A/N: Hey guys, I found an old dusty fan fiction I started, I had lost it in the abyss of boxes. Stupid me decided to type up the first chapter and post it. I hope you can enjoy it. The thing is nearly complete, so typing it up wouldn't be an issue. anyway, please read and review.
I don't own Sailor Moon, or Ah, My Goddess! (What was I thinking combining the two, I've no clue.)
Chapter 1.
"Aw come on!" Skuld begged once again with her older sisters. "Let me grant just one wish! Just once!" She was getting better with her training now as she sat at the table arguing with her two older, but not exactly wiser sisters. Still a teen, indeed, but she was growing into a fine young woman, no doubts there. Her eyes glimmered with hope as she plead her case, knowing well just who she was up against. "I've been working exceptionally hard, and I just want to try my skills." Looking to her kinder, more soft spoken sister, she awaited an answer. "It can't hurt to just try once, right?"
Over tea and a wonderfully prepared lunch, Belldandy was kind and cheerful, as expected of any goddess of her caliber. The fact she rarely spoke ill of anything made her the clearly obvious choice when it came for such a pleading question. Skuld, though having some minor background in basic magic, still failed in the more pressing art forms. Still, it was perhaps the fact that Skuld showed promise, that gave a possibility for positive answers. "I suppose it is time for her to be formally trained." Belldandy answered slowly at first with finger tracing the rim of her teacup. "We can only teach so much."
After a sip and a sigh, she continued, seemingly having placed much thought into her decision. "We weren't all that much older ourselves, back when we began granting wishes." Belldandy was one of the strongest goddesses, and was also one with an unlimited license. Granted, with her life on earth now permanent, it was highly unlikely she would return to heaven any time soon. "Though, I'm not qualified for taking on apprentices currently, not for the help line. You'd likely need to return home and ask someone who's had more experience."
"You can't be serious!" The eldest, sister rebuked. "Belldandy's only joking kiddo." As if to emphasis her point, she glared at her innocent angelic sister. "Skuld is just a kid, you can't mean that." Without a care, she leaned back in her seat, sizing up the youngest member of their little family. "She's hardly a woman yet, you can't let her got around fulfilling wishes when she's just jail bait." Then, as if the shock faded, and Urd calmed down a bit, she shook her head, her eyes not leaving those of Belldandy. "I know you mean well, but you know just as well as I do, granting wishes isn't just simple magic. Skuld's at least a few hundred years away from that, easily."
"Shut up Urd!" The words were rushed and hotheaded, but Skuld knew part of it was true.
"What? You know I'm right." The tone was innocent, even if Urd wasn't anything of the sort.
"You know not all of us grant the type of wishes you do!" That part was true too.
Belldandy sighed as her siblings continued arguing, unsure of how to stop the ruckus at hand. It wasn't as if she could train Skuld formally, but... "Alright, so let me see if I understand the situation." Her tone was that of a mediator, then again, she knew how to handle both of her sisters. "Skuld, you'd like to learn how to grant wishes, is that correct?" With a firm nod of her head, Skuld wordlessly agreed, all the while, Urd was puffing her chest out in annoyance. "Well, you do have a license, meaning you have the clearance to do so. The only thing is, you need approval from someone of higher authority before you grant a wish. I can give you that much."
"So you'll let me grant a wish?" Skuld may have aged, but that childlike wonder still remained, sparkling within hazel eyes.
"Not just any wish though." Belldandy quickly amended. "Normally, you practice by granting the wishes of goddesses like yourself."
"Really, why's that?" Skuld learned more things about being a goddess every second, and her ability to be clueless was occasionally astounding.
Urd clicked her tongue in disapproval. "Because," She began, before Belldandy could start. "It wouldn't be smart to have pipsqueaks like you, granting wishes that can't be fixed." Idly she reached forward, taking a piece of candy from the table, unwrapping it slowly. "We can't exactly keep the wish, but that's why we ask for things that are virtually impossible. You can't grant an impossible wish. The Almighty One would put a stop to it. After all, there is a reason we have so much power in the first place. The checks and balances still do apply." With that, she popped the small chocolate into her mouth with a cheeky grin.
"Yeah, but what about the wish you granted?" Skuld asked Belldandy. "That should have broken many laws."
"It did." Belldandy herself was awestruck that the wish had been granted. "But, partly, that was my fault."
"I'd shut up if I were you." Urd wasn't in the mood for explaining this, it showed.
"Come on sis!" Skuld begged. "Tell me, please?" Her cute face always worked.
Now, just like every other time, was exactly the same. Belldandy caved. "I wanted it. Inwardly, I had the same wish. I wanted to stay by Keiichi. Part of me wished to see him happy, and it wasn't only because it was my job. The wish shouldn't have gone through, but apparently my motives pushed past the normal laws. The Almighty One let it pass, however, I don't think he was overly fond of it. It counted as a wish, and marked my stay here. However Skuld, normally as a rule, goddesses can't, under any circumstances at all, grant their own wish. The only reason it counted was because I acted in Keiichi's steed."
"I see." Skuld nodded, she was ready and willing to become a fully fledged goddess, much like her sisters. "Tell me, who's wish could I grant..."
"Well, lets see..." Belldandy nibbled her nail lightly. "I have nothing I can wish for."
"Well, what about Keiichi?" Skuld began. "Or Megumi?"
"No way." Urd stomped that idea out quickly. "It must be a goddess."
"Urd, you should wish for something." Belldandy smiled sweetly.
"What?" She almost spit out the second chocolate she had placed into her mouth. "Me? Why do I have to do it?" The smile on her face told all and Urd grumbled in aggravation. "I don't have a wish. I can't ask for something I don't want." Urd had plenty of things she wanted, but none of them were something her sister could grant her. "Besides, I'm not qualified to have wishes granted to me, remember? I'm of demonic blood. You can't give me a wish."
"You're only half demon." Skuld pushed forth regardless.
"Still, it doesn't mean it's legal." Urd sighed.
"When do you ever do anything by the book?" Skuld caught her there.
"That isn't the point." She was the oldest sister, but that didn't mean anything.
It was Belldandy who held all the cards. "Urd, it will be me who gets into trouble. I'd be the one giving her the authorization to go through with it." Placing a hand on Urd's shoulder, she looked on pleadingly, as if the goddess of light brown tresses could do no wrong. "Please? You know I wouldn't be asking you this unless I truly thought she was ready." It was no small understatement. "It may be risky, but you are also our sister. That has some merit as well. It just must be an impossible wish, that's all."
Between the puppy eyed look from Skuld, and Belldandy's soft words of wisdom, Urd sat quietly. After careful contemplation, she finally gave in. "Fine, but let me think of a wish first." With that she got up, feeling the need to escape the room before anyone else attempted to ask for favors. "Can't believe this." She mumbled. Besides, she needed to make a phone call. Out of annoyance she dialed the number on her phone. She shouldn't be doing this. It was highly punishable. The Almighty One must have turned the other cheek though, because the call actually went through...
To Be Continued...
