Chapter 5
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The bright light gave way, and Arie and Belldandy floated out of the mirror. Standing straight up, Arie fixed her kimono and looked around the room.
"Where are we?"
Belldandy smiled, "This is where we live. Well me, Urd Skuld, Keiichi, and now you." Arie made a slight mentally note over the soft voice and the slight tinge of pink in her cheeks as she just mentioned Keiichi.
"Keiichi? ..Wait, and now me? Where's my room?"
"Where ever you want to have it. Mind you, when we have here is," as she pointed down the hall that they had come out of the mirror to. She saw as Belldandy pointed out the rooms. "Each of us has our own room, and a hobby room. I don't really, I just like to spend time in the kitchen and gardening." Arie gave a slight shutter. Belldandy took no notice, as if it were normal for someone to cringe at the thought that Gardening was more of a chore then a way of seeing things grow. "There is a spare bedroom at the far end, But Megumi uses it when she spends the night after a motor club party."
She ignored the names, deciding that at one point that she would learn it all, who knew how long that she would be there!
"Do you have an attic?"
Belldandy nodded, "we do, but it's small, but I could enlarge it a bit with out anyone really noticing it."
"That would be great!!" Arie exclaimed, as a black haired girl stood in the middle of the hall starring as if she had seen a ghost, Arie just clutched her head.
"Skuld...."
***
She glared through the glass windows of the infirmary in Asgards nursery. Beside her was Belldandy, and Urd. Footsteps followed behind her as she turned to see a soft-faced man.
"Kami-sama, Father!" Arie cried as she ran up to him and wrapped him in a childhood embrace. Bell-chan and Urd-chan stood there and bowed, as their mentors had taught them. She couldn't remember having one, but she knew that she didn't need one. Kami-sama pulled her in a warm embrace, and then pushed her out to arms length.
"I see that you haven't changed, my daughter." He looked at the other two, and then winking at Urd, "I would have thought that you would have broken her of that."
"Oh Kami-sama!" Arie giggles as Urd just shrugged and Belldandy joined in the hug anyways.
"So, is that REALLY our new sister?" Arie asked as she pulled on his arm towards the window that she could barely look over. They must have really only had been Nine, but who knows how Goddesses aged. That and Urd looked to be fifteen. The mature one.
Staring at the window, Urd pointed out, "You see the black haired baby? That's our sister!"
"Father, What's her name?"
"Skuld." Arie just stared back at her. Finally SHE wasn't the youngest, even though Bell-chan was her twin.
***
"Skuld..."
The girl only stared at them.
"Skuld.."
Belldandy stepped closer, but then the girl reached into the front of her shirt and pulled out what looked to be homemade bombs.
"Take one step closer...and i'll....i'll..." She started to threaten. Arie dared that one step as the girl stepped back.
"...Skuld...Your so much older then I last say you. No longer a child, but a goddess. And a beautiful one at that." Skuld was taken back. No one, not even Bell- chan said that she was a goddess, nor denied the fact that she was a child...which she wasn't!
"...who..who are you?"
That was when Belldandy stepped in. "This is Arie. She's my..uh..Twin sister."
There was that awkward Pause that Arie was now starting to get use to, and it was probably a good thing.
"Um, yeah, Hi, Skuld, I'm Arie, a long lost sister!"
Skuld looked up at her, and then smiled. "Well as long as your nicer then big sister Urd, then I guess that you can stay, for now."
Arie smiled. Thing were going to be fine! But then there was Urd, what would she remember?!
They wandered down the hall, as Skuld started to explain to Bell-chan about her newest version of this thing called Bampei, which had Arie all confused, towards the living room.
Arie then clutched her chest as a burning sensation came over her.
"Oh!" Doubling over, Belldandy and Skuld turned around and tried to hold her up, as she slumped over.
"Arie!.."
Arie Clutched her chest just above her left breast, just as Urd rounded the corner, lightning shook in hand.
"SHOW YOUR......Belldandy!!" Urd s topped in the middle of the hallway as Keiichi rounded the corner and froze to the spot.
"Bell..."
