Volume No. 4 Chapter: 24 Title: Auto Club, Flying Through The Sky ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ah ! My Goddess Fan-Translation: Not for sale, rental or publish. Ah ! My Goddess ™ is a trademark of Kosuke Fujishima, Kodansha, Studio Proteus, Dark Horse, etc. etc. Translated by Yong Choe (cmaster@ucla.edu) Edited by The Helper Goddess Office ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapter 24: Auto Club, Flying Through The Sky ! --Page 4-- Japanese Navy's the 18th Fighter, 'Lightening' was created to defend the skies. This was a unique fighter and its different from any previous fighter airplanes, for it had a sunmig, and its propeller was located at its rear. However, after the first prototype flew for the third time on August 15, it lost its wings. Now, the only prototype can be seen at the Smithsonian Institute in U.S. (Caption: 18th Fighter) K1: Airplanes... I remeber my grandfather. --Page 5-- K1: (Narration) My childhood, flying through the blue sky with my grandpa... K1: (thinking) Grandpa let me control the plane once... Tamiya: Being nostalgic, aren't we? [K1's eyes are wide open in shock] Tamiya: THERE'S ONLY 10 DAYS TILL THE FESTIVAL Ootaki: Eh? There's no engine! member: May be we can put in another engine. (Sign: CHEAP! SUPER SALE! USED CARS!...) Tamiya: YOU GET IN THIS ALLIGATOR SUIT, AND CONCENTRATE ON ADVERTISING!!! Bell: Excuse me... K1: (No bubble) NO! WHY ME! I HATE STUPID COSTUME !! --Page 6-- Bell: We tried on the clothes, how does it look? Urd: Beautiful? K1: Wow! Tamiya: Man! member: TROUBLE! BIG TROUBLE! --Page 7-- member: AOSHIMA, HE BETRAYED US! HE BETRAYED US! [Sign: NIT FWC: Nekomi Institute of Technology Four Wheels Club] lady: The Four Wheels Club is starting its signup starting today! --Page 8-- lady: Unlike the other automotive club, lady2: WE HAVE MANY GORGEOUS WOMEN, lady2: AND LOTS OF EXOTIC CARS lady2: SO, SIGN UP TODAY! (holding sign-up sheet.) K1: SENPAI! SENPAI!! crowd: oh! oh! oh! crowd: Let's go! I want in! Man! Let me in! Aoshima:heheheheh. --Page 9-- Aoshima:Try if you can. You're destined to fail. (Frame with picture of Ootaki, Tamiya, and Aoshima) Aoshima:I'll take Belldandy away from those senpais, and absorb her into my club. (Auto Club Meeting room: outside) Tamiya: Good. That's all for today! all: Good job! Tamiya: YOU GOT IT? OUR CLUB WILL RECEIVE LARGE GIFT CAUSE OF OUR SMALL SIZE. THINK OF A WAY TO DRAW PEOPLE TO OUR CLUB BY TOMORROW! all: YES SIR! Tamiya: (Thinking) Well, they got spirit... --Page 10-- K1: It's okay. Even though we're broke, we have goddesses on our side. Urd: OF COURSE! I CAN'T LOSE TO THOSE WENCHES. We'll see at the festival. K1: You're gonna go home like that? Urd: Why not? Eh? I like this. Aoshima:Festival. If you're still around by then, that is.. Aoshima:Get rid of it! (Forkcrane in the backbground) --Page 11-- [The next day] Tamiya: WH... WHAT!! Tamiya: Our club room.... (Wind blows in the backgroud) Ootaki: FIND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN USE!!! Tamiya: CRAP! INSTEAD OF BRINGIN IN PEOPLE... K1: No use. It's all gone. Bell: (magic)Answer. Answer me. Bell: (magic)Buried parts, hear my voice. --Page 12-- Voice: Here... Bell: Something's buried in here. T & O: WHAT?! Tamiya: DIG! GID IT OUT!! K1: This is a warzone. Tamiya: Good! Bring it up! K1: This was buried beneath our club room?! --Page 13-- K1: THIS..THIS? LIGHTINING (Shinden) Tamiya: Lightining? Airplane? Tamiya: This used to be a naval air base, so an airplane could've been buried here. K1: BUT THE LIGHTINING IS IN AMERICA... Bell: (magic)Spirit, answer my call. Bell: (magic)Why here? Beneath the ground? --Page 14-- L-2: My name is Lightining 2. I was destined to fly. But, my destiny went unfulfilled... L-2: Even before I was born, I was buried deep by my creator's hand. L-2: To the sky--- Bell: Keiichi. Bell: Please fly the Lightining. K1: Wha? Tamiya: THAT'S IT!!!!!! Bell: Eek! --Page 15-- Tamiya: WE CAN MAKE THIS PLANE FLY AGAIN!! IF WE SUCCEED, WE CAN BEAT AOSHIMA! PLUS, THE MONEY FROM ALL THE NEW MEMBERS AND THE AUDIENCE.. Ootaki: (sign: NIT AUTO CLUB)But, we're the Auto Club. Tamiya: The mission of the Auto Club, Kei? K1: (Reading dictionary)Automobile: Rotating wheels by use