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Peorth stared unbelieving at the screen. But this is…absolutely impossible. The force can't do this, can it?

A troubled goddess isn't a good thing. I guess I'll have to speak to…Kami-sama.

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A room, with no sense of time or space. An endless stretch of tiles and a comfy feel, with a certain authentic touch of a heavenly realm to it. Above, the floating continents of ceiling fragments spanned out in all directions, their gaps showing sky between them. And, in the center, the main control system of heaven.

A desk, with computer on it. A rosewood antique beauty, with a musty smell to it. That's the desk. The computer was no rosewood product, but an antique beauty all the same. Complete with it's own weird musty smell.

I just don't get how Kami-sama can fit all this into an apparently small typical office, at least viewed from outside. Peorth walked across the titles, mapping out her own path to pass through the mind-bending labyrinth of empty space. I have my own sense of space, and I shall use it. There is no infinite, no endless, no-

The sound of a chair being pushed outwards told Peorth of her arrival to the desk. Remember the procedures. Bow, then speak carefully.

"Er. Kami-sama! I've an important thin-" And I always have to put the 'er' there.

"I heard. The force, correct?"

"Yes."

"It will sort itself out. Do not worry, my child."

"But, Kami-sama! How can the forc-"

"A human came up with a theory. Every action will-"

"Have an equal and opposite reaction. But, Kami-sama, how can a mortal be-"

"Relax, my child. The force has its ways."

"Hai." Peorth bowed deeply to the figure whose back faced her, and walked slowly backwards, each step placed carefully to avoid creating unnecessary noise or disturbances to Him. A soft thunk sounded out as her left foot impacted mildly with the oaken double doors, their imposing monolithic structure vastly different from the outer counterpart; a single door with the words "Creater" labeled very precisely on it.

Peorth bowed once more, and turned to leave the room.

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Mara could feel something very wrong with her life. For one thing, she was considerably weaker. For another, a certain telephone was not complying with her wishes.

It was ringing - for ages, and nobody had picked it up. Mara paused, awaiting Hild's punishment.

Gosh. I wonder what's installed for me.

The phone just moved into stretches of static.

Eh. I called the…wrong number? Impossible. I'm a demon.

She slammed the phone down, and picked it up again.

Phoneth, I commandeth thee!

Mara felt her blood pressure rising. The damn device was not working.

Phoneth, I comm-

Wait-a-minute. Since when…

She grabbed her wrists, and concentrated on them.

…did I have a pulse?

Mara was very, very disturbed.

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Pulling up a blanket for the sleeping goddess, Keiichi observed the features on her forehead and cheeks. Three defined shapes…so a demon has streaks and, or, a defined shape instead. I wonder about mine…

He walked over to a mirror, and raised his hands, running them across the marks on his face. Not embossed, nor imprinted, just…marks. The pair of lines felt no different from the rest of his skin, nor did the star. Two red gashes, and one red star. I feel so silly with these. Though…they seem kinda familiar.

Keiichi had been recalling weird memories as time went pass. A gate…some occult-designed scythe…Belldandy…Midgard…Not like he understood them, at any rate, but the marks seemed to have some link.

He turned back to the goddess. She sleeps for recharge. I wonder what I must do.

At that juncture, the phone decided to ring.

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Mara breathed heavily. I'm losing it…I'm losin- I'M BREATHING. FOR REAL.

While a more accurate term would be "hyperventilating", Mara would be better off not knowing at all.

Guess I should have known. That last offensive spell I fired, plus that near-fatal fall…what was the cost?

She whipped round, and grabbed a small stone.

I shall test.

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"Hello, this is-"

"MARA-CHAN! Where have you been so far?"

Keiichi stared at the phone, before something clicked in his mind. Daimakaicho. Oh. No.

"…Mara-chan?"

"Um.sorrymissyou'vethewrongnumber!"

He slammed the phone down into it's cradle, before staring at it in deep shock. But…how…

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Hild sat on her recliner, tapping her feet against the floor in thought. That wasn't Mara-chan. The voice was familiar though. Somebody I met…I remember Urd-chan around, too. Could he be…Keiichi-kun? But. The subtones of a demon…I wonder if…

The Queen of Hell paced out of her office. There were matters to attend to.

