I do not own the Ah! Megami sama / Oh! My Goddess series

"I love you so much! How could I ever live without you?"

"Urd… it's just a dishwasher…"

"And your point is? I've seen you doing almost the same things with bikes, so give me a break…"

It's been only two days since that trip to the hot springs and true to his word, Vali used the remainder of the money he had requested from Tyr to buy a couple of appliances that would make life easier at the temple. Actually, it was only an hour ago since they had them delivered and given that Keiichi was the resident mechanic, the task of installing them up was inevitably appointed to him. Or at least that was the excuse everyone else used to avoid getting their hands dirty with all the necessary work in order to fit a new dishwasher into a kitchen that was never designed to accommodate something like that in the first place.

"Guilty as charged, but… I still haven't finished installing it, Urd. Honestly… I never thought that this was going to turn into such a big project," said Keiichi with a tired sigh as he crawled out of the kitchen's bench with a troubled expression on face. "There are no fittings here to install it and this means that I must make them myself..."

"Is that a problem?" asked Urd as she took a few steps back to get out of the way, and then stopped and with a smile she started to hover instead. "I think I can give you a hand by using my pow-..."

"No, no, no! Most definitely… positively… certainly… NO!"

"You didn't have to go that far… Meanie!" said Urd in an attempt to sound hurt, although it was painfully obvious that is was just an act. "I work so hard to learn how to use magic again to make your life easier and you're so… cruel to me!"

"Urd… one of the neighbors down the mountain asked me if I heard anything about a company starting up a quarry here," said Keiichi with a raised eyebrow, already used to her antics by now.

"Um… too many explosions?"

"It's like a war zone out there whenever you start trying your magic. Any more and we could open a club for reenacting historic battles," said Keiichi in a deadpan manner.

"Hm… you know… that could fetch us some money," said the bronze skinned goddess, scratching her chin. "Mm… I bet I'd look hot in an officer's uniform..."

"It was a joke!"

"Mine too! And you fell for it!" laughed Urd, while Keiichi pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Whatever… I still need to finish with this dishwasher," said Keiichi, nodding towards the appliance's direction. "I may not be a plumber, but I won't admit defeat that easily!"

"Oh, no worries then! I'll be just outside and… make some more explosions!"

Shaking his head, Keiichi knew that arguing even further with her was pretty pointless when she was like that, so he decided to go back to what he's been doing instead. "Just don't cause a landslide, okay?"

"Don't you worry, Keiichi! I'll make some really small ones this time!" said Urd as she floated out of the kitchen; grinning as soon as she was out of sight.

'Yes!... Everything's going according to plan!'

XXX

Rushing to the back of the house, Urd smiled at the sight of the barbecue she had already set up earlier in the morning and more importantly; at the delicious aroma of the kebabs that Dagaz was supposed to keep an eye on while she was distracting Keiichi with her silly mannerisms. After all, she really wished to cook something for the young mechanic and by the looks of it, a barbecue was relatively simple enough for her to give it a try. However, in order to make it even better for Keiichi, the whole thing was meant to be a secret and as such, she had to make sure that he had no idea what was taking place in their backyard.

Yet, once again, even the simplest of things could turn into a complicated endeavour and in the process, offer an opportunity for Murphy's law to be confirmed.

"Dagaz? Where are you?"

Looking around, the blonde god was nowhere to be seen and for a moment the amnesiac goddess considered the possibility of sabotage. 'If he did this on purpose to… let my food burn to a crisp, then I'm gonna burn his sorry ass to a crisp!'

"DAGAZ! COME HERE YOU!"

"Meow!"

Feeling a paw against her foot, Urd blinked and looked down at Whiskers who promptly turned towards the direction of the pond, causing the half goddess follow his gaze.

"Huh? What is he doing over there?"

Approaching what seemed like a scene from a documentary about wildlife, Urd couldn't help but wonder why a god was trying to drink from their pond; especially while on all four and with his head submerged underwater.

"Uh… are you okay?"

As soon as the god turned to face the somewhat concerned Norn of the past, it took all of her self restraint not to laugh at his rather hilarious predicament. Well… at least for three whole seconds until her demonic side found it far too funny and dragged her more sympathetic side that felt for the poor god's pain and suffering.

"Bwa ha ha! H-How… How did you get like that?"

Offering her a positively dirty look, Dagaz knew that he should've listened to Vali's wise counsel and resist the urge to try her home cooking, and just do what she asked him in the first place. Alas, it was too much for the blonde god who felt a bit envious of their mortal housemate that was going to be the first one of them to sample Urd's cooking and while she was away to keep him busy in order to prevent the boy from getting curious as to why she was so quiet, Dagaz decided to take a bite. Just one tiny, itsy bitsy nimble of the delectable looking kebabs and… his taste buds exploded from the rich taste of the tender grilled chicken, along with the sliced onions and a variety of peppers that were added to enhance the flavor. Unfortunately for him, that included Tabasco peppers, Habaneros, ghost peppers and even the jewel of her collection: the Carolina Reaper.

"I trief… youf… fooff…" said the suffering god between pauses as he struggled to even talk; given how swollen his lips had become. "Itf… hurtfff…"

"Oh, come on! It's not that bad, you big crybaby!" said Urd between giggles. Taking a bite of the extra spicy chicken kebabs, the half goddess and apparently avid lover of spicy food made an attempt to prove her point; and soon came to realize her folly.

"HOT!"

"Tolff youff…"

Fanning her mouth with both hands, the goddess struggled to see through the tears that cascaded down her cheeks like miniature waterfalls. "DON'T JUST STAND THERE! MILK! GET ME SOME MILK!"

"Yeff!"

XXX

Tossing the empty milk carton aside, Urd and her comrade in pain began to slowly recover from what turned out to be the biggest fiasco as of late. While nowhere as impressive as magic running out of control, the mere fact that it was caused by simple, mundane food ingredients, frustrated the goddess to no end.

"This sucks!..."

"Well… think of the positive side…" said Dagaz in an effort to cheer the brooding goddess and make her forget the searing sensation that still tormented them; albeit to a far more tolerable level than before. "This could've happened to Keiichi."

"That's… true..." Trying not to imagine what would've happened if the poor mortal had taken a bite from her chicken kebabs, Urd still found herself deeply troubled. Her plan was clearly falling apart and while cheating was always an option, she knew that serving him something she hadn't cooked herself was going to be an empty victory. Worse, Keiichi wasn't an idiot and any such attempt would not only fail to convince him, but also make her look bad.

Taking a deep breath, Urd decided to swallow her pride and try the only remaining alternative: ask for help. "Okay… is there anything simple you could teach me that doesn't require us to use the kitchen?"

