Disclaimer: Again I do not own Oh! My Goddess.
December 6, 2019 5:30pm Dinner time.
The worst feeling of all
The whole family sat at the table. Urd and Skuld sat on one side, Anata and Kou on another, Kami and Hild on the side next to Anata and Kou. And Belldandy and Keiichi were sitting across from Kami and Hild. It was silent at the table, except for Hild and Kami taking turns feeding each other.
"Open wide my sweet." Kami said as he held out a set of chopsticks with a clump of race pinched in between then.
"Mmmmm absolutely delightful." Hild said after chewing her food. "Make way for some chicken, honey bun."
This went on for about fifteen minutes, during that time Urd's left eye brawl was twitching out of control. Hearing her parents talk like that to each other was really getting annoying.
"Must you two do that while I'm eating?" Urd asked.
"What's the matter little one?" Hild asked.
"Nothing, I'm trying to eat." Urd replied.
"So Urd dear, tell me is there any love in your life?" Hild asked.
"No there isn't." Urd said as she bit down on some chicken.
Sitting there, Kou whispers to Anata. "Are they always like that?" Kou asked.
"All the time." Anata whispers back.
Anata and Kou then go back to over hearing the conversation between Urd and her parents.
"What ever happened to that Troubadour fellow? He was rather nice." Hild asked.
"He's a jerk." Urd stated.
"Urd dear I want a grandchild." Hild said.
"Whoopee do for you." Urd said under her breath.
Finishing their dinner, Anata looked to her mother who was sitting silently as her sister and soon to be stepmother.
"May we be excused? Kou and I will like to go on out for a while." Anata asked.
"Where are you two off to?" Belldandy asked.
"Just thought that we will do some Christmas shopping." Anata replied.
"Yes you my, but don't be out too late." Belldandy said.
Hearing a chance t get away from her mother and father, Urd looked over at Anata. "I think you two need a some one to watch over and make sure you two don't do any thing you shouldn't." Urd said as she got up from the table.
"No offence Aunt Urd but I think that we can go out on our own." Anata said.
Kou just stood there shaking his head agreeing with Anata.
And with that Anata and Kou put on their coats and left the temple. Hild smiled and looked back at Belldandy. "She is happy, isn't she?"
"She has been the happiest I've ever seen her." Belldandy replied.
"Now if only my little girl would find a great love." Hild said looking back at Urd.
Rolling her eyes, Urd picked up her things and took them to the kitchen. Hild frowned and fallowed to see what was bothering her daughter.
Out side, Anata and Kou were walking down the street, heading to the campus. With it being Thursday there has to be something going on there. As they walked down the street, with Anata hanging on to Kou's arm they stop as a car drove past them, Anata let go of Kou's arm as she watched the car drive by.
"Look it's one of those new AI cars." Anata said pointing to the car.
"What about it?" Kou asked.
"The AI cars will be the undoing of the relationship between man and machine." Anata said to Kou, but only to get a confused look from him, then Anata continued explaining.
"Take my dad for example. He takes care of the EVO. He changes the oil in it every month, and checks the fluids ever week. In return the EVO takes care of him and his family. It's a symbiotic relationship. But As far back as I can remember my mother has always told me about the feeling of love the EVO has for us, because the way we take care of it." Anata explained.
(A/N: Okay, Okay I was watching Ex-Driver when I was typing this. Made by Kosuke Fujishima its art and story is great. I would recommend it to anyone.)
"I have felt that feeling in the car, and I don't think that these new cars will be a down fall of that relationship. I think it will reinforce that relationship for those that believe in that relationship." Kou said in reply.
Some how Kou's words made Anata feel better about the subject. Then Kou went on to say some more. "Like your bike. Even though you only had it for a short time, I was glad someone like owned it, and cared for it. It even cares more for you since you and your father started to rebuild it since it was blown to bits."
Back at the temple, Hild was having a little mother to daughter talk.
"What is bothering you little one? Is it the fact that your father and I are getting back together?" Hild asked.
"If you want my permission to get back with Daddy? You have it. You are a grown woman after all." Urd replied.
In the other room the phone started to ring, being the closest Belldandy answered it. "Hello Morisato residence." Belldandy said.
"My hello Mister Fujishima how are you?" Belldandy asked. "One moment, he's right here." Belldandy said and covered the receiver and looked over at Keiichi. "It's Mister Fujishima. It sounds rather urgent." Belldandy said handing the phone to Keiichi.
"Hello Mister Fujishima." Keiichi greeted. Then he lessened to what his boss was saying. "Yes sir, I'll be there shortly." Keiichi said then he hung up the phone. "They need me in the office; it seems there is a part that a Honda planet wants to have remade. And they want it by the morning." Keiichi said as he went to his study room and grabbed something form work. "So I think I might be there late." Keiichi said. Giving a Kiss to Belldandy Keiichi was on his way for some late night work.
Back in Urd's room her and her mother was still talking. "Look one of the first memories I have is of you and dad fighting, and going back and fourth between Yggdrasil and Nefleim.." Urd said.
"If it's about your father and I fighting, you need not worry. We have worked out so much and we will not be living together. I will remain at Nefleim and you father at Yggdrasil. We will still love each other.... but from afar." Hild said as she hugged Urd. "And besides... Growing up? How many other Gods and Goddesses did you know that could go between Nefleim and Yggdrasil? How many things more did you learn from the Nefleim works?" Hild asked.
