House of 9
First off, here is the list of who is still in the game.
Lawliet- The mysterious, broken, orphaned, Weird, Genius (Phew..that was a mouthful)
Jose- The Psycho Solider
Donnie- The Funny Druggie
TK-The Deaf Younger Brother
Nora- The Mother-hen
Scarlett-The Broken Orphan (Another one that are no way related.)
Maddie- The Broken Doll
Jane- The Beautiful Schizophrenic Mystery
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!Before you begin to read:!
I know I have not posted this in earlier chapter, however, if you'd like to know what is best to listen to when reading this: Type in youtube, Kodoku, it is the first video. It's full name will appear as: DeathNote OST Kodoku. This song is good for almost all the chapters.
Do the same as said before in Youtube but also try out the song Kuroi Light.
Monday, 4:05 PM
There they all were again, sitting at the dining table together, looking at each other carefully. Only moments ago the scottish man had insisted that since L was returned he replay exactly the conversation they had, had previously before L had been given back so as they would have no excuse as to why they couldn't solve the case.
It didn't make much sense, however, L showed no emotion towards the conversation but rather listened carefully and then sat in silence afterwards, luckily, he also broke his own stir of awkwardness.
"What was everyone doing the moment you were kidnapped?"
Everyone looked down at the Panda-eyed bedhead before each gave a slightly confused look.
"What does that even matter right now Sugar Pop?" Donnie asked with a slightly confused look on his face.
L ignored the nickname that apparently had been christened upon him as though he were some sort of boat and look down at the red-headed man.
"It matters.." He droned softly drawling out the last part carefully as he slowly let his eyes rise towards the ceiling, a thumb casually going towards his mouth as he began to chew on it thoughtfully.
It was silent around the table for a moment before Nora finally spoke up,
"I..I was leaving work, I was on my way to the store to pick up some things and before I went inside I was grabbed by someone...in an allyway..that's the last thing I remember though."
"I was going to my boyfriend, Ethans, house the night I was kidnapped..I was walking to his apartment and I was grabbed inside a car..that was the last thing I remember.." Scarlett then carried on and looked expectantly at the person who sat next to her.
Jane cleared her throat and nodded softly, "I was going home..I had been out that day, just wandering the town..I had gotten bored..I was walking home and-"
She was suddenly cut off by the nail-bitter in front of her,
"Who do you live with, exactly?" L asked carefully his head beginning to cock to one side.
"...My grandparents."
"What happened to your real Parents? They are dead?"
"Of course not!"
"Then what happened to them?"
"...I don't know!"
"Of course you know."
"I do not."
"..."
"..."
It was silent betwixt the two before Jane finally cleared her throat again and began talking, "Anyway..I was walking home and-"
"What time was this around, again?"
Jane gave a slightly annoyed look before softening her glare and sighing, she had to admit, she was being pretty vague.
"It was about..seven O'clock."
"Alright, continue."
"Okay, it was about seven and I was walking home to my grandparents when I was suddenly grabbed out of my peripheral vision. They took me into a condemned building they had been working on for months..I don't know why I had actually gone so far off that I had landed in a bad neighbor hood but..I did. That was the last thing I remember."
The next person took the reigns and it seemed to of landed upon Jose.
"Well..I had been doing some field training, some basic stuff really, on my way home..Yeah..on my way home I decided to take some kind of short cut, through some kind forest, I don't really know why, however, I did, and the next thing I knew I was shot in the back..most likely something to knock me out.."
L interjected between the passing of stories and stated,
"First off, it seems all kidnappings so far have happened, one way or another, on the way 'home' it also seems these all happened during the evening and that we have been recruited especially and most likely had been stalked all day. I was thinking this when Nora had first told her story, however, when Jose said he had taken a shortcut through a 'forest' it struck me odd that someone would be hiding in a forest waiting for someone to come through, they also had enough to sense to carry a dart rather than try to smuggle him. They knew he was a strong soilder.
"This is why they had withdrew kidnapping you until they had personally supervised you and your capabilities. Your weaknesses and strong points even perhaps. It's also clear that this man has many working for him as we all clearly come from different places. Myself not even being from the same country as many of you..however, I know who most likely took care of my kidnapping..she lives part-time in England, part-time Japan. That doesn't matter though..continue.."
