Chibi-Bandit- Hey anyone reading this, I'm Chibi, and this is my friend Maya.
Maya- Why am I here again? And why are you here instead of trying to contact the fluffy-kid, or dealing with the numerous other issues of your group of friends?
Chibi- Because I love to torment you almost as much as you love to torment me.
Maya- Joy. Hey where's Sky?
Sky- I'm here too smart one.
Chibi- Anyways, I dont think the readers want to listen to us sit here and chat, so would someone please do the disclaimer?
Maya- I'll get Heimdall.
Heimdall- What? Why did you bring me into this?
Maya- Disclamer please
Heimdall- fine whatever, chibi-bandit in no way owns Mantantei Loki Ragnarok, if she did, I would be beating Loki with the insane one as my sidekick.
Chibi- Thanks Heimdall, and Maya isnt that bad, wait, no nevermind she is. At least you dont have to live though her existing in your mind.
Heimdall- Thank Odin for that.
Chapter 2-
I felt the telltale pang from Illume that something bad was about to happen, so I sent a bit of magic through my bow. It seemed that no matter what I could do, there was going to be a fight between Heimdall and this kid I haven't ever seen before. And then to make it worse Violette was going to show up with her minions because of the insane magic being used by Heimdall and the other kid.
"Ne Heimu, next time you see Loki, would you mind not fighting with him?"
"An old enemy of mine is in the area, and if you get into a magic fight, she will come to investigate the sudden surge of magic."
"So, can't you just beat her? From the way you worded it, it sounds like you have beaten her at some point or another." I considered what he was saying. I could just beat her again. It would be hard, but it was completely possible. I could dance of thunder her minions, and have Sky help me with her summon, but even then, she'd still be too strong for the two of us to beat on our own. Maybe we would stand a chance if we got people to help us. I checked Illume, and it seemed that if Heimdall, Freyr, Gullinbrusti, a teen with a stick-sword, the kid, an adult with glasses, and a wolf pup all helped.
"We would need quite a bit of help, but it's possible." I shrugged, "But still, it would be better to just avoid the confrontation completely. If she gets her summon out, we don't stand much of a chance."
"Can't you just summon that wind wolf-thing?" I shook my head.
"I can only summon Leaf once a day, as per our contract, and even then, her summon, Miler, would have a type advantage." I didn't tell him about my secondary summon because, in all honesty, Bandit was too pacifistic to take down Miler, even though he probably could if it came down to it, "Please Heimu, it wouldn't hurt you any not to pick a fight until Violette leaves."
"Fine, but when will she leave?" he signed.
"She should be leaving tomorrow, unless she catches wind of any magic." I shrugged. I'm pretty sure she has to go report that Sky escaped because of me, and that she still hasn't been able to catch us. That would give us another month before they come after us again.
"I'll wait until you are sure, since it would be bad if this Violette came to the apartment." I blinked. When had Heimdall decided to let us stay?
"You're going to let us stay?" I looked at him curiously.
"Yeah, why not, but only till Violette is gone." He smirked.
"Arigato Heimu." I smiled and glomped him. I started laughing as he formed a blush.
"Oye, Maya, Heimdall, hurry up." Sky called to us. She and Freyr were already outside of the ramen shop. I released the taller boy and proceeded to grab his hand and run over to Sky and Freyr.
"Heimdall, why is your face red?" Freyr asked, a smirk forming.
"Shut up Freyr." The violet haired boy glared daggers at his friend.
Suddenly, my stomach growled, and I burst out laughing.
"Maya, you're insane." Sky said, rolling her eyes.
"And proud of it Sky." I said, acting like I was proud as pudding, and still giggling.
"Can we go in now, or are we just going to stand here?" impatience glowed in Heimdall's eye as he crossed his arms. I opened the door, and motioned my friends into the restaurant. As Sky walked past, she wacked my head and glared at me. I just smirked at her. Heimdall and Frey were sitting at a table, across from each other, so I darted in and stole the seat next to Heimdall. This forced Sky to sit next to Freyr, earning me another glare. I just smirked back at her. I scanned the rest of the restaurant. I detected 3 people and a dog with magic, other than the ones I already knew. One of them worked there and carried a wooden sword. He was apparently serving us.
"How can I help you?" He asked us in a cheery voice. I hadn't noticed him approach and shook my head. I was probably just tired, that's all I decided. We all ordered the kind of ramen that we wanted.
"That was Narugami, or Thor, the sword is actually the legendary hammer Mjolnir. The kid with brown hair is Loki, and his friend with green hair is Yamino, or the world serpent. The dog is Fenrir." Heimdall whispered in my ear. I nodded, easily memorizing who was who.
I heard the bells on Illume chime softly and glanced around to see what the disturbance was, and saw someone who I thought, and hoped, that I would never see again. "No." I muttered under my breath, forgetting Heimdall's superb hearing. I hoped that Kairo wouldn't recognize me in my original form. I looked back and saw Heimdall looking at me, a question forming in his eyes.
