Mayura and her friends decided to start caroling in the nearby park. This, as it turned out, was a mistake.
Everything started out fine. Mayura instructed them all where to stand and she made sure to stand right next to Loki. She didn't like the way many of the women, young and old alike, flocked over to ogle Loki. Couldn't they see he was hers?
Getting into the spirit of things, Narugami took a dramatic pose in front, causing Yamino and Verdandi to both drool slightly. "Okay! Welcome to the Narugami Christmas Choir! Feel free to make donations, all proceeds go to the Ying-Yang Homeless Shelter!" He ignored the glares from the others at the blatant advertisement. "Now sit back and enjoy the show!"
Raising his hands, he led them in a rendition of "Oh Holy Night."
It wasn't long before the patrons around them began to twitch, some spasming violently. It wasn't that the group had horrible voices. There just seemed to be one among the group that was incredibly off key and out of synch.
At first it wasn't all that noticeable. But as the song progressed, it became steadily worse. The voice was masculine, so Mayura knew it wasn't Freya or the Norns. When they came to the end of the song, she visibly winced when whoever it was gave a high pitched screech.
She looked around at each of them, trying to figure out who it was. If they didn't stop the person soon, they'd lose all their patrons!
When the next song began, "Silent Night," she moved her lips, but listened for the voice carefully. It was faint at first, but it soon picked up clearly and it made her twitch. Whoever it was, they were a horrible singer!
Listening with a careful ear, she was able to determine that it wasn't Narugami or Freyr. She'd been half expecting it to be one of them. She thought perhaps it was Fenrir, (who she thought it was too cute that Loki had named his dog after his son) or Yamino. Yamino's voice was so light it was barely audible from anyone else.
That only left young Kazumi and Loki. But surely, it couldn't be the Detective! He was so handsome and gallant and gracious! Surely someone that wonderful would have an angelic voice!
Convinced that it had to be Kazumi, Mayura handed everyone a water bottle before they went into their third song. She discretely asked Kazumi if he would get the music for the next song.
Strangely, he didn't protest. He left the group, a decidedly evil smirk on his lips. Pleased with herself, Mayura turned back as they began "Jingle Bells." The poor girl had the surprise of her life, which made Heimdall smirk all the more.
The voice was still there. In fact, not only had it not one away, but it was right next to her. She stared at him in disbelief, trembling. Now that she wasn't in denial any longer, she realized it was coming from right next to her.
Growling, she tackled Loki. The others stopped and stared at her in disbelief. They'd known she liked him but this was taking it a bit far.
When the dust cleared, Mayura surfaced with a beatific look on her face. She raised her head in song happily, the offending voice silenced. The others stared at her, and then snickered and went back to their caroling.
Loki glared at them all, where he sat on the ground, his hands tied and his mouth gagged. This wasn't very Christmassy at all!