Unattainable
Chapter 2
Rating: PG-13
Morien Alexander: Thank you for reviewing~! It's so reassuring because it is the first fic that I ever got around to posting... :)
Evil Kasumi: Uah~!! Thanks~! Um.. the reason I chose this pairing ... or... his infatuation was because it seemed that he did like her... although she was clueless. In the anime, he appears as a main support character in two episodes... and I just took it from there..
*~*~*
"Ah~!!"
I glance over at Mayura san in bemusement. I had asked her and her friends to come visit one of my family's many business enterprises... in this case, an arcade. Currently, we were occupied with a zombie shooting game that was really profitable.
"You're amazing, Loki kun," Mayura san said excitedly as she clapped her hands. Her eyes sparkled with glee and I felt a twinge of envy.
My eyes narrowed once again in speculation as I coolly commented, "Eh... you're pretty good at this detective"
Mayura san happily comments, "This is the first time I've seen someone get an 'All Clear.'" She was still clapping. If only she was as enthused about being with me alone, without the little detective.
"Just as expected from Loki sama," praised the adult that was always accompanying Loki. His peculiar green eyes are large with adoration as he looks at Loki.
"It's not a big deal," Loki says in a bored detached tone. The little brat couldn't be grateful that I am letting him play for free.
"What's with you?" I say before I realize it. I suppose my indignation at his rude behavior won over my naturally easygoing manner. "Was this game, Living Dead Hunter, not interesting? It's the most popular game in our game center." "Oh really," Loki answers in the same bored, indifferent tone.
"Geez, shopkeepers would lose their confidence if they saw that kind of attitude," I reply, my entrepreneur blood demanding that I find a game that would satisfy Loki.
"But, don't we know that if Loki kun carries a gun around, he'll be fine even if zombies appear?" Mayura san says gleefully. She really is a sweet naive girl who didn't know anything.
Loki sighs in resignation as he factually replied, "hey... this toy gun won't defeat real zombies, you know? Although it may be different if you had divine protection."
Mayura san cutely puts her finger on her chin as she reflected on Loki's statement. "Oh, is that so?" She then asks what I wanted to say myself, "You act as if you've encountered a real zombie."
"I guess," he says casually. "In any case, where is Reiya?"
"I saw her at the crane game earlier..." the guardian replies uncertainly.
"LOKI SAMA~!" Reiya cries out as she runs toward us, specifically Loki. She ran awkwardly holding a huge duck like thing that was almost as big as she was. "I won this!"
Amazingly, Loki affectionately says, "Good, now you have a nice souvenir to take home." I was surprised that he was capable of such a tone. He was always somewhat haughty around Mayura san.
"Yes!" the little girl shouts happily.
Walking away, he smiles at Reiya and says, "Well then, shall we go back now?"
"That sounds good," the girl cheerfully says as gazes at Loki in hero worship.
Irritated at being ignored, I interject in a challenging voice, "Wait a moment! You can't tell me that you are satisfied, leaving like this..." I turn around with as much flair as possible. The lighting in the dim arcade adding a darker aura around my face, which made me seem more mysterious. "I'll show you the hardest challenge here."
"The hardest challenge," Loki echoes, his face weary, but willing to participate.
"It's our latest project. I think even you will be satisfied." I say as coolly as possible. As an entrepreneur's son, I cannot allow a customer to leave unsatisfied.
"There is something like that? I want to see!" Mayura san runs up eagerly. I can almost picture her putting on those weird glasses and crying out, 'mystery, it's a mystery!' She turns to Loki to ask his opinion about the challenge. "Don't you, Loki kun?" Why can't she ask me? He's a child, whereas I am more suitable to be her companion. He turns away, obviously not interested. "Not really..." How could someone be so rude to someone as beautiful as Mayura. Once again, I wonder why things were this way. Why did Mayura san seem so focused when it came to Loki?
My expression was pained as I attack Loki with my words, "No need to be shy. You'll definitely find it interesting." What was so special about Loki that attracted Mayura san so much? Was it only the fact that he was a detective? Or was there something else that I was missing?
Mayura san cheerfully grabs Loki's shoulders and exclaims, "Then it's decided."
