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Chapter 7b
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Belldandy felt the energy pulse through her wards. "ARIE!" She screamed and started to run into the woods where Arie had just preiviously gone. Her yell woke up the rest of the household, and soon Skuld, Urd and Keiichi were following closely behind. Trees and bushes were pushes away as they came to the small clearing. Arie lay there at a funny angle, peices of tree's stuck to her body. Branches from one of the larger trees that towered over her had many broken branches. Belldandy and Skuld just rushed to her side.
"Arie! Arie...wake up.." they called to her, checking over her body.
"What happened?" Asked Keiichi, slowly approaching, Urd stayed in the shadows. Belldandy just looked at Keiichi with large tearful eyes. She shoke her head. A soft moan escaped Arie's lips, and her eyes flickered.
"Arie-chan! What happened?" Skuld asked, voice filled with worry. Arie moaned and tried to sit up. Belldandy and Skuld put thier hands on her shoulder to keep her there. Arie winced under the strain of the hands and the pain from her body.
"Stay right there!" Belldandy said to her.
"...Kyo....was here.. and so was....Cal..esta...and he took...Kyo..." Arie tried one more time to sit up, but then she passed out from the pain. Belldandy, Skuld and Keiichi Moved ARie so that her back was straight. When they looked to see where Urd was, she was gone.
"Where's Urd?" Keiichi asked.
Skuld let out a 'humph' and said, "What does it matter. She's mean and selfish. Why should she care anyways. She doesn't even LIKE Arie!"
Belldandy gave her a look, and Skuld muttered an apology, but not really meaning it. She had a guess as to where Urd might have gone, but she kept it to herself. "Let's just get Arie back to the temple. We can clean her up and see if there's anything broken then." Keiichi and Skuld nodded. Helping her onto Keiichi's back, Skuld Belldandy and Keiichi slowly worked thier way back to the temple.
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Skuld: Where's Urd?
Arie: You'll see..
Skuld: so your found..hurt BIG Time [arie nods] now what..?
Arie: Wait and see.
Skuld: K..
Meanwhile...
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Urd watched as the three kneeled at Arie's fallen body. Arie's voiced echoed in her head like a never ending chime. The haunting word torchered her. "...Kyo....was here.. and so was....Cal..esta...and he took...Kyo" Calesta! Urd turned around and floated back to the Temple. Running into the main room she jumped into the TV. She needed to get to Asgard. She needed to find Brett. There was no transfer out.
"What..the..?" she touched the ruins in the TV. Not many could see them, but once in it was how she could get around. She was trapped. filtering out of the TV, and glided over to the telephone. Punching a few numbers she got an answer.
"Goddess help line, how can I help you?"
"Connect me to the God of Destiny's office please."
"Hold one moment." There was a click and a soft tune started to play over the phone. She could have called Kami-sama, but she didn't want another ding on her record. They all let Calesta in, and they didn't even feel Kyo's presence. Even Bampei should have picked up Calesta, but there wasn't even a beep.
"Hello?"
"Brett?" Urd breathed releif at hearing his warm voice.
"Urd? Well, what a wonderful surprise! How's it going?"
"Not well, I don't have much time to talk. Can you get me up there to Asgard?"
"You can't get up here? What you do this time?" He sounded a little harsh, Urd winced. She was still renoun for being banned from the heaven for little 'mis-haps'.
"Not me. Something is wrong with the portal system. I don't know what it is until i can get up to my office. Calesta may be behi.." Brett cut her off.
"Calesta? I'm on my way." And before she couldhang up the phone that tall Australian god floated through the grandfather clock that stood beside the phone.
"Brett..!" She gave him a hug, and he hugged his girlfriend back. "It's been to long." Completely forgetting why he was there.. just carng the he was there.
"Oh, Urd.." He hugged her tightly back. "Now about that problem. Seems that i can get in just fine." Urd lets him go, remembering the problem. Brett taps the clock. No opening. "Hmm.."
"See?"
"I see. This isn't good." He taps on his wrist watch. it glows and his finger slips through. He grins, "We're good to go. Come on, Mate." He took her hand and they slipped through his watch. The trio carrying Arie walk in the door as the disapeared.
"What the..?" exclaimed Keiichi, shifting Arie as they stopped. Skuld looked to Belldandy and she shrugged back. "Let's just get Arie to bed." Keiichi nodded and then realized that her bed was in the attic. He goaned and started to drag his feet up the stares.
