Disclaimer : I do not own Ah! My Goddess.
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As Belldandy had said, everyone at the temple was forced to go eat dinner. When they were done eating…
"Can we watch another video, big sis? Please!?" Skuld pleaded with hands grasped together and trying to give Belldandy a cutesy puppy-dog eyed look.
Urd was debating about doing the same thing for a little bit before deciding not to.
"I don't know…. You've been watching it for a long time over the last two days…" Belldandy said, getting a bit concerned that Skuld might be getting addicted to the What-If Machine.
Lind made a slight cough before she said, "let's two or three more videos. Then we'll take a break for a day or two."
Belldandy looked at Lind for a moment before she looked back at Skuld and said, "Do you agree with that, Skuld?"
Skuld nodded and the group went to the Living room.
"What if Machine, Show us a random question," Urd said after everyone sat down.
The screen read, "What-If machine, what if I was the goddess that granted Keiichi's wishes? part three"
"Damn it…" Urd grumbled as the Screen began to show an image.
Two months later…
Peorth and Keiichi either had one date a week and a study session each week. Peorth often flirted with Keiichi whenever he was able to get an answer right as a reward.
As one study session came to an end, Peorth closed up the book she had used to ask questions to Keiichi and smiled at him.
"Well, Keiichi, I think that session went well. How have you've been doing in your classes?" Peorth asked as she placed the book off to the side.
Keiichi looked away and rubbed the back of his head and chuckled.
"I've surprised my english teacher. It seems they were expecting me to stammer and mumble. but I surprised them enough that they avoided choosing me to speak," Keiichi replied.
'note to self, spy on one of his classes and get revenge...' Peorth thought as she smiled. "That's good to hear. Did anything interesting happen this week?"
He looked at her and replied with, "Well, Otaki 'asked' me if you want to help with an upcoming project that the auto club is having."
"Hn…" Peorth uttered as her eyes narrowed a little bit, making Keiichi a bit nervous. "What is it that they want?"
"Well…. They kinda want you to help them recruit more members…" Keiichi replied as looked away. Peorth noted a touch of anger in his eyes, but it was not aimed at her.
"Let me guess, they want to make it seem like I'll date one of the new members?" Peorth asked. Keiichi nodded. "I'll need to talk with them. I'll help, but I'll make sure that we won't be doing that last part."
"...Thanks, Peorth," Keiichi said as he looked up at her.
"So about our date next week…. I was thinking that we could go to a beach," Peorth said as she stood up and picked up her purse.
"I have a weekend off in two weeks. How about then?" Keiichi said as he and Peorth picked up the books and began to carry them off to the bookcarrying tray so they could be put back.
Peorth nodded before she said, "Tomorrow morning, I'll see if I can book us a few rooms at a hotel near the beach I have planned."
"So where shall our date be next week?" Keiichi asked.
Peorth looked up and placed a finger on her chin.
'Kinda cute, though a tiny bit annoying...' Keiichi thought.
"Perhaps a trip to the arcade and then some takeout to eat while we're at the park?" Peorth asked.
"I dunno… It's supposed to rain next week on the day of our date…" Keiichi muttered as the two were leaving the library. The then began to walk towards Keiichi's beemer.
"So we make sure to go to a gazebo and watch the rain while we eat. It'll be nice," Peorth said as she hopped in the sidecar.
"If you say so…" Keiichi replied as he strapped on his helmet while Peorth put on hers. "So Should I take you to your place or do you want to meet Tamiya and Otaki to let them know of your decision?"
"Let's deal with your sempais now while the subject is still on my mind," Peorth said as Keiichi started his Beemer.
"Right!" Keiichi said as he rode off.
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At the men's only dorm...
Tamiya and Otaki were waiting on the steps of their dorm for Keiichi to show up.
""I tell you, Tamiya, Keiichi's new girlfriend will help us get more members!" Otaki said, patting Tamiya on the shoulder.
"I don't know… She ain't a member and she isn't enrolled, so she can't join…" Tamiya replied.
"Maybe we could ask her to enroll, so she could join?" Otaki asked as Keiichi rode in and parked his beemer.
"Hey, Keiichi! who's your guest?" Otaki asked, as Keiichi and Peorth took off their helmets.
"This is Peorth. She wants to talk to you about your offer," Keiichi answered while Peorth ran her hands through her hair to make sure it still looked good.
Tamiya's attention was completely focused on the passenger in the sidecar, ignoring whatever was being said. Her short hair, her angelic face, and her gentle beauty entranced the muscular man.
"Whose the beauty?" Tamiya muttered as he stood up and began to walk over to Keiichi's beemer.
