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A/N: I was asked by Mordamir, if there was going to be any more appearances of Anata's mortal double? Well I might work something in so she might come up here soon. Maybe not this chapter but the next, but remember there are three Anata's in this universe. There is the Anata that from the 'Goddess of the Earth universe.' then there is the her evil double, Natsuki who was created by the shadows to be able to fight Anata equally..... Well not always fairly. She's much more skilled in hand to hand combat, and her powers are like Anata's when her point limiter is removed. Then there is the mortal Anata that is a native of the 'Son of Urd Universe.' The mortal Anata just looks like Anata and has the same first and last name, but that just about it. She's nothing more then a normal mortal girl. And now we have Raziel's little problem.... Well why don't we just take a look and see how he's dealing with that problem......
Chapter 32.....
---- (Goddess of the Earth Universe) ----
Sitting there on the steps that lead up to the thrown that she was sitting on before Raziel arrived, Yu and Raziel sat waiting to hear any signs of anyone coming up to the door. Yu rested her chin on to Raziel's should who was sitting on the step just below her.
"So..... What now?" She asked.
Raziel shrugged. "Beats me, if they heard our performance I think that they'll be busting the door right about....... Now."
Just then the doors to the room swung open and in fell Hild and Urd. Quickly recovering, Hild got back to her feet and brushed her self off. "Uh... The way you worked that whip was amazing! You're going to fit into the family just fine my dear. And Raziel.... What ever you did, you have several followers outside waiting to hear you secret."
"What?" Raziel said looking past his grandmother to see several demons lined up outside the door waiting for him. "Grandma what are you talking about?"
Hild didn't answer him all she did was walk up to Yu and place her hand on to the girls shoulder. "Come along my dear we have several things to talk care of... And Raziel you just stay here."
Hild then lead Yu out of the room and the doors shut behind her, leaving Urd there in the room with Raziel. Raziel just looked at Urd for a moment as she just looked back. Then he watched as she sat there beside him on the steps. "So about to get the old ball and chain?" Urd asked.
"Mom...... Not now." Raziel said as he rolled his eyes.
"Hold on let me finish.... In a week I've become a mother and now a grandmother and soon here in a couple of hours a mother in law." Urd said as she wrapped her arm around Raziel. "I'm really glad that you did come to this universe."
Hearing this Raziel slowly looked back at his mother and smiled. "Mom you know what.... That's the nicest thing you've said to me in a while."
Urd then looked over at Raziel and pulled him in to a motherly hug, "Thanks mom I love you."
Behind Raziel's head a huge grin came across Urd's face. "Yeah... I love you too."
Out in the hall, Yu and Hild walked down to the other end of Hild's palace. "So dose he have any idea?" Hild asked.
"None at all." Yu replied as she smiled back at Hild. "This is going to be the greatest."
"So he thought that he can out wit me and his mother.... Raziel-chan has another thing coming." Hild said. "Now listen up little one, this is the next step......"
---- (Son of Urd Universe) ----
Two hours after Natsuki's attack......
Standing there in the middle of the room, Anata could be heard breathing heavily. Slowly she turned around to face the huge window, as she did she tossed the stolen war hammer away. Then she grabbed her left shoulder. She just looked back at Natsuki. All around Anata was the dead bodies of fifteen white Evangelions; each one had met its end in some horrible way.
"Had enough Sister?" Natsuki asked form behind the window. "Want some more?"
Stumbling slightly as she took a step forward. Anata smirked and spit some blood from her mouth. "Dose.... It look like I've..... Had enough?"
"Now sister, I know you even better then you know your self, your heart aches for those white ones." Natsuki said, still sitting on the floor. "It aches for the lives you just took..... But tell me sister, why dose your heart not ache for the shadow you destroyed?"
Anata stood there, Natsuki had her. It was true she was hurting from the fact that she had just taken fifteen lives. She still felt the blood that was fresh on her hands, on the hands that had just killed. She looked down at her hands and saw the blood still dripping from in between fingers, and then she slowly looked back at Natsuki.
"The reason is because shadows don't bleed." Anata replied.
Hearing this made Natsuki stand back up and look Anata in the eyes from across the huge window. "Don't bleed? DON'T BLEED?!" Natsuki yelled then punched the unbreakable window, making small cracks spread out form the point of her fists impact. Natsuki then held it there for several seconds, letting her own blood slowly flow from her knuckles. "I am Shadow and yet I bleed." Natsuki said as she then removed her fist from the window, showing the back of her hand to Anata, showing her blood drop down the back of her hand. "I bled before you once before, when you took my life the first time. Tell me sister, did you weep for me? Did your heart ache for me as my blood covered your hands?!"
Anata stood there watching Natsuki's blood slowly flow from her hand. "Did I weep for you? Yes, because when I watched the life from your eyes fade away, it was like watching my self die. It effected me deeply, some might even say that I ended up depressed, I don't know."
"Well sister......" Natsuki quickly moved her bleeding hand to her side, making her blood splatter against the window before her. ".... We settle this here and now."
Just then the window started to slowly move from the ground, removing the barrier that was separating the doubles from each other.
