Dear Friends,
Here is the 0.5 beta release of "Donner". The main
changes from the last beta I posted are scenes 7 thru 9 and 11.
Please give them a look. Test inside of [] are comments and
notes to my self. Pleae feel free to comment. What I need to
know is: is there any doubt about what Skluld's answer is
going to be in scene 11? Or do I need to do something to make
the read think she might choose differently.
Donner
version 0.5 beta
A Fan-Fiction Featuring Skuld
Outline: Revised 08/01/1996
1) A week after Kenji's departure, Skuld interrupts K1 & Bell
on the porch. Told from Skuld's perspective.
2) Fake phone call from Kenji. (Joke played on Skuld by Urd.)
3) Dressing for battle to punish Urd.
4) Fight with Urd ending with Donner's arrival.
5) Skuld's recovery from the fight. Skuld and Donner talk.
Donner carries Skuld to her room and stays with her. As Skuld
comes too, she momentarily thinks it is Kenji at her bedside,
and mutters his name. Skuld is embarrassed when she realizes
that it is Donner, not Kenji at her side. Donner is confused/
curious/jealous. Tea with K1 & Bell. (Donner calls Bell the
"perfect wife")
6) Doing stuff with Donner. Staking, Arcades, Amusement Parks,
swimming. Urd, Bell and Keiichi "tag" along, embarrassing Skuld/
treating her like a little kid. Skuld and Donner do various
things "just like old times". Skuld is having such a good time
with her old friend that she forgets about Kenji for a little while.
7) Skuld and Donner sneak out and go to the movies by themselves
(Mission Impossible).
8) Donner gives Skuld a "good night kiss" after the movies. The
next day he asks Skuld to come back to Asgard with him. He uses
those three little words. Maybe even proposes. Skuld must
confront her feelings. She has had a great time with Donner and
they are both gods, but he is still just a brother to her.
Kenji, well Kenji has her heart, but he is a mortal.
9) Kenji sends Skuld and E-mail message (w/ a poem). This upsets
Skuld. skuld@yggdrasil.asgard. (Skuld gets message between the
"good night kiss" and Donner asking her to come back to Asgard.)
10) Breakfast after the movie date. Urd teases Skuld.
11) Skuld turns Donner down after breakfast, just before lunch.
Donner leaves in a flash of lighting.
12) Breakfast the day after Donner leaves. End with Tamiya
bursting in with his news. Skuld is sad/melancholy/depressed
over Donner's leaving. Kenji calls while Skuld is still
melancholy over Donner's leaving, and Misunderstands. [Skuld
doesn't feel like talking to *anyone* but he thinks she won't
talk to him: Omega]
Disclaimer
I would like to publicly thank omega@freenet.toronto.on.ca
for thy work. First as a proof reader, then a full fledge editor,
and finaly as a net-friend. Without thy help this story would
have never seen the light of the net.
A fan fiction based on Kosuke Fujishima's ongoing manga series
"Ah! My Goddess" (Also know as "Oh My Goddess!"). Keiichi
Morisato, Belldandy, Urd, Skuld, and Megumi Morisato are
copyright 1991, 1996 Kosuke Fujishima. Kenji copyright 1995,
1996 Ed Sharpe.
Dramas Personal
Keiichi Morisato: A collage student at Nekomi Institute of
Technology (NIT), majoring in engineering.
He lives in a temple with Belldandy and her
two sisters.
Belldandy: Goddess of the present, staying at Keiichi's
side because of his wish and her own free will.
Urd: Belldandy's older sister, goddess of the
past, with tan skin and a nice figure.
Skuld: Goddess of the future, the youngest of the three
goddesses.
Kenji: Keiichi's cousin on his mother's side.
Donner: A god. A childhood friend of Skuld.
* * * * * * * * * *
Scene 1:
"Da daa dada daaa daa," Skuld hummed "The Ride of The Valkyries"
happily as she scooped ice cream into her dish. Exiting the temple with
dish in hand, Skuld was confronted with a scene that destroyed her good
mood. There on the porch, where everyone could see, Keiichi was
pestering older sister. Keiichi was all over older sister, pawing her
goddess's body with his thelyphthoric hands. Just the thought of where
his hands might have been on her older sister almost made Skuld
physically sick as she thrust another spoonful of ice cream in her mouth.
