A.N. Okay, three major things before the story:
I'm SOOO sorry it's taken me this long!! During the summer I had barn work and then came in and tried to read Great Expectations, which sadly took me all summer to read cuz I kept falling asleep. Now that school's started I've been getting like three hours of homework and then I have to do barn-work. But now my homework load seems to be easing a bit so I'm hoping to have more time to work on this.
THANK YOU to all those who reviewed!! They made my day! And thirdly
3) Disclaimer: Yep, not mine…
On to the story!!
Life Note Chapter 5
Two days after Light had spent the day with Skyler, he got a call from Misa. She was crying so hard that he could barely understand her; even after the ten minutes he spent trying to calm her down.
It turns out that her agent decided it was time for her to "branch out" and she was leaving for America, where she would remain for at least the next eight months. Misa decided that it would be unfair of her to expect him not to go out with anyone else during that time. And just like that, they broke up.
Light pretended to be upset about it for a few days but really, only the Kira-part of him was upset, and that was because he had lost such a willing pawn.
A month later
Skyler and Light were officially going out, much to the displeasure of the Chief, (who still didn't like Skyler but wouldn't tell anyone why) and Ryuzaki, who (obviously) didn't want his sister dating someone he was convinced was a mass murder.
The detective's police for was gathered around the main room, not really doing anything besides thinking.
L was staring at his computer screen, trying to find a way to separate the couple now, before his sister got even more attached to Light.
The said couple was sitting in a chair, Sky sitting curled up into Light's chest, dozing, and Light was tracing random patterns on her back, trying to think of something that would convince L that he was innocent.
The shinigami were floating near the ceiling, talking quietly.
The Chief was sitting across the room, trying to find someway to get his son to forget about the girl.
The rest of the force was scattered around the room, lost in their own thoughts, not speaking.
The phone rang; waking up Skyler and making everyone else jump slightly.
"Hello?" Matusda answered, since he was the closest. "Yeah. Okay. Got it. I'll tell him."
Everyone looked at him as he hung up the phone but he didn't offer any explanation.
"Matusda?" Ryuzaki prompted.
"Yes?"
"Who was it?"
"Oh!" Everyone rolled their eyes and Skyler muttered 'Idiot' under her breath, unheard by the others except Light. "It was the front desk."
"AND??" L asked like he was speaking to a very little child.
"Oh! He said that there was a woman insisting that she be allowed to come up."
The detective hit some keys and the main lobbies security camera feed showed up on his monitor. On the screen it showed a very irritated woman glaring up into the camera.
"Amy!" Sky shouted, jumping up from Light's lap and running to the stairs with Rafe trailing behind her.
"Who's Amy?" Light asked looking over to L.
"Your guess is as good as mine." Ryuzaki said and picked up the phone to call the man at the front desk and tell him that Skyler was on her way.
"Yes sir. She's here already." The man replied.
L looked at the screen, shocked. They were on the twenty-third floor; she shouldn't have already made it down all the stairs that fast. But sure enough, there she was.
"AMY!!" Skyler yelled as she ran towards the woman standing at the reception desk. Her secrete of getting down there so quickly was that she only ran past the camera's, Rafe had 'poofed' her down the rest.
"SKY!!" Amy dropped the bag on her shoulder onto the floor and met her friend halfway there. They caught each other in a huge hug and started rambling incoherently. They managed to compose themselves after a minute or two and grabbed Amy's stuff before heading up to Sky's room.
"Panda-san, do you need me to come back there?" Skyler asked on the way up in the elevator, trying to take her mind off of the smallness of the room.
"No, you two catch up." answered the robotic voice.
"Thanks! Light, come say bye before you leave?"
"Of course, babe." He answered, but it was in the same robotic voice.
"Coolio" She said, smiling at the pet name before the doors opened onto her floor. She led the way to her room and closed the door behind them, before collapsing onto the couch.
"No cameras?" Amy asked, plopping onto the other side.
"Not a one." Skyler assure her best friend of five years. "So, what brings you to Japan? Not that I'm not thrilled to see you."
"I had a feeling you needed to talk to someone, a girl, I mean." She said "Is Rafe here?" Sky laughed and nodded while Amy said "Hi" to him.
