Beep…….Beep……Beep.
How annoying… I thought, bringing a hand up to my forehead. Sloth must be trying to mess with me again. I suddenly snapped my eyes open, only to see that I was in a completely white room. What? A room? Where am I….this….this can't be any where in the Shinigami Realm! I suddenly noticed that the hand I brought to my forehead didn't have any claws, and was a human like shade of skin. And there were sharp, thin knives penetrating it! My eyes widened as I studied the limb in front of me.
What the hell is going on?! I screamed in my minded, trying to figure out what was wrong with my surroundings, and myself for that matter. Flowers? Wait……they're yellow! Color! Oh god…oh god no! This cannot be happening! I stretched out my human arm and smashed the vase of flowers to the ground. The ground! It's fluffy! It's blue! What's wrong with it?! I brought my knees to my chest and held them tightly, trying to get away from the fluffy ground. My legs! Where is my armor?! Where are my claws?!
I suddenly felt something wet and warm fall down my cheeks. I slammed one of my hands to my cheek, touching the warmth. Am I bleeding….?
I brought my hand up to my sight, and saw that the blood was….transparent? Tears! I'm crying! My eyes are crying! I don't have emotions! I'm a Shinigami! I'm so confused….so lost…A pathetic whimper left my lips, followed by a loud, animal like growl.
Now I'm just acting weak. First, I have to find out where I am…wait! I suddenly remembered having that horrible, painful conversation with the King. I'm in the human world! No wonder….and the transformation…Damn!
I hissed, clawing my hair with frustration. "I can't believe he did that! I can't believe he just…..just threw me out like that!" I screamed, looking at a mirror on the other side of the room, watching has my once blue eyes flashed into a deep, and recognizable blood red color.
"Ma'am? Ma'am! Are you alright?!" A pathetic, voice screeched from the door way. I snapped my neck to voice, snarling as the woman came closer to me. "Human! Tell me where I am!" I screamed, smashing another vase of flowers to the ground. "Please relax Ma'am, or else I'm going to have to paralyze you with one of these shots!" The woman glared at me, daring to define my superiority.
"Wench! How dare you insult me so?!" I snarled, baring my teeth at her. These humans….they just ask for death! "Please Ma'am! I don't want to have to hurt you! I can see you are obviously confused and lost! Please, clam down and let me explain." She whispered, watching as more tears fell freely from my face.
A sob escaped my lips, surprising me. I guess I can have her help me….and then kill her. I thought quietly. I looked back up at her, showing her that I had obviously calmed down. "Just…..just tell me where I am. Tell me how I got here……" I muttered, staring at the scary, fluffy blue floor in shame. She carefully walked up to my 'bed', grabbed a wooden chair, and sat really close to me.
She grasped one of my hands, much to my disgust, and talked in a soothing voice. "You are at Wammy's Orphanage. We found you outside, naked, alone, and hurt. We couldn't bring you to a hospital because we immediately knew you were special….one of a kind." She smiled at me. "You look only about 15, so we thought we could take care of you. It's pretty obvious that your parents are gone, and that you are alone." She whispered, patting my hand as if to comfort me.
I stared blankly at her. It's funny how humans make up such bullshit. But, if I follow it, I can have somewhere to live as I search for the human man…..that is, if he is a man yet. The King did say that he looked into the future….not the present. I rolled my eyes. I guess I shall make up some believable story so this human and her 'Orphanage' can give me shelter.
"The words you speak are true. My parent's were murdered when I was very young. I have been defending myself for as long as I could remember but, I was attacked one night by some evil thugs, and was left harmed on your door step. I don't think I can go on living on my own, for I have become angry and senseless. Can you grant me shelter?" I asked, forcing more tears out of my eyes, trying to make myself look weak.
She seemed surprised by my vocabulary, but grinned nonetheless. She then decided to hug me. I felt disgusted as I watched her arms embrace me. "Of course! And I knew you were special, you must be a genius!" She gasped suddenly, backing up while still holding onto my human arms. "Maybe….maybe you can be in the running for the great detective, L!" I felt alarmed at that second.
L? The man I am looking for? I guess I must get into this 'running' and become the victor…then! Then I shall meet L and protect him as the King has instructed! After that I can go home! Home!
