Disclaimer : Ah! My goddess does not belong to me.
Ceroxon asked me if I could do a fusion version of my winter special.
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Just as Lind brought out Cool Mint, the angel eater let out its luring cry, causing the angel to fly towards the monstrous centipede-ish lizard in a panic.
"No…" Lind muttered as she fell to her knees. "It can't be…"
On a blanket, a cat began to twitch.
"We need to think of something…" Lind said, trying to stay awake.
"I can use-" Skuld began as she fingered the angel egg.
"No," Lind quickly uttered with a glare. "If you do that, then your angel will be caught as well. I have no choice, but to battle the beast myself."
"Let us help you, Lind," Keiichi said, helping Lind stand up.
"Skuld is more useful than you because of her bombs, Morisato. Or am I wrong and is there something you can do?" Lind asked as she tore herself away from Keiichi.
"Simple. He can merge with me for a time and you'd have an ally who has power, skill, and loyalty to the captured angels," Welsper said as he strolled by.
"Demon, I thought you were in stasis," Lind spat.
"While I don't care for insults or you, I do care for Belldandy. I'd rather have her as a goddess, than risk her becoming an angel-faced monster that Hild personally re-designed," Welsper replied. "So, Morisato… what will it be? Attack the angel eater with a bomb-chucking Tsundere and a barely-conscious Valkyrie, while you're armed with… what, an umbrella? A bat? A wrench?"
Welsper smiled as he added, "Or temporarily fuse with me? You'd gain my powers and skills, while I gain a human body for a time."
"There's also the fact Belldandy would be near us for the remainder of the merger," Keiichi replied with a frown, not liking the idea of anyone getting near Belldandy.
"I hadn't realized that," Welsper said, looking as innocent as a cat wondering about what could have caused the cream to disappear.
'Liar,' Lind, Keiichi, and Skuld all thought.
"Morisaro, Ignore him, instead, merge with-" Lind uttered before nearly falling. Keiichi caught her.
"Oh yes. Fuse with her. You'll have all of three seconds to free the angels before she and you pass out from from a complete lack of energy," Welsper chuckled.
"Fine. Welsper, you get your wish," Keiichi spat.
-o-
Chib-Hild watched as the Angel Eater ate another angel. "Well, we have the full Lind set. Let's get an angel egg."
"Oh, yes, Lady Hild! This plan of yours is just awesome!" Mara crowed.
"No one likes a suck-up, Mara," Chibi-Hild replied.
"Yes, Lady Hild," Mara meekly said.
"Now then… I wonder what will Skuld and Keiichi pull right out of their hat?" Chibi-Hild said to herself.
"Well, my guess is a fusion."
"That would be interesting, Mara," Chibi-Hild replied.
"I didn't say anything" Mara said.
"Then who?" Chibi-Hild asked.
"Me," a voice said as its owner strolled into view.
They were male and had demon marking on their face. They wore a black vest, a white t-shirt, black dress pants, and Keiichi's shoes. Their hair was Keiichi's short hair, save for the long front bangs of Welsper and some puffs of hair in the shape of cat ears.
"And what do you call yourself?" Chibi-Hild asked with a smile.
"I guess Keii-ster," The fusion answered as they put their left hand behind their back and held out their right, as if they were holding an invisible plate.
"It's cute'n'all, but you're backing the wrong side," Mara cackled.
"I'm doing what Hild did at one point, choosing love over duty," Keii-ster replied.
Chibi-Hild's smile faltered for a moment before she said, "You do know there's consequences for defiance, right?"
"I know there is, but standing back is simply a price I can't pay," Keii-ster said before yelling, "Neko-beam barrage!"
A large amount of laser beams fired out of Keii-ster's forehead mark, hitting the Angel Eater and leaving cuts.
"Stop that!" Mara yelled before she flew at Keii-ster.