"Hm… I think that a full meal could be tricky, but… how about something like… a dessert?" suggested Dagaz, scratching his chin. "We could prepare it in another room while he's busy."

"Hey, that sounds good to me! Anything in particular you have in mind?" asked Urd with a smile, hoping that this would be an acceptable plan B.

"How about… pudding? We could use the barbecue to bake it in a baine-marie, and avoid having to use the oven in the kitchen," said Dagaz in an effort to appease her for his earlier transgressions an even earn a few points with her.

"Okay! I'll go and keep him busy, while you steal the ingredients from the fridge!" said Urd with a big grin. "Then we meet back here and see what we can make."

"Of course! After you, Urd."

XXX

Belldandy's apartment, Nekomi

"So, what did neesan say?"

Drinking from the green tea, Belldandy had offered him, Vali took a moment to collect his thoughts and consider his answer carefully. After telling the others that he was going to the city for buying a few things, which was technically correct of course, the blue haired god took this opportunity to stop by the brunette's apartment and brief her about the recent developments.

"She's actually quite happy that she's got younger sisters and looks forward to meet you and even Skuld, but…"

"Is… there a problem?" asked Belldandy with a frown, noticing the troubled look on the cadet's face.

"Well, to be honest with you… I'm not sure that she actually knows that you're her half sister. She only recalls tiny bits of information and at no point did she mention anything about that particular topic, which makes me reluctant to bring it up as well. I'm still uncertain if she's ready to learn that she's a half demoness, meaning… that we may have a problem," said Vali, pausing for a moment to point at the goddess. "Your appearance is a dead giveaway that you two aren't from the same mother."

"Wait… you haven't shown her any pictures of me or Skuld?"

"Actually… no," admitted the god, lowering his head in shame. "I was afraid she would start asking all kind of questions, so I avoided that at all costs."

"I see. Although, if that's the case, then how am I supposed to meet her? She's going to realize what's going on, as soon as she sees me!" said Belldandy, worrying that the true reason behind Vali's visit was to tell her that her meeting with her sister was going to be postponed until further notice. After all, they could claim that she and Skuld were unavailable due to an assignment or something like that.

"Well, I thought that as long as you look like her, that could solve the problem," said Vali with a hopeful expression on his face, rummaging through his shopping bags for something.

"I'm not sure if that's wise. It feels as if I'm trying to deceive my own sister and besides, when her memories return, she's going to know for certain that I attempted to fool her."

"Not unless it has nothing to do with her," said Vali until he found what he was looking for: a magazine. And flipping through its pages, the blue haired god smiled when he reached the article that provided them with a solution to their problem. "Aha! Take a look at this article please."

"Hm?" Taking the magazine to her hands, Belldandy skimmed through the text, but she paid even more attention to the photos. "Ganguro? I've never actually heard of such a thing before. Although… some of the women in the photos… I suppose they bear a slight resemblance to Urd."

"I thought so, too! I mean, as long as you don't go too far, you might be able to look a bit like Urd, while trying a local style that apparently has absolutely nothing with her. As far as anyone is concerned, you're not necessarily trying to deceive Urd."

"It… It feels like a technicality, though," said Belldandy with a frown. "No matter how I see it, this is still an attempt to deceive her…"

"Is there a better way, though? Who knows how she's going to react when she learns her true origins…"

The Norn of the present took another look at the magazine and tried to come up with an argument, but quickly realized that as outlandish as this solution was, even she didn't want to risk distressing her sister. Urd had always been a bit sensitive about her origins and without knowing how much she remembered, their reunion could turn horribly wrong if she wasn't mentally prepared to face the truth.

"Fine. I think that this may be the best way we could try this, without waiting for neesan to remember more about herself."

"Thank you, Belldandy." Smiling a bit, Vali got up and gathered the rest of his shopping bags. "Now, you'll have to excuse me, but I need to go before they start to wonder what's taking me so long. I trust that you'll drop by for a visit later?"

"That's correct, although… I'll have to come alone. Originally I wanted to pick Skuld up and bring her along too, however I think that it's for the best to avoid doing that. Once I talk to neesan and see how much she remembers, I can figure out what's the best way to let her meet Skuld. Until then, I'll have to do my best and follow this plan."

Offering her a nod, the blue haired god departed, leaving her alone to contemplate her options. Technically speaking, all she needed was to alter her appearance just enough to match her sister's bronze skin and perhaps her platinum hair. However, that might not be sufficient to claim that she was trying a style that was characterized by liberal use of makeup along with all kinds of fashionable outfits and the characteristic dark tan they applied for their skin.

While being wrong about something was always an option, doing it on purpose would've been a lie and for a first class goddess like her, such a thing was forbidden. As a result, Belldandy had to make it absolutely sure that she wasn't going to make a poor attempt at going for the ganguro style, but try to adopt it to a certain degree that would eliminate any possibilities of making her claims sound like a lie.

'And let's not forget that I also need to look as if I'm related to Hild, too. That simply rules out most of my regular outfits, since she prefers considerably more audacious clothing and to a certain degree that's also the case with neesan. Alright, I think I've got the basis… Now the question is whether I can pull it off or not.'

XXX

"What do you think?"

Taking a closer look at the Urd's first ever attempt at making a dessert, Dagaz had to admit that the pudding seemed to have the right consistency, color and even texture that one would've expected from such a dessert; except… for its shape.

"Um… I kind of like the result, although in hindsight, baking them inside those rice bowls might have been a bad idea."

"Huh? Why, what's wrong with them?"

"Can't you just tell by their shape? I mean… come on! When you flip them over, don't they seem like… you know…"

"No, and you're just a pervert," said Urd, rolling her eyes at the obviously immature god. "I had to use what was available to me, and it's not my fault that those bowls were so round. Besides… I doubt that Keiichi's gonna think the same, so, the really important question is how they taste."

"Well, I won't argue with that. As they say, the proof is in the pudding." Smiling at the goddess, Dagaz noticed the rather intense stare stare he was receiving from her; the same one would've used when they wanted something. "Uh… what is it, Urd?"

"Aren't you going to give them a try?"

That made the blond god pale a bit, considering the almost traumatic experience he had gone through earlier this morning. "A-Are you sure? After all, they're for Keiichi and… I don't know… it could be inappropriate for me to eat them and…"

'Damn coward…' thought the half goddess, before her more devious side came up with a plan to change his mind. "Say, if you give them a taste, I'll let you touch what they're shaped after…"

Watching her offer him a rather suggestive wink, Dagaz's mental defenses collapsed under the promise of such a titillating reward and with far less hesitation than a moment ago, he took a big spoonful of the offered dessert. "Hey! That's… not bad! Not bad at all, actually!"

