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Chapter #5: A Morning to Remember.
Up in Heaven, all of the gods and goddesses peacefully carried on with their daily routine of what ever work they were tasked to perform, those who did work on the Yggdrasil system and those who relayed messages back and forth throughout the various departments of Goddess Relief Office as well as the Earth Help Centre. The setting of the working environment is quite inviting given that all the buildings are marble white without a single sign of decay on them and they are complete with lush green bushes or trees surrounding them which gives an everlasting paradise appearance since this is Heaven after all.
While the majority of the deities worked mainly in peace and quiet, there is one particular goddess whose routine differs a lot from the others, her name is Lind and she is a Valkyrie or a member of Heaven's battle division as she is also known as. Lind is dressed in a heavenly white clothes with thin dark blue lining on the exterior edges along with a matching pair of boots, a fancy trench coat like garment with long cape like attachments running down from her shoulders, giving the divine beauty a military appearance which was appropriate given her status as both a goddess and a Valkyrie warrior.
At a glance, Lind's face looked similar to Belldandy's, though her facial expression was serious since the goddess had become transformed by long periods of hard combat training she had put herself through in order to be powerful enough to take on anything and anyone who was deemed to be an enemy. Lind had light blue hair, the majority of which was cut short like Peorth's, but the few remaining strands on the right side of her head and face were left to grow longer, their lengths hanging down to reach Lind's waist. There were tiny blue markings on Lind's face just as the other goddesses had, though Lind had three smaller ones at the centre of her forehead which were arranged in a triangular pattern, Lind's light blue eyes looked like jewels which added even more beauty to her lovely face.
"I must become stronger; I must continue training myself until I'm strong enough to…" Lind said to herself, wielding a long handled axe with a spike protruding from the tip of the mighty weapon which she swung back and forth at various angles during her own practice sessions, destroying targets such as falling boulders under simulated battle conditions on a level of which no other goddess or Valkyrie could keep pace with.
"Lind?" A deity called out, bringing a halt to the Valkyrie's personal training session. "I've just received word that Peorth is not at the Earth Help Centre, she presently has a contract with a young human boy who summoned her down to Earth yesterday afternoon, but she has not yet granted her client's wish and therefore, she won't be returning to Heaven until after she has fulfilled her contract."
"What? That cannot be, Peorth is the number one Goddess of the Earth Help Centre, something must be wrong if she's unable to grant a wish." Lind replied in dismay, wondering what could possibly be keeping Peorth from granting wishes as she's always done, concern eventually took over the Valkyrie's mind and she decided to end her daily training practice in order to investigate the matter herself.
"Do you wish to carry on with your daily training Lind?" The deity asked, remaining as he was while waiting for Lind's answer.
"No, I'm done for the time being thank you; I'm going down to Earth for a while so I can investigate myself." Lind answered, using magic to store her weapon away until she had need of it.
"Very well then, until we meet again Lind, good luck." The deity replied politely before Lind left the training grounds to travel down to Earth.
Meanwhile, Belldandy busied herself with preparing lunch in the kitchen, humming softly to herself in the process. Keiichi was doing some maintenance work on his motorcycle and Banpei was helping Skuld with what appeared to be one of her new inventions.
"Hey Skuld, what are you doing with my old bicycle?" Keiichi asked curiously as he glanced up and saw the young goddess scanning it with some high tech gadget in her hand.
"I'm just scanning it, no need to worry Keiichi; it's for a scientific experiment to test out my newest invention." Skuld answered as she continued with her tool.
"Okay then…" Keiichi whispered to himself, keeping quiet to avoid making the little goddess angry with his choice of words.
Meanwhile, Michiru and Peorth were enjoying a walk together throughout the grounds surrounding the house and the temple, the natural scenery of the green grass, lush trees and bushes made everything seem peaceful and beautiful at the same time. A gentle breeze blew which caused all the overhanging branches of the trees to sway back and forth, their leaves rustling gently, echoing softly in the wind.
"Wow, Belldandy has taken great care of everything while my Uncle Koshian's been away on his pilgrimages, the house, the Temple and all of the grounds look absolutely perfect." Michiru commented while examining the surrounding environment with his eyes.
"Belldandy isn't called a first class Goddess for nothing you know." Peorth stated, smiling whilst enjoying a peaceful walk with Michiru.
"I didn't know that there was a class system for Goddesses, I thought all Gods and Goddesses were for the most part, all equal." Michiru replied turning to look at Peorth. "You're a first class Goddess too aren't you Peorth?"
"Yes I am, and I have an unlimited license as well." Peorth answered proudly with a faint aura of heavenly light radiating from her body.
"You must have worked very hard to earn such high status up in heaven, must be difficult to compete against other deities." Michiru said.
"All Gods and Goddesses strive to do their utmost in achieving all that they can for the greater good, that's how peace and harmony are maintained after all." Peorth explained as she and Michiru approached a small clearing next to a big tall tree which had a thick branch overhanging branched protruding from it, causing the first class Goddess to suddenly hatch an idea in her mind. "Michiru, I learned a lot about you from your adventures in Feudal Japan which you told all of us yesterday evening at dinner. Would you mind if I could see a demonstration of your Shikigami powers?"
