Viva la Cody
Work. Work. Work. Work.
L stopped briefly to rub his eyes. How long had he been working? Six, seven hours straight? And all he was doing was reading over news reports on the Internet of recent killings by Kira.
This Kira is costing me my life, L thought grimly, turning back to the laptop screen. He rubbed his eyes once more and tried to focus on the blurred numbers before his eyes.
Not that I had much of one to begin with.
The sleep-deprived detective looked up to see the young teen seated at the couch next to him. He had Mika on his lap, and was moving his finger from side to side in front of her face, watching her blue eyes follow his finger.
"Light…," L sighed and slid a hand down his face.
"Hm?" Light turned to L and smiled.
"…What are you doing?" L asked through a yawn.
"Just playing around with Mika," Light smiled, moving his finger in front of Mika's face as she watched his eyes, "She has good reflexes." L watched curiously as Light continued to move his finger in front of Mika's eyes. The silver-haired girl watched with interest when Light pressed his finger against her small nose, wrinkling it as he did so.
"Light has taken an interest in Mika," L noted quietly.
"She's cute," Light smiled, Mika taking hold of Light's finger with her tiny hand and bringing it to her mouth, "I mean, I had my doubts at first, but she's polite, smart, and can do all so-ow, ow! Ow, what the hell! Stop it! Stop it, you bitch!"
"Light, do not address Mika as such," L scolded, quickly getting up and picking Mika up off the couch. She had begun to chew on Light's finger and had left a considerable amount of bite marks. Light inspected his finger.
"Okay," he announced, getting up abruptly and heading towards the bathroom, "That's it. I take back what I said about her. She is not cute, smart, or polite. She's a nasty little runt."
"I'm sure Mika didn't to hurt you," L said quietly as Light stomped off. He looked down at the little girl in his arms. She was holding onto L's arms and swinging her feet slightly. When he looked down at her, Mika looked up at him with those big blue eye and smiled.
"Mika's teeth itched," she pointed to her teeth, then looked up at L questioningly, "Did Mika do a bad thing?" L was about to respond when he heard Light screamed from the bathroom, "Aah! She broke the skin! I'm bleeding! Dammnit, where's that antibiotic cream!? Ryuzaki, help me!"
L looked down at Mika and patted her head.
"No, Mika. You did nothing wrong."
"Hee," Mika smiled up at him.
"I don't care if she didn't mean any harm!" Light snapped, bringing up a band-aid covered finger to point accusingly at Mika, "She's not human! She's a freak!"
"…Freak?" Mika cocked her head at the angered teen.
"Yes, you!" Light turned his finger towards Mika, instantly withdrawing it when she opened her mouth.
"Light, please stop shouting," L droned, unplugging his own fingers from his ears, "Mika wasn't trying to hurt you; she just needs to learn more social skills." Light gaped at the detective next to him on the couch.
"What, like your going to teach her?!" he almost shrieked, "Look at you!"
L looked down at himself.
"You wear the same freakin' clothes every day, you're appearance is enough to make anyone not come near you, you stare at lap top screens all day, you sit like a monkey, and you're holding a ice cream cone topped with sugar cubes!"
L stared at the dripping ice cream cone in his hand, blinked, and turned back to Light.
"Anything else?" he asked quietly.
"God, you're annoying!" Light shouted, standing up, "You say I'm annoying, but you have no idea how unbearable it is to live with you!"
"Fell free to move out," L snapped abruptly, suddenly remembering that Light was his prime suspect.
"Fine!" Light declared with a dramatic hand motion, stomping towards the door. L quickly brought his foot out to land in front of Light, who tripped over it also dramatically, rolling on the floor seven times. Mika, from her seat on the couch, watched the scene before her unroll.
"You jerk! What the hell was that about!?"
"Need I remind you that you are my prime suspect as Kira!?"
"Ugh, god, not this again! How many times do I have to tell you, I'm not Kira!"
"Yes, Light, you're said that fifty two times since we came here, but that doesn't make you not Kira!"
"Maybe if you weren't so paranoid about me being Kira, we could be getting somewhere with this case!"
"Maybe if Light would actually get up and do some work, we would be on track!"
"You ruined my life!"
"Oh god, not this again."
"I hate you!"
"Five percent!"
"Gaaah!"
Light launched himself at L and the two went rolling onto the floor, shouting out curses and throwing out punches. Mika, now slightly worried, watched the two helplessly roll around in L's dropped ice cream. She covered her furry ears with two hands and closed her eyes, whimpering softly.
"Please stop, please stop," she whispered, shaking her head.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes and lifted her head, a small gasp coming from her mouth.
A loud piercing crash from one of the windows next to the TV as something barreled through it, causing the glass to shatter and spread everywhere. The two males on the ground ceased their fighting, Light letting out a small scream.
"What was that?" L asked blankly, staring at the window.
"What the hell?!" Light yelled in fright, scrambling off L and ending up sitting on the floor. L immediately stood up, and as if on cue, Mika jump off the couch and hid behind L, gripping onto his pant leg. L looked down at Mika cowering behind him and peered back at what had landed through the window.
