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Neko-chan: Ok sorry for the wait people…
Inu-sama: Neko-chan is just such a perfectionist when it comes to her stories…
Neko-chan: Yup! That's exactly right; I only update chapters when I feel that it's good enough to be posted onto the net…
Ecchan: Punyan!
Neko-chan: Ok so just a few things on this… I really had no idea what Loki's last name should be and I used a random (cough, cough) name… so yeah…
Inu-sama: Very original, aren't you?
Neko-chan: -Grins- oh and at the very end of my fic I wonder if I should have done what I did… maybe it wasn't all that original… anyway here are the replies to my lovely reviewers:
Anix: Well here it is! Thanks for the compliment and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Yoru Hana1: I was seriously cracking up when you said 'Odin is such an ass!' I don't know why though, must have been sugar high or something XD and about Ragnarok and Loki and Heimdall having to fight each other, don't worry I have something in mind to that (I also don't find that Narugami and Yamino could kill each other -.-) but yeah Ragnarok will happen, just REALLY later on… and about Sigyn, I already have in mind what to do with her. Thanks for the review and here's the chapter!
ShinY ToxiC WastE O.o is your eye still itchy? Because I'll try to make what you didn't understand a little more understandable. Yes you're right, Odin must die, if not in Ragnarok (which will happen, trust me -evil sadistic grin-) then by my OWN HANDS! Or probably yours or Yoru Hana1's -Grins- By the way, I can't believe you faved my story and I didn't even post the first chapter up yet, it feels good that my story means that much to you! By the way I'm not being sarcastic! XD
Disclaimer: I do not own Matantei Loki Ragnarok just so you all know because if I did then oh yeah all the yaoi fan girls out there would so totally worship me!
Neko-chan: By the way if anybody doesn't know a word in here that's Japanese please tell me when you are reviewing so that I may be able to translate for you by modifying the chapter.
Chapter 1: Rebirth
Footsteps could be heard in a silent hall, making their way down. The echoing sounds of those heels contacting on cement broke through the usually quiet place and when they stopped in front of a certain door, three knocks and then "Come in…" from inside the room.
The three Norns, goddesses of fates and each having their own territory in it, were sitting around a small and white circular table. They smiled at the sudden guest as if they had been expecting them. "Welcome… how may we help you Hel…?" A woman with knee-length dark-brown hair and light-brown eyes was the first to speak. She was seated on the right side of the table and wore a buttoned white shirt with blue stripes running down them and blue shorts. Her name was Verdandi and she was the Norn of the present.
"You know why I am here…" Hel, goddess of the underworld and keeper of all souls who have not died on the battlefield, spoke with a slight bitter tone in her voice but it didn't seem to bother the Norns.
"Yes we know…" the one sitting on the left side of the table spoke. This one seemed the most mature out of all the three; her dirty-blonde hair was very short and didn't even reach her shoulders while her violet-colored eyes spoke with knowledge of many centuries that have passed. She wore the same style of clothing as Verdandi, only the color of the stripes and the color of her pants were a light orange color. This was Urd, Norn of the past.
Hel narrowed her emerald-eyes at them.
"Please do not be mad Hel and believe that we did not want Loki-sama to do what he did…" the final Norn of the trio spoke. Her appearance was the youngest of them all, looking like a girl in her mid teens, with long blonde hair that easily out-lengthen both of her sisters, tied into two pig-tails. Her green eyes showed sadness when she spoke and she, too, wore the same style as her two sisters, only color of her stripes and shorts were a pink-orange color. She was known as Skuld, Norn of the future.
"So then why didn't you help him? You knew what was going to happen, yet you did nothing and let him die!" the goddess of the underworld began to glow, her aura became a very dangerous power, all those who saw it would have trembled in fear but the three in front of her sat calmly and just as calmly continued to stare at her.
"Hel… your father shall be reborn" Verdandi stated.
Hel's eyes widened, her aura beginning to fade away, as she looked up at the Norns "When…?" she asked.
Skuld smiled at her "Very soon… here look into the tea cup…" she pushed the tea cup filled with brown tea towards the goddess of the underworld who walked closer to the table.
Hel bent over the table and stared into the tea cup, surprised when she saw her father in his child form laughing. He seemed to be playing in a park with another boy his age with purple-hair and crimson eyes. "Otou-sama… and Heimdall…" Hel murmured.
"Yes… Loki-sama will not be the only one reborn…" Urd said with a small smile.
