Chapter 11
Two days later
Sayoko was falling.
It seemed like she fell for hours. The next thing she knew, she was standing just over a large body of water, her feet barely making ripples.
"So there you are."
Sayoko turned to see the only demon ever to strike fear into the heart of Hild herself, the Soultaker.
"You're dead." Sayoko said plainly.
"Am I?" The Soultaker smiled. "You saw my dead body?"
"It was blown up and buried in the resulting explosion."
"Of course it was." The Soultaker said with a smile.
Sayoko crossed her arms. "What do you want?"
"Direct as always my little Lucy."
"I am not Lucy." Sayoko said with a glare.
"You're right of course. My Lucy was a bit more fun." Soultaker sighed, "I'm here to warn you."
"You," Sayoko said, pointing at the demon. "Are warning me? Why do I find that funny?"
"Laugh all you want." The Soultaker said, "But heed my words, you, your family, your friends, are all in danger."
Sayoko glared at the demon. "From who?"
"Your past." The Soultaker waved her hands. All around them appeared enemies from Sayoko's past, Gendo Ikari, Loki, Lucy, Draco, all the members of SEELE, and the 10 resurrected Angels who had attacked Terra 2 twenty years before. The Soultaker looked around before facing Sayoko again. "Your past haunts you, and will continue to do so in the future."
Sayoko sighed, "The only thing from my past that's haunting me right now is you."
The Soultaker smiled. "You have been warned." She faded from sight, as did the ghosts of her past.
Abruptly, the surface of the water gave, and Sayoko fell in with a splash.
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Terra 2
Sayoko sat up, breathing heavily.
"Damn." She muttered, "Stupid nightmare."
A quick look around showed her to still be in her bedroom. She glanced at the digital clock on her nightstand.
5am
In about 7 hours she would be married.
"Damn wedding day jitters." muttered Sayoko.
"Mmmm Sayoko……" came a quiet mutter, "lemme worship you some more……"
Sayoko blushed and looked at the other person in the bed. Kensuke was still asleep, and obviously dreaming.
"Mmmmmm," Kensuke muttered again, "I love you my Goddess……"
"I love you too Kensuke." Sayoko whispered quietly. She then got up and headed towards the bathroom. As she did, she waved a hand over her, changing her clothes from her nightgown to her goddess robes. "Enough sleep. Time to start the day." She then vanished into the bathroom mirror.
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Heaven
Peorth sighed.
It was the start of what was going to be a very long month. Every thousand years or so, the operators and administrators preformed a cleanup of the Yggdrasil system. Files that were no longer accessed and old programs that were no longer used were removed from the main system and placed in the Archives. This was to be the first cleanup Peorth had ever participated in. From talking to past SysOps, Peorth knew to expect long exhausting shifts until the cleanup was complete. The only bright spot of the entire would be later that day, Sayoko's wedding.
"Auntie Peorth?"
'Speaking of Sayoko.' Peorth swiveled her chair. "Hey Sayoko, what's……" Peorth stared at Sayoko. "What happened to you? You look like you just woke up."
"I did." Sayoko moved next to Peorth and glanced at the SysOp terminal. "Has there been anything weird happening?"
"Nope." Peorth glanced over the terminal as well, "All quiet. Why?"
"I just had a nightmare." Sayoko said, "Someone from the past showed up in it."
Peorth shrugged, "Doesn't sound so bad."
"Peorth," Sayoko leaned closer and whispered. "It was that Demon, the Soultaker."
"Oh."
"She said all of my friends and family were in danger. Is their any chance……..?"
"It's been five hundred years Sayoko." Peorth said, "If she was going to do something, she would have done it by now."
"That's just it." Sayoko said, "Draco had five hundred years too, and look what he did. I'm just looking for a little peace of mind here."
"I understand." Peorth typed rapidly on the terminal. "I'll run a check over everything myself. I'll also give Hell a call and see if they can find anything." Peorth smiled at her. "They actually have their mainframe running correctly for a change."
"Thanks Auntie."
"No problem kiddo. Now go get ready. It's a big day and your hair is a mess."
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It was a very large auditorium. It had to be to hold every deity in the heavens when the new First class goddesses were presented. This was typically done only once a year as to get everyone present took a lot of planning to make sure all the key systems were covered. Even then, 200 or so deities were unable to attend.
