Blah blah blah, technicalities and crap.

Fujishima Kosuke owns AMG and its characters. I own Xerangref (previous statements about using him stand).

A/N: Certain events and plots are hinted and somewhat revealed in this work. If you haven't read at least up to or past volume 19, you may be confused at some points.

Mid terms are half done for now and I've been itching to continue with this story from where it was left off.

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

And for those of you who didn't get the hint in last chapter, Keiichi's feelings on heavy metal are actually my own. I just invented them and put them in place since all his music selection seems to avoid the 'hardcore' stuff.

Happiness' End

End of Chapter 18:

Mara could tell that something was wrong with both Belldandy and Keiichi. They seemed to be looking at each other a lot differently and acting like school children who had crushes on each other. She figured that both of them were trying to sort out how to move on.

This current course was almost too perfect for what would be happening in exactly a week. Both of them would be crushed even worse than she imagined.

Mara smiled. Soon, very soon, revenge would be hers at last. A grand finale to all her problems and struggles in the ultimate form of revenge. Success was only assured with Xerangref here.

Mara couldn't wait until next week. Then, the suffering would begin. If Senbei was still with her, he would be ecstatic.

Yes, soon all the damned goddesses and the mortal would pay dearly.

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Chapter 19: Sweet sweet Revenge

Keiichi was at least somewhat relieved when he heard his boss telling his that he was giving him the day off on Saturday in compensation for taking his time on Sunday.

It was late Wednesday morning when he was scheduled for his lunch break that his boss informed him of his fortune. At least this news would please Belldandy. She always looked forward to being able to spend some time sitting and talking with him alone on Sundays. She was being robbed of that opportunity this weekend, but the day to be together and discuss was simply moved ahead by one.

Keiichi looked at his watch and noticed that it was already 4 pm. He'd been looking at numerous motor and frame blueprints for the better part of the afternoon. It really didn't even feel like it was already four in the afternoon. Only another hour till he could return home and give Belldandy the good news.

In a way, he was also greatly pleased. Saturday as a day off and then a meeting on Sunday was like a reduced load weekend from the company. It was almost like getting a day and a half off for doing absolutely nothing. Granted, he would have to be in somewhat early on Sunday, but he doubted that the meeting would last longer than 2 or 3 pm.

For the first time in a long time, Keiichi was actually greatly looking forward to his weekend.

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Xerangref stood in a battle stance watching his opponent with a wary eye. Although Mara had originally been rather weak in armed combat a few weeks before, she was now deadly.

She gave up on the single kodachi and now held a pair of the two swords with the sheaths at her side. With one sword, Xerangref could easily take her in the past, as well as her having two a few days ago. But now that she wielded both swords with a complete mastery, he was finding it rather hard to break her fighting stance to score a blow. Several times, he had to use the sheathed dagger at his right side to ward off attacks that would have wounded him.

Mara was a very quick learner, and now had deadly precision wielding her two kodachi. Her power and strength had dramatically increased while he had been with her, taught her and trained her. He was amazed at how far she had progressed. She easily held enough power to take on all three goddesses alone.

In a moment of sheer speed, both met and swords clashed. While Mara had Xerangref's sword, the Mystletainn, pinned to his left, she made a swift movement to undermine the elder demon. He quickly jumped above her sweep and let go of his sword hilt and attacked her with his fists. He scored two quick hits on her chest and face before she pulled back and got into a defensive stance. He walked over and picked up Mystletainn before raising his hand to signal the end of their training session.

"You've done well Mara, however you must always expect that an opponent will drop his or her weapon if they are pinned down and attack you with their fists. Expect the unexpected."

Mara bowed and sheathed her swords, "Thank you lord, it was an honor and pleasure to fight with you."

Xerangref smiled at her before turning to walk away.

"Oh, and Mara?"

"Yes lord?"

"Saturday shall be a day of full rest, not partial as I said before. You will need your strength for the day after. Enjoy your time off before things get serious," he stated while glancing over his shoulder. He could see Mara trembling from the corner of his eye.

