Instant Chaos
by hikaranko
Summary: Belldandy gets a phone call from a friend in another dimension asking for help. And, being the helpful goddess that she is,Bell instantly goes over there to help. But this other dimension is just...strange. Throw in a couple of crazy goddesses and... instant chaos.
Disclaimer: I definitely do not own anything from the "Oh My Goddess!" or "Pokemon" series. This story was a random idea that entered my head years ago. The characters all belong to their respective creators, and the credit for their existence therefore goes to those people. And the weirdness of this story is all thanks to the fact that I was a little fool when I started writing it.
Chapter 3
You're Invited!
Urd stretched her tired limbs as she rose from the bed. It wasn't a really comfortable bed, and it was strange, with it being up off the floor on some metal legs. They'd always slept in futon mattresses back at the temple, and the switch was hard to get used to. Urd pushed the sheets away and slid off, inhaling deeply. This may have been a whole new world to her, but she could still smell her younger sister's delicious cooking. Yes, Belldandy had a real knack for cooking.
The goddess used her magic to change into a long sleeved shirt with a low collar and a tight black skirt. She simply couldn't be seen in public in what she wore to sleep! And if Belldandy saw her in public wearing what she wore to sleep... She was so serious about those kinds of things sometimes.
It took a while for Urd to realize that she had to pull the door open, but once she did know that, she stepped into the "kitchen." Keiichi was sipping the cup of tea that Belldandy always fixed lovingly for him in the morning. He sighed, content, opened one eye at Urd and took another sip.
"Mornin' Urd," he said bluntly, after he'd swallowed his latest gulp of tea.
"Same to you, K-boy," she said, raising her arms over her head. "Where's my sister?"
"Oh, she's still fixin' up some breakfast," Kei said, finally putting his cup down on the table. "It's weird, isn't it?"
"What is?"
Keiichi looked down at his feet. "I mean, the sudden change from sitting on pillows on the floor to suddenly sitting in a real chair." He swung his feet, and then picked up his cup.
Urd smiled to herself. "Should I open up shop?"
"Sure, Urd!" Both Urd and Keiichi turned around as Belldandy walked in with a tray full of food and her usual smile. "You can go ahead and open the clinic while I finish making breakfast."
"Alright then," the eldest goddess said with a yawn. "I'll see you guys in a bit."
As Urd left the kitchen area, Skuld came in slowly, stretching her arms and then rubbing her eyes open. The little goddess blinked at Belldandy and Keiichi and sat down at the table, saying nothing as she put her head down on the table and shut her tired eyes. Bell only smiled and went back in to get another tray of food. Keiichi watched Skuld rest for a moment, bewildered, and then went back to sipping his cup of tea. It didn't take long for Belldandy to come back with another tray.
She set the tray down on the table. This one only had a stack of pancakes, a tub of ice cream, and a cup of Darjeeling tea. It must have been what Belldandy wanted to eat. Well, except for the ice cream. Belldandy removed the ice cream from the tray and placed it near Skuld. Keiichi wondered briefly why she had decided to fix herself some food, then decided that maybe she wanted to. He shrugged it off and took another sip of his tea. As Belldandy sat down near Keiichi, she took a small, delicate sip from her cup. Her blue eyes looked up happily at Keiichi as he set his cup onto the table so he could eat. He smiled back at her, then prepared to dig in to the rest of his food.
"Oh? Keiichi," Bell remarked as she peered at his cup. "Would you like some more tea?"
"Huh?" Kei looked up at his girlfriend, then at his cup, and smiled sheepishly. "Sure, if you don't mind…"
The goddess slid out of her chair and went to get the kettle. Keiichi looked down at the spread of food. There were pancakes with some butter on top, a bottle of maple syrup standing next to it, some Miso soup, and a slice of cheesecake, not to mention his currently empty cup of tea. It all looked amazingly delicious; touched by the hand of a goddess.
"Here you go, Kei," Belldandy said once she'd returned with the kettle. She poured more tea into his cup. "Is there anything else I can get for you?"
He shook his head "no" and smiled at her. "Thanks, Belldandy."
Bell only smiled back cheerfully, seated herself at the table and began to eat her pancakes. Keiichi looked down at his food, and eventually began to eat the Miso. It was one of those rare, peaceful moments again. And once again, Kei didn't know what to say to his own girlfriend! He didn't know if it would've mattered anyway, seeing as to the fact that it wasn't long before Urd re-entered loudly and Skuld's eyes fluttered open.
"So, Belldandy!" Urd said, pulling out a seat and plopping down into it. "What's for breakfast?"
