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.
Author's Note: Wow, I had no idea people were actually reading this and liking it. :D That's good news.
Chapter 5
Rash Actions
Brock adjusted his hold on Ash. "Looks like we're staying put for a while longer, Misty." He looked up at Misty sadly. "Those were pretty drastic measures, Misty."
She didn't return his gaze. She was still staring at Ash's sleeping body as she nodded knowingly. Without a word, Misty grabbed Ash's backpack and then walked over to the counter. Misty grabbed Ash's PokeBalls and stuffed them into his backpack, which she then slung over one shoulder. Brock already had his bag, and he held out Misty's for her. She grabbed the bag from him without saying a word, then reached down and grabbed Ash's legs to help Brock carry him away.
Misty looked at Pikachu. "Come on, Pikachu."
Pikachu looked extremely upset, but still obeyed. Urd and Skuld watched as Brock and Misty carried Ash away, Pikachu nipping at their heels. Belldandy still had her arms still wrapped tightly about Keiichi's neck. She began speaking to him softly.
"Oh, Keiichi," she was whispering, her voice shaky with confusion. "I-I'm so sorry…"
Keiichi looked back at Belldandy, her sweet voice pulling him away from the overwhelming anger within him. He did his best to give her a sincere smile as he wrapped his arms around her. "Aw, Bell," he replied. "It's alright. I mean, nothing happened."
"But, should anything happen to us, Kei," she continued, drawing him closer to her. "I… I don't know what I'd do without you… You… You don't know how important you are to me…"
Silence ensued between them. Skuld gave Urd a menacing look, since she was often related to these sorts of incidents, and then stormed away. Urd hesitantly went back to the backroom. Time to shrink and check up on Ash. Keiichi pulled Belldandy away from him and looked into her teary face.
"C'mon, Bell, let's get you cleaned up." His voice was even and soft.
The goddess nodded and went with Keiichi back out of view of the other trainers. Once they had both disappeared from the lobby, all the trainers in the room returned to their normal lives, the scene now a thing of the past.
Urd cloaked herself from the view of mortals, and moved invisibly across the room in her small form, hopping over feet and ducking under chairs, always searching for the Twerp Trio. Her little search led her outside of the Pokémon Center and a few blocks down the street. Urd crept near them, as they were propping Ash up against a wall. Misty sighed heavily, her sea green eyes lingering on Ash's slumbering face. Brock leaned back and took a deep breath.
"What in the world happened back there?" Brock wondered aloud.
"I don't know," Misty answered with a sad shrug. She turned to look at her companion. "It sure is scaring me, though."
"Yeah," Brock agreed with a nod. "It's really weird. It was awfully abrupt, too... I mean, one second he was normal, then he took a nap and got all weird like that."
For a moment, Urd was worried that they would point fingers at her. Much to her surprise however, they remained in silence for a long time. Urd crept even closer to them, but was careful not to get so near as she would end up getting trampled.
"Well," Brock said at length, "Let's get Ash to the inn, alright? Maybe he'll be alright once he wakes up."
Misty nodded. "Yeah, let's hope."
As Misty and Brock rose to their feet and were about to grab Ash, a light, hoarse groan was heard. All sets of eyes turned to look at Ash as he started to wake up. The biggest surprise to Urd, however, was to hear Ash's thoughts.
Where am I? What's going on? Why... Why can't I move?
Ash's brown eyes fluttered open, and stared straight ahead of him. It took him a few moments before his eyes suddenly shot open. He was instantly on his feet and ready to make a run for it. He was looking around him frantically, completely ignoring Misty and Brock's presence.
"Where's Belldandy?" Ash was screaming at the top of his lungs. "What did you do?" Aw, man, I was hoping that'd all just be a nightmare...
Urd almost laughed upon hearing that thought of Ash's. However, now that all three of them were back on their feet, Urd would have to retreat in order to keep herself safe. She moved backwards a ways, but found herself out of hearing range for Ash's thoughts.
"We didn't do anything, Ash!" Brock yelled, grabbing his friend's shoulders and shaking him. "I don't know what's gotten into you!"
"But whatever it is, Ash," Misty said, "Do everyone a big favor and snap right out of it!"
Don't count on it, Urd thought to herself bitterly. At least not for another day or so.
"I want Belldandy!" Ash shouted again, and then stopped. He looked over at Misty fiercely, then shut his eyes and shook himself free from Brock's grip.
The two watched Ash warily and Ash stared back at them wildly. His brown eyes were a clash of confusion and wild rage. Urd shook her head sadly, and walked a little ways to the street corner, where she uncloaked herself and re-enlarged.
"This is really going to get ugly," she muttered to herself. "The effects of the potion will wear off in twelve, or even twenty four hours, but the poor boy could get himself killed before that happens. This isn't good at all."
And it wasn't about to get much better.
"Ahem."
Urd looked up sharply and saw her youngest sister leaning against the wall to her right. Skuld raised an eyebrow at her older sister, then took a step forward, her hands now on her hips.
"What potion, sister dear?" she asked accusingly. "Don't tell me you used one of your suspicious looking pills on Ash!"
The platinum haired goddess folded her arms across her chest and looked away. "Then I won't tell you."
Skuld glared at her oldest sister angrily. "Why in the world would you want Ash to fall in love with Belldandy?"
"It was an accident!" Urd yelled back. "If Misty had tried to wake Ash up then none of this would've happened and everything would've been perfect."
"I can't believe you, Urd!"
