AN: inspiration struck…nothing too exciting and no real plot to speak of
Chapter 2
In the weeks that followed, the stooped twelfth division captain could be seen strolling the gardens of the court of pure souls with the strange light-eyed soul. They talked about various things and people constantly tried to get close enough to listen in to the eccentric captain and his apparently old best friend.
"So…" Raito watched the cherry blossoms fall from the tree. "The Shinigami I knew, were from an older class of death god?"
L nodded, his hands shoved deep in his pockets as they wound down the garden path. "I researched them as soon as I achieved the means, it seems that even the knowledge of them is limited."
A wry smirk crossed Raito's face. "Well, I know they eat apples."
L shot him a dark look. "Indeed." They walked in silence for a few minutes longer before he broke it. "Have you given any thought to the Academy?"
"Eh," Raito shrugged. "I suppose it's the next logical step. I'm just a little shocked you're willing to let me gain any type of power." He looked at his companion sideways as they stopped on a low bridge overlooking a koi pond.
L shrugged one shoulder dismissively. "Well, you need to learn to control your spiritual pressure. It is…destructive."
Raito smirked, stretching lazily in the warm light as he watched the gold and white fish swim beneath the surface. "Destructive? Me?"
L humphed. "You are annoying." A splash and enraged scream could be heard from across the garden.
Raito glared up at him from his spot in the water, the koi long gone. "Did you find that entirely necessary?"
"Yes, very much so."
Raito sighed and rolled his eyes. "Will you at least help me out?"
Shrugging the dark headed man bent to do as he was requested. As soon as Raito had a firm grasp on his hand, he yanked, pulling the man into the water with a splash and yelp.
L blew the wet strands of hair out of his face and glared at the smug man sitting in the water beside him. "You are evil."
Raito nodded. "Yes we have already established that."
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"Why are we in here?" Raito whined from his spot on the corner of L's rather large desk.
Without looking up from his mountain of paperwork, or removing the thumb from his mouth L replied, "Because I have work to do."
Raito drummed his fingers against the desk. "But I only have today off from that infernal school. Let's get out of here, or something. Watching you work is not as exciting as you think it is."
"Will you stop that drumming!?" the enraged request came from the other side of the room, causing both Raito and L to look at the frustrated man sitting behind a similar desk.
Raito smirked. "L, can I kill him? If you let me, I promise not to bug you anymore…"
The man blanched, as L seemed to contemplate the deal, but sighed in relief when L shook his head.
"No, I can not let you kill him. I would then have to fill out more paperwork concerning the death of a subordinate as well as finding his replacement. That would take the remainder of the day and then I would not have time to go to that restaurant you wish to visit."
"Ah, fine then." Raito cracked his neck and then continued his drumming, smirking as a vein popped out on the other man's forehead.
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"It's strange."
"Just what is strange, Raito?" L sleepily asked as he stared up into the night sky.
"The stars are different." He muttered. The pair was laying out on the twelfth division rooftops, the warm air held the smell of cut grass.
"This is not the earth, Raito. This is not even the same dimension. Why should the stars be the same?"
Raito sighed before rolling on his side to look at L, whose eyes were still locked on the heavens. "I just said it was strange, that's all. No need to jump down my throat about it."
"If you did not wish for my input then you shouldn't have spoken."
Raito rolled his eyes and flopped back on his back. "L?"
"Hn?"
"Just shut up and watch the stars."