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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.

Happiness' End

End of Chapter 19:

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.

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Chapter 20: Recall

Urd grabbed Belldandy's shoulder and pulled her back from Aoshima.

"Belldandy! What the freaking hell do you think you're doing!" Urd shouted while shaking her sister.

Belldandy looked slightly dazed and extremely confused at Urd's actions. Urd simply pointed to 'Keiichi' that was under her and then to the entrance to the hallway. Following her elder sister's commands, Belldandy looked in both places.

At first, shock and disgust registered as she looked down to see an almost nude Aoshima looking at her with lust in his eyes and holding her now undone bra in his hands. She quickly grabbed her undergarment, got off of the couch, and him, and quickly put her bra back on and tried to cover herself. The lack of clothing was very disconcerting, but she could see where it had been flung in the moments of passion. What confused her was she believed she was doing all of this with Keiichi, but when she looked back at her memory, the person she could clearly see was Aoshima, not her Keiichi.

Suddenly, Belldandy was scared to look at the entryway. She knew what was coming, but wanted to avoid it at all costs.

Her worst fears were realized as she turned and looked at the form in the entryway. Keiichi was on his knees; he had seen the entire scene and was staring into the room with tears running down the side of his face. She couldn't tell if the tears had been willingly cried, or had appeared unconsciously. He wasn't moving at all. His face was void of all color and looked extremely thin and frail. His breathing was shallow and his eyes were clearly fogged over and unfocused.

Belldandy immediately ran to his side and clung to him. She started crying into his shoulder, but he still made no movements. After a minute of releasing her stress she looked up to gaze into his facial features. Nothing had changed in the slightest.

While this was going on, Urd had put Aoshima under the influence of a sleep spell and practically dragged him outside and left him on the porch way that surrounded the temple. He deserved to be tossed around like a sack of trash after what he had taken part in. And it was apparent that Belldandy had almost done the nasty with him on her own accord. That thought scared the shit out of Urd.

Urd came back to see Belldandy caressing Keiichi's face gently with her right hand while whispering things to him, trying to get at least some rise out of him. Tears were sliding down her delicate cheeks continually throughout the entire process.

Urd didn't understand what the hell was going on. She'd woken up, walked outside her room and already the day was turning out to be the shittiest day ever in her sister's life.

It seemed that she not only willingly gave herself to Aoshima, but she did so in a passionate and erotic way. The worst part of it, was that it was right in front of Keiichi as he had returned home from his meeting.

Now he was acting like a vegetable. He was barely only breathing and blinking. Urd came over and told Belldandy to move him into a chair. After placing him in one of the two comfy chairs they had in the living room, Urd started her checkup of Keiichi. First, she would run through the physical routines to make sure he hadn't somehow hurt himself. Second, would be the mental routine, which she was dreading.

After a few minutes, she informed Belldandy nothing was wrong with him, at least physically. Then told her to be ready for the worst after the next part of her exam.

It only took another 20 or 30 seconds before Urd just finally stopped trying. She sighed sadly and shook her head.

"Nee-san? What is it? What's wrong with my Keiichi?"

Urd look at her sister sadly. She could see the pain and confusion in her eyes, "I told you to be ready for the worst Bell…and you need to be. His mind is just…gone. He has the brain and neural waves of a patient in a coma."

Belldandy covered her mouth with a hand. The entire time, the steady stream of tears had never stopped.

"He's…He's…gone?" Urd nodded and looked at Keiichi again before sighing heavily.

"NO! It can't be! But it was…it was with…with Keiichi-san that I…" Her voice trailed off as she looked at the young man again before clinging onto his chest and crying into him once again.

Urd got up and started walking to her room to leave the gloom in the living room behind. She needed a couple bottles of sake after this ordeal. It could take Keiichi a very long time before any sort of recovery steps could be taken or made.

Urd looked back at the two and shook her head, then turned back to the hallway.

She paused, then scratched her head while looking confused. She was here, Belldandy and Keiichi were in the living room.

So where the hell was Skuld when all this hit?

