"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...." A
chorus of voice sang, one of which was Peorth's. They were at the Morisato's
'later' that day (remember it was midnight when Belldandy woke up?) after
University, and everyone was clapping and singing for Uruz, since it happened to
be her birthday. Well, nobody knew when her birthday was, but they made it the
day They had found and adopted her, which turned out to be today. Freya had a
bunch of her friends go rescue Uruz after the Almighty had sensed a very
interesting and potential member of the Heavens in the Hells, and it turned out
it wasn't a bad idea at all. Years after that had happened, this.
Sitting at the table, Uruz was staring at the ice cream
cake. It was huge. No, it was bigger than huge, it was... it was... tremendously
humongous! (There's no such word in the dictionary, so don't look it up for the
spelling.) Uruz and Skuld were both ogling over it. Uruz had changed her outfit
almost immediately, saying that her old one was really uncomfortable and that
she didn't like revealing so much. So now she had two white shoulder cloths (the
kinds like Belldandy or Urd's) which wrapped around and came together at a short
blouse that revealed only Uruz's midsection, that one was a light purple and had
a white stripe running down its center. Two gold strings with a few capped
amethyst dangled across the two cloths, and she wore a loin cloth that reached
to her knees at the front and her ankles at the back, totally revealing the legs
at the side up to the upper part of her thighs. The front cloth was tipped like
her marking at the bottom and had a a light amethyst purple trim, and the back
piece had two tails, also with the purple trim, and split up to her knees. She
kept her old jewellery (which were her seals both in the past and present), and
her old gloves and boots though, since she said she liked them.
But other than that, everyone had a party hat on (Yes!
Including Peorth!) and were gathered around a table with a really, really
huge cake that they'd brought down from the Heavens. The four who were in on the
secret, Megumi, Chihiro, Tamiya and Ootaki, were also there, singing. Ootaki
seemed to be enjoying his party hats, he had worn several, as had Tamiya. Peorth
looked absolutely disgusted with wearing hers. She nudged Urd, also singing
happily, and whispered.
"Can I take this stupid thing off
my head now, Urd?" Peorth asked. Urd laughed once and wagged a finger at her.
"You really want to upset your poor little adopted sis
over there, Peorth?" Urd asked, suggestively. Peorth stared at her venemously,
looked at Uruz, like a spoiled kid for her birthday, and sucked her breath in
through her teeth, as if she were sucking her humiliation in too. Urd smiled and
nodded.
"Good thinking. Come on, have a beer with me."
Somewhere, sometime during the party, someone pulled a
party popper, and a few others joined in. Among the guests were Freya (who was
taking to the idea of party hats rather well), a couple of Uruz and Skuld's
friends from the Heavens (who were also taking to the idea of the hats rather
well), the Almighty (who had, of course, created the idea of the party hats),
Thor (who found the idea of party hats interesting), Mars (who had found it more
sensible than some roman styles) and a few other... guests that had come down on
the Almighty's 'invitation'. One of them hated the idea of party hats.
"I hate party hats. Gimme a good old soldier's helmet
anytime!" The God of Modern Warfare said as he sulked in a corner, dressed as a
clown for the party. Everyone had openly supported that idea, especially Peorth
when the Almighty had suggested it. Freya came over and sat down besides him.
She had a small cup of cola in her hand. She'd never tasted this before, but it
was great. Better than mead.
"Come on, you sourpuss."
Freya said, grabbing the God's hand and dragging him up. "Stop thinking about
fighting all the time and watch Uruz blow out her candles."
The God muttered something as he followed her.
"She's not a small kid anymore. Why do I have to watch
her blow out the candles? Why do I have to be the clown?"
At a corner, Chihiro had cornered Belldandy and Keiichi
with the help of Megumi, Tamiya and Ootaki. They were sipping colas from plastic
cups and asking a few questions.
"So, now that
everything's done and over with, Belldandy, I expect I should be forgetting all
this sometime or another?" Chihiro said. The three nodded.
"Ara, ano...." Belldandy said, trailing off. "I
don't see what harm letting you all remember this could do. You all did
promise." She smiled as she said this. Megumi grinned.
"Hey, cool! That means I can remember having that talk with Keiichan!" Megumi
said, grinning like a wolf. Keiichi looked at her suspiciously.
"You're not thinking of that, are you?" Keiichi asked,
with a knife's edge in her voice. It was going to be another week or two before
Keiichi was really back to normal, but at least the hair, eyes and voice were
back to normal. Those markings were still there, but Keiichi could pass them off
now as saying Belldandy insisted he try them on.
Megumi
grinned and tilted her head slightly.
"Ma-y-be."
