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Once returning home to the safety of the temple, Anata locked her self away in the bathroom. Sitting there in the tub with her knees hugged tightly to her chest, and her chin resting on her knees. The filth from the prison still lingered on her; no matter how much she scrubbed she still felt it. And after effects for the Evangelion blood still made her a little sick, but nothing like when she first came down from its effects.
"Damn them......" Anata cursed softly.
She hated what those Evangelions had done, not just to her but the others that were held captive. She had only hated one other group and that was the shadows for what they had tried to do to her world and the shadows paid dearly.
Just out side the bathroom Fiona stood there looking at the closed bathroom door, she really did worry for her sister, when Anata had returned she didn't say a word all she did was go to the bathroom and locked the door. Frowning and looking at the floor, Fiona slowly walked back to the living room where her mother and father sat silently.
"She's still in there...... I hope she's alright." Fiona said before sitting there on the couch.
Belldandy smiled at her daughter. "What Anata has been through was traumatic. The best thing we can do is be there when she needs up."
"I just wish that there was something more I could do for her." Fiona said softly.
Walking over to his daughter, Keiichi kneeled down in front of Fiona. "We all do, but like your mother said the best thing we can do is be there when she needs us."
Back in the bathroom, Anata had felt that she had sat in the tub long enough. Even though she still felt a little dirty from the prison, getting out he quickly dried her self off and got dressed. As she did, she saw the marks from the beating she got from the Evangelions, shivering at the sight she quickly lowered her shirt.
Out in the living room, everyone was thinking about a way to help Anata. Urd had joined everyone to help with the brain storming session.
"I know!" Urd said snapping her fingers and making everyone look at her. "We can have a party, yeah a great big party. You know like back in you college day's Kei."
Keiichi just let out a sigh as Belldandy shook her head no. "Urd I don't think that's a good idea."
Just then......
"A party will be a great idea." Anata said from the doorway to the living room.
"Anata?" Fiona said.
"Yeah a party would be great, but just hold off on it for a couple hours." Anata said as she sat there on the floor putting on some shoes.
"Okay we can do that I guess......" Fiona said sounding more then confused. "But what are you doing, you look like your going somewhere."
Stopping for a moment Anata looked up over at her sister. "I'm taking a quick trip up to Yggdrasil."
"WHAT!"
"I just need to talk to Peorth about something. It will only take a couple hours, don't worry." Anata said as she waved off the out burst.
"Anata?" Fiona asked stopping Anata. And pulling her in to the hall. "What's going on?" Fiona asked in a whisper.
"I just need to talk to Peorth, don't worry I'll be right back." Anata reinsured Fiona. "I'll tell you what. I'll even hunt down Lyn and bring him back with me. Is that alright?"
"I guess..... Okay...." Fiona said then she smiled at Anata. "Is there any special requests?"
"Anything cooked by mom." Anata replied with a smile then she walked off to the bathroom.
Once in the bathroom, Anata placed her hand on to the mirror and waited for it to ripple like water. Feeling the mirror turn from a solid to an almost liquid. Then climbing up on to the sink Anata stepped through the mirror.
------(Goddess of the earth universe)------
Raziel and Yu sat side by side as Yu's mother and Urd bickered back at forth about who was subduing who.
"Has this ever happened to you before?" Whispered Yu.
Raziel sighed and rested his chin in the palm of his hand and started to tap his index finger on the side of face.
"Yeah, I'm just glad that there isn't any food around." Raziel replied.
"Your son is going to take my daughters innocence!" Yu's mother yelled at Urd.
"What ever, Raziel is to much like his father. He doesn't have the guts to do it!" Urd yelled back.
Yu looked over at Raziel with a questioning look after Urd's last comment.
"It's true, I probably wouldn't." Raziel said with a heavy sigh.
"Don't lie to me, your son..... Just look at him. All he needs is a minute." Y's mother said pointing at Raziel.
"Well yeah, he still a child by all accounts, so yeah he would probably would blow it in about a minute." Urd said back.
Raziel sat there shaking his head at his mother all while Yu giggled at him.
"I would think that you could last longer then that......." Yu giggled.
Raziel just let out groan, and then he took in a deep breath and stood up.
"Mother..... Mrs. Asakawa..... Can you please stop the bickering?" Raziel said loudly making Urd and Mrs. Asakawa even Yu look at Raziel with shock. "Look I like Yu, I'll admit that. But what you two are talking about........ Just forget it...." Raziel said, then just as he was about to sit back down a voice stopped him.
"No what were you going to say?"
Looking up Raziel was shocked to find that Hild was there in front of them.
"Grandma....." Raziel whispered.
"What are you doing here?!" Urd shouted.
"Can't a mother come by and see her daughter and grandson?" Hild replied. "Go on Raziel, what were you going to say?"
Nodding, Raziel stood back up and took another deep breath. "I like her, but I'm not the type of person to go and do something that can screw up our lives. So mom, Mrs. Asakawa you two will just need to believe me."
Yu sat there in silence, after a moment or two she shook her head and stood up too. "Mom this is going to be one of those things that you will need to believe us. We're not doing anything."
Hild smiled at the two possible young couple and over at her daughter. "I'm happy with that insurance what about you Urd-chan?"
"What?" Urd asked.
"Why don't we all get something to eat, doesn't that sound like fun?" Hild asked.
"What the?" Mrs. Asakawa asked more then confused by the turn around.
Leaning over, Yu whispered at Raziel. "Is your grandmother always like that?"
"All the time....." Raziel whispered back.
-----(Son of Urd universe)------
Having come through a mirror at Yggdrasil's teleportation central hub. Looking around she saw that there were some gods and goddesses that were giving her some strange looks. But that wasn't bothering her; she had always gotten strange looks from other gods and goddess. The whole being half goddess thing had always crept in to the minds of some but never let it bother her.
Walking up to the main desk, Anata waited for the receptionist to look up at her. When she did Anata put on a smile.
"Hi, I'm kind of new here; can you please tell me where I may find Director Peorth?" Anata asked.
The young goddess typed away at her computer trying to find the answer that Anata was looking for all while she glanced up at Anata.
"Yes I'm half human......" Anata said with a sigh.
"No it's not that..... Is it true?" The young goddess asked.
"Is what true?" Anata asked back.
"That your from another universe? It is true?" she asked again.
"Yeah it's true, why?" Anata asked back.
"Some of us here are wondering if we all have doubles of our self's in you universe?" the young goddess asked.
Anata stood there thinking about it. So far she's came across a double of Kou, her parents, Peorth. "I don't see why not." She replied.
The young goddess smiled back up at Anata. "Peorth is in the main control room."
"Thank you." Anata said before turning around heading to the control room, the vary heart of Yggdrasil. As she walked through the great halls of Yggdrasil, Anata passed some gods and goddesses that she remembered from her universe, but with slightly different. Not paying attchen to where she was going, she happened to walk right in to someone.
Both her and the person she walked in to fell over on the floor with a thud.
"Ouch..... Sorry about that this place still amazes me...." Anata said as she picked her self up off the floor.
"It's okay.... I couldn't see where I was going with all these papers....." said a voice that Anata knew.
"Lyn?" She asked.
"Anata?" Lyn asked back. "How are you feeling, I heard about you being captured. Are you feeling alright?"
"I'm fine; I'm here to see Peorth and to bring you back with me." She replied.
"Bring me back to where?" Lyn asked as he started to pick up the papers he was carrying.
"Oh my parents are throwing me a party to cheer me up, and I told Fiona that I would bring you back with me. But before we get back I need you to meet me at the archives." Anata said then she started to blush a little.
Noticing this Lyn took a closer look. "What?"
"I.... umm need you to help me read the Yggdrasil script." Anata admitted.
Smiling at his friend, Lyn got up. "Sure, when do you want me there?"
"In about a half hour forty five minutes." Anata said.
"Sure thing, I'll meet you there."
-------(Goddess of the Earth universe)-----
Meanwhile, Raziel, Yu, Urd, Hild and Mrs. Asakawa sat at a beach side restraint.
"Raziel what's wrong?" Yu asked.
"Nothing. I just don't like what's going on here." Raziel replied.
"What are you talking about? My mom your mom and grandmother are getting along." Yu said pointing what's going on.
Raziel sat there thinking that it was a joke carefully played out by Peorth. All was needed was the punch line, and Raziel waited for it.
"All this I wouldn't put it past my boss; she'll set a joke like this up." Raziel answered.
"What's the matter Raziel-chan?" Hild asked.
"Nothing, nothing at all. Besides the fact that I'm still here in my swimming trunks." Raziel replied.
"Yeah, I'm getting a little cold sitting here just in my bikini." Yu added.
"My Miss. Hild, I never knew that I can find someone that I can relate with so well." Mrs. Asakawa said laughing.
"I can completely relate with your worries, oh my when I had Urd-chan I found her with several boys in her room......" Hild said before taking a drink.
"See." Yu said. "Everyone is just getting along fine."
"No I think my grandmother is just charming everyone." Raziel grumbled.
"Aw, now would I do something like that?" Hild asked.
"Yes, yes you would." Raziel replied.
"Yeah you would." Urd added.
But as all this was going on Yu looked around and noticed something, scratching her head, Yu tapped Raziel on his shoulder.
"I just noticed something, Where's Kou?" She asked.
Raziel thought about it and shrugged his shoulders. "Come to think about it, the last time I saw him I when I sent him to get us an ice cream."
Just a couple hundred yards away at the beach, Kou laid out on a towel basking out in the sun. Lifting up his sunglasses he looked up. "What? Even I need time to relax. You think its easy being an original character in this guys fan fiction stories? Yeah right."
-------(Son of Urd universe)------
Walking through the huge doors of the main control room, she's only been in that room once and that was when she first started her teachings at Yggdrasil back then she found the room impressive and even now she finds the room impressive. Looking up she found Peorth sitting in her chair. Lifting up off the floor, Anata floated up to the main deck of the control room. When she got up there she found that the goddess that's in charge of running everything was sleeping on the job. She crept up to her. Carefully Anata got her self as close to Peorth she could get. Then.......
OH MY GOD PEORTH A DEMONS IN YGGDRASIL!!!
Jumping up out of her chair, Peorth started to order people around.
"You! Lockdown the system, you three activate the defiance grid and a level five fire wall on the........" Stopping, Peorth found that everyone was looking at her like she's crazy. Then Anata busted out laughing.
"That's not funny!!" Peorth yelled.
"That was great..... Oh man you should have seen the look......" Anata tried to finish but her laughter made it hard.
"It was rather funny ma'am." Ex added.
"Well anyways, Peorth how's my reactors?" Anata asked as her laughter.
Peorth let out a sigh. "We cant make heads or tails of it. It appears that Ex's double only made the program to access the reactors, but not making the system set up. So we're trying to set the reactors to what the program from your amp thing."
"Well the last time I pushed my powers I've found that their not as effective..... Like a flash light with dieing batteries." Anata stated trying to explain.
Hearing that Ex turned around in her chair. "I'm not surprised. You see in your universe, your reactors were setup and ready for you before you were able gained access to them. That is according to the program from your power amp. Then you come here to this universe. When you gain access to the reactors here you gaining access to the reactors as they were when they were powered down some two thousand years ago."
"What can we do about that?" Anata asked. "The last time I fought against the Evangelions I was lucky to even take their blows, let alone inflect any damage. I just want to be able to fight back next time"
"Looking for revenge for what they did to you?" Peorth asked.
"Something like that...." Anata replied.
"I've been thinking about that. What we can do is take each reactor offline one at a time fix it up and reprogram it, reactivate it. And do the same to the next. In time we can get it all running smoothly." Ex replied.
"In my universe the Ex there was thinking about doing an upgrade, where all four reactors kick in at hundred percent." Anata stated.
Thinking about it Ex punched some keys at her computer and looked back at Anata. "It can be done, but the whole thing will take a week at best."
"A week, what if I am attacked? What then?" Anata asked, clearly not liking the idea.
"Well there is really only one other that could really fight against an Evangelion." Peorth said. "But you're not going to like who."
"Who is it?" Anata asked, really wanting to know.
"Raven." Peorth simply replied.
"What?! No way! Not that Jerk!" Anata screamed. "I'd rather take my chances."
"Too late, he'll be there when you get back to the temple." Peorth said with a wicked smile. "You kids are so easy to torment."
"One other thing." Ex interrupted. "Every time we take a reactor offline you're going to feel lighted until the other three can take up the slack."
"Okay I've had worse things happen." Anata said. "Well I'm off I need to take care of something's. See everyone later."
"Wait I'm not done, Anata Morisato! Come back here!" Peorth yelled, but Anata didn't turn back as she floated back to the ground level of the control room.
-----(Goddess of the Earth universe)----
Some hour later Raziel and Yu sat at the bus stop, waiting from the bus to take them back to the bus stop near Yu's apartment.
"I don't get it. One minute my mom and your mom are going at it, and the next my grandma shows up and everyone's all find and dandy." Raziel said.
"I think that it went all right." Yu said back in a mater of fact tone.
"I guess your right......"
"Raziel remember where we left off before your and my mother showed up?" Yu asked as she moved closer.
"I..... remember......" Raziel replied as he moved closer.
"Yeah......." Yu mumbled.
With a really romantic sun set behind them, closer and closer, Raziel and Yu moved. So close that they can feel each others breath on the others face, just as their lips were about to meet, just when that one moment was about to happen......
"About time I've found you two....." Kou said from behind just a couple feet away.
Yu and Raziel leaned forward their four heads resting on each others. Raziel softly chuckled. "Just our luck......"
Not knowing that he had interrupted something Kou had sat beside Yu at the bus stop. "I seemed that I had fallen asleep while out in the sun..... And got a rather bad sun burn." Kou said. "Did I miss anything after you two ran off?"
"Nothing much......" Yu replied. "You just interrupted something." She then whispered.
Raziel just snickered at Yu's comment.
-----(Son of Urd universe)----
Arriving at the archives, Anata found Lyn leaning up against the wall waiting for her.
"So what took you so long?" Lyn asked.
"I just had to talk to Peorth about something.... Anyways why don't we get started?" Anata said.
Walking in to the great archives of Yggdrasil, one of two places that holds all the knowledge of the known universe. The walls were lined with books from floor to ceiling, corner to corner. Computer servers holding terabits, (I think I have that. Terabits are after gigabits, right?) Tens of billions of terabits filled with information. Anata had only been in the archives once. But she never went this deep in to the place.
Watching Lyn sit at a computer station, he waited to know what Anata was looking for.
"Okay what is it that you're looking for?" Lyn asked as he started to type on the computer.
"I want everything you can dig up relating to Evangelions." Anata bluntly said.
"Okay to the point...... One moment." Lyn said then he started to type in the request. "Okay this might take a minute or two, so you care to tell me what's going on?"
"I would just like to what I'm up against is all." Anata replied with a half truth.
Buying Anata's story, Lyn shrugged his shoulders. "What ever......"
Just then the file done chime sounded, making Lyn and Anata look at the screen. To Anata the Yggdrasil script looked gibberish but Lyn just looked at the screen with a blank look.
"What? Tell me that's alright?" Anata asked.
"Well......" Lyn trailed off.
"Well what? What the hell dose that say?" Anata asked, grabbing Lyn by the shoulders and shaking him.