Really, thought Skuld as she sat down between the two of them, just
because his wish has bonded you to be with him forever, that does not
give him the right to paw you like that!
Looking across Skuld at Keiichi, with sorrow in her eyes,
Belldandy spoke, "I am sorry, Keiichi-san."
Not bothering to hide the sarcasm in his voice Keiichi glared
at Skuld. "It's all right, she's just a little kid.
"I am not!" Skuld snapped back, whacking Keiichi with her
spoon. How dare he, a mortal, call me, a goddess, a little kid.
Really older sister, you apologize way too much. You should never
apologize to this person. He should apologize to you for forcing you
to become a martyr!
At that the three of them sat in silence as Skuld slowly ate
her ice-cream.
"Ring ----, ring ----," the telephone in the temple shouted.
It was followed by Urd yelling from somewhere inside the temple,
"I'll get it."
"Oh, Skuld-chan, it's your little play-mate Kenji-chan."
Urd shouted in a teasing voice from the temple.
Squealing in delight, Skuld jumped up and ran into the temple,
leaving her ice cream behind rattling in sudden neglect, and Belldandy
to fend off Keiichi's perverted advances on her own.
Kenji, now he was a mortal worthy of a goddess's heart. Kenji
needed no stinking wish to get a girlfriend. A young man who could win
any girl's heart, who was too good for any mere mortal girl's heart,
had won the heart of this goddess (second class, limited). Why can't
Belldandy find a mortal worthy of her, instead of that jerk? Well,
since she won't share him with me, I am not going to share Kenji with
her.
"Kenji," Skuld squealed into the phone.
* * * * * * * * *
Urd sat high in the cherry tree sipping sake, where Keiichi
and Belldandy could not see her spying on them. No, not spying,
standing vigil over the two, praying that Keiichi would finally put
the "moves" on her little sister, when Skuld came out of the temple,
ruining Urd's good mood with her interferace.
Urd had had it with her little sister. Why did she always
insist on interfering with Bell and Keiichi. They had been doing
nothing. A real "G" rated scene, in fact, if there was rating milder
than "G" they would gotten it! They weren't even kissing, let alone
sticking their tongues down each other's throats and otherwise
exchanging bodily fluids. Well, it is about time to teach you a little
lesson, thought Urd as she divided herself into several Mini-Urds. All
men are dogs (except Keiichi) Skuld, and the sooner you learn that, the
better off you will be.
* * * * * * * * *
'Everything is set,' thought Leader-Sensei Mini-Urd from her
hiding place near the phone. With a sense of irony, Sensei Mini-Urd
set her lesson plan into motion. "Switch-on!" she shouted quietly, as
she depressed a big red button.
"Ring ----, ring ----," the telephone in the temple shouted.
Picking up her mini-microphone Leader-Sensei Mini-Urd shouted, "I'll
get it!"
Leader-Sensei Mini-Urd slowly counted to ten, then spoke in
her best teasing voice into to her mini-microphone again, "Oh, Skuld-
chan, it's your little play-mate Kenji-chan."
Look-Out Mini-Urd watched her little sister receive the news
of who was on the phone. 'What a hypocrite,' Look-Out Mini-Urd thought
as she saw Skuld squealing in delight run into the temple. 'It is
alright for you to have a mortal boyfriend, but not Bell!'
"Urd?" Skuld called out, but her sister had left, leaving the
phone unattended. "Kenji," Skuld bleated excitedly into the phone.
"Hello Skuld-chan," Voice-of-Kenji Mini-Urd spoke into her
mini-microphone, doing her best to imitate Kenji.
Voice-of-Kenji Mini-Urd continued, "You are probably wondering
why I called. Well, my friend Omega-kun asked me whether I talked to
you while making love. And I had to say no. He said that I really
should talk to you while making love, that girls really like it when
the man that they love talks to them during intercourse."
"Um...," Skuld interrupted Voice-of-Kenji Mini-Urd, "why are
you calling me with this?"
"Well so I can talk to you while having sex," answered Voice-
of-Kenji Mini-Urd.
"What!" screamed Skuld into the phone. "How can we be making
love when we are 99.31615 kilometers away from each other?"
