Chapter 16: Call for help
OK so I'm super sorry for not updating, but life and my job and now school has started again and I've been distracted. Anyways thanks for reviewing and favoriting and such. This is about two weeks after the last chapter. I'm gonna make this chapter and the next one longer than the others to try and make up for my neglect. I know a few chapter back I mentioned there would only be two or three more time skips…well I was wrong but anyways…. Onto the story…enjoy
Today happened to be Luna's birthday and L was one of the few people in the world that knew this. So, that's why here he was at 8 in the morning looking through shops for a gift. He would give it to her when they were alone, so no one else knew. Luna liked her privacy and her birthday was a day she hated until she was at Wammys. Now he wasn't sure if she hated or loved it, but he wanted to make her smile. She would be 18 today and in most places she would be considered an adult. He walked into a jewelry store as he stopped daydreaming and looking to the side smiled slightly. He found it. After bringing the gift to the register and buying it he made it back to Kira HQ. When he returned almost everyone was still asleep. Matsuda and Mr. Yagami were in the surveillance room when L entered. He was sure Luna and Watari were both up as well. "Where were you?" Matsuda asked
"I decided to take a walk" L said blankly and sat in his chair
"Oh, ok"
Luna then walked in with a giant lollipop. The other three looked at her as she smiled. "Good morning"
"Wow, where did you get that?" Matsuda questioned
"Watari gave it to me"
"Why?"
"Because he could" Luna replied and sat on the couch with her knees bent under her
"Why is everyone so mean to me?" Matsuda asked himself out loud
Mr. Yagami smirked "Because you ask stupid questions"
They were soon joined by all the other members of their jolly group and the day proceeded normally, or so it seemed. L was focused on the case, but he couldn't help but wonder how Luna will react to his present. Luna was on her laptop when a chatroom opened.
Geekinpink Lun!
SuperNova Bestie 3!
Secret Matt, Nova hey
Geekinpink HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D
SuperNova I wanted to say it first!
Secret Chill, it's not like I like today anyways. I never have and never will no matter what anyone does
SuperNova I still don't get why you hate your birthday so much. It's a happy day, but you always make it seem bad. Even when we were all at Wammys
Geekinpink You both are being downers
Secret Well you don't have to talk to me
Geekinpink True, but Mello's more of a downer and I already have beaten all of my games around 50 times…I need new ones
SuperNova Yea, we'll keep that in mind
Geekinpink Really!?
Secret No
SuperNova What she said
Geekinpink You guys are mean
Secret I enjoy the torment of others
Geekinpink -_-" birthday girl or not one more comment like that and I'm leaving
Secret Good I'll have to make plenty more
Geekinpink Again mean!
Secret You seem to be under the impression I care :p
Geekinpink Oh you know you do ;D
Secret You know what I wanna know?
GeekinpinkNot really, but I have a feeling you will tell me anyway
Secret Why do you guys care so much about my birthday? It's pointless
SuperNova It is not pointless to want to celebrate our friend being born
Geekinpink Plus we hate when you're sad
Secret My birthday means nothing to me
SuperNova Well too bad
Secret It's not like we can do anything but talk on here anyway
SuperNova Well isn't that better than nothing?
Geekinpink Then eventually when we are all together we will really celebrate
Secret We can never celebrate with ALL of us
Geekinpink Sorry, I didn't mean it that way
Secret I know
SuperNova We will see each other again…you promised Lu
Secret Yea, yea, thanks for the heavy atmosphere Nov
SuperNova ….. My bad
Geekinpink So, uh get any presents?
Secret Let's see I'm almost positive hardly anyone here knows it's my birthday. Plus, I made sure you guys can't track me, so no
SuperNova Well, that's no fun. I wanted to send you a present you always send me one :( Plus, you know where we are, and that's not fair
Secret First, I don't want nor do I need any presents…Though Watari gave me a giant lollipop….So, I guess I did get a present…..I swear he knows everything. Anyways second, I have always known where you guys are because you either tell me or leave a sloppy trail. And finally, if I had told you where we were and someone let it slip I'm pretty sure L would kill me and be able to get away with it . .
Geekinpink Would that someone be Nov?
SuperNova Of course not! She would never!
Secret….
SuperNova Wait! You did mean me?
Secret Yea….sorry….sort of
Geekinpink Hahahahahahah she is right you are kinda a blabber mouth Nov
SuperNova You guys are mean!
Geekinpink You're just mad because you can't hit me for my comment
SuperNova Nuh-Uh!