"Does this mean my father can live on without any problems anymore?" Hel was almost hopeful but as she expected The Norns all shook their heads. "Odin-sama will not stop until he is sure Loki-sama will be erased completely…" Verdandi admitted.
"Hel… will you pass on a message to Loki-sama's friends and family?" Skuld asked.
The pink-haired goddess straightened and nodded "Is it about father?"
"Yes… they should all be gathered at his mansion right now… along with the Kagami no Shinjitsu… this message shall be a prophecy that all of them will need to know… just before they are all reborn" Verdandi explained. Urd suddenly got up and walked towards a desk that Hel had not noticed before.
When Urd went back to the table, something in hand, she handed it to Hel who confusingly took it. "This is something you should give to the blue-haired maiden after you are done telling them the prophecy" the Norn explained.
The pink-haired goddess glanced down at it, it was wrapped in a white cloth but the object was small. "Hel…" Skuld's serious voice suddenly made the other turn her attention to the blonde "One by one Loki-sama's friends and family who live in Midgard will die a mysterious death… it is up to you, as the goddess of the underworld, to reincarnate them with sealed memories of their past…"
Hel's eyes widened "When shall I reincarnate them?" she asked.
The Norns all looked at each other then back at Hel "When you feel the time is right…" Verdandi said.
Hel looked back into her arms where the object was still covered with the white cloth; she gently placed her hand on it and glanced up at The Norns who didn't object. She slipped the cloth off and stared at it, it was a mirror.
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Tick, tock, tick, tock.
"Loki"
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
"Loki!"
Tick, tock.
"Wake up this instant!"
A small boy slowly cracked one emerald eye open to see who it was that disrupting his sleep and instantly closed it, the sunny rays slipping into his room burned his eyes and just as he was about to pull his the covers of his bed sheets over him, "No! Get out of bed!" the disrupter only became louder.
"Nngh…" was all the small boy replied with and a wave of his hand.
"GET OUT OF BED!" the scream was loud enough to shake the small boy out of bed and onto the floor with a big 'thump'.
"Itai…" the small boy whined and rubbed his rear, where he landed. His emerald eyes looked up to see a woman who looked like she was in her mid twenties, a blue-eyed red head, with a satisfied smile "Ohayo Loki!" she exclaimed, patting him on the head and kissed his cheek.
The small boy, Loki, just groaned when he glanced at his clock "Kaa-san… did you know it was seven? And that school doesn't start until nine?" he accused, pouting at his mother who grinned at him. "Yes I did! But I don't want my boy to be late on his first day of fourth grade!" she remarked, putting on a fake innocent face.
Her son sweat dropped "Kaa-san… It's been a month since I started fourth grade…"
"Hmm…? Oh yes I meant right after the weekend!"
Loki sighed and stood up, heading towards the bathroom.
"Don't take too long in there, Loki!"
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Once out of the bathroom the small boy had dressed for school, consisting of the school uniform which was black shorts, a white undershirt and a thin black, long-sleeved shirt with the school crest on it with matching black shoes. He combed his slightly ruffled chestnut-colored hair until it was straightened out and grinned in the mirror before going downstairs for breakfast.
During breakfast the small boy was seated next to his mother who was currently stressing herself with what to eat first. Ever since they had gotten a new butler breakfast, lunch and dinner was never burnt, as opposed to when Loki's mother had been cooking for them, and was quite delicious.
At first they had all thought that this new butler seemed a little too young to be a working as one but he had promised he was a very dedicated person and was very happy to cook and clean for them. So, after much convincing from the butler, they had decided to try him out for a couple of weeks. Right now it was only the second week of hiring this boy but he was excelling in things that Loki's parents hadn't thought possible for a boy of his age.
Loki, himself, was very grateful to this new butler that his parent's had hired for him because the guy was actually a really nice man, taking care of Loki and doing all of his chores for him though Loki thought it was weird that the man enjoyed cooking and doing the laundry and sweeping and just about any other way to take care of the his mansion-like house.
Getting back to reality, it seems that the woman has finally chosen and was already digging into her food just as Loki's father came into the room, looking like he had gone through a tornado and survived with his brown hair sticking out all over the place, his clothes wrinkled and loose on some spots and his eyes still half-closed. "Oh dear… go into the bathroom and fix yourself up!" Loki's mother exclaimed, shooing his father into the bathroom in a hurry.
"Did you enjoy breakfast, Loki-sama?"
The small chestnut-haired boy looked up to see his butler smiling at him. The butler seemed to be about in his late teens and had shoulder-length dark green-colored hair that was tied into a lose ponytail by a black ribbon with matching emerald eyes that were strangely similar to Loki's own eyes. Loki smiled back "Yamino-kun, I told you not to call me 'Loki-sama'! 'Loki' is fine!" he tried to persuade the other.