"Uh, sure Peorth, w-we are on my Uncle's property so I guess it's alright since no outsiders will see us." Michiru answered back.
"Alright, but I'll show you a demonstration of my magic powers first, watch this." Peorth said excitedly, stepping forward so she would be standing closer to the tree, holding up both of her hands in the air.
Michiru's eyes widened when the gorgeous goddess used her divine powers, two pairs of long green vines grew from the thick overhanging tree branch and hung downwards until they halted just three feet above the ground, entangling themselves in the process so they looked like strands of double braded rope, the ends of them then bound themselves together at the bottom which made a swing.
"Wow, that was nicely done Peorth, very creative." Michiru said as he complimented the first class goddess who smiled sweetly in return.
"That's strange, suddenly I feel a little tired all of a sudden." Peorth said softly while her body lost balance and swayed from side to side, forcing the first class goddess to grab the vines only to withdraw her hand suddenly in a flash, alarming Michiru in the process. "Ouch!"
"Are you alright Peorth?" Michiru asked worriedly with a look of concern on his face, taking Peorth's hands in his own to examine them.
"Uh huh, I forgot about the thorns." Poerth replied sheepishly with a hint of embarrassment in the process. "I should have used my magic to remove all of them from the vines before touching the swing with my hand, let my hands go so I can use my magic again."
"Wait Peorth, you've hurt yourself, now please hold still for a moment." Michiru protested in response, grasping Peorth's hands tightly for a moment to keep her still before he relaxed his grip to hold them more gently as he conjured one of his Shikigami spells. "Oh flowing mighty river, give me your blessing."
A glowing red star shaped pentagram appeared beneath Michiru's feet and began to spin, blue light radiated from Michiru which rose up and transformed into a red fish, the fish then hovered above Peorth and surrounded her with more blue light as Michiru's Great River Offering spell was cast. The spell was more than enough to heal Peorth's minor injuries, not only was the pain gone, but all the cuts instantaneously healed so her hand looked as though it was completely unharmed. In addition, Peorth could also feel her strength and energy fully recover which made her fully awake again as she had been before, making her feel better than ever.
"Are you feeling any better Peorth?" Michiru asked with concern, holding Peorth gently by the shoulders to steady her while she stood.
"Oh Yes! Much better." Peorth answered excitedly, snapping her fingers and making all of the thorns vanish without dissipating any of her own magical energy like she did a minute ago when she had created the swing out of vines. "Thank you for showing me a demonstration of your magic powers Michiru, I enjoyed it very much. Would you like to try out the swing I made?"
"Yes, I would Peorth, but I'll wait until after you've had your turn since you were feeling faint a moment ago." Michiru answered.
"I assure you Michiru that I'm feeling perfectly fine now thanks to your healing spell that you cast on me, so try it out." Peorth insisted.
"Ladies first, no arguments." Michiru replied, his politeness and his stubbornness were making Peorth feel a little annoyed, but the first class goddess was willing to let the young Shikigami warrior win this friendly feud in order to end the matter and move onwards.
"Okay then, I'll try it out." Peorth stated with a friendly smile as she sat herself in the swing, swaying gently forwards and backwards at a relaxing pace, all while keeping eye contact with Michiru who stood beside her.
"Peorth…I think I know why you suddenly felt faint, when you used your powers to create the swing, you didn't realize that your energy supply had been cut off from Heaven because of the Yggdrasil system experiencing some problems." Michiru deduced. "The same thing happened to Urd when she used her powers which then resulted in transforming her into a little girl, I suppose this has all been my fault, the overload in the Yggdrasil system was because of my…"
"No Michiru, it's not your fault!" Peorth cut in suddenly, resting a hand on Michiru's shoulder, her soft touch along with her gentle voice and caring expression causing the Kururugi boy to look her in the eyes. "The Yggdrasil system is designed to monitor each and every human being on the earth for misfortune as well as to record their memories and experiences throughout their lives, so of course there are going to be bugs, glitches and all sorts of other technical problems that ordinary computers go through, but you are not to blame for any of that."
The teenage boy could only stare back at the gorgeous goddess seated in the swing before him, he was at a loss for words and no matter how hard he tried, Michiru couldn't shake away the feeling of being responsible for Yggdrasil's problems which in turn effected the goddesses whom he had befriended down here on Earth even though the whole matter wasn't all that serious in Peorth's opinion.
"Protecting the balance of good and evil is a monumental task and we goddesses try our hardest to achieve that by helping people who are suffering from misfortune, while its true that we can't grant wishes for everyone, we ensure that those most deserving of such an honour are the ones who get to receive at least one of their wishes, having only one wish makes a person look deep inside themselves so that they'll wish for what ever will bring them the most happiness in their lives." Peorth explained, her smile dispelling any and all worries that the young Shikigami user had for her sake as well as for all other deities and the Yggdrasil system. "Once a selected candidate has had their wish granted, their misfortune is brought to an end and their feelings of pain or stress are replaced with joy which then provide more strength and hope for us to keep everything balanced and in harmony. When wishes are granted, its not just the client who experiences happiness, the goddess also feels happiness as well for making a difference in that person's life whether it be great or small."
