Hi this is Benji Himura I am starting a new fanfic

Hi this is Benji Himura I am starting a new fanfic. I don't own Ah megami-sama! /Oh my goddess! I also don't own the characters of that story or the plot; taking out the changes that I will make. And some anime or manga characters might show up in the story I also don't own then. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.

Signed: Benji Himura

This story events happens after the events of the OVAs of Ah! Megami-sama! /Oh! My goddess! Alterations will be made on the original plot of the manga, anime or movie depending of what I decide to use on the story. The main character is my original character Benji Himura who will interact with one goddess of the series. Now it follows the story, I hope that everyone enjoy this story.

"Text" Talked sentences.

'Text' Thoughts.

-Text- Sounds effects.

(Text) Talked sentences in a foreign language, as English when everyone else speaks Japanese.

: Text: Messages show in an electronic screen or written.

Text: something being recalled, flashbacks, scenes being replayed.

Text: a detail found in a location, scene, person, recording and images that originally wasn't there.

Chapter fifteen: Moving forward and backwards

Benji cursed under his breath, there was times that he really regretted becoming a bounty hunter for deities. 'I should have known better.' Benji thought while running through the quite empty halls of one of Nekomi Tech building's halls. "How much further?" Benji asked to a miniature ethereal demoness that is flying a little ahead of him. "Just a little more." Marine answered. "Just a couple more halls!"

Benji sighed inwardly, of all days for a new covenant to appear it had to be right in the day of his entry exams, as much as he hated the idea of wasting all the effort made to study, when weighting that if doesn't do anything hundreds of people will die he just bites the bullet and accept it in silence.

"There!" Marine shouted pointing to a shut door, Benji jumps on the air and hit the door with a high speed dropkick, ripping it from the hinges, Benji lands smoothly on his feet over the door, inside the room a very pale nerdy looking man looks stunned while looking at Benji.

Benji recognized the scent of gasoline on the room, the room was packed with metal drums and plastic gallons filled with a reddish liquid. Benji rushes forward and hits the man hard with his fists. Marine lets out a relieved breath as Benji grabs a device from the unconscious man.

Looking around closer Benji starts to make more details of the room; the place was filled with homemade explosives and gasoline, that room would easily blow a huge chunk of the building. 'No wonder they were this terrified.' Benji thought while disabling the trigger of the device. 'But why a covenant would be this pathetic?'

"Marine what just caused this?" Benji asked to the demoness. "He snapped with the pressure of his wish." Marine answered seriously. "He wished to be the best and most intelligent student of his school and college, but the pressure of the familiars, teachers and everyone else that expected nothing but the best made him snap."

In his years in Japan Benji saw a lot of ugly stuff, the society wasn't as nice and friendly as show in anime, it had at least two faces, one they were friendly and all smiles, but when someone fails or is bad at something they not only gossip about it, but discriminate and humiliate the person, if not the family.

Benji sighed annoyed, he hated that in Japan, the education and the society requires so much of the individuals there, the parents for their children to do what they want for them, and not to pursue their desires, you were expected to study your ass off and be the best of your school if not the country, get in the top colleges, then in a well paying work, then take care of your parents that 'worked' so hard to give you your education, when in the end they only want a easy life and bragging rights.

'I wonder if going to college is really the right thing for me.' Benji thought while looking at the wreck of a young man at his feet, the poor guy must be at the tops twenty two years old, he is skinny, pale and his whole appearance indicates the stress that he suffered. 'I kind of miss my world now, things used to be so different. Japan isn't as nice as I imagined'

…

"You did what?" Both Cin and Eleana shouted at the top of their lungs at Benji. "I said that I left the test." Benji answered calmly. "If I haven't a crazy guy would have exploded the whole west wing of the main building."

"I think that I will faint." Eleana whispered holding her head. "I have a migraine." Cin said rubbing her temples. "All the work, all the work for nothing…" "I don't think that saving innocents lives is nothing." Peorth commented on Benji's defense. "I think that what he did was very noble and selfless, sacrificing himself for the sake of others, if anything I am proud of him."

Punctuating her words Peorth wraps her arms around Benji and kisses his cheek. Gorgeous Rose does the same, actually for her is just an excuse to hug and kiss Benji, but still she agreed wholeheartedly with Peorth's opinion.

"It isn't that we aren't proud." Eleana said while sitting down in an empty chair. "But all the work, all the prayers, all was for naught." Cin nodded agreeing with the blonde, Peorth could understand Eleana's and Cin's feelings, she also prayed a lot for Benji's success on the test, but above everything she wouldn't hold it against him.

…

March eleventh 12:32 PM Nekomi; Nekomi institute of technology, building of computer engineering and sciences, human sciences and art

Benji walks away from the bulletin board with the list of the students that passed. "I can't believe that after all that I still passed." He said with a smile and a surprised tone. "I was forced to leave the test unfinished and deal with that crazy bomber."

"Because it was deity related we took care of everything afterwards." Kikyo said in a casual tone. "Both our offices agreed that was needed an intervention and because that intervention caused your absence in the test it was decided that your test would be filled by the answers from your studies." Marine added with a smile. "In the most technical sense you made the test before the test itself."

"It kind feels like cheating." Benji commented in a casual tone. "But I don't really care, I am on Nekomi tech now and the college isn't destroyed. I can live with that." "Where is everyone else?" Kikyo asked looking at the spot where the car was parked. "Today is also the day that Ruri is presenting her essay in aerodynamic engineering." Benji answered moving to his BMW. "So Nanana, Eleana, Cin and Karen went see the presentation."

"And why you aren't going?" Marine asks in a meek tone. "I am not into engineering and I don't understand all those terms." Benji replied casually. "I would be bored and wouldn't pay attention to anything; I can't do that to Ruri so I won't see it. If I go and she sees how bored and distracted I am she will feel that her essay is bad."

"It makes sense in an odd way." Kikyo commented. "And why Cin and Eleana didn't came see your results?" "They think that I won't enter because I left the test, remember how they reacted when I returned on that day?" Benji replied with a smile. "It will be a funny surprise.

Marine and Kikyo nods understanding and smile at the idea of the shock of the women at the fact that Benji passed. "Now I have to go to make the official matriculation and I will be starting this spring." Benji commented placing his hands on his jacket pockets. "It is kind of bad that Peorth-senpai isn't here to celebrate with everyone." Kikyo said in a sad tone. "She was recalled to Heaven because the lack of demonic activity here." Benji commented. "I guess that I did my work really too well."

"Even being a demoness I must agree with you." Marine said with a smile. "And your hair is very interesting after the exposure too." Benji sighs recalling the side effects of his exposure to divine and demonic blood. "I really don't like those effects." Benji commented running his hand on his once again long hair. "It looks good." Kikyo chirped with a smile. "The color changing effect because of light and angle makes you look really interesting."

"I liked my hair when it was just black with black highlights." Benji said in a wistful tone. "Not black with dark metal blue and dark blood red highlights. I feel like an anime character." "You said that was interesting." Marine pointed out with a smirk on her lips. "That before Cin and Peorth arguing about my hair color. Right now calls undesirable attention." Benji replied pointing to the women that pass by him and make comments about his hair and chuckle whispering to each other.

…

October seventeenth 11:32 PM; Nekomi, Benji's apartment

"What is the reason of bothering me this late?" Benji said opening the door and seeing a not unfamiliar face on the door, actually much bellow his eye level. "Himura-senpai I have a really good reason for this." Keiichi Morisato says to the much taller man, ignoring the fact that Benji is wearing only a pair of loose pants and a towel around his neck.

