Previously:
"Here we go." He smirked and scooped her up into his arms again. "Let's do it like this until you feel better, alright?"
Guess it wouldn't hurt. "A-Alright…" She said in almost a whisper.
"Now, where shall we go first?" Loki asked and looked around.
"I don't even know where we are anymore."
"Then let's go this way." Loki said and started walking towards a road a little further away.
"I think I'm getting out of ideas." Yui admitted.
"Well, you've already been able to come up with so many ideas it's no wonder you can't come up with more."
"I guess you're right. Tomorrow is my last day here, so what do you think? Want to do something fun?"
Now:
Loki stopped walking as if she had caught him off guard and looked down at her. "Now you're talking, Kitten! Alright, let's do something fun, any ideas?"
"Maybe there's something by the house we can use?"
"Found something yet?" Loki called from the living room.
"No, nothing yet!" Yui called back from upstairs in her bedroom.
"This sucks, they should have brought you something to entertain yourself with." Loki pointed out as he was looking through a drawer. A bag caught his attention since it seemed like it was hiding something big inside, so he took it out to have a look. He immediately started grinning.
"Perfect!" He said to himself as he spun around and ran out of the living room and headed towards the stairs. "Yui, look at this! The day is saved!"
Yui was hiding behind a tree with a water gun in her hand. 'This is pretty exciting actually.' She thought and tried to spot where Loki was hiding. They had been playing for half an hour and Yui was pretty soaked already but it was a warm day so she dried up fast.
She hadn't seen Loki for about 5 minutes now and her body was starting to relax a little. But the sound of his voice caused her to tense up again. "Come out, come out, Kitten~"
She could see him now as he moved slowly between the trees. 'Just a little closer!' She prepared herself to jump to the side and shoot him with the water gun the moment he was close enough. But that moment never seemed to come. 'Where did he go?' She thought and tried to peek to see where he was.
"Surprise!" A voice from behind her laughed.
Yui quickly jumped to the side to avoid the water Loki was shooting at her, some of the water hit her but only on her bare arm and not her clothes. She loaded the water gun and shot back at him. "I've got you now!" She laughed and rushed towards him.
"Dream on!" Loki snickered and easily dodged the water, only getting a little splash on him when it hit the tree behind him.
The two of them continued like that for at least 3 more hours, only stopping when they needed to refill the large guns. Yui was exhausted and wet from head to toe and it was getting colder, too. Her shivering body signaled to Loki that she had had enough. "I think we've had enough excitement for one day. But this was fun as hell! We're so doing this again!"
Yui smiled at him, glad that they were able to have fun together like this. "I agree, I had a great time as well."
Loki walked up to her with a grin on his face and placed a hand on her head. "You're alright, Kitten." He complimented her and removed his hand, then he started walking in the direction of the house.
Yui didn't move at first, she was too surprised by Loki's choice of words but she quickly snapped out of it and ran after him to catch up. What he had said had made her happy and she couldn't wait to do something like this together with him again and perhaps even the others would like to join them next time, too?
Once they were back inside the house they put the water guns in the sink and Yui walked upstairs to change clothes. When she was done she walked downstairs again, only to find Loki standing by the front door, waiting for her. "I suppose I should go now." He informed but didn't sound too eager to leave.
"Already?" The words came out of Yui's mouth like it was the most natural thing to ask. It was as if she had forgotten that Loki had spent a total of 5 days on the island with her.
"What's this?" Loki smirked at her. "Missing me already?"
"What? No, not really, I mean, umm…"
"Haha, you're too cute my little Kitten. I better get back to Balder, he will probably send me to the underworld if I leave him alone with Aphrodite any longer."
Yui had almost forgotten about the goddess Loki was suppose to entertain for the time being. "Right, her, I had forgotten all about that. So I suppose you should go now."
"Yeah." Loki turned around to open the door.
"Will I see you tomorrow when I return?"
Loki didn't move at first but then turned around with the same grinning face he always used when he greeted her. "Of course! See ya Princess!" He didn't even walk outside the house before he teleported himself away, leaving the door half open. Yui stared at the door for a few seconds before she moved to close it. 'I suppose I could go through the map one more time before I leave tomorrow.' She thought and headed up the stairs to get it.
