The sun shines brightly in its early morning glory as a new day dawns in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is Saturday, and the streets of the downtown district are already bustling with the chaotic activities of a thousand shoppers. But Keiichi cares nothing of this. Keiichi Morisato is an ordinary Japanese college student with an extra-ordinary girlfriend, Belldandy, a Goddess from heaven.
It is nearly 10:00 in the morning, but Keiichi is still sleeping the morning away for it is his first day off from work and school in nearly a month. Elsewhere in the temple complex that he and the three Goddesses call home, Belldandy is cooking breakfast for Keiichi, Skuld is working on yet another upgrade for Banpei and Urd is starting her day with the usual bottle of strong sake.
As Keiichi's alarm clock rudely awakens him with a familiar buzz, he suddenly realizes that he is free from the chains of work for a single day.
"This is one day I'm not going to spend sleeping!" he thought to himself as he leapt from his futon and into the shower. "I've gotta go do something special with Belldandy. . . maybe a picnic or a ride through the country on the bike. . ." Keiichi's mind eagerly races with the thoughts of numerous activities to share with his lovely Belldandy.
Stepping into the shower, Keiichi begins to daydream about Belldandy. . . her long hazel hair and her clear blue eyes.
"I've got it! We'll go have a picnic in the mountains! Near the Honda Lodge!" Keiichi says as he remembers the beautiful scenery from their adventure at the Honda Lodge (*see Oh! My Goddess: Ninja Master). Rushing downstairs to ask Belldandy what she thought about his plans for the day, Keiichi sprints into the kitchen to find. . . nothing. . . except his breakfast and a note with his name on it.
Slightly disappointed, Keiichi walks over the counter and picks up the note.
"Dear Keiichi, I'm sorry that I left so early but I left you breakfast on the counter. I'll be back later today after I'm done my shopping.
-Belldandy"
"Well, there go my plans for the day. I can only hope that she returns early. . ." Keiichi mutters to himself. Hearing an odd clanging noise from "Skuld's Labs" Keiichi walks to the doorway and knocks lightly on the door.
"Yes?" Skuld answers the door with a blow torch in hand and a hammer in the other. "Keiichi, I'm kinda busy right now," she says in an annoyed tone of voice.
"What the heck are you doing? There's a weird noise coming from your room. . . and now that I'm here, I notice a weird smell too."
"Umm . . . none of your business!" Skuld retorts as she slams her door in Keiichi's face.
". . . ok . . ."
Walking back into the kitchen, Keiichi remembers his breakfast sitting on the counter.
"What am I going to do until Bell-Chan gets back?" Keiichi muses to himself. In the back corner of his mind, the perpetual list of chores shows itself. There are enough things to do to last him until lunch. By then, Belldandy surely would have gotten back from shopping!
"Hmmm . . . first thing to do. . . oh yea! I need to pick up some spare parts for the bike. . . and . . . some other stuff. . ." Keiichi racks his brain for the list but all he remember are the spare components for the bike.
"Hey Skuld! Need any mecha parts while I'm out?" Keiichi calls to Skuld.
"No thank you! But if you could pick up some ice cream I'd appreciate it!" Skuld calls
back.
"Hey Urd! Need anything while I'm going out?"
"Yea right, like I'm gonna let you shop for me. . . get real!"
"Whatever" Keiichi mutters under his breath as he walks out the door.
Flipping out his cell phone, Keiichi dials Otaki's number, the bike specialist of the Nekomi Institute of Technology Motor Cycle Club (or NITMCC for short). After all, who better to ask than the self-proclaimed champion of motorcycles?
"Mushi-mushi? Otaki here, talk to me."
"Hey Otaki, I'm going shopping for some bike parts. What do you recommend as a secondary brake disk for my BMW side car bike rig?"
"Buddy, you know me! You know I'm gonna say 'You can never go wrong with Honda components. Toyota is a close second.' right?"
"Yea, I know, just checking though."
"You can never go wrong with Honda components. Toyota is a close second."
"I kinda figured that out. Thanks"
"No problem, see ya later."
"Bye."
Keiichi grabs his black helmet with red stripes and hops onto his bike, but not before undoing the side car rig. "Wow. It's really been a long time since I rode without the side car. This is so weird!" Somehow, the BMW bike didn't seem 'complete' to Keiichi. Maybe it was because the bike was without its sidecar or maybe it was because Keiichi was going somewhere without Belldandy for the first time in a long while.
