Chapter 3- "Investigation 0"
L waited outside the curtain as Itachi kept stalling time as L began to lose his patience. Itachi grumbled at the sight of himself as he kept fixing and undoing his hair, he thought his makeup was terrible and he was wearing high heels to add to his embarrassing torture. He refused to come out because Sasori and the other members were right near the doorway, L went into the curtain as examined Itachi.
"We don't have much time, Itachi." L replied as Itachi moved away from him, "It's not that bad, I can't recognize you so it should work."
Itachi growled, "I'm not going out there, why the hell do I have be like this?!?!"
L grabbed him as he threw him out of the curtain. Sasori's eyes beamed out of his head, Hidan eyes went wide, and the others stood in shock of how Itachi looked. Everyone began laughing and turning red as Itachi grabbed L by his throat and glared at him, now it would be the butt of everyone's jokes months from now and he felt scarred for life.
"Damn it, L!" Itachi yelled, "I look like a complete fool! Red lipstick, hot pink eyeshadow, high heels...I look like a drag queen!"
"Actually..." L replied as he bit his thumb, "The results are unexpected, you didn't come out how I imagined..."
'Perv...' thought Itachi, 'He has such a sick look in his eye almost like he likes it...'
"Itachi, I hope you're not thinking I'm attracted to you...I see it in your eyes..."
'Damn, he's good.' Itachi thought again, 'He knows everything...'
L grabbed a cupcake as Itachi slapped him, "I guess for the humiliation I'm not having sweets for a couple days...Well, it was a risk I needed to take..."
Itachi grinned, "That's right, I'll make it two weeks if it happens again..."
L got up and examined Itachi again, he was perfect. Almost too perfect for L, he looked like a supermodel. Itachi was practicing to strut when he couldn't balance in the heels and he fell into L as they fell on top of each other, Itachi found it even stranger when L didn't react over the small incident. They were still looking at each other.
L got up, "You're walking too fast Itachi, you have to be careful..."
Itachi looked at him, "You have to be one of the quirkiest detectives I've ever seen, I'm not going to ask why..."
L stared blankly and almost laughed, "...Are you going to get off of me now? This is an awkward position we're in..."
Itachi got up as he eyed L who smiled, "What's the smile for? I have nothing for you, you lost that privilege..." Itachi looked at him, 'He's acting like a perv, why didn't he get out of the way?'
"Wait..." L stopped and searched Itachi's pockets, "...A chocolate bar and peanut butter cups? I knew you couldn't't hold out on me..."
Itachi put the items under a glass and chained it, "...You're off of it for two weeks so get used to whatever we feed you..."
L noticed another problem with Itachi being female, "...The voice needs work, you don't sound entirely female and that's when we'll get screwed..."
Itachi sighed, "Remind me to kill you after this over..."
Itachi glared at him as they held hands and began to walk out into the stormy weather that was outside. As soon as they left, All the members broke out in laughter again. Itachi rolled his eyes as they continued walking down the path to the doctor's office.
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L entered the door first as Itachi followed behind him, his shoes clicked loudly as they faced a young medical nin. She had light pink hair and green eyes, she looked oddly at the couple but then she realized nothing and L began speaking to her.
"My name is Ryuuzaki and I'm private detective..." He paused. "I'm investigating three murders, two happened here..."
The medic nin nodded her head, "I'm Sakura Haruno, I believe the doctor you're talking about is Dr. Mitiagi...He passed away about three weeks ago."
L walked closer to Sakura, "Yes, that's him...Before I go into the investigation, was he normal before death or did it slowly build?"
"It was slow." she replied, "...Um, I can't explain but it didn't happen normally..."
L watched her carefully, he always had a second for everything, "I see. He began changing after certain events happened...When did he lose his mind?"
Sakura didn't hesitate on the answer, "Well, I've been working for him for about two years..." she paused, "He began to show up to work later and later, his anger was very unstable and he threw things, and he began flashing dark looks a lot of the time..."
L looked at her, "Could you be more specific with the time spand?"
" I would say he began to lose it about three months after his wife died..."
L nodded, "Ok. When did you notice that patients were missing?"
Sakura sat down in a chair and began drinking her tea, "I didn't notice it until about two months ago and people began missing appointments for weeks at a time."
L looked at her again, "Okay...Did you see Akatsuki's come through here? I know you did..."
"Yes. Deidara and Zestu, they seemed really sick when they came..."
L wrote down all the answers as he continued to eye Sakura. He wanted to rule her out as a suspect and being involved but he had to make sure it was the right information. He began to think out how the murder was caused but it didn't make sense unless Deidara and Zestu had something against the doctor.
'I think her percentage of her being a possible suspect is about 10 percent.' L thought, 'It still doesn't make any sense...'
