Our Goddess - Ch 35 - Aki Matsuri, Part 1
"I can't believe we're going ahead with this festival plan," Inu said in a huff. Her dinner plate was already licked clean, but the other women were still eating. Except for Inara, who wasn't present. "I promise I'm fully recovered," Akari pouted. She...
Our Goddess - Ch 26 - Give and Take
The Jinsha-mori Shrine's reputation was growing. A few more people showed up to the latest weekly service, and more and more people were making the short trek to the shrine on a daily basis as part of their _hairei_, or personal worship. But that...
Our Goddess - Ch 27 - Questions and Answers
"Finally!" Akari stood in the middle of her bedroom with her arms raised triumphantly over her head. A smartphone was clutched in her right hand, and its screen displayed an email that she'd been eagerly awaiting for three days. The email was...
Our Goddess - Ch 40 - Holidays, part 1
It was mid-December and the area around the shrine was calm and quiet. A thick layer of snow had covered the mountainside like a down blanket, and even the noise of the bustling city below couldn't penetrate it. Usagi shuffled aimlessly down the...
Our Goddess - Ch 38 - Tracking
"So what's left to do, Seshi?" Akari looked across the pile of freshly washed laundry they were folding, her purple eyes shining with expectation. Green eyes blinked back. "For the laundry? I guess there's just our miko hakama after this, since we...
Our Goddess - Ch 29 - Changes
"We won't be able to do this much longer," Inu said as she jogged in place next to the shrine steps. "What?! Why?" Akari blurted, distracted from her shoe-tying. Inu blinked calmly and brushed her bangs back from her forehead. "Uh, it's going to get...
Our Goddess - Ch 37 - Fallout
On the walk back to the shrine from the festival, Inara shared the results of the audience vote. She'd been running the booth during the idol contest, so she was the only one who knew the final results. "There were 98 votes in total," she said,...
Our Goddess - Ch 43 - Holidays, part 4
The morning after the party, it took a few hours longer than normal for the residents of the shrine to get moving, for obvious reasons. Nezumi and Shika were the first to get dressed, then they had a quick breakfast of party leftovers and excused...
Our Goddess - Ch 23 - Boiling Point
"Fifteen burpees," Inu barked. "Then we rest." Akari frowned at Inu's choice of exercise, but she didn't complain aloud. That would have only made things worse. Inu was already pushing Akari and herself harder than normal and her curt tone strongly...