Disclaimer : I do not own anything in this chapter.
This is more of a throw-together chapter where I just write what I felt like. None of the segments are connected.
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Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld were dressed in their battle uniforms, standing in front of a smirking Mara and a bored Chibi-Hild.
Mara held what looked like a large handheld vacuum and aimed it at Urd, who asked, "So what does that do? I know your tech skills and you're not an inventor. Someone who can provide good maintenance, but not invent tech."
"Heh. Let's skip the standard 'I know and you'll find out' line," Mara said before she fired her device.
The device fired a rainbow beam at Urd. Before it could hit, Belldandy shoved Urd out of the way and took the blast.
As everyone was blinded by the explosion, Belldandy let out a shriek that quickly echoed. When everyone's eyes were able to see again, everyone save for Mara gasped at what they saw.
Mara merely uttered swears from long forgotten languages as she saw there were now two Bellldandys.
Both had white uniforms, but one had blue blue highlights and the other had purple highlights. One had a perfectly styled ponytail and the other had a more bedhead-ish ponytail. One had straight-lined eyebrows and the other had lightning bolt-zig zag eyebrows. One had blue eyes that had plenty of sleep and the other purple eyes that could use a nap. One had blue diamond goddess marks and the other had purple goddess marks. One was perfectly fit and lithe, while the other was a little chubby and looked a bit muscular.
"What the?" Both Belldandys uttered as they looked at each other.
Urd looked between the two before glaring at Mara. "So another attempt to get a demon me on your side?"
"Well, it was supposed to…" Mara grumbled before the device began to short out. "Oh come on! I paid good money for this!"
"Gi..Give it to Skuld. She can fix it for free," Urd said, gesturing to Skuld.
After Mara handed the device to Skuld and flew back, Chibi-Hild asked, "Mara, did you hit your head this morning? You're giving away your 'latest greatest plan' to them."
Mara paused. "Hey, you're right! Give it back!"
"Holy Wind Press!" Blue Belldandy said as she fired the spell at Mara.
Mara easily dodged the blast of wind and took a big sniff. She cackled, "Hah! I've studied your movements for years. All you've done is made the air smell pleasant."
"Wind press!" Purple Belldandy said as she launched her wind spell.
Mara dodged that and and sniffed the air as well. This time, she gagged. "Eugh! What is wrong with you? That smells like farts and bad ones at that!"
"You've tried to separate Keiichi and I for a long time. Why should I hold back?" Purple Belldandy replied with a smirk.
"Y'know… I'll dub her Wa-Bell," Urd said to Skuld as she gestured to Purple Belldandy. "Mostly because she brings to mind Wario and Waluigi."
"So… the device?" Wa-Bell asked, looking back at Urd.
As Skuld was looking through the vacuum-device, she answered, "It's supposed to bring out the suppressed parts of someone's personality, but there's been some… modifications. Possibly to improve it, possibly throw-together to hide damage. You might be a copy of Belldandy."
Mara yelled, "Hello!? We're trying to fight here!"
"Shoo or deal with more magic wind fart spells," Urd replied, making a 'go away' gesture.
"So… there's a deeply buried part of Belldandy that is willing to use said magic fart spells on her opponents?" Chibi-Hild muttered. "Not really seeing it. I suspect Mara bought a damaged product."
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Later…
The norns, Wa-Bell, Keiichi, and Peorth sat down in the living room. Wa-Bell looked nervous, as her appearance did differ a little from the normal Belldandy. Both Belldandy sat next to Keiichi.
Peorth said, "Urd, I'm surprised you aren't suggesting Keiichi have a threesome with both Belldandys."
"I've been in similar situations. If you're not careful, it gets both boring and annoying, especially if you wind up thinking you're stealing the third party from yourself," Urd replied with a shrug. "And with how competitive Belldandy is… They'd drain Keiichi more than a quintet of succubi."
"Ah…" Peorth uttered.
"So… Will Belldandy be okay?" Keiichi asked before he put a hand on the shoulders of both Belldandy and Wa-Bell."
"Well, we'll need to put both Belldandys under observation. Both for health reasons and mental ones. This is, assuming that Wa-Bell is some of Belldandy's suppressed self and not a faulty duplicate," Urd answered. "Skuld, how's your end?"
"I can fix up the device, but I'll need some time," Skuld said. (1)
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Peorth muttered incoherent insults as she sharpened her clever
"Look out! She's sharpening her wit!" Urd cacklked.
"What?" Peorth asked.