Anata then took a step back unsure what was going to happen. "Settle what?"
"Settle what?" Natsuki asked back as she slowly walked to Anata. "We settle what you and I started a half a year ago."
"Half a year ago?" Anata asked then it hit her. "The Shadow's realm?"
"That's right sister. Half a year ago when you took my life and released the power that was with in me it destroyed my Realm, my world!" Natsuki said her anger clear in her eyes as they flashed a deep red. "When my world was destroyed the shadows moved to a void of nothing, nothing but black and their voices. THEIR VOICES! THE VOICES I HAD TO HEAR FOR A HALF A YEAR!" Natsuki screamed. "I will destroy you body, your soul, and the heavens for what you did to me and my kind!" Natsuki said. "Then when the Evangelion have your powers and you are here dead, I will have my freedom. And not even her....." Natsuki said, pointing over to the shadows where the Empress stood watching. "..... Will take that away from me."
Natsuki then brought her fists up so Anata could see them; she tightened her fists making her power be shown in the form of black lightning. "Anata Morisato, Goddess of the Earth, you are going to die here in a universe that is not your own."
Anata then drew another battle cross; swing it to her side as it unfolded. Then the doubles stood there waiting for who was going to make the first move. Anata watched and waited to see what Natsuki was going to do. She then saw that Natsuki's shifted her body weight just slightly...... Their fight started......
Now an hour later, seven people stood on a hill top a mile away from the Evangelion Empress's palace. One of the seven people had a hooded cloak turned to the others. "It starts now." The cloaked figure said.
Nodding Fiona, Raven and Lyn got themselves ready for their rescue mission. It really came down to a matter of timing. Then the cloaked figure looked over at the other three that was remaining. "Rei, Miss Aoi, Miss Anata. Remember not to leave this hill top. He, who controls the hill top, insures victory."
"Right, don't worry about us we can handle our selves." The mortal Anata said as she prepared an arrow.
The cloaked figure then turned and looked back at the building that was the Empresses palace, he then felt someone tap him on the shoulder. Turning slightly he saw that Rei was there beside him. "Watch after her while we're in there." The Figure whispered.
Rei nodded and whispered back. "Sir Kou, she is a mortal, is they rush this hill top, I don't know if......."
Kou the cloaked figure then looked at Rei and got close enough so that she can see him under the hood. "You are to make sure that she is safe for me." Kou said again. "I have one already in the middle of this, and I'll be damned if I something happens to the other."
Rei let out a heavy sigh. "Sure... I'll make sure that nothing happens to her." Rei said then she walked back over where Aoi and the Mortal Anata stood waiting.
"What's with him?" The only mortal asked.
Before Aoi could answer with the truth, Rei answered quickly. "It's just his way.... Are you going to handle this?"
The mortal Anata nodded. "I'm good."
Aoi smiled and walked back to where Kou and Rei stood. And tapped Rei on the shoulder, turning around Rei found that Aoi was a bit nervous. "What? Not use to being around Demons for this long?" Rei asked.
Aoi shook her head no. "No, this place just gives me the creeps. But I was wondering how much longer do we need to wait?"
Hearing the question from Aoi, Raven walked over and placed his hand on her shoulder, making her jump slightly. "EEP! Raven doesn't do that!"
"Wow, Aoi you are jumpy..... Are you going to be alright?" Raven asked.
"I'll be alright... just how much longer?" Aoi asked again.
Kou turned around, carefully so that the mortal can't have a chance to see his face. "We wait for Miss Peorth's message." He answered.
Kou then sat down and started and just looked back out down the hill.
"Come on Aoi lets rest while we wait for Peorth." Raven said as he let lead Aoi back over where the mortal Anata was sitting at.
As Kou looked out down the hill he remembered what happened just an hour earlier.
Kou's memories
Arriving at the Temple after recovering from Natsuki's attack, Aoi having been the only that could remember the whole sequence of events finished telling everyone what happened.
"..... And that's what happened." Aoi said to Belldandy.
"Excuse me.... I will call Peorth and see what she can do on her end." Belldandy said, fighting back her tears.
Watching her mother leave the room, Fiona looked over at the victims of Natsuki's attack. "We need to make a rescue plane."
Hearing this Lyn shook his head in protest. "Look I know she's your sister, but that Natsuki chick is tough. And to top it off the last thing she said to me was something about her kicking Raziel's butt. I think we better leave the planning to Peorth and your mom."
"I disagree." Kou said making everyone look at him. "Miss Peorth may be a good strategist, but she takes her ages to plane."
Fiona nodded. "What do you have in mind?"
"Do you know where your sister keeps something that looks like your worlds hand held computers?" Kou asked.
Placing her finger on her chin, Fiona thought for a moment. Then she snapped her fingers she remembered. "Yeah I've seen her reading something on it just the other night. One sec I'll go and get it."
Sitting down at the coffee table, Kou closed his eyes thinking what he was going to come up with.
"What are you thinking?" Rei asked in an annoyed tone.
Kou didn't answer.
"Sir Kou, this is a goddess problem, why are you getting involved?" Rei asked.