Urd giggled and looked at her mother. "It is something when you're only six and you know how to conger up a sand spirit in the play ground.. Thanks mom." Urd said as she gave Hild a hug.... Aww... Even Urd needs a good motherly hug.
But as all this was going on, As Keiichi was driving to work, as Anata and Kou walked through town, As Hild, Kami and Urd spent some time together. Up in Yggdrasil. A small red light started to flash, next to the light was a small screen on the screen was a request. "Request for relief approved. Random selection of relief giver commencing." Then on names started to come up on the screen. "Goddess Ichigo, Goddess Koishi, God Oryema, Goddess Delenn, God Hara, and God Kou...... Sending to system control."
Over in the control room, Peorth sat reading over report after report. Then a small screen appeared in front of Peorth. Sitting there reading is, her face got a sadden look.
"Ere, get hold of Kou... He has a relief mission. And also get hold of the others on the list." Peorth said.
"Yes ma'am." Ere replied.
Back on earth, Kou and Anata were walking up to the student union.
"Umm Anata? We are not students here, so why are we going in?" Kou asked.
"My friends and I would come here all the time. It's alright the collage and the surrounding community has a good thing going here. It's alright." Anata said. "Come on there's a lot of things to do here."
Walking in to the union, they found that for a Thursday night the place was really alive, even more then a Friday or a Saturday night. There was someone doing some rave music mixing. And a huge Dance Dance revalolushion game going. Looking around Anata found someone that she hadn't seen in a long time. It was Yu.
"Yu? What the hell? I haven't seen you in like for ever." Anata said.
"That's more my line. Where have you been? Every time I go to your house your mom says that you are visiting relatives." Yu said.
Anata stood there and thought. Sure in a way her mother was right... But that was in a way and also really stretching the truth. "Yah. I've been studying abroad... In a way." Anata said.
"So Kou how are you?" Yu asked.
"I'm doing vary good thank you." Kou replied.
Kou had run in to Yu at the mall, and like Skuld. Yu knows about the gift that Kou had gotten for Anata.
"That's good to hear. So what are you to doing?" Yu asked.
"Some relatives stopped by my place and things were getting weird so we came out for a little bit. You?" Anata asked.
"There's really nothing going on me and Ryoka have been hanging out..." Yu paused as she was thinking if she should keep on talking. But she being Anata's best friend had to tell her. "Umm Anata, I thought that you should know that your Ex is here."
"Do I look like I care?" Anata asked.
"Not really...I just thought that you should know." Yu said.
"Thanks but I really don't care." Anata said as she found her self something to drink.
Hearing this bit of info Kou remembered what Belldandy had told him about the one that hurt Anata. Fallowing Anata and Yu to a table, Kou kept her mouth shut about his dislike of the fact that the one that hurt Anata is in the same building.
Back at the temple Belldandy had just got off the phone with Ere from Yggdrasil. Her father knew something was wrong just by the look on her face.
"What is it Belldandy?" Kami asked.
"That was Ere... She said that Kou was selected for a relief mission.." Belldandy replied.
"Here on earth?" Kami asked again.
"No some other planet in the same galaxy but at the other end." Belldandy said. "Cant you do something? I mean Anata is all depressed when he's not around." Belldandy said.
"If it was going on closer to the beginning of time I could, but now the selection possess is controlled by the Yggdrasil main frame. There is nothing I can do." Kami replied.
Back at the union Anata, Yu and Kou were sitting at a table just talking and having some fun. Kou had noticed that Anata and Yu's drinks were just about empty.
"My I offer getting more refreshments for you two?" Kou asked.
"That's sweet. Anata was he always like that of did you need to do some training?" Yu asked as she handed her glass to Kou.
"Nope, he came like that. Here you go Kou sweetie." Anata replied as she handed her glass to Kou.
"Wow Anata he's a keeper" Yu said as Kou waked off.
"He's great." Anata replied.
Kou walked up to the snack bar and placed the three glasses on to the counter top then the clerk came up to him.
"What will it be?" The clerk asked.
"Two more Mountain dews and another glass of water please." Kou said.
"One moment." The clerk said in reply.
As Kou was waiting for his order, a young man not much older the he was walked up to him.
"So I see you're the one that Anata Morisato has been hanging with." The young man said.
"Excuse me?" Kou asked.
"Shingo Shoji I use to date Anata." Shingo said putting his hand out looking for Kou to shake it.
Kou didn't shake his hand; all he did was glair at him. "So you are the one that caused harm to Anata. Are you?" Kou asked.
"Harm? No I never touched her... well not in that way it you get my drift. But she never wanted to put out." Shingo said.
Across the student union Yu saw what was going on over Anata's shoulder. "Oh shit! Anata look behind you over at the snack bar." Yu said pointing.
Turning around Anata saw Kou and her Ex. She sat there frozen, did Kou know about their past.
"It's men like you that give the male side of any species a bad name." Kou said as he was about to leave.
"I get it.... You haven't done anything with her neither." Shingo said.
Kou then stopped and looked back at Shingo. "My personal affairs are non of you're concern. Now if will excuse me..." Kou said as he started to walk back to the table.
"What? I'm nit done." Shingo said as he grabbed Kou's shoulder. But when she did Kou spin around and grabbed Shingo's wrist, with just enough force to cause pain but not break it.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! You're breaking it!" Shingo yelled, making the whole place go silent.