"All right then, it's over here." I direct them with a wave of my hand and lead the way to a darker corner of the arcade. Here there are various Dracula related regalia complete with a haunted castle atmosphere.
"Scary..." Reiya whimpers as she clutches her huge duck closer to her body. Hmph... at least someone is scared right now.
"It's great isn't it?" I state proudly. This was the most innovative game created by the Kakinouchi firm and the top of the line in the game industry...although it hasn't been fully tested yet.
I notice that Mayura san is standing next to me, and I leave my arm hanging out so she could grab onto it if she was too scared.
"This is really amazing!" She cries out eagerly, followed by her most commonly used word, "Mystery!"
"What is this thing?" Loki asks perplexed as he stared at the exhibit.
I respond proudly, "Using all of our abilities, the development team gathered vampire items from all over the world."
"Oh... vampire you say..." he answers, his eyes narrowing.
Seeing Loki holding a knife with a red sheen, I factually state, "This one was found in a castle in Romania. It's a cursed, blood-sucking sword."
"Hmm... this.." He muttered... and then turned around, "has made in China written on it." He was smirking.
I sweat drop.
"This lamp is.." Loki's guardian exclaims... I turn around trying to save face...
"You have a good eye... This was up on a London Auction for..." I compliment him graciously.
"980 yen, wasn't it?" the guardian interjects eagerly. "When I saw this in the mail-order catalogue I really wanted it. "
I twitch. These people were just so hard to please and irritating! Who still ordered from mail-order catalogues anyway?
"Loki sama, wouldn't this look great in our dining hall?"
"Was this what you wanted to show us?" Loki asks teasingly. I felt humiliated, but I had one last ace up my sleeve.
Sweating, I turn around, "Well.. the main attraction is.. " I pull off the covers and reveal a game that has a black coffin design with a cross on it. "The virtual reality simulator vampire action game." I look at Mayura san as I proclaim, "It's called Dracula's castle!"
"Wow..Mystery!" Mayura san exclaims.
I continue explaining, "We were going to debut this game in our next event."
"Wow, that's amazing! I want to try!" She eagerly cries out.
"Were you surprised? After all, in the stages where the battles are held, the objects as well as the mood is completely realistic. It scores full marks for intensity, too. And also, the employees who tested the game were so amazed it knocked them off their feet."
"Wow... it's such an awesome game," She says as she grabs for the visor.
"Yeah. Even though I say that it's amazing, I personally haven't tried it." I gaze into her eyes. Finally, her eyes were on me... only to see her jump over to Loki.
"Hey, Loki kun, who goes first?" She asks, eager like a child being teased with a delicious lollipop.
He turns away, his brow furrowed with irritation, "I really don't care who goes first."
"Loki sama," Reiya says from behind a small pillar, obviously terrified from the display. "Reiya doesn't like it here. It's scary..."
"Is that so?" Loki queries, gently angling his head in a soothing manner, "Then, let's go back and play some other games."
Reiya's eyes glimmer gratefully as she thankfully answers, "Yes please."
"Hey, what about this game?" Mayura asks.
"It's fine if you go first," He says casually, already dismissing her.
"Really? Is that okay?" She really didn't know what she was being coldly dismissed. Really, what sweet naiveté.
Walking over to the game bench, I casually gesture, "Daidouji, why don't you go first? I'll prepare the game now."
"Thanks~! Don't mind if I do," she happily says as she runs to sit down.
I reach over to press the power button.
Click...Click..
"Huh? That's strange..." I say at the lack of response from the game. I lean over to Mayura san. "But it's plugged in.." I look over at her face set in concentration at the desire to play the game. "Hold on a minute, I'll go get the manual."
"Ah.. Okay," she replies patiently. She really is a strange, interesting girl. Impatient one moment, then surprisingly patient the next.
I walk away to the back and swiftly grab the manual. I wouldn't want to make her wait too long...
"Sorry for making you wait Daidouji...Huh?" I look uncertainly around. Where did she go? She was so eager to play the game and now she had simply disappeared. Hmm... Maybe she was bored and went to rejoin her friends?
Looking around some more, I called out to her, "Daidouji? Daidouji?"
Hearing sound, I looked at the monitor and was surprised to see it working. "It turned on? How strange." Staring at the monitor, for a moment I thought I saw Daidouji... but that wasn't possible... right?
