Hey guys! Crazed here once again! I know, I know you're probably all like wow, I thought she quit fanfiction for good! But no, my lovely followers that is not the case! Really, I've just been drowning in my own work these past few weeks. Nothing better than essays, midterms, tests, quizzes, and book projects blah blah blah.
So yup, I've had no time to write at all! And that makes me very, very sad.
Anyways, because of my forever-long absence, I've worked extra hard on this chapter, and it's come out to be quite long. Hopefully it will take you a bit longer to read than the other ones, just so I can make it up to you! (7 pages on my word! :O)
So without anymore stalling, I give you WBB chapter 9! (w00t!)
P.S. (sorry -.-") As another way to make it up to you, I've put in a special surprise at the end, hope it makes everyone happy :3
Disclaimer:f
Loki: Come on you can do it!
Me: Bu-
Loki: *glares* No buts Crazed! What is there to but about?
Mayura: yeah!
Me: Well-
Loki and Mayura: Just say it so they can read the chapter!
Me: Well okay...*sighs* I do not own Loki Ragnarok in any way possible, although I wish I did.
Loki and Mayura: Good! Now please Enjoy!
It was déjà vu all over again. Mayura was floating in darkness, unable to move any of her body parts. She could feel the nothingness pushing her farther down into the abyss. Her thoughts were scrambled, and every time she tried to remember something, anything it slipped out of her reach.
She slowly closed her eyes, or maybe opened them; it was hard to tell in pitch black. A shrilling sound began echoing in her ears, and all she wanted to do was cover them with her hands.
A figured began blurring into Mayura's view, a hazy vision of a handsome young man and a small boy.
Although she couldn't hear much over the white noise in her head, it looked like the person was calling, no, screaming her name. Every few seconds something wet would splash onto her cheek, but her arms were like led and unable to be moved.
What Mayura wanted most was to comfort the strange apparition of the man, and tell him that everything was going to be fine. Maybe even explain to him that her mama had passed away when she was a little girl, but she knew that she would get past it one day.
"Of course," Mayura thought offhandedly. "I guess I'd only say that if I was talking to the little boy, I'm sure the young man wouldn't care...it's funny though, they both kinda look like Loki-ku-"
Her mind immediately froze as the thought came to mind. As Mayura unconsciously stared at the blurred figure of a man and child, she realized that they were both one person, not two different figures. What she was looking at was Loki.
"Loki?" Mayura rasped quietly, surprised that her voice had come back at all.
"Mayura?!"
Her own name boomed in her ears, and Mayura had to close her eyes to adjust to the sound.
"H-hai, it's me Loki. Why so surprised?" she whispered.
The comment may have come out humorous, but really the girl was genuinely confused. Of course it was Mayura, so anything out of the ordinary confused her. Especially when the seemingly laid-back Loki was acting scared for her sake. Of course there were all those times that she had gotten herself in trouble from mysteries... Loki always seemed to come and save her then.
"But it was only because I helped out so much at the Detective Agency, and Papa would kill him if he found out I disappeared. I was only a tool to him, and there'd be consequences if he lost me." Mayura thought, still unable to open her eyes and look at the newly-revealed god.
For all she knew she could have been abducted by aliens and Loki was just excited to tell her.
Mayura's eyes immediately snapped open as the thought popped into her head.
"Is that what happened Loki-kun?!" she gasped, her eyes suddenly lacking the gloomy haze they had been holding the past few days.
"H-huh?" Loki asked, startled.
It wasn't just the fact that Mayura had come out of her deep thoughts so suddenly with complete joy, or that the pink-haired girl had asked a question assuming he had been reading her thoughts and just knew what she was talking about. Not all gods did that. No, it was the sudden use of the suffix -Kun at the end of his name as she said the question. To Loki, Mayura hadn't used -Kun in years, even though it had only started a short while ago, maybe it was even today. In Japanese culture, without any suffix it probably meant they were much closer than friends, but being from Norse decent it still stung, a very hard slap in the face. The fact that she was using it again caught him off guard, and it made him realize how much he liked the little extra word at the end of his name.
