Well, folks, here is the 6th installment of the AMG-Ranma 1/2-TFOS crossover 
series Aa! Megami-sensei!.  Since I'm still waiting for word from one of my 
pre-readers, there may be definite changes from this beta and the final 
version.  Just don't eviscerate it too badly...  ^_^




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"Okay, the circle is complete."

A woman in her forties turned around to the girl calling her. 
Inspecting the mystical circle laid out on the floor of the room,
Mrs. Kokashi felt optimistic about the ritual to take place.  As
part of an initiation, her daughter, Jun, and her fraternal twin
brother Joe were to perform a mental bonding to link the two.

"Good, Jun.  You've always been good with laying out the ritual
circles, and this is no exception.  If all goes well, you two
will have taken a major step in your training in the art.  Now,
if you and your brother will take your places, we can start the
ritual."

As the two siblings stood at opposite sides of the circle, Mrs.
Kokashi was taken aside by her husband.

"Are you sure that it'll be alright to put them through this?"
Mr. Kokashi asked.  "You know that Jun's always had a problem
with control..."

"It is necessary to go through this." Mrs. Kokashi replied with a
level voice.  "Jun can handle this since it will be supervised by
me.  Now, if you'll stand back, husband."

As Mr. Kokashi took a place off in a corner of the room, Mrs.
Kokashi stood at the circle, between her two children.  Giving
each of them a meaningful look, she started in on the ritual.

          Come, spirits of the air, and do my bidding;
          My children, I present to you.
          Bind them throughout their future paths;
          Let not their minds be seperated;
          Instead, let them touch until death.

As Mrs. Kokashi finished her part and wrapped up her hand mo-
tions, the circle started glowing brightly.  Joe stepped forward,
onto the circle, and began his part.

          Come, spirits of the air, and do our bidding;
          I, myself, I present to you.
          Bind myself and my sister througout our future paths;
          Let not our minds be seperated;
          Instead, let them touch until death.

Joe let his arms rest at his sides as they finished their mo-
tions, and a column of light enveloped him.  At that cue, Jun
stepped forward as well, taking a similar spot on the circle.

          Come, spirits of the air, and do our biddintg;
          I, myself, I present to you.
          Bind myself and my brother throughout our future paths;
          Let not our minds be seperated;
          Instead, let them touch until death.

As Jun came to the end of her hand motions, her mother shouted,
"No!  Bring the right arm forward, not to the left!!"

However, it was too late.  The circle flickered, then turned red. 
Energy bolts coursed through the light column that Joe was in,
causing pain whenever they touched him.  As everyone looked in
horror, the bolts wrapped themselves around him, until all they
could see was a mass of light.  A bright flash filled the room,
as well as smoke and a shock wave.

A few minutes later, Jun came to while her parents lay groggily
on the floor.  The intricate circle was now a charred ring, and
several floorboards were snapped.  Seeing that her parents were
alright, she realized that she couldn't see Joe anywhere in the
room.

"Joe!" she called out, hoping that it was only a case of the
heavy smoke obscuring her vision.  "Answer me!  Are you alright?"

As she looked down to where her brother had been standing, her
eyes widened in shock and disbelief as the form at her feet
answered back.

"Queee..?"

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Aa!  Megami-sensei!

by Peter Ward

Episode 6:  This Little Piggy Went To a Temple...


"Hey, sis!  Can I watch TV for a while since you're not watching
it?"

Urd looked up from the papers she was grading to see Skuld
standing in the doorway to her room.  "Yeah, sure.  Go watch your
mecha show.  I'm too busy grading these papers here."

As Skuld dashed down the hallway, Urd looked back on the papers. 
It had been a couple of weeks since the school year started and
she was pleased at how things were turning out overall.  

She was certain that most high schools were normal compared to
Furinkan high.  At least most high schools did not have a member
of the Kuno family either attending or on the faculty, let alone
two.  

As for other aspects of the campus, she was getting used to the
routine.  Every morning, it seemed, the younger Kuno would get in
a fight with Saotome Ranma, usually over Tendo Akane, and end up
losing.  Either she or Hinako would try to intervene during those
scuffles.  Lunchtime usually brought about a visit from one of
the local girls, Shampoo, again bringing about an attempt at
intervention, with little result.  Every once in a while, some
old neighborhood geezer would try to raid the girls locker room,
but gets himself stopped by her, Hinako, one of the girls, or
Saotome.  Occasionally, she'd have to deal with the results of
one of Joat-mon's pranks.  Fun's fun, but sometimes he can get a
little too far, especially when he gets his hands on some chemi-
cals.

