Author Note: Happy Holidays Everyone! Sorry this took so long.
"Italics"- is a remembered conversation
Disclaimer: Death Note and its characters belong to Tsugumi Ohba
Chapter 11: The Match
I thought about my plan to get Light to join the investigation as I waited for him to arrive for our tennis match. I checked my back pocket again to make sure that the copies of Kira's messages were still there. Reassured that they were, I looked back up and saw Light making his way towards me. Akishi was also with him. Seeing the girl again made me think about my recent frustration. I had tried to look up the girl's personal information but was unable to find neither anyone with that name nor anyone fitting her description in the school records. She clearly doesn't go to this college and without knowing her surname I won't be able to find records of her anywhere else. There was also the possibility of her using an alias. It's not that unusual for there to be visitors at the college but the fact that she seemed so close to Light Yagami was what made me suspicious. Mr. Yagami had no knowledge of his son spending time with her either.
Why would Light spend time with someone so suspicious? Doesn't he realize how suspicious it makes him seem? I wondered.
"Hope I didn't keep you waiting Ryuga." Light said as he finally reached me.
"Not at all."
"Akishi wanted to watch the match, I hope that's okay with you." Light gestured to the girl next to him. She gave me a smile and a greeting. It wouldn't be a problem for her to be there during the match but she couldn't be with us after it. Naturally, I couldn't really say this without explaining why.
"That's fine." I conceded. I'll just work something out after the match, I figured. "Let's go then." I lead the way to the court.
Akishi's POV:
I stared at L as I walked behind him and Light on the way to the court. He had been staring intently at me earlier, I thought, he probably tried to look up my personal information. Light and I both knew this would happen…
"What do we do if he tries to find information on me?"
"There's nothing we can do…I don't have the proper skills to create false records."
"He'll be even more suspicious though."
"I know…that doesn't matter though. He'll never find any real evidence to convict me."
Despite Light's reassurances, I was still worried but that wasn't anything new. We finally made it to the tennis court, which, thankfully, was empty. I stayed behind the fence as Light and L took their sides and faced each other. L had insisted on serving first, claiming that the one who serves first wins. I watched the two hit the ball back and forth over the net but I wasn't really paying attention to the ball…I was watching them. I don't really know anything about sports but it seemed that something else was going on besides the game. Despite the fact the two were successively sending the ball back, it seemed their thoughts were focused elsewhere...on each other. It was really more a battle of wits than a tennis match.
More and more people started to gather around to watch and I felt some people staring at me as well; no doubt word got around about a girl with one red eye nearly beating up two boys. I frowned at the memory. I hadn't meant to react so violently…I just snapped. But it wasn't something to get so angry over; that anger must have come from something else. Two guys appearing next to me interrupted my musings.
"Hey, is it true you beat up two guys?" One of them asked while leering at me through his sunglasses. I couldn't understand why they would approach me with obviously impure intentions when there were rumors that I had beaten someone up. They must not believe those rumors. All three of us jumped when the tennis ball slammed into the fence in front of us. I looked down and watched the ball roll along then looked up. I was instantly swept up in L's smoldering gaze. Did he…? I glanced at Light and saw that he was also glaring at the two guys just like L was.
"Out! Light Yagami wins!" The referee yelled out, letting me know right away that L had been the one to hit the ball. Thankfully, the two guys that had been harassing me had decided to leave after that. Light and L shook hands then came my way, ignoring the cheering of the crowd.
"Are you alright?" Light asked me, concerned. I nodded before turning to L.
"Thank you." I saw Light scowl slightly in my peripheral vision but I ignored him. L paused before nodding in response.
"Now that that's over with, how about we all go get something to eat?" L said after a few seconds of silence. I was about to answer but then I saw the look in Light's eyes. I understood what he wanted me to do.
"Sorry, I have other plans." I said to L.
"Some other time then perhaps."
"Definitely." I said, smiling. I turned and ran off.
Author Note: Light would have done the same thing L did but L beat him to it. I really like that part with L "saving" her. I hated that L lost the tennis match so I made it that he lost for a reason.
I promise to get the next chapter up sooner.
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