"Yes! I got it!" said Urd, with a triumphant grin, knowing that while her original plan had failed, she had still managed to recover and come up with an alternative.

"Um…" Blushing a bit, the blonde god tried to clear his throat, hoping that this would remind her of the offer she made moment ago, and by the looks of it, Urd actually got the message.

"Oh, right!" Turning around Urd reached for something, and for a while Dagaz couldn't help but stare at her with wide eyes, thinking that she was fiddling with her top.

Unfortunately for him, though, the half goddess simply offered him the stack of bows they've used for making the pudding, leaving Dagaz with a pretty confused expression on his face. "Uh… Urd?"

"Stop staring at me like that. You wanted to touch what they're shaped after, and… you got your wish granted I guess. Now, be a darling and take them to the kitchen for me, will you?" said the smiling Norn of the past, trying to ignore the utterly devastated look on the poor god's face. "Oh, and since you're onto it, why don't you wash them too?"

'She got me so bad, it's not even funny!' Heading back to the house, the grumbling blonde noticed his other housemate arrive at the temple grounds, carrying a few shopping bags with him. "Hey, Urd! Vali's back!"

"Excellent! Now we've got everything to make a proper lunch!"

"You mean… to warm it up in our new microwave oven," corrected the blonde god, perhaps in an effort to politely remind her that he was still the only one in this house who actually knew how to cook.

"Oh, shush you!"

XXX

While the original plan was to surprise Keiichi with her chicken barbecue while using the pre-cooked meal as a convenient excuse to keep him from realizing what she was planning, there was an unfortunate change in the menu, leaving Urd no option but to end up relying on that microwave meal after all.

'You know… I'm kind of lucky that I sent Vali to buy that pre-cooked food, or I would've made a fool of myself. Oh, well… I suppose it could've gone way worse, if I tried to serve those kebabs without trying them first.'

And while Urd worked in the kitchen, her three housemates were seated around the low table in the living room, waiting patiently for the half goddess with their lunch and used this opportunity to have some small talk about their day so far. Of course, despite the rather pleasant atmosphere in the room, each of them decided to keep certain… details from the rest. Things like Vali's visit to Belldandy, Dagaz's little incident involving those spicy kebabs that were now considered unsafe for consumption. and even Keiichi's own realization that he was indeed not a plumber after all.

"By the way… Have you told your sister anything about Urd's nature?" asked Vali, making the dark haired mechanic frown a bit.

"Not really. It's kind of a… tough subject, I guess. I'm unsure how to tell her that not only Urd's a goddess, but there are also two other…" started Keiichi before the sound of the doorbell interrupted him and made the three housemates exchange a puzzled look.

"Uh… are we expecting guests?" asked Dagaz, before he glanced over to Vali who decided that this was about time to tell them about Belldandy.

"Actually…"

Meanwhile, as the doorbell kept ringing, Tyr thought that it was taking the rest of them too long to answer it and decided to do it himself, despite the fact that he was just inhabiting the body of a cat.

'Leaving me to answer the door. How impolite!'

Sliding the door open, Tyr was about to offer their visitor a welcoming meow and laugh at their predictable reaction when he suddenly froze; unable to even comprehend just what he was seeing, let alone accept it.

Before his astonished eyes stood a… bronze skinned, blonde… Belldandy, with pale, cream white eyeshadow and a matching lipstick to complement her already outlandish appearance. As if that wasn't strange enough, she was wearing a ridiculously tight, mini skirt with a leopard pattern printed on it, along with a matching, low cut top that left her shoulders along with the upper part of her golden bra in plain view. On top of all that, she was adorned with numerous bracelets, rings, necklaces, and even her high heeled boots had golden chains wrapped around them.

Reaching her golden purse, the almost unrecognizable goddess retrieved a pack of cigarettes and with a snap of her fingers, Belldandy light it up and looked down to her petrified father while taking a long drag from her smoke.

"Yo, pops!"

"MREWAARR?!"

Poking her head out of the kitchen to see what caused Whiskers such distress, Urd instantly spotted her sister and simply stared at her for several long seconds; raising an eyebrow at the spectacle as she too tried to explain what she was seeing.

"Who might you be?"

XXX

Moments later, the temple's residents, plus their unexpected guest were seated in the living room, drinking a cup of tea while they tried to make sense of the situation. Despite Vali's attempt to warn them of Belldandy's arrival, even that failed to save them from the shock of seeing just what Urd's sister looked like. As a matter of fact, the war god cadet himself could hardly believe his eyes at the outcome of was happened to be his own idea, although in all fairness, he never thought that Belldandy of all goddesses would've gone this far with her act.

Even Hild's tiny form was staring at this spectacle in disbelief, as she remained hidden in the attic above them and watched the unfolding event between the gaps in the ceiling's wooden panels.

"Here, I haven't used this for a while, but I knew that I've kept it somewhere."

Offering the now… blonde goddess of the present his rather unusual ashtray, which in reality was a re-purposed old piston that was turned upside down, Keiichi was the one who was mostly unaffected by what was happening around him. After all, this was his first time meeting Belldandy as far as he was concerned and without any idea about what she was normally supposed to look or even act like, the mortal had managed to remain calm and collected. Unlike Dagaz for example, who hid behind an equally shell-shocked Vali; although the latter was mostly worried about the prospect of Tyr learning just whose brilliant idea this was. And with the possessed cat still staring at his middle daughter with dilated eyes and his fur standing up on its end, the cadet knew that it wasn't going to be a fun conversation for him.

"Thanks sweetie, you're quite the helpful type," said Belldandy blowing a kiss in the air, which resulted in a smoke ring that apparently fascinated the goddess who went on and made more of them; much to the other immortals' disbelief.

"Oh, you're welcome," said Keiichi, trying to sit a bit further away from her, just in case. He was rather concerned by the long stare Urd was giving her sister and the last thing he needed was to ruin their reunion by turning it into a catfight. Although, he had to admit that after listening to Vali's description of the middle Norn, Keiichi couldn't help but notice that this goddess was a bit… different from what he had originally expected. 'And here I thought that Urd was a difficult goddess to handle. Boy… her younger sister is totally wild!'

'This is wrong. Utterly and totally wrong!' Narrowing her eyes, the half goddess kept staring at Belldandy and despite her amnesia, she was 100% sure that this wasn't how her middle sister was supposed to be. Indeed, in her mind's eye she had an image of a soft spoken, gentle and above all, shy goddess that certainly didn't match what she was seeing in front of her. "Say… Belldandy… When was the last time we saw each other, again?"

"Hm… it must've been… back when you and your squeeze over there," said the temporarily blonde goddess as nodded in Keiichi's direction, "were looking for a house?"

