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------ Sunday -------
Once again the morning sunlight creeps in to Anata's room and across her face. Waking up, Anata's eyes slowly open and she rolls on to her side away from the sun. Anata then rolled back on to her back and looked at the ceiling. Soon the morning noise of the Morisato house hold would not let her get back to sleep.
Sitting up Anata rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and crawled out of her futon. Standing up she stretched and searched around her room for some thing a bit warmer, the shorts and t-shirt were not enough against the cool autumn morning air. Opening her dresser Anata pulled out her favorite pair of flannel pants and a long sleeve shirt. Rubbing her eyes again, Anata walked out of her room. And of all things the first thing she saw was a mini Skuld being chased by a mini Urd. But so far that was really normal.
When Anata walked in to the living room, she was greeted by her mother.
"Good afternoon sleepy head. Sleep well?" Belldandy asked.
"(Grown) what time is it?" Anata asked.
"Almost one. Anata we need to talk." Belldandy said.
"Can't it wait until I get something to eat?" Anata said as she walked past Belldandy.
"I'm afraid not, but you eat and I'll talk." Belldandy replied.
Sitting there at the kitchen table, Anata lessened as she ate her breakfast slash lunch. Or is that brunch no, no lunch any ways...
After Belldandy finished telling Anata about what has been happening in the last fifteen hours.
"So these shadow things may or mar not be here on earth?" Anata asked.
"Yes. You're aunts, myself and Kou are to keep a look out for any signs." Belldandy answered.
"I sinced something."
Both Anata and Belldandy turned around to look at the door. There they found Kou standing there.
"I felt something last night when you were talking to you're friend Ryoka Yuzaki. I thought it was nothing. Then I started to remember the look in her eyes. She was hiding something, along with the hate in her eyes. She was really trying to restrain her self." Kou said as he walked in to the kitchen.
"Anata, has this girl ever been picked on at school?" Belldandy asked.
"She's kind of a loner, but Picked on. No." Anata replied.
"Well in any case, with this threat. I would need to be where I can get to Anata at a seconds notice." Kou said.
"How do you plane to do that?" Belldandy and Anata asked in unison.
"Well it would make things easier if I could attend school with Anata.." Kou said as he trailed off.
Anata sat there and blanked a couple of time. "I don't know. "
"What a wonderful idea. Kou you and I will get you you're school uniform and Keiichi will get it all set up with the school. Anata dear you will, later on explain to Kou how things are in a human school." Belldandy said as she stood up and walked out of the kitchen.
Slowly Anata turned to Kou. "You want to go to my school?" Anata asked.
"It only makes since. How can I watch over you with out being there?" Kou said.
Then there was a moment of silence, the Urd and Skuld ran through the kitchen still in their mine form. The Kou looked at Anata.
"About last night.."
"Forget about it, it was an accident. No harm done." Anata said.
"I still need to apologize..." Kou said but before he could finish what he was going to say Belldandy walked back in to the kitchen.
"Ready Kou?" Belldandy asked.
"Yes Ma'am." Kou answered.
Then Kou and Belldandy walked out of the back door. Just as they were about to reach the car, Keiichi ran past Anata and rushed out the back door.
"Belldandy can you do me a favor?" Keiichi asked.
"Yes what is it?" Belldandy replied.
"Can you stop by whirlwind and pick up my turbo. It's already paid for you just need to pick it up." Keiichi asked.
"Sure we'll be at that end of town any ways, and remember Kei make sure that Kou has all the same classes as Anata." Belldandy said as she started up the EVO. Then they pulled out of the back yard.
When Keiichi walked back in to the temple, Anata was just about to walk out so she can get cleaned up.
"Anata what's you're take on all this?" Keiichi asked.
Stopping there at the door, Anata turned around. "I really don't know. I don't know about these shadows to say anything. But if what mom says is true, there is going to be some problems. So I guess I better get my training started." Anata said.
"What do you think about Kou going to you're school? Or what I should ask is what do you think about Kou him self?" Keiichi asked.
"It's doesn't bother me. And Kou him self.. He's a nice guy and all..." Anata said as she blushed.
Watching his daughter walk out of the room, Keiichi could tell that there was something more she wanted to say but just let it go. Like him, Anata would say what ever is on her mind when ever she is good and ready to do so.
In the bathroom, Anata was already in the tub in was soaking. The hot water caused steam to rise in to the air and flooded the room. Leaning back she started to have a flash back of what happened the night before.
"That was different... When I touched his chest..." Blushing some more Anata sunk deeper in to the water. Closing her eyes Anata started to have a dirty thought. Shooting up out of the water she shook her head.
"No.. No.. No!!! Bad Anata! Get! (Slaps face) Those! (Slaps face) Thoughts! (Slaps face) Out of my head!" Anata yelled the dropped back in to the water.
After staying in the tub for a good half hour, Anata came out ready to finish off her day after sleeping most of it away. When she came in to the living room she found her father hanging up the phone.
"Well that's all set up. Kou will be taking all the same classes you take." Keiichi said.
"That's good." Anata said.
