Here's chapter 2- enjoy!
Tabi wo shitte iru, kizutsuite mo...
(Let's go on a journey, even if we get hurt)
Besides the spiritual powers, her father had also gotten her a nice dress.
Mayura beamed as she and her father visited her mother's grave, she beamed as they ate lunch and she beamed as she ran into her room to change into her new dress, the clothes her aunt had given her thrown messily on her bed.
"I'm going out!" she called, and Misao-san answered, from within the shrine,
"Where?"
"To Loki-kun's!" She giggled, thinking of her father's face when he answered. All the time that had passed, and he still didn't fully trust Loki.
In her way she met with Narugami, who was again working as a florist. Having told everyone the previous day that it was her birthday, she was presented with a bouquet of yellow flowers, and a cheery, "Have a nice day, Daidouji! And tell Megane I may drop by for dinner!"
She sweatdropped.
It was well into the afternoon when Mayura finally made it to Loki's mansion.
She rang the bell, and Yamino diligently opened the gates, with a merry smile and a spirited "Happy birthday, Mayura-san!" They walked together to the front door, where Loki was waiting for them.
"Happy birthday, Mayura," he said gently.
She blinked.
"Mou, Loki-kun..."
"Yes, Mayura?"
"What's that thing on top of your head...? It looks..." she trailed off, reaching out to grab Ecchan, "It looks totally adorable!!!!! Awwwwwww"
As Mayura squished the poor creature, which, with swirly eyes let out some strangled "Punyaaannn"s now and then, she commented, "Papa said I should be able to see ghosts from now onwards... but this guy certainly doesn't look like one..."
She stopped.
"Could it be..."
Loki's eyes fixed intently in her.
"...That I can see UFOs as well?"
Him and Yamino sweatdropped.
"Let's go in," Yamino said, pushing softly Mayura into the house, and at the same time receiving a meaningful glance from his father.
"Ecchan's not an UFO," Loki told Mayura (who was still poking the creature and emmiting the occasional 'aww') as soon as they were seated. Yamino had left for some tea and cake- birthday cake.
She blinked. "But how come I've never seen him before?"
"Dunno..." Loki shrugged. "He's always around.."
She oh-ed.
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Her lips curled in satisfaction. "This is delicious Yamino-san!!!!"
The snake in disguise smiled. "I did my best. It's Mayura-san's birthday, after all..."
Loki smiled slightly and took another bite of the cake. It was really good.
"Daddy!!!"
Fenrir bursted through the door with tears in his eyes, a crab attached by its pincers to his tail.
The Norse God let out an amused chuckle, and bent down to release his son from the grip of the orange crustacean.
"You keep monsters in that kitchen Nii-chan!" the dog wailed at Yamino. Yamino frowned nervousy, "I'm sorry, Nii-san..."
Meanwhile, Mayura couldn't believe her ears. Could it be she'd been living the greatest fushigi mystery for the past two years or so? She blinked- she seemed to be doing it a lot since she stepped into Loki's mansion that day.
"Why does your dog speak, Loki-kun?" She mysteriously had managed to put on her mystery-glasses. "Or, more importantly," she said, faking a detective-like voice, "Why does it call you 'daddy'? And what about calling Yamino 'Nii-chan'...?"
"Well", Loki thought, "It seems I have a lot explaining to do..."
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Woah... .re-reading it now, this fic is SO clichè!!!!! Well, no matter. I guess it's normal to want THIS to happen, after watching ep.26...
There are still at least 2 or 3 more chapters to go, this is NOT the end xD
...Following the cliche, she still HAS to meet Kakusei Loki, no? ;)
