Hey guys! i hope you enjoyed last chapter, and now, as promised, is chapter more in the style of the show. Plus it give me a chance to play around with some of the power players in both Norse Mythology and the show. anyway please enjoy!
Keiichi sat in a bar alone, looking a bit uncomfortable. He looked around the bar to see if anyone out of the ordinary was around. He sighed.
"Geeze, first some fallen god and now some shady guy invites me to meet him at the bar or else? Man can't i get a break?" said the male as he sighed. Keiichi sat still for a moment s he began to play with his glass of water. What was he even doing here? This was all probably some joke being played on him by the guys from the auto club or one of Sayako's crazy schemes. either way it was something he could do without and so Keiichi stood up and payed for the water before heading toward the door.
"Man, what a waste of time, I could of been home with Belldandy, instead i'm on the other end of town in some random bar where i don't even belong." sighed Keiichi morosely. He had reached the door right as someone bumped into him.
"Oh, sorry." he apologized.
"Hold still good sir, are you Keiichi Morisato?" asked the man's smooth, deep voice. Keiichi looked up to see a man who stood six foot, three inches tall and has a muscular build to him. He had slightly tanned skin and long blonde hair that went past his shoulder a few inches and a trimmed blonde beard hugging tightly to his face. The man wore a dark brown leather jacket, a white shirt, fade relaxed fit jean and dark brown dress boots. His blue eyes reminded Keiichi of the sky.
"Uh, uh yeah. I'm Keiichi Morisa-to!" breathed Keiichi as the man suddenly engulfed him in a crushing bear hug of sorts.
"Ah! My new kin! Come, let us drink!" said the man putting him down and dragging him back to the bar.
"Hold on, what are you-" Keiichi was interrupted.
"bar wench! Your finest Mead, immediately!" called the blonde to the female bartender who gave him a funny look but nodded in confirmation none the less.
"Hold on, who are you?" asked Keiichi getting the much taller man's attention.
"Ah, how rude of me, I am Thor. It is a pleasure to finally meet you Keiichi Morisato." said Thor patting Keiichi on the back.
"To finally meet me? How do you even know who I am? And why did you want me to meet you here? and what was the 'or else'?" asked the brunette, shooting off questions as fast as his mind could process and send to his mouth.
"Calm Keiichi, calm. I see that you are worried but despite the context that the message was in I mean you no harm. as for your other questions, they will be answered in due time." said Thor, placing a hand on Keiichi's shoulder as the bartender showed up with their drinks.
"For now, let us speak as friends and drink as brothers." said Thor as he gave Keiichi his cup of mead. Keiichi examined the honey flavored alcoholic beverage. He didn't even know there was a bar that served this stuff in Nekomi. He looked up at Thor uncertainly before sighing and downing the drink.
"Good, and if you prefer another type of drink, you need only speak. Until then, More Mead!" called Thor before turning to Keiichi.
"Now Mr. Morisato tell me about yourself." said the blonde making Keiichi look up at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Tell me all about yourself. Go on, your secrets are safe with me." said Thor making Keiichi raise an eyebrow.
"But… I only just met you, so, no offense, but why should i tell you m-" began Keiichi before he was interrupted again.
"less questions, more stories." said Thor shoving the next round of mead into Keiichi's hands. Keiichi sighed, how did he get into these messes?
Later…
"I'm coming, I' coming! Just hold on a sec." called Megumi Morisato, heading to the door of her apartment as someone knocked several times on the door.
"Geeze who could even be there this late at night?" she groaned checking her clock to see it was 11:08. Megumi let out a agitated moan before opening the door.
"Keiichi!?" asked Megumi, her jaw dropping when she saw her older brother slumped over some blonde (and very attractive) stranger in a dark brown biker jacket.
"What the hell happen to you? And who is this, one of your 'auto club' friends? " asked Megumi, earning only groan in response as Thor pushed past her and laid her brother down on the sofa.
"What happened to him? He looks completely plastered!" noted Megumi in shock. Keiichi rarely ever even touch anything with alcohol in it and here he was, the ever spineless and responsible Keiichi, completely and utterly shit-faced beyond belief. aside from his drunken expression his appearance looked like he had either gotten into a scuffler of fell down the stairs.