Pulling his bike off of the temple complex and into the busy streets of Chiba, Keiichi heads towards Whirlwind, the motorcycle shop.
Walking through the door and into the shop, Keiichi encounters an extremely pissed off Chihiro. "Do you realize you're about 3 hours late for work?" she asks in an icy voice.
"Ummm. . . it's my day off today. . . I don't have work."
"We'll see about this. . . damn you're right." Chihiro reluctantly admits. "Ok Morisato, what do you want?"
"I need to pick up a Honda secondary brake disk. Can I get a discount because I work here?"
". . . . no!" Chihiro bluntly states. "You may work here, but you're not working right now, so 'no.'"
"Fine whatever. Just give me the part ok? I've got a lot of work to do with the bike before Bell-Chan gets back."
"Ok ok! Here's the part."
"How much do I owe?"
"Nothing."
"REALLY?!"
"Nope, I'm deducting it from your pay."
". . . I knew it was too good to be true. . ."
"Bye bye! Come back soon!" Chihiro taunts in a falsely polite voice as Keiichi leaves the shop.
Pulling his bike back into the busy streets of Chiba, Keiichi decides to visit Tokyo (on impulse) and goes to the metro terminal. Unfortunately, this decision is a bad one, and of course bad omens begin to appear. The oncoming group of commuters continually bump into him. Fearing for the safety of his wallet, Keiichi quickly shoves his hand into his pocket to hold onto the wallet.
Since it is Saturday and there are many people going shopping in Tokyo, the subway is more crowded than usual. After getting jostled around for about half an hour, Keiichi finally manages to get himself into one of the over loaded trains.
"It wouldn't be such a bad idea to get Belldandy a gift while I'm in Tokyo. . . hmmm . . . let's see . . . what was the name of that florist that uncle recommended?" Keiichi muses to himself. "Oh yea, his name was Akira Fujishima! I think I'll get Belldandy some roses, those are his specialty, I think."
Getting off at the first terminal that he could in Tokyo, Keiichi decides to walk to the florist's shop. It wasn't too far from his uncle's house, so he could drop by to visit him as well. Strolling over to a street map on a post, Keiichi notices that he's only about a km from his uncle's house and the florist's shop. Unfortunately, the only way for him to get there was to walk because he left his bike back at the Chiba metro station.
Walking over to his uncle's house wouldn't be the challenge. The challenge was that the most direct route to his house was through a bad part of town. . . the kind of area filled with gang activity and with back alleyways crammed with filth.
Although it was now about 11:00 in the morning, the alleys and streets were dark because of the tall buildings. It was hard to expect any living thing to live in this part of town let alone to expect some flowers to bloom here.
Seeing the small florist's shop, Keiichi walks over and greets the florist cheerfully. "Hi! I'd like a dozen long stemmed roses for my girlfriend and a nice potted plant for my uncle. . . how about that potted tiger lily?"
"Sure, that comes to about 3000 yen."
"Thank you."
Walking across the street to his uncle's apartment, Keiichi notices that the building is better kept than the ones around it. It was cleaner and newer than the other buildings surrounding it.
Keiichi rings the buzzer only to be prompted by an irritated voice.
"Who's there?"
"Hi uncle! It's me, Keiichi!"
Immediately the voice becomes friendlier and kinder as he recognizes his nephew's voice. "Come on up! I'll put some tea on!"
Once Keiichi is inside the apartment, he presents the potted tiget-lily to his uncle. "Here uncle, I was just in Tokyo and I came by to visit you! I got you a potted plant."
"So what are the other 12 roses for?"
"Ummm . . . How have you been doing?"
"Ha ha hah! I see!" laughed his uncle. "You've got a girlfriend! Don't worry, I won't tell your parents! But trust me, you don't want to stay a bachelor all your life! I would know!"
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got some more housework to finish. I only came by to check up on you."
"Huh. . . Did your parents put you up to this? You know, they've tried to convince me to move away from here for as long as I can remember."
"Yes, I know. And 'no' I came of my own free will."
"Well, I'd better let you go and finish whatever housework your girlfriend has left you with! Ha hah! She's whipped you already!"
