Hild's son

Chapter 29: No prayer for the dying

Disclaimer: You all know the drill.

Authors note: I know I made a mistake in the last chapter and it has already been corrected I was working late before I posted it… well, here we are at the end of Hild's son, see if you can spot a spell from The Slayers.

It was early in the morning when battle lines were drawn; the Phoenix and Musk were split into sections of infantry, cavalry, archers (you get the basic idea) whilst the Amazons army was a rabble of warriors. Ranma, Mara, Herb and Saffron stood with their respective companies, Ranma and Mara with the infantry units, Herb with the archer units and Saffron with the cavalry units.

"Looks like this is it." Ranma said.

"You ever done anything like this before?" Mara asked.

"A few times." He simply replied.

"Name one time then." Mara said.

"San Jacinto." Ranma told Mara as they waited for the battle to start, it didn't take long for the battle to actually start because of Mousse being impatient making the Phoenix and Musk archers reply with a volley of arrows before the Amazons rushed towards them.

"Let them come to us." Mara said.

Sure enough the Musk and Phoenix infantry waited for the Amazons to hit them whilst the Phoenix and Musk archers unleashed another volley of arrows whilst the frontline of the infantry kneeled with spears pointed upwards at an angle for maximum damage, Ranma, Mara and the others in the infantry line watched as the Amazons that charged them got impaled on the spears the ones that didn't get impaled on the spears retreated.

"Too easy to be true." Herb said.

"Should we give chase?" Saffron asked as Ranma and Mara made their way over to Herb and Saffron.

"You don't give chase, the infantry give chase." Ranma said.

"What happens if the infantry gets wiped out?" Mara asked.

"We're going with them." Ranma told Mara.

"What happens if the infantry gets wiped out?" Herb asked.

"It won't." Ranma replied before he and Mara left and rejoined the infantry units and passed word that they were moving forward and do so, when they get to their destination they saw a very big army of Amazons.

"We're going to need more people." Mara said.

"We'll fight our way out if we have to." Ranma said, back where the first battle started Herb and Saffron were getting impatient with waiting and they headed off to where the infantry units were fighting, Ranma and Mara were at the front fighting when Ranma noticed Mousse leaving the frontline of the Amazons, making his way over to Ranma and threw everything he had at Ranma.

"I will finally kill you today Saotome." Mousse said not noticing the lightning arching on Ranma's hands.

"How many times must I tell you that I am not a Saotome!" Ranma shouted as he fired off a lightning attack and it hit Mousse sending him backwards as Ranma walked forward dispatching any Amazons that got in his way by using Hadafang, meanwhile the Elders were getting the exorcism spell ready to use on Ranma. Herb and Saffron stood on the sidelines watching the battle.

"Do you think we should get involved?" Herb asked.

"Not just yet." Saffron replied as they watched the infantry fight, Ranma and Mousse were still fighting.

Asgard

The streets of Asgard were empty because all the gods and goddesses were either in taverns or their apartments watching the battle on Midgard, Kami-Sama sat in his office watching the battle on a wide screen TV.

Nifelheim

The streets of Nifelheim were the opposite of Asgard, demons and demonesses were making their way down to the park to watch two of the well know higher beings in Nifelheim fighting, Hild watched the battle from her office even though she new the outcome of the battle.

Midgard

Ranma and Mousse were still fighting; Mousse was throwing everything he had at Ranma who just walked through it all and kept on walking towards Mousse who was backing off as Ranma dispatched any Amazons that got in his way.

"What's the matter Mousse?" Ranma asked as he killed another Amazon.

"You, you're a monster." Mousse replied.

"Actually, I'm a demon." Ranma told Mousse before he raised Hadafang above his head and brought it down.

'You missed me." Mousse gloated.

"Oh, did I?" Ranma replied as he brought the blade of Hadafang up to eye level and blood was running down the blade before Mousse's body split in two straight down the middle.

"Now we help them?" Herb asked.

