Hello,

This is the first draft of the second part of "Of angels and demons."
Confusing? Maybe. PLEASE read and C&C privatly. And if you havent, go read
pt one. Thank you.
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Of Angels and Demons
By: Ben Craton
Aka: Genki Dama

Ah! Megami-sama! Copyright 1989, 1995 by Kodansha and
Kosuke Fujishima.

Story and original characters Copyright 2001 by Ben Craton

Of Angels and Demons: Part 2
Phases of the Moon

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	Skuld sat in the silence of her room. The rest of the temple had ceased to
be awake long ago. She knew she was the only one up right now. She had sat
listening to the night play out. Keiichi had quieted Belldandy down, and was
probably asleep on the couch next to her. Megumi had long since gone back to
her apartment. Urd had staggered past her door with a bottle of something
about an hour ago.

	Skuld glanced out the window at the black sky. The moon shown back, casting
a strange yet beautiful light on her futon. She couldn't have cared less.
Her eyes just stared forward, not looking at anything. 'Kami-sama himself
will cry when he....' Skuld squeezed her eyes shut and held her head.
Belldandy's out burst kept coming back to her mind. More tears began to dip
down her face. Why did onnee-sama yell at her like that?

	So what if she and Urd fought all the time? It wasn't like it was anything
new. Why did Belldandy yell? Why did she threaten? Skuld buried her face in
her hands. She was so confused. She hated it when people were mad at her,
sometimes even when Urd was mad at her. Her mind flooded with confusion.
'...cry when he sees what I've done to you!' "Shut up!" Skuld yelled at the
voices in her head. She cried.

* * *

	Belldandy awoke suddenly. Feeling something pressing down on her she looked
to her right. Her Keiichi was resting his head on her, sound asleep no less.
She smiled; he was so cute when he was asleep. She glanced around the room
trying not to disturb him. She was on the couch in the living room and it
was dark. She looked down at Keiichi's watch. 2:47. She sighed, it was
really early. She thought about going back to sleep but decided that she had
slept enough that day and besides, she was too awake to do that anyway.

	Slowly and carefully she removed herself from next to Keiichi, laying him
out full on the couch. He shifted and soon was at rest again. She stood and
looked down at him. 'He's such a kind person. Staying up for me.' She bent
down and brush her hair out of the way, gave him a peck on the cheek. He
didn't seem to notice it. She smiled anyway.

	Belldandy left the temple and walked to the yard. Crickets were chirping
softly in the cool night air. The moon casting its wary, blue glow on the
ground. A few fireflies here and there lit up, adding to the mystery
atmosphere of the night. She breathed in the cool air, cleansing her mind.
The night seemed so beautiful to her, yet she had rarely been out this late.
At least she hadn't without Keiichi being awake as well.

	Strolling along, she let her mind return to the scene a few hours earlier.
She sat down on her favorite rock. 'Why did I say that?' She sighed and
looked up at the stars. She had made Skuld into a disaster in her own right.
At least Urd had gotten some sense knocked into her. But poor Skuld. She
really didn't deserve to be yelled at like that. She's so young. Belldandy
looked towards her little sister's room. The window was open but it didn't
seem like Skuld was up. Why would she be? She probably cried herself to
sleep.

	She put her arms behind her and leaned back, gazing at the sky. Her mind
running on empty. 'Maybe...I said that because...No... Well, it could be.'
She looked to the ground. A firefly landing on her knee didn't seem to catch
her attention. 'Maybe I'm turning out to be more human than goddess.'

* * *

	A tall, blonde headed man dressed in a flowing black robe with a long white
shawl stood in front of the massive desk, on which were scattered a number
of manila folders. Most were marked with red ink stamps.  The man behind the
desk was thumbing through one of these kinds of files.

	"And this is 'all' we have on him?"

	"Yes, sir." The blonde man looked at the floor, expecting retribution.

	"Ah, well. I trust that my girls know a little more about his then what is
in here." He dropped the folder back to the desk. "Listen carefully Michel,
I want this authorized by Yggdrasil. No approval but mine, got it?"

	"Yes sir." Michel took the piece of paper Kami-sama handed him, and placed
it in a pouch in the belt of his robe.

	"Now, one more thing. Do not finalize it until I give the word. And let 'no
one' but us know about it."

	"Of course my lord."

	Kami-sama watched his subservient go out the door. Once the door had closed
behind him, he let out an audible sigh. He had never authorized this kind of
thing before. He looked down at the pile of folders. At least, he thought,
it was better that than what would happen if he didn't. He just hoped heaven
didn't go nuts over it.