"Yes lord, thank you," was all Mara could squeak out, trying to hide her surprise and excitement.

"Take a 30 minute break and we'll meet in the back for a quick look over of the spells we'll need to use. Every day until Saturday, we will go over the temple layout, spells required and the escape route, is that understood?"

"Yes lord."

"Good," was all the taller demon said before walking into the shadows of the arcade and vanishing from sight.

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Saturday soon came upon both parties: the predators and the unsuspecting prey.

Keiichi and Mara were both excited to have the full day off to do whatever they pleased. Of course, Keiichi spent almost every waking moment with Belldandy, while Mara listened to some music and generally screwed around.

Keiichi was hesitant to talk to Belldandy about his little fascination with her, and vice versa. Both had the same feelings of love, adoration and a hint of vicious lust towards the other. Although Keiichi would never act on it, he had no idea if Belldandy was even willing to go that far yet.

On the other hand, Belldandy was wondering when to make her wants and needs known to him. She knew it would have to be alone, or Skuld would try to skewer him again. She didn't know what time or day though. She knew he was uncomfortable at times with how passionate things got, but he never tried to stop them willingly. Something almost always interrupted them, be it one of her sisters, Keiichi co-workers or someone or something else.

She knew she was becoming more and more 'human' as she spent more time on the mortal realm of Earth, but it didn't bother her. She had already felt an assortment of various human emotions after spending the first two years with Keiichi. Varying from anger to jealousy, from love to now lust. She knew that they both loved each other, but was the physical desire to be with him wrong?

She looked over to Keiichi who was looking at a few of his old blueprint of bike designs when he was at Nekomi Tech with the Motor Club.

She bit her lower lip and decided to try her luck with him. His reaction would more than likely tell her how he felt too.

She slowly walked over and wrapped her arms around his chest from behind and pulled him back, "Keiichi-san?"

Keiichi was rather surprised as he felt her chest being pressed against his back. This scene was almost exactly like when Urd had given her a potion before. He gulped before answering her low whisper.

"Yes Belldandy?"

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As Keiichi headed off to the meeting at Wyvern at roughly 9 am, he had to stop mentally and think about yesterday. He was rather surprised when Belldandy had approached him and told him pretty much the same things he was feeling.

He was at least glad that those feelings were out in the open. He was afraid to discuss them truly with Belldandy.

Keiichi put down his visor, started his trusty BMW and sped off to work without another thought or care in the world.

Little did he know, two visitors watched his leaving the premises. After a quick signal and nod to one of the figures, the smaller of the two departed to follow Keiichi to Wyvern.

Mara would act as a scout and send a mental message to him as soon as he was leaving the store, when he was half way there and when he was around the corner.

Things had to be flawless…a moment too early could ruin everything.

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Belldandy sat and looked at the clock and then sighed. Keiichi would be home in roughly another three hours, but she was getting fidgety. She wanted to continue the talk that they had yesterday and wanted to ask him a few questions as well.

Belldandy looked towards her sibling's rooms with interest. Neither of them had shown or even made themselves heard at all so far today. It was intriguing that they would sleep till almost noon, even on a Sunday.

She shook her head and got up. As long as both of her sisters were still asleep, she would take the chance to relax in a nice hot bath before making lunch.

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Aoshima awoke in his car at roughly 2 pm. He couldn't remember anything about last night. He remembered having a drink while in the company of a dashing blonde haired woman, but nothing more.

He couldn't remember anything more, not even her name. The name part being odd, due to the fact that he was very good with names and that the girl possessed a beauty close of that to the beautiful perfection of Belldandy.

Belldandy. That sudden thought triggered a strange urge to see the wonderful creature. He looked down to see that he was perfectly presentable to meeting her and looked in the mirror to check his hair and face. Both checked out well enough to leave immediately after buying another dozen roses.

While Aoshima stirred and planned, Xerangref smiled as he could sense the subject of their plot moving.

Soon, very soon. The pieces were slowly falling into place.

