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Keiichi's lab experiment has failed, so he and Belldandy
head to his locker to grab some things before he eats
her lunch. In his locker, he discovers what appears
to be a love letter. His attempt to keep Belldandy from
learning what the letter contains is foiled when Urd
appears in his locker and begins reading its contents
out loud. She eggs Keiichi to meet the girl and Belldandy
agrees to this, stating that it took a lot of courage
to write such a letter.
Keiichi
meets the girl whose name is Shiho. As Urd stated, the
girl is very cute, but she's not interested in Keiichi
romantically. It seems she's detected the presence of
an "unhuman being" around him and wants to
perform an exorcism. Urd decides that she's had enough
of Keiichi's wimpy behavior and chastises Belldandy
for allowing it. Belldandy isn't worried, so Shiho comes
home with them. She sets up shop in Skuld's room. Skuld
is troubled by this turn of events, but soon forgets
it in her fear of evil spirits.
Shiho
emerges in miko (priestess) gear and gets started
by getting close to Keiichi and attempting to synchronize
their breathing. As Belldandy walks past, the light
fixture above them explodes. Figuring this is the evil
spirits, Shiho places wards around the room and starts
the exorcism. Instead, she summons a series of bizarre
critters forcing Urd and Belldandy to remove the wards,
returning the critters to where they came. Shiho thinks
she banished the creatures and is very proud of herself.
Before
she leaves, Shiho plants a kiss on Keiichi's cheek while
Belldandy watches. Immediately every light fixture in
the temple explodes as does the water faucet. Many other
strange things start happening. Shiho sees this as a
challenge to her by the evil spirits. Urd sees it for
what it is - Belldandy's jealousy. Keiichi doesn't want
to believe this of Belldandy, but Urd reminds him that
Belldandy has feelings and that love isn't always a
pretty thing. Shiho attempts to summon Kundali, protector
of humans against evil. Instead, she summons Garm, the
watchdog of the underworld. Garm is not amused at having
been summoned for no reason and goes to attack Shiho.
Belldandy defends her while Skuld and Urd attempt to
undo Shiho's weird spell-program.
As
Belldandy keeps the barrier up defending them against
Garm, she sees that Shiho has fallen on top of Keiichi.
Her jealousy causes her earring power seal to weaken
and blasts Garm back. Urd sees this and casts a spell
which causes Keiichi to cop a feel of Shiho's chest.
The resulting blast from Belldandy causes Garm to vanish.
Belldandy
tearfully apologizes to Keiichi for being so selfish
causing Keiichi to apologize for taking her for granted.
On top of that, Keiichi reaffirms his desire to be with
together with her forever. Shiho sees Garm is gone and
again assumes she banished the dog. However, she is
unable to get anyone else to agree to an exorcism at
school.
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