"Oh here a note for the school. For Tuesday." Keiichi said handing a folded not to Anata.
"Tuesday?" Anata asked with a questioning look.
"Tuesday the twenty third. Shuubun no hi. Fall equinox, tending to you're grandfathers grave." Keiichi said.
"That's right so I take it will be an all day drive to Grandma's?" Anata asked.
"Yah, so we'll be getting up early." Keiichi said.
When Anata walked past, Keiichi was able to see the same look Belldandy would get when she was deep in thought on his daughters face.
"What's up?" Keiichi asked.
"What?" Anata said.
"You look like you have something on you're mind. You want to talk about it?" Keiichi said offering a seat next to him on the couch.
Taking the seat Anata let out a sigh and looked to her father. "Okay I know how you and mom met. The whole girlfriend contract thing, but ... When did you know that mom was really in love with you?" Anata asked.
Thinking for a moment, Keiichi looked at his daughter. "Well.. Dear, I guess it was all the things that we went though. And the look she gave me.. Why are you asking me this? Isn't something you should ask you mother?" Keiichi asked.
"I guess, you asked so I told you. I can't lie can't I?" Anata said.
"No I suppose you can't... Dose this have any thing to do with a particular young God?" Keiichi asked.
Anata didn't answer, but her actions were loud enough. Keiichi watched as she started to turn beat red.
"Look at first I really didn't trust Kou, but after I heard how he fought that shadow thing to make sure that you were safe. I don't know about you but that's points in my book." Keiichi said.
"But he's only watching after me because grandfather sent him." Anata rebutted.
"You're Mother was sent to grant me a wish when we first met. What's the difference?" Keiichi said right back.
Anata sat there thinking. "You know, that's a good point. So when you and mom ever went on a date, what did you two do?" Anata asked.
Sitting there thinking about the question, Keiichi had a flash back of all the attempts on going out on a date. Every time Urd, Skuld or Sayoko, or something would end up messing it up.
Still thinking, Anata was sitting there waiting for an answer. "Dad?" Anata said waving her hand in front of his face.
"Dad?" Anata said again.
"You know I cant really remember any date that we went on that didn't evolve something going wrong, due to you're aunts or some demon messing it all up. Come to think of it the trip to Kyoto when I proposed to you Mother was the only.. Well some what normal date we went on." Keiichi said.
"Okay.. Well now that I have the time I got my carbon fiber exost system for my bike want to help me put it on?" Anata asked.
Across town Belldandy and Kou are walking through clothing store, where they can buy school uniforms. Belldandy then walked up to a desk where a sails clerk was doing some paper work.
"Excuse me I would like to get a uniform for my friend here. He will be attending Nekomi high school." Belldandy said.
"Vary well ma'am. Well sonny lets walk this way and I get you fitted for you're uniform." The clerk said.
Kou and Belldandy fallowed the sails clerk to an area that had three mirrors. Kou then was instructed to stand up on a small stool and Belldandy took a seat. After quickly taking Kou's measurements the clerk turned to Belldandy.
"Ma'am it should be ready in about an hour." The clerk said.
"Thank you vary much sir. Kou you want to go and do some shopping." Belldandy said.
"I don't think that I need any thing.." Kou said.
But he fallowed anyways. The two of them walked through the mall. Then Belldandy came across a small coffee shop.
"Kou would you like some coffee?" Belldandy asked.
"Coffee?" Kou replied with a questioning look.
"I think you'll like it. Come on." Belldandy said.
Belldandy had got her self some tea and Kou was looking at his coffee mug. "Kou I can since that something troubles you." Belldandy said.
"Well... I believe that I am developing feelings for you're daughter. Ones that a mentor should not have for his student, it's racked my head for the past week when I first met Anata.. I don't know what I'm going to do.." Kou confessed.
Taking a sip of her tea, Belldandy looked at Kou. "Kou how old are you?" Belldandy asked.
"I look 17 in human years. But I'm really some 700 years old. Why?" Kou asked.
"I was about 1000 years old when I came to Keiichi." Belldandy said.
"Okay." Kou said.
"Kou I can tell you care for Anata. The way you glanced at her during dinner the other night, the way you helped her break away from hand magic, and the way you protected her against that shadow." Belldandy said.
"So in other words I..." Kou asked.
"In other words, if you're going by how things are ran in the heavens you have my permission to have a relationship with my daughter. But she is doing things the way she has always known. And that is human ways; you really need to talk to her." Belldandy said.
Thinking about Belldandy's words, Kou took a sip of his coffee. As if fast found out that he really liked coffee. Belldandy then said some more.
"But I would give her some time. got out of a relationship about a month ago." Belldandy said.
"What do you mean?" Kou asked.
"About a month ago, Anata found out that a boy she was dating was cheating on her. The break up was rather hard on her.. I don't think that she has fully recovered." Belldandy then took another sip of her tea. "The poor dear cried for days." Belldandy said.
"Why are you telling me this?" Asked Kou.
"Kou I can tell that you are a good person with a good heart. And I think that Anata too has feelings for you too, but she doesn't know what to do. Jive her time." Belldandy said.