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Mara was sweating.

"Fly, stone!" The little stone remained still as a, well, a stone.

She twitched, and concentrated again.

"Fly! Stone!" An amazing amount of nothing happened.

She tried to concentrate harder.

"FLY! STONE!" The stone was unresponsive.

Mara banged a fist on the floor. Am I really just a person, now?

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Urd yawned slowly, and stretched against the floor's waxen surface. I must have knocked out for ages. Wonder how Skuld and Belldandy are doing. Even more so, wonder how Keiichi's doing. She got to her feet, and walked into the room.

Urd came. Urd saw. Urd's jaw dropped and she stared hard at the scene before her.

Skuld was inexistent in the picture. This was good.

Belldandy was sleeping from an obvious over-use of powers. This was bad.

Keiichi was…attempting to cast a spell. This was absolutely stupid.

I'm pretty sure standing up, putting on a constipated expression and chanting "HooomalamalamalaKOOM" was never taught in our academy.

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Keiichi turned round at the sound of the door being opened, and spotted Urd standing with a bemused expression on her face, watching him play the giddy goat.

He quickly stopped, and scratched the back of his head. Okay. I've just proven to Urd that I'm stupid.

"Anyway. Keiichi, I expect you're just waiting for Belldandy to recover, right?"

"Er. Hai."

Urd sighed. No license means no bond. A renegade will be hunted down, though. He's in great danger. Guess there's only one way…

"Keiichi."

The demon turned round from another series of weird actions, and blinked a couple of times.

"Would you like to learn spell-casting…properly?"

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Mara was at a loss. Firstly, the trans-dimensional hideaway area she had made had vanished, leaving her stranded with no home. Secondly, her lack of understanding of humans had resulted in many unwitting offences. Thirdly, there were many words she did not understand, technical terms used amongst the people. And fourthly…

"I can't stay here?"

"Yes. Get off my lawn."

"Watcha mean, I can't?"

"It's my property. Get out."

"It's just a patch of grass."

The man sighed, and blew a quick whistle.

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"Offensive, or defensive?"

Keiichi pondered over this question. "Offensive."

"Then we'll have to determine your alignment…" I can't really remember how they did it in the academy. Maybe I could use the writing test.

Urd dug her pockets, and drew out an oddly-shaped pencil, with an aura of its own.

"Keiichi, use your mind to move this."

The demon closed his eyes, and focused in an attempt to do so.

W

Urd grinned in anticipation.

I

Wind, I guess. Or "Winter", as in Ice and Water.

N

Nearly there…

QW57456YIO513DFA123NCAP98E.

"KEIICHI! CONCENTRATE!"

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Mara crouched along the sidewalk. She had just learnt the meaning of "Guard-dog".

I'll need a home. I'll need money, as it seems. So I'll have to work.

She sighed. Humans had it tough.

I'll start with the job.

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Urd slapped herself mentally for accepting Keiichi as a student. I can't believe…that…idiot…lets his…mind wander…so much. Urd stood up, a crooked grin on her face as she turned to speak to Keiichi.

"Now. Why. Don't. We. Try. Again. Tee. Hee. Hee."

Keiichi merely shrugged and attempted to carve the element's name once more.

W

Just let him finish it once.

I

It's bound to be 'wind', but I just have to confirm.

N

So close.

D

Knew it. And he finally finished it, too.

Keiichi just blinked and stared as Urd cried happy tears of liberation.

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Hild paused in her search, and sat down to think. A demon. A human. Highly unlikely…but it would mean Keiichi is now a first class, unlicensed demon. Surrounded by four influencial goddesses. If he were to join the sides of the gods…

The Daimakaicho smiled a grin that promised a bright, happy future of death, blood and endless suffering.

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Technically, I should have Belldandy teaching him. They share the same domain, too.

Urd sighed deeply, and resumed to teaching Keiichi the correct methodology of not detonating an elemental concentration.