'Woah, woah, wait L, you say you know who took care of your kidnapping and then you demand we just continue on with our stories?" Donnie replied before the next could take the reigns of story time.
"No..I said I most likely knew who take care of my kidnapping...there's a eight-seven percent chance actually.."
"Percent?" Jane questioned with a curious look about her face.
"However, I can't be positive without evidence, anyhow, yes, I would like for the stories to continue..so, Maddie? You are next.." L continued, either not being blessed of the gift of hearing at that moment, or he was simply ignoring.
"Oh..alright.." Maddie replied softly before puting a hand at her wrist and looking a bit nervously at L. "Well, I was going to my fathers house actually, I was nervous about having to talk to him, but I had to. I had to discuss with him about my moving, it had to do with college reasons actually...
"I was moving about two cities away actually and on my way to his house..a sudden pair of headlight was coming my way..as if they wanted to play Chicken or something, I swerved over in fear and the last thing I remember is opening my eyes, I saw I wasn't hurt but it was dark and I was cold. I thought it was the paramedics getting me out of the car but..I guess it wasn't."
"Why did you have to discuss your moving with your father? You say it was not a choice, but rather..enforced.." L asked bluntly as he scooched forward, elbows now on the table as he looked into her slightly skittish eyes,
"I...well, you know how it is with parents.." Maddie tried to laugh off as she put a hand to her neck nervously and laughed almost hollowly.
"No, I don't." L replied.
This is what caught almost everyone off guard at the table, the way he stated it made it sound as if it was simply normal. He said it with no sound of anguish,or hurt in his voice. He said it without a single drop of emotion other than straight forward-ness.
"Oh...I...I'm sorry.." Maddie replied softly.
"That doesn't matter, I'm asking you why you had to tell your father you were moving...actually no, you used the keywords, discuss, meaning you had to almost ask his permission...I've never had parents but I don't think it normal to ask permission when your grown and in college."
Maddie bit her lip,
Damn, it was like nothing could subdue him, if he had a thought in mind, he asked it with no hesitation and he asked it in front of everyone as though it needed to be public.
"Okay...maybe your right...it's not normal but not everyone is normal, L. I mean, look at you. Your one to preach on normality!"
L's expression didn't even waver, he simply stared on, not backing off for a single second. A blink or two was all the reaction she got.
"I see." L responded, "It actually would of been better on your end to just tell me...see, now I know your hiding something...you don't deter a question unless it's worth it."
Maddie softened a bit before beginning again,
"L..I'm sorry..I just lost my temper..." Maddie began, "I didn't mean it, listen, your right...it doesn't help in the situation were in to lie...I had to ask my father because in all actuality he's almost like my keeper...forgve me for not going too into detail but, my father was an abuisve man who actually killed my mother, he's a coward who sits in fear of me telling on him, so he tries to keep a close eye on me. We had to discuss me moving to another city..because of that.."
L cleared his throat and nodded.
"Alright, continue on."
It was as simple as that, he got the information he needed and now it was on to the next victim.
"L, before you go on to the next person, I...I didn't know you had no parents. Don't you have a guardian?"
"I don't find that information relevant." L dejected slowly before allowing Donnie to start on his own story,
"Okay..let's see...uh...Right, yeah. I was at a..party, yeah, just drinkin' havin' a good time whatever, and next thing I knew, I had to take a piss...really bad. I just went out the backdoor real quick. I didn't know it led into an ally and didn't think it mattered. I was too drunk to even aim right, much less did I pay attention to location.
"So, yeah, I don't even remember being smuggled, all I remember is peeing, and then turning around and 'BAM!' lights out for Donnie...damn...and I know at some point that night..I was gonna get it good with Mika Tan, I swear..I mean that girl was-"
"Thanks, Donnie, thanks.." Nora said cutting him off abruptly showing her hands up in the air, an obvious sign of disgust.
L simply looked wide-eyed at him before nodding at TK.
TK looked hopeful at L before signing to him,
'Can you sign?'
L cocked his head to the side and Nora was just about to translate for him when L spoke,
"Yes, you can read lips?"
'Yes.'
"Would you prefer I signed?"
'Yes, please?'
'Okay then, TK, go ahead..'
' I was at the park, there was no one there and I liked he swings a lot. It started getting dark so I knew I needed to head home so..that's what I was doing..just heading home.'
