Disclaimer: I don't own Ah! My Goddess.
A/N: Well it's been a while since I last updated this story; I've been down loading Anime music videos. Player0, there are some kick ass Evangelion videos there. I would check them out, if I were you. And I also got this review from Ghost man. And he had said that this story is addictive. Well I' never had someone say a story I type is addictive. That's a first for me............ Well anyways, thanks Ghost man, and you too Player0.
..............On with the story............
Slowly opening her eyes, the first thing as Mara's vision focused. She saw Anata and Kou looking back at her. It took her a moment for it to click with her that Anata and Kou were looking back at her. Long enough so Kou could wave his hand in front of her eyes.
(What Mara sees as she looks back up at Anata Kou.)
"So what happened again?" Kou asked.
"I told you, I was buying some things for dinner and all of a sudden, there was this force bolt that came out of no where." Anata said. "Then I went to se what was going on, and there was Mara. She was all out of control. It was really weird." Anata added.
"Yeah.......... Umm do you think we should call you're grand father so he can get hold of Hild?" Kou asked.
(Back to normal third person view.)
All of a sudden, Mara blinked and sat up, knocking Anata and Kou back.
"What the hell? How? Where, why I'm I here with you goodie do gooders?" Mara said as she looked around the small apartment.
"We were about to ask you, why are you here on earth?" Kou asked.
"And why were you attacking humans?" Anata added.
"What are you talking about? The last thing I remember I was at my place about to snuggle in to my coffin." Mara said.
"So you remember nothing?" Kou asked.
"That's right." Mara said.
"Nothing at all?" Anata asked.
"Not a thing" Mara said.
"Not even me hitting you with a Hamaya?" Anata asked.
"You what?" Mara asked as she stood up.
"Well I only knew one way to stop you with out killing you." Anata said as she stood back up.
"I don't remember a thing...... I really don't. And think of it like this. Why would I want to pick on humans in the first place? The only human that would even amuse me, is your loser father." Mara stated.
Kou looked over at Anata. "I think she has a point."
"About what? My dad being a loser? Or the part about my dad being the one that would amuse her?" Anata asked.
"The part about your father being the only one that can offer any type of amusement." Kou replied.
As Anata and Kou thought about what drove Mara off the deep end; Mara was looking around the apartment for a phone. Hearing some boxes being moved, Kou and Anata looked over at Mara.
"What are you doing?" Anata asked.
"Where's Urd?" Mara asked.
"You're no where near the temple." Kou said as he started put the boxes back to where they were at before Mara moved them.
"You're in Tokyo." Anata added.
"Tokyo? I am way off. I'm going back home." Mara said as she rubbed her head and stepped out the door. Leaving Kou and Anata there really confused.
After a minute or two of just looking at the closed door. Kou looked over at Anata.
"Well I'm still hungry. What did you get?" Kou asked
Then it hit her.........
"Oops." Anata said.
"Oops, What?" Kou asked.
"I left the food at the store. Sorry." Anata said.
"It's all right, we can just order out." Kou said making Anata feel better.
Grabbing the cell phone, Kou started to flip through a phone book. Finding a place to order some take out, Kou started to dial the number. Kou smiled back at Anata.
"It's ringing." Kou said.
Anata smiled back.
After ordering their dinner, Anata and Kou just sat there and went through their small collection of DVD's.
"So, what do you want to watch tonight?" Anata asked.
"I don't know? What ever you pick." Kou replied as he checked the window to see if the deliverary person was there yet. Then he noticed Anata motionless.
"What is it?" Kou asked, kneeling down to check on Anata.
"I was just thinking about what happened earlier today with Mara." Anata replied.
"What do you mean?" Kou asked sitting there beside her.
"Thinking back, when I looked in to her eyes. It was like she wasn't their. Like some one was controlling her from some were else. Maybe that sounds dumb? I don't know." Anata said as she looked to the floor.
"No, not dumb. Maybe she got in to the booze too early today and had too much? We've seen Mara and your Aunt Urd both plastered." Kou said with a smile.
"True, But this was still different. Maybe I'm just reading too much in to the whole thing." Anata said with a grin. "What about 'under world'?" Anata asked.
"What ever works for..........." Kou suddenly stopped speaking.
"What is it?" Anata asked almost whispering.
"Some one approaches the apartment........" Kou replied.
Just as Kou was about to get up to check the door, the door flung open.
"Hi ya!!!" a girl yelled as she ran in to the apartment.
Stopping just feet from Kou, the girl looked at Kou.
"My? I hope your living here." the girl said as she approached Kou with a grin.
"Well, umm you see....... I'm......." Kou stuttered over his words. Only this would happen to him.
Seeing that someone was moving in on her Kou, Anata stood up and moved Kou aside. "We are living here. Who are you?" Anata asked.
"Oh, I'm Sara. I live next door." Sara said.
"Oh, thank you for helping Mr. Shigeno with moving our stuff in to our apartment." Anata said.
