Chapter Seven
Disclaimer: Never shall I own Death Note...
A/N: This chapter is long. Supposedly.
Their first kiss. That very day they were brought together because of a loss of a loved one and the very day a very disgusted Sin vomited out his liver.
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"I'm sorry sir, we can't tell--"
"I'm the Head of an Investigation and I'd like to have an interview with Misaki, are you going to stop me madam?" The manager of a hotel sighed,
"I'm sorry sir, we never had a Misaki come to the hotel."
"I see...do you remember a girl with a chest nut sort of coloured hair and dark brown eyes?"
"No sir, I'm sorry; it's hard to remember every single customer." the manager shifted her feet.
"I see. Thank you."
Yagami Light sighed tiredly and leaned on the counter, massaging his temple. 'She told me a fake name...' He walked out , his hands in his pockets, 'She was cautious with me...why? She must've used a fake name because of the many Kira cases and rumours.' He half shrugged and walked out,
"Light-kun!" 'That voice... shit; just when I'm on my break.'
"Misa?" Light answered and prepared the tight hug and kiss always given from Amane Misa.
"Why didn't Light-kun tell Misa he was on a break? Misa could have spent the whole day with Light-kun!" Misa pouted, her eyes big and innocent.
"I'm sorry, Misa, I needed time alone and to think." said Light in a strained voice.
"Misa's thirsty."
"Well you had the whole day to get something to drink, didn't you?" Light snapped. He bit down a grumble when Misa made a pouting face. "Fine I'll get you a drink."
The two walked down the street and Misa was dragged into a random grocery store. Light released her and looked around,
"There, choose a drink."
"Let's see... what does Light-kun like?"
"Nothing in particular." grumbled Light as he still looked around. His eyes fell on a girl with chest nut brown hair and dark eyes... 'it's her!' "Misa!" he hissed and nudged the famous sweetie. "Look at that girl with the chest nut hair, what's her name?"
"Light-kun's looking at other women!" whispered Misa, furiously and folded her arms.
"I'm not! Just tell me and I'll explain later!" he hissed back, "This is an order, Misa!"
"Okay, okay... only because Misa loves Light-kun." Misa glanced at the girl, "Manami Saika."
"Manami Saika..." repeated Light under his breath, "Right. Here's some money, go and buy your drink I'll be right back."
"Eh? Light-kun!" Light made his way to Saika, whom was holding a large grocery bag.
"Misaki!" the girl didn't pay any attention until he tapped her on the shoulder. She turned,
"Yagami Light!" she exclaimed,
"How are you?" he asked, smiling.
"I'm...a little better. He's... in a funeral house at the moment. I'll be going with him back to Britain." murmured Saika so only he could hear.
"I see. Doing shopping huh?" Light smiled cheerfully,
"Mm, yes." She smiled with a weary look. "Well, I'd better go back."
"Oh, alright. You know, I went to the hotel to drop in and say hello, but the manager said you left?"
"Oh! Oh yes, I'm staying at a friend's place." Saika began to walk away and, with difficulty (as her grocery bag was big and heavy), made a wave. He gave a grin and waved back and watched her disappear out the doors. He then turned to a set of angry eyes that belonged to Misa. He sighed and led her out,
"Don't get the wrong idea Misa... she was Ryuuzaki's girlfriend."
"L had a GIRLFRIEND? (a pair of light footsteps paused)" Misa exclaimed, in disbelief. "HIM and HER?"
"Yes, him and her." Light said through gritted teeth, irritated that she forgot to use the name L, instead of Ryuuzaki. "She was there when Ryuuzaki died and I helped her move him to the hotel she was staying at; she just arrived form Britain. But she had given me a fake name..."
"Maybe Saika-chan was being careful!" 'For once she said something smart', Light thought bitterly, still unconvinced.
"Yes, probably. Let's go back." As they 'happy' couple walked away, a figure moved out from the shadows, a sudden glint on a pair of goggles.
"Manami Saika... L's girlfriend, huh? Mello will be interested to hear about this." Matt smiled and removed the finished cigarette from his lips, dropping the bud and stepping on it, extinguishing the smoke. He walked away, carrying a bag full of chocolate for his 'boss', chuckling silently.
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Steph:... a surprise step in from Matt! Why would Mello be pleased anyway? ... AND WHAT'S WITH LIGHT?!
Light: Nothing's wrong with me!
L: (pokes Light with a pocky stick on the head) Really?
Light: (growls)
L: Where is Mello anyway?
Steph: I dunno. Buying chocolate... for me?
Light: He'll eat it and then give you the wrapper.
L: For once I agree.
Steph: (goes to a corner and sulks)
Light: ...moving on...
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"I don't see why I had to stick with that guy." Sin pointed at Ryuuzaki. His masked face looked ever so calm, but Sai could tell he was annoyed.