Unconsciously carrying the manual, I walk over to her friends, "Hey, have you seen Daidouji?"
"Huh? Isn't she playing the Dracula game?" Loki asks.
"She's disappeared suddenly," I say, worried. It was strange that the moment we are together alone, it's as if fate wants us to stay apart and caused a disturbance.
"She could have gone home," The green haired guardian speculated.
"Even though she hasn't yet played the game...?" I ask softly. That wasn't like her at all.
"Then, she probably found something weird and started chasing it, saying 'mystery, mystery.'" Loki said coolly. Obviously, he knew her very well.
"Hmm.. maybe that's it...." I answer, but it was still strange. "Then, Loki, you go first. The game is already set up." Then while he is playing, I could search for her some more, and when I find her... I would express my concern, and she would start to fall slowly in love with me...
"Demo..." Loki uncertainly says as he glances at Reiya.
Reiya stands up and covers up Loki's cause for concern, "Reiya should be going home now. She had a lot of fun today!"
"Oh.. is that so? Then I'll go see you off. Why don't you go first Kou- chan?" His expression was somewhat smug as he said this.
"All right, I understand. Hurry up and come back," I reply. I go back to the game and stare at the monitor. It was still very peculiar. Hesitantly, I pick up the visor and put it on my head. Suddenly, I was going through something that resembled a wind tunnel and was very disoriented. Was this what the employees meant by 'it knocked them off their feet?'
Then I find myself in a dusty room of the castle. The gargoyles stare at me malevolently, and I shudder. This was very real, and disturbing. I look around and come to a window. Looking out, I saw Mayura san, and attempted to find a way to reach her. Only to find myself surrounded by the high school girls I continuously flirted with.
What was going on? I began to run away as they began to inch closer and closer to me. This is was more disturbing than Mayura san's relationship with Loki. I felt a hand wrap around my ankle and I stumbled to the ground. They all began to cling onto me and I felt suffocated. Something had gone wrong with the game. From the report it wasn't supposed to be like this. I attempted to pull them away from me only to be pulled into a wall. When I adjust to my surroundings, I realize that I am hanging on a wall.
I hear footsteps and I wonder who it is... Loki's form is revealed in the dim light and I manage to say a warning.
"Be careful, detective..." I gasp out.
"Kou chan..." His eyes are worried and confused. The brat had a bigger heart than I thought. "KOU CHAN!" He began to run to me, only to be repelled by a force field.
When I saw the force field, I knew that it was truly game over for me. "It's useless Loki. It's 'game over' for me already."
"Where's Mayura?" He asks. As I am hanging, I realize that I was wrong about him. He really cares a lot for Mayura.
"I don't know. This game wasn't supposed to be this real," I say. It was getting harder and harder to speak.
"So... does this game have enemies?"
"Yeah...This game makes use of the people the player knows, by turning them into enemy characters," I explain as succinctly as possible. There wasn't much time left for me.
"So, those are the high school girls," he states matter-of-factly.
Miffed, I shout, "That's none of your business!" He wouldn't understand the need to occupy oneself to control overly obsessive behavior over one person.
"Anyways, I'll save you right now..."
"LOKI!" I cry out, "Behind you!" Already the enemy has come and it looked like the green haired guardian.
The two of them converse strangely about polite suffixes and such. Frustrated I yell, "Now is not the time to talk about that! Destroy the red stone that he has!"
"Red stone?" He echoes. He really needs to stop repeated what I say. "Is that it?"
"If you get past the enemies in all the stages. Defect Dracula. If it's you, you should be able to-" I manage to say before I slip into oblivion once again. Why is that I always seem to lose consciousness around Loki?
_
"Kakinouchi sama?"
"Huh?" I mumble as I blearily look at my surroundings. "Where am I? What happened?" I demanded.
"Kakinouchi sama, you are at home. After the game center manager notified us of your unconscious state we brought you home to rest," the servant replied humbly.
"Did my companions get home safely?"
"Yes, Kakinouchi sama. It seems that they regained consciousness with none the worse for wear."
"Leave me," I ordered.
After all my attempts, I am still one step behind a child. Mayura san... my beloved one. Is she just an unattainable dream?
