This is the beginning of our "battles." The first character we are battling over is L, from Death note. First up is Kaze.
"Watari, did you order my cake?" L asked, looking up at the clock.
"Just a minute ago, sir," Watari replied, smiling behind his glasses. "It takes a few minutes to get to this floor."
"Ah, it just seems like it takes so much longer than it should," L sighed, tapping his fork to his empty plate, frowning at his empty teacup. "I wish they had-"
A knock on the door interrupted him, accompanied by a female voice calling "Room Service!"
"Finally!" L huffed, jumping off the couch and opening the door before Watari could move. He opened the door to find a young woman, in her early 20s, standing at his door in the frilly, black and white, lace-covered maid outfit the hotel owner forces all his maids to wear with her short black hair hidden under the black and white frilly headband.
"Hello, sir!" She smiled, standing behind the tray in front of her and slyly eyeing the man in front of her. He wore a long sleeved, white shirt and plain blue jeans without shoes. He stooped slightly and his long, shaggy black hair nearly hid his dark eyes with dark circles underneath, as if he rarely got enough sleep. "I have brought you strawberry shortcake of my own creation, a choice of jasmine, black, and apple tea, an assortment of cookies in chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, or sugar along with the sprinkles you ordered. In addition, the chef had me make you our special chocolate cake with ganache frosting and a multitude of muffins in various flavors."
As she had been talking, the man's eyes widened in excitement and he held the door open, inviting her inside. "It all sounds wonderful, thank you," he muttered, leading the woman to the table where she began setting all the sweets and tea on.
"I hope you don't mind…" She began, pausing in case he wanted to disclose his name.
"Ryuzaki," he muttered, watching her set everything down.
"Ryuzaki-san," she continued, smiling kindly at him. He grimaced slightly, but otherwise made no indication that he disliked the suffix. "That the chef asked me to make some of it, he is frightfully busy, but highly respects you and did not want to keep you waiting. If you decide you dislike an item, please send a message down to the kitchen and we will make sure to fix it, Ryuzaki-chan."
He gave her a small smile, thanking her again as she left the room. "What a nice woman," he mused, taking a bite of the strawberry shortcake she mentioned she had made. "And a wonderful baker! Watari, please make sure she makes all my sweets from now on, and, if possible, brings them to me."
"Of course, sir," Watari replied, bowing respectfully and chuckling to himself.
"Watari, please connect me to the FBI," L stated, sitting on the floor in front of his computer.
"Of course, sir," Watari replied from the computer speakers.
"Room service, Ryuzaki-chan!" The maid called through the door. L stood up quickly, opening the door for her before plopping down on the floor again. The maid took a look at the computer and politely made sure she was quiet as she set the sweets, all of her making, on the table. She tried not to listen as L spoke, softly humming to herself to keep from being nosy. She had just finished laying out the sweets when L finished his conversation and turned to her.
"I don't believe I ever asked for your name," he said, standing up as she pushed her cart towards the door.
"Ah, I am Kaze, sir," she replied, smiling at him.
"Did you hear what I was saying just now?" He asked, seeming slightly wary.
"I did not listen, sir," she replied, curtseying to him. "I was not sure if you wanted me to listen, but I believe you would have told me so if you wanted me to know, so I try to not be nosy."
L looked surprised and pleased. "Ah, yes, thank you!" He replied, giving her a small smile as she stepped out the door. "I will see you next time… Kaze-chan."
"I would like to question each of you separately, but I do not believe Kira is among us," L stated, sitting in his arm chair and facing the five people. "But I am expecting my sweets to be here any moment, so I will-"
"Room service, Ryuzaki-chan!" Kaze called through the door. L shot out of his seat, opening the door quickly to let her in. "Ah, you have company today, I had wondered why you requested more," the woman teased, pushing her overflowing cart to the table and beginning to set up.
"Yes, Kaze-chan," L replied, giving her a small smile, his hands in his pockets. "These are each detective agents investigating the…"
"Ah, the Kira case?" Kaze asked, turning her purple eyes to the man, smiling at him. He realized that, at such a close proximity, he could tell she wore colored contacts and wondered at her true eye color. "I had heard the other maids talking about having the great L in our hotel, but I quickly stopped them." She finished setting up the table, handing L a teacup, having already put the amount of sugar he liked in it. "It's not nice to talk about one of our guests, true or not."
"You did not…" He began, looking wary.
"No, I did not tell them," she replied, giving him another smile. "If you wanted them to know, you would have told them as you told me." She bowed once to L, then again at the others in the room. "Please do not hesitate to call if you desire more," she said, pushing her cart out of the room.
"You told a maid that you are L?" Detective Yagami asked, surprised.
"Of course," L said. "She is always in here, bringing me sweets at all hours, I found it only right to let her know why I'm up all the time." He took a sip of the tea, happy to find it was perfectly sweetened to his tastes.
"Are you saying you suspect my son?" Detective Yagami asked incredulously.
"Only about six percent," L replied, sipping his tea, only to find it was gone.
"It doesn't matter, if he is suspected at all, I want it to be cleared," Yagami muttered, unhappy.
"Room service, Ryuzaki-chan!" Kaze called through the door. L jumped off the couch and opened the door, not realizing that he looked excited.
"Good afternoon, Kaze-chan," he said, giving Kaze a small smile as she stepped into the room with her cart.
"Good afternoon, Ryuzaki-chan," she replied, pushing her cart to the table.
"May I ask your opinion, Kaze-chan?" He asked warily, moving to stand closer to the table with his hands in his pockets.
