Forgotten Memories

I do not own any part of Matantei Loki Ragnarok nor do i make any money from what i have written.

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“Trials?” Loki repeated, “What kind of trials?”
Verdandi looked at him with a sad smile on her face, “there are three, the first being her loyalty. Odin will make sure that it will not being easy for you, just because of you being you.”
Loki looked at her confused, “what do you mean?”
“I can’t say,” she said as she sighed, “I have seen, the very few times it has been done, people going through things as simple as the person regaining the memory just to do something that recalls a certain memory to the person being captured and the other person having to do specific things to have the other recall the memory.”
“So, there has to be someone to help the other person through this then?” Loki asked her.
Verdandi nodded, “Hai, and seeing as Mayura’s memories have been erased Odin will have no one but you will be the one to help her regain what she has lost.”
Loki nodded as he thought to himself, ‘if someone has to then I want it to be me.’ He looked back at her, “and the other trials?”
“I can’t say, they very always to whereas Odin sees fit.” Verdandi said.
‘Odin,’ he thought, “so needless to say nothing is going to be easy for her.”
“For both of you,” Verdandi said, “you will be a big part of the trails if she is to regain what you want her to gain.”
Loki nodded, “How are the trails activated?”
Verdandi sighed again and she stood and walked over to a closet and opened it to revile a series of boxes and drawers on top of each other. She opened one of the many drawers and pulled a purple vile out and closed the drawer and the closet door and walked back over to him and handed the vile to him. “Light a candle and sprinkle this over the open flame. That will start it, the candle will not go out till the trials are finished or one of the two people involved gives up.”
“How often does the person regain their memories?” Loki asked and knew the odds weren’t good from the look she gave him.
“Out of the twenty that I know have attempted it only one has had success.” Verdandi said and he nodded.
“Thank you Verdandi,” Loki said as he looked at the vial.
“it won’t happen straight away,” Verdandi told him and he looked at her confused, “when you start the process, it could take anywhere from a day to months before the first trial.”
Loki nodded, “Thank you again.” He stood up and walked towards the door and had his hand upon the knob when she spoke to him again, “Good luck Loki.”
Loki opened the door only to see Skuld and Freya eaves dropping on their conversation. Loki looked down at them and smiled as they looked at him and hurriedly walked away from the scene. He shook his head and shut the door and continued down the hallway.

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Loki woke from another dream of Mayura and he moaned, why did she haunt him so? He sat up and looked around. He recalled seeing her in the swim suit of when they had went camping with Koutarou and the rest of the gods.
Loki rose from his bed and walked to his bathroom and turned on the cold water and striped. When he was finished and calmed down he dried himself off and went and got dressed. There was a knock on the door as he was buttoning his shirt.
“Loki-sama,” Yamino’s voice came from behind the door. Loki smiled and told him to enter. “I thought I heard the water running, could you not sleep Master Loki?”
Loki smiled at him as he nodded and Yamino nodded in response, “are you hungry Master Loki? I can fix you something to eat with the mail ordered bake set that came in yesterday, I haven’t been able to use them as of yet and that would give me a chance to.”
Loki looked at his son and smiled, Yamino was forever ordering things through the mail. “Hai, Yamino-san. Make a strawberry pastry, Mayura-san will be here later today and I think she would enjoy some as well, a treat for when she is out of school.”
“Hai, I will get to it Master Loki, right away.” Yamino said and turned and walked out the door.
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Mayura sat in her last period class, she had been thinking of Loki and Yamino all day and at times it hurt to think of them. She had been sent to the school physician during one of her classes because of her head but as soon as she stopped thinking of the detective it had completely disappeared. It was now her last period of the day and she was watching the clock tick away till the bell rang. She noticed that a lot of her class mates had watched her quiet intently most of the day, as well as the day before and it was bugging her.
They had asked where she had been, the whole uproar over her being kidnapped was still fresh in everyone’s minds and she didn’t know how to tell them that she didn’t know and they believe her.
The bell rang and she smiled as she started cramming everything into her bag and headed for the door.
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Loki and Yamino were standing at the gates of Mayura’s school when Freyr came upon them as the kids started flowing through the doors. Loki looked up at the god and smiled, “Hello Freyr, what brings you here?”
Freyr looked down at Loki surprised and stopped walking, “Loki,” he paused and then fell to his knees as he took Loki’s hands, “Has my Yamato Nasdesic been found finally, can I see her? She must have been so scared to have been without me.”
A sweet drop popped out on both Loki and Yamino’s forehead as they looked at the god, but before they could answer him someone called out to them.
“Loki-sama, Yamino-kun you both came for me,” Mayura said as she smiled and then stopped as she looked down to Freyr puzzled, “who are you?”
Freyr looked like the world had ended as he looked from Loki to Mayura, “My Yamato Nasdesic,” was all he could say and she looked at him like he was crazy.
