I got bored and went back over my old timeline and my fics and have determined the following:

NG:A4 takes place in the year 2594 (lol)

Sentaro Aida is now 42

Arael Aida is FAR older (and that is all that will be said)

Asuka, Rei, Sayoko, Shinji, and Touji are all 593.

Belldandy is 619

Kristine Aida is 47

Skuld is 608

Celes Victoria is 616

And….(I know I'm really going to hear it for this) Cayla is 573

Isn't it nice to be immortal?

Chapter 2

Gabby slowly opened her eyes to find herself staring up at the ceiling of a Hospital.

"Ah good." The Nurse stated. "You woke up."

Gabby frowned at him a moment. How did she get here? One minute she was in the school where Kat was about to be……

"KAT!" she shouted, sitting up. "Where is………?"

The Nurse stopped her from getting out of the bed.

"Easy now." She said, gently lowering Gabby back onto the bed. "You've been unconscious for over an hour. I don't know what those men did, but it knocked you and your friends out." The Nurse then shuddered. "Fortunately for you if the rumors are true." She then smiled at Gabby. "Now you just rest a bit while I go get the Doctor to examine you, then your father can take you home ok?"

Gabby nodded and the nurse left.

For several minutes she just stared at the open doorway. Then Gabby shifted turned her head back to look at the ceiling. Her mind slowly began to drift back to the events at the school…….

And she remembered.


Celes stared blankly into the classroom from the hallway.

She didn't dare enter.

Hell, she was a Vampire for crying out loud and yet the sight of this room made HER sick to her stomach.

It would take weeks to clean the room properly, not to mention several coats of paint.

Ah screw it…..… it'd be easier to build a whole new school.

"Victoria." Celes looked over to see Blitz standing beside her.

"I knew the Angels were destructive." The vampire murmured, "I even heard the stores from Lorelei what they did to the demons but this……."

"In her defense," Blitz said softly, "She did not do this consciously, she only felt the need to save her friends."

Celes blinked. "How do you…..?"

Blitz looked back to the room.

"The events here speak out to me." The Valkyire stated. "The memory will resonate within these walls for some time to come."

"Oh." Celes murmured. Definitely a new school needed.

Blitz then took a deep breath and turned from the room.

"There is another problem."

"What's that?" Celes asked.

"Follow me."

Blitz led Celes down the hall to the girl's bathroom. The door had been propped open as a team of technicians was at work in here as present in this room was the body of the only intact cultist.

"This man was not killed by mortal means." Blitz said softly.

"What?" Celes looked at the body.

From where she stood, she could see no visible cause of death. There were no bullet holes or injuries that she could see. The body's eyes were wide open in terror as it crouched in the corner. The gun beside him was empty, having emptied the clip at whatever had terrorized him.

"How do you know?" Celes asked.

"Do the bullet holes in the walls look odd to you?"

Celes frowned and looked at the bullet holes. They were randomly placed one the walls, floor and ceiling.

"I don't get it."

Blitz sighed. "The way he died, he had to have been facing whatever killed him, yet there are no bullet holes in front of him. They are to the sides and behind him."

Celes took another looked at the bullet holes. Blitz was right. Had he emptied the gun at his killer, there would be signs of it on the walls in front of him.

Here, there was none.

Taking another looked at the closest hole, Celes noted something else.

The bullet had gone into the wall sideways………

As if it had ricochet off something.

Turning back to the area in front of the body, she saw no sign of any damage caused by a bullet being deflected, not even the paint had been scratched. Meaning either the stalls were made of stronger stuff then she though or…..

"A shield?" Celes asked.

Blitz nodded. "And from the residual energy in the air, it was a demonic shield."

Celes looked back at the body and sighed.

Adolescent half mortal half angels unable to control their powers was a bad thing, but could be managed.

Demons were an entirely different level of bad altogether.

"My job sucks." Celes murmured.


Gabby looked out the window as her father drove her home. Besides asking how she was, her father had said nothing. When asked by a security officer what had happened, she'd answered truthfully up until the bright light, then she said she woke up in the hospital.

It wasn't until they had gotten home that he said something.

"Come with me." He said as he led her to his study. He then motioned for her to sit while he stood before her.

Not once had she caught a glimpse of her mother.

