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His arms were heavy as he stumbled though the unforgiving streets. "Please... someone... help." Godou begged weakly over the cries of his baby sister, Shizuka. He couldn't blame her for crying, it had been days since they had a proper meal, and the girl was only two years old.

Then again, Godou himself was just six, and he would hardly have the strength to carry his little sister during the best of times. It had been nearly a week since their grandfather passed away, leaving the two children completely alone in the world.

"Please..." Godou stammered one last time before he collapsed in the middle of dirt path. He couldn't go on, he just didn't have the strength left anymore. His vision was blurring from exhaustion and starvation.

"You poor children." A young and gentle voice said. Godou could just make out the figure of young girl. She looked like she was around fourteen years old, with long, bright violet hair that she wore in two long ponytails. Her ears were pointed like an elf's, but something told Godou that this girl was no elf. "Don't worry, for in your good fortune, you have found someone who would help you." She said leaning over the two with a large smile. Shizuka stopped crying in wonder as she girl seemed to be giving off a bright light that was restoring their strength.

"Who... are you?" Godou asked in awe.

The girl giggled. "I am the all giving woman. The goddess with the power to grant hope and fortune to those who seek it. But you can call me... Kaa-san."

Godou woke up to a small sliver of light breaking through the curtains to flash across his closed eyes. He sat up on the coach where he slept every night in the small house he shared with his sister and their adoptive mother, the goddess, Pandora. He glanced over to see the two of them cuddled up together on the single twin bed that took up almost half of the room in which they slept in.

It had been ten years since that day Pandora had found the two siblings wondering the streets, though the goddess hadn't aged at all. She still looked like a young girl in her early teens, though in truth she was thousands of years old.

Her arms were wrapped around Shizuka, pulling the twelve year old girl into her chest as the two slept soundly together. Shizuka had grown to be a rather cute girl herself, at twelve years old, she was just a little smaller than Pandora herself, though they both had the same light peachy skin. Shizuka had short brown hair and bright green eyes, and just like their adoptive mother, she had a curtain light hearted energy about her.

Godou quietly got up and left the room, making sure to close the door as softly as possible, so that the other two could sleep for a little while longer.

Godou walked through the small kitchen that was the only other room in the small house and out into the back yard. He smiled up at the just rising sun. The dawn peaking through the far off mountains behind the tower of Babel which reached up into the heavens. It was a calming sight in the still morning air. They lived out at the outskirts of the city with not too many neighbors, so it was often quiet.

But Godou couldn't just stare forever, he had a job to get ready for. So he turned away from the rising sun and to a small smithy that was located behind his home.

He ran the smithy alone, so he had to gather up the metal and the fire wood for the day's work, making sure that his station had everything he needed before the day started.

It was hard work, but Godou didn't mind, there was always a market for people willing to make things out of metal, even if he wasn't the most skilled smith. He didn't even have that much competition, since he only made kitchen wear, barrels, bolts and nails, and other such necessary items.

The reason he had little competition, was because all of the more skilled smiths only made weapons and armor for the adventurers that went into the dungeons underneath the Tower of Babel. And though Godou understood why people did it, he didn't support it personally. He was a pacifist, and opposed to violence.

But the truth was, the entire world more or less ran on the infinite resources that could be gathered from the dungeons. Everything from the lighting to the plumbing ran on the magic crystals that appeared whenever a monster was slain.

Mortals of all races gathered in the city at the base of the tower in order to try to change their lives. By uniting under the banners of the Gods and Goddesses, they could awaken powers and magic in order to fight within the dungeons. These people were referred to as the God's Familia and were always in service to their Gods.

Many Gods and Goddesses had tens or even hundreds of mortal worshipers who would unite under them to better their lives. They lived in grand castles and lived like the gods that they were. But Pandora's Familia only had Godou and Shizuka, and neither one were adventurers. And even with Godou's job as a smith and Shizuka's as a cook at the local pub, they didn't make all that much money.

Not that Pandora ever minded, she even worked alongside Shizuka with a smile on her face. She never asked for anything from the two children, except that they call her 'Kaa-san' meaning mother, rather than 'Kami-sama' meaning Goddess. And that was how Pandora viewed herself, as the loving and proud mother of the two most wonderful children in the world. That was enough for the Goddess, that her two children would stay with her, and that they would remain as one happy family.

Godou wiped a light sweat from his brow as the fire in the furnace started up and he threw a few more logs on the fire. He stood up and grinned. "Should be a few minutes before its hot enough to start working, so I've got just enough time to get some breakfast before the real work starts." He said to himself as he turned back towards the house.

Godou himself didn't look anything like his little sister. Godou was tall, and his skin had a dark healthy tan from all his time working around the furnaces. And since his hair and eyes were both a pitch black color, most people wondered if he wasn't somehow a Amazoness, even though there was no such thing as a male Amazoness.

Godou smiled heartily as he entered the kitchen area and smelt his sister's cooking. "Oh wow, that smells good. You're really working your magic this morning, huh Shizuka-chan." He said sitting down at the small table he had built for them from some spare wood he had found lying around.

The statement held a curtain amount of truth to it. Shizuka was talented in magic that dealt with cooking and cleaning, as well as some healing magic. In truth, Shizuka knew more magic than most adventurers twice her age. Though almost none of it was offensive magic, since Shizuka just had no talent for such magics.

Godou yelped in pain as a soup ladle hit the top of his head. "Nii-san, you need to wash your hands before you sit down for breakfast. You know I don't like it when you have all that sweat and grime on your fingers." Shizuka said, crossing her arms as she glared down at her older brother.

"Hai." Godou said, moping a little as he went to wash up.

Pandora giggled as she set the table. "Are you two fighting again?"

"No, Kaa-san." Shizuka said, rolling her eyes as she went back to work.

Breakfast came and went, and it was time for Shizuka and Pandora to leave for work. "Don't forget that Grand-san wants you to bring her another set of forks later." Pandora said to her eldest as they stood on the door step.

"I won't, Kaa-san." Godou said. Pandora motioned for him to lean down and when he did, she brushed back his hair and planted a kiss on his forehead.

"We'll see you later tonight then." She said before grabbing Shizuka's hand and running down the road.

Godou watched them go before grabbing some scrap metal he picked up around town and returning to the forge. But he was still smiling for hours to come. Sure their lives weren't perfect, but the three of them were happy, and in Godou's mind, he didn't care if it stayed that way forever.

Kusanagi Godou : Level 1

Str: H: 89

Vit: G: 101

Dex: I: 76

Agl: I: 79

Mag: 10S: 142,934

Luck: SS

Magic Spells: ?

Skills: For Victory, Fortune's Favor