* * *

	Sunbeams radiated from the east side of the temple and in through the
windows to hit Keiichi square in the eyes. He squeezed his eyes shut, trying
to blot out the sun as he was being rudely awakened. Sitting up, he noticed
Belldandy was no longer beside him. He glanced about the room. She sat in
the recliner quietly staring at the floor, supporting herself with her arms
on her knees. She seemed to notice Keiichi.

	"Ohayo gozamimas, Kei-chan."

	"Ohayo gozaimas, Bell-chan. Why are you over there?" Keiichi noticed that
she looked like she had been crying. Her eyes were slightly puffy and red
streaks ran down her face.

	"Thinking."

	Keiichi scratched his head and smiled, still half asleep. "What about." He
yawned.

	She locked her eyes on him without moving her head. After pausing a minute,
she looked back at the floor. "Kei-chan, what do you think about me?"

	Keiichi blinked. "What do I think about you? I think you're the best thing
to ever happen to me."

	She smiled but quickly lost it. "That's sweet, but what do you think about
ME. As a person?" She pointed at herself.

	Keiichi began to speak and then lost his words. What was she getting at?
Did this have anything to do with last night? He tried to remember. Ah yes
the fight and his goddess actually threatening her sisters. "Uh, well. I
think you are a very nice person and you try your best at everything you
do." He smiled nervously.

	She sat up straight and looked at him with tired eyes. "Kei-chan, you heard
me last night. How can I be nice when I said such mean things?"

	"Well, everyone has those kind of moments when they just snap. Its alright
Bell-chan, you had every right to feel that way and say what you did."

	"But we goddess never are supposed to be cruel. We cant just run around
showing negative emotions. How would that look on Kami-sama if his goddess
were threatening people?"

	"Well, Urd's always--"

	"Urd's half devil anyway." She spat, but didn't seem to notice, or care, or
both.

	Keiichi quickly became at a loss for words. "But..."

	"Kei-chan lets face it, I'm becoming a rotten apple."

	"Belldandy! You are no such thing! Look at how much happiness you brought
into my life. You are beautiful, you are my friend, and you are my comfort.
What else do you want? You can't be happy all the time you know. You've
gotten stressed, so what? You'll get over it soon."

	She suddenly stood and walked over to him standing right over him. "How
much do you really love me? Why do you anyway? Just cause I'm here? Just
cause I'm nice to you?! What happens if I keep being mean? What happens if I
hurt you? How much will you love me then?"

	Keiichi was taken aback. His Bell-chan was now yelling at him, of all
people. He started to stand and grabbed her right hand. "Bell-chan,
please--"

* SLAP *

	Keiichi slid back down onto the couch in shock holding his cheek. He looked
up at Belldandy with wide eyes. She had tears running down her face again.
She looked at him like he was a dying puppy, realizing what she had done.
She regained some composure and stood semi-triumphantly. "How much do you
love me now Keiichi Morisato?"

	He stood back up and grabbed her by the arms. She froze, then began to
struggle. He paid no mind to it. He pulled her close and kissed her full on
the mouth. Her eyes went wide and she tensed. Then, slowly, her body went
limp as she sunk into the kiss. Keiichi broke it and looked into her eyes,
Belldandy could see the large red welt on the right side of his face. She
looked into his eyes with fear expecting the worst. "I love you 'that' much
Bell-chan." He smiled.

She broke down again.

* * *

	Urd woke up in a tangle of sheets, again. She hated when this happened. She
grunted and sat up rubbing her eyes with one hand. She looked out the
window. The sun glared straight back. 'Its gonna be one of 'those' days
again.' She yawned and stood up allowing the covers to drop to the floor,
her pink pjs almost going with them. She caught her slacks before they fell.
She giggled slightly to herself. 'Heh, Keiichi only need to she one set of
legs a day... Keiichi needs to see one set of legs at all.' She pulled the
pants back up and walked out in the direction of the bath dragging her feet
as she went.

	Urd had never been a morning person. She hated them actually. Always
cheerful and what not. She could hear birds. She could see sun. She could
hear Belldandy slapping bacon on the frying pan, or something. She wished it
would go away till later. She dragged on past Skuld's room. She paused a
second and leaned in. Skuld was lying sprawled out on the floor, drool
hanging from one corner of her mouth. Urd couldn't help but feel the need to
do something, she couldn't let this opportunity pass her by. She blinked and
a 4-foot by 4-foot picture of the scene appeared on Skuld's wall. 'That
oughta make her day.' She laughed again.