Loki sighed as he looked at the god, who was still on his knees, and explained, “Mayura, this is Freyr, you know him you just don’t remember him.” He paused as He then spoke to Freyr, “Freyr, as you know Mayura had been kidnapped. In the process her memories of us, all of us, have been erased. I have been trying to figure out who has done this and why.”
Freyr continued to look at Mayura as she slowly moved towards Loki. When she reached him she took his hand and stepped so he was in front of her. Through none of this did Freyr notice what she was doing.
Loki smiled to himself as she took his hand and stayed close to him, he rather liked it. “Freyr, I am trying to help her regain her memories so it would be best to leave her alone for now.”
Freyr stood up still looking at her and sighed, “Yamato Nasdesic, though you do not remember me I have though none stop about you for the last week. It pains me that you do not recall our times together,” he paused as he looked at Loki, still not putting it together that she was hiding behind him, “Loki, thank you for helping my Yamato Nasdesic regain her memory but how do you plan on doing so?”
Loki smiled, “No need to worry about it Freyr”
Freyr nodded and looked at Mayura again and walked away. “Who was that strange man Loki?”
Loki sighed as she let go of him and looked down at him. “Freyr is,” he paused trying to think on how to explain it to her, “an acquaintance of mine, not exactly a friend.”
Mayura nodded and she placed a finger to her chin as she thought about it for a moment and then looked at Loki and Yamino as Loki spoke. “Come, let us go. Yamino-kun has made us something special to eat.”
Mayura looked at Loki and Yamino smiling and they went on their way. “Yamino-kun, what have you made for us?” Yamino smiled as Loki looked at his son.
“That is a surprise Mayura-san. Master Loki had me make it for you both earlier today.” Yamino said as they made their way back to the mansion.
Mayura looked over to Loki and smiled, “Thank you Loki.” She placed her hands behind her back as she walked in between the two males.
On their way back Loki kept getting the feeling that they were being watched as they walked but he couldn’t see anything and he didn’t want to worry Mayura with saying something to Yamino. He took a look around once more as they entered the house.
Yamino looked at Loki for a second as Mayura made her way to the stairs, “Go on up master Loki and I will bring the refreshments up in a second.”
“Be careful Yamino-san” Loki said and Yamino looked at him for a second and nodded as he went into the kitchens.
“Are you coming Loki-kun?” Mayura asked as she stood on the bottom step watching Loki.
Loki looked at her and nodded as he smiled and walked over towards her and they headed up towards Loki’s study.
Mayura sat her bag down next to the couch and proceeded to sit down herself when the rug slid out from under her feet causing her to fall and hit her head on the table sitting there.
“Mayura,” Loki yelled as he ran over to her, “are you alright?”
Mayura looked at Loki, her cheeks a faint shade of rose as she pulled her skirt down. “Ugh, yeah, I’m fine Loki.”
Loki smiled to himself as he saw Mayura trying to pull her skirt down. Yeah, he had gotten to see the pink and black lace panties she wore under her skirt as she fell, but he was more worried that she had been hurt. He helped her sit up and he looked at her.
“Um,” Mayura said as she looked at him, the rose color deepened slightly as she looked at him, “thank you Loki” She noticed that they were very close to one another and scooted back slightly and then pulled herself up onto the couch and continued to look at him blushing.
Loki watched as she tried to keep her legs closed trying to separate them as she sat on the couch but he still could see a little of the lace that was under her skirt. He had looked at her face right as she had gotten herself settled on the couch.
Yamino entered the room and looked at the two. He saw how Mayura was blushing and where Loki was in response to her. ‘maybe I should have knocked before I entered’ he thought to himself as Loki and Mayura both looked at him.
“Y..Yamino-san,” Mayura said as she looked to what he held in his hands and then saw what Yamino was looking at, “Loki-kun was helping me, I fell.”
“I see,” Yamino said as he noticed how the rug was crumpled together. “Are you alright Mayura-san?”
“Hai,” She said as she looked back to Loki who started to rise from where he was. She paused, “Do I smell strawberry’s?”
“Hai Mayura-san, master Loki wanted me to make it.” Yamino said as he walked over and sat the trey down on the table. There were three small plates with the desert on them and three small cups with hot tea.
Mayura looked at Loki, “Thank you,” she looked back to Yamino, “Both of you.”
Yamino smiled and handed the plates and the cups to both of them before taking his own. There was an awkward silence to the room as they ate. Yamino looked at Loki when they were almost finished eating and Loki nodded to him.
“It was very delicious Yamino-san.” Mayura told him as she placed her plate on the trey.
“Thank you Mayura-san,” Yamino said as he placed his and Loki’s plate on the trey and stood. “I will be back a little later, there are a few things that need to be attended to at the moment.”
Mayura reddened slightly as she looked at Yamino. He smiled at her and walked out of the room. She took another large drink from her cup and looked back at Loki.
He sipped on his tea for a moment smiling into the cup as he watched her. “Mayura,” he said after a moment or two. She looked at him, “there is a way to retrieve your memories.”
