Part 18: Shared Emotions
"The goddess of... of..." Mara gawked until Hild tapped her jaw shut with her hand.
"That's right, isn't it magnificent?" Hild asked. "All that power..."
"It... Isn't It Hope?" Mara whispered as the being raised her hands to the sky.
"Maybe..." Hild shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not quite sure... when I sense for Hope's waves, it seems as though she's being concealed by the waves of others... so I guess..." she held her hand to her chin in thought. "The question isn't if that it's Hope, the question is Hope still there?"
Suddenly, the rain stopped, leaving the skies to clear, and the moonlight's soft ray's to gleam off of this shining being. However, the fire still raged on.
"Aren't you going to stop it Hope?" Mara asked.
"... I... I must... It is what they want me to..." She stared out at the forest, with tears streaming down her face, slowly becoming visible to their eyes. It WAS Hope, her body seemed to glow even still, with the cries and hopes from the trees, animals, and spirits of the forest. As her feet came to the ground, slowly she took one step forward, as she did, life sprouted at her steps.
"Hold it!" Hild appeared in her way. "I do realize that there is a terrible fire going on, but that can wait because you seem very capable of stopping and healing it all."
The goddess's expression did not change; she was looking beyond the demon queen. "Stand aside, I have no time for meaningless battles..." She said, and walked right through her.
"Ah?" Hild stood there awestruck, but her awe quickly faded into a grimace. "How dare you..." She discarded all of her bindings, her power fully unleashed to one hundred percent!
The Goddess of Revolution stopped, not bothering to stare back at her. "I can't fight you... this power was given to me from the outcries and strong emotions of the forest and those who live within it... so I must use this power only to save their homes and the lives that have been lost... Do not trouble me with your own selfish actions."
That was the second time anyone had ever talked down to Hild with a sturdy tone. The only other had been Kami-sama himself, and that very reminder made her teeth clench. "You fool... I am the Leader of the Demons! THE QUEEN! I will not stand aside to a goddess second class...!"
"Hild-sama! Don't!" Mara panicked, knowing too well what she was encouraging.
Without words, she slowly turned around and faced her, a look in her eyes showing that she would not wait around any longer for Hild's protests. "Very well then, show me the wrath of the Queen."
"Heh..." Hild grinned evilly and held out her hands. "Don't worry, I'll save that forest for you... then we're going straight to hell for your punishment."
"Just get on with it..."
Hild's hands crackled with black electricity, and a light so dark and evil that it frightened Mara and Eldir to the very core.
Keiichi stared at Hope, he didn't know what to think or feel, but he had no confusion in his mind whatsoever over what he was staring at. He knew very well that that was his daughter. "Hope, what's happening to you?"
"That... Mr. Morisato, I have no doubt in my mind that this is the goddess of revolution..." Nauthiz said; his hands shaking as he watched Hope in amazement until he heard Akina's sobbing. "Miss Akina?"
She had her hands cupped over her face. "I can't look... Hope..." She sobbed. "She's suffering inside! I can feel it..."
Hild held her hands over her head, the light and electricity sparked all over her body. "This is it... Goddess of Revolution..." She grinned evilly. "I haven't felt so alive in such a long time... to be able to unleash all of my power and frustrations into one beautiful attack!"
Eldir grinned evilly. "All right! She's going to get her! Hild's power is equal to no one!"
"Except for Kami-sama, and herself..." Mara gulped. "Eldir, you're such an idiot!"
"What!?" he barked at her.
"Hild-sama, even though her power strikes immense fear into our hearts... her power holds no fear onto Hope's heart... That look in her eyes proves it..."
Eldir stared at Mara for a moment, thinking that she was a traitor until he noticed the look in Hope's eyes as well. "What... What does this mean?"
"Just watch..."
"HAAAAAH!!" Hild roared out. "This is it Hope-chan! You Lose!!" She held her hands out towards her, a blast of unimaginable power launched towards Hope's body.
"HOPE! LOOK OU T!!" Keiichi shouted out, his voice reached her through the attack's unbearable sound.
"...Poppa..." Hope smiled and held out her hand, the blast, froze in place.
"..." Hild was left speechless, what just happened wasn't possible!
"Hild..." Hope glared at her. "... You lose."
"AH!?" Hild watched as the attack spun around and hit her with its full force. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGH!!!"
"Hild-sama!" Mara and Eldir watched as Hild fell back to the ground, her eyes blank.
"Do not worry." Hope smiled gently. "She's alive, but I assume that even now she is even more impressed with her power, she's so powerful that she even defeated herself." She said as Mara and Eldir rushed to her side. "Take her back to Niflhiem...and give her this message when she awakes..."
Mara looked up at Hope for a moment, and nodded with a smile. "Spit it out."
"Miss Hope defeated the queen of the demons..." Nauthiz's jaw dropped. "My god, and with almost no effort at all... is this only a sample to the fabled power?" He asked, his body filled with shock as Hope turned and walked towards them.
"Hope...HOPE!" Keiichi ran towards her.
"Poppa..." Hope smiled as he quickly wrapped her in a hug.
"Thank god, thank god, are you okay?" He stared at her for a moment.
She nodded. "I have to hurry Poppa..."
Keiichi smiled at her in relief and let her go. "Right, go."
With that, Hope stared up into the sky, her wings stretched out, and caught the wind, lifting her gracefully above the flame-engulfed forest.
Meanwhile, Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld still fought with all of their might to extinguish the flames, but it was futile.
"Oh why, why won't it stop?" Belldandy sobbed, but it was just then, all the fear in her heart was taken away. "Ah?"
"Belldandy? What are you doing!?" Urd stared, but then her heart felt the same, Skuld too.
"What's going on?" Skuld asked; her eyes widened when she felt the supreme waves coming from the sky. "What the heck!?"
