Yup yup! Chapter 2 up! The story's still forming in my head though…
And to answer LokiGirl, this should take place after the last episode of the anime… a few weeks later, I think.
As usual, there'll always be this line included:
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Matantei Loki Ragnarok.
I'm still reading book 3 of MaLoRa…
Oh, and Sakura-sensei… You should write more about LokixMayura!! Hee… ^^
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LET ME KISS YOU
CHAPTER 2 – DISTRESS
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Loki was pacing up and down outside the mansion, frowning and thinking hard. He was so worried that he could not stand still. //What happened to Mayura? She was just there a minute ago… and then she disappeared suddenly…//
They had wanted to search for Mayura, but Komaki had stopped them and ordered them to leave immediately, assuring that the search party would find Mayura. Loki considered using his powers to put Komaki to sleep, but Narugami persuaded him to let the search party do their work first, as they did not sense any evil in the mansion. So, Loki reluctantly agreed.
Not far from him, Freyr was wailing away. "I can't believe I lost her!!! Yamato Nadeshiko!!! The monsters must have taken her away!!! Can we go beg the monsters to return her back to me?!!!"
"Baka! The monsters are fake, and you don't have to beg them! We're gods, for goodness sake! And can you stop crying so loudly??!!!" Heimdall shouted at Freyr, embarrassed by the commotion he was causing.
Loki rolled his eyes at them for a moment before he resumed frowning. //It's my fault for not keeping an eye on her. But what could have happened? Was it another assassin Odin sent? It can't be an evil spirit 'cos I don't sense anything evil from the mansion…//
He was puzzled. And the fact that he does not have a clue to what had happened was scaring him.
At this moment, a bunch of people came out through the front door of the mansion. They looked extremely fatigued and were muttering to each other, shaking their heads. They walked over to Komaki, and exchanged a few words, both parties looking worried.
Loki noted that besides Mayura, there were some other people who had gone missing in the mansion too. Their families and friends were gathered on one side of the front yard, obviously distraught.
//Okay…that's it. No more waiting. It looks like the search party failed. I shall have to go in and search for the missing people myself…//
"Loki-sama!!!" Yamino yelled, running towards him. Behind him came Fenrir and the Norns. (Earlier, Loki had sent Yamino and Fenrir to get help from the Norns.) "I've brought the Norns…"
"Arigatou, Yamino-kun."
"Loki-sama, has something happened? Do you need our help?" Urd asked immediately, puzzled.
"Yes. A few people have disappeared mysteriously in this mansion. I do not know what is the cause for that, and I do not sense any evil spirits. The search party had reported back a few minutes ago, but it seems like they could not find anything. So, I was wondering if you could help me…" Then there was fear in Loki's voice when he added: "Mayura has disappeared too…"
"Mayura-san?" Urd was surprised. But she felt sorry for that girl too, as that girl had always been dragged into strange events and troubles, mostly because of the fact that she was close to Loki-sama. "Okay. We'll try to see if we can locate the missing people…"
As Urd turned to leave with her sisters to go to a less conspicuous place to cast their spells, someone grabbed Urd's arm suddenly, and forcefully. She jumped.
"Onegai!!!! Please help me find my Yamato Nadeshiko!!! I don't want her to go missing! I haven't managed to confess my love for her, and go out on a date with her, and kiss her, and marry her, and start a family with her!!!" Freyr wailed even more loudly, tears streaming down his face like waterfalls.
Everyone sweatdropped, all except for Loki.
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Drip… drip… Drip… drip…The girl opened her eyes slowly and blinked hard, trying to clear her head. The floor was dead cold. She shivered and struggled to sit up.
//What happened? Where am I?//
Drip… drip…//What's that sound?//
She looked down at herself. Nothing.
//I can't see… it's too dark in here…//
But she was freezing and shivering uncontrollably. Then, she realized why. She was drenched.
//Why? What's going on? I'm so cold. I want to get out of this place…//
"Loki-kun?" She called out timidly, hoping for an answer.
Silence.
Drip… drip…
Then suddenly, flames burned. A few oil lamps hanging from the ceiling, in the four corners of the room, lighted up the whole place dimly.
The girl cringed from the sudden brightness.
Drip… drip…She looked down at her hands.
They were red. Her clothes were red too.
Her eyes widen and she looked around. A red liquid was flowing everywhere throughout the whole room.
She let out an ear-piercing scream.
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"Loki, what in the world is happening?" Narugami asked, worried about Mayura and his job (of course).
"I have no idea at all…" Loki had given up his pacing and was sitting down on a bench now.
Narugami eyed Loki. //He sure is worried about Daidouji. But that's understandable… disappearing right under our noses? That's too…… mysterious!//
"Loki-sama…" Urd had rushed back with Verdandi and Skuld. "I'm sorry, but all we saw was the head of an animal… a saber tooth tiger, perhaps…"
"Huh? Now what could that possibly mean?" Narugami exclaimed, thoroughly confused.