Finishing off her tea, Belldandy then stood up. "Come on you need things for school. So there are stops we still need to make." Belldandy said.
Downing the rest of his coffee, Kou then fallowed Belldandy.
At the other end of town, Ryoka is taking a rather relaxing shower. Feeling better then ever. In the shower curten the faded figure of a shadow formed.
"Why have you not fulfilled you're end of the deal?" The figure asked.
Rubbing her neck and faced in to the shower head. "I will when I'm good and ready to." Ryoka replied.
"You could have struck the Morisato girl down along with her god friend." The figure said.
"I know. But the school I go to has made so much trouble for me I thought I get two birds with one stone." Ryoka said as she shut off the water to the shower and stood there letting the water drip off her body.
"More you wait; the harder it will be to fight her." The shadow said.
Stepping out of the shower and wrapping a towel around her, Ryoka turned to the Shadow.
"I have a great advantage over her. Like you said her powers are not developed, and I was able to tell that when we ran in to her last night. So don't worry it will be done." Ryoka said as she stepped out of the bathroom.
Back at the temple, Anata and Keiichi are working on her motorcycle.
"Okay the instructions say to remove the mounting." Keiichi said.
"Looks like I'll need a 16mm socket.." Anata said.
Just as Keiichi as Keiichi turned to reach for the socket, he watched as the socket lofted out of the tool box and float over to Anata's hand. She had moved it with out even looking at it, she didn't even use her hand to motion it.
"Anata that was really good, I see Kou is teaching you good." Keiichi said.
Hearing Kou's name being said, Anata blushed a little then she turned to her father. "He's been helping." Anata said.
Saying that Anata started on removing the mounting, back across town Belldandy and Kou are still doing some school shopping.
"Let's see. you will need a note book, Backpack, pens, pencils, what else.." Belldandy said as she scratched the side of her head.
Kou stood there, really not liking what's going on. "Ma'am is this really needed?" Kou asked. "I mean I do have my own studies to tend to."
Just then, Belldandy handed Kou all the things that she had just named off. "Oh yes this is what you will be needing for Anata's school.. Oh what ever people think you are from just go along with it." Belldandy said.
"I'm shocked. You of all goddesses would want me to lie?" Kou said.
"When I first got here people thought I was from east India. So I just went with it." Belldandy said. Then she looked at her watch. "Well the uniform should be ready by now."
Walking back through the mall, Belldandy and Kou made their way back to the clothing store. Where they saw that the clerk standing at the desk.
"Ma'am the uniform is ready." The clerk said.
Taking the uniform Belldandy then handed it to Kou.
"Kou there is a fitting room right over there please go and try it on." Belldandy said.
Taking the uniform to the fitting room, Kou started to put it on. Out side Belldandy waited, and waited, and waited. And yes waited some more.
"Kou are you alright?" Belldandy asked.
"I don't like it."
"What step out here and let me see you." Belldandy said.
"I really don't like it. I'm taking it off."
"Kou Morino you step out here right now or I will use a force bolt to open that door." Belldandy said resting her hands on to her hips.
"You're kidding?" Kou asked from with in the fitting room.
"I would not lie." Belldandy replied.
With a heavy sigh, Kou unlatched the door and stepped out. The uniform was all black, with a white button up shirt and a black coat with a high collar. Kou stood there and looked like he was about to rip the uniform off at any moment.
"May I take this thing off now.?" Kou said.
"My you do look quite hansom. What do you think about it Kou?" Asked Belldandy.
"Would you like my honest answer?" Kou said.
"Kou you are bound by the same laws that I too am bound to, so I know what ever you say will be truth." Belldandy said. "Go and take it off while I pay for it."
Kou did what Belldandy said, she didn't even need to tell him twice.
Back at the temple, Anata and Keiichi are sitting down to a nice cool glass of water after they had finished working on her bike.
"Winter is coming, so you will need to wait until spring to get you're street tiers." Keiichi said as he downed some of his water.
"Well last time I was at work I ordered my self some so I'll have them here come time fore them. I also thought about getting some light weight rims." Anata said.
"You are getting too many ideas from you're uncle Keisuke." Keiichi said as he refilled his glass.
"Hay Uncle Keisuke is bad ass, His stories about is street racing days are so cool." Anata said.
"Look any speeding tickets you get, you pay for." Keiichi said.
"I know, I know." Anata replied.
Just as Keiichi took Anata's glass to get her some more the ground started to shake.
"What? Earth Quake?" Keiichi said.
Just as Keiichi placed the two glasses on to the counter top, the two glasses started to shake and vibrate. Then each one shattered, sending shards of glass all over the place. Then Anata fell to her hands and knees. Seeing his daughter in trouble, Keiichi ran to her.
"Anata! Are you all right?" Keiichi asked.
"Head rush... I'm fine. Really." Anata replied
Just then the phone started to ring. Anata looked over at her dad.
"I'm fine, go and answer it." Anata said.
Letting out a sigh, Keiichi went over to the phone.
"Hello?" Keiichi answered.
