As she walked down the hall, her intentions were clear by the knife in her hand. It came to her as she was standing in the kitchen and caught sight of the knife rack and realized how she could finally be rid of him for good. It was so simple. All that she had to do was wait for him to sleep and a few thrust of this knife and he would be gone for good and everything that she wished for would finally come true.

As she came to the door to his room she pressed her ears to the door to listen to him snoring lightly in his room. He was fast asleep and soon he would not wake from his nightmares that he was about to have. The door slid quietly open revealing him fast asleep in his bed in that awkward position that he always slept in. She tip toed silently to kneel down by his bed and raise the knife high above her head.

"It's nothing personal, Honey. It's just that I need you to die for me and stay dead," the woman stated on the TV as she began to slash at her husband.

Skuld held her notebook close over mouth as she watched the gruesome scene play out on the scene in front of her. This was the eighth movie that she watched trying to get an idea of how to get rid of Keiichi, but they all played out the same. They get to the scene where the woman gets rid of the man and Skuld gets closer and closer to losing her lunch as she watches the scene play out. It seems that getting rid of Keiichi without being sick and getting in too much trouble was going to be harder than she thought.

"Why can't Keiichi just leave me and Belldandy alone? It's not like I really want him dead, it's just that I don't want him in our lives anymore," Skuld explained to nobody in particular. It was true that she did not want him dead, but the dreams that she had last night were so vivid that it seemed that death would be the only way for her to be happy anymore.

"I have to protect Big Sis anyway possible. Even if that means that I have to destroy Keiichi forever."

Skuld was convinced that she knew the perfect way of getting rid of Keiichi and she was going to fulfill that plan that very moment. As she got up and left the living room, she began her venture through the house looking for Keiichi. She finally found Keiichi in the garage outside the house fixing his motorcycle as always. It seemed to Skuld that no matter how much he worked on that machine, he was never satisfied that it was right.

"KEICHI I WANT TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT THIS INSTANT!"

Keiichi literally jumped three feet in the air as he heard Skulds voice yelling at him. "Y…Ye…Yes…Skuld." Keiichi was visibly shaken by the tone and volume in Skulds voice exactly the way that she wanted him to be. This was going to be easier than she thought it would be.

"Listen Keiichi I got something to say to you and I want you to listen to everything that I say. I know that you think that you love Belldandy and I can sort of understand that. Yet you don't ever consider how I feel about Big Sis and that really makes it harder for me to be with her. I really gave this a lot of consideration and I think that it would be in the best interest for everyone if you considered it too. I think that you should break up with Belldandy and leave us alone forever and never come back again."

Keiichi blinked his eyes several times at Skuld from where he was laying on the ground. It seemed to Skuld that he really was going to consider following through with her plan and that she would not have to resort to violence like that part of her heart truly wanted to. This was going to work out better than she thought. That was until Keiichi started to laugh out loud.

"I'm sorry Skuld but for a second there I thought that you were actually serious about me leaving Belldandy. I know that you don't like the fact that her and I are together but you have to understand that I really do love her and I want to be with her forever. I'm sorry but there is nothing that you can say or do which will change that."

Skuld looked down at the ground in front of her. 'Of course he's going to be difficult about this all. He just can't understand the love that I feel for Belldandy. I guess I have no choice in the matter. I know in the end that he'll understand my reasoning behind what I'm about to do.'

"Keiichi…please forgive me."

"Forgive you for--," Keiichi began to ask but was suddenly cut off as Skuld took a swing in an upward arch towards his head with her mallet. The sound of metal meeting bone sent a sickening thud through the air telling Skuld that she had hit him dead on. At that point it seemed that time came to a standstill and began to crawl slowly.

Skuld did not stop her swing as soon as she heard the mallet hitting Keiichi's skull, but continued to put as much force as she could driving it up and harder into his head. As the mallet began to leave his skull, Keiichi's head snapped backwards at what should have been an impossible angle. It was at that point that his body began to slowly fall backwards into his bike causing both, Keiichi and the bike, to topple backwards into a deafening crash. It had only taken forty seconds for all of this to happen, but it felt like it had taken three hours to Skuld.