"It's Hope." Belldandy smiled then looked up. "She wants us to leave the forest, quickly!"
"R... Right!" Urd and Skuld nodded nervously, quickly the three sisters took flight to flee from the burning forest, but as they did, they saw her. She was smiling down at them in reassurance.
"It's time..." Hope held her hands over her heart, and tears streamed down her face. "But it... it hurts so much." She looked up to the moon, her bottom lip quivered. "I know why too... the looks on their faces... Hild's jealousy, Nauthiz and Eldir's fear, Akina's pain, Mara's worry, and... and... my Poppa's understanding..." She stared at her hands. "Why me...? Why was I chosen to be this? I never wanted such power... but..." She stared down at the forest, realizing that she must force away her tears. "Fire that burns with unmerciful rage, heed my warning well. Obey this goddess young of age and relinquish your hatred, obey my spell!" The fire seemed to halt its murderous dance and quickly vanished. Hope was not finished, she stared down at the devastation; trees and animals lay dead, spirits wept over these beings, still crying for help. She held her hands out, her wings arched as Hope's eyes flickered until they shined with silver light. "I am she who decides fate with your emotions, your pain, is my pain, your sorrow, is my sorrow, your anger, is my anger, and your happiness, is my happiness. Your emotions have decided your final judgment... I return that which has been extinguished, rise up from the ashes, all be restored, and life renewed!" A wave shot from her, the wave ran throughout the forest, the burns on the trees morphed into brown bark, and green leaves. The forest floor turned a flowing green, and the animals that lie dead, suddenly perked up their heads, staring around casually and scampered back to their homes. The Goddess of Revolution's purpose for that day was complete, all of her energy started to slowly fade as she lowered herself into the forest. "It's done." She smiled happily as the glow around her vanished, revealing Hope Morisato, brown haired and blue eyed. "I'm so... glad." She sighed as she fell to the ground in exhaustion.
"AROOOOOOOOOO!"
"UWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"
"AROOOOOOO!!"
Thundering sounds raced through the forest, shadows dashed around the trees around Hope's body until one single white shadow appeared in front of her. A wolf, giant in size, an eagle feather on his left ear, and a graceful look in his eyes.
"Well done, young spirit." He said. "Our time to meet face to face will come soon..." His ears twitched, someone was coming. "Farwell..." He dropped a feather into her right hand then darted off, the shadows followed after him, however one seemed to stop and stare at her for a moment, it had the shape of a woman. She smiled at her then followed the pack until they vanished into the darkness.
Another shadow emerged, though this one approached Hope. "Well, look at this, forest looks better than ever... I knew she'd be able to save it..." Tyr walked into the moonlight and grinned. "I just wish that I could have seen her kick Hild's...ah..." Hope was lying right there under a tree. "..."
"Well would you look at that." Skuld stared at the forest in awe. "It's like nothing happened..."
"Indeed, it's truly amazing." Nauthiz couldn't stop staring in awe, even as Honorable Mention returned into his body. "Do you think Miss Hope is alright Miss Skuld?"
Skuld grimaced and punched him on the head. "Just Skuld thank you!"
"She has to be okay, I mean, why wouldn't she?" Akina asked, but didn't get a response.
Belldandy was standing with her eyes shut. "I can't sense her... she must have exhausted herself..." Belldandy thought worriedly.
"Well... that's what happened the first time." Keiichi thought aloud. "But then she was only using the emotions of four."
"You don't think..." Belldandy asked.
"Hey... where's Urd?" Skuld interrupted.
"Eh?" She looked at her then looked back to see Urd staring at Hild.
" Well isn't this a sight to see..." Urd grinned and folded her arms. "I guess you could say she got a taste of her own medicine!"
Mara grimaced at her. "You seem rather amused that your mother kicked her own ass."
"Not really... but then again..." Urd thought. "Maybe that'll just teach her not to mess with my niece."
Mara stared at her for a moment and laughed slightly. "Yeah, I learned my lesson a LONG time ago." She looked over at Eldir. "Come on! Let's get back home."
"Right." He was still in shock that Hild lost, but he quickly picked her up and fell into a portal to hell.
"Wait, aren't you going to wait around and see if Hope's okay?" Urd asked.
"She's okay, that kid is like a cockroach." Mara waved her hand and jumped into the portal before it vanished.
"Right..."
"Urd! We need your help to find Hope!" Belldandy called out.
"Huh? Coming!" She quickly responded and ran over to the group.
Tyr stared at Hope's comatose body for a period of time; it felt as though he was statue carved into that position. "Uh..." He then realized that he shouldn't be staring at her and quickly took off his jacket. "Damn it Hope, what the heck do you think you're doing going around almost naked!? Did Hild try to kill you or burn your clothes off!?" He blushed as he quickly pulled his Jacket over her. "Hope?" He asked, she didn't respond. "I see..." He sighed and sat down next to her. "How depressing is this? Our first meeting in five years and you're unconscious."
Still nothing.
"Hah... somebody up there is laughing at us I bet... or down there. Still, what the hell were you thinking? Striking a gamble with Hild?" He asked, staring at her as if expecting her to answer. "Nah, you're smarter than that, you had a plan behind all of this didn't you?"
"..."
"..." Tyr groaned then slammed his back up against the tree. "Geez... this really sucks... Listen I'm talking like a fourteen year old." He smiled then stared back over at her. "You... you're a mess aren't you? Your world changed and everything, now you're like one of those magical girls in those weird books that humans read... and... my mom..." He grimaced then stared back down at her, she started to tip over. "Ah?" He quickly caught her and held her in his arm. Blushing until he was as red as a tomato. "I'm... I'm sorry, I was the one who set the forest on fire... but I knew that if I did you'd be able to beat Hild!" He stated then looked down shamefully. "But still, I bet you'd tell me it was wrong... but I couldn't just let that demon turn you into a puppet, you belong here!" He said. "This world needs you, you weren't given that power for nothing you know!"