Ootaki and Tamiya, on the other hand, did a high five and
danced in a circle, singing with a "Ring around the Roses" nursery song tune.
"We ain't gonna lose our memories! We ain't gonna lose
our memories! La la la la!"
Chihiro groaned and slapped
her head.
Then Keiichi remembered something. 'She' pulled
Belldandy to one side, away from all the other milling guests.
"Belldandy," Keiichi asked, still holding Belldandy's
hand. "That night. When I woke up, I saw everything... everything so
beautifully. It was so... I don't know, real." Keiichi whispered frantically, as
if not saying it faster would've made her forget. Belldandy thought for a
moment, then smiled.
"That's because you had a touch of
what I, and some of us, see, Keiichi-san. And I'm sure you'll truly see it too,
someday." Belldandy said, smiling sweetly. She gave him a small peck, then
another.
"Now I know why you love this world so much."
The pecks became a full kiss.
After blowing out the candle, Uruz was busy slicing the
cake up into dozens of smaller portions to distribute amongst the group when she
suddenly remembered something. She went up to the Almighty, happily dressed in
casual clothes, and handed Him a piece of cake on a paper plate.
"Father," Uruz asked as the Almighty created a fork in
midair and ate the cake with it. He looked at her. He was wearing a cap, which
covered some of His face. Actually, Uruz thought He looked like a very handsome
lifeguard or baseball player, but she held her tongue there.
"Who was the wish supposed to be for?" She asked. "It was
definitely not Keiichi's."
The Almighty scratched His
chin, then looked around. He pointed in the direction of Keiichi's group. Uruz
peered over there, and saw Tamiya.
"See that big man over
there with the moustache and the muscles? He's the one. Go ahead, you've had
your birthday wish, let him have his own wish."
Uruz
blinked.
"Tamiya?" Uruz thought aloud. The Almighty
nodded.
"Yep, him."
Uruz bounced up to the group of mortals (and one Goddess)
who were sitting around and meeting some of Skuld and Uruz's friends. At the
sight of The Birthday Goddess, they made way. Keiichi was looking at Uruz as
Uruz kept that grin plastered to her face. She was looking at Keiichi.
"Not going to ask me to make a wish now are you, Uruz?"
Keiichi asked. Uruz shook her head and grinned again. Belldandy, Megumi and
Chihiro were looking on interestedly. Chihiro looked at Megumi.
"Who do you think the wish is for?" Chihiro whispered to
Megumi. She shrugged.
"Dunno, but I hope it's me!"
Uruz went up to Tamiya. Everyone's eyes bulged. Ootaki's
glasses were pushed from his face, Keiichi fell backwards and over the chair,
and Chihiro's mouth fell into her cake with a *splut*. Tamiya was looking at
Uruz.
"Hey, what can I do for you!?" Tamiya asked in his
usual loud voice. He obviously didn't know what was going on. Uruz smiled.
"You have one wish to make, Tamiya-san." Uruz said in a
childish, cutish voice. Keiichi stared at Belldandy, and she stared back. They
had every reason in the world to believe what Tamiya wanted. However, what he
wanted might have some objections.
"Aho? A wish?
For real??" Tamiya said, scratching his chin. Uruz nodded. She knew this one was
a little slow witted, so she wouldn't grant anything until he was sure. Keiichi
closed his eyes and started a short prayer, even though he could've just walked
right up to the Almighty and told Him face to Face.
* * *
Elsewhere in the world, a small bottle was floating in the
middle of the sea, wailing useless "Help Me!"s as passing ships, both cruise
liners and oil tankers, cruised by it, rocking it in massive waves. Inside,
Senbee was wearing a snorkelling mask, breathing tube, and was in his swimming
bermudas. Every once in a while he'd float to the surface and yell for help, but
nobody heard him. And everytime a wave rocked his bottle, Senbee would be sent
bouncing all over the bottle walls. His perfectly good soda water was becoming
saline (salty), and his good skin was being wrinkled like a grape's from this
unusual liquid.
Senbee known should never have made
Miss Mara angry... He thought forlornly. Senbee already floating for a
week!
* * *
Elsewhere in the world at the same time, a few men were
lying, floored by heavy blows to the abdomen and groin, beneath a wooden table
occupied by one whitish-blonde woman wearing some rather tight leather clothes
and downing her fouth bottle of vodka. The bartender watched her carefully as
bubbles of air replaced most of the vodka in the bottle in a single sitting,
wiping clean his mugs. There were a few other patrons in the bar, but most of
them ignored Mara for reasons that were obvious. Mara looked at the clock on the
wall, obviously drunk. She hiccuped once, excused herself (unbelievable, but
true), and did some quick calculations.
