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Chapter 4: Just one confusing thing after another.
Waking up with out the aid of her alarm clock, Anata slowly rolls off her futon and then she slowly stood up stretching. Making her way to the bathroom, she grabbed her thing for a bath. Unaware that Kou was doing his daily cleansing.
Opening the door to the bathroom, Anata stood there looking at Kou just by chance he was just getting out of the tub. The two starred and blinked. Then it clicked with Anata.
EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! PERVERT!!!!!!!!
Hearing a loud crash, Both Belldandy and Keiichi's eyes snapped open and rushed out of their room over to the bathroom.
"What is Anata?!" Keiichi asked.
"IS someone peeking in on you?!" Belldandy added.
Then Belldandy looked in to the bathroom, and there was Kou with a red hand print across his face and a towel around him. Then Belldandy realized that she had forgotten to tell Anata that he would be staying there for some time.
"Oh Silly me, I forgot to tell you that Kou will be staying here so he may help with you're training." Belldandy said as she yawned and stretched.
"What? You just forgot? Mom I think this is something that I should have been told about. And as for you lock the door." Anata said.
Belldandy just shrugged her shoulders and went walked to the kitchen for her morning cup of tea. Anata looked at her Father, who was now awake all the day.
"You know that she needs her tea before she dose anything else in the morning." Keiichi reminded Anata. And then went to the kitchen for some coffee.
Anata then turned to Kou who now had cloths on. "When did you find out about this little arrangement?" Anata asked.
Looking at Anata, he found him self looking in to her eyes, Blushing some he turned away. "I found out after you went to your room to rest. And trust me, I don't like it not one bit. I have my own classes to study for myself you know. But Peorth fixed it so you're mother is my new instructor." With that, Kou walked past Anata, leaving her there thinking.
"What was the blushing all about?" She said to her self as she walked in to the bathroom and shut the door, and made sure that it was locked.
Filling the tub, Anata slipped in to the warm water. Letting out a vary heavy sigh, Anata brought her knees to her chest and started to think to her self, think about what's going on.
---------- Anata's thoughts ---------
This is more then likely going to be one big bust. I mean with this power amp I have on, I don't feel any different. Maybe this is all a mistake? Maybe I'm just meant to be just the way I am now? And what's with Kou, dame he's just about one of the biggest jerk I ever met. All worried about his classes and his job, and what about my studies and my job at whirlwind? But Kou is kind of cute..
--------- End of Anata's thoughts -------
Shaking her head, Anata started to get out of the tub. Out in the kitchen, Belldandy is fixing breakfast as Keiichi was doing some paper work from work and Kou was studying for some test.
"Keiichi, Kou please put your things up so we can set the table for breakfast." Belldandy asked, looking over her shoulder.
Keiichi put his papers in a nice little stack and took them to the living room, Kou on the other hand snapped his fingers and poof his book was gone. Seeing that Belldandy walked up to Kou as she placed the plates on the table.
"Kou you shouldn't use your powers so much, you will use them up." Belldandy said as she placed a glass in front of Kou.
"How so?" He asked?
"Being away from Yggdrasil, you don't have you're normal power that you would have in the heavens. Now would you like some Clam meso soup?"
Shaking his head yes, Belldandy put come soup in front of him. Looking at the bowl, Kou took up the spoon, and started to eat it.
"This is good." Kou said to him self.
Back across town Ryoka slowly woke up. Rolling over on to her back, she opened her eyes to see the ceiling. "Ouch. My head, what a dream." She said to her self.
Sitting up Ryoka looked around the room. The sun light was bright and shining in to her room. Rubbing her head she fast found out that she had the biggest headache she could ever remember having.
Walking in to the small kitchen, Ryoka found a note from her mother. Reading it she crumpled up the letter and tossed it in to trash.
"Mom had to go to work today. not surprising." Ryoka said to her self.
After taking a shower, Ryoka went out to do some shopping. When she reached the market area, she stopped dead in her tracks. There were the people that she would normally see there at the market, and she head them talking but there was more noise then normal.
"Why is it so loud here today?" She asked out loud.