"Oh! Am I suppose to be screwing YOU when I talk to you?"
asked Voice-of-Kenji Mini-Urd in to her mini-microphone.
"Who are you talking to on the phone?" moaned Faking-Having-
Sex-With-Kenji Mini-Urd into the mini-microphone.
"Your little sister Skuld," replied Voice-of-Kenji Mini-Urd.
"Aaah, more, more K2," moaned Faking-Having-Sex-With-Kenji
Mini-Urd. "I'm not sharing this with you, little sister!"
Skuld was speechless. She could not believe her own ears.
Kenji-- her Kenji-- was doing . . . doing . . . It was too horrible
to think about. As her fragile, young mind sank deeper into the abyss
of her goddess begin, the world became a dark lonely place for Skuld.
All she could hear was the breaking of her heart. It sounded like
laughing.
'Laughing?' Thought Skuld. 'Why do I hear laughing?'
Sensei Mini-Urd had lost control. Skuld's reaction to the
phone call had become too much for the Mini-Urd. As her laughter
permeated the temple it infected the other Mini-Urds. Soon all four
of them lay on the floor rolling in laughter.
Slowly it began to dawn on Skuld that it was not the real
Kenji that she had been talking to. Depressing the hook to get a
dial tone, Skuld dialed Kenji's number.
An older woman answered the phone.
"Hello, is Kenji-kun there?" asked Skuld.
"Yes, just a moment," The lady replied.
"Hello?" Kenji queried into the phone.
"Hello, Kenji."
"Oh, hello Skuld. What's up?"
"Did you just call me?" blustered a worried Skuld.
An apprehensive Kenji replied, "No. Was I suppose to?"
"No," a relieved Skuld answered. "You haven't seen my
sister Urd today have you?"
A now confused Kenji replied, "No. Is everything OK?"
"Yes, Kenji, Yes!" a very relieved Skuld answered. "Don't
worry about it, I will call you later."
A very perplexed Kenji hung up the phone.
"Urd! You will Pay!" Skuld vowed, putting down the phone
as the Min-Urds continued to laugh at her.
* * * * * * * * *
Scene Three
Skuld was pissed. Really pissed. Older sister Urd had
finally crossed the line. Skuld understood and accepted that Urd
had a mischievous streak, it was what made Urd, Urd. When Urd had
gone over to the other side for a while, Skuld had forgiven her.
Skuld had come to accept Urd trying to get Keiichi and older sister
to do the "nasty," and had forgiven her for it. Even forgave her
for giving Kenji such problems last month. But this outrage Skuld
would never forgive. This cut through the ties of blood. As of
today Urd was no longer her sister. It was sacrilege to toy, the
way she did, with a young virgin's heart. No punishment, no torture,
no pain would be too great to right this wrong against the hearts of
all young girls.
"Urd! You will Pay!" Skuld vowed again, shaking her fists
at the heavens. "Banpei-kun, fetch my armor," Skuld commanded her
faithful robot.
As Banpei-kun left, Skuld slowly began to undress in a cool,
slow, measured manner. Her precise movements frightening in their
deliberate perfection. By the time Skuld had finished undressing,
Banpei-kun had returned with her armor. As Banpei-kun handed Skuld
each piece, she began to dress.
First was a short skirt of parboiled leather reinforced
with metal studs. Next, a lightly padded blouse, over which Skuld
donned a light form fitting breast plate of black enameled metal.
Next Skuld pulled on a pair of low-top boots, each with a large brass
button on the toe. Next on were her greaves, made of a golden metal,
they covered her kneecaps and her lower leg down to her boots.
Vambraces of the same metal as the greaves covered Skuld's lower arm.
As Skuld pulled red leather gloves over her hands, Banpei-kun handed
her a small helmet of the same material as the breast plate, topped
with horse hair dyed red.
Setting the helmet on her head, Skuld gave Banpei-kun one
last command, "Bring it!"
Banpei-kun hesitated at the command.
"Bring it now!" Skuld shouted as the light the men call
reason slowly faded from her eyes.
Banpei-kun entered carrying a dusty wooden box. As the
robot placed the box on the table, Skuld moved to it and wiped the
dusk off of it. The small brass plate on the top was etched:
"Mjolnir, Beta." Opening the box Skuld removed a wide belt of dark
red leather which she fastened around her midriff. She then lifted
a hammer out of the box. Where Skuld's usual hammer, the Mjolnir
Mk II, was slender this hammer was massive, and where hers was bright
this one was dark.