"I got some problems with my house and I need a place to stay for a short while." Keiichi said in a meek tone. Benji opens the door and looks at the hall, he sighs seeing Belldandy in her altered casual clothes. "You can stay for a short while." Benji said giving space for them to enter in the apartment. "Just don't make a mess and obey the rules that I will tell you in a while."

Keiichi nods while seeing Benji entering on the apartment, Belldandy and Keiichi follow. (Thank you for your aid.) Belldandy said in Aesir. (You are welcome; just don't tell him that I know or that I am mixed with deities.) Benji replied in the same language. Keiichi looks at duo confused. "What you said to him?" Keiichi asked while Benji enters in his bedroom. "I just thanked him for allowing us to stay here." The goddess replied with a smile.

Benji returns to the living room now wearing a white t-shirt. "Okay here are the sleeping arrangements." Benji said tossing a pillow and a blanket to Keiichi. "You sleep in the couch, she sleeps in my bed and I will sleep in my roommate's bed." "I am fine with that." Keiichi said with a smile. "And this is Belldandy. I apologize for not introducing her sooner."

"It is okay." Benji replied casually. "I am Himura Benji." "I am Belldandy." The goddess said bowing politely. "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too." Benji replied. "The bathroom is over there, the kitchen is on that direction. You two can help yourselves if hungry."

"Thank you for your kindness." Belldandy said bowing again. "Please allow me to make some tea for us." "I appreciate the offer but I have to sleep now, however feel free to use my kitchen." Benji said smiling back to the goddess. They trade few more pleasantries and Benji moves to his bedroom.

"Himura-senpai is tall but he is very nice." Keiichi said to the goddess with a smile. "The only times that he is scary is when he beats my senpais for trying to dismantle his bike, he even helps me out of the messes that my senpais get me on." "I can feel his goodness under his mask." Belldandy replied walking to the kitchen. "Mask?" Keiichi asked confused. "Maybe it was the wrong term." Belldandy replied. "I believe that the most accurate expression would be shields."

"I am still confused." Keiichi said looking at the goddess that is carefully checking the kitchen to look for the material to make tea. "I can't tell you more with out violating his privacy, but he is a good man." Belldandy commented finding the kettle.

A while later Belldandy enters in the bedroom and moves to the empty bed. "I apologize for the intrusion." She said in Aesir. "Don't worry about it." Benji replied from Peorth's bed. "I was expecting that anyway." "Mind in telling me how you knew?" Belldandy asked in a gentle tone. "I can't tell you, I know that I can trust you but I also know that if I tell you Heaven will know too." Benji replied. "I do not intend to harm you or him."

"I know that." Belldandy said with a smile. "I recognized your markings as you recognized mine, I know that you wouldn't cause any pain to Keiichi. Once again thank you for allowing me to enter in your home." "As I said before don't worry about it." Benji replied smiling back. "I do have the tendency of aiding needed goddesses."

Belldandy chuckled lightly and lies down on the offered bed.

October seventeenth 1:27 PM; Nekomi outskirts, Tariki Hondan Jinja

"Once again why I have to help out with this?" Benji asks to Belldandy while carrying three boxes with Keiichi's belongings to the shrine house. "Because I asked nicely." Belldandy answered holding a pair of much smaller boxes. "You warned me to not use my powers to aid in the moving, because of it I need help of someone strong."

"I should have kept my mouth shut." Benji said waiting for the goddess open the door of the house. "I have my studies to worry about." "I am sure that few hours won't cause harm." Belldandy said with a smile. "Hurry up Keiichi!" Benji shouted to the stairway. "I am not that strong!" Keiichi replied on the middle of the stairs holding one large box and one small one, suffering to move on the stairs. "He needs to exercise more." Benji commented leaving the boxes on the entry of the house.

"How many more?" Benji asked to the goddess. "Four more." Belldandy answered recalling the pile of boxes on the foot of the stairs. "One large, two small ones and one medium." "Well let's get them so I can go home." Benji replied to the goddess. "I was supposed to be finishing my papers about the history of the propaganda." Belldandy nods and they move out of the house.

'Never again I will offer my services for a goddess, I really should keep my guard up on that.' Benji thought with an internal sigh. 'It was too much to allow Keiichi and Belldandy stay in my place while they have the place being fumigated…'

December tenth 3:12 PM; Nekomi, Nekomi tech, human sciences and art building.

Benji sighs tired and leans back on his chair, the final lecture is over and the students are dismissed. Benji waits for the crowd of women that is composed his class leave the room before trying to leave, in other situations or even another time being the only male in a class of beautiful woman would be a blessing, but with the past year mixed with goddesses, demonesses and friends it was more like a sick joke of the universe.

"Come on Ben-chan cheer up the exams won't be hard." A green haired woman says to Benji in a cheerful tone. "I am not worried about the exams Shigusa-senpai." Benji replied to the woman. "The winter festival is coming and I am foreseeing problems." "You weren't voluntaried to any stands or events, so be happy." She said with a smile. "That is exactly how I can tell that I will have trouble on the festival." Benji replied. "Things are too peaceful."

"Once again your somber mood impresses me. Normally men would kill to be in your place in our publicity class." Shigusa said in a mock annoyance tone. "You should be happier." "Maybe in another time." Benji replied standing up and picking his backpack. "Right now I am worried. Holidays are coming; my daughter is going to visit." "That is right you do have a daughter!" Shigusa exclaimed. "I forgot that you mentioned her before.

"I didn't mention her; she came here in the first week to check out the class." Benji replied seriously. "This tall, spiked black hair knee long." "Now I remember her! She is too cute to be yours; she must have taken from her mother." Shigusa teased. "I wouldn't know." Benji replied walking away. "Well see you tomorrow senpai."

On his way to the parking area near of the building Benji sees Keiichi and Belldandy, Benji waves a greeting to them that reply in the same way. Benji rides on his BMW; a cry of a familiar voice makes him stop. Ruri runs to him calling his name, when she is near him she stops to recover her breath.

"What is going on?" Benji asks in a worried tone. "My moped is broken, it seems that one of the members of the Motor club lost the control of his own bike and crashed on it." Ruri answered between breaths. "They are going to repair it for free but it will take few days to be ready, so…"

"You want me to give you a ride back home." Benji continued seeing where she was going to get. Ruri nods with a smile. "Fine hop on." Benji said taking out his backpack and handing to Ruri, she adjusts it on her back with her own but much smaller backpack and rides behind him.

December twelfth 7:26 PM; Nekomi, Nekomi tech, Motor club house.

Benji is in front of the clubhouse riding on BMW beginning to regret that he said that he would aid Belldandy when she really needed. The goddess leaves the clubhouse with Keiichi. "Mind in explaining why I have to be here?" Benji asks to the goddess. "Because if you weren't here would be much harder to leave." Belldandy replied with a smile. "Keiichi-san is tired and he can't help in the club being so tired, he could get hurt."

"He could just say no instead of having me to use as excuse." Benji commented. "It is not like my senpais give me any chance of denying anything; they just shove it on my hands." Keiichi said in a sired tone. "Well let me deal with that. Hold a second Bell." Benji said turning off the engine and moving to the club house, he grab a thick pipe from a dismantled bike frame before entering.

"Well I guess that I will have a quiet Christmas." Keiichi said with a tired smile. "Why that?" Belldandy asked confused. "You will see." Keiichi commented, as punctuating his words Tamiya and Otaki begins to scream in fear and pain. "And that is the reason that Benji-senpai is called of senpai by everyone in the Motor club." Keiichi said while the sounds of the beating filter from the club. "Well and the fact that he came here a lot because a friend of his often needed something from her house or be picked up, he is quite well know around the students too."

