Previously:
When Yui was close enough she turned around and felt the wave lift her higher. She then stood up and tried to balance on the surfboard. It actually went pretty well, she managed to catch the wave, didn't fall and let it take her further and further away before she successfully turned around and surfed back to the others before the wave disappeared. It didn't take her all the way back to them so she had to paddle the rest of the way. "That was so cool, Yui-san!" Balder praised.
"You were really good!" Apollon agreed.
"Thanks, I didn't think I would make it without falling." Yui smiled, satisfied she was able to show them how to surf.
"I want to try, I wanna try it next!" Apollon laughed and used the same technique Yui had to paddle.
"You think you can do it?" Tyr called after him.
"I'm going to do my best!"
A moment later, everyone looked a little pale as they watched Apollon try to catch a wave. He just kept falling off the surfboard. "Can we help him in any way?" Vidar asked, feeling bad for the sun god.
"Let him be." Loki laughed. "It's more fun watching him fail."
"Loki…" Yui and Balder sighed.
Now:
"I will definitely make it this time!" Apollon shouted in determination, only to fall off again right after.
"Hahaha!" Loki laughed, enjoying the show Apollon gave them.
Back on the shore the others had stopped what they were doing and was currently watching Apollon fail as well, over and over again. They weren't parasailing anymore but Dionysus and Tsukito were still on the boat. "I think we should help create waves for him." Dionysus grinned.
"Alright." Tsukito said and moved out of the way so Dionysus could drive.
"What are they up to?" Hades asked when they saw the boat moving towards their friends in the water.
The boat passed Yui and the others, earning confused and worried looks from them, and headed straight for Apollon. "Enjoy the waves, brother!" Dionysus laughed as he drove close to the blonde god and made big waves for him. "Hey, Dee-Dee, that's mean!" Apollon cried out. The waves didn't only cause trouble for Apollon but for the others in the water as well, even if they were further away the big waves soon turned into many small waves and headed towards them fast. It caused the surfboards to start rocking pretty violently and they had a hard time trying not to lose their balance. "Alright, this is not okay anymore!" Loki shouted. One slightly bigger wave hit the side of Yui's surfboard, causing her to bump into Loki. She would have fallen off if he hadn't caught her and pulled her onto his board instead. Loki then used his right arm to hold her from behind so that she wouldn't fall off again. "Thank you, Loki." She smiled, grateful he hadn't just let her fall and laughed at her.
"H-Hey, stop the boat! I'm gonna-!" Balder cried out before he fell off and both Tyr and Vidar had to help him get back on. Which was easier said than done…
"Let's retreat for now." Loki told Yui with a grin.
"Yes." Yui said, she couldn't agree more, and helped Loki paddle back towards the shore. Once Balder was back on his board he and the others followed them, leaving Apollon to deal with the waves alone.
"Don't leave me behind!" Apollon cried out.
Deciding it was enough, Dionysus stopped the boat right beside Apollon and offered his hand to pull him up. "That wasn't nice, Dee-Dee, I almost made it!"
"Maybe if you had continued for weeks!" Dionysus laughed. "Take us back in, Tsukito-san!"
"Very well."
The boat made it back to the shore right before the others on the surfboards did and jumped down from it to join Hades and the rest. "Dionysus…" Hades sighed. "You have been drinking, right?"
"Hehe, yeah, I have." Dionysus admitted and smiled awkwardly as he rubbed his head.
"Brother, that was dangerous, you know…" Takeru told Tsukito.
"I thought it was a good experience."
"Of course you did."
A little further away Loki and the rest placed the surfboards in the sand before they joined their friends. "Well, that was fun." Loki stated.
"I thought I was going to drown…" Balder sighed deeply.
Yui placed a hand on Balder's shoulder to comfort him. "It's alright, we don't have to go back into the water."
"That was very interesting to watch, though." Sif pointed out.
"Where should we go next, then?" Hoenir asked.