That was the thing with Amy; besides always seeming to know when Skyler need a girls opinion (Light and Panda-san were great to talk to, but there were just some things that they didn't understand), she knew everything about Rafe and the Life Note.
So for the first time, Skyler told the whole story without editing or leaving anything out, like she had to do when talking to the guys. And Amy could provide some helpful insight, since she was extremely observant and often saw things that Skyler had missed.
"Wow, girl," Amy said over an hour later when Sky had finished her telling, "Besides that one day, you've had practically no fun." Amy was also a firm believer of 'work hard, play harder' and in her opinion, Skyler was long overdue for some fun. So were Ryuzaki and Light. "Do you have to do anything tomorrow?"
"Probably not, why?" Sky asked, watching her best friend, who was grinning evilly. "Uh-oh. I know that smile, you're planning something!"
"Oh yeah! You and me are going shopping tomorrow! I bet that you haven't even used that gorgeous pool here."
"You're right," the Life Note owner admitted guiltily. She had been here for over a month now and she had only seen it twice, once on the tour that her brother had given her and then again when she had gotten lost trying to find a bathroom. The fact that her brother built it with her specifically in mind just made her feel even guiltier.
Amy shook her head. "Tomorrow, we are going and getting new bathing suits. Then we are going to use that ridiculously amazing pool!"
"Us and the guys?" Skyler asked.
"Ooh! Do you think you would be able to get them to come?"
"DUH!! Light will be easy, he's been wanting to hang out but my bro wont let me out of his sight for long, and I should be able to convince Panda-san to at least come down to the pool. I can't guarantee him coming in though…"
"Wonderful! Absolutely Wonderful!" Amy exclaimed and then continued without a trace of sarcasm, "Sky, I must tell you, your brother is HOT!"
Skyler spit out the drink she had been taking a sip of, all over Rafe, who had been floating a foot or so away. She was shocked. She had never heard someone call the detective THAT before. Crazy, obsessed, psycho, sure, but never hot. That was just weird.
"You have the strangest taste in guys…Ever. You know that right?"
"Just admit it, he's hot."
"Who's hot?" Light asked, entering the room and making Amy jump in surprise.
"You are." Sky said, not at all surprised since she had just seen Ryuk enter through the wall just before Light had come in through the door. She got up and kissed him on the cheek.
"Obviously." He joked, and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I presume this is Amy?"
"You presume right. Light, this is Amy, my bestest friend ever. Amy, this is Light, my boyfriend."
They studied each other for a moment before Light unwrapped one of his arms and held his hand out to Amy, who took it and they shook hands.
"Nice to finally meet you." Amy said, "Sky's told me loads about you."
"Really?" He asked looking down at his girlfriend.
"Only good things, I promise." she teased, reaching up and kissing him on the cheek.
He laughed. "I'm heading home. Call me tomorrow?"
"Of course. Was everybody leaving?"
"I think so, why?"
"I gotta talk to Panda-san"
Light raised an eyebrow at her.
"Nothing big." She assured "besides, you'll find out tomorrow."
"Fine, don't tell me." He sighed dramatically.
"Don't worry, I wont." She teased and reached up to kiss him on the nose. He only stayed for a few minutes, something about having to still finish a paper, leaving the girls to catch up. They spent all night talking about old friends and what had happened since they had last talked.
In the morning, Sky picked up the phone to call her brother but then thought better of it.
Just as she was replacing it into the cradle, she heard a quiet 'pop' and Rafe appeared in front of her. Like any other male, he hadn't been able to take all the girl talk and, after about an hour, he had 'poofed' to escape from it.
"G'morning." Sky greeted, "Where'd you disappear to last night?"
"Ryuk's. What are you two planning on doing today?"
"Umm…shopping and then swimming. Why? Summons?" She guessed.
"Yeah." Rafe said nodding, "and he's getting impatient." He was starring out the window.
"So go, I'll be fine. I can manage to stay out of trouble for one day." She promised, knowing how much he hated leaving, especially when she was going out in public.
He still hesitated, but the king was getting angry and the longer Rafe made him wait, the longer he would keep him there.
So, with a sigh, he told his human to be careful and 'poofed' to answer his King's summons.
Sorry it was so short but that's all I had written and I really wanted to post it, so there you go! Ummm……Reviews are wonderful things. (hint-hint-nudge-nudge)