Hope's head fell onto his shoulder.
"Um... well, it was given to you because... only you deserved it in all. I mean, you're the daughter of the only two different beings to pass through the judgment gate... and..." He sighed. "You are probably the only person in this whole universe that never craved for such power... someone like that has never existed before. So... yeah." He smiled and rubbed her shoulder. "You'll be okay from now on, right? With your power and everything I mean..."
"...Tyr..."
"Eh?" Tyr stared at her, hoping that she was awake, but all she did was rub her head on his shoulder and sigh. "...Hope..."
"...HOPE..."
Tyr flinched, they were far away but he knew her family was looking for her. "Guess it's not time yet..." He held out his hand, far away the two pieces of Hope's sword dashed through the forest until they came to him. "You can still use the hilt... this blade however." He grimaced. "Has seen it's final battle... but..." He clenched onto it, it turned into an orb of light until it took the form that Tyr wished for, a necklace, with his rune on it. "Tiwaz is my rune, warriors back in the day used to put it on their weapons for luck... too bad I wasn't alive around then to wish them luck." He chuckled as he put the necklace around her neck. "But... At least I'm alive now to wish luck for you." He got up and leaned her against the tree. "Next time I run up here, be awake, I don't want to have to work more overtime just to see you comatose again." He joked then stared at her lips. "...Damn my Mother's genes..." He gulped.
"...Hope...Where are you?" Belldandy called out.
"Good Bye... Hope." Tyr leaned forward and kissed her, slowly vanishing into light as he teleported back to Muspelhiem.
"Mnn...hnn?" Hope's eyes slowly opened. "..." She stared around, but everything was too blurry.
"Hope? HOPE!" Belldandy and the other came running towards her.
"M...Momma..." Hope whimpered then fainted.
"Hope... wake up, it's time for school..."
Hope rolled over in her futon and grumbled.
"Oh Hope." Belldandy's voice giggled.
"I'm up... my eyes just won't open..." Hope grumbled again, then her eyes found the strength, and snapped wide open. "Wha!?"
"Good Morning." Belldandy smiled.
"It's... It's morning already?" Hope jumped up from her futon and flung her outside door open; the sun's rays bounced off of her face, leaving her feeling warm. "It... It is..."
"Breakfast is ready in the tearoom." Belldandy said as she folded up Hope's futon. "Akina and Nauthiz are waiting, but don't worry, you have an hour to get to school." She said reassuringly, knowing how Hope seemed to panic and dash around the house every morning to get to school.
"Is Hild okay?" Hope asked.
"I'm not quite sure..." she said as she tucked her futon away in the closet. "But I have reason to believe we will see her again very soon."
"That's good." Hope smiled as she stared out into the forest. "I'm sorry about all of that."
"There's no reason to be." Belldandy said. "You did a wonderful thing last night Hope, I'm proud of you."
She looked back over at her. "It's what they wanted, that's all."
Belldandy nodded then giggled when a little bird flew inside and landed on one of Hope's antennae.
"Hey..." Hope grimaced up at it until it floated down to her shoulder.
"I'll let you change." Belldandy said as she walked out of the room.
"Go on now, no peaking." Hope stared at the bird and it floated out of the room. "Good bye!" she waved to it before closing the screen door, She took off her old Nekomi Tech shirt and felt something tap her chest. "Eh?" She looked down and saw a rune hanging from a necklace around her neck. "Where did this...?" She thought then shook her head. "Come on Hope, you're going to be..." She stared over at her desk chair to see a black jacket. And on her desk was an eagle feather.
"Miss Hope is awake?" Nauthiz asked then sighed with relief. "Thank the heavens."
"Is it okay for me to remember what happened last night?" Akina asked. "I mean, knowing you're all... gods and goddesses is one thing but..." She twiddled her fingers.
"Well... If you don't want to remember." Urd held up a syringe with a grin.
"Um... no I think I'll just keep it to myself forever." Akina gulped.
"Urd, please don't scare Akina." Belldandy said as she tied up Hope's lunch and smiled happily.
"Honestly... no fun at all." Urd flung the syringe to the side like a dart, accidentally hitting Skuld.
"AGH!!" Skuld winced and yanked it out of her shoulder. "What the heck is... where am I?" She stared blankly at the group. "Who are you?"
"Oops... um, I think I have an antidote." Urd grabbed Skuld's arm and dragged her off.
"Antidote? What's that?" Skuld asked in a droned state before they left the tearoom. "How come when I speak in Japanese it comes out in English? What are Japanese and English!?"
"Interesting." Nauthiz quickly took out his notebook and jotted down notes to never accept medical treatment from Urd.
"I'm Ready." Hope opened the tearoom door and smiled down at her friends. "Hi guys! Sorry I kept you waiting!"
"HOPE!" Akina launched up from the table and gave her a hug. "I'm SO glad you're okay! Don't ever go all shiny and glowy again!!" She threatened and shook her real hard in emphasis.
"O...O... Okay!" Hope cried until Akina let her go. "I'll try not to... It's not like I could help it anyway."
"That's not an answer!" Akina pouted then remembered. "Say, where did you get the necklace, the jacket, and the feather from?"
"I don't know." Hope shrugged. "I just noticed them when I woke up."
"We found you with them last night Miss Hope, we believe that someone must have encountered you in the forest and gave them to you."
"Really?" Hope asked then turned bright red. "AH!! Some guy saw me naked!!"
"It's your fault for letting Hild burn almost all of your clothes off!" Akina laughed.
"I couldn't help it!!" Hope whined. "Oh man... who was it!?"
"I think..." Belldandy came out of the kitchen and handed everyone their lunches. "...That it was Tyr."
