Disclaimer: yeah as per usual I don't own AMG or any of the references, so cut me some slack OK.
Night Lancer, Last of the East-Blades
Chapter 4 555 Goddess (Yeah again).
"Night Lancer!" yelled Belldandy as she over to help Night Lancer. "Wake up!"
"Ugg," groaned Night Lancer as he opened his eyes, "What a rush!"
"Hmm, thought that might have happened," said Urd as she walked over. "You're its owner all right."
"Really?" asked Night Lancer as he sat up and looked around. "How do you know that?"
"Easy, only the true owner of the sword can do that with it," instructed Urd. "Your only problem is that you can't supply enough energy. But with training you could bring out the true potential of that blade."
"Great," said Night Lancer as he stood up, grabbed his katana and re-sheathed it.
"So now what are we doing?" asked Keichii, "How's about breakfast?"
"Ohh, no," said Belldandy suddenly, "I haven't cooked breakfast yet."
"Damn it," replied Night Lancer, "And I was hungry too, now what am I going ta do."
"Well, how's about we order out something?" answered Keichii.
"Ok, that sounds good," replied Night Lancer, "I know a great place, and you can get a whole ten kilos of Singapore noodles really cheaply."
"Thanks," said Night Lancer while walking down the hall to get the phone. He picked it up and started dialing. "Ok now what was that number, oh yeah five, five, five three, five, two, two, two, seven, seven."
The phone started ringing, only to be answered by a machine with a female voice. It started saying. "Welcome you've reached Kate's workstation I'm currently out, but please leave a…"
"I'm here, I'm here!" yelled the voice of a young girl while Night Lancer held the phone away from his ear to keep himself from going deaf. "You've reached the Goddess Relief Office, I'll be there for a consultation in just a few minutes."
"A what?!" yelled Night Lancer as the phone went dead and Urd, Keichii and Belldandy ran down the hallway to see what the commotion was.
"What was that about?" asked Urd.
"Umm, guys what's the 'Goddess Relief Office'?" asked Night Lancer. "And what the hell is a consultation?"
"Don't tell me, not again!" exclaimed Keichii unhappily just as the sound of a window breaking in the background made everybody turn around. "What was that?" Everybody left the room to see what the problem was.
When they reached the tearoom they saw a girl standing with her back to them staring at a shattered window.
"Mmmg, why does that always happen," she said while scratching her head, "I've really got to learn to stop doing that."
"Umm excuse me," said Belldandy politely as the girl turned around. At this point they could see her face. She looked about eighteen, and had brown hair which came down past her shoulders, also like Belldandy, Skuld and Urd, she had three tattoos on her face, one on each side of her upper cheek just below her eyes, both of which were shaped like triangles. The third one though was on her forehead and this was shaped like a spiral flame all of there tattoos were blue.
She was wearing purple long pants and a blue and purple jacket with a tight fitting singlet underneath which were short enough to show her belly button.
"Ohh, hi!!" she yelled happily just as she noticed Belldandy was standing there, "Great, don't tell me, this is an inspection, I, I, I can explain about the window, I've been trying, really."
"Hey, hey, calm down," replied Belldandy, "it's all right we're not your supervisors."
"Ohh, then that's Ok," said the girl in a relaxed voice, "Now then where's today's contract?" as she looked around.
"Umm, I guess it would be him," said Urd, while pointing at Night Lancer.
"This can't be good," Night Lancer thought at the same time.
"Ohh, Ok then," said the girl as she walked over to Night Lancer, only to trip over and fall flat on her face, hitting the wooden floor with a loud, hollow thud.
"Ouch," said Urd and Night Light Lancer at the same time.
"You Ok?" said Belldandy as she rushed over to help the girl.
"Yeah, I'm fine, that always happens," replied the girl. "Anyway where were we?"
"Umm, you are here for a consultation, weren't you," answered Urd.
"Ohh, yeah, right," said the girl while walking over to Night Lancer, "Greetings, I am Kate, Goddess second class, Unlimited, Restricted. Now if we could be alone, I can start the consultation."
"Ok then, Umm how's about out here," said Belldandy, while direction the two towards a secluded area of the temple compound. "Is this place Ok?"
"Yeah, that should do," replied Kate, "thanks."
And with that Belldandy, Urd and Keichii left Kate with Night Lancer in a corner of the compound for their consultation.
"Now let's begin," said Kate as she sat down atop a large rock, "Do you want me to call you 'Night Lancer' or use your real name "
"My real name?" asked Night Lancer, while leaning up against a tree, "And exactly where did you find that?"
"Ohh well, we have to know at least the names of the people we consult don't we," replied Kate, "anyway that's not what I'm here to talk about."
"Then what is it?" asked Might Lancer while lighting up a cigarette.
"I am here to grant you a wish," answered Kate while looking at Night Lancer kindly. "What's the one thing you heart wishes for?"
"The one thing my heart wishes for?" replied Night Lancer quietly, "Not even you Goddesses can fulfill that wish."
"You sure?" asked Kate, whose face had now turned from kindness to empathy.
"Yeah, trust me on that one," said Night Lancer grimly, while he stood up straight.
