"Bye Mom, bye Dad!" I screeched as I ran out the door. Excited, I got into my car and sped off to work. Yesterday, my boss told me that I was being promoted to detective. I'd joined the task force just one year ago after I had graduated, and since then had been working under and shadowing one of the top officers and detectives, Matsuda.
I entered the station with a huge smile, walking up the stairs to find Matsuda talking with the boss himself, Mr. Yagami. I approached them and bowed in respect. "Good morning." I said politely.
Matsuda immediately embraced me in a tight hug. "I'm so proud of you, Kimiko! You're finally a certified detective. All our hard work finally paid off, huh?" He smiled. I hugged him back and nodded, letting go. "I couldn't have done it without you, Matsu."
Mr. Yagami smiled and patted me on the head. "So, Kimiko, you're not tired of Matsuda yet?" He said with a slight chuckle.
I shook my head and giggled. "Nope! At least.. Not yet." I smirked. Matsuda gave me the side-eye and a nudge.
"Wonderful. Because starting today you're going to be on the Kira case with him." Mr. Yagami said in a more serious tone.
No way.. I thought, The Kira case! This is huge. This is the biggest case on the task force and I've already been chosen to be on it!
"Wow.. That'd be an honor." I said in disbelief. Mr. Yagami put his hand on my shoulder. "Kimiko, out of all the rookies you showed me the most potential. Your IQ is really something to write home about, and you've helped Matsuda solve some really difficult cases. Not to mention, the case you closed with him that'd been ongoing since even before you started here. You really showed me what you have. I need you to put your mind and skill to work here, okay?"
I nodded. "Yes, sir. I will not let you down."
Mr. Yagami smiled and nodded. "I know, Kimiko. Now, Matsuda, take her to the Kira division. I will be stopping in periodically, but as I've also got to run the entire task force, I won't always be there. Good luck, you two." Mr. Yagami shook my hand and turned around, walking back downstairs.
"Well, Matsu. This is pretty big. Any tips for me before we go in there?" I said, pointing towards the big doors that held the Kira task force members.
Matsuda shook his head. "You'll just have to see for yourself, Kimi. Also, watch out for L.. I mean, damn. Ryuzaki." He giggled. "Maybe he'll accuse you of being Kira, too." He took my hand and led me down the hallway.
"Wait! What? What are you talking about? Why would you say that-?" I was shouting at Matsuda and hadn't noticed we'd walked into a big, dark room with monitors covering the walls. There were two older men sitting at a table, drinking coffee and reading something. A younger guy, about my age, with brown hair who was silently working at a computer, and, another one.. A raven haired boy sitting oddly at a chair in front of all of the screens, with a plate of cake in his hand. He seemed to be studying the screens when he spun the chair around to look at me, just as I was complaining to Matsuda.
"Hey guys! This is Kimiko. Chief Yagami decided to put her on the Kira case with us!" Matsuda announced to the room.
The two older men looked up, one of them waved and smiled. "Hi, Kimiko. I'm Mogi. And this guy is Aizawa." He said in a friendly tone. "It's nice to finally meet your little disciple, Matsuda. Maybe she'll even outshine you." Aizawa said almost playfully.
I blushed. "Hello!" And turned my gaze towards the younger brunette boy, who held up his hand and gave me a small wave. "Hi there, Kimiko, I'm Light." I smiled and waved back. Light Yagami! The Chiefs son, I had no idea he was on the Kira task force, too! "Hi Light!"
Matsuda pointed towards the dark haired boy, who had been staring at me curiously this entire time. "That's Ryuzaki, Kimi."
"Hi there." Said Ryuzaki. "You can call me Ryuzaki, or you can call me L. I don't have a preference, but I do prefer Ryuzaki in public, for anonymity reasons. However, I don't mind you knowing my identity if we're going to be on the task force together. I know you aren't Kira."
That's.. A really strange thing to say. I nodded anyway. "Um.. Okay. Yeah, I'm Kimiko. Or Kimi." I said quietly. "I don't have a preference, either." I smiled, trying to find something in common to cover up how awkward I was feeling right now.
L gave me a half smile, nodding. "That's good, Kimiko. Girls who have constant preferences are picky. Picky girls are so troublesome. Light would know, wouldn't you, Light?" He said in a very serious tone.
Light laughed nervously. "Uh, huh. Sure, Ryuzaki. Whatever you say." And turned back around to his computer. These guys are so weird.
"Well, Kimiko. It seems you have a lot to catch up on. Care for a run down?" Asked Matsuda. I nodded. "Absolutely." And we got to work.