Hiya!!! Here's my latest chapter… took a long time to do it because I really needed to search for more information on Thor. And after collecting the information, I had to sit and think and think and think AND think of a story about Thor. Well, mainly because I have to try to come up with something funny, and think as if I'm Mayura… it's difficult, as I realized there's nothing much to talk about Thor. Doing the part on Loki was fun, as Mayura doesn't know "Loki-kun" is the Evil Trickster God, Loki.

So, please bear with me if this chapter isn't that good! And my mixed up tenses…

NOTE: I do feel that Narugami and Mayura look compatible. And I L-U-R-V-E Loki's eyes… deep green… so gorgeous!!!! (hearts hearts)

Any incorrect reference to the original Norse Mythology, please correct me!

Japanese notes: [1] daijoubu? : are you okay? [2] kakkoii : cool

DISCLAIMER: Matantei Loki Ragnarok does not belong to me!!!

Here goes…

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TEA TIME CHAT

CHAPTER 3 – Thor

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All the gods have recovered from their laughing or fuming or worrying, ever since Mayura presented her drawing of the Trickster God Loki. Well, at least most of them did. Freyr was still almost dying with laughter; Heimdall was sniggering; Narugami was trying extremely hard not to laugh, but every now and then, a chuckle escaped from him.

Loki was resting in his seat. Yamino had been so worried while helping Loki back to his seat and he had gone into the house, arriving back in the yard with a pack of ice the next moment. So now, Loki was leaning back onto his chair, holding the ice pack against his forehead. He had a big HEADACHE.

Mayura was frowning worriedly at Loki, trying to figure out what went wrong. The last thing she knew was that Loki had fainted at the sight of her drawing, and most of them had laughed so loudly. Honestly, she felt offended. Was her drawing really that bad? Sure, she never took art lessons, but she can't be that bad right? The reactions of everyone remained a mystery to her. But well, she was more concerned about Loki at this point in time.

"Loki-kun, daijoubu[1]?" Mayura finally asked.

Loki did not feel like saying anything to anyone. He did not want to talk. Not yet.

But, he could feel Mayura's concern washed over him. So, after a while, he replied, "Yes, I'm fine." His eyes were still closed.

Haha! This girl surely does a good job in irritating and distressing Loki. Even better than me… Heimdall snickered, but he felt a pang of jealousy. Why can't I be the one to make Loki so depressed?!

Heimdall decided to bring the topic even further. "Is there anything else that you want to add about the Evil God? I do agree with you that he's a wicked, immoral and ugly creep. Do you want to know more about him? His evil deeds?"

Loki snapped his eyes open and bolt up in his seat. I am definitely going to kill him. Right here. Right now.

But before Loki could send Mayura into the house for her safety and summon Laevatein AND fight it out with Heimdall, Mayura had responded first. She glanced at Loki and shook her head. "I don't think we should carry on talking about that. Loki-kun is really taking it as something personal. That's being quite petty, but I don't want to upset him further."

Petty?!

Fine… anything to get her to stop. Loki sighed and sank back into his chair.

Heimdall was disappointed. He opened his mouth to try to persuade Mayura, but Mayura had begun flipping to other pages of the book. And, Narugami had to interfere.

"Hey… I've got it! I shall write about Norse Mythology for my project too!" Narugami looked as if he had found gold. Or rather, a shop having 80% discount for their delicious ramen.

"Eh? That's stealing my idea!" Mayura snapped.

"But you're writing about Jashin Loki right? I'll write about some other god. Is it okay?" Narugami pleaded. "I'll treat you to a meal!"

Mayura brightened. "Sure! That's good! But who are you going to write about?"

The answer that everyone expected came. "Thor!"

Loki sighed. He's just as predictable as ever. And when is this going to end?

"Thor? Let me see…" Mayura flipped to the page of contents and found Thor. "Here it is!…… It says that Thor is the God of Thunder and the God of Justice. He is the eldest son of Odin, and his mother is Fjorgyn."

"Yup! That's right!" Narugami exclaimed proudly. "The fight for justice never ends!!!"

(Moving of chair away)

Mayura frowned. "How did you know so much? I didn't know you read books, you don't look like you've got an interest in books…"

"Oh, I just happened to come across this before," Narugami explained hastily, pulling back into his chair.

Mayura buried herself in the book again. " 'Thor is the most powerful god in Asgard and he was very popular in the mortal world too. There were many temples built to worship him.'….. Oh my, kakkoii[2]! He must be a real nice and cool god for so many people to like him!"

Narugami blushed slightly and held a fist up close to his chest, exclaiming proudly, "But of course!"

(More movement of chair)

Loki wanted to puke. He wanted to laugh. He wanted to mock Narugami with something like "Yeah right. You may have enormous strength but no brains." Or something like "Mindless mortals love mindless gods." He really wanted to. He did not want to hear Mayura complimenting Narugami. He didn't know why, but he just didn't want to hear that. However, he just smirked.

"Oh!!! Can it be that it was not 'Baldur' I met, but 'Thor'??!! Because since he's so popular and powerful, he must be really good-looking…" Mayura gushed, referring to… of course you know who… Kakusei Loki.

Narugami felt his feelings plummeted. Good-looking? That was Loki she's referring too. Loki is forever popular with his looks. Popular with women, even in Asgard. How can I even compare to him? Even Daidouji likes Loki so much…

Narugami felt a pair of eyes watching him. Loki. Loki was watching him with an amused look on his face, and gave him a big, wide smile moments later.