Mayura smiled as she looked at him, “There is, how?” She stood up after she sat her cup down and walked over to in front of his desk and looked at him.
He stuck his hand in his pocket and felt the small vile, “there are a series of trials, I don’t know how hard they will be or if you will even succeed on regaining them. It is up to you if you want to try.”
“What kind of trials?” Mayura asked as she pushed one of her brows up in curiosity.
Loki sighed, “That I don’t know,” he leaned forward and looked at the top of the desk for a moment before looking to the girl standing before him.
“Oh,” she said looking a little disappointed, “And you said that there is a possibility that I wont regain them?”
“That’s right Mayura; there is a chance that you will never remember.” Loki said and felt a little sad that she may not remember the times they had together; her looking for him when he was going to depart for Asgard.
“Loki,” Mayura said and Loki looked at her, “Are you alright, I said your name like five times before you looked at me.”
Loki blushed, “Sorry, I was thinking on something.”
Mayura looked at him for a moment longer, “What were you thinking on?”
“It doesn’t matter,” Loki said as he smiled.
Mayura looked at him confused for a moment and then nodded, “when would the first trial happen?”
Loki sighed again, “That is something else I don’t know Mayura. There is something that I need to do to start the process but it doesn’t mean that the first trial will happen right away.”
Loki smiled as he stood and leaned over towards her making Mayura stand strait as she looked at him. “Do you really want your memories back Mayura, this process could be very dangerous.”
Mayura looked at him for a moment, “H..Hai. I do. I want to remember everything that has happened Loki-kun. It’s not fair that you get to remember everything and I don’t.” She placed her hands on her hips and looked at him. “I want to remember Loki, and I have tried but anytime I do my head hurts, tremendously.”
Loki watched her and his eyes traveled as she placed her hands on her hips making him smile more. “Then we shall get the preparations on.”
“What are the Preparations Loki-kun?” Mayura asked lowering her arms.
Loki walked from behind his desk and took her hand causing her to blush very slightly and led her out of the study, “Come and I will show you.” He led her to his bedroom and let go of her hand right outside of door and then turned and looked at her before he opened the door.
“Where are we Loki-kun?” Mayura asked as she walked into the bedroom.
“In my bedroom.” He said as he turned the light on to revile the room.
Mayura stopped in the doorway as she heard what he had said and looked at him and then looked around.
“Come in and shut the door Mayura,” Loki said with a smirk on his face seeing her reaction. “This will be the safest place to do this.”
“What exactly are we going to do in here Loki-kun?” Mayura asked as she stepped inside of the room and shut the door. ‘what am I thinking, he is just a little boy.’
Loki smiled, ‘this isn’t exactly the way I had imagined having her in my room but at least she is here. She could have just said she didn’t want anything to do with me after losing the memories. And besides, maybe I can have a little fun in the process.’ “Come over here,” Loki said as he walked towards his bedside table and opened one of the drawers.
Mayura did as she was told and watched him. She sat down on his bed as she waited on him.
Loki dug in the drawer until he found what he was looking for. He pulled out a crystal candle holder and a bag of tapered candles. The candles were in boxes with no indication of what colors they were, “Close your eyes,” Loki said as he laid the boxes on the bed next to her a few inches from each other and took her hand and placed it over them a few inches above. “Which one pulls you more?”
Mayura let Loki guide her hand back and forth over the boxes with her eyes closed. At first she thought that he was standing just a little too close and that he had a rather tight grip on her hand but then started to pay attention to what she was supposed to be doing. “This one,” she said after a moment or two and opened her eyes to look at the box her hand was over.
Loki nodded and let go of her hand to grab the box and open it. He pulled out a forest green candle and placed it inside of the candle holder and proceeded to put all the others up.
“Wow,” Mayura said as she looked at the candle that she had picked, “It’s the same color as your eyes Loki.”
Loki looked at the candle again, he hadn’t really paid attention to what color it was, “I guess it is isn’t it.”
“Now what do we do?” Mayura asked as she looked at him and then to the candle.
Loki smiled as he pulled a box of matches out and opened it. He took one of the matches and lit it and placed the flame next to the wick of the candle and waited for it to catch. When it did he blew the match out and looked to Mayura. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
Mayura looked at Loki for a moment longer, ‘I never noticed his eyes were so green, like emeralds’ Mayura caught herself thinking and then snapped out of it as she saw Loki look at her like he just knew that she was having second thoughts. “Hai Loki-kun. I am ready.”
Loki smiled as he took the vile from his pocket and looked at Mayura, “Hold your hand out.” She did as she was told and he poured just a small amount into her hand, “Sprinkle that over the flame.”
Mayura nodded and stood up and looked at the candle. She took the hand that held the fine powder in it and sprinkled it over the flame. As soon as she had all the powder from her hand it was as if a hurricane was inside the room causing her to fly back. She felt someone grab onto her, and they softened her blow on the ground.