Warnings: OOCness, lack of spellcheck, etc.

The Mythical Detective Mayura

V: Ghost

"We lost him, detective." Loki muttered, leaning against a fence as he tried to catch his breath. They had been chasing Narugami for over an hour and the energetic boy had finally worn them out too much. He was out of sight.

"Mou...that stinks!" Mayura frowned, tapping her chin. "What should we do now?"

"Go home. My brother's probably in tears with worry by now." Loki replied, looking bored.

"No, no, no! We have to solve the mystery. My brother promised that he would come meet me here. Maybe it's Apollo. He's weird." Mayura said, tearing up. "I miss them so much..."

Damn, she was crying. Loki sighed and approached the short goddess. "Detective, just calm down. You'll find them eventually. We don't have to investigate all the weirdos in my class. They'll come to you, right? They'll come tell you that they've escaped?"

Mayura sniffed and nodded. "Unless Hades has them under his control...then I'll have to break the spell before they kill me."

Loki sweat-dropped. "Um...you're kidding, right?"

She opened her mouth to reply but shook her head instead. "No, I'm not."

"Which sibling is this again...?" Loki asked, scratching his head. "The god of war?"

"The ones I know are on my side are Apollo and Artemis. They're twins, although they might not appear that way here." Mayura said softly, glancing at the fence they were leaning against. "Mou, I really miss my peaceful life on Olympus. I don't understand why Hades did this to us."

Loki frowned, not sure how to answer that. "Well, detective--"

"Mayura." She corrected. "I've decided to call myself that in your realm, so you should call me it too!" She gave him a tiny smile.

The blonde rolled his eyes. "Mayura, at least you're not alone."

"Right! Yamino is there for me." The detective answered, eyes burning with determination.

"Apparently you have your bishonen assistant too." Loki said, remembering what she had called him. "Although there is no way I can fight anything supernatural. Wait, do creatures like unicorns and nymphs exist too? What about mermaids?"

Mayura seemed perplexed by the question. "Of course they exist, silly! Why wouldn't they?"

"Never mind...so everyone in Greek mythology is real?" He asked, still trying to wrap his head around everything.

"Mmhmm! Maybe you'll meet them! Anyone you admire?"

"You've already broken my heart with the news that Aphrodite and Artemis like women."

"I didn't say that." Mayura replied. "Artemis likes women, Aphy likes HERSELF!"

The teenager sighed. "Great. Hey, if they're hypnotized, can you defeat them?"

Mayura blinked at him for a moment, opening her mouth to reply, but the sound of thunder forced her to move away from the fence.

"Were you following me?" Narugami asked, returning to the area with his wooden sword in one hand. "Sorry, I already returned the cart so you can't buy any noodles." He smiled sympathetically.

The goddess erupted into a smile as soon as he finished talking. "Aw, too bad. We'll just have to get some tomorrow, right, Loki? Bye, Narugami!" She took Loki's hand and began to walk away.

"Hey, I'll have a stand with them at the club festival tomorrow! Maybe you could stop by." Narugami suggested. "I heard visitors are allowed to come. Unless you go to our school too..." He had apparently recognized Loki from class.

Instead of replying, the pair walked away.

Until the festival...

X

"Lokiiiii! My PRINCE! Join the tennis club!"

"Kyaa! You should sign up for cooking! We could use a strong man to help us mix."

"L-l-loki, w-would you j-join the anime club?"

"Mr. Kamiya, we want to see you in trunks! Join the swim team, please!"

"There you are! I couldn't find this place very easily." The cute girl practically attacked THEIR prince's arm and hooked onto it.

"You were here yesterday..." The glittery prince replied, looking down at her.

"WHO IS SHE?" The crowd of girls roared as Mayura looked around the festival.

"Mortal girls are very strange. Do they all growl at newcomers?" Mayura blinked. "I always heard that they gave newcomers chocolate!"

"That's not...no..." Loki sweat-dropped, unable to explain Valentine's Day to her right now. "Why did you come anyway, detective?"

Sick of correcting him, Mayura ignored the title. "I think I've met Narugami before! He seemed very familiar."

"How can he be a god? Look, he's cooking noodles." Loki gestured to the noodle booth nearby, hired by the kendo club. Narugami was eagerly flipping noodles.

"He's strong!" Mayura commented.

The blonde rolled his eyes. "Mayura, he's normal, I'm telling you. Now Koutarou you should worry about..."

Said friend was approaching. "Hello again, Miss Detective. Still hanging onto Loki? Finally, he's settled down." The boy grinned madly.

"We're not dating." Loki answered, taking his arm away from Mayura's grip. The girl's eyes watered in turn.

