Blah blah blah, technicalities and crap.
Fujishima Kosuke owns AMG and its characters. I own Xerangref and Daisen, Kruss, Kyuss and Shantar (previous statements about using all of them stand). Pioneer and whoever created Tenchi Muyo! own all the characters.
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.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to continue this. I have many many ideas in mind, but only one can be used.
I've gone back and edited about half of my previous chapters, getting rid of obvious mistakes that I found while re-reading them.
Eddie: Yes, yes I am. I have random ideas happen while doing any normal thing. Like walking to class, sometimes even IN class. Other times, I'll get ideas while writing. I try to keep things relatively short and cliff-hangy for a reason, since it's more fun to write that way (in my opinion).
Happiness' End
End of Chapter 26:
Keiichi moved over slightly and rested his head on her lap and sighed, "We'll talk about it in…the…morning…"
As he trialed off, his consciousness left him again. As he slept with his head in Belldandy's lap, she was smiling down at him and running her hands through his hair and stroking his cheeks.
She hoped that things would return to normal in the morning. At least he was willing to hear everything out before judging her or labeling her.
That was what she loved about him; he always listened. Belldandy slowly bent over and kissed him gently on the forehead before finally allowing herself to sleep as well. Sleep she hadn't had in almost three entire days.
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Chapter 27: Switch and Swap
An entire day passed at the temple. No changes for the worse were seen in Keiichi's condition as he continued to sleep.
Either the young man was physically exhausted, or Urd's medicine had made him fall victim to a sleeping cycle that obviously lasted a fair amount of time.
Shortly after the sparring practice between the four young gods, Thor had to return to his position on the council within the heavens. Peorth soon followed afterwards, needing to get back to her duties as well.
That left the four young gods alone with the three sisters. It seemed that Daisen had taken up watching TV with Urd, thinking it was interesting. He asked several questions and seemed to annoy Urd a great deal in the process; Skuld had to hold in her laughter as Urd continually glared at the young god.
Shantar sat on the temple's outside porch. He seemed to be meditating or was just sitting and enjoying the view. He rarely moved, giving the impression that he was a living statue.
The twins were curious about everything. Apparently, this was their first time on Earth. They looked around the temple, looked at various pictures and mementos and drove Skuld crazy with the constant stream of questions. To Skuld, they were being a major annoyance and pain in the ass. She had to constantly tell them to leave her alone, but they never listened.
Belldandy rarely saw this behavior, as she had stayed beside Keiichi almost the entire time. The only few times she came out were to see Thor and Peorth off and to cook meals for everyone, always making a little extra in the hopes that Keiichi would wake up and eat.
As always, things seemed to get livelier at the temple after something bad had happened.
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It was roughly 3 pm on the second day as Belldandy was in the kitchen cleaning up after a large lunch. She had enjoyed the compliments that were sent her way by the four young gods.
The twins seemed to have settled down a little after the first day and a half on the Earth, but not much. They had dragged Skuld out to go check out various places and look at the city.
Daisen still continued to irritate Urd, although she was used to it by now. She off-handedly answered almost all of the questions he asked her while still watching TV.
Shantar remained at his 'post' on the porch, hardly moving as he meditated.
When Belldandy was finished with her cleaning duties, and sighed. She missed working side by side with Keiichi as they both cleaned up after a meal. It was one of the few times she could have moments alone with him.
While she wiped her hands, something strange caught her attention. It was a sort of nagging feeling at the back of her mind. She recognized it as the signal system for the barrier that let her know whether anyone with demonic or heavenly powers entered a certain space near their home.
What worried her even more was that the signal seemed to be coming from Keiichi's room.
She immediately ran down the hall and was yelled at by Urd, telling her to keep it down.
As Belldandy opened the door, she could see Keiichi visibly sweating with a grimace on his face. That seemed to calm Belldandy until she noticed a very small and thin smoky layer of black fog that seemed to be enveloping Keiichi. It was extreme hard to see, making it easy to overlook.
Belldandy rushed to his side and quickly began to scan him for anything abnormal. To her relief, it was a minor curse that she guessed was a good-bye 'present' from the demon Xerangref. It was a very minor curse that required very little power. It was no wonder none of them had sensed it, not until Keiichi started to fight against it. She smiled as she realized this would be one of the easier obstacles they encountered before Keiichi talked to her.
As Belldandy started to chant the words to release the curse, since it was a common sleep curse. As she continued her chanting, Keiichi began to glow slightly. As she finished, a large flash of light accompanied the end of the spell.
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As Urd and Daisen sat watching the TV, a strange thumping noise and shout of surprise arose from the kitchen. It sounded like Keiichi, but Urd knew that it wasn't possible, as Keiichi was still asleep and in Belldandy's care.
As Urd got up, she had her attention jerked down the hall with a loud scream, "NEE-SAN!"
Another startled thump was heard from the kitchen, and Urd decided to check up on Belldandy first, as she sounded extremely stressed.
Urd walked to Keiichi's door and froze as she heard Belldandy crying inside. She immediately opened the door to ask her what was wrong, but noticed something was missing.
Belldandy sat on the futon in the middle of the floor while clutching the sheets and sobbing into them, the previous occupant of said futon no where in sight.