"We drank, we fought, he made his ancestors proud." smirked Thor casually looking in Megumi's direction.
"So wait, why did you bring him here and not his place? You know where it is don't you?" asked Megumi looking at who she assumed to be a senior from the auto club.
"according to him this was the closest place of refuge. That or he was going about you, a dog, and pie." answered Thor before turning on his heel and heading to the door.
"I'll be off then, and Miss Morisato, " he began turning back to her "It will be your turn next time." he smiled before slamming the door shut leaving behind a very confused Megumi and a even more drunk Keiichi.
Next day…
"Oh, my head." groaned Keiichi, holding an icepack to his head while Belldandy rubbed soothing circles in his back.
"I never thought i'd see the day when Keiichi of all people had a hangover." mused Urd.
"Urd please, let Mr. Keiichi rest." urged Belldandy to her sister.
"Man i can't even remember what happened. I can't believe i actually got blackout drunk" groaned Keiichi.
"Serves you right for disappearing like that. Big sis was up all night, she was so worried about you." said Skuld as she watched TV.
"i can still smell all the alcohol on. Lets see, saki, scotch, vodka, and… mead? My i didn't know Keiichi was a fan." added Urd, listing off everything Keiichi had drank the night before, just by the smell of him.
"Perhaps you should bathe Mr. Keiichi." said Belldandy also noting the strong smell of alcohol and… other substances.
"Is it that bad? Yeah, i think i'll go the, i just have to-" Keiichi never got the chance to finish his sentence when the two Auto club seniors, Tamiya and Otaki bursted in through the door.
"Morisato! It's time for the mandatory auto club meeting!" called the hulking Tamiya.
"yeah and we're here to make sure you don't try skipping out again!" added Otaki as the two marched in toward the wide eyed Keiichi.
"Wait, what? Already? This early?" asked Keiichi as the two grabbed him.
"Don't try that on us Morisato, it's already twelve." said Otakia as they dragged him away.
"Geeze i think i know why he think it's still early. Smells like he slept at bar last night." noted Tamiya.
"well good for you Morisato! That'll put some hair on your chest!" said the blond senior.
"Damn right it will, now lets go before we're late." added Tamiya as the dragged poor Keiichi away.
"Mr. Keiichi?" called Belldandy, a bit surprised herself at the sudden appearance of the two's appearance and basic kidnapping of her beloved Keiichi Morisato.
at the auto club…
"Man, that thing they used to sabotage us really did the trick. It messed up our engine pretty bad." noted Keiichi as he worked on the auto club's three wheeled car.
"Dam right they did, but it'll take an act of god himself before we take this sitting down!" growled Tamiya raising his fist in front of him
"You said Tai, and then some!" added Otaki striking a similar pose making Keiichi sweat drop. what was with these guys? They should be helping with the car, not just standing there.
'Vroom!' 'Vroom!'
Speaking of cars. The Auto Club members snapped their heads in the direction of a gray Hennessey LS9 2011 chevy camaro with blue detail on the sides and a blue underglow.
"Woah. Listen to that baby purr." muttered Otaki.
"Too bad about the underglow. Hate to see something so cliche on such a nice looking car." added Tamiya as the car rolled up to the group. The pitched black, one way window, slowly rolled down to reveal a fairly young looking man. Possibly early to late twenties.
They man had dark brown, almost black, cropped hair and blue eyes. He had fair skin and light mustache with stubble on his chin. The man wore a dark blue dress shirt with black tie and black dress slacks and man examined the group of young men examining his ride, some close to drooling.
"Wonderful." he muttered sarcastically with a roll of his eyes. The man stepped out, grabbing his black jacket and turned to the auto club.
"You!" he said pointing to Keiichi.
"Me?"
"No, the other blithering idiot i'm pointing to." was the man's sarcastic reply, "yes you, I am Baldur and this is my car. i want you to give it a quick look over and change it's oil. Disturb even a molecule and i will end you. Understood?" asked Baldur making Keiichi gulp.
