Author notes:

First off I want to give a special thanks to my two beta readers I found since the last update. mjnousak and another who, for the time being; rather keep his name hidden so I dubb thee "Bob". You both gave me many ideas to help improve the chapter. You guys rock, I love you both.

I corrected some minor errors in chapter 2 also so ignore the first update email if my minions... I mean followers got another... again.

Some questions I got about my story I'd like to answer.

First off Lind can lie, in my story anyhow. She has a unlimited, unrestricted lisence unlike Belldandy.

Second for those wondering how far Keiichi and Lind's relation will go in the future. It will be all the way, as much as Bell and Keiichi have in the canon that is, maybe more. Have not decided yet.

Lastly I know Lind is out of character. Many have said this and I have my reasons, they will be known later. Also know Lind was not sent to earth for Keiichi to help her get Coolmint. There are other reasons that will begin to reveal themselves in this chapter and more so as the story continues.


Keiichi woke up in the car to find himself alone. Looking around there was no signs of Lind anywhere. "Well, that ended a lot sooner than I thought." Keiichi thought to himself feeling saddened by this turn of events. The two had had a rough start but a small part of him liked the idea of having her around. Ordinary lives are boring and overrated he began to think.

He went over to the nearest fountain and washed his face to help wake up. "I still need to find a new place to stay…" As he stood back finished with the water he heard someone hit the ground a short distance behind him. It sounded almost as if someone had hopped behind him. Startled he turned around to find Lind looking at him with a slight frown. He took a quick step back and ended up sitting on the ground with more force than Lind's landing. "You scared me Lind. Must you always move around so" he reigned in the expletive "quietly?" Her mouth quirked at the missing word.

"It's who I am." Lind shrugged it off. "You'll get use to it eventually." She told while she helped him off the ground.

"What happened to watching over me, even on campus it can become dangerous. What if someone found me sleeping and tried to rob me or something?" Keiichi almost scolded.

"Your only possession you have currently is your bike keys and the clothes on your back. Hardly spoils worth the risk. Besides I would know if you were in trouble and would have returned immediately." Lind snapped back. "I found you easy enough this morning, even after you left the car, so calm down."

"How did you find me anyways? I walked some distance away from the clubhouse." Keiichi asked while patting himself down. He wondered if Lind had some GPS like item placed on him secretly.

"I have my own ways, none that involve human technology either so stop that already. People are staring." Lind told nodded her head to the right. Keiichi looked around in that direction to see various students staring on at the duo as they went to whatever class they needed to be at. A few students commenting on Lind's clothing but a majority about Keiichi searching himself.

"Are you sure they are not talking about your clothing? Or maybe they think you're dating me." Keiichi teased Lind while laughing a bit. The Valkyrie huffed at that as he walked past, she silently moved the direction of her foot and he tripped over her. He hit the concrete ground face first.

"Whoops. Sorry about that." Lind lied as she walked off in the direction Keiichi was heading before he fell over. "Come along Keiichi-san. You don't want to be late for class now do you?"

"Maybe I was wrong about her staying was a good thing after all." Keiichi thought looking up to see Lind walking towards the nearest building.

"I heard that!" Lind shouted, not looking back and continuing her normal pace. Keiichi just let his head hit the cement again comically before rushing to catch up to her.

Xxxxx

Keiichi went to his normal classes as if it were a normal day. Looking out the window to his right he saw Lind standing on top of an electric pole. She was staring within the classroom, specifically at Keiichi. He found it hard to concentrate knowing she was watching him. Normally he would be flattered a girl was so devoted to him. This however was a bit much, even for Keiichi.

"Something wrong Morisato?" The professor asked getting Keiichi's attention.

Ahhh… No. It's nothing." Keiichi told while scratching the back of his head.

"Well pay attention then, your grades are slipping and you don't have time to be daydreaming. "

Keiichi sighed and was trying to focus on class when a light reflected into his eyes for just a moment. Looking around the light reflection was getting the attention of a few students. Looking out the window Lind was still atop of the pole. Now however, she was performing exercises with her poleaxe, the sunlight is constantly bouncing off of her finely polished weapon and into the classroom. "She's going to be seen for sure!" Keiichi worried as several students began looking around also noticing the reflection. One student looked out the window while being blinded by the light reflection. This made Keiichi panic. When the student opened his eyes again he looked out the window and acted normally. Keiichi also looked and saw Lind had vanished from the pole. "That was a close one." Keiichi sighed with relief.

"Perhaps you could explain to the rest of the class what you're referring to Morisato?" The professor asked.

"Ah! Sorry again." Keiichi apologized as the bell rang, signaling the end of the class. The professor sent him a hard look. Keiichi could not get out of the classroom fast enough to escape his wrath. Outside the classroom Lind waited for him by the door. "How did you get to here so fast from…?" Keiichi noticed an opened window at the end of the hall. "…Never mind I think I know. Let's go off campus. I don't think I could handle another class like that again today. We might as well go looking for a new apartment for us." Lind nodded and followed him outside.