As she stood over Keiichi's unmoving body she finally realized what she had done. 'I could not have done a better job, if I should say so. You should be very proud of yourself, Skuld. After all, you and I will be together for quite some time now.'

"If I should be proud of myself, then why do I feel so bad about what I just did?"

'You just destroyed the one person who was blocking you and Belldandy from returning to Heaven together. Both of you can be a family once again without having to worry about some…human standing in your way. After all you are both Goddesses and should not be swayed by someone such as him. Look at him. He's so pathetic that it's almost sickening that he was able to capture a First Class Goddess like Belldandy.'

As Skuld listened to her inner voice she found herself looking down Keiichi strewed across his motorcycle. His body had fallen across his motorcycle with his arms flayed outwards across the font and back end. His head, however, had snapped backwards and was hanging backwards with his eyes staring at the farthest wall with an empty blank expression in them. His jaw had snapped under the pressure and now was hanging loosely to one side with blood still trickling out from both sides of his mouth to form a dark puddle under his head. Keiichi was dead and Skuld was responsible.

As Skuld began to turn her back to Keiichi, the only warning she got was a dark menacing snarl before his hands found her throat and his weight threw her to the ground. Keiichi couldn't form any logical words because of his broken his jaw, but he made his intentions known as he squeezed his hands tighter around Skuld's throat. 'He's going to kill you, you fool! Stop him! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HIT HIM WITH SOMETHING! SAVE YOURSELF FROM HIM!'

Skuld began to comprehend the situation more clearly as the breath began to slowly escape through her body. Keiichi was not dead yet and he was clearly intent on stopping Skuld from finishing him off. Skuld had no choice but to do her best to beat him to the punch. As her hands fumbled around the ground for something strong enough to render him unconscious, Skuld began to wonder what she was doing exactly.

She thought back to all the years that Keiichi and Belldandy had been living together and tried to remember when Keiichi had every had raised his hand or done anything of a violent nature towards the three Goddesses or anyone for that matter. After all this time, Keiichi had never attacked anyone without the need of having to defend Belldandy, Urd, Megumi, or even Skuld from some attack. If Keiichi was truly so innocent to violence, then why did Skuld attack him with so much malice and hatred towards him. He had not done anything to hurt her, except make Big Sis happier than she already was. If he was such a "threat", why did she feel that she had to kill him to make herself happier?

That was it. She did not care about Big Sis's feelings or anyone else for that matter. She just wanted Keiichi gone so that she could return to Heaven with Belldandy by her side and stay there for the rest of eternity. Skuld didn't care if Belldandy smiled like she did when Keiichi was around or dance the way she did with him, as long as she was with Skuld so that Skuld could be happy. It was never about what was right and what was wrong. It was just about what Skuld wanted and nobody else. Just like a little child throwing a tantrum in the supermarket because her parents wouldn't buy her that teddy bear she really wanted.

Skulds hand finally found a wrench and without thinking she swung upwards towards Keiichi head, knocking him to the side with a sickening thud that sent shivers down her spine. Skuld told herself to just run and get some help for Keiichi. If she hurried she could save him and she wouldn't have to worry about being in as much trouble. However her body decided on a different course of action.

Skuld sprang to the side where Keiichi had fallen and straddled his bloody shirt and wrapped her hands around his throat and pressed her thumbs into the softest part of his throat where his airway was most susceptible. "What am I doing," Skuld asked to nobody in particular. She knew the answer before she heard the deep animal growl rumbling from deep within her chest. She was intent on killing Keiichi and nobody was going to stop her. Not even her.

"BLAST IT, KEIICHI!! WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE ALREADY?! YOU'VE LOST!! BELLDANDY IS MINE AND NOBODY ELSES! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, YOU FILTHLY ANIMAL!?"

Skuld gasped inwardly to herself. Had she really said that out loud? Could that really be her hands around his throat? Had she really lost control of herself? 'Give up you fool. You are just acting out that part of you that you've been ignoring for so long now. You really do want him dead and now you are finally fulfilling your most desired wish. Just relax and I'll take care of everything. All you have to do is just enjoy the show.'