"Hm.... *hiccup*
It'sh.... already bin she-van oursh shinsh I daam-ped Shenbee... into de shea?
I... think he can wait.... for another few... daysh. Bartender!"
* * *
As Tamiya was asking for his wish, which was pretty clear
cut, Uruz nodded and giggled. Looking around, she noticed Peorth wasn't around,
which was too bad, since this would be the first wish she'd be granting as a
Goddess First Class. But everyone had, at the Almighty's request, stopped
partying and were all watching Uruz. Freya smiled.
It's too bad... she thought. I was hoping she'd call me mother
too. But she smiled with pride, not disappointment. Her little girl was
already growing up, and she had accomplished much more than was expected of her.
Fingering the beautiful white lily Uruz had given her from a small lily patch
Uruz had actually grown by herself, Freya felt Uruz deserved this little
privilege.
Tamiya finished his wish, and Uruz nodded.
Raising her head, she slowly floated above the ground. Someone thought to shield
the ice cream cake first, those things made an awful mess when half melted and
splattered all over the room. A wise move. A small glow appeared around her, and
the room darkened in contrast. Then her markings flared blue, and the laser went
into the Heavens. This time, there was no delay, no feedback, no explosion. Uruz
experienced for herself true joy. It showed, she was smiling unconsciously, and
even though she looked like she couldn't smile any more, everyone got the
impression she was doing just that. There was a small tornado, and the party
hats on, and those nearest to, her were whipped off (much to Tamiya and Ootaki's
dismay, apparently) and joined the rest of the smaller debris in the whirling
mass. Everyone watched though, they were watching Uruz's crowning moment. Her
clothes whipped around her, and her waist flaps fluttered just so that they
tantalized a lusty watcher, but revealed, little. Then it was done, and Uruz
settled to the ground. She grinned.
"Your wish has been
approved." Uruz said, with the words that Keiichi remembered Belldandy speaking
once so long ago. She smiled, and clapped. Everyone joined in in a huge wave of
clapping. Then she asked.
"Where's Peorth?"
Someone yelled over the crowd.
"I
think I saw her leaving with Urd!"
Peorth looked at
Keiichi and Belldandy, and smiled.
"As the first True
Goddess/Mortal pairing in the history of humankind, I'd like to ask the two of
you to link hands and hold them up."
Belldandy and
Keiichi looked at each other. They blinked. Megumi cheered and clapped, and the
other mortals cheered them on. Keiichi looked nervously to her side and saw a
few simmering faces, all male. They were really unhappy. Keiichi swallowed and
sweated. Uruz noticed. She looked sternly at those opposed and put her knuckles
on her hips.
"Those of you who aren't happy can either
get out now, or I can beat you out, or you shut up."
The
faces became part of the crowd once more. Uruz smiled and nodded. She looked
back to the two.
"If you so please?"
The two looked at each other again, and nodded. The held
their hands together and raised it. Uruz looked through the space formed by
their hands, and it suddenly glowed. Keiichi and Belldandy gasped, and nearly
broke the hold, but kept it still. Uruz looked behind her, saw Freay nodding,
and dived through it.
* * *
Suddenly, the door to Urd's room glowed. Peorth looked at
it irritatedly. That was Uruz, she guessed. Probably come to check in on her,
and what a bummer that was. She'd finally gotten rid of that ridiculous hat too.
She looked at Urd. Both hiccuped at the same time. Uruz popped her head through
the glowing doorway first, looked between Urd and Peorth. She smiled.
"Peorth one-sama! There's someone waiting for you
outside!" She said, then giggled. Peorth blinked.
"Whasshit?" She asked, slurring. She'd drank one too many liquors. Uruz's hands
came through the doorway, then the rest of her followed. The doorway stopped
glowing. She grabbed Peorth's hand and pulled her up.
"Come on, find out! It's a surprise!" Uruz said, making no effort to conceal her
excitemeny. Peorth looked at Urd.
"Go on... out,
Peorth..." Urd said drunkenly, raising a glass to her. "Here's to your surprise,
and I'll be waiting. There's... lots more where that came from!" She said, and
fell over laughing at some drunk joke. Peorth nodded and walked out a little
unsteadily with Uruz helping her along. Outside, she saw a whole sea of faces
staring at her.
"What'sh... going on?" Peorth asked. She
was more than a little tipsy, but she liked it that way. For now.
Uruz grinned.
"It's a surprise, as
I said. Don't worry, one-sama! You'll like it!" Uruz said, grinning cheekily.
She was hugging Peorth's arm now as she led Peorth through the sea of faces,
which parted before them. Peorth looked around, and tried to stand up straight
as she walked, but the room spun if she tried. She was intruiged though. There
was something about the way they were looking at her....