Xxxxx

Keiichi sat down on a bench outside. Lind joined him at the opposite end. "I want the two of us to live in a place with two rooms but I have to find one that is the same price as my dorm. Explaining the situation to the people back at home would be a bit of a pain. Since, I'm poor I'll have to work more."

"The people back at home?" Lind wondered raising an eyebrow slightly.

"My parents back at home send me money for a place to live. I doubt they would believe that I am living with a girl. This is especially from my annoying little sister, Megumi." He could hear her laughing hysterically over the phone if he broke the news to her. This put him in a bit of a sour mood.

"This is a difficult world to live in without money. In heaven there is no form of currency. When someone needs something, others assist without hoping for something in return. This is indeed a difficult world to be living in." Lind explained. Keiichi felt a bit envious of her situation.

"Yes…" Keiichi looked forward towards the people as they passed by while Lind looked towards him, listening intently. "You can neither live nor eat and it means you can't start anything."

"I see." Lind thought of the situation Keiichi was in while also watching the people pass by. "Humans really are extraordinary, you all seem so happy despite being under such pressure all the time. I wonder how you all can manage this worrying feeling all the time. It makes having just a single wing a petty desire in comparison."

"It's not as hard as you make it seem really." Keiichi got up and his stomach growled. "Money sometimes can be somewhat troublesome, especially when hungry." Keiichi tried to laugh off his embarrassing moment. Lind however was no longer interested in what he was saying. She was staring off into the distance. Keiichi looked where she was staring but couldn't see anything. "Is something wrong Lind?" She just continued to search far off into the distance. He waved his hands in front of her eyes.

She snapped out her trance and looked to Keiichi. "Wait here Keiichi-san." Lind told him firmly. Before Keiichi had a chance to form a reply Lind had disappeared.

Xxxxx

From several miles away Belldandy was monitoring the two, wondering why Lind was still on Earth with him. She was wondering why Lind had not returned to Yggdrasil yet. "Something I can help you with?" A voice asked from behind. Belldandy turned around to see an angry looking Lind holding her poleaxe loosely at her side. "Did you really think you could mask your presence from me? I've known you've been watching me since Keiichi and I stopped in the car for the night. What do you want?"

"Lind… I'd like you to return to Yggdrasil. You're a silver wing; you should be attending other matters. Leave Morisato-sama's wish to me." Belldandy tried to explain. "This is a job for someone at the GRO."

Lind sighed and made her poleaxe disappear. "I can't do that." Belldandy looked confused as Lind sighed. "Keiichi has made his wish already. He wants me to stay with him forever; that is why I am still here." She paused "More importantly the Almighty himself recommended that I take this wish of his and I rather think I had better see it through to the end."

Belldandy knew that if the Almighty made a suggestion it was in the person's best interest to agree to follow his advice. "I see… let me help you then. I am a GRO member. I have a lot of experience in dealing with these matters."

Lind thought it over for a moment. "Fine… but I call the shots to this and don't forget this is MY wish. I'm the one he wants around. Understand?" Belldandy nodded. Lind thought this was just going to be more trouble for both her and Keiichi however Lind knew she was right about one thing. Belldandy could prove herself useful in helping her with Keiichi's wish. Plus, two goddesses were better than one. "Try to keep up." Lind ran her thumb across one of the yellow stripes on her Valkyrie uniform on her arm near her shoulder. The entire uniform began to glow a dim yellowish color. Lind then seemed to disappear in a burst of speed.

Lind returned to Keiichi and her uniform returned to normal. "Welcome back Lind. Where did you go to though?" Keiichi asked, a mirror within a barber shop glowed. Keiichi saw Belldandy appear out of it and he suddenly got a bad feeling.

"I just went to greet a colleague from Yggdrassil." Lind explained as Belldandy floated to the two of them from across the street. A part of Lind satisfied she got back to Keiichi before Belldandy could. "Meet Goddess first class, second category, unlimited license Belldandy."

Belldandy smiled warmly and bowed to Keiichi. "It is a pleasure to meet you Morisato-sama." Keiichi blushed and rubbed the back of his head. Lind found this getting under her skin that those two seem to hit it off so well at first.

"Belldandy is here to act as support for me since I normally do not grant wishes. She is from the GRO and she has some knowledge in these matters." Lind explained to Keiichi.

Keiichi's stomach growled again and blushed in embarrassment. "That is very kind of her but I don't know how I'm going to support her, you and I Lind. Three people are just too much for me."

"Perhaps I can be of some help Morisato-sama." Belldandy told as she stepped forward.

"Please just call me Keiichi or something. You're a goddess also, it doesn't feel right for you to call me that." Keiichi told her, the same as he had done with Lind. This made Lind again that she was being replaced by the GRO worker.

"Very well then, Keiichi-san." Belldandy closed her eyes and held her hands together in front of herself. "There's a wanderer here. If you can hear my voice, then provide him with what he needs to survive." Belldandy said then laughed innocently.

"What was that?" Keiichi asked Lind.

"It's an incantation. Many goddesses know magic of that variety." Lind explained.

"Why couldn't you do that then?" Keiichi asked innocently.

