L all over again
Hello there! (didja think I forgot about this fic?) Im sorry for the VERY VERY long update. I just keep getting assignments over assignments, then add a few tests and a couple of in-class assessments and taaa-da! You get me stressing out! So sorry again for the wait. (also my comp has a ton of virus on it and I gotta use my laptop….which is SLOW and LAGGINGGGGG!! ;;)
Chapter 9: Work ethicL style
"Here we are L…" Light mumbled, holding the squirming detective in front of the large building. He blew a loose hair away from his eye. 'I've got a bad feeling about this…' He thought bitterly while slowly walking up to the doors of the looming taskforce building.
"I wonder if they'd be surprised…?' The young L, thought out loud.
Light's sweat dropped. "They might be….just a bit, y'know?" he added sarcastically.
The child looked up at the young man with large eyes. "You seem less enthusiastic about this, Light?" the child said, putting a finger in his mouth, appropriately. "Is it because you wanted to be alone with me longer, Light?"
Light blinked. "Don't get a big h-head now you!" He said ruffling the childs hair. L put two hands up in defense. "Ok Ok Ok!"
Light went a shade of pink. "How did he know…?"
The child smirked.
"Don't say anything" He snapped at the detective. 'Brat…' he thought.
Upon entry of the building, the two of them left any forms of communication devises in the tray near the 'self-entry' detector. It scanned Light's face and eyes, following a scan of the child detective. The doors slid open. "It even works on your kind of state…?" Light asked. The child gave him a rather plain look, as if to say 'No shit'.
Light paused, giving the door ahead a relatively blank stare. After what seemed like a few seconds, Light felt his feet begin to move and before he knew it, he was in front of the whole task force. Upon the entry of the child, various jaws dropped.
An excited Matsuda ran up to the stony-face Light. "Heeey! Your back, Light-kun!" He said. "Misa was here too y'know! And-and…WHOA!?"
The child waved.
"Is THAT!? Is-ahh-he looks just like-he WHOA!?" Matsuda stumbled. "What did you do to that poor kid, Light!?"
The kid frowned. "I am still who I am no matter what form I might take." He said.
The other members closed in on the two. Stating various lines, like: 'It can't be' and 'that's not possible'.
"I invented possibl-"
Light clamped a hand around the young child's mouth. "Hehe yeah…" Light said rather nervously. "This is…Ryuuga…Rue! As you can see he's a big fan of L!" He said chuckling, sounding more nervous then before.
The child slouched.
Aizawa blinked. "How is that possible, Light-san?" he asked.
Light cleared his throat. "Well…I was looking after Ryuuga and Ryuuzaki at the same time. He's a distant relative,in which I was recently acquainted with…and since he takes after me…he was automatically prone to talking with Ryuuzaki." He continued. "…Since he admires Ryuuzaki's intelligence…haha…look how he's dressed!" Light bit his lip. Even he thought that his explanation sounded quite far-fetched.
There was a long pause from the rest of the taskforce. Light swallowed hard.
"WHOA!! L has a mini cosplayer!" Matsuda exclaimed brightly."It's amazing how much he looks like the real deal!"
There was a silent sigh of relief from Light. "Ahh…gullible Matsuda…"
Light's father chuckled looking at the young child. "Impressive, indeed." He remarked. "Well if he doesn't get in the way, I suppose it's fine to let him stay here."
"…Well it is MY-"Light nudged the child.
"…Thank-you…sir" he replied numbly.
The chief look up at Light. "Do I know his parents Light…?"
Light shook his head. "No…like I said, his parents were a recent acquaintance." He replied.
Light let the kid go. The young detective ran off towards the sofa, grabbed a chocolate bar, ripped it open and shoved it whole in his mouth; like he had never had one before.
"Is that normal for a child to do that….?" Matsuda asked sitting next to the mini-L.
Light sighed. "Believe me…It'd be abnormal if he didn't."
In the few hours that went by, Light would have to be investigating a case concerning the serial murder of a few young girls. Light didn't think he'd find it to be amusing at all.
As the rest of the taskforce had gone out to get some coffee, the young child heaved himself off the sofa and hopped onto the seat in front of the computers next to Light.
"Hey, L" he said, smiling. "Having fun?"
The child pouted. "No…everyone here has gotten rather stupid, in my absence."
Light blinked. "What are you saying L-"
The child pointed at a face on the computer. "The murderer is obviously this guy." He said, sporting a monotone pitch along with it.
"How can you just-"
"Look…this guy has even gone to court on several accounts for 'murder'; however the case was closed as 'justified homicide', due to the lack of evidence available." The child stated. "And I doubt that him being there at the scene of the crime twice couldn't just be a coincidence."