"Really? I sure don't recall seeing you," said Urd, scratching her chin in thought, trying to remember if she hand actually ran onto her at any point of time back then, but failed to come up with anything.

"That's probably because I don't normally look like this." Taking a long drag from her smoke, Belldandy pointed towards Vali, much to his horror. "It was that bloke's idea, actually. Something about looking a bit more like you would've been better… Seems to me that it didn't though, as you keep giving me that funny look."

"Anyone would! I mean… look at you!" said Urd, as she paused to try and come up with something that didn't sound too offensive. "Even I wouldn't walk around like that!"

"Dunno about that… I've actually borrowed this from your closet back home. Although I didn't want to modify it and because it was a bit too loose up top, I also took one of your really old bikinis you had when you were a teenager. Couldn't help it, since I'm not as stacked as you, sis," said Belldandy with a shrug.

"Uh huh… And you didn't bother to modify them, because?" asked Urd with a raised eyebrow.

"Well… you don't like it when others mess around with your things, sis. Even borrowing this outfit was a bit too much, to be honest with you. Last time Skuld did that, you made her built a bunch of useless things."

"Hm… that sounds kind of familiar…" admitted Urd, crossing her arms. "When she was… little? Something about breaking a beaker with… a potion?"

"Yep! You got that right!" said Belldandy with a wink, happy to see that her sister was starting to recall a few things.

"Okay… now that we've got out of they way, can I learn something even more important? Why was it even necessary to try… this?" asked Urd, pointing at her sister's getup.

"Um… well… the idea was…"

"Out wit it!"

Taking a deep breath as she lit up another cigarette, the faux blonde was facing the very question that in a way lead to all this in the first place; and being unable to lie, the goddess decided that keeping up the act was only going to lead into more problems. "Honestly? We just didn't want to make you worry about your… um… origins?"

"Are you talking about my mother?" Because I think that she's not a goddess at all," said Urd, earning a few worried looks around the table, as well as a really curious one from Keiichi. "She's a… demoness, isn't she?"

"You knew?..." asked the somewhat surprised Norn of the present, while Hild poked her head out of her hiding place, staring at her daughter in wonder.

"Yeah… no matter how much I tried, I couldn't imagine my mother being a goddess. That, and the number that girl gave me a couple of days ago… I remembered it. I've dialed it in the past and it connected to a place called Niflheim."

"You said it! After all, your mum's the top honcho of Hell," said Belldandy, making the others stare at her. "Huh? What are you looking at?"

"Uh… why are still acting like that?" asked Vali. "There's no point doing it anymore. Not that it worked anyway."

"Because it's kind of funny to try something new once in your life? And let's not mention that everyone thinks that I'm way too serious to pull a prank, even though that's clearly untrue," said Belldandy before she let out a sigh. "Still, I guess it's about time I change back into something a bit more comfortable and hopefully join you for lunch? If that's okay with you, of course."

"Don't be ridiculous! Of course it's okay," said Urd, as she got up to take Belldandy to her room. "This way."

"Yes."

XXX

"Ah… much better!"

Having changed into a much more conservative outfit than what she wore before, Belldandy was back into the fair skinned brunette Urd recalled from her still fragmented memories.

"I think it suits you better than my old clothes," said the half goddess with a small smile that made her sister giggle.

"Oh, definitely! Especially the underwear, as that thong was driving me crazy, to be honest with you."

There was a long pause as the two of them simply stared at each other before they started laughing at the somewhat unexpected joke the younger Norn made, perhaps to prove her point that she still hasn't lost her sense of humor.

"No, kidding! I guess you're not used to those things, so leave them to big sister, okay?"

Offering her a nod, Belldandy had to admit that even without her memories, this was still her elder sister. Although optimistic to a fault, the goddess of the present worried that all that information about her past could've caused a far more serious reaction from Urd, but in the end she simply shrugged it off and in all honesty that made Belldandy respect her even more than before. 'You're a much stronger goddess than most give you credit for, neesan. I sometimes feel envious of how you can do such a thing while making it look as if it's the simplest thing in the world.'

"Hm? Why are you smiling like that? Is there something funny on my face?" asked Urd with a giggle, noticing her sister's expression.

"No, I'm just happy that you're still the same Urd I know. Although, I never thought you'd try to cook anything regardless of the circumstances," said Belldandy, earning a tiny blush from her embarrassed sibling who tried to shrug it off as nothing of great importance.

"Hey, I just needed to prove that I'm as good as anyone else when it came to something that simple as cooking! I can't let the others think that I can't do it; just that… It's not one of my hobbies," said Urd with a dismissive shrug.

'You're such a bad liar…' Offering her a nod regardless, Belldandy tried to avoid pushing her any more and end up in an argument. That whole stunt was more than enough already and the last thing she needed was to agitate her sister without a reason. "In that case, do you need help with anything?"

"Hm… I think I've got almost everything covered, but another pair of hands wouldn't hurt. I'm still not relying on my powers to hover things too much, and besides… we've already had enough surprises for today," said Urd as she paused for a moment and decided to ask something she was wondering for a while. "Say… that fortune teller me and Keiichi met some time ago… That was you, right?"

"Ah, that's correct. I'm really sorry I had to resort to such a trick in order to offer my assistance."

"And that means that you lived here on Nekomi for all this time, right?"

"Uh… yes, that's indeed true. Why?"

Curling her lips up in a small smirk, Urd leaned closer to her sister. "Well… according to Vali, he met you at least once, so… did that start a lot earlier?"

"Eh?" Frowning a bit, the brunette goddess had a feeling that this headed into a discussion that she really didn't want to have; especially with Urd.

"Oh, stop feigning ignorance. I may haven't bought your previous act, but at the same time, I don't think you're absolutely innocent either. Come on, you tell me, I won't get mad."

"No! I haven't done anything… too…" Coming to a stop, Belldandy knew that she was treading dangerous waters here, as even the slightest mistake could mean the difference between trying to hide the truth and telling an outright lie.

"Hm?... Anything too... what? Don't stop at the best part, girl! The suspense is killing me, so out with it!"

"I… have seen them during that onsen visit," admitted Belldandy as he cheeks turned beet red.

"Aha! That's more like it! So… after the big reveal… who was your favorite?"

"Neesan!" said the goddess, puffing her red cheeks as she crossed her arms. "You shouldn't say such things!"

"Pff! What's the big deal? We're both adults here, so stop acting like a little girl and tell me, who had the best…"

"Don't say it!"

"Abs…" finished Urd with a huge grin, enjoying her sister's fierce blush that almost glowed like a hot iron out of a blast furnace. "You were totally thinking something absolutely naughty, didn't you?"

"N-N… Not fair! I cannot lie, so stop asking such questions!"