Lind looked away ashamed. "I was never taught incantations. It requires you to remain still and very focused. My magic is fast acting, more combat related."

"I see, well its good Belldandy is here then." Keiichi smiled at her then turned towards Belldandy who smiled back at him.

Lind tightened her hands into fists, the fabric of her gloves straining under the pressure of her own grip. Lind was already having second thoughts about allowing Belldandy to tag along.

"I wonder if Yggdrasil would mind if I turned her into a block of ice?" Lind wondered to herself. Not liking being showed up so easily. Especially from someone from the GRO. They were similar to Yggdrasil's hippies. For a warrior like Lind, it was a large shot to her pride to be outdone by one.

"Big brother!" A voice called out. Keiichi looked around and saw the little girl that had lost her mother's wallet yesterday. She was waving to him and smiling. Nearby was a woman in a yellow suit and glasses.

Keiichi, Lind and Belldandy sat across from the girl and her mother. Keiichi in between the two goddesses. Belldandy was smiling and Lind was staring daggers at Belldandy, not that she noticed. In front of the three of them were sandwiches and soda drinks for all three.

"You were so kind to Hijiri yesterday." The lady in yellow suit told.

"No, no!" Keiichi waved his hands shyly. "Thank you for treating us."

"Hijiri, make sure to thank big brother too okay?" The woman told her daughter who was nibbling on her sandwich. She said her thanks, still nibbling.

"Hey are you two big brother's girlfriends?" Hijiri asked innocently. Keiichi sprayed his drink outward onto Hijiri's mother. She wiped her face off with a napkin.

Keiichi coughed a bit, breathing in some of the drink. Lind patted his back a bit roughly to help. Trying to win his favor again from Belldandy. "I-I'm so sorry!" "I don't need Belldandy taking all the credit for my wish assignment." Lind thought sorely while trying to help Keiichi.

"Hey, you're red! You turned red!" Hijiri shouted joyfully while her mother continued to dry herself off, looking just a tad annoyed and embarrassed.

"I'm not a girlfriend, but I am a…" Belldandy was cut off when Lind held Belldandy's mouth shut by force.

"You shouldn't say things like that in public!" Keiichi warned Belldandy and Lind was nodding also.

"My, you three seem very friendly." Hijiri's mother commented.

"It's the first time I've seen ladies wearing such odd clothing." Hijiri commented, looking first to Belldandy, then to Lind.

"Are these clothes strange?" Belldandy asked in a worried manner. She wanted to fit in as best as she could.

"We don't wear clothing like this here." Keiichi told both Lind and Belldandy. Lind made a mental note not to wear her Valkyrie uniform anymore in public. "They stand out just a bit much." Belldandy looked around to see what the others around her were wearing.

"Is that so?" Belldandy stood up and Lind could sense Belldandy gathering her magical energy.

"We need to go now I'm very sorry." Lind bowed then grabbed Belldandy by the arm roughly and dragged her back to Keiichi's bike.

"Please forgive us." Keiichi bowed and followed the two goddesses around the corner.

"You can't go around using your magic like that in public!" Lind said harshly to Belldandy.

Belldandy looked to Keiichi for support as he came around the corner. "She's right Belldandy. If people know you can use magic it can cause us all serious trouble. It's not normal here." Keiichi told her. Belldandy looked down saddened. Suddenly Keiichi felt very guilty scolding her and also looked ashamed.

"We have some privacy here." Lind told breaking the two out of their guilty thoughts. "Let's take this time to change into more suitable clothing. Belldandy nodded and the two goddesses glowed brightly. Belldandy was wearing a brown coat with a mellow pink shirt underneath and a skirt matching the coat. Lind was wearing a purple short sleeved shirt with yellow letters that read 'The Valkyries' and black jeans that ended at her thighs. Both wore identical leather boots.

"Well at least they agree in boots." Keiichi thought while scratching the side of his face and looking at them awkwardly.

Keiichi got on his bike and Belldandy quickly sat down in the side car before Lind had a chance. Lind wondered what to do now. Keiichi could tell she was troubled. He patted the spot behind him. "Sit here; just hang onto me so you don't fall." Lind followed his directions and sat as she was told feeling very shy all of a sudden. "Let's go find an apartment for the three of us then.

"Yes!" Both goddesses agreed at the same time.

Xxxxx

For the next several hours Keiichi searched, negotiated with land lords and pleaded with friends for some kind of help. All of while Belldandy waited patiently, Lind tried her best to keep herself occupied too little success. She was not like Belldandy and the other goddesses of the GRO. Waiting was never something she was good at. The next land lord Keiichi was driving too was about to get the entire brunt of her frustrations.

"How many real estate agencies have we visited now?" Lind asked her voice full of sarcasm.

"This will be the fourteenth one Lind." Belldandy told her joyfully, still managing to smile.

Keiichi went inside and the two girls followed him. "Thank you for seeing me." Keiichi said as he sat down. Belldandy occupied the seat next to him. Lind stood behind the two of them. "We're looking for a house for two people to live in."

