A Shot of Something Sweet

"I have Watari in pursuit."

"Awesome! Now you just need to get close enough to him to plant the tracking device."

Skyler was following the man dressed in a black coat with buckled boots, carrying a suitcase. From past experiences with looking into top secret cases he knew that this was the only man that knew the Greatest Detective in the World, L. They were walking through a fairly large crowd of citizens who were going to work, with friends, or just leaving and arriving at their own destinations. Skyler, being quite small, was having a rather difficult time weaving through the crowd while still keeping his eye on the target. If you were looking at the scene from a nearby hill you would see a black and purple head bouncing up and down every five seconds.

Communicating through his ear piece was his partner in crime, Amber. They had done missions like this before; where Amber would supply the technology and Skyler would be the spy. They were detectives; they both took pleasure in solving puzzles and the cases they worked on were just like finding and fitting pieces of jigsaw together to see the resulting picture. It was not their occupation though, it was merely a hobby. They had worked on every case that the top three detectives had worked on; Eraldo Coil, Deneuve, and last but not least L. At the speed that they worked at they would almost always beat the detectives in solving the crime/mystery but they never phoned the police. The only time they would ever call them is if the detectives were struggling. It has never happened before until now, but this time, they were the ones that were in need of an extra, intelligent brain. Who else would be their first choice, if not L?

Watari turned around the corner of the street and Skyler swiftly followed. He had to walk quite fast to keep on his tail. While he did so he could help but curse at his short legs. Watari then turned left and walked into one of the smaller shops.

"It appears that he has entered a sweet shop", he whispered softly so that the small speaker could pick it up.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Follow him inside; you might get your chance in there! Just be careful too and please try and not blow your cover, alright? Oh, and while you're at it could you get me some ice-cream if there's any there?"

"Hey, at least give me some credit. I haven't blown a single cover ever." He whispered slightly irritated. He spoke a little louder this time and people passing by were starting to give him strange looks.

"Yet... Just you wait, one day you'll make a mistake."

"Well don't jinx me on this one! I'm about to enter the shop so hush! One more thing...any particular flavour?"

"Okay, fine...strawberry please!"

"Affirmative", he said in a playful tone before turning the device off.

As he entered the shop he was hit by the overpowering smell of everything that was sugary; from the toffee being stretched behind the counter to the chocolate fountain in the centre and every other delicious sweet in between. Skyler's head fogged with delight and he felt slightly dizzy and for a moment he couldn't remember why he was in the shop in the first place. Until he seen the man dressed in black bending over to peer at the cakes.

He sauntered lazily up beside him and peered into the same glass cabinet; his eyes wide as he eyed the rich chocolate cake within. His nose was almost touching the glass and his saliva almost escaped his mouth. If it wasn't for his thumb, that stopped the dribble as he stroked his lip, he would have made a mess and an absolute fool of himself; especially with a genius inventor standing not even two centimetres away.

Watari looked up from the display and glanced at Skyler only to take a double take. The young man beside him had large violet eyes with black hair that had purple tips. He wore a large black hoodie and jeans tight enough to be a second skin. He looked down at what else the stranger might be wearing; he was wearing a belt that had apples printed all over it and on his feet, well there was nothing on his feet! All he could see were dainty toes wriggling on the floor.

Cocking an eyebrow, he shook his head and smiled softly. The young man certainly reminded him of a rather reclusive friend.

"Have you been here before? Because I might need a bit of help choosing a cake", the purple haired stranger asked, now looking at him.

"I have. I would recommend the strawberry shortcake; I've heard they're rather magnificent," he replied politely.

Skyler nodded then turned back to face the glorious treats; his thumb going back up to his lip. He then floated over to where the ice-cream was by the door. There were so many flavours! He would simply have to buy a few tubs of each. Ten should do. The woman asked what he would like:

"I'll have...Mint, Nutella, Vanilla, Baked Alaska, Blueberry, Rum and Raisin, Coffee (that would come in handy at night), Mango, Cherry and Strawberry please!"

The woman gave him a bizarre look but began to get his order together. As she was just about finished another man dressed in black entered the shop, except he was wearing a mask. The man then strode to the cash register, looked around, and then reached into his pocket. He took out a pistol.

