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should, please...
The bug ch.12
[Narrator'sPoV]
Mara silently entered the living room and sat quietly with Belldandy and Keiichi. She poured herself a cup of tea, not saying a word. Her skin, usualy very pale, was now white, her eyes were unfocused and her actions robotic.
"Mara?" Belldandy risked herself. "... you learned anything?"
Mara just drank her tea, slowly and calmly.
"Mara?" Keiichi asked too.
"Please." She whispered after a short silence. "Please... I don't want to talk right now..." Finishing her tea, she poured herself another cup. She drank it in silence and Belldandy and Keiichi observed her worriedly. He looked at his watch.
"Oh, crap!" He got up. "Bell, if we don't go, we'll be late and Megumi will be mad!"
"You're right..." She sighed and turned to Mara. "We have to meet up with Megumi in ten minutes..." She smiled. "Somehow she knew we are diffrent and Keiichi and I promised her to explain what's happening."
"Yea, so we really have to go.... You'll be alright?" He looked worried.
Mara nodded. "You can go...." She got up too. "I have something to do anyway." She headed outside.
****
"Peorth...?" Mara asked, her voice lacking her usual confidence.
Peorth turned to glare at Mara. "What do *you* want??"Mara scratched the back of her head, not sure if she was doing the right thing. "What?!" She asked again, impatiently.
"I heard what happened." She blurted, looking at her feet.
Peorth paled. "So what? It's not like you'd care about something like that, anyway." She tried to brace herself.
The demon kept staring at the ground. "Actually.... I do."
That last statement confirmed the goddesse's fears. Peorth stayed voiceless for a moment, even if there was hundreds of questions popping up in her mind. But the only thing she managed to ask was "Why?"
Mara couldn't bring herself to look at Peorth. She was willing to admit that confessing what she really felt was surely the hardest thing she ever had to do in her life. "Because I...." She gulped "I feel the same way you do about her."
Peorth knew that was what the demon would say - she knew it from the very begining - but she still felt socked to hear it. "...And? I had a chance and I took it. You didn't and it's your problem."
Mara finally looked at the goddess in front of her. "I think what you did was wrong."
That wasn't expected. Peorth felt the anger reach a level in her it never had reached before. "What??"
"You took advantage of the fact that she was sleeping. And that was wrong." Mara gulped again, but was more confident.
Peorth stood up in front of the demon, trying her best not to strangle her right there. "Let me get this straight. *You*, a *demon* dare to say that *I*, a *first class goddess* did something that was wrong??" She took a step towards Mara. "You say I did something that was unacceptable, when you, you trick people into selling their souls to the Devil??!"
From Peorth was emanating so much hate and anger than it acctualy scared Mara enough to step back. But not enough to scare her from answering. "Yes." She stated firmly. "Despite the fact that I took this job, I still have a conscience. And I know that what you did was wrong."
And that was too much for Peorth. Something snaped deep inside of her and she threw a punch at Mara, who fell to the ground.
The demon, who was used to fights (due to her bad temper) sprang up immediatly and reflexively got into a defensive fighting stence. Her risen fists only invited Peorth to continue to attack.
She jumped at Mara who flipped her on to her back as soon as she came into contact. Peorth slammed into the ground, back first, but she was quickly back on her feet, eyes throwing daggers. "Take that, bitch!" She mumbeled to herself as she quickly sumoned the earth and rose vines sprang around Mara to immobilize her.
The demon could feel the thorns cutting in her flesh as the huge stems embraced her, preventing her from moving freely. Before she knew it, Peorth's knee had landed squarely in the middle of her chest, knocking the air out of her. The angry goddess droped back on the ground, but didn't stopped herself. She threw a series of violent punch in Mara's abdomen, making her spit blood and probably breaking some ribs.
"Hell's fire!" Mara hissed, knowing she had to react and fast if she wanted to win this. In an instant, the plant was burnt to ashes and she was free. Her fire spell didn't hurt her, but she had seriously burnt Peorth's fists in the prossess.