"Of course!" She answered, smiling happily at him. "What would you like my opinion on?"
"I slightly suspect one of the detectives' son," he began. "Only about six percent, but I believe I should still investigate him, if only to..."
"If it would eliminate one more person from the list of suspects, I believe you should go through with it," Kaze replied, handing L a teacup. "Today's tea is apple again," she mentioned.
"The only problem is, the only way to investigate him, and the rest of the family plus the other family I slightly suspect, is to use an illegal form of observation," L continued, sipping his tea before setting it down on the coffee table.
"Hmm…" Kaze muttered, biting her thumb nail. "I still believe it should be done," she said, sighing. "Illegal or not, if it could expose Kira, it would be worth it."
"And if I said I slightly suspected you, Kaze-chan?" L asked, climbing back into his seat, almost as if he was afraid to hear her answer.
"I give you permission to investigate me in any way that would satisfy your suspicions," Kaze replied, bowing. "You know where my room is, if you asked the owner, he would give you access to it."
L hesitated, biting his thumb nail. "That is a most convincing answer, Kaze-chan," he said, looking at her without moving his head. "I don't believe I will investigate you right now, the percentage is lower than Light's."
"As you wish, Ryuzaki-chan," she replied, bowing again before giving him a smile. He gave a small one back and she left the room with her cart.
"Why would you ask a maid her opinion on this type of thing?" One of the detectives asked, outraged.
"She is a brilliant woman," L replied, looking surprised at the question. "And she knows exactly how to make my tea without me ever having told her how I like it. Any woman who can do that is bound to have good advice." Watari chuckled slightly to himself at that.
"I will take the test to get into the same University Light is trying to attend," L said, noticing that his cake was getting low again and checking the clock.
"Ah, it's almost four," Matsuda said, jumping up. "Kaze-san will be here soon!"
"Yes, Matsuda-san," L sighed, realizing that he was as excited to see Kaze as Matsuda was.
A knock on the door brought the inhabitants attention to it, which was followed by a less-than enthusiastic "Room service, Ryuzaki-san." The suffix was the only warning L had. Unfortunately, he was the only one who picked up on the change.
"I'll get it!" Matsuda called, running for the door.
"No, Matsuda-san!" L roared, jumping out of his chair and startling everyone around him. Matsuda paused, but was too late; the door was already opening to reveal Kaze with a gun pointed at her head.
"So this is where the famous detective is living, right?" The man holding the gun asked, sounding aggravated. "If not I'll still shoot everyone in this room."
The detectives all reached for their guns at their belt, only to realize that they had all set their weapons on the table. "Close the door, Matsuda!" Yagami yelled, having also stood up.
"Do that and this girl will die," the man said, holding the gun tighter to express his meaning. L grit his teeth.
"I tried to tell you that the first room was that of the detective's," Kaze said, standing tall in the door way without her cart.
"The empty one that hadn't even been lived in?" The man sneered. "How stupid do you think I am?" He pulled the trigger, the gun went off, and Kaze fell, her head hitting the floor out of view of the men in the room.
"Kaze-chan!" L called, alarmed and taking a step towards the doorway.
"I was trying to find the great detective, L," the man said, growling at the men in the room. "This stupid maid took me to three rooms that aren't being used, and one room where the inhabitants weren't even in. I finally had to force her to open a door I chose." He looked around and grinned. "It seems I got lucky."
Watari took a step towards the door. "Kaze, what do you think you're doing?" He asked as the man stepped over the girl. "Do what you were hired to do."
The man laughed. "She's long dead, old man," he said. Behind him, Kaze stood slowly, much to the surprise of the men inside the room. A second later, Kaze had pulled the man back out into the hallway and hit a pressure point, sending him off into unconsciousness. She then stepped into the room and shut the door behind her.
"I am sorry, Ryuzaki-chan, for allowing him to get that close," she muttered, bowing.
"Wh-what was that?" He spluttered, taking a step closer to Kaze. "Didn't he shoot you? Are you okay?" He grabbed her hands, lifting them and checking her for bullet wounds. He then pulled her closer to him so he could check her head where he had thought she had been shot, realizing that her short black hair was fake. She noticed that he was a few inches taller than her, even without shoes on. "How were you able to knock him out? What am I missing?"
"Ah, Watari-san hired me," Kaze replied. "Soon after, I got a job here as a maid and did my best to attract your attention, at least so you would allow me to keep coming by for room service." She rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "I was supposed to keep people like that, and like Kira, away from you so you could continue your work in peace. However, when I tried to distract that one, he threatened me, saying- OH MY GOD, THERE'S A BOMB!" She shouted, jumping away from L and running to the door. "I have to find it!" She opened the door, only to find the man being picked up by the police.
"Did you take this man out?" One of the men asked her. She nodded, opening her mouth to warn them. "He just muttered something about a stupid girl he made up a story about a bomb to who knocked him out," the man informed her, bowing.
"Oh… Thank you," she said, bowing in return. She then closed the door and turned back to L. "It seems he was lying. Okay…"
"So he told you he had a bomb?" L asked, putting his hands in his pocket.
"Yes. So, I had to lead him around this floor, since this is the one he said he heard L was on," Kaze sighed. "I tried to lead him away, and he eventually picked out a room himself. I, of course, couldn't act like this room was any different than the others, or he would have realized that this was the only room I didn't want him to go to. But… well you saw the rest."
"Um, didn't he shoot you?" Matsuda asked, standing up from where he fell on the floor when the man shot the gun. "We all saw you fall."
