--- Oh My Goddess characters owned by Kosuke Fujishima and not by me. ---
This chapter finishes this series of short stories since I haven't received much feedback on them. It doesn't mean I ran out of ideas, I see tons of storylines in the development of the girls, but maybe these storylines aren't what the readers wanted? Don't know, but I hope some of you did enjoy them, I did imagining & writing them!
Chapter 11 – (Finally) The Call Comes In…
The phone seems to ring more often, a silent Bell thinks to herself. She got a call from Urd yesterday letting her know that Skuld has earned her Second Class license and is now a full-time debugger. Urd has been the System Administrator for awhile, and now she is losing some interest in it as Yggdrasil seems to coast along fine on it's own (Skuld whole-heartily disagrees with her though). Bell watches the lights on the switchboard flicker as mortals call in with disinterest. She lets out a silent sigh Holy Bell hears as she wonders how Keiichi is doing. He's in college and seems socially awkward enough to be left alone by many of his classmates. He misses home, and his family, but is excited to be on his own.
*Ring*
Bell picks up the phone and answers in her sweet voice, "Thank you for calling the Goddess Hotline, a representative will be with you shortly." She locks in the caller's location and hangs up. She then transfers his coordinates to the next available Goddess and relaxes back in her chair. "Someday, Keiichi will call, I hope it is soon." Bell closes her eyes and sings to herself, chorused by the soft angelic voice of Holy Bell.
"Arrgh! Bug alarms in terminal room three!" shouts Skuld to her fellow bug-smashers as they head out of the break room into Yggdrasil's huge terminal complex. "They always pop out at breaks! Grrr!" The tails of her lab-coat looking outfit fly back behind her as she and three others race to smash the bugs. "I hope Urd didn't cause this!"
Urd dozes off at her terminal, it's volume turned down low to where she can't hear the alarm beeping. "Zzz, oh, what's that?" Urd comes to and goes into shock as she sees the imminent crash alert blinking on her screen. "Aw crap! Skuld's not going to like me! Hm, but could she even figure out it was me that caused the bug outbreak though? I bet not…" Urd starts typing a million-miles as hour at her keyboard to fix the code breakdown.
*Ring*
Bell pauses her singing and answers the phone without opening her eyes in her sweet voice, "Thank you for calling the Goddess Hotline, a representative will be with you shortly." She locks in the caller's location and hears, "Hello? Do you have take-out? Hello…?" Bell instantly snaps awake and stares at the location data on her terminal. "Oh my God, Keiichi…, I'm coming my Keiichi!" She reluctantly hangs up and pulls her mirror out of her pocket. She looks at her reflection in the mirror and says to herself, "Calm down, be professional, he won't remember you." Holy Bell pops out from feeling Bell's feverish excitement and wraps her arms gently around her. Bell smiles and closes her eyes, feeling Holy Bell's love in her embrace. She takes a deep breath and asks Holy Bell to return in her with a promise to see her again soon. Holy Bell smiles and tucks her wings and disappears back into Bell.
Bell lays the mirror on her terminal. She calls to Velena telepathically, "My Lady, I am going to the Surface World to grant a wish. Can you find another Goddess to take my place while I am gone?"
From across the Heavens Velena smiles, "Yes Belldandy, go on and don't worry about the switchboard, we'll take care of it. And I'm glad you finally get to be with your Keiichi again."
Bell's eyes open in shock, "Yes, that is who called me, but how did you know Velena?"
Velena smiles, "Your relationship with the mortal boy has been ordained by Him for a long time now. Do you best, and everything will work out. Good luck Belldandy, Goddess first Class. Now don't keep him waiting."
Bell's tears of joy fall to the floor, "Yes, thank you Velena, tell my sisters I will talk to them soon for me!"
Bell touches the surface of the mirror, the surface begins to ripple as a soft glow envelops it. Bell wipes the tears off her face and leans forward into the mirror, "I'm coming, my Keiichi…"
Velena smiles and thought-casts to Passier, "It's begun, Belldandy has gone to the Surface World to be with the mortal Keiichi Morisato. You wouldn't happen to have an extra Goddess that could work my switchboard would you?"
Passier looks to the beautiful blue sky above and closes her eyes, "Yes Velena, I can help you with that. I'm glad that boy finally called, the mortals need the help. I hope Belldandy is ready. I believe she will fall deeply in love with him. Maybe some day we will get to meet him up here."
Velena mentally nods, "Yes, I think she will do fine, and I bet we will get to meet the boy. Now, I need to go tell her sisters that she has left and we need to be ready in case Urd or Skuld have to go down there too. They cannot know that they may need to go down there yet."
Passier responds in a joyous tone, "They don't know, we can be assured. I can let Urd know, I'll pass by her terminal in a few moments when I go talk to Him."
Velena looks towards the Pearly Offices where He resides, "Thank you Passier, I will tell Skuld. Take care my sister."
Urd sleepily sits at her terminal monitoring the system traffic to the various worlds. For an instant, a series of Nordic words flash in front of her eyes. Urd instantly perks up, "What was that?" She accesses the log file and reads the code describing Bell's approval to go to the Surface World alone to fulfill a wish. "No way, she finally got to go, good girl!" Just then Passier floats in and heads to Urd.
"I see you know then, your sister Belldandy has gone to the Surface World to grant a wish."
Urd smiles and claps her hands together, "Great! She's finally on her way. I can't wait to congratulate her when she gets back!"
Passier shakes her head, "I'm sorry Urd, but she will be done there for a long time. You may not get to see her for almost a century."
Urd looks at Passier and casually replays, "I guess she's going to be saving the world or something on a wish?"
Passier shakes her head again, "No Urd, it's a boy. She will fall in love with him and…"
Urd's eyes open wide, "You mean, she's going to be with a mortal!?! All right Bell!" Urd dances and woo hoo's in her chair, "I gotta watch this!"
Passier sighs, "Don't do anything that will get you in trouble (again) Urd, Goddess Second Class. You may not contact her unless it's an emergency. Understand?"
Urd nods, "I understand and swear not to …unintelligible… with Keiichi."
Passier looks confused at what she heard, not sure if she heard it correctly. "I see you know his name. You must've noticed Bell's surveillance on him over the years. If you see Belldandy in trouble, let me know. The mortals are in a time of need and she was sent to help them. Good day Urd."
Urd waves bye to Passier, "Okay, I'll keep you informed on Bell's activities! "
After Passier leaves, Urd gets a disturbingly mischievous look on her face. "Oh ho ho, my little sister with a boyfriend, I'll have to keep a close eye on them!" She turns back to her terminal and starts developing the "Urd Surveillance Ops System v1.01" program code.
