Love of an Angel - Ah My Goddess Fanfic

Part Two of One Wish By Arie Tarou

Chapter 1 - Angel Eggs


"Ice cream!"

Arie chuckled as she heard a 'WAI' followed by a multiple amount of crashes only to have Skuld run out of her room to meet her. The black haired girl ran up to her, stars in her eyes. Arie looked down at her watch and winked at the girl. "10 second. Last week it was 5, I think you've been eating too much Ice Cream because you're a little slow." She pretended to walk to the kitchen, keeping the tub of ice cream out of reach.

"Aww…. Arie…" Arie turned around to see the girls face in a mocking pout. Arie smiled, "Well, if you can get us some spoons I'm sure that I can share." The two of them giggled as they headed to the kitchen. Arie took a seat at the table, while Skuld soon joined her with two spoons in hand, passing one to Arie. They dug in together and as they closed their mouths over the spoonful of their respected favorites, Chocolate and Pistachio, the happy sighs echoed in the room.

"Ah, nothing beats a good taste of ice cream!" Commented Arie, Skuld only nodded as she stuck another spoonful into her mouth. "So, what were you working on this time?" Skuld stopped mid-bite, and blushed with a slight sulk. "Something…" She avoided and took another bite. Arie raised one eyebrow and kept looking at her and continued to work on the green tea flavored ice cream. Skuld's guilt over rode her, and she blew into a full confession.

"I wanted to make a machine that would allow me to control my angel, but last time there was a massive failure, and I was hoping that this time it would work. I miss Noble Scarlet so much, and I know that if I could control her I could keep her!" Her eyes were filled with tears, but Arie felt as if she missed something. She would have to talk to Bell-chan when she got a chance. "What has Belldandy said about all of this?" Skuld looked down at the now untouched ice cream. Arie then knew that Skuld had not said a word, and was, in fact, going against her sister's orders. Typical. "Well, How about you finish up the ice cream. I have to go talk to Bell-Chan about something. Don't worry, I won't tell her what your doing, but you can't use it unless I'm there, Deal?" Skuld looked up and smiled, "Hai, One-sama!" And with that Arie moved out of the kitchen and walked to her attic room. It had undergone a new change from since she last arrived here. Instead of the white walls and the blue trim it was now an elegant room of soft brown hues with royal blues and purples. Hangings of different art forms were placed along the wall, and a large Celtic tree pointed knot decorated one wall with blue, purple and green. She felt drawn to it, unsure why, but she did. Moving to her desk she flipped on her computer and set the Muse.003 on. How many CD's had she written over the last year? It had helped a lot with the Temples income, and although Keiichi-san didn't really need the money with his job at Chihori's shop, it was nice that they didn't have to worry so much about the bills and Skuld's Ice Cream fetish, and Urds sake fetish. Pulling out the odd packages from her shopping tote, she then headed out to the garden in the back where her twin, Belldandy was hanging up the daily load of laundry.
"Hey, Bell-chan, you got a minute?" Belldandy smiled and poked her head out from behind the sheet. Arie helped her finish pinning it up. "Sure." "Skuld mentioned something about missing her Angel today, and I've of course have known about Holy Bell, but i can't help but wonder if I'm ment to have an Angel of my own or not." Belldandy stopped and just looked at Arie, and her cheeks went red, causing Belldandy to chuckle. "But if i'm not.. then.." Arie trailed off, but before either could say a word, Belldandy grabbed Aries hand and pulled her into the house and into her room. It, at first caught her unaware, but by the giggling from Belldandy, which was a little uncharacteristic of her but she guessed that she was rubbing off on her twin a little. She stopped in front of a small stand that had a tiny egg that Arie found similar to the one around Skuld's neck, sitting on a blue velvet pillow. "I was told not to give it to you till you asked about it." Belldandy smiled and picked up the egg carefully and handed it to Arie. "The egg was given to me between the time you were away for those 4-5 years, and have been waiting for you to say something." She smiled and Arie's heart fluttered. Bell-chan was such a sweet hearted Goddess, and Arie admired that in her. Arie just seemed to have the odd tendencies to be a little more outspoken then her, though they were basically tied when it came to Karaoke. Arie looked down at the egg, and was a little puzzled.
"What do i do with it?" She asked, and Belldandy smiled, "You swallow it." "And then what?" Belldandy winked, "That is for you to find out. "Does it hurt the egg, or me?" "No." She was skeptical of the Egg, not really sure what to expect. She looked to Belldandy, "What's it like to have an Angel?" Belldandy's smile softened and her arms took hold of Arie's shoulders, Holy Bell appearing, and wrapping around them both.
"It's like having a twin, a best friend that reflects your soul, and is there to protect you and comfort you." She Smiled, "Just like me having you home." Arie smiled, and held back a tear. Sister. Arie hugged Belldandy and thanked her. Heading back to her room, she didn't swallow the egg, only gave it it's new perch.
*I was mortal once. How would that affect her. Her? My Angel.* Arie looked at the egg, not really sure what to think of it. All too soon Belldandy called for supper, and she headed down the stairs, dwelling on her Angel egg. What would her angel be like anyways?


End of Chapter One