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Chapter four
Stopping just short of the rock formation, Anata unzipped the top of her all black battle suit to check the damage. As she moved her arm away from the side of her chest, she could feel the pain from the rib. Holding it as close as she could helped a little with the pain but no where as the pain relief that would be offered by some type of drug. Slowly zipping the suit back up, Anata smiled as she remembered just a few months ago she had gotten her wisdom teeth removed and how the vikaden worked all to well on her...
"God what I wont do for some vicaden right now... but no drugs are bad." Anata said almost in a rant.
Anata has never been one to complain too much about anything, but she was getting tired. And with this broken rib, she was not doing all to well.
"Damn, I hope that last look alike was the last. I don't know how much more I can take." Anata said as she started to walk up some rocks that were layed out like steps. As she came to the top, she noticed there was a large clearing with six tall rocks that towered up over her around the clearing. And in the center there was one that stood as tall as she is. She stopped and looked around.
"I'm here!!!! Come out so I can finish this and go home!!!" Anata yelled.
= = = = = = Flash back to three days ago = = = = =
"Here you go, Anata. I really made this for myself, when I was your age. But I think that it will fit you better." Skuld said as he held out a box to Anata.
Having just returned from the Gate to warn anyone who might be there, but to only find the remains of the several people that gathered around the gate to figure out what it was. She was in no mode, but being how she is; she smiled at her aunt.
"What is it?" Anata asked as she took the box.
"It a battle suit I made for the last battle I have with Urd." Skuld replied happily.
"Last battle? Aunt Skuld?" Anata asked.
"Never mind about that. It's made out of the same fabrics that our cloths from Yggdrasil. But instead of having thing hanging off of it, it's just about skin tight. Go on and try it on." Skuld said as she handed a matching helmet along with it.
"Maybe later, right now I'm not feeling to well." Anata said as she got up.
She had attended to go to her room, but it had finally hit her after seeing all that death at the gate. Stopping short of her room, she then sprinted to the bathroom and threw up everything that was in her stomach. And since she hadn't had any thing to eat lately it made thing worse for her. Hearing this Kou went to the bathroom door and knocked on it.
"Anata, need any help?" Kou asked through the door.
"Go away!" Anata yelled back with her face in the toilet.
Knowing better then that, Kou went on in to the bathroom despite what Anata had just told him.
"I figured that you needed some help anyways." Kou said as he rubbed Anata's back and helped to keep her hair out of her face.
"I said I didn't need any help." Anata replied.
"You're getting it any ways." Kou said as he reached for a wash cloth, and turned on the sink.
Wetting the wash cloth with some cool water, Kou applied it to the back of Anata's neck to cool her down some. "There is that not better?" He asked.
"A little...." Anata replied.
"First time seeing things like that?" Kou asked.
Anata only nodded.
"If it helps any. After I first saw things like that I just about dropped out of my teachings." Kou said. Then he paused as he removed the wash cloth to cool it some more. "But my brother put me back in my place, and said if I didn't finish my training I would regret it. And I think he was right."
"How so?" Anata asked just above a whisper.
"I ran in to you didn't I?" Kou asked. "If it was not for me finishing me training, I would have never failed that wish simulator, Peorth would have never approached me, and I would never met you." Kou replied.
Out in the other room, Urd had just came back in from searching the city.
"It's crazy. The whole city is empty. It's a ghost town. It's really freaky." Urd said to her sisters and father.
"Yeah, I sent... Made Sentaro go help his parents and Matagu is in the heavens. They both wanted to help me out but I want them at a safe distance from here.. Just in case." Skuld said as she forced back her tears as she remembered sending her son through her gate way to the heavens.
"Don't worry, our nanny will take good care of him. Remember she raised us alright." Urd said insuring her youngest sister.
"I guess your right, its just he's never been to the heavens before...." Skuld said.
"I'm sure that he's alright. He's smart like his mother." Kami said as he insured Skuld. "Now where is my other grandchild. I wish to talk to her."
"She and Kou went off in to her room." Belldandy said as she pointed towards the hallway.
"I see." Kami said as he started to walk towards Anata's room. When he reached it, the door was slightly open. Knocking on it he heard Anata's voice call out.
"It's open!" Anata said.