The sound of the bashing dies and Benji leaves the clubhouse now holding a very dented pipe, he tosses it in a pile of junk and walk to the couple. "You should use stronger pipes in your bikes." Benji commented to the shorter man. "That one is really weak." "It explains why it was so short." Keiichi replied with a smile.

Benji's phone rings and he picks it up. "Well I have to go." He says to the couple. "My daughter arrived and I have to pick her up." "Can we go see her too?" Belldandy asked in a hopeful tone. "You like children?" Benji asked already knowing the answer. "I love them." Belldandy answered. "Well I guess that is okay, but I will be going to the train station and then to my house." Benji said to them riding on his bike again.

"We don't mind right Keiichi?" Belldandy said to the short man, flashing him a bright smile. "Yes we don't mind." He said dazed with her smile. Benji chuckles seeing once again why Keiichi was so easily pushed around, the only reason that he actually helps Belldandy is because he does like her and that he wants to have good relations with Heaven and having Belldandy as a friend for sure wouldn't hurt. Keiichi and Belldandy ride on Keiichi's BMW and follow Benji away from the campus.

Benji sighs seeing Belldandy tightly hugging Cin. "She is so cute!" Belldandy exclaims. "I can't believe that you have a daughter that old." Keiichi commented looking at Cin. "She is what thirteen years old?" "Ten." Benji answered. "She is taller than the average Japanese girl of her age, not to mention smarter."

"How old are you?" Keiichi asked confused. "Thirty years old." Benji answered casually. "You had her when you were twenty years old?" Keiichi asked in shock. Benji chuckles at his surprise. "No you idiot." Benji replied teasingly. "Cin isn't my real daughter."

"I see that is why your energy is so different from hers." Belldandy commented looking at him. Cin hands to Benji her bag and he straps it on the back of the seat of his bike. "But we are together has almost four and a half years." Benji said while Cin looks at Belldandy. "I just couldn't leave her alone when we first met."

"And how that happened?" Belldandy asked curious. "It was a rainy night." Benji began.

…

Benji walks on a rainy dark street wearing his assassin clothes with out the mask. The night and the rain are ice cold, yet he doesn't care about it. He leaves the side street that he was walking in and enters on a larger street, in the better lithe street Benji can see a little girl not older than seven years old standing in front of a wall looking at the nearly deserted street, her dress is dirty and wet and her long black hair is soaked with the rain water.

Benji stops walking and turns to the girl. "Are you alone?" Benji asks in English. She nods in silence looking at him with out much attention or interest. "You have a place to go?" He asked again and once again she nods her answer, this time a denial. Benji removes one of his arms from his coat and does the same with the jacket beneath it. He put the coat on and repeats the process now removing the jacket.

He drapes the leather jacket over the girl's head. "It isn't much but it will give you some protection from the elements." Benji said in a serious tone, Benji turns away from the girl and walks again. He stops few steps away hearing the girl's steps while she follows him.

"I can't take you." Benji said half turning and looking at her. "My life is dangerous and barely recovered from being shot, find a shelter or go to a police station to find state care." She looks at him in silence; Benji turns forward again and resumes his walking. He only takes two steps when he feels a tug on his coat, he looks behind and she is holding on his coat looking at him with her big black eyes. Benji sighs tired looking at the little girl.

"Damn Ruri you should have warned me about coming to visit." Eleana said to her daughter. "I know that you are in your vacation but a trip like this isn't something that you can decide by yourself. We are in Paris not in Okinawa." "That is exactly why I wanted to come." Ruri replied angrily. "You are having fun traveling around the Europe and I am locked in school."

"I am not having fun here!" Eleana exclaimed. "I am here trying to solve issues related to my dowry that my father denied when I got married to your father!" "And what about that male friend of yours?" Ruri replied angrier. "He is helping me with that!" Eleana shot back. "He is the only reason that I was able to get my dowry."

"I am back." Benji said opening the door of the apartment. "Welcome back." Eleana replied. "We needed an interruption anyway." "Well I hope that you don't mind some additional issues to that." Benji added walking to the living room, with her head poking out of the front of Benji's coat the little girl looks at the two women. "It is a kind of troublesome story."

Eleana sighs looking at the little girl. "You explain it later, first things first." She said in a serious tone. "We need get her on some dry, and well clean clothes hers clearly are too dirty to be worn, not to mention filthy." "I will get some of my old clothes for her." Ruri said moving to the room with her bags.

"So little one let's go to the bathroom and get you cleaned and warm?" Eleana said crouching at the level of the girl; the girl closes the front of Benji's coat over her face. "She seems to be kind of shy." Benji commented in an uncomfortable tone. "And oddly attached to me." "I can see that." Eleana said looking at the girl now peeking out of a small opening on the black coat. "Take her to the bathroom, clean her up and dry her."

Benji nods and moves to the bathroom. "And you will be wiping the floor that you are wetting!" Eleana barked at the marching man. "EEEKKKKK!" Ruri yelped slipping on the wet trail when moving to the bathroom and falling on her behind. "To make things safer I do it…" Eleana muttered moving to the laundry area.

A little over one hour later the four of them are sited around a table eating a warm Eleana personal recipe of fried rice altered to be something between a risotto and fried rice. Eleana chuckles seeing Cinnamon as the girl said that was her name eating hungrily. "It was rather reckless of your part to bring her in." Eleana said to Benji now serious. "If she has a family it might be a crime."

"I just couldn't leave her there soaking in the rain, I waited there with her for one hour and no one came." Benji replied also seriously. "And I couldn't look at her begging eyes and leave her alone there." Ruri sighs annoyed. "And what we will do with a little girl?" she asks with her voice hinting her emotions.

"I don't know but leaving her alone, hungry and cold in the rain was too cruel." Benji replied looking at the younger girl. "I know that but she is too attached to you." Ruri said seriously. "You should spell things for her and explain that she can't be with you. We don't even know if she is truly an orphan or not."

"Ruri I didn't raised you to be this heartless." Eleana said to her daughter. "And because how Benji found her I am sure that the police would agree that was the right thing to do even if she has family, the first thing tomorrow morning will go to a police station and inform that we found a little girl lost."

"I am always heartless." Ruri replied angry at her mother's words, she was right after all, Ruri looks at Cin and the little girl moves closer of Benji partially covering herself with his body, holding on his right arm. "You are scaring her Ruri." Benji said in a half teasingly tone.

Ruri changes her approach and smiles at Cin. "Cin you can't stay with us." Ruri said in a gentle tone. "You see mother and I are traveling and Benji, well I don't really know what he is doing but the case is that you can't stay with us and you will have to say goodbye."

Cin denies nodding sideways and holding tighter on Benji's arm. "I guess that she doesn't like you." Eleana commented chuckling. "Mom! This is serious you should be helping me to talk her to leaving." Ruri exclaimed at her mother. "Talk to her." Eleana nods and looks at Cin. Benji sighs inwardly knowing that Eleana of all people wouldn't resist Cin's pleading eyes.

As he inwardly predicted Eleana couldn't really come up with something when looking at the big black orbs of Cin's eyes. "Cin you have a home?" Eleana asked trying another way. "No." Cin denied in a faint whisper. "You have Mommy and Daddy?" Eleana asked again. "No." Cin answered in the same way.

"You got separated from your family or parents?" Eleana asked now getting really worried about the little girl's fate. "No." Cin denied again nodding sideways to empathize her words. "Maybe they passed away?" Eleana tried again. Once again Cin denies. "Maybe you don't remember them or anything do you?" Eleana asked seriously. This time Cin confirms nodding her head up and down.

