This is the draft copy of part 2. Comments, criticism, suggestions are all
welcomed and encouraged. Public or private is fine with me.
James
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More Human Than Human
Part 2
by JJC
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Oh! My Goddess! is property of Kosuke Fujishima. This work is a piece
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Keiichi finished putting on a clean pair of jeans and a clean T-shirt.
The candles and fancy silverware were bugging him somewhat. What was
the occasion? Why weren't there more than two sets of place setting
out on the table?
He put his slippers on and walked back down to the tea room.
*That's funny. the door's closed again.*
Keiichi knocked on the door.
"Come on in, Keiichi-san!" came Belldandy's voice through the door.
Keiichi slid the door open.
His jaw dropped.
Belldandy was wearing a little black dress that hugged her body in just
the right places. It was nothing like the normal frilly, long dresses
that Belldandy usually liked wearing.
Keiichi's nose started to itch as his eyes wandered from Belldandy's
smiling face down the rest of her body. He always knew, in a detached
manner, how beautiful she was physically, but never really paid that
much attention to that -- her wonderful personality and the aura of
sanctity that Belldandy seemed to exude had always kept his mind from
wandering further. He had always thought of Urd as the one who was the
most physically mature of the three sisters, but right now, he wasn't
so sure anymore.
Keiichi quickly snapped his gaze back at Belldandy's face to keep his
nose from hemorrhaging blood. He looked closely at Belldandy's face to
make sure that she wasn't under some wayward spell or enchantment.
"Oh, Keiichi, are you okay?" said Belldandy as she stood up and moved
toward him to feel his forehead.
Keiichi relaxed visibly. This was definitely the Belldandy that he
knew and loved. His subconscious started to scream warnings at him
that something was amiss, but his latent libido quickly silenced
subconscious with judicious use of a sledgehammer.
"Don't worry Bell-chan! I'm, uh, fine. It was just a long day of hard
work." Keiichi stammered.
"Hmm. Let's see if we can make it a long night of working hard then,"
chuckled Belldandy behind a raised hand.
Keiichi stood stone still and blinked at that comment. A full blown
blush was now turning his face cherry red.
"Ah, Bell-chan, can you, uh, repeat that again?"
Belldandy gave Keiichi a very mischievous smile that quickly turned
into the grin that always graced his dreams.
"We need to speak about some very important things, Keiichi-san. There
are some issues that need to be dealt with tonight. Now, let's eat,
alright?"
Keiichi nodded absently at this. His brain was still on a happiness
high from the smile she had given him. He always lost it whenever she
smiled like that. Belldandy gently guided him toward his cushion and
place setting.
Keiichi noted that her flawless fingers felt smooth and warm wrapped
about his arm. It sent electric shocks through his body. He woke up
from his reverie and sat down at his place.
Something was different about all the food. It hit Keiichi like a two
ton anvil. Normally, Belldandy's food was superb but presented in a
simple manner -- a very eye pleasing simplicity. This dinner was not
just food for the body, but for the eyes as well. Royalty would have
weeped in thanks for this feast. Keiichi thought it would be almost
sacrilegious to eat such a meal.
At Belldandy's urging, Keiichi started eating. It almost shamed
Belldandy's other meals. There was no way he could compare the quality
of this food. This was not just merely a touch of the divine, it was
truly heavenly manna.
He was midway through his second serving of thinly sliced yellowfin
carpachio, when Belldandy asked him a question.
"Where do you want to go with me, Keiichi-san?"
Keiichi glanced up quickly and spoke around a mouthful of food.
"Uh, maybe Rome, or Hawaii."
Belldandy gently clarified her question.
"No, silly. Not _where_ do you want to go physically. Where do you
want our relationship to go?"
Keiichi looked somewhat bashful.
"I don't know. I never had any girlfriends before, and, uh, Tamiya and
Ootaki aren't really the best advisors for my love life. I'm not
exactly an accomplished romantic."
Belldandy closed her eyes for a second. When she opened them, they had
a sparkle to them that Keiichi was instantly mesmerized by.
"Well, do you mind if I do some 'navigation' for our relationship,
Keiichi-san?"
"Uh. L-l-like what?" Keiichi stammered.
"Like this."
Belldandy came around the table and glomped onto Keiichi's side
tightly, nuzzling Keiichi's chest with her head. Keiichi froze up like
a deer in headlights. His mind was in a state of total anarchy, his
eyes were shut tight, he couldn't trust his view of reality at the
moment. The smell of her hair and body, a potent perfume in itself,
enticed him. Her embrace, although tight, felt so good, it was like he
was an extension of her body.
He wanted to say something, but no words came to his mouth. He wasn't
so sure that he would be able to utter anything intelligible at the
moment, his verbal abilities, everything down to the instinctual level,
had shorted out.
His physical instincts took over. He drew her head up and started
kissing her soft silky hair. He then moved slowly around her head,
softly caressing her ears with his lips, toying for a moment with her
earrings. He then moved on to her lips. This was something he had
only dreamed about before. He kept his eyes shut, he was afraid that
this was truly a dream and that he would wake up. They kept their
embrace for what seemed like a wondrous eternity. Their hands shifted
to more comfortable positions. He lost all control over his body, he
had no idea where his hands were, what his arms were wrapped about, but
he didn't care -- he was in ecstasy, and that was what counted.
Suddenly their balance shifted as Belldandy slid onto Keiichi's lap.
They leaned onto the table. Neither of them cared very much as miso
soup and rice got onto them. They did, however, stop for air.
Belldandy suddenly realized the immediate situation.
"Keiichi-san, you've got soup all over your shirt and pants! Let me
help you with them."
Keiichi took off his shirt and handed it to Belldandy. He smiled at
her as she handed him a hot, wet napkin to him to wipe the soup
off his chest.
As he unbuttoned the top button on his jeans, something landed in the
ruins of the dinner on the table.
"Whoa! Whoa! Time to cool down kiddies!" Mini-Urd frantically yelled
as she climbed out of a casserole with tomato sauce dripping from her
hair and clothes. "I'm glad to see you're getting to first base, but I
don't advise trying to get a grand slam right now."
Both Keiichi and Belldandy lowered their heads, blushing furiously.
Mini-Urd whipped her hand up in the air and instantly cleaned herself
up. She then took a stance in front of the two with her arms akimbo.
"Keiichi, get yourself cleaned up. I, uh, want to talk to my sister
alone."
Keiichi got up.
"Um, uh. Er. Belldandy, I'll get a fresh change of clothing. I'll
put the rest of my clothing in the bathroom hamper."
Keiichi tried to back out of the room slowly, and fell out into the
hallway when he realized that his legs weren't quite back in full gear.
He then sprinted on all fours toward his room.
Belldandy sat on a mat, looking at mini-Urd with apologetic eyes. Urd
quickly coalesced into her full sized form.
"I'm so, so, so sorry Onee-sama. I just really wanted to get everything moving
before something else comes up and interrupts us."
Urd sat down, cross-legged. She flashed a lopsided grin at Belldandy
and laughed.
"Don't apologize, little sis. I just didn't want anything to happen before I could
give you some real good pointers for tonight!"
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Skuld wondered what all the laughing was about. She assumed it was
the normal lunacy that pervaded the temple and continued with her
soldering.
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end part 2
to be continued...