"Huh?" Hope stared at her as Akina and Nauthiz thanked her.
"Tiwaz is Tyr's rune, I believe he set fire to the forest as well."
Hope looked down and held the rune in her hand. "That... That jerk." She smiled then looked back up at her. "Thanks for lunch Momma."
Belldandy smiled back. "You're welcome, now you all better hurry."
"Yes Miss Belldandy." Nauthiz put his notebook into his brief case and bowed to Belldandy like a gentlegod. "Thank you again for the lunch Miss Belldandy." He smiled and held his arm out to Akina. "Shall we go Miss Akina?"
"Ah?" Akina turned tomato red and slapped him on the back. "Oh you!"
"Eh?"
"Come on!" She grabbed his arm and towed him out the front door.
"Miss Akina, please wait! I must document this odd behavior!"
Hope stared at them and giggled. "Those two... I really hope something forms between them..."
"Hey! You're not leaving without saying goodbye to me first!" Keiichi slapped a hand on her shoulder.
"Poppa!" Hope smiled and gave him a hug. "Thanks!"
"Eh? For what?" He asked.
Hope stared at him blankly for a moment then shook her head. "Never mind, I'll see you all after school, goodbye!" She waved and quickly slid on her shoes as she ran out the door.
"Wait! Hope your lunch!" Belldandy and Keiichi called out.
There was a screeching sound followed by thundering feet as Hope dashed back into the temple and got her lunch. "Sorry! Bye again!" Hope waved and ran after Akina and Nauthiz.
"She's still the same." Keiichi smiled.
Later at school...
"I can't believe I'm on time." Hope smiled as she slid on her school shoes, usually I'd be running like a horse to get here, but..." she looked over at Akina and Nauthiz as they slid their shoes on too and smiled. "Walking to school with them is so fun."
"Hope Morisato, please report the counselor's office, Hope Morisato, please report to the counselor's office." The intercom buzzed.
"Eh?" Hope stared up in confusion.
"Did you do something?" Akina asked.
"No... I don't think so..." Hope thought as she closed her shoe locker and walked down the hallway. She came to the counselor's office door after turning the corner and knocked on the door. "Hello?"
The door slammed open. "HELLO!!" Dr. Bryn launched out and caught her in a super demon bear hug.
"AGH!! HILD!?" Hope's eyes jutted out of her head.
"That's right! Oh I'm SO glad to see that my little kitten is doing all right!" Dr. Bryn giggled and dragged her into the office.
"Are you serious?" Hope asked.
"Um... No actually I'm a little concerned with you." Dr. Bryn took her seat and snapped her fingers; Eldir and Mara appeared at her side. "My little birdies told me last night that you were canceling our gamble... even after you won... why's that?"
"Well, there was no gamble in the first place, you never shook my hand." Hope smiled.
Hild sweat dropped. "Clever little hybrid... you would have used that excuse if I beat you. However, I don't understand why you're passing this jail free card for Tyr... I didn't even realize that we didn't shake on it until now."
"Nauthiz will grant my wish, I know he will." Hope got up from the desk. "I didn't shake your hand because I knew that either way my heart's desire would be granted and Nauthiz would have to return to heaven... and at the moment, it's very important to me that he stays here."
"Why's that?" Hild asked, curious as a cat.
"That's a secret." Hope smiled and looked up at Eldir. "You coming to class today?"
"Heh, anything to piss Nauthiz off!" Eldir grinned.
Hope sweat dropped then nodded. "Okay then... and Mara, you'll be staying here too right?"
"Y... yeah, but only because Hild-sama is here, I'm on duty." Mara huffed.
"That's good." Hope smiled happily then grabbed Eldir by the ear. "We have to get to class now, good bye!" she waved to Hild and Mara as she dragged Eldir out of the room.
"I like that girl..." Hild smiled. "She's not too confident in herself... but she makes up for that in the cute department!" she laughed. "Perfect match for Tyr, wouldn't you say?" Hild asked.
"Whatever you say Hild-sama!" Mara nodded.
"... Well then, I think we'll have to set up a little surprise for her down the road..."
Eldir winced as Hope kept towing him down the hallway by his ear. "Okay, Okay! I'm walking you can let me go now!!" he barked.
"Alright!" Hope let go of his ear. "Listen up, no magic, no spells, no special abilities and absolutely nothing that a human couldn't do." Hope stated. "Just act like a human."
"I understand!" He huffed. "Geez, I'm not stupid."
"I know, and I'm trusting you." Hope held out her hand. "Friends?"
Eldir stared at her for a moment and slapped her hand in a handshake. "Sure, I mean how many demons can say they're friends with the Goddess of Revolution?"
"Oh... I'd say about... four." Hope smiled as the second bell began to toll. "OH CRAP! WE'RE LATE!!" She yelped and yanked him towards the classroom in a mad dash.
"MY ARM!!" Eldir cried out in agony. "AAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
*A Fan- Author's Worthless Rant *
Wow, I typed up another chapter in what... four days? Not having a writer's block is nice ^^ anyway, I hope this chapter was pleasing; I'm rather pleased with it myself. Finally getting to expose the true natures of The Goddess of Revolution in all, or... have I? (Raised eyebrow) I'm so cruel sometimes with Hope XD Tyr's finally there and she's unconscious XD If you wanna blame someone you can blame CLAMP, Gainax, and Anne, they gave me this cruel mind! JK JK XD
So... anybody watching Fooly Cooly on Adult Swim? Messing with your mind as much as it is mine? Driving you on the brink of insanity yet? Making your eyes boggle at all the smooth action fight sequences!? Yeah I love it too XD
Anyway, I'm starting my junior year at Santa Fe High on the twenty-seventh and my seventeenth birthday is on the nineteenth, how sucky is that? X*D I'll try and get like... two more chapters out before the day of dread comes... *Knock on wood *
See ya next time!
