Chapter Five

"Hmmm…" Keiichi sighed to himself. "What would you get a goddess for her birthday?"

He stumbled along the sidewalks, looking through the windows of the shops he passed by for anything that he thought was fancy enough to catch a goddess' eye. Nothing though, nothing seemed good enough.

The glint of the sun blinded him momentarily and he looked away. Immediately, his eyes locked on a necklace worthy for a goddess…his goddess.

A golden ring shaped like a diamond embedded in sapphires, a bright red ruby perched in the middle, shaped like a heart. He leaned on the glass window between him, and his girlfriend's new gift.

Perfect, He thought. Just like Belldandy.

He marched into the shop, his weariness being replaced by excitement as images of how Belldandy would react to his gift clouded his mind…but sadly, it didn't cloud his sight…for as he asked the shop clerk if he could take a closer look at the pendant, he also got a closer look at the price tag…and he didn't like what he saw…

"IT IS HOW MUCH!" Keiichi exclaimed. "THIS IS MORE THAN I MAKE IN A YEAR!"

"Then you mustn't have a very good job Sir," The shop clerk replied calmly. "This is a very reasonable price."

"REASONABLE?" Keiichi's eyes grew wide. "This is reasonable?"

"Of course, I made it myself you know," the shop clerk nodded.

Keiichi narrowed his eyes. "It says made in United States."

"Oh, uh…I made it in the United States." The shop clerk smiled nervously. Keiichi then realized that only he and the shop clerk were in the store. No one else was there.

Desperate shopkeeper, Keiichi thought. But I'm still not going to buy the necklace.

"Whatever you say." Keiichi sighed, placing the necklace on the table and taking his leave.

"WAIT!" The shop clerk yelled after him. "DON'T LEAVE!"

But it was too late, Keiichi left, with out the necklace, but instead, with a heavy heart. The one thing worthy of his love and it goes down the drain…

IY4ever: Sorry you guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while! Okay, maybe I haven't updated in like months, but I'm SORRY! I'm also sorry this one is WAAAYYY too short! But I have to get off the computer or be kicked off and have my "privileges" taken away from me, and that includes the computer which means I won't be able to update! But I promise I'll update ASAP! Sorry, BYE! Oh yeah, and I've just realized that Chapter Four and Chapter Three are mixed together, but I'll fix that too! ASAP! kk? Bye reviewers! And do just that, REVIEW! Please and Thanks, it is appreciated!