"Keiichi? It's Peorth. Is Anata alright?" Peorth asked.
Taking the phone away from his head, Keiichi looked at it with a questioning look. Then he put the phone back to his head.
"How did you know something just happened?" Keiichi asked.
"Think about that question." Peorth said.
"Good point." Keiichi replied.
"Anyways, We just upped Anata's power by ten percent. She may feel light headed for a couple minutes. And tell Belldandy and Kou that she can get started with the spell casting, and these power increase will be an hour and a half apart, Bonjour." Peorth said.
"Yah. Talk to you later Peorth." Keiichi said handing the phone.
In the other room Anata was trying to over hear the phone conversation, but was only able to hear the phone hanging up.
Deep in Hell at demon central, Hild is sitting in her office looking at a rather large stack of paper work. Throwing some more papers on to her desk, Hild takes a deep breath.
MARA!!!
Seconds later Mara flung the door open and ran to Hild's desk. When she got there she leaned against the desk and tried to catch her breath.
"You. (Huff) Yelled? (Huff)" Mara said.
"What's with all these reports?" Hild asked.
"I was working on them... Demon Central really has gone to hell you know. then again we are in hell. Any ways if that is all you wanted I'll be getting back to the papers like you wanted me to." Mara said and turned away.
"Mara, I want you to go to Earth and find out about these reports I keep on getting about the shadows." Hild said as she picked up yet more papers.
"What? Please make up you're mind. I still need to file some 19,000 reports, and then I need to fill out 400 reports my self." Mara said.
"Go to Earth, and remember if Earth falls then it will be the heavens then us." Hild said reminding Mara.
As Mara was leaving the office Hild called Mara again. "And knock before entering. When you come back, I may have a guest."
Mara stopped in her tracks. "Come on cant you go and see him this time. I mean my place is only across the street from Demon Central. I didn't get any sleep that night. And more then likely nor did the whole block."
"Who I keep company with is my own business." Hild replied
Mara shivers as she leaves the office.
Back at earth and some three hours later. Anata and Kou are in the forest behind the temple again doing some training.
"Okay. you get to learn how to cast spells." Kou said pointing at Anata.
"Soooo If I get really good at it I can doing spell casting I can do the I dream of genie thing." Anata said as she crossed her arms and nodded her head, doing the I dream of genie thing.
Kou sat there trying to figure out what Anata had just said. "What was that?" Kou asked.
"Never mind." Anata said.
"Anyways.. (Sigh) you can go one of two roughs. You can do spells like you're mother, in which we will need you're mother to teach you. OR the type of spells dealing with the elements. Like my self and you're aunt Urd will teach you." Kou said.
Sitting there Anata is thinking on what to pick. She then remembered something.
"When I was a little kid. My Aunt Urd would baby sit me, she would do really cool things with fire and water and stuff. You know to get me to laugh. So I would like to do the elemental Spell things." Anata said.
"Alright, we'll start with water. I don't think that you're mother and Father would like us burning the forest down." Kou said. "First you really need to focus on the element you are doing the spell on.."
Closing his eyes, Kou started to focus on a little bit of water that was on the ground. Just as he was about to call forth the water, he sinced a presents. Opening his eyes slowly he looked to Anata.
"Don't make any movement. I since a demon.." Kou whispered.
Anata looked around by just moving her eyes. She couldn't see any thing.
"Where? I don't see it. Anata whispered back.
Slowly Kou brought his hand off the ground, and moved it in from of him and Anata, and some sparks started to flicker from his hand.
"Behind me. Up in the trees." Kou replied still whispering.
Anata was about to look in to the trees when Kou stopped her.
"Don't look." Kou whispered.
"I still can't see it." Anata said.
"It's right.." Kou then turned around and shot a lighting bolt at a branch.
"THERE!!!!"
The branch exploded and Mara be came visible. And shot some lighting back at Kou but only several times stronger. Kou was able to see the lighting coming and was able to form a shield around Anata and him self. As the lighting streamed from Mara's hand she hovered there in mid air.
"You little brat! I'm not here to pick a fight with a God. I'm here to see Urd!" Mara said, as she increased the power to her lighting bolt.
"Demon! Be gone!" Kou yelled. But his shield is fast failing.
"What are you doing here?"
Hearing Urd's voice Mara stopped with the lighting, and Kou dropped the shield and collapsed.
"Urd is this how old friends are treated?" Mara asked as she set her feet on to the ground.
"Come on I have a good idea why you're hear. I got some rather decent beer in the fridge too." Urd said.
Anata and Kou sat there as Urd and Mara walked to the temple. Then Kou turned to Anata.
"You're family is friends with a Demon?" Kou asked.
"From My understanding my parents and Mara go way back. I guess." Anata said.
T.B.C.
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Mara walks on to the screen.
"Well it looks like that even us demons are getting in to this. Before Urd and I go and get plastered. I guess that I need to do this preview thing. Okay here we go. The Morisato girl is slowly finding out about her powers. the plot thickens as something big goes down at the high school. Check it out on the next chapter of Goddess of the Earth."