Walking to one stand to get some vegetables, she handed the mertenchent some money.
"Thank you vary much young lady." The Shop owner said to Ryoka.
"No thank you sir." She said, forcing out smile.
Walking off to her next stop, she then heard "Check out the legs on her." spinning around Ryoka was pissed.
"What did you say?!" She yelled. Making every one around her and the shop owner to look at them.
"I didn't say any thing." He answered.
"But I could have sworn that you said something?" Ryoka said pointing at the shop keeper.
The man only shook his head. "I said thank you."
Then looking around the noise was deafening. There was the noise of every one talking. There was the noise of every ones thoughts. Each person she looked to it was like she was changing the station to a radio. Dropping her bag, she clinched her head with both hands and ran as fast as she could to her apartment. Each person she passed, she heard their thoughts. Reaching her apartment, she slammed the door behind her and fell to her knees.
"What the hell was that?"
After catching her breath, Ryoka went to the bathroom and splashed some cool water on to her face. In the mirror she saw the shadow from the tree out side the window. Then in the shadow the same dark figure formed. Turning around, Ryoka pointed at the figure.
"What did you do to me?" She asked.
"I have given you what you wanted. To be like Anata Morisato." The shadow replied.
"She can't read minds.. Can she? I've heard her family is weird..." Ryoka rambled.
"She can. and much more. Go and do what you wish. Do what you feel like doing. There is no force here on earth that can stop you." The shadow commanded.
"I thought that Anata Morisato can do the same?" Ryoka asked.
"Her powers are not developed." With that the shadow faded in to the shadow of the tree.
After the figure was gone. Ryoka looked back in to the mirror and a wicked smile came across her lips.
Back at the temple Anata and Kou are out in the back yard, sitting on the ground.
"Move the rock." Kou commanded.
Being a little bit of an smart ass, Anata took the rock in her hand and moved the rock over to the right about six inches.
"There I moved it." Anata said.
Lowering his head and shaking it no. "With you're powers."
Pointing at the rock, Anata moved it back to where it was. "There better?"
Kou only shook his head again.
"What? I moved it with my powers." Anata said.
"You used your hand as a focal point." Kou said.
"What?" Anata asked.
"Hand magic. You use your hands to make things happen, it's the most basic of magic." Kou answered as he showed what he was talking about by moving the rock with his powers going through his hands.
"What you need to do is to think it. Instead of motioning it." Kou said.
Sitting there Anata got a really questioning look. "You know Kou, you just made as much since as my Aunt Urd drunk. Try that again."
"You need to use you're mind to levitate objects rather then you're hands. Is that clear enough for you?" Kou said.
"Alright I'll try." Anata said.
Anata then looked long and hard at the rock. She focused on to the rock, trying to see it moving. But all the rock did was vibrating there in its place.
"Come on, make it move, roll or lift it off the ground. Something." Kou said with a rather annoyed tone.
Focusing even harder on the rock as she did Kou went on and on about moving the rock.
"It's only a two inch rock maybe weighing not even a pound. So just move the stupid rock." Kou demanded.
Annoyed, Anata's eyes shot at Kou and the rock went flying right in to Kou's chest. It bounced off and fell to the ground. Rubbing his chest He looked over at Anata.
"Okay that's a start; we'll just work off of that." Said Kou.
Sitting there in the back yard also is Belldandy; she's been sitting on the bolder watching over Kou and her daughter. Smiling at the small bird she was petting, Belldandy sent the bird of on its way and walked over to Anata.
"Well done dear. With practice you will be able to move even larger objects." Belldandy said.
"Like what?" Anata asked.
Looking around Belldandy saw Anata's motorcycle. Closing her eyes the motorcycle lifted up off the ground. Turning it around so the front of the bike is now facing the three of them. Opening her eyes, Belldandy rubbed her forehead.
"My I haven't used that much of my powers in a long time." Belldandy said.
"Wow that bike is an easy three hundred pounds. But what's wrong mom?" Anata stated.
"Like Kou and you're aunts and I, when were suppurated from Yggdrasil we are cut off so to reduce the amount of stress on the system." Belldandy said.