"Maya are you okay?" he sounded like he wasn't asking because he was worried, but rather because he wanted to be polite. I shook my head and noticed I was trembling. Sky glanced up, and saw Kairo. She was about to get up and go attack him, so I kicked her shin and shook my head.
"Sky, we can't pick any fights today, remember." I reminded her quietly, "besides he shouldn't be able to recognize us like this." Despite this knowledge, I still shook in fear. Heimdall grudgingly pulled me closer, almost like he was hugging me. That helped me calm down a bit.
"Gomen." I said softly enough so that my sister couldn't hear, but more than loud enough for Heimdall.
"Don't apologize, you aren't doing anything wrong." He relaxed a bit, but still kept his arm around my shoulder. I glanced over at Kairo and checked what he was doing. He was staring directly at me, and I heard Illume chime in distress. I put my hand on Illume to see what was wrong, and saw that not only did Kairo have the mark of the red arrow on his hand, but his magic glowed with faint purple streaks.
"Sky, we might have a slight problem." I said softly.
"What?" her eyes glowed the same shade of red as my hair.
"Kairo. He has the mark of the red arrow, and his magic is streaked with Violette's purple." She immediately understood, and finished up her ramen.
"Does he know who we are?" she asked as she put the bowl down. I closed my eyes, using just a little of Illume's magic.
"Yes. And Violette knows we are here." I said to Sky and then whispered to Heimdall, "They don't even know you guys have magic, so if you don't want to get involved, back out now. Forget we ever existed."
"We can handle ourselves, and we will continue to help you. We would regret not helping." Heimdall whispered back.
"Fine, but this isn't going to go too well." I responded, shaking my head.
"Maya, what were you guys talking about?" Sky asked me.
"Plan Hamster, which sister dear, we will be implementing on my signal." I smiled to her, "But first, maybe we should ask Narugami, Loki, Yamino and Fenrir for some help."
"Shadowscape? Really, Maya?" Sky looked doubtful.
"I have Illume with me, so I'll be fine." I nodded.
"What is Shadowscape?" I glanced up and saw Loki standing next to our table.
"Shadowscape is a spell that I use when fighting so no normal people get hurt. It creates an alternate dimension that anyone who has over a certain amount of magic is transported into, while people are in the shadow realm, time doesn't pass in this world, unless the spell is broken, which would mean the caster has run out of magic, and is dead." I deadpanned on the last statement.
"You can die? No way, you are way too stubborn to die like that." Sky said with sarcasm.
"How can you use magic in the first place, are you goddesses or something?" Loki asked.
"Normal people can use magic too." Sky said, luckily she hadn't caught the fact that Loki had asked if we were goddesses, and if she did, she didn't think too much about it.
"Yeah, it's just a manifestation of energy, if you want, I can tell your future later. Right now, I need to keep under the radar."
"Why?" Loki's voice sounded inquisitive.
"Because, Loki, I have a guild called the Crimson Arrow after my sister and me, so if I just go and use a bunch of magic, they will find me easily, especially since they already have. That guy over there staring at me is my ex-boyfriend, and was apparently recruited after we broke up." I stated the facts in a patient tone.
"Why are they after you?" he asked, as if we had all the time in the world.
"Man, you ask a lot of questions. I guess you should though, if you are a detective. Anyways, they want to catch us, and use our powers to earn money, in not good ways. They also won't accept the fact that we quit, but won't tell the police about them. If you don't want to get involved, leave the restaurant." I thanked the old man in the sky for granting me enough patience to handle Loki without snapping at him.
"I think I'll help you. Narukami should help too, if you tell him." He smiled and extended his hand to me. I reached over and shook his hand.
"Count me in. After that kind of story, any defender of justice would be a fake to turn their back on you." Narugami appeared behind me and ruffled my hair.
"Great, Kairo won't stand a chance. Wait, crap, Violette is in range too. That might hurt us a bit." I bit my lip in frustration as I thought about what I could do.
"Why?" Heimdall and Loki asked at the same time.
"She can summon minions." I stated simply, "Ah well, let's do this anyways."
"Are you insane Maya?" Sky nearly yelled, remembering to keep her voice down at the last second.
"Nope, you'll see why, as I always say, it's not my place to tell another's story." I smirked. I already knew how the battle would play out, and it would be won by me and my friends. Most likely, that is, after all anyone could change the future if they really tried. I picked up Illume and held her slightly above the ground. "Shadows I call thy, gather around me. Create thy world of darkness, and imprison all who use magic within thy borders." Dark energy sparked around my hands where I was holding Illume as I whispered the incantation to the spell, "Hear my command and surge forth. Create: Shadowscape!" I slammed illume on the ground as she rang loudly and clearly, marking my spell. My vision flickered as shadows spread out from Illume. I let the shadows draw me into the familiar lull of peace as I blacked out.