3. Captured in Captiva

It took Light another few hours to drive to a harbor. Captiva was a very small city on a small island off the coast of Florida. Ryuk was tired of flying behind the car, so he sat with Light during the drive. While on their way, the shinigami asked why he obtained the phone numbers of women. Light said, "…For some personal purposes."

Before they got out of the car to ask the woman standing outside the array of boats, Light sprayed some more of that substance from the aerosol can once again.

"What is with you and that smelly stuff?" Ryuk asked, covering his nose again.

"…Like I said, Ryuk…nothings special…"

The two got out of the car, and approached the woman wearing a white sailor outfit.

"Excuse me, ma'am…but do you have a small boat for me to rent? I want to go to Captiva to find the Ben Davis apple."

The woman looked at Light like the other women looked at him. She inhaled very deeply, might I add. "My, aren't you adventurous…so sure, I'll give a boat! You can even borrow the boat for free!"

"Wow! That's very nice of you! Thank you very much!"

The woman winked. "Anytime…here, have my number, just in case you run into some trouble."

Light thanked the woman again, and laughed once again once he and Ryuk got on the boat, and sailed away to Captiva. Another half an hour or so did the trick, and they arrived on the shore of the beautiful, small island. They got off the boat, and walked on the sandy beach until they found a wooden, shack-like stand where a woman (yet again) was managing the stand. There were crates full of fruits, and Ryuk's eyes lit up like a light bulb. He spotted the apple, right in between a bunch of delicious red apples, and pointed to it.

"Hello! Care to buy some of my freshly grown fruits?" The woman said.

"Yes!" Light said happily. He held up the apple, right in Ryuk's reach, but then he moved it toward the woman. "This is a Ben Davis, isn't it?"

The woman looked at the apple carefully. "Why, yes it is…would you like to buy it?"

"Yes ma'am…it's for a friend of mine, who's been dying to try this apple…"

The woman suddenly burst into laughter. "Oh reaaallly now? Haha, I hope your friend likes this apple!"

"I sure hope so too," Light laughed back. He leaned in closer while he gave her the money for the apple, and the woman gasped.

"Oh! I almost forgot something!" The woman bent down and took out a what seems to be a business card, and wrote something down. "Here…if you want more exotic fruits shipped to you, I know there's a store in Osaka, Japan! I noticed your accent, that's why."

Light laughed, and willingly took the card. "Thank you very much!"

"Your very welcome. Come back soon!"

Light was tossing the apple up and down. Ryuk was attempting to resist from snatching it from his hands, in fear of someone seeing a floating apple being eaten. They both got on the boat again, sailed back to the harbor, and then headed to a hotel for them to stay there for the night. Light kept the apple safely in the glove compartment of the car.

"Liiiight!" Ryuk complained. "Why can't I eat it now?!"

"Because…you must taste it where absolutely nobody but me can see you eat it. That includes the hotel, just to be safe," Light seriously answered.

"Aww…"

The Next Day

"Can I eat it NOW?!" Ryuk whined, waking Light up at 8 in the morning.

"NO."

"Whyy??"

"Ryuk, you're going to have to eat it when we get back to Japan."

"WHAAAAT?!" Ryuk shouted, his body turning into a pretzel-like shape. "But, but…I haven't had an apple in the last 24 hours…."

"That's too bad. You need to eat it when we get home, okay?"

"……"

Light chuckled again. He changed himself, and drove back to the airport to return home from his short journey to Florida.

Another few hours (or so) later

The two were finally back in Japan. Light's family happily greeted him. The shinigami stood right behind Light, his body still in an unusual contortionist-like position.

"Didja get any souvenirs for me?!" Sayu excitedly asked.

"No, sorry, Sayu…I was running short on money because I traveled to different places," Light disappointedly replied. "Do you know how much money I spent just on gas?"

"What?!"

"Yeah…I went to Miami and Captiva. I got a lot of sightseeing pictures!" Light smiled, holding up his digital camera. "You can look at them once we're inside."

"Alright then…makes up for not getting me anything!"

"Did you have a nice trip, Light?" Soichiro asked.

"I sure did. We should all go there as a family one of these days. But for now…I need to go to bed. I'm really tired."

"You go and do that Light…we'll see you in the morning."

The Yagami family went inside, and Light ran upstairs to his bedroom. He locked his door, and immediately checked if his Death Note was safe. It was left untouched, and remained that way. He evilly but quietly snickered.

"LIIIIGHT!" Ryuk cried. "I WANT THE APPLE NOW!!"

"Okay, okay…" Light sighed, taking the apple out of his luggage. Because it was a Ben Davis apple, it stayed a fresh, red color, with no bruises. Ryuk grabbed the apple right out of his hands, and noisily wolfed down the apple, and then quickly stopped, with about a quarter of the apple still intact. Light stared at Ryuk.

"What seems to be the matter, Ryuk…?" Light snickered.

Ryuk choked, dropped the remaining apple, grabbed the wastebasket next to Light's computer desk, and buried his head in it. A loud retch filled Kira's ears. Could Ryuk be regurgitating an apple? Yes, he is. While Ryuk vomited, Light laughed even harder than ever before. The shinigami finally stopped vomiting, and glared at Light.

"That apple…tasted like cardboard…"

Light continued laughing. "I know!!"

Ryuk glared at Light with a different eye color. Light abruptly stopped laughing. "I'll go downstairs and get some regular apples for you…"

BONUS -- EPILOGUE

"You tell me first," Light suggested.

"No, you go first," Matsuda insisted.

Light came to his father's workplace after his hilarious trip to Florida. He didn't get girl's numbers for nothing, you know. A few days back, these two bet 2,000 yen on who can get the most numbers in a day by using the Dagger body spray. Light wouldn't normally pertain to this childish bet, but he participated anyway, to make him seem like an "ordinary guy", away from being Kira.

"Okay, fine then, Matsuda…I got five numbers."

"WHAAAAAT?!" Matsuda surprisingly cried. "HOW DID YOU GET THAT MANY NUMBERS?!"

"Miami, Matsuda…Miami…"

The young detective grumbled, and folded his arms. "I only got two…and they were old people!"

"Well, at least you got the older crowd to get into you," Light laughed.

"Hm…whatever."

"So that's why Light got those numbers!" Ryuk finally found out.

"Matsuda…" a mysterious voice was heard from his open phone. It sounded garbled, and a little machine-like, to hide the identity of the voice. Even if they were inside a closed building.

"Yes, sir?" Matsuda answered.

"I can't help but listen to you and Light's conversation…and I just wanted to let the both of you know something."

"What is it, Ryuzaki?" Light asked.

"I got twenty."

"NOOOOOOO!!" Light and Matsuda droned, feeling very defeated.

End.

A/N: I credit Wikipedia for the information on the Ben Davis apple, and another site (can't remember URL, lol) for my research on very small towns in Florida. Note that I really don't know if the Ben Davis apple really exists anymore...but I hope you liked this fanfic, and please review! -naoko-