"Oh but it's not proper for me to call you by just your first name! Besides I work for your family, it's just right to call you 'Loki-sama', Loki-sama" but it looks like Yamino just wouldn't be persuaded.
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Loki sighed and checked his watch "Eight thirty…" he murmured and nervously scratched his head "It's only a ten minute walk to school… I still have twenty more minutes until school starts…" he sighed but continued on "Mom can be so impossible sometimes..."
A small scream made him turn around just in time to see a girl running towards his direction. She stopped to catch her breath in front of Loki but when she looked up her eyes widened and she grabbed his arm "Ano…!"
Loki blinked in confusion "Um are you alright?" he asked, concerned.
"Please!" the girl started "Please help me! There are a couple of boys who have my ribbon!" she exclaimed and looked like she was about to cry. Loki glanced at her wavy-brown hair and noticed that on one side there was a ribbon with red stripes tied into a bow while the other didn't have one.
"Hey!"
Both of them glanced behind the girl to see two boys grinning at them and holding up the matching ribbon to the one the girl had in her hair. "Oh please give it back!" she pleaded them. They only laughed "Serves you right for not going out with us!" they mocked.
Loki narrowed his eyes "And that's why you're harassing her? Hmph… you guys are no good lousy bullies!" he exclaimed and glared at them. They glared back "Just who the hell do you think you are! This has nothing to do with you" one of them shouted, the one with the ribbon in his hand.
"Give back the ribbon to this girl!" Loki's warning tone didn't seem to intimidate them though.
"Heh! Guess we'll just have to deal with you too!" the one with the ribbon charged at Loki but he just side stepped and stuck his foot out. The other boy tripped and fell to the ground, landing on his face.
"Ro!" the other boy, Ro's companion, shouted in worry.
Snatching the ribbon from the boy's hand, Loki took the girl's hand and ran past the other boy.
They ran for a while but when they finally stopped to catch their breath Loki handed the girl her ribbon. "Arigatou desu!" she exclaimed and took her ribbon. "No problem" Loki assured her and stood up straight to check his watch, 8:40 AM.
He checked to see which street he was on and sighed in relief, it'll only take fifteen minutes to get to the school from here if he ran so he wouldn't be late on his first day, imagine what it would be like to explain to his mother how he was late despite leaving at 8:30 AM.
"Ano… may Reiya ask your name?" the girl asked.
"Hm…? Oh I'm Loki" he answered and smiled at the girl. The girl, in turn, smiled back "I'm Oohshima, Reiya! Nice to meet you, Loki-sama!" she bowed.
Loki blinked in surprise "'Loki…-sama'? He hesitantly asked. Reiya nodded "Loki-sama is like Reiya's prince, getting her ribbon back and protecting Reiya from those two boys!" she exclaimed and blushed at him.
Loki sweat dropped "Um you don't have to call me-"
"Come on Loki-sama! We'll be late for school if we don't hurry up!" Reiya called out and walked on.
Loki sighed.
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"So you go to the same school as me huh?" Loki asked while they crossed the street, although he should have known since she was wearing the female version of the school uniform.
"Hai, desu!" Reiya answered "Reiya doesn't talk a lot during school and that's why Loki-sama probably didn't notice Reiya in third grade!"
"Oh! I remember… you were the one who sat two seats behind me last year! Aren't you the girl who sits right next to me this year?" as if it was all coming back to him Loki laughed nervously "Yeah… guess I didn't really notice you all that much… you never talked when we were in class…"
Reiya nodded "Reiya was very shy!" she explained.
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"Settle down class, I have something to announce to you!"
All the students finally stopped talking upon having the teacher walk in. They all took their seats and stared in the front of the class.
"This is Higashiyama, Kazumi" a boy stood at the front of the room with features that could be described as 'good-looking' or as good looking as it gets when it comes to ten year olds. He had purple hair and deep crimson eyes, also wearing the school uniform but the black long-sleeved he wore was unbuttoned, showing the white shirt underneath it. He was also wearing black gloves that hid both of his hands and needless to say his appearance made some of the girls swoon over him.
Loki blinked He looks… familiar… was what he thought at the new transfer student.
"He's a transfer student from out of town but he will be staying with us for the rest of his elementary years. Is there anything you want to tell the class, Higashiyama-san?"