"Well, Urd," Belldandy said, smiling. "There are some pancakes and noodles. Would you like some sake, Urd?"
"That's fine by me," Urd remarked, winking.
Without a word, Bell rose from her seat and went back into the kitchen. Keiichi sighed heavily and watched as Skuld began eating the ice cream that had been placed in front of her. Sake, ice cream, teas, pancakes... He didn't know much about these goddesses, but he guessed it didn't really matter what goddesses ate for breakfast, seeing as they only needed moon rock bracelets and the heavenly system to keep them energized. He shrugged it off and stuffed some more of his pancakes into his mouth. He was pretty much done with his meal now.
"Thanks for the meal, Bell," Keiichi said as he stood up. He then pulled on his doctor's coat and headed out to see if any trainers had arrived. "I'm just gonna start working now, alright?"
Belldandy smiled sweetly as Keiichi made his exit. "We'll catch up, Kei!"
Keiichi could only smile at his girlfriend before he shut the door. He took a deep breath, then spun around to face the lobby of the clinic. His eyes widened in surprise.
"Whoa!"
Pokémon centers probably opened really early! The lobby was already halfway full with trainers. Most of them were simply lounging about, but a small line of trainers had formed at the counter. Keiichi checked his watch. It read seven thirty in the morning. Keiichi sighed and did his best to smile as he greeted the trainers.
"Good morning!" he said to them all. "Welcome to our Pokémon center. Would you like us to heal your Pokémon?"
The trainer at the front of the counter smiled and pushed his tray of PokéBalls into Keiichi's arms, bowed politely, and walked away. Keiichi greeted the next trainer in the same fashion, and exited into the recovery room with a four-tray stack of PokéBalls. By then, Belldandy had finished whatever it was she'd been doing with her two sisters and was in her nurse's uniform. The entire family then got to work.
The second day went by smoothly as the four outsiders got into the swing of this Pokémon thing. Belldandy had figured out that she didn't need to use her powers to heal the Pokémon and they had all mastered the usage of the machine that was used to restore the Pokémon to full health. All they had to do was place all the PokéBalls onto the black slab, punch a few buttons, and voila! They had a healthy set of Pokémon to be returned to their respective trainers within a few minutes.
As the day came to a close, Keiichi started to ask trainers to leave so they could prepare for the party to be held within the next hour or so. The three goddesses had already retreated to the backroom to get ready. At least, such was true for two of the goddesses.
Skuld set down her tools and smiled. After enough prying, she'd finally figured out how the PokéBall worked. She'd even made an exact, working replica, which Skuld attached to her belt. Okay, so it wasn't an exact replica. So she'd made a few changes in the exterior design to her liking. It still worked the same. It was even stronger than the usual PokéBall. Skuld put her tools back into her toolbox and looked around.
"You better get ready, little sister," Skuld heard Urd say. "I don't think you want to go to a party in your uniform, now do you?"
Urd was wearing some kind of black long sleeved vest with an open hole in the chest area that fastened underneath her bust. Underneath she had a white shirt and a pair of matching white shorts. She was walking around barefoot at the moment, but she'd most probably put on a pair of white sneakers or heels later on.
"Alright, alright, already," Skuld said as she stuffed her toolbox in her duffel. "I'm goin', okay? Jeez." And with that she went into the bathroom to change into something more comfortable.
Keiichi surveyed the lobby, making sure that there were no more trainers in the Pokémon Center. It wouldn't take long for Bell and Urd to decorate the place, but Kei just needed to make sure that nobody would see them use their magic. Once everyone was out, Keiichi lowered a curtain over the glass doors and shut the windows. Boy, did he ever wish that Bell hadn't let Urd throw a party. He had been in a lot of parties with Urd, Otaki, and Tamiya. He knew nothing good would come of it. Nothing.
"Keiichi…?"
He turned around at hearing Belldandy's voice and saw her standing near the counter. She was wearing a long sleeved lavender top with a plastic pink rose on the left shoulder. Her hair was set in a neat light brown braid that almost reached her red flannel skirt, which covered most of the black stockings she'd chosen to wear. Her brown leather boots clicked lightly on the linoleum floor as she walked toward Keiichi with her hands together in front of her. Belldandy smiled at him trustingly.
"How do I look?" She was already by his side when she asked him the question.
"You look incredible!" he said, feeling his cheeks burn. Well, I guess something good comes out of this after all.