"U-uh sure. as long as it's okay with you guys." said Keiichi turning to the seniors.
"sure, as long as you can pay up pretty boy." said Tamiya.
"In that-case -get to work. I don't have all day." said Baldur before going over to a chair and sitting down on a random chair and pulling out a magazine from the auto club's stash.
"well, get to work Morisato, if this guy can, we gotta give him his money worth.' said Otaki, handing Keiichi a tool box. Keiichi sighed, but nodded and went up to the car. Keiichi set down the tool box and rubbing his hand together.
"Okay then, here we go." muttered Keiichi as he go into the car and sat down, almost instantly sighing at how surprisingly comfortable the leather seats were. It was like sitting on a cloud! This guy had great taste in customs. Keiichi shook his head and found the lever he was looking for before popping up the hood and his jaw nearly dent the car when it dropped to the floor. Baldur's car had a NASCAR Chevy SB2.2 racing engine, fully chromed. Keiichi new this thing had a good engine from the sound of it going, but a professional racing engine? This was almost too much.
Keiichi gulped, looking back to Baldur who glanced at keiichi, scrutinizingly, before returning to his magazine as if keiichi was no more interesting than an insect.. Keiichi took a deep breath before inspecting the engine thoroughly along with everything else under the hood. After he found all was in perfect order (and then some) he then got under the car and found the belly of the beast was in as perfect condition as under the hood.
Keiichi then went about inspecting the car and tweaking whatever need to be adjusted, or fixed (which wasn't much, but still) and finally changed the oil before going up to Baldur.
"All done sir." he smiled. Baldur raised an eyebrow at him before standing up and inspecting his camaro. He examined every detail of his car to see if there anything out of place aesthetically before running his hand over the hood of the vehicle. After a few minutes of standing there with his hand on the car he gave a nod of approval and turned to Keiichi.
"i guess you're not completely useless. For a mortal." he commented, muttering the last part.
"Oh, um thanks sir. i guess?" replied Keiichi as Baldur got into his car and fetched something from the glove compartment.
"Your payment." he tossed Keiichi a pouch of coins by the sound of it, "And Mr. Morisato, after you finish up here head to the park." instructed Baldur before driving off.
"hey wait i gotta make this is enough!" shouted Keiichi before sighing. and looking down at the bag of coins.
"man i really hope this is enou-holy crap!" shouted Keiichi in surprise making the other look over at him.
"What is it Morisato? he try to pull a fast one on us-woah!" cried Tamiya when he saw what was inside the bag.
"a-are those...Are those real?" asked Otaki peering into the bag's contents as well. Gold coins lined the inside of the bag in Keiichi's hand. Real, valuable, old looking gold coins.
"This… is… definitely enough." muttered the still dumbfounded Keiichi. who was that guy?...wait, go to the park? Why?
Later…
"I wonder why that guy wanted me to come to the park?" wonder Keiichi aloud as he took a seat on a park bench. He called home and told the others he was 'doing errands' and to be fair it wasn't technically a lie. Kinda. Whatever as long as he didn't get pulled into some crazy misadventures, hell maybe he could even get another job from that guy.
What was his name? Baldur? Man that guy had a serious way of paying for stuff. Gold coins? Who pays in real gold coins? Man if he could get another job from that guy, he'd be set, for who knows how long.
Keiichi looked around before noticing something very strange. A nest. A very large nest, with equally large eggs in it. Eh? Keiichi looked around to see if anyone else had spotted the strange sight before rubbing the back of his head.
"What the heck is that? I've never seen any eggs that big." he noted before sighing. Keiichi stared at it for several seconds before going against his better judgement and walking up to the spectacle.
"I wonder what could have left something like this? Couldn't be a bird, could it?" wondered Keiichi before a large shadow loomed over him making his look her his shoulder and his skin paled when he saw what could only have been the largest reptile he'd ever seen in his life. The large prehistoric creature examined the paled Keiichi as he stood dangerously to it's nest.
"W-wait! I've seen this before this is just a prank!" Keiichi suddenly snapped as a memory of a very similar prank was shown to him on the internet by his sister Megumi. They'd make a fake nest and then some guy in a dinosaur suit ran at who ever walked by.