"Gabby," Sentaro began, "We need to talk about what happened. I know it's going to be difficult, but I need you to tell me the truth."

Gabby looked at the floor and remained silent.

Sentaro sighed and looked out the window.

"It wasn't your fault you know." He said finally, "We should have expected you to develop powers as you got older."

"What?" Sentaro turned around to see Gabby staring at him in surprise. "You knew?!"

Sentaro moved to kneel before Gabby. He then held his hand out. A small orb of glowing light appeared within his palm.

"I didn't develop my powers until college." He said softly. He then closed his hand, extinguishing the light. He then sat down on the floor in front of Gabby.

"My mother is named Sayoko Aida." He began, "History also knows her as Sayoko Morisato, the Fifth Child."

Gabby's eyes went wide. "But she'd have to be over 500!"

"She doesn't like discussing her age." Sentaro said with a smile. His smile then faded. "The reason she has lived for so long is because of her parents, specifically her mother. You see, my Grandfather fell in love with a Goddess. Thus, my mother, your grandmother, is a Goddess as well. As is my sister."

"I have an Aunt?" Gabby asked.

Sentaro nodded. "You have quite an extended family."

"Then why haven't I ever met them?"

"It's difficult to answer that." Her father replied, "You see, growing up, I had no powers. My sister, as a Goddess in training, could do things I could not. And I became jealous." He then sighed. "I blamed my mother. The result was a period of time where I didn't talk to her at all." He then looked up at Gabby. "It was because of my childhood, that your mother and I decided to not tell you about your heritage. If you saw what your grandmother, and other family members could do, you might wonder what was wrong with you, why you couldn't do it."

"So you've had powers all this time?" Gabby asked.

"To a point." Sentaro answered, "There are some things that are beyond me and most likely will remain so forever."

"What about Mom?"

Her father remained silent for a moment. "The subject of your Mother's power is complicated." He began. "From what I have been told, the power you displayed tonight comes from your mother's side."

Gabby's eyes went wide. Her mother could do what she did? She was that……destructive? Is that why her mother wasn't here?

"Why isn't she here?" she finally asked.

"You need to know first off that your mother loves you with all her heart." Sentaro said, "I cannot stress this enough." He took a deep breath. "Your mother is afraid."

"Afraid?" Gabby asked, "Of me?"

"Not in the way you think." Sentaro quickly said, "She is not afraid of you or your powers, but what you will think of her."

Gabby looked at her father confused.

"What do you mean?"

"Gabby," Sentaro began, "Your mother is not a Goddess, but she is of Heaven. She has existed for a long time, but it's only since I've known her that she's truly become her own person." Sentaro paused for a moment. "Gabby, your mother is………." He paused again. "The reason your mother fears what you think, is because, she knows what you think of her…….kind."

Gabby was even more confused now and it showed.

"I'm not explaining this right." Sentaro murmured. "Gabby, your mother was one of 17 beings."

Gabby froze in her seat. 17 beings. Her mother had been around along time. The reason her mother feared what she thought, was because she knew that she hated her kind.

"Mom is an Angel?" Gabby asked softly.

"She prefers Messenger……..but yes." Sentaro answered.

"She attacked Tokyo-3 during the Angel Wars?"

"……yes."

"So I'm a monster too?"

"No Gabby." Sentaro said, "You are not a monster."

"But that's what the Angels were!" Gabby said, jumping to her feet. "You even said, they attacked the city! They killed people!"

"Yes but…"

"Mom's an Angel." Gabby stated, tears flowing from her eyes. "So she's a monster, making me a monster."

"No Gabby you are not a…"

But Gabby had already left the room.


Gabby raced down the hall and entered the living room.

It was there she froze.

Standing near the couch was her mother.

Mother and daughter stared at each other, tears still falling from Gabby's face.

"How could you? Monster!" Gabby finally said.

She caught a brief look of surprise on her mother's face, before she turned and ran out the front door.


Gabby lost track of time.

All she knew was that it was dark.

She also wasn't quite sure were she was.

All she had known was that she wanted to get away.

But, what now?

Gabby walked over to a nearby park and sat on a bench. Looking down at her lap, she began to wonder what to do when someone sat down beside her.

"You know your parents are very worried about you."

