Hey guys... I'm back!!! Haha. I'm terribly sorry for this extremely late update. I've been so busy with school and I've fallen in love with another anime, Gravitation (Yes, it's shounen-ai). smiles sheepishly So Sorry!

And not to mention, I contracted the deadly disease known as 'WRITER'S BLOCK'. Drained of ideas and inspiration. God... it was downright horrible, I almost died! Took me forever to recover from it.

So, yeah, if this chapter sux, FORGIVE ME PLEASE!!!!

Japanese notes: (1)Sugei: cool (2)teme: why you! (rude way of saying "you!") (3)yamete: stop (4)omoshiroi: interesting

italics are inner thoughts... well, except for the word "hiccup"

DISCLAIMER: Matantei Loki Ragnarok and its characters do not belong to me.


TEA TIME CHAT

CHAPTER 10 --- Freyr (2)

Silence hung in the air as shock and bewilderment ran on everybody's faces.

"What's wrong with Loki-kun? Why is he so mad? Did I do something wrong?" Mayura mused out loud, feeling perplexed and anxious.

"Just leave him alone... That petty guy. He's just feeling heartbroken! Hahaha!!" Narugami laughed teasingly, shaking his head at the same time.

"Heartbroken?" Mayura frowned. "Huh?"

On the other side, Loki sneezed while lying on the couch in his study room. "She must be talking bad about me again..." He murmured grumpily.

"That brainless girl is such a stupid nut!" Fenrir growled, growing protective of his father.

Loki felt totally drained and the inside of him was in turmoil. Displeasure, anger, confusion, embarrassment, worry... and a tinge of bitter disappointment and jealousy. Argh... What's the matter with me?!

Loki groaned again.

"Loki-sama... is it really okay to leave Mayura-san alone? With Heimdall and Freyr and...?" Yamino gazed out of the window and asked.

Loki groaned again, putting his arm over his tightly shut eyes. His head was splitting and he just felt like crawling into bed, under his covers. Still, he was worried. "get Narugami-kun to watch over her then."

"Hai!" Yamino left to convey the message.

Mayura watched as Yamino went running back into the house again, after whispering (fearfully) into Narugami's ear and then smiling at her, telling her not to worry about Loki.

"Quit worrying... Loki's just tired." Narugami waved his hand casually. "Now, with that spoilsport gone, let's continue to party!!! FOOD!!!!"

"Oi, Freyr... What in the world are you doing?" Heimdall frowned suspiciously at the sight of Freyr squatting down on the ground, crouching over the encyclopedia.

All eyes rested on Freyr.

"What are you writing in there?!" Narugami yelled and pointed an accusing finger at the busy Freyr, who had his eyebrows furrowed in concentration, and his hands running over the page, scribbling stuff onto it.

"Freyr... that's a LIBRARY book. You can't write on it..." Heimdall explained simply but it truly wasn't his business whether the book got vandalized or not.

"Let me see that!" Narugami snatched the book away from Freyr at lightning speed.

"AHHH!!!! Return the book to Freyr!" Freyr shook his fist threateningly at Narugami. "The book doesn't have enough information about Freyr!"

The next moment, Narugami had burst out in laughter, so hard that tears welled up in the corner of his eyes. "Look here!" He pointed to the 'disfigured' page. "What a bunch of nonsense!"

Everyone moved in for a closer look, and saw the additional writing:

'(1) Freyr loves to eat taiyaki best!
(2) Freyr is the cleverest phantom thief ever!
(3) Freyr loves to shop. Especially with Heimdall! Watermelons, pumpkins, fish... and tissue at a special price, 100 yen for 12 rolls!
(4) Freyr is the greatest inventor of all! Freyr can invent anything!
(5) Freyr loves Yamato Nadeshiko!!!! Freyr wants to marry Yamato Nadeshiko!!!!!!'

"Why did you write all these? Baka!" Heimdall reprimanded Freyr sternly. "And you even put my name down??!!!"

"Yeah... stop adding lies to the book. There's enough rubbish in the book without you adding more in!" Narugami mocked.

"Nani?! How dare Thor call Freyr a liar?! Freyr isn't lying!!!" He puffed up his cheeks in defiance.

"Yeah, right. Then how do you explain t-h-i-s?" Narugami smirked and pointed to '(4) Freyr is the greatest inventor of all! Freyr can invent anything!'"

"How can you doubt Freyr's talent and inventions?! Hmph! Freyr shall show you Freyr's power!!" And with that, he whipped out a remote control with 2 buttons on it. "First, Freyr presents to you... magic Food Creator!!!"

He pushed his thumb down on the first button.

BAAAM!!!

