Title: LiveLiveFruit
Rating: T
Pairing: Eventual L x Raito [nothing too out there but more of friendship sorta deal]
Warning(s): some/a lot of AU so to speak. Um…some hints of LightxRyuk but done unintentionally.
Summary:
Ryuk manages to become a real human, a scary human at that. [Every one mistakes him for an emo or a rocker or a goth.] All L knows is that this new friend of Raito is waking up a feeling inside him…could it be jealousy? And what does it mean for Raito. Could his perfect world be heading down the drain along with him?[Can L save him?]
A/N-Yesh, the title is inspired by the ever famous gumgum fruit =P but I r bad with titles ^-^ um,nothing much to say but enjoy!
Chapter 1
"Ryuk, are you paying attention?"
"Hmm? Yes, yes I am"
"Then repeat what I just said"
"Uh…..that you will give me apples because you love me so much"
Light sighed. Currently, both the shinigami and the teen were in the confinement of his room so no one would hear their conversation. He had just finished telling Ryuk something important and apparently the shinigami wasn't paying attention. It was bad enough he had to explain it to Misa FIVE times, because she refused to believe that her precious Raito would rather spend time in "those stuffy headquarters with a pervy man, instead with Misa-Misa." The young man had to repeatedly tell her that it was so that he could keep an eye on him. After telling Misa that this plan was so that they could be that much closer into being together forever, Misa, ever so obedient to her Raito, promised to be good.
The hour with her was torture. He did not want to go through the same thing with the shinigami. Light gave Ryuk a little more credit than Misa, but just a fraction more. "I said that I will be spending most of my time in the head quarters from now on, so there will be times that I might not come home at all. Don't destroy anything while I'm gone and do not do anything that will hinder my plans"
"Yeah, yeah, where's the part about the apples?"
Light grinded his teeth. That shinigami and his damn apples. He threw one that sat on his desk at Ryuk in hopes that he would shut up and pay attention. As he took a big bite out of the apple, making a big crunch as the skin was pierced by the reaper's canine teeth and enjoying the juices the apple had to offer, Ryuk looked back at the wannabe god. "So wait, why do I have to stay here?"
"I never said that you needed to stay here, I said try not to destroy anything when you do come back, but other than that you can go anywhere"
"Then I'll accompany you back to the investigation headquarters" Ryuk happily chirped and spread out his wings.
"No!" Raito's sudden answer surprised the shinigami. But also made a smirk creep onto Ryuk's face.
"Aw why not, it will be fun. I can make funny things happen to that fellow you call Ryuzaki. We'll have a good laugh"
"The only reason I would want you over there would be to give me L's real name" the autumn-haired teen stated crossing his arms
At this Ryuk gave a laugh "You know I can't do that Raito"
"Then I don't want you anywhere near that building" he said uncrossing his arms and continuing to gather his things.
And that was that, Ryuk would not go to the building and discover what REALLY happened. The shinigami would not let Light live it down if he were to figure out that the real reason why he would be gone for so long was because L had decided to try one of the most idiotic ideas in the whole world. An idea that deemed too dumb for a genius like L. An idea that sounded weird on so many levels. An idea that made Misa's statement about Ryuzaki seem almost true. The reason why Light really had no choice in whether he wanted to stay or not was because Ryuzaki had decided to handcuff them together. Day in and day out, with two opposites chained together. The teen knew that before this was over, each one would have bruises that would forever stay with them, both physically and mentally. Light, while in his train of thought, went to the washroom and got his toothbrush. He came back and placed it inside a bag
Ryuk saw as the death note holder put his toothbrush and clothes into a duffel bag. "Heh, from the looks of it, it seems you will be having a sleep over with the greatest detective in the whole world" laughed Ryuk. Light merely scoffed.
"Please, the way you say it makes it sound weird and he's not so great as many are led to believe. He's just an arrogant bastard who doesn't take people's thoughts into consideration"
Ryuk let out a laugh. Just like you.
The young man took a quick sweep of the room and let out a sigh. "Guess that's everything"
"I will misses you, Raito-kun!" Ryuk roared with laughter at his own words. Light on the other hand just rolled his eyes at how stupid the shinigami looked, bouncing up and down already on his bed. Suddenly as he began lauging, he stopped.
"Oi, what about the death note Raito? What's going to happen to that?" the apple lover asked pointing to the drawer in which the killing tool was kept. Light looked at the desk and then turned his back on it going towards his door.