Kou then looked over to Anata. "I assume that you can levitate your self?" Kou asked. Right when he said that Anata was hovering about a foot or so off the ground.
"Okay looks like you know how to do that one." Kou said.
"I figured that one out when I was little." Anata said.
"It's true; she was four when she started to levitate her self. That's when Keiichi and I decided to teach her about her heritage." Belldandy said.
"I see." Kou said looking over at Anata who was walking in to the temple. Then Kou looked back at Belldandy. "Where she off to?" He asked.
Belldandy only shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know."
About a minute or so later Anata came back out with her backpack.
"Where are you off to?" Kou asked.
"Yes Anata where are you going?" Belldandy asked.
"I promised Matagu that I will play his a game of Grand Turismo, and I would like to do some shopping to. If you want you can come with me." Anata said.
"If you're going out it will be a great chance to teach you at reading minds." Kou said.
"I can't do that.. Can I?" Anata asked her mother.
Belldandy nodded. "Yes. I can, you're aunts can but I have it so I can only since emotions. To save power."
"Okay what am I thinking, or I should say feel right now?" Anata asked testing her mother.
Belldandy squinted her eyes and looked right in to Anata's eyes. "You are aggravated, with a hint of anger and there is something else there I can't quite place it.."
"Okay, okay I believe you." Anata said cutting her mother off before she can finish.
Walking down the driveway, Anata turned to Kou. "So are you coming?"
"Sure." Answered Kou.
Little did Anata know, she had captured Kou's hart? He was falling for her and Anata didn't even know.
After a short walk to the bus stop, Anata and Kou stood there waiting for their ride. The silence was getting to Kou just a little, so what better time to make conversation.
"So. How come you didn't use you motorcycle thing?" Asked Kou.
"The cost of gas is way too high. And I've been trying to save up for some new things for my bike." Stated Anata.
"I see." Said Kou.
Just then the bus came around the corner and pulled up to the stop. Getting on the bus Kou looked over at Anata, and then he looked back out the window.
"What?" Anata asked.
"Nothing.." Kou said as he kept on looking out the window.
"No, there was something you were going to say." Anata said.
"What, we can read minds all of a sudden?" Kou asked.
Turning so she can look Kou in the face, Anata answered. "No I cant read minds, but I can tell when someone has something on it. So again what were you going to say?"
"Is life here on earth like this?" Kou asked.
"I'm not sure that I fallow." Anata said with a confusing look.
"Here you are with so much to do, training and getting ready for these exams. But you are taking the time to go shopping and spend time with you're cosin. IN the heavens there will be no time for such fooling around." Kou said.
"Well for the most part things are a little laid back, unless you live in places like Tokyo or Kyoto you know the bigger cities." Anata answered. "Tell me? What is it like in the heavens?" She asked.
Kou turned to Anata surprised that she was asking. "What? You're mother hasn't told you any thing about the heavens and Yggdrasil?"
"She has, but she told me that the last time she was there was for a doctors appointment. You on the other hand have been there more recently." Anata said.
"What about you're two Aunts?" Kou asked.
"Well Auntie Skuld has the same story as my mom, and aunt Urd.. She probably can't remember with all the drinking she dose." Anata answered.
"Well the heavens have just about every environment you can think of, every thing from the greenest of forests to the hottest of deserts. And Yggdrasil is a huge complex with the system that makes all of exanctence work." Kou said.
After that the two sat there in silence the Anata asked another question. "So is there a Goddess waiting you up in heaven?"
Shocked by the question, Kou collected him self before answering. "No there is no one waiting for me... What about you? "
"Wha..What?"
"Do you have a lover?" Kou asked?
"What? No I'm only sixteen years old." Anata answered back rather quickly.
Kou sat there thinking. "She with no one." the whole ride to the market Kou and Anata chatted, got to know one another better.
"So you're in what could be like collage?" Anata asked.
"Something like that. You see the training I receive teaches me how to use my powers. Just like you're training will." Kou answered.
Just then the bus came to a stop. Climbing of the bus, Anata started her shopping with Kou was fallowing her. Littler did they know a shadow was starting to come out of a shadow of a near by tree.