The event being held that day was a little more unusual. Marriages between the gods were not fairly common, mostly because of their long lives, thus it wouldn't be surprising to see a couple celebrating their 500th, or 1,000th wedding anniversary. Marriages between God and mortal were even more rare, Belldandy being the only one in the past 800 years that had done so (Skuld and Sentaro were still only dating, both scared to ask the other the 'big question'). Several gods and goddesses moved about to add decorations here and there.
Keiichi, currently the only mortal present in the room, sat silently and watched. In some ways he was having flash backs back to his own wedding, watching people scurry about with last minute preparations. The full meaning of the day had hit him weeks ago.
Today his baby was getting married.
Alright, so she wasn't exactly his baby any more (the baby in question being well over five hundred years old), but still, today was the last day she would carry the family name Morisato. From here on after, she would be known as Mrs. Aida.
'Only a few hours to go.' Keiichi thought, 'And then this room will be filled with family and friends.' He glanced over to see Belldandy talking about something to Cayla. He smiled. Belldandy had thrown herself completely into the preparations. And it was clearly wearing her out. It wasn't just the wedding tiring out the Goddess, she was still performing her role as Councilor for Terra 2 as well as the Norse Gods. Between the wedding, paperwork, and council meetings, he hadn't seen much of Belldandy in the last several weeks. If it wasn't for Cayla being around, he'd probably have never seen Belldandy even that much.
He sighed as he leaned back into the chair.
'I wonder how Sayoko is?'
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"ACK! My Hair!"
Sayoko had just sat down in front of the mirror in her old room. She was now staring at the horror that was her hair.
"It's not that bad." Rei said, "Look we can comb out the tangles."
"A lot of tangles." muttered Sayoko, "Maybe I should have kept it short like yours."
Rei smiled, "I've been trying to let it grow out like yours."
Sayoko finally cracked a smile. The door opened admitting Asuka and Hikari.
"What!" shouted Asuka, "You're not even in your dress yet!"
"It's still four hours before the wedding." Sayoko said.
"Which means we don't have a lot of time." Asuka said, "We're going to make sure that Kensuke is totally blown away when he sees you."
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"Don't faint."
"Don't faint?" Kensuke glared at Shinji, "I ask you for advice and all you can say is don't faint?! What kind of help is that?!"
"The best I can offer." Shinji said.
Kensuke sighed. He, Shinji, Touji, and Keima were sitting in the house on Terra 2. Sayoko had vanished at some point that morning. Celes was still around, but other then making him a nice breakfast, she hadn't been out of her room much. He assumed she was getting ready as well.
"You know when I married Hikari, I was a nervous wreck." Touji said, "I was worried if I would screw up, if Hikari would change her mind." He then glared at Shinji. "Turns out I should have been worried that a friend of mine was about to ruin my honeymoon."
Shinji just smiled, "I told you, you shouldn't have called Asuka a demon."
A thought occurred to Kensuke. "Shinji………you aren't planning anything are you?"
Shinji placed his elbows on the table, and rested his head on his interlaced hands, covering the lower portion of his face.
"Why Mr. Aida," he said in an eerie voice similar to his father's, "Why ever would you think that? That scenario has long since played out."
"Shinji…….."
"Yes?"
"Never do that again."
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Four hours later
Sayoko peered carefully through the doorway. Sitting in the seats were many of her friends and family, both mortal (alive and dead) and god. While the auditorium wasn't full, she could still feel a very large happy vive to the place. But that didn't help her fears any.
"Wow." Was all she could say.
"You're nervous aren't you?" Rei asked. Rei was performing the role of Sayoko's Maid of Honor. Asuka and Hikari were the other two brides maids.
Sayoko could only nod at Rei's question.
"Just take deep breaths." Asuka said, "And remember, Kensuke is probably just as nervous as you."
"He is?" Sayoko asked.
Asuka nodded, "After all, he'll be standing before Kami-sama, in front of all your friends and family, as well as his. And he'll be marrying the prettiest deity in heaven, after me of course."
"She's right." Everyone turned to see Belldandy and Keiichi standing behind them.
"I was nervous too." Belldandy smiled, "Although, I was nervous because we didn't know if Mara would ruin it."
"Don't have to worry about that this time though." Keiichi said, "Mara's in there next to Urd."
