My first fanfiction ever so please don't be too harsh. Hopefully I did a good job with it! Let me know if I should continue or not! Teen rating is for language and themes, no explicit content though.

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{{}{}{}}-DUNNO 'BOUT LINE-BREAKS BUT HERE'S RANDOMNESS!-{{}{}{}}

I was not used to being inordinary, if that's even a word. Sure, maybe being the daughter of the Japanese police task force's head director wasn't entirely ordinal, but I wasn't some kind of super genius! I was the type of person that blended into the crowd; there was nothing extraordinary about my straight black hair and common brown eyes. It wasn't just my appearance either though, I was of average intelligence, passing my classes with assorted A's and B's, along with the fact that I wasn't all that special. I wasn't some outstanding honors student, talented athlete, beautiful cheerleader or anything! So when this random tall guy confronted me at the To-Oh entrance ceremony, claiming to be L, I sort of freaked out. I mean, what kind of person just goes around telling random people he's L, the world's famous, faceless detective?

I stared at him with furrowed brows and a mouth agape in shock when the intercom came on and called up perfect student Light Yagami. I would know, I went to high school with the guy and he was a total genius, not to mention he was better looking than soap opera star, Hideki Ryuga. He was in my English class, the only class besides Japanese that I had honors for, and he got a perfect score on everything, plus he had an entire fan-club of girls that were always fawning over him, I would know, one of the girls- Yuri I think it was? -even asked me to join. Yeesh, talk about obsessed. And speaking of Hideki Ryuga, that was the second name they called. But it wasn't the soap opera actor Hideki Ryuga, no, this guy was some mad genius that's been born and raised in captivity, his pale complexion told me so.

It was amusing actually, watching their far away figures from the other side of the auditorium as Light walked up on stage with a perfectly straight posture like he was raised in a goddam military school, followed by Hideki, who hobbled up on stage like the hunchback of Notre Dame. I subtly inched away from the delusional institution escapee that had taken a liking to acting as an L impersonator and moved closer to the stage. I couldn't see much from the back row. After making my way to the front, I realized there were no seats whatsoever, so I decided, why not go backstage? It's not like I've ever done anything remotely against the rules in my life so what harm would it do now. And besides, I was part of the theater club once. Yeah, that only lasted for a week before I realized I totally hated it and joined creative writing, but I was still in it!

So I did.

I tiptoed stealthily backstage and peered through the curtains at the backs of Light and Hideki, whom were reading speeches off of paper. Actually, only Light was. Hideki was just holding up a blank piece of paper like it was the disease that would lead to the extinction of man. Light seemed extremely tense for some reason but I had no idea why. Maybe he had stage fright...? If he did, he definitely didn't show it. That was the thing about me, -the only noteworthy thing actually- I was really skilled at reading people. No, not reading people like palms and stuff, but noticing what they're truly feeling, no matter how high up their guard is.

That was why Hideki was an enigma. I had no idea of what in the world he was feeling. He had a firewall that was the strength of L's computer system. Tch, don't look at me like that. I may be a nobody but that doesn't disclude me from the gossip circle that's has lead me to believe that seven of the guys at Daikoku had tried to hack into L's databases just for shits and giggles and ended up miserably failing. Anyway, back to the matter at hand, Hideki showed nothing. No emotions whatsoever from him, making me slightly suspect him of being an android.

Light was an enigma too in a way. His guard was to the moon and back. It was like he was calculating everything he did and trying so hard to overlook nothing, but he was an enigma to me because of one wonder of mine. What the hell was he hiding that he needed to be so secretive and careful about? Could it be a secret girlfriend? No way. Maybe a failure of sorts? Nuh-uh, he was the embodiment of perfect, there was no way he'd secretly flunked anything. Maybe he was in a gang...

Nah. That didn't seem like the type of thing he'd involve himself with. He was too smart for that... So what was it?

I continued to ponder it until I was snapped out of my thoughts by the applause that sounded from the audience. Instead of sticking around for the rest of the ceremony, I left through the back entrance. Frankly, I found the whole thing to be a bit of a bore, and it wasn't like attending the ceremony was mandatory or anything so there was no way I'd be missed. I strolled around outside the quiet campus a bit after buying a bento from one of the hallway vending machines. I ate it sort of angrily as my mind drifted back to Light and Hideki, which surprised me but I shrugged it off. It was normal to be jealous of the guy right? Light, I mean. It was unfair that someone was so perfect. Such perfectness should be illegal! I'm totally kidding, but still... for someone to have such an awesome life, awesome grades, awesome looks, awesome family... I sighed. There was no point in treading on my obvious jealousy.