"Take a look at what was written, Miss Flower power," Urd answered.
Peorth looked up and let out an amused groan.
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Mara used some special sealing magic to trap the Norns in a disc. Not just any disc, but a disc that had a game on it, Megaman Legends.
Peorth placed the disc in the middle of a runic circle and looked at Keiichi. "Belldandy and her sisters are not only trapped in this game, but they think they are a natural part of it. I can send you in to free them, but it requires you to beat the game."
Peorth then pointed at one spot and ordered, "Step onto that and you can start."
"Too bad it's not a multiplayer, or I could have you or Lind help," Keiichi muttered before he stepped on
Keiichi looked at the blue armor he was now wearing as he asked, "Gotta say, this is kinda neat, but how do I get that shooty-buster thing?"
"Just will the weapon and it will form," Peorth's voice answered.
Keiichi looked at his right hand and imagined it being in some blue cannon. Almost as he thought it, a blue cannon formed and he felt his fingers wrapped around a handle with a trigger. He test-fired a few shots.
"Good. When you meet up with Roll with various items, you can form different weapons on your left arm," Peorth's voice explained.
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In the city, Keiichi headed towards the first real Bossfight.
The Blumebear tanks were weirdly shaped. They had four wheels, a tall cylinder for a body, and machinegun arms.
From the tops of the three Blumebears popped out some legomen-shaped Servbots.
Keiichi thought that they looked adorable enough that Skuld would probably switch sides to protect them.
Then one of the Servbots said, "We're the Norns! We're pirates! You better watch out for us!"
The second one added, "We're not gonna let you through! So there!"
The third one said, "We'll be in big trouble if we let anyone through. Miss Skuld'll punish us! No way we're gonna give you the key!"
All three Servbots said, "Let's get him!"
"Miss Skuld? Skuld's one of the bad guys?" Peorth asked.
"We… might be in big trouble…" Keiichi muttered. "Especially if Belldandy is one of the bad guys…"
"What's this 'we' business? You're the one in the game," Peorth said, sounding glad she did not volunteer.
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The battle wasn't too hard, as Keiichi did have Roll craft the mine subweapon and used it to damage the wheels of the Blumebears.
As Keiichi neared the locked door, something big crashed behind him. He turned around and saw a two-story-sized robot squid-octopus-thing machine. At the end of its four tentacles were wheels. Its snout looked like a large machinegun and there were tubes behind its head.
"That's Ferdinand and from what I read, it's a major step in difficulty. But since Skuld is probably driving it, just taunt her into a temper tantrum. She'll accidentally activate the self-destruct in her rage," Peorth smugly said.
Then the top of it opened up and the pilot stood up. Keiichi realized he was in serious trouble.
Piloting Ferdinand was Belldandy. She was wearing a pink shirt, tight black pants, and a short-sleeved black jacket with puffy shoulders.
And she did not look pleased.
"Oh crap," Keiichi and Peorth said.
"You've hurt my sister's robots and I will not let that slide," Belldandy said with a serious expression. Then it turned into a smug smile. "But since you do look handsome, agree to become my servant and I might forgive you."
"Nope. I can't. I've got my reasons for this," Keiichi replied.
Belldandy let out a tiny chuckle. "Well, if I win, my reward will be nursing you back to health. If you win, we'll stop this part of the raid."
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Keiichi screamed and ran for most of the match. If he remained in sight, Belldandy shot at him with the machineguns or tried to run him down. If he tried to hide behind buildings, bombs were fired into the air from the back cylinders of Ferdinand and tried to land on Keiichi. Sometimes, Ferdinand put its front tentacles together to fire some fiery wave that loosely homed in on Keiichi.
Luckly, the weakest part of Ferdinand was the tentacles. Keiichi was barely able to defeat it. First the tentacles exploded, starting from the wheels and ending at the body. Then the body landed and exploded, sending Belldandy into the air before she crashed in front of Keiichi.
Before Keiichi could help her, Belldandy instantly stood up and smiled at Keiichi. She said, "Not bad, but don't think this will stop me or my sisters."
"Belldandy! This isn't you! You're a goddess who granted me a wish, not some pirate!" Keiichi pleaded. "It's me, Keiichi Morisato, your boyfriend!"
Belldandy blinked a few times. "You're… crazy."
A small ship landed near Belldandy and she took slow steps towards it. "I'm just here to rob the place, not grant wishes. You might be cute, but you're crazy."
