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

XI: Lust

Ryo Kurata, the current client, had hired Mayura to investigate his son's girlfriend. Now the nervous man was leading Mayura, Loki and Yamino towards his son's favorite dating spot.

"What's his girlfriend's name?" Mayura asked Kurata.

"Reiya. She's not Japanese, I'll tell y-you that. I don't r-really k-know what she is."

"Why do you want us to investigate her?"

Kurata bit his lip. "I-I don't think s-she's human. The w-way my s-son treats her...it's strange. He fell in l-love with her i-immediately but he knows n-nothing about h-her." He stuttered. "H-he buys her t-things. Expensive things. H-he took on t-t-two m-more jobs for h-her..."

Mayura and Loki exchanged glances. "That is odd." Loki said.

They finally arrived at a nice park bench where a black-haired boy and a short, pretty brunette girl with hair in pigtails sat. Stars twinkled behind them and the moon almost seemed to be watching. A lake was directly behind them and Mayura observed for a moment before speaking.

"Yamino...Loki and I will pretend to be a couple walking by and we'll see what's going on, although I think I already know. Mou, could you escort Mr. Kurata away for now?"

Loki watched as Yamino obeyed, directing the man back to the agency. "You want to pose as a couple?" He repeated.

She glanced up at him, her eyes reaching his. "Is that okay?"

Loki blushed at this, unable to take the cuteness. "Yeah."

Mayura shrieked in delight and took his hand into hers. She skipped towards the couple, dragging Loki behind her.

"Hi, I'm Mayu! Are you two also on your first date?" She asked, smiling as glitter appeared.

The girl, Reiya, shook her head. "Seventh!"

Loki blinked. "Your boyfriend...he looks...drained..."

Indeed, Kurata's son looked almost like a dried-out corpse. He was still moving--laughing, actually--but the life seemed to have been sucked from him.

Reiya glanced at her date then at Loki and Mayura. "Hmph." She waved a hand at Loki and he went flying across the park, landing in a tree a few yards away.

Mayura gasped, watching him fly. She ran over to him immediately, checking his pulse. When she had verified his safety (although he was unconscious) she turned back to Reiya. "Aphrodite...why are you draining men of their love?"

Reiya smiled darkly and grew in size and shape. She finally emerged as a zaftig blonde woman wearing a flowing white gown. "Athena, I should have known that you would discover me. That's all right...I want you to die anyway!"

A silver sword appeared and Mayura dodged as Aphrodite struck at her with it. The silver staff formed in Mayura's hand and the detective began to block the attacks.

In less than a minute Aphrodite's sword had flown into the lake.

"I'm a lover, not a fighter." Aphrodite admitted, stepping closer to her sister. "Want to see my true powers?" She took Mayura's face in her hands and leaned in close. "I can become anyone who resides in your heart."

Her form shifted to that of Apollo's. "Your loving brother..." Aphrodite whispered in his voice.

Then she saw Zeus before her. "Or your father."

Mayura wasn't even trying to escape Aphrodite's grasp. She was enchanted by the slideshow of familiar faces.

"The person whom you hate most is also in your heart. Just a darker section." Now Ares was looking down at her.

"Or perhaps the person your heart aches for most...?" Aphrodite continued, and Mayura saw Loki before her. "Detective..." Aphrodite said in Loki's voice. "I gotta admit, you're pretty cute..."

Aphrodite leaned in to kiss Mayura but the goddess of wisdom turned away. "You aren't Loki." She whispered.

Aphrodite's form shifted back to the beautiful woman. "If you won't let me steal your love, I will steal your life as Hades suggested!" She held a hand up to the sky and a stroke of powerful energy hit Mayura, knocking her into the tree where she landed beside Loki.

Mayura gripped her staff. "No, Aphrodite, you can't win! You're just a big meaniebutt!" She jumped from the tree, landing on her feet. "You can hit me with as much energy as you want, but I won't let you kill me."

Aphrodite smirked. "I can certainly try..." Another bolt of energy hit Mayura as the goddess of wisdom threw her staff at Aphrodite.

It sliced right through the goddess' hair, cutting half of it off. It fell into the lake with a soft splash.

Aphrodite screamed in horror and the energy attacks ceased. "How dare you?! How dare you ruin my hair!"

The staff floated out from underneath the water's surface and flew into Mayura's hands. "Aphrodite, you've long been seducing men despite marriages and children. You lack any sense of loyalty. I, Athena of Olympus, will free you from your sin. Aphrodite, thy sin's name is lust!"

A pink, shapeless figure emerged from the blonde goddess and floated into the air before vanishing into dust.

Loki stirred awake only to find the boy looking back to normal on the bench with Reiya on the ground beside him. Mayura was observing the situation with a look of distress.

"It was Aphrodite." She explained as he fell out of the tree and approached her. "Her memories are gone now...this boy will be fine. I've destroyed the sin."

Loki blinked. Her sister? Reiya was the goddess of love? Shouldn't the detective be glad to have her sister purified? "Something wrong, detective?" She seemed upset.

Mayura smiled slightly, turning to him. "Just wondering how many more of my siblings will come to kill me."

She began to head back to the agency, with Loki following.

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A full chapter, although it took forever. I'm working on this but my other stories keep distracting me X.x At this rate, you can expect one update every 3 weeks...unless I manage to finish the story soon. Since it's meant to be shorter than my others, I may actually manage to complete it within five chapters. We'll have to see.

This chapter isn't specifically rushed; the entire fic is rushed lol. It isn't meant to be, it just...is. Enjoy it anyway!

Next chapter: A new villain appears, but is Mayura more concerned about her sister?