"Ai Shiteru"
An Ah! My Goddess/Ah! Megami-sama Fan FicBy: icezer230, a.k.a Shu.
E-mail: icezer230@yahoo.com (C&C welcome)
Webpage: http://icezer.itgo.com/fanfic.html
A BUNCH OF COPYRIGHT STUFF
This story right belongs to me (icezer230, a.k.a Shu). The characters true to AMG are copyrighted by Kosuke Fujishima and his associates. Brett, Chia-Yao, Syliana, and the other immortals (unless mentioned otherwise) from the 'Oh! My God!' fanfiction are copyrighted by Darkwind (a.k.a Brett Handy) and have been used with permission. The character of Kenji from the 'No Mere Mortal' fanfiction is a creation of Ed Sharpe. This is my first attempt at fanfiction, so give me all the gory details on spelling, grammar, and other errors.
A LEGEND, FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT.
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[ ]=insertions/interruptions by the author!*****
Skuld looked at the way Keiichi and Belldandy were sitting together on the veranda and sighed. She now knew that it was useless trying to tear the two apart. It was as if Kami-sama had wanted them together from the start. *Dad always had a way with things...* she mused. If he wanted things to be done a certain way, he could definitely do it.
She looked towards Urd's vacant room and sighed even louder. Brett and Urd had decided to take a little vacation on Christmas Island just for the weekend...and they had the audacity to leave her out of it! What nerve!
What was worse, Banpei-kun had just broken down. Skuld usually used the TV parts for repairs on any of her projects (there _were_ a lot of machinery to be used in that TV set) so when Urd took the TV on her trip (in case she needed to teleport in times of emergency), Skuld was stuck doing the dishes. Banpei-kun, who had done whatever her share of housework labor had demanded. This was one of the few times she actually manually worked the chores that were split up between the three sisters (and occasionally the rest of the male members of the house).
*Arg! I'm 16! I should be hanging out with my friends at the mall, eating ice cream and talking about the latest songs and cute guys!* she thought to herself in an angry tone. *It's not like I don't have a life or anything!* She said again silently. She gave out a small sigh and turned the tap off. She was done with the dishes... something she would rather not do while she was in the prime of her life.
She didn't really need any friends at the moment. After all, she _was_ one of the foremost youngest child prodigies on Earth. And a beautiful goddess at that too, she reminded herself, to boost her somewhat low self-esteem. Lately, she had been having a lot of migraines and it was weakening her brain. Or was it all that ice cream she ate the other week? No matter, Skuld, soon-to-be greatest scientist in the universe, was going to be back on tip-top shape in no time!
Yet she wasn't so sure right now.
Suddenly, a wave of pain hit her right at the center of her forehead as if it was the center of a 8.0 Richter quake. She clutched her head in agony as the world spun around her, making her movements seem _way_ out of balance, the tremors in her head getting longer and harder to take. The last thing she saw before the whole universe went dark was the tiled kitchen floor.
"Love will die if held too tightly;
Love will fly if held too lightly;
Lightly, tightly, how do I know,
Whether I'm holding or letting love go?"
--from a poem.CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING OF THE END... "Belldandy? Is that you? I wanted to know if Bug was busy right now. I want to talk to her about something. What!? Bug? Unconscious? I'll be there right away!" Chia-Yao, the God of Truth, replied. As soon as Belldandy told him what had happened, she heard a click and the disconnected tone.
*Immortals do _not_ fall sick easily, period. Immortals don't faint easily, period.* There was something seriously wrong with Skuld, and it was his duty as her friend to help however he could. Also, Skuld was the immortal he loved. He never admitted it out loud, but he loved the bickering they usually had when they were together, the fun times they had when they were working on a project...
He never really told him about how he felt. He wanted to do so desperately, the last time they'd met, but... well, his job always got in the way of things. After all, being the God of Truth and a leader of the Security Daemons was no easy task. He wanted to tell her that he cared for her, right there and then. And he would, once he got there. And it would be... perfect. It would be just him and Skuld, and no one else.
*****
"Hello, is this Belldandy? This is Kenji speaking. May I speak to Skuld?" Kenji asked as politely as he could. *I hope she's free Friday. There's a great movie out and I want to take her! Then I can tell her how I really feel about her!*
"Oh hello, Kenji. What a pleasant surprise! I'm sorry, Skuld's not available right now. She's unconscious right now. Should I tell her to call you once she regains her consciousness?" Belldandy said in a worried voice. *What? Skuld? No wonder she didn't call me this morning!* he thought.