Gabby looked up at the green haired person sitting beside her. She knew of only one person with green hair that her parents associated with.

"I doubt they're that worried Megami." Gabby said.

"Wow." Megami said. "Aren't you in a mood."

Gabby just glared at the woman.

"I understand though." The woman continued. "Hiding it all from you."

Gabby's eyes narrowed. "You knew?"

Megami raised her hands.

"Hey! Human here. I got no powers other then to burn toast in 5 minutes!"

"It doesn't take that long to cook toast."

"Really? Maybe that's why I keep burning it."

Gabby let a small smile appear on her face.

"There we go!" Megami said clasping her hand together. "I knew it was somewhere in there."

Gabby turned away, trying to hide her smile.

"Look," Megami said softly, "Not telling you about everything was the hardest decision they ever made. I knew Sentaro when he and your grandma weren't speaking with each other. It wasn't pretty. There was a lot of hurt and blame to go around. Your parents didn't want you to go through that."

"That isn't what I'm upset about." Gabby stated.

"Then it's the Angel thing." Megami said. "Look, I won't say your mother and I got along great in the beginning, we both were after the same man after all. But having been around her long enough, I know she regrets everything she did back on Earth. Even though she wasn't completely in control of herself……"

"What?" Gabby asked, turning to face Megami.

"Apparently the First Angel, set it up so he could control all the others but the Second." Megami explained, "Even if your Mom didn't want to do it, the First could have forced your Mother to do his will. Matter of fact, a particularly evil God forced your Mom to rampage through Japoness. It was only because of a friend she really cared about that your mother finally was able to break free." Megami then smiled. "Goes to show how much she has changed. If it had happened way back then, your Mom wouldn't have had the will to fight it, because all she knew was the other Angels. Now though…she had a reason to fight it."

Gabby was quiet a moment.

"Dad said Grandma was the Fifth Child?"

Megami nodded. "Yes she was."

"Then…how could she allow Dad to marry Mom? I mean, She knows what Mom is?"

"To your Grandmother, your Mother is the best woman she could have possibly hoped for her son to marry. I don't know what happened when they first met in Heaven, but I do know that Sayoko, your Grandmother, loves Arael like another daughter."

Seeing the skeptical look Gabby was giving her, Megami stood up.

"Alright then. You are coming with me."

Gabby frowned. "Where?"

"Knowing what happened today, as well as Hospitals, and the fact your father probably wanted to talk with you, I know you haven't eaten. So we are going to go eat."

Gabby started to protest, but was interrupted by her stomach.

Megami looked at Gabby with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

"Fine." Gabby agreed.


After a walk of ten minutes or so, Gabby found herself sitting in a small family run restaurant by the name of Otaru's. She turned and gave Megami a curious look.

"You father and I used to eat here when we were in college." She then smirked, "The chef usually burnt his food."

"Then why come back?" Gabby asked.

"Oh, there is a reason." Megami replied mysteriously.

"Welcome to Oatru's." a man said as he approached their table. "My name is Otaru and I'll be your ser ….oh Hey Megami."

"Otaru." Megami said in greeting, "Got any visitors here I shouldn't know about?"

"Huh? Oh." Otaru said, "I think Cousin Kristine is here."

A large smile appeared on Megumi's face.

"Can you get her?"

"Yeah, sure. Want the usual then?"

"Make it two."

"Sure." Otaru then left the table.

"Who is 'Cousin Kristine'?" Gabby asked.

Megami only smiled.

"Megami!" came a woman's voice.

Gabby turned to see a light brown haired woman come running across the ding room to grab Megami in a hug. When they released each other, Gabby noticed the woman had odd blue markings on her cheeks and an elongated diamond on her forehead.

"What brings you here?" Kristine asked. "It isn't your usual night to come in here."

"Something came up." Megami motioned to Gabby.

Kristine turned and smiled, holding out her hand.

"Hello, I'm Kristine Aida."

Gabby blinked as she automatically took Kristine's hand.

"Gabby Aida."

Kristine froze and stared at Gabby.

"Who?" she asked, her voice very quiet.

"He'll hate me for doing it, but…." Megami said softly, "Kristine Aida, Goddess of the Present, I'd like to introduce you to your niece, Gabrielle Aida."