Sayoko peered back into the auditorium. Sure enough, there was the Demon Mara, chatting away with Urd and Ceres, the former demon. Another glance up the aisle showed that Kensuke was standing at the alter, waiting with Keima, Shinji, Touji, and her Grandfather, Kami-sama, who would be performing the ceremony. They were talking amongst themselves. Touji must have said something pretty bad because both Kensuke and Shinji glared at him. Sayoko then ducked out of site.
"Wow." She said again.
"Well I guess I had better get seated." Belldandy started to walk into the auditorium. Then she stopped. "I'm proud of you."
"Thank you Momma."
Belldandy smiled then hurried into the auditorium. Keiichi then stepped next to his daughter and held out his arm.
"Are you ready?" he asked.
Sayoko took hold of his arm.
"I've been ready forever."
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Kensuke looked up as Belldandy hurriedly walked down the aisle. She took her seat up in the front next to Skuld, Urd, and the Demon Mara, leaving space off to the side for Keiichi. Belldandy then look up at Kensuke. Seeing him looking at her, she smiled and winked.
Kensuke let out a sigh and looked around the auditorium for what had to be the seventh time. He knew exactly where everyone was. His parents were sitting next to Misato and Kaji Ryoji. Kouzou Fuyutsuki, Yui Ikari (Shinji's mother), Ritsuko Akagi, Maya Ibuki were also present. Most of the Suzuhara clan had shown up as well as Mizuho, Kei, Hatsuho, and Maho (that pretty much covered the 'dead' people). Several Gods and Goddesses were also present, including Ceres, Cayla, X, Chronos, Erie, even Mist. Nearby were Yui Ikari (Shinji and Asuka's daughter), Lime, Cherry, Bloodberry, Lime (the marionette) Lorelei, and Otaru. Also present near Yui were Arael and Celes. Kensuke had no problem with the Vampire being present. He was happy to know that she had been cared for while he was gone. It was the Arael he was wondering about. He had met her when he had first returned as she had been with Sayoko, but he knew nothing about the woman. In the time he'd spent on Terra 2, he'd never really had the chance to talk to Arael.
Any other thoughts he had quickly stopped as music began to play. First down the aisle came Hikari. Kensuke was still surprised when he saw her. Sayoko had told him in the past that when someone died, they would appear in heaven in the form of their youthful selves, which meant that Hikari looked to be in her twenties.
Next up the aisle was the red demon herself, Asuka. Kensuke let out a small sigh.
'I have got to stop thinking of her that way.' He thought, 'She's not that bad.'
Finally the Maid of Honor, Rei, made her way down the aisle. She still looked as she did so many years ago, and was also still very single. Heck, he thought, she was probably the only true 'maid' left in his circle of friends.
The music changed and everyone rose as two figures appeared at the entryway. Kensuke froze in awe as Sayoko came into view.
'My god……...she's beautiful.'
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"Ladies and Gentleman!" Cayla shouted, "I present to you Mr. And Mrs. Kensuke Aida!"
Everyone cheered as newlyweds exited Keiichi and Belldandy's house. The reception was being held in the back yard of their home, which was about the only place large enough to hold a gathering such as this.
From where she stood, Urd cheered and hooted loudly for her niece.
"She seems really happy."
Urd glanced to the side where Mara was standing. "Yes, she is."
Mara looked around. "Nice party."
"It is." Urd replied as she looked around. Then she frowned. "Someone's missing."
"Who?"
"Peorth." Urd said, "I don't see her here."
"You're right." Mara glanced around. "Come to think of it, I didn't see her at the wedding either."
Urd looked around for her middle sister. "I'm going to say something to Belldandy and then I'm going to look for her."
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Kensuke and Sayoko had been moving amongst the guests, greeting them and chatting for a bit before moving on to the next. It was then that he found himself face to face with Arael.
"Hello Arael." Kensuke said, "Are you enjoying yourself?"
"I'm finding this, interesting." Arael replied, "Lilim customs have always……puzzled me."
"Lilim…..?" Kensuke stared at Arael confused slightly before frowning. "Why would you use the word Lilim?"
"She should be using the word mortal." Sayoko said walking up behind Kensuke.
Arael bowed slightly. "My mistake."
Kensuke looked at Arael curiously. "You know, I haven't found out what domain or class you are. I don't suppose you could tell me?"
"I have no domain." Arael said softly, "For I am not a goddess."
"You're a guardian?" Kensuke asked.
"No……."
