Pretty Woman

Chapter 1: Motions

L: Really, Kenzi, you're starting another story? Didn't you promise us you'd finish Sweet Juliet and At the Beginning before you did that?

Me: What's that, L? You want me to make out with you? Done!

Light: What in the name of Kira is wrong with this girl?

L: Did you say something, Light?

Light: nervous laugh What's that, my dear sweet friend Ryuzaki? Of course not!

Me: Oh, you two shut up. And if you must know, I plan on updating both Sweet Juliet and At the Beginning tonight. Now, come, L. To the bedroom!

Do not think...

Do not speak...

Do not feel.

The rules of life and, essentially, of survival for someone like me. I do what is commanded of me and I do it without question. I keep this smile plastered on my face, always. Always inviting, always warm, always alluring...

Those who see the colour and beauty of life, those who embrace it with all their hearts...they are ignorant. So wonderfully, blissfully naive. Life is naught but an endless series of motions to be completed. Thus is the essence of my existence.

"You are truly beautiful." His voice was soft, soothing...fake. Nothing is real to me any more. "Truly, truly beautiful..." He asked of me one of the many things men like him ask. I was able to read them so easily after all these years. "Will you...?"

"I'll do anything you want me too."

And so I did.

And I barely even noticed.

Over time, I learned to allow my mind to wander beyond my body. Unlike the rest of me, it was free to fly wherever it pleased, to find a place where it could feel the warmth of the sun and the elation of living that so eluded me.

I haven't always been like this. There was a time when my world and my future were bright.

But I should not be reminiscing and longing for my past. I have no power to retrieve what is so far gone that it has faded to the very back of my memory. I am here, now, with this man,

He had told me his name. Light Yagami. It was unnecessary information.

We would be done here soon anyway...

After he had been satisfied, I knew what he wanted. He was the kind of man who would want me to stay with him till the last minute, but as soon as our time was over, he would want me to be gone. So be it.

"What is your name?"

Not a common question, but I'd heard it before. "Whatever you want it to be, baby."

He laughed. It was just as fake as his voice. "Of course. But please, tell me."

"I am called Kiyomi."

"Do you have a family name?"

I'd never been asked that before. "Akita."

Light Yagami smiled. He was handsome, almost too much so, and appeared to be close to the same age as me. His expression was genial, but there was something else there. Something in his eyes that I couldn't quite place.

"Tell me, Kiyomi Akita, what is your opinion on Kira?"

Kira? He wanted to ask me about a serial killer? Strange, I hadn't pegged him as the violent type during the past hour.

"I hate him," I said calmly, in a matter-of-fact tone, hoping he would want me to answer honestly. "Anyone who takes another's life, despite the intention, is evil. I am a strong supporter of L."

Yagami rose and walked over to the desk on the other side of the room, bending over a notebook of some sort. "I see. Well, I believe our time here is just about up. You may leave now."

I prepared to go, donning my clothes, though scarce they were. Yagami did not look my direction once, scribbling something in his notebook. I chose not to speak as I went to the door to let myself out.

"You know," he said suddenly, "your opinion on Kira is quite a shame. He's going to be seen as a god someday."

I paused with my hand hovering an inch above the door knob. "Of course, sir."

He laughed quietly, yet gleefully, as though he knew something I didn't. I proceeded, but heard him speak one final time as I closed the door behind me.

"Farewell, Kiyomi Akita."

So...not sure how well I like this. I tried to go for a simpler, yet effective word choice than my normal style. Anyway, I LOVE my idea for this story and where it's going, so please enjoy and review!