"Oh no problem." Sara said.
"If there is anything we can do to repay you, please tell us." Anata said.
"Well? If I would like to barrow your friend here." Sara said slyfuly as she approached Kou.
Anata stood there, clueless as she watched. This as Sara started to hang off of Kou's shoulder. Then it clicked, someone was moving in on her Kou.
"Well anything but that." Anata said with a hint of an angry tone.
"Don't worry, I'm just kidding. Well, if you need any help with studying or anything just ask. See ya later." With that Sara had left.
"Well you seem to be having a good time." Anata said as she looked over at Kou, who was blushing.
"What? Me.....No......Um...... She was..... I wasn't enjoying my self." Kou said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah right." Anata said.
It was several minutes later when their food arrived at their place. Their meal was modest, Nothing like the home made cook meals that Belldandy is know to make but. Opening the two pizza boxes, Anata breaths in the aroma.
"Thank my grandfather for two for Tuesday at little Caesar's." Anata said.
"No kidding." Kou said, agreeing with Anata.
As they sat there in the small living room eating, Anata searched around for her note book. Kou sat there watching her make notes for something.
"What are you writing down?" Kou asked.
"Just something's I need to do tomorrow. Wanna hear it?" Anata asked.
"Sure." Kou replied before taking another bite of his pizza.
"Okay. First I need to get my books for my classes. Then Look for a job. And after that get food for this place and start unpacking." Anata said.
"I'll tell you what. Why don't you just worry about the first two things? And I'll take care of the other two tasks, along with finding a job for my self." Kou said.
"Okay, that sounds good to me. I don't know how big this place is going to be or how long it will take me to even get my books." Anata said with a smile.
As they went on eating, they also started to unpack some more things. Finally being able to find The CD player Anata had gotten as a birthday present a couple years back along with their futon.
------THE NEXT DAY-----
Hearing the alarm clock beep, Someone's arm came out from under the blankets. Feeling around, persons hand and found its target; making the noise stop. Then again there was silence, besides form a car or two passing the apartment and the birds singing out side. Then a slight moan and someone stirring around under the covers. Then slowly Anata sat up from her futon as she did the covers were mover from Kou's face, letting the morning sun light shine on his face. Making him moan slightly and roll over so his face is covered by the pillow.
"Hey, what do you want for breakfast?" Anata asked as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
"No, I'll make it. You need to get ready for your day before I do." Kou said. His voice muffled by his pillow.
"Really?" Anata asked, falling back on the futon.
"Yeah, just give me a couple more minutes." Kou asked as he rolled over again, but this time shielding the sun with his arm.
"Yeah a minute or two more sounds good........... Wow I'm still beat." Anata said.
"I wonder why?" Kou asked with a smirk.
Thinking about what Kou had just said, Anata rolled over to look at him. "I don't remember hearing any complaints." Anata stated.
"There wasn't any, but you did start it." Kou rebutted.
"And I finished it." Anata said as she got back up and headed to the shower. Leaving Kou there to think about what she had just said.
"She has a point.............. A good point." Kou said to him self. The he too got up for the day.
ACROSS JAPAN
Finding nothing to do, finding him self sitting there on the living room floor. Keiichi was vary, vary, vary board. Belldandy was out doing things and that left Keiichi to watch after his nephew for a couple days. Hearing the door bell, Keiichi got up off the floor and made his way to the door.
"Okay Kei. Here he is. Now Matagu sweetie, you mind your uncle Keiichi and aunt Belldandy." Skuld said.
"Yes mom.......(Sigh)" Matagu said as he lugged his bag in to the temple.
"It'll be all right, your mother and I will be home in a couple of days." Sentaro said.
"Okay Matagu a couple of rules. One don't eat, drank or smell anything you Aunt Urd gives you. Two don't get too close to your aunt Urd. So might be plotting something." Skuld instructed.
"Yes mom......" Matagu said letting out another sigh.
"Thank you again Keiichi, this means a lot to Skuld and I." Sentaro said.
"It's no problem really and besides it's been really quite since Anata moved out." Keiichi said.
"But I thought she just moved out just yesterday?" Skuld asked.
"Trust me it seems like a year." Keiichi said. "Well don't worry Matagu we'll find something cool to do"
"How is Belldandy since Anata left?" Skuld asked.
"All right I guess, she's out doing things right now." Keiichi replied.
Meanwhile across town, Belldandy was just finishing paying for something.
"Yes, can you please have it delivered to this address?" Belldandy said sliding a peace of paper to the sales clerk.
"Yes ma'am, right away." The clerk said as he started to type on the computer. When he was done, the clerk looked up at Belldandy.
"Mrs. Morisato it will arrive in three days." The clerk said.
"Thank you vary much." Belldandy said with a smile.
'I know Keiichi didn't have things like this when he was in collage but, I sure that Anata will find having one really helpful.' Belldandy thought to her self as she walked out of the store.
As she walked down the street, Belldandy started to think about her phone.