"The goddess of... of..." Mara gawked until Hild tapped her jaw shut with her hand.
"That's right, isn't it magnificent?" Hild asked. "All that power..."
"It... Isn't It Hope?" Mara whispered as the being raised her hands to the sky.
"Maybe..." Hild shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not quite sure... when I sense for Hope's waves, it seems as though she's being concealed by the waves of others... so I guess..." she held her hand to her chin in thought. "The question isn't if that it's Hope, the question is Hope still there?"
Suddenly, the rain stopped, leaving the skies to clear, and the moonlight's soft ray's to gleam off of this shining being. However, the fire still raged on.
"Aren't you going to stop it Hope?" Mara asked.
"... I... I must... It is what they want me to..." She stared out at the forest, with tears streaming down her face, slowly becoming visible to their eyes. It WAS Hope, her body seemed to glow even still, with the cries and hopes from the trees, animals, and spirits of the forest. As her feet came to the ground, slowly she took one step forward, as she did, life sprouted at her steps.
"Hold it!" Hild appeared in her way. "I do realize that there is a terrible fire going on, but that can wait because you seem very capable of stopping and healing it all."
The goddess's expression did not change; she was looking beyond the demon queen. "Stand aside, I have no time for meaningless battles..." She said, and walked right through her.
"Ah?" Hild stood there awestruck, but her awe quickly faded into a grimace. "How dare you..." She discarded all of her bindings, her power fully unleashed to one hundred percent!
The Goddess of Revolution stopped, not bothering to stare back at her. "I can't fight you... this power was given to me from the outcries and strong emotions of the forest and those who live within it... so I must use this power only to save their homes and the lives that have been lost... Do not trouble me with your own selfish actions."
That was the second time anyone had ever talked down to Hild with a sturdy tone. The only other had been Kami-sama himself, and that very reminder made her teeth clench. "You fool... I am the Leader of the Demons! THE QUEEN! I will not stand aside to a goddess second class...!"
"Hild-sama! Don't!" Mara panicked, knowing too well what she was encouraging.
Without words, she slowly turned around and faced her, a look in her eyes showing that she would not wait around any longer for Hild's protests. "Very well then, show me the wrath of the Queen."
"Heh..." Hild grinned evilly and held out her hands. "Don't worry, I'll save that forest for you... then we're going straight to hell for your punishment."
"Just get on with it..."
Hild's hands crackled with black electricity, and a light so dark and evil that it frightened Mara and Eldir to the very core.
Keiichi stared at Hope, he didn't know what to think or feel, but he had no confusion in his mind whatsoever over what he was staring at. He knew very well that that was his daughter. "Hope, what's happening to you?"
"That... Mr. Morisato, I have no doubt in my mind that this is the goddess of revolution..." Nauthiz said; his hands shaking as he watched Hope in amazement until he heard Akina's sobbing. "Miss Akina?"
She had her hands cupped over her face. "I can't look... Hope..." She sobbed. "She's suffering inside! I can feel it..."
Hild held her hands over her head, the light and electricity sparked all over her body. "This is it... Goddess of Revolution..." She grinned evilly. "I haven't felt so alive in such a long time... to be able to unleash all of my power and frustrations into one beautiful attack!"
Eldir grinned evilly. "All right! She's going to get her! Hild's power is equal to no one!"
"Except for Kami-sama, and herself..." Mara gulped. "Eldir, you're such an idiot!"
"What!?" he barked at her.
"Hild-sama, even though her power strikes immense fear into our hearts... her power holds no fear onto Hope's heart... That look in her eyes proves it..."
Eldir stared at Mara for a moment, thinking that she was a traitor until he noticed the look in Hope's eyes as well. "What... What does this mean?"
"Just watch..."
"HAAAAAH!!" Hild roared out. "This is it Hope-chan! You Lose!!" She held her hands out towards her, a blast of unimaginable power launched towards Hope's body.
"HOPE! LOOK OU T!!" Keiichi shouted out, his voice reached her through the attack's unbearable sound.
"...Poppa..." Hope smiled and held out her hand, the blast, froze in place.
"..." Hild was left speechless, what just happened wasn't possible!
"Hild..." Hope glared at her. "... You lose."
"AH!?" Hild watched as the attack spun around and hit her with its full force. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGH!!!"
"Hild-sama!" Mara and Eldir watched as Hild fell back to the ground, her eyes blank.
"Do not worry." Hope smiled gently. "She's alive, but I assume that even now she is even more impressed with her power, she's so powerful that she even defeated herself." She said as Mara and Eldir rushed to her side. "Take her back to Niflhiem...and give her this message when she awakes..."
Mara looked up at Hope for a moment, and nodded with a smile. "Spit it out."
"Miss Hope defeated the queen of the demons..." Nauthiz's jaw dropped. "My god, and with almost no effort at all... is this only a sample to the fabled power?" He asked, his body filled with shock as Hope turned and walked towards them.
"Hope...HOPE!" Keiichi ran towards her.
"Poppa..." Hope smiled as he quickly wrapped her in a hug.
"Thank god, thank god, are you okay?" He stared at her for a moment.
She nodded. "I have to hurry Poppa..."
Keiichi smiled at her in relief and let her go. "Right, go."
With that, Hope stared up into the sky, her wings stretched out, and caught the wind, lifting her gracefully above the flame-engulfed forest.
Meanwhile, Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld still fought with all of their might to extinguish the flames, but it was futile.
"Oh why, why won't it stop?" Belldandy sobbed, but it was just then, all the fear in her heart was taken away. "Ah?"
"Belldandy? What are you doing!?" Urd stared, but then her heart felt the same, Skuld too.
"What's going on?" Skuld asked; her eyes widened when she felt the supreme waves coming from the sky. "What the heck!?"