The boy looked positively bored and with a shrug of his shoulders he replied "As the sensei said I'm from out of town but I was actually born here in Tokyo and moved when I was seven. My parents decided that we should return to Tokyo about a few months ago so here I am…" again with a shrug of his shoulders, "Nice to meet you all, I guess…"
"Ok is there anything the class would like to ask Higashiyama-san?" the teacher asked and instantly a few hands shot up, more precisely the girls of the class.
After being called on, a girl with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes asked, "Since you're out of town, where have you recently gone to school?"
"I didn't, my parents hired a private tutor for me while they worked" Kazumi replied.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" a blonde girl with blue eyes asked when she was called on, her smile was that of fake innocence while she eagerly awaited his answer.
"No…" the boy answered.
"Do you plan on having one?" she urged on.
"Nope… I really don't have the time to be going out with girls…" the crimson-eyed boy rolled his eyes when the blonde gave a pout but turned his attention to the teacher when she said that the questions should come to an end.
"Well now that the questions are over, will our class president please stand?" the teacher was surprised to see that nobody got up and was even more surprised when one of her students had said that the president was sick and out today. She sighed "Well then…" and glancing around the room until a certain chestnut-haired, emerald-eyed boy caught her attention "Kinoshita?" she called.
Loki looked up at the teacher and stood up "Hai?" he asked.
"Will you help Higashiyama-san here and show him around the school for the rest of the week?" she asked and put her hand on Kazumi's shoulder.
Loki nodded "Sure…" he replied and smiled at Kazumi who surprisingly smiled back. Loki took his seat and so did the new transfer student who took the window seat, right next to him. "Nice to you meet you Kazumi-kun, I'm Kinoshita Loki" the emerald-eyed boy faced Kazumi and smiled again.
Kazumi, in turn, replied, "It's not 'nice to meet you'"
Loki blinked in surprise "Eh?"
Reiya, who was listening, turned to Kazumi who was leaning on his hand "Loki-sama… perhaps you know Higashiyama-san?" she asked, hoping that maybe she was helping. Loki just blinked and scratched his head in confusion "Mm…" he thought about it, it was true that Kazumi did look familiar but he couldn't seem to know why.
"Have you really forgotten me, Loki?" Kazumi asked, an unreadable expression coming over his face.
All of a sudden a scene flashed into the chestnut-haired boy. It was a park where he was only six and was hiding behind a tree while a purple-haired boy with crimson-colored eyes was looking around. His six year old self grinned.
Then it jumped to when he was seven and was trying to hold his tears in, sadly waving goodbye at a retreating car. Inside the car the same purple-haired boy was sadly waving back.
"AH! Kazumi!" Loki yelled and pointed at the other boy who blinked at him. The whole class turned to the source of the outburst and Loki found himself sweat dropping. "Kinoshita, would you like to share something with the class?" the teacher asked, giving the boy a warning glare.
Loki shook his head and bowed his head in embarrassment. After apologizing for his rude outburst the class turned their attention back to the blackboard. He sighed in relief and turned to Kazumi "I remember now, you're the same Kazumi who was my best friend when I was six and moved away when I was seven" Loki whispered and happily grinned at Kazumi "It's great to see you again!"
Kazumi smirked "Glad that you remember me"
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"Eh so Higashiyama-san is Loki-sama's childhood friend?" Reiya asked while they walked home. Loki nodded "When I was little Kazumi was my only friend so we became best friends in no time! But then he moved away a year later" the chestnut-haired boy looked a little depressed at remembering that sad memory of the day he had to say good-bye to his best friend.
"It's because my parents were convinced that they would get a better job somewhere else. Turns out that their salary isn't what they expected so they moved back here" Kazumi said with a shrug "They really are idiots…"
"That's not nice… you shouldn't call your own parents idiots…" Reiya piped in.
Kazumi shrugged while Loki laughed nervously "But it's really great that you're back! I'm glad you moved back here!" he exclaimed, hoping it would lighten the mood up a bit. Kazumi shrugged while Loki smiled at him "I really did miss you a lot" the emerald-eyed boy said.
Kazumi blinked in surprise and blushed at the comment "Hey Loki…?"
"Hm…?"
"Do you remember… what we did just before I moved… the day before?" the crimson-eyed boy hesitantly asked, wondering what the other would respond with. Loki just blinked in surprise "What we did…?" he closed his eyes and thought "What did we do… huh…" all of a sudden something began flashing in his mind again, a scene where he and Kazumi were near a pond and laughing. They both had their shoes off and were staring into the clear pond and Loki was about to tell Kazumi something but then,
"Loki-sama…!"