"It's not like I can bring it with me so I will leave it here. Misa is currently in charge of writing down names so I don't have to worry."
Ryuk gave his little weird laugh "You sure she can handle it?"
Light was almost gone when he asked this, by now his hand was on the knob ready to close it "Sure. She has something good for motivation" Ryuk plopped down on Lights bed already getting comfortable for when the teen left. "And would that be?"
The young man smiled "me of course" he finished as he closed the door. On the other side, Light could hear the shinigami's cackles echoing through his room.
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Yagami Soichiro waited for his son, sitting on a chair in his kitchen with his wife, Sachiko, who was busying herself making tea. He knew he had to enjoy what few moments with his wife he got. This case was proving to be the most difficult and there was always the change of his death. Sachiko knew this and accepted it a long time ago. This made Soichiro love her even more.
"I'm sure he will do great" Sachiko said as she gave the tea to her husband. Soichiro hesitated for a moment before remembering what Raito had told her. He merely nodded in response to her statement. He did not like lying and lying to his wife was worse. He was thankful that his daughter was asleep, because lying to his daughter would make it that much more unbearable.
Both he and Raito had come at night to pick up a few things and return to headquarters. But they had to explain why Raito was going to be absent for a while. Of course by explain, they gave her a story about him going to compete against the top ranked students around the world in the United States and he had been busy helping out friends before he left thus resulting in him returning home late. Soichiro added that he had seen Raito walking back home and gave him a ride the rest of the way, while the young man had explained his situation. Of course the father would drive him to the airport. And the saddest part of this entire story was that Sachiko believed it. She would not suspect that his son would spend for who knows how long chained to another man.
The famous detective never ceased to amaze the old chief. But rather than being amazed at how well he had solved something or had come to a conclusion of something else, it was more of a shock at what extremes he would go to prove that his son, Yagami Raito, was the mass murderer Kira. His son, the ever so smart and kind Raito, could not be a murderer. He would make any parent proud to call him their son. Yet somehow, the detective, who was equally as smart but yet to prove kindness, had came to the conclusion that Raito was this killer intent on calling his cause as a form of justice.
Steps coming from the stairs snapped the old chief police out of his thoughts. He looked towards the direction where he knew his son would come down from. The face he saw on his own son's face almost broke the father's heart. Soichiro saw an attempt on Raito's part to put up a brave face. He saw, beyond that mask of bravery, a young man stripped of his freedom. And Soichiro blamed himself. If he wasn't in this case, no, if he wasn't a police then Raito would not have gotten involved like this. The only thing he can hope for his son now was that the strange detective would eventually give up on proving something that's just not true.
"Dad, I'm ready"
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As they pulled up to the tall building, Light tensed and took a sharp breath of air in. This would technically be his new "home." Although it hardly was such a thing to Raito right now.
That crazy sugar addicted insomniac
They went through the usual security measures and arrived at the main headquarters. The rest of the team was there, doing their usual grunt work. Shuichi Aizawa was going through papers with Kanzo Mogi while Touta Matsuda was busy making tea, most likely by L's orders.
And speaking of the world's greatest detective,
"Have you taken care of everything Raito-kun?"
Light didn't have to move his head to know where that voice came from. He looked straight ahead from the door he just came in; a jet of black hair was seen sticking out behind a chair. And Light glared at that hair, intent on glaring at whom that hair was attached to. The chair spun around, where big panda eyes were now looking at Light. The young teen did not hide his scowl as the man in the chair sat in his usual way, with bare feet brought up to his chest, a white long sleeved shirt visible, with faded blue jeans. And the detective just kept staring.
"Yes" replied Light.
"Good" the detective said spinning around towards the controls. He pressed a button and leaned in to a microphone. "Watari, please bring the handcuffs"
"Right away sir" came the reply. And no sooner was the communication cut off that the old man named Watari shuffled in with the silvery chain in his hands. L spun once more and got off the chair to retrieve the handcuffs. He walked his usual way, back hunched and his two hands in his jean pockets. Light wondered if he had back problems but shrugged it off. He didn't care is he did or didn't, the detective was of no importance to Light.
L quickly placed one of the cuffs on his right hand. The chain was cool over his skin but nonetheless the detective ignored it. He got the other end of the chain and let it dangle, shifting it towards Raito.
"Would Raito-kun be so kind as to put this on?" L said in his not-so-innocent voice.
