Spoils of Defeat

Troubadour had left the realm of the Earth and was now at the gates of Heaven. He thought of the battle he just had with Jeiko and a wicked smile of triumph issued upon his face. He had beaten the boy that had been a thorn in his side for many years in a fair fight, and an arrogant glee was building up inside of him.

"Yes!" He shouted to himself. "Finally, after years of ridicule I have proven that I am superior to that little prick Jeiko Sukaru! He gave me everything he had, and yet I knocked him out and left him a helpless mass at my feet! Of course if Lind hadn't had shown up, I would've made that arrogant boy die as he deserves to!"

As this thought ran through the arrogant plum tree spirit's head it brought a scowl to his lips.

"Honestly! Why does our honored captain of the Valkyries see in Jeiko? Why has she always protected him when he's in danger? Lind is a beautiful, strong, and independent goddess of strong moral character. Jeiko's nothing but an arrogant childish little boy!" As this question popped into Troubadour's mind, his victory brought on another thought. "No to mention he's weak! He needs a machine to fight, there's not one inch of genuine flesh in his right arm! How Lind could fall for him? What could ANY woman see in Jeiko Sukaru I'd like to know? Especially when they could have me!"

But then, as if on cue, the gates of Heaven opened for Troubadour and he was greeted by a mob of angry goddesses staring down furiously at him. Including a few Valkyries arms with amazing weapons. Troubadour looked in confusion.

"Uh, hello ladies." He began nervously. "W-w-where's the fire?"

Then the goddesses removed their outerwear to reveal that under their garments they were wearing T-Shirts that all read "Jeiko's Goddess Fan Club" on the chest area. Troubadour looked in fear.

"Um, ladies, I-I-I can explain..." He studdered.

Then the group spilt to reveal Peorth at the head of the mob with the angriest look on her face.

"There's nothing to say Troubadour!" She spat angrily.

"You attempted to terminated our beloved Jeiko Sukaru!" One beautiful goddess spat.

"Did you think we weren't going to find out about it?" A Valkyrie asked rhetorically.

As Troubadour looked in growin fear of all these angry goddesses all staring at him with menacing expressions on their face, beads of sweat began falling from his brow. He got on his knees and opened his mouth to speak, but was silenced as Peorth beat him to it.

"And then after all the trouble you caused, you come back and brag about trying to kill Jeiko Sukaru?" She asked disgustedly.

"And you ask why any ladies would rather be with him than with you?" Another goddess spoke.

"Well here's you answer," Another replied. "Honor. Jeiko has honor, a sense of duty, humility, strength of the heart, devotion, among other things you don't have Troubadour!"

"And that appeals to most of us. You and your arrogant pride disgust us!" Another Valkyrie finished.

"But like we said, you trying to kill Jeiko was a major no-no for us!" Peorth smirked as magical power charged into her hands. "And as such, we've decided to punish you big-time for it!"

All the goddesses then conjured up their powers and stared at a staggering Troubadour. He looked from side to side and then turned around and began running.

"GET HIM!" Peorth cried.

Meanwhile back on Earth, Lind had just entered Jeiko's room in the temple. She set him down on his mattress and knelt beside him. She looked in despair.

"Oh, Jeiko, my love." She spoke softly. "I'm sorry. I should've waited to go back to Heaven until you were truly ready to fight again. I should've gotten you back into trainind and made sure your arm was at a hundred percent."

As the thought of Jeiko's arm issued in her mind, she knew that Jeiko needed all the energy in him right now and didn't need the massive dead weight that was attached to the stump on his right arm. With that thought in mind, she rolled up Jeiko's sleeve until she got to the metal disk above his elbow where the latch that kept his metal arm attached to Jeiko's right forearm and Central Nervous System was located. She found a small dial and turned it. Just then a few clicking noises were heard and the metal arm detached itself from Jeiko's arm.

With a small twist to unscrew the final attachment, Lind gently removed the arm. Sure to Jeiko it weighed a ton or two, but to her it was as light as a feather.

Just then, a voice was heard outside the door. "Hey, Lind." Skuld's tiny voice broke in. "Has Jeiko recovered yet?"

"No Skuld, he hasn't." Lind sighed. "I was just removing his arm to conserve his energy and remove excess weight from him."

"Oh, really?" Skuld squealed excitedly. "Can I borrow it for now? I want to study it to make a better one for more advanced demons in the future."

"That's actually a good idea." Lind nodded as she opened the door and handed Skuld the arm. "Here. Oh! And you might want to study this too. Hold on."

She then knelt beside Jeiko's unconscious body and brought her fingers to his eyebrow. She then pinched in and began pulling on it. Skuld looked in amazement as the eyebrow began to stretch and pull off revealing to Skuld it was just a piece of plaster and fake hair. Underneath which was a metal tube with some small lights and a white button where sure enough a fake eyeball was attached.

Lind pressed the button and a whirring noise from inside the tube was heard as the tube grew slightly wider and the eye pressed out a bit. Lind carefullu grabbed the eye and pulled it out of the tube to show to Skuld there was a wire on the back of the eye attached to the back of the fake eyesocket. Lind gave a gentle tug and the wire disconnected itself from the socket.

She then took a hankerchief and wiped the eye a little and handed it to Skuld.

"Here, study this too while you're at it." She spoke.

With a nod Skuld eagerly took the eye only ro recoil in disgust.

"Eww! What is this clear slimy stuff all over it?" She spoke in a shocked and disgusted voice.