Keiichi shrugged out of his doctor's coat and shyly took Belldandy's hand in his. Her skin is so soft… "Hey Bell, could you and Urd decorate the place a bit? Nothin' too fancy, maybe just put a few more lights?"
She nodded. "Of course, Kei. I'll go get Urd."
"Yeah," Keiichi agreed. "I've gotta go get changed, as well."
He put the coat over his shoulder and headed for the back room. She didn't let go of his hand.
"Urd!" Belldandy said as soon as Keiichi threw his jacket onto the table. "Can you help me decorate the lobby?"
"Decorate?" Urd's head popped out of the bathroom. "Sure!" Her head disappeared again for a moment, and a few loud protests from the third goddess followed. "C'mon, Skuld! Just wear these!"
"NO! NO, NO, NO!"
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH 'EM? What's the matter with you? The clothes you picked are no good at all. Just wear these! Put 'em on!"
There was the sound of magic being used, and then Urd pulled Skuld out from the bathroom, revealing Skuld in an outfit that Urd would rather wear. It was a tight black tube top with a matching mini skirt. A mini mini skirt. And for shoes, Urd had given her a pair of black leather boots reaching up to her knees. It was obvious that Skuld didn't like them at all. Keiichi had to look away to hide his embarrassment. He rummaged through his bag to keep himself busy.
"SEE?" Skuld shrieked, pointing at Keiichi. "HE DOESN'T LIKE YOUR DUMB OUTFIT!"
She ran back into the bathroom. Urd shrugged. Can't say I didn't try.
Skuld re-entered a moment or two later with a gray long sleeved jacket that had two white stars on each side of the zipper over the tube top Urd had put on her. Skuld had replaced the mini skirt with a pair of gray skintight shorts with a row of stars going down the sides. The boots had been replaced with a pair of shiny black sneakers and white socks. Her hair was tied back in a single ponytail with a beaded white hair tie. Skuld stuck her tongue out at her eldest sister and marched passed her indignantly.
Keiichi pulled out the blue jacket and the GAT cap he'd settled on wearing. His plan was to not be noticed very much by the Pokémon Trainers. He didn't want to get asked any questions on Pokémon physiology like he had earlier that day. He put on the blue jacket and hat and walked past Urd, hoping she wouldn't decide that he needed a wardrobe change, too. Unfortunately for him, she did.
"HEY!" she yelled. "What is that? Is that what you're going to wear tonight?"
"Um…" Keiichi turned around slowly. "Yes?"
Before Urd could say another word, Keiichi bolted out of the room and jumped over the counter to escape her. There was simply no way that Urd was going to make him stand out of the crowd.
Belldandy gasped at seeing Keiichi run out of the back room, terrified. She ran over and knelt next to him. "Oh, Keiichi, are you alright?"
"Yeah," he said, looking up at Belldandy. His eyes went wide when he realized how close she had come to him. Her nose was almost touching his; her hand was resting on top of his… She was so close to him…
"Keiichi? What's wrong? Why are you so red?" She gasped. "Did you hit your head on the counter? You did jump over it…" Her other hand touched his forehead gently.
"AH!" He slid away from her touch, no matter how gentle it was. How embarrassing!
"Kei!" It was Skuld. She was glaring at him. "What are you doing?"
Keiichi's face flushed. "I, uh... I..."
Skuld rolled her eyes. Kei was such pathetic, lazy, weird, and a completely helpless human. What could her dear big sister see in such a guy? And he called himself a man…! It just made Skuld so angry! She stormed out from behind the counter and began to pull her sister away from Keiichi. Belldandy didn't protest, but simply stood at the first of Skuld's little tugs. She did, however, reach out for Keiichi's hand to pull him back up. Keiichi dusted himself off.
"If you didn't want me to change what you're wearing, k-boy, you could have said so."
He turned around to face Urd. "Knowin' you, you wouldn't have listened to me anyway."
The eldest goddess shrugged, and walked calmly toward the center of the lobby. She looked at Belldandy, gesturing for her little sister to join her in this spell. Belldandy nodded at Keiichi and joined Urd. The two sisters faced each other, then closed their eyes and began the spell. Keiichi had to cover his ears, as the language they were speaking was too harsh for human ears. It sounded like the noise your CD player made if you put a CD-ROM into it. He did, however, watch as decorations began to unfold around the room. Fancy, color changing lights and a silver disco ball appeared, Pokémon related banners rolled down a few walls, a buffet table appeared at one end of the room. All the chairs in the Pokémon center shifted position so that they were all lined up on the walls, and so that there would be a large space left for dancing. Keiichi yelped in surprise when a boom box popped up beside him on the counter.
