Attention: Thor 2: The Dark World was freaking amazing. I cried. You all need to go see it, if you haven't already :3

However- since this story takes place much much after these stories (about a century since Jane has died on Earth), there will be some spoilers in here. I'm really sorry about those of you who find that annoying, I'll try to post up at the top if there are spoilers.

I'm really glad for all of you who are actually following along to this story!

Enjoy. :)

There a loud knock at the door. The sound was explosively loud in the dull silence.

"Mmm?" Takumi woke up, her head spinning. She opened her eyes slowly, everything around her blurring and whirling around her. She felt a little bit like throwing up. The knock came again, and with difficulty, she said aloud, "Hello?"

"Lady Takumi, tis time for the morning breakfast!" she heard Thor say cheerfully on the other side. "Your sister and I will be meeting you there, yes? Get Loki up too, so that we all may share a morning feast together!"

"Uhm.. okay." she said in a muffled voice, putting her head back down on the floor. She heard Thor's footsteps fade away, and she let out a breath that she hadn't realized she was holding. She was too tired to get up from the floor. And she was cold, why was she so cold? She lay there for a moment, and then the realization sunk in.

Takumi flew upwards, sitting up so quickly that she felt like passing out. Ah, now she remembered entirely where she was. The fireplace that she had fallen asleep in front of was now gone, just smoldering ashes and coals. Her body was sore from sleeping on the cold, hard floor. Even her silky dress was freezing cold; the Vanaheimian fabric not used to the frigid falls of Asgard. Shivering, she got herself up and stretched out her legs. They protested with pain, but she could walk. Picking up her dagger from the ground, she tucked it into her belt.

Now to find that stupid bastard. She thought angrily, looking around the room. The bed by the window was untouched. No doubt that Loki hadn't come into the room all night, trying to avoid her. That bought her a little bit of satisfaction.

The door to the chambers suddenly opened, Loki strode through, looking unperplexed as ever.

Takumi just stared at him as he closed the door behind him and stiffly held out his arm. There was a brown cloth hanging from his grasp, swaying ever so slightly.

"What?" Takumi said blatantly, crossing her arms over her chest. Loki raised an eyebrow at her.

"You are still wearing your Vanaheim clothing." he said tersely. "You would be more comfortable if you were to change into the attire of this realm."

Takumi stared at the dress that he was clutching in his hands. She carefully took it from him, half expecting him to lunge at her once again. He didn't, his eyes simply passed over her as though she wasn't really there. There wasn't a morsel of apologetic emotion on his face; it was as though last night had never happened. Takumi sighed and looked at the dress, deciding to avoid Loki's eyes.

It was actually one of the most beautiful garments that Takumi had ever seen. The color of rich brown that cascaded to a lighter brown down at the bottom, the fabric so light that it almost floated. She wondered what kind of tailor made it.

"Thor and Lady Kaisa are at the dining hall waiting for us." Loki muttered, breaking her out of her thoughts. "You may change into that after breakfast. I can lead you to the Asgardian baths if you want to bathe."

Takumi gently put the dress onto the bed by the window, noticing the small twitch of irritation that crossed Loki's face. She felt another little burst of satisfaction. "That would be lovely." she said in her best Princess voice. "Let us go now."

Loki bought the breakfast food to his lips and took a small bite of it, chewing it and swallowing- but not tasting a morsel of it. He had lost his entire appetite.

Even though he wasn't watching, he could hear Thor spin some fanatic story about one of his battles; twisting it into something much more extravagant than it truly was. Loki remembered this battle, it was the one with the Frost Giants down in Jotunheim. It wasn't as amazing as he remembered; it was more terrifying to him than anything else. But Kaisa seemed to enjoy it, sighing dramatically at all the action parts and looking at him with wide eyes. Takumi seemed less impressed, just nodding every now and then and pushing the food around on h er plate. Loki noticed that she wasn't eating, she was just cutting up her food.

He bought another piece of bread to his lips and swallowed it, returning his attention to the tasteless food on his plate.

"And that is when I swung my mighty hammer into the creatures face, bludgeoning it right in the head! It went down into the dark cavernous hole of the Jotunheim border, screeching its entire way down. My soldiers and I were victorious, and we celebrated that night with the head of the creature and a large feast fit for the entire realm of Asgard!" Thor threw his empty mead cup onto the ground for emphasis, and Kaisa let out a happy squeal.

"Had that really happened?" she giggled, taking a sip from her cup.

Thor gave her a goofy grin. "Oh my Lady, I would not lie to you about such a glorious moment. Loki was there, were you not?"

Loki stared at Thor, feeling a bout of bitterness wash over him. He wanted to just flip over the table and leave the room, but he forced himself to nod his head. He was already in a lot of trouble with the All-Father, and any more breaching would end in another round of Asgardian prisons. "Indeed. It was marvelous, Lady Kaisa."

"See! I would not tell a lie!" Thor said uproariously, thumping his hand on the table. Kaisa laughed along with him.