"I guess that for a short while we can let her stay here." Benji said to the two women. "Tomorrow we check with the police for any missing girls with Cin's description." Eleana nods agreeing at the already decided event. "And since it is still raining it is better that she stays indoors even being from total strangers." Benji added.

"You are right." Eleana agreed. "If wasn't you finding her it could be a criminal or a molester, at least with us she is safe."

…

"Well I couldn't just leave Cin soaking in a deserted street at night." Benji said to the goddess. "On the week that followed Eleana, Ruri and I looked around police stations, neighborhoods and news for any missing girls. We couldn't find anything and Cin was as attached to me as a lost kitten we ended adopting Cin."

"My, my, what interesting story." Belldandy said with a smile. "You are so lucky." "I know." Cin replied smiling back at the goddess. "Cin also learned a lot since I first met her." Benji added. "When we met she didn't spoke all that well, it almost like she was missing entire pieces of knowledge and life experiences."

Belldandy nods understanding. "Well we have to go now." Benji said to the goddess. "Eleana must be waiting for us with warm cookies." Cin smiles at the idea of the treats, she says goodbye to the goddess and hops on Benji's bike, over the fuel tank since her bag is on the passenger seat. Benji rides behind Cin and say the farewell to the duo, Belldandy smiles at them and sees them off. "She is so cute and so happy, it so easy to see." She commented and Keiichi nods agreeing.

December twenty seventh 8:16 PM; Nekomi, Nekomi tech

"I am quite impressed that they allowed you to come." Benji commented to Peorth, after the early troublesome months things on Nekomi were peaceful and she were recalled to Heaven to a new assignment. "I just saved my day offs to have enough to come here." Peorth replied with a smile, she missed the days that she lived with Benji, even the usual overloads of information. "But what is going on here?"

"Since many students were complaining the college decided to allow the students to organize a winter ball." Benji explained. "And that is why I am forced on these clothes." Benji is wearing black leather shoes, black trousers with a sash like belt, a white button up shirt and a black blazer.

"I feel a little underdressed." Peorth commented looking many of the students wearing not so formal ball and night clothes. "You are looking great." Benji assured the goddess with a smile. "It is just a college ball, nothing too important." "Still I would like to be wearing something more proper than a normal black night dress." Peorth said looking at her clothes.

"I will go to the ladies room and fix them up you wait here." Peorth said moving away from Benji. Benji nods sighing inwardly at the goddess's need to wear something fancier than what she is already wearing. Looking around Benji can easily locate Eleana, Ruri and Cin, all the three wearing party dresses and enjoying the large scale ball.

Benji spots some of his classmates, not that is actually hard since their hair color aren't normal either by dye or odd natural developments. In the designed dance floor a handful of couples dance at the sound of the records of waltzes and other slow dances.

A chill runs on Benji's back and he looks at his left, walking with the grace and seductiveness of a large feline a dark skinned woman with waist long black hair walks on his direction. She is wearing a skin tight dark blue party dress with a generous to not say large and very low neck stopping on her stomach showing a large amount of skin, her hair is ornate with silver jewels, so are her arms, neck and ears, every single piece of jewelry seemed to not only match but enhance her beauty.

Benji wonders why that woman struck oddly familiar, as something that he couldn't define or be certain of where he saw her before. She stops in front of Benji staying in a polite distance from him. "You seem a bit lonely standing there by yourself." She said in an entrancing seductive voice, her voice is a deep throaty purr that can make the most innocent conversation sound as an invitation to sin. "I am also with out a pair, mind in taking me to dance?"

"It would be rude to deny a lady a dance." Benji replied in a polite tone offering her his left hand. She places her right hand over his left hand; Benji leads her to the dance floor where the couples are dancing a waltz with various levels of skill, from clumsy to good dancers. Benji placed his right hand on her side and she replied placing her left hand over his shoulder.

Benji was inwardly thankful for not resisting on the second time that his family forced him to learn ballroom dances and when Eleana decided that it was a needed skill for his profession, and they begin to move in time with the music.

Benji would turn, and she would follow, than she would spin, her hair flying out to brush against his chest. He found himself very aware of the feel of her body through the material of the dress, and the moonlight touched her face in such a way that made it seem almost angelic, sometimes devilish beautiful.

They stop moving when the music stop and the silence is broken by everyone that watched the dance clapping at Benji and the brunette, just then Benji noticed that they were the only couples dancing and that sometime during the waltz the others stopped dancing.

The DJ decides to continue the dance and places another music to play. "It seems that they want an encore." The woman said looking at Benji's eyes with a smile. "I guess that we can do it if you want to." Benji replied smiling back, she nods and moves to the DJ, she returns to Benji and places his hand on her side and takes his left hand on her right. "I hope that you can dance this one too." She whispered sultrily. "Because I just love that."

A familiar but long unheard tune fills the air. "Wait a second that is lambada. " Benji said recognizing the music. "Exactly." She replied with a smile. Forcing his memory for the long pass days of his childhood Benji remembers how to dance it and they begin to dance to the surprise of the audience.

Eleana that noticed the change in the crowd around the dance floor grins seeing Benji and the woman putting a show to everyone while dancing. "Well all the dance lessons paid after all." She whispered seeing the couple dancing at the beat of the music. Cin looks at the couple and blushes while they dance, she isn't the only one blushing with the couple dance.

After many minutes the music stops and once again the audience begins to clap at the couple, this time many males whistle loudly. "Thank you for the wonderful time." She said looking at Benji with a smile. "Sadly now I need to leave, but as we met before we will meet again." Before Benji can say anything the woman kisses him silent, stunning him long enough for her run to the crowd and disappear there.

'What the hell what that?' Benji thinks confused, oddly enough he wasn't able to recall what she said after thanking him for the dance, maybe was the kiss or something else but it was misty and hard to remember. Another chill on his spine makes Benji look at the audience.

"I knew that I should have stayed home tonight." Benji muttered seeing an angry Peorth, Cin and Ruri glaring at him with flaring battle auras. After half hour chewing Benji's head off the trio stop their combined attacks at Benji. "You had it rough." Nanana commented offering to Benji a glass of red tinted punch.

"Tell me about it." Benji commented taking the offered drink. "I am not even sure of why they were so angry at the dance, and I didn't even expect that kiss. I was just entertaining a lady that asked for a dance." "And you did a very good job since you got that nice reward." Nanana teased with a smile.

Before Benji can reply a group of people move towards him. "I am not dancing anymore for the night." Benji said in a serious tone. "Please join the dance club!" a fairly attractive woman pleaded to Benji. "You danced so well and with you on the club we will get many members!"

"Sorry but I am not interested." Benji replied in a polite tone. "But if you guys took pictures of the dance you can use them as advertisement." The group sighs at his response but walk away respecting the decision. Nanana chuckled amused and wonder if she should join the college too for fun.

In the morning Peorth leisurely looks around the empty apartment, because the ball in the college Cin and Eleana forced Benji to aid them with shopping for the New Year's dinner. Kikyo and Marine were recalled for semestral capacity exams to renovate their permission to remain on earth. Because of that she is alone in the apartment with out much to do.

Peorth walks to Benji's armory wondering what changed on that not so visited room. In there she sees the usual racks filled with the weapons that Benji used or just stored there and standing above all the others are the pair of weapons that Benji never really gave her much of an explanation for owning then, his Kurohyou rifle and the Vassala sword. Both of then are in vertical racks on the side of a hanger with his battle clothes.

Peorth moves closer of the two weapons and looks at the sword now noticing the new sheath, unlike the first sheath from a chainsaw this sheath is made of metal and is adapts perfectly to the hilt of the sword, the goddess can easily see the very compact yet strong magical aura around the entire sword proving how many 'rewards' Benji added on it.