As the spell ended, all the fancy lights blinked on, and spheres of every color in the rainbow began to fly across the room, reflecting off the disco ball and onto all the walls and floors. Keiichi uncovered his ears and looked around in amazement. It was then that he saw Belldandy shake on her feet, slightly, woozy from the power of the spell. He ran over to catch her before she collapsed onto the linoleum. Skuld ran over as well, equipped with a cup of sake to recharge Urd.
"She's knocked out," Keiichi said, inspecting his girlfriend.
Skuld handed the cup to Urd, then looked at Belldandy's slumbering face. "Well, I guess we should just let her." She then helped Keiichi carry Belldandy over to the beds in one of the back rooms. Skuld pulled a blanket over Belldandy and looked straight into Keiichi's face. "You stay here and tell her what happened once she wakes up, got it?"
Keiichi nodded, dumbfounded, and watched wide eyed as Skuld left the room. Wow. She's really growin' up.
He turned his attention back toward Belldandy, brushing some of her glossy brown hair out of her eyes. He smiled, content. She was so beautiful, no matter what she was doing. Keiichi's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when he heard Skuld's voice again.
"You better not try anything nasty on my big sister, Kei!" she screamed, red faced, then disappeared again.
Keiichi's face fell in annoyance. So much for being grown up.
Meanwhile, Urd had already opened the Pokémon Center doors, having downed her sake in a single gulp. That had been one powerful spell. Urd leaned on the doorway, with her empty cup in hand.
There were already a few trainers standing outside and Urd winked at some of the older boys as she came near.
"What are you all standing around for?" she asked them. "Come on in!"
A few of the trainers were too busy staring at Urd, but most of them went inside, giggling, chuckling, or outright laughing all the way. Urd turned on her heel to go back inside, when she heard a familiar voice and felt a tap on the arm.
"Miss Urd!" It was Brock. Urd turned slightly to look at him.
Brock was down on one knee, a bouquet of roses in one hand, which he was holding out for Urd. The goddess blinked in surprise. A bouquet? For her, Urd? She took the bouquet from him and smiled at the fifteen-year-old.
"Are these for me?" she asked him.
He didn't answer her. Instead he looked at her feet, his face red, and nodded quietly. It was sweet, really. Amidst the crowd of trainers, he'd gotten down on one knee and given her flowers. Almost romantic. Urd looked at Brock sweetly with her emerald green eyes and grabbed his arm, urging him to stand. She knew that this kid had a crush on her and Belldandy, and he probably had another bouquet for her sister somewhere with him. What Brock had done was sweet, especially since it wasn't often that Urd got flowers as well.
"Thanks, Brock," she said with a wink, and led him inside.
Somewhere between the door and the counter, she lost him, but she did see a familiar looking couple, arguing as they walked through the doors. The little electric mouse walked in on its hind legs, glancing around at all the other trainers. Urd eyed them quietly, smiling wickedly to herself and went behind the counter to shrink.
Belldandy's blue eyes slowly opened. Above her was a plain white ceiling of some sort. It was fairly dark, but there was a slice of orange tinted light flickering on one of the walls. Evening, it seemed. Belldandy glanced about, and saw Keiichi sitting on a chair near her. He was smiling, his hands wrapped around one of hers.
"Good, you're awake!" Keiichi cried out happily.
"Hello, Kei," Bell replied with a drowsy smile. She then propped herself up into a sitting position. "Is the party finished already?"
Keiichi shook his head. "Nope. You've only been asleep for about a half hour." His smile deepened. "That spell must have been kind of strong, huh?"
The goddess nodded, feeling her cheeks flush. "I'm so sorry that I made you go through this, Kei," she said sheepishly.
"Naw, it's alright," Keiichi answered with a grin. "If this is what I've gotta do to be with you, then so be it."
Belldandy felt her blush deepen. She put one hand over his and leaned forward slightly. "Thanks, Keiichi."
He looked down at her hand in surprise. It was on top of his! He then looked up at her, and found his face turning red upon seeing how close her face was to his. His eyes lowered slightly. She was just so beautiful. They began to lean forward, ready to complete their previous kiss. Just another moment, and Keiichi would find eternal happiness. Just a centimeter closer...
"Sis! You awake yet?" Skuld burst in with her excited cry and a huge smile on her face.
Keiichi pulled away from Belldandy as though Skuld had grabbed the back of his head by the hair. He looked over at Skuld, shaken, laughing nervously, his face red as ever. Belldandy was also blushing, and smiled sheepishly at Skuld. The small goddess growled, upon seeing this display of affection between her sister and Keiichi. She shook her head and stormed over to Belldandy, grabbing her arm and pulling her out of bed.