Noticing the tall man, Peorth said, "I am Peorth. Who are you?"
Tamiya's heart sank. Otaki had told him that Keiichi was dating someone named Peorth.
'It ain't fair! It. Ain't. Fair!' Tamiya thought as he hid his feelings behind a smile. "I'm Tamiya, One of Keiichi's sempais!"
"Ah, I must thank you for looking out for him, then," Peorth replied with a smile that both warmed Tamiya's heart and further broke it. She then stepped out of the sidecar with Keiichi's help.
"Yeah, they might be a bit hard at times, but they're a big help when I need it," Keiichi said. He then looked at Tamiya and Otaki and said, "Oh, Peorth wanted to speak with you about the offer."
Both of the older men looked at Peorth.
"I'll help you get more members, but not if you try and imply that I'll date any of them. Do that and I won't ever help you again," Peorth said with a stern glare.
Before Otaki could say anything, Tamiya saluted and said, "Accepted and understood!"
He looked over at Otaki and lightly kicked him in the shins.
"Owch! Right, what he said!" Otaki said before he glared at Tamiya.
"So when shall I help you?" Peorth asked as she crossed her arms, unwittingly drawing the two men's attention to her bust for a moment.
"Well, Keiichi can bring you to N.I.T. in a couple months when it comes time for gettin' new members. He can fill you in on the details…" Tamiya explained before he looked at Keiichi. "Speakin' of which… I need to speak with him about a few things…"
He grabbed Keiichi and took him around the corner.
"What are they going to talk about?" Peorth asked as her eyes narrowed. She put her hands out of Otaki's view and created a mini-Peorth to go spy on the two.
"Dunno…" Otaki said.
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Tamiya held Keiichi up as he looked the shorter man in the eyes.
"Listen here… You better not make that beauty cry or I will make you cry. Got it?" Tamiya stated in a low and somewhat angry tone.
"Got it!" Keiichi quickly replied in a scared tone.
Tamiya stared Keiichi in the eyes for a few more moments before he said, "I'll hold you to that," Morisato… You better not break your word… or else…"
He then slowly put Keiichi back on the ground. Once Keiichi was on the ground and out of Tamiya's grasp, The shorter man said, "I under...stand…"
"Good.." Tamiya said before he began to walk away. Keiichi followed after him.
Mini-Peorth glared at Tamiya as she thought to herself, 'While I can appreciate hearing that about me, I will not tolerate Keiichi being threatened… Perhaps I should teach a lesson…"
She rubbed her chin and thought, 'Because Keiichi sees Tamiya as a friend, I'll have to restrain myself… Perhaps something harmless?'
She nodded to herself before she flew off to secretly re-join her mainself before Keiichi and Tamiya could return.
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A mere few seconds later, Peorth shook a little. Luckily, Otaki was too busy watching for Tamiya and Keiichi.
"Well, I guess it's time to bring you home, Peorth.." Keiichi said as he walked by her and got on his Beemer.
"Hey Peorth, Do you mind helping supporting us the next time we enter a race?" Otaki asked as the goddess entered the sidecar.
"I don't know… I'm afraid my knowledge of vehicles is rather limited," Peorth answered as she put on her helmet.
"It's alright, you can provide morale support," Tamiya quickly said with what he hoped was a charming smile.
"I'll… think about it…" Peorth replied.
""I'll be back after I get Peorth home, See you guys later," Keiichi said before he and Peorth rode off.
Once Keiichi and Peorth were out of sight, Otaki asked, "Think Keiichi will talk her into helping us?"
Tamiya rubbed his chin for a few moments.
"As long as he doesn't strongarm her, I'd be happy," The more muscular of the two answered.
Otaki studied his friend for a moment. His eyes widened behind his sunglasses as he thought to himself, 'Oh boy… He's in love with Keiichi's girl… So he finally got over Chihiro… either that or Peorth somehow reminds him of her...'
He nodded as his second thought was, 'I just gotta make sure that nothing bad happens and no one over-reacts...'
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Peorth smiled as she entered her apartment. She walked over to a window and watched Keiichi ride away.
Her smile faded once he was out of sight.
"And now to punish Tamiya for needlessly threatening Keiichi…" Peorth said to herself as she walked over to a cabinet. She put her hand on it for a moment until runic symbols appeared on it. she then opened the cabinet door and looked through her things.
"Where is it? Vial of high energy… bottle of temporary enlightenment… Some cheap booze that I need to either throw out or drink soon... A couple bottles of fine wine… " Peorth muttered as she moved the bottles around. She stepped away from the cabinet, put her hands on her hips, and sighed. "Urd would so mock me for having so many generic potions…"
She then remembered where she had placed it. she bent down and reached to the back of the bottom shelf. After a little more rummaging, she found the vial of bad fashion choices. Peorth giggled at the thought of Tamiya thinking that a yellow sleeveless shirt with purple polka dots would go well with blue-and-red striped pants.
