Desert Rose
Chapter Two
By AlantisB
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in this story but the plot is mine! ::shoves lawyers into a closet and locks it, swallowing the key:: MWAHAHA! Butt out legal people, this baby is mine! ::cackles evilly::
A/N: Wow, have I got a chapter for you! This one is packed full with nice little tidbits of future events to come. Some clues will be harder to find then others, that's all I'll say on that subject. ^.^ Sorry it took so long but I had that horrible horror called WRITER'S BLOCK! AAAAH!
But I'm okay now. So sit back, and relax for the long awaited chapter is here just for you!
"..talking.."
'..thinking..'
"God Language."
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Enjoy it! And Review, please?
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Odin, sometimes called "Kami-sama" rubbed his temples feeling the pain of a great headache coming on. Although he had created his direct descendents, the gods and goddesses, he still had too much work on his hands. After years and years of doing paperwork, he had decided around the time of Bastet's punishment to create the World Tree computer.
The World Tree computer was the most complex and complete system in the universe. It had everything that had ever been born, to everything that had died. It listed the gods and goddesses, all files for everything and a large data base full of all the systems used inside. All and all, it was the type of computer that would make even the most scientific minds boggle at the possibly of something so complex. It kept the universe together.
That doesn't mean it didn't have bugs in it, like all computers do. But the bugs on the World Tree aren't like computer bugs. Since the tree itself was a live, so were the bugs. The bugs looked like a cross between a spider and a furry animal making one fast little glitch. There were gods and goddesses that took care of that sort of thing, like Skuld, the goddess of the future and one of the three fates but they still showed up everywhere.
Odin glanced down at the large amount of files he had on his desk of all the children in the universe that are in line for a wish. In the universe, there are kind-hearted people who get the chance to wish for anything they would want. Some could even wish for the end of the universe, but the World Tree looked out for people like that and they tended to never reach his desk for the processing step. He sighed and felt like falling asleep even though he didn't need to. It was so boring, there hadn't been any excitement in centuries except maybe the war that was on Planet Earth.
So far, Earth had been the only ones in the universe to create giant robots that had enough power to seriously damage a planet if you were to blast one. But that didn't mean they were very far in technology compared to the rest of the universe. They still haven't figured out how to get past the speed of light for travel or create any live spaceships like the Juraians. They haven't created much medical advancement like the Saiya-jin with the regeneration tanks they had acquired. In fact, the humans of Earth still haven't even contacted any aliens at all yet.
The only interesting thing they had going for them is two gods were involved with the war. One was his son - which he felt had a very bad life. Odin had wanted him to have a good one but the three fates intervened and his life was spent mostly in training to become a soldier for the war. The other was Bastet, or at least her latest reincarnation named Duo Maxwell.
Just as he had commanded, in each of Bastet's lives were spent mostly alone and with no one to love. It pained him to hear that Bastet had no longer believed in him anymore. At the age of twelve Duo Maxwell had stop believing in him when his church burned down. But he suspected he deserved that; he had taken away his family at the age of two and made him live on the streets. Then he met another street rat like him and took him away with a disease and burning down the Maxwell church.
He brought up a screen to let him view the sleeping goddess renncarnation. He smiled faintly, Duo was as beautiful as Bastet had been. Perhaps Duo was even more beautiful then the cat goddess, he had a good heart like her and was just as complex. His chestnut hair attracted your eyes with its full luscious look and the shear length of it. His eyes were his best feature, they were Bastet's eyes. The only thing in the eyes that were different from Bastet's was that they weren't slit like cat eyes.
He had some of her attributes like her love of excitement and danger, her little side job of pick pocketing and her specialty with knives. He had her personality for the most part, but he didn't have the gift of gab that Bastet had.
The gift of gab was the ability to speak to her patrons; all the different cats of the world like lions, tigers, normal house pet cats, etc. He frowned as the subject of cats came to his mind. Ever since he banished Bastet into punishment, different species of cats were dying out from extinction all over the world like the sabar-tooth tiger. Some disappeared for very mysterious reasons and he suspected it had to do with Bastet being turned mortal. 'Best not to think of it now, what is done, is done.' He thought with a sigh.
Odin brought up another screen to show his son that he loved so very much. His son was currently typing up something on his computer and looked deadly serious. The god of creation smiled faintly as he watched the young man on screen. He was perfect for the next god of soldiers, but first he had to make sure that the young man was truely ready for anything of this sort. Odin's eyes took on a mischievous glint as he smirked, a test would be the perfect way to find out!
It might also cure his boredom and if the god of creation was bored, he got a little too wicked in his ways. Last time he got really bored, he created dragons. A type of creature that was a cross between a lizard and a fire elemental, it was a very dangerous combination indeed. You don't even want to know the disasters that had caused all throughout history!
Maybe he will wake up Bastet too, while he was at it. After all, it had been a while since anything exciting had ever happened. She was usually the life of the gods, you know. A party animal, as the saying goes in this day and age. 'Maybe this would be good thing to shake up my warring children a little,' he thought with a smirk. 'It had been a while since these humans had seen anything supernatural. Can't have them getting to relaxed, that wouldn't be fair!'
Odin grinned as he picked up one of the files to see a picture of a young blond hair boy with startling sea greenish-blue eyes and nodded to himself as he smiled. He was perfect! He typed in a command into the World Tree computer as it beeped and hummed, getting the message to the Goddess Relief Office where they carried out the duty of going to the mortal lucky enough to get a wish.
