A New Case: DN AU fanfic Collaboration with punkette180
A/N: Please review. I am addicted to them.
~~~~~Gee's POV~~~~~
I didn't know what to think when the letter came. It was a stormy July night, perfectly matching my mood. I had had a nasty cold for days, and I felt about as fine as a diseased rat. And I just HAD to run out of painkillers. Lucky me. I was cuddled up against my favorite stuffed wolf Jerry on the bed when the doorbell rang. I practically crawled to the front door.
"Who the hell is it at this ungodly hour?" I muttered. I opened the door to find a postman standing there. Only Japan would have 24-hour delivery. Which I was not happy about this time...more effort, more headaches. Grr.
"Miss Shidou, correct?"
"Yes." I croaked.
"Your letter. Have a good evening."
"Doubtful."I muttered as he walked return address, for some reason.
I ripped it open, and found a first-class plane ticket, a piece of paper with an address, and a typewritten letter. Okay?...
Hello, Gee. I trust that you have been well. I would like your assistance in a case I've been solving. I need someone to be my eyes and ears for this case, and I believe you are the best one to do it. I will tell you the details when you get to England.
England, huh? Well, that explained the plane ticket.
Also, accommodations have already been made for you at my house, so feel free to stay there. Mind you, this case may drag on for months, so I suggest that you stay at my house. The address is enclosed in the letter. My family is living there too, but I think you'll get along with them. Please page Watari if you are going to accept this case. I warn you though, this case is very dangerous.
There was a gothic L at the bottom instead of a name, but it was pretty obvious who it was from. A letter from L himself asking me for help? I must have made a really good impression on him in the Kasagi killer case. I wondered why, considering the amount of embarassing situations that took place.
I read the letter again. "Best person to do the job", huh? Very generous coming from him, even if the part about being his eyes and ears irked me a there was a part that seemed strange. His "family"? Wasn't he an orphan? I decided to page Watari, just to confirm that it was really him. And if it was, I'd accept. I was pretty bored anyway.
"I assume that you got the letter, Miss Shidou?" asked Watari as soon as I paged him.
"The one about coming to England to help out L?" I asked just to check."Yes. Oh, by the way, do you have a cold?"
"Yeah, nasty one. But it'll blow over in a day or two. I accept the case."
"Very well."
" Also, I was wondering...who's L's family that he mentioned? I thought he was an orphan."
"You'll find out."And he hung up. Well, that answer was helpful. But I was excited anyway. I'd always wondered what his family background was. I guess I was going to find out. Plus, I sorta-kinda-maybe had a crush on the detective. so that was another bonus.
Looking closer at the ticket, I found that the ticket was for a week from now. Probably to allow me time to pack and things. How thoughtful of Watari(or L, for that matter, though the first was more likely.) And enough time to get over my cold, too. I also realized that my head didn't feel like an elephant was tap dancing on it anymore. Maybe all someone needed was a letter from their somewhat-crush to get over a nasty cold. Yeah, I had a crush on L, as stupid as that sounds. With my headache under control, I drank a glass of water and quickly fell asleep.
~~~~~Kagami's POV~~~~~
I yawned and sat up on my bed. Man, I was tired from last night's partying. Westborough Private Academy had let out yesterday, and there had been an end-of-the-year party at my friend Brianna's house.
My band, the Misfits, had played at the party, and then joined in all the fun. Long story short, my boy-that's-a-friend Tom and I had come back to our house at 3:00 am in zombie mode and crashed as soon as we hit the bed. Speaking of which, I had better get dressed and see if Tom was up.
I was still in my party clothes; a black t-shirt with the words "Come to the dark side. We have cookies" and a jean skirt with black leggings underneath. I changed into another black tshirt and jeans, showered, brushed my teeth, and jumped over the banister, floating downwards on my black wings and landing on my feet.
"Morning, you guys." I said as I walked in.
"Good morning, Kagami." replied L, Mello, and Near.I sat down and poured myself some Cheerios. I was starving.
"Did you have fun last night?" L asked as I wolfed my Cheerios down. I was too hungry to feel uneasy around L for once.
"Yeah, but man, it was tiring. I sang for 2 hours straight."
"Listen, Kagami, we need to talk with you about something. You know the serial killer case?"
"Yeah, the one that also mutilated all its victims. What about it?"
"Well, I asked Ms. Shidou to come over here and help me out by doing the physical work. She'll be staying here too."
"Miss Shidou? Wait, so me and Tom can't be in our real forms?" Well, that was a downer. I was quite comfy in my angel/demon form, and Tom was used to being his angel form too."Yes. I don't trust her enough."
"But she saw you in person."
"That's a smaller secret compared to yours."
"...Fine. How long do you think this'll take?"
"Under a week, I hope."
"Good enough." I put the dishes in the sink and walked out. I ran upstairs to Tom's room and tiptoed right next to him, putting my lips to his ear.
"Tom! Get your ass off the bed!" I screamed in Korean.
"HOLY SHIT!" Tom yelled and shot up a foot in the air(literally). I think I nearly died laughing.
"Jeez, give me a freaking heart attack, why don't you." Tom grumbled in Korean as he ran a hand through his shaggy blond hair.
"Maybe, but that aside, L's girlfriend's coming over to help out with the serial killer case and we can't show her our true forms."
"Wait, he had a girlfriend?"
"Yeah, that Ms. Shidou person."
"Oh, her. Ok. Let's sneak into Matt's room and steal his video games."
"Sounds good." With that I ran downstairs to set the tv up for our game.