Flashback: Mayura announced that she had found a book on Norse Mythology and the greatest mystery to her is that the Evil God shares a name similar to Loki. Everybody was very shocked and Loki was very worried. However, Mayura told everyone her impression of Jashin Loki, commenting on how evil, sly, devious etc (everything bad) Jashin Loki is. So Loki and Mayura got into an argument where Loki accidentally blurts out that he is not going to initiate Ragnarok. Mayura realized what he had said and was very shocked, in the midst to point out who Loki was?
Any incorrect reference to the original Norse Mythology, please correct me.
Japanese notes: Demo = But, and "ne" is either used to attract attention of the person you are speaking too, or it can also mean "right?" depending on how it is used.
DISCLAIMER: Matantei Loki Ragnarok and its characters do not belong to me. Only this fanfic storyline does.
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TEA TIME CHAT
CHAPTER 2 – Jasshin Loki (2)
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"You are… you are…" Mayura's eyes widen in horror and recognition.
Loki's mind raced along with his heartbeat. Oh no… What am I going to do?!
"You are taking it as if I'm talking about you! Is that why you are upset? Oh no!!!" Mayura wailed.
"Eh??" Loki's horror turned into confusion. Numerous question marks appeared above his head.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!!! I wasn't talking about you!…" Mayura rushed to explain herself.
As Mayura's words sank in, Loki breathed out a sigh of relief, as did the other gods. But Freyr and Heimdall found it slightly amusing.
"I swear I wasn't referring to you. Are you hurt by what I said? I…"
"Mayura." Loki began.
"…I was talking about the Evil God Loki in Norse Mythology. Are you angry with me? You aren't leaving because of this right? I'm so…"
"Mayu…"
"…so sorry!! Gomen ne! You shouldn't take it seriously. Are you upset that you have the same name as him? This book may not be true, ne? But although you share the same name as that Evil God, you…" Mayura was rambling non-stop. She could feel herself panicking.
"Mayura!" Loki put up his hand to stop her from going on. "It's alright. I'm fine. I'm sorry for getting so worked up." He slumped back onto his chair.
Mayura decided to finish off her last sentence though. "Loki-kun is different from that Evil God. You're nice, helpful, intelligent, dependable and good at many things, although you don't like mysteries." She frowned at the last part. "You should try liking mysteries, you know, Loki-kun."
Loki felt a smile creep onto his face.
Mayura's still… Mayura. But why was I so angry earlier? An I was so fearful of Mayura's impression of me. Why? Why? And why did I feel happy when she complimented me at that last part? What could this possibly mean? I was also slightly ashamed when she called the Evil God a playboy.
"Loki-kun? Daijoubu?" [Are you okay?]
Loki felt warmth rushed over him again. "I'm fine…" After a pause, he continued, "The book is quite right, you know? Jashin Loki is indeed evil and full of tricks."
"No, it's alright now. I just thought it was a wonderful mystery when I saw that he had the same name as you. But anyway, it doesn't matter if it's true or false. I never believe Gods exist." Mayura closed the book and resumed drinking her tea.
This stupid girl. She really doesn't know what she got herself into. Saying she doesn't believe in gods when she is undoubtly surrounded by so many gods. And having tea with them too. Heimdall rolled his eyes.
"Why not?" Skuld popped her head out and asked.
"Well…" Mayura started softly. "They don't listen… If they don't listen to prayers… why are they called gods? What do they do in Heaven then?"
Oh, that's because we have to wipe out the Evil God before we can do anything. Heimdall thought of answering Mayura, but changed his mind. He shouldn't do anything foolish in his enemy's territory.
"Mayura-san…" Yamino whispered, feeling sorry for her.
The gods around the table took in what Mayura had said. They seemed a little ashamed to admit that it's partly true.
Loki regarded Mayura with a gentle expression, saying, "Yes, you're quite right about that. Gods can't even take care of themselves, let alone look after human beings."
"Yup! They are kind of screwed up. Human beings have more fun though… 'cos they are able to work and handle many different jobs." Narugami commented wistfully. "Working should be the main purpose of one's life!"
Loki rolled his eyes at Narugami again. But, Verdandi was a little impressed.
Mayura giggled and exclaimed, "Narugami-kun's passion for working is admirable. But mysteries are more important than anything else in the world!!!"
Mayura paused for a while, and then she continued hesitantly. "Demo, there may be one god… just one god… that I may believe in…"
The gods peered at Mayura curiously.
Heimdall frowned and turned to Freyr, asking softly, "Besides all of us here, is there another god in the mortal world? Don't tell me Odin sent another assassin?"
Freyr jumped. "Then won't Yamato Nadeshiko be in danger?!"
Urd, Verdandi and Skuld looked at each other. "Maybe we should cast a divination?" Urd asked.
Loki was frowning and working through all the possibilities too. "Who's this god whom you are talking about? And how do you know he's a god?"
"Oh I met him in the park. He told me that he's a god and can fulfill one of my wishes," Mayura chirped.
Then it hit Loki. How could he have forgotten?
"What did he look like?" Narugami asked, totally confused.
Loki smiled and turned away, while Mayura answered casually, "Oh, he's tall, has light brown hair and deep green eyes, and he wears an English suit with a red coat."
Narugami's jaw dropped. The other gods were stunned. Heimdall thought that he heard Mayura wrongly. As for Freyr, he's still trying to figure out which God fitted Mayura's description. Yamino and Fenrir were looking from Loki to Mayura, then back to Loki and then to Mayura… continuously.
