OK. Here's parts 1 and 2 of my fanfic. A good title will be muchly
appreciated.
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An as yet untitled
"Ah! My Goddess" fan-fiction
by
John Collins
All characters from AMG copyright Kosuke Fujishima. All other
characters are copyright of their creators. In no way do I
intend to infringe any existing copyright.
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Keiichi is riding his motorcycle to university. His mind is
not on the day's impending schoolwork, but on a special gift
for the Goddess he loves so dearly. Arriving at university,
Keiichi parks his cycle. He walks slowly toward the dull grey
building where his first class is. His mind is STILL not on
what he's doing, as evidenced by the fact he's just bumped
into a fellow student ...
"Oh! I'm sorry if I've hurt you in any way." Keiichi offers a
hand to the girl on the ground, who accepts it gratefully.
"That's okay, no damage done. My name's Maiko."
"Hi, Maiko. My name is Keiichi Morisato."
"Hi, Keiichi."
Keiichi helps Maiko pick up her books, and asks, "May I walk
you to your class? It's the least I can do for bumping into
you."
"Thankyou, Keiichi," she returns. As she gives Keiichi her
books, he sees a beautiful diamond ring on her finger. She
notices him looking at it. "Pretty, isn't it? My boyfriend
gave it to me just before he went away. He's an exchange
student, studying in America. I really miss him. Do you have
a girlfriend, Keiichi?"
Keiichi was lost in the beauty of the diamond, thinking,
"That's the perfect engagement ring for Belldandy..."
"Keiichi?" He blinked, startled, then blushed, thinking of
Belldandy. "Yes... she's a real goddess."
"That's beautiful. I'm sure you must love her very much. Oh,
here's my class. Thankyou, Keiichi, for carrying my books."
"That's all right, Maiko. One final question, though: where
did your boyfriend get that ring?"
"Hmm, let me think... He got it at a small jewellery shop on
Tamiya Street."
Keiichi thinks for a minute. Tamiya Street, hey? That's only
a short detour on my way home. I'll drop in on my way home
and have a look. If the other rings are anything like this
one, I'm going to have one great gift for Belldandy ...
"Keiichi?"
"Huh?" he says, looking blank.
"My books?" asks Maiko.
"Oh, sorry! Just thinking. Here you go. Bye now. Have a
good day."
"Bye, Keiichi!"
*****
After the day's classes are over, Keiichi walks quickly to his
cycle. Starting it up, he rides out of the university grounds
and straight for the jewellery shop. Upon arriving, he walks
to the shop and opens the door. A bell mounted on the door
tinkles, and the store owner walks out from the back room. He
spots the ring he is after right away.
"Hello. May I help you?" inquires the store owner.
"Yes," replies Keiichi, looking at the display cabinet for a
similar ring to the one Maiko was wearing. "How much for...
that ring?" he asked, pointing to a distinctive diamond ring
encased under glass.
"For that one, sir, only 50,000 yen."
"50,000 yen!! I'm sorry, I've only got 40,000."
"Sir, I'll make you a deal, 45,000 yen."
"I'm sorry, 40,000 yen is all I can afford."
"I'm hurting myself here, sir, but I'll sell it to you for
40,000 yen. It's a real bargain, sir."
"I'll take it!" said Keiichi, paying the store owner.
Taking the ring from the display cabinet, the store owner
said, "You must be very much in love to buy that ring, sir.
That's the most expensive ring we have here."
"Yes, I am. She's a very pretty girl, a real goddess."
"That's very nice, sir. Would you like the ring in a box?
Take your pick."
"I'll take ... that one," said Keiichi, pointing to a small
silver box sitting under the glass display counter. The owner
carefully placed the ring in the silver box, and handed it to
Keiichi. With a huge grin on his face, he thanked the owner
and left the store. "Belldandy is going to be so happy when I
give this ring to her, and ask her to marry me. I'm going to
buy her some flowers now, and I'll propose when I graduate in
a few weeks," he thinks.
Keiichi put the box in his pocket, and got back on his cycle.
He was about to leave when he saw Megumi running down the
street towards him.
"Hello, big brother."