"But, that's the best part! Since you cannot tell a lie, I can finally learn a few more things about you!" said Urd as she leaned so close that her nose was almost touching Belldandy's. "Come on, girl! Who's got the best abs?"

"Well… g-given his training… I think that would be… Vali?"

"Yes! I knew it!" said Urd as she realized that this was the best opportunity to get her sister back for that stunt she pulled earlier. Even though Belldandy's intentions were undoubtedly good, Urd felt that she had to best her or her reputation as a troublemaker was at stake. Making a mental note to ponder just how she even remembered that later, Urd decided to focus on the present moment, along with the Norn who governed that element. "Hey, why don't you stay here for the night and snuggle against those nice abs?"

"Neesan! That's not funny!" shouted the deeply embarrassed goddess, before much to her horror noticed that her sister was about to leave the room. "Wait! Where are you going?"

"To tell Vali, of course!" said Urd with a giggle, causing her sister to run after her.

"No, stop!"

XXX

It was a scene of utter and total chaos. That was probably the best way to describe what had taken place in the living room, as the seemingly docile Whiskers turned into a feral beast during the goddesses' absence.

"What's… going on here?" asked Urd, from her spot at the room's entrance, while Belldandy peeked over her taller sibling's shoulder to find Keiichi and Dagaz on one side of the living room, while the tabby cat and the cadet wrestled in the other.

"W-Whiskers gone mad!" said Dagaz, pointing at the feline in question as Keiichi decided to continue. "Yes, as soon as you and Belldandy left, he went all out at Vali without any warning!"

"Huh… He stopped now, though," noted Urd, looking at the possessed cat tried to act as innocently as possible now that the two Norns were present.

However, this was all in vain since Belldandy decided to step in and admonish her father for his behavior, given that the blue haired recipient of his wrath was in fact innocent and didn't deserve such an unfair treatment. "Father! You shouldn't be bullying him for something that was ultimately my decision! Besides, if we start talking about deception, you're not totally innocent as well."

"Wait… father?" asked the baffled Keiichi, offering the cat a strange look; and he wasn't the only one.

Both Urd and Dagaz stared at the possessed feline with surprise evident on their faces, although unlike Keiichi it had more to do with the identity rather than the physical shape of their final housemate.

"Father? Don't tell me that all this time, you've been spying on us…" said Urd, narrowing her eyes at the tabby cat, who he lowered his head and ears in shame.

"I'm… sorry… I just wanted to make sure you were alright after I've realized that you lost your memory and found this method as the most convenient one to accomplish that," admitted the possessed feline, pausing to take a look at his daughter who stared back at him with a skeptical look on her face.

"Can anyone please tell me why a cat talks?" asked the still baffled mortal, unable to accept that Urd's pet was actually her father.

"Oh, it's simple really. All immortals are capable of possessing other life forms, and the less powerful they are, the easier it is for us. While this is indeed a cat, the one possessing him is none other than our father," explained Belldandy, earning a slow nod from the dark haired mortal.

"That's correct. I apologize for showing up like this, but I had my reasons for concealing my true identity from most of you, since Vali already knew about me," said the possessed cat, clearing his throat before he continued. "I'm Daitenkaicho Tyr. Oh, and before you even ask, this means the leader of Heaven, Keiichi."

"The… leader? Wow… I didn't know Urd had such a high ranking god for a father," said the wide eyed mortal, only to blink when Urd started to laugh. "Huh? Did I say anything funny?"

"If you find that impressive, wait to hear about my mother!" said Urd with a wink. "She's the leader of Hell, right Belldandy?"

"Yes."

'That explains a few things about her personality,' thought Keiichi with a chuckle, although he did try not to attract everyone's attention to him. After all, if this was indeed the leader of Heaven on top of Urd's father, antagonizing him in any way would be foolish. "In that case, I'm pleased to meet you, father!"

There was a short pause when everyone stared at the mortal, who also must've noticed his blunder by now but chose not to say anything more to avoid making it even worse. After a few moments, Tyr scratched his whiskers with his paw and offered him one of those grins cats were so famous of.

"Well, well… you're such a polite young man! Although, I'm not sure whether trying to butter up your potentially future father-in-law is a great idea. A few gods in here might be thinking you're attempting to cheat in order to get ahead of the competition," said Tyr, enjoying the young mechanic's worried expression.

"Yes, that's cheating alright!" said Dagaz, pointing at the mortal in question. "What happened to the whole bro code?"

"Since when did we become bros?" countered Vali, raising an eyebrow at their blonde house mate.

"Since… uh… now!"

"Why won't you admit that you don't want to lose, instead of making up silly excuses?" asked Vali shaking his head with a sigh.

"Who's making silly excuses, mister I'm meeting Urd's sister behind her back?" said Dagaz, pointing an accusatory finger at the blue haired god. "I can now see why you're acting all cool and collected! You've got a backup plan, just in case Urd doesn't pick you!"

"What?... That's nonsense!"

While the two gods argued, Urd couldn't help but chuckle at the whole scene. "Huh… this looks something right of the soap operas I like to watch…"

"Neesan! This isn't the time to say something like that! You should be trying to stop them!"

"Oh, come on, it's almost natural for young males to compete with each other in order to attract a lady's attention. There's nothing wrong with that… unless things get out of hand," said Urd, putting a lot more emphasis at that last part to count as as hidden warning to the arguing gods who almost immediately stopped and nervously glanced over at her.

'That actually worked? And neesan didn't use spells at all? That's a new one for sure! Normally Urd would use brute force to get what she wanted, instead of such a subtle way of handling a situation. Actually… that's my style!' Blinking as she tried to understand what was going on here, Belldandy had to admit that perhaps there might be something to gain from her sister's current predicament; providing that she doesn't revert to her old ways once she remembers everything.

Ignoring the curious look she was getting from her sister, Urd decided to go even further in order to diffuse this situation. "Now… where was I? Oh right, the lunch! How about we try my homemade food?"

"Sure thing Urd! I'm kind of hungry actually," said Keiichi in an attempt to sound as enthusiastic as possible, unlike the possessed cat whose ears drooped a bit.

"I don't think that warming up food in the microwaves counts as homemade," muttered Tyr, earning a dirty glare from his firstborn who didn't find his comment to be amusing at all.

"You know, I'm going to miss the days when all could say was meow… Now, you're a food critic on top of a peeping tom," said Urd as she tapped her foot on the tatami floor. "After all, I need my privacy and having you watch my every move isn't very… nice. I mean… what would've happened if I decided to have a three… no… a foursome?"

The stunned and rather embarrassed audience nearly choked on their tea as soon as the bronze skinned goddess uttered those words, ending up in a coughing fit; especially Keiichi and Belldandy who weren't mentally prepared for such an immoral suggestion.