Opening his eyes, he looked at Rei with his deep purple-red eyes. "Because we are both victims of Natsuki. So that makes us both involved."
Before Rei could say anything in protest, Fiona came back into the living room with that Palm Pilot looking device in her hands. "Here I found it. I don't get it; it's just a palm pilot?"
Holding his hand out, Fiona placed it in to Kou's hand. Then she watched as he inputted some commands into it. Then he placed it on to the coffee table. "Remember three there was a break in at the Yggdrasil archives?" Kou asked.
"I heard of that, some highly classified information was taken right from the archives. And the thief took out several gods and goddesses like they where not there." Lyn answered.
"I was the demon that broke in to the archives." Kou said, and then he pressed a button on the data device. And all the information that was on the device was projected in to a 3-D image. "This is Yggdrasil's entire data base on the Evangelion."
"That's the info that Anata asked me if I could help her look up, something about not being able to read Yggdrasil script." Said Lyn. "But how did you know she was looking for that?"
"I over heard her talking about it......" Kou replied. "Here it details about their realm and their fighting abilities."
"It even has the prison that Sis was kept at.... look she even added foot notes to this section." Fiona pointed out. "It even looks like she was planning something her self."
"It is unlikely that their Empress will keep her at the same location as before, so locating her will be the task of your Miss Peorth." Kou said then he got up from the floor and walked over to the other room where Belldandy was talking to Peorth.
"Mrs. Morisato, may I please speak to Miss Peorth?" Kou asked.
End of Kou's memories
Standing back up with a rock in his hand, Kou tightened his grip on the rock crushing it. 'We now wait for Peorth to lower Anata's power threshold to that of a mortal..... Risky yes? But this will take away the Empresses ability to take her powers.' Kou thought to himself.
Just then those of powers felt as the doubles fight increased.
"You feel that?" Raven asked as he stood up. "It's evil, pure evil."
"It's Natsuki......" Fiona muttered.
In side the palace, Natsuki was just thrown against a wall sending dust in to the air. Anata still beaten was still able to hold her own. "Is.... That all?" Anata asked as she tried to catch her breath.
Shaking her head, Natsuki looked back at Anata she smirked. "Hardly Sister, now I wonder why you haven't removed your limiter?"
"I've learned how to not relay on them all the time." Anata replied.
---- (Goddess of the Earth Universe) ----
"Why is my life so screwed up? It seems like one big joke....." Raziel said out loud to him self.
Standing on a stage in his boxers, with his arms chained up to a pole that was above him and his legs chained to the floor of the stage, keeping him on place. Behind him was several thousand demons, His mother, Aunt Belldandy and Keiichi and Kou. Then to his right was Hild and Yu.
"My fellow Demons, we are gathered here to whitens the marriage of my grandson who we all know is from another universe and this girl from the surface world." Hild announced to everyone.
"Oh I'm so happy for Raziel." Belldandy said as she cried.
"There, there Bell." Keiichi said trying to make his wife feel better.
"Doesn't this seem a little absurd?" Kou asked
"Look I've got something to say." Raziel said, looking over his shoulder to his grandmother.
"Not now I'm on a roll." Hild said. "As we all know the whipping of the male symbolizes the pain that he is willing to go through, and also tells him where his place is." Hild said with a chuckle and was soon fallowed by the laughing of all the Demonesses.
"Normally I am the one that works the whips around here, but I have heard the skill that this human has. I will let Yu here do my grandson's whipping." Hild said as she handed the whip to Yu. "Maybe she was a demon or a dominatrix in a past life, who knows, but I don't think I could do it better my self, Yu dear here s the whip."
"Wow Thanks....." Yu said as she got the whip ready. Then with the crack of the whip, every male sat up straight.
"THIS IS CRAZY!!! GRANDMA I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!!!" Raziel pleaded.
Struggling with the chains that held him in place, Raziel looked over his shoulder as Yu approached Raziel with the whip in hand.
"Come on Yu, You know that you're not knocked up!" Raziel pleaded.
Cracking the whip again, Yu stopped a food five feet behind Raziel. "Come on Raziel the quicker we get this over with the quicker we can get on with our lives and we can raise our child together."
"WHAT!!!"
Again cracking the whip, Tears started to stream from Raziel. "NO! Come..... On......" Raziel cried.
Then before he knew it a set of arms wrapped his upper chest and Yu's head peeked over his shoulder. Glancing over at her Raziel couldn't figure out why she was smiling at him.
"Gotcha."
Raziel gave Yu a questioning look.
"What?" Raziel asked.
Sitting there with several demons, Kou closed his eyes. "I thought something was going on here....."
Just then him Mother and Grandmother started laughing at him, then fallowed by all the demons that where there.
"What? How they know? Better yet, how did you get in on this?" Raziel asked, still with tears in his eyes.
"Before we arrived at the temple that Mara lady over heard us." Yu replied as she laughed.
Then Hild walked around in front of Raziel, and then lifted his chin up. "So Raziel-chan, you thought that you can pull one over me and your mother?"
"Grandma... Uh look, everyone jumped to the wrong idea." Raziel said.
