Hello everyone! I am Rai (vxnityprince) the new co-author! So yeah, I don't really have much else to say other than enjoy this long-awaited chapter!
Disclaimer: Neither of us own Death Note or any of it's characters.
"That was odd..." Luna noted while staring at the place her best friend once stood.
Light nodded in agreement. "Very."
Luna moved around him and began to pick up his misplaced textbooks and papers. She set them back on to the table then took a seat in one of the cold chairs. She motioned for Light to sit before her and he swiftly followed her directions.
"Now, I'm sure Ryuga didn't tell you why I came here?" She mumbled out a statement though it sounded as more of a question while she flipped open a flimsy menu.
"You're absolutely correct." He told her, watching as her eyes lazily flowed over the words before her.
"Damn it!" She slammed her head on the table, the menu falling on the floor with her sudden actions.
Light jerked back and blinked his eyes rapidly at the surprising display. "Ms. Luna?" He asked her hesitantly.
"Mrrrmpgh rmmrph mrgh." She groaned in to the table her words coming out in nothing more than a jumbled mess.
Light scratched his head. "What was that? I'm sorry I couldn't catch what you said."
Luna's head shot up and dramatic tears fell down her face. "I don't even know why I'm here! I think he just wanted me to get him some strawberry short cake, but I can easily make it for him!" She whined.
"Cake?" Light asked out of curiosity.
"Stupid jerk." She mumbled and began to pull out a chess board. She set it on the table and popped open a compartment on the side where the pieces were stored. Her hands nonchantly began placing the pieces on the board, though not in the correct line up to start a game. Once done she gave Light a small peacful smile while resting her head in the palm of her hand. "Say you come across this situation while playing a game of chest. This is the perfect moment to put your opponent in check, that is if you know how to manipulate your pieces correctly. Now, assume you are the white pieces," she gestures with a hand at the glossed ivory pieces "I could easily place my partner in check in half a move. But can you?"
Light stared at her face and his brain running multiple moves in a single second. What could this woman be thinking. Was this a simple game to keep her from her boredom, or was this a test that she would report back to L? Usually he would tread carefully in situations like this, but since it in no way related to Kira, he would show off his skills.
His hand raised towards the white rook, and he tapped the top of it lightly. "First, I would take the rook and move it to D1 on the board, " he picked up the piece and moved it "then, I would complete the castling move."
Luna smiled brightly. "Wow, I expected nothing less of you Light Yagami."
Light gave a small chuckle and leaned back on his chair. "So does that mean this was a pre planed test?
"Yeah I guess you could say that." Luna awkwardly tussled her curly hair.
"So you do know why Ryuzaki asked you to meet with me?"
"Nope!" She chirped and began to clean up the chess pieces. "Ryuzaki and I have very similar thoughts. So he likes to see if I can 'keep up with him'," she closed the wooden compartment of the chess board then gave a small pout, "Aka, see if I can read his mind. That little asshole."
Light tilted his head. "Are you and Ryuzaki close?"
"Well he did save me." The woman whispered.
"what do you mean?" Light sat up to pay closer attention to the peculiar women. She was like an open book, he could use that to his advantage. He just needed to get a little closer to her. Befriend her, and eventually make her his pawn.
She would be his marionette hanging above a cliff. He would control the strings tied to her hands and leg. Move her how and when he wanted. And when her paint begins to chip, and the fragile wood of her body began to crack, he would cut those strings and let her fall to her death. But before that could happen, he needed to get closer and break those already fragile walls.
"It's a complicated story." She answered.
The college student gave her a comforting smile. "That's okay, I've probably heard more chaotic stories."
"Another time Light." She cut off the conversation, telling him he was treading heavy waters and to just leave it be.
"I understand."
"Thank you." She mumbled and pulled out a small brown book out of her small purse. She took a small key off of her neck and placed it in the clasp surrounding the cover. She twisted it and the clasp poeoped open. Luna chuckled when she saw the intrigued look Light was giving her. "It's my diary. I write everything in here and carry it everywhere. Of course this isn't the only one I have," she flipped it open to a blank page then snapped out a pen, "I've written in a diary everyday of my life since I was 5, so I have plenty of complete diaries sitting in a box under my bed."