"You can't stand not following me for a simple two hours, Sin?" she smirked and put the grocery bag on the counter.
"Did you get it?" L asked, hopping onto a tall chair, tapping his fingers on the counter.
"Yes, Master." Sai said sarcastically and heaved a shoulder bag onto the solid surface. "A laptop, as you requested, Sir." she swore he had a faint smile.
"I'll keep those names in mind." he said bluntly as he opened the laptop.
"How nice." muttered Sai and emptied the bag.
"Where are the programs I asked for?" L asked, putting a thumb on his lips and staring up at her (he was on a chair and she was standing), unblinkingly.
"...oh no. I must've left them at the grocery store!" L stared at her expressionless.
"...you what?"
"I'm sorry, I was so flustered with Light's appearance I completely forgot. I'll go get them now." she made to run.
"Wait." She felt a cold hand grab her wrist, stopping her. "Light saw you?"
"Yeah, don't worry, he knows me as Misaki." she said quickly, "Let me go so I can get those programs. I'll be lucky if they're still there."
"But--"
"Bye!" Sai literally leapt out the door, "Sin stay where you are!" Sin growled and continued to swear on the ceiling (sitting upside down).
'Light saw her at the store... that's twice he's seen her. It's good she used a fake name but...' L blinked and closed the laptop with a snap and peeked at the groceries for any sweets. "Eh... she's making a cake?"
"Dammit, how dare she order me around." Sin grumbled, now lying on the ceiling.
"You don't have to listen to her though I advise you should." L said, as he now peeked in the fridge.
"She just doesn't want any other shinigami to see me and inform their death note holders." retorted Sin. L took out some ice cream. "That goes the same to those who made that deal..."
"Deal?" echoed L as he ate his ice cream.
"The holder of the death note could make an eye deal with the shinigami. Half of the holder's life span for the shinigami's eyes. The girl with the piggy tails did it twice, that idiot human. But then again, all humans are idiots; they do anything for love." L's spoon clanged against the now empty bowl. 'How could I have forgotten the second Kira needed only seeing the face?' L thought, livid.
"Amane Misa?"
"Yeah, the girl who swoons for Kira."
"If Misa was with Light when he saw Saika, she would have seen Saika's real name." L spoke, suddenly feeling a little off edge.
"Why not just kill her using the death note?" suggested Sin,
"No." L answered quickly and hopped off the seat. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and began to pace the room, walking from one end, to the other.
Five minutes later... ten... fifteen...
"Stop, you're making me dizzy." growled Sin, impatiently.
"I'm back and I have them!" Saika crashed into the room, looking out of breath, but relieved.
"Thank Hell for that." Sin fell off the ceiling, hit the ground snapping both his wings giving him a crumpled look.
"Sai, was there a girl with Light?" asked L bluntly. Saika blinked and thought for a bit before shaking her head.
"Not next to him or anything."
"A girl with piggy tails by any chance?"
"Yes... by a vending machine, why?" she frowned,
"Her name is Amane Misa and she works with Light." L took the bag and slumped on the seat, pulled out the CD's and all sorts and opened his laptop again. "She has shinigami eyes."
"...shit, so she saw my real name!" Saika exclaimed and then sighed impatiently. "I'm a fool."
"The most honest thing you've said since a long time." said Sin, slyly.
"But Light can't suspect anything of me anyway. He thinks you're dead still, I told him...I'd be going back to Britain with your body..." she slapped her head, "So that means I have to make sure whenever I go out I can't be seen by him. Dammit!"
"Are you done talking to yourself?" questioned L, turning from the screen that was installing some software. Sai glared at him and he innocently pointed at the ingredients she bought; "Can you make the cake now?"
LATER...
"You eat this, you die." stated Sai as she left the completely finished chocolate mud cake topped with strawberries on the far corner of the counter. She could tell L was staring with a longing look.
"But...Saika..." he moaned, before pouting.
"Eyes on your screen like usual, Ryuuzaki." he felt two hands move his head so he was facing the screen rather than looking at the tempting cake. "I'm having a shower and if I come back and find the cake gone..." she left the threat hanging and left.
"Looks tempting, doesn't it?" Sin said, smirking. L continued clicking his mouse, ignoring Sin as hard as he could. The sly shinigami flew next to him and hissed in his ear, "Enriched chocolate that could melt in your mouth, the softest strawberries—Sai knows the best fruits to pick, heheh... it's all right there in your reach... and Saika's not here..."
"You're annoying." L said faintly, waiting for the page to load. He then glanced at the shinigami that was edging to the cake, "What are you doing? Stay away from that cake." L said flatly, yet behind his calm, dark eyes... he was blazing with anger as Sin was sniffing 'his' cake. "If you don't, Saika will--"
"Chain me to a chair, hand cuffed, and in a room with absolutely no sugar filled food?" Sin cut with the slyest grin he ever made. L's eyebrows creased slightly.