"Hi, Megumi. Get in, I'll give you a lift home."
"Thanks! I didn't feel like walking home. Watcha got in your
pocket?"
"Here, have a look." He passed the box to Megumi, who opened
it and gasped. The ring was one of the most gorgeous she had
ever seen. Each face of the clear crystal caught the
sunlight, and seemed to reflect it in all directions. The
twenty-four carat gold band sparkled equally brightly in the
midday sun. "And the best part is, it only cost me 40,000
yen."
"40,000 yen? That's a real steal, big brother."
"Yeah. But don't tell Skuld about it, and ESPECIALLY not Urd.
I'm going to propose to Belldandy when I graduate."
"Of course not, who do you take me for?" snapped Megumi.
"Ok. Just warning you. Oh, by the way, do you have any
money? I just spent the last of mine on that ring."
"Yeah, sure, but what for?"
"I want to get some roses for Belldandy. She's been so kind
to me lately, and I want to thank her."
"Ok. How much do you want?"
"4000 yen will be fine, thanks, Megumi."
Megumi digs around in her purse and gives the 4000 yen to
Keiichi, who walks across the road to the flower vendor, buys
a dozen red roses, and returns. He gives them to Megumi to
hold while he drives them both back to the temple Keiichi now
calls home.
On arriving home, Megumi gives the flowers to Keiichi, and
walks through the back door. "Hi, everybody, we're home."
"Hello, Megumi. Hi, Keiichi." The greeting came from the
kitchen.
Keiichi walks up the back stairs, carrying the roses behind
his back. Peeking into the kitchen, he spots Belldandy
cleaning the floor with a mop and pail. "Belldandy! I've got
something for you!"
"What is it, Keiichi... oh! They're beautiful! Thankyou,
Keiichi! I'll put them in water straight away!"
Placing the roses in a vase standing on the kitchen table,
Belldandy turns around and gives Keiichi a huge hug, followed
by a long and passionate kiss. Keiichi was stunned. "B-b-b-
Belldandy!?!"
"I just wanted to say thankyou for the roses. It's the first
time anyone has given me flowers."
"Uh... ok. If I'd known you were going to do that, I'd have
given you flowers a LONG time ago."
The temple echoed with peals of laughter.
*****
The next morning, Keiichi walked into the kitchen for
breakfast. The three Goddesses were already up, and Belldandy
was cooking breakfast. Urd and Skuld were having one of their
little fights again.
"What would *you* know, Skuld? You're not any good at this
stuff. You're only here for debugging, and you don't seem to
be doing too good a job at that, not with what happened
recently," Urd snarled.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? Are you saying it was *MY* fault the
cherry tree was cursed?"
"Well, it certainly attracted the bugs. And *you* didn't get
rid of them. Thanks to you, I've been demoted to Second
Class, Limited Licence!"
"*You* can talk! *I've* been demoted to Surface World Trainee!
It was YOUR idea to build that Ultimate Circle of Warding!
Don't blame ME for your problems!"
"*You're* the one with problems! It seems that you can't de-
bug anything any more! Why, only last week it snowed. And in
the middle of summer! You couldn't even catch the bug
responsible for that!"
"URD! SKULD! Be quiet! This is not the time or place to fight,
especially not in front of Keiichi. Can't you see he doesn't
need this stress right now?" Belldandy sternly told both of
her sisters. Skuld immediately shut up, while Urd poured
herself another cup of sake. She had a scowl on her face.
*****
All four of them ate breakfast. It was, even for Belldandy,
something special. "Oh, Belldandy, thanks a lot for that
delicious breakfast. It's your best yet," Keiichi said,
finishing off his cup of Darjeeling tea. Belldandy blushed,
and thanked him for the compliment. "I've got to go to
university now, so I'll see you this afternoon." Belldandy
walked with him to his motorcycle. Keiichi gave her a big
hug, kissed her on the cheek, said goodbye, and departed.
Belldandy returned to the kitchen table and began cleaning up.
Skuld got up and walked back to her room in silence. She and
Urd were not talking to each other, at least, not after *that*
little episode.
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End of part 1.