"Belldandy, I-" Keiichi uttered before Belldandy shoved him and ran into the ship. The ship flew off before Keiichi could do anything. "Belldandy…"
"Keiichi, I fear that in order to free the Norns, you'll have to defeat them," Peorth said.
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Keiichi stood on the Flutter, staring at the exploding Gesellschaft as it sank beneath the clouds. He muttered, "Hopefully that's the last fight with-
A red Pterodactyl machine flew from the clouds below. An angry Belldandy's voice called out, "You've destroyed Skuld's machines and made her and her Servbots cry! Your actions caused Urd to break her arm! I will not hold back any more! Face my beloved Focke-Wulf!"
"I'm… fighting Belldandy… in the air… while I'm aboard a slow-moving aircraft and she's in a fast-moving red machine. Any tips, Peorth?" Keiichi asked with a slight whimper.
"The Focke-Wulf is fast, but has weak armor and low health. Shoot where it's about to go or use the Active Buster's homing missiles to defeat it," Peorth answered. "Other than that, pray to a higher power than Belldandy or I." (2)
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The year, 0079 UC.
Keiichi was a simple mechanic on his way to Side 7, or Noa, as it was later called. On the way, he was granted a wish and was in a relationship with Belldandy. He expected her to be easily bored with space, as she was a goddess.
"How could I ever be bored when I'm with you?"
Keiichi still smiles when he remembers her telling him that.
As for his job at Side 7, it was helping put together the space colony. Sure, he heard rumors of Luna Titanium alloy being shipped to Side 7 and about some secret project. He mostly was able to ignore it, but he kept hearing about various people spotting Zeon mobile suits spying on the colony.
While working in a RB-79 'Ball' and putting panels on the outer hull of the space colony, Keiichi spotted a MS-05B Zaku I trying to hide behind a passing meteor.
Eventually, time came that the Balls were given reinforced armor and cannons. Somehow, Belldandy was able to convince Keiichi's bosses to let her join Keiichi. It was just as well. Keiichi both couldn't shoot the broad side of a barn and was unable to pull the trigger.
When September rolled around, Zeon attacked and Keiichi learned that the rumors of Luna Titanium alloy were true, as they had been used to create a trio of mobile suits, one of which was the RX-78-2, 'Gundam'.
For Keiichi and Belldandy's role in the attack, they held off Zakus. Keiichi focused on dodging, first by Belldandy's orders, but eventually was able to do so by instinct.
As for Belldandy, she was able to one-shot any mobile suit that came in her sight. (3)
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Urd was currently running, keeping an eye out for zombies. She was wearing a backpack full of supplies for Abel Township.
"You're doing great, Runner 5. No zombies ahead of you," Sam Yao said over the headset.
"Yup. Bet the kids will love more Harry Potter books," Urd replied.
"Thanks to you, we have three full sets," Sam said, a smile in his voice.
"Lord of the Rings is better, though," Urd chuckled.
"Heads up. Movement three alleys ahead of you," Sam said, jovial mood vanishing.
"Zoms or refugees?" Urd asked.
"Not sure, but there's only one and zoms are behind you," Sam answered.
Urd slowed when she neared the Alley and someone stepped out.
It was a human, dressed in rags that resembled Ash Ketchum from Pokemon. Sam muttered, 'Well, it's not the worst thing I've seen."
"I challenge you to a pokemon go match!" The Ash-cosplayer said, pointing a smartphone at Urd.
"It's been a year since civilization fell. Think their phone still has power?" Sam asked.
"Nope. Running from Zoms," Urd said, running past the cosplayer.
"How rude," The Pokemon cosplayer muttered before their smartphone beeped. They looked at it and gasped, "Oh my gosh! Armored Mewtwo!"
They heard the groans of zombies and looked up. A group of 20 zombies was heading towards them. They whined, "Ah man! I can't deal with this! I got pokemon to catch!" (4)
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Somehow, the norns and Keiichi woke up in the Aliens movie. After being interrogated by the Colonial Space Marines and deemed mostly harmless, they were allowed to stay.
As the movie went on and the space marines were being whittled down, Urd, Skuld, and Keiichi were somehow separated from the rest.
Keiichi managed to find Skuld at the end of a deadend hallway, who was trying to reconfigure a radio and a computer terminal to hack the ship in orbit. He said, "Skuld. We need to find the others."
"We need to leave. You know what Burke is here for," Skuld replied, still working. "Wish Urd was here. She's better at programming."
Keiichi slowly nodded. "Yeah, but-"
There was a hiss and a growl. Both Keiichi and Skuld slowly turned and saw a Xenomorph at the mouth of the hallway. It began to slowly make its way towards them, like it enjoyed their terror.
