Chapter 4

The "Arrival"

 

Three electronic tones sounded in the cabin of the airliner..

Keiichi woke as the stewardess was heard with her cabin announcement.

"Please ensure all electronic devices and cell phones are turned off, and that all trays and seats are in they're upright positions. Secure any loose articles in your area and fasten your seat belts. We will be arriving in Los Angeles in Approx. 15 minutes. Again thank you for choosing Air Japan. "

Kei: "Bell?" he whispered..

Kei:"Belldandy? Skuld...Urd. " "Wake up you three we're almost there"

Belldandy woke with a beatiful smile and twinkling eyes just as she always had, but Kei noticed a bit of sexiness in her smile as she leaned to kiss him on the cheek. He Simply dismissed it as a fluke, although she had been quite a bit bolder these days in the way she typically flirted with him in front of people.


The Plane suddenly lurched far right as it began it's decent to the holding pattern to land.

Belldandy: "It's very pretty here, but it's quite, smokey too."

Kei: "Yeah, the smog capital of the world is what you're looking at. At least we won't actually be living in the city limits though. " He chuckled in an amusing tone.

Skuld: "It's a cesspool looks like to me."
Urd: " Don't be so negitive Skuld!"

Skuld: "Oh alright. I'll give it a chance i guess."

Belldandy simply smiled as she looked at Skuld. Her baby sister was no longer a baby any more. She was now 20 years old, in mortal years at least. And after having passed her goddess license tests, she was now a first class goddess. She was also a beautiful goddess, like her sisters, but she still had the attitude she was born with. She laughed as she thought, "some things will never change i guess". But then again, she has noticed her sudden intrest in men the past few years. Who knows? Maybe Urd and Skuld will find a nice wonderful guy to keep them at least occupied for some time. Maybe even more. but she knew too, that very...very few men were anything like her Kei. She certainly wasn't as naive as many thought. She knew most men only wanted sex, money, power, and more sex. It simply made the mortal world go round. And she hoped for their sake that those men would steer clear of them.

The plane landed and parked at the nearest gate, as they got up to leave through the gate, they were greeted by Bradley and Rachel, who also worked at RPT acting as liasons on the company's behalf.

Bradley spoke as he muttered about having to do such things as this..

Bradley:"What if they can't even speak english. Rach?"

Rachel:"Just don't be rude is all Brad. I dunno, improvise."

Bradley: "I feel stupid enough holding this sign for christ's sake!"

(The sign reads WELCOME MORISATO FAMILY- RPT Performance..in english ..and Japanese)

Rachel: "That must be them.. look! " Rachel begins to wave at them.

Belldandy:"OH how nice Kei..Look! Over there!"

Kei: "Hey they must be here to greet us. Remember, use english okay?"

Skuld: "Duh Keiichi! "

Urd: "Say that fellow there is quite the looker, no match for the charm and appeal of the great Urd..huh?"

Belldandy: "Slow down Urd. (laughing) Not wasting any time huh?"

Brad and Rachel approach them slowly at first..

Brad : "H-E-L-L-O! MY NAME IS B-R-A-D and THIS(pointing) is R-A-C-H-E-L"

Skuld immediately starts laughing hysterically and Urd follows right behind her..

Belldandy: "URD AND SKULD! STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!"

Kei: "Hello. It's quite alright. We can all speak english quite well. Please relax."

Rachel:"How much more rude can you actually get Brad, that was embarrasing!"

Brad: "I'm sorry, i didn't know."
Belldandy:"No,no. That is quite nice of you really. (smiling) We are the Morrisato's from Japan"

Rachel: "Wow, you really can speak english quite well."
Belldandy: "Why thank you Rachel"

Brad: "So uh. Mr. Morisato.."
Kei: "Actually it's Morrisato with two r's."

Brad: "Right sorry about that. We never saw the spelling of you last name."
"Shall we go?"

Kei: "Huh? Where to?"
Rachel:" To the Park Plaza Hotel of course. We're here to get you settled in."
Belldandy:"That is just so nice. We must thank that nice man as soon as we get settled in."
Brad: "Okay. Everybody. We'll head to get you baggage first and then to the van ok?"

The group trodded down the concourse to the baggage claim and retrieved their things and headed to the parking deck.

Brad: "UH, so Mr. Morrisato? What are you going to be doing in the firm, work i mean."

Kei: "Well, for starters you can call me Kei. I hate being formal. And i'm working in the R&D department, from what i understand."
Brad:"Wow, that's the best department to work in. Unfortunately i work in regional sales."

Rachel:"Yeah i work in the national advertising division."

Belldandy:"Those sound like wonderful jobs too. Don't you like them?"

Brad:"Yeah, i love it. Just not much glory in it."

Rachel: "Yeah me too i guess. But i get to meet a lot of professional racers. (laughing)"

Brad:" Well here we are. (unlocks the doors), everyone get in and relax. It'll only take 10 minutes "

Rachel:"I'll get your bags put in the back..."
Kei & Bell:" Why thank You!"

They all climbed into the van and headed to the Park place hotel, unknown to them. The most prestigous hotel in the area.

Stay tuned for....

Chapter 5

Settled In