"Basically it says that all the data is in a server that's at the other end of the archives, in a section that is restricted to those that do not carry an unrestricted first class license. So in other words......"
"In other words, unless you're my mother, grandfather and a vary select few I can forget about those files right?" Anata asked as she finished what Lyn was going to say.
"Sounds about right, so why don't we get to that party." Lyn said getting up from the computer.
-----(Goddess of the Earth Universe)----
As Raziel and Yu shared a seat on the bus. Raziel found that Yu had fallen asleep there beside him and was comfortably using his shoulder as a pillow. Behind him sat Kou who was observing the couple for a minute. He watched as Raziel was fixated on Yu the whole time they got on to the bus and even past the point that she had fallen asleep.
"Did you have fun today, even though you didn't learn how to swim?" Kou asked.
"Yeah.... We just had some strange things happen." Raziel answered.
"Strange? How so?" Kou asked.
"Oh it was really nothing, just a run in with Her mother, my mother and my grandmother. But to really top of the strange meter, everyone got along." Raziel replied.
"I see.... I'm fearing the day that my mother meets Anata." Kou said.
Raziel sat there and thought about what Kou had said and looked back at him. "Are you afraid that Anata and your mother won't get along or something?"
"Heavens on. I'm afraid that they'll get along too well." Kou replied with a laugh.
"Oh yeah... I can kind of see where that can be a bad thing." Raziel stated. "You miss Anata don't you?"
Kou then slowly looked out the bus window and smiled. "I know that our love can with stand the distance between two universes..... But yes I do miss her."
Both Kou and Raziel went silent as Yu let out a sleepily moan. When they where sure that Yu hadn't waken back up they started to talk some again.
"I see that you two are getting along quite well." Kou stated.
"Yeah..... I still don't know what I'm doing. I guess I'm just making it up as I go." Raziel said.
"Making it up as you go.... I know that one." Kou said.
"Kou what do you know about Yu?" Raziel asked.
"Besides She and Anata have been friends? I thought you asked that one before?" Kou asked.
"Not that, has Anata said anything about Yu's past relationships?" Raziel asked.
"Bits and peaces really. As much as I've gathered she hasn't had the greatest of luck in relationships. As Anata would put it she would end up with losers, lowlifes and jerks. Only after one thing." Kou replied. "Why are you asking me thing?"
"I don't know...." Raziel replied quickly.
"Anata believes that her friend just needs a nice guy." Kou stated. "Maybe you can be that nice guy for Yu? If not only for six months."
The bus rounded a corner and stopped at the bus stop where Yu needed to get off. Raziel was just about to wake her when Kou stopped him.
"It's been a long day; the bus will stop back here in about one hour." Kou said as he got up off the bus seat.
"Where you going?" Raziel asked as he watched Kou walk off the bus.
"It's only a short walk from here to the temple. I'll be fine and I'll tell Miss Urd not to worry." And with that Kou walked off the bus and started for the temple.
----(Son of Urd universe)----
Anata and Lyn had since returned to the temple and had joined in to the party. Every one was there. The members of the motor club from back in Keiichi's college days, people that Keiichi worked with and some of Fiona's friends even Megumi was there. There with another guy...
Letting out a sigh, Anata shook her head. "It seems that even here Aunt Megumi hasn't settled down."
Running up to them Fiona quickly hugged Lyn and looked over at Anata.
"What took you two so long? Tamiya and Otaki are....... Umm... see for your self." Fiona said pointing over at Keiichi's friends.
There was Tamiya with two huge bottles of sake and Otaki slamming back at can of Yabutsu(I think I spelled that right...) while keeping Keiichi in place with something that looked like a head lock.
"Yo Morisato! Have another!" Otaki said drunkenly.
"No!! I..... Don't want...... Anymore!!! Help Belldandy!!!!" Keiichi screamed.
But just before Belldandy could come and pull Keiichi way, Megumi wrapped an arm around drunkenly hung off of her.
"I must really get to Keiichi......" Belldandy said as she looked over at Keiichi as he was getting gallons of booze poured in to his mouth.
"Don't worry about........*HIC* Kei, he's a big boy..... Here have some......*HIC*...." Megumi said holding a glass, offering it to Belldandy.
Fiona and Lyn watched as their mother took the glass and had a drink.
"As long as it doesn't have carbonated beverage in it we should be fine." Fiona said with a sigh as the three teens watched.
"What are you kidding? Mom gets a little tipsy and I can get hold of something to drink my self." Anata said.
"But you're not twenty one!" Fiona pointed out.
"So.... What do you say Fiona? " Anata said. "Want something to drink?"
Just then...... "This is really good Megumi." Belldandy said with a smile. "What is it called?"
"*HIC* IT rum and coke." Megumi replied with a drunken giggle.
Just then there as a knock at the front door. Hearing it Anata went on over to the door to answer it.
"Yes hello?" Anata said as she opened the door. When she saw who was there on the other side Anata's good mod quickly vanished. "It's you....."
There on the out side, was Raven with Aoi there beside him.
"Hello Aoi." Anata said, her good mod trying to come back.
"Hello Anata, where's Fiona?" Aoi asked.
"In the living room with everyone else." Anata replied.
"I don't know what's going on, all I know is that Aoi and I was quietly watching a DVD when Peorth came in to my crypt." Raven said with a clearly mad tone.
"Wait? How do you get electricity out in a crypt?" Anata asked.
"A really long extension cable........" Raven replied as he walked past Anata.
Hearing that Aoi quickly turned around after she heard Ravens answer she placed her hands on to her hips. "I thought you said that that electric company set you up with electricity?" She asked.
"Yeah by the extension cable......" Raven replied.
"But that's steeling Raven." Aoi stated.
"Hello, demon, evil here. I'm meant to do things like that." Raven said in a mater of fact tone.
"Raven that's steeling, you need to disconnect the power." Aoi said giving Raven a stern look.
"But...." Raven said back.
"Raven." Aoi said again still with the 'look.'
Giving in, Raven hung in head in defeat. "Alright I'll unhook the cable in the morning..... Man this sucks."
As he walked in to the temple more, Raven shuttered as he heard whip cracking sounds from Anata fallowed by her giggles.
As the night went on every adult in the temple was rather drunk or smashed. Giving Anata the chance to take something's from the fridge. As she loaded her arms up with one of her favorite drink, Fiona walked in to the kitchen.
"Getting something to drink?" Fiona asked.
"Yeah..... Welcome to join me. I'm going out in to the back yard. Lyn can come too." Anata said as she pulled out another can of Yabatsu.
"I guess.... Okay...." Fiona replied sounding a little unsure.
"If you don't want any then that's alright. I just really want someone to sit out side with me." Anata said as she turned around and handed Fiona a beer. And started for the back door carefully, making sure that no adults saw them.
Once out the back door the two sisters sat on the porch, Anata quickly cracked open a can and took a drink. As she took the beverage, Anata happened to notice Fiona getting ready to open the can.
"What happened to Lyn, he kind of disappeared." Anata said.
"Well last time I saw him was when he was asked by Auntie Megumi to get something more to drink." Fiona replied. "Is this stuff any good?"
"This isn't the stuff I like to drink but it's alright." Anata replied, and then she finished off her first beer.
Taking a small sip of the beverage, she didn't really like the taste of it but something told her that Anata needed someone to talk to. "What's on you mind?" she asked.
"Just thinking about Kou, the Kou from my universe." Anata replied before opening her second can. "I really shouldn't be hitting this stuff this hard don't we have classes in the morning?"
"Yes we do." Fiona answered. "You miss him don't you?"
"Yeah..... It's like he so far away but he's really here in this universe. But it's not really him. It's his double. Just as nice, just as kind, just as much as a gentlemen as the Kou from my universe, but he's a demon here." Anata said taking another drink. "You see Kou is like my other half, he's the one that talks reason in to me. With out him..... I tend to not only get a little depressed and I start to do some stupid things."
"You know you can send him another message using the machine that Auntie Skuld made." Fiona said.
"I know I was going to type something to him tomorrow." Anata said back. "One time we were separated for a whole month. It was Christmas and he was selected for a relief mission to some planet at the other end of the galaxy. And I went in to deep depression back then too. But before he left for the mission he promised me that he would be back before Christmas." Anata said then she took another drink.
"Did he make it back like he said he would?" Fiona asked before she too took another small sip of her drink.
"He did. He even went against Peorth's orders. The team he was with even helped him out." Anata replied.
"Then why don't you make a promise to Kou?" Fiona suggested. "What about that idea?"
Finishing her second can, Anata thought about what her sister said. It was a promise that brought their parents together, why not her and Kou? Putting the can down, Anata looked over at her sister and smiled.
"Thanks sis, that a great idea. I'll promise Kou that I will get back as soon as I can." Anata said. Then she picked up her third can and opened it and held it up. "Cheers."
Looking at Anata it took a moment for her to figure what Anata was saying cheers about. This it downed on her. Smiling Fiona held her can up. "Cheers."
Just then Lyn staggered out in to the porch making the sisters look to see who it was. There was Lyn; he looked like he had been roughed up some.
"Lyn? What happened?" Fiona asked.
"Your aunt Megumi got hold of me....." Lyn said as he took a seat next to Fiona. But as soon as he sat next to her Fiona knew the answer.
"Yuck, you smell of sake." Fiona said as she waved the air away from nose.
"Megumi.... She forced some sake in my mouth. Demon something........" Lyn said, his face getting slowly red from the booze.
"Pure Refined Demon Dance Sake?!" Both sisters said in unison.
"Yep, that's the stuff......" Lyn replied slowly as the effects start to creep in.
"Fiona you're going to have some problems........" Anata said before..... "*HIC* excuse me."
"What? You're drunk?" Fiona asked.
"No.......*HIC* No I'm not." Anata replied waving off the remark of her being drunk. "I.... Goddess of the Earth drunk.......*HIC* Never."
Fiona just let out a heavy sigh at her boyfriend and sister. "Alright you two no more." Fiona said as she took away the cans from Anata. "Lyn you're sleeping on the couch....... And you are going to stop."
"No...... Fiona that mine. Noooo give it back." Anata yelled as Fiona took her can of beer.
----(Goddess of the Earth universe)----
After a good hour of the bus going back around through its rounds, and again it stopped at Yu's stop. Raziel didn't want to wake the girl but he really needed to get her home so her mother wouldn't kill him.
"Yu..... Yu wake up....."Raziel whispered in to her ear.
Slowly waking up, Yu saw Raziel there smiling at her. Sitting up Yu stretched and looked around.
"How long was I asleep?" She asked.
"A little over an hour. You want me to walk you to your apartment?" Raziel asked.
"That's okay; I'm running a little late as it is. And if my mom sees you with me when I'm late she might try to kill you." Yu said as she got up from her seat.
"Yeah I'm kind of anti..... Being killed." Raziel said with a laugh. "See you tomorrow?"
"Sure." Yu said then she gave him a quick kiss. When she pulled back she grinned at him. "Just wait for tomorrow for something even better." And with that Yu walked off the bus leaving Yu with a huge grin.
"Tomorrow?" Raziel said to him self with a confused look.
------( The next day, Goddess of the Earth universe)----
The blaring sound of the alarm went off, waking.....Well just waking one of the two sisters.
Sitting up in her futon, Fiona sleepily looked around the room trying to wake up.
"Someone shut that damn thing off!!" Anata shouted.
But Fiona was still waking up, she stretched and was about to reach for the alarm when Anata shot up from her futon. Her eyes dark and heavy form the little sleep she's had. Quickly she looked around trying to find the source of the sleep shattering noise. Finding it at the other end of the room, Anata formed a small force bolt and fired it at the alarm shattering to a thousand peaces.
Once the noise had stopped. Anata fell back on to her futon and pulled her blanket back over her body and hear head.
"Come one Sis we need to get up." Fiona said sleepily.
"Noooo..... Let me sleep......." Anata whined from under the covers.
"Come on we need to get ready for classes..... Anata?" Fiona said as she tried to wake her sister.
"Mmmm.... Let me sleep....." Anata said before she fell back asleep.
Still not wanting to be late for school, Fiona did the only thing she could think of at seven in the morning. Taking the edges of the futon, Fiona pulled the futon up, making Anata roll to the floor.
"Damn it, why'd you do that?" Anata whined.
After getting Anata up and getting ready for school, Fiona was sitting at the table having something to eat when she heard a loud groan from the living room. Peeking in to the living room she found that Lyn was just getting up, with a hang over.
"My head....... It's throbbing....." Lyn said as he grabbed his head.
"I'm sure it is after having that Sake my Aunt Megumi gave you." Fiona said before coming out of the kitchen.
"First hang over, and last......" Lyn said as he sat up all the way.
"Would you like me to get anything for your head?" Fiona asked.
"No thank you...... Where's......"
"Raven and Aoi left late last night. Anata is getting ready now." Fiona replied.
Just then Anata came through the door and stopped at the living room. "Food....." Anata grumbled.
"What's wrong with her?" Lyn asked.
"She's probably more hung over then you." Fiona whispered back.
"I know I'm hung over. So where is that loser Raven, isn't he the one watching me?" Anata said out loud not knowing what she had just said.
"What do you mean?" Fiona asked.
"Damn it......" Anata cursed. Walking out of the kitchen while shucking on a finger from cutting her self. "Peorth and Ex are doing some things on my reactors. So I'm not at my peek shall I say. So Peorth has Raven watching me."
"Raven? Why him?" Lyn asked.
"That's what I wanted to know, anyways so if I black out or look dizzy it's Ex shutting down one of my reactors." Anata replied.
-----(Goddess of the Earth universe)-----
Sleeping there in his room soundly, Raziel woke up to see his mother standing there at the door.
"Mom, please let me sleep." Raziel said still with his eyes shut.
"Nope can't do that kiddo." Urd said as she kneeled down beside Raziel.
Opening his eyes Raziel looked over at his mother. "What's going on?" He asked.
"I've been thinking. Since you got here I've been giving this whole parenting thing some thought. So as my first official act as your mother you and me are going shopping. I think Kou's cloths might be too big. He is a little bit taller then you."
"Okay, but cant it wait until later on today, Yu might be stopping by later on today." Raziel said as he pulled the blankets closer to him.
"Belldandy has breakfast on the table. We'll leave as soon as you're ready." Urd said but before she walked out of the room she turned to Raziel again. "Let me give this a chance."
Raziel only nodded before his mother walked out of his room. Out in the hall Urd happened to pass Keiichi as on his way out for work.
"I need some money for your son." Urd said holding out her hand.
"That's just too weird." Keiichi said as she scratched the back of his head. "Why don't we just say you need money for Raziel?"
"Yeah your son." Urd said, her hand still held out in front of her.
The idea of having a son for Keiichi was still a bit too much, but the mother of that son being Urd was just bizarre. Early on in Raziel's visit they had figured out who his parents were, but didn't even try to understand the story behind Raziel, Urd and Keiichi. It was just accepted.
"Okay Urd, Here's a credit card. And please don't go out of control. Remember the last time I let you use it?" He asked handing it to Urd.
"And I'm enjoying that collection of sake bottles from every sake refinery in the country." Urd replied as she put the card in her pocket.
Walking on in to the kitchen, Urd saw Kou sitting at the table enjoying some fresh oranges for breakfast. Not knowing about Kou's sun burn Urd wrapped her arms around Kou to mess with him some. As she did a painful look came across Kou's face.