Opening the door, Anata and Kou looked over to see who it was.
"Sir! I...Umm.. She got sick and I was helping.." Kou stuttered.
"Relax I know about the other night, I'm god I know everything and knew that it was bound to happen." Kami said as he sat down on the floor beside Anata.
"I.. Umm.that is..." Anata was at a loss and was two seconds from crapping her self. There are no keeping secrets in the Morisato family and only a matter of time before her father would find out.
"Kou, I wish to speak to my granddaughter alone for a moment." Kami said looking over at the young god.
"Yes sir" Kou said as he left Anata said and went in to the living room.
Once Kami was sure that Kou was gone, he looked over at Anata.
"Anata, have you ever checked out the life waiting to be born line?" Kami asked.
"No, the idea of seeing who's going to be born before they are born is a bit creepy. Why?" Anata asked. Then she started to think. "Are you telling me that Kou and I are..?"
"What? No, No, not for another six years..." Kami replied.
"What? Wait? I can't hear this." Anata said as she was about to cover her ears.
Kami grabbed Anata's hands before they reached her ears.
"Besides that. I wanted to tell you that I visited that line before you where born." Kami said getting Anata's attention.
"Why?" Anata asked.
"I wanted to know what to expect." Kami replied. "And when I saw you I knew that you were going to change everything."
"What do you mean?" Anata asked.
"I knew that you where going to be great. Be remembered for all time." Kami said.
"Do you know what's going to happen?" Anata asked.
"In three days, the gate to the shadow realm will be fully open. And you will enter that realm." Kami stated.
"I will?" Anata asked.
Her grandfather nodded. "In these three days, you will go through a transformation. In fact you have started that change now, have you felt it?"
"I have, what is it?" Anata asked.
"That change is going to help you. What it is, I don't even know. But before you will fight here on earth, defending it until the gate is open." Kami said.
Anata sat there trying to understand her grandfather's words, but it was like he was talking in riddles. She looked up at him. "So what is it that I'm to do?" Anata asked just a little confused.
"Do what you feel is right, if you fight. Fight with all you heart." Kami said. "Now I do believe that your Aunt Skuld gave you some out fit, I'll leave the room so you may get it on." Kami said as he got up off the floor. He walked over on to the door and opened it. As he did, he turned back to Anata and Smiled.
When her grandfather was out of the room, Anata looked back at the box, and opened it. There in side was an all black suit. Pulling it out, Anata fast found that it was made like a wet suit, but with a large ring where the neck hole was at. Looking over at the helmet, Anata fast made the connection.
Out in the hall, Kou and Kami stood leaning up against the wall waiting for Anata to come out of the room. Kou didn't know what to say.... There he was standing next to the almighty, and he knew all about him and Anata. Was he mad? Was he about to kill him? What was he thinking?
"Um sir?" Kou said.
"Kou if you going to ask if I'm mad, No I'm not. But I think the one you need to worry about is her father." Kami said.
Kou only looked to the ground. Just then the door opened making both Kami and Kou look at the door. There was Anata in her new battle suit. All black, and tight on her skin, Anata stretched as she walked up to Kou and Kami.
"What do you think?" Anata asked.
"It sure is flattering to your figure." Kou replied.
Kami only nodded.
"Yeah, this thing is so tight I can't even ware a bra." Anata admitted.
"Really?" Kou said.
Anata stood there and squeezed her hands in to a fist and opened them again. She did this several times getting used to the gloves that were one with the whole suit, and getting used to the metal plates that were on the back of her hands.
Just then, a god came running in to the hall.
"My Lord! The shadows, they have started to invade the city!" The god said as he tried to catch his breath.
She walked past Kou and her grandfather, with the matching helmet. Walking past the living room where her mother and father were talking with Hild and Urd about what things may happen. Belldandy knew what she was feeling right then.
"Anata? What are you about to do?" Belldandy asked, making Anata stop and turn to her.
"I'm going to show them that this is our world and I won't let them harm it or the people that live here." Anata replied.
With that, Anata put the helmet on snapping it on. She walked up to her parked bike and climbed on it. Starting it, she pulled out of the back yard and headed towards the sounds of battle.