"Ha ha, you got me. Very funny," began Keiichi looking around for the hidden cameraman, "Nice trick, but i know this is just some dude in a-" he stopped mid sentence when he reached out to feel what he had assumed to be a rubber dinosaur costume but froze when he felt real skin, " costume?" he finished. The beast breathed out deeply making Keiichi's clothes shift before letting out a loud, thundering roar.
Keiichi was so terrified he wouldn't be surprised if his heart just gave out right there and then.
"Holy Crap! Th-thats not a costume!" he screeched jumping back before sprinting like bad out of hell. He could hear the guttural growls and feel and the ground shakes with each heavy footstep as the beast as it thundered after him.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to invade your nest miss dinosaur i swear!" he screamed as liquid orbs sat on the edges of his eyes. Keiichi bolted down the park with several people casting several strange looks the teenager's. Why weren't they running? Didn't they see the giant T-rex chasing after him?
As Keiichi ran for the love of his sorry life one of the people watching let out a low chuckle. it was a man with shoulder length, dark slicked back hair and dark emerald green eyes. He had pale skin and was a lean yet muscular man. He wore a black peak lapel overcoat and black slacks as well as polished black shoes. one could see the apple green dress shirt and black tie he wore under his coat as well. The man held a yellow scarf draped over his shoulders and he wore a gold ring on his middle finger on his left hand
"Crude, but the effects were adequate. I must say his reaction is better than most humans." laughed the man as he admired his own work.
Later…
"Man i can't believe i got lost." lamented Keiichi as he sat in the subway train. Keiichi had been so intent on running for his life, he had neglected to notice where he was going and had no clue where he ended up. Luckily he had ended up next to the subway entrance and could at least get home.
"man i hope my bike is still there tomorrow." he groaned as a man in a dark green suit sat next to him.
"Mind if i take a seat next to you?" asked the man getting Keiichi's attention.
"Oh-uh sure. GO ahead." nodded Keiichi as the dark haired man sat next to him.
"Thank you… Say you look down, what's wrong?" asked the man, noting Keiichi extreme lammenting.
"Oh it's nothing, just that i've been having a rough day." said Keiichi rubbing the back of his head. He didn't want to get into how he was chased by a giant reptile only to be cornered and turn around to realize nothing was there. Yup. Rough day.
"I See. Well i hope it get better...I'm Loki." said the man offering a hand to Keiichi who looked at him quizzically before gingerly shaking his hand.
"Uh, hi. I'm Keiichi." he replied as he relinquished Loki's hand.
"Pleasant to make your acquaintance Keiichi, you know i haven't been to Japan in a while, it's changed quite a bit. But so far it's nice." mused Loki making Keiichi chuckle.
"Yeah give it a second and you'll realize it's the same as any other city." chuckled Keiichi.
"Oh really? Well i guess you're right." laughed Loki, after all Humans had lost their sense of creativity, or at the very least it had dulled significantly over the centuries.
"Yup. Well it looks like my stop. Uh, good talking to ya Mr. Loki sir." said Keiichi with a bow before exiting the train.
"Don't threat boy, i think we'll be meeting again very soon." mutter the man, a smirk playing on his lips as the doors closed behind Keiichi.
Keiichi took a cab to get the rest of the way to the temple and sighed when his eyes finally landed on his home.
"Man what a day. i just want to enjoy some peace and quiet." sighed Keiichi, noting that he didn't hear Urd and Skuld fighting which was a good thing. He'd had enough hijinks for one day.
He opened the sliding door and breath in deep.
"I'm home guys, and man have I-" a voice thundered from down the hall blocking out his own.
"BAM! And the mighty serpent fell by my hand! yggdrasil was safe from it's demonic presence once and for all!" boomed a familiar voice.
"What the!?" questioned Keiichi.
"Oh! Mr. Keiichi! I'm so glad you're home. Come there are some people i'd love for you to meet." called Belldandy, coming from the tea room and walking up to him. She grasped one of his hands, to lead him down the hall, making Keiichi blush a bit before realizing what she said.