"What's wrong?" Urd asked. "Aw, did we think that I was you love?"
"Sun....... Burn......." Kou managed to say.
"Huh?"
Letting up off of Kou she then noticed the red shoulders. "Ouch..... Didn't use sun lock did we?"
"No I used it. I just fell asleep under the sun." Kou replied still feeling the searing pain through out his shoulders.
"I can help, just let me get something." Urd said before she walked back out of the kitchen.
Just as Urd left, Raziel came in to the kitchen. As Raziel walked past Kou he gave him a friendly slap on the shoulder.
"Morning." Raziel said before taking his seat. "What's with the look?"
"Like..... I told your mother...... Sun burn." Kou replied as she clinched his teeth.
"Sorry." Raziel said. But to top it off for Kou. Keiichi walked in and gave him a good pat on the shoulder.
"Morning Kou, Raziel. Sleep well?" Keiichi asked then he noticed the painful look on Kou's face. "What up with him?"
"Sun burn." Raziel replied.
"Ohh Sorry about that." Keiichi said.
"It's a common occurrence this morning." Kou managed to say.
"So Raziel? You and Urd going out today." Keiichi asked trying to make conversation.
"Yeah...." Raziel replied.
"Well sometime today you want to go over to whirlwind and get some dirk bikes or go carts. They have a really tough course there." Keiichi said.
"Umm.... Okay I guess." Raziel said. "I guess that would be fun."
Just then Urd came back in to the kitchen. "Here you go; it's my one special blind." Urd said as she placed a tube of something with strange symbols on the tube.
Just as Keiichi was going to have some coffee, he noticed the symbols. "Hold on Urd those are the some symbols that made me a woman remember?" He asked.
"I know they are but in a different mixture their not going to change Kou in to a woman. Don't listen to him Kou. This stuff will work." Urd said.
Kou looked at the tube and kindly handed it back to Urd. "Thank you but no thank you. I'm against something that can possibly change my sex."
"I think that Anata would be against it too." Urd said trying to make a joke, but silence came across the kitchen. "Joke everyone. Wow Keiichi lighten up some. Don't tell me that you thought your daughter was never going to get with someone."
"Urd I'd rather not hear things like that about my daughter." Keiichi said all while glaring at Kou.
"Alright, alright better to stay in the dark then to know what's going on." Urd stated then she looked over at Raziel. "You ready?"
"I guess so." He replied.
"Kei..."Urd said in a sweet tone. "Can Raziel and I take the car?"
"What? Urd the lancer isn't your average economy car." Keiichi said.
"Please, you can take Anata's bike." Urd said.
Letting out a heavy sigh, Keiichi reached in to his pocket and pulled out his keys and handed them to Urd. "Be careful with it I just got it fixed."
---(Son of Urd universe)---
Later that day, the better part of the student body sat in the lunch room Fiona and Lyn sat waiting for Anata to join them.
"Lyn do you know what else Anata did when she was at Yggdrasil?" Fiona asked.
"Oh she needed some help in the archives." Lyn said before taking another bite of his lunch.
"Help with what?" Fiona asked.
Before answering Lyn glanced around to make sure that no one was listening in on their conversation. "She cant read Yggdrasil script. So she needed help with researching something on the Evangelions." Lyn whispered.
"Oh I see. But why didn't she come to me?" Fiona asked. "Did she get what she was looking for?"
Lyn shook his head no. "We needed an unrestricted first class license."
Little did they know, someone was eavesdropping, just a couple tables away sat Kou with a small group of demons having lunch together. Hearing the conversation between Lyn and Fiona, Kou finished off the last of his drink and quickly left.
"Kou sweetie where are you going?" Asked a demon.
Kou didn't answer all he did was walk on out of the lunch room just missing Anata.
"Man I'm starved!" Anata said to her self just as she sat at the table with Fiona and Lyn.
"Why didn't you ask me for help?" Fiona asked.
"Help with the archives?" Anata asked back. "There's just some things I want to do on my own. But I needed some help with getting the info."
"But why didn't you ask me?" Fiona said.
"Lyn was closer, Fiona if you were there in Yggdrasil I would've asked you." Anata replied.
"Then can you tell us what you planning?" Lyn asked. "I did help out."
"I know you did, but I'm not really going to say anything until I know what I want to know. I really don't want to say." She replied. "I just might need to get mom or Grandpa to get the info."
Look what you DID!
Turning to see who just yelled, Fiona, Anata and Lyn found a Demon standing over then looking really pissed.
"Excuse me?" Fiona asked just a little confused.
"Not you! The other sister!" the Demon said pointing at Anata.
"What? I really don't know what you're talking about." Anata said back quickly.
"Just before you get here, Kou gets up and leaves. You clearly pissed him off some how" The Demon said back.
Just then another Demon grabbed her shoulder. "Rei I don't think she has anything to do what it." (No relation to Rei from NGE)
"Piss off! You and me! Right now!" Rei ordered.
'Man, Ex is going to start shutting down reactors here soon.....' Anata thought to her self.
"Come on!" Rei yelled again. This time getting the attchen to the whole lunch room.
"I don't like to fight. And I really don't have the time. But if you really want to know Kou is the last person I want to have pissed off at me. So go back and finish your lunch."
"Oh yeah....."Rei said. Before she placed her right hand on to the table where Lyn, Fiona and Anata sat at, and then she leaned across the table. Then with her left hand she tipped over Anata's drink making it spill all over her lap.
Jumping from her seat, Anata stood there soaking wet. Slowly she looked up at the demon. "You bitch..... I liked that out fit. I looked damn cute this....."
"Oh look the Prissy Goddess has a potty mouth what a surprise." Rei chuckled. "What are you going to do about it?"
"I'm going to kick you ass from this end of the lunch room to the other." Anata screamed.
"Umm.... Fiona I think we should find some cover." Lyn said as he pulled Fiona back.
"But I just can't let......"
"Remember when she got in to that fight with Raven and how fast it got out of hand?" Lyn added.
"I remember...... Speaking of Raven where he is?" Fiona asked.
"On no a half Goddess is going to hurt me.... Oh no what ever shall I do." Rei said trying to sound like she was afraid.
"This half goddess is going to make you eat those words." Anata said as she took the edge of the table and pushed it over out of the way.
Just then......
THAT IS ENOUGH!
Stopping, both teens looked over to see Rin there at the other end of the lunch room.
"That is enough. The last time you fought. You trashed half the school. So if you two do wish to fight take it to my class." She said as she approached them.
"You're allowing a fight between two students to take place?" Fiona asked.
"In a controlled setting." Rin replied. "So what do you two girls say? Up to it?"
Anata stood there thinking about it, sure Ex and Peorth can start shutting down her reactors... "I'm up for that." Anata replied.
"Me too. I'm going to kick your ass Morisato." Rei said before walking away.
When the group of students walked away a little disappointed.
"What the hell did I just get my self in to?" Anata asked her self out loud.
"That's what I would like to know?" Fiona asked back.
"No kidding. Didn't you say Ex and Peorth are going to start fix your reactors." Lyn added.
"I know, I know..... Damn it. Fiona remember what I told you about my Kou?" Anata asked.
"About Kou being the one that talks reason in you? I remember." Fiona replied.
"This is one of those times I wish I could here him telling me how much I need to cool down." Anata said.
"Again no kidding." Lyn said.
-----(Goddess of the Earth universe)----
At the local Mall, Urd sat out side of a dressing room waiting for Raziel to come back out.
"Raziel come on it can't be that bad?" Urd said, sounding a bit board.
There in side the dressing room, Raziel looked at him self through the mirror and let out a sigh. "Umm mom I don't think that these cloths are for guys."
There he was, with a tight shirt showing great deal of his stomach and jeans that were way too tight.
"What ever, come one let me see!" Urd said as she got up and tried to open the door.
"No I don't want to come out!" Raziel yelled back as he pulled back at the door, trying to keep Urd out.
"I said come out!" Urd yelled back as she tried to pull the door open.
Little did they know Yu was doing some shopping her self just ten feet away. Hearing the noise she looked over to see what was going on.
"Miss Urd what are you doing here?" Yu asked.
"What?" Urd said as she turned to see who was there. See who it was, a wicked little grin came across her face. "Why Yu what a surprise." Urd said then she let go of the dressing room door, sending Raziel flying back wards against the wall.
"OUCH!!!" Raziel yelled. "What the hell was that for?!"
"Raziel?"
Realizing who just called his name, Raziel just sat there and blushed.
"It looks good on you. That is if you're in to that sort of thing." Yu said through her fits of giggling.
Shutting the door quickly, Raziel propped him self up against the door keeping it closed.
"Miss Urd is it going to me alright if I come by and visit with Raziel later on?" Yu asked.
"I don't see why not, sure...." Urd replied.
"Thank you. Hear that Raziel, I'll stop by later on this evening. Okay." Yu said to Raziel through the dressing room door.
"Okay that's cool.... Damn it come off....... See you then." Raziel said as he fought with the really tight jeans.
After a minute or two, Urd knocked on the dressing room door. "You can come on out now, she's gone."
Opening the door, Raziel looked around to make sure that Yu wasn't still around. When the cost was clear he stepped out. "Why'd you do that?"
"It's the responsibility of every mother to embarrass her child once in a while when was the last time I or the other me.... What ever did that?" Urd asked.
"Yesterday." Raziel replied bluntly.
"Oh come now it wasn't that bad? I mean it could've been worse." Urd replied.
"Yeah right......" Raziel grumbled.
"Say why don't we get something to eat?" Urd asked.
"Okay I am getting a little hungry." Raziel said.
---(Son of Urd universe)---
It was nearing the end of the day and only one thing was left to do, and that was going to Rin's class.
"Are you still going to go through with this?" Fiona asked. "I mean you said it your self, Ex and Peorth can start taking down your reactors any minute."
Letting out a heavy sigh Anata turned around to face her sister. "I'm still asking my self that. I'm just hoping that Peorth and Ex don't start until I'm done."
"And what's you luck like anyways?" Lyn asked.
"Crappy when it comes to things like this...... Man I'm screwed." Anata said.
Stopping just before the doors to the gym, Anata let out a heavy sigh before pushing the doors open. Anata froze there at the door. There in front of her was Raven with his arms crossed across his chest.
"You are not going to make my job easy are you?" Raven asked.
"Look I don't need you looking after me, and if you really want to know that job only goes to one man." Anata said as she moved to her left and walked past Raven, leaving Fiona and Lyn there at the door.
"Just don't make me jump in there and save your ass." Raven said with out turning around.
With out turning around her self Anata grinned. "Don't worry, you won't half to."
Once Anata was out of ear shot, Raven looked at Fiona. "Is your sister like that all the time? Or is it just a woman thing?"
Fiona shrugged her shoulders. "I've only known I had a sister for less then a week, but something tells me she's like that a lot."
"Rather she's really head strong or she's just really stupid...... My money is on Rei." Raven said turning around heading for the gym bleachers.
Hearing that from Raven something clicked with in Fiona, maybe it's being around Anata too much, or it was just sticking up for her sister. Fiona rushed up to Raven, grabbing him by the shoulder she turned him back around.
"I bet you Anata wins." Fiona stated strongly.
Standing there Raven has a thought come in to his head. "Okay what about this? If your sister wins, anything Peorth gives to you to do. I'll do it. But if Rei wins, anything Peorth gives me to do. You will do them."
Hearing the wager Lyn didn't like where this was going. "Umm.... Fiona?"
"Not now Lyn." Fiona said quickly back. "You're on." She said to Raven. Then the two shook hands, sealing the deal.
"Do you know what you just did? That's like making a deal with The Devil, or your aunt Urd. It really matters how you look at it." Lyn whispered loudly at Fiona.
"I believe...... no I know Anata will win." Fiona said back to Lyn sounding way too much like her mother.
At the other end of the gym Anata walked over to the middle of the floor where Rei stood waiting.
"I've been waiting for you Morisato. I was starting to think that you weren't going to show." Rei said.
"What and miss this, Yeah right." Anata said back stopping right in front of Rei.
Just then Rin stepped forward. "Okay some quick rules. No hitting below the belt, no dramatic use of powers, we just got this place repaired Miss. Morisato." Rin said looking over at Anata. "And please, please try not to throw the other through the walls of the gym, again we just got this place. Got it?"
"Yeah..." Rei said still glaring at Anata.
"Sure..." Anata said.
"It starts when ever the one of you two make the first move." Rin said then she tuned around and walked back over to the bleachers to watch the match.
Rei stood there, she slowly brought her right hand up and in one smooth movement she extended her fingers and twisted her wrist making bones pop.
"I'm going to enjoy making you pay for what you did to him." Rei said.
"And you talk too much." Anata said, and then before Rei knew it, Anata had thrown the first punch. But to her surprise the demon before her cough her fist. Then she grabbed Anata fore arm, and with one swift movement she flung Anata up over her shoulder.
Up in the bleachers every one winced in pain as they watched Anata land hard on the gym floor. Lyn shoot his head. "Ouch..... She should've taken the fall."
Back out on the gym floor Anata held her arm and rolled back over on to her back just in time to see Rei several feet above her and one her way back down. Rolling out of the way just as Rei's foot drive right in to the hard wood floor.
Back on the bleachers Rin shook her head. "Not the floor....."
Getting back to her foot, Anata took a stance and charged right in to Rei, knocking her off her feet. But as the demon went flying through the air she managed to twist her self around landing on her feet.
"A push.... Please?" Rei scoffed. "Come at me like you mean it."
As the two went on with the fight Lyn and Fiona sat there in the bleachers. "Is it me? Or is this like some really bad anime Raziel watches?" Fiona asked.
"No kidding...... COME ON END THIS!!!" Lyn yelled out.
Hearing her friends cheer for her, Anata watched as the demon swung another punch. Seeing the fist come at her Anata had just enough time to move out of the way, seeing her opening, she placed her fist right square in the demons chest. Sending her flying back tourds the bleachers.
The students that were watching saw the demon coming right at the bleachers and scattered out of the way just before Rei crashed in to the wood bleachers, sending a plume of smoke up in to the air.
Rin waved the smoke out of her face and let out a sigh. "Not the bleachers..... This is getting out of hand....."
Standing there Anata flexed the muscles in her right arm and grin. "You like that?"
In the debris of the bleachers, Rei moved things out from on top of her, her eyes glowed red with hate. "You'll pay for that." Rei said as she moved the last of the bleachers from on top of her. "DEMON HELL FIRE STORM!!!"
Just then large flaming rocks started falling through the roof of the gym, seeing the rocks, Anata brought up a shield. But meanwhile up in the Yggdrasil Ex and Peorth are just about ready to bring down the first of four reactors.
"Bring reactor one down in thirty seconds." Ex announced.
"Confirmed, redirecting power flow to the remaining three reactors." Ere said, as she typed in the new program.
"Power flow stable, all systems green. Shutting down reactor one." Chrono said. "Activating temporary OS."
Back in the gym, Anata felt something strange, and then before her shield started to fade. 'Oh no... they're shutting down the reactors.' Anata thought to her self. "Not good."
Just then the shield dropped and Anata fell to her hands and knees. Thinking fast Anata only had one chance to end this and come out on top.
But back up in Yggdrasil Ex started to notice the remaining reactors gaining more power. "What I don't get it....."
