A lean figure was draped over her bed, trying to concentrate on what she wanted. The figure had shoulder length choppy ebony and silver hair with two fluffy ears coming out of her head, feline features, and looked average save for the tail that was swaying behind her. Ah, but this was Kat, the infamous Agent K was in her zone, trying to make it so that her feline features could go away just as easily as she could her human features. She was completely peaceful, clearing her head of her depressed thoughts could do that to her.
The woman of twenty four years was sitting behind her partner and what he called "best friend" (though she could not comprehend the concept, knowing first hand that most humans were vile to each other and had nothing to do with the proclamation.) L. Lawliet. He barely changed over the years, just as she barely changed. Sure they had matured in the sense that they had not baby fat, she taught him Capoeira and they both maintained their views on life.
But a few did, in fact change; Lawliet was taller, standing at a proud five foot ten, while she had stopped growing at five foot seven. Her body adjusted itself to the career she had chosen, meaning, to the disappointment of men, the bindings that were kept over her chest to keep her modesty well, that area seemed small. To them, who preferred busty women, but I digress, they had gotten a knack for things by the time they were fourteen so they were quite used to either a warehouse or a fancy hotel as their temporary homes.
Kat furrowed her brows in conversation, breathing in and out slowing, making her whole body believe she was only a human, with no fluffy ears or tail or any of the extra aesthetics. L glanced back at her in his hunched way, biting his thumb lightly as he saw it right in front of him.
The ear that he had grown used to seeing on Kat practically melted away in an odd way, though it seemed more as if she was folding her ears, her tail vanished before his eyes in a hazy mist and the silver in her hair turned into a pure ebony, shining blue. And then it all came back in a trembling mess.
Her green eyes snapped open, momentarily a dull emerald with a normal pupil until they melted back into the way she usually looked. "Gah!" She fumed silently, irritated with herself.
L gave her his usual blank stare before turning back to his computer. Hissing slightly, she made her way to a couch, flopping backward with her legs on the armrest.
"You did it, even if it was for a second or two," He deliberated, closing all of his files before sending an automated message with all of the information on the case they were working on. She craned her neck to look at him. "I highly doubt that I can go out in public with only 'a second or two' of being a human. Those prying eyes would notice that I am out of the norm, ship me off to a barbaric lab." Uncouth words came tumbling out after that.
"You're too much of a perfectionist," Lawliet said, opening pages on some police reports from Japan.
"That I am," She said, jumping off the couch and opening her own laptop, eyes flashing across paged of what were mission requests. She was quiet for the most part, eliminating the easy cases that were below her expertise, conceited as it sounded. But then, a video feed caught her attention. It was the one she had set up at the ICPO when a meeting was going on. She put the sound on, listening to the details.
"L…?" She called quietly, half motioning with her tail. But L was already at her shoulder, looking at the feed. Their eyes stayed glued to the screen until they began repeating information.
Kat backed up from her laptop, lowering the volume. "This is interesting, if not disturbing." Her eyes turned to her speculative partner, tilting her silver and ebony head in waiting.
L seemed deep in thought, many things going through his head, such as: he was going to be on this case, how did Kat manage to infiltrate such a guarded place (but then he noticed the idiocy behind the question), and where were his cookies.
"L? L? L. Lawliet! Talk!" She said, exasperated with the silence, heaven knows she had enough of it when they were on cases or anything.
He snapped out of it and looked down at her, thumb to his pale lips. "I do believe that we are going to Nihon," He said in Japanese, a cute smile on his lips as he saw her light up slightly.
"Yay! I got some good mission there!" Kat said, clearly enthused at not needing to take the boring tasks. "Mr. Wammy! We are going to Japan!" She hollered, writhing with joy.
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She was scowling, silk mask in place as she balanced precariously from atop a big screen with the letter L in an intimidating script. The ICPO had never seen the girl that they enlisted for help, and why they needed to see her in person now was beyond her. They claimed that she was to elusive and might be playing her cards against them or something like that. All of the old geezers were yelling at each other, hurting her delicate ears.
She tracked her green eyes across the room, letting her arms rest against her dark clothed body. The ICPO meeting place was no more than a large auditorium that resembled something that would be found in a university, save for the fact that instead of younger humans lounging about and talking eagerly, her eyes met with middle aged police officers who were mumbling about someone named Kira and Agent K and Detective L.
"If that's the case than we'll have no choice but to bring in L and K!" The man in front of everyone spoke loudly.
Kat's eyes zoned in on the two speaking about L and K, introducing them to the younger looking of the two.
"Ah, chief, what's this L and K they're talking about?" The younger one asked, looking at his Chief with the inquisitiveness of some child. This one had much to learn of the world.
"Ah, right, I forgot that it was your first time at this conference." The older one, the Chief of police Yagami Soichiro, responded. "We don't know L or K's real name or whereabouts, infact, we still don't know what they look like, however, L has managed to solve every case he's ever taken on and he's tackled some of the greatest mysteries this world has ever known, he hides in the shadows, but he's the best of the best, a last resort, our trump card, a long with K, he is the greatest Special Agent, she pairs up with L on occasion but has managed to execute plans and capture criminals that the FBI considered Suicide Missions," He finished his long winded speech.
"But I've heard that this L and K are extremely arrogant! And they only take on cases that they are personally interested in!" One rebuffed.
"That's exactly right! Besides, we don't even know how to contact him!" Another agreed. All of them were leaning or standing when they spoke into the microphones, stomping their feet or making an odd gesture to make their point.
"L and K are already on the move," Watari's voice sounded from the back of the auditorium. He walked towards the front, shoes tapping with every step as the room went quiet.