of engine to travel down a road... Tamiya: SO, SIMPLY SPEAKING, AN AIRPLANE IS A AUTOMOBILE! All: Of course! We should've known, this is a blind spot. Megumi: But how will it fly? It has no wings or engine. All: We should've known, this is a blind spot too. --Page 16-- Bell: Don't worry. The Lightining tells me everything is near here. Tamiya: ALL RIGHT! IN THAT CASE, LET'S DIG 'ROUND THESE PARTS! OOO-OOOOOOOO! Bell: Wait! If you just dig anywhere, it will take forever. (Searching sound) [Pendulum swinging] Bell: (thinking)Wing... Wings... Tamiya: Hmm.. interesting. Bell: It's here. --Page 17-- Tamiya: ALL RIGHT! LET'S GO! Bell: Good luck! (door signs: Women's Volleyball team. Looking for cute guy manager! We're waiting... Please knock before coming in. Game schedule: ---) Girl: Isn't it a little too loud out there? Girl: (thinking)Are they fixing something?? K + T: Ah-- --Page 18-- Girl: EEK! IT'S THE AUTO CLUB!! (throw volleyballs at them) K1: Hey! You opened the door first! Bell: The engines here. Tamiya: ALL RIGHT! LET'S GO! K1: H..Here? Are you sure you want to dig here? Tamiya: Of course. Can't pass up a golden opportunity like this. Narration: Those who went digging around the school were soon known as the Cave Brigade of the Auto Club Admin: AH! THE STATUES OF CHANCELLORS!!! K1: Well, we got everything we need. Ootaki: Well we're missing few parts, like the wheels or the gauges.. --Page 19-- Ootaki: Now, leave everything to us, Tamiya: And you start your training! K1: Wha? K1: Tra...Training? What training! Tamiya: You idiot! I'm talking about pilot training! K1: NO..NO WAY! I DON'T EVENHAVE A LICENSE! Ootaki: Don't worry. The school has great medical facilities! K1: LIARS! K1: BELLDANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bell: (thinking)You can do it, Keiichi. Bell: You'll fly again. Just be patient. --Page 20-- L-2: You're sure about this. I have a bad feeling about this. Bell: Even though they may act like that, they give their best in everything that they do. Bell: They'll make sure that you fly again. L-2: You trust them. Bell: Mm. K1: Senpai! You sure this is right?! Tamiya: (Book reads: training for astronauts) YEP! THIS IS RIGHT! --Page 21-- Aoshima:Hmm...looks like they're going to fly a plane. Even though doesn't matter how good they are.. K1: ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Aoshima:Looks like they're going about this without a thought. Aoshima:(thinking)Maybe I shoud see the crash show at the festival. [Day of the Festival] Sign: 35th NIT Festival Sign: Revival of the WWII plane!! Admission $200 yen. Urd: Come on, Watch the show! (or Big Brother, Drop by for awhile.) --Page 22-- L-2: Whirrrrrrrrrrrrr!! L-2: Prop-prop-prop-prop!! K1: It.. it moved! Tamiya: Of course! We built this ourselves part by part. --Page 23-- Tamiya: It took us awhile without any manuals, though. K1: !!!!!! Aoshima:(thinking)N..No way. This thing can't fly. K1: (thinking)May be I can control this thing, but... I've never done a take off. Bell: Keiichi! Bell: Please! Help Lightining reach the sky. I'm sure that Lightining will help you, Keiichi! --Page 24-- K1: ... K1: [tap] K1: Leave it to me. I'll make sure it flies. I can't refuse a request from a goddess! [Whhiinnnnnnnnngggggggggg!] K1: The gauges are from cars and motorcycles. Kinda easy to read. K1: Ok, then let's do it. K1: LET'S GO LIGHTINING! --Page 25-- [GGGHHHHHHIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGG] Ootaki: Look! Tamiya: Quite a long take off distance... K1: UUK! WHAT'S WRONG? WHY WON'T IT TAKE OFF? L-2: The pinch! K1: WHAT? L-2: The propeller pinch! K1: OF COURSE! I HAVE TO CHANGE THE PROPELLER PINCH!! L-2: That's right! Just like that! --Page 26-- Bell: (thinking) Fly, with all your dreams! [BBBBBBOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!] [WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG] K1: (thinking)So, that was it... You wanted to fly! --Page 27-- Narration: Lightining flew, absorbed in its happiness.. Narration: Forever K1: (Through Walkie Talkie) Senpai! The Gears are stuck! Urd: Go Keiichi!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Chapter 24 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Manga ] * [ Main Page ] * [1]