Story's Start At Last: Chapter 12

An 'Oh My Goddess' self-insertion fanfic

By Freddy Isnot (AKA Freddy)

The sun was rising in the sky and burning away the dew laid down by the night. It was the time for students across Japan to wake for school. In the small temple, a student for Nekomi Institute of Technology was just getting up.

A bleary-eyed Keiichi Morisato dragged himself out of his futon. Shorter than even the average Japanese male, he cut an unassuming figure in his pajamas as he stretched and shook sleep from his muscles.

"Ugh," Keiichi plodded out of his room still groggy, "that homework was hell last night. I'm not even sure I got enough sleep."

Making his way into the dining room, hoping for a cup of hot tea, Keiichi noted Skuld worrying over a pile of mecha parts, fine, that was normal, Urd with an opened bottle, a bit earlier than usual for Urd to hit the sake, but still within the realms of normality. Then he noticed the unconscious guy comfortably lying on the futon in the middle of the floor, "Who is th... Wait a minute!" He took at closer look, "Those markings on his face, he's a god isn't he?" Keiichi slumped a little muttering, "Not another one. I hope he won't live here too."

Skuld looked up from where Banpei, her personal robot, was partially disassembled "This is Freddy, he's my new apprentice debugger." She shot a dirty look at Urd, "And he will be staying in the guest room." She returned her attention to examining a small microchip carefully.

"Why me? I didn't wish for all these other people to stay with me." Keiichi lamented. When he had received his own wish, he had wished for Belldandy, and he was still dealing with the consequences of that wish: three goddesses living under the same roof as him. One of said goddesses, Urd, snuck up from behind and pounced on him.

"Ack!"

Urd began toying with Keiichi's hair, "Listen Keiichi," It was that voice. The low, husky, sultry voice that had men trembling in anticipation. The voice Urd could employ with frightening ability, "I know you don't want him here," A playful tug on Keiichi's collar," but it will be fine, really. I can make sure that he will keep Skuld distracted so you and Bell can have some time alone. If you know what I mean."

"Uhh..."

"But if you really don't want him here I'm sure Skuld would be more than happy to keep bothering you."

"Uh..." Keiichi's mind conflicted with the concept of having a time alone with Belldandy and with having yet another boarder in the temple and with having an oh-so very female figure pressing against him. "That could... good."

At that moment Belldandy entered the room carrying a tray filled with breakfast. Urd abandoned Keiichi's side in favor of food, leaving Keiichi in a very confused state of mind.

As the smell of food wafted into the room Freddy's breathing altered slightly, and Skuld looked expectantly into his face.

"Awake?" she said questioning in a tone.

In response to Skuld's voice Freddy's eyes snapped open and Skuld glimpsed a flash of red irises before they immediately shut again as his face grimaced. Startled Skuld jerked back.

"He's awake." She commented deciding the red was a trick of the light.

With a hand to his forehead, Freddy slowly pushed himself to a sitting position and groaned, "Ow, why does this always happen to me?"

Bell looked concerned as she asked, "Are you alright, Freddy?"

He looked up at her, "What?" and blinked a couple times, "You're all goddesses!" He gasped in shock.

Skuld sighed, "Yes, we went over this before. Remember, Freddy?"

Freddy leapt to his feet and fled the room screaming.

Urd peered out the newly made hole in the door, "What's with him?"

At the first open doorway he leaped in and slammed and locked the door behind him.

'WHY CAN'T I CONTROL MY BODY?' Freddy shouted in his own head, panicking. He had woken up to discover himself running through the hallway of the temple.

"SHUT UP!" his body shouted, "I have to figure out what is going on. There aren't suppose to be any goddesses here..." he looked around, "We aren't at your home. What happened when I fell unconscious?"

'S...stop it! Get out! GET OUT!!'

Freddy's body frowned, "Relax Freddy, if anyone should be panicking it should be me. I'm stuck in a house with three goddesses."

'Oh Maker, help me. I'm possessed, mind control, the conspiracy theorists were right, they were all right!' He whimpered and mentally curled up in a ball.

"Freddy, pull yourself together. I need to know what happened."

Who are you? What are you? How did you get--"

"I'm Mal, Demon Fourth Class, Limited License."

'You're a DEMON? What!! OUT! OUTOUTOUTOUTOUT!!'

"Arrgh! Stop this right now! Maybe I should just leave." Freddy's face took a look of concentration which faded into surprise. "I... I can't leave. What the hell?" He began to look frantic, "Great, now I'm panicking too!"

A knock came from the door and Skuld's voice came from the other side, "Freddy? Are you okay?"

"We gotta get out of here!" With that declaration Freddy's body wavered blurring like an open flame before transforming from the head-down into a thick, churning, sulfurous smoke that was sucked down an open drainpipe in the floor.