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End of Chapter 7
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Chapter 7b
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Belldandy felt the energy pulse through her wards. "ARIE!" She screamed and started to run into the woods where Arie had just preiviously gone. Her yell woke up the rest of the household, and soon Skuld, Urd and Keiichi were following closely behind. Trees and bushes were pushes away as they came to the small clearing. Arie lay there at a funny angle, peices of tree's stuck to her body. Branches from one of the larger trees that towered over her had many broken branches. Belldandy and Skuld just rushed to her side.
"Arie! Arie...wake up.." they called to her, checking over her body.
"What happened?" Asked Keiichi, slowly approaching, Urd stayed in the shadows. Belldandy just looked at Keiichi with large tearful eyes. She shoke her head. A soft moan escaped Arie's lips, and her eyes flickered.
"Arie-chan! What happened?" Skuld asked, voice filled with worry. Arie moaned and tried to sit up. Belldandy and Skuld put thier hands on her shoulder to keep her there. Arie winced under the strain of the hands and the pain from her body.
"Stay right there!" Belldandy said to her.
"...Kyo....was here.. and so was....Cal..esta...and he took...Kyo..." Arie tried one more time to sit up, but then she passed out from the pain. Belldandy, Skuld and Keiichi Moved ARie so that her back was straight. When they looked to see where Urd was, she was gone.
"Where's Urd?" Keiichi asked.
Skuld let out a 'humph' and said, "What does it matter. She's mean and selfish. Why should she care anyways. She doesn't even LIKE Arie!"
Belldandy gave her a look, and Skuld muttered an apology, but not really meaning it. She had a guess as to where Urd might have gone, but she kept it to herself. "Let's just get Arie back to the temple. We can clean her up and see if there's anything broken then." Keiichi and Skuld nodded. Helping her onto Keiichi's back, Skuld Belldandy and Keiichi slowly worked thier way back to the temple.
**
Skuld: Where's Urd?
Arie: You'll see..
Skuld: so your found..hurt BIG Time [arie nods] now what..?
Arie: Wait and see.
Skuld: K..
Meanwhile...
**
Urd watched as the three kneeled at Arie's fallen body. Arie's voiced echoed in her head like a never ending chime. The haunting word torchered her. "...Kyo....was here.. and so was....Cal..esta...and he took...Kyo" Calesta! Urd turned around and floated back to the Temple. Running into the main room she jumped into the TV. She needed to get to Asgard. She needed to find Brett. There was no transfer out.
"What..the..?" she touched the ruins in the TV. Not many could see them, but once in it was how she could get around. She was trapped. filtering out of the TV, and glided over to the telephone. Punching a few numbers she got an answer.
"Goddess help line, how can I help you?"
"Connect me to the God of Destiny's office please."
"Hold one moment." There was a click and a soft tune started to play over the phone. She could have called Kami-sama, but she didn't want another ding on her record. They all let Calesta in, and they didn't even feel Kyo's presence. Even Bampei should have picked up Calesta, but there wasn't even a beep.
"Hello?"
"Brett?" Urd breathed releif at hearing his warm voice.
"Urd? Well, what a wonderful surprise! How's it going?"
"Not well, I don't have much time to talk. Can you get me up there to Asgard?"
"You can't get up here? What you do this time?" He sounded a little harsh, Urd winced. She was still renoun for being banned from the heaven for little 'mis-haps'.
"Not me. Something is wrong with the portal system. I don't know what it is until i can get up to my office. Calesta may be behi.." Brett cut her off.
"Calesta? I'm on my way." And before she couldhang up the phone that tall Australian god floated through the grandfather clock that stood beside the phone.
"Brett..!" She gave him a hug, and he hugged his girlfriend back. "It's been to long." Completely forgetting why he was there.. just carng the he was there.
"Oh, Urd.." He hugged her tightly back. "Now about that problem. Seems that i can get in just fine." Urd lets him go, remembering the problem. Brett taps the clock. No opening. "Hmm.."
"See?"
"I see. This isn't good." He taps on his wrist watch. it glows and his finger slips through. He grins, "We're good to go. Come on, Mate." He took her hand and they slipped through his watch. The trio carrying Arie walk in the door as the disapeared.
"What the..?" exclaimed Keiichi, shifting Arie as they stopped. Skuld looked to Belldandy and she shrugged back. "Let's just get Arie to bed." Keiichi nodded and then realized that her bed was in the attic. He goaned and started to drag his feet up the stares.
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End of Chapter 7
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