"Did I get abducted by aliens, Loki-kun?! Is that why you're acting so out-of-whack? I bet that's why, Loki-kun. I, out of all the people you've met, gods and humans alike, know you couldn't really care for a mortal, it's against the 'rules' right?"
"Mayura, what on Earth are you talking about?"
"I've seen the movies Loki-kun. Gods can't and never will fall for them, let alone really care for them. What makes you think I'm going to believe a lying deceiving god of mischief, huh? Loki, it's time you stop acting to try and keep your little game from ending, I get it okay?"
"Games? What game Mayura? What's gotten into you?" By now Mayura was crying, and Loki was sure the girl had gone crazy.
"Loki just st-"
"Mayura, you stop it!" Loki snapped, his jaw clenched.
Mayura stared up at the god of mischief in disbelief. Although he had his eyes closed his face looked so lost. Suddenly, Mayura remembered the wetness that had been splashing on her cheek while she was in her own little world, and she unconsciously reached up to touch Loki's cheek.
Loki, startled by the sudden movement, snapped his eyes open to stare at the girl.
"Loki, a-are you crying?" Her voice came out in a whisper, its tone unsure.
Almost immediately Mayura felt herself being pulled into a tight hug.
"L-Loki what are you doing?!" Mayura squeaked, wide eyed, turning her head slightly to look at the back of Loki's head.
"...I almost lost you Mayura." Loki said quietly, but not quietly enough that Mayura couldn't hear the shake in his voice. "You were so close to getting hit by that truck...I was terrified."
"Truck?" Mayura whispered, suddenly remembering everything that had happened before. How she had run out into the middle of the street without looking, the car coming right at her, the horns, the screeching, something hitting her, and then feeling herself go unconscious.
"Oh." Mayura mumbled, now understanding. She had been lying on Loki's lap this whole time, right across the street from the accident.
Seeing how Loki would most likely keep her in that position for awhile, Mayura rested her chin on his shoulder and stared at the road in front of her.
There were definitely signs of an accident. Tire marks decorated the majority of the road, the thick black lines distinctive against the cracked and worn down tar. But, there were no cars driving by, or even blood on the road, which would show signs of Mayura actually getting hit by the truck. In fact, she didn't feel severe pain at all.
"Um, Loki?" Mayura asked quietly, unwillingness to let her guard down clearly in her voice. This hug wasn't going to change her feelings, or at least not for the moment.
Loki's jaw tightened, ready for whatever low blow Mayura was about to throw at him.
"W-why am I not hurt?" she said quietly, already guessing the answer.
"I pushed you out of the way, Mayura...."
"You what?!" Mayura gasped, shoving Loki so hard she fell back on her rear, and the tall god sprawled out in front of her.
"What the he- erm, earth was that for!" Loki yelled, his face flustered.
"Loki, were you about to curse?!" Mayura gasped, her sudden anger replaced with astonishment.
"Of course not! Earth is not a curse, Mayura." Loki said matter-of-factly.
"Uh, Loki, that is not what you were going to say!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Mayura that is absolutely absurd and you know it!"
"Nuh-uh Loki-kun! You were going to say h-e-double hockey stick!" Mayura yelled, her cheeks in their classically annoyed puffed out form.
"What? I don't even know what that means, Mayura!" Loki yelled, laughing.
"Well you're the one who was in the chibi form for kami knows how long! You should have learned something in that little head of yours!" Mayura was tempted to go over and knock Loki on the head, but she held back.
"Well sorry for not tapping into my inner child." Loki muttered, his face going into a sulk.
Mayura threw Loki a small smile. "Well, you're certainly acting like a child right now, Mr. Mature Kami-sama."
Loki glared over at her, still unable to stop himself from throwing a little tantrum.
