Really, everyone's moving in slow motion around me. It's like my reactions are sped up over a hundred times over or something."
"What did you do? Absorb a crystal of pure power or something?"
Ranma nodded, that sounded about right. "I had no idea it would do that, to be honest. I was just trying to help Nabiki out."
"There's two ways to deal with it, either train yourself so that you don't accidentally kill someone with your new strength or find a way to seal it away."
Ranma's eyes lit up. "Pops! That's it! You're a genius!"
(---)
Sirzechs, one of the four Great Satans, looked around and wondered why three feet of snow suddenly was covering his family's compound. "Ah, Serafall," he smiled as an image of her appeared, his smile disappeared as he saw a pile of snow on her head and she was shivering. "...What happened?"
"I don't know, I was just taking care of some stuff and then, poof! This cold white stuff came all over me!"
"...Someone did something impossible then." Sirzechs muttered, making a note to find out who and to have them never do it again.
(---)
"Ahh!" Lilith smiled as she walked into the Tendo compound. "That was nice." She only roughed those boys up a little bit, and scared them and left them tied to a tree by their underwear. Oh well, they'd get down, or not, she didn't care. "I'm back!"
"Friend Lilith!" Nuku Nuku, now in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, pounced on Lilith, sending the two of them crashing into the ground. "Hi!"
"Well, getting a face full of artificial titties isn't something I'm going to complain about." Lilith grinned and grabbed the back of the girl's thigh. "So, what are you going to do now?" She blinked as Nuku sighed and got off of her, looking sad. "Nuku? Did I say something wrong?" She got up, looking at her friend in worry.
"Nuku just wants to be able to feel things again." She sighed and looked up. "Ryuunosuke and Papa-san are safe now, Nuku only has Friend Ranma, Friend Lilith and Friend Shampoo to play with, sometimes the gun nut plays too, but she's not as fun." She looked down at her hands and squeezed them closed as tightly as she could. "Nothing here." She turned to Lilith, her eyes seemingly shining. "Nuku can't even cry even though she feels sad."
"Nuku, are you saying you want to be a cat again?"
The girl both nodded and then shook her head. "Nuku likes being a girl, but Nuku wants to be a real girl. Or at least feel things. Nuku can't smell or taste anything either."
"Nuku..." Lilith gently hugged her. "You can't feel this either, huh?" Nuku shook her head. "I'm sorry."
"Nuku is happy Nuku can be like this, but Nuku misses the feeling of wind and the touch of Ryuunosuke's fingers..." The android catgirl trembled. "Nuku doesn't want to worry anyone, but when Nuku sees you and friend Ranma, Nuku just wants to have what you have."
"...There... Might be a way." The next thing Lilith knew, Nuku had spun around, picked her up and had her face next to the succubus's. "GAH! Back off, back off!" When Nuku let her go, she rubbed her arms, grimacing. "GAH! Holy crap, you're strong!" She couldn't help but smile when Nuku giggled at that. "But, um, there might be a way, but I'm not sure. It could backfire completely, it might blow you up or it might not work at all!"
"...Nuku does not care. Nuku wants to try."
"Well, we'll need to talk to Master then." Lilith bit her lips as she thought about what she was asking. 'I know I don't ask for much, but could you make sure that she doesn't explode or something from this, God?' "OWW!" Lilith grabbed her head as she fell over. "FUCK YOU TOO, ASSHOLE!"
(---)
"So what are you doing?" Mittelt asked as she sat in the Dojo, watching Ranma working on a sheet of paper and frowning at the results he was getting.
"I'm trying to develop a seal that can restrict my power, but I can't seem to get it down right." He grumbled as he erased what he was doing and started over. "Good thing I'm not actually trying to put power into this, it might explode."
"For someone who put a dog leash seal on me and put up so many bounded fields that I can't use my powers," Mittelt frowned as she realized that her powers hadn't been working even outside of the property all day, "speaking of which, how come I can't use my powers at all? I've felt like a human all day!"
"Huh? Oh that?" Ranma tapped his chin. "Oh yeah, forgot, the seal I placed on you doesn't let you use any magic, sorry about that."
"SERIOUSLY?!" Mittelt yelled and flexed her hands. "So you can put a seal on me that restricts my movement and seals my magic but you're having trouble for yourself?!"
"First of all, that was an accident, I only intended to limit where you could go, and even if you have light magic, you couldn't hurt me or Lilith."
Mittelt snorted at him. "Nope, but I could kill Nabiki, she's completely helpless against me."
"Nabiki didn't fuck you until you had an ahego face last night." Ranma smirked as the Fallen Angel blushed hard.
"You cheat! You never get soft and you cum like a freaking fire hose!" She looked away, blushing even harder. "How did you do that, anyway?"
"Succubus magic." Ranma shrugged. "Anyway, bounded fields are pretty easy and straight forward, most of the wards I've used have been really simple, this one's a multi-layered seal and I need to talk to the old ghoul about this."
"Master!" Lilith yelled as she came into the dojo. "You busy?"
"Trying to find a way to seal all the excess power I have but I'm having trouble with the seal while working the variable factor and avoiding a nasty feedback loop if the seal drops."
"Have you tried a bleed off effect that would adjust to the environment so that it wouldn't affect you when the seal is removed?"
"Yeah, but that won't work with a multi-layered seal."
"Ooooh! I hate those, never managed to succeed with them even when the old man taught us."
"Nuku is confused."
"Mittelt is too." The blonde suddenly squawked and swung her arms up and down while her pupils went white. "WHY DID I DO THAT?!"
"So what's up?" Ranma asked as he looked up at the two of them.
"Friend Lilith said that Friend Ranma can make Nuku into a real girl."
