Epilogue

Dear Eitai,

I won't ask how you are, since I can only imagine what it must be like for you in the Void. But as you probably know, I think of you all the time. You told me once that the thoughts of the senshi could reach you, and I hope mine do.

Life here has settled back to normal. Tansei is adjusting to his new role as our God of Light, and Lucis has been hanging around to teach him the ropes. I don't think there's much left to teach, but she doesn't show any signs of leaving and I don't think Tansei minds. I think Odin was a little jealous at the beginning (she had always been Baldur's favourite) but now she has more time to relax and play with me.

The other senshi are their usual selves. I try to avoid Tyr and Thor as much as possible – I don't think they've quite forgiven me yet, no matter how many times Odin tells them to. I usually wear Freyja's cape to sneak around undetected, but that only reminds Freyja that I have her cape, and then she gets mad too. It kind of bothers me that Freyja is mad, since she's usually so nice to me. Sometimes she even brings me dinner when I'm hiding from Tyr and Thor. Frigga always knows where to find me.

I haven't heard from Akumu, but Lucis tells me she's safely in the future without any memories of what happened in the past. I suppose that's for the best, but I miss her. If you tell anyone I said that, I'll deny it. Maybe I'll ask Lucis if I can go have a look at her, just to make sure she's okay. I don't think Lucis will let me, though. It's not fair since Lucis always goes to Earth to check on Usagi and the other senshi. Sometimes I even wonder what happened to those strange underground senshi that Akumu always brought with her. I'm sure they've forgotten everything too.

"Loki?"

Loki looked up from the paper at the figure who stood in the doorway. Odin stood with a concerned look on her face, her long purple hair hanging down nearly to the floor. Loki grinned and set the pen she was using on the desk, next to her unfinished letter. Since Ragnarok, Odin had been more than a little protective of Loki, keeping her close by and spending a lot of time with her. Somehow, while she had been gone, Odin thought Loki had changed. She was still the mischievous girl she had always known, but she was also someone else now.

"What are you doing?" Odin asked.

Loki glanced down at the letter. "Just writing a letter."

Odin frowned. "You never sit still this long. I'm worried about you."

Loki laughed. "Will it make you feel better to know that I greased Thor's hammer handle with fish oil, and that I've stolen a few of Frigga's apples?"

Odin relaxed and nodded. "Come out to the Hall when you're done. It's nearly time for supper."

From down the hall, someone roared in anger. There was a crashing sound, like someone had thrown a hammer away in disgust and it had crashed through a window. Odin winced at the sound and sighed deeply.

"I'll be out in a moment," Loki promised. "And, if you don't mind…"

"I won't tell Thor you're here," Odin finished as she left the room.

It's so strange to think that no one remembers everything that happened, even though I don't think I'll see any of those other senshi again. Lucis and Tansei never talk about it, I think Lucis is worried about Akumu since she lost her ability to control her powers again. The only person I can talk to is you, Eitai, and you're not even here. I miss you, but I know we'll meet again. We're not called the immortal senshi for nothing, you know.

"Loki," Frigga said, poking her head into the room. "I would hide, if I were you. And we'll talk about you giving me back my apples later."

Behind her, Thor could still be heard crashing through the Hall. The voices of the other senshi swarmed around her, trying to calm her down. Loki grinned impishly and rose from her seat at the writing desk as Frigga continued on her way down the hall.

"I smell like a FISH!" Thor cried angrily. "I control THUNDER, not cats! LOKI! WHERE ARE YOU??"

All my love, and all my thoughts,

Loki

The letter complete, Loki folded it into three parts and tossed it into the fire. As the flames consumed the paper, she watched for a moment. Had Eitai heard her thoughts as she wrote it? Was the eternal senshi even aware of her right now? Loki would never know the answers to those questions, might never see Eitai again, but a promise was a promise. She would never stop thinking about her.

As Thor crashed into the room, Loki had already slipped out the window and was running across the gardens. Thor called after her, shaking her fist and hollering curses, but Loki ignored her as she ran. Asgard, and the entire world of Parallel Earth, was back to normal.