At the other end of two demons were in a fight that they were fast loosing. Just as they were about to attack at the same time, the shadow monster grabbed the younger of the two demons by the neck. As the monster brought the young demon up ready to kill him, the high pitch sounds of a motor. The monster turned to see a blinding light at the other end of the road.
There was Anata, about to charge in to the fight. Revving the 1200cc engine, Anata made her presents known. The shadow monster dropped it attended kill, and looked over at Anata.
When Anata knew it was looking at her, she put the bike in to gear and sped off to the monster. As she got closer and closer, Anata waited for just the right time. At the last second, Anata drew a battle cross, with one hand on the handle bars and the other on the cross, Anata steered the bike so it would drive past the monster only by feet. She watched as the end of the battle cross was about to hit Anata kept her grip tight....
= = = = = = Flashback to the present = = = = =
Dropping to her knees, Anata looks up to the dark sky of the shadow realm.
"Is this why you brought me here?! To see a damn rock!!!!????" Anata yelled.
Balling her right hand in to a fist, Anata looked at the polished stone ground of the platform. Getting mad at the whole thing, Anata punched it with all of her strength. When her fist hit, the ground spider webbed out around her fist. Feeling a little bit better, Anata stood back up and looked over at one of the six towering rocks that circled the platform. Walking up to it, she put her back up against it and started to push. Seconds later the stone started to crack and give way. Knocking it over with a loud crash, Anata turned to an other standing rock. Firing a force bolt, she shattered the standing rock. This went one with all the remaining rocks. When the dust cleared she turned to the one that was in the center of the platform. Forming a much bigger force bolt Anata fired it at the rock. She watched as the bolt of energy was only absorbed. Anata stood there in shock. Then the rock started to crumble.
"That's more like it." Anata said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
As soon as she said that, Anata watched as a large peace of the rock fall to the ground revealing an arm of a person. Not the stone arm of a rock shifter, but skin. She watched as the hand stretched and move its fingers. And it started to remove rock from around its hand to reveal an arm. Then the rock shattered, shielding her eyes with her arm, Anata could feel the rocks hitting her body. When it stopped, Anata slowly removed her arm, to see her self standing their in front of her.
"Hello dear sister." Anata's look alike said.
"What the hell?" Anata said.
"Don't you like it?" the look alike asked.
"The shadow collective thought, made me in to flesh and blood. Gave me a body, gave me my own independent thought." The look alike said.
"What they gave you a body? That's my body!" Anata said pointing at her look alike.
"Yes, the body was chosen from you, due to lack of human bodies to pick from." The look alike said as she started to run her hands up her necked body.
"WHATCH WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS!!!!" Anata yelled at her look alike.
Noticing her lack of her cloths, the look a like looked up at Anata. "Well it seems that I am a bit out in the open. Allow me to get in to something a bit more approite."
Snapping her fingers, a disk of light formed at the ground and moved her body. When it was done the look alike was in the same type of cloths that Anata was in.
"I hope you dong mind me picking the same outfit you have." The look alike asked.
"Oh, no go on ahead. You only TOOK MY BODY!!!" Anata yelled again.
"Well if you don't mind, I would like to use you're.... Our middle name?" the look a like asked.
"My middle name? Why do you want to be called Natsuki?" Anata asked.
"Because Anata meaning the goddess of the earth, will not be fitting of a name for one who bring about the fall of the earth." Natsuki said.
"What do you mean?" Anata asked.
"Like I said. When I'm done with you, I will go to earth and destroy earth." Natsuki replied.
"Well that is if you get past me. And if by slim chance you do, you have all of Yggdrasil and Nefleim to get through." Anata said.
"Oh there will be a fight and it will be a good one. But in the end I will remain standing. You see, I have all your powers. And I don't need to have four reactors to power me. I have all the power right here with in me." Natsuki said.
Before Anata could draw another battle cross, Natsuki rushed her and punched Anata right in the stomach. Feeling the sharp pain, Anata grabbed her self but kept her self from falling to the ground.
"Oh, did I forget that I'm faster then you are?" Natsuki asked.
"Yeah... I think you left that part..... Out." Anata replied.
Anata stood back up and looked at Natsuki. Sucking up the pain from the broken rib, she swung a punch knocking Natsuki back.