"So what kind of place are you looking for? The landlord behind his desk asked.

"It should have a kitchen and at least two other rooms. If possible, it should include a restroom and a room with a bathtub. Also, we'll want one that includes parking for a motorcycle. It should cost no more than 15,000 yen per month. I know it's probably impossible, but I want you to look for something like that.

The landlord stood up and adjusted the glasses on his face. "There's no place like that!" The owner shouted.

Lind cracked her knuckles. "You're going about his all wrong Keiichi-san. Negotiations have broken down. There's only one alternative now." Lind jumped up on the desk and grabbed him by his suit and tie and lifted him up out his chair with a single hand. "You're going to check again. You're going to find a place for us this time." Lind told harshly while shaking him and threatening to punish him if he didn't.

Belldandy made a shield around the man forcing Lind to let go. "That's enough Lind! You're scaring him!" Belldandy told her, like a mother scolding her children.

Lind was seriously tempted to fight with Belldandy but ultimately let it go and left the store. Leaving the land lord and Keiichi looking shocked at what just happened.

It took Keiichi a few moments to gather himself and follow Lind out after apologizing. Belldandy was right behind him. "What was that all about?" Keiichi demanded as he saw Lind sitting on his bike waiting.

"You were not getting us anywhere so I gave it a try." Lind told as if she had done nothing wrong.

"By threatening him!" Keiichi shouted while pointing back at the agency they just came out of. Belldandy tried to calm him down.

"Yes, by threatening him. I'm a Valkyrie; it's in our nature to fight. You seem unable to understand that!" Lind snapped back pointing at his chest somewhat roughly. "You have not been doing your part either Keiichi. You live like some doormat!"

"Let's all calm down please." Belldandy said stepping between the two of them. "You two are good friends, don't fight, seeing both of you like this makes me very." Lind and Keiichi both looked away from each other. Both feeling guilty at their outburst. Belldandy was definitely taking up the mother of the group in the newly formed trio.

"Look… I'm sorry. I don't like being held up on something so trivial for so long." Lind explained.

"I'm sorry also. I should be more understanding. This must be very tough for you to have restrained yourself for this long." Keiichi said as he got on the bike in front of her. Belldandy got into the side car as she saw Lind hang onto Keiichi as they began to drive off.

The trio visited one last real estate agency. Once again the trio we're refused with their impossible request. "I have an idea to help us along." Belldandy said,Keiichi and Lind stopped to hear her out.

"Let me ask the Holy Spirit if there is a place for the three of us to live."

"Another incantation?" Lind asked her fellow goddess who nodded.

"It sounds good, let's give it a try. It can't hurt to try." Keiichi told Belldandy.

"I really need to learn some incantations…" Lind thought staring bitterly toward Belldandy. She found the need to be more and more useful suddenly. She did not want to get left behind and defeated by Belldandy on an assignment given to her.

Belldandy nodded then began. "We are people who are wandering. We are looking for a place to live a peaceful life. Oh Holy Spirit of the Bill, with the bountiful hopes of this person please show us the path to take right now.

A person walking by bumped into Keiichi and took his wallet. Lind noticed what the man did and grabbed his arm and pulled him backward, causing Keiichi's wallet to spill open and a 2,000 yen note fell out. A gust of wind blew the note high into the air. Keiichi and Lind both watched the note fly off.

"Ah! That was all the money we had!" Keiichi shouted in distress. "We have to catch it!"

"Yes." Belldandy nodded. Lind let go of the thief and quickly got on the bike. Her eyes never losing track of the money note.

Xxxxx

Keiichi followed Lind's directions leading the three to the front of a rather large temple. Lind got off the bike feeling good about herself. She finally felt she did something good for the newly formed trio for the first time today.

"The note. It came down somewhere inside the temple." Lind informed them as they got off the bike.

'Tariki Hongan Temple.' The wooden banner read. Looking around on the temple grounds Lind spotted the bill sticking out of the offerings box. "Over there Keiichi." Lind pointed to the box with a green item fluttering out of it. Lind and Keiichi approached it.

Belldandy looked around the empty lot nearby. It was full of rocks and weeds. "I don't sense any evil spirits! It's a really wonderful place!" Belldandy informed the others.

Lind nodded, she was not sensing any either. Keiichi however was more concerned with the yen note he was reaching for when the doors in front of him opened up and a Buddhist priest tried to whack Keiichi over the door with a plank of wood. Lind stepped in front of him and blocked the hit with her arm then grabbed the item from him and threw it back at the priest. The item struck him in the forehead and sent him reeling back to fall unconscious in the hall. Belldandy shouted in surprise and ran to the priest. "Maybe I over did it?" Lind asked aloud.

Keiichi lowered his head in shame. "Hard to believe a goddess would strike a man of the cloth."

Lind paid him no attention. "I saw you about to be attacked. I acted, that's all there is to it." Lind shrugged it off. "Well let's get him inside" Lind picked up the priest putting him over her shoulder and Belldandy followed Lind inside. Keiichi grabbed his yen note before following the two girls inside.

