Disclaimer:

No idea, watching stride gum commercial after Death Note. What my mind comes up with…I do not own Death Note, or Stride Gum. I couldn't really remember the exact words used from the anime, but I hope this is good enough. And my computer is super slow, and I didn't want to wait for it to load.

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Light Yagami was sitting in his seat, awaiting the beginning of the entrance exam, and put a piece of Stride Gum in his mouth. He began chewing, and picked up his pencil.

"Student 1006, sit in your seat properly!" the advisor said.

Light turned his head back to meet the gaze of a pale, raven-haired guy sitting with his knees to his chest. It was an intense moment, but he wasn't sure why. Not just yet, anyway. He turned back to his exam, and worked, while chewing his flavor full gum.

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DAYS PASS: Light was sitting next to the raven-haired student at the exam ceremony. He was still chewing Stride Gum, not exactly remembering when he put it in his mouth. He decided that since it still had a lot of flavor in it, it couldn't be that old…

"Light Yagami, son of chief Soichiro Yagami on the police force." The raven-haired student stated.

"Yes."

"I wanted to tell you a secret."

It's not everyday that a stranger tells you that they want to share a secret. However, Light was partially interested in what the man had to say, so he answered.

"I can keep a secret." He said.

"I wanted to tell you that I'm L."

This man was L? Impossible. If the man was really L, he wouldn't just come out and say it, would he? Unless this was some kind of plot to get more evidence that he was Kira. Light was pondering what to say next, when the speaker called his name to give his speech. But not only his name, another name too.

Hideki Ryuga.

That was an all too familiar name. It was the same name as the pop-idol that Sayu liked so much, Light recalled. He stood up, and walked to the podium. He was surprised to see that the raven was following him there.

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After the two had delivered the speech, the ceremony had gone quickly, and he was walking home.

"Hello, Light." L said, approaching him from behind.

"Hello."

"I was hoping that maybe we could get to know each other more over tennis some time."

"Sounds good, Hideki."

L walked over to a black…limo, and stepped inside it, after saying a quick "goodbye, Light-kun."

Light continued chewing his Stride Gum, and began walking home again. A fairly short man walked up to him.

"Are you 'Light Yagami?'" he asked.

"Yes."

"GET HIM!"

A taller man appeared, and they pinned him to a wall. They took his much abused, and still flavorful Stride Gum, and ran off.

"Oww!" Light moaned in pain.

He now had a black eye, and possibly a broken wrist. What was that about anyway?

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"Stride Gum; chew the second piece already, or we will find you."