Chapter 4
The next morning was anything but normal. Lind was on the phone, talking to the heavens. Urd was surprisingly up early and watching the TV. Skuld, Belldandy, and Keiichi sat at the table, trying to eat breakfast and remain awake. Skuld failed miserably planted her face in the middle of her breakfast. Keiichi looked up from his newspaper and stared at her a few moments before looking at Belldandy.
"If I wasn't so tired I'd be laughing at that."
"She was up late last night worrying about Urd." said Belldandy, "She was also checking out Banpei-kun and Sigel."
Keiichi frowned, "Yeah, what did happen to them? I thought they were supposed to alert us to danger."
"Apparently someone shut them down," replied Belldandy, " which is odd because they should only respond to Skuld or myself."
Keiichi raised an eyebrow, "Only Skuld and you?"
Belldandy turned slightly red, "She...programmed them before she finally accepted you. She hasn't had time to reprogrammed them yet."
Keiichi accepted the answer and went back to looking at the newspaper. After reading it a bit, an article caught his eye.
"Hey, there's a new exhibit at the museum."
"Oh?" said Belldandy as she helped Skuld out of her breakfast. "What kind?"
"Apparently it's a big showing of Viking artifacts." replied Keiichi, "Some of which have never been shown outside of Europe. Apparently they have Viking jewelry, a recovered ship..."
"That's nice..." said Belldandy.
"And some religious artifacts, including one called the Tablet of the Norns.."
THAT got Belldandy's attention.
"Tablet of the Norns?" Belldandy frowned slightly.
Keiichi noted this. "You know something about it? Does it involve you?"
Belldandy leaned back slightly. "It involves me indirectly. My sisters and I are the Norns, but we aren't hundreds of years old." Belldandy turned and smiled at Keiichi. "Not yet anyway. There were Goddesses before us who were also the Norns. They are the ones that your mythology speaks of. Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld." Belldandy frowned slightly at the table. "I don't know what happened to them. Some say they moved to a different plane of existence by Father's orders. Others say they wanted to experience life as mortals, a life which Father granted them. Father won't say either way, so no one knows what happened to them, only that we took their place."
Keiichi pointed at the article. "Is there anything special about the tablet?"
Belldandy shrugged, "Not that I know of. But it would be interesting to see."
Keiichi smiled, "Let's go today. I haven't got any plans."
"Ok."
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Across town.
Akuma stood before a group of 6 Demons, recent arrivals from the future to replace those that had fallen at the hands of the goddess. The newspaper article was posted next to him on the wall, along with plans to the museum.
"This is the Nekomi museum of Art." Akuma began pointing at the plans.
"Who cares!" shouted a demon.
Akuma frowned. "You'll care because the artifact that allowed our Queen to ascend to the throne and eventually to conquer the heavens is currently there."
The demons looked at each other in surprise. Akuma waited for several moments before continuing.
"It is my belief that the target will try to destroy the artifact, thus preventing the ascension of the queen." Akuma glared at the assembled demons. "This cannot be allowed to happen! We must protect the artifact!"
"Question."
Akuma looked down at the demon. "Yes?"
"What does the artifact look like?"
"......."
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In her abandoned apartment, the 1st stared at the newspaper article.
"Interesting..." she said quietly, then resumed eating her breakfast: a gallon of Vanilla Ice Cream.
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"But why do I have to stay here?!?!" asked Urd.
"Urd," said Belldandy quietly, "You were almost killed last night. The attacker is still on the loose. Here your under the protection of the demon wards...."
"...Which won't help because the attacker is a goddess.."
"...as well as Lind's protection."
"Great.." muttered Urd, "I get to spend the day with Miss Personality."
"Urd..She's not that bad..."
"Yeah well..." Urd sighed, "At least Skuld will be here." Belldandy turned away from Urd. Urd frowned. "Skuld IS going to be here right?"
"She has a date."
"A date? With who?!?!"
"Sentaro. She'll be out until late."
Keiichi appeared in the doorway, "Ready Bell?"
"Yep." Belldandy headed out the door. She stopped and looked back at Urd. "Will you be ok?"
Urd sighed, "Yeah, I'll just watch TV or something. It will be more exciting then staring at old dusty artifacts." Urd looked up at Belldandy. "You're going to be bored out of your mind."