= = = = = = = = Flashback back two days ago = = = = =
The battles between the heavens, hell and the shadows were fears. In only a couple days, the city of Nekomi was in ruins. As For Anata, She did things on her own. She didn't want any thing to do with the main forces of the heavens and hell. She felt that this was something that she needed to do. Kou truly didn't like the idea of her going out alone. And he knew that the change Anata was going through was something that none of them could understand, not even Anata.
Sitting on the edge of the last remaining sky scrappers, Anata waited for another shadow to come walking by. For some reason the shadows have only used their monster type, the big animal like monsters weren't all that smart, but they are strong and they would not stop until they them self were killed. Anata looked down the streets from the building she rested her elbow on to the helmet that sat beside her. Taking in a deep breath she happened to look down at the helmet and noticed that the helmet for the suit her aunt Skuld gave her was showing some battle damage. True it has only been two days since the shadows came in force. But it was missing a good amount of its black paint on the right side. It was from a shadow missing or just missing her head with a claw. And the top of it had a nasty dent, and she didn't know where that came from. As for her bike, it had ran out of gas and is sitting at the temple. She's already gone through one bike doing the saving the world thing, and was not going to lose another. Hearing the thumping sound of a shadow coming down the street, Anata grabbed the helmet and snapped it on to her suit. Standing up Anata waited for the monster to come to her, and sure enough it did. There it was walking right past her down on the streets. Drawing a battle cross, Anata took a step closer to the edge of the building and took another deep breath. Closing her eyes Anata let her self fall forward. As she felt her body go weightless she opened her eyes to see the shadow getting closer and closer. Having placed her self to fall right past the monster she swung the cross shattering the monster as she fell past it. Turning her self to land on her feet she crouched down to take the force of her fall. As she was there on the ground she heard the sounds of the stone remains falling around her. Standing back up she turned to see her own handy work.
"LOOK THERE'S ONE! FIRE!!!!" A voice yelled out.
Turning around to see several men pointing guns at her, Anata's eyes grew wide. She knew that the people of the city that stayed, was not going to believe her, after what she just pulled off. There was no way they were going to just let her go. Thinking fast, Anata turned and ran. She ran for her life. After all she's half human. And just as weak as one, if it was not for her powers she would not be able to survive a gun shot. As she ran she felt something graze her helmet, but not even thinking about it Anata kept on running.
When she returned back home she stormed in to the temple and just about ripped off her helmet. Throwing to the floor, every one in side look to her.
"Stupid! God damn People!" Anata yelled.
"Anata you mustn't say such things." Belldandy said as he went to her daughter to find out what was going on.
"Look! Do you know what this mark is?" Anata said as she picked up her helmet.
Showing it to her mother Belldandy looked at it. "What is it?" Belldandy asked.
"That would be a mark from a bullet, yes a bullet hitting my helmet." Anata said as he unzipped some of her suit. All the yelling was making her hot.
"You mean that someone shot at you?" Keiichi asked.
"Yeah. Some ten humans pulled guns out and started shooting at me" Anata replied.
Over hearing this, Kami came over to Anata. "Do you know what this means?" He asked.
"No." Anata replied.
"Then humans are willing to fight for their world. We need to start talks." Kami said.
"Forget it; they just shot with out even checking who I was." Anata said.
"We need to send someone to open these talks." Belldandy said.
Every one in the room started to think. Belldandy, Urd and Skuld rubbed their chins, Kami scratched his head, and Anata just sat there thinking. Then it was like five of them thought of the same thing at the same time. All of them looked over at Keiichi who was like always a bit clueless.
"What? What is it?" Keiichi asked.
~*~*~*~*~* Fast forward a half hour ~*~*~*~*~*
"I don't know Bell?" Keiichi said as he was being lead to the area where Anata was shot at.
"Keiichi don't worry, Anata, Urd and my self will be close by just incase." Belldandy replied giving Keiichi some insurance.
Nodding, Keiichi started to walk out in to the clearing, as he did Keiichi started to get a vary bad feeling about being out in the open like this.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Keiichi said to him self.
"FREEZE!!!"
"Don't shoot me!" Keiichi yelled as he put his hands up in to the air.
T.B.C.