The Kurohyou rifle isn't less mysterious in its intricate complexity and undeniable effectiveness, just after her first exposure to that powerful rifle she learn more about its functions including how Benji could aim so perfectly at large distances with out a scope.

…

February twenty sixth 12:43 Nekomi; Eleana's house

Peorth looks at the still pink haired woman in confusion; Nanana is cheerfully helping Eleana to clean her older sister's living room after the celebration. Benji is resting on his apartment and Cin was helping his two assistant deities to clean up the apartment and nearly kicked Peorth out of the apartment.

"You look troubled." Eleana said to the goddess, stopping cleaning the coffee table. "It is too much for me to digest easily." Peorth replied in a serious tone. "I mean from what I heard your mother killed Nanana-san's husband and you are all celebrating that." Eleana can understand the confusion of the goddess; after all she wasn't exposed to that kind of issues in heaven.

"Nanana's husband was abusing her." Eleana said in a serious tone, sitting near the goddess. "He constantly beated her and tried to isolate her from everyone else, he just failed because no one force our family in not seeing our kin. However we were unable to do anything about the abuse."

Peorth listens in silence at the story. "Nanana didn't marry because she loved him; she was forced to marry out of obligation and duty, at least that was the crap that our father said." Eleana continued. "However what he truly wanted was to make our family more powerful by having Nanana to marry a powerful crime boss, he tried to do the same with me but he failed, I was already in love for someone else and moved away from our family mansion to marry him."

"It was Ruri's father?" Peorth asked in a curious tone. Eleana nods confirming. "Yes it was him." Eleana answered. "He was Japanese, to be honest even before I married him my family had some Japanese blood, our grandmother was Japanese, and that is why Nanana's name is Nanana. Back to the story because Nanana's husband was influent we couldn't take care of that business and in the end Nanana was also a shield for him."

"A shield?" Peorth asks confused. "Yes, it was quite clear that if we tried anything to stop him he would kill Nanana." Eleana said in a serious tone. "He even said that he poisoned her daily so she would return in the end of the day for the antidote." Peorth listens to that in horror not truly understanding how someone could do that to another human being.

"But how she escaped?" Peorth wondered in shock. "I have built a tolerance, well an immunity to the poison that he used." Nanana explained. "And we discovered the poison after few weeks so we also had the antidote." "Then why you didn't escape before?" Peorth asked confused. "The poison wasn't his only way to keep me trapped, he also had bodyguards it took time to finally evade them and come with a good escape plan." Nanana answered casually.

"A cruise was a good hiding spot because there is too many people to mingle with, a plane might be faster but is too obvious and would be the first place where he would search other than my family's mansion." Nanana explained her plan. "Eleana once told me that I could come in any moment if I needed to run away and that she would deploy everything that she has to help me."

"Meaning sending Benji to deal with the problems and get her here." Eleana added with a smile. "I don't really control much because I am just a small organization, it is just Benji, me and some personal that we own through companies and they don't know about us." "But even being small your organization is feared even in Italy." Nanana said with a smile. "Benji is quite feared by his feats, no one ever pointed a gun to papa and lived much less did the same to mama and later gain her blessing."

"Before you ask Benji did that so I could get the dowry that my father denied me when I married." Eleana said to Peorth. "He totally disapproved my wedding and refused to give me the dowry that my grandmother gave me, when Benji was well enough from the incidents that led to our first meeting we went to my family's mansion and got the dowry."

"Not to mention that after that he killed the entire Castillo family by our mother's request as prove of worth as your sole captain." Nanana added with a smile. "That too." Eleana agreed with a smile. "Benji was a very precious find and was worth every cent that I invested on him."

"Why everyone keeps saying that Benji is a good find?" Peorth muttered annoyed. "Because he is." Eleana said in a flat tone. "If everyone says that we must be right, right?" Nanana asked to the goddess. Peorth nods not truly convinced. "Anyway when I got in the cruise with the few loyal bodyguards that I have I already had a plan to coming here." Nanana continued. "Eleana's property even Benji's counts as family grounds and because of that acts of hostility here are considered an act of war against out family."

"Not even her husband was enough fool to try going on an open war against our family." Eleana said with a smile. "That is why we had to make sure that Nanana was inside our base or house grounds, in here she is like a church and we can offer shelter to her even to people being chased by other families, think on this as an embassy."

"It is a bit confusing but I understand." Peorth commented. "But how Benji fired at those cars with out a scope?" Eleana laughs heartily, she was expecting that question. "The Kurohyou is a very especial rifle." She said with amusement on her voice. "It is a two in one sniper rifle and machine gun. It has two parallel barrels and between them there are two important things for that aiming with out scope."

Peorth listen curious, she weren't able to remove that fact from her mind. "One of them is a guidance laser, actually an especial type of laser that measures the distance from the emission point and the target as well the speed of the wind and other important factors to long distances sniping." Eleana explained in a matter of fact tone. "The second is a very, very small but extremely powerful camera with spatial resolution. It can zoom in with such resolution that Benji can read a book from someone's shoulders that is two and a half kilometers away from his location."

Peorth hears amazed with the power of the camera. "His helmet has a small computer that makes the needed calculations to the shoot using the data from the laser transmitting the distance and other factors to his shades, they are actually the screen." Eleana continued. "The shades also receive the video stream from the camera, so he sees what the rifle sees."

"Earth has this kind of technology?" Peorth asked surprised. "We have, actually Benji and I hold the rights of that technology, I don't know where he got it in the first place but the damn thing is amazing, the camera is of the size of a pencil." Eleana commented casually. "The Kurohyou and the helmet weren't weapons that I made for him to use, Benji already had them when we met, at least he had them stored away. Feel honored little sister, Benji wouldn't pull out that gun if the business weren't very personal. He didn't used when he wasted a Yakuza family when we met."

Nanana nods indeed feeling happy for having such high regard on Benji's opinion. Peorth is now with more questions on her mind and she knows that Eleana won't clear those.

"He even convinced me to develop the .3380hyou." Eleana added in a casual tone. "Well it isn't anything more than a fully customized, heavier and hot loaded .338lapua, but the customizations are so heavy that we classify it as a newer round, a plain rifle that uses the .338 might not take the sheer power of the .3380."

…

Peorth touches the rifle and carefully holds it feeling the weight of the weapon, amazed with the ease that Benji moved it around as if it was as light as a feather. Peorth closes her hand on the grip of the weapon feeling that it doesn't suit her hands, Peorth returns the rifle to the rack and touches the sword.

…

"We have to hurry." Benji said to his brother, an also tall brunet, however the similarities end there, he has long black hair, a goatee and his more Japanese looking than Benji. "I know but it isn't exactly easy." Victor replied in an annoyed tone. "We should have done this earlier."

"As if we could get our mother to listen earlier." Benji commented both of them are carrying their possessions on the moment being a twenty nine inches TV set and a computer screen, the last items from their apartment. "That bus won't hold for much longer. At least we are nearly done, just loading this and get the hell out of here." Two blocks away from there a crowd or armed criminals is advancing, actually trying to find a way to remove a flaming bus from the street that is preventing their advance.

Benji places the computer screen inside the trunk of the gray Palio Weekend of their grandfather; Victor does the same with the TV set. "We got everything?" Benji asks to his brother. "I left the keys on the kitchen!" Victor replied. "Wait by the patio I will throw it from there." Benji said, his brother agrees and their mother looks at them from the car.