Peorth growled and backed a few feets away, cursing the fact that Mara obviously had the advantage, being able to use the fire to burn her roses. Both used the short pause to catch their breath and sumon spells to heal the major damage.
"Stop it, Peorth." Mara commanded. "I don't wanna hurt you." She lied. Of course she wanted to hurt the goddess, you don't just let go somebody who attacked you saying 'It's alright I forgive you', but she didn't wanted to fight here and now. It would hurt both Belldandy and Urd.
"LIAR!" Peorth screamed. "I know very well what you want! I know your kind! You... you're all about fights and pain! You live to hurt the others and that's why I won't let you have Urd!"
You know how they say that the truth hurts more than anything? Well that's what it did with Mara. She lost all she had left of her calm and attacked. She jumped towards Peorth and threw a fast kick. Peorth, howerver, saw it coming and smoothly step out of the way, before fiering a punch at her face. The demon grabed her fist and, pulling her closer, aimed one at her ribs but it was blocked by the goddess' other hand. They realeased eachother and backed up a little. Mara jumped towards Peorth once again and, with a sweeping kick, brought my legs out from under her. Falling to the ground, only the fact that she could fly allowed her to catch herself before her head hit the pavement. Floating at only a few centimeters from the ground, Peorth tried to get on her feet, but Mara was quicker and slamed her into the ground.
The goddess rolled over and got back to her feet in time to see Mara's punch. Peorth ducked and jumped at a height humans can not, spinning around with incredible speed and bringing her leg around to slam it into the side of Mara's head. The demon flew back, hitting one of the fragile, paper-made walls of the shrine and going through it.
Skuld cried as a bruised and beaten up Mara knocked her down, coming out of nowhere.
"Sorry, kid." She grumbeled as she got off of her and jumped back outside.
"Huh?" Skuld was more intrigued than scared and popped her head outside the hole.
Mara had rushed back to Peorth, who was almost as bruised as her. She ran at her making it look like she was going to tackle her, but at the last minute, she dropped to her knees and slid between the goddess' legs. She hopped up, and just as Peorth spined back to face her, she grabbed the woman's arm and slammed her down onto the ground, yet again. Using all of her strenght, Peorth kicked Mara with both of her feet as she used her arms to spring up.
Skuld watched the combat, horrified. "What?? What's happening here?" Too scared to try and stop them as the fight went on, she did the only thing she thought logical: get Urd.
Rolling over and leaping to her feet, Mara was just in time to be elbowed across the face. She stumbeled back, trying to ignore the pain and forced herself to look in her oponent's direction. Her eyes bugged as she saw the next attack. A new vine had grown up from somewhere behind Peorth and it's only stem was quickly flying towards her, threatening to impale her. She caught it between her hands, sumoning once again the cursed fire to burn it, and looked up at Peorth. That small distraction had given the goddess the time to aproach her enough and she tackled her, pinning her to the ground.
'Shit!' Mara thought. 'I didn't fully recovered from the poison yet... I'm gonna lose..'
"Do you really think you can win against me??" Peorth laughed as she bucked and squirmed, trying to get free. "Do you really think I would let you win?"
"You're mad!" The demon screamed. "Let me go!"
"Face it, you're not worth shit! You were never welcomed!" Peorth continued, ignoring the other woman. "You will never be good enough for Urd."
"You think I don't know that??" Mara yelled, tears in her eyes, as she headbutted the goddess.
Peorth's grip weakened and Mara rolled to the side, until she was on top, she tugged her arms to get them out of the goddess' grip and hopped up.
Mara sniffed and whiped her eyes. They got ready to attack eachother again but Mara froze. Peorth glanced behind her to see why the demon stopped short and froze too. Urd was standing only a few feets away, Skuld hiding behind her.
"What's happening here?" Urd whispered. "What's the meaning of all this?"
*****
To be continued....