"Oh, grow up!" Lind grumbled. "It's just petroleum jelly. It lets the eye move freely."

With another groan, Skuld left the room leaving Lind alone with Jeiko again. She then cupped her left hand and began stroking Jeiko's right cheek. Then with her right hand she began running her fingers through his long chocolate-brown hair.

"Jeiko, oh, Jeiko." Lind spoke as a tear fell down her eye. "To see you like this is heartbreaking for me. In my youth, you were the only one who cared for me. The only person I was comfortable talking to was you. As we grew and fell in love with each other, I was happy. For many years I believe I was happier on Earth with you then in Heaven with my own kind."

Outside the door, Belldandy and Keiichi were walking and heard Lind from behind the walls. Keiichi smiled.

"She sounds a lot like you Belldandy." Keiichi chuckled.

"Yes," Belldandy nodded. "Jeiko means just as much to Lind as you do to me Keiichi."

At this the two lovebirds quickly grabbed hold of each other and kissed deeply and more passionately than before when Jeiko had helped them. As Keiichi tightly wrapped his arms around the body of the goddess he loved so dearly and smiled as she returned the gesture, Lind completely aware of the activity outside smiled a sad smile.

"Just like we used to be." She whispered. "Belldandy and Keiichi are just like you and me Jeiko."

"No." A voice raped out. "Not quite."

"Huh?" Lind gasped as she saw Jeiko stirring a bit as he cracked open his eyes a bit. "Jeiko? JEIKO!" She then picked him up and held onto him like she would never let go, and it was an embrace he returned despite his weariness.

"Belldandy and Keiichi are indeed similar to us." Jeiko coughed out into Lind's ear. "But they haven't endured the pain of extended separation like you and I have Lind." He then turned to the silhouettes of the two now on the floor making out with Keiichi on top of Belldandy as a sad smile spread across his face. "And I hope they never do."

"Neither do I." Lind nodded. "I couldn't bear to see one of my friends go through the sma grief I have."

"Yes." Jeiko spoke. "We have waited so long."

"We have." Lind agreed. Then she reached behind her back and grabbed at something. As Jeiko looked in confusion, Lind spoke in a whisper. "In fact, speaking of waiting, you told me to wait on something else long before you were out in that prison for five hundred years."

Jeiko's eyes furrowed in deeper confusion then went wide in surprise as the hand behind Lind's back began to slide down as a slow, quiet, zipping noise was heard and her uniform began to loosen. Lind then got up to her feet and smiled down at Jeiko as a seductive look appeared on her gorgeous face and as she undid a few buttons on the front of her unifrom top.

"Well, five hundred years? I think I've waited long enough!" Lind spoke. Then she arched her arms behind her back causing the top of her uniform to fall to the floor revealing to Jeiko that she was wearing a sky-blue lace bra, that matched her hair perfectly, over her gorgeous C-cup breasts.

But Lind wasn't done yet. She then reached for two more zippers on the sides of her hips and began pulling them down as well. In a matter of a few seconds, Lind pants came undone and they too fell to the floor revealing a pair of sky-blue lace panties.

Lind smiled all the more at the scared, yet excited look on Jeiko's face. He had never seen her like this before, even before he was imprisoned. So this was very strange to him. But Lind also knew that she had dreamed of this and nothing was going to take this moment away from her.

She then gave Jeiko her hand and helped him to his feet. After he was on his feet, she grabbed the black sash holding up his olive-green kimono. She untied the knot and threw the sash aside. Then she grabbed the other sash holding up Jeiko's hakama and undid those as well. She then slowly grabed his sleeve and walked aroud him slowly removing the robe until it was stripped off his body.

She then went to Jeiko's front again and looked into his eyes. Through mere eye-contact, Jeiko knew she wanted him to finish and drop his pants to the floor. He spoke.

"Are you sure about this Lind?" He whispered. "Can you make love to a man with a hollow metal tube in his eye socket and a stump attached to his right arm?"

Lind looked at the man she loved and smiled, "Only if the reason for that is as brave as the reason for that is for you Jeiko. When I wasn't around, you were escorting three small children to their home village. But then you were ambushed by twenty demons. You stood alone against them, risking life and losing limb and eye to nobly protect those children."

She then wrapped her arms around Jeiko's waist, "When I look into artificial eye-socket, I see not emptiness, I see the eye of love looking back into my own eyes. When I see that stump attached to your shoulder, it reminds me of all you are willing to do to protect others in the name of honor."

Lind then grabbed the back of Jeiko's head and whispered, "And that's why I love you Jeiko Sukaru."

Jeiko smiled as he dropped his pants and pulled Lind's half-naked body down to his mattress as they cuddled and fondled each other in a loving make-out session. After a minute or so, Lind reached behind her back to unfasten the straps to her bra. As soon as she had hold of the latch, she unfastened it and tossed it aside revealing her beautiful naked breasts to Jeiko.

In a moment of passion, Jeiko replied to this by burying his face in Lind's voluptous breasts kissing them while his left hand reach down and grabbed her sky-blue panties and pulled them down as he began massaging her sliky thighs and buttocks.

Giggling at the gesture, Lind began kissing Jeiko's strong toned chest and they continued the entire night.

Elsewhere, in another part of the temple, another set of ears was listening in. A smile appearing on the face they belonged to.

"Well, Jeiko, all I can say is, 'It's about time!'" Urd giggled. "I mean, seriously! Whoever heard of a five-hundred year old virgin?"