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Chapter four
Stopping just short of the rock formation, Anata unzipped the top of her all black battle suit to check the damage. As she moved her arm away from the side of her chest, she could feel the pain from the rib. Holding it as close as she could helped a little with the pain but no where as the pain relief that would be offered by some type of drug. Slowly zipping the suit back up, Anata smiled as she remembered just a few months ago she had gotten her wisdom teeth removed and how the vikaden worked all to well on her...
"God what I wont do for some vicaden right now... but no drugs are bad." Anata said almost in a rant.
Anata has never been one to complain too much about anything, but she was getting tired. And with this broken rib, she was not doing all to well.
"Damn, I hope that last look alike was the last. I don't know how much more I can take." Anata said as she started to walk up some rocks that were layed out like steps. As she came to the top, she noticed there was a large clearing with six tall rocks that towered up over her around the clearing. And in the center there was one that stood as tall as she is. She stopped and looked around.
"I'm here!!!! Come out so I can finish this and go home!!!" Anata yelled.
= = = = = = Flash back to three days ago = = = = =
"Here you go, Anata. I really made this for myself, when I was your age. But I think that it will fit you better." Skuld said as he held out a box to Anata.
Having just returned from the Gate to warn anyone who might be there, but to only find the remains of the several people that gathered around the gate to figure out what it was. She was in no mode, but being how she is; she smiled at her aunt.
"What is it?" Anata asked as she took the box.
"It a battle suit I made for the last battle I have with Urd." Skuld replied happily.
"Last battle? Aunt Skuld?" Anata asked.
"Never mind about that. It's made out of the same fabrics that our cloths from Yggdrasil. But instead of having thing hanging off of it, it's just about skin tight. Go on and try it on." Skuld said as she handed a matching helmet along with it.
"Maybe later, right now I'm not feeling to well." Anata said as she got up.
She had attended to go to her room, but it had finally hit her after seeing all that death at the gate. Stopping short of her room, she then sprinted to the bathroom and threw up everything that was in her stomach. And since she hadn't had any thing to eat lately it made thing worse for her. Hearing this Kou went to the bathroom door and knocked on it.
"Anata, need any help?" Kou asked through the door.
"Go away!" Anata yelled back with her face in the toilet.
Knowing better then that, Kou went on in to the bathroom despite what Anata had just told him.
"I figured that you needed some help anyways." Kou said as he rubbed Anata's back and helped to keep her hair out of her face.
"I said I didn't need any help." Anata replied.
"You're getting it any ways." Kou said as he reached for a wash cloth, and turned on the sink.
Wetting the wash cloth with some cool water, Kou applied it to the back of Anata's neck to cool her down some. "There is that not better?" He asked.
"A little...." Anata replied.
"First time seeing things like that?" Kou asked.
Anata only nodded.
"If it helps any. After I first saw things like that I just about dropped out of my teachings." Kou said. Then he paused as he removed the wash cloth to cool it some more. "But my brother put me back in my place, and said if I didn't finish my training I would regret it. And I think he was right."
"How so?" Anata asked just above a whisper.
"I ran in to you didn't I?" Kou asked. "If it was not for me finishing me training, I would have never failed that wish simulator, Peorth would have never approached me, and I would never met you." Kou replied.
Out in the other room, Urd had just came back in from searching the city.
"It's crazy. The whole city is empty. It's a ghost town. It's really freaky." Urd said to her sisters and father.
"Yeah, I sent... Made Sentaro go help his parents and Matagu is in the heavens. They both wanted to help me out but I want them at a safe distance from here.. Just in case." Skuld said as she forced back her tears as she remembered sending her son through her gate way to the heavens.
"Don't worry, our nanny will take good care of him. Remember she raised us alright." Urd said insuring her youngest sister.
"I guess your right, its just he's never been to the heavens before...." Skuld said.
"I'm sure that he's alright. He's smart like his mother." Kami said as he insured Skuld. "Now where is my other grandchild. I wish to talk to her."
"She and Kou went off in to her room." Belldandy said as she pointed towards the hallway.
"I see." Kami said as he started to walk towards Anata's room. When he reached it, the door was slightly open. Knocking on it he heard Anata's voice call out.
"It's open!" Anata said.
