A/N: Second chapter up and ready. I got a full day off tomorrow so expect at least one chapter tomorrow!

As I've said before, and shall say in future, Enjoy!

(Light P.O.V)

School was never really a huge issue for me. My grades were phenomenal, being that I was top of the class, my teachers all adored me, and the close friends I had were incredibly trust worthy. My problems? The other students.

Not that I wasn't a popular guy, but I was an indigenous 'nerd' by most aspects and more times than not I had been bullied mercilessly because of it. There was a time when I wasn't as well groomed as I was now. I'd had vision problems as a child and had to wear glasses, my first problem around bullies, I loved to read books, the second problem, and to top it all off I wasn't… well… good-looking. In fact, the only girl that ever talked to me was my childhood friend Teri. She stuck with me throughout my entire life, defending me, picking me up when I was down… stopping the suicidal thoughts.

However, the moment I'd been accepted into a private school, things changed for me. Within three years of private school, having graduated two years early, I became the man everyone wanted. Bully problems didn't affect me much in public school, considering most of the female populace wanted me more than they did back when I was a growing teen. But, there was the odd male bully that would pop up every now and then. As long as I ignored them, however, there wasn't much they could do to me. Besides, I was a lot smarter than them anyways. Like anything they said mattered when I was the school's best and brightest student. Groomed into perfection his entire life.

That was Light Yagami.

I walked up to the front doors of the school, desperate to be out of the cold winter air. February was just coming to an end and exams were already over, which meant second semester was about to begin. Lucky me I only had a few courses this semester. My first class, after an A slot spare for the morning, would be Language Arts, then Science, after lunch would be Drama class, then an E slot spare to end the day. I'd done over six classes in the last semester, plus the extra credits I earned that I transferred over from my private school, made it so I didn't have to really take any more classes. I just went to school because I wanted to hang out with Teri.

As always, the moment I entered the school, I found her at my locker. Thank god that she was the only girl who didn't have a crush on me. I don't know that I'd be able to take the stress.

She greeted me with a smile. "Hey slacker! Did you finally take my advice and sleep in today?"

I started on the lock to my locker with a small grin. "No, Teri. I decided to eat a second serving of breakfast then come to school."

"You know, I don't get you." She said bluntly. "You have two of the best spares this school could offer, and you use them to study for something you don't need to study for. I swear to god you're an alien in disguise of a hot high school guy."

I got my stuff and put away my coat. "So now I'm hot? Yesterday I was the epitome of boring. So what changed?"

"Nothing. I'm just talking from the 'girls' point of view. And I said you were the epitome of seriousness. Not boring."

She gave a short pause. "But you are the king of boring some days."

I sighed to her. "You know something, it's times where you say stuff like that that makes me question our friendship."

She gave me a playful shove. "Shut up, you know you love me!"

I closed my locker and grabbed my things. "But I question why I do many times in my life."

Just as she was about to hit me again, a familiar brother of hers strode up towards us. His long green hair making him the center of attention.

"Green?" I questioned. "What happened to blue, Tam?"

He shrugged. "I like green. Simple as that."

I rolled my eyes at him. Tamlen was Teri's twin brother. Other than his odd nature, there wasn't much to him. Sometimes he was deep and thoughtful… other times we wondered if he was on crack. Today was kind of in the middle for him though, which was an odd sight. But he was quite loyal as a friend and I'd known him for as long as I knew Teri.

He gave a slight hit to my arm. "So listen, Amane and Takada were fighting about you again."

I immediately shrunk at this, sighing heavily to myself. "What about, this time?"

He chuckled. "Which one you're taking to grad."

I pinched my brow at this. Takada and Misa were two other girls a part of my friend group. They had been good friends until they started fighting about me. In truth, all I'd had to do was walk into the room, and their friendship was over.

It was not a fun ride for me.

I growled a bit. "I'm not taking anyone to graduation. I'm just going to graduate with friends. Besides this isn't happening for a while yet."

"Yeah, but you know how girls can be." Tamlen nodded.

Teri scoffed. "How would you know anything about girls, Tam? You've been chasing after Amane throughout your entire time here in school. She's not interested."

Tamlen still smiled. "She will love me someday. Just you wait."

"Like how Takada will ever love Mikami." I commented.

Tamlen hissed a bit in mental pain. "Which reminds me, I left him with our bickering babes in the cafeteria. We should probably go save him."

Teri shook her head. "You are a terrible friend."

"What? You think I left him there on purpose?!"

We both cocked an eyebrow at him.