"You should see how many trainers are outside, sis," Skuld forced herself to say, glaring at Keiichi.
"A-Alright, Skuld," Belldandy said helplessly, confused by the sudden aggressiveness that Skuld was displaying. She looked over at Keiichi as though pleading for his help.
Kei only laughed, then rose to follow them out of the room. He looked up toward the heavens and sighed. That was just the way his luck ran. Just once, Lord! PLEASE!
"Goodness!" Belldandy cried happily, as Keiichi joined her at her side. "Look how many trainers are here! And they're all so happy!"
Kei stole a glance at his girlfriend and blushed at seeing her radiant face. Her happy face was enough to make him melt, even though she wasn't looking straight at him. Well... As long as she's happy, everything's okay.
He looked back out at the trainers, and watched as their numbers slowly grew. Belldandy had decided to take charge of the music, apparently, and a large majority of the trainers present were dancing together. He saw Ash and Misty talking at the side, Pikachu curled up, asleep, on a nearby chair, and it wasn't long before he noticed that Skuld had come up to join them. Keiichi watched them talk briefly until Skuld turned happily around and began running in his direction.
"Belldandy! Kei!"
"Skuld!"
Belldandy was waving at her little sister as she approached. Keiichi smiled and waved at her as well. The youngest goddess was out of breath by the time she'd reached them, having had to fight her way through the crowd. She looked at Belldandy, and then at Keiichi like he was crazy or something, which actually kind of scared him.
"Why aren't you guys dancing like everyone else?"
Now it was Kei's turn to look at Skuld like she'd gone crazy. "Didn't you just force us apart, Skuld?"
Skuld lifted her nose snobbishly in the air. "That was then, this was now. Besides, dancing and kissing are two entirely different things. So you guys better start dancing."
Kei still thought Skuld had gone completely nuts. "Who are you, and what happened to Skuld?"
The young goddess looked offended. "I thought you'd love to dance with Belldandy!"
"I don't know," Keiichi replied, putting one hand on the back of his neck. "Dance? Us? Gee, I…"
"What?" Skuld said, shocked. "You can't do such a small thing?"
"Don't you want to dance with me, Keiichi?" Bell asked, turning to face him.
Her eyes looked sad all of a sudden. It seemed like Keiichi had to draw attention to himself by dancing with the most beautiful girl in the universe. He didn't mind the dancing part; he was, after all, crazy for the beautiful goddess. It was just the attention that he didn't want. Belldandy reached forward and took his hand in hers. Her gentle touch alarmed him.
"Please, Kei," she said to him. "Please dance with me."
He couldn't do anything but nod and follow her when her face grew radiant and she pulled him out onto the dance floor. His eyes never left her face and before he knew it, they were dancing in the middle of all the trainers. Bell had changed the music, so it was a slow dance now. Keiichi even recognized the music that was playing. It was a song called Tonight and the Rest of My Life, by Nina Gordon. Keiichi swallowed hard.
"Bell?" Keiichi nervously put one hand on her hip.
"Yes? What is it, Kei?" She put her hand on his shoulder.
"Sorry about what I said earlier, about dancing with you. I didn't mean it that way. It's just…"
"It's alright, Kei. You don't have to say anything."
She removed her hand from his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his neck. She rested her head on his shoulder, tilting her head so the side of her head was on his. Keiichi was surprised, but didn't protest. He was fine with this position. He put one hand on her back and kept his other hand on her hip.
I feel so light, this is all I wanna feel tonight
I feel so light, tonight and the rest of my life
Tonight and the rest of my life …
"Aw, aren't they so sweet, Ash?"
Misty was watching Keiichi and Belldandy dance together, rocking slowly back and forth with Bell's arms around Keiichi. It looked so romantic. She turned to her comrade with a hopeful smile. He only looked at her blankly.
"What? Who?"
"Keiichi and Belldandy!" Misty hissed into his ear, and pointed at the sweet couple.
"Oh." Ash watched them for a moment. He found that he couldn't help but smile at how happy they looked together. That Keiichi... He was one lucky guy. "I wonder how they met."
"Hmm?" Misty looked at Ash. "Why do you say that?"
"It's just..." He looked down at his feet. "How does a girl like that get together with a guy like him? Not to be mean or anything, but wouldn't a girl like Belldandy be the most popular girl in school? Wouldn't she be so busy being popular and beautiful to notice a guy like Keiichi?"