However, unlike the rest of them, Tyr remained perfectly unaffected by Urd's comment and instead he simply returned her curious expression with a stern one of his own. Extending one of his front paws, the possessed feline protracted his tiny yet sharp claws, much to his daughter's confusion as he offered no other insight as to his intentions.

"What's… that supposed to mean?"

"Cat fu."

XXX

The Daimakaicho's office, Niflheim

Inside the spacious room that served as Hild's workspace from where the bronze skinned demoness ruled the realms under her direct control; yet today on top of her agenda was a matter of a more... personal nature.

Although there were some rather obvious benefits from leaving Urd in her current state of partial amnesia, Hild couldn't help but feel that as a mother, she wished for her daughter's situation to get resolved as soon as possible. As such, her primary focus was the root of the problem rather than the symptoms themselves and though she made quite some progress, it was always a risk that whatever caused it to happen in the first place could undo all that and make her go back to square one.

'Tyr said that the whole issue with her double registration is almost sorted out and Skuld had patched the System to avoid this exact problem from happening ever again, but… I still haven't really caught the one who did this. Although, given the clearance needed to pull something like that, it's not like I don't know who's behind it. I think that I've postponed this long enough already, it's time for me to get some much needed answers.'

Pressing a button in her communicator, the Daimakaicho waited for her blonde assistant and second in command to show up, almost as if she was summoned for some sort of official business. After all, catching her off guard was a far better alternative than telling her the exact reason why she called her in the first place, although Hild expected that Hagall must've prepared an explanation for her actions either way. As enthusiastic as she was, the younger demoness wasn't a complete idiot who would merely assume that her little plot would've remained a secret forever. Actually, what baffled her was just how obvious it the entire thing really was in the first place, given that it took her no time to figure out who must've been hiding behind all this.

Minutes later, the heavy and decorated door of her office swung open, revealing her second in command who offered her a respectful bow before she approached her desk. "You called for me, Hild-sama?"

"Ah… yes, that's quite correct Hagall-chan. Please take a seat, we've got much to discuss actually." Gesturing to one of the two chairs placed in front of her office, Hild watched her assistant with great interest as she acted almost as if there was nothing wrong at all. Obviously, she had personally taught her how to handle herself in such situations and maintain what mortals called a poker face in order to prevent those she negotiated with from gaining too much information from her body language. Then again, it was entirely possible that she actually believed that her little plot would never be exposed and if that was the case, Hild really needed to teach her a few additional lessons; as such a display was unfitting for a high ranking demoness.

"Of course my lady. Is this about my annual fiscal report?" asked Hagall, totally unaware of her boss' intentions.

"No, I think we've already discussed that in great detail a few days ago," said Hild with a dismissive wave of her hand. "It's a little bit more of a… personal matter. About my daughter, to be more specific."

"Did anything happen to her?" asked the blonde demoness, raising an eyebrow, much to her boss' surprise.

"Aside from losing her memory? No… although that amnesia thing is still a bit… annoying," said Hild, wondering if she should congratulate herself for teaching Hagall how to play dumb like that.

"Oh, my apologies… I thought that this was already old news, so I didn't assume that it was the reason you wished to talk to me," said Hagall, still showing no signs of concern in her voice.

"Well, old news or not, I want to know why you poked your nose in something that was clearly none of your business. I've learned that Urd-chan's amnesia was a case of her demonic license being activated, triggering a rather nasty response by Heaven's security systems that were never really designed to handle a scenario like that. Now, care to explain what were you trying to accomplish?"

"With all due respect my lady, but I think that the Daitenkaicho's idea of leaving Urd alone on the mortal realm for fifty years and on top of that not being allowed to use her powers, is a bit of an overkill when it comes to the so called 'serious offense' she had allegedly committed. Without a proper investigation as to who was truly responsible for that server going down, it's far too convenient to wrap everything up like that and call it a user error, while in reality it might've been the designers' own fault for providing the sysops and administrators with poor quality tools to work with. Or at the very least, their incompetence to provide some decent security measures, given that we don't experience such problems; at least not as bad as they do."

"I won't argue with that, actually. Celestials really love to find convenient scapegoats to blame whenever they mess something up and it's almost standard practice for the high ranking members of their society to blame their subordinates in order to keep their own precious record spotless," said Hild with a disgusted sigh. "Still, what does that have to do with Urd?"

"But, my lady!... Don't you feel that this is rather unfair to her? Without even an investigation to prove her guilt, her own father pretty much sentenced her to living like a mortal for half a century."

"I'm… aware of that and I can't say that I agree with Tyr's handling of the whole matter. Perhaps he's far too willing to prove that he's not showing any favoritism to his firstborn by going as far as to be unfair to her. Yet, leaving her amnesiac on top of all that, is hardly my idea of improving her life."

"Erasing her memories along with her prejudice against us could finally open her eyes to realize that as long as she's going to stay as a goddess, that's the kind of treatment she's going to get. If she became a demoness, her life would definitely improve as we reward those who work under us, instead of taking their allegiance for granted and on top of that, punish them for everything they do wrong."

Scratching her chin, Hild studied Hagall's expression and by the looks of it, she almost appeared to be telling the truth. Indeed, it was a plausible method of making Urd rethink her place in the world and perhaps choose to join her, instead of serving those ungrateful celestials who clearly didn't think much of her. As a matter of fact, Hild had no delusions that if it wasn't for her extended family, her daughter would've abandoned Heavens a long time ago to serve under her, where she could get the recognition she deserved. "That makes a lot of sense from Urd's perspective, although… not from yours, Hagall-chan."

"Uh… what do you mean, my lady?"

"It's a bit too good to be true for a demoness of your standing to try and recruit someone who might as well attempt to take your position in the future. While we're not as paranoid as celestials make us seem to be, I wonder if this is an attempt to flatter me in one way or another," admitted Hild after some thought.

"In all honesty… we all owe a lot to you, my lady," said Hagall lowering her head a bit, as she struggled to come up with the right words. "If it wasn't for you, we'd be still called the idiots of Niflheim, each of our group incapable to use the normal powers every other demon uses; leaving us with few prospects of getting any kind of important position for ourselves. So, me and the others wished to somehow return the favor and… this was the most likely way to do that. After all, it's the only thing you really couldn't get on your own, and I thought that it was worth giving it a shot."

That actually made Hild stare her assistant for a long time, while the latter averted her gaze out of embarrassment; a faint blush evident in her cheeks. "I… see. This might explain a few things, but… that still doesn't explain your eagerness to try and try to recruit someone who easily replace you.."