Lind set the man down and Belldandy started the healing. A gentle light washed over the priest and the swelling on his forehead went down until it was gone completely.

He woke up moments later to find Keiichi and the girls sitting around him in a circle. "W-what happened?" The middle aged priest asked looking at Keiichi while sitting up. "The last thing I remember was you trying to steal from the donation box. Then I'm lying here."

"That is my fault. I saw you attacking so I reacted quickly and struck you with your own weapon." Lind told him while scooting a bit closer to Keiichi and lowering and lowered her head to him.

Keiichi touched her shoulder. "It was no one's fault, only a misunderstanding. The truth is we did not come to steal from you." Keiichi waved the yen note. "This was blown out of my wallet and landed within the temple grounds, I was trying to recover it when you encountered us."

The priest nodded and bowed back to Lind in apology. "I still have much to learn it would seem."

Keiichi set the yen note down and slid it to the priest. "I was wondering if the three of us could stay at temple for this amount for the night. We don't have a place to live and were in trouble. If 2,000 yen isn't enough, I'll do anything I can do. Please!"

Lind felt a bit proud in Keiichi. He was finally starting to get out of his shell of relying on friends and work on his own.

The priest just laughed and it made everyone except Lind nervous. He got up and walked to the door and stood outside. His back was to the trio. "That 2,000 yen is your pay for helping with the work at the temple. In addition, I'll guarantee your dinner and a place to sleep tonight." Keiichi and Bell smiled. Lind was Lind; she just nodded to agree to the terms. "Work at the temple is fun! Get ready immediately."

"Thank you very much!" Keiichi said, happy that he'd finally got a break from searching for a new home, at least for tonight. The priest just laughed as he walked away.

Xxxxx

Keiichi ran along the floor on all fours with a cloth under his hands cleaning the walkways. The priest watched him work. Occasionally he hit Keiichi with a stick to encourage him forward. Belldandy was gently cleaning the railing and statues nearby Keiichi. She was singing the entire time. Lind noted Belldandy stayed near Keiichi. She decided to let it go for now. Looking around to make sure the priest could not see her. Lind made her weapon appear and stared at the large rocks in front of her. Lind looked happy as she raised her poleaxe and swung down hard at the stones shattering them. This activity reminded her of her last time training in heaven.

The priest came to check on Lind and noticed an unusual aura around her while she single handedly lifted several large stone chunks after her demolition session. He looked on suspiciously as Lind carried off three stones larger then herself with relative ease. "This must be…"

Lind looked to the priest as she walked by. "Something I can help you with?"

"Ah no! It's nothing." The priest moved on and let it go for now.

Belldandy was sweeping up the leaves while the sound of hammering rang out as Keiichi worked on the roof. Lind was in the field nearby pulling out weeds. In the distance the sun was beginning to set making the sky look a beautiful orange color.

Keiichi stopped for a moment to wipe the sweat off his face with his shirt. "Working for this priest was harder than I thought."

Belldandy looked at him. "I don't think he means any harm though."

"Were staying for free. It's only fair we earn our stay." Lind pitched in still hard at work combating the weeds. Keiichi and Belldandy both nodded to this and got back to work.

Keiichi knelt back down a bit to work on another part of the roof when the wood under him gave out throwing him off balance and sending him to begin rolling down off roof. Belldandy and Lind both turned when he began to scream and saw him about to fall off the roof. Belldandy started an incantation and Lind flew directly to him. As he fell Belldandy began gathering leaves under where he would land to break his fall. Lind caught him in mid air and flew upwards towards the roof again causing the leaves Belldandy tried to gather scattered again. When she stood on the roof she was holding onto Keiichi bridal style.

"That was a close one." Belldandy sighed with relief.

Lind looked a bit embarrassed. She set him down gently then jumped off the roof and back to the weeds. "Do try to watch your step from now on."

"It's a good thing you are here Lind." Keiichi said trying to joke about his mistake. Belldandy however took that the wrong way and turned her back to him and lowered her head. Her free hand close to her heart.

"That skill. Those women. What are they?" From behind a nearby tree the priest saw both the goddesses use their magic.

Xxxxx

Night quickly came around and the moon was high in the sky. Keiichi, Lind and Belldandy were all asleep on the floor. Keiichi and Belldandy were fast asleep.

Lind however was tossing and turning. Her face looking as though she were in agony.

xxxxx

Several dozen goddesses in identical Valkyrie uniforms flew in a tight formation across what looked like a war torn landscape. Everywhere were burning and fallen trees, the sky was full of smoke choking the remaining wildlife. Besides craters and ditches, there were corpses everywhere. Some by deliberate visible wounds, others just caught in the backlash of the sudden violence. Those that survived to die from the smoke were the lucky ones. The unfortunate ones starved. What set this landscape apart from others was the incongruity of the damage. Some trees still burning had another next to it frozen so severely that the flames made no impact at all. That this was the same from horizon to horizon showed how long this battle had lasted.

"Is this your first battle against the demons Lind?" A Valkyrie flying besides Lind to her right asked

"Yes." Lind asked sheepishly. The nervousness could be heard easily in her voice.