"Bye! Take care!" Keiichi mumbles as his face turns a bright shade of crimson red.
++++To Be Continued in Part 2: Blind Stumbles++++
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It is nearly 10:00 in the morning, but Keiichi is still sleeping the morning away for it is his first day off from work and school in nearly a month. Elsewhere in the temple complex that he and the three Goddesses call home, Belldandy is cooking breakfast for Keiichi, Skuld is working on yet another upgrade for Banpei and Urd is starting her day with the usual bottle of strong sake.
As Keiichi's alarm clock rudely awakens him with a familiar buzz, he suddenly realizes that he is free from the chains of work for a single day.
"This is one day I'm not going to spend sleeping!" he thought to himself as he leapt from his futon and into the shower. "I've gotta go do something special with Belldandy. . . maybe a picnic or a ride through the country on the bike. . ." Keiichi's mind eagerly races with the thoughts of numerous activities to share with his lovely Belldandy.
Stepping into the shower, Keiichi begins to daydream about Belldandy. . . her long hazel hair and her clear blue eyes.
"I've got it! We'll go have a picnic in the mountains! Near the Honda Lodge!" Keiichi says as he remembers the beautiful scenery from their adventure at the Honda Lodge (*see Oh! My Goddess: Ninja Master). Rushing downstairs to ask Belldandy what she thought about his plans for the day, Keiichi sprints into the kitchen to find. . . nothing. . . except his breakfast and a note with his name on it.
Slightly disappointed, Keiichi walks over the counter and picks up the note.
"Dear Keiichi, I'm sorry that I left so early but I left you breakfast on the counter. I'll be back later today after I'm done my shopping.
-Belldandy"
"Well, there go my plans for the day. I can only hope that she returns early. . ." Keiichi mutters to himself. Hearing an odd clanging noise from "Skuld's Labs" Keiichi walks to the doorway and knocks lightly on the door.
"Yes?" Skuld answers the door with a blow torch in hand and a hammer in the other. "Keiichi, I'm kinda busy right now," she says in an annoyed tone of voice.
"What the heck are you doing? There's a weird noise coming from your room. . . and now that I'm here, I notice a weird smell too."
"Umm . . . none of your business!" Skuld retorts as she slams her door in Keiichi's face.
". . . ok . . ."
Walking back into the kitchen, Keiichi remembers his breakfast sitting on the counter.
"What am I going to do until Bell-Chan gets back?" Keiichi muses to himself. In the back corner of his mind, the perpetual list of chores shows itself. There are enough things to do to last him until lunch. By then, Belldandy surely would have gotten back from shopping!
"Hmmm . . . first thing to do. . . oh yea! I need to pick up some spare parts for the bike. . . and . . . some other stuff. . ." Keiichi racks his brain for the list but all he remember are the spare components for the bike.
"Hey Skuld! Need any mecha parts while I'm out?" Keiichi calls to Skuld.
"No thank you! But if you could pick up some ice cream I'd appreciate it!" Skuld calls
back.
"Hey Urd! Need anything while I'm going out?"
"Yea right, like I'm gonna let you shop for me. . . get real!"
"Whatever" Keiichi mutters under his breath as he walks out the door.
Flipping out his cell phone, Keiichi dials Otaki's number, the bike specialist of the Nekomi Institute of Technology Motor Cycle Club (or NITMCC for short). After all, who better to ask than the self-proclaimed champion of motorcycles?
"Mushi-mushi? Otaki here, talk to me."
"Hey Otaki, I'm going shopping for some bike parts. What do you recommend as a secondary brake disk for my BMW side car bike rig?"
"Buddy, you know me! You know I'm gonna say 'You can never go wrong with Honda components. Toyota is a close second.' right?"
"Yea, I know, just checking though."
"You can never go wrong with Honda components. Toyota is a close second."
"I kinda figured that out. Thanks"
"No problem, see ya later."
"Bye."
Keiichi grabs his black helmet with red stripes and hops onto his bike, but not before undoing the side car rig. "Wow. It's really been a long time since I rode without the side car. This is so weird!" Somehow, the BMW bike didn't seem 'complete' to Keiichi. Maybe it was because the bike was without its sidecar or maybe it was because Keiichi was going somewhere without Belldandy for the first time in a long while.