"Well I'm hungry, what about you Kou?" Anata asked.
"Just a little but I'm..."
Just then a car was over turned in the middle of the market fallowed by a huge explosion. Both Anata and Kou turned to see what it was. Then there is was. A creature that was all black and nothing but. There was noting to show detail to it. The beast then punched down on to an other car, crushing the hood of it to nothing; then let out a loud screech that made every on cover their ears.
"What the Hell is that?" Anata yelled.
"It's a shadow, Stay behind me!" Kou answered as he pulled Anata behind him. Then he reached in to his jacket and pulled out the peace of tube with the button on it, pushing it. It extended out to his staff and put him self in to a fighting stance.
Throwing another car across the street in to a building then turned its attention to Anata and Kou.
"Anata when I tell you to, I want you to run as fast as you can away from here." Kou said as he watched every movement of the monster.
"What? I want to help." Anata said.
"All in good time but for now just do as I say." Kou said. "NOW RUN!"
Anata then ran, as fast as she could. At the same time Kou charged the shadow monster. The monster swung its crab like claw at Kou, Seeing the claw coming down on him, Kou jumped out of the way. Hearing the loud crash, Anata stopped and turned around to see what was going on. All she saw was plume of smoke jetting up in to the air.
"OH NO! KOU!!" Anata Yelled, then she ran back to where the monster was, all the way back there she had to fight through the people trying to get away.
Dodging swing after swing from the monster. Then his staff was knocked out of his hands. It was all in slow motion for Kou. The claw came down, thinking fast Kou did all he could do. Catching the claw with his bare hands, the shear force forced him to his knees and the concrete spider webbed out in all directions.
At same time Anata came around the corner to see Kou locked in combat with the monster.
"Kou!" Anata Yelled. Making the monster turn to look at her.
"No Anata go!" Kou yelled.
Seeing its true target, the monster then knocked Kou out of the way sending him in to a wall of a building, knocking the wind out of him. Rolling on to his back Kou watched as the monster started to walk tourds Anata. Seeing his staff there on the ground, he started to crawl to it as fast as he could. The he saw a telephone poll with a power transformer on it. Reaching his staff, Kou stood back up and throw his staff like a javelin, piercing the power transformer. He watched as the shadow monster's head touched the staff as it stuck out of the transformer elecuteing it. Kou then ran to Anata as the monster was being fried.
"What's happening?" Anata asked.
Not answering her, Kou knew that they only had a moment of seconds. Clapping his hands together then reaching out to both sides, reaching out wards as far as he can. A shield formed around Anata and him self Just as the Shadow monster exploded sending glass like fragments all over the place.
When the smoke cleared Kou and Anata was still standing there, then the shield dissipated then Kou fell to the ground.
"Kou?! Kou? Are you alright?" Anata asked while shaking Kou.
Making a goofy grin Kou rolled on to his back and looked up to Anata. "Looks like you're mother was right, I really should watch how much power I use."
"Here let me help you up. I should get you back home." Anata said.
Helping Kou up off the ground, they started to make their way out of the market then Kou stopped. "Wait my staff."
"Forget it, that thing is stuck in there." Anata said.
With out saying a word, Kou limped over to the telephone poll, when he got to it, he formed a fist. Then with a swift punch the vibration made the staff fall to the ground. Then he walked over to it, when he touched it. It burned his hand then he pushed the button making it retract back to the small tube it was before.
"It was given to me by a good friend." Kou said as he limped back to Anata.
Sitting off on top of a building, Ryoka is laughing out of control at the trashed market. "That was great! Who said that Mindless destruction was never fun? HA ha. Yah!!!"
Then in her head the dark voice was talking to her. "Yes, you can do so much more.."
T.B.C.
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Anata walks out on the screen. If it was a real show. "Wow that was intense. This monster thing comes out of know where and starts to trash the area. And now there is this girl that can do all that I can do. Okay just better then me. And come to find out she goes to my school this cant be good. And some feelings are revieled. Check it out on the next chapter of Goddess of the Earth."