"It's Hope." Belldandy smiled then looked up. "She wants us to leave the forest, quickly!"
"R... Right!" Urd and Skuld nodded nervously, quickly the three sisters took flight to flee from the burning forest, but as they did, they saw her. She was smiling down at them in reassurance.
"It's time..." Hope held her hands over her heart, and tears streamed down her face. "But it... it hurts so much." She looked up to the moon, her bottom lip quivered. "I know why too... the looks on their faces... Hild's jealousy, Nauthiz and Eldir's fear, Akina's pain, Mara's worry, and... and... my Poppa's understanding..." She stared at her hands. "Why me...? Why was I chosen to be this? I never wanted such power... but..." She stared down at the forest, realizing that she must force away her tears. "Fire that burns with unmerciful rage, heed my warning well. Obey this goddess young of age and relinquish your hatred, obey my spell!" The fire seemed to halt its murderous dance and quickly vanished. Hope was not finished, she stared down at the devastation; trees and animals lay dead, spirits wept over these beings, still crying for help. She held her hands out, her wings arched as Hope's eyes flickered until they shined with silver light. "I am she who decides fate with your emotions, your pain, is my pain, your sorrow, is my sorrow, your anger, is my anger, and your happiness, is my happiness. Your emotions have decided your final judgment... I return that which has been extinguished, rise up from the ashes, all be restored, and life renewed!" A wave shot from her, the wave ran throughout the forest, the burns on the trees morphed into brown bark, and green leaves. The forest floor turned a flowing green, and the animals that lie dead, suddenly perked up their heads, staring around casually and scampered back to their homes. The Goddess of Revolution's purpose for that day was complete, all of her energy started to slowly fade as she lowered herself into the forest. "It's done." She smiled happily as the glow around her vanished, revealing Hope Morisato, brown haired and blue eyed. "I'm so... glad." She sighed as she fell to the ground in exhaustion.
"AROOOOOOOOOO!"
"UWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"
"AROOOOOOO!!"
Thundering sounds raced through the forest, shadows dashed around the trees around Hope's body until one single white shadow appeared in front of her. A wolf, giant in size, an eagle feather on his left ear, and a graceful look in his eyes.
"Well done, young spirit." He said. "Our time to meet face to face will come soon..." His ears twitched, someone was coming. "Farwell..." He dropped a feather into her right hand then darted off, the shadows followed after him, however one seemed to stop and stare at her for a moment, it had the shape of a woman. She smiled at her then followed the pack until they vanished into the darkness.
Another shadow emerged, though this one approached Hope. "Well, look at this, forest looks better than ever... I knew she'd be able to save it..." Tyr walked into the moonlight and grinned. "I just wish that I could have seen her kick Hild's...ah..." Hope was lying right there under a tree. "..."
"Well would you look at that." Skuld stared at the forest in awe. "It's like nothing happened..."
"Indeed, it's truly amazing." Nauthiz couldn't stop staring in awe, even as Honorable Mention returned into his body. "Do you think Miss Hope is alright Miss Skuld?"
Skuld grimaced and punched him on the head. "Just Skuld thank you!"
"She has to be okay, I mean, why wouldn't she?" Akina asked, but didn't get a response.
Belldandy was standing with her eyes shut. "I can't sense her... she must have exhausted herself..." Belldandy thought worriedly.
"Well... that's what happened the first time." Keiichi thought aloud. "But then she was only using the emotions of four."
"You don't think..." Belldandy asked.
"Hey... where's Urd?" Skuld interrupted.
"Eh?" She looked at her then looked back to see Urd staring at Hild.
" Well isn't this a sight to see..." Urd grinned and folded her arms. "I guess you could say she got a taste of her own medicine!"
Mara grimaced at her. "You seem rather amused that your mother kicked her own ass."
"Not really... but then again..." Urd thought. "Maybe that'll just teach her not to mess with my niece."
Mara stared at her for a moment and laughed slightly. "Yeah, I learned my lesson a LONG time ago." She looked over at Eldir. "Come on! Let's get back home."
"Right." He was still in shock that Hild lost, but he quickly picked her up and fell into a portal to hell.
"Wait, aren't you going to wait around and see if Hope's okay?" Urd asked.
"She's okay, that kid is like a cockroach." Mara waved her hand and jumped into the portal before it vanished.
"Right..."
"Urd! We need your help to find Hope!" Belldandy called out.
"Huh? Coming!" She quickly responded and ran over to the group.
Tyr stared at Hope's comatose body for a period of time; it felt as though he was statue carved into that position. "Uh..." He then realized that he shouldn't be staring at her and quickly took off his jacket. "Damn it Hope, what the heck do you think you're doing going around almost naked!? Did Hild try to kill you or burn your clothes off!?" He blushed as he quickly pulled his Jacket over her. "Hope?" He asked, she didn't respond. "I see..." He sighed and sat down next to her. "How depressing is this? Our first meeting in five years and you're unconscious."
Still nothing.
"Hah... somebody up there is laughing at us I bet... or down there. Still, what the hell were you thinking? Striking a gamble with Hild?" He asked, staring at her as if expecting her to answer. "Nah, you're smarter than that, you had a plan behind all of this didn't you?"
"..."
"..." Tyr groaned then slammed his back up against the tree. "Geez... this really sucks... Listen I'm talking like a fourteen year old." He smiled then stared back over at her. "You... you're a mess aren't you? Your world changed and everything, now you're like one of those magical girls in those weird books that humans read... and... my mom..." He grimaced then stared back down at her, she started to tip over. "Ah?" He quickly caught her and held her in his arm. Blushing until he was as red as a tomato. "I'm... I'm sorry, I was the one who set the forest on fire... but I knew that if I did you'd be able to beat Hild!" He stated then looked down shamefully. "But still, I bet you'd tell me it was wrong... but I couldn't just let that demon turn you into a puppet, you belong here!" He said. "This world needs you, you weren't given that power for nothing you know!"