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Vicious and roaring laughter from two people could be heard ringing throughout the old abandoned arcade.

Mara and Xerangref had stayed and watched the aftermath of their plans for at least ten minutes before taking leave to avoid being caught. Both were having a hard time controlling their emotions, especially the happiness and laughter part of it.

Things had gone far better than they planned!

The goddess Belldandy was in an immense amount of pain and sadness. The mortal to whom the goddess was attached was even worse. What he had seen and heard had seemingly shut down his mind. It was as if he just lost his entire thought process associated with the human brain.

They didn't even know if he could move at all. He seemed to have lost any and all will to live at that point.

Xerangref was proud of Mara for hatching the scheme and Mara was eternally grateful that his participation had brought about its major success.

They both knew Hild and the council would want a report, and they would soon have one.

The laughter died down and they wiped a few tears from the corners of their eyes from laughing so hard before settling down into the proper routine of finishing a grief plan.

Xerangref nodded to Mara and she left the room, only to appear soon after with an arm load of paper work. They both sighed as she put the load onto a counter.

It was going to be a very long night…but the recent events were well worth it.

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In the aftermath of what had happened, Urd had figured out that he at least obeyed vocal commands and followed them. He seemingly ignored Belldandy, only listening to Urd when Belldandy was present.

She had thought it was rather odd until the obvious had struck her. He was devastated by Belldandy's actions, and was probably tuning out her voice. His eyes were still somewhat fogged and unfocused. His face showed no emotion. If he had any response to pain, he didn't show it either.

She had ordered Keiichi to get some rest for the next day, as it would be very trying. Urd had decided to put off her interrogation of Belldandy for the rest of the day. It would help if she cleared her mind first. Although, if her mind was clear, she wasn't at all sure. She had heard Belldandy crying all last night over what had happened, terrified of what might happen as a result. Urd had also ordered her to stay away from Keiichi, which Belldandy had heatedly protested against.

That morning, things had almost seemed normal. Urd hadn't gotten any sleep at all after yesterdays incident. Skuld, for some odd reason, had slept the entire day without even waking. Urd thought she might've been under the influence of something for her to sleep that long, but ignored it when Skuld got up at her usual time that next morning. She, too, seemed shocked to learn she had slept an entire day without waking once.

Urd and Skuld had walked into the kitchen to see Belldandy looking very sad and upset. Her usual grace and fluid motions were sharp and edgy. Skuld could tell she was extremely upset, but had no idea why.

"Keiichi, get up, get dressed and come eat breakfast!" Urd called out. Skuld looked extremely confused after that. Normally, Keiichi was the first one up aside from onee-sama.

"Onee-sama? What's wrong onee-sama?"

Belldandy looked at Skuld, and Skuld could see the sadness and fear in her eyes. Fear? Sadness? What the hell was going on?

"I…have done something horrible, Skuld…" was all Belldandy said before turning back to breakfast.

"Damn, I'll say…" Urd snorted as she turned to Skuld, "She had a make out session with Aoshima, and a whole lot more in front of Keiichi yesterday."

"Nee-san! Do you have to use such language and be so blunt!"

"What the hell do you want me to do Belldandy! Wave my hands and pretend nothing ever happened?" Urd jumped up at that point. "Look, you and I both know something really bad could come of this, but don't go off trying to make yourself look innocent! What you did was fucked up!"

"Urd! Watch your mouth, Skuld is present!" Skuld just stared in utter amazement. This was the first time ever she had seen both her older sisters go at it so violently and profanely. But…Aoshima? 'Make out session?' What was Urd getting at?

"Oh sure, whatever! Change the subject again!" Urd threw her hands in the air in annoyance just as Keiichi turned the corner and entered the kitchen. He caught one of Urd's elbows to the face and fell down, stiff as a board. Skuld looked on in amazement as Keiichi just laid there on the floor without moving or reacting.

What the hell was going on? Things were getting so confusing!

Belldandy looked shocked and horrified at what had just happened while Urd grimaced.