It was true, Misty realized. Someone with Belldandy's looks wouldn't just suddenly see straight into a guy's heart. Bell must have had a long line of boys who would have done anything for her. Why Keiichi? "Good point, Ash."
Urd gasped. She was standing underneath Misty's chair, listening to them, in her shrunken, chibi form. Misty and Ash were starting to suspect that something was weird about Keiichi and Bell's relationship, which was definitely not something Urd wanted them to think. She couldn't have these two suspecting that they were goddesses!
"He's pretty lucky," Ash said out loud, leaning back in his chair and putting his arms over his head casually.
"She is too," Misty commented. "Belldandy has a sweet, sensitive, and friendly guy. What girl could possibly ask for more?"
Ash chuckled to himself. "Someone a little more good lookin.'"
"Ash! Looks don't matter as much as you think they do. Keiichi is living proof of that!" Misty folded her arms across her chest. "In many cases, looks don't matter at all."
"Yeah, but look at Belldandy!" Ash pointed out. "She's beautiful and graceful, great personality; I mean, Belldandy is perfect!"
Misty raised an eyebrow at Ash suspiciously.
He sat up straight and let his arms go back down to his sides. "What? It's true!"
"Maybe so, Ash, but the first thing anyone sees about her is only her great looks."
"The first thing anyone sees about Keiichi is his height." Ash chuckled to himself again.
"What?" Misty glared at Ash. "I didn't know you to be so cold hearted, Ash Ketchum!"
"Me? Cold hearted? I don't think so, Misty, you ice queen!"
"WHAT?" Misty stood straight up. "YOU TAKE THAT BACK, ASH KETCHUM!"
"MAKE ME!" Ash shouted, rising to his feet.
This was too much for Urd to stand. Since Brock wasn't around to stop the fight, it looked like it was up to Urd to shut those two up. She lifted her arms and shut her eyes, and cast a small spell that would calm them down and stop them from fighting for a while. The results came immediately, when a loud, drawn out sigh came from both of them, and they both sat down and leaned back in their chairs, relaxed. Urd smiled and decided to hang around a while longer. She still needed an opening...
Ash raised his arms back up behind his head. "Ah well. If Belldandy saw past all of Keiichi's physical flaws, then..."
Misty smiled as she watched the couple separate from each other and begin to talk, arms still wrapped around each other's waists. "Then he's the luckiest guy in the world."
This was it! This was Urd's opening! Urd cast her remote body control spell to make Ash stretch his arms up into the air, so that when he dropped his arms again, his left arm would be around Misty's shoulders! As she made Ash's arms drop, Ash moved slightly forward, which made his hand drop exactly where Urd wanted them to be; on Misty's left shoulder.
"Oh!" Ash froze as his arm landed on Misty.
She was going to kill him! If she ever snapped out of the surprised daze she'd fallen into. Ash had just put his arm around her. Misty could feel her face turn slightly red. How... How embarrassing! And Ash, of all people! Ash withdrew his arm quickly and looked away, his face red.
"S-Sorry 'bout that," he said shakily.
Urd smacked her forehead. These two were worse than Keiichi and Belldandy at the beginning of this whole thing, or Sentaro and Skuld! And speaking of her little sister... Skuld had come over to talk to Ash and Misty again.
"Hey you guys! Huh?" Skuld looked at their red faces. "What's with you guys?"
"N-nothing," Ash said quickly. His face paled back to its normal color. "So, what's up, Skuld?"
The little goddess smiled. "Did you see Kei and my sister dancing out there?"
"Yeah!" Misty chirped happily. "They really are a sweet couple."
"Mm-hmm," Skuld agreed, sitting down next to Misty and laying one hand on Pikachu's back. I wish Sentaro and I had a romance like theirs…
-Skuld!-
Urd? Skuld was shocked to hear Urd calling her mentally. She tried to hide it, settling her gaze on Keiichi and Belldandy as she responded mentally. Ash and Misty had started talking to each other again.
-Urd? Urd, where are you? What are you doing?-
-I'm here under Misty's chair! Hey! Watch where you're swingin' your feet, you almost hit me.-
-Then don't run around you big dummy. What are you doing there?-
-Don't tell Ash and Misty, but I'm trying to… -
Urd let her voice fade. Skuld began to swing her feet again, trying to get her big sister to finish her sentence. What happened? What was she trying to do to Ash and Misty? And suddenly Skuld knew what Urd was trying to do. She could hear Urd's voice, saying, "I'm the cupid of love."