Hope's head fell onto his shoulder.
"Um... well, it was given to you because... only you deserved it in all. I mean, you're the daughter of the only two different beings to pass through the judgment gate... and..." He sighed. "You are probably the only person in this whole universe that never craved for such power... someone like that has never existed before. So... yeah." He smiled and rubbed her shoulder. "You'll be okay from now on, right? With your power and everything I mean..."
"...Tyr..."
"Eh?" Tyr stared at her, hoping that she was awake, but all she did was rub her head on his shoulder and sigh. "...Hope..."
"...HOPE..."
Tyr flinched, they were far away but he knew her family was looking for her. "Guess it's not time yet..." He held out his hand, far away the two pieces of Hope's sword dashed through the forest until they came to him. "You can still use the hilt... this blade however." He grimaced. "Has seen it's final battle... but..." He clenched onto it, it turned into an orb of light until it took the form that Tyr wished for, a necklace, with his rune on it. "Tiwaz is my rune, warriors back in the day used to put it on their weapons for luck... too bad I wasn't alive around then to wish them luck." He chuckled as he put the necklace around her neck. "But... At least I'm alive now to wish luck for you." He got up and leaned her against the tree. "Next time I run up here, be awake, I don't want to have to work more overtime just to see you comatose again." He joked then stared at her lips. "...Damn my Mother's genes..." He gulped.
"...Hope...Where are you?" Belldandy called out.
"Good Bye... Hope." Tyr leaned forward and kissed her, slowly vanishing into light as he teleported back to Muspelhiem.
"Mnn...hnn?" Hope's eyes slowly opened. "..." She stared around, but everything was too blurry.
"Hope? HOPE!" Belldandy and the other came running towards her.
"M...Momma..." Hope whimpered then fainted.
"Hope... wake up, it's time for school..."
Hope rolled over in her futon and grumbled.
"Oh Hope." Belldandy's voice giggled.
"I'm up... my eyes just won't open..." Hope grumbled again, then her eyes found the strength, and snapped wide open. "Wha!?"
"Good Morning." Belldandy smiled.
"It's... It's morning already?" Hope jumped up from her futon and flung her outside door open; the sun's rays bounced off of her face, leaving her feeling warm. "It... It is..."
"Breakfast is ready in the tearoom." Belldandy said as she folded up Hope's futon. "Akina and Nauthiz are waiting, but don't worry, you have an hour to get to school." She said reassuringly, knowing how Hope seemed to panic and dash around the house every morning to get to school.
"Is Hild okay?" Hope asked.
"I'm not quite sure..." she said as she tucked her futon away in the closet. "But I have reason to believe we will see her again very soon."
"That's good." Hope smiled as she stared out into the forest. "I'm sorry about all of that."
"There's no reason to be." Belldandy said. "You did a wonderful thing last night Hope, I'm proud of you."
She looked back over at her. "It's what they wanted, that's all."
Belldandy nodded then giggled when a little bird flew inside and landed on one of Hope's antennae.
"Hey..." Hope grimaced up at it until it floated down to her shoulder.
"I'll let you change." Belldandy said as she walked out of the room.
"Go on now, no peaking." Hope stared at the bird and it floated out of the room. "Good bye!" she waved to it before closing the screen door, She took off her old Nekomi Tech shirt and felt something tap her chest. "Eh?" She looked down and saw a rune hanging from a necklace around her neck. "Where did this...?" She thought then shook her head. "Come on Hope, you're going to be..." She stared over at her desk chair to see a black jacket. And on her desk was an eagle feather.
"Miss Hope is awake?" Nauthiz asked then sighed with relief. "Thank the heavens."
"Is it okay for me to remember what happened last night?" Akina asked. "I mean, knowing you're all... gods and goddesses is one thing but..." She twiddled her fingers.
"Well... If you don't want to remember." Urd held up a syringe with a grin.
"Um... no I think I'll just keep it to myself forever." Akina gulped.
"Urd, please don't scare Akina." Belldandy said as she tied up Hope's lunch and smiled happily.
"Honestly... no fun at all." Urd flung the syringe to the side like a dart, accidentally hitting Skuld.
"AGH!!" Skuld winced and yanked it out of her shoulder. "What the heck is... where am I?" She stared blankly at the group. "Who are you?"
"Oops... um, I think I have an antidote." Urd grabbed Skuld's arm and dragged her off.
"Antidote? What's that?" Skuld asked in a droned state before they left the tearoom. "How come when I speak in Japanese it comes out in English? What are Japanese and English!?"
"Interesting." Nauthiz quickly took out his notebook and jotted down notes to never accept medical treatment from Urd.
"I'm Ready." Hope opened the tearoom door and smiled down at her friends. "Hi guys! Sorry I kept you waiting!"
"HOPE!" Akina launched up from the table and gave her a hug. "I'm SO glad you're okay! Don't ever go all shiny and glowy again!!" She threatened and shook her real hard in emphasis.
"O...O... Okay!" Hope cried until Akina let her go. "I'll try not to... It's not like I could help it anyway."
"That's not an answer!" Akina pouted then remembered. "Say, where did you get the necklace, the jacket, and the feather from?"
"I don't know." Hope shrugged. "I just noticed them when I woke up."
"We found you with them last night Miss Hope, we believe that someone must have encountered you in the forest and gave them to you."
"Really?" Hope asked then turned bright red. "AH!! Some guy saw me naked!!"
"It's your fault for letting Hild burn almost all of your clothes off!" Akina laughed.
"I couldn't help it!!" Hope whined. "Oh man... who was it!?"
"I think..." Belldandy came out of the kitchen and handed everyone their lunches. "...That it was Tyr."
"Huh?" Hope stared at her as Akina and Nauthiz thanked her.