"Confirmed! Reactors two, three and four have just jumped thirty two percent each. Ma'am she's doing something!" Chrono yelled.
Back at the school, Anata forced her self back to her feet again, and glared at Rei. "Devine Beam!" Anata yelled then a force bolt formed in front of her. Then it flattened out into a beam of light, shooting out striking the demon. Knocking Rei across the gym and Anata fell back to her hands and knees.
Seeing that the fight... er.... match was over Rin stood up. "This Fight.... Umm Match is over. Defeating blow delivered by Anata Morisato. Winner Anata Morisato."
Every one rushed over to the two fighters. Standing over Anata Fiona smiled at her sister. "Are you alright sis?" she asked.
"I'm a little dizzy; I think Ex started to shut down my reactors.... I'll live." Anata said as she looked back up at Fiona and Lyn. "Something tells me that I shouldn't have done that last move."
Just as Fiona was going to help her sister up, she was moved out of the way by Rei. She and Rei looked at each other for a moment or two. "Not bad for a half Goddess."
"Not bad your self, you kind of cough me off guard." Anata said back. "There's not many that can walk away from the beam."
Rei grinned a little showing some fang. Then she did something that shocked all the students that where there in the gym. Rei the Demon of fire offered her hand to Anata. Looking at the demons hand, Anata took it and Rei help the goddess up.
"If you need anyone to fight with you'll know where to find me." Rei said before she started to walk away after Anata was to her feet.
"Sure..... Thanks....." Anata said a little shocked.
Once the young demon was gone Raven walked up to Anata. "It's not everyday she offers her hand like that. You've just made a new friend."
Then he started to walk out of the Gym but not before Fiona called out his name.
"Ooooh, Raven....." Fiona called out in the most sweetest tone.
Stopping dead in his tracks, he slowly turned around to see Fiona smiling at him. "I'll call you it Peorth gives me a task."
"Yeah, Yeah...." Raven said waving off the comment.
"Oh and by the way, I've told Aoi already." Fiona added.
"Damn it!"
---(Goddess of the Earth universe)---
After returning from their shopping trip, Raziel laid on the floor of his room looking up at the ceiling.
"Maybe I should buy my own stuff......" Raziel said to him self.
Just as he rolled over to reach of the small boom box there beside his futon there was a knock at the door.
"Yeah it's open." Raziel said.
Looking at Anata's vast collection of CD's Raziel heard the door slid open.
"She has a wonderful collection, dose she not?" Belldandy asked.
"Oh, hi aunt Belldandy." Raziel said with out turning around. "Yeah... she has a lot of classical and then it goes into Techno, and a lot of rock...."
Raziel then stopped looking through the CD's, and then he turned to his Aunt. "I hope she won't mind my going through her CD's."
"I'm sure she won't mind." Belldandy said back. Then she sat there on the floor next to Raziel. "I've heard from your mother that you and Yu have been getting along well."
Raziel sat there and thought about the question. Sure his aunt Belldandy might be able to clear something's up. If she cant who can.
"Aunt Belldandy you've known Yu for a long time, right?" He asked.
"Oh yes, I've known her and her mother for a vary long time. Mrs. Asakawa and I would even take Anata and Yu to the same park when they were little." Belldandy answered.
"Okay so you've known her just about her whole life then." Raziel said making Belldandy nodded. "Then maybe you can tell me, Do you think the relationship between Yu and myself is alright. I mean Kou seems to think so even my grandma thinks so. So I guess I really need to hear it from the voice of reason. Do you think it's alright?"
Belldandy closed her eyes and smiled. "I've known Yu Asakawa for a long time and right now I'm feeling a level of happiness from her I have never felt from her. I would regard that as a good thing, would you not?"
Pondering his Aunts words, Raziel looked up at Belldandy and smiled. "Thanks Aunt Belldandy. Can I ask you one other question?"
"Of course you can." She replied.
"Well really it's two questions." Raziel added.
Belldandy nodded again, telling him it was alright.
"First question. Do you think Kou is alright with me sleeping in his girlfriend's room, I mean him and Anata from my understanding are..... Umm..... Lovers. Second question, is it alright if I call Yu and see if she would like to have diner with us?" Raziel asked.
Belldandy placed her hand on to Raziel's shoulder. "To answer your first question, I think Kou likes you, even sees you as a friend. And the second question Yu has always been welcome here. You can find her phone number on the side of Anata desk over there."
"Thanks Aunt Belldandy." Raziel said.
Belldandy smiled some more and got up. Once she reached the door she turned to Raziel. "Dinner will be ready in about an hour."
"Thanks Aunt Belldandy." Raziel said as he started looking for Yu's phone number at Anata's desk.
Walking back out in to the hall, Belldandy was met by Keiichi.
"It's strange." He said.
"How so?" Belldandy asked as she continued on to the kitchen with Keiichi fallowing behind her.
"Well where to start....." Keiichi said. "Oh, in another universe Me and Urd have a kid. Don't you think that just a little strange?"
"Not really." Belldandy said as the two walked in to the kitchen. "For thousands of years those of us from Yggdrasil has believed in the possibility of multiple realities. This switching of universe between our daughter and Raziel just proves that multiple realities really do exist." Belldandy paused as she reached for a large cooking pot, and then she started to fill the pot with water. After the pot was filled she placed it on to the stove. "Think about it, if there are multiple realities. There any number of possible out comes, for example. You and I might have never met, or we might have had a son, twins. Urd might have came to you to grant you a wish. I might have never been born or you. Even as much as this planet never having life."
Thinking about it Keiichi scratched the top of his head. "I guess I see what you mean Bell. But really sitting down and thinking about it, it can really hurt your head."
Walking over to the fridge, Belldandy pulled out some veggies and placed them next to the sink and looked over at her husband.
"And there is another thing." She said.
"What's that?" Keiichi asked.
"Raziel." Belldandy stated. "Biologically he is your son. I don't know how things are between Raziel and you in his universe, but while he's here why don't you spend some time with him. You know get to know him."
"You know what Bell, you're right as always. I'm going to go and talk to him right now." Keiichi said then he walked out of the kitchen, down the hall and to the room where Raziel was talking to Yu over the phone.
"..... Okay see you in about an hour?....... Okay see you then..... Bye." Raziel said as he finished the phone call.
Hearing someone knock on the door, Raziel walked over to it and opened it. "Uncle Keiichi?"
"Umm... Hi Raziel....." Keiichi said leaving a vary odd silence between them. "Umm... Why do you call me Uncle?"
Raziel shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know I've always called you that."
Keiichi stood there at the door, again one of those odd moment of silence came over them. "Sooo..... What are you doing tomorrow?" Keiichi asked breaking the silence.
"I don't know." Raziel replied quickly.
"You want to hang out or something tomorrow?" Keiichi asked.
"That sounds cool." Raziel replied.
"Okay....." Keiichi said as he started to turn around, then he stopped and looked back at Raziel. "Oh and if you want to call me dad, that's alright you know."
"Okay....." Raziel said back.
Just as Keiichi started to walk down the hall back to the kitchen Urd stopped him. "So Keiichi trying to get to know our son?"
"Yeah and?" Keiichi said as he walked on past Urd.
"You know...." Urd said making Keiichi stop again. "I still think it's strange that in another universe you and I got together and had a kid."
"Yeah I know..... It is strange." Keiichi said as he scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously. "But it hurts my head thinking about it....."
"I wonder if you were any good." Urd asked to her self making sure Keiichi heard.
"I.... umm wouldn't know..... I... I should really help Belldandy in the kitchen." Keiichi stammered as he went on to the kitchen.
"That's always been a question I've had. Maybe I should ask Belldandy?" Urd said as she fallowed Keiichi in to the kitchen. But just in Raziel's room he braced him self up against the door shaking his head.
"Please, please let this evening be as normal as it can get." Raziel said to him self as he looked up to the ceiling.
---(Son of Urd universe)---
Also just sitting getting ready for dinner, Fiona and Anata sat in their room. Anata said reading some magazine as Fiona sat there at a desk doing some home work.
"You know you can just do that later on." Anata said with out looking up from her magazine.
"I know, but I'd much rather get it done." Fiona said back. "Something tells me you're board."
"Yep....." Anata said back as she turned the page. "That's why I'm looking at this magazine about apartments."
"After dinner we can call Lyn and maybe your new friend and see if they want to go to arcade or to a karaoke bar?" Fiona asked.
"No, something tells me that Rei isn't in to that sort of thing." Anata said back.
"Yeah I guess your right......" Fiona said as she focused back on her homework. "Don't you have homework?"
"All Peorth said as for me to take notes for Raziel and that's what I'm going to do." Anata replied. "She didn't say anything about homework."
"Girls Dinner is ready!" Keiichi called from out side the room.
"Coming!" Fiona and Anata yelled back in unison.
"You know I wonder about something." Anata said as they made their way to kitchen. "I wonder why Rei got all upset just over Kou walking out of the lunch room. I mean he might've had to go to the bathroom or something."
"Maybe he's like one of those guys that just about all the girls want. You like he's desired." Fiona replied.
"Maybe, I don't know.... Mom that smells great." Fiona said as they walked in to the kitchen.
"Yeah, smells great." Anata added.
"I'm glad you two like it." Belldandy said. "I know it's not much but I'm feeling a bit under the weather."
"Are you all right mom?" Anata asked.
"The drink you aunt Megumi gave me didn't settle well in me." Belldandy replied.
"I hope you feel better soon." Fiona said.
Meanwhile up in Yggdrasil well after the business hours at the central hub for the teleportation system. The lights were off and no one was at the main desk. Everything was closed for the night. Over at a large TV like screen small sparks of lightning starts to dance across the screen when suddenly. A figure in all black bursts for the screen and shoots across the marble floor. Skidding to a stop the person in black and a large sword on his back looked around just. Getting his bearings an alarm starts to go off.
"Fifteen minutes...." The man said.
Running deep with in Yggdrasil, the man in black made his way to the archives. But up in the control room things were utter chaos.
"It's the demon infiltration alarm!" Chrono yelled.
"I can hear that!" Peorth yelled back. "Ex I want to know where that Demon is heading."
"Right I'm on it!" Ex said back as she typed franticly. Up on the main screen everyone watched as a map of Yggdrasil came up and a red dot worked its way through the maze of halls through out Yggdrasil. "There's a ninety four percent chance that the Demon will be heading to the archives."
"Right, send guards to the doors of the archives."
Back out in the halls the unknown man ran with lightning speeds. Seeing the doors to the archives along with several of Yggdrasil's most skilled fighters. Stopping, he looked at the four fighters, sizing them up.
"I don't have time for this......." The intruder said as he drew the huge sword from his back. Then the four fighters took a fighting stance waiting for the demon to make the first move.
"Don't be foolish Demon." One fighter said.
Resting the dull side of the swords blade on his shoulder the intruder reached in to his black robes. Pulling out a small ball the intruder tossed it up in to the air then in a bright flash of light, there was sounds of battle could be heard and then there was four thuds. When the light faded the only person left standing was the intruder. Slowly walking in to the archives, vary soon the intruder came to a great door with a seal. Slowly moving his hands over the seal, the intruder reached in to his robes and pulled out something that looked like an explosive. Placing the explosive on to the seal, the intruded pressed a button on it.
Activating the device, the intruder took several steps back and again drew his sword. Then in a quick movement, he drove the sword in to the marble floor. Crouching down behind the sword the intruder waited.
In the control room, Ex watched on the map. "The intruder has seemed to stop just before the restricted area of archives." Chrono said.
Everyone in the control room watched the main screen. Just then the lights flickered and something shook the floor hard enough to throw Peorth from her chair.
"What was that?!" Peorth yelled.
"It appears that a massive explosive device was detonated!" Ex shouted back. "The intruder has gained access to the restricted area of the archives."
At the archives the intruder ran to the nearest computer workstation. Pulling out another device, he placed it on the key board and on the screen to the device the intruder typed.
c:\ dir
Reading the results of the search, the intruder found what he was looking. Highlighting what he was looking for files started to download.
"Come on, come on......" the intruder said to him self as he waited for the files.
"YOU! GET AWAY FROM THAT!" a god yelled form the door before firing a force bolt.
Jumping over the work station, the demonic intruder peeked over desk as another volley of force bolts came flying past, but this time fired by more gods. Bring his arm over the desk the intruder fired a force bolt him self, striking one of the gods in the leg knocking him to the ground in pain.
Back in the control room, Ere sat relaying message after message. "Advance guard, reports that the intruder is pinned down in the archives. And a fire fight has started between the guard and the demon."
"We have him where we want him...." Peorth thought out loud to her self. "Send more to the archives! I want that Demon!"
But back at the archives, the young intruder sat behind the desk.
"Damn it the things I do....." The intruder said to him self as he again reached in to his robes. This time pulling out three things, something that looked like a hockey puck another small box with a red light and a small cylinder with a button. "My fifteen minutes are just about up....."
Sliding the puck like device across the marble floor, it came to a stop in the center of the group of gods. Just then it exploded sending a shock wave in all directions knocking the remaining gods off their feet, giving the intruder his chance to get away. Grabbing the data collection device and placing the small box in its place on the desk. The Demon ran out of the restricted area of the archives, on his way out he grabbed his sword that was still firmly stuck in the floor. When he was clear of the archives the demon pressed the button on the cylinder, and the box on the desk back at the archives exploded destroying the computer work station.
In the control room, Ere reported back everything. "Another explosive device has gone off in the archives. It appears to have destroyed a computer work station. And the demon also appears to be making a run back to the central hub!"
"Right Ex! I want a tracer program up and running! I want to know where the demon goes!" Peorth ordered as she rushed to Ex's work station.
"I'm on it!"
Entering the central hub, the demon stopped when he saw there was a god there standing in his way.
"I can not let you pass. Stand down and I'm sure that you will get a light sentence. The face that you have not taken a life will carry far." The young god said.
"I'm running out of time. Stand aside, I do not wish to harm you." The demon said to the young god as he brought his massive sword forward.
Slowly the god moved she his left side slightly faced the demon showing his own sword. "I don't want to draw this sword. Stand down."
"Then you will pay the price for not defending your self." running tourds the god, the Demon was surprised to see the lightning fast speed the god was able to draw his sword, the two weapons met with a loud cling.
"I'm glad to see Yggdrasil has god that can fight." The demon said as he glared at the god. "But lucky for you I don't have the time to fight such a formable foe."
"What?!"
Feeling the demons great power, the young god had no chance to prepare him self.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" Screaming the demon thrust his fist in to the chest of the god, sending him flying back in to a mirror, making it shatter and sending shards all over the place. Then there was the clinging sound of the gods sword driving it self in to a marble floor.
Taking another step to the large TV screen the demon stopped to look back at the god. "What's your name?"
"Hara" The god replied.
"Maybe someday we will meet in a much better setting." The demon said before stepped through the TV screen.
But up in the control room Ex just sat back in her seat. "Sorry Ma'am, but the tracer program was no good. It appears to have used a program that erased any and all teleportation traces."
Fuming Peorth sat back down at her chair. She then balled her hand in to a fist and slammed it on to the arm. "Damn it!"
T.B.C.
Notes: Okay this was a huge chapter. It was going to be longer, but I figured almost thirty seven pages this will be a good place to end this chapter. But the next chapter might be as long as this but it's the second half of this. So look out for that. The next chapter ill pick up right after this last part.