Argh!!! Loki can see that I'm jealous of him… he can read my thoughts! Damn!

Narugami looked away quickly.

Loki was still smiling. He loved it when Narugami felt disappointed and reluctant to admit that he was much more good-looking and popular with women. But even more, he was glad that Mayura complimented him again. Not anyone else, but him.

Loki found Mayura squinting at the book.

"Oh no… I'm totally wrong. The book has a description of Thor… and it doesn't sound like he's good-looking at all." Mayura said slowly.

"Eh?" Narugami turned to Mayura, fighting down his urge to snatch the book into his own hands.

"Thor is described as a massive red-bearded champion, wearing iron gloves and a belt of might, Megingjardir… He rides around Middle Earth in his wagon drawn by 2 goats, Tanngniost (Tooth gnasher) and Tanngrisnir (Tooth grinder)…"

Silence filled the air.

(More, more movement of chair)

Then, Mayura giggled and said: "He- he… sounds like a…. (she scratched her head, searching for the appropriate words)… prehistoric…cave man to me."

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"AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!"

Loki and Heimdall were the first to burst out laughing. But they stopped as suddenly as they had started, and glared at each other.

Heimdall gritted his teeth, spelling his words out slowly: "Don't you dare copy my actions…"

Loki plastered a smile onto his face. "Well, I didn't mean to do that, Higashiyama-kun. But I guess it's a great move… because it irritated you… right?"

Heimdall glowered. Fortunately, for everyone else, Freyr burst out laughing at this moment. His response rate is extremely slow, u see?

"Pre-pre-prehistoric…. Ca…cave man?!" Freyr had difficulty talking, as he was still laughing away.

Loki and Heimdall joined in the laughter while Verdandi started to speak up for Narugami/Thor.

"He's not a cave man! How could you say that! He's a very nice and considerate guy… and he doesn't look that bad…" Verdandi blushed. Urd raised her eyebrows.

Narugami recovered from his shock and was seething. He did not seem to have heard Verdandi's words.

(More movement of chair)

"I DO NOT look like that!!! The book is LYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"EH?!" Mayura jumped.

Loki stopped laughing and warned Narugami in a threatening voice, becoming slightly protective of Mayura . "Watch what you say…"

Loki then turned to Mayura. "He meant that Thor doesn't look like that. It's just that he loves fighting for justice too, that's why he PRETENDS that he is Thor sometimes…"

"Oh I see… no wonder he has so much knowledge and interest in Thor." Mayura was quite convinced by Loki's explanation, but she was starting to feel that everyone was acting very, very strange today. She dismissed her worry and went back to squinting at the book.

Narugami wanted to carry on defending himself, but Loki had warned him, and he didn't want to complicate matters but revealing his true identity to Mayura. So, he sat down and kept quiet. But still rather angry. If it were in the past, nobody would survive the wrath of the great Thor god!!

Loki realized that Mayura had been squinting and frowning non-stop as she was trying to make out the small printed text. So, he decided to save her the trouble from reading.

"Thor was the only god forbidden to cross Bifrost for fear that his lightning could destroy the bridge or that he would set it aflame by the heat of his presence." Mayura looked up and frowned. Loki continued explaining: "Bifrost is the rainbow bridge that connects Midgard, the mortal world, and Asgard, the heaven world."

Mayura's frowning ceased.

"They feared m… Thor so much because he's so powerful. Get it?" Narugami's pride was back.

(Again, more shifting of chair)

Mayura remained silent.

"The rolling of the wheels of his chariots is said to create thunder." Heimdall added.

Mayura still remained silent.

"And he is also the main enemy of the giants as he would smash their heads with his hammer," Loki continued.

(Movement of chair away)

Mayura still remained completely silent.

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Everyone was puzzled. Why was the ever so talkative and enthusiastic and lively and irritating and active girl so quiet all of a sudden?

Verdandi could not take it anymore. "Well, isn't there anything you want to say?"

"Yeah… why are you so quiet?" Skuld asked, unconcerned actually.

"I know! You must be too impressed to say anything right?" Narugami grinned widely.

(Movement of the chair again)

Mayura closed her eyes.

"Mayura? Is there something wrong?" Loki was very, very worried. He started to reach for her.

At the same time, Mayura opened her eyes. She sat up straight and said it seriously; as if it was a statement of fact:

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"Thor is a total barbarian. A barbaric prehistoric cave man."

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= to be continued =

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Haha! I thought that I really need a long time to write this. But, it came to me while I was typing it. Yes, I didn't write a draft for this. Too lazy. So, forgive me if it's not that good. I've got the next chapter planned out though… it's gonna be better, I promised. 'Cos I kept the better part for later on purpose. Haha! There will be Mayura, Loki and Narugami… and Yamino... Yes!

And, don't flame me for putting in the 'Thor is not good-looking part'. I didn't mean it! That was based on the red-bearded, large size prehistoric cave man image that I got from many sources. Narugami IS good-looking. All the gods are. Loki, Narugami, Heimdall, Freyr… But I DID mean it when I wrote about Narugami not as handsome and cool as Loki. 'Cos I LURVE Loki. How many times have I said that?

So… until next time then! ………….. Oh, can anyone tell me what OOC is? I'm a very slow person :P