Whatever had flown through the window and broke it was now writhing on the floor, its black form groaning and spitting out curses and probably glass as well. When it finally sat up, it stared around at its surroundings and muttered, "Yep. This is definitely not the right house."
"Who the hell are you!?" Light snapped, springing up from the couch. L blinked; this he knew was definitely not a human. The creature looked almost like a mythical Shinigami, but much smaller. It had dog like features, but the body of a weasel; a large black cloak shrouding most of its body. It wasn't any bigger than Mika, who was small enough so that her head touched just above the waist of most adults.
The creature shook itself free of all the glass while Light continued to gawk at it, L merely looking at it but not showing as much reaction as his roommates. Suddenly, before Light could yell at the weird thing to get the hell out of his apartment, the creature's eyes rested on something behind Light.
"Ah-ha!" it snapped, pointing a clawed finger towards whatever he had spotted, "Found you!" Light was confused and slightly scared at the moment, until he looked behind him to see the silver haired girl hiding behind the detective, poking her head out worriedly and looking at the creature.
"I knew you'd be here!" the creature continued in a tone that was mixed with triumphant air and annoyance as he shuffled in his black cloak towards her, "You little runt, you think you can-"
The creature was cut off in his speech as he bumped into something. Annoyed, he looked up to see a dark haired and shadow-eyed man staring down at him almost menacingly, boring his dark eyes into the creatures.
"Excuse me, but is there something you want to say to Mika?" L inquired, still staring down at the small creature, who was somewhat intimidated by the human that was looking down at him.
Light was slightly intimidated as well; he had never seen L act so dominant. Mika noticed it too, and watched with wide eyes, clinging to L's leg.
"Uh, hey, hey, no worries," the creature's piped up nervously, rubbing the back of its head sheepishly, "No harm done to her, right? She's good. It's all good. I'm a friend of hers, right, Mika?"
L looked at Mika below him, asking for confirmation. Mika looked up at L nervously, then looked over at the creature, muttering slightly, "You dummy. You're supposed to use the door."
"Oh, what, like you're so great!?" the creature suddenly snapped, "You can't even fly properly yet! I suppose the fact that you have that frickin' little halo above your head gives you superiority over me, right? What's he council gonna say when they see humans with your kind!? You're supposed to be a secret, y'know!" L looked at Mika.
Halo? Fly?
"Excuse me, but what the hell is going on?" Light asked, completely befuddled as he stood next to L to face the angel and demon creature, which abruptly stopped and turned around to glare at the humans above him.
Mika got out from behind L and folded her arms begrudgingly at the demon in front of her.
"This," she sighed exasperatingly, laying out a hand to present her friend, "Is Cody."
"Wazzup," the creature drawled, raising a hand through his cloak towards the humans.
"C-Cody?" Light questioned, still slightly disturbed by the thing that was in their apartment room, "But…who is he?" Mika looked at the weasel in front of her, who was still gnashing his teeth at her angrily, then looked up at Light.
"He's my…um…a person who looks after me." Mika looked up as she tried to find the right words.
"You mean a…guardian?" L asked quietly. He looked at the creature. He couldn't believe a thing like this was real, let alone in his room. What connection did he have to Mika? What was he? What was she?
"You…know Mika?" L asked, somewhat begrudgingly.
"Uh, yeah!" Cody snapped, "I've been watching this kid since before she was born! And let me tell you, it's been a tough job! Her mother practically killed me when I told her that Mika was missing. She threw a fit! I had to go searching for her, and when I called her, she didn't answer back for what ever reason!"
That night…her white eyes…
"Mika is sorry, Cody," Mika suddenly said, hanging her head a bit.
"Damn right you're sorry!" Cody snapped, "And why the hell are you talking like that?"
"Just what the hell are you?" Light suddenly asked. Mika looked up at Light.
"Cody is…um…what do you call them?" Mika put a finger to her chin, looking up, "Ah, yes. A reaper. Like a Shinigami, only shorter."
Shinigami….
"Hey! Watch your mouth!" Cody snapped towards Mika, "I'm almost taller than you! And I'm a reaper, not a demon!" Mika merely wrinkled her nose and boldly stuck her tongue out at him. L almost wanted to smile, seeing Mika act this way. He was beginning to see he personality shine through.
"Whoa…reaper?" Light asked, thoroughly freaked out, "You mean…those things are real?!"
"Of course they're real," Cody scoffed, turning to the blanched teen, before sighing and saying slowly to the detective and Light, "Look, I know you humans don't believe in us, but the fact is, Shinigami, reapers, demons, and angels…do exist."
L stared at the creature, and then Mika. Her blue eyes, her ears, her silver hair…
It was all piecing together.
"…So… then…," Light asked awkwardly, "What is…Mika?"
L turned to the demon.
"She's an angel," Cody said, with out missing a beat.
Angel…
L stared at Light. Light looked back at L, horrified. Mika stood in between the two silently.
"…What?" Cody asked, looking at the two, "You two didn't already figure that out?"
