Semi-Pixilated Fantasy

Semi-Pixilated Fantasy

Matt/Mail Jeevas

Level 2- .Friday.

.oh baby, I'm a mile away- don't forget that, don't overlook it.

'Award wining actress Yoshie Nakamura begins production of her new action movie!'

'Yoshie Nakamura's latest film 'Pulse' becomes the latest box office hit!'

'Interview with Yoshie Nakamura: Why I Am Who I Am Today!'

Kyoko gave the magazines a weary glance. "She's the only one anyone ever wants to talk about anymore..." She grumbled, throwing her cup away and stepping out of the coffee shop and into the 12 noon sun of Tokyo.

"I have better things to think about," She smiled at herself, feeling rather accomplished. "I have a date tonight!"

Ever since she had gotten herself a steady job at the office, she hadn't been on a date. This confused her friends, but did not faze her in the least. She had more important things to worry about... Now that those important things were taken care of, she could partake in fun activities.

Kiyoko walked back to the work building, feeling refreshed after her lunch break and ready to dive back into the paperwork.

/\/\/\/\/\/\

"It's as if you don't know the meaning of 'date'. Well let me update you Matt- you are going out with a female!"

"She said she liked my sense of style." Matt replied calmly, enthralled in his current game, Super Smash Bros.

"Well at least pick out a different shirt. You have ones in red too, right? Wear one of those... I don't know how you expect to get a girl looking like that."

"Well I think you dress too much like a girl." Matt said, eyeing the blonds leather pants. "What? What's girly about my pants?" Mello inquired, taking a bite of a chocolate bar.

"They're leather. And their so tight. What girl would go out with you? And I thought our job was to capture Kira, not find wives."

Mello sighed, "I know. But I'm gonna catch that Kira bastard real soon- way before Near, too. So I figure, why not start prepping for what's to come. Once I have solid evidence and Kira gets the needle, I'll be number one, and I'll take my rightful place as the second L. And after that, I'll just solve cases as L and find a suitable life partner as Mello... that might prove to be a little difficult though,"

As an afterthought, he added, "Hey! There's nothing wrong with my pants! Chicks like this stuff nowadays, anyway... Emo scene, I think... Eh, whatever."

Matt responded as he finished a level. "She said she liked my legs..." Mello shrugged. "Well there you go. Sometimes, I wonder if that's all girls think about nowadays... looks."

Matt paused his game to look at his friend. "You're unusually chatty today, Mello. What's up with that?"

Mello finished off his chocolate bar, grabbing another one. "Eh, I just need to repay you for coming to Japan and helping me, even though you don't like going out. It's not everyday I say this Matt, but you're one of my only friends..."

"I didn't realize you cared so much, Mello." "Never expect me to say something like that again..."

/\/\/\/\/\/\

"Come on Kiyoko! We have to get ready for your date!" Sakura smiled, pulling her along under the 4:45 setting sun. Kiyoko raised an eyebrow at her eccentric friend. "We? I'm the one going on the date. I don't think it should be a big deal to you-."

"Well it is, because you haven't gone on a date in a while. A while meaning a year. C'mon, Kiyoko! You're 20 years old, and a year out of college! You're the only one of us to finish so early anyways... you're intelligent, pretty, you have an awesome personality- It's way easier for you to find a date than us, and now that you have, we're excited for you. You should be freer, instead of sticking to work all the time. You should be more like... Yoshie Nakamura!"

Kiyoko raised an eyebrow at this; Yoshie Nakamura? The actress? "Why would I want to be like her?" She asked stiffly, pushing some of her light brown locks out of her face. "Well," Sakura began, "Like I said, she's basically the best. She's mastered acting, her newest movie 'Pulse' was the best thing on screen, and just look at her! She just finished a movie and she's starting again. Sometimes I wonder where she gets the time for all of this..." Kiyoko didn't respond.

"She's gorgeous, too! I mean that long black hair and those big blue eyes! She doesn't even use that much make up! And all the stunts in her movies; she does them herself! In 'Pulse', where Kie rides the motorcycle through the window in that Cathedral, that was really her, not a stunt double!" Kiyoko snorted, then spoke. "Is Kie mentally unstable?" Sakura ignored her comment, continuing on to finish her speech. "How brave is that! I'm surprised she hasn't broken a bone in her life!"

Kiyoko raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really? Where'd you figure that out?" "I read it in an interview!" Immediately, Sakura pulled out her copy of Movie Weekly: Best Actors and Actresses -Limited Edition. On the cover was a picture of the lovely actress Yoshie Nakamura and below her stunning photo was the headline:

'Interview with Yoshie Nakamura: Why I Am Who I Am Today!'

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"Okay... well?" Matt stood in the center of the hotel room, eyeing his Nintendo DS, which was paused on a random part of the Pokemon game he got Thursday. The numbers on the hotel-provided digital clock changed to show 6:00.

"You look... presentable..?" Mello raised an eyebrow, not seeing a noticeable change in clothing, other than the red striped shirt he now wore. "Why do you only have black striped shirts? And you have about 7 pairs of the same pants..."

"11 pairs," Matt corrected. "And I like black. It goes with anything... And you buy your clothes in wholesale-esque ways, too."

Mello shrugged. "I know, but that's because it looks good me." Matt snorted, walking to the coffee table that held his DS. "Says the guy who wears tight leather pants and tank tops."

"...It's not a tank top."

/\/\/\/\/\/\

"Oh, look, Kiyoko, she says here that she actually owns a motorcycle and repairs it herself! She used to participate in dirt bike races when she lived in the US... I think that was when she was 13. Yeah, that was it!"

Kiyoko sighed, putting together an outfit lazily. Matt looked like a casual kind of guy, so she didn't think too much about what to wear.

"Will you please stop talking about her? It's starting to get annoying now." Sakura frowned, but quickly recovered. "Well, I guess you want to think more about Matto-kun!" She squealed, laughing at his clearly American name in Japanese. Kiyoko sighed, but continued to gather dating essentials; hairbrush, comb, the like.

"Whatever. Think that if you so wish, but I am going to finish getting ready." Kiyoko replied, rolling her eyes. She ignored her laughing friend.

/\/\/\/\/\/\

"And don't forget- If she asks, you're a game critic!"

"I know, I know! Sheesh, Mello, give it a rest..." Matt stepped into his car and drove to the assumed location of Kiyoko's house.

She was a pretty interesting girl. She called him over herself; by the way she dressed he could tell that she wasn't some whore.

So why not treat this girl to dinner?

.Level 2: Complete.