All major characters (c) 1996 Kosuke Fujishima, meaning Urd, Skuld, Belldandy and K1 are not mine, just the situations they are thrown in.
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.
I also took inspiration from this next part from one of Slayer6's fiction crossovers known as "Neon Genesis: Goddess – Return of the Red Haired Devil" as well as the AMG TV series from an episode based off of Hasegawa's trials.
Happiness' End
End of Chapter 7:
As he brushed a strand of hair out of her face, she stirred a little a mumbled something inaudible. Keiichi still held the smile he had as he slowly watched her awaken.
She smiled back slightly, not realizing who it was before she became fully awake.
As she opened she eyes even more and noticed Keiichi standing there touching her cheek, she growled.
That's when everything went wrong.
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Chapter 8: Pain Unending
Keiichi was surprised at Belldandy's initial reaction to his presence, but he was even more surprised at what happened after that.
"Don't touch me!" Belldandy screamed and flung her arm out.
Not realizing she also put some power into it, she sent Keiichi sliding across the room and back first into the wall, but not before his arm impacted on the corner of the TV. The unknown effect of what happened was that Keiichi broke his arm just shallow of the shoulder.
He was in so much pain he couldn't tell what was wrong. His back hurt from the impact, his arm hurt from hitting the TV and his front area hurt where Belldandy had initially swiped him. Soon, he collapsed and passed out from the pain his body was writhing with.
Skuld ran out to see what the screaming and the loud noises were, only to find an enraged Belldandy and KO-ed Keiichi against the wall. She immediately ran to Keiichi's side to check if he was alright. At least there was no blood this time, just some severe bruises. She then noticed his arm had an odd color to it, which looked more like his skin was deteriorating rather than a bruise.
Skuld panicked and ran to the phone to call Megumi, who had probably just got out of class. When she got no response from the number, she called the paramedics. Thus began Keiichi's trip to Nekomi Medical Centre for the second time in just a little more than a year.
After Belldandy had calmed down and left, the paramedics came to inspect Keiichi. They started talking medical terms to each other that Skuld had no idea what they meant. Soon, one of them approached her.
"We need to get him to the medical centre soon, or else he may lose use of his arm," he stated with a rather grim look. "He's broken his arm just shallow of the shoulder and also torn a few muscles away from the upper arm in the process."
Skuld just nodded and watched them place Keiichi onto a stretcher. As soon as they loaded him inside the emergency vehicle, they asked Skuld if she would like to come along, but she shook her head and told them she had to inform Keiichi's sister about what happened.
As soon as they left, Skuld collapsed. She knew something was wrong if Belldandy was upset enough to physically attack Keiichi the first time, but now she doubted her sister was her sister anymore. She seemed to have lost the spark in her eyes and also seemed rather lazy, which never happened with her sister.
She wondered if their little family would ever be just a normal family again.
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Urd was in the middle of scanning through the system and Belldandy's signature when she caught alert of something happening on her view screen. She watched in horror as Belldandy did the dirty deed to Keiichi once again and the aftermath that followed.
She cursed mentally and ran a different scan on Belldandy's signature. It had been three days and so far she only had a hint of what had infected her sister, but needed solid proof on it before she could make an antidote to it.
And she still had another couple hundred thousand potion and control signatures to run through before this would come to a close.
She sighed quietly and continued her work. Luckily her status of former Ultimate Force sys admin had given her the privileges to do this, or else things might start to get really ugly.
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Skuld finally got a hold of Megumi and told her of what had happened. Megumi couldn't believe that Belldandy, of all people, could do something like that, but Keiichi had told her she was going through a rather tough time.
Megumi swung by the temple to pick Skuld up and immediately when to the medical centre to visit her brother.
'This better not get to be a habit,' she thought to herself, 'Or else we're going to be in a bit of trouble.'
As the party of two arrived, they were directed to the room that held one: Keiichi Morisato. They quickly made their way to the room and both were somewhat relieved to see Keiichi resting peacefully with a cast over the entire length of his right arm.
The doctor stepped in to tell both girls what had been done for him and what should be done for him in the future.
"It's going to take about six to eight months before the cast can come off. His front seems to be alright, just a few bruises. His back, however, seems to have a little bit wrong with it. He's pulled a few of his muscles that were too tense on the impact with the surface, so he's going to be tender in that area for a while whilst the muscles heal." Both girls nodded and he continued, "I can sign him out as soon as Saturday, but that's it. We want to keep him here at least the span of one day to make sure we didn't miss anything. Is that alright?"