Secret I'm pretty sure he's right hahah. And now I'll leave you love birds alone…. More people are coming in the room, and if I'm slacking off…..yea
Geekinpink Hey we are not lovebirds!
SuperNova Exactly!
Secret That's what lovebirds would say, and I really gotta go! Bye!
Geekinpink Awww! Not cool, but ok
SuperNova Man, okay bye! Oh and happy birthday Lun!
Secret has logged off
Geekinpink She's wrong
SuperNova Yea totally
Geekinpink Gotta go
SuperNova Yea…me too
Geekinpink has signed off
SuperNova has signed off
~Meanwhile~
Luna finishing off her lollipop closed her laptop causing some of the others to look at her. "I'm gonna go take a break" 'Not that I was working anyway' she thought to herself after.
"That's fine" Mr Yagami spoke
Luna nodded and left the room. It felt really stuffy in there. She sighed looking at the rings on her hands. She had gotten almost all of them from Matt and Mello. Her friend Riley gave her the glove she wore. Some of them she had gotten for her birthday. The earrings she wore were from BB and she had a cuff type bracelet she got long ago from Ace. She decided to skip the elevator and took the stairs to her room. Today was a day she hated, so when she saw gifts she got why did she become happy? On this day 18 years ago she was born. A child that wasn't supposed to exist, born from one shinigami and one human parent; she had been hunted since then and knew she still probably was. It seemed Ryuk was keeping them away or they hadn't noticed her presence here. Thirteen years ago today was when she witnessed the murder of her real parents by three shinigami. How they failed to notice her she didn't know. Most people are happy on their birthday, but for someone born like her it meant nothing. In her mind she meant nothing. She both despised and loved being part shinigami, but right now as she sat thinking about her life she realized she hated it more than anything. It marked her to die on the day she was born, it put everyone around her in danger, it upset balance in the world. Someone like her wasn't meant to exist. Is that why all other partial shinigami she heard of (and knew) died young? Was there really a reason for her to even be alive when all around her is destruction? Luna flung herself on her bed facing the ceiling. Everywhere she went she caused trouble, even here it was in her nature. Then again, as she contemplated she wasn't a complete disaster. While she was the Shadow Thief she helped people who were in a bad place in their lives. Even now she was trying to stop Light. If only she could watch his destruction she could die happy, no matter how long she lived. Sure, people she loved where dead, but that happens it's a part of life, yet she wouldn't let that bring her down. She had reasons to live. Her friends, the people she considered family needed her. Luna sat up on top of her legs, as usual; she would try and be happy today. Her mind unfogged when the door opened revealing L. "Oh hey" she said
"Hey, and the others mainly Matsuda asked me to come check on you. He wanted to, but it somehow became decided I should do so" He told her walking over to a chair and sitting in his peculiar way
"…Ok why?"
"You've been up here for an hour"
"What?! An hour?"
"Yea, what are you doing?"
"Sorry, I got lost in thought"
"It's fine I suppose after all it is your birthday"
Luna jumped up and looked at him "You didn't tell any of them did you?"
"No, it's not my business to tell" L informed
Luna sighed in relief "Good"
"So, I uh…..I got you a present"
'Did he just hesitate?' she asked herself "You did?!" she asked trying to sound bored
It didn't work, L smirked and stood up, so he was in front of her. "Turn around and close your eyes"
Luna looked at him curiously then complied. His warm breath tickled the back of her neck as her pushed her hair out of the way. She felt something cold fall loosely around her neck. "Open your eyes" he instructed.
She opened her eyes and looked down. The coldness she felt was the sparkling silver of the chain. The chain was long enough so the end piece stopped a little after before her breasts. She would be able to hide it if she wanted to. Her hands grasped the piece on the end. It too was silver and had a teardrop shape. The silver surrounded a glass looking dome that had what looked to be silvery-white spider web and a dark violet backing behind the webs. The purple matched her eyes and the silver made an amazing contrast. "It's beautiful" she told him
"It seemed like it was something made just for you, so I hoped you would love it" L responded
Luna turned and looked at him her violet eyes met his face. "You didn't have to"
"I know, I wanted to"
"Thank you"
"There's no need for thanks"
"I still hate my birthday"
"I figured, but I wanted to make it a little better"
"And you did, so again thanks. I've decided something though; I've decided to try and be happy on my birthday no matter what" Luna said
"Good"
Luna stared a moment longer debating what she was about to do. Hunched over he was only slightly taller than her. She decided to go for it and closing her eyes leaned up kissing him lightly on the lips. L's eyes widened in shock and then she backed away. Luna really did taste like a lollipop probably since she just ate one, but still. She then looked down blushing and biting her lip. L smirked she was adorable like this; though he didn't mind the rather normal feral state she had. L slowly reached out and lifted her chin and kissed her back a little more roughly and passionately than she had. Luna once growing out of her surprise responded to the kiss (After all he tasted like sugar). L released her jaw and his hands slid to her hips. One of her hands made it to his chest while the other made it to his raven locks. He pulled her a little closer and she relaxed more. Reluctantly, they pulled apart as they had to breathe. "You know I think I'm starting to like my birthday" Luna joked
"Is that so?"