"I understand, if only all human beings were as caring and generous as all of you, the world would be a better place." Michiru commented.
"All human beings are equally capable of doing good Michiru, but not all of them choose to do so and there are many who choose to do terrible deeds instead and sadly, humanity finds itself divided between good and evil which is all the more reason why that delicate balance must be monitored and protected for everyone's sake." Peorth added.
"If you ever had the chance to have your wish granted Peorth, what would you wish for?" Michiru asked curiously to changing the subject.
"What?" Peorth replied after having been caught off guard by such a question, all the various feelings inside of her took hold of her mind which caused the goddess to hesitate. "Well…I…um…it's…"
"I'm sorry Peorth, I shouldn't have asked you something so personal, let's just forget it and move on." Michiru stated after seeing the hesitant look on Peorth's face, feeling bad for stirring up what ever was troubling the first class goddess.
"Okay, but now it's your turn to try out the swing." Peorth said playfully with a smiling face, standing up and pulling Michiru over by the arm so that he'd sit down in the swing next. "Come on Michiru, I know you want too."
"A-Alright Peorth." Michiru replied, resisting the urge to laugh at Peorth's playfulness as he sat himself on the swing and began swaying back and forth.
"In a hurry aren't you Michiru?" Peorth pointed out as Michiru pushed his feet along the ground in order to swing higher and faster than before. "Trying to see how fast you can go?"
"No Peorth, I'm trying to see how high I can go and in order to gain more height, I have to go faster." Michiru answered, swinging his legs out and then tucking them in at the correct moment to achieve more momentum as he continued swinging forwards and backwards.
"Why is that?" Peorth asked since her curiosity had now gotten the better of her as she continued watching Michiru on the swing.
"Well…it's because riding on a swing really fast makes you feel like you can fly." Michiru answered before letting go of the vines and detaching himself from the swing in once swift motion once he had swung as high and as forwards as possible, surprising Peorth when he flew through the air for a few seconds and then landed feet first on the ground about ten feet away or so. "See? Its really fun, but you have to be careful in order to avoid hurting yourself."
"Well then, if you say its fun, then I'll give it a try." Peorth replied excitedly, seating herself down in the swing and pushing her feet off the ground to gain more thrust, moving her legs accordingly while swinging forwards and backwards as she had seen Michiru doing.
"Now be careful Peorth, you have to adjust yourself on the seat of the swing in order to launch yourself properly without falling and hurting yourself, and you especially don't want to fall short only to have the swing hit you from behind even if you land on your feet." Michiru advised with caution. "I can stand behind you and catch the swing once you launch yourself so it doesn't hit you just to be safe if you'd like."
"No, its okay Michiru, I'll be fine." Peorth insisted with a sincere smile as she swung back and forth. "Besides, I won't be able to see your handsome face if you stand behind me."
Caught off guard by Peorth's words, Michiru averted his gaze to hide the light pink blush on his face, but Peorth had already noticed and the butterflies in her stomach now danced around which made her feelings even more difficult to keep bottled up. Unable to resist the opportunity presented to her, Peorth adjusted herself on the swing and prepared to launch into the air as she saw Michiru do a minute ago, just as soon as she reached the highest point once she swung forwards.
"Michiru…think fast!" Peorth shouted excitedly as she launched herself from the swing, being taller and extremely athletic had given the first class goddess even more momentum and so she flew through the air even farther than Michiru had done, alarming the Kururugi boy in the process.
"Don't tuck in your legs Peorth." Michiru warned, fearing that Peorth would lose balance upon hitting the ground and end up hurting herself, so he darted forwards in an attempt to prevent such an accident only to put himself in harms way.
"Wooah!" Peorth shouted upon impacting the Kururugi boy, trying to grab his arms to steady herself in time while he caught her by the waist, but their combined efforts weren't enough and they both tumbled on to the ground which left the goddess on top of the young human boy. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow."
"Are you alright Peorth?" Michiru asked softly, laying still on the ground just in case he had seriously hurt himself given the fact that he had taken most of the impact by attempting to catch Peorth during her landing, still holding her well developed waist gently with his hands.
"Yes, I'm alright, thank you Michiru." Peorth answered, noticing that Michiru was probably more hurt than she was, her legs on either side of Michiru's form while she laid on top of him with her waist and chest pressing against his, putting both of them in a very compromising position similar to the one earlier that morning when Urd had fallen on the floor of the bathroom with Michiru underneath her. "My knees are a little bit sore from falling to the ground, but I'm alright otherwise. What about you? I hope I didn't hurt you when we collided."
"N-No, not as bad as you think. Besides, it was my fault for trying to catch you, I was afraid you would lose balance and fall forwards on your face since you weren't going to land like I had done." Michiru replied sheepishly since his efforts didn't work out as he had hoped.
"Well, thank you anyway for trying your best to help me." Peorth said gratefully, savouring the gentle touch of Michiru's hands on her waist, thinking what to say next in order to keep the conversation going so that Michiru wouldn't notice just yet. "Are you hurt at all Michiru?"
"Well, my back feels a little sore so I think I'll just lay here for a few moments before I try getting up." Michiru answered.
