The View from the Future
Chapter 4
Keiichi was sitting quietly on the porch, staring tiredly at the just finished drag racing bike. The sound of footsteps reached his ears. He turned to see Skuld walking up behind him.
"Hey Skuld. Your blueprint really helped us. Thank you."
Skuld stared off in the distance before suddenly turning and glaring at Keiichi.
"How do you feel about my sister?" she asked. "Why did you make such a contract?"
"Well.., When she suddenly appeared and said 'What do you wish for?' I thought it was a joke.." Keiichi turned and looked at the ground while Skuld's expression softened. "But if she does stay with me forever..... Ever since she came everyday has been full of happiness that I've forgotten my troubles. She even makes it seem like we've known each other since childhood."
"I don't know how long we can stay like this," continued Keiichi, "but Megumi is here...Urd's here....and now you have arrived. We've had some troubles, but I can change them all into fond memories, because of Belldandy. So I'm happy I made that wish."
Skuld remained quiet.
"I hope that will answer your question." said Keiichi standing up, "Now I need some sleep. I have a big day tomorrow." Keiichi started to walk towards the door. "Good Night Skuld." He then left.
Skuld remained standing there for several moments.
"I'm still not sure why you would want to stay with him," Skuld said suddenly, "but I'll try and give him a chance."
Skuld then left the porch. From around the corner, Belldandy stepped out. She had heard most of Keiichi and Skuld's conversation. A small smile appeared on her face after hearing Skuld's last words.
"Thank you Skuld."
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My hopes that Keiichi was just another power hungry mortal were crushed. From talking to him, he actually seemed like a nice guy, but he was a mortal, still not good enough for my sister. I was still determined to figure out a way to separate them. The next day was the drag race. Arriving at the track, I met the rest of the Motor Club. Tamiya and Otaki were dressed up in....well.....samurai type outfits (really scary on them) of course nothing beat the...little nothing that Urd was wearing. I swear, sometimes I really wonder how we can be sisters. But it was while the Motor Club was prepping the bike that a way to separate Belldandy and Keiichi walked up.
Good old nasty Aoshima. He came over to look at the bike. He made several comments about the bike, then totally bashed it. That's when I heard about the bet, along with Belldandy and Keiichi. Tamiya had a long tradition of making bets with Aoshima, unfortunately, he usually lost. This time, since Tamiya was broke, Aoshima made a bet that if the Racing Team won, Belldandy would leave the Motor Club and join the Racing Team. Well needless to say Keiichi was very unhappy. He was even more stunned when Belldandy accepted the bet. Seeing him afterward, worried that he might lose, I was suddenly inspired. I would try and get Keiichi to lose the race. Keiichi would get upset, feel unworthy of being with Belldandy and break off the contract. But how would I do it?
I couldn't rig the motorcycle I had just designed, that would be sacrilege. Hey I may have really wanted Keiichi gone, but there is no way in hell I would sabotage my own work. I decided on 'improving' the Racing team's bike. After all, even if they didn't win, the Motor club still had a chance of placing higher then the racing team. So, using parts that I scrounged, I added a booster to the engine, to increase its power.
The drag race was actually pretty interesting. Watching machines designed for maximum acceleration and speed, hurtling down the track at speeds up to 200 mph....I was in heaven, well....you know what I mean. The Motor Club's bike did great (I designed it after all!). Keiichi did complain that it was vibrating badly, but I think it was Keiichi being a wimp. He just didn't know how to handle it. The Racing Team also did well, though I did see Aoshima looking confused and mumbling about how the speeds were faster then in practice.
Keiichi and Tamiya were still talking about vibrations when Aoshima walked back up. It was the final round and the race would be between Keiichi and Aoshima's team. He wanted to know if the Motor Club was going to quit. That was when Belldandy did her famous 'Goddess of Victory' and 'Burning Hearts speech'. Aoshima left rather annoyed. Keiichi looked like his ego had just received a boost. He felt that he could win the race because he had 3 goddesses on his side. So he was going to go for it.
Boy....talk about a guilt trip.
Here I was trying to ruin his chance at winning, and he was thinking I was on his side. Then there was Urd cheering him on, and then Belldandy giving him a kiss for good luck. I felt like total scum...worse then even Aoshima. The bikes went up to the starting line, giving me no chance to remove the booster. The Tree began to light up for the pre stage, basically for the bikes hitting there marks. As Keiichi and the Racing Team driver's gunned their engines, Belldandy clasped her hands together in silent prayer. The guilt was really hitting me. The light went green and the bikes roared off the starting line. My mind was a mess. I didn't know what to do. If Belldandy had found out what I had done.....