"You broke her heart." Koutarou chuckled. "Don't worry, detective, he likes you quite a bit. Have you investigated Narugami yet?"

"A little." Mayura answered, forgetting about Loki. "I think he may be someone I know from my home country."

Koutarou frowned at her. "What's your home country?"

"Olympiandersvilletownecentrecitince." Mayura said casually, as if this country truly existed.

Koutarou and Loki both stared. "Well then," Koutarou cleared his throat. "I'll be seeing you later, detective. Ask Loki to show you the mystery of the ghost." He walked away, a little baffled.

"Sorry, you're a bit too much for him. He'd rather flirt with the girls." Loki said, ruffling her hair. Indeed, the fangirls had moved onto Koutarou now.

"Ghost?" Mayura's eyes were glittering. "A new, wonderful, mysterious mystery? Show me, Loki! Please?"

He sighed. Damn that Koutarou.

X

"There's not much to tell." Loki said later in an empty classroom. Mayura was sitting on a desk and he was pacing. "There are different versions of a school ghost story. It's lame."

"Tell me two or three then!" She said excitedly.

He sighed and began the first version, the one Koutarou had suggested Mayura solve.

"A ghost possesses people who stumble into the school at night, skipping through bodies until he finds the one he desires most. Then he'll keep it and the spirit inside will just die."

"Sounds boring! Next."

Sigh #2.

"Well, the other legend says that a student who died here years ago is haunting the school. He murdered a teacher and now takes over the form of anyone who hates a teacher. He controls them and forces them to do the same murder-suicide. Not much evidence for that."

"Interesting, but not what I want to hear. Next, Loki, next!"

#3.

"The old armor of a knight is kept in a history room here, and it is said that his spirit roams the halls at night. And the suit of armor...it vanishes. Some people say it's searching for something. People have seen it searching through files and photos, yearbooks and phonebooks."

"Who is it searching for?" Mayura asked seriously.

"I don't know. Sounds like another legend to me." He shrugged. "A sempai says it was in this classroom two nights ago. I think that's silly."

"Why would it be here? At a school?" She asked herself. "Loki, close the shutters and lock the door."

He frowned. "What?"

"Do it."

He obeyed and walked back over to her. "What are we doing?"

"Summoning a ghost." Mayura answered, waving a hand and stating some words in a language he didn't recognize.

A white spirit appeared, taking on the form of a boy wearing glasses. "W-who are you? Can you see me?" He asked nervously.

"You're the real ghost of the school, right?" She asked. "I've been sensing you in here and it explains where the first rumors came from. Who are you?"

"I-I was dating my sensei." He whispered, looking around. "About fifty years ago. My classmate found out and killed both of us in here out of jealousy. She liked me all along, but Maki-sensei and I knew each other since we were kids! She lived next door." He explained sadly.

"Have you been attacking students?"

"No, I've been watching them. I always wanted to finish school. Plus, sensei's ghost is around here somewhere. She only comes out at night." The ghost replied, tapping his fingers together. "But we also have a third ghost."

Loki stared at the ghost, a little disturbed by this whole thing.

"He hides in that suit of armor, uses it as a corporeal form." The ghost boy continued. "He usually walks around looking for records on his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren, but lately the suit of armor has been possessed by something else. There's this new sword it's using too. It's been looking through pictures. It looks at the seats...I think it wants spiritual residue or something."

Calmly, Mayura continued questioning him. "Has it found anything?"

The ghost pointed to Loki's seat and Narugami's. "It likes those seats there."

"It's after me, then." She sighed. "Loki, you have some of my spiritual residue on you because you know who I am. Thank you, Mister Ghost. If you need any help, let Loki know!" She gave the ghost a huge smile.

The ghost gulped and nodded, vanishing.

"So what does this mean?" Loki asked her, almost afraid of the answer.

"Narugami is one of us. And he has apparently summoned an evil sword to hunt me down. He just didn't count on me coming after him." She giggled.

"What do we do?" He asked, a bead of sweat running down his cheek.

"Hunt him instead." She said, red eyes glittering with dark intentions.

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I'm going to try to update this weekly from now on but my speed really depends on your reviews...ifyaknowwhatImean. (I usually update after 5-6 reviews) (: Sorry about Mayura & Loki's OOCness, in this story it's necessary.

I know I promised Narugami in this chapter but I already had a larger-than-usual chapter and thought you wouldn't mind waiting a week. What do you think of this investigation? Have you thought of anyone else Narugami might be? Do you like Kou-kun's position in this? XD

Next chapter: We HONESTLY find out Narugami's identity. It's in the next "X" block. :D I hope you'll stick around!