"And," Mayura continued. "It was very childish and stupid for you to jump in front of an oncoming truck just to save someone like me, Loki... I'm really not worth the effort."
Loki stayed silent for a moment, his childish façade replaced by his normal seriousness. "What makes you think that, Mayura? You're assuming I don't care a thing about you, that to me, you're just one little game. Is that why you think I stayed? Is that really why you think I stayed here, rather than return to the place I really belong, and gain back the honor that was stripped away from me so greedily? So I could continue my game, Mayura?!"
Said girl shrunk away from the now angry god, unable to say anything more than a small, "Loki, you're yelling kinda loud..."
The god pinched the bridge of his nose as he collected himself. "No, Mayura, the answer is no. You're not just a little plaything that can entertain me until I get tired of you, and then I'll just toss you away and find a new one."
"But Lok-"
"No buts, Mayura. What is there to but about?"
"Well-"
Loki shook his head, cutting the girl off. With a small smile, Loki got up off the ground and dusted off his clothes nonchalantly, Mayura watching him intently the whole time. After a moment Loki looked up and caught Mayura's eye, and almost immediately Mayura gave a "huff" and looked away, her cheeks puffed out.
"Hey, Mayura?" Loki's voice seemed to come out of nowhere, causing Mayura to turn her head towards the sound.
"What, Lok-" Before she could finish, Mayura felt a pair of warm lips press softly against hers, but only for a second.
"Loki did you just-!" Mayura gasped, her face turning a deep red.
"I care about you, Mayura; I really, really care about you...That is why I jumped in front of a truck to save you," Loki whispered, leaning his forehead against hers and in turn, successfully cutting her off. "You're a...very close friend of mine, and I don't know what I'd do if I lost you."
Mayura stared at him for a second, her tongue caught in her throat. As she stared into his eyes, she only half listened to what he was saying, too distracted to make out every single word. That is, until the statement about being close friends.
"Whaaat?! What type of friend kisses their other friend, huh?!" Mayura yelled, her blush growing by the second.
Loki stood up and stared at the girl, unfazed except for a playboy smirk on his face, clearly entertained by her embarrassment.
Being the smart god that he was, he chose to say nothing, and instead gave a simple shrug of his shoulders, before turning around and walking away.
"Where do you think you're going mister? We're not done here yet! Loki-kun!"
Loki gave Mayura a small wave as he walked away, not turning around.
If the circumstances were normal, sure he'd probably turn around and stick his tongue out at her or something. But if he did, Mayura would see that his eyes were crimson red, instead of their normal forest green.
And that would either scare her off, or show that things were not okay.
She would start hammering questions at him, and he would either avoid every single one of them, or tell her that there had been a shift in the air, and as a mortal she wouldn't be able to feel it.
Mayura would then probably yell something about a "fushigi mystery!" And Loki would say nothing.
Because what Loki couldn't tell her was that something was dangerously close, and that was why the atmosphere had suddenly changed, not from the appearance of UFO's or unidentified life forms.
Of course, that was only a guess.
So as Mayura continued to yell after him, Loki found he couldn't turn around and talk to her, because he was heading for a much more important destination.
Odin.
:D Chapter 9 is complete! Hope you all enjoyed and were very satisfied with my special surprise! :D Ah, the wonderful upsides of being an author, you can do whatever you want :P.
So I left you on a little cliffy at the end of the chapter, and sorry if it was a tad confusing xD. If you didn't follow you can just PM with any questions and I'll answer as soon as I get 'em!
I feel like there was quite a bit of sarcasm and very over-exaggerated words this chapter, hence all the italicized words. Eh, just my point of view I guess.
Oh yeah, on another note, did anyone notice the similarity in the disclaimer and in the chapter? :P If you didn't well, you should go see lol. Lol, I'm not going to do my disclaimers like that again, I just felt like doing it once. Truthfully, it bothers me! :P Okay well anyway:
Please review and comment so I know that YOU didn't all die while I was gone!
Until next time!
-Crazed xP