Now Kensuke was very confused. "Well then what are you?"
"Ken, she's…….." began Sayoko before Arael held up her hand, stopping her.
"I am Arael, the 15th Messenger." She said softly. "Now the last surviving Messenger."
Kensuke's eyes widened. He had read every classified and unclassified report in the UN files concerning NERV and SEELE. Thus when he heard Arael say what she was, he knew exactly what she meant.
"You're an Angel." He said.
"That is the name the lil……..mortals have given me and my brothers."
Kensuke then looked back at Sayoko. "The 15th, that was the one that entered you and Asuka's mind."
Sayoko nodded.
"So why is she here?!" he asked, his voice starting to rise. "She was dead!"
"A demon brought back the Angels." Sayoko said softly, "Four returned to the heavens that they had once turned against. They fought against their brothers, saving Lorelei, Asuka, Yui, myself, the entire planet of Terra 2." Sayoko walked beside Arael and placed an arm on her shoulder. "And now they are all dead, all but Arael."
"But she……"
"I forgave her for that a long time ago." Sayoko said, cutting him off. "Asuka has forgiven her as well." Sayoko's face softened. "She's become a good friend."
Kensuke looked at Arael for a moment.
"In that case," Kensuke held out his hand to Arael. "Please forgive me. And I hope that I could be counted as one of your friends."
Arael looked at his hand before taking it.
"There is nothing to forgive." Arael said, "Your anger is understandable. There is nothing I can do to atone for what I did."
"Arael," Sayoko scolded, "I thought we had finally gotten you to stop talking like that." She then smiled. "Now come on, weddings are suppose to be fun, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna let you mope at mine."
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"There you are!"
Peorth was sitting before a terminal in her office, illuminated only by the light from the screen. She turned around to see Urd and Mara entering.
"What is it?" Peorth asked.
"You missed the wedding." Urd said, crossing her arms, "And the reception has just started."
"Sorry." Peorth looked back at her terminal. "Sayoko asked me to do something for her."
"What was that?"
"She had a dream." Peorth replied, "The Soultaker was in it."
Behind her, Urd and Mara both inhaled sharply.
"Is she….?" began Mara.
"No. Sayoko is not regressing back to Lucy."
"But then is…….?" Urd began to ask.
"No. The Soultaker has not returned either. I've been scanning the entire system." Peorth looked at Urd and Mara. "I even talked to the demon ops. They've found nothing."
"Wait. You said they didn't," Urd said, "What about you?"
Peorth turned around and pointed at her screen. "What do you make of that?"
Urd looked at the image. "It's a Yggdrasil connection display. PDS, brainwave, file access, everything."
"Look at it closer."
Urd leaned forward. Several of the lines appeared to split into two every couple of seconds.
"There's two?"
Peorth nodded.
"Who is it?"
Peorth typed in a command that brought up the name.
Urd and Mara's jaws dropped.
"But you said she wasn't………" Mara started to say.
"She's not." Peorth replied. "This is nothing like the other time. Yggdrasil is still crunching the numbers but it should be done about……."
Ding!
"…….now." Peorth brought up a new window and quickly read it.
"Oh…..my….."
"What?!" shouted Urd as she leaned forward to read the screen, "What is….." Urd blinked. "Oh….……"
Mara looked at the two goddesses, then read the screen.
The demon blinked as well.
"Holy shit!"
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Lime sighed as she watched Sayoko and Kensuke enjoying their first dance as husband and wife.
"It's so romantic." She murmured.
Beside her, Cherry sighed as well.
"Yeah." Cherry then let out a second sigh as other people began to join the couple in dancing. "You're lucky."
"Hmm?"
"You're in college. You're dating a great guy." Cherry sighed again. "And you'll probably get married before I do."
"You'll find someone Cherry." Lime said, "It's not like there's a shortage of men on Terra 2."
"Says the girl dating a God."
Lime blushed. "Well…….."
Cherry glanced over Lime's shoulder. "Speaking of which……"
Lime felt arms wrap around her, and then felt someone's breath next to her ear.
"Care to dance?" came Keima's voice.
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Two goddesses and a demon walked down a street in heaven.
"You think we should tell her?"
"Tell her what? It needs to be confirmed. It's still to early."
"Confirmed? It's Yggdrasil! How much more confirmation do you need?"