"Like I said. You need not concern you're self whit my relationship with Anata Morisato." With that Kou released Shingo and started to go back to the table. AS Kou walked away, Shingo noticed a set of darts their behind the snack bar. Picking one of them up Shingo threw it as hard as he could at Kou.
Spinning around lightning fast, Kou cough the dart inches from his face. Held it out in front of him and slowly bent the tip with his thumb and dropped it. Then Kou started back to the table once again. When he reached the table, He was getting only strange looks from Anata and Yu.
"Oh My GOD! Did you see that Anata. Kou was on the edge but never snapped. Then he cough that dart! That was the coolest." Yu yelled.
"Kou? Are you all right?" Anata asked as she checked Kou over.
"I am fine.. but I would rather not be here. If that is all right?" Kou asked.
"Sure. I'll talk to ya later Yu." Anata aside as she started to leave with Kou.
"Yah, I'll call you in the morning. See ya later too Kou." Yu said.
Walking out of the student union, Anata stepped in front of Kou. Stopping him. Anata could tell that Kou was mad. Really mad.
"Kou for real, are you okay. I mean you look pissed, I've never seen you like that." Anata said.
"It's nothing... I didn't like his attitude that's all." Kou replied.
"He really must have pissed you off. I mean you are just about the most relaxed person I know." Anata stated.
"There are just some things I never tolerate, and the way he was talking about you was one of them." Kou said.
"And what was he saying about me?" Anata asked.
"Just something's that I would rather not bring back up.... But all I will say is that he was talking ill of you." Kou replied.
"Like what?" Anata asked again.
"It's something's that I don't feel conferrable about talking about." Kou replied.
"Well if you ever want to talk about it. You know that you can talk to me okay?" Anata said.
"Thank you... You see some subjects I'm just a little touchy with that's all." Kou said with a smile. "Now it's a vary nice evening, and it would be a crime to waist it. How bout a walk in the park?" Kou asked.
Taking hold of Kou's arm, Anata and Kou started to walk in to the park, and then she looked up at Kou.
"You know when you cough that dart?" Anata asked.
"What about it?" Kou asked in reply.
"It was a bit of a turn on..." Anata said as she blushed a little.
Up at Yggdrasil the other students were gathering at the control room. Peorth look at the students that were selected for the mission. She saw the Twins, both leaning against the other and half asleep. There was Oryema, and he was also half a sleep and sitting at a desk with his head down trying to sleep. Then we have Hara, Being a night ole was wide awake. Peorth knew where Kou was at and was waiting for him to arrive, but what was getting Peorth was the fact that she was missing the youngest of the selected students.
"Ichigo? Where is Delenn?" asked Peorth.
Letting out a yawn Ichigo replied. "She's probably still asleep. The kid is a heavy sleeper."
"While we are waiting for Kou, Hara go get Delenn." Peorth ordered.
Hearing this order, Ere spun around in her chair. "Ma'am may I go get her, I was her mentor. And she can be troublesome when getting up. Remember even she told every one not to treat her as a kid she still is." Ere said.
Thinking about is, Peorth agreed with Ere. "All right, go on."
Getting out of her chair, Ere walked out of the control room and was gone, Peorth then looked to the students.
"Okay lessen up...." Peorth said as she was getting ready to tell about the place where they will be going.
Across Yggdrasil, Ere was walking in through the dorm section. She came to a door with a bunch of Yggdrasil writing on it, saying Room 9834. Knocking on it, Ere found there was no one answering it. She waiting some more and knocked on it again, and again there was no answer. This time using her old mentor code on the number lock pad on the door, it slid open. Looking in to the room, she found that it was pitch black in side. So walking in she felt on the wall for the light switch. Finding it Ere turned on the lights. To see her young friend still sleeping.
"Come on. Get up Delenn." Ere said.
But the only response she got was a moan and Delenn rolling over so she's facing away from Ere. Walking up to Delenn's bed, Ere shook her this time walking her. The young goddess sleepily looked up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes to see Ere standing up her. Jumping up out of her bed, Delenn was in a panic.
"Did I over sleep?!" Delenn asked.
"No, you were called to the control room. That's what you missed." Ere replied.
"WHAT! I was summand? Why didn't you say something?" Delenn said as she rolled out of bed and started to rush around trying to get ready.
"I did. Look you just better get ready fast before Peorth thinks of some sick twisted way to punish you." Ere said as she walked to the door.
"How much time do I have?" Delenn asked.
"You might have some good bit of time. We're still waiting for one other." Ere replied.
"Who?" Delenn asked.
"Kou Morino, that's who. Now hurry up." Ere replied.
On earth, Kou and Anata were just coming out of the other end of the park and were starting up the hill that leads to the temple.
"So is there any other holidays I should know about?" Kou asked.
"Well there is the new years a week or so after Christmas. And there is much more, you really didn't do all that good in that earth custom class did you?" Anata asked.
"Well I really did do badly at that class." Kou replied.
"Don't worry, I'll teach ya." Anata said.
"Mmm I'll like that." Kou replied.
Reaching the top of the hill, they stood there at the gate to the temple. Just as they stepped on the temple grounds they both got a bad feeling.
"You feel that?" Anata asked.
"Yes I did... It was probably nothing." Kou said.