Belldandy shrugged, "Keiichi's interested about it because it's part of the history of the world. I'm interested because it is a part of our heritage as Norse gods. I'm sure it will be exciting." Belldandy started out the door. "If anything happens, contact me right away."
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Nekomi Museum of Art. Several hours later.
Akuma moved quietly among the objects of the exhibit. He wore sunglasses to hide his more distinguishing demon markings as well as his red eyes. The other demons were dressed similarly, moving quietly among the mortals. All had one task on their minds: try to identify the artifact needed to achieve ascension.
"Sir..."
Akuma looked over to see one of his demons standing next to him. He then turned back, staring at the display as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Has the artifact been found?"
"No sir." The demon was quiet for several seconds. "Sir I have to protest."
"Why?"
"I came here to fight the goddess, not dress up like a Matrix extra.."
Akuma raised in eyebrow in annoyance. "As much as I despise mortals, do not mock The Matrix."
The other demon rolled his eyes, "Alright fine. But still I..." the demons voice trailed off.
Akuma could understand why. A chill ran down his spine, a chill that only came when in the presence of the one of the gods.
"Sir..I..."
"I know." muttered Akuma. He began to look around.
"Is it....?"
Akuma finally spotted her. "No...it's not her..... It's her sister."
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Belldandy shivered. Keiichi looked at her curiously.
"Are you alright?"
"I fine." said Belldandy, "I just felt cold all of a sudden. Maybe the air turned on."
Keiichi shrugged. Both continued into the exhibit room. Keiichi looked around the room in awe. In the center was the recovered Viking ship. Surrounding it were displays showing the daily life of the Vikings as well as their battle gear and religious artifacts. The second floor balcony held many art works and tapestries depicting Viking battles. He and Belldandy moved on to the first exhibit. As they moved, they were watched from the second floor by the 1st. Her long black hair was braided. She also wore sunglasses, like the demons below, to hide her markings. She had expected the demons to be here. She did not expect Belldandy and Keiichi to be here.
Regardless, she had to proceed.
And pray her loved ones would survive.
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"Should we attack?"
Akuma watched as the goddess moved along the displays with her beloved mortal.
"No." replied Akuma, "The queens orders were explicit. We are to bring back or kill the target. No one else is to be harmed."
The other demon grumbled, "Just seems to be a waste though.... to be here and yet let the goddesses live."
"Orders are orders and are meant to be obeyed." said Akuma, "Now return to the search for the artifact. We must find it before....." Akuma voice trailed off. The other demon froze as well.
"She's here."
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Belldandy continued walking next to Keiichi, occasionally reading the Norse writing on the artifacts to Keiichi. The cold feeling had not left her nor had the feeling that she was being watched. When Keiichi wasn't looking, she would quickly take a look around the room. The only thing that seemed odd was the group of 7 or so people who wore black and sunglasses. They were spread out all over the room, yet they seemed to be intentionally ignoring her. Belldandy then noticed something from the corner of her eye. She turned to see a woman staring at her from the second floor balcony. The woman wore black, like the group on the floor, and also wore sunglasses. Her black hair was braided behind her head. For some reason, the woman seemed familiar to Belldandy, yet she could not place where. Belldandy and the woman continued to stare at each other for a long time.
"Bell?"
Belldandy turned to see Keiichi looking at her worried.
"Are you alright?"
Belldandy turned back towards the second floor.
The woman was gone.
"I thought I saw someone familiar." She smiled, "I guess I was mistaken."
"Oh." Keiichi turned and pointed to the next artifact. It was a stone tablet. "Here it is: The Tablet of the Norns."
Belldandy leaned in close and looked at the artifact. It was full of Norse writing and contained 3 carvings of woman. Over each was a symbol. Belldandy gasped. Each symbol was one that was on the foreheads of Her and her sisters.
It was then all hell broke loose.
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"Sir, we still haven't identified the object."
Akuma sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Have you at least found her?"
The other demon shook his head. "No sir. We think her sisters presence is disrupting our search."
Akuma glared at his subordinate. "We have to find her or the artifact quickly before she.."
All over the room, the fire sprinklers engaged, spraying water all over the place. People shouted in surprise and began to run to escape the deluge.
