A/N: Three chapters today! So happy with myself!

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(Mello P.O.V)

As I sat in my chair, awaiting the torture to begin, I tried to think hard enough to make the room explode and get me out of doing this. But no luck though. I may be smart, but I wasn't able to use my mind to seek vengeance quite yet.

While they set up their tools – brushes, mirrors, makeup, and other stuff – I briefly thought to myself at how I'd gotten into this mess. I'd even asked L why he wanted me and not someone more qualified for the job, and he'd said something along the lines of 'I trust you to do a good and efficient job, and I believe you're more than ready to help out on this case'. What a sucker I'd been. I know it was because pickings were slim and I was the closest thing to a teenaged girl than he was ever going to find in a few days' time. But even if he wasn't lying I'd still hate this torture. Didn't he think I was awkward enough by having a feminine form? He just had to put me in a dress now, too!? Sometimes L really was an ass to his successors. Not that he meant to be… but he was.

I slunk further into my chair, but this didn't go unnoticed.

"Sit up a bit straighter, hon," Teri commanded with a slight smile on her face. "Try to look proud, or just be proud. Either way, show some confidence. You'll be beautiful, I promise."

I groaned. "You and Matt would get along quite well." I mumbled out, sitting up a bit. "You both like to make fun of me."

"I'm not making fun of you. I'm actually admitting that you are an incredibly beautiful young man."

My eye twitched. "Please stop talking."

She chuckled a bit as my chair swivelled around to face the bubbly blonde named Misa.

"Mello," she started, "you shouldn't act like this is a bad thing. Some men would love to have the features you have!"

"Features such as?" I challenged.

She placed her hands on my cheeks. "The high cheekbones, the fair skin, nice bright eyes! Some men go through surgeries upon surgeries to have any of that. Most of them are celebrities." She let go of my face but kept her smile up. "You should be proud!"

I scoffed. "Yeah, I'm so proud to look like a girl. I'm even more proud to be mistaken for one too." I said sarcastically.

Teri laughed at this. "Men confuse you for a girl? I call that talent! You can utilise that kind of power to your advantage!"

Takada giggled as well. "I can only imagine the boys who will be drooling at your feet when we're through with you. You may be able to get more information from them if you act the part."

For once in my life, I was intrigued at the thought of being mistook for a female. "How exactly do you mean I could utilise this… power of perception, shall we say?"

Misa giggled a little and explained. "First of all, since you have the feminine features, you should display them as much as you can. An hourglass figure like yours is a great selling feature, since it draws out the butt area and makes your walk look more tempting. If you continue to hide your body under baggy clothes and poor posture, guys won't want to talk to you. And half the reason you're here helping L is to gather information on the girls and well as the boys. The best way to do that, is to walk with confidence."

"Misa is correct," Teri agreed, "you have to stop shuffling, Mello, and work with what you've got."

I blinked at them. "Uh, not trying to be negative here, but I've got nothing. Natta, zip, zilch, I have no way of knowing how to showcase what I don't have."

"Hmm…" Teri hummed. "Is there anyone special in your life? Someone you love on a personal level, who you'd want to notice you instantly?"

I nodded, thinking of Matt.

"Then that's perfect." She said happily. "Might I ask who it is?"

I shrunk into my seat again. "M…Matt."

Misa awed at me and gave me a hug. "That's so cute! You love the little red head with the goggles! It's like… nerd love or something!"

I fought to be free of her and was soon out of her grasp. It was then I heard Teri chuckle.

"This keeps getting better. All you have to do, Mello, is pretend you're trying to impress Matt and lure him in. If you can do that, you've got this whole female thing down."

Takada then joined in. "But not only that, you'll have to walk with confidence. People are attracted to others by the way they hold their confidence. Make sure you don't look like you're too prideful, and that when you stride your head is up high. Don't be afraid to sway your hips a bit either."

