Chapter 2- J
After hours of trying to find L or Light, I found nothing except an empty alley. The sun was already setting and time was running out. I sighed. I only ended up getting tired rather than getting a step closer towards my goal. Out of frustration, I kicked a small rock lying near my foot. It bounced of a couple of trash cans, scaring off a cat. I leaned against the wall and was about to sit down when a voice startled me.
"Who's there?" the voice shouted.
My heart began to beat faster. Who was this guy? What if this guy is a killer? I had no weapon on me to defend myself. What am I going to do?
The voice shouted again, "Who's there? Answer me!" Whoever that person was stepped into the light and I was able to see her face.
She had long, black hair that was in a simple braid behind her back. She had bangs that matched her braid. Her eyes were deep sea blue. She wore an elegant red dress that stopped below her knees. She wore a pair of black, almost knee-length boots. I looked up and saw her name. Jessicka McCartney.
"Who are you and what are you doing here? Tell me or I'll shoot you." She said in a calm voice. She pulled out a gun from a hidden gun holster that was wrapped on her thigh and pointed it at me.
"People call me foxface. As for why am I here, I simply got lost while looking for someone."I tried to answer as calm as I could.
"Why are you using an alias? And how will I know that you're not Kira?"She asked, keeping her gun pointed at me.
"If you know Kira, then you should know why I'm using an alias. Though I find it hard to prove it to you that I'm not Kira."I said and put my arms across my chest. "But that doesn't mean I am Kira. And if I was the Second Kira, you would be dead by now. Now, it's my turn to ask questions. Who are you and what are you doing here?"
"I am known as J or the lady in the red dress. I was going to meet someone here." she answered. Her eyes widened as she realized something. "Wait…how did you know about the Second Kira?"
Crap. I said too much. But then again, how did SHE know about the Second Kira? "I've heard about it. Now, how did you know about the Second Kira, too?" I said.
"I've heard about it as well." She said as she lowered her gun.
We stood there in silence for a while, looking at each other. There was something about her that I can't put my finger on. I don't trust her and I know she doesn't trust me. Then, sounds of a motor engine purring replaced the silence.
"J, I thought I told you to come here alone." a familiar voice said.
"I WAS alone." she said, "Until she came along." She glared daggers at me.
"It's not my fault I got lost." I said. I looked at the person who just arrived.
He had a strawberry blond bob and blue eyes. He wore a leather vest and leather pants. He seemed so familiar to me. He looked at me and seemed to be confused as well.
"You look very familiar…have we met before?"He asked, coming near me.
"I don't know. You look very familiar as well…"I said.
"Hmm…what's your name?" he asked.
"Foxface." I said simply.
His eyes widened. Before my brain could process everything that was happening, he hit me behind the head.
"Ow! What was that for?" I shouted at him.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at Whammy's?" he shouted back.
J made some coughing sound. We both looked at her. "Excuse me, but you know her, Mello?" she asked.
That's when it hit me like a snowball. "Mello? Is that really you?" I asked surprised. I didn't really expect to meet him again.
"Well, duh! Who else would I be? I can't believe you forgot about me. You used to sneak chocolate for me all the time." Mello said as he took out a chocolate from his pocket. He removed the wrapper and bit a small part of it. I always wondered how many chocolates he can fit in that small pocket of his.
J rolled her eyes. "You know…it's rude to ignore people." She said.
We continued to ignore her. By the looks of her face, she was getting frustrated by the second. "Well, what are you doing here?"I asked him.
"Oh, just working on the K-"he said until J interrupted him.
"Uh excuse me, but shouldn't that stay as classified information?" J said and glared at him. If looks can kill, he'd be dead by now…No pun intended.
Mello glared back at her. "I am pretty sure I can trust her." A few silent moments passed by. They glared at each other as if there was a war going on between them. I stood there, watching them awkwardly as the tension increased in the air. Thankfully, J broke the silence.
"We should get going, Mello…we don't want to keep 'him' waiting." She said and approached Mello's motorbike.
Mello grunted. "Fine." He simply said. He started walking towards the motorbike as well.
Just then, I remembered something. If he's here, then that means...My eyes widened at the realization. "Mello!" I called out.
He stopped in front of the motorcycle and turned his head around to look at me. "What?" he asked.
"Can we meet tomorrow? Noon? At the Blu café? I need to talk to you privately." I asked then whispered, "And if Matt and Near are with you, could you tag them along with you?"
He nodded. "Sure, we'll be there." He said as he mounted on the motorbike. "And could you wipe that creepy grin on your face? You look like you're going to murder someone." He added.
I felt a little bit embarrassed that I looked liked that but there was a lot of things going on in my mind that time. I guess taking a day-off was worthwhile, after all.
I watched them disappear at a distance. When I was sure they were out of sight, I shouted "Yes!" jumping high in the air while raising my fist in the air. It was already dark by then but I didn't care. All I needed was to get back to HQ. I quickly ran out of the alley and into the street. Adrenaline was rushing inside of me. People looked at me strangely while I ran pass by them. A taxi driver even shouted for me for crossing the street carelessly, almost getting bumped by a car. But, I didn't care.
Once I reached the HQ, I slammed the door open. I took a couple of minutes to catch my breath. Then, I slammed the door shut. "Guys!" I shouted and barged into the living room. Reichiro, who was holding a bunch of files, looked at me. "You know, if you continue slamming the door, it will break." She told me.
Then, Pocky came out of the kitchen with K. "Wow…seems like fox is on a sugar rush." Pocky said.
"You didn't have to shout to gain our attention, fox-chan. Now, how was your day-off?" K asked.
I took a deep breath and answered, "It was great. Plus, I have great news." I tried to suppress the excitement boiling inside of me.
"What is it?" Reichiro asked as she put aside the files she was holding a while ago.
"I found help." I said and smirked.
"Help in what? Your depression?" Pocky asked.
"I'm not depressed!" I said and scowled, "And the help I'm talking about is in finding L."
"Wait a minute… you found help? How?" K asked.
I told them everything that happened. Starting from wandering around to meeting Mello and J in the alley. "We will be meeting them at the Blu café, tomorrow noon." I said.
After I finished, they smiled at me. "Good work, fox-chan." K said and her lips curved into a smile. But Reichiro pouted a little.
"Yeah…Good work, fox but…you broke our deal. We told you to take a break, not work behind our backs." She said.
"Eh? But I had fun looking for L and Light!" I shouted.
"Well…" Pocky said and showed me a jar of strawberry jam, "A reward for getting us a step closer to our goal!"
My eyes lightened up at the sight of the sweet treat. I snatched it up from Pocky and ate it to my heart's desire.
"I can't believe this…We're finally gonna meet L."Reichiro muttered, "This calls for a celebration!" she shouted.
"Yeah!" Pocky agreed and I just nodded since I was too busy consuming the jam. "Wait, where's K?" Pocky asked. We looked around and saw her coming out of the kitchen with a bowl of whipped cream, two pizza boxes, five boxes of pocky and two jars of jam.
"Did I hear I celebration?" she said and smiled her smile again.
"Woo-hoo!" we shouted and started to grab our desired food item. We started to joke around and laugh a lot. I can already tell this is going to be a long night…
