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Fujishima Kosuke owns AMG and its characters. I own Xerangref and Daisen, Kruss, Kyuss and Shantar (previous statements about using all of them stand).

A/N: 2nd part fiction continuing off Happiness' End. If you haven't read the first story, stop right now and go do so.

This fiction will generally be more light-hearted and comedic (and maybe more mushy) than HE.

Destiny's Beginning

End of Chapter 3:

He sighed again as he laid back and stared at the ceiling, wondering, once again, how his life had gotten this complicated without him knowing it.

He could only guess what would happen next…but he would have to endure.

He made a promise when he first took on his current role, and he refused to back down from it. Not only that, he made a promise with her, so very long ago.

Yes…he would have to endure. But he would take it all in stride, simply to be able to be with her. Now and forever.

The only problem was…what would tomorrow bring?

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Chapter 4: Training!

Keiichi opened his eyes to find himself staring at the ceiling of his room, while still in his simple white robes.

The other thing he noticed was that there was a slight pressure on his torso. He raised his head slightly to see what it was, and was rewarded with the sight of the top view of his beloved's head. Her honey brown locks managed to defy logic, as they were still in perfect order.

He shifted slightly so that he was able to hold both of his hands near the sides of her head. He concentrated and slowly moved her head onto his lap as he sat upright. He sat there for a moment simply staring at the woman he loved. He smiled as he began to gently stroke her hair. After a few moments of doing this, he could've sworn he heard her purr slightly before she began to murmur something.

As soon as he stopped what he was doing, Belldandy's eyes slowly began to open. She blinked a few times before opening her eyes completely and turning up to look at Keiichi. The smile he wore, though, was outdone as she smiled warmly back at him.

Belldandy quickly sat up and embraced Keiichi tightly. Not sure what to do, he wrapped his arms around her and began to rub her back.

After a few moments, the morning silence was broken as Belldandy spoke quietly.

"I'm sorry for what happened yesterday Keiichi…I know my sisters like to play tricks on you, but that was a bit much."

Keiichi frowned slightly, while trying to distance himself from her. When he was able to separate himself from her, he noticed that tears laced the outside edges of her eyes.

"You don't always have to apologize what they do. It's not like you had a hand in it anyway."

Belldandy wiped the tears away from the edges of her eyes, "But still…I just have this sinking feeling that if they push hard enough…that you would leave us."

Keiichi grinned slightly, "Have I left yet?"

"Well…no…"

"Then why worry about it? Besides, I think I've finally gotten used to the rotten things they pull. Although…"

Belldandy looked at him pleadingly during his slight pause, "Although, yesterday did seem to be a bit…extreme."

Belldandy smiled slightly, "They received what was coming to them though. The ladies whom were disturbed saw to that very thoroughly."

Keiichi raised an eyebrow, "Are they alright? Nothing too serious I hope."

Belldandy's smile grew wider. She couldn't help but love the man sitting in front of her. After her sisters had embarrassed him on an extremely large scale, it was as if he held no contempt for them. Instead, he was worried about them after hearing of their plight.

"No, nothing dreadfully serious. They are quite exhausted though."

Keiichi snorted slightly, "At least they got a little bit of divine retribution."

Belldandy giggled slightly, while Keiichi grinned.

Belldandy moved closer to his side and rested her head on his left shoulder. He reached over a put a hand on her hands, which were currently stationed in her lap.

Their faces began to slowly move closer together, as the young couple intended to act upon their feelings. That, however, was not meant to be as the door to the room was slammed open and an irritated Urd stood in the doorway.

"Jeez, how long are you guys…Oh." She trailed off as she saw what the two were about to do, and raised an eyebrow. "Well now, this is interesting. A good morning kiss, perhaps?"

"WHAT!"

Skuld was immediately at Urd's side, "Keiichi you pervert! What are you doing to onee-sama!"

Keiichi immediately shifted away from Belldandy, which drew a slight frown from the blue eyed goddess. Belldandy turned to glare slightly at her sisters before speaking.

"He wasn't doing anything to me Skuld. I can never have a moment of peace with Keiichi with you two around, can I?"

