STRAWBERRY MEMORIES- ICHIGO NO KIOKU
Chapter VI
"Warfare"
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon
The alarm clock had never been Misa Misa's great love, rather it would be better to say that the alarm clock was literally and unconditionally hated by Misa Misa:
The way it trilled, its hopping on the poor dresser, the fact that it could make her hate any song she decided to use for it ...
That morning she hated it particularly, perhaps because, after the alarm's noise, she had just managed to recover a little clarity in her mind and therefore she had immediately remembered the previous night.
Also, there was a certain little voice that had been spinning in her head even before she fell asleep, and now instead she was giving her a really nice "Good morning":
Why don't you collaborate with me Misa chan?
"Damn it!" The model screamed as she got out of bed, partly for taking the edge of the bedside table with her beloved and perfect little finger, partly because she had just realized that she had gotten into a lot of trouble.
But then she also remembered Light and his invite to hang out together, she wasn't exactly sure to be worthy of this mission ...
What if some precious informacion would come out of her mouth?
Fuck off! That morning she would have to run into the brightest minds in the nation!
By now she was sure, she had gotten into a lot of trouble.
But certainly Misa Amane was not the kind of person who quit the game, she could be as naive and immature as hell, but she knew perfectly well that she was the most stubborn and ambitious person in the whole world!
Maybe even more than those two put together ...
Okay, let's not exaggerate Misa chan thought to herself while the young idol turned off the tap.
She managed to get to the kitchen only after a long time, she was too thoughtful to notice the furniture that furnished that spacious apartment, and now her feets were screaming for revenge.
Let's not talk about the fact that whatever she tried to grip fell out of her hand immediatly: the coffee maker, her cup (with the photo of her favorite singer), the spoons, the soap etc ...
After burning the coffee, Misa Misa decided that she would not have breakfast that morning.
As she left the house, she constantly wondered why Rem hadn't made any of her usual comments yet and just watched her run from room to room without giving any sign of life.
She immediately guessed that it was a spite of the shinigami against her for the previous evening.
She knew for sure that at the first problem her Shinigami friend would reproach her with a nice "I told you so!".
The university was more crowded than usual but it was not difficult to identify the raven and messy hair of a particularly tall and hunched back student.
She had just quickened her walk to reach him when she saw that his idol had just approached another who deserved her esteem ... Kira.
"What's the matter, don't you come near him?" finally Rem had made up her mind to speak in her grave voice.
"Let's say it's not the best timing just now Rem ..." Misa answered smiling.
"And why? Aren't them the two whom you are interested most? Just now they are right in front of you ..."
"Don't be jealous Rem!"
Misa replied, raising her voice a little too much as she turned to her shinigami, some students had turned to stare at her curiously, probably convinced that she was witnessing an attack of schizophrenia.
Misa immediately lowered her voice and picked up the headset.
"Do you think I don't know I'm risking a lot? Too much? Of course I know! It was me who gave you half of my life to receive the power of your eyes, do you remember? Isn't this enough for you to make sure of my confidence in continuing all of this? "
Rem was staring at her worried, partly because of the students who were eavesdropping her, partly because of the sureness of Misa, her human!
The one with whom she had exchanged her eyes, the one who had brought his friend (if you can call it like that) Jealous to death, the one who had done something irreparable, something forbidden ... falling in love with a human.
Hadn't she herself been the first to blame and pity him for that crazy choice?
Despite everything, moved by pity towards her, she had decided to follow that human, the goddess of death par excellence, whom that could have brought any shinigami back to ashes only with the power of her spontaneous smile.
What were those? Maybe she was experiencing the first human feelings?
She thought she couldn't fall into the same trap as Jealous ... she didn't think she was that stupid, she wasn't like that stupid Ryuuk who didn't even know 30 death note's rules. Althought she just couldn't resist warning that human, keeping her away from those two, the dangers in person!
It was some time that she feels those feelings, she had wondered for many days what they were, what were those glittering fragments that she felt inside her, those gray and ugly limbs of her face that she was constantly trying to transform into a smile, at least a little similar to the wonderful one of Misa and in that moment that girl, Misa, the one who had killed Jealous, had given a name to those feelings, she had identified them ... gealousy.
It really hurted.
The model still stared at the shinigami above her, holding the earpiece tightly to her ear, in a short time her sure and sharp gaze changed and returned to her usual one.
"What's app Rem? Did I say something wrong?" she asked worriedly staring at those big yellow eyes.
"No Misa, you only told the truth." the shinigami replied turning around.
"Come on, we are going to lose sight of those two, it would be better to join them ..." she continued without turning to the girl.
Misa was dumbfounded for a few seconds without understanding, then followed her particular friend through the university corridors, surely that Rem was really strange!
The first lesson of the morning was only with L. As soon as she entered she recognized him immediately, he was crouched on a chair at the last set of desks of the room, his thumb rigorously in his mouth.
"Hey Megumi chan!" he greeted her as soon as he saw her come in. "why don't you sit here?" he continued, pointing to the place beside him.
Misa looked around quickly, but no one seemed interested in that exchange of words, and at that hour Light had another course.
"Of course!" she smiled, adjusting the bag on her shoulder and walking towards his desk.
As soon as she sat down, the teacher also arrived and all the students went to their desks.
Rem flew agitated over their heads.
"So Miss Megumi?" L began in an ironic tone "have you had time to think tonight?" he finished removing his finger from his mouth.