	Urd sank into the tub of hot water. 'Stupid tub is too short for me still.'
She sighed heavily. Her knees were sticking up out of the water and it was
cold. Scowling, she crossed her legs and shut her eyes. Somehow the image of
Belldandy with fire in her eyes blinked into her mind. Her eyes shot open.
'Whoa, we're not going through this again.'
	She let her mind wander again. She could still hear the birds and wind and
stuff on the other side of the wall. 'Ahh. Relaxation at last.' She smiled
and sank as far as she could into the water. She let the water cleanse her
head of the thoughts that had been plaguing her since last week. Ever
since... *beep beep beep beep* She opened her eyes. 'Not again.' Looking
over at where she had left her towel, Urd saw the small back beeper she had
been carrying around for a week.

	She lifted herself up slightly out of the water to reach the beeper. She
grabbed it and pushed a green flashing button on the side. The beeper
flipped open and a small antenna popper out of the top. Urd put it to her
ear.

	"Moshi moshi."

	"Urd?"

	"Yes, what is it?"

	"Ahem,... password?"

	"Oh yes, ......'Skuld is a ball of Swiss cheese.'"

	"Switching to secure channel."

	Urd rolled her eyes and sunk back into the warm water, just as far as the
water was nearly touching the phone. She leaned her head back against the
side and closed her eyes whilst a series of beeps played through the
earpiece.

	"Line secured. I'm patching you through now."

	Silence.

	"Urd, Second class, limited license?"

	"Yes sir?"

	"You have been doing a fine job so far. Things are moving along just as we
expected."

	"Thank you sir.  I'm glad I can do your bidding."

	"I hear the sarcasm in your voice Urd. I do not appreciate it, but seeing
as you are in this difficult situation I will let it slide."

	"Sir, why do 'I' have to do this?"

	"Because you are the only one there who can."

	"But what is the purpose of driving my sisters crazy? Couldn't Mara do
that?"

	"Mara is unpredictable and gives up too easily. Do not worry Urd, it will
not be for much longer. You will soon know what our purpose is."

	Urd sighed noticeably. "I just want to be liked again. At least before I
was liked 'some' of the time."

	"Urd, you are liked, especially up here. As a matter of fact, seeing as how
you have carried your self well and the fact that you will need it soon, we
are hereby promoting you First Class Goddess, unlimited license."

	Urd's eyes shot open. She couldn't believe what she just heard. "I... I...
You mean?"

	"Yes, for the time being you are the same level with your younger sister.
Mind you that you are not as powerful and you not require an earring, but
you will still be at the same license and access level."

	Urd jumped up and stood in the tub, water splashed everywhere. She bowed
deeply to no one. "Thank you sir. Thank you."

	"Just keep it up Urd. OH one more thing. Tonight, something is going to
happen. You will want to stop it. Don't, it must come to pass and we will
handle it from there. And do not let anyone, even Skuld, interfere."

	"Yes sir."

	The other side hung up and Urd stood there naked in the tub, her mouth
twitching. She couldn't keep it in. "YAHOO..." She slapped her hand over her
mouth. She wasn't to let anyone know about any of this. Yet she kept the
ear-to-ear smile on her face as she closed the phone and plopped it back on
the towel. 'Who needs a bath when I've got unlimited power?' She blinked
herself dry and popped some clothes on. She picked up the phone again and
put it in her pocket. For the first time since she could remember Urd
skipped down the hall.

* * *

	Belldandy dropped a few more ice cubes into the little plastic bag. She
looked over at Keiichi in the other room. He was looking out the window,
rubbing his sore cheek. She still felt guilty again for doing that. What
'was' happening to her?

	She tied the top of the bag in a knot and walked into the other room. She
sat down next to Keiichi. He turned to face her. She put the ice pack to his
cheek. He winced then eased. She smiled faintly.

	"I'm Sorry Kei-chan."

	"Its alright Bell-chan. I understand." He took the pack in his hand and
held it himself.

	Belldandy looked down at the table sadly. She shook her head. "No it's not
alright. How could I slap you? I'm such a bad goddess." She banged her hand
on the table and put the head in her hands.

	Keiichi looked at his love, feeling overwhelmingly sorry for her. He wished
he could do something for her. He reached into his back pocket with his free
hand and pulled out his handkerchief. He handed it to her.