Loki frowned. He felt a headache building up. //A saber tooth tiger? I don't get it……… wait… we seemed to have passed something like that in the mansion… ah!//
"I've got it!" Loki burst out and started speeding into the mansion.
"Hey Loki!" Narugami yelled after Loki.
Yamino and Fenrir were puzzled, but ran after their father too.
"Wait for Freyr!!!!!!!! Freyr wants to rescue Yamato Nadeshiko!!!!" Another figure rushed in after them.
"Argh… This is stupid. A waste of time." Heimdall grumbled but went after Freyr. //But if there is a new assassin, I want to know who it was, for nobody is worthy enough to kill Loki except me.//
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"Saber tooth tiger… here it is!"
A few minutes later, the gods were all in one of the rooms in the mansion.
Loki frowned. "But there's nothing here…"
"Yamato Nadeshiko! Where are you??!! Please come out!! Freyr is here, so do not fear!!!" Freyr starting searching high and low, even pulling out a drawer and yelling into it.
Heimdall sighed in resignation.
CRASH!The next moment, Freyr had tripped over something and fell onto a table, destroying it and dislocating many other items.
"God… How clumsy can you get?" Narugami buried his head in his hands, unable to look at the unpleasant sight of the mess Freyr created.
All the gods had their attention fully on Freyr, when they heard Loki said: "What is this?"
They turned and looked at what caught Loki's attention. Loki was now standing in front of an opening (beside the head of the saber tooth tiger) that had been part of the wall just now. Everyone was stunned.
Loki narrowed his eyes dangerously, and with Laevatein in his right hand, he proceeded into the dark opening slowly and carefully. The rest of the gods followed suit.
As they went further in, Loki realized that they were walking along a dark corridor or a passageway. He began to wonder where it would lead them to, when at the same time, his question was answered. A metal door came to view.
Without any hesitation, and still not sensing anything evil at work, Loki blasted the door down with his magic.
"What is this?!" Narugami came up behind him.
There, in the room, were a few people bounded and gagged. They were struggling to get free, but to no avail. Many began to look at the gods, eyes pleading for help.
"DIE!!!!!!!!!!" All of a sudden, a man screeched wildly and leapt at Narugami, knocking him down. Something silver glinted in his right hand. A knife. The knife was drawn back, ready to stab.
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BLAST!
A green light sent the man crashing into the wall, and the knife was knocked out of his hand.
"Daijoubu, Narugami-kun?" Loki asked, his attention on the man.
"Ahh… yes." Narugami recovered from his shock at this moment and added, "But I didn't need your help, you know?!"
"Whatever." Loki noticed that the floor was wet and he wondered why. //God I hate water.//
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CRASH!!!!
The gods fell down together in a heap. Apparently, the rescue team and the police had rushed into the room and bumped into them. Now, everybody was sprawled all over the room, some unconscious with swirly eyes, and some with their limbs at awkward angles.
"Itai…" Loki was the first to recover.
"What?! It's you again?!" The chief police officer exclaimed disbelievingly. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm a detective." Loki answered dryly.
After the police had handcuffed the mentally unstable suspect and brought him out, the rescue team started to untie the victims and help them out.
Loki scanned the room for Mayura. There was no sight of anyone with pink hair.
"Mayura?" Loki called out hesitantly, his earlier relief fading.
"Yamato Nadeshiko!!!!!! Come to Freyr!!!!!!!!"
"Mayura?!" Loki repeated, and this time, anybody could hear the fear and worry in his voice.
Then, the realization began to sink in.
"Mayura's not here. She wasn't caught by the madman… something else must have happened to her… something very bad." Loki remembered the storm from last night and tightened his fists to stop his shaking voice. Then he added quietly, but firmly: "We have to find her. Fast."
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Drip… drip…Mayura opened her eyes once again, wishing to wake up from this nightmare.
Drip… drip…Blood was dripping down the ceiling. Down the whole ceiling. She wondered where the blood came from. It was as if it was raining blood here.
With the little amount of strength she had left, she looked around for a way to escape. But there was nothing. No doors, no windows. Only walls.
She started to cry again.
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~To be continued~
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Yay! Finished another chapter! This chapter doesn't really fit into the story with the title I chose right? Erm… maybe except for the part Freyr was begging Urd, saying that he has not kissed Mayura. Haha~ ^^ Really love to use Freyr in my stories. He's so cute and funny!
Okay okay… will update soon. Got an idea how to continue already. Anyway, can you guys tell me WHICH 2 PEOPLE DO YOU WANNA SEE KISSING? Then maybe I'll TRY to add them in! ^_^
Gotta update on my other fanfic too…
Brr… I'm freezing cold here…