"And you should have told us." Urd added.
Back beside the Demons, Kou nodded. "He did tell everyone several times." He remarked.
"At any rate for this little attempt......" Hild said then she walked behind Raziel. "Come one everyone, free drinks at the palace bar." Hild announced. Then she, Urd, Yu and everyone else filed out of the large stadium, leaving Raziel still chained to the pole that was above him and to the stage.
"Ha ha, vary funny.... Now you guys can let me go now." Raziel said as he heard people walk out of the stadium.
"Sorry Raziel, but free drinks." Yu said as she left Raziel there on the stage.
Then there was the slamming of a door, then nothing. Not a soul left in the stadium... well that is except for Raziel. In nothing but his boxers and chained to the stage.
"Umm..... Alright....... I've learned my lesson now....." Raziel said waiting for an answer, but there was none. Turning around as much as he could, he tried to see if there was anyone. "Come on you guys.... We may still be in Hell, but I'm here in my boxers. And it's kind of drafty here....."
Again nothing.
"Guys? Kou where are you? Mom? Aunt Belldandy? Any one?"
---- (Son of Urd Universe) ----
Still sitting on the hill that over looks the Empress's palace, The demon Kou sat with his eyes closed feeling the battle take place with in the palace's walls. Kou hears someone sit down next to him. It was the Mortal Anata.
"So.... Mind if I ask you something?" She asked.
"You just did." Kou replied, glancing over at her but making sure that she can't see his face.
"Okay... playing like that. I'm going to ask a question after this one I just asked." Anata said.
"Vary well." Kou said. "Ask your question."
The mortal Anata smiled. "Okay why do you ware that cloak and hood? I mean from what I've seen during the last couple of hours you can have a deformity, or you can be really cute." Anata said.
"I have my reasons for having on this outfit, a reason that I will like to my self." Kou replied.
"So I'm guessing that you're really cute and you have a girlfriend and she doesn't want some other girl steel you away from her?" Anata asked as she giggled. "And she's that Rei girl right?"
Kou chuckled lightly. "No, There is no girlfriend... that is anymore. And As for Rei, she's a good friend."
Anata looked behind her where Rei was sitting and playing with her powers over fire. Then back at Kou. "Something tells me that she wants to be something more."
Looking back as well, Kou saw the something as Rei played with her powers, clearly board. But as he looked back he moved his hand from the massive sword and reveled something that was etched in to the metal. Then back at the Mortal Anata. "Maybe so..... But I belong to someone else."
"What was that on your sword? I think I've seen that some..... Where........" Anata said then she trailed off trying to remember where she seen the strange symbol.
Looking back down Kou saw that the symbol was visible, and quickly covered it back up, and stood up. 'She should not remember that......'
In the palace, Anata and Natsuki had just knocked each other to the ground and was gasping for air.
"So.... Sister, why don't we end this?" Natsuki asked as she rolled over to her side and forced her self up.
Forcing her self back as well, Anata rubbed some blood from the corner of her mouth. "I've thought..... The same."
Before Anata was able to remover her limiter, she felt something different. Something within her was different, something that she couldn't quite place. Feeling it as well Natsuki smiled.
"Something the matter sister?" Natsuki asked.
Anata looked over at Natsuki and slowly moved her hand away from her limiter.
--- Up at Yggdrasil ---
"Ex, Chrono lower her power threshold." Peorth ordered.
"Right!"
"Ere prepare to fire Gungnir with the modifications!" Peorth commanded.
"Yes ma'am, charging Gunguir. Total time to firing thirty minutes." Ere said.
--- Back in the Evangelions Realm (I don't know what else to call it) ---
"Miss Peorth has lowered her power threshold, we move." Kou said looked over at everyone. "Rei"
Standing up Rei gave a nod to Kou. She walked to the highest point of the hill. "Show time...."
Raising her hands high above her head Rei looked over at the palace. "Fire and devastation fall from the sky, bring about the fall of the building before me! DEMON HELL FIRE STORM!!!"
Just the small glowing objects started to fall from the darkened skies, at first they where small and few, but quickly to a full blown meteor shower. "You guys better get moving I don't know how long I can hold this!"
"Right" Kou said then he turned to the others. "Miss Aoi, Anata you two provide defiance for Rei! Miss Fiona, Lyn and Raven!"
"Right!"
Raven then started running for the palace first then fallowed by Kou just seconds behind him along with Fiona and Lyn.
Inside the palace, Natsuki was just about to attack again with something made the whole place shake. Seeing Anata stumble, Natsuki charged at Anata and grabbed her by the neck and pinned her to the wall.
"It seems that you are weak as a human for some reason." Natsuki said. "Why is that?"
Taking what little air she could, Anata answered. "I.... I don't know.... But it seems....... That my friends have come...... for me...."
Then there was another impact that shook everyone, even the Empress her self.
Stepping out from the shadows the empress let her presence be known. "Natsuki, it appears that our planes have been altered." The Empress said. "Natsuki!"
Natsuki quickly looked over at the Empress, her eyes flashing for a second.
