Light glared down the isle of the plane. It was about three in the morning in Japan judging by his watch, but he had no idea what time it was in Germany. Light's head was propped up on his left hand while he rested his arm on the plane arm-rest. In his other hand was a German phrase book he had managed to get last minute in the airport.
Light switched his glance to the strange man that had caused all this mess. L was staring out the plane window watching the night sky. He sucked on his thumb completely oblivious to Light's gaze. A laptop was set out on the plastic tray table in front of him.
"John. John… Ryuzaki!" Light bit out in a whisper. L needed to keep track of his own codenames. L turned in his seat to face Light and slowly took his thumb out of his mouth. L blinked.
"You are still awake, Yagami-kun?" L asked seemingly surprised the young boy was still up at this hour. Usually Light would complain constantly about the lack of sleep until L was forced to stop working in order to appease the teen attached to him.
"I have trouble falling asleep on planes, but that's not important. I just have a question. We're going to meet your friend at the airport, correct?" Light asked.
"Yes. He will be waiting for us in the terminal that his flight has arrived in," L answered back. This was one of the most civil conversations they had said to each other since the unpleasantness in the airport.
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Somehow Light had been tricked in-between the squabble to actually check-in his luggage. He did not want to go to Germany. He had never had a desire to go to Germany, especially not with an eccentric irritating insomniac detective who went by the name of L.
They were currently going through the airport security. Light slipped off his belt and placed it in the basket before walking through the metal detector. Light made it through on his very first try. L had a bit more trouble, however.
Every time L walked through he set off the sensors in the metal detector. Then L would go back pull out some un-recognizable candy wrapper with half-melted candy inside and walk through again. This lasted a few minutes until the airport security guard got fed up and demanded that L just take out everything in his pocket. L couldn't understand the bodyguard's frustration, but did as he was told anyway.
L went back again to the now irritable line of people waiting to get through the metal detector. He then proceeded to pull out an ungodly amount of various candies from his pocket. He placed them in the basket and then went through finally without setting off any alarms. The crowd of people in line behind him cheered with relief. L paid the crowd no mind as he recollected his candy and shoved it back in his pocket.
Light sighed and crossed his arms in annoyance. He was embarrassed being with such an oddball. L walked up to him again and they were off. They continued through the airport until they stopped in the food court.
"I will allow Yagami-kun five minutes without me to acquire food," L said simply before digging out some slightly less melted candy to munch on while he waited.
"Whatever…" Light grounded out as he looked around at the various severely overpriced foods that the airport provided. Light started to hurry away from the detective in some random direction. He supposed this was his one moment of freedom.
As Light shuffled along, he saw a book store in the distance. A brilliant idea came to him as he eyed the bookstore. He sped up to it with a look of determination now. He was going to purchase a German phrase book. He figured that the process of finding and buying the book would most likely be more than five minutes, but he didn't care. L could wait and he did, If only to scold Light for tardiness and give a percentage of suspicion. Light was not amused.
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A roaring sound was heard all around him. He felt his stomach lurch and his ears pop. Light blinked open his eyes and tried to adjust to the lights on the plane. He yawned. Apparently, he had actually managed to fall asleep.
"We are landing in Germany now…" L said from beside him. Light turned his head and looked out the window. Sadly all that could be seen from this height were scattered clouds and the patch-work pattern of land under them. It wasn't really anything exciting to see.
The plane landed without any trouble. L and Light departed from the plane and picked up their luggage. After going through customs briefly they were off to the terminal to pick up L's "friend".
To say Light was beyond curious would be an understatement. What kind of friend would L have? What would he look like? How old was he? Why would they choose to go with L to Germany?
That last question still puzzled Light in more ways than one. He was about to go to a country he relatively had no knowledge of. Plus he had absolutely none if only a minimal idea of the language spoken here. He vaguely wondered if L planned for this to happen. A glare was sent the detective's way.
They made it to the terminal where L's 'friend' was landing in. Light watched as people began to filter out of the entryway. He studied each of the faces that entered and wondered which of these people could possibly have anything to do with L. No-one in particular seem to catch his attention.
Suddenly a blur with blonde hair whisked by Light with seemingly lightning speed and attached itself to L's leg. The now stationary figure clung tightly to the detective in an affectionate way. It looked like a little kid.
"Who's the little girl?" Light asked curiously towards L. At that moment furious pointed blue-green eyes were on Light. Then a very distinct and angry sounding male voice came from the kid in perfect English.
"Who the hell are you?"
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Hmmmm? I wonder who on earth that could be. Lol. I hope you like it so far. God, these chapters are so short. I promise to you as soon as I finish writing the chapters from my travel Journal the others should be a lot longer. It's just the way I am. XD REVIEW PLEASE OR I'LL SEND YOU TO SOME UNKOWN COUNTRY!