Disclaimer: Keiichi, Peorth, and Belldandy are not my characters.
Author's note: I'm sorry it took so long for me to post this chapter. Enjoy!!
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Keiichi was confused at first when he found that he was dressed in new clothes and not just new, they were very odd and strange. He got over it though, as soon as he remembered what had just been interrupted. He looked up, fully expecting to see Belldandy with a perfectly logical explanation for all of this but instead, he saw that he had almost made a terrible mistake and instead saw Peorth. His memory returned in a flash and Keiichi felt rage building inside him.
Peorth watched the whole time when Keiichi was being transformed. She was unsure of all that had happened but when she saw Keiichi fully dressed and striding towards her with death shining in his normally calm eyes she involuntarily stepped back and decided to play it safe and tried casting another illusion on him.
"Don't try that junk on me, Peorth," spat Keiichi "It won't work."
"What am I doing," Keiichi thought, "she's an all-powerful goddess and you are human remember?"
"Not anymore." a little voice in his head said to him
"What's that supposed to mean" Keiichi thought back.
"You'll see." the voice snickered mischievously.
"Now, Peorth, let's play a little game ok?" said Keiichi
"What kind of game?" whispered a now white Peorth.
"Oh let's see, I ask a question and you answer truthfully."
"And if I refuse?"
"Oh, don't worry, you won't."
Keiichi drew a strange, even to him, rune in the air in between him and Peorth. He made a pushing motion. Peorth, shocked out of her fear, soon realized what he was trying to do and quickly cast a protection shield around her. Keiichi blanched at this but his body seemed not to be his now and his mouth said, "Oh really Peorth, I would expect something better than that from a first class goddess." His rune sped to the barrier and shattered it as Peorth became rather white. The rune sped and imbedded itself in Peorth's forehead, despite Peorth's feeble attempts to dislodge it. "I expect that you know what that is Peorth, the rune of truth." Keiichi calmly said, "Now if you want me to, I can put you under a spell so that I will be in control of you like you tried to do to me with that feeble potion of yours. That way, you have an excuse for your master. Or we can use the rune. Which would you prefer? Or would you prefer that I choose?"
"You can do whatever you want but I'm not talking." spat Peorth in the last chance of defiance.
"Very well." sighed Keiichi, "I just thought you might like the easier way."
Keiichi wove a strange pattern of magics and then wrapped it around Peorth as she struggled to get away from it. Within seconds, Peorth was under the control of the net of truth.
"Who are you?" Keiichi questioned.
"I am Peorth, goddess of the first class" droned Peorth
"Where is Belldandy?"
"With my master."
"Who is your master?"
"The dark lord"
"Why does he want Belldandy?"
"So the god in the legend can not defeat him."
"What?"
"She is a goddess of the present, pure and of goodness. The god of light can not beat him with her at his side."
"Is she alive?"
"If she remains a goddess, yes, if not, most likely no."
"What do you mean by not a goddess?"
"She sent all her power to you and the dark lord will most likely torture her first, as punishment."
"Torture?"
"Yes, he will use his magic to strike her body in many forms of physical pain."
"If she's not a goddess then what is she?"
"Now she is mortal for the time being."
"What do you mean by for the time being?"
"Her body will replace the magic that was lost over a period of time, if she lives."
"Where can I find this guy?"
"In the area between."
"How can I get there?"
"You must teleport yourself."
"How?"
You must something from that area to transport through"
"Like what?"
"The mirror that Belldandy got transported through."
"How do I use that?"
"Mortals can not use it but you can. Use the magic given to you."
"What do you mean? I am a mortal."
"Before you were a mortal, now you have become a god."
Author's note: I'm sorry it took so long for me to post this chapter. Enjoy!!
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Keiichi was confused at first when he found that he was dressed in new clothes and not just new, they were very odd and strange. He got over it though, as soon as he remembered what had just been interrupted. He looked up, fully expecting to see Belldandy with a perfectly logical explanation for all of this but instead, he saw that he had almost made a terrible mistake and instead saw Peorth. His memory returned in a flash and Keiichi felt rage building inside him.
Peorth watched the whole time when Keiichi was being transformed. She was unsure of all that had happened but when she saw Keiichi fully dressed and striding towards her with death shining in his normally calm eyes she involuntarily stepped back and decided to play it safe and tried casting another illusion on him.
"Don't try that junk on me, Peorth," spat Keiichi "It won't work."
"What am I doing," Keiichi thought, "she's an all-powerful goddess and you are human remember?"
"Not anymore." a little voice in his head said to him
"What's that supposed to mean" Keiichi thought back.
"You'll see." the voice snickered mischievously.
"Now, Peorth, let's play a little game ok?" said Keiichi
"What kind of game?" whispered a now white Peorth.
"Oh let's see, I ask a question and you answer truthfully."
"And if I refuse?"
"Oh, don't worry, you won't."
Keiichi drew a strange, even to him, rune in the air in between him and Peorth. He made a pushing motion. Peorth, shocked out of her fear, soon realized what he was trying to do and quickly cast a protection shield around her. Keiichi blanched at this but his body seemed not to be his now and his mouth said, "Oh really Peorth, I would expect something better than that from a first class goddess." His rune sped to the barrier and shattered it as Peorth became rather white. The rune sped and imbedded itself in Peorth's forehead, despite Peorth's feeble attempts to dislodge it. "I expect that you know what that is Peorth, the rune of truth." Keiichi calmly said, "Now if you want me to, I can put you under a spell so that I will be in control of you like you tried to do to me with that feeble potion of yours. That way, you have an excuse for your master. Or we can use the rune. Which would you prefer? Or would you prefer that I choose?"
"You can do whatever you want but I'm not talking." spat Peorth in the last chance of defiance.
"Very well." sighed Keiichi, "I just thought you might like the easier way."
Keiichi wove a strange pattern of magics and then wrapped it around Peorth as she struggled to get away from it. Within seconds, Peorth was under the control of the net of truth.
"Who are you?" Keiichi questioned.
"I am Peorth, goddess of the first class" droned Peorth
"Where is Belldandy?"
"With my master."
"Who is your master?"
"The dark lord"
"Why does he want Belldandy?"
"So the god in the legend can not defeat him."
"What?"
"She is a goddess of the present, pure and of goodness. The god of light can not beat him with her at his side."
"Is she alive?"
"If she remains a goddess, yes, if not, most likely no."
"What do you mean by not a goddess?"
"She sent all her power to you and the dark lord will most likely torture her first, as punishment."
"Torture?"
"Yes, he will use his magic to strike her body in many forms of physical pain."
"If she's not a goddess then what is she?"
"Now she is mortal for the time being."
"What do you mean by for the time being?"
"Her body will replace the magic that was lost over a period of time, if she lives."
"Where can I find this guy?"
"In the area between."
"How can I get there?"
"You must teleport yourself."
"How?"
You must something from that area to transport through"
"Like what?"
"The mirror that Belldandy got transported through."
"How do I use that?"
"Mortals can not use it but you can. Use the magic given to you."
"What do you mean? I am a mortal."
"Before you were a mortal, now you have become a god."