Hello, I'm back :) I'm happy that this story is getting such good reviews : )))))) anyway, I don't suggest you get attached to any of the characters, just in case I decide to kill them MWA HA HA HAAAAAAA!!! Kay same disclaimer… ummm….SPOILER: the ending is seriously tragic. Like, Romeo and Juliet mixed with Hamlet plus Vampire Knight and Death Note…mwa ha ha ha ha ha….
Also, I'll change the dates of some occurrences, so please don't kill me. I'll set the vamps on you! BWAHAHAHAHA…and anywho, its MY story, so yeah…
Oh by the way, I probably won't put too much classes in here…I'll just say they went to class and it was very interesting, because a) I don't know what questions they'd ask those superior minds, and b) let alone the answers!
I let my feet dangle off the branch. I was sitting high in a tree, looking out over campus. I hadn't been able to sleep.
Suddenly, I spied Ryuzaki. He was crouching—well, sitting, in his strange way—eating some doughnuts and thinking. I could tell by the expression on his face. In between doughnuts, he would chew his index fingernail.
I dropped out of my tree—almost four stories I dropped. I landed in a crouch and was running before I had straightened up.
I went and sprawled on the grass next to him, but he was so deep in thought he didn't notice. I snapped in front of his face. He blinked, surprised.
"Hey, Louis," I said, since no one was around, and I figured I'd taunt him (haha, I know your name!).
"Hi, Lilith. What's new?" he asked, unfazed.
"Nothing, really," I said, "I was just sitting in a tree since class. You?"
"Well...I think I may have come up with a possibility for your affliction."
"Wow, you used a whole sentence that I understood," I said, laughing a little. "What's your idea?"
"We need to find Kiryu…I'm going to run some experiments," he said.
"O…kay," I replied, a little weirded out. "Leave that to me. I'll go bust him out of class."
"Meet at the moon dorm when you've found him," said Louis, and got up and slouched away.
I turned invisible and set out to locate Zero. This was made much easier by my ability to walk through walls. I walked through class after class, and when I finally found him, I stopped to say, "Hi. I'm busting you out. Be right back."
I stepped out of the classroom and became visible. I knocked on the door.
"Come in," said the teacher.
I stepped into the room. Everyone gasped and started muttering.
"I need to borrow…Zero Kiryu," I said clearly over the rabble. I had paused so that some of them could hope I needed them.
"Kiryu, you're excused."
"Thank you, Sensei," said Zero, then gathered his things and ducked out of the class with me.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Ryuzaki thinks he knows why I have all these weird…powers or whatever they are."
Ryuk glided up. "Hiya. So the little human thinks he knows, eh? Henh henh henh…"
"Yes, and I think he does," I said, and when I saw Zero's perplexed expression, I said, "Reaper."
"Oh…" said Zero. "Where are we going?"
"Moon dorm."
"Okay."
We walked the rest of the way in silence. Not an awkward silence, just…we had nothing to say.
I noticed that Zero was being very careful not to touch me at all.
When we finally got to the dorm, Ryuzaki was waiting, sitting on the stairs. He stood when we came in.
"Hi, Kiryu-san," he said, "And Lilith."
"Ryuzaki," Zero said shortly.
"Hiya Ryuzaki," I said happily. "So, can you tell us now?"
"Well," he said, "When you hugged Kiryu, you got the vision, correct?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, I believe that what you saw had been on his mind at the time, and it must be a very strong memory for him. When you touched him, the memory passed on to you. I assume this never happened before, so it must be that you talent for seeing people's lifespan and name increased to also being able to see memories they are thinking of at the time."
"Well, I don't know if that was what I was thinking of, at the time," said Zero, "So it might not be that…"
"Which is why I am going to test it," said Ryuzaki patiently.
"How?" I asked.
"I will remember something and then you touch me," he replied. "Simple."
"Okay…" I said, wondering what his past could have been like.
"Hmm, what to remember…" he muttered, no longer talking to Zero and me. I chanced a look at Zero and found him looking at me, concerned. He looked down when he noticed me observing him.
"It'll be fine," I whispered soothingly.