"Kyaaaa!!!!" All the girls around the table jumped back as a medium-sized, queer-shaped steel object dropped down from the sky suddenly. At one end, it had an opening which looked like a wide. Opened mouth with sharp teeth; at the other end, there was something like a sliding door.

"What's this strange piece of junk?" Narugami eyed the object warily.

"This is not junk! This is one of my greatest new invention, Magic Food Creator! It can create food out of anything. That's why Freyr need not worry about buying food again from now on! Muahahaha!!!!" Freyr laughed in triumph.

"NANI?!!" Narugami froze. Damn... I could use this for myself too... "How does it work?"

"Haha! Allow Freyr to show you its power!" Freyr frowned. "Let's use something that doesn't cost much as raw ingredients... Freyr's machine will transform it into heavenly delicacy! Aha! Mud!" He bent down, grabbed a handful of soil, and threw it into the machine's 'mouth'.

Immediately, the 'mouth' shut itself and the whole machine began to shake ominously, causing the table to shake too. Then, it stopped shaking as suddenly as it had begun a moment ago. Freyr moved to slide open the 'door' at the other end.

There, a delightful cake sparkled in the sunlight.

sparklessparkles

Narugami' eyes went sparklessparkles too.

"Sugei(1)!!! It really works!!! Chocolate cake!"

Everyone stood dumbfounded. Mayura giggled: "It's really like magic! Fushigi-(hiccup)- mi-su-(hiccup)-te-riiiiiiii!!!!!"

Hiccup.

"Let me try the cake!" Narugami exclaimed dreamily and lunged towards it, grabbing a bite.

He froze.

His eyes widened.

He turned green.

He got sick.

He spat the food out.

He coughed and choked and sputtered.

"TEME(2)!!!! Are you pulling a joke on me?! Do you think that I'm easy to pick on?" Narugami grabbed Freyr by his collar and shook him forcefully. "That thing... That thing tastes like...(duh)... MUD! What Magic Food Creator?! Rubbish!!!"

"Hahahahahaha!!!!!!" Mayura laughed hysterically at the corner of the table. "Mud cakeeeeee!!!!"

Hiccup.

"How dare you insult Freyr's invention!" Freyr fumed, unconvinced at his own failure. "Let me show you a greater invention!" He pressed the second button. The ground shook.

A huge, swirling metallic machine BLASTED out of the ground underneath Freya (who screamed and fell back and hit her head, thereby rendering her unconscious).

"This is Freyr's SHOCKING POWER-UP BOOSTER MACHINE!!!" Freyr proudly proclaimed. "It can replenish your energy until it's 10 times your original, thereby increasing your power!"

"Freyr... yamete(3).. this is stupid..."Heimdall rolled his eyes.

"Even Heimdall doesn't believe Freyr? Come! Freyr will show you!" Freyr grabbed Heimdall and Narugami with his right and left hand respectively, pulling them towards the now still machine on the ground. "All Heimdall and Thor needs to do is to place your palm on it. When it's switched on, you'll feel the mysterious warm energy flow into you. Power-up and defeat Loki!!!" He forced Heimdall and Narugami to place their palms on the machine, doing so for himself.

Defeat Loki? That sounds great. But can Freyr be trusted? However, any chance of defeating Loki is simply to appealing for Heimdall to resist. He decided to take a gamble.

"Tsk! Where's the switch?!" Freyr groped the ground blindly with his free hand. Heimdall and Narugami roamed the surrounding ground with their eyes too.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

"Wha-what iszzz thi-thi-thissssssss??!!!! STO-PPPPP!!!!"

Heimdall, Narugami and Freyr yelled out in shock, bodies jerking and vibrating so much that their words were incoherent and unclear. They were actually floating above the ground with bright blue sparks shooting out of their whole bodies!

Electricity was surging throughout their bodies which were soaked in a blue wave. At a voltage so high that they were lifted off the ground.

Strangely, the electricity stopped just the. But after an interval of a second, it started again, before any of the three gods could remove their hands.

Start. Stop. Start. Stop. The cycle repeated itself continuously.

What's going on?!! Heimdall thought. Somebody stop this! I'm gonna die!!!!!

Meanwhile, Mayura was laughing uncontrollably, hands gripping her sides and she was stamping her feet on the ground repeatedly too. She hiccupped and pointed a shaking finger at the scene. "Loki-kuuuunn!!! There are 3 flying aliens with blue power in your yard! Omoshiroi(4)!!! And they are shaking so much! Afraid of me??!! Haha!! Detective Mayura shall take care of you!"

"Urd-neesan... that's..." Verdandi pointed to Mayura's left foot. Underneath, there lay a remote control with a single button. Mayura was stepping on it non-stop as she stomped her feet while laughing... resulting in the inconsistent flow of voltage into the 3 gods.