When they had dressed themselves they had decided to split up so they could explore as much of the island as possible, it also gave them the opportunity to do what they wanted to do without having to wait for the others to do an activity they weren't interested in. Dionysus had immediately dragged both Hades and Tsukito towards the spa house he had been looking forward to visit, Hoenir, Takeru, Apollon and Freyr had gone to look for the firework shop, Sif, Thor, Freyja and Bragi wanted to check out the academy, Balder, Vidar and Tyr wanted to try mountain biking and Yui and Loki had decided to stay on the beach to try kiteboarding, meaning they didn't have to put their clothes back on.
"This is awesome!" Loki laughed as he surfed along the surface with the help of the wind and the power kite. He was going very fast but still managed to hold on and do all sorts of tricks with ease. Yui on the other hand was taking it easier, she was not the type to do things the extreme way like Loki but she still went fast enough to do a few tricks of her own. She was having a lot of fun when Loki came up from behind her. "Take my hand, Yui!" He called.
Even if she wondered how she was supposed to steer with one hand she still took his hand and let him guide her. Together they used a wave to fly high up in the air before landing on the surface again and continued to glide around, hand in hand. They were both laughing, really enjoying the speed the wind provided them. "Let go of it!" Loki laughed.
"What! ?"
"Trust me!"
"... A-alright!" Yui closed her eyes and let go completely, feeling how Loki pulled her towards him and when she opened her eyes again she had her right arm around his neck while her left hand rested against his chest. Loki was holding her with one arm and steered with the other like it was the easiest thing to do. "Aahh~!" Yui exclaimed happily, clearly impressed. She took this chance to look at Loki's face. What she liked the most when he was in his human form was his eyes, they were light blue instead of golden and they fit him perfectly.
"Something on my face?" Loki grinned. She hadn't noticed he was actually looking back at her.
"N-No, not at all." Yui smiled and looked away. "I just… like your eyes."
Loki let out a small laugh before he suddenly turned around and headed back towards the shore.
Once they were back in the sand Loki put her down. "Should we go try something else?"
"Alright, where do you want to go?"
Loki smiled in excitement. "The go-karts. I want to race you!"
"Haha, alright. Let's go." Yui giggled and turned around to go find her dress but was stopped when Loki grabbed her arm and pulled her back to him. Before she could ask him what was wrong he had covered her lips with his own, she was surprised at first but it didn't take long before she had closed her eyes and was leaning against him, closing the little gap between them. When they finally parted they stared into each other's eyes for many seconds before they kissed again, longer this time.
Some time later they were both dressed and were heading towards the race track, following the road they were sure would lead them to it. "Loki, what are you doing?" Yui asked in almost a giggle. Loki was walking backwards in front of her. "You said you liked my eyes, right?" Loki grinned at her. "This way you can look at them as much as you want."
Yui couldn't help but laugh at that. "You're so silly."
"True, but you still love me."
"Of course." She admitted. "It wasn't just your looks I fell for, you know."
"Is that so?" He smirked and stopped walking, almost causing her to walk into him. "What is it you like about me, Yui?"
Yui blinked at him and thought about what to say but decided to tease him instead. She smiled at him innocently and walked past him. "Not telling."
"Hah?" Was all Loki got out as he followed her movements.
"Try figuring it out on your own." Yui said as she turned her head and winked at him.
Loki blinked two times. Was she teasing him? "H-Hey, Kitten! Don't just leave after saying something like that!" He called as he ran to catch up with her.
Yui could hear he was running towards her and started running as well, laughing as she did. Loki was always teasing her about something, now it was her turn. And now she knew why he did it, this was actually really fun. "I'll tell you if you can catch me!"
"Ooh?" Loki snickered. "Things just got interesting!"
Yui knew he would catch her soon, he was faster than her after all but it was still fun to make him work for her answer. She could get used to this.
"I've got you now!" Loki laughed as he jumped high in the air and landed right behind her, grabbed her by the waist and spun her around.
Yui just continued to laugh and tried to get away from him.
"Continue to struggle and I'm going to do something to make you stop."
"Like what?" Yui giggled.
"This." Loki said and buried his face in her neck and started sucking on it.
Yui immediately stopped moving and her eyes widened. 'Oh dear…!' She thought, feeling her face heat up. She should have seen this coming!
Loki's left hand traveled down to her butt. "Are you going to tell me?" He whispered from her neck.