Chapter 4: Just one confusing thing after another.
Waking up with out the aid of her alarm clock, Anata slowly rolls off her futon and then she slowly stood up stretching. Making her way to the bathroom, she grabbed her thing for a bath. Unaware that Kou was doing his daily cleansing.
Opening the door to the bathroom, Anata stood there looking at Kou just by chance he was just getting out of the tub. The two starred and blinked. Then it clicked with Anata.
EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! PERVERT!!!!!!!!
Hearing a loud crash, Both Belldandy and Keiichi's eyes snapped open and rushed out of their room over to the bathroom.
"What is Anata?!" Keiichi asked.
"IS someone peeking in on you?!" Belldandy added.
Then Belldandy looked in to the bathroom, and there was Kou with a red hand print across his face and a towel around him. Then Belldandy realized that she had forgotten to tell Anata that he would be staying there for some time.
"Oh Silly me, I forgot to tell you that Kou will be staying here so he may help with you're training." Belldandy said as she yawned and stretched.
"What? You just forgot? Mom I think this is something that I should have been told about. And as for you lock the door." Anata said.
Belldandy just shrugged her shoulders and went walked to the kitchen for her morning cup of tea. Anata looked at her Father, who was now awake all the day.
"You know that she needs her tea before she dose anything else in the morning." Keiichi reminded Anata. And then went to the kitchen for some coffee.
Anata then turned to Kou who now had cloths on. "When did you find out about this little arrangement?" Anata asked.
Looking at Anata, he found him self looking in to her eyes, Blushing some he turned away. "I found out after you went to your room to rest. And trust me, I don't like it not one bit. I have my own classes to study for myself you know. But Peorth fixed it so you're mother is my new instructor." With that, Kou walked past Anata, leaving her there thinking.
"What was the blushing all about?" She said to her self as she walked in to the bathroom and shut the door, and made sure that it was locked.
Filling the tub, Anata slipped in to the warm water. Letting out a vary heavy sigh, Anata brought her knees to her chest and started to think to her self, think about what's going on.
---------- Anata's thoughts ---------
This is more then likely going to be one big bust. I mean with this power amp I have on, I don't feel any different. Maybe this is all a mistake? Maybe I'm just meant to be just the way I am now? And what's with Kou, dame he's just about one of the biggest jerk I ever met. All worried about his classes and his job, and what about my studies and my job at whirlwind? But Kou is kind of cute..
--------- End of Anata's thoughts -------
Shaking her head, Anata started to get out of the tub. Out in the kitchen, Belldandy is fixing breakfast as Keiichi was doing some paper work from work and Kou was studying for some test.
"Keiichi, Kou please put your things up so we can set the table for breakfast." Belldandy asked, looking over her shoulder.
Keiichi put his papers in a nice little stack and took them to the living room, Kou on the other hand snapped his fingers and poof his book was gone. Seeing that Belldandy walked up to Kou as she placed the plates on the table.
"Kou you shouldn't use your powers so much, you will use them up." Belldandy said as she placed a glass in front of Kou.
"How so?" He asked?
"Being away from Yggdrasil, you don't have you're normal power that you would have in the heavens. Now would you like some Clam meso soup?"
Shaking his head yes, Belldandy put come soup in front of him. Looking at the bowl, Kou took up the spoon, and started to eat it.
"This is good." Kou said to him self.
Back across town Ryoka slowly woke up. Rolling over on to her back, she opened her eyes to see the ceiling. "Ouch. My head, what a dream." She said to her self.
Sitting up Ryoka looked around the room. The sun light was bright and shining in to her room. Rubbing her head she fast found out that she had the biggest headache she could ever remember having.
Walking in to the small kitchen, Ryoka found a note from her mother. Reading it she crumpled up the letter and tossed it in to trash.
"Mom had to go to work today. not surprising." Ryoka said to her self.
After taking a shower, Ryoka went out to do some shopping. When she reached the market area, she stopped dead in her tracks. There were the people that she would normally see there at the market, and she head them talking but there was more noise then normal.
"Why is it so loud here today?" She asked out loud.