"I will make sure that your sister remains here." The Empress said. "Just make sure that no one makes it to this room."
Dropping Anata, Natsuki started to walk for the door. "Yes My Lady....."
Gasping for air, Anata looked up just in time to see the Empress walk up right in front of her. "My sweet child, you believe that I will let you have a moments rest?"
Before Anata could say anything, she was lifted up off the floor to eye level with the Empress. Anata and the Empress just looked each other in the eyes. "I think not."
Just with in the palace walls, three white Evangelion guard stood guard.
"Her majesty has order all guard to be on high alert for possible intruders." The first guard said.
Just then there was a loud thud at the large and vary thick wooden gate, making the three guards look over at it.
"What was that?" the third guard asked.
The second guard only shrugged his shoulders.
AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
The first guard looked up just in time to see the a blade come down into its head killing it instantly. The other two turned around to see Kou kneeling there on the ground, and then he stood up and turned to the others.
"Holt!"
Before the remaining two could draw their weapons, Kou in two swift movements with his massive sword sliced open the lower abdomen of the closest guard and driving the sword in to the chest of the second with an upward thrust. Kou rammed the sword up ward for several more seconds making sure that it was dead, but as he did it's blood dripped down to his hands. When he was sure it was dead, he withdrew his sword and walked over to the wooden gate and pressed the button making it open. As it opened he rubbed the side of his face with his boldly hand. Forgetting about the blood.
When the gate came to the ground; Raven, Lyn and Fiona was standing there. Then when they saw Kou they just stood there in shock.
"Kou.... You're bleeding." Fiona said pointing to Kou.
Turning around Kou looked back at the others. "It's not mine."
Then the others saw the bodies of the three guards, and then back at Kou who had his back to them. "We better get going." Kou said.
But before the six was able to enter the main part of the palace, several white guards flooded the area. "Kou, you're fast enough. Get to her we'll keep them busy!" Raven said as he clocked a guard in the face.
Deeper in to the palace, the Empress held Anata against the wall with her powers. Then there was yet again another impact that shook the whole place. Looking at the great set of doors to the room, she let out a sigh. "It seems that there is an entire army out there."
"Or maybe just a couple good friends?" Anata asked back.
Dropping Anata to the ground, the Empress started to pace back and forth. "They maybe friends but none the less they will fail in your rescue."
Forcing her self up, Anata was about to attack the Empress, even she was now as weak as a human. Nut just before she started to form a fist, she felt her power returning but not from this vary universe but from some where else.
---- (Goddess of the Earth Universe, Yggdrasil) ----
Going over calculation after calculation and theory after theory, Peorth was at a loss with the problem at hand. But she was getting no where, after the hundredth time of trying to solve the same problem.
Subject A(Anata) stuck in universe B. And Subject B(Raziel) stuck in universe A. Simple problem, Right? WRONG!!
"AAAAHHHHH!!!!! I can't get it! The Almighty gives me the responsibly of running all of the known Universe and I can't even get two damn kids back to their own Universe!!!" Screamed Peorth, making everyone in the Yggdrasil control room look at her.
Ere, Chrono and Ex all looked at each other.
"She hasn't had a descent nights sleep for the whole week." Chrono whispered.
"I heard that the Almighty won't let her sleep until she figures a way to get Anata back." Ex whispered back.
"I even heard that Lady Belldandy had told Peorth the same thing." Ere added.
Little did they know, Peorth was right there behind them listening in on them.
"Oh yeah... I've heard about three techs that might be assigned to debugging detail." Peorth whispered.
"Uh never mind... umm everything is running normally." Chrono said as she quickly returned to work.
"Yep everything is okay in the heavens!" Ere announced.
"All is good with Yggdrasil and..... No wait." Ex said then she started to type madly on her harp board. "Ma'am the last of Anata's reactors has reactivated and has charged to 60%!"
"What?!" Peorth shouted. "Did she some how get back here?!" Peorth asked.
Still typing Ex answered without turning around. "No Ma'am! She's not on the grid anywhere! Do you want me to pull the plug?!"
"No Let them keep running! Chrono, have every scanner we have gather info! I want to know everything what's going on!" Peorth ordered. "Ere I want you there in that reactor room to keep things together and Ex help Ere with the scanners!"
"Right!" All three replied.
---- (Son of Urd universe, Evangelion Realm) ----
Falling over from lack of power Rei looked over at Aoi and the Mortal Anata. "Sorry that's all I've got....."
"What!?" Anata screamed. "That's it? Just ten minutes?"
"I like to see you try something like that!" Rei screamed back.
Just then Aoi watched as several white guards ran out of the palace and started up the hill.
"Umm guys?" Aoi said pointing down the hill.
"GRRR.... If I had magical powers I might be able too!" Anata yelled.
"What ever if you had powers I bet you couldn't even make a simple force bolt!" Rei yelled back.
"You guys!" Aoi said a bit louder then the last time.
"What I bet I could......"
"LOOK!" Aoi finally screamed getting Rei and Anata to look down the hill where they both saw what Aoi had seen.
At the Palace gates Fiona, Lyn and Raven made sure the there was a way out for their friends.