Urd grinned, "Of course you can, with me at least. Not sure about the brat."

Skuld turned and fumed at her eldest sister, "What are you talking about! Of course onee-sama can be alone with Keiichi while I'm around…Just not for very long."

Keiichi chuckled slightly while Belldandy sighed, "If I didn't know any better, Skuld, I'd say you forgot what we discussed on Earth."

Skuld seemed to straighten up slightly as she heard the tone of voice her sister was using. She turned around with a slightly apologetic look and a fake smile plastered on her face. To top it off, her left eyebrow seemed to twitch every once in a while.

"Of course not onee-sama."

"Good. I hoped that you hadn't. Please remember what I said to you then. As well as what Urd said."

Skuld lowered her head slightly and nodded.

Belldandy put a hand to her mouth and frowned slightly, "I didn't mean it like that Skuld…Please don't take it the wrong way. We will always be together. You don't have to worry about the two of us drifting apart."

Skuld lifted her head slightly, "But if you always want to be alone with Keiichi…"

Belldandy lowered her hand and smiled slightly. She put a finger under Skuld's chin and lifted her head so that they were making eye contact.

"I never said always did I? I just wished for you to respect our wishes if we were alone. That is all."

Skuld seemed to squirm slightly and blush. She responded in a very low tone.

"I guess…"

Belldandy's radiant smile from earlier that morning reappeared full force, "Thank you for understanding."

Urd put a hand on Skuld's head and began to tussle her hair around, "It's alright squirt. I'll be here to keep you company."

Skuld turned to glare at her eldest sister again, "As if I'd want an old hag like you to keep me entertained!"

Belldandy immediately saw Urd's eyebrow twitch, as well as a small spell being prepared in her left hand.

"Now now, not this early in the morning. After all, if you two are eager to continue your usual routines, you can do so later."

Keiichi raised an eyebrow. He'd remained silent in the background as the sisters had their little chat.

"And why do you say that Bell?"

Belldandy turned to him, with a smile still set on her face.

"Of course. I didn't remember to tell you what today's regimen entailed. Today you will be with Lind and Daisen."

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Keiichi was sure that he'd be harassed the rest of the day by Urd and Skuld. According to them, the look on his face when Belldandy told him of the day's schedule was absolutely priceless.

He knew he was stunned, dumbfounded even, but he didn't think that it was that funny. Belldandy had simply giggled slightly and reassured him that everything would be alright.

Keiichi was already showing doubt when he learned that both Lind and Daisen would be at the arena to train him.

As the morning continued on, Keiichi hesitantly found himself on his way to the training arena, where two fighting veterans would be waiting for him.

He sighed and looked up at the pure blue sky, wondering what he'd ever done to deserve something like this.

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Daisen looked up from whatever he was reading as soon as the doors opened. He smiled as he saw the pensive Keiichi enter first, with the other members of his family enter after him.

Lind, who was leaning against one of the walls, opened her eyes to look at the small entourage that entered the area. She nodded at them before returning to a full standing position.

Daisen levitated the small book he was reading before it disappeared. He turned and nodded at Lind as the both of them began to walk towards Keiichi.

They both stopped before the young man, and could immediately feel the pensiveness that was pouring off the newly instated god.

The silence that passed between the newly formed group only seemed to add to his growing pensive feeling.

"Relax Keiichi, we aren't going to throw you directly in the fire…"

Keiichi sighed slightly and grinned as he looked at his two tutors.

"…yet."

Keiichi groaned, while Daisen chuckled and Lind looked slightly amused.

"Relax, we're only going to cover the basics today."

Belldandy nodded, "Well, we leave him in your care. Be sure not to put him under too much stress."

Lind grinned slightly, "No guarantees, but we'll try."

Keiichi gulped while Belldandy and her sisters nodded and proceeded to leave the arena.

"So…only the basics?"

Daisen looked over at his new pupil, "Yes, first is but a simple task."

"Oh?"

Lind nodded while Daisen continued, "Yes, we will be teaching you how to summon and alter your battle armor, as well as find out which weapon is most suitable for you."