Ranma gave her an uncomprehending stare and looked at Lilith for clarification.
"Well... Hear me out on this one. What if the Devil Pieces could be used to turn her into one of us?"
Ranma gave her a flat stare. "Lilith, the possibility of that happening has to be close to zero. Her body's artificial."
"So's mine but I was turned into a Devil!"
"Yeah, but you're flesh and blood." Well, as much as a succubus could be. "Nuku... Well, isn't." He mentally grimaced as the girl in question looked at him sadly.
"Master, could you try at least?"
"If she explodes, I won't forgive you, Lilith." Ranma narrowed his eyes.
"If she blows up I'll never forgive myself." Lilith shot back, getting a sigh from Ranma. "Master, please, this is important to her."
"So what? You want to see if you can turn a robot into a Devil that has flesh and blood?" Mittelt snorted and looked away. "And if the pervert is the King, wouldn't she have to leave her family?"
"Eh?! Nuku would have to leave Papa-san, Ryuunosuke and Mama-san and Eimi-chan and the rest forever?"
"Why would I make you do that?" Ranma asked her. "Sure, you'd be my servant, I guess, but I'm not asking you to leave your family forever."
"YAY!" The next thing Ranma knew he had Nuku's breasts in his face as she hugged him tightly. "Nuku Nuku has best Friend Ranma!"
'Strange, wouldn't a Devil force their Servant to give up everything and serve them with everything they have?' Mittelt asked herself, confused as to why he was doing this. 'Then again, he is or was a Hanyou, so who knows how he thinks.'
"Uh, Nuku, if you don't let go of him, he won't be able to try." Lilith watched, bemused as the catgirl got off of Ranma and giggled nervously.
"Well, fine." Ranma sighed and walked over to where the box of Evil Pieces were. "Oh, Lilith, could you hide the rest of these?" He asked as he handed her the box while holding one piece in his left hand.
"Sure." She smiled as the box disappeared in her hands, causing Mittelt and Nuku to look on in interest. "No, I'm not telling you where I hid it." She giggled at their expressions. "Anyway, why the Rook, Master?"
"The Knight piece is for sword fighters and Nuku fights with her fists, right? Seemed appropriate."
"So you want me here or should I leave? I'm not exactly a Devil."
"Not yet." Lilith muttered, and if she had her way, Mittelt would be a Devil soon enough. 'Now how to get Master to stop being a putz and do it to her already.'
"What was that, whore?"
"You heard me, slut!" Lilith smirked as Mittelt growled and sparks flew between the two of them. "I don't deny that I'm a whore, I'm a succubus after all, but at least in my case, I have a reason for needing to sleep with men, what's your excuse?"
"Gah! Just because I'm a Fallen Angel doesn't mean that I sleep with every guy on the street! You know how hard it is to find someone who likes girls who are lolitas!?"
Lilith pointed at Ranma, who gave her a dirty look.
"Besides him I mean!"
The next thing the two knew they were screaming and grabbing their butts while hopping around on both feet.
"Knock it off." Ranma muttered from his spot as he lowered his fist. "I haven't lowered my power yet, so I can still do that."
"Master is mean." Lilith whined, getting a nod from Mittelt. "See what I have to put up with? If he wasn't so good in bed, I would have left him so long ago and, OWW!" She whimpered as she felt another shot to her butt. "Master!" She whined and rubbed her rear.
"Enough with the dramatics." Ranma rolled his eyes and held up the piece to Nuku. "Alright, I'm supposed to ask if you'll be my servant and serve me forever, but I won't. Nuku, if you accept this and it works, you'll be my servant and a Devil, forever foresaken by Heaven and you'll have enemies from all corners of the Earth coming after you. However, you could live for nearly forever, can you live with that, knowing that your family will eventually die and you won't."
"Nuku is an android, she already knows that she'll outlive her family." She squeezed her hands shut. "Will Nuku be able to return to them?"
Ranma smiled at her. "Why would I stop you? I might need your help with stuff, but you're always welcome to go home whenever you want."
"Then Nuku accepts and will be Friend Ranma's servant."
"Alright then, you hear that you worthless chess piece? I don't care for protocol or anything like that, just do what you're supposed to do, got it?" The piece flashed and Ranma smirked. "Good." Placing it on Nuku's chest, he watched it get absorbed into her. 'So far, so good, same thing happened to Lilith and...'
Suddenly Nuku started screaming as a neon blue aura surrounded her, knocking Mittelt and Lilith off of their feet and pushing Ranma back across the dojo while the energy danced across her body like flames. "Oh fuck, what now?!" Ranma yelled, gritting his teeth. "I knew this was a bad idea!"
"Friend Ranma! HELP!" Nuku screamed and clutched her head, her eyes wide as she gasped out. "It HURTS! HELP!"
"Nuku! Hang in there!" Ranma called out, grimacing as the energy rolling off of her was actually pushing him back. 'What the hell is that Rook piece doing? Rewriting the laws of reality or something?!'
Lightning started dancing across Nuku's skin as smoke started coming out from various points on her body. "IT HURTS! GAAAAAH!"
The light suddenly got super bright and all three in the Dojo had to shield their eyes as Nuku became brighter than the mid-day sun and an explosion happened, causing the light to disappear a moment later.
"NUKU!" Lilith and Ranma yelled as soon as their eyesight recovered.
"Nnnngh..." The redhead groaned and slowly got to her knees. "That was... The most unpleasant thing I have ever had the displeasure of ever going through in both of my lives and I never wish to feel that again."
"Wait, what?" Ranma, Mittelt and Lilith asked at the same time as Nuku stood up and shook herself several times.
"GAH! I feel so... TIGHT!" Nuku screamed and shook herself so rapidly that she became a blur. The next thing any of them knew, things were flying off of her and hitting the ground with a thud. "Oh, that's *SO* much better!"
