Sorry for the delay, I had Internet troubles.
As I mentioned before, almost everyone in this chapter swears a lot.
We meet the rest of the world's greatest detectives in this chapter.
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Oh... I don't own Death Note. Where have I heard that before?
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9 - The World's Greatest 2
"This is Light-kun's room." Maria knocked.
No answer.
She knocked again.
No answer.
"Maybe he's not in right now..."
"No. That reclusive bastard is in there! Aren't you Light?!" She punched a hole through the door.
Light was sitting at his desk and staring at a notebook. "Are you going to pay for that?"
"Not on my salary. See ya." Maria and the new girl left.
"Is he always that way?"
Her voice... Is she more confident? Or more comfortable? Either way, she's changed.
"No... Well, he didn't used to be... Well not as much, anyway."
"What do you mean?"
"He changed the day he found that black notebook in front of The Agency. When he showed it to L, he was told not to write in it. Since then, he mostly just sits in his room, staring at the damn thing."
"Is the thing that bad?"
"We don't know. We don't even know if he's used the thing."
"Would Light disobey L-sama like that?"
"Probably not. Light and L are best friends. They play tennis together every weekend. Light usually respects L's decisions, and L respects Light's. And they were practically inseparable, at least until the notebook anyway. No, Light hasn't used the notebook. We're more worried about L disobeying his own rule."
"Why wo-"
"We're here." They reached the fifth door on the left. It was open. They were appalled by what they saw.
"God dammit! Get a room, you two!"
"We are in a room, you little bitch!"
"Well then close the fucking door!" Maria slammed the door and lead the new girl to the next room. "Sorry you had to see that... Ramsey is a little slut.
"... Why were they almost naked?"
"Don't worry. She isn't that big a slut. She's still a virgin. She doesn't like sex. She and her boyfriend just get really into whatever they do and before they know it, their clothes are on everything but them... By the way, she's 21, one the oldest members here."
"Why'd she pick the name Ramsey?"
"She's fascinated by Egypt, especially Ancient Egypt. Her favorite thing about it is the line of Ramses Pharaohs. She played with the name a bit and came up with that. She's also a little bit Egyptian."
"I see."
They arrived across the hall. The seventh door on the right.
"This is his room." Maria knocked on the door.
"Go away. I'm busy with a case."
"Come on, Mikami-san. It'll just be a second."
There was a clattering. "Alright. Hold on." More clattering and Teru Mikami opened the door.
The two young women nearly coughed their lungs out.
"What... -he he...ll are... y- doing...?"
"I told you, Maria. I'm busy. Good day."
They sat down against the wall to recover.
"Wh- What was... -hat pur- le smoke?"
"... I don- know... He's alwa- doing something li...ke th-" Maria started coughing violently. She had taken the worst of it.
She stopped after about ten seconds and was breathing heavily.
"Uh... Do you want to stop, Maria?"
Maria could only shake her head. She didn't want to stop. But her voice had left her. She made a mental note to kill Mikami and stood up after a few more seconds.
"Are you sure, you're alright?" I'm not sure I'm alright... But she's definitely worse off than I am. She wasn't alright. Her voice had suffered a similar fate as Maria's. She could only barely use it. And her lungs? Well, she didn't want to think about the condition of her lungs.
Maria motioned for her to follow. They arrived at the next room, the eighth door on the left. Maria knocked.
A young man opened the door. He was playing a handheld video game and smoking.
Maria yanked the cigarette out of his mouth. "You know L doesn't allow smoking in the building, Matt."
"He also doesn't allow outsiders." Matt said without looking up.
"... Oh. You mean Ramsey's boyfriend."
"Bingo." Matt lit another cigarette and went back inside his room. Before he closed the door, they noticed wall to wall video games and cigarettes and lighters all over everything.
"Delightful, isn't he?"
"Well... No."
"Right answer." Maria squeezed the new girl in a one armed hug. Both of them were a little surprised at what had happened. Why do I suddenly like her? I hated her just ten minutes ago. Am I bi-polar?
They went upstairs.
"This is the last floor. Your room is here, right?"
"Yes. So is yours."
Oh yeah. "Well, L's is on the third floor and the last three occupants of The Agency are up here. I personally don't like any of them... So naturally, I get stuck up here with them... Sorry, I'm ranting. Ah, my least favorite..." She knocked.
"What?!"
"Open the door, bitch!"
A pregnant young woman about 4-5 months along opened the door. "What do you want, you little slut?"
"Well not a baby, but then..." She patted the woman's stomach. "I'm sure you didn't plan on a baby, either."
"Shut up."
"Anyway, I just wanted to introduce the new girl."
"Ah." The pregnant woman looked at the new girl. "Stay away from this one. She's a bad influence."