Opening the door, Anata and Kou looked over to see who it was.
"Sir! I...Umm.. She got sick and I was helping.." Kou stuttered.
"Relax I know about the other night, I'm god I know everything and knew that it was bound to happen." Kami said as he sat down on the floor beside Anata.
"I.. Umm.that is..." Anata was at a loss and was two seconds from crapping her self. There are no keeping secrets in the Morisato family and only a matter of time before her father would find out.
"Kou, I wish to speak to my granddaughter alone for a moment." Kami said looking over at the young god.
"Yes sir" Kou said as he left Anata said and went in to the living room.
Once Kami was sure that Kou was gone, he looked over at Anata.
"Anata, have you ever checked out the life waiting to be born line?" Kami asked.
"No, the idea of seeing who's going to be born before they are born is a bit creepy. Why?" Anata asked. Then she started to think. "Are you telling me that Kou and I are..?"
"What? No, No, not for another six years..." Kami replied.
"What? Wait? I can't hear this." Anata said as she was about to cover her ears.
Kami grabbed Anata's hands before they reached her ears.
"Besides that. I wanted to tell you that I visited that line before you where born." Kami said getting Anata's attention.
"Why?" Anata asked.
"I wanted to know what to expect." Kami replied. "And when I saw you I knew that you were going to change everything."
"What do you mean?" Anata asked.
"I knew that you where going to be great. Be remembered for all time." Kami said.
"Do you know what's going to happen?" Anata asked.
"In three days, the gate to the shadow realm will be fully open. And you will enter that realm." Kami stated.
"I will?" Anata asked.
Her grandfather nodded. "In these three days, you will go through a transformation. In fact you have started that change now, have you felt it?"
"I have, what is it?" Anata asked.
"That change is going to help you. What it is, I don't even know. But before you will fight here on earth, defending it until the gate is open." Kami said.
Anata sat there trying to understand her grandfather's words, but it was like he was talking in riddles. She looked up at him. "So what is it that I'm to do?" Anata asked just a little confused.
"Do what you feel is right, if you fight. Fight with all you heart." Kami said. "Now I do believe that your Aunt Skuld gave you some out fit, I'll leave the room so you may get it on." Kami said as he got up off the floor. He walked over on to the door and opened it. As he did, he turned back to Anata and Smiled.
When her grandfather was out of the room, Anata looked back at the box, and opened it. There in side was an all black suit. Pulling it out, Anata fast found that it was made like a wet suit, but with a large ring where the neck hole was at. Looking over at the helmet, Anata fast made the connection.
Out in the hall, Kou and Kami stood leaning up against the wall waiting for Anata to come out of the room. Kou didn't know what to say.... There he was standing next to the almighty, and he knew all about him and Anata. Was he mad? Was he about to kill him? What was he thinking?
"Um sir?" Kou said.
"Kou if you going to ask if I'm mad, No I'm not. But I think the one you need to worry about is her father." Kami said.
Kou only looked to the ground. Just then the door opened making both Kami and Kou look at the door. There was Anata in her new battle suit. All black, and tight on her skin, Anata stretched as she walked up to Kou and Kami.
"What do you think?" Anata asked.
"It sure is flattering to your figure." Kou replied.
Kami only nodded.
"Yeah, this thing is so tight I can't even ware a bra." Anata admitted.
"Really?" Kou said.
Anata stood there and squeezed her hands in to a fist and opened them again. She did this several times getting used to the gloves that were one with the whole suit, and getting used to the metal plates that were on the back of her hands.
Just then, a god came running in to the hall.
"My Lord! The shadows, they have started to invade the city!" The god said as he tried to catch his breath.
She walked past Kou and her grandfather, with the matching helmet. Walking past the living room where her mother and father were talking with Hild and Urd about what things may happen. Belldandy knew what she was feeling right then.
"Anata? What are you about to do?" Belldandy asked, making Anata stop and turn to her.
"I'm going to show them that this is our world and I won't let them harm it or the people that live here." Anata replied.
With that, Anata put the helmet on snapping it on. She walked up to her parked bike and climbed on it. Starting it, she pulled out of the back yard and headed towards the sounds of battle.