I blinked again. "Okay then…"

Misa then clapped her hands together. "Okay, you two continue teaching him how to act and I'll work on that gorgeous hair of his!"

At this point I became more afraid, but I was already being pulled into the bathroom and over the bathtub before I could run. While Misa washed my hair, Takada started her lesson.

"Mello, I don't want you wear the same thing two days in a row. It makes you look unclean and unhealthy, and make sure you style your hair up a few times. That, or wear a hat of some kind."

Teri then stepped in. "And since you're going to be wearing heels sometimes, I suggest the confidence be increased a bit. Heels make the man, blondie."

Once my hair was washed and conditioned, Misa set me in my seat again and began to style it. She did snip the ends a bit, but nothing to ruin the length.

She squealed a bit. "I'm so jealous of your hair! It's so clean and tidy, and you have such a great colour! I only wish I could have your hair!"

Takada started giggling a bit but Misa only pouted and glared at her. "Not one word, Takada!"

"Oh relax, I know your hair is a natural colour, but you tend to fix it with highlights more than you admit."

I didn't even question what she meant by highlights. I'm not sure I wanted to know.

Misa began combing my hair down and I lulled at the touch. As much as I hated the fact I was being transformed into a girl at the moment, something about the way Misa combed my hair made he feel more relaxed. It was quite comforting actually. She was gentle, even while washing my hair, and didn't pull too hard. There were a few knots she had to deal with, but it didn't hurt when she got them out. All in all, the treatment wasn't so bad.

She turned to Takada. "Could you work on his nails while I do his hair? Just some cleaning and filing should do while I'm working."

Before long, Takada took my left hand and started cleaning under the nails. It would hurt a few times, but once that was done, the filing came along and that in itself wasn't too bad.

Teri sat in front of me then. "So tell me why you lack so much confidence in this, Mello. Surely you know what you're doing is not only going to be a big help to L, but it'll prove your dedication to the detective."

I groaned a bit. "When you've lived a life of people always mistaking you for a girl, you get tired of it after a while."

"That doesn't answer my question. You're still smarter than anyone I've ever met, maybe even Light himself, and you could be quite handsome if you dressed properly. Why do you keep your head down so much? Why the baggy clothes?"

I shrugged a bit. "I don't know. I just… do. I don't like to be noticed, so I wear dark clothes. The less people who see me, the more I can get done and the less times I'm called out for something."

Misa giggled again. "You're such a silly boy. Why wouldn't you want people to notice you!? You're so pretty!"

I growled at her until Teri stepped in.

"Ignore her. She thinks everything is pretty. She once called a voodoo doll pretty."

"It was pretty! It had nice, soft, dark hair!"

Teri scoffed. "That hair probably belonged to the girl it was used for."

"Well, she had nice hair either way." The bubbly woman defended, continuing to shape my hair.

Teri rolled her eyes. "Back to our conversation, might I ask if something happened to you when you were younger to make you so insecure?"

I slumped into my chair a bit but was brought back up by Misa.

I sighed. "Well, it's not exactly a secret to anyone anymore so why shouldn't I tell you? Maybe it was because I was raped as a kid."

Silence filled the room but Teri didn't stop her grin. She seemed all too glad that I'd told her.

"And I suppose you don't want something like that happening to you again, so you hide behind dark clothing and close to the shadows."

I shrugged again. "I guess. But I only ever really started hiding away from people after my parents started ignoring me. They kept looking at me funny and would shy away from giving any love or support after my incident with that monster. It wasn't until after Light came into the picture that I started trusting anyone outside L or Matt."

Teri seemed to understand. "It makes sense why you hide away, then. But I hope you realize how far you've come from that incident. So now you have to break that bubble of insecurity and start strutting what you've got. And, if anyone were to try and harm you in that way again, use the confidence you have to show them whose boss. A kick to the groin is cheap, but as a woman it helps immensely. Try not to forget that."

For the first time since after I'd gotten the news I'd be playing as a female, I smiled. In return, Teri smiled back at me.