"Good idea." Peorth agreed, looking around at the peaceful scenery which surrounded them, the lush trees and bushes, the green grass along with the small pond with clear blue water a short distance away. Although this occasion wasn't anything close to a romantic date between lovers, Peorth was nevertheless content since she got to share an enjoyable experience with Michiru whom she was becoming close friends with, and their compromising position which they had now found themselves in by accident was an added bonus in her book.
Not wanting to ruin the moment by making Michiru nervous like she had done before by sneaking into the boy's sleeping bag first thing this morning, Peorth reluctantly raised herself off of Michiru's body so that she was now hovering over him rather than laying on top of him. A brief moment passed between them as they looked into each other's eyes, the silence coupled with the gentle breeze blowing through the trees made the world around them disappear from their minds which left them only to focus on themselves, both of them wore smiles on their faces until the two of them suddenly began to laugh together.
"Ah, ha! Ha! Ha!" Michiru commented. "Who would have thought that a peaceful walk would have eventually lead us to this situation?"
"Going for a walk was your idea Michiru, so I'd say you're to blame for this." Peorth joked with a playful grin on her face.
"Hey, you agreed to accompany me Peorth and if I recall correctly, it was your idea to create the swing on the tree." Michiru countered.
"True, but then you're the one who decided to launch yourself from it and fly through the air so if you hadn't done that, then I wouldn't have tried doing it myself." Peorth argued, knowing that she was deliberately creating another friendly feud, but she wanted to see how Michiru would react and what it would take to make him abandon his shy personality…at least temporarily anyway.
"You're right, but you weren't going to land properly so I was forced to step in and try to catch you as you touched the ground." Michiru pointed out, keeping the argument going.
"I could have landed on my feet without hurting myself; I am a first class goddess after all." Peorth stated, changing the tone of her voice so she would sound even cuter than usual, wearing a proud and gorgeous smile in the process.
"Well I didn't want to take that chance…s-so that's why I did what I did." Michiru replied, realizing only too late that he had lost to Peorth.
"Case closed, court adjured." Peorth stated triumphantly, eyeing Michiru in the process.
"Oh yeah?" Michiru countered with a grin.
"EEEEEEK!" Peorth yelped out loud, caught off guard by Michiru's change in tact as she found herself being tickled to death, wearing a small tank top made the exposed skin of her waist vulnerable to such an attack which she had totally overlooked. "AH! HA! HA! HA! HA!"
Peorth tried tickling Michiru back, but he was fully clothed so it was more difficult for her despite the fact that she was laying on top of him.
"Sorry Peorth, I couldn't think of another way to counter you." Michiru said apologetically, halting his assaults and holding Peorth gently by the waist as he had done before, but Peorth was out of breath from laughing and so her chest was heaving in and out until she managed to calm down. "How about you lay on the ground like I'm doing, you'll be able to relax easier and watch the birds in the trees above us."
Peorth did as the Kururugi boy suggested and laid beside him with her back on the soft grass, looking up at the trees, there were a few birds darting about the branches and the sun's rays were shining through the gaps in the leaves which provided most of the shade in the clearing that the two of them were relaxing together in. Although the first class goddess had succeeded in her plan, she hadn't expected Michiru to tickle her and while she enjoyed the feel of his touch when ever he held her gently by the waist, she was very ticklish and had laughed even harder than the time she had lost the first round in the duel she had challenged Belldandy too many months ago.
"What are you looking at Michiru?" Peorth asked after turning her head and catching Michiru staring back at her face with his eyes.
"You have a very nice smile, it makes you look happy, especially when you're laughing like you were while I tickled you." Michiru replied, letting out a short laugh in the process which made his face look goofy for a moment, causing Peorth's smile to grow wider in response.
"You have a nice smile too Michiru." Peorth commented, feeling very thankful that she had been summoned down to earth by Michiru's phone call.
"It must be close to lunchtime by now; I'll go see how Belldandy is doing in the kitchen." Michiru said, getting himself up and off the ground, he was about to walk passed Peorth when she raised her leg and tripped the young man which caused him to stumble forwards, luckily Michiru had regained his footing so he avoided a fall. "What was that for Peorth?"
"I had to get back at you for tickling me, now before you think of how to get even; I have a proposition for you." Peorth replied, wearing a mischievous grin on her face.
"I'm listening." Michiru stated, standing still with his full attention on the first class goddess who had now gotten to her feet as well.
"I propose that we both have a race around the block on bicycles to see which of us wins in order to bring our friendly feud to an end." Peorth suggested. "Keiichi has some bicycles over where he parks his motorcycle, are you up for it Michiru?"
"It's been a while since I've traveled around my Uncle's neighbourhood, but I'll accept your challenge, a bike ride in summer weather is great fun and exercise after all." Michiru said, smiling back at Peorth.
"On your mark, get set, go!" Peorth stated before levitating and going to go grab a bike and race around the block, catching Michiru off guard in the process by starting right then and there rather than waiting until they both got their hands on a bicycle.
"What? Hey!" Michiru called out in dismay, chasing after Peorth who had taken a head start, amazed at how much speed the goddess had while levitating through the air.