Walking to one stand to get some vegetables, she handed the mertenchent some money.
"Thank you vary much young lady." The Shop owner said to Ryoka.
"No thank you sir." She said, forcing out smile.
Walking off to her next stop, she then heard "Check out the legs on her." spinning around Ryoka was pissed.
"What did you say?!" She yelled. Making every one around her and the shop owner to look at them.
"I didn't say any thing." He answered.
"But I could have sworn that you said something?" Ryoka said pointing at the shop keeper.
The man only shook his head. "I said thank you."
Then looking around the noise was deafening. There was the noise of every one talking. There was the noise of every ones thoughts. Each person she looked to it was like she was changing the station to a radio. Dropping her bag, she clinched her head with both hands and ran as fast as she could to her apartment. Each person she passed, she heard their thoughts. Reaching her apartment, she slammed the door behind her and fell to her knees.
"What the hell was that?"
After catching her breath, Ryoka went to the bathroom and splashed some cool water on to her face. In the mirror she saw the shadow from the tree out side the window. Then in the shadow the same dark figure formed. Turning around, Ryoka pointed at the figure.
"What did you do to me?" She asked.
"I have given you what you wanted. To be like Anata Morisato." The shadow replied.
"She can't read minds.. Can she? I've heard her family is weird..." Ryoka rambled.
"She can. and much more. Go and do what you wish. Do what you feel like doing. There is no force here on earth that can stop you." The shadow commanded.
"I thought that Anata Morisato can do the same?" Ryoka asked.
"Her powers are not developed." With that the shadow faded in to the shadow of the tree.
After the figure was gone. Ryoka looked back in to the mirror and a wicked smile came across her lips.
Back at the temple Anata and Kou are out in the back yard, sitting on the ground.
"Move the rock." Kou commanded.
Being a little bit of an smart ass, Anata took the rock in her hand and moved the rock over to the right about six inches.
"There I moved it." Anata said.
Lowering his head and shaking it no. "With you're powers."
Pointing at the rock, Anata moved it back to where it was. "There better?"
Kou only shook his head again.
"What? I moved it with my powers." Anata said.
"You used your hand as a focal point." Kou said.
"What?" Anata asked.
"Hand magic. You use your hands to make things happen, it's the most basic of magic." Kou answered as he showed what he was talking about by moving the rock with his powers going through his hands.
"What you need to do is to think it. Instead of motioning it." Kou said.
Sitting there Anata got a really questioning look. "You know Kou, you just made as much since as my Aunt Urd drunk. Try that again."
"You need to use you're mind to levitate objects rather then you're hands. Is that clear enough for you?" Kou said.
"Alright I'll try." Anata said.
Anata then looked long and hard at the rock. She focused on to the rock, trying to see it moving. But all the rock did was vibrating there in its place.
"Come on, make it move, roll or lift it off the ground. Something." Kou said with a rather annoyed tone.
Focusing even harder on the rock as she did Kou went on and on about moving the rock.
"It's only a two inch rock maybe weighing not even a pound. So just move the stupid rock." Kou demanded.
Annoyed, Anata's eyes shot at Kou and the rock went flying right in to Kou's chest. It bounced off and fell to the ground. Rubbing his chest He looked over at Anata.
"Okay that's a start; we'll just work off of that." Said Kou.
Sitting there in the back yard also is Belldandy; she's been sitting on the bolder watching over Kou and her daughter. Smiling at the small bird she was petting, Belldandy sent the bird of on its way and walked over to Anata.
"Well done dear. With practice you will be able to move even larger objects." Belldandy said.
"Like what?" Anata asked.
Looking around Belldandy saw Anata's motorcycle. Closing her eyes the motorcycle lifted up off the ground. Turning it around so the front of the bike is now facing the three of them. Opening her eyes, Belldandy rubbed her forehead.
"My I haven't used that much of my powers in a long time." Belldandy said.
"Wow that bike is an easy three hundred pounds. But what's wrong mom?" Anata stated.
"Like Kou and you're aunts and I, when were suppurated from Yggdrasil we are cut off so to reduce the amount of stress on the system." Belldandy said.
