Very Enlightened Middle School Chapter 1: Monday
Light Yagami was a straight A student at the Very Enlightened Middle School. (Or Vems, for short.) He was innocently walking the halls one day after chess club when he heard the swish of frilly pom-poms.
"RAITO-KUN!!!" Light began to turn around before he was tackled to the ground by his self proclaimed girlfriend, Misa Amane. Misa was the hyper-active goth Lolita captain of the cheerleading squad, and trust me, she is very cheery.
"Raito-kun, Misa didn't know you had to stay after school today, did something happen Misa-Misa should know about?"
Light groaned inwardly as Misa snuggled his arm. He hated her talking in third person as much as he hated her entire being.
"Misa, how many times do I have to tell you, I have chess club on Mondays."
"Ooh, right! Misa remembers now!" Instantly she jumped into a long lecture on a stupid stunt Kiyomi Takkada (also self proclaimed girlfriend of Light) pulled in practice today. Light took on a stone blank expression as she talked and for once was thankful as two of his rivals entered the corridor.
Vems was a very competitive school, and the circle of top students were always competing to be the best. The saddest thing was no one was told who was number one, only that they were in the top group. So Light's biggest problems other then Misa and Kiyomi were most likely either L, B, Near, Mello, or Matt. L was actually Light's best friend, but that didn't damper the heat of the competition.
So as I was saying, Light was actually thankful as the inseparable pair of Mello and Matt rounded the corner. The only thing different was the Mello was brandishing a pair of old fashioned barber's knives.
Hastily turning away from Misa, Light said, "Mello do I dare ask where you acquired those?"
Mello closed his knives sharply before saying, "This year's school production is of Sweeney Todd, and I landed the roll of Sweeney." Matt nodded enthusiastically.
Light was slightly skeptical. He knew Mello was more then melodramatic (no pun intended) at times, but serious acting? And Light certainly knew from watching the movie that the score was very hard indeed, full tricky half steps and harmonic crunches.
Before Light could say anything however, Mello whipped out a chocolate bar from an unseen pocket it his tight leather pants and began to eat.
"So as I was saying, getting the role was pathetically easy. You know the drama teacher, Ms. Lidner, right? Well I swear she completely adores me, she didn't even have me try out!"
In the midst of this Misa cart-wheeled off, probably to wreak havoc upon Kiyomi's life. Light too, had grown bored of Mello's drabble and said rather impulsively and flatly, "Mello. I don't care."
Mello looked aghast at this. "Fine! Go hang out with your boyfriend then!" Mello spat.
After Mello sharply turned to leave with Matt trotting beside him, Light allowed himself to sigh. People always made fun of him because his last name backwards spells I-M-A-G-A-Y, or I'm a gay. People always brought it to a further level when they noticed he spent nearly all his free time with L, and took no interest in his multiple girlfriends.
But he didn't let it get him down too much when it came from the chocolate addicted blond. Mello was apparently oblivious to the rumors about him and his never-going-to-leave-his-side-for-the-world best friend Matt. The two even lived together in a quaint little cottage near L's mansion.
Speaking of L. L lived in and enormous and certainly gorgeous mansion just outside of the urban area where Light lived. He had no family except for his adoptive grandfather, Watari. Watari was a quiet British gentleman who mostly kept to himself.
That probably led to L's wacky lifestyle. When Light first met L back in 6th grade his eccentricities piqued Light's interests, and the two eventually realized they made great friends, despite their differences. L didn't care about his appearance, and ate nothing but sweets. Light took pride in his appearance, (especially his hair,) was a neat freak, and the only junk food he allowed himself to eat was potato chips. And only on special occasion.
When Light first visited L's mansion he was immediately threatened at gunpoint. This was Mello, with Matt close behind him. Light had lost his way walking through L's gardens and had stumbled too close to Mello's part of the property.
Light thought Mello was angry enough, when a small albino boy in stunningly white pajamas came up to them. Mello immediately brought out another gun and threatened the boy, (who was apparently called Near,) even more harshly. Near left quietly of his own will.
Before Light could ask where he could find L, a jar of strawberry jam came falling out of the sky. It shattered dangerously close to Light's new shoes. There was a cry of, "Oh shit!" and a kid whom Light assumed was L expertly jumped out of a high branch and landed smoothly on his two feet.
He looked mournfully at his wasted jam before looking up at Light. "Aah, Light Yagami, a pleasure."
Light was confused. "Um, L, you already know me. You invited me over to your, -er, mansion."
The boy frowned. "And L told me you were smart. I'm not L, dimwit, I'm B. It also looks like L hasn't told about Near, Mello, or Matt, has he?"
Light looked over at the scowling Mello. Almost nervously, he said, "No. He didn't."
B explained how over time, him and the other three, orphaned and starving, had stumbled across L's mansion. Treating them like brothers, L took them in and gave them separate shares of the land to live their own lives in.
B came first, and was closest to L. Then Mello and Matt came. At first L tried to give them different sections of property, but he learned the hard way the Mello and could not and would not be separated. If they did, they would begin to develop suicidal and homicidal tendencies until they were united. Near came last, and was particularly fond of L.
After hearing all this, Light was profoundly disturbed. He just wanted to find L.
B graciously brought Light to the main foyer of the mansion, where L was waiting. B and L talked with him a while, which made Light even more confused. The two looked exactly the same, (except for subtle differences in eye color,) walked, talked, and sat the same. It was very disturbing.
L brought Light up to his room, which seeped luxury. It only made L's appearance all the more… Sketchy. But nothing could have prepared Light for what he found in L's closest. Hanger upon hanger hung the same outfit of plain long-sleeved white shirts and baggy blue jeans. Light seethed for three hours straight. Why couldn't L make the most of his money?! He looked like a hobo!
No matter. Light learned to live with it.
Back to the present. Light dialed his locker combination whilst reminiscing on that day. He opened his locker and stuffed some books in his backpack. He was going over what he needed one last time, when Ryuk floated out of a wall.
"Heya, Light. Goin' over L's place again?"
"Yup." Light tossed Ryuk an apple. This spirit monster thing had been following Light around, strangely enough, ever since he had met L. Ryuk wouldn't say why he hung around Light, what he was, or where he came from. He gave a cackle, and said it was 'classified' information.
Light ignored the horrendous crunching sounds Ryuk made as he ate, heading for an exit of the school. It was Light's routine to study with L after school. L never wanted or asked to go over L's house. Light was fine with that, he liked L's mansion. His parents didn't mind either. All Light had to say was that L was a smart boy and that they mostly studied.
Light's parents didn't care what Light did, so long as it further bettered his education. That was all Light's parents cared about, his education. They didn't care that, according to Light's calculations, that they would accumulate debt paying for this school unless his mother got a decent paying job.
As Light pushed open the double doors, for some reason his daily schedule came to mind.
Wake up. Eat breakfast. Shower. Fix hair. Get ready for school. Go to school. Study with L at L's mansion. Eat dinner with L. Go home. Study more. Go to bed.
It was all very repetitive, but Light liked it.