"Meet some people? What pe-"
"They here already? Figures as much." interrupted another voice making Keiichi and Belldandy face the door to find Loki standing there, hanging his overcoat and scarf on the coat rack and adjusting his yellow dress vest before stepping forward.
"You!?"
"Uncle Loki! It's so wonderful to see you!" cried Belldandy, approaching her uncle and hugging him.
"Uncle?" repeated Keiichi in surprise.
"Yes, uncle. Don't worry I'm the fun one." said Loki with a devious smirk that made Keiichi as nervous as when Urd gave him her own mischievous, plotting, smile. Keiichi then noticed the blue mark that slowly appeared on Loki's clean shaven face. Four dots were on his forehead forming a diamond and a diamond on each side of his face.
"Come, the others are waiting." said Loki walking past Keiichi who quickly got over his stunned state and rush to follow the god walking through his house as he owned the place and found two more familiar faces.
First was Baldur, the man from earlier, examining one of Skuld's inventions with only mild interest, as the youngest of Belldandy's sister explained what the contraption did. He now sported a small tribal sun on his forehead and two dots on either side of his face. The next was the blonde from the bar, Thor was it? It was hard to remember anything from that night considering how intoxicated the blonde got him. Thor was conversing with Urd as the two drank from a bottle of Saki. The blonde god now had a small triquetra on his forehead and a lighting bolt on each side of his face.
"Ah! The guest of honor has arrived,and with my brother in tow." said Thor ushering Loki over.
"Well look who it is. Saki?" offered Urd to her uncle as he sat down.
"Please, I haven't had anything to drink all day." said Loki as he accepted the drink.
"Mr. Keiichi, i hope you don't mind but our Uncle's decided to give us a surprise visit. The blonde is Thor, God of thunder and the one from the door is Loki, God of fire. Lastly the youngest of our uncles is Baldur, god of light. I hope you don't mind that they visit." introduced Belldandy to the dumbfound Keiichi as she pointed out each of her, Skuld's and Urd's uncles.
Keiichi simply stood there, dumbfounded. So all these guys, who he'd met by, what he thought were crazy coincidences, were actually Belldandy's uncles? Did they plan this? It would make sense since it was Baldur who sent him to the park where...
"Hey, Loki" began Keiichi, "Was that 'incident' at the park you?". His questions made the other gods and goddesses look in Loki's direction.
"What did you do?" asked Urd, a playful smile on her face. Her uncle Loki was also the best trickster in all of yggdrasil. It may have had something to do with the fact that he, like her, was part demon. A quick little fling her grandfather had brought Loki about. But even so the bastard son of the infamous Odin was welcome into the family with open arms.
"Just trying out a little trick i saw on the internet, with a few of my 'personal touches' of course."smiled Loki before taking a sip from his glass of saki.
"Personal touches? i thought i was gonna get eaten!" was Keiichi's agitated reply to the god of fire. God of mischief was more like it.
"Dear Uncle, I'd prefer if you would refrain from playing tricks on Mr. Keiichi." pleaded Belldandy looking her uncle in the eye. Loki sighed upon seeing his innocent niece give him her puppy eyes.
"Fear not, i won't bother him anymore. Not too much at least." smiled Loki earning a remark from the god of thunder.
"Come now brother, we didn't come here to disturb the man's life."
'says the guy who invited himself into my house' thought Keiichi. as he sweat dropped.
"So wait why did all of you feel the need to approach me like you did? You know you could've just, you know tell me who you were from the start you know." pointed out the college student..
"As i told you before Mr. Morisato, all shall be revealed to you shortly. until then sit. Today we celebrate." offered Thor.
"Yeah, the last time i went drinking with you I could barely remember my own name." sighed Keiichi sitting down none the less as Belldandy took a seat next to him with a warm smile.
"Oh come one Keiichi, don't be such a party pooper." urged Urd.
"He's human, of course he's prone to being a stick in the mud." noted Baldur making Keiichi's eyebrow twitch.