Yui let out a gasp. 'T-Two can play this game!' She thought and let her right hand move up Loki's stomach underneath his sweater and continued towards his chest, earning heavy breaths from him.
But then they both realised at the same time what they were doing and stopped moving, they didn't move away from each other, though. Their friends were scattered around the island, they could pretty much show up at any time. Loki didn't really care about that but he knew Yui did and the last thing he wanted was to make her angry and risk not being allowed to touch her again. He just had to ignore his "instincts" and be patient, which was reeaaally hard for him to do!
As he felt Yui's hand leave his chest he let go of her as well and took a step back. "Well, that was… nice."
Yui was looking down at the ground with a small smile on her face. "Yeah… I like everything about you."
Loki raised an eyebrow at her. "What?"
"You caught me so I have to tell you, right? I said I like everything about you. Your eyes, your hair, your teasing, your jokes… even your pranks. I love it all, okay?"
Loki looked surprised for a moment but he soon started smiling, grabbed her shoulders and pulled her towards him and gave her a short kiss. "I love everything about you as well, you know."
"Heh, how cute." A familiar voice said from behind Loki.
It was Hoenir.
Loki sighed and turned around, that stupid god just had to ruin the moment. Again. "What do you want? Weren't you going to get fireworks?"
"I was but then I thought about heading to that spa house instead." Hoenir explained. "And look what I found on my way there." He grinned. "Two lovers enjoying each other when they think no one can see."
Loki narrowed his eyes at him but Hoenir just continued. "I've heard human women are pretty good in bed, please let me know when you hav-" He didn't get to finish because Loki had thrown a ball of fire at him. He managed to dodge it, though. "Hehe, calm down Loki, you know I didn't mean it."
"One more word from that disgusting mouth of yours and I will make this murder look like an accident!" Loki hissed at him.
"Now, now, you shouldn't speak like that in front of a lady."
"You have no room to talk!"
"Please calm down you two." Yui begged. "Loki, let's go find the go-karts, okay?"
"Go-karts?" Hoenir uttered.
"Yes, we're going to have a race." Yui explained.
"So you can get lost now!" Loki shouted.
"Having a race sounds fun, I think I'll join you."
"No, you're not!"
"Come on, Loki, race with me. If you win I'll apologize, promise."
It got quiet and Yui looked back and forth between the two gods, waiting for Loki to respond.
"Fine." Loki finally said.
"This is…" Yui said to herself as she sweat dropped. The go-kart track was long and had many sharp turns, making Yui afraid they would crash at any moment since they were going absolutely crazy out there. She had forgotten how many laps they had done by now, she had stopped counting at 15, but knew it had to be over soon because they had agreed on doing 50 laps. And they must have finished at least 30 laps since she stopped counting, she figured. Right now she was leaning against the fence that separated her from the track, resting her arms on top of it as she watched the two gods race. They were going very fast and none of them wore a helmet… She had to look away for a moment, watching them made her dizzy, and focused on the remaining go-karts by the side of the track. 'These are very powerful karts, I'm kinda glad I was spared.' She thought.
"Eat dust!" She could hear Loki laugh. And sure thing, clouds of dust were flying all over the place. Yui had already figured out Loki had pulled some kind of trick to make it more dusty than usual as they made those sharp turns.
"We have to tell everyone!"
"Hey, Apollon, wait for us!"
Those voices definitely belonged to Apollon and Takeru and as Yui turned her head she saw them and Freyr coming over a hill just a little further away. When the three noticed her by the fence Apollon exclaimed, "Ah, Fairy! Hello!"
"Hello!" Yui called back and watched them heading her way.
"We thought you were with Loki by the beach." Freyr pointed out as they got closer.
"We were but Loki wanted to race, so we came here." Yui explained. "And on our way here we ran into Hoenir-san."
"Alright." Takeru said and leaned against the fence as well.
"I can hardly see anything!" Hoenir cried out.
"Open your eyes then!" Loki laughed.
"They sure are driving like crazy…" Takeru continued.
"Yeah, Hoenir-san said something that made Loki mad, if Loki wins, Hoenir-san will apologize."
The three gods looked at her. "So what did he say?" Apollon asked.
"Well, uh…"
"Something embarrassing?" Freyr asked.
