Our Goddess - Ch 19 - What's in a Name?
_I should just say something._ Akari paced around the small bedroom again. _I'm sure Inara will be happy to explain._ Akari stopped and looked out the window. Beyond the shrine's clearing the trees were turning with the season, painting the...
Our Goddess - Ch 7 - Crunching
To say that Akari was exhausted would be a criminal understatement. Since leaving her apartment that morning to go on a hike, she'd been abducted by Shinto spirits, started a new job, moved into a new home, had a minor emotional breakdown about her...
Our Goddess - Ch 46 - The Curious Cat
"It went perfectly!" Nezumi cheered, nearly falling out of her swiveling computer chair in the process. Shika reached out to steady the smaller woman, but she righted herself on her own. "That's great to hear," Akari said with a smile. She was sitting...
Our Goddess - Ch 18 - An Unwelcome Addition
In less than two hours, Inara had scoured all traces of the mystery woman from the memories of Shinjoh's people. Akari's list of exposed people had been incomplete but Inara found more than enough clues inside the other victims' memories to track down...
Our Goddess - Ch 28 - Clean Body, Dirty Thoughts
A shrine as large as Mori-jinsha had a lot of seldom-used equipment and decorations, and all of it had to be stored somewhere when not in use. That place was the storage room, a bedroom-sized space at the back of the shrine, just next door to Hebi's...
Our Goddess - Ch 25 - Scramble
It was all-hands-on-deck at the Mori-jinsha Shrine. Inara urgently needed to reconnect to humanity, and there was a lot of work to do in order to make that happen. First, Hebi prepared a broad plan of attack that approached the problem from multiple...
Our Goddess - Ch 20 - Seeking Answers
Usagi watched with a frown on her face as Inara left the kitchen. _Four tails, again. She must be in sync with Inu's heat,_ Usagi thought. _And that means I'll have to hear them going at it again tonight…_ She was frustrated and lonely, but most of...
Our Goddess - Ch 12 - Consequences
The moment had arrived. Just before dinnertime, without revealing what exactly was going on, Hebi led Inara to the kitchen. The timing was no accident; the girls wanted Inara to be good and hungry for all the food she'd be tasting. Akari, Inu, and...
Our Goddess- Ch 30 - A Vision of Beauty
"Do you like wine?" Akari froze with one hand halfway into the washing machine and still clutching a dirty shirt. It wasn't the question that alarmed her, so much as the implications. _Why would Inara ask that, unless…_ "Um, I'm not really...
Our Goddess - Ch 51 - Meddling
February arrived, and with it came Toshigoi-no-Matsuri, a low-key Shinto festival dedicated to praying for a good crop. The Sakura Creek Shrine in town hosted the event, but Akari and the major spirits all helped out while in the guise of red and white...
Our Goddess - Ch 36 - Aki Matsuri, Part 2
"You're sure you want to do this for me? I mean, I can do it…" Akari _said_ she could do the introductory announcement for their idol performance, but she didn't actually believe it. She could perform in front of a handful of regular shrine visitors,...
Our Goddess - Ch 41 - Holidays, part 2
The moment had finally arrived. Akari's heart was pounding. Her face was flushed. She was grinning from ear to ear. "I'm going on a date with Inara," she sang to herself as she danced around her bedroom. "A Christmas date with Inara~" Akari had...