"Can… Can we actually die in this?" Keiichi asked.
Skuld stepped behind Keiichi, grabbing his shirt like a security blanket. She quietly muttered, "I-I-I don't know…"
Keiichi wished he had a gun of some sort, but he and the Norns weren't trusted with any. Skuld tried to make bombs, but the Space Marines confiscated them.
As the Xenomorph passed by a door, it opened up, getting its attention. Before the Xenomorph could do anything, a blast of white liquid came from the door and hit the Xenomorph.
The Xenomorph screeched and flailed around as it began melting. An all-too-calm Urd walked into view. A large water tank on her back was connected to a water gun she held. Only when the Xenomorph stopped screaming and yelling, did Urd stop the spray and smiled. She turned towards Keiichi and Skuld, giving them a friendly wave and said, "Yo!"
"What… did you make this time?" Skuld asked, stepping away from Keiichi. She sounded scared, impressed, and relieved.
"Yeah. You melted something that has acid for blood!" Keiichi exclaimed.
Urd chuckled, "Well, Since the Xenomorphs have acid for blood and probably have a very slow acidic touch, I thought, 'let's bring that acidity up to a neutral pH!' Cool, huh?"
"So.. you made a strong enough base chemical?" Keiichi asked.
"Yup. Careful, it's strong enough to be really caustic if you touch it, though," Urd said. "I made a few gallons. It'll work better than bullets."
"You're saying… That the space marines didn't need guns or sentry guns…" Skuld uttering, getting angry. "They needed squirt guns filled with Milk?"
"Actually, Milk's a little too acidic to off the xenomorphs like this," Urd replied. "Besides, I bet that future movies will claim that 'Xenomorphs can't be defeated by base chemicals' blah blah blah." (5)
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HotelKatz's notes -
(1) Ever had an idea that hounded you for years and fizzled out the moment you began writing it? This is one of mine. Wa-Bell was intended to be some of Belldandy's repressed impulses. This was influenced by the German Club Nintendo's comic, 'Super Mario: Die Verwandlung'. The plot of that is Mario comes down with a case of pixels and goes to Dr. Light for help. Somehow, Dr. Light accidentally creates a duplicate of Mario and it is Wario.
(2) Another idea that sounded good in the planning stage, but began to falter in the writing stage.
Belldandy and Skuld would've split Tron's role.
Belldandy would have been in Tron's fighting spots in the story and would've handled the love parts as well. In certain scenes, she would've found evidence that her and her sisters' memories of being pirates were false and that Keiichi might not be crazy.
Skuld would have taken over Tron's inventing role in the story and Bon Bonne's fighting spots.
Urd would have Teasel's spots in the fights and story. Both are the oldest siblings that like to overreact when they talk. Both get mad when their favorite shows get interrupted by news stories, especially when the news are about Belldandy and Skuld being defeated by some guy in blue armor.
(3) This sorta fizzled. Would Keiichi and Belldandy go with White Base? Would they stay behind at Side 7 to hold off Zeon influence? Would they stay in the Ball Mobile suit?
I know most would want them to go in a Gundam, though. So I guess the RX-78-3 'G-3'. It's a gundam that sorta fits Belldandy's color scheme of silver and blue, though the wiki claims it is gray and light purple. I can imagine Skuld handing the hardware and Urd handling the software.
Maybe Lind helps Keiichi train?
I doubt they'd be any big influence on the one year war.
Would Keiichi become a newtype? I kinda don't want him to be. In fact, I'd like to see a normal Keiichi defeat a Newtype Aoshima.
Or maybe Skuld and Urd repair the destroyed RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam for Keiichi? Perhaps because of its color scheme, Keiichi could refer to it as his 'Mazinger Z'.
(4) A mix of two smartphone apps. Zombies, run! and Pokemon Go. This actually was based on a conversation I had. I was listening to Zombies, run! when someone tried to challenge me to a Pokemon Go match. I actually said, "Sorry, running from zombies." They weren't dressed like Ash, though.
(5) a version of this was posted on the old forums by me. Originally, it had Belldandy, instead of Skuld. After the Xenomorph was killed, I had Belldandy feel a bit bad and muttered something about the possibility of befriending the xenomorphs.
Yeah, that did not go over well. People pointed out that the Xenomorphs are genetically engineered to be death-machines.
Still, if anyone could befriend the Xenomorphs, Belldandy might.