Once returning home to the safety of the temple, Anata locked her self away in the bathroom. Sitting there in the tub with her knees hugged tightly to her chest, and her chin resting on her knees. The filth from the prison still lingered on her; no matter how much she scrubbed she still felt it. And after effects for the Evangelion blood still made her a little sick, but nothing like when she first came down from its effects.
"Damn them......" Anata cursed softly.
She hated what those Evangelions had done, not just to her but the others that were held captive. She had only hated one other group and that was the shadows for what they had tried to do to her world and the shadows paid dearly.
Just out side the bathroom Fiona stood there looking at the closed bathroom door, she really did worry for her sister, when Anata had returned she didn't say a word all she did was go to the bathroom and locked the door. Frowning and looking at the floor, Fiona slowly walked back to the living room where her mother and father sat silently.
"She's still in there...... I hope she's alright." Fiona said before sitting there on the couch.
Belldandy smiled at her daughter. "What Anata has been through was traumatic. The best thing we can do is be there when she needs up."
"I just wish that there was something more I could do for her." Fiona said softly.
Walking over to his daughter, Keiichi kneeled down in front of Fiona. "We all do, but like your mother said the best thing we can do is be there when she needs us."
Back in the bathroom, Anata had felt that she had sat in the tub long enough. Even though she still felt a little dirty from the prison, getting out he quickly dried her self off and got dressed. As she did, she saw the marks from the beating she got from the Evangelions, shivering at the sight she quickly lowered her shirt.
Out in the living room, everyone was thinking about a way to help Anata. Urd had joined everyone to help with the brain storming session.
"I know!" Urd said snapping her fingers and making everyone look at her. "We can have a party, yeah a great big party. You know like back in you college day's Kei."
Keiichi just let out a sigh as Belldandy shook her head no. "Urd I don't think that's a good idea."
Just then......
"A party will be a great idea." Anata said from the doorway to the living room.
"Anata?" Fiona said.
"Yeah a party would be great, but just hold off on it for a couple hours." Anata said as she sat there on the floor putting on some shoes.
"Okay we can do that I guess......" Fiona said sounding more then confused. "But what are you doing, you look like your going somewhere."
Stopping for a moment Anata looked up over at her sister. "I'm taking a quick trip up to Yggdrasil."
"WHAT!"
"I just need to talk to Peorth about something. It will only take a couple hours, don't worry." Anata said as she waved off the out burst.
"Anata?" Fiona asked stopping Anata. And pulling her in to the hall. "What's going on?" Fiona asked in a whisper.
"I just need to talk to Peorth, don't worry I'll be right back." Anata reinsured Fiona. "I'll tell you what. I'll even hunt down Lyn and bring him back with me. Is that alright?"
"I guess..... Okay...." Fiona said then she smiled at Anata. "Is there any special requests?"
"Anything cooked by mom." Anata replied with a smile then she walked off to the bathroom.
Once in the bathroom, Anata placed her hand on to the mirror and waited for it to ripple like water. Feeling the mirror turn from a solid to an almost liquid. Then climbing up on to the sink Anata stepped through the mirror.
------(Goddess of the earth universe)------
Raziel and Yu sat side by side as Yu's mother and Urd bickered back at forth about who was subduing who.
"Has this ever happened to you before?" Whispered Yu.
Raziel sighed and rested his chin in the palm of his hand and started to tap his index finger on the side of face.
"Yeah, I'm just glad that there isn't any food around." Raziel replied.
"Your son is going to take my daughters innocence!" Yu's mother yelled at Urd.
"What ever, Raziel is to much like his father. He doesn't have the guts to do it!" Urd yelled back.
Yu looked over at Raziel with a questioning look after Urd's last comment.
"It's true, I probably wouldn't." Raziel said with a heavy sigh.
"Don't lie to me, your son..... Just look at him. All he needs is a minute." Y's mother said pointing at Raziel.
"Well yeah, he still a child by all accounts, so yeah he would probably would blow it in about a minute." Urd said back.
Raziel sat there shaking his head at his mother all while Yu giggled at him.
"I would think that you could last longer then that......." Yu giggled.
Raziel just let out groan, and then he took in a deep breath and stood up.
"Mother..... Mrs. Asakawa..... Can you please stop the bickering?" Raziel said loudly making Urd and Mrs. Asakawa even Yu look at Raziel with shock. "Look I like Yu, I'll admit that. But what you two are talking about........ Just forget it...." Raziel said, then just as he was about to sit back down a voice stopped him.
"No what were you going to say?"
Looking up Raziel was shocked to find that Hild was there in front of them.
"Grandma....." Raziel whispered.
"What are you doing here?!" Urd shouted.
"Can't a mother come by and see her daughter and grandson?" Hild replied. "Go on Raziel, what were you going to say?"
Nodding, Raziel stood back up and took another deep breath. "I like her, but I'm not the type of person to go and do something that can screw up our lives. So mom, Mrs. Asakawa you two will just need to believe me."
Yu sat there in silence, after a moment or two she shook her head and stood up too. "Mom this is going to be one of those things that you will need to believe us. We're not doing anything."
Hild smiled at the two possible young couple and over at her daughter. "I'm happy with that insurance what about you Urd-chan?"
"What?" Urd asked.
"Why don't we all get something to eat, doesn't that sound like fun?" Hild asked.
"What the?" Mrs. Asakawa asked more then confused by the turn around.
Leaning over, Yu whispered at Raziel. "Is your grandmother always like that?"
"All the time....." Raziel whispered back.
-----(Son of Urd universe)------
Having come through a mirror at Yggdrasil's teleportation central hub. Looking around she saw that there were some gods and goddesses that were giving her some strange looks. But that wasn't bothering her; she had always gotten strange looks from other gods and goddess. The whole being half goddess thing had always crept in to the minds of some but never let it bother her.
Walking up to the main desk, Anata waited for the receptionist to look up at her. When she did Anata put on a smile.
"Hi, I'm kind of new here; can you please tell me where I may find Director Peorth?" Anata asked.
The young goddess typed away at her computer trying to find the answer that Anata was looking for all while she glanced up at Anata.
"Yes I'm half human......" Anata said with a sigh.
"No it's not that..... Is it true?" The young goddess asked.
"Is what true?" Anata asked back.
"That your from another universe? It is true?" she asked again.
"Yeah it's true, why?" Anata asked back.
"Some of us here are wondering if we all have doubles of our self's in you universe?" the young goddess asked.
Anata stood there thinking about it. So far she's came across a double of Kou, her parents, Peorth. "I don't see why not." She replied.
The young goddess smiled back up at Anata. "Peorth is in the main control room."
"Thank you." Anata said before turning around heading to the control room, the vary heart of Yggdrasil. As she walked through the great halls of Yggdrasil, Anata passed some gods and goddesses that she remembered from her universe, but with slightly different. Not paying attchen to where she was going, she happened to walk right in to someone.
Both her and the person she walked in to fell over on the floor with a thud.
"Ouch..... Sorry about that this place still amazes me...." Anata said as she picked her self up off the floor.
"It's okay.... I couldn't see where I was going with all these papers....." said a voice that Anata knew.
"Lyn?" She asked.
"Anata?" Lyn asked back. "How are you feeling, I heard about you being captured. Are you feeling alright?"
"I'm fine; I'm here to see Peorth and to bring you back with me." She replied.
"Bring me back to where?" Lyn asked as he started to pick up the papers he was carrying.
"Oh my parents are throwing me a party to cheer me up, and I told Fiona that I would bring you back with me. But before we get back I need you to meet me at the archives." Anata said then she started to blush a little.
Noticing this Lyn took a closer look. "What?"
"I.... umm need you to help me read the Yggdrasil script." Anata admitted.
Smiling at his friend, Lyn got up. "Sure, when do you want me there?"
"In about a half hour forty five minutes." Anata said.
"Sure thing, I'll meet you there."
-------(Goddess of the Earth universe)-----
Meanwhile, Raziel, Yu, Urd, Hild and Mrs. Asakawa sat at a beach side restraint.
"Raziel what's wrong?" Yu asked.
"Nothing. I just don't like what's going on here." Raziel replied.
"What are you talking about? My mom your mom and grandmother are getting along." Yu said pointing what's going on.
Raziel sat there thinking that it was a joke carefully played out by Peorth. All was needed was the punch line, and Raziel waited for it.
"All this I wouldn't put it past my boss; she'll set a joke like this up." Raziel answered.
"What's the matter Raziel-chan?" Hild asked.
"Nothing, nothing at all. Besides the fact that I'm still here in my swimming trunks." Raziel replied.
"Yeah, I'm getting a little cold sitting here just in my bikini." Yu added.
"My Miss. Hild, I never knew that I can find someone that I can relate with so well." Mrs. Asakawa said laughing.
"I can completely relate with your worries, oh my when I had Urd-chan I found her with several boys in her room......" Hild said before taking a drink.
"See." Yu said. "Everyone is just getting along fine."
"No I think my grandmother is just charming everyone." Raziel grumbled.
"Aw, now would I do something like that?" Hild asked.
"Yes, yes you would." Raziel replied.
"Yeah you would." Urd added.
But as all this was going on Yu looked around and noticed something, scratching her head, Yu tapped Raziel on his shoulder.
"I just noticed something, Where's Kou?" She asked.
Raziel thought about it and shrugged his shoulders. "Come to think about it, the last time I saw him I when I sent him to get us an ice cream."
Just a couple hundred yards away at the beach, Kou laid out on a towel basking out in the sun. Lifting up his sunglasses he looked up. "What? Even I need time to relax. You think its easy being an original character in this guys fan fiction stories? Yeah right."
-------(Son of Urd universe)------
Walking through the huge doors of the main control room, she's only been in that room once and that was when she first started her teachings at Yggdrasil back then she found the room impressive and even now she finds the room impressive. Looking up she found Peorth sitting in her chair. Lifting up off the floor, Anata floated up to the main deck of the control room. When she got up there she found that the goddess that's in charge of running everything was sleeping on the job. She crept up to her. Carefully Anata got her self as close to Peorth she could get. Then.......
OH MY GOD PEORTH A DEMONS IN YGGDRASIL!!!
Jumping up out of her chair, Peorth started to order people around.
"You! Lockdown the system, you three activate the defiance grid and a level five fire wall on the........" Stopping, Peorth found that everyone was looking at her like she's crazy. Then Anata busted out laughing.
"That's not funny!!" Peorth yelled.
"That was great..... Oh man you should have seen the look......" Anata tried to finish but her laughter made it hard.
"It was rather funny ma'am." Ex added.
"Well anyways, Peorth how's my reactors?" Anata asked as her laughter.
Peorth let out a sigh. "We cant make heads or tails of it. It appears that Ex's double only made the program to access the reactors, but not making the system set up. So we're trying to set the reactors to what the program from your amp thing."
"Well the last time I pushed my powers I've found that their not as effective..... Like a flash light with dieing batteries." Anata stated trying to explain.
Hearing that Ex turned around in her chair. "I'm not surprised. You see in your universe, your reactors were setup and ready for you before you were able gained access to them. That is according to the program from your power amp. Then you come here to this universe. When you gain access to the reactors here you gaining access to the reactors as they were when they were powered down some two thousand years ago."
"What can we do about that?" Anata asked. "The last time I fought against the Evangelions I was lucky to even take their blows, let alone inflect any damage. I just want to be able to fight back next time"
"Looking for revenge for what they did to you?" Peorth asked.
"Something like that...." Anata replied.
"I've been thinking about that. What we can do is take each reactor offline one at a time fix it up and reprogram it, reactivate it. And do the same to the next. In time we can get it all running smoothly." Ex replied.
"In my universe the Ex there was thinking about doing an upgrade, where all four reactors kick in at hundred percent." Anata stated.
Thinking about it Ex punched some keys at her computer and looked back at Anata. "It can be done, but the whole thing will take a week at best."
"A week, what if I am attacked? What then?" Anata asked, clearly not liking the idea.
"Well there is really only one other that could really fight against an Evangelion." Peorth said. "But you're not going to like who."
"Who is it?" Anata asked, really wanting to know.
"Raven." Peorth simply replied.
"What?! No way! Not that Jerk!" Anata screamed. "I'd rather take my chances."
"Too late, he'll be there when you get back to the temple." Peorth said with a wicked smile. "You kids are so easy to torment."
"One other thing." Ex interrupted. "Every time we take a reactor offline you're going to feel lighted until the other three can take up the slack."
"Okay I've had worse things happen." Anata said. "Well I'm off I need to take care of something's. See everyone later."
"Wait I'm not done, Anata Morisato! Come back here!" Peorth yelled, but Anata didn't turn back as she floated back to the ground level of the control room.
-----(Goddess of the Earth universe)----
Some hour later Raziel and Yu sat at the bus stop, waiting from the bus to take them back to the bus stop near Yu's apartment.
"I don't get it. One minute my mom and your mom are going at it, and the next my grandma shows up and everyone's all find and dandy." Raziel said.
"I think that it went all right." Yu said back in a mater of fact tone.
"I guess your right......"
"Raziel remember where we left off before your and my mother showed up?" Yu asked as she moved closer.
"I..... remember......" Raziel replied as he moved closer.
"Yeah......." Yu mumbled.
With a really romantic sun set behind them, closer and closer, Raziel and Yu moved. So close that they can feel each others breath on the others face, just as their lips were about to meet, just when that one moment was about to happen......
"About time I've found you two....." Kou said from behind just a couple feet away.
Yu and Raziel leaned forward their four heads resting on each others. Raziel softly chuckled. "Just our luck......"
Not knowing that he had interrupted something Kou had sat beside Yu at the bus stop. "I seemed that I had fallen asleep while out in the sun..... And got a rather bad sun burn." Kou said. "Did I miss anything after you two ran off?"
"Nothing much......" Yu replied. "You just interrupted something." She then whispered.
Raziel just snickered at Yu's comment.
-----(Son of Urd universe)----
Arriving at the archives, Anata found Lyn leaning up against the wall waiting for her.
"So what took you so long?" Lyn asked.
"I just had to talk to Peorth about something.... Anyways why don't we get started?" Anata said.
Walking in to the great archives of Yggdrasil, one of two places that holds all the knowledge of the known universe. The walls were lined with books from floor to ceiling, corner to corner. Computer servers holding terabits, (I think I have that. Terabits are after gigabits, right?) Tens of billions of terabits filled with information. Anata had only been in the archives once. But she never went this deep in to the place.
Watching Lyn sit at a computer station, he waited to know what Anata was looking for.
"Okay what is it that you're looking for?" Lyn asked as he started to type on the computer.
"I want everything you can dig up relating to Evangelions." Anata bluntly said.
"Okay to the point...... One moment." Lyn said then he started to type in the request. "Okay this might take a minute or two, so you care to tell me what's going on?"
"I would just like to what I'm up against is all." Anata replied with a half truth.
Buying Anata's story, Lyn shrugged his shoulders. "What ever......"
Just then the file done chime sounded, making Lyn and Anata look at the screen. To Anata the Yggdrasil script looked gibberish but Lyn just looked at the screen with a blank look.
"What? Tell me that's alright?" Anata asked.
"Well......" Lyn trailed off.
"Well what? What the hell dose that say?" Anata asked, grabbing Lyn by the shoulders and shaking him.
