Battle Field: Earth
Chapter Eleven: 'Ghosts'
By: Sci-Fi Raptor
Disclaimer: See chapter one.
Yaggdrassil
When Urd was young. P So sometime a few centuries ago:
"And as you can see from the ancient texts, there were five beings know as the Ghosts," the teacher said. "Can anyone one tell me what we know about them?" he asked, but didn't wait for an answer. "That's right, we know nothing- yes Urd?"
"Actually, I did research on these 'Ghosts' and found out something very peculiar about them."
"And would you mind telling the class about this discovery?" the teacher said, unwilling to put any energy into stopping her from making her joke. It just wasn't worth it anymore.
With the face of an angel, she recited as if reading from a book, "The beings known as 'Ghosts' are also known as the Five Wraiths of God. They are the five Arch Angels that govern this and all other realities and get their orders from a being that we know even less about. They possess great power, estimated to be able to neutralize whole dimensions, but only act exactly according to their master's whim. Even though they are so powerful, the have no free will."
The teacher just looked at her with his jaw hanging. How did a kid like her know so much? And was it even true? It sounded real enough, and there was that rumor that she was the spawn of Daima-Kaicho Hild herself. She sure acts like it…he thought bitterly.
Nekomi, Japan
October 2002
Morisato Residence:
"No, don't do that," Skuld moaned. "Not there!"
"Yes! I will do it!" Gab said, forcing himself on her.
"No Gab! What will we do if anyone sees this?"
"I don't care. I will do it!"
"NO!" Skuld moaned as he did it.
"Victory!" Gab said, suddenly standing up and sticking up his index and middle finger up (to make a V).
"Player 2 Wins!!!" the TV screen showed.
"How could I lose…" Skuld cried. "No one has ever beaten me in GTX Racing."
"First time for everything," he said, a glint in his eye.
"So annoying," Urd muttered from under her breath.
"Urd!" Skuld recoiled in shock. "How long have you been there?"
"Since you guys sounded like you were getting it on. But obviously you two are just playing more of those retarded video games."
"So you saw then…" Skuld said, her face full of shame.
"I think I'll get going…" Gab said nervously. He sneaked his way out of the house before Urd 'messed around' with him.
"You two have been hanging a lot over here ever since we all met."
"Gab finds it easier to just come here then go to the park," she shrugged. "Besides, I like creaming him," she said with a glint in her eye.
"Like right now?" Urd said sarcastically. Skuld 'acked' as if she were stabbed in the back. "Why don't you just go to his place? OPEN THE DAMN TV SO I CAN USE IT!!!"
"You know what, dear Urd? I think that's a good idea. I'll pay him a surprise visit tomorrow," She said, thinking of what she would do the next day. "I'll make him a lunch first and bring it to him at work, that'll be fun," she said, making her way to her room.
"Jeez, she sounds like Belldandy…" Urd muttered.
"Tadaima!" Keiichi Belldandy said as they entered the temple. Keiichi's younger sister, Megumi, followed them in.
"How are you today, Urd?" Belldandy asked as the three went through the TV room.
"Peachy…" she replied, channel surfing. Seeing that Urd wasn't really talkative, she went to the kitchen to make lunch for the other two.
The wind started to pick up.
Man, since when did it get so windy? Urd thought as she went to close the door. But she stopped. Just outside was a mini vortex. She could feel her coming.
Lind…
Belldandy followed her outside and also waited for Lind to appear.
"Hello Lind," Belldandy greeted when she materialized.
"Hello Belldandy, Urd," she replied back. But the vortex didn't stop. She stepped aside and three guy and two girls followed.
"What's this about?" Urd questioned. "A party?"
"If this were a party, only the senior members of the fighting division wouldn't have come," she said business like.
"Then what is going on?" Belldandy asked. "Can we help?"
"It would be appreciated if you could help us, but your angles would have to have had a special modification." As if on cue, each God/ess's angel appeared, each with a strange symbol on their forehead.
"We are searching for our division's… founder, if you will," a boy with red hair and blue haired angel said.
"He is currently working undercover in this plane of existence and it would be next to impossible to track him without a special program designed specifically to find him," a boy with purple hair and green haired angel said.
"Who is this person?" Urd asked, curious about a person who needed such energy to look for.
"That's classified," the last boy with green hair and a yellow haired angel said coldly. But that reminded Urd of something.
"Did he, by chance, come to this zone four months ago?" she asked.
"How did you know that? I thought that was classified!" one of the girls said.
"It was," Urd said, an evil smile on her face. "But you just told me my guess was right."
"There you go, mouthing off again!" the last girl said glaring daggers at her associate.
"I think we should get started…" Lind said, worried something might happen. These guys weren't really used to working together.
"Yes," the green haired God said. "Lets." They all flew up and went in separate ways.
"What was all that noise?" Megumi asked, stumbling in. Keiichi had had the sense to stall her for as long as possible.
"Um… some animal. We just chased it away…" Urd lied.
"Y-yeah… we chased the poor creature away…" Belldandy said. Heartbroken of even thinking of doing something like that.
"Really? What creature?" Megumi asked
"Err… a Panda," Urd said, pulling out the first thing that came to mind.
"Panda…" Keiichi said, disappointed that that was the best she could come up with.
"Really? How could it make so much noise?"
"A really, really big Panda…" Urd said, giving up.
"Tadaima!" someone said. Grateful for the distraction, Keiichi took his sister with him to the front entrance. Keiichi had a big headache to find that Peorth (in her skimpy clothing) and Welsper had come back from their vacation.
"So it wasn't just some glitch!" Urd said, venting her anger from months ago. "It was just some top brass." Then, with resolve, "This time, I'll find him for sure." She started walking to a nearby TV.
"What makes you think that you could possibly find it without that special modification?" Belldandy asked before she teleported.
"I have an ace up my sleeve. I have a lead…" she said and went back to the place she had visited so long ago.
Nekomi, Japan
October 2002:
Skuld had researched the recipe for what she had come to know as Gab's favorite food- Ogiri. She insisted to Bell that she do it alone, since Bell never asked for help when making things for Keiichi. She rationalized that the more she put into it, the more love it would contain. She made her way to the square where Belldandy usually bought her ingredients.
She didn't know why, but it seemed like the sky was getting darker. Maybe it's going to rain? But I don't remember any forecasts mentioning rain. She went on, however, thinking it was harmless.
(Nearby)
She was finally alone. No robots, no Goddesses and not Gabriel surrounding her. She was by herself; and vulnerable.
Yes. This time he would exact his revenge.
When she went through an empty street, free of cars, pedestrians and witnesses, he made his move. He charged up his attack and waited for the perfect moment. The moment arrived when she realized the he was there. It was beautiful, seeing her eyes widen with fear. It was time.
He left go and the ball of anti-energy was fired. Nothing could stop it now, not even if Kami-sama himself wanted to. Die bitch!
Nekomi, Japan
October 2002
Morisato Residence:
Belldandy, Urd and Peorth felt it at the same time. They all met outside at the same time and all said, "Did you feel that?" at the same time with the same amount of surprise and fear in their voices. Without a moment's hesitation, they teleported to the energy sources location.
That level of energy is enough to blow away half of the Earth! They all thought as they made their way there. Urd was the first to arrive, and what she saw made her recoil in shock.
I think that's how you spell it. It is the name for rice balls…