Written by Lionhart280
Rating: M Not suitable for children or teens below the age of 16 with possible strong but non-explicit adult themes, references to violence, and strong coarse language.
Words: 747
Based upon: Deathnote
Chapter 7 : Head Hunt
Seth tilted his head up to the light of the sun and shielded his eyes. He frowned and narrowed his gaze, Seth always hated the sun…
The man turned his gaze back to the picture he held in hand. It was a frame taken from the security camera posted outside the building of Kira's hideout, taken the moment the young girl had fled. Sadly all they knew was her first name, which was not enough for the pen to be used.
As the girl fled the camera, it had a captured a perfect shot of Misa. One could even make out the freckle on her lower leg if they blew the picture up enough. There was one problem with this picture though.
Misa had been facing away when it had been taken, completely removing the strength of the Shinigami's eyes. Now the clan had to use their last resort. Seth, their elite hacker and assassin, he could get into anywhere, go anywhere, and kill anyone. The fact he knew Misa's first name was wonderful.
Yet somehow he hit a dead end. Someone had completely eradicated her entire history. No birth certificate, no schools, driver's license, nothing. It was like the girl had just dropped off the face of the earth as of two hours ago.
"Stop fussing Light!" Misa ordered. Light's head snapped up at the sudden sharpness in her tone. His hands unconsciously fell from his tie, which he had just been avidly fiddling with.
"Uh… Sorry?" He blinked and took a good look at the girl. After a good cleaning and washing, combined with a plain dress, the girl had gone from the look of a beggar on the street to borderline gorgeous. Light shook his head and stared out the window. He found it a marvel how girls could transform themselves so suddenly with only a bit of makeup and a comb.
"This is our stop," the aged man spoke form the wheel. He stepped out and opened the door for them before the trio had a chance to react, "My name is Watari, I will show you the way to L's room. He nodded to the man at the door as they passed by.
It was your average hotel, red carpet, marble desks, couches spread out that no one even used. Watari led them towards the elevators and stood before one with an Out of Service sign in front of it.
He pressed his thumb on the up button for it. There was a whirring sound and a small green glow under his thumb, "Standard procedure, don't want any unwanted guests," he spoke.
The soft, ding, of the elevator marked its arrival as the large double doors slid open to let them in., "On the other side of this door, when it opens, will be Master L. He is a little… eccentric in his work, but you'll get used to it," Light blinked. What did Watari mean by "eccentric"?
"One last rule," Watari spoke as the elevator slowed down, "Don't touch his cake," Light snapped his head to the side to stare at Watari. Don't touch his cake!?
Ding. The doors began to slide open. I can't believe I'm finally going to be able to meet L! And to assist him in a case, what a-
"Hi, I'm L," The detective spoke. Light gaped at him.
One could best describe L as… well you really couldn't. First off he appeared to be roughly sixteen years old. He wore baggy jeans and a ruffled white T shirt with a small pink stain on the corner. Was that icing on the side of his cheek?
Don't touch his cake… Light's father stepped forward, "It's a pleasure to meet you L. I'm Light's father, Soichiro Yagami…" L scratched the back of one leg with the toes of the other.
Scritch Scritch… Scritch Scritch…
He lifted on hand up and pointed a finger at Mr. Yagami. With a soft fwip he made it the shape of a gun. "Bam," was all he said.
There was a startled pause.
"What the hell is this!? Some kind of joke?!" Light cried out, anger flashing across his face.
L calmly spoke, "All Kira needs is your name and face to kill you, Mr. Yagami," he let out a startled sound, "Try and be more careful who you announce yourself to like that on the future."
"Right…"
"Now then," L said, "Let's get down to business…"