To Dream of a Wish Chapter 2, a matantei loki ragnarok fanfic

AN & Disclaimer: Okay, so I'm back. This story will not leave me alone… As always. I don't own any of the characters. The song at the end is from the 2003 Battlestar Galactica, called Gaeta's Lament. The bit about the rain seemed oddly perfect for Loki, and when I heard it I loved it. If you don't know it, and you want to hear it, you can find it on YouTube. (You want the version where he sings it through twice, not the one that was actually on the show and he was singing to his foot. -_-;) Bear McReary(did I spell that right?) wrote it, and he is a genius. Well, enjoy folks…

Prologue: Forgotten Memories

Mayura smiled as she entered the classroom, moving quickly to her desk. "Mayu-chan!" She glanced up to see the small group of her friends around… She frowned. Whose empty desk was that? It felt like she should know.

"Earth to Mayu-chan!"

"Huh?" She blinked to find Rika staring at her. "What did you say?"

"We were wondering if you knew where Narugami went. He's been gone for a week, and yesterday the teacher said he left. You were gone for about a week too, and since you were both friends with that detective kid, we thought you might know where he went."

Mayura blinked at the brunette's words. She had been gone from school for a week? And Narugami? The name sounded so familiar, but strange at the same time. "Do I know a Narugami?" She asked, her mind shying away from the missing week.

"You're such a space case." Akane chided. "Narugami is your friend. The one with all the part time jobs. What do you mean 'Do you know a Narugami?' You two hang out all the time!"

"I- I can't remember." Mayura frowned, scrunching her face comically to hide her startled fright.

"Silly Mayu-chan!" Rika teased. "Are you trying to create a mystery for your club?"

The strawberry blonde teen's frown lost its comedic effort. Why did Rika's teasing words about her mysteries hurt so much? Mysteries always made her happy and excited, the bubbly feeling in her heart a warm friend. So why did her heart stutter painfully at the word? Where was that silly bubbly feeling?

"I- I think maybe it's time for the Mystery Club to end." She said, fighting to get the words out.

"Whoa, Mayu-chan, are you sick or something?" Akane demanded, feeling her friend for a temperature.

"What? No!" Mayura denied, pulling back. "I still love mysteries!" Even though she could hardly breathe when she said the word. "I just… The club doesn't feel right anymore."

"Maybe you should go see the nurse?" Akane suggested with a worried glance to Rika.

"Is it because the detective place closed?" The brunette asked sympathetically.

"Detective place?" Mayura blinked, trying not to remind her self of a parrot.

"Yeah, with that kid, Loki-kun." The black haired Akane nodded.

Mayura gasped in pain as the air left her lungs. A pair of sad green eyes echoed in her memory before disappearing, the ache in her chest all the more painful for the memory. "I don't feel well." She said softly. "Maybe I will go to the nurse." Quietly, the normally exuberant girl rose, and abandoning her belongings, left the classroom.

)()()(

Daidoji-san arrived at his daughter's school to find her crying in the nurse's office. "What happened?" He asked the concerned woman.

"I don't know, and she can't tell me." The nurse sighed. "I saw Mayura-chan this morning. We missed her last week, and I was glad to see her smiling face again…" She pursed her lips. "Rika Harada stopped by earlier to see her, and she said Mayura was fine until the asked her about a detective friend of hers?" She said turning the statement into a pointed question.

"Loki-kun?"

"I think that's the name Harada-san used." She nodded.

Daidoji nodded sadly. "Is she still wearing the red comb?" He asked suddenly.

The nurse blinked. "I think so." She answered. "Why?"

"Loki-kun gave it to her." He sighed. "I should have informed the school, but I was hoping it wouldn't be necessary. Loki-kun died in a fire last week." He said, crossing his fingers discreetly. "Unfortunately, Mayura saw some of the fire. The doctors say she's repressing all memories of the boy. I thought, since she couldn't remember it, it wouldn't be like this."

The woman frowned. "I see. I'm sorry to hear that for Mayura's sake. She's a sweet girl, and she doesn't deserve such painful memories, even if she can't access them." She paused to make sure the old priest was listening. "But even if she can't reach the memories, they are still there." She emphasized. "She still has all of those memories, and all of the emotion. You need to take her to a therapist."

Daidoji sighed. "I wish I could, but I doubt a therapist would be able to help her deal with this."

The woman nodded. "I understand your concern, but as hard as this is to hear, children die every day, and therapists help people deal with it every day."

Daidoji shook his head slowly. "No. I think as long as she has that comb, and she doesn't have anything to remind her, she'll be okay. I didn't want to make her leave her friends, but… Maybe we need a change."

"Daidoji-san, moving Mayura will not make this go away." She insisted. "She's grieving, and it's natural, but taking her away and pretending that this Loki-kun didn't exist isn't going to help her."

"Maybe it won't." The man sighed. "But maybe with a bit of faith she'll get better."

The woman frowned, looking back at the still sobbing girl. "At least let me know where you're going." She demanded.

"I'm not sure yet." The priest sighed. "I want to talk to Mayura first. Loki-kun lived near the shrine, so we may have to move completely. I don't want to leave Noriko, but I want what's best for Mayura."

Before the school nurse could say anything else, Daidoji-san moved past here to his crying child.

"D-Daddy!" She cried, clinging to him. "I-I don't know w-what's wrong with m-me!"

"It's okay." He soothed. "I do, and I'll fix it."

)()()(

"Loki." The old man stood outside of his home, Mayura asleep inside having cried herself out. "I know you said you'd listen to her. I hope you'll listen to me. We can't stay here. She's forgotten, like you promised, but everyone wants her to remember."

"I'm sorry." He turned to see the green eyed god watching him sadly. Verdandi's comb protects her from the memories, not the emotions. Without the memories she shouldn't miss us."

"But everyone keeps trying to remind her."

"I know." Loki sighed. "There is no easy solution. I wish I could wave my hand and help her, but…" He looked up at her bedroom window. "I'm sorry Daidoji-san. I'm costing you your daughter."

"If we leave here, will it help her?"

"It might." Loki admitted. "I know your wife is buried here, and I can imagine how much it will hurt you both to leave."

"My wife is dead, Loki-sama. Mayura is alive and hurting. How can I help her? Tell me what to do and I'll do it."

"Then leave. You may have to leave Japan all together, since Japan is where she met me. The memories of gods are almost as powerful as the gods themselves."

"Where should we go?"

"Not Europe. We've spent too much time there. Go some place new, some place young."

"I understand, Loki-sama." The old man nodded.

"And please, it's just Loki. Call me again if you need me, but not where she can here you."

"Thank you." Before the words had passed his lips, the deity was gone again.

)()()(

Alone she sleeps
In the shirt of man
With my three wishes
Clutched in her hand
The first that she be spared the pain
That comes from a dark and laughing rain
When she finds love
May it always be true
This I beg for the second wish
I made too
But wish no more
My life you can take
To have her please
Just one day wake
To have her please
Just one day wake