At the other end of two demons were in a fight that they were fast loosing. Just as they were about to attack at the same time, the shadow monster grabbed the younger of the two demons by the neck. As the monster brought the young demon up ready to kill him, the high pitch sounds of a motor. The monster turned to see a blinding light at the other end of the road.
There was Anata, about to charge in to the fight. Revving the 1200cc engine, Anata made her presents known. The shadow monster dropped it attended kill, and looked over at Anata.
When Anata knew it was looking at her, she put the bike in to gear and sped off to the monster. As she got closer and closer, Anata waited for just the right time. At the last second, Anata drew a battle cross, with one hand on the handle bars and the other on the cross, Anata steered the bike so it would drive past the monster only by feet. She watched as the end of the battle cross was about to hit Anata kept her grip tight....
= = = = = = Flashback to the present = = = = =
Dropping to her knees, Anata looks up to the dark sky of the shadow realm.
"Is this why you brought me here?! To see a damn rock!!!!????" Anata yelled.
Balling her right hand in to a fist, Anata looked at the polished stone ground of the platform. Getting mad at the whole thing, Anata punched it with all of her strength. When her fist hit, the ground spider webbed out around her fist. Feeling a little bit better, Anata stood back up and looked over at one of the six towering rocks that circled the platform. Walking up to it, she put her back up against it and started to push. Seconds later the stone started to crack and give way. Knocking it over with a loud crash, Anata turned to an other standing rock. Firing a force bolt, she shattered the standing rock. This went one with all the remaining rocks. When the dust cleared she turned to the one that was in the center of the platform. Forming a much bigger force bolt Anata fired it at the rock. She watched as the bolt of energy was only absorbed. Anata stood there in shock. Then the rock started to crumble.
"That's more like it." Anata said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
As soon as she said that, Anata watched as a large peace of the rock fall to the ground revealing an arm of a person. Not the stone arm of a rock shifter, but skin. She watched as the hand stretched and move its fingers. And it started to remove rock from around its hand to reveal an arm. Then the rock shattered, shielding her eyes with her arm, Anata could feel the rocks hitting her body. When it stopped, Anata slowly removed her arm, to see her self standing their in front of her.
"Hello dear sister." Anata's look alike said.
"What the hell?" Anata said.
"Don't you like it?" the look alike asked.
"The shadow collective thought, made me in to flesh and blood. Gave me a body, gave me my own independent thought." The look alike said.
"What they gave you a body? That's my body!" Anata said pointing at her look alike.
"Yes, the body was chosen from you, due to lack of human bodies to pick from." The look alike said as she started to run her hands up her necked body.
"WHATCH WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS!!!!" Anata yelled at her look alike.
Noticing her lack of her cloths, the look a like looked up at Anata. "Well it seems that I am a bit out in the open. Allow me to get in to something a bit more approite."
Snapping her fingers, a disk of light formed at the ground and moved her body. When it was done the look alike was in the same type of cloths that Anata was in.
"I hope you dong mind me picking the same outfit you have." The look alike asked.
"Oh, no go on ahead. You only TOOK MY BODY!!!" Anata yelled again.
"Well if you don't mind, I would like to use you're.... Our middle name?" the look a like asked.
"My middle name? Why do you want to be called Natsuki?" Anata asked.
"Because Anata meaning the goddess of the earth, will not be fitting of a name for one who bring about the fall of the earth." Natsuki said.
"What do you mean?" Anata asked.
"Like I said. When I'm done with you, I will go to earth and destroy earth." Natsuki replied.
"Well that is if you get past me. And if by slim chance you do, you have all of Yggdrasil and Nefleim to get through." Anata said.
"Oh there will be a fight and it will be a good one. But in the end I will remain standing. You see, I have all your powers. And I don't need to have four reactors to power me. I have all the power right here with in me." Natsuki said.
Before Anata could draw another battle cross, Natsuki rushed her and punched Anata right in the stomach. Feeling the sharp pain, Anata grabbed her self but kept her self from falling to the ground.
"Oh, did I forget that I'm faster then you are?" Natsuki asked.
"Yeah... I think you left that part..... Out." Anata replied.
Anata stood back up and looked at Natsuki. Sucking up the pain from the broken rib, she swung a punch knocking Natsuki back.