Author's note:
This story is set after Ah! My Goddess OVA #5. For those of
you who haven't seen it, see it first, because there's some
references in this story to bugs, which first appear in #4 and
#5. I've also taken a couple of liberties with the time line,
nothing too major, though.
*********** PART 2 **********
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An as yet untitled
"Ah! My Goddess" fan-fiction
by
John Collins
All characters from AMG are copyright Kosuke Fujishima. All
other characters are copyright of their creators. In no way
do I intend to infringe any existing copyright.
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A week has passed. Keiichi has finished his exams, and is
waiting for the results to be posted to him. He and Belldandy
are planning a night out to celebrate the end of exams.
Everyone else has invited themselves along, much to Keiichi's
annoyance. They're all dressed and ready to go, a trip to the
amusement park being planned. Megumi and Ryoga are there too,
and she introduces her boyfriend to everyone. "Everyone, this
is Ryoga Katashi... Ryoga, this is my brother Keiichi, and
these are Belldandy, and her sisters Urd and Skuld."
"Hello, everyone. I am honoured to meet you all."
"Come on everyone, time to go. Keiichi? Are you ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be, Belldandy. Let's go," said Keiichi,
instinctively reaching into his pocket to make sure the little
silver box was there, safe and sound.
The group left, heading for the Tokyo Amusement Park. Once
there, Skuld excused herself and headed straight for the ice-
cream stand. Urd followed Skuld, making sure she didn't get
into too much trouble. Megumi and Ryoga went their own way
too, leaving Keiichi and Belldandy alone. "Oh look, Keiichi,
the big wheel. I've always wanted to ride on the big wheel."
Alright! he thought. A perfect chance to propose. "You have?
Ok, Belldandy, let's go. I'm sure you'll like the view from
up there."
*****
Skuld sat down, happily eating her ice cream. Urd was looking
incredibly bored. Suddenly, a small, white, furry creature
with eight legs came bounding out from under the ice cream
stand. "AAAH! A BUG!!" shouted Skuld, drawing her mallet from
over her shoulder. Several people standing near to the two
goddesses looked at Skuld strangely, and hurried off, anxious
to get away from this looney young girl. Skuld began to chase
the bug.
*****
Before Belldandy and Keiichi could make a move, the ground
beneath their feet started to shake. Screams were heard from
another area in the amusement park. These screams were not
the scary ride type of scream, they were the type that were
made by someone in a state of absolute terror. The building
that Keiichi and Belldandy were standing next to started to
shake, and then crumble. Keiichi ran, pulling Belldandy along
with him, looking for a safe place. Behind him, he could see
the ground beginning to open up, at which point the building
he was just standing next to toppled and crashed to the
ground. Finally finding a safe place to stand, Keiichi and
Belldandy watched the other patrons slowly calm down.
An announcement came over the park's loudspeaker system.
"Attention please: if there is a doctor on the premises, could
they please report to the site of the Big Wheel. There are
people who require immediate medical attention. Repeat: if
there is any medical personnel in the area, could they please
report to the area of the Big Wheel."
Belldandy looked worried. "Keiichi, I've got to go and help
them. It's my duty as a Goddess to give help to those people
who need it."
"I know, Belldandy. I'll come with you, I might be able to
help."
Belldandy and Keiichi ran quickly to the accident site. Once
there, they found Urd and some show patrons working feverishly
to get a large pile of rubble off a man trapped under steel
girders and dirt. Just then, Megumi turned up. "Has anyone
seen Ryoga? I know he's around here somewhere!! HAS ANYONE
SEEN RYOGA?" Her questions went unanswered as the rest kept
on working.
*****
After an hour of solid work by Belldandy, Urd, Keiichi, and
some other show-goers, the man was free of the debris which
has previously pinned him to the ground. Urd examined him.
He was in pretty bad shape, and one leg seemed to be broken.
"Belldandy? This is more your specialty. Can you do
anything?" asked Urd, nervously. Belldandy took a step
forward. "Yes, I can heal him." Looking at Keiichi,
Belldandy said, "But it's going to be hard. I'm going to need
you to hold me when I'm finished. This is going to take a lot
out of me."