'What's the last thing you remember?'
'I was going rounding a corner before someone tapped me on the shoulder, I turned around and that's the last thing I remember.'
L nodded and then sighed, "I suppose it's not fair to share my story..."
L fidgeted slightly and then blinked once or twice before moving his eyes to trace the top of the ceiling,
"It was raining outside, I knew that much but the Church Bells were ringing...I really dislike those bells...I don't like the sound..but for some reason, whenever the rung I felt a need to sit and listen, anyhow.."
L paused as he stuck his finger in finger in his mouth and curved it so that it touched the inside of his bottom lip before letting it rest inside as though it were a hook and he were a fish. Very odd, yet it seemed almost normal for him to do something so strange.
"I suppose I'm stupid but I went ontop of the roof, in the pouring rain..it was about six or seven O'clock and it was very gray, obviously. I sat up on the roof, starring at the church as they continued the funeral. The body being held by a few people and being taken into an old-fashioned herse. Anyhow...the next thing that I could really remember clearly was someone yelling my name, I turned around to see who it was, but I didn't get to. The next thing I knew, I was falling off the roof. That's the last thing I remember."
"I know you've stated previously that you live in England, however, you said that you had no parents..do you live in an orphanage?"
L turned to see the question had been asked by none other than Nora,
"Yes..I do most of the time...it's a bit complicated..and long."
"Well, it's not like were going anywhere Sugar Pop." Donnie replied as he sat back, putting his arms behind his head, a smirk firmly placed on his lips.
L shrugged and sighed, "You have a good point..well, most of the time I live at the Whammy House, however, Watari Whammy, the founder of the orphanage..."
L paused for a moment as he looked down in silence.
"L?" Nora asked after a moments hesitation.
"Yes? Oh, right..well..I'm not exactly sure you'll all believe me, however, do you all know the aliase that the Famous Detective goes by? The one that takes on any case?"
Jane sat up a little farther in her seat and looked at him for a moment, Donnie did the exact same thing.
"L." Jane replied softly.
"Hey, I thought you were just trying to be a total rip off of that guy, either that or I thought you didn't realise it." Donnie said,
"No...I am L."
It wen't silent around the table before Nora put a hand to her mouth, "I..Oh my god."
"Dude, this is...weird." Donnie murmured as he put a hand to the side of his head,
"Wait, wait, wait...your saying, that you are the L?"
"Yes, of course." L replied as he then began to poke a fork at the cake that lied in front of him, where and when he had gotten, the others didn't know, nor would they ask, however, as he poked at it, it seemed to dawn on them more and more that they were in the presence of a genius. A mind that could succeed no other.
L then picked up the strawberry lying on his cake before pushing up with his legs to reach across the table. He held the strawberry and slowly dropped it in front of Jane,
"I'll give you this strawberry if you promise to keep it a secret, okay?"
"L, this is serious!" Jane fumed as she put a hand to her head.
"Not really, now let me get back to the story..so rude sometimes...anyhow, yes, so, as L at times I must go to the United States, or Japan, to solve cases that I choose and whatnot, however, Watari accompanies me so I suppose you may regard him as a sort of guardian..he tells me if I didn't have him, then I most likely would be dead..he thinks I can't take care of myself.."
L began on a small rant as he put his head glumly into his left hand, "He thinks I don't know how to take a break..I do to."
"So, Watari is kinda like your guardian?"
"Yes."
"Wait, guys, don't you guys see how great this is right now?" Donnie asked as he gripped the arms of the wooden chair. "We've got L, the super detective here, and we've got a case to solve! How the hell can it get better?"
"Donnie.." L started as he took a bite of cake, "..Mmm, do you think...that it's actually coincidence that I was brought along here to solve a case? That it's coincidence that L gets thrown into a Puzzle?"
The entire table began to speculate over this, each in deep thought.
"No..it's not." L answered for all of them as he sighed.
"But all together...we can solve this." Nora reasoned in an optimist light.
"Well..I never said we couldn't...I was only asking a question.." L replied defensivley with a small pout on his face as he piched the last cherry ontop of the cake with his midle finger and thumb, carefully to be only touching the stem.
And in one swoop, he carefully bent his head back and let the entire thing drop inside his mouth before sticking his tongue out, cherry gone but in it's place a perfectly knotted cherry stem.