"This is one hell of a way to earn your silver wings." The one on the right replied sadly.

"I'm surprised the silver wings even allowed you in considering you only have a single wing." Another Valkyrie somewhere within the mass taunted.

This made Lind grind her teeth together. "Don't you worry! I'll get my second wing then you will all be sorry!" She snapped and several of the Valkyries laughed at Lind's outburst.

"Don't let them get to you Lind Lind looked to her left and saw a Valkyrie with mint green hair and yellow eyes. Something about her put Lind at ease assuring her, almost like a mother.

Lind smiled back at her and nodded. " It's you again! What's your name?"

"I am Celveria."

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Lind replied.

"We're thirty seconds out! Cut the chatter and get ready!" The Valkyrie at the front of the pack shouted. One by one the Valkyries looked forward; each of them focused and made their respective weapons appear.

"Don't be nervous Lind. I'll look after you. I promise it." Celveria told Lind while looking forward, a sword in her right hand. Lind nodded, made her pole poleaxe appear and looked forward in front of her. Her face full of determination to survive this.

As the group flew through a smoke cloud they were greeted by battle spells. The barrage of spells caused the Valkyries to scatter in an attempt to evade.

xxxxx

Lind woke up in a blind panic. Her breathing and pulse were racing she was in a cold sweat. Looking around she saw Keiichi and Belldandy, still fast asleep. "It was only a dream…" Lind shakily got up and went outside for some fresh air. As she opened the door she noticed the priest asleep against the wall near their room and the hole in the door to their room. Lind wrapped her blanket around his shoulders and went out into the courtyard. The hands on the clock showed 2:37 a.m. as she left.

In the courtyard she started to replace some of the stones from the wall, picking them up from where they'd fallen. When she was about half way though, Belldandy appeared.

Lind just looked towards the ground. Visions of a scorched earth flashed in her memory again. "I should not have returned to the earth realm. I have a lot of skeletons here."

Belldandy looked on worried. Belldandy's angel Holy Bell appeared from behind. She looked very similar to Belldandy in the face but wore a cloth strap to cover her chest and had bright blond hair; on her back were a pair of white angel wings. "Perhaps Holy Bell and I can help." The two held hands and nodded to each other. Holy Bell then floated slightly above Belldandy and the two began to sing.

As Lind listened she started to relax. It was a soothing melody. The wall that Lind was repairing by hand began to magically mend itself. The same happened with the stone walkway leading to the front of the temple. As they continued to sing Belldandy raised her arms above her. A golden spiral of light formed above Belldandy and Holy Bell encompassing Lind, a sweet gentle breeze blew through the air. Shortly after they stopped singing the light and breeze dissipated leaving a hint of its healing. "Thank you Holy Bell." Belldandy said and her angel smiled and disappeared back to Belldandy. "Feeling better now Lind?"

Lind looked at her hands for a moment then to Belldandy and nodded. "Its helps some yes."

Belldandy smiled warmly at her companion. From afar the priest saw the entire event occur. "I'm no match. That guardian spirit and singing voice which would fascinate anyone. It's far beyond the enlightenment I, Koshian, have attained. I-I am still inexperienced." Koshian left and began packing what few items he possessed.

Xxxxx

The next morning Keiichi opened the door with the hole in it and yawned. "I slept well last night."

"Keiichi san!" Belldandy greeted him at the door looking at him urgently. "The priest has…"

Keiichi looked at her with a confused look. "What?"

Xxxxx

Koshian was near the entrance to the temple. He was wearing a straw umbrella hat. "My Tariki Hongan temple, it will only be a short separation."

He walked past the front gate to the street leading up to the temple. "Leaving without saying goodbye?" Turning to his right was Lind leaning up against the wall her arms folded and looking a bit disappointed at the priest. "I thought you were better than that."

Belldandy and Keiichi ran to catch up to him. "Where are you going?"

Still looking towards Lind he answered. "I am still green. To be enlightened, I need to go on a nationwide training pilgrimage! Please see me off with a smile."

"Why so suddenly?" Keiichi asked moving closer to Koshian.

"I fully realized how inexperienced I was like Belldandy-sama. I must, one day, be able to sing my heart out with my guardian spirit to send people to heaven." Koshian explained looking back to Keiichi and Belldandy.

"Guardian spirit?" Keiichi asked.

"Until then, take care of this temple." Koshian walked out towards the street again. "See you!" The sounds of his laughter faded as he walked away from the temple.

Keiichi and Belldandy looked at each other as Lind approached the two. "What does he mean by guardian spirit?" Keiichi asked as Lind stopped near the two to listen in.

"I think he's talking about her." Belldandy said as Holy Bell appeared from behind Belldandy again.

Keiichi took a step back his eyes wide in shock as he saw Holy Bell. "W-who's that?" he stuttered.

Belldandy and Holy Bell held hands together again. "She's Holy Bell. She's the one who protects me, and is within me, my other self."

The priest laughed some more. Keiichi looked towards where the sound emmitanted. "As I thought. The priest jumped to a conclusion." He looked a bit guilty tricking the priest.