"That's not necessary, my lady," said Hagall, fidgeting around a bit, as she tried to come up with a polite way of phrasing what she wanted to say and yet, she hesitated. "May I speak freely?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"Very well… I just don't think that Urd's likely to try and get my position, based on how much paperwork I have to deal on a daily basis," said Hagall, swallowing nervously after this bold proclamation.

"Are you trying to call my daughter… lazy?" asked the Daimakaicho, narrowing her eyes at her subordinate, although mostly to get a reaction from her.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to insult you!" said Hagall, leaning as far back in her chair as possible, fearing her boss wrath, although the latter started to laugh much to blonde's confusion. "Hild-sama?..."

"It's okay… I'm just messing around with you," said Hild between giggles. "But enough with that. I won't punish you for this, however!... I've got a little task for you, and it involves delivering a package to someone."

"Thank you, my lady!" said Hagall, choosing to ignore the fact that there had to be a catch with that offer, given how simple it sounded; and not to mention something that it wasn't even a job for Niflheim's second in command. Of course, refusing was out of question, given the position she had found herself in, regardless of her intentions. "I promise that I won't let you down!"

"Good! Now, come with me and listen well to what I want you do. I don't want any mishaps with this one."

Smirking, the Daimakaicho motioned for Hagall to follow her as she headed out of her office and towards one of the most dreaded areas of Niflheim: The field of the sealed flowers.

XXX

Nekomi, Japan

"Thank you so much for the meal, I really enjoyed it."

Offering her hosts a polite bow, Belldandy couldn't help but smile at the sight of Urd putting an effort to do something like this, whereas in the past she would've simply let her handle the troublesome details and simply focus on the booze. In some ways, it was possible that this whole situation could turn out to be a good learning experience for her sister and hoped that even after she fully recovered her memory, some of the things she learned would persist.

"No worries Belldandy. Next time, how about you bring Skuld along, too?" asked Urd as she leaned against the doorframe while her housemates stayed a few steps behind her in the resident's main hallway.

"Oh, I'll definitely do that, neesan! The poor dear really wants to see you again and now that I know that it's fine to bring her, I'll most certainly do that," said Belldandy with a big smile. "As soon as I manage to arrange for it, I'll get her on Earth."

"You do that. Hopefully by then I'll even manage to learn how to make ice-cream!" said Urd with a grin as a devious plot formed in her mind.

"There she goes again…" muttered Dagaz, worrying that once more he was going to end up as the guinea pig.

"I heard that!" said Urd, giving him a sideways glance, while Keiichi and Vali simply shook their heads.

"Oh, and before I forget…" said Belldandy in an effort to get their attention away from the poor god who simply spoke his mind. Turning to the possessed feline, the brunette goddess offered him a deep bow. "I must apologize for my actions earlier, father. That was a most vulgar and shameful display. Although…"

"Yes?" asked Tyr who was nodding his head in approval as his daughter confessed of her ill deeds, and the stopped to see what else she had to say.

"It was kind of funny in a way," said Belldandy with a giggle, that made her father narrow his eyes at her.

"No, it wasn't! If I ever witness such a…. mrrewr…" started Tyr, but came to an abrupt stop when his eldest daughter rushed to her sister's help and unleashed her secret weapon: the terribly effective 'rub behind the ears' trick, which almost instantly tamed even the most fierce of felines. "Hey, cut it out, I'm not done with… mrewwrr?... Urrrrdd!..."

"Quick! Run away Bell, while I've got him pinned!" laughed Urd, as she kept scratching the possessed feline who desperately tried to shake her off.

Giggling, the goddess of the present turned and headed towards her apartment, but not before she offered them one last wave while Urd and Tyr duked it out in a rather silly display of what would've been a catfight should they were both felines.

'And here I thought that my family was strange…' thought Keiichi, scratching the back of his head as he watched them interact with each other and then glanced to the two gods who were trying to look away from the spectacle; afraid that they'd end up laughing and in the process insult their ruler.

"Oh my!... It's so heartwarming to see them play like that!..."

The sudden voice interrupting the otherwise silly sounds of the quarreling father and daughter, caused everyone to look around in order to locate where exactly it came from, although there was little doubt for most of them who that was. Out of all the immortals, only one had such a playful yet sultry voice, let alone a motive to be here: Hild.

However, knowing little about the notorious Daimakaicho, Keiichi was blissfully unaware of that particular demoness' playful character and as a result he was mentally unprepared for what hit him. A shadow loomed above him and as soon as the young mortal turned around to see what was behind him, a pair of soft orbs of considerate volume were pressed against his face; whether he liked it or not.

"Mmph?"

The muffled sounds of the mortal's protests caused the rest of the bystanding immortals turn to find Hild in her full glory, giving the struggling Keiichi a taste of her personal version of marshmallow hell. An experience that was further enhanced by her outfit's extremely low cut front which enabled more skin contact that would've otherwise been impossible, should the demoness was wearing something a lot more sensible.

"Mo-Mother?" asked the baffled Urd, not believing her eyes. "What… do you… think you're doing?"

"Oh, this? It's called puff puff!" said Hild, rubbing her ample bosom against the captive mortal, whose protests started to become less and less energetic. Although whether it was due to him giving in to the titillating sensation he was receiving or… mere lack of oxygen was currently unknown.

"And you're doing that, because?..." asked Urd with a raised eyebrow.

"Hey, I thought it was a good way of introducing him to the family, Urd-chan!" said Hild with a huge grin. even though her daughter didn't seem to be all that impressed.

"We're not a couple yet."

"Hm… now that you mention it, you've got a point," letting Keiichi go, which allowed the mortal to gasp for the much needed oxygen his lungs were desperate for, Hild turned to her next target. "Then… I've got to say hello to the others too!"

"You don't have to…" started Urd, only to watch her mother launch herself to her next victim, although that one provided no resistance whatsoever; the temple's harmless pervert, Dagaz. "She's not listening a thing I say…"

"Aw… you're so cute!"

Letting a tired sigh, Urd glanced over to her father who simply shook his head at Hild's antics while Keiichi was trying to recover from the lack of oxygen. "Are you feeling okay?"

But instead of the mortal, it was Dagaz the one who made an effort to reply, by giving Urd a thumbs up, much to the latter's chagrin.

"I wasn't talking about you! And try to resist a bit more, mister! I can totally tell that you're enjoying it!" snapped Urd at the blonde god, before she turned back to Keiichi, all while Vali searched for a place to hide, knowing that he was most like the Daimakaicho's next victim. "Well, Keiichi? Do you feel lightheaded or have problems breathing?"

"No, I'm fine… She just took me by surprise, that's all," said the mechanic, glancing over at Hild. "So… that's your mother? She's… energetic, to say the least."