"Oh, no, he missed," Kaze explained, laughing. "I fell on the floor so he wouldn't think he had, and so I could take him by surprise."
"So, Watari hired you?" L asked, still confused.
"Yes, sir," Kaze replied, bowing again at him.
"To guard me?" He continued. Kaze nodded in affirmation. "Then would you mind helping me?"
"Instruct me as you will," Kaze replied, curtseying.
"I need to get close to Yagami Light," L said, jumping into his chair with his knees folded to his chest. "And I will need someone he will be able to feel as if he can trust, which, after I tell him what I'd like to tell him, won't be me. Can you change your appearance?"
"Of course, Ryuzaki-sama," Kaze replied. L grimaced, disliking the suffix and turned his dark eyes to her. "Sorry, Ryuzaki-chan," she corrected, smiling at him.
"I have managed to get into your class, just as you'd ordered, Ryuzaki-chan," Kaze said, bowing to L.
"Perfect, thank you," L replied, popping a cherry into his mouth. "I will become his friend to everyone, you will get him to think you are his."
"Of course, Ryuzaki-chan," Kaze said, pulling off her long blonde wig.
"And once he comes to work with us, you will need to have a different look to act as my personal maid," L said. "Preferably with the black hair, please."
"I have the perfect outfit," Kaze replied, pulling her blue contacts out.
"Ah, Light-san!" Miyako called, waving her perfectly manicured hand. Light turned, sandy brown hair shifting in the wind, light eyes searching for the high voice. "Over here!" She waved again, running over to him, high heels clacking on the sidewalk. She adjusted her halter one more time over her large chest before his eyes found her and he sent her a fake smile. His friend, Ryuga, stood next to him, openly staring at her. "It's so nice to see you again, dear," she gushed, touching his arm gently. "I'm sorry if I'm interrupting." She flipped her long blonde hair over her shoulder, batting her long lashes and looking up at him with her blue eyes sweetly.
"Actually, I'm happy to see you," he said, his smile becoming more real. "Ryuga here was just asking me what I like in a woman and I immediately thought of you."
"Aw, I'm flattered," Miyako giggled.
"And it made me realize that I hadn't ever asked you out on a date," he continued, turning his complete attention to her. "Would you like to go out with me sometime?"
"I would love to!" Miyako said, smiling happily at Light, grabbing his arm one more time before letting go. She pulled out a pen and held out her hand. He gave his to her and she wrote on the back of it. "Here's my number," she gushed. "Feel free to call me, cutie." A loud yell caught her off guard and she saw a shy looking, black haired girl running towards Ryuga and she inwardly scowled. "I gotta go, talk to you later, Light-san!" With that, she sashayed off before disappearing around a corner.
"Ryuga, who's that?" Light asked, turning away from where Miyako disappeared and pointing towards the girl running towards them.
"I don't know," Ryuga sighed. "She's been following me all day, asking me if I would go out with her, but no matter how many times I turn her down, she keeps coming back." Ryuga sighed again, his black hair falling over his dark, tired looking eyes. He was slightly hunched over, his sockless feet looking uncomfortable in his shoes.
"Just tell her you have a girlfriend," Light suggested as the girl got closer.
"Ryuga-chan!" Another girl called, this one walking closer from the other direction. She had brown hair falling loose around her shoulders and was wearing short jeans and a loose t-shirt. She ran the last couple of yards to Ryuga and fell into his arms, wrapping hers around his neck and pecking him on the cheek. "It's been so long since I've seen you!"
"Ah, K-Kaze-chan," he stuttered, looking surprised, his arms wrapping around her tiny waist. "What…. What are you doing here?" He met her green eyes, which he realized were not from colored contacts, unsure what she was doing. The girl who had been chasing after Ryuga stopped, looking uncertain.
"Is it weird for a girl to visit her BOYFRIEND once in a while?" Kaze asked, raising her volume on "boyfriend" so the other girl could hear.
"Ah, ah, Ryuga, you didn't tell me you actually had a girlfriend!" Light laughed, also unsure. He had been certain that Ryuga, who had revealed himself to be L only a little while ago, was usually alone. At the very least, he was certain he didn't have a girlfriend, especially not a little petite one like the girl in his arms.
Ryuga understood then what she was trying to do and smiled at her. "Yes, we dated in England," he said, looking up at Light. "I had begun travelling, and the last time I talked to her, she was here in Japan."
"When Ryuga-chan told me what school he was going to, I was surprised," Kaze gushed. "But I just had to come visit him!" She then stood up on her toes and kissed him gently on the lips, surprising him again before pulling away, certain then that the girl was gone. "I have to go now, Ryuga-chan," she said, holding one of his hands. "I'll try to visit again!" She turned and dashed off after that, unaware that Ryuga was watching her. His eyes fell to her butt and he was surprised to see that it interested him to watch it move as she ran.
"Ah, Ryuga, you shouldn't stare at her butt so," Light teased, pushing Ryuga slightly with his fist. "People might notice." Ryuga shrugged; embarrassed that he'd been caught staring.
"That surprised me today, Kaze-chan," L said, jumping into his seat. With her back turned, Kaze jumped a little and blushed hotly. "But it proved useful, that girl finally left me alone, and it seems Light finds me a little more normal, or, at least, hasn't commented on how abnormal I am."
"Oh good," Kaze replied, turning to him once she was sure she had gotten her blush under control. "I just saw the girl running towards you and didn't see any good coming from her following you. That was the only way I knew for certain would stop her."