Both shrugging the feeling off, they both walked on in to the temple, as soon as they were in Anata announced that they were home.
"Were back!" Anata Yelled.
Then from the other room, Belldandy called them in to the living room. Not sure on what was going on and hearing the tone in Belldandy's voice they both went to see what was going on. And as soon as they entered the living room they were able to tell something was going on.
"What's up? Did Aunt Urd turn dad in to something?" Anata asked.
"You two better sit down." Kami said trying sound as reinsuring as e could.
Doing as they were told not due to the fact that he is Anata's grandfather, but more to the fact that he is the Almighty after all.
"Kou you were selected for a relief mission." Kami said getting to the point.
"What?" Was Kou's only reaction as Anata just sat there remaining silent.
"Can't you do something about this?" Anata softly asked.
"I wish I could, but that is why the Yggdrasil main frame computer picks. So I can't do favors like that. I'm sorry." Kami replied.
Kou sat there thinking for a couple of moments, and then e looked back up to The Almighty.
"My Lord, What of my duty to protect Anata.... Your granddaughter." Kou asked.
"I know of you twos feeling for each other, but this is something that it really out of my control." Kami replied.
Anata knew that Kou was pulling the technical stuff out, but it was shaping up more and more that he was going to leave.
"Looks like I have no choice...." Kou said softly as he got up off of the couch and walked to his room to change in to his God cloths.
As soon as he was gone and in his room, Anata turned to her mother about ready to cry. "Can... Can you do something mom?" Anata asked as her eyes swelled up with tears.
"Sorry no... There is nothing that I can do... Oh come her..." Belldandy said as she opened her arms.
Getting up Anata hugged her mother, and started to cry out of control.
"Now, now... Anata dear, Kou is going to be right back. I know he is, he would not have it any other way." Belldandy said.
"You think?" Anata asked.
"I know so" Belldandy said.
Smiling, Anata looked up at her mother to see her doing the same. "You're right, it's not like he's leaving me for ever." Anata said as she got up. "So I'm going to see him off."
Walking to Kou's room, Anata was still feeling that really bad feeling deep inside her. But she was still shrugging it off. Reaching Kou's room she knocked on his door.
"Come in." Kou called from inside.
Sliding he door open, Anata walked in and closed the door behind her. When she looked over at Kou. He was just putting on the shoulder pads to his God cloths. The heavy metal pads seemed to reflect the faint light from out side, the light metallic blue pads seemed to glow some. Then Kou reached over to the small night stand and picked up his folded up staff and put it in a wrist band. Hearing the door close he turned to see Anata there looked right back at him.
"I will be back you know." Kou said as he sat back down putting on a boot. "I still have a gift to give you."
"You could always give it to me now." Anata jokingly said.
"Now I do believe that the custom is to give it on Christmas morning." Kou said.
"You can always break that custom." Anata said.
"Like I said. I'll be back." Kou said putting on the other boot and he then stood up and walked over to Anata. Taking her in his arms, he held her close. "I promise you I will return. Not even your grandfather and Yggdrasil will stop me from breaking that promise to you."
Anata remained still; she had never seen such a look in Kou before. It was tilling her that he will be back, and again she was still having that bad feeling deep within her.
"You can use the TV in my room if you want." Anata said.
Kou only nodded. Then they walked over to the next room over. Once in Anata's room she reached over to her TV and turned it on. Sharing a Kiss. Kou took a step to the TV and looked over at Anata.
"Leave the TV on for me?" Kou asked.
"This vary one." Anata replied.
Then with that there was a flash of light and Kou was gone.
After every one was gone or had gone to bed, Anata rolled out of her own Futon and walked on in to the living room. There in a corner Anata walked over to the piano. She had taken lessens several years ago. She was rather good to, but school and getting other things she had stopped playing. But for some reason she had the urge to play. Sitting at the bench she started to play, even though it was about two in the morning Anata really didn't care. Her music truly reflected her feeling of sadness and loneliness.
Hearing her daughter play after not doing so, Belldandy rolled out of bed and slowly walked to the door way of the living room. Belldandy was able what she was playing. The peaces were the same two that she had picked for a recital a couple years back. Urd had really put her up to the peaces that she had picked. Belldandy remembered Anata telling Urd that she didn't want to play something like what the other kids will be playing. So Urd had banded her of all things a bunch of CD's and told her to play the CD's and tell her what if any music she liked. And sure enough Anata had picked out two piano peaces, and like Urd said she would do, she found the sheet music for Anata. The first was the piano solo of Destiny from "X" and the other was Homage for Inuyasha. From "Inuyasha". Anata hadn't played either of the two peaces for a vary long time but as she played them now, she was playing them with more emotion the before. Belldandy was able to see the tears falling from Anata's face. Walking in to the room Belldandy wanted to be there for her little girl, but knew that Anata would push her away or hide the fact that she was hurting inside.
T.B.C.
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Well it's me yep the guy that is typing that's story doing the preview. Next time, Kou and the other students arrive at the world that needs the relief to find the city they end up at is nothing more then remains of a city that seems to have been ravaged by war. And the ones that attacked the city are back again. At the same time as Kou dealing with that. Anata is dealing with not being with her love. So look out for lots of action and feelings on the next chapter of Goddess of the Earth.
A/N: something else to look out for is the x over story between my story "Goddess of the Earth" and Player 0's story "Son of Urd". But that is only in the vary early stages. But it might be a good one so check it out when that starts being posted.
