Ice Angel262 here! I'm back everybody! I finally installed word into my ne~w laptop! *nodnod* This is not to forewarn you of Lemons or any Yaoi action. Well…I'm sure I can put a little bit of yaoi action in here. This is going to be a continuous story! Please read it even though it doesn't have sexual content! Arigato nya!

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I am a Protector. I am trusted with everything and I am vital to the most important person in the world. There aren't many Protectors around, mind you. It's not a famous job and nobody except the children of Wammy's knows about this job. That's not to say either that every child of Wammy's House has a Protector.

There are some though, who need Protectors. Watari is very good at finding a Protector for those that need one. My job description, is to let nothing kill my genius. There are some Wammy's children who will do almost anything for justice and have no regard for their own lives. This will lead to reckless acts and their own death. I keep that from happening at all costs. Some people are just too important to let die.

Who do I belong to? The most important person alive, L. I know every single detail about L. I can even think like him sometimes. L has no regard for his own life. I've had to keep him from making a decision that would lead to his death only once. During the BB case. But that is another story!

My name is Aceline Spade. Aceline is French and the name means noble at birth. It's actually quite fitting. Watari gave it to me. I am seventeen years old, L was a little skeptical at first of whether I'd be useful and whether he needed me at all. But I can be very persuasive, and not in that way you sick freak! I'm just a very likable person.

Well, my monologue has gone on for far too long. I believe it is time for the main event! For the reason you are all here!

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"Aceline," L said, he didn't even look at me, he kept his eyes focused on the monitor, speed reading everything about the Kira case. "I'm going to take this case. Please pack your things."

"My things are always packed L," I replied, "Not like I ever have the chance to unpack."

Watari came in with sweets. Yum, cheesecake.

"Where is this case?" Watari asked in his old man voice, I took a bite into my cake. Soo good!

"Japan," L said coolly, he was looking at me, looking for a reaction.

"Hm, I'm fluent in Japanese." I looked right back, for what reason would I react? I was born there, I didn't live there long.

"You are fluent in as many languages as L, Aceline." Watari told me.

I smiled at him, I loved the old guy! "I should be shouldn't I? I've been with him since I was five. And if you're going to travel with L then you must be able to keep up." Watari nodded.

L was filling a cup with sugar. "Would you take care of everything Watari?" He asked.

"Of course," He smiled and went to do whatever it was that he did when we traveled.

"Thank you," L shoveled more sugar into the cup.

"Would you like some tea with that sugar?" I asked sarcastically.

L frowned at his cup. "It's not that much, Aceline."

I moved in my seat to sit like him. It was actually fun if you tried it. I lay my head on my folded arms. "So, what's so interesting about this new case?"

"This person is killing criminals with cardiac arrest."

"Only one person? And aren't heart attacks killing everybody in the world?"

"There are too many criminals being killed by heart attacks for it to be a mere coincidence. And, yes, I believe it is a single person. The map of the murders does not suggest that more than one person is involved."

I nodded and took another piece of cake. L was on his third, he sure ate fast…

"So," I said, "You're going to Japan because you think the killer is there?"

"The killings are worldwide, but yes, I believe the killer is there."

"Wonder how old he is?"

"Are you sure it is a 'he', Aceline?"

"I can see the charts. You left your monitor on and running. The map appears to lean more towards a male. Seeing as the criminals being killed are more powerful and masculine, it would seem that Kira has a superiority complex."

"I thought that as well." And he turned to pull up another window. This one was looking at different hotels.

"I like the one on the right. It says it has an indoor pool." I pointed.

L looked over at me with those raccoon ringed eyes. "Aceline, you swim?"

I gave him a look. You know the one, the kind that only a woman can give. "L! I learned with you!"

He smiled, "Oh yes, I remember. You were terrible at it."

I rolled my eyes. "You were great at it."

"Yes I know." He was so immature. I was terrible at it at first, yes, but I was just as good as him now. Although he didn't know that.

"Arrogant brat."

"Do you have a swimming suit?"

"Yes, a very lovely bikini. It's black with red pinstripes."

He looked thoughtful. I threw cake at him. "Pervert!"

He wiped the cake from his face and licked it from his fingers. "I'll have to change my shirt."

"Wash your hair while you're at it! When was the last time you bathed?"

"Hm, last Wednesday." He said.

I gave him that look again. I walked over and dumped him out of his chair. He fell on his hands and knees. I pointed to the bathroom. "Now!"

He looked up at me and smiled. "You're so demanding. Like a mother." That struck my heart strings a little bit.

"Don't make me ground you!" I shoved him with my foot and then leaned over the chair. I could have easily sat in it but, eh, whatever. I clicked on the most expensive hotel in the Kanto Region. It had a very large pool and a nice hot tub. It also had a spa and a hot springs. Fancy. It was nice to be able to spend a fortune all the time.

L took forever to shower! He'd probably used all the hot water. When he finally came out he still had soap in his hair. I had to drag him back in and put him under the cold water to rinse his hair out. Sometimes I felt more like his nanny than his Protector. I even had to dry his hair!

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The plane ride was sooo very long! No matter how comfortable and fast a private jet was it could never make up for the boredom of being on a plane for twenty-five hours. I thought I'd go insane! I was pacing everywhere and constantly looking for something to do. Video games helped. L just sat on his laptop solving little mysteries and cases. Well, they were little to him. Just things he did to pass the time. Watari was back and forth getting sweets and the plane driver...there wasn't one, it was on autopilot.

We finally made it to Japan. Tokyo was where we decided to stay, that was where the most hotels were. We'd have a different hotel every four days or so.

"May I take your bags?" A bus boy said to me in slow English.

"Yes, please take them to the top floor. All of these." I told him in Japanese. He looked relieved not to have to talk in English.