Lifting the hammer above her head, the lights in the room dim,
and free lighting began to play around Skuld and her new hammer, and
with thunder in the distance, Skuld again vowed, "You will pay Urd!"
* * * * * * * * *
Scene 4
Slipping a tape into her walkman, Skuld pressed the play
button. With Wagner's "---" blaring in her ears, Skuld slipped out
of the temple, her rational analytic mind clouded with the red haze
of a berserker. Skuld had one thought and one thought only, the
death of her older sister Urd. Not the slow painful death that most
people bent on revenge wished. But a quick spectacularly messy death
with blood and brains sprayed everywhere to sate Skuld's berserker
soul. Skuld would not be satisfied until she had drain every last
drop of blood out of Urd's body, sucking the marrow out of her bones.
Spying Urd across the courtyard Skuld let out a soul rending scream.
"Aiyeeeeee."
Skuld's scream interrupted Urd's sake drinking. Looking up
Urd saw a battle crazed Skuld running and swinging her hammer above
her head. Staggering to her feet, Urd uttered the first thing that
came to her.
"Skuld, have you been watching Xena again?"
Rushing Urd, Skuld toke a mighty overhead swing with her
hammer at Urd's head, intent on splattering Urd's brains all over
the courtyard. At the last possible nano-second Urd's self
preservation instinct kicked in, allowing Urd to evade her little
sister's blow. But, not quick enough to avoid having the hammer
smash down on her right big toe.
"Shit!" Screamed Urd, "That is going to hurt you little
brat." 'That is when the sake wares off' Urd added under her breath.
Looking up from examining her toe, Urd sees Skuld take another wild
swing, this time from the left side, like the great Sadaharu Oh going
for number 869. Hopping on her good foot, Urd jumped back, just out
of the way of Mjolnir as Skuld continued to wildly swing her
vengeance weapon.
Grabbing her blouse by the collar, Urd pulled down, exposing
her fully developed breasts. "See these Skuld? Its called cleavage!
If you had some Kenji might want to be seen with you in public!"
Teased Urd.
With Skuld intent on murdering Urd a quickly as possible,
and Urd equally intent on living to a ripe age, neither sister noticed
the gathering thunder clouds that un-naturally began to form over the
temple courtyard.
"Damn it you little punk!" Cursed Urd as her little sister
wildly continued to try to connect Urd's head with Mjolnir. "Give it
a rest Skuld! You are going to really hurt someone if you keep this
up."
But Urd's curses fell upon deaf ears, as all Skuld could hear
was the rushing of her own blood.
Jumping away from another wild overhead swing, Urd stuck her
tongue out.
Skuld paused, gulping in air, her body working as fast as
possible to replace the oxygen she had burned in her frenzy pursuit
of Urd.
"Have you got it out of your system yet?" Asked Urd from
just out of Skuld's and Mjolnir's reach. "It was just a joke. You
know that I have no designs on Kenji and I don't think he even likes
big tits!"
But Skuld heard nothing of her sister's plea. Her body's
need for oxygen had not restored her intellect. All she knew was
pain, and the source of that pain was in front of her, destroy it
and the pain go away. Lifting Mjolnir above her head, Skuld leapt
at Urd.
But as Skuld leapt nature intervened.
"Ka-boom," the lighting bolt thundered, striking Skuld in
mid-leapt, throwing Urd across the courtyard and dropping her on
her ass.
'Woooo,' though Urd. 'That was way too close.' Standing,
Urd rubbed her cute behind. 'That is going to leave one hell of a
bruise. Maybe I'll show it to Keiichi.'
Looking the across the courtyard, Urd saw the cause of the
lighting, 'So it was just Donner arriving from Asgard. I wish he
could arrive by stepping out of a T.V. or something. Lighting bolts
are so damn loud.' As she moved toward Donner Urd saw what had become
of Skuld. She lay in a small crater surrounded by scorch marks,
dressed in the smoking remains of her armor. Next to her knelt Donner.
"Ice-creama, ice-creama," was all Skuld could say. Endlessly
repeating the word as her eyes spun crazily.