"I would like to be in this contest. L is my hero." I looked at her directly in the eye, and then above her head. Ahh! The Shinigami eyes! I completely forgot about them! This will make it 10-times easier to find the human! And this woman's name……Ashley Smithin? She seemed more like a Monica to me….
"Great! Oh gosh, Roger is going to be so excited! And the rest of the kids are going to love you, especially Mello! He loves tough girls!" She nudged me in the shoulder, with a wink of her eye. But then she stopped. "Wait! I don't even know your name! Wait….I'm not supposed to know…" She looked at me, and put a finger to her lip. "Give me a letter to call you by! Or at least an Alias!" She tilted her head.
I was absolutely confused. Why would I want to be called a letter? Oh well…stupid Humans…. "My name is Life. You may call me that." I'm not going to be known as a stupid letter, fool. I will be known as Life, because I am Life!
She gave me a weird look. "Um, okay. But just a warning, some kids might give you hell about that name." I blankly stared back at her. "Then I shall bash down anyone who stands in my way of getting close to L." My monotone voice obviously scared her as she scratched the back of her head. "Uh….you know what? I think they will leave you alone…so…we don't have to worry about that! Now, come on! We should talk to Roger, seeing as your wounds have healed!"
Obviously they healed, woman. I'm a Shinigami goddamit! I wanted to scream, but refrained from doing so and ended up just following her. But before I could reach the door, I felt something slip out of my hands. Startled, I looked down and saw the small, thin knife on the ground. "Woman, the knife fell." I muttered, poking her shoulder. She turned around and gasped. "Damn! I'm rushing to much! I didn't even take your needle out! I'm so sorry!"
She whimpered as she picked the 'needle' up and placed it on my bed side table. She then looked at me. "Oh god, I can't believe I almost made you leave in that!" She screeched. I looked down, oblivious of what was wrong with the white piece of cloth that covered the front of my body. I'm used to wearing less than that.
"Let me grab you some cloths real quick and then we can go! I don't want you to get teased before anyone even knows you! OH! By the way, I'm Ashley!" She quickly said, running out of the room to fetch me some cloths. I numbly stared at the now closed door.
"Humans…..are so freaking weird." I hissed, as I sat back down on the bed, shaking my head.
About ten minutes later, she returned with a heap of black clothes in her arms, her blond hair swishing behind her. "Here we go! I even brought you undergarments!" She smiled, throwing the clothes at me. I blinked. "What are these, 'undergarments'?" I asked, wondering if it was another type of armor. She stayed still, eyeing me up and down. "Underwear? Bra…Panties? Sheesh girl, you really are out of the loop!" She blew a piece of her hair out of her face before violently pulling one of my legs out.
"What in gods name are you doing?!" I snarled, trying to kick her away. She then gave me the most evilest glare I've ever seen In my life, even worst than the Shinigami's! ".NOW!" I nodded my head and obeyed as she put some black, lacey 'undergarments' between my legs.
This is extremely uncomfortable! My head screamed as she started putting something on my chest, and clasped it on the back. Why do humans wear such itchy armor?! She then put a black, long sleeved shirt over my head, covering my entire abdomen. Then, she grabbed a pair of red, skinny jeans and cover my legs. She then grabbed some black socks and black shoes and put them on my human feet. Gosh! Why do they wear so much useless crap?!
She looked me up and down and grinned at herself. "Wow! Your such a hottie! All the guys are going to go after you!" She screeched. I gave her a startled look. "I don't want anyone going after me! I haven't stolen any of their apples, why will they hunt me down?!" I asked worriedly. She gave me another one of those weird stares before leading me to the door.
"Life, you are one extremely weird teenager. I don't get you at all." I heard her murmur, as she dragged me down a really long, blue hall with wooden floors. I could say the same for you, Ashley Smithin. I thought as I rolled my eyes and followed. Then I thought about it, She thinks of me as a teenager, when I am actually old enough to be her grandmother. Huh….that's pretty funny.
GAAAH! IT'S SO SHORT! DX FORGIVE ME!!!
The next one will be much longer! I promise!
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-Michelle