"Unconscious? What happened to her?" he asked concernedly.
"Well, we don't know yet. A doctor's coming over soon to examine her...Kenji? Kenji?" Belldandy was cut off. She raised an eyebrow and replaced the receiver. *Kids these days...* she sighed. *Maybe I should call Urd and tell her what's going on... Maybe she knows a God or two that will come down to the Mortal Realm and examine Skuld... Oh Kami-sama, I hope she's okay...*
*****
"Brett honey, can you answer the phone for me?" Urd pleaded. She didn't want to move from her sanctuary. She needed her beauty sleep--after all, with a sister like Skuld, she needed to regain as much energy as she could (without getting drunk, for once). Plus, she had an image the keep up--she didn't want Brett to go astray after a couple of decades, did she?
"All right, I'll get it," Brett said. He was just about getting used to doing things for Urd in the mornings. Urd simply wasn't a morning person. Brett wasn't exactly a morning person, but he was not exactly a night person either. With a sigh, he trotted over to the phone and answered it not unlike a drone.
"Hello?"
"Brett? Is that you? This is Belldandy, can I talk to my sister?" Belldandy's voice came through the phone. There was a hint of emergency to her tone, so he said sure and dragged the whole phone down to where Urd lay curled up in a fetus position so that her majesty would not have to get up. He shook her slightly and said that it was for her.
"Moshi Moshi?" she growled before yawning loudly into the receiver.
"Oneechan? This is Bell! Skuld's unconscious and I don't know what's wrong with her! She's delirious and she's mumbling all sorts of nonsense! I think she's delirious! Can you come?" Belldandy's unusually pleading voice woke Urd up in an instant. She snapped her fingers and then she was ready to go, all dressed and made up. She snapped her fingers again and the TV she brought from home wavered over to her. She took it and went in, leaving Brett astounded in his underwear.
Suddenly, Urd came back and pulled Brett in with her after snapping her fingers once more, Brett instantly dressed in his usual jeans and T-shirt attire. *I _knew_ I forgot something! Why does something like this always seem to happen when you're having fun?* she sighed as they teleported back to the temple. They showed up at the living room and proceeded to Skuld's room. Brett didn't know what happened or what was going on, so he just tried to follow Urd.
Just then, he saw a brilliant flash of light and Chia-Yao appeared next to him in his usual outfit. However, he looked a little agitated and seemed to ignore Brett's presence. He rushed to Skuld's room immediately and Brett wondered what had happened that could create such havoc in a short amount of time. He then followed Chia-Yao into Skuld's room.
What he saw was a highly delirious Skuld on her futon, mumbling something over and over incoherently. Belldandy was at her side near her pillow with a cloth, ready to change the one on Skuld's forehead. Keiichi looked on worriedly, while Urd was assessing the situation with her magic. Chia-Yao and Brett just stood there, not knowing what to do or what to think.
Then Urd rushed out of the room without saying anything, towards the direction of the phone. Brett peeked his head out of Skuld's room and walked towards the same direction. She rapidly dialed a number, but since she was so nervous, she kept getting the wrong number. She then took a deep breath and slowly dialed the number that hopefully could help Skuld from her dilemma. Brett went beside her and took her other hand, the one that didn't have the receiver and squeezed it. Urd gave him a small but sad smile.
"Is Aska in? This is Urd...Hai, my sister is having a strange disease, I need your help. Please come...Yes, yes, the coordinates are 3-2834-2884-212. Please help her. Thank you!" she said before she hung up. Then she faced Brett and hugged him tight. *Urd isn't usually so emotional about her sister, that means something is really wrong about Skuld...I hope she's all right!*
A brilliant flash of light appeared from outside and a loud knock at the front door was heard. Urd reluctantly released the hug and hurried to answer the door. When she opened it, there was a handsome reddish-brown-haired man wearing a full dark business outfit. He was wearing dark glasses and he carried a small silver suitcase. Urd bowed and he nodded as he entered without saying anything.
Urd showed him where Skuld was and he instantly used his magic to see what was wrong with her. After a moment or two, he looked inside his bag, which contained thousands of nearly microscopic little books written in the Language of the Gods. He carefully chose one and enlarged it. Then he flipped it to a certain page and spoke an incantation, whispering and his tone melodious. The instant the incantation was finished, Skuld's face color became almost normal and she stopped moaning. However, she still stayed pale and did not wake up.
