The next day, D had to leave for University, again. She was groggily walking through the campus when she heard whispers here and there. She saw Light with a girl; a girl that wasn't Misa. She chuckled and groggily made her way to the exit.
"You're not going anywhere, yet" She stopped mid-step when she felt L grab her arm. She wanted to run but his grip was tightening with each second. She started to whine and gave in, eventually.
"You are too hard on me" Her wrist was red and it hurt. He just got on the bench in his usual position. "Are you waiting for Light? He was with a girl"
"I have seen. What do you know about her?" D shrugged. Even if she didn't really care, she had to get information on her.
"She is a pretty good student. She is Light's classmate and her name is Takada Kiyomi. She seems to have gotten some kind of first place for her beauty. But, she is not the second Kira. She is too meticulous" L looked at her with bright and excited eyes. "What am I missing?" He shrugged and continued to stare at her. He was really out of character.
"Ah, Yagami-kun. Good afternoon" He was ignoring her. Her eye started to twitch again. It happened a lot during her lectures with L when they were at Wammy's and that didn't change; not even after 18 years.
"D, you have to concentrate. We are working on a case right now" She stuck her tongue out at him and crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"This isn't a real case. No one's life is in danger" She was stubborn and childish. He was slowly becoming frustrated with her. It wasn't the first time she refused to work together with him.
"Indeed. But it is a simulation. What will you do when you will conduct your own case? Will you look at it like you do now? You are a hypocrite" His words used to be meaner back then because he didn't have enough patience. Maybe that was why she was mean with him as well.
"Fine. The answer is easy. The one who hid the toys is the culprit. How do I know that? Because you used A and B as your examples. A is a nice kid who would never hide something from me. He lives to become your alternative, doesn't he? He has to be perfect yet he isn't. He is frustrated but he didn't do it. B is the one who did it. Why? Because he hates and adores you at the same time. He wants to become you. He wants to test your patience so he hid Mello's favorite toy. He knew Mello would start to whine and make a big deal out of it. In the end, that is what has happened. Case closed" L sighed and rubbed his eyes.
"If only you would be nicer and concentrate more…" Her eys started to twitch. It wasn't enough for him; it never was. She couldn't be perfect; she was human. She knew how hard it was for A because L was always getting further away from him. He was always better at everything.
"Sometimes I wish you were a chef or something else but a detective" L titled his head to the side and started to chew on his finger.
"Why?" She raised an eyebrow and sighed.
"Because then, it would have been easier for everyone. We wouldn't have to learn everything we do just to surpass you. Maybe then, we would have been normal orphans" For a moment, L's disposition fell. He didn't feel like doing anything else so he ended their lecture earlier.
He was on his way out when he heard her speak.
"Are you afraid that everything you work for will eventually be for nothing? We are all alone into a cruel world. I don't want to be alone for my whole life" L didn't respond. The truth was that, he didn't want that either. He didn't want to be alone.
She didn't want to get on the memory lane again but she ended up having that flashback anyway. When she regained her senses, L and Light were still talking.
"-L is a group of people like me" Damn, she didn't want to hear that. "Yagami-kun said that it's lonely when I don't come to school. So, when I felt like taking a walk, I came to the campus. If I don't have to worry about dying, the University is quite a great place" D rolled her eyes. It wasn't for her. If it was such a great place to be in then why wasn't he coming to the University more often? He was the hypocrite.
"Yeah. I can't find anyone good enough to chat with when Ryuuga isn't here" D coughed, making both boys look at her. "You don't count" She rolled her eyes.
"What about that girl-genius Takada?" Light shrugged.
"No. Not even" D sighed and tried to walk away. Unfortunately, L grabbed her wrist before she could stand up.
"Want to get some cake?" He got on his feet and started to walk, dragging D after him. They stopped when they heard a girl shouting after Light.
"Light! There you are!" D recognized that voice. "I came to this area for a photo shoot, so I just dropped by to see you. The thing starts at two, so there's still time. The University is such an open place and easy to get in and out of" Her eyes traveled towards the rest of them. She recognized D quickly.
