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The Chapter picks up at the exact point the last left
off, with Skuld and the Goddess Urd making their dramatic
entrance to warn Belldandy of the evil clone. Unfortunately,
Skuld finds it hard to explain the situation, since
technically both Urds are a part of their sister (both
her Goddess and Demonic influence that makes up Urd).
Things only get worse when Keiichi steps out to see
whats going on, and sees two Urds. The Goddess
Urd is finally able to explain to everyone that the
other version of herself is a clone built by Mara and
brought to life when she was infused with her Demon
blood. Unknown to everyone, Mara and Senbei are watching
this scene from a tree nearby. Mara realizes a danger
of this situation that she hadnt thought of before.
With an entirely evil Urd, she has access to all of
the real Urds heavenly power, and could use them
to destroy the world if she so chose. Perhaps creating
an evil clone wasnt such a good idea after all
Back
to the action, Belldandy is trying to wrap her mind
around the fact that her older sisters light
and darkness have been separated into two
separate physical forms. Whats worse, the Demon
Urd could use her power as much as she wanted to the
point that her energy would spiral out of control, causing
the Demon Urd to literally be torn apart by its own
power. Belldandy tries to warn the two Urds what will
happen, but finds she cannot speak. It seems that Yggdrasil
has placed a program lock on Goddess/Demon Personality
Separation, and so Belldandy is not even able to speak
her warning.
The
Demon Urd decides to use the confusion of this situation
to her advantage. She removes her bracelet, which is
the only difference between herself and her Goddess
self, so they are now indistinguishable. After doing
this, she grabs the Goddess Urd by the arm, and spins
them both around in a circle to the point that theyre
both dizzy. They spin around so fast, Keiichi and the
others now cant tell which is the Goddess and
which is the Demon. Both claim to be the Goddess Urd,
and dont seem to be making any real progress in
proving whos telling the truth. Skuld decides
to take action, by lifting up the skirt of one of the
Urds, and checking her bare behind. This proves who
is the Goddess and who is the Demon, as earlier, Skuld
had placed a Goddess Stamp on the rear end
of the good Urd. (Hey, whatever works, I
guess
)
Her
cover blown, the Demon Urd congratulates Skuld on her
cleverness, especially for a kid. Skuld
takes offense to the clone calling her a child, and
prepares to blow her away with one of her bombs, only
to be stopped by Belldandy. Although the evil Urd is
a Demon, it is still part of their sister, and they
must not harm it. She tries to tell Skuld that if they
destroy one half of Urd, the other half will fade away,
but once again, it seems that this information is protected
under a lock, and Belldandy finds that she suddenly
cannot speak what she wants to say.
The
Demon Urd laughs over her luck now that she knows theyre
not allowed to hurt her. However, she has no problems
with hurting them, and calls forth a powerful lightning
spell down on our heroes. Fortunately, they are protected
by a magical barrier that Belldandy creates just in
time. The Demon Urd knows that Belldandy cant
keep the shield spell up forever, and prepares to strike
them down with another blast to weaken the barrier spell.
Before she can, however, the Demon Urd is struck by
an even more powerful lightning spell this one
sent to her by her Goddess half. It seems that the Goddess
Urd is ready to fight her evil side, even though they
are both one and the same, and if she were to defeat
the Demon Urd, she would lose that side that makes up
her personality forever. The Demon Urd is only all too
happy to oblige to the challenge, and the two Urds begin
a lightning bolt war against each other that sends the
innocent onlookers nearby flying for cover.
The
battle rages on, and the Demon Urd prepares to summon
her most powerful spell yet. Keiichi and the others
prepare for the worst, only to have the evil magic harmlessly
fizzle and spit right before their eyes. The Demon Urd
is naturally confused, but Belldandy realizes that the
evil clone is already beginning to lose her energy.
The Demon Urd begins to collapse to the ground as the
strength rapidly flees from her body. At that moment,
Mara comes flying out from her hiding place in the trees,
and takes the Demon Urd, flying away with her. Skuld
tries to stop Mara from escaping, but the Demon gets
away with her clone.
After
both are gone, Belldandy turns and looks at the Goddess
Urd. It seems that her sister understands what happened.
The Demon Urd could not endure all the power that she
held, since her body is not real. It seems that this
is true, for back at Maras hideout, the Demon
watches as the clone she created lies helpless and in
agonizing pain on the floor
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