"No kidding… A bit too energetic if you ask me." Groaning as she watched Hild let go of Dagaz and search for Vali, Urd couldn't help but wonder if she was doing this on purpose. Sure, as far as she could remember Hild had a reputation of being a bit wild, but definitely not to such a degree.

And it wasn't just the half goddess who was suspicious of the Daimakaicho's antics; Tyr too thought that his ex wife was a bit too playful, a lot more that normal anyway. What seemed out of the ordinary was that this was her main body, most likely using her one thousandth avatar to pull the rest of herself without opening a large gate for her to enter the mortal realm. It was a technique frequently employed by the demonic special forces in order to infiltrate an area while attracting the least amount of attention, and given that they haven't set up any kind of warding spells around the temple, Hild had easily managed to sneak up to them just like that. As a matter of fact, even he was taken by surprise when she grabbed Keiichi and as eccentric as she was at times, Tyr really doubted that she had gotten into all that trouble just to pull a prank on them.

'What are you up to this time, Hild? I know that this isn't your typical way of messing around with others, but… the big question is what do you have in mind?'

XXX

Meanwhile at downtown Nekomi, Megumi Morisato was on a shopping trip at the market place and given her wild popularity there, she was already struggling to carry all the bags with the gifts she was offered by the shopkeepers. The college student had a reputation of offering everyone a hand whenever they had a problem with their bikes and as a way of thanking her, some of the shop owners started to give her some free samples of their wares and for a single woman who lived in a dorm, it often proved to be more than half of what she actually needed to spent the next week or so.

Also, because of her popularity, Megumi had grown accustomed to see strangers stop to talk to her about a machine of theirs that was acting up and as a result, the young student didn't pay too much attention to the foreign looking woman when she tried to talk to her.

"Excuse me miss, but can I offer you a promotional sample of my group's new single?"

Blinking, Megumi stared at the foreigner who apparently spoke perfect Japanese and without a hint of an accent. Blonde and with a rather neat looking green business suit, this woman seemed almost out of place; at least compared to the other people working for some advertising campaign.

"Do I have to pay for it?" Normally most would've found the whole setup as a bit suspicious and Megumi was no exception to that rule, and yet, her curious nature prevented her from simply making an excuse and walk away. After all, looking at the cover of the CD case the mysterious woman held in her hands, it appeared to be some kind of a heavy metal band which in general wasn't something Megumi was all that interested about.

"Oh no, not at all! This is all part of a promotional campaign, so you can have this for free!" said the blonde, trying her best smile in an effort to convince her. As much as Hagall wished to just get this over with, trying too hard could simply have the opposite effect and convince her that something fishy was going on here, although at the same time, if she didn't put enough effort, Megumi would simply leave.

Which was almost what was about to happen as the young Morisato didn't quite seem to be interested in the CD, until she realized that this woman had markings on her cheeks and while red, they reminded her of Urd. And not to mention the fact that she was a foreigner too, making this into a rather interesting coincidence. "Actually, I'll take it!"

"Thank you, miss! I hope you like our… band," said the overjoyed Hagall who knew that her job was done and without a hitch too. 'So easy… Now I need to inform Hild-sama that she no longer needs to keep them busy, since the package was delivered.'

With the Daimakaicho so close to all the celestials currently located at that temple, her energy signature was mostly masked by Hild's considerably more powerful presence. As such, it was only a trivial matter to deliver this particular sealed container to Keiichi's sister who would do the rest, albeit due to ignorance.

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

"Huh? Yes?" The question took Hagall by surprise, though, since Niflheim's second in command wasn't expecting her to stick around once she got the CD. Instead, Megumi was still there and looking at her with an almost cat-like smile on her face. "What is it?"

"Well… I've noticed that you're not carrying any more CDs… So, I guess that was the last?"

"Uh… yes… that was the last," lied Hagall, not wanting to tell her that there were no other CD, should she get suspicious by that revelation.

"Then if you're done here, how about we hit a bar? My treat of course!" said Megumi, giving the baffled demoness a wink. 'Hopefully with a glass or two, I'll find out more about her and most importantly, Urd. I mean… it's too much of a coincidence. They both have those markings and seem like foreigners. So, there's got to be a connection here.'

'Is she… hitting on me?... No way!... I'm not a… well, maybe if it was Hi-... No!' Staring at the mortal with concern rather evident in her eyes, Hagall had no idea what to do in a situation like this. It was the first time anyone was hitting on her in such a fashion and worse, she worried that saying no could upset Megumi, resulting in her throwing away the CD. Obviously that could cause all sorts of problems and having to explain why the second highest ranking demoness had failed to perform such a simple task was out of question really. Hagall had already annoyed her boss once by causing Urd's amnesia and such a poor display this soon would make her look really bad. Taking a breath to calm her nerves, the blonde demoness did her best to offer this young woman a smile before she nodded. "That… would be nice actually. It's been a while since I visited a good bar."

"Really? I know a good one nearby, so how about I drop my shopping bags at the dorm and then head there?" Taking a piece of paper she actually used to keep her shopping list, the young Morisato quickly scribbled something on it before she offered the note to Hagall. "Here, that's the bar's address. I'll meet you there in… let's say… half an hour or so?"

"Sure thing. I won't be late," said Hagall, taking a look at the note, as Megumi rushed to get to her bike in order to get this show on the road.

'Okay, seriously… What have I gotten myself into this time? Out of all the possible outcomes of meeting that guy's sister, she just had to be closet lesbian and now wants a piece of me! This is getting better and better...'

Letting out a sigh, Hagall headed towards the bar and steeled herself to face whatever fate awaited her, although she wasn't going to go down without a fight.

AN: I would like to thank everyone that has offered their feedback and support both here and on the Goddess Relief site.

I would also like to thank ObeliskX for the initial suggestion for a reverse harem setting that led to this story.

There are a few things that I'd like to note for this chapter.

The Carolina Reaper is a very hot pepper. Like… really hot, so their reaction to all those chilli peppers isn't exactly an exaggeration on my part. If anyone ate all that, there's 0% chance they'd feel comfortable.

Belldandy's little performance was just that, a performance. Don't take that too literally or as anything more than an attempt of concealing the fact that she and Urd are half sisters. Still, the shock value of watching her act like that, must've stirred some of Urd's memories and in a way it proved more useful than originally intended.

The field of the sealed flowers was never explicitly named in the manga, but it's the location where Hagall stored Hild's frozen form during her rebellion. Here, it's the location of another sealed demoness and given that her container is a CD, I think it's pretty obvious who she actually is.

And… as soon as the sister leaves, the mother drops by for a visit. Not to spoil anything, but if Belldandy's visit was crazy… Hild's definitely going to surpass that.