If I owned the anime then it never would have gotten past the third episode, the fourth episode would be laying three fourths of the way done on my bed due to laziness.
Be glad I don't own it.
Cures, Angels, and Altered Identities.
Skuld sat in front of the stove as she flipped pancakes, the circular breakfasts at least looking good. She wiped a strand of hair from her face and flipped the last one before sliding it onto a plate of dozens of others. She looked at the pancakes expectantly, anxiety over being able to cook a fear she had never told anyone.
She let out a sigh of relief when they didn't start moving after a good minute.
"Ah crap, I'm late!" she heard as Tsutoku rushed into the room with her bag in hand. She grabbed two pancakes form the top and headed out the kitchen.
"Hey, where's Alex? Isn't she supposed to go to school today?" Tsutoku said as she came to a stop. She rolled up one of the pancakes and took a bite.
"Yeah but she… well she… she got in late after work last night, Keiichi is going to see if he can get her another day." She lied, the fact that Alex didn't really work never registering.
"Hey, these are good!" Tsu said after taking another bite of the pancake, "anyway, being a goddess must be really stressful. I hope her last wisher didn't ware her out too mush." Tsu continued as she headed out. Skuld stiffened at the remark, anxiety filling her she remembered what Urd had told her last night.
Last wisher… you were the last wisher… Skuld's mind thought to herself as she watched the other girl.
"I'm sorry we didn't tell you." She whispered, turning her head not being able to meet her gaze.
"Tell me what?" Tsutoku asked as she stopped dead in her tracks.
"That we were goddesses. We-"
"What are you talking about? You told me that long ago! Anyways, I got to go." Tsu exclaimed and rushed out the room. Skuld starred out after her with a shocked impression.
Told her long ago? Huh? When? She didn't know until yesterday… right? Skuld brought her hand up and pushed up her hair back, confusion marring her normally beautiful face.
What the hell is going on here?
Urd sat in front of the couch, the man turned girl still lying there just like last night. Urd looked at herself and cursed her fate, she looked like crap.
She had put on a large t-shirt and jeans last night to watch over the two and wait for them to wake up. She was still wearing both, the shirt uncomfortably wrinkled and the pants riding up on her. Bags were under her eyes and her hair was messed up, she had been awake all night.
She looked at her watch, her eyes slightly blurry from lack of sleep.
8:15… it should be ready now. She told herself as she stood up from the floor, her legs stiff. Urd carefully walked over to the girl and put a hand on her cheek, her eyes softening.
"Now it's time to see what's wrong with you." She whispered and held her hand out over the prone girl. A soft blue glow slowly emitted from her hand washing over Alex. The glow crept around her body creating a blue see-through like casing around the unconscious girl.
Urd focused her powers and levitated the goddess so that she was a couple feet above the couch. Alex's hair floated about as if it was in water, her arms limp and slightly lower than the rest of her body. With a quick spin Alex turned upside-down so she was looking at the ground.
Urd muttered a spell and pulled her hand away ready to watch the outcome.
Skuld walked out of the kitchen, no one else had bothered to eat before leaving. She looked at her pancakes and sighed, just when I got good at it too.
She shrugged and walked off to find Urd, Tsutoku's comments from earlier still on her mind. It wasn't hard to find her, especially since the living room was glowing.
"What are you doing?" she asked as she stepped in.
"Shhhh." Urd cautioned and motioned for her to come by her. Skuld shrugged and walked up, eyes focused on the floating Alex.
"What are you doing?" she whispered as she subsounciously put up a shield. Urd just mentioned for her to watch.
A flash of light nearly blinded the two; Skuld brought her hand up to block the light and Urd looked away this time. When the light died down both looked to find Alex's clothes replaced by giant silk black strips of cloth that circled around her body. The cloth seemed to shine a dull luminescence of deep azure that slowly shifted to red. As it did however, the cloth seemed to go through slow motion, the black ribbon slowing to a crawl.
A gentle wind blew through the air creating wisps of smoke that created a thin ring around the three. The lights dimmed, the sunlight blocked by some unimaginable force as darkness started to pour out of Alex's back. The darkness spilled onto the floor, thick and consuming unlike a mist. Skuld gasped as it passed over her feet sending cold shivers down her spine. The darkness was cold and clammy, seemingly wet to the touch.
Then a ball of light erupted from Alex, shining its brightness into the room. It was small, able to be cupped in two hands. A golden ring surrounded it, a wave traveling around it in perpetual motion.
A hand shot out of the top of the ball, petite fingers and creamy white skin. The fingers wiggled and more of the arm came out. It was to the elbow when another slowly made it's way out. This one grabbed the lining of the ball however and pushed, stretching it. The muscles rippled as the arms pushed with amazing strength against the rigidity of the ball.
