A small story that hopefully somebody will like and use.
I'm still not totally happy with the talk about reincarnation, but all
I'm doing is playing around with the same sentences. Hopefully I'm
making sense, if not tell me.
There will be gammar and punctuation errors. I am sorry, but I'm not a
good writer.
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Separated at Birth
by jeff shelton
jws1@webtv.net
disclaimer
The characters in this story belong to Fujishima
Kosuke and Takahashi Rumiko and I have no right to
use them.
Any C&C will be read and answered.
The story attempts to explain some inconsistencies
with OMG.
How can immortal goddesses also be shown growing up?
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Separated at Birth
by jeff shelton
Time present minus 25 years. Place the Heavens.
Three old women are sitting in front of an ancient
loom. On the loom is a fabric that stretches off out
of sight in the distance. Next to the three women is
a computer.
The oldest speaks. "So, Skuld, that is what we will
using instead of the loom from now on."
The youngest replies. "I wouldn't say 'from now on',
Urthr. I'm sure things will change in the future."
She says with a smile.
The third says. "Now, you two do not start up again.
We will be using the new technology. Be grateful our
new reincarnations are coming up soon. When we are
young again, we will learn to use the new system as
if we had always had it."
"I hate being reincarnated every hundred years."
Skuld says.
"Remember what is was like before Kami-sama began
the policy of reincarnation, what 500 years ago?
Things changed only very slowly, remember. Now
things change quickly." Verthandi says.
"Too quickly, if you asked me." Urthr interrupts.
"Perhaps, Urthr, but things are changing and for the
better. With our reincarnations, things
will begin to change rapidly, again. When we are
young and still learning our powers, others will be
able to do things and we will not be able to stop
them. While some of those things will be bad, others
will help people." Verthandi says.
"Before Kami-sama introduced reincarnation we were
old and conservative. Whenever somebody would come
up with something new and different, we were always
pulling strings making the new go away. Now we are
young again, and when new things comes we help them
along."
"You're beginning to sound like Kami-sama,
Verthandi." Skuld remarks.
"Would you have me lecture to you, or Kami-sama?"
Verthandi smiles at her younger sister. "Every time
the reincarnations happen, Kami-sama changes things.
Remember the first time? When we spent 25 years
living with mortals, thinking we were mortals,
having no memories of ourselves? Now, we live in the
Heavens, only going to Earth occasionally, and as we
age and gain in experience with our powers, more and
more of our memories return gradually, not all at
once like it was."
"Yes, things are better, I just wish we did not have
to do it." Skuld says.
Verthandi turns to Urthr. "Urthr, your time is
coming up soon. Have you any thoughts about what
will happen?"
"Verthandi, have you forgotten the promise to the
Lord of Terror, that allowed Kami-sama to seal him
up. Remember my mother this time will be a demon,
not a human like you two."
"No, I did not forget, I was seeing if you had any
plans we need to take into consideration, as we plan
your education, this time."
"Yeah, I probably will be a bit more uncontrollable
this time." Urthr gets up and leaves the room. "I'll
let you know."
"Verthandi, I hope everything will be alright with
her."
"Yes, but she volunteered to save people, and she
knew what she was getting into. Still I will talk
to her and work things out."
A couple of weeks later.
The three sisters and Kami-sama are in his office.
Kami-sama says, "It is time, Urthr."
"Yes. Verthandi, my new name for this incarnation
will be 'Urd'."
The three sisters hug each other.
Skuld says, "Good bye, Urthr."
Verthandi says, "Till we meet again, Urd."
Urthr vanishes into a cloud of energy that is
absorbed into Kami-sama.
Kami-sama in a somewhat disgruntled voice says, "Now
the bad part, going to Urd's mother."
"Stop acting like you hate it, Kami-sama. Sometimes,
I think you came up with this idea, just so you
could get away with being with other women."
Verthandi says with a knowing gleam in her eyes.
Kami-sama smiles, "Getting things past you is
difficult. You always choose somebody nice for your
mother, I am looking forward to see who it will be
this time."
"I choose nice women because its harder for your
wife to get mad at them." Verthandi says with a
smile.
"Argh! Why did you bring her in. Oh well, off I go,
before Urd's energy starts to fail." He vanishes.
A few of years later.
Skuld and Verthandi are in Kami-sama's office. Skuld
is holding the young Urd in her arms.
Urd is NOT liking being held.
Verthandi says, "Here, let me have her, Skuld, one
last time." Urd is placed on the ground and
Verthandi kneels down in front of her. "Urd, quiet,
I am about to leave, you be good now. Please take
care of your little sister that will be coming soon,
ok."
"I DO NOT WANT YOU TO LEAVE!" Urd wails.
Verthandi hugs her and says, "I'll be back, you'll
remember me, always. Do worry, ok." She wipes the
tears from Urd's face. "Be a good girl and help your
little sister."
"I'll have a little sister?"
"Yes, in about nine months. Now, go with Auntie
Skuld, and everything will be fine."
Urd goes over to Skuld. Skuld kneels down and places
her arm around Urd. "Everything will be fine, Urd.
After this I'll start you teaching you all about
those new bright machines that are in our rooms now,
ok."
Skuld looks up at Verthandi and telepathically tells
her. "You know, I've always hated this time. I'll
the only adult and I have to keep up with her and
you."