------ Sunday -------
Once again the morning sunlight creeps in to Anata's room and across her face. Waking up, Anata's eyes slowly open and she rolls on to her side away from the sun. Anata then rolled back on to her back and looked at the ceiling. Soon the morning noise of the Morisato house hold would not let her get back to sleep.
Sitting up Anata rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and crawled out of her futon. Standing up she stretched and searched around her room for some thing a bit warmer, the shorts and t-shirt were not enough against the cool autumn morning air. Opening her dresser Anata pulled out her favorite pair of flannel pants and a long sleeve shirt. Rubbing her eyes again, Anata walked out of her room. And of all things the first thing she saw was a mini Skuld being chased by a mini Urd. But so far that was really normal.
When Anata walked in to the living room, she was greeted by her mother.
"Good afternoon sleepy head. Sleep well?" Belldandy asked.
"(Grown) what time is it?" Anata asked.
"Almost one. Anata we need to talk." Belldandy said.
"Can't it wait until I get something to eat?" Anata said as she walked past Belldandy.
"I'm afraid not, but you eat and I'll talk." Belldandy replied.
Sitting there at the kitchen table, Anata lessened as she ate her breakfast slash lunch. Or is that brunch no, no lunch any ways...
After Belldandy finished telling Anata about what has been happening in the last fifteen hours.
"So these shadow things may or mar not be here on earth?" Anata asked.
"Yes. You're aunts, myself and Kou are to keep a look out for any signs." Belldandy answered.
"I sinced something."
Both Anata and Belldandy turned around to look at the door. There they found Kou standing there.
"I felt something last night when you were talking to you're friend Ryoka Yuzaki. I thought it was nothing. Then I started to remember the look in her eyes. She was hiding something, along with the hate in her eyes. She was really trying to restrain her self." Kou said as he walked in to the kitchen.
"Anata, has this girl ever been picked on at school?" Belldandy asked.
"She's kind of a loner, but Picked on. No." Anata replied.
"Well in any case, with this threat. I would need to be where I can get to Anata at a seconds notice." Kou said.
"How do you plane to do that?" Belldandy and Anata asked in unison.
"Well it would make things easier if I could attend school with Anata.." Kou said as he trailed off.
Anata sat there and blanked a couple of time. "I don't know. "
"What a wonderful idea. Kou you and I will get you you're school uniform and Keiichi will get it all set up with the school. Anata dear you will, later on explain to Kou how things are in a human school." Belldandy said as she stood up and walked out of the kitchen.
Slowly Anata turned to Kou. "You want to go to my school?" Anata asked.
"It only makes since. How can I watch over you with out being there?" Kou said.
Then there was a moment of silence, the Urd and Skuld ran through the kitchen still in their mine form. The Kou looked at Anata.
"About last night.."
"Forget about it, it was an accident. No harm done." Anata said.
"I still need to apologize..." Kou said but before he could finish what he was going to say Belldandy walked back in to the kitchen.
"Ready Kou?" Belldandy asked.
"Yes Ma'am." Kou answered.
Then Kou and Belldandy walked out of the back door. Just as they were about to reach the car, Keiichi ran past Anata and rushed out the back door.
"Belldandy can you do me a favor?" Keiichi asked.
"Yes what is it?" Belldandy replied.
"Can you stop by whirlwind and pick up my turbo. It's already paid for you just need to pick it up." Keiichi asked.
"Sure we'll be at that end of town any ways, and remember Kei make sure that Kou has all the same classes as Anata." Belldandy said as she started up the EVO. Then they pulled out of the back yard.
When Keiichi walked back in to the temple, Anata was just about to walk out so she can get cleaned up.
"Anata what's you're take on all this?" Keiichi asked.
Stopping there at the door, Anata turned around. "I really don't know. I don't know about these shadows to say anything. But if what mom says is true, there is going to be some problems. So I guess I better get my training started." Anata said.
"What do you think about Kou going to you're school? Or what I should ask is what do you think about Kou him self?" Keiichi asked.
"It's doesn't bother me. And Kou him self.. He's a nice guy and all..." Anata said as she blushed.
Watching his daughter walk out of the room, Keiichi could tell that there was something more she wanted to say but just let it go. Like him, Anata would say what ever is on her mind when ever she is good and ready to do so.
In the bathroom, Anata was already in the tub in was soaking. The hot water caused steam to rise in to the air and flooded the room. Leaning back she started to have a flash back of what happened the night before.
"That was different... When I touched his chest..." Blushing some more Anata sunk deeper in to the water. Closing her eyes Anata started to have a dirty thought. Shooting up out of the water she shook her head.
"No.. No.. No!!! Bad Anata! Get! (Slaps face) Those! (Slaps face) Thoughts! (Slaps face) Out of my head!" Anata yelled the dropped back in to the water.
After staying in the tub for a good half hour, Anata came out ready to finish off her day after sleeping most of it away. When she came in to the living room she found her father hanging up the phone.
"Well that's all set up. Kou will be taking all the same classes you take." Keiichi said.
"That's good." Anata said.