"Yes, I will do that right away miss." He said in his native tongue. I gave him a five thousand yen (50$) tip, there were so many bags.

L had been hustled in by Watari, wearing that silly mask of his as they went. I went in separately. No one could think we were together. I had the room right next to his. Watari had installed bugs in L's room and a monitor for it in mine so I could watch over him and make sure he didn't make any deadly decisions.

It could get so boring! I usually just transferred the bug signals to my mobile phone so I could go around and sight see. I'm a fantastic multitasker. As L began the Kira case and started work with the Japanese police force, all boring and routine things, I went out into the town. I could see and hear everything on my mobile phone. I watched it almost the whole time. When he was talking I just held it to my ear as I looked around in the shops.

There were so many things in Tokyo! I absolutely loved all of the food. So many strange sweets! Like the plum candies and the little cookies. I was mainly doing a sort of surveillance though. Know your surroundings. I ended up getting lost near a school. I needed to get back to the shopping district. I found, well, he looked like a college student actually. He had brown hair and his face looked sort of emotionless, but not in the unfriendly type of way. He seemed kind of bored… There was a sort of, well, presence to him.

"Excuse me!" I asked. He looked at me, seeming surprised at the language coming from my mouth. We're in Japan! Did he expect French?

"Yes?" He asked, wow, handsome voice!

"Hi! I'm Smith Alice! Could you maybe help me?" I asked sweetly. He got a look in his eyes, sort of like, a quizzical look but it was gone almost instantly. It was a look like he was wondering at a reaction or something.

"Ah, I'm Yagami Light. Are you a foreigner? Are you lost?" He seemed nice actually. Sort of kind, but there was something that was just…wrong. I had very sharp intuition so I practiced caution.

"Yes to both!" I smiled, "I need to get back to my hotel! Could you tell me the direction the hotels are in?"

He smiled, "Yes," He pointed, "They're over there. But wouldn't you rather know exactly where it is?"

I shook my head, "No, that's enough, thank you very much." I bowed and waved to him over my shoulder. Now I knew which direction it was in. But this guy seemed so odd! I felt him looking at me as I walked. I turned a corner in the direction he said. But I went back to watch him. I couldn't hear him but from this angle I could see his mouth moving, no cell phone, no earpiece. He seemed sane but was he talking to himself? He took an apple out of his bag and tossed it into the air next to him, and it stayed there!! Oh. My. God!

I kept looking but my heart had accelerated. Wah! The apple was being eaten! Core and all! I turned and left, practically running back to the hotel.

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When I was back in my room I reconnected the monitor. Silly little insomniac. I took out a sketch pad and drew every motion the apple had taken for the first bite. Photographic memory was very, very good. From the look of the apple during that bite whatever had eaten it had a huge mouth and very sharp teeth. I could only get the mouth though; apparently it was about ten feet tall! Tsh! That's so freaky! But I know to trust my eyes, I have the best eyesight in the world!

This was something to think about. It didn't seem relevant to the case so I didn't mention it to L. I had a feeling this information would be useful later. But there was only one thing that could be certain.

This was big. Maybe even too big for L.

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The case was starting to kick off. L had publicly challenged Kira but it was still very slow. I think he liked the challenge though. Even on a case as big as this he would have at least had a suspect by now. He's starting to suspect a college student. That narrowed it down a bit. The case was normal and he was with Watari. That meant I got free time.

I put on a pretty black bikini with red lace. The hotel we were currently in had a pool on every floor with glass for the bottom. The suit looked really good with my long, waist length, jet black hair. I looked at my contacts, wondering whether or not to put them on. I almost always wore them because of my strange eye color. Dark purple blossomed from my pupils and faded into black around the edges. I didn't need to be noticed and that was definitely something noticeable. I usually wore brown colored eye contacts. I stared at my eyes in the mirror. I really liked them, they were pretty. No one else was on this floor. I'd be alone in the pool. I decided not to wear the ugly things. I tied my long hair into twin tails and left for the pool.

I dove in as soon as I got there. Of course I shrieked because of the cold. Japanese pools are a bit cooler than American pools. After that I just swam around. There wasn't really much else I could do. I wanted to spend time with L but he was busy with the police force. I hated being alone so often. I sometimes wished Watari would spend more time with me. I got kind of jealous sometimes, Watari spent more time with L than me. But he kind of needed Watari more. Still, I got a little jealous sometimes. L was never alone and I almost always was. I couldn't help a little self pity could I? Okay, I probably could but I felt I was entitled to some. I was just floating on my back, swishing around the pool.

"Aceline?"

I jumped, startled. I looked for the voice. "Watari! You have to call me Alice outside of the hotel room."

Watari smiled in that kind way he did. "Ah, I'm sorry. But L has something he needs to tell you."

"Yes! I'm coming." I swam to the edge of the pool and lifted myself out. I toweled off and put on a yukata and followed Watari back to the rooms.

"L?" I came in the door.

"I'm expecting company." He said.

My legs were weak. I slumped into the nearest chair.

"What?!" I breathed.

He looked like he always did. Calm and collected. Chewing on some candy, back hunched, knees up to his chin, just like always.

"They'll be here later tonight." He spoke in that mellow voice, slightly muffled because of whatever he was eating.

"Do you remember all of the Capoeira I taught you?" I said, slightly angered now. Not at L, at Kira. It was Kira's fault L had to show himself, had to put his self in danger.

"Of course." L gave me a slight look of surprise. How could I question his abilities? It was written on his face.

"Don't get too damn cocky!" I said as I left the room. I couldn't be sure, but I think I heard him call my name as I left.

This was it, this was the ultimate case. I felt it coming. L was going to die.