"Belldandy forgot to mention Baldur has a bit of a 'attitude problem' when it comes to humans." explained urd with a short laughed as she poured the next round of Saki.
"if by that you mean he's an over zealous prick then i concur." added Loki with a smirk, earning a glare from his younger brother
"Says the man who tried to lead a coup in Yggdrasil and initiate Ragnarok." countered the god of light.
"Yes and he redeemed himself years later at the battle of Vanaheim, where we repelled the vicious 'marauders'. Now enough with your senseless bickering and get along for the sake of nieces and our new in law." reminded Thor as he downed another glass of alcohol.
"Wait what did Loki try to do?" asked Keiichi not at all liking the sound of any of that.
"Don't worry about it my friend, that incident is long past us and Loki, has found his way once more. Isn't that right brother." was the blonde god's reply.
"Sure...let's go with that… go team 'goodie-goodie'." was Loki's less than convincing and slightly sarcastic reply. Keiichi got the feeling Loki might actually be even more trouble than Urd and the idea alone made him gulp.
"Now the story of the Vanaheimr, now that is a tale worth it's merit and worthy to be told." smiled Thor making Loki sigh.
"Oh can you tell it Uncle Thor, please? I love your stories, they're always so cool." pleaded Skuld making her uncle and the other adults chuckle.
"of course, my little one. It all started after the war between Yggdrasil and Niflheim ended and the doublet system was created, savage marauders tried to seize control of the city of Vanaheim, believing our forces too depleted to stop them. naturally we would prove them wrong, but it would a hard earned victory..." began Thor
"Here we go. Do you have anything stronger than this?" whispered Loki to Urd as Thor began to tell his tale. Thor was a famous warrior in heaven and his tales of valor in the mead halls of Yggdrasil were equally famous.
And as his oldest niece and brother, both Urd and Loki have heard most of his stories. not that Loki was ever really interested in his brother's stories. Belldandy had heard many stories as well but not nearly as many .And well Skuld being the youngest sibling and Keiichi obviously being a mortal have yet to hear many of the god of thunder's glorious tales based off of his own adventures.
Well more like him bragging about his own victories if you ask Loki. but that's because a few of those stories involved Thor foiling his plans to overthrow their father for the throne. Such as when Thor slayed the giant demonic serpent, jormungandr. a fierce creature Loki crafted using some complicated spells and rituals, or as his brother simply put it 'Loki's evil little science project'.
What had started as merely, a few snake bones, demonic relics, and dragon scales was turned into a giant killing machine loyal only to Loki. And even so his creation had come close to it's goal, but was inevitably defeated in a titanic battle against Thor. Forcing Loki to have to do the job himself... Or try to and fail as the case was.
"I have a bottle of 'Dragon's Tear Whiskey' in my room." whispered back the silver haired goddess.
"You mean bottle of prime, Niflheim brewed alcohol. The incredible potent and highly illegal in heaven, Dragon's tears whiskey?" asked Loki looking at his niece as if he didn't believe her. Urd nodded at him smiling mischievously.
"Yes that'll do." he smiled back and the two quickly snuck off to Urd's room to enjoy their little beverage. All the while Thor told his tale and completely captivated both Keiichi and Skuld in his tale of heroism, redemption and glory. Belldandy also seemed to be fascinated with his tale and Baldur pretended to listen when really he was tuning in out since, he was there, so needless to say he knew the story already.
All in all the night went far better Keiichi had initially thought. Fortunately with Belldandy with him he was safe from intaking too much alcohol and Thor had a bounty of stories to tell and keep them occupied. He told stories of Yggdrasil and stories of his many adventures. Stories of his youth with his brothers and stories of Belldandy and her sisters when they were young.
And Loki, along with Urd, came down and the god of fire was just buzzed enough to tell a few of his own stories and humorous tales. Baldur refrained from telling stories and didn't treat Keiichi with much respect but even he forfeit a few chuckles at a few stories. The one about when Urd 'accidentally' gave Skuld an experimental potion, that turned out to be a hair growth serum seemed to hit his funny bone the most. Skuld nearly tore Keiichi's head off when he laughed at how she essentially looked like a little sasquatch for a week before Urd figured out how to undo the spell.
