Off The Beaten Path
By: Arctic Kitten
Helper: Arctic Vixen Queen
Beta: n/n (we need one! -smiles-)
Inspired by: Puppy Love, Death and His Shadow, Only You
Summary: Lawliet was given a second chance, after dying from an illness, however he has to take the form of a black lab. He is left to fend for himself, until he finds something that needs him. A teenager, whose wondered off the beaten path.
Chapter One: On the Street
Lawliet woke, finding himself in a soggy cardboard box, in a damp dark alley. L scanned his surroundings finding that it had previously rained. Just at the end of the alley, where L could see the street, were lamplights that flickered on right at that moment. The smell of rubbish suddenly floated to his nostrils, the rotting stench made L's nose twitch and his eyes water. Blinking L tried to stand, however his muscles were sore and something was way off. He just realized that everything seemed ten times larger than before. He blinked again, forcing himself to stand and
withstand the pain of his stretching muscles. L was going to walk out of the cardboard box, which had started to cave in on itself from the water, when something else caught his attention. He could see a muzzle… And it was attached to him! L leapt from the box and stumbled upon his paws…
-Wait…What?- L picked himself up again and looked down at himself. He had paws, black fur and….a tail. Lawliet turned around and around and around again, his eyes locked on the tail. However, still being new to the way to walk on all fours, he tripped over his own paws and fell flat on his face. His rear up in the air, his face, chest and two front paws were in deep, sloppy, fowl odder, mud that covered him like an itchy blanket. L fumed to himself, he hated this. The sound of giggling echoed in his floppy ears. He pricked an ear and listened closely. Yes, it was laughter L was hearing. Trying to pull himself up again, with little success, L just happened to see out of the corner of his eye, a figure floating in the air. He knew that figure anywhere, the mix-match wings confirmed it. The angelic demon perched on a trashcan and watched L with amusement.
"Not even alive more than five minutes and you're already groveling in the mud, Lawliet-kun." The sweet but mischievous voice teased him. He turned and faced the angelic demon he knew as,
-Vixen-chan… Why are you here?- L said, however, his speech was heard as only barking and snarling. Vixen blinked and smirked.
"Hold on there pooch-kun." She snickered as L glared. "I can't understand you yet." She let her mix-match wings spread open a tad bit before her total appearance changed. Her long white hair turned into a natural red color. Her extremely ghostly pale skin turned to a fine ivory and her
golden rimmed black eyes turned to emerald green. Her under dressed body became fully dressed with hip hugging blue jeans, ripped at the knee and a baby blue belly shirt. Her knee high boots were replaced by high heal sandals. L stared wide eyed. Vixen turned around and faced the lab puppy, known as L. She smiled innocently and winked giving a little giggle while doing it.
-Oh great… What's she up too….- Before he could even think it over, he answered himself. –She has something planned… But what? Hmmm.-
Vixen watched the pacing puppy as she leaned on the trash can she had been perched on before.
"Hey pooch-kun, your making me dizzy…" L ignored her, out of all the times he could figure out the strangest, the hardest cases, he couldn't figure out why Vixen, the angelic demon was down here. He knew it couldn't possibly be because of him. L turned his head towards Vixen and sighed.
-Why are you here, Vixen-chan?- barked L with a snort. Vixen blinked blankly at him as she tilted her head to the side.
"Sorry to burst your puppy bubble, pooch-kun but I still can't understand yea… " Vixen giggled as she saw the pup's ears twitch with annoyance. She put her pinky finger in her ear and twisted, digging up some forgotten wax. She pulled her figure out of her ear and looked at it, then flicked whatever was on it, away. L wrinkled his nose in disgust. "You see pooch-kun, I won't be able to understand you until an hour into your life. And you still have…" she looked at the watch that she had on her left wrist. "Hmmm…. Forty minutes until then." She looked back at L and smiled at the disgruntled look on L's puppy face. "Hey pooch-kun, don't look so down." She reached down and patted the top of his head. L drooped at the touch.
-Don't touch me…- He swatted her hand away from his head with his paw. Vixen shook her head and laughed.
"You're too much Lawliet-kun." Vixen stated as she pulled out a makeup bag and started to put it on. L blinked at her, Vixen was surely odd one, one-hundred percent!
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L's short, wobbly puppy legs were hard to work with. L was tired of this body already. He had only been walking for five minutes and already he had fallen three times in a row! To make things worse, Vixen was following him, every time he fell, she laughed. Finally after the fourth fall and the laughter, L got up and turned around to face Vixen.