"I'm sorry, Skuld-chan; I'm sorry, Skuld-chan," the boy kept
repeating.
The absurdity of the situation was too much for Urd. Breaking
out into hysterical laughter Urd fell to the ground, bruising her
other cheek.
With Urd in hysterics, Skuld dreaming about ice-cream, and
Donner apologizing for it all, Keiichi and Belldandy entered the
courtyard un-noticed.
"Oh my!" exclaimed Belldandy at the sight that confronted
them.
'What now,' thought Keiichi, resigned to the bizarre in
his life.
Keiichi moved toward Skuld and the boy that knelt beside her,
intent on finding out just what the hell was going on. As he
approached the young boy interposed himself between Keiichi and Skuld.
"Who are you, mortal?" demanded the boy, "Dare you not to come
closer."
At his words Keiichi halted his forward progress to take a good
look at this boy. He was short only a hand's breath taller than Skuld,
and of the same age. His bright red hair was tied in a small braid.
He, like the three goddesses, had small marking on his forehead and each
cheek. Where Skuld's were shaped like rounded plectrums, his were shaped
like small lighting bolts. In his hand he held a hammer, twin to the one
in Skuld's hands.
Coming up behind Keiichi, Belldandy wrapped her arms around
Keiichi's waist and, resting her chin on his right shoulder, she
answered the boy's question. "He is Morisato Keiichi-san."
His eyes now wide in awe, "'The' Morisato Keiichi?" the
boy asked.
Simply, "Yes," Belldandy replied as she gave Keiichi
a squeeze.
Bowing, the boy introduced himself, "I am Donner, Son
of Thunder. I apologize for my earlier rudeness. May I stay
with you while I am here on Midgard?"
"Why?" asked a puzzled Keiichi.
"Why? Why I am here to visit Skuld-chan. She is my best
friend after all," Donner stated in a matter of fact tone.
Bending down Donner gathered Skuld's stunned body into his
arms, lifting Skuld with an ease that shouted of an unhuman strength
not apparent from his size. "Belldandy-sama," began Donner, "if you
would be so kind as to show me to Skuld's room, I will tend to her
until she recovers."
"This way Donner, I am sure Skuld will be honored to have
you attend her," responded Belldandy to his request, moving toward
the temple.
Forgotten, Urd continued to laugh in the courtyard, unable to
contain herself, Urd soon divided into six mini-urds, each laughing
harder than the other.
* * * * * * * *
Donner gently lay Skuld down on the futon Belldandy and Keiichi
had prepared. "Thank you Belldandy-sama, Keiichi-san."
"I'll make you and Skuld some tea." Offered Belldandy.
"Tea! That is a sissies' drink, have you not wine in this
place?" Queried Donner.
"Wine?" Exclaimed Keiichi, "aren't you a little young
for wine?"
"I'm a god!" Thundered Donner, "I was there when Beowulf
threw down Grendel, I watched as Harold lost his eye, his life, and
his crown to the bastard duke that September day. I have feasted with
my father in the great hall, and dare you to tell me I am too young,
mortal!"
"I'm sorry Donner." interrupted Belldandy, "But here on
Midgard you will have to have tea!"
"I understand Belldandy-sama." Donner weakly responded.
"While on Midgard I will follow customs." "Tho' its more like Hel
than Midgard." He added under his breath.
Closing the door to Skuld's room Belldandy smiled weakly
at Keiichi.
"Um, Belldandy," began Keiichi.
"Yes? Keiichi-san."
"Is it alright to leave him alone with Skuld in her bedroom?"
"It will be all right. They are old childhood friends.
Skuld thinks of Donner like a brother."
* * * * * * * *
Back in Skuld's room Donner began to soliloquize, "Skuld why
do you sojourn here on Midgard? It is no longer the Midgard of old
when men where men, brave and free, living by their own strength.
When women were beautiful and loyal, trusting the strength of their
man. The Air was clean and sharp and with every breath you knew you
where alive. Now the skies are choked with smoke and poisons. Men
are weak cowardly liars, afraid of women, no girls! What a backward
place Midgard has become, where the women are strong and the men
pretty. This is not Midgard, it is Hel! What is it about mortals
that so fascinate you and your sisters?