There was screaming coming from the street corner. It sounded to Misty like it was Urd and Skuld having an argument about something. She hadn't heard what they were screaming about before, but the youngest sister's screams had gotten significantly louder as the argument went on, to the point where she could make out the words. Pikachu's ears perked up at the sound of the screaming, and it swung its head in the direction of the source. Misty nudged Brock.
"Brock? Grab onto Ash. Something weird is going on."
As Brock grabbed Ash's arm, Misty moved around so she could see Urd and Skuld at the corner. She then moved closer to them so she could hear what Urd was saying.
"For all the trouble you've caused here, you ought to have your license revoked!" Skuld shrieked again, her face red.
License? Misty thought. License for what? What did Urd do?
"As if you haven't done anything that would get your license revoked," Urd snapped.
Skuld's face was red with fury now, one fist near her face as though she was about to slap Urd across the face. "You… You stupid idiot!"
Skuld thrust her hand out, opening her fist. Misty gasped as a tremendous force exploded from nowhere. Urd had leapt into the sky, higher than humanly possible, which earned another gasp from Misty. She looked down to where Urd ought to have landed and saw the word "Fool" imprinted on the sidewalk.
What in the world…? Misty thought in horror. How did she do that?
"Ooh, nice shot, Skuld!" Urd said as she floated back to the ground (an action which also earned one of Misty's gasps). "You're definitely getting more powerful."
Powerful? Misty's head swam. What were they? Spirits? Witches? That was it. They had to be witches! But… what about those markings on their faces? Misty had never heard of a witch that needed markings on her face. And what about that suspicious story Keiichi had told her about how they had first met? It had to be a cover-up… So Keiichi knew what they were.
Misty suddenly realized that she hadn't heard any screaming for a while. She looked back to where Urd and Skuld had been, and realized that they had vanished. Had they even been there at all? She turned around to tell Brock about the strange things she had seen, when she saw Urd and Skuld right in her face. She let out a high-pitched squeal as Urd pushed her against the wall and Skuld laid a hand over her mouth. They turned to each other.
"What do we do?" Skuld whispered.
"That depends on how much she knows," Urd answered, then turned back to Misty. She leaned forward as Skuld removed her hand from Misty's mouth. Misty had to hold her breath. "How much did you see, Misty?"
Misty pressed herself against the wall and tried to slide down to the floor. But her body wouldn't obey her. Urd leaned a little more until her nose had almost touched Misty's.
"How much did you see?" Urd repeated. "How long were you standing here?"
Misty forced her eyes to close. "Just for a little while."
"What did you see, Misty?" Skuld said, leaning forward as well.
" 'Fool' on the sidewalk," Misty whispered fearfully. "Urd flying."
"Aw, geez!" Skuld muttered to herself, throwing the words onto the opposite wall.
Urd released Misty from her grip and turned away, scratching her head. Misty fell to the ground with a rather loud thud. She looked up at them from her position on the ground. "S-so what are you guys?" she screamed, her voice now back in her throat.
The sisters turned and looked down at her. Skuld looked up at Urd, who nodded, and then both of them kneeled on the ground near Misty. She tried not to flinch as Urd leaned forward again with a mysterious smile on her face. "Do you really want to know?"
The red head nodded. "Are you… witches?" she whispered.
"Witches!" Urd laughed. "No, no, no. Of course not!"
"We're goddesses," Skuld finished for Urd, her arms folded across her chest.
Misty blinked at Skuld unbelievingly. "Goddesses?" she echoed. "You can't be serious?"
The laughter had vanished from Urd's face, and she stared at Misty with her cold emerald eyes.
"Don't believe us?" Urd said icily. "You want us to prove it then, do you?" She didn't wait for an answer. "Meet us at the Pokémon Center at four thirty, and we'll prove it to you then."
The trainer watched as Urd grabbed Skuld by the arm and began to run down the street. Was there even such a thing as real goddesses? And if there were, would they even come down to earth in human form? Misty rose to her feet and ran back to where Brock and Ash were waiting.
"You guys!" she shouted the instant she saw the pair. "You guys!"
"Hey Misty!" Brock yelled back, not releasing his grip on Ash, who only glared up at the approaching trainer. "What's goin' on?"
"I saw Urd and Skuld arguing with each other on the street corner," Misty said breathlessly.
Before Misty could finish, both Brock and Ash responded with, "So what else is new?"
"That's not the point!" she yelled. "Listen, some weird stuff happened during their fight. They were talking about licenses for a little bit, and then all of a sudden Skuld thrusts out her hand and poof! I saw the word 'Fool' on the sidewalk where Urd used to be standing! Urd jumped higher than humanly possible to dodge it! And then she floated back to the ground. Are you hearing me?" They nodded dumbly. Misty took it as a cue to continue. "Then they saw me, and started asking me about what I saw and stuff. They tell me that they're goddesses. Goddesses! Can you believe that?"
Brock's face had begun to glow beet red. "Yeah, I can believe that…"
She slapped Brock across the face, leaving a red mark on his right cheek. "This is no time to be like that, Brock!" He only responded by a dumb mumble. Misty inhaled deeply and looked around. She realized angrily that Ash had disappeared. "Where'd Ash go?"
Brock rose to his feet and glanced around. He frowned. "He's gone. Probably headed back to the center, looking for Belldandy."
Upon hearing this, Misty grabbed Brock's arm and dragged him behind her as she raced through the streets.
Author's Note: Short chapter, yeah, but it works. Stuff's about to explode with weirdness, though, so I hope nobody minds too much. What I like here is the scene with Skuld scolding Urd and then Misty coming in. It's just totally in character for them to go from enemies to allies in no time flat when they find a common enemy. They don't even discuss it they just... team up. It's kinda funny. :P