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Once again, we take a quick break to consider how casting is carried out. Before a spell is created, an "Initiation Program Code" is required to authorize the materialization of the spell. This code comes in the form of a summoned aura or globe of energy with the right alignment. Once the Yggdrasil is able to confirm the individual's code, the uplink is established and the being is able to reprogram the area of concentration to carry out a certain task; which is basically spell casting.

Keiichi Morisato did not seem to grasp the fact that concentration of the element has to be maintained.

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Belldandy shifted slightly in her sleep, before opening her eyes and sitting up. I remember a spell…Mara…Onee-sama being knocked out…and Keiichi-san…KEIICHI-SAN!

She quickly got up, and walked hastily to the doors of the temple.

Belldandy looked at the drama unfolding before her, and laughed lightly. Keiichi-san…

The goddess sat down to watch.

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"Lord of Thunder, hear my cry, release your shackles and um."

"KEIICHI! AGAIN!"

"Lord of Thunder, hear my cry, release your shac Oh darn."

"KEII. CHI."

"LORD OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY, RELEASE YOUR SHACKLES AND FLY! ARGENT TEMPEST!"

Belldandy looked on serenely as the front porch blew itself up in a flurry of wind, leaves, soil, tiles and Urd. Though…if Keiichi-san's a demon, how can he use god-aligned spells?

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Skuld paused in the pulverization of the nearest bug. I swore I felt a pulse of demon magic. Could Keiichi be…? Nope. I guess he's probably being tortured with prickly objects now.

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"But, Urd! I really don't need that…ACK!"

Urd smiled grimly as she slid the hypodermic needle into Keiichi's shoulder. Go to sleep, you idiot.

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"Your qualifications?"

"Meaning?"

Mara was experience major difficulties. For one, all jobs needed some sort of licensing. For two, people kept asking her about "universe city", what ever that was. I've been to Asgard, once, on a trip with Urd. But a Universe City…Never heard of it. Maybe it's like the Academy, since you get a Degree there.

"I repeat. What level of education have you completed?"

"Devilogy, Advanced Spell-casting and Spell-breaking, Offensive and Defensive Barriers, Program codes and high-level system tapping, first Class."

"…so you're some sort of magician-cum-hacker?"

"You could put it that way."

"I see."

A long, meaningful pause followed.

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Keiichi awoke from his medicine-induced sleep, and turned to check the time. 9:45. I've already slept for so long. It's a miracle there's no school.

Pause.

SCHOOL! I can't. Turn up looking like. THIS.

Keiichi looked quickly around the house, searching for a cure. Five minutes later, he admitted it was rather incredulous for a book called "How to disguise you've weird markings: for Dummies" to be lying around the house.

Maybe if I…Keiichi resigned himself to his fate, I'll go back to practicing.

He clambered across the room, stepping over a Urd, sprawled spread-eagle on the floor, deeply immersed in the dreams of the careless and worriless. Wish I were as lucky. Keiichi sighed.

Cat-quiet footsteps allowed Keiichi to precede all the way pass the rooms and to the front door with no noise, and the demon was pleased for this. If I'm caught, who knows what torture Urd will attempt to put me through in the name of training?

The demon snuck out into the moonlight and sat down. The hour of the dead, indeed. Moonlight on the still water, a soft wind rustling through the leaves, the night lit with the faint glow of the celestial orbs…amazing. Perhaps this is what "Heaven on Earth" is. Though…somehow…I think this won't last.

"KEIICHI! I GOT A SOLUTION!"

…I guessed it…

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I can't believe I'm doing this.

Mara turned to face the creature before her. It was huge. It was chestnut-yellow. It was drooling all over the floor, a clear sticky puddle of slobber around it. It had eyes of the wild; its teeth glinting far too much in the sunlight. It was a born hunter.

It was a golden retriever called "Blitz".

"Erm. Good dog?"

On reflection, signing up as a housekeeper for a rich family was a bad idea, free lodging or not.

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Whew. After more editing, Chapter 4's finally out. 5 will come in a couple of days or so, I guess. If I can get more time to write, then yes. I've to thank the following people for reviewing, too. (Forgot to do so in Chapter 3.)

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