hey my…. (counts) THREE OR FOUR loyal readers….Sorry I haven't updated in like two years…(cough) (I totally DIDN'T forget I wrote this, or that I had an account of anyway, sorry for the poor quality of my original chapter, and now I'll update on a regular basis...wait WTF? I have FIVE reviews? gosh you people have long attention spans…
p.s. I don't own deathnote…damn
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Chapter two: The serpent
The Next morning:
The house would have been quiet. It should have been quiet, because as it was
customary, only two (technically one) people occupied the entire expanse of a
mansion. Sadly they decided to take up residence in the same room at the same
time, and as usual they were having an argument.
"REM!"
"NO!"
"REM!"
"NO!"
"PLEASE!"
"NO!"
"COME ON!"
"NO!"
"GIVE ME BACK THE PHONE!"
Rem held the phone up just out of reach (well just out of reach floating on top
of the twenty foot ceiling) while a small blonde jumped up and screamed for all
she was worth.
Rem continued to hover in repose, one hand supporting her chin, the other
grasping the phone by the tip of the cord. She found herself completely torn
between exasperation and amusement and was quite at a loss for what to do.
"I'll give it back to you if you promise you won't call Yami…."
"If you give the phone back to me, I'll call Light-kun and he'll help us out!
What else can we do about it?!"
She beamed and clapped her hands together, sure that her iron clad argument
would win Rem over and show her the sensible way of thinking.
"No! We don't need his help. I'm not even sure we need to interfere at all."
"But Ryuk will come too." (insert evil giggle)
"….."
More insane giggling wafted up from the floor. After several minutes, when Misa
still hadn't received any response, she huffed and flopped down on the bed, her
silly mood evaporating to leave behind a cold calculating business persona which
she only reserved for important matters. (Rather like Yami's "game face") Rem
heard clicking and (without thinking) leaned forward to peer down at the girl
upon the bed. Misa's lap-top had seemingly materialized in front of her and
thick glasses were balanced upon her nose. The glowing screen was open and her
fingers were a blur of typing clacks.
"You do know that I could have been lying when I said I was female right?"
Clack. Clack. Clack. "Cool yaoi, and yes you're female."
"-because all of this is extremely unnecessary, and I could take
my deathnote and kill you right now!"
Click. Click. Click. "You wouldn't."
"Oh wouldn't I?" Rem lifted her deathnote and pen threateningly. (which also had
a knack for randomly appearing)
Clack. Click. Clack.
A sigh was heard and then in a slightly monotonous voice "What ARE you doing?"
Clickety-clack. Clickety-clack. Clickety-clack.
"Wouldn't you like to know."
Click. Click. Click.
"Yes I would." Curious, Rem flew down to sit behind Misa and peeked over her
shoulder. Misa immediately snatched the phone neatly from Rem's grasp.
She bounded up off the bed and raised her arms in victory!
"HA! YES!" Bounce. "YES!" Bounce. "YES!" Bounce. "HA! YES!"
"…so all that was for nothing?" A small "hyuk" barely escaping
Rem's lips.
"No silly! Of course not!" Her voiced switching yet again to the cold business
formality. "I searched and strategically mapped all of those "tree" sightings in
our province and surrounding area, by time, place, and street. Based on the
current pattern a tree appears on every seventh street, on the seventh hour, every third day every three days, and of course in the seventh month……" she paused,
"well at least I think it's the seventh month. Last time I checked it was June……and that whole "every third day every three days" (1) thing TOTALLY ruins the seven pattern."
A sound of tinkling bells echoed throughout the house along with the sound of
several chiming clocks.
"OH GOODY DOOR BELL!" squealed Misa as she raced down the stairs as Rem called
after her that it was, in fact, "JULY!"
She ran and ran and ran, down three flights of stairs, a pantry, a great hall, a
second pantry, the kitchen, another pantry, and finally skidded across the
marble floor of the great hall before hitting the door with a THUMP! She opened
it gasping, just managing to hold herself upright, and squinting to see the
visitor.
She nearly fainted.