Peorth quickly arrived at where Keiichi kept his motorcycle which was parked close by all of the bicycles, Belldandy's shy boyfriend was doing some maintenance work on his motorcycle and it appeared that Skuld was working on one or both of the bicycles which stood beside each other. Eager to maintain her lead, Peorth arrived on the scene and snatched one of the bikes while Skuld had her back turned momentarily, it would be too late to for Skuld to stop her by the time she turned around.
"I'm borrowing this bike so I can race around the block Skuld, I hope you don't mind." Peorth said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Hey! You can't ride that bike yet! It's still in the experimental stage!" Skuld yelled in protest, only to watch helplessly while Peorth rode away and out the main gate. "Come back here Peorth! ARGH!"
"Peorth and I are having a race around the block Skuld. Is it alright if I borrow this bike for a short while until we return?" Michiru asked.
"You'd better hurry Michiru, she's way ahead of you, and you'd better catch up to her fast because she might hurt herself." Skuld answered.
"Why's that Skuld?" Michiru asked in confusion while getting on the other bike.
"She thinks she's riding a real bike, but its actually just an experimental counterfeit I created from my magic duplicating jell that I invented, though it hasn't been fully tested yet so I don't know how long her bike will stay intact for." Skuld answered worriedly.
"Okay, I'll try and catch up to her as fast as I can, hopefully she won't be hurt before I find her." Michiru replied before racing off in pursuit.
Peorth was peddling as fast as she could in an effort to outrun Michiru even though she had gained an early lead thanks to the head start she had taken advantage of, she didn't hear any of Skuld's words during her speedy head start and so she had no idea of the danger she was currently in. A few minutes later, Peorth had made it half way around the block, now she only had to make her way back towards the main gate leading back to the house.
"Perfect, I've already made it half way, and no sign of Michiru so it looks like I've won this race without breaking a sweat." Peorth said confidently until she sensed an aura of strange magic coming from the bike she was riding. "Wait a moment, what's this strange aura?"
Before Peorth could figure out an answer, the bike began to fade and its physical form became see through like that of a ghost, startling her in the process, she quickly tried using her magic powers to counter what ever had gone wrong so that the bike would remain intact a little while longer or at least long enough for her to return to the house and finish the race around the block, but unfortunately that wasn't enough. The bike eventually evaporated in a flash as if it hadn't existed to begin with, and Peorth's attempt at preventing that from happening had drained some of her powers due to having her energy supply caught off from heaven, though thankfully not all of them. Luckily, Peorth was a goddess and so she quickly used her ability to levitate in order to save herself any injuries from falling on the paved road, but now she couldn't finish the race and so her chance at victory was now ruined.
"Argh! Skuld, you crazy little…" Peorth complained angrily, knowing that she was now forced to walk the rest of the way back to the house, levitating was out of the question since that would be counted as cheating, never mind the fact that she was out in the open where other human beings could see her or that she had little energy left to use magic again. "Oh well, I'd better get walking if I want to finish first ahead of Michiru, he's bound to catch up to me unless that other bike was just another of Skuld's experiments like mine had been."
Meanwhile, some distance head, a bright red Ferrari was driving on the very same road even though it was travelling in the opposite direction. The driver was a young man possibly in his late teen years; he had dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and was dressed in an expensive dark green suit with matching dress pants and fancy shoes. A black dress shirt with a red tie and lastly, he wore a pair of glasses, the young man was driving carefully until his eyes picked out Peorth walking on the side of the road which forced him to slow down so he could have a better look at her.
"Oh my, now there's a very fine female specimen, I'd better make a move before someone else gets their hands on her." Toshiyuki said to himself, performing an illegal U turn in the middle of the road in the process in order to head in the same direction as Peorth was walking, examining the unsuspecting beauty with his eyes; especially her physique. "Hello there miss, beautiful morning isn't it?"
"Yes it is, and who might you be?" Peorth replied, keeping her sentences short and to the point in front of this young human being.
"Ah, where are my manners? My name is Toshiyuki; it's a pleasure to meet an exquisite young beauty such as yourself." The young man said flirtatiously, adjusting his glasses. "I noticed you were walking on the road all alone and I thought you might need a ride so I thought I'd pull over."
"No thanks, I only have to walk half way around the block to get to where I'm going." Peorth replied with a polite refusal.
"What's the matter miss? Haven't you ever ridden in a car before?" Toshiyuki asked offhandedly. "Don't tell me you're afraid of a car ride."
"I'm not afraid of anything, least of all riding in a car." Peorth declared, her pride overwhelming her caution and getting the better of her.
"Well then, please step inside." Toshiyuki replied with a flashy grin as he unlocked all the car doors, eyeing Peorth as she walked around to open the door on the passenger side, stepping into the car and sitting herself beside the flirtatious young man behind the wheel.
Some distance behind, Michiru was peddling along as fast as possible, but he had doubts that he could catch up to Peorth since there was no sign of her yet which meant that she was so far ahead of him that he most likely wouldn't see her until he arrived back at the house.
