Because LD always want more…..

And Kristine wouldn't let me do anything else…..

Neon Genesis: Goddess: Doublet

Prologue

1999

(taken from DH OMG Mystery Child)

Welsper: The Doublet System. Heard of it Peorth?

Peorth: Doublet System? You mean shared lives?

Keiichi: Shared Lives?

Welsper: Belldandy and I, we're Doublets.

Keiichi: Doublets?

Welsper: Think of it as a Hostage Exchange. You know about the Market Share battle between Gods and Demons? We're banned from fighting to death as part of it. But sometimes, in the heat of battle……we are tempted. So as a final safeguard, they set up this system

Keiichi: So doublets are……

Welsper: Exactly, entangled soul pairs. If one half of a doublet dies……the other half dies too!

Keiichi: Die? Belldandy can…….die? No….NO!!! It's a LIE. You Demons are all LIARS!!!

Peorth: Liar!! You wouldn't remember! The reason we can't risk killing each other is because we never know who the chosen ones are! Killing one of you would mean killing one of our own! But we never know WHO!!! It's that randomness that makes the system work! So they erase our memories, both of THEM, Goddess and Demon.

Welsper: True. But I didn't want to forget. And so….I laid a curse on myself.

Minutes later.

Keiichi, holding Welsper by the collar: If you'd just FORGOTTEN her like you were supposed to NONE of this would have happened!!!

Welsper: Keiichi, could you forget her?

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2007

Peorth stared into the living room where a six-year-old Sayoko Morisato played.

"You know it's time Skuld." She said.

Beside her, Skuld nodded.

"I know Peorth. Father told me after my First Class ceremony." Skuld then sighed, "I had hoped she was mortal enough to avoid it."

"There's no avoiding this Skuld." Peorth replied, "This is the only thing that keeps the peace between us and them."

"I know that!" Skuld shouted. Sayoko stopped playing and looked at her Aunt curiously.

"Auntie?"

"It's alright Yoko." Skuld said, forcing a smile. "Your Aunt Peorth and I are just talking. You just keep playing."

"Okay."

Skuld grabbed Peorth and then dragged her into a back room.

"I know what the Doublet System is Peorth," Skuld hissed, "You were here when I learned all about it." Skuld turned and looked at a picture on the wall. "It's also why I knew they were really gone."

Peorth glanced at the picture. It was of Belldandy and Keiichi.

"How did you know?" Peorth asked, "We searched for days in Yggdrasil……."

"That Demonic Cat." Skuld said, "He wasn't around the Temple after the plane………..he never did turn up again either. That's how I knew."

'Welsper.' Peorth thought before taking a deep breathe. "Look……..If we had a choice, I know we could do without the System. But the Demons are unpredictable……think of it this way: she's better protected being in the System then being outside of it."

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Heavens

A few days later.

"Why are we here Auntie?" Sayoko asked, "Are we gonna see Grandpa?"

"Maybe on the way back." Skuld replied.

She led her niece through the several hallways. She then walked past two Valkyries and entered a massive room where the core of Yggdrasil rested and it's controllers worked. Three large spindles slowly rotated in the center of the room. Surrounding the spindles were hundreds of computer terminals, most with Gods or Goddesses behind them. Skuld headed towards the group of terminals that sat in front of a raised platform contained the SysOp Terminal.. She caught sight of platinum hair rising above the SysOp chair, and then completely ignored it, and the individual that sat there. Instead…she walked up to the red haired Operator.

"Chrono, Where's Peorth?"

"She's not on duty today. Lady U….."

"Never mind." Skuld said waving her hand. "Is everything ready?"

Chrono glanced up at the person in the SysOp Chair before facing Skuld.

"Yes Ma'am. Peorth did all the necessary communications. They're just waiting for her."

Skuld nodded, and without further comment took Sayoko from the room. Chrono watched then looked up at the SysOp.

"Ma'am?"

Urd was staring at the door her Sister and Niece had just walked though.

"Ma'am?" Chrono said again. Urd finally turned and looked at the Operator. "Are you alright Ma'am?"

"I'm fine." Urd replied softly, turning to look back at the door. "….just fine."