"We can't get him just based on that, though" Light said, loosening his tie. "It was cleared as 'justified homicide' after all."
"Correct. That is why I presume we monitor this individual, along with anyone else of the suspects of similar decent." L replied matter-of-a-factly.
Light crossed his legs in that 'Light-Yagami' sorta way and sighed deeply. The child stopped talking for a moment and looked curiously at the young man.
"What is with you and monitoring people…?"
The child looked at Light for a second. "…It's what I do-live with it." He replied bluntly. Light blinked. The child genius then continued with his hypothesis on how the case would turn out if everyone in the taskforce followed his orders perfectly.
Light had been taking down notes on the subject, while L had continued to ramble on and on. Light smiled to himself, L really seemed to enjoy being at task force and investigating suspects again. If L was happy, then Light thought he would be too. However, Light turned just in time to see a folder fly right into his face. Almost falling backwards off his chair, Light grabbed the folder and shoved it into the detective's arms.
"WHAT the HELL are you trying TO-"
"-….You weren't listening to my thesis statement on the matter; I felt I had to take immediate action." The child declared in monotone.
Well….Light thought it made him happy anyway.
"Say…Light" the young Ryuuzaki said, stuffing a piece of doughnut in his mouth." Wasn't Amane Misa, meant to be here…?"
Light's eyes widened. "Oh…yeah…" he thought. He put a hand through his hair. "Great…as if I didn't have enough to deal with already…" he muttered.
Light heard the shuffling of feet and voices in the background. The coffee break must have been over. He turned to see the young boy next to him, scramble off the seat and launch himself onto the sofa.
"How's it going there, buddy?" two unfamiliar hands shot out and ruffled the child's hair. L's hands shot up to his head and looked up at the taller figure above him. All he saw was…
… a grinning idiot.
"Hey Light, little Ryuuga must be pretty bored here." Matsuda said. "How about I take him to the park next door for a bit? Do you mind, Light-kun?"
Light looked at Matsuda, he certainly wasn't the most collected member of the task force. He was quite responsible, however (or so Light hoped). Light's gaze then shot to the child with his hands still situated upon his head. The child was shooting him glares of all sorts. Light cleared his throat and smiled. L frowned.
"Sure. Why not, Matsuda."
The childs jaw dropped, giving Light a 'how could you…?' look. Light walked over and patted the child's head. "Now you be good for Matsuda, Ok Rue-kun?" he asked in a playful voice.
The child nodded slowly, and reluctantly took the offered hand from Matsuda. The two walked into the elevator and left the building.
Light chuckled to himself evilly. 'That was for the file you ditched at my face….brat'
Light rested back onto the spinny chair. "I made the right choice, it just can't be healthy for a child to sit and eat sweets all day, no matter how old they are mentally." Light thought, shoving the rest of L's doughnut in his mouth.
Matsuda led the child by the hand into the playground. He let go of the child's hand and looked at him expectantly. "Heheh go on now, Ryuuga!"
The child stood there and looked at the looming figure. "What am I meant to do?" he asked, putting a finger into his mouth.
The task force member blinked in disbelief. "Uhh you…play!" He said. "It is a playground after all, right?" he explained as if it were the easiest thing to do.
"…and how do I play…?" The little detective asked, looking at the play equipment with a puzzled expression.
Matsuda put a hand through hair and sighed. "I knew the kid, would be sheltered but…" he thought. Matsuda looked over at the child, who had taken off his shoes and was kicking some of sand in the sand pit. Matsuda then had an epiphany! He clenched his fist and raised it up into the air.
"ALRIGHTTTTTT!"
The child flinched.
Matsuda put a hand on the detective's shoulder. "Don't worry, little guy!" He said overly enthusiastically. "Uncle Matsuda is gonna teach you how to play, and we're gonna have FUN!"
The childs eyes widened. "I'm…scared…"
It was at this time that Light had just finished explaining his-no-L's thesis statements and theories. The taskforce agreed that a plan should be taken out against the following suspects that Light-I mean-L had pinpointed.
"Haha…wow Light you must really be taking after, Ryuuzaki." Mogi said, looking over the various reports Light had provided. "If I didn't know better, I would have thought that Ryuuzaki himself had written these!"
Light chuckled nervously. "Hahaha….yeah…I did it alright…"
Light heard the door from behind him slide open. He turned guessing to see an anxious Ryuuzaki and a weary Matsuda. Instead, however he saw-
"L-Liiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggggghhhhhhtttttt!!"
Light jumped. 'No….it's too soon, I don't wanna die now…' he thought bitterly, as he felt himself being lifted off the ground, from one of Misa Amane's deadly embraces.