"Ahh, come on how bad can it be?" replied Kate as she stood up walked over to Night Lancer and stared straight into his eyes, "You know what? A sad look like that doesn't suit a cute guy like you."
"A WHAT!?!" yelled Night Lancer who was caught completely off guard by that remark.
"What, it's true," replied Kate while she ran her hand across Night Lancer's cheek.
"Get off me, damn it," said Night Lancer as he pushed Kate away, "I'm outa here." He turned around and walked off."
"What, what did I do?" asked Kate while looking around stupidly.
"Fucking hell," Night Lancer thought as he walked through the door to the temple building.
"So how'd it go?" asked Urd, who was at this point watching TV and sipping sake.
"Don't ask," replied Night Lancer as he sat down next to her, grabbed the bottle and took a rather large swig.
"That bad, eh?" said Urd while grabbing back the bottle of Sake, which Night Lancer had already half finished.
"Yeah," replied Night Lancer while taking in a rather deep breath from the cigarette he had earlier.
"So where is she now?" asked Urd.
"Beats the fuck out of me," answered Night Lancer, "I left her standing somewhere."
"Well that was a bit mean," said Belldandy who was standing behind Night Lancer.
"Well she fucking deserved it," replied Night Lancer as he turned around to face Belldandy. "She was screwin' with my mind."
"What do mean by that?" asked Urd.
"She decided that the 'consultation' was going to be used to discuss how cute she thinks I am," replied Night Lancer while standing up and leaning against the wall.
"And I take it you didn't like that?" said Urd.
"Pretty much," replied Night Lancer as he walked out the door, "I'm going out far a little while, talk to ya later."
Several hours later.
Night Lancer still hadn't come back, Urd was still watching TV, Skuld had finally woken up and had cracked the shits with everyone, especially Belldandy, Night Lancer and Keichii, so she was in her labs still trying to fix Benpie's severed head. Keichii was at the NIT, and Kate was sitting around with Belldandy talking.
"So you're the legendary Belldandy then," said Kate, "It's an honor to meet you."
"Please don't talk to me like that." Replied Belldandy slightly embarrassed. "What did I do to deserve such a title like that anyway?"
"You were the one who defeated that virus program incident nearly a year ago." Answered Kate.
"But that wasn't just me alone," replied Belldandy kindly, "both of my sisters and my love Keichii-san helped out to the best of their abilities as well. I couldn't have done it alone, everybody else played their part in it, so they deserve equal credit too."
"Ohh, I see," said an astonished Kate, "I guess that makes sense."
"I'm glad," replied Belldandy.
"Ohh yeah by the way, there is one other thing I wish to talk to you about," said Kate.
"Yes what is it?" asked Belldandy kindly.
"I wish to know more about that Night Lancer guy," answered Kate, "I would like to know why he reacted the way he did to me."
"Well we don't know much about him our selves," replied Belldandy, "but I sense that there is a deep sadness troubling him. He may try not to show it but there is something there that has, and is, causing him some deep sadness and torment."
"Really, you think so?" asked Kate sadly.
"Yes," answered Belldandy quietly, "But I'm not exactly sure about it, he has already told us a small part about himself but I think there is still a large section still untold, and I think that is what is causing him trouble."
"Ok then…" said Kate with a touch of empathy in her voice.
At the same time in down town KyotoNight Lancer was wandering aimlessly looking for a new place to get drunk and clear his head.
"Man, things have been a bit crazy lately," he thought to himself, while wandering through the door to a bar.
Since it was about mid-day the place wasn't very crowded. There was about six or so people sitting at the various tables.
"So what 'ull it be?" asked the bartender.
"What ever's your strongest stuff," replied Night Lancer while he sat down at a stool.
"Ok, you're the boss," answered the bartender as he poured him a glass of strong Sake.
"Thanks," replied Night Lancer, "leave the bottle."
For the next twenty or so minutes, Night Lancer sat at the bar starring into the glass of Sake sadly, stopping every few minutes to take a mouthful. This was until the bartender walked over to him and started talking.
"You Ok over there buddy?" he asked, "you look a bit down."
"Yeah, I'm fine," replied Night Lancer, "just thinking."
"Well Ok then," said the bartender. "If you need anything else just ask, Ok."
"Alright then, thanks," replied Night Lancer, "I'm outa here anyway." He finished up his glass, got up, reached into his trench coat, grabbed his wallet and passed the bartender a few notes. "Here's your money, plus a bit extra for caring."
"Thanks mate," said the bartender, "see you sometime in the future?"
"Yeah probably," Answered Night Lancer while turning around and walking out.
As Night Lancer left the bar he noticed that it was very clouded over with thick black clouds, and with that it started to rain.
"Damn it, just my fucking luck," Night Lancer said under his breath as he started off down the street. "Man hard to believe it's been a whole year today since that incident…"
"Hey!" yelled a male voice from behind Night Lancer. He turned around to see Keichii standing behind him, sitting on his BMW motorbike.
"Ohh, hey-ya K," replied Night Lancer with as little sadness in his voice as possible, "what's up."
