Light walked through the party, normal faces, normal people, coming up to him. shaking his hand, sucking up to him. He hated it. He walked to the food table and picked up a glass of water. He felt sick, though this was not unusual. He would bare through it.
A young man dressed in a suit and tie, but somehow out of place was standing at the food table as well, eating one strawberry after another. He had a strange, almost wild look to him with dark circles under his eyes.
Light glanced at the young man, noticing that he was eyeing him. He didn't look familiar. He'd never seen a man looking like that around the parties before.
The young man approached casually after a moment of staring."Hello Prince Light Yagami."
"Hello." Light greeted him, not knowing his name he didn't add anything on to it. He finished sipping his water and tossed out the cup, he glanced around for his bodyguard Matsuda. He wasn't in sight, Light would take that chance to sneak outside for some fresh air. He needed to get out of the crowded meeting room. He walked to balcony and leaned against it, staring out at the night sky.
The young man followed him, earning some weary glances as he seemed to be struggling to keep his back straight.
Light didn't notice him, He was thinking and enjoying the cool night wind.
"Excuse me Prince Light ," the young man said, fixing the prince with his uncanny gaze.
Light breaking from his thoughts and looked at him, with an almost displeased look. He had wanted to be left alone. "Yes?" the boy's brown eyes met the stranger's grey ones. Something about them looked familiar.
"Prince Light Yagami. Younger twin brother of Emperor Kira Yagami. And the only person that knows the truth of the demise of his beloved parents." he bit down on his thumb idly.
Light tensed up at once, fingers clenching together. "What do you know about it?" He remembered all to well watching his brother push his parents from the balcony. Nobody believed him. Nobody.
"Well, in truth the only people that know what actually happened on that balcony are you and Kira. The only articles willing to publish your side of the story were a bunch of cheesy tabloids that were quickly silenced. But I've been at this job long enough to know the truth when I see it."
Light looked at him, he glanced off to the side. "So you believe what I said." A small smile cracked on his face. "So what do you want to talk about?" This stranger had managed to make Light feel a little better and be more open.
The young man looked around. This place seemed private enough. "There is something very important I have to tell you, but you have to keep it secret."
"Yeah, of course." he didn't mind keeping a secret, it's not like there was anyone he would tell,except maybe Matsuda.
He looked at him straight in the eye. "I am L."
Light stared at him for a moment, not sure if to laugh or scream. He settled on neither. "Alright." If this was L, then perhaps he could help Light. If it really was L, then maybe he could get rid of Kira... and free Light from his hell.
"I appreciate you not screaming. It would have become very chaotic in here." L said scratching his head.
"It's fine." he glanced off to the side, "It doesn't matter if you're L or not. You're not here to kill me or you would of already."
L looked thoughtful for a moment. "Perhaps." he said, bending over a bit to relieve some of the pressure on his aching back,
Light nodded, he looked at the boy who looked like he was in a lot less pain suddenly. "So, what brings you here tonight?" He asked.
The other man opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly flinched in what looked like pain and held his right ear. He pouted and removed a tiny ear bud, rubbed his aching ear, and put it back in. "She's so mean..." He stood back up straight.
Light blinked "Who is?" tilting his head to the side, the ear bud meant someone else was listening. Another member of the resistance?
"My sister. She must have seen me slouch." He replied absently, still grimacing and motioning to the rooftops around them.
Light smiled a little bit, he was feeling more relaxed. "I see."
L gave another absent nod. "Now, back on the subject of why I'm here. Prince Light, the resistance needs your help, but you should think hard on this, as it will involve you betraying family. And family is not something to be taken lightly."
Light didn't taken even a moment to answer, "I'll do it." he said. He hated his brother. Hated him whole-heartedly.
"Are you absolutely positive? We can't have you hesitating."
"Yes. You may be the resistance, but nobody hates my brother more then me." Nobody. Light remembered his brother pushing his parents, and... and other things... Light bit his lower lip a bit.
L nodded approvingly. "Very well. What I want you to do at this time is... Nothing."