Urd rushed over, and moved Belldandy and Skuld away from Arie. Arie sighed as the pain lessened and looked to see who was all in the room. Urd looked down at her, and the crouched over, inspecting the girls face, and then to the wrinkle in the Kimono. Reaching over, without anyone able to say as word, she ripped open the top of the kimono, flashing everyone in the room. Skuld and Belldandy stared, Keiichi watched and then turned away as quick as he could look for something to clean up the blood that seemed to be dribbling out of his nose. Urd just smiled.
"It's you!"
Arie frowned and blushed as Urd pointed to the red mark on her chest.
"You!! YOU!!" Urd looked at Arie's face, and then took a step back. Arie closed her eye4s and pointed to Urd, "YOU BAKA!!"
Light shone through the room as a make formed on Urds face. It was the Japanese symbols for 'baka'. Skuld smiled and laughed at Urd as Belldandy and Arie just stared.
"..i..i..uh..i...did...um...ah...Urd, I presume?" Arie looked mightily embarrassed as Urd touched her forehead and flinched at Skulds laughs.
"Oh Dear!" Belldandy said looking at the whole thing.
And this was the welcome into her new temple home.
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"It's in here, i'm sure that it is!" Skuld typed and scanned the screen in from of her. Belldandy and Arie looked over her shoulder.
"You sure that i'm in there?" Skuld nodded.
"Well if anyone can find it, Skuld can." Belldandy said as she put a reassuring hand on Skulds shoulder. Arie just nodded, as she watched the screen. "Oh! There's Kyo!"
Skuld clicked on the link that opened up Kyo's file. Arie scanned the page. "He's the God of Patience. It also says here that it's not his original domain."
Belldandy's eyes grew sad. "No it isn't. He was the God of Harmony, but He took over his sisters domain when she died."
"Died"
"Akuma. That's how he was raised to Devil."
"Raised?..." Arie looked at the screen sad. So, his sister was in the same position as she was now. *Only that I won't loose!*
"Who then gained the domain of Harmony then?"
"I don't know, it's not even in the files, right Skuld?" Skuld only made an 'hmm' as she stared at the screen, typing in a few choice words.
"Ah Ha! Here it is!" Skuld exclaimed as she clicked on another link, that opened a separate window on the screen. Arie skimmed the screen, as it said;
Name: Arie
Adopted name: Andrea Yvonne Collet
Domain: Goddess of Moments
Medium: Glass
Time travel: Watches
Arie didn't really pay attention to the rest of the page, and Skuld printed out the page for her.
"Wow! You can travel through time. I haven't seen that often!"
"Yeah, that's' why she's still alive today." The voice from behind them turned out to be Urd, as she stood in the doorway.
"What are you talking about, Urd?" Ask Belldandy. Arie stared at Urd, as she looked at her.
"I was the one that brought Arie to her adopted home, in Canada. Although, at the time I didn't know who it was."
"What are you talking about, Urd?" Arie asked as she approached Urd, and the door.
"I saw a baby die, and put you in ..it's place." Belldandy and Skuld stared at Urd with wide eyes, and Aries filled up with tears. She then suddenly brushed past Urd and ran out the door and down the hallway to the back of the temple and to the trees. Urd looked sadly after the girl.
"..Urd?" Urd turned and looked at Belldandy and Skuld. Skuld hadn't left the computer chair, but she was clutching the paper that was just printed off. Belldandy stood in front of Urd, but she turned away. "I can't tell you, Bell-chan, sorry." And then Urd left and went into her hobby room, placing a 'Do not disturb' sign on it. Belldandy and Skuld looked at each other. With a nod, Belldandy went off in search of Arie.
Walking past the window, she heard voices and looked out. There in the tree was Arie, and Keiichi approaching the girl for the fist time. Smiling to herself, she headed to the kitchen. *If anyone can cheer her up, it would be you, my dear Keiichi.*
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Arie ran out the door and looked at the large tree. Closing her eyes, she then opened them to see that she was level with the branch that she wanted to climb up to. Shaking her head, she thought back to what Urd said.
*Died baby....Andrea..me....The baby..dead...Andrea.....did she really truly exist. did she die because of me? or other reasons. ...but...OH Mom!*
"Ah hem!" Arie looked down to see Keiichi looking up at her.
"Are you okay?" Arie shook her head, and wiped away the tears off of her cheek.