Chapter 2
Rating: PG-13
Morien Alexander: Thank you for reviewing~! It's so reassuring because it is the first fic that I ever got around to posting... :)
Evil Kasumi: Uah~!! Thanks~! Um.. the reason I chose this pairing ... or... his infatuation was because it seemed that he did like her... although she was clueless. In the anime, he appears as a main support character in two episodes... and I just took it from there..
*~*~*
"Ah~!!"
I glance over at Mayura san in bemusement. I had asked her and her friends to come visit one of my family's many business enterprises... in this case, an arcade. Currently, we were occupied with a zombie shooting game that was really profitable.
"You're amazing, Loki kun," Mayura san said excitedly as she clapped her hands. Her eyes sparkled with glee and I felt a twinge of envy.
My eyes narrowed once again in speculation as I coolly commented, "Eh... you're pretty good at this detective"
Mayura san happily comments, "This is the first time I've seen someone get an 'All Clear.'" She was still clapping. If only she was as enthused about being with me alone, without the little detective.
"Just as expected from Loki sama," praised the adult that was always accompanying Loki. His peculiar green eyes are large with adoration as he looks at Loki.
"It's not a big deal," Loki says in a bored detached tone. The little brat couldn't be grateful that I am letting him play for free.
"What's with you?" I say before I realize it. I suppose my indignation at his rude behavior won over my naturally easygoing manner. "Was this game, Living Dead Hunter, not interesting? It's the most popular game in our game center." "Oh really," Loki answers in the same bored, indifferent tone.
"Geez, shopkeepers would lose their confidence if they saw that kind of attitude," I reply, my entrepreneur blood demanding that I find a game that would satisfy Loki.
"But, don't we know that if Loki kun carries a gun around, he'll be fine even if zombies appear?" Mayura san says gleefully. She really is a sweet naive girl who didn't know anything.
Loki sighs in resignation as he factually replied, "hey... this toy gun won't defeat real zombies, you know? Although it may be different if you had divine protection."
Mayura san cutely puts her finger on her chin as she reflected on Loki's statement. "Oh, is that so?" She then asks what I wanted to say myself, "You act as if you've encountered a real zombie."
"I guess," he says casually. "In any case, where is Reiya?"
"I saw her at the crane game earlier..." the guardian replies uncertainly.
"LOKI SAMA~!" Reiya cries out as she runs toward us, specifically Loki. She ran awkwardly holding a huge duck like thing that was almost as big as she was. "I won this!"
Amazingly, Loki affectionately says, "Good, now you have a nice souvenir to take home." I was surprised that he was capable of such a tone. He was always somewhat haughty around Mayura san.
"Yes!" the little girl shouts happily.
Walking away, he smiles at Reiya and says, "Well then, shall we go back now?"
"That sounds good," the girl cheerfully says as gazes at Loki in hero worship.
Irritated at being ignored, I interject in a challenging voice, "Wait a moment! You can't tell me that you are satisfied, leaving like this..." I turn around with as much flair as possible. The lighting in the dim arcade adding a darker aura around my face, which made me seem more mysterious. "I'll show you the hardest challenge here."
"The hardest challenge," Loki echoes, his face weary, but willing to participate.
"It's our latest project. I think even you will be satisfied." I say as coolly as possible. As an entrepreneur's son, I cannot allow a customer to leave unsatisfied.
"There is something like that? I want to see!" Mayura san runs up eagerly. I can almost picture her putting on those weird glasses and crying out, 'mystery, it's a mystery!' She turns to Loki to ask his opinion about the challenge. "Don't you, Loki kun?" Why can't she ask me? He's a child, whereas I am more suitable to be her companion. He turns away, obviously not interested. "Not really..." How could someone be so rude to someone as beautiful as Mayura. Once again, I wonder why things were this way. Why did Mayura san seem so focused when it came to Loki?
My expression was pained as I attack Loki with my words, "No need to be shy. You'll definitely find it interesting." What was so special about Loki that attracted Mayura san so much? Was it only the fact that he was a detective? Or was there something else that I was missing?
Mayura san cheerfully grabs Loki's shoulders and exclaims, "Then it's decided."
