This is something new to me, so I decided to make a Mythical Detective Loki story for a change. Have fun, I hope you enjoy it.

Samkin

Siguna's Punishment

Part 1: Maruya-chan

"You know, I think I know you from somewhere," Maruya smiled up at the adult version of Loki, though to tell the truth she was utterly confused, there was something familiar about the tall handsome man that she couldn't place, some other worldly about him. She watched him leave stating he had to go. What a strange man, yet so familiar, so playful. Her thoughts were on him most of the day, it was entirely possible if she believed in past lives.

Loki on the other hand just stared down at her and smiled as he walked away, she reminds me of Siguna, he thought. His mind drifted off to her, but to tell the truth, she was the reason he was on earth to begin with.

"Where did you put her, Odin?" Loki had yelled, his clinching his fists, he stood in the mists and just stared at the image in front of him. "You took her from me, where is Siguna?"

There was a soft laugh and some whispers, he knew those were the crows who were telling Odin where they put his second wife. "On Midgard."

I want to go, she must be so scared, Loki thought, to tell the truth, he loved both his wives very much. "Take me to her!"

Loki felt foolish, he stared at his childlike body and groaned, how on Earth will Siguna recognize me. He last saw her was in a cave, he remembered that somehow his chains had loosened and the poisonous snake had vanished. He was sitting there and there was a soft scream that echoed out. He ran out and all he saw was the cup that had once held the poison that would have dripped into his eyes. "Siguna?" He ran through the terrian and found not a trace, his eyes filled with tears as he looked for her. He turned around and saw Tyr standing there, the tall creature just frowning.

"I'm sorry, Loki, she…she begged me to unbound you, but it was really she who did it, now Odin is punishing her for her kindness." Tyr sighed and just sat on a stump, his eyes down.

Those memories were painful, to tell the truth, he had decided to ask Urd point blank about Siguna. "Where is she?" He stood in front of the Norn's house.

"She's right in front of you, yet she isn't," Skuld whispered and frowned. "She sees you, but doesn't know you. It would be too dangerous to remind her of you. Though Freyr will know her and loved her even though he knows not what she looks like now."

Freyr loves Maruya, Loki thought and then his eyes widened, MARUYA! He darted to the house and saw her walking out with Yamino who was telling her something about a new device he had ordered to make noodles, he had about eight of them, but was convinced this one was better. Standing there stalk still, Loki wondered if it was right to remind her, he turned his head and Fenrir standing there. "Daddy, what is it?"

"Something I just figured out, it isn't just Maruya-chan really, it is something inside her." Loki decided that something about what he needed to know was going to have to go through Angrboda, Spica. He walked into the house and saw Spica doing the dishes. "Spica, I'm going to ask you something and I want you to tell me you know or don't. Who is Maruya-chan really?"

Spica stopped what she was doing and took a step back. "I'll be in trouble if I say," she walked from the room and then turned. "Why don't you ask Verandi, it's her spell?"

He sat in the kitchen staring at his shoes.

The sun was bright, Asgard's sun was always bright, Loki thought and looked out over a field to see Siguna picking wild flowers. He could have sat there for hours, but of course he knew he was needed inside the palace soon. He looked at her as she smiled, her eyes on the flowers. "Do you think that Hel will like the book of poetry I got her?" Siguna walked up and sat down next to him. "I know she likes to read and I wish she wasn't in that horrible place all the time."

"She'll like anything that has words in it, Siguna, you know her," Loki sighed and smiled a little. "You worry too much about making Angrboda and I happy, you are fine the way you are, you don't have to keep trying so hard." No matter how many times he said it, it seemed that Siguna made so much effort to please him and his family.

He knew it was her that relieved him problems, she listened to him when he had a problem and even gave advice when needed. I love her as much as any wife, he knew that was true, he couldn't help it.

Maruya was walking alone from school, she usually walked alone, but it was not a normal day. She started feeling light headed and had to go to the nurse's office for a rest. I must be getting too worked up over finals, she thought and walked into the shrine to find her father sitting there reading the newspaper. "Maruya-chan, tomorrow is your birthday, do you want a party, I'm sure that your friend, Loki would enjoy a party?"

"I don't know, I don't feel like one," she muttered and walked into her room and shut the door.

He started at the door and his eyes widened. Since when does she not want a party? He sighed and realized why. The past few birthdays were lacking in friends, in fact last time, no one showed up. Maruya was in a horrible shape, it felt as if her heart had been torn in two, she had no real friends, her father thought that Loki was the closest to one. He got up and walked out toward the mansion where Loki lived.