He looked down at her. She had tears in her eyes. "Light…It feels like it's been years, Misa is so happy to see you!" she said not letting go of the young man.
"Actually Misa…it's barely been a month or two…" he said slowly. Misa shook her head and hugged him tighter. "That's still too long, Light!" she squealed. "Misa is so happy…"
Light broke the embrace and continued to look over his reports. "Anyway…I say we conduct a-"Light turned. He saw a giggling Misa….and that was it. 'Where the hell did everyone go…?' he thought, dumbfounded.
The actress grinned and slowly walked over to the young detective. Light sighed "What's wrong Misa?" The blonde blinked. "Ehhhh!? Is there something wrong with being near you Light?" she screeched.
"Well actually-"
"-Say…what happened to Mr. Ryuuzaki?" She asked looking around.
Light looked around then stopped. "Oh yeah! I forgot!" He grabbed his jacket and began walking to the elevator. Misa grabbed his arm. "Liiiight where are you going?" she asked, tugging a little harder on his sleeve. "Doesn't Light wanna be with Misa more?"
Light shrugged off Misa's arm. "Sorry Misa, I just remembered something important." He walked into the elevator.
Misa stood waiting the entrance of the elevator's sliding doors. "Light! Misa loves you!" she yelled as the elevator doors began to close.
"Yeah me too, Misa." He said, as the doors closed.
Misa watched the lights above the elevator, indicating the floors downwards that Light was travelling. She watched it hit the ground floor. The doors of the elevator then opened and a bell was heard.
Misa stared at the open doors of the empty elevator.
"Light…"
Light jogged over to the playground area. "Ahh…he must hate me for ditching him with Matsuda." He thought, lightly laughing to himself. "Well…I'm sure he'll be relieved to see me now."
As Light returned to the playground, however he was astonished to see the young Ryuuzaki laughing his head off. It seemed as though, Matsuda had tried one of the equipment in the playground…and as a result he was lying on his back while young children were either kicking him or dumping sand on him. The young L was laughing while taking a trip down one of the slides in the playground.
(Ahh…an epic fail.)
When Matsuda arose, upon the state of his face most of the other children ran screaming. He walked over to Light. "Light-kun! Great to see you!" Light took a small packet of tissues from his pocket. "I think you might need this…"
Matsuda gladly took the tissues. "Thanks Light-kun."
The young man watched the young detective jump up and down on one of his sandcastles, conveniently named 'Kira'.
"Oi…Ryuuga!" Light called to the child. The young Ryuuzaki looked up at Light in surprise. He hopped out of the sand pit and ran over to his partner. "Have fun out there?" He asked, dusting the child off. The child nodded and then yawned. The miniature detective, obviously tired out by the 'adventure' began to sway; so much that he almost fell. Light's hands shot out, however Matsuda was quicker.
Matsuda laughed and picked the child up. "Well…we did have a lot of fun today!" he grinning. "At first he seemed a little cautious, but he warmed up to me eventually right Rue-kun?" The child sleepily replied with a slow nod of the head followed by a long yawn.
'Warmed up to him…? Already…? It had only been up to an hour…' Light's eye twitched.
Light took the child from Matsuda quickly. "Thanks…Matsuda." He replied, less enthusiastically.
Matsuda put a hand behind his head and laughed. "Wow…the police…manager and now a babysitter!" he beamed, obviously proud of himself.
"A real jack-of-all-trades…Matsuda." He replied numbly. "Why don't we go in, Rue-kun needs a nap and…I think you need a bath, Matsuda." He said mustering up a small laugh of his own.
Matsuda nodded and the two set off, back into the building. Light frowned, his eyes shifting from Matsuda to the child in his arms. 'I don't understand how…Ryuuzaki of all people could get along so well with Matsuda of all people….wasn't Matsuda only good at fetching coffee before!?' His brows furrowed. 'Why would it take so long for him to come-around for me, and not Matsuda!?' Light's muscles tensed involuntarily in frustration.
The doors of the elevator slid open.
"Coming in, Light-kun?" Matsuda asked.
Light didn't reply as he walked through the doors. Matsuda stopped.
"Something the matter, Light…?"
Light stopped and stared at Matsuda.
"It's nothing."
The end of the chapterrrrr! Sorry sorry gomen nasai! For that ancient update. Since I'm still in school holidays, I should hopefully get the next chapter in this week! Maybe even less than a week! I'm still recovering from being in hospital y-see. (Food poisoning) " Thank-you for bearing with me! (I hope you haven't ditched this fic) Thank-you very much-please review to tell me what you think (and excuse the typo's and/or errors)