"Right there! That's the smile you need to show off more often! Once we've got you in some better fitting clothes as well, we'll show you how to walk the walk."

Misa finally stopped shaping my hair and pulled out a hairdryer. For the next fifteen minutes she dried my hair while combing it once again. By the time she was done she'd moved on to clothing.

"For the moment," she started, "I have a few clothes you can borrow for testing purposes."

I slipped out of the chair and followed her to a chest she'd brought with her. In it were multitudes of clothing all in different styles and fits.

She gave me a quick look. "Lose the shirt, sweetie. I need to measure your torso."

Feeling more than a little irritated I did as told and removed my shirt. She then took a measuring tape to my chest, my waist, and then my hips.

"Wow, almost the same measurements as me! Your bust size we can easily change with a water bra, but the hips and waist are perfect sizes! You should really show that off more, I could hardly tell you had such a figure under your normal clothes!"

I shrugged, placing my hands in my jean pockets. I suddenly felt a poke to my spine and I shot up straight as an arrow.

Teri chuckled. "Good. Now keep that posture and don't put your hands in your pockets. Show the world that you care about yourself more than anyone else."

Misa giggled a bit. "And don't forget to bump out the booty a little! Women kill for that kind of butt, so showcase it!"

I rolled my eyes. "You women are weird."

"Yes," Teri chortled out, "and we're also mysterious, problematic, and can turn on a dime. So I suggest giving us some respect."

Misa then brought out a pair of leather pants. "I know you like darker clothes as opposed to bright colours, so I think leather would be best suited for you at the moment. When we go shopping though, you'll have to pick out more than just black clothes for your time in school. Remember, what I have is just a test set of clothes." Her eyes lowered to my crotch area then. "I'll also have to ask that you wear some kind of bandage on your… area. If you're going to be wearing tight leather, and looking like a female, there can't be any… erm… bulges."

I snickered a bit at that. "Alright, but it might be tougher than you think."

Teri then laughed. "Sure, Mello. A fifteen year old kid like you will have much difficulty hiding your parts. I so believe that."

"You saying I'm small?"

She scoffed. "I'm saying I can't see anything to prove otherwise. But, you aren't wearing the leather pants at the moment, so we'll have to wait and see."

Misa then dug into her trunk again and brought out a mid-drift, blue tank top, with a short leather jacket, mid-calf heels, and a black beanie.

She handed them to me and commanded I dress into them. Knowing I wasn't getting out of this, I did as told and went to the bathroom to change. Getting the tank top on was easy, but the leather pants were another story. Being that it wasn't a breathable fabric, they weren't easy to slide on. Thankfully though I was able to move around in them more than I thought I would be able to. I debated on telling Misa that I had to go commando in order to fit them over my hips, but decided not to tell her as payback for turning me into a girl.

I laced on the heels, which were a size or so bigger than my actual shoe size, pulled on the jacket, and donned the beanie hat.

I looked in the mirror at myself, and I had to admit I made a pretty convincing girl.

Sighing a bit, I stepped out to the masses and the three women were quite impressed.

Misa giggled a bit. "It's so perfect! I can't even see a bulge!"

I huffed. "That's 'cause it's all being squished into my abdomen."

"Or it's all nonexistent." Teri said nonchalantly.

I scoffed. "I will seriously pull my pants down if you say one more thing about my junk!"

"Save it for your boyfriend, princess." She sniped.

A moment of silence passed before I smiled at her. "I like you."

She bowed a bit. "Likewise!"

Misa giggled again. "Alright, now to start training you on how to walk with some confidence!"

"After that," Takada spoke up, "we work on your hair some more, then nails, then makeup."

I blinked. "Do you women seriously endure this almost every day?"

Teri shrugged. "Most of us. You'll have to just to keep up the appearance of being a girl. Sorry."

I groaned, but accepted my fate.

"Alright then. Let's get on with this."

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