Keiichi seemed slightly disturbed, "I…see…"

"Don't worry about it Keiichi. We should be done in a couple hours if you don't screw up that bad."

Keiichi turned to Daisen with a slightly annoyed look, "Thanks for the vote of confidence."

Daisen laughed slightly, "Well after hearing how things turned out yesterday…"

Keiichi groaned again, "Thanks for reminding me…"

Lind cleared her throat, "We should begin shortly."

Daisen nodded, "Indeed."

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Keiichi stood in the middle of the large arena with Lind and Daisen standing opposite to him.

They had already gone over the few details that would be covered in his training, so they were moving on to the main event.

Daisen seemed to furrow his brow slightly, which produced an instantaneous change around his body. After Keiichi blinked in surprise, he noticed that Daisen was in his battle fatigues. His usual white and silver armor covered his body. Strapped to his back, Keiichi could see the massive outline of Siegbar. And at his sides, were the weapons that Daisen used in his trade.

Lind nodded and then turned to Keiichi, "I have special gear that I also use while fighting, but I refrain from using it unless it is an extremely important battle. I was very close to using my gear during my last…volatile visit on Earth, but thankfully it didn't come to that."

Keiichi could only nod his head as he listened to her talk.

"Alright Keiichi, it's a rather simple matter. You just have to mold your thoughts around a normal battle theme. It may be difficult to understand, but you'll just have to see for yourself."

Keiichi nodded and closed his eyes. He couldn't really picture something relatively close to fighting though, so he concentrated on the few times he saw Kruss and Daisen spar out in the backyard.

He could feel energy flow around him and change what he was wearing, after a few seconds he could also feel that the light cloth that made his robes was replaced with a heavier material.

He opened one eye slightly to look at his mentors. He opened the other when he noticed that both of them were staring rather intently at him, or rather, what he had formed around him.

Keiichi looked at his hands and noticed that he had light gauntlets on each of his hands. They seemed rather heavy, but they were rather light. He could see that a little bit of red was worked in around where his knuckles would be, as well as a red design that covered the back of each hand.

Up each arm was a full arm guard that ran from his shoulder to his wrist. They only covered the outside of his arm though, as he could see a rather light grey form of chain-linked armor on the underside of each arm. The arm guards were individual plates that had red lines outlining each plate, all the way to his shoulder.

Next, he could see that the areas around his shoulders were covered by two massive plates. The rounded and oval-like plates had small tassels that covered the entire circular edge. On the surface of each plate, he could easy see the mark of infinity blazed in a bright golden color.

His leg guards were pretty much exactly like his arm guards. The similar individual plates clattered as he moved his leg to test out the movement radius. Only, they were outlined in a deep marine blue color. The leg guards led down to the boots, which were also a dark marine blue color, but had traces of bright red mixed in amongst a few designs.

Lastly, Keiichi looked down his front, which was what Lind and Daisen were staring at. His silver plated armor covered all the way from his shoulders to his midsection. At the edges, he could see the outline of a bright red, but also something else. As he looked a little closer, he could see that the dark marine color blue that was prominent in his boots and leg guards was also present forming a two layer outline that ran around his entire midsection.

Aside from the outline two-layer outline, Keiichi also noticed that more red was covering the center of his chest plate. He looked over the weird design, but didn't know what it was for or its meaning.

He looked up to see the shock was still apparent on each of his teacher's faces. When raised his arm to wave his hand in front of them, he noticed a slight tugging from behind. He looked over his shoulder as best he could, to see a dark blue cape flowing behind him. It was outlined in a contrasting red, which matched his armor. He looked under his arm to notice that the inside color was a darker, more maroon color red.

He cleared his throat a few times to get their attention, but still nothing happened.

Keiichi sighed and walked over to the two of them. He tapped Daisen on the shoulder and waved his free hand in front of Lind's eyes.

"Everything ok you two?" He tilted his head slightly, and shivered when his neck came into contact with the cold metal of his shoulder plates.

Both seemed to blink slightly and then Ling put a hand to her head while Daisen shook his head.

"This is the first time I've seen it…"

"Seen what?"

Daisen held up his hand slightly and a strange design appeared over it. A memory seemed to flash slightly in the back on his mind.