"T-this is insane," Light breathed, bringing up a shaking hand to touch his pale forehead.
"What? You're that surprised?" Cody yelled in disbelief, "I was sure the wings would be a dead—oh, I get it. I forgot about that."
"What?" Light asked frantically.
"Y'see," Cody brought up a clawed paw to scratch the back of his furry head, "Humans can't see the wings and halo and angel has. I was sorta wondering why you were all surprised, and then I realized that you couldn't see the golden ring hovering above her head."
"W-what the hell are you talking about!?" Light stuttered, pointing to the calm looking girl in front of L, "Y-you mean she has wings!? And a halo!? What the hell is that!? How do we know you're not lying!? What if you're some—thing from the Yotsuba group and you're trying to kidnap her!?"
"I'm telling you, she's an angel!" Cody snapped back, "If angels didn't exist, neither would I!"
"Show us."
The quarreling man and beast turned to the solemn detective. He was looking down at the reaper, a cold look in his black eyes.
"...What?" Light asked quietly, looking at the man with wide eyes, "Ryuzaki…you can't be serious…"
"I have reason to believe that this creature isn't lying," L muttered, bringing up his index finger to rest on his bottom lip, "Not only does her appearance urge the question on, but she does not eat, she speaks Latin, and she can see the names of people."
Cody nodded approvingly, "See? The spook gets it."
"I…I don't know," Light said quietly, his face pale, "I mean…I can't believe you. I can't believe in something like that…I…I need proof."
Cody looked at Mika. Mika cocked her head at Cody in question. He sighed.
"Well, guess there's only one way," he sighed. Quickly, he took the scythe that was attacked to his cloak and raised it high in the air.
"H-hey…," Light said, holding out a hand, "What are you…"
Without a thought, Cody took hold of Mika's head and dug the scythe right between her eyes. Mika gasped and let out a little cry, her eyes wide as she watched the dark red blood drip down her nose. L was now exactly like Light; blanched and panic-stricken. They watched as the child they guarding for the last few days slumped to the floor, lying there lifeless, the blood trickling down her face.
"W…W…What the hell is wrong with you!?" Light screamed, dropping to his feet in front of her, "You killed her! You killed her! How could you!? Oh my god, how could you!?"
Cody said nothing. He merely stared down at the fallen angel. L's hands began to shake as an unfamiliar feeling began to well up inside him. He felt it harder to breathed. He closed his eyes tightly, opening them again to make sure it was real.
It was real. She was dead.
"You bastard!" Light suddenly roared, standing up to face the demon, "How could you, Dammnit!? How could you!?"
A stirring beneath the crazed teen woke him from his madness. L looked downward with glistening eyes and almost felt his heart stop.
The blood-stained girl was slowly inching her way up into a sitting position, her eyes now open. The dark red blood slid down her pale face as she looked back at the three, the blade still stuck firmly between her eyes. She brought out her small tongue to lick the dripping blood, her eyes narrowed at the demon who had done this to her.
Slowly, she breached up a blood soaked hand and gripped the blade's handle, quickly withdrawing it from her head with an unsettling snap. The shocked detective and horrified teen watched as the blood on her face slowly began to melt away into an invisible mist, the deep wound that was erupting blood moments before disappearing to leave her skin as fair looking as before.
She took a small breath, her sleek silver bangs overlapping her blue eyes. She dropped the blade to the floor with a clang, and turned to the reaper.
"That wasn't nice, Cody," she pouted.
"Yeah, sorry about that," Cody shrugged, giving the up fronted girl a soft reassuring pat on the head, "But what was I supposed to do? It was the only way they'd believe that you weren't human. Any human would die from that, right?"
Mika looked over at L and Light. She paused when she saw their blanched faces and their wide eyes.
"Light? Ryuzaki?" Mika cocked her head, "Is something wrong?"
"Ryuzaki?" Cody questioned, looking at the child, "What the hell are you talking about? His name is-"
Before Cody could finish his sentence, Light suddenly swooned and fell to the floor with a loud thump. Mika jumped a bit, while L stared down at him curiously, Cody letting out a snort of laughter.
"Light?" Mika asked worriedly. L looked down at his passed out companion before looking at Mika. He couldn't believe that just moments before, she was lying there, lifeless, her porcelain skin stained with blood, the blade embedded in her head. Now she was looking up at him with those crystal blue eyes, that small smile on her face.
She really was something else.
"…Cody," L said quietly, his voice shaking slightly as he turned to stare at the new creature. The creature stopped laughing and turned to look at him.
"Tell me everything."
Cody looked at the man oddly, but didn't question him when he saw Mika smiling at him.
"Give me some of that ice cream on the floor, and I'll tell you everything you'll need to know."
Thegriffin88 says: Cody is mine. I named him Cody because every Cody I ever knew was a jerk, like him. :)
Spookthemook says: I was looking at a copy of Shojo Beat the other day and saw a manga on the cover titled Guardian Angel, showing your average school girl, except she was holding a gun. That's pretty boss if you ask me. I'd like to draw a picture of Mika aiming a gun; I think it'd look kinda cool. :)