Sakura eyed Itachi, "Is this your girlfriend, Ryuuzaki?"
"Yes, her name is Tacha...She's pretty isn't she?" L smiled quietly, "She's helping me with the case..."
Itachi remained quiet, he didn't want to talk like a girl and he was already mad at L. He smiled as Sakura smiled back, she brought the tea over as she sat down and talked more with L.
A break in the case appeared when Sakura showed L three ripped pages of notepads with messages on them, it seemed like Light but the message seemed unreal to L. Light would never right them back wards or jumbled them in this style. L began to unscramble it until it made sense and he looked at the paper:
A killer always keep killing in blood because it's their, killers are smart
From the time a killer is born the, theywrite blood their name in blood in
It isn't a game, people are reckless and don't play the game.
"Hmm..." L replied, as he put his thumb near his mouth, "This seems too vague or too unreal for a message..."
"Yeah, that's what I thought too when I read it...It made no sense..." Sakura eyed the note, "...I also read the suicide note by Deidara and it seemed...fake.."
"Suicide note? May I see it?" L waited for Sakura to come back from the back room, 'We only had one and that was Kisame's suicide note, I had no idea we had another one...'
Itachi read it through and whispered in L's ear, "He never was suicidal either, it doesn't add up.."
L found himself back at square one, he would have to go through all the evidence again and find leads. He tried putting it together but it didn't make sense unless another piece of the puzzle was with the right piece and there were many pieces missing or that didn't fit with the puzzle.
"Mmmm..." L was deep in thought, "Like I said, this case has it's turns and it's downfalls..."
"It must be hard as a detective to be stumped on a three way homicide..." Sakura replied, "I wish I could help you out more than I'm offering..."
L had an idea hit him, "Could I have access to his files and his computer?"
"Umm...Before he died, he put on two passwords on the computer and he put the files in a safe with no known combination..."
"Hmm. Another downfall again, it's a shame this case has so many things that don't make sense."
Itachi spoke up in his best female voice, "Ryuuzaki, I think it's time we got back home so I can cook dinner..."
L bit his lip and handed Sakura his phone number, "Call me if something else comes up..."
"I will, I'm sorry that I couldn't't have any information to give out..."
"It's fine. I'll find another lead soon. Thank you for your help."
L got up as he held Itachi's hand and they walked out of the office, Itachi began to rub off the makeup off his eyes along with mascara. He hoped he never had to do this again for the rest of the time L would stay here, L's cell phone rang as he answered it. His eyes changed again, Itachi waited to hear what was happening.
He hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket, "It looks like Kira hasn't killed for awhile and it is a little suspicious...It's like he...has disappeared..."
Itachi looked at L, "Good...You won't have to worry about him then, you can use all the time to solve the other cases..."
"No, Itachi...I still have to look out for Kira, it isn't safe to let go of the investigation..." L looked at Itachi, "He's still out there..."
Itachi growled, "I bet you the girl told all kinds of lies..."
"No, her percent of being a criminal is 0 because she would've denied everything on the spot and I have a good feeling she'll help me break half the case..."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Figure it out for yourself, Itachi..."
Itachi hated it when L would leave things for him to solve but he was getting used to the things L would do that seemed odd.
"Aren't they worried about..." Itachi began, "Forget I said anything..."
"Oh, my headquarters? A little but if I'm contact then they don't really have to worry about me, I don't have to worry much either..."
Itachi kept walking beside L, "You're doing well as a prisoner, many of the hostages would've cracked in the next few weeks but I doubt you will..."
"I usually know what to expect by now if I do something wrong..."
Itachi was still amazed at how L could piece things together and that he could do in less time that it would take for him to figure things out. Itachi changed views and smiled evilly, he knew L wouldn't be ready for the next punishment he would do to him. Itachi wanted to beat him at his game and see if he could figure the next punishment.
"I have something to ask, L...Will I have to play this part again?"
"No, since you hate it so much I'll think of a new part for you to play..."
Itachi let out relief, "Good, I would have to do something terrible to you if I had to again..."
L smiled as he faced forward, he would hate the next one way more than the one he just had to play but L was ready for the torture.
Itachi looked at L, "Why were you being a pervert today, L?"
L shot him a serious look, "Itachi, I don't swing that way...You're being perverted..."
"No, I think you're being one...You just don't want to admit it..."
L sighed, "...I wasn't being a perv..."
Itachi grinned evilly, "I know you're being one, don't lie."
L shook his head and continued up the path without Itachi, "All I thought was that you were pretty as a girl..."
Itachi laughed evilly again as he caught up to L. L had the most disturbing image in his head.
That's the end of Chapter 3, Please R&R