Seriously, I don't think I would've updated this if it wasn't for you, devil_urd. All of the others who read the fic, you should be thankful 'cause she's the one who's been pushing me around for this chapter. Love her. Adore her. Make huge statues of her and pray evey night for her blessing. Because she must be god for having me updating. LoL.

Please pardon the mistakes I know I've made, because it's late. It's always late when I'm writing. The daylight kills my inspiration. I'm a vampire. Fear me. O.o What the fuck am I writing? ... ok. I'm tiered now. I gotta sleep. Good night you all. *Prays to devil_urd for some inspiration before she goes to bed.* ready now. Sleep well. ¯o¯

Anyway... enjoy

The bug ch.5

Once every thing was explained to Urd, the first thing she said was:

"WHAT!?"

"Don't make it harder than it already is." I pleaded. She just stared at me with that I-don't-belive-it-yet-this-is-happening-to-me face. I sighed, shaking my head. "Please?"

Then, it was her turn to sigh. "OK! OK! I'll do it!"

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Skuld closed the windows, the doors and the lights while Belldandy retrieved and lighted the candles. Peorth was drawing the magical circle on the ground while Urd was trying to memorize the spell and Keiichi was... well useless. After everything was ready, I was stepped in the middle of the circle, as I was told.

"Then, what?" I turned to the goddesses.

"Then you er...." Skuld blushed, mimicking a ever so strange movement.

"You get your pants off." Peorth grinned.

Keiichi had a nosbled.

Keiichi was slapped behind the head by both Urd an Skuld.

I unziped them. "Do I really ned to take them off?"

Skuld shook her head rather rapidly and Peorth groaned.

"But it's funnier if--"

Peorth was slapped behind the head by both Urd and Skuld.

"How dare you hit my beautiful head you-- you-- SECOND CLASS GODDESSES!!!!"

"What??! You moronic... moron!!!!" Skuld immediatly answered back.

Belldandy took Urd by the arm and led her in front of me. "Casting this spell requiers a lot of energy and concetration from both of you. Urd, don't let Peorth angry you, or you'll mess up."

Skuld and Peorth could be heard arguing in background. A nerve twitched dangerously on Urd's head. "Silence them." She ordered her sister through clenched theet.

Belldandy nodded, walked to them and instantly, there was no noise anymore. Then, she came back. "Urd, you have to step closer to her."

She was now so close, I could feel the heat emanating from her body. The silver haired goddess plunged her emrald eyes in mine. "You ready?"

I felt myself blushing and I gulped. "Yes." She was just a few inch taller than me.

"Then let finish this quickly." Urd raised her right hand and it began glowing with some blue celtic-like desings. It was the only light in the room beside the candles the four of them were holding.

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[Urd's point of view]

I didn't detach my eyes from hers and she stared right back at me. In those crisom eyes I could see how much she trusted me, and I wouldn't decive her, I decided as I placed my left hand on her back.

"Spirits of the dead

Hear my voice.

I, Urd, call upon for your help.

May my hand

Be the one of a ghost

For a short time

May I pass

Only through the living one

Lend me this favour"

I lowered my right hand to her stomach, I knew it was now ghostly because of the suddent coldness and numbness in my fingers. She kept looking at me, determined to go through this. With that, I inserted my frozen hand in her warm body. The reaction was immediate: her eyes watered and she clenched her theet and fists.

"It hurts?" I worriedly asked. She nodded, but kept her eyes on mine. "I'll try and make this quick." I began moving my hand in her stomach, it was and still is an undescripable feeling. Her breathing was becoming difficult as it clearly took up speed. "Do you want me to stop?"

She shook her head 'no'. "We have to get this over with." She somehow managed to say. She was now sweating and she breathed harder and harder as I explored her insides. Yet, she kept her eyes on mine, as if I was some kind of promise to safety or something like that.

I hit something. It was icy cold and hardly attached inside of her. I gripped it and started pulling, but as soon as I did that, she let out a horrible scream and shut her eyes, I could see her legs weakning. I felt a terrible ache in my own stomach, but I ignored it, for her sake. I released the dead bug and I imediatly felt better. She steadied herself. "Hold on to me, I'll try to take it off again." I told her and she placed both her of hands on my shoulders.

I gripped the bug again and pulled harder onto it. She screamed again, a raw and animal-like scream, and her legs almost gave up under her weight. Her arms firmly placed around my neck were the only reason she didn't fell and she held me close to her as if it would stop the pain. All of this was killing me, both physically and mentaly... I was now acting subconsciously, pulling harder and harder on the fiend, the pain as spreading more and more in my own body to a point where it was almost intolerable, but the only thing that was really on my mind was her raged breath and the tears I could feel on my neck. I was now crying with her, but I doubted it was because of the physical pain.

Finaly, I felt it ripp off and I extracted my hand as soon as I could, holding the dead bug firmly so I wouldn't drop it. We fell to the ground, exhausted. She was still crying and holding me close to her, her breathing was slowing down, though. "Sshh... It's alright..... It's over...." I rubbed her back with my left hand and kept my right hand (and the bug) at a safe distance.

The last time I remember I saw her cry was when we were kids... it was the day I chose to become a goddess and not a demon. I so wanted to take her with me, to stop her tears.. but I couldn't.

My sisters, Peorth and Keiichi ran to us. I didn't even took time to look at the bug, it was not worth it. I just gave it up to them and hugged Mara closer, as if I wanted to make up for that day I abandonned her, so long ago. Skuld trapped the corpse, if we can call it like that, in one of her weird mechanical container. Mara had calmed her tears and took hold of herself, she pulled away. "I'm sorry... I couldn't hold on...." She stared at the ground, ashamed.

I pulled her close, unable to resist the urge to do so. "No, I'm sorry. You had t go through this because of me." We stayed like this until Peorth cleared her throat.

"Now, now, girls. It's not over yet, we still have to erase it and to make sure there's nothing left inside of either of you." She pointed a finger at us.

"Can't they rest first?" Belldandy, asked, reading my mind.

"No. The sooner it's done, the sooner it's over. The sooner things can return to normal."

I groaned.

**** [Mara's point of view]

By the time we were finished with the tests, the moon was already high in the sky. I was finally free to go. Though one thing stopped me from leaving immediatly. Urd looked at me, her eyes pleading. "Stay one more night. You really need to rest."

Recluantly, I nodded and we headed to her room.

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It was around midnight, I think. I still wasn't asleep and looked over at Urd. She was lost in her dreams. She had used up so much of her energy to get that thing out of me. I was exausted too, but after what happened, I couldn't sleep... and I didn't knew if I would be able to both look at her the next morning and resist my urge to jump in her arms. I got up, got dressed and approached Urd's bed. I leaned and kissed her on the cheek.

"Good bye Urd. I wish to see you again really soon."

With that, I flew out of the shrine.

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I'll try to update in a more reasonable period of time. It took me months to write this one. Couldn't bring myself to do it. Ugh... anyway. Hopefuly, the next one will be ready soon.