Double or Nothing
A crappy Death Note/ Fullmoon wo Sagashite drabble.
Because sometimes, I think of really, really stupid things.
Sorry. I didn't even try to make it good.
By MK


The first time Raito sees her sing on television, he doesn't give her 
a second thought. Misa is interested because she "has such a lovely 
voice, don't you think?", and maybe he nods absently. He was busy, 
just then, scanning the paper for the ten minutes before the real 
news came on.

L doesn't talk about pop-singers, but Raito wouldn't be surprised if 
he knew about them, and this one in particular. He does not, 
however, know what Raito knows. He'll never know why Raito gets 
angry every time she shows up in a magazine or on television or on 
the radio. Against this person, Raito cannot win.

Misa gets back-stage passes. Raito goes with her not because he 
likes her, but because it is something that Kira probably wouldn't 
do - spend time with his "girlfriend" at a pop concert. "Kira" 
probably wouldn't even be caught dating, let alone dating a pop-
star. To make the situation even better, the concert goes against 
everything Raito prizes in personal time. It's crowded, smelly, noisy 
and full of screaming teenage girls with more colour than brains. 
He's surrounded by idiots, and while he's enjoying the concert, 
three very deserving people will die terrible deaths in two far-away 
countries. Raito takes pride in those deaths, checking his watch at 
the moments they occur.

But back-stage, Raito sees something. His eyes meet hers, she 
blinks, and glances above and to the left of him. In fact, her eyes 
seem to be focused exactly where Ryuk is hovering, occasionally 
grumbling over the fact that people will sell t-shirts and cds here, 
but not apples.

Misa introduces them, the two girls chat for a few moments before 
Misa is called away by a music executive she knows. The girl turns 
to him, suddenly serious and sad.

"How are you feeling, Yagami-san?"

"I'm quite well, thank you. And yourself?" She blathers on about 
something sentimental and stupid, but he doesn't hear her. His eyes 
have focused on not one but two figures, each hovering to one side 
of the famous idol. They look stupid. They look smarter than Ryuk. 
And Fullmoon-chan is clearly trying to tune out their bickering and 
act normal.

"---You have two?!" he interrupts her. She looks surprised. The lack 
of composure in his own voice is a further irritant, but under the 
circumstances, he forgives himself.

"You can see them, Yagami-san?! Then you know when you're going 
to die?!"

"You---you---!" Her two Shinigami look surprised, but then the 
pink-haired one screeches something about "Misa-Misa is here! 
Mitsuki, get her autograph for me! Puh-leaaaase, Mitsuki-chan?!" 
and the dumb-looking one in the gay clothes and cat-ears huffs 
and floats off somewhere.

Yagami Raito's greatest rival is no longer pitiful L, but a ditzy 
blonde who sings sappy love-songs and makes her Shinigami dress 
up like cosplayers. She has two Shinigami, and so probably two 
Death Notes. And she knows when she's going to die.

When her songs come on the radio, he switches stations. When she 
shows up on TV, he changes the channel. When her picture is huge 
and sparkling downtown, he wants to kill himself.

"Fullmoon-chan" beats him every time.