'I miss everyone, it's going to be nice seeing them again. But I'm still a little worried about meeting Aphrodite…'
After Loki had left the other day time seemed to pass so much slower. Yui was just sitting on her spot on the couch, waiting. She didn't even know who was going to pick her up today, or when. She wanted to make sure that the one who was coming wouldn't have to search through the whole island to find her, so she stayed inside the house. It was pretty cloudy outside too, so she didn't need to feel guilty about not going outside. "I should eat something." She told herself and stood up from the couch. "Rice balls would be nice."
She walked into the kitchen and took out the things she needed and started preparing her lunch. 'Can't remember the last time I had rice balls.'
She was almost done, just had to put them on a plate, when she heard light taps on the window and looked up. Her eyes met two black figures. "Hugin! Munin!" She exclaimed in excitement and hurried to open the window to let the two birds in. Hugin and Munin flew inside and landed on the kitchen-sink in front of her. "It's good to see you again, how have you been?" Yui asked while stroking their feathers gently and the two ravens croaked in response. They seemed pleased to see her again as well. 'I don't think Odin-san sent them to pick me up, they don't have that kind of power, to be able to teleport me as well.'
"Would you like a rice ball?"
If birds could widen their eyes, they would have. As soon as Yui mentioned food they quickly flew over to the table and waited to be served. Yui giggled at them and took two rice balls and placed them on the table in front of them before she took one herself and sat down on the chair. Hugin and Munin had already finished almost half of their rice balls when Yui took her first bite. 'They sure have a big appetite.'
"I suppose you're here to remind me it's time to leave soon, huh?"
Hugin looked up and croaked at her before continuing to devour the meal.
"I take that as a yes." Yui giggled. She was dressed in her usual white dress and was ready to leave at any time. The only thing missing was the person who was going to get her.
As if on cue, someone knocked on the door. 'I guess it's time.' She thought and put her rice ball down on the table and went to answer the door. There was one rice ball left on the sink, thinking that the person outside perhaps would want one she took the plate as she passed it. "Coming!" She called when she was almost in front of the door and used her free hand to grab the handle. She put on a smile and opened it. "Hello- Aaaah!" She screamed. The first thing she saw was a big axe right in front of her face and she started to fall backwards while the plate with the rice ball she was holding flew up towards the owner of the axe. The moment Yui's butt hit the floor, the person outside caught the rice ball gracefully with his free hand and the plate continued out the door and landed in the grass, saving it from breaking. Yui threw a surprised look at the "attacker" when she realised who it was. "Vidar-san?"
"My deepest apologies, Yui-san. I did not mean to startle you." The god of the forest apologized with a worried look on his face.
"Oh no, it's alright!" Yui assured him and stood up quickly. "Umm…"
Vidar didn't talk much, just like Thor, so he just stood there, waiting for Yui to make the first move.
Yui then noticed that he had caught the rice ball she dropped when she fell. "Hungry?" She asked, referring to the ball in his hand. "I thought of giving it to the one who was going to come and get me."
Vidar took a good look at the thing he had caught. "Thank you, Yui-san. I will eat it."
Yui moved out of the way to invite the young god with short white hair inside. When he had walked past her she took a few steps outside to pick up the plate from the grass before following him to the kitchen.
Once they were sitting by the table Yui asked, "Your axe." It was standing behind Vidar, leaning against the sink. "Do you always carry it around with you?"
"Yes, almost." Vidar answered and took a bite of the rice ball.
"I see, I guess it can come in handy sometimes."
"Indeed. But it seems like it caused trouble today. I apologize again, I never intended to scare you with it."
"Don't worry about it at all, Vidar-san." Yui smiled. "It is me who just isn't used to this yet. I will be in time."
Vidar smiled at her. "That's good to hear."
A few minutes passed and once Vidar had taken his last bite, Hugin and Munin decided to remind the two that it was time to go and started croaking and flew around above their heads to get their attention. "I think they're trying to tell us it's time to go." Yui pointed out as she watched the ravens fly around, almost hitting the ceiling as they did.
"You're right." Vidar agreed and stood up from the chair he was sitting on and reached for his axe behind him. "Are you ready?"