Flash back
"Anata! How was the trip to Tokyo?" Belldandy asked as she sat there with the phone.
'It was all right. We just got done with dinner.' Anata replied.
"What did you two have for dinner for the first time at you own place?" Belldandy asked.
'We ordered some pizza.' Anata said.
"How come you two didn't have a better meal?" Belldandy asked.
'Well, some thing made Mara go all crazy. It was weird, It was like the lights were one but no one was home. Like some one wasn't home. But after stopping her I lugged her here to the apartment. So I kind of left the food at the store.' Anata explained.
"Did she say why she attacked like that?" Belldandy asked.
'She said that she doesn't know what happened. I just figured that she walked in on Grandpa and Hild.' Anata said.
"I'm sure that could drive anyone crazy." Belldandy said as she giggled. "What do you two have planed for tomorrow?"
'Well I'm going to get my books and look for a job, I don't know about Kou.' Anata replied. 'Well mom, I need to let you go, I need to get up early.'
"I understand. You get a good night sleep." Belldandy said.
'Okay miss you mom.' Anata said.
End Flash back
Some where in Tokyo, Anata was going through the school book store.
"What the hell? They want that much for a physics book. Their crazy!" Anata yelled out in the middle of the book store, making everyone look at her.
"Umm........... Check out this book that's crazy cool.....Yeah......." Anata said trying to make it sound like she wasn't crazy her self.
'Oh man now everyone thinks I nuts now.' Anata thought to her self.
As Anata waited in line to pay for the books she needs, she saw Sara looking at a book.
"Sara hi....."
Several minutes later Anata and Sara were having some lunch.
"Anata I really need to let you in on something." Sara said ass he reached for her drink.
"What's that?" Anata asked.
"Well at the apartments the walls shall we say are paper thin." Sara said.
Anata sat there thinking, and then what Sara had just said hit her like a ton of bricks.
"What?! Oh my god, I sorry if we kept you up!" Anata yelled.
"Kept me and more then likely every one who lives in the apartments up too." Sara added.
"Oops." Anata said, sinking in to the seat.
"I really didn't know some one could go at it like that for that long.............." Sara said as she trailed off. "Poor Leo, He must have been crawling the walls all night."
"Who's Leo?" Anata asked with a confused look.
"We don't know his real name, He calls him self Leo. He said it's Latin, I don't know. He's a little off." Sara replied.
"What do you mean by a little off, I mean I'm no stranger to weird people." Anata said.
"Well I think he did drugs or something when he was younger." Sara said.
"How old is he?" Anata asked.
"Not much older then us." Sara replied, and then she looked at her watch. "Shit I need to go, I have work." Sara said getting up from the table.
"Work? Wait Do you think I can tag along, I'm looking for some work." Anata said.
"Sure I don't see why not." Sara said.
"Umm...... Where do you work at?" Anata asked.
"A video rental place, the pays not all that great but it pays the rent and gets me food." Sara said.
Back at the other end of town, Kou was just finishing unpacking.
"There, now just to take out the trash." Kou said as she looked over at the trash can.
Taking the bag out of the trash can, Kou tied the bag and walked out of the apartment. As he walked through the small hallway towards the stairs, he felt that someone was watching him. Brushing it off, thinking that it was him just adjusting to a new surroundings he continued on to the main floor of the apartment. When in fact someone was fallowing him and watching him. Out side Kou had just dropped the bag in to the dumpster around the back of the apartments after closing the dumpster he turned around. There was a young man about his age that seemed to come out of no where, making him jump.
"Ahhhhh! Where did you come from?" Kou asked
"I fallowed you here. Are you one of the new ones?" the young man asked.
"If you mean one of the new tenets, then yes I'm one of the new ones. Who are you?" Kou asked.
"I? I am Leo, and you new one?" Leo asked.
"I'm Kou Morino, my girlfriend Anata isn't in right now she's at the collage and doing other things." Kou said.
"Oh, then you two must have been the ones involved in the lovers song during the late hours." Leo said.
Kou stood there, he's never met a human nor god that was this off before and never has anyone spoke so strangely.
"Come again friend?" Kou asked, trying to figure out what Leo had just said.
"Tell me new one Kou; has anything strange taken part in your dwellings?" Leo asked.
"Define strange?" Kou asked.
"Strange, just strange is all." Leo said acting a little jumpy. "A maiden with fair skin and hair black as midnight as been rumored to haunt this building."
"No nothing like that. Say are you all right. I mean your acting a little jumpy." Kou said.
"Better, never better. Just things I've done just getting to me." Leo said as he rushed back in to the apartments.
"Okay..... That is what I will define as strange...... Well I guess I need to do some shopping." Kou said as he walked back in to the apartments to get some things before heading out.
T.B.C.
"Hello, Kou here. After my run in with Leo........... Strange one he is. I head out to get some food. And it appears that I will come in to a job???? Well that's what it says. And Anata gets to meet Leo when she comes home from classes." Kou says