"How.... You doing over there...... Lyn!?" Raven yelled as he held a guard in a head lock.
Having just knocked a guard across the court yard, Lyn looked over at Raven. "I'm.... holding my own! What about you Fiona?"
Forcing a guard off of her Fiona looked over at Lyn. "I'm doing okay!"
Deeper in side the Palace, Anata could still her power returning and so did the Empress. "I see you are regaining your power......"
Turning around the Empress saw that Anata was standing back up with a force bolt in her hand. "I see...."
"You captured me twice, and hurt me both times and those I hold most dear." Anata said, and then she drew a battle cross. "That is unforgivable!"
"You think that you can stand against me?" The empress asked, and then the Empress raised her hand and forced Anata back against the wall. Then with a flick of the wrist, she sent Anata flying across the room. "Fool."
Back in Yggdrasil Peorth stood behind Ere. "What's Gunguir status?" Peorth asked.
"Gunguir is currently at 58% and will be ready in fourteen minutes." Ere replied. "You think they will be out by then?"
"I sure hope they do..." Peorth replied looking up at the charge status of Gunguir.
In the Evangelion Empress's palace, Kou stopped for a moment to figure out where he was at. Looking around then figured that he was a bit switched around. "I believe that I'm a bit switched around......" Kou said to him self, and then he pulled out the data pad that had the map of the palace. "Right.... 200 meters down this corridor."
Running to the last set of doors, Kou stopped and placed both of his hands on to the great wood doors and pushed them open. Walking in he stopped feet from the door when a single light came on. And there fifteen feel in front of him was none other then Natsuki, with a sword resting on her shoulder.
"I see the empress has a new puppet." Kou said.
"I am a puppet to no one..... Not the shadow nor the empress." Natsuki said then she looked up at Kou. "Ironic, a demon fighting one of pure evil."
Kou rested his sword on to his shoulder. "Evil has no right taking a form of her...... Now, prepare your self!"
Natsuki watched as the demon charged at her.......
Just in the next room, the Empress was walking circles around Anata with a puzzled expression. "Tell me, why do you resist me? Resist my will?"
Anata stood there as she felt her power slowly come back, but it was different. Something distant about it like it was having a hard time getting to her. Sure in the past she felt this time delay before when she summoned her powers from the four great reactors at Yggdrasil, but nothing like this.
"You do have great power at your disposal, power that at one time powered your Yggdrasil that in turn ran all of the known universe. In short you have the power of a whole universe... Power that I wish to have..... No desire to have." The Empress said then she stopped in front of Anata. "How is it like?"
"To have that power? I don't normally think about it........ It's something in my life that I don't keep on the top of my list of important things."
Not liking the answer she got the empress lifted the young goddess off the ground with her own hands and threw her across the room, slamming the goddess into wall.
Falling to the ground with a thud, Anata rolled to over onto her side. "Ouch......."
Meanwhile in the other room.....
"DIE DEMON!!!!" Natsuki yelled has she held a dagger high just inches from Kou's face while pinning him to the ground. "Killing you will hurt her deeply!"
Fighting the dagger back, Kou placed his foot on to Natsuki's stomach and rolled back; launching his attacker back several feet. Her feet hitting the ground she skidded to a stop and with a quick flip of the dagger she threw it at Kou. Seeing it coming, looking to his left he grabbed a shield and quickly brought it up, just in time to see the blade of the dagger effortlessly end up at showing through the shield.
But before he had a chance to react Natsuki had rushed to the demon, and grabbed him by the neck. Kou watched as black lightning sparked down Natsuki's arm as she lifted him up off the ground, but before Natsuki could finish the young demon off. There was a huge crash, the whole wall that suppurated the two rooms was brought down, and when the dust cleared they where surprised to see the Empress slumped against the wall.
Soon Anata slowly stepped over the rubble of the wall, her eyes a bright blue and in her full goddess garb.
"Sister, I see that you have finally gotten your powers back some how..... Now we can finish what we started." Natsuki said as she grabbed Kou and walked over to Anata.
Slowly Anata looked over at Natsuki and started for the double. And formed a force bolt in front of her, the soon fired off a beam of light.
"I remember that one!" Natsuki said before she formed a shield that looked like a prism. Then when the beam hit the prism it went flying off in to a load barring beam that was part of the palace, making the whole palace fall apart from the inside.
"Natsuki! It seems we must rethink our actions!" The Empress said. "Knock down the remaining support pillars! And get to the transport!"
"But what of......"
"DO AS I SAY OR OUR DEAL IS FORFEIT!" The Empress yelled.
"Yes My Lady!" Natsuki said then she turned to the pillars and started to fire force bolt after force bolt at the pillars, knocking down each on, making the palace even more unstable. And the Empress and Natsuki disappeared in the thick of the dust.
Running up to Anata Kou tried to snap the goddess out of her daze, as the debris fell all around them. "Miss. Anata you must wake up!" Kou yelled and shook Anata.
Anata just keep on walking in the direction that the Empress and Natsuki went off too. "Miss. Anata you must stop!"