"Oh well, its just a race, someone has to lose. Besides, we both shared a pleasant walk together, we each gave a demonstration of our magic powers and got to take turns riding the swing that Peorth had made. All in all, this had been a fairly entertaining morning." Michiru commented, glancing around at the houses and other buildings as they came into view on both sides along with the lush green trees growing on the grass covered front yards, he then snorted out a short laugh when he suddenly thought of how much Miroku would be jealous of him due to all that he had experienced thus far with the four heavenly goddesses. "I don't know how I'm going to survive telling all of this to Kagome and the others, Miroku's going to be so jealous, Shippo and Inuyasha will laugh their heads off while Sango and Kagome try to keep all of them quiet so I can answer any of their questions afterwards."
A short while later, the bright red Ferrari pulled off to the side of the road and halted about twenty feet from the main gate which served as the entrance to the property leading towards the house, but Toshiyuki had no intention of letting Peorth leave just yet.
"Thanks for the ride, have yourself a good day." Peorth said politely, unfastening her seatbelt now that the drive was over so she could leave.
"Hold on Miss, surely you didn't think I would let you leave so suddenly, you haven't even told me your name or your phone number." Toshiyuki replied, trying to keep up the façade of being a young gentleman even though Peorth would soon find out that he wasn't one.
"You don't need to know either of those, goodbye." Peorth declared, turning to leave only to discover that the car door wouldn't open, the realization of what she had gotten herself into took hold of the first class goddess, she had now found herself locked inside of the Ferrari with a stranger who obviously hadn't given her a free ride out of kindness as she had so thought. "Unlock this door and let me out."
"What's the hurry?" Toshiyuki asked carelessly, looking at Peorth with lust in his eyes and making the goddess feel even more uneasy and frightened then before, the young man unbuckled his seatbelt as well he could lean in closer to her. "I gave you a ride so now you owe me a favour, but I don't take money, you'll have to give me an alternative form of payment."
That last choice of words struck a nerve and Peorth reacted furiously, raising her left hand and slapping the right side of Toshiyuki's face in one swift motion, then glaring at him as if to warn the immoral young man not to mess with her ever again.
"You like it rough and tough?" Toshiyuki replied with a lecherous grin, making Peorth feel sick with disgust. "Fine by me, it'll be more fun."
Toshiyuki was on Peorth in a heartbeat, his lips crashing against hers forcefully despite her struggling in an attempt to push him away, he took hold of Peorth's hands and pinned them together above her head with his left hand before using his other free hand to cope a feel of Peorth's body where ever he wanted as he continued his assault. Never before had Peorth felt so helpless, she dared not risk using her magic and drain herself of what little heavenly energy she had left, for her fate would be unspeakable if she were to faint and lose consciousness in the hands of this evil minded young man. Toshiyuki's hold on her hands prevented her from retaliating and even worse, with his lips forcefully pressed against hers, she was unable to scream for help, leaving her only to wait and endure this horrific experience until fate brought it to an end.
Michiru…please help me! Michiru…Michiru!
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Michiru shouted furiously, putting his hand through the open window on the driver's side and pressing the unlocking button, he then flung open the door and grabbed Peorth's attacker with both hands. "Leave Peorth alone!"
"What the…Ahh!" Toshiyuki replied painfully, being grabbed by the hair of his head and by the collar of his suit, both of which were then twisted tightly and causing a huge amount of pain as he found himself yanked forcefully out of the Ferrari and out on to the sidewalk where he stumbled into the concrete wall which surrounded the enormous property like a fortress.
To Peorth's relief, it appeared as though her prayers had been answered when she recovered herself and saw the young Kururugi boy who had come to her rescue, just in time before Toshiyuki could do anything more to her. However, instead of focussing his attention on Toshiyuki, Michiru then rushed around the front of the car so he open the passenger door and check on Peorth to see how she was.
"Peorth, are you alright?" Michiru asked worriedly with a look of concern on his face, looking Peorth in the eyes while the first class goddess could only stare back in relief since she was too traumatized to answer at the moment, her eyes on the verge of tears as she trembled from the horrible experience she was forced to endure. "I'm so sorry I didn't arrive sooner, here, let me help you out of the car."
"Michiru…I…" Peorth mumbled softly before she scrambled out of the car, burying her face against Michiru's chest and weeping quietly, her body shaking lightly while the Shikigami user hugged the divine damsel in distress in order to comfort as much as he possibly could.
This was quite possibly the first time that Peorth had ever been rescued by a human being before, never mind the fact that it had been Michiru who was also her client, so it was only natural that new feelings arouse within the first class goddess which she had never felt nor recognized before until this moment in her life. Michiru had done more for her than just come to her rescue, rather than taking revenge on Toshiyuki who had been responsible for this horrible act, the teenage boy had instead chosen to aid Peorth first which showed that Michiru cared more for her safety than for punishing the person who had done her harm.
Peorth's lips formed a smile against Michiru's shirt, now she knew how a princess felt after being rescued by a brave young man from the clutches of an evil villain just like in all the fairy tales people read about, though she couldn't help but laugh at the irony that a first class deity had been the damsel in distress while Michiru was a mere mortal playing the part of the hero. The peaceful moment was soon brought to an end when Toshiyuki returned to the scene after recovering himself from being thrown into the solid concrete wall on the other side of the Ferrari, Michiru was reluctant to release Peorth from his comforting embrace so he continued to hold her while keeping his eyes focused on Toshiyuki, ready to break away and defend Peorth in case this rich playboy wanted to start a fight with either of them.
