The scene was heaven. The sun was shining down upon it as it usually did and everyone lived peacefully.
Hild appeared next to the Almighty, Urd's father.
"The demons in Muspelheim had a plan. They wanted me to disguise myself as a goddess and gain the trust of the Almighty so that I could…kill him…" Hild narrated the dream, "However, something happened that I didn't expect."
Hild and the Almighty's lips met.
"…I fell in love with him." she stated.
The scene changed into a bedroom in which Hild lied in a bed and held a young, newborn child with an upside down triangle on her forehead.
"Your father and I gave birth to a beautiful little girl. We named her…Urd." she said, "We were so happy, all of us. That is, until…"
A doctor came into the bedroom and went up to talk to the Almighty.
"They found out about my being a demon through your paternity." Hild stated, "The Almighty grew furious with me. He figured out of the demons' plans but I told him that I really did love him and that I was never going to do such a thing! He…didn't believe me."
The scene changed to the outskirts of Heaven, upon the clouds that led towards the earth. The Almighty stood over Hild with the utmost anger in his eyes.
"The gods banished me back to Muspelheim and in punishment would keep my child with them and raise her as a goddess. She was to never know about me…" Hild said, "That's when you grew up and your decision was to be made…They brainwashed you and forced you to choose your goddess over your demon! They sealed that part of you away…forever…"
Urd reawakened. She blinked twice as tears formed down her face. She stood up and looked to her mother.
"I made an attempt to return to heaven to take you back with me…but, they caught me and threw me back out," Hild finished, "I've been wanting to come back for you Urd. I've been waiting, and waiting until you were old enough. And now you are…and you've grown into a beautiful woman. But…you've lost that part of yourself. Now that I've broken the seal to your memory, perhaps I can restore that part of yourself that sleeps deep within your soul."
"So, it was them…that kept you away from me…" Urd realized, tears running down her face, "They…were lying to me. They were just being selfish."
"Oh, Urd!" Hild cried as she embraced her daughter, "None of that matters now…We're together again. That's what matters." Hild grinned to herself and then kissed her daughter's forehead. The symbol upon it began to glow and morph into two triangular lines going down Urd's forehead.
"Spirit of wind, who lives amongst us in secret…" a voice began to speak, "I beseech your gentle grace. Come to me now and become intensity within my fingers! Graceful Gusts!!!"
Hild stood her ground as immense gusts of winds struck her and Urd. Hild put her palm in front of her and stopped the wind with her own demonic power.
Belldandy, Skuld, and Keiichi stood a few yards away still dressed in their sleepwear.
"Let go of my sister, demon!" Belldandy cried.
"A goddess?" Hild wondered. She noticed the symbols upon Belldandy's forehead. The diamond shape was all too familiar. She began to get a flash of a young, newborn child with the same symbols. "You…You're the one who persuaded Urd to choose her goddess half!" she shouted.
"What?!" Keiichi asked.
"Who are you and what do you want?!" Skuld yelled.
"I am Hild, Queen of Muspelheim…" Hild began, "And I am Urd's mother."
The two goddesses gasped.
"I have only come to reclaim what is mine," Hild stated.
"Urd is that true?!" Belldandy asked.
Urd had her back faced to them and wouldn't answer.
"Urd?!" Skuld shouted.
"Urd has already made her decision," Hild told them, "Show them my daughter."
Urd slowly turned around to reveal her new demonic symbols and her eyes the color of fire.
"Urd, no!" Keiichi gasped.
Out of Urd's back, World of Elegance began to emerge. However, she had also changed along with Urd. She was now completely black and her fingers had grown claws the size of arms. She was now her own antithesis; a devil.
"World of Elegance!!" Belldandy cried, "Not you too!"
World of Elegance hissed and growled back at the goddess.
"Show them the fruit of your true, demon power, Urd!!" Hild ordered.
Urd and World of Elegance pointed their palms towards Belldandy and the others. Each of them shot out flames of black-colored fire.
Belldandy quickly flew out of the way and into the air.
Keiichi and Skuld leaped off towards the side.
