Hiya! Yes, I know that I took longer than I promised to write this chapter… so sorry! I didn't really have any chances to use the computer, so I'm rushing to type this out now, before it's too late. I didn't complete my draft, so I'm just gonna add to the story on the way. My language is so bad and I think that my ideas are getting lame too… so pardon me!

Japanese notes: [1] sugoi: cool [2] genki: spirited [3] hentai: pervert

Here goes nothing…

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Matantei Loki Ragnarok and its characters.


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TEA TIME CHAT

CHAPTER 6 – Heimdall part 2

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"Ah! I know why Loki-kun doesn't like Heimdall!" Mayura snapped out of her deep thoughts, beaming as if she just hit jackpot. "The book says here that Jashin Loki and Heimdall are eternal arch-nemesis! So since Loki shares a same name as Jashin Loki, he looks upon Heimdall as his enemy too. Am I right, Loki-kun?" Mayura was really proud of her conjecture, sure that she made a good detective.

How naïve… was what many people thought.

"But Loki-kun, you've got to accept that Jashin Loki is evil. So Heimdall-sama is only fighting for justice, unlike that Thor, who claims to do so but befriends that evil god instead… Isn't Heimdall-sama just divine? I hope he defeats Jashin Loki! So that everyone will be saved from… erm… what was that? Oh! Ragnarok!"

"Yes. I totally accept that Jashin Loki is evil, but he is definitely not responsible for Ragnarok. And, not to mention that that puny, weak Heimdall can never ever defeat the great Jashin Loki…" Loki shot back, irritated.

"Wanna bet on that?" Heimdall glowered and clenched his fists. His eyes flashed dangerously, and a menacing aura hovered around him.

The sides of Loki's mouth curled up to an evil and arrogant smirk, with a dark aura surrounding him too. "Sure, I'll bet my life on it."

They tensed up in their seats and narrowed their eyes, never taking their eyes off each other, waiting for the right moment to attack.

"Ahh!!!"

"Ouch!!"

"Help!!!!!!!!!"

"Watch it!"

Freyr crashed into Freya; the Norms bolted up from their seats and scrambled o a safe distance away from the table; Fenrir yelped and leapt away from Loki's lap; Mayura jumped in fright, trying to avoid the mysterious sparks. Narugami, being the one who was sitting n between Loki and Heimdall, got it the worse. He was blasted backwards, toppling over his chair, and hitting his head with a loud "THUMP!", cursing incoherently: "You guys! How dare… I didn't… you… do anything… anything… no…" And then he passed out.

Apparently, the tension between Loki and Heimdall had been so intense that it had set off sparks that went dangerously out of control, shooting blindly everywhere.

"What was that?!" Mayura gasped, horror-stricken, clutching the Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology tightly close to her chest, protecting it from the sparks. "Mystery… Ah! Don't tell me that that is the result of Heimdall-sama sending me some signal to prove to me that he really exists? Since I've said that I don't believe in gods? Oh my… Heimdall-sama really exists!!"

She raised her head to look up at the sky, bursting with excitement, waving her hand madly, and shouting: "Konnichiwa, Heimdall-sama! Watashi wa Daidouji Mayura desu! I'm Mayura!!! I would love to meet you! Can you come down here?! Heimdall-sama??!!!"

Loki was seething, growing more furious by the minute.

"Looks like I WON you in the fight for your mortal girl. She really likes me more… nothing you can do or say to change it… so just admit YOU LOST!" Heimdall taunted and smirked in triumph.

Mayura was still yelling to the sky in pure elation. The Norms sweatdropped at the sight before them.

However, Loki's anger boiled up to maximum rage. But as he could not use his powers in front of Mayura, he lunged at Heimdall instead, starting a brawl, knocking over plates and cups in the process. Whatever moves that the two gods had executed can't be seen clearly as the dust and smoke resulting from the fight was too thick to be seen through.

"Loki-sama!!" Yamino appeared back in the yard, holding a tray of chocolate chip cookies. Horrified and worried at the sight before him.

"Eh?" Mayura snapped out of her crazy trance when she heard Yamino's stunned voice. Puzzled she looked around, and then she saw the unpleasant fight between Loki and Heimdall. "HARH??!!! Loki-kun! Higashiyama-kun! What are the two of you doing??!!" Stop it at once!"

And with that, Mayura stomped over and grabbed the two gods by the back of their collars, lifting them up, apart from each other. They were still trying to reach for each other's throat though…

Strongly disapproving of their behavior, Mayura boomed: "Stop it this instant!!!!!"

And they did stop, even though it is with great reluctance.

