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Belldandy was sitting right behind Keiichi as he rode towards the temple, as the sidecar was full of groceries. Keiichi parked his beemer right by their home and asked,"Well, should we call Urd and Skuld to help us with the groceries?"

Belldandy shook her head. "I think chances are they're deep in some projects by now. Skuld did mention something about making Sigal more modular and you know that whenever Skuld does something, Urd simply has to compete."

Keiichi sighed before he and Belldandy began to grab as many groceries as they could. Wanting to impress Belldandy, Keiichi grabbed the majority and left Belldandy with one or two bags… even though it slowed Keiichi's movement to a crawl.

"Keiichi, Are you alright? I don't mind carrying more," Belldandy asked with concern.

"Non-nonsense! I can carry all of this!" Keiichi exclaimed. After a couple of steps, he said, "Can you get the door?"

Still with a tinge of worry for her… well, husband, though they would be holding another wedding for their mortal friends to come to, Belldandy briskly headed for the door and opened it. Once she could look inside, Belldandy gasped, "Mother? What you are doing here?"

Inside was Ansuz, playing mahjong with an exasperated Urd. Not looking away from the table, Ansuz answered, "I did say I would visit, didn't I?"

Keiichi nearly dropped the groceries when he realized Ansuz was there. "An-Ansuz!? I-I-I-"

"Skuld, go help him," Ansuz ordered.

Belldandy moved out of the way to let Skuld by. The middle norn noted the sour expression the younger's face.

As Skuld grabbed some of the groceries, Belldandy asked, "Skuld? When did Mother arrive?"

"Shortly after you two left," Skuld grumbled. With a more depressed expression, she added, "She beat my mahjong machine."

"Technology can never trump skill, Skuld," Ansuz retorted with an annoying amount of smugness. After placing another tile on the table, she said, "And it looks like I win again!

As Skuld, Keiichi, and Belldandy headed into the kitchen, Ansuz followed them. Urd shot Ansuz a nasty glare before an idea hit her. As she snuck out of the temple, Urd muttered, "Fight fire with fire. It's never failed me before."

"So I managed to get a few vacation days and decided to see how your marriage is currently faring," Ansuz said as she watched Belldandy and Keiichi put away groceries. "How has it been so far?"

"They're going to have another wedding to each other," Skuld quickly said, wanting to see Keiichi squirm.

With tears forming, Ansuz towered over Keiichi and asked,"Why?"

"My friends missed our wedding!" Keiichi quickly said. "And we won't have the backdrop of a ruined city for this one! There's also some legal benefits for couples if we married the mortal way!"

With a surprise cheerfulness that surprised Keiichi, Ansuz walked away and said, "Oh! That makes sense! I'll help with the planning!"

As Ansuz walked out of the room, Skuld said, "Could be worse. Urd could have been the one you made the wish with. Then you'd have Hild trying to plan your wedding."

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Notes from HotelKatz: And we get another month of short stories. This one was suggested by zeroIQ on the Goddess Relief Office. If you have suggestions, please do not leave them in the reviews for this one. Go to the Goddess Relief Office message board and post them there.