"Wait, is that your skin!?" Ranma asked as he picked up a piece that looked like Nuku's face, and then he looked back at Nuku and stared.
"What is it?" She asked and Ranma could see several differences, most notably that her face looked softer and more expressive than before. "Did I do something wrong?"
"How come you're speaking like a normal person?!" Mittelt yelled in shock. "Why aren't you speaking in third person?! And why the HELL IS YOUR SKIN ALL OVER THE PLACE!?"
"Huh? I don't..." Nuku touched her face in shock. "I... I can feel my skin." Her eyes started to sparkle. "I can feel the air. I... THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE SINCE I WAS TURNED INTO NUKU NUKU!"
"Well, there's her third person speak, you happy?" Lilith muttered, wondering what happened.
"Yes, actually."
"Well, that was an interesting light show." A new voice spoke up and the whole group turned to see Cologne and Shampoo at the entrance to the Dojo. Her eyes were narrow as she looked at Ranma. "You didn't tell me that you had a change of occupation, boy."
"You never asked."
Cologne stood there for several moments, her eyes narrowed as she looked at him before sighing. "I really should eliminate you for the sake of the world, one less Devil would be good for this world."
"Yes! That's totally what I mean!" Mittelt pointed at her with blank white eyes. "He's an icky Devil, they need to be purged."
"You do realize, Fallen, that I have no qualms with purging you as well, right?" Cologne turned to look at the blonde, who sweat-dropped and shivered at the look she was given. "By order of my ancestor Athena, any who are not Divine nor Human shall be purged from this world."
"So that's how it's going to be?" Ranma asked, feeling himself tense up. "You might be more skilled than me, but I could end you in one strike right now."
"Tell me something, before we begin..." Cologne tapped her staff twice. "What is it you plan on doing in your life?"
"Me?" Ranma pointed to himself. "...Really, I haven't thought about it."
"I just want to live." Nuku Nuku told Cologne, "however, if you become a threat to my friends, I shall give all that I have to destroy you, they are my friends."
"I want to have a family." Lilith answered, turning to the side, her face red. "GAH! Why'd I admit that?!"
"You want to bring more whores into the world?" Mittelt stared at Lilith, giving her a weird look. "What the heck?"
"At least my whores will fix the world's virgin problem, you slut!" Lilith got up in Mittelt's face. "What good are you? Your ovaries are probably all dried up and incapable of having kids."
"WHAT?!" Mittelt had a shocked expression on her face that morphed into an angry one. "Are you fucking kidding me?! I'm a Fallen Angel, I can have kids my whole life, I'm not out there screwing everyone like you are."
"And yet you watched Master fuck me a couple of times and you were like 'oh please, I want it, fuck my brains out'." Lilith gave her a nasty grin and Mittelt blushed with one eyebrow raised high and her hands in the warding position. "Face it, you're just a slut."
"S...So what?! I'm a Fallen Angel, I can give into my desires from time to time, unlike pure Angels!"
"Children, children, if you don't stop I'm going to give you a spanking." Cologne deadpanned, causing the two to growl and look away with a huff. "Anyway, is that all? Surely you have higher dreams."
"At this point?" Ranma shrugged as he tapped his chin. "Nothing comes to mind."
"Oh really?" Cologne started cackling, it was a sound that caused Mittelt and Lilith to shiver as they heard it. Ranma just wondered what was so funny and Nuku wondered if the old woman was dying. "Very well, I expected that much from you." She grinned at him. "I couldn't be sure, since most Demons and Devils who gain more power generally only think about what good it does them and nothing more."
"I lived my life as a human, I might be a Devil, but that's not going to change anything."
"Good to know." She nodded, mentally relieved that he didn't seem to be any different than before. "So... What did you need me for then?"
"Oh, right!" Ranma snapped his fingers and pulled out a sheet of paper and started talking about the seal he was planning.
"Well, those two will be talking for some time." Lilith smirked at Nuku and Mittelt. Crossing her arms behind her head, she walked back into the house. "So what are you going to do with your new body, Nuku?"
"Hmm, I am... Very much unsure. I think I need to see Papa-san first." She bowed and jumped.
Over the wall.
And four blocks in one leap.
"Okay, I know Devils have incredible reflexes, but that seems way better than what you Devils can normally do."
"It is." Lilith muttered as she looked at the direction Nuku jumped off to. "So... Want to get something to eat?"
"Ugh, please, don't tell me that's some sort of come on."
"If I came onto you, you'd be begging and screaming for me to get Master or put on a strap-on and screw your brains out."
Mittelt grimaced and looked away. "Eww... Not into girls."
"And yet you had a dickgirl in your group?" Lilith gave her an amused look. "Seriously, how would you know that unless she..."
"When she decided to "punish" me, she'd often use that to do it."
"...That's no fun!" Lilith exclaimed, getting a surprised look from Mittelt. "It's so rare to find a dickgirl and she uses it to torment people?! Come on! That ain't right!"
"I don't think you're right in the head." Mittelt muttered. "Hmph, and what are you going to do when they come for me?"
"Simple, we'll tie them up and have them watch Master screw your brains silly so that dickgirl can hopefully figure out the proper way to use that thing between her legs!"
Mittelt sweat-dropped and felt an eye twitching as she listened to the succubus. "Is sex ALL you think about?"
"Nope, I love fighting, fucking, teasing, fighting, fucking, sparring, Master, my friends, fucking, sparring, finding new ways to use my powers and did I mention fucking?"
"Once or twice."
Lilith giggled before taking a deep breath. "Anyway..." She put her hands behind her head as she turned to walk into the yard. "I'm bored, want to spar?"