Still firing at the Angel eater, Keii-ster brought out his left hand and threw a ball of energy. When the Ball of energy hit Mara, it changed into a leather harness that bound and gagged Mara.
"You're as about as successful as Baikinman from Anpanman, but nowhere near as famous, Mara," Keii-ster commented, getting a glare from Mara.
The Angel Eater let out a cry of pain, but Chibi-Hild's control over the Angel Eater prevented it from doing more than that.
"Well, I was hoping to save my trump card for later," Chibi-Hild muttered before snapping her fingers.
A barely conscious Belldandy walked into view, wearing a rather revealing demon outfit.
Keii-ster stopped his neko-beams and looked at Belldandy.
A sneering devil popped out of her back.
"Belldandy…" Keii-ster muttered as he stared at the shambling goddess. As he was too distracted to hide anything, Chibi-Hild focused her attention towards Keii-ster to study him for a few moments before her eyes widened for the briefest of moments.
The sound of Keiichi's voice, even buried in the fusion's voice, was enough to wake her up. As Belldandy smiled, a change came over the devil, making it an angel.
"Keiichi… Welsper… Why did you fuse?" Belldandy asked.
Pointing at the Angel Eater, Keii-ster said, "Because I had few other options to free the angels. If it's not a problem, could you ask your angel to free the others? She looks like a good fighter and someone who could ignore the Angel Eater's siren call."
Belldandy gasped a little before she looked at her new angel. A short non-verbal communication occured between the goddess and her new angel. Belldandy nodded and her angel flew into the Angel Eater's mouth, where it ripped apart the tentacles holding the angels.
"Can't help but feel like I was rather pointless," Keii-ster muttered, having an urge to smoke a cigarette to calm his nerves as he watched the Angels fly out of the Angel Eater and join back with their hosts.
"Well, I guess we should get going," Chibi-Hild said as she flew down to Mara and picked up the bound Demon. Looking at Keii-ster, she said, "Be careful now. I might get in touch later."
And with that, Chibi-Hild, Mara, and the Angel Eater teleported away.
"So how long before you unfuse?" Belldandy asked.
"I suppose a few hours…" Keii-ster answered.
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The next day, Keii-ster woke up in Keiichi's room, walked over to a mirror, looked at himself, and said, "Well, this is troubling…"
"Keiichi… are you awake?" Belldandy asked as she waited outside of Keiichi's room.
"In a way," Keii-ster answered.
"Keii-ster? You're still here?" Belldandy asked. "Get dressed and meet me in the living room."
-o-
Peorth, Urd, Skuld, and Lind waited as Belldandy used a diagnostic spell on Keii-ster.
"You don't have to stay, Lind," Peorth said.
"The same could be said of you, Peorth. I stay because all of this is a potential security risk," Lind answered.
"I am on vacation," Peorth said.
Before anyone could say more, Belldandy said with a frown, "I discovered why they haven't unfused."
Everyone turned towards the goddess.
"The curse Welsper placed on themselves to become a cat is preventing the unfusioning, but were it removed… Not only would Welsper lose their memories of me for some reason, but Keiichi would lose his memories of me as well," Belldandy explained. "There is also a strong possibility that unfusing could kill them both because of how that cat curse was coded."
Keii-ster's eyes widened in a panic, as did everyone's besides Belldandy's.
"Then I guess I'm here to stay," Keii-ster sighed.
"That will be a problem, as demon's don't get wishes from Heaven," Lind announced.
"I think this isn't covered by that. At the moment, the closest it gets to the the possession laws, where wishes aren't voided if a demon possesses a potential wisher. Also, the fusion was supposed to be a temporary one. It's more of an… accidental kidnapping," Keii-ster replied. 'Dare I tell them that Welsper once had the idea to kidnap Belldandy and calculated how long he could hold her before a legal response could be sent out? ...No, not when I have this many short-tempered goddesses around me.'
"Kidnapping is a crime, buddy," Urd said as she glared at the fusion.