"I so hate him." Benji muttered racing up the two floors by the stairs, on his back there is a katana strapped on it and on his belt a knife, while they were insane on leaving the apartment on the last moment and taking long to remove their belongings they weren't insane enough of going fully unarmed.

In the now empty apartment Benji sees the keys forgotten on the counter, he races to the bedroom what was from his mother and sees his brother bellow, he tosses the keys with out even waiting to see if he catches or not and run out of the apartment. When reaching the street again he sees the car on the middle of the street and move to it.

Shots are fired and Benji jumps to the ground, the bus no longer burning and with a huge pool of water bellow is being pushed away and from the opening many criminals are passing by it and shooting at them.

"Go!" Benji shouts to his mother. "Move to the corner, I will reach you!" Doing as told she speeds away for some safety, Benji looks around and sees a covered sewer entry, with his knife Benji opens the sewer uses the thick metal lid as a makeshift shield while running to the corner.

Bullets hit the asphalt around Benji and he thanks that most of the criminals there doesn't have a good aim. A large bus filled with policemen enters on the street and Benji looks at the source of his salvation, at least would be if one of the criminals weren't armed with a rocket launcher.

The shock wave hits Benji before he can even see the blast; he is on the ground before the heat of the blast passes over him, a rain of debris falls down for few seconds. Benji is stunned with the impact but he can see that the maneuvering bus is now a roadblock preventing his access to the corner where the car with his family is.

With his ears still ringing with the blast he shouts to them to go that he would take another path away from there, with shaky knees Benji stands up and looks behind him, over thirty men from many ages are running on his direction, making up his mind Benji unsheathes the sword ready to fight.

He runs to the direction of the bus and can hear the cries of few survivors that are being burnt alive trapped on the flaming bus, few shots from the bus signals that some of them are taking a more painless death, Benji knows that he can't do anything for them and keeps running.

Something falls in front of him making him stop. "You will need more than I will…" A feminine voice said from the bus. Benji looks at the bus and sees a police woman half crushed between the seats, at his feet Benji sees her holster belt, pistol and issue assault vest. "Anything that I can do to help?" Benji asked taking the offered items. "Just waste one bullet with me." She answered looking at his eyes, Benji looks at her greens eyes and blood covered face. "It won't be wasted." Benji replied drawing the pistol. "If you have any family or loved ones I can deliver your last words."

"I have one sister." She answered with a pained smile. "There is a wallet on the vest pocket, it is mine and there is an address book there. Her name is Natasha." "And yours?" Benji asked. "Natalia." "Just tell her that I love her and that I am sorry for the pain that I am going to give her." Natalia said still looking at Benji. "I will tell her that as well how brave you are." Benji said leveling the pistol at her. "I will appreciate it." She replied closing her eyes. "Thank you."

"I should be thanking you as well apologizing." Benji said aiming carefully. "Rest in peace." "Thank you." Natalia replied. "And you are welcome. Now end this." Benji nods, not that she can see and with a single bullet in her forehead the policewoman dies. Benji looks at the approaching mob and aims at the closer ones. "One shot." Benji hissed aiming at the head. "One kill."

Punctuating his words one man falls with the top of his head gone, Benji adjusts the aim for the next one and fires until the magazine is empty. He reloads placing the empty magazine on the pocket in the vest and holsters the pistol. The mob is getting too close, and yet they fail to hit him.

Benji chuckles at the irony of the moment, he is outnumbered, outgunned and with low ammo and yet he scored seventeen kills with the magazine and he wasn't counting the chambered round that he used to aid Natalia. Benji readies the sword and charges at the mob that is surprised by his actions.

Soon it is over and Benji is the only one standing on the street, most of the mob ran away in fear when seeing their weapons useless against him. Benji rests the tip of the bloodied sword in the soaked asphalt, he feels his entire body numb, his breathing is ragged and he is covered in a mixture of sweat and blood.

Recovering his breath Benji begins the gruesome task of pillaging the corpses, removing from them weapons and ammunition, he wouldn't leave them there to be taken by the criminals. In twenty minutes Benji is carrying a bundle of weapons on his back, with an improvised bag carrying the smaller ones and ammo hanging on his left side. Benji leaves the area to move to another part of the city.

Benji sees a small fiat pickup abandoned on his path, not seeing anyone around Benji tosses his deadly cargo on the trunk and forces open the door. He begins to hotwire the car and is pleased to find it still working and with half a tank of fuel. Benji drives away wondering where he should go, he knew that his mother and brother fled to another city, a safer one. But he has a promise to keep before thinking in what he should do.

…

"You are sure that you want to do this?" A tall red head woman asked to Benji. "Yes I am sure of it Juli." Benji answered. "This child saved me a lot of times; she is really bad now, so I want her to be better. Then we need to repair her."

Julietta or Juli as Benji called her sighed, she takes the katana from Benji and pulls it from its sheath. "Good Lord she is really beaten." She exclaimed surprised. "Is this a bullet?" Benji nodded looking at the sword.

The blade was badly dented, cracked in some places, chipped and above everything on the middle of it there was one bullet neatly nailed on the edge, the proof of when Benji blocked a bullet with his sword, and if you looked close enough you could see the long dry blood on the cracks in the blade.

"At this state the best that we can do is melt the whole edge and remake it from scratch." Julietta said seriously. "I guess that I can use the pneumatic hammer and my other tools to forge the new blade. I am not sure if I can make it as good as a master sword smith."

"I know." Benji replied. "And expected you to say that, I have the design for her new self right here." Julietta exams the sheet of paper that Benji pulled from his pocket. "Benji this is Vassala." She said seriously, she recognized the design; she was there when Benji created it. "I know." Benji replied.

…

"Vassala?" Peorth whispered looking at the sword in front of her, she was sure that she saw what Benji had experienced with the sword on his hands, she couldn't see the drawing but she knew that the sword on those memories and the sword in front of her are totally different. "Maybe if I go deeper…"

…

Peorth looks around confused, she now wasn't seeing things as she was before, now she was inside a unknown shop, one with very little space for people inside as shelves, racks and displays filled with a multitude of items occupy most of the internal space.

She gasped when seeing a younger looking Benji entering on the store and talking to a clerk. "I want that samurai sword on the window." Benji said with his back turned to the goddess. "The simplest one." He added while pointing to the sword that he wanted.

Peorth looks down and can't see the sword, then she realizes that she is actually seeing is the sword's memory, and the sword isn't aware of her own appearance. She can almost feel the motion while the sword is moved from its resting place in the window display to one of the counters.

And a great feeling of warmth fills her when Benji holds her, it was odd to be reliving the actual memory of an object, but Peorth could see Benji's smile as he unsheathes the blade with a pleased nod. "I will take it." Benji said sheathing it again. Peorth listens to the transaction, Benji pays for the sword with money that she never saw before, and soon after that her world is darkness as the sword is placed inside a fukuro.

Peorth can't tell how long she was inside the bag, but as soon she was out she found herself in a new alien room, it was a simple bedroom with two beds and a computer, Benji was in the middle of the room holding her and dancing happily while singing 'Katana, Katana' over and over again.

"What is going on?" A woman that Peorth never saw before asked from the bedroom's door. "Nothing." Benji answered with a smile. "I can't believe on you." the woman replied. "You just got paid and you go and waste your money in a katana. You should expend your money in more useful things, or save it for the future."

"I wanted a katana for years and she is not a waste." Benji said defending his purchase and sword. "She might not be an authentic katana but she is still mine." Peorth felt even warmer at his words. The woman sighs annoyed but decides not to say anything. "Anyway hide that thing away before your grandfather sees you with it." She said serious. "Yes grandma." Benji replied, he intended to, but first he wanted to enjoy it.