"Now we help them." Saffron replied before the cavalry units went in and joined in the battle as Ranma kept on walking forward and killing any Amazon that got in his way as he made his way towards the group guarding the Amazon elders, Mara was wondering where Ranma went off to the last she saw of him was when he was fighting against Mousse, while Herb and Saffron were fighting trying to buy Ranma some time.

"It looks like we're winning!" Saffron shouted.

"Don't be too sure." Mara said as she took to the air trying to locate Ranma whilst dodging arrows from the Amazon archers and providing aerial support for the infantry and cavalry units whilst trying to locate Ranma.

"She certainly does have a good aim." Saffron said to himself.

Mara finally managed to find Ranma as he killed another Amazon and Mara made sure that no Amazons would sneak up on him by providing aerial support for him as he dispatched another Amazon when he noticed Shampoo.

"The last of the NWC alive… well for now, got a last request?" Ranma asked just as Mara fired off a fireball at an Amazon that tried sneaking up on him as he and Shampoo faced off, the perky Amazon used her bonbori to crush his skull when Ranma cut the heads of the bonbori's in half.

"How you cut weapon in half?" Shampoo asked.

"Runic weapon." Ranma simply replied as he stabbed Shampoo in the gut with Hadafang before pulling out a dagger and pushed the dagger through her throat severing her spinal cord thus killing her before pulling out the knife and Hadafang before moving onto the last obstacle.

"So, you managed to get this far?" one of the elders asked.

"I have no quarrel with you or any of the other elders, I just want to kill her." Ranma said pointing at Cologne.

"We will never hand over another elder." Another one of the elders said.

"Very well, I hope you're all prepared to die." Ranma told the elders before they surrounded him and they began to chant the exorcism spell "it won't work." He told them but they wouldn't listen, they finished the spell before they fire it at Ranma how stood there as it hit him and dissipated and the elders watched in horror because it didn't work.

"My turn." He said, as he took to the air and started the spell as he started the spell his aura turned red. "Darkness from twilight, crimson from blood that flows... Buried in the flow of time... in thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness! Those who oppose us shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!"he finished the spell before firing it off towards the elders who could do nothing as the spell hurtled towards them before it hit them their lives flashed before their eyes before the Dragon Slave spell hit them killing the elders and leaving a smoking crater where they once stood and everyone stops fighting and looks at the smoking crater.

"It's over?" Herb asked.

"It's over." Saffron replied as the Amazon survivors laid their weapons down as Ranma fell out of the sky and landed on the ground with a thud.

"RANMA!" Mara shouted before she dived down and landed beside him.

"It over?" Ranma asked.

"It's over." Mara replied as he bent down and helped Ranma up before they turned round and looked at the battlefield.

"So many died for some elders." Ranma said.

An hour later

A declaration of peace was written up uniting the surviving Amazon, Musk and Phoenix tribes all that had to be done was to sign the declaration, Herb, Saffron and a high ranking Amazon warrior signed it when it came to Ranma's turn he signed his name in blood.

"What are you doing?" Saffron asked.

"Watch, it's something I use for a party trick." Ranma said as they watched the blood form his name.

"You ready to go?" Mara asked.

"Yeah, just let me say one last thing." Ranma replied.

"Okay." Mara told him.

"If I find out this peace treaty has been broken I will come back for all of you." Ranma threatened before he and Mara left and teleported up to Asgard to pick up Setsuna and Ranma's child.

Asgard

Once they arrived in Asgard Thor was waiting for them along with Setsuna holding his child, Amaretsu, Peorth, Bast and several other gods and goddesses.

"You did it kid." Thor said.

"I know, but I wonder if all this could have been averted." Ranma said before he walked over to Setsuna.

"Ranma, I want you to meet your daughter." Setsuna said passing the child to Ranma who held her and looked at her noticing Setsuna's green hair and his blue eyes and the demon markings on her face.

"You come up with a name for her yet?" he asked.

"I was thinking about calling her Ranko." Setsuna said.

"Why not, I'm sorry I wasn't there when you were born… but I hope someday you'll understand why." Ranma said to Ranko before he handed Ranko over to Mara.