The bug ch.12
[Narrator'sPoV]
Mara silently entered the living room and sat quietly with Belldandy and Keiichi. She poured herself a cup of tea, not saying a word. Her skin, usualy very pale, was now white, her eyes were unfocused and her actions robotic.
"Mara?" Belldandy risked herself. "... you learned anything?"
Mara just drank her tea, slowly and calmly.
"Mara?" Keiichi asked too.
"Please." She whispered after a short silence. "Please... I don't want to talk right now..." Finishing her tea, she poured herself another cup. She drank it in silence and Belldandy and Keiichi observed her worriedly. He looked at his watch.
"Oh, crap!" He got up. "Bell, if we don't go, we'll be late and Megumi will be mad!"
"You're right..." She sighed and turned to Mara. "We have to meet up with Megumi in ten minutes..." She smiled. "Somehow she knew we are diffrent and Keiichi and I promised her to explain what's happening."
"Yea, so we really have to go.... You'll be alright?" He looked worried.
Mara nodded. "You can go...." She got up too. "I have something to do anyway." She headed outside.
****
"Peorth...?" Mara asked, her voice lacking her usual confidence.
Peorth turned to glare at Mara. "What do *you* want??"Mara scratched the back of her head, not sure if she was doing the right thing. "What?!" She asked again, impatiently.
"I heard what happened." She blurted, looking at her feet.
Peorth paled. "So what? It's not like you'd care about something like that, anyway." She tried to brace herself.
The demon kept staring at the ground. "Actually.... I do."
That last statement confirmed the goddesse's fears. Peorth stayed voiceless for a moment, even if there was hundreds of questions popping up in her mind. But the only thing she managed to ask was "Why?"
Mara couldn't bring herself to look at Peorth. She was willing to admit that confessing what she really felt was surely the hardest thing she ever had to do in her life. "Because I...." She gulped "I feel the same way you do about her."
Peorth knew that was what the demon would say - she knew it from the very begining - but she still felt socked to hear it. "...And? I had a chance and I took it. You didn't and it's your problem."
Mara finally looked at the goddess in front of her. "I think what you did was wrong."
That wasn't expected. Peorth felt the anger reach a level in her it never had reached before. "What??"
"You took advantage of the fact that she was sleeping. And that was wrong." Mara gulped again, but was more confident.
Peorth stood up in front of the demon, trying her best not to strangle her right there. "Let me get this straight. *You*, a *demon* dare to say that *I*, a *first class goddess* did something that was wrong??" She took a step towards Mara. "You say I did something that was unacceptable, when you, you trick people into selling their souls to the Devil??!"
From Peorth was emanating so much hate and anger than it acctualy scared Mara enough to step back. But not enough to scare her from answering. "Yes." She stated firmly. "Despite the fact that I took this job, I still have a conscience. And I know that what you did was wrong."
And that was too much for Peorth. Something snaped deep inside of her and she threw a punch at Mara, who fell to the ground.
The demon, who was used to fights (due to her bad temper) sprang up immediatly and reflexively got into a defensive fighting stence. Her risen fists only invited Peorth to continue to attack.
She jumped at Mara who flipped her on to her back as soon as she came into contact. Peorth slammed into the ground, back first, but she was quickly back on her feet, eyes throwing daggers. "Take that, bitch!" She mumbeled to herself as she quickly sumoned the earth and rose vines sprang around Mara to immobilize her.
The demon could feel the thorns cutting in her flesh as the huge stems embraced her, preventing her from moving freely. Before she knew it, Peorth's knee had landed squarely in the middle of her chest, knocking the air out of her. The angry goddess droped back on the ground, but didn't stopped herself. She threw a series of violent punch in Mara's abdomen, making her spit blood and probably breaking some ribs.
"Hell's fire!" Mara hissed, knowing she had to react and fast if she wanted to win this. In an instant, the plant was burnt to ashes and she was free. Her fire spell didn't hurt her, but she had seriously burnt Peorth's fists in the prossess.
