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Aa Megami-sama chapter 49 (volume 8, page 39 - 71)
title: Aino obento sakusen

Keiichi, Belldandy, and Hasegawa were in the auto club's club house
eating lunch.  Keiichi was commenting that it was getting very crowded
because the senpai were stacking up the boxes and other stuff all over
the room.   Then Aoshima came and took a piece of Keiichi's lunch.
Aoshima cried out and shed some tears as he said that Belldandy's lunch
was very delicious.  Since Aoshima was holding on to Belldandy's hands,
Keiichi tried to go up to him.  But Aoshima tripped him and sent him
flying into the boxes.  Just as the boxes and other stuff fell all over
Keiichi, the senpai came into the room.   They got upset and told Keiichi
to put everything back the way it was.

The next day while Keiichi was eating lunch with Belldandy, Hasegawa came
and asked Keiichi to eat the lunch that she had made.  Keiichi was
surprised and didn't know what to do.  But Belldandy said that there must
be something going on, so she told Keiichi to eat it.  Hasegawa added
with heavy emphasis that she didn't make the lunch because she liked
Keiichi.  So Keiichi started eating Hasegawa's lunch.  It looked very
bad, and it also tasted bad.  Keiichi tried to come up with some decent
words, but Hasegawa said that it was all right.  "I know my cooking is
awful.  Ever since I was in grade school, my grades for cooking [actually
taking care of household things] were all 1's [out of 5]."

Then Hasegawa asked Belldandy for a favor.

Aoshima was just outside of the club house listening.  He thought that
Hasegawa liked Keiichi.

The next day, Hasegawa went over to Keiichi's place.  When she went in
through the gate, Banpei-kun attacked and caught her.  Inside Skuld and
Urd noticed that someone had gotten caught by Banpei-kun.  Then Skuld
remembered that Belldandy had told her to turn Banpei-kun off.

When Hasegawa sat down inside, Belldandy and Skuld apologized to her.
Then Hasegawa said, "But that's a great robot.  I was surprised."
Skuld became very happy and quickly became friends with Hasegawa.  When
Hasegawa mentioned that she and come over to learn cooking, Skuld ran off
saying, "Leave everything to me."

Belldandy took Hasegawa to the kitchen and started teaching her how to
cook.  Then Hasegawa said, "You're so lucky..  You're good at cooking,
you're beautiful, you're liked by everyone..  God is so unfair.."
Belldandy said, "That's not true.  People have many characteristics,
many specialties, many feelings, and they are all different.  But that's
not unfairness.  That's important energy for making each person shine."
Then Belldandy hugged Hasegawa from behind.  Belldandy said, "So don't
give up.  Cooking may be one of you hidden skills."
Hasegawa was thinking, "Belldandy feels warm..  It feels just like being
held by a god."
Then Urd came by and said, "Yeah, you're something.  You made friends
with Skuld, who is the most unfriendly girl to strangers."

Urd saw that Hasegawa was struggling with her cooking and took out a
bottle of some of her medicine.  Urd said, "If you use this, they will
not be able to live without your cooking.  Use as much as you want!"

Then Skuld came in with Banpei-kun, modified with cooking parts.  But
Hasegawa said, "Thanks for everything.  But I want to do it with my own
power.  I'm sorry."
Urd said that she felt great energy coming from Hasegawa, like she was
doing it with a lot of feeling.  So she told Skuld not to interfere.

Later that night, Hasegawa thanked Belldandy and left.  Belldandy told
her to try hard and that her feelings would get through.

The next day Hasegawa was waiting in the club house with her lunch.
Little Urd appeared with her medicine and snuck into Hasegawa's bag.

Then Keiichi and Belldandy came.  Hasegawa took out her lunch and said,
"Please look at the results of my practice."  She gave the lunch to
Keiichi.

Belldandy turned around and said that she forgot something.  The she ran
out, leaving Keiichi and Hasegawa alone.

When Keiichi got ready to try out Hasegawa's lunch, they heard a lock
being put on the door.  Keiichi started worrying and tried to find a
way out.  But Hasegawa said that Belldandy would probably come back
soon.  So she urged Keiichi to eat her lunch.

Outside, Aoshima was walking away, hoping that Hasegawa and Keiichi
would hit it off.

Meanwhile Belldandy spotted Urd walking around feeling very happy.
Belldandy went to her and caught the bottle of medicine that Urd was
tossing up into the air.  Belldandy said, "Oneesan, did you do something
with this?"
Urd knew that Belldandy looked very angry.

After tasting some of Hasegawa's cooking, Keiichi said, "Wow you became
so good in just one night."
Then Hasegawa ate some of her own cooking.  Hasegawa said, "Senpai,
maybe I would have been happier if I liked you.."
Keiichi was shocked.  Aoshima was listening at the door and thought
that things were going well.

When Belldandy found out that Urd had put the love medicine into the
bento, she hurried back to the club house.  Belldandy saw Aoshima by the
door.  Aoshima saw Belldandy and thought that it was great timing for
his plan.  So he unlocked the door and opened it.  Belldandy looked
inside and saw Keiichi and Hasegawa sitting and drinking tea.  Belldandy
was relieved that Urd's medicine had not worked.

When Hasegawa saw Aoshima behind Belldandy, she took out another lunch
box and gave it to him.  "It's not as good as Belldandy's but it has my
feelings in it."
There was a heart shaped decoration on the rice inside the lunch box.

Keiichi was surprised.  "Really..  Hasegawa liked Aoshima."
Belldandy said, "Yes."
Keiichi asked, "Did she tell you?"
Belldandy said, "No, I just knew..  because we are both girls."

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Hitoshi Doi, Toshi Nibunnoichi                             doi@jrd.dec.com
half a UFO catcher doll, half a cel          [from Japan: doi@dec-j.co.jp]