Kou then looked over to Anata. "I assume that you can levitate your self?" Kou asked. Right when he said that Anata was hovering about a foot or so off the ground.
"Okay looks like you know how to do that one." Kou said.
"I figured that one out when I was little." Anata said.
"It's true; she was four when she started to levitate her self. That's when Keiichi and I decided to teach her about her heritage." Belldandy said.
"I see." Kou said looking over at Anata who was walking in to the temple. Then Kou looked back at Belldandy. "Where she off to?" He asked.
Belldandy only shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know."
About a minute or so later Anata came back out with her backpack.
"Where are you off to?" Kou asked.
"Yes Anata where are you going?" Belldandy asked.
"I promised Matagu that I will play his a game of Grand Turismo, and I would like to do some shopping to. If you want you can come with me." Anata said.
"If you're going out it will be a great chance to teach you at reading minds." Kou said.
"I can't do that.. Can I?" Anata asked her mother.
Belldandy nodded. "Yes. I can, you're aunts can but I have it so I can only since emotions. To save power."
"Okay what am I thinking, or I should say feel right now?" Anata asked testing her mother.
Belldandy squinted her eyes and looked right in to Anata's eyes. "You are aggravated, with a hint of anger and there is something else there I can't quite place it.."
"Okay, okay I believe you." Anata said cutting her mother off before she can finish.
Walking down the driveway, Anata turned to Kou. "So are you coming?"
"Sure." Answered Kou.
Little did Anata know, she had captured Kou's hart? He was falling for her and Anata didn't even know.
After a short walk to the bus stop, Anata and Kou stood there waiting for their ride. The silence was getting to Kou just a little, so what better time to make conversation.
"So. How come you didn't use you motorcycle thing?" Asked Kou.
"The cost of gas is way too high. And I've been trying to save up for some new things for my bike." Stated Anata.
"I see." Said Kou.
Just then the bus came around the corner and pulled up to the stop. Getting on the bus Kou looked over at Anata, and then he looked back out the window.
"What?" Anata asked.
"Nothing.." Kou said as he kept on looking out the window.
"No, there was something you were going to say." Anata said.
"What, we can read minds all of a sudden?" Kou asked.
Turning so she can look Kou in the face, Anata answered. "No I cant read minds, but I can tell when someone has something on it. So again what were you going to say?"
"Is life here on earth like this?" Kou asked.
"I'm not sure that I fallow." Anata said with a confusing look.
"Here you are with so much to do, training and getting ready for these exams. But you are taking the time to go shopping and spend time with you're cosin. IN the heavens there will be no time for such fooling around." Kou said.
"Well for the most part things are a little laid back, unless you live in places like Tokyo or Kyoto you know the bigger cities." Anata answered. "Tell me? What is it like in the heavens?" She asked.
Kou turned to Anata surprised that she was asking. "What? You're mother hasn't told you any thing about the heavens and Yggdrasil?"
"She has, but she told me that the last time she was there was for a doctors appointment. You on the other hand have been there more recently." Anata said.
"What about you're two Aunts?" Kou asked.
"Well Auntie Skuld has the same story as my mom, and aunt Urd.. She probably can't remember with all the drinking she dose." Anata answered.
"Well the heavens have just about every environment you can think of, every thing from the greenest of forests to the hottest of deserts. And Yggdrasil is a huge complex with the system that makes all of exanctence work." Kou said.
After that the two sat there in silence the Anata asked another question. "So is there a Goddess waiting you up in heaven?"
Shocked by the question, Kou collected him self before answering. "No there is no one waiting for me... What about you? "
"Wha..What?"
"Do you have a lover?" Kou asked?
"What? No I'm only sixteen years old." Anata answered back rather quickly.
Kou sat there thinking. "She with no one." the whole ride to the market Kou and Anata chatted, got to know one another better.
"So you're in what could be like collage?" Anata asked.
"Something like that. You see the training I receive teaches me how to use my powers. Just like you're training will." Kou answered.
Just then the bus came to a stop. Climbing of the bus, Anata started her shopping with Kou was fallowing her. Littler did they know a shadow was starting to come out of a shadow of a near by tree.