L watched her closely, once again surprised at how attractive she was, even in her maid uniform. He had instructed her to keep her maid look so the others would not question how she looked when Light began working with him. "So, your hair is brown and your eyes are green," he asked, his voice just low enough so the others couldn't hear him. Kaze nodded, lowering her head so he wouldn't see her blush. He smiled a little at her, before turning to the others. "I believe Light will join us soon," he informed them.
"Please call me Ryuzaki while you are here, Light-kun," L requested, sipping his tea. Naoko handed Light a cup also, setting the sugar bowl on the coffee table in front of L. "We can't have people knowing that the detective L is in this room."
"Right, so, Ryuzaki here and Ryuga at school," Light replied, taking his cup and eyeing the girl. L nodded, extremely pleased with Naoko's tea.
"This really is wonderful, Naoko-chan," L almost purred, taking another sip.
"Thank you, sir," Naoko replied, her voice soft and delicate. "I worked very hard to get it just right for you, I appreciate the compliment." She put a slice of cake on a plate and handed it to L, bowing. "Please try some of the cheesecake, people have said it is delicious."
L took a bite and closed his eyes happily. "Wonderful," he mumbled, taking another bite. "Simply wonderful." Naoko bowed again before leaving the room. "Please make sure to come back tomorrow," L called after her, sighing happily.
"New maid?" Light asked, watching Naoko's butt as she left. L nodded. "She's cute," Light muttered, taking a seat and sipping his tea. He immediately gagged, realizing it was much too sweet for his tastes. L hid a frown, unhappy that Light was looking at Naoko.
Miyako sashayed through the hallway, ignoring the eyes of the boys following her. She stopped momentarily to pull her shoe up close so she could adjust it, and couldn't help realize how many boys stopped to stare, as if hoping she would lift her foot up slightly more and reveal whatever is under her mini skirt. She chuckled, setting her foot down and watching as the boys all looked unhappy for a moment before walking away.
"Miyako-san," Light called, walking towards her with Ryuga in tow. "I, um, missed you last night," he continued, faking a confident smile.
"Oh, yea," Miyako replied, pushing her hair back and sending Light a coy smile. "I tried to call you, but you didn't pick up. I managed to get stuck with my friend in her group date and couldn't escape. Sorry about that."
"We could try again," Light suggested, not noticing that Ryuga was enjoying his discomfort.
"I'd love to, but I'm actually moving today," Miyako replied, holding up her bag with her books, which she was returning. "My mother is sick in America and I have to go to her." She shrugged dejectedly. "I was so looking forward to our date, then I ended up standing you up and now I'm moving." She sighed, shaking her head. "Enjoy your classes, boys," she said, shrugging again and turning on her heel to walk away.
"She's very pretty," Ryuga said, watching Miyako walk away.
"Don't you have a girlfriend?" Light spat, walking away angrily.
Ryuga chuckled, allowing Light to leave without him, then pulled out a cell phone from his pocket. "Kaze-chan, I am impressed," Ryuga chuckled into the phone.
"Thank you, Ryuzaki-chan," Kaze purred from the other hallway, sneaking into a bathroom and locking the door after her. "Did he react the way you had wanted to?" She pulled off her wig, fluffing her brown hair out.
"He had more of a reaction than expected, you really made him mad!" L laughed, startling a few people walking by. "When you are changed come meet me outside. I want to test this a bit more," he finished, putting his other hand in his pocket and walking in the direction Light left in.
"Of course, sir," Kaze replied, shutting off her phone and pulling out jeans and a white, short sleeved shirt.
"Light-kun!" A girl called, waving at Light. Kaze watched carefully, surprised at her appearance. She had been close-by, watching Ryuga and Light, waiting for the moment when she was needed.
"A-ah, Misa!" Light said, almost hesitantly, smiling stiffly at the blonde-pigtailed girl. "What are you doing here?"
"I have a shoot nearby and decided to visit!" Misa replied, skipping the last few feet to him and clutching his arm. "Who's your friend?" She turned her blue eyes to Ryuga, smiling politely at him.
"Ah, this is Hideki Ryuga," Light replied. Misa looked confused until Light grabbed her shoulders forcefully, turning her away from Ryuga.
Ryuga looked at Misa, smiling happily. "Light… I am jealous," he muttered. Light stared at him in shock. "I'm a big fan, Misa-chan," he continued, still smiling at her.
"Oh, yay!" Misa squealed, jumping happily.
"Aw, Ryuga-chan, you'll make me jealous," Kaze said, sneaking up behind Ryuga and touching his arm. "But I am, also, a big fan, Misa-chan. I'm Kaze, Ryuga's girlfriend." Kaze wore jeans and a white, short-sleeved t-shirt.
"Aw, you two match!" Misa gushed, noticing that Kaze and Ryuga were wearing similar clothes
"I am not trying to make you jealous, Kaze-chan," Ryuga insisted, his forefinger in his mouth. A few people noticed Misa and began yelling out, rushing to crowd her.
After a moment of talking to her fans, Misa cried out in shock, "Hey! Someone touched my butt!"
Ryuga swung around from behind her to face her. "I, the great detective, shall find out who did this!" He stated, holding a finger up decisively. Misa laughed as Light watched, unsure how to react to all that was happening. None of the people around saw Kaze's eyes darken angrily, narrowing at Misa before shifting slightly over her shoulder at a large shadow following her.
"Thank you, Naoko-chan," L said, taking the piece of cake from the maid.
"Thank you, Naoko-san," Light said, also taking a piece from the maid. "And I must say you look absolutely stunning today," he continued, smiling at Naoko.