"Your sigil?"

Daisen nodded, "Correct. Every god or goddess has one. It's an extension of themselves, and lets others know who they are."

"Yea, that's what Belldandy told me about them when Urd went through her test to get her First Class license."

"Yes, but each god or goddess usually takes care to make sure his or her sigil is only seen when requested or required."

"And?"

Daisen seemed to shift slightly, "Well…a sigil is usually…more private…"

Keiichi raised an eyebrow, "What is it that you're trying to get at Daisen?"

Lind seemed to come out of her temporary funk, "What he's saying, Keiichi-kun, is that it is highly unusual, if not unheard of, to have your sigil in such a noticeable place."

"So…what you're saying is that…" he paused and pointed at the design on his chest, "Is that this…is my sigil?"

Both nodded as Keiichi seemed to take in their words.

"So…what does it mean if my sigil is displayed openly like this?"

Daisen seemed to shift again, while Lind looked Keiichi straight in the eyes.

"I'll be frank with you, Keiichi-kun. The only gods that have their sigil so openly displayed…are those on the council."

Keiichi seemed to shake slightly, "You mean…the Heavenly Council? Those are the others you know of that have it broadcasted like this?"

Both nodded once again.

Keiichi seemed to sway slightly, "Oh boy…"

"Please relax Keiichi. I'm sure you know what your status is in the heavens. After all, Kami-sama himself told you what to expect."

"Yea…but nothing like this."

Lind grinned slightly, "Well, just think of it as another decoration on your armor."

Daisen nodded, "Your armor in itself is very impressive also. It almost looks like what the generals might wear in a war."

Keiichi shifted slightly and started scratching the back of his head while laughing, "It can't be that good."

"Either way, now that we have your armor summoned, is there anything you would like to change? Move around and perform a few stances to get used to it."

Keiichi seemed to walk around for a while, before stopping a performing a few exercises he remembered from his Motor Club days.

It took him a while to come to a decision, but he nodded his head towards Lind and Daisen when he was ready.

"The cape…it kinda gets in the way."

Both seemed to nod and they closed on him. Lind took his ride shoulder while Daisen took his left, and they slowly began to remove the cape from under the shoulder plates. After a few moments, they came to his front with the cape in-between them. Keiichi could now also see that his sigil was centered on the back of the cape in bright golden lines.

Keiichi nodded and looked at his two mentors, "There wasn't anything else I could really find that hindered my movements."

"Very well. The next part of your training will be to continuously summon your armor until it takes barely more than a thought to do so. You must be ready to summon it at any point in time, so Lind and I will perform some standard exercises with you to make sure you can summon your armor whenever need be."

Keiichi nodded in understanding.

"Now, release your armor. Concentrate on it, much like you did when you first summoned it."

Keiichi concentrated once again, only this time, he felt his clothes become lighter.

Keiichi opened his eyes once again to see that he was wearing the simple white robes he'd arrived in.

He sighed slightly as both Daisen and Lind began to drill him intensely.

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Keiichi hadn't known it would take as long as it did, but he certainly could feel the hours of work that they'd put in that day.

A couple of hours had passed a while ago. Everything that they had done, all of it but simple training, but Keiichi could still feel the toll it took on his strength and body. His muscles were aching, his mind narrowly focused on one thing: to protect.

To make sure Keiichi was progressing, both Lind and Daisen had taken up training staffs. They were but ordinary staffs, but could still hurt if the right force was applied behind a blow.

After the first two hours had passed with his conditioning, they had progressed on. It was at that point that they took up the weapons they now possessed and began to circle Keiichi. They told him that he was to keep his eyes closed as they proceeded with the training. He would have to rely on his senses and power to defend himself.

Lind and Daisen slowly floated in a wide circle around Keiichi. They had the advantage of stealth, as well as position on Keiichi.

Each time they attack, Keiichi would have to defend himself accordingly, but only by summoning his armor and using his appendages. Even then, after each attack, he was to release his armor for the next attack. He had no weapons or defense spells to help his cause either.