"Basically it says that all the data is in a server that's at the other end of the archives, in a section that is restricted to those that do not carry an unrestricted first class license. So in other words......"
"In other words, unless you're my mother, grandfather and a vary select few I can forget about those files right?" Anata asked as she finished what Lyn was going to say.
"Sounds about right, so why don't we get to that party." Lyn said getting up from the computer.
-----(Goddess of the Earth Universe)----
As Raziel and Yu shared a seat on the bus. Raziel found that Yu had fallen asleep there beside him and was comfortably using his shoulder as a pillow. Behind him sat Kou who was observing the couple for a minute. He watched as Raziel was fixated on Yu the whole time they got on to the bus and even past the point that she had fallen asleep.
"Did you have fun today, even though you didn't learn how to swim?" Kou asked.
"Yeah.... We just had some strange things happen." Raziel answered.
"Strange? How so?" Kou asked.
"Oh it was really nothing, just a run in with Her mother, my mother and my grandmother. But to really top of the strange meter, everyone got along." Raziel replied.
"I see.... I'm fearing the day that my mother meets Anata." Kou said.
Raziel sat there and thought about what Kou had said and looked back at him. "Are you afraid that Anata and your mother won't get along or something?"
"Heavens on. I'm afraid that they'll get along too well." Kou replied with a laugh.
"Oh yeah... I can kind of see where that can be a bad thing." Raziel stated. "You miss Anata don't you?"
Kou then slowly looked out the bus window and smiled. "I know that our love can with stand the distance between two universes..... But yes I do miss her."
Both Kou and Raziel went silent as Yu let out a sleepily moan. When they where sure that Yu hadn't waken back up they started to talk some again.
"I see that you two are getting along quite well." Kou stated.
"Yeah..... I still don't know what I'm doing. I guess I'm just making it up as I go." Raziel said.
"Making it up as you go.... I know that one." Kou said.
"Kou what do you know about Yu?" Raziel asked.
"Besides She and Anata have been friends? I thought you asked that one before?" Kou asked.
"Not that, has Anata said anything about Yu's past relationships?" Raziel asked.
"Bits and peaces really. As much as I've gathered she hasn't had the greatest of luck in relationships. As Anata would put it she would end up with losers, lowlifes and jerks. Only after one thing." Kou replied. "Why are you asking me thing?"
"I don't know...." Raziel replied quickly.
"Anata believes that her friend just needs a nice guy." Kou stated. "Maybe you can be that nice guy for Yu? If not only for six months."
The bus rounded a corner and stopped at the bus stop where Yu needed to get off. Raziel was just about to wake her when Kou stopped him.
"It's been a long day; the bus will stop back here in about one hour." Kou said as he got up off the bus seat.
"Where you going?" Raziel asked as he watched Kou walk off the bus.
"It's only a short walk from here to the temple. I'll be fine and I'll tell Miss Urd not to worry." And with that Kou walked off the bus and started for the temple.
----(Son of Urd universe)----
Anata and Lyn had since returned to the temple and had joined in to the party. Every one was there. The members of the motor club from back in Keiichi's college days, people that Keiichi worked with and some of Fiona's friends even Megumi was there. There with another guy...
Letting out a sigh, Anata shook her head. "It seems that even here Aunt Megumi hasn't settled down."
Running up to them Fiona quickly hugged Lyn and looked over at Anata.
"What took you two so long? Tamiya and Otaki are....... Umm... see for your self." Fiona said pointing over at Keiichi's friends.
There was Tamiya with two huge bottles of sake and Otaki slamming back at can of Yabutsu(I think I spelled that right...) while keeping Keiichi in place with something that looked like a head lock.
"Yo Morisato! Have another!" Otaki said drunkenly.
"No!! I..... Don't want...... Anymore!!! Help Belldandy!!!!" Keiichi screamed.
But just before Belldandy could come and pull Keiichi way, Megumi wrapped an arm around drunkenly hung off of her.
"I must really get to Keiichi......" Belldandy said as she looked over at Keiichi as he was getting gallons of booze poured in to his mouth.
"Don't worry about........*HIC* Kei, he's a big boy..... Here have some......*HIC*...." Megumi said holding a glass, offering it to Belldandy.
Fiona and Lyn watched as their mother took the glass and had a drink.
"As long as it doesn't have carbonated beverage in it we should be fine." Fiona said with a sigh as the three teens watched.
"What are you kidding? Mom gets a little tipsy and I can get hold of something to drink my self." Anata said.
"But you're not twenty one!" Fiona pointed out.
"So.... What do you say Fiona? " Anata said. "Want something to drink?"
Just then...... "This is really good Megumi." Belldandy said with a smile. "What is it called?"
"*HIC* IT rum and coke." Megumi replied with a drunken giggle.
Just then there as a knock at the front door. Hearing it Anata went on over to the door to answer it.
"Yes hello?" Anata said as she opened the door. When she saw who was there on the other side Anata's good mod quickly vanished. "It's you....."
There on the out side, was Raven with Aoi there beside him.
"Hello Aoi." Anata said, her good mod trying to come back.
"Hello Anata, where's Fiona?" Aoi asked.
"In the living room with everyone else." Anata replied.
"I don't know what's going on, all I know is that Aoi and I was quietly watching a DVD when Peorth came in to my crypt." Raven said with a clearly mad tone.
"Wait? How do you get electricity out in a crypt?" Anata asked.
"A really long extension cable........" Raven replied as he walked past Anata.
Hearing that Aoi quickly turned around after she heard Ravens answer she placed her hands on to her hips. "I thought you said that that electric company set you up with electricity?" She asked.
"Yeah by the extension cable......" Raven replied.
"But that's steeling Raven." Aoi stated.
"Hello, demon, evil here. I'm meant to do things like that." Raven said in a mater of fact tone.
"Raven that's steeling, you need to disconnect the power." Aoi said giving Raven a stern look.
"But...." Raven said back.
"Raven." Aoi said again still with the 'look.'
Giving in, Raven hung in head in defeat. "Alright I'll unhook the cable in the morning..... Man this sucks."
As he walked in to the temple more, Raven shuttered as he heard whip cracking sounds from Anata fallowed by her giggles.
As the night went on every adult in the temple was rather drunk or smashed. Giving Anata the chance to take something's from the fridge. As she loaded her arms up with one of her favorite drink, Fiona walked in to the kitchen.
"Getting something to drink?" Fiona asked.
"Yeah..... Welcome to join me. I'm going out in to the back yard. Lyn can come too." Anata said as she pulled out another can of Yabatsu.
"I guess.... Okay...." Fiona replied sounding a little unsure.
"If you don't want any then that's alright. I just really want someone to sit out side with me." Anata said as she turned around and handed Fiona a beer. And started for the back door carefully, making sure that no adults saw them.
Once out the back door the two sisters sat on the porch, Anata quickly cracked open a can and took a drink. As she took the beverage, Anata happened to notice Fiona getting ready to open the can.
"What happened to Lyn, he kind of disappeared." Anata said.
"Well last time I saw him was when he was asked by Auntie Megumi to get something more to drink." Fiona replied. "Is this stuff any good?"
"This isn't the stuff I like to drink but it's alright." Anata replied, and then she finished off her first beer.
Taking a small sip of the beverage, she didn't really like the taste of it but something told her that Anata needed someone to talk to. "What's on you mind?" she asked.
"Just thinking about Kou, the Kou from my universe." Anata replied before opening her second can. "I really shouldn't be hitting this stuff this hard don't we have classes in the morning?"
"Yes we do." Fiona answered. "You miss him don't you?"
"Yeah..... It's like he so far away but he's really here in this universe. But it's not really him. It's his double. Just as nice, just as kind, just as much as a gentlemen as the Kou from my universe, but he's a demon here." Anata said taking another drink. "You see Kou is like my other half, he's the one that talks reason in to me. With out him..... I tend to not only get a little depressed and I start to do some stupid things."
"You know you can send him another message using the machine that Auntie Skuld made." Fiona said.
"I know I was going to type something to him tomorrow." Anata said back. "One time we were separated for a whole month. It was Christmas and he was selected for a relief mission to some planet at the other end of the galaxy. And I went in to deep depression back then too. But before he left for the mission he promised me that he would be back before Christmas." Anata said then she took another drink.
"Did he make it back like he said he would?" Fiona asked before she too took another small sip of her drink.
"He did. He even went against Peorth's orders. The team he was with even helped him out." Anata replied.
"Then why don't you make a promise to Kou?" Fiona suggested. "What about that idea?"
Finishing her second can, Anata thought about what her sister said. It was a promise that brought their parents together, why not her and Kou? Putting the can down, Anata looked over at her sister and smiled.
"Thanks sis, that a great idea. I'll promise Kou that I will get back as soon as I can." Anata said. Then she picked up her third can and opened it and held it up. "Cheers."
Looking at Anata it took a moment for her to figure what Anata was saying cheers about. This it downed on her. Smiling Fiona held her can up. "Cheers."
Just then Lyn staggered out in to the porch making the sisters look to see who it was. There was Lyn; he looked like he had been roughed up some.
"Lyn? What happened?" Fiona asked.
"Your aunt Megumi got hold of me....." Lyn said as he took a seat next to Fiona. But as soon as he sat next to her Fiona knew the answer.
"Yuck, you smell of sake." Fiona said as she waved the air away from nose.
"Megumi.... She forced some sake in my mouth. Demon something........" Lyn said, his face getting slowly red from the booze.
"Pure Refined Demon Dance Sake?!" Both sisters said in unison.
"Yep, that's the stuff......" Lyn replied slowly as the effects start to creep in.
"Fiona you're going to have some problems........" Anata said before..... "*HIC* excuse me."
"What? You're drunk?" Fiona asked.
"No.......*HIC* No I'm not." Anata replied waving off the remark of her being drunk. "I.... Goddess of the Earth drunk.......*HIC* Never."
Fiona just let out a heavy sigh at her boyfriend and sister. "Alright you two no more." Fiona said as she took away the cans from Anata. "Lyn you're sleeping on the couch....... And you are going to stop."
"No...... Fiona that mine. Noooo give it back." Anata yelled as Fiona took her can of beer.
----(Goddess of the Earth universe)----
After a good hour of the bus going back around through its rounds, and again it stopped at Yu's stop. Raziel didn't want to wake the girl but he really needed to get her home so her mother wouldn't kill him.
"Yu..... Yu wake up....."Raziel whispered in to her ear.
Slowly waking up, Yu saw Raziel there smiling at her. Sitting up Yu stretched and looked around.
"How long was I asleep?" She asked.
"A little over an hour. You want me to walk you to your apartment?" Raziel asked.
"That's okay; I'm running a little late as it is. And if my mom sees you with me when I'm late she might try to kill you." Yu said as she got up from her seat.
"Yeah I'm kind of anti..... Being killed." Raziel said with a laugh. "See you tomorrow?"
"Sure." Yu said then she gave him a quick kiss. When she pulled back she grinned at him. "Just wait for tomorrow for something even better." And with that Yu walked off the bus leaving Yu with a huge grin.
"Tomorrow?" Raziel said to him self with a confused look.
------( The next day, Goddess of the Earth universe)----
The blaring sound of the alarm went off, waking.....Well just waking one of the two sisters.
Sitting up in her futon, Fiona sleepily looked around the room trying to wake up.
"Someone shut that damn thing off!!" Anata shouted.
But Fiona was still waking up, she stretched and was about to reach for the alarm when Anata shot up from her futon. Her eyes dark and heavy form the little sleep she's had. Quickly she looked around trying to find the source of the sleep shattering noise. Finding it at the other end of the room, Anata formed a small force bolt and fired it at the alarm shattering to a thousand peaces.
Once the noise had stopped. Anata fell back on to her futon and pulled her blanket back over her body and hear head.
"Come one Sis we need to get up." Fiona said sleepily.
"Noooo..... Let me sleep......." Anata whined from under the covers.
"Come on we need to get ready for classes..... Anata?" Fiona said as she tried to wake her sister.
"Mmmm.... Let me sleep....." Anata said before she fell back asleep.
Still not wanting to be late for school, Fiona did the only thing she could think of at seven in the morning. Taking the edges of the futon, Fiona pulled the futon up, making Anata roll to the floor.
"Damn it, why'd you do that?" Anata whined.
After getting Anata up and getting ready for school, Fiona was sitting at the table having something to eat when she heard a loud groan from the living room. Peeking in to the living room she found that Lyn was just getting up, with a hang over.
"My head....... It's throbbing....." Lyn said as he grabbed his head.
"I'm sure it is after having that Sake my Aunt Megumi gave you." Fiona said before coming out of the kitchen.
"First hang over, and last......" Lyn said as he sat up all the way.
"Would you like me to get anything for your head?" Fiona asked.
"No thank you...... Where's......"
"Raven and Aoi left late last night. Anata is getting ready now." Fiona replied.
Just then Anata came through the door and stopped at the living room. "Food....." Anata grumbled.
"What's wrong with her?" Lyn asked.
"She's probably more hung over then you." Fiona whispered back.
"I know I'm hung over. So where is that loser Raven, isn't he the one watching me?" Anata said out loud not knowing what she had just said.
"What do you mean?" Fiona asked.
"Damn it......" Anata cursed. Walking out of the kitchen while shucking on a finger from cutting her self. "Peorth and Ex are doing some things on my reactors. So I'm not at my peek shall I say. So Peorth has Raven watching me."
"Raven? Why him?" Lyn asked.
"That's what I wanted to know, anyways so if I black out or look dizzy it's Ex shutting down one of my reactors." Anata replied.
-----(Goddess of the Earth universe)-----
Sleeping there in his room soundly, Raziel woke up to see his mother standing there at the door.
"Mom, please let me sleep." Raziel said still with his eyes shut.
"Nope can't do that kiddo." Urd said as she kneeled down beside Raziel.
Opening his eyes Raziel looked over at his mother. "What's going on?" He asked.
"I've been thinking. Since you got here I've been giving this whole parenting thing some thought. So as my first official act as your mother you and me are going shopping. I think Kou's cloths might be too big. He is a little bit taller then you."
"Okay, but cant it wait until later on today, Yu might be stopping by later on today." Raziel said as he pulled the blankets closer to him.
"Belldandy has breakfast on the table. We'll leave as soon as you're ready." Urd said but before she walked out of the room she turned to Raziel again. "Let me give this a chance."
Raziel only nodded before his mother walked out of his room. Out in the hall Urd happened to pass Keiichi as on his way out for work.
"I need some money for your son." Urd said holding out her hand.
"That's just too weird." Keiichi said as she scratched the back of his head. "Why don't we just say you need money for Raziel?"
"Yeah your son." Urd said, her hand still held out in front of her.
The idea of having a son for Keiichi was still a bit too much, but the mother of that son being Urd was just bizarre. Early on in Raziel's visit they had figured out who his parents were, but didn't even try to understand the story behind Raziel, Urd and Keiichi. It was just accepted.
"Okay Urd, Here's a credit card. And please don't go out of control. Remember the last time I let you use it?" He asked handing it to Urd.
"And I'm enjoying that collection of sake bottles from every sake refinery in the country." Urd replied as she put the card in her pocket.
Walking on in to the kitchen, Urd saw Kou sitting at the table enjoying some fresh oranges for breakfast. Not knowing about Kou's sun burn Urd wrapped her arms around Kou to mess with him some. As she did a painful look came across Kou's face.