"Umm, something about human women… being good in bed…" Yui said while looking straight at the go-kart track.
Silence ~
"What! ?" The three exclaimed in unison.
"Why that little-!" Takeru hissed.
"And…" Yui continued. "to tell him about it later…"
"WHAT! ?" They exclaimed again.
"I'll kill him!" Takeru screamed and tried to climb over the fence but Freyr was holding him back. "Takeru, please! He insulted her, I get it, but let Loki handle him, alright! ?"
"Takeru-san…" Yui whispered with slightly wide eyes.
"Loki-Loki is defending your honor as a human, Fairy." Apollon smiled at her. "He's definitely not going to let him win."
Yui was quiet for a moment before she let out a short giggle. "Yes, I know."
"Hey, Loki!" Takeru shouted. "Crush him!"
A few laps later Loki suddenly shouted, "One lap left! You're going down!"
They were driving side by side and the finish line was not far away. It was so exciting Yui and the other three were leaning over the fence, watching as Loki and Hoenir got closer and closer.
"Looks like I won't be apologizing!" Hoenir smirked.
Loki didn't say anything back, instead he just threw him a big grin, distracting Hoenir for a moment. But by the time Hoenir had figured out what Loki was trying to do it was too late and he missed the last turn, crashing into the fence beside the track. Takeru and Freyr started laughing and Apollon and Yui cheered when Loki passed the finish line.
A satisfied Loki jumped out of the go-kart and walked up to Hoenir who was trying to climb out of the now broken vehicle. "Well then, are you going to keep your promise?"
Hoenir sighed and brushed off some dust from his clothes. "A promise is a promise. I apologize."
"Not to me." Loki said before he turned towards Yui by the fence. "Her."
Hoenir looked over at Yui and cleared his throat before he started walking towards her, rubbing his head as he did. Once he was standing in front of her he looked her in the eye and said, "I apologize for talking about human women like that, Yui-sama. Forgive me."
Yui stared at him for a few seconds before she smiled. "Apology accepted."
Hoenir then placed his hands on the fence that separated them and leaned towards her. "It really is a shame you're taken, though."
More he didn't get to say because Loki had grabbed his neck and pulled him away from her and Apollon had pulled Yui back by the shoulders.
Yui giggled at the whole situation when she saw something in the corner of her eye that caught her attention. "Those bags, what's in them?" She asked. Leaning against the fence on the ground were three bags Takeru, Apollon and Freyr had brought with them.
"Ah, that's what we were going to tell everyone about!" Apollon smiled widely.
"We brought some fireworks with us from the shop. We thought we could lit them by the new academy later tonight, just like we did the first time." Takeru explained.
"Loki's eyes sparkled. "Count me in!"
"That brings back good memories." Yui added.
"I've never seen fireworks before but Apollon said they were fun so I'm looking forward to it." Freyr said.
"Believe me, it's going to be awesome!" Loki exclaimed and jumped over the fence to have a look in the bags.
"We have a few more hours before it gets dark, what are we going to do next?" Yui asked.
"Stand like this," Yui explained. "and hit the ball like this." She was trying to teach them how to play golf.
The guys followed the small white ball as it flew high in the air and landed in the very short grass. "Then what?" Freyr asked.
Yui pointed at something in the distance. "See the flag over there? There's a small hole underneath it, that's what you're aiming for when you hit the ball."
"You didn't hit it, though." Loki smirked.
"Well, I've never played before. I've only seen other people do it."
"Let me try!" Takeru said and grabbed a club and a ball.
"Hello everyone!" A familiar voice greeted and everyone turned around to see who it was.
"Balder!" Loki called back.
Balder, Vidar, Tyr and Hades were walking towards them.
"Did you have fun mountain biking?" Yui asked.
"It was very fun." Tyr said, trying not to laugh at the memories.
That's when they noticed Balder's clothes were dirty.
"You fell didn't you?" Loki asked.
"Hehe, yeah, I did." Balder admitted.
"It was very amusing to watch." Vidar spoke.
Yui's eyes turned to Hades. "Hades-san, where are Dionysus-san and Tsukito-san?" She remembered he had went with them to the spa house.