She blushed, looking away from Light. He tried to catch her purple eyes again, but she turned away to continue setting the sweets out. "Naoko-san?" Light asked.
"Hm?" She replied, still facing away.
"Are you off this afternoon?" He continued, standing near her.
"I am," she replied, turning away again to place some tea in front of L. L snickered slightly, turning it into a cough so Light wouldn't notice.
"I have been invited to a party and seem to have found myself without a date," Light stated, leaning on the table, facing her. "Would you mind joining me?"
"Oh, I would have loved to!" Naoko cried. "But I am moving this afternoon!" Light grimaced, having heard the words before.
"I will miss you, Naoko-chan," L stated, looking up at Naoko from his seat, hiding another snicker. Naoko curtseyed, pulling her cart away.
"That isn't very nice to Misa, Light-kun," L stated, sipping his tea.
"Well, I can't very well take Misa, now can I?" Light snapped back, grabbing his bag and storming out of the room.
"Misa, we know you are a fan of Kira," L said through the microphone. Kaze stood nearby, chewing her thumb anxiously. "You have to talk eventually."
"Isn't this going too far?" Kaze whispered when L switched off the microphone. "She's tied up with her eyes covered!"
"Anything to catch Kira, Kaze-chan," L replied, taking a bite of his cake. Kaze frowned unhappily before pulling the cake away. "K-Kaze-chan!" L protested, waving his fork towards the cake now high above Kaze's head.
"You get her checked out, and be sure if she's the second Kira or not and release her!" Kaze demanded, keeping the cake away from L, even as he looked up at her piteously, sending her heart into a frenzy.
L pouted, sticking the fork in his mouth, before suddenly standing up and reaching out for the cake, getting right into her face. "I will do my best to clear her, but if she is indeed the second Kira, I will make sure she pays," L murmured in her ear, sending chills down her spine with his low voice and taking the cake from her. "Until then, help me investigate both her and Light." He pulled away, taking the cake with him, and sat down, staring at the screens in front of him that showed him Light, Detective Yagami, and Misa, all in different rooms. Kaze shivered, still feeling his breath on her ear and the way his low voice tickled her lower back.
"Mister Stalker," Misa called from her prison. "Please let me go. Misa will even give you a kiss on the cheek!"
"Ryuzaki, let her go!" Kaze insisted, stamping her foot. He took another bite of his cake, keeping up his act of ignoring her. "Right this second! Ryuzaki! Are you listening to me!" She huffed angrily, gripping her serving spoon in one hand until it snapped in two. "If you don't let her go…" Kaze began, finally getting an idea to force him to release the innocent girl. "I will refuse to make you any desserts."
L reached slowly for his phone, dialing leisurely. "Yes, Matsuda, please let Miss Amane out, along with Light-kun and his father. I am sure that Kira is not among them," he said, earning a laugh from Kaze. He hung up and turned to his now favorite baker. "I didn't do that so you would keep making me sweets," he insisted.
Kaze nodded her head, pulling out a chocolate cake from a cabinet and taking a slice over to L. As she bent down to put it on the table in front of him, she gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "Thank you anyway," she said, before turning and running out of the room to help Matsuda with Misa.
L put his hand to his cheek, turning slowly to follow her with his eyes, noticing that she had left her hair down and wig-free. "Hm… Maybe I should accommodate her more," he muttered, taking a bite of the cake and sighing in happiness.
"As of today, Light and I will be handcuffed together," L said, holding up his hand that was cuffed to Light's. "And Miss Amane and Kaze-chan will be handcuffed together also," he continued, holding up Kaze's hand that was connected to Misa. "As you all know by now, Kaze-chan is my girlfriend and I trust her to do this. She will go with Miss Amane to her outings, allow her to be un-cuffed for only the time she is actively working where she needs to be un-cuffed, and will take Miss Amane with her as she goes about her own business. Any questions?"
"Does this mean that you both will have to come along when Light and Misa go on dates?" Misa asked, raising her hand and wrinkling her nose in dissatisfaction.
"Yes," L replied, nodding and putting his hands in his pockets.
"Great, as if living in the same place as the pervert, now I have to include him on my dates!" Misa whined, jangling her handcuffs unhappily.
"Oh stop whining," Kaze sighed, running her hand through her brown hair unhappily. "I'm as unhappy as you are, so let's make the best of it." Misa glanced unhappily at Kaze, pouting, and Kaze sighed in return.
Kaze handed L and Light pieces of cake before moving around the room to hand cake to the other members of the investigative team. "Ah, wonderful," L sighed happily, taking another bite of his cake.
"This really is amazing cake, Kaze-chan," Matsuda said, also taking a bite.
"I'm not one for sweets, but I have to admit this is good," Light said, sighing. "Aren't you going to eat some, Misa?" He asked, noticing his girlfriend was not eating a piece.
Misa shook her head, glaring at Kaze. "I'd most likely poison hers anyway," Kaze said, sitting down with a piece for herself.
"Mm, Kaze-chan's sweets are even better than Naoko-chan's!" Matsuda said, having already finished his piece. Kaze and L shared a look of disbelief and she giggle slightly.
"Ryuzaki-chan," Kaze called from across the room. "Did you want strawberries?"
"Yes please!" L called back, turning in his chair so he was watching her from over the back of it. He stared at her in the kitchen portion of the room from his seat in the computer-filled portion, his eyes slipping down her back in her baggy jacket, past the tie on her white apron and onto her butt, the only part of her body she allows her clothes to fit properly, and openly stared as Kaze moved around the kitchen.