"Although, we have a place to live through his kindness right?" Belldandy asked. Both Lind and Keiichi nodded.

"Say Lind. Does this you have an 'other self' also?" Keiichi asked and she nodded.

"We call them angels Keiichi." Lind closed her eyes and an angel appeared just like with Holy Bell. "This is my angel, Spearmint." Spearmint looked younger in her face then Lind. She had nearly solid red eyes. On her back was only a single left wing, just like Lind.

"I see is she why you only have a single wing Lind?" Keiichi asked and both Spearmint and Lind nodded at the same time. Spearmint though looking ashamed disappeared back within Lind. "Ah… I didn't mean to upset your angel."

Lind sighed. "Don't worry about it. She knows. We are both sensitive about this is all."

Keiichi looked saddened but let it go for now. "We still have a lot of work to fix up our new home."

"Let's do our best." Belldandy added. Keiichi and Lind nodded and began.

For the next several hours the three continued what they all began yesterday. Lind finished the roof, not trusting Keiichi to finish it after yesterday's mishap. Belldandy washed and dried the entire amount of laundry within the temple. Keiichi was busy packing and storing the items Koshian left behind that were of no use to any of the new inhabitants of the temple. After the work was done Lind and Belldandy watched as Keiichi added a label to the front gate of the temple that had 'Morisato residence' written on it. The three took a moment to take in the pride of it. Finally the three had a place to call their own on.

Xxxxx

Later that evening Belldandy found that nearly all the food Koshian had stored in the kitchen was still there. Belldandy used it to cook a nice meal for the three of them.

"Dinner is ready." Belldandy announced as she set down curry and rice plates for the three of them.

Keiichi was the first to take a bite. "This is awesome! Thank you Belldandy!" Belldandy smiled and watched the two eat.

"It would be best for us if we left food related chores to her." Lind threw in. "It was never one of my strong points."

Keiichi and Belldandy laughed. "I am in the same. I always used to eat pre cooked items back at the dorm. If it couldn't be cooked with a microwave I didn't buy it." That put off a lot of the sting that she couldn't cook. Knowing Keiichi could not either made her happy somewhat actually. The two found one more thing the two had in common.

"I could teach you how to Keiichi-san." Belldandy offered.

"That's kind of you but I think you'd be wasting your time on me. I have no talent for that." Belldandy seemed disappointed by this but let the topic drop.

Xxxxx

After the dinner the three went their separate ways. Each picked a room for themselves and a common room that was dubbed 'everyone's tea room.' Keiichi sat in his empty room when he heard some unusual noises outside, He looked out and found Lind back in her Valkyrie uniform performing a complicated kata. Keiichi watched until she was finished.

"Oh! Keiichi-san. I didn't realize you were there. Is there anything I can do?" Lind approached and sat down next to him.

"No I just heard you from within my room so I thought I'd see what was happening." Keiichi told. Lind nodded and stood back up to continue. "It must be tough on you. No one to practice with here."

Lind thought about it for a moment. "I-If you'd like I can teach you… If you think you can handle it that is."

Keiichi thought it over. "Sure why not. How hard could it be?"

Lind nearly laughed at that. "First we need to get you in shape before I start teaching you other things. Are you able to run in those clothes?"

Keiichi suddenly having a bad feeling about this. "Well… sure but…"

"Good then. We can begin by running a few miles up and down the street outside." Lind took him by the hand and dragged him off.

Belldandy watched with a smile as Lind and Keiichi left to go on their first run.

Xxxxx

"Just go at the pace you want Keiichi and I will match it. I need to see what you're capable of." Lind explained and the two ran down the street side by side. They ran at a good pace for a few minutes before Keiichi slowed to a light jog. Once Keiichi was completely exhausted he stopped. "You went further than I thought you might, well done Keiichi." Lind told him as he sat down sweaty and exhausted.

He looked up at her and she seemed barely winded even slightly. "You're not even tired in the least though!" Keiichi said pitifully.

"You're not being fair to yourself. Comparing you to me is like comparing a kitten to a lion. You need to give it time Keiichi and you will be physically fit enough to start learning." Lind told trying to sound as supporting as she could.

Keiichi sat on the side walk to catch his breath. Seeing this might take a while Lind sat beside him. "Hey Lind." She looked at him. "Before you said this place wasn't as pretty of a place as it is now. What did you mean by that?"

A vision of Celveria's face appeared before her. This time unlike the dream, there was a small trickle of blood running from between her lips; her eyes had glazed over in death as Lind sat holding her friends to her.

"Lind?" Keiichi seemed curious.

She stood up angrily. "I don't want to talk about it! I'll meet you back at the temple!" Lind walked off rather quickly leaving behind an exhausted Keiichi behind her. Keiichi wondering what was with the cause of the sudden change of mood.

Xxxxx

Lind returned to the temple and saw that Belldandy was waiting for her outside of her room. "You shouldn't take it out on Keiichi. Earth is a different place now and that war is long over."