"Oh here a note for the school. For Tuesday." Keiichi said handing a folded not to Anata.
"Tuesday?" Anata asked with a questioning look.
"Tuesday the twenty third. Shuubun no hi. Fall equinox, tending to you're grandfathers grave." Keiichi said.
"That's right so I take it will be an all day drive to Grandma's?" Anata asked.
"Yah, so we'll be getting up early." Keiichi said.
When Anata walked past, Keiichi was able to see the same look Belldandy would get when she was deep in thought on his daughters face.
"What's up?" Keiichi asked.
"What?" Anata said.
"You look like you have something on you're mind. You want to talk about it?" Keiichi said offering a seat next to him on the couch.
Taking the seat Anata let out a sigh and looked to her father. "Okay I know how you and mom met. The whole girlfriend contract thing, but ... When did you know that mom was really in love with you?" Anata asked.
Thinking for a moment, Keiichi looked at his daughter. "Well.. Dear, I guess it was all the things that we went though. And the look she gave me.. Why are you asking me this? Isn't something you should ask you mother?" Keiichi asked.
"I guess, you asked so I told you. I can't lie can't I?" Anata said.
"No I suppose you can't... Dose this have any thing to do with a particular young God?" Keiichi asked.
Anata didn't answer, but her actions were loud enough. Keiichi watched as she started to turn beat red.
"Look at first I really didn't trust Kou, but after I heard how he fought that shadow thing to make sure that you were safe. I don't know about you but that's points in my book." Keiichi said.
"But he's only watching after me because grandfather sent him." Anata rebutted.
"You're Mother was sent to grant me a wish when we first met. What's the difference?" Keiichi said right back.
Anata sat there thinking. "You know, that's a good point. So when you and mom ever went on a date, what did you two do?" Anata asked.
Sitting there thinking about the question, Keiichi had a flash back of all the attempts on going out on a date. Every time Urd, Skuld or Sayoko, or something would end up messing it up.
Still thinking, Anata was sitting there waiting for an answer. "Dad?" Anata said waving her hand in front of his face.
"Dad?" Anata said again.
"You know I cant really remember any date that we went on that didn't evolve something going wrong, due to you're aunts or some demon messing it all up. Come to think of it the trip to Kyoto when I proposed to you Mother was the only.. Well some what normal date we went on." Keiichi said.
"Okay.. Well now that I have the time I got my carbon fiber exost system for my bike want to help me put it on?" Anata asked.
Across town Belldandy and Kou are walking through clothing store, where they can buy school uniforms. Belldandy then walked up to a desk where a sails clerk was doing some paper work.
"Excuse me I would like to get a uniform for my friend here. He will be attending Nekomi high school." Belldandy said.
"Vary well ma'am. Well sonny lets walk this way and I get you fitted for you're uniform." The clerk said.
Kou and Belldandy fallowed the sails clerk to an area that had three mirrors. Kou then was instructed to stand up on a small stool and Belldandy took a seat. After quickly taking Kou's measurements the clerk turned to Belldandy.
"Ma'am it should be ready in about an hour." The clerk said.
"Thank you vary much sir. Kou you want to go and do some shopping." Belldandy said.
"I don't think that I need any thing.." Kou said.
But he fallowed anyways. The two of them walked through the mall. Then Belldandy came across a small coffee shop.
"Kou would you like some coffee?" Belldandy asked.
"Coffee?" Kou replied with a questioning look.
"I think you'll like it. Come on." Belldandy said.
Belldandy had got her self some tea and Kou was looking at his coffee mug. "Kou I can since that something troubles you." Belldandy said.
"Well... I believe that I am developing feelings for you're daughter. Ones that a mentor should not have for his student, it's racked my head for the past week when I first met Anata.. I don't know what I'm going to do.." Kou confessed.
Taking a sip of her tea, Belldandy looked at Kou. "Kou how old are you?" Belldandy asked.
"I look 17 in human years. But I'm really some 700 years old. Why?" Kou asked.
"I was about 1000 years old when I came to Keiichi." Belldandy said.
"Okay." Kou said.
"Kou I can tell you care for Anata. The way you glanced at her during dinner the other night, the way you helped her break away from hand magic, and the way you protected her against that shadow." Belldandy said.
"So in other words I..." Kou asked.
"In other words, if you're going by how things are ran in the heavens you have my permission to have a relationship with my daughter. But she is doing things the way she has always known. And that is human ways; you really need to talk to her." Belldandy said.
Thinking about Belldandy's words, Kou took a sip of his coffee. As if fast found out that he really liked coffee. Belldandy then said some more.
"But I would give her some time. got out of a relationship about a month ago." Belldandy said.
"What do you mean?" Kou asked.
"About a month ago, Anata found out that a boy she was dating was cheating on her. The break up was rather hard on her.. I don't think that she has fully recovered." Belldandy then took another sip of her tea. "The poor dear cried for days." Belldandy said.
"Why are you telling me this?" Asked Kou.
"Kou I can tell that you are a good person with a good heart. And I think that Anata too has feelings for you too, but she doesn't know what to do. Jive her time." Belldandy said.
