A/N: Well, I'm back. I hope you people like Death Note! Please, review and enjoy!


Off (Stepping) on the Wrong Foot

"AWWW HECK NO!"

Light jumped in surprise at the feminine voice and ceased his tugging on the chain that connected him and L in surprise. "Ryuzaki, we should leave. Now!" he whispered nervously.

"Too late for that."

The brunette was suddenly jerked to the side by said shackles when L's face was introduced to a fingerless-gloved fist, being sent flying to the side.

"Z-chan, get your teenage butt in here!" The requested male plus one joined them.

"I told you to stop calling me that!"He retorted back angrily, a sleek gun trained on them– words "Bloody Rose" written on the side in fancy lettering– its chain leading somewhere back into his jacket.

The gothic-ally dressed female he spoke to was currently straddling L and holding his upper torso up by the front of his shirt, wrinkling it even more, and a fist pulled back to strike if necessary. He himself suddenly found sharp claws being to his neck threateningly by yet another silver-haired young boy.

"What were you doing going through my stuff?!" Sakura calmed down, allowing her head to fall to the side as her voice lowered, "It's rude, you know." Light shivered, and he was pretty sure L might've also.

"Hey, Cloud. Could you check the anime sets please? Thanks."

The blonde sighed tiredly but obeyed. "Only the first few piles have been searched," he reported after a moment.

"Good," Light was once again towards his companion, less harshly this time, as Sakura began to knot the chain skillfully around her captive's hands.

Satisfied with a job well done she stood up to survey her newly-made acquaintances: Light Yagami and L from Death Note.

Light with his usual perfect good looks– and she wasn't saying that sarcastically either. Brown neatly-combed hair with matching eyes that glowed innocently (she could tell what part of the plot they were in). A black jacket-like top that had a zipper for the collar and black pants accompanied by, of course, handcuffs linking him to L with a 2 meter long metal chain.

L wore his usual outfit of a long-sleeved white shirt with loose jeans and no shoes. He was hunched over with slightly bent knees. His midnight black hair spiked out every-which-way in its typical disarray and his grey-blue eyes (which you had to look closely at to detect due to hugely dilated pupils) had deep dark bags that contrasted big-time from his deathly pale skin. Even tied up like a hog he had his normal bored expression. He tested the knot with a few tugs, "These are well done, even with the other end attached to Light-kun. I'm impressed. Do you do this often?" He asked, unaware (or just not caring) of the implications behind his inquiry.

Zero snickered at how that sounded as he slipped his "Bloody Rose" back into his jacket, once again hidden from view.

"Thanks, I consider it a necessary life skill. To answer your question, no, you're getting special treatment– and not in a good way. Lesson One, don't go through my stuff."

Lucario came in, having been interrupted from his meditation, and raised L to his feet by the back of his abused shirt before heaving Light up by the chain. "You seem rather secretive of your possessions. Hmm, there is an 83% chance you are hiding something, "L said, a curious glint entering his eyes as he stared at Sakura's stitches rudely.

"Nope, guess again. Tell me, is the other part me just being territorial of my stuff, cause that'd be correct. Speaking of which, Cloud could you gather all of those and bring them to me? Great," Sakura, being used to strange looks, easily ignored the weight of the panda-look-alike's stare.

As Cloud gathered the disk cases Starly fluttered over to perch on Sakura's shoulders, "Star! Star!" Sakura seemed to come to a sudden realization.

"Oh yeah. I forgot to introduce myself," she began gesturing to each person as she spoke their names. "That's Zero, Inuyasha, Cloud, this is Starly, there's Lucario, Glameow, Squirtle, and Turtwig– who looks ready to Bite. I'm Sakura, your host. Now, who the heck are you?" Of course, she knew who they were, but she didn't want to seem suspicious– or maybe just was curious as to what L would answer with.

L came forward for a moment, "You can refer to me as Ryuzaki, and this is Light. May I ask, just what are your… companions?"

"Pokémon. I'd go into a deeper explanation, as you would surely ask for one, but it's late and I'm tired. Plus, shouldn't you be asking how you got here instead?"

This time Light spoke up, "Yeah, how did we get here?"

Sakura began to pack all her cases in a large plastic grocery bag before commenting, "Wow, you guys ask a lot of questions. Of course, I suggested the last one, but still. Whatever happened to going with the flow, I don't know. It would make things a lot less complicated. As for answering that last inquiry, Inuyasha can be my stand-in for this little show-and-tell. I gotta' ask a favor of Lucario, then I'm going to bed." She motioned to the Pokémon in a beckoning gesture. "Come on guys, I'm going to sleep." She made her way upstairs.

Inuyasha finally dropped his guarded position by Light, "Wait, why do I have to explain! Why can't Blondie do that?!"

Zero stretched and yawned, showing oddly sharp canines momentarily, "Not my problem. Well, I'm gonna' follow Saks' example. Have fun."


As soon as Sakura was in her room she began to explain what she wanted Lucario to do for her in the morning. When he nodded in acceptance of his mission she raised hand to scratch him behind the ears in thanks.

Making her way to the bed, she turned on her side and curled up into a fetal position before closing her eyes. Glameow hopped up to nose his way under her arm to rest comfortably.

When Zero came into the bedroom, planning to sleep on the floor, he smirked at what he saw. He bent over the bed, a looming shadow, and brushed a thumb over her smooth cheek gently. "Good night, Sakura." Lucario watched the transaction curiously, his head tilted to the side.

The 17-year-old brought his index finger to his lips in a "keep quiet" gesture before setting down his blankets in a make-shift bed and soon fell asleep.


Sakura took another bite of the delicious chocolate chip cookie dough ice-cream form the carton. Zero soon followed soon from beside her. Ryuzaki made a face, "Is that required?"

"You're such a germaphobe," Sakura rolled her eyes.

"The technical term is mysophobia."

"I'm wondering why you guys are having that stuff for breakfast." Inuyasha muttered.

"It's my favorite. Cookie dough's awesome." Zero hummed in agreement, his mouth full. She gestured towards him with her spoon with a smug smirk.

L, ignoring the conversation, began his interrogation, "If I am correct in my conclusions, you know Kira is."

"That's not a question."

"I apologize. Do you know who Kira is?"

"Yep." She didn't elaborate at all.

"Who is Kira?"

"I won't tell you, or anyone else most likely, anytime soon." Zero grinned with a hint of maliciousness.

"… Do you know who I am?" He obviously wasn't used to being denied information.

"Definitely, 'Ryuzaki'. In more ways than just your job description, too."

"…"

Cloud looked up from his bowl of Frosted Flakes©, "What do you mean?"

Sakura swallowed yet another mouthful, cleared her throat, before responding, "Our new roommate here, Ryuzaki, is actually a #1 world-famous detective where he's from, or 'L'. At least, that's what most would call him."

L glared slightly, "That wasn't necessary."

She shrugged as Zero defended her, "He asked."

"Not to rudely brush you off or anything, but Inuyasha? You'll be going to school with me. Lucario snuck on to the high school office for enrollment papers. Your name is Inuyasha Taisho."


A/N: That was a long one! For those who might want some warning, Misa-Misa's coming next!