"Yes, I am." Yui answered as she grabbed the map beside her on the table and stood up as well. Wouldn't want to accidentally leave it behind since all of her ideas were written on it. She walked over to Vidar and the two ravens landed on her shoulders right before Vidar took her hand in his to connect them. Yui's vision became white and out of habit, she closed her eyes.
When she opened them again she was standing in the great hall inside Odin's castle. She blinked a few times so her eyes could get used to her new surroundings. Her being human had its ups and downs when it came to teleportation, her eyes were always a bit cloudy a few seconds afterwards. But it didn't take long before she could see clearly again and when she did, she spotted all of her friends, Zeus and Odin a little further away. "Welcome back, Kusanagi." Zeus greeted. "I hope you have had a good time." Odin added.
Vidar let go of Yui's hand and the two ravens left her shoulders and flew to be with their master.
Before she could answer, Apollon, Takeru and Balder were already running towards her. "Fairy, welcome back!" Apollon laughed and threw his arms around her. "A-Apollon-san!" Yui stuttered. "Welcome back, Yui-san." Balder said with his usual sweet smile.
Takeru patted her on the back once Apollon had let go of her. "Yeah, good to have you back, Weed."
Yui couldn't help but smile too. "Balder-san, Takeru-san."
A door suddenly flew open and in stepped Frigg and Bragi. Right behind them came two other gods, one of them Yui had never met before but she did recognize the god of war, Tyr. He had light blue hair that reached his shoulders and golden eyes but what really made him stand out was the fact that he was missing his right hand. It had been bitten off a long time ago. The other god who walked beside him was wearing a red armor and his long brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail. "Can the four of you step away from Yui, please." Frigg ordered.
Vidar immediately stepped away and headed for the place where the others stood. Apollon, Takeru and Balder hesitated for a moment, so Yui had to nod at them to assure them that it was alright. Once they had left her side and were standing among the others, Frigg continued. "That's a first. They hesitated when I asked them but stepped away when you wanted them to." She was standing in front of Yui now and with the two other gods right behind her. Yui's eyes met hers and she could tell that Frigg wasn't angry or anything, just amused. "I hope the young ones haven't caused you any trouble, Yui." She asked with a teasing smile.
Yui laughed awkwardly and glanced over at her friends. Frigg knew. "They haven't been any trouble. Not at all."
"That's good to hear." Frigg said and turned her head towards Yui's friends. "But I do remember something about not allowing any of you to follow Yui to that island."
"Please," Takeru began. "As if we would listen to that."
"We had to make sure Kusanagi-san was alright after all." Dionysus added calmly.
"I bet." Was Frigg's short answer and turned her attention to Yui again. "Were you able to complete your mission?"
"I was, it's all written on this map." Yui smiled and held it up.
"Very good, Yui." Frigg praised her proudly. "Tyr, Hoenir." She said before she turned to walk towards her husband.
"Yes." They both answered and took a few steps towards Yui.
"Yui-san." Tyr greeted and held out his left hand.
"Tyr-san." Yui smiled and gave him the map.
As Tyr was walking away, Hoenir stepped forward. "It is an honor to finally meet you, Yui-sama." He greeted and gently took her hand in his. 'S-Sama?' Yui thought, a little surprised and confused. No one had ever called her Yui-sama before. But her thoughts were soon interrupted when Hoenir suddenly pulled her towards him and placed a gentle kiss on her cheek.
Yui's eyes widened and her cheeks turned bright red once Hoenir had let go of her. Although, he was still staring lovingly into her eyes.
"EEEEEEEEEHHHHHH! ? ! ?"
The voices belonged to Apollon, Takeru, Balder, Freyja and Freyr. Dionysus had a look of amusement on his face while his uncle, Hades, gasped at the sight. Tsukito didn't look very affected but it did seem like he was more stiff than usual. Thor was looking a little surprised and Sif was holding a hand over her mouth.
"Ho-Hoeni-" Yui stuttered, he had completely caught her by surprise.
"Oh dear…" Frigg sighed. "Yui my dear, meet Hoenir, the god of silence."
"Ah, um, I-" Was all Yui managed to get out.
"There's no need to be shy, Yui-sama." Hoenir said calmly and reached for her hand to kiss it.