December 6, 2019 5:30pm Dinner time.
The worst feeling of all
The whole family sat at the table. Urd and Skuld sat on one side, Anata and Kou on another, Kami and Hild on the side next to Anata and Kou. And Belldandy and Keiichi were sitting across from Kami and Hild. It was silent at the table, except for Hild and Kami taking turns feeding each other.
"Open wide my sweet." Kami said as he held out a set of chopsticks with a clump of race pinched in between then.
"Mmmmm absolutely delightful." Hild said after chewing her food. "Make way for some chicken, honey bun."
This went on for about fifteen minutes, during that time Urd's left eye brawl was twitching out of control. Hearing her parents talk like that to each other was really getting annoying.
"Must you two do that while I'm eating?" Urd asked.
"What's the matter little one?" Hild asked.
"Nothing, I'm trying to eat." Urd replied.
"So Urd dear, tell me is there any love in your life?" Hild asked.
"No there isn't." Urd said as she bit down on some chicken.
Sitting there, Kou whispers to Anata. "Are they always like that?" Kou asked.
"All the time." Anata whispers back.
Anata and Kou then go back to over hearing the conversation between Urd and her parents.
"What ever happened to that Troubadour fellow? He was rather nice." Hild asked.
"He's a jerk." Urd stated.
"Urd dear I want a grandchild." Hild said.
"Whoopee do for you." Urd said under her breath.
Finishing their dinner, Anata looked to her mother who was sitting silently as her sister and soon to be stepmother.
"May we be excused? Kou and I will like to go on out for a while." Anata asked.
"Where are you two off to?" Belldandy asked.
"Just thought that we will do some Christmas shopping." Anata replied.
"Yes you my, but don't be out too late." Belldandy said.
Hearing a chance t get away from her mother and father, Urd looked over at Anata. "I think you two need a some one to watch over and make sure you two don't do any thing you shouldn't." Urd said as she got up from the table.
"No offence Aunt Urd but I think that we can go out on our own." Anata said.
Kou just stood there shaking his head agreeing with Anata.
And with that Anata and Kou put on their coats and left the temple. Hild smiled and looked back at Belldandy. "She is happy, isn't she?"
"She has been the happiest I've ever seen her." Belldandy replied.
"Now if only my little girl would find a great love." Hild said looking back at Urd.
Rolling her eyes, Urd picked up her things and took them to the kitchen. Hild frowned and fallowed to see what was bothering her daughter.
Out side, Anata and Kou were walking down the street, heading to the campus. With it being Thursday there has to be something going on there. As they walked down the street, with Anata hanging on to Kou's arm they stop as a car drove past them, Anata let go of Kou's arm as she watched the car drive by.
"Look it's one of those new AI cars." Anata said pointing to the car.
"What about it?" Kou asked.
"The AI cars will be the undoing of the relationship between man and machine." Anata said to Kou, but only to get a confused look from him, then Anata continued explaining.
"Take my dad for example. He takes care of the EVO. He changes the oil in it every month, and checks the fluids ever week. In return the EVO takes care of him and his family. It's a symbiotic relationship. But As far back as I can remember my mother has always told me about the feeling of love the EVO has for us, because the way we take care of it." Anata explained.
(A/N: Okay, Okay I was watching Ex-Driver when I was typing this. Made by Kosuke Fujishima its art and story is great. I would recommend it to anyone.)
"I have felt that feeling in the car, and I don't think that these new cars will be a down fall of that relationship. I think it will reinforce that relationship for those that believe in that relationship." Kou said in reply.
Some how Kou's words made Anata feel better about the subject. Then Kou went on to say some more. "Like your bike. Even though you only had it for a short time, I was glad someone like owned it, and cared for it. It even cares more for you since you and your father started to rebuild it since it was blown to bits."
Back at the temple, Hild was having a little mother to daughter talk.
"What is bothering you little one? Is it the fact that your father and I are getting back together?" Hild asked.
"If you want my permission to get back with Daddy? You have it. You are a grown woman after all." Urd replied.
In the other room the phone started to ring, being the closest Belldandy answered it. "Hello Morisato residence." Belldandy said.
"My hello Mister Fujishima how are you?" Belldandy asked. "One moment, he's right here." Belldandy said and covered the receiver and looked over at Keiichi. "It's Mister Fujishima. It sounds rather urgent." Belldandy said handing the phone to Keiichi.
"Hello Mister Fujishima." Keiichi greeted. Then he lessened to what his boss was saying. "Yes sir, I'll be there shortly." Keiichi said then he hung up the phone. "They need me in the office; it seems there is a part that a Honda planet wants to have remade. And they want it by the morning." Keiichi said as he went to his study room and grabbed something form work. "So I think I might be there late." Keiichi said. Giving a Kiss to Belldandy Keiichi was on his way for some late night work.
Back in Urd's room her and her mother was still talking. "Look one of the first memories I have is of you and dad fighting, and going back and fourth between Yggdrasil and Nefleim.." Urd said.
"If it's about your father and I fighting, you need not worry. We have worked out so much and we will not be living together. I will remain at Nefleim and you father at Yggdrasil. We will still love each other.... but from afar." Hild said as she hugged Urd. "And besides... Growing up? How many other Gods and Goddesses did you know that could go between Nefleim and Yggdrasil? How many things more did you learn from the Nefleim works?" Hild asked.