'I have to admit these, guys are kinda 'rough around the edges' at first, but they seem like nice guys. Even if Baldur is a sour puss.' though Keiichi as smiled as he watched a laughing Belldandy as Loki told another story of mirth.
'Loki kinda makes my hair stand up a bit but i guess he's okay. He kinda reminds me of Urd, Mischievous but he does have a heart. Thor is great, he's a little rambunctious but he's nice and seems to care a lot about his family. and Baldur… well I'm sure he has a soft side… somewhere… maybe'
"Mr. Morisato! Keiichi, I speak to you." called the voice of the god of thunder.
"Huh?"
"I ask if you have any stories of adventure or humor that you'd care to share with us." Thor repeated a smile plastered to his face.
"uh, no not really." laughed Keiichi, at least none he'd like to of his misadventures weren't the best memories, don't get him wrong, he cherished every moment with Belldandy, but more than a few of his misadventures ended up causing him trouble and sometimes even put him in embarrassing situations. All in all he felt far from reliving those memories. Especially with a few guys he only just met, Belldandy's family or not.
"Come now Keiichi you know there are plenty of stories to tell. Like the time when Mara turned you into a scooter." smirked Urd making Keiichi jump slightly.
"Oh come on Urd, not that one." pleaded Keiichi sweat dropping one.
"Heh, Mara, she's has so much potential but too little brains to actually put it to use." mused Loki as he remembered the little demon from Urd's youth.
"A scooter?, now that is degrading. Then again suitable for you." mused Baldur making Keiichi's eyebrow twitch in agitation.
"So what is the story of the little adventure?" inquired Loki making Urd smirk, much to Keiichi chagrin and she began the tale.
Later…
Keiichi sighed as he fetched the last of the spare sheets, honestly he was surprised that out of the blue Belldandy's uncles, whom had never been mentioned to him until now, and now told him they were planning to stay the week. Then again maybe since they were older they might not cause any trouble. Then again he already has the worst feeling Loki and Urd were already scheming before. And the last thing he wanted is those two trouble makers to do was scheme. He was just thankful that they had enough spare rooms to house the new arrivals, this also meant they'd need to do double the shopping to keep this place running for the week.
Then again he supposed the three gods could pitch in. Not like money was a problem considering Baldur literally went around tossing bags of gold coins like it was nothing. Keiichi was brought away from his thoughts when he felt the sheets taken from him and looked up to see Thor.
"Allow me Mr. Morisato." said the god of thunder as he took most of the sheets from Keiichi making him sigh in relief as the pile had actually been big enough to obscure his vision.
"Thanks Thor, i might of bumped into something with that stuff blocking my face." said Keiichi and Thor simply nodded in response, "Hey Thor?" began Keiichi getting the blonde's attention, "I know you said you'll tell me later, but seriously, can you give me a bone here as to why you're visiting now?" asked Keiichi.
"Ah Mr. Morisato, curiosity unbecoming of you. Nevertheless you do deserve some reasoning to our being here without any advanced warnings. The reason we come now is because we wanted to see who was the mortal that captivated our niece so much. To get to know him. Besides we have not seen our nieces in so long a visit was long overdue. Forgive us for not sending a message ahead of time." replied Thor as he went to drop off some of the sheets in one of the guest room before moving on.
That was a reasonable answer, yet Keiichi got the feeling there was more to it. And considering this was Belldandy and her family, that would usually be a safe bet. Thing were rarely ever simple since she came into his life and yet he couldn't imagine it any other way, nor would he want to. Sighed, accepting the answer for the mean time as he followed thor to the next guest room
"So, what do you three do in heaven anyway? Belldandy is with the goddess helpline, Urd is, if remember correctly, the system administrator of yggdrasil, and i think Belldandy said Skuld wasn't old to choose an 'actual' job." asked Keiichi recalling the other goddess' jobs. Thor chuckled nodding at him.