Stopping Anata looked over at Kou and suddenly lifted up off the ground just a foot or so. Then the two peaces of fabric that looks like angels wings lifted up like wings then flapped forward firing a huge beam at Kou. Jumping out of the way, just in time to see a hole blasted in the floor. Kou looked over at Anata.
"Forgive me....." Said Kou just before he ran up to Anata and punched her in the stomach, making her eyes go wide then she fell to the ground out cold.
Picking her up, Kou looked around the room and started running out of the palace. But just at the other end of the palace, The Empress and Natsuki arrived at the transport; where several white Evangelion guard waited.
"My lady there is only room for you." One guard said.
The Empress looked over at Natsuki and smiled. "Natsuki my sweet, it's been a pleasure having you work for me......" The Empress said, and then she pulled out a dagger and drove it right in the stomach hand pulled her close to her. "You have become liability, a liability I can not afford."
Then the Empress pushed Natsuki back in to the falling Palace. She stood there her eyes wide and holding the dagger with her own hands. "You......You betrayed me......." Natsuki said.
"Just as you would to me, and remember you are nothing but a living, breathing, walking weapon of mass discretion. I can always make you again." The Empress said just before the door to the transport closed and vanished into thin air.
Natsuki then fell to her knees and removed the dagger; slowly she looked at it in her hands. There she saw her own blood, then she let the weapon fall to the ground; she then fell over on her side. "Betrayed.... I was betrayed..... I was used just like before......"
Back out side, Fiona and the others had started up the hill when the White Evangelion and started to retreat and the palace started to crumble around them.
"Where are they?" Fiona asked as she looked back down the hill.
"Yeah where's the guy that had that cloak on?" The mortal Anata asked.
Just then Kou came running up the hill with someone over his shoulder.
"Look there they are! I'll call Miss. Peorth and tell her to get ready to get us out of here." Aoi said as she pulled out a cell phone.
Just as Kou reached the top of the hill, the heavens opened up to and a light shined down on the Palace and narrowed down to a beam. "Peorth had better get us out of here." Kou said.
The Mortal Anata saw the demon's face, her eyes widened. "My God it......"
Then before she could finish, Kou turned around then the Mortal Anata saw her self. "What the hell that's......"
Again before she could finish what she was going to say, eight beams of light came up out of the ground, then they where gone, just seconds before the blast from Gunguir hit the palace.
---- (Goddess of the Earth Universe) ----
Still Raziel was chained to the stage in his boxers.
"Man...." Raziel said in a heavy sigh. "It's getting really could being like this."
Hearing someone walk in to the stadium, Raziel tried to turn around but the chains made that hard. "Come on, it's getting chilly being like this! Let me go!" Raziel pleaded.
"Who would have thought that someone could catch cold in hell?" Yu said.
"It's you...... You're evil." Raziel said, as he turned back around. "Why's you do this? And how did they find out that it was an act?"
"Oh that's simple they found out by oh what's her name..... Umm she looks like your mom..... What was her...."
"Mara." Raziel said helping Yu.
"That's right, Mara over heard us before we walked in to the temple, and she told your grandmother and mom." Yu said.
"But why did you do this?" Raziel asked.
"Well at first I didn't but your grandmother can be really convincing." Yu replied.
"She threatened you with a feather didn't she?" Raziel asked as he watched Yu walk up in front of him.
"Yeah....."
"I see." Raziel said.
"But Raziel, you look on your face was really priceless." Yu added. "And besides I like you like this..... Helpless and open."
"Sorry I'm not in the bondage stuff." Raziel said.
"Oh... that's okay. I'm not in that sort of kinky stuff neither." Yu said. "But I must admit that I liked using the whip though."
"Well.... Since we're being honest..... I sort of liked that whip too...." Raziel said with a blush.
"You are a naughty one..... But Raziel can I ask you something." Yu asked.
"Uh... sure." Raziel said.
"Why do you have on heart patterned boxers?" Yu asked.
Raziel let out a heavy sigh. "It's.... one of the many of little embarrassment my mother puts me through....."
Mean while at the Morisato temple, everyone was just getting back home. Urd was border line drunk and was causing trouble for poor Kou.
"Aw come on Kou, have a little drinky......" Urd said as she lend on Kou.
"No." Kou simply said. "Lady Belldandy, Must I be the one this time?"
"Now Kou it's everyone's job to take care of Urd when she has something to drink, and this time it's your turn." Belldandy replied.
"Don't worry Kou, last time it was mine." Keiichi added.
Leading Urd to her room, Kou was stopped by Skuld.
"In the living room." Skuld ordered.
"Lady Skuld I really don't have the time." Kou said.
"You want to send Anata an audio message don't you?" Skuld asked.
Hearing this idea, Kou practically dropped Urd and fallowed Skuld in to the living room. "What do I do?" Kou asked.
"All you do is press record and talk in to the Mr. Microphone." Skuld replied. "But you're only limited to three minutes."
Nodding Kou waited until Skuld walked out of the room and started to make his recording.
In the kitchen Belldandy was getting ready to fix a small dinner when she saw that there was a message on the answering machine. She then pressed the button.....