Loki opened his eyes and saw that Reiya was in front of an icy cart, smiling and waving at him. He looked at Kazumi and grinned "Come on, let's go get an icy!" he grabbed the other's hand, despite the protest, and dragged him over.
Reiya, who noticed Loki and Kazumi were holding hands, instantly frowned a little but then the icy man behind his cart finally stopped what he was doing to notice Reiya "Oh hi! Sorry, what would you-ah it's you!" he pointed his finger at Reiya who confusingly blinked at him "Ano… Reiya doesn't know you" she hesitantly said, backing away a little.
The icy man blinked his brown eyes "Oh yes… of course, sorry about that! Now what would you like?" he asked, waving his hands in front of him while he apologized. Reiya looked hesitant at the weird man but nodded and was about to tell him which flavor she wanted but was interrupted by Loki dragging a complaining Kazumi over.
"I said I didn't want one!" the purple-haired boy yelled, trying to tear his hand out of Loki's grasp but didn't succeed seeing as the other had a surprisingly strong grip on it.
"Nonsense…! Icys are delicious, trust me you'll like them!" Loki argued while continuing to drag the struggling boy. "Reiya, did you already get one?" the emerald-eyed boy asked her, still holding onto Kazumi who wasn't really struggling anymore but better safe then sorry.
"Iie desu! But now that Loki-sama's here, Reiya would like a strawberry flavored icy please!" the cheery girl exclaimed but the icy man wasn't doing anything, instead staring at Loki and Kazumi with a shocked, horrified, confused and many others, expression.
He soon snapped out of his staring though, when he noticed that the three elementary students were now staring at him strangely and was about to leave. "Ah, wait! Sorry, I was uh… thinking about something! Yeah! What flavor would you like again?" he asked Reiya.
The three seemed to be thinking over if they really should buy the treat from the strange man but when he apologized again and said that they can have one free if they buy two the three (or at least two of them) decided that they would buy some. "Ok then one strawberry flavored one… a cherry and uh…" Loki looked at Kazumi who shrugged his shoulders, signaling he didn't care which one he got "…um make that two cherries"
"Ok… here you go! That'll be four hundred yen!" the icy man gave Reiya her strawberry one and the two cherries to Kazumi while Loki paid him.
"Ah, Loki-sama Reiya can pay for her own icy! Loki-sama doesn't have to" Reiya suddenly said when she noticed Loki giving the icy man his money.
"Yeah, you don't really have to pay for all of it… it's not like we both don't have money on us right now" Kazumi added.
"Nah, it's fine… besides I haven't been using my allowance for quite a while now" he replied and took his icy from Kazumi's hand "I really don't mind" he quickly added upon seeing their unconvinced faces. "Come on! Let's go home. Thanks a lot, mister" Loki waved to the icy man before starting to jog towards his home.
"Ah, Loki-sama, wait for Reiya!" the brown-haired girl whined and began running after Loki.
Kazumi stared at the icy man who began to sweat "Um is there anything else you need?" he nervously asked under the boy's look.
"No… it's probably nothing. I'm probably imagining things" Kazumi answered back with a shrug and began to walk towards his friends who were calling his name.
When they were gone the icy man sighed in relief and took of his white cap, revealing his dark brown hair and began fanning himself. He took of his white apron as well, (it's an icy uniform, what can I say?) letting everyone who bothered to look see his green school uniform underneath. He stretched and massaged his shoulders before sighing again and picking up certain, familiar wooden sword "Those three…" he murmured "I wonder why… I was reborn with my memories…?"
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Loki: The next chapter's keywords are: 'Clubs', 'Gods' and 'Mysteries'
Mayura: Oh you know! I once had a pet bear! Well it wasn't a real bear but a baby one and it was soooo cute! It used to go like 'rawr!'
Loki: I said 'Clubs' not 'Cubs'
Mayura: Oh I see! But did you know that the species my bear is, is almost extinct from the world?
Loki: Oh really now?
Mayura: Yup! How about I show you my pet baby bear now? It's still so cute but now it foams at the mouth and stares at me with its red eyes… it's really creepy now but I REFUSE to let it go into the wild and die of starvation!
Loki: -.-' just where did you acquire this bear anyway?
Mayura: Oh it was in the park once! It was so helpless-
Loki: ANYWAY! Forget I asked… next time on Matantei Loki Ragnarok, The Other Side of the Glass: The New Mystery Club! And a Few Surprises After!
Mayura: -Happily, with stars in her eyes- Is it a Fushigi Mystery?
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