1 Chapter 3 - Unwelcome Company
Keiichi sat for some time. He was waiting.he felt he couldn't leave, he didn't dare move. He kept telling himself they'd be back soon, maybe time moved quickly in this realm and in his time they'd only be there for a few minutes. But minutes turned into hours and finally Megumi came home. She hadn't bought anything.
"Did they go?" Megumi asked, already knowing the answer.
Keiichi merely nodded.
"What now?" Megumi asked after a long, uncomfortable, but not unfamiliar, pause.
He shrugged. He never wanted to cry more than at this moment. His eyes began watering but before a tear trickled down he heard a knocking at the door. He jumped up with vigor, thoughts of Belldandy and the others in his head. He opened the door and almost yelled "Belldandy!", but before a word came out of his mouth he saw who was at the door. It was his sempis.
"Oh hi sempis," he said, trying to sound happy to see them.
"Morisato!" the biggest said. "We came to see you and Belldandy!"
Keiichi almost whimpered at the name. "She's-she's not here right now," he struggled to form the words.
"Morisato, have you been crying?" the same sempi asked.
"No, no of course not," Keiichi lied, holding back any further tears.
"Did we catch you at a bad time Morisato?"
"Yes, actually. Belldandy will be back any second and we have to go out so I'll have to see you all later," he was still struggling with his words, but his speech was no longer broken from withheld sobs.
The sempis nodded, looking at Keiichi curiously. "Well, we'll just see you later then."
And the sempis left. Keiichi closed the door and sighed greatly. Megumi looked at him, concern etched on her face. "Will you be okay Keiichi? They'll be back." she tried to soothe his worries but she had no idea what was really going on.
Keiichi just nodded. All he wanted to do now was sleep.sleep for as long as he could. Any conscious second without Belldandy was unbearable. He walked not ten feet when he heard another knock at the door.
"Why can't the sempis just leave me alone?" he mumbled to himself.
He opened the door. "Just go back to the dorms guys. I'm fine, really."
But it wasn't the sempis. It was Keiichi's mother and father.
"Oh hi dad," Keiichi said, trying to sound happy to see him.
"Keiichi.you know how I feel about being called dad. Please call me Keima," he said.
Keiichi smiled in a fake sort of way. "Sorry.Keima."
"We just saw your sempis," Keiichi's mother said.
"Really?" Keiichi asked, sweating slightly.
She nodded. "They said you looked flustered."
Keiichi highly doubted they said flustered, but his mother was always using such language. "Really? I have no idea why they would get that impression."
Keima Morisato frowned. "If something is wrong Keiichi you should tell us."
"There's nothing wrong." he lied. "Belldandy and I just have plans is all. We'll be leaving shortly and I just can't have company right now."
"Where is Belldandy?" Mrs. Morisato asked in a I don't believe a word you're saying tone. She was very good at that.
"She's in the shower," Megumi said, finally coming out of hiding.
"Ah Megumi!" Keima said happily. "So nice to see you," and here came the inevitable: "How's school?"
Megumi rolled her eyes slightly. "Dad I have plans as well..you guys should really get going."
Mrs. Morisato found this rather rude and opened her mouth to scold her daughter. But Keima was the first to speak. "Alright, alright. I get you don't want your boring old parents around," he said sweetly. "We'll leave."
Mrs. Morisato frowned greatly. "I expect a call tomorrow," she said.
The Morisatos left and Keiichi closed the door, more tired than ever. But bed was still not an option as the same bright light Sirona had come through appeared once again. Keiichi thought for a fleeting moment that it was Belle and the others but was once again disappointed. It was Sirona.
She smiled at both Keiichi and Megumi, who, not having seen it the first time, was ready to scream. Keiichi put his hand to her mouth before she could. "Don't worry.she isn't bad," he tried to calm her fears but she just looked from him to Sirona wide-eyed and scared.
Sirona seemed confused. "Who is she?"
"She's my sister. She doesn't know anything about all this.she doesn't even know what Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld really are."
Sirona nodded. "Well I have come for you and I guess now her. I was told to bring the Morisatos, but I just thought they had made a mistake. I mean, I didn't know there were two of you."
"Who's they?" Keiichi asked, his hand still to Megumi's mouth.
Sirona didn't seem to hear him. She was chanting under her breath in that same strange language. Three bright lights appeared behind her.
"I'll give you two minutes to explain this to her. After that these portals will close and you won't see your friends for a very long time."
She disappeared into the middle light, leaving Keiichi with Megumi. He took his hand away but she didn't scream. She was actually surprisingly calm about it.
"What's going on Keiichi?" she asked, looking at her brother like a scared child.
"Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld are not just regular girls," Keiichi began, all to aware of the two minute time limit. "They're Goddesses. Only not just Goddesses, they're also, well originally at least, Fae Goddesses. And now there's a war in the Fae realm where they originally came from and that's where they had to go. Now we're going there," Keiichi tried hard to make it all make sense but even he wasn't sure about all of it.
Megumi was now shaking her head. "And that is all true?"
Keiichi nodded. "And now we have to go. You can ask more questions there."
He took her hand and pushed her, as she wasn't exactly willing to just fling herself into some strange light portal, into the left light and when she had gone he took one last look around and jumped into the only remaining light. His former home swirled and disappeared behind him as a new world began to form in front of him.