Urd giggled and looked at her mother. "It is something when you're only six and you know how to conger up a sand spirit in the play ground.. Thanks mom." Urd said as she gave Hild a hug.... Aww... Even Urd needs a good motherly hug.
But as all this was going on, As Keiichi was driving to work, as Anata and Kou walked through town, As Hild, Kami and Urd spent some time together. Up in Yggdrasil. A small red light started to flash, next to the light was a small screen on the screen was a request. "Request for relief approved. Random selection of relief giver commencing." Then on names started to come up on the screen. "Goddess Ichigo, Goddess Koishi, God Oryema, Goddess Delenn, God Hara, and God Kou...... Sending to system control."
Over in the control room, Peorth sat reading over report after report. Then a small screen appeared in front of Peorth. Sitting there reading is, her face got a sadden look.
"Ere, get hold of Kou... He has a relief mission. And also get hold of the others on the list." Peorth said.
"Yes ma'am." Ere replied.
Back on earth, Kou and Anata were walking up to the student union.
"Umm Anata? We are not students here, so why are we going in?" Kou asked.
"My friends and I would come here all the time. It's alright the collage and the surrounding community has a good thing going here. It's alright." Anata said. "Come on there's a lot of things to do here."
Walking in to the union, they found that for a Thursday night the place was really alive, even more then a Friday or a Saturday night. There was someone doing some rave music mixing. And a huge Dance Dance revalolushion game going. Looking around Anata found someone that she hadn't seen in a long time. It was Yu.
"Yu? What the hell? I haven't seen you in like for ever." Anata said.
"That's more my line. Where have you been? Every time I go to your house your mom says that you are visiting relatives." Yu said.
Anata stood there and thought. Sure in a way her mother was right... But that was in a way and also really stretching the truth. "Yah. I've been studying abroad... In a way." Anata said.
"So Kou how are you?" Yu asked.
"I'm doing vary good thank you." Kou replied.
Kou had run in to Yu at the mall, and like Skuld. Yu knows about the gift that Kou had gotten for Anata.
"That's good to hear. So what are you to doing?" Yu asked.
"Some relatives stopped by my place and things were getting weird so we came out for a little bit. You?" Anata asked.
"There's really nothing going on me and Ryoka have been hanging out..." Yu paused as she was thinking if she should keep on talking. But she being Anata's best friend had to tell her. "Umm Anata, I thought that you should know that your Ex is here."
"Do I look like I care?" Anata asked.
"Not really...I just thought that you should know." Yu said.
"Thanks but I really don't care." Anata said as she found her self something to drink.
Hearing this bit of info Kou remembered what Belldandy had told him about the one that hurt Anata. Fallowing Anata and Yu to a table, Kou kept her mouth shut about his dislike of the fact that the one that hurt Anata is in the same building.
Back at the temple Belldandy had just got off the phone with Ere from Yggdrasil. Her father knew something was wrong just by the look on her face.
"What is it Belldandy?" Kami asked.
"That was Ere... She said that Kou was selected for a relief mission.." Belldandy replied.
"Here on earth?" Kami asked again.
"No some other planet in the same galaxy but at the other end." Belldandy said. "Cant you do something? I mean Anata is all depressed when he's not around." Belldandy said.
"If it was going on closer to the beginning of time I could, but now the selection possess is controlled by the Yggdrasil main frame. There is nothing I can do." Kami replied.
Back at the union Anata, Yu and Kou were sitting at a table just talking and having some fun. Kou had noticed that Anata and Yu's drinks were just about empty.
"My I offer getting more refreshments for you two?" Kou asked.
"That's sweet. Anata was he always like that of did you need to do some training?" Yu asked as she handed her glass to Kou.
"Nope, he came like that. Here you go Kou sweetie." Anata replied as she handed her glass to Kou.
"Wow Anata he's a keeper" Yu said as Kou waked off.
"He's great." Anata replied.
Kou walked up to the snack bar and placed the three glasses on to the counter top then the clerk came up to him.
"What will it be?" The clerk asked.
"Two more Mountain dews and another glass of water please." Kou said.
"One moment." The clerk said in reply.
As Kou was waiting for his order, a young man not much older the he was walked up to him.
"So I see you're the one that Anata Morisato has been hanging with." The young man said.
"Excuse me?" Kou asked.
"Shingo Shoji I use to date Anata." Shingo said putting his hand out looking for Kou to shake it.
Kou didn't shake his hand; all he did was glair at him. "So you are the one that caused harm to Anata. Are you?" Kou asked.
"Harm? No I never touched her... well not in that way it you get my drift. But she never wanted to put out." Shingo said.
Across the student union Yu saw what was going on over Anata's shoulder. "Oh shit! Anata look behind you over at the snack bar." Yu said pointing.
Turning around Anata saw Kou and her Ex. She sat there frozen, did Kou know about their past.
"It's men like you that give the male side of any species a bad name." Kou said as he was about to leave.
"I get it.... You haven't done anything with her neither." Shingo said.
Kou then stopped and looked back at Shingo. "My personal affairs are non of you're concern. Now if will excuse me..." Kou said as he started to walk back to the table.
"What? I'm nit done." Shingo said as he grabbed Kou's shoulder. But when she did Kou spin around and grabbed Shingo's wrist, with just enough force to cause pain but not break it.