"My powers are sealed right now, I couldn't even if I wanted to. And if they weren't, I would have flown the coop already."
Rolling her eyes and shaking her head, Lilith sighed as she went out to work out a bit. "Whatever, you know that makes you sound like a bird, right?"
"Whatever, I'm going to go watch television, maybe there's something interesting on."
Lilith shrugged and created a copy of herself to spar with.
Inside the house, Mittelt bit her lower lip as she saw Kasumi sweeping up the hallway to the bathroom. "Excuse me, may we talk?"
"Certainly, is something on your mind?" Kasumi smiled at the smaller girl.
"It's about that succubus..." Mittelt started, wondering how to put it delicately, before deciding to be blunt. "Aren't you worried she'll corrupt you and everyone else in the house?"
"Well, all things considered, she mostly stays with Ranma-kun and only really flirts with the rest of us harmlessly." Kasumi blushed as she remembered what Lilith had done to Nabiki, but since Nabiki and Ranma were engaged, she didn't feel that it was too big of a deal.
"Okay, fine, but how come no one comments on... Well, I'm going to be blunt here, but isn't anyone the least bit weirded out by the fact that she has gorgeous legs, generously wide hips, a large rear-end and her upper body is..."
"A lolita?" Kasumi offered, getting a nod from Mittelt. "Well, look at it like this, you're in a house that has a young man who does very naughty things to a sex demon constantly and changes into a very busty redhead with a splash of cold water." Kasumi was suprised Ranma wasn't falling over with breasts that big, since she was so small, but chalked it up to the redhead being a strong martial artist. "Ranma's father turns into a panda with cold water, there's a three hundred year old man who lives here who can't be any taller than two feet tall, we get Chinese food from an old woman who's the same age and height as the old man, one of our friends is an android with the brain of a cat, and you're a Fallen Angel."
"When did you..."
"Nabiki told me." Kasumi smiled as the blonde nodded. "Anyway, compared to all of that, having a lolita upper body with a generous lower body isn't too unusual. If she was as tall as Akane or myself, I think I would be more weirded out."
"...I see."
(---)
"Papa-san! Papa-san!" Nuku yelled as she walked into the lab. "Hi!"
"Hello, Nuku, how are you doing?" Kyusaku smiled as he looked up from his current project. "What can I do for you?" He blinked as Nuku put her hands on his face. "Something wrong?"
"Hee hee, Papa-san's beard feels weird."
"Well, maybe I could... Wait, what did you say?" He looked at the girl in confusion. "It feels weird? Did you develop some new sub-routines or something?"
"No." Nuku shook her head and grabbed his hand. "How does my hand feel?"
"Kind of warm, but I'm not sure what you mean."
Nuku took a deep breath. "What if I told you that I'm no longer an android and can actually feel, smell and even taste things? That ice cream was really good, I have to remember to carry money with me."
"Oh yeah, speaking of which, what happened to your uniform, why are you speaking like that and stealing is wrong. Also, what do you mean you're no longer an android?"
Nuku just grinned.
(---)
"Amazing, simply amazing." Kyusaku muttered as he looked over the data. While he wouldn't discount the possibility of a chess piece having that kind of power, he did see that Ranma boy turn into a girl with a splash of water and back to normal after another splash of water after all, he had to run tests on Atsuko's body just to confirm.
"So?" The girl in question asked from where she lay on the examination table, completely naked, scanning bars above her. "Am I a real girl or is this a lie?"
"No, it's not a lie." He had to know more about those chess pieces. "But there's something you should know."
"Nyu?"
"It seems like whatever that chess piece did to you, it gave you flesh and blood and senses, yes, but you're still part mechanical."
She blinked, confusion obvious on her face.
"Well, if I had to explain, it's like your bones are made up of an unidentified metal," which shockingly wasn't causing problems for her, but he just chalked it up to magic, "and your organs seem to be an organic metal..."
"So, am I a cyborg or something?"
"That... Might be accurate." He nodded and looked to the side. "What do you think?" He asked Akiko as she looked over the data while frowning softly.
"I'd like to know who could do this, how they did it, and what methods they used. Magic? Really?"
"I saw a young man turn into a girl with a splash of water, losing a good fourteen centimeters in the process. That violates the conservation of matter and I'm not saying that 'oh, it's magic, I should just accept that' because any technology that's sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic after all."
His wife nodded, she knew that, after all, when the light bulb was first shown off at the world's fair over a hundred years ago, it was well documented that people were blown away by something so revolutionary. 'Now-a-days people carry cellphones that have more data, memory and processing power than thirty year old computers.'
"Well, in Ranma's case, I wouldn't be surprised if all the mass that he has in male form was shifted to her breasts when he turns into a girl." Nuku mused. "I mean, really, those breasts are really big."
"You do have a point." Kyusaku admitted. It was hard not to look, purely out of shock, at the transformed teen's huge rack.
"Don't tell me you were checking her out." Akiko scoffed and Kyusaku snorted as he heard her.
"Merely out of shock and curiosity, if I wanted a woman with large breasts, I would have married your best friend instead of you."
"...I'm both insulted and flattered and I'm not sure how to feel."
"I think that Mama-san should take it as a compliment that she didn't need big knockers to get Papa-san's attention."
"And where did you learn that language from?" Akiko asked, shocked her daughter was talking like that.
"The boys at school. They said I had nice melons, tits, honkers, hoohaws, torpedoes, knockers, girls..."
"I get it, I get it!" Akiko rubbed her forehead. "And this is why I don't want Ryuunosuke to be in public schools." She frowned as Kyusaku laughed. "And what's so funny?"
"She was going to learn those words one way or the other."