"So, maybe she just doesn't feel like a party, if her last few were such failures," Loki sat at his desk and then smiled. "But if it is a surprise party, I think I know what we can do."

Maruya's father smiled and nodded. "Good, you're the closest friend she has."

This was the chance that Loki was going to use, he walked into the kitchen and looked over at Yamino. "We're going to have a surprise birthday party for Maruya-chan, we need it perfect and don't let it slip to her. So try not to talk about it, keep that forked tongue of yours quiet. Fenrir, you keep an eye on him."

"I can keep a secret," Yamino blinked and looked over at Spica and Fenrir who just shook their heads.

"Sure, like the time we told you not to tell Daddy about that father's day present," Fenrir shook his head. "Or the time Hel came just for one day to say hello and borrow some books? Those were suppose to be surprises for him."

"I guess you're right, I can't usually keep my mouth shut," the man sighed and went about making tea. He looked down at his cook book and started to find the recipe for a chocolate cake. "This is going to take a while, but all worth it for…Siguna….I mean Maruya-chan."

Fenrir blinked at him and then jumped. "WHAT?"

"Well, I was told not to tell Loki-sama about Maruya-chan. Urd said it wasn't time yet."

"He already knows," Spica whispered and shook her head sadly. "Now she is going to be destroyed."

Loki wondered when Maruya-chan was getting out of class, his eyes wandered down the street and then saw Verandi standing by a parked car. "I want you to remove the spell you put on Maruya-chan, turn her back into Siguna."

"I can't, Loki-sama." She shook her head, the older Norn just frowned and looked over at Maruya who was looking out the window. "Odin and I made the spell, she'll live as a human and die as one, then repeat the cycle again. You can only watch her, but Loki-sama, there is away, but it is only for one day." She brought out a small necklace and placed it in his hand. "You and her will have a day."

A day, one day, Loki stared at the locket and opened it, there was a picture of his true self and her true self, he touch it and blinked. For one day, the two us will have each other.

Before he could thank her, Verandi was gone, leaving him in the street. "Loki!" he turned to see Narugami walking out. His eyes were grim, he sat down next to him and smiled. "Well, you have a something in your head wanting to come. Loki-sama, you know better than to plan a birthday party without Koh and me. Koh was really jealous."

"I have a question, Narukami. Did you know all along that Maruya-chan was Siguna?"

Narugami cleared his throat and then pulled him to the back of the school. "Yes, I knew, look, Loki-sama, you can't bring her back. If you try and make Maruya-chan remember, she'll hate you for it."

"I just want one day with Siguna, that's all."

"Nothing is one day with you, Loki-sama, you're the God of Chaos, do you think for one minute that if you have one day, you'll ask for another and then another? Siguna has a destiny to follow, your love for her will just have to wait."

"Wait? Until Ragnarok is over?" Loki looked angry, his eyes were on Maruya who was walking out finally. "Maruya-chan! Would you like me to walk you home?" He smiled at her and they walked away.

"I warned him," Narugami stood there and leaned against the wall and looked at Verandi. "Do you think that giving him the pendent was such a good idea?"

Verandi shrugged and just put her fingers together. "When Ragnarok is over, Loki will not truly die at Haidmill's hands. He and Siguna will be left, it was Odin's foolishness that brought Ragnarok," she sighed and looked sad. "If destiny is to end then those two pick up the pieces. Chaos becomes order."

"You and your prophecies, do you think that Loki and Siguna will care? Odin made the match simply because she kept Loki in check. Siguna's banishment from the Land of the Gods broke Freyr's heart and also Loki's at the same time. You said yourself when Loki performed the deed that it was bound to happen."

"I know, Hel though was in love with Baldur, Loki knew that and tried to convince Frigga to marry them," Verandi smiled and shook her head. "But nothing makes that girl smile more than Baldur who brings light to her world."

They parted, but to tell the truth, Loki was going to use the pendent to just see the person he loved more than the snow at Christmas. He walked into the shrine and hoped to get Maruya to follow him. "You know, I have a new mystery, one that I need your prospective on," he coaxed and saw her smile, they walked through to the house.

"I saw Kodou Shinchi on the news again, he was doing an interview about his latest case, it was a murder. Man, Loki's as brilliant as you are," she smiled. "I wish I could meet him."

"Maybe when you become a world famous detective too, Maruya-chan, he'll come see you too," Loki smiled at her, they walked up to the house and turned a corner that was when all the balloons came out and Maruya jumped out of her skin.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Everyone she knew yelled.

She stared in shock and a smile of utter joy fell onto her face. "Wow!"