Authors Notes: Ah, a new year. Time to let the cobwebs out and get what has been rattling around in my head for several months onto paper, so to speak. I thank those that have favorited and reviewed my past works. I will be getting back to finishing my Resident Evil one, eventually. Decided to get some of the fresh ones out of my head first. How far I take this experiment will depend on what responses I get to this. Recently fell in love with AMG, or OMG, depending on how you look at the translation. So, deciding to try it out and see how it goes. I never would have tried an Urd/Keiichi pairing, but after reading Davner's wonderful "Haloes", decided to try a slight twist with my own. As always, thanks for reading, and may it be as enjoyable for you to read, as it was for me to write it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ah!/Oh! My Goddess, or their characters. However, I do own my original creation of Diademonica. She is a character I created for a series I hope to get published professionally some time.

Ah! My Goddess: The Lacrimosa of Destiny

By: Ghost43843

Prologue

Fenris grunted in both exertion and frustration, his patience much thinned since he arrived at this cursed temple's grounds. Mistress Hild wanted this taken care of quickly and efficiently, but thanks to that idiot mortal it wasn't the case. While he drug the unconscious Keiichi Morisato toward his portal, his eyebrow twitched at the wreckage left behind from their struggle. For such a "dim-witted" and "easy-target" described by Lady Hild, the demon assassin encountered much more trouble than he expected. Damned if he hadn't slashed Keiichi more then he meant to. I trust Lady Hild will forgive me, after all, I don't usually bring targets back alive…or in one piece.

The assassin puffed as he set the inert human onto the transport portal. There was quite a mess that was left behind, but, perhaps it actually was for the better. There could be no doubt that something unpleasant happened here in this sanctuary from his kind. Perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing to have bled the human as he did. There was a very nice trail of blood left upon the superb floor of the temple. His mouth twitched in amusement while he lazily tossed a few small fireballs into the floor, and a couple up toward the ceiling. Of course, not enough to cause a fire, but they made very nice scorch marks. Now, it looked like even more of a battle then it had been. He smiled thinly and chewed his lip. I hope Lady Hild knows what she is doing, and that we do this quickly. If not, well…

Fenris jerked his head toward the main entrance of the temple. It wasn't long now, as the goddesses probably found that their precious seal of protection was missing, and that ridiculous robot were wrecked. He didn't have much time until they penetrated the temple. As if to punctuate this thought, he heard a feminine voices as she shouted outside. He now had mere seconds, and without a further look toward the doorway, jabbed the symbol upon the floor of the mortal's room. As it glowed with power, he dropped to one knee and placed a hand upon the unconscious human. "Shades within Darkness, hear the Shadow as it moves. Grant my travel to Daimakaicho."

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Belldandy, Urd, Skuld, and Lind ran quickly into the deserted temple. Not even an hour ago earth time, they left Keiichi behind to pursue Mara. It turned out to be a ruse, as the demoness laughed at them, then vanished in a puff of black smoke. As soon as Mara vanished, Belldandy felt a lump of worry that formed itself in the pit of her stomach. She never left without a fight, or at least a nasty retort or sneer toward the goddesses. Why would she just leave? It wasn't like she had to be somewhere else, was there? Belldandy's eyes widened. She didn't need to be elsewhere, but maybe, just maybe THEY needed…

Belldandy and her sisters made it to the temple grounds, and immediately her concern and fear were justified. The protection barrier that they left for Keiichi was gone, and there wasn't a trace of Skuld's robot Banpei-kun. Skuld grudgingly changed the defense matrix to include Keiichi, and gave him the same protection that his sister shared. With that being the case, where in the name of heaven was that machine?

"Look!" Skuld shouted.

Belldandy's head whipped toward the direction that her sister pointed toward. Smoke and sparks continued to cascade from the ruined machine. Whatever it is that destroyed her machine, it was powerful. She looked at Urd and Lind. "I will go into the front, both of you go around the sides and come in the back!"

Both goddesses nodded, and without a word, ran like the wind toward the back. Her feelings of dread intensified as Belldandy entered the temple. One of the doors hung off the frame, and there was wreckage strewn about the interior. Belldandy felt the tears as they stung her eyes. Something horrible happened here, and whatever it was, Keiichi must have put up an enormous fight. She glanced at the scorch marks on the floor and ceiling. Her eyes continued their trek as she tried in vain to find any clues…

Belldandy's heart thudded painfully in her chest as she saw the blood. She reached down and placed a finger into a rapidly drying small puddle. Her eyes widened in recognition. Oh, my Keiichi! What happened to you? She reached out with her mind, and felt the last traces of demonic energy as it evaporated. She shot through the hallway, and there within his wrecked room, there was a burned outline of a portal on his floor. They took Keiichi?! But why? He is no threat to them!

"Belldandy!"

Belldandy's head jerked up at Urd's shout. She wiped her face, and headed to the doorway. "I am here, in Keiichi's room."

Urd stopped in the hallway, just outside Keiichi's room. Her eyes widened in shock at the condition of his room. It matched the destruction she passed on her way in here. She dropped to her knees as her eyes settled upon the remains of the spent portal. The Norn couldn't get her mouth to work, it kept opening and closing. Finally, with glazed eyes, her head moved up, and her eyes met Belldandy's.

"They captured Keiichi? Why would they take him? He has never harmed any of them!"

Belldandy shook her head. Tears spilled down her cheeks. "I don't know, Urd, it doesn't make sense. He isn't a threat, and I thought that Hild liked him!"

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Keiichi moaned in pain. His head pounded in time with his heartbeat, and he felt numerous slashes and bruises on his body. Uh, what happened? I remember I was at the temple, Bell and the others left to track Mara, but…I don't remember anything else. He tried to rub his face, but found he couldn't move. What the hell? What is going on?

"The mortal finally wakes, my Lady." A raspy voice proclaimed.

Someone clapped their hands once. "Excellent! Time to get this wonderful project underway."

Keiichi groaned again. He knew that voice, so sultry but commanding at the same time. Oh gods, I am stuck here with Lady Hild!

"Yes, dear boy, you are indeed stuck here with me." She whispered into his ear, a puff of breath that caused him to shiver. "You will thank me when we are done, Keiichi, as we are going to make you a new man!"

"Man, my Lady?"

Lady Hild huffed in annoyance. "Well, close enough, anyways."