"Of course, Belldandy," Keiichi said, "you know I'd do
anything for you."
Belldandy extended both her arms, palms facing each other, and
closed her eyes. Muttering a magical spell, she concentrated
hard on the man on the ground. From her hands grew a ball of
blue light, which rose into the air, and then came to rest on
the man. Before everyone's eyes, all of the gentleman's
injuries were healed.
Belldandy collapsed into Keiichi's arms. "It's alright,
Belldandy, I've got you, you're safe and well. I'm just going
to put you down here, I'm going to help the others look for
more survivors." "Of course, Keiichi, do what you think is
right." said Belldandy weakly, just before she dozed off,
exhausted after the big healing spell she had just cast.
Settling her up against the side of a building which was still
standing, Keiichi returned to Urd's side and resumed digging,
looking for more trapped people.
*****
A small white object with eight legs bounced past Keiichi,
with Skuld in hot pursuit. "YOU! YOU'RE responsible for this
earthquake?!?" she screamed at the bug, which was now well and
truly getting away. "Oh no you don't," Skuld snapped. With a
press of the button on the mallet's handle, she swung the
mallet, which extended itself and connected squarely with the
bug's head. With a stunned expression on its face, the bug
vanished.
*****
At that same instant, the aftershock hit. The building on
which Belldandy was resting began to move and crack apart,
with pieces landing everywhere. She must have been exhausted,
because even the aftershock didn't wake her.
Keiichi turned around to check on Belldandy, just in time to
see pieces of building bury a still unconscious goddess.
"BELLDANDY!!!"
Keiichi's scream got everyone's attention. He raced over to
where Belldandy lay buried and started digging frantically,
trying to get her out from under the rubble. Urd ran to call
for an ambulance.
*****
Skuld stood there, panting, and then turned around and
sprinted back to where Urd stood, arriving just in time to see
the ambulance officers loading Belldandy, and the previously
injured man, into the ambulance. Belldandy was in a very bad
way. Keiichi got in as well, the men shut the doors, and
drove away.
Megumi turned up, with Ryoga in tow. "Look everyone, I found
him ...", her voice trailing off when she saw the forlorn look
on Urd's face, and the shocked look on Skuld's. "What
happened? Where's Keiichi and Belldandy?"
"Come on, Megumi, we're going to the hospital. We'll explain
everything on the way."
*****
At the hospital, the group found the enquiries counter.
Asking the duty nurse, they found out that Belldandy was in
intensive care. The nurse directed them to the floor and
room, where they found Keiichi outside, asleep. Urd woke him
up. "Keiichi? What's happened?"
"Huh? Oh, hello Urd, everyone."
"Hi, big brother. How's Belldandy? Urd told me what
happened."
"Belldandy's still in intensive care. They're not letting
anyone see her, even me. The doctors aren't sure if she's
even going to make it through the night," he managed to get
out, before breaking down into a fit of tears.
"It's alright, big brother, it's OK, we're here now," said
Megumi softly, hugging the still sobbing Keiichi. She's never
seen him like this before, but then he'd never had this sort
of thing happen to him before. "Come on, let's go home."
"No, I'm not going, Belldandy might need me..."
Urd slapped him across the face, hard. "Keiichi! Stop that!
You're going into shock, and that's the last thing we need!
You're coming home with us, *NOW*, and no excuses! Belldandy
can look after herself, and besides, she's got God looking
after her too, remember?"
"Oh ... yeah. Sorry everyone, I don't know what I was
thinking. Yeah, let's go home."
The group leave the hospital and head home, Keiichi wrapped in
a blanket that the hospital had given him. No one noticed
that Skuld hadn't said a word since leaving the amusement
park.
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End of part 2.
Okay, I've got a few things to say.
- I really don't know if Belldandy's duty as a Goddess is
to help people who need it. I feel this is something
that Belldandy (and Goddesses in general) would do.
- Megumi's boyfriend - guess where I got the name? He's
not related in any way to Ryoga from Ranma 1/2, but he
*does* get lost occasionally.
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John Collins | Anime: Ah! My Goddess
(johnc@sv.net.au) | Ranma 1/2
| Maison Ikkoku
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