"..umm.. why don't you come down, unless you want me to come up there." Arie didn't say anything, as Keiichi started to climb the tree. Reaching on of the branches next to her, he stopped and swung down his legs.
"You really DO look like Bell-chan!" Arie gave a small smile. "I don't think that we were properly introduced, I'm Keiichi Morisoto." He held out his hand. Arie took it and smiled. "Andr...er..Arie. I'm Arie, Goddess of Moments." The shake hands and Keiichi scratched the back of his head. "So, your really Belldandy's twin sister, and a goddess too boot! How come I was never told about you?" Arie paused and held out her hand and a small bird landed on it.
"Because they didn't know. I made a wish to well, I wished that I could have a twin sister like Belldandy. And then I guess that...I don't know.. i'm being introduced to a past that I never knew about.. and." Arie sniffed, causing the bird to fly away. Keiichi watched the girl, not really knowing how to react. Whipping her nose on her sleeve, she turned to Keiichi. "But I guess that I have to live here." Smiling, "And I can't believe how beautiful this place is! How DID you find it?"
Keiichi blushed, thinking about when her first met Belldandy. "Well, there's a long story there.." He then went on to explain the story of how he and Belldandy met, and through a few of the troubles that they had when they first started out. And then a basic explanation of Urd and Skuld. Sighing, he also pointed out that Skuld and Urd fight a bit, and not to be surprised with funny noises from the Hobbies rooms from either of the two. Arie just looked at him.
"Ai! I forgot. Has Belldandy showed you a room to stay till we can set everything up? If you want to stay here, your certainly welcome, but if you want.." Arie shook her head.
"I don't think that I could survive on my own. I would Love to stay here, if you don't mind the trouble." Keiichi smiled and started to swing out of the tree.
"I would be honored to have another Goddess here." He winked at her, causing Arie to Blush. Keiichi also blushed and then jumped out of the tree. *She really looks like Belldandy!! Even blushes like her. It's going to be hard to tell them apart at times.* Looking up, he saw Arie standing right beside him.
"Where to know?"
"To find Belldandy and your new room." And with that they headed into the temple, with higher spirits.
* * *
The bright light gave way, and Arie and Belldandy floated out of the mirror. Standing straight up, Arie fixed her kimono and looked around the room.
"Where are we?"
Belldandy smiled, "This is where we live. Well me, Urd Skuld, Keiichi, and now you." Arie made a slight mentally note over the soft voice and the slight tinge of pink in her cheeks as she just mentioned Keiichi.
"Keiichi? ..Wait, and now me? Where's my room?"
"Where ever you want to have it. Mind you, when we have here is," as she pointed down the hall that they had come out of the mirror to. She saw as Belldandy pointed out the rooms. "Each of us has our own room, and a hobby room. I don't really, I just like to spend time in the kitchen and gardening." Arie gave a slight shutter. Belldandy took no notice, as if it were normal for someone to cringe at the thought that Gardening was more of a chore then a way of seeing things grow. "There is a spare bedroom at the far end, But Megumi uses it when she spends the night after a motor club party."
She ignored the names, deciding that at one point that she would learn it all, who knew how long that she would be there!
"Do you have an attic?"
Belldandy nodded, "we do, but it's small, but I could enlarge it a bit with out anyone really noticing it."
"That would be great!!" Arie exclaimed, as a black haired girl stood in the middle of the hall starring as if she had seen a ghost, Arie just clutched her head.
"Skuld...."
***
She glared through the glass windows of the infirmary in Asgards nursery. Beside her was Belldandy, and Urd. Footsteps followed behind her as she turned to see a soft-faced man.
"Kami-sama, Father!" Arie cried as she ran up to him and wrapped him in a childhood embrace. Bell-chan and Urd-chan stood there and bowed, as their mentors had taught them. She couldn't remember having one, but she knew that she didn't need one. Kami-sama pulled her in a warm embrace, and then pushed her out to arms length.
"I see that you haven't changed, my daughter." He looked at the other two, and then winking at Urd, "I would have thought that you would have broken her of that."
"Oh Kami-sama!" Arie giggles as Urd just shrugged and Belldandy joined in the hug anyways.