Loki stared at his food, pushing down the constant urge to destroy everything in the damn room. It wasn't a secret that he detested this marriage, that he bitterly hated that Odin was allowing this to go on. Thor knew just as well as Odin did- but that wasn't enough to stop it all together. In fact, he had been reprimanded by Odin that he must accept this and move on. If he didn't; he would no longer be under Asgardian protection and would be cast out to the lonely recesses of Jotunheim. He would be prey to Thanos and the Other; who still hadn't forgiven him for his plunder on Midgard.

He took another glance at Takumi sitting next to him, who hadn't said a word since they arrived in the room. Her black hair was mainly covering her face on the right side, where he knew a bruise was hidden.

Loki winced inwardly and took a sip of mead. He felt a twinge of regret about attacking her that night, but he hadn't been able to control himself. He was just so angry, and she had tossed him off with a nonchalant attitude. The fact that she actually fought him back surprised him; even more so that she had a dagger completely hidden in her belt. The fire that seemed to come alive had scared him more than he wanted to admit; it was almost like she was controlling it with her mind.

With some kind of spell, of course. He scoffed to himself and pushed around some fruit. Vanaheimian spells were much more different than Asgardian spells... he would know. But he had never encountered a magic spell that allowed someone to control the elements.

It didn't matter, he decided. He still detested her, and it was clear that she wasn't fond of him either. The three moons they were forced to spend together were going to be painful. And the actual marriage ceremony was going to be miserable. Loki glanced at Thor and Kaisa, still laughing with one another and acting as though they were friends for years. He felt more irritated as he watched them: why the hell were they so happy? They had just met yesterday.

"Sister, you have not spoken much." Kaisa said suddenly, looking at Takumi with interest. "Is everything okay?"

"Everything is fine, sister." Takumi said smoothly. Loki raised an eyebrow and glanced at Kaisa, who looked more concerned now. She looked at Loki and glared at him a little bit, and then returned to her sister.

"Are you sure? You haven't eaten much breakfast."

Takumi looked at Kaisa and then scoffed, much to his surprise. "I'm fine, Kaisa. Don't be such a worry-wart. I just had trouble getting to sleep last night."

Kaisa gave her a soft smile. "Alright, if you say so, sister."

Loki watched in silent fury as Kaisa stood up and brushed the crumbs off the front of her dress. Thor got up from his seat as well, and caught Loki's stare. "Brother, I am going to show Kaisa around Asgard. She has never been."

"I am so excited." Kaisa gushed, holding onto Thor's arm. "He has told me about the Asgardian cloth weavers. They are supposedly different than the ones in Vanaheim!"

"You guys have fun." Takumi said dully, pushing around her food.

Thor grinned and put his arm around Kaisa. "Loki, what will you be doing for your lady? I am sure the God of Mischief can come up with something extravagant."

Loki felt his hands twitch with irritation. "Of course I have something planned. I was going to show her the palace today, and the public baths that are so reveled in this realm."

Kaisa made an ooh sound, which angered him further. "I am assuming they do not call you mischievous for nothing." she giggled.

"Well we will leave you to your devices." Thor said grandly. And with that, the two of them made their way out of the room, laughing and talking with one another.

The two of them were left alone, awkwardly sitting at the table and staring down at their plates, looking everywhere else but each other. After a few minutes, Takumi threw down her fork and laughed dryly. "You're lucky you're a pretty good liar, Laufeyson."

"I have my moments." Loki said dryly, pushing away his plate. His appetite was more than diminished.

"You don't have to show me around or anything." Takumi continued, still studying the table. She pushed her black hair behind her shoulders and leaned back in her chair, looking nonchalant. "Hell, you don't even have to sleep with me in the same room okay? I'll sleep in some empty chambers or something until the marriage ceremonies."

"The only rooms that are empty are the servants quarters." Loki said tensely, his fingers fidgeting. "They are filthy and unclean."

"You dislike me anyway, why do you care?" Takumi snapped, getting up from her seat. "You would prefer it if I took a dive off a cliff."

She brushed by Loki, her dress gliding over his arm. With one swift movement, Loki grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him. Takumi struggled for a moment and glared at him, her eyes widening as she felt his fingers dig into her skin.

"Correction, I would prefer it if you jumped off the Rainbow bridge." he snarled.

Takumi wrenched her arm away and put it down to her side. She didn't say another word, she simply walked the other way and left the room. The door closed quietly behind her.

Loki sat at the feasting table, his thoughts churning in his mind. He could not take three moons of this; he could not. He would rather take another round in the Asgardian prisons, as terrible as that experience was. He had only spent a night with this woman, and already she was infuriating, stubborn! She was insubordinate, nothing like a Princess was supposed to act! Pah! She acted like a warrior, much like Sigyn did- except this was from Vanaheim. Vanaheimian women were not allowed to fight.

He cursed Odin's name. He had to change this; some way, somehow.

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