Verthandi telepathically replies. "Yes, I know, and
this time Urd's mother side is making it worse."
sigh. "It was necessary, but I have a feeling that
promise to the Lord of Terror will come back and
haunt us."
Kami-sama interrupts, "It is time, Verthandi."
"I know. Skuld in my new incarnation, please, name
me Belldandy."
Skuld and Verthandi hug.
"See you again, Belldandy."
Verthandi vanishes into a cloud of energy that is
absorbed by Kami-sama.
Nine months later in a hospital in Tokyo.
Outside the delivery room two young men are waiting
on some good news.
The doctor comes out and instantly both men are next
to him. "Good news all around, your wife had one of
the easiest deliveries I've ever had, and ..."
"And doctor, how is my son?" asks the father.
The doctor smiles, "The twins"
Both men jump for joy for several minutes before
they calm down enough for the doctor to finish.
"As I was saying, your twin GIRLS are doing fine as
well."
Both men look at each other, look at the doctor, and
at the same time. "She had girls?!?!"
Seeing the men look at each other and seeing that
are leaving him alone the doctor retreats into the
delivery room.
After a couple of minutes of low voiced talking the
celebration in the waiting room begins again.
In the delivery room.
Skuld materializes and quickly casts a spell.
Everybody in the room freezes as time stands still.
Even the celebrating father and his best friend are
frozen. The only people unaffected are the two
new-born girls.
Skuld gently picks up one of the girls. The two
girls are not identical twins. One looks like a
normal Japanese baby , the other looks more western
and has some small birthmarks on her face. The girl
in Skuld's arms is the one with the birthmarks.
"I was wondering what you had planned, Verthandi."
Skuld says as she looks at the other girl. "The way
you acted the last couple of weeks before the
reincarnation convinced me you had something
planned, I just never expected this. I wonder why
you gave this woman the gift a child." Skuld casts
another spell and looks at the other girl again.
"And her aura shows you gave her some of your soul
as well. Why? What is so special about this mortal
that she deserves a gift of this magnitude." Skuld
replaces the girl on the bed and casts a greater
spell, one that requires the use of both hands.
A minute (for Skuld) passes with Skuld staring into
space as her spell parts the veil of time and allows
the Goddess of the Future to view it.
"I see, It's not because of her, but because of her
children that you gave her the gift of your
half-sister." Skuld reaches down and gently lifts up
the other girl. "Verthandi gave you part of her,
young one." She kisses the baby. "From what I saw
you will need her kindness, gentleness, and
patience." She puts the child down and looks at the
mother.
"Your life will be over far too soon, Kimiko, but I
saw that Kami-sama has already chosen you in the
future, he will take of you personally. Few this day
and time are so honored. And I see he gave you the
gifts of wisdom and love, rare and powerful gifts."
Skuld bends downs and kisses the woman. The kiss of
a daughter to a mother. "Even though Verthandi gave
you the ultimate gift, from what I saw, I need to
give some gifts as well."
Skuld places her hand above the woman's stomach. A
ball a energy forms between her palm and the
stomach. "To your next child, the gift of
intelligence and cunning." She places her hand on
the stomach and when she removes it the ball of
energy is gone.
Another ball of energy forms between Skuld's hand
and Kimiko's stomach. "To your third child, the gift
of physical strength and strength of will." The ball
of energy is gone as the hand is lifted. A couple of
seconds of thought and Skuld places her hand above
Kimiko 's stomach for the final time. "And since she
will need it, a final gift for your last child." A
small hammer forms between the hand of Skuld and
Kimiko, a hammer that vanishes as Skuld removes her
hand from Kimiko's stomach.
Skuld picks up Belldandy. "I was going to use those
new fashioned computers to alter reality and make
your birth vanish, but I wasn't planning on a
sister. This requires more subtlety than they can
do."
Skuld reaches out with her left hand and part of the
fabric of the universe appears. Skuld rearranges the
fabric. She then vanishes and the spell that stopped
time vanishes as well.
Out in the waiting room.
The two men look at each other, each thinking, "For
a second there I thought the doctor said twins, but
I know he said Kimiko had a, singular, girl."
"Since you did not have a boy, what are you going to
name your baby girl?"
"Kimiko has a list. Kasumi is on the top of it."
"Good choice, good choice." Saotome Genma
congratulates his best friend Tendo Soun.
the end
About the names. In the Dark Horse translation. In
the 2nd issue Toren Smith gives an explanation on
how hard it is to translate Japanese. The names
given in this story are the names he gives as the
original names of the three goddesses from norse
legend. Before they were altered by Fujishima
Kosuke.
Kimiko: I've seen this name for Mrs Tendo in various
other stories, so I am using it. I don't remember
which stories, so I hope I'm not offending anybody .
I tried to write this a general as possible so it
can be used as a possible start of a OMG/ranma
X-over usable by anybody. With a little work this
could possibly be used with other series as well.
(original draft had Ranma and co all messed up do to
Urd. Belldandy helped Kasumi as a way to compensate.
Plus some demons wanting to mess up Belldandy's
sister life. But I wanted this to be as simple as
possible.)
Hopefully this explains all the times that Kasumi
suddenly comes up with food, and other items out of
thin air. And a explanation for the hammer as well.
(truthfully, I prefer the hammer as a martial arts
ability explanation. It allows other people to
learn and use the hammer, which does happen.)
thank you for reading this far.
Any C&C will be read and answered.
thank you
jeff shelton
jws1@webtv.net
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