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Prologue

1997

One Universe over.

Aunt Skuld looked up and began to chant. The circle beneath her began to glow. The others watched as Aunt Skuld began to float about a foot off the ground.

At first, it didn't seem to Asuka as if anything was happening. Then she noticed that the trees were also shifting. The temple house seemed to shift from being intact, to a collapsed state. Her eyes widened as ghost-like figures began to appear off to one side.

As the chanting continued, Belldandy began to notice that Skuld seemed to be tiring. The spell seemed to be taking a lot out of her. It was then that a figure began to appear in a circle directly across from Aunt Skuld. Belldandy's eyes widened as the figure became recognizable. She wasn't the only one who noticed.

"What the hell is Peorth doing there?" asked Urd.

"What's going on?" asked Keiichi. "Who is that?"

"The spell is bringing two points of the timeline together," said Belldandy, "so what we're seeing is this point, about 20 years into the future."

Young Skuld then let out a yelp. The others turned to see the house shifting between being whole and being collapsed. Next to them stood five figures. Two were teenagers who were standing next to a purple-haired woman. They didn't recognize them. The remaining two were very recognizable. One was Urd, who didn't appear to have changed much. The other was Megumi, who...

"God ,I look so... OLD!" shouted Megumi. The ghost image turned and looked right at her. A look of surprise appeared on the images face. She nudged the ghost image of Urd who also turned and reacted with shock. Belldandy continued to stare at the circle. Aunt Skuld, Sayoko and Asuka were now beginning to fade. Sayoko turned and looked at Belldandy. Their eyes were locked on each other.

Sayoko began to feel a sadness take over her as Belldandy and the others began to fade from her view. Sayoko raised her hand and waved. Belldandy returned the wave just as she vanished.

Belldandy let out a sigh and looked over at her sisters and Keiichi. They were still staring at the circle, whose glow was slowly fading.

"Well, that was an experience," Urd finally said.

"One Mara isn't going to forget anytime soon," Keiichi said. He then glanced at Belldandy. "What do you think?"

"I don't know," Belldandy replied. "They were from a possible future…….."

"But Mara doesn't know that," Skuld said.

"She'll be thinking about this for awhile," Urd said. "After all, she did get taken down by an older you. She's not exactly dumb."

"I sure she'll find out," Belldandy said softly. Keiichi glanced at Belldandy. He walked up beside her and placed a hand gently on her shoulder.

"Are you alright?" he asked softly.

Belldandy glanced down at him.

"It's just……" Belldandy said, looking back at the now darkened circle. "I wonder what happened to her."

"Her?" Keiichi asked.

"Sayoko," Belldandy said, looking back at him. "She's had so much pain in her life, and yet……. She has so much hope and love, too. I just wonder…… what will become of her."

Keiichi wrapped his arms around Belldandy.

"Maybe we'll find out one day," he said.

"Maybe," Belldandy replied.