"All right then, it's over here." I direct them with a wave of my hand and lead the way to a darker corner of the arcade. Here there are various Dracula related regalia complete with a haunted castle atmosphere.
"Scary..." Reiya whimpers as she clutches her huge duck closer to her body. Hmph... at least someone is scared right now.
"It's great isn't it?" I state proudly. This was the most innovative game created by the Kakinouchi firm and the top of the line in the game industry...although it hasn't been fully tested yet.
I notice that Mayura san is standing next to me, and I leave my arm hanging out so she could grab onto it if she was too scared.
"This is really amazing!" She cries out eagerly, followed by her most commonly used word, "Mystery!"
"What is this thing?" Loki asks perplexed as he stared at the exhibit.
I respond proudly, "Using all of our abilities, the development team gathered vampire items from all over the world."
"Oh... vampire you say..." he answers, his eyes narrowing.
Seeing Loki holding a knife with a red sheen, I factually state, "This one was found in a castle in Romania. It's a cursed, blood-sucking sword."
"Hmm... this.." He muttered... and then turned around, "has made in China written on it." He was smirking.
I sweat drop.
"This lamp is.." Loki's guardian exclaims... I turn around trying to save face...
"You have a good eye... This was up on a London Auction for..." I compliment him graciously.
"980 yen, wasn't it?" the guardian interjects eagerly. "When I saw this in the mail-order catalogue I really wanted it. "
I twitch. These people were just so hard to please and irritating! Who still ordered from mail-order catalogues anyway?
"Loki sama, wouldn't this look great in our dining hall?"
"Was this what you wanted to show us?" Loki asks teasingly. I felt humiliated, but I had one last ace up my sleeve.
Sweating, I turn around, "Well.. the main attraction is.. " I pull off the covers and reveal a game that has a black coffin design with a cross on it. "The virtual reality simulator vampire action game." I look at Mayura san as I proclaim, "It's called Dracula's castle!"
"Wow..Mystery!" Mayura san exclaims.
I continue explaining, "We were going to debut this game in our next event."
"Wow, that's amazing! I want to try!" She eagerly cries out.
"Were you surprised? After all, in the stages where the battles are held, the objects as well as the mood is completely realistic. It scores full marks for intensity, too. And also, the employees who tested the game were so amazed it knocked them off their feet."
"Wow... it's such an awesome game," She says as she grabs for the visor.
"Yeah. Even though I say that it's amazing, I personally haven't tried it." I gaze into her eyes. Finally, her eyes were on me... only to see her jump over to Loki.
"Hey, Loki kun, who goes first?" She asks, eager like a child being teased with a delicious lollipop.
He turns away, his brow furrowed with irritation, "I really don't care who goes first."
"Loki sama," Reiya says from behind a small pillar, obviously terrified from the display. "Reiya doesn't like it here. It's scary..."
"Is that so?" Loki queries, gently angling his head in a soothing manner, "Then, let's go back and play some other games."
Reiya's eyes glimmer gratefully as she thankfully answers, "Yes please."
"Hey, what about this game?" Mayura asks.
"It's fine if you go first," He says casually, already dismissing her.
"Really? Is that okay?" She really didn't know what she was being coldly dismissed. Really, what sweet naiveté.
Walking over to the game bench, I casually gesture, "Daidouji, why don't you go first? I'll prepare the game now."
"Thanks~! Don't mind if I do," she happily says as she runs to sit down.
I reach over to press the power button.
Click...Click..
"Huh? That's strange..." I say at the lack of response from the game. I lean over to Mayura san. "But it's plugged in.." I look over at her face set in concentration at the desire to play the game. "Hold on a minute, I'll go get the manual."
"Ah.. Okay," she replies patiently. She really is a strange, interesting girl. Impatient one moment, then surprisingly patient the next.
I walk away to the back and swiftly grab the manual. I wouldn't want to make her wait too long...
"Sorry for making you wait Daidouji...Huh?" I look uncertainly around. Where did she go? She was so eager to play the game and now she had simply disappeared. Hmm... Maybe she was bored and went to rejoin her friends?
Looking around some more, I called out to her, "Daidouji? Daidouji?"
Hearing sound, I looked at the monitor and was surprised to see it working. "It turned on? How strange." Staring at the monitor, for a moment I thought I saw Daidouji... but that wasn't possible... right?