Fortunately for me, the booster did what many of my early inventions did: it exploded. As a result, the Aoshima bike lost power quickly, allowing Keiichi to blow past him. I never felt such relief in my life. Afterwards, the four of us wondered around the grounds, looking at the various booths set up. At one booth, Belldandy stopped to look at some rings. If you didn't know her, you might have thought she was just looking at the various rings, and taking a liking to one. However, I recognized the look. It was the look she got when she thought about the past. She was staring intently at one particular ring. I didn't see anything particularly interesting about it, but it sure had Belldandy's attention.
Keiichi decided to get it for her. He left his wallet behind in his jacket, so he didn't have any money. Urd immediately called him a loser, he was all apologetic and of course, Belldandy came to his rescue saying it was alright. I was ticked though. He went and got my sister's hopes up, saying he would get her something and then let her down. So I yelled at him, told him I hated him, which I did. I finished by sticking my tongue out at him. You know...as much as I said I wasn't a kid..I sure did act like one.
Oh. You want to know if they found out what I did?
Well.
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"YOU WHAT?!??!?!" shouted Urd.
Skuld looked down at the ground. "I rigged a booster on the Aoshima Team's bike to make them go faster."
"In Kami-sama's name why!?!?"
Skuld looked at her feet a second before looking up at Urd.
"Because, I thought if Keiichi lost the race...He would break the contract and Belldandy would come home."
Urd let out a sigh, "Skuld, you shouldn't interfere with them. It will just cause problems."
"Like you did with that love potion?"
Urd cringed. "You heard about that?"
"Peorth told me."
"When I see Flower Girl next I'll.." mumbled Urd, "Look Skuld, Belldandy is happy with him. Why can't you just leave them alone?"
"I will when you do."
"I'm trying to help them."
"No your not."
"Yes I am."
"No your not. Your potions always screw things up."
"THEY DO NOT! They work better then your little machines that blow up after 10 seconds."
"WHY YOU!!"
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OK, you can see where that was going. After the....discussion and clean-up, Belldandy asked us both what the fight was about. I really didn't want to tell her, so I told her it was just another disagreement. She frowned at me (and when she frowns....you feel like scum for days) but she didn't press the issue. We fell into a routine after that. Keiichi and Belldandy went to school during the day, leaving Urd and myself alone. No, it wasn't a good thing. It gave Urd and I more time to have discussions. This leads us to the event that took place 2 weeks after the race.
I had now been on the surface world for a almost a month, and I have to say, I was enjoying every minute of it. Well...almost. As I said, Urd was there.
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Skuld was sitting at a table working on her newest machine, designed to remove bugs before they showed up. Urd was watching TV. Outside, rain had started coming down, and now Belldandy and Keiichi raced frantically to bring in the laundry. In the midst of this, the phone rang.
"Somebody get the damn phone!" shouted Urd.
Skuld looked up from her machine and stared at Urd, floating in front of the TV.
"Why don't you get it yourself?"
"Because today's an unlucky day for big sister's to answer the phone." replied Urd.
Skuld's eyes narrowed. "Keep lying like that and daddy will suspend your license."
Urd glared at Skuld but said nothing.
RING!
"Oh for heaven's sake!" shouted Skuld, "We'll decide with this." She held up a Skuld Bomb.
Urd grabbed it and chuckled. "You think you can beat the Goddess of Gambling at her own game? Alright....The first one to pull the detonator switch has to pick up the phone alright?"
A few moments later, a smoldering and scorched Urd answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"IT IS I!"
'Gulp!' "Sir!"
Urd listened to what Kami-sama had to say, her face growing paler by the minute.
"What! B-but Sir? Father! Y.you can't!! Please!!!"
A loud thunderclap echoed across the sky.
Keiichi and Belldandy ran into the house.
"Everyone alright?" shouted Keiichi, "It sounded like a lightning bolt.."
"SIS!" shouted Skuld.
Keiichi and Belldandy rounded the corner to see Urd sitting on the floor, Skuld right next to her. The phone lay nearby off the hook. Belldandy was by her side in a second.
"URD!! What happened?"
"li...cen...se...s..s..sus..pend....ed" mumbled Urd.
"License suspended?" repeated Keiichi.
"eep."
"Urd?" Belldandy leaned closer to Urd, "That phone call was to tell you your license was suspended?"
"eep."
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Normally, I would have rubbed it in. Urd, always picking on me, constantly fighting with me had just had the worst thing that could possibly happen to a goddess happen to her. All her lying had finally caught up with her, and Dad punished her severely.
