Punishment
Inuyasha-Avengers
Kagome-Loki
Comedy, Romance
Series
For his misdeeds on Midgard, Loki was given only one punishment: Kagome.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Avengers, Inuyasha, or Norse Mythology. Also, I'm sorry if there are lots of facts that are wrong, or don't make sense and stuff.
Chapter 17: Really Annoying
Kagome had been allowed to shower and ready herself for the first meeting with the trained priestess who would teach her. Thor had let her know that everything would be provided for her when she went to train—from clothes to shampoos—most importantly, the golden apple. Since she didn't have a wide range of clothes—fancy gowns aren't particularly practical for guards—for her meeting with Odin and the Goddess that would be her master, Kagome had decided to wear her favorite olive-green tunic and plain, cotton trousers. However, as she stood in front of Odin, Frigga, and two regal women adorned in flowing satins that looked as though they were made of silver and gold, Kagome felt a bit underdressed.
"Kagome," Odin said. "This is Idun," he gestured to the woman in gold, "and Freyja," he gestured to the woman in silver. "Freyja is the Goddess whom you will train under. Idun brought you a gift."
Kagome smiled weakly, "H-hi."
Idun swept forward, "Congratulations, mortal. Not many get this offer." From the folds of her gown she produced a single, golden apple. Her eyes sparkled as she looked down at Kagome, "Greet Loki for me next time the two of you meet. I am certain he will not have forgotten me." Kagome looked up at her, a spike of jealousy curdling her stomach, but immediately felt guilty, because of the sour expression that overtook the Goddess at her own mention of Loki, and gratefully took the apple from the her. "I mean no offense when I say this, however, I must admit that I find him quite detestable."
Freyja snorted, "Idun, that was centuries ago. Leave it to rest." Idun's cheeks colored burgundy and she glared over at the other Goddess. She opened her mouth to retort, but Kagome beat her to it.
"It's fine; I'm sure whatever happened was his fault. Thanks." Feeling stifled by the curious gaze of the golden goddess of youth, Kagome clammed up until the Goddess replaced herself at the side of Odin.
"Alright," Freyja strode to Kagome, her nose pointed high, "now give it to me." She placed her elegant hand out, and Kagome looked at Freyja like she had grown a second head.
"But—"
Freyja glared down at Kagome with stormy silver eyes alight, "But nothing, girl. You will not need that for another few decades. You only partake in the Golden Apple when you reach the years past your prime." The silver-clad goddess looked Kagome up and down, "You appear to be in your twentieth year or thereabout. You will not need it for several decades—though humans age faster than we do. I will hold it for safekeeping." Hesitantly, Kagome passed her apple to Freyja. "Good." Freyja stepped back, "Remind me in a few decades to return this to you if I do not remember for myself."
Freyja looked over at Odin, Frigga, and Idun. "Well, the girl and I will be leaving. We have all been introduced, and her apple has been recieved; I need to speak to her privately now." Freyja ushered Kagome to follow her long strides as Odin grumbled to Frigga about bossy Goddesses who are too big for their boots. "Come, girl. Ready yourself for the education of the Vala."
Kagome had the horrible feeling that she was in for a hell of a few decades.
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mb: hoy! I actually did some research for this chapter! How unusual! I am tooting my own horn here, but I'm just saying. Anyway, Freyja is the goddess of love, fertility, gold, and (for some reason) war and death. Idun is the goddess of youth and stuff, because she is the keeper of the golden apples. Also, the apples apparently only restore the person who eats it back to their youthful days, so oops, I added it in to clarify. Uh… I know I said stuff about immortality with the apples in previous chapters (like in chapters 10 and 11), but I'm just gonna wave it away by claiming that, although Odin said it and stuff, this is totally what he meant. YUP. Definitely. I mean, it's kind of like immortality because you never die, although the means by which you keep living are different than I thought. ANYway, finally, a Vala is basically a priestess. They had to give up having husbands, I think, but yeah right like that's going to happen in this story; I'm going to address it in the next chapter (if I remember) because (spoiler, but not really) Kagome and Loki are totally going to get together.
Everything I found, I found on Wikipedia, so please forgive any mistakes. Blame the power of the Wiki.