Light looked at the chain for a second. This was it. His freedom being snatched away, at least, most of it. It wouldn't be as bad as being stuck in a cell for a week, like L had done just the week prior to this day. The autumn-haired teen was thankful that his father had somehow convinced L to get him out, if not Light would have had no other choice but to give up ownership of it. Of course he had a plan to get it back if that ever happens. He took the cuff from L's hand and placed it on his left wrist.
"Thank you Raito-kun" said L, the corner of his lip lifting, as if smirking for some reason. He walked back to the chair he was sitting at, the only difference was that now the sound of the chain being dragged across the floor echoed throughout the room. The chain was loose enough when L sat down but when he spun around to face the other direction yet again, the cuff pulled on Light's wrist and made him stumble forwards. Light glared at the man, sending daggers. He looked around to the rest of the task members and all of them quickly turned away, trying not to make it worse for the teen. Matsuda seemed to have forgotten that he held L's drink for when Light looked at him he turned around quickly only to spill some of the tea into his hands. He quietly hissed but still went to give the detective his tea. L took it without a word to Matsuda and began plopping sugar cubes into it.
"So it will just be me and you with this chain" Light said as he lifted his left hand to stare at the chain, his voice as enthusiastic as getting locked in a cell for a week.
"Oh, you and I will not be alone in this building" the raven-haired man said pushing a button. The screens in front of them turned on to reveal Misa in a room already made into her liking.
"Hello Misa-san" L said in his oh-so-kind voice. The girl looked directly at them and smiled. Misa was sitting in a chair as if already expecting this call. It also seemed as if she could see everyone in the room.
"Hi, Raito-kun! Misa-Misa gets to stay in the same building as you, this means we can spend that much more time together" the love-struck girl squealed. But instead of leaping for joy like Misa seemed to expect from Light, the teen inwardly cringed at the sound of her voice.
"Ah, you seemed to be mistaken Misa-san, you see, the reason you are here is so that we can look over you better. Now that Raito-kun is part of the investigation and you are dating him then there's a probability that you may be targeted…"
Light turned to look at the detective and narrowed his eyes. He knew exactly what L was thinking. And it seemed that the rest of them also figured it out. All but Misa who did not notice the main reason for her confinement and Matsuda. The slow detective leaned over to Aizawa to whisper "If that's true why doesn't Ryuzaki bring the rest of the Yagami household?"
L continued, ignoring that loud whisper that everybody seemed to have heard "…But also Raito-kun will be spending his days working on this investigation so he will not have time for you. We will check on you later"
"EH?!" was all that they heard from the other side as L disconnected the transmission and lifted his cup for a sip.
"You think she's Kira" Light said, making everyone turn their heads from the screen to him.
"No, Raito-kun, I do not believe she is Kira…"
Light took a threatening step forward "Don't you dare lie, Ryuzaki!"
"I'm not lying and Raito-kun would know that if he lets me finish."
This seemed to calm the young man down a little
"As I was saying, I do not believe she is Kira…I believe she's the second Kira" L said outloud. Actually, I know she's the second Kira
No one seemed to want to move, not with the way Light was looking. Any slight movement would probably make the teen go wild with rage. All Matsuda did was look back and forth like a dog chasing a ball thrown back and forth.
I wonder how he's going to survive with Ryuzaki chained to him
If this was anyone else, they would have probably cowered under the glare of one Yagami Raito. But the rest of the investigation team thought that Light had a good reason to be mad.
The teen had agreed, no matter how reluctantly, to this whole chained-to-another-man-for-god-knows-how-long plan of Ryuzaki's just to clear his name. And now Light's girlfriend was accused of being the second Kira.
Well, Light really didn't care what happened to Misa. The accusation was what worried the teen. Even more so, he thought about how this could hinder his plans so far.
Good thing I planned for something like this. If Misa did as I told her, then right now she should have no memory of the death note. And the killings will still continue…but to an extent…I have to figure out away to get out of this situation before the killings stop. That idiot Ryuzaki, this will only slow me down but in the end I will turn out victorious. Light took a deep breath in and relaxed his shoulders so that everyone could visibly see that he calmed down.
L, however, did not pay attention to Raito's little fit of rage, or what the detective believed to be an act of being angry.
Raito does not like Misa let alone love her or care about her
He looked on to the many screens on the wall.
I'll have to watch over them very carefully
"Now that Raito-kun has calmed down, let us resume our work, shall we?" the ever so famous detective said. Everyone sat down on the detective's command and once again began to look for the mass-murderer that is Kira.
A/N: i have good news for this one. i have a good idea how its going to end. so now i must work my butt off to get there ^^; keep your fingers crossed!