"And don't even think in getting that thing sharpened." She added looking at him. Peorth could almost feel that Benji would get the sword sharpened by a professional, she sees Benji's grandmother leaving. Benji is once again alone with the sword.

"I will take good care of you." Peorth could hear Benji whispering close of her, actually closer of the sword, touching his forehead on the spine of the blade. "And one day very soon I will brandish you against a nice target made of muscle and bone." Peorth could feel not only love for Benji but excitement at the predicament of cutting flesh and bone; she understood that she was after all a sword.

…

Peorth felt sick with a sudden motion, but above that she felt a great worry and despair. Only her divinity allowed her mind to process what is happening, the katana is being swung very hard and fast, Peorth is unsure if the motion originated from Benji or the sword itself.

A sharp and loud sound of metal hitting metal resonated in the air, Peorth cringed at it, and she sees the horror of those around her. 'Okay, somehow I just blocked that bullet.' Peorth could hear Benji's frantic thoughts. 'I must act cool and as I planned this.' And he does so as he grins evilly while walking to a terrified man holding a pistol.

The man screams and begs for mercy while Benji closes in. "No mercy this time." Benji said in a cold voice before he slashes the man that cries like a pig being slaughtered. Blood sprays in the wall and some almost hit Benji. "What are you looking at?" Benji barked at a man clad in a gray police uniform, making the man jump away scared.

"Easy there Himura." An older man in a black BDU said to Benji. "He is terrified with what you just did, I must say that I am shaken myself. It isn't everyday that we see a man block a bullet with a sword. Hell nowadays no one actually use swords in battle!"

"Swords don't run out of ammo Coronel Magris." Benji replied in a serious but lighter tone. "And they are silent." "I know, I know." Magris said with a smile. "Anyway we got the fort now, we can rest for a while, boy you too, you earned it, get yourself something cold in the drinks section, also a snack or too, you deserve it. We will deal with the clean up, now more than ever I am glad that you are fighting with us."

"Thank you coronel." Benji replied while cleaning his sword with a piece of cloth torn from the dead man's clothes. "When we should expect to be restocked with ammo? I am running out of niners." "In two days." Magris answered. "Ask for Luziandro for some extras, we should be raiding the Wal-mart to take it back tomorrow morning, you think that you can make due?" "It won't be much of a problem." Benji said while sheathing the sword. "I can always grab the guns from the dead; I don't really care right now."

…

Peorth finds herself surrounded by a heavy, hot, sticky and suffocating darkness. 'What is going on?' Peorth exclaimed confused, she could almost feel as if her sense of sense was melting away.

'My master needs me…' Peorth heard an unfamiliar voice whispering, it sounded beautiful as if fine metal resonating when flicked. 'This is good…I am getting stronger…mixed with this…'

Looking around Peorth can see the faint outline of a female body, but the outline was damaged, cracked in several places and even with a missing chunk of itself. 'I know that with this I can better serve my master…' Peorth heard the female figure saying, but at the same time not saying at all, as its form is surrounded by a thick red hot material. 'With this…I can change to a stronger self…'

Peorth moves closer of the figure, it was hazy and she couldn't make any distinctive features, her hair seemed long but even of that Peorth wasn't sure. 'Ahhhh…this is more than I can hold within me…' the soft and almost pleasurable cry makes Peorth blush. '…I see…with this I can also give birth to a new me…another faithful servant for my master…so we serve and protect him together…and he will love us…'

Peorth could actually see a pulsating light emerging from the figure's abdomen, being gently cradled by the figure. 'You… as me will serve the master…protect him…kill for him…' she heard the figure saying in a loving way. 'My child, my sister, my other self… I can't name you as is our master's role to name us… we will be given new form chosen by our master…'

Peorth was fascinated as what started as a sphere of light changed into another human form, this one of the size of a child, and steadily growing. 'Master…' Peorth heard a smaller voice whispering, a voice almost as belonging to a child.

Then Peorth saw the two figures being separated, it was painful to see, but as much it saddened the two entities no one of the two cried, they accepted. After that Peorth felt itself along the original entity being placed inside some sort of mold, the metal hardening, and long after that with the metal still hot but much cooler they were placed in a second mold and then it came a massive and violent pressure.

Peorth felt even more suffocated while the entity was crying softly in pleasure, the whole experience was good for her, and not only that, Peorth could actually see the figure becoming clearer, it was indeed female, she was still lightly blurred but Peorth could make out her well formed shapes and curves, as each process make her more defined, stronger, then Peorth felt the strong hits of a massive hammer.

The figure was now clear, her skin was very white, she was tall, taller than herself Peorth saw, her hair was black, and Peorth admitted, she was beautiful, and Peorth wanted that the other woman was wearing clothes, as she stood naked there.

Now Peorth could see what is happening, the sword was being polished, she couldn't see the sword, but she saw the machines, and it was making the spirit look more solid, stronger, bringing out its inner strengths and defining her more, as well for Peorth's relief placing clothes on her, as stronger the spirit gets more she details itself.

Peorth winces at the sharp and strong light that follows that procedure in a later time. Peorth understood that somewhere along the way her notion and sense of time disappeared, but Peorth could see that the light was making the spirit look even stronger, adding a varnish on the nails and teeth, somehow Peorth understand that the sword was being actually sharpened.

Much later Peorth sees the red head named Julietta looking down at her with a smile. "I have to admit you are looking great." She said proud of herself and her work. "We are almost done, now is the hilt, and girl, that was the hardest part to make, you will cut through steel when done."

Peorth could see the spirit smiling at that. "My master will be pleased with me." She said to herself. "He will love more now that I can serve him even better." She hugs herself with a smile. "Yes…this body…this body will serve master even more, even better, with this body I will protect my master, serve him until my very own destruction…'

Agape with the sheer devotion Peorth stared at the raven haired spirit, from what Peorth could call the first memory she saw that the sword shared the love that Benji showed to it, and it responded properly to it, but the sheer devotion was scaring her.

Peorth doesn't know how long it takes but Benji returns and he was different, he looked bulkier, slightly tired, but satisfied, as well a bit older than the oldest memory that she saw of him, but Peorth could feel the sheer joy of the spirit of the sword.

"Here is she." Julietta said while handing to Benji the sword. Benji smiled while taking it. "She is perfect." Benji said after examining the sword, and Peorth felt the joy escalating at his words. Peorth notices a mirror nearby and can see Benji holding the sword, she gasped understanding, the katana was the Vassala that she knew; she was molten and used in to make the long sword that she saw.

"Before the war I always imagined in one day holding the Vassala." Benji said with a smile and a wistful tone. "It is almost saddening that it is because the war that I have to have her made and hold her." With a strong test swing Benji smiles. "But I am happy in finally making her real."

Peorth was affected by the sword's joy, she felt light and happy too, she could feel Benji's happiness and joy in holding the sword, and the sword was wholeheartedly reciprocating that joy.

"And we get enough material for this." Julietta said while showing to Benji a half meter long knife with a long curved edge, slightly resembling an Arabian dagger, but longer and double edged, the hilt made of metal looked comfortable and the pommel was circular.

"You made Minami?" Benji asked surprised at the long knife. "Yes, I ended adding more material than needed just in case." Julietta answered. "Since I knew that you liked it I decided to put it in good use and have her made." Benji smiled pleased, the knife felt good on his hand.

"As Vassala the edge is made with industrial diamond dust." Julietta explained. "Laser sharpened and with the same technique, they shouldn't break and can cut through mostly anything. I am pretty sure that you can slice armored cars armor with the Vassala, not tanks, armored cars. I advise to not try doing the same with Minami." Benji nodded agreeing, he can hardly wait to test those two.

