Really short chapter this time, I don't normally make chapters this tiny, but this time, it just sort of happened. I update like a turtle, I know, but no worries, I'm still around. I just update very, very, slowly.

I don't own Ah, My Goddess.

Chapter 3

Urd couldn't be quiet forever. She needed help with this, and she ran behind the one person she would normally protect with her life, Belldandy. Although Urd was older, she wasn't too far away from Belldandy, the two of them had grown up together, facing the adolescence of a goddess and all of the confusion is gifted. Heaven wasn't always perfect, at least, not for the goddesses. It was only through trials and hardship, only then could someone become a true goddess able to understand the outside world around them. Urd knew this was going to be a time of great difficulty and inwardly she thanked the suffering both she and her sister were forced to endure.

"And that's basically what's going on." Urd explained having pulled Belldandy aside. "If Keiichi finds out, I know he'll blow a gasket, but I need you to remain calm, no matter how he reacts, you can't get angry about this." Urd sighed as she pulled her hair out of her face, a worried expression marking her otherwise beautiful face. "I haven't spoken any incantation, so, for now she'll be safe. I still don't know who did this." She looked at her sister, the poor woman was in shock, a storm already brewing within her. "Belldandy...?" She tried again before finally losing it. "Sis!" She yelled, shaking thew younger girl roughly. "Snap out of it!"

"Huh?" The light and airy tone finally replied.
"Don't do that, you're creeping me out." Urd growled. "You need to stay focused."
"I want to know who caused this mishap right this instant." Belldandy demanded softly.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you. I don't know who did it, only that it happened."

"So, what your saying is that The Almighty actually authorized this to happen? How is that even possible, if we have no hard evidence, than there isn't really anything I can do about it...and if he did allow this wish by Hild to be granted, then there is no way anyone can stop it. You would completely break every law a goddess has if you opposed his will like that. You can't take any more strikes against you either. My, this truly is a sticky situation." Belldandy soft voice was gaining an edge, and Urd didn't like that one bit. "We will simply have to nullify the effects of Hild's wish..."

"Oh?"Urd asked crossing her arms. "And how, pray tell, do we do that exactly?"
"Hack into the computer logs, but surely you knew that." Belldandy spoke as if it was picking an insignificant lock on a front door, and not the main files that governed all of heaven.
"Uhhh, I'm all for breaking the rules on a good day, but that's completely forbidden, even you would be renounced for doing that."

"Then why not just come home with me, little Urd?" Hild beckoned from the rooftop. "You begin your training, and I'll have an heir, won't I? It'll put that girl off the hook, she'll be a free and happy mortal, at least, until her powers kick in. Then, she'll be a demon, like us! Won't that just be delightful?" It was at that moment a heart flew by Hild's head, barely missing her. "What the-"

"Next time I won't miss, Hild." Belldandy was almost spitting the words out with such distaste, Urd was actually becoming afraid for her often mild mannered sister. "I suggest you stay out of this. It concerns heavenly matters, and you have no jurisdiction, although it was you who made the wish." Belldandy was beside herself, she hadn't felt so angry in all of her life. Honestly, she had no idea what to do with such a negative emotion in such a large quantity. "Urd, as of right now, I'm authorizing a power quarantine for any and all heavenly spells. I, also as your sister, forbid you to use any and all demonic incantations. No potions, nothing at all, not until we can remove the threat from Megumi." She then turned back to Hild. "And you...if you have and moral decency at all, will leave this matter alone for the time being." With very measured steps she wandered off, in need of guidance from her angel and a song or two. Something, anything, to help her cool off.

She knew this would happen. One day, misfortune would befall Keiichi and his family. It was the balance of the system force. His wish was granted, but that didn't make earth a peaceful place with utter perfection. Hardship and pain would still exist. Those facts were clear cut, always the same. A wish only had one meaning behind it, and that was to even the scores. It was uncanny that while one sibling would be blessed, the other would be condemned, however, as much as it seemed obscure, Belldandy knew that sooner or later, misfortune would temp both fate, and the force, back into the favor of heavenly light. Until that time, they just had to keep Megumi away from anything that could cause her power to surface.

Belldandy grew up with these laws, and yet... "It just doesn't seem right, if I tell him, he will be crushed. That's his little sister. It wouldn't be right to give him such unhappy news."
"I do not understand either." Holybell answered her master. "Everything happens for a reason. We simply must trust Almighty's judgment."
"I will always trust him, but I am unsure if I can agree with this." Belldandy explained.
"I will stand by you, just as I always have, my faith is within you both." Her angel said before reentering her body.

"Thank you, Holybell, I know." Belldandy sighed as she looked up at the sky, wishing that answers would come forth like the rains on a gloomy day. If she could, she would cast another spell, sadly, she knew the system force would come into effect, thus sending her every effort into failed attempts and shattered dreams. Pattering into her room, she took measured steps, unsure of just what she should do. She should call heaven, that's what her mind told her. Her heart, that was more complex. She couldn't figure it out. Her room was very plain, but she did have a few things of importance. A wooden box with gold trim contained various pieces of jewelry, although, admittedly, she didn't often wear them. She plucked two small studs and then went in search of Urd, finding the woman pouting in front of the television.

"Urd, may I speak with you for a moment?" Belldandy asked as she closed the door behind her.
"Yeah what is it?" Urd's voice was void of emotion, her eyes glued into her favorite show, likely trying to forget the stress their life was becoming.
"Urd, please. This is important." Belldandy pleaded while turning the nob off, talking a seat near her eldest sister.
"Belldandy, what is it?" Urd's eyes went from annoyance into panic within a mere moment. "Did something happen?"

"I want you to..." She couldn't properly explain herself. "Just, here." She deposited the two small earrings that looked like diamonds into Urd's palm, her actions spoke more than words. Biting her lip, she couldn't look her sister in the eye. This wasn't exactly allowed by any standard.

"Demonic seals?" Urd sat flabbergasted. "Who gave you these!" Urd bolted upright, she had an idea. "Hild you coward!"
"Urd, please stop."
"That woman is getting on my nerves."
"Urd, listen...It wasn't Hild."
"Of all the stupid things, and you fell for it. I would never put-"
"Urd!" Belldandy yelled before mellowing out again. "Please, Urd, listen. It wasn't Hild."
"How did you get these things? They're forbidden in the heavens."

"After you had that accident...remember, when that urn separated your personalities?" Belldandy saw Urd nod, and she sighed out in worry. "That's when I did it. It was terrifying, seeing you like that, I never wish to see you suffer like that...and I know if I do ever see it I may have to-" Belldandy shook her head. That wasn't a positive thought and she wanted to be rid of it as quickly as possible. She pressed forward, the real intent for seals were different. "After you were alright again...I...I asked Mara to get them for me."

"More like she backed the poor demon into a wall." Hild sighed from above. Her eyes had forever been trained upon the siblings. "You know Urd, although it is you whom I birthed, it is Belldandy who seems to accept the side of the devil. Quite odd when one thinks of it." Placing a thoughtful look upon her chin, she gazed down at the two of them. "Then again, often the best laid plans and the wisest of intentions leave room for error. She may be a goddess, but the will to do good can actually spread misfortune too."

"We know that!" Urd yelled making sure her mother could hear her. "Get down here like a normal human, or buzz off. Don't just float around all day or watch me like a damn fly on the wall."
"Either me or Mara. You may choose a poison, but one of us will be staying on the premisses, like it or not, my little Urd." Hild landed with grace as her eyes twinkled with satisfaction.

-More later.-