"Yggdrasil has been wrong before. Besides, with all that's happened to her, we just want to be sure."
Urd, Peorth, and Mara walked through the gate and up the path that led to the residence of the Morisato's. The sounds of the party drifted from behind the house.
"Ahhh man." muttered Urd, "They already started."
"Hope they saved us some cake." Mara said as they entered the house.
"There you are!"
The three turned to see Hild standing near the refreshments.
"I wondered where you all went off to." Hild said.
"Mom?" Urd asked, "What are you doing?"
"Performing an age old practice." Hild said with a smile. She then held out a bottle.
Peorth raised an eyebrow. "Soda? You're spiking the drinks with soda?"
"Yep."
Urd stared blankly at her mother for a moment, then her eyes went wide.
"Sayoko gets drunk off of soda."
"Yes….." Hild said, her smile getting bigger.
"Belldandy gets drunk off of soda."
"Exactly! That girl needs to unwind. What better way then getting her totally smashed!"
"I've seen Belldandy smashed." Urd said. "She grants wishes at the drop of a hat."
A smile began to creep across Peorth's face.
"But she doesn't grant wishes anymore." Peorth looked at Urd. "And she's here in heaven, so nothing bad could happen."
"What about Sayoko?" Both goddesses looked at Mara. "I mean, she'll be going back to Terra 2 with Kensuke. I don't think he expects his wife to be trashed on their wedding night."
Urd smiled. "Considering they've probably been going at it like rabbits since he came back. I think he could use a night of rest." She looked at her mother. "Alright Mom, we're in."
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About two hours later
Keima walked up behind his father.
"Hey Dad?"
"What?"
"Mom's acting…….weird."
Keiichi looked at his son. "Weird how?"
"She wrapped Lime and me in a hug and started crying about how her babies are growing up."
Keiichi shrugged. "It's your sister's wedding. Of course she's going to be emotional."
"Yeah I understand that." Keima started scratching behind his head. "But she pulled Lime off to the side and started asking about when she can be expecting Grandkids."
Keiichi started coughing. "WHAT!??!"
"Mr. Morisato?"
Keiichi turned around to see Celes the Vampire behind him.
"Yes Ms. Victoria?"
"I think your daughter is drunk."
Keiichi looked over to where the Bride was. She appeared to be happily locking lips with her husband.
"She looks alright to me."
"She's drunk. Believe me."
"And you know this how?"
Celes smiled. "I did spend 60 years as her roommate. And the refreshments have the slight taste of soda in them."
Keiichi and Keima both let out a sigh.
"Soda." Keima muttered, "How did I ever luck out?"
"You take after me." Keiichi said. He then looked around. "Where is your Aunt Urd?"
Keima, Keiichi, and Celes looked about for the missing goddess.
"I found her." Keima said, "She's over there by Aunt Peorth, Mara, and……..Hild?"
Keiichi was there in a second.
"Urd." He hissed, "What have you done?"
"I didn't do it!" Urd said. She then turned and pointed. "It was Mom!"
"Don't worry Keiichi." Hild said, "Just a little harmless fun."
"What is harmless?"
Peorth smiled. "That."
Keiichi turned around to see Belldandy and Sayoko now standing on the platform for the band. Both had microphones.
"You didn't……." Keiichi said.
"You it's hard to believe they have never sung together." Mara said, "All it took was one suggestion."
Any further conversation was ended as Belldandy and Sayoko burst into song.
Ooh, baby do you know what that's worth?
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
When the night falls down
I wait for you and you come around
And the world's alive
With the sound of kids on the street outside
When you walk into the room
You pull me close and we start to move
And we're spinning with the stars above
And you lift me up
In a wave of love
Ooh, baby do you know what that's worth?
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
When I feel alone
I reach for you and you bring me home
When I'm lost at sea
I hear your voice and it carries me
In this world we're just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby, I was afraid before
I'm not afraid anymore
Ooh, baby do you know what that's worth?
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
In this world we're just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby, I was afraid before
I'm not afraid anymore
Ooh, baby do you know what that's worth?
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
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Terra 2
Hours later
"Poor Kensuke."
Lime looked at Bloodberry curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"It's his wedding night, and his bride had to be carried home after passing out." Bloodberry smiled. "And tomorrow, she is going to have one world class hang over. Bet he wasn't expecting that."