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! You're breaking it!" Shingo yelled, making the whole place go silent.
"Like I said. You need not concern you're self whit my relationship with Anata Morisato." With that Kou released Shingo and started to go back to the table. AS Kou walked away, Shingo noticed a set of darts their behind the snack bar. Picking one of them up Shingo threw it as hard as he could at Kou.
Spinning around lightning fast, Kou cough the dart inches from his face. Held it out in front of him and slowly bent the tip with his thumb and dropped it. Then Kou started back to the table once again. When he reached the table, He was getting only strange looks from Anata and Yu.
"Oh My GOD! Did you see that Anata. Kou was on the edge but never snapped. Then he cough that dart! That was the coolest." Yu yelled.
"Kou? Are you all right?" Anata asked as she checked Kou over.
"I am fine.. but I would rather not be here. If that is all right?" Kou asked.
"Sure. I'll talk to ya later Yu." Anata aside as she started to leave with Kou.
"Yah, I'll call you in the morning. See ya later too Kou." Yu said.
Walking out of the student union, Anata stepped in front of Kou. Stopping him. Anata could tell that Kou was mad. Really mad.
"Kou for real, are you okay. I mean you look pissed, I've never seen you like that." Anata said.
"It's nothing... I didn't like his attitude that's all." Kou replied.
"He really must have pissed you off. I mean you are just about the most relaxed person I know." Anata stated.
"There are just some things I never tolerate, and the way he was talking about you was one of them." Kou said.
"And what was he saying about me?" Anata asked.
"Just something's that I would rather not bring back up.... But all I will say is that he was talking ill of you." Kou replied.
"Like what?" Anata asked again.
"It's something's that I don't feel conferrable about talking about." Kou replied.
"Well if you ever want to talk about it. You know that you can talk to me okay?" Anata said.
"Thank you... You see some subjects I'm just a little touchy with that's all." Kou said with a smile. "Now it's a vary nice evening, and it would be a crime to waist it. How bout a walk in the park?" Kou asked.
Taking hold of Kou's arm, Anata and Kou started to walk in to the park, and then she looked up at Kou.
"You know when you cough that dart?" Anata asked.
"What about it?" Kou asked in reply.
"It was a bit of a turn on..." Anata said as she blushed a little.
Up at Yggdrasil the other students were gathering at the control room. Peorth look at the students that were selected for the mission. She saw the Twins, both leaning against the other and half asleep. There was Oryema, and he was also half a sleep and sitting at a desk with his head down trying to sleep. Then we have Hara, Being a night ole was wide awake. Peorth knew where Kou was at and was waiting for him to arrive, but what was getting Peorth was the fact that she was missing the youngest of the selected students.
"Ichigo? Where is Delenn?" asked Peorth.
Letting out a yawn Ichigo replied. "She's probably still asleep. The kid is a heavy sleeper."
"While we are waiting for Kou, Hara go get Delenn." Peorth ordered.
Hearing this order, Ere spun around in her chair. "Ma'am may I go get her, I was her mentor. And she can be troublesome when getting up. Remember even she told every one not to treat her as a kid she still is." Ere said.
Thinking about is, Peorth agreed with Ere. "All right, go on."
Getting out of her chair, Ere walked out of the control room and was gone, Peorth then looked to the students.
"Okay lessen up...." Peorth said as she was getting ready to tell about the place where they will be going.
Across Yggdrasil, Ere was walking in through the dorm section. She came to a door with a bunch of Yggdrasil writing on it, saying Room 9834. Knocking on it, Ere found there was no one answering it. She waiting some more and knocked on it again, and again there was no answer. This time using her old mentor code on the number lock pad on the door, it slid open. Looking in to the room, she found that it was pitch black in side. So walking in she felt on the wall for the light switch. Finding it Ere turned on the lights. To see her young friend still sleeping.
"Come on. Get up Delenn." Ere said.
But the only response she got was a moan and Delenn rolling over so she's facing away from Ere. Walking up to Delenn's bed, Ere shook her this time walking her. The young goddess sleepily looked up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes to see Ere standing up her. Jumping up out of her bed, Delenn was in a panic.
"Did I over sleep?!" Delenn asked.
"No, you were called to the control room. That's what you missed." Ere replied.
"WHAT! I was summand? Why didn't you say something?" Delenn said as she rolled out of bed and started to rush around trying to get ready.
"I did. Look you just better get ready fast before Peorth thinks of some sick twisted way to punish you." Ere said as she walked to the door.
"How much time do I have?" Delenn asked.
"You might have some good bit of time. We're still waiting for one other." Ere replied.
"Who?" Delenn asked.
"Kou Morino, that's who. Now hurry up." Ere replied.
On earth, Kou and Anata were just coming out of the other end of the park and were starting up the hill that leads to the temple.
"So is there any other holidays I should know about?" Kou asked.
"Well there is the new years a week or so after Christmas. And there is much more, you really didn't do all that good in that earth custom class did you?" Anata asked.
"Well I really did do badly at that class." Kou replied.
"Don't worry, I'll teach ya." Anata said.
"Mmm I'll like that." Kou replied.
Reaching the top of the hill, they stood there at the gate to the temple. Just as they stepped on the temple grounds they both got a bad feeling.
"You feel that?" Anata asked.
"Yes I did... It was probably nothing." Kou said.
Both shrugging the feeling off, they both walked on in to the temple, as soon as they were in Anata announced that they were home.