A moment went by before he chuckled. "Yeah, okay, I did!"

Teri sighed heavily. "Come on, Light. Let's go save his sorry ass."

Before I'd even taken two steps after her the principal started calling after me.

"Light, would you hold on a second?"

I turned to her, stopping in my tracks. "Yes? What is it you need, Miss?"

She stopped in front of me. "Light Yagami, there is a new student here from England that's come to learn at our establishment. He doesn't know his way around the school yet, so I thought that you might want to take him on a tour. I'll personally excuse you from classes today to do so if you choose to accept."

I looked back to Teri and Tamlen who were pantomiming begging positions so that they didn't have to deal with Misa and Takada alone.

Well…

I turned back to her. "Of course! I'm eager to help!"

I could hear Tamlen hit his head against the lockers in frustration.

"Then come with me, please." She ordered as she began walking away. I followed close behind her the entire walk to the office, happy that I didn't have to deal with Misa or Takada for the day.

My first impression of him was, 'what in god's green earth is he'. He was… I don't even know what the words were. Abnormal? Odd? Freaky? There were many words that described him… none seemed to be positive.

He wore an oversized, stretched out, white long-sleeved shirt with baggy pants and untied shoes. His hair was a complete and utter mess and his eyes had the darkest circles underneath them. I could see now why the principal wanted to pawn him off to someone else. This guy was… scary! What in god's name was he thinking coming to school looked like that? Did he have no self-respect to even clean himself up for his first day of school?

But, despite his looks, he showed no animosity towards me or the principal. So, I suppose I had to give him a chance.

The principal introduced us. "Light Yagami, meet Ryuzaki. He's a student from the UK, here to learn from Japan's best public school. And Ryuzaki, this is Light Yagami, Japan's best and brightest student! Highest grades, honour roll, and top of his class! He will be giving you a tour of the school today!"

Soon enough she left us be to go do some personal work of her own, and we were left to each other.

I decided to be friendly in hopes he'd trust me.

I held out my hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ryuzaki."

Although he was from the UK, his Japanese was spot on. "Charmed, Mr. Yagami. Excuse me if I don't shake your hand though. I'm not much of a physical person, so do forgive me for this."

I blinked in surprise. "Oh… of course." I pulled my hand away. "Let's get on with the tour then."

He scoffed a bit. "Lead the way, I suppose."

This guy was just… odd. Honestly there was something off about him, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

But I knew it was there. I just had to find it.

When we entered the foyer of the school, having come from the office, he became a bit more talkative. "So tell me, how much arse kissing did you have to do to become top of a public school?"

I turned to him. "Excuse me?"

"It's a public school, Mr. Yagami. I doubt there was much effort involved on your part. Do an impressive trick or two, or have your nose firmly up their arse, either way… it's a cheap way to get out on top. People who earn their grade point average are the ones who deserve to be on the top of the heap."

I decided to play his snarky little game. "Actually, it wasn't very difficult for me, considering I transferred most of my credits to this school from a private school I once went to. I earned a scholarship to the school and completed the courses two years early."

"So then why are you in public school? Why waste your time?"

"I happen to have friends that go here. Excuse me if I'd like to graduate alongside them."

He gave a slight scoff of disapproval. "What a waste. But let's save us the time of this pathetic tour, Yagami. I'm more than aware of where my classes happen to be, and I'd like for this day to end already."

"Believe me, I would to." I muttered to myself before straightening up a bit. "Let's just get on with it. At least neither of us have to go to class."

I took a step forward before feeling something around my ankle and I fell forward onto the ground, grabbing attention from everyone in the halls.

I looked back irritably at the dark haired guy behind me.

He sneered. "Oops."

(L P.O.V)

The brunette got up almost immediately and brushed himself off before continuing his tour with me. My first thought concerning Light Yagami was that he was a spoiled brat with concept of hard work. I doubted more than anything that he knew of the struggles and plights of the other students, and he dared to walk about this school with his head held high like he owned the place. I'd met his kind before. Arrogant, prideful, completely full of himself… this was what Light Yagami was.

But there was something more about him that I hadn't liked. I couldn't put my finger on it but I knew there was something off about him. I felt something in the pit of my stomach and chest whenever I looked at him. But I was unsure of what it was.

Well, noting I could do about it. So I followed him. Throughout the entire tour I made a conscious effort to make this tour a living hell for him.

By the end of the day, we wanted nothing to do with each other.

Good. I had my own priorities. None of which involving that pompous airhead of a student.

Light Yagami… what a god awful person.