* * * * * * * *
In the beginning there was the void. And in the void a voice
began to speak, "ice-creama, ice-creama."
Slowly Skuld's conscience became first aware of the mantra,
then the fact that she was Skuld. Painfully Skuld put her brain
back on-line.
"Ice-creama, ice-creama."
Skuld wished that who ever it was that kept repeating
'ice-creama' would shut the heck up, only to realize that it was
she who was chanting. Where was she? What had happen? Skuld could
not answer these basic questions. Another voice began to filter
into her brain from out of the void.
"Skuld-chan, are you alright?"
'O yes,' Skuld recalled, Kenji. It all started with a phone
call from Kenji. Only it was not really a phone call from Kenji.
It was a nightmare. 'Oh Kenji, you are here, I had the most horrible
dream.' As light began to chase the blackness from her vision, and
she could just see his outline. Skuld pulled Kenji to her, kissing him.
But something was wrong! Opening her eyes fully, Skuld
realized that it was Donner she was kissing. Pulling away from
him Skuld stared at Donner in horror. 'At least I didn't use any
tongue.' Skuld thanked kami-sama.
"Thank you for the welcome, Skuld-chan, I didn't know you
missed me so much." Donner responded, pleasantly surprised at
Skuld's kiss.
"Ahh, umm," was all Skuld managed to get out, as she covered
her mouth with her hands.
"Did I really taste that bad?" Donner joked, trying to break
the embarrassment of the movement.
"No it is not that," replied Skuld. "It's just that I
thought. . . I'm sorry."
"No need to apologize, Skuld-chan, I quite enjoyed it."
'I am sorry Kenji, I was unfaithful, please forgive me.'
prayed Skuld.
"But if did not know it was me, who did you think you where
kissing?" Asked Donner
"Excuse me," Belldandy interrupted the two, saving Skuld from
having to explain, "oh, Skuld you are awake. Are you okay?"
"Thank you older sister I feel fine!" Skuld answered,
thankful for the rescue.
"The tea is ready, if you would like to join me and
Keiichi-san I have made some cake," Belldandy offered, leaving
the two of them to follow at their own pace.
[Put in scene having Tea with K1 & Bell.
Donner: "Belldandy is the perfect wife." Belldandy
embarrasses Skuld by mentioning Kenji.]
By the time Skuld and Donner make it to the dinning room,
Belldandy had already set the table and was pouring the tea.
Keiichi had already started on his cake.
* * * * * * * * *
6) [Doing stuff with Donner. Skating, arcades, amusement
parks, swimming. Urd, Bell and Keiichi "tag" along,
embarrassing Skuld, treating her like a little kid.
Skuld and Donner do various things "just like old
times". Skuld is having such a good time with her
old friend that she forgets about Kenji for a little
while.]
* * * * * * * * *
7) [Sneaking out to go to the movies with Donner (Mission
Impossible)]
[Need to set scene.]
"Skuld I am tired of everyone tagging along, what say you to
sneaking out to see a movie?" Asked Donner.
"I don't know, I am not really suppose to go off with out
letting someone know where I am," stammered Skuld.
"Odin's Spear!" Donner cursed. "Are you not a goddess? Why do
you let them, especially that mortal, treat you like a little kid?"
"Let's go! What are you think of seeing?"
"I though you would like to see 'Mission Impossible',"
answered Donner.
"But its only playing in America!" Exclaimed Skuld.
Taking Skuld by her hand, Donner lead Skuld across the
courtyard toward a telephone. "What good is it being a god if
you can not see a movie when you want to."
Skuld vision blurred in a flash of white and her head
began to swim. When her vision returned, Skuld found herself
standing next to Donner on a small sphere whizzing through space.
Looking around Skuld toke the strange world she was in. Although
lighted, there was no discernable source for the light. The sphere
she and Donner were on was flying through the air like a min-comet.
There were many other spheres visible whirling around them, some
circling other spheres, forming mini-solar systems. "Where are we?"
Skuld asked.
Nonchalantly Donner replied, "We are riding an electron inside
of a wire that makes up the global communication network. We should
be in America in a minute or two our relative time."
"Wow! It's so fantastic, like a ride at Disneyland,"
Skuld exclaimed.