Lime frowned. Bloodberry sighed and leaned over, whispering something in Lime's ear. Lime's face got redder and redder. Bloodberry then sat back.
"THAT is what he expected to do."
"Oh…….my…….."
Bloodberry grinned. "So when you get married, don't disappoint Keima ok?"
"….…o……k……." Lime stood up and walked slowly into her room.
Bloodberry laid back on the floor looking at the ceiling, a giant smile on her face.
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Heaven
Ceres sat at a computer terminal, as did many of the other gods and goddesses in the Yggdrasil control room. All were going through the slow and tedious process of identifying old files to archive. Ceres herself was trying to access a particularly large directory that hadn't been accessed in almost five hundred years. The former Demon turned Goddess was using all of her computing skills trying to open the directory before setting it up for Achieving.
"Get it yet?"
Ceres looked up at Peorth who looked very tired.
"No." Ceres replied, "The encoding on this directory is heavy. It's taken almost six hours to get this far."
With a ding, the directory finally opened. But before Ceres could do anything, her screen flickered, then went blank.
"Program Activated." came a voice over the control room speakers.
Peorth looked at Ceres. "What did you do?"
"I didn't do a thing!" Ceres said, "It activated on it's own!"
"Chronos?"
"She's right ma'am." Chronos' hands flew over her terminal. "The decryption software set it off."
"Can you shut it down?"
"Negative." Chronos said, "I'm locked out."
"So am I." X added.
"I don't like this……." muttered Peorth.
It was at this point the screaming began.
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OMAKE
Gendo Ikari, The Soultaker, and Draco all sat at a table.
"Alright!" shouted Draco, "Bring in the next audition."
Three people entered, a male and two females. The male had gray hair, wore purple robes, glasses, and had a kind of crown on his head. The first woman had blond hair and wore a pair of shorts with a top that had rather large shoulder pads. The second girl had dark hair, a very fair skin, and a purple outfit with large shoulder pads.
Gendo assumed his standard position, head resting on his interlaced fingers, glaring through his glasses.
"And you are?"
"I am Lord Il Palazzo." The man said, "Head of the Secret Ideological Organization known as ACROSS."
The Soultaker frowned. "What is ACROSS?"
"It is the Organization for the Promotion of the Institutionalization of the Supreme Ideological Ideal on Earth."
"Very well." Gendo said, "Why should you be considered for the next Evil Villain in the Neon Genesis Goddess Fic?"
"Because the world is corrupt!" Il Palazzo shouted, "This globe in its entirety must be set aright!"
"CORRUPT!" shouted the blond, sounding a bit like Misato, "OH YEAH! HAIL IL PALAZZO!!!"
Il Palazzo looked over at the woman before looking back at the judges.
"You wouldn't happen to have a pit she could drop into?"
"Only it you wish to join her." Draco said.
"Oh. Very well then."
"How do you intend to conquer the world?" asked Gendo.
"So as not to set the masses against us," Il Palazzo said, "I intend to start small. For example, start of with a nation. But then to avoid overstretching resources, I would go a step beyond. Yes! I intend to begin World Domination by conquering, a city!"
"A city?" the three judges asked.
"CONQUER THE CITY!!" OH YEAH! HAIL IL PALAZZO!!" the blond shouted.
"Hail! Il Pala……." The second woman began before falling over, a trail of blood oozing from her mouth.
"Is she alright?" asked the Soultaker.
"She does that." Il Palazzo replied while the blond started shaking the other woman.
"Come on Hyatt wake up! This doesn't make us look good."
"Do you really expect us to believe you are evil enough to be villains in the next fic?" asked Draco.
"Indeed." Gendo said, "You are the diet of Evil."
"Evil Light." The Soultaker added, "With less carbs then full Evil."
"Ummm Does this mean we get the job?" asked the blond.
"No." Gendo pressed a button, causing the floor to drop out from under the three.
"AUGHHH!!!!' screamed the blond, "Deep hole! Deep hole! Excel cannot find the bottom! AHHHHH Hyatt! Close your mouth!1 Ahhh The blood!! Il Palazzo-sama the blood! There's so much!!!"
The floor closed cutting off the blonds last screams.
"NEXT!" shouted Draco.
A bald man in a white suit entered, a scar trailing down the over his left eye. He was followed in by a 3 foot tall version of himself.
"And you are?" Gendo asked.
"I am Dr. Evil." The man said, "And this is Mini-me………"