"That doesn't make it right! She shouldn't learn such vulgar terms from perverts!" When Kyusaku gave her an amused look, she glared at him. "What?"
"It almost sounds like you see her as your daughter."
"...Well, isn't she?" Nuku and Kyusaku gave her a shocked look. "What? I funded the project that made the android body that you made and now that android went and became a cyborg." She tapped her chin. "Speaking of which, have you gotten a blood sample?"
"To see if she had blood? Yes. Had to use the diamond tipped needles to puncture the skin though."
"And?" Akiko asked, interested to find out what was going on.
"Sent it to the techies down in the lab. I might be smart as all heck, but my specialty lies more in technology than biology."
A beeping sound was heard before a screen popped up in front of them. "Is... Ah! Boss, you're there, good, I don't want to tell you twice, hello, Nuku, glad to see you're okay."
Nuku just grinned at the techie. "Hello!"
"So, what did you find out?"
"A few things, first the obivous one, yes, this is blood, B negative specifically. Well, not exactly B negative, but that's the closest thing we got." Seeing the confused looks she was given, the techie shook her head. "Sorry, the blood, the cells and everything else is synthetic, it's real, but it's not organic."
"Okay, I get that, so..."
"Whoever did this to her either did it by complete accident or is an unparalleled genius! It's a perfect mix of organic and technological. The cells are full of nanotech and circuitry, so I wouldn't recommend ever using her blood for a blood transfusion, and I wouldn't be surprised if her bones and organs had the same nanotech and circuitry running through them."
"So I'm still a machine?"
"Yes! And no! You're very much alive like any of us are, it's just that instead of organic cells and tissues, yours are technological instead of organic at their base. We really need to get the person who did this to you and have them work here! We could advance medicine, human livelihoods, human lifespans and quality of life by decades, no, more than that, we might be able to push humanity to live for nearly a thousand years if we could figure out how to do this to regular people, but of course there's the ethics questions of if you should do it because they might not be considered human anymore and doing so might erase the human species entirely. But then again, does it matter if it's purely organic or partially technological so long as the person has their soul? And even then, what is a soul? Is it..."
"That's enough of that." Akiko turned off the comunication and looked at Nuku. "As excitable as that was, she is right about one thing, we do need to have a chat with the person who did this to you."
The bars above Nuku moved so they were straight up and she sat up, her bare breasts bouncing in the process. "Are you mad at him?"
"Not at all, well, maybe a little, but more like I lack information and I dislike lacking information, plus it could prove to be useful in the future." She threw some clothes at Nuku, who caught them. "Put those on and go to the test room."
"What are you..."
"I want to see just what happened to her, we know what she was capable of as an android, I want to see what she can do as a cyborg."
"All dressed!" Nuku, in tight pink bike shorts and a pink halter top and red sneakers, skipped into the test room while Akiko and Kyusaku entered after her and rode an elevator to a higher floor.
"Ma'am!" One of her underlings saluted her. "What did you need us to test?"
"Just the strength, reflexes, durability and speed of NK-1124 there. There was an upgrade to the system that I wish to test out."
"Sure thing, boss!"
"Mama-san, what do you want me to do?" Nuku blinked as a hydraulic press was lowered in front of her.
Grabbing a microphone, Akiko spoke into it. "Just press on it, that press is calibrated so that we can measure your strength."
"OKAY!" Nuku smiled and put both of her hands on it and started pushing with a grunt.
"Don't hold back! We need a proper measurement." Akiko then turned off the microphone and looked at her underlings. "Well?"
"So far it hasn't... Oh, it's gone beyond what she could do before."
Looking at the data in front of her, Akiko's eyes widened. "Woah!"
"Remind me not to get her mad at me," one of the underlings muttered, the level of strength was insane!
"GAH!" Nuku yelped as the floor cracked and she slipped. "Sorry! I'll try again!"
"No, that's fine." Akiko spoke into the microphone. "Your strength seemed to be topped off even before the floor gave out."
"Okay!"
"Next we're going to test your durability."
"And how are you going to do that?" Kyusaku asked and looked up as the ceiling opened up after the hydraulic press moved out of the way. "...Are you kidding?"
"Nope. We're dropping steam rollers on her!"
Before Kyusaku could respond, the steam rollers, all thirty of them, were dropped on Nuku from a height of about ten meters, each one landing on the one under it and creating a large pile in the process.
"That's going..." Kyusaku stopped speaking as the pile shifted and the steam rollers were lifted off the ground.
"Ha ha ha! That's fun!" Nuku's voice was heard as she threw the steam rollers off of her and dusted her hands, looking no worse for wear. "What next?"
"That's enough I think." Kyusaku grabbed the microphone. "Good job, Nuku, you can come up here, we'll send the... Nevermind." He turned the microphone off as the girl jumped from across the room and onto the scaffolding that they were standing on. "So... I think that's enough for one day, don't all of you?"
"I'm tired," Nuku yawned. "Ooooh! My first sleep with my new body! YAY!" She hugged Akiko and Kyusaku and ran off. "TO BED!"
"She's excited." Kyusaku chuckled, happy for her.
(---)
Meanwhile...
Ranma looked at the bracer on his arm and nodded in satisfaction. "Thanks."
"Not a problem." Cologne nodded at him. "Just a reminder, you can't remove that seal unless you're facing a genuine God or someone on par with one of the leaders of Hell."
"I wouldn't want to have it removed in any other case." Ranma shook his head. "Problem with powered-up or transformed states is that you become reliant on them."
"Well said." Cologne nodded at that. "I'm surprised you have that view of the world."
"I've met werecreatures in the world, they're so pathetic unless they're transformed." Sure some were decent even when in their human states, but they all trained for their transformed states and not their human ones. "They basically treat the transformed state as their base and their human form as a weaker form."