"Hello, again" Light glanced at D from the corner of his eye. They met before, huh?
"I am so happy to see you again! Misa thought about you, you know! I didn't know you and Light-kun know each other!" She was too excited to see Yvonne and it freaked her out a little bit. Misa's eyes went to L. "Are you Light's friend as well? You look so unique. I am Light's girlfriend, Amane Misa." L's eyes were sparkling. He probably came on campus especially for that didn't he?
"Ryuuga Hideki" D saw how Misa's eyes went above L's head. Something inside her snapped and out of reflex, she gripped L's hand. He didn't let go of her hand so it was easy to cover his name.
D couldn't hide his whole name, Shinigami weren't supposed to do that. However, she did. She hid his last name in order to confuse Misa.
Light looked smug. He was most definitely thinking that he had won. Unfortunately, that wasn't going to happen so easily. She wasn't going to let the game stop when it didn't even begin at its true potential.
"Yagami-kun…" Light turned to L and gulped. He was nervous. Instead, L leaned closer to Misa. "I envy you" D raised an eyebrow and backed off. That also meant she let go of L's hand. "I'm a big fan of Misa's after reading the March issue of '18'" D didn't even know about that magazine. She was the woman yet she never heard about it? Well, she was quite weird and didn't like girly magazine, but still.
However, people started to notice Misa. Yvonne didn't even know she was a model. The students formed a big crowd around her. Light backed off and so did D.
"What is he doing?" Light was furious. She couldn't blame him. L had a very unique way to test out his theories.
"Wrong question. What are you going to do? That is the right question" Light glared at D's head. She sighed and rubbed her temples. There were too many people.
After Misa got dragged away by a woman, Light decided to also say goodbye to L. He didn't care if D was going to follow him but he knew that she was too proud to do that.
While Light walked to one side and L on the other, D stayed in the middle. She didn't want to go with neither but she was sure something was going on. Therefore, she waited. She saw Light dialing a phone number and yet, the one who responded was L. L's face was priceless. He looked innocent and guilty at the same time.
"What are you doing?" Light's face was somewhere between annoyance and bloodlust. He wanted to kill L in that moment at least 30% more than normally.
"I found this cell phone amidst the chaos earlier…" D chuckled when she saw how skeptic was L to give the phone and how skeptic was Light receiving it.
"You two are idiots" She shook her head. For the second time that day, a cell phone rang. It was L's.
"For Yagami-kun, this news may be good or bad. Amane Misa has been arrested as the prime suspect for the second Kira. In Amane's room, we found a lot of evidence. For example, the cat hair we found on the tape on the second Kira's video cassette. There are also make up powder and clothing fibers. In order to prevent the certain chaos that would otherwise ensue, we've decided not to publicize our capture. We told her agent that she is under arrest for possession of illegal drugs. That way, it won't create too much public uproar"
Firstly, it was a lot of information for D. She had to process it fully and, eventually, come to a simplest conclusion. Misa has been arrested because L found enough evidence to believe that she was the second Kira. Alright, she understood that much, but there was something fishy.
"Are you alright, Yagami-kun? Your girlfriend is suspect for being the second Kira. I understand how you must feel" D's eyebrow twitched. He certainly didn't know. He never had a relationship, be it false. Light was growing impatient. He had the chance to find L's real name yet something like that happened.
"D?" After capturing Misa, L decided to take D back to the HQ. He didn't want Light to let out his anger on her. He wanted her help not to annoy her. However, she didn't speak at all since they arrived at the hotel.
"You didn't tell me about Misa's arrest" L nodded.
"But you are the one who came to the conclusion that the second Kira is a woman. We are also waiting for her to give up"
"And how is that going on?" L sighed. "She is not cooperating, is she?" He shook his head and grabbed a candy. "I told you, L. Women do a lot of sacrifices for the men they love. Misa is not an exception"