The top half of the ball exploded sending golden colored shrapnel out. Skuld's interest peaked when she watched the golden flakes that hit her shield be absorbed sending ripples through it.
What is this? Skuld asked herself after she picked up a small piece of it. She watched the flake dissolve into her fingers sending a warm sensation through her hand.
She turned her attention back to the ball to see vibrant red tresses of wavy hair flow out of the top. They flowed up and outward like a volcanic eruption.
Soon the rest of the head followed, the person obviously a woman. Her eyes were closed, her head tilted to the side. She had a beautiful face, thin and curved. There were no pointy angles on her face, her nose small and her lips thin. A slight red gloss covered her lips making them stand out a little. Her eyebrows were normal but slightly pointed at the tip. A small smile curved its way onto her lips, a slight ever-present blush on her cheeks.
Two thin strands of hair trailed their way down the left side of her face. One eye fluttered open, showing all it's soulful slate gray. The other opened after showing off majestic blue, a ring of green around the pupil. Her smile widened as she looked over Urd and Skuld, curiosity dancing in her eyes. She brought her hands down and pushed the rest of her body out of the glowing remains of the sphere.
Her body was in all ways mature. Ample c cup breast led the way to a smooth thin stomach. Her hips curved gently to accentuate her chest, her butt not too big but to not too small. Her legs were well formed, not marred with excess muscle but firm and rightly curved.
She took a step towards them, her new legs shaky. The black ribbon that had surrounded Alex stopped in it's ever flowing motion, the strand ripping and turning it's attention to the new girl as if the ripped pieced were it's heads. They flowed back and forth for a quick second before launching itself at her.
It was at this time that Skuld realized why a naked woman had appeared.
The black ribbon circled around the girl's feet catching her attention. She starred at it in curiosity as it slowly spiraled it's way up her body never touching her skin. She lifted her arms and watched as it swirled up them, a smile of amusement working it's way onto her face. She looked back down at herself to see all her extremities loosely coved by the floating cloth.
She brought her right hand up and gently stroked the cloth that was woven around her stomach, her petite fingers and thin nails lightly touching the fabric.
Urd looked at the girl, she was 4"11', shorter than Alex even. She tuned her attention back to Alex to see that her clothes had returned. The blackness had ceased flowing from her and seemed to be draining into some sort of void under her. Alex slowly flipped back around and softly landed on the couch, never opening her eyes.
"What's your name? You, I presume, are Alex's angel right?" Skuld asked with a smile.
Tsutoku… I mean Mitsumi walked down the hall, her steps rapid as she rushed to her class. The bell had rung minutes ago, she was late. Doors flew past her as her speed walking turned into full-blown running, the teacher should have marked her absent by now. Mizuho sensei would lock her door soon, a punishment she had to follow. It was a strict rule from the principle; Keiichi was trying to get rid of it however.
She slid around the corner, her shoes making a noise similar to a screeching tire. Her eyes locked on the target door.
Still open! She rushed the last couple of meters and walked through the door just in time to almost slam into her pink haired teacher. She dodged to the right just in time however and just nearly missed her, their shocked faces passing inches from each other. Mitsumi stopped and starred at Mizuho sensei, her mouth dry as she waited for her punishment.
Mizuho sensei coughed and straightened out her clothes. She brought a hand up and fixed her hair, her glasses staying at the tip of her noise were they had slid to. She raised an eyebrow at the late teen and smiled, relief flowing through Mitsumi.
"I'm glad you made it, Shitogawa-san. Please take your seat." She said as she gestured to the rows of desks. Mitsumi nodded and went to the first desk to her right, right next to Kei Kusanagi, rumored husband of Mizuho sensei and most envied man of the year.
"As you all know, your essays are due today at," she looked at her watch, "eight-'o-five, thirty seconds from now. If you have to make any corrections please do them now." she cautioned and walked over to her desk. The sounds of ruffling spread throughout the room as the fifteen kids of the class hurriedly searched through and reread their essays.
When thirty seconds were over she returned to the front of the class.
"Now if anyone did not due their essay please stand up now." a one, Gendo Ikari, stood up, his sunglasses covering his eyes.
"And why didn't you do your assignment Ikari-san?" she asked with a slight frown, not intimidated by his stare at all.
"It was irrelevant to my scenario and thus deemed unworthy for my attention." He said calmly.
"Your computer crashed again?" Mizuho asked with a knowing smile.
"That is correct. Mark my words, one day my subordinate will create the most powerful computer known to man!" he exclaimed to all present, the hint of a smirk growing on his lips.
"Shut up Rukobungi." A female's voice called out.
"I will have you erased if you speak like that one more time Akagi, and it's Ikari!"
"We're not married yet!" Another voice called out. Gendo seemed to shrink into himself and his back slouched.