"What do you know about me! You weren't there!" Lind walked up to Belldandy and starred her in the eyes.

"You're right. I never was dragged into it. It ended before I had to fight. But you can't hold onto these fears forever. Neither Keiichi nor I deserve this mistreatment from you anymore then you deserve what happened to you back then." Belldandy said pulling Lind into a hug.

"… I'll apologize in the morning. Let me be the one to tell him about it when I feel I'm ready." Lind said sadly.

Belldandy nodded and let Lind go from the embrace. "Goodnight Lind." She wished the other goddess she went to the front entrance of the temple to wait for Keiichi to return. After about ten minutes he too staggered in, going straight to his room after also wishing Belldandy a goodnight.

That night Lind had the same dream. Once again she was startled from her sleep. The time on the clock noted 2:37 a.m. Walking around a bit to calm herself she could sense a strong heavenly aura near the temple grounds. As she ran outside to see who it was the presence vanished entirely. There was no trace of a teleportation spell or anything being used either. Lind flew high into the air to get a better look but could find nothing. "Whoever it was they are strong, possibly a Valkyrie; one that's good at masking their aura." Lind's eyes continued to scan the trees and road path but could still find nothing. Deciding it was a lost cause Lind returned to the ground and went back into the temple.

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Xxxxx

The next morning Keiichi woke to the smell of food being prepared. Entering the kitchen he discovered Belldandy preparing breakfast and Lind was sitting down with a cup of tea in her hands.

"Good morning Keiichi-san" The two girls said in sync with each other.

He sat down and Belldandy set down a cup tea for him as well. "I could get use to this. Waking up with two pretty girls living with me." Lind gave him a cold stare hearing his thoughts. "Or maybe not."

"About the exercise yesterday Keiichi… I-I didn't mean it. I just had an awful experience the last time I visited Earth. I was wrong to take it out on you." Lind told.

"I'm just as much to blame you. I shouldn't have been so noisy. I just wanted to know more about you that's all. I have so much I want to ask, what heaven like and how you live there. Things like that."

"Were interested in you also Keiichi-san." Belldandy said. "Perhaps the three can one day sit down and trade stories."

"That sounds… I-I think I would like that." Lind said. Keiichi also seemed pleased with this idea.

"We still have some trouble though, if you're to remain with me all the time Lind. We need to find a way to get you admitted into NIT without drawing suspicions." He sat back "Well we have one more day to come up with something."

"I can wait for you like before can't I?" Lind asked Keiichi.

Keiichi rolled his eyes at this. "That was a close call as it was. Besides, you and Bell can't go around showing off your magic in public all the time. Flying up an electric pole is a definite give away. It was a miracle you weren't discovered."

"What do you suggest then? Is there anything I can do to help?" Belldandy asked as she put plates with scrambled eggs in front of Lind and Keiichi then returned from the kitchen with her own.

"I don't know, the seniors at the motor club might know however. If anyone might have a plan to get you in Lind it would be them." Keiichi said.

"This seems very dishonest but we have no choice." Belldandy said.

Lind nodded, patting her face with her napkin having finished her meal. "We need to gather Keiichi's personal items from the dorm still. We can tell them of our situation then. Let's hope they are in a helpful mood."

"Oh I they will be, Tamiya and Otaki are always looking for a reason to pull a prank. I know they'll be more than happy to have an excuse no matter what." Keiichi told them.

"I don't like that idea of lying to the dean. But if you're going to go through with this I would like to attend class with you also Keiichi-san." Belldandy said and Lind felt like Bell was stepping on her toes again.

"It's agreed then. Tomorrow we go to get Belldandy and I admitted within NIT." Lind said

Xxxxx

Lind was on her way to her room as she passed by Keiichi's she saw him sitting down in front of a black and white television flicking through the channels. Passing to a news channel he turned into it long enough for Lind to hear Lind to hear the reporter start the next item. "Late last night a couple was found petrified. Police records report that the cause of this was unknown only that the two were found with horrified looks on their faces…" Keiichi carried on flicking.

Lind quickly doubled back to Keiichi's room . "Go back to that previous channel now!" Lind shouted and Keiichi did so in a nervous panic. "The two were found around this morning and time of being petrified was estimated to be between one and three a.m. This is the same as the elderly man who was also killed in a similar fashion and manner the night before last. The police are asking the public for help. If you have any leads please notify your local precinct agency."

"Where is that place the couple were found?" Lind demanded from Keiichi.

"It looks like is happened in the northern district of Nekomi, why Lind?"

"We need to get there!" Lind said as she started to leave. "Grab your things!" Lind shouted from the hallway as she rushed to her room

"Wait, now?" Keiichi moaned. "It's nearly 10 a.m. I have a program I want to watch!"

Lind completely ignored him. "Belldandy you should come too, having two goddesses there will be better than just one."

Belldandy shouted yes from her room and Keiichi had tears in his eyes. "I waited all week for this…"

Lind returned and grabbed Keiichi by the collar of his shirt and dragged him across the ground. Keiichi left a trail of tears behind him as he was carted off.

Xxxxx


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