Finishing off her tea, Belldandy then stood up. "Come on you need things for school. So there are stops we still need to make." Belldandy said.
Downing the rest of his coffee, Kou then fallowed Belldandy.
At the other end of town, Ryoka is taking a rather relaxing shower. Feeling better then ever. In the shower curten the faded figure of a shadow formed.
"Why have you not fulfilled you're end of the deal?" The figure asked.
Rubbing her neck and faced in to the shower head. "I will when I'm good and ready to." Ryoka replied.
"You could have struck the Morisato girl down along with her god friend." The figure said.
"I know. But the school I go to has made so much trouble for me I thought I get two birds with one stone." Ryoka said as she shut off the water to the shower and stood there letting the water drip off her body.
"More you wait; the harder it will be to fight her." The shadow said.
Stepping out of the shower and wrapping a towel around her, Ryoka turned to the Shadow.
"I have a great advantage over her. Like you said her powers are not developed, and I was able to tell that when we ran in to her last night. So don't worry it will be done." Ryoka said as she stepped out of the bathroom.
Back at the temple, Anata and Keiichi are working on her motorcycle.
"Okay the instructions say to remove the mounting." Keiichi said.
"Looks like I'll need a 16mm socket.." Anata said.
Just as Keiichi as Keiichi turned to reach for the socket, he watched as the socket lofted out of the tool box and float over to Anata's hand. She had moved it with out even looking at it, she didn't even use her hand to motion it.
"Anata that was really good, I see Kou is teaching you good." Keiichi said.
Hearing Kou's name being said, Anata blushed a little then she turned to her father. "He's been helping." Anata said.
Saying that Anata started on removing the mounting, back across town Belldandy and Kou are still doing some school shopping.
"Let's see. you will need a note book, Backpack, pens, pencils, what else.." Belldandy said as she scratched the side of her head.
Kou stood there, really not liking what's going on. "Ma'am is this really needed?" Kou asked. "I mean I do have my own studies to tend to."
Just then, Belldandy handed Kou all the things that she had just named off. "Oh yes this is what you will be needing for Anata's school.. Oh what ever people think you are from just go along with it." Belldandy said.
"I'm shocked. You of all goddesses would want me to lie?" Kou said.
"When I first got here people thought I was from east India. So I just went with it." Belldandy said. Then she looked at her watch. "Well the uniform should be ready by now."
Walking back through the mall, Belldandy and Kou made their way back to the clothing store. Where they saw that the clerk standing at the desk.
"Ma'am the uniform is ready." The clerk said.
Taking the uniform Belldandy then handed it to Kou.
"Kou there is a fitting room right over there please go and try it on." Belldandy said.
Taking the uniform to the fitting room, Kou started to put it on. Out side Belldandy waited, and waited, and waited. And yes waited some more.
"Kou are you alright?" Belldandy asked.
"I don't like it."
"What step out here and let me see you." Belldandy said.
"I really don't like it. I'm taking it off."
"Kou Morino you step out here right now or I will use a force bolt to open that door." Belldandy said resting her hands on to her hips.
"You're kidding?" Kou asked from with in the fitting room.
"I would not lie." Belldandy replied.
With a heavy sigh, Kou unlatched the door and stepped out. The uniform was all black, with a white button up shirt and a black coat with a high collar. Kou stood there and looked like he was about to rip the uniform off at any moment.
"May I take this thing off now.?" Kou said.
"My you do look quite hansom. What do you think about it Kou?" Asked Belldandy.
"Would you like my honest answer?" Kou said.
"Kou you are bound by the same laws that I too am bound to, so I know what ever you say will be truth." Belldandy said. "Go and take it off while I pay for it."
Kou did what Belldandy said, she didn't even need to tell him twice.
Back at the temple, Anata and Keiichi are sitting down to a nice cool glass of water after they had finished working on her bike.
"Winter is coming, so you will need to wait until spring to get you're street tiers." Keiichi said as he downed some of his water.
"Well last time I was at work I ordered my self some so I'll have them here come time fore them. I also thought about getting some light weight rims." Anata said.
"You are getting too many ideas from you're uncle Keisuke." Keiichi said as he refilled his glass.
"Hay Uncle Keisuke is bad ass, His stories about is street racing days are so cool." Anata said.
"Look any speeding tickets you get, you pay for." Keiichi said.
"I know, I know." Anata replied.
Just as Keiichi took Anata's glass to get her some more the ground started to shake.
"What? Earth Quake?" Keiichi said.
Just as Keiichi placed the two glasses on to the counter top, the two glasses started to shake and vibrate. Then each one shattered, sending shards of glass all over the place. Then Anata fell to her hands and knees. Seeing his daughter in trouble, Keiichi ran to her.
"Anata! Are you all right?" Keiichi asked.
"Head rush... I'm fine. Really." Anata replied
Just then the phone started to ring. Anata looked over at her dad.
"I'm fine, go and answer it." Anata said.
Letting out a sigh, Keiichi went over to the phone.
"Hello?" Keiichi answered.