"What's wrong?" Urd asked. "Aw, did we think that I was you love?"
"Sun....... Burn......." Kou managed to say.
"Huh?"
Letting up off of Kou she then noticed the red shoulders. "Ouch..... Didn't use sun lock did we?"
"No I used it. I just fell asleep under the sun." Kou replied still feeling the searing pain through out his shoulders.
"I can help, just let me get something." Urd said before she walked back out of the kitchen.
Just as Urd left, Raziel came in to the kitchen. As Raziel walked past Kou he gave him a friendly slap on the shoulder.
"Morning." Raziel said before taking his seat. "What's with the look?"
"Like..... I told your mother...... Sun burn." Kou replied as she clinched his teeth.
"Sorry." Raziel said. But to top it off for Kou. Keiichi walked in and gave him a good pat on the shoulder.
"Morning Kou, Raziel. Sleep well?" Keiichi asked then he noticed the painful look on Kou's face. "What up with him?"
"Sun burn." Raziel replied.
"Ohh Sorry about that." Keiichi said.
"It's a common occurrence this morning." Kou managed to say.
"So Raziel? You and Urd going out today." Keiichi asked trying to make conversation.
"Yeah...." Raziel replied.
"Well sometime today you want to go over to whirlwind and get some dirk bikes or go carts. They have a really tough course there." Keiichi said.
"Umm.... Okay I guess." Raziel said. "I guess that would be fun."
Just then Urd came back in to the kitchen. "Here you go; it's my one special blind." Urd said as she placed a tube of something with strange symbols on the tube.
Just as Keiichi was going to have some coffee, he noticed the symbols. "Hold on Urd those are the some symbols that made me a woman remember?" He asked.
"I know they are but in a different mixture their not going to change Kou in to a woman. Don't listen to him Kou. This stuff will work." Urd said.
Kou looked at the tube and kindly handed it back to Urd. "Thank you but no thank you. I'm against something that can possibly change my sex."
"I think that Anata would be against it too." Urd said trying to make a joke, but silence came across the kitchen. "Joke everyone. Wow Keiichi lighten up some. Don't tell me that you thought your daughter was never going to get with someone."
"Urd I'd rather not hear things like that about my daughter." Keiichi said all while glaring at Kou.
"Alright, alright better to stay in the dark then to know what's going on." Urd stated then she looked over at Raziel. "You ready?"
"I guess so." He replied.
"Kei..."Urd said in a sweet tone. "Can Raziel and I take the car?"
"What? Urd the lancer isn't your average economy car." Keiichi said.
"Please, you can take Anata's bike." Urd said.
Letting out a heavy sigh, Keiichi reached in to his pocket and pulled out his keys and handed them to Urd. "Be careful with it I just got it fixed."
---(Son of Urd universe)---
Later that day, the better part of the student body sat in the lunch room Fiona and Lyn sat waiting for Anata to join them.
"Lyn do you know what else Anata did when she was at Yggdrasil?" Fiona asked.
"Oh she needed some help in the archives." Lyn said before taking another bite of his lunch.
"Help with what?" Fiona asked.
Before answering Lyn glanced around to make sure that no one was listening in on their conversation. "She cant read Yggdrasil script. So she needed help with researching something on the Evangelions." Lyn whispered.
"Oh I see. But why didn't she come to me?" Fiona asked. "Did she get what she was looking for?"
Lyn shook his head no. "We needed an unrestricted first class license."
Little did they know, someone was eavesdropping, just a couple tables away sat Kou with a small group of demons having lunch together. Hearing the conversation between Lyn and Fiona, Kou finished off the last of his drink and quickly left.
"Kou sweetie where are you going?" Asked a demon.
Kou didn't answer all he did was walk on out of the lunch room just missing Anata.
"Man I'm starved!" Anata said to her self just as she sat at the table with Fiona and Lyn.
"Why didn't you ask me for help?" Fiona asked.
"Help with the archives?" Anata asked back. "There's just some things I want to do on my own. But I needed some help with getting the info."
"But why didn't you ask me?" Fiona said.
"Lyn was closer, Fiona if you were there in Yggdrasil I would've asked you." Anata replied.
"Then can you tell us what you planning?" Lyn asked. "I did help out."
"I know you did, but I'm not really going to say anything until I know what I want to know. I really don't want to say." She replied. "I just might need to get mom or Grandpa to get the info."
Look what you DID!
Turning to see who just yelled, Fiona, Anata and Lyn found a Demon standing over then looking really pissed.
"Excuse me?" Fiona asked just a little confused.
"Not you! The other sister!" the Demon said pointing at Anata.
"What? I really don't know what you're talking about." Anata said back quickly.
"Just before you get here, Kou gets up and leaves. You clearly pissed him off some how" The Demon said back.
Just then another Demon grabbed her shoulder. "Rei I don't think she has anything to do what it." (No relation to Rei from NGE)
"Piss off! You and me! Right now!" Rei ordered.
'Man, Ex is going to start shutting down reactors here soon.....' Anata thought to her self.
"Come on!" Rei yelled again. This time getting the attchen to the whole lunch room.
"I don't like to fight. And I really don't have the time. But if you really want to know Kou is the last person I want to have pissed off at me. So go back and finish your lunch."
"Oh yeah....."Rei said. Before she placed her right hand on to the table where Lyn, Fiona and Anata sat at, and then she leaned across the table. Then with her left hand she tipped over Anata's drink making it spill all over her lap.
Jumping from her seat, Anata stood there soaking wet. Slowly she looked up at the demon. "You bitch..... I liked that out fit. I looked damn cute this....."
"Oh look the Prissy Goddess has a potty mouth what a surprise." Rei chuckled. "What are you going to do about it?"
"I'm going to kick you ass from this end of the lunch room to the other." Anata screamed.
"Umm.... Fiona I think we should find some cover." Lyn said as he pulled Fiona back.
"But I just can't let......"
"Remember when she got in to that fight with Raven and how fast it got out of hand?" Lyn added.
"I remember...... Speaking of Raven where he is?" Fiona asked.
"On no a half Goddess is going to hurt me.... Oh no what ever shall I do." Rei said trying to sound like she was afraid.
"This half goddess is going to make you eat those words." Anata said as she took the edge of the table and pushed it over out of the way.
Just then......
THAT IS ENOUGH!
Stopping, both teens looked over to see Rin there at the other end of the lunch room.
"That is enough. The last time you fought. You trashed half the school. So if you two do wish to fight take it to my class." She said as she approached them.
"You're allowing a fight between two students to take place?" Fiona asked.
"In a controlled setting." Rin replied. "So what do you two girls say? Up to it?"
Anata stood there thinking about it, sure Ex and Peorth can start shutting down her reactors... "I'm up for that." Anata replied.
"Me too. I'm going to kick your ass Morisato." Rei said before walking away.
When the group of students walked away a little disappointed.
"What the hell did I just get my self in to?" Anata asked her self out loud.
"That's what I would like to know?" Fiona asked back.
"No kidding. Didn't you say Ex and Peorth are going to start fix your reactors." Lyn added.
"I know, I know..... Damn it. Fiona remember what I told you about my Kou?" Anata asked.
"About Kou being the one that talks reason in you? I remember." Fiona replied.
"This is one of those times I wish I could here him telling me how much I need to cool down." Anata said.
"Again no kidding." Lyn said.
-----(Goddess of the Earth universe)----
At the local Mall, Urd sat out side of a dressing room waiting for Raziel to come back out.
"Raziel come on it can't be that bad?" Urd said, sounding a bit board.
There in side the dressing room, Raziel looked at him self through the mirror and let out a sigh. "Umm mom I don't think that these cloths are for guys."
There he was, with a tight shirt showing great deal of his stomach and jeans that were way too tight.
"What ever, come one let me see!" Urd said as she got up and tried to open the door.
"No I don't want to come out!" Raziel yelled back as he pulled back at the door, trying to keep Urd out.
"I said come out!" Urd yelled back as she tried to pull the door open.
Little did they know Yu was doing some shopping her self just ten feet away. Hearing the noise she looked over to see what was going on.
"Miss Urd what are you doing here?" Yu asked.
"What?" Urd said as she turned to see who was there. See who it was, a wicked little grin came across her face. "Why Yu what a surprise." Urd said then she let go of the dressing room door, sending Raziel flying back wards against the wall.
"OUCH!!!" Raziel yelled. "What the hell was that for?!"
"Raziel?"
Realizing who just called his name, Raziel just sat there and blushed.
"It looks good on you. That is if you're in to that sort of thing." Yu said through her fits of giggling.
Shutting the door quickly, Raziel propped him self up against the door keeping it closed.
"Miss Urd is it going to me alright if I come by and visit with Raziel later on?" Yu asked.
"I don't see why not, sure...." Urd replied.
"Thank you. Hear that Raziel, I'll stop by later on this evening. Okay." Yu said to Raziel through the dressing room door.
"Okay that's cool.... Damn it come off....... See you then." Raziel said as he fought with the really tight jeans.
After a minute or two, Urd knocked on the dressing room door. "You can come on out now, she's gone."
Opening the door, Raziel looked around to make sure that Yu wasn't still around. When the cost was clear he stepped out. "Why'd you do that?"
"It's the responsibility of every mother to embarrass her child once in a while when was the last time I or the other me.... What ever did that?" Urd asked.
"Yesterday." Raziel replied bluntly.
"Oh come now it wasn't that bad? I mean it could've been worse." Urd replied.
"Yeah right......" Raziel grumbled.
"Say why don't we get something to eat?" Urd asked.
"Okay I am getting a little hungry." Raziel said.
---(Son of Urd universe)---
It was nearing the end of the day and only one thing was left to do, and that was going to Rin's class.
"Are you still going to go through with this?" Fiona asked. "I mean you said it your self, Ex and Peorth can start taking down your reactors any minute."
Letting out a heavy sigh Anata turned around to face her sister. "I'm still asking my self that. I'm just hoping that Peorth and Ex don't start until I'm done."
"And what's you luck like anyways?" Lyn asked.
"Crappy when it comes to things like this...... Man I'm screwed." Anata said.
Stopping just before the doors to the gym, Anata let out a heavy sigh before pushing the doors open. Anata froze there at the door. There in front of her was Raven with his arms crossed across his chest.
"You are not going to make my job easy are you?" Raven asked.
"Look I don't need you looking after me, and if you really want to know that job only goes to one man." Anata said as she moved to her left and walked past Raven, leaving Fiona and Lyn there at the door.
"Just don't make me jump in there and save your ass." Raven said with out turning around.
With out turning around her self Anata grinned. "Don't worry, you won't half to."
Once Anata was out of ear shot, Raven looked at Fiona. "Is your sister like that all the time? Or is it just a woman thing?"
Fiona shrugged her shoulders. "I've only known I had a sister for less then a week, but something tells me she's like that a lot."
"Rather she's really head strong or she's just really stupid...... My money is on Rei." Raven said turning around heading for the gym bleachers.
Hearing that from Raven something clicked with in Fiona, maybe it's being around Anata too much, or it was just sticking up for her sister. Fiona rushed up to Raven, grabbing him by the shoulder she turned him back around.
"I bet you Anata wins." Fiona stated strongly.
Standing there Raven has a thought come in to his head. "Okay what about this? If your sister wins, anything Peorth gives to you to do. I'll do it. But if Rei wins, anything Peorth gives me to do. You will do them."
Hearing the wager Lyn didn't like where this was going. "Umm.... Fiona?"
"Not now Lyn." Fiona said quickly back. "You're on." She said to Raven. Then the two shook hands, sealing the deal.
"Do you know what you just did? That's like making a deal with The Devil, or your aunt Urd. It really matters how you look at it." Lyn whispered loudly at Fiona.
"I believe...... no I know Anata will win." Fiona said back to Lyn sounding way too much like her mother.
At the other end of the gym Anata walked over to the middle of the floor where Rei stood waiting.
"I've been waiting for you Morisato. I was starting to think that you weren't going to show." Rei said.
"What and miss this, Yeah right." Anata said back stopping right in front of Rei.
Just then Rin stepped forward. "Okay some quick rules. No hitting below the belt, no dramatic use of powers, we just got this place repaired Miss. Morisato." Rin said looking over at Anata. "And please, please try not to throw the other through the walls of the gym, again we just got this place. Got it?"
"Yeah..." Rei said still glaring at Anata.
"Sure..." Anata said.
"It starts when ever the one of you two make the first move." Rin said then she tuned around and walked back over to the bleachers to watch the match.
Rei stood there, she slowly brought her right hand up and in one smooth movement she extended her fingers and twisted her wrist making bones pop.
"I'm going to enjoy making you pay for what you did to him." Rei said.
"And you talk too much." Anata said, and then before Rei knew it, Anata had thrown the first punch. But to her surprise the demon before her cough her fist. Then she grabbed Anata fore arm, and with one swift movement she flung Anata up over her shoulder.
Up in the bleachers every one winced in pain as they watched Anata land hard on the gym floor. Lyn shoot his head. "Ouch..... She should've taken the fall."
Back out on the gym floor Anata held her arm and rolled back over on to her back just in time to see Rei several feet above her and one her way back down. Rolling out of the way just as Rei's foot drive right in to the hard wood floor.
Back on the bleachers Rin shook her head. "Not the floor....."
Getting back to her foot, Anata took a stance and charged right in to Rei, knocking her off her feet. But as the demon went flying through the air she managed to twist her self around landing on her feet.
"A push.... Please?" Rei scoffed. "Come at me like you mean it."
As the two went on with the fight Lyn and Fiona sat there in the bleachers. "Is it me? Or is this like some really bad anime Raziel watches?" Fiona asked.
"No kidding...... COME ON END THIS!!!" Lyn yelled out.
Hearing her friends cheer for her, Anata watched as the demon swung another punch. Seeing the fist come at her Anata had just enough time to move out of the way, seeing her opening, she placed her fist right square in the demons chest. Sending her flying back tourds the bleachers.
The students that were watching saw the demon coming right at the bleachers and scattered out of the way just before Rei crashed in to the wood bleachers, sending a plume of smoke up in to the air.
Rin waved the smoke out of her face and let out a sigh. "Not the bleachers..... This is getting out of hand....."
Standing there Anata flexed the muscles in her right arm and grin. "You like that?"
In the debris of the bleachers, Rei moved things out from on top of her, her eyes glowed red with hate. "You'll pay for that." Rei said as she moved the last of the bleachers from on top of her. "DEMON HELL FIRE STORM!!!"
Just then large flaming rocks started falling through the roof of the gym, seeing the rocks, Anata brought up a shield. But meanwhile up in the Yggdrasil Ex and Peorth are just about ready to bring down the first of four reactors.
"Bring reactor one down in thirty seconds." Ex announced.
"Confirmed, redirecting power flow to the remaining three reactors." Ere said, as she typed in the new program.
"Power flow stable, all systems green. Shutting down reactor one." Chrono said. "Activating temporary OS."
Back in the gym, Anata felt something strange, and then before her shield started to fade. 'Oh no... they're shutting down the reactors.' Anata thought to her self. "Not good."
Just then the shield dropped and Anata fell to her hands and knees. Thinking fast Anata only had one chance to end this and come out on top.
But back up in Yggdrasil Ex started to notice the remaining reactors gaining more power. "What I don't get it....."