"Oh, all right..." Peorth said, and followed Uruz to the end of the crowd. It
led to the small corner near the television set, where a small table sat, and
someone sat on it. Keiichi and Belldandy were standing to a corner, while Ootaki
and Chihiro were on the other. Uruz ran over and sat on Tamiya's lap, and she
was grinning. So was Tamiya. Peorth blinked. Her world suddenly started becoming
a little clearer.
"What'sch.... going on?" Peorth said.
She had this horrible hunch... She burped once, and excused herself.
"Oh, Tamiya-san here's just wished for something...."
Uruz said, chuckling. She was going to love this. And she told Peorth.
Another blast rocked the town, but this time, it had a voice and spoke intelligibly.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-" *deep breath* "-OOOOOOOOOOOooo-oooooo-ooooo-ooooo!!!!!"
* * The End * *
(Curtains close. A sign appears : "More credits and afterword")
(Uruz
hops onto set) "Hiya! Great to see you still here!" *giggle* *takes a quick bow*
"Well, I'd like to thank Mr. Kosuke Fujishima for creating this wonderful
series, Aa! Megamisama!, which without, I wouldn't have been created by the
Goddessfan!" *grins*
(Uruz grabs a mike)
"And! I'd like to thank all the
Goddessfan's friends, such as Katsuyuki of the Phoenix Rising
(http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Field/4557) for reading this fic, Ryo of the Ah!
My Goddess fanfic archive (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/1427) for putting it
there, the Goddessfan for writing it, all the fast food restaurants visited in
the attempt to get inspiration for the story, everyone who read this, Peorth
one-sama for putting up with me during the production of this story-"
(Peorth yells from off stage)
"I'd better be well paid for this! Some of
these extras are really hentaiiiii!!!" (perverted)
*smack*
(Uruz grins nervously and sweats)
"Erm, yes, erm, where was I? Oh, people
to thank! Well, I think I'm done there. But before I leave you to the
Goddessfan, I'll just leave a gentle reminder. This story was authored by the
Goddessfan, based on Ah! My Goddess by Kosuke Fujishima. The author claims no
right to the ownership of anything in this fanfic except me and the story ideas.
And you know the rest. No copyright infringements, no money, blah blah blah...
ok, gotta go! Bye!"
(Uruz waves and hops off the stage. A fellow in a hooded black cape walks
up.)
*ahem* "This thing on? Yes, thank you. I'd just like to leave with an
afterword." *deep breath*
"Hi! I'm sure after reading
this fic, you must've felt it was a little to serious and/or dark to be an Ah!
My Goddess fic. I guess it's my writing style. I tried to make it as touching as
possible without doing the obviously thought of and repeated scenes between
Keiichi and Belldandy, all while trying to fit a new character into the story.
I'm not sure if I got Peorth's attitudes and characteristics right, there isn't
too much about her I could refer to.
I'm not too sure about the public
service system in Japan, so I'm not sure about bus routes and everything. As for
the conductor part, I'm assuming they use the traditional conductor method
rather than ticket dispensing systems. I'm not ever sure about Japan's
geography, so don't flame me or anything about this fic, ok?
Also, I had
been wondering (before Peorth came around) about adding a new Goddess although I
didn't have any interest in writing a fanfic about AMG! yet. I was glad I
waited, because it turned out I liked Peorth a lot and decided to remodel some
parts of the Goddess around Uruz. I hope I made her convincing and touching. ^^U
In case you found some names familiar, "Anata no Birthday" (originally sung
by Belldandy), "Fortune Smiled on You" (Urd) and "Namida no Imi" (Belldandy)
were some of the 1997 Goddess Singles collection of songs.
"Boku to ikiru
koto ga kimi no shiawase" has two versions : Belldandy's catchy version in the
1993 Goddess Singles collection, or Keiichi's touching version in the Ah! My
Goddess Best Vocal Collection/Original Soundtrack Vol.2 Super. "Megami wa
Utau" was sung by Belldandy in the 1993 Goddess Singles collection.
And if
you don't know by now, Tooma Yumi and Inoue Kikuko are the voice actors of Urd
and Belldandy, respectively. (Shame on you!)
Thank you again."
(Figure walks off stage)
(Belldandy comes on stage with one last thing to say.)
"Comments? Constructive criticisms? Questions? Em@il the author @ goddessfan@hotmail.com or ranmafan@hotmail.com! Arigatou gozaimasu, and have a good day!"
Fic started 5th April 1999.
Still waiting for book 19! ^_^
Finished
May 4th, nearly 1 entire month later!
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