	She glanced over at him, head still in hands. Belldandy sat up and took it,
smiling. She blew her nose. "Uha,...Thank you." She folded it neatly and
handed it back.

	Keiichi stuck it back in his pocket. She rested her head on one hand facing
Keiichi and began tracing circles with her other hand on the table.

	"So you really love me that much huh?"

	"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I?"

	"I don't know. I've just been so mean lately."

	"Just since yesterday, and you're not mean."

	Belldandy sighed and stopped tracing. She looked him in the eye. "You
sure?"

	"Positive." He smiled.

She started to feel a little better. She gave him a big hug. "I'm still
sorry."

	"Heh, what are you two doing? Getting fresh a little early are we?"

	Urd walked in the room and sat down across the table. She was wearing a
very short white tee shirt and black shorts. Trying desperatly to hide her
enthusiasm from the promotion, she eyed the young couple. It always made her
somewhat disgusted seeing them happy together and her with no one. Belldandy
had slumped at her sister's arrival but had still not let go of Keiichi. He
looked half relieved and half exhausted. Urd sat there for a few moments,
waiting for someone to say something to her. A good morning or hi or go away
would have been nice. But they didn't seem too interested that she was alive
at the moment. She cleared her throat.

	Belldandy looked over at her sister from over Keiichi's shoulder. She
looked at Urd for a second or two, rolled her eyes, and then went back
ignoring her. Urd 'humphed' disgustedly. "Good morning 'Keiichi.'"

	"Ohayo Urd."

	"Well it's nice 'someone' appreciates that I'm here today." Silence.
"Anyway, hey Keiichi. What's that ice pack for?" She pointed at the little
bag.

	He glanced down at it for a sec trying to think of something to say without
telling Urd what had actually happened. "Uh, you see I rolled off the couch
last night onto my face and...uh..." He chuckled nervously.

	Urd eyed him suspiciously. "Uh huh. Whatever... So, Belldandy, where's
breakfast this morning? Its after nine."

	Belldandy's voice was muffled slightly by Keiichi's shirt. "Make it
yourself."

	"Huh?"

	Belldandy finally let go of her love and sat up, hands on her hips. "You
heard me. Make it yourself. I'm sure you're quite capable." She thought for
a second. "I'm taking the day off."

	Urd blinked in surprise. "Day off? You don't have off days."

	"I do now. I'm making a picnic for me and Keiichi, and we're going to be
alone today."

	"You are huh?"

	'We are?'

	"Yes we are. Right Keiichi-san?"

	"Uh..." He looked at Belldandy. She had a look of hope mixed with "you
better" plastered on her sweet face. "Heh heh...Sure."

	"See? Now go make yourself useful somewhere else."

	"Umph." Urd stood up and looked at Keiichi. His eyes said it all. 'I don't
know what gotten into her, but you'd better listen.' "Well, if I'm not
wanted in here, I'll go torment Skuld."

	"Don't you do it Urd. If I find out you've bothered Urd at all today I'm
calling the Office and telling them that I request you go back, permanently.
Got it?"

	"Sure thing sis." Urd muttered a few things under breath as she left.

* * *

	Skuld finally woke up and looked at her clock. It was afternoon already.
She grogged and looked up. A big picture of her sleeping hung on the wall.
Urd. It was gonna be one of 'those' days again. She stood up and yawned,
forcing the memory of the previous night out of her head. After popping the
picture out of existence she got her stuff and when to the bath.

	After many minutes of washing and such, Skuld emerged from the bath and
went to the kitchen. Something seemed amiss, she want quite sure what it was
yet. She peeked her head in. Nothing. Actually more like no one. Where was
Belldandy? And where was lunch? Her tummy growled fiercely. She hadn't eaten
since yesterday at lunch.

	She peered into the living room. Urd was on the couch all sprawled out
watching a soap on TV. Skuld walked over and leaned on the back of the
couch. "Where's Onnee-sama?"

	Urd didn't bother looking up. "Out with Keiichi somewhere."

	"What do you mean, somewhere?"

	"She just said she and Keiichi were going on a picnic and 'off' they went."

	Skuld looked confused. "Why?"

	"Because she said so."

	Skuld sunk her shoulders and looked down at Urd. She was obviously not
actually watching TV. Her eyes were distant and worried. "Oneesan, what's
the matter?"

	Urd's eyes quickly went back to normal. "Nothings wrong. Now go away your
bothering me and my show."

	Skuld turned and started away. 'Witch.'