Skuld looked down without realizing what she was doing into Keiichi's eyes. They were filled with so much pain and confusion. She could almost hear Keiichi pleading to her why. Why was she doing this to him? Why did she watch him with so much hatred in her eyes? Most importantly, why could she not stop what she was doing?

"Keiichi…I'm so sorry. I can't control my actions right now. Can you hear me, Keiichi?" Skuld asked him with so much pain in her voice, because she noticed that the light in his eyes were slowly fading away. "Keiichi answer me. Keiichi? Keiichi!? KEIICHI!!"

Skuld screamed aloud as her eyes sprang open to the darkness in the room. The sound of silence was returning to fill the room after her scream had pierced through it all. It was nothing but a horrible nightmare. She really hadn't killed Keiichi and she wasn't talking to some evil parasite that was living in her mind. It all made since finally. As Skuld allowed this thought to flow through her body, she felt every tense muscle slowly beginning to relax. Her hands were the last part of her body to relax and finally released her hold on the person she had death grip on.

As the body hit the ground with a thud, Skuld realized that she was not dreaming and that she had actually attacked and killed someone within the house. As her eyes grew accustomed to the shaking room she realized with dread in whose room she was sitting in.

"Ke...Keii...Keiichi, can you hear me? Keiichi?" Skuld continued to call his name for minutes never hearing a response from the body that laid unnaturally still and calm underneath her. His head had been covered so she could not see what kind of damage she had done to him, but the dark stains that were spread out from the head told her that she really had destroyed his skull with her mallet. It seemed that the demon within her had won and she had killed Keiichi. Now there was nothing to stop all three Goddess from returning back to Heaven.

"Oh, Keiichi I really wished that--." However, before Skuld could finish her sentence a hand reached out from under the covers and slammed into her face covering her mouth. With immeasurable strength, the body raised itself into the air with Skuld still an arms length away from her. Skuld did her best to try and kick the "thing" that was holding her four feet from the ground but to no avail. Her frantic kicks became wilder as the bedding slipped from its head to reveal what lay underneath it.

The skull had been cracked open but was slowly and loudly snapping back into place. The snaps of bone connecting and the slithering sound of skin sliding over bare bone were almost sickening if Skuld had not looked into the face that watched her. The eyes were a solid blood red that showed no remorse or sympathy for what it had planned for her. The face was covered in bloody streaks from where she had deliberately smashed its skull in with her mallet. The worst part was the humorless smile that the creature showed her. All of its razor sharp teeth were displayed with its lips pulled back over them in a menacing snarl that was supposed to be a grin. It was all too much for Skuld to handle and right before she passed out she did her best to let out an ear piercing scream with the creatures hand still covering her mouth.

As Skuld felt her heavy eye lids slowly beginning to close she noticed that the room was rising up before her. 'Perhaps he's going to let me go. Maybe I won't have to die today.' Skuld was disappointed to notice that his grip never eased from her head and that he too was sinking into the bed with her. He was not lying down in the bed, but was sinking through a door that she could not see herself. 'It looks like he's a demon here to take me to the Underworld with him. I'm so sorry Big Sis; I didn't want any of this to happen. I hope that you and Keiichi have a good life and don't forget about me. I love you all.'

Across the house, Belldandy woke up with a start. She believed she heard a scream and ran from the room to look from where it came from. Urd was fast asleep in her room and everything had seemed in its place. Banpei was still guarding Skulds room and the door didn't seem to have been opened. Besides the scream she had heard had come from the other side of the house where Keiichi's room was. As she opened the door she was shocked to see what lay inside the room. Keiichi had not put up his beddo before he left. Belldandy walked slowly into the room and placed the beddo where it belonged and straightened his room a little before she went back to her room.

As she lay down on her bed, she wrapped her arms around Keiichi's warm body and placed her head on his chest. His heart beat was like a soothing lullaby as she closed her eyes and drifted back to sleep. Everything was still safe and peaceful as it should be at the Tarikihongan Temple that sleepy night.