The Hunt For the Ben Davis Apple

A/N: I have decided to come out of my hiatus and come back with a nice Death Note fan fiction! A little adventure story about Ryuk and Light in serach of the greatest tasting apple…or are they? Enjoy!

Note: The time period in this story doesn't really fit in with the actual story and plot, and I am aware of that. Thus, don't pan me for that…I mean, come on, it's a story about an apple! Okay, enough ranting…sorry. XD

Another Note: (haha, a reference to the novel) I own nothing.

1. Discovery

Light sat quietly in his room. Even though he was quiet, he vigorously and soundly scribbled down names of criminals in the Death Note while his TV was turned to the international news and the computer showing a long list of criminals and their pictures. Ryuk laid down on Light's bed, alternating between staring at the ceiling and watching the news. He didn't really say a word, until he suddenly started to complain about his hunger.

"Light, I'm hungry…" Ryuk whined.

"Then go get yourself an apple," an annoyed Light answered back. "Just make sure Sayu doesn't see you."

"Okay!" he excitedly said. Ryuk literally flew off the bed, and walked through Light's closed door to head downstairs for an apple. Or so he thought.

Ryuk floated down the stairs toward the kitchen to see if there were a few extra apples centered in a basket full of fruit on the dining room table. Turns out Sayu is doing her homework on that table. However, the table didn't just have some apples as its centerpiece (along with some other fruit) and Sayu doing homework; it seems Sayu has a project on apples. Ryuk's eyes widened while she flipped through a book full of pictures of the round, sweet fruit.

"I never knew there were over 7,500 kinds of apples!" Sayu said to herself. Ryuk's eyes widened even more when she said this.

Ryuk then moved closer to Sayu, looking over her shoulder to see the kinds of apples there were. Fuji, Gala, McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith! The shinigami carefully looked through each picture as Sayu turned the pages of the book. He then fell in love with the next page that Sayu turned to.

He saw a bright red, shiny apple glowing on the page. It wasn't like any other red apple; it was named after a man. Ben Davis, it was. What caught Ryuk's attention the most was that it would last for a long time. He would be a hit with this in the shinigami world. Ryuk wanted to possess this apple. He knew he had to have this kind of apple.

For some reason, his appetite disappeared (and because of the fact that Sayu was right in front of the fruit basket full of apples), and the shinigami returned to Light's room. Light was continuing his killing rampage, and Ryuk decided to bother him once more.

"Hey Light…why don't we go on a road trip…" Ryuk began.

Light stopped writing. He turned around, and glared at Ryuk. "What for?'

"Well…" Ryuk began to nervously say, "…I want to find this…special item…"

Light deeply sighed. "You want me to stop killing criminals so I can create this new world…to find an apple?! What's wrong with the ones we have downstairs?"

"Well, this apple is a lot more special than the ones in your fruit basket," Ryuk explained. "It's a Ben Davis apple. It may seem like any other regular red apple, but it lasts very long!"

Light thought about this for a second, and then he chuckled. "Okay, then Ryuk…we can find this 'Ben Davis' apple. I should take a break from creating my new world, anyway."

"Yaaay!" Ryuk enthusiastically expressed.

"First, I need to find where this apple is…it's not very common in Japan, you know," Light stated.

"Okay, okay! Just as long we find it!"

Light typed on the computer, and looked up the common location for a Ben Davis apple. He chuckled again. "It seems they're almost nonexistent now…and the only place we're able to find them is all the way in the Southeastern United States."

"Can we go there, then? Pleaaase pleaasseee?" Ryuk begged. "I won't ask of anything for you ever again!"

"I don't know, Ryuk…there's a very small chance we can ever find this apple," said Light, closing his eyes and putting his hands together. "Plus, this trip will be far expensive…and we don't even know where to go. Plus, my parents-"

Ryuk interrupted Light's rant by grumbling loudly, and gave a deathly stare at him. The shinigami's fingers twitched, and wanted to grab the Death Note away from Light. Ryuk's eyes were turning a different color.

"O-Okay, okay," Light finally responded. "I have more than enough savings in my bank account, so we can probably go to just ONE part of that region. Alright?"

Ryuk's eyes turned back to a normal color, and he stopped twitching. He smiled with joy. "Great! So which city in the Southeastern United States are we to go to for this delicious apple?"

Light chuckled again. This time, however, it almost turned into a big burst of laughter.

"Why do you keep on laughing?" Ryuk curiously asked.

"No, nothing…I feel as if something is tickling me, I just don't know what," Light answered. He turned back to face his computer screen, and looked through a long list of cities. Atlanta, New Orleans, Burmingham…but which city to choose? He clicked on a link of a familiar city that seems to be of his interest. The link opened a window with a large picture of a sandy beach and a bright blue sea.

"Ooh…where is that?" Ryuk wondered, looking closely at the screen, his face next to Light's.

Light grinned. "Ryuk…this is Miami, Florida. It's a populous city on the southeastern tip of the United States…maybe we can find the Ben Davis apple there. What do you say?"

"YES!" Ryuk anxiously shouted. "Can we go now?"

Light looked at his clock. 8 o'clock, it said. Since it would be 3 o'clock in Florida at this time, it would be enough time to get there and begin their search, Light thought.

"Fine, Ryuk…we can go now!"

Ryuk laughed in joy. He began to not act like himself, and he did so by prancing around Light's room. Light didn't mind this while he started to pack some of his belongings for the trip. When he was done, he ran downstairs to confront his parents about this trip of his.

"Mom, dad…do you mind if I get out of this place for a few days? I saved enough money from some jobs I've worked on in the past, and I promise that I can take care of myself," Light innocently explained.

"Heyy, why don't you take me?!" Sayu asked. "I wanna go where you're going, too!"

"I don't have enough money to bring you along, Sayu," he said. "I don't think mom and dad would let me bring you along, as well. Do you want to know where I'm going?"

"Where do you plan to go, Light?" his mother asked.

"Miami, Florida," Light casually answered.

Soichiro rubbed his chin. "Miami? Are you sure, Light? You plan to go to out of town, let alone a country?!"

"Don't worry, dad…I've brushed up on my English. It'll be fine, I promise."

Light's father grumbled, then looked at his wife. They whispered some things in each other's ears, and finally came up with a decision.

"You can go Light…but you must come back within three days," Soichiro said.

Light smiled, and grabbed his luggage from upstairs. He decided to leave his Death Note at home, since it was only going to be three days. Plus, that intricate contraption he set up to hide the Death Note was a good enough place to hide it. Anyhow, Light walked toward the door, and hugged and kissed his family goodbye.

"Watch out for suspicious people," his father warned. "You know Kira is still on the loose."

"I know, dad."

Light walked off to the nearest bus stop to take him to the airport, while his family waved goodbye. While Light walked away, Ryuk excitedly floated right behind him.