Happiness' End Chapter 1: Initial Shock & Recovery, an oh my goddess! fanfic

A/N: This is my first shot at an AMG related fic. Although the story line follows fairly closely to the manga at the beginning, that is all that will be related to it.

Further notes that should be noted are that if you HAVE NOT read the manga past volume 19, you should NOT read this story, as it is a tangent off a major plot line in volumes 19 and 20, but involve different situations that didn't happen in the manga.

I honestly have no idea how long this fic will be, it depends on whether or not I believe it's finished.

Happiness' End

Chapter 1: Initial Shock & Recovery

It had been a day and a half after the accident, but no one was allowed to visit the patient at the Nekomi Medical Centre. Even Megumi, who had caught wind of what happened only minutes of the incident, was refused, and she was a relative. Belldandy had refused to even get a wink of sleep, saying she wouldn't until she was able to see Keiichi.

Everyone in the waiting room was apprehensive, not knowing what to expect from the doctor as he was seen walking down the hall.

"Megumi Morisato? Belldandy Morisato?" he called from the doorway.

Belldandy blushed slightly and stood with Megumi as their friends looked on with a look of confusion and surprise on their faces. Megumi had lied to the doctor for Belldandy and said that she was Keiichi's fiancée to get her easier access to her brother.

As they arrived at the room he was being help in, the doctor warned them both about his appearance. As they moved into the room, Keiichi could be seen lying on the bed by the window, a small amount of light pushing through to light his form.

Both Megumi and Belldandy looked surprised to see he looked almost normal aside from the various patched scratches on his arms and face, as well as the two most unsightly objects that appeared near his face. There was a neck brace around his neck to keep his head in place. The doctor noticed them both looking at it and explained that in addition to the injury on his head, the impact had also cracked a few of his neck vertebrae, thus the need for the brace until they were sure that they were healed.

Next, was the huge bandage on his upper head that was covered in blood. Everyone visibly winced, Megumi and Belldandy at the sight of it, the doctor at the fact that the nurses had allowed it to become so bad.

As the doctor cleared his throat, he began to speak to the two young ladies.

"I'm afraid we've done all we can for him physically at the moment. There are some times when he regains consciousness for short periods of time, but those are hardly longer than a minute and he always seems delirious," he stated. "At the moment, he is in no physical harm or pain, but his mind seems to have suffered a major blow. The impact and effect of the blow seems to have messed up a few of his neural interfaces, meaning he is a bit off balance and has problems with any other body function related to movement. In addition, he seems to be in a state of constant confusion. The outcome may be temporary amnesia."

Both ladies looked at him with sullen looks and nodded. He told them that if they needed anything else to just use the call button at the head of the bed for a nurse and ask for his presence.

As the doctor left, both girls turned back and faced Keiichi. Both looked depressed, but Belldandy began to sob once again. Megumi pulled her into a hug and let her go on for a few minutes before asking her what was wrong.

"I couldn't be there for him…this is all my fault," she whispered sadly.

"Belldandy, no one can be there all the time, some things are bound to go wrong in the future, and you can't be by his side to make sure nothing ever hurts him" Megumi said, trying to support her friend. "If that were possible, it would also be very dulled for Kei-chan."

Belldandy looked at her in a bit of surprise, "What?"

"You know him Belldandy, he loves to take risks, he loves the thrill, and believe it or not, he loves the fall," she stated looking over at Keiichi. "He would think it was too boring or not worth it if he did everything right the first time. He wants to make things as real as they can be, pain included if need be."

Belldandy wiped away a few of her tears and smiled slightly, "I'd never though about it that way…"

"C'mon, let's go tell the gang he seems to be alright," Megumi grabbed Belldandy's hand, and was surprised when she shrugged it off.

"No. I wish to stay here with him for a while longer…" she stated as she started walking over to the bed and a chair near the foot of it.

"Alright Bell, but let us know if anything changes with him 'k?"

"Of course, you'll be the first to know," she said as she moved the chair towards the head of the bed.

With that, Megumi turned and walked from the room leaving Belldandy to herself with Keiichi.

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As she exited the room, Megumi was greeted by a chorus of questions from the motor club.

