Konnichiwa, minna-san! This is my very first fanfic so please pardon me if there's anything wrong or if it's really lousy. (Hopefully not ) And, please pardon my grammar & limited vocabulary & the mixed up tense I used.

Anyway, just to give an overview to the story... Mayura finds an encyclopedia of Norse gods, goddesses and tales and she starts talking about it to Loki and the rest of the gods. This takes place during a tea party held at Loki's mansion. Oh, and this is after the last episode of the anime where Loki had wanted to leave but stayed in the end. It's probably a week after that day...

I wrote this based on what I've read on Norse mythology on the Internet. So, if there's anything amiss, please feel free to correct me!

Lastly, NOTE: words in .... are inner thoughts. And, to explain some of the Japanese terms I've used for my story :demo-but, genki-spirited, doushita no?-what's wrong?, gomen nasai-sorry, hidoi-mean, oishii-delicious

Okay, enough crap. On to the story... hope you'll enjoy it! The first part continues for 3 chapters... I've tried to add more parts for Narugami and Heimdall and the rest, but it still came to focus a lot on Loki and Mayura. So I'll leave the rest of the gods to the later parts...

DISCLAIMER: Matantei Loki Ragnarok doesn't belong to me. It belongs to Sakura-sensei. But well, to me, Loki belongs to me 'cos I LURVE LOKI!!! Hahaha

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TEA TIME CHAT

PROLOGUE

The gods were having a tea party in Loki's yard. Those invited include the Norms – Urd, Verdandi & Skuld, Narugami and Freya. (Yes, it's Freya, not Reiya. Sorry, but I just can't stand Reiya and her "Hai desu.") Well, as for the uninvited ones, it should have been Freyr and Freyr alone. But Freyr had whined and begged and forcefully drag Heimdall along.

As Yamino was preparing the food in the kitchen, the gods were scattered around, talking in groups. Loki was chatting with the Norms, something about dreams and significance. While on the other side of the yard, Freyr and Freya were debating about their perspectives on "Love".

This is stupid. Why did I let Freyr drag me here? It's my arch-enemy's house that I'm in right now! Heimdall shot a glance at Loki and frowned. It was so surprising that Loki had chosen to stay in the mortal world when Heimdall had been quite sure that he would return to Asgard and bash the living hell out of Odin. Heimdall wondered if Loki was up to some tricks. After all, you can't let your guard down around the Trickster God.

Was it for that mortal girl then? Daidouji Mayura... At this point, Heimdall noticed that Mayura was not present. He sighed and gave up trying to figure out what Loki was thinking. He had been glad that he had paid off his debt to Hel, and that Hel had died happy, and that he could return to the house he shared with Freyr. Though Freyr was extremely annoying with his constant whining and shopping sprees, Heimdall had grown too accustomed to it to live without it.

Finally, the table was set and it was time for tea. Loki sat at one end of the long rectangular table, with Fenrir on his lap and Punyan(E-chan) on his head. The guests took their seats one by one. Freya and Skuld had rushed to the seats nearest Loki, but Freyr had dragged Freya away to sit beside him, and Skuld was stopped by her sisters. So the sitting positions: Loki at the head of the table; on his right were Yamino, Narugami, Heimdall, Freyr and Freya; on his left were an empty seat, Urd, Verdandi and Skuld.

"Alright then, let's start the tea party," Loki started to reach for his cup of tea that Yamino served him.

Yamino glanced at the empty seat opposite him and said, "Demo Loki-sama..."

"She's probably after one of her mysteries again." Loki replied simply, without a hint of worry.

So he did invite her. Well, of course... Heimdall sipped his tea. Then he stopped suddenly, and looked down at his tea, frowning. Is it poisoned?

Loki must have sensed Heimdall's thoughts as he grinned arrogantly, with a glint in his eyes. "Doushita no? Afraid that I might poison your tea? Maybe I did... I can't remember much, you know?"

Freyr, Gullinbursti and Narugami, who had been devouring their sandwiches, cakes and tea, looked up cautiously and swallowed hard, too scared to continue.

Heimdall turned to glared menacingly at Loki and was going to shoot something back when a high-pitched voice interrupted him.

"Loki-kun!!!!!!"

All heads turned to look at the pretty, genki girl with pink hair.

"Mayura." Loki muttered.

"Gomen-nasai!!! I was busy for a while back there! Has the party begun? Aahhh!!! Gomen, gomen!!!" Mayura scrambled into her seat (the one nearest Loki), and had started gulping down her tea and eating her strawberry cheesecake. (with imported strawberries and cheese, of course)

Loki was staring at Mayura, deep in thought, before he realized that she was talking to him.

"... too much! Loki-kun wa hidoi desu!" [translated: "Loki's so mean!"]

"Eh?"

"You went out on a mystery case without me again. Yesterday!"

"Eh? That's because..."

"I don't care! Whatever it is, you had better ask me along and wait for me the next time! Don't go running off or walking off on your own again!" (Loki hates having to waste energy on anything so he'll be walking instead of running)

Loki's heart skipped a beat. He detected some fear in Mayura's voice. Was she still afraid that I might disappear again? He thought back to the previous week, where he had decided to leave and Mayura was crying, searching high and low for him, and he had decide to stay in the end.

Loki smiled slightly and replied, "Hai, hai. Whatever you say."

He pretended that he didn't care, but felt warm inside.

Freya and Skuld were shooting death glares at Mayura, who didn't seem to notice it. Well, she didn't even notice that a lady she had never met was present (i.e. Freya). All she noticed was Loki at first.

"oishii! Is there any more cake?" Mayura asked.

"Hai! You can have Freyr's. Freyr is willing to sacrifice anything for Yamato Nadeshiko!" Freyr held up his plate proudly.

"Kaitou-san! I didn't know you were here!" Mayura exclaimed.

Then, Mayura noticed a woman with long, blonde hair, wearing a blue dress next to Freyr.

"Kirei! You are so beautiful! Are you Loki's friend? May I know your name?" Mayura chirped, with hands clasped together and her face resting on her hands, a dreamy look on her face.

"Loki's friend?! Why you...! I'm Loki's..." Freya started.

"Don't you be rude to Yamato Nadeshiko!" Freyr jumped up from his seat.

The siblings started quarrelling again. Mayura was at a loss. So, Loki started to change the subject.

"You said earlier that you were busy with something? I hope it's not some trouble, is it?" Loki looked at Mayura warily.

"No way! I don't get into trouble! I'm not interested in troubles. My love is for mysteries!!! ( swirly eyes here, which changes to stars a moment later) I found a new mystery while doing my project work with Koutarou- kun!"

"You've started on your project work? Why didn't you tell me? I don't know what to do..." Narugami started complaining. "And I've got no time! I just got a new job!"

Loki rolled his eyes at Narugami and sighed. "What kind of mystery is that, Mayura?"

Mayura was bubbling with excitement. "We were supposed to do some kind of research on olden tales or legends. I found this old book on ancient European myths! And the greatest mystery in it is that there is this god who has the same name as you! Fushigi mystery!!!!!!" Mayura squealed.

Loki's eyes widen. His body went stiff. All around the table, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Mayura in shock. Narugami choked on his food.

= to be continued =

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Pls read the next chapter! Wrote everything at one go, but had to split it into chapters 'cos it was too long! Mayura's gonna talk about Jashin Loki next... without realizing that he has always been beside her. I'm a LokixMayura fan!!!

So sorry for neglecting the other characters, Tried very hard to add in Heimdall and Narugami more because I like them!

So, come on! Go on to the next chapter!!! Long, long chapter...