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"Figures..." muttered Keiichi, "Urd lies at the drop of a hat. No wonder they yanked her license..."
"Listen you jerks.." muttered Urd, "I heard every word you said!"
Lightning began to crackle in her hands. "License this suspended that.."
"RUN FOR IT!! SHE'S GONNA BLOW!!!" Keiichi grabbed Belldandy and raced from the room, Skuld right behind them.
Silence.
For several moments, Keiichi, Belldandy, and Skuld remained on the ground, their heads covered. Finally Keiichi opened one of his eyes.
"Huh?"
Skuld looked around. "Gee, that's odd." She turned to see Urd still standing in the same spot, a look of frustration on her face. "Oh..I get it. If she uses her power now, she gets suspended permanently."
"Well I'm glad she has a little common sense in there somewhere." said Keiichi, "Say, how long is she suspended for anyway?"
Belldandy held up five fingers. "This long."
"Five months?"
Belldandy shook her head. "No."
"Five days"
"No."
"Five minutes?"
"Nope."
"Five years?"
"TRY FIFTY YEARS!!!" shouted Urd.
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Hey, we're goddesses, we live for a very very very very very very long time. Well, Urd decided to live with it. But, she found having no powers isn't all its cracked up to be. She now needed to have a wardrobe, where before she could basically conjure them up. This meant that she had to go shopping.
Ahhh shopping......opps. Sorry. I'm back. You mortals haven't experienced shopping until you've gone to the mall in heaven. But anyway...
Urd being Urd, she refused any help from Belldandy and Keiichi. She wondered off towards what she thought was the direction of the Mall (She went in the wrong direction). I found out later she went to borrow Megumi's motor bike. She left riding the bike in her skirt (Yeah....Urd would like to feel the breeze up her.....yes Onee-chan. I'm sorry. I know I promised to never say that word.) That was the last time any of us saw her, before the world literally came crashing down on us, and we nearly lost Urd......and Keiichi, forever.
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As I said before, I have recently started a new job. In between studying for a license (ugh) and other things, I'm writing this to relieve stress. (hee hee ..need beer) Chapters will go up as they are completed. Two more Eva/AMG with Sayoko are still being worked on. I also have the beginnings of another AMG story, a slightly dark fic (Seraph of Strife was really creeped out BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
Chapter 4
Keiichi was sitting quietly on the porch, staring tiredly at the just finished drag racing bike. The sound of footsteps reached his ears. He turned to see Skuld walking up behind him.
"Hey Skuld. Your blueprint really helped us. Thank you."
Skuld stared off in the distance before suddenly turning and glaring at Keiichi.
"How do you feel about my sister?" she asked. "Why did you make such a contract?"
"Well.., When she suddenly appeared and said 'What do you wish for?' I thought it was a joke.." Keiichi turned and looked at the ground while Skuld's expression softened. "But if she does stay with me forever..... Ever since she came everyday has been full of happiness that I've forgotten my troubles. She even makes it seem like we've known each other since childhood."
"I don't know how long we can stay like this," continued Keiichi, "but Megumi is here...Urd's here....and now you have arrived. We've had some troubles, but I can change them all into fond memories, because of Belldandy. So I'm happy I made that wish."
Skuld remained quiet.
"I hope that will answer your question." said Keiichi standing up, "Now I need some sleep. I have a big day tomorrow." Keiichi started to walk towards the door. "Good Night Skuld." He then left.
Skuld remained standing there for several moments.
"I'm still not sure why you would want to stay with him," Skuld said suddenly, "but I'll try and give him a chance."
Skuld then left the porch. From around the corner, Belldandy stepped out. She had heard most of Keiichi and Skuld's conversation. A small smile appeared on her face after hearing Skuld's last words.
"Thank you Skuld."
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My hopes that Keiichi was just another power hungry mortal were crushed. From talking to him, he actually seemed like a nice guy, but he was a mortal, still not good enough for my sister. I was still determined to figure out a way to separate them. The next day was the drag race. Arriving at the track, I met the rest of the Motor Club. Tamiya and Otaki were dressed up in....well.....samurai type outfits (really scary on them) of course nothing beat the...little nothing that Urd was wearing. I swear, sometimes I really wonder how we can be sisters. But it was while the Motor Club was prepping the bike that a way to separate Belldandy and Keiichi walked up.