Maria pulled the girl away. "I'm the bad influence?! Who's pregnant at 19? Tell me, are you going to marry the poor bastard?." She ran with the new girl as fast as they could go. Several small, hard, metal objects flew over their heads.
"Who is that?"
"My slut of a sister."
"What?"
"Yeah. My family is pretty damn intelligent. Her? Only sometimes. What the hell was she thinking? The stupid slut..."
The new girl was lost in thought as they made their way to the next room. They look almost the same... Her sister seems to have longer hair. But, I'd give beauty to Maria. I guess she got everything...
"Oh yeah... Her name is Fuchsia."
"Uh-huh..."
"Why? Because she's stupid. She named herself after her favorite color. Then again, Near makes it a point to be at least 4,000 miles away from the scenes of cases and Mello is the exact opposite of mellow... I guess it isn't that stupid."
They arrived at the next room, or almost did. Maria's lungs seemed to stop functioning about halfway there. Her talk with Matt went over well enough with whatever demonic smoke Mikami was working with. But, her altercation with her sister aggravated her weakened lungs. She collapsed.
The new girl was at a loss for what to do. "Shit!" What do I do?! What was that smoke?! Ah! Shit!
Maria was grasping at her chest and the newest detective stared for a minute. What is she trying to tell me? She seems to be attempting to undo h- The new detective undid the buttons on Maria's work shirt. Lucky she's wearing a bra...
Maria's coughing subsided. Her breathing slowly returned to normal. She held a hand to her chest as she sat up against the wall.
"Are you sure you want to keep going? I can finish the tour myself. You said there was only two more, right?"
That's out of the question. Those two would eat her alive. "... N-no... Y...you cou..ldn't handle... those two... alone..." She stood up. She wobbled and held her hand to her head. The new detective supported Maria the rest of the way.
They finally reached the next room. Maria held out a shaky hand and knocked. The small noise was lucky to summon the room's occupant.
"What do you want, Mar- Whoa! Are you alright? Do you want to come in and rest?" Maria could only shake her head. She made a feeble gesture to the new girl and collapsed in her new friend's arms.
"Damn it. Not again." The new girl set Maria against the wall and started explaining the situation to the skeptical young man.
"Who are you?" He said at last.
"The new detective. Who are you?"
"Asher. I'm 20 next month. I'm about to solve my 28th case. A record in The Agency. I come fr-"
"Hold on, you pretentious bastard. I only asked for your name. I didn't want your life's story." The new girl was more shocked at herself than Asher was. She'd never been so rude to anyone before. Maybe these three really are that bad. I've never hated someone so much in my entire life. Still... "I'm 18 and will be joining you in The Agency in two days." There. I feel better.
She helped a slightly recovered Maria to her feet and went off to the last room. They left a stunned Asher behind. He returned to his video game lined room for the rest of the day.
Maria and the new girl arrived at the last room. Maria paused for a long time before speaking again.
"... The last person is the weirdest... He seems... normal... But..." The new girl cut her off. Maria was extremely pale and the little color she had left drained with that last sentence. She also seemed unable to lift her head or open her eyes.
A quick visit with this last person, then straight to the infirmary. The new girl knocked on the last door,
A small, brown haired young man opened the door. "Who, may I ask, is calling?"
The new girl raised an eyebrow. "Uh... The new-"
"I see. People call me Wesker. Choose a fitting name when the time comes. I like video games. My favorite series is Resident Evil and my favorite character is Albert Wesker. Hence my name. Where are you going?"
The new girl didn't want to stick around to figure out why Wesker was so weird. She wanted to save her new friend. She yelled back to the bewildered man as she ran down to the first floor. "To the infirmary!"
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BB stood with his back to his subordinates. All he had so far was three men and a young woman, but that would soon change.
"Recruit as many as you can!" He ordered them without taking his eyes off the setting sun. "We have 6 months at most!" He paused for a moment. "Go!"
He heard his subordinates leave. He continued watching the sun.
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The Agency is made up of twelve extraordinary individuals. These individuals are somehow able to call themselves The World's Greatest Detectives.
These individuals now find themselves on the brink of war on two fronts...
Well... If those guys are the world's greatest, the world is screwed...
Anyways, Next Time:
"So, that's the plan."
"Are you sure it'll work?"
"Of course he is! We are talking about BB-sama after all."
"Right... So prepare the troops. We leave for The Agency at midnight."
"Yes, sir!"
Uh-oh...
A few last words until next time.
I'm still having Internet trouble, so I'll be updating my stories slower.
Also, the first semester is ending in my school, and my teachers have decided to go project happy at the same time.
My other story will be updated next time. I hope...