	"Yeah, and you're a moron."

	Skuld froze. 'Did she just...?'

	Urd froze. 'Uh oh. I'm not supposed to let anyone know about my new
license.'

	Skuld turned around again. "Did you just read my mind?"

	"You dork, you know I can't read minds yet."

	'That's right. She's still an under qualified wretch.'

	Urd fought off the urge to retaliate. "Now go away."

	Skuld turned again, shook her head and walked back to the kitchen to make
her lunch.

	Urd breathed a sigh of relief. 'Whew, that was a close one.' She went
distant again. Something was bothering her about what Kami-sama had said.
Something about tonight. What would happen tonight that I would want to stop
it? She couldn't for the life of her figure it out. And that scared her.

* * *

	"Isn't it nice to be away for a while Kei-chan?" Belldandy cooed as she
watched the few white clouds in the sky gently glide across the blue.
Keiichi took a deep breath of fresh air and let it out. He had to agree, it
was beautiful out today. He took it all in.

	The lake had such a deep blue too it, and it was mixed with the silver
streams of glistening water. The tree above them kept them cool and out of
the sun. The shadow of the tree contrasted the bright green of the grass in
the sun. The mountains in the distance made for a picture perfect backdrop
and as a hemline for earth and sky. He looked down to his left. There was
the most beautiful scenery, in his opinion.

	Belldandy had stretched herself out on the grass and had rested her head on
his shoulder while holding onto his arm like a teddy bear. He could only see
the top of her head, but her hair alone was still prettier than all that
lake stuff. He smiled. He figured someone must really like him up there.
Wait; of course they did, she was right here.

	Keiichi reached up with his other hand and stoked her hair for a moment,
remembering how incredibly soft it was. She purred and cuddled closer. How
could things be any better? Good food, good scenery, a wonderful girl, was
it possible to get any better? Wait, he knew how. Unfortunately, he left it
home. He kicked himself mentally. How in the world could he have done such a
thing? Of course, he had had no idea they were coming here or that here had
ever existed. Belldandy had directed him to this secluded spot.

	Keiichi sighed. He knew he wanted to ask her, he just hadn't had the right
moment yet and now here she and him were alone and he had forgotten the ring
at the temple. Oh well, he'd get his chance sometime. Maybe the next time
they came here he could do it. Today wouldn't have been the best of days
anyway. She had been under a lot of stress and he wouldn't want to put any
more on her. Besides, it wasn't like she was going to leave him for anyone
else. It could wait a little longer.

	"So, is there anything else you'd like to do today Bell-chan?"

	Belldandy rolled her head so she could face him. She smiled sweetly. "No
thank you Kei-chan. I've had a wonderful time with you, but it's getting
late and I wouldn't want to be out past dark too long. Skuld would kill you,
I'm afraid."

	Keiichi laughed at the thought of Skuld chasing him with that hammer of
her's. Belldandy giggled. "Alright, do you want to start home yet?"

	"No, not just yet. I want to do one more thing."

	"Oh...and what's that?"

	She sat up and kissed him. He pulled her close and cradled her in his arms.
"I guess we could stay a 'little' longer." She winked at him as they
embraced again.

* * *

	Urd lay on the roof of the temple, baring all. She loved sunning herself.
It always left good to her when the sun hit every part of her. She scratched
her nose under her sunglasses. Though she had to admit, she wished she could
be on the other side of the roof. The side that faced the street. It was
much warmer on that side, but she had to give it up. People kept throwing
coins and things at her. She was tired of being pegged in the head while
trying to relax.

	She peeked over the top of her spectacles. The sun was starting to set. Had
it been that long already? Urd pulled her self up and sat there a moment.
Belldandy and Keiichi should be back soon. If not she would have to keep
Skuld at bay. She couldn't figure out what Skuld had against Keiichi. Maybe
it was the fact that she had never been in love before. That could very well
be it.

	Urd grunted as she stood up and produced some clothes on herself. Just a
shirt and a pair of shorts. Just to cover the essentials of decency. She
smiled to herself. Humans were so self-conscious about them selves. Of
course, she knew of no one with her drop dead gorgeous body. She grinned and
chuckled. She was gorgeous wasn't she? "I 'am' beautiful."

	"For a monkey."

	Urd looked down from her moment of self-imposed glory. Skuld stood below.
She looked like she was taking her robot somewhere and had stopped to take
part in a little verbatim.

	"Oh give it a rest Skuld. I've left you alone all day. You're annoying
enough as it is. Why don't you and your only boyfriend go somewhere
together? Maybe see a movie, get a room perhaps."