"What gives you the right to treat Peorth so disrespectfully like that?" Michiru asked in a demanding tone while standing off to the side of the rich boy's red Ferrari with Peorth held protectively in his arms and safe from harm.
"Disrespectfully? Ha!" Toshiyuki answered, his words making the goddess feel slightly hurt on the inside. "I offered to give her a ride and she refused to provide compensation, women are meant for satisfying man's desire, but I wouldn't expect a mere boy to understand that."
"How dare you say such a thing!" Michiru declared, his patience slipping away fast. "Take that back and apologize right now for all that you've done!"
"Who are you to tell me what to do? You're nothing but a mere member of the lower classes." Toshiyuki remarked rudely with a grin.
"I'm only going to ask you once more...apologize and we can both walk away from this without any more troubles." Michiru declared.
"Let me ask a more appropriate question instead...what are you going to do if I don't?" Toshiyuki asked with a sly smirk on his face.
"Hey Michiru!" A voice called out from above, causing both Michiru and Toshiyuki to turn their heads and look upwards at someone who appeared to be flying through the air, one look was enough for the Shikigami user to identify the voice was none other than Inuyasha's.
Leaping out from where he was secretly watching and listening nearby, Inuyasha landed feet first on top of Toshiyuki's ferrari and slightly collapsed the roof which bent the metal exterior and caused all of the glass windows to shatter instantly, the loud noise causing Peorth to turn around and watch everything for herself while staying in the comforting embrace of Michiru's arms. Michiru took a moment to look around for Kagome whom he assumed was somewhere nearby as well given that Inuyasha was here visiting the modern era and sure enough, he spotted the reborn priestess parked a short distance away to the right on her bicycle just in case to avoid getting herself involved in the situation now that Inuyasha had just caused some serious damage to a person's vehicle, the teenager wondered how long it would be until Kagome could no longer resist the urge to use her sit commands on his half demon friend after witnessing Inuyasha's grand entrance.
"How've you been doing Michiru? Its been a while since you returned home, we thought we'd check up on you, Kagome and I had a heck of a time trying to find you when we found out from your mother that you've been staying here." Inuyasha explained with a friendly smile on his face. "I overheard everything, you wanna beat this guy up together or would you rather fight him one on one by yourself?"
"MY CAR!" Toshiyuki cried out, his eyes as wide as saucers, Michiru released Peorth from his arms in order to deal with this situation before it got any further out of hand now that Inuyasha and Kagome were present even though Toshiyuki didn't notice Kagome's presence. "LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MY CAR!"
"Oh, that was nothing; let me show ya something else." Inuyasha said, hopping down to the pavement and driving both fists down on to the engine hood, creating even more internal and external damage to the car. "Bet you've never seen that before have you. Ya like it?"
"NO! STOP! STOP!" Toshiyuki yelled out, racing over and examining his expensive ride which was no longer in mint condition.
"You know, I'm really glad you've got your priorities in order. You're not worried about sexually assaulting a friend of mine, but you're worried about your stupid car?" Michiru said as he stepped forward, delivering a swift punch to Toshiyuki's face and sending him backwards until he fell on his back. "Here's the deal, if you go to the police, you'll like an idiot when you try explaining how your Ferrari was damaged by someone using their bare fists given that your car's made of metal, they won't want to waste a nice afternoon with the same old question "How does someone possibly put a dent in an engine hood with their bare fists?" And on top of that fiasco, you'll have three people who will testify that you attempted to sexually assault someone and we both know you definitely don't want that on your record or your reputation."
"Or?" Toshiyuki asked in order to hear what the second option was given that everything Michiru said was correct in the first option.
"Or you take the only choice that I offered you before...you apologize to Peorth and we all walk away without any more troubles or problems." Michiru answered, kneeling down to look Toshiyuki face to face. "You've got ten seconds starting now, make up your mind."
While everyone waited for the rich playboy's reply, a semi hauling a carrier trailer designed specifically for transporting conventional cars and trucks inside drove by, it then stopped a short distance away where Kagome was with the end of the trailer sitting still where everyone else stood alongside the Ferrari.
"Excuse me miss, I'm trying to find the main highway leading northwards from here, could you possibly give me directions please?" The driver asked after poking his head out the window of the driver's side door so Kagome could clearly hear him.
"Oh um, sure, just let me look at my map of the city and I'll tell you." Kagome replied politely, digging inside her yellow backpack.
"I'm…sorry…" Toshiyuki said apologetically, clenching his fists in the process at having been forced to give in to all of Michiru's demands.
"Thank you, let's go Peorth." Michiru replied, taking Peorth by the hand and leading her away so he could walk her back to the house.
"How am I supposed to drive anywhere with my car in the state that its in?" Toshiyuki responded angrily while pointing at his Ferrari.