"So, is that REALLY our new sister?" Arie asked as she pulled on his arm towards the window that she could barely look over. They must have really only had been Nine, but who knows how Goddesses aged. That and Urd looked to be fifteen. The mature one.
Staring at the window, Urd pointed out, "You see the black haired baby? That's our sister!"
"Father, What's her name?"
"Skuld." Arie just stared back at her. Finally SHE wasn't the youngest, even though Bell-chan was her twin.
***
"Skuld..."
The girl only stared at them.
"Skuld.."
Belldandy stepped closer, but then the girl reached into the front of her shirt and pulled out what looked to be homemade bombs.
"Take one step closer...and i'll....i'll..." She started to threaten. Arie dared that one step as the girl stepped back.
"...Skuld...Your so much older then I last say you. No longer a child, but a goddess. And a beautiful one at that." Skuld was taken back. No one, not even Bell- chan said that she was a goddess, nor denied the fact that she was a child...which she wasn't!
"...who..who are you?"
That was when Belldandy stepped in. "This is Arie. She's my..uh..Twin sister."
There was that awkward Pause that Arie was now starting to get use to, and it was probably a good thing.
"Um, yeah, Hi, Skuld, I'm Arie, a long lost sister!"
Skuld looked up at her, and then smiled. "Well as long as your nicer then big sister Urd, then I guess that you can stay, for now."
Arie smiled. Thing were going to be fine! But then there was Urd, what would she remember?!
They wandered down the hall, as Skuld started to explain to Bell-chan about her newest version of this thing called Bampei, which had Arie all confused, towards the living room.
Arie then clutched her chest as a burning sensation came over her.
"Oh!" Doubling over, Belldandy and Skuld turned around and tried to hold her up, as she slumped over.
"Arie!.."
Arie Clutched her chest just above her left breast, just as Urd rounded the corner, lightning shook in hand.
"SHOW YOUR......Belldandy!!" Urd s topped in the middle of the hallway as Keiichi rounded the corner and froze to the spot.
"Bell..."
Urd rushed over, and moved Belldandy and Skuld away from Arie. Arie sighed as the pain lessened and looked to see who was all in the room. Urd looked down at her, and the crouched over, inspecting the girls face, and then to the wrinkle in the Kimono. Reaching over, without anyone able to say as word, she ripped open the top of the kimono, flashing everyone in the room. Skuld and Belldandy stared, Keiichi watched and then turned away as quick as he could look for something to clean up the blood that seemed to be dribbling out of his nose. Urd just smiled.
"It's you!"
Arie frowned and blushed as Urd pointed to the red mark on her chest.
"You!! YOU!!" Urd looked at Arie's face, and then took a step back. Arie closed her eye4s and pointed to Urd, "YOU BAKA!!"
Light shone through the room as a make formed on Urds face. It was the Japanese symbols for 'baka'. Skuld smiled and laughed at Urd as Belldandy and Arie just stared.
"..i..i..uh..i...did...um...ah...Urd, I presume?" Arie looked mightily embarrassed as Urd touched her forehead and flinched at Skulds laughs.
"Oh Dear!" Belldandy said looking at the whole thing.
And this was the welcome into her new temple home.
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"It's in here, i'm sure that it is!" Skuld typed and scanned the screen in from of her. Belldandy and Arie looked over her shoulder.
"You sure that i'm in there?" Skuld nodded.
"Well if anyone can find it, Skuld can." Belldandy said as she put a reassuring hand on Skulds shoulder. Arie just nodded, as she watched the screen. "Oh! There's Kyo!"
Skuld clicked on the link that opened up Kyo's file. Arie scanned the page. "He's the God of Patience. It also says here that it's not his original domain."
Belldandy's eyes grew sad. "No it isn't. He was the God of Harmony, but He took over his sisters domain when she died."
"Died"
"Akuma. That's how he was raised to Devil."
"Raised?..." Arie looked at the screen sad. So, his sister was in the same position as she was now. *Only that I won't loose!*
"Who then gained the domain of Harmony then?"
"I don't know, it's not even in the files, right Skuld?" Skuld only made an 'hmm' as she stared at the screen, typing in a few choice words.