"Mou…What happened?" Mayura started asking; shoving Loki and Heimdall back into their seats, and then stood in between them.

"……"

"Some idiot was being a sore loser…" Heimdall snapped.

"Right. So I started it and you couldn't deal with my attacks…" Loki spat back in return. "Loser."

"What?! You…!"

"Enough!" Mayura interrupted the argument, annoyed. "I don't know what happened, but you guys shouldn't fight in the middle of a party. And hurting the innocent Narugami-kun in the process is unforgivable…" She turned to look at the unconscious Narugami, who was bleeding at the forehead and the nose. He had been unlucky enough to be positioned between Loki and Heimdall, thus getting beaten up accidentally during the brawl.

"Fighting isn't a good thing and it won't solve anything!" Mayura seemed so matured all of a sudden that she got Loki's and Heimdall's attention. "I know that you are still KIDS, but somehow you'll have to grow up one day… (Loki and Heimdall gaped open-mouthed at Mayura, shocked and ashamed to be lectured by a naïve girl… and to be called KIDS??!!!)… it's better to talk things over amiably, and not resort to violence. Get it? It's not as if you two have any deep hatred and enmity right? (Sweatdrop) So now, apologize to each other quick!"

Everyone just stared at her in amazement, not believing their ears.

I never knew Mayura-san to be this matured… Yamino wept. Sugoi[1]… I can never be like her…

Over my dead body… Loki glared at Heimdall with the deepest resentment in his eyes.

Not in a million years… Heimdall returned the same look.

Mayura shifted her gaze from Loki to Heimdall, to and fro. When she saw that none of them was willing to make the first move, she became extremely displeased. "Now, now! Stop behaving like elementary school kids. Loki-kun, I thought that you were more of an adult. You were always so composed and matured. So why now? Apologize to Higashiyama-kun."

"Eh? Why should I?" Loki snapped at Mayura.

"Not just you! BOTH OF YOU!!" Mayura thundered fiercely, getting increasingly irritated. "NOW!!!" She shouted in a deafening tone, chocking everyone and waking the unconscious Narugami up.

Loki and Heimdall jumped in shock, and sweatdropped at the dark look that Mayura was giving them.

"Ri… Right… I'm sorry…"

"Ah… I'm… I'm… sorry…"

And they forced out laughter, pretending to make up with each other.

"That's much better! Now, let me get back to my book…" Mayura strolled back to her seat, resuming her normal genki[2] and friendly self.

Loki and Heimdall never took their eyes off her, in case she starts thundering at them again. Everyone was pretty much still in a shock, unable to believe that Mayura could be that matured and commanding, though she is still tremendously naïve to say that Loki and Heimdall did not have great enmity for each other…

"Yamato Nadeshiko is so cool…" Freyr exclaimed, totally impressed.

Even the dazed Narugami caught some idea of what had happened and muttered a silent "Thank You" to Mayura as she had some sort of taken revenge for him by embarrassing Loki and Heimdall.

Loki cleared his throat, trying to recover his reputation and pride, saying: "Right… back to the tea party…"

Heimdall just grunted while everyone else returned to their seats. It seemed like everything had returned to its normal and peaceful state, with Yamino's cookies being warmly welcomed by everyone, and with the gods engaging in their own small talks. Mayura immersed herself completely in the book, reading all about Heimdall, but silently this time.

Until again, the peace was broken by a loud screech of: "NOOOO!!!!" Everyone froze in their movements and turned to the source of the disruption. Yes… Mayura.

"What is it now?" Fenrir barked in exasperation.

Mayura bent her head down and rested it on her hands on the table, sobbing. "Why??!!! Why did it turn out like this?!!!" She wailed uncontrollably.

"Mayura, what's wrong? What happened?" Loki was at a loss.

"Oei… Daidouji?" Narugami was extremely concerned too.

"It's… I can't believe it!! ... It's… Heimdall… he… ahh!!!" Mayura choked out in between sobs.

"What's with him?" Heimdall asked anxiously, totally puzzled and shocked.

All of a sudden, Mayura bolted upright in her chair and quickly dried her tears, with a new look of determination set on her face. "Hmph! No way am I crying for such a guy anymore! He deceived me! This despicable Heimdall…" She gritted her teeth in disgust.

"HUH?!" Everyone was taken aback. One moment she had been praising Heimdall and falling head over heels for him; the next moment she was lashing out at him in disgust. What's wrong with this girl?

"What…?!" Heimdall started, wanting to know why, but he was interrupted by a furious Mayura.

"Heimdall is a low-down despicable creep. He's a HENTAI!!!![3]"

Heimdall was stunned to the core. He blinked. And blinked. And blinked. Nothing seemed to register in his mind.

