Forgetting Me

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- - - -Chapter 3: Thor's return and mission- - - -

There is nothing like returning to a place that reminds unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

~Nelson Mandela~

"Thor!" a voice called loudly from the hallway and he turned to face the source of the voice.

He saw Idun walking towards him with a determined expression and he gulped, not liking the look in her eyes.

"Yes Idun?" he asked when she arrived in front of him.

She frowned. "I heard from Lord Odin that you're going to Midgard. Are you going?"

"Yeah, I'm going right now."

She didn't notice her frown deepening and she quirked an eyebrow at him, waiting for him to explain. She wondered why Lord Odin would send Thor back there even though everything was back to normal.

"Why is Lord Odin sending you there anyway?" she demanded, determined to know what was going on. Thor didn't answer her and so she hesitated. "Is this about Loki?"

Once again he didn't answer her and just gave her a pat in the shoulder. "It won't take long. I'll be back soon." He bid his farewell and left, leaving Idun to stand and stare at his retreating form.

The clear blue Midgard sky never looked this wonderful after he left for Asgard. Of course, no matter how much you lock your eyes on the never ending depths of eternity, it would still remain the same. It was a settling feeling that only the god of thunder could understand. A feeling that would bring peace to him and get his blood to pump furiously alive in his veins. And you could clearly sense that the clear weather effortlessly matched Narugami's good mood.

His brown orbs traced the white like cotton candy clouds that were carelessly floating around. He really missed this place, even if it was only for a few weeks since he left and now he was back. And he actually also missed his human form.

He chuckled to himself, deciding he would do all the fun he would want to do before Odin would send him back to Asgard. Looking around, he saw no changes at all. It was the same as before everyone left. No more traces of danger lingering around shadows that hid themselves. Everything was back to normal ever since Ragnarok was stopped before it could even happen. And Narugami wondered why Odin would send him back here to check if everything was in order.

Ah.

Right. Odin had sent him here for Loki's sake.

It would seem that the great chief god was beginning to become wary of Loki's mood swings, constant silence and depressions, not that he didn't notice at all. He was well aware of Loki's changes before Idun broke out the news to Odin and the other gods and goddesses much to Freya's look of disdain on how she didn't notice his change of mood before Idun could.

Sensing the change in Loki wasn't hard to notice since the god of mischief was trying hard to seal off any negative emotion he had inside his system and it was obvious that he was trying to forget something and continue living like how he used to before he was exiled from Asgard.

Narugami knew well what caused Loki to become like that. Not a lot of them knew about it except Yamino, Fenrir, Ecchan, the Norn sisters and himself. The puzzle concerning Loki wouldn't be hard to solve once you had fought alongside him to prevent Ragnarok from happening. Once you noticed this and put two and two together, you would actually find the answer. It was because of Mayura.

He sighed and started walking around, lost in thought and not noticing where he was heading. All thoughts of Loki and Mayura swirled in his mind like sweet ice cream and he didn't know what he could do for both of them, especially for Loki. He knew it was Loki's choice to erase her memories (not all the gods & goddesses know about this) and he didn't argue or knock some sense into him. It was his decision…

…but Narugami didn't expect that Loki's choice of decision would end up building up guilt, sorrow and other negative feelings inside the young man like a brick wall. Easy to build but hard to break down, no matter how much you tried. The god of thunder could see all those feelings start eating Loki emotionally and spiritually and all the pain that Loki felt wouldn't be known to Mayura.

A look of sadness filled his face and he stopped abruptly to look at the ground in downcast. Of course Mayura wouldn't know… her memories were erased.

His thoughts were interrupted when he eyed something very… pink from the corner of his eye. He hadn't noticed that he had walked far off and enough to reach Loki's property and where his mansion stayed. Well, what was left of it anyway.

Quickening his pace, he stalked towards the girl, his muscles throbbing excitedly, knowing fully well who the girl was.