Still, she thought, it's a lot of fun, even if it was pretty
weird there.  Her students were already learning more than what
those old, mundane textbooks would have taught them.  Mortal
science left so much to be desired.  Sure, the students would get
confused on occasion, but they'll get the hang of it in time.

Turning her thoughts back to the present, Urd saw that it was a
lovely day out.  At least Belldandy and Keiichi went out together
for the day.  It took some convicing to get Skuld to stay home
instead of tagging along with her sister, but she managed it. 
Now if those two wouldn't blow this chance...

While Urd sat there lost in thought, the doorbell rang.  Skuld,
annoyed at having to tear herself away from one of her favorite
shows, went to answer it.  She opened the door to find a high-
school-aged girl standing there, holding a covered basket and a
letter.  She looked almost average for one of the local girls,
except that her neck-length hair tended to flare out a bit and
had a prominent widow's peak.

"Excuse me.  I believe that Urd resides here.  I'm here to see
her and to give her this letter."

Blinking, Skuld replied, "Um, yeah.  Let me go get her.  Are you
one of her students?  I don't think I've seen you in any of her
classes."

"Student?  Oh, no...this is a different matter entirely." the
girl answered in confusion.

"Okay, come on in and I'll go get her." Skuld said.  After she
showed the guest in, she hurried down the hallway and back into
Urd's room.

"Hey, sis, someone's here to see you!  She's got some letter or
something, and she says she's not one of your students."

Looking up from the papers, Urd said, "Okay, I'll go see what
this is about.  Why don't you take care of the plants outside
while I see what this is about?"
"Okay, sis.  I hate to miss my show, but I've also been meaning
to test out the new gardening option parts for Banpei-kun!"

"Whatever...just don't wreck the garden, okay?" Urd said as she
got up an walked down the hallway.

"You mean like you would?" echoed Skuld's voice through the
hallway.  Seeing that it would be pointless to chase after her,
Urd went to the entryway to meet her visitor.

"Hello there.  My sister said that you wanted to see me?"

"Yes." the girl answered, with a hint of uncertainty.  "My name's
Kokashi Jun, and my mother sent me to consult with you about a
certain matter.  Here, this letter will explain everything."

Jun handed Urd the envelope and stood there, looking into the
covered basket as Urd read the note.


     Dear Urd-sama,

     As someone coming from a mystical heritage, I have sensed
that you are a great avatar with tremendous power.  Please
forgive my sending my daughter, Jun, to meet with you.  

     Recently, I had her go through a mind-bonding ritual with
her brother, Joe.  Unfortunately, Jun made a grave mistake and
invoked a shape-change spell during the ceremony, altering her
brother's form.

     It is our hope that you will find it in you to be generous
enough to reverse this spell.  We ourselves have been unsuccess-
ful in this regard and come to you in our hour of need.  At any
rate, we at least thank you for reading and considering our
request.


                              Yours most humbly,

                              Mrs. Kokashi

After reading the letter, Urd looked at Jun and asked, "Well,
where is your brother?  We can't reverse the spell without him,
can we?"

"Well..." Jun said with shame as she pulled back the basket's
covering.  Urd looked in to find a small black piglet looking
back at her with hopeful eyes.

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Outside the temple walls, another visitor, an unwelcome one,
skulked around.  The little demoness Dorllir was looking for a
place to hide so she could turn invisible without being noticed
by passers-by.  

Since watching the news a couple of weeks back, Marller and
Sayoko had been trying to come up with a plot to deal with Urd
and her new job.  Since Furinkan high school was so far away,
they decided it was best to send a spy to the temple, and that
naturally meant her since she could turn invisible.  Not that she
minded, since that meant she could be closer to Keiichi.  Unfor-
tunately, Keiichi was nowhere to be seen, as well as Belldandy. 
That left only her job to do there.

As she was turning to head for some bushes across the street, she
bumped into a young man that was a few years younger than Kei-
ichi.  He was pretty good looking, but he wore rough-hewn cloth-
ing, as well as huge backpack with a bamboo umbrella, a yellow
and black bandanna, and looked as though he had been wandering
the countryside for months.

"Oops!  I'm sorry!"  Dorllir said, backing away from the stranger
and trying to make something of him.


Peter L. Ward          falcon@best.com          Kyusaku on IRC #Anime!
Caretaker of the Urd Shrine (http://www.best.com/~falcon/urdhome.htm)

"YAY, KEIICHI!!  If you lose your race, you're DEAD MEAT!!" - Urd