Gabby turned and stared at Megami in surprise, then turned back to Kristine. The newly announced Aunt's eyes were beginning to water as her lower lip trembled.

"Gabby?" Kristine said shakily.

"Aunt Kristine." Gabby answered, her voice just as shaky.

Suddenly Gabby found herself wrapped tightly in the arms of a sobbing Goddess. Not that she could complain, she was holding the Goddess just as tightly and sobbing just as much.

After several minutes of crying the two were now sitting beside each other in the booth.

"Not that I'm mad," Kristine said to Megami as she kept an arm around her niece, "But why did you bring her here? Sentaro is going to flip!"

"Gabby found out about her heritage today." Megami answered, "The school incident?"

"Oh." Kristine said, "I just found out about that. Heard weird things about how it ended though."

"Gabby ended it rather…………unexpectedly and abruptly."

Kristine turned and looked at her Niece. Gabby was hiding her face by staring at the plate of food before her on the table.

"Powers?" Kristine asked.

"Mother's side." Megami answered.

"Messenger."

Gabby looked up, tears running down her face.

"Huh?"

"Gabby," Kristine said softly, "Messenger is what we refer to your Mother and others of her kind. It was mortals that gave the name Angel to them." She then gave her niece a small smile. "If we were somewhere else, I'd show you a real Angel."

Gabby allowed herself to smile a bit.

"So, why are you out so late anyway?"

Gabby's smile vanished and she looked back at the table.

"Sentaro was talking to her about her ancestry, and Gabby got very upset about the Ang….Messenger part." Megami answered softly, "She ran out after a small confrontation with Arael."

"Oh Gabby." Kristine pulled her niece back into a hug. "There is nothing wrong with you being a Messenger. No one in the family will judge you because of that."

"But Angels are Monsters." Gabby whispered.

"No." Kristine answered, "They are not monsters, they were led astray by the act of one person. Even if they knew otherwise, he had absolute control over them." She then leaned closer to her niece. "And I think you'll agree, in your heart, your mother is hardly a monster."

Gabby knew she was right. Thoughts on the Angels had always brought up images of the carnage they had caused so long ago. Yet, it was hard to picture her Mother doing that.

"You know." Kristine said softly, "It is really getting late. You should really be home."

"It's a bit far to walk." Gabby said, "I'd get home even later."

Kristine smiled widely.

"Who said anything about walking?"


Gabby could only stare at her Aunt in amazement.

One second they had been at the restaurant, the next in her backyard.

"That was cool!" Gabby said, "Can I do that?"

"You'll have to ask your mother." Kristine replied, "She is our only expert on Messenger powers." She then looked over Gabby's shoulder. "Speaking of which…….."

Gabby turned and saw that her Aunt was looking at the garden.

Or more specifically, the person sitting with their back to them.

"Sometimes the hardest thing to do is ask for forgiveness." Kristine said softly.

Gabby slowly walked forward until she stood just behind her mother.

"Mom?" Gabby called out softly.

She saw her mother stiffen slightly, but she didn't turn around.

Gabby fell to her knees as tears came to her eyes and grabbed her mother from behind in a hug.

"I'm sorry Mom." She cried, "I didn't mean it. I'm sorry I thought you were a monster."

Slowly, her mother turned in her arms to face her. Looking up, Gabby saw tears in her mother's red eyes.

"I'm sorry we never told you." Arael said softly, pulling her daughter into her embrace. "We thought we were doing the right thing for you. It was the hardest thing we've ever done."

"Mom." Gabby sniffed, hugging her mother tighter.

"Gabrielle" Arael replied, "I forgive you."

Kristine watched silently as mother and child continued to cry in each others arms, before she turned and entered the house. Sentaro was sitting in the living room, staring blankly at the phone.

"Hey." She called out.

Sentaro looked up.

"Kris?" he asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Dropping off my niece." Kristine said with a smile.

"What?" Sentaro asked, "How'd you….?"

"Megami."

"I'm going to hurt her."

"Let it be. No harm was done."

"So where is Gabby."

Kristine turned and looked back towards the backyard.

"Mending the bond between mother and child."

Sentaro moved to the back door and had to smile as he watched to the two most important people in his life locked in a tight embrace.