-You're trying to get Ash and Misty together, aren't you, Urd?-
-Well… I won't hide it from you, sis.-
Figures. Urd had pretty good reason for her actions. Even Skuld knew that there was something going on between those two. Skuld watched as Keiichi and Belldandy went back to the counter to talk to each other.
-Fine, Urd. I won't tell 'em.-
No response. Skuld sighed and looked back at Ash and Misty. They were talking quietly, which seemed unusual for them. A moment or so later, Brock came over and seated himself next to Ash. Skuld shot him an angry look. Maybe he wasn't doing anything to Belldandy right at that moment, but she, Skuld, would never forget that he had tried.
"Hey Ash," he said casually.
"Hey Brock," Ash said, turning to face him. "What's with you?"
Brock sighed heavily. "I wanted to dance with some pretty girls! The only girl I've danced with is that blonde girl over there."
He pointed at a girl with blonde hair tied in a high ponytail. She was swinging her ponytail around and was laughing with the boy that she was dancing with at the moment. Misty smiled to herself smugly, folding her arms over her chest.
"It figures that the only girl you've danced with is a total ditz," she said smugly.
Skuld burst out laughing, and then scooped Pikachu up into her arms, waking it up. She eventually began to calm down, but she was still shaken with giggles. Brock looked angrily at Skuld, who returned his angry glance with a raspberry.
Brock then looked over at Misty and grinned. "Say, Misty. I haven't asked you to dance yet! C'mon, Misty, dance with me!"
Misty's eyes went wide in horror. "Huh? W-What? No! No way!"
He grabbed her arm and began pleading with her. "Please, Misty! Just once!"
"Not a chance!" She wrenched her arm away from him and pulled her feet up to her chest.
Skuld laughed as Brock went down on one knee. "Please, Misty! I'm desperate! Can't you see that?"
Ash grinned ear to ear. "Look at him, Misty. He's gotta be desperate if he's askin' you."
Suddenly, both Ash and Skuld were roaring with hysterical laughter. After a moment, even Pikachu's laughter joined them. Skuld could have sworn that she could've passed out from laughter at that moment. It was all just too funny. Misty shot death glares at all three of them, which immediately shut them all up.
Urd smacked her forehead again and hopped away to enlarge herself. Brock couldn't interfere with her plans! When Urd finally found an empty spot, she enlarged herself and walked back to the little group. She feigned surprise when she saw Brock and grabbed his arm.
"I've been looking just about everywhere for you!" she said. "Dance with me?"
"M-Miss Urd!" His face turned beet red.
Skuld leaned back and smiled to herself. Typical Urd. She was also kind of acting like Peorth, the way she was smiling at Brock. It was amusing, watching Ash and Misty's faces turn to awe and how their companion was reduced to a blithering idiot. Not to mention how fun it was for her to see Brock get played by Urd. Urd dragged him out onto the dance floor, and the two disappeared into the crowd.
That's when Skuld saw Keiichi and Belldandy again. It looked like Keiichi had fallen over and hit his head on something, judging by the expression on Bell's face. But Keiichi looked fine, even though he was rubbing his forehead.
"Pika?" Pikachu was the first of Skuld's new friends to notice Bell and Kei.
"Oh my gosh!" Misty cried, noticing them as well. "What happened to him?"
Oh no! Skuld thought urgently. Knowing Belldandy, she'd probably use a healing spell. She was probably assuming that no one was watching them. Skuld saw her big sister reach out with one hand slowly, eyes closed. NO!
Pikachu jumped from Skuld's lap up onto Ash's head. "Pi pikachu pika?"
Ash looked up at Pikachu, almost going cross-eyed and nodded in agreement to whatever it was that his Pokémon had said. "Yeah, what is she doing?"
No! No! Belldandy, no! Stop! Skuld stood up quickly. I know Keiichi's hurt, but Ash and Misty are watching you! And if they find out that we're goddesses…!
No good. Skuld was too panicked, and had completely forgotten to think in the language of the gods. And it was too late. A dim light was radiating out from Belldandy's palm, which was now resting on Kei's forehead. Keiichi looked incredibly relaxed as she cast the spell. It was just a bruise! Why did Belldandy have to use a healing spell for a bruise? Keiichi blinked, then smiled at Belldandy and began speaking with her quietly. Skuld turned to look at Ash and Misty. They'd seen it. They'd seen it all.
"What was that?" they whispered in unison.
-Belldandy!-
"You sure you're okay, Keiichi?" Belldandy asked him. "You did hit your head."
"Naw," Keiichi answered with a slight shrug. "Honest, Bell, I'm alright! You didn't have to use a healing spell on me."