"..tries anything." muttered Akuma.
Akuma looked about. The other demons were muttering in disgust as they were soaked. Movement on the second floor caught his eye. It was a figure wearing a familiar styled helmet.
"THERE SHE IS!!" shouted Akuma, as he raised his hand. He quickly fired off 3 force bolts towards his target. The bolts sizzled through the water crashing into the balcony. Debris from the balcony rained down on the screaming people below. The first then popped up from behind the railing and fired off 2 force bolts of her own. One crashed into a display that exploded. The other slammed into a demon, leaving a large hole in his chest.
Belldandy stood shocked near the doorway with Keiichi, who was helping people to leave. She was stunned that the Goddess was shooting to kill, with no regard for the Doublet System. She was also conflicted. On the one hand she wanted to stop the demons and the rogue Goddess from fighting, to prevent further loss of life and to protect the fleeing people from any errant shot force bolts. But she also wanted to get Keiichi as far away from the fighting as possible.
The remaining demons scattered about the floor, firing several force bolts up towards the 1st. The 1st remained just out of view behind the railing. Force bolt after force bolt blew away more and more of the railing as well as the supporting floor.
'Can't stay here." muttered the 1st.
She quickly leaped up and fired off 2 more force bolts. Two more demons fell.
Akuma snarled. The fight had barely started and already he was down to half strength. He looked around trying to determine where the goddess was now.
"Sir!"
Akuma turned and looked at his subordinate. "What!?"
The demon pointed. "Look at that..." A spark spit off a sword as a metal disk rebounded and slammed into the demon from behind. Akuma ducked down lower and looked towards the direction the shot had come from. He saw nothing. He then turned and looked at the object the demon had pointed at. It was a case containing a tablet. At first Akuma couldn't figure out why he should be looking at it when one of the symbols flared bright blue. Seconds later a force bolt crashed into the floor near one of his remaining demons. Akuma stared at the object, then looked back up to where the goddess was hiding. He then turned to see Belldandy, still by the door with her beloved, helping the mortals to escape. He looked back up at the goddess, then turned and fired off a force bolt towards Keiichi.
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Belldandy turned and gasped as she saw the bolt racing towards her Keiichi. She quickly leaped in front of him and through up a shield, deflecting the force bolt away.
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The 1st crawled along the second floor, using the railing to hide her from view.
"Only 3 left," muttered the 1st, "Then, a nice gallon of ice cream..."
Suddenly the floor below her exploded.
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The deflected force bolt slammed into the second floor balcony, bringing the floor crashing down, as well as an object who had been laying on it.
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Akuma smiled as he watched the symbol for Belldandy glowed as she had thrown up her shield.
"That's it." He said, "That's it! GET THAT TABLET!"
"Sir!" One of the demon's pointed.
Akuma turned to see the result of his blocked force bolt, as well as the figure who crashed to the floor along with the debris. Akuma smiled.
"Two birds with one stone..." Akuma glanced at the other demons. "You two get her. I'll get the artifact."
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"Keiichi are you alright?" asked Belldandy as she worriedly looked over her husband.
"Yeah," replied Keiichi, "I'm fine." He noticed the approaching demons. "Belldandy.."
Belldandy turned to see the demons. She then realized they weren't coming for her, they were after the rogue goddess, the one who had attacked Urd. She watched as the two demons approached the fallen goddess, evil grins appeared on their faces.
"We have to help her.."
Keiichi glanced at Belldandy, "What?"
Belldandy looked back at Keiichi, a determined look on her face. "We have to help her."
" But she.." Keiichi took one glance at the look on her face and made his decision.
"Alright."
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The two demons approached the goddess.
"Doesn't look scary now does she." said one.
"No.."
"Be a same to just kill her while she's out...not really fun unless they're begging for their lives..."
"Yeah, the screams are always music to my.." The demon flew backwards into a display as a force bolt slammed into his chest. The other turned to see Belldandy standing with her arms still raised.
"Why you."
"Hey Catch!"
The demon turned just in time to see a shield fly at him. He fell to the ground stunned. Keiichi smiled at his toss.
"You may have defeated them.."
Belldandy and Keiichi turned to see the Akuma standing triumphantly holding the tablet over his head.
".But I now hold the key to victory."