Unconsciously carrying the manual, I walk over to her friends, "Hey, have you seen Daidouji?"
"Huh? Isn't she playing the Dracula game?" Loki asks.
"She's disappeared suddenly," I say, worried. It was strange that the moment we are together alone, it's as if fate wants us to stay apart and caused a disturbance.
"She could have gone home," The green haired guardian speculated.
"Even though she hasn't yet played the game...?" I ask softly. That wasn't like her at all.
"Then, she probably found something weird and started chasing it, saying 'mystery, mystery.'" Loki said coolly. Obviously, he knew her very well.
"Hmm.. maybe that's it...." I answer, but it was still strange. "Then, Loki, you go first. The game is already set up." Then while he is playing, I could search for her some more, and when I find her... I would express my concern, and she would start to fall slowly in love with me...
"Demo..." Loki uncertainly says as he glances at Reiya.
Reiya stands up and covers up Loki's cause for concern, "Reiya should be going home now. She had a lot of fun today!"
"Oh.. is that so? Then I'll go see you off. Why don't you go first Kou- chan?" His expression was somewhat smug as he said this.
"All right, I understand. Hurry up and come back," I reply. I go back to the game and stare at the monitor. It was still very peculiar. Hesitantly, I pick up the visor and put it on my head. Suddenly, I was going through something that resembled a wind tunnel and was very disoriented. Was this what the employees meant by 'it knocked them off their feet?'
Then I find myself in a dusty room of the castle. The gargoyles stare at me malevolently, and I shudder. This was very real, and disturbing. I look around and come to a window. Looking out, I saw Mayura san, and attempted to find a way to reach her. Only to find myself surrounded by the high school girls I continuously flirted with.
What was going on? I began to run away as they began to inch closer and closer to me. This is was more disturbing than Mayura san's relationship with Loki. I felt a hand wrap around my ankle and I stumbled to the ground. They all began to cling onto me and I felt suffocated. Something had gone wrong with the game. From the report it wasn't supposed to be like this. I attempted to pull them away from me only to be pulled into a wall. When I adjust to my surroundings, I realize that I am hanging on a wall.
I hear footsteps and I wonder who it is... Loki's form is revealed in the dim light and I manage to say a warning.
"Be careful, detective..." I gasp out.
"Kou chan..." His eyes are worried and confused. The brat had a bigger heart than I thought. "KOU CHAN!" He began to run to me, only to be repelled by a force field.
When I saw the force field, I knew that it was truly game over for me. "It's useless Loki. It's 'game over' for me already."
"Where's Mayura?" He asks. As I am hanging, I realize that I was wrong about him. He really cares a lot for Mayura.
"I don't know. This game wasn't supposed to be this real," I say. It was getting harder and harder to speak.
"So... does this game have enemies?"
"Yeah...This game makes use of the people the player knows, by turning them into enemy characters," I explain as succinctly as possible. There wasn't much time left for me.
"So, those are the high school girls," he states matter-of-factly.
Miffed, I shout, "That's none of your business!" He wouldn't understand the need to occupy oneself to control overly obsessive behavior over one person.
"Anyways, I'll save you right now..."
"LOKI!" I cry out, "Behind you!" Already the enemy has come and it looked like the green haired guardian.
The two of them converse strangely about polite suffixes and such. Frustrated I yell, "Now is not the time to talk about that! Destroy the red stone that he has!"
"Red stone?" He echoes. He really needs to stop repeated what I say. "Is that it?"
"If you get past the enemies in all the stages. Defect Dracula. If it's you, you should be able to-" I manage to say before I slip into oblivion once again. Why is that I always seem to lose consciousness around Loki?
_
"Kakinouchi sama?"
"Huh?" I mumble as I blearily look at my surroundings. "Where am I? What happened?" I demanded.
"Kakinouchi sama, you are at home. After the game center manager notified us of your unconscious state we brought you home to rest," the servant replied humbly.
"Did my companions get home safely?"
"Yes, Kakinouchi sama. It seems that they regained consciousness with none the worse for wear."
"Leave me," I ordered.
After all my attempts, I am still one step behind a child. Mayura san... my beloved one. Is she just an unattainable dream?