"Really?" Light laughed a little. "I wish I was that dedicated to writing in my diary. I'm very impressed Ms. Luna."
A small blush tainted her cheeks. "Anyway," she changed the subject, "I believe Ryuzaki would like to schedule a time for you and him to meet. He talked about wanting to talk to you about theories and all that jazz. You know like all those scientists on T.V that talk about theories of aliens? Yeah he'll probably be crazy like them, when you guys meet. So when would you be free Light?"
"I don't have an option to say no, do I?"
A small sadistic gleam sparked in Luna's eyes while she stared at the young man. "Nope."
"That's okay, I wasn't planning on saying no anyway. I would love to talk with Ryuzaki. How about this Thursday? My only class, that day, ends at twelve so I can wait for him near the cafeteria."
"Perfect!" Luna quickly scribbled down the time and date. "Ryuzaki is always free. He's such a loser." She put her belongings in her bag and stood up.
Light pushed up from his chair and stood before Luna. He gave a polite bow and she quickly returned it.
"It was nice to meet you Light. I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of each other in the near future." She gave one last smile before leaving Light to his own musings.
'Definitely more intriguing than that Ebony girl' Light's eyes lowered into small slits. 'Whatever that was that knocked over my books was not human. I need to find out more about her, even though just being around her makes me want to strangle her to death'
Luna jogged towards the wooden hotel door. Her hand reached out to throw the door upon, but it didnt budge, so she ended up barreling head first in to the hard material. The women slowly slid down the door and fell on to her butt. Tears pricked at the corner of her eyes from the sting of pain shooting through her forehead.
"I'm not used to the door being locked!" She hissed while rubbing her forehead.
Suddenly, the door opened and she once again fell flat on her face. She yelped in pain as she grabbed her head and went in to a protective fetal position.
"Luna-chan?"
Luna looked up at the surprised face of Matsuda. "Matsui! I hit my head and now it really hurts!"
Matsuda chuckled and helped the small women up. He lead her to the living area and sat her down on the couch next to L. "Ill be back,I'm going to get you some ice."
"No that's fine." L spoke up. His eyes gazed upon Lunas while his hand wandered towards the womans forehead and pushed her hair away to look at the small bump. His hand retreated and he placed his thumb on his lip. "Watari is already on his way with some ice."
"L~" Luna cooeed and pat his head. "You do love me, don't you."
L turned to pick up a cup full of tea to take a small sip. "You are my friend."
Luna cackled evilly while bringing her hands in front of her face. "You don't want me to make you say it, do you?" Her fingers wiggled dangerously with the open threat.
"That would be highly degrading."
"Even more reason to do so!" She prepared to leap at him when Watari appeared with an ice pack. He pressed it on her head, forcing her to sit back down. "Watari!" Luna cheered at his appearance.
"Hello Luna." He gave a hearty chuckle.
"Do you want to help me tickle Ryuzaki?" She asked innocently.
"Excuse me." Luna looked at Mr. Yagami as he gave her a unamused gaze. "Where were you Ms. Luna? We were discussing very important details about the case."
Like a switch was flipped, Luna leaned back in to the couch. Her look hardened and she suddenly seemed very professional.
"I met up with your son Mr. Yagami."
The older man gasped. "You did what?"
Luna held up her hand telling him she wasn't done. "I simply set up an appointment with him and Ryuzaki. The only thing that we did, other than that, was a little game."
"Ah yes," L picked up a chocolate covered strawberry, placing it in his mouth, "how were the results?"
"Results?" Mr. Yagami asked and switched his gazes between the two people.
They easily ignored him.
"Very promising. But it was something an experienced chess player could pull off, so it's not certain he's on par with you. Though I highly doubt that." Luna reported.
"Good. Good." L mused and quieted down for a small second. He then flicked his gaze at An empty pedestal where a cake was supposed to be. "Did you get the cake?"
Luna tensed and her professional appearance quickly died. She hastily jumped up to stand over him. "I DIDNT BUY YOUR CAKE! IDIOTIC CAKE BOY!"
"That's a terribly thought out insult. It's more amusing than anything." L's thumb played with his lip as he stared at the finger pointing in his face.