"Yo!" he called out, grinning from ear to ear just as Mayura craned her neck to face him.

She tilted her head to the side, wondering who this guy was and why did he suddenly greet her. But he was oddly familiar…

"Hi…" she looked at the person standing behind her. He seemed to be of her age, with mahogany brown hair and deep shade of brown eyes. He was pretty handsome if you would look at him.

Narugami could see Mayura scrutinizing him carefully and he couldn't help but shake his head, thinking to himself that she hadn't change at all even though she lost her memories.

"Right, sorry for calling out to you suddenly." He cleared his throat in an odd manner, making Mayura stop gazing at him calculatingly much to his pleasure. "I'm Narugami."

"Mayura, nice to meet you Narugami." She replied enthusiastically, letting her hand stretch out to shake his but stopped mid-air, seeing that her hand was a little dirty. She smiled sheepishly and retracted her hand back to her side only for it to be shaken by him as he ignored the dirt on it.

"Glad to meet you Mayura."

She smiled up at him and after a moment of silence, she felt a little uneasy under his stare, like he was reminiscing about something that concerned her. She unknowingly twitched her eye and tried to subtly pull her hand out of his grasp.

"Narugami… uhm…" the young man snapped out his reverie and coughed a little once he let go of her hands.

"Oh heh, sorry." He scratched the back of his head and Mayura beamed at him, shaking her head, telling him there was no problem at all and she continued on with her work.

It wasn't the kind of reunion he had in mind but it was still good to see her happy and well. Silently he watched her work and saw her getting a watering can and started watering some plots around the side of the property.

"What'd you plant?" he questioned curiously, heading to a part where she dug some holes to put some seeds in. He crouched down, staring at it.

"Apple seeds."

Apple seeds? He repeated what she said in his thoughts wondering why she was even gardening in the first place.

He couldn't help but ask. "Why are even gardening?" Apparently a lot had changed about her over the past few weeks since they left, just like Loki. He gulped, seeing the look of confusion she gave him and he wondered why he had asked her that kind of question with a demanding sort of tone that you would give to a friend who you knew for a long time. Of course she would be confused… in her mind, they haven't actually met until now.

"Uh heh, I mean you don't seem like the gardening type…" he trailed off. Well, she was never a gardening type in his mind. He always saw her dragging Loki around, trying to find any Fushigi mysteries that she always talked about.

He heard her giggle when she answered. "I thought so too but my papa told me it might be a change of pace for me," she brought a finger to her chin in a thoughtful way before turning to him to smile. "Gardening might not be something I did in the past but at least I'm enjoying and killing time and besides… it's actually pretty peaceful once you get the hang of it."

Narugami stared at her for a moment, remembering some memories he had once when he stayed in Midgard. Remembering all those stuff were nice and he knelt down again to watch the ground where an apple seed was planted.

"Heh," he laughed before standing up to face her. "I hope these apples trees will grow without any problem."

She smiled, "Of course."

With a small nod, he was about to leave but he heard her call out to him. Curious, he looked at her, waiting for what she was about to say.

"Uhm… I know this may sound weird but I have something to ask you."

"Sure, what is it?"

She hesitated, fiddling with the hem of her jacket while she looked at the ground. Silence fell between them and Narugami wondered when was she going to start asking him the question she was about to ask. He wasn't a very patient person and was about to say something until…

"Do I know you from somewhere else?" she blurted out suddenly.

Her question definitely caught him off-guard and he blinked stupidly at her. She was supposed to have lost all her memories was what ran through his mind and he wondered why she was even asking him this question.

He sighed inwardly before looking at her. "No. I don't think we met before." He said and Mayura nodded her head in understanding.

She made an 'oh' sound before smiling sheepishly at him. She really thought she had seen him from somewhere and mentally scolded herself for her mistake.

"Well," she hesitated. "I guess I'll see you around?"

He nodded and left, not seeing her eyes never leaving his back.

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