"But that's… that's…!!!" Narugami sputtered, but stopped before he blurted out anything he shouldn't say.
"Loki-sama?" Yamino asked questioningly.
Loki pretended not to know anything and said to Mayura, smirking, "For all you know, that god might be Jashin Loki…"
"No way! That's TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE!" Mayura looked offended.
"Why not?" Loki questioned.
"That's because… because… erm… because that god whom I met is too… too… good-looking…" Mayura blushed furiously, avoiding all eyes that had settled on her.
Loki was surprised. Sure, he was used to getting lots of attention from woman, but Mayura? She was only interested in her mysteries…
At this moment, Loki noticed that Yamino and Fenrir were staring at him with an incredulous look on their faces. Then, Loki realized why. Before he knew it, he had been blushing slightly too!
Anxious and embarrassed, he tried to cover up his expression and stared intently at his tea.
"But I guess I won't have another chance to meet him again. He always appears suddenly, and then disappears without a trace… Wait… don't tell me that this is another mystery! Oh my, fushigi mystery!!! Should we try looking for him, Loki-kun? A quest to search for a god sounds like a wonderful mystery case to me. Ne, Loki-kun?"
"What?!" Loki was taken aback and he hurriedly tried to figure a way to stop Mayura.
"Although you've never met him, I could draw you a picture!" Mayura gushed. "Then maybe he'll grant me another wish!"
"Mayura, gods live in heaven… well, most of them do. You can't just go looking for a god. The god comes to you. And you don't need to find him to get him to grant you a wish. I'm sure he can hear you just fine…" Loki explained gently.
"Oh… okay then."
At this point, Skuld interrupted, asking, "What makes you believe in that god?"
The other gods nodded, indicating that this is the question on their minds too.
"Well… he listened to my prayers… my wish…"
"What wish?"
"My wish to see Loki-kun again." Mayura replied ever so softly.
Loki closed his eyes and smiled.
Just then, Mayura started again. "But that can't be Jashin Loki. Definitely not. Jashin Loki doesn't look like that."
"You mean that you know what he looks like?" Loki and Narugami exclaimed in unison.
"Yup! I drew a picture of him."
"EH??!!!" chorused the whole table.
Mayura took out a piece of drawing paper and placed it on the table. Loki got up to get a closer look, and everybody else followed.
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THUMP!
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The next moment, Loki had fallen back, sprawled onto the ground, as if he had been hit by a powerful magic spell. He was feeling extremely giddy and his head hurts. His eyes were all swirly and his nose was bleeding.
"Loki-sama!!!" Yamino and Punyan rushed to Loki's side.
"Daddy!!!" Fenrir followed.
Throughout the table, there were gasps and cries of surprise and horror.
Heimdall, Freyr and Naurgami were laughing uncontrollably, clutching onto their sides. Urd and Verdandi were looking very worried; Skuld and Freya were totally horrified.
Mayura was clueless to what was going on. She looked back at her drawing.
There, on the paper, was an old man with messy, ruffled black hair that looked slimy and greasy. He had slitted eyes and thin eyebrows, and a long pointed nose. He was grinning slyly, and Mayura had coloured some of hid teeth black, meaning that they are rotten. There was also a yellow?… no, it was meant to be a golden tooth at the right side of his mouth. His skin was dried and wrinkled, and he had long fingers with sharp nails that look like claws. The last thing to note is that he was dressed in a black robe.
"Is there something wrong with my drawing??? Don't tell me that I drew him too pretty?"
"Ma… Ma…yu…ra…" Loki muttered incoherently.
"Ah! I know! Maybe that god I met was Baldur or Odin. Loki-kun, maybe you should change your name to Baldur or Odin. But since Odin is the Almighty God, he must be really old and stern. It's best to use Baldur, since he is the God of Light and Joy. What do you think, Loki-kun???"
Heimdall, Freyr and Narugami laughed even harder, till they were crying and rolling on the ground.
And Loki?
On hearing Mayura's words, Loki winced in pain before he passed out completely.
So much for the Evil God of Trickery. He totally lost to a mortal girl! ()
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=End of Loki's part=
[AUTHOR"S NOTE]Haha! End of part 1 that deals with Jashin Loki. I think I would carry on the story writing about Thor, Heimdall, Fenrir etc. Gotta write it out first though. Will try update as soon as possible. And will definitely still carry on with the LOKIxMAYURA-ness. Haha :D
Anyway, for the part on the description of Jashin Loki, I think there are many different ones. I saw a picture on the Internet, but I really don't know how to describe it. It just looks like an old, evil, con man. Those evil devil that goes around cheating people of their souls by persuading them sweetly. Other sources just wrote "Pleasing and handsome", quoting it from the Eddas.
Also, on Loki's children. I only mentioned the more important ones that are mentioned in many sources. I did not put in those that are rarely mentioned. One source mentioned that he fathered a child with Tyr's wife, and he also got pregnant when he ate the heart of a woman he burnt. There are too many sites on Norse Mythology! But they are very interesting.
But, it doesn't really matter. Although the description of the drawing was downright childish (yes, I admit it. And it's a little taken from Harry Potter – Snape. My sister had insisted that I add the slimy and greasy hair in…), if you were to see it in Mayura's shoes, I think that it is still acceptable. 'Cos well, Mayura's level of thinking is not very high (even though I love her lots ). She's cuter and funnier that way too…
Argh… so forgive me if the ending is not very good! I'll try to improve!
Thanks for reading!