Both girls nodded again and the doctor bid them a good day and left them to be with the young man.
Both females looked rather sad that it happened, before Megumi remembered he had work in the morning. She called in for Keiichi and told his boss that he had broken his arm in an accident and probably wouldn't make it into work for the next week or so while he recovered enough to learn not to use it. His boss understood quite well and told Megumi to tell him to get better soon and to not push himself. After the conversation was over, she returned to the room to find Skuld still watching a sleeping Keiichi.
"We should get going, leave him to rest a bit and we'll come back tomorrow, whadya say?" Megumi asked as she nudged Skuld with her elbow.
Skuld only nodded and slowly walked to the door of the room while Megumi gave Keiichi a small kiss on his forehead and wished him well. Both girls left the room and shut the door so Keiichi could get his rest.
Tomorrow would be the hard part, explaining what had happened.
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Urd rubbed her temple as she heard what had happened to Keiichi according to the doctor. So far, she had only found half of the problem.
A mood adjuster. A drug often used to switch moods or reactions a person felt. Often used as a sort of temporary calming drug to calm those that were agitated or angry.
But against Belldandy, who felt neither of those emotions before she had taken them, it did just the opposite. Turning her mood into a quicker to anger and very agitated person.
Urd sighed as she knew what would amplify those side effects the way they were at the moment, but she needed to confirm it.
Urd shut off her terminal and left, calling it a day. Tomorrow would definitely yield the second piece of the puzzle, as well as be the day she would return home.
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As Friday came and soon passed, most of the day yielded nothing special.
Keiichi was visited by Skuld and Megumi while still in his bed, but he was sitting up and even complaining a little, which was a good sign.
"Can't I get another pillow please?" was the question both girls heard as the came to the doorway.
"I'm sorry sir, but you already have three additional pillows for your back, we can't get you anymore."
The nurse walked out and the girls entered Keiichi's room to hear him mumbling about the service of the place. He had woken up almost around noon and was in constant discomfort due to his back. His mood left him as soon as both his guests entered though, smiling as he saw them.
"Hey ladies, what's going on? How are you feeling?" he asked as they both got to his bed.
Megumi laughed and poked his chest, "That's something WE should be asking YOU. How do you feel Kei-chan? You seem better."
"Aside from the fact that I feel like Belldandy dropped the temple on me? Alright I guess," he said as his smiled wavered a little.
"So you remember yesterday in its entirety?" Skuld asked pensively.
Keiichi nodded with a sort of grim look. He could hardly believe what had happened, but it had. The pain in his arm and constant aching in his back were reminders of that.
"Urd should be home later today Keiichi, I have a feeling this is all going to be wrapped up quickly," Skuld said in a matter-of-fact tone. He couldn't help but grin at her reaction. A year ago she wouldn't have cared at all if he was hurt, and now she was standing in front of him with Megumi giving him reassurances that everything would turn out alright.
As the day wore on, the three chatted about various mechanical things. Skuld had brought along a few blueprints and wanted both Keiichi and Megumi's opinions on one of her latest projects. It was going to be a super bike that she planned on building out of various parts she could make and dig up wherever she found any.
All three of them enjoyed themselves quite a bit before they said they should leave to get dinner. It was almost 7 pm and Belldandy would probably be worried about Skuld and Urd should be returning home soon.
"We'll be here tomorrow to pick you up Kei-chan, 'k?" Megumi said in a cheery tone. She always had that sort of out of place optimism that avoided Keiichi for most of his life.
He simply nodded, "Alright, take care you two. Try not to get into too much trouble."
They both laughed and waved at him at the door and left.
With that, Keiichi also received his dinner from the nurse. And oh the joys of hospital food.
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When Skuld got home, dinner was ready and waiting, along with Belldandy.
She seemed annoyed by the fact that Skuld had gone to see Keiichi, but didn't let Skuld know.
It was almost like a normal dinner back home in Heaven, aside from missing Urd.
Urd soon reappeared after dinner, but didn't say a thing and simply went straight to her room. She had to make an antidote and quickly. She wanted things to be back to normal as soon as possible.
By her calculations, it would take almost 12 hours to make, placing the time of completion sometime after 10 am on Saturday.
She had to get everything assembled and ready. Lord only knew she wasn't willing to see the aftermath of another beating Keiichi took, as they were slowly getting more violent. She could only guess how the next outburst would affect him.
For his sake and for Belldandy's, she had to fix everything or else the outcome could be horrible.