Good old nasty Aoshima. He came over to look at the bike. He made several comments about the bike, then totally bashed it. That's when I heard about the bet, along with Belldandy and Keiichi. Tamiya had a long tradition of making bets with Aoshima, unfortunately, he usually lost. This time, since Tamiya was broke, Aoshima made a bet that if the Racing Team won, Belldandy would leave the Motor Club and join the Racing Team. Well needless to say Keiichi was very unhappy. He was even more stunned when Belldandy accepted the bet. Seeing him afterward, worried that he might lose, I was suddenly inspired. I would try and get Keiichi to lose the race. Keiichi would get upset, feel unworthy of being with Belldandy and break off the contract. But how would I do it?
I couldn't rig the motorcycle I had just designed, that would be sacrilege. Hey I may have really wanted Keiichi gone, but there is no way in hell I would sabotage my own work. I decided on 'improving' the Racing team's bike. After all, even if they didn't win, the Motor club still had a chance of placing higher then the racing team. So, using parts that I scrounged, I added a booster to the engine, to increase its power.
The drag race was actually pretty interesting. Watching machines designed for maximum acceleration and speed, hurtling down the track at speeds up to 200 mph....I was in heaven, well....you know what I mean. The Motor Club's bike did great (I designed it after all!). Keiichi did complain that it was vibrating badly, but I think it was Keiichi being a wimp. He just didn't know how to handle it. The Racing Team also did well, though I did see Aoshima looking confused and mumbling about how the speeds were faster then in practice.
Keiichi and Tamiya were still talking about vibrations when Aoshima walked back up. It was the final round and the race would be between Keiichi and Aoshima's team. He wanted to know if the Motor Club was going to quit. That was when Belldandy did her famous 'Goddess of Victory' and 'Burning Hearts speech'. Aoshima left rather annoyed. Keiichi looked like his ego had just received a boost. He felt that he could win the race because he had 3 goddesses on his side. So he was going to go for it.
Boy....talk about a guilt trip.
Here I was trying to ruin his chance at winning, and he was thinking I was on his side. Then there was Urd cheering him on, and then Belldandy giving him a kiss for good luck. I felt like total scum...worse then even Aoshima. The bikes went up to the starting line, giving me no chance to remove the booster. The Tree began to light up for the pre stage, basically for the bikes hitting there marks. As Keiichi and the Racing Team driver's gunned their engines, Belldandy clasped her hands together in silent prayer. The guilt was really hitting me. The light went green and the bikes roared off the starting line. My mind was a mess. I didn't know what to do. If Belldandy had found out what I had done.....
Fortunately for me, the booster did what many of my early inventions did: it exploded. As a result, the Aoshima bike lost power quickly, allowing Keiichi to blow past him. I never felt such relief in my life. Afterwards, the four of us wondered around the grounds, looking at the various booths set up. At one booth, Belldandy stopped to look at some rings. If you didn't know her, you might have thought she was just looking at the various rings, and taking a liking to one. However, I recognized the look. It was the look she got when she thought about the past. She was staring intently at one particular ring. I didn't see anything particularly interesting about it, but it sure had Belldandy's attention.
Keiichi decided to get it for her. He left his wallet behind in his jacket, so he didn't have any money. Urd immediately called him a loser, he was all apologetic and of course, Belldandy came to his rescue saying it was alright. I was ticked though. He went and got my sister's hopes up, saying he would get her something and then let her down. So I yelled at him, told him I hated him, which I did. I finished by sticking my tongue out at him. You know...as much as I said I wasn't a kid..I sure did act like one.
Oh. You want to know if they found out what I did?
Well.
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"YOU WHAT?!??!?!" shouted Urd.
Skuld looked down at the ground. "I rigged a booster on the Aoshima Team's bike to make them go faster."
"In Kami-sama's name why!?!?"
Skuld looked at her feet a second before looking up at Urd.
"Because, I thought if Keiichi lost the race...He would break the contract and Belldandy would come home."
Urd let out a sigh, "Skuld, you shouldn't interfere with them. It will just cause problems."
"Like you did with that love potion?"
Urd cringed. "You heard about that?"
"Peorth told me."
"When I see Flower Girl next I'll.." mumbled Urd, "Look Skuld, Belldandy is happy with him. Why can't you just leave them alone?"
"I will when you do."
"I'm trying to help them."
"No your not."
"Yes I am."
"No your not. Your potions always screw things up."
"THEY DO NOT! They work better then your little machines that blow up after 10 seconds."
"WHY YOU!!"
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OK, you can see where that was going. After the....discussion and clean-up, Belldandy asked us both what the fight was about. I really didn't want to tell her, so I told her it was just another disagreement. She frowned at me (and when she frowns....you feel like scum for days) but she didn't press the issue. We fell into a routine after that. Keiichi and Belldandy went to school during the day, leaving Urd and myself alone. No, it wasn't a good thing. It gave Urd and I more time to have discussions. This leads us to the event that took place 2 weeks after the race.