Peorth growled and backed a few feets away, cursing the fact that Mara obviously had the advantage, being able to use the fire to burn her roses. Both used the short pause to catch their breath and sumon spells to heal the major damage.
"Stop it, Peorth." Mara commanded. "I don't wanna hurt you." She lied. Of course she wanted to hurt the goddess, you don't just let go somebody who attacked you saying 'It's alright I forgive you', but she didn't wanted to fight here and now. It would hurt both Belldandy and Urd.
"LIAR!" Peorth screamed. "I know very well what you want! I know your kind! You... you're all about fights and pain! You live to hurt the others and that's why I won't let you have Urd!"
You know how they say that the truth hurts more than anything? Well that's what it did with Mara. She lost all she had left of her calm and attacked. She jumped towards Peorth and threw a fast kick. Peorth, howerver, saw it coming and smoothly step out of the way, before fiering a punch at her face. The demon grabed her fist and, pulling her closer, aimed one at her ribs but it was blocked by the goddess' other hand. They realeased eachother and backed up a little. Mara jumped towards Peorth once again and, with a sweeping kick, brought my legs out from under her. Falling to the ground, only the fact that she could fly allowed her to catch herself before her head hit the pavement. Floating at only a few centimeters from the ground, Peorth tried to get on her feet, but Mara was quicker and slamed her into the ground.
The goddess rolled over and got back to her feet in time to see Mara's punch. Peorth ducked and jumped at a height humans can not, spinning around with incredible speed and bringing her leg around to slam it into the side of Mara's head. The demon flew back, hitting one of the fragile, paper-made walls of the shrine and going through it.
Skuld cried as a bruised and beaten up Mara knocked her down, coming out of nowhere.
"Sorry, kid." She grumbeled as she got off of her and jumped back outside.
"Huh?" Skuld was more intrigued than scared and popped her head outside the hole.
Mara had rushed back to Peorth, who was almost as bruised as her. She ran at her making it look like she was going to tackle her, but at the last minute, she dropped to her knees and slid between the goddess' legs. She hopped up, and just as Peorth spined back to face her, she grabbed the woman's arm and slammed her down onto the ground, yet again. Using all of her strenght, Peorth kicked Mara with both of her feet as she used her arms to spring up.
Skuld watched the combat, horrified. "What?? What's happening here?" Too scared to try and stop them as the fight went on, she did the only thing she thought logical: get Urd.
Rolling over and leaping to her feet, Mara was just in time to be elbowed across the face. She stumbeled back, trying to ignore the pain and forced herself to look in her oponent's direction. Her eyes bugged as she saw the next attack. A new vine had grown up from somewhere behind Peorth and it's only stem was quickly flying towards her, threatening to impale her. She caught it between her hands, sumoning once again the cursed fire to burn it, and looked up at Peorth. That small distraction had given the goddess the time to aproach her enough and she tackled her, pinning her to the ground.
'Shit!' Mara thought. 'I didn't fully recovered from the poison yet... I'm gonna lose..'
"Do you really think you can win against me??" Peorth laughed as she bucked and squirmed, trying to get free. "Do you really think I would let you win?"
"You're mad!" The demon screamed. "Let me go!"
"Face it, you're not worth shit! You were never welcomed!" Peorth continued, ignoring the other woman. "You will never be good enough for Urd."
"You think I don't know that??" Mara yelled, tears in her eyes, as she headbutted the goddess.
Peorth's grip weakened and Mara rolled to the side, until she was on top, she tugged her arms to get them out of the goddess' grip and hopped up.
Mara sniffed and whiped her eyes. They got ready to attack eachother again but Mara froze. Peorth glanced behind her to see why the demon stopped short and froze too. Urd was standing only a few feets away, Skuld hiding behind her.
"What's happening here?" Urd whispered. "What's the meaning of all this?"
*****
To be continued....