A/N Hi I'm back with chapter 7! This chapter includes the tennis match and things are about to get interesting… Well, I'm not going to spoil it for you so read on and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Death Note. I only own Penny, Poppy and Daria.
"Well… That's a first." Penny commented after they had left.
"Huh?" Came my response.
"He reversed the name order." Penny answered as she watched them go.
"So?" I failed to see the issue here.
"That hasn't happened in a long time. Usually it's 'Penny and Poppy' but here it would be 'Pippa and Paige.' He called us 'Paige and Pippa.'" Penny explained.
"Oh. Well that makes a change." I muttered.
"Well I suppose it does." Penny watched me curiously.
"My foot is better now so I'm up for a good game of tennis." I muttered.
"Yeah, especially with two awesome anime characters."
"One awesome anime character." I corrected.
"Stop dissing Light! What did he ever do to you?" Penny shouted as she put her hands on her hips and attempted to stare me down.
"Sorry but I refuse to accept a murderer as an awesome anime character. L is the best anime character in Death Note by far."
Penny folded her arms in front of her chest. "Prove it."
"He is very intelligent, can speak a variety of different languages, is a world junior tennis champion and can fly a helicopter." I responded as I listed the facts on my hand. "I could go on, but I really don't think there's any need, do you?"
"…Fine. You win. I would normally side with Light, but I'm not really allowed to do that anymore…"
I nodded. "We do have to save L after all… The sooner you have your chance encounter with that Pop Star the better."
"I can't wait!" Penny jumped up and down on the spot and clapped her hands together furiously. She had stars in her eyes.
"Yeah the sooner the better." I muttered.
The following morning…
"Come on! Hurry up!" Penny squealed in my ear. "We'll be late for the tennis match!"
"Okay, okay just let me finish pulling my boots up and I'll be ready!" I replied.
"Hurry up!"
"Keep you knickers on, I'm nearly done!" I tied the laces up. "Right I'm done." I stood up and Penny once again man-handled me through the door. "God, will you please stop man-handling me through doors? I can walk." I muttered.
"Yeah, but not fast enough!" Penny shouted.
I winced at the volume of her voice and decided to drop the argument for the sake of my hearing.
Upon arrival at To-Oh's tennis court…
"There's Light!" Penny squealed and once again started dragging me. I dug my heels in and leaned back, but it did no good. I lost my balance and stumbled. Penny then began yanking me and I went flying.
Penny once again stopped without warning me and I ploughed into her back. This time though, I actually knocked her straight off of her feet. Penny hit the ground first and I landed on top of her.
"Ow…" I muttered as my breath was knocked clean out of my chest.
Penny groaned and threw her head back. I was forced off backwards and I hit the floor with a painful thud.
Light laughed and pulled me up off of the floor whilst L helped Penny up.
"Umm…Thanks…" I muttered awarkwardly as I stepped away from Light.
Penny dusted herself down and stormed over to me without so much as a glance in L's direction. "What did you do that for?"
"You were dragging me and then you stopped suddenly. What did you think would happen?" I asked.
"Don't you dare blame this on me!"
I blinked. "It was your fault-" I started but got cut off.
"Do you want to play tennis or not?" L responded calmly; ending our arguing instantly.
"I'm playing against Light!" Penny called.
"Well that settles that." Light answered.
"Oh and Paige can't play, her foot is still bad!" Penny called again.
"My foot is perfectly fine thanks. You don't want me to play for a completely different reason entirely."
Penny gulped.
"And what might this be?" L asked as he looked at both of us in turn.
Penny didn't answer.
"There's only a very small handful of things that I can do better than Pippa and she absolutely hates that." I answered.
"Go on." L prompted.
I picked up a tennis racket. "I'm better than Pippa at tennis."
"…No you're not…" Penny muttered
I shrugged. "Actions speak louder than words."
"That's true." L agreed.
After that we all grabbed our rackets and stood opposite our opponents. Penny was against Light, me against L.
"So, just one set. Whoever wins six games first is the winner. All right with you?"
I nodded and so did Penny and Light. L and Light were serving so me and Penny waited patiently for them to serve.
I yelped as the ball soared past me. I blinked and the ball was already racing back to L. "Fifteen-love." He answered as he bounced the ball up and down.
Light used the distraction to score a point over Penny.
"No warming up then Hideki-San?" I asked.