"Oi, Ryuzaki-kun, you really shouldn't stare so," Light muttered, embarrassed at his friend's actions. "She might catch you, and I remember what happened to the last guy she caught." L jerked away from the back of his seat, turning around quickly.
"Ah, yes, he was picking his teeth up for hours after that," L replied, wincing in sympathy as he remembered. "Too bad both eyes were swollen almost shut."
"Here is your cake, Ryuzaki-chan," Kaze said, setting the cake down after dragging Misa across the room with her. She reached over after setting it down and stole the strawberry on top, popping it in her mouth. Then she leaned down and passed it to L's mouth, their tongues intertwining momentarily as he accepted the strawberry.
"Mm, you always make the most wonderful sweets," L said, blushing slightly from the kiss, still not used to the need to show affection in order for the others to believe Kaze was his girlfriend. Misa pouted unhappily at the display before pouncing on Light, forcing a kiss out of him. Kaze chuckled, happy she'd gotten to Misa.
"Oh, look!" Light called, putting a commercial on the big screen in the room. "It's Misa's commercial! The one she did just last week!"
"How surprising that it's up so quickly," L remarked, tilting his head to one side as they watched Misa lick her lips (covered in the lipstick she was advertising) and bite into a fruit, all without affecting her lipstick. "She's an impressive model," L mentioned, unconsciously licking his own lips and surprised at his interest.
"Yes, she is," Light replied, sounding exactly as a devoted boyfriend should sound. "Oh, I haven't seen that maid, Naoko, around in a while," he said, looking around as if he just noticed she was gone.
"Ah, she quit, remember?" L replied, nodding his head to the music in Misa's commercial.
"She just quit?" Light asked, astonished. L nodded in affirmation, sitting in a chair as the commercial went dark. "Well why would she… Whoa, is that Kaze?" He pointed to the screen, which had just started a second commercial, this one for body wash.
L found himself staring at a completely flat, toned, pale back. The picture moved back to reveal a slim figure, toned buttocks, and brown hair tied up in a bun, all dripping wet under a shower head. L's mouth dropped open and his eyes nearly popped out of his head as he watched. The slim figure had nearly no chest to speak of, but her skin was pale and unblemished, her entire body toned and wet. The elevator behind the two men opened up and Kaze and Misa walked in.
Kaze took one look at the screen, gave a little shriek of surprise, and ran over to the table where L sat at, looking around desperately for a remote. Light stood on the other side of L's chair, holding the remote loosely in one hand and staring up at the screen as Kaze on the screen washed her back with the body wash she was advertising. Kaze lunged across L, somehow ending up in his lap, and yanked the remote from Light's hand, frantically mashing the power button and twisting around in her position on L's lap to watch the screen, only to find that the remote did not operate it.
"I didn't know you were that skinny," L said, sounding intrigued as he lifted up Kaze's shirt to see her back and stomach. Kaze let out another frantic sound, throwing the remote in anger, before freezing as she felt L's hands on her bare skin. He had lifted her shirt up just enough to run his hand over her toned lower back and abs, pushing her jacket back with the other. "You should really show it off more," he teased, grinning up at his "girlfriend" in her frozen position on her lap. He allowed one hand to drift over the butt he so often found himself staring at and was surprised at how toned it was under her jeans. She blushed hotly, gently pulled herself from his grip, and bolted from the room, dragging Misa with her.
"I didn't realize that Kaze was a model," Light muttered, stunned.
"She took it as a part-time job," L replied, surprised again to find just how attracted he was to her and that he had been watching her butt again as she raced up the stairs to the rooms. "And what a tight butt," he whistled, watching it disappear as the door slammed behind her.
"Pervert," Light said, frowning at the surprised-looking L.
Misa lounged on the couch, tugging at the handcuffs still around her wrist and glaring at Kaze on the other couch. "How long do I have to be handcuffed to you?" She asked, pouting.
"Until you stop being stupid," Kaze replied, reading a book.
"Don't call me that!" Misa shouted, yanking her side of the cuffs and causing Kaze to drop her book. "You think you're all that because you're dating the self-proclaimed 'greatest detective.'" L looked up, hearing his title.
"Self-proclaimed?" He asked, surprised.
"That's right, pervert!" Misa said. Kaze had stood up and reached down for her book and, just as Misa turned her gaze to L, he had shifted his to Kaze's butt. "See! You are a pervert! Staring at someone's butt, even if they're your girlfriend, makes you a pervert!"
Kaze straightened quickly, pulling her jacket down over her butt, blushing hotly as L shifted his gaze back to Misa. "Are you going to eat that cake?" L asked, pointing to Misa's untouched cake on the coffee table in front of them. Kaze flopped back down next to L, opening her book to her page again.
"No, cake makes you fat," Misa said, pushing her cake towards him.
"I find that it doesn't matter if you burn enough calories using your brain," L replied, pulling the cake closer.
"Now you're calling me stupid?" Misa shouted as Kaze hid a laugh behind her book. Misa pouted as Kaze leaned over and pecked L on the cheek. "Now that I think about it, I've never seen Ryuzaki-san kiss Kaze-san," Misa mentioned.
Kaze frowned at her. "And I've never seen Light look happy to have you in the room, but I hadn't commented on it," she retorted, snapping her book shut.
"Light always looks happy that I'm here!" Misa insisted, standing up indignantly. "But I can't believe you two are close at all because Ryuzaki-san never kisses you!"
"He's always staring at my butt, how can you say we aren't dating?" Kaze shot back, also standing up and throwing her book on the coffee table, barely missing L's cake.