"Holy Bell!" Belldandy called. Her blonde-haired angel appeared from her back.
Belldandy could see it in Urd's eyes. It was the same as Hild's; filled with menace and malicious intent. She knew that Urd was not going to hold anything back. With that, Belldandy knew she would have to battle her sister.
Urd stared up at her younger sister with the coldest and most vicious eyes. They were overflowing with a lust for blood; the eyes of a demon.
Skuld and Keiichi could only watch from the sidelines, at this point. Neither of them could do much for either of the two goddesses. Skuld didn't have the same power her two older sisters had and Keiichi was only a mere mortal; what could he do.
"Raarrghh!!!" World of Elegance wailed as she swiftly swooped up into the sky.
"Ah!" Belldandy gasped, caught a bit off guard.
Just before the devil reached Belldandy with her enormous claws, Holy Bell moved in front of her goddess and protected her. She grabbed both of World of Elegance's arms and struggled to push her away.
World of Elegance snarled and hissed at the angel, as thick streams of saliva draped from her lips. She desperately wanted to feed upon the holy blood of the angel. She broke one arm free and the swiped Holy Bell across the face, causing her to go flying towards the street below. World of Elegance wasn't too far behind, following her prey.
"Holy Bell!!" Belldandy cried worriedly.
"Hagh!!!" a voice grunted as it approached.
Belldandy quickly turned around to see Urd rapidly approaching towards her.
Urd came at Belldandy with her own lightning quick speed. She tried to bash Belldandy across the face, but Belldandy using her own gusty speed moved her head out of the way. Urd tried again, and again, and again using karate-chop fisted hands to attack the goddess wherever she could.
Belldandy swiftly dodged each blow, "Urd! Please, stop!!" She did not want to fight back, but managed to hold her own in this feet of hand-to-hand combat. She just tried to hold her own for the moment until she could figure out what to do.
Urd lifted up, spun around and tried to kick Belldandy in the face. Belldandy ducked the blow. However, Urd came at her right after and managed to punch Belldandy in the chest and then once again across her face, pushing her back.
"Belldandy!!" Skuld and Keiichi shouted fearfully from below.
As the battle of these two went on, their allies raged on in battle. Holy Bell and World of Elegance.
World of Elegance pointed both of the palms of her hands at the white angel, firing enormous blasts of black fire.
Holy Bell responded by creating a forceful barrier of green colored wind magic, protecting her from blazing dark magic. She then decided to take the opportunity and strike back. From behind her, gusts of gigantic winds appeared almost suddenly to blow away the devil that stood before her.
World of Elegance covered herself with her arms to defend herself from the elemental magic. It was no problem to her, however. Her newfound devil power was too strong for the wind spell. She spread out her dark wings and flew straight through the wind, breaking the spell in its tracks.
Holy Bell's eyes widened in surprise as the devil approached her. Holy Bell turned around, spread out her own wings and began to fly while being chased by World of Elegance.
Belldandy hunched over a bit in pain, after having been hit in the chest pretty hard. She touched her cheek, which was a bit bruised, and looked over to her sister.
Urd had the hugest smirk upon her face. She really did look like her mother now.
"Urd…Why…?" Belldandy thought to herself, "Why did you choose this?"
"What are you waiting for my daughter?! Be rid of the goddess!!" Hild shouted from afar.
"With pleasure…" Urd spoke, her voice now echoing with evil.
Belldandy's eyes widened and began to tear. She couldn't stand seeing her sister like this.
"I've gotta do something…" Skuld mumbled to herself, "And where is Peorth?!"
Keiichi could see how anxious and worried the young goddess. But, there was nothing he could for he felt very similar. Being a mortal meant feeling helpless in situations like these.
Skuld looked across from Belldandy to see Holy Bell and World of Elegance dueling it out. She knew she had to help. "Noble Scarlet!" she cried.
Out of her back, the young blond-haired angel with the crimson eyes appeared.
"Skuld?!" Keiichi gasped.