The little mortal was just what he needed for this little project he cooked up; this child was perfect to grant the type of wish he wanted to see that would snap those humans back to their senses. The computer screen flashed the name in gold before sending it to the Goddess Relief Hotline.
Quatre Raberbra Winner: Age 16.
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He looked around feeling the intense desert heat on his back as he looked up at the large pyramids being built around him by slaves of his children. His children?! He had no children, did he? The pyramids are over 5,000 years old, how can they be building them now? He wanted to scratch his head in confusion but his body didn't obey his commands.
He saw old fashioned clothes on the people, and he felt a hot breeze rustle through his hair. But for some reason he couldn't control what he was doing so he couldn't look down to see what he was wearing to make him feel it. To him it felt like he was wearing nothing at all! Wouldn't he burn badly without a good cover of clothes? He had such white skin! He groaned at the thought of not having sunscreen with him. He was dead meat, no make that a BBQ without sauce. He grimaced at the thought, 'What a nasty picture that would be.'
He was feeling very confused, staring at the strange land he had never been to but it felt like home to him. He felt something brushing up against his leg and he looked down. His eyes widened when he saw a large white tiger that seemed bigger then it should be. The tiger had started rubbing up against him like a large house-cat looking for affection. He felt a companion with this tiger and strangely enough, he wasn't scared at all at the man-eating tiger that had a set of jaws that could crush his skull easily. He blinked when it looked up at him with chilling blue eyes that stared straight into his soul.
What happened next shocked him to the core.
It leaped onto him causing him to fall on his back, and he felt pain as his breath was knocked out of him for second because he was caught off guard. He saw the tiger lean its head down like it was going to eat his head or something and his eyes widened when it bypassed the front of his face and rested its head next to his ear. He felt the hot breath of the beast and he heard a rumble as if the large cat was purring. But when he listened closer he could almost hear something, it sounded almost as if it were a word.
/Rrrrrrememberrrrr. Rrrrrrememberrrr./
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Duo shot up from his bed and breathed heavy. He groaned and rubbed his eyes, glancing at the clock. 'Again with the dreams!' He thought, 'I'll never get a decent night sleep if this keeps up.' He yawned again and got out of bed, stumbling towards the shower grabbing some normal clothes on the way. Today they were going to leave for Egypt; it had been two weeks since Quatre had suggested the idea and after everything was set up they were ready to leave.
Duo had decided that since they were going to be in a place that would have temperatures well over 104ยบ, he might as wear something other then black. After doing a little shopping he had picked out a nice pair of blue jeans with the right leg ripped at his high thigh while the left leg had a big hole ripped right on the knee. His shirt consisted of one of those shirts that looked like a normal white t-shirt except for two things. One, the neckline was down to just over his nipples and it hung like someone had ripped it. Two, the left sleeve was ripped into strips with knots tied at the end.
'I'm too sexy for my clothes, too sexy for my pants, too sexy for my shirt,' he sang in his mind as he posed in front of the mirror after he had dressed and took a shower. He winked at his reflection and chuckled as he brushed out his hair. When he finished, he braided it quickly and tied off the end with a little black band. He went over to the bed and got his gym bag where he kept his change of clothes, stash of comic books, and his CD player with a few CDs. 'The necessities of a normal teenage boy!' He thought with a grin.
He sat back on the bed and stared at the clock, waiting for someone to tell him it was time to leave.
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Quatre stirred his cup of tea in the kitchen with a sigh as he glanced at the clock. It was too early to wake up the others yet, and he didn't get much sleep last night since he was so excited to see Egypt. It had been a while since he had been in the desert, and being in that wonderfully warm climate again will relax him.
He was getting a little hungry as he sipped the tea. He had told his servants they were on vacation and to go home last night before he went to bed. Now he slightly regretted it since none of the pilots were very good cooks, especially him self. Quatre spotted a Chinese takeout number on the fridge and smiled as he thought of his cook, Akbar. 'He always thinks of something so he wouldn't have to worry about me.' The blond thought with amusement as he picked up the phone and dialed the number.
Riiiiiing, riiiiiiiiiing.
"Hello. You've reached the Goddess Relief Hotline. A representative will be arriving shortly." A pleasant voice said over the line as Quatre blinked in confusion.
"I think I have the wrong number." He hung up the phone and sighed as he went to dial again. He happened to glance at the mirror that was in the hallway only to see a beautiful woman float out of the mirror. She had long brown hair and strange marking on her face. She turned to look at him.
His eyes widened and he dropped his tea as it crashed to the floor as he looked on with shock. He had seen the impossible, a woman had come out of a mirror; not just any woman but a very beautiful gaijin woman that had never-ending hair and startling brown eyes. She smiled at him sweetly.
"Hello! My name is Belldandy. I'm the Goddess of the present, first class unlimited."
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FINALLY! Rejoice for I have completed chapter two! I'm so sorry for the, what, three-month wait? But I promise this may be my best story ever if the ideas I've been getting turn out well. See; I had writer's block for a while so I couldn't get past what I should do in the next chapter. Now I have figured it out and TA DA! Just for you all!
Please review and tell me if you all liked this chapter just as much as the last one! ::winks:: Maybe chapter three will come out much quicker. Oh, and for those of you who are reading my other story, Braids of a Feather, chapter 15 is now posted!
Have a nice day!
-AlantisB