"Gentleman, L and K have already begun their own investigation into these incidences," He paused as someone whispered "Watari."
"Huh? Whose that?" The young one from before asked, turning to Chief Yagami.
"That man is the only known person able to contact L or K, nobody knows his identity either." He said, looking at the younger one through the corner of his eyes. Murmurs broke out through the auditorium.
"Please be silent, L would now like to address the delegates."
Watari opened a lap top, or, Kat's laptop to be precise, a soft ping and then a gothic style L appeared on the screen bellow Kat.
"Greeting to the ICPO, Iam L," The synthesized voice made Kat cringe slightly at the barely-there static. She muttered silently about faulty electric lines that she would ask Watari to fix.
"And my associate," He said. Kat could imagine him glaring at the screen, a bit irked that he could not see her from his vantage point. Since her laptop was here he had no way of seeing things from the camera she had installed. At her cue she jumped down onto the stage, holding the veil that was on her head down. She landed in a crouch, looking at everyone with her head tilted, a slight sneer on her face. In her opinion most of these maniacs probably supported labs with mutant children. She held no respect for them.
Her goal today was to frighten or freak out the delegates and others, or in the very least intimidate them. "Hello," She said, lifting herself up into an erect posture with her hands limp in front of her. "I am Agent K." Her voice was sultry with an edge to it. "Pleasure to finally see you all." She snickered purposely at the word "see." Not only did she want to freak them out, but it was part of an elaborate façade she had worked out for herself. Make them think she was insane, make them think she was dangerous, make them think she had a psychological problem, all so that they could not link her with any of her other aliases or her underground Nicknames.
October 31st 2006, Miami, Florida, United States
Kat wandered through the streets of Miami, looking at all of the humans who were close to each other and more scantily clad than even she usually was. Her ears and tail were hidden, tail through the loops of her shorts and ears in a ribbon. Mr. Wammy had insisted that she wear something other than her usual chest bindings so she switched them for something called a halter top, one that just covered the necessities. She walked through the streets, cursing at any human that tried to run her over or something.
It was October 31st again; L was turning twenty four while she was turning twenty five by Chinese reckoning. She absolutely loved to see Lawliet's face when she said it smugly, a habit she picked up from being around criminals when she was in the underworld. She wanted to pull L out with her but he said he would find her later. No doubt he would find a mask of some sort or some other way to attract attention to themselves. Her calm sauntering stride was interrupted when a fairly large man stepped in front of her, speaking in ragged English with a Hispanic accent. Kat frowned, fingers twitching.
"No thank you, now please move, I would like to enter the beach," She said crossly in Spanish. The man just leaned up against her, wrapping his hands against her exposed back. She glared at the man, having no intentions to do what ever his dirty mind intended to. "Get your filthy paws off of me you insufferable HUMAN!" She practically screamed, trying to move to do something any other 'helpless' girl could do in a situation like this. She cursed the fact that there were so many witnesses around, they probably thought that this was a lover's quarrel or something.
She struggled, and struggled until the man tried to drag her away. She muttered foully under her breath, looking straight up at the man, bearing her white teeth, hissing through them. She hoped to god he thought she was just some crazy girl that was not worthy or something along those lines. The sun was high above their heads, and the burly man's arm's began to perspire, causing them to become slick. She tried to use this to her advantage but received nothing through her efforts. Great, she thought incensed. I am in one of the largest cities in the world and not one human notices the girl struggling in a potential rapist's arms. Another reason to hate humans.
"Ookina bukotsu shawosa se te iku!" She screamed infused with anger. Let go of me you big oaf!
"I suggest you let her go," A monotone voice said from behind them. She stopped her thrashing, going limp in the man's arms. To be saved by him.
The big man turned around to L, sneering slightly as K, not Kat, resisted the growing desire to just shred the man to pieces. "And what are you going to do about it, kid?" K was loosing her patience, she looked L straight in the eye, trying to see what he would do.
"Well, if you ever want to see the light of day…" He trailed off, placing his thumb to his lips, taking a step back. He is letting me fight him off? He is letting me potentially expose us for what we are? AS if to acknowledge her thoughts, L nodded inching backwards.
K took a deep breath then let a snarl rip through her. "Hey want to see a magic trick I was working on?" She asked in a sultry tone. It was something she and L had worked on in the orphanage for the little ones. At the word magic L waved his hand in the air and she turned into a large white tiger, snarling her lungs out. By now they were in an alley way, dark and dank compared to the rest of the city. The man dropped her, her size being to much for him. She snapped her jaws at him, stepping forward and threatening him. Needless to say the burly and repulsive oaf left running with his tail between his legs, no pun intended. Kat changed back, sighing slightly, turning towards L.
"Thanks, moronic humans think I belong to them." L merely nodded and walked out. Only then did she notice he was wearing a wife beater and some board shorts, a white shopping bag in hand. Jogging up to him, she looked pointedly at the bag, trying to convey a message.
"Watari thought it would be good for us if we were out in the sun or water, he forced me to change, you have a two piece in the bag." He said, a somewhat annoyed tone in his voice.
Present Day
Yes, that was where she got this persona from. K struggled to not yawn or fall asleep standing. L was just going over the information they had put together and their plan.
Somehow, the cat girl had a feeling that she was going to be putting her life at risk many times during this case.
MADDY: I hope you liked this, if you have any qualms about the story, suggestions or criticisms then please put it in the form of a review. I like feedback, it helps me improve my writing and tells me what you guys prefer or are used to. Or just commenting on L or K works too. I will do my best to keep the updates going, just depends on my computer time.