Chapter 8
"This was no Ghost Davies. Ghosts don't skin their victims. This—this is the work of an artist. An artist in the flesh."
Sunako giggled at the bloody body of Joseph Bouquet hanging in Carlotta's closet. L munched on popcorn.
"That was badly done."
"I know: he doesn't look like he was skinned at all," Sunako said. "It looks all they did was make him bath in ketchup or something."
L snickered. "That's a good idea: the next time we want to pretend as though we've killed one of the bishonen, we'll just d throw them in a pool of ketchup!"
"But you want it to belong to the world…"
"Yes…"
"Would you bargain with the devil?"
"I would…"
"The world will love you for your music but…that's all they'll love you for…"
"Oh! That's interesting," L said.
Sunako giggled. "It's more funny than scary."
L shrugged. "Well, in comparison to the slashers you watch, this actually has a plot."
"I guess that's true…hey! They have a plot!"
"Really?" L asked, looking at her, "I must not have noticed."
It had been another two weeks. L was still slightly pained by Sunako's words, but his sanity was somewhat coming back under his control.
L had gotten his revenge on the boys on White Day for the Valentine's Day fiasco.
He and Sunako had invited their fans into their room to scare the poor boys out of their mind. That was a good prank. But what was even better than that prank was when he got back at Mello and Near.
He replaced all of Mello's chocolate with vanilla ice cream.
Near's toys were replaced with barbies and baby dolls—though Near liked toys, he hated barbies and girl's dolls.
L was pleased when the screams of horror resonated throughout his old hideout in downtown Tokyo.
Though seeing Mello frothing at the mouth and Near hiding in a corner was not expected, it was most definitely worth it.
L's relationship with Sunako had changed a bit from wanting to kill her to always walking her home from school and tutoring her in Math (which prompted more arguments between the budding couple).
"You love the music. I am the music. Now, you are married to the music."
"No!"
"You cannot serve two masters. Do not see another."
L yawned. "Crazy, isn't it?"
"What is?"
"The whole movie!"
"Well…"
Sunako felt a tingle in the back of her head—a feeling of foreboding. L looked at her.
"Is something wrong?" he asked. Sunako crept to the window.
"Obachan…"
"What's so bad about that?"
The door burst open. "Sunako-chan! Kyouhei-kun!"
"That…"
"Eh?"
"Right…the guys—before you came—told Obachan that I was dating Kyouhei."
"Well, that does cause a problem—"
Obachan strode into the room, dragging Kyouhei by the collar. She grabbed Sunako's arm. "Both of you are going on a romantic getaway, come on."
"NO!!!" Sunako screamed, grabbing the couch.
With a rather inhumanly strong yank, Obachan pulled Sunako along.
The door slammed.
"Oh my God…I can't stay here."
L turned the TV off and ran to get the remaining boys.
~half an hour later~
"OBACHAN DID WHAT?!?" Takenaga, Yuki, and Ranmaru shouted.
"We're doomed! Doomed!"
"What do we do? What do we do?"
"Police! Call the police!"
"CALM DOWN!!!" L shouted.
The boys stopped panicking and looked at him.
L pulled out his cell phone and called Watari.
"How are you, L?"
"Cut the chit-chat, Watari, we've got an A-class emergency situation going on here."
"What happened now?" Watari asked, exasperated.
"Nakahara-san is promoting teenage sex. I'm going on a rescue mission to save my girlfriend—start tracking!"
Watari sighed, but did so. After a few minutes, they had an address and the four went to save Sunako and Kyouhei from Obachan's evil clutches!
~Meanwhile…~
Sunako had hidden herself in the wardrobe.
Kyouhei had desperately tried to hide under the bed.
"Oh God…" Sunako mumbled.
"She's trying to kill us…" Kyouhei whispered.
~Just ten minutes before~
Sunako and Kyouhei were forced into a room by Sebastian, Obachan's valet. "A message Sunako-san, from the mistress: I know the first time is scary…"
Sunako tuned him out, her eye twitching. The door closed.
"Now what?" Kyouhei asked.
"Find a way out!"
"Agreed!"
Sunako looked in the bathroom. "DON'T GO IN THERE! IT'S A TWO WAY MIRROR!"
"The bed vibrates!"
"And rotates!"
"Kya!"
"Sebastian, let us out damn it!"
"Break the window!"
"Shock resistant glass!"
"Don't turn on the TV! It might just show porn!"
"Hi, you two," Obachan said from the TV.
After giving her video recorded message, Sunako tore out all the lingerie out of the wardrobe onto the floor and hid herself inside.
Kyouhei worked his way under the bed, but his legs still poked out.
~Present time~
Sebastian was tied up in the corner.
L opened the door. "Sunako! Kyouhei! Eh? Where are they?"
Kyouhei crawled out from under the bed.
Sunako came out of the closet. "L…"
"Aniki…WAH! It was so scary!"
"Takenaga, take him," L said, handing the crying Kyouhei over to Takenaga.
Sunako sighed in relief.
"Thank God! We've got to get out of here," Sunako said.
"Eh?"
"Kya! A witch!" four voices screamed behind them.
Sunako backed away slowly like a shy cat.
L glanced behind him.
Now, L had faced a lot of scary things—Light was one of them. Jail had mellowed him out a bit. Shinigami was another thing that had scared him, but only briefly. There were so many times he'd been near death, that he couldn't remember all of them.
But not once was L Lawliet ever truly scared or feared for his life until he saw Obachan glaring down at him and the five teenagers.
"Na…Nakahara-san…"
"What," she growled, "are you all doing here?"
"KYOUHEI AND SUNAKO SPLIT UP AGES AGO!" Yuki shouted, crying. "SUNAKO AND LAWLIET-NIISAN ARE DATING NOW!"
Oh, Toyoma-kun, L thought, What have you done?
Obachan turned to him and her dangerous expression changed to guilt and annoyance. "Why didn't you tell me?" That said, she took the keys from L and dragged the four boys out of the room, with a smile, she closed the door again and they heard the lock click…this time with only L and Sunako inside.
Only two words came out of L's mouth five minutes later: "Oh…damn…"
oh yes, L, yes. :D
I had writer's block when writing this, so I decided to take something from the Wallflower manga and twist it around. Also, I leave you all in SUPSENSE!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