Cologne nodded in understanding. "So you don't wish to end up like that?"
"Nope!"
"Good, keep that attitude and you'll go far."
"I'd rather train up to that level. Speaking of which, what happens when I train and get stronger, will this stop me from seeing the effects of training?"
"I... I'm not sure. It could or it could not. You'll have to find out the hard way." Cologne laughed and bounded out of the dojo, causing Ranma to sit down and sigh.
"Fuck it, I'm going to sleep." It was late enough and he was tired after all.
(---)
The next morning, a limo pulled up to the Tendo compound and Nuku, holding a bundle of clothing, stepped out, followed by Kyusaku and Akiko.
"Are you sure?" Akiko asked as she looked around. "I don't see anything."
"Mama-san, it's right in front of you!" Nuku giggled and grabbed her hand. "Come on!" Walking forward, she entered the yard with Akiko, who looked around in shock as a house and yard seemingly materialized out of nowhere.
"What the heck?!"
"See why I'm more likely to believe in magic?" Kyusaku asked her as he followed them. "Even the US military doesn't have stealth technology this advanced, I don't even think the Daitokuji corporation has technology this advanced."
"Maybe those aliens that live North of here have technology this advanced." Nuku suggested before taking a breath and calling out, "hey! Kasumi! I brought the clothes back!"
"Hmm?" Kasumi poked her head outside. "Oh, Nuku, you're here early."
"I wanted to return the clothes you loaned to me and Mama-san and Papa-san wanted to talk to Ranma about what happened yesterday."
"Oh, he's asleep in the dojo."
"Okay!" Nuku gave Kasumi the clothes and ran to the dojo.
"Wait! He might be..." Kasumi sighed as Nuku got to the dojo door. "Oh dear."
Opening the door, Nuku grinned as she looked inside. "MORNING!" She yelled, causing the occupants inside to groan as they woke up.
Cracking an eye open, Ranma looked down from where he was sleeping against the wall. Laying on him, fully clothed, he noted, was Lilith as she used his chest as a pillow. Looking over her head, he was surprised to see Mittelt curled up next to his legs. "Morning you two, surprised you're sleeping next to me, Mittelt."
Waking up and sitting up in shock, Mittelt scooted away from him and glared. "Don't get ahead of yourself, I was cold last night and didn't know where the blankets were."
Lilith had a small smirk on her face as Mittelt blushed and looked away. 'She's a bit of a Tsundere, huh?' It was kind of cute. "So, Nuku..." She stood up, yawned and stretched. "What brings my favorite former android catgirl here?"
"I think I'm the only former android catgirl in the world." She blinked at Lilith innocently. "Well, my parents want to talk to Ranma about how he made me into a cyborg."
Seeing Kyusaku and a woman that neither of them had seen before looking at them seriously, Ranma mentally sighed. "Nuku, did you tell them that I used a powerful magical item on you that somehow made you flesh and blood?"
"Yes."
Ranma hung his head and sighed out loud when he heard that. "Nuku, there are things that you need to keep secret. After we're done with this, I'm going to have to give you a crash course on what you can and cannot say to people who don't know about the supernatural, okay?"
"And yet you had no problem using your water-based transformation to become a girl in front of me." Kyusaku pointed out.
"That's different." Ranma retorted. "In the case of Jusenkyo it can be written off as local weirdness of that area or alien technology gone horribly wrong. What I did to Nuku should not have been made public." Not yet at any rate.
"I'll make a note of that." Kyusaku nodded, that did make sense at least. "Now, what did you do?"
"Close the door, this could take awhile and since you already know, I guess I should explain things."
"Really?" Mittelt asked as she stood up and brushed her clothes off. "Shouldn't we just, I dunno, erase their memories or something?"
"I don't like doing that." Ranma answered her. "It's easier to do that, sure."
"But Master's too honest for his own good." Lilith said as Akiko closed the door behind her. "Quick question, how many people besides you two know that it was magic?"
"None, but there's some that will probably suspect something." Akiko admitted. "Going to erase their memories?"
"They, unfortunately, don't get the same considerations that you two get." Lilith nodded and ignored how Mittelt face-faulted off to the side. "Before you say anything, blondie, we're just going to manipulate their memories so they think that what happened to Nuku was the result of some accidental scientific breakthrough."
"That convinently has no notes written down due to being lost in a freak lab accident." Kyusaku continued, getting a nod from Lilith. "Sneaky."
"You have to be when you're part of the Moonlit world." Ranma answered. "Anyway, ask any questions you've got, if I can, I'll answer them."
The question session, as it were, lasted for more than a few hours, with several demonstrations of magic, from Ranma's curse to some other abilites, along with questions as to what happened to Nuku Nuku.
"So Nuku is a Devil now?" Suddenly mechanical ear-like protrusions popped out of her head, much to the shock of everyone. "Hmm, according to the internet that means I eat people's souls." The ears sunk back into her head and she frowned. "But that sounds bad! I don't want to!"
"Relax." Ranma waved her off. "According to a certain someone who I shall not name for fear of her finding me, the whole 'eating souls' thing that Devils do isn't practiced too much. After all, if you eat souls, you lose customers."
"...Huh?"
"What he means..." Mittelt said from her spot on the far wall, "is that what Humans want typically isn't so extreme as to be worthy of giving up their souls." Seeing the looks that she was getting from Ranma and Lilith, she looked away, her face turning slightly red. "What?! I've crashed the party on people who made wishes for Devils to show up before, it was usually something like 'I want friends for my birthday party' or something."
"Are you a Devil too?" Akiko asked, getting a severe glare from the blonde lolita. "I guess not."