'Belldandy, its Peorth. Something big has happened up here, the last of Anata's reactors just kicked on for some reason. It was like when ever she would remover her point limiter. But that's not all! We found where she's at in the so called spectrum of the universe. So we're just that much closer to getting your daughter home...... well call up here as soon as you can. Bye!........ Message recorded today at 2:30 pm.'
Belldandy stood there with a smile. "She's going to be home soon..... I hope....." Belldandy said to her self out loud.
---- (Son of Urd universe) ----
Having returned back to the Temple, Anata was placed in her futon. Still out from the Demon Kou's punch. But Kou nor the others where there beside Anata, but her Belldandy, Keiichi and Peorth.
"How's she doing?" Peorth asked.
Belldandy placed a cool cloth on to Anata's forehead before answering. "She's still out from her demon friend's punch. But I think that she's going to be alright."
"What happened? I thought you where going to lower her power?" Keiichi asked.
"We did, but her own reactors from her universe some how found a way to sent her power..... But the really good news is that we are just that much closer getting her back to her own universe and getting Raziel back." Peorth replied. "After I think about it... how is Urd holding up?"
Keiichi and Belldandy looked over at Peorth. "She's doing alright I guess.... She hasn't talked about it that much." Keiichi replied.
"Where is everyone?" Peorth asked after she noticed that the temple was really quite.
"Anata's two demon friends returned to Nefleim, Raven and Aoi went off on their own..... And Fiona and Lyn took Anata's Mortal double back to her own home and to alter her memories." Belldandy replied.
Just in the other room Skuld was slowly typing away at a laptop. "I.... can't...... type anymore........ Computer code..........." Skuld said just before passing out. Her head falling on to the key board. A set of headphones softly played music in her ears then there was........
"IN COMING MESSAGE!" Blasted in her earphones, making Skuld about jump out of her skin.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! MY EARS!!!!!" Skuld screamed as she ripped the headphones off her head.
Looking over the couch Urd gave her sister a questioning look. "What are you crying about?" she asked.
"What? I can't hear you!" Skuld screamed.
"I said..... Oh never mind I'll just look for my self." Urd said as she got up form the couch. Looking at the computer screen, she looked back over at Skuld. "You got an audio message from Anata's universe?"
"What? I got an audio message from Anata's universe.... cool eh?" Skuld asked.
Urd just shook her head. Then she walked over to Fiona and Anata's room. "Belldandy, we got an audio message from her universe." Urd informed everyone in the room.
Just then Skuld came in the room with two CD's. "Guess what? I get an audio message from Anata's universe!" Skuld yelled still do the fact that she can't hear her self.
Belldandy then gave her sisters a questioning look, but before she could ask Urd waved her hands telling her sister not to ask then she look over at Skuld. "Your magic is stupid." Urd said smiling and giving thumbs up.
Skuld only smiled and gave another thumbs up in reply.
"Your inventions are stupid too." Urd said again smiling and giving a thumbs up.
"Urd you mustn't." Belldandy said.
"What was that Belldandy? Urd's a big dummy?" Skuld said loudly.
Urd then clinched her hands in to a fist. "Duh.... You.... Little brat..... I should......."
"I got two CD's, one from Urd to Urd and the other from Anata's boyfriend to Anata." Skuld said holding two mini-CD's.
Urd just swiped her CD and stormed out of the room. And Belldandy took Anata's CD and placed it in to Anata's hands. "We must let her sleep." Belldandy said then she got up off the floor and walked over to the desk and made a note to Anata telling her what was on the CD so when she woke up. "Come on everyone out I'll fix us something to eat."
A couple hours later Anata awoke to find a CD in her hands. Sitting up she rubbed her head. 'My..... My head hurts.' She thought to herself.
Looking around the room she realized that she needed to use the bathroom, so getting up she found that the pain she remembered was not part of a bad dream but for real. Out in the hall she passed Fiona.
"How you feeling Anata?" Fiona asked.
Anata didn't say anything, she just kept on walking to the bathroom and shut the door, and Fiona just stood there worried about Anata. Moments later she heard the flush of the toilet, and then Anata limped back out? "Do..... Do you have a portable CD player?" Anata asked.
"There is one on the desk in our room." Fiona replied.
Anata then limped on in the room and shut the door behind her. Fiona walked over to the door and heard Anata flop on to her futon with a loud thud.
In the room Anata put the CD in the portable player her pressed play. Her eyes widened slightly when she heard how's voice was on the recording.
"Anata I only have three minutes, and there is so much I want to tell you... umm Raziel and Yu have seemed to get really close and for a short, vary short time everyone thought that they where even going to have a child. But the was dismissed. You.... You don't want to hear about Yu don't you? I miss you, I miss your touch, your voice, the sound of your heart beating...... please, please find a way back soon...... " As Anata listened to the recording she started to break down and cry. Not just a cry but a good long hard cry, one that was coming for a long time from her separation from her love.
Out in the hall, Fiona just stood there in front of the door listening to her sisters sobs. She looked to the ground. "She's locking her self away again......" Fiona said with a heavy sigh before walking away from the door.
T.B.C.