Pulling his bike off of the temple complex and into the busy streets of Chiba, Keiichi heads towards Whirlwind, the motorcycle shop.
Walking through the door and into the shop, Keiichi encounters an extremely pissed off Chihiro. "Do you realize you're about 3 hours late for work?" she asks in an icy voice.
"Ummm. . . it's my day off today. . . I don't have work."
"We'll see about this. . . damn you're right." Chihiro reluctantly admits. "Ok Morisato, what do you want?"
"I need to pick up a Honda secondary brake disk. Can I get a discount because I work here?"
". . . . no!" Chihiro bluntly states. "You may work here, but you're not working right now, so 'no.'"
"Fine whatever. Just give me the part ok? I've got a lot of work to do with the bike before Bell-Chan gets back."
"Ok ok! Here's the part."
"How much do I owe?"
"Nothing."
"REALLY?!"
"Nope, I'm deducting it from your pay."
". . . I knew it was too good to be true. . ."
"Bye bye! Come back soon!" Chihiro taunts in a falsely polite voice as Keiichi leaves the shop.
Pulling his bike back into the busy streets of Chiba, Keiichi decides to visit Tokyo (on impulse) and goes to the metro terminal. Unfortunately, this decision is a bad one, and of course bad omens begin to appear. The oncoming group of commuters continually bump into him. Fearing for the safety of his wallet, Keiichi quickly shoves his hand into his pocket to hold onto the wallet.
Since it is Saturday and there are many people going shopping in Tokyo, the subway is more crowded than usual. After getting jostled around for about half an hour, Keiichi finally manages to get himself into one of the over loaded trains.
"It wouldn't be such a bad idea to get Belldandy a gift while I'm in Tokyo. . . hmmm . . . let's see . . . what was the name of that florist that uncle recommended?" Keiichi muses to himself. "Oh yea, his name was Akira Fujishima! I think I'll get Belldandy some roses, those are his specialty, I think."
Getting off at the first terminal that he could in Tokyo, Keiichi decides to walk to the florist's shop. It wasn't too far from his uncle's house, so he could drop by to visit him as well. Strolling over to a street map on a post, Keiichi notices that he's only about a km from his uncle's house and the florist's shop. Unfortunately, the only way for him to get there was to walk because he left his bike back at the Chiba metro station.
Walking over to his uncle's house wouldn't be the challenge. The challenge was that the most direct route to his house was through a bad part of town. . . the kind of area filled with gang activity and with back alleyways crammed with filth.
Although it was now about 11:00 in the morning, the alleys and streets were dark because of the tall buildings. It was hard to expect any living thing to live in this part of town let alone to expect some flowers to bloom here.
Seeing the small florist's shop, Keiichi walks over and greets the florist cheerfully. "Hi! I'd like a dozen long stemmed roses for my girlfriend and a nice potted plant for my uncle. . . how about that potted tiger lily?"
"Sure, that comes to about 3000 yen."
"Thank you."
Walking across the street to his uncle's apartment, Keiichi notices that the building is better kept than the ones around it. It was cleaner and newer than the other buildings surrounding it.
Keiichi rings the buzzer only to be prompted by an irritated voice.
"Who's there?"
"Hi uncle! It's me, Keiichi!"
Immediately the voice becomes friendlier and kinder as he recognizes his nephew's voice. "Come on up! I'll put some tea on!"
Once Keiichi is inside the apartment, he presents the potted tiget-lily to his uncle. "Here uncle, I was just in Tokyo and I came by to visit you! I got you a potted plant."
"So what are the other 12 roses for?"
"Ummm . . . How have you been doing?"
"Ha ha hah! I see!" laughed his uncle. "You've got a girlfriend! Don't worry, I won't tell your parents! But trust me, you don't want to stay a bachelor all your life! I would know!"
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got some more housework to finish. I only came by to check up on you."
"Huh. . . Did your parents put you up to this? You know, they've tried to convince me to move away from here for as long as I can remember."
"Yes, I know. And 'no' I came of my own free will."
"Well, I'd better let you go and finish whatever housework your girlfriend has left you with! Ha hah! She's whipped you already!"
"Bye! Take care!" Keiichi mumbles as his face turns a bright shade of crimson red.
++++To Be Continued in Part 2: Blind Stumbles++++
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