"Now, now," Light began, standing up and trying to calm the two girls. "Ryuzaki and I are both happy with both of you, so please stop." L stayed seated, watching the two girls yell at each other. "Ryuzaki, please help calm your girlfriend," Light begged, tugging on Misa's arm to pull her away.
L sighed and stood up, setting his fork down before turning to Kaze. She had just opened her mouth to shout something back at Misa when L pulled her hair, forcing her head back, and pressed his mouth to hers. She immediately shut up, putting her arms around L's neck as he deepened the kiss. Misa gaped at them, also quiet and Light sighed in relief. L pulled away from Kaze after a minute and turned to Misa. "Can you please stop fighting with her now?" He asked, sitting back down with a sigh.
Misa closed her mouth and pouted. "Fine, you're dating," she admitted, turning away. Kaze watched L eat, confused by his actions.
"Kaze-chan, let's play chess," L suggested, gesturing at the chess table in front of him as Kaze walked into the room, pulling Misa behind her.
"Sure," she shrugged, sitting down opposite L, Misa going to sit next to Light on the couch.
"You should put stakes on it," Misa suggested.
Light turned around, facing the two at the chess table behind the couch. "That's a good idea," he agreed. "The person who loses has to do something for the person who wins."
Kaze shrugged. "I'm up for it," she said, setting out her pieces. "You wouldn't make me do anything embarrassing at least."
L chuckled. "Alright, not embarrassing…" He mused, also setting out his pieces. "And here I really wanted to see you in a bathing suit." Kaze jumped in surprise, blushing again. "Fine, I guess I'll just have to request a special cake if I win."
"And if you win, Kaze-chan?" Misa asked, turning to Kaze. "Would you force him to kiss you again? He rarely does, you always initiate."
"You know, I think I will," Kaze replied, nodding. "Most likely though, L will win. He is really good at chess." L shrugged, waving for Kaze to make the first move.
Minutes later, Kaze and L seemed to be even, both missing a large amount of pieces. "Wow, this is going really fast," Light commented. He and Misa had been watching intently as L and Kaze played. Kaze had pulled her top jacket off, but was still wearing a small short-sleeved jacket over her tank top. Misa had noticed that L couldn't keep his eyes off of Kaze when she'd taken her jacket off and, when Kaze began to seem unhappy with the way the game was going, motioned for Kaze to unzip the jacket she was wearing.
Kaze frowned, looked down, and understood. As L was about to move another piece, Kaze slowly reached up and unzipped her jacket, waving her hand in front of her face as if she was getting really hot. L froze, staring at Kaze's hand as it slowly pulled her zipper down, his mouth open and eyes wide. He set his piece down in a different place than he'd intended when Kaze reached the bottom of her jacket and opened it wide, showing her tank top.
"Aw, Ryuzaki-chan," Kaze purred, leaning forward slightly. "You seem to have left yourself open." L tore his eyes away from Kaze and looked down at the table, surprised to find that he had, indeed, left his king open. Kaze moved her queen over a few spaces. "Checkmate."
"Yay! Go Kaze-chan!" Misa yelled, jumping off the couch.
"That may have been cheating, Kaze-chan," Light sighed, smiling.
"It's not my fault the heat is on too high in this room," Kaze replied, standing up and stretching, her jacket flapping around her.
L stood up running his hands along her waist. "Well, it seems you won," he whispered, unaware that Misa had stopped jumping and that both she and Light were watching him. Kaze had frozen in his arms, staring up at him. "And so, for your prize," he continued, leaning in closer while pulling her to his chest. Without another moment's hesitation he pressed his lips to hers, nearly bending her over with his force. Their tongues intertwined, her arms wrapped around his neck, and he pressed her to his chest, their eyes closing naturally.
When they parted, Misa sighed happily. "You two always look so happy and perfect together when he kisses you, Kaze-chan," she giggled. Kaze blushed in reply, shaking the handcuffs to keep her from continuing.
"Oh, shut up," she muttered, looking away.
Kaze stretched, rubbing her wrist where the handcuffs usually rested, and followed the links of the cuffs to Misa, sleeping on the couch across from her. L sighed, setting his fork down, and Kaze looked over at him, seeing that Light was asleep on his other side. "Oh, good, they both fell asleep," Kaze whispered, moving closer to L so she could keep her voice low.
"Matsuda says that when we fall asleep they usually end up kissing," L replied, his voice also low as he moved even closer to her.
"So…" Kaze began, looking down at the floor. "They would expect us to-" she turned her head to see that L was only a few centimeters away and stopped.
"They would expect us to do the same," L finished for her before pressing his lips to hers. He pushed her down on the couch, increasing his assault on her lips, and she put her arms around him, allowing him to take control.
Minutes later, L pulled away, yanking the key he wore around his neck off and unlocking the handcuffs on himself and Kaze, pulling her up off the couch. "Hm? What would you like to do now?" Kaze asked as he led her from the room. She turned before the door closed to find that he had put the cuffs they'd had on under a table leg.
L led Kaze back into the room about an hour later, whistling happily. "That was unexpected," Kaze laughed, brushing her hair back into place with her hands and rebuttoning her shirt button. "I didn't know you could do that."
"I am full of surprises, he answered, stopping as she reached up to fix his hair and kissing her again before she pulled away.
"And just where did you two go?" Light asked, awake and with his arms crossed. Kaze and L jumped, turning towards the two in the room sheepishly. "We wake up to find you both gone, and our handcuffs attached to the coffee table!"