"Confirmed! Reactors two, three and four have just jumped thirty two percent each. Ma'am she's doing something!" Chrono yelled.
Back at the school, Anata forced her self back to her feet again, and glared at Rei. "Devine Beam!" Anata yelled then a force bolt formed in front of her. Then it flattened out into a beam of light, shooting out striking the demon. Knocking Rei across the gym and Anata fell back to her hands and knees.
Seeing that the fight... er.... match was over Rin stood up. "This Fight.... Umm Match is over. Defeating blow delivered by Anata Morisato. Winner Anata Morisato."
Every one rushed over to the two fighters. Standing over Anata Fiona smiled at her sister. "Are you alright sis?" she asked.
"I'm a little dizzy; I think Ex started to shut down my reactors.... I'll live." Anata said as she looked back up at Fiona and Lyn. "Something tells me that I shouldn't have done that last move."
Just as Fiona was going to help her sister up, she was moved out of the way by Rei. She and Rei looked at each other for a moment or two. "Not bad for a half Goddess."
"Not bad your self, you kind of cough me off guard." Anata said back. "There's not many that can walk away from the beam."
Rei grinned a little showing some fang. Then she did something that shocked all the students that where there in the gym. Rei the Demon of fire offered her hand to Anata. Looking at the demons hand, Anata took it and Rei help the goddess up.
"If you need anyone to fight with you'll know where to find me." Rei said before she started to walk away after Anata was to her feet.
"Sure..... Thanks....." Anata said a little shocked.
Once the young demon was gone Raven walked up to Anata. "It's not everyday she offers her hand like that. You've just made a new friend."
Then he started to walk out of the Gym but not before Fiona called out his name.
"Ooooh, Raven....." Fiona called out in the most sweetest tone.
Stopping dead in his tracks, he slowly turned around to see Fiona smiling at him. "I'll call you it Peorth gives me a task."
"Yeah, Yeah...." Raven said waving off the comment.
"Oh and by the way, I've told Aoi already." Fiona added.
"Damn it!"
---(Goddess of the Earth universe)---
After returning from their shopping trip, Raziel laid on the floor of his room looking up at the ceiling.
"Maybe I should buy my own stuff......" Raziel said to him self.
Just as he rolled over to reach of the small boom box there beside his futon there was a knock at the door.
"Yeah it's open." Raziel said.
Looking at Anata's vast collection of CD's Raziel heard the door slid open.
"She has a wonderful collection, dose she not?" Belldandy asked.
"Oh, hi aunt Belldandy." Raziel said with out turning around. "Yeah... she has a lot of classical and then it goes into Techno, and a lot of rock...."
Raziel then stopped looking through the CD's, and then he turned to his Aunt. "I hope she won't mind my going through her CD's."
"I'm sure she won't mind." Belldandy said back. Then she sat there on the floor next to Raziel. "I've heard from your mother that you and Yu have been getting along well."
Raziel sat there and thought about the question. Sure his aunt Belldandy might be able to clear something's up. If she cant who can.
"Aunt Belldandy you've known Yu for a long time, right?" He asked.
"Oh yes, I've known her and her mother for a vary long time. Mrs. Asakawa and I would even take Anata and Yu to the same park when they were little." Belldandy answered.
"Okay so you've known her just about her whole life then." Raziel said making Belldandy nodded. "Then maybe you can tell me, Do you think the relationship between Yu and myself is alright. I mean Kou seems to think so even my grandma thinks so. So I guess I really need to hear it from the voice of reason. Do you think it's alright?"
Belldandy closed her eyes and smiled. "I've known Yu Asakawa for a long time and right now I'm feeling a level of happiness from her I have never felt from her. I would regard that as a good thing, would you not?"
Pondering his Aunts words, Raziel looked up at Belldandy and smiled. "Thanks Aunt Belldandy. Can I ask you one other question?"
"Of course you can." She replied.
"Well really it's two questions." Raziel added.
Belldandy nodded again, telling him it was alright.
"First question. Do you think Kou is alright with me sleeping in his girlfriend's room, I mean him and Anata from my understanding are..... Umm..... Lovers. Second question, is it alright if I call Yu and see if she would like to have diner with us?" Raziel asked.
Belldandy placed her hand on to Raziel's shoulder. "To answer your first question, I think Kou likes you, even sees you as a friend. And the second question Yu has always been welcome here. You can find her phone number on the side of Anata desk over there."
"Thanks Aunt Belldandy." Raziel said.
Belldandy smiled some more and got up. Once she reached the door she turned to Raziel. "Dinner will be ready in about an hour."
"Thanks Aunt Belldandy." Raziel said as he started looking for Yu's phone number at Anata's desk.
Walking back out in to the hall, Belldandy was met by Keiichi.
"It's strange." He said.
"How so?" Belldandy asked as she continued on to the kitchen with Keiichi fallowing behind her.
"Well where to start....." Keiichi said. "Oh, in another universe Me and Urd have a kid. Don't you think that just a little strange?"
"Not really." Belldandy said as the two walked in to the kitchen. "For thousands of years those of us from Yggdrasil has believed in the possibility of multiple realities. This switching of universe between our daughter and Raziel just proves that multiple realities really do exist." Belldandy paused as she reached for a large cooking pot, and then she started to fill the pot with water. After the pot was filled she placed it on to the stove. "Think about it, if there are multiple realities. There any number of possible out comes, for example. You and I might have never met, or we might have had a son, twins. Urd might have came to you to grant you a wish. I might have never been born or you. Even as much as this planet never having life."
Thinking about it Keiichi scratched the top of his head. "I guess I see what you mean Bell. But really sitting down and thinking about it, it can really hurt your head."
Walking over to the fridge, Belldandy pulled out some veggies and placed them next to the sink and looked over at her husband.
"And there is another thing." She said.
"What's that?" Keiichi asked.
"Raziel." Belldandy stated. "Biologically he is your son. I don't know how things are between Raziel and you in his universe, but while he's here why don't you spend some time with him. You know get to know him."
"You know what Bell, you're right as always. I'm going to go and talk to him right now." Keiichi said then he walked out of the kitchen, down the hall and to the room where Raziel was talking to Yu over the phone.
"..... Okay see you in about an hour?....... Okay see you then..... Bye." Raziel said as he finished the phone call.
Hearing someone knock on the door, Raziel walked over to it and opened it. "Uncle Keiichi?"
"Umm... Hi Raziel....." Keiichi said leaving a vary odd silence between them. "Umm... Why do you call me Uncle?"
Raziel shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know I've always called you that."
Keiichi stood there at the door, again one of those odd moment of silence came over them. "Sooo..... What are you doing tomorrow?" Keiichi asked breaking the silence.
"I don't know." Raziel replied quickly.
"You want to hang out or something tomorrow?" Keiichi asked.
"That sounds cool." Raziel replied.
"Okay....." Keiichi said as he started to turn around, then he stopped and looked back at Raziel. "Oh and if you want to call me dad, that's alright you know."
"Okay....." Raziel said back.
Just as Keiichi started to walk down the hall back to the kitchen Urd stopped him. "So Keiichi trying to get to know our son?"
"Yeah and?" Keiichi said as he walked on past Urd.
"You know...." Urd said making Keiichi stop again. "I still think it's strange that in another universe you and I got together and had a kid."
"Yeah I know..... It is strange." Keiichi said as he scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously. "But it hurts my head thinking about it....."
"I wonder if you were any good." Urd asked to her self making sure Keiichi heard.
"I.... umm wouldn't know..... I... I should really help Belldandy in the kitchen." Keiichi stammered as he went on to the kitchen.
"That's always been a question I've had. Maybe I should ask Belldandy?" Urd said as she fallowed Keiichi in to the kitchen. But just in Raziel's room he braced him self up against the door shaking his head.
"Please, please let this evening be as normal as it can get." Raziel said to him self as he looked up to the ceiling.
---(Son of Urd universe)---
Also just sitting getting ready for dinner, Fiona and Anata sat in their room. Anata said reading some magazine as Fiona sat there at a desk doing some home work.
"You know you can just do that later on." Anata said with out looking up from her magazine.
"I know, but I'd much rather get it done." Fiona said back. "Something tells me you're board."
"Yep....." Anata said back as she turned the page. "That's why I'm looking at this magazine about apartments."
"After dinner we can call Lyn and maybe your new friend and see if they want to go to arcade or to a karaoke bar?" Fiona asked.
"No, something tells me that Rei isn't in to that sort of thing." Anata said back.
"Yeah I guess your right......" Fiona said as she focused back on her homework. "Don't you have homework?"
"All Peorth said as for me to take notes for Raziel and that's what I'm going to do." Anata replied. "She didn't say anything about homework."
"Girls Dinner is ready!" Keiichi called from out side the room.
"Coming!" Fiona and Anata yelled back in unison.
"You know I wonder about something." Anata said as they made their way to kitchen. "I wonder why Rei got all upset just over Kou walking out of the lunch room. I mean he might've had to go to the bathroom or something."
"Maybe he's like one of those guys that just about all the girls want. You like he's desired." Fiona replied.
"Maybe, I don't know.... Mom that smells great." Fiona said as they walked in to the kitchen.
"Yeah, smells great." Anata added.
"I'm glad you two like it." Belldandy said. "I know it's not much but I'm feeling a bit under the weather."
"Are you all right mom?" Anata asked.
"The drink you aunt Megumi gave me didn't settle well in me." Belldandy replied.
"I hope you feel better soon." Fiona said.
Meanwhile up in Yggdrasil well after the business hours at the central hub for the teleportation system. The lights were off and no one was at the main desk. Everything was closed for the night. Over at a large TV like screen small sparks of lightning starts to dance across the screen when suddenly. A figure in all black bursts for the screen and shoots across the marble floor. Skidding to a stop the person in black and a large sword on his back looked around just. Getting his bearings an alarm starts to go off.
"Fifteen minutes...." The man said.
Running deep with in Yggdrasil, the man in black made his way to the archives. But up in the control room things were utter chaos.
"It's the demon infiltration alarm!" Chrono yelled.
"I can hear that!" Peorth yelled back. "Ex I want to know where that Demon is heading."
"Right I'm on it!" Ex said back as she typed franticly. Up on the main screen everyone watched as a map of Yggdrasil came up and a red dot worked its way through the maze of halls through out Yggdrasil. "There's a ninety four percent chance that the Demon will be heading to the archives."
"Right, send guards to the doors of the archives."
Back out in the halls the unknown man ran with lightning speeds. Seeing the doors to the archives along with several of Yggdrasil's most skilled fighters. Stopping, he looked at the four fighters, sizing them up.
"I don't have time for this......." The intruder said as he drew the huge sword from his back. Then the four fighters took a fighting stance waiting for the demon to make the first move.
"Don't be foolish Demon." One fighter said.
Resting the dull side of the swords blade on his shoulder the intruder reached in to his black robes. Pulling out a small ball the intruder tossed it up in to the air then in a bright flash of light, there was sounds of battle could be heard and then there was four thuds. When the light faded the only person left standing was the intruder. Slowly walking in to the archives, vary soon the intruder came to a great door with a seal. Slowly moving his hands over the seal, the intruder reached in to his robes and pulled out something that looked like an explosive. Placing the explosive on to the seal, the intruded pressed a button on it.
Activating the device, the intruder took several steps back and again drew his sword. Then in a quick movement, he drove the sword in to the marble floor. Crouching down behind the sword the intruder waited.
In the control room, Ex watched on the map. "The intruder has seemed to stop just before the restricted area of archives." Chrono said.
Everyone in the control room watched the main screen. Just then the lights flickered and something shook the floor hard enough to throw Peorth from her chair.
"What was that?!" Peorth yelled.
"It appears that a massive explosive device was detonated!" Ex shouted back. "The intruder has gained access to the restricted area of the archives."
At the archives the intruder ran to the nearest computer workstation. Pulling out another device, he placed it on the key board and on the screen to the device the intruder typed.
c:\ dir
Reading the results of the search, the intruder found what he was looking. Highlighting what he was looking for files started to download.
"Come on, come on......" the intruder said to him self as he waited for the files.
"YOU! GET AWAY FROM THAT!" a god yelled form the door before firing a force bolt.
Jumping over the work station, the demonic intruder peeked over desk as another volley of force bolts came flying past, but this time fired by more gods. Bring his arm over the desk the intruder fired a force bolt him self, striking one of the gods in the leg knocking him to the ground in pain.
Back in the control room, Ere sat relaying message after message. "Advance guard, reports that the intruder is pinned down in the archives. And a fire fight has started between the guard and the demon."
"We have him where we want him...." Peorth thought out loud to her self. "Send more to the archives! I want that Demon!"
But back at the archives, the young intruder sat behind the desk.
"Damn it the things I do....." The intruder said to him self as he again reached in to his robes. This time pulling out three things, something that looked like a hockey puck another small box with a red light and a small cylinder with a button. "My fifteen minutes are just about up....."
Sliding the puck like device across the marble floor, it came to a stop in the center of the group of gods. Just then it exploded sending a shock wave in all directions knocking the remaining gods off their feet, giving the intruder his chance to get away. Grabbing the data collection device and placing the small box in its place on the desk. The Demon ran out of the restricted area of the archives, on his way out he grabbed his sword that was still firmly stuck in the floor. When he was clear of the archives the demon pressed the button on the cylinder, and the box on the desk back at the archives exploded destroying the computer work station.
In the control room, Ere reported back everything. "Another explosive device has gone off in the archives. It appears to have destroyed a computer work station. And the demon also appears to be making a run back to the central hub!"
"Right Ex! I want a tracer program up and running! I want to know where the demon goes!" Peorth ordered as she rushed to Ex's work station.
"I'm on it!"
Entering the central hub, the demon stopped when he saw there was a god there standing in his way.
"I can not let you pass. Stand down and I'm sure that you will get a light sentence. The face that you have not taken a life will carry far." The young god said.
"I'm running out of time. Stand aside, I do not wish to harm you." The demon said to the young god as he brought his massive sword forward.
Slowly the god moved she his left side slightly faced the demon showing his own sword. "I don't want to draw this sword. Stand down."
"Then you will pay the price for not defending your self." running tourds the god, the Demon was surprised to see the lightning fast speed the god was able to draw his sword, the two weapons met with a loud cling.
"I'm glad to see Yggdrasil has god that can fight." The demon said as he glared at the god. "But lucky for you I don't have the time to fight such a formable foe."
"What?!"
Feeling the demons great power, the young god had no chance to prepare him self.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" Screaming the demon thrust his fist in to the chest of the god, sending him flying back in to a mirror, making it shatter and sending shards all over the place. Then there was the clinging sound of the gods sword driving it self in to a marble floor.
Taking another step to the large TV screen the demon stopped to look back at the god. "What's your name?"
"Hara" The god replied.
"Maybe someday we will meet in a much better setting." The demon said before stepped through the TV screen.
But up in the control room Ex just sat back in her seat. "Sorry Ma'am, but the tracer program was no good. It appears to have used a program that erased any and all teleportation traces."
Fuming Peorth sat back down at her chair. She then balled her hand in to a fist and slammed it on to the arm. "Damn it!"
T.B.C.
Notes: Okay this was a huge chapter. It was going to be longer, but I figured almost thirty seven pages this will be a good place to end this chapter. But the next chapter might be as long as this but it's the second half of this. So look out for that. The next chapter ill pick up right after this last part.