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Skuld and Sayoko stood before a set of gilded doors that stood atop a floating stair. All around them were sky and clouds.

"Sayoko." Skuld said softly. The young Goddess immediately gave her Aunt full attention at the use of her full name, and not the usual 'Yoko'. "You must go through these doors."

Sayoko looked at the doors. "What's in there?"

"Someone who's soul you'll be bound to." Skuld replied.

"You mean I'm gonna get married?" Sayoko's nose crinkled in disgust.

Skuld chuckled. "What gives you that idea?"

"Momma once told me that she and Poppa's souls were bound together forever because of their wedding."

"Oh." Skuld replied, "This is different then that. Behind this door is your doublet."

Sayoko blinked. "Oh."

Skuld kneeled before her Niece. "You remember everything I told you about?"

Sayoko nodded, "Yes Auntie."

Skuld hugged her Niece, "I never wanted you to go through this."

Sayoko returned the hug. "You went through these doors when you were my age?"

"Well……yes."

"And you're still here." Sayoko said with a smile. "So nothin bad will happen."

Skuld smiled. "So much like your mother." She said softly.

Sayoko's smiled faded just a bit, then she turned and walked through the door.

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2019

Tokyo-2

Sayoko sat up in her bed, covered in sweat. She looked around her room before her eyes finally rested on her alarm clock.

4:00am

"Damn dreams." Sayoko muttered.

With a sigh, Sayoko got up and peered out into the hallway. Nothing could be seen, though she could hear her Aunt's soft snores coming from her room. Sayoko quietly stepped out into the hallway.

"Do you need anything Mistress Sayoko?" came a female voice.

Sayoko jumped in the air and whirled about. Standing at the end of the hallway were Banpei and Sigel. Sigel looked curiously at the Goddess while Banpei…….has no facial expressions so we'll just pass on that.

"No Sigel." Sayoko said, "Just using the bathroom."

"Alright then Mistress Sayoko." Sigel replied.

Sayoko glanced at the robots before entering the bathroom.

"And knock off the Mistress stuff. It's just Sayoko."

"Yes Mistress Sayoko."

With a sigh, Sayoko closed the door behind her. She walked up to the mirror and stared at herself.

"Why am I dreaming about the Doublet ceremony of all things?" she muttered to herself. She then shrugged. "Course last night it was me at my First Class Goddess Ceremony naked. The night before, the night Mom and Dad disappeared." Sayoko then rolled her eyes. "Great…..now I'm talking to myself." She opened the door to the bathroom and peered back into the hallway. Banpei still stood guard at the one end, his eyes softly glowing, watching her. She quickly hurried to her room and jumped into her bed, pulling the sheets over her head.

"Must get some sleep." Her muffled voice came from under the covers. "Senior Year is….tough…(yawn)…..enough…as….(yawn)…..it……..izzzzzzzzz." Sayoko was soon fast asleep, as if by magic. For a moment, nothing was heard but Sayoko's soft snores. Then small footsteps could be heard from the Goddess' shelf. On the shelf, amongst the assorted pictures, books, and trinkets, a shadow moved quickly towards the end of the shelf. The shadow leaped from the shelf and floated to the floor. It then left the room, closing the door behind it. Banpei and Sigel were waiting just outside the door.

"How long has this been going on?" the shadow quietly asked the two robots.

"The past week Mistress Skuld." Sigel replied.

Skuld, in her mini-goddess form, glared at Sigel. "I told you not to….oh never mind." Skuld looked at the door that hid her sleeping Niece. "That spell should give her a quiets night sleep, but I can't keep casting it every night." Skuld sighed. "You two keep and eye on her. Don't let anything disturb her till it's time for School."

"Yes Mistress Skuld." Sigel replied. Banpei replied with a beep.

"Also remind me to get Rei and Asuka to talk to her."

"Yes Mistress Skuld."

Mini-Skuld headed towards her room where her full sized version could be heard snoring.

"……." muttered Skuld, "Remind me to get those nose strip things to stop snoring too. Last thing I need is Urd…….." Mini-Skuld's voice was cut off by the closing of her door.

Sigel then turned around and headed towards her recharger. Banpei remained where he was, watching over the hallway.

And all was quiet.