"How do you know about that?"
"Heheh," Sin chuckled sinisterly as he floated back to L's side, "Do you have any idea how interesting it is to watch her life? I've seen lots of things between you and Sai or just Saika and her life. And I've seen things about her you'll never know about--" WHAM. Sin flew back, rubbing his cracked mask. L went back to clicking his mouse, with a slight cut on his hand. "You punch like one of those fluffy tailed things with big ears." Sin taunted, deeply angered.
It took L exactly five seconds to figure what Sin was referring to. "...a rabbit?"
"Easter bunny?" said a hopeful voice behind the bathroom door. "I love them; they're so sweet. Ryuuzaki could you get a towel and leave it in front of the door please?"
"Just come out naked." suggested Sin.
"I'll shove an apple down your throat just for that, Sin!" scowled Sai's muffled voice. L grabbed the towel and dragged his feet to the door. He knocked, she opened slightly and peeked her head out. She took it with a grin, "Thanks." and shut the door gently.
"Bet you're disappointed." teased Sin, flapping a wing.
"Why would you say that?" L asked, inserting a CD into the drive.
"Let's just say you haven't seen the candy without it's wrapper on and I have."
"At least I can eat it." pointed L with a bored tone as he loaded a window.
"...huh?" Sin twitched a wing. "Stupid human, you got it wr--"
"I'm hungry." Saika announced as she burst through the door in a large t-shirt so she wore it as if it were a dress.
"There's a cake right there." L pointed at the tempting chocolate cake.
Meanwhile..
"Matt, why didn't you follow her?" demanded Mello, angrily.
"Well you were so impatient for me to get your chocolate, you kicked me out of the building demanding me to come straight back as soon as I get it." Matt said automatically as he leaned on the window sill, staring at the city. He exhaled with a breeze of smoke gently flowing from his mouth, as Mello growled.
"If I knew you were all this smart assed talk, I wouldn't have let you come with me at all!"
"...sorry." Matt flicked the bud out the window and walked to the door, "Apparently this girl arrived from Britain not long ago, I'll start at the airports, shall I?"
"No." Matt turned at Mello who pointed at the computer. "Quicker if you just hack." he added with his mouth full of chocolate. Matt said nothing and grabbed the computer chair and slumped on it.
"It's not like I like going out anyway." he mumbled,
"When you get the hotel she's staying at with her lover boy," Mello threw the wrapper on the floor and glowered at it, "Bring her here. And make sure lover boy doesn't know." Matt continued typing. "Just wait til I get my own mafia, and you won't have to do everything.." he scoffed, "Meaning I won't have any problems."
Matt said nothing but sighed in boredom. "By the way you got a couple of followers answering your call."
"Good. They'll be the ones to help you get Saika."
"Why do you want her?" Matt asked lighting another cigarette, as he tried to crack a code.
"Idiot." Mello grabbed another chocolate bar and tore off the wrapper, "What do you think I was doing while you were gone?" 'Throwing a hissy fit for your chocolate,' thought Matt. "This Yagami Light; he's in charge of the investigation of Kira." Mello swallowed, "Unfortunately for him and L, some backdoors in their computer system were not as guarded as I thought."
Matt eyed the list on the screen. M...Manami...M...
"Death Note." Mello snorted, "Who knew such a book existed?"
Matt continued to scroll down the list. S...S for Saika...
"Just write a name and that person dies. So this is how Kira kills. L was reported dead because of Kira and now he's back alive? And something about shinigami... Gods of Death huh? How did L survive death? Maybe a shinigami helped him. And his girlfriend is suddenly here too?" Mello finished the last of the bar. "Something's up and she's involved with it too."
"Manami Saika..." murmured Matt, blowing out a breeze of smoke. "Full age eighteen, Uni student... blah blah..."
"Find the hotel!" snapped Mello.
"Yes sir." Matt resisted rolling her eyes. "So what's going to happen when you get her?" SLAM. Matt didn't react to the hand slammed onto the desk, but he stared at it in the corner of his eyes,
"We break her." Mello muttered with an evil grin, "And we get what we want."
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Steph: Waah, Mello sounds so mean...
L: Your fault.
Light: ...how come I'm not appearing anymore?
Steph: Because I forgot about you.
Light: What?!
L: (chokes on a sugar cube)
Light: L appears in your fic in every chapter!
Steph: So did you, in the Death Note anime and Manga!
Light:...that's different.
L: (smiles innocently)
Steph: Aww... just look at that smile... (cuddles L)
Light: (scowls) You...
L: (points at Light) Kira!