Urd got up and stopped Mayura, kicking the remote control away and then switching it off. The 3 BLACK gods fell down onto the ground, still jerking at times, their bodies literally smoking.

"Oh my! The aliens got sun burnt!!! They're SOOO black! Hahahahaha!!! And, Loki-kuuunn!! I think they ate too much and had trouble flying! Hahahaha!!!!" Mayura continued in her crazy state.

"Pow-power-up eh?" Smoke puffed out of Narugami's mouth before he passed out yet again.

Heimdall laid there unmoving, eyes wide opened, while Freyr struggled to get up and stumbled towards Mayura. "Yamato Nadeshiko... Although Freyr's inventions went wrong, Freyr's love for you is never wrong and always true. Freyr has a favor to ask of you..."

"Favor? Sure! Anything! Brave Detective Mayura will agree to help with anything!" Mayura stood up with a start, and then wobbled.

"Will Yamato Nadeshiko marry Freyr?" Freyr blushed profusely, but whispered with courage.

"Yes! Anything! Hahaha!!! There are spots of colorful lights falling from the sky! Mysteriiiiii!!!!!" Mayura hiccupped, and smiled dazedly while looking up.

"Yamato Nadeshiko agreed!" Freyr brightened and stood upright immediately. All his injuries from the electric shock had vanished. "Let's go get married right now, Yamato Nadeshiko!"

The Norms stared agape. "Ano..."

But Freyr had grabbed Mayura's arm, moving towards the exit. Mayura stumbled and wobbled in a zig-zag fashion.

"What's going on here??!!!" Loki arrived back at the scene in time, alarmed at the loud noises he had heard earlier. He spotted Mayura and started towards the staggering girl. "Mayura! Are you alright?"

"Yamato Nadeshiko has agreed to marry Freyr... Ahhh!!!" Mayura had tripped over herself, falling onto Freyr, squashing him and knocking him out for a moment.

"NANI??!!!" Loki froze just a few steps away from Mayura. "Mayura... what..."

Mayura struggled to get up, laughing deliriously at the same time. She managed to take a step towards Loki, while screaming VERY loudly: "LOKI-KUUUUUUNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!"

Loki jumped in shock. His eardrums nearly split. "Mayura! You've been drinking?! Didn't I tell you not to touch the wine?!! Where's Naru-?" He stopped when he saw the unmoving bodies of Narugami and Heimdall.

Mayura giggled uncontrollably, her knees still wobbling. "Why are there so many Loki-kuns?" She turned her head left and right, and screamed again: "LOKI-KUUUNN!!! Where are you?! Too many clones!!! Where's the real LOKI-KUN??!!!" She took another step and shook even more weakly.

"Mayura! I'm here!" Loki rushed forward to steady her.

"LOKI-KUUUNNN!!! I missed you SOOO much!!!" Mayura lunged forward for Loki happily, and the two of them fell onto the ground.

"Loki-sama! Mayura-san!" Yamino called out anxiously. He turned towards the house. "I'll get some hot tea and warm water!"

"Mayura! Be careful!!"

"Loki-kun... why is the world spinning so fast? Strange... mystery..." Mayura's laughter and voice got softer and softer. "Missed you..." And with that, she fell asleep... on Loki... in his arms.

Loki froze. He was sweating profusely as his heartbeat raced. He was oblivious to everything except Mayura. Oblivious to the curious looks from Urd and Verdandi, the jealous look from Skuld, and he was also oblivious to poor dejected phantom thief who was watching his previous wife-to-be cuddling in the arms of another. Oblivious to the tears of loneliness cascading down the heartbroken Freyr.

"Yamato Nadeshiko..."

Sadly, Freyr cancelled the sentence he had written in the encyclopedia halfway: 'Freyr has married Yamato...', while Loki kept his hold on the sleeping Mayura.


Aww... hahaha! I'm always bullying Freyr. Sorry! But Loki plus Mayura equals forever!!!! (waves LokixMayura banner madly)

Well, like I've said in the beginning, if this chapter sux, I'm truly terribly sorry. But I really hope that everyone would stick with me to the end. I'll probably write 1 or 2 more chapters before the epilogue. Maybe I'll round up with short parts on the Norms, Fenrir, Hel, Odin... hmm.. I'm really not sure what I can write on the Norms. Anyway, have I mentioned that I actually wrote the epilogue long, long time ago? Haha... actually, I love my epilogue. So LokiMayura-ish! It's just to give my first fanfic a sweet, touching ending. So, stay with me to the end, ok?

Lastly, gotta thank everyone for your reviews! Love u guys! And oh... Loony-san? You totally freaked me out with your review. The endless 'Pls Update Soon' led me to think that my computer caught a virus. Phew! That was scary!!! But anyway, THANKS!