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With a simple matter of a small visual enhancement spell and the altering of Belldandy's vision perception, Xerangref would make this fool, Aoshima, look exactly like Keiichi to her. Not only look, but sound like Keiichi as well. He already knew the strong advancements that the man had made towards her in the past, thus it would only aid them further if she believed that Keiichi were making them.

As Aoshima pulled his car in front of the temple, parked and got out, Xerangref allowed himself a spare second or two to gloat to himself, for this was an obvious guarantee at the success of this operation.

Aoshima briskly walked up the temple steps and stopped at the door. For some strange reason, the door seemed to open by itself before he knocked, and no one was there.

"Miss Belldandy?" Aoshima called out as he slowly entered and took off his shoes.

Belldandy came running around the corner with a large smile. Aoshima didn't even have time to present her the roses he was carrying in his arms before she ran to him and kissed him.

"Welcome home! How did everything go?"

"Uhhh…great, everything went great," Aoshima replied rather confused. At this point, he felt rather dizzy and slowly began to slip from consciousness, but he was standing straight and narrow.

"I brought these for you, dearest Belldandy," Aoshima said while holding out the roses. Xerangref was in full control now. Mara had just informed him that Keiichi had left the shop, thus things were going to be perfectly on time.

Belldandy covered her mouth and gasped as she took the roses from Aoshima, "Why, thank you."

Her gratitude was punctuated by another kiss before she turned towards the kitchen to put the delicate flowers in a vase.

At this time, Xerangref put a small sound barrier around most of the living room. This would be necessary for when the real Keiichi returned so that the actions going on were not impeded.

Belldandy returned with a small vase that the roses were now in. She set them on a small end table by the kitchen door and walked back over to Aoshima.

Aoshima, still under the influence of Xerangref, wrapped his arms around her waist and smiled at her. To her, she was seeing the person that she loved, but that was what they wanted. A slight optic interference with the signals she received easily made it look as if Keiichi were truly standing in front of her. A simple matter of mind manipulation.

Aoshima leaned forward and kissed Belldandy gently. As the first kiss broke, Belldandy smiled at him. The following kiss held much more passion, as both members were slowly getting into it.

Things were running the needed course perfectly. Keiichi was half way home. Soon he could release control over all four temple occupants as soon as the young man walked in.

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Keiichi pulled into his usual spot at the temple. He dismounted his bike with a large sigh. The meeting had gone well, but the designs that the company had preferred and set up were extremely complex. The bike they were building wouldn't look like a motorcycle when they had it completed, it would look more like a miniature car.

He walked to the front door and heard something that sounded like a giggle. He looked around, but saw no one near him. He shrugged and continued on; maybe it was Belldandy inside watching something that caused her to be amused.

He slid the front door open, "I'm home!"

He took off his shoes and took two steps inside before freezing in his tracks.

Lying on the sofa, in various points of undress were Belldandy and Aoshima. Aoshima was lying down with his back on the sofa cushions while Belldandy was on her hands and knees, straddling him in an odd position. Both were locked at the mouth and making strange animalistic noises. The passion present was extremely intense.

Keiichi fell to his knees with an audible thumping sound and continued to stare at the scene, "Belldandy…" was all a shocked Keiichi could utter.

At that moment, Urd came out of her room rubbing the side of her head, "Geez, can't anyone sleep in around here without being awakened by som-"

She was cut of as she saw the scene taking place on the couch. She could see Belldandy's back and a pair of male hands messing with the clasps to her bra. Both parties were making strangely erotic noises as they kissed and did other things.

Urd was about to smile and say, "Well it's about damn time." But one other thing caught her eye.

Keiichi was on his knees in the front hallway staring at the entire scene in front of them both. She could easily sense and see the betrayal on the young mans face and in his heart. Urd could only shake her head and stare back at the couch with her mouth agape.

"Oh shit…this is bad…this is really, really bad…" Urd said before starting to slowly walk towards Belldandy.

The shit was just about to hit the fan…and hard.

A/N: Ha! Finally done! The entire planning stage and that other crap was basically for this moment. What'll happen next? Wait and find out! I'm the one who knows.

Here's to your craving for action Eddie!