"He who moves first always wins." He replied. "Didn't I already say? Please call me Ryuga."
"Sorry." I muttered.
"No problem." L responded. He swung his racket again and the ball came racing back towards me.
Ha. You can't beat me twice with the same trick, L. I swung my racket back and caught the edge of the ball with the racket. It raced back in a diagonal line.
L returned it with ease. I frowned. "I'm so going to lose…" I muttered.
The game continued for a while longer until a scream from my left-hand side caused me to pause. I turned to see Penny hoping up and down. I cocked my head to the side and watched her curiously.
"Stupid heel broke!" Penny muttered.
I couldn't help but laugh. "That's what you get for playing tennis in high heels and a mini-skirt!" I called. I lifted up my foot that was secured in my chunky combat boot. "I'm sensible."
Penny growled and dived at me. I was able to dodge her extremely easily since her shoe was broken.
"Are you not playing anymore?" Light asked Penny.
Penny stuck her bottom lip out in a pout. "No I'm not. My shoe broke." Penny took the broken shoe off and sat down at the edge of the court. Light sighed and sat down next to her.
"Shall we continue?" L asked.
I nodded. "We may as well finish the game."
L nodded and served.
Soon the game was over. "Set! Won by Ryuga Hideki five games to one!" The referee yelled out and I jumped. When did we get a referee?
"You beat me Ryuga. I told you I was going to lose." I muttered.
"Fail!" Penny yelled out.
"You know what will be a fail?" I asked her as I swung my racket around.
"What?" Penny asked.
"Watching you walk back to college with one shoe." I laughed as Penny attempted to chase me.
"Stay still!" She shouted as I sidestepped out of the way backwards. This didn't last long though because Penny then broke the other shoe as well. "Argh!" She cried. "This is your fault! I'll get you back for this Poppy!"
I froze dead and stared at her.
"What?" She asked.
I glanced at L who was now staring at me.
"Oh shit." Penny muttered. She threw off her shoe and ran straight out. I wasn't far behind.
"Oh fuck, fuck, fuck!" Penny screamed profanities as she ran bare foot through the streets of Japan. "I screwed up so bad!"
"Just keep running!" I called after her.
Daria appeared by our sides. "I should have known this would happen. Hurry home. I need to talk to you."
"What about the cameras?" I shouted.
"L has removed them. Watari was in your apartment this morning."
"About time!" Penny shouted back.
A few minutes later and we had arrived back at home. I unlocked the door and we both fell down on the couch. Daria sat on the floor in front of us.
"What did you want to talk to us about Daria?" I asked.
"L will arrest you now. He has come to the conclusion that you cannot be trusted. First Penny called him L and now one of your undercover names has been blown."
"Which was also my fault." Penny muttered and turned to face me. "I'm so sorry Poppy. The plan is in ruins now."
"Do not beat yourself up over it. What happened, happened. Regretting it will not help matters." Daria replied.
"So what do we do now then?" I asked.
"When L arrests you, tell him the truth. But ask to speak to him in private."
"We'll sound insane!" Penny shouted,
Daria covered up an ear with her paw. "I know. Do not worry though. I will be there and I will explain everything to L."
"A talking cat? That's going to go down really well." Penny muttered sarcastically.
"Do you have a better idea?" Daria asked.
"I guess not…" Penny answered.
"Exactly. Trust me. It will be fine." Daria jumped onto my lap. "Now act normal."
Me and Penny nodded.
A few minutes later our door was knocked straight off of its hinges. Several people with police helmets came barging through.
I tightened my grip on Daria.
Me and Penny screamed in unison as they advanced closer. We then put up our fists as they attempted to pin our arms behind our backs. I held Daria with one hand and formed a fist with the other. Our struggle didn't last too long though and we soon found ourselves blind with our arms tied behind our backs.
"Drug them and let's get back." A voice said.
Daria clung to my leg; I could feel her tail brushing against my legs.
"What about the cat?" Another voice asked.
"What harm can it do? Bring it along! It'll probably die by itself!" Another voice called out. It sounded stupidly familiar - Matsuda?
"The cat will be fine by itself if we leave it outside." Wait, is that Aizawa?
"Just bring the cat." Another voice answered - Ukita?
At that point, everything went black.
A/N Well there you go. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review and let me know what you think. I love getting feedback from my readers, it means so much to me.
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