The next morning was anything but normal. Lind was on the phone, talking to the heavens. Urd was surprisingly up early and watching the TV. Skuld, Belldandy, and Keiichi sat at the table, trying to eat breakfast and remain awake. Skuld failed miserably planted her face in the middle of her breakfast. Keiichi looked up from his newspaper and stared at her a few moments before looking at Belldandy.
"If I wasn't so tired I'd be laughing at that."
"She was up late last night worrying about Urd." said Belldandy, "She was also checking out Banpei-kun and Sigel."
Keiichi frowned, "Yeah, what did happen to them? I thought they were supposed to alert us to danger."
"Apparently someone shut them down," replied Belldandy, " which is odd because they should only respond to Skuld or myself."
Keiichi raised an eyebrow, "Only Skuld and you?"
Belldandy turned slightly red, "She...programmed them before she finally accepted you. She hasn't had time to reprogrammed them yet."
Keiichi accepted the answer and went back to looking at the newspaper. After reading it a bit, an article caught his eye.
"Hey, there's a new exhibit at the museum."
"Oh?" said Belldandy as she helped Skuld out of her breakfast. "What kind?"
"Apparently it's a big showing of Viking artifacts." replied Keiichi, "Some of which have never been shown outside of Europe. Apparently they have Viking jewelry, a recovered ship..."
"That's nice..." said Belldandy.
"And some religious artifacts, including one called the Tablet of the Norns.."
THAT got Belldandy's attention.
"Tablet of the Norns?" Belldandy frowned slightly.
Keiichi noted this. "You know something about it? Does it involve you?"
Belldandy leaned back slightly. "It involves me indirectly. My sisters and I are the Norns, but we aren't hundreds of years old." Belldandy turned and smiled at Keiichi. "Not yet anyway. There were Goddesses before us who were also the Norns. They are the ones that your mythology speaks of. Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld." Belldandy frowned slightly at the table. "I don't know what happened to them. Some say they moved to a different plane of existence by Father's orders. Others say they wanted to experience life as mortals, a life which Father granted them. Father won't say either way, so no one knows what happened to them, only that we took their place."
Keiichi pointed at the article. "Is there anything special about the tablet?"
Belldandy shrugged, "Not that I know of. But it would be interesting to see."
Keiichi smiled, "Let's go today. I haven't got any plans."
"Ok."
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Across town.
Akuma stood before a group of 6 Demons, recent arrivals from the future to replace those that had fallen at the hands of the goddess. The newspaper article was posted next to him on the wall, along with plans to the museum.
"This is the Nekomi museum of Art." Akuma began pointing at the plans.
"Who cares!" shouted a demon.
Akuma frowned. "You'll care because the artifact that allowed our Queen to ascend to the throne and eventually to conquer the heavens is currently there."
The demons looked at each other in surprise. Akuma waited for several moments before continuing.
"It is my belief that the target will try to destroy the artifact, thus preventing the ascension of the queen." Akuma glared at the assembled demons. "This cannot be allowed to happen! We must protect the artifact!"
"Question."
Akuma looked down at the demon. "Yes?"
"What does the artifact look like?"
"......."
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In her abandoned apartment, the 1st stared at the newspaper article.
"Interesting..." she said quietly, then resumed eating her breakfast: a gallon of Vanilla Ice Cream.
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"But why do I have to stay here?!?!" asked Urd.
"Urd," said Belldandy quietly, "You were almost killed last night. The attacker is still on the loose. Here your under the protection of the demon wards...."
"...Which won't help because the attacker is a goddess.."
"...as well as Lind's protection."
"Great.." muttered Urd, "I get to spend the day with Miss Personality."
"Urd..She's not that bad..."
"Yeah well..." Urd sighed, "At least Skuld will be here." Belldandy turned away from Urd. Urd frowned. "Skuld IS going to be here right?"
"She has a date."
"A date? With who?!?!"
"Sentaro. She'll be out until late."
Keiichi appeared in the doorway, "Ready Bell?"
"Yep." Belldandy headed out the door. She stopped and looked back at Urd. "Will you be ok?"
Urd sighed, "Yeah, I'll just watch TV or something. It will be more exciting then staring at old dusty artifacts." Urd looked up at Belldandy. "You're going to be bored out of your mind."