Luna's face reddened like a tomato. "I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME!" She snapped.
L peaked at her face and stared directly in to her purple eyes. Luna felt herself become anxious under his scrutinizing gaze. The angry flush faded and only a small dash of pink covered her cheeks.
"Wh-what do you want?" She asked nervously.
"You look tired. Go get some sleep."
Luna's shoulders slumped. "But I was going to make you some cake." She whined.
L furiously shook his head. "No that's fine. You look tired. Sleep, get some rest. We don't need you falling asleep on us."
"Fine." Luna childishly dragged herself out of the room.
When she was gone, the room was quiet while the task members stared at L sympathetically.
Matsuda patted his shoulder and the detective nodded his appreciation.
"She's truly terrible at baking." L whispered ominously.
Aizawa's face turned a ghastly shade of green. "Never again." He groaned.
The others nodded their heads in agreement. "Never again." They all repeated.
Light furiously tapped his pen against the death note. His mind was stuck on a trail of annoying thoughts, keeping him from completing his duties as a god. He needed to figure out what was with that Ebony girl, that much was simple. But the other parts... Well he wasn't sure how he could get close to her. It was obvious, from their encounter, that she hated him and he hated her.
"Well, well, well." Ryuk appeared next to Light, struggling not to laugh at his irritated face. "Is Light Yagami having a bad day?"
Light took in a deep breath. "Where were you Ryuk?" His voice was deep with malice.
"Oh you know, just running around."
Light twitched. That's nonchalant attitude was really starting to piss him off. If only shinigami could die, then he would be sure to get rid of Ryuk. Though he does come in handy at times. He wouldn't have known about Raye Penber if he hadn't said that he was being stalked. So admittedly, Ryuk was useful. At times.
"I could of used your insight today. I came across a strange girl."
"Strange? Strange how?" Ryuk took an apple sitting on Light's desk and tossed it in his mouth.
"My books and papers flew off of the table when I said something demeaning to her." Light responded.
With that Light went back to writing down names. His irritation had simmered down enough for him to continue with his duties.
"Oh? You think maybe she has a shinigami?"
Light paused writing once again. He glared at the name he had just wrote. Jackson Brown. A criminal whose case had even reached the ears of the people in Japan. He had killed his own family. Tore out the organs of his children and was found eating them when police arrived. Later on in the investigation, they had discovered he went on the rampage all because his daughter talked back to him about going to bed. And in thirty five seconds, he would be dead.
"Possibly." And he once again continued writing.
Blood. That's all she saw. Blood of her parents pooling around at her feet. Their cold bodies laying on the hard tiled floor. The teenagers lavender eyes were wide with both shock and terror. Her legs shaked beneath her, and she fell onto her knees. The blood soaked into her white prom dress. What happened? Who would do this? Why would they do this?
"I wasn't expecting anyone else to show up." Her bloodshot eyes shot up too look into a piercing set of red glossy orbs. His hair was messy and blood had smeared on to his cheek. "I guess I'll have to kill you too."
Luna screamed as loud as she could. Her eyes snapped open while tears fell from her eyes. She struggled to keep the shaking of her body to a down low. She slapped a pale hand over her mouth to silence her screams.
"Luna?" A stream of light passed over the woman's frail body.
Luna fallen the light with her frightened eyes and saw those same red eyes. She once again began to scream while pushing herself against the beds headboard to get away from that thing. She brought her knees to her chest and collapsed in on herself.
"Please don't kill me! Im sorry! Don't kill me!" Luna cried out in pure terror.
Arms wrapped around the woman and held her to a warm strong chest.
"Don't kill me!" She broke free of the arms, trying to quickly back away from the man. His arms grabbed her wrists keeping her still. His red eyes still holding that evil glint.
"Luna! It's me! It's Lawliet!" He frantically spoke to her.
Luna felt her breath slowing down, and the red pupils slowly faded to a dark grey. The familiar innocence of L Lawliet staring at her with a worried gaze. Her heart beat slowed down and she threw her arms around his shoulders. Her face was burried into his neck while she let out her emotions.
"Don't leave me!" She cried.
L simply rubbed her back.