Chapter 10
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Second to None
An Old Frenemy
Beyond Birthday POV
Surveillance: the most boring job I've ever done on this case. I kept listening if anyone mentioned Yagami but so far no luck. It was therefore completely unexpected when I saw him talking to-
NAOMI MISORA?! What is she doing here?! Dammit I should have known she would go all vigilante anyway.
I then saw her reaching into her purse for an ID and I rushed up to her and gave her a hug. "No way what are you doing here?! It's me Rue remember? We used to go to school together back in the States!" I said with a false bubbly personality. I gave her a look that said "go along with it I'll explain later."
"Y-yeah I remember. Shoko Maki and Rue-"
"Kataki the two great detectives. We were such great super sleuths as kids huh?"Naomi briefly glared balefully at me for that. "Oh hi who are you?" I asked Light keeping with the bubbly personality. I could see his shock when I turned to meet him at my resemblance to L and I inwardly laughed. The Shinigami Ryuk chuckled and said how "interesting" this was. I pretended I had no idea he was there.
"I'm Light Yagami. I work on the Kira case have you heard of it?" he asked after the slightest pause.
"Pfft. Of course. Who hasn't? I heard L is working on it." Naomi shot me a suspicious glance at that. "Hey you know what? It's freezing out here we should go for coffee. Would you like to come Light?" I made sure I didn't give Naomi an option.
"Sure I'll go. I know a place nearby."
He led us to a semi-fancy café where we sat down on some wooden booths with plants at the top.
"Nice décor" I said keeping up the ditzy persona.
"Yeah" he said annoyed. "So Rue what is it you do?"
"I'm a Medical Examiner." At his blank look I explained "I do autopsies." Naomi stomped hard on my foot where she was seated next to me for the sick joke. I grinned but didn't look her way.
"Have you ever done an autopsy on a Kira heart attack?" Light asked with badly-concealed interest.
"No I just work on victims." Naomi ground her foot into my dorsum so hard I had to hold back a wince.
A waitress approached. "What would you all like?"
"I'll have a black coffee" I said. Naomi looked surprised I didn't ask for mounds of sugar then seemed to realize it was part of the act when I was pretending to be L.
"I'll have an unsweetened iced tea with a lemon please" she said still staring at me with a slight glare. I pretended not to notice.
"I'll also have a black coffee please" Light said.
"OK then two black coffees and an unsweetened iced tea coming right up" the waitress stated happily then left.
"So, Light, what's it like working on the Kira case? Did you meet L?"
"Yes I did."
"He sounds so mysterious. It must be great to fight a murderer like Kira."
"Yes it is very rewarding." I could practically hear him fighting the urge to grit his teeth in anger. I loved it.
Just then the waitress arrived with our drinks. "Anything else I can get you?"
I looked at the others as if asking if they wanted anything then turned to the waitress "no thanks. We're good. Can we have the bill please?"
"Sure thing" she said with a big smile then walked off. When she returned I pulled out my wallet and Light looked up hoping to see my ID only to be disappointed when I pulled out cash. I left it and a tip then handed the number the waitress had left for Light with a breezy "this is for you."
After chatting about random things Light seemed to realize he wasn't going to get Naomi's ID on my watch. He gritted his teeth and got up to leave. "Nice meeting you Shoko and Rue" he ground out.
"See you later!" I said with a huge grin. I turned to Naomi "c'mon you need to see my place."
We walked out of the coffee shop then went down several back alleys until she suddenly pinned me to a wall and hissed "what are you doing here?"
"Sightseeing" I responded sarcastically with my normal attitude and she slapped me. Hard. "I'm working on the Kira case with help form a few friends OK? Why else would I drag my ass all the way to Japan?"
"Who are these 'friends' you speak of?" she asked suspiciously.
"Successors of L like I used to be." Her eyes widened at that. "By the way you should be thanking me for saving your life."
"What do you mean" she asked warily.
"I am 100 percent certain Light Yagami is Kira and you almost told him your real name!"
She let me drop from where she was pinning me and said is a distant voice "you aren't joking are you?"
I shook my head no.
"Why did you save me? Me of all people!"
"As fucked up as this sounds we're still frenemies not enemies in my book."
"Stop cussing!"
I snorted "I'm nothing compared to what you are about to hear I assure you." We continued down the maze of alleys until we reached the door.