…

Once again the scenery changed to another unfamiliar area, this time Peorth could recognize the area as urban, but badly damaged, almost in ruins. An impressed whistle came out from behind. "Now that was impressive." An unfamiliar man said while walking to Benji. "Five of them with one slash, that new sword of yours are quite amazing."

Benji smiled at that, he knew better than anyone how amazing she was, that feeling peered to the sword, but Peorth was wary, she could feel the swords uneasiness as the unknown man holds a gun at Benji's back. "But you should know better than anyone how outdated that piece of junk is." The man said taking few more steps closer. "Wars nowadays are fought with firearms, and with this pistol I will kill the ultimate lancer, my fame will be nation wide as the man who killed the most dangerous man of the government."

With a smooth motion, Benji spun on his right heel and bolted forward, in the direction of the man, closing few steps before swinging his sword swiftly. "That could have happened if you kept your mouth shut and shot me when hidden in the hole where you cowered in fear."

The man stares at Benji in shock, and then his right arm falls neatly cut in a diagonal angle, Benji sidestepped before the blood gushed from the wound. "While a sword is truly outdated and isn't as useful as guns in modern combat, a sword can still deliver death when used right." Benji said while seeing blood seeping from the man's neck, while the man is confused with the loss of the arm.

Benji knew that in a cleanly sliced limb the pain takes a while to kick in. "I thank you and your men for letting me test my new sword." Benji added while walking away. "It was truly instructive." As Benji walks away Peorth can see the blood start gushing from the man's gurgling neck just before the head falls back from the neck and hits the ground.

"Yeah…" Benji said while looking at the bloodied sword in his hands. "She did an awesome job on you Vassala, you are great." Peorth could feel the sheer happiness on the spirit at his words of praise, even how good it felt while Benji wiped the blood away from the blade before sheathing it on the solid sheath on his back.

…

"Peorth!" Peorth was surprised in feeling a strong hand shaking her gently; pulling her from the memories that she was part of. Still pretty affected by everything Peorth just smiled widely when seeing Benji, she felt really happy and content that he was there, and wasn't even aware that she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.

End of the chapter fifteen:

I am apologize for the long period without any updates, I got stuck in a certain part of the chapter, actually in the chapter after this one, I just couldn't make things in the way that I wanted them to be, so this chapter was on hold because any changes that I made in the next would affect this, well it is the other way around, anyway after a long time I found what I call flowstone, it is a piece of idea that fits what I have written to what I have in my mind, allowing the story to flow smoothly as a type it.

The flowstone came in massive edition of this and the next chapter, things were added, others were removed, things were mixed and the original following chapter was removed from the continuity for a while, there will be a chapter sixteen, but different from the one that I have lying here, since this chapter is originally six months and something old, few things might be off with any improvements in my writing, I apologize for that.

Now to explanation corner:

Author explanation corner:

Incident in the college: Originally it was going to be show only as a flashback or even just recalled by Benji or his assistants, but I decided that would be better to show what happened, at least the end of it.

Based in what I gathered about Japan, student and the society, Japanese people can be quite cutthroat, superficial, mean and uncaring. It was show in certain manga and anime that students or even workers in better/higher situation on the school or work will be criticized, pressured, gossiped and even disturbed/muddled (I really can't find the right word for this one, the meaning is that others will really try to make the successful one fail), and if they do slip, they are in a world of derogative gossiping. (If I am not wrong this happens to that Jun guy in Rozen Maiden)

As told in the story families and parents really put lots of pressure on their children get top grades, get in famous schools and stuff like that, the little that I saw in anime and manga makes me quite sick of those families, anyway, it happens, so our covenant using the force of demonic wish/contract became the best of his school and city, but the pressure of everyone, the negative energy send by those jealous of him were too much for him to take, he just snapped and fell in an abyss of self loathing…(add a Shinji Ikari moment here for the guy)

Armed with his enhanced brain the guy easily made powerful homemade explosives, you people would be surprised with the things that can become explosives if mixed right and what you can find in the internet. Since neither heaven nor hell can intervene directly Benji was sent to stop the mess from happening. It is bad publicity.

As reward Benji's test was filled for him so he could pass; a thank you gift from both parties. Since originally this chapter wouldn't get much action on it this would be the closest action of it.

Keiichi's and Belldandy's visit: This part of why this chapter was on hold for so long, I had this idea of making Benji one of Keiichi's stops when he is kicked out of the dorm when Belldandy first arrive, since Benji is involved with a goddess of his own he would offer Keiichi shelter when seeing Belldandy, but in the end I decided that would be too much trouble to rewrite the whole manga story to fit Benji in, as even the smaller change in something can affect the whole thing.

So Keiichi and the goddesses had to move out of the shrine for a couple of days because the place was infested with ants, termites, cockroaches and rats (poor rats of mini-goddesses… well not much damage there), since they needed to fumigate the place they had to find a new place to stay while that happens, Urd and Skuld stayed with Megumi, Belldandy and Keiichi with Benji, they took things that could be damaged in the process, so then returning they had to bring the whole stuff back in. And this is how Benji met Belldandy, more details of how they get along will be show in later events.

Peorth: She will be moving from heaven and earth in a regular basis, she still holds her position as goddess, so she has to work every now and then, I am deciding on the permanent schedule and basis for that, for now Peorth accumulated day offs to be on earth.

Cin's past: I will be disclosing more about it as the story advances, just to make clear Cin or Cinnamon (Sounded funny when I created her) doesn't have any kind of family or register prior to being found by Benji. For why she got that attached to Benji is just like an abandoned cat or dog attaching to someone who treats them kindly after they are found. More about her later.

Peorth and Benji's weapons: Since I needed to explain more about Benji's past I decided to have Peorth using Benji's weapons to see what he did in the past, since the weapons are the only things that she is sure that Benji had for longer than he met Eleana.

Vassala or Benji's sword: I said this in every other story where she shows up, she is a sword imagined by me/Benji in an RPG section, in this story she was made after the design from Benji, using a katana bought in a gift store, the bond was there because the sword could feel that Benji was happy with her, it responded to its feelings, I am sure that everyone here can understand that, we saw much odder objects with 'souls' of their own.

As the sword expended more time with Benji, its spirit matured and became more aware of itself, and the devotion became stronger, responding to Benji's feelings about it, more to be explained later. Her final form (at least in this story) is the one show in an earlier chapter, a long and broad European styled sword.

Peorth saw what the sword 'saw' it was mostly the surroundings and people, she can't see 'herself' so for most of the time Peorth isn't aware of how the sword looked like. I decided to add the whole figure, and becoming cleared part to show that the process of recreating the sword made the damaged spirit of the original damaged katana regain and alter its original shape (it was originally a katana, so it isn't too much of a stretch to think that her clothes and hair were more 'Japanese' styled, in intend to detail the appearance of the spirit later). I will show about Minami later, not now, she haven't appeared in the 'present' yet.

Coronel Magris and Luziandro: They are of course original characters, Luziandro is the name of a friend that I had back in high school, I don't see him in ages, anyway, he has a uncle who is an high ranking officer in the military police in our hometown, this is Coronel Magris, a man on his late forties, in this story made coronel (as I don't know his real rank). More details about them and the war to be explained later.

Julietta: Based in a friend of mine, she picked the name and appearance herself, she is an engineering student with others specializations that I forgot right now, in the story she is a researcher/inventor working for the government, more about her later.

Grandmother: More about her later too.

Well let me get this straight, much of what Peorth saw when touching on Vassala won't be explained right now, they will be explained in the story, and in explanation corners in the respective chapters to come.