"Sorry." He answered as he sat back down. Mizuho sighed, this happened a lot.
Mitsumi sat on a tree branch, the wind blowing through her hair. It was lunch, free time and relaxation for most. She closed her eyes as she imagined herself flying through the sky, the wind her only brace from a fall to her death.
"Hey Tsutoku, wanna go out with me sometime?" interrupted her fantasy. She opened her eyes and looked down to meet with shining brown eyes, black hair being blown in the wind, and a lady killer smile.
Why is everybody calling me Tsutoku? It doesn't make sense.
"No Miroku, I'm sure I've told you that already." She answered with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes but the survival of my family depends on you bearing my children!" he cried out to the heavens in sorrow.
"Look Miroku, I'm sure that if Sango hears that outburst then-" it was at that moment that Miroku was mowed over by a running uppercut. His body flew through the air and landed several meters away. Afterwards Sango, co-leader if the kendo team, third most sought after girl of the school, and boyfriend to Miroku, dragged his body away muttering something about "men."
He found himself standing on a beach, worm white sand under his feet. Her turned to his right and found a beautifully blue ocean, waves rolling in from the sea. It was night, the moon shining out the light, bigger than he had ever seen before. Stars littered the sky.
It was at this time that he realized that he was a she, a shudder at getting used to being a girl flowing through him. He looked to his left and found a lush forest of giant trees he'd also never seen before. A soft wind blew though her hair sending shivers down her back. Something was amiss… wrong… just very wrong here.
A surge of heat blew from behind her singing her hair.
And he turned around.
Alex sat up, her scream echoing through the house. The TV screen cracked from the sound. She shut her mouth and brought her trembling hands up to her face. Her breathing was ragged, cold sweat dripping down her face.
"It was only a dream… it was only a dream…" she whispered to herself as her chest rose and fell. The sound of heavy footsteps caught her attention and she turned to the entrance of the living room. In a matter of seconds Skuld and Urd were standing in the doorway looking as if they had run a thousand miles. In Skuld's hand dutifully rested a Skuld nuke, ready to destroy the enemy.
"What happened?" Urd asked as she caught her breath. She brought a hand up and ran it up over her forehead to the back of her head getting rid of rouge hair.
"N-nothing." Alex squeaked, her vocal cords tight. She slowly brought her hands from her face and forced a small smile.
"Are you sure?" Skuld asked as she walked into the room, concern evident in her posture.
"Yeah… I need a good relaxing shower though." He answered and sighed. His attention was caught by Skuld's jeans and t-shirt, a different from the normal lab coat. He blinked and shrugged.
"Oh and we did the honors of getting you an angel." Urd said with a smirk.
"Angel?"
Mitsumi slammed into the ground, pain shooting up her spine.
"Get up Shitogawa, if you don't plan to loose to Ayoama Motoko again then we need be able to push past you boundaries. Remember, the strong survive and the weak die." The kendo master lectured as she tried to pull herself to her feet. She looked up at the brown haired man and scowled, sure he was good looking but that didn't give him the right to lecture her. She pulled herself to her feat and readied her sword.
"Lets go Soujiro-sama."
The next move was a blur to the eye as Soujiro attacked with a quick slash to her right. She blocked, the wooden clang stinging the ears.
He isn't playing anymore. She thought to herself and stepped up to give it her all, this match would leave her hurting. She attacked with a slash to his head. He ducked under and slashed at her stomach. She evaded to the left only to get hit in the side by his sword.
She grunted but fought on, her attacks slowly coming to par with his. They were a flurry of attacks, neither giving any as they fought on. Mitsumi would land an attack only to have him shrug it away like nothing.
I will end this! Her mind screamed as she found an opening, she launched for it, ready to get a clean hit.
He disappeared.
A sharp pain exploded through her spine and down her back. Her legs gave out from under her.
"So what do you think?" Skuld asked as she introduced his angel. She stood right in front of him, her black ribbon still floating around her body. He starred at her dumbstruck, millions of words traveled through his mind at once.
Were did she come form?
How long has she been here?
"Hot." Was the only word that came out of his mouth however. The angel blushed at him and he looked away trying to hide his own blush.
"Um… what's her name?" he asked as he starred at her. He knew from anime experience that angels only talked through telepathy… at lest he though so.
Midnight-maiden. He heard in his head. He was surprised, her voice was amazingly soft. It was a soft mixture of high tones with a slight provocative undertone with it.
Midnight-maiden huh? I can live with that. He answered, all the while wondering if all angels had a double word first name.
Thank you… hopefully we will be compatible. She answered back with a shy smile.