"Everybody! Get down on your hands and knees! Now!" He roared in a raspy voice, pointing the gun towards the few people in the shop.

Everyone, except for Watari and Skyler, got down on the ground. Some whimpering and some of the children began to cry. 'Who the hell raids a sweet shop?' thought Skyler. Watari raised both hands in the air beside his head, catching the attention of the soon-to-be thief. Fear and worry had buried themselves deep within his gray eyes as he began to speak to the man, to try and negotiate with him.

"Sir, please put down the gun. I'm sure we can arrange something that you want. Just please put down the gun." He whispered softly.

The man however only held the gun higher, madness burning in his eyes and is breathing coming out in irregular gasps. This man was crazy and unstable. Skyler knew that as he was standing behind him silently, the mad man would not put down his gun, no matter how much Watari tried to convince him.

"Sir, put down the gun." Watari spoke again, this time a little more forcefully. He then bravely took a step towards him.

The arms of the man holding the gun were now shaking. Skyler knew that if he didn't do something, his target would get seriously injured. Thanking the heavens that he wore no shoes, he began to silently sneak up behind him.

Watari took another step forward, his hands now inching out in front of him.

The fingers around the trigger began to squeeze together.

Skyler pounced.

A sharp, loud crack rang throughout the shop as a bullet was shot from the pistol.

Watari was frozen on the spot, his eyes wide with horror as his mouth was opened agape. Suddenly there were more stress lines on his face more than ever and his old yet sturdy legs were quaking; never had he been that close to death. Thankfully he was not injured, yet the smell of that familiar metallic liquid started to overpower the scent of the sugary produce.

Skyler was on the floor clutching his hand to his stomach. He was in agony. As he leaped at the mad man, his hand shot out towards the gun to knock it off target. The bullet grazed deeply across the palm of his hand but as he looked at the people staring at him and now beginning to stand, he would have took the pain any day instead of seeing someone lie dead on the tiled floor. He looked over to the man in black; he was unconscious on the floor with a deep gash on the side of his head, caused by the collision of the glass cabinet as he was shoved forcefully down.

Watari, slowly waking up from the shock, looked at the young purple haired man on the floor. He had just saved him. But now, thanks to himself, the young man was down on the ground, bleeding. Finally being able to move his legs, he shuffled over to him and reached down.

"Here", he said helping him up. "Let me help you with that graze."

Reluctantly, Skyler agreed. He got back up on his two feet and searched underneath the counter for the first aid box. Finding it, Skyler sat on the table and held out his hand. Looking down at it he cringed at the amount of blood. He didn't like blood but he could tolerate it enough not to faint. Looking away from the cut, the people had fled. Only one or two had stayed to call the police. A voice was heard in front of him and he quickly turned his head back around to face the man treating him.

"I'd like to thank you for saving an old man's life. If there is anything I can do to repay you?" He smiled kindly.

He had just finished wrapping his hand in a bandage when he heard the sirens. He really didn't want to wait around to be questioned, after all that's happened all he wanted to do was eat his ice-cream while wrapped up in bed. Suddenly his thoughts went to Amber and to the reason as to why he was here in the first place. This was his chance, his only chance. He sneakily reached into his pocket and took out the tracking device and held it at his side, out of eyesight from Watari.

"You don't have to do anything for me. I saved your life; you saved my hand from infection. We're equal now. Thank you for that but right now, I really want to go before the police come."

He slipped of the table and fell onto Watari slightly, he didn't realise how dizzy he was. Before getting of the elderly man's body he clipped the small device onto the inside pocket of Watari's coat. He did it within less than a second that he didn't even notice it being attached to his person.

Rushing over to the counter he grabbed the bag of ice-cream (which had melted a little by now) and dumped the money on the surface before speeding out the door. Giving a small wave to the old man he disappeared down the street as soon as the police had arrived. When he couldn't hear their sirens anymore he turned his earpiece back on.

"You will never believe what just happened to me."

All he could think of was 'mission accomplished!', and maybe how good the ice-cream will taste when he got home...

A/N...Chapter eins completed! You have now been introduced to Skyler...you'll meet Amber soon so watch out...