"But Mayura… why?" Loki enquired, unable to believe Mayura's sudden and quick change in attitude.

"Look! The book says that 'his hearing is such that he can hear the grass pushing up from under the earth and the wool growing on a sheep's back'… and his eyesight is so sharp that he can see for a 100 miles in any direction no matter day or night. Doesn't that prove that he is a HENTAI?! And he still pretends to be honorable. Hypocrite!" Mayura jabbed at the page in fury.

Heimdall blinked. What did she mean…?

But Loki was the one to voice out the question. "What do you mean by that?"

"Loki-kun, don't you understand? His powerful eyesight means that he can just peep at women changing or showering or doing anything as and when he likes. He's invading in other people's privacy! Not to mention that he could hear so well… anything that's meant to be kept a secret, any private stuff, he can hear them all!" Mayura stopped abruptly and gasped, slapping her hand over her mouth. She lowered her voice to a whisper that could hardly be heard. "Do you think he'll come after me? Oh no!!"

"I think he heard you quite clearly… Mayura-san…" Heimdall was shaking with anger. He couldn't control his temper, snarling at Mayura: "That doesn't prove that he's a hentai! So what if he has great eyesight and hearing? He doesn't use them for these low-down reasons!!!"

Mayura was slightly startled at Heimdall's attitude, but continued arguing: "But he snuck off during his duty under the name Rig… and he slept with other men's wives! How contemptible is that?! And those couples offered him food and lodging. They were so kind to him! Is that how he pays them back? And he actually did it with the husband sleeping on the same bed. GROSS!!!"

Loki and Narugami suppressed their laughter as Heimdall turned beet-red, while Freyr stared at Heimdall incredulously, with a look that said: 'How could you?! I never knew you to be like that…' Freya, Urd, Verdandi and Skuld glanced at Heimdall warily and with disgust, ready to rage war on him if they ever found out that he had peeped at them in the past.

"I…I… didn't…" Heimdall stumbled in his words, trying to defend himself, but failing.

Mayura continued with her argument confidently: "Since he sneaks off during his watch duty, I bet he lazes off every once in a while too. And during that time, instead of watching out for enemies like he should, he starts peeping at women! Let's say he didn't do it on purpose… that he actually intended to look at something else, just that since his eyesight is so good, he accidentally sees something that he shouldn't, but that doesn't mean he's not guilty!!! He still saw something private… He could at least blindfold himself or something! HENTAI!!!" Mayura was babbling by this moment.

"No… that isn't true… wait… I didn't…" Heimdall stuttered weakly, trying extremely hard to send his words across to Mayura, willing for her to stop.

"And to think I adored him so much just now. Eww… I take back all the nice things I'd said about him earlier. He's just a pervert trying to appear honorable… At least Jashin Loki admitted that he's evil by accepting the title of 'Evil God of Mischief'..." She shook her head, looking a little green and sick. "I don't want to talk about that hentai anymore... nor do I want to hear his name ever again! I need the washroom…"

And with that, she excused herself, leaving behind two amused gods (Loki and Narugami) who burst into laughter immediately, and the rest eyeing Heimdall with disdain.

"Wait! Don't go! I'm telling you that I'm not like that! Wait!" Heimdall tried calling after Mayura, but to no avail. He desperately felt the need to clear the misunderstanding, but he didn't know how, as the part about him sleeping with other men's wives was undeniably true. Is that the act of a hentai? I'm a hentai? NO!!! Wait! I'm not!!!

"Looks like your reputation isn't all good too… Rig-kun…" Loki smirked and laughed again.

Heimdall glared at Loki but was unable to shoot anything back. He slammed his hand onto the table and cursed under his breath, humiliated, and still red in the face.

However, nobody can establish exactly whether Heimdall's crimson face is a result of embarrassment, shame, anger or even…

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Guilt.

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=End of Heimdall's part=

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Is the ending too disappointing? I'm so sorry!!! Honto ni gomen nasai!!! But I really had no idea how to end it… sob… But I've gotta say this before anyone misunderstands: No, I don't think Heimdall is a pervert… just twisted the original description of Heimdall I'd found… haha

Anyway, I wanted to make Mayura seem matured in some situations. She's sooo cute when she's gullible though… I really like her lots! Though I know of someone who dislikes her 'cos she's so naïve and dumb… hmph! Mayura's cute and funny okay?

Can anyone tell me if I should continue? With Freyr perhaps? I really don't know… 'cos I'm running out of ideas and creativity… sob again… So? Pls tell me!!!