"Dionysus was drinking wine in the jacuzzi and Tsukito was acting as his servant, so I escaped." Hades explained.
"What are you doing here?" Tyr asked.
"Golfing." Takeru told him and got into position. "We're aiming for the hole by the flag over there." He swung the club high before hitting the ball. It flew higher than Yui's but landed only a few yards further away. "Hm, harder than I thought."
"My turn!" Loki said and put the ball down right where he stood. When Loki was ready to swing Yui noticed Hoenir was standing a little too close but before she could tell him to move, Loki swung the club, hitting Hoenir in the head with such a force he fell backwards.
"Ouch…!" Everyone said in unison, they could tell he hit him very hard by the sound it made.
"Ha! My ball almost got in-" Loki said as he turned around. "-What are you doing on the ground?" He asked when he noticed Hoenir in the grass.
"You hit him in the head with the club." Balder sweat dropped.
"Are you alright, Hoenir?" Tyr asked.
"Never been better…" Hoenir replied as he sat up, rubbing his forehead.
"That looked funny." Freyr snickered, holding a hand over his mouth to stop himself from laughing.
"Sorry, Hoenir-san, I didn't have time to warn you." Yui apologized.
"It's alright, Yui-sama, but I believe it's my turn now." Hoenir smiled and stood back up.
"You sure?" Takeru asked.
"You were hit pretty hard." Hades added.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Hoenir insisted.
'I hope he's not just saying that.' Yui thought. 'Anyway, now that I think about it, I did write on the map that golf carts can be useful on a golf course. Did they perhaps forge-?' Then she noticed a building a little further away that looked like a garage. 'Oh, could that be-?' She started walking towards it without anyone noticing, they were too busy trying to make Hoenir take it easy, telling him he should sit down a little longer. Yui's friends had human bodies during their time at the academy and knew from experience that the human body was more sensitive than their original forms. Hoenir obviously didn't know when the limit had been reached, he had never taken the form of a human before and didn't understand why they were trying to stop him from moving around.
Meanwhile, Yui had opened the white garage door and had found about 10 golf carts inside. Smiling to herself she sat down behind the wheel in one of them and started it. "I've always wanted to drive one of these."
Back with the others, everyone had tried hitting the hole by the flag but no one had succeeded yet. Takeru was about to ask what they would do now when he noticed Apollon was looking around for something. "What's wrong, Apollon?"
"Hey, where did Fairy go?"
That caught the others' attention and they too began to look around for her. "Where could she possibly have-?" Loki asked when he suddenly saw her coming their way in a pretty small, white vehicle.
"Found the golf carts!" She called, smiling widely.
"What the-?" Tyr uttered. "Where did you find that thing?"
"In the garage over there!" She answered and made a turn before she could reach them. She then drove down the not very steep hill they were standing on, leaving her friends behind. "See you by the flag!" She laughed playfully.
"H-Hey, Weed!" Takeru called after her.
"Yui-san, is that thing safe? !" Balder cried out.
"Haha, take me with you, Fairy!" Apollon laughed.
"Like I'd let you get away that easily!" Loki called and ran after her with the others close behind.
When Yui noticed they were chasing her she continued past the flag instead of stopping and drove towards another flag. She was feeling a little playful today, probably Loki's fault, and drove even faster. She knew golf carts weren't supposed to go this fast but since these ones were made by gods who didn't care about speed limits she figured this was normal.
Not very far away Dionysus and Tsukito had met up with Bragi, Freyja, Thor and Sif and were standing just beside the golf course. "I wonder where the others went." Bragi spoke.
"Perhaps they all went back to the beach?" Sif suggested.
"Wasn't Hades-san with you before?" Freyja asked Dionysus and Tsukito.
"He was, but he left the spa house before we did." Dionysus explained. "That was a really relaxing place, though." He added and sighed in satisfaction.
"Should we start looking by the firework shop?" Tsukito asked.
"That won't be necessary." Thor said, looking at something in the distance.
"Why not?" Sif asked and followed his gaze. "Oh!" She exclaimed when she saw what he was looking at.
"It seems Kusanagi is heading this way." Thor continued.
A/N: There you go! Next chapter will be out in about 5 days!