"Hey kid." Mara said.

"Did I miss anything whilst I was fighting?" Ranma asked.

"You missed quite a bit, Asgard came to a stand still today to watch the battle." Thor said.

"Never thought that would happen." Mara said before she gave Ranko back to Setsuna before she, Ranko, Ranma and Mara left Asgard and went to Nifelheim to see Hild, when they got to Nifelheim they went to Ranma's mothers place.

"Hey mom, I want you to meet your granddaughter Ranko." Ranma said before Hild squealed like a high school girl and walked over to them and looked at her granddaughter.

"May I?" Hild asked.

"Sure." Setsuna said as she handed Ranko over to the daimakaicho.

"She's going to have quite a life ahead of her." Hild said as she looked at Ranko before handing her back to Setsuna.

"So when are me and Mara back at work?" Ranma asked his mother.

"We'll contact you." Hild said.

"Pardon?" Mara said.

"You've got a family now, live on Midgard and we'll contact you." Hild said before they left and went back to Midgard.

Nekomi

They appeared outside the temple where Keiichi, Belldandy, Urd and Skuld live and go inside.

"Hey, we're back." Mara said.

"Welcome back." Kasumi said as she poked her head round the doorframe of a room, Keiichi and Belldandy were back from their honeymoon.

"Welcome back you two." Ranma said when Urd noticed Setsuna holding her and Ranma's daughter.

"This your kid huh?" his twin asked.

"Yeah, this is our daughter." Ranma said as he put an arm around Setsuna's shoulder before Hotaru, Kasumi, Skuld, Belldandy and Keiichi crowded round them.

"What's her name?" Keiichi asked.

"Ranko." Setsuna replied.

"I hope she has a good life." Belldandy said.

"Oh yeah, what was it you wanted to tell us bell?" Skuld asked.

"I'm pregnant, me and Keiichi are going to have a child." Belldandy told them.

"Congratulations sis." Ranma said before Urd dragged him away so they could talk in peace.

"Did you use a spell or something?" Urd asked.

"Yeah." Ranma replied because he knew what happened once he cast the spell, all the gods, goddess, demons and demonesses on Midgard felt it.

A few days later

Life was getting back to normal; Nabiki and Kasumi had a base of operations whilst on Midgard and were living together, the police received an anonymous call about a twenty odd year old having a relationship with an underage girl and was sent to prison.

Omake

"So, you managed to get this far?" one of the elders asked.

"I have no quarrel with you or any of the other elders, I just want to kill her." Ranma said pointing at Cologne.

"We will never hand over another elder." Another one of the elders said.

"Very well, I hope you're all prepared to die." Ranma told the elders before they surrounded him and they began to chant the exorcism spell "it won't work." He told them but they wouldn't listen, they finished the spell before they fire it at Ranma how stood there as it hit him and dissipated and the elders watched in horror because it didn't work.

"My turn." He said before he realized there was an echo and he looked beside him and saw a kami version of him.

"What the?" Kami Ranma said.

"It actually worked?" Demon Ranma said.

"This feels kind of strange." Kami Ranma said.

"Your telling me, you know that promise my… I mean our father made with Rind?" Demon Ranma asked.

"Yes." Kami Ranma replied.

"Well, she's all yours." Demon Ranma replied before he watched Kami Ranma disappear as he took to the air and started the spell as he started the spell his aura turned red. "Darkness from twilight, crimson from blood that flows... Buried in the flow of time... in thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness! Those who oppose us shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!"he finished the spell before firing it off towards the elders who could do nothing as the spell hurtled towards them before it hit them.

Authors note: Well, that's it, the reason I used the dragon slave spell is because I do some live action role-playing and my character… a mage uses that spell, plus it was the only one I knew off by heart… the only thing left for me to do now is thank everyone for reviewing… oh yeah, I issue a challenge to someone to do their own version of Hild's son because I might be doing an alternate reality version of this fic.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed, you guys have been great!