But he didn't even get to touch her before a ball of fire flew between them and made them both jump back in surprise. "Ah sorry, sorry!" Loki "apologized" from where he was standing beside Balder. He had already another fireball ready in his hand. "But that's my Kitten you just tainted with those dirty lips of yours." He was grinning at Hoenir with his eyes closed but everyone knew that he was beyond pissed.
"Easy now Loki." Hoenir said and stepped away from the embarrassed human to avoid getting burned alive. "You and your friends have called dibs on her, I get it."
Yui's facial expression changed from embarrassment to confusion. "Hah?"
Hoenir turned to face her once again, without touching her this time. "I'll see you around, Yui-sama. And don't hesitate to come to me if you get tired of their courting."
"Why that-!" Takeru hissed.
"I will take my leave now, have a good day everyone." Hoenir smiled before he bowed to his king and queen and left through another door.
Yui stared at the now closed door, not really sure what had just taken place anymore. The sound of Zeus's voice made her gain focus again, though. "Perhaps now we can focus on what we came here for in the first place."
"I couldn't agree more." Odin stated. "Kusanagi, your work is done and we thank you for doing this."
"Oh it was my pleasure, really. I had a lot of fun."
"We know." Zeus said and turned his head towards her friends, as did Odin, Frigg, Bragi, Freyr, Freyja, Vidar and Tyr.
Dionysus was the first to speak. "What?"
"We heard from Thor and Sif that all of you went to visit her and just like my wife said, you went even though you weren't allowed to." Odin stated.
"And just like I said, as if we would listen to that." Takeru uttered.
"You can't expect us to stay away from Fairy!" Apollon added.
"Kusanagi Yui would have felt lonely." Tsukito informed without changing his facial expression.
"You all visited her once, that is fine but it seems like someone spent a total of 5 days with her." Frigg said and looked over at a grinning Loki and his friends turned their heads towards him as well.
"He did what?" Balder asked.
"I knew that Loki-Loki came to visit Fairy two times but-?" Apollon started.
"Five ? !" Takeru exclaimed.
"Problem with that?" Loki asked innocently.
"Yes!" Takeru, Freyr and Freyja shouted.
"You even disobeyed my orders, you were supposed to look after Zeus's daughter with Balder." Odin reminded him, but he was so used to Loki's behaviour that this didn't surprise him at all. He didn't look angry either. He had of course known from the start that Loki was going to escape…
"You were spending time with Weed when we weren't there you-!" Takeru yelled.
"Hey, I simply went to be with her, I wouldn't have stopped you if you had asked to come with me." Loki answered with a grin.
"You didn't even tell us you were going in the first place!"
"Not my problem."
Now it was Freyja's turn to raise her voice. "I'm not going to allow you to take my little flower away from me! Yui-chan is mine!"
"Yours? !" Her brother exclaimed.
"Excuse me, but your little flower and I were having a lot of fun together, especially when I found those water guns." Loki grinned teasingly at Freyja.
"I'll kill you!" Freyja shouted and poor Sif and Thor had to hold the goddess back.
Yui sweat dropped, this was going to turn into a war zone if no one stopped them.
The door behind her suddenly flew open and slammed into the wall behind it which made her jump in surprise and spun around to see who just had made such a dramatic entrance. There, in the doorway, stood the most beautiful goddess Yui had ever seen. 'Could this be-?' She thought. The Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, was dressed in a elegant white dress, her light brown and wavy hair hung over her shoulders and her golden eyes seemed to sparkle so beautifully. "Alright, I'm tired of waiting! Where is she?" Even her voice sounded beautiful, even when she was irritated. The goddess walked further into the room, she hadn't spotted Yui yet.
"Aphrodite, I told you to stay in the guest room." Zeus told his daughter. Apollon scratched his hair, not sure if he should say anything while Dionysus simply frowned at her and Hades sighed at her behaviour.
Aphrodite had stopped walking and was now standing just a little further away from Yui. Everyone seemed to be holding their breath as she slowly turned her head to the side. Their eyes met. "There she is." Aphrodite said, grinning maliciously at her.
A/N: Next chapter in 4-5 days! Bye for now! :)