"And now for a tiny bit of divine punishment…" Peorth said to herself with a smile as she looked at the little vial. "It will only last a day at most…"
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The next day…
Within a hiding space of a nearby tree, a mini-Peorth was watching Keiichi. At the moment, she was frowning a little bit.
'I can't believe that almost everyone that saw him thought he was a distraction to a bigger prank…' Mini-Peorth thought. Earlier, she had saw the muscular man in the clothes she had imagined the other day.
Anyone Tamiya walked by became paranoid and kept looking around for a few moments, as if a prank was going to hit them. A few tried to mock him, but Tamiya gave them a death glare.
As she watched Keiichi in his german language class, writing down what the teacher was writing on the blackboard, Mini-Peorth thought to herself, 'I wonder what my main self is doing?'
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While laying on her bed, Peorth was looking through a fashion magazine for ideas for her next outfit when she heard the tell-tale sounds of a portal opening up in her room. She looked around and saw the portal was on her Television screen.
A pair of bronze legs came out of the portal and soon the rest of the Norn of the past came out. Urd stood up and brushed off her clothes before she looked at Peorth.
"Hiya, Peorth. How's the vacation?" Urd asked with a smile.
The Screen went blank.
"Hm... That wasn't that bad," said Urd who was certainly not pleased at the beginning of the video. "Although, I still think that she doesn't behave like you would."
"For once I agree," said Peorth, "I don't see myself as vindictive as this version of me. I mean extracting revenge from Tamiya for just joking around with Keiichi. After all, he does that all the time."
As soon as she said that, Peorth noticed the rather pointed looks in her direction. "What?!"
"You're not vindictive?" asked Urd with a raised eyebrow. "Then, what do you call your entire first visit here?"
"I'm just a bit competitive. That's all. Well... maybe a bit angry at Belldandy at the time. But certainly that isn't my true personality," said Peorth as she tried to defend herself.
"I'll have to agree with you from a certain perspective, since you sucked at that last part," said Urd in a manner that could be both taken as a praise and an insult at the same time. "Speaking of competition though, I did notice myself at the end of it. It would have been a shame if your video version lost at the last minute to some other goddess, right?"
"We'll see about that," was the only thing that Peorth said, before she crossed her arms and stared back at the TV
"For once in this particular scenario, I'm looking forward Peorth-chan," added Urd in a cute voice. Yes, she was really starting to like how it was going if a part of her felt sorry for the other goddess, in case she happened to lose in this one as well.
Keiichi looked over at Belldandy, who seemed displeased. Before he could say anything, Belldandy said, "I know, I know. It never happened here, but it still bothers me a little."
"Bit of the same over here," Keiichi quietly said to Belldandy.
"At least everything seems peaceful for the moment in the video…" Lind said. She looked over at Chrono and Skuld.
"I think that either the Urd in the video is going to cause trouble or try and move the relationship along quicker," Chrono replied.
"Maybe both. It's a tossup if that'll be a good thing or not," Skuld quietly muttered.
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At the abandoned arcade…
"Thoughts, girls?" Chibi-Hild asked. Mara had returned to watch the video when it started.
"I wonder what's the status of Keiichi getting a wish in the video? will he still get one or has meeting Peorth somehow prevented him from getting one?" Mokkurkalfi asked.
Mara opened her mouth to speak, but stopped as she thought about Mokkurkalfi's words. After a few moments, she began to laugh.
"Heh heh heh! That'd be hilarious! A goddess accidentally-ha ha ha- preventing someone from getting a wish!" Mara said as she began to clutch her stomach.
"Now, now, Mara. As amusing as that might be, it would only be a setback for a little while with someone as unlucky as Keiichi before he winds up gettign another wish," Chibi-Hild said, making Mara slowly stop laughing. "As for my thoughts, I have to agree with Skuld and Chrono. Urd has a good chance at livening things up… or causing chaos and mischief with good intentions."
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Note from the author- A round of applause to kombatant88 for asking the question, "what if Peorth granted Keiichi's wish?"
The commentary parts of Urd and Peorth were written by zeroIQ.
I said this last time, but in the crossover Section of Ah!my Goddess and Star Trek Online, a story is put up. IdiAmeanDada, vanagandr, GaianKnignt, Angelalex242, and myself of the Goddess Relief Office forum are the authors. We decided to set up an account where we can all work together.