"I must speak with you in private, Norns..." the strange man in black said. Urd nodded and Belldandy followed as well to Urd's room. The male crowd stayed behind in Skuld's room to look after her, although they did it reluctantly. They wanted to know what was wrong. What was wrong with Skuld? Was she going to be all right?
*****
"All right, what's the deal?" Urd impatiently snapped.
"Although disease is rare among immortals unless their powers are diminished, it seems that your sister has gotten pneumonia. Has she been in contact with extreme cold temperatures in the last 48 hours?" the man asked, taking off his glasses and revealing his fiery red eyes as he cleaned them with a cloth.
"Not that we know of, Aska. It's summer here at the moment," Belldandy answered. Aska raised his right eyebrow and frowned. Then his eyes widened, as if he remembered something.
"Has your sister made frequent contacts with something known in layman's terms as 'bugs' during her stay in the mortal realm? You see, if she did, it would cause her immortal powers to weaken due to the exertion of power..." he ranted on like a mad scientist explaining how his new invention worked.
"So you're saying that frequent or prolonged contact with bugs will allow us to be susceptible to mortal epidemics and diseases?" Urd asked, tired of trying to keep up with the scholar.
"Precisely! She will need to be in bed for a few weeks but she'll be all right. She will need lots of rest and you can buy the prescription I give you at the local drug store. You will, however, need to find the 'bugs' and eliminate them so her disease can be cured," he said, taking something from within his vest and handing it to Urd. It was the portable, shrinkable version of the handy-dandy bug-smashing hammer.
"However, since her job is as a debugger, she may come into further contact with this disease from time to time...I think you owe me a drink for this one, Urd. I'll have to get back to my job if there's nothing else," he continued. The sisters said their thanks. The God of Healing bowed, and left without further ado.
*****
Skuld opened her eyes and saw a blurry surface. She blinked for a while and the image cleared to become a ceiling. Her room's ceiling. She rotated her eyes and saw that there were many people crowded around her. Even Brett, Urd, and Chia-Yao had came from where they were! Why did Brett and Urd leave their vacation and Chia Yao leave his post in Heaven? *Were they worried about me?*
"Skuld, you're awake! Aska was just here and he told us that the bugs you've been in contact with here on the mortal realm caused your disease. You should be all right, but you'll need a lot of rest," Belldandy said with a happy grin. She hugged her little sister like there was no tomorrow.
"Uh...Did you guys catch the plate number of that truck? I feel like hell..." Skuld groaned as she released herself from Belldandy's hug and clutched her head. She didn't really pay much attention to what her sister said since it hurt so much.
"Good thing you're OK, bug. I was worried there for a moment..." Chia-Yao said, smiling sadly. "Hope you get better soon. I've got something I want you to give me your opinion on. I've sort of created a prototype of the BFG [BIG Fuckin' Gun, not the Big Friendly Giant in this case :P] XVIII and..." Chia-Yao was cut off by the sound of the doorbell.
"I'll get it," Belldandy said, back in her normally cheerful mode. Keiichi followed her while Urd and Brett shared a knowing look after glancing at the two young immortals as they talked shop. *They were going to be _some_ pair if they get together...*
"Hi Belldandy! Is Skuld all right now?" Kenji's voice was heard at the front door. Before Belldandy could answer though, Kenji had already reached Skuld's door and peeked his head inside. He saw Chia-Yao and vice versa. Then Chia-Yao looked at Skuld questioningly and Kenji wondered who the strange guy in the weird outfit was next to Skuld.
"Who are you?" they asked each other at the same time.
***** END OF CHAPTER 1 *****
'Till next time, au revoir!FOOTNOTES
Final comments!:Don't you just luv cliff-hangers? J/k, I personally hate them but I could not think of ending the chapter any way else! Hey, I gave you a warning already on the fanfiction page, where I put everything else I write! I think Skuld's attitude towards Keiichi-san is appropriate...after all, she's 16! It's what, 4 years, since her initial encounter with Keiichi? She's got to get over it someday! The comment about teenagers being 'at the mall, eating ice cream and talking about the latest songs and the handsomest actors' is based on some real experiences. I've done the first two but I have not participated in the 3rd one...and I don't think I ever will.
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