Woman These Days
Despite his initial intense fear of returning to the college campus while still in rainbows, Raito eventually managed to pull himself together and venture forth to greet his fellow classmates once again. Admittedly he got some stares, but nobody dared label him in any way (though a number of students got away with making the joke that Yagami-kun would now pass all his exams with 'flying colors'...).
He was out walking from his third hour to lunch with Takada, and they were casually talking about their day. Well, she was still pretty pissed that he'd shoved her to the ground when the jellyfish swarmed him, but seeing the state of Raito's appearance, she'd dropped all grudges against him and decided the jellies had done a better job of getting even than she ever could have. And besides, they were dating. Every couple has their conflicts.
Even rainbow ones.
Anyways...
Raito was having a pretty good day. His 'change in wardrobe' and 'new hairstyle', as he told curious onlookers, hadn't destroyed his reputation after all, and Kiyomi had forgiven him for pushing her. Not that he cared about that, but still. However, as they passed the english building, Raito caught sight of L chillaxin on a bench reading a tiny book (500 Cupcakes, to be specific), and his entire mood went south.
"Hey! Yagami-kun!" L waved in his direction.
What the fuck is he doing here? Goddamit L, you idiot.
"Takada-san, I'm going to talk to my friend. I'll see you later." He pushed passed her and she glared at the back of his multi-colored head for canceling their lunch-date without warning.
"What are you doing here? I thought it was dangerous for you to be seen in daylight."
"You said you were lonely on campus without anyone to talk to, so I thought I'd drop in for a visit." The detective stood up and put his shoes back on.
"Yeah, it does get lonely without you in any of my classes. There's no one I can talk to on the same level here..."
"Not even Kiyomi-san?"
"Nah. Not even."
L placed his index finger against his lips and pondered a moment.
"She looked rather pissed at you."
"Probably because she's PMSing or something. Women are like that, they get mad over the most insignificant things."
"Hm...Woman these days."
"Woman these days?"
"Woman these days!"
"Ah. Woman these days."
"Those woman, these days."
"She is a women."
"Do you think we can get cake from the cafeteria?"
L's sudden change in subject caught Raito slightly unawares.
"Uh, yeah, probably..."
"I want shortcake. I hope the jellyfish haven't taken it all..." They were just starting to walk in the direction of the cafeteria when Raito heard a certain shrill-voiced blonde yelling his name and his day went to shit even more.
"RAITO! HIIIIIIIII!" Misa ran at him and the brunette had a sudden flashback to a video game where the same sort of situation (screaming girl running towards you) led to a vicious mauling. It honestly spooked him.
"Raito! I just happened to have a photo shoot here today and I thought I'd drop bye and say hi! Who's your friend?" She looked over at the wide-eyed L, who likewise was staring directly a her (I am looking right into your SOUL...).
"Oh, that's a college buddy of mine, Ryuuga Hideki." The girl peered curiously (stupidly) and cocked her head slightly.
"Huh? But I don't see-"
"BLONDE HAIR YES I KNOW THAT'S BECAUSE HE ISN'T REALLY THE SAME GUY THEY JUST SHARE THE SAME NAME." Raito 'nonchalantly' cut her off and explained so she wouldn't give anything away.
"Oohhhhhh, well it's nice to meet you Ryuuga Hideki! I'm Misa, Raito's girlfriend!" The raven haired man did not return her greeting, and instead just kept staring with that utterly creeper-looking grin on his face. For about the next three minutes, no joke, three solid minutes, he stood staring until finally he spoke.
"Yagami-kun...I'm jealous."
What the fuck...?
"I've never been good with women, but you are a genius in the matter."
Shit, don't say it, whatever you do, don't say it in front of her!
But L, no matter how high his IQ was, could not read minds. He persisted.
"TWO girlfriends? You are quite the pimp, my friend."
Fuck! Now she really will maul me!
And as if on cue, Misa turned towards her beau with a look which radiated pure and absolute deadly possessive-bitchiness. Hell had frozen over, the gods had turned their backs on Raito, and he had never wanted to pee his pants out of fright so badly before.
Except for when the jellyfish attacked him, that is.
That had been horrifying as well.
But before Misa could do anything, a crowd of people surrounded her and began demanding autographs and fan photos and such things that paparazzi would do. I wouldn't really know, I've never had a mob of fans surround me before...
With rabid fantards all around her, Misa immediately forgot the ass-kicking she meant to deliver to her dearest "Knight Light", and instead began indulging the group and answering all their pointless questions. At one point she shrieked that someone had groped her butt, and it appeared as though the great L himself was the culprit. Caught red-handed indeed.
"Uh...I DIDN'T DO IT. That is highly inappropriate and I will catch the criminal responsible!"
"Hahaha you're funny Ryuuga-san!"
L gave a tiny bow as someone from the crowd yelled out that they wanted to touch too. Damn perverts. Anyways, the fun had to end all too quickly as Misa's manager came trudging through the crowd and dragged the blonde by her ponytails to whatever work needed to be done. Misa waved goodbye and the mob dispersed, leaving Raito dumbfounded.
That was...
Interesting.
As much as I hate to admit it, I'll have to call her and make some sort of amends. I have to keep her happy. THAT had been scary, I really don't want to deal with...whatever that was again.
Raito shivered at the mere thought as L turned to him.
"Well, shall we go Yagami-kun?"
"Oh, yeah. Go ahead of me, I have to use the bathroom. I'll meet you over there." L nodded and walked on as Raito turned around and proceeded to call Misa.
Better call her sooner than later...
He dialed her number and heard it ring once.
Then he heard her ringtone go off somewhere nearby.
With the same creepy smile on his face, L held up an ill-gotten red phone at his eye level. He looked very excited that the phone was ringing, and answered it just as the song was ending.
"Yes? Moshi moshi?"
"Stop it. Don't 'moshi moshi' me, that phone belongs to Misa."
"O RLY? I just found it and was wondering who it belonged to."
"Yeah, RLY. I'll return it to her, thank you." Raito walked back over.
"Ok, I understand."
"Give me the phone." You jackass. You took it when you grabbed her butt.
L hung up and handed the phone to Raito, then continued towards the cafeteria.
Misa has another phone, luckily. I'll call that one.
Just as he was dialing, another cellphone ringtone went off. L stopped and reached around his pocket.
"Oh, it's my own phone this time..." The detective fished out his phone, which was loudly blaring Paparazzi by Lady Gaga. Somehow the song was both weird and appropriate for him. "Yes? Ah, ok, so it's done, right? I understand." He hung up and turned towards the brunette.
"This will either come as good news or bad news to you. Amane Misa has just been arrested as a suspect of being the second Kira."
WHAT? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?
"Kira has been conspiring with the jellyfish, and we have video proof of Amane-san meeting up with a group of jellyfish every day for the past week and asking them personal questions. Oh, and there was a lot of evidence left behind in her room from making the Kira tapes. We just told her manager she's being arrested for drugs or something."
That...
There goes my plan.
Fuck. Now he'll think I'm Kira for sure.
No, wait.
I can figure this out.
I'm a goddam genius, I can figure this out.
Raito put his hand over his face and lamented. "Ahh, woman these days!"
Because I am incapable of keeping my promises, I'll just not say anything anymore and simply post the chapters as I write them, WHEN I can write them, and not worry about pleasing anybody. The story will now follow the original Death Note plot line but with a twist since there are jellyfish involved. Of course! Ooh, did I say that out loud? That was supposed to be a secret...
Oh well. Hope the chapter was enjoyable! ^^
C. Vincenti