= = = = = = = = Flashback back two days ago = = = = =
The battles between the heavens, hell and the shadows were fears. In only a couple days, the city of Nekomi was in ruins. As For Anata, She did things on her own. She didn't want any thing to do with the main forces of the heavens and hell. She felt that this was something that she needed to do. Kou truly didn't like the idea of her going out alone. And he knew that the change Anata was going through was something that none of them could understand, not even Anata.
Sitting on the edge of the last remaining sky scrappers, Anata waited for another shadow to come walking by. For some reason the shadows have only used their monster type, the big animal like monsters weren't all that smart, but they are strong and they would not stop until they them self were killed. Anata looked down the streets from the building she rested her elbow on to the helmet that sat beside her. Taking in a deep breath she happened to look down at the helmet and noticed that the helmet for the suit her aunt Skuld gave her was showing some battle damage. True it has only been two days since the shadows came in force. But it was missing a good amount of its black paint on the right side. It was from a shadow missing or just missing her head with a claw. And the top of it had a nasty dent, and she didn't know where that came from. As for her bike, it had ran out of gas and is sitting at the temple. She's already gone through one bike doing the saving the world thing, and was not going to lose another. Hearing the thumping sound of a shadow coming down the street, Anata grabbed the helmet and snapped it on to her suit. Standing up Anata waited for the monster to come to her, and sure enough it did. There it was walking right past her down on the streets. Drawing a battle cross, Anata took a step closer to the edge of the building and took another deep breath. Closing her eyes Anata let her self fall forward. As she felt her body go weightless she opened her eyes to see the shadow getting closer and closer. Having placed her self to fall right past the monster she swung the cross shattering the monster as she fell past it. Turning her self to land on her feet she crouched down to take the force of her fall. As she was there on the ground she heard the sounds of the stone remains falling around her. Standing back up she turned to see her own handy work.
"LOOK THERE'S ONE! FIRE!!!!" A voice yelled out.
Turning around to see several men pointing guns at her, Anata's eyes grew wide. She knew that the people of the city that stayed, was not going to believe her, after what she just pulled off. There was no way they were going to just let her go. Thinking fast, Anata turned and ran. She ran for her life. After all she's half human. And just as weak as one, if it was not for her powers she would not be able to survive a gun shot. As she ran she felt something graze her helmet, but not even thinking about it Anata kept on running.
When she returned back home she stormed in to the temple and just about ripped off her helmet. Throwing to the floor, every one in side look to her.
"Stupid! God damn People!" Anata yelled.
"Anata you mustn't say such things." Belldandy said as he went to her daughter to find out what was going on.
"Look! Do you know what this mark is?" Anata said as she picked up her helmet.
Showing it to her mother Belldandy looked at it. "What is it?" Belldandy asked.
"That would be a mark from a bullet, yes a bullet hitting my helmet." Anata said as he unzipped some of her suit. All the yelling was making her hot.
"You mean that someone shot at you?" Keiichi asked.
"Yeah. Some ten humans pulled guns out and started shooting at me" Anata replied.
Over hearing this, Kami came over to Anata. "Do you know what this means?" He asked.
"No." Anata replied.
"Then humans are willing to fight for their world. We need to start talks." Kami said.
"Forget it; they just shot with out even checking who I was." Anata said.
"We need to send someone to open these talks." Belldandy said.
Every one in the room started to think. Belldandy, Urd and Skuld rubbed their chins, Kami scratched his head, and Anata just sat there thinking. Then it was like five of them thought of the same thing at the same time. All of them looked over at Keiichi who was like always a bit clueless.
"What? What is it?" Keiichi asked.
~*~*~*~*~* Fast forward a half hour ~*~*~*~*~*
"I don't know Bell?" Keiichi said as he was being lead to the area where Anata was shot at.
"Keiichi don't worry, Anata, Urd and my self will be close by just incase." Belldandy replied giving Keiichi some insurance.
Nodding, Keiichi started to walk out in to the clearing, as he did Keiichi started to get a vary bad feeling about being out in the open like this.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Keiichi said to him self.
"FREEZE!!!"
"Don't shoot me!" Keiichi yelled as he put his hands up in to the air.
T.B.C.
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