She looked slightly concerned. "But Keiichi, I-"
-Belldandy!-
She gasped at hearing her little sister's thought speak. She pulled away from Keiichi slightly and looked around for her little sister, her brown hair swishing into her face.
"What? What is it, Bell?" Keiichi leaned forward slightly.
"It's Skuld! I heard her speak to me..."
Keiichi grew very quiet. "Is something wrong?"
She looked suddenly very scared, remembering now that they were in the middle of a party. That was probably why Skuld had sounded so upset. It was the reason that there was such an urgency hanging in her voice. -Someone saw me use the spell, am I right, Skuld?-
-Actually… Both Ash and Misty saw you guys.-
"Oh, no!" Belldandy looked at Keiichi with apologetic blue eyes. "I'm sorry Keiichi. But Ash and Misty saw me use the healing spell on you. I'm afraid our secret may have gotten out."
"What was that strange light coming out of her palm?"
They both turned to Skuld. Her face clearly expressed sheer panic. If only Belldandy hadn't used that spell. Or if she had only used the spell when Ash and Misty weren't watching. Skuld sighed.There was nothing she could do. Sure, maybe she could've built some sort of time-lapse machine, but it was too late. A time-lapse machine could only go back a few minutes, maybe half an hour at most, but it would take half an hour to build it. After all, messing with time took some serious calculations.
She turned around slowly to face her new friends and feigned innocence. "I… I don't know."
Misty raised an eyebrow. "Then why were you freaking out, Skuld?"
"Haha!" Skuld laughed nervously and shook her head. "N-No reason!" She put one arm over her head and forced herself to laugh. "I w-was just worried for, um, for Keiichi! Haha! I mean, he was hurt, r-right? I-I was just showin' some concern for my big sister's boyfriend!"
Pikachu cocked its head to one side. "Pikachu…?"
"Right," Ash said slowly. Pikachu jumped from the top of his head and plopped itself down on the nearest empty chair. Ash shook his head, dismissing Skuld's strange alibi… for the moment. "Hey," he remarked, looking at Belldandy. "What's with her? She looks kinda nervous all of a sudden."
That was true. Bell was looking around anxiously as she helped Keiichi up. Skuld sighed. How was she supposed to cover up? I guess… I guess it's alright if one or two more people know about us.
-Hey, Belldandy?-
She saw her big sister freeze for a moment, look around, and then relax. -Yes, what is it, dear?-
Skuld glanced at Ash and Misty, discussing a few reasons for Belldandy's sudden strange behavior. Yep, they definitely knew something was up. Was Skuld going to tell them? Would Bell and Kei allow her to do that? Or, should Ash and Misty find out on their own? -Should I tell them about us, Belldandy? They're real suspicious… Or, should I let them figure it out on their own?-
Belldandy looked at Keiichi and began speaking to him quietly. Keiichi looked a bit shocked at what she told him, and it took a moment for him to reply. He looked at her and shook his head "no" as he spoke. Then Belldandy's voice returned. -No, Skuld. I suppose they should find out on their own. Our secret should not be exposed voluntarily, I suppose. -
The young goddess looked down at her black sneakers and began swinging her legs. So, her big sister wanted her to cover up for a while longer. It wouldn't be too long before Ash and Misty figured it out themselves. Skuld leaned back in her chair and smiled. The music was now fast paced. This was the kind of music kids her age liked to dance to. Wait a second. Dancing? Skuld grinned mischievously. Yeah, it was the perfect diversion!
"Hey Ash, Misty!" she called, a silly grin on her face. "You guys wanna dance with me?"
They both looked surprised, and asked in unison, "Both of us?"
Skuld nodded cheerfully, sliding out of her seat and grabbing both of their arms. "It'll be fun! A mosh type of dance, a group dance!"
The two Pokémon trainers couldn't even respond. As Skuld dragged them out onto the floor, Pikachu waved a cheerful goodbye before it curled up on the chair and slept. Before Ash and Misty knew it, they were in the middle of the dance floor, dancing to the music with their newfound friend.
This will keep them busy for a while. Maybe it'll bury their thoughts about Belldandy! And our secret will be secure again! I'm such a genius!
Author's Note: Okay... this chapter is... odd. Seriously. I have problems with this one. It's a bit late in the game to attempt to fix it, though. Like I said, weird. But everyone is still in character (for the most part... maybe not Skuld, she was having some weird mood swings here or something), so that's a plus. Poor Keiichi, forever in search of his kiss with Belldandy.