"Ah, sorry, Light-kun," L replied, rubbing his head in embarrassment. "I decided I just had to do something, and needed Kaze-chan to help. It was really driving me crazy."
"What did you do?" Misa asked, awed and staring at Kaze's mouth. "You… have something on your…" she pointed to Kaze's mouth and Kaze reached up to wipe it, but L got to her first. He licked the side of her mouth where Misa saw something white, effectively, if embarrassingly, cleaning it off.
"Mm, homemade," he said, licking his lips before pulling the two handcuffs out from under the coffee table leg. "Here you are, Kaze-chan. And thank you for helping me."
"Of course," Kaze replied, slipping her hand into the cuff and tightening it. "It was interesting, I should have done that before!"
Misa's mouth dropped open and she put her hands on her face. "Oh my gosh! Did you two…" she stopped, pointing her finger at the two of them.
"What are you-" Light began, then gasped also when he put the pieces together. "Wait, did you? You did, didn't you!" He groaned, plopping onto the couch. "Now Misa will expect me to do the same thing! We only slept for a while!"
"Um, what are they freaking out about?" Kaze asked L.
"I think they are having dirty thoughts," L replied, watching the two.
"You looked all disheveled when you walked in!" Misa yelled.
"And he said it'd been driving him crazy," Light continued.
"And you had white stuff all over your mouth!" Misa finished in a wail. "What are we supposed to think?"
"Oh, oh!" Kaze laughed, finally understanding. "We didn't do anything like that!"
"Here's your cake, L," Matsuda called, opening the door and holding a pretty-looking chocolate cake. "I was surprised to see you two down there making this! The last we saw was you pinning Kaze-chan down, then you left the room!"
"Ah, yes, I got tired of being watched, and it hit me that I didn't know how Kaze-chan made her wonderful frosting, so I asked her to teach me," L replied, taking the cake and setting it down on the coffee table. He then grabbed the plates and silverware Matsuda had brought up with him, cut a piece out, and gave it to Matsuda, sending him on his way.
"Frosting?" Misa asked. Kaze nodded, sitting on the couch. "Why do you look like he tried to rip your clothes off?" She asked then, causing Kaze to spit out the bit of water she had just drank.
"Oh, yes, that's because I did try to," L replied over Kaze's coughing.
"Oh hush!" Kaze cried out. "Sheesh, no he dropped an ice cube down my shirt. That was my own doing."
"I only did that so you would be forced to strip," L stated, handing Kaze a piece of cake. Kaze hung her head, unable to fight with him any longer.
"No, Ryuzaki!" Kaze yelled, running across the room to catch him as he fell of his chair. She felt her heart throb and ignored it, holding L close as he clutched his chest. His breathing slowed; Light stood up and left the room, followed by the others; his heart slowed; Kaze held him close, begging him to come back, don't leave her, stay with her please; his breathing stopped; his hand dropped to the floor; and Kaze cried into his chest.
"Well, it seems like they seem to be getting along just fine," Kaze said, sneaking away from the window and down to the window below, swinging herself inside. "How are you coping?" She asked, turning to the man in the chair.
Ryuzaki turned around, looking unhappy. "I'm mad," he huffed, flopping himself along the couch. "I can't believe I came so close, figured out who Kira was, and I'm not allowed to tell anyone!"
"You're welcome to tell them, you know," Kaze said setting herself in the chair near the computer.
Ryuzaki shot up. "Oh, that's a great idea," he replied sarcastically, waving his arms expressively. "I'll just walk in there, 'hey guys, I'm not dead! Oh and Kira is Light-kun.' That would not go over well! They'd most likely shoot me!"
"I'd believe it," Kaze said after a moment, shrugging. Ryuzaki stopped and stared at her disbelievingly. "Well what about that doesn't sound like the great, mysterious L?" Kaze asked.
"So when they ask why I'm not dead I should just inform them that my girlfriend has the abilities of a Shinigami, was not affected by the Death Note in the slightest bit, and, when everyone left her alone, brought Watari and me back to life, is that it?" Ryuzaki asked.
"No, you're right, they wouldn't believe that," Kaze decided, nodding her head. Watari walked into the room, handing Kaze a cup of tea.
"Exactly, because it sounds ridiculous," Ryuzaki nodded, taking his tea from Watari also.
"No, because you called me your girlfriend," Kaze retorted, setting her tea down. "The fact that I can give my years to another would seem normal after seeing Remu and the Death Note. But you actually saying, with a straight face and voice, that I'm your girlfriend they wouldn't believe."
"What?" Ryuzaki asked, dropping his tea and staring openly at Kaze.
"Well, you are a pretty awful actor," Kaze admitted, giggling and pushing him down on the couch. Watari respectfully turned away. "Every time you said we were in any kind of relationship you would stutter, or refuse to look me in the eye, or say it flatly. And you didn't kiss me until Misa called you out on it, and even then you seemed wary and unsure. I don't believe anyone believed that you liked me at all, to tell the truth."
"Well, I believe that after all we've been through it would be the natural thing for me to be your boyfriend," Ryuzaki replied, pulling Kaze onto his lap, putting her legs on each side of his waist. "I mean, I have already confessed, multiple times, of my love for you and you have accepted it, so whether people believe me or not, you at least do."
Kaze giggled again, leaning down to reach his mouth, wrapping her arms around him. "It's too bad you don't much care for Shinigami," Kaze mentioned when they broke apart, sighing unhappily.
"I think I can get used to you, my dear," Ryuzaki replied, chuckling and tackling her to the couch.