"I may have fallen from Heaven and am forced to live in Hell but I'm no Devil! I'm a Fallen Angel! Get it right!" She crossed her arms over her chest and huffed. "Seriously, just because we're both living in Hell doesn't mean that we like each other. Does any mortal have ANY clue how big Hell really is?!"
"Probably...No.t..." Lilith trailed off as a pinging was heard in the back of her head. "Hey, Master..."
"Yeah, seems that it's back." He stood up. "Lilith, is that..."
"Yeah." She nodded and walked over to a corner. "Give me five seconds."
"You got three."
"What's going on?" Nuku asked, wondering why she felt something weird in the back of her mind.
"An old friend decided to show up."
"Ready!" A wing formed behind Lilith and grabbed Mittelt.
"Hey! What are you doing?"
"You're coming with, Master's seal on you won't let you stay here."
"Can I come with?" Nuku asked, getting a nod from Ranma. "Yay!"
"Wait!" Akiko yelled as Ranma and Nuku stepped next to Lilith.
"Don't worry, with all of us it shouldn't take too long." Ranma smiled as the four disappeared in a black flash.
"That's not what I..!" Akiko lowered her arm and huffed. "Why do I have this feeling that our daughter just stepped into a really dangerous world?"
"Well, considering that we now know that Heaven, Hell, Demons, Devils, Angels, Gods, Fallen Angels and other monsters are real, how could you think any other way."
"You're taking this well!" Akiko spun and growled at her husband. "Our daughter is going into a dangerous situation and all you can do is shrug it off?!"
"What am I supposed to do?" He asked her, getting a shocked look in response. "I want to help her, sure, but if I was there, I'd be in the way, and now that she knows she'll probably have to deal with those things eventually anyway."
"But that's..."
"Besides..." Kyusaku scratched his chin. "If you're that worried about her, why not develop some weapons that she can use to fight against the supernatural?"
"I thought you wanted me to stop making weapons."
"Mass-produced weapons to sell to the highest bidder are one thing." Akiko felt goosebumps over her back when he moved the hair out of his eyes. "Weapons to protect Atsuko against things that can destroy the world? Just try to stop me from helping you."
"Kyusaku..."
"I built that proto-type after all, you may have loaded it with weapons, but I know Nuku's body pretty well, I'd say."
Akiko suddenly had a shark-like grin on her face. "And now I remember why I married you."
(---)
"Why are we in a museum?" Nuku asked as the four re-appeared in a new building.
"This feels kind of..." Mittelt started before trailing off as she looked ahead. "What the hell?!"
"Ah, I hAd BeEn WoNdErInG iF yOu HaD lIvEd AfTeR oUr LaSt EnCoUnTeR." The red armor in the middle of the room spoke as it turned to face them. "AnD yOu BrOuGhT fRiEnDs ToO!"
"The way it's speaking is annoying." Nuku spoke before charging it.
"Wait! Nuku!" Ranma yelled and sighed as he watched the catgirl divebomb into the armor and right through it. "I was trying to tell you, that's just a projection."
"But that shouldn't have..." Lilith trailed off, before it quickly dawned on her what happened. "Oh, that old trick, huh? Teleporting in, dropping a communication stone and then warping away just as your enemies appear before you?" The armor nodded and she groaned. "Fuck, I hate that."
"Hannya, I'll take over." A female voice from the head of the armor spoke up. "Hello, young Hanyou, I see you have some allies now."
"Hey!" Mittelt squawked indignantly. "Don't lump me with them! They forced me to come with!"
"Either way, I just thought I should tell you that I'm not going to be coming here anymore."
"And I should believe you, why?"
"Because I'm working with some people who happen to be interested in the same thing I am."
"Which is what?" Ranma narrowed his eyes, what would an armor that was famous for being a bloodthirsty monster want that it couldn't get on its own?
"Ah ah ah!" The armor waggled a finger. "That would be telling. However, I can tell it would eat you alive, figuratively of course, if I don't tell you where I'm going."
"I wOuLd LoVe To SeE iT eAt ThEm AlIvE!"
"I'm sure you would." The female voice giggled. "But if you must know, there happens to be a weapon of interest to me in Kuoh City. Well, to be more precise, it's not there yet, but according to information I've been given, it will be. And just so you know, it's of keen interest to the Church."
Ranma and Lilith both paled and groaned when they heard that. "FUCK!" They screamed at the same time.
"Tsk, probably related to that crazy priest that Raynare had working for us." Mittelt grumbled, getting a look from Lilith and Ranma. "You never asked, but we have a former exorcist priest working for us. Guy's pretty good at what he does, but he creeps me the fuck out, seriously." She crossed her arms and shivered. "Trust me, anything that creeps Fallen Angels out is not something you want to deal with if you can help it."
"Thanks for the info." Lilith retorted and looked back at the armor. "Bishamon, why are you telling us this?"
"Because Hannya wants to face you again, because when I get what I want there won't be too many that can challenge me." The armor seemed to swoon at that thought. "Anyway, I'll be there in... Hmm... One week? Two weeks? Bah, it'll be within six to eight weeks, I know that much." The image started to fade away. "Oh darn, well, time's almost up. Stop me if you can. Or don't, it's up to you." She giggled as the image got more and more transparent. "But I wonder if you'll have that same attitude if you knew who was with us."
"And now I'm REALLY curious." Lilith sighed and looked at Ranma as Nuku walked over where the image was a moment ago. "Master..."
"Kuoh City, huh?" Ranma muttered. "Why would Bishamon go there and not to some other city?" Kyoto would have been too dangerous, not with who was running the city.