"Keiichi? It's Peorth. Is Anata alright?" Peorth asked.
Taking the phone away from his head, Keiichi looked at it with a questioning look. Then he put the phone back to his head.
"How did you know something just happened?" Keiichi asked.
"Think about that question." Peorth said.
"Good point." Keiichi replied.
"Anyways, We just upped Anata's power by ten percent. She may feel light headed for a couple minutes. And tell Belldandy and Kou that she can get started with the spell casting, and these power increase will be an hour and a half apart, Bonjour." Peorth said.
"Yah. Talk to you later Peorth." Keiichi said handing the phone.
In the other room Anata was trying to over hear the phone conversation, but was only able to hear the phone hanging up.
Deep in Hell at demon central, Hild is sitting in her office looking at a rather large stack of paper work. Throwing some more papers on to her desk, Hild takes a deep breath.
MARA!!!
Seconds later Mara flung the door open and ran to Hild's desk. When she got there she leaned against the desk and tried to catch her breath.
"You. (Huff) Yelled? (Huff)" Mara said.
"What's with all these reports?" Hild asked.
"I was working on them... Demon Central really has gone to hell you know. then again we are in hell. Any ways if that is all you wanted I'll be getting back to the papers like you wanted me to." Mara said and turned away.
"Mara, I want you to go to Earth and find out about these reports I keep on getting about the shadows." Hild said as she picked up yet more papers.
"What? Please make up you're mind. I still need to file some 19,000 reports, and then I need to fill out 400 reports my self." Mara said.
"Go to Earth, and remember if Earth falls then it will be the heavens then us." Hild said reminding Mara.
As Mara was leaving the office Hild called Mara again. "And knock before entering. When you come back, I may have a guest."
Mara stopped in her tracks. "Come on cant you go and see him this time. I mean my place is only across the street from Demon Central. I didn't get any sleep that night. And more then likely nor did the whole block."
"Who I keep company with is my own business." Hild replied
Mara shivers as she leaves the office.
Back at earth and some three hours later. Anata and Kou are in the forest behind the temple again doing some training.
"Okay. you get to learn how to cast spells." Kou said pointing at Anata.
"Soooo If I get really good at it I can doing spell casting I can do the I dream of genie thing." Anata said as she crossed her arms and nodded her head, doing the I dream of genie thing.
Kou sat there trying to figure out what Anata had just said. "What was that?" Kou asked.
"Never mind." Anata said.
"Anyways.. (Sigh) you can go one of two roughs. You can do spells like you're mother, in which we will need you're mother to teach you. OR the type of spells dealing with the elements. Like my self and you're aunt Urd will teach you." Kou said.
Sitting there Anata is thinking on what to pick. She then remembered something.
"When I was a little kid. My Aunt Urd would baby sit me, she would do really cool things with fire and water and stuff. You know to get me to laugh. So I would like to do the elemental Spell things." Anata said.
"Alright, we'll start with water. I don't think that you're mother and Father would like us burning the forest down." Kou said. "First you really need to focus on the element you are doing the spell on.."
Closing his eyes, Kou started to focus on a little bit of water that was on the ground. Just as he was about to call forth the water, he sinced a presents. Opening his eyes slowly he looked to Anata.
"Don't make any movement. I since a demon.." Kou whispered.
Anata looked around by just moving her eyes. She couldn't see any thing.
"Where? I don't see it. Anata whispered back.
Slowly Kou brought his hand off the ground, and moved it in from of him and Anata, and some sparks started to flicker from his hand.
"Behind me. Up in the trees." Kou replied still whispering.
Anata was about to look in to the trees when Kou stopped her.
"Don't look." Kou whispered.
"I still can't see it." Anata said.
"It's right.." Kou then turned around and shot a lighting bolt at a branch.
"THERE!!!!"
The branch exploded and Mara be came visible. And shot some lighting back at Kou but only several times stronger. Kou was able to see the lighting coming and was able to form a shield around Anata and him self. As the lighting streamed from Mara's hand she hovered there in mid air.
"You little brat! I'm not here to pick a fight with a God. I'm here to see Urd!" Mara said, as she increased the power to her lighting bolt.
"Demon! Be gone!" Kou yelled. But his shield is fast failing.
"What are you doing here?"
Hearing Urd's voice Mara stopped with the lighting, and Kou dropped the shield and collapsed.
"Urd is this how old friends are treated?" Mara asked as she set her feet on to the ground.
"Come on I have a good idea why you're hear. I got some rather decent beer in the fridge too." Urd said.
Anata and Kou sat there as Urd and Mara walked to the temple. Then Kou turned to Anata.
"You're family is friends with a Demon?" Kou asked.
"From My understanding my parents and Mara go way back. I guess." Anata said.
T.B.C.
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Mara walks on to the screen.
"Well it looks like that even us demons are getting in to this. Before Urd and I go and get plastered. I guess that I need to do this preview thing. Okay here we go. The Morisato girl is slowly finding out about her powers. the plot thickens as something big goes down at the high school. Check it out on the next chapter of Goddess of the Earth."