"Ah, looking to learn more of us? FIne then, I was once a warrior in Heaven's army." answered thor
"You mean like Lind?" asked Keiichi
"Ah, Lind, i have yet to have the honor of standing beside her in battle, but yes i was indeed very much like her. Save i was higher ranking." replied the god of thunder before elaborating, "I was the commander of the einherjar, my close friend Brunnhilde was the commander of the valkyrie. Together we had co-leadership of heaven's military."
Keiichi swore he heard his jaw hitting the floor when Thor told him that he was actually leader of heaven's entire army, along with another warrior, so casually.
"Wait, you were the commander?" Keiichi suddenly asked just now picking up on the past tense of Thor's word choice.
"Yes i was." nodded Thor, "I retired from the position after the doublet system was enforced and the issue on vanaheim was resolved. For several years Brunnhilde was the sole leader of our military force, but she eventually stepped down as well, handing off the reins to two new war deities. No need for two old war horses during a time of peace i suppose is what we decided. Now Brunnhilde lives a calm in the countryside while i now train the new recruits to keep myself occupied." explained Thor as he set down the sheets on the guest bed before moving to take the last of the sheet from Keiichi
"Oh, so what about Loki and Baldur?" Inquired Keiichi as he continued after the blonde deity. He was now very interested to see what title the two gods had under their belts.
"Well, Baldur is the head of of the goddess help line, he monitors what goes on and the progress of the wishes grant and makes sure it all goes smoothly. He is very efficient and tends to run a tight shift." explained Thor before thinking a bit and once again answering, " Loki, well Loki was formally heaven's foremost sorcerer and scientist. But after the aforementioned failed coup and later redemption he was more of 'free lancer' until Tyr had him made head of 'the department of demonic affairs', which is simply the agency that mostly handles things concerning the doublet system and all diplomatic exchanges with Niflheim. A smart move since Loki seem to get along rather well with demons, not unlike Urd."
"That's another thing, I feel like i should be worried every time you mention you mention that 'coup' thing with Loki." said Keiichi eyeing Thor as he entered the final guest room and set down the sheets on the bed. Thor remained silent for several minutes before sitting on the bed and looking up to Keiichi.
"As i said before Mr. Morisato, that incident is behind us. And Baldur spoke of something he was too young to have a part in that. But to put things in short and to put your curiosity on the subject to rest, Loki was the child of our father Odin and a random demoness. Therefore right from the start loki had felt out of place at times. In time her grew distasteful with how our father ran things and how he claim our father 'abused' his power. In time Loki made several attempt from the shadows to try and take control of the throne himself, before finally trying to do so in person. Me and Tyr managed to stop him, but as i said before Loki redeemed himself many years later at the battler for Vanaheim." explained Thor before standing up, "You have my word, there is nothing to fear from Loki. He has found his way once more. Now enough on the subject, do i make myself clear?"
Keiichi gulped at the serious look in the god's eyes before nodding and Thor sighed in relief, "Good, now be off and rest, for tomorrow is a new day and we have much planned." said Thor as he turned on his heel and began readying his bed. Keiichi was about to question what he meant by 'plans' when Thor spoke up again.
"Try not to keep my niece up too long, there will other times to 'enjoy' one another's company." said the god in a joking manner making Keiichi blush and his mouth went dry.
"E-Excuse me?" asked the hapless college student as his mind drifted to him and Belldandy doing… all kinds of things that him ashamed of his hormones and himself.
"Morisato? Are you well, you look like you're about to collapse." asked Thor looking back at Keiichi who realized he had been standing there for several minutes, his now wobbly legs barely supporting his weight.
"u-uh I'm fine! just ah- gotta go." was Keiichi rushed reply before rushing out the room and to who knows where. Thor shook his head and chuckled. Mortals.
"Soon Morisato, soon the other reason behind our visit will be revealed and you will not be disappointed, for we come to better your life as well as our nieces." chuckled Thor as the god readied himself for bed and the days to come.
and that's all folks! For now anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter and i hope you liked the introduction of Thor, Loki, and Baldur. I had the idea for this chapter when i learned Tyr was also a son of Odin and so the next few chapter will revolve around the visit of Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld's uncles. as well as their agenda behind the visit. Anyway, see you soon and please review.