You know I'm… not really a girl… right? He asked as his eye twitched in anger. He looked down at his lap, his fists tightening. I'm supposed to be a guy! Why did my wish have to screw up? Why couldn't I- he was stopped as a small hand placed itself on his face. His eyes refocused surprised that he had zoned out in the first lace. He looked up to see midnight-maiden's face inches from his own. His eyes widened as she closed hers, a sly smile on her face.
Her face slowly inched closer, her tongue wetting her lips in anticipation. Alex's mind however went into code red, his mind going overdrive.
What is she doing? Isn't she my angel? She's gunna kiss me! And I'm still in my female form! His mind screamed as his body reacted like a deer caught in headlights.
His eyes stayed open and focused on her lips, his heart speeding up to warp factor "holy shit". He could hear the thumping of his heart in his chest. He could feel her breath on his face as she slowly moved in… oh so slowly. Her left arm reached past his head and her right hand slid down his cheek. His breath caught in his throat and-
Their lips met.
Her lips were soft against his, warm and soft. He melted into it. His eyes closed and he let the feeling consume him.
Urd watched intently as the two's heads slowly moved closer and closer. Wow, I didn't know this type of relationship would be possible between a goddess and an angel. It must be because she was born while he was still in female form, normally all angels are the same gender and the god or goddess that birthed them. Hmm… this might be interesting. She thought as she watched their lips connect.
Alex's eyes slowly closed and he leaned into the kiss. His right hand slowly and reluctantly rose to her angel's face only to stop inches from it's target.
Come on. Urd cried in her mind as she tried to will him to do it. He can't try to act all cool most of the time only to chicken out now.
With a spike of bravery he gently slid his fingers down her cheek before he rested his palm against her smooth skin. Urd mentally cheered as the chances of success for her plan rose a good twenty points. Yes, Urd was back in the game of love.
Their faces slowly pulled apart, their eyes opening to stare each other directly eye to eye.
"That… that was amazing." He whispered. His angel smiled slyly and stood back at full height, combing back hair that had fallen during the process of the kiss.
"Anyway, on to more important matters." Skuld interrupted as she pulled out a laptop from subspace.
"What is it Skuld?" Urd asked in confusion.
"Well it seems that something has happened to Tsutoku." She explained.
"What happened!? Was it the whish!?" Alex franticly asked, if it was from the wish then she would never forgive herself.
"I think so but it doesn't matter. The real problem is that her memories have been modified. She seems to have known we were goddesses for a long time."
"Well that's not much of a problem." Urd pointed out.
"But the fact is that doesn't know she had a whish is the problem. Also some of her memories are different from before, she may be a whole different person than before. She even calls herself by her first name now." Skuld tried to illustrate for the two.
"First name?" Alex asked dumbfounded. Wasn't Tsutoku her first name?
"Mitsumi, it's her real first name. Didn't she promise never to use that name after her stepfather-" Urd cut herself off as she looked out the window. She didn't want to think about it.
"Yeah, and that's where the real problem comes into affect. It seems that those memories that made her into what she was are now altered, she doesn't even remember her stepfather anymore!" Skuld exclaimed as she started to pace the floor.
"But that may be a good thing!" Urd said as she focused on her sister.
"No it's not. You're not catching on here; if she doesn't remember him then she isn't herself anymore! She could quite possibly have an identity crisis if she ever comes in contact with her other self. She's like an alter ego, a version of Tsutoku that didn't get a screwed up life. If the other part of her psyche ever starts to appear or awaken then she could go insane, schizophrenia would be more like it. The two are like oil and water, incompatible. They may act the same, even think the same, but their brain wave patterns are too different to coexist in harmony."
"That… that sucks." Urd said as her hope deflated. "But the wish! What about the whish?" Skuld looked at her screen searching for the answers.
"It says here that her mind wasn't strong enough to handle all the data, probably the cause of the memory loss, so all the data was stored to her subconscious… were she taps into it… without conscious thought." Skuld's eyes blinked for a couple seconds before turning to Urd's horrified gaze.
"Are you telling me that we have the knowledge of every universe stored in one human being… who uses it without thinking about it."
"Yes." Skuld answered.
"You did well." Sango said as they walked home together.
"Thanks, but I still lost" Mitsumi said as she rubbed her sore arm.
"Oh come on Shitogawa-san, you did great!" Sango said as she played with a strand of her black hair and giving encouraging nodes to her new friend.
"Mitsumi, just Mitsumi." Mitsumi said with a smile.
Here you go. it may look a little bad 'cuz i didn't get enough time to work with quick edit, i have to leave soon. Hope this keeps you full for a little while, or at least a couple days. I have to make a second chapter for the other stories I posted. Normally I would tell you something special but right now I'm just too tiered.
I hope that you guys will review for this one, I want to know if I'm doing it right… sort of.
Thanks to the best people I'll never see, you the readers.
Do you think you're crazy, do you doubt your sanity?
Neither did the insane.
Demonsaint.