"You'd better be right," he growled.
"Okay, I know what to remember," he said. "Here, Lilith."
He held out his hand.
Holding my breath, I took it.
"Don't worry, Louis," said the old man. He looked like a combination of a butler and a kindly grandfather. "My name is Quillish Wammy. I had this orphanage built for children like you, who have no parents."
I was standing, hunched over with the loss of my parents, chewing my fingernail. I was only five and a half years old.
"You show great promise," he told me. "One day, you will assume the title of L. Once, I held this title. But now, I am too old. Now, go on in and make yourself at home."
I walked into the big house. I didn't think the place would ever feel like home. Not without my parents…
"Oh, Louis," I breathed, coming back to reality. "That's horrible. I had no idea…"
I was curled on the floor in a fetal position, clinging to Ryuzaki's hand.
"I mean, uh, Ryuzaki," I said, hastily letting go.
"So you saw it?" he probed.
"Yup, I sure did. Quillish Wammy, huh? Isn't he like, that famous inventor?"
"Yes, he is," replied Ryuzaki.
"You missed it," said Zero, "When you fell on the groung, you dragged Ryuzaki with you. He did a face plant."
"Are you okay?" I asked, concerned.
"Fine," he assured me. Zero stalked off.
"I better get back to class," he said. I couldn't quite place the expression on his face. A mixture between anger and sadness and longing.
"Bye, Zero," I called.
He didn't answer.
Louis stood and offered me his hand. I took it and he helped me get up.
"So that's why you're always slouching," I mused. "I always wondered."
"I carry the weight of my parents' deaths on my shoulders. After that I swore to stop all killers. That I why I am so motivated to be L."
"That's great. I mean that you have motivation," I amended hastily. "Okay, I believe you. You're L."
"I thought that might convince you," he said.
"But still," I said, "you should have better posture."
I took a few steps toward him. He didn't move. I put my hands on his shoulders and pushed him against a wall. I pushed from his shoulders to straighten his spine.
"Wow!" I said. "You're as tall as Zero! You're so tall!"
"Is that a compliment?"
"Yes!!!!"
"Then thanks."
I was still standing with my hands on his shoulders, looking up at his face. He was looking down at me. We really were quite close…
I was being carried by a strange man. I look up and I see that he has a metal patch over one eye and long flyaway hair. I didn't understand any of what he was saying except the word 'mauled' and my brain was all fuzzy. And what was this 'level E' he was talking about?
I am bleeding all over. They put me in a hospital cot. They tell me not to be afraid. I hear the man who had been carrying me. He is talking to a girl. She has a beautiful voice.
"This boy got mauled by a vampire," the man was saying. "Don't know his name. What's it to you?"
The girl looked at me. She really was very pretty. She had long brown hair and pale skin. Her eyes were deep brown. Her look was full of compassion. It was the look of a person who I would want to know. A look I fell in love with immediately.
"His name is Louis Lawliet," she said. My eyes widened. She knew my real name. I shot her a pleading glance. She misinterpreted it, and said, "Don't worry, Louis Lawliet. It'll be okay."
I nodded once. She and the man continued talking. I caught the word "vampire" from him. She exclaimed, "What?!"
I looked up to see her running a finger along her teeth. She cut herself on one of her eyeteeth and began licking her finger. The man told her not to drink blood on campus. She was about to leave, then she turned back to me.
"Excuse me, Louis Lawliet…" she said, trailing off.
"Yes?" I encouraged her.
"Your blood smells very good," she said in a rush. She smiled, and went on in a more relaxed voice. "I won't bite. Just saying."
She asked the man a question, and left. I hoped I would see her again.
I awoke, somehow miraculously not on the floor. I was sitting against a wall, leaning on Louis's shoulder. As soon as I realized that, I sat bolt upright, remembering my vision.
"I…uh…uh…" I stuttered. "Louis, I…"
"I…should go…" he said quickly, and ducked out of the room. Not before I saw the colour tinting his normally pale cheeks.
I was left alone in the room.
"I guess I wasn't supposed to see that…" I trailed off. But I was glad I had. Smiling, I headed off for bed.