Belldandy shrugged, "Keiichi's interested about it because it's part of the history of the world. I'm interested because it is a part of our heritage as Norse gods. I'm sure it will be exciting." Belldandy started out the door. "If anything happens, contact me right away."
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Nekomi Museum of Art. Several hours later.
Akuma moved quietly among the objects of the exhibit. He wore sunglasses to hide his more distinguishing demon markings as well as his red eyes. The other demons were dressed similarly, moving quietly among the mortals. All had one task on their minds: try to identify the artifact needed to achieve ascension.
"Sir..."
Akuma looked over to see one of his demons standing next to him. He then turned back, staring at the display as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Has the artifact been found?"
"No sir." The demon was quiet for several seconds. "Sir I have to protest."
"Why?"
"I came here to fight the goddess, not dress up like a Matrix extra.."
Akuma raised in eyebrow in annoyance. "As much as I despise mortals, do not mock The Matrix."
The other demon rolled his eyes, "Alright fine. But still I..." the demons voice trailed off.
Akuma could understand why. A chill ran down his spine, a chill that only came when in the presence of the one of the gods.
"Sir..I..."
"I know." muttered Akuma. He began to look around.
"Is it....?"
Akuma finally spotted her. "No...it's not her..... It's her sister."
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Belldandy shivered. Keiichi looked at her curiously.
"Are you alright?"
"I fine." said Belldandy, "I just felt cold all of a sudden. Maybe the air turned on."
Keiichi shrugged. Both continued into the exhibit room. Keiichi looked around the room in awe. In the center was the recovered Viking ship. Surrounding it were displays showing the daily life of the Vikings as well as their battle gear and religious artifacts. The second floor balcony held many art works and tapestries depicting Viking battles. He and Belldandy moved on to the first exhibit. As they moved, they were watched from the second floor by the 1st. Her long black hair was braided. She also wore sunglasses, like the demons below, to hide her markings. She had expected the demons to be here. She did not expect Belldandy and Keiichi to be here.
Regardless, she had to proceed.
And pray her loved ones would survive.
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"Should we attack?"
Akuma watched as the goddess moved along the displays with her beloved mortal.
"No." replied Akuma, "The queens orders were explicit. We are to bring back or kill the target. No one else is to be harmed."
The other demon grumbled, "Just seems to be a waste though.... to be here and yet let the goddesses live."
"Orders are orders and are meant to be obeyed." said Akuma, "Now return to the search for the artifact. We must find it before....." Akuma voice trailed off. The other demon froze as well.
"She's here."
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Belldandy continued walking next to Keiichi, occasionally reading the Norse writing on the artifacts to Keiichi. The cold feeling had not left her nor had the feeling that she was being watched. When Keiichi wasn't looking, she would quickly take a look around the room. The only thing that seemed odd was the group of 7 or so people who wore black and sunglasses. They were spread out all over the room, yet they seemed to be intentionally ignoring her. Belldandy then noticed something from the corner of her eye. She turned to see a woman staring at her from the second floor balcony. The woman wore black, like the group on the floor, and also wore sunglasses. Her black hair was braided behind her head. For some reason, the woman seemed familiar to Belldandy, yet she could not place where. Belldandy and the woman continued to stare at each other for a long time.
"Bell?"
Belldandy turned to see Keiichi looking at her worried.
"Are you alright?"
Belldandy turned back towards the second floor.
The woman was gone.
"I thought I saw someone familiar." She smiled, "I guess I was mistaken."
"Oh." Keiichi turned and pointed to the next artifact. It was a stone tablet. "Here it is: The Tablet of the Norns."
Belldandy leaned in close and looked at the artifact. It was full of Norse writing and contained 3 carvings of woman. Over each was a symbol. Belldandy gasped. Each symbol was one that was on the foreheads of Her and her sisters.
It was then all hell broke loose.
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"Sir, we still haven't identified the object."
Akuma sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Have you at least found her?"
The other demon shook his head. "No sir. We think her sisters presence is disrupting our search."
Akuma glared at his subordinate. "We have to find her or the artifact quickly before she.."
All over the room, the fire sprinklers engaged, spraying water all over the place. People shouted in surprise and began to run to escape the deluge.