"I'm going to help Holy Bell. I can't just stand here and do nothing." Skuld stated. She turned to look at Keiichi. "Keiichi…Please stay here…" she smiled warmly.
"Skuld…" Keiichi sighed.
"Come on Noble Scarlet!" Skuld shouted as her angel nodded in agreement. They zoomed off towards the angel in need.
Keiichi clenched his fist in frustration. He hated feeling so helpless. The people that he cared about most were in mortal danger and he couldn't do anything to help them. And what's more, the woman he loves most in this world is in battle of life and death. He knew he had do something to aid them. He gathered his thoughts and his strength and ran the other way, "I've gotta get help."
Urd had created a large ball of dark magic, in the form of black bolts of lightning, in the palm of her hand.
"Urd, stop it! Why are you doing this?! How could you choose this?!" Belldandy cried to her sister, trying to reach her, "Urd! We're sisters! Can't you see that?!"
"Ha ha ha…" she laughed, "It's not that I don't see it. You are my enemy now, which means I have to kill you. But, don't worry…I'll kill you quickly so that it doesn't hurt too much…just because you're my sister."
Belldandy gasped within herself. She couldn't believe what she was hearing; the words that were coming out of Urd's mouth. She truly was possessed by her demon half.
Holy Bell was blasted into the cement wall of a nearby department store. She was blown so hard that she created an massive crater around herself. She was scratched and bruised all over her tender skin.
The devilish World of Elegance floated above her, licking her fangs in a lust for the kill.
"Leave her alone!" Skuld shouted from behind the devil.
World of Elegance turned around to see her.
Skuld lifted up her arm towards the sky as her angel did the same from behind her. "Spirit of water, who bestows life and displays strength…" she began to recite a spell. From beneath, from sparkling blue lights, luminous streams of thick blue water spiraled up from her feet all the way up to her palm. Together, the streams began to form into an orb of vast water. "I appeal to you and ask for your embracing elegance. Come forth to me now and become waves within my palm! Blissful Typhoon!!"
The immense spell of water came crashing into World of Elegance's body, knocking her into a nearby store.
Skuld and Noble Scarlet hurried to the aid of the angel. "Are you all right?" Skuld asked her.
Holy Bell nodded and smiled.
Skuld smiled back, almost as if she could understand her, "…You're welcome."
"It seems you three need a more worthy opponent," a voice said from behind them.
Skuld and the two angels turned around to see the Queen of Demons, Hild. Skuld gasped frightfully.
Urd and Belldandy were still at a face-off.
"I will destroy the gods and the heavens for having lied to me and having neglected the Queen of Muspelheim for being my rightful birth mother!!" Urd shouted at the top of her lungs.
Belldandy could feel the pain in her voice. She didn't know what the whole story behind it all was, and didn't want to say anything not to seem ignorant. "Urd, you are my sister…but…but…" she began to say, "…As a Goddess First Class, I will not allow you to harm anyone!"
"So be it," Urd replied.
Belldandy began to raise her arm into the air, her voice echoing with miraculous magic, "Spirit of wind, who lives amongst us in secret…"
"Oh, no you don't!" Urd yelled as she threw the ball of dark magic she had at Belldandy.
The attack hit Belldandy and pushed her back even farther as she screamed in pain, "Aaagghh!!!" She stopped herself with her flying ability and then opened her eyes to look forward. Urd was nowhere to be seen. "Where did she…?" she began to ask.
At that moment, Urd teleported behind her and grabbed her by her neck.
"Ugh…!" Belldandy cried as she struggled to break free.
"A young goddess…how foolish you are…" Hild laughed, "Look at all the trouble you've gotten yourself into. And now because of your foolishness…you and the angels die…Ha ha ha!!!"
Skuld stared back at Hild with the most worried look as Noble Scarlet held onto her clothing in fear.
Urd approached Belldandy's ear and whispered, "Now we'll see if you still want me as my sister as I'm ripping your insides out…goddess…" She licked Belldandy on her cheek in the most disgusting manner.
Tears streamed from Belldandy's face as, through the corner of her eye, she could see the demon Urd.