"Tiwaz is Tyr's rune, I believe he set fire to the forest as well."
Hope looked down and held the rune in her hand. "That... That jerk." She smiled then looked back up at her. "Thanks for lunch Momma."
Belldandy smiled back. "You're welcome, now you all better hurry."
"Yes Miss Belldandy." Nauthiz put his notebook into his brief case and bowed to Belldandy like a gentlegod. "Thank you again for the lunch Miss Belldandy." He smiled and held his arm out to Akina. "Shall we go Miss Akina?"
"Ah?" Akina turned tomato red and slapped him on the back. "Oh you!"
"Eh?"
"Come on!" She grabbed his arm and towed him out the front door.
"Miss Akina, please wait! I must document this odd behavior!"
Hope stared at them and giggled. "Those two... I really hope something forms between them..."
"Hey! You're not leaving without saying goodbye to me first!" Keiichi slapped a hand on her shoulder.
"Poppa!" Hope smiled and gave him a hug. "Thanks!"
"Eh? For what?" He asked.
Hope stared at him blankly for a moment then shook her head. "Never mind, I'll see you all after school, goodbye!" She waved and quickly slid on her shoes as she ran out the door.
"Wait! Hope your lunch!" Belldandy and Keiichi called out.
There was a screeching sound followed by thundering feet as Hope dashed back into the temple and got her lunch. "Sorry! Bye again!" Hope waved and ran after Akina and Nauthiz.
"She's still the same." Keiichi smiled.
Later at school...
"I can't believe I'm on time." Hope smiled as she slid on her school shoes, usually I'd be running like a horse to get here, but..." she looked over at Akina and Nauthiz as they slid their shoes on too and smiled. "Walking to school with them is so fun."
"Hope Morisato, please report the counselor's office, Hope Morisato, please report to the counselor's office." The intercom buzzed.
"Eh?" Hope stared up in confusion.
"Did you do something?" Akina asked.
"No... I don't think so..." Hope thought as she closed her shoe locker and walked down the hallway. She came to the counselor's office door after turning the corner and knocked on the door. "Hello?"
The door slammed open. "HELLO!!" Dr. Bryn launched out and caught her in a super demon bear hug.
"AGH!! HILD!?" Hope's eyes jutted out of her head.
"That's right! Oh I'm SO glad to see that my little kitten is doing all right!" Dr. Bryn giggled and dragged her into the office.
"Are you serious?" Hope asked.
"Um... No actually I'm a little concerned with you." Dr. Bryn took her seat and snapped her fingers; Eldir and Mara appeared at her side. "My little birdies told me last night that you were canceling our gamble... even after you won... why's that?"
"Well, there was no gamble in the first place, you never shook my hand." Hope smiled.
Hild sweat dropped. "Clever little hybrid... you would have used that excuse if I beat you. However, I don't understand why you're passing this jail free card for Tyr... I didn't even realize that we didn't shake on it until now."
"Nauthiz will grant my wish, I know he will." Hope got up from the desk. "I didn't shake your hand because I knew that either way my heart's desire would be granted and Nauthiz would have to return to heaven... and at the moment, it's very important to me that he stays here."
"Why's that?" Hild asked, curious as a cat.
"That's a secret." Hope smiled and looked up at Eldir. "You coming to class today?"
"Heh, anything to piss Nauthiz off!" Eldir grinned.
Hope sweat dropped then nodded. "Okay then... and Mara, you'll be staying here too right?"
"Y... yeah, but only because Hild-sama is here, I'm on duty." Mara huffed.
"That's good." Hope smiled happily then grabbed Eldir by the ear. "We have to get to class now, good bye!" she waved to Hild and Mara as she dragged Eldir out of the room.
"I like that girl..." Hild smiled. "She's not too confident in herself... but she makes up for that in the cute department!" she laughed. "Perfect match for Tyr, wouldn't you say?" Hild asked.
"Whatever you say Hild-sama!" Mara nodded.
"... Well then, I think we'll have to set up a little surprise for her down the road..."
Eldir winced as Hope kept towing him down the hallway by his ear. "Okay, Okay! I'm walking you can let me go now!!" he barked.
"Alright!" Hope let go of his ear. "Listen up, no magic, no spells, no special abilities and absolutely nothing that a human couldn't do." Hope stated. "Just act like a human."
"I understand!" He huffed. "Geez, I'm not stupid."
"I know, and I'm trusting you." Hope held out her hand. "Friends?"
Eldir stared at her for a moment and slapped her hand in a handshake. "Sure, I mean how many demons can say they're friends with the Goddess of Revolution?"
"Oh... I'd say about... four." Hope smiled as the second bell began to toll. "OH CRAP! WE'RE LATE!!" She yelped and yanked him towards the classroom in a mad dash.
"MY ARM!!" Eldir cried out in agony. "AAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
*A Fan- Author's Worthless Rant *
Wow, I typed up another chapter in what... four days? Not having a writer's block is nice ^^ anyway, I hope this chapter was pleasing; I'm rather pleased with it myself. Finally getting to expose the true natures of The Goddess of Revolution in all, or... have I? (Raised eyebrow) I'm so cruel sometimes with Hope XD Tyr's finally there and she's unconscious XD If you wanna blame someone you can blame CLAMP, Gainax, and Anne, they gave me this cruel mind! JK JK XD
So... anybody watching Fooly Cooly on Adult Swim? Messing with your mind as much as it is mine? Driving you on the brink of insanity yet? Making your eyes boggle at all the smooth action fight sequences!? Yeah I love it too XD
Anyway, I'm starting my junior year at Santa Fe High on the twenty-seventh and my seventeenth birthday is on the nineteenth, how sucky is that? X*D I'll try and get like... two more chapters out before the day of dread comes... *Knock on wood *
See ya next time!