Luna nodded and they met in another kiss. This time L grew a bit bolder and slid his tongue across her bottom lip. Luna let him gain entrance and felt his tongue slip in and roam around. He was surprised to find her tongue was pierced. He decided to play with it with his tongue a little. This elicited a moan from her, and L couldn't resist smirking. Their tongues then danced together. Panting they parted again and his lips made their way to her neck they traveled around until he found what he was looking for and Luna let out a squeak. He nipped lightly at her fair skin and she squeaked and mewled each time. L slowly moved up her neck and around her jaw until he met her lips again leaving a trail of kisses along the way. Luna then decided to take control and kissed his lips then trailed along his jaw and down his neck. L grunted softly and now it was Luna's turn to smirk. Luna slowly walked him backwards until he fell onto the bed with her on top of him. She then straddled his waist as not to fall. "Should we really be together like this?" Luna asked
It seemed sudden so L was shocked, but chose not to show it. "What do you mean?"
"I mean every time I am truly happy it tends to turn bad. When people stick around me, especially when they're close to me they get hurt or die. I don't know if I want to take that chance. There's also the fact that we are sharing the same roof with Kira." Luna explained
"It is true that in our line of work connections are bad to have, but they are good to have as well. The choice however is not mine alone."
"You would risk it?"
"There may not be enough time for a second chance. I may not be able to see what you see; however, I see the way you look at me and Wammy" L hesitated a moment at the look on Luna's face "We don't have much time left do we?"
Luna had been avoiding looking at the floating red above his head. She'd been getting better at looking people in the face, so she wouldn't have to see the red. This sometimes failed and apparently L noticed times it had, times of her own weakness. "Am I really that transparent?"
"No, no one else notices, but I have been trained to notice such things. Also, you avoided the question"
"I'm not answering that question. I told you it can change at any time"
"Not even a little hint?" L questioned
"No, that's final L"
"Fine"
"I can however tell you that when BB died he heard bells. I'm unaware if that's a shinigami thing or just anyone"
"Bells huh? Interesting"
"They get louder the closer the time gets" Luna told him
Both started hearing a buzzing sound and Luna looked over to her phone. "That's kind of ironic" she joked then added "It has to be important though. No one calls me unless it's important, and since I switch out my phone randomly only a few people know the number"
"I suggest you get it then"
Luna reluctantly got up and grabbed her phone flipping it open "Hello"
"Lu, I've got a problem" A female voice told her
She jogged her memory a bit to remember the voice 'Candice?!' "What is it?"
"I um….I keep being followed on my heists. I don't know who they are or why they keep ending up where I go. It's as if they know what I'm going to do before I do"
"That certainly is a problem" Luna replied then walked toward the window further from L.
He watched her back as she walked away. Whoever was on the other end had to be of the criminal sorts for her to leave L out of it. "How soon can you get to Loire Valley, France?" Luna asked quietly
"Two days why?" Candice questioned
"I can get Riley to arrange you a flight to France and I can meet you there"
"Fine, but why France?"
"I have someone in mind who seems to be lonely and she can help. Now make sure you don't get tailed and call me when you get to France. Then if you are followed we can deal with it" Luna explained
"So, you're coming to meet me, and then we go to this chick's place?"
"Yes"
"Okay" Candice told her and Luna snapped the phone shut
"What's going on?" L asked curiously
"I, I have to leave"
"Where?"
"A friend of mine is in trouble; she needs me. I know Kira is important, but she needs me. I'm the only one who can help her."
"I understand, we have a whole team here, and your friend doesn't"
"I'm sorry"
"Don't be" L urged
"I suppose we should inform the others"
L nodded and they left the room. "Light's gonna love this" Luna commented as they walked down the stairs
L smirked "He won't have long to love it"
"Good" Luna told him and linked her arm with his "While I'm thinking about it I still want you to call Wammys"