There stood Light-kun in all his shinning glory. It was an epiphany for her, the
angels were singing, the birds were twittering, the sun glimmered across his
lovely hair. And not only was the "Light-kun" it was Light-kun in LEATHER PANTS.
Misa's thoughts were:
Thank-you-God-I'll-never-skip-church-again-OMG-HE-LOOKS-HOT-thank-you-God-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-OMG-OMG!!
COULD NINE CLOUD NINE! WHY I AM I STILL IN MY PJ'S! OMG!
AIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Her faced blushed bright red and she sighed breathily. Then ushered him in,
forgetting all about the trees.
"L-L-Light-kun I w-wasn't expecting you so-"
"Early." he promptly replied "Seven A.M. sharp." He smiled a bit too widely.
Then she frowned. He never came to visit her…ever…, was
something the matter?! Did the police find them out?! Did L suspect them?!
"Light! What's wrong?! Why are you here?! Is it the police?!"
"Oh Misa, I thought you'd be happy to see me…?" He pouted. His last statement a
question, sounding generally disappointed. But Misa continued to frown. Light
POUTING? There was something wrong with this picture, not that she thought it
was a bad thing, far from it, she thought it was a general sexy improvement.
"Misa? Why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong? I just
haven't seen you in a long time?!"
"It's okay I was just going to call you…" she said softly looking at
the floor.
This was definitely not the Light she knew. Since when had he shown open concern
for her feelings? Since when did he visit just to see her?! Since when had he
worn LEATHER PANTS?! It was strange and wonderful how nice he was being, but
still she couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. Maybe they were
under surveillance?
"Light-kun are you…..You know….feeling okay?"
"I'm feeling fine" he moved closure, his voice getting lower and huskier,
"……now that you're here…."
He leaned over and gave her a peck on the lips. And that's when the last of
Misa's self control went down the drain. Her head felt heavy and her legs turned
to jelly. She fell forward in a swoon, and Light caught her in his open arms.
Who cared if Light was acting strange? Who cared if he suddenly decided to wear
sexy leather pants for no reason? Who cared if he was finally acting like the
boyfriend she had always dreamed of? He was carrying her up the stairs and
smelled like cinnamon. Her eyes closed and she let out a long breath of
contentment, resting her head on his shoulder.
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Light soon stood poised on the landing, right outside Misa-Misa's room. He had
felt Misa slip into blissful unconsciousness and now, safe, peered through the
small chink of light coming through the open door. The too wide smile once more
stretched across his classical features making him look oddly sinister. He
pushed open the door (still carrying Misa) and walked across the pink carpet. He
surveyed the posters of boy bands, the jars of eye goo and glitter, the Satanic
relics, and the gothic Lolita accessories spread across the floor.
"Hello Light, back again?" came a dry voice from the bed. Rem. Rem. REM. Rem
sitting hunched over an absurdly small laptop and trying vainly to push the
small keys.
The smile grew still wider and more pronounced.
"Misa's shrieking gave you away." Rem continued to explain, not looking up. "If
I can hear her three floors up, it could only be you at the door."
Light moved toward the bed and lightly spread Misa across the coverlet.
"What happened to her?"
He didn't answer, only fidgeted with his pants pocket. (2)After an awkward silence
(spanning the length of about three minutes) he produced an apple, a VERY large
shiny apple. It was such a deep red that it was almost black, and it sparkled
darkly in the morning light.
"Apple?" he asked sweetly, tossing it into Rem's lap and revealing very white
pointed teeth.
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(1) Yeah…see it was going to be every seventh day but then I thought about it and realized that if I did that, the trees would appear on the same day the first tree appeared every time. I want to give them a harder puzzle to figure out than that!! Also there aren't enough days in a month for all those sightings…(giggles nervously)
(2) My beta wanted to know why it took him so long to get the apple out of his pants, and why this was so awkward. YOU try getting an enormous apple out of very tight leather pants! How is the situation NOT awkward! DO THE MATH PEOPLE!
That's all folks. I hope it cuts the mustard for my lack of updates so far. Cheers! (eats apple)
Bon appetite! Many thanks to my fawesome beta. Alice insomnia. Reviews please and thank you. (And yes fawesome is indeed a word. probably…)