	Skuld clinched her fists. "Grow up Urd! You couldn't get a boyfriend if
your life depended on it!"

	"Oh yeah!"

	"Yeah!"

	"WHAT do you two think you're doing?"

	Urd and Skuld looked over to the source of the voice. Belldandy stood
there, arms crossed, with Keiichi looking nervous and slightly clueless,
behind her. The two sisters pointed at each other, "'She started it.'"

	Belldandy sighed and put a hand to her forehead. "Oh, you two are worthless
I swear. Well, I guess I could cook diner tonight. Maybe 'that' will make up
for yesterday and make you two quit bickering." She turned at walked to the
temple door. Keiichi walked over to where Skuld was standing and looked up
at Urd.

	"Urd...Get down from there."

	Urd shrugged and jumped off, missing Keiichi by merely an inch. He freaked
but gained his composure quickly. She smiled. He leaned over to her and
whispered in her ear. "Look Urd, don't be mean to her tonight." He gestured
to Skuld who was walking away with her mecha. "Belldandy is trying her
hardest to be nice. And I think we would all like that very much... right?"
Urd nodded.

	"Fine...I'll lay off tonight. But only cause you asked so nice." She pecked
him on the cheek, making him blush. She loved it when he did that.
"Uh...thanks." Urd smiled and walked off.

	'I guess I could lay off some. I'm sure HE wouldn't mind. Seems as though
he's got something in mind anyway.' She shrugged and walked inside.

* * *

	'Where is that blasted ring?' Keiichi threw more of his stuff into a pile
behind him. He had searched for it since he got home, figuring he better
know where he left it when he and Belldandy go to the lake again. He 'had'
thought it was in his desk drawer, but obviously it wasn't. He didn't
remember getting half this stuff. So far he had found a three-year-old pack
of gum, a plastic sword, a dud bomb of Skuld's, for some reason Urd's
underwear, and a big bag of jellybeans he had lost a week ago. But the ring
was nowhere to be found.

	Keiichi sighed and sat back. He knew it had to be somewhere. Now if he was
that ring where would he be? He tried to think of where he had seen it last.
He had bought it a month ago...then he put it in his drawer...but Urd was
snooping around one day so...he had put it...Ah ha! He had it. He had put
the ring behind a loose brick in the temple's perimeter wall. He got up and
went outside, leaving the pile for later.

	Keiichi walked briskly to the spot in the wall just behind an old statue
and out of normal sight. He felt the bricks, trying to remember which one it
was. After a minute or two, he felt one brick wiggle a little. Grasping it
firmly he gave it a good tug and it popped out of the wall reveling a small
black velvet box. He almost got teary eyed and gingerly picked the box up
and coddled it.

	"Whatcha got there? Eh, Keiichi?"

	Keiichi froze. He spun around quickly, hiding the box behind his back.
Skuld stood in front of him, a puzzled and mischievous look on her face.
"Heh heh...um nothing Skuld. Nothing at all, just a uh... a rock." Well it
was half-truth anyway.

	Skuld knew better. "A rock huh? Can I see it?"

	"Uhh... not yet. I'll show it to you later after I uh..clean it."

	"Oh...Okay." Skuld's smile told Keiichi he was going to get it if she
didn't get to see it later. But no matter, he turned and walked as fast as
he could back to his room, leaving Skuld wondering what he really had.

	Once back in his room and after he shut the door, Keiichi let out his
breath. He opened the box to look at his prize. A beautiful diamond sat
there with three blue sapphires in a row on each side of it. All of it set
in a silver ring. He smiled; Belldandy would faint if she just saw it, let
alone get the question too. He opened his drawer and pulled out a small red
pouch. Untying the knot he reached in and pulled out a long, thin necklace.

	'I'm not going to lose it this time.' Keiichi treaded one end of the
necklace through the ring and fastened it around his neck. The ring now
dangled low enough that it wouldn't pop out from underneath his shirt and so
no one would see it. He looked at the ring once more and then put it under
his shirt. He looked down at the pile of junk that had been displaced during
his search. Well, that could wait till later. He could smell food and that
was a tad higher on his priority list today than cleaning.

* * *

	Belldandy hummed a tune while she finished making dinner. It had been such
a nice day today. Not like it had been yesterday. She felt so relaxed after
spending time at the lake with Keiichi. She smiled and took the rest of the
food out to the table.

	"Everyone, Time To Eat!"