* * * * * * * * *
8) [The "Good Night Kiss.]
Arriving back at the temple in the wee hours of the morning,
in the same matter that they had left, Skuld and Donner materialized
in the courtyard in flash of lighting.
As her vision cleared, Skuld began, "Donner, thank you for
the movie. I had a really good time. I had forgotten how much fun
we used to have in Asgard. Well it is late, good night, see you at
breakfast."
"Just a second Skuld," Donner spoke, stopping Skuld from
entering the temple. Taking Skuld's face in his hands Donner gently
kissed Skuld on the lips. Breaking the kiss, Donner lingered for a
movement, before moving back.
"What was that for?" Stammered Skuld.
"What was that for? Do you not understand Skuld. Can you
not see that with all of my heart, with all of my mind, with all of
my soul, yes, even with all of my body I do love thee, Skuld. I have
always loved you Skuld. If you ever had any affection toward me.
Even if that affection is not yet love, grant me this one boon;
come back with me to Asgard," pleaded Donner.
Blind-sided by Donner's confession, Skuld stood there looking
at her childhood friend. "I do not know what to say," Skuld finally
managed to get out.
"Only say that you will return to Asgard with me,"
replied Donner.
"I have to think, this is all so sudden. I..., I... ."
Pivoting, Skuld sprinted into the temple. Her head and her heart
raging in a clashing symphony of words, thoughts and emotions, her
eyes turning into water.
"Ah, my Skuld," Donner soliloquize. "You are so cute when
you are flustered. When first I came to Midgard I had a rougher task
in mind, but now I would dare all. Waste not your time on this
unworthy Midgard, Skuld. I have had my fill of mortals, I long for
our home, and thirst for mead and thee"
* * * * * * * * *
[Scene 8.5]
Belldandy was up early, even for her, working on breakfast
for her family. Skuld and Donner had been gone all night. Worried,
Belldandy was not singing some little ditty to the food as she
worked as was her habit.
"Ano," Skuld interrupted her sister, as she entered the
kitchen.
"Skuld! Where have you been? Do you know how worried I
have been about you?"
"Please don't chastise me," pleaded Skuld. "Donner has
asked me to return to Asgard with him, and I do not know what to
do older-sister."
"Kenji?" Belldandy asked.
"Older sister do you miss Asgard?"
"Yes, Skuld, I do so miss Asgard, and my friends. But...,"
Belldandy answered.
"But?"
"I have something here on Midgard more precious than all
the gold in the Rhine. Keiichi-san is all I could ever want, all
I want, all I ever wanted, all I will ever want. Listen to your
heart little sister," Belldandy advised.
'But,' thought Skuld as she studied her shoes, 'I can't
hear my heart over the din that my head is making!'
"Skuld?" Belldandy began.
"Yes, older sister?"
"When I can not think clearly, I do something relaxing,
something I like to do, to rest my mind. Like knitting, or cooking,
but maybe you would prefer to work on banpei-kun." Suggested
Belldandy.
Throwing her arms around Belldandy, Skuld gave her older
sister a hung. Disengaging herself, Skuld left Belldandy to finish
breakfast.
"Skuld." Belldandy's voice stopped her sister in the doorway
of the kitchen.
"Yes?"
"I do live thee, no mater what you do." Spoke Belldandy as
she turned back to her task of preparing breakfast.
Silently Skuld left.
* * * * * * * * * *
Scene 9
Returning to her room, Skuld tried to work on improving a
servo in Banpei-kun's legs. But her heart would not let her mind
concentrate on the task. Signing in frustration, Skuld turned on
her computer. 'Maybe some net surfing will relax me,' thought Skuld.
Connecting to Yggdrasil, Skuld found an E-mail message form Kenji
awaiting her. Hesitatingly Skuld opened Kenji's message and began
to read:
Return-Path: aeka@usagi.jrd.dec-j.co.jp
To: skuld@yggdrasil.asgard
Subject: Insomnia, thinking about you
From: Takaiyama Kenji <takenji@win.or.jp>
Content-ID: <4062.826867040.1@super.win.or.jp>
Date: Fri, 24 May 199X 04:17:20 +0900
Sender: takenji@super.win.or.jp
Reply-To: takenji@win.or.jp
Dear Skuld,
I just could not sleep last night, I spent the
night staring at the ceiling and thinking about you. I
hope you are well. I wish I could have phone, but I did
not want to wake you (or Keiichi). Anyway, about two o'clock
this monring I wrote you a poem, it is not very good and does
not rhyme, but I hope you like it.