"Nothing?" Light asked, a little confused at what L was asking of him. He turned his head to the side and coughed a bit into one hand, holding onto the railing with the other. He straightened up again after a moment.
The thinner male tilted his head. "Are you alright Light?"
"Yeah. Just a little sick. Nothing unusual."
Light nodded, staring at him for a moment before he continued. "What I mean by 'do nothing' is I want you to listen and be observant. If Kira is planning anything, especially any raids, I want you to contact us at once."
The prince nodded again, "That's not a problem." He'd just listen in on Kira around the castle. Easy enough.
"You must remain, cautious. If anything were to- Yes, what is it Suzuka?" He seemed to speak into the button on his coat.
"A black limousine just pulled up to the front. It's heavily guarded." Came the woman's voice.
Light glanced off the balcony and saw the limo, his face paled immediately, even more so then before. "My brother. I thought he wasn't coming tonight!" Light's hands were shaking a bit, he hated social gatherings enough but he hated them more with Kira around.
"Please try to remain calm Prince Light. We don't want to look to conspicuous." L whispered.
Light nodded, "Yeah." he didn't feel great suddenly. "I should go. He'll want to see me.
L nodded and slipped something in Light's pocket as he turned to leave. "Pleasure to meet you Prince Light."
The brunette nodded at L and then walked back inside to find Matsuda to greet Kira at the door.
Matsuda was Light's primary bodyguard and best friend. A spacey, often naive individual. But he was a caring and honest man who was excellent with a gun. "There you are Light, I was wondering where..." He saw the young man on the balcony, his eyes widening considerably with some sort of recognition..
Light looked at him, "Something wrong Matsuda?" he asked,
"Um, no. Not at all." The other replied. He shook his head and smiled, albeit nervously.
"Come on, we have to go greet Kira." he was tense, not because of the encounter with L, but because Kira always made him feel uneasy.
In the meantime, L bit on his thumb and straightened up again, heading back inside blending into the crowd and trying to get lost in it to get out. About that time, Kira emerged from the limo, his wife, Misa Amane, clinging to his arm, the former model and actress smiling happily and waving to the crowd.
Suzuka's hand twitched on the rifle. She had a good view of him. It wasn't totally clear, but,"I'm taking the shot L." She said almost breathlessly
"Don't be stupid." L hissed quietly under his breath, slipping out of the bustle and hubbub while everyone was focused on Kira.
"I have the shot. It can be over here and now."
When he made it out of ear shot, L looked up to Suzuka's position, "It's too much of a risk. There are guards everywhere. If you shoot, they will ambush you in an instant."
He was right. She KNEW he was right. If she took the shot, whether she missed or not, she was a dead woman. But... But wasn't it worth it?
L interrupted her thoughts. "Lets go then. My message has been passed to the right person."
She sighed. "Alright." and began to disassemble the rifle, disappointed anger evident in her voice.
L walked further away from the scene, feeling accomplished in his mission. He'd reached Light and conveyed his message before Kira got there, he'd call it a sucess. When he met up with Suzuka about a block away, her rifle stored safely in an inconspicuous briefcase, he looked at her and nodded. "Thank you."
She nodded absently in return, not really looking at him. "Now what?"
"We head back to base until Light gives us the signal that he has information for us."
"Mmm." She tilted her head to the side, cracking her neck smartly. As they headed home, her lips were pursed in frustration until L fixed her with his raccoon-like gaze.
"Your face will stick like that if you don't knock it off."
"Bullshit."
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Sam: Hmm. Not a whole lot happened in this chapter.
Tara: but that's okay! the plot trucks on along and until Kira is dead it will keep on trucking
Sam: And hey, we did meet Light Yagami and the adorable, bumbling Matsuda in this chapter.
Tara: That's right. :D
Sam: Well, I'm honestly out of crap to say.
Tara: Me too, so see you in the next chapter...-returns to watching Highschool of the Dead- HOLY CRAP, THIS SCHOOL IS FULL OF ZOMBIES!
Sam: Zombies? OH HELLZ YES! -grabs shotgun