"Uh…Belldandy, where's Keiichi?"
Belldandy didn't get a chance to respond as another yelp sounded, but this time from the living room. It was followed by the sound of a sword being drawn and Daisen asking who this person was.
Urd pulled Belldandy to her feet and literally dragged her out the door and shut it. As she and Belldandy entered the living room, a very nervous young man was standing with his back against the wall staring at the God of Actions.
His hair was short and spiked, from what she could tell; it looked longer at his neck, but she wasn't sure. He had soft brown eyes and sharp features. The young man looked native Japanese, but was scared out of his wits at what was going on.
"Who are you? State your business, otherwise there will be consequences," Daisen repeated.
"Put the stupid sword away, Daisen. Can't you see that you're scaring the crap out of the kid?" Urd said to him while walking over to the two.
She turned and eyed the young man who still had his back pinned against the wall, "Sorry about the inconvenience, but would you mind telling us who you are?"
The young man stuttered a bit before seeming to calm down slightly after taking several deep breaths, "Uhh…H-hi. I'm Tenchi Masaki…but who are you people?"
Urd only gawked at the young man as he introduced himself with a voice that was almost exactly like Keiichi's own, albeit a tad softer.
Something told Urd that this situation wasn't good.
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Belldandy had rushed out to the scene as soon as she could hear Keiichi's voice, only to be let down as she saw another young man. He was taller than Keiichi, but had the same hair color, eye color and even the same voice.
Belldandy started crying again when she realized that Keiichi was indeed gone. The new young man looked startled and asked if she was going to be alright, but Urd held him off.
"Belldandy, tell me what happened before all this occurred. I want to hear it straight from you."
Belldandy nodded slightly and tried to dry her tears as best she could, "I was finishing cleaning after we had lunch when I felt something odd. The presence of a certain demon type energy that was centered in Keiichi's room. I went to check on him and scanned him to find a standard sleep curse that either Mara or that other dem—" She froze in her tale as she looked at the young man.
"Go ahead Belldandy, I have a feeling Keiichi's disappearance and him being here are related."
Belldandy nodded slightly, "A standard sleep curse that either Mara or that other demon, Xerangref, put on him. None of us noticed, since it was weak and almost non-existent. He was fighting against it, and I could see it and feel it. After I recited the counter-spell for it, there was a bright flash of light, and when it cleared…my Keiichi was gone!"
Belldandy started crying again and Skuld came over to hug her sister. Urd turned to the newcomer.
"And let me guess, you were on your merry way and something weird happened and you were transported into our kitchen."
The young man, Tenchi, nodded and replied, "Yes…I was on my way to my grandfather's shrine when I became dizzy and a flash of light blinded me. I covered my eyes to shield them from the brightness, and when I uncovered them and could see again, I was here."
Belldandy seemed to cry even harder at the sound of his voice, making the young man cringe in discomfort.
"Skuld, take Belldandy to her old room. Make sure she's alright before coming back out."
Skuld rolled her eyes at her sister, "Yea yea, Urd to the rescue. Just leave it to 'Big Sister' to take care of things."
"Just shut up and do it, brat!" Urd growled while glaring at her. She turned back to Tenchi laughing a bit nervously, "Kids these days…"
"Er…yea, whatever…"
Urd could only stare at the young man, which made him uncomfortable. She was surprised at how much the kid was like Keiichi. His voice, eyes, hair and actions all screamed 'Keiichi!'
He had the same nervous laugh, the same mutter, the same rubbing of behind his head, the same…a lot of things! It was amazing to see just how much like Keiichi he really was.
"Well, let's get you settled in before we have a talk, hm?"
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A young girl prodded the prone figure on the ground near the temple steps. She had seen the large flash of light after Tenchi left and come to investigate.
The strange thing was that Tenchi was no where to be seen, but another man was now lying on the floor in an odd position.
"Oi, Sasami, what are you doing?"
Sasami Jurai turned to look at the person approaching her, "Ryoko-neechan! Do you know who this is?" She turned back to poke the figure again.
Ryoko looked at the figure closely and shook her head, "Nope, no idea. I'd say he was drunk, but he doesn't smell like saké."
"Tenchi-niichan was going up to the shrine when a really weird flash of light came out of no where. I came out and saw this person lying here on the ground. Do you think something happened?"
At that moment small red-headed figure came out of the house. She walked over to both Ryoko and Sasami to look at the young man.
A strange looking laptop appeared in front of her as she typed to the sounds of keys tapping and several beeps.
"Ah ha! So this is where it happened!" She looked at the unconscious young man lying on the ground, "And he's the source of it."
"Oi, Washu, what the hell does that mean!"
"Ryoko, get him into my lab. After he wakes up I need to run some tests and scans to find his dimensional pattern."
"Dimensional pattern?" The girl named Sasami asked.
"Yup! We're dealing with one from another universe!"
Sasami and Ryoko only stared at the young man before Ryoko picked him up and phased out of view.
A/N: Just another little fun idea I had. It'll be interesting to see how I think of a solution to this.
And finally…GO ANGELS! That ump call was utter bullshit tonight! (Wed 10/12/05). The dude was out! Whatever…hopefully the Angels come back and beat the Socks. They should be pretty pissed right now, so lets hope that anger goes into winning!