But I couldn't help but wonder about Hideki. He was a complete stranger to me and I knew absolutely nothing about him. I'd have to research him when I got home. I sat up off the bench and tossed my empty bento in the trashcan as many students walked outside. The ceremony must've ended. I was just about to walk home when I noticed that guy from earlier out of the corner of my eyes, and he was staring at me. I took in a breath, my eyes looking around cautiously as I covered my face and became one with the crowd. I couldn't even imagine having some obvious hair color like blonde, I would stick out like a rosebush in the middle of a blizzard! It wasn't like the crowd wasn't diverse, because it totally was, but everyone's hair color seemed to range from light brown to black. There weren't any students with blonde or red hair, at least not that I could see from where I was standing, though I couldn't see much from behind the tall guy that was walking ahead of me. It was honestly a relief that the person in front of me was pretty tall, that way I wouldn't have to go through a stare down with 'Mr. L Cosplay', actually, that wouldn't describe him accurately, since he'd have no one to imitate in order to dress up like L.

I wondered what L really looked like. I'd pictured him as a good-looking English guy in his forties with a wife and kids that he has to leave for months at a time to save countless lives all over the world, and his wife would be all like, "Lenny! Don't go! We'll miss you to much!" and then he'd be all like, "Honey, I do this for you, so you and our beloved daughter can live a safe and happy life." and then his daughter would walk in with tears in her eyes saying, "Daddy, I'll miss you! Come back soon!" And then they'd hug emotionally and then he'd leave for his next case.

Not that my theory was likely though, since nobody actually acts like they're on a soap opera in real life, and I definitely have an overactive imagination. Oh, by the way, Lenny is the name I made up as L's real name, short for Leonard, or Lenward- is that a name? Well if it is, it's a terrible one. -or something like that. I had just enough time to look up and realize there was a telephone pole in front of me before I ran into said telephone pole. I swear, I can be so absent-minded sometimes. A few people gave me weird looks as I rubbed the newly formed bump on my forehead. Way to blend in huh?

I turned left onto the bullet train that went in the direction of my house, not even bothering to search for a seat. It was around lunch time and after the ceremony, there were tons of students riding it to get home to their families for a meal. I held on to the pole as the train sped forward, my other hand still on my bump. I wondered how my friends were doing at their colleges... Dammit! My friends! I had to meet them for dancing later that night, even though I was a terrible dancer. I had totally forgotten. Maybe I could just skip it. I was really exhausted after the ceremony and all and I just wanted to watch a movie from the comfort of my bed.

I groaned aloud at my dilemma, earning a few looks my way. At least I had ditched pretend L back at the school. I funneled out of the train along with an assortment of my peers and began walking down the street towards my house. My dad took off of work for a day just to see me arrive home. I though about it a bit more and decided I probably shouldn't cancel my plans because for one, my friends would be really mad at me, and two, it was my turn to be the designated driver, except in this case, I wasn't exactly driving, I just had to make sure Reina and Sakaye actually made it home. I turned the knob of my front door and went inside, greeted by my parents.

"Hi dad. Hey... mom." I passed by them and rushed up the stairs, wanting nothing more than to sit down and be lazy for a few hours.

"How was the ceremony?" my dad asked me as I walked back downstairs mere seconds later and towards the direction of the kitchen.

My mom chimed in too. "Was it fun Kita?" Yes, that's right. She said Kita. Kita Kitamura. That's my name. Well actually my name is Kitari Kitamura but I got stuck with the nickname Kita. And I get called Kita Kitamura, or even more usually Kita-Kita by many, many people on a daily basis. God sometimes I swear my parents hate me.

"Good. Kinda boring. A little weird actually." I admitted as I pulled a stalk of celery out of the fridge and bit down on it with a crunch.

"Weird?" My mother questioned as she followed me into the kitchen.

I sighed, "Yeah, some random guy came up to me and said he was L." I followed my statement up with a snort at the ridiculousness of it all.

My father wore an odd expression and I could tell he must be angry with somebody while my mother held fake concern... maybe her concern wasn't fake though, maybe it was just my resentment towards her that was diminishing her genuineness through my eyes.

I broke the momentary silence. "Well, I'm going upstairs to watch a movie." I told them as I returned to my room and shut the door behind me, effectively shutting out the world for a few hours. As I tossed myself atop my bed, I kicked my shoes off and just hung out like a normal college freshman. Little did I know normal was not going to last long.

{{}{}{}}-TOMATOES HAVE FEELINGS TOO!-{{}{}{}}

(I WONDER WHAT THIS BOX IS FOR!)

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