"Were back!" Anata Yelled.
Then from the other room, Belldandy called them in to the living room. Not sure on what was going on and hearing the tone in Belldandy's voice they both went to see what was going on. And as soon as they entered the living room they were able to tell something was going on.
"What's up? Did Aunt Urd turn dad in to something?" Anata asked.
"You two better sit down." Kami said trying sound as reinsuring as e could.
Doing as they were told not due to the fact that he is Anata's grandfather, but more to the fact that he is the Almighty after all.
"Kou you were selected for a relief mission." Kami said getting to the point.
"What?" Was Kou's only reaction as Anata just sat there remaining silent.
"Can't you do something about this?" Anata softly asked.
"I wish I could, but that is why the Yggdrasil main frame computer picks. So I can't do favors like that. I'm sorry." Kami replied.
Kou sat there thinking for a couple of moments, and then e looked back up to The Almighty.
"My Lord, What of my duty to protect Anata.... Your granddaughter." Kou asked.
"I know of you twos feeling for each other, but this is something that it really out of my control." Kami replied.
Anata knew that Kou was pulling the technical stuff out, but it was shaping up more and more that he was going to leave.
"Looks like I have no choice...." Kou said softly as he got up off of the couch and walked to his room to change in to his God cloths.
As soon as he was gone and in his room, Anata turned to her mother about ready to cry. "Can... Can you do something mom?" Anata asked as her eyes swelled up with tears.
"Sorry no... There is nothing that I can do... Oh come her..." Belldandy said as she opened her arms.
Getting up Anata hugged her mother, and started to cry out of control.
"Now, now... Anata dear, Kou is going to be right back. I know he is, he would not have it any other way." Belldandy said.
"You think?" Anata asked.
"I know so" Belldandy said.
Smiling, Anata looked up at her mother to see her doing the same. "You're right, it's not like he's leaving me for ever." Anata said as she got up. "So I'm going to see him off."
Walking to Kou's room, Anata was still feeling that really bad feeling deep inside her. But she was still shrugging it off. Reaching Kou's room she knocked on his door.
"Come in." Kou called from inside.
Sliding he door open, Anata walked in and closed the door behind her. When she looked over at Kou. He was just putting on the shoulder pads to his God cloths. The heavy metal pads seemed to reflect the faint light from out side, the light metallic blue pads seemed to glow some. Then Kou reached over to the small night stand and picked up his folded up staff and put it in a wrist band. Hearing the door close he turned to see Anata there looked right back at him.
"I will be back you know." Kou said as he sat back down putting on a boot. "I still have a gift to give you."
"You could always give it to me now." Anata jokingly said.
"Now I do believe that the custom is to give it on Christmas morning." Kou said.
"You can always break that custom." Anata said.
"Like I said. I'll be back." Kou said putting on the other boot and he then stood up and walked over to Anata. Taking her in his arms, he held her close. "I promise you I will return. Not even your grandfather and Yggdrasil will stop me from breaking that promise to you."
Anata remained still; she had never seen such a look in Kou before. It was tilling her that he will be back, and again she was still having that bad feeling deep within her.
"You can use the TV in my room if you want." Anata said.
Kou only nodded. Then they walked over to the next room over. Once in Anata's room she reached over to her TV and turned it on. Sharing a Kiss. Kou took a step to the TV and looked over at Anata.
"Leave the TV on for me?" Kou asked.
"This vary one." Anata replied.
Then with that there was a flash of light and Kou was gone.
After every one was gone or had gone to bed, Anata rolled out of her own Futon and walked on in to the living room. There in a corner Anata walked over to the piano. She had taken lessens several years ago. She was rather good to, but school and getting other things she had stopped playing. But for some reason she had the urge to play. Sitting at the bench she started to play, even though it was about two in the morning Anata really didn't care. Her music truly reflected her feeling of sadness and loneliness.
Hearing her daughter play after not doing so, Belldandy rolled out of bed and slowly walked to the door way of the living room. Belldandy was able what she was playing. The peaces were the same two that she had picked for a recital a couple years back. Urd had really put her up to the peaces that she had picked. Belldandy remembered Anata telling Urd that she didn't want to play something like what the other kids will be playing. So Urd had banded her of all things a bunch of CD's and told her to play the CD's and tell her what if any music she liked. And sure enough Anata had picked out two piano peaces, and like Urd said she would do, she found the sheet music for Anata. The first was the piano solo of Destiny from "X" and the other was Homage for Inuyasha. From "Inuyasha". Anata hadn't played either of the two peaces for a vary long time but as she played them now, she was playing them with more emotion the before. Belldandy was able to see the tears falling from Anata's face. Walking in to the room Belldandy wanted to be there for her little girl, but knew that Anata would push her away or hide the fact that she was hurting inside.
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Well it's me yep the guy that is typing that's story doing the preview. Next time, Kou and the other students arrive at the world that needs the relief to find the city they end up at is nothing more then remains of a city that seems to have been ravaged by war. And the ones that attacked the city are back again. At the same time as Kou dealing with that. Anata is dealing with not being with her love. So look out for lots of action and feelings on the next chapter of Goddess of the Earth.
A/N: something else to look out for is the x over story between my story "Goddess of the Earth" and Player 0's story "Son of Urd". But that is only in the vary early stages. But it might be a good one so check it out when that starts being posted.