"Well I was on my way back to the temple compound for the day and saw you walkin' alone in the rain," said Keichii. "Want a lift?" he said while passing Night Lancer a helmet.
"Nahh, I'm…" answered Night Lancer as a large explosion in the background cut him off, "wow, where'd that come from?" He looked around.
"Looks like the temple," replied Keichii. "Probably one of Skuld's failed experiments."
"I hope," said Night Lancer while closing his eyes and concentration, "Shit, Keichii start up the bike."
"Bad?" asked Keichii as he started up his bike and Night Lancer put the helmet on.
"Yeah, real bad," answered Night Lancer while jumping onto the bike.
Moments earlier back at the temple.
Belldandy was busy preparing dinner for Keichii, Urd was in her room working on a new potion, Skuld was still in her labs working on some new inventions, and Kate was standing around waiting for Night Lancer.
"Ohh, when will he return," sighed Kate, while thinking about where Night Lancer could be. Then suddenly a sound in the background caught her attention. "Hmm, I wonder, what could that have been, maybe it's my Night Lancer trying to sneak up on me."
She walked over to inspect what it was, but to her surprise it wasn't Night Lancer, infact it was a rather large man. He was wearing black cargo pants, and a deep red shirt. He had black hair and a set of tattoos on his face, like Belldandy, Skuld and Urd except his were red instead of blue. Upon noticing Kate he walked over to her.
"Hmm looks like I'm in the right place," he said while grabbing Kate in the throat and lifting her up in the air with ease, "Alright you Yggdrasil bitch, were is he?"
"Who…"coughed Kate who could barely breathe, let alone talk, "…Who do you mean?"
"You know perfectly well who I'm looking for, Night Lancer," the man snarled cruelly, "Now I'm a first class combat demon, stop playing games before I blow you away."
With that Belldandy and Urd arrived, both of whom were wearing their combat uniforms.
"Hey what do you think you are doing?!" yelled Urd.
"What's it look like you half breed bitch," replied the demon, while tossing the limp body of Kate aside, "I'm looking for my pay, that mortal fuck Night Lancer."
"Well he's not here, look elsewhere and leave us be," said Belldandy as she undid one of her earrings, held it in front of her and it instantly turned into her staff, "Urd, check on Kate, I'll show our friend the way out."
"Do you really want to try it?" snarled the demon as he stuck out his hand and a rather large spear appeared in it, "you're only going to turn out like your little friend over there."
"I will not let you hurt any more of my friends!" yelled Belldandy trying to suppress her rage. With that her Angel Holy Bell appeared out of her back.
"Hmm, Angels now are we, this aughta be quite entertaining," laughed the demon as he swung his spear at Belldandy, who blocked it with her staff, "well at least you know what you're doing, this should keep me entertained until the main attraction shows up."
With that the demon let out an unrelenting chain of attacks with his spear, most of which where blocked by Belldandy and her angel, though they struggled to keep up with the demons speed and power. Suddenly the demon raised his hand mid-attack and let off an energy blast at point blank rang under Belldandy's defenses. Even tough Holy Bell managed to raise a shield the sheer power of the explosion blow Belldandy across the temple compound. And with that it started to rain.
"You BASTARD!!" yelled Urd upon noticing what had happened to Belldandy, "you are going to fucking pay for that!!" she raised her hands above her head and started summoning ht king of all lightning bolts, "Urd's Ultimate Lightning Bolt!!"
KRAK!!
The explosion shook the foundations of the temple compound and could be heard for miles in all directions. A large mushroom cloud rose from where the demon was standing. When the smoke had cleared there was a large crater with the demon floating in the centre of it.
"Well, well, well, is that all you've got?" asked the demon in a cocky voice, "… It's over-rated. All that fuss and all we get is some second rate light show and an over sized hole in the ground. Well at least you'll be of some use for the construction business."
"Wha… how can that be?" stammered Urd with a look of fear and extreme surprise in her face, "nothing should have of been able to survive a direct hit from that."
"Well, sorry to break it to you hun, something just did," answered the demon, "besides you missed me!!"
He raised his arm and fired an energy beam at Urd, and it exploded meters before hitting her.
"What?" said a startled Urd, as the smoke cleared and the silhouette of a winged appeared where the beam had exploded. It was none other than world of elegance, Urd's Angel. She had jumped in front of the beam to protect Urd from harm.
"Darn it, you got lucky that time," snarled the demon, "But your Angel can't always save you." He fired several shots at Urd and her Angel, all of which hit directly, knocking the goddess to the ground.
"Hey leave her alone!!" yelled a voice from behind the demon as an explosion went off on the back of the demons head.
He turned around to see Kate standing behind him with her hands raised and smoke coming off them.
"Well, we're the brave one aren't we? Said the demon while turning around and cracking his neck. The blast obviously didn't do anything to him.
"B, B, B, But how can that be?" stammered Kate as she fell to her knees, "that shot should've of taken your head off."
"I'm a first class combat demon you idiot, your pathetic attempts won't do anything to me," replied the demon while walking over to Kate. "Now how about you shut up and die."
"Nahh I got a better idea, you die!!"