"Ah Ha! Here it is!" Skuld exclaimed as she clicked on another link, that opened a separate window on the screen. Arie skimmed the screen, as it said;
Name: Arie
Adopted name: Andrea Yvonne Collet
Domain: Goddess of Moments
Medium: Glass
Time travel: Watches
Arie didn't really pay attention to the rest of the page, and Skuld printed out the page for her.
"Wow! You can travel through time. I haven't seen that often!"
"Yeah, that's' why she's still alive today." The voice from behind them turned out to be Urd, as she stood in the doorway.
"What are you talking about, Urd?" Ask Belldandy. Arie stared at Urd, as she looked at her.
"I was the one that brought Arie to her adopted home, in Canada. Although, at the time I didn't know who it was."
"What are you talking about, Urd?" Arie asked as she approached Urd, and the door.
"I saw a baby die, and put you in ..it's place." Belldandy and Skuld stared at Urd with wide eyes, and Aries filled up with tears. She then suddenly brushed past Urd and ran out the door and down the hallway to the back of the temple and to the trees. Urd looked sadly after the girl.
"..Urd?" Urd turned and looked at Belldandy and Skuld. Skuld hadn't left the computer chair, but she was clutching the paper that was just printed off. Belldandy stood in front of Urd, but she turned away. "I can't tell you, Bell-chan, sorry." And then Urd left and went into her hobby room, placing a 'Do not disturb' sign on it. Belldandy and Skuld looked at each other. With a nod, Belldandy went off in search of Arie.
Walking past the window, she heard voices and looked out. There in the tree was Arie, and Keiichi approaching the girl for the fist time. Smiling to herself, she headed to the kitchen. *If anyone can cheer her up, it would be you, my dear Keiichi.*
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Arie ran out the door and looked at the large tree. Closing her eyes, she then opened them to see that she was level with the branch that she wanted to climb up to. Shaking her head, she thought back to what Urd said.
*Died baby....Andrea..me....The baby..dead...Andrea.....did she really truly exist. did she die because of me? or other reasons. ...but...OH Mom!*
"Ah hem!" Arie looked down to see Keiichi looking up at her.
"Are you okay?" Arie shook her head, and wiped away the tears off of her cheek.
"..umm.. why don't you come down, unless you want me to come up there." Arie didn't say anything, as Keiichi started to climb the tree. Reaching on of the branches next to her, he stopped and swung down his legs.
"You really DO look like Bell-chan!" Arie gave a small smile. "I don't think that we were properly introduced, I'm Keiichi Morisoto." He held out his hand. Arie took it and smiled. "Andr...er..Arie. I'm Arie, Goddess of Moments." The shake hands and Keiichi scratched the back of his head. "So, your really Belldandy's twin sister, and a goddess too boot! How come I was never told about you?" Arie paused and held out her hand and a small bird landed on it.
"Because they didn't know. I made a wish to well, I wished that I could have a twin sister like Belldandy. And then I guess that...I don't know.. i'm being introduced to a past that I never knew about.. and." Arie sniffed, causing the bird to fly away. Keiichi watched the girl, not really knowing how to react. Whipping her nose on her sleeve, she turned to Keiichi. "But I guess that I have to live here." Smiling, "And I can't believe how beautiful this place is! How DID you find it?"
Keiichi blushed, thinking about when her first met Belldandy. "Well, there's a long story there.." He then went on to explain the story of how he and Belldandy met, and through a few of the troubles that they had when they first started out. And then a basic explanation of Urd and Skuld. Sighing, he also pointed out that Skuld and Urd fight a bit, and not to be surprised with funny noises from the Hobbies rooms from either of the two. Arie just looked at him.
"Ai! I forgot. Has Belldandy showed you a room to stay till we can set everything up? If you want to stay here, your certainly welcome, but if you want.." Arie shook her head.
"I don't think that I could survive on my own. I would Love to stay here, if you don't mind the trouble." Keiichi smiled and started to swing out of the tree.
"I would be honored to have another Goddess here." He winked at her, causing Arie to Blush. Keiichi also blushed and then jumped out of the tree. *She really looks like Belldandy!! Even blushes like her. It's going to be hard to tell them apart at times.* Looking up, he saw Arie standing right beside him.
"Where to know?"
"To find Belldandy and your new room." And with that they headed into the temple, with higher spirits.