I had now been on the surface world for a almost a month, and I have to say, I was enjoying every minute of it. Well...almost. As I said, Urd was there.
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Skuld was sitting at a table working on her newest machine, designed to remove bugs before they showed up. Urd was watching TV. Outside, rain had started coming down, and now Belldandy and Keiichi raced frantically to bring in the laundry. In the midst of this, the phone rang.
"Somebody get the damn phone!" shouted Urd.
Skuld looked up from her machine and stared at Urd, floating in front of the TV.
"Why don't you get it yourself?"
"Because today's an unlucky day for big sister's to answer the phone." replied Urd.
Skuld's eyes narrowed. "Keep lying like that and daddy will suspend your license."
Urd glared at Skuld but said nothing.
RING!
"Oh for heaven's sake!" shouted Skuld, "We'll decide with this." She held up a Skuld Bomb.
Urd grabbed it and chuckled. "You think you can beat the Goddess of Gambling at her own game? Alright....The first one to pull the detonator switch has to pick up the phone alright?"
A few moments later, a smoldering and scorched Urd answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"IT IS I!"
'Gulp!' "Sir!"
Urd listened to what Kami-sama had to say, her face growing paler by the minute.
"What! B-but Sir? Father! Y.you can't!! Please!!!"
A loud thunderclap echoed across the sky.
Keiichi and Belldandy ran into the house.
"Everyone alright?" shouted Keiichi, "It sounded like a lightning bolt.."
"SIS!" shouted Skuld.
Keiichi and Belldandy rounded the corner to see Urd sitting on the floor, Skuld right next to her. The phone lay nearby off the hook. Belldandy was by her side in a second.
"URD!! What happened?"
"li...cen...se...s..s..sus..pend....ed" mumbled Urd.
"License suspended?" repeated Keiichi.
"eep."
"Urd?" Belldandy leaned closer to Urd, "That phone call was to tell you your license was suspended?"
"eep."
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Normally, I would have rubbed it in. Urd, always picking on me, constantly fighting with me had just had the worst thing that could possibly happen to a goddess happen to her. All her lying had finally caught up with her, and Dad punished her severely.
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"Figures..." muttered Keiichi, "Urd lies at the drop of a hat. No wonder they yanked her license..."
"Listen you jerks.." muttered Urd, "I heard every word you said!"
Lightning began to crackle in her hands. "License this suspended that.."
"RUN FOR IT!! SHE'S GONNA BLOW!!!" Keiichi grabbed Belldandy and raced from the room, Skuld right behind them.
Silence.
For several moments, Keiichi, Belldandy, and Skuld remained on the ground, their heads covered. Finally Keiichi opened one of his eyes.
"Huh?"
Skuld looked around. "Gee, that's odd." She turned to see Urd still standing in the same spot, a look of frustration on her face. "Oh..I get it. If she uses her power now, she gets suspended permanently."
"Well I'm glad she has a little common sense in there somewhere." said Keiichi, "Say, how long is she suspended for anyway?"
Belldandy held up five fingers. "This long."
"Five months?"
Belldandy shook her head. "No."
"Five days"
"No."
"Five minutes?"
"Nope."
"Five years?"
"TRY FIFTY YEARS!!!" shouted Urd.
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Hey, we're goddesses, we live for a very very very very very very long time. Well, Urd decided to live with it. But, she found having no powers isn't all its cracked up to be. She now needed to have a wardrobe, where before she could basically conjure them up. This meant that she had to go shopping.
Ahhh shopping......opps. Sorry. I'm back. You mortals haven't experienced shopping until you've gone to the mall in heaven. But anyway...
Urd being Urd, she refused any help from Belldandy and Keiichi. She wondered off towards what she thought was the direction of the Mall (She went in the wrong direction). I found out later she went to borrow Megumi's motor bike. She left riding the bike in her skirt (Yeah....Urd would like to feel the breeze up her.....yes Onee-chan. I'm sorry. I know I promised to never say that word.) That was the last time any of us saw her, before the world literally came crashing down on us, and we nearly lost Urd......and Keiichi, forever.
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As I said before, I have recently started a new job. In between studying for a license (ugh) and other things, I'm writing this to relieve stress. (hee hee ..need beer) Chapters will go up as they are completed. Two more Eva/AMG with Sayoko are still being worked on. I also have the beginnings of another AMG story, a slightly dark fic (Seraph of Strife was really creeped out BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)