For Skuld
if by being a writer,
(a poet)
made one a pen,
(and if and deed I am
a poet, despite what
the critics may say)
and I was a pen,
(a slim and lovely
silver pen that wrote
with redandgold ink)
and if this slim silver
pen was yours,
(as my darkred
heart may
well be)
I would be
a happy man
clipped to your
white cotton blouse
by my strong fingers
I would sleep
nestled against
your warm white breast
with the music of your
brightred heart
upon my ears
Kenji
//
// Member of SkAS
// Skuld Appreciation Society
//
As she read, Skuld began to cry. To cry softly with gentle
tears filling her eyes, unlike the torrents of tears she usually cried.
"Kenji, Oh my dear Kenji! I know what I must do." Burying her head in
her arms, Skuld cried until Belldandy called her to breakfast.
* * * * * * * * *
10) [Breakfast, Belldandy, Keiichi, Urd, and Skuld. Donner having
chosen to sleep in. Urd, already drinking teases Skuld about the late
night.]
* * * * * * * * *
11) [Skuld turns Donner down after breakfast, just before lunch.
Donner leaves in a flashing of lighting.]
[Set the scene better, more detail.]
Donner found Skuld standing under the cherry tree on the edge
of the courtyard. "Skuld will you come home with me?"
"My dear Donner, we have always been friends, haven't we. We
will always be friends, but my friend, I am staying. So sorry," Skuld
answered, her voice just a wisper by the time she finished.
"I am not going. Please listen to me." Skuld pleaded.
"Why not? Your probation time as a surface world trainee
is long past."
"But, my sisters are here and ...,"
"Get them to come home too."
"But older sister has a contract in force."
"Pasha." Dooner's vocie began to rise in colume as he spoke.
"Between the two of us, you with your debugging skills, and my knowledge
of circuits, we could easily bypass the system enforcer, thus null and
voiding Belldandy's contract with Morisato."
"But...," Skuld continued to stammer, unwilling to hurt Donner.
Angry at her excues, Donner began to shout as thunder clouds
began to form over the courtyard. "But, but, BUT! Is that the only
word you can say? Why this hesitation Skuld? Have we not always been
the best of friends? Will you not come home with me? I do so love
thee Skuld. Do you not care for me? What is it that chains you to
this Hel of a world?"
"Please listen to me," Skuld pleaded. "My dear, dear Donner,
I hope you will understand. It is Kenji I l..., l..., ... ."
"I do not want to hear! What is it about mortals that so
affects you and your sisters? Why does loving an angel hurt?"
Screamed Donner at Skuld, as he left Midgard in a flash of lighting,
and a clap of thunder.
Stunned, Skuld just stood there, the tears cascading down her
face. "Damn you Donner! Why won't you listen? We were friends, why,
why did you have to say those three little words and ruin everything?'
Growing to her normal size, mini-urd moved out from her hiding
place behind a boulder near the cherry tree. "How touching. It almost
brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?" She asked her little sister.
"Go to Hel Urd." Skuld flatly responded to her sister.
Turning Skuld walked into the temple, shutting herself in her room.
'You are starting to understand Skuld. Man is a idiot, and
men are dogs. I hope this toughens your heart Skuld, as flesh is
much too soft a material for one's heart. Now, where did I hide that
bottle of sake?' Thought Urd as Skuld cried in her room.
* * * * * * * * *
12) [Breakfast the next day with the group. Tamiya comes in with
an anoucement.]
Bell & K1: in love, Belldandy feeding Keiichi.
Urd: Hung over
Skuld: Melancholy/Pensive.
[Breakfast the day after Donner's departure was a solemn
affair. As was her wrought, Belldandy had again prepared
an excellent breakfast. But her worrying about Skuld
the previous night had spoiled her evening with Keiichi.
Urd had spent the night drinking, and was now, nursing
her head with a little bit of the hair of the dog.
Skuld, well Skuld was still mad at Donner for not
listening to her, not understanding her feelings.]