"I can give a clue or two." Mittelt spoke, getting Ranma and Lilith to look at her. "I was stationed there, just before coming here. I know that Raynare and the others should still be there, there's also, like, several Devils that live in that city." She shrugged at them. "So, you don't even need to do anything, really. Between that crazy priest, the Fallen and the Devils there, there's no way that armor can do anything of consequence."
"No." Lilith shook her head. "It's my responsibility, I'm going."
"Huh?" Ranma looked at her weirdly. "What do you mean?"
"It's something from Makai, it should be dealt with by people from Makai, I don't care about Devils, Angels or the other Gods that run around, but I..." Lilith squeezed her hand into a fist. "Master, I'm going, with or without you. Plus the last thing it said, I want to know who's working with it."
"Well, if that's the case, I guess I can't say no." Ranma smiled as her eyes lit up. "It's going to take us a bit of time to get everything lined up though, I don't think pops took us by that city during our trip."
"Can I come with?" Nuku asked as she raised her hand. "I don't like that thing, it was freaky! I want to smash it!"
The other three sweat-dropped heavily.
"Sorry, guess I still got part of my cat brain." Nuku stuck her tongue out as she giggled. "But, really, I wish to help."
"Well, shoot, that means we have to find a safe house of some sort and get enrolled in a school."
"Oh, is that all?" Nuku smiled. "I think I forgot to mention that Mama-san is in charge of the Mishima Heavy Industries." She giggled as Ranma and Lilith face-faulted. "So we can just ask, she'll get us a place to live and into any school in the area."
"Well, let's get out of here." Ranma suggested as Nuku walked up to them. "Oh, Mittelt, I have something to tell you."
"What?"
"I've decided, once we move, I'll remove that seal on you." Both Lilith and Mittelt looked at him in shock.
"What? WHY?!" Both yelled, though Mittelt was in happiness and Lilith was in anger and confusion.
"It was only meant to be temporary anyway."
"Yeah, until you turned her!" Lilith hissed, causing Ranma to roll his eyes. "Master!"
"I'm not forcing her to do anything she doesn't want to do. Nor will I do that to her when she's so turned on that she'd probably beg me to let her join the donkey show." Mittelt was suprised and looked away, her face slightly red.
"...I am suitably disgusted now that you reminded me about that." Lilith muttered in annoyance.
"You and me both."
"Donkey show? What's..." Nuku began to ask before Ranma and Lilith turned on her.
"DON'T LOOK IT UP!" They yelled so loudly that her hair went flying backwards and causing her to salute.
"Anyway, let's get out of here." Ranma muttered as the four of them disappeared in a flash of black energy.
"Did you see that, Bob?"
"Let me tell you something, Jim. This is Nerima, if you see something weird you just pretend it didn't happen and move along."
"Really?"
"Yes, now get back to making sure that no normal person comes in to try and steal any of these swords."
"Right!"
Bob, an old security guard, sighed and went back to reading the paper.
(---)
"You're back?" Akiko asked as the four returned in a flash of dark energy. "What happened?"
A few minutes later, Akiko nodded and smiled at them. "No problem, I'm sure that there's a few places for sale in that city that I can buy up, as for a school, well, if Atsuko's going with..." Nuku nodded at that. "Very well, in that case, you're going to Kuoh Academy, it's a very prestigious school." She wasn't going to let her daughter mix with unsavory individuals if she could help it after all!
"I am NOT looking forward to a place like that." Ranma grumbled and grimaced as Lilith elbowed him in the side.
"Quiet, Master, just learn to suck it up."
"Still, it will take some time, ten days is probably the fastest I can get it done and even then that's pushing it."
"That's fine." Ranma waved her off. "It'll give us time to talk to everyone else."
(---)
It was later in the day when Ranma told the Tendos and his father about his plans.
"So you're leaving already?" Kasumi gave a small frown as she heard that. "But it feels like you just got here."
"Yeah, something came up that requires us to take care of it. Dunno how long it'll take."
"The perverts are leaving. THANK GOD!" Akane cheered loudly.
"I hate swearing." Nabiki muttered under her breath.
"Maybe Nabiki should go with?" Soun suggested, getting a negative response from Ranma. "But she is your fiancee!"
"Yes, but I'm hunting down a dangerous monster that seriously hurt me the last time I faced it. You sure you want your daughter to face that?"
"I have decided that it's best if Nabiki stays at home." Soun nodded sagely.
"It's not like we can't come back in an instant if either of them gets lonely." Lilith smirked as Akane cursed loudly. "Anyway, we'll get going to Kuoh Academy."
Nabiki's eyes seemed to flash for a moment before she blinked in surprise. "That used to be an all-girls school, it recently became co-ed."
"Oh, I see now! You just want to be a perverted lolicon and corrupt all sorts of girls!"
"Who's a lolicon?" Ranma glared at Akane. "You know, I'm glad I never got engaged to her."
"You and me both."
"HEY!"
"Anyway, we'll be out of your hair for at least the rest of the school year. Depends on what happens."
(---)
It was later that night that found Ranma standing on top of the Tendo home with Genma standing across from him.
"So you're going, huh?" Genma sighed as Ranma nodded.
"Surprised you aren't trying to stop me or make me marry Nabiki, old man."
"BAH!" Genma waved his arm. "I want you to, boy, I really do," he smirked at his son's surprised look, "hey, I want grandchildren in the future too." He laughed as Ranma nearly fell over. "But I know, I know that you're going to go much farther doing this than if you stay here."
"...You feeling okay?"
Genma shrugged at the question. "I can't say I'm not, but I've always wanted what was best for you, even if I screwed up along the way."
"Eh, one of your screw ups ended up with me and Lilith meeting." Both of them smirked. "So..."
"One last spar then." Genma took a stance.
"Gladly!"
The two leaped at each other, their shadows covering the night sky.
End Chapter 10