"You could try getting in it and starting the ignition to see if its still functional enough to drive, but put your hazard lights on." Michiru said, suggesting the obvious which only worsened Toshiyuki's already frustrated mood after all that had occurred in the last few minutes.
"I can't drive my car in the state that its in, I have an image to maintain, not that you would understand given your status as a commoner." Toshiyuki argued, his last comment coming close to anger Michiru again, but the Kururugi boy managed to remain calm and let it slide.
"You do know that cars are primarily made for driving people around from place to place right?" Michiru remarked, hinting the obvious.
"A car is more than a means of transportation!" Toshiyuki declared with his eyes twitching uncontrollably. "Its an asset that represents a person's status in society, all members of the wealthy classes drive around in classy new vehicles, it's part of our way of life!"
"Well like it or not, people are mainly judged by who we are and what we do, not by what we own or have so get used to it." Michiru stated, his patience running out and wishing that Toshiyuki would just drive away already.
Suddenly a loud impacting sound was heard which caught the attention of Michiru and Toshiyuki, interrupting them from their minor argument, both of their eyes widened in disbelief when they saw the Ferrari was now sitting on the end of the carrier trailer. As it turns out, Inuyasha had noticed that the whole trailer was only half full and the rearmost space was empty which gave the half demon an idea to send Toshiyuki on his way. While the two young men were talking, Inuyasha used his half demon strength to lift the Ferrari up by the front and tipped it back on its rear bumper so he could get underneath and try lifting the whole vehicle off of the ground himself even though it was very heavy even for a half demon such as himself, it was a miracle that he had been able to pull off such a task without over exerting himself and without anybody taking notice until after the half demon had set the huge vehicle in place.
"There ya go, now you don't have to drive around in it and ruin your precious image." Inuyasha stated sarcastically, stretching his limbs.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY CAR?!" Toshiyuki yelled out loud for the third time with widened eyes just before the semi began driving away with its trailer load of vehicles including his bright red Ferrari which Inuyasha had set on the tail end of the carrier trailer, forcing the young man to run after it while he continued to yell for the driver to stop, racing passed Kagome in the process who took a few seconds to catch on to what had happened. "STOP! STOP! THAT'S MY CAR! ARGH! WAIT! WAIT! GIVE ME BACK MY CAR!"
"Hey there, is your car running?" Well you better catch it! AH! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!" Inuyasha yelled sarcastically before laughing out loud, Michiru and Peorth kept quiet, but they also found Toshiyuki's predicament to be entertaining which is what he so rightly deserved.
"Inuyasha sit!" Kagome yelled, her sit command causing Inuyasha to impact the pavement before she rushed to his side, the black baseball cap fell from his head and exposed his dog ears in the process, standing over him with her hands on her hips while she chewed him out for his actions. "What do you think you're doing huh? You can't just do as you please, especially with someone else's property you big idiot! Honestly, sometimes I swear you have nothing but muscles for brains inside that thick skull of yours."
Now that Inuyasha and Kagome had made an unexpected appearance, Michiru realized he had a tough task on his hands, how to introduce the two of them to Keiichi along with all of the goddesses from heaven and explain why he was staying with them at his Uncle's house and so on. Knowing that he had to break the news carefully, especially after Inuyasha's little stunt with Toshiyuki's car, Michiru decided that he had to take this one step at a time to avoid any unwanted uneasiness or confusion amongst all of his friends. Thankfully, Kagome's act of fury had kept her and Inuyasha distracted so that Michiru could walk through the gate and in towards the house hand in hand with Peorth, allowing the two of them to talk without being overheard on the way there.
"Peorth? Are you well enough to go inside the house on your own?" Michiru asked once they both halted at the front porch of the house, looking Peorth in the eyes with an apologetic expression on his face, gently holding both of the goddess's hands in his own as he talked. "I know you've just been through a horrible experience and I'm very sorry for having to leave you alone like this, but I need a brief moment to explain everything to Inuyasha and Kagome so they're aware that I've told you and the others about them along with my adventures throughout Feudal Japan, they'll also be able to accept that all of you are goddesses from heaven…except for Keiichi of course."
"I'll be alright Michiru, thank you for coming to my rescue; you played the part of the hero perfectly." Peorth replied softly which made Michiru blush lightly as her remark, removing her hands from Michiru's so she could embrace him in her arms once more, the painful memory of Toshiyuki's assault melting away as soon as she felt the Shikigami warrior encircle his arms around her protectively to gently hold her by the waist with his hands. "I'll head inside and inform Belldandy that two of your friends are here, the three of you can then come inside after you've explained everything in order to answer all of their questions, and lunch will probably be ready in a few minutes."
"Sounds like a plan, I'll join you shortly after I've brought Inuyasha and Kagome up to speed." Michiru said in agreement as Peorth surprised the Kururugi boy by giving him a light peck on the cheek, followed by an affectionate smile before she went inside the house.
Author's Note: I didn't originally plan to have the chapter end this way, but it's been ages since I last updated this story and I couldn't delay any longer. I sincerely apologize for not updating in more than a year and I hope you can forgive me for that, I would like to give a special thanks to J4RRE77 for all his helpful support and suggestions, I wouldn't have been able to carry on with writing any fan fiction stories.