She raised her hands for quiet and motioned for everyone to move outside. "This is a hospital after all," she muttered, looking back at everyone.

As soon as everyone was outside, Chihiro was the first to speak. "So what happened, is he alright?"

For the next almost half hour, Megumi stood answering questions as best she could form what the doctor had told her. At the mention of possible amnesia from the accident, everyone looked a bit disheartened.

As everyone slowly turned to leave, Chihiro looked back at Megumi.

"Can you give me a call when he gets better? I know he will, he's got that fight inside of him."

Megumi smiled a little, "Sure Chihiro, but don't count on him remembering who you are if it does happen."

Chihiro nodded and walked off.

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Belldandy stayed by Keiichi's side for the next 2 days without heading home, but she did keep in contact with her sisters.

She quietly mentioned to Urd that she had been slowly healing him through both days in hopes that he might recover quicker. Urd just sighed and warned her about the consequences of those actions if they were found, but Belldandy didn't care. She wanted her Keiichi to feel better as soon as possible.

Megumi had popped in periodically throughout both days to check how he was doing, as well as a majority of the motor club and Chihiro. Sayoko and Aoshima even came for a short visit, but Aoshima was more concerned in trying to win Miss Belldandy's attention than to feel pity for Keiichi or wish him getting well.

It was at the end of the second day that Belldandy had asked the doctor if she could take him to their home in order for him to relax. She was convinced that maybe time in surrounding environments that he knew would somewhat help. The doctor was against it initially, but looked at the charts of his patient and hesitantly agreed, since he could find nothing more that could be done. He gave her instructions on how to handle certain situations should they arise and signed Keiichi out to Belldandy's care.

She let everyone she could think of know about the change of scenery and asked for her sister's help in moving him back.

As everything returned to somewhat normal around the temple, Belldandy had decided that it would be best for her to sleep with Keiichi, in case something went wrong and he needed her help. Skuld was against it initially, but relented in the reassurances from Belldandy that she would be in a separate futon and that Keiichi was still in no condition to do anything to "harm" her.

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It was at the end of the second day at the temple when Keiichi began to move around a little and mumble in his sleep like trance.

None of the Goddesses paid heed, due to the fact they knew he sometimes did both of those in his sleep. None of them also took the clue that he did that when he was getting very restless.

The afternoon of the third day approached and Belldandy was sitting by her Keiichi's side when he started to mumble her name in broken syllables. She gently shook him to see if he would respond, but nothing happened. About 15 minutes later, the calling of her again played out, but after the gentle shake, he slowly opened his eyes.

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Keiichi didn't know where he was when he saw the strange ceiling, nor did he know why his head hurt so bad. What seemed to scare him even more was when a beautiful face appeared above him and gently smiled.

He quickly got up and looked around and then noticed the young lady with a look of confusion on her face.

"Ummm…miss? Would you be able to tell me what's going on?" he asked a bit apprehensively.

"Keiichi-san? Don't you recognize me?" Belldandy asked a bit confused.

He shook his head, albeit slowly, due to the throbbing going through the upper right side of it. "No, I've never met you before…could you tell me where we are? And how did you know my name?"

At that point, it had dawned on Belldandy that the possible amnesia the doctor was talking about had indeed occurred. Keiichi noticed the look of confusion and hope turn to one of sadness as the young lady seemed to realize something.

"I'm sorry, but could you excuse me for a moment?" she asked politely. "I need to call Megumi."

"Megumi? How do you know my sister?" Keiichi asked her as she left.

"She's a good friend that I've known ever since…" she trailed off and bowed slightly, "Please excuse me, I need to contact her."

Keiichi could only look on in utter confusion as she left. He then turned his glances to the room he was in.

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Belldandy waited politely as the phone rang before hearing someone pick it up.

"Hello? Megumi here," said a voice from the other side of the receiver.

"Megumi, it's Belldandy…Keiichi-san just woke up."

"That's great news! I'll be right over!" she chimed.

"However…" Belldandy said after a slight pause.

"What? What is it Belldandy?"

She took a deep and somewhat troubled breath and whispered almost non-audibly, "He has lost most of his memories…"