	Slowly and surely the other three drugged in. Keiichi looked happy for some
reason. Belldandy knew it had something to do with today. Urd looked tired
and had a tiny bit of worry in her eye. Skuld looked like she couldn't care
less if the world ended that second.

	"Wow, Belldandy it looks good."

	"Thank you Keiichi-san."

	They all sat down to eat quietly. Something seemed funny. Belldandy
couldn't put her finger on it though. It felt like...like something was
about to happen. She always got this feeling when something was about to
happen. But what on earth could it be? She only felt this way when something
like Urd showing up, or 'that' phone call, or bugs, or something big was
going to happen. But everything seemed normal tonight.

	"Konbanwa!"

	Everyone looked up. Megumi had conveniently let herself in and was now
standing in the doorway. "Mind if I eat with you guys?"

	"Of course not, come and sit by me."

	"Hey, thanks Belldandy." Megumi plopped herself down at the table as
Belldandy went to the other room to get her a dish.

	"What are you doing here?" Urd poked at her food and looked at Megumi.

	"Well, ya see...heh heh...I sort of blew a hole in the wall at my apartment
and I can't fix it in the dark."

	"You blew a hole in the wall?" Keiichi sweat dropped. "And how did you
manage that one?"

	Belldandy sat back down at the table placing a dish in front of Megumi.
"Thanks. Well I kind of um...well. I sort of tested the new motorcycle
engine, but I forgot check the trottle setting and one of the pistons kind
of ah...blew out, you see."

	Everyone sweat dropped. "That's ok Megumi." Belldandy patted her on the
back. "You can stay here until you get it fixed."

	"Thanks."

* * *

	Conversation that night was thankfully back to normal. Keiichi was
engrossed with Belldandy as always. Skuld was trying as hard as she could to
keep from pounding him and laying waste to his soul for keeping at her
sister. Belldandy was smiling again and laughing, a stark contrast from the
night previous. Megumi sat watching Skuld humorously and keeping in the
dialog between her brother and Belldandy.

	Urd on the other hand was very quiet. She hadn't eaten much since dinner
started. She kept replaying in her mind what Kami-sama had said. That
something that dealt with something else that was supposed to happen
tonight. And Urd was going to want to stop it. That fact still hung heavy in
her mind. She had always been the one that just let things go as they
should. The last she had wanted to stop something was when Belldandy had
been recalled. What could be so bad so for her to want to stop it?

	She sighed to herself and poked at her food. No one was really paying
attention to her. Not like it mattered to her anyway. She couldn't figure
out what the heck Kami wanted with her. Why 'had' she been told to keep
Skuld on edge and to try to drive her other sister up the wall? What was
going to happen? What could happen? It was just a normal evening again. No
angry goddesses, no bombs, no lightening, no Mara. Just pain old-fashioned
nothingness being spouted out at every given moment.

	"Urd, aren't you going to eat something?"

	Urd glanced up, not bothering to lift her head from the arm it was propped
up on. "Hmm?" Belldandy had a slightly worried looked on her face.

	"Are you ok?"

	"Yeah I'm fine, I'm just not hungry tonight for some reason...must be that
lunch I made myself." She faked a laugh. It seemed to Belldandy like a
reasonable excuse and asked no more, though it did seem to depress her that
Urd hadn't eaten to food she had made especially for her. 'Ah, she'll get
over it, just like she always does.' Urd laid her fork down and stared off
into space.

	Urd sat still for a few minutes before her ears perked up. She glanced
towards the front room curiously. She waited a moment to make sure it wasn't
just her mind playing its dirty little tricks on her again. Nope, there it
was again. It sounded like the front door. Urd stood up and the conversation
at the other end of the table suddenly ground to a halt. She looked down.
"Its just the door guys...I'll get it." Urd walked off as the others started
talking again.

	She opened the door. "Yes what is..." Urd face vaulted. There in front of
her was Sayoko. A Sayoko clad in 'only' a long white, button up shirt,
holding a wine bottle and two glasses. She had been obviously drinking,
again. Urd regained her composure. "Um...Konbanwa Sayoko, what brings you
here at 'this' time of the night?"

	"Konbanwa Urd...I uh...Came to see if Keiichi need some...company for the
night. If ya know what I mean." She elbowed Urd a little, winking.

	"Yeah I know what you mean..." Urd glanced over her shoulder at the door to
where the others were eating, hearing laughter. She turned back to Sayoko.
"Look if you don't mind, I'm sure there are lots of other lonely guys out
there looking for company tonight. Why don't you..."