"Technically, sealing demons or gods is considered kidnapping," Keii-ster retorted.
"Back to Keii-ster's health issues. To make sure that no other problem arises, I'll let you borrow my second angel. She shall monitor the health of Keiichi, Welsper, and you, Keii-ster. If anything looks out of the ordinary, she shall report it to me,"" Belldandy said, as the aforementioned angel appeared and entered Keii-ster.
"So what now?" Skuld asked.
"I'll have to report this," Lind said as she stood up and headed to the phone.
"I do hope that we get to stay together, Belldandy," Keii-ster said with a touch of sadness in his voice as he recalled Chibi-Hild's last words.
Belldandy said, "I just hope we are able to unfuse you before any problem arise."
Keii-ster's heart sank a little bit when he heard that. An idea hit him, so he asked, "Belldandy, in the event I cannot unfuse, perhaps I can get immigration rights to Heaven? I know it would result in Welsper losing his demonic citizenship, but it'd be better than Keiichi forever stuck in Hild's hands."
"I'm not sure. It doesn't seem fair to Welsper to decide when he technically isn't here," Belldandy answered. "There's also the fact that your fusionees are a human and a cat. Both require different licences, and you require a number of licences separate from them, as you count as a hybrid species."
Urd felt a cold shiver run down her spine. She began to look around, feeling like she was being watched.
"One of the reasons for the fusion is Welsper loves you,about as much as Keiichi does. Trust me on that," Keii-ster said as he put a hand on Belldandy's shoulder.
Belldandy looked away as she pondered Keii-ster's words.
Peorth stood behind Belldandy's sight and mouthed the words, "What about Doublet? Belldandy might get assigned a different partner if you immigrate to Heaven."
Keii-ster's hair rustled for a moment as the idea of someone else being Belldandy's partner in anything. After calming themselves down, they mouthed to peorth, "I'll accept whatever happens."
Belldandy looked at Keii-ster and said, "I guess I'll help you with immigrating to Heaven, Keii-ster. After all, there's more people who could help you in your condition if something goes wrong."
"I'm happy to hear that, Belldandy," Keii-ster said, feeling like a large weight was lifted off their shoulders.
"Too bad I'm not."
Before anyone could react, Hild appeared and suckerpunched Belldandy into Lind, knocking the two goddesses out cold.
"Hild!" Urd cried out.
"Catch!" Hild ordered as she tossed an energy orb at Urd.
Out of reaction, Urd caught the energy orb. It quickly spread all over Urd and changed into a leather harness that bound Urd's arms and legs to her body. The Norn of the past glared at Keii-ster for thinking up such a spell.
"Lady Hild, I-" Keii-ster uttered before Hild grabbed his head with one hand, covering his mouth with the palm of her hand.
"Strike one was insubordination by fighting against me. Strike two was talking about comparing my long-past actions to your recent actions," Hild said as she glared at Keii-ster.
Peorth summoned a rose whip and went to attack Hild…
Who caught the whip with one hand, pulled it out of Peorth's hands in a way that somehow had the Rose goddess spinning in place, and then tossed the rose whip back.
When Peorth stopped spinning, she was tied up by her own rose whip, and her eyes were spinning from dizziness.
"And strike three was trying to immigrate to Heaven without asking me beforehand," Hild cooed in a way that promised pain for Keii-ster. "And that means you're out, Keii-ster!"
Hild flew out, carrying the panicking Keii-ster. Once some distance away, Hild opened the gate to Hell and flew in. Hild paused and waved her prize at the remaining goddess as the gate closed and vanished.
"Big Sis isn't gonna like this…" Skuld muttered, knowing it was an understatement.
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Notes from HotelKatz :
Ceroxon thought up the fusion idea, Adelance of the goddess Relief Office Forum had an awesome idea about a bug or an issue preventing the fusion from unfusing, and Worldbringer of Joseun was great at pushing me to write a little bit more when I was unsure.