Nihao, minna-sama!  Here is Chapter 3, I hope you enjoy it.  I don't 
really have much to say (for once!) so I'd just like to remind all newcomers 
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	Ah! Megami-sama! (c) by Kousuke Fujishima, Kodansha, TBS and KSS 
Films.


Ah! Megami-sama Muyo!
(Ah! No Need For My Goddess!)
Chapter 3: The Goddess of Chaos

	"Tenchi!  I heard you yelling!  Are you alright?" Tsunami asked, 
bursting through the door suddenly.  All I could do was sit there and babble 
incoherently, pointing at Washu.
	"Washu!" Tsunami exclaimed.
	"Hello, sister," Washu replied.
	Sister?
	"Sister Washu, what are you doing here?"
	Sister?
	"Why, Tsunami, that's no way to speak to your sister.  I'm not here 
to meddle in your affairs!  I'm only here because of a problem we had in the 
system."
	Sister?
	"Oh, my, you had best tell me all about it.  But before I forget, 
Washu, this is Tenchi," Tsunami said, gesturing at me.  "He's the one who--"
	"Yes, I know.  He's the guy who wished for you two to be together 
forever.  I've been monitoring you two, and so has our other sister, Lady 
Tokimi."
	Sister?
	"Tsunami, who is this, and how do you know her?" I asked.
	"Oh, I'm sorry, Tenchi.  This is my sister," Tsunami said, 
introducing her.
	"Hello, my name is Washu.  Can I ask you something?" Washu said to me.
	"Sure. . ." I replied confusedly.
	"Could you call me 'Little Washu'?  I'd like that!"
	"Washu, behave yourself!" Tsunami reprimanded.  "Hm. . .  I can't 
talk to you like this.  Either I will have to revert to Sasami or you will 
have to look and act your age."
	"Oh, alright."  Washu was engulfed in red light, then she wasn't a 
12-year-old girl anymore.  Instead, she looked somewhere in her 20's.  "I 
really *am* 20,000 years old, Tenchi, because I'm a Goddess as well.  I'm the 
Goddess of Chaos," she explained.
	"Chaos, huh?  Figures," I muttered.
	"So tell us why you are here," Tsunami said.
	"Like I said, it has to do with our system.  Let me start from the 
beginning. . ."

*        *        *

	<Sister Washu. . .>
	I gasped upon hearing the psionic message.  "Lady Tokimi. . ." I 
whispered, opening my mind to receive her call.  I was sitting in a tree 
which grew on a hilltop overlooking the system.  From my position, I could 
see others beneath me going about their business.  Some Goddesses were 
preparing to leave in order to grant a wish, and others were receiving the 
telephone calls from Earth and other planets.
	<Sister Washu, I have been monitoring the P'jra section of System 
Jurai.  Why has it crashed again?>
	, I replied.
	<Where did the crash originate from?>
	I typed rapidly on my laptop, trying to pinpoint the exact location.  
	<What is it, Washu?>
	<It's. . .  *her*.>
	<Uh-oh. . .  Not Mihoshi again?> she asked knowingly.
	<Yes, I'm afraid it is, Lady Tokimi.  The schedule clearly indicates 
that it is currently her shift on the operating boards.>
	<Do you know why I am so busy, Washu?> she asked after a pause.
	<Because of Mihoshi?> I guessed.
	<Yes, exactly.  I am constantly bombarded by bills, complaints, and 
many other useless information concerning Mihoshi.  She is not fit to be a 
Goddess, nevertheless working for the Goddess Technical Helpline!  I cannot 
be distracted from running this business by petty things such as Mihoshi's 
conduct.  It is little wonder why we are having such problems competing with 
the Earth Angels Agency.>
	<What will you do about it, Lady Tokimi?>
	<What other option is there?  This is the last straw.  We can demote 
her no more, so I will be forced to speak to D3 about firing Mihoshi.>
	<Firing Mihoshi?  What of her friend, Kiyone?>
	<Kiyone is hardly the bumbling fool her friend Mihoshi is.  Her 
record is very good, and I believe D3 wishes to promote her soon.  Send 
Mihoshi to me so that D3 and I may have a talk with her.>
	<Yes, Lady Tokimi.>  I broke off the psionic connection and prepared 
to summon Mihoshi to Lady Tokimi.