	"Ah, I don't want any of them. I just want Keiichi...Why don't you call em
over ere and we can be about our way." She staggered a bit.

	"Uh huh...anyway, he's got Belldandy to talk to tonight." 'and every night,
as far as you're concerned.'

	"Bell...dandy huh? Who needs her?!" Sayoko started getting louder. Urd was
now trying to keep her quiet as possible so Belldandy didn't hear her.

	"Urd, who is at the door?" Too late. Belldandy emerged from the other room
and walked over to the door. "SAYOKO!" She gasped at her attire.

	"How ya doin' Bell-chan?!"

	"Get out of here NOW!"

	'Uh oh.' Urd started to intervene but suddenly Kami's words came back to
her head. She winced a bit but moved out of Belldandy's way. 'Ah, it'll be
fun to watch at least.'

	By this time the others had heard the yelling and had come to investigate.
They all crowded out on the porch as Belldandy was pushing Sayoko up and out
the path.

	"Hey you let me go!"

	"This is the last time you come and ruin my evening Sayoko."

	"All I wanted was a...little time with Keiichi." Sayoko spun around and
faced Belldandy, shocking her and making both stop a little ways from the
porch.

	"You most certainly did not! Look at what you are wearing!"

	Sayoko looked down at herself and back up at Belldandy. "At least 'I' could
keep him interested in me. Look at you, you are so...so..."

	Belldandy started to feel the angry from the previous night returning. Her
fists balled up and she looked down at the ground, desperately trying to
control herself.

	Sayoko noticed this and made use of it. "Ooo....Big bad Belldandy's getting
angry. You cant get angry, you're supposed to be able to forgive anyone. If
you got angry what would Keiichi think? Hmm? He'd leave you and come to me
in an instant. Ha ha."

	Belldandy's teeth started to clinch tighter. Images of the day flashed
through her head in rapid fire. "Lair!"

	"Ooo. Lair? That's the best you can do? It seems your worse than me at
everything. I'm better looking, IM more popular, why I even have a better
figure. I mean look..." She ripped open her shirt baring all.  "Don't I
Keiichi!?"

	Keiichi couldn't believe any of this was happening. Belldandy looked worse
than the night before and Sayoko had just... His eyes would have almost
bugged out if Skuld hadn't shoved her hands in front of his eyes the moment
she knew what Sayoko had done.

	Belldandy was losing it. She could feel herself losing control. She could
feel her lips snarling. She could feel he fingernails digging into her
palms.

	"Aww, are you jealous of my perfect body miss wonderful?" Sayoko was being
sarcastic now. "Well, let see what I've got to compete with!!" With that she
reached over and in a blink ripped Belldandy's tee shirt off her, reveling
underwear and skin.

	Urd and Skuld gasped. Keiichi just stood there blinded by Skuld�s hands.
"What happened?"

	Belldandy froze. She could not believe that Sayoko had just done that. But
the cold night air told her a different story. Sayoko laughed in a drunken
hysteria.

	Something finally snapped.

	Belldandy stood straight up, a blue aura forming around her. Her eyes shone
with a fierce blue light. Her look of death found its way to her face.
Sayoko for some reason stopped laughing. Urd started to run to stop her
sister but the words still rang in her ears. 'Do not interfere!'

	Belldandy growled at her rival. "You have tortured me for the last time.
You...You...You WHORE!" She screamed as loud as she could, raising her arms
above her head. Sayoko fell to the ground, eyes full of fear.

	Skuld started to run towards the scene but Urd grabbed her. "No you don't."
Skuld struggle but could not break free. "Let me go!" "Believe me kid, I
wish I could."

	Keiichi, having just had his sight restored due to Skuld's absence, gaped
at the image in font of him. His love looked, no she 'was' about to kill
Sayoko. He wanted to run but shock still held him in place.

	 A ball of pure blue energy formed in Belldandy's hands. She looked down at
Sayoko with a look of unmerciful rage. Sayoko could only stammer. "And now
witch..." Belldandy raised the ball up. "YOU DIE!" She thrust her hands
downward.

	The explosion was deafening.

------- End Part 2 -------

Next time: Is Sayoko dead? How in the world did Belldandy become a murderer?
Why is she going nuts? Why has Urd been acting the way she had? What does
Kami have to do with any of this? Why do red jellybeans taste better than
black jellybeans? Some of these questions answered next time.

Ben Craton
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