Keiichi sat for some time. He was waiting.he felt he couldn't leave, he didn't dare move. He kept telling himself they'd be back soon, maybe time moved quickly in this realm and in his time they'd only be there for a few minutes. But minutes turned into hours and finally Megumi came home. She hadn't bought anything.
"Did they go?" Megumi asked, already knowing the answer.
Keiichi merely nodded.
"What now?" Megumi asked after a long, uncomfortable, but not unfamiliar, pause.
He shrugged. He never wanted to cry more than at this moment. His eyes began watering but before a tear trickled down he heard a knocking at the door. He jumped up with vigor, thoughts of Belldandy and the others in his head. He opened the door and almost yelled "Belldandy!", but before a word came out of his mouth he saw who was at the door. It was his sempis.
"Oh hi sempis," he said, trying to sound happy to see them.
"Morisato!" the biggest said. "We came to see you and Belldandy!"
Keiichi almost whimpered at the name. "She's-she's not here right now," he struggled to form the words.
"Morisato, have you been crying?" the same sempi asked.
"No, no of course not," Keiichi lied, holding back any further tears.
"Did we catch you at a bad time Morisato?"
"Yes, actually. Belldandy will be back any second and we have to go out so I'll have to see you all later," he was still struggling with his words, but his speech was no longer broken from withheld sobs.
The sempis nodded, looking at Keiichi curiously. "Well, we'll just see you later then."
And the sempis left. Keiichi closed the door and sighed greatly. Megumi looked at him, concern etched on her face. "Will you be okay Keiichi? They'll be back." she tried to soothe his worries but she had no idea what was really going on.
Keiichi just nodded. All he wanted to do now was sleep.sleep for as long as he could. Any conscious second without Belldandy was unbearable. He walked not ten feet when he heard another knock at the door.
"Why can't the sempis just leave me alone?" he mumbled to himself.
He opened the door. "Just go back to the dorms guys. I'm fine, really."
But it wasn't the sempis. It was Keiichi's mother and father.
"Oh hi dad," Keiichi said, trying to sound happy to see him.
"Keiichi.you know how I feel about being called dad. Please call me Keima," he said.
Keiichi smiled in a fake sort of way. "Sorry.Keima."
"We just saw your sempis," Keiichi's mother said.
"Really?" Keiichi asked, sweating slightly.
She nodded. "They said you looked flustered."
Keiichi highly doubted they said flustered, but his mother was always using such language. "Really? I have no idea why they would get that impression."
Keima Morisato frowned. "If something is wrong Keiichi you should tell us."
"There's nothing wrong." he lied. "Belldandy and I just have plans is all. We'll be leaving shortly and I just can't have company right now."
"Where is Belldandy?" Mrs. Morisato asked in a I don't believe a word you're saying tone. She was very good at that.
"She's in the shower," Megumi said, finally coming out of hiding.
"Ah Megumi!" Keima said happily. "So nice to see you," and here came the inevitable: "How's school?"
Megumi rolled her eyes slightly. "Dad I have plans as well..you guys should really get going."
Mrs. Morisato found this rather rude and opened her mouth to scold her daughter. But Keima was the first to speak. "Alright, alright. I get you don't want your boring old parents around," he said sweetly. "We'll leave."
Mrs. Morisato frowned greatly. "I expect a call tomorrow," she said.
The Morisatos left and Keiichi closed the door, more tired than ever. But bed was still not an option as the same bright light Sirona had come through appeared once again. Keiichi thought for a fleeting moment that it was Belle and the others but was once again disappointed. It was Sirona.
She smiled at both Keiichi and Megumi, who, not having seen it the first time, was ready to scream. Keiichi put his hand to her mouth before she could. "Don't worry.she isn't bad," he tried to calm her fears but she just looked from him to Sirona wide-eyed and scared.
Sirona seemed confused. "Who is she?"
"She's my sister. She doesn't know anything about all this.she doesn't even know what Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld really are."
Sirona nodded. "Well I have come for you and I guess now her. I was told to bring the Morisatos, but I just thought they had made a mistake. I mean, I didn't know there were two of you."
"Who's they?" Keiichi asked, his hand still to Megumi's mouth.
Sirona didn't seem to hear him. She was chanting under her breath in that same strange language. Three bright lights appeared behind her.
"I'll give you two minutes to explain this to her. After that these portals will close and you won't see your friends for a very long time."
She disappeared into the middle light, leaving Keiichi with Megumi. He took his hand away but she didn't scream. She was actually surprisingly calm about it.
"What's going on Keiichi?" she asked, looking at her brother like a scared child.
"Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld are not just regular girls," Keiichi began, all to aware of the two minute time limit. "They're Goddesses. Only not just Goddesses, they're also, well originally at least, Fae Goddesses. And now there's a war in the Fae realm where they originally came from and that's where they had to go. Now we're going there," Keiichi tried hard to make it all make sense but even he wasn't sure about all of it.
Megumi was now shaking her head. "And that is all true?"
Keiichi nodded. "And now we have to go. You can ask more questions there."
He took her hand and pushed her, as she wasn't exactly willing to just fling herself into some strange light portal, into the left light and when she had gone he took one last look around and jumped into the only remaining light. His former home swirled and disappeared behind him as a new world began to form in front of him.