*        *        *
	"So, I had to come here to fix all the damage that occurred when the 
P'jra section crashed," Washu finished.
	"Why did you *really* come, Washu?" Tsunami asked her sister.
	"I told you, because Mihoshi crashed the system, and she was fired 
for it.  I'm the sysop of System Jurai, you know, so I have to do my best to 
solve this problem."
	Jurai?
	"That can't be the only reason."
	"Sorry, but it is," Washu said, frowning.
	"Even if Mihoshi crashed the system, couldn't you fix it from Jurai?"
	"Uh, I hate to interrupt, but what's 'Jurai'?" I asked.
	"It's where we run our business from," Tsunami explained to me.  "The 
Goddesses who work for The Goddess Technical Helpline live on a separate 
plane of existence.  That plane known to us as 'Jurai.' "
	"Tsunami, you're only confusing him.  Anyway, I couldn't fix it from 
Jurai because we had problems uploading your genetic code back into the 
system from there.  That's another reason I had to come -- so I could scan 
both of you and send it to the system.  Another thing that plagued us was the 
unorthodox wish Tenchi made.  The Pandora section was having a hard time 
comprehending it."
	" 'Pandora section'?" I said, more confused than ever.
	"Actually, that section is known as P'jra, but it was nicknamed 
'Pandora' by all the Goddesses after Mihoshi was demoted from Goddess Fourth 
Class limited to Goddess Fifth Class limited," Washu said to me.  Then, she 
turned back to her sister.  "Mihoshi was Goddess Twelfth Class limited before 
she was fired.  I don't even know why we hired her in the first place.  I 
think our sister needs to watch over the personnel sections more, but she's 
probably too busy looking after everything else.  After all, she is Jurai's 
Almighty One."
	"Isn't D3 in charge of hiring people?"
	"Yes, but he must have somehow overlooked Mihoshi.  It's a pity she 
took Kiyone with her.  Kiyone had just barely made it to Goddess Second Class 
limited."
	"She took Kiyone with her?!" Tsunami exclaimed.
	"Oh, that's right, I didn't tell you that part.  After Lady Tokimi 
and D3 conversed with Mihoshi about firing her, she informed us that she 
would never leave without Kiyone.  D3 was gravely saddened by this, and 
though Tokimi took pity on Kiyone, she eventually fired them both.  Needless 
to say, Kiyone was very upset.  I think it was rather unfair of our sister to 
treat Kiyone in that manner, but she had no other choice."
	"Tokimi once confided to me that the only reason D3 had hired Mihoshi 
is because Kiyone wouldn't join our business unless we hired them both.  I 
suppose Kiyone must be regretting her decision now."
	"Yes, I'm sure she is."
	"Um, I really don't know what's going on. . ." I said nervously.
	"Oh!  Tenchi, we've talked for so long it's almost dinner time!  I'll 
go fix you something," Tsunami said, heading off towards the kitchen.  Washu 
stood up and walked over to the window.
	"Do you need any help?" I called after Tsunami.  <Dang, I gotta learn 
to stop saying that. . .>
	"No, it's alright, Tenchi."
	"Tenchi?" Washu said.
	"What is it?"
	"Why is your house built next to a shabby shrine deep in the 
mountains?" she asked.
	Daaaaaah. . .
	"Just kidding!  I was monitoring your conversation when you first 
contacted the Goddess Technical Helpline.  I want to know about the shrine, 
though.  What is it called?"
	"It's called the Masaki Shrine.  My ancestor Yosho founded it," I 
told her.
	"Yosho, hm?  What's the story behind it?"
	"Well, my grandpa told me that a demon descended from the sky and 
wreaked havoc on this city 700 years ago, but a samurai by the name of Yosho 
defeated the demon and confined it to a cave.  The Masaki Shrine was built so 
people wouldn't wander into the cave and accidentally awaken the demon," I 
explained.  "It sure would be cool to go into the cave and see the demon, 
don't you think?  Unfortunately, my grandpa carries the keys to the gate 24-7 
***I don't know if any of you readers out there will understand my slang, so 
24-7 is short for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week***, and I can't get in."
	"I'd like to see it, too."
	"After dinner it'd be too late.  We'll go see it bright and early 
tomorrow morning, OK?"
	"OK, Tenchi."
	Oy. . .  What was I going to tell my Dad this time?  It was hard 
enough explaining to him that Sasami and Tsunami were the same person.  After 
she'd gone to sleep the first night and emerged from her room as Tsunami, 
he'd assumed that the two of them were *both* living under our roof.  Of 
course, he gradually realized Sasami and Tsunami were never in the same place 
at the same time (and that they looked a lot alike) he'd accepted it, even if 
he hasn't fully comprehended it.  Well, at least I wouldn't have to worry 
about Tsunami being home alone during the day.  I sure hoped my Dad wouldn't 
hit on Washu as well.

End of Chapter 3

Coming soon:
Chapter 4: Demon Caller

Hmmm...  It's rather short, ne?  Ah, well, I'll make Chapter 4 longer.  Ja 
matta!