"Well not really Mr. Ryuuga ... You know, unlike you I sleep during the night, although this morning I thought enough."
"then?" L asked, ignoring the joke about his dark shades behind his eyes.
"I decided to collaborate." the model declared becoming serious.
L seemed not to be perturbed, but he began to stare interestedly at the girl.
"But on one condition ..." declared the Idol.
L didn't answer and waited for her to continue talking.
"You won't have to investigate me at all as if I'm still a suspect."
"Already done ... Misa will have to choose another condition." L replied impassively, Misa refrained from not yelling at him.
"I'll pretend I haven't heard. So in this case there is another condition that I would like to pose and that I would be very happy if it came true: entering directly into L's investigations... ยป
"It is not possible!" he answered immediately, cutting off her speech halfway.
At that moment the pandoseous and attentive gaze had become serious, which gaze was what he usually assumed when Kira provoked him with his tricks.
Misa moved closer to him.
"Instead, I believe it's better for you to accept my conditions, my dear detective ..."
The boy winced at the unexpected pronunciation of that dear by her.
"You will certainly have headquarters? Right?" instead the model continued winking.
"Even if it were as you say, I certainly didn't have to talk about it to you and why should it be convenient for me?" he answered returning with his usual inquiring eyes.
Misa licked her lips satisfied.
"Because Misa has a plan!" she finally declared smiling smugly.
"Didn't you just have time to think about what answer to give me this morning?" grinned L raising an eyebrow.
"As usual, Eru chan underestimates me." the model replied pulling her hair back in a fake gesture of annoyance.
"But I know what I'm talking about," she continued, "and I can assure you that L would never have thought about it, too busy finding Kira only with his own exclusive methods, but perhaps the fact that a genius tries to catch another genius is not at all convenient, you end up using the same weapons, on equal terms, the same logic ..." she moved a little closer to him and continued in a low voice.
"Now you are on knife-edge, from what I understand you screwed him by introducing yourself here at university, but you can't act, instead he got screwed but he is also aware that you can't do anything ... This is exactly where the point is , a risky move and completely out of your plans, or at least your logic, could completely displace him! " thus ended the girl with sparkling eyes and blushed cheeks.
"Would this be the plan? Doing nonsense? " L replied, looking away and turn away, it seemed that he was not interested at all, but Misa had noticed how Eru's mind had started to move on.
The girl had begun to recognize the gears that began to move every time, such as the gaze that fixed a fixed point, or when he peer her face, or the fact that he had put his thumb back in his mouth.
Misa waited a few minutes, impatient that he would continue talking to her, but since it didn't happen she decided to talk instead of wait him.
"Well of course this is just the base of the plan, the base on which everything will be designed, you know ... I don't like acting without a script." she finally declared proudly peering at the detective's face, it seemed he was still thinking.
"Saturday you'll go on a date with Light, don't you?" He asked suddenly, leaving Misa with her mouth wide open.
"Yes why?" she replied after finally recomposing herself.
"Well, then we have little time to devise a decent plan: it'll must be perfect, without the slightest flaw. And to prepare you to not to reveal any emotion that can betray you." he declared casually.
"Leaving aside the fact that you also spied on me at Light's doorstep, I thank you very much for the trust placed in me, I didn't hope for it anymore ..." L turned to her with his usual wide-eyed eyes.
"Think of it as a test Misa chan, if you don't pass it you can forget about the headquarters, and if you'll say to him some precious information about me, you will get the probation." he declared impassive, turning to the teacher, who had been staring at them.
"Ugh, but the headquarters was my condition!" Misa snorted, but actually she was already very happy for the fact that Eru had knowingly mentioned to her the true existence of the anti-Kira's taskforce.
"I don't seem to have ever given my word on this condition, so for now I can turn it over in my favor Misa chan, you should be more careful, that it will be your lesson." he declared then, finally taking off his detective mask and revealing that Eru that she had known ten years before.
"Luckily Eru chan is there to give me some advice ..." Misa smiled happily, L took the pen off his mouth.
"Ah I forgot one thing, of course I will not help you to improve your skills of not letting emotions out of you, I count on your acting skills Misa chan! As you can see I'm giving you a lot of trust, aren't you happy? "
"Rather, It seems that you don't want to waste time with me ..." Misa replied sullenly, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Mmm yes, you might mean it as well, it depends on the point of view, but for sure Misa chan is an excellent actress and I hope that her ambition is directly proportional to her talent." retorted the boy, unwrapping a candy.
"Even here you are wrong, Mister I know everything, my talent is clearly superior to my ego."
"I thought I said ambition ... but, now that I think about it, as Misa chan said it's even more appropriate."
"Ahhhh! Go screw yourself Eru chan! "
"It's getting bad out there ..." Rem exclaimed.
Author little corner:
* jump for joy *
I love writing about these two!
They made me the day!
You may have understood who Napoleon's phrase refers to ^^
Naturally to L that, as we know, for the most part of the story he was on a par with Kira and neither of them could take a step forward, each one predicted the other's moves and vice versa. With the arrival of Misa a change of strategy could help or even destroy him... but it certainly does no harm to try ^^
Finally we can see Misa in action ... who knows who she will choose to follow, for now she seemed quite sure, will it be the influence of L's sureness? :)
See you soon my dear readers ...
By the way thank you very much for your support ! :)
I really hope that my story also induces you to write an LXMisa xD
I would be very happy to read them !
See you with the VIIth chapter.
Juliette.