Warnings: OOCness, semi-OCs, lack of spellcheck
Notes: I'm diving right in so you should REALLY reread the previous chapter before starting this one. :)
The Mythical Detective Mayura
X: Apollo
A golden sword appeared in Freyr's hand and Mayura found herself defending against it.
The sounds of staff versus sword rang along the rooftops, but the museum guards hadn't noticed the commotion on the rooftop next door.
In fact, the world seemed empty except for the noise of the weapons.
Mayura aimed at Freyr's foot, but he turned around rapidly, throwing her off. She barely caught her balance.
He thrust the sword towards her head, removing a few strands of hair.
She began to cry. "H-how could you?!" She came at him with more force than ever, but he met her with equal strength.
"Athena, you should not have gone against Hades. He is a superior ruler, and you are a fool to ignore his wishes. Did you not hear what happened to Artemis?"
Remembering her sister's ghost, Mayura sobbed.
"She died because she hadn't the intelligence to join him! But you, you Athena, still have a chance. Let go of these foolish morals and we shall return to Olympus as heroes. Hades would love to have you as his ally. You do not make a good enemy."
There was no kindness or willpower left in his expression. Hades had possessed him, much like he had Narugami.
"Give...up." Freyr ordered, hitting her with enough force to throw her across the roof.
Mayura struggled to stand up. When she finally got to her wobbly knees, she tried to whisper key words to awaken her brother's memories.
"Sun, Artemis, siblings, light, beauty, art, horses, chariot--" She was interrupted as his sword narrowly missed her eye. He had approached her and was swinging like a madman.
"Your mind control won't work on this one." Freyr announced. "If you shan't join Hades, you shall perish!"
His sword was pointed at her chest now. "Athena, one last chance. Join us."
Mayura shook her head and he sighed, lifting his sword to strike her.
There came a tiny ping. The sound of something stretching, something being plucked...the sound of a bow.
The arrow, consumed by white light, struck Freyr's sword and surrounded the god with its glow.
He fell to his knees as the light faded. "Athena...this one is sorry. How did you save...?"
On the next rooftop over, a figure stood holding the glowing bow. The person was eclipsed by the light, but Mayura knew it was Artemis. Only the goddess of the hunt was so talented with a bow.
"Thank you..." She whispered.
But how had her sister saved Apollo? Wasn't she dead?
Then again, she had said something about a way to save Apollo. Was this it?
The figure vanished and her questions went unanswered.
X
"Kazumi Higashiyama." The exchange student who looked suspiciously like Ares said the next day at school.
Narugami growled. "Here to spy on me, eh? You won't win." He whispered to himself. "We'll battle to the death, Ares! After work, though."
Koutarou sweat-dropped, glancing at Loki. "Why do all the crazies join our class? Why can't some of them join the class next door...?"
Loki shrugged and decided not to concern himself with it. Messing with such a fearsome god would probably not be a good idea anyway.
Koutarou sighed. "Hey, want to go pick up girls tonight? I heard they're opening a new club beside my father's coffeehouse."
"The one by the market?"
"No, the other one."
"The one by the sweet shop?"
"No, the other one."
"Oh, the one by the train station."
"No, Loki. The one by the maid cafe."
"Ooh. Nice." Loki shook his head. "But I can't go."
Koutarou's face slumped. "Do not tell me it's the detective."
"She has a relative in town and is very excited." Loki tried to explain.
Disappointed, Koutarou shook his head. "Fine, I'll go after the hotties on my own. But I'm not introducing you to any of them. Go spend time with your girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend."
The teacher sweat-dropped. "Must you two discuss this in the middle of my class?!"
X
"I know not who intends to attack next." Freyr admitted at Mayura's house that evening.
"Aphy hasn't come yet." Mayura noted. Indeed, the goddess of love and beauty had not come to her with murderous intentions quite yet.
"She will soon." Yamino predicted as the sounds of rain entered the room. He closed the window to prevent any water leaking in.
Freyr frowned. "Artemis...our sister...mine twin..."
Mayura sighed. "I know, she's dead. Mou, yet she helped us...I don't understand, really."
Freyr shook his head. "Reincarnation?"
"No..." Hades would be preventing any reincarnation now. Artemis had found a way to survive his attacks. But why hadn't she said something when she appeared as an apparition? Something was wrong.
"This one will take his leave. I wish to look for mine sister." Freyr said, standing up.
"Apollo, by the way, why are you going by that name?" Mayura wondered.
"We each have our own Earth name, sister. You have a Japanese one and I shall have mine British one!" He vanished in a bath of golden light.
Mayura sweat-dropped. "Mou...but that's not a British name..."
The doorbell rang and Yamino went to answer it.
A nervous man entered and Yamino led him upstairs to Mayura. "Miss Mayura, we have a client."
The detective blinked at the odd man. "Yes?"
The man twitched. "I-I-I'm Ryo Kurata. M-my s-son has a n-new girlfriend and I w-want her in-in-investi--"
"We can investigate his girlfriend as soon as my assistant arrives. He's a bishonen."
Ryo Kurata was confused now. "What?"
Loki entered the agency with a sigh. "School was awful today, detective...hey, a client." He noticed Kurata.
"Yes, we're about to go investigate his son's new girlfriend." Mayura said, excited at the thought of a new case.
Kurata nodded nervously. "We can do it now?"
"Yes, please show us the way!"
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Now don't complain about chapter size because this was originally split into two! Updates aren't going to be very frequent (obviously) but I am working on this. It may end up being a slightly short fic. Oh well...
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