"..tries anything." muttered Akuma.
Akuma looked about. The other demons were muttering in disgust as they were soaked. Movement on the second floor caught his eye. It was a figure wearing a familiar styled helmet.
"THERE SHE IS!!" shouted Akuma, as he raised his hand. He quickly fired off 3 force bolts towards his target. The bolts sizzled through the water crashing into the balcony. Debris from the balcony rained down on the screaming people below. The first then popped up from behind the railing and fired off 2 force bolts of her own. One crashed into a display that exploded. The other slammed into a demon, leaving a large hole in his chest.
Belldandy stood shocked near the doorway with Keiichi, who was helping people to leave. She was stunned that the Goddess was shooting to kill, with no regard for the Doublet System. She was also conflicted. On the one hand she wanted to stop the demons and the rogue Goddess from fighting, to prevent further loss of life and to protect the fleeing people from any errant shot force bolts. But she also wanted to get Keiichi as far away from the fighting as possible.
The remaining demons scattered about the floor, firing several force bolts up towards the 1st. The 1st remained just out of view behind the railing. Force bolt after force bolt blew away more and more of the railing as well as the supporting floor.
'Can't stay here." muttered the 1st.
She quickly leaped up and fired off 2 more force bolts. Two more demons fell.
Akuma snarled. The fight had barely started and already he was down to half strength. He looked around trying to determine where the goddess was now.
"Sir!"
Akuma turned and looked at his subordinate. "What!?"
The demon pointed. "Look at that..." A spark spit off a sword as a metal disk rebounded and slammed into the demon from behind. Akuma ducked down lower and looked towards the direction the shot had come from. He saw nothing. He then turned and looked at the object the demon had pointed at. It was a case containing a tablet. At first Akuma couldn't figure out why he should be looking at it when one of the symbols flared bright blue. Seconds later a force bolt crashed into the floor near one of his remaining demons. Akuma stared at the object, then looked back up to where the goddess was hiding. He then turned to see Belldandy, still by the door with her beloved, helping the mortals to escape. He looked back up at the goddess, then turned and fired off a force bolt towards Keiichi.
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Belldandy turned and gasped as she saw the bolt racing towards her Keiichi. She quickly leaped in front of him and through up a shield, deflecting the force bolt away.
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The 1st crawled along the second floor, using the railing to hide her from view.
"Only 3 left," muttered the 1st, "Then, a nice gallon of ice cream..."
Suddenly the floor below her exploded.
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The deflected force bolt slammed into the second floor balcony, bringing the floor crashing down, as well as an object who had been laying on it.
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Akuma smiled as he watched the symbol for Belldandy glowed as she had thrown up her shield.
"That's it." He said, "That's it! GET THAT TABLET!"
"Sir!" One of the demon's pointed.
Akuma turned to see the result of his blocked force bolt, as well as the figure who crashed to the floor along with the debris. Akuma smiled.
"Two birds with one stone..." Akuma glanced at the other demons. "You two get her. I'll get the artifact."
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"Keiichi are you alright?" asked Belldandy as she worriedly looked over her husband.
"Yeah," replied Keiichi, "I'm fine." He noticed the approaching demons. "Belldandy.."
Belldandy turned to see the demons. She then realized they weren't coming for her, they were after the rogue goddess, the one who had attacked Urd. She watched as the two demons approached the fallen goddess, evil grins appeared on their faces.
"We have to help her.."
Keiichi glanced at Belldandy, "What?"
Belldandy looked back at Keiichi, a determined look on her face. "We have to help her."
" But she.." Keiichi took one glance at the look on her face and made his decision.
"Alright."
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The two demons approached the goddess.
"Doesn't look scary now does she." said one.
"No.."
"Be a same to just kill her while she's out...not really fun unless they're begging for their lives..."
"Yeah, the screams are always music to my.." The demon flew backwards into a display as a force bolt slammed into his chest. The other turned to see Belldandy standing with her arms still raised.
"Why you."
"Hey Catch!"
The demon turned just in time to see a shield fly at him. He fell to the ground stunned. Keiichi smiled at his toss.
"You may have defeated them.."
Belldandy and Keiichi turned to see the Akuma standing triumphantly holding the tablet over his head.
".But I now hold the key to victory."