-Vixen-chan, what are you doing here?- Vixen hummed and turned around seemingly still not understanding. L growled. He stepped towards her. –Don't ignore me Vixen-chan, I know you can hear me now.- Vixen blinked and sighed.
"Okay okay pooch-kun. You got me." L rolled his eyes. Vixen grinned devilishly. "So you want me to tell you why I'm here?" She got a glare from Lawliet. She giggled and put her hands out in defense. "Alright alright…." Vixen swiftly scooped the puppy up and placed him upon a bench. "Sit back and relax, pooch-kun. I'll tell you why I'm here." Lawliet drooped and sat down. Vixen sat herself down as well and smiled at the little lab puppy. "You see Pooch-kun. I was originally given the mission to follow you around until you got your human form back. However I found something more interesting to follow." A deep suspicious blush worked its way upon her face. L blinked blankly at her.
-What type of guy is it?- L barked tilting his head. Vixen snapped her head towards L and her blush rose as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Uh…. Well." Vixen stammered a bit. L stood up on his wobbly legs and looked at Vixen.
-You did fall in love didn't you?-
"Well… Yes, but uh…" Vixen became fidgety. "I kinda found an interest in someone who has a sway and a chest…." L blinked.
-You're gay.- L snickered. –So who's the 'lucky' girl?- Vixen had a blank expression on her face, however it changed into a small smile.
"Oh yea, your gay too." Vixen slapped her forehead and laughed. "How could I have forgotten?" Lawliet twitched.
-Well yes… How could you have forgotten? You teased me for hours about it at the Court.- Vixen sweat dropped and scratched the back of her head.
"Oh yea….hehe sorry." Vixen grinned sheepishly, as she scratched the back of her head.
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L waggled down the vacant street, once and a while a car would speed by, but other then that L was alone. Vixen had left him to find her….what did she call it again? Oh yea, 'soul desire'. L stopped and shook his head in disapproval.
-That woman will never stop disturbing me…- thought L as he finally was getting use to his body. However, he was yet use to the fact of how he looked fully. Every time he passed a glass window, he would jump and stare at himself for long periods of time, until he realized it was
him… He had been living five hours now, yet had no idea on what he had to do to get his human form… He had pondered upon it for three hours now, and nothing came to his mind. With his head bowed, L didn't see the person sitting in the shadows of a closed bakery. However, he did smell him and the wonderful…sniff sniff…. Strawberry cheese cake he had with him. Lifting his head he looked around, his eyes focused upon the figure on the porch. Stopping L tried to see the person's face, but to no use. Lowering himself to the ground, L crawled on his pudgy puppy belly towards the seemingly sleeping figure. The cake was delicately placed in his hand. L licked his lips as he drew closer, his eyes on the delectable piece of dessert. He got mere cementers away when his belly growled and the figure snapped awake. L leapt back and slipped into the shadow. The only thing that could be seen was his glowing white eyes. The figure groaned and shifted in his position. L could tell it was a man, more like a teenager. The teen rubbed the back of his head before looking up at L then back down at the cake. The teen sighed and stared at L before getting up and as he got up he put down the cake.
"Here… You can have it…." The teen turned away and began to walk down the dimly lit street. As L began to eat the cake he just happened to hear the teen mumble. "I don't even know why I bought it. I don't even like cake…" L stopped eating and looked at the fading figure. His thoughts swirling. He lowered his head back down to the cake and caught a very strong scent. It was a mixture of drugs and something that was almost gone, consumed by the mixture of drugs. L reared back and shook his head. His eyes wide with the realization that the teen that had given him the cake was off the beaten path.
That was when L realized his duty. Finishing the last bit of cake, he got to his paws and stared down the dark street, knowing somewhere the teen was still wondering around.
End of Chap 1
Kitten: Yea so this is the first chapter of Off the Beaten Path. If anyone wants me to do the Court scene, just message me. I have yet to start the next chapter however, I'll do it as soon as I see a review on this story!
Arctic Vixen: YAY I'm in this chapter! –glomps Arctic Kitten-
Kitten: ACK! –smiles and strokes head- yep!
Arctic Vixen: Will your character be in it soon, Kit?
Kitten: Maybe in the third chap!
Arctic Vixen: Why that late?
Kitten: -grins- you'll see.
Arctic Vixen: -pouts-
Chapter 2: Running from Sanity