This was where a majority of his body had suffered damage. It had taken him a little over an hour just to be able to sense Daisen and Lind. It had taken closer to two before he was actually able to counter their movements and protect himself. Closer to four hours later, he had managed to repel any and all attacks that the team had thrown at him; even combo strikes that most would've succumbed to.

Keiichi could feel his power and control increasing, but he wasn't sure what it meant. He just knew that after each lesson and test, he was slowly getting stronger.

Six hours down the road, the training had come to a stop. Keiichi was given a chance to rest a little and hydrate himself.

After a quick ten minute break, Keiichi once again stood in front of his teachers. Only this time, it was inside one of the side armories in the arena.

In front of Keiichi stood a rack of weapons.

From the largest war axes on the left side to the smallest of daggers on the right. In the middle, staffs from quarter staffs to staffs taller than even Daisen stood, separating the axes and swords.

"Choose a weapon. I will remind you that you will have to be fluent in using more than one weapon. So pick your main and secondary weapons."

Keiichi looked over his shoulder at Daisen, who nodded, "You will know when you've found the right one."

Keiichi nodded and then turned his gaze back to the rack. He started at the left side, with the largest of the war axes. He had idea of what Daisen meant, so all he did was simply test each weapon.

Keiichi passed over the staffs as he continued on his way down the rack of weapons. He tested out some of the heavier two-handed swords, all the way to the smallest of the daggers that were present.

When he was finished, he moved back to the center section. He touched each staff as he passed, from the quarter staffs all the way to ones that were bigger than he was. As he passed over them he could feel something forming, something that wasn't there when he went over the others weapons.

He went back over each of the staffs present, and quickly stopped as his hand gripped one of them. It felt like a tingling in his arm, a small pin prickling sensation that traveled all the way up his arm.

Keiichi pulled the weapon from its slot, as he looked up at it. It had soft, almost leather-like, hand grips in the middle of the circular body. It looked fairly odd in the center though, as a line could be seen running in-between the hand grips.

Keiichi felt as if there were more to his weapon of choice than its simple staff appearance. He twisted the upper half counterclockwise, and the lower clockwise. He was rewarded with a small groan, and a sharp clash. He looked at the ends of the staff he held in his hands, and noticed that two sharp spear heads covered at least another foot on each side of the staff. He returned the spear heads to their groves in the body and turned back to the rack.

After a few more seconds, he turned back to his instructors. Along with the spear, which he held in his right hand, he had selected a sheathed broadsword. It's blade was close to three inches thick, and was around half a foot wide. A wide arm guard seemed to be covering his left arm.

What surprised both Daisen and Lind, though, was the small axe that was strapped to Keiichi's side in what looked like a holster. It was a small double-headed axe that was secured in place, at his left side, the blades hidden within leather.

Keiichi's head shifted slightly to the right, and he turned and grabbed another weapon from the rack. This last one was a dagger about a half foot in length. He knelt and picked a sheath from under the rack, and then tied it to his right leg.

Lind nodded in approval while Daisen still seemed surprised about his choices.

"Alright Keiichi, that's enough for today. I suggest you go home and try to learn from your weapons of choice before we continue tomorrow. Tomorrow will be much more physically draining than today was. So be prepared."

Keiichi nodded. His armor and newly chosen weapons vanished, only to be replaced by his normal white robes.

"If you understand that, you are dismissed. Good work today, Keiichi-kun."

Keiichi smiled, "Thanks you guys. I know it must be rather boring for you."

Daisen grinned, "Oh don't worry about that. We'll figure out ways to keep ourselves entertained tomorrow."

Keiichi gulped and nodded, as he left the armory.

He knew he had to prepare himself as best he could. He had a foreboding sense of dread that things could turn out to be dangerous if he didn't.

A/N: Hmmm…Been a while hasn't it?

My other project is temporarily on hold until I can figure out where I want to go with this.

Today…I just felt like writing, that's why this chapter was written and posted. It's amazing what you can do when you just feel like it.

On an interesting side note, I attempted to do a few sketches of Keiichi and Daisen last week, but they turned out to be pretty bad. So no more drawing characters until I've gotten better at drawing.

Not sure when the next chapter will come up, but it will probably be soon.

Until later!