Battle Field: Earth
Chapter Eight: To Be With You
By: Sci-Fi Raptor
Disclaimer: See chapter one.
Nekomi, Japan
Early October 2002
A Local Park (past sunset):
It had been nearly two weeks without incident since they had met. And Skuld wished they stayed together forever. She had finally grown to see what Belldandy saw in these humans. The sun had set some time ago and the couple lay side by side on the grass near a lake, staring at the starry universe.
Skuld wanted an incident to happen soon.
"Gab?" said Skuld, realizing she didn't know much about him.
"Yes, Skuld," he answered, turning his head to stare at her.
"You have a job, right?" she said, turning her head to look back at him. When he nodded, she continued, "What do you do?"
"I'm a mercenary," he said, his face sobering up. "I kill people for money."
Skuld was quiet for a few seconds. After a while she giggled, "Stop joking. What do you really do?"
"Aw, you didn't believe me," he said with a disappointed face. "How about this: I work at NIT?"
"Really? What do you do there?"
"I help around the campus and stuff like that," he said, looking back at the sky.
"Oh," she said. Why would he do menial work like that? He's way too smart for something like that. I mean, if he could improve Benpei and Sigel so much, he must be a genius!
"Gab, what are your plans for the future?"
"Let me think…" he said. After a few moments he made up his mind and said, "I want to find someone, find happiness with her and die."
"Who are you looking for?" she said, getting on all fours and hovering her face above his. Her long hair lagged behind her head and rested, sprawled over his chest.
"I'm done looking," he said, staring into her eyes. Her heart fluttered and her body moved on it's own. Her face moved down and she kissed him. His response was soft, but had substance. When they separated (something she really regretted), Skuld was blushing even more then before.
"Sorry. I don't know what came over me…" she said, but was shushed. He wrapped his arms around her back and made her lay on top of him, her legs straddled against his. Her body was on top of his, the side of her head resting on his chest. Instantly, she calmed down and simply listened to the beating of his heart as he stroked her hair. Eventually, he stopped. Skuld looked up and saw that he had fallen asleep. She smiled, seeing the calm, content look on his face.
She held onto him a little tighter and slowly faded into sleep. Her emotions leaked into Noble Scarlet and caused her to take her wings out. Instead of putting them back in immediately like she normally would, Noble Scarlet covered both Skuld and Gabriel with her warm feathery wings, caressing Skuld's love as an extension of Skuld herself. In that little corner of the universe, all seemed well.
Sometime later, late in the night, an evil spirit made its way though the park and came upon a young couple sleeping before the lake. Finally, some food! It thought, lunging at them. But before it could even move a meter, a shaft a light originating from the couple incinerated it.