"Well I'm hungry, what about you Kou?" Anata asked.
"Just a little but I'm..."
Just then a car was over turned in the middle of the market fallowed by a huge explosion. Both Anata and Kou turned to see what it was. Then there is was. A creature that was all black and nothing but. There was noting to show detail to it. The beast then punched down on to an other car, crushing the hood of it to nothing; then let out a loud screech that made every on cover their ears.
"What the Hell is that?" Anata yelled.
"It's a shadow, Stay behind me!" Kou answered as he pulled Anata behind him. Then he reached in to his jacket and pulled out the peace of tube with the button on it, pushing it. It extended out to his staff and put him self in to a fighting stance.
Throwing another car across the street in to a building then turned its attention to Anata and Kou.
"Anata when I tell you to, I want you to run as fast as you can away from here." Kou said as he watched every movement of the monster.
"What? I want to help." Anata said.
"All in good time but for now just do as I say." Kou said. "NOW RUN!"
Anata then ran, as fast as she could. At the same time Kou charged the shadow monster. The monster swung its crab like claw at Kou, Seeing the claw coming down on him, Kou jumped out of the way. Hearing the loud crash, Anata stopped and turned around to see what was going on. All she saw was plume of smoke jetting up in to the air.
"OH NO! KOU!!" Anata Yelled, then she ran back to where the monster was, all the way back there she had to fight through the people trying to get away.
Dodging swing after swing from the monster. Then his staff was knocked out of his hands. It was all in slow motion for Kou. The claw came down, thinking fast Kou did all he could do. Catching the claw with his bare hands, the shear force forced him to his knees and the concrete spider webbed out in all directions.
At same time Anata came around the corner to see Kou locked in combat with the monster.
"Kou!" Anata Yelled. Making the monster turn to look at her.
"No Anata go!" Kou yelled.
Seeing its true target, the monster then knocked Kou out of the way sending him in to a wall of a building, knocking the wind out of him. Rolling on to his back Kou watched as the monster started to walk tourds Anata. Seeing his staff there on the ground, he started to crawl to it as fast as he could. The he saw a telephone poll with a power transformer on it. Reaching his staff, Kou stood back up and throw his staff like a javelin, piercing the power transformer. He watched as the shadow monster's head touched the staff as it stuck out of the transformer elecuteing it. Kou then ran to Anata as the monster was being fried.
"What's happening?" Anata asked.
Not answering her, Kou knew that they only had a moment of seconds. Clapping his hands together then reaching out to both sides, reaching out wards as far as he can. A shield formed around Anata and him self Just as the Shadow monster exploded sending glass like fragments all over the place.
When the smoke cleared Kou and Anata was still standing there, then the shield dissipated then Kou fell to the ground.
"Kou?! Kou? Are you alright?" Anata asked while shaking Kou.
Making a goofy grin Kou rolled on to his back and looked up to Anata. "Looks like you're mother was right, I really should watch how much power I use."
"Here let me help you up. I should get you back home." Anata said.
Helping Kou up off the ground, they started to make their way out of the market then Kou stopped. "Wait my staff."
"Forget it, that thing is stuck in there." Anata said.
With out saying a word, Kou limped over to the telephone poll, when he got to it, he formed a fist. Then with a swift punch the vibration made the staff fall to the ground. Then he walked over to it, when he touched it. It burned his hand then he pushed the button making it retract back to the small tube it was before.
"It was given to me by a good friend." Kou said as he limped back to Anata.
Sitting off on top of a building, Ryoka is laughing out of control at the trashed market. "That was great! Who said that Mindless destruction was never fun? HA ha. Yah!!!"
Then in her head the dark voice was talking to her. "Yes, you can do so much more.."
T.B.C.
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Anata walks out on the screen. If it was a real show. "Wow that was intense. This monster thing comes out of know where and starts to trash the area. And now there is this girl that can do all that I can do. Okay just better then me. And come to find out she goes to my school this cant be good. And some feelings are revieled. Check it out on the next chapter of Goddess of the Earth."