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L: You don't?
Me: NO!!!!! Kuso!
Crystal Complex: The Story of a Broken Heart
By: Sparxyu
Chapter 2: Serious Business
Ruki and L sat across from each other, their gazes focused on each other, as if they were the only two people on the planet.
Ruki shifted uncomfortably, fisting her hands in the deep folds of her jet black skirt and restlessly turning her gaze to the window. As she was watching the scenery go by, she felt a fingertip tap her on the knee.
"Ruki-chan?"
"Hai?"
"I want to talk to you."
"Okay, so talk."
L sighed, crossing his arms on top of his knees in his usual crouch position and staring at her, his jet black orbs eyeing her critically.
"What?"
"What happened back there?" he asked her.
"Huh? What are you talking about, Ryuzaki-sama?"
"Everything happens for a reason, Ruki-chan," the great detective murmured. "You didn't just collapse out of nowhere. I mean, Ruki-chan was just standing there, talking to me, then you… There has to be a logical explanation for this. I am ninety-eight percent sure there is."
"You're right," Ruki whispered gently. Her hand connected with his wrist. "There is a reason."
L's eyes lit up. "What is it?"
"Sometimes, ever since I can remember, I see things."
"What do you mean? Ruki-chan is not half-blind, is she?"
"Nai, Ryuzaki-sama. That's not it at all. My eyesight is one-hundred percent of what it is supposed to be. What I meant was, sometimes I have premonitions; visions. Of the future."
"Ruki-chan cannot be serious. You are telling me that you collapsed back at the train station because of a vision you had?"
"Hai, Ryuzaki-sama." The look in Ruki's eyes was earnest. "I would never lie to you."
"Hai, I know that."
"So you believe me?"
"Hai."
"Ryuzaki?"
"Hai?"
"Domo ariagtou."
He offered her one of his strange, thin smiles. "You're welcome."
"So," she said, changing the subject. "What's the new case about?"
"Numerous criminals have died of heart attacks. There is no doubt that this is the work of a killer. I call him Kira. We must stop him."
"Heart attacks? Did the victims ever have bad medical history?"
"Hardly. Besides, the only way Kira has been killing people is by giving them heart attacks. There's no way this many people could be killed using heart attacks only."
"Oh." Ruki found herself troubled.
"But don't worry," L murmured, lifting her head so that she looked him in the eye. "The good guys will always win."