Urd looked straight at Belldandy with a warning in her eyes telling her to back off and stay away from the young man while she took care of things. Belldandy had dropped all she was doing to prepare to run to his side. She quickly resumed cooking breakfast while glancing over in disapproval and anger.

"Sorry Keiichi…didn't expect you to come so quickly. C'mon, get up and lets get ready to eat."

Keiichi slowly rose to his feet and Skuld caught her first look of him as he walked over to the table. His face was pale and showed no emotion. His eyes were fogged over slightly and unfocused, staring out at something unseen. She gasped as she realized what must have happened.

Onee-sama had betrayed Keiichi? But why? For what possible reason? She knew they both cared for each other greatly, so what had really happened?

Keiichi looked like a walking corpse that followed commands. He was nothing more than a doll, in a sense. He did whatever he was told with no fuss, no questions and no feelings. Skuld shivered as she looked at Keiichi. She didn't like this at all.

Belldandy turned at set everything on the table. Breakfast was ready. Urd looked over at Skuld.

"Look kiddo, both of us will explain what happened after breakfast, so just chill till then."

Skuld nodded and looked at her morning meal. She had a very bad feeling about the rest of the day.

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Skuld was in her room in utter shock. After both parties had described what each had seen and, in Belldandy's case, experienced, she was mortified. Skuld had checked on her computer console for anything that was registered by her sensors, but only Aoshima's movements were posted.

She pulled up footage from a mini-camera she had installed just above the hallway entrance and had watched everything happen just as it was described. She had installed that camera for a safety measure for intruders and for her sister. She was both glad and upset that she had done so now.

When Skuld had shown Belldandy the footage, Belldandy was terrified. She had told both her sisters that she had seen and heard Keiichi in front of her the entire time. His touch and scent even seemed to be normal. But there, standing in front of her image on the video, was Aoshima. He had been there the entire time, so it was not some demon swap trick.

None of them had bothered to do a profile search on Belldandy from Yggdrasil during that time. The video and Urd's witness accounts had seemingly shut that option out of mind.

All three sisters came out of Skuld's Lab area and sat with Keiichi in the living room. Urd had called his boss and informed him of Keiichi's 'accident' and his current state. He had understood and told her he expected to see Keiichi back at work as soon as he was ready and willing. Urd had thanked him generously and left it at that.

All three looked at Keiichi's prone and fragile form from a distance. All of what had happened seemed so surreal. But Keiichi sitting on the couch, and the still sleeping Aoshima lying on the floor in the corner were proof that it was real. Urd had pity on Aoshima and dragged Aoshima indoors to prevent him from sleeping outside. Even though he deserved no pity, she gave it to him anyway.

Suddenly, a bright flash of light and a clap of thunder signaled a divine message.

Urd was the first to notice that it was inscribed on the spot where Keiichi had been paralyzed yesterday.

She walked over and started to read it aloud to her sisters.

"It says…'To the Goddess First Class Belldandy –

This situation is most problematic, but must be resolved. It is the first time any goddess has such betrayed this serious of a contract. Thus, as punishment for being with one man while under a solemn oath and promise to another, your contract with the mortal, Keiichi Morisato, is being broken. You are to be recalled promptly at 3 pm. This is not up for debate. Further more, you are banned from any further visits to the Earth while your trial and sentence are pending.

To Urd and Skuld, Goddesses Second Class –

You are to remain under the roof of this mortal man while he recovers from his experience. His hurt is deep, and further problems may arise if he is left unguarded. Urd, your license restriction is being released as a precaution that you may have to use your power for protection. Sadly, this is the first time in a very long time a goddess has violated such a powerful contract. So I speak.'"

Urd turned to look both at Belldandy and Skuld to see Belldandy looking at the message and shaking her head while crying; Skuld was looking between both her sisters, looking confused and upset.

Belldandy flew